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B.C.’s Pamela Anderson will Report spells out a possible launch home-reno TV series future for the Jericho lands
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by Carlito Pablo
by Craig Takeuchi
Ladysmith’s Pamela Anderson became an international celebrity when she played C.J. Parker on Baywatch; now she’s hoping that her new TV series will put her hometown in the spotlight.
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B.C. celebrity is furthering her marital bliss by documenting how she is transforming her home on Vancouver Island in a new TV series. Corus Studios announced on June 28 that it has greenlit the new original series Pamela Anderson’s Home Reno Project. The series, which is set to premiere on HGTV in 2022, will follow Anderson as she reconnects with her familial roots in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, where she was born. Anderson bought her late grandmother’s abandoned legacy property on the shores of Ladysmith more than 25 years ago. Anderson will oversee the project, including the architectural design, functionality, interior décor, and more, as she
pursues her lifelong dream of turning the oceanview property into her own home. Her husband and carpenter, Dan Hayhurst; her mother, Carol Anderson; designers, craftspeople, and local crews will help her achieve her vision. Anderson has been active as an animalrights activist and an honorary director of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In December, she asked the B.C. government to end fur farming in the province in the wake of COVID-19 outbreaks at local mink farms. After marrying Hayhurst in December at the property (which is also where her parents married), she expressed having achieved contentment by stating on social media that she is “settled into the life” that she is “genuinely inspired by”, and that she felt “free”. g
ousing will form a major component in the development of the Jericho Lands in Vancouver. A variety of housing types is being eyed for the 36-hectare property on the west side of the city. Based on a City of Vancouver staff report, the mix will be about 70 percent for private ownership or market homes and 30 percent for mixed rentals. The former military base with ocean views is jointly owned by the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Partnership and the federal Canada Lands Company. Council recently endorsed recommendations in a Vancouver city staff report with a set of draft “guiding principles” and “emerging ideas”. One of the seven draft guiding principles talks about creating “a place to call home”. According to this principle, these lands “will provide new housing, with a range of options for households of different incomes, ages and mobility needs, from students to families to seniors, while creating opportunities for intergenerational living and learning”. Moreover, the new neighbourhood will be “designed to incorporate a variety of building types suitable for a diversity of households”. “Affordable housing options, including both social and secured rental housing will be provided,” the principle also states. An idea about the mix of housing is provided in a separate set of 24 “emerging site planning ideas” grouped into four themes. One of the themes is “inclusive neighbourhoods”. Ideas under inclusive neighbourhoods include “diverse housing
The site may have a 70-30 split between market and rental homes. Photo by City of Vancouver.
choices” for residents with a mix of incomes. “At least 30% of the units will be comprised of social housing, market and below-market rental housing,” the document states. It also declares: “Integrate a variety of housing options throughout the districts in apartment forms that include groundoriented units.” Overall, development in the Jericho Lands will “include a range of building types and scales that respond to the site’s unique natural features as well as proximity to a potential future Millennium Line Extension from Arbutus Street to UBC”. As for future heights of buildings, the document states: “Explore the placement of taller buildings to distinguish districts, accentuate the ridge, optimize transit use and create a culturally distinct skyline.” A policy statement for the property bounded on the north by West 4th Avenue is expected to be presented to council in the spring of 2022. g
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