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Eat local, get social Vancouver Farmers Markets hits 20 years Cheryl Rossi
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Mona Stilwell was a fuzzy-brained and grumpy new mother of twins when she set out to her local farmers market last summer for stimulation. She got more than she bargained for. Stilwell not only stocked up on fresh, fortifying foods, but also met another mother of twins, which planted the seeds for a flourishing support system. Now Stilwell meets five other East Vancouver mothers of twins twice a week, 10 kids in tow. The women meet for dinner once a month. “No babies, no spouses and we dish the dirt to each other and vent,” she said. It’s another tendril of community she’s felt since she started frequenting Vancouver’s farmers markets five years ago, lured by local produce. “The best thing is that when you buy produce at the farmers market, it lasts a lot longer in your fridge,” she said. “You know it hasn’t been on a truck for 20 hours or whatever.” That kind of desire for access to locally grown food pulled a grassroots group together 20 years ago to launch the first farmers market in Vancouver. Continued on page 5
MARKET VALUE Mona Stilwell loves the local food, stories and community she’s unearthed at Vancouver Farmers Markets, which celebrates 20 years of selling local foods and crafts this year. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
Pot seller welcomes regulation ‘Edibles’ banned in proposed city rules
Mike Howell
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If city council decides to regulate the growing number of marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver, that will mean an end to all marijuana goods sold in pot shops. So no more cookies, brownies, butter or ice cream.
And Don Briere, who co-owns more than a dozen Weeds Glass and Gifts pot shops, is perfectly fine with dumping what are commonly referred to in the industry as edibles from his inventory. At least for now. “There’s amateurs out there and they’re not consistent and they don’t know what they’re doing,” he said of the variety of homemade goods available for sale in pot shops. “It’s like people who make backyard gin, people can go blind drinking it. They didn’t do it intentionally, but it can happen.” Briere said his hope is council will first
regulate the pot shops, which total more than 80 in Vancouver. Once regulations bring some stability to the businesses, he said, operators can then approach the city to set an industry standard for the making and selling of edibles. “Then we can have a consistent product,” said Briere, who spoke to the Courier the week after police raided one of his pot shops at 2916 West Fourth Ave. Police said a 15-year-old was hospitalized after allegedly purchasing edible products from the store. Other “events involving young people” were also reasons for executing a
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search warrant, according to a news release issued by the Vancouver Police Department. Briere said his staff member did not sell to the teen and doesn’t know how he obtained the product. He said none of his stores sell to minors, although he surmised an adult could have bought the product for the boy. “If it was a client that did that, then they should be charged and we will ban that person from our stores forever,” he said, noting the store re-opened about 48 hours later. “But it’s all hearsay and there were no charges.” Continued on page 6 $
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New VPD boss takes over from Chu 12TH&CAMBIE Mike Howell
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Interesting Wednesday morning at the Vancouver Police Department’s precinct on Cambie Street. When Jim Chu walked into the Vancouver Police Board meeting, he was still the chief. When he walked out a couple hours later, Adam Palmer had taken his job. What? Did he get fired? Was there a coup? No, no, no. For those of you who pay attention to civic affairs and are regular readers of the Courier, you would know that Chu announced in January that he was calling it quits. Wednesday turned out to be his last official morning on the job and last meeting with the police board, which hired him almost eight years ago. I spoke to Chu and Palmer after the public
Jim Chu attended his last police board meeting Wednesday as police chief. Adam Palmer (right) legally became chief after the meeting. Police board member Mary Collins is seated between the two officers. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
