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North Van's Beacon at Seylynn on the rise

VANCOUVER. MAY 3, 2013, at Seylynn Village sales centre, 600 Mountain Highway (at Fern), in North Vancouver, BC, May 3, 2013. (Arlen Redekop / PNG staff photo) (story by reporter) [PNG Merlin Archive]Arlen Redekop Arlen Redekop

VANCOUVER. MAY 3, 2013, at Seylynn Village sales centre, 600 Mountain Highway (at Fern), in North Vancouver, BC, May 3, 2013. (Arlen Redekop / PNG staff photo) (story by reporter) [PNG Merlin Archive]Arlen Redekop Arlen Redekop

Beacon at Seylynn Village will rise at Fern Street and Mountain Highway in North Vancouver. Photos: Arlen Redekop / PNGArlen Redekop Arlen Redekop

To live in North Vancouver is to love North Vancouver. So it comes as no surprise that Denna Homes, the developer behind Beacon at Seylynn Village, is seeing interest from those who have already established the community as their home.

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Kari Henshaw, principal designer of Insight Design Group, hatched the perfect plan to appeal to buyers accustomed to larger single family homes in the vicinity.

She made the 1,160 square foot show home with two bedrooms and a den look even larger, added personality to every room and referred throughout the suite to the magnet of North Vancouver: the outdoors.

A wide corridor with a den at the entrance leads to a compact European kitchen with an island. That den gave her the opportunity to strike the visitor's senses with a dramatic textured look, infused with light grey, brown and black shades.

It's divided into a work zone and a relax zone, with those two themes united by millwork.

"We purposefully gave the den a bit of a different personality as it's the first room that you come to when you enter the space and something that you see right from the front door," Henshaw says.

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In one bathroom, she goes for more bling and drama set against materials that refer directly to the outdoors that which gives North Vancouver so much of its character, she adds.

"The marble countertop acts as jewelry in the room and is quite dramatic, inspired by the relationship between the striation of natural stone and layering of the North Shore van cleef perlee bangle replica mountains."

Though the suite is large, Henshaw dug into her designer's tool kit to add to the illusion of an even grander space. A floating TV storage console and skinny legged furnishings in a living room drenched in light from the large windows enlarges the room, allowing for a continuous flow.

"We intentionally vary the experience as you flow through the home to create elements of surprise, and so that everything is not monotonous, while maintaining a consistency in terms of colour, texture and overall flow throughout," Henshaw says.

Project: Beacon at Seylynn Village

What: 201 units in a 24 storey building, first of three towers to be built on a 5.5 acre site.

Where: Fern Street and Mountain Highway, North Vancouver

Residence sizes and prices: Suites range from 1 bedroom unit (571 to 593 sq. ft.), priced from low $300,000s; one bedroom and den (594 to 619 sq. ft.); two bedroom (841 to 1,019 sq. ft.) from low $400,000s; two bedroom and den (1,038 to 1,156 sq. ft.) sub penthouses (974 to 1,356 sq. ft.); penthouses (1,929 to 2,008 sq. ft.)
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Mother of children killed in Vaughan crash says 'it's the worst nightmare'

SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My ProfileA woman whose three children and father died in a horrific vehicle crash north of Toronto yesterday says she learned about the fatal collision when she saw a picture of her van on TV while waiting for her parents and children to return home.Jennifer Neville Lake, speaking to television station CP24, said her mother was driving the minivan with her grandmother, father, and three children inside. ET Sunday.A man faces 18 charges in relation to the crash, including impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death.A memorial started on Monday outside of the Neville Lake home in Brampton to pay tribute to those killed in Sunday's crash. (Shannon Martin/CBC)Neville Lake said her parents had been late coming home with her kids Sunday, and they were not answering their cellphones. After seeing the image of her van on television, she called her husband home from work and they went to the police station, where she was told what had happened."It's, like, the worst nightmare," she said. "As a daughter, as a parent to have to go through. And to know it was caused by someone's stupidity. It kills me."She said two of her children Harry and Milly were taken to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, where they died while holding hands. She said she has not yet been able to see the bodies of her father or her oldest son, Daniel.Neville imitation Van Cleef & Arpels Clover necklace white Lake said her mother was able to say goodbye and sang to the children before she was transferred to another hospital.She said the autopsies are not yet complete, but they are starting to plan funerals. van cleef and arpels necklace alhambra ET Monday by Neville Lake to a Facebook group called Today's Mom, which has more than 5,000 members:The crash occurred copy van cleef jewelry Sunday afternoon at Kipling Avenue and Kirby Road north of Toronto. (Pascal Marchand)"Thank you everyone. Your kind words and messages mean so much to my husband and as we sit in our sons empty room surrounded by our children's things. As you know all of my children have gone home to God with my dad. My mother and grandmother are still in the hospital. Today we hope to see our big one as we were unable to see him last night. Please keep us in your prayers. God bless."
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Marshals arrest 12 of Jersey City's 'most violent' gang members

JERSEY CITY Twelve of the city's "most violent offenders" were arrested yesterday after police investigated ongoing violence between two rival gangs, a city spokeswoman said.

