Vancouver Courier February 20 2015

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February 20 2015

Vol. 106 No. 14

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Somaya Amiri couldn’t speak or write English just over three years ago. Now she’s won a $100,000 scholarship. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

FromAfghanrefugeetoscholarshipwinner Tupper student overcame remarkable odds

Cheryl Rossi

crossi@vancourier.com

Sir Charles Tupper secondary student Somaya Amiri has accomplished something only 30 Canadian teens this year can boast. She’s been named a Loran Scholar and will receive up to $100,000 over four years to attend university.

Just over three years ago, Amiri couldn’t speak English beyond “hi” and “bye.” She also couldn’t write English script — in Afghanistan she wrote in Dari right to left — and she recalls leaving her Vancouver School Board district placement test blank.

The lack of language skills left Amiri feeling “super nervous” to start her first day of Grade 9 at Tupper in December 2011. But her excitement to attend school superseded any anxiety.

“Coming to school, having my notebook, writing stuff down, holding the pencil, little things, it was so joyful,” the 17-year-old told the Courier Tuesday afternoon.

Amiri had stopped dreaming she’d be able to attend school when she lived in Afghanistan.

Her family had lived far from the closest school in Behsood and she said getting there “was kind of unsafe.”

Her older brother attended school, but she learned to read and write at a mosque.

“A lot of girls can’t even go to the mosque and can’t even read and write,” Amiri said.

“So I was really fortunate for that.”

But that doesn’t mean she didn’t try to go to school, noted social studies department head and teacher Bonnie Burnell, recalling a speech Amiri delivered. Fed up one day, Amiri slid a pencil in her pocket, slipped out the door and followed her brother to school, only to encounter her furious father there.

“He takes her home in disgrace,” Burnell said. “But then when she gets home, her mom and other female members of the family are all crying, and she just doesn’t really get it. And then they point out to her that they thought that she might die on the road because she’s a female trying to get education… There

were people around, the Taliban and others, who did not believe in a woman’s education and who would certainly have harmed anyone who had the audacity to do that.”

Amiri’s family are Hazara, the least populous of the four main ethnic groups in Afghanistan, and Shia, whereas most of the Muslims in Afghanistan are Sunni.

She says they are members of the minority that faces ethnic cleansing.

Amiri’s family sold everything and joined her uncle in Pakistan when the situation became intolerable. Life there wasn’t any safer, so Amiri’s father decided they should relocate to Canada.

The family arrived as refugees under perilous conditions.

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Earthquake will create thirst for water

12TH&CAMBIE Mike Howell

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“A lot of people don’t realize this…”

As a reporter, I like hearing those words because sometimes it means I might learn something and, as a bonus, the new information might actually be interesting.

So it was, in fact, interesting when city engineer Peter Judd spoke to city council Tuesday about what the city’s plans were for residents to access water if a major earthquake rattled this city.

“A lot of people don’t realize this but there’s very large aquifer that runs under the Langara-Oakridge area, so we built a well system in Langara golf course which normally provides irrigation for the golf course,” Judd said. “But the primary purpose of building that was to provide an alternate source of water, in the event that the main system

The Langara Golf Course has a city-built well system that could be used as an alternative source of water if an earthquake destroys the city’s main water channels. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

is not functioning correctly.

Oakridge also uses water for cooling from that aquifer.

So part of our plan is to

use water from Oakridge Centre, as well.”

Interesting, right?

Aquifer, according to

Wikipedia: “An underground layer of waterbearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials

(gravel, sand or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well.”

Judd mentioned the aquifer after letting council know that Vancouver won’t likely be able to rely on its traditional sources of water from the North Shore mountain reservoirs when the Big One hits.

That’s because pipes will break.

Though the aquifer option sounds interesting, is it sustainable?

Mayor Gregor Robertson wanted to know.

So he went all reporterlike and asked this: If we lose the water from the North Shore — the Metro water — and we’re running off the Oakridge aquifer, how long can we last? How much water can we produce from that aquifer and pump around the city? Is all the infrastructure there to basically flip a switch and use water from our wells?

Judd: “Well, it wouldn’t get you very far. The intent is more to use it as a source of water to potentially treat

for potable water versus for firefighting use. So you would treat it onsite and truck it to where you needed it from there, or use a tanker to get it to a hospital, for example, which is a high priority for us.”

Judd reminded the mayor that another and more sustainable alternative to the aquifer would be water from the Coquitlam reservoir. Metro Vancouver recently ran a pipe from the reservoir that doesn’t go under Burrard Inlet.

But, Judd pointed out, other municipalities would also rely on that water source.

So then what?

“Residents,” Judd said, “for a period of time, will need to supply their own water. You need to be storing some water in your house in a place where you can get at it. It’s very likely that we will not be able to supply potable water to individual homes for some time following an earthquake.”

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VSB forced to cut $2.9M CLASS NOTES

Cheryl Rossi

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“Disappointing” is how both NPA Vancouver School Board chairperson Christopher Richardson and B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker described the provincial government’s 2015 budget, which was announced Feb. 17.

Richardson said Wednesday morning he was speaking for himself, not on behalf of the school board, which hasn’t had time to agree upon a formal response to the budget.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced $564 million in additional money for the kindergarten to Grade 12 system over three years to meet its funding commitments for collective agreements.

But Richardson and Iker noted school districts province-wide were also told together they would have to save $29 million in administrative costs for the 2015-2016 school year and $25 million in 2016-2017.

Richardson said that

means the VSB will need to save an additional estimated $2.9 million, on top of a projected $15 million shortfall.

“As our superintendent has said, it will be tough to balance our budget this year as it was last year, and certainly another $2.9 million of unexpected cuts is not helpful,” he said.

Richardson said the board has heard a freeze on salaries for vice principals and principals could be making it difficult to attract administrators, but he didn’t believe this was addressed in the budget. He’s also heard the wage gap between teachers and administrators is shrinking and some starting principals could earn less than teachers who are high on the pay scale.

Richardson said they talked to MLAs and met Ministry of Education staff, who he expects they’ll be talking to more as the board’s budget process ramps up.

Iker said the budget doesn’t cover inflation for school districts or downloaded costs that include increasing Medical Service Plan premiums and the

new MyEducationBC computer program.

“For the second year in a row, the government’s own standing committee on finance recommended that government needs to put more money into K to 12 and, in particular, at the minimum, cover the cost of inflation and other downloaded costs and deal with the issues of students with special needs,” Iker said. “[It’s] a committee of both NDP and Liberal MLAs and the government seems more [interested in] trying to build up surpluses rather than dealing with supports for students, health services.”

A battle between the BCTF and government regarding class size and composition remains before the courts, so any financial impacts of a ruling are unknown.

De Jong said the last three years of delivering balanced budget means the government can make modest, strategic investments that maintain public services in healthcare and education while strengthening and encouraging growth in key economic sectors. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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News VPD recommends rejecting vision complaint

Mike Howell

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The Vancouver Police Department has recommended that a complaint be rejected from a potential recruit who says he didn’t get a chance to become a police officer because he believes the force’s requirements for colour vision are discriminatory.

Kiren Gill, 28, has abnormal vision that prevents him from accurately seeing shades of colour but told the Vancouver Police Board Jan. 15 the deficiency wouldn’t prevent him from working as an officer.

A VPD report scheduled to go before the police board Feb. 19 — after the Courier’s print deadline — recommended the complaint be dismissed and suggested Gill direct his concerns to the provincial ministry of justice, which sets policing standards in B.C. “The VPD recruiting unit does not discriminate against people with colour vision deficiency,” said the report, noting an applicant must meet vision standards set out in what is commonly known as the Farnsworth D-15 test.

“The VPD recruiting unit’s current practices in regards to visual acuity and colour vision requirements are fair, reasonable and comply with ministry standards.”

The report said the recruiting unit attempted to follow up with Gill and his doctor but were unable to do so because Gill said he was travelling and studying overseas. The VPD subsequently closed his file.

In an email to the Courier Wednesday, Gill said he was disappointed with the

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The Vancouver Police Department has recommended dismissing a complaint lodged by potential recruit Kiren Gill over the force’s vision requirements. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

VPD’s recommendation to dismiss his complaint.

He said the VPD made inaccurate and contradictory statements regarding his availability, saying he returned a call and was told his application would be rejected because of his abnormal vision.

Gill said he never received a letter from the VPD but acknowledged that was probably because he had moved and didn’t provide the department with a new address.

“I did not even think to notify them of an address change since they had already told me my application would be closed due to my colour vision,” he wrote.

“Otherwise, I most definitely would have notified them.”

Added Gill: “My dream is to become a Vancouver police officer and why would I put all this work into preparing and applying and then immediately ignore my application? It seems as though the report has tried

to paint an unfair picture.”

In an interview last month, Gill said he could see colours but that a normal red would be a bit dark to him and acknowledged deciphering dark purple and blue can be difficult.

