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Visioncommissioners callforendofwhale captivityataquarium SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

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n an unprecedented move two Vision Vancouver park board commissioners are stating publicly they want all cetaceans — whales and dolphins — phased out at the Vancouver Aquarium. Not coincidently, the city’s bylaw surrounding the keeping of cetaceans in captivity is up for review next year. Vision commissioner Sarah Blyth says it was her decision to not seek a third term on park board that gave her the inspiration to speak out. “No one doubts the aquarium does amazing conservation work,” Blyth said. “But everyone I talk to asks about the whales and dolphins.” The move is surprising because in 2010 a motion by Green Party commissioner Stuart Mackinnon recommending a non-binding plebiscite on keeping captive cetaceans be part of the 2011 civic election was voted down by the ruling Vision Vancouver commissioners, with the exception of Constance Barnes, who now sits as Vision’s vice-chair of the park board. COPE’s Loretta Woodcock also supported the motion. But, Blyth notes, the increased push by some residents and political parties to include a referendum in the November election regarding the issue could be ill-timed. “I’d like to see the question asked, ‘Should whales

be kept in captivity at this time?’” Blyth said. “But we can’t bind another board to a decision we’ve made.” The deadline to include a referendum in the November election is May, with the final decision to be made by council. “But we need to look at all of our options and the best option is to work with the aquarium to find a solution,” said Blyth. “But in the end we are elected to speak for the people.” Both commissioners admit watching the movie Blackfish was a pivotal moment in their decision to speak out — and is partly why Barnes also wants whales and dolphins phased out at the aquarium, a decision she describes as a personal one. Blackfish is a documentary film about a captive orca named Tilikum, which was involved with the death of three people, including a trainer at the now-defunct Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria in 1991. The film also examines the consequences of keeping orca whales in captivity. “I’m very supportive of Sarah, and it’s not news I don’t support keeping whales in captivity,” Barnes said. “But I also know the aquarium does really great work on the rescue and rehabilitation side as well as saving endangered species like the Panamanian golden frogs in the news last week.” See AQUARIUM on page 14

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t all started with sweaters. Elementary school teacher and avid knitter Gina Wane visited Vancouver Island, perused Cowichan sweaters and noted they were knock-offs. “At that moment I thought my kids need to know about the Cowichan people and their art,” she said. Wane returned to Bayview Community School in Kitsilano and launched lessons for her Grades 6/7 class about Coast Salish people, purling together social studies, science, language and art. She assigned Sylvia Olsen’s novel Counting on Hope, which includes the 1863 naval assault on Kuper Island. When Wane mused she should bring Cowichan knitters to Bayview, a student suggested the class should visit Kuper, now Penelakut Island. Twenty-three Grade 6 and 7 Bayview students visited Penelakut, a ferry ride from Chemainus, Feb. 11 to 14. “What impressed me was that they were so welcoming,” 12-year-old Elyse Stacey said. “They were just so respectful to us… and I learned a lot. You can read stuff in books about the culture and their beliefs

but when you actually see it happening, it’s so much different.” Elders and students welcomed them at Penelakut Island elementary school and the reception lasted 90 minutes. Students shared their traditional names, parents’ names and origins. “You can’t respect anybody else if you don’t respect yourself,” 12-year-old Charlotte Mackenzie learned. Drum maker Jorge Lewis re-laced his drum while sharing the signiﬁcance of securing the laces in four places in relation to the four elements, seasons and directions. Lewis told students a drum should be played to unearth the song within the drummer. “When he said that we could keep it everyone was a bit surprised because he’d just spent so long [working on it],” said 11-yearold Rosalie Scott. Students observed the reverence Lewis demonstrated for the yellow cedar and sealskin that shape the drum. “Be very grateful for what you have and don’t take things for granted,” Stacey said they learned. “They respect everything in their lives even if it’s like a tree or something small. They always say thanks to it and the Creator.” Brothers who’d attended the island’s notorious residential school spoke about hav-

ing their hands whipped for writing in their native tongue. But the Hul’qumi’num people, which include the Penelakut and Cowichan, also taught them about forgiveness. Students met author Olsen and Cowichan knitters, visited the Qwu’tsun’ Cultural Centre in Duncan, the Legislature in Victoria and joined Penelakut students in a mini Olympics. A youth volunteer memorized each Bayview student’s name in three days and distributed personalized Valentines. “In their culture they never leave anybody out,” Stacey said. “Our culture, we just shut lots of people out and I just like how even if they’ve done something bad, they still forgive them and they still want to keep them in their culture.” Wane wants every Grade 6 and 7 student to learn from aboriginal people on their recognized turf. Bayview parents paid $250 per child, the Vancouver School Board contributed $500 from its aboriginal education fund and a Capital for Kids grant from the provincial government covered ferry costs. Penelakut students hope to visit in May. “If every student could do this exchange, we can change a generation,” Wane said. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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development proposal for the Avalon Dairy property ﬁnally earned support from the city’s Urban Design Panel March 26 in a 10-0 vote. It was the third time the project went before the panel. The panel is an advisory body to the city, meaning its decisions aren’t binding. But last summer, the city asked the developer to rethink the rezoning application after both the UDP and Vancouver Heritage Commission rejected the second version of the proposal. The latest version envisions six three-storey stacked townhomes with 55 strata units, along with the restoration and Heritage A designation of the farmhouse. Avalonna Homes bought the property at 5805 Wales St. for $6 million in 2011. It’s zoned single-family residential, so the owner could subdivide it into 10 or 11 lots and knock down the Craftsman-style 1900s-era farmhouse, which isn’t protected by legislation or heritage designation. The city is willing to consider extra density in order to preserve it. “What we did in this third [proposal] is we actually removed a building. In the second one we had seven buildings. Now we’re down to six buildings,” explained Robert Ciccozzi of Robert Ciccozzi Architects. “We took some density above grade and put it below grade, so we created some basement lock-off units, which are mortgage-helpertype units, to provide an affordable rental alternative for university students or whoever.”

The eight basement units are along the two buildings that front Wales Street. Ciccozzi said the buildings’ main ﬂoors were raised four feet from grade to get some windows into the units so they won’t feel like typical dark basement suites. “There will be a very subtle light well, but you’ll be able to see out to the street,” he said. The mortgage helpers will belong to the suites above it. In the new plan, the farmhouse will also be more visible and some semi-private outdoor greenspaces have been created for kids to play in and other activities. “We took the urban agriculture off the greenway because the city felt it was cluttering it up too much, so we cleared that up, but we have some urban agriculture within the property,” Ciccozzi added. “So there’s more of a sense of community that we’re trying to create with the development and also connect to the public realm.” One of the Vancouver Heritage Commission’s concerns was that the farmhouse was going to be subdivided into three suites, but that’s not happening anymore, according to Ciccozzi. “The farmhouse is going to be one suite on the main and upper ﬂoor — so it’s a twostorey unit,” he said. “On the basement level, we’re going to close that off and it’s going to become an amenity space for the owners.” A community open house about the revised rezoning application is scheduled for 5:30 to 8 p.m., April 16, in the Dr. George M. Weir Elementary gymnasium at 2900 East 44th Ave. The applicant team and city staff will be at the event. noconnor@vancourier.com twitter.com/naoibh

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hat has happened to Vancouver? Apparently, we’re not a very harmonious bunch. Why else would a well-spoken chap named David Beattie take ﬁve minutes out of his day to speak to city council Wednesday about encouraging people to say hello to each other. Because: a) Warm is generally not an adjective used to describe the personalities of a shocking number of Vancouverites. b) Regular folk are tired of surviving in the city and just want to live in it and have no time to chat when trying to make ends meet day after day after day… c) Like our city, we’re all a little insecure. d) We’d really like to say hello but we just have to send one more text or tweet. e) We try to avoid talking to anybody with beards. f) All of the above. I’ll get to Beattie’s concern in a few

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are “cordial but weak” and that many residents are retreating from community life. “I do not mean to be glib or facetious when I note that if this epidemic of social isolation cannot be eroded, the City of Vancouver’s laudable goal of being the greenest city might be eclipsed by it becoming the bluest city,” said Beattie, an East Side resident. “We know that social isolation and depression often go hand in hand.” But if Beattie wants to get his idea off the ground, he told council it should be promoted by a major advertising campaign. He offered the arbitrary cost of $50,000 and talked of Just Say Hello logos emblazoned on ball caps, T-shirts, coffee mugs and buttons. Beattie said he and his crew will approach all Metro Vancouver municipalities, other levels of government and Vancouver Coastal Health about the idea in the hopes it will get some traction. While Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr told Beattie it was “a great idea” and Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer thanked him “very much for coming today and your work,” there was no commitment of money for the campaign. Sad, really, that we need such a campaign. mhowell@vancourier.com

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sentences. Beattie, you may have heard, has launched a Just Say Hello campaign that he reminded council about on Wednesday as they heard from representatives of the Mayor’s Engaged City Task Force. The former journalist is promoting a logo to spark conversation. “It is a free, easy and effective way for Vancouver residents to invite strangers to chat with them, or be invited by others for face-to-face conversations,” Beattie told council. “At this stage, we see coffee shops as the prime location for these conversations because there are many of them and usually within easy distance of most people’s homes. They’re safe and coffee is affordable for most residents.” He also pointed to pubs, food courts, fast food restaurants, parks, buses and SkyTrain as other spots where Just Say Hello logos could be placed to get people talking. But his goodwill was somewhat tempered by his mention of the Vancouver Foundation study from 2012 that revealed how isolated Metro Vancouver residents feel. This is where Beattie’s concern lies. The survey, called “Connections and Engagement,” revealed that Metro Vancouver can be a hard place to make friends, that neighbourhood connections