portion of the meeting; the obligatory in-camera meeting was to follow and Chu was still technically the chief until the conclusion
of that private go-round with the police board. I asked him what was going through his mind when he woke up on what
would be his last official day on the job. “Cleaning up my files, archiving emails, winding up some issues that just
need to be resolved over the next week or two and, of course, I will be there to help Adam in the transition period,” said Chu
as he stood across from Palmer near the elevators on the seventh floor of the police building. Has he had time to reflect on his 36 years as a cop? “I did a few wind-up interviews with different members of the media and so I did my reminiscing,” he said. “So today, I just want to finish the board meeting and definitely wanted to say how much I appreciated our governance model and working with the board.” Will he miss the job? “I will miss the job, I’ll miss the people. But I really realize that good things do come to an end. It’s time to move on to a different phase in my life. So I’m very happy. I don’t regret making the decision to retire.” OK, so what is that next phase? “I’m going to take some time off — that’s on orders from my wife. And I’ll see what happens in terms of what the future entails for me.” Continued on page 4
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Continued from page 3 How about a shot at politics? “I’m not ruling out anything right now. But there’s nothing imminent from me.” Then it was Palmer’s turn. What was going through his mind when he woke up Wednesday morning, knowing he would take over from Chu? “Well, ever since it was announced on April 16, I’ve just been really elated by the whole thing, just really proud to take over the Vancouver Police Department. I feel honoured with the support I’ve received from members within our department and from the community, and people sending me notes and emails and letters and phone calls coming into my office.” He added: “I’ll tell you I wouldn’t want to do the job if I didn’t have the support
of people. I feel like I’m very well supported. I have a great team behind me. So I’m really excited to get going.” As Palmer said at his first news conference April 17, he doesn’t plan to veer from Chu’s course for the department, saying it will remain status quo. “There’s always issues, of course, we have to deal with — don’t get me wrong — but I don’t feel like I’m coming in to a bad situation, I feel like I’m coming in to a very good situation,” he said. “I’m not planning wholesale changes from what Jim Chu has been doing right now. I think we’re in a good direction. There will be the Adam Palmer twist on things and way of looking at policing, absolutely. But you’re not going to see us taking a sharp left hand turn and going a different direction overnight.”
Members of the Twitterverse can get a sense of that twist by following Palmer at @ChiefPalmer. Sadly, @ Adam 12 was taken (Hey kids: That’s a 1970s police drama reference). Anyway, Palmer’s account went live Wednesday. Chu, as his followers will attest, often coloured his tweets with a sense of humour. We’ll see if Palmer does the same, although he admitted Twitter is a new world for him. “I haven’t done Twitter before, so it’s going to be the first time. So stay tuned and see how that goes. That’s going to be a little bit of trial and error.” Though Palmer legally became chief Wednesday, a change of command ceremony goes May 25 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. It will be the last day Chu wears his uniform. twitter.com/Howellings
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Regulations stymie growth Continued from page 1 Vancouver Farmers Markets kicked off 20 years of bringing local food to Vancouver neighbourhoods May 7, with the seasonal opening of the Yaletown market. Trout Lake market restarts May 9 and five more markets will open earlier than usual over the next six weeks. Organizers that included nutritionists from the REACH Community Health Centre on Commercial Drive lured eight skeptical farmers to the parking lot at the Croatian Cultural Centre in 1995. A thousand people came, communed and cleared the farmers out. Two years later, the market moved to Trout Lake. Fast forward two decades and Vancouver Farmers Markets runs nine markets, two winter and seven seasonal, supports more than 265 vendors and saw 425,000 shoppers last year. Sales of $40,000 in 1995 have multiplied to $8.17 million in 2014, according to Tara McDonald, executive director of Vancouver Farmers Markets.
