Trans Mount Spring

The bull and the bear

Ven six years after shy from the NHL, Len Barrie still sports the hockey do—his shaggy blond mane is just long enough to peek out from under the back of a helmet. And though he's now the developer behind the largest planned community in Western Canada, he still has a fondness for locker-cubicle quarters couture: Barrie strolls into his regular Tuesday tryst on a recent morning in flip-flops, cargo shorts and a Lululemon T-shirt, his locks still wet from a post-workout shower.

As he takes his place at the oversee of the table, he exchanges barbs with his lieutenants.

"We dug up a bunch of arrowheads for you," one arrange shoots back.

Then it's down to business. As Barrie slumps in his chair, Les Bjola, his event manager and de facto deputy, launches into an update of a proposed interchange for the Trans-Canada Highway that will guidance to Barrie's Whistler-esque Bear Mountain look to, 20 minutes northwest of Victoria. The company is waiting on an environmental and archeological assessment that will shape whether the new road is feasible—there's concern it will upset the limited ecology and plow through sacred First Nations sites (hence the arrowhead jab). To dissent the proposed new interchange, activists have been occupying tree-borne platforms along the road since April, 2007.

Source: Globe and Mail

See Also

• Bumpers
• Door Handle
• Fog Lights
• Fenders
• Grilles
• Headlights
• Hoods
• Mirrors
• Tail Lights
• Turn Signals
• Tailgates
• Wheels
• Windows
• Weatherstripping
• Trunks

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