List of Newspaper Clips collected from
January 16, 2017 to February 12,2017
A nation of few winners and a mob of losers.pdf
A touch of grey.pdf
Bandage for the Cut.pdf
Blame game.pdf
Campaign on for 30 kph for North Shore's residential streets.pdf
Canadian Population Growth - past and future.pdf
Canadian Population Growth.pdf
Changing speed limit signs is no quick fix.pdf
Coming to our census.pdf
Courage needed for housing crisis cure.pdf
Crescentview apartments a go for Edgemont.pdf
Defeated council candidate settles defamation suit.pdf
Delbrook Lands plan moving forward.pdf
Delivering on a transportation promise from NSNFRI20170120.pdf
Development pushing out people and jobs.pdf
Driver's advice to 'petextrians'_ hurry along.pdf
Early morning snow hampers North Shore commute.pdf
Expert has a rattling warning.pdf
Express lanes coming to the Cut.pdf
Fixing traffic for North Vancouver.pdf
Flush less and you may just help lower utility fees in future.pdf
Global warming could cause sea levels to rise 9 metres .pdf
Helping first time home buyers-page A9- NSNWED20170125.pdf
Homeowner grant well past its best-before date.pdf
House sales slow in January.pdf
Housing not just for the young.pdf
Infill housing a small but vital step in right direction.pdf
Infrastructure money sitting idle.pdf
Lautens' barbs aimed at cyclists do more harm than good.pdf
Light-industrial space 'dangerously low,' report warns.pdf
Metro eyeing stricter watering regulations this year.pdf
Metro Vancouver to replace Twin Bridge by end of year.pdf
Moodyville Park land swap goes to negative vote.pdf
Moodyville Park negative vote process stymies public input.pdf
New garbage scheme ignores fall, spring garden cleanups.pdf
New homes to be greener under proposed Vancouver measures.pdf
New locking garbage and organic carts rolling out.pdf
North Shore 'choke point' gets more money.pdf
Notice of Alternative Approval Process.pdf
PH-notice-Orwell-Str-Townhomes-NSNFRI20170127.pdf
PIM-Emery-Village.pdf
PIM-notice-3030-Sunnyhurst-rd-NSNSUN20170129.pdf
PIM-Notice-G3-Feb9-2017.pdf
Pricey land bounded by mountain and sea.pdf
Province hammering local pubs.pdf
Public-Hearing-Notice-Orwell-and-Premier-Str.pdf
Real cost of distracted driving measured in lives.pdf
Renovations now assessed on par with teardowns_.pdf
Report suggests big changes for Vancouver.pdf
Sample-of-alternative-approval-process-by-CNV-NSNFRI20170120.pdf
Sea levels could rise by six to nine metres over time.pdf
StatCan data shows North Shore population slightly up.pdf
Traffic tops talk at mayors' luncheon.pdf
Vacant homes in Vancouver.pdf
Vancouver housing ranked 3rd most unaffordable by international study.pdf
Walton-on-highway-improvements-NSNSUN20170205.pdf
West Vancouver population drop causes concern.pdf
West Vancouver population drop causes concern2.pdf
West Vancouver to fund affordable housing.pdf
West Vancouver trailhead closed off by owner.pdf
West Vancouver's population shrank in 2016.pdf
Winter blunderland.pdf
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NEWS | A9
SPONSORED CONTENT
Jonathan Wilkinson
NORTH VANCOUVER’S MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
January 20, 2017
Delivering on a
transportation promise
During the 2015 election campaign – in
a column in this newspaper - I raised
concern that the 55 year old Lynn
Creek Bridge and its approaches form a
bottleneck on Highway #1 that was not
adequately addressed in the overpass
redesign announced in 2014 by the
previous federal government and the
Province.
There was no provision for a widened
bridge deck with separate lanes for east/
west North Shore traffic that would
avoid tie-ups with north-south bridge
traffic. The overpass redesign also
included no provision for motorists
coming down Mountain Highway to
get onto #1 southbound without being
forced all the way to Keith Road.
Since the election, I and my two North
Shore MP colleagues have been working
with the District of North Vancouver
and the Province on a redesign initiative
that would address these shortcomings.
Based on progress to date, I am
optimistic that an agreement on a new
design and additional funding is likely
to be achieved in the near future.
More to be done
However, while this redesign of
Highway #1 at The Cut is very
important, we should have no illusions
that this will, in and of itself, be a
complete cure for the intolerable
congestion that is choking our
community’s environment, economy
and quality of life.
We need leadership that fosters a broad
range of action on transportation – with
a particular emphasis on public transit
options.
Our government’s first budget included
an initial investment of $3.4 billion
over three years to improve public
transportation systems across Canada.
For the Lower Mainland, $370 million
is earmarked to fund Phase One of the
the 10-year Mayors’ Council Transit
and Transportation Plan approved in
November. The federal government
also plans to partner on a Phase Two
investment for implementation of the
full regional plan.
For the North Shore, Translink
confirms the plan will deliver
improvements that include:
Seabus
® Starting this month, service on
Sundays and Holidays will move from
30 minute intervals to 15 minutes
between 10 am and 7 pm
® Before the end of 2017, service will
move to 15 minute intervals all day,
every day
® A third SeaBus will be acquired by
2019 - service will then be every 10
minutes during peak hours and 15
minutes during off-peak
Bus and Other
® A new B-line service from
Dundarave to Phibbs via Marine Drive/
Main St/3rd St will be implemented by
2019
® Another B-line service from Lynn
Valley Centre to Downtown Vancouver
via 29th Street, Lonsdale Avenue and
Marine Drive will be added.
® This year, nine bus routes will
see service improvements as will
HandyDART service
® Beginning this year, Lonsdale Quay
and Phibbs transit exchanges will
be upgraded to improve customer
experience and accessibility
® A number of walking paths and
cycling lanes will be created.
The longer term
As welcome as these incremental steps
may be, they are largely focused on the
short and medium term. Comprehensive
long term transportation solutions
will require close and continuing
collaboration between all levels of
government. In that regard, I’m very
pleased to note that the North Shore’s
MP’s, MLA’s and Mayors have begun
meeting regularly and a key focus is
transportation.
