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VANCOUVER VOTES Cheryl Rossi

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In a civic election campaign dominated by the mayoral and council races and party machines, two former members of COPE hope voters will respond to a new party focused solely on education. “I was a COPE candidate in the last election,” said Gwen Giesbrecht, who is running to be a Vancouver School Board trustee along with Jane Bouey for the Public Education Project. “It was a little disheart-

ening for me, a strong education advocate, how little opportunity there was to really talk about education. You spent a lot of time talking about… my opinion of this council candidate or that mayoralty candidate.” Giesbrecht came in eleventh in the 2011 race for nine trustee positions. Bouey, who served two terms as a COPE trustee, placed 12th. Bouey wasn’t interested in following in the footsteps of school board trustee Allan Wong who left COPE and joined Vision Vancouver in the last term. And she doesn’t want Vancouverites to vote for trustees by party based on their reactions to that party’s record on city council. Public reaction to Vision’s split from COPE in 2005 is why she believes the party lost its majorities on school board as well as council and park board.

Bouey says the notion of forming a party focused solely on education has been bandied about by teachers and parents since about 2007. Wide-reaching concern about the Vancouver School Board’s revised gender identities and sexual orientation policy this spring and labour unrest between teachers and the provincial government that stretched into September convinced organizers it was time to launch the Public Education Project. “Public education is at a real crossroads,” Bouey said. “I don’t know how much more it can take.” Bouey and Giesbrecht want the provincial government to add more money to public education. Bouey hopes seeing a party focus only on education will affect funding decisions. In her ﬁrst term as trustee, from 2002 to 2005, Bouey argued the COPE-dominated school board and the community secured

the only real funding increase for education seen in the last 14 years. “It’s because of the work the board did in conjunction with community,” she said, noting the money also arrived in a provincial election year. “Every vote that the Public Education Project candidates get in this election sends a strong message to the provincial government that parents and citizens in Vancouver care about public education,” Bouey added. The Vancouver School Board’s September 2014 submission to the select standing committee on ﬁnance and government services notes spending per student in B.C was $725 less than the national average, according to Statistics Canada ﬁgures. If that average was matched it would mean $398 million more for B.C.’s 550,000 students in kindergarten to Grade 12 public education. Continued on page 7

‘Downer’ meets ‘cheerleader’ Robertson, LaPointe have ﬁrst debate

VANCOUVER VOTES Mike Howell

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It happened 20 minutes into their ﬁrstever debate and it was over fairly quickly: Mayor Gregor Robertson and NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe ﬁnally traded verbal blows in the run-up to the Nov. 15 election. Neither candidate came away politically bruised but the exchange gave about 300 spectators at Langara College a taste of the party leaders’ disparate views and ability to engage in a battle of words. Robertson, standing to LaPointe’s right at a lectern in a cafeteria, triggered the tilt after he accused the NPA leader of not doing his homework on the route of a proposed subway along the Broadway corridor. “You don’t have the experience to lead the ship,” said Robertson, claiming LaPointe didn’t know a subway line would begin at the VCC-Clark station and not the Broadway-Commercial Drive transit hub. Continued on page 6

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So maybe you’ve already had enough of this civic election campaign. Or maybe you don’t even know it’s going on. It is, after all, a bit of a snoozer. But if you’re paying attention, or read some of my stories from the campaign trail, you know that affordability, homelessness and transit are issues dominating the press conferences and public forums. But what about this city’s little problem with drug addiction? I’ve been on the beat long enough to remember when addiction was really the only issue when COPE’s Larry Campbell took on the NPA’s Jennifer Clarke in the 2002 race. Campbell was pushing for a supervised drug injection site and spent a great deal of time telling the public and reporters why it was needed; he knew what he was talking about since he was the prov-

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heard from the VPD’s director of planning and research that car break-ins were up by 27 per cent across the city. This is what Deputy Chief Doug LePard told the board about the spike: “Theft from autos are driven by a high number of people with drug addictions that we have in the city.” He continued to say that it’s not a crime that’s “going to be solved with policing because even when we’re at maximum effectiveness [of

reducing thefts] the problem is they’re out [of jail] very quickly and they commit so many crimes a day.” LePard, again, said the underlying problem is addiction. Mayor Gregor Robertson, who doubles as chairperson of the police board, put a task force together on mental health and addictions over the last year and a report went before council last month that outlined 23 “priority actions” including the need for 300 long-term treatment beds.

Which is something. But, unlike Campbell and Sam Sullivan (who wanted to reduce the open drug market by 50 per cent), the mayor has not made tackling drug addiction a central plank of his campaign. The NPA’s Kirk LaPointe has also not directly addressed the issue of drug addiction. Instead, he has promised an audit of the millions of dollars being poured into the Downtown Eastside. I haven’t heard much

from COPE’s Meena Wong on the topic, either. But I will ask her Friday when she sits down with the Courier for an interview, which will be livestreamed on our website at noon. I know what some of you are thinking: It’s a fact that many homeless people end up on the streets because of a mental health or an addiction issue, or both. So when politicians talk about ending homelessness, they also mean getting a handle on drug addiction. Maybe. But why isn’t anybody talking speciﬁcally about the open drug market that persists in the Downtown Eastside? What happened to all that talk about the Four Pillars drug strategy? The Vancouver Agreement, anybody? In Larry Campbell’s inauguration speech in 2002, he said “if we do our work well, we should be able to eliminate the open drug market on the Downtown Eastside by the next election.” That, obviously, hasn’t happened. Maybe by next election. twitter.com/Howellings

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of the most beautiful neighbourhoods right here next to your home. We know it will fetch over a billion dollars for developers and decisions are moving very quickly. I will watch this Jericho redevelopment like a hawk.” Johal voiced a bleak view of both parties. “We hear a great catchphrase from NPA — ‘People need to be seen, they need to be heard, they need to be understood.’ Well, as NPA and Vision have shown, they’ll see you, they might hear you, and they definitely won’t understand you,” he said. Panelists from all the parties except Vision also voiced strong and repeated complaints about the level of city hall secrecy. NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe said his first priority is transparency. “I have spent 35 years in journalism fighting for government openness and I cannot wait to make that our first law. It is my policy goal to die on.” The debate was sponsored by the West Point Grey Residents Association and moderated by Courier contributor Bob Mackin.

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Building an “affordable” subway along the Broadway corridor, creating counterflow lanes on the city’s major arterial routes and possibly adding more separated bike lanes are the key planks of the NPA’s plan to reduce traffic congestion. NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe announced the plan Tuesday in a park outside the Main Street SkyTrain station, where he also committed to lobbying TransLink for more 99 B-Line buses along Broadway so riders wouldn’t be passed up in rush hours. “I teach [journalism] out at UBC and some of my students arrive late,” said LaPointe, an adjunct professor at the university’s journalism school. “They arrive late not because I think I’m a bad teacher or they think I’m a bad teacher, but because they can’t get to school on time.” LaPointe didn’t provide a dollar figure on the cost of an “affordable” subway but said he promised to minimize the impact on Vancouver taxpay-

ers. The mayors’ council on regional transportation approved a $7.5 billion plan in June that calls for a $1.9 billion subway line along the Broadway corridor. The plan, which has been criticized by Transportation Minister Todd Stone, relies heavily on investments from senior levels of government and funding mechanisms such as reallocating $250 million per year of the provincial government’s carbon tax. LaPointe criticized Mayor Gregor Robertson for wanting to use the carbon tax and accused the mayor of having a poor relationship with senior levels of government. He said this is why Vancouver hasn’t secured funding for a subway. Robertson told reporters in September that he has met with senior levels of government but has not received commitments to fund a subway. An NPA government, LaPointe said, would launch a study to ﬁnd the busiest arterial routes in the city and then implement counterﬂow lanes for rush hours in and out of the city, as well as around Vancouver. He

wouldn’t speculate on the location of those routes. The city’s communications department said the Oak, Lions Gate (at Georgia), Knight Street and Burrard bridges had the highest trafﬁc counts in 2013. East First at the TransCanada Highway, and Marine and Boundary were other hot spots. LaPointe cautioned the lanes should not be viewed as the NPA wanting to create a freeway inside the city’s boundaries. Rather, he said, the move to open up another lane during rush hours would ease congestion. “Gregor Robertson has jacked up parking rates, he’s taken away car lanes and he’s shown no respect for drivers, at all,” LaPointe said. That said, LaPointe said an NPA government would maintain the bike network and consider expanding both painted bike lanes and the separated lanes that run largely through downtown and out to Point Grey Road. Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs said he was glad to hear LaPointe conﬁrm that he supports a subway along the Broadway

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Public Auction: Sale of Land for Taxes – November 5 The City of Vancouver will hold a public auction of lands on which taxes or other charges have been delinquent for two years. Under the provisions of the Vancouver Charter the auction will be held: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 10 am Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. The list of properties to be offered for sale will be available at vancouver.ca/taxsale starting Thursday, October 30, 2014. THE LIST OF PROPERTIES IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Purchasers at the sale are required to pay the upset price by cash or other certified funds. Delinquent taxpayers may make payment before the sale starts. FOR MORE INFORMATION: 604-871-6986 or phone 3-1-1

