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Independent mayoral candidate Bob Kasting was among nearly a dozen civic election candidates who faced questions at the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods meeting Wednesday night at St. James Hall. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Sitting in the front row off to the side, Marie Clarke listened intently as civic election candidates ﬁelded questions on varied subjects ranging from GrandviewWoodland Citizens’ Assembly to the viaducts to a surcharge on foreign real estate investment in Vancouver. The candidates appeared at a two-hour long townhall the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods organized at St. James Hall Wednesday night. Eleven mayoral and council hopefuls lined the stage in front of a mostly middle aged and older crowd of about 350 eager to hear political positions on contentious planning and development matters. Candidates included the NPA’s Kirk

LaPointe and Melissa De Genova, the Green’s Adriane Carr and Cleta Brown, the Cedar Party’s Nicholas and Glen Chernen, OneCity’s RJ Aquino, COPE’s Meena Wong and Lisa Barrett, independent Bob Kasting and Vision Vancouver’s Andrea Reimer. The coalition emerged in October 2013 when disgruntled citizens from 18 resident groups across the city united over common concerns about consultation around community plans, including one for Marpole, since revised and adopted, and the outstanding one in GrandviewWoodland, as well as numerous controversial projects such as the billion-dollar Oakridge Centre redevelopment. The group, which themed the meeting on its principles and goals document aimed at “putting the community back in community planning,” now claims a membership of 25 resident associations. Clarke belongs to one of them — the Arbutus Ridge Community Association. The senior, who was born in Vancouver, remains indignant about the city process culminating in redevelopment approval for

Arbutus Village Shopping Centre. In July 2011, council voted in favour of a rezoning application for a mixed-use development on the seven-acre West Side property. Clarke maintains council didn’t listen to community complaints about the project, which she insists was a fait accompli even before residents, who spent hours with city planners outlining concerns, were approached for input. “They just wouldn’t listen,” Clarke told the Courier. “They don’t make the developers make any changes for the community. You can obviously feel the anger in the crowd with what Vision has done with spot rezonings and things like that.” The audience was largely well behaved during the meeting, possibly due to the format which didn’t allow for direct interaction between the public and candidates. The moderator read submitted questions. But applause was loudest for Vision rivals. Reimer, Vision’s lone representative on the panel, was heckled on occasion, particularly during closing comments. Continued on page 16

Has Mayor Gregor Robertson returned to live in Kitsilano? On both the nomination form and financial disclosure form available for public view at the city clerk’s office, Robertson disclosed his address as being the house that he bought in summer 2013 with wife Amy Oswald Robertson. The property was assessed at $1.189 million last year, but jumped in value to $1.335 million after the partial closure of Point Grey Road for a controversial bike lane. Robertson abstained from the contentious public hearing and vote on the matter in July 2013. On July 5, the Mayor’s Office issued a news release that said the Robertsons had mutually split. Reasons were not disclosed, but the Mayor’s Office also said Robertson had moved to a downtown apartment. Neither the Mayor’s Office nor Vision Vancouver responded for comment Oct. 14 or 15. The discrepancy sparked a legal challenge to Robertson’s nomination by Cedar Party city council candidate Glen Chernen. NPA challenger Kirk LaPointe’s only listed asset is an undisclosed quantity of shares in telecom Bell Aliant. His house is on the University of B.C. Point Grey campus. South Vancouver resident Meena Wong mentions only that she is a contract worker with Vancouver Coastal Health. Independent Bob Kasting’s form discloses bare land and recreational property on Thetis Island. The disclosures forms are limited in scope. They do not require the candidates to reveal the value or amount of assets, liabilities, real property or corporate holdings. Real property does not include personal residence and liabilities do not include debt from residential property. Income need not be reported from sources outside the regional district. Meanwhile, one of the candidates hoping to join Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr on city council has an investment portfolio heavy on industrial and mining stocks. Continued on page 7

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In a recent entry, I provided you with some details regarding COPE mayoral candidate Meena Wong’s plan to tax absentee homeowners. I also mentioned Mayor Gregor Robertson ﬂoated the same idea when he ﬁrst ran for the big chair in 2008. He backed off on a so-called speculators’ tax during that campaign and never explained why. I promised you I would ask for an explanation next time I saw him. I saw Robertson last week at Grandview Park, where he and some other Vision candidates released the party’s “affordability agenda,” which promises 4,000 rental units over the next four years, more two and three bedroom apartments, 1,000 new child care spaces and free beginner swim lessons for children 14 and under. After us media types cross-examined him about his agenda, Robertson was good enough to take questions on other topics. So I asked him why he backed off on a speculators’ tax. This was his reply: “Well, there has not been

rigorous data brought forward on how many empty homes, what percentage of the year they are empty or how significant this problem is in Vancouver. So we created an affordable housing agency this year to do that rigorous research and we need to understand what the data really is — how many homes are vacant, how significant is this problem and how it is impacting people who live in Vancouver. There’s a ton of anecdotal evidence, people are concerned seeing empty homes and empty condos around the city.” The mayor expects the data to be available in the new year and he wants to review it before “we take direct action that might affect the housing supply.” His NPA challenger, Kirk LaPointe, has said pretty much the same thing and promised a study on the topic in the first few months in office. The study would also give guidance on enforceable options, “if we need to act,” LaPointe told reporters Tuesday at a press conference. But he also acknowledged this: “Bearing in mind, there’s very little in our jurisdiction to deal with foreign ownership.” Anyway, south of the border in one of my favourite California cities, there’s a similar conversa-

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shouting “homes, not jails.” The Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services parked their command trucks on Powell Street overnight but there were no arrests made and the fire was left to burn. “We’re going to remain down here monitoring the park,” said Const. Brian Montague, a VPD media liaison officer. “We’re going to encourage people to continue complying with the court order to pack up their belongings voluntarily and leave the park.” Montague wouldn’t disclose what the department’s plans are now that the deadline has passed. Staff from the city’s housing department were to be on scene Thursday to help people find shelter. As of the Courier’s print deadline Thursday morning, police were moving into the park to oversee the dismantling of tents. Observers from the Pivot Legal Society and community activists were monitoring police activity. About 100 tents were still

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the meeting of about 40 members in the Maritime Labour Centre Auditorium. “Gregor Robertson, our mayor, has again recommitted to not expand contracting out, to make sure that wherever we can bring in new processes, that members of ‘Ten-04’ will be there delivering those services.” The Vision Vancouver majority city council gave the 1,600 streets, sanitation and parks workers in Local 1004 a 6.75 per cent wage hike over four years in early 2013. That followed the 2012 contracting-out of resource management services at the city’s corporate facilities to Waste Management for $1.024 million. School board candidates

Jane Bouey and Gwen Giesbrecht of Public Education Project (PEP) followed the Vision quartet. COPE city council candidate Gayle Gavin was ﬁrst up and slammed Vision’s move to centralize community centre governance. “We deserve our leisure time and when we have a government that will kick associations out of the community centres — community is the word of community centres — I knew that I had made the right decision to throw my hat in the ring,” Gavin said. Those in attendance approved a $34,000 donation to Vision from a $70,000 political action fund. Matching by CUPE’s national and B.C. headquarters means it

will total $102,000. The new OneCity party didn’t send a speaker to the meeting, but Local 1004 pledged $8,000. COPE and PEP are to get $5,000 each. Local 1004 also earmarked $10,000 for member book-offs to work on campaigns and $8,000 for advertising. Local 1004 afﬁrmed its support for the Vancouver and District Labour Council’s endorsements. Frank Lee, chair of Local 1004’s eight-member political action committee, said that the union fears an NPA win in the Nov. 15 election would mean Toronto-style tax and service cuts. “We want to see Vision in there, obviously that’s where the bulk of the money is going,” Lee said. “It is

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proposal that would substantially increase oil tanker traffic in Vancouver waters. LaPointe used statistics and reports to point out Vancouver’s median family income grew only 3.6 per cent between 2008 and 2012 compared to the national average of 8.2 per cent. Vision has been in power since 2008. Another statistic he referred to was that the average annual salary of a mine worker was $92,000, which is $20,000 more than the average family income in Vancouver. The liquefied natural gas industry is equally lucrative for workers, he added. “So if [liquefied natural gas] is going to be built in B.C., let’s host the office jobs in Vancouver and not in Calgary or Edmonton,” he said, noting the NPA would work with the provincial government to get regional offices set up in the city. LaPointe’s belief is that more high-paying jobs in Vancouver translates to more income, making housing more attainable. But he said “that can only

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“The beauty of [the CityPlan concept] is that it is an open ended process that belongs to people and it’s not dictated by city hall with arbitrary numbers that really don’t get met by city hall at the moment,” he said. In what has become one of the hot topics of the campaign, LaPointe promised to study the scope and impact of foreign investment on residential real estate and prices. Creating more clarity and consistency around community amenity contributions paid by developers is another priority for the NPA. He also said an NPA government would review the city’s Rental 100 program, which aims to build so-called affordable rental housing by providing incentives to developers. Robertson was quick to criticize the NPA’s platform, noting the absence of any policies around social or rental housing, or targets. The mayor announced last week that Vision will build 4,000 rental units over the next four years and negotiate with developers to require that up to 35 per cent of a new

building should be designed for families, which means two bedrooms or more. “We have a robust plan at Vision and the NPA is, once again, a no-show on housing,” he told reporters after Tuesday’s council meeting. As for LaPointe reviving CityPlan, Robertson said the city developed four neighbourhood plans for Marpole, the Downtown Eastside, the West End and GrandviewWoodland that have had “literally thousands and thousands of people involved.” Grandview-Woodland, which has yet to ﬁnalize a plan, has convened a citizens’ assembly to guide how it wants its community to look. Robertson rejected LaPointe’s accusation that only certain developers knew “the secret handshake” at city hall in order to get developments approved. He invited LaPointe to attend public hearings and regular meetings to understand how the public process works. “If he took the time to be here and witness some of that ﬁrst-hand, I think he’d understand that lots of

people get involved, lots of people take advantage of the opportunity to participate in their neighbourhood, community planning and in these development consultations,” the mayor said. Robertson said LaPointe was “distorting the facts” around the city’s economy, saying there is a building boom downtown and pointed out head offices such as Telus and the regional offices of Microsoft have set up in Vancouver. He also disagreed with LaPointe’s assertion that he was campaigning against Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal to win votes in next month’s election. LaPointe noted there was more than a 100 per cent increase in oil tanker traffic in Vancouver waters since Robertson was elected. “The increase that has occurred over the past six years is within their current permit process,” Robertson said. “But with a massive expansion proposed of pipelines and a seven-fold increase [of tankers], we certainly stepped up our opposition.” twitter.com/Howellings

