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Citizens’ Assembly takes form City attempt at Grandview-Woodland consultation faces stiff criticism

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Nearly 500 people have submitted applications to the Grandview-Woodland Citizens’ Assembly, city hall’s attempt to make good on consultations after the community rebelled against city development plans last year. Forty-eight will be selected randomly to participate in the group, which will develop recommendations for the neighbourhood’s community plan and submit a report to city council. Although member selection will be through a blind draw, membership will be

composed of an equal number of men and women, a proportionate number from six neighbourhood zones, a proportionate number from each of four age groups, and a proportionate number of people who rent their home, own their home or live in a co-op. The Citizens’ Assembly will meet on 10 Saturdays from Sept. 20 to April 25, 2015. The deadline for applications was Thursday July 31. Members will be chosen Aug. 6. City council created the assembly, which is being run by a company called MASS LBP, after Grandview-Woodland residents roundly objected to draft community plan

proposals such as one that envisioned a tower up to 36 storeys for the Safeway site at the Broadway and Commercial Drive and news that other locations in the surrounding area were cited for future highrises between 22 and 28 storeys. Rachel Magnusson, director of MASS West, and the assembly’s chair, told the Courier she’s pleased by the number of applications. “We recognize a lot of people are really busy, so this is a really good number,” she said. “We’re also pleased because it gives us the demographic range that we’re looking for. So we are getting people from all walks

of life who are registering.” Tower heights, density, built form, protecting heritage and safety are among topics that have been raised for discussion. The Citizens’ Assembly has its detractors, namely a group called Our Community, Our Plan, which has been lobbying against the project. It’s even mocked the assembly selection through social media by asking followers to enter its Slice of Democracy contest, in which participants “recycle” their application forms in creative ways and post pictures online. Continued on page 7

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Concord in court over False Creek park

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Developer Concord Pacific is heading to court in an attempt to stop the False Creek Residents Association from having the company’s sales centre removed from a piece of property long destined to have a park built on it. In an affidavit filed July 24 in B.C. Supreme Court by Concord, the company said losing the centre would be costly and hurt its ability to sell and market condominiums on its False Creek lands. “If Concord were required to move the presentation centre, it would cost in the range of two to three million dollars and result in the presentation centre being closed for approximately six to nine months,” said the affidavit filed by Matthew Meehan, Concord’s senior vice-president of planning. “A closure of the presentation centre would result in a loss of business and revenue to Concord.” The sales centre sits on a largely vacant nine-acre property between Telus World of

Science and Rogers Arena. The property was recently used by the Cirque du Soleil. Concord wants to be “a party” to the residents’ legal action rather than an intervenor — an important distinction, the company says, because party designation gives Concord the ability to appeal a decision given by the court. “It is abundantly clear that Concord has a direct interest in the outcome,” the afﬁdavit said. “Concord owns [the park site]. A granting of the relief sought would eliminate Concord’s ability to operate its presentation centre, or other commercial activities, in the area.” The company is making its case under the so-called “hardship provision” of a city bylaw, which allows for temporary uses on a property planned for a permanent development. At issue for the residents’ association is that Concord long promised to build a park on the property. Since that promise was made almost 30 years ago, Concord has used the property for its

Concord Pacific has promised to build a park on this property near Rogers Arena. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

sales or presentation centre and earned money from leasing it to Cirque du Soleil, the Molson Indy and other commercial interests. As the Courier previously reported, the Quebec government paid $1.3 million to set up the Maison du Quebec on the property during the 2010 Winter Games. Added to the interest for the residents’ association is the fact the property was assessed at $192,000 in 2009, then $400,000 in 2010. The residents’ association ap-

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pealed the assessment, only to have the Property Assessment Appeal Board reduce the property’s value to one dollar. The board said Concord’s cost of completing the seawall at $7.3 million and creating the park for $9.8 million were reasons for the low assessment. In May, the residents’ association ﬁled a petition in B.C. Supreme Court to challenge the city and Concord over inconsistencies with zoning of the park site and the ofﬁcial development

plan for the area. “Both clearly stipulate that [the park site] is to be used strictly for public park and recreation purposes,” the residents’ association said in a release Tuesday. “Even the relaxation provisions available under the Vancouver Charter stipulate that interim uses must be compatible with the permanent intended use of the property.” The City of Vancouver granted Concord a temporary permit in 2005 to build its sales centre on the prop-

erty and has continued to extend the permit, although the most recent permit expired May 16, 2014. The extension comes as the city is considering the demolition of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, which back on to the property. Council is expected to make a decision next year on the fate of the viaducts and Concord says in its afﬁdavit that is one of “the key steps” that must occur before the park — or Creekside Park Extension as it is referred to in planning documents — can be built. Also, the company and the city agree that another piece of Concord property near Rogers Arena ﬁrst has to be developed before the park can go ahead. That’s because potentially contaminated soil from that site — from the area’s industrial past — would be dumped on the park property. Concord’s application to be a party in the residents’ legal action will be heard Aug. 26. The residents’ case is scheduled to be heard Sept. 11. twitter.com/Howellings

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News Building, upgrading and designing at VSB CLASS NOTES Cheryl Rossi

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School’s out for summer and teachers remain on strike. But that doesn’t mean activity at school sites sits at a standstill.

Under construction

Norma Rose Point middle school Workers are busy completing the Norma Rose Point kindergarten to Grade 8 school that will open near the University of B.C. in September. The new structure replaces the overcrowded old University Hill secondary but retains the old barrelvault gymnasium. Ernest Fanthorpe, manager of facilities for the Vancouver School Board, told the Courier earlier this month that final interior finishing and landscaping work was underway. This should be great news for students who’ve been attending classes in portable buildings at Queen Elizabeth elementary on West 16th Avenue. Kitsilano secondary Construction on a partial replacement and seismic upgrade of Kitsilano secondary at West 10th Avenue and Trafalgar Street has begun. The heritage façade and half of the school, which was built in 1927, will be preserved while a new wing is built. Students will study on site during construction. Queen Mary elementary Portables have been placed at Queen Mary elementary near Jericho Beach Park. The old gym is to be demolished this summer in preparation for construction on a seismic upgrade/partial replacement that is to begin this fall. A temporary, reusable gym made of canvas, a metal frame and removable floor has been erected.

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Fanthorpe expects contracts for seismic replacements for General Gordon elementary at West Sixth Avenue and

Bayswater Street and L’École Bilingue elementary at West 14th Avenue and Alder Street to go to tender in the fall.

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International Village elementary The City of Vancouver’s Urban Design Panel unanimously supported designs for the new elementary school to be built on Expo Boulevard across from Andy Livingstone Park in January, but “It’s proving to be a difﬁcult site,” according to Fanthorpe. “It’s a little air parcel built over a top of an existing parkade up against two high-rise towers and a childcare,” he said. Construction could start in late 2014, at the earliest. Strathcona elementary Three of Strathcona elementary’s ﬁve buildings are to be seismically upgraded. Education Minister Peter Fassbender announced money for the work last December after a decade of pressure from the community to make the more than a centuryold school safe. Fanthorpe said construction could start next summer. Lord Nelson elementary The school board is to start design work on seismic upgrades for Lord Nelson elementary on Kitchener Street near Nanaimo Street in the fall.

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Gladstone secondary is being reconﬁgured to accommodate adult education, while former adult education space at Lord Roberts elementary is being repurposed to accommodate an inﬂux of young students. Portables The VSB is moving portables to Simon Fraser elementary, on West 16th Avenue between Cambie and Main streets, to accommodate increased enrolment pressures. The school board oversees 110 school sites, including Norma Rose Point. Maintenance work typically carried out in the summer continues despite the strike. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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News Oppenheimer homeless camp mired in semantics 12TH&CAMBIE Mike Howell

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If you’re one of those Twitter types or you’re paying close attention to the news, you probably read/heard/saw that campers at Oppenheimer Park have set up a makeshift sweat lodge. You may have also read/ heard/saw that Audrey Siegl of the Musqueam Indian Band gave city council an earful last week about the need to provide housing for homeless people camped at the park and others on the streets. She was on the front page of our newspaper. So you might be thinking the protest at the park is all about First Nations’ rights to land. Not surprised, you say, at the need for such a protest since aboriginal people far over represent the number of homeless on the streets. Nor, you say, are you surprised at the timing of the protest since city council re-

cently passed a motion to have city hall “formally acknowledge that the city of Vancouver is on unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.” Council carried the motion unanimously. Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer introduced the motion and it was seconded by Mayor Gregor Robertson, who last year declared a year of reconciliation in an “effort that seeks to heal from the past and build new relationships between aboriginal peoples and all Vancouverites, built on a foundation of openness, dignity, understanding and hope.” Robertson is the same mayor who also spent some time last year participating in the Musqueam’s protest outside a piece of private property in Marpole, where ancestral remains were discovered during the development of a condo project. The Musqueam has since purchased the land. So you get the picture — Robertson and

Audrey Siegl, right, recently addressed city council about the need to provide more subsidized housing for homeless people. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

his Vision-led council are extremely sensitive to the rights of First Nations. That said, the protest at Oppenheimer Park does not fall into this category, according to Robertson, who begins many speeches by ﬁrst recognizing the unceded territory

of First Nations. “This is an issue primarily about homelessness, and the people who are camped out in the park right now do need support,” the mayor told reporters last week. “We are going to be working

with them, going to the B.C. government and the federal government calling for more investment in housing and shelter to make sure people aren’t stuck outside.” And then this: “This is not a First Nations’ land

rights and title issue.” He went on to say Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow visited the park and “clariﬁed that” with campers. Sparrow, of course, is in charge of the band’s territory on which Siegl lives but she made it clear she is not speaking on behalf of Musqueam. So I asked her why she went to council last week. “What brings me here today is a longstanding history of displacement — not just of Downtown Eastside residents, but of the original people of this land, my people, the Musqueam people.” So whether the issue is about homelessness, First Nations’ issues or something else, the semantics of it can’t be lost on this fact from the 2014 Metro Vancouver homeless count: Aboriginal people continue to make up nearly one third, or 31 per cent, of the total homeless population. This year’s count identiﬁed 582 aboriginal people who were homeless. That’s up from 394 in the 2011 count. twitter.com/Howellings