In addition to collaboration, boldness
of vision will be required. I believe such
a vision must include consideration
of a range of possible options – one
of which should be examination of
the eventual feasibility of a rapid
transit link between Vancouver and
the North Shore. What, for example,
is the population density tipping point
required for the economics of a rapid
transit option to make sense?
This is the kind of discussion I intend
to pursue in concert with my federal,
provincial and municipal colleagues in
the months ahead.
Let’s build wisely on momentum that
is developing through important steps
forward like addressing the bottleneck
at the Lynn Creek Bridge and the Phase
1 and 2 investments in improving public
transit options. And let us all commit
to working towards the comprehensive
solutions that will be required for an
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Earthquake risk should make us ‘re-evaluate’ wood-frame houses
A leading Californian seismic engineer has warned the B.C. government that unexpected severe
damage to wood-frame housing in a deadly 2016 earthquake in Japan has serious implications
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earthquake hit Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture in April 2016. A seismic engineer wrote to officials
in the provincial Ministry of Transportation last year about how poorly wood-frame buildings
handled the quake.
Peter Yanev, who has advised the World Bank on earthquake engineering and is the author of
Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country, told B.C. government officials responsible for emergency
management he was particularly concerned because the type of wood-frame construction in
Japan is very similar to that used on the West Coast of Canada and the U.S., and the terrain is
similar.
The Kumamoto earthquake in Japan in April 2016 killed about 50 people, injured another 3,000
and displaced about 44,000 people from their homes.
Yanev, in an email to 10 officials in the B.C. Ministry of Transportation — including Becky
Denlinger, deputy minister of emergency management — wrote that schools, a hospital and
newer parts of the airport in the Kumamoto area of southern Japan had fared well in back-toback earthquakes, including a magnitude-7 earthquake.
However, Yanev told the province the unprecedented destruction of the wood-frame buildings
called into question many of the assumptions and modelling in the insurance and other
industries.
The correspondence was obtained by Postmedia News through a freedom-of-information request
to the B.C. government.
In a May 15, 2016 email to the provincial officials, Yanev wrote that minor ground settlement,
especially in hills near the fault in Japan, which displaced foundations, caused surprisingly heavy
damage.
information for scientists on how buildings and other infrastructure will hold up in an
earthquake.
“I acknowledge that the biggest vulnerability in the province is our built infrastructure, or the
buildings,” Denlinger said.
She said she is also having discussions with the municipalities of Vancouver, Victoria and North
Vancouver, asking what they have done about seismically at-risk buildings, about any incentives
and whether there are barriers to reducing risk.
Hundreds of buildings on a list of seismically at-risk buildings compiled by engineering
consultants for the City of Vancouver in the early 1990s appear to have had no seismic upgrades,
Postmedia’s investigation also found.
A similar type of earthquake could take place in places like Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle or
Portland, said Yanev, who has personally viewed the aftermath of 50 earthquakes around the
world.
“It’s maybe time to re-evaluate wood-frame houses and do something more,” Yanev said in a
telephone interview from California. “And it only gets more important as you get to multi-family
large buildings,” Yanev added.
A consultant now, Yanev cofounded one of the world’s largest earthquake-risk engineering
firms, San Francisco-based EQE International. In 2015, he gave a talk in Vancouver on how to
reduce business disruption and financial and human losses from a megaquake.
Scientists have estimated there is a 30 per cent probability a damaging earthquake will hit
southwest B.C. in the next 50 years.
The questions on the performance of wood-frame buildings add another dimension to earthquake
preparedness in B.C. and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Most concern has focused on unreinforced
masonry — seen in multi-storey red brick buildings — and concrete buildings that don’t meet
modern seismic codes.
Even in these areas, B.C. and municipalities such as Vancouver have been slow to come up with
a plan to upgrade potentially thousands of privately owned buildings at risk, an ongoing
Postmedia investigation has found.
In an email response to Yanev, Denlinger wrote that the reports on the Kumamoto earthquake
were a “treasure trove” of information.
In an interview, Denlinger said she is bringing together information that will inform what kind of
approach or role the province will take on seismic assessment and upgrades of public and
possibly private buildings. She said a first step is to beef up monitoring to provide important
On the wood-housing front, Yanev said the single biggest action that can be taken to reduce risk
is to ensure the frame is bolted to the concrete foundation.
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Fixing Traffic for North Vancouver
Traffic congestion has been by far the number one issue on my constituents’ minds, and
mine, since I was first elected MLA in 2009. In fact, it was the number one reason why I
decided to run provincially after my service as Chair of the North Vancouver School Board.
I live here, and I know how busy Highway 1 can get, especially on what’s commonly known
as “the Cut”—the stretch of Highway 1 just north of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. I
know first-hand how busy the streets in and out of North Vancouver can get when traffic
is jammed up on Highway 1. Put an accident into the mix, and everyone in the community
gets stuck.
After a lot of hard work and collaboration with the federal government and the District
of North Vancouver, in April of 2015 we were able to secure a three-phase $150 million
investment that would significantly improve traffic flow between Mountain Highway, Fern
St. and Dollarton Highway.
In January of 2016, we held a public open house to consult with the community. After
considerable public feedback, both at the open house and from constituents visiting my
office, I approached the provincial Ministry of Transportation to work on addressing your
concerns.
Your valuable input has resulted in the addition of a $60 million fourth phase. The Province
is putting up $20 million toward this phase of the project, and our partners are also each
contributing $20 million, bringing the total project cost to $198 million for all four phases.
TransLink will also reconstruct the Phibbs Transit Exchange during the third phase.
The new phase will see two key additions:
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A westbound collector-distributor system from Mount Seymour Parkway to Mountain
Highway, including construction of a new two lane bridge over Lynn Creek, north of
the existing Lynn Creek Bridge (Orange Bridge); and
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traveling east across the Lynn Creek Bridge, including construction of a new bridge
over Lynn Creek allowing direct southbound access from Mountain Highway.
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This additional phase will address the major chokehold at the north end of the Ironworkers
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residents from the east of Seymour to Lynn Valley, Lower Lynn and the City of North
Vancouver.
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Two Public Information Sessions have been organized by the Ministry of
Transportation for the revised Lower Lynn Improvement Project.
Drop-in, no RSVP is required.