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Memo to Kirk LaPointe: Avoid holding news conferences within 200 metres of the Helijet landing pad on Burrard Inlet. In the event that this location is unavoidable, as it apparently was Tuesday morning because of the photo-op the location afforded with the Port of Vancouver in the background and how it ﬁt in with your economic message, let me make one suggestion: When a helicopter is taking off or landing, stop talking. Nobody can hear you. Yours, Etc. etc. Talk is cheap. But then, as I am discovering as I make my way along the election campaign trail, it apparently depends on who is doing the talking and whether anybody is listening. Although the trek to the polls is still a month off, I am attempting to decipher messages from the principal candidates. I attended that news conference near the Helijet landing pad on Tuesday which was about affordable housing and the economy. On Wednesday the NPA’s LaPointe was at a Board of Trade breakfast. The man who heads the “government in waiting” gave a speech and then was in conversation with Globe and Mail reporter Gary Mason. Along with the topics from the previous day, the subject of the imminent shutdown of the tent city at Oppenheimer Park was raised. First, LaPointe’s views on some of what could be called Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s accomplishments and aspirational goals. The bike lane along Point Grey Road was a “phony consultation,” he says. People were asked but no one at city hall was listening. Robertson talks about his plan for a subway out to the University of British Columbia as if it is a “done deal” but, says LaPointe, nobody with the deep pockets required to fund it, which is to say nobody at the federal or provincial level, is listening. Robertson continues to go on about ending street homelessness by 2015. But LaPointe calls that “phony” too because it is “hyperbole to say that you can end anything.” And what about funds for low-cost housing to provide homes for the most vulnerable citizens? Well, says LaPointe, in that case it is Victoria that is

mute: “The province doesn’t talk to the city anymore about housing.” Really? And, oh yes, all that talk from Robertson about increased oil tankers in the harbour should the Kinder Morgan expansion go ahead, he’s just wasting his breath. It’s not something a mayor has the authority to do. “He believes the people of Vancouver think he can stop the pipeline.” That simply means to LaPointe: “He has no respect for their intelligence.” So what does the guy who has the best chance to end the NPA drought and defeat Robertson have to say for himself? What about on the need for affordable housing in the city, for example? This question is interesting because we constantly hear there is a crying need. But it is also interesting because of what we know about LaPointe. He does not live in Vancouver. He told reporters living in Vancouver is “unaffordable.” Meanwhile, he lives in a condo on the UBC lands assessed at $1.2 million (thanks for the research Frances Bula) where his wife pulls down at least $150,000 a year working as an associate dean. Not sure what LaPointe brings home. But I don’t think you have to pass the hat for him. “So what,” asked my colleague Mike Howell, “do you considerable affordable housing?” “Well,” said LaPointe, “it depends on your income.” I hope you all were listening. And what about that whole generation who can’t afford to the live in the city? Easy, they just need higher paying jobs, which will come of course, with LaPointe’s plan to grow the economy by catering to resource-based industry and not just Robertson’s “pet projects.” And how, wondered Gary Mason in conversation with LaPointe at the Board of Trade breakfast, does he think transit should be paid for? “Well,” said LaPointe, “I’d like to leave that open to discussion.” What do you think about Oppenheimer Park? “There needs to be genuine consultation and genuine listening.” LaPointe says the city is “deluding” itself thinking the problem will go away. Yes, but what would you do right now? “It is not for me to aggravate this. I am not the mayor. The city needs to deal with this.” I hear you. twitter@allengarr

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If it weren’t for the stakes involved, the stumbling dance between the B.C. Liberal government and Malaysian energy giant Petronas would be almost comical. In 2013 everything seemed as wellchoreographed as an episode of Glee. But now Petronas CEO Shamsul Azhar Abbas is threatening to kick off his tap shoes unless Premier Christy Clark starts performing the tax concession tango. Abbas is standing with his arms crossed at the edge of the dance floor, leaving Clark to gyrate like Elaine from Seinfeld — lurching from her “$100 billion prosperity fund” to “a change, not a windfall,” with the government’s “core services” dependent on the voodoo economics of liquefying gas for export after fracking it from provincial shale deposits. Perhaps Petronas is demonstrating the kind of corporate brinksmanship we’ve come to expect in our post-NAFTA world. But the company is also dealing with financial realities: the Asian spot market price has plunged from $18.50 per million British Thermal Units in 2012 to below $11/mmBtu. Clark has already lost other members of her LNG dance team, including Houston-based Apache Corp, which is abandoning its stake in a proposed Kitimat LNG project and leaving Chevron to find another partner. The last thing the Libs needs is more bad news for the carbon economy — like the September report from the International Energy Agency, the policy body that acts as clearing house for statistics on the international oil market and other energy sectors. The IEA predicts solar technology will reach commercial competitiveness with all other forms of energy production in just over a decade, and may become the globe’s largest source of electricity by 2050. “The take-off is around 2025 to 2030. By then the cost of solar will be $100 per megawatt/hour and will compete with fuels facing carbon prices of $50 a tonne,” according the report. “Solar parity” with the traditional energy sector has already been reached in Australia, Germany, Italy and Holland. As photovoltaic panels continue to drop in price, the cost of carbon-based fuels will rise.

The IEA projects the latter may hit $150 a tonne by mid-century, making solar the cost-superior option across the board. Even the U.S. military, recognizing the folly of depending on undisturbed supply chains of fossil fuels, is now busy equipping its military troops and bases with solar technology. This doesn’t mean that our rainy province will be squeezing sunbeams for all our long-term domestic energy needs. But it does mean it’s astoundingly stupid for B.C. to bank on selling gas to Asian markets that are much closer to Australia, Qatar, Mozambique and Borneo — sunny nations that aren’t just further into the LNG production game than we are, but also subject to creative disruption from solar technology. The projected growth of solar tech is only limited by the sun’s lifespan. In contrast, natural gas wellpads are exhausted within a few years, so you have to keep drilling furiously to satisfy market expectations — a pattern that energy security expert Thomas Homer Dixon calls “fracking to stand still.” But as they say in Chicago business circles: “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” The shale gas/LNG game was never about you and me, as demonstrated by Abbas’s remark that wages for B.C.’s domestic workers are not “benchmarked to global contractors’ cost.” This game is for insiders, shareholders, shills and temporary foreign workers. And the game is not going smoothly on the LNG dance ﬂoor. Government and industry are stepping on each other’s feet while they try to ﬁgure out the tempo. If the IEA proves right, it’s only a matter of time before the DJ sticks “Dancing With Myself” back in its sleeve and cues up “Here Comes the Sun.” Monopoly capitalists like the Koch brothers are preparing for the change of tune. Their political arm, Americans for Prosperity, recently conspired with U.S. utilities to write legislation to force solarusing citizens to pay a surtax to the utility companies for the privilege of accessing the grid to sell power. In other words, the Kochs want to tax sunlight. They and the usual suspects will undoubtedly try to game the alternative energy revolution in their favour now that they have seen the writing on the solarpanelled wall. geoffolson.com

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Mike Harcourt elected as B.C. premier

Oct. 17, 1991: Former Vancouver mayor Michael Harcourt becomes the province’s 30th premier after leading the NDP to victory in the provincial election. The NDP won 51 of 75 seats, including Harcourt’s Vancouver-Mount Pleasant riding, while the B.C. Liberals took 17 and the defeated Social Credit party only seven. Even though he was personally uninvolved, Harcourt resigned in 1996 as the result of “Bingogate,” a scandal in which disgraced Nanaimo—Cowichan MLA David Stupich stole money raised at charity bingo events to fund the party. The 71-yearold is now the chairman of a medical marijuana company.

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To the editor: Re: “Transit planners are on the wrong track,” Oct. 1. Every summer, fulfilling my on-site duties as an organizer for Anime Evolution requires me to commute to UBC from Surrey several times in a weekend. Thousands of participants, many wearing cosplay outfits, join me each time on crowded 99 B-Line buses. The stuffy, long ride for many of our attendees has given us challenges in accommodating our event’s growth. It’s hard to reach out to South-of-Fraser fans who are more than 90 minutes away by transit. Anime Evolution is one of numerous annual conventions, conferences and other events held at UBC that could seriously benefit from an underground extension of SkyTrain on Broadway — which is about far more than giving cosplayers a break a few times a year, and far more than about just UBC. Anti-SkyTrain critics like Malcolm Johnston don’t understand that rapid transit isn’t just about investing in moving people: it’s about the economic and productivity potential that we couldn’t achieve on the Broadway corridor with on-street light rail In elections, campaigns need to be worded so that the average voter can understand, so it’s easy to think that the assumptions behind the campaign are too simple to be trustworthy. However, numerous studies — including TransLink’s UBC Rapid Transit Study — have repeated the positive business case of a Broadway subway and its superiority over light rail alternatives for years. Over 15 SkyTrain-type rapid transit lines exist around the world, among hundreds of driver-less rail systems — all of which exist because we pioneered the technology with our Expo Line. Today, the largest network of SkyTrain lines is in fact in Guangzhou, China — where 100 kms of linear motor railway complement conventional subway lines.