“We contribute a total of about $15 million to the local economy and we’re just doing this out of temporary spaces in parking lots under pop-up tents,” she said. In addition to nourishing the local food economy and social connections, McDonald notes farmers markets support the sustainability of farmland. “We’ve been able to keep 6,000 acres of precious, quickly diminishing agricultural land in production,” she said. “It keeps it viable so it’s not developed for other purposes.” Susan Davidson, cofounder of Aldergrove’s Glorious Organics Cooperative, started selling at Vancouver’s farmer market in 1996. Her Trout Lake stand is known for its salad bar that features difficult to find greens. “I had a customer who was from Mexico and she was just blissed out to find purslane, which is a staple part of their menu, and I had no idea,” Davidson said. It’s those interactions that
have kept Davidson, who’s 70, travelling to the city. “For half of the year, I get up at four in the morning on Saturdays to go to the Trout Lake market and, you know, sometimes it’s a stretch,” she said. “By the end of the day I wonder what the hell am I doing this for? I’m getting my $12 an hour, and that’s the profession that I’ve agreed to, but it’s the hugs and the tears and the life that comes to the market that really puts the extra value on it being just a career.” Davidson, who sits on the vendor’s advisory committee and has sat on the Vancouver Farmers Markets board, remains frustrated by the permitting requirements and logistical details Vancouver Farmers Markets is forced to deal with each year. “I’m just appalled that after 20 years, and now up to seven [seasonal] markets, we don’t seem to have to city policy that will support us,” she said. The first market was permitted to sell only fruit,
vegetables and certain types of baked goods. Now vendors sling artisan beer, wine and spirits, dairy products, meat, poultry and fish, but McDonald, executive director since 2005, notes meat still has to be sold frozen, which is tricky at markets that lack power and water. She concurs problems with infrastructure and permits continue to stunt the growth of Vancouver Farmers Markets. The organization has to renew all kinds of permits with the city every year and it lacks long-term agreements on the use of spaces. “Other markets that are indoor-outdoor markets like in Calgary and across the country, their sales are triple and quadruple what ours are, with all things being equal,” she said. “A building really makes a difference, or a pavilion or some kind of shelter.” To celebrate 20 years, Vancouver Farmers Markets is launching an Instagram contest. For more information, see eatlocal.org. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi
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News Dozens hospitalized after 420 Continued from page 1 Customers and staff from the store were identified and released pending further investigation, which could end in charges, according to police. Briere said his products, including muffins, cookies, coconut butter and ice cream are made by various suppliers. He didn’t elaborate on where the products are made, although he said some suppliers have commercial kitchens. Briere’s hope for an industry standard for edibles isn’t a regulation the City of Vancouver is proposing in its attempt to bring some level of control to the pot shops. The proposal, which includes a $30,000 annual licence fee for pot shops and criminal record checks, recommends only marijuana oil be available for sale. The rationale is a purchaser can take the oil home and make their own marijuana-infused goods. The proposal is expected to go to public hearing by the end of the month or into early June, although the city hasn’t released dates for what are ex-
pected to be well-attended meetings. Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for Vancouver Coastal Health, said she supports the city’s proposal to regulate the pot shops and stop the sale of marijuana goods. Daly is collecting data and research on edible products that she will forward to city council before the public hearing begins. So far, she said, her findings are that marijuana goods in the United States have been associated with the poisoning of children and other associated harms. “Part of the issue is that these products are designed to look like other food items like candy and cookies that appeal to children,” she said. “So they’re inadvertently consumed.” Daly pointed out that more than 60 people were hospitalized after the 420 marijuana smoke-in outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on April 20. Patients, some of whom ate marijuana goods, complained of nausea, vomiting, heart palpita-
tions and a decreased level of consciousness. “I know that the people who produce these products want to keep having these products available,” she said. “There are people who prefer to buy marijuana in an edible form but we have to consider what the potential risks might be of those products.” Daly said the health authority has no plans to implement regulations that would force pot shops to label their marijuana goods, or have inspectors monitor food preparation practices. “I’m not suggesting that we want them all to have food permits and we’d be happy with that,” she said. “My bigger concern is edible marijuana seems to be associated with risks that we need to be aware of.” Daly noted that after she spoke to council last month, “a few of the producers of edible products weren’t very happy with me for saying that we’re concerned about this. So I think it’s something that will generate a lot of discussion at the public hearing.” twitter.com/Howellings