In his research, Gill said, he learned countries such as Ireland, England and Australia either modified or scrapped their vision acuity requirements. He noted Vancouver Fire and Rescue now considers candidates on a case-by-case basis.

“I was hoping that the VPD would review its standards and see that this requirement is discriminatory,” he said. “Instead, the report does not even attempt to address this issue and only inaccurately diverts responsibility away from the VPD.” The police board was to decide at its Thursday afternoon meeting whether to dismiss Gill’s complaint. twitter.com/Howellings

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Continued from page 1 They lived at Kinbrace community housing for refugees near Commercial Drive. Britannia was the closest school but school board staff suggested Amiri attend Tupper, on East 24th Avenue near Fraser Street, which provides extra supports to newcomers.

Amiri progressed from English Language Learner (ELL) to mainstream classes within months.

“She actually got the award for top scholar the first year she was in mainstream,” Burnell said.

“She was so anxious to learn and she was absolutely ravenous for more,” said ELL teacher Sally Ringdahl. “A lot of students who haven’t had formal education find it pretty overwhelming, and no matter how much of any sort of topic or experience or activity, she wanted more.”

Amiri explains her hunger this way: “When you want something, and it’s so hard to have it, it becomes more precious to you.”

She memorized 40 new words each morning before school.

“I would go to school and I just felt so confident and I was going to use all these words. Some of the words

weren’t even useful because it was, like, a picture dictionary and then there was like toys and stuff, like babysitting vocabulary,” she said with a laugh.

Amiri was the first at homework club and the last to leave. To practise her fledgling English speaking skills, Amiri participated in the VSB’s Engaged Immigrant Youth Program, or EIYP, socializing with other newcomers and getting connected to the community.

When Amiri felt English language learners needed even more time and space to practise their speaking skills, she and another student, with the help of EIYP program coordinator Jennifer Reddy, wrote a grant proposal to the Vancouver Foundation and secured their first $5,000 for a weekly club.

Amiri co-led the club for two years.

“Three of the students that joined the program at the beginning are now taking the leadership to lead the club,” she said.

She joined Tupper’s Youth for Change club in Grade 10 and assumed its leadership in Grades 11 and 12. Youth for Change maintains a partnership with international charity Free the Children.

“One of the stuff that we did was having a penny drive for clean water in India,” she said. “Helping building a school, that was our theme last year. It was just like stuff I could really connect to.”

With encouragement from Burnell, Amiri learned to express her ideas clearly on a school debating club. She recently joined the Vancouver Foundation’s youth advisory team.

The teen has accomplished all of this while commuting to Tupper from Surrey and now New Westminster. A stint at a school in Burnaby lasted only three weeks.

“I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to be where I was today without having the support of [Tupper] and the community that I have,” she said.

Amiri learned about the Loran Scholars Foundation through her own research. She was one of 3,800 applicants and one of 76 semi-finalists selected for their character, commitment to service and leadership potential.

She passed a local selection process and Loran flew her to Toronto earlier this month for interviews.

When Amiri saw other students being vetted, she

figured she had no chance.

“They’ve been, like, doing amazing sports, know how to play different types of instruments,” she said.

But she learned Feb. 8 she had been selected.

“Three-and-a-half years ago, I didn’t know how to speak English,” Amiri said. “And whatever I did at school or in the community it was just because I loved it. And just getting recognized for that was, for me, a huge honour.”

She shook her head side to side and widened her eyes when asked what her winning the scholarship meant to her parents.

“It means so much for them. It wasn’t easy for them to bring us here…

There was pain and hardships coming, but then at the end, it was worth it,” she said.

Amiri’s interest is science and medical school, but her passion is for humanitarianism, so she’d like to combine the two.

“Not all Afghan girls or girls in developing countries get opportunities that I got… I’ve lived two such different lives… I just want to use that,” she said. “It’s not fair how geography plays so much of a role in how much you’re exposed to opportunities.” twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Onni buys Pearson Dogwood lands DEVELOPING STORY

25.4-acre Pearson Dogwood lands, located at West 59th Avenue between Heather and Cambie streets, to Onni Group.

The sale comes a year after city council approved a policy statement to guide the site’s redevelopment.

A rezoning application

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Vancouver Coastal Health announced last week it’s sold most of the

is expected to be filed in January 2016.

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A 150-bed residential care home will be built to replace Dogwood Lodge.

Construction is expected to start mid-2017 on that project. The following year, VCH anticipates construction on a community health centre will begin.

The George Pearson Centre is being replaced by 114 housing units for people with disabilities, which will be distributed across the Pearson Dogwood property with other market and affordable housing. It’s unclear when work on that will start.

“The Pearson replacement is a little more complicated because we heard loud and clear from stakeholders in the disabilities community that they don’t want that kind of outmoded, institutional setting,” Wilson explained. “What we’re going to be looking at is different housing options mixed in with the market housing, so the details of that have yet to be worked out.” twitter.com/Naoibh

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“Part of the reason for that is it does transfer the development risk over to the private developer rather than being maintained by us. Because if we had stayed on as a master developer of the land, then there is some risk attached to that,” Wilson said. “So with this model, we sell the land outright and in return we get a substantial financial asset.

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In 2013, Brad Foster, the real estate consultant for VCH who was working on the Pearson-Dogwood project, told the Courier there were no plans to sell the land.

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Singing the praises of Taxes and the United Gen Y survival skills Snitches of America Jessica Barrett Columnist jessica.barrett@gmail.com It takes a lot of nerve to become one of those people who just walk down the street singing at the top of their lungs like it’s no big deal. I know, because I recently joined their ranks.

My entrance into the world of street singing was an incremental affair, taking place during a stroll to the grocery store one recent Saturday afternoon. I was, quite literally, moved by the spirit of Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” piping through my headphones and before I knew it, my half-hearted hum grew to into a tentative trill and then I was plain old singing, meeting the stares of oncoming strangers with a broad smile.

People do this, you know. Sing on the street. At least in my East Van enclave, I encounter a self-styled chanteuse at least a couple times a month. It’s one of my favourite things about this city, one of the things that drew me back.

You see, I originally migrated west from Alberta more than a decade ago, but it was never supposed to be a permanent move. Vancouver was exotic enough to appeal to a not-quite-20-year-old who fancied a more urban environment than Edmonton, but back then, I thought of Vancouver as an interim stop on the way to bigger and better things.

I’d always been an ambitious person who longed for a fast-paced life and a glamorous career. And Vancouver, as anyone from east of the Rockies will tell you, is not the place you land if the traditional trappings of success are a life goal.

Our reputation is well known. We’re a city of slackers and hippies, of pot enthusiasts and ski bums, of starving artists who would rather pay exorbitant rent for a shoebox with a sunset view than acquire home equity and sock away savings in an RRSP. In short, Vancouver is a city of people living in perpetual adolescence.

So as I entered my 30s, still here and happy with my cycle-commuting, beachgoing, yoga-posing lifestyle, I started to develop a nagging insecurity. What did it say about me that I hadn’t left for more mature pastures?

When an opportunity came to follow my career ambitions to the most grownup place in all the land, I jumped. I spent half a year reporting from Parliament Hill in Ottawa and another six months based in oil-rich Calgary while I produced a

national series on Canada’s labour market. Here was my chance to prove myself capable of not just existing, but competing, in the adult world.

There’s nothing like distance to help you put things in perspective.

Sure, there are steadier paycheques, cheaper mortgages and bigger houses to be had elsewhere in the country — but Vancouver is by no means alone in harbouring a growing population of people unable, or unwilling, to aim for those traditional markers of success. This is particularly true for younger adults.

Study after study has shown my generation — millennials — will be the first in history to be less prosperous than our parents. We face higher costs for housing, education and childcare than our parents did at our age, we have fewer options for well-paying jobs and stand to benefit substantially less from social safety nets like Old Age Security and the Canada Pension Plan. I saw this borne out across the country, regardless of geographic location, as I studied the plight of younger workers struggling to find a foothold in a shifting professional landscape and crumbling under intense pressure in a culture that prizes material wealth and prestigious careers. The game for many of us under 40, I realized, is rigged.

Coming back, I gained a new appreciation for my city — this city. The survival skills we develop living in one of the world’s priciest places, the values we adopt knowing from the outset that home ownership and retirement may never be a reality, have, I think, put us ahead of the game.

In future columns, I’ll be recounting the trials and triumphs of making it as a millennial in Vancouver because I think my generation deserves some credit. Far from unambitious, we manage feats of determination in paying the rent, clambering onto the property ladder and starting families despite all the odds. We have the gumption to choose a life where beauty, community and nature rank as high — or higher — on the priority list than financial wealth. And given the reality for millennials across the country, I’d say it’s a life skill to learn to derive more pleasure from a glimpse of the mountains on a clear day than from a brand new house or car. Because although life here might not look like we thought it would, it’s still so sweet sometimes that you just can’t help but sing. twitter.com/jm_barrett

Geoff Olson Columnist mwiseguise@yahoo.com The Canada Revenue Agency’s snitch line allows callers to rat out Canadians who hide taxable income in offshore tax havens. If the cheater owes more than $100,000 to the feds, the caller can collect a reward between five and 15 per cent of the recovered funds.