The men, all between the ages of 18 and 31, were arrested during an early morning operation that concluded a five month long investigation, Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.

The arrests were a joint operation between the Jersey City Police Department's Street Crimes Unit, Major Case Squad, Cease Fire Unit, and Criminal Warrants Squad, as well as the Hudson County Sheriffs Department, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Gang Unit, New Jersey State Police, and the United States Marshals.

"This operation combined traditional policing techniques along with innovative technological advancements in an attempt to dismantle the gangs' leadership and damage its ability to illegally sell narcotics and weapons," Morrill said in a statement.

Morrill did not include the names of the two rival gangs, but provided the general areas both are located. One of the groups operates on Martin Luther King Drive between Warner Avenue and Armstrong Avenue, Frivole necklace replica on Bostwick Avenue between MLK Drive and Ocean Avenue, as well as the area around Muhammed Ali Park, Morill said.

The other gang operates from fake Van Cleef & Arpels butterfly necklace diamonds Arlington Park to the intersection of Harmon Street and Randolph Avenue, and down Communipaw Avenue to the area surrounding Van Horne Street, Morrill said.

Since the launch of the investigation, 134 gang related arrests have been made, along with the recovery of 14 illegal guns and large quantities of drugs, Morrill said.

Jersey City saw a number of violent crimes committed between October and November. Seven people were shot to death in the city's west and south districts during the two month span which included five fatal shooting over the course of 12 days.

Officials expect more arrests as part of the investigation. Charges from yesterday's arrests include gang criminality, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, weapons and drug offenses.

Daquan Edwards, 19, of Van Nostrand Avenue. He is charged with gang criminality

Rashaun Bell, 19, of Princeton Avenue. He is charged with gang criminality

Frederick Barnett, 19, of Bostwick Avenue. He is charged with gang criminality.

Stefan Alexandre, 21, of Seaview Avenue. He is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon by a minor.

Frederick Thomas, 21, of MLK Drive. He is charged with conspiracy to unlawfully possess a weapon and possession of CDS.

William Conyers, 21, of Wegman Parkway. He is charged with gang criminality and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.

Kenny Harrigan, 19, of Clerk Street. He is charged with conspiracy to unlawfully possess a weapon.

Rafael Gomez, 18, of Summit Avenue. He is charged with conspiracy to unlawfully possess a weapon and possession of a firearm by a minor

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Gerald Hagood, 20, of Pearsall Avenue. He is charged with conspiracy to possess CDS.

Laquan Clark, 31, of Woodlawn Avenue. He is charged with three counts of conspiracy to unlawfully possess a weapon, gang criminality, conspiracy to possess CDS, conspiracy to possess CDS with the intent to distribute, possession of CDS, possession of CDS with intent to distribute, and possession of CDS within 1000 feet of a school.

Jamie Franklin, 20, of Dwight Street. He is charged with gang criminality, conspiracy to possess CDS with the intent to distribute, six counts of conspiracy to unlawfully possess weapons, six counts of conspiracy to commit robbery, four counts of conspiracy to possess CDS, and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.
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North Vancouver Shipyards undergoing major redevelopment

SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My Profile"We are going to change an old industrial shipyard building area wasteland into a great people orientated dynamic place," said Darrell Mussatto, mayor of North Vancouver.Presentation House Gallery: new building approved by North VancouverThe plan which has been in the works for years will be equipped with restaurants, shops, a boutique hotel, underground parking, an outdoor skating rink in the winter and a water park in the summer.The property on North Vancouver's waterfront a little east of Lonsdale Quay is set for significant redevelopment. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)"It's going to be a Frivole necklace replica great place for people to gather all year round," he said, "That can be the new gathering spot not just for the north shore, but be one of the better ones for the lower mainland," he said.Quay Property Management Corporation will fund the $35 million project and will lease the land from the City of North Vancouver. The city will pay $5 million for the remediation of the site.The redevelopment will include shops, restaurants, a public stage, underground parking, a skating rink in Van Cleef & Arpels Clover Necklace black replica winter and a water play zone for the summer months.Mussatto says the redevelopment isn't going to take away from the iconic area. On the contrary, he says it will add to it."By removing toxic soils that are full of carbons and heavy metals and taking them away from the site and remediation elsewhere, you will see an enhancement in natural areas."The project is expected by to be completed by 2018 with remediation expected to start Van Cleef & Arpels Frivole necklace replica in the next few months.Parts of an old machine shop that was disassembled on the property sit underneath tarps. Many of the original pieces will be used to build the new Shipyard development. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)With files from the CBC's The Early Edition and Bal BrachTo hear the full story listen to the audio labelled: North Vancouver Shipyards undergoing massive redevelopmentBy submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Comments are welcome while open. We reserve the right to close comments at any time.
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Between NHL back up assignments five years ago, just days after winning his first big league game, the back of Stalock left leg was accidentally stepped on during a crease scramble in AHL play in Worcester, Mass. What he thought was a muscle pull there was no blood turned out to be a skate blade slice of the peroneal nerve, which controls sensations in the lower leg, foot and toes.

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is a bump in the road for Alex, Wilson said. he needs right now is a chance to play again. Wilson indicated the Sharks weren ready to go into the playoffs without a reliable back up. That what led them to James Reimer.

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Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello wouldn say where Stalock and Smith will be assigned until they get to Toronto in the next few days and are sized up by coach Mike Babcock.

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Nudge nudge, wink wink, the Maple Leafs now have a Monty Python connection.

It turns out winger Ben Smith is a cousin of Python co founder Eric Idle.

mom British, so she really enjoys that comedy, Smith told the Calgary Herald in an earlier interview. watched a little bit of it their Hollywood movies but not too much of the TV stuff. did see Spamalot on Broadway when another cousin was married in New York City and got to meet the cast.

mom also flew over and went to one of their concerts at Wembley Stadium, Smith said around a lot of British people so I get the kind of dry humour. look on the bright side of a trade.

Goalie Alex Stalock

Age: 28, born in St. Paul, Minn.

Height/Weight: 6 0, 183 pounds

Drafted: 112th overall in 2005

This season (NHL): 3 5 0, .884 save pct.

Career: 24 19 7, .911 save pct.

Did You Know: First team WCHA all star with University of Minnesota Duluth . Won 45 regular season/playoff games with Worcester of AHL in 2009 10 . Won his NHL debut in relief on Feb. 1, 2011. Scored a goal in his first NHL game in 2011 and during the playoffs that spring, an overtime goal against Vancouver.
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Mark Ronson And The Producer As Rock Star

That album, Uptown Special, is out Tuesday. It brims with vintage R pop vibes and hip hop beats, a mix Ronson has been known for since his days as a New York club DJ in the '90s. Over the years he's produced artists from all over the pop landscape Amy Winehouse, Nas, Black Lips. Last year he even made it to the TED Conference stage, where he laid out a compelling picture of how the evolution of technology and taste have allowed once disparate musical threads to weave together. Hear the radio version at the audio link, and read more of their conversation below.

Arun Rath: I want to ask about "Uptown Funk," and not just because it's so popular at the moment. I know that Prince used "uptown" to refer not to a place, but a kind of idea. I'm wondering what uptown means to you?

Mark Ronson: I guess, because I came up DJing in hip hop clubs in New York, uptown had a very specific meaning: It was the Bronx, it was Harlem. Uptown is the hipster neighborhood like, coming up in Oakland. Uptown is where Mystikal is from, the housing area he was from in New Orleans. Uptown is, you know, Prince, Minneapolis. It kind of means so many cool things, and absolutely nothing at the same time, that it makes it kind of the perfect thing to put into a song title.

Why do you think this tune has hit such a hit a chord with people?

I mean, you can never tell. You can have something you think is the greatest thing ever, or everyone can tell you it's gonna be the biggest hit, and it can just come out and tank. Maybe there's something about hearing dance music played by live, humanoid people that's been missing a bit in music.

There are so many influences, so many different sounds in your music. I'm curious about the music you listened to growing up. What was your musical diet as a kid?

