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Vol. 104 No. 61 • Established 1908

MIDWEEK EDITION

THE VOICE OF VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOODS

NEWS: Avalon Dairy land 6/ OPINION: Ferry contracts 10

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PLAN AFFECTS STRETCH FROM BURRARD BRIDGE TO JERICHO BEACH MIKE HOWELL Staff writer

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DY-NO-MITE: Pyrotechnicians prepare the Honda Celebration of Light barge for last Saturday

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night’s United Kingdom fireworks display over English Bay. The fireworks continue Wednesday with Team Canada, followed by Team Thailand on Aug. 3. See story on page 8. Scan this page with the Layar app to see a video and a photo gallery.

ity council has approved a controversial $6 million plan it says will make cycling and walking safer but limit vehicle access along a popular driving route in Kitsilano.

After hearing from more than 100 speakers over several days, the Vision Vancouver-dominated council voted Monday night to go ahead with changes to the stretch between the Burrard Bridge and Jericho Beach.

The plan calls for street closures, removal of parking spots, separated bike lanes, the widening of sidewalks and upgrades to intersections and parks.

The most significant change will see the section of Point Grey Road between Alma and Waterloo streets become a one-way street, with closures at Trutch and Macdonald streets.

The change will mean approximately 10,000 vehicles per day will be diverted to Burrard and Macdonald streets and West Fourth Avenue. “Change is difficult and this [plan] is asking people to change their behaviour and that is going to be difficult,” acknowledged Vision Coun. Heather Deal in passing the plan.

But, Deal said, drivers heading to destinations such as the University of B.C. will simply have to turn left one kilometre sooner along Point Grey Road.

In return, she added, the upgrades will improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, and complete a 28kilometre cycling loop that begins at the Vancouver Convention Centre, goes around Stanley Park and over the Burrard Bridge into Kitsilano.

See NPA on page 4

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12TH AND CAMBIE: CRIME DOWN BY MIKE HOWELL For the sixth consecutive year, violent crime in Vancouver is down.

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Building new ferries and the shipyard that might get it is a completely different story than the last time this topic was raised in the legislature.

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news Police seeing increase in mental health calls VPD MADE 2,636 ARRESTS UNDER MENTAL HEALTH ACT IN 2012; MOST RECENT CASE INVOLVED A WOMAN GIVING BIRTH TO TWINS IN OPPENHEIMER PARK MIKE HOWELL Staff writer

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he Vancouver Police Department is seeing a steady increase in the number of times it arrests people under the Mental Health Act. The most recent statistics available from the department indicate police arrested 358 more people under the Act in 2012 than in 2010 for a total of 2,636 arrests.

“More and more, we’re becoming the agency of first resort where we’re dealing with more mental health issues,” said Const. Brian Montague, a VPD media liaison officer.

The majority of arrests for the statistical period occurred in the policing district that includes the Downtown Eastside and runs east to Boundary Road. Second to that district was the area of downtown that includes the central business centre, the West End and Stanley Park.

The calls to the Downtown Eastside follow a trend the VPD revealed in a 2008 report that said 42 per cent of all police calls were related to mental illness. The area is widely known to have residents addicted to drugs and suffering from various forms of mental illness, which was highlighted July 24 in the arrest of a woman who gave birth to twins in Oppenheimer Park.

Officers arrested the woman under the Mental Health Act and her babies were placed under the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Police were concerned the woman was going to harm the newborns, said Police Chief Jim Chu,

By intervening “ and removing

the infants, they saved the babies’ lives, in my view.

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—Chief Jim Chu who updated reporters Friday on what was initially reported the previous day as a so-called good news story, where police assisted paramedics to deliver the twins. “By intervening and removing the infants, they saved the babies’ lives, in my view,” said the chief, who described the mother as holding the newborns tightly by the head and neck as their legs dangled.

“They had to act, the babies were in grave danger.”

Chu noted the woman had previous dealings with police related to mental illness but wouldn’t elaborate on the incidents.

Under the Mental Health Act, police can arrest a person who is considered a danger to themselves or planning to harm others. That person is then transported to a hospital, which is what happened to the mother from Oppenheimer Park.

“We’re always concerned as a police department about the mentally ill and the services that are being provided,” Chu said. “I used to say we are the mental health agency of last resort. Now we’re almost the mental

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A woman with a history of mental health issues delivered twins in Oppenheimer Park last week. Police arrested her under the Mental Health Act and placed the babies in government care. health agency of first resort.”

It is not typical for the VPD to release information about arrests made under the Mental Health Act. But since the department previously released the news about the births, Chu said it was important to release more details of what transpired in the park.

The VPD released its report titled Lost in Transition in 2008. The report suggested “a lack of capacity in the mental health system is failing the city’s mentally ill and draining police resources.”

The key recommendation in that report was for a 24-hour specialized centre for mentally ill people to be built in Vancouver.

Police argued for the centre because they say there is no place in the middle of the night to take people suffering from mental health or addictions problems other than a hospital or jail. The centre would allow each patienttostayupto72hoursandhave access to housing for up to seven days.

A medical team could then properly assess them.

Five years later, the government has yet to act on the request, with then-health minister Margaret MacDiarmid telling the Courier in March she was worried about “duplicating resources.”

She, instead, pointed to Assertive Community Treatment, or ACT teams, and the ongoing work of the VPD’s Car 87 — which is staffed by an officer and a nurse — as programs dedicated to mental health calls. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

NPA says plan divides community; wanted delay in vote Continued from page 1 “This route is going to become a jewel and very, very much appreciated by the people throughout the region and beyond,” Deal said.

“It’s a challenging change, it’s been a difficult process but I believe we will adapt to it and that we’ll be glad we did it, at the end of the day.”

Another piece of the project includes the creation of bikeway along York Street, which keeps cyclists off the busy stretch of Cornwall Avenue and will see upgrades for pedestrians in front of Henry Hudson elementary school.

The plan passed despite NPA Coun. George Affleck’s unsuccessful request to delay a vote until October. Affleck said the plan divided the community and suggested the majority of speakers were opposed to the project.

“We have a lot of people in our city who are angry about this,” said Affleck, who called for more consultation to improve upon the recom-

mended upgrades.

Council heard from the last round of speakers Monday night, including Gerda Toffoli, who described herself as a pedestrian, cyclist and occasional transit user and motorist.

In panning the project, Toffoli suggested road closures along Point Grey Road would improve property values for residents along that stretch while other Kitsilano residents would see more vehicles in their neighbourhoods.

“It seems undemocratic to us Vancouver citizens to pay millions of dollars for the benefit of a few already privileged homeowners,” said Toffoli, who urged council to instead widen Point Grey Road and upgrade existing cycling routes in Kitsilano. “Please consider all voters, not just a select few.”

Point Grey resident Steve McMurdo, a lawyer and former professional triathlete,

made an animated plea to council to make changes to Point Grey Road to improve safety for cyclists.

“This is not about my property values going up,” McMurdo said. “I’ve lived there for seven years. I have seen hundreds of instances where death could have been imminent.”

City staff conducted a one-day count in August 2012 that recorded about 450 people walking and 600 others cycling on Point Grey Road. Another 1,250 pedestrians and 900 cyclists were counted on Cornwall Avenue, which links with Point Grey Road.

Data from the Insurance Corporation of B.C. showed 51 crashes involving cyclists along the Cornwall-Point Grey corridor, between 2008 and 2012.

City staff pointed out the data didn’t include accidents where cyclists didn’t make a

claim to the insurance corporation or statistics on hit-and-run incidents.

The council vote Monday night was severed into several sections, with NPA councilors Affleck and Elizabeth Ball opposed to segments of the overall plan.

Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr voted for all of the plan, except for the creation of the York Street bikeway, saying more consultation was needed.

Vision councillors Deal, Tony Tang, Andrea Reimer, Geoff Meggs, Raymond Louie and Tim Stevenson were unanimous in their support for the plan.

Mayor Gregor Robertson recused himself from voting because he recently purchased a house in the neighbourhood near York Avenue. Coun. Kerry Jang was absent. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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news Violent crime rate in city continues to decline 12TH & CAMBIE with Mike Howell

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ello, I’m back. I was away working on a couple of feature stories and, sadly, I missed a Vancouver Police Board meeting and failed to make it to city hall; apparently, there’s some fuss being made about bike lanes, or something?

Anyhoo, since some of you might have had your fill about bike lanes and bike share systems and bike this and bike that, I thought I’d get you caught up on some cop stuff.

The mayor’s office let us media types know last week that Mayor Gregor Robertson was happy with Police Chief Jim Chu and his department’s progress on reducing violent crime.

If I read the release correctly, 2012 marked the sixth consecutive year that Vancouver’s violent crime rate has fallen. In fact, since 2008, violent crime dropped 16.6 per cent.

“These consistent reductions in violent crime in Vancouver are a great credit to the leadership of the VPD and the countless neighbourhood volunteers who work to make our communities even safer and more livable for everyone,” said the mayor, who doubles as the chairperson of the Vancouver Police Board.

Violent crime in Vancouver has dropped 16.6 per cent since 2008.

Well, that’s great news for the city.

But Vancouver isn’t alone in Canada when it comes to reductions in violent crime, according to Statistics Canada’s recent report on “policereported crime statistics” for 2012.

The number of violent crimes has decreased significantly across the country, with police reporting just over 415,000 violent incidents in 2012. That is a decrease of about 9,000 incidents from the previous year. In fact, the nation-wide violent crime rate fell three per cent, its lowest level since 1987.

In addition to fewer homicides, the largest

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decreases were in sexual assaults, robberies and assaults on police officers, according to the national data.

Police Chief Jim Chu and his 1,300 officers want to reduce violent crime by 2.5 per cent for a total reduction of 12.5 per cent over the next five years.

So how does the VPD plan to do it?

The VPD’s mid-year business plan, which went before the police board July 16, sheds some light on what police are doing to keep violent crime low.

Here’s a few strategies:

• Patrol district analysts complete weekly analysis reports on violence committed by chronic offenders.

• The analysts also create, track and distribute weekly bulletins with respect to newly released offenders from jail, offenders with conditions and outstanding warrants for arrests.

• Ongoing projects targeting chronic offenders committing property and violent crime.

• The high risk offender unit ensures all patrol districts receives notifications of offenders and their probation orders.

• Deploying more officers from the beat enforcement team on foot two days before and after “welfare Wednesday” in the Downtown Eastside. The VPD says the police presence has reduced the previous number of robbery and assault offences during that time of the month.

• Continue to work with women’s groups in the Downtown Eastside, including the Downtown Women’s Centre, as part of the VPD’s efforts to reduce violence against women.

Another report that went before the police board noted violent crime decreased 9.6 per cent to 1,510 offences when comparing the second quarter of 2012 to 2013.

The biggest drop — 15.2 per cent — was in patrol district three, which includes the neighbourhoods of Sunset, Renfrew-Collingwood, Mount Pleasant, Killarney, VictoriaFraserview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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Heritage commission opposes Avalon proposal HERITAGE COMMISSION WANTS GREATER VISIBILITY OF FARMHOUSE

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he Vancouver Heritage Commission, which advises the city on heritage matters, rejected the rezoning application for the old Avalon Dairy property at its July 29 meeting.

But the five-member panel indicated it would reconsider its position if the applicant re-works the plan for the 1.26-acre site and presents it to the commission at the development permit stage.

The rezoning application still has to go before the urban design panel, which advises the city on development proposals, July 31.

Avalonna Homes bought the Avalon Dairy property at 5805 Wales St. for $6 million in 2011. Since it’s zoned single-family residential, the owner could subdivide it into 10 or 11 lots, but the city is willing to consider extra density in order to preserve the Craftsman-style farmhouse on the lot, which Avalon founder Jeremiah

The Vancouver Heritage Commission does not support the rezoning application for 5805 Wales St., the former Avalon Dairy property. The rezoning application goes before the City of Vancouver’s urban design panel Wednesday, July 31.

Crowley built in 1908.

The re-zoning application, submitted by Hywel Jones Architect Ltd., proposes restoring the heritage A-listed farmhouse in its current location and building eight other multi-family buildings up to three-storeys high containing a total of 68 units.

The application also proposes underground parking, completing the greenway along 43rd Avenue and adding community gardens.

Richard Keate, chair of the Vancouver Heritage Commission, said while

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there is support among commission members for the density and number of units, more work needs to be done on the location and size of infill buildings to allow for greater open space and greater visibility of the farmhouse.

He said the commission is reserving its support for the heritage conservation plan based on whether it sees a re-worked design at the development permit stage, including the floor plates and subdivision plan for the heritage farmhouse plus ex-

terior details and choice of materials for the proposed new buildings.

“We were unanimously concerned that no one would see the farmhouse from Wales Street (from the southeast) and there were plans to divvy up the farmhouse into three suites, which wouldn’t leave any heritage fabric or view corridors behind. In short, there was nothing for heritage to justify the density jump from maybe 33 dwelling units under RS-1 to the requested 68,” Keate wrote

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in an email to the Courier.

Hywel Jones, principal at Hywel Jones Architect Ltd., told the Courier Tuesday morning the heritage commission’s opinion contrasts with neighbourhood opinion.

“It’s actually contrary to what the residents want because where the heritage commission is coming from is that they wanted more open space around the farmhouse and yet they supported the proposed number of units and the square footage. So, they suggested that the buildings got taller

— up to six storeys in parts of the site to provide that area and that’s something we know that the neighbourhood won’t support,” Jones said. “[The height] is not going to fly. We either upset the heritage panel or we upset the neighbourhood, so I guess it’s up to the planning department to decide what the priorities are.”

Kent Munro, the city’s assistant director of planning, told the Courier early Monday, prior to the heritage commission’s decision, that the rezoning proposal is an opportunity to save the farmhouse, that it also saves some significant trees neighbours are fond of and that feedback about the project within the community has been generally good. The most recent open house was in late June.

“As we usually get, there were questions about things like parking and access and stuff like that. They’re proposing more than the bylaw minimum requirements for parking, but people still get concerned about parking in streets. But generally, the idea and the concept of finding a solution that protects and saves the heritage house has got a pretty good level of support in the community,” he said. “I think people realize with this being zoned for single family right now that it’s better than the alternative.” noconnor@vancourier.com twitter.com/naoibh

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news Hamber grad lands $80,000 scholarship CLASS NOTES

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ric Hamber graduate Rosy Teed will head to McGill University at the end of next month equipped with a scholarship of up to $80,000 for four years of study.

Teed won the Loran Scholarship for her community service and leadership skills.

For the last two school years, Teed has served as editor-in-chief of Hamber’s yearbook and student newspaper, which she co-founded, president of the student forum, Compassionate Leadership Club and the Hamber Food for Humanity, which she founded, an officer with St. John Ambulance, a volunteer with Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, a peer tutor and a fundraiser for World Vision.

She also paddled in dragon boat national championships, participated in a model United Nations conference and, this year, played violin in her school’s symphony orchestra, all while maintaining a minimum 85 per cent grade average.