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Vancouver Public Library’s new Inspiration Lab will help a Vancouver busker record his first album. “I now have the opportunity to record my music,” said Alfredo Flores on Tuesday, the day the lab officially opened at the central library branch downtown. The hands-on digital media space complete with sound studios, a green screen and digital software was unveiled as part of the library’s 20th anniversary. Flores said the lab benefits not just him but other people in the city. “This is a big present for us.” The $600,000 space was created in part due to the public’s desire for access to more technology and tech training, said VPL board chair Mary Lynn Baum. Ideas came together in 2012 when Vancouver residents took part in public consultations and in February
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construction began. The lab, which can be booked in the library as well as online, is free for public use. It was funded by the city,
donors through the VPL foundation, and private gift reserves. “This lab reflects the desire for Vancouver
residents to have access to digital tools to support their learning and growth,” said Baum. Continued on page 9
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Quake simulator shakes up Vancouver Mike Howell
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Alvin Leung just survived a major earthquake. “The movement was quite intense, even though I was sitting down,” he told the Courier seconds after experiencing the violent shudders early Tuesday afternoon. “So I can’t imagine what it would be like if I was standing.” Or, if the quake was real, for that matter. Leung was one of several people who stepped into the “Quake Cottage” in a parking lot at city hall Tuesday to experience the sensation of being in an earthquake. The event was to mark Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada and organized by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, which partnered with the city and other municipalities to have a California company transport the quake simulator to Metro Vancouver. Sitting in what resembled a small trailer, Leung rocked back and forth for about 30 seconds in a chair equipped with handles. A
A California company brought its “Quake Cottage” to Vancouver Tuesday to have people experience the sensation of a major earthquake. For a video of the experience, see vancourier.com.
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clip of an earthquake movie, complete with screaming people, played on a screen across from him. Though some might liken the quake simulator to a carnival ride, it was anything but for Leung who said the movement was much worse than a small tremor he felt in B.C. years ago.
“I remember seeing the walls move or sway back and forth but it was nothing like this,” said Leung, a city worker who lives in Richmond, which is surrounded by a dike and would likely be prone to liquefaction in a major quake. Jackie Kloosterboer, the city’s emergency planning
coordinator and director of emergency social services, said the aim of the quake simulator experience was to remind people such as Leung to ensure they have an earthquake kit in place and a plan to connect with family and friends after a disaster. With seismologists predicting the West Coast is long
overdue for a major quake, Kloosterboer said being prepared means having food, water, medications and supplies at home, as well as at the workplace, where a pair or runners is a must for workers who normally wear dress shoes or high heels. “People in Vancouver are not prepared,” said Kloosterboer, who also took a turn in the simulator. “It’s really sad because when something happens, it’s really going to be based on what you do today to prepare your family. You need to have ways to connect with your family, you need to have the supplies in place that you’re going to need and you need to do that now.” Though the city has emergency plans in place, which includes more than 400 hundred volunteers, a major quake could delay emergency services from reaching residents. “People need to be selfsufficient in an earthquake,” she said, adding that the city offers free training on how to prepare for an earthquake.
Shawn Ferry, safety manager of ETC Building and Design and operator of the “Quake Cottage,” said the simulator gets its name from the cottages that were built in San Francisco in 1906 after a quake devastated the city. Ferry said cottages were built for residents because much of the houses and buildings in San Francisco were destroyed in the quake. “Most people don’t realize how violent an earthquake can get,” he said, noting some people who tried the simulator asked him to turn it off halfway through the experience because it was too violent. The Insurance Bureau of Canada paid US$11,000 to have the simulator brought to Metro Vancouver. Fortis donated $1,000 in Canadian dollars to each municipality that offered the simulator to the public, including Coquitlam, Richmond, District of North Vancouver, White Rock and Delta. Vancouver’s cost was $2,300 Canadian. twitter.com/Howellings