If you’re anything like me, you won’t have much sympathy for high-flying Canadians caught squirrelling away fat stacks in the Caymans and elsewhere.

And if you have any leads for the CRA, you certainly won’t mind being compensated as a successful whistleblower. It’s win-win for the taxpayer, right?

But wait. First the CRA turned Canadian entrepreneurs into collection officers through the GST, and now we’re expected to be their gumshoes? By outsourcing leads, “The Offshore Tax Informant Program” makes snitching to the state seem not just normal, but necessary — with “mission creep” a distinct possibility.

Many American informants have won big payouts from IRS investigations, but I want to focus elsewhere to highlight the frictionless surface of this slippery slope. In particular, the travesty of U.S. anti-drug laws — specifically, a little amendment involving “conspiracy to traffic in drugs.”

Under U.S. federal law, any American citizen can be convicted of such conspiracy by a jury through the testimony of one person, even a felon. No physical evidence or corroborating testimony is necessary.

Those who give such testimony are often cutting deals with prosecutors to reduce their own sentences. By offering names, they can avoid a mandatory minimum sentence for drug trafficking between five and 10 years. The opportunity for jail time is passed on to those they name.

With mandatory minimums, a judge cannot lower a sentence because of the circumstances of the case, the motivation or likelihood of repeating the crime. That is, unless the accused provides “substantial assistance” to the government.

Snitching, in other words. Thousands of sentences are reduced or forgiven this way every year. Many of these deals take place in secret, with no lawyers or documentation.

This is Dark Ages stuff. Centuries ago, the Roman Catholic Inquisition worked from a similar template of cruelly incentivized testimony, creating a generational-

ly renewable resource of accused witches for the Vatican.

In the PBS documentary Snitches, Frontline producer Ofra Bikel tells the story of Joey Settembrino, an 18-year-old from Fort Lauderdale who was set up by a good friend who himself was caught with drugs.

“The friend asked Joey to get some LSD for him. When Joey finally did that, he delivered it to the friend who was accompanied by a DEA agent. So obviously he was caught red-handed, and he pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison,” notes Bikel on the Frontline website.

Joey had no one to set up to get a reduction in his sentence. His father James was told that he, the father, could go set up others by trying to sell them drugs. If he was successful tricking enough people, that would help reduce his son’s prison term, says Bikel.

“To me, it seemed crazy — here was a businessman who had nothing to do with drugs, and he was on his way to set up people so he can reduce his son’s prison term.... But I realized no one else in the field thought that there was anything peculiar about it. The prosecutor kept saying, ‘What’s wrong with this? We do it all the time.’”

The kicker is that Bikel’s documentary aired in January 1999. It was Democratic president Bill Clinton who introduced mandatory minimum drug laws with the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. His successors have continued his legacy by expanding the U.S. prison-industrial complex along with the obscene practice of institutionalized snitching. Although the U.S. has only 4.6 per cent of the world’s population, it has 25 per cent of the world’s inmates.

“The Smarter Sentencing Act” currently before the U.S. Senate is engineered to abolish mandatory minimum sentences for some non-violent drug offenders.

(Ironically, when the first glimmers of judicial light appeared across the border, the Harper government introduced harsh mandatory minimum drug laws for drug offences through Bill C-10.)

In any case, it’s obvious that Canadian revenue collection and the U.S. “justice” system are entirely different beasts. Except for a shared practice of incentivized snitching. Once Canadians accept this as the norm, we’ve crossed the Rubicon. geoffolson.com

The week in num6ers...

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The number of beds in a new residential care home built to replace Dogwood Lodge.

Construction is expected to begin in 2017.

In millions of dollars, the estimated amount the Vancouver School Board will have to trim from its spending after the B.C. government announced the 2015 budget.

In millions, the number of herring the Squamish Streamkeepers Society is hoping will spawn in False Creek this year after volunteers wrapped pilings in plastic.

The number of artworks by the late Andy Warhol on display a free exhibition opening March 1 at 1280 Homer St. in Yaletown.

The percentage home sales across Metro Vancouver are up from this time last year, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.

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The number of Pulitzer prizes won by the musical Oklahoma!, which runs at Langara College’s Studio 58 until March 1.

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Inbox LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Taking a dim view on turning down city lights

Re: “Too many bright lights in big city for councillor,” Feb. 11.

I think Coun. Elizabeth Ball should give her head a shake on dimming lights in Vancouver.

Firstly, I am a senior and have great difficulty seeing the uneven sidewalks when I walk down my street at night.

Secondly, I am a woman and worry about my safety when walking alone at night on the streets of Vancouver.

I also noticed an item in your newspaper that police attributed a pedestrian’s death to darkness and wet weather.

I hope that city staff and council consider the safety concerns before dimming any lights. Perhaps for safety sake they should consider increasing the lights.

Janice Dulk, Vancouver

Aspiring Elsie Roy students forced to look elsewhere

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Feb. 19, 2010: Christine Nesbitt captured Canada’s first speedskating and third gold medal of the Vancouver Games in the women’s 1,000 metres at the Richmond Oval, outskating her main World Cup rival, Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands, by just 0.02 second. Competing in the second-last pairing, the 24-year-old Ontario woman bulled her way to victory over the final lap in one minute, 16.56 seconds.

Teammate Kristina Groves, who earlier in the week won a bronze medal in the 3,000 metres, came in fourth place.

Team Canada loses hockey game Feb. 21, 2010: Down by two goals with three minutes remaining in the final Group A preliminary round game of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Team Canada forward Sidney Crosby puts the puck past American goalie Ryan Miller to put sudden death overtime within reach. Canadian goaltender Martin Brodeur was eventually pulled for the extra attacker but former Canucks player Ryan Kesler ended the game with 45 seconds left on the clock by scoring an empty-net goal. The loss, coupled with having to win an earlier game against Switzerland via a shootout, meant the national men’s hockey team faced a make-or-break game against Germany two days later rather than advance directly into the final eight.

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I don’t buy lottery tickets. Unless, as it turns out, the prize is a place in kindergarten for our five-year-old.

We learned yesterday there are 101 other families in our tiny downtown catchment area who also have children turning five this year.

Over the past three months, we all hand-delivered applications for our in-catchment children to attend kindergarten at Elsie Roy elementary school in September 2015.

In a long-awaited email confirming lottery results, the school’s principal first explained that of only 44 available kindergarten spaces, 31 went to students with siblings already in attendance at Elsie Roy. That left 13 spaces for the remaining 71 kindergarten applicants.

By my calculation, that meant a 17 per cent chance of “winning” one of those spaces in the draw. Why did we bother crossing our fingers, I wondered?

We did not beat the odds. Our daughter’s number on the waiting list for kindergarten was accompanied by an encouraging “regardless of the (overflow) school your child attends next year for kindergarten, we are confident that his or her school experience will be a positive one.”

As the city rubber-stamps seemingly every new condo tower proposal in the name of increasing density, perhaps more classrooms could be incorporated in the plan.

While it’s reported a new elementary school at International Village will open in 2017, a kindergarten capacity of 60 suggests that for many more families, the lotteries will continue.

Paul Harder, Vancouver

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Allen not the key to solving TransLink woes

Re: “‘Firefighter’ sent to bail out TransLink,” Feb. 18.

It’s a little unclear how an uncritical reiteration of Doug Allen’s resume qualifies as an informed and convincing argument for his new job, especially since these “accomplishments” can be read entirely the other way.

Selling off the fast ferries for virtually nothing to score propaganda points for the most lamentable premier in our history?

That’s supposed to be a good thing? Or outsourcing the construction of new ones to another country, depriving our own shipyards and local economy? Facilitating the unaccountable, semi-privatization of the ferry system itself?

So what if his walls are plastered with orders-in-council. Considering the dimwits that have ruled our lives, getting certified by them is nothing I would brag about.

And would somebody please explain to me how any one man’s cushy office job is worth the equivalent of the annual wages of TWENTY hard-working minimum wage service sector employees, you know, the people doing utterly dreary, thankless and REAL work that is necessary for all of us to get by?

The man’s no more qualified than anybody else to deal with TransLink.

Just luckier.

Relic57, via Comments section

Retiring at home off the table

Re: “Retirement will be impossible for most under 45,” Feb. 18.

As pointed out, most retirement strategies involve retirement on home equity.

The lack of affordability of Vancouver real estate makes this option unreachable for many young people in Vancouver.