Teed’s mother is a family doctor and her father a personal injury lawyer. She says her

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Loran Scholarship winner Rosy Teed will study commerce at McGill starting this fall. urge to help others may stem from them.

“Everything [I] see makes me want to help,” said Teed, a resident of South Cambie. “Myself, coming from a privileged family, there’s always something I can do to give back.”

Teed started the Hamber Food for Humanity baking club after she saw someone overdose in the Downtown Eastside.

She corralled 15 classmates to bake with her, asked her home economics teacher to sponsor the group, contacted the Salvation Army Harbour Light, which runs a drop-in

shelter called Anchor of Hope, and canvassed grocery stores for donations of ingredients.

Now the club bakes dessert and breakfast goods every two weeks for the approximately 30 people who sleep at Anchor of Hope each night.

“It was something that, really, I had to do as a citizen of Vancouver,” Teed said. “It’s just one small thing that I could do, it wasn’t a big stress on me, but it could help them and brighten their day and maybe show

them there are people out there who cared about them and who wanted to help them recover.”

Teed plans to study commerce at McGill.

She’s interested in law, archeology and anthropology. She hopes to dragon boat and plans to get involved with her university and the surrounding community in Montreal, a requirement of the scholarship.

Loran awards up to 30 students a year with up to $80,000. Each award includes an annual tuition waiver, a stipend of $9,000, access to summer internships and mentorship opportunities. Founded in 1988, the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, which awards Loran Scholars, was the first national organization in Canada to grant scholarships based on a mix of academic achievement, extracurricular activity and leadership potential.

Teed says she’s given up time with friends and in front of the TV and computer to accomplish as much as she has.

“I guess it’s worth it,” she said. “In some ways it is; in some ways it’s not. I wish I had gone to parties and all that stuff, but it is worth it because at the end of the day you’ll see that you’ve actually accomplished something with your life and even though I’m only 18 and I haven’t done too much, I’ve done something.” crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Booze poses biggest problem at fireworks LIQUOR-VIOLATIONS TOP LIST OF INFRACTIONS SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

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Dozens of new street signs in Grandview-Woodland added last month are now being taken down.

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Grandview-Woodland signage hits overdrive ANDREW FLEMING Staff writer

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here’s no other street in Vancouver quite like Commercial Drive. There are, however, now dozens of streets in the surrounding area currently misidentified as “The Drive” after a recent marketing campaign by the Commercial Drive Business Society (CDBS) took a wrong turn.

Since many people refer to the iconic Grandview-Woodland strip simply as the Drive, the local business improvement association decided to order dozens of new signs that would add the term to existing Commercial Drive signage.

Newly installed CDBS executive director Jane McFadden said city workers then accidentally put some of them up on neighbouring streets when they were installed in June. She said many of the signs not on Commercial Drive itself will be removed but isn’t sure when.

“To be honest, I think the city is backed up,” said McFadden. “They are definitely taking them down in the surrounding area but they haven’t confirmed a date with us just because there are so many of them on holiday.”

Most new signs on the Drive itself feature a logo of the Italian flag while those on side streets do not.

McFadden, a former board member of the Yaletown BIA, wasn’t involved when the decision was made to install the signs and said she didn’t know how much they cost.

Jak King, co-founder of the Grandview Heritage Group, said he finds it difficult to believe city workers would install signs anywhere they weren’t told specifically to do so. He said he called 311, the city’s information line, after hearing dozens of complaints from local residents and ended up talking to Phil Wong, an engineer with the city’s traffic department.

“I certainly got the impression from him that there had been some long correspondence with the BIA, several years worth, about getting these signs up so I’m sure it wasn’t a mistake,” said King. “It’s all very well and good for them to want to brand it, but their remit is only on the Drive, they don’t deal with anything east or west of the Drive. The city shouldn’t just go around doing these damn things without speaking to people like the GWAC [Grandview Woodland Area Council] and other local organizations that represent the residents.”

The Courier wasn’t able to speak with anyone from the city’s traffic operations department but, as the paper was being ready to be sent to press, it received an email from a corporate communications staffer saying “crews are going to start taking the signs down in residential areas as soon as today and work with the staff they have available to complete the work over the next few weeks.”

The CDBS is one of 22 BIAs in Vancouver. The non-profit received $435,343 in funding from the city for its 2013-14 budget, a three per cent increase from the previous year. Earlier this month, it launched a lawsuit against a Commercial Drive pharmacy for using the CDBS logo — a circular brand that contains the words “Totally Drive certified” — without permission, citing loss of reputation and confusion among its members. Its other recent initiatives include putting up fabric banner signs and converting the recently installed giant coffee cup sculpture in Grandview Park into a flower garden after residents complained it was becoming an unofficial garbage can and posed a danger to children. afleming@vancourier.com twitter.com/flematic

he Vancouver Police Department could have used some assistance from British spy James Bond Saturday night as the annual Celebration of Light fireworks festival drew the annual miscreants who just couldn’t leave the booze at home.

According to the VPD, liquor-related violations topped the list of infractions on opening night of the three-evening festival, which launched July 27 with the United Kingdom presenting a James Bond-themed spectacular.

Other than the liquor violations, the VPD said there were no serious incidents at the event, which drew an estimated crowd of between 250,000 to 300,000 to the city’s beaches. In total there were 612 liquor pour-outs, nine arrests for being drunk in public and 35 liquor seizures. Then there were the annual weapons seizures (eight), 135 violation tickets and 14 arrests. But for the majority of the crowd, the fireworks display went on without a hitch as the Brits lit up the skies over English Bay with their License to Thrill-themed show, which started at 10 p.m.

Patrick Brault, executive producer of the festival, said organizers invited the team to take part in last year’s festival. “But they were smack-dab in the middle of the Olympics,” said Brault. “So we’re glad to have them.”

During a media tour of the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge in English Bay Friday morning, the UK team was busy filling shells and mortars with explosives and wiring the pyrotechnics to special boards that will eventually be synced to computers to be detonated. Those computers are stored in an orange hut at the end of the barge, where fireworks magic will happen on each of the three nights of the festival.

The Celebration of Light is not only Vancouver’s biggest event, but also the largest offshore fireworks competition in the world, attracting more than 400,000 spectators along the shores of English Bay each evening. This is the 23rd anniversary of the festival, owned by the non-profit Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society. It’s estimated the festival contributes about $39 million towards the city’s tourism and hospitality industries.

On Wednesday, July 31, Calgary-based Fireworks Spectaculars will represent Canada in the competition and on Aug. 3, the finale willshowcasetheskillsofThailandFireworks,whichboaststhe2007 Guinness World Record for biggest firework shell, at 54 inches.

The Honda Celebration of Light festival has a downloadable app for smartphones that offers all of the event information, including a schedule of bands performing during SHOREfest on English Bay and at Sunset Beach, a map of things to see and do before the fireworks, a soundtrack to each fireworks performance that will play automatically when the show begins, and a voting function. To hear the music during each performance, spectators can also tune into SHORE 104.3 FM. Don’t want to download the app? Visit hondacelebrationoflight.com for information. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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roping around for an argument on the last day of the legislative sitting last week, the New Democrats seized on a startling topic: ferry-building.

Given the party’s track record when it comes to building ferries — which is: three swings, three spectacular misses — it was a startling choice. It has been 13 years since the fast-ferry experiment sank under the weight of its own incompetence, but the memories are still vivid. You’d think the topic would be marked in the Opposition files under the heading “Still Too Soon.”

The NDP criticizing a ferry-building project is like the Vancouver Canucks teaching a course in goaltender management.

But the temptation was irresistible, given the setup. B.C. Ferries needs three intermediate-class ferries and this week got the OK from the ferry commissioner to build them.