February 21, 2017 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn & Suites
700 Old Lillooet Road
February 25, 2017 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lynnmour Elementary School
800 Forsman Avenue
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This was paid for by the North Vancouver – Seymour BC Liberal Riding Association
Global warming could cause sea levels to rise higher than
the height of a three-storey building, study suggests
Researchers discover that ocean temperatures 125,000 years ago, when sea levels were six to nine metres
higher, were the same as they are today, suggesting the world will see significant increases over the next
centuries as the water slowly expands and ice sheets melt
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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sea-level-rise-global-warming-climate-change-9-metresstudy-science-a7536136.html#a-3ca15ab7-77ca-4744-813a-4f49a16138ba
Previous research has established that sea levels at the time were between six and nine metres higher. This gives
an indication of what sea levels might be like once the vast oceans expand and ice sheets melt over the course of
the next centuries and millennia.
If sea levels were to increase by nine metres, parts of London and New York, almost all the Netherlands, huge
chunks of China, including Shanghai, and much of Bangladesh would be just some of the places that would be
lost to the sea.
But the bad news does not end there.
For the computer models used by scientists to predict what the climate will be like in the future had failed to
pick up on the rise in temperatures 125,000 years ago.
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Ignoring forecasts of rising seas risks disaster, scientists warn
Unstable Antarctic glacier could cause seas to rise by three metres
Sea levels set to ‘rise by more than a metre over next century’
Melting Greenland glacier threatens to raise sea levels 'for decades'
This suggests the models could be missing a key warming effect that might be about to kick in, sending
temperatures higher than currently expected.
Another recent study suggested the sensitivity of the climate to greenhouse gases could be much greater than
previously thought, potentially putting the world on course for more than 7C of warming by 2100 — a prospect
described as “game over” for life as we know it.
Dr Jeremy Hoffman, of Oregon State University, lead author of a paper in the prestigious journal Science about
the new research, told The Independent that sea levels some 125,000 years ago might give a rough indication of
what could be expected over the next few centuries as the warmer temperatures slowly take effect.
But he stressed the reasons for the global warming then and now were very different – the former was natural,
the latter caused by humans – so the world’s last major warm period could not be viewed as a simple way to
predict the future.
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A nine-metre sea level rise would flood vast areas of coastline around the world Getty
The last time ocean temperatures were this warm, sea levels were up to nine metres higher than they are today,
according to the findings of a new study, which were described as “extremely worrying” by one expert.
The researchers took samples of sediment from 83 different sites around the world, and these “natural
thermometers” enabled them to work out what the sea surface temperature had been more than 125,000 years
ago.
This revealed that over the course of some 4,000 years the oceans had got about 0.5C warmer, reaching about
the same temperatures as are found now – after a similar increase achieved largely as a result of human-induced
climate change in little over a century.
“There are a lot of things that have happened over the last century that far outpace the natural world,” Dr
Hoffman said.
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“It’s not just the warming, it’s the release of carbon from reservoirs [of fossil fuels] in the planet that have been
around for millions of years.
“We’re talking about something that took millions of years to form and we’re removing it in decades.
“The Earth would need to have an eruption like Mount St Helen's happen every 2.5 hours … to keep pace with
the emissions we are producing.”
He said perhaps the most significant implication of their research was that current computer models of climate
change were failing to pick up on the warming 125,000 years ago.
“If we are missing some process that would give rise to additional warming [at that time] … that would only
work to be under-estimating the future climate as well,” Dr Hoffman said.
Commenting on the research, Andrew Watson, a Royal Society research professor at Exeter University, said:
“Sea level responds directly to global temperatures, but slowly, so that the full extent of sea level rise will only
be apparent over thousands of years.
“The study suggests that in the long term, sea level will rise six metres at least in response to the warming we
are causing.
“The good news is that with luck it will continue to rise slowly, so that we have time to adapt, but the bad news
is that eventually all our present coastal city locations will be inundated.”
Professor Richard Allan, a climatologist at Reading University, said: “The result that present global sea surface
temperatures are indistinguishable from those at the last interglacial 125,000 years ago is extremely worrying
since sea levels were six to nine metres higher then compared to present.”
He said that heating up the “depths of our vast oceans” to the point where sea levels reached that point would
take thousands of years “so sustained and substantive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from energy-intensive
activities remain vital and beneficial to societies”.
And Professor Michael Mann, a renowned climate scientist from Pennsylvania State University, described the
studies findings as “sobering”.
“It indicates that we may very well already be committed to several more metres of sea level rise when the
climate system catches up with the carbon dioxide we’ve already pumped into the atmosphere,” he said.
JANE THORNTHWAITE
MLA North Vancouver - Seymour
Helping First Time Home Buyers
Next to traffic and transportation, housing affordability is the top issue
that constituents have been talking to me about at the doors and in my
office. Residents are concerned that their children won’t be able to live
in the community that they have grown up in. This is a reality that I face
with three grown children as well. That’s why the B.C. government has
launched a new program that helps first-time homebuyers create secure
and stable futures for their families through home ownership.
The B.C. Home Owner Mortgage and Equity Partnership program is
designed to help British Columbians establish a nest egg and ensure the
dream of home ownership remains in reach for families. The Province
is investing about $703 million over the next three years to help an
estimated 42,000 B.C. households enter the market for the first time.
The program contributes to the amount first-time homebuyers have
already saved for their down payment, providing up to $37,500, or
5% of the purchase price, with a 25-year loan that is interest-free
and payment-free for the first five years. After the first five years,
homebuyers begin making monthly payments at current interest rates.
The program will run from Jan. 16, 2017 until March 31, 2020.
The program will also help the rental stock in B.C. As Ajay Soni, national
president, Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association said, “The B.C.
HOME Partnership program is a fantastic opportunity for first-time
homebuyers in British Columbia. The program will help those who are
renters leave the rental pool and create more vacancies for those who
can’t afford to buy a home at this time.”
Ensuring the dream of home ownership remains within reach for
families is a key part of our governments six point approach to housing
affordability, along with increasing housing supply; smart transit
expansion; supporting first-time home buyers; ensuring consumer
protection; and increasing rental supply.
In 2016, we committed to investing $855 million to support the
creation of 4,900 units of affordable rental housing. These units are
specifically designated for low- to moderate-income renters, adults with
developmental disabilities, youth aging out of care, seniors, students,
women and children fleeing abuse, and First
Nations. As mentioned in a previous edition, B.C. also introduced a 15%
tax on foreign home buyers.