Relationships and money – a hard conversation to have How we speak – or don’t speak - about money says a lot. What does money symbolize for you? Is it control, options, or financial security? Why is it so difficult for us to talk about money? Chances are, if a couple has difficulty speaking about money, they may also experience difficulty speaking to their kids about money. When combined with the assertion that most of us develop our own money personalities (spender, saver, gambler, risk-taker, security-seeker or dreamer) early on in life, one is left to wonder if it’s possible we’re not even speaking the same language. So let’s go there – is it possible most of us don’t know how to talk about money? There can be a tendency to be emotional and reactive around money matters. For newlyweds, one of the first issues to face is figuring out how to manage their finances. Should they merge finances? Keep them separate or maintain some financial autonomy? Does the answer lie somewhere in between? Regardless, there is a need to

practice being a couple together with good money habits. However, when one partner comes into the union with a fair bit of debt, finding a way to blend finances without a “big brother is watching every financial move you make can be a real challenge.The challenge becomes even larger when couples don’t share the same perspectives on how much debt is too much or what types of debt are bad; this can be a highly contentious area leading to family arguments. So what is the solution? Identifying the underlying problem for many families – usually, spending money on a tight budget. While well-intentioned, partner’s choices may stem from different priorities with one viewing their expenditures as necessities while the other views a particular purchase as a luxury. The key can be found in establishing frequent, neutral discussions around common goals, perspectives, and priorities. If couples have difficulty developing these conversations, consider working with a financial planner or counsellor. One area that can pose problems - money secrets. Examples of money secrets could include undisclosed trading or bank accounts, hidden debts or one partner

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not being forthcoming about the price they paid for something they bought. Imagine a partner who squirrels away a small amount of money from the monthly budget to buy something personal - may be not a big problem. Now imagine a partner who secretly squirrels away several hundred dollars on a monthly basis. If this was a company, they’d call it embezzlement. Recognizing your partner’s money personality can be a great starting point to opening lines of communication. Initiating regular money conversations can also offer additional beneﬁts such as providing a framework for speaking to your children about money. Enhancing ﬁnancial literacy can be a challenge for parents and kids alike and regular conversations about money matters can create a legacy that will last a lifetime.

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Continued from page 1 “You’re not doing your job as mayor to get a deal done,” shot back LaPointe, referring to the mayor not securing funding for a subway from senior levels of government, despite his six years in ofﬁce. LaPointe went on to say Robertson’s efforts to get a subway amounted simply to what the NPA leader could sketch out on a napkin. Robertson countered with how he has “advocated vigorously” for transit since he was elected in 2008 and worked with mayors in the region to develop a 10-year transit plan, which includes a $1.9 billion subway. He characterized LaPointe as being “a downer” on the subway plan. LaPointe replied: “The question is: ‘Do you want a cheerleader or a leader?” The pair was prevented from continuing to spar because the debate also featured COPE mayoral candidate Meena Wong and independents Bob Kasting

and Colin Shandler. The format limited Robertson and LaPointe to one exchange, with both leaders staying largely on message when asked to give their views on affordability, the economy and homelessness. Wong used most of her time at the microphone to promote her campaign for a living wage, implement a $15 minimum wage, stop “renovictions” and create a $30-a-month transit pass. She pointed out she was the only woman among the mayoral candidates. “I want to be the bridge, bringing communities together, bring newcomer communities together in Vancouver,” said Wong, noting she is ﬂuent in Cantonese and Mandarin. Kasting, a lawyer involved in lawsuits against the city, said the biggest issue in the campaign is affordable housing but he didn’t provide a strategy on how to provide cheaper housing for residents. Kasting delivered one of

the best quips of the debate, getting big applause when a panelist was about to ask him a question and referred to LaPointe and Robertson being on the left side of the stage. “I don’t think they consider themselves to be on the left side of anything,” Kasting said. Shandler, a chef and restaurateur, said it was his ﬁrst debate and he was there for the people of Vancouver and that he had “more questions for you than answers.” Shandler said the advantage of being an independent allowed him to take the best ideas from all the candidates and mix it together. He called for a slowdown in the city’s rapid growth and used a cooking metaphor. “Anything on high boil will simmer out,” he said. “We need to turn it down, season it a little bit, give it a stir.” See the full version of this story at vancourier.com. twitter.com/Howellings

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News PEP candidates endorsed Continued from page 1 As a parent of a child with special needs, Bouey also wants to improve support services for similar kids. “That’s one area where I feel like I utterly, utterly failed,” Bouey said. She is proud she helped bring about the VSB’s original sexual orientation policy, strengthened anti-racism policies and helped expand all-day kindergarten and hot meal programs during her ﬁrst term. She’s pleased she helped tighten the focus on improving aboriginal education in her second term, when she served as vice-chair for the board of trustees, and she continues to work on food security as a member of B.C.’s Farm to Schools advisory committee. Giesbrecht, past chairperson of the Vancouver District Parent Advisory Council and current chair of the Britannia Secondary Parent Advisory committee, is concerned about the fundraising performed by parents,

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On her ﬁnal shopping day of the Welfare Food Challenge, Kate Kysow visited a grocery store with her last $3.25 in change. “I was so scared to approach the till with my four potatoes and three bananas because I didn’t know if I would have enough money,” said the 22-year-old university student. “It sounds so silly but it’s this anxiety that I just haven’t felt before.” Kysow, a ﬁfth-year psychology student at the University of B.C., participated in the third annual Welfare Food Challenge because she’s been learning about welfare rates and barriers to income assistance and wanted to understand what it feels like to live on a meagre amount of money. Kysow was one of more than a hundred people across the province who agreed to eat for a week as

180,000 people across the province do, on $21, without accepting food from friends or food banks. A single person on income assistance in B.C. receives $610 a month. Deduct $450 a month for rent for an SRO, or a small room with a shared bathroom, no fridge and maybe a hot plate or microwave, a damage deposit, bus tickets and a cellphone to look for work, basic toiletries and laundry and you’re left with $21 for food. “No money for clothes, a coffee, haircuts or any social life or treats,” states the Welfare Food Challenge press release from organizers Raise the Rates. “Every day, when it’s been hard, I’ve just thought I’ve been able to use my kitchen today to bake these potatoes and I’ve been able to have milk because I have a fridge and I can have oatmeal at midnight because I have a microwave,” Kysow said. “One stereotype is that

people who are poor or people who are on the street aren’t trying, or have given up, and it’s their fault,” she added. “If anybody tried to live on how little money they’re allotted by the government, they would realize it’s a ton of work. It takes a lot of energy.” Musician and cancer survivor Bif Naked announced Oct. 2 she would participate in the challenge that ended Oct. 22. Raise the Rates organizer Bill Hopwood was encouraged that Social Development Minister Don McRae’s responded to the news by saying that now that the provincial budget is balanced he would consider raising welfare rates. Hopwood says income assistance rates haven’t been increased in more than seven years, despite inﬂation. The Centre for Policy Alternatives reported in 2011 that poverty in B.C. costs the government up to $2.3 billion annually and society up to $9.2 billion.

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There is nothing like context to ruin a good story. And there is nothing like a bit of history to derail a political assault. My case in point is a press release on Monday, Oct. 20 from the Non-Partisan Association. The release begins: “Vision Vancouver’s promise to the union for the city of Vancouver workers to stop expanding contract out jobs betrays taxpayers’ interests and tries to buy votes in exchange for campaign contributions and support. It is a further evidence of Gregor Robertson’s culture of backroom deals, says NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe.”