Guangzhou’s newest SkyTrain-type line, opened last December, is now carrying more than 700,000 riders daily. These systems have done marvelously in shaping the cities they service — which can also certainly be said about SkyTrain and Vancouver. It became evident that we’ve made great choices in planning transit when the Canada Line surpassed high ridership projections. SkyTrain allowed Vancouver to outperform virtually every other North American city in attracting rapid transit ridership and making positive change. I ﬁnd it hard to think of a reason why we shouldn’t extend such an effective system that’s popular around the world to the areas that desperately need something like it. Daryl Dela Cruz, Surrey

Assailing the Fortress Group To the editor:

Re: “Anatomy of a deal: the sale of Vancouver’s Olympic Village,” Oct. 10 I read with keen interest your recent article on the Olympic Village fiasco (let’s call it what it is) and was surprised to see no mention of the U.S. investment firm Fortress Capital. They were the financial backers of the project that promptly bailed on their commitments following the global banking crisis of 2009. They left developer Millennium in the lurch, while the City of Vancouver had no choice but to underwrite the billion dollar project if we wanted to be sure it was completed in time for the winter of 2010. I’m not privy to the arrangement the city had with the developer, but it seems to me there ought to have been some recourse taken against Fortress, then based in New York. Now Vancouver taxpayers are on the hook for an estimated $100 million in losses as a result. All I can say is I hope the city learnt it’s lesson and does its due diligence in any future mega-projects involving city-owned land or property. Charles Leduc, Vancouver

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COURIER STORY: “World-class ambitions possible for the Drive,” Oct. 15. David Huggins Daines: Don’t forget about bike parking! My impression (possibly incorrect) from the week I spent in Vancouver was that there is next to none of it on the Drive at the moment. Converting a few on-street parking spaces to bike parking (like we did on St. Laurent in Montreal) would go a long way. Gerald: One of the reasons the sidewalks are dysfunctional is because vendors are allowed to clutter them up with sandwich boards. They get in the way of people coming and going. They need to be banned. Hunter Eaglefeather: ““Hi I’ve lived here a few years and am an expert now and want you to all improve your lives by doing things my way!” COURIER STORY: “Plaza may be named for Jim Deva,” Oct. 15. Absalom: Is that the place where street people sleep in good weather and where the cleaners find lots of trash and needles in the mornings? Better to keep it as roadway.

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You may be aware by now that Obi Canuel wears a spaghetti strainer on his head. This has been news lately because ICBC was prepared to allow the unconventional headgear in Canuel’s B.C.-issued ID card, but balked at allowing the colander-hat for his driver’s license photo. Turban, kippah, keffiyah, hijab, chador — all are OK in most jurisdictions, including B.C., as long as the facial features are visible enough to identify the ID-holder. But Canuel, an ordained minister in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, claims he is religiously obligated to wear a colander on his head. The church, whose adherents are called Pastafarians, emerged about a decade ago, contending that the universe was created by a deity with many noodly appendages and two meatballs. (Ordination in the church costs $20 to $30 in Canada — and offers inductees a credential with an embossed gold foil seal.) Some of Canuel’s coreligionists have succeeded in getting their colanderaccoutered photos approved by government agencies in Austria and several U.S. states. A man in Australia who attempted to have his firearms licence photo taken with a metal strainer on his head was referred to psychiatrists, who confirmed his sanity. So now they’re armed. Are they making fun of religion? The answer may surprise you. The late lamented

Obi Canuel is an ordained minister in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and wants to wear a colander on his head for his driver’s licence photo. ICBC is denying his request. PHOTO RIC ERNST / PNG

Rhinoceros party used to bring irreverence to Canadian politics, yet it participated in and had something occasionally enlightening to contribute to the dialogue. Pastafarians play a similar role. Of course, religion is a different ﬁsh than politics. As we can see almost anywhere we look in the world, a lot of people take their religion much more seriously than Canadians take our politics. Still, Pastafarians are making some extremely serious points that get to the root of religious freedom and society’s commitment to equality for all — and they seem to be having a lot of fun doing it.

ICBC is not amused, though. An ICBC spokesperson told Postmedia News: “We will always try to accommodate customers with head coverings where their faith prohibits them from removing it. Mr. Canuel was not able to provide us with any evidence that he cannot remove his head covering for his photo.” The trouble here is that it shouldn’t be ICBC’s role to play arbiter of religious legitimacy. There is legitimate debate, for example, around whether relevant religious texts insist that Jewish men must wear kippahs or that Muslim women must cover their heads, yet

government agencies in Canada are — let’s say — agnostic on this, as long as the facial recognition factor is satisﬁed. Yet ICBC nixes the spaghetti strainer which, given that it’s empty before being placed on the head, does nothing to obscure the face. “Government overreach” is a term usually associated with the conservative side of the political scale. But the spaghetti strainer issue should engage people across the political and religious spectrums. Government overreach is a term that rightly applies to this case, as it did — incongruously, but not entirely dissimilarly — to the Little Sister’s case. Jim Deva, co-owner of

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I just mentioned.” Pete Bombaci, director of Movember Canada, says men under pressure tend to isolate, whereas women are more likely to seek support and to see doctors more regularly. “A lot of men go through their twenties and thirties and never see a doctor, you know, until they have a limb hanging off,” Bombaci said. He wants men to register for Movember to raise awareness about health issues that affect them. Men are to put the “mo” in November by rejecting their razors for the month and corralling their family, friends and co-workers to sponsor the growth of their moustaches. Money raised goes to Prostate Cancer Canada foundation and Movember Foundation programs. “It’s those not-so-brilliant moments [with our budding moustaches] that bring us together as a community,” Bombaci said. Every year, men who’ve dealt with mental illness or prostate or testicular cancer tell him conversations nurtured by Movember have helped them feel less isolated and more

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comfortable in their skin, according to Bombaci. He urges women to encourage the men in their life to participate and to tell them not worry about potentially unappealing scraggly patches of facial hair. Movember has raised $574 million globally since it started in 2003 and $151.6 million in Canada since it spread here in 2007. “The Movember funding is unprecedented,” Oliffe said. “There’s never been this kind of energy for men’s mental health and I think it’s incredibly important.” He’ll be cultivating a moustache next month. “If my testosterone or lack thereof cooperates, it’ll be something to behold,” Oliffe said. “I’m thinking it could be an awkward month.” For more information about the projects the Men’s Depression and Suicide Network are running, see mdsnet.ubc.ca. The network is to launch an online self-help kiosk for men dealing with depression in the ﬁrst quarter of 2015. For more information on Movember, see ca.movember.com. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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The audience, including Tatiana Easton (applauding), at St. James Hall Wednesday night was largely well behaved during the meeting, possibly due to the format, which didn’t allow for direct interaction between the public and candidates. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Continued from page 1 Boos erupted when she defended her party’s record and mentioned its work on building more affordable housing in Vancouver. Clarke was among those unmoved by Reimer’s statements over the course of the evening. She voted for Vision Mayor Gregor Robertson in 2011, along with councillors from several political parties. This year she refuses to vote for Robertson and is leaning towards the NPA’s LaPointe, while expressing admiration for independent mayoral candidate Kasting and also for Carr who’s seeking reelection. Clarke is hopeful a newly elected council will reﬂect a broader political mix.

“I don’t want one party in control,” she said.

‘Living document’

Whether Clarke’s wish is realized Nov. 15 remains to be seen. It’s also unclear what degree of support for Vision Vancouver has eroded over disputes about projects such as Rize in Mount Pleasant, developments around False Creek and Norquay and the unresolved GrandviewWoodland community plan, which is now being addressed through a citizens’ assembly. Coalition co-chair Larry Benge said the goal Wednesday was to illuminate candidates’ positions and general approach to planning and development prior to November’s vote

with an eye to establishing a more collaborative relationship between the city and neighbourhoods over the next term. The principles and goals document released in April calls for more accountability to residents, transparency in the planning process, viewing Vancouver as “community not commodity” and improving community involvement and inﬂuence in land-use planning to create a more liveable city. Vision challengers on the panel endorsed the document. When asked why she hadn’t, Reimer cited concerns including lack of language around inclusion to ensure groups such as renters and minorities are represented. Benge later dismissed

those arguments to the Courier, arguing it’s a living document. “It’s not a static document. If there are improvements that can be made that help the relationships and help the document be a better document, we’re willing to change that,” he said. “Certainly, we’re willing to discuss it, look into it and if necessary amend it.”

Transparency

The meeting otherwise provided a prime opportunity for opponents of the ruling party to capitalize on some of the anti-Vision sentiment in the room through promises of increased accountability and transparency. LaPointe reiterated campaign commitments for a revitalized

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CityPlan, creating the “most open government in the country,” and creating an independent ombudsman to handle appeals from residents who feel wronged by the city. “I believe this election is very much about restoring trust and restoring respect for those who have served and I don’t think you’ve had that in the last six years,” he said to applause. Carr said the Greens would stand up for the public interest ahead of developers’ interest, OneCity’s RJ Aquino promised neighbourhood councils, while Glen Chernen of the Cedar Party said city hall is broken. Mayoral candidate Meena Wong said COPE doesn’t just endorse coalition goals, but “embraces” its plan in

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the party’s electoral platform, which includes addressing widespread concerns about vacant properties in neighbourhoods. Kasting elicited applause by criticizing Vision for not listening to neighbourhoods and calling attention to a spring Vision fundraising lunch organized by condo marketer Bob Rennie asking for as much as $25,000 donations. “As many people have said, you’ve got to listen to people who live [in neighbourhoods.] You can’t be too inﬂuenced by the people who don’t live here and who happen to have some reason to be able to inﬂuence the people who are making the decision,” he said. “The Coalition has been very much an early adopter in

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Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer defended Vision’s record after the meeting: “If we share values about affordable housing, about childcare, about families, about transit, then I want to figure out how we can get everyone working together on it.” PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

alternate process based on the coalition’s principles. LaPointe said the principles would help inform the new CityPlan in many ways. “I don’t believe in the Citizens’ Assembly. I believe it was the equivalent of punting the ball down the ﬁeld,” he said. “Well, the CityPlan basically asks us to stop anything that is a digression from what we have in the way of neighbourhood plans… and I believe in this

case here we have to stop. It was a plan that was repelled by the community and then an extremely inauthentic process was put in place and we have to get real.”

Just the facts

Post meeting, Reimer said “there’s the fact record and then there’s how people feel about those facts,” but she insisted the Vision-led government has gone far to improve the breadth and depth of consultation by

increasing the ways citizens could offer feedback and by reaching out to underrepresented groups. She also pointed to the formation of the city’s Engaged City Task Force designed to improve public interest and involvement in city life. “We have tried hard to increase that [input] and it shows in the numbers — 35,000 in Greenest City and thousands involved in neighbourhood planning exercises,” she said.