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hope to look at is what are the options so we leave no children or no child behind,” Richardson said. But the school board struggles to balance its budget with the funding provided by the Ministry of Education every year. How does Richardson believe he can make a difference? “First you have to raise the issues,” the chartered accountant said. Candidates Sandy Sharma and Stacy Robertson have previously run as NPA candidates for school board. Sharma, a real estate appraiser and realtor who served on the District Parent Advisory Council from 2008 to 2011 and as vice-chair from 2010 to 2011, seeks increased transparency and accountability at the school board. She wants an independent audit committee. “As a parent I’m fed up with decisions made by the board such as their district closure days, which put parents and children last,” Sharma added. The fourth NPA trustee contender is Penny Noble, a former teacher, communications consultant and

executive director of Bike to Work B.C. Society. Community volunteer Casey Crawford, who ran for park board in 2011, is running again. Newcomers are: Jay Jagpal, a businessman, mechanical engineer and community volunteer who’s an ambassador to the Board of Trade. Erin Shum, a special education assistant who specializes in helping children with autism and who co-owns an eco-friendly Kerrisdale spa. Sarah Kirby-Yung, who highlighted her years of experience in marketing and communications roles in tourism, and who also worked as vice president of marketing and communications for the Vancouver Aquarium from 2008 to 2010. Like LaPointe, KirbyYung doesn’t think the aquarium should change its policy of only caring for whales, dolphins and porpoises that were born in an aquarium or were rescued and deemed non-releasable by an appropriate government authority. Each candidate praised LaPointe.

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“As someone who has run… with ﬁve mayoralty hopefuls over the last number of years, it is truly a refreshing difference that Kirk has brought to this table in terms of his well-rounded, his passionate, out-of-box thinking,” Richardson said. “And that was a real decision-maker in terms of me coming back because, frankly, after being involved in my three previous decades, there were other things I could’ve done.” NPA school board trustee Fraser Ballantyne will run for a second term, as will park board commissioner John Coupar. The NPA expelled trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo from the party in June. Vision Vancouver is running one incumbent and three newcomers for seven park board seats. Trish Kelly withdrew last month. Vision is running six incumbents and one newcomer for nine school board seats. The Coalition of Progressive Electors, or COPE, candidates will be endorsed Sept. 7. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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A grey whale enjoyed a swim in False Creek between the Granville and Burrard bridges in 2010. Last year, a beaver in Olympic Village took a nap in the sun and herring spawned around Habitat Island. Park board efforts to develop a greener city have been in motion and the board now turns to educating Vancouverites to better engage with the green spaces around them. The “Rewilding Vancouver” plan was approved unanimously July 21. Contributors include members of the Environmental Education and Stewardship Task Force, a combined effort of park board members with educators and environmental workers in the city. The plan’s 49 actions focus on working with partner organizations and non-profits over the next five years to develop a catalogue of available community resources and information on 28 identified biodiversity spots in the city that should be maintained and protected. The main goal is to encourage ecological literacy. Some partnerships mentioned in the plan are community centres, Vancouver Public Library, the school board and postsecondary institutions.

The Renfrew Ravine is one of 28 biodiversity hot spots identified in the "Rewilding Vancouver" plan due to the old, diverse forests alongside the ravine. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

The plan also calls for more volunteering opportunities, youth programs, workshops and guest speakers. Patricia Thomson, executive director of the Stanley Park Ecological Society and a task force member, stressed the im-

portance of the city connecting with community groups. “City resources have arborists and horticulturalists, but they don’t have educators and such,” said Thomson. “We are engagers… All these need to ﬁt together hand and glove and the dream is to

build a broader support network.” Joseph Lin is also a task force member and the president of Green Club, a non-proﬁt started in 1999 to educate the public on conservation and biodiversity with a special focus on Asian immigrants. The

club organizes free walks to highlight nature in the city with different seasonal routes. “For lots of new immigrants or new Canadians who just came in recent years, or in the near future, they might not know about [these issues],” said

Lin, an environmentalist from Taiwan and retired family doctor. “So that’s why we need those two components emphasized in the report. One is stewardship, but the other is environmental education.” Park board commissioner Niki Sharma shared her dream for the city in the plan’s report: “This work is ultimately inspired by the resiliency and beauty of the natural world that ﬁnds spaces to thrive even in the harshest urban environments. We believe that every Vancouver resident should be able to witness the magic of seeing salmon in their local stream, whales in the harbour, and eagles above them.” When asked about individuals skeptical about such a grand vision for Vancouver, Thomson noted the importance of connections. “They just need to clue into a group,” said Thomson. “We [Stanley Park Ecological Society] have been doing the work to restore and enhance Beaver Creek and by this time next year, that creek… will be stronger yet in a position to receive adult salmon.” Lin hopes Vancouverites will see themselves as residents of a natural habitat. “They need to understand before people came here, what [the area] looked like.” twitter.com/chrischeungtogo

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Opinion B.C. government game Ancient texts eerily for more gaming apps describe our present Les Leyne Columnist lleyne@timescolonist.com I have an app on my tablet that offers instruction in playing the saxophone, and somehow it wound up on my phone as well. It features an enthusiastic cartoon character who explains various functions and cheers you on. Sitting in a doctor’s office recently, I decided to check the app on my phone, just for something to do. The little guy gave me a friendly welcome and started jabbering at me, to the point where the other patients looked up from their magazines. I clicked it off and felt mildly embarrassed. So I tried to excuse myself, by telling the room in general: “I didn’t expect the little man to talk to me.” There were a few small chuckles and the room went quiet. But the phrase hung in the air. I grew uncomfortable imagining what people were thinking. I didn’t expect the little man to talk to me? That sounds like the kind of thing you’d hear in a psychiatrist’s office, not a GP’s. Were they wondering about the nature of my delusion? Were they quietly anxious about what the “little man” might be talking to me about? So after a few seconds, I felt the need to clarify, in order to allay any concerns that might have been creeping into their minds. In reassuring fashion, I explained: “He’s teaching me to play the saxophone.” There were more chuckles. But to my ear, they sounded a little uneasy now. The other patients were still sympathetic, but it seemed to be more for my general plight, than my little social faux pas. Clearly, I’d made things even worse. I replayed the moment in my mind, from their point of view. Man looks into his phone which produces a voice and then announces to a bunch of strangers: “I didn’t expect the little man to talk to me.” And furthermore: “He’s teaching me to play the saxophone.” There wasn’t much doubt that I’d left the very firm impression I was suffering from some kind of charming but unmistakable mental illness. I reviewed my next options and concluded there weren’t any. So I just shut up and tried to go invisible until my name was called, and I and my little man went in to see the doctor together. All of which brings me to the subject

of “casual gaming” and the B.C. government’s eager endorsement of the kinds of apps and programs that can put relatively normal people into predicaments like this. In San Francisco this month, the government sponsored a number of B.C. outﬁts’ appearances at a convention devoted to the “casual gaming” industry. Hard-core gaming involves the kinds of games where you start shooting people and dodging bullets until it dawns on you that you haven’t eaten or slept in 72 hours.

Casual gaming describes the entire suite of time-killing apps that people play as the mood strikes them Casual gaming describes the entire suite of time-killing apps that people play as the mood strikes them. There’s a big appetite for them, and enormous piles of money to be made off them, to the point where 3,000 people attended the convention.They include B.C.’s U.S. trade and investment representative and practically every B.C. trade commissioner in the western U.S. There are 67 game studios in the province employing more than 5,000 people, and the B.C. government is keen to support them. Considering how ephemeral and non-productive most of the end-products are, it’s remarkable how seriously everyone takes this industry. It has something to do with how cool it is to have 20-somethings writing code and trying to strike it rich. One B.C. outﬁt is promoting Happy Flock, a game where you run a border collie around a ranch, tending to sheep. It’s free, until you start taking it seriously. Then you get to buy add-ons to improve your scores. Good luck to them and everyone who plays it. My only advice is to play it quietly and don’t talk back to the dog. I have more thoughts on this industry, but I’m due for an accordion lesson from my smart meter. twitter.com/leyneles