The Province has a number of programs aimed at making housing
more affordable, but not every program is right for every person. Other
programs helping home buyers and homeowners include the First Time
Home Buyers program, the Newly Built Homes exemption, the home
owner grant, and property tax deferment.
To learn more about the Province’s actions on housing affordability,
visit: http://housingaction.gov.bc.ca/
“That is actually consistent with some model simulations. The important thing to recognise is that the climate
system hasn’t yet come into equilibrium with the increase in carbon dioxide, so it is misleading to compare the
historical sea level rise we’ve seen so far with the sea level rise 125,000 years ago, because the latter indicates
the full response [to the warming effect].”
Jane Thornthwaite
MLA North Vancouver - Seymour
Parliamentary Secretary for Child Mental Health & Anti-Bullying
Chair, Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
Get in touch with Jane:
Office:
Lynn Valley Village
217 – 1233 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A1
facebook.com/jthornthwaite
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
(604) 983-9852
(604) 983-9978
[email protected]
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JANUARY 29, 2017
Housing not just for
the young
Seniors also
at risk for
losing homesOlder and
Wiser
Margaret Coates
Homeless seniors on the
North Shore? Never, it’s
unthinkable, right?
At a recent presentation
at the Services to Seniors
Coalition participants heard
some alarming statistics
about the issue.
We were told that
Hollyburn Family Services
Society served 215 clients last
year who were homeless or
in danger of losing their housing.
The average age of these
clients was 65 with an almost
equal split between men and
women, and 99 seniors were
about to be evicted from their
homes.
Seniors at Housing Risk
was a participatory research
project finalized in 2013, in a
partnership with Lionsview
Seniors’ Planning Society and
Hollyburn Family Services
Society. A number of recommendations
came out of that
report and Hollyburn took
these on with some success
under the leadership of Leya
Eguchi, a co-author of the
report and presenter at the
coalition meeting.
Included in the list was a
recommendation to increase
senior-specific outreach
support, and Hollyburn has
done that by adding four
outreach support staff to
their team. They have put
into place a rent bank that
subsidizes an average of 12
seniors a month. Hollyburn
has also opened a Safe House
for seniors in partnership
with the District of North
Vancouver.
The Safe House has
been at nearly full capacity
since it opened in 2015.
More than half of the clients
were referred by a medical
professional and many had
significant health issues such
as cancer, post heart attack
complications and diabetes.
The Safe House gave them
a chance to stabilize their
health crisis.
At the presentation we
learned that homelessness,
or being at risk for homelessness,
can be attributed to
A recent presentation showed 215 North Shore
seniors
accessed services last year because they were
homeless or
in danger of losing their housing. PHOTO
MARIA SPITALE-LEISK
unexpected circumstances
such as illness, loss of a
job, death, system glitches,
availability and affordability
of housing, cost of food and
other living expenses, lack of
social support, and barriers
to housing.
Some would argue that
housing affordability is the
number one factor.
In a Jan. 24 Vancouver
Sun article by Sam Cook,
it is reported that a 2017
Demographia International
Housing Affordability Survey
shows Vancouver is considered
to have one of the third
most expensive housing costs
in the world behind Hong
Kong and Sydney, Australia.
“There are serious consequences
for residents,”
the survey said. “The higher
house prices reduce discretionary
incomes, which
reduces potential standards
of living and raises relative
poverty rates.”
On the North Shore, studies
done by the City of North
Vancouver and Districts of
North and West Vancouver
have shown it is increasingly
more difficult to attain affordable
housing for seniors who
are at risk of homelessness
or seniors who simply want
to downsize but stay in their
community. The City of North
Vancouver Housing report says that “Seniors
are expected to experience
the largest proportional growth amongst all
age groups in the City of North Vancouver
in coming decades. The aging population is
already evident in the number of non-market
housing units dedicated to independent and
frail seniors and the growing wait list for
seniors-oriented housing.”
People have been coming up with their
own innovative solutions to cope with rising
housing costs.
According to a Jan. 23 Toronto Star, article
one solution is called Shared Housing. Think
Golden Girls, the TV show in which four older
women lived together and shared housing
costs and expenses thus contributing to their
overall well-being.
In Paris, in an arrangement called homeshare,
two people, a student and a senior,
share the senior’s home, one for assistance
in daily living and one to be able to afford the
rent. They were matched by an organization
called Ensemble2Generations. A BBC news
report said: “The concept is simple, yet it
attempts to bridge an intergenerational divide
that exists in many parts of the world.”
If we want to keep seniors safely housed
then we will need groups like Hollyburn,
groups who provide below-market rental
housing
such as Kiwanis, government-sponsored
affordable housing strategies, and innovative
solutions.
Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of
Lionsview
Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the
North Shore for 47 years and has worked for
and with seniors for 20 of those years. Ideas
for future columns are welcome by sending an
email to [email protected]
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New homes to be greener under proposed measures
The City of Vancouver plans to boost green building requirements for new residential buildings
under seven storeys, including “exceptionally large” single-family homes.
Sean Pander, a green building manager with the city, said housing affordability is “of critical
importance” and suggested any additional construction costs brought on by the policy change are
unlikely to be passed on to buyers of new homes.
“Our understanding of how the market behaves is sale price is not related to the cost of
producing a good or service. Sale price relates to what the market is willing to pay for it,” Pander
said.
Meanwhile, staff project the regulations would reduce energy costs by about $9 per month for an
average condo. So even if someone did have to take out a slightly higher mortgage to cover
increased construction costs, “the utility savings — the cost savings — are even greater than that
incremental cost. So the homeowner or the renter … would save money from the day they move
in,” Pander said.
The city’s green policies already have similar regulations in place for smaller one- and twofamily buildings, said Chris Higgins, a green building planner with the city. Under the new
regulations, new homes any larger than 325 square metres would need to limit their emissions to
that of a 325-squaremetre home. “The larger the home above this threshold, the greater
leadership in improved design, better building envelopes, and improved equipment that will be
required to comply with the carbon pollution cap,” says the staff report.
Residents would still be free to choose what type of fuel they use in their homes, Higgins said.
The city consulted last year with stakeholders that include the Architectural Institute of B.C., the
Greater Vancouver Homebuilders Association, Landlord B.C. and the Urban Development
Institute, Higgins said.