But Reimer said that increasing capacity among groups that haven’t been at the table for a long time comes at a price. “There’s voices that have been sitting at the tables for a long time, some of them represented here for sure, who put in a lot of time and effort, and it’s challenging [for them] to see some of those new voices coming in representing new voices and ideas,” she said. “And the Downtown Eastside plan —

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of a group called Inclusive PAC and recent emails “make it clear that the controversy is not over and some people wish to focus on politics rather than serving the school community.” Parents were riled by Chang’s letter about the policy and by a turbulent PAC meeting in May, says Maureen Fitzgerald, a member of iPAC. More than 200 people attended the meeting and more than approximately 60 signed up for the PAC executive. Chang said in May that many signed up with the intention of removing her as chair. Only those who’d signed up could vote for officer positions in June, when Chang was re-elected. The bylaws for Byng’s PAC state “executive council members shall be elected from the PAC members at the May meeting.” But Fitzgerald, a self-described “recovering lawyer,” argues there was no vote so the executive and its vote for John Puddifoot as vice-chair, now acting chair, are invalid. (The co-vice-chair resigned alongside Chang, reportedly with roughly 20 other members of the executive.) Inclusive PAC wants parents to hold executive member and officer elections Oct. 28 at the first PAC meeting that’s open to all Byng parents, when more can join the executive. The executive was to meet Oct. 16, after the Courier’s press deadline, and potentially Oct. 20.

Puddifoot, who’s starting his fifth year on Byng’s PAC executive, was previously PAC chair at Queen Mary elementary and is first vice-president for the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, concedes the “shall be elected” clause in the bylaws is unclear. He says there’s no limit to the number of executive members so parents just sign up and no vote is necessary. He said when a new chair and vice chair will be elected is up to the executive council. Puddifoot says the school board has offered mediation services. He hopes they won’t be needed. “Nobody wants to see the PAC collapse or fall to squabbles,” he said. “When I’m wearing my BCCPAC hat, well we get a flurry of letters from a specific PAC somewhere in the province about once a month, so this is not unusual.” Puddifoot hopes the strong relationship Chang fostered with Byng’s Chinese PAC continues in the wake of her departure. Fitzgerald agreed Chang did “a lot of amazing work” as PAC chair. But Fitzgerald also says the approximately 50 members of iPAC were pleased by Chang’s resignation. “They really wanted somebody who they could trust and who would listen to them,” she said. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Gardeners who grow chives, leeks and other kitchen onions don’t always think about their exotic flowering relatives — alliums, the onions that are grown for their beautiful flowerheads which in different varieties may be purple, pink, white, lavender and sometimes yellow or blue. After their flowering season, the easy-to-dry seedheads can be cut for winter vases or left in the garden where they add interest until winter winds make them keel over. Flowerheads, if cut early, tend to keep a faded

version of their original colours. Besides being hardy and unusually healthy, alliums have a vertical growth habit that ﬁts very well into containers and small space. They reliably come back year after year. Though alliums will grow in most soils that aren’t swampy, their favourite conditions are the same ones that crocuses and tulips like: sun and well-drained soil. The foliage dies down immediately they ﬂower or even a little before in some. Once they’re dormant, drought doesn’t bother them. Most of their bulbs can be planted below or within

the roots of other plants, and when ﬂowering the taller alliums rise well above compact annuals. Squirrels seem to ignore alliums as do other pests. Breeders are working on creating the deepest possible purple alliums such as the 1.2m Ambassador. But most of the tall, largeglobed ones including Globemaster, Lucille Ball or Allium giganteum are a blend of pinkish purple or purplish-pink. Virtually all alliums are keepers which return year after year without hogging precious space. But the Sicilian Honey Garlic (Nectaroscordum siculum) gradually makes a thick

and ever-increasing mat of bulbs. The flowers produce 90cm stems of bells in an unusual blend of white, pink purple and green. Another strange plant is Allium schubertii, which displays a ragged head of long, medium and short floret stems hosting pink flowers. They provide fascinating shape for winter vases. One of the most beautiful is Allium christophii which is only 30cm tall but has heads which can reach 25cm in diameter. It’s another lovely one for drying. Each starry floret is centered with a black seed. One new and unusual species is Allium obliquum,

which originates in Siberia and is reputed to be evergreen. Few alliums have yellow flowers, but this one does. It grows 100cm tall and is said to be hardy to zone 2. Another pretty allium is Chameleon which begins flowering rosy-pink, then morphs into white petals with a purple stripe as it matures. Also unusual is Allium atropurpureum which flowers a deep purplish-red. It isn’t generally known that leeks, shallots and vegetable onions can produce very pretty flowers, though with leeks and onions this doesn’t happen till their second year and

by then the root isn’t much use for eating. Most flowers of vegetable alliums are white, but red onions or purpletinged leeks may produce flowers with a purple blush or purple stamens or purple seeds. Once you have a flower, you may obtain viable seeds for garden planting. Obtaining seeds is best tried with one or two plants that you’ve moved out of the vegetable garden. Old roots are susceptible to diseases and pests. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@ shaw.ca. It helps me if you add the name of your city or region.

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Tuesday, Oct 21

Vancouver

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St, 1400-1410 Segal Centre

9 a.m., 1:30 p.m and 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct 22

Burnaby

Executive Suites Hotel, 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Pavilion

9 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct 22

Port Coquitlam

Poco Inn & Suites Hotel, 1545 Lougheed Hwy, Poco Room

3 p.m.

Thursday, Oct 23

Surrey

Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, 15269 104th Avenue, Guildford B Cascades Casino, Coast Hotel & Convention Centre, 20393 Fraser Hwy, Mackie Room

9 a.m., 1:30 p.m and 6 p.m. 9 a.m.

Best Western Regency Inn, 32110 Marshall Rd, Crown A, B & C

2:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct 24

Langley

Friday, Oct 24

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VEGGIE LOVE: Growing Chef, a local registered charity founded by Merri Schwartz, gets children excited about veggies and healthy food. Volunteer chefs are paired with elementary schools to give students hands-on experience on growing and cooking their own food. Students plant and tend to gardens, harvest their vegetables and, with the help of local chefs, teach them to cook delicious, healthy meals. Currently more than 34 classrooms participate in the innovative program. A capacity crowd filed into the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts to support the organization’s efforts and fifth Farm to Forks Gala. Yours truly and Margaret Gallagher hosted the kitchen party that featured some of the city’s top chefs and mixologists and the region’s best growers and producers for a fun night of food and wine and beer pairings, cocktails, and philanthropy. OPEN HOUSE: Hundreds of families from across B.C. travel to Vancouver in search of life-saving treatment for their children. Far from their homes, they seek affordable accommodation and a place to stay together under one roof. Ronald McDonald House offers that home away from home, a community of support and a restful space for families to heal together. This past June, Ronald McDonald House B.C. moved to a new location on the grounds of B.C. Children’s Hospital providing families respite each night. Ensuring the 73-bedroom house stays open year round, hundreds gathered at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel for the organization’s signature soiree and generating $500,000. Gary Segal, chair of the capital campaign to build the $32 million residence, was honoured at the A Night to Dream charity dinner.

Sharing their love of veggies with guests were Growing Chef participants, Jen Lin and Sam Dittmar, both 8, from Strathcona Elementary.

Growing Chefs founder Merri Schwartz, right, and executive director Helen Stortini fronted their fifth Farm to Forks Gala staged at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts.

Filmmakers, from left, Ivan Fecan, Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble premiered The Riot Club at VIFF. Debauchery of the highest order, the movie is a scathing examination of 10 Oxford students with power and privilege.

Holt Renfrew’s Carla Stef, right, welcomed actress Eva Jenickova to VIFF’s post Style In Film screening party at the designer department store. The festival’s inaugural six-film series featured films about the fashion industry and its icons.

From left, Cory Ashworth, Dara Parker and Conni Smudge hosted fourth Stack the Rack benefit for Qmunity, B.C.’s Queer Resource Centre. Proceeds support Qmunity programs, education and advocacy.

LAZY CHEF: Susan Mendelson’s ﬁrst cookbook, Mama Never Cooked Like This, was based on the idea of simplifying classic recipes for people who wanted gourmet food but were too “lazy” to follow all the complicated steps. The premise was the inspiration for Mendelson’s Lazy Gourmet catering ﬁrm she cofounded with Deborah Roitberg. Mendleson, who had aspirations of a career in social work, launched the catering business following initial success baking and cooking to pay her way through school. Established in 1979, the company – now one of the preeminent caterers in town – recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with a foodie bash at Hycroft Manor featuring some its signature dishes such as Nanaimo Bars, Baked Brie en Croute with Toasted Walnuts and Reduced Maple Syrup and Whole Poached Decorated Salmon.

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Soha Lavin, founder and Principal Planner of CountDown Events and Crème de la Crème Grand Wedding Showcase, celebrated 10 years of creating magic at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Ronald McDonald House BC CEO Richard Pass and A Night to Dream gala chair Jennifer Dolnik fronted the $500,000 benefit for the new 73-room home away for home for sick kids and their families.

Signing off, Michael Eckford rejoined Fiona Forbes for the final episode and 18-year run of their local talk show, which began as Daytime, then Urban Rush and finally The Rush.