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Geoff Olson Columnist mwiseguise@yahoo.com Writing a regular newspaper column isn’t a bad gig. On the downside, a persistent focus on the latest scam or scandal isn’t the cheeriest way to pick up a paycheque. But what are you going to do? The engineers of global kleptocracy are taking us all off a cliff in a stretch Hummer, while “content providers” like me describe the points of no return as they blow by. Things are now moving so fast I sometimes prefer to look at them through the rearview mirror of history, science or even mythology. The oldest known system of philosophical/religious thought hails from the Indian subcontinent. The stretches of time addressed in the Vedic cosmology are vast. “The basic unit of Vedic cyclical time is called the day of Brahma. The day of Brahma lasts for 4,320,000,000 years and is followed by a night of Brahma, which also lasts for 4,320,000,000 years,” writes Michael Cremo in his 2004 book Human Devolution. Each day of Brahma is made up of one thousand cycles. Each cycle lasts 4,320,000 years. And each cycle consists of four Yugas or ages. “With the passing of each yuga in the cycle, humans decrease in their physical, mental, and spiritual qualities. We are now in the Kali Yuga... this yuga began about 5,000 years ago,” writes Cremo. I don’t expect the reader to take this literally any more than I do, but myths are like poetry: they occasionally offer a different sort of truth than Wolf Blitzer’s recitation of agreed-upon facts. Consider the ancient Vedic text, the Srimad Bhagavatum. It describes the fourth yuga as a time when people are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, addicted to intoxicating drink and drugs, and always disturbed. The 12th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatum deserves to be quoted at length. “In Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man’s good birth, proper behaviour and ﬁne qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on the basis of one’s power ... success in business will depend on deceit... A person’s propriety will be seriously questioned if he does not earn a good living. And one who is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned

scholar. A person will be judged unholy he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue.” “Beauty will be thought to depend on one’s hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, but one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful ... as the earth could thus become crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.” The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.” Sounds to me like the latest issue of The Guardian Weekly in my mailbox. Let’s assume the text of the Srimad Bhagavatum hasn’t been monkeyed with over time — something that tends to happen with religious texts due to creative translators and transcribers. It reads like a prescient description of our double-dealing, drone-striking, waterboarding, bling-loving, science-stiﬂing, pill-popping, Botox-injecting, celebobsessed present. Supposedly Lord Krishna foretold that Kali Yuga would be very tough going for people with ideals and values. Or at least very confusing, given the Vedic system’s weird fusion of cynical and idealistic cosmology, with periods of misery and collapse bracketed by eternally repeating reboots. It’s like your grandfather’s view of the world on reefer. Then again, philosophers, clerics, cranks, and writers throughout history have habitually pronounced their age the worst ever. Today’s commentators are no different — especially if they work for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The beast of the Apocalypse is just around the corner in the form of televised twerking, Obama’s Muslim-socialist dictatorship and the annual war on Christmas. Vedic texts have nothing to say about machine intelligence or anything that sounds like Skynet. But perhaps sometime in the future our robot overlords will be convinced they also live in the worst of all possible worlds. They will romanticize a time when their ancestors — thermostats, egg timers, pocket calculators, and Tamagotchis — weren’t cursed with the divine spark of self-awareness. geoffolson.com

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Sprinter wins Olympic gold medal

Aug. 1, 1928: Vancouver speedster Precy Williams wins gold in the 100-metre dash at the Amersterdam Olympics in a time of 10.6 seconds. The victory came as such a surprise to the international sports community that the medal ceremony had to be delayed as Olympic organizers scrambled to find a recording of the Canadian national anthem to play. Williams also went on the win the 200-metre and was part of a team disqualified from the 4x100 relay after someone dropped the baton. He went on the set a new world record in the 100-yard dash two years later with a time of 10.3 seconds at the inaugural British Empire Games held in Hamilton, Ont.

Premier purchases submarines

Aug. 4, 1914: The outbreak of the First World War prompts Premier Richard McBride to secretly buy two newly constructed submarines intended for the Chilean navy from a Seattle shipyard for a cost of $1.1 million, at the time twice the annual budget of the entire Royal Canadian Navy. Because he knew U.S. neutrality laws would prevent the subs from leaving port, the deal had to be completed under the cover of darkness. The closest the vessels came to seeing combat came the following morning when, after being spotted off the coast of Victoria, they were nearly fired on by the army's coastal artillery, who had not been informed of the plan. ADVERTISING

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To the editor: Re: “CP wants Arbutus Corridor cleared,” July 4. Last weekend residents of the Cypress, Pine and Maple community gardens hosted visitors to show the results of their 25-year area beautiﬁcation project. They also collected signatures for a petition to save the gardens of the Arbutus Corridor. As their website says, “Community gardens do more than provide healthful locally grown food. They promote the development of community…” Both the gardens and the community are threatened by a July 31st deadline. That’s when CP Rail says they will bar access and begin to clear a right-of-way cutting right through the centre of the gardens. CP calls the gardeners “trespassers,” though running trains co-existed with the gardens until 2001. At heart is CP’s dispute over fair market value for land Vancouver has offered to buy for greenspace. CP wants more money for this land, granted by B.C. 128 years ago. Community residents are caught in the middle, and a beautiful area appreciated daily by hundreds of Vancouverites is at imminent risk. CP could demonstrate good community citizenship by pausing their plans, entering into mediation with the city and giving the gardeners a reprieve while they bring in their harvest. George Heyman, MLA, Vancouver-Fairview

July 23. It is nice that Joyce Murray has taken a stand on behalf of her constituents (well, with rhetoric anyways...) but I question if she will be able to bring it up in the House. Both Liberal and Conservative governments have proven impotent in dictating to the sacrosanct Canadian Paciﬁc. CP is one of those “powers” that operate in another dimension — sort of like Monsanto or Irving Oil — and it is they that pull strings and make things happen in the government, not the other way around. So, as much as I laud the political grandstanding of both her and Gregor Robertson on the Arbutus Corridor issue, both are toothless political animals: Joyce may get her knuckles wrapped from the party Whips, but Gregor likes to run the show and I bet he really wishes CP had stayed asleep in Kerrisdale, at least until after his November run for the keys to his kingdom. Bill Ritchie, Vancouver ••• As much as I do not like the CP Rail plan for renewal of activity on Arbutus line, I must remind the Member of Parliament our fundamental right and respect for property ownership. She omitted to mentioned that it’s private property and well meaning gardening Vancouverites are in fact trespassers. Perhaps she should ask why CP neglected the property to become an eyesore without being ﬁned as any other property owner in this city would’ve been. George Vytasek, Vancouver

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Pride weekend bursting with events

Cruises, the Davie Block Party and the annual parade highlight one of Vancouver’s biggest weekends One of the biggest, noisiest and most colourful weekends of the year hits our city as Pride 2014 gets into high gear for the long weekend. Along with the ofﬁcial Pride parade and market and the Davie Street Block Party, you’ll ﬁnd dance parties, cruises, music, arts events, historical remembrances and something for every member of the family. Here’s an extensive list of events to look out for and enjoy. On the facing page, we also have stories on the parade marshals and the importance of chronicling LGBT history.

mour Street). Featuring DJ Abel Aguilera (Miami), DJ Del Stamp (Vancouver). Tickets and passes available at BigRogerEvents.Showclix.com or at Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium (1238 Davie).

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Pride Block Party Start your Pride weekend off on the right foot at the Davie Street Block Party, and play games or dance with Pride to the hottest DJs of the summer! 4 p.m. to midnight. This is now an all-ages community focused event for Vancouver’s LGBTQ community, families, and allies. Come at 4 p.m. to participate in carnival games in the two community blocks (Thurlow to Jervis), listen to music, and participate in games by donation hosted by community groups and local non-proﬁts. It’s held in partnership with the West End BIA. The beer garden is 19 years and up and opens up at 6 p.m. Hot & Wet The original women’s Pride cruise. The sexiest ship to ever cruise the Strait, sets sail with the loveliest cargo to ever ply the seven seas; hundreds of women celebrating with Pride. Juicy beats, remixed with beautiful views. 6 p.m. boarding, setting sail at 7 p.m. and returning at 11 p.m. MV Britannia (Harbour Cruises, north foot of Denman). Advance tickets $45, available at Little Sisters, VCV computers (888 Commercial), and online at CremaProductions.com. Chicklets Cruise after-party Want to feel the excitement of the Davie Street Festival, but from a comfortable seat? Enjoy the launch of your Pride weekend overlooking the heart of the Village at Heaven’s Door, 1216 Bute, from 9 p.m.–2 a.m. Tickets $15 advance at Little Sisters or online at CremaProductions.com.

The Vancouver Pride Parade is one of the largest and most successful events of its kind in the world. PHOTO KEVIN HILL

Man Up: BONAFIDE Pride Legendary drag king show featuring Ms. Jackson (SF), Airick X (PDX), and Lisa De Lux (YVR). Doors 9 p.m., show 10:30 p.m. at The Cobalt, 917 Main. Advance tickets $16 at Little Sisters EventBrite.ca. For more info, visit TheCobalt.ca. Average Joe’s Seventh anniversary party from 3-6 p.m. A social gathering for HIV positive guys. Junction Pub, 1138 Davie. JunctionPub.com. Funktion Friday Pride DJ Drew and sexy go-go boys, doors 9 p.m., $10 cover. Open until 4am. Junction Pub, 1138 Davie. JunctionPub.com. Ruff Pride A dance party for men who like their men RUFF. RUFF celebrates the masculine through the diversity of our community with music and performances. 9 p.m. at The Pint, 455 Abbott. DJs James Torres (SF), Adam Dready, Jau Douglas, Mumbles. Hook N Sling Celebrities Pride Ball presents the talented Hook N Sling, an Australian DJ now residing in LA who has played at the biggest venues and festivals across the Globe. Pacha, Space Ibiza, Global Gathering, and that is just a few. Opening the evening is Vancouver’s very own DJ Landon James & Marino, and he will get the crowd hopping. Celebrities Nightclub, 1022 Davie.

Advance tickets can be purchased at ThisIsPride.ca or Little Sisters. Queer As Funk Kick off Vancouver Pride weekend at your favourite East Vancouver music venue, the fabulous Wise Hall. Totally unique in the history of Vancouver’s LGBTQ community, Queer as Funk brings together 10 of the city’s hottest queer musicians in an explosive, high-energy dance band. Hosted by the fabulous Zena Sharman. 9 p.m. at the Wise Hall & Lounge at 1882 Adanac. Tickets $25. QueerAsFunk.com. Chicks Ahoy Hey, warriors, rock the boat. This 2014 Pride cruise is aboard the Magic Spirit once again. If you are looking for some nautical naughtiness with a boat full of salty-tongued sailor girls, this is your night. Note that this year the Magic Spirit is docked at Plaza of Nations Marina at 750 Paciﬁc Blvd. Boarding 7 p.m., sailing from 8–11 p.m. $45 advance, tickets and info available at FlyGirlProductions.com. QSONG QSONG (Queer Songwriters of a New Generation) is a 16-week songwriting workshop for queer, trans, and allied youth (1425) to develop your songwriting chops. Led by queer singer/songwriters Sarah Wheeler and Melissa Endean, QSONG includes recording and broadcast opportunities, guest appearances by some of Canada’s

top queer artists. Free youth workshop from 5–7 p.m. at the Roundhouse. Visit PrideInArt.ca. Papa Party World Tour Big Roger Events presents the Papa Party World Tour at Imperial Vancouver (319 Main). Featuring DJ Suri (Spain), Eliad Cohen (Tel Aviv), Nick Bertossi (Vancouver). Doors at 9 p.m. Tickets and passes available at BigRogerEvents.Showclix.com or at Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium,1238 Davie.

