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CP ‘explores options’ on Arbutus line Naoibh O’Connor

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Residents along the Arbutus Corridor are being told access will be affected as Canadian Pacific clears brush and surveys the land along its abandoned 9.5kilometre rail track. CP has informed resident groups along the line that it’s taking steps “to use the property in support of rail operations.”The corridor, which encompasses 45 acres from the Fraser River to False Creek, has been at the centre of a dispute between the company and the City of Vancouver. The Shaughnessy Heights Property Owners’ Association [SHPOA] issued a bulletin to its members, stating: “The proposed rail operations will impact vehicular/ pedestrian traffic at intersections, existing community gardens, public safety, noise levels and property values at some nearby homes.” David Cuan, SHPOA’s president, said he spoke to Howie Charters over the phone. Charters, who’s from Colliers International Consulting Services, has worked on the Arbutus Corridor file for CP over the years. Charters could not be reached by the Courier’s print deadline, but Cuan said Charters told him May 6 that homeowners should expect a letter from CP within 10 days. A representative from CP also contacted the Arbutus Ridge Kerrisdale Community Plan Implementation Committee [ARKS] via email last week to inform the group about latest developments. “You may recall that quite a number of years ago CPR undertook a community visioning process that received

input from your organization.The process identiﬁed alternative uses for the corridor that included public uses such as greenway for cyclists and walkers, community gardens, public transportation and selective “ecodensity” inﬁll mixed use development in selected areas,” the email stated. “After numerous conversations on these type of uses over the years, CPR has been unable to dispose of this valuable property and will be taking steps to use the property in support of rail operations. In preparation, a number of activities will be taking place that will include brush cutting to permit inspection, surveying and repair work.This work is getting under way immediately and CPR wants to keep you organization and its members informed.” Jim Hall, chairperson of ARKS, said he had a subsequent discussion with a CP representative, who he didn’t name, at which time Hall was told the line would be used for training and storing vehicles. “Therefore the vehicular access points will have to be upgraded — the signals.They will close all the pedestrian crossings that are currently being used… and probably fence it to keep the public off.” Ed Greenberg, a CP spokesman, told the Courier the Arbutus Corridor is still considered an active rail line. “We’ve had crews out there clearing the brush, so we can do a survey of the land, which comprises the Arbutus Corridor,” he said. “So we’re clearing the brush and the growth along that corridor so we can do a new survey of that area to ensure Continued on page 6

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NPA mum on mayoral hopes Rumoured candidate lambastsVision in speech

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The president of the NPA remains coy about who will be the party’s mayoral candidate but witnessed a mayoral-like speech Wednesday night from his own vice-president. Peter Armstrong stood to the side of a stage at the Vancouver Convention Centre while developer Robert Macdonald delivered a passionate address to about 400 people at an NPA fundraiser. From a podium festooned with purple and white balloons, Macdonald began by responding to the party’s “angry, old men” tag given to the NPA by Mayor Gregor Robertson over the weekend. “Of course that is just false — it’s divisive, it’s

part of their political propaganda,” Macdonald said to guests who included former mayor Philip Owen. “The fact is we’re an inclusive party of every gender, age, race and religion. And as you can see here this evening, 50 per cent of this room is filled with hundreds of talented women of every age.” Macdonald, who operates Macdonald Development Corporation and is rumoured to be a party mayoral candidate, said people want a change from Robertson and Vision Vancouver, which have held power at city hall since 2008. He said Vancouverites deserve a city that is operated by people with high moral values and professional standards, “and not run by fanatics and bullies.” “You can hear it in the coffee shops, the pub, the offices, the soccer fields, the shop floors, the community centres — you can feel the desire for change in every corner of the city

NPA vice-president Robert Macdonald addresses crowd at NPA fundraiser Wednesday at the Vancouver Convention Centre. PHOTO MATTHEW DESOUZA.

because the people know there is something that does not smell right at city hall,” he said, before affecting a Scottish accent. “As my father would have said, ‘Aye Robbie, they’re trying to sell us beef stew with black bean sauce. But it’s really just a bucket of shit.’” Macdonald was the party’s chief fundraiser in the 2011 campaign and donated an unprecedented $960,000 of his own money in the race.

His name was mentioned back then as a possible mayoral candidate but the NPA chose to run former councillor Suzanne Anton, who is now the province’s justice minister. Macdonald left immediately after his speech to catch a plane before the Courier could ask him whether he intended to take on Robertson. When asked about Macdonald as the party’s choice for mayor, Armstrong would

only say the NPA will choose “someone who wins in November.” He was equally coy to his guests in a speech before dinner, saying “it’s going to be somebody you’re going to be proud of.” He conﬁrmed that former Liberal cabinet minister Colin Hansen, who attended the gala, will not be the party’s mayoral choice. He also joked how the party lost out to former Canuck Trevor Linden, who was recently named president of the NHL hockey team. Armstrong reminded the crowd that Larry Campbell was only nominated two months before he ran with COPE in 2002 and won a landslide victory. Former mayor Owen added to Armstrong’s history lesson, telling the Courier his mayoral victory in 1993 came after he announced his candidacy in July. “It’s not too late,” he said. “Don’t underestimate the voters, don’t underestimate how the media is going to treat it. At this stage, you can’t predict

what’s going to happen in November.” The NPA says its membership has gone up 500 per cent in the past two years and could have sold out the 350seat dinner three times over. Companies paid $5,000 to $7,500 a table, includingThe VancouverTaxi Association, B.C. Maritime Employers’ Association, Rocky Mountaineer and Concord Paciﬁc, whose table included former B.C. Lottery Corporation head Michael Graydon, who has since joined a company with direct ties to Paragon Gaming. Other guests at the gala includedVancouver Board of Trade CEO Iain Black, former NPA mayoral candidate Jennifer Clarke, businessman Lorne Segal, two members of theVancouver Fireﬁghters’ Union and Glen Cherne of the Cedar Party, which launched a lawsuit against Robertson and his caucus over a lease deal with Hootsuite. Robertson has denied the allegations. The election is Nov. 15. twitter.com/Howellings

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Election spending reform delayed again 12TH & CAMBIE Mike Howell

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It was pretty much ofﬁcial before, but now it’s really ofﬁcial:The provincial government will not impose campaign spending limits for any political parties or candidates in this November’s civic election. Coralee Oakes, the minister responsible for allowing the multi-million-dollar races to continue, made that clear in the B.C. Legislature last week. Oakes did so despite a request from the NDP’s critic for local government, Selina Robinson, to have the Liberals give the powers necessary to Vancouver to set its own electoral reforms. The Liberals defeated Robinson’s amendment to Bill 21 by a vote of 39-32, with all Vancouver Liberal MLAs present, including former NPA city councillor Suzanne Anton, falling in line with their party.

The provincial government made it ofﬁcial last week that it will not implement spending limits for this year’s civic election campaign. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Alice goes underground, students get versed CLASS NOTES Cheryl Rossi

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Alice in the French Underground

In a bilingual adaptation of Alice inWonderland, Grade 3 French immersion student Alice falls into a Parisian dream world. Encountering an array of French-speaking characters, Alice struggles with balancing being both English and French. She has to ﬁgure out who she is, a common struggle for kids in French immersion school, according to Susan Bertoia. This theatre artist in residence at Hastings elementary wrote Alice in the French Underground with the help of her daughter, Sabine Freschi. Freschi’s entire Grade 3 French immersion class appears in the show.Teacher Natacha Corrie translated Bertoia’s words and parents and other family members fashioned the costumes and sets. An ArtsStarts in School grant and the support of the Hastings Parent Advisory

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Vancouver students topped the Poetry in Voice competition in Toronto last year, the first year the poetry recitation competition was open to students outside of Ontario and Quebec. So it only made sense for organizers to host the annual competition in Vancouver this year.The finals conclude at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at Simon Fraser University’s downtown campus May 9, with finalists performing at 7 p.m. (the first night was May 8, after our print deadline). Of the 39 secondary students from across the country who will compete, six attend high school in Vancouver: · Laura Moberg, Gladstone · Leo Chang, St. George’s School · Simran Cheema, Crofton House School

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and school stipends for memorizing and performing poetry.The contest is meant to encourage appreciation of the beauty of language while instilling a sense of confidence through public speaking. Scott Griffin, chairperson and founder of the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, founded Poetry in Voice, which is now in its fourth year. Students compete in one of three streams, English, bilingual or French. Poetry inVoice will award the champion in each stream $5,000, with $1,000 for their school library, half of which is reserved for poetry books. Kyla Kane, then a Grade 12 student at Van Tech, won first place in the English stream last year. “I had a really great time,” she said. “Hopefully another person from Vancouver can bring it home next year.” The Poetry in Voice performance is at 149 West Hastings St.Tickets are $5 to $10 at eventbrite.ca. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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News VSB extends trans policy debate

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The Vancouver School Board will spend more time working on a revised sexual orientation and gender identity policy in response to copious phone calls, letters and emails received from parents. An April 10 memo from VSB associate superintendent Maureen Ciarniello said the policy could go to the board for approval May 20. But after more than 30 delegations registered to speak at the VSB’s education and student services meeting, May 14, Ciarniello said staff will reword segments of the policy and the committee will review it again, June 11 before a recommendation for approval by the board. “Parents are feeling that we’re forcing this on students and parents, which is not the case,” said Ken Clement, trustee and chairperson of the education and student services

committee. Ciarniello and Stephanie Lofquist, the board’s antihomophobia and diversity mentor, note the policy has been in place since 2004 and is being revised to reﬂect practices by local, provincial and national agencies. It will put the support for trans youth and their families, which largely occurs in schools already, into writing. The VSB’s PRIDE Advisory Committee, which includes teachers, support staff, district staff, principals or vice principals, representatives from the District Parent Advisory Council and from the community, has revised the policy over two years. Cheryl Chang, chairperson of the Lord Byng secondary parent advisory council, who wrote an open letter to the trustees that voiced her and other parents’ concerns, contends the draft revised policy is “seriously ﬂawed” because appropriate medical and mental health profession-

als weren’t consulted in its development and those who specialize in gender identity don’t agree on how children experiencing gender identity dysphoria should be treated. She wants more consultation with medical professionals and parents. “There’s no question that we need a good policy that will ensure that all children are safe and that they all feel comfortable in using the facilities, the schools, etc.,” Chang said. “But to just sort of say we’re going to take a bunch of activists on one side of the spectrum and say they can make up a policy and we’ll impose it on everybody and it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, is inappropriate.” Lofquist said a representative from Vancouver Coastal Health participates on the PRIDE committee but wouldn’t specify that person’s profession. The policy statement: “Students’ rights to discuss and express their gender identity and/or gender expression openly and to