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Make time for recycling at home, work and on-the-go. By Scott Fraser President & CEO of Encorp Pacific (Canada)

very year in BC about one billion beverage containers are returned and recycled. What does one billion containers look like? Think instead about a mid-sized car. One billion beverage containers is the equivalent weight of 64,000 mid-sized cars. One billion containers recycled are like 64,000 cars not going to the dump. Every year. But it’s not the one billion containers that get recycled that we’re focused on, it’s the 250 million that still end up in the dump. We would love to track them down and recycle them, too. In order to accomplish that, we do a lot of research including segmenting people by their recycling behaviour. A key segment that we focus on has been identified as on-the-go discarders. They make up 18 percent of British Columbians but generate almost 40 percent of the discarded containers. On-the-go discarders are important because even people who recycle 92 percent of the time at home only recycle 41 percent of the time when they are away from home, whether shopping, out for a walk, at events, or at work. They do this even though they know it’s wrong. When people are away from home they tend throw things into the first receptacle they see, and it’s usually a garbage can. That’s not

People who recycle 92 percent of the time at home only recycle 41 percent of the time when they are away from home just true on the street. Think about a typical office: there is probably a blue box for paper, but what happens to beverage containers when there isn’t a recycling bin specifically for them? They probably end up in the garbage can. Obviously, then, we need to engage people in public spaces, and we do that with some success. In malls, arenas, restaurants, and nightclubs, containers generally get recycled because the large volumes justify collecting them, whether it’s the owner taking them back,

Find recycling bins and recycle everywhere.

a commercial collector picking them up, or staff taking them to make some extra money. In the outdoors, we have a program to put beverage-container collection bins next to garbage cans in urban streetscapes developed in partnership with the City of Vancouver. This urban interception program is now rolling out to Port Alberni, Agassiz, Port Moody, Kelowna, and beyond. But offices remain a challenge. Our research suggests that a significant portion of beverage containers in the trash come from small businesses and offices. A couple of containers each day in a small office doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by over 150,000 small businesses and offices across BC and you’ll get a big number. We need to intercept people before they trash their containers, and businesses can play a role. If you own or work in a small business, put a beverage container recycling bin in your lunch room and let your staff, or the cleaning staff, take them. If you are a bigger company, call one of our mobile collectors. They will give you totes to ADVERTORIAL

collect containers and pick them up from you. Mobile collectors are listed on our website, return-it.ca. If you are in a multi-unit building, ask your landlord to create a common recycling area for all businesses – then call one of our mobile collectors to get recycling totes placed there and arrange for regular pickup. There are still 250 million beverage containers getting trashed, which is the equivalent of 16,000 cars going to the dump, every year. We are on a mission to find them, and you can help. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE RETURN-IT SYSTEM • $85 million annually in economic activity. • 173 independently-owned Return-It Depots employing almost 700 people across the province. • A network of owner-operator and commercial transporters and processors across the province who move 90,000 tons of aluminum, glass, plastic and other materials to recycling markets.

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Arts&Entertainment

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1 Oct. 17-21, 2014 1. One of Canada’s longest-running bands is also one of its most unique in the sense that all four band members write their own songs. Yes, even the drummer. Twenty years after the harmonious Haligonians broke out with the timeless classic Twice Removed, Sloan have a new album, Commonwealth, that is actually a double disc with four solo EPs showcasing individual members’ new tunes. The boys are back in town playing one chord to another Oct. 18 at the Commodore Ballroom. Tickets available from all Ticketmaster outlets. 2. Hot new doc 20,000 Days On Earth lets filmgoers spend a day in the shoes of legendary Aussie rocker and all around Renaissance man Nick Cave. The winner of the best directing and editing prizes at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film explores his creative process by following the 57-year-old around on a typical day in his adopted English home, where his 20,000th day of living is spent on tasks that include visiting Bad Seeds and Grinderman bandmate Warren Ellis, chauffeuring an imaginary Kylie Minogue and, of course, writing. The film screens at 8:30 p.m. Oct 17-18, 9 p.m. Oct. 19 and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Vancity Theatre. Visit viff.org for more info. 3. Sarah McLachlan plays two shows at the Orpheum Theatre Oct. 20-21 in support of new album Shine On, the Grammy-winning singer, Lilith Fair founder and heartbreaking SPCA spokesperson’s first release since leaving Vancouver’s Nettwerk after more than 20 years. Tickets available at livenation.com. 4. Alberta-based theatre artist Denise Clark, a recent Order of Canada recipient, brings her one-woman show Wag, about a particularly tough year in her life that included the Calgary floods and a death in the family, to the Firehall Arts Centre. The dancer/actor’s new show, which seeks to find the brighter side of tragedy, starts at 8 p.m. Oct. 21-25. Check out firehallartscentre.ca for more.

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Arts&Entertainment KUDOS & KVETCHES Sick and tired of all the Mess

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Another hockey season has begun and there seems to be much more meh in the air than usual. There’s probably a number of reasons fans don’t seem quite as ﬁred up over the Canucks this year, including lingering bitterness over the unnecessary lockout, the equally unnecessary riot, management’s piss-poor treatment of Roberto Luongo and/or the stench from the disastrous John Tortorella experiment. Even the Green Men have gone AWOL from their usual seats next to the penalty box. On the other hand, the team is undefeated! The twins are looking like their old telepathic selves again, there’s no goalie controversy (yet) and perennial fan favourite Trevor Linden is sort of back in charge. Heck, there’s even a new player who is named after Linden, and this has to count for something

with the hockey gods. This could be the year the team doesn’t crush the city’s hopes and dreams for a Stanley Cup parade for the ﬁrst time in history. When they unveiled the new slogan “Change is coming,” surely they didn’t just mean introducing craft beer at Rogers Arena? We suspect the problem is that fans are simply sick of all the Mess. Unlike in most NHL cities, the majority of hockey fans can’t actually afford to go see their team play and instead have to watch games on TV. Which this year, now that Rogers Sportsnet has stolen broadcasting rights away from TSN and CBC like it was a loose puck in front of a badly dehydrated defenseman, means they are forced to see a lot of the enormous bald head of Mark Messier. It’s tough to enjoy a game, even when the home team is winning, when the most despised sports ﬁgure in Vancouver keeps popping up on screen every few minutes either wearing a suit as an

analyst between periods or wearing a too-small black leather jacket in annoying commercials as his new gig as an NHL ambassador. Now, we can appreciate that this hate-on for the man is a uniquely B.C. thing. He’s a hall of famer who won a total of six Stanley Cups and is revered elsewhere across North America for his alleged “leadership skills.” But for those who didn’t watch much hockey back in the ’90s or think it is kind of weird for fans to not let bygones be bygones, allow us to provide some backstory. Messier can be forgiven for helping beat the Canucks in the ﬁnals back in ’94 when he was captain of the Rangers, and even for running over an injured, down-on-his knees Linden in the dying seconds of Game 6. And it wouldn’t even be so bad that he was a huge disappointment during his three seasons in Vancouver, never once leading the team to the postseason despite earning $6 million a year, at the time one of

the highest salaries in the league. The problem is he stripped the “C” from Linden and then helped get him traded. He also got popular Pat Quinn run out of town. He basically acted like a superstar even though he no longer played like one and was considered far too cozy with the generally despised new GM and coach Mike Keenan. Adding insult to injury, after he was cut loose as an unrestricted free agent, he went back to Broadway and promptly put up a 67-point season at age 40 as if to rub our noses in it. And adding insult to that, two years ago he sued the team over a clause in his contract that would allow him to proﬁt from any increase in the franchise’s value and was handed yet another unearned $6 million. Mark Messier is basically Biff Tannen from the Back to the Future movies and Canucks fans are George McFly, only there’s no time machine yet that will allow Michael J. Fox to come save us from him. twitter.com/kudoskvetches

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Arts&Entertainment Fury is forbidding fare

“What a show. The guy beside me almost fell out of his seat laughing” —The Vancouver Courier

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Fury isn’t Inglourious Basterds: there’s no cheeky banter while Nazis get scalped. Fury isn’t Bridge on the River Kwai either because it’s not hopeful enough for whistling. David Ayer’s Fury is a stark, unrelentingly grim take on war from the perspective of a Sherman tank crew who are dismally outmanned and outgunned as the German army makes their last, desperate stand at the end of the Second World War. The striking opening shot is of a man on horseback at a distance, ambling through the mist. It’s no pastoral idyll, however: the ground reveals itself to be muck, strewn with bodies and burning machinery, and the man wears the unmistakable garb of a German SS ofﬁcer. In 1945, the Germans were losing the war and they knew it. Every man, woman and child was recruited to ﬁght the Allied forces. Those who didn’t were hanged as warning to others. Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) is commander of a tank dubbed Fury. He and his men have been together for years but have suffered a fresh loss. Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman) arrives as the team’s newest, greenest recruit, having only been on the job eight weeks. Norman shouldn’t even be here: he’s a clerk typist and has no tank training. “That’s your home,” says the Sarge, pointing at the tank. “Do as you’re told, don’t get too close to any-

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ROBERT LOPEZ AND JEFF MARX. BOOK BY JEFF WHITTY photos by emily cooper

Brad Pitt stars as a Second World War tank commander in Fury.

one.” Norman’s first job is to clear a man’s brains off the tank’s walls. It’s immediately clear that the men have seen too much, and killed too often, already. It’s a wonder any of them came back whole. Boyd “Bible” Swan (Shia LaBeouf) keeps semi-sane by trying to save souls before they expire on the battlefield. “Gordo” Garcia and Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis (Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal) trade barbs and women, when they can get them. Norman’s inexperience is a liability, and the sergeant has less than a day to teach him how to pull the trigger and kill Nazis before they all end up dead. It’s a comingof-age war story with a quick maturation curve. The quiet moments in the tank are perhaps the scariest (if you thought men were safe in those contraptions, think again). A pall of impending doom never leaves, as the guys trundle from one ridiculously close call to the next, knowing the war is almost over but that they’ll likely never see peacetime. There’s a brief respite in the film’s middle when the Allies take back a German town and Sarge and Norman find a local woman and her cousin hiding in an

apartment. The foursome share a meal – and more – until the rest of Fury’s men barge in and get violent, then sad, then violent again. An unlikely scenario? Maybe. But credit goes to Ayer for making a dinner conversation as tense as any of his battle scenes. Ayer is the man behind End of Watch, Training Day (which he wrote) and Street Kings, all of which focus on tough friendships forged in tough circumstances. He creates a bond between these characters, but not an overly sympathetic one. We don’t need to know each character’s story, whom they left back home: the grit and gore of how over 60 million people died is the point here. A spare, unromanticized score by Steven Price only heightens the gravity of the men’s circumstances. The agony depicted in the film is the reason the real men who saw action returned home and never spoke a word about the war. Before 24-hour cable news and the Internet, wives and civilians had no real idea of what occurred “over there” because it was a solder’s dark secret. Fury is one of those films where after viewing it, we finally get it.