Under the last NPA council, city workers got double what they got under Vision. And they didn’t give NPA a nickle. As the NPA release points out, its allegations are based on a story in the Courier last week. Reporter Bob Mackin was “leaked” a tape recording of a meeting between the executive of CUPE union Local 1040 and both Vision and COPE candidates seeking re-election next month. Local 1040 represents outside workers at city hall. And CUPE has been a major donor to both Vision and COPE during past election campaigns. It is worth noting that meetings between candidates of all stripes and their potential ﬁnancial supporters, whether it is Vision or COPE meeting with trade unions or the NPA meeting with a developer like Rob Macdonald, are always held in private. So that’s not really news. Nor would it be news that this CUPE local and others would once again be supporting COPE and Vision candidates any more than it would be news that Macdonald was writing out a cheque for the NPA. The Courier story accurately quotes Vision Coun. Geoff Meggs telling the union executive, as part of his pitch for support, that “Gregor Robertson, our mayor, has again recommitted to not expand contracting out, to make sure that whenever we can bring in new processes, that members of 1004 will be

there delivering those services.” Actually it would be news if Robertson did not “recommit to not expand contracting out.” That has been a publicly stated Vision policy since Vision’s first electoral run when it successfully drove the NPA from power six years ago. You may recall that in 2007 while former mayor Sam Sullivan and the NPA were in the majority that there was a lengthy strike by the city’s workers. A key issue in that battle was around the city’s proposed policy to accelerate contracting out thus reducing the size of the unionized work force and particularly those members of CUPE Local 1004. The two Vision candidates competing for the party’s mayoral nomination back then, Raymond Louie and Gregor Robertson, both committed publicly to put an end to contracting out at city hall. It is debatable whether that policy is what the NPA refers to as “a flagrant mismanagement of taxpayer’s money” any more than spending money on homeless shelters or recreational facilities. But that’s what elections are for. The Courier story also points out that under Vision Local 1004 workers on the city payroll got a 6.75 per cent increase over four years. But you would be jumping to conclusions, as LaPointe readily does referring to Vision’s “secret sweetheart deals,” connecting the wage increase to the dollars flowing from Local 1004 to Vision’s coffers. City hall is undoubtedly a more union friendly environment under Vision than the NPA. Unions are consulted on budget issues, but their numbers have also been significantly squeezed under the centralization of services carried out by city manager Penny Ballem. Besides, under the last NPA council headed by Sullivan, city workers got a five year settlement of 17.5 per cent, double what they got under Vision. And they didn’t give the NPA a nickel. Now, if you still think there is something unsavory about all this, I refer you to the in-depth article in the Courier this week by my colleague Mike Howell. He interviews major municipal campaign donors from unions to developers, some of whom contribute to both major parties and a few minor ones, too. You will see that, thanks to the at-large system of elections and the continued refusal by the province to impose spending restrictions on electoral contests, both major parties now find themselves having to raise millions of dollars to run successful campaigns. Now that is scandalous. But it is hardly news. twitter.com/allengarr

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Occasionally I wonder what the late Jane Jacobs would have thought of Vancouver’s extreme urban makeover. Two words come to mind: not much. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1916, the American/Canadian urbanist authored the enormously influential 1961 book The Life and Death of Great American Cities. In 1968 she led protests against silverback New York developer Robert Moses’ plan to put an expressway through Manhattan. In successfully putting a hex on Moses’ pet project, the author and activist also called into question the sacred cow of North American culture: the automobile. This heresy, and Jacobs’ concept about “eyes on the street” — of engaged urbandwellers watching out for each other from street-friendly developments — didn’t go far with paternalistic experts of the time. But in time her ideas moved from grassroots radicalism to received wisdom. In the ’90s, local city planners had embraced her tenets so enthusiastically, and put them into practice so mindfully, that their admiring colleagues in the U.S. pegged the new urban paradigm as “Vancouverism.” Some Jacobs fans have used her ideas to justify the city’s current densification as the smartest ecological alternative to suburban commuting, while others have used them to bash the local monoculture of all-glass, high-rise condos. Actually, Jacobs insisted on “four generators of density,” including a range of buildings of varying ages and height with mixed uses. Vancouver’s current densification tends to emphasize two variable above others: newness and height. (The peculiar arc of Vancouverism became apparent when the city’s former planning director, Larry Beasley, was hired in 2008 to plan the waterfront of the futuristic Arab metropolis, Abu Dhabi.) Former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan believed that the city’s growing population wasn’t just hemmed up by mountains and shorelines, but by some of Jacob’s more liberal-progressive ideas. He described his satori moment to Georgia Straight contributor Daniel Wood in 2012: “I realized I wanted to bury Jane Jacobs under concrete.” Sullivan himself was buried in Vision Vancouver’s landslide election in 2008. The irony is that Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has inherited

the high-rise mantle from his predecessor, and his party now appears even more beholden to developers than the NPA. A return to Jacobs’ original vision is overdue, says urban studies theorist Richard Florida. “This rush to density, this idea that density creates economic growth,” is mistaken, he said at the 20th Congress for the New Urbanism in West Palm Beach. “It’s the creation of real, walkable urban environments that stir the human spirit. Skyscraper communities are vertical suburbs, where it is lonely at the top. The kind of density we want is a ‘Jane Jacobs density.’” As architect, planner, and Courier contributor Michael Geller recently observed, “The public often confuses density and building height. In fact, it is possible to achieve much higher densities in four storey buildings than in the 12 storey buildings found in Kerrisdale.” Elizabeth Murphy, a private sector project manager and a former property development officer for the City of Vancouver’s Housing and Properties Department and for B.C. Housing, cites Jacobs’ dictum that “new ideas need old buildings.” Adaptively reusing older buildings helps ensure the results are “about community and not just commodity,” she noted in a recent Courier interview. “Your creative class, your new businesses, your first time homeowners, your families that are trying to get into the market — those are the ones who need the older buildings,” Murphy added. (Only recently have city staff awakened to local neighbourhoods under the wrecking ball, as astronomical real estate prices incentivize turning character homes into landfill.) The young “cultural creatives” — so essential to Richard Florida’s model of “spiky” urban centres that incubate artistic innovation and technical invention — are being priced right out of Vancouver’s real estate and rental market. Are global trust fund kids, absentee owners, and empty nesters likely to fill the creative vacuum? Vancouver has the dubious distinction of having both Canada’s poorest postal code and a quarter of its condos empty or occupied by non-residents. Although much of this extends beyond civic control into the netherworld of globally mobile capital, it’s safe to say that if Jacobs had lived long enough to see what’s happening to the city that initially embraced her ideas, she wouldn’t endorse either the NPA or Vision. geoffolson.com

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Princess Elizabeth watches lacrosse game

Oct. 20, 1951: Princess Elizabeth and her husband Philip finish a three-week royal tour of Canada by attending a lacrosse game at the PNE Forum. After being met earlier in the day by Lt.-Gov. Clarence Wallace, Premier Byron Johnson and Vancouver mayor Fred Hume, the couple visited Stanely Park, the Hotel Vancouver and the Shaughnessy Hospital. It was the 25-year-old future monarch’s first visit to the city and first lacrosse game, which was an 11-7 win for the New Westminster Commandos over the Vancouver Combines.

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Oct. 25, 1918: A Canadian Pacific Railway steamship bound for Vancouver heavily laden with gold from the Klondike sank in the middle of the night after grounding on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Alaska. All 368 passengers and crew aboard the SS Princess Sophia died in what was the worst maritime accident in the history of B.C. and Alaska. The only survivor was a small dog that was able to swim to a nearby island and was recovered a few days later. The dead, mostly from Vancouver and Victoria, were returned home Nov. 11, 1918, on the CPR steamer Princess Alice, nicknamed the “Ship of Sorrow.” Salvage divers retrieved sacks of mail and the ship’s safe, but the Princess Sophia still remains at the bottom of the sea. ADVERTISING

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Re: “Candidates face scrutiny from coalition crowd,” Oct. 17. Normally I expect balanced reporting from the Courier, so I was more than surprised by Naoibh O’Connor’s lopsided reporting on the Oct. 15 candidates’ meeting hosted by the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods. Vision councillor Andrea Reimer was given a large photo and 84 text lines to expand on her thoughts after the meeting, while most other participants were given barely a nod. The views of Green Party councillor Adriane Carr, whose responses to questions brought by far the most enthusiastic response from the full house, were covered off in a portion of one sentence. COPE’s candidate for mayor, Meena Wong, garnered one sentence in a three-page spread despite the high degree of interest she has generated. I am very disappointed that your writer thought ﬁt to tilt the article so heavily toward Reimer and her party, especially since that party already has outsize funding for doing their own publicity. Vision’s pious declaration that they really, really want the province to set campaign spending limits after this election reminds me of St. Augustine’s famous prayer, “Lord, give me chastity, but not yet!” Joan Bunn, Vancouver

Re: “World-class ambitions possible for the Drive,” Oct. 15. As a long-time resident and business owner on Commercial Drive, I would like to make my support clear for Streets For Everyone’s proposed improvements. My family has been on Commercial Drive for 50 years. In that time, I have noticed that the street has become increasingly characterized by high-speed car trafﬁc making it loud, dangerous and, at times, unpleasant. I am pleased that Streets For Everyone has put forward a proposal that would make the street more safe, attractive and accessible to all residents, shoppers and visitors. In fact, I am disappointed to see that the proposed changes would not extend north of Graveley. I would gladly support the extension of the bike lane and a widening of the sidewalk past my business and north until Adanac or Hastings, even at the expense of parking. These changes would make the north end of the street equally as attractive as the south end and would encourage more people to walk and bike on the street, adding more people-trafﬁc on the street, the characteristic that makes the Drive so special. Andre Montagliani, Vancouver