I grew up in England until I was 8, and then we moved to New York. I think somewhere in my early teens I really discovered hip hop, and it was such a great, golden era. You had all the Def Jam things like Slick Rick and LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, and that was very much the sound of New York like quite literally, coming out of cars. I got into DJing and playing this music, and because it sampled so much James Brown, classic jazz, all this rare groove stuff, that made me discover all the funk music and I realized I loved that just as much.

So you ended up going an extra step, getting influenced by the people who influenced you initially.

Exactly. And I think that's how a lot of people from my generation discovered things like The Meters and Al Green through Wu Tang and the RZA and those productions. And it's great, I think, any which way you come to it. It doesn't matter.

How old were you when you started writing songs?

I played in a high school band; I played rhythm guitar. And I wrote some horrible songs. I was always more interested in writing the music. I bought a drum machine and I started to work with rappers just making the beat, and they come with the lyrics.

I feel like surrounding yourself with people that are more talented than you is the best way to get better at anything so like, working with someone like Jeff Bhasker on this album and wanting to really step up my musicality and chord changes. Picking up a Stevie Wonder songbook and teaching yourself the most complicated thing in there, even if it takes you four weeks to figure out one fake van cleef & arpels clover diamond ring song. Any of those things, I love doing. They feed the brain and the soul at the same time.

Is it my imagination or are producers becoming stars more often these days? I'm thinking about you, Pharrell, AVICII. And then there are people making electronic dance music who are stars, basically, for producing. What do you make of that?

I'm not sure what happened somewhere along the way that I get to make these records with my own name. When I first put out my song "Valerie" with Amy Winehouse, it really wasn't a hit at all in this country. Somebody at the label explained to me, "Listen, no one will ever understand, in America, the 'Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse' thing. It's just never gonna fly."Putting A Name And Face To A Famous Voice

I think Calvin Harris and these guys kind of broke down the door, even though they're doing such different music than I'm doing. "Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna" suddenly became a thing that American radio, or however you want to say it, commercial radio, was ready for. I make these records because I have a concept and a bunch of song ideas and things, but I need great vocalists and I need people to help me carry that vision. I couldn't do it all by myself.

You've worked with and produced some very established singers Bruno Mars, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen but on this new album you also have some great new vocal talent. You took a trip through the American South.

We wrote this song called "I Can't Lose." I love all the Chaka Khan records from the late '70s "I Know You, I Live You," and that feeling. We were thinking, who around [today] would sing that? And Jeff was just like, "Man, let's just get in a car and drive through the South, and we'll find singers. conversation, after a few whiskeys.

We got to New Orleans and rented a van, and we Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry price replica drove up through the South. And we saw so many incredible singers. You're not gonna see a bad singer going to churches and nightclubs and bars in that part of the deep South. But we had a very specific voice that we were looking for for this song, and we went to this little restaurant in Jackson, Miss., where we sort of had this mini audition. We heard this girl, Keyone, come up and sing, and it really just felt like, "Wow, we definitely found the person that we were looking for."

You worked with another performer from the South, although not as much of a kind of "in church" feel. How did you get to work with Mystikal on "Feel Right"?

We got to New Orleans, Jeff and I, and we ran into Trombone Shorty, this incredible jazz musician. He said, "When you all get to Baton Rouge, you know, you should look up Mystikal." When we ended up going to Memphis a few weeks later to start recording, I just called him up and I said, "Would you come up and work on this song?" Bruno happened to be there at that time because we were working on "Uptown Funk." I think I must have left Bruno and Mystikal alone for maybe two hours, and they came back with the first verse and the chorus of that song.

I love Mystikal's voice. All those early records that he did with Pharrell back in the early 2000s when I was DJing in clubs in New York, they were always such great records, and they really hold up.

I want to ask you about one more song, which features a credit that kind of jumped out at me.

Yes. Michael wrote kind of my favorite piece of modern fiction, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. I found out he was doing a book signing a few years ago, so I showed up, and I think he kind of recognized me or something he told me that he had liked a piece of music from my last record. When Jeff and I started working on the record last year, I said, "What do you think if I write a letter to Michael Chabon and see if he'd be interested in contributing lyrics to this album?" Because for some reason, clever lyrics only get to be the domain of the tortured singer with the acoustic guitar that you picture. Like, why can't we put these stories over Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry copy the groove?

"Crack in the Pearl" he actually just sent us over the Internet, and what was so great was, it inspired a melody that I never would have written had I not been reading those lyrics off the page. That's the piece of music that Stevie Wonder plays the harmonica, the melody, as the intro of the album, so it's an amazing turn of events. It's just something that you could never plan for, you couldn't even dream about it's what happened.
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