Last summer, city councillors approved a green building plan with a goal of reaching zero
greenhouse gas emissions in all newly permitted buildings by 2030.
MARK VAN MANEN “Green buildings” like this one under construction at Hastings and Skeena
streets in east Vancouver will, under proposed city regulations, have features such as increased
insulation and air tightness as well as the use of improved windows, heat-recovery ventilators
and more efficient equipment.
The energy-efficiency measures, which would kick in March 1, 2018 if they’re approved by
council next week, would cut greenhouse gas emissions from the affected buildings by 40 to 55
per cent, according to a city report. The measures include requirements for increased insulation
and air tightness, and the use of improved windows, heatrecovery ventilators and more efficient
equipment.
The additional green measures would increase building costs by an average of $3.50 per square
foot, according to the city.
MAYOR'S MESSAGE: New locking garbage and
organics carts rolling out
Richard Walton / Contributing writer
January 6, 2017 12:33 PM
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In North Vancouver, preserving our natural spaces and protecting the environment for future generations is
always top of mind, and so is being financially responsible in our decision-making and operations.
That’s why we’re embracing Metro Vancouver’s goal to recycle 80 per cent of our waste by 2020. In 2017,
we’re taking new steps to keep recyclables, including organics, away from the region’s landfill in Delta and
incinerator in Burnaby.
Diverting recyclables and organics from the garbage stream means the existing landfill has a longer life. But
that’s not the only financial advantage of sorting our waste. Garbage that contains more than 25 per cent food
scraps is now subject to a 50 per cent surcharge on the tipping fee that we, and ultimately you, pay.
Starting July 2017, this threshold will be lowered to just 5 per cent permissible organics in garbage, making not
separating out our food scraps an increasingly costly habit.
To help us all comply with these new standards and separate waste into organics, recyclables and garbage, the
District of North Vancouver will be distributing new locking carts – one for garbage and one for organics – to
all residences currently using municipal garbage collection service.
District of North Vancouver solid waste department clerk Meghan Seeton displays the new locking garbage
carts that will be distributed this year. photo supplied District of North Vancouver
Of course, we all know that living in bear territory means we need to be responsible with any waste that can
attract wildlife, so the new carts will be fitted with a locking mechanism. In addition, organics will be picked up
before garbage on collection day, to minimize the amount of time the food waste is sitting out on the street or in
the lane.
The carts will have wheels to make it easier for you to move them to the curb, and to improve worker health and
safety by minimizing manual lifting of heavy cans and garbage bags by our collection crews.
Cart delivery will begin in Zone 1 in early 2017 and continue across the remaining four collection zones in a
phased approach throughout the year. We will also be setting up a special day for collecting old garbage and
organics bins to be recycled, once everyone has the new carts.
Keep an eye on the North Shore News for ads with more information closer to your zone’s delivery date, and
visit our web site at dnv.org/carts for more information. Also, don’t forget to download our waste collection
app, DNVCollect, direct to your mobile device for helpful reminders about collection days.
28 Jan 2017 Vancouver Sun JENNIFER SALTMAN [email protected]
twitter.com/jensaltman
North Shore ‘choke point’ gets more money
$60 million will add new collector lanes to project
When Eric Andersen ventures anywhere on the North Shore west of his Seymour area home, he has to make
sure he is back in his neighbourhood by 2 p.m. or risk being mired in traffic around Highway 1.
About the new cart program:
You will receive two carts – one for garbage and one for organics – for free.
The size of the carts you receive will depend on your house size (single-family home or townhouse).
You will be able to upsize or downsize your carts once for free (following a trial period).
If you change cart size a second time, you will need to pay an administrative fee.
The 2018 fees for garbage collection (utility rate) will be based on cart size.
What are your thoughts? Send us a letter via email by clicking here or post a comment below.
© 2017 North Shore News
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JASON PAYNE
Eric Andersen is chairman of the Blueridge Community Association. Behind him, the Lynn Creek bridge on
Highway 1 will get new bridges for collector lanes on either side.
“On a daily basis, it’s become so bad,” said Andersen. “If I hit the cut any time after that, chances are it will be
bumper to bumper for a long time.”
Andersen, who is chair of the Blueridge Community Association, was on hand Friday when the federal and
provincial governments, along with the District of North Vancouver, announced that even more changes than
those already promised are coming to the Lower Lynn corridor, a trafficchoked stretch of Highway 1 just north
of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.
“For many years, the district has been pressing for improvements to the highway system between Lynn Valley
and Main Street,” said District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton.
“We are very pleased that an agreement has been reached to commence this work and separate to a larger
degree local and highway traffic.”
A three-phase project is already underway in the area, which includes the nearly complete widening of Keith
Road and a new Keith Road bridge, work that has begun on a new Mountain Highway interchange and planned
work in 2020 on new Keith Road-Seymour Parkway and Main Street/Dollarton Highway interchanges with
Highway 1.
Those first three phases were initially expected to cost $150 million. The federal, provincial and municipal
governments have now come up with $60 million more to add a fourth phase to the project.
It will add new collector lanes on Highway 1 between the new Mount Seymour-Keith Road interchange and the
Mountain Highway interchange, including new two-lane bridges on either side of the existing four-lane orange
Lynn Creek bridge. The collectors will offer two lanes westbound and one lane eastbound to start, with room to
add a second lane eastbound in the future, and an eastbound onramp from Mountain Highway to Highway 1.
North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson said the Lynn Creek Bridge, with just two lanes each way, and its
approaches form “a significant bottleneck” and the problem was not properly addressed in the first three phases
of the project.
This new phase will hopefully help speed the commute across the North Shore and “significantly” reduce the
number of vehicles on the highway by separating more of the local traffic from highway traffic.
“This project, once completed, will have an extremely positive impact on congestion on Highway 1,” said
Wilkinson.
North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite called the Lower Lynn corridor “the choke point of the
region.”
She said improving traffic flow through the area will affect everyone in the region — whether they are daily
commuters who live or work on the North Shore, or travel through the area to and from the Sunshine Coast or
Whistler.
“We have been stuck in this forever and we’re finally going to fix it,” said Thornthwaite.
Anderson hopes this is the case, though he thinks something should have been done a long time ago.