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randview-Woodland’s Ad-Hoc Committee is taking matters into its own hands and will form its own Citizens’ Assembly after receiving no response from city planners following workshops in late January. Vancouver city council recommended that the Grandview-Woodland community plan be extended for a minimum of 12 months in order to provide further public consultation in the form of a citizens’ assembly after the plan was met with heavy opposition. But those who attended the workshops have yet to hear anything from city staff. The original draft plan, which included tower heights of up to 36 storeys at Broadway and Commercial, didn’t match the models shown to residents at workshops in the summer of 2013, which led them to protest the city’s planning process and receive the extension. Former Grandview-Woodland Area Council (GWAC) president Jak King attempted to get in contact with city planner Andrew Pask on behalf of the committee to no avail. “I am very surprised I didn’t get a response to my emails,” King said, “But like [author] Peter Drucker said, the best way to predict your future is to create it.” Creating their own citizens’ assembly, setting up their own workshops, forming their own community plan and submitting their

own report to the city will take a lot of time and effort, King acknowledges. Most members in attendance at the meeting on Tuesday night came to the conclusion that they hadn’t received word from the city due to the upcoming election. “Apparently 60 per cent of Vision’s support came from Grandview-Woodland, so I think the reason we’ve been set aside is because they don’t want to jeopardize that support,” said GWAC board member Dorothy Barkley. “I think they’ve already jeopardized it.” Pask wasn’t available for comment, but an email from the city’s communications department said: “The consultant’s report, which the City just recently received, contains more input and ideas than they had initially anticipated so we are taking the time to review all of the suggestions made.” Penny Street, who attended one of the two sold-out workshops, said that attendees included residents, developers and professional planners. King said that he contacted Pask right after the online questionnaire that followed the workshops closed and was told that he would get back to them within four weeks, but that was early February. Former GWAC president and Ad-Hoc member Tom Durrie said regardless of whether the city gets back to them with the next step, it would be in their best interest to take matters into their own hands. kristenmoran86@hotmail.com

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burglary at a business on Nelson Street. A police dog handler and his dog tracked the suspect into a bush in Helmcken Park. The suspect told investigators he was about to surrender but claimed the officer intentionally set the dog on him, which caused him to put the dog in a leg lock and attempt to choke him out. “The complainant estimates there were three to five officers involved and he was hit multiple times with a baton, including blows to his face and body,” the report said. “He estimates being hit 10 or 20 times, four or five of which were to his face. He thought two officers had batons and that both were using them on him during the incident.” The report noted the suspect’s version of events was markedly different from the statements of police officers. The dog handler said he wasn’t aware of anyone in the bush until the dog “engaged with the person.” Had he been aware beforehand, the officer would have given instructions for the suspect to come out. The handler said he heard no sounds from his dog and worried he was being choked. The officer entered the bush and delivered two “knee strikes as hard as he could to the left buttock/upper thigh of the suspect, without effect.”

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Continued from page 7 Another officer who responded kicked the suspect twice in the midsection “without effect and so he used his baton and struck the suspect twice on his legs, after which the police dog was able to break free of the leg lock.” A third officer struck the suspect four to six times, aiming at his upper right arm and bicep. “The officer states that he shouted for the person to let go of the [dog] and when there was no compliance, he re-evaluated the situation before striking again,” the report said. “During this course of action, he and the dog handler continually shouted

instructions to the suspect to release the police dog.” After the dog was released, the suspect was transported to hospital for treatment. His name was not provided in the branch’s report, nor was there any indication whether he faced charges in the incident. The branch reviewed the case at the request of the Independent Investigations Ofﬁce after Chief Civilian Director Richard Rosenthal determined that an ofﬁcer may have committed an offence. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT DISPUTES FIGURES SUPPLIED BY CITY, SAYS POLICY CHANGE NOT TO BLAME MIKE HOWELL

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tunned, shocked and appalled were some of the words city councillors used Tuesday to describe a situation unfolding in the city that has left injured and sick citizens waiting up to two hours for an ambulance. Some of those people have included a senior with cuts to the head after a fall (49 minutes), a 54-year-old man in respiratory distress (27 minutes) and a teenager with a serious stomach injury (50 minutes). “This is just blowing my mind that this happens in a developed country,” said Vision Vancouver Coun. Tony Tang after hearing Fire Chief John McKearney deliver a damning presentation on the impact recent changes have had since B.C. Emergency Health Services decided in October to downgrade 39 types of calls to routine that were once classified as emergency. The result is firefighters, who are not as highly trained as paramedics and not allowed to transport patients to hospital, are responding to calls such as falls, assaults and motor vehicle accidents and waiting an average of 21 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. “The longer that we have to wait and attend to a patient, the more likelihood there is that we may need to do an intervention for which our firefighters don’t have the skills and are not licensed,” said city manager Penny Ballem, a trained medical doctor. “By leaving us handling that gap in time, we’re by default starting to take on risk and a responsi-

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B.C. Emergency Health Services recently downgraded 39 types of calls that used to be classified as emergency. bility to probably have to do something and that is nothing other than a download.” McKearney used graphs to show that 90 days prior to the change, the average response times for firefighters was six minutes, 21 seconds and for paramedics was 12 minutes, 44 seconds. Three months after the change, average response times for firefighters increased to eight minutes, nine seconds. The average response time for paramedics was 34 minutes, five seconds. “I fail to understand why they are causing grief to our mayor and councils across Metro Vancouver and across the province — and to our citizens — when it’s really within their purview to sit down and come up with a constructed concept of service,” said McKearney, whose presentation prompted a series of questions from councillors on risks to citizens and the potential impact on the city’s budget. “We’ve heard it from Coun. Meggs that he’s shocked, Coun. Jang says it’s unbelievable and I’m actually appalled,” said Vision Coun. Ray-

mond Louie, who supported Mayor Gregor Robertson’s motion to write to Health Minister Terry Lake and the board that oversees B.C. Emergency Health Services to express council’s concerns. Dr. William Dick, vice-president of medical programs for B.C. Emergency and Health Services, disputed the ﬁre chief’s assessment of response times for ambulances. In a conference call with reporters after the council meeting, Dick said his team of analysts examined 84,000 calls since the change and learned paramedics responded to “our sickest patients provincially” about one minute faster. Fewer sick patients waited an average of six minutes longer for an ambulance, he added. When asked to explain the discrepancy between his data and statistics supplied by McKearney, Dick said he hadn’t seen the numbers from the ﬁre department. “I know that my data is correct,” he said. Dick said the rationale for downgrading 39 emergency calls to routine was not based on costs, but on providing

better patient care and not to “overrespond to calls.” “If you call for an ambulance, you’re going to get an ambulance — it’s just how we drive to some calls,” he said, noting the downgrade will mean 800,000 fewer kilometres driven by paramedics to emergencies. “We want to provide the best patient care we can on each and every call and we want to make sure that our resources are being used effectively.” Dick acknowledged there are cases where patients are waiting a long time for an ambulance to arrive. McKearney also noted there are cases where bystanders transport a person to hospital instead of waiting for paramedics to arrive. “I don’t like the thought of somebody waiting on a sidewalk with a cut on their hand or who’s banged their head or somebody with a broken hip who’s waited 40 minutes for an ambulance to get there,” he said. “It’s not something I like to see but those are extreme outlier cases.” Dick encouraged McKearney and other fire chiefs to continue to send him cases of concern for his team to examine. “I’m trying to be as transparent as I possibly can and to take the criticism and concerns from first responder groups and municipalities and work to try and finetune the system to make it better for every person in this province,” he said. Dick questioned the need for firefighters to attend certain calls such as a person with minor abdominal pain or “minor traumatic injuries.” “It’s not my call to make

but it’s up to each city council to decide how they want to spend taxpayers’ dollars and whether they want to send ﬁrst responders to calls where they’re not necessary,” he said. Asked by one reporter whether city council was being “alarmist” in their comments, Dick replied that he had a good working relation-