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Arts&Entertainment Photo by Evaan Kheraj

Saved by the gelato

Main Street’s Chocolaterie de la Nouvelle France lives on Eagranie Yuh

eagranie.yuh@gmail.com

This summer, gelato saved Anne-Genevieve Poitras’s business. Scoop by scoop, she served customers from between the bars of her shop window. “It was a gorgeous summer,” she says, “so I was scooping gelato every day. Thank God for that.” In mid-June, a fire started at the back of Chocolaterie de la Nouvelle France (198 East 21st Ave). Fortunately, no one was hurt, though the 14 residential tenants on the second level had to find new accommodation. There was no fire or water damage to the mostly wooden property, but smoke damaged all of Poitras’s inventory. “I had to start from scratch. Zero inventory. Empty store,” she says in her Quebecois accent. Hence the gelato, which was half of Poitras’s focus in culinary school. Originally from Montreal, she studied pastry and baking

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Anne-Genevieve Poitras’s chocolaterie is open for business again after a fire. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

at the Institut du Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec, a well-respected hospitality school. When it came time to specialize, she chose chocolate and ice cream. Though trained in sweets, she also spent time on the savoury side, notably working at Toque! with Normand Laprise. Poitras moved to Vancouver in 2006, wanting to improve her English. In 2009, she opened Chocolaterie de la Nouvelle France. “I felt like there was a need for a French chocolate shop because when I arrived, I couldn’t ﬁnd any,” she says. She also couldn’t ﬁnd a supplier of Cacao Barry chocolate, which she had used in Montreal. It took three months of cajoling and negotiating to get a reliable supply. Today, several Vancouver chocolatiers use Cacao Barry — and arguably, they have Poitras

to thank for its availability. But she’s quiet about those accomplishments, preferring to put her energy into the shop. From the trompe l’oeil mural outside to the perfectly spherical truffles in widebellied glass jars, there is a deceptive simplicity to Poitras’s work. Take, for instance, her chocolate squares. They’re small squares of chocolate, each dusted with something different: lavender, chili peppers, espresso beans, etc. But look closely and you’ll notice that each one features a different single-origin chocolate, each chosen for its distinct flavour profile that complements the garnish. These are not haphazard pairings; these are the work of someone with a deep respect for chocolate. And one of them, the milk chocolate square studded with almond, fleur de sel and

coconut, won a silver medal in the 2012 Canadian competition of the International Chocolate Awards (disclosure: I’m the Canadian partner for the awards). The caramels are some of the best in the city and come in chocolate, vanilla and sea salt; the drinking chocolate is decadent without being over the top. Rounding out the collection are sauces, including salted caramel and hazelnut-chocolate, which Poitras will gleefully serve to you on top of a Liege waffle (made by Damien’s Belgian Waffles in Steveston). Poitras re-opened on Sept. 27 and is glad to be back in business, especially since she has a new parklet out front. It opened in June, just four days before the fire. “It’s a public space,” she says. “Being from Montreal, I love public spaces. They bring something to the architecture of the city.” It was a year-long project, and a major effort for Poitras. “I thought they set the parklet on fire,” she says, with relief in her voice. After the fire, she questioned whether to restart the business. “Clients were grabbing my hand through the window and saying, ‘It’s going to be okay,’ and ‘We can’t wait to see you inside,’” she says. “I imagined not seeing them and I was not going to have it. Without them, [the reopening] would not have happened.” twitter.com/eagranieyuh

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GOT SPORTS? 604.630.3549 or mstewart@vancourier.com

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The park board has budgeted $10.6 million for sport field and courts in the 2015-18 capital plan and will replace the aging artificial turf at Hamber secondary. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET Alvin Balmes, Magee Lions

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Weekend Calendar AAA Varsity football, Week Seven

Notre Dame (1-1, 1-3) has a break this week. Vancouver College (1-1, 1-3) travels to Mercer Stadium to play the New Westminster Hyacks at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Matt Legge is hauled down in a Varsity football Tier II, Week Seven 35-0 win over West Vancouver at

O’Hagan Field on Oct. 11. The Hamber Grifﬁns (0-1, 2-0) look to cement their hold on ﬁrst place of they host the winless Howe Sound Sounders at 1 p.m. game Oct. 18.

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Renewal for trampled turf

The number of regular season wins (and 252 losses in 716 games) accumulated by Don Hay during 10 seasons as the head coach of the Vancouver Giants. His playoff record of 61-42 included a Memorial Cup in 2007. Hay returns to the Paciﬁc Coliseum with the Kamloops Blazers on Friday.

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Like the specialized turf it uses at Hamber secondary, the Vancouver Hawks Field Hockey Club is bursting at the seams. The steady growth of the club’s junior ranks hasn’t been impeded by the wornout, 10-year-old synthetic turf, said Hawks president Ian MacKenzie. “Our program is basically at a maximum,” he said. The turf is the only one of its kind in Vancouver, and the Hawks can look forward to having it rebuilt within the next three years. The Vancouver Park Board has budgeted $10.6 million of the 2015-18 capital plan for building new ﬁelds and courts and renovating existing ones, including the synthetic turf at Hamber which was last replaced in 2005. The ﬁeld surface, which is like a carpet laid on a foundation of sand and dirt, is ripped and starting to buckle or lift in places. Sprinklers have stopped

working, which is a problem because the game is played on a water-logged surface. “I hesitate to say it’s unsafe because if I use that word, they will not let anyone use the field,” said MacKenzie. “It is potentially dangerous. It’s a tripping hazard and it affects how the game goes because it’s not an even surface.” The field at Oak Street near 33rd Avenue is also used by Field Hockey B.C. “There are places on each of the sidelines where whatever is underneath the turf has washed away and it’s like walking over carpet that is covering a hole. Not every sprinkler is working anymore. The last time we spoke to the city, that would require them to rip up the turf to get to the sprinklers. If it’s dry, it deteriorates even faster, it gets rubbed off even faster,” said MacKenzie. The Hawks are looking to the park board to do more than replace the turf at the end of its lifespan. The club is asking the city to build a second field hockey pitch. “There is some discussion about Oak Park,” said

MacKenzie, who believes the all-season gravel pitch at Oak Park, directly south of Hamber on West 57th Avenue, is a strong contender. The park counts several grass soccer fields, three baseball diamonds, a basketball court, separate roller hockey court, and two tennis courts as well as a water park and field houses. The gravel field also has lighting. The Hawks want to expand but field hockey isn’t played on just any pitch. At the international and elite levels, field hockey is plated on a carpeted surface that is more like AstroTurf than the plasticized blades of “grass” used in modern multi-sport fields. And, the field is wet, meaning it is irrigated if it hasn’t rained. “We are putting many, many kids — too many — on the field at once just to be able to keep them all going,” MacKenzie said of the club that launched in 1895. West Vancouver has one dedicated hockey field, Surrey has two and Wright Field at UBC is used by the Thunderbirds and occasionally the Hawks. At Hamber, “we are fully booked,” said the club

president. “It is our limiting factor. We’re having to turn people away because we don’t have ﬁeld space to expand our program.” twitter.com/MHStewart

BUDGET The 2015-18 capital plan includes $10.6 million for sport fields and courts in addition to $5.2 million for playgrounds, waterparks and skateparks. The city will build a new outdoor track and field training facility at a still undecided location. They will install one new synthetic turf field and will upgrade selected grass fields, diamonds and tennis courts. The artificial turf at Hamber and Point Grey secondary will be replaced. An outdoor recreation feature — still unspecified — will be created under the north end of the Cambie Bridge. The budget sets out money for a range of programs and projects, explained park board communication manager Margo Harper. The plans are identified by community users as well as the Vancouver Sport Network and Vancouver Field Sport Federation.

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DRAG NET Magee’s Nic Desjardin (No. 13) keeps his eyes on the ball as it hangs over the net after being blocked by Hamber’s Julian Woo (No. 9) at John Oliver secondary on Oct. 15. The Hamber Griffins won 3-1 in their first match of the season with new head coach and alum Chris Klassen. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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The Vancouver Giants lost two straight games to the Prince George Cougars on the road last week and fell to last place in the ﬁve-team WHL B.C. Division with four wins and four losses. Sitting at .500, their eight points would place them tied for third in the six-team Central Division. The Giants beat the Cougars 6-1 in their Oct. 5 meeting in Vancouver but lost 2-1 on both Oct. 10 and 11 at the CN Centre in Prince George. Improving to six wins and four losses, the Cougars leapt ahead of the G-men with 12 points. The undefeated Kelowna Rockets top the division with 16 points. Thomas Foster netted Vancouver’s lone goal in the ﬁrst of the two games, and Payton Lee stopped 30 of 32

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shots. Getting into penalty trouble, the Giants were a man short for six of the ﬁnal 10 minutes of the game. In the second game of the double-header, Matt Bellervie gave the Giants an early lead on the power play but he Cougars

answered with two power play goals in the third period to take the come-frombehind win. Cody Porter made his ﬁrst WHL start in goal for Vancouver and stopped 34 of 36 shots. On Friday, Don Hay returns to the Paciﬁc Coliseum,

this time with the Kamloops Blazers, following 10 seasons with the Giants. Hay won two back-to-back Memorial Cups with the Blazers in 1994 and ’95. He won a Memorial Cup with the Giants in 2007. The game begins 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17.

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PREAMBLE: A week or two ago I gave a one-sentence list of the characteristics of the 250-year era that began in 1984 (actually, Nov.’83). Here is that list: “relative peace, governmental stagnation, blurring of sexual roles, huge techno-advance, widespread semi-poverty, mass deaths (but not from war – e.g., Chernobyl, Rwanda [not a war but a massacre] AIDS, Ebola) and police rule.” It struck me later that this list resounded with negativity: massive deaths, governmental stagnation, etc. But every era has its virtues and they at least equal, if not outweigh, the negatives. So here’s the just as certain positive side: the years until the 2230’s will be far more balanced than the last 250. Those years (1730’s to 1983) were marked by upheavals, world wars, and huge technological advances. Now we might see massive deaths such as Rwanda or AIDS caused, but not huge wars. Your last week of caution regarding new projects and people. Relationships remain the theme but by Thursday your links slowly veer into deeper waters. What was simply excitement starts to demand commitment; what has been merely curiosity or an action plan starts to gather consequences. For example, if you have been attracted to someone in the past few weeks, from Thursday onward (into November) the situation might grow intimate.