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COURIER VIDEO: “Q&A with NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe,” online only. Paul Bennett: It’s amazing how long someone can talk in grand generalizations for, without any specifics. “Trust me, there are ways we can do this and we have partners...” yet never goes any deeper COURIER STORY: “Parents still dissatisfied as Lord Byng PAC chair leaves,” Oct. 17. Karin Litzcke: Hmm, bit of a confused agenda here. “Inclusive” PAC excludes a PAC chair who articulated concerns of a group of parents that the “inclusive” group would like to see “excluded.” “Inclusive” is not coming across as tolerant, precisely. In truth, I think it is time for the PAC system to undergo some further evolution. It’s not working; I don’t think it ever really did. We should be calling for changes to the School Act to eliminate this bizarre idea of a parent collective voice and empower instead the degree to which individual parents can make decisions for their own children. Jessica Van der Veen @JessicaVdV: PAC leaders should be duly elected by members. All parents in the school have a vote. COURIER STORY: “Vision Vancouver wins union campaign funding,” Oct. 17. kmad: Is it weird that I still want to vote for them even though I know they’re corrupt? Twelvecarpileup: Mayor Robertson sticks by what he says he’ll do. He said he’d end homelessness by 2015, and bam, problem solved! COURIER STORY: “Mayor speculates on speculators’ tax,” Oct. 17. Amazed100: Don’t expect Vision (or the NPA) to do something to upset their developer supporters in this lifetime. If you want change we need to vote these two parties out of office and replace them without someone who actually cares about the citizens of Vancouver. Green, COPE, Cedar, there are many choices who aren’t funded by the development industry. Time to take our city back. COURIER COLUMN: “Farewell LNG, here comes the sun,” Oct. 15. Herb Barbolet: I very rarely write fan mail, but... How do you do it? Another factual, insightful, articulate article on another of the vast array of subjects you cover. Plus the brilliant cartoons. Thanks.

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Diwali joy unifies diverse culture For most Vancouverites of Indian heritage, Diwali is the biggest celebration of the year PACIFIC SPIRIT Pat Johnson

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In a country as diverse as India, where religious and cultural traditions differ from village to village, this time of year brings a surprisingly universal celebration. Though they call it by slightly different names and the holiday is celebrated based on differing religious backstories, Hindus, Sikhs and Jains are all in the midst of Diwali, widely accepted as the most joyful and festive time of the year. Around Vancouver, families of Indian heritage are lighting diyas, small lamps that brighten the short autumn days and lengthening evenings, inviting friends in for meals and sweets, ritually celebrating family relationships and exchanging gifts. Typically celebrated as a five-day festival — and depending on the calendar one follows — Diwali culminated this past Wednesday. In Vancouver, though, the big public celebration is this weekend. Diwali is an ancient Hindu holy time, first codified in Sanskrit Hindu scriptures. Diwali marks the Hindu new year but beyond this commonality, even among Hindus the emphasis on the religious foundations of the celebration varies widely. Some celebrate the return from exile of Ramachandra, the seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu, who defeated demon king Ravana. Others emphasize the goddess of fortune and happiness, Lakshmi. Sikhs celebrate the narrative of Guru Hargobind, the sixth guru of the faith, who defeated the oppressors of his people and led a resurgence of the Sikh people in the 17th century. Jains mark the attainment of nirvana by Lord Mahavira 2,600 years ago,

A dancer performs at Diwali Fest in 2012 at the Roundhouse Community Centre. PHOTO JASON LANG

an event said to have been accompanied by many gods illuminating the darkness. Despite the variations in the accounts, the outward similarities are what make Diwali so surprisingly universal. Rohit Chokhani, who was raised in a Hindu home in Mumbai and now lives here, is co-producer of Diwali Fest, which began Oct. 17 and ends Sunday, featuring performances, ﬁlm screenings and public events in Vancouver and Surrey. He says Diwali transcends the vast religious and cultural differences among Indians. “There’s a lot of diver-

sity in India and Diwali uniﬁes the diversity in this culture,” he says. “Depending on who you ask, everyone will have their own spiritual and religious beliefs on how they celebrate the festival.” Especially younger Indians and Indo-Canadians will ﬁnd the universal in the particular. “People like me grew up with not just one religion, but we were surrounded by much intercultural, multicultural diversity,” Chokhani says. “So we started tying in what was common to various beliefs and we celebrated a more generic belief, which is a celebration of light over

darkness, spirit over evil, knowledge over ignorance, hope over despair, a message that is more universal to all the religions.” In addition to food and hospitality, speciﬁc days in the Diwali period celebrate the relationships between husband and wife and between brother and sister. Family members will privately perform rituals according to their custom throughout Diwali. “We would sit in front of the altar and collect various denominations of currency and coins,” says Chokhani. “The principle, really, is to pray to the higher force for the wellbeing of the family from

the financial aspects of things and the well-being of the family in every matter, and also the well-being of people who you do business and trade with.” Bringing gold coins as gifts during holidays visits is a common practice. Contributing to charities is also a Diwali tradition, as is offering food to animals, including sacred cows. Perhaps the defining visual motif of the holiday is the rangoli, an elaborate art in which intricate designs are created on the floors of homes or courtyards using colored rice or powders. Some families will redesign the rangoli every day. (At

Diwali Downtown Vancouver, which takes place Saturday at the Roundhouse, from 2 to 8 p.m., a room-size rangoli will be on display. The free event will also feature multiple venues with Indian music, dance, crafts and food.) For most Vancouverites of Indian heritage, regardless of religion, Diwali is the biggest celebration of the year. “There are a lot of other festivals,” says Chokhani. “It depends who you ask and what it means to someone. In terms of my roots and where I come from, Diwali is my favorite festival.” Twitter.com/Pat604Johnson

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SCIENCE EXPERIMENT SUCCESS: The Geodesic Ball marked Science World’s 25th birthday. For the pinnacle event of Science World’s year-long celebration, the popular attraction was transformed into a party palace to showcase the past, present and future of the attraction since its doors opened in 1989. Several hundred party-goers, including Gordon Campbell who championed the former Expo 86 building as a future centre of discovery, attended the silver anniversary celebrations. The evening’s festivities ignited as guests traveled back in time during the opening reception. Guests reminisced and shared memories of Science World’s past as they enjoyed a live science show. Partygoers were then escorted to the present where they sat down for a sumptuous dinner before being teleported to the future, where they enjoyed dessert and a glimpse of the next 25 years. PALETTE TO PALATE: Yours truly played auctioneer at the third annual Smith Foundation Gala, which saw 132 guests attend the $250-a-ticket fundraising dinner and auction staged at the close of WORK IS ARTcurated by acclaimed painter Gordon Smith at the North Shore gallery that bears his moniker. The evening began with a Champagne and scotch tasting in the exhibition hall before supporters made their way upstairs for a three-course dinner prepared by David Hawksworth and rising talent Paul Moran, recipient of the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship. Works by artists Smith mentored over the years including Andrew Alvarez, Wing Chow, Warren Goodman, Bill MacDonald and Anne Watt went up for auction in addition to an original painting by the 95-year-old Canadian icon himself. An impressive $80,000 was generated to support the Artist for Kids program Smith founded and future exhibitions at the gallery. ANOTHER SWISH SPLASH: Hundreds of art enthusiasts and collectors filed into the CBC studios downtown for Splash, Arts Umbrella’s signature fundraising red carpet event. Always a leading date on the social calendar, the 32nd edition was emceed by CBC radio morning host Rick Cluff, anchor Renee Fillippone and meteorologist Joanne Wagstaff. Attendees were encouraged to act their shoe size, not their age, and re-discover their inner child at the art benefit, which saw more than 100 art pieces by local and world renowned artists go on the auction block. Participants included Ken Wallace, Shannon Belkin and Athena Bax. Another impressive outing, the event generated a reported $400,000 for Arts Umbrella’s outreach program, which recently expanded into Surrey, offered to at risk youth, as well to support bursaries assisting low-and-middle-income families overcoming financial barriers to providing quality arts education for their children.

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Astrid Heyerdahl, curator of the Gordon Smith Gallery, welcomed the beloved Canadian artist to the venue’s fall fundraiser. A reported $80,000 was realized to support the Artist for Kids program Smith founded and future exhibitions at the gallery.

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Your vote. Help shape Vancouver’s future.

From November 4 – 15, 2014, Vancouver voters will elect 1 Mayor, 10 Councillors, 7 Park Commissioners and 9 School Trustees for a four-year term. The ballot will also contain three questions about the City’s 2015 – 2018 Capital Plan borrowing. Voting locations will be open from 8 am to 8 pm.

Who can vote? You are eligible to vote if you are: • 18 years of age or older • A Canadian citizen • A resident of BC for at least 6 months • A resident of Vancouver for at least 30 days immediately before you register to vote (for resident electors) OR you live outside of Vancouver and have owned real property in Vancouver for at least 30 days immediately before you register to vote (for non-resident property electors). To register as a NRPE, or for information about the required documents, visit vancouver.ca/vote or phone 3-1-1. • Not be disqualiﬁed from voting by law If you own property in Vancouver, but live elsewhere in BC, you may be entitled to vote in the November election. Landed immigrants who are not yet Canadian citizens are not eligible to vote.