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t’s one of the longest delayed reactions in history. Back in the day, former New Democrat premier Mike Harcourt got fed up with the continuing toxic fallout from a festering NDP charity-robbing scandal that occupied much of his attention. So he took one for the team and quit as premier. He wrote a book with a certain amount of snark about how the party treated him, suffered a terrible accident and recovered from it, then moved on to other things. Then a reporter asked him this week what he thought of the NDP’s current leadership race. It’s as if a fuse that has been burning for 18 years since he left the leadership ﬁnally reached the dynamite. He went off like a rocket. The mild-mannered university professor indicted the party for three bone-headed moves, found it guilty on all counts and publicly resigned his membership, all in the space of a single interview. The long-ago crisis that brought him down didn’t come up. But you wonder if it’s been percolating for years, like Mount St. Helen’s, then ﬁnally erupted. “I’m a free man,” he chortled to an acquaintance after the story broke Tuesday. He’s running wild and he’s running hot, as an “independent, sustainability democrat.” The best line in his tirade was about Leader Adrian Dix’s Earth Day epiphany during last year’s election campaign, in which he abruptly came out against the Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal. An “astonishingly stupid decision,” said Harcourt. There’s a long list of NDP people who would agree with him, and in fact, beat him to that conclusion by several months. Former NDP MLA Harry Lali told vivid stories after he lost his seat in the May 2013 election about how his vote started evaporating as soon as the words were out of Dix’s mouth. Those who recognized the truth had come out were the working people who are a lot closer to the resource economy than the anti-oil port Vancouverites Dix was trying to reach. The NDP doesn’t care about them any more. They responded accordingly, voting for the Liberals, and turning the NDP’s anticipated slam-dunk victory into a stunning defeat that cost Dix his job. Twenty seats is Harcourt’s estimate of what that sudden position cost the party. The former premier also expressed some frustration over how the NDP caucus mutinied in 2010 and forced then-leader Carole James to resign. The third thing on his list of grievances against the NDP was the party’s stance against the carbon tax that the B.C. Liberals invented in 2008. It was an innovative idea years ahead of its time, but the NDP joined a lame “axe the tax” movement strictly for vote-grubbing reasons. The NDP caucus did its best Tuesday to cope with the grenade from the 1990s that was lobbed in their midst. “I didn’t know he was still a member,” tweeted NDP MLA Nicholas Simons. Meow. “It’s not like he’s saying anything we haven’t said ourselves,” said leadership candidate Mike Farnworth. “I recall standing here not too long ago saying the very same thing,” said candidate John Horgan. (Except for that bit about Dix being “astonishingly stupid.”) Even with Harcourt’s eruption, the old tease still left the party enough manoeuvring room to come back to him. He backed Farnworth in the last race and said some favourable things about Horgan this week. “I don’t know whether it’s a trial separation or a decree absolute,” said Harcourt. Farnworth and Horgan are now out cajoling people to take out NDP memberships to support them when the leadership vote is held in September. Signing Harcourt again, one of only three leaders ever to win an election, would be a coup for either one. Both have acknowledged the pipeline call was a blunder. But neither has yet taken an unequivocal stance in favour of the kind of resource projects that create jobs — and win elections. That might be why, after opening the door a crack in the interview, Harcourt slammed it shut again: “I am no longer a member, so I am not going to be voting.” lleyne@timescolonist.com

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hose darn email scams. Even with my spam filter set to detect the slightest whiff of “offshore bank account,” my inbox is regularly penetrated by bogus communications from fake people. Here’s just one from this week: From: “Reverend/Barrister Ndaba Bongwater” <threeloyalpublicservants@giggle.com> Subject: Great Investment Opportunity My name is Mr. Ndaba Bongwater. I am writing in concern on behalf of my three clients, government officials in great peril. Mrs. Linda Reid is Speaker of the Legislature for the government of British Columbia. Her mood deteriorate badly after media press show photo of her husband in (consensual) encounter with full-grown South African giraffe. Even though husband’s side-trip occur during Mrs. Reid’s wholly legitimate and enjoyable trip to 2013 Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Johannesburg (where I met her), radicals in gutter press used photo as ammo when she return homeward. A shootout commenced, and she refuged herself legislatively in a $13,449 TV lounge/panic room armed only with free coffee, muffins and fax machine. The incident was amplified by twits on social notworking sites who defamed Mrs. Reid as “Speaker with a blown Tweeter.” Even though Mrs. Reid paid government back $5,500 for husband’s 16,000 km trip to zoo, she feel secret shame every time she put on little legislative pirate hat and ascends throne affixed with $48,412 custom-designed, touch-screen computer. Mrs. Reid tell Ndaba, “there is one thing that free, zucchini walnut muffin from $733 muffin display rack cannot fix: a cyber-bullied heart and a bank overdraft fee.” OK, those are two things (math not my client’s strength point). My second client is also government figure besmirched hurtfully by financial matters involving a spousal unit. Mr. Raj Chouhan, member of legislature in British Columbia, also smilingly attend same South African conference as Mrs. Reid, but for non-giraffe related matters and in company of lovely wife. After unwarranted allegations impropriety, Mr. Chouhan agree to reimburse taxpayers $2,200 for cost of economy-class wife-fare (airline’s peanut pack/floatation devices are complementary and not expensed). My third client, Ms. Jenny Kwan, was also dragged into 10th circle of heck by a spouse’s mere existence (you detecting patterns here perhaps). Also member of legislature in British Columbia, Ms. Kwan married once a man working for organization bestowing needles and crack pipes to drug addicts. During a time period, he abscond Ms. Kwan and their children to vast American bemusement park with giant, terrifying cartoon characters and vomit-generative rides. Ms. Kwan believe expenses for scary trip (and visits to Europe) were drawn from husband’s own account, rather than funds intended for addicts’ drug paraphernalia and limousine rides/dinners at Le Crocodile for organization executive/board. Threatened by radicals in yellow press, she pay $35,000 out of pocket, with unpaid leave of absence from work and attitude lingering about public service she describe as, “It’s been lovely but I have to scream now.” I have reason to contact with you now in seeking friendship in good standing because my three clients move at total of fifty million dollars of their own funds out of reach of government forces to offshore account here in Burkina Faso. But now they need to access funds confidentially for private counselling, anger management sessions, and extended holiday someplace warm. And although it may be “doing the kwassa kwassa with a hornet nest” to mention in their homeland, professional life couching does not come cheaply (three officials + three life partners = six life coaches). If you consent to help these three loyal public servants, there is a ten percent gratuity for you available, totalling five million dollars. We require your bank account to transfer the funds to you in holding. Kindly expedite this request by sending promptly your account number. Your communication is in strictest confidence and we respond with detailed information on how to complete transaction through a securely encryptable website. Thank you for cooperation. Blessings and salutations, Reverend/Barrister Ndaba Bongwater 419 Nelson Mandela Drive Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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To the editor: Re: “Salon butts up against complaints,” March 26. I raised my family in the Commercial Drive area and, as a responsible adult, recognize the importance of teaching children that some parts of their bodies are private and usually off-limits to others. I am glad that I no longer have to walk my children to school at Britannia elementary, just past Waxbar’s anal bleaching sign because I’d be hard-pressed to come up with an answer to the inevitable questions: “Why would someone have their anus bleached? Isn’t one’s anus considered private?” Remember, kids are usually shorter than we are, and this sandwich board is closer to their eye-level than yours. Believe me, they’d notice it. I resent the attempt to normalize this procedure by advertising it so blatantly in a family-oriented neighbourhood mere steps away from the elementary school, library and community centre that we all use. Reading between the lines, it is a veiled comment that says “your body is disgusting and needs to be treated with harsh chemicals that whiten/sterilize to render you more acceptable.” I have to go past there at least

10 times a week and now I can’t help looking at the people in the salon, wondering whether they’re there waiting to get their anuses bleached — eeeew! Wow, some people must feel really bad about themselves! I’m glad I don’t have to do that sort of thing to make a living. I wish the business owner in question would have enough class to promote this type of service more discreetly (if at all), in keeping with community standards. As for the parent advisory council’s position — “they don’t have a problem with it’” — well, I really have to wonder what they exist for if not to ensure the best possible environment and education for their children.

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RECYCLING IDEAS To the editor: Re: “MLA questions costly B.C. recycling monopoly,” March 28. MLA Lana Popham is heading in the right direction regarding the government’s new recycling plan; however, she could — and as a New Democrat, should — go a lot further on the neglected issue of greater recycling. Although there’s plenty of vocal and thoroughly published opposition from newspaper proﬁt-margin interests, B.C.’s community newspapers have, so far, omitted public opinion from

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their “Letters” pages. Why? Rather than focus all of their protest against the government’s new recycling plan on the bottom-line effects, why not actually do something environmentally and resourcefully progressive? Perhaps, say, every Earth Day, run editorials about adding more items to the short lists of recyclables. It would truly be refreshing to read opinion pieces, for a change, actually critical of budgetary red ink, however little or great, being conveniently utilized by our governments as an excuse to not recycle so very many materials circulating throughout society. If need be, any red-ink monetary losses should and could be recouped by placing larger recycling fees upon all purchasable items, rather than just the current relatively few (e.g. bottles). Perhaps if enough people, likely those who are already inclined to recycle as much as is currently allowed by recycling-box rules, begin to place many more nonaccepted solids into such boxes, the powers that be might feel far more compelled to adapt/equip the recycling plants to enable the recycling of such solids, if not even others. We’ve already wasted way too much material and especially ecologically limited time. Frank G. Sterle, Jr. White Rock

ON YOUR MIND ONLINE COURIER STORY: “Vancouver Aquarium stirs up sharknado,” online only. Annelise Escalante: Good one, Vancouver Courier! No Whales In Captivity started getting panicky messages early this April Fools’ Day about this article. Loved the fact that you mentioned park board commissioner Sarah Blythe “who recently announced she would not seek re-election partly due to her discomfort with keeping intelligent cetaceans in captivity.” Unfortunately, Ms. Blythe is all talk and no shark-teeth because as an elected representative of the public, what she really should do next is propose a motion to hold a referendum on whale captivity in the next Vancouver municipal elections so that the public can also have a say on this controversial issue — not just her! Instead, she chose to quit the park board and do nothing about helping stop the proposed importation of more whales and more dolphins into Stanley Park. If the park board stopped our public aquarium from bringing more whales and dolphins to fill up those newly expanded tanks, this would cause the exhibits and the cruelty of whale captivity to eventually be phased out, as happened with the orca exhibit in 2001. Come on, park board! Do what’s right and what you were elected to do: hold a whale referendum. You know that the majority of Vancouverites oppose the cruelty of keeping whales and dolphins performing in those concrete bathtubs in our city park. Alyson_Fernandez: Give me a break. This April Fools’ joke is in bad taste and not even original. COURIER STORY: “The best of our Vancouver Special series: Cohousing coming to the neighbourhood,” March 28. Ericka Stephens-Rennie: So pleased Vancouver Cohousing is one of the fave stories. It was such a pleasure speaking with Naoibh O’Connor during this piece. Thanks for the work you do to tell neighbourhood stories. Follow us on Facebook: The VancouverCourierNewspaper and Twitter: @VanCourierNews