The NDP has been stung by criticisms that their election campaign failed to show the slightest interest in jobs. So the obvious line of attack involved where the ferries will be built. The Opposition is primed for a reprise of the argument nine years ago that erupted after B.C. Ferries stiffed local shipyards and went to Germany to get the three coastal-class vessels built.

The NDP took part then in a concentrated campaign against that decision. It didn’t change the company’s mind, but it did sensitize people to the issue. This time, though, it looks as if they are getting ahead of themselves.

The entire round of questions and criticisms this week was devoted to the theme that the B.C. Liberals are going to stand idly by and do nothing while B.C. Ferries goes offshore again to get ferries built.

NDP Leader Adrian Dix said B.C. jobs come number two.

“You either believe we should build ships in B.C. or you don’t.”

Opposition MLA Gary Holman chimed in, accusing the Liberals of turning their backs on the opportunity to build family-supporting, tax-contributing jobs in B.C. From the general tone, you’d think the deal was done and those German welders were already clocking in what should have been B.C. jobs.

But all that’s happened so far is that the company has said it needs three ships. And in fact, it’s specifically invited “Canadian and international shipyards” to bid on the jobs.

The NDP campaign seems to be based on the idea that the government and the corporation should have slammed the door and confined the bidding process to just B.C. yards.

But that doesn’t sound like a particularly sound way to keep the bids competitive. In fact, it would amount to gift-wrapping the opportunity and delivering it to the B.C. yards on a silver plate.

The line of questioning also seems to assume that an offshore yard will automatically beat local yards.

Not so fast. It’s a whole different story this time around.

The ferries needed are scarcely half the size of the coastal-class ships that were built in Germany. Ships with 125- to 145-car capacity are much more within the range of B.C. yards. The most recent ferry order was that size, and it was built locally, in 2008.

And Seaspan and other yards are beefed up compared to where they were nine years ago. Seaspan is well into a $180-million upgrade of its yard in preparation for its share of the long-term federal contract it won.

There are a small handful of B.C. yards that could bid on the ferry work and win the job. It depends a bit on the timing, particularly in Seaspan’s case, since it would have to coincide properly with the rollout of the contracts the federal government will be letting.

The one question mark is the idea of powering them with liquefied natural gas, which is being considered.

That would be a novelty for the local shipyards. But it’s not as if they have to build LNG units. They just have to install them.

LNG-powered engines would be components you buy like any other.

They would make it more complex and expensive, but hardly impossible.

We are still several steps away from taking to the streets again to protest foreign-built ferries. And the landscape is so different now, there’s an even chance there will be no need to do so. lleyne@timescolonist.com

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had to take the car (I’ve owned it long enough for a simple definite article) through AirCare this week, for the last time. It got a simple pass after they hooked up its electronic guts to a computer and determined it had been a good little engine for the past two years. They printed out my pass form on the last dot matrix printer in B.C. and sent me away.

It’s the last time I’ll have to get the car AirCared, as the program is ending as of this year.

That will feel strange. I’ve been driving cars through AirCare testing bays ever since I started driving.

The program started in 1992, two years before I got my license.

My cars and AirCare have seldom been friends. Like most of us, I owned a series of early vehicles that teetered on the line between “car” and “pile of rolling metal.”

My worst car was a 1988 Hyundai Stellar.

Never heard of the Stellar? That’s because of its painful failure to live up to its name. A small four-door sedan, its main selling feature was the very small amount of money I paid for it. It took me to and from college and survived almost through a full year of my first post-schooling job.

Even before its untimely death, it had seen the white light at the end of the tunnel a few times.

Its most impressive near-death experience was its black lung disease. Apparently, for the entire life, the exhaust system had been building up deposits that were slowly choking the engine to death.

The car started losing power so slowly that I hardly noticed, until going up hills was as painful as a three-pack-a-day smoker climbing 10 flights of stairs.

I took the alleged car to two repair shops.

The first one quoted me a price of $1,300 to fix it, approximately five times what I judged the car to be worth. The next shop suggested $1,600 would be an appropriate repair bill.

Possibly taking pity on my sad facial expression (I was still in school and approaching dead broke) the fellow there suggested I take it to Kershaw Performance, an old-school shop that still operates in Langley.

The Kershaw mechanic poked his head under the hood, said he could maybe do something about it, and then took out a thin piece of steel rod, inserted it into the engine, and whaled on it with a ball peen hammer.

After he dislodged the accumulated gunk, the car ran for another year before it succumbed to a new ailment. They charged me $25.

The Stellar’s tale was not yet over, however. I put it up for sale, basically willing to accept any offer. A friend of a friend of a neighbour turned up and offered me $300 for the barely mobile vehicle, and I took it without haggling. He then gave me $150 — all in $5 bills that smelled suspiciously of cannabis — and drove it away.

After he was gone, I noticed that he had filled out part of the transfer papers incorrectly. I tried to call him, but for three days, he ducked my calls, probably because he didn’t want to pay me the remainder of the money.

The next day, I got a call from the RCMP. Did I know that a car registered to me had sped away from a police stop, run over a stop sign, and crashed into a ditch? Had the driver, now in cells, stolen my car? I explained the situation, and I swear I could hear the officer on the other end of the line roll her eyes when I mentioned the pile of $5 bills.

The car was still legally mine, she said, and I could come down to the impound yard and pick it up if I wanted to pay the fee.

Otherwise, it would be crushed into a cube.

It would cost about $150 to get it back. I left it to its fate, and it has now likely been reincarnated as a crate of toasters. mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

MATTHEW CLAXTON

Never heard of the Stellar? That’s because of its painful failure to live up to its name.

K&K GETS KUDOS ON CITY SHOULD CORBELLA KVETCH RECLAIM PT. GREY ROAD ALLOWANCE To the editor: Re: “Hearing impaired,” Kudos and Kvetches, July 26.

I had not heard about the Licia Corbella story (auto-correct would not let me spell her first name, funnily enough) until I read Kudos and Kvetches. Thank you for once again making me laugh and calling her out for her ridiculous nonsense. She sounds like yet another reason why I never need to visit Calgary.

Julia Longpre, Vancouver

MOBILE MARKET PLEASES GRANVILLE RESIDENT To the editor: Re: “Mobile market brings groceries to seniors,” July 26.

This is great news for the seniors of South Granville regarding the new affordable produce options. This area is made up of many not-quite seniors, renters, singles, car-less people and people who simply would like more food choices other then the pricey Meinhardt. Our other choices are Safeway at Oak and King Edward, IGA at Broadway and Vine, No Frills at Fourth and Pine and Granville Island. All of the above are a great distance with bags in tow. Bring on the affordable competition please.

Emma Logan, Vancouver

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Re: “Social engineering at work on Pt. Grey Road,” July 26.

Why are we paying an engineering department in the City of Vancouver to ignore maintenance and transportation planning while promoting rarely used separated bike lanes as a social experiment?

Columnist Allen Garr has grasped the point — this is an attempt to rewire the brains of citizens rather than a practical solution to congestion in the city.

The concept that rerouting traffic is a minor glitch in our lives is the new mantra of the Visionistas.

Mobility is a huge issue in Vancouver. A very small segment rides bikes or ever will but if people can’t get downtown efficiently, it will shrivel up as a business centre The other side of the coin is picking winners and losers for traffic calming measures Why should Fourth Ave residents suffer when the city owns enough roadway clearance on Point Grey Road to add bike lanes and widen the existing roadway at no cost other than cement and labour to reconfigure the street.

Simply use the full road allowance and take back the property the homeowners have freely homesteaded upon for decades.