Are you registered? If you are registered on the Provincial Voters List and you live in Vancouver you are automatically registered on the Vancouver Voters List. If you are not registered, you can do so when you vote. You will be asked to complete and sign a registration form, and show two pieces of identiﬁcation, at least one with a signature. The following documents are examples of acceptable ID documents: • BC driver’s licence • BC Services Card • BC identiﬁcation card (BCID) • BC CareCard • Citizenship card • Credit card or debit card • Canadian passport • Property tax notice • Social Insurance Number card • Utility bill • Declaration of elector identity and place of residence Not sure? Visit vancouver.ca/vote and use the Am I On the Voters List tool. Non-resident property electors (NRPEs)—voters who have owned property in Vancouver for more than 30 days, but are resident electors in another BC municipality—may also register at the time of voting. NRPEs must bring proof of ownership and, if applicable, the Consent of Registered Owners for Non-Resident Property Elector Registration form.

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If you are eligible to vote and you have not already registered to vote, you can register at any voting location between November 4 – 15. You will need to show two pieces of identiﬁcation (one with a signature) and complete a voter registration form that you will sign in front of an election ofﬁcial. For more information on advance voting, eligibility and registration, visit vancouver.ca/vote or phone 3-1-1.

How can you vote? • Vote in advance (November 4 – 12, excluding November 11) • Vote by mail (If you are prevented from visiting a voting location due to illness, injury or disability or if you plan to be away from the city from November 4 – 15) • Vote on Election Day (November 15) To ﬁnd out if you are eligible to vote by mail, phone 3-1-1.

Advance Voting Opportunities There are 8 advance voting days and 8 locations where you can cast your vote early. You can vote between 8 am and 8 pm on November 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 at any of these locations: • Vancouver City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue • Kerrisdale Community Centre 5851 West Boulevard

• Killarney Community Centre 6260 Killarney Street • Kitsilano Community Centre 2690 Larch Street • Roundhouse Community Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews • Sunset Community Centre 6810 Main Street • Thunderbird Community Centre 2311 Cassiar Street • West End Community Centre 870 Denman Street

Saturday, November 15 is the ofﬁcial Election Day. If you live in the city you can vote at any of about 120 voting stations around the city. Pick the location that is most convenient for you! If you live on the University Endowment lands, you have two voting locations.

Where to Vote On November 15, 2014, you can vote at any voting place in the city. You will receive a Voter Information Card in the mail in late October. The card has important information on advance voting locations and hours as well as information on registering to vote on voting day and where to get more information.

Candidate List This is the ofﬁcial list of candidates, organized by electoral category and in alphabetical order. City of residence is Vancouver unless otherwise shown (in brackets and italic).

Candidates for Park Commissioner (7 to be elected) BLOOM, Ezra (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

KIRBY-YUNG, Sarah (NPA)

Candidates for Mayor (1 to be elected)

BUCKSHON, James

LOKE, Trevor (Vision Vancouver)

AUBICHON, Meynard (Stop Party) HANSEN, Mike

LAPOINTE, Kirk (NPA) (Electoral Area A - Greater Vancouver Regional District)

HILL, Jeff

LY, Tim

KAISER, Cherryse Kaur

ROBERTSON, Gregor (Vision Vancouver)

KASTING, Bob

SHANDLER, Colin WONG, Meena (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

Candidates for Councillor (10 to be elected) AFFLECK, George (NPA)

JANG, Kerry (Vision Vancouver)

ALM, Kelly

JOHL, Jesse (Vancouver 1st)

ANGUS, David

KLJAJIC, Milan (Vancouver 1st)

AQUINO, RJ (One City Vancouver)

LING, Lena

BAKER, Gregory (NPA)

LOUIE, Raymond (Vision Vancouver)

BALL, Elizabeth (NPA)

LOUIS, Tim (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

BARRETT, Lisa (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

LOW, Ken (NPA)

BOYER, Marc

MCDOWELL, Rob (NPA)

CLARKE, Roland

MACKINNON, Stuart (Green)

COUPAR, John (NPA)

MOUTTET, Stéphane (NPA)

CRAWFORD, Casey (NPA)

POPAT, Imtiaz (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

DE CASTRIS, Jenny EVANS, Catherine (Vision Vancouver)

ROMANIUK, Anita (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

GIRN, Naveen (Vision Vancouver)

ROSSETTI, Massimo (Vancouver 1st)

GRANBY, Brent (Vision Vancouver)

RUMBAUA, Sammie Jo (Vision Vancouver)

HADLEY, Eleanor

SHUM, Erin (NPA)

HAMILTON, Jamie Lee (IDEA)

STARINK, Doug (Vancouver 1st)

HAYDEN, Brent (Vancouver 1st)

SUNSHINE, Earl

JAGPAL, Jay (NPA)

TULL, Coree (Vision Vancouver)

JAMAL, Urooba (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

WIEBE, Michael (Green)

JOHL, Yogi (Vancouver 1st)

WONG, Richard (Vancouver 1st)

KADIOGLU, Matt

WYSS, Cease (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

Candidates for School Trustee (9 to be elected) ALEXANDER, Joy (Vision Vancouver)

KOMBII, Nanjalah (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

BACCHUS, Patti (Vision Vancouver)

LOMBARDI, Mike (Vision Vancouver)

BALLANTYNE, Fraser (NPA)

NAGTEGAAL, Heidi (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

BROWN, Cleta (Green)

MEGGS, Geoff (Vision Vancouver)

CARR, Adriane (Green)

MUNOZ, Wilson (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

CHERNEN, Glen (Cedar Party)

MURGOCI, Elena (Vancouver 1st)

CHERNEN, Nicholas (Cedar Party) CHOW TAN, Sid (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

O’KEEFFE, Jennifer (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

BOUEY, Jane (Public Education Project)

NGUYEN, Bang

COPELAND, Cord Ted

ORSER, Rick (IDEA)

CLEMENT, Ken (Vision Vancouver)

NOBLE, Penny (NPA)

DE GENOVA, Melissa (NPA)

PANDEY, Rajiv

DAY, Diana (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

OAK, Mischa (Green)

DEAL, Heather (Vision Vancouver)

RAMOS, Ferdinand (Hotel Workers United Local 40)

DENIKE, Ken (Vancouver 1st)

PAYNE, Cherie (Vision Vancouver)

DEOCERA, Abraham

REIMER, Andrea (Vision Vancouver)

DODDS, T “Mrs. Doubtﬁre”

RICHARDSON, Christopher (NPA)

FRASER, Grant

ROBERTSON, Ian (NPA)

FALLS, Larry

ROBERTSON, Stacy (NPA)

FRY, Pete (Green)

SCOTT, Suzanne (NPA)

FRAATZ, Ralph (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

SHARMA, Sandy (NPA)

FUOCO, Federico (Vancouver 1st)

SHARMA, Niki (Vision Vancouver)

FRASER, Janet (Green)

SHECTER, Ilana (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

GAVIN, Gayle (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

SIEGL, Audrey “sχɬemtəna:t” (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

GIESBRECHT, Gwen (Public Education Project)

WONG, Allan (Vision Vancouver)

GUPTA, Raj

WOO, Sophia (Vancouver 1st)

SKALICKY, Ludvik

JIVRAJ, Amin

WYNEN, Rob (Vision Vancouver)

GUITAR, Anthony GUNN, Charlene (Cedar Party) GUSTAFSON, Jeremy (Cedar Party) HIGGINS, Keith (Coalition of Progressive Electors)

BHATHA, Susan (Vancouver 1st)

STEVENSON, Tim (Vision Vancouver) TANG, Tony (Vision Vancouver) WONG, Mercedes (Vancouver 1st)

For more information: visit vancouver.ca/vote or phone 3-1-1

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The Capital Plan Borrowing Questions A portion of the funding for the 2015–2018 Capital Plan is proposed to come from borrowing that requires voter approval. During the voting period, including advance voting and general voting day, voters will be asked to give Council the authority to borrow these funds. The questions to be voted on are included in a By-law approved by Council. Eligible voters may vote “yes” or “no” to the three questions. A copy of the text of that By-law is reproduced here: “BY-LAW NO. 11078 A By-law to authorize questions for the assent of electors regarding the 2015–2018 Capital Plan THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, in public meeting, enacts as follows: 1. Council authorizes putting to the electors, under section 245 of the Vancouver Charter, the following questions with respect to the following matters:”

B. Recreational and Exhibition Facilities

B. Street and Bridge Infrastructure

A. Community Facilities

To provide for major maintenance, upgrading or replacement of existing recreational, entertainment and exhibition facilities that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements, and provision of new recreational facilities to serve Vancouver’s growing population.

To provide for major maintenance, reconstruction and enhancement of the arterial and neighbourhood transportation networks, greenways and cycle routes and to undertake major maintenance of bridges and other structures.

To provide for major maintenance, upgrading or replacement of existing community facilities, such as libraries, cultural facilities, affordable housing, social facilities and childcare centres, that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements, and provision of new community facilities to serve Vancouver’s growing population.