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wo Vancouver women are gearing up to embark on the journey of a lifetime in the Great Pacific Race and will be the only Canadian team competing in the inaugural event. Fourteen teams from nine different countries will set off June 7 from Monterey, Calif. and row to Honolulu, Hawaii using nothing but their muscles. Rebecca Berger and Leanne Zrum have been preparing for the race for more than two years, with endless certifications and training courses to get them ready for the 3,900-km journey. Both women have competed in numerous races, including the World Dragon Boat Championships and both represented Canada in the World Outrigger Sprint Championships in 2012, but it will be their first shot at ocean rowing. “I used to live in the UK and I was going to row the Indian Ocean, but then I moved back home,” said Berger. “When I heard about this race through a friend, I got all excited because I have been wanting to race in the ocean for 12 years.” After signing up on a whim without securing a partner, Berger knew that Zrum would be the right person to ask and was happy to have someone she could trust to make the commitment. “My experience is nothing compared to what we are going to experience out there, although I do have the benefit of understanding water, winds and tides,” Berger said. “I know that I will be able to learn and adapt, but it will be scary at first.” Besides support from family and friends, the duo has received donations from various sponsors for equipment, including their $70,000 boat, clothing and food. The boat is currently at Granville Island getting equipped with all the necessary gadgets, including electrical, communications and safety equipment, a solar panel, GPS and a chart plotter. Apart from the mandatory training and certification, Berger and Zrum sought out a sports psychologist to help them get mentally prepared for the trip and met professor Roger Friesen by chance. Friesen, who is a professor of sport psychology at the University of the Fraser Valley, met the women at the Granville Island Boat Show earlier in the year and has been working closely with them ever since. Friesen has worked with national and Olympic athletes and teams over his 19 years at the university, but there was something about working with the rowing duo that resonated with him. “It’s very near and dear to my heart and has been for a long time,” Friesen said. “I’ve spent a lot of time on the water, having sailed across the Atlantic myself with one other person.” What Friesen refers to as mental toughness or mental fitness has become a regular part of the team’s training. “Everyone understands physical fitness and what most people don’t realize is our brain and emotional state can be trained in much the same way,” Friesen explained. He said because the women will be confined to a small boat for an extended period of time, it’s important to equip them with the skills to work through difficult situations, problem-solve and overcome feelings of frustration and discouragement. In addition to the race, each team will be raising money for a chosen charity — Berger and Zrum have selected the David Suzuki Foundation. Racing teams, which number between one and four members, are expected to take anywhere between 30 and 80 days to reach Hawaii. According to race organizer Chris Martin, each boat will be equipped with video cameras, a race tracker and computer equipment to allow racers to keep a blog of their experience. “We are taking it up a notch at this event,” Martin said. “We want to document the whole journey.” Berger and Zrum will hold several fundraising events before they leave for Monterrey, including a send-off party at Locarno Beach on April 13. Details at rowthepacific.ca. kristenmoran86@hotmail.com

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Downtown Vancouver Bus Service Review

Last summer, TransLink and the City of Vancouver reviewed the existing bus network and asked the public to identify opportunities to improve bus service downtown. We evaluated dozens of route alternatives and now we are sharing the most promising design concepts with you.

Come to an open house or provide your feedback online by April 21, 2014 at: translink.ca/downtownbusreview.

Open House Dates: Saturday, April 5, 11 am - 2 pm: West End Community Centre Wednesday, April 9, 3 - 6 pm: Woodwards – Atrium Thursday, April 10, 3 - 6 pm: Roundhouse Community Centre – Great Hall Saturday, April 12, 11 am - 2 pm: Vancouver Public Library Central Branch – Atrium

Development Permit Board Meeting: April 7 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet on Monday, April 7, 2014 at 3 pm, Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider the following development permit applications: 1545 West 8th Avenue: To develop an eight-storey, multiple dwelling unit building containing 20 dwelling units over one level of underground parking accessed from the lane. 55 Expo Boulevard: To develop a four-storey elementary school over existing below-grade parking. A portion of the elementary school will be located within the existing Firenze tower at 688 Abbott Street. Please contact City Hall Security (1st ﬂoor) if your vehicle may be parked at City Hall for more than two hours. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM: 604-873-7469 or lorna.harvey@vancouver.ca

Public Hearing: April 15 Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider heritage, zoning and sign by-law amendments for these locations:

1. 2856 West 3rd Avenue (Logan House) To designate the existing building as a protected heritage property, and to approve a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) for the site to permit the rehabilitation of the heritage building and the construction of a new infill one-family dwelling. The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law. 2. 968-988 Howe Street To amend CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (546) By-law No. 10688 for 968-988 Howe Street to increase the permitted floor space ratio from 11.21 to 11.26 to allow for an additional 114.1 square metres (1,228 square feet) of floor area for uses that are accessory to office use within the below-grade parking garage. The proposed amendment would not result in a substantive change to the form of development approved by Council on May 3, 2011. 3. 4099 Cambie Street To rezone 4099 Cambie Street from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of an eight-storey, mixed-use building with commercial uses on the ground floor and a total of 65 dwelling units on floors two to eight. A height of 28.7 metres (94 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.51 are proposed. 4a. 706-774 West 13th Avenue and 4b. 725-799 West 14th Avenue (Heather Place) To rezone 706-774 West 13th Avenue and 755799 West 14th Avenue from CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District 147 to two new CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) districts. At 755-799 West 14th Avenue, one building of five storeys, with a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.60 and 67 units of social housing, is proposed. At 706-774 West 13th Avenue, two buildings of six and 10 storeys, with an FSR of 2.84 and 163 units of social housing, are proposed. A seventh level rooftop garden is proposed for the six-storey building. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604.873.7038

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on Friday, April 4, 2014 until 5 pm on April 15, 2014 by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Department, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting April 4, 2014 at the City Clerk’s Department in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, and in the Planning Department, East Wing of City Hall, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/ councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings. (Minutes are posted approximately two business days after a meeting.) FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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As aquarium expands so to the captivity of whales CITY’S BYLAW SURROUNDING KEEPING CETACEANS

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Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Sarah Blyth (right) and vice-chair Constance Barnes want to see whales and dolphins phased out at the Vancouver Aquarium. Continued from page 1 Barnes says she receives numerous emails daily from residents concerned about keeping whales and dolphins at the aquarium and forwarded several on to the Courier. One letter reads, in part, “Clearly there was a time when holding cetaceans captive for the sake of human entertainment was considered socially acceptable. That time has passed. As our understanding of the complex, social nature of these creatures has increased, we are morally bound to re-examine the ethics of their treatment. Therefore I respectfully request that the Vancouver park board and city

council call for an immediate halt to any expansion of the Vancouver Aquarium’s captive marine mammal programs until a public referendum on the issue of whale and dolphin captivity can be held during this fall’s municipal election.” Barnes notes that a referendum was responsible for eventually closing the Stanley Park Zoo. She suggests that could be a route to go when deciding the future of the belugas and dolphins at the aquarium. Henry Avison, the city’s ﬁrst park superintendent, started the zoo in the early 1900s after capturing an orphaned black bear and chaining it to a stump. The zoo’s collection eventually included monkeys, penguins, seals and polar bears. In 1994, a referendum was held and residents voted to phase out the zoo. The zoo closed in 1996, after the last remaining animal, a polar bear named Tuk, died. AS BARNES and Blyth attest, the Vancouver Aquarium is world-renowned for its education, research, rescue and rehabilitation and conservation work. Besides its recent success in breeding the endangered Panamanian golden frog, other accomplishments include the Ocean Wise Program, which encourages restaurants to use sustainable seafoods, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, animal protection programs, numerous research projects and the Marine Mammal Res-

cue program. Last September, a harbour porpoise nicknamed Levi became the first wild cetacean to have been rehabilitated at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre and released back to its natural habitat. In a statement on its website, the aquarium says displaying whales and dolphins helps “change public perception and increased support for conserving wild populations.” The statement continues: “There is no real substitute for seeing animals first-hand to generate a feeling of interest and connection. For most people, the Vancouver Aquarium and other aquariums are the only place they can see live whales. Education about conservation is vital to the survival of whales in the wild. If all the people that view whales in aquariums went whale watching, this would have a huge impact on various wild whale populations around the world.” The aquarium is in the midst of completing the first phase of an almost $100-million expansion, which will eventually include larger whale and dolphin tanks. With the expansion came a renewed lease with the park board until 2029. Aquarium president John Nightingale says once the larger whale tank is completed the facility will increase the number of belugas on display. There are currently two belugas at the aquarium. “But, we’ll very likely be bringing back the ones we already own that have been on loan to other accredited institutions,” Nightingale told the Courier. “Not wild whales.” Nightingale says everything the aquarium does is 100 per cent within the current bylaw and he is well aware the park board will be reviewing that law next year. PAUL SPONG, a neuroscientist, cetologist, former Vancouver Aquarium employee and one of the province’s foremost orca experts, agrees the aquarium does some great work, including funding Dr. Peter Ross’s work on ocean pollutants and toxins. “I just find it very unfortunate that they have a blind spot when it comes to keeping captive cetaceans and wish they would once again lead the way as they did when they decided to end orca shows,” Spong told the Courier during a phone interview from OrcaLab, the small land-based whale research station he founded in 1970 on Hanson Island in the waters of the Inside Passage of northern Vancouver Island. “It’s very disappointing they continue the practice.” Spong says the trend of keeping “big-brained animals” in captivity is quickly dwindling worldwide so he’s surprised the Vancouver Aquarium is still so determined to continue the practice. He also doesn’t buy the aquarium’s reasoning for keeping cetaceans in captivity. “It’s a tired old argument from the captive industry,” said Spong. “To be quite blunt, what it really teaches children is that it’s OK to mistreat these animals. There are many other alternatives they could consider.”