Public disclosure that the adjacent properties are using city

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The only solution is to use a wider roadway. This way, everyone will benefit from a redesign without sacrificing beach and view access for the 96 per cent who don’t peddle a bike or peddle false options as Vision propaganda policy against cars.

Rick Angus, Vancouver

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USE MY TAX DOLLARS TO IMPROVE CYCLING SAFETY To the editor: I’m a 50-year-old year-round bicycle commuter on Point Grey Road. I have been both hit and threatened by motorists, who I’m doubtful even live there. The 30km speed limit is certainly not observed.

There are also a number of small parks, but motorists rarely slow or stop to allow pedestrians easy access. With modern car electronics and GPS, cars could easily be limited to 30km/ h when in a 30km/h zone, but car manufacturers won’t do it unless pushed. Speed sells. I’m not sure which changes need to be made, but it’s very clear that some of my property tax dollars need to go to improvements so that cyclists and pedestrians can feel safe in the area.

Colin Bryant, Vancouver

SOCIAL MEDIA COURIER STORY: “Vancouver council greenlights $6 million for bike share system,” July 25.

Tinykart @tinykart: The biking revolution is here!

COURIER STORY: “A stowaway’s short, brutal life in Vancouver,” July 24.

Jen St. Denis @JenStDen: Great story.

David Plug @DavidWPlug: Worth reading: @VanCourierNews Cover story: Stowaway trapped in poverty/crime life in Vancouver.

COURIER STORY: “Walking tour brings Vancouver’s Japantown history to life,” July 23.

Nikkei Centre @nikkeimuse: More tours forthcoming in Aug/Sep. COURIER STORY: “Hastings Park governance decision on hold,” July 29.

Mary Gibbs: I am really anxious about the decision. I hope that governance remains with the PNE, and does not go over to the park board.

COURIER POLL QUESTION: “Is the birth of a Royal baby important news for Vancouverites?”

July 23.

Lady Ann @annbfeathertone: YES! It is!

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GRANDVIEW-WOODLAND “Wear what you want and feel free to be fabulous,” is the message from the organizers of the third annual Trans & Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration event, which begins with a march down Commercial Drive starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2.

Participants are asked to gather at 5:30 p.m. at Clark Park, located at East 14th Avenue and Commercial Drive before marching to Victoria Park on Grant Street. It was in 2010 when members of the trans and genderqueer communities marched prior to Pride weekend as a political protest and celebration of gender diversity. Later that night, the all-ages GenderTRASH party takes place at Gallery Gachet, 88 East Cordova.

The next day, Aug. 3, the annual Dyke March begins at noon at McSpadden Park on East Fifth Avenue near Commercial before meandering to Grandview Park for the annual festival. Former city councillor Ellen Woodsworth will be the first-ever parade grand marshall of the march.

It was 10 years ago when the Vancouver Dyke March and Festival Society was founded in response to a growing grassroots movement to create a family and child-friendly event with a focus on queer women who often felt overshadowed by the gay men participating in the annual Pride Parade.

Entertainment at the festival includes soul/Motown band Queer as Funk, singersongwriter Melissa Endean, DJ Kasha Kennedy, the drag performances of Fake Moustache, Eirene Cloma, Leaping Thespians and Boyfriends.

WEST END The Celebrities Stage: Davie Street Party takes place Friday, Aug. 2, from 7 p.m. to midnight with special guest Jinkx Monsoon, winner of season five of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Other performers include Jerome Mandrake, Ada Burger, Symone, Mandy Kamp, Lux Dance Company, Sienna Blaze, Kiki LaWhore, Destineak, various DJs and more. The party will be hosted by drag diva extraordinaire Joan-E. No Pride weekend would be complete without getting your pancake on Saturday, Aug. 3 — and I’m not talking makeup.

The annual hangover-friendly, Terry Wallace Memorial Breakfast takes place Aug. 3 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the corner of Bute and Davie streets in the new permanent community space created as the result of a recommendation included in the Davie Street Revitalization Report created and compiled by the City of Vancouver LGBTQ Advisory Committee.

The 35th annual Pride Parade, which was

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The 35th annual Pride parade runs Sunday Aug. 4 in the West End, but activities such as the annual Dyke March and the Trans & Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration are taking place earlier on the city’s East Side.

recently deemed an official civic event by the City of Vancouver, begins at noon Aug. 4 at the corner of Robson and Thurlow streets before heading west to Denman and finally along Pacific to Sunset Beach.

Spectators are urged to arrive early to ensure a good spot to catch the action and to bring their spare change for the Toonie Brigade, collecting cash in support of the Vancouver Pride Society.

Then there’s the annual Sunset Beach Festival and Market, which takes place Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to coincide with the Pride Parade.

The only issue I’ve ever had with this festival is that it’s just too darn popular and finding a cold beer or even just getting on to the festival grounds can be a wait. But a new addition this year will solve those problems. Festival-goers won’t miss a minute of

the parade, while still grabbing those coveted seats in the beer garden, thanks to the installation of a high-resolution LED screen where the action will be broadcast from start to finish. On tap will be Vancouver

Pride G’Ale beer produced in conjunction with the Vancouver Pride Society and R&B Brewing. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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Photographer Rebecca Blissett dropped by Brockton Oval in Stanley Park to catch the colourful festivities, complete with bears, beer, volleyball, drag queens and high heel races.

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3 . Picnic in the Park even boasted its own temporary dog park manned by volunteers and many canine visitors.

4 . Vancouver Bump Volleyball Club players and their cheerleaders took a break from playing for a rather animated selfie.

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City works yard hiring, contracting process flawed: audit HIRING PROCESS AT EVANS YARD COULD BE SEEN AS FAVOURITISM STANLEY TROMP Contributing writer

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ne of Vancouver city hall’s work yards, the Evans Yard, needed to clean up its financial act, and the city says that’s being done.

“There is potential for improved internal control and additional risk mitigation in project management, work orders and time entry, purchase and vendor management and hiring practices.”

Those are the findings of a January 2013 report from the city’s internal audit branch, which the Courier obtained through the freedom of information law. The City’s Consolidated Facilities Service Project (CFS) had asked the city’s internal audit branch to review the Evans Yard operation, which is housed at 955 Evans Avenue, near Terminal Avenue and Glen Drive.

Evans Yard was funded mainly by the Vancouver Park Board, but is now under the city’s Real Estate and Facilities Management (REFM). It supports shop and warehousing duties, with some Parks work such as landscaping and arboriculture.

Management says it is in the process of fixing all the problems noted. The auditors found that “there were projects where no overall project plan was provided to enable effective management oversight of resources, budget, and schedule.”

Sandy Swanton, city hall’s communications manager, told the Courier that better processes were implemented in January to ensure all projects have a proper plan, budget and schedule before work is started.

“Work orders do not reflect the true cost of time spent on jobs,” auditors wrote. As well, “without having gone through the bidding process ... there is a lack of transparency, inability for strategic purchasing decisions, and a potential for overpayment for goods and services.”

Swanton said that work orders are now being reviewed upon closure, and variances reported to the manager for further investigation if needed.

There was a lack of justification for premium pay for Operations Worker II positions (mainly unskilled labour).

“Under the current practice, there is a risk of incurring unnecessary labour costs if the pay premiums are not justified ... the lack of criteria for applying premium pay may lead to a perception of unfairness amongst staff.” Swanton said job descriptions are all under review and standard selection criteria for premium pay at Evans yard are being developed.