TOTAL

$58,200,000

If this question receives the assent of the electors, Council has the power, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws, as and when Council considers appropriate, to borrow money for the projects described up to $58,200,000.

This question seeks authority to borrow funds to be used in carrying out the basic capital works program with respect to Parks and Recreation. Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018 to borrow an aggregate $58,200,000 for the following purposes?

A. Parks To provide for major maintenance, upgrading or replacement of existing parks and features within parks, such as pathways, playgrounds and playﬁelds that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements.

C. Street Lighting, Trafﬁc Signals and Communications Systems

$59,750,000

To provide for major maintenance, replacement and expansion of street lighting, trafﬁc signal and communications systems that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements.

B. Civic Facilities and Infrastructure

$17,000,000

2. PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS TOTAL

This question seeks authority to borrow funds to be used in carrying out the basic capital works program with respect to Public Safety and Public Works.

1. PARKS AND RECREATION

$56,450,000

$40,250,000

$95,700,000

To provide for major maintenance, upgrading or replacement of existing civic facilities and infrastructure, such as information technology systems, civic ofﬁces and maintenance yards, that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements. $21,350,000

Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018 to borrow an aggregate $95,700,000 for the following purposes?

A. Public Safety Facilities To provide for major maintenance, upgrading or replacement of existing public safety facilities, such as ﬁre halls and police buildings, that are beyond economical repair or no longer meet operational requirements. $22,250,000

$17,950,000

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Are you in favour of Council having the authority, without further assent of the electors, to pass by-laws between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018 to borrow an aggregate $81,100,000 for the following purposes?

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This Wednesday saw the annual caravan of adolescent inspiration and vapid celebrity known as We Day pull into Roger’s Arena for a few well-choreographed hours of aspirational mantras and feel-good slacktivism. Billed as a “social change event,” the student love-in also featured appearances by such notable humanitarians as Orlando Bloom, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez and Jennifer Lopez, whose most recent act of social change was liberating her and Iggy Azalea’s glistening behinds from the tyranny of pants in the video for “Booty.” If we sound a little bitter, it’s because we are. Where’s the We Day for aging dudes and dudettes who don’t have the time or energy to take part in social change, whatever that is, especially since The Walking Dead just started up again and it’s getting really good? That’s why we’re proposing Meh Day. No need to book Rogers Arena, the event will be held in a bar, pub or anywhere that serves chicken wings. Preferably inexpensive ones. Meh Day will touch on such themes as “Acceptance of Shortcomings,” “Naps,” “Apathy is Not a Four Letter Word” and “Naps.” There will also be guest appearances by the rhythm section of ’90s Canadian band Bootsauce, someone who played a dead body in Da Vinci’s Inquest and former BCTV sportscaster Bernie Pascal’s former hairstylist who had to overcome insurmountable odds on a

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Predictability usually kills a play but in The Rainmaker predictability is as comforting as homemade pumpkin pie. You know Lizzie is going to get a man, you know the rainmaker is a conman and, shucks, you know it’s gonna rain. But the play goes where our hearts want it to go; it’s just a matter of how long it takes to get there and what surprises we might meet along the way. And that’s another thing: it takes 145 minutes with two intermissions to get there but who cares because director Ron Reed and this terriﬁc cast keep this prairie romance at a quick trot. My guest, a prairie boy from Alberta, commented on four things: the Stetsons aren’t battered enough, white Stetsons are only worn on Sundays, the men’s jeans aren’t dirty enough and, dammit, Lizzie (Pippa Johnstone) is just not plain. She’s pretty, alright — even with her hair yanked primly back. Any guy can see that. Those of us west of the Rockies don’t twig to these ranch hand details, which, nevertheless, didn’t ruin my guest’s enjoyment of The Rainmaker — he was just, you know, saying. Written by American playwright N. Richard Nash in the early ’50s, the play is set in drought-plagued Kansas in the ’30s. Crops are withered, cattle are dying and there’s not a cloud in the sky. On top of that H.C. Curry, a weathered rancher (Andrew Wheeler) and his two sons Noah (Kenton Klassen) and Jim (Ryan

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Scramstad) are coming to the realization that Lizzie, the boys’ 20-something sister, is doomed to become an old maid. She’s sensible, would make a feller a ﬁne wife but she’s been told so often by brother Noah that she’s plain, she believes it. The guys try to hook her up with the town deputy File (John Voth) but that only leads to painfully awkward moments between them. Suddenly, Starbuck, a smooth-talking, charismatic stranger, swaggers through the door and promises, for an advance of $100, to make it rain. The whole family is turned upside down as if a tornado had driven through the place. He’s obviously, as Lizzie points out, “a liar and a conman,” but H.C. Curry is a desperate man. The writing is on this Kansas farmhouse walls; $100 is going to change hands. While it’s obviously a lot of fun portraying a scoundrel, not everyone gets it right. Robert Salvador does: his Starbuck is a cocky, fast-talking con artist but Salvador lets us see Starbuck’s vulnerability, too. With two very successful brothers, Starbuck

is the family loser. All he wants is to succeed at something, maybe settle down, stop running from town to town where, once revealed, he has to hit the road. There’s lots of dry-asdust humour with the banter between father and sons. As grizzled H.C., Wheeler (so different from his recent portrayal of Stephen Harper) is gruff and straight to the point as H.C. keeps pugnacious Noah and sweet, slightly simple Jim from beating on each other. Johnstone, at the heart of this story, strikes a lovely balance between longing and resignation. We’re pulling for Lizzie and, like her father and Jim, we don’t much care whether she goes off with Starbuck or hooks up with File. Drought. Not something we experience much in these parts. But drought in this play is emotional as well as actual. And when it finally rains, it sure as heck pours. Hallelujah. The Rainmaker runs until Nov. 1 at Pacific Theatre. For tickets, call 604-731-5518 or go to pacifictheatre.org. For more reviews, go to joledingham.ca

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tor as maniacal as Terence Fletcher in Whiplash. Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) is maestro of an elite jazz ensemble at the lauded (ﬁctional) Shaffer School in Manhattan. He plucks 19-year-old Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) from the obscurity of his college class to participate in his band. Andrew starts out by turning pages for the “core”

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Miles Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer out to impress maniacal mentor J.K. Simmons in Whiplash.

and enduring physical and verbal abuse beyond limit. He wants to be like his idol, Buddy Rich. “I want to be great,” he says, before correcting himself. “I want to be one of the greats.” To that end, relationships — with a would-be girlfriend (Melissa Benoist) and with his only friend, his dad (Paul Reiser) — just get in the way, as far as Andrew is concerned. The put-downs continue at home over family dinner. Dad is a failed writer teaching high school English, an indignity that Andrew refuses to repeat. The boys at the table — third-tier football players and school debaters — all get more kudos round the dinner table than Andrew, whose chosen career is seen as a hobby and a certain path to heroin addiction and early death. The band makes the rounds of jazz fest competitions, playing Hank Levy’s

“Whiplash” and, memorably, the entirety of Juan Tizol’s “Caravan,” first performed by Duke Ellington. There are blood blisters and open wounds accompanied by copious bleeding on the drum kit, and gallons and gallons of sweat. Andrew hits rock-bottom and Fletcher gets his due. Fletcher’s revenge is a sweet surprise, as is Andrew’s last-act solution. Unrealistic? Maybe. But we are mesmerized by the symbiotically destructive relationship between teacher and student, nonetheless. The film is based on Damien Chazelle’s 18-minute short (also starring Simmons) which won the Short Film Jury Prize at Sundance. It’s a magnificent character study in a perfectly trim 106 minutes. (Editing by Tom Cross is fantastically efficient, often cutting to the beat.) No extraneous personal-history

scenes: we don’t require a complete background on these characters to appreciate their motivations and the people they become as soon as they set foot in the rehearsal studio. The performance is a triumph for Simmons, who will never be called “the dad in Juno” or “the Farmer’s Insurance Guy” again. And if The Spectacular Now wasn’t enough to announce Teller’s graduation from comedic roles (21 And Over, Footloose), Whiplash screams that the actor has arrived. Amazingly, Teller reportedly did all his own drumming in the film. Chazelle and director of photography Sharone Meir even manage to make the mundane intense: reed preparation, case locks snapping, bloody band-aids all carry weight and menace when shot in close-up. That’s nothing compared to the tight shots of Fletcher screaming inches away from his student, spittle flying, and Andrew drumming as if his life depended on it. The title is fitting. I walked away from Whiplash with a headache. Not because of all that pounding on the drums but because of the tension, which never lets up, not for a second, not for a paradiddle. Whiplash opens Friday at Fifth Avenue Cinema.

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Weekend Calendar AAA Varsity football, Week Eight

The Notre Dame Jugglers will look to double their points this season with a victory over winless West Vancouver at Burnaby Lake Park at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24. Sitting fourth in the Western Conference, Vancouver College (1-1, 2-3) leapt to fourth place in the Western Division with last week’s win. With four points, they trail the division leaders, South Delta and Mt. Douglas who are both undefeated and tied for ﬁrst with 10 points each.