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called Way to Give Foundation, of which he’s listed as director. Last month the Courier reported some residents who bought membership to the community centre received credit card statements showing fees billed to the foundation. At the time, Johl said the problem stemmed from a computer glitch that took place when the centre’s website was recently redesigned. He added the glitch had since been ﬁxed and noted the problem affected about 60 people and $800 and the money was redirected back to Hillcrest. “Over the last few weeks, there has been signiﬁcant public concern expressed to the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in regard to alleged irregularities in the conduct of business at the Riley Park Hillcrest Community Association,” said Jasper in a statement Tuesday. “The park board has requested information from the association to assess the situation — a request that is the park board’s right under the joint

operating agreement.” In a statement emailed to the Courier late Tuesday night, Johl said the annual independent audit for Hillcrest was underway. “Hillcrest originally stated that it would forward the unaudited financials to the park board by this Friday, May 9, 2014 and the independently audited 2013 and first quarter of 2014 financials as soon as available.” Johl added: “The Vancouver Park Board has started a British Columbia Supreme Court action suggesting that Riley Park Hillcrest Community Centre Association has breached the joint operating agreement between the parties by not forwarding Hillcrest’s financial statements to the park board in a timely manner when demanded, despite that fact the park board continues to breach the joint operating agreement, Hillcrest is actively seeking to resolve these issues of disclosure.” Johl noted since the audit was extended from fiscal 2013 to include the first quarter of 2014, at what he

says was at the request of the park board, a reasonable extension was required. Riley Park/Hillcrest Community Association is in the midst of a joint lawsuit launched against the park board last fall for alleged breaches of the joint operating agreement. Hillcrest is joined by Killarney, Sunset, Hastings, Kerrisdale and Kensington community centre associations in the lawsuit. As well, last month four former directors of the Riley Park/Hillcrest Community Association, Ken Charko, Jennifer Palma, Jaimini Thakore and Eli Zbar, were in B.C. Supreme Court with a litany of complaints against the association and Johl. Affidavits filed in court include accusations of everything from financial mismanagement to wrongful dismissal from the board to sexual harassment. Charko said at the time taking legal action his last recourse because Johl refused to meet with them. The two sides came to an agreement out of court. twitter.com/sthomas10

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News City seeks healthy ideas Wanyee Li

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Not everyone agrees on what will make Vancouver a healthier city. The City of Vancouver’s initiative to hear Vancouverites about how to make their city healthier started this week with a series of “idea labs.” The city hosted its ﬁrst Healthy City For All event at Trout Lake Monday night, where 60 residents presented ideas such as housing for youth coming out of foster care, bringing entertainment venues to more neighbourhoods, and building outdoor gyms. One controversial idea involved making the city more dog friendly, just as the city ponders shrinking the off-leash dog park at Trout Lake to about a ﬁfth of its original size. Not everyone at the workshop agreed that making the city more dog friendly should be a priority. “We have the highest number of homeless people in Vancouver we’ve ever had, the case of First

Nations women missing in the Downtown Eastside hasn’t been solved, and a good chunk of the city can’t ﬁnd a family doctor,” said Vancouver resident Karen Sawatzky, who attended Monday night’s event.

“We want Vancouverites to bring their ideas of what is important to them.” – Mary Clare Zak “Social sustainability is about looking at policy decisions and how they affect those of us who have the least resources or the least power,” said Sawatzky, an SFU urban studies grad student. She said a city without social justice is not sustainable. Donovan Mahoney, a former resident of the Downtown Eastside, echoed her sentiment. “Our poor neighbourhoods are getting displaced so where are people going to go?” he asked. The city says social sustain-

ability is the missing piece in its plan to become the greenest city in the world. Sustainability has to be thought of in economic, ecological and social terms, according to Mary Clare Zak, the city’s managing director of social policy.The ideas lab events are only the ﬁrst step of the healthy city project.The public can vote on the ideas presented and the city will pick 10 to feature in an international conference held at the end of May. “We’re looking for things that have a long-term impact, that are practical and doable, and involves a lot of stakeholders,” said Zak. But she said all suggestions are welcome. “We want Vancouverites to bring their ideas of what is important to them.” The remaining idea labs will be held Saturday, May 10, 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch and Thursday, May 15, 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Ryerson United Church. Zak said that if there is enough public interest, the city will consider hosting more events. twitter.com/wanyeelii

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Opinion Mayor’s derision impoverishes politics

Death Cafes bring grave matters to life

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Last Sunday at the Vision AGM, Mayor Gregor Robertson told the assembled crowd of the supporters their main opposition in the upcoming election, the NPA, was a party of “angry old white men.” He also, curiously enough, declared the campaign Vision would be running would be “relentlessly positive.” But let’s leave that contradiction aside for now. It is a common practice in politics to define your opposition before they have a chance to define themselves. This frequently comes in the form of negative ad campaigns. Stephen Harper’s Tories have proved to be masters at this in bringing down Liberal leaders Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff before they even made it to the polls. Closer to home, Christy Clark’s Liberals delivered the final death blow to the NDP’s Adrian Dix following his flip-flop on the Kinder Morgan pipeline during the last provincial brawl with a TV ad that placed his head on a weather vane that was spinning erratically in every direction. Of course this kind of attack — which most people don’t like but which is effective — can cross the line. Instead of poking at an opposition’s policies or skills shortcomings, they become entirely personal. The best example of that took place in the 1993 federal election when Tory prime minister Kim Campbell was running against the Liberal’s Jean Chretien to keep her party in power. A series of four Tory attack ads included one that was a close up of Chretien’s face, a face which is distorted, as you may know, by his childhood bout of Bell’s palsy. The copy with the ads included the phrases: “Is this a prime minister?” and “I would be very embarrassed if he became prime minister.” Public outrage was such that the ad was pulled. Chretien actually turned the ad to his advantage — I speak out of one side of mouth but the Tories speak out of both sides — and the Tories, who were in trouble from the outset ended up being all but wiped out. This brings me to Gregor Robertson and “angry old white men.” Let me declare that I am an old white man and occasionally I’m angry. There

is nothing in that phrase and the derisive way it was intended to suggest anything to do with policy. Anger, as we have seen in public outbursts around the globe is often prompted by social injustice, or powerlessness in the face of tyranny. I can’t say I have a problem with that.

I am an old white man and occasionally I’m angry. As for the “old white men” whom Robertson seeks to ridicule, now that we are swaddled in a cloak of political correctness they are probably the last group on Earth who are still considered fair game. But in fact he is attacking people because of their age, their race and their gender. Does that make him ageist, racist and sexist? The comment didn’t anger me as much as it was disappointing. Here is the guy who will most likely still be our mayor after the next election. Yet, when he’s dealing with criticism, he too often chooses to label people rather than to listen to them. In one of his most publicized off-leash moments, following a public hearing over some development issues that West Enders found particularly egregious, he unwittingly found himself in front of a still open mic while he asked his council colleagues: “Who are these f--king people. Who are these NPA hacks?” It turns out his critics were members of COPE and Vision, the very coalition that voted to allow him to take power. The “angry old white men” comment, however, was far more deliberate. As I observed on Sunday, Robertson was speaking from notes. This was part of a strategy to appeal to the folks in the room. It was intentional, worked out by the brains trust that surrounds our mayor. If this is what he meant when he on Sunday also said he’s “not going to be backing away from taking it to the NPA” we will all be poorer for it. This kind of racist, sexist and ageist assault should make no one proud and is hardly what anyone would consider “relentlessly positive.” twitter.com/allengarr

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The number of candidates running for city council under the banner of new political party OneCity. RJ Aquino, a former member of COPE’s executive who also ran in 2011, announced his candidacy on Monday.

The percentage by which the NonPartisan Association say their party membership has gone up over the past two years.

The number of NPA mayoral candidates announced at a party fundraiser held at the Vancouver Convention Centre Wednesday night.

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Death is rarely a first-choice topic for casual conversation among friends and strangers. But with an aging population and growing issues involving palliative care and pain management — to say nothing of the background hum of our finite personal lives — there appears to be an increasing desire for public conversation about end-of-life matters. Hence the hundreds of “Death Cafe” discussion groups that have appeared across the world since 2011. The template for these events was provided by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid in Britain, who drew upon the 2004 “Cafe Mortel” in Paris, hosted by Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz. “There is a kind of alchemy that happens when strangers come together in a true spirit of open conversation — deep listening, honest and vulnerable sharing, curiosity and humour,” Death Cafe host Ann Gillespie writes by email. “Add to the mix a warm, inviting and safe atmosphere with tea and delicious cake, and you have the raw ingredients that have drawn people to Death Cafes around the world.” Not long after the launch of the first Vancouver-based Death Cafe, Gillespie and Abegael Fisher-Lang set out to host a North Vancouver version at Casa Nova Cafe. There has been three events so far, and they have been unexpectedly upbeat — likely because the participants found it freeing to connect with like-minded strangers over a sensitive topic.