It is widely reported that the high price of Vancouver housing is driven by Asian investors who want a safe haven to part their money. This has and will continue to cost society. Legislation should be developed and adopted to discourage this activity. While this may not reduce the price of housing in Vancouver, it will at least slow the debilitating upward trend that has plagued the youth of this city.

ABH, via Comments section ••• This is because the global elite are using Vancouver property as an economic insurance policy to insulate themselves from potential crisis in their native countries. Either that or they’re just speculating because they can afford to. We live in a renter-dominated economy in Vancouver.

The poor working schlubs like myself (and most of the readers here) are being shut out of our own city. Just don’t expect any of the politicians to do anything about it.

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Part one of ‘Dead of Winter,’ a series on death, mourning and rituals PACIFIC SPIRIT Pat Johnson

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Life is the ultimate timelimited offer. The value of individual moments is deepened by the knowledge of life’s temporariness.

Or that’s how it should work, anyway. The fact is, as a society and as individuals, we have largely chosen to go about our days as though we are immortal.

If we really thought about how limited our time is, we might spend less of it playing Candy Crush.

Death is something we try quite successfully to sequester from life. To various extents, we hide it from the kids and avoid talking about it with those we suspect may be closest to it — the old or ill.

Moreover, as generations of Canadians have moved

from farm to city, our daily interactions with the circle of life in the animal world have become more removed. Over the same decades, our views of religion, creation, evolution, science and life itself have changed.

As I repeatedly note, British Columbians are among the most religiously unaffiliated people on earth — and this impacts our view of the world around us, our place in it and what happens after we die, including how our lives are commemorated by those left behind.

Because we tend to move through our days in a haze of denial that it might end, or that the lives of those around us might end, it can come as a particularly shocking reality when death suddenly interrupts our revelries and busyness.

I have been planning for months to write a series on death and the rituals around it, on the belief that there are

plenty of issues to unpack here and we should be talking more openly about them.

Then the Supreme Court of Canada brought down a major judgment this month, throwing our country into what should become a momentous discussion about end-of-life issues. In overturning the laws that made physician-assisted death illegal, the court opened a dramatic new era in end-oflife options for Canadians.

In a way, the court has handed Canadians a fait accompli that makes assisted suicide legal (unless the feds invoke the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause) and yet, in other ways, it leaves many questions unanswered. For example, the court decision addresses patients with “grievous and irremediable” conditions, but this may not necessary mean “terminal.” Further, the pain that justifies assisted suicide is not limited

to the physical but may also include conditions such as depression, which raises other issues. And the court left vague the process by which the decision to end a life is to be made and who must be included in the discussion beyond the individual patient. Then there are issues around the term free and informed consent.

I worry about the proverbial slippery slope. I’m not sure all or most Canadians understand the line between assisted suicide and euthanasia. And we approach that line whenever assisted suicide is chosen based on even a whiff of duress or anything beyond what is best for the patient — which, most obviously, could take the form of “not wanting to be a burden.”

Many of us have seen, even during times of extreme illness, people who still experience great joy and meaning, so the idea

that we face either all joyous health or all ill misery fails to capture the ups and downs of real life, even as it nears its end. The cost-benefit analysis of life and death must be left to the individual themselves. And this is where my reservations subside somewhat. For all the caveats and concerns about slippery slopes, there are enough cases where it is simply inhumane to withhold relief when it is demanded, even when we know that there is only one way to relieve the suffering.

It is worth noting that religious opposition — most fervently from the Catholic church — represents a sort of shift in itself. Decades ago, when new medical technologies and treatments were emerging, some critics contended that these interventions were stepping into the realm once left to God. Now, the removal of lifeextending procedures (or

the administration of lifeending ones) is criticized for essentially the same reason: people are playing God. Religion aside, polls suggest a vast majority of Canadians are open to the idea of physician-assisted suicide.

For me, the argument that tips the scale is a crude and simple one. When assisted suicide is illegal, we force people to endure pain and suffering that we would never allow our household pets to withstand.

This series, which will explore dying, death, mourning and their rituals, was not envisioned as a reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision. Yet this decision and the national discussion it is supposed to invite just demonstrate how, in life, you never know what might happen. And maybe these columns will contribute in a small way to the dialogue we should be having. twitter.com/Pat604Johnson

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An evening of conversation, live entertainment and the Vancouver premiere of the off-beat film, Attila Marcel by French director Sylvain Chomet — best known for The Triplets of Belleville — makes up Quirk-aPalooza, a fundraising event in support of non-profit society Reel Causes.

Hostess Symone promises the evening will be anything but dull. Participants are encouraged to arrive decked out in their most eccentric duds and mix and mingle before the film, and enjoy live music, a silent auction, a complimentary glass of wine, beer or non-alcoholic

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Looks like the only thing missing from an upcoming art exhibit featuring 80 prints, photographs and paintings by Andy Warhol is the artist himself and his perpetual party girl sidekick and “It Girl” Edie Sedgwick.

That’s not to say they won’t be represented visually when Warhol: A Different Idea of Love opens March 1 at a Yaletown warehouse in a show co-presented by Maison AI and Revolver Gallery of Beverly Hills.

Warhol died in 1987, 16 years after Sedgwick.

The exhibits, including 18 pieces on canvas, are on loan from the private collection of Los Angeles businessman Ron Rivlin and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The show, which runs through March 30, is free and includes a movie screening.

The collection makes up the largest Warhol exhibit in Canada.

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As part of the Heritage Action Plan, we’re holding our first open houses on: • future improvements and initiatives for the Heritage Conservation Program

An Andy Warhol exhibit features 80 works by the eccentric artist.

beverage and munch on nibbles. Prizes will be awarded for the quirkiest costumes.

The focus of this “delightfully eccentric” evening is about celebrating life and diversity, connecting communities and creating positive change.

Reel Causes features award-winning independent films and highlights the work of artists and Canadian organizations working to address social justice, environmental and health-related causes.

Audience members can catch films not available at commercial venues. QuirkA-Palooza begins at 7 p.m.

Feb. 25 at Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St.

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Also at Vancity is an Academy Awards party featuring fashion critic Steven Schelling, who is guaranteed to hold nothing back as he emcees the red carpet segment of the annual event.

(Recently deceased fashion maven Joan Rivers had nothing on this guy.)

Admission is free for members 19 and older for this live

broadcast hosted by maestro Wayne Stewart, which begins at 3 p.m. Feb. 22. (Annual memberships are available at the door for $2.)

Experience the Academy Awards on the big screen, complete with Oscar Bingo, gin and tonics, rum and Cokes and prizes. Fill out your picks for each Oscar category for a chance to win a pass to Vancouver International Film Festival 2015. The awards show starts at 5 p.m.

The Korean taco food truck Disco Cheetah will be parked outside the Vancity Theatre for the duration of the event. Details at viff.org.

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The Rio Theatre presents its annual Oscars party, celebrating the 87th annual Academy Awards with host Neil Patrick Harris Feb. 22, with doors open at 3 p.m. for this free live broadcast for partiers aged 19 and older.

Attendees are encouraged to dress in preparation for their close-up on the Rio’s red carpet. Prizes will be presented for Oscar trivia, best costume and best acceptance speech. twitter.com/sthomas10

• ways to support the preservation of more heritage homes in the First Shaughnessy District area and improve how new development fits the area’s unique character.

• ways to encourage retaining pre-1940 character homes in Arbutus, Dunbar, Kerrisdale, and Clinton Park.

Be part of the conversation and share your ideas: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 4 - 8 pm and Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 4 - 8 pm Hellenic Community Centre, 4500 Arbutus Street Saturday, February 28, 2015, 11 am - 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room The open house materials and feedback questionnaire will also be online starting February 24. You can also join us at talkvancouver.com to share your views on heritage conservation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: vancouver.ca/heritage-action-plan or phone 3-1-1

Development Permit Board Meeting: February 23 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet: Monday, February 23, 2015 at 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider this development permit application: 1819 West 5th Avenue: To develop the site with a six-storey, mixed-use building; retail on the first floor; 25 dwelling units on the second to sixth storeys over two levels underground parking (61 parking spaces and seven commercial parking spaces plus one Class B loading) accessed from the lane.

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ALL OUT OF LOVE: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Ball is always a sold-out affair. This year’s 25th playing was no exception even after organizers dropped its Lover’s moniker from the marquee event.

No matter as long-standing chairs Mary Ann Clark and Laura Hansen welcomed a record number of guests to the milestone Valentine’s mash-up with the Grammy and Juno awardwinning 75-member orchestra, staged at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Attendees mingled over champagne and tables of silent auction items before making their way into the cavernous hall for a wonderful evening of fine food, wine and fundraising hosted by Christopher Gaze. Attendees showed their love and affection for the company’s outreach and education initiatives, emptying their wallets of some $925,000 and change before dancing the night away to sweet symphonic music.