Remember, don’t start anything important before Oct. 25. Your energy and charisma remain at a yearly high this week, but Sunday/Monday call for a restful attitude: stay in the background, let others strive. Contemplate, meditate, interface with government agencies, stoke your spiritual ﬁres. Avoid confrontations, avoid seeking co-operation, Monday afternoon and night.

Remember, start nothing major nor important before Oct. 25. A month of work and drudgery ends Thursday, as a month of relationships begins. You’ll trade the stale and boring for new horizons, fresh opportunities and exciting meetings. Until Thursday, ﬁnish chores, clear your desk and protect your health (from over-indulgence, mostly). Sunday/Monday are romantic, creative, you’re in a gambling mood.

Remember, start nothing important before Oct. 25. Although something you start from Thursday eve to Saturday morning just might work, especially if it involves love. For money matters, wait until Sunday to start.) You’re generally tired before Thursday eve — stay in the background, study others’ moves, contemplate, rest. Sunday/Monday are fairly social, your mood, optimism,and luck rise mildly.

You’ve felt pleasure for the last few weeks, Gemini — probably pleasures of the heart. Kids have visited, lovers have been approachable. Some of you might be wondering what to do about an old ﬂame who has ﬂoated back in. Well, you’ll decide in a week or two. This romantic, happy phase ends Thursday, when a month of chores, health and general drudgery begins.

This is your last week of delays and fuzzy thinking. Start nothing important before Saturday (and considering Sat.’s aspects, wait until Sunday). Be ambitious Sunday/Monday. Start nothing, but show your skills, nurture an ongoing project. Don’t bother chasing romance Monday night. All the happiness of this month might seem to be packed into the Tuesday to midday Thursday period.

The recent down-home inﬂuence (kids, nature, meals, real estate, security, retirement, sluggish feeling) will end Thursday. That day starts a month of romance, pleasure, creative and speculative surges, charming kids and life’s beauty. Even though life is starting a whole new phase for you Thursday, don’t you start anything big and new before Saturday. (Well, Saturday’s mostly useless, so try Sunday, Oct. 26, onward for new starts.)

Remember, start nothing before Oct. 25. The 26th is better for new starts, and the 28th is best, for you, especially if you will be breaking away from restrictions. A mellow, wise mood ﬂows into you Sunday/Monday — good days for dealing with foreign-born people, far travel, law, learning, religion and big ideas. But step away from arguments Monday night.

You’ve been very busy lately and the busyness continues until Thursday. That day brings four weeks of rest, family, home, security and “soaking up nature.” Nap frequently, eat slowly and let the waves of stress slide off your back. Mother nature, gardening, hiking, starting or adding to retirement funds, kids and spouse, parents, nutrition. These will occupy your thoughts until late November.

Remember, start nothing before Oct. 25. Your best start day, especially if you are pursuing a favorite wish, or a social, happy, romantic or “public approval” goal, is the 26th. Sunday/Monday are mysterious, reward research or detective work. Your subconscious ﬂoats to the surface, heightening your intuition and deepening your yearning for intimacy and ﬁnancial security/power.

Remember, start nothing important before Oct. 25. (That’s this Saturday, which is a dud day, so you might as well wait until the following Sunday to start anything.) Your energy and charisma surge upward Sunday/Monday. Show off a bit, phone someone you like. But be careful with kids, money, sex and health Monday night (PDT). Chase money, buy/sell, collect old bills and pay them, too, Tuesday to midday Thursday.

This is the last week of indecision from your partner or spouse, of delays and broken promises in all areas. Wait until Oct. 26 to make any ambitious new starts. Meanwhile, this Sunday/Monday please you in relationships — everybody wants to help (well, somewhat) fresh horizons appear and new possibilities arise. Except Monday night: beware arguments, impatient bosses (or cops) and careless driving, careless words.

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Home sales in Greater Vancouver in September grew substantially compared with a year ago, both in terms of dollar sales and number of units, according to data released by the British Columbia Real Estate Association Oct. 15. The month saw total residential sales of $2.48 billion – 25 per cent higher than the $1.99 billion in sales in September 2013. The number of units sold grew 17.5 per cent, from 2,524 in September 2013 to 2,965 in the same month this year. Year-to-date, there were sales totalling $20.99 billion in September – up more than 25 per cent compared with $16.75 billion a year ago. Unit sales grew 18 per cent from 21,907 to 25,840. The average home sale price was $812,394 in September. This is up 6.3 per cent compared with $764,408 a year ago. Across B.C., September 2014 saw 7,636 units sold, up 17.5 per cent compared with a year ago, for a total

dollar value of $4.39 billion – a 25.8 per cent increase from $3.49 billion a year ago. Year-to-date, the province had $37.0 billion in home sales, compared with $30.0 billion over the same period last year (up 23.2 per cent). Home sales in Victoria grew 23.3 per cent in terms of dollar value, from $224.9 million in September 2013 to $277.3 million a year later. The only region of the province that saw a drop was Kamloops, where dollar sales dropped from $68.6 million to $63.1 million. “Consumer demand remains robust in most B.C. regions,” said BCREA chief economist Cameron Muir. “More homes traded hands last month in B.C. than any September since 2009, while the Okanagan had its most robust September in nine years.” The Canadian Real Estate Association also released its September data for October 15, showing a 17.1 per cent increase – from $14.7 billion in September 2013 to $17.2 billion a year later – in home sales across the country.

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Startling multi-family land prices are creating a “disconnect” in a high-rise condominium market that increasingly must rely on immigrant buyers, according to a noted real estate consultant. At current “buildable-persquare-foot” prices, a typical new 750-square-foot condo has to have a baseline price of $112,000 just to cover land costs. On the west side of Vancouver the same price is closer to $187,000, according to numbers provided in Colliers International’s recent Land Share report. The report calculated what Metro Vancouver developers are paying for multi-family land based on the allowable floor space ratio (FSR), basically how much residential real estate can be achieved on the land. As an example, Care Pacific Holdings Ltd. paid $13.9 million this year for a 36,000 square feet (0.8 acre) site on King Edward Avenue in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood. The site has a 1.75 FSR, equating to a cost of $220 per buildable square foot, before any construction, finishing or marketing of the site is even started. In downtown Vancouver, such prices approach $250 and average more than $150 in East Vancouver. This level of prices shows a disconnect from the Vancouver economy, warns Frank Schliewinsky, principal of Strategics Marketing, which publishes the Vancouver Condo Report, a long-running industry newsletter. “The Vancouver highrise condo market is becoming increasingly disconnected from the local economy and from local buyers,”

Schliewinsky said “In the past year, the new high-rise condo market has shifted so much away from its historical basis that it really can’t be considered as a ‘Vancouver’ housing market anymore.” Over the past 12 months the average asking price for new high-rise condos in Metro Vancouver has increased by 26 per cent and the average price per square foot by 16 per cent, according to Strategics. And, based on what developers are paying for land, future condominium prices appear destined to keep rising. Yet “[there has been] no big increase in average household income,” Schliewinsky said. In fact, Vancouver ranks dead last in median incomes for university-educated workers among Canada’s 10 largest cities, according to Statistics Canada. The median income for a Vancouverite with a university bachelor degree is $41,981 compared to a Canadian average of $50,981. Strategics and MPC Intelligence, which also tracks new condominium developments, report that 27 highrise projects began marketing in Metro Vancouver this year, with an average price north of $625,000 per unit. “Based in interviews with sales staff in these projects, 60 per cent are targeting investors and 70 cent are targeting “immigrant” buyers,” Schliewinsky said. “Without Chinese buyers, there won’t be much local demand to support the Vancouver high-rise market. At the end of September, there were an 5,600 unsold high-rise units in new projects and another 1,460 units still to be released in projects now marketing.”

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Epitomizing Lincoln’s new, youthful look, the MKC sports the brand’s contemporary split-wing grille. This is framed by high-efficiency HID headlamps with LED accents. The MKC has a sleek profile, enhanced by crisp shoulder creases and sculpted body panels. The low, flowing roof and high beltline give it an athletic nature. Available 19- and 20-inch wheels add to the bold image. At the back, full-width

LED taillights compliment the front lights, and the distinctive wraparound liftgate combines form with functionality. A nice touch is the standard Approach Detection system. This feature senses your arrival and then illuminates the exterior lights, including the door handles which are colour-keyed to the vehicle. The Lincoln logo appears in front of both driver and passenger doors and warm ambient

cabin lighting welcomes you in. The cabin is an inviting environment, with premium materials such as aluminium and natural wood. The available Vista Roof is expansive and allows both front and rear passengers a great view of the sky.

Performance

Customers of the 2015 MKC have a choice between two turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder engines.

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today’sdrive The base engine is also used in the Ford Escape and this 2.0-litre motor is rated at 240 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque. The MKC’s optional engine is an all-new 2.3-litre unit that will also be equipped in the 2015 Ford Mustang. It produces 285 hp and 305 lb-ft of torque. Through the use of turbocharging, direct injection and twin variable cam timing, Lincoln was able to make this smaller powertrain powerful and efﬁcient. To help improve the MKC’s fuel economy, it has class-exclusive Active Grille Shutters, which make it more aerodynamic at highway speeds. The six-speed SelectShift automatic transmission is mated to both engines. The wheel-mounted paddle shifters allow the driver to change gears quickly without taking their hands off the wheel, or they can leave it in full auto mode and relax. The MKC comes standard with Lincoln’s Intelligent All-wheel Drive system, which includes Continuously Controlled Damping (CCD). Using Lincoln Drive Control, drivers can select from sport, comfort and normal modes to suit their mood while CCD constantly monitors the road to provide a smooth ride and enhanced handling. Advanced safety technologies are also available on the MKC. Highlights are the collision warning with brake support and a lane-keeping system to help drivers avoid common accidents. Lincoln introduces new park-out assist technology on the MKC which guides the vehicle into parallel parking spots as well as assists with parking-out maneuvers from tight spaces. The MKC was developed primarily for on-road driving, therefore it has a wider track and lower centre of gravity than the Ford Escape. This, along with its exclusive suspension and steering calibrations, give it a more surefooted character. Overall the MKC drives more like a Japanese SUV then a German model, with predictable character and balanced feel all around. It’s not as sporty as the German competitors, but the steering feel and the ride characters are in-line with some of the best models in this class.