“Everyone’s been affected by (the traffic) and now they’re coming to some sort of resolution,” he said.
“Anything is better than what we have now, and separating the traffic, I think it does make sense.”
The entire project is expected to be complete by spring 2021.
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Notice of Alternative
Approval Process
Park Dedication Removal Bylaw 8206, 2016
Portions of Keith-Lynn and Lynn Canyon Parks
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What:
Alternative Approval Process for Park Dedication Removal Bylaw
8206, 2016
When:
Deadline for submission of Elector Response Forms is 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Where: Elector Response Forms can be picked up from the District Hall or
www.dnv.org/park-approval beginning February 3, 2017 and must be
returned to the District Hall by the deadline.
PUBLIC
HEARING
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854, 858 &MASTER
Lot 5 Orwell
TITLEStreet
and 855 Premier Street
23 Unit Townhouse Development
What:
A Public Hearing for Bylaw 8197, a proposed amendment to the
Zoning Bylaw to permit the development of a three storey,
twenty-three unit townhouse at 854, 858 & Lot 5 Orwell Street
and 855 Premier Street.
When:
7 pm, Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Where: Council Chambers, District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall,
355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC
What is it?
Proposed*
Notice is hereby given that the District of North Vancouver intends to adopt
Park Dedication Removal Bylaw 8206, 2016. This bylaw proposes to remove:
a) the dedication for park and recreation purposes, as set out in Bylaw 6578
“Keith-Lynn Park Dedication Bylaw”, of a 0.1974 ha (1974.8m2) portion of
Keith-Lynn park as shown on the plan above; and,
b) The dedication for park purposes, as set out in Bylaw 6338 “Lynn Canyon
Park Dedication Bylaw”, of a 0.0195 ha (195.1m2) portion of Lynn Canyon
park as shown on the plan above.
The District intends to remove the park and recreation dedications in order to
accommodate the reconfiguration of the Highway 1 interchange at Mountain
Highway and associated works. "must" or "cannot" are less
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How can I comment?
Council may adopt Park Dedication Removal Bylaw 8206, 2016 unless at
least 10% of the electors of the entire District of North Vancouver sign elector
response forms and submit them to the District by the deadline of 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017. If at least 10% of the electors sign and submit
elector response forms by the deadline, Council may not adopt the bylaw
unless the assent of the electors is then obtained (a referendum).
The District estimates thatt 5,962 is the number of electors who must submit
elector response
forms in order to prevent Council from adopting the
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bylaw without the assent of the electors.
Elector response forms must be in the form established by the District of North
Vancouver. These forms are available on request at the District Hall or may be
obtained by visiting the District web site at www.dnv.org/park-approval. Forms
may be submitted in person at the District Hall, by mail (355 West Queens
Road, North Vancouver, BC V7N 4N5), or by email to [email protected]. The
only persons entitled to sign the forms are electors of the District of North
Vancouver.
Need more info?
Copies of the proposed bylaw and related documents are available for public
inspection at the District Hall, office of the Municipal Clerk, during regular
business hours or the District website at www.dnv.org/park-approval.
Who can I speak to?
For more information on Park Dedication Removal Bylaw 8206, 2016 or this
alternative approval process, please contact James Gordon, Municipal Clerk,
at 604-990-2207 or [email protected].
*Provided by applicant for illustrative purposes only.
The actual development, if approved, may differ.
What changes?
Bylaw 8197 proposes to amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw by creating a new
Comprehensive Development Zone 98 (CD98) and rezone the subject site
from Residential Single Family 7200 Zone (RS3) to CD98 to allow the
development of a three storey, twenty-three unit townhouse. The CD98 Zone
addresses use, density, amenities, setbacks, site coverage, building height,
landscaping and parking.
When can I speak?
We welcome your input Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at 7 pm. You can speak
in person by signing up at the hearing, or you can provide a written
submission to the Municipal Clerk at [email protected] or by mail to Municipal
Clerk, District of North Vancouver, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver,
BC, V7N 4N5, before the conclusion of the hearing.
Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public
concerning this application after the conclusion of the public hearing.
Need more info?
Relevant background material and copies of the bylaw are available for review
at the Municipal Clerk’s Office or online at dnv.org/public_hearing from
January 16 to January 31. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30
pm, except statutory holidays.
Who can I speak to?
Tamsin Guppy, Community Planner, at 604-990-2391 or [email protected].
dnv.org/public_hearing
NVanDistrict
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EARLY INPUT OPPORTUNITY MEETING
EMERY VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
DATE:
VENUE:
Wednesday,
y February
February 15, 2017,
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6:00-8:00pm
:00-8:00pm
North Vancouver Museum & Archives Community History Centre
3203 Institute Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver
Mosaic invites you to a meeting to review our plans for The New Emery Village
at 1200-1259 Emery Place. Our proposal embraces the Official Community Plan,
helping to achieve the District of North Vancouver’s vision of increasing housing
options for North Shore residents within walking distance of the Lynn Valley
Town Centre. Proposed housing choices include townhomes, apartments, and
rental homes to accommodate a wide range of residents including renters, empty
nesters, young families and couples.
All existing 61 rental homes
will be replaced, with a
mix of market rental and
affordable rental.
The development offers
infrastructure improvements
and integration of
Kirkstone Park through new
pedestrian pathways.
A flyer is being distributed
to owners and occupants
within 100 metres of the site
in accordance with DNV
policy. This is not a Public
Hearing. DNV Council
will formally consider the
proposal at a future date.
We look forward to hearing your feedback on The New Emery Village. You can
learn more and leave comments at: www.emeryvillage.ca.
APPLICANT: Kristina Kovacs, Mosaic Homes
604-685-3888
DISTRICT:
Casey Peters, Planning Department
604-990-2388
PUBLIC
INFORMATION MEETING
A 3 unit development is being proposed for 3030 Sunnyhurst Road to
construct a residential townhouse project. You are invited to a meeting
to discuss the project.
Date:
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Time:
6:45 p.m.
Meeting Location: Karen Magnussen Community Centre, Eagle Room
2300 Kirkstone Road, North Vancouver
The applicant proposes to rezone the site from single-family zoning to a
comprehensive development zone to permit a three unit ground oriented
townhouse development, consistent with District of North Vancouver’s
Official Community Plan. The proposal includes two buildings (one
single unit and a duplex). Units range in size from 1500sq.ft. to 2400sq.ft.