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News Project connects people Continued from page 7 Located on the third floor of the central branch, the 7,500 square foot Inspiration Lab has four sound booths — the smaller ones are set up with web cameras and microphones so users can create podcasts or have out of town job interviews, said Christina De Castell, director of collections and technology. The larger Live Room holds four to six people and has an audio mixer, microphones and monitor, and can accommodate a variety of different projects. “You can do a little group interview, or record a discussion group, or you
could bring in your acoustic guitar and sing and make your first YouTube video,” said De Castell. The Terry McBride studio allows users to record music. That’s what Flores wants to do — put his music from the Andes onto a CD. Flores, originally from Guatemala, busks in SkyTrain stations around the city, singing and playing guitar and the zampoña, a traditional Peruvian panpipe flute. Flores said the studio will help his music career. “I don’t have money to pay a studio, it’s very expensive,” said Flores. “And I don’t make good money busking, but with
that CD, it’s going to help me because I sell those CDs and make money.” Other features of the lab include an analog-todigital conversion space, a children`s media centre, and different ways for people to tell their stories in digital form. “That’s what libraries are all about,” said Mayra Gadison, VPL coordinator of marketing and communications. She said the lab has potential for people’s projects to be shared on screen for others to watch. “We make connections for people. How can you not love something like that?” twitter.com/shannon1726
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Opinion Alberta election shows Sleepless nights as up B.C. smugness machines take over Allen Garr Columnist agarr@vancourier.com As luck would have it I found myself in Alberta Tuesday: Provincial Election Day. That evening I joined friends around a laptop perched on a table at a pub in the Banff Springs Hotel as we watched the results roll in. There was a B.C. connection to all of this. Back in the days of the Harcourt government here, Rachel Notley was a young lawyer — daughter of Alberta former NDP leader Grant Notley — out here working with B.C.’s former Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh. More interesting than that, a few months ago Rachel Notley, who had since entered electoral politics and was now the leader of Alberta’s NDP, recruited veteran B.C. NDP organizer Gerry Scott to come out to Alberta and whip her party bureaucracy into shape. They were thinking a provincial election was more than a year away. With the unexpected quick call, Scott became the campaign manager with a formidable task. There were the polls of course, predicting an NDP sweep. But who believes polls anymore? There was last the provincial election in B.C. where the pollsters got it wrong. They were also off base in Alberta telling us the Wild Rose Party would bounce the ruling Tories last time out. But I have got to tell you, the results that came in during the first few minutes Tuesday night looked like the Tories were coming back. As Scott told me a few days later, he had flashes of B.C.’s last provincial election. “This was not the trend we were looking for.” Then it shifted — radically. And nothing could divert our attention; not the spectacular view out the window of Bow River Valley and the rugged snow covered Rockies; not the game — the Calgary Flames battling the Anaheim Ducks. The Flames and the Ducks were most on the minds of the crowd glued to their large screen TVs in the lounge at the other end of the hall. But I did note that between periods even those die-hard fans in their hockey sweaters flipped the channel to the election results. In fact, it was hard to tell, when we heard cheers going up from that direction, whether it was a goal being scored or more evidence of the ruling Progressive Conservative Party being mowed down by the explosive support for the NDP. It was truly a moment in Canadian
political history. British Columbians had seen nothing like it since 1972 when Dave Barrett’s New Democrats tossed out W.A.C. Bennett’s Social Credit Party after 20 years of continuous power. But this was even more dramatic. Right wing governments had controlled Alberta for 80 years, since 1935 beginning with Social Credit. For the past 44 years it was the Tory dynasty starting with Peter Lougheed. When Barrett won, his party moved from Opposition to Government. When Rachel Notley and the NDP entered the race in Alberta, they were the fourth party, out-numbered by the Opposition Wild Rose and the provincial Liberals. Most observers agree that if there was a turning point in this campaign, it happened during the televised debate. Although many Albertans were tiring of Premier Jim Prentice and truly annoyed by his observation, made before the writ was dropped, that if they wanted to know why Alberta was facing such economic difficulty they should just “look in the mirror.”