SEX TALK: Youth advocate and sexuality educator Heather Corrina, founder of the popular sex-education website Scarleteen. com was honoured at the second annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Day Breakfast. Yours truly emceed the morning affair that saw more than 150 early risers — educators, health professionals and sex-ed advocates — gather at the Vancouver Marriott Hotel for the fundraising event, presented by Options for Sexual Health (formerly Planned Parenthood), a nonprofit provider of sexual health services. Corrina was presented with the 2015 Sexual Health Champion award at the event, which is held as part of Sexual and Reproductive Health Day, a federal initiative held annually on Feb. 12 to raise awareness and engage Canadians in a healthy dialogue on sexual health.

TRUE LOVE: UBC’s CampOUT, a community-based summer program that encourages queer, trans and allied youth ages 14 to 21 to be themselves, develop leadership skills, build self-esteem and embrace diversity, will begin accepting applications for their sixth running this July. Supporters recently gathered at Scotia Tower to hear heartwarming testimonials from campers and cabin leaders who spoke passionately about the skills and friendships they had developed — many, including keynote Ivan Leonce, describing his experience as transformative, positive, reaffirming and life changing. The stewardship event, hosted by Scotiabank’s Winnie Leong and David Poole, concluded with a further financial commitment by the communityminded bank and a video of shiny, happy campers played to True Colours. Since its inception, more than 300 Queer youth from all over the province have participated in the

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From left, Calida Kuzek, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Dianne Doan and Christina Schell — The Darlings Cabaret — circled Brad Stanton, lead barkeep at newly opened Prohibition bar + lounge, Hotel Georgia’s throwback to the Roaring ’20s.

Rob Feenie marked his Iron Chef America win 10 years ago with a commemorative dinner. Feenie, along with Wayne Harris and Marc Andre Choquette bested Iron Chef Morimo to bring acclaim and national notoriety for the local chef.

Executive director Jennifer Brakespear and director of education Kristen Gilbert, right, presented Scarleteen.com creator Heather Corrina, centre, with the Sexual Health Champion award at their Options for Sexual Heath benefit.

Associate Concert Master Nicholas Wright helped Vancouver Symphony guests dance the night away following a night of fine dining and fundraising.

Mary Ann Clark and Laura Hansen chaired the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 25th Symphony Ball held at the Convention Centre. The company’s signature soiree generated a record $925,000 for education and outreach initiatives.

Homer Street Café’s Tret Jordan, Fable’s Trevor Bird and RauDZ’s Rod Butters, along with wine expert DJ Kearney, fronted VISA Infinite Super Sunday brunch showcasing B.C.’s finest culinary talents and VQA wines.

Camp director Anna White and camp alumni Ivan Leonce shared camp stories at a donor reception held at Scotiabank. The community-based outdoor summer camp for queer, trans, two-spirit and allied youth is currently accepting applications for it’s camp in July.

Scotiabank Senior VP Winnie Leong renewed the bank’s commitment to support Janet Mee’s CampOut, a UBC summer leadership camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies.

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Feb. 20 to 24, 2015 1. The Ballantynes bring their ’60s soulinfused stylings to Performance Works Feb. 20, as part of Granville Island’s Winterruption. Miss Quincy and the Showdown open. Tickets at northerntickets. com. Details at granvilleisland.com.

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The moving play runs Feb. 24 to March 8 at the Cultch. Details at thecultch.com.

3. Will indie filmmaker Kevin Smith be wearing his trademark Oilers-esque hockey jersey and loose-fitting jean shorts.

We’re guessing yes on both counts. See for yourself when Smith and cohort Jason Mewes revive their beloved characters Jay and Silent Bob for the amusement of all as part of their Jay and Silent Bob Get Old podcast and tour, which rolls into the Rio Theatre Feb. 20, 9 p.m. as part of the Northwest Comedy Fest.

Details at northwestcomedyfest.com.

4. The nickname of a group Los Angeles session musicians in the 1960s and ’70s, the Wrecking Crew has its fingerprints all over popular music, backing the Beach Boys on Pet Sounds, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Sonny & Cher, the Monkees, the Byrds, the 5th Dimension and Elvis to name a few. Danny Tedesco’s documentary The Wrecking Crew tells the fascinating story of this integral yet largely unknown group of musicians, one of whom was his father, Tommy. The film screens at Vancity Feb. 20 to 26. Details at viff.org.

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While the more compact Burrito Bar takeout counter is at 15 Cordova St., expansive Tacofino, with its lounge and bar (think serious Mezcal and tequilas) is right off Blood Alley. Come warm weather, the entrance will double as a patio. The slightly less gritty laneway now has a plethora of choice, including Salt, Gringo and Shirakawa.

However, right now it’s Tacofino that’s getting all the glory, and with good reason. The concept is cool, the tastes are great and

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the prices right. In short, Tacofino delivers quality, creativity and affordability — a diner’s dream.

Co-founders Jason Sussman and Kaeli Robinson forged their idea after they bought an old catering truck and headed for the wilds of Tofino, where they

combined their passion for surfing with a definitive nod to the fish tacos they’d discovered in Baja.

Now, with additional partners, the Gastown locale continues in the tradition of Tacofino’s original brick and mortar establishment in Hastings Sunrise — with plenty of attention to hormonefree ingredients, ethically raised and locally made.

Top tastes (among many) from my visit ranged from a wellconceived spicy Kabocha squash and cauliflower tostada with pickled cauliflower and queso fresca ($6) to lamb Birria perked up with preserved lemon zest, chili, pickled nopales and herb salad ($7) and a substantial glazed beef rib with chilaquiles, lemon grass, habanero, kale and peanuts ($17).

The space itself effortlessly marries its heritage brick façade with airy lanterns and plant mobiles around informal seating with plenty of booths and stools, and light-box features of vintage Tofino scenes.

I can’t wait to go back.

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Newly landed in the West End, Amici Miei Cucina Italiana on Denman Street is a simply furnished but charming room that offers some very good authentic flavours. Owners Manrico and Marcella, who hail direct from Abruzzo, focus on regional fare, with most pasta made fresh daily and a menu driven by family recipes.

Offerings are smartly divided into small “tapas” plates — more generous than most — and pasta

dishes arranged by sauce style, red white and rosé.

First tastes yielded deliciously addictive molten Crocchette di Patate (potato rolls filled with molten Mozzarella and ham, $12), tender Calamari al Pomodoro in an intensely flavourful tomato sauce with fresh pesto ($12) and a superb rigatoni alla salsiccia, with spicy sausage and mushrooms ($18).

Drinks are reasonable and wines (such as Montepulciano D’Abruzzo Tollo Colle Secco Rubino) well priced at $8 glass, $36 bottle, plus Prosecco by the glass. Also offered, through February, is a generous opening food discount of 50 per cent off lunch and 30 per cent off dinner, meaning there’s even more reason — beyond the piping hot, tasty plates — to go meet these delightful newcomers in their friendly surroundings.

Tuscan spring

Speaking of all things Italian: Umberto Menghi says his Tuscan tuned Giardino Restaurant (1328 Hornby St.) will be up and running this spring, exact date to be confirmed. Umberto says he can’t wait to open the doors to guests old and new. We know a lot of people who’ll drink to that.

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If anyone can breathe life into Oklahoma! it’s Studio 58. But these young theatre students don’t just breathe life into it, they give it a facelift, knee and hip replacements and a new set of lungs.

Oklahoma! was the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein — a legendary partnership that went on to earn the duo a first-class place in the annals of musical theatre history.

David Hudgins directs

this production that threatens to burst the seams of the Studio 58 theatre with almost 20 hootin’ and hollerin’ performers plus a five-piece band under the musical direction of Christopher King.

Choreographer Shelley Stewart Hunt takes the dancing big and sassy when the entire ensemble gets going on that small stage with skirts and Stetsons flying. Kudos to Marina Szijarto for all those cottony costumes. Set designer Drew Facey keeps the space as open as possible while still suggesting Aunt Eller’s front yard, the hall where the Box Social happens and Jud’s tiny smokehouse.

Forget the rain outside:

lighting designer Darren Boquist makes it all warm and sunny inside.

The musical, which premiered in 1943, is set in 1906. Oklahoma was booming: thousands came to farm the fertile land while others arrived to raise cattle.

Land use often put these pioneers at odds, but the mood was ebullient and the sky was the limit.

And, of course, there was romance.

Oklahoma! is Laurey and Curly’s story and, in its way, a Capulet and Montague tale. Laurey’s family are farmers and Curly is a cowboy. That’s less of an impediment than Laurey playing hard-to-get.

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Continued from page 19 And they’re both pigheaded and stubborn as mules. But from Curly’s opening song, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin,’” you know everything is going to be alright despite Jud Fry, sick in the head and determined to possess Laurey.