Talking about death ... can weaken its bony grip on our hearts and minds. The North Shore Death Cafe on Nov. 1 of last year hearkened to the Gaelic festival of Samhain and the Mexican Day of the Dead. A table of glowing candles beckoned patrons to include photos of departed loved ones or friends, and speak a few words of remembrance. The warm and welcoming words of the hosts, and the tasty death cafe cake, effectively warded off the grim, monochromatic

The number of B.C. micro-distilleries offering their wares for sampling at the inaugural B.C. Distilled festival this Saturday at CBC Studios.

approach to death common to AngloAmerican traditions. “At our Dia de Los Muertos on Nov. 1, photos of beloved ones were on our festival table. We toasted them; listened to stories about growing up in Mexico with the calveritas — little sugar skulls — and the fear and joy of the parades to the burial grounds,” observes Fisher-Lang on her blog. For the North Shore Death Cafe, the Day of the Dead and Samhain were more like conversational placeholders than dogmatic touchstones. “We’re not meeting in a church or a temple or in a faith tradition,” noted Fisher-Lang in her introduction to the event. “We’re meeting as individuals with our own experiences with our own thoughts our own paths, and the main premise of this death cafe is listening. As conversationalists our first commitment to the death cafe to listen to others. We’re committed to not counsel someone. We are committed not to sell anything, we are committed to not proselytize. We’re committed only to keep our hearts open so that true conversation can flourish.” Participants at each table were encouraged to approach the topic from any angle, with well-designed suggestion cards offering areas of conversation. At the first Death Cafe in North Vancouver, one table meandered from how dying is portrayed in film to the process of grieving to home funerals. Ecological alternatives to regular burial were mentioned. Another table focused on near death experiences, and speculations on life after death. By their structure, the cafes encourage participants to think of death and dying as a natural process inseparable from life. We all become “thanonauts” at one point or another, but anxiety about our impending journey, or those of others, spooks most of us into silence. Talking about death in all its manifestations can weaken its bony grip on our hearts and minds. Gillespie noted the global dimension of Death Cafes at a previous event: “I venture to say that all of the people here all of us participating in Death Cafe in all parts of the world are part of a revolution, the seeds of which are being dispersed as people get together in living rooms, community halls, and places like this that are comfortable and conducive to free conversation. I consider that a bit of a revolution — if not a revolution, then certainly a movement,” she said brightly.

In percentage, the likelihood there will be a bitumen spill at sea within the next 50 years, according to Enbridge.

The number of votes by which the B.C. Liberals defeated an NDP request to impose campaign spending limits for municipal political parties in the November election. The ﬁnal vote was 39-32.

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Hippies riot in downtownVancouver May 8, 1970: A protest against the treatment of hippy customers at the Hudson Bay department store cafeteria turns violent after demonstrators take to the street. Approximately 200 people turned up for the “Sip-in” protest, organized by members of the Youth International Party, to slowly sip their drinks until store management agreed “to end all harassment against hip people.” But, after hearing reports that riot police were beginning to block exits from the store, panicked protesters fled outside and an angry mob quickly grew. They then marched down Georgia Street smashing windows before attacking the American consulate — the Kent State shootings happened four days before — and burning the U.S. flag.

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May 12, 2009: Premier Gordon Campbell wins an historic third term after an election that saw the lowest voter turnout in B.C. history. According to Elections BC, only 51 per cent of 3.24 million eligible voters cast a ballot, seven per cent fewer than the number of people who voted in the 2005 general election. The B.C. Liberal Party won a total of 49 seats in a newly expanded 85-seat legislature, although Campbell resigned less than two years later after seeing his approval rating drop to nine per cent primarily due to his introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax. ADVERTISING

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Reimer rejects headline

Tree bylaws are wooden-headed

To the editor: Re: “Council rejects campaign limits,” May 2. Last week’s headline “Council rejects campaign limits” could not be further from the truth. In the past two terms,Vision Vancouver city council has consistently advocated for campaign finance reform from the provincial government, urging them to bring in a ban on union and corporate donations, as well as donation and spending limits. What council did last week was reaffirm support for campaign finance reform while turning down a counter-proposal from Coun. Carr for “voluntary” measures on campaign donations.The strength of campaign finance rules is measured globally by three factors: transparency, accountability and fairness.With no enforcement mechanisms, no reporting requirement, and no bearing on any candidate outside of the current members of council, it would in fact make the current situation worse, by giving the illusion of controls when in fact there are none. And it would also provide a further excuse for the province to delay taking action. Given the NPA received a $960,000 donation from a single developer in the last election — the largest in Canadian history — we need strong, enforceable campaign finance rules to create an even playing field for all candidates andVision is committed to continue to fight for these. Coun.Andrea Reimer, Vancouver

To the editor: Re: “City passes tougher tree bylaw,” April 30. Once again, our “City Fathers” in their myopic vision of the future of this fast changing city, are missing an opportunity to set a botanical course really consistent with their stated goals. Up until now, with minor interrogation by a City Hall official, one could cut down a tree on private property, but the required replacement tree had to come from a list of allowed replacements; two fruit trees, in fact, had to be planted for every removal. Now it will be even more difficult to replace an over-grown aging tree, that could break or fall during a storm, with a young vibrant one. Should the homeowner want to move toward the future by installing solar hot water or PV panels, there will be increased likelihood that a very large (un-pruned or cared-for) tree will continue to obstruct the needed sunlight indefinitely.To bring a 25 metre tree down to less than half its size can be done, but is difficult. Any new trees on Vancouver private lands (and City boulevards) should be limited to 10 metres height, be pruned regularly to give a lower, wider canopy at or below power-line levels and not be hyper-allergenic.The bylaws around our urban trees have to make sense and take into account the next few decades, not just pander to those who are single minded. Paul Baumann, Vancouver

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Opinion

Tanker spill would be disaster for B.C.

Coastal environment too precious to risk SOAPBOX David Black My name is David Black. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative B.C. businessman, not an alarmist.This is the first of two guest columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources. The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present.This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on Nov. 30, 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others

Guest columnist David Black does not want to see tankers exporting Alberta’s bitumen to Asia. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse.The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load.The light oil ﬂoated and could be removed from

the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the ﬁshery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if

we lost a full tanker load. Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today.They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along.The Exxon Valdez crew could have

glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the Internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the B.C. coast on our watch. Fortunately there is a solution that is beneﬁcial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a reﬁnery.

The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen. The second part of this guest column will run next week. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery.The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this in the next few weeks. David Black is the owner of Black Press, which publishes newspapers in Canada and the U.S.

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Graffiti company gives workers vital chance Coast Mental Health job program praised by owner Kenzie Colbourne

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David Pollitt is luckier than most. He found a job he loves and is proud of what he does. Pollitt, 52, works with Goodbye Graffiti, a company that cleans graffiti, as well as removes stickers and posters from public property. Pollitt suffers from bipolar mood disorder, as well as obsessive compulsive and anxiety disorders. Although told by several doctors that such a life-changing diagnosis came with the burden of a lifelong stigma, Pollitt doesn’t feel it limits him. It’s even opened doors for him and is the reason he works in a job that he loves. After his diagnosis several years ago, he was introduced to Coast Mental Health, which gave him a job as a street cleaner. Through Coast’s transitional employment program he began working with Goodbye Graffiti in October 2013. The program’s goal is to help individuals with mental health issues enter the workplace without stress of interviews, or job loss due to

absenteeism. Coast Mental Health conducts on-the-job training and is meant to accommodate those who may find their mental illness prohibits them from always showing up to work — not that Pollitt needs such assistance. In six months, he’s called in sick only twice. Finding it more challenging than his previous job as a street cleaner, Pollitt said he noticed a lot of changes since he started working with Goodbye Graffiti six months ago. He genuinely enjoys his work. He began at four hours a week, and is now up to 16. Yatan Anand, the manager at Goodbye Graffiti, says the company got involved with Coast in September after their founder learned about the program and decided it would be a good fit. And a good fit it was — Anand has nothing but praise for Pollitt. “It’s been great,” said Anand, “Every morning, [David’s] all charged up and excited to go.The guys look at him like, ‘How can he be so fresh on a Monday at 6:30 in the morning?’” He said that all employees that come from TEP

Coast Mental Health is seeking $75,000 to expand its vocational training to help 50 more people dealing with mental health to ﬁnd and maintain meaningful employment. For more information on its fundraising campaign, see CoastMentalHealth.com.

are ready to learn, creative, hardworking, honest and sincere. “Its been going more than great so far,” he said. Pollitt doesn’t let his disorder stop him from working hard, and he says it even helps him. “In a lot of ways [my disorder] actually assists me... I’m able to focus intently on what I am doing,” he said. He compares his focus to an athlete who gets in the zone. “It’s hard to describe. It’s enjoyable.” Anand said working with TEP wasn’t a challenge at all. “We look at it as an opportunity to understand the person better.” Aside from having a job that gets him outside, Pollitt says the most important part about Goodbye Grafﬁti and TEP is the people he works with. “Working for someone who basically accepts your particular situation is enormous. It’s hard to describe,” says Pollitt, “I feel very comfortable. I like it.”

David Pollitt enjoys his new job removing graffiti. PHOTO KENZIE COLBOURNE

Public Hearing: May 20

Tuesday, May 20, 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 and zoning amendments for these locations:

1. 3120-3184 Knight Street

To rezone from RT-2 (Two-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a five-storey residential building with 51 market rental units secured as for-profit affordable rental housing. A height of 15.9 metres (51.8 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.08 are proposed.

2. 2975 Oak Street – The Van Arsdel – Heritage

Designation and Heritage Revitalization Agreement To designate the heritage facades of the Van Arsdel building at 2975 Oak Street as protected heritage property, and to approve a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) for the site. As incentive and compensation to the owner for the heritage designation, rehabilitation, and conservation of the heritage facades, an increase in permitted density is proposed, to permit the development of an 11-storey tower with 50 secured market rental units and a proposed ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 1.9, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number DE417330. 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 8:30 am on Friday, May 9, 2014 and before 5 pm on May 20, 2014 by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the

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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 May 9, 2014 at the City Clerk’s Department in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, 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.)