Varsity football Tier II, Week Eight

With a win this week, the Hamber Grifﬁns (0-1, 3-0) can cement their hold on the standings. They lead Burnaby Central by two points. The Grifﬁns host Earl Marriott at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 24.

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Snowboarding goes deep for reality TV Warrior Games proﬁles First Nations Snowboard Team

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Host Steve Sxwithul’txw learned to snowboard alongside children for an episode of Warrior Games recorded in February 2013 at Whistler.

For the inaugural year, the Rock ’n’ Roll Oasis HalfMarathon takes over downtown Vancouver Oct. 26. The Cunningham Seawall 10k will be held on the same day. The half-marathon starts outside the convention centre at 8:15 a.m. while the shorter one begins in Stanley Park at 7:45 a.m. Both races ﬁnish at the Devonian Harbour Park near Georgia Street. More than 20 live bands will be set up along the 21-kilometre half-marathon course.

Snowboarding is a new sport, but retreating to the mountains is an ancient practice. In an episode of Warrior Games, which airs Saturday on the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network, the First Nations Snowboard Team highlighted the connection between their snow sport and an ancestral Coast Salish custom that sees teenagers and adults alike withdraw to the mountains for weeks at a time. “Before contact, a lot of First Nations in this area would go to the mountains for a month, especially the Cheakamus Valley, they would go out for a month, go back to the long house and share it. Today very few practise it still,” said the FNST director Aaron Marchant, a member of the Squamish Nation. Telling Warrior Games about their snowboard program meant taking a new look at Coast Salish spiritual rituals, said Marchant. “We were trying to ﬁnd a relation,” he said, noting the value of reconnecting to the land and adding that such a retreat “is something a teenager could do.” The snowboard program operates on Grouse and Whistler mountains, where it gives aboriginal teens and young adults a chance to

learn, compete and coach the sport. Youth from Pemberton to Metro Vancouver are provided with equipment, a lift pass and, on Sundays, can get a free ride to the mountain. For the Warrior Games episode, which was shot in February 2013, host Steve Sxwithul’txw strapped on a snowboard for the first time and challenged himself by preparing to race. His teachers were 20-something participants in the program and assistant coach Mike Barton. “All the little kids were trying to teach and explain and give him tips,” said Burton, 25, who is Nisga’a and lived in Joyce-Collingwood before moving to Whistler earlier this year. Sxwithul’txw, an experienced skier, said the FNST was profiled by Warrior Games because it’s “doing more for their nation and their people than I could have possibly imagined. It’s important to highlight that and, for me, it wasn’t a sport I’d tried.” Warrior Games travels the continent from the Arctic to the U.S. South to feature the sports and competitions played by aboriginal people. The host always tries his hand at the games he’s profiling. In the pilot episode, Sxwithul’txw visited the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians where stickball, a sport similar to lacrosse but with 30 players a side and a tall single post for a

goal, is a source of passion, pride and identity for the community. It’s also known as the little brother of war, a point Sxwithul’txw said is essential to its purpose. “A lot of these sports we highlight, some were used to settle disputes and grievances and to bring communities together,” he said. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how important sport was before contact and what it meant for our people.” Sxwithul’txw, a Coast Salish journalist who lives in Victoria, approaches each sport with knowledge and dignity, bringing a comic humility by willingly putting himself on the line. “For me as an urban Indian, if you will, trying these sports and trying to excel in them was really a first for me. No matter how much you fall down and get hurt — and I’m a middleaged dude in my late 40s — you keep trying over and over again until you master whatever you do.” In his attempt to learn how to snowboard well enough to race on a course, Sxwithul’txw met the reality of a front edge. He took a very hard fall — caught on camera — and damaged his ribs. “I took one spill that caused me to find new respect [for the elements and sport] after I was getting very confident in my training. I told myself, ‘I’m not bad,’ and I let go a little bit,”

he said. “I fell ﬂat on my face and crunched my ribs. I ended up in hospital.” Although Barton and other instructors taught him how to fall and protect himself, the host said the bone-crushing fall happened too quickly for him to tuck his arms against his body. “I put my arms out and all I felt was the impact of my elbow into my ribs and hearing it crack,” said Sxwithul’txw, who said he went into shock before he eventually rallied. “But it was fun. That’s what the show is about: pushing yourself.” Proﬁling the team that snowboards in the Coast Salish mountains many of them grow up looking at and learn about also allowed Sxwithul’txw, a member of the Penelakut Tribe, to talk about the environment and culture he cherishes. “We practise a lot of the same things [as the Squamish]. We’ll go in into the mountains and practise our rituals and traditions,” he said. “It can be perceived as a different way of dealing with modern times. The elders may have something to say about that, but [these practices] are important aspects of our lives as First Nations people.” The Warrior Games episode airs Oct. 25 on APTN. All episodes are online at aptn.ca/warriorgames. twitter.com/MHStewart

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Giants goaltender Payton Lee holds the line against the Prince George Cougars in a 6-1 win at Pacific Coliseum on Oct. 5. Vancouver travels to Victoria to play the Royals on Friday night.

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The Vancouver Giants’ home and away records could belong to two different teams. Case in point: the Prince George Cougars. On the road at the CN Centre two weeks ago, the Giants lost back-to-back games, dropping both in 2-1 losses. A week later on home ice at

the Pacific Coliseum Oct. 18, the Giants routed the Cougars 9-1. Case in point: the Kamloops Blazers. Former Giants head coach Don Hay returned to Vancouver for the first regular season meeting on Oct. 17 and his side lost 3-0. In Kamloops five days later, the Blazers beat the Giants 7-2. On the road, the Giants haven’t won. They’re 0-4. At home, they’re 6-1. Their overall 6-5 record puts them at the bottom of

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Field Hockey Canada announces inaugural hall of fame inductees FIELD HOCKEY Two inﬂuential Vancouverites will be included in the inaugural class of Field Hockey Canada’s hall of fame. From nearly 50 entries, Paul “Bubli” Chohan and the late Harrey Warren were selected along with two others based on their extensive careers and roles as ambassadors

for ﬁeld hockey. According to a Field Hockey Canada announcement, Warren, who is recognized as a Pioneer, was “widely regarded as the father of Canadian ﬁeld hockey.” As the president of the Canadian Field Hockey Association in 1964, he was responsible for getting the game recognized by the Canadian Olympic Committee.

“Harry’s passion and persistence resulted in generations of Canadian ﬁeld hockey players having competed and continuing to compete on the world’s biggest stage: the Olympics Games,” Field Hockey Canada said in a news release. Warren, who is in the UBC and B.C. sport halls of fame, was the ﬁrst Olympic athlete at UBC, where one of the

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Vancouver’s top high school cross-country racers were decided in two zone meets on Tuesday. The city’s public schools raced in the VSSAA meet at Fraserview, and private schools competed in the LMISSAA event at Jericho on the same day. Earlier, approximately 3,000 elementary school students participated in an annual 1.5-kilometre race at Trout Lake. The VSSAA will send its top 20 male and female seniors in addition to the top three teams: Lord Byng, Killarney and Gladstone. The LMISSAA qualiﬁed the top 15 senior male and female runners.

Kitsilano’s Sam Lapin takes an early lead on Killarney’s Enid Au at Fraserview on Oct. 21. See photo gallery and video at vancourier.com/sports. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Provincials are Nov. 1 in Victoria. At Fraserview on Tuesday, Killarney’s Enid Au capped the season with her third win. Although she missed the previous league race because of an injury, the Grade 12 student covered the 3.8km course in 14 minutes and 58.42 seconds to win gold. Calli Charlton, of Lord Byng, came second in 15:04.62 seconds and Kitsilano’s Sam Lapin was third in 16:14.85. Two Grade 9 students from Killarney, Kyra Danielson and Mika ThornittPierre, ﬁnished in the top 12 overall. Kieran Lumb outpaced his closest competitor by more than half a minute. The Lord Byng runner covered the 7.9-km course in 27:25.26, putting him 37 seconds ahead of Brodie Marshall of Jules Verne

and 53 seconds ahead of Killarney’s Erik Thies. West Point Grey Academy and St. George’s dominated the respective girls and boys senior events. WPGA stacked four racers on the podium, leading with Leah Kirsh who won in 15:55 and followed by Dante Sali, Sarah Diamond and Emily Kasa. Kennedy Randall also finished sixth behind Avery Lee-Pii of Stratford Hall. St. George’s finished with five racers in the top six but were edged out of first place by a St. Thomas More competitor. For the Saints, Keith Chow finished second in 22:38, followed by Ben Kirsh, Owen Pitblado, Nick Good and Colin Mitchell. To see a video of the adorable chaos at Trout Lake, visit vancourier. com/sports.

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Recent delays and tangled situations end and clear. The weeks ahead accent crucial relationships – business partners, spouse, strong friend, lawyer, counsellor – anyone with whom you must deal. That includes enemies, so the times ahead can as well be ﬁlled with good as bad, with negotiations or litigation, with marriage or divorce. To succeed, be co-operative, see what attracts others, fulﬁll their desires as a path to success.