The Studio 58 students’ enthusiasm, energy and bushy-tailed attitude make it all work. Soprano Alexandra Wever makes a delightful Laurey: pretty and shy yet flirty with sideways looks to drive a cowboy to moonshine. Owen Bishop’s Curly is decent in an “aw, shucks” way. Together, they make a pair that has us rooting for them from the start.

In hilarious juxtaposition are Ado Annie (Adelleh Furseth) and her beau Will Parker (Sean Sonier), neither of whom has a shy bone in his/her body. Furseth has a natural instinct for comedy and sings the memorable “I Cain’t Say No” with enthusiasm and eyes as big as blue dinner plates. Her Annie simply vibrates. Sonier shows tremendous flair and, to boot, is a darned fine hoofer.

Kamyar Pazandeh is broody and menacing as Jud, a thankless, villainous role that takes this young, powerfully built actor into some very dark places.

Arash Ghorbani is appropriately ridiculous as the peddler Ali Hakim.

But the linchpin in Oklahoma! is Aunt Eller, and Olivia Hutt is at the heart of this production.

Hutt exudes warmth and confidence on stage; her Aunt Eller beams and the sun seems to come out in Claremore, Oklahoma. But

it’s Aunt Eller’s down-toearth, no-nonsense wisdom that Hutt makes apparent.

With star quality written all over her, Hutt comes by her talent naturally — which is not to say she’s not a hardworker; she’s the grandniece of the late great Canadian actor William Hutt.

Two and a half hours long, Oklahoma! includes old favourites like “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” “People Will Say We’re in Love” and, of course, “Oklahoma!” If you have a hat, you’ll be tempted to throw it in the air and join the ensemble in hollering “Yeeow!” as the curtain comes down.

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PREAMBLE: Sweden is now deflating and its central bank, like Switzerland’s, is offering a negative interest rate on government bonds. In other words, if you give the government (buy a bond) $100, they guarantee that in one year they will give you $98. If you’re wondering what to do when/if deflation hits your nation, read a book called Conquer the Crash by Robert Prechter. It explains deflation and how to handle your finances within it. His vision is a bit apocalyptic. For American readers, especially, the book is valuable for it contains a list of “safe” banks. You can get the book at a discount, on his website RobertPrechter.com. (Tell him Tim sent you!) I might be making too much of this: deflation, if/when it hits our shores, might be quite mild as in Japan’s case.

Four days this week are almost all “start nothing” (SN) times, so use this week largely for routine, Aries, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. You’re largely in rest mode anyway, so this serves you. It’s time for contemplation, charity and spirituality, all of which are suited for SN periods. Examine your life thus far, find your mistakes and weaknesses, and plan to overcome them.

Four days this week are almost entirely “start nothing” periods, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. The main emphasis for the weeks ahead lies on work and health — employment, service personnel, caring for dependents and pets. Eat, dress and sleep sensibly. Though the main accent is on chores, a pretty strong thread of relationships — mostly the love kind — weaves it way through your life, right into March’s end.

Take a hint from Aries’ first sentence and time things accordingly. You’re suspended in an unusual bunch of influences. This week and the next few bring social delights, popularity, wish fulfilment, entertainment, optimism and freshness. Usually this period also brings friendly romance or some flirting, but romance takes one of two forms this week and the next few: either it is elusive or it grows deep and strong.

Four days this week are almost entirely “start nothing” (SN) periods, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. Best “start day” for romance, creative or speculative ventures, industrial or machine projects, vacation or recreation plans, is Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to midnight

Four days this week are almost entirely filled by “start nothing” (SN) times, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. Generally, it’s a smooth interval.

You might be tested by higher-ups but you’ll pass with effort and optimism. Until late March, your ambitions, prestige relations, dealings with authorities and community reputation are highlighted.

Four days this week are almost entirely “start nothing” (SN) periods, so use this week largely for routine. If you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. The weeks ahead accent domestic concerns: family, property, security, gardening, repairs, rest (take many naps) and retirement.

These are growing more significant in your life (since 2011, and into 2025).

Read Aries’ message about “Start Nothing” times — only the first sentence applies to you.

This week and the next few emphasize far travel, international themes, religion, life philosophy, law, higher education, profound ideas, cultural venues and rituals, broadened understanding, and love. A secondary but strong theme runs through your career sector now to the end of March.

Four days this week are almost entirely “start nothing” (SN) periods, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. The general accent for the weeks ahead lies on errands, communications, paperwork, details, travel, siblings and casual acquaintances. It’s not a terribly important time, so relax within your busyness.

Four days this week are almost all “start nothing” (SN) times, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. The weeks ahead emphasize secrets, mysteries, research and detective work, health concerns, lifestyle changes, financial decisions and lust. But do nothing unethical or illegal, as your house of law is lighted strongly and ultimately negatively, now to the end of March.

Four days this week are almost entirely “start nothing” (SN) periods, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above. The weeks ahead emphasize money: buy/sell, seek higher earnings or more clients, sell unwanted items, etc. A secondary thread brings many meetings, messaging, quick trips and errands.

Four days this week are almost all “start nothing” (SN) times, so use this week largely for routine, and if you do start any new projects, check the SN times above.

The main emphasis is on relationships, new horizons, fresh opportunities and on challenge, competition, even enmity. So be diplomatic, eager to co-operate.

Even as you are meeting and developing new, open relationships, your financial and sexual urges are powerful also. (These urges last to the end of March.)

Until late August, 2015 isn’t exactly love’s paradise, Pisces. This first segment of the year is filled with chores, expanded employment, health concerns, and demanding dependents. You’ll probably be to start a big new romance! Even so, you draw admirers in March, and a light, flirty friendship can buoy your spirits in April/May. Late June to July increases the passion factor in your life and grants you amorous courage.

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John Stonehocker of Croatia SC and Joseph Marrello of Inter FC joust for possession of the ball in a Vancouver Metro Soccer League game at Trillium Park Feb. 6. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Inter FC surges, Olympics fears relegation SOCCER

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With the start of the second half of the men’s Lower Mainland soccer season, the focus turns to winning league titles, qualifying for cup competitions or, in some cases, avoiding relegation to a lower division.

Avoiding “the drop” is the focus of all four Vancouver soccer clubs in the Premier Division of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League (VMSL) before the regular season ends with the month of March.

It has been an injuryravaged 2014-15 campaign for Vancouver Olympics (3-3-11), which sit in 12th and last place in the Premier standings with just 12 points in 17 games.

Knowing the bottom two clubs are relegated to VMSL Division One at season’s end, manager Dino Anastopulos and his side have five games to overcome a sevenpoint deficit and secure their place in the league’s top division next year.

“We started with better

ambitions than where we are,” said Anastopulos.

“Literally, we have 12 guys out with season-ending injuries, while one player has gone to Spain and signed for a second division professional team.

“The season has been a disappointment and it looks like we’re going to go back down — but we’re going to fight to the end.”

While few may be surprised by Olympics’ frustrations, the struggling form of traditional powerhouse Columbus FC (4-7-7) has been unexpected.

The East Side outfit sits just above the relegation zone in 10th place, having drawn more matches than any other Premier Division club with seven.

“For us, it’s been a frustrating season because this is new territory for us,” said Columbus FC director Carmen D’Onofrio. “In the 11 seasons I’ve been part of Columbus, this is the first time that we’ve ever been in the position that we’re in so far into the season.

“It’s been difficult because we’ve found it a hard time finding consistency in our game, as the

line-up has changed from week to week.”

Columbus FC needs wins in their last four league games. Should they get those results, they may do more than maintain their Premier Division status.

“Everybody plays each other, so these remaining games are all six-point games that will decide the season,” D’Onofrio said.

“If we win three or four games, then all of a sudden, we don’t think about how challenging of a season it has been. We then start preparing for the Provincial Cup.” Seven B.C. Provincial Cup spots are available to VMSL clubs this season.

Five of those seven spots will be awarded to the best finishers in the Premier Division, while the other two will be awarded to the finalists of the end-of-season Imperial Cup — the VMSL’s single-knockout cup competition that involves clubs from Premier Division and Division One. Should the two finalists be clubs that finish in the top five of the Premier Division standings, then the additional Provincial Cup spots will be awarded to the sixth and

seventh-place finishers in the Premier Division.

Securing a Provincial Cup berth is the focus of current B.C. champions Croatia SC (6-4-7). After a disappointing sixth-place finish at last year’s National Club Championships, Croatia SC put together a good run of results before the winter break. They sit in eighth place, but have six league games left to play.

Croatia SC team manager Andy Sulentic pointed to the Premier Division’s parity and how a couple of positive results can move a club up the standings.

“The league is very interesting,” Sulentic said.

“You can tell that three or four points are going to get you right back up to third or fourth place.”

The lone Vancouver club that looks settled and ready to make a Provincial Cup run is third-place Inter FC (8-5-6).

“We had one point after the first six games, so we were dead last,” said Inter FC head coach Joe Marrello in early February. “In the last 12 games, we had one loss, one tie, and seven wins, so we’ve picked up 25

points in the last 12 games.”