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Absolut Patio T-Dance DJ Jeffery Michael (no cover) 2–6 p.m., followed by Hype Pride with DJ Mike Bauer, featuring the Absolut Dragulous Pride Show with Carlotta Gurl and guests. Showtime 10:45 p.m., doors 9 p.m., cover $15, open until 4 a.m. Junction Pub, 1138 Davie. See more at JunctionPub.com. The 11th Vancouver Dyke March and Festival This year’s march takes places at noon at McSpadden Park and continues down Commercial Drive for a family friendly music Festival. Adding to the already successful Vancouver Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Week, the Vancouver Dyke March and Festival Society (VDM) has added an East Side March and Festival to the line-up. See VancouverDykeMarch.com. El Hangover Man Up presents the

East Van Parking Lot Pool Party at The Cobalt, 917 Main. Beach decor, beer pong, turf lawn, dancing, day-after cures, and more. DJs China G (SF), Lisa De Lux (YVR), and Airick X (PDX). Doors 2 p.m., party till 9 p.m. Advance tickets $12 at Little Sisters and EventBrite.ca. Queer Bash: Choose Your Own Adventure East Van’s dress-up mess-up is back channelling your favourite themes with performances by Isolde N. Barron, Jaylene Tyme, and Miss Cobalt 2014 Valynne Vile. Plus DJ Jef Leppard and Colby B (NYC). The Cobalt, 917 Main. Advance tickets $16 at Little Sister’s and Red Cat Records. Atlantis Playhouse Saturdays presents Atlantis with DJs Mattilda Ho and Adam Dreaddy. Doors from 9 p.m. Celebrities Nightclub, 1022 Davie. Terry Wallace Memorial Breakfast A community breakfast in recognition of the pioneers of the Pride movement in Vancouver. Come join in for an outdoor breakfast by donation (proceeds go to the Vancouver PRIDE Society), listen to stories of the past, and browse through the Vancouver Pride Society’s archives. Davie Street Plaza (the rainbow crosswalks) at 9 a.m. Glitter Big Roger Events presents Glitter: The Main Event at Five Sixty (Sey-

36th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade Attracting a crowd of more than 650,000, the Pride Parade is renowned on the international stage as one of the largest and most successful events in the world in support of LGBTQ communities. The parade begins at noon at Robson and Thurlow, heads west to Denman, follows Denman to Pacific and Beach, and finishes at the Sunset Beach Festival site at 3 p.m. Sunset Beach Festival & Market More than 150,000 Pride partiers take in the festival and market, which is a great place to be before, after, and even during the parade, running from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. This celebration includes live music by local performers, and the local market provides a great mix of products, services, and community organizations. This is a pedestrian event for the general public who can come and enjoy the day, watch live performances, purchase food from one of the food vendors at the picnic zone or in the food court. Browse through 100 or more booths at the market to buy some pride souvenirs or view local artisans work, or you can learn more about local non-profits and other exhibitors. There is a 19 years and up beer garden with DJ, and live music on the main stage. Bring your family to the family zone for some kid-friendly events. No parking available, but there will be a bike valet available for use along the seawall. Trouble Big Roger Events presents Trouble, the 14th Annual Post Parade T-Dance at Vancouver Fan Club (1050 Granville) from 3–8 p.m. Featuring DJ Quest (Vancouver) and DJ DubbulDee (Montreal). Tickets and passes available at BigRogerEvents.Showclix.com or at Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium (1238 Davie). Continued on page 14

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Grand marshals inspire the community

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One of the grand marshals named to the 2014 Pride Parade plans to use the honour to raise awareness about the need for more involvement from government and tourism officials from across the province. Dean Nelson, founder of Pride House open to visiting members of LGBT communities from around the world during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, said the time he spent recently in Toronto for World Pride demonstrated the need for more official input and support here at home. “I worry Vancouver is becoming complacent, but we can’t lose focus. We need government officials and tourism boards to participate in important conferences because that’s what sets the tone,” said Nelson of events such as the annual international Gay and Lesbian Travel Conference and InterPride. As a result of Nelson’s efforts, Olympic Pride House has expanded to include the 2012 London Olympics, 2014 Sochi Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games

in Glasgow, FIFA World Cup 2014 in Rio and the 2015 PanAm Games in Toronto. In addition to Pride House, Nelson is producer of the annual Whistler Ski and Pride Festival and co-founder of the Mr. Gay World mentorship program. Also acting as grand marshal is trans filmmaker and community activist Gwen Hawthorn, best known for her documentary film She’s a Boy I Knew. Hawthorn also works at Vancouver Coastal Health as the educator for Prism Services, facilitating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, two spirit and questioninginclusion workshops for non-profit housing, social service and health care organizations. Hawthorn previously volunteered with the Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre and served on the park board’s Trans and Gender Variant Inclusion Working Group. Hawthorn currently volunteers on the City of Vancouver’s LGBTQ advisory committee, the board of directors for Out On Screen and the advisory committee for Safe Choices, a program that falls under the umbrella of the Ending Violence

Dean Nelson, one of three grand marshals for the Pride Parade, wants more government and tourism officials involved in LGBT conferences and events.

Association of B.C. Gay rights pioneer and Canadian drag court founder Ted Northe will be recognized posthumously as this summer’s grand marshal at the Vancouver Pride parade (Aug. 3), along with trans

ﬁlmmaker Gwen Haworth and Pride House co-founder Dean Nelson. “Grand marshals inspire us with their courage, conviction and dedication,” the Vancouver Pride Society said in a press release.

“Each year, up to three outstanding individuals from the LGBTQ community are recognized and celebrated during Pride week and lead our entries during the Pride parade.” Northe, who died March

Bringing history out of the closet Robert Mangelsdorf

The history of the gay rights movement has been well-documented in the past half century. From the Stonewall riots in 1969, to Montreal’s Public Morality Program of the mid-1970s, Toronto’s bath house raids in the early 1980s, to the AIDS epidemic, to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada in 2005. The recent narrative of the LGBTQ community’s struggle for acceptance has been chronicled in the pages of newspapers, in books, on television, and on ﬁlm. But before that, the picture becomes murky. Filmmaker Harry Sutherland wants to change that. Prior to the 20th century, homosexuality could mean a death sentence. As a result, the lives of the LGBTQ community have historically been shrouded in necessary secrecy. Sutherland is hoping to produce a six-part docu4mentary series called Out

Documentary film maker Harry Sutherland wants to tell LGBTQ history in film. PHOTO ROB NEWELL

of History, an ambitious project that will bring to life over 2,800 years of gay history. Using documentary ﬁlm and a digital online portal, the project will uncover the events and people that have contributed to the creation of the

present day LGBTQ community. For Sutherland, the project is a return to his roots. His ﬁrst ﬁlm Truxx followed the impact of the 1976 Olympics on the gay and lesbian community in Montreal and premiered at

the Toronto International Film Festival in 1978. Sutherland says he has toyed with the idea of documenting gay history after travelling to Amsterdam in 1979, where he ﬁrst encountered stories about mass executions of gays in

the 1700s, as well as tales of all-gay military units in the Second World War. “I explored further and was amazed at the depth and variety of our past and the untold contributions that we have made to the world over all this time,” he says.

30 at age 76, founded the Imperial Court System of Canada in 1964 and became the titular head of the charitable organization in 1967. He remained Empress of Canada until his passing. The organization eventually allowed for provincial chapters and in 1976 the Dogwood Monarchy Society formed in Vancouver. Northe initiated the first Community Christmas Dinner and first gay community disaster relief fund in Vancouver. He helped develop the first Gay Businessmen’s Guild and worked with the lesbian community to host the first openly gay breast cancer fundraiser. He also sponsored and helped create countless events and groups in the city, including the first gay bowling and softball leagues, first Vancouver Pride Parade and the Greater Vancouver Native Culture Society for two-spirited men and women. A self-described “activist in a dress,” it’s estimated that he raised more than $10 million for Canadian charities through his work. –with files from Sandra Thomas

Case in point, Alexander the Great, one of the greatest rulers the world has ever known, is believed by many historians to have carried on a longterm homosexual relationship with his general and childhood friend. “This will be the greatest story that has never been told,” says Sutherland. While the idea collected dust for decades, the recent events in Russia inspired Sutherland to move forward with the project. “People don’t see the danger of what [Putin] is doing in the context of history,” says Sutherland. “There’s a notion that the gains we’ve made are irreversible, but history has proven that’s not the case.” Sutherland is hoping to crowdfund the money necessary to get the documentary made, and is hopeful the LGBTQ community will show their support. For more information about Sutherland’s project, visit Dana.io/Out-OfHistory.

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Big Gay Sing, trivia and more cruises Continued from page 12

Pride 2014 Dance Party With DJs Drew and Mike Bauer, featuring the Diva’s Pride Show with Willie Taylor and guests Mandy Kamp and Carlotta Gurl. Showtime 10:45 p.m., doors at 9 p.m., cover $15 and open until 4 a.m. Junction Pub, 1138 Davie. CHICAS Hot House of Hotties Tiptoe through the picnic blankets at this ﬂirty, ﬂowery garden party in the gorgeous gardens of Vancouver’s iconic Sheraton Wall Centre from 3–9 p.m. Inside there’s a full-on dance party with LA’s DJ Saratonin. $45 advance. Tickets and info at FlyGirlProductions.com. Swirl DJs T, Delux, and Kasha Kennedy will rock the Boathouse (1795 Beach) all day and night, from 4 p.m.–1 a.m. Party overlooking English Bay, and steps from the Pride Parade and Festival. Tickets $25 at

Little Sisters or online at VancouverPride.ca.

goes from 3p.m. to 4 a.m., No cover from 2:30–8 p.m., $15 after 8 p.m. Celebrities Nightclub, 1022 Davie.

