Fiigh Tech 125 New Website puts politicians online Dining pi7 Arigato’s Bay Street sushi bonanza SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 Bright Lights ace [2 Business 900 25 Classifieds eee hS Crossword woe 52 Knlghi North Shore Alert Sports Wright Veteran Whitecaps remember this day twenty years ago HCN Publication Company. Pubiyher Peter Spc, 1139 Lensaale Avenue North Vancouver BC V7M 244 Canadan Pupbcabons Mad Sates Product Agreement "ky 0087238 56 Pages W. Van realtor fined $62,000 Katharine Hamer Contributing Writer A West Vancouver realtor pleaded guilty last Friday in Vancouver provin- cial court to tax evasion. Mike Donakl Mlasen was fined $62,000 by Judge B. Bastin after admitting to one count of wilfully evading the payment of taxes under S 239 of the Income Fax Act. Over a three-year period, berw 1996-98, Kiasen created false rental losses on his personal income tax returns for properties he did- wt own. Both of the proper- ties were on the North Share. According to Revenue Canada, sone —spproperty belonged to someone else See Tax page 4 Layne Christensen News Reporter layne@nsnews.com AN artist who received national attention for his alleged commissions for the British Royal Family is being investigated by the police. West Vancouver Police spokesman Sgt. fim Aimas confirmed last week that Christian Cardell Corbet, a former Deep Cove resi- dent, is under investigation for theft over $5,000. No charges have been laid. . . ; . ; Corbet, whose christian name is Alfred, signs his correspon- & 5 The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 192% First class West Vancouver Pelice look at artist’s role in portrait academy dence “Artist co HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.” He made headlines in 1995 and 1997 for his portraits of British royal family members. A front page News story Aug, 8 revealed how Corbet has no such royal appointment. Corbet is also president of the Canadian Portrait Academy (CPA), a self-supporting member association that he founded in - the spring of 1996, It was in this role that Corbet, 33, had become custodian of a large collection of paintings by Canadian portrait painters. The collection included a number by West Vs i artist Elizabeth Sinily. renting over 30 mitlion for about a dollar a day! Call today to setup your Complimentary Guest Visit . NORTH SHORE. Me ee i Sports p44 FREE NEWS photo Terry Peters STUDENTS at St. Thomas Aquinas secondary schoo! got a warm welcome on Tuesday morning with bafioons and a sign as they head- ed back to school for the first day of classes. Corbet befriended Smily, $1, in 1995. In February of 1996 he arranged for a portrait by the elder artist to be accepted by the Queen Mother. He has also organized exhibitions of Smily’s work at the Ferry Building and Federation of Canadian Artists galleries. Smily told the News she noticed a number of paintings mi ing from her British Properties home in carly Auguse while prepar- ing tor a show in New Westminster. What she noticed missing at first was one of nwo paintings by West Van artist Daniel Izzard, Smily said. : “T had them for years on the wall. [ took them down because I bought a painting by Tony Bruneau and there wasn’t room for both. That’s what alerted me — the fact that the Daniel gone ... and then I started wondering where other things ¥ See Paintings page & dollars in facilities and equipment