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Yaletowners want development quashed Bob Mackin

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AYaletown citizens group has gone to court to challenge a controversial development that stems from a land swap near Emery Barnes Park. Community Association of NewYaletown (CANY), a 1996-established society, ﬁled a B.C. Supreme Court petition May 6 seeking a court order to quash the rezoning of 508 Helmcken St. and development permit for 1099 Richards St. The petition, which names City ofVancouver and the Development Permit Board, claims the city failed to disclose documents prior to the July 16, 2013 public hearing and council received additional correspondence after the public hearing. CANY alleges the public hearing violated the Vancouver Charter and principles of procedural fairness because it received letters and email related to the rezoning until July 22, 2013. A day later, the Vision Vancouver majority voted to approve the application; NPA councillors George Afﬂeck and Elizabeth Balla and Green Adriane Carr were opposed.

“The public must be afforded the opportunity to comment on all information and submissions made to council,” the petition said. “By receiving additional submissions after the close of the public hearing, the public was denied the opportunity to do so.” A June 4, 2013 staff report said Brenhill Developments Ltd. proposed in 2011 to swap 1077-1099 Richards St. for the city-

ber-stamped the rezoning of 508 Helmcken on March 11. Brenhill proposed spending $24 million on the $30.6 million New Jubilee House.The city would contribute the remaining $6.6 million from the sale of the Helmcken land. The petition said a March 13, 2013 open house about 508 Helmcken was attended by 135 people, including CANY members, who were mostly opposed to the

“The public must be afforded the opportunity to comment on all information and submissions made to council,” the petition said. owned 508 Helmcken St. across the street.The latter is the 1985-built, 87-unit Jubilee House social housing project leased to 127 Society for Housing. Brenhill agreed to build a new 162-unit, non-market housing building for 127 to operate on the Richards site, subject to the city rezoning 508 Helmcken for Brenhill to build a 36-storey tower with 338 residential market units and 110 secured market rental units. City council rub-

proposal.They were unhappy with the height and scale of the proposed 36-storey building, the density, its impact on views and livability, and the lack of information about the social housing proposal. The CANY petition said rezoning for 508 Helmcken was “dependent and inextricably linked to the proposed social housing development at 1099 Richards,” but the city “treated the two developments as separate and unrelated applications.”

That meant the public was prevented from understanding the impact of the proposals on the neighbourhood, CANY claims. “There was no presentation or discussion by staff and/or council regarding the proposed density or form of development at 1099 Richards at the July 16 public hearing, even though its redevelopment was a precondition of the rezoning of 508 Helmcken,” said the petition, filed by CANY lawyer Nathalie Baker. “In addition, when members of the public who were opposed to the application tried to speak to or ask questions about the proposed development of 1099 Richards, staff and/or council advised that 1099 Richards was not before council at the public hearing,” said the court filing. CANY lawyer, Nathalie Baker representedWest End Neighbours residents society in its petition against City ofVancouver that aimed to overturnVisionVancouver-enacted programs to stimulate development of rental apartment projects. The verdict from the April 9 and 10 hearings was reserved by Justice Susan Griffin. twitter.com/bobmackin

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Another senior city staffer retires

Potter primed permit improvements DEVELOPING STORY Naoibh O’Connor

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Vicki Potter, the City of Vancouver’s director of development services, is retiring at the end of June. Potter, who’s in charge of all the development applications filed with the city, has held her position for 13 years. “Like many folks my age, after 40 years in the workforce, which for me has been mostly government and non-profit work, it’s time to take things a little slower. I’m really looking forward to more time with my husband and kids, my elderly parents, walks on the beach and in the forest, and doing the community volunteer work that I really enjoy,” Potter told the Courier in an email. “For me, the city has been a most rewarding career, filled with smart people, exciting work and a feeling of making a difference in our great city.” Brian Jackson, the city’s manager of planning and development, said Potter has been key in dealing with a project to modernize permits and licensing. “Vicki was involved front and centre with the permits and licensing project, which is transforming the way that we do business. Within one to two years, you won’t recognize how we do business — with more of it being online, fewer inperson visits required, the standardization of the application processing system,

Vicki Potter is one of several high-profile staffers at city hall to leave their jobs recently. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

as well as she’s reorganized her department to be more efﬁcient and reduce the redundancy that was in the department before. She has provided an inspiration for staff for handling complex applications that we are asked to process.” Potter also considers her leadership on the project, which she said will “bring our services online and provide a better one-stop-shop for development and building applicants” to be one of her main accomplishments. The Courier recently reported that two key planners — Matt Shillito and Scot Hein— are also leaving their jobs at the city. Shillito, assistant director of planning, is moving back to England, while Hein, a senior planner in the Urban Design Studio, is retiring from the city and is taking a position at UBC. Jackson noted two

other longtime staff are also retiring at month’s end — Harv Weidner and Richard Johnson. Of those leaving, only Shillito and Potter are in management, Jackson added, and the city is moving quickly to ﬁll their positions. He also noted at the start of each year he gets a list of staff that are able to retire because of their age and number of years of service, so it’s not unexpected when any of those staff opt to resign from their positions. “So with a department of approximately 180 staff, it’s not unusual for people to retire when they reach a certain age or period in their life that they want to make changes,” he said. “None of them really caught me by surprise, except for Matt. And, I’m going to miss every single one of them.” twitter.com/naoibh

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in Vancouver and has lived in the Downtown Eastside for over 40 years. She thinks that a hospice like May’s Place is necessary in the neighbourhood. “In this area I think it’s good because a lot of people are either homeless or they have no money.There are so many different issues when you have drug-related problems,” she said. May’s Place has also had to adjust to the changing needs of the community. Ten years ago, Nacpil saw many HIV AIDS patients at the hospice.Thanks to the improvements of HIV treatments, that has changed. Nicpal says the majority of patients now have cancerrelated problems. The society that runs May’s Place believes that there is still more to be done in regarding palliative care. “We don’t believe that everyone does, part of the

issue is understanding who is excluded and how we can help them,” said Jonathan Oldman, executive director of The Bloom Group. He added, “hospice care needs to be available to all communities no matter what their circumstances are.” May’s Place and The Bloom Group’s other hospice, Cottage Place, receive operational funding from Vancouver Coastal Health, but 20 per cent of their costs are covered by private donations. According to Oldman, much of the $350,000 comes from families who’ve had a loved one spend time at the hospice. Earning the trust of patients is the most rewarding part of the job for Nacpil. “It’s very hard for some of the patients to trust people,” said Nacpil. “We get the greatest satisfaction when we earn the trust of the patients.” twitter.com/wanyeelii

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Ever wanted to hike a thousand-year-old pilgrimage route through the hills of northern Spain? There is, perhaps unsurprisingly, an app for that. Several, in fact. Every ounce of weight counts when you’re lugging a pack along the Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of Saint James, and an increasing number of modern-day pilgrims are choosing to rely on digital gadgets rather than carry a guidebook as they make their way to the city of Santiago de Compostela in the northwest corner of the country. Today’s pilgrims, known as peregrinos, have things quite a bit easier than their counterparts did back in Geoffrey Chaucer’s day. Apart from ready access to hot water, it’s hard to get lost when there’s a GPS device in your pocket or feel lonely when you can keep

Facebook friends abreast about the state of your feet or live tweet your journey of personal discovery. You can even log on to Netﬂix and watch Martin Sheen make his own progress along it in the recent ﬁlm TheWay if in need of a jolt of inspiration. But there still isn’t a lot technology can do yet when it comes to shouldering a heavy backpack and walking day after day under the unforgiving Spanish sun. The 800-km Camino Francés, which begins in the town of St. Jean Pied-dePort on the French side of the Pyrenees Mountains, is by far the most popular of several Camino routes snaking across Europe to Santiago. The city is said to be home to the grave of the apostle Saint James, whose remains were allegedly discovered by a shepherd after angels sent his beheaded body back to Galicia by boat.

Trailmarkers featuring yellow arrows and stylized yellow shells mark the direction of the Camino de Santiago. PHOTOS ANDREW FLEMING

Non-believers, on the other hand, argue this was perhaps a cynical ploy by Vatican strategists in order to successfully rouse popular support for driving Islam out of the Iberian Peninsula and back to Africa. In any case, Catholics believe all their sins will be forgiven by making the pilgrimage, and during the Middle Ages roughly a quarter of Europeans would typically make the dangerous and debilitating journey to the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Ironically, while people across the world are now abandoning the church in droves, hiking the Camino has become more popular then it has been in centuries.While the Way had largely fallen by the wayside by the 20th century, with only a few hundred people a year having completed it during the ’80s, it now typically attracts nearly 200,000 trekkers each year. Pilgrims may not be hiking this UNESCO World Heritage Site for religious reasons much any more, but the Camino nonetheless exudes an undeniable spiritual vibe. It’s not exactly a holiday even though it involves a trip to Spain. My wife and I recently spent a week hiking west from Pamplona through the Navarre region and, while we were there primarily to enjoy a physical challenge in a country where the wine was cheap, many of the varied crowd we met had far more meaningful reasons. A Danish woman we befriended was hiking it as a way to battle depression after her business fell apart. A muscle-bound Australian cop was debating early retirement after having seen too much blood and trag-

edy. A 62-year-old former whitewater guide needed to prove he still had vitality left in the tank. Many were newly graduated, newly divorced or newly retired and hoping to walk their woes away. Pilgrims typically start their days shortly after dawn and stay in special hostels, known as albergues, with communal sleeping areas, usually with bunk beds. The accommodations range from medieval stone build-

ings to newly built dormitories but all have a few things in common. They’ll all stamp special Camino passports that have to be shown to the Confraternity of Saint James in order to receive a “compostela,” the certiﬁcate of completion at the end of the road. Albergues also all seem guaranteed to have at least one person staying there who snores at great volume, and ear plugs are highly

advised in order to resist the decidedly unchristian urge to murder a fellow traveller in their sleep. Most typically offer Wi-Fi, which Europeans pronounce wee-fee, in order to cater to international pilgrims without data roaming plans. However, staff also frequently turn it off ﬁrst thing in the morning to help get Internet-addicted pilgrims out the door and back on the right path. twitter.com/ﬂematic

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SINGLE MOMS FETED: Cause We Care Foundation (CWE) is a Vancouver-based charity created by women for single mothers and their children in need. Founded by Andrea Thomas Hill, the non-profit provides a hand to women and their children who are dealing with poverty and the everyday challenges it brings. Hill, along with her sister-in-law Nancy Hill, fronted the organization’s first-ever benefit luncheon at Shannon Bosa’s Trattoria Italian Kitchen.The power lunch saw some of the city’s leading ladies — Leslie Lee, Zahra Mamdani, and Saeedeh Salem — lend their support. A reported $20,000 was raised to support CWE’s many initiatives. They include after-school programming, hamper drives andYWCA Cause We Care House, slated to open in 2015, that will provide 21 units of subsidized housing. BRAVO: Vancouver Opera earned over $250,000 this past week.The venerable arts organization held its annual Overture Gala at the Queen ElizabethTheatre. More than 300 guests paid $600 each to dine on the QE stage and rub shoulders with the city’s opera elite. Gala chair Cindy Richmond and company general director JimWright welcomed supporters to the posh party that included performances by baritones Aaron Durand and Rocco Rupolo and jazz/pop sensation NikkiYanofsky. Guests experienced the fire of Spanish passion as the set of Don Carlo — the company’s final production of the season provided the stunning backdrop to the evening of culinary delights and stellar performances.