Before Inter FC can think about the Provincial Cup, they will try and retain the Imperial Cup after being surprise winners of the trophy last season.

“I feel we have as good of

a chance, as any other team, to win it,” said Marrello.

Simon Fudge has covered the beautiful game in Canada and the U.K. for print, web and radio. A gift of family inheritance, he supports Bristol City FC.

Brighter days ahead

If you read the standings, it’s been another difficult season for Westside FC (02-10) in the Metro Women’s Soccer League (MWSL) Premier Division.

Despite no wins and two draws so far this season, head coach Robin Bennett feels Vancouver’s only Premier team is moving in the right direction.

“We’ve conceded a lot of goals, so we’ve some challenges in that regard, and we haven’t got enough firepower and creativity at the top of the box to cause serious damage at the other end,” Bennett said.

“But I’m hopeful. And the last game showed we are on the right track. We feel we are turning the corner a little bit.”

Injuries, plus conflicts with work and school, have impacted Bennett’s side this season. However, Westside FC has been boosted by a

partnership with the women’s soccer program at Quest University Canada in Squamish.

“We have six players that have joined the team from Quest and they certainly bring our level up in terms of quality,” Bennett said. “In turn, we have youth players in our team that are considering to going school and playing soccer for Quest.”

Bennett believes brighter days are ahead for Westside FC if they can avoid finishing in last place and facing relegation from the MWSL’s top flight.

“I don’t want to be relegated, especially because we are expecting up to five strong players that were associated with the team previously to re-join us,” he said. “We could have a strong roster from the beginning of September on, if that works the way we’ve been planning.”

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Second Narrows now safer to cross Renovations continue on second sidewalk WHEEL WORLD Kay Cahill

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It hasn’t been a great winter for fans of… well, fans of winter.

Last week, ski resorts on the beleaguered North Shore mountains announced they will close for the season because of yet another warm, wet weather system coming in on the Pineapple Express.

But there’s always a silver lining and, in this case, it’s that winter has been a great time to be a cyclist.

Warm commutes, spring-like riding, and no need for heavy winter gear beyond the occasional layer of rain protection.

And to go with the bikefriendly weather, there’s lots happening in Vancouver right now if you’re a cyclist.

First, the big news: on Feb. 4, the east sidewalk of the Ironworkers Memorial

Bridge finally reopened after months of closure for widening and safety improvements.

Anyone who’s ridden over the Second Narrows in the past few years knows just how intensely unpleasant this route previously was for cyclists. The sidewalks were incredibly narrow, barely wide enough even for a single bike, and felt very exposed to the traffic thundering past just inches away, especially when air was displaced by big trucks.

Since December 2013, this situation has been even worse on the west sidewalk.

Because the east sidewalk closed for improvements, all two-way traffic — cyclists and pedestrians — was forced onto the one narrow route. There was barely enough room for a bike to pass a pedestrian, never mind another bike.

Fortunately, it turns out the temporary inconvenience was well worth it.

The renovated east sidewalk is double the width it was

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The east sidewalk of the Second Narrows crossing is used by cyclists and pedestrians. Earlier this month, it re-opened after a 14-month-long renovation. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

previously. Although it will be shared by two-way traffic while the west sidewalk undergoes the same improvements, it’s already vastly better than it was before.

There’s room to pass comfortably and the experience of crossing the bridge

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on a bike feels safer and more secure.

It’s fantastic to see this kind of investment on such a critical connector between Vancouver and the North Shore. I’m looking forward to seeing the west sidewalk open this fall.

Speak up!

When it comes to improving cycling infrastructure, the City of Vancouver is looking for your opinion.

In a new survey posted online on the Talk Vancouver forum, city staff is seeking to “better understand views

Our friends at HUB are hiring. The cycling advocacy network wants an on-call instructor to teach cycling to school-aged kids.

If you know someone who’s passionate about bikes and keen to make a difference to young kids, please pass on the details. Find the job posting at bikehub.ca.

What else is happening in the Vancouver cycle world right now? If you know about cycling events or anything else that might be of interest, please drop me a line.

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BASKETBALL Vancouver College was ranked as B.C.’s No. 1 team the week they lost to St. George’s 79-66. The two private boys schools appealed for special

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The Bank of Canada’s (BoC) surprising January cut in the overnight lending rate to 0.75 per cent from one per cent could be the beginning of more BoC cuts to the benchmark interest rate.

Vancouver mortgage broker Peter Kinch and others believe economic uncertainty triggered by slumping oil prices could drop lending rates to unprecedented lows.

“I think we will see another Bank of Canada rate cut in March,” said Kinch, a mortgage consultant with Dominion Lending Centres.

He predicts the BoC will reduce its overnight lending rate to 0.5 per cent on March 4, the date of the next BoC rate announcement.

That, Kinch said, could result in variable lending rates for residential mortgages of 1.9 per cent — “the lowest any of us have ever seen.”

As well, yields on Canadian bonds, which are

Lenders have become more aggressive in the commercial real estate market. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

tied to long-term mortgage rates, are at near-historic lows. Kinch said this could drive five-year mortgage rates down to 2.6 per cent compared with current rates in the 4.6 per cent range.

“These are absolutely

record low mortgage rates.”

Kinch is not alone in expecting a rate decline.

TD Bank is predicting a further 25-basis-point cut in the BoC’s rate in March.

HSBC Bank PLC has predicted the BoC will lower

its overnight target rate to 0.5 per cent next month and again in the second quarter to 0.25 per cent.

Even BoC governor Stephen Poloz has hinted at further rate reductions. Poloz said recently

that low oil prices were “unambiguously negative” for the Canadian economy and that the central bank can “take out extra insurance,” which analysts say signals further rate cuts.

The lower rates have

“been a game-changer” in the commercial real estate market, particularly in the multi-family rental sector, said commercial mortgage broker Michael Lee of Mortgage Alliance.

“I have a client buying a multi-family property with five-year financing at 1.77 per cent.”

Lee added that landlords can already secure 10-year mortgages at 2.43 per cent.

Based on the potential returns on Vancouver rental apartments — cap rates are in the 3.5 per cent to four per cent range and the average appreciation of a city apartment building in the past year is 16 per cent — Lee said, “it’s practically like giving away free money.”

As a comparison, the lowest five-year bank rate for first-time homebuyers — at which they must qualify for a mortgage — is 4.69 per cent, since most major banks trimmed residential loan rates by just 15 basis points following the recent BoC cut.

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Today’shomes Qualifying income key to getting loans Continued from previous page Multi-family mortgage loans have the lowest commercial rates because landlords can apply for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. insurance, which Lee said removes any risk from the lender.

“Generally, lenders have become more aggressive in the commercial real estate market.”

Lee added that investors could even look at medical marijuana facilities for easy financing.

“Believe it or not, if permits are in place and it is all done by the book, financing is available. Lenders know the cash flow will definitely be there.”

Lee said that one of his residential clients, having problems securing a $1.5 million mortgage on a Vancouver house purchase, is considering buying a small apartment building instead because it’s so much easier to achieve favourable financing.

Mortgage broker Kyle

Green, of Mortgage Alliance in Vancouver, estimates that for about 10 per cent of residential borrowers, rate cuts are not the issue: it’s trying to get financing at all.

“It is very difficult to get a home mortgage loan [at a major bank] if you don’t have qualifying income.”

Green said this would include such borrowers as self-employed people, new immigrants and those on fixed incomes, such as retirees or those tapping trust funds.

Unlike commercial lending, residential loans are based more on qualifying the borrower than on the property, he said.

In a bid to cool a white-hot housing market, Green said the federal finance ministry has been tightening regulations on residential loan approvals.

“Banks are being audited consistently by the federal government, and if a [residential] borrower doesn’t fit into the boxes, they won’t get a loan.”

Home prices slip as number of sales increase: CREA Emma Crawford Hampel ecrawford@biv.com

A total of 3,125 homes were sold in January across Greater Vancouver, up 5.7 per cent compared with December 2014 and eight per cent year-over-year, according to Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data released Feb. 17.

In spite of growing sales in the region, however, the average residential sales price dipped in the month.

The average home sold for $825,233 in January down 2.6 per cent compared with $847,661 in December.

Across British Columbia, a total of 7,240 homes were sold for an average sale price of $589,650, which is an increase of 0.3 per cent compared with the previous month. Unit sales in Greater Vancouver accounted for 63 per cent of the provincial total.

The average sale price for a home in Greater Vancouver was almost exactly double the Canadian average of

Home sales across the city are up 5.7 per cent from this time last year. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

$413,563, which represents a 0.2 per cent dip compared with December.

Canada-wide, 38,113 homes were sold, which is 3.1 per cent lower than the 39,317 homes sold in December and two per cent lower than a year ago.