Moreover, the report called for “increased transparency of the hiring process.” Under the Collective Agreement for CUPE 1004 in place during the audit, Operations Worker II positions did not have to be publicly posted. Workers with enough hours were put on a recall list, from which they could be interviewed for new positions that came up. The review found a lack of documentation to support hiring decisions, and grievances have been filed on whether the seniority or-

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Work orders do not reflect “ the true cost of time spent on jobs... ” —January 2013 audit der was followed. “The current process may lead to a perception of subjectivity or favouritism in the hiring process, and ultimately, dissatisfaction among staff,” it said.

Swanton said that hiring and selections processed at Evans Yard are under review and “are being aligned with standard corporate practice.” These are governed by the new CUPE agreement and a union representative can observe the interviews.

Last May, after months of infighting, the local leaders of CUPE 1004 were fired by the union’s national administrators. Despite repeated phone calls and emails from the Courier over the past two weeks, CUPE 1004’s nationally assigned administrator Justin Schmid refused to discuss the audit, as did Vancouver business agents Karen Kindrid, Glenn Jones and Steve Varty.

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Part of the gigantic mill that used to hold 1,200 looms and turn out nearly 30 kilometres of cloth a day is now a huge gallery/art shop, containing the world’s largest collection of art by David Hockney, who grew up in nearby Bradford.

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In Bradford, near Leeds in northern England, the wool trade’s growth had made the city one of England’s fastest-growing, but an 1845 report on the conditions its 10,000 wool combers endured found that a typical apartment was “a miserable cellar in which four persons work, and five…sleep; four feet below the surface. Walls black with damp — stench intolerable.” Moral decay — drink, drugs — vied with physical illness like cholera, and tuberculosis to see which could carry off workers quicker.

Paternalism was a response. In an effort to improve conditions, proprietors took their workers on days in the country where the air was fresh. Others provided allotment gardens, or schools, or better accommodation. The most idealistic built whole villages.

Titus Salt, a Bradford textile merchant who’d done exceedingly well, was in the front rank of the paternalists. In 1851, he began building a town that would ultimately be home to 4,500.

He called it Saltaire and

named its streets after his 11 children. In 2001, little changed from its founder’s day, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Visitors today can walk its neatly laid-out streets and admire the touches that made it special: its unique Italianate/Victorian architecture, its leadglass windows, its outhouses in every backyard.

They can marvel at the gigantic mill that once held 1,200 looms and turned out nearly 30 kilometres of cloth daily.

Saltaire was built of brick and made to last. Although the last loom stopped in 1986 and the workers are long gone, houses and mill have both found new purpose. The homes have become popular with young professionals, who use the Saltaire train station to commute to jobs in Bradford or Leeds (10-20 minutes away).

That has led to a blossoming of cafés and shops along Victoria Road, among them a store selling Chinese antique furniture and the Don’t Tell Titus…

Bar & Restaurant. (Salt, a teetotaller, wouldn’t allow liquor in Saltaire.)

The chief delight of the town, though, is Salt Mill.

Like the rest of the World Heritage Site, its architecture has Italianate flourishes: square cupolas, rounded windows and a symmetrical façade — six storeys high and 166 metres long.

The mill now showcases one of the world’s largest collections of works by David Hockney, a Bradford lad made good. More than 60 of his pieces are on display in the huge main-floor gallery/art shop. Upstairs are a spacious bookstore and two restaurants. More retailers — a rug merchant, an interior-design store — are scattered through the immense building.

The only drawback is that Saltaire is so successful as a going concern that none of the workers’ homes have been restored to its 1850s condition. That, and something to show how other millworkers lived, could suggest that paternalism — this 19th-century version — was no bad thing.

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For more information on Saltaire visit www.saltairevillage.info. For information on travel in Britain go to the Visit Britain website at www.visitbritain.com For more travel stories, visit www.culturelocker.com.

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If the explosions, dozens of arrests, hundreds of alcohol pour-outs and sea of humanity aren’t enough to draw you to English Bay for the annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition, there’s also SHOREFEST, featuring two stages of free live music prior to the fireworks show.

Mayor Gregor Robertson’s favourite band next to Hoobastank, BOOM BOOMS brings its tanktop friendly grooves to the Shore 104 Stage July 31, 7:30 p.m. For a full schedule, go to shore104.com/ SHOREfest.aspx.

The 20-sided dice will be in full effect as the CRITICAL HIT SHOW brings its monthly live role-playing game and improv comedy adventure A LIVE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS COMEDY EXPERIENCE to the Rio Theatre July 31, 8 p.m. Details at riotheatre.ca.

Contemporary dance company CO.ERASGA presents its second annual LET’S DANCE! LET’S TALK! free outreach series at the Cultch beginning July 31. Audiences will catch a glimpse of the company’s newest work-in-progress, SHIFTING GEOGRAPHY, then listen to guest artists Martin Inthamoussu, Rafaële Giovanola, Alison Denham and Billy Marchenski discuss how their cultural origins have shaped their dancing. Did we mention it’s free? More details at companyerasgadance.ca.

Sixties revivalists FOXYGEN bring its not-so-subtle Stones, Kinks and Velvet Underground influences to the Biltmore Cabaret Aug. 1 along with plenty of Internet buzz, online airing of grievances between band members and a new album called We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. Twin Peaks open. Tickets at Red Cat and Zulu Records. More info at biltmorecabaret.com.

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On Monday night, after much debate, consultation, studies, press releases and hot-aired editorials, Vancouver city council finally approved its $6-million bikeway project, which includes a particularly posh strip of Point Grey Road and the diversion of 10,000 motorists to other routes. Not surprisingly, the vote fell along party lines with the two NPA councillors giving the thumbs down, but to no avail.

So you’d think the current Vision-dominated city council would be feeling pretty powerful and almighty these days, able to ram through just about anything. And you’d be right. Which is why residents can expect a string of new, even more controversial initiatives before the next election. Here’s what we hope is coming down the line: • A city-wide cat sharing program. Not everyone can afford or commit to raising a cat full time. With pick-up and drop-off stations strategically placed across the city, residents can take a friendly feline out for an afternoon or weekend. Unlike other cat-sharing programs in France and Spain, the City of Vancouver will insist that users collar and license their rental cat, even if only for home use.

Thankfully, this can be achieved with a simple yearly membership fee, online registration and a three-part interview process with a cat intake officer to determine if you are capable

of caring for a cat for a few, fur-filled hours.

• Several times a year, the Vancouver Canucks will change its name to reflect a different neglected cultural group that has helped build this city. Our vote? The Vancouver Nanaimoites.

• City hall chambers will install a Tim Stevenson translator to decipher the councillor’s often incomprehensible mumbling.

The only thing up for debate is whether it will be electronic or human. Or as Stevenson calls it, “Ahhhh, narpaflooogie.”

• As of next year, any festival kick-off party will have to include a DJ set by Mayor Gregor Robertson. Everyone knows the G-Man’s skills on the decks are something to behold — the way he wears his headphones and bobs his head somewhat to the beat of the music, how he lets more experienced DJs show him what buttons to push, what songs to play and what a volume knob does. In fact, Robertson’s DJ skills are unmatched by any past mayor or city councillor, except perhaps former NPA-er George “The Sweaty Professor” Puil, whose 16-hour sets at Luv-A-Fair spinning nothing but Wagner symphonies are the stuff of legend.

• With the red tape cut for backyard chickens and backyard beehives, it only makes sense that the next step in the mayor’s Greenest City 2020 Action Plan will be backyard badgers.

Not only are they both cute and vicious, but backyard badger milk smoothies have twice the protein and vitamin D as any other smoothie. Incidentally, if you are at work and want to keep your job, do not under any circumstances google the words “backyard badgers.” twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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Omigod You Guys,” this show is fun. That’s the opening song in this hilarious hoot in hot pink directed and choreographed by Valerie Easton. Have these young performers got the moves? And does Easton put them through them? You bet! Just wait ‘til you see “Bend and Snap” — a calculatedly flirty move designed to get a guy to notice what you’ve got — if you know what I mean.