Andrea Thomas Hill, along with her sister-in-law Nancy Hill, owner of Blue Ruby, hosted the Cause We Care’s ﬁrst beneﬁt luncheon at Trattoria Italian Kitchen to support disadvantaged single moms and their kids.

Celebrated artist Ian Wallace accompanied Cindy Richmond, Overture Gala chair, to the $600-aticket beneﬁt that generated $300,000 for Canada’s second largest opera company.

Vancouver moms, from left, Vandana Varshney, Heidi Coglon and Saeedeh Salem lent their support to help single moms in need at the Cause We Care power lunch.

Erica Crawford debuted her New Zealand Loveblock wines at Richard Carras’ B.C. Hospitality Foundation food and wine fundraiser beneﬁtting food and hospitality industry professionals in times of need.

Jazz pop sensation Nikki Yanofsky headlined Jeff Sodowsky and Jim Wright’s Vancouver Opera Overture Gala, held atop the Queen Elizabeth Stage.

THIRD TIME A REAL CHARM: After twice chairing the Canadian Cancer Society’s (CCS) Daffodil Ball, Naz Panahi took a break in 2013 to front the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada’s inaugural ARThritis Soirée.This year, the society darling fronts both, held a week apart. First up, the black-tie Daffodil Ball, always a leading date in Vancouver’s social diaries. Panahi, along with co-chair Sarah Wood, welcomed more than 500 well-heeled guests to CCS’s signature soiree held at the Hotel Vancouver.While yellow was the party motif, green was the dominant hue as more than $1.1 million was raised for pediatric cancer research.The stellar evening also saw the announcement of a $12.5 million gift from the B.C. government to go towards the establishment of a new Cancer Prevention Centre.

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Diane’s Lingerie owner Sharon Hayes, right, and Kim Mah attended the Art Of The Woman beneﬁt. Painted women stripped and pressed on paper for exhibit at the Bau-Xi Gallery in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Chef Dino Renaerts provided the dish and Bon Vivant Group’s Nessa Van Bergen, left, and TownHall’s Leanne Froese, offered up the dazzle at the Wines of New Zealand and B.C. Hospitality Foundation’s Dish & Dazzle beneﬁt at the Convention Centre.

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How does your ‘bat garden’ grow?

Garlic deters pests Anne Marrison

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Q. Is it OK to plant or just lay cloves of garlic next to zinnia, acorn squash, rhubarb, chard and vegetable marrow? Are there any vegetables or flowers that do not like garlic near to it? Koko, Coquitlam A. Generally plants benefit from having garlic nearby because garlic is great at deterring pests. If any plant has problems with this arrangement it’s more likely to be the garlic.The allium family (garlic is an allium) hates competition. That’s why you’re unlikely to get big garlic cloves from this placing. The squash, marrow and rhubarb leaves will tend to smother and shade the garlic.The zinnias and chard should fit in nicely. Though garlic deters pests, it doesn’t deter the growth of any plants nearby. Some other plants do. One of these is couch grass.This is a coarse perennial grass, which spreads by white, needle-pointed roots and is quick to invade vegetable gardens from couchgrass infested lawns. One of the most skilled trees in chemical warfare is Black Walnut, which tends to create mini-deserts around itself. Even Himalayan blackberries struggle to survive in the root zone of this tree. Pines have something of the same reputation. Both are best far away from places where vegetables are grown. Q. I’m looking at starting a “bat garden” — a garden that will attract night

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insects and critters that will act as a food source for these awesome flying mammals. Do you have any suggestions for native B.C. plants with nightflowering blooms that will intoxicate the night air. Kirk, Langley A. Absolutely the best thing to attract insects that bats feed on is a bright light. I’m very aware of that because in 2005 I was bitten by a bat that flew into my face and bit me as I walked across a brightly lit deck that was thick with insects attracted by the light. Among native B.C. flowers, Philadelphus lewisii (Mock Orange) does stay open at night.This is extremely fragrant, especially in late evening and early morning. The single form is more accessible to insects than the double form. Another nightopening, fragrant native is the evening primrose.The native forms are Oenothera biennis and O. hookeri. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is not native to North America but has become naturalized — invasively in some places — on the East Coast. Besides being very fragrant, it

has a long blooming season. Sweet Rocket (Hesperis matrionalis) is also fragrant, non-native but naturalized here. It’s a magnet for insects in the day (especially Swallowtail butterflies) and does stay open at night. Non-native plants that continue to spread fragrance at night include Climbing Hydrangea and Sweet Autumn clematis. Of all these, the two with far-ranging and truly intense fragrance are the Mock Orange and Japanese Honeysuckle. Q. Is it too late to dig up my calla lily bulbs to thin them out? Nikki Stubbs,Tri-cities A. It’s not too late to dig up and thin your calla lilies. After all, many people buy new calla bulbs and plant them at this time. They may flower a bit later from being disturbed, but if they’re crowded, flowers could be few and far between anyway. But after thinning, your callas should flower well next year. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@ shaw.ca. It helps to add the name of your city or region.

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Courier reader: Terry Wong Destination: New Orleans, Louisiana Favourite memories of trip: Another place off the bucket list! Highlights include indulging in café au laits and beignets at Café Du Monde, taking part in revelry on Bourbon Street, experiencing life with swamp people on an alligator swamp tour, walking through the aboveground cemeteries and finally, enjoying the numerous music venues including the famous Preservation Hall and the duelling pianos at Pat O’Brien’s while sipping on a Hurricane. To end our trip, we had to stop at Mother’s for a second helping of fried chicken, red beans and rice, turnip greens, biscuits, and the famous Ferdi Special. Send your Exotic Courier submissions with your name, travel destination, a high-res scenic photo featuring the Courier and a short description of the highlights of your trip to sthomas@vancourier.com.

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1 May 9-13, 2014 1. Birthed from the Walking Fish and Neanderthal Arts Festivals, the rEvolver Theatre Festival showcases new works from emerging theatre companies May 13 to 25 at the Cultch.This year’s edition features eight mainstage shows, two site speciﬁc works, seven staged readings and two pop-up micro-performances, including Revised: From the Belly of the Whale. from Ottawa’s Mi Casa Theatre. For tickets, go to thecultch.com or call 604-251-1363. Details at revolverfestival.ca. 2. Ben Ratner directs the Canadian premiere of White Hot by NewYork playwright Tommy Smith.The “darkly comedic psycho-drama crammed into a love triangle between a troubled woman, her opportunistic husband and her trashed sister” stars Loretta Walsh, Noel Johansen, Stefania Indelicato and Charlie Carrick and runs until May 17 at the Shop Theatre (125 East Second Ave.).Tickets and info at kindredentertainment.com. 3. The ﬁfth annual Ederlezi Balkan Roma Spring Festival brings the sounds of Balkan-Roma Brass bands to the Russian Hall (600 Campbell St.) May 9 and 10, along with dance troupes, food, beer and wine. Performers include Seattle’s Bucharest Drinking Team, Orkestar Sirkonium,The M9, Orkestar Slivovica and Serbian trumpet master Demiran Cerimovic, among others.Tickets at Highlife and brownpapertickets.com. Details at orkestarslivovica.org. 4.The Elektra Women’s Choir closes out its concert season with How Blossoms Are Falling, a program “celebrating life’s passages and relationships.” It takes place May 10, 7:30 p.m. at Ryerson United Church (Wes 45th Ave.) Tickets at ticketstonight.ca. Details at elektra.ca.

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The Aaron Jasper Experience’s Parks I Have Known is the first in a series of fake album covers for local politicians and public figures leading up to the Nov. 15 municipal election.