The Panamanian golden frog breeding program at the Vancouver Aquarium is part of a worldwide effort to conserve the species, with hopes to one day repopulate their native habitat once the fungal infection threat they face is removed. photo Darren Smy/Vancouver Aquarium

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Members of the Vancouver Animal Defense League held a silent protest inside the Vancouver Aquarium March 25. MARLEY DAVIDUK, a volunteer with Vancouver Animal Defense League, also agrees the aquarium does some good work in its conservation, research, rescue and rehabilitation efforts, and notes the group isn’t asking for the facility’s closure. “But it has one of the smallest whale and dolphin tanks in North America,” says Daviduk. “Even with the expansion it will remain one of the smallest. Look at the size of their tanks? Do they look happy? These animals should be in vast bodies of water, which is why we oppose all cetaceans being kept in captivity.” Daviduk was one of the members of the group who helped organize a silent protest beside the dolphin tank inside the aquarium two weeks ago, in which protesters held up signs with messages such as “Dolphins are DYING to entertain you” and “Captivity is cruel.” While protests outside the aquarium

aren’t uncommon, it’s rare to see one take place inside. Daviduk adds just because a whale or dolphin is bred in captivity does not make it right to keep them from the wild. “It doesn’t mean they don’t suffer,” Daviduk said. “The aquarium holds big parties next to these wild animals and makes them do tricks for their food and that puts a lot of stress on them.” Daviduk also wants the park board to approve a plebiscite for November. “These animals shouldn’t be left to live out their lives in a ﬁlthy tank,” says Daviduk. “They should be kept in a sea pen on the coast until they pass away. “That’s the least we can do for them.” ••• The second and ﬁnal part of this series will appear in the April 11 edition of the Courier. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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20 YEARS OF AQUARIUM POLITICS 1995: The Vancouver Aquarium’s resident orca Bjossa gives birth to a calf that dies almost immediately in front of a crowd of spectators. It was the third infant calf the orca lost in 10 years. 1996: The current City of Vancouver bylaw regarding cetaceans (passed in September 1996) was originally worded to ban future importation of whales and dolphins, but a last-minute amendment by the board’s NPA majority of the day permits the aquarium to acquire animals already living in captivity prior to that year. 1997: Orca Finn dies. 2001: The aquarium’s last remaining orca, Bjossa, is transferred to SeaWorld San Diego and dies months later due to respiratory failure. 2002: Dolphin Whitewings dies in 2002 from respiratory failure. 2003: COPE park board commissioner Heather Deal blindsides her NPA colleagues by making a request to the aquarium on behalf of the board that the facility voluntarily stop importing dolphins until staff can review the issue. 2005: COPE commissioner Loretta Woodcock brings forward a motion asking for a plebiscite to be held during the 2008 municipal election regarding captive whales and dolphins at the aquarium. COPE city councillor Tim Louis brings forward a motion asking for an ofﬁcial referendum on the issue of keeping whales and dolphins at the aquarium. The COPE-dominated park board of the day votes against holding a plebiscite and animal activists accuse the party of breaking a 2002 election promise. Beluga Tuvaq dies unexpectedly at three years old. The NPA-dominated park board of the day rescinds a 1995 board decision requiring aquarium expansion be put to a referendum. 2006: The NPA-dominated park board approves an $80million dollar expansion of the aquarium. The park board votes to distance itself and withdraw its sponsorship of a $300,000 public consultation regarding the expansion of the aquarium. The Courier obtains a document that shows the NPA park board of the day did not give the aquarium permission to import an 11-yearold Paciﬁc white-sided dolphin named Hana and requested the facility not move her to the facility. In response, aquarium president John Nightingale said they were within the letter and spirit of the bylaw. Hana gave birth to a stillborn calf six months later. – The $80-million dollar expansion of the aquarium is approved by the NPA-dominated park board. 2007: – The NPA majority on park board amends the 1996 bylaw to allow the aquarium to also retain stranded or injured whales and dolphins once they’re brought back to health. 2010: – A motion by Green Party commissioner Stuart Mackinnon to hold a plebiscite during the 2011 municipal election regarding keeping whales and dolphins at the aquarium is voted down four to three by Vision Vancouver commissioners with the exception of Vision’s Constance Barnes and COPE’s Loretta Woodcock. 2012: – 46-year-old beluga Kavna dies of cancer in front of a crowd of spectators. A blogger from California takes photographs of the dying beluga moments before her death. 2014: –Phase one of the aquarium’s expansion is scheduled to open this summer. 2015: The City of Vancouver’s bylaw regarding keeping whales and dolphins in captivity is scheduled to be reviewed. —Sandra Thomas

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The provincial government has announced an additional $6.7 million to support English as a Second Language training at nine of B.C.’s public post-secondary institutions, with the largest amount, $3.25 million, going to Vancouver Community College. Karen Shortt, president of VCC’s Faculty Association, says the amount helps but isn’t enough. The $3.25 million brings VCC’s total allocation to roughly $8 million, she said, $3 million less than last year, meaning VCC will be able to serve the equivalent of 400 fewer full-time students. Lower-level ESL classes will be cut, which means students won’t be able to “ladder” to higher-level classes. Additionally, the equivalent of 22 full-time instructors have taken early retirement and won’t be replaced and VCC has lost about 40 term instructors, who aren’t part of the regular faculty. The additional $6.7 million, in what the provincial government is calling transitional funding, is from deferred federal funds under the Canada-B.C. Agreement, which ended April 1.

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HONOURING OUR FALLEN: News of recent suicides by returning veterans compelled Vancouver artist Foster Eastman to act, creating a community mural — a panel of paper mache squares — to commemorate the 162 Canadian soldiers and civilians killed in the Afghan war. Each square bears the name of the fallen. Working with veterans and their families on the art project, Eastman hopes to collect $1,000 per panel and generate $162,000 for the Veterans Transition Network, an organization dedicated to support members ofthemilitaryintheirtransitionbacktocivilianlife.Eastmanfronted a preview at the former Buschlen Mowatt Gallery in advance of the finished work and big reveal on April 16. GLOBE TROTTER: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, headlined a talk on clean energy at GLOBE 2014, the quintessential gathering of senior business and environmental leaders. A champion of the environment, Kennedy discussed clean capitalism and praised Vancouver’s efforts in front of a capacity crowd at the Convention Centre before holding court at an exclusive reception at the Hotel Georgia Private Residences. Held in the property’s sub-penthouse suite, Kennedy kibitzed with some of the city’s biggest green capitalists and influencers. ORANGE CRUSH: With 120 plus members to date, the B.C. Lions Waterboys are a dynamic group of business leaders engaged in building the Lions brand and relationships in the community. Founders Jamie Pitblado, Moray Keith, Denis Skulsky and Tom Malone called to order the first social gathering of 2014, held at the Vancouver Auto Show. The foursome shared with fans the year ahead, one the group believes will culminate with the team punching their ticket to the 102nd Grey Cup this Nov. 30 in Vancouver.

Jacqueline Firkins, a UBC costume design professor, has created a collection of ball gowns inspired by photos of cancer cells to get people talking about the disease, beauty and body image.

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Heads: you get a worse recycling program. Tails: you get to pay more for it.

The BC Government is proposing to offload the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations. The idea is that we’ll get a better, more efficient program that costs taxpayers less. Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess. The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profits will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC. And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?

Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper, or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you. How much more? Well, nobody’s saying. Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is efficient, managed locally and puts the BC environment first. So why is the BC government flipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected officials are already calling a “scam?” It’s time to contact Premier Clark and ask her.

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“One man hip hop beatbox blues harmonica Americana iconoclast” C.R. AVERY celebrates the launch of his new book of poetry SOME BIRDS WALK FOR THE HELL OF IT at Astorino’s, April 6, 3:30 p.m. as part of the VERSES FESTIVAL OF WORDS. The East Side literary fest runs April 5 to 12 and includes readings, the Vancouver slam poetry ﬁnals and artists Amber Dawn, Billeh Nickerson, Brendan McLeod, d’bi.young anitafrika, Graham Clark, Ivan Coyote, Rae Spoon, Sara Bynoe and Sheri-D Wilson among others. Details at versesfestival.ca. The city’s longest-running improv comedy show THE SUNDAY SERVICE has a new home at the recently renovated and, more importantly, disinfected FOX CABARET — formerly the Fox adult ﬁlm theatre. The weekly two-hour-long yuk-fest featuring Taz VanRassel, Ryan Beil, musical director Emmett Hall, Aaron Read and Caitlin Howden kicks off this Sunday, April 6. Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Admission $7. Details at thesundayservice.ca.