All three units will have a two car garage and storage.
The meeting is being held by Brody Development (S & B) Ltd. in
compliance with District of North Vancouver Council Policy. The
applicant will present details of the proposal and discuss any concerns
residents may have.
Information packages are being distributed to residents within a 100 metre
radius of the site. If you would like to receive a copy or if you would like
more information, please contact:
Brianne Brody of Brody Development (S & B) Ltd. at
604-980-2954; Emel Nordin of the Community Planning Department at
604-990-2347; or Duane Siegrist of Integra Architecture Inc. at
604-688-4220; or bring your
questions or comments to the
meeting.
*This is not a Public Hearing.
Council will receive a
report from staff on issues
raised at the meeting and
will formally consider the
proposal at a later date.
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Need more info?
Relevant background material and copies of the bylaw are available for review
at the Municipal Clerk’s Office or online at dnv.org/public_hearing from
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pm, except statutory holidays.
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which have suffered from poor turnout in recent years as the amount of money spent by campaigns skyrocketed.
Politicians in the city have also faced increasing scrutiny over council approvals of projects whose developers
are among the largest donors to the city's political parties.
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"Municipal elected officials make decisions on developments proposed by campaign contributors and on
contracts with unions that contributed directly or indirectly to their campaigns, creating an appearance of
conflict of interest that undermines public confidence in the electoral system and depresses turnout," the report
said.
The report cited three examples of the current ruling party, Vision Vancouver, getting donations from
developers or unions around the same time that the city – in one case, the development-permit board, which
does not have elected members – was making decisions about approvals or contracts.
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The 12-member independent elections task force was set in motion by city council a year ago, as part of an
effort to encourage more citizen participation and boost voter turnout in elections to 60 per cent by 2025.
In recent Vancouver elections, turnout has varied between 40 per cent and 50 per cent. In 2014, it was at 44 per
cent.
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Turnout in other Lower Mainland municipalities was typically lower, with Surrey at around 30 per cent.
However, the province, which has to amend the Vancouver Charter to make that happen, has refused to change
municipal campaign-finance rules, saying that groups should be allowed to donate money to support their
political views in a democracy.
Vision Vancouver Councillor Andrea Reimer, who has consistently pushed for campaign-finance reform, said
she's encouraged by the recommendations in the report.
To authorize the City of North Vancouver to adopt Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535 for the purpose of exchanging lands controlled by QualexLandmark Northern GP Ltd. on the 800 block of East 3rd Street with the City for an equal amount of City-owned land to the east and south of
the 700 block. This exchange would result in a significant gain in parkland at no cost to the City (25,000 square feet), as it would allow for the
closure of the lane to the south of the 700 block and the closure of the road at the foot of Queensbury.
NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with Sections 94 and 86 of the Community Charter that the Council of The Corporation of the City of
North Vancouver intends to consider the adoption of:
“Parks Dedication Bylaw, 1972, No. 4392, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 8533” (Moodyville Parklands Adjustment)
“Parks Reservation Bylaw, 1964, No. 3474, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 8535” (Moodyville Parklands Adjustment)
Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535 and the records relating to them are available for public inspection between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm,
Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, from January 20, 2017 to February 27, 2017.
She said the idea of having councillors recuse themselves from decisions about donors is "murky" and one that
would be difficult to monitor. It would be much more straightforward to have limits on individuals and bans on
unions and corporations, she said.
If you are opposed to the adoption of Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535, you
must complete an Alternative Approval Process Elector Response
Form. If you are in favour of the proposed bylaw, no further action
is required. Forms are available at the Reception Desk of City Hall,
141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, and on the City’s website
at cnv.org commencing on January 20, 2017. Alternative Approval
Process Elector Response Forms will only be accepted if they are in the
form established by the City of North Vancouver and contain original
signatures. Accurate copies of the form may be made and used for
signing.
Ms. Reimer also supports having a citywide discussion about proportional representation, something she
brought up the last time Vancouver had a referendum on changing its electoral system in 2004.
The only persons entitled to complete the Alternative Approval Process
Elector Response Forms are the electors of the City of North Vancouver.
Qualified electors are those persons meeting all of the following
qualifications:
"What we need to put an end to the wild west here is by bringing forward clear, enforceable laws," she said.
Green Party Councillor Adriane Carr was enthusiastic about many of the recommendations in the task-force
report, especially those on proportional representation and campaign-finance reform.
Both Ms. Carr and Ms. Reimer also liked the idea of opening up voting to permanent residents – immigrants
who have yet achieved full citizenship.
NPA Councillor George Affleck said the report is "pretty sweeping" and raises lots of questions, including how
to deal with some of its unwieldy suggestions.
Patrick Smith, a professor at Simon Fraser University who specializes in municipal politics, said many of the
recommendations are on issues that city council has lobbied the province about before – like campaign-finance
reform – and been turned down.
As well, he said, the province's chief electoral officer has already done a study of online voting – something the
task force recommends piloting – and concluded that it's not workable.
Prof. Smith also said the idea of getting councillors to withdraw from voting on issues involving donors would
be problematic.
"The practicalities would be difficult."
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can give and to ban union and corporate donations.
WHAT: Alternative Approval Process Opportunity
WHERE: Moodyville Parklands (800 Block East 3rd Street and
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At the same time, the cost of the campaigns has soared in recent years, with each of the two major parties –
Vision Vancouver and the Non-Partisan Association – raising and spending more than $2-million apiece, with
significant chunks of money coming from development and construction companies.
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City of North Vancouver for at least 30 days; and
• Not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment or otherwise disqualified by law from voting in local government
elections; and
• Are entitled to sign this Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Form and not having previously signed an Alternative Approval
Process Elector Response Form for the proposed Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535.
All signed Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Forms must be received by the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street,
North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9. The deadline for submitting the signed forms is Monday, February 27, 2017 at 4:30 pm. Forms will not be
received nor certified as sufficient if received after the deadline.
City Council may adopt Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535 only if it does not receive elector responses against the proposal signed by at least 10% of
the 36,205 eligible electors of the City of North Vancouver (3,620). City Council may consider the option of proceeding to Assent Voting if the
Alternative Approval Process fails.