KUDOS & KVETCHES Under cover

Earlier this week we commented on a photo used on the Courier’s website of park board commissioner Aaron Jasper. He was surrounded by foliage and looking off into the distance like a man who’s seen the bottom of more than a few Kombucha bottles and been through some “stuff” — drawnout park board meetings, the soul-crushing grind of bureaucracy, bike path conspiracy theorists, off-kilter dog owners, community

centre brouhahas, maybe even a few donnybrooks. In the photo, Jasper looked like a singer-songwriter from the 1970s, à la James Taylor, who had come out the other side and penned a heartfelt album of acoustic ballads about having seen ﬁre and rain and foggy memories of when he was once virile and present.This should be an album cover, we told our co-workers, before embarking on a creative journey that we haven’t experienced since the time we photoshopped ex-Canucks coach John Tortorella’s head onto the shirtless body of Rambo. The response was swift — the fake album cover

retweeted by a who’s who of municipal politics and those who have their fingers on the faint pulse of municipal politics. Like Ellen’s Oscar selfie, we had broken the Internet. But as it turned out it was only our office’s slow Internet connection. Still, it has encouraged us to spread our wings leading up to the civic election Nov. 15 and launch our new series of fake album covers for local politicians and public figures. Jasper was our first, but he won’t be our last. Unless of course, our 10-year-old computer finally kicks the bucket. Which is entirely possible. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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The spot prawn season is kicking off in style with a full day’s celebration planned for May 9. Hard to believe but it wasn’t that long ago most Vancouverites had never even seen these plump, sweet crustaceans as they were unceremoniously exported live, mainly to Japan. In a recent conversation, chef Robert Clark reminded me that when he started out at C Restaurant it was almost impossible to buy local seafood other than salmon.The chef says even though there were some 62 commercially harvested species in B.C., he was able to buy only about 10 since the remainder were all exported. In his quest for local suppliers to collaborate with, Clark met Organic Ocean’s Steve Johansen and together they hatched a plan for the ﬁrst Spot Prawn Festival in 2006. This weekend, the ninth annual event will attract hundreds to the Chefs Table Society Spot Prawn Boil, and much more at the False Creek Public Dock, May 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spot prawns are on sale daily for the next seven or eight weeks, starting at 1 p.m. when Johansen’s and others’ boats come in. If you’ve never tasted them, you don’t know what you’re missing. Details at chefstablesociety.com.

Bell on wheels

More and more, chefs are becoming advocates for sustainability.That enthusiasm, which also helped spawn Vancouver Aquarium’s successful Ocean Wise program, has been passed on to others, including Four Seasons executive chef Ned Bell, who last year founded Chefs for Oceans. Bell teamed up with chefs from across Canada and took his message to Ottawa to raise awareness of the importance of preserving pristine, healthy lakes, rivers and oceans to maintain our sustainable seafood. So far we’re not seeing a whole lot of listening — in the form of action — from a government that at least appears blithely unconcerned about the environment. On July 1, Bell wheels out of St. John’s, NL on an ambitious 8,781 km cycling tour (with events in 14 cities) to promote the cause and further lobby the federal government to formally recognize National Sustainable Seafood Day. To learn more or to support him, go to chefsforoceans. com. Or write your MP.

Kale to the chief

Speaking of all things healthy, you don’t have to go far to ﬁnd kale on local menus these days. Contrary to popular belief (several news outlets ignorantly touted cauliﬂower as “the new kale” for 2014), the incredibly good-for-you leafy, dark green continues to thrive and win converts. No doubt contributing to that popularity is yet another

tome from “Queen of Kale” Sharon Hanna, penned with noted gardening writer and editor of GardenWise Magazine Carol Pope.This time the topic’s been expanded to The Book of Kale & Friends — with more variations from “14 easy-to-grow superfoods” ranging from arugula to garlic, lovage, cilantro, oregano and more. The point being that these beneﬁcial vegetables and herbs are simple to grow and incredibly healthy. Kale & Friends (Douglas & McIntyre, $26.95) is a well put together book, packed with nourishing information and a wealth of straightforward, often one pot recipes.

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• The spacious and dramatically curved ARC, a sleek, contemporary rework of Fairmont Waterfront’s Heron’s, with a plethora of “view” seats in a casual lounge setting. • Even though it still looks under construction, Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar is on track for an early summer opening, encompassing a complete rework of the Sutton Place dining room with a deﬁnite seafood focus and spacious patio.

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Alex Hamer loves a good whisky. He also enjoys a good gin, so he was excited when a slew of distilleries opened in Vancouver last year. To share his appreciation, Hamer has organized B.C. Distilled, the province’s ﬁrst micro-distillery festival, May 10. “We all sit around and talk about wouldn’t it be cool if this happened,” said Hamer, who took a break from IT work to organize B.C. Distilled. “And I just thought, you know what, I want to do it for once instead of just saying I wish someone else would do this.” Sixteen of B.C.’s smallbatch distilleries and one from theYukon will showcase their artisanal gin, vodka and whisky alongside other ﬁne spirits and liqueurs that include aquavit, cassis and absinthe at CBC Studios, Saturday. Festivalgoers can snack on gourmet dishes provided by restaurants that include Grain Tasting Bar and Forage as they sip, and XOXOLAT will serve up advice on chocolate and spirit pairings. Hamer wants drinkers to know about the tasty libations available in their backyard so they’ll be more likely to support small businesses and contribute to their local economy. “Every distillery in this province should be so busy they don’t know what to do with themselves,” said the 41-year-old West End resident. “But we have to build that market awareness.”

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Alex Hamer (left) and Charles Tremewen show some team spirit in anticipation of B.C. Distilled, the province’s first micro-distillery festival, May 10 at CBC Studios, showcasing libations from 16 small-batch distilleries across B.C. and one from the Yukon. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Charles Tremewen, founder and master distiller at Long Table Distillery on Hornby Street near Beach Avenue, hopes to one day see lineups out his door akin to the queues seen outside distilleries in Portland. Long Table, the ﬁrst distillery to open in Vancouver, crafts a traditional London Dry Gin, a Cucumber Gin and Texada Vodka. “Which has a hint of lemongrass and it’s mineralized through a bed of limestone from Texada Island,” Tremewen said. Long Table partnered with the Clos du Soleil vineyard in the Similkameen Valley to create Marc du Soleil, a French grappa.

They’ve also turned out licorice-flavour-laced akvavit and bourbon barrel aged gin, which has received rave reviews, according to Tremewen. Inspired by Portland’s Distillery Row,Tremewen combined his experience as an organic food product manager and his teenage passion for distilling to cocreate LongTable with his wife, Rita. To attract foot traffic, Long Table runs gin and tonic Fridays with a food truck parked out front from 4 to 9 p.m. LongTable is just one of fourVancouver distilleries featured at the festival and Tremewen believes synergy benefits each of them.

“As some of my fellow distillers in the U.S. say, there’s more than enough room on the shelf for all of us,” he said. “The multinationals are on the shelf right now and we have a tremendous opportunity ahead of us to replace shelf space with locally made spirits.” Hamer encourages consumers to become locally conscious spirit connoisseurs. “This is your ﬁrst and best chance to just try almost everything the province has to offer,” he said. B.C. Distilled runs 6 to 9 p.m. at 700 Hamilton St. Tickets are $49. Details at bcdistilled.ca. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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YOUR NEW SUMMER HANGOUT by Adrienne Matei

We’re happy a sweet little spot like Exile Bistro has opened near English Bay. We have a feeling it’s going to be the perfect place to roll into after summer beach days leave us craving a bite and a solid cocktail.

START NOTHING: 5:51 p.m. Sunday to 6:07 p.m. Monday, 12:16 p.m. to 10:44 p.m. Wednesday, and 0:43 a.m. Friday to 1:12 a.m. Saturday. PREAMBLE: So the God we are leaving was perhaps an early parent, or a grade school teacher, who now hands us on to the next phase and the next manifestation of God. The time of the Old Testament was one Phase. Let’s call it Phase One — though many religions and manifestations of God preceded it. The twomillennium world of Christianity then, was (and is) Phase Two. The next Phase will begin in 2232 and last approximately 4,500 to 5,000 years. (I might correct this later.) The present era began in 1983 and lasts to 2232 — 250 years. This is the last era of the two-millennium Christ phase — a closing down or ﬁnishing era. But an “end era” (like ours) will always show the seeds or hints of the next phase.

Continue to chase money and new clients, to buy/sell and to add to your possessions. You might stumble upon a sensual attraction (but probably not a life-long one). Your memory aids you — follow up any clues to something (i.e., a pay-off or a bargain) you might have missed or forgotten. But don’t waste time on detective work, research, etc.

The emphasis on secrets, detective work, diagnoses, on subconscious promptings/intuition, sexual yearnings, and investment or ﬁnancial actions continues. You might change your lifestyle, perhaps due to health considerations, perhaps due to love (e.g., pregnancy or renting a house together). However, Sunday to Wednesday, advance cautiously in these zones.

Your energy, effectiveness, clout and charisma remain at an annual high. Start projects of medium length, not longer — a slowdown looms in June. Sunday/Monday bring you chores or health concerns. Hard to make headway; a safe stance is best. A very intriguing relationship might develop Tuesday/Wednesday. (It could be as little as an intriguing glance from a beautiful stranger.)

Relationships continue to ﬁll your horizon, so do fresh opportunities, dealings with the public (from being a store clerk to a rock star) possible litigation or competition, contracts and negotiations, relocation themes — and love. You might ﬁnd the one you pursue is too busy working to dally and play, at least until Wednesday or Thursday.

Continue to rest, lie low, contemplate/meditate and plan. This is your last full week of weariness. Romance, Nature’s beauty, pleasure, charming kids, creativity and speculation call you Sunday/Monday. But Sunday holds more glitches than a broken zipper, and Monday simply shrugs. Still, something tells you that you’re on love’s track or that your interest and communication abilities are waking up.

This is your last week of chores, drudgery, boredom and health concerns, Sage. (Well, it lasts to May 19, a nine-day week – after the 19th, by the way, your wishes, especially about love and romance, and/or a creative project, will start to come true.) Slog away, as present accomplishments can enhance your future opportunities or chances for promotion.

This is your last week of fun and socializing, of wishing and ﬂirting — enjoy it! Until Wednesday noon, don’t seek co-operation in a career or business matter. One you want as a partner could grab (or squash) the “plum” that’s available to you. (E.g., you think George is going to help you win a contract; then you ﬁnd George has scooped the contract for himself.)

It’s your last week of pleasure, games, romance, speculation and (unusual) creative surges, Cap, so enjoy! Your home life has started to improve; all May, family concord, sweet kids, and blooming gardens bless you and bring recuperation – but don’t overdo this. Major landscape projects, big renovations, property purchases, for instance, should be avoided before mid-November 2015.

Be ambitious, Leo. Contact bosses, parents and VIPs. Be open and bold about your desire to climb — this “attracts” aid. However, don’t be smarmy nor preachy — power people don’t want sweetness — they want enthusiastic steel right now. Sunday/Monday are for errands, communications, visits and travel, distribution, siblings and casual friends, paperwork and details. Be careful, irksome barriers are everywhere.