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ash Nijati usually helps others organize pop-up events, but a movie he watched last summer inspired him to initiate his own. “I love the movie Tampopo,” he said. “I watched it and got a big ramen craving.” Nijati figured more people should see the 1985 Japanese “ramen Western” that hit screens while he was still in the womb, but no one should have to watch the appetite-inducing movie without a bowl of steaming noodle soup at hand. So he teamed up with Winner Winner, the three seasoned restaurant professionals who served celebrated Singaporean chicken rice at the Vancouver Chinatown Night Market last summer, to create Film Feast, which happens April 10. Ramen is fashioned by combining tasty components to create a wonderful meal, Nijati said and Tampopo, a film about the quest for the perfect bowl of ramen, melds numerous storylines to create a succulent cinematic experience. “The filmmaker really translated the bowl of ramen into a film perfectly,” Nijati said of director Juzo Itami. Winner Winner’s Chen-Wei Lee of restaurants Wildebeest and the brand new Blacktail Florist in Gastown, Stanley Yung of Dirty Apron and Alain Chow of Bao Bei watched Tampopo long before Nijati, but the trio that moved from Toronto to Vancouver with the intention of opening a ramen shop is riffing

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Film Feast serves up the 1985 movie Tampopo with bowls of ramen April 10. on the traditionally pork-topped dish. They’ll contribute something different to the ramen scene by topping their hand-rolled noodles with duck. Film Feast is happening in the back of Lost + Found Cafe, next to Save on Meats on West Hastings Street. Moviegoers will be greeted with nori popcorn, can sidle up to a bar and then settle on couches and chairs before Tampopo is projected on a large screen. Duck ramen with nukazuke, or traditional Japanese pickles will be served at a ﬁlm intermission. “In the ﬁrst half of the movie, there’s about a three-minute scene where they give detailed instructions on how to enjoy ramen,” Nijati said. “First caress the surface with the chopstick tips” is just one pointer included in the tutorial. Dessert is a butter mochi cake. “If all goes well we gave three more planned with different movies and dif-

ferent cuisines,” Nijati said. Film Feast is a side project for Nijati, co-owner of the Chinatown Experiment pop-up facilitating business with a storefront at 434 Columbia St. In its 18 months, Chinatown Experiment has been involved with 42 pop-up events. While Nijati favours the instant gratiﬁcation of feeding one’s craving and the ﬂeeting nature of pop-up events, he’s encouraging Film Feast-goers to forego the temptation of watching Tampopo’s trailer online and to attend hungry for a new experience. “The experience is heightened when you walk into something where you have a general idea but you don’t have set expectations,” he said. For more information about Film Feast, see duckduckramen.eventbrite.ca. Only 40 tickets will be sold for the affair that starts at 7 p.m. at 33 West Hastings St. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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In Proud, Andrew Wheeler, centre, plays a prime minister modelled after Stephen Harper, alongside Craig Erickson and Emmelia Gordon. with that, that’s what he sees his mandate as being.” Wheeler, who grew up in former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s Montreal riding with a mother who supported the NDP and a father who was a Liberal, said it has been interesting to view the country from a right-wing perspective. He’s held a passing interest in politics since he was a kid, but preparing for his latest role has constituted “a primer on Canadian politics, what the Privy Council is and how things work legislatively.” Proud imagines a different outcome to the last federal election. The Tories have swept Quebec with a huge majority in the political satire. One of the new members of parliament is a single mother who managed a St-Hubert rotisserie restaurant, Quebec’s version of Swiss Chalet. “Basically, the play is the confrontation of these two very different characters, him being a man who’s somewhat obsessed with control and who doesn’t have a great deal of élan and free spirit to him, and this young female

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ndrew Wheeler wanted to perform in the Vancouver premiere of playwright Michael Healey’s Proud after he read the controversial play’s “smart” and “rollicking” script. But playing a prime minister that’s clearly modelled after Stephen Harper isn’t easy. “He does seem to have a definite lack of personal charm and dynamism,” Wheeler said of the Conservative PM. “That’s intriguing to play as an actor because you have to ﬁnd ways of suggesting that social discomfort and yet still make the scenes as dynamic as possible. You don’t want to play a boring character or someone that’s not interesting to listen to... Charisma is not something that comes terribly naturally to him.” But that lack of charm hasn’t kept the Jessie-award winning actor from falling in love with the character of the PM. “I’m really liking Stephen Harper right now,” Wheeler said. “He knows that he’s seen as a sack of potatoes, he knows that his public image takes a hit, but he, in the play, sees himself largely as an economist who has a particular agenda for downsizing government,” Wheeler explained. “That means cutting some programs and he doesn’t care if people are not on board

MP from Quebec who has no filter and who expresses her opinions, who has no experience in politics and is up to the challenge,” Wheeler said of the character played by Emmelia Gordon (Dissolve, Progressive Polygamists). Craig Erickson (Twelfth Night, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) plays the PM’s Machiavellian chief of staff and go-between, providing audiences a behind-thescenes glimpse into how government operates, akin to the Netflix series House of Cards. Donna Spencer, artistic director of the Firehall Arts Centre, directs the production. Healey wrote Proud for Tarragon Theatre as part of a trilogy of shows while he was writer-in-residence. But the Toronto theatre company controversially dumped Proud over alleged concerns the play would be deemed libelous and alienate government funders. Healey later produced the show in Toronto and then Ottawa and a third production recently closed in Victoria. Wheeler doesn’t see anything libelous in Proud. “In fact, I think it shows Stephen Harper in an oddly empathetic light,” said the actor who has appeared in nine seasons at Bard on the Beach and played Claudius, Mark Antony and Macbeth. “As Stephen Harper says, debate is good, debate is what we want,” Wheeler said. “We want people to become engaged politically because people who become engaged in anything in life find that life has more meaning and a life with more meaning is a happier life.” Proud runs April 5 to 26 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Details at firehallartscentre.ca. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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hen the Terminal City Rollergirls launch their eighth season tonight at the Kerrisdale Arena, roller derby rookie Jaydeen Williams will watch from the bench with a set of bruised ribs. “I got hit too hard last weekend,” said the former University of B.C. rugby player. “It’s a tough sport.” Williams, whose derby name Squid Pro Quo is a wholesome pun in a sea of raunchiness and brutality, was selected by the defending champion Riot Girls in another massive draft since the league added a fourth house team in 2011. When Public Frenemy formed three years ago, the draft reached 31 players, 11 more than a single team’s roster. The highest draft was 32 in 2012. About ﬁve to seven rookies are picked up by each team although in some years, some teams take as few as two or as many as nine, depending on the number of players who don’t return. Williams is one of 27 rookies this season and most will debut in tonight’s double-header. “We’ve been working hard together for two months now,” said Williams. “This is what we’ve all waiting for. We have a championship to defend.” Public Frenemy will clash with the Faster Pussycats in a match-up that includes 17 rookies before the Riot Girls face the Bad Reputation in a rematch of last year’s title ﬁght. The international Women’s Flat Track Derby Association mandates skills development, and Williams remembers the day she

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Jaydeen Williams (left) and Alisha Hackinen — derby names Squid Pro Quo and Smackin’em — skate for the Riot Girls in the Terminal City Rollergirls roller derby league. took a great personal leap forward. “I went months where I was awkward on my skates,” she said. “One day I didn’t have that feeling. It was one day and I didn’t feel weird. We’re getting better all the time.” Her father ﬂew in from Calgary to see her skate in a pre-season match. He was proud of her and said he hadn’t seen his daughter so happy since she was playing varsity rugby a decade earlier. Sophomore skater Alisha Hackinen — derby name Smackin’em — said the hardest part about her ﬁrst competitive season last year with the Riot Girls was learning and then perfecting the rules of roller derby. “I was like a duckling, trying to follow

around our captain,” said Hackinen. “I never knew where I was suppose do be. I had an idea of the rules, but I got penalties anyway.” Hackinen was captivated by roller derby’s pin-up sex appeal and sure-footed athleticism, essentially the conﬁdent feminism of a sport that embraces excessive mascara and ﬁshnets while it revels in being much more. “A huge part of the appeal was the lure of becoming a derby girl,” she said. “I watched a lot of bouts the summer before I started training and the women on the track were this amazing combination of tough, sassy and cool. I wanted to be part of that community where being a

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An exciting and inclusive spectator sport, roller derby has typically been family-friendly in Vancouver. Kids and husbands welcome. Boyfriends, girlfriends, wives, siblings and parents, too, it goes without saying. When the Vancouver Junior Roller Derby League was created a year ago, it became even easier for kids to get in on the action. The ﬁrst contemporary youth league began in Austin, Texas in 2007 and there are now more than 85 leagues listed with the Junior Roller Derby Association. Jaydeen Williams, a roller derby rookie and executive director with the outdoor education program for at-risk youth Take A Hike helped launch the Vancouver league last April. The junior league introduces boys and girls aged six to 18 to the skills and rules of roller derby. They practise twice a week at Trout Lake Community Centre and the Vancouver Curling Club and will soon compete in games. Although not afﬁliated with the Terminal City Rollergirls, some players help at training and round out the roster of skilled derby coaches. For more details, visit vancouverjuniorrollerderby.com.

woman wasn’t mutually exclusive with being strong, and where short shorts could be enjoyed without harassment.” In the Terminal City Rollergirls, a league owned and operated by the athletes, Hackinen found role models. “It felt good to have people to look up to.” TCRG season begins April 4 at Kerrisdale Arena (5670 East Boulevard). Doors open at 5 p.m. and the ﬁrst bout begins at 6 p.m. Adult tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. $10 for kids ages 6 to 12. Visit terminalcitytickets.com. mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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ple: ride your bike every day in April. There’s no minimum distance or time. Your daily ride might be anything from a long afternoon cruise to a quick spin around the block or an out-and-back to the corner store. If you choose, you can share your rides via social media using the hashtag #30daysofbiking. The project, which launched in 2010, aims to create “a community of joyful cyclists” united by a love of riding. The organizers write on their blog: “We’re all passionate about the bicycle and we know the bicycle can make us better people, build stronger communities and help a global environment.” The benefits go beyond your personal health and fitness. For every 30 people who sign up, the organizers behind 30 Days of Biking, a group of artists from Minneapolis, promise to donate one bike to a kid in need via the Minnesota program Free Bikes for Kidz. Since its inception five years ago, this program has donated more than 20,000 bikes to children whose families otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford them. The more cyclists who take the 30-day pledge, the more kids will get the fun, freedom and adventure that comes with having a bike of their own.