Environment

Inside the MKC, craftsmanship and technology combine to create a warm, luxurious cabin. Lincoln’s

signature push-button gear selector adds to the open, airy feel by removing clutter from the centre. The SYNC feature with MyLincoln Touch system enables drivers to personalize their MKC through the eight-inch touchscreen. User-friendly knobs and buttons on the centre consol provide quick and easy access to the climate control and sound system. The general usage has improved over the years but in reality, SYNC/Touch system is still a bit awkward to use. The MKC’s power front seats offer a comfortable and supportive seating position to people of every size. The 60/40 folding rear bench is less accommodating as it is ﬁxed in its position. This results in the MKC having less total rear legroom than some of its rivals. MKC has 25.3 cubic feet, expanding to 53.1 with the seatbacks folded down, which is competitive with others. Accessing that space has been made easier thanks to the MKC’s foot-activated hands-free liftgate. If your hands are full, with the key in your pocket or purse, simply kick your foot under the rear bumper to effortlessly open the hatch. Pressing a button, or waving you foot under the bumper again, will smoothly close it again. Standard on all MKC models, Active Noise Control reduces unwanted engine noised while enhancing desired sounds to improve the driving experience. Microphones monitor the cabin’s sound proﬁle and cancels out anything which would disrupt the serene environment.

Features

The MKC is available in two models with the base 2.0-litre engine starting at $39,940 and the new 2.3-litre beginning at $49,650. Standard equipment includes perforated leather heated front seats, heated exterior mirrors, dual-zone automatic climate control, rearview camera, keyless entry and remote start. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, universal garage door opener, navigation system with voice recognition, blind spot monitoring with cross trafﬁc alert, and an embedded modem. Fuel efﬁciency numbers (L/100km) for the base engine are 12.4 city and 9.0 highway. The optional engine returns 12.9 city and 9.2 highway.

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You know who makes a decent cup of coffee? McDonald’s. I know, I know, not a patch on that artisanal, hand-roasted, high-falutin’ stuff, but as a decent cup of joe, McDonald’s has really stepped up their game of late. You can even get espresso-style drinks at the golden arches, which brings me around to the car we’ve got here in front of us. It’s early on a weekday morning, I’ve got a small coffee in my hand and I’m looking at Hyundai’s well-priced, economical-to-run family sedan. The two are not dissimilar. This Limited trim model comes with all sorts of stuff you’d expect to ﬁnd only in a higher echelon of automobile. Adaptive cruise control? Heated rear seats? A nine-speaker, 400-watt stereo? Geez, that’s a lot of stuff. And yet it’s a Hyundai, a brand that’s based on value. I take a swig of coffee, plonk the cup in the Sonata’s (huge) cupholders, hit the push-button starter, and slot the transmission into drive. McDonald’s knows a thing or two about pleasing the masses. Let’s see if Hyundai does too.

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The previous Sonata was quite the looker, and by that I of course mean that it was styled six ways from Sunday. There were all kinds of sharp creases and ﬂowing surfaces, but the key feature was a large, open, Audi-style grille up front. The hybrid model in particular looked

a bit like a wheeled basking shark. This new car is much more reserved, although it has a few interesting touches like that strip of chrome that runs right out along the hood to the headlights. The multispoke wheels are attractive enough and seem to have been borrowed from the Genesis lineup. You still get a sharply creased styling line, a double-swoosh of LED lighting up front and a strip of chrome down either ﬂank, but the Sonata plays a far more cohesive tune than before. It’s perhaps a little less exciting but everything seems to ﬂow together a little more evenly. Practice makes perfect.

Environment

Inside, it’s much the same story. The interior seems simplified, bringing the controls together into a thin row of buttons with the air-conditioning controls below and a touchscreen above. There are quite a lot of buttons and they do interesting things: one changes the car between sport, normal and eco modes, and another activates a heated steering wheel. Neat! But despite all the geewhizz gizmos, Hyundai managed to put together an interior that’s uncluttered. If we’re bringing it back to the coffee analogy again, there’s an evenness to the flavour without too many highs and low. The epithet for this is to call it bland, but the Sonata’s straightforward simplicity works. I’m less of a fan of the seats themselves, which are very firm, front and rear. There is, however, plenty of space to be found, with rear legroom slightly up year-over-year. A huge panoramic sunroof contributes to the feeling of airiness. The trunk is the size of B.C. Place.

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Performance

Fewer horsies under the hood mean that the Sonata now gallops a little more leisurely down an onramp. The 2.5L fourcylinder engine makes 185hp at 6000rpm, five fewer than last year’s model. Torque has been increased at the lower end of the rev range, and now sits at a peak of 178lb/ft at 4000rpm. The turbocharged 2.0L kicks things up to 245hp and 260lb/ft. However, in the volumeselling normally-aspirated model, performance is punchy enough in normal and sport modes. Leave it in eco and the six-speed automatic and soft pedal response aren’t much fun. Mind you, we’re wading up to our door handles in crossovers at the present, so a brief discussion of how the Sonata handles that particular challenge. The suspension is very smooth, as is the shifting of the transmission. The direct-injection engine is really quite noisy when cold — the high-pressure injectors in most cars like this always sound like a sticky valve — but smooths out when up to operating temperature. Once traffic gets moving, wind-noise is almost completely absent. Steering errs on the side of ease-of-effort over feel, but placing the car in sport mode actually firms things up to a pleasing degree. There’s also some surprisingly good lateral grip, meaning that a zip up the Sea-to-Sky would be a scoot rather than a wallow.

Just like its interior and exterior appearances, the Sonata’s drive is polished — polished to the point that there’s not a lot of excitement to be found. It has to be said that the adaptive cruise control is not as reﬁned as other marquees either. However, as a smooth and easy to drive car with an impressive suite of safety features and a stereo that doesn’t distort a note even when cranked right to the pegs, the Sonata does its job well. Call it a smooth blend.

Features

Limited trim on the Sonata includes a host of items that is literally too long to fit on a single computer screen. Of particular note are the aforementioned heated seats at all four corners, rear air vents, 8” touchscreen navigation, and nicely tucked away USB connections. Parents will also appreciate the rear sunshades. The navigation is easy to use and very high in resolution. Touchscreen functions work well for the various menus, and the voice commands worked just fine as well. Fuel economy is rated under the new 2015 five-cycle method at 9.8L/100kms in the city and 6.7L/100kms on the highway. Real world fuel consumption split the difference at 8.9L/100kms, not far off the stated mixed-mileage figure.

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With wood trimmings and little bolstering to the seats, you immediately know that this isn’t the sporty one (you might need the turbo model to scratch that particular itch). Perhaps then a better test would be to hit the Trans-Canada at 8:30 a.m. Hello gridlock.

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER F R I DAY, O C T O B E R 1 7 , 2 0 1 4

WEEKLY SPECIALS

Prices Effective October 16 to October 22, 2014.

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

100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT Organic BC Grown Venus Grapes

Organic MacIntosh Apples from Clapping Chimp, Cawston, BC

5.98

2L package

2/5.00

Whole Organic Chicken

Wild Sockeye Salmon Fillets

4.49lb/ 9.90kg

previously frozen, value pack

11.99lb/ 26.43kg

product of Canada

1.37kg/ 3lb bag product of Canada

Hass Avocados from Mexico

BC Grown Organic Red or Rainbow Chard from Myers Farm

Pork Tenderloin

7.99lb/ 17.61kg

2/1.98

2/3.00

Siwin Dumplings or Pot Stickers

5.59 454g

product of Canada

GROCERY

HEALTHCARE

Stash Organic Tea

Dairyland Organic Milk assorted varieties

assorted varieties

2/5.00

SAVE

33%

assorted varieties

SAVE

SAVE 10.99

FROM

36%

500ml product of Canada

340g

3.194.69

SAVE 2/6.00

25%

product of Canada

480ml

+deposit +eco fee product of USA

Maison Orphée Oils

Surf Sweets Organic Gummies

Imagine Organic Soup

assorted varieties

SAVE

33%

1.99

SAVE

78g

FROM

40%

product of USA

SAVE FROM

36%

Pearl’s Frozen Perogies

6.998.99

454g product of Canada

made with 100% organic flour, assorted varieties

SAVE

31%

assorted varieties

2/6.00

FROM

156g product of USA

xxx BAKERY

10% off regular retail price

19.98

www.choicesmarkets.com

All Bullk Foods Bin Items

30% off regular retail price

GLUTEN FREE

xxx • product of xxx

assorted varieties

11.99-15.99 15-250ml 23.99 60 capsules

BULK

SAVE 3/7.98

Organic Bavarian Rye or Organic 60% Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

and New ious! c li e D

Botanica Organic Oregano Oil

product of USA

33%

600g product of Canada

Choices’ Own Organic Cheese

30 pack

500ml - 1L

Amy’s Gluten Free Frozen Burritos

4.49

DELI

Roasted Specialty Chickens and Family Size Salads

25% off regular retail price

assorted varieties

454g

3.99

Pumpkin Cranberry or Banana Muffins

5.99

package of 4

400-500g

Seedsational Brown Rice Bread or Sourdough Rice Bread

Muffins

assorted varieties

2.49-3.99

5.49

package of 4

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1 Kit

Natracare Panty Liners

roasted in Canada

GT’s Organic Raw Kombucha Beverages

Rizopia Organic Pasta

Canadian Heritage Organic Maple Syrup

29.99

SAVE 9.99

4L product of Canada

11%

Renew Life CandiGone

assorted varieties

7.99

SAVE

18 sachets product of USA

36%

Latin Organics Direct Trade Organic Coffee

525-625g

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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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