The accent remains on home, property, security, retirement, and business foundations. Rest, get your beauty sleep, for a romantic period begins in nine days. (It could feature an old ﬂame.) Despite my advice to rest, short trips and errands will please you, bring friends and conversations, and probably an overload of sweet treats.

This month’s mellow, wise, compassionate mood continues. Love is part of your days but if a brand new love first appears Sunday to Monday, it might have sexual difficulty (or a nasty financial surprise). If you want to travel or buy tickets, do so. Money is emphasized Sunday/Monday, but so many difficulties exist that you should be wary of pushing a client or boss too hard, and should buy NOTHING that isn’t routine.

Focus on errands, communications, short trips, visits, paperwork and details. Soon (next week) you’ll get some rest, so keep up the pace this week. You might be talking about home or an ending with a partner. Your money picture looks ﬁne, all month but don’t let yourself be steered into a “permanent income situation.” (E.g., don’t buy bonds.)

Monday: Yogi Berra (89). Tuesday: Stephen Colbert (50). Wednesday: George Lucas (70). Thursday: Andy Murray (27), Friday: Megan Fox (28). Saturday: Craig Ferguson (52). Sunday: Tina Fey (44).

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Crossfit competitor is hands down ready Megan Stewart

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Riley Karroll can cross a large room to greet you. Walking on her hands. The coach and owner at CrossFit 604 onWest Hastings Street began training for the specialized skill in November by kicking up into a handstand and stabilizing herself using core strength and some of the finest, most precise muscles in her body: the ones in her hands. “You can use your finger tips and then your palms to find balance whether you’re starting to lean in one direction or another,” said Karroll. Then she started to put one hand in front of the other, as it were. “Last week I hit 47 feet.” She didn’t just master the skill on a whim. Karroll sensed a handstand might be one of the tests at the Canada West regional competition this weekend in Richmond where the top two male and female athletes and the top two teams from four provinces, compete for a spot at the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games at the 27,000-capacity StubHub Center in L.A. on July 25. Karroll sensed right about the handstand. “They’re stepping up the level,” she said. “They’ve thrown in a strict handstand pushup.

CrossFit 604 owner Riley Karroll (foreground) will compete at the Canada West crossﬁt regional championship this weekend in Richmond. The CrossFit 604 team includes, clockwise from back left, Tyrell Mara, Jennifer Dober, Morgan Carlson, Christine Kopr and Pete Kendrick. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

It means kicking up into a handstand against a wall, lowering yourself self down and, still in the handstand, pushing back up.” A walking handstand, like crossﬁt itself, can’t be picked up in a single session at the gym, especially by doing nothing more than several hundred bicep curls in front of a mirror, said Karroll. “It won’t happen over night, but if you do it every day for a few minutes, you can have some frustrated days but you make progress quickly.”

Crossfit, which was founded by a California couple in 2000 and now has more than 9,000 affiliate gyms — or “boxes” — around the world, sells itself as the world’s greatest test of individual fitness.There are 12 official CrossFit affiliates in Vancouver, several of which have individual and team competitors who qualified for regionals. Practitioners use their own shorthand to describe exercises and routines, including the WOD, or

workout of the day, which is used as a kind of measuring stick because they are standardized and can be timed. The official CrossFit brand promotes certain lifestyle choices, including dietary regimens such as the Paleo and Zone diets (organic, free-range meat is delivered to gyms) as well as barefootstyle shoes, causing the passionate crossfit community to be derided as “cultish.” The thousands of spectators who attend regionals will likely be crossfit enthusiasts themselves because

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For the second time in three years, Kitsilano defeated Point Grey in extra time to win the senior girls soccer city championship. The Blue Demons chased off the defending 2013 champion Greyhounds in a 3-2 overtime victory at Point Grey, May 6. Kitsilano opened scoring off a corner kick when Sophie Beaudry found the net with a deﬂection off her head, and Point Grey answered with the same whenTiana Ilicic headed the ball home off the pass from KaiVorland to tie 1-1 before the half. Ciara Hekkema scored Kitsilano’s second goal off another corner kick and the Demons continued to generate strong scoring chances off set plays.

With about 10 minutes remaining in the game, Jacky Baldwin evened the score 2-2 on a breakaway shot that found the left corner of Kitsilano’s net. “We had several opportunities, but Kits was controlling the middle of the ﬁeld, winning 50/50’s,” said Point Grey coach Marc Carmichael, who has an impressive talent for nicknaming his team.”There were several attempts at goal, but Grade 12 Lucky ‘Sprocket’ Rowland made some amazing goals. Kits kept sending up long balls from a very strong defense. Our outside defenders, both Grade 10s, Brett ‘Digger’ Heal and Anastasia ‘Imp’ Ziros, shut down many outside attack by Kits forwards.” (“The nicknames and bucket of sour keys after each game are part of PG’s legacy,” said Carmichael.) The game rolled into extra time, and in the second

Point Grey’s Kai Vorland (left) and Kitsilano captain Huntley Bain compete for a free ball in the senior girls soccer city championship May 6 at Point Grey. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

frame Brooklin Hartwell scored with about three minutes to play, giving Kitsilano a 3-2 win to reclaim the city championship. In 2012, Point Grey relinquished the title for the ﬁrst time in nine years when

they gave up a 2-1 shootout loss to Kitsilano. Kitsilano, Point Grey and Churchill advance to Lower Mainlands. Provincials are set for May 29 to 31 at Van Tech. — Megan Stewart

they know what it takes to flip a tractor tire 100 metres. But with a passionate crowd comes spending power. Reebok signed a 10-year deal as a national sponsor in 2011, which was followed by Forbes magazine recognizing CrossFit as one of the world’s fastest growing sport enterprises.The Reebok CrossFit Games seeks to establish the “Fittest on Earth,” a trademarked term. A play on words derived from cross-training and fitness, crossfit uses practi-

tioner’s own body weight as well as Olympic style weight lifting technique, kettlebells, gymnastic exercises and endurance training to work the entire body. It embraces the concept of functional fitness, which means movements can benefit a person’s everyday life for the entire duration of her life. A single session can include climbing rope, squatting with weights, interval running or rowing and, every kind of sit up. It’s something like an obstacle course without a finish line, a crossfit practitioner might say the finish line is optimal health. For Karroll, who co-owns CrossFit 604 with her husband Jason Darr, the sport has given her a chance to show everything she’s capable of. She finished in the top two percentile to qualify for Canada West as an individual and that same score put her in the top two percent in the world. Last year CrossFit 604 finished fourth at CanadaWest, two places shy of qualifying for the 2013 Games. “We were very close,” said Karroll. She’ll compete this year withTyrell Mara, Jennifer Dober, Morgan Carlson, Christine Kopr and Pete Kendrick. “We’re positive and we train hard,” said Karroll. “Anything is possible.” twitter.com/MHStewart

Olympian, former Prime Minister support women’s soccer Brandi Chastain knows the importance of the Women’s World Cup. In 1999 she scored the winning shoot-out goal to clinch the gold medal for the U.S. over China. She famously (and controversially, at the time) whipped off her jersey like so many men do after they score. The photo of Chastain on her knees, ﬁsts clenched, blond ponytail disheveled and wearing a black sports bra lands at No. 14 on the Sports Illustrated list of 100 greatest sports photos of all time. On Friday, Chastain will help launch a bolder, rebranded Equal Play F.C., the organization formerly known as Why the Women’s World Cup Matters.There was a time when founder and former Canadian national player Carrie Serwetnyk couldn’t

get her calls returned from the city’s two daily newspapers. Now the advocate is hosting an event with Chastain and former prime minister Kim Campbell to inspire women and girls to get involved with sport and, vitally, sports leadership. Canada hosts the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015, and Serwetnyk is leveraging the advantage of being a host nation to draw attention to gender inequality in soccer. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. May 9 at the Vogue Theatre.Tickets $20. A VIP reception begins at 6 p.m. and costs $97. Chastain hosts a clinic for girls aged nine to 16 on May 10 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at David Lam Park. For more details, visit equalplayfc.com. — Megan Stewart

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B.C. Superweek prizes women equal to men All nine cycling events will pay the same for male and female podium winners

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B.C. Superweek will offer equal prize money to the men’s and women’s podium ﬁnishers at all nine of the cycling races, making the summer series one of the most lucrative on the continent. The overall prize money will increase an additional $10,000 over last year to $120,000 in 2014. B.C. Superweek ambassador and dual defending

champion in the MK Delta Criterium and Tour deWhite Rock Lex Albrecht said the equal pay is an important more toward gender equality in cycling, a sport that doesn’t include women in its marquee elite events such as the Tour de France. “Inequality between men’s and women’s cycling is a hot-button issue these days. In most cases, the gap between prize money offered to men and women is exceptionally and unjustly

signiﬁcant,” Albrecht said in a news release. In 2013, Leah Kirchmann won the Gastown and UBC Grand Prix.While the men’s winner took home $15,000 at the Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix, Kirchmann pocketed $8,000. The women’s purse was already the largest for a women’s criterium in North America and this year it will be even larger and on par with the men’s, which will drop $2,000 for the

champion’s prize. The men and women on the podium for the Gastown Grand Prix will earn $13,000 for ﬁrst, $6,000 for second and $3,000 for third. The equal prize money is one way to encourage more women to race and grow the number of competitors, which is considerably smaller than the men’s ﬁeld. “Equality in the sport is very important for us to foster,” said B.C. Superweek race director Mark Ernst-

ing. “We couldn’t ignore the increase in women’s participation and quality of performance over the last two seasons.” On top of the $120,000 in prize money, each of the nine races opens cyclists up to thousands of dollars more in primes, which are partly generated from the crowd. Online registration is open now and discounts continue until June 6. Discounts are also avail-

able to riders entered in all stages.Teams that sign up six riders for the entire B.C. Superweek series can register an additional three riders for free. B.C. Superweek is a ninerace series held in seven cities over 10 days from July 4 to 13.The UBC Grand Prix is July 8 followed by the Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix on July 9. For more details and to register, visit bcsuperweek.ca. twitter.com/MHStewart

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was cold, the evening already dark and the rain relentless.The wind howled and for many of you, it was the start of an Easter weekend.The long weekend I could foresee, but given this city’s highly unpredictable weather, I never cancel a training session unless there is thunder and lightening. Out of the 50 riders in the group, 15 made their way to Iona by either bike or car. Luckily for them, the workout was short: 15- to 20-minute warm up followed by an 11 km time-trial and then a cool down before a quick dash back to the car or an even wetter ride home. I was dressed in headto-toe rainproof gear complete with a toque and

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Strong home sales in April across Metro Vancouver have kept prices relatively ﬂat but pushed the region closer to being in a sellers’ market than at any time since mid-2011. That is because the number of new listings could not keep up with the strong sales, according to new data released by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). The benchmark home price across the region rose to $619,000 in April.That is 0.6 per cent more than in March and 3.6 per cent more than in April 2013. The region’s 3,050 sales in April, however, were 15.5 per cent more than in the longer month of March and 16.1 per cent more than in April 2013. New listings could not keep up with those sales,

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rising 12.7 per cent compared with March and only 1.3 per cent compared with April 2013.