“Canada’s housing market is cooling notably, largely because of the sudden deep chill in the previously hottest cities,” said BMO Financial Group chief economist

Douglas Porter, pointing to a 23.9 per cent drop in unit sales in Calgary and a 9.8 per cent decrease in Edmonton for the month.

“We suspect that with borrowing costs still plumbing the depths and many provincial economies holding up, any housing correction will be a specific regional affair.”

All figures are seasonally adjusted and compiled from monthly data from

select MLS systems across Canada, including the British Columbia Real Estate Association.

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The station wagon isn’t dead, it’s just disguised. If you think every single vehicle on the road is a crossover or SUV of some kind, then don’t despair: there are still some wagons out there.

Say hello to the Toyota Venza, effectively a station wagon version of the Camry.

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Room to sprawl out and a trunk big enough to haul hockey bags

choices, apart from a hybrid, and while this one has available all-wheel-drive, you can get a front-driver too.

While the Venza looks bigger thanks to a jackedup ride height, it occupies roughly the same footprint as the Camry. What’s more, just as station wagons were in the past, it’s positioned as a family-friendly vehicle that’s just that little bit more

practical than your average four-door sedan.

Now in its seventh year and two years since the last facelift, the Venza’s disguise might be wearing a little thin. Let’s get it out on the road and find out what’s beneath the mask.

Design

Designed to slot inbetween the RAV4 and

the Highlander, the Venza appears at first glance to be slightly more upscale than either. The RAV4 is built with small crossover practicality in mind, and the Highlander screwed together to take on the soccer team, but the Venza’s just that little bit swooshier.

It looks a little like a Sienna caught in Willy Wonka’s taffy puller, and

that’s intended as a compliment. Lower and wider than other crossovers on the road, the Venza hunkers down low over its 20” alloy wheels and — wait, hang on, 20” wheels? On a Toyota?

Yes indeedy-do. Part of the snazzy curb-image this thing has is a pair of boots fit enough to qualify for a walk-on part in a mid-

2000s rap video. Even the base model gets 19” rims, something required by the sheet metal heavy styling.

For those of us who aren’t part of Nate Dogg’s posse, this is a bit of overkill and ruins the ride on bumpy pavement. Note that you can tuck much smaller 17” or even 16” wheels on for winter duty.

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Environment

If the exterior of the Venza has aged well, the same can’t be said for the interior. Those attributes that worked before are still here: a spacious, roomy feel brightened up by a huge panoramic sunroof.

However, climb into a newer offering, like the arch-rival Subaru Outback, and this Limited trim tester starts looking a little long in the tooth. Fit and finish are still very good, and there’s a sense that the interior will take as much of a kicking as a Rubbermaid product, but it is much more plasticky than recently refreshed competitors.

Still, as mentioned, the essentials are all here. There’s a clever holder for your smartphone that includes a pass-through for the USB charging cord, a truly enormous sliding centre console, and the controls are all quite sensible. The centre-mounted screen is a tad on the small side, at 6.1”, but functionality is straightforward and hooking up streaming audio and operating the navigation is very easy.

Where the Venza excels, 8as do regular wagons, is in

The Venza features a clever holder for your smart-phone that includes a pass-through for the USB charging-cord, a truly enormous sliding centre console, and the controls are all quite sensible.

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Producing 182hp, it’s pitted against 2245kg (plus options), which is quite a bit to shift.

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somewhat overlooked in the business. Lotus stuffs it in their Evora, and while an AWD crossover doesn’t have the lightness of a sportscar, the V6 Venza does at least have passing power to spare.

Making a few passes along the Sea-to-Sky highway reveals something of a duality to the Venza’s

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That’s quite a bit, considering Toyota’s pricing on the Highlander.

You do get a lot though: a 13-speaker JBL audio system, LED running lights, push-button start and keyless entry, leather seating with power for driver and passenger, Bluetooth audio and navigation.

Official fuel economy is rated at a just OK12.8L/100kms city and 9.3L/100kms for the V6; the four-cylinder will do just over a litre better in town, and about the same on the highway.

Observed fuel economy for mixed driving was right at 11L/100kms, which is actually very good.

driving character. While the driving position is comfortable and slightly high up, the centre of gravity feels low. It’s a stable, planted machine through the corners.

However, the steering is somewhat overboosted and lacks feel. Toyota improved this with their redesigned Highlander, but the Venza does feel more like an older Toyota — which it is, so fair enough.

Grip from the all-wheeldrive could also benefit from Toyota’s recent work. Here, planting the accelerator from a stop causes the front wheels to brake grip, and then the rear to react. Toyota’s tightened this up elsewhere, but the Venza still has slip-and-grip.

For all that, it’s a comfortable cruiser that rarely puts a foot wrong. As with all crossover/wagons, the rear visibility could be better, but blind spots are managed well the oldschool way with concave insets in the side mirrors.

Dated interior; ride compromised by huge wheels; no standout technology.

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OK, hold on to your hats. This week is all about performance reveals in the automotive world, which appears to have gone completely cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

First on our parade of speedy sheetmetal is Ford’s Focus RS, confirmed to be coming to North America this time. The old RS was always at the top of the list any time I listed all the best cars we don’t get. And this one’s even better. With somewhere north of 315 horsepower coming from the same 2.3-litre turbo four-banger as the Mustang Ecoboost, the RS has punch aplenty.

It’s also got all-wheel drive for added grip, with a clever system that can actually send 70 per cent of the power to the rear for more hoontastic handling — and it’ll pull more than one G on the skid pad.

Also, it’s manual-only and it comes in blue. Does some Ford engineer have a picture of me up on a board, because that’s spooky. Oh well, thanks guys! Can I have one for free?

Sadly no. Prices to be determined, but I’m guessing around the $40,000-45,000 mark, like the Golf R and Subaru STI.

Ferrari 488 GTB: From Maranello, with boost

Mark it on your calendars, the Ferrari 458 is going to be the last mainstream Ferrari with a naturally aspirated engine. From here on out the manufacturer is going forced induction to meet torque requirements and emissions standards.

It’s a very sad day indeed.

Wait, 660 h.p. and 561 foot-pounds of torque?

I might just be able to somehow pick up my shattered dreams and move on.

Somehow.

Of course, the last midengined turbo Ferrari was the F40, a car that still haunts my dreams and waking moments, and is underlined twice on my bucket list of must-drive cars.

This modern version, the 488GTB, will have many more amenities than the F40 (which had none, not even a radio) and still blast to 100

km/h in three seconds flat and look like a star-fighter with the wings clipped off.

It’s a brave, boosty new world, but I think Ferrari fans will live.

Porsche unhobbles the Cayman with GT4

Well, sort of. But say hello to the new GT4, which is basically a Porsche Cayman with a lot of the best bits of the 911 GT3. A 3.8-litre flat-six makes 385 h.p., there are big brakes and a giant wing and unlike the GT3 this one only comes as a stick shift.

If, like me, you are a family man, you’ve just immediately gone on eBay to see about selling your children off for medical experimentation. Drat. Looks like they don’t have a category for that. Just kidding honey! *nervous, forced laughter* Anyway, this little twoseater looks awesome, with a 0-100 kilometres per hour time of slightly more than four seconds and a top speed approaching 300 km/h.

Porsche says it’ll lap the Nürburgring in 7:40, the same time as the old 911 GT3 and, as the current Cayman GTS is so good, this ought to be even better for even more money.

But why doesn’t it have 400 h.p., same as the 911 Carrera S? I’m sure Porsche will claim that it’s to do with cooling or exhaust packaging, but I ain’t fooled — this car is going to be fantastic, but it’s also about what Porsche thought they could sell more than how fast they could make it go. Still, manual only? Sign me up.

Mazda MX-5 specs confirmed

Cheapest, lightest and least powerful of any of the cars we’ve just talked about, the new MX-5 is going to get a 155 h.p., 2.0-litre fourcylinder, which is actually a slight decrease in power over the old car. As that’s the same power output of the current Mazda3, Mazda’s indicating that premium fuel is a recommendation, not a requirement. What’s more, 100 km/h is now 2,500 r.p.m., so this new car should be more efficient than ever.

But look at me nattering on about efficiency and premium fuel — if you’re a fan of any generation of the MX-5, you want to know if it’s still fun. I had a chance to drive one last week, and

let me tell you: yes. Oh dear Lord yes. It’s so wonderful, doctors should prescribe it as an anti-depressant when nothing else works.

And that was just the 1.5-litre JDM version I drove. The Canadianspec cars are going to get the 155 h.p. 2.0-litre, as mentioned above, and 17-inch alloys, as well as a

few other tweaks like that.

Weight is down enough that the power-to-weight ratio is improved, but it’s the handling that has been improved the most.

This fourth generation car should be within 10-20 kilograms or so of the original car and is actually 10 centimetres shorter in length. twitter.com/brendan_mcaleer

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