Company coming from out of town? Take them to Legally Blonde. Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) is all about the whole package: Stanley Park, the beautiful formal gardens in front of the Pavilion, the tall evergreens, the squirrels, the popcorn, the seagulls — and sometimes even an eagle soaring through which there was the night when I was there. Do you want to impress your guests from Jolly Olde who think, ‘hem, ‘hem, good theatre only happens on their side of the pond? Legally Blonde will convince them otherwise.

Before the curtain went up, I got talking to a woman from Yorkshire who, with her husband, is on a three-week western Canada holiday — hiking in the Rockies, three days in our very own Jolly Olde Victoria, a few days in Whistler, all the highlights. She had met someone on the street in Vancouver who told her to go to TUTS. Before the curtain went up I was a little worried. I mean, these are amateurs on stage, eh? Sometimes they’re almost kids.

The curtain went up on “Omigod You Guys” and I stopped worrying. There may only be four professionals in the show but you’d have a hard time determining who they are. Once Breanne Arrigo, as Elle Wood (the naturally blonde, later the legally blonde) arrives on stage in pink, Elle’s “signature colour,” you can’t take your eyes off her. If she had any more energy, she’d blow up like a big pink balloon and explode right there on stage. She’s cute, she’s curvy, she sings and dances, and if you read her bio, you’ll discover she’s also an advocate for children in need. With all that going for her, Arrigo is a shoo-in for Elle who at first seems silly and frivolous but turns out to be a warrior for the falsely accused.

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And then there’s Katie Murphy who, as Brooke the fitness instructor, is also cute, curvy etcetera and does it all while skipping rope. “Whipped Into Shape” she sings and the ensemble falls into place, whirling skipping ropes like lassoes and singing: “Whip it! Whip it!” I had trouble catching my breath just watching them.

Cathy Wilmot isn’t a card-carrying professional, but she doesn’t need a card to tell us she’s a pro. She’s got a big voice on her and a flair for comedy. She’s Paulette, the hairdresser, with a yen for Enya and men from Ireland. And that, of course, gives director Easton an in to get everyone stepdancing à la Riverdance.

The love interest guys — Warner and Emmett — are excellently played/sung by Peter Cumins and Scott Walters.

But it’s a power-to-the-girls show and proud of it. Elle is a

sorority gal who loves to party; what we don’t know about her at first is that she’s really smart. It takes getting into Harvard Law School — in pursuit of the man who dumped her — for her to discover that there’s more to life than “bend and snap” although sometimes it comes in handy in the courtroom.

Legally Blonde is more than a fluffy musical based on a Reese Witherspoon movie. Although it is that, too. It’s got a message for girls — and a good one, too — love is important but knowing who you are is more important. Forget yesterday’s message: “Now that a man [has chosen] you/Your life begins today.” Omigod, we actually used to buy into that nonsense. Elle gets past that, finds her way and find loves, too. OMG, how great is that?

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Filmmaker Mitch Miyagawa, whose family has received apologies from the government for Japanese-Canadian internment, the Chinese head tax and residential schools, examines what these actions mean on a larger scale.

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with Cheryl Rossi itch Miyagawa believes he has the most apologized-to family in Canada, maybe even the

world.

In 1988, the federal government apologized to his Japanese-Canadian father who was interned during the Second World War. In 2006, the federal government apologized to his stepfather for the Chinese head tax and to his aboriginal stepmother in 2008 for residential schools.

In his first feature-length documentary, A Sorry State, Miyagawa explores what these apologies mean to his parents, his young children and to Canada.

It screens as part of the 37th annual Powell Street Festival, Aug. 3 and 4.

“I thought this is crazy and kind of ludicrous and sad and interesting all at the same time,” Miyagawa said.

“I really just wanted to know more about what do these mean, mostly for myself… There was something about our story that really meant something about our whole country and the work that Canada’s tried to do to deal with the past and that’s quite a universal theme.”

Miyagawa originally envisioned starting the story with his family and then broadening his scope to different groups across the country and the world that have received or were still

seeking apologies for governments’ past racist actions.

“It’s really countries trying to deal with the aftermath of colonialism,” Miyagawa said on the phone from his home on Thetis Island.

But his family and their stories became the heart of the film, the focus for its first half. Miyagawa visits the home his father’s family was kicked out of in Mission and where they were interned in southern Alberta, and he visits a residential school with his stepmother.

He visits the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Winnipeg in the second half and interviews Roy Miki, a Japanese-Canadian poet and former Simon Fraser University professor who participated in the movement for Japanese-Canadian redress.

Miyagawa says what Miki says Japanese-Canadians wanted 25 years ago, acknowledgement that the democratic system broke, not just compensation for victims, is prescient in terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

“I can just see how it’s still turning into this idea of victims in need of some kind of compensation rather than hey, this is something that we were all involved in,” Miyagawa said. “This is something where we really need to open our hearts as non-aboriginal people to be involved in and not just see it as something that happened to them.”

Miyagawa, who wrote a cover story by the same name for The Walrus magazine in 2009, says making the documentary changed his life.

He learned much more about his stepparents’ lives.

“And despite how we really want the past to just have no meaning and for everybody just to get along and move

on… it just doesn’t work that way,” he said. “These stories, especially those ones as traumatic as the residential school experience live on through the generations.”

His new understandings have compelled him to focus more on helping improve human rights.

The screening is Miyagawa’s second contribution to the Powell Street Festival. The Plum Tree, a play he wrote about the Japanese-Canadian redress movement, was included in the festival a decade ago.

A Sorry State, for which Miyagawa won a Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award, screens Aug. 3 at the Firehall Art Centre at 4:45 p.m. It will be followed by a discussion with Chief Robert Joseph from Reconciliation Canada about progressing beyond apologies, 25 years after Japanese-Canadian redress and five years after the apology to residential school survivors.

The Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese-Canadian festival in the country and the longest-running community celebration in Vancouver.

This year’s event includes traditional and contemporary Japanese-Canadian performances and demonstrations, including taiko drumming, sumo wrestling, martial arts, bonsai, dance, alternative pop/rock/urban music and visual arts as well as historical walking tours, tea ceremonies, Japanese food, crafts and displays. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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SeasonendsforHastings LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FALLS 4-2 IN B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP MEGAN STEWART Staff writer

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Khristina Blajkevitch and Jerry Turek.

BOIKO THREEPEATS AS STANLEY PARK OPEN WOMEN’S CHAMPION Katerina Boiko won her third consecutive women’s title, defeated Daniella Silva 7-6, 6-4. Philip Bester, who competes in the main draw at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open at the Hollyburn Country Club this week, unseated defending champion George Jecminek 6-4, 26, 6-1 in the men’s final.

Stanley Park Open mixed doubles champions Khristina Blajkevitch and Jerry Turek fended off Stefi Gjine and Nick Coutts, 6-3, 6-2, to win July 28.

Coutts had his answer in the men’s doubles; he and partner Patrick Flint defended their 2012 title and held off Henry Choi and Jeremy Salvo 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

THOMAS SEVENTH AT WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

Noemie Thomas was the youngest swimmer to race in the 100-metre butterfly final at the world championships Monday night in Barcelona.

The 17-year-old finished seventh in 58.13 seconds, nearly three seconds behind the winner from Sweden who took gold in 56.53 seconds.