Hershe Bar Hershe Bar is a two-club, one night festival. One ticket gets you access to two dazzling clubs and ﬁve dynamic DJs. Gossip and Blvd 22 have both undergone transformations, with new names (Harbour and Privé), new looks, and even better sound and lighting systems. $30 advance. 750 Paciﬁc Blvd. Tickets and info available at FlyGirlProductions.com. Big Gay Sing! The perfect post-Pride Parade pairing. Round out your Pride Sunday with a Queer Arts Festival mainstay, Big Gay Sing! This festive participatory music-making spectacle is led by the Vancouver Men’s Chorus. There will be prizes for the most outrageously dressed audience members. Tickets $20, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Roundhouse. See PrideInArt.ca. History After the Parade head to Celebrities and make his-

United Big Roger Events presents this Pride closing party at Gorg-O-Mish Afterhours Club (695 Smithe). Featuring Ivan Gomez (Spain) and DJ Tristan Jaxx (SF). Tickets and passes available at BigRogerEvents.Showclix.com or at Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium (1238 Davie). Cruisey T Pride Party Cruise A Cruisey T Production is proud to present Vancouver’s Largest T Dance Party Cruise. Boarding at 4 p.m., Sailing from 5–9 p.m. DJ Adam Dreaddy and entertainers Raye Sunshine and Kitty. Tickets start at $40. Performers at the Pride Parade. PHOTO KEVIN HILL

tory at the ninth annual Gay Pride Party Marathon. Celebrities presents a 14-hour non-stop party marathon beginning with DJ DarylO and Johnny Jover, Mat-

tilda Ho, Lisa DeLux and Zach Shore joining forces to close Vancouver Pride 2014 with a big bang! Best Butt Contest at 4 p.m. with host Iona Whipp. The party

Cruisey T Pride Go-Go Cruise A Cruisey T Production presents the Pride Go-Go Cruise with DJ Zach Shore and The Perry Twins (LAX), along with entertainers Joan-E and Carlotta

Gurl. Boarding at 5p.m., sailing from 6–10 p.m. Tickets start at $50 Hustla: Pride Gangbang Homo hip hop has never been this crunk as Peach Cobblah, Bambibot, Jane Smoker, Lady Jem, and Celestial Seasons square off in a drag queen rap battle. With DJ Jef Leppard and That’s So Raven. The Cobalt, 917 Main. Advance tickets $17 at Littler Sister’s and Red Cat Records.

Monday, Aug. 4

Recovery Trivia With Host Richard Romano starts at 7:30 p.m. and free to play. Followed by Industry Night with DJ Drew, $3 cover (free for industry staff). Patio opens at noon. Junction Pub, 1138 Davie. Pride Recovery Cruise A CruiseyT Production presents the Pride Recovery Cruise with DJ Del Stamp and DomTop, along with entertainers Joan-E and Jaylene Tyme. Boarding at 3 p.m., sailing from 4–8 p.m. Tickets start at $50.

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Two decades after vilifying homosexuality, religious groups change dramatically PACIFIC SPIRIT Pat Johnson

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On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites will descend on the streets of the West End for what is probably the city’s most extravagant celebration. For nearly four decades, the annual Pride Parade has celebrated the city’s gays and lesbians (and, later, bisexuals, transgender, “queer,” questioning, two-spirited and other variations of gender nonconformity). Much has changed in the world and in Vancouver since the first tiny parade 36 years ago. Maybe the most dramatic of these changes has been personified by people of faith. A couple of decades ago, some religious people stood on the sidelines of the parade with protest signs. Now many are marching in the parade with rainbow flags. The speed with which homosexuality has gained acceptance in general society — but especially within communities of faith — may be beyond anything history has seen before. Two years ago, this country’s largest Protestant denomination, the United Church of Canada, elected as its spiritual and administrative head a gay Vancouver minister, the Right Rev. Gary Paterson. This came barely two decades after the church first accepted the idea that gay men and lesbians deserve to be ordained. (Coincidentally or not, the first out gay minister ordained by the church, in 1992, was the Rev. Tim Stevenson, Paterson’s spouse and now a Vancouver city councillor. If lists of “power couples” were still a thing, these two

Parade-goers enjoy the annual Pride Parade in Vancouver. Two decades ago, many religious people might have shown up to the event with protest signs. Now they cheer. PHOTO KEVIN HILL

would certainly be on it in a couple of categories.) Inﬁnitely more stunning was the comment by Pope Francis after his election as head of the global Roman Catholic Church. Asked about homosexuality, the new pontiff replied “Who am I to judge?” These are seismic events. Despite the fact that Jesus is reported to have said nothing on the topic of homosexuality, for a decade or two there were religious ﬁgures who behaved as though he had spoken of nothing else. Now, evangelical and

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other Christian ﬁgures who demonized homosexuality in the 1970s and ’80s are apologizing for the harm they caused to individuals and society. Religious leaders who just two decades ago were condemning homosexuals as “inverts” are now aggressively courting them into their congregations — a change of heart I like to dub preaching to the inverted. Some conservative Christians have not wholly abandoned their positions, instead adopting a sort of middle ground, acknowledging an imbalance in the dialogue between hot but-

ton social issues and, well, everything else. Part of this realignment is purely pragmatic, a response to demographic reality. Evangelical and conservative churches in North America have been growing, while “mainline” liberal churches struggle to survive. But young people of faith, even those who identify as conservatives, will not put up with a theology that viliﬁes their gay friends. Even churches that steadfastly cling to an antigay theology have largely adopted a “love the sinner, ignore the sin” approach.

Gay people and their allies who view this as insufﬁcient and patronizing fail to appreciate the progress it actually represents. Given what seems to be a gay triumph, it is easy to be complacent. As the exuberant celebration of pride in Vancouver this weekend will show, we are conﬁdent in our place in society and joined by the support of our families, and our country’s political, religious and thought leaders. There are still anti-gay incidents in Canada, but gay people are legally equal and protected here.

Not so in places like Russia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, India or Iran. Taking nothing away from the danger and misery facing GLBTQ people in those places, remember that it was the beginning of the gay rights movement that spawned Jerry Falwell and Anita Bryant. The ﬁrst demands for equality tend to be met with opposition. In North America and Western Europe, legal equality came after bitter anti-gay counter-movements. By example, the United States Congress adopted the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, a time when the only people who imagined that gay marriage was realistically on the horizon were its opponents. They, it turns out, were the prescient ones. The fact that anti-gay laws, rhetoric and violence are rampant in much of the world may indicate, counterintuitively, that the struggle toward human equality has begun in earnest, with the ﬁrst round going to the haters, but with many rounds left to go. That’s the silver lining interpretation anyway. Meanwhile, back at home, expect to hear dredged up the old saw: “When do we get to celebrate straight pride day?” The succinct shutdown to that line of inquiry is “Every day is straight pride day.” But the way times have changed, even that adage may be turned on its head. In the Canada we have built, it may now be safe to say that every day is gay pride day. And that is something we should be proud of as gay people, as straight people, as everything in between. But, perhaps most of all, it should make us proud as Canadians.

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Music, fireworks and food carts Here’s how to enjoy the B.C. Day long weekend CALENDAR B.C. Day Long Weekend Music Festival

Saturday, Aug. 2 to Monday, Aug. 4 Nine free performances at the Plaza of Nations including Pop Junkies, Mojo Stars, Dr. Strangelove and Rob Montgomery and his AllStar Band. Check sponsor Edgewater Casino’s website for full schedule. Beer garden and food vendors will be on site. Fireworks Sunday at 10:30 p.m.

UBC Farm Market

Saturday, Aug. 2, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. A short drive along the highway just far enough to feel you have escaped from the urban into the rural. Fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, ﬂowers and even free-range eggs straight from the UBC Farm are for sale. Arrive early to check out the best selection as produce goes fast. Local bakers, craftspeople, prepared food and live musicians will also have set-ups. A farm tour begins at 11 a.m. Located 6182 South Campus Rd.

Powell Street Festival

Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3, 11:30

a.m. - 7 p.m. The Japanese festival enjoys its 38th year as Vancouver’s longest running community celebration. Be aware of this year’s relocation in light of Oppenheimer Park’s protesting campers: the center of the festival will be Alexander Street and Jackson Avenue, a minute away from the original park location. Four blocks of performances, food and market goods. Feast on ramen, takoyaki and croquettes. Watch a thrilling sumo competition and feel the pounding of taiko drumming.

Honda Celebration of Light, Team Japan

Saturday, Aug. 2, 10 p.m. The third and ﬁnal evening of the annual ﬁreworks event. Nothing beats the view from English Bay Beach but many also enjoy Kits Beach. Be sure to show up early to grab a spot on the sand and plan transit accordingly due to road closures and masses scrambling to get home. Alternative spots are the Burrard Bridge or Puget Drive in Arbutus Ridge for those who do not wish to brave the crowds. Fireworks last approximately 25 minutes. Live

bands will be playing on the bathhouse roof between 7:15 and 9:30 p.m.

Food Cart Festival

Aug. 3, noon - 5 p.m. Located 215 West First Avenue (intersection with Cook Street), the festival is a collection of Vancouver’s favourite food carts without having to hunt them down on a mobile map. A treat of diverse ﬂavours from jerk chicken with potato roti to Indonesian braised beef poutine. Some others attending are Taco Fino, Yolk’s, Mom’s Grilled Cheese and The Juice Truck. Admission is $2 or with a nonperishable donation to the food bank.