That meant that the salesto-active-listings ratio was pushed to 19.7 per cent, or the highest that indicator

has been since June 2011. “We’re not in a sellers’ market,” REBGV president Ray Harris said. “For that

to happen we would have a higher price-to-active-listings ratio for a sustained amount of time.”

Conventional real estate wisdom is that a market is considered to be a buyers’ market when the price to listings ratio is below 13 per cent. A balanced market exists when the ratio is between 13 per cent and about 21 per cent, Harris explained. It is then considered a sellers’ market when the ratio is above 21 per cent for at least a few months, he added. The result of stronger sales than new listings is that MetroVancouver’s current sales-to-active-listings ratio rose 1.5 percentage points to its current 19.7 per cent. That index was stuck at 18.2 per cent for the past two months and was at 15.7 per cent a year ago.To get a sense of how much of an upward trajectory the trend-line has been for the price-to-active-listings ratio, the indicator was as low as 8 per cent in September 2012. twitter.com/GlenKorstrom

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When it comes to blistering on-ramp acceleration, the 911 Turbo is completely nuts

Once upon a time, the Porsche 911 was a dangerous, tail-happy hooligan that was difﬁcult to keep in check. Like a high-strung thoroughbred, it felt like it was always looking for a way to buck its rider (or driver) clean out of the seat. Over the intervening four decades, Porsche’s forcedinduction rocketship has grown kinder and gentler with every iteration. This most-recent 911 variant is dubbed the 991, and the critics have spurned it as being a bit too much of a grand tourer. With this newest 911 Turbo, have Porsche’s efforts to tame their turbocharged beast driven the spirit out of their range-topping car?

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Porsche launched this latest generation of their half-century old sporting 2x2 to a mixture of ooohs and hmms. There’s no doubt that the new car was a modern take on that classic rear-engined shape, but it was also a bit too long from some angles and perhaps not quite as pretty as the outgoing 997. Count me among those who didn’t love the 991 at ﬁrst, but also count me among the converted. In Turbo form, the 991 looks like it was always supposed to

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— the extra width of the rear haunches balances out the length of the car, and the raised tail gives the proﬁle heft to match the otherwise-gigantic 20” multi-spoke alloys. Yes, it’s not that wildly different from other 911s, but that’s part of theTurbo’s charm. It is the highest-performance spec, but it doesn’t have the ostentation of a Ferrari or Lamborghini, or the visual brutality of a Nissan GT-R.

has been in the past. The rear seats are also larger and while adults will not be happy back there, this marks the first generation where there are approved childseats that fit. The U.S. market always had them but Canadian kid seats were tough to find. Sightlines are good, and Porsche’s infotainment system is easy to use. Central to the dash is a seven-inch touchscreen and, in a nice throwback touch, you can even tune the radio with the rightmost knob. Porsches have always had something of a spartan feel to them but the Turbo is more like a two-seater Panamera than anything else. The fit and finish is exemplary, the seats are grippy yet comfortable, and were not this tester swathed in Carrera-red leather, you could almost say it was quite reserved in here.

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There’s absolutely no reason why you couldn’t live with this car on a day-to-day basis as far as the interior is concerned. At least that’s assuming you got the options list right. The keyless entry used to get into this tester, for instance? That’d be optional, to the tune of $1250. Leaving aside how much customization Porsche allows — and charges for — the cabin of the 911 turbo is not much different from the standard 911. Perhaps that’s why the gauges so prominently feature a scripted “turbo” and vehicle silhouette when you ﬁre the thing up. However, that’s a good thing. The seating position of the 911 is just about perfect, nice and low, with a bit more space inside for the taller driver than there

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That’s an insane amount of power for a small sportscar like this. Apart from the brief sloshing of your internal organs as they struggle to keep up with the g-forces, there’s not a lot of drama here. Over the years, driving a 911 Turbo has gone from catching a tiger by the tail to stroking a pussycat. It’s blisteringly fast but it doesn’t put a wheel wrong — you can hardly believe the speed with which the numbers on the dash climb. There’s also launch control, just in case you wanted to pop over to the dragstrip. Simply press the button marked “Sport Plus” and stand on first the brake and then accelerator. Now let off the brake. 0-100km/h comes in just 3.2 seconds, and beyond that — well, that’s for you to find out on the track. Stupendous stuff, but delivered all in a safe, almost clinical manner. You can no longer buy a 911 Turbo with a manual transmission but that’s a good thing, frankly. The seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission is a better fit for this titan of technology than a clutch and stick would be. Moreover, I don’t think most folks’ legs could keep up with the speed. Harnessing all the sturm und drang is a very clever all-wheel-drive system capable of shunting power for and aft via an elec-

Features:

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trically controlled central differential, as well as from side to side when cornering. There’s also PDCC: a hydraulically-actuated suspension system that reduces body roll and controls camber in the curves. Together, it all works like a bionic

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER F R I DAY, M AY 9 , 2 0 1 4

MOTHER’S DAY Prices Effective May 8 to May 14, 2014.

While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT Organic Fair Trade Mini Whole Watermelons or Honeydew from Mexico

2.98

value pack

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

4.99lb/ 11.00kg

each

Wild Sockeye Salmon Fillets Pin Bone Removed

B.C. Grown Organic Rhubarb Premium Mixed or Fuchsia Hanging Baskets (12 inch pot)

2.98lb/ 6.57kg

29.99 plus applicable taxes

Boneless Leg of Lamb Roasts

value pack

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

11.99lb/ 26.43kg

product of Canada

GROCERY

HEALTHCARE

Latin Organics Direct Trade Organic Coffee

Sun Rype 100% Juice assorted varieties

SAVE 2.99 FROM

25%

assorted varieties

SAVE

27%

from SAVE 3/4.98

assorted varieties FROM

36%

product of USA

assorted varieties

SAVE 3.99 %

SAVE 4.59

23%

Spectrum Mediterranean Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil

Earth’s Choice Organic Tomatoes assorted varieties

13.99 SAVE 1L

SAVE

FROM

33%

product of USA

Seventh Generation Diapers

250ml product of France

398-796ml product of USA

assorted varieties

2.99-6.49

2/3.00

64 or 128 pack • product of USA

414ml

+deposit +eco fee • product of Ecuador

4.49

Number one in infant oral pain relieve, they make nights bearable and days livable. Easy to use, no mess, no fuss. It has perfect timing, right there whenever you need them.

SAVE FROM

27%

9.99

21.99

BULK

Seventh Generation Automatic Dishwasher Packs

5.49

Milk Chocolate Almonds

20% off regular retail price

22 packs • product of USA

GLUTEN FREE

4” Mother’s Day Belgian Chocolate or Rasberry Mousse Cakes

assorted varieties

12.99

( found in the Deli Dept.)

4.99

Mother's Day Decadent Chocolate Cake

4.99

150g

Organic Multigrain Bread Spice Mantra Paneer

1.49/ 100g

1.79/100g

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Wholesome Flaxseed Bread

whole or half loaf

regular or sandwich

2.49-3.99

5.49

260-530g

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135 tablets

12+ or 16+ 500g product of New Zealand

Family Sized Quiche

! New

Hyland's Teething Tablets

260-610g product of Canada

xxx • product of xxx

Choices’ Own Broccoli Salad

assorted varieties

96-113g

xxx BAKERY

DELI

Kiss My Face Tooth Paste

Wedderspoon Manuka Honey

340-454g

Runa Organic Tea Beverage

Seventh Generation Baby Wipes

36%

FROM

product of USA

525ml

product of USA

assorted varieties

SAVE 4.99-5.99

29%

12.99

30 pack

SAVE 5.99-9.99

assorted varieties

20% 11.99

The tastiest vitamin drinks on the planet. Over 25 nutrients and Vitamins Ener-C is energy, immune support, electrolytes, antioxidants, and so much more.

Using organic aloe vera, essential oils and botanical extracts, our toothpaste provides a natural soothing cleansing action plus minty fresh breath.

Better 4 U Gluten Free or Sprouted Grain Frozen Pizzas

1.69-2.39

Castor and Pullox Dog Cookies

assorted varieties, assorted sizes

Ener-C Effervescent Powdered Drink Mix

330ml – 1L +deposit +eco fee product of USA

Tony Romas Barbecue Sauce

assorted varieties

10.99

SAVE

Coco Libre Organic Coconut Water

1.36L +deposit +eco fee

Bonne Maman Jam or Jelly

454g roasted in Canada

42%

Aspen Ridge Top Sirloin Steaks

Organic Whole Chicken

454-500g

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Kitsilano

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Gluten Free Bakery

South Surrey

Burnaby Crest

Kelowna

Floral Shop

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver

1202 Richards St. Vancouver

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver

3248 King George Blvd. South Surrey

8683 10th Ave. Burnaby

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna

2615 W. 16th Vancouver

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