In the preliminary heat, Thomas qualified in 57.99, just out-touching her compatriot, Quebec’s Katerine Savard, 20, who also raced in the final and finished fifth in 57.97. Both advanced through the semifinal on Sunday with Savard achieving a personal best and setting a Canadian record.

Thomas, a student at Magee, said she wanted a faster finish in her first international appearance but was pleased with her progress.

“I’m not so thrilled about the time but I’m really happy about how I just went in and tried my best,” she said in a Swimming Canada news release. “I think it’s good for our development as we get higher into the rankings. Every step is a good experience. I think we learned a lot from this race.”

— Megan Stewart

wo errors in one lackluster inning wiped away the Hastings All-stars’ slim lead, ending their Little League season Sunday at Elm Park in a 4-2 loss to White Rock in the B.C. majors championship.

With the win, White Rock will travel to Glace Bay, N.S. for the Canadian nationals where a team from B.C. has won the title for the past eight years and earned the right to wear the Maple Leaf at the Little League World Series.

Hastings went all the way to Williamsport, PA last year and before that in 2009. White Rock went in ’07 and ’08. Vancouver’s Little Mountain attended in 2010.

Although the winning Little League trades in its team jersey for Canada’s colours, each roster turns over almost completely each summer as only a few prodigious 11year-olds return the next season.

The rest of the players are 12.

No Hastings All-star will return to Little League next year and the boys’ crestfallen faces showed their disappointment. No eyes were dry, lips trembled and a player sobbed openly in the arms of his father. In one case, tears fell on the shadow of a pre-teen moustache.

Hastings manager Vito Bordingnon said his competitive club will always try to win provincials as well as nationals and conceded the boys were not taking the loss easily.

“It’s tough. They know that something has escaped from them. They had a chance,” he said near their dugout as White Rock players raced around the ballpark, jubilant with trophy in hand.

“All these kids want to go the World Series and this was their first step to get there. They’re most disappointed about what could have been. And it’s tough.”

Cortez D’Alessandro and Carter Kada-Wong were the only 11-yearolds on the All-star team in 2012 when Hastings defeated White Rock 20-0 to win the provincial title and

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Above: Teammates swarm Adam Inouye (right) after he hit a homerun to the deepest part of the park July 27 to eliminate Forest Hills. At right: Hastings Little League manager Vito Bordignon holds the attention of the All-stars after winning the semifinal.

then went 7-0 to win nationals.

In the round robin on Wednesday, Hastings lost 12-9 to White Rock off a three-run walk-off home run. In the semi-final Saturday, Hastings eliminated Forest Hills 2-5.

In Sunday’s final with a crowd of roughly 600 at Kerrisdale’s home park, Kada-Wong, who batted .417 through the tournament, set the scene for Hastings’s opening run in the top of the third with a single to right field.

On a stand-up double by D’Alessandro, Kada-Wong confidently rounded the bases, circled for home and just outreached the

throw to take a 1-0 lead.

“It felt great. I was just running,” said Kada-Wong, talking after the loss, his eyes downcast and redrimmed. “We had a great season but came up short.”

D’Alessandro scored on a Nico Santarelli RBI and Hastings led 2-0 after three innings.

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wenty-six Vancouver athletes from 16 different high schools and three universities are on their way to Sherbrooke, Que. to represent B.C. at the Canada Summer Games Aug. 2 to 17.

UBC Dolphin Justin Chan (Van Tech) and Vancouver Pacific Swim Club’s Micha Gay (Prince of Wales) join the team in the pool. Fencers Vivien Cao (Churchill) and Emma von Dadelszen (Magee) were recruited along with St. George’s tennis players Alexander Day and Patrick Hall.

Basketball prospects Elijah Campbell-

Axson (Vancouver College) and Jessica Hanson (Little Flower) will play for B.C. as will rowers Spencer de Gelder, Connor McSweeney (Hamber), Shane Mullen (St. George’s), Angus Todd and Mark Goudie of Vancouver College and sisters Katherine and Ellen Gleadow (Crofton House).

Gerissen Tang (Eric Hamber) of the False Creek Racing Canoe Club will paddle.

On the track, Stephanie Cho (whose bio lists her at Van Tech, Prince of Wales and Churchill) will race the 400m hurdles and Lord Byng graduate Devan Wiebe will run the 800m and 400m. Carsten Lapointe (Prince of Wales and Van Tech) of RTC Vancouver will run the triathlon.

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Royal Vancouver Yacht Club sailor Lloyd Lyall, (West Point Grey) will race, Marine Drive Golf Club junior Trevor Yu will tee off and White Rock Divers’ Carolyn MacFarlane (Crofton House) will make a splash.

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Continued from page 26 Confusion broke out in the bottom of the fourth when Hastings second baseman Adam Inouye seemed to make an excellent double play after he gloved a hard line drive.

Hastings excitedly cheered their way to the dugout but the umpire stationed at second waved them back. The runner was safe; Inouye had only clipped the bag. The All-stars poured from both dugouts and took their place around the diamond, both teams on edge for different reasons.

D’Alessandro struck out the batter, his sixth of the afternoon, and Hastings hit the high point of their game with only six outs between them and the championship.

“He pitched well, he threw excellent,” Bordignon said of his starter. “He hit spots, threw strikes. If we’d made a few more plays for him, we’d probably have gotten out of a few innings a little sooner. He did everything we expected him to do.”

D’Alessandro threw eight strikes and no walks. The righthander allowed 10 hits in 84 pitches, just one below the limit, in five innings. He worked the entire game for Hastings, mixing his curveball and fastball with an off-speed change-up that baffled batters.

His fastball can reach 70 mph, but, said Bordignon, “We’ve never really clocked it.”

In the bottom of the fifth, the wheels came off. White Rock batters singled on two middling ground balls, one thanks to a Hastings infield error, and on the next hit, White Rock loaded the bases with just one out. Two runners scored and two more came home on the next hit, a line drive to left field that was misjudged for a second error. Hastings trailed 4-2 with a runner on third and only one out.

“One bad inning and a couple mistakes and that’s what happens. Momentum changes,” said Bordignon.

D’Alessandro struck out the next batter and a pop-up was caught to end the inning, leaving Hastings a final frame to rally a come-back.

Matthew Shewfelt popped up a fly ball that was caught, Sam Van Snellenberg walked in a show of skilled defensive hitting, and the next two batters went down swinging.

“We couldn’t get out bats going, we couldn’t get it back,” said Bordignon. “It was too much, too soon and we couldn’t react.”

After the semifinal win, Bordignon sat his players down.

“I was saying they were a good team. You’re good enough to be here and there’s a reason why you’re here. And,” he told them, “make the most of your chance.”

After the loss he said, “They played with their hearts.

They played well.” mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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KERRISDALE HONOURS PIONEERING LITTLE LEAGUE COACH Even 20 years after her death, Annie Butterfield is still remembered for her commitment to baseball fundamentals and attention to detail. Butterfield started coaching in Kerrisdale sometime in the late ’60s and, as B.C.’s first female Little League coach, made history as well as memories and skilled ball players. She played adult baseball and was invited to umpire a Little League game, after which she moved from behind the plate to the dugout as the new manager of the Elm Park Chevrons. “I just can’t imagine summer without baseball,” she said in a 1971 newspaper article in The Province.

During the Little League provincial championships last week at Elm Park, Kerrisdale Little League announced it dedicated new bleachers in Butterfield’s honour. A friend, Marlene Flater, bequeathed $10,000 in Butterfield’s memory. “Annie’s legacy truly lives on through this generous bequest and through the thousands of little leaguers over the last 50 years who also can’t imagine a summer without running those same base paths at good old Elm Park,” stated a tournament program.

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