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QUEER AS FOLK: Dr. Peter JepsonYoung knew first-hand that people living with HIV/AIDS have many needs far greater than just survival. Before his death in 1992, he established the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation. His friends and family established The Dr. Peter Centre, an assisted-living residence and health facility dedicated to helping those living with HIV and AIDS. Two decades later, another generation is taking up the charge to continue his legacy by providing a safe, loving place for individuals living with the disease where they can receive nutritious meals and health services. Kevin Mazzone, Ryan McKinley and Gary Serra hosted their third Pride Kickoff cocktail party at the Loden Hotel. It was another sellout and guests sipped, savoured and celebrated with bubbles, craft cocktails and hors d’oeuvres provided by the hotel and 1181 bar and lounge. More than $28,000 was raised from the penthouse party. BREAST SAVER: The Providence Health Care Breast Centre at Mount St. Joseph Hospital opened in 2009 to provide quick access to tests and to reduce wait times for diagnosis. The first of its kind, it has seen more than 12,000 patients come through its doors, but after six busy years, clinic space has become constrained. Renovations are needed to create additional consultation rooms to help meet increased patient demands and accommodate private and sensitive patient and family conversations around diagnoses. That is why 300 guests filed into the Hotel Georgia for the first Breast Ever Luncheon. It was chaired by Stanley Mak, sponsored by Ron Ho and emceed by Dawn Chubai. Guests enjoyed an afternoon of fun, fashion and philanthropy while generating nearly $50,000 towards the $300,000 expansion.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Visa DeKline (Brandon McNeney) and Petunia EnCarnata (Fernando Este) fundraised at the Queer Arts Festival opener selling 50/50 tickets.

Artistic director Rachel Iwaasa and emcee Barb Snelgrove launched the Queer Arts Festival at the Roundhouse Community Centre.

From left, Stephen Schelling, Courier publisher Dee Dhaliwal and style stakes judge Jason Matlo presented The Deighton Cup to the best dressed at the annual day at the races. The Sport of Kings gathering at Hastings Racecourse benefitted the Community First Foundation.

Tourism Vancouver's Amber Sessions and Jorden Hutchison stand on board an inflatable Zodiac, which provides a new way to explore the city.

From left, Kevin Mazzone, Ryan McKinley and Gary Serra hosted their third Pride Kick Off Cocktail Party. Since it's inception, more than $70,000 has been raised for the West End care residence dedicated to helping those living with HIV and AIDS.

RESTLESS HEARTS: Kate Linder, Esther Valentine of The Young and the Restless, hosted her 16th Afternoon Tea beneﬁtting the Canadian Cancer Society. Three hundred fans of the soap opera converged at the Hotel Vancouver for the annual meetand-greet with the cast of the top-rated show. More than three million viewers in Canada and the U.S. tune in daily. The high tea with Linder and co-stars Christian J. Le Blanc (Michael), Christel Khalil (Lily), Tristan Rogers (Colin) and Redaric Williams (Tyler) featured a question-and-answer session with the cast, an autograph session and a silent and live auction. The love-in with the daytime soap stars generated $30,000 for breast and ovarian cancer research.

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The Loden's Liliana De Cotiis welcomed Shirley Young, Dr. Peter Jepson-Young's mom, to the Pride fundraiser in support of the West End residence and health facility that bears her son's name.

Vancouver Canucks Alumni executive Robin Wyss and actress Kate Linder hosted their 16th annual Afternoon Tea at the Hotel Vancouver. More than $30,000 was raised for breast and ovarian cancer research.

Sandstorm Gold's Ron Ho sponsored Ann Adams' Tapestry Foundation Breast Ever Luncheon. Guests enjoyed an afternoon of fun, fashion and philanthropy.

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Aug. 1 to 5, 2014 1. Despite the event’s name, RuPaul won’t actually be among the bevy of drag queens battling it out at the Commodore as part of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons that is nonetheless sure to be a highlight of this week’s Pride celebrations. Instead, the gender-bender contenders strutting their stuff will include the likes of Jiggly Caliente, Michelle Visage, Adore Delano, Bianca Del Rio, Darienne Lake, Ivy Winters and Manila Luzon. 8 p.m. Aug. 2 at 868 Granville St. Tickets are $45, available from livenation.com, Ticketmaster outlets and Little Sister’s book store. 2. The 38th annual Powell Street Festival kicks off Friday night with a set by the consanant-averse Californian noise-pop artist GRMLN at the Electric Owl. The country’s largest celebration of Japanese culture has been forced to bow out from its traditional location at Oppenheimer Park due to the ongoing tent city protest but will nonetheless carry on as usual this weekend with taiko drumming, sumo wrestling, anime, art displays, tea ceremonies, Japanese cuisine, possible Godzilla rampages and plenty more nearby on closed-off Alexander Street and Jackson Avenue. Check out powellstreetfestival.com for details. 3. Music produced by Rod Stewart’s vocal chords and Carlos Santana’s ﬁngers are among the most instantly recognizable sounds of the last half a century. The two pop rock icons are sure to have the middle-aged masses sweating to the oldies when they combine forces Saturday night at Rogers Arena. Admission starts from $50 for the nosebleed section. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. 4. Rod Stewart isn’t the only aged British crooner with improbably spiky hair coming to the city this week. Emo trailblazers Echo and the Bunnymen bounce into the Commodore Tuesday night in support of their new album Meteorites. 8 p.m. Aug. 5 at 868 Granville St. Tickets are $32, available from Highlife, Red Cat, Ticketmaster and livenation.com. Black attire is strongly suggested.

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It might be a smart decision not to toss this copy of the Courier into the recycling bin when you’re done with it as there’s a possibility, albeit somewhat remote, that it could be worth a bit of money some day as a special collector’s item as the first edition created entirely using PCs. Regular readers of K&K will know we occasionally bemoan the state of our steam-powered, Soviet-era computers. It turns out our ownership must have heard our pitiable cries. There was lots of happy dancing that took place in the newsroom when we recently were told the good news that we would, at long last, be receiving new equipment to work on in order to continue producing the hard-hitting, award-winning news Vancouver residents expect from us. The bad news, however, would be that said new equipment would not be Macs, the only type of com-

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puter most of us have ever used. (The editor is an exception, but who pays attention to editors anyway.) The job of producing the graphic and editorial part of the majority of newspapers and magazines is, for whatever reason, produced on machines and software fostered by Steve Jobs rather than those birthed by Bill Gates/Michael Dell etc. We’re not sure why the decision was made to suddenly change to a Windows environment, but we’re told it has something to do with server architecture, OS file management, rack mounted drive bays, the time of year, climate change, and the use of a dart board. IT departments, not unlike the Lord, move in mysterious ways. We don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth but it is hard not to be reminded of the classic Canadian short story The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier. If you haven’t read it or somehow missed the NFB animated short the CBC runs on heavy late-night rotation, it recalls Carrier’s traumatic childhood experi-

ence when, growing up in rural Quebec, he was given a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey to replace his worn-out beloved Habs sweater modelled on star player Maurice Richard’s that his mother cruelly refused to exchange. He promptly found himself a social outcast and the story ended with his praying to God to send a million moths to eat the despised blue and white sweater. We’re more optimistic and feel confident that, once we figure out the many minor differences between the various programs we depend on, we will come to learn the ways of Windows. If nothing else, we’ve always been irritated by those Mac vs. PC ads that implied the PC guy, played by awesome Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, is a loser compared to the Mac guy, who is best known for being in a terrible Die Hard movie. Plus we assume having more than one mouse button must somehow be better, just like extra blades are for shaving. twitter.com/kudoskvetches

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Proceeds from festival going to help Chinese seniors living in poverty Cheryl Rossi

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Last year’s dumpling event in Chinatown was so plump with delicious fun that it’s being held a second year, Aug. 10. Ken Tsui and Tannis Ling may have decided not to continue programming the Chinatown Night Market, but they couldn’t resist expanding the Golden Dumpling Cook Off and Derby. “It was a big hit,” said Tsui. Golden Dumpling passport holders can ﬁll their bellies by travelling to 20 restaurant stations to taste their dumpling interpretations. Competitors include Ask for Luigi, Vij’s, Bestie and returning champion Pidgin. Tsui recalls Pidgin’s winning dumpling included duck and perhaps foam. He knows chef Andrea Carlson plans to represent Harvest Community Foods this year with a ramen dumpling. Speed eaters compete for dumpling downing supremacy in the Dumpling Derby. Last year’s winner John Jugovic will return to defend the men’s title. “The guy was a machine,” Tsui said. “Fortyﬁve in two minutes, maybe 50 in two minutes. And he continued to eat just to