As of April 1, more than 6,300 cyclists from all around the world had signed up to take the pledge. When cyclists sign on, they give their reason for participating. Reading these is like reading a love song to cycling: • To keep my heart beating another 30 days. • Exploration... adventure... ultimate coolness...eternal youth • I feel truly connected to the earth when I’m riding. • Riding a bike is another day in paradise. • Steel frame, no brakes. Can’t stop, don’t want to. • Because cycling means everything. It means freedom. • Because those uppity unicyclists ain’t got enough wheels. • Because... bicycles! And really, although it’s great to have the opportunity to sign up for a speciﬁc challenge and help provide bikes for kids who might not otherwise get the opportunity to learn to ride, there’s no day that’s a bad day to get out there and spend time on your bike in whatever way makes you happy. Kay Cahill is a cyclist and librarian who believes bikes are for life, not just for commuting. Read more at sidecut.ca, or send a comment to kay@sidecut.ca.

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WEEKEND WARRIORS: SCOTTSDALE EDITION by Sarah Bancroft

START NOTHING: 11:14 a.m. Monday to 2:50 a.m. Tuesday, 11:26 p.m. Wednesday to 3:08 p.m. Thursday, and after 10:12 a.m. Saturday. TAURUS LOVE FORECAST: For the first seven months of 2014, your life is filled with short trips, phone calls and emails, visits and errands. If you already have a love, this describes the state of your union — busy, scattered, chasing each other in fragments of bliss. But if you’re single, these activities, errands, trips, etc. can bring you a friend who is both chatty and sexy and intimacy can easily follow. You might be attracted to a co-worker, but it’s not wise; in time, he/she could prove to be a psychological enemy. This entire period — especially if you met someone since mid-2013 — revolves around sexual attraction more than, say, freshness, joie de vivre, social acceptance, etc. If you find your attitude is constantly serious, if you wear a wee frown, perhaps you need to pursue a more balanced approach.

Your energy and charisma, clout and effectiveness remain at a yearly high, Aries — go forth and conquer! But remember, the ﬁrst conquest must always be of oneself. That way, every subsequent conquest has the right direction. Here’s a puzzle: to conquer yourself this year, you must entwine or link with another. (In business, love, sex, simple friendship, etc.)

Your work feels more rewarding and your co-workers more affectionate over the four weeks ahead. Many discussions/negotiations can take place in the next two weeks about a partnership, marriage, a contract or a “public interface” situation. Realize anyone you meet now to November 2015 will not “work out” as a partner, in business or love.

Continue to rest, dream, recuperate, contemplate and plan but don’t give too much time or faith to this area. For instance, rest when tired but don’t spend the whole morning in bed. Retreat, but don’t turn people away. If you don’t need to, don’t deal with civil servants, managers/agents, institutions, charity organizations or large companies.

Work faces you so do what you must without overdoing it. Avoid the temptation to signiﬁcantly alter the work place. Manage and delegate whatever you can — others will do a better job than you hope! Maintain good health (and dental) habits now to November 2015 but don’t overdo it. Sunday/Monday bring gentle wisdom, a wide, understanding view of the world.

Life’s ﬁlled with apparent contradictions, Gemini. This week builds to a beautiful status opportunity or “job birth” Friday but it occurs in the middle of three days that nudge you toward home, retreat and rest. Best way to combine these: build or strengthen a new foundation for future career launches/actions. Bosses and VIPs will favour you all April.

Romance, creative and speculative urges, sports, games, charming kids, beauty and pleasure surround you. Realize that the deep, visceral side of these can subtly entrap you over the 20 months ahead, while the light or group-oriented side of them can boost you and provide you with a smooth, green path to your “right” future. (E.g., infatuation no, friends with beneﬁts yes.)

Safety lies in the word “security.” Be ambitious, but not too ambitious. Stop when you sense unexplained or seemingly unreasonable delay, when your “spidey sense” tells you an action is a bit self-serving or only 90 per cent moral, or that an anticipated reward is too good to be true. Subtle traps lie here. The exception might be food and shelter industries (real estate, landscape, food, clothing, furniture, etc.)

Much discussion — pleasant discussion — will occur this month, much of it about home, family issues, vacation, real estate. Take this in stride, don’t let it knock you off the course you’re on. Now to November 2015, it’s better to be ambitious than to retreat to home, security, family. Sunday/Monday bring relationships and disagreements. Be diplomatic, and co-operative as you can.

It’s the last time I’ll say it, Leo: now to Nov. 2015 (but especially now and next March/April) strictly avoid lawsuits (and illegal activities, of course) and “go light” or short in travel, communications, publishing and relationships. Favour casual over profound, short trips over long, stories over novels, etc. You’ll be lucky in sex, ﬁnances, investments, research and health diagnoses for the rest of April.

Your money picture improves now to early May. You’ll be able to afford a luxury item. The general accent lies on communications, trips, friends, errands and paperwork. Don’t get lost in these; the hours you spend in a good book are worth ten errands. Relationships dominate midweek. You could face an exciting meeting with a temperamental, volatile person Tuesday.

Others will treat you graciously, affectionately now to early May. Your talk or thoughts might want to take this attraction to deeper levels, to intimacy or financial commitment. Don’t. Mystery, subconscious urges and “pheromones” surround you but these can contain subtle traps, so step carefully. Money flows around you until July — make sure you bank it, for things bought now (especially mechanical things) might contain a flaw.

Chase money, buy/sell and seek new clients but don’t force these areas. If you deserve a pay raise, but your employer cries the poverty blues — they do that well, don’t they? — ask for equity instead. It will be more valuable, eventually, than your pay stubs. Someone promises money now to April 22, but it might be bogus or slim.

From celebrity sushi to Frank Lloyd Wright, we know how to pack it in. We toured the architect’s famous winter home and architecture school Taliesin West, which takes you into all the buildings of this monument to Early Modernism. Read the full Arizona itinerary (which includes where to stay, dine, spa and hike) at www.vitamindaily.com and check back next week for Day 2. TRAVEL & LEISURE

AN UNEXPECTED MUSE by Adrienne Matei

Vancouver’s become the “It Girl” of spring fashion, with trends like Tom Ford’s SS ‘14, which glamorously confronts an distinctly localized vision of danger via mirror-y, shard-smattered dresses. Don this dress and you won’t be able to sit down—but you will look like False Creek at sunset, which is amazing. Find more Vancouverinspired fashion trends at www.vitamindaily.com. FASHION & SHOPPING

SAY MY NAME by Adrienne Matei Until May 18, Westbank is presenting “Gesamtkunstwerk: A Curated Exhibition on Architecture and City-Building Ready to Engage the Public”—an open-access, multi-media exhibition of the project’s architectural and engineering plans, building models and illustrations of commissioned public art. “Life as a total work of art”—the concept is prettier than the word. Learn more on the Editor’s Diary at www.vitamindaily.com/vancouver/blog. ARTS & CULTURE

PALETTE PERFECTION by Christine Laroche Despite the fact that we have drawers teeming with eyeshadowcolour options, we always return to a handful of go-to hues. At $85, NARSissist Eyeshadow Palette from Nars is, admittedly, a bit of a splurge, but if it means purging 95 per cent of our unused collection, it’s 100 per cent worthwhile. Get more beauty tips at www.vitamindaily.com. HEALTH & BEAUTY

Monday: James Garner (86). Tuesday: Koﬁ Annan (76). Wednesday: Cynthia Nixon (48). Thursday: Charlie Hunnam (34), Friday: Joss Stone (27). Saturday: David Letterman (67). Sunday: Al Green (68).