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October’s delays and mistakes end. The weeks ahead emphasize work, everyday health, machinery, service people, and dependents. Dress and eat sensibly. You are cleared to buy machinery in the month ahead, but don’t buy a vehicle, phone(s) or any communication devices. It’s not the best but not the worst time to purchase a computer or software. Relationships ﬁll Sun./Mon. – in a good, lucky way.

Recent delays have ended, so march forward now, Sage, especially Sunday/Monday, when your energy and effectiveness are high. But march toward things that we usually don’t associate with success: meditation, solitude, contemplation, yoga, research, charity involvements, government applications or formalities/forms, warehousing, and ﬁnding a secure place. This “journey” should take about four weeks.

Recent delays end now – you’re free to charge forward. The weeks ahead hold romance, pleasure, beauty, charming kids, adventure, creativity, games, sports and speculation. If you’re single, this breeze of romance might steer your life ship to someone who would make a good mate. Be alert and ready, not off-hand. Romance can be very sweet now to November 15.

Delays have essentially ended, Cap, so you can march forth conﬁdently. In fact you might be too conﬁdent, as Mars travels through your sign until early December. This will make you more determined and assertive. It also “shines up” your executive abilities – now’s the time to prove to higher-ups that you can be a manager (if you want this) – or head up a bigger department/project.

Recent delays and fuzzy thinking have ended, just in time for you to make some big decision, perhaps take major actions, involving the foundations of your life. For two years, home hasn’t been easy – perhaps more chores, perhaps you’ve worked at home, perhaps you took on a ﬁnancial burden to purchase a home. In addition, your “territory” at work faced the same slow, restrictive, hard-work inﬂuence.

Recent delays and confused thinking are over, so charge ahead conﬁdently – especially toward an ambitious, prestige or career goal now to late November. You’ll be helped in this by a parade of opportunities passing you, by great public relations, and upbeat, optimistic relationships with everyone, including co-workers. One of the best paths to advancement, now to next August, can be to join (or form) a group of like-minded people.

Delays are over, Virgo. You’ll charge out of the gate – but not to any major goal. Instead, the weeks ahead are filled with communications, errands, short trips, visits, siblings and casual friends. In addition, you’ll feel a rising wind of romance, creativity, a hunger for risk, now into late December. Don’t risk too much – fight impulsivity. It might be difficult to separate lust and romance – and right now you don’t have to.

October’s delays and indecision are over. (Though you can remain a bit indecisive for a week or two.) The month ahead emphasizes a broader view, higher learning, far travel, publishing and advertising, statistics, science, cultural involvements, law, religion and philosophy – and love. Friends will be more assertive, will call you more often, now to early December. But, though you might be tempted, don’t try to turn this (contacts, popularity) into money.

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Because pent-up demand for family housing is driving up the cost of singlefamily homes and two- and three-bedroom apartments in Vancouver, a plan to increase the number of larger condo units in the city will help make family housing more affordable. So goes the reasoning of

Vision Vancouver. The party has made a campaign promise to increase the number of two- and three-bedroom units that developers are required to include in new condo buildings. Currently, 25 per cent of units must be family-sized; Vision wants to increase that to 35 per cent. It’s part of the party’s affordable housing platform, which includes building

more rental housing and using city-owned land for new housing. But developers and the city’s former chief planner say it’s unlikely that requiring developers to build more family units will reduce Vancouver’s high cost of housing. “[Vision has] included this in a list of things they describe as affordable housing strategy, but the

mayor’s going to need to clarify whether the goal is family housing or affordable family housing,” said Brent Toderian, the City of Vancouver’s head of planning between 2006 and 2012. “The latter is much more challenging and requires much more provincial participation.” Toderian recently worked with Colliers International on an economic and market

“We can’t build enough to build our way to affordability.” — Hani Lamman analysis for a similar policy in the City of New Westminster. That study found that requiring developers to include a speciﬁc number of family units in new buildings wouldn’t make low-rise, mid-rise or highrise projects economically unviable. As a result, the City of New Westminster is now considering instituting a policy requiring 20 per cent of units be two-bedroom and 10 per cent be three-bedroom. Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie said an economic feasibility study had not been done on his party’s 35 per cent proposal, but he emphasized the proposal is a campaign promise that would have to be approved by city council. New Westminster has not tried to tie affordability to the policy. Toderian said the goal is to create more family housing. But design decisions like locating larger units on lower ﬂoors could help keep costs down for homebuyers. Developers Robert Fung of the Salient Group and Hani Lammam of Cressey Development Group think market demand and not municipal regulations should determine which kind of units get built. “I think a lot of people are presuming [developers are] building tiny units that

wouldn’t be able to accommodate a family,” Fung said. “But I think it’s the opposite... You’d be hard-pressed to ﬁnd a building that... doesn’t have a mix of units.” Lammam said the 25 per cent rule is relatively low and is easy for most developers to comply with, but an across-the-board rule for all projects limits ﬂexibility. He said Cressey has been including more two- and three-bedroom units in projects lately because of higher demand. Lammam and Fung agreed that requiring developers to include more large units will increase building costs, which they said would raise suite prices. “Affordability is such a challenge,” Lammam said. “We can’t build enough to build our way to affordability.” While Toderian is critical of Vision’s decision to put its campaign promise under the affordability umbrella, he said he has been advocating for the city to raise the family housing requirement to 35 per cent from 25 per cent for several years. He added that demand for family-sized suites in neighbourhoods depends on the presence of parks, schools and daycares — amenities that are under the control of municipalities. twitter@jenstden

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today’sdrive Continued from page 39 Also, since it has a lower centre of gravity, the Venza is naturally safer and sportier than traditional SUVs. Seven standard airbags add to the peace-of-mind. Even though the Venza was given a make over last year, the visual differences were limited to the grille, mirrors, and the lights. The standard 19-inch wheels (20-inch wheels are available) give it a muscular appearance.

Performance

There are two engine options to choose from for the Venza, as in the past. The base model Venza comes with a 2.7-litre four-cylinder which returns a combined city/ highway fuel economy rating of 8.6L/100km. However, the Venza is not a light vehicle and with only 182 hp available, merging onto a highway is not the easiest. The 268 hp, 3.5-litre V6 is much more up to the task. This engine still achieves a combined fuel economy rating of 9.6L/100km. This should be the engine of choice for those who plan to do a lot of highway driving. Regardless of which powerplant you choose, it will be mated to a sixspeed automatic ECT transmission with sequential shift mode. Also, both can be equipped with AWD drivetrain for increased traction all year. All Venza models come with electric power steering which is surprisingly responsive and provides a reasonable amount of feedback. It can feel a bit heavy at slower speeds, however. The large wheels that look nice are a bit harsh over rough pavement and allow some noise to enter the cabin, but adds to the overall styling.

Environment

The cabin inside the Venza feels large, airy and spacious in all directions. Head, leg and hip room numbers are all near the top of the segment. To make the cabin feel even more airy, an optional panoramic moonroof allows all occupants to enjoy the sky. From the eight-way adjustable driver seat, the instrument panel features a high-visibility Optitron display. Toyota also allows Venza owners to adjust the size of the font of the information centre to increase legibility. Since the Venza has no third-row of seating, it is able to offer 70.1 cubic feet of cargo space when

the seats are folded down. To increase its utility, the Venza has standard 60/40 split folding second-row seats with a remote release in the cargo area. This means you don’t have to leave the rear hatch while loading larger items. Standard on the Venza is a Display Audio system using a 6.1-inch touchscreen that is capable of connecting to external devices through an auxiliary audio jack, a USB port or via Bluetooth. Voice-recognition is also standard and several upgrade packages, including leather seats and navigation, are available. Overall, the comfort level is high and the seats provide good support over long drives.

The cabin inside the Venza feels large, airy and spacious in all directions.

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Starting prices range from $28,695 to $32,250. The Venza has four models to choose from and three packages. Standard equipment includes keyless entry, eightway power adjustable driver seat with memory function, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, dual-zone climate control, heated exterior mirrors with turn signals, power rear hatch, and automatic headlights. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include leather seats, heated front seats, backup camera, navigation, pushbutton start, and automatic high beams. Fuel efﬁciency numbers (L/100km) for FWD four-cylinder models are 10.0 city, 6.9 highway for 8.6 combined and AWD models return 10.2 city, 7.1 highway and 8.8 combined. Six-cylinder models in FWD trim are rated at 11.1 city, 7.7 highway and 9.6 combined and AWD models see 11.4 city, 7.9 highway for 9.8 combined.

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Making AWD available across the Venza range is a much appreciated gesture from Toyota. The one-touch fold-ﬂat seats certainly makes the Venza very user-friendly. The car provides good balance of performance and comfort.

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While the base engine is reasonably economical, it still leaves plenty to desire. It is somewhat unique in its approach but is it unique enough?

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