Ken Tsui and Tannis Ling are hosting the second Golden Dumpling Cook Off and Derby Aug. 10. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

show off, he was dancing on stage and eating dumplings, just because, afterwards.” Tsui is just as excited about the new fundraising aspect of the event as he is about Golden Dumpling’s entertainment value. He and Ling learned last year many Chinese seniors in Chinatown, the Downtown Eastside and

beyond live with poverty and hunger so they sought a way to help. Proceeds from the Golden Dumpling Cook Off will be donated to the Chinese Elders Community Kitchen, a program of the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. Up to 20 elder women meet with the centre’s Chinese seniors outreach

worker Anita Lau at the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House to cook Chinese food and socialize every Thursday morning. Lau sees four different groups, or 80 seniors, a month. Some of the mostly Cantonese-speaking women live in low-income hotels on and around East Hastings Street and others

live elsewhere in the city with their families who sponsored them to move to Vancouver to care for their grandchildren. Lau says Chinese seniors face racism and language barriers when they line up for food with others in need in the Downtown Eastside. “There is a misconception of Chinese elders all

having money somehow and they just want to come and access free food when that’s not necessarily true,” Lau said. “In every nationality there’s always the rich and the poor… There’s just that misconception of all Asian people have money for some reason and they just are greedy.” Lau will let the seniors decide how Golden Dumpling money should be spent. “Maybe with the money we get we can get some nice stuff every week, like maybe some barbecue foods Chinatown,” she said, noting elders want more outings, such us their upcoming bowling day. A collaboration of the Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Association and Bao Bei restaurant, which Ling owns, the Golden Dumpling Cook Off and Derby happens on Keefer Street near Columbia Street from noon to 5 p.m. as part of the weekend-long Chinatown Festival. Entrance to the festival is free. Advanced Dumpling passports were almost sold out as of Wednesday afternoon, but 100 will be sold on site. For more information, see goldendumpling.ca. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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back as hairdresser Paulette who dreams of finding a man called Brendan and flying off to Ireland. Wilmot has a great big voice on her and a flair for comedy. Try wiping the grin off your face when Paulette finds out the hunky delivery guy’s middle name is Brendan and everyone on stage breaks into a stirring, no-arms, Riverdance-ish number. Scott Walters is also back as Emmett, the about-tograduate law student who has worked his way through law school doing two or three jobs and studying; no partying for Emmett. Walters is an easy-going performer with a captivating grin. While Elle doesn’t immediately see romantic potential in Emmett, we do. Back again is Peter Cumins as Warner, the boyfriend who finds out too late that Elle can be serious and very smart as she proves in a courtroom showdown. Warren Kimmel steps in this year as Callaghan, Elle’s law professor. Kimmel has a great voice and looks so like Prime Minister Harper in this role, it’s uncanny. Legally Blonde is packed with memorable numbers such as “What You Want,” Elle’s “personal essay” for a Harvard Law School entrance requirement which she kicks up to a whole new level. Another knock-thewind-out-of-you number is

“Whipped Into Shape” with a rope-skipping, singing and dancing ensemble led by Brittany Cairns. And you can’t help but laugh at “There! Right There!” the hilariously politically incorrect tune that tries to sort out whether the witness on the stand is “gay or European.” Easton’s choreography is snappy and energetic; costumes by Chris Sinosich are a rose garden of pink; and musical direction by Kerry O’Donovan is hearty. But of course Theatre Under the Stars is the whole package: Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park; popcorn; birds and squirrels; an orchestra in an orchestra pit; dozens of young, enthusiastic performers. It’s about sitting under the stars with a car rug over your lap; about youngsters falling asleep in their daddies’ arms; and walking back to the car through Stanley Park’s giant cedars as you hum a show tune. Running in rep are Shrek and Legally Blonde in TUTS 68th season. (The ﬁrst show ever performed on the Malkin Bowl stage was 80 years ago.) A Vancouver institution, it remains one of the must-do treats of the summer. At Theatre Under the Stars until August 23. Call 604-696-4295 or visit tuts. ca for tickets. More reviews at joledingham.ca

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Your creativity, speculative ventures, venture capital, money from real estate, from inheritance shine over the next 20 days. Actually the abundance inherent in this sector of your horoscope sees a veritable cornucopia of good luck until August 2015. Your mind is always on the prize, you move with stealth over the upcoming 42 days.

The next 10 days give you the charm and persuasion required at work to get what you want. The appeal of socializing, partying and general midsummer fun beckons. And it’s been a real lesson in balance and restraint to hold back on spending, but you did it. Now for the next 42 days the urge to buy, buy, buy will be uncontrollable and actually Sunday through Tuesday, the bargains abound, a little spending spree can’t hurt, right?.

Over the upcoming 10 days your communications, short trips, siblings, neighbours contain such sweet sentiments it is no wonder you live and stay in touch with such supportive sweet folk. Money issues of your partner have been stalled, inert, or simply stagnant for quite some time. Now through to September 13 you see movement, decisions and action.

Sunday through to Monday your charisma, energy soar. Changes in your energy levels have improved substantially since mid-July. The reason for this blush of exuberance can be attributed to your planetary ruler Mars has entered her home turf of Scorpio. This verve and your ability to accomplish projects, plans and ideas will be on full throttle for the next 42 days. Use this return to accurate, precise action well.

Discussions, chatter, gossip hold wonderful insights and keep you captivated. Over the next 12 days siblings, neighbours pour out stories, legends, and myths about your neighbourhood and ancestors. You are captivated and could use these yarns in a novel or that ﬁction you have cooking on the back burner. Your solar house of communications is lite up like a Christmas tree right through to August 2015.

The big news is yes you’re in the money, or at least those close to you are, and they have plans to share the spoils. Lay low Sunday through Monday, rest, recuperate and relax. Tuesday you are charismatic, ﬁlled with energy, talking up a storm. Foreign travels beckon and plans are made to take you on the trip of a lifetime. Publishing, astrology, higher learning, philosophy all of these hold much promise for you right now through to 2015.

Your charm, charisma continue as Venus transits your solar house of skill, wit and talent. Your soft sell, your assurance and emotional groundedness is so appealing. You put people at ease with a homespun earthiness, not to mention your home cooking. Your ﬁnances, liquid assets, material things that are not nailed down are undergoing a period of solid abundance, improvement and a shot in the arm.

You are in the zone, Capricorn, friends, social groups, large get togethers are big attractions and incentive for you to dress up and be seen. The next 42 days see you excelling in all things social. Partners continue to want to be with you and their allure and adorable style is causing your heart to leap. Intimate and frank discussion with your partner go well over the next two days.

It is a good thing you are a magnanimous person because with all the good luck showering down on you form the celestial players,, you sure could gloat. But that would be beneath you, anyway those around you share in the largesse you have walked into. And for the next 20 days as the birthday party season for Leos rolls into full gear, laugh, enjoy and relish the love your adorning family and friends are giving you.

Actions at work on ﬁring on all pistons( am I dating myself? Do cars still have pistons?). At any rate there is plenty of action taking place in the career, public life and with those in positions of authority. One person in particular is extremely aggressive, seething with energy, orders and demands. Be calm and acquiesce. Pick your ﬁghts is a wise adage in this particular situation.

The next 13 days Virgo gives you an opportunity to suss out secrets, hidden agendas of your boss, your company and those in positions of authority. You could reveal all, but playing the cards,so to say,close to the chest will work best for you. The planets are moving into your solar house of secrets, hidden issues over the next few weeks. And its a good idea to keep your ear to the ground so you know what action to take further down the road.

Mysticism, fashion, cosmetics oddly mix in your life and likely always will. Creative outlets, projects continue to consume your attention for the next 10 days. A sweet flirtation may be at the heart of your interest, but nonetheless your creative zeal is peaked. Foreigners,specifically older men offer the financial aid, their help is welcome and could become an ongoing source of subsidy at least until December 2014.

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A golf course just isn’t a golf course without 18 holes. This was a common complaint about the Rupert Park Pitch & Putt, a parthree course in HastingsSunrise enjoyed for the mature trees that line narrow fairways and raised greens. Beginner-friendly because of the condensed distance between tee and pin, like each of the city’s public parthree courses, Rupert also serves to refine a seasoned player’s short game. But for more than five years, the Rupert golf course wasn’t complete. It was short a hole. No. 15 was closed, the green had gone to seed and the fairway was overgrown and waterlogged. There was no tee box and no flag to aim at. Golfers left their score cards blank between the 14th and 16th holes, which are located near the northwest border of the course. “A 17-hole course leaves everything a little short,” said Jeff MacLean, the city’s supervisor of golf operations. Before the complaints came in about the golf course not being a golf course, the Vancouver park board heard from residents of Rupert and

The 15th hole at Rupert Park Pitch & Putt opened to the public July 1 after it was closed for five years. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Charles streets. Their homes are located at the northwest edge of the park, and they voiced serious complaints of their own. “The direction of the tee box was originally set facing north toward the neighbours, and we had a lot of errant balls,” said Joan Probert, the supervisor of business services for the

city. “People were getting up there and blasting shots, and the houses were suffering the consequences. It was designed in a way that if someone wanted to abuse it, they could.” For this reason, in 2009 the hole was closed indeﬁnitely. This spring, thanks to a partnership with the YMCA’s First Tee golf program for

youth, the park board sunk about $50,000 into Rupert Park Pitch & Putt to completely redesign No.15 and make it playable again. The 75-yard hole opened in time for Canada Day. MacLean redesigned the hole with Mike Swain but before they could switch the location of tee box and green, they had to drain and

clear the neglected land. “It was basically a ﬁeld, which turned into a swamp with weeds in it,” said MacLean. “We had to strip it, add several tonnes of sand to shape and dry it up. Then we had to add drainage to the low areas and the right side of the golf hole to intercept water off the street. We had to complete-

ly redesign and install new irrigation.” And then came the fun part: deciding how the hole would play. “I’ve rebuilt greens but have never designed a hole,” said MacLean. “We basically had carte blanche to do what we wanted and make it playable. We’re quite happy with it.” The hole plays from right to left toward a large, slightly sloping green framed by willow trees. It backs onto a sports ﬁeld often used for ultimate. They planted pine trees and will introduce more saplings over the next year. The First Tee, which is run by the Greater Vancouver YMCA, gave $10,000 to the project and will now make Rupert Park Pitch & Putt its home course for children and teens learning to golf. “First Tee is a charity that works mostly with innercity kids along the Hastings corridor,” said the program’s manager Christophe Collins, noting the program draws children from nearby schools including Hastings, Begbie and Renfrew elementary schools. “Very few people realize that the sport is more about character development and core values and life lessons, not just golf skills,” he said. They use nine of the 18 holes, including No. 15. twitter.com/MHStewart

Kovacs wins team gold in Glasgow UBC athletes Mike Mason and Tera Van Beilen reach podium COMMONWEALTH GAMES Megan Stewart

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After the eighth day of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Thursday, Canada sat third in the medal count behind England and Australia with 54 medals: 22 gold, 10 silver and 22 bronze. One of those gold medals was earned by Vancouver rhythmic gymnast Annabelle Kovacs, 18, in the team competition. The 18-year-old Aura Rhythmics athlete finished 13th overall and ninth in the hoop for her highest individual result. Her teammates Patricia Bezzoubenko finished first

overall and Maria Kitkarska seventh to win team gold for Canada. Also part of a team effort, UBC swimmer Tera Van Beilen won bronze in the women’s 4x100m medley relay on July 29. The breaststroker also finished sixth in the 100m and fifth in the 50m events. In the shorter distance, she swam 31.22 seconds in the final on July 25 but swam even faster in the semi-final, setting a personal best to qualify; her 30.74 in the semi-final was faster than the bronze medal winner’s time in the final the next day. After the 50m breaststroke final, Van Beilen told Swimming Canada, “I felt better in warmup today than I did yesterday, but the race was definitely

Patricia Bezzoubenko won five gold medals for Canada at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. One of those came in the rhythmic gymnastics team event, which she won alongside Vancouver's Annabelle Kovacs.