For additional information on Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535, please contact Michael Epp, City Planner, Community Development, at 604-982-3936
or [email protected]. For information on the Alternative Approval Process, please contact Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk, at 604-990-4233 or
[email protected]. To view the Moodyville Park Plan, please visit cnv.org/MoodyvilleParkPlan.
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Sea levels could rise by six to nine metres over time, new study warns
Evidence that continental ice sheets are sensitive to slight increases in ocean temperature suggests ocean levels
will continue to rise for centuries
Sea levels respond directly to global temperatures, both through the melting of ice shelves and through the
expansion of water as it warms. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Thursday 19 January 2017 19.00 GMT Last modified on Thursday 19 January 2017 19.02 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/19/sea-levels-could-rise-by-six-to-nine-metres-over-time-new-study-warns
Sea surface temperatures today are strikingly similar to those during the last interglacial period, when sea levels
were six to nine metres above their present height, according to research.
The findings provide compelling evidence that Greenland and Antarctica’s continental ice sheets are highly
sensitive to slight increases in ocean temperatures, and raise the prospect of sea levels continuing to rise for
many centuries.
With climate change doubters moving into the White House, the Guardian is spending 24 hours focusing on the
issue – and what we can all do to help save the planet
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seawater, so by tracking these ratios in the plankton, scientists can work out how much ice there was at a given
point in time.
The analysis found that, at the onset of the LIG 129,000 years ago, the global ocean sea surface temperatures
were similar to the 1870-1889 average. By 125,000 years ago, these had increased by 0.5C, reaching a
temperature indistinguishable from the 1995-2014 average.
Sea levels respond directly to global temperatures, both through the melting of ice shelves and through the
expansion of water as it warms. However, the process happens slowly, so the full extent of sea level rises may
only become apparent hundreds or thousands of years into the future.
Professor Andrew Watson, a climate scientist at the University of Exeter, said: “The good news is that with luck
it will continue to rise slowly, so that we have time to adapt, but the bad news is that eventually all our present
coastal city locations will be inundated.”
A crucial unknown is the rate at which the ice sheets will melt in the future, and the latest findings do not have a
direct bearing on this question, according to Jeremy Hoffman, a climate scientist at the Science Museum of
Virginia and the paper’s lead author.
During the LIG, warming occurred over more than 10,000 years, meaning that changes to the global ice sheets
could happen in parallel. The current warming trend has occurred over decades, and it is not clear how far
behind the melting of ice will lag.
The UN estimates that global sea levels will rise between 13cm and 68cm by 2050 and a high profile paper by
DeConto’s group last year predicted a two metre rise by the end of the century.
Previous research had shown that sea levels rose by several metres during the last interglacial (LIG), between
129,000 to 116,000 years ago, but until now the picture of how sea temperatures had varied over the same
period had remained patchy.
Louise Sime, head of palaeoclimate research at the British Antarctic Survey, said: “The rates of ice sheet loss
are really difficult to predict. Estimates are anything from 200 to 7,000 years.”
The latest research, based on marine sediment core records from 83 sites, concludes that sea temperatures
towards the end of the LIG were comparable to those seen today.
The Science paper also highlights apparent deficits in most climate models, which fail to replicate the warming
of the oceans seen in the sediment cores when they are applied to this period.
Rob DeConto, a climate scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who was not involved in the
research said: “This tells us that the big ice sheets are really sensitive to just a little bit of warming. That’s a
really powerful message.”
“This refined picture really clearly identifies that the modelling experiments do not create enough warming
during the last interglacial,” said Hoffman.
During the LIG, the Earth’s climate warmed due to a shift in the tilt of the planet, which led to average
temperatures around 2C warmer than today. The hippopotamus was found as far north as the river Thames and
forests reached well into the Arctic Circle.
Scientists view the period as an important reference for how the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere might respond
to the current warming trend in the future.
The study, published in the journal Science, compared records from 83 marine sediment core sites to data from
1870-1889 (pre-industrial times) and 1995-2014.
Records of both the local surface temperatures and global sea levels are locked into the layers of sediment.
Surface-feeding plankton act as natural thermometers as the ratio of magnesium to calcium accumulated in their
shells depends on the water temperature. Another plankton species acts as a gauge for the extent of continental
ice shelves. The ratio of two different forms of oxygen (O16 and O18) is different in continental ice sheets and
One explanation is that the models are underestimating feedback mechanisms in the Earth’s system, such as the
reduction of sunlight that is reflected back as ice melts, leading to an underestimation of how quickly ocean
temperatures ramp up.
“We think there might be some process missing that we’re just not capturing,” said Hoffman. “If we’re missing
something from this period of the Earth’s history, what might we be missing from future projections?”
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On January 27, the District joined representatives from the
Province of BC and the Government of Canada in announcing
joint funding for Highway 1 improvements around Lynn Creek.
These upgrades, which will separate local from highway traffic
and improve east-west flow to the Seymour area, are in
addition to upgrades already planned for the Mountain
highway, Lillooet Road (Fern Street) and Dollarton Highway
interchanges.
Part of the plan is to construct two-lane, parallel bridges on
each side of the existing orange Lynn Creek highway bridge.
The north bridge is for westbound traffic connecting Mount
Seymour Parkway to Mountain Highway, allowing traffic to flow
from Seymour to Lynn Valley without merging onto Highway 1;
and the south bridge will allow those coming down Mountain
Highway from Lynn Valley and up from Brooksbank Avenue to
enter the Highway in an east-bound direction.
Anyone who regularly commutes through this area knows these
upgrades are long overdue. District Council has been pressing
for these changes for many years, with our primary objective
being improved east-west traffic across Highway 1 and the
local rivers.
As part of its contribution, the District is close to completing
the new, five-lane Keith Road Bridge, which expands road
capacity over Lynn Creek by an additional three lanes.
This infrastructure funding agreement between all three levels
of government took many years of negotiation and District
Council is proud to partner with its provincial and federal
counterparts in improving access to, from, and across the
North Shore.
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improvement by separating local east-west traffic from that
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overall capacity on both the Ironworkers Memorial and Lions
Gate bridges. As Metro Vancouver grows so will regional traffic
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priority for all levels of government.
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A report by B.C. Stats says between 2015 and 2016, West Vancouver's population dropped by 2.1 per cent —
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past five years.
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