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n increase in growth in China’s gross domestic product (GDP) would have a positive impact on the housing market in Vancouver, argues a recent report by the Conference Board of Canada. The inﬂuence of China’s economic state on the city’s housing market should not be underestimated; the report argues that the Chinese economy is one of the biggest drivers behind housing sales activity in the area. It “rivals” not only the city’s popula-

tion growth but also the employment environment and mortgage interest rates in terms of what determines the state of the market. “The chief implication is that observers need to pay attention to China’s economic health when assessing the outlook for Vancouver’s housing market,” the report said. This analysis suggests that Vancouver’s housing markets would perhaps welcome a pickup in Chinese GDP growth more than a rise in local employment and about the same as lower Canadian interest rates. The report argues that when looking back over the past couple decades, periods

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of high and low sales in Vancouver home can be correlated to similar trends in China’s economy. For example: • In the 1990s, China’s GDP growth was “tepid” with annual growth rates ranging from 3.8 per cent to 7.8 per cent, after annual expansion of 12 per cent per year in the 1980s. Correspondingly, Vancouver’s housing market was also relatively sluggish, despite the fact that the local economy was healthy, with increasing employment of 2.3 per cent annually and an annual population growth of 2.5 per cent. • In the 2000s, Chinese GDP grew by over eight per cent annually — and Vancouver’s

Langley for $5.5 million. Late last year, a Chinese travel company bought a downtown commercial lot in Nanaimo where it plans to build a $50 million hotel that will cater to Chinese tourists. “It had been rare to see mainland China buyers purchasing recreational property in B.C,” said Mark Lester, senior vice-president of Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Ltd. (JLL). Lester, who chaired a recent Vancouver panel discussion on Asian real estate investment in Canada, believes the recent moves into recreational property reﬂect

housing market also took a dramatic swing upward. Today, the pattern is repeating, the report said. Vancouver’s employment growth was 2.1 per cent per year on average between 2010 and 2012, and population grew by 1.6 per cent. Those factors, combined with low mortgage rates, would lead to the expectation of a more active housing market. However, over the same period, China’s GDP growth slowed down to 12-year lows — and Vancouver home resale volumes fell 23 per cent in 2012, while the average home sale price dropped 6.4 per cent. ecrawford@biv.com

a “maturing” of China investors. “[They] have moved beyond houses on Vancouver’s West Side and Richmond.” A study of outward-bound Chinese investors by Colliers International also forecasts a greater diversity in foreign locations and property sectors this year. JLL is forecasting total offshore real estate investments by China investors at $15 billion in 2014 and this does not include individuals purchasing homes or small commercial holdings, according to JLL’s Vancouver ofﬁce. —Frank O’Brien

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t was the finest two minutes of motorsports ever seen. And, in the end, nobody really won. Formula One is the pinnacle of motor racing, or at least it’s supposed to be, but it’s occasionally a byzantine mystery BY BRENDAN McALEER to the casual observer. Watching it rebrendanmcaleer@gmail.com Tweet: @brendan_mcaleer quires a certain level of dedication, or at least a general knowledge of who’s driving the red car, and who’s driving the silver car, and why does the blue car always seem to win? What’s more, the current circus surrounding the races has enveloped the sport of kings in a sort of fortification of wealth. Where once you might have been able to drive down to observe the best drivers in the world duking it out on the racetrack, now there are passes and gates, and only the very rich can get the best tickets and the access. In 1979, it wasn’t like that at all. The French Grand Prix was attended by well over 100,000 people, and they weren’t there to hobnob with celebrities or stuff their faces with caviar. They were there to watch the highest level racing in the world, and they prayed for a French victory — they got both, though not in the way they expected. Renault now provides the turbocharged V6s for the current F1 season, but back in 1979 the technology was very much unproven. Or rather, it was proven: proven to be horribly unreliable. After one particularly disastrous race, a British magazine dubbed the RS01 race car “the Yellow Teakettle” as its coolant whistled and steamed out in the pits. The car wasn’t very good but Renault persevered and built another one. While most teams were running 3.0L engines, the rules provided for a 1.5L turbocharged offering, and Renault believed the greater torque and rev-happy nature of the forcedinduction small-displacement engine would be a success. Finally, at the 1979 Grand Prix, they were to prove the soundness of their theory to the world. After qualifying, the twin yellow-and-black Renaults sat proudly in the first and second position on the grid. They had decimated the field and were ready to clench victory. There was just one little problem — one little Canadian problem. Sitting just behind the two French cars in a bright red Ferrari 312 T4 was a French-Canadian man whose name had already attracted worldwide attention. All of Canada knew who he was, the boy from Richelieu who had won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix, the man world-champion Niki Lauda would call “the craziest devil I ever met.” Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve’s flat-12-powered Ferrari wasn’t far off the pace of the two turbocharged cars, but he knew he had his work cut out for him. The previous day had been almost unbearably hot, but the weather was now overcast and cool. The Achilles’ heel of any turbocharged car is heat, and as temperatures rise, power levels fade away. With cool intake temperatures and cold air to bathe the engines of the two Renaults, the twin French juggernauts stood a very good chance of winning – as long as they didn’t break. Continued on next page

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weeds. Soon, he was just behind Jabouille, and the twin Renaults began hunting down the Ferrari. Halfway through the 80 lap race, Villeneuve must have sensed he wasn’t going to win. His tires were cooked, worn through from maintaining high levels of cornering speeds to counter the straight-line punch of the Renaults. Jabouille continued to gain despite all his efforts, and on the 46th lap, the Frenchman made his move. As soon as his Renault passed, Jabouille immediately abandoned his chess-game approach and drove his car as hard as possible. There was simply no way the Ferrari could keep up, and the gap between first and second immediately stretched to multiple seconds. Arnoux soon crowded up behind Villeneuve, trying for the same performance. The crowd was already on their feet, cheering Jabouille and the surety of his win. Would they see a one-two podium finish on French soil? It had been thirty years since a French driver had taken victory here and hearts were in mouths. On the 78th lap Arnoux cut to the inside corner after the long straight and went for it. It was a killing stroke, a coup de grâce, and it should have meant a hard-fought third place finish for Villeneuve. But Gilles heard something. Over the howling roar of the Ferrari’s flat-twelve, he could hear Arnoux’s V6 misfiring at the top end of the rev-range. It still had the low-end torque to make the passing moves, and Arnoux’s tires were in far better shape than those of Villeneuve’s Ferrari, but suddenly the French’s power advantage had finished. The cars were lapping the track in just over two minutes, and in the final two laps, the greatest battle ever seen in Formula One racing got under way. First, even as Arnoux cut to the inside, Villeneuve refused to give way. He clung to the outside, just a nose behind, but Arnoux’s shorter line meant that the Frenchman couldn’t be stopped. He moved into second place and the crowd roared. But Villeneuve was right there, staying on Arnoux, not letting him surge ahead as Jabouille had done. The pair scorched through the rest of the lap and crossed the line in

The Renaults were as French as they could be. Developed and built by a French company, they were running on French Michelins and both were driven by French racers. In first position, Jean-Pierre Jabouille was a veteran of Formula One and Le Mans, and brought an engineer’s precision to his driving. Just behind, the rookie René Arnoux was ready to prove himself. Gilles had a strategy. Somehow, he must get ahead of the two Renaults from the very start and stay ahead. He knew his Ferrari didn’t have the punch out of the corners to pass, and he knew the long uphill sections at the Dijon circuit favoured the stronger turbocharged engines even more. The flat-12 in his Ferrari had 500hp, just as the Renault’s did, but it made it further up in the rev-range and didn’t have quite the down-low power to accelerate hard. It wasn’t going to be easy. The green flag dropped and Villeneuve struck. Smoking his tires, he slipped between Arnoux and Jabouille, and instantly started putting distance on both. Jabouille dropped in behind in second place, while Arnoux struggled with his start and dropped to a lamentable ninth. Villeneuve’s strategy was very simple but it had a flaw. Despite all his skill and his fierce driving style, the Ferrari’s tires and chassis weren’t up to the job. Every lap he took at full speed was wearing down the rubber and what’s more, the French were beginning to recover. Jabouille maintained his position, figuring out the course and learning how his car responded with the extra power provided by the cool intake temperatures. Slowly, he began reeling in his French-Canadian rival. Arnoux, meanwhile, was having the drive of his life. He had quickly recovered from his semi-disastrous start and was picking up the pace. Dropping into a rhythm, he began to climb up the ranks. There was no giving way to legends like Niki Lauda or Nelson Piquet, Arnoux simply spooled up the boost on his powerful Renault and blasted them into the

a row. Diving into the corner, right where Arnoux had made his passing move, Villeneuve suddenly darted to the inside, locking up his brakes and wreathing his car in a cloud of smoke. His Ferrari responded, despite its tired-out rubber, and he surged though, taking back second by a nose. The cars were so close, their wheels actually overlapped! Through the next corners, Villeneuve has to work hard. His car is twitching and sliding, nearly all its grip gone. Arnoux dives in again, and the cars go around the corner exactly sideby-side. They bang wheels, trading places only by a nose. Arnoux slips ahead, but misjudges and goes off-track briefly. With the loss of acceleration, Villeneuve once again takes the lead. They collide again, and Villeneuve drops behind, but in the last hairpin, he cuts aggressively inside, and holds it, holds it, holds it for just long enough to get across the line. The cars finish Villeneuve second, then Arnoux third, the split between them less than one quarter of a second. As the cars circle on their victory lap, both drivers wave to each other and to the crowd. When they finally stop, both men, charged with energy, leap from their machines to shake hands. There is no animosity, only the pure joy of racing at the highest level and the respect for a battle well-fought. In 1982, while qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, Villeneuve would be killed in a crash with Jochen Mass. Mass would later withdraw from racing, not out of any sense of guilt — the accident wasn’t his fault — but because of the devastating effect it had on Gilles’ young family. Canada too reeled from the loss and the name Villeneuve became part of our national legend. His is a story of what could-have-been, as well as the glory of what was. Last year, for the opening of a special exhibition at the Enzo Ferrari museum in Italy, Villeneuve’s Ferrari 312 T4 was started and driven on the streets of Modena. The police escort cleared the way, and the racecar snarled and howled its tribute to its fallen master. On that day, at the wheel, was René Arnoux; no-one else could have been more fitting.

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