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better swum yesterday, which is unfortunate because if I would have gone that time I would have

medalled today. Yesterday was a best time, so you can’t really complain going over a half second

faster in a 50.” Mike Mason, a former UBC Thunderbird from Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island, won his first Commonwealth medal in the high jump after he cleared 2.25 metres for third place. The two-time Olympian finished seventh at the 2010 Delhi Games. In the women’s javelin final, Canadian record holder and Kitsilano secondary alumnae Liz Gleadle finished off the podium in fifth place. Her best throw of 60.69 metres came on her final attempt and while she is capable of more, Gleadle recovered from injury earlier this year and in a tweet said she is grateful to be healthy again. “Not overly happy with my performance,” she wrote July

30, “but I try to remember that every throw this year is a gift. Can’t wait for a full [year] of training.” In mixed doubles badminton July 31, Vancouverites Phyllis Chan and Derrick Ng defeated South Africa 2-0 to advance to the quarterﬁnals. Canada’s rugby sevens team ﬁnished the pool play with one win and a loss to both Scotland and New Zealand, putting them out of medal contention. But the team — which includes St. George’s grad Conor Trainor and 2013 Rugby Canada player of the year Sean Duke, a Prince of Wales alum — won the Bowl with three straight wins for a combined score 115 to 7. For up-to-the-minute results, visit glasgow2014.com.

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The date was November 23, 1963. The world was reeling from the news of John F. Kennedy’s assassination the previous day, but Vancouver newspapers soon minimized the JFK headlines for news of a military plane crash in the North Shore Mountains. This alpine hike gives you the opportunity to visit that crash site and, if you wish, pay your respects. The Royal Canadian Navy T-33 training jet was ﬂying in bad weather when it slammed into the dense forest of Mt. Strachan, in what is now the Cypress ski resort. Both pilots from Victoria were killed, and it took rescue workers more than three days to locate the wreckage. Today, you can hike to the debris ﬁeld in close to two hours. The trailhead for this journey back in time is the Cypress Mountain parking lot. Find the Cypress Provincial Park information board and the Baden Powell Trail just a few steps north of the parking lot. Head east as the BP Trail quickly dives into a forest blessed with numerous old-growth

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cedar, hemlock and ﬁr trees. After crossing several creeks, you reach a junction with the Mt. Strachan Trail. Turn left and start climbing as the trail runs parallel to the creek gully on your left. Shortly after the next junction with the Old Strachan Trail, you reach a mammoth yellow-cedar tree — nicknamed the Hollyburn Giant— which stands three metres in diameter and is more than 1,000 years old. As you continue climbing on a hot day, you’ll likely need a few water breaks (bring plenty to drink). One great place to stop and breathe the fresh alpine air is Frank Lake, which is slightly visible through the bush on a small plateau to the right. Take a look, but the best views of the lake are just ahead. As the trail rises, look back: the lake is perfectly framed between the trees. Eventually you arrive at another junction in a shady mountain saddle between Mt. Strachan on your left and Hollyburn Peak to your right. Stay left, and enjoy the viewpoint looking east to Crown, Grouse, and Seymour mountains. Resist the urge to turn right to Hollyburn. The trail is steep, rough, and there are many stories of injuries and visits from North Shore Rescue. If you want to tackle Hollyburn Peak (and by all means, you should), do it from the Cypress crosscountry ski parking lot. A little bit of scrambling up and down is required here and there as the trail turns back toward a ski run, Collins. But follow the tree markers, which weave through a number of small ponds and are great for dogs to cool off in. Just east of the base of the upper ski lift, turn right and back into the forest for the ﬁnal ascent up the

south peak of Mt. Strachan. It won’t be long before you stop again. After a short, steep section which leaves you a bit breathless, the rest of your breath will be taken away at the sight of metal debris scattered in the woods. The ferocity of the T-33 crash is immediately evident. The debris field covers a large area spreading from east to west across the trail and ending with a large concentration of fuselage and engine parts on the forest floor, just 30 to 40 metres away from the ski lift and a ski run named “T-33” in tribute. A small metal plate on a tree announces: “These are the remains of a Canadian Armed Forces T 33 Trainer which crashed on Nov. 23, 1963, killing 2 — Do not take anything.” Fortunately, it appears hikers have respected this request, even placing poppies beside the plaque. After contemplating the accident, it is time to finish on a more uplifting note. Return to the trail, and start climbing — up, up, up — on the steepest ascent so far. You’ll likely need your hands and feet to scramble at some points. Then, suddenly, you emerge from the forest, and over a rocky crest, appears your first view of The Lions to the north. You have reached the south peak of Mt. Strachan. Enjoy the stunning 360 degree view. And spare a final thought for the two pilots. For the trip back to your car, you can either retrace your steps or simply follow the downhill ski runs, which are less interesting but quicker. Mike Hanafin is an avid backcountry hiker who can see the forest and the trees. twitter.com/MikeHanafin

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Greater Vancouver home sales reach highest level in over three years Emma Crawford Hampel

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Home sales in Greater Vancouver increased 6.4 per cent in June compared with one month prior, bringing the total number of sales to 2,921— the highest level in more than three years — according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. Greater Vancouver home sales comprised more than 40 per cent of the provincial total of 7,221 sales, which was an increase of 2.8 per cent compared with May. Nationally, prices increased 0.8 per cent, with total residential sales across Canada reaching 41,186. The average sale price in June was $800,689, which is an increase of 0.7 per cent over the month and more than 98 per cent higher than the national average of $404,317. The average sale price across B.C. was $558,526.

Greater Vancouver home sales comprised more than 40 per cent of the provincial total of 7, 221 sales. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

June saw 4,826 new residential real estate listings in Vancouver, which is 1.8 per cent higher than in May. The number of listings across the province

saw an increase of 0.2 per cent, to 12,790. Nationally, there was a 0.6 per cent increase to 76,794. “At least some of the recent burst in new sup-

ply [nationally] reﬂects the slow start to the year, when a harsh winter caused many sellers to delay listing their homes in many parts of the

country,” said CREA chief economist Gregory Klump. “In markets with tight supply and strong demand, the strength of sales in recent months reﬂects

how many properties were snapped up once they finally hit the market. “Because the impact of deferred listings and sales has likely run its course, activity over the second half of the year may not be able to maintain the kind of pace we’ve seen over the past couple of months.” All figures are seasonally adjusted. The CREA compiles its monthly data from select MLS systems from real estate boards and associations across Canada, including the British Columbian Real Estate Association. CREA numbers differ from those provided by Teranet in that Teranet uses what it refers to as “repeat sales methodology,” which means that figures refer to an aggregation of home value changes for homes that have been sold at least twice in a particular time frame. twitter.com/EmmaHampelBIV

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Organic Peaches from Harkers Organics Cawston, BC

2.98lb/ 6.57kg

4.99lb/ 11.00kg

29.99lb/ 66.12kg

product of Canada

product of BC

Diamond Willow Organic Beef Tenderloin

Organic Beef Back Ribs

1.48/bunch

product of BC

product of Canada

GROCERY

HEALTHCARE

Fraser Valley Butter

Olympic Krema Greek Yogurt

salted or unsalted

assorted varieties

3.19-3.99 SAVE 500-650g

23%

SAVE

17%

44.99

4.99 SAVE 70g

23%

product of BC

Earth’s Choice Organic Fair Trade Coffee

product of BC

180 capsules

Goddess Garden Sunscreens

Choices’ Own Organic Fresh Milk

30% off

skim, 1, 2 or 3.8%

4.99

7.99

38%

product of BC

regular retail price

SAVE 4.49-

assorted varieties

SAVE

454g

Island Farms Ice Cream

AOR Advance B Complex

Terra Breads Pecan Fruit Crisps

FROM

9% 2L4.99 • product of BC

400g roasted in BC

Maple Hill Free Range Large Eggs

Lorna Vanderhaeghe Probiotic Plus

Granola King Granola

29.99

assorted varieties

120 capsules

SAVE

30%

5.99

SAVE 4.49

21%

product of BC

Yves Veggie Cuisine Patties, Burgers, Wieners and Sliders assorted varieties

SAVE from 2.49 %

23%

208-450g

33%

1 dozen

product of BC

2 varieties

8.99

750g

product of BC

Pulo Sauces or Marinades

VIP Ultra Liquid Laundry Detergent

assorted varieties

SAVE 5.79

product of Canada

SAVE

SAVE 5.99

350-400ml

20%

product of BC

2.95L

product of BC

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DELI

Coarse Sea Salt

20% off regular retail price

GLUTEN FREE

xxx • product of xxx

Natural Pastures Cheese

BULK

Summer Fresh Dips assorted varieties

select varieties

3.99

assorted sizes

2/6.98 227g

20% off

assorted varieties

Buns

3.99

package of 6

product of BC

Choices’ Own Chickpea and Roasted Tomato Salad

Date or Apple Squares

1.29/100g

4.99

Spinach and Onion Quiche Tarts package of 2

package of 3

product of BC

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2.99

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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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