It was truly a moment in Canadian political history. But it was during the TV debate when Prentice turned to Notley and made the condescending remark, “I know that math is difficult” that was seen as a final nail in his coffin. But as Gerry Scott and others have pointed out, Alberta is a province that has been changing. Particularly the cities. Longtime Calgary Herald columnist Don Braid wrote “you want two words for this epic upheaval? Rachel Notley. You want two more? Naheed Nenshi.” He’s the hip Harvard educated South Asian mayor of Calgary who was elected at the same time Toronto ended up with Rob Ford. British Columbians have been chronically smug about redneck Alberta. No more. Just look at the election results. As the Globe and Mail reported, the NDP elected a record number of women. There are three openly gay MLAs and the average age of the provincial MLA has dropped from 53 to 36, which just happens to be the average age in the province. Now let’s see what they can do. twitter.com/allengarr
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Geoff Olson Columnist mwiseguise@yahoo.com The other day I could log in but not post on Twitter, even using various devices with different browsers. I felt a milder form of the low-grade panic I experience when my home wi-fi signal evaporates. Like most of us, I take constant digital connection for granted. I half-expect my Internet service provider to deliver 24/7 without interruption (short of an electromagnetic pulse from a high-atmosphere nuke or a monster solar flare that would fry telecom networks and reduce us all to communicating face-to-face for months with our mouth parts). Too tired to puzzle out the online FAQ on Twitter troubleshooting, I decided to sleep it off. I noticed no less than three electronic devices by the bed: an iPad, iPhone and Blackberry. Now that digital technology has conquered First World bedrooms, the next stage of silicon-carbon intimacy is said to be wearable tech, starting with smart watches. Presumably implants will follow. Then we’ll have SkyNet, time-travelling Terminators, and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger returning as Governor of California. (Though I may be confusing Hollywood with real life, which happens when I’m tired.) But who needs science fiction? Walk into any coffee shop or board public transit and you’ll see a clutch of strangers in silent communion with their devices, like postindustrial monks. And most of the data flying back and forth isn’t even from us. According to a 2012 study by the Internet firm Incapsula, 51 per cent of online traffic at the time was conducted by scrapers, spambots, automated hacking, and search engine indexers rather than actual human beings. It seems the only way we can get an extended break from all our clicking, tapping and swiping is by snoozing. Yet a full, restful sleep has become one of the defining status symbols of the extremely wealthy. The rest of us have reportedly lost 15 per cent of sleep time since 1960, through overwork, stress, and an inability to stay away from brightly lit screens. As you probably know, it’s not a good idea for us to use tablets and smartphones late at night because artificial light interferes with the brain’s produc-
tion of melatonin, a hormone associated with the body’s circadian rhythms and sleep cycles. Yet it turns out that eight hours of unbroken sleep is something of a culturally conditioned habit. In the 1990’s, Virginia Tech history professor A. Roger Ekirch kept coming across references to a “first sleep” and “second sleep” in historical documents. Homer invoked the term “first sleep” in The Odyssey, as did Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. Around the same time, psychiatrist and sleep researcher Thomas A. Wehr was researching the effects of artificial light on his patients. When deprived of light bulbs, televisions, computers and other bright sources of light, they slept soundly until midnight, when they would awake and then drift back to sleep. This seemed to be the signature of the first and second sleep tracked by Ekirch. For millennia, human beings far from the equator went to sleep shortly after the descent of darkness. A night could extend to 10 hours or more, so it’s believed these pre-industrial people regularly awakened around midnight, perhaps rising to converse with family members and even visit with neighbours, before returning to their beds for a “second sleep.” “Remarkably, then, our pattern of consolidated sleep has been a relatively recent development, another product of the industrial age, while segmented sleep was long the natural form of our slumber, having a provenance as old as humankind,” wrote Ekirch in a 2006 editorial for The New York Times. Oil lamps were first in disrupting human sleep cycles, followed by electric light bulbs and televisions. Our handheld digital devices are latecomers to the afterhours party. Ironically, we regularly put these devices into a metaphorical “sleep” they actually don’t require. As artificial intelligence begins to disrupt the economy and labour market, this may turn out to be one major evolutionary advantage of silicon-based networks over carbonbased life forms: their unblinking ability to weave a world beyond imagining while our eyes are shut tight. These are the kind of thoughts that keep me awake at night. Mostly because I’m reading them on an LED screen. As for Twitter, I’m still persona non grata. twitter.com/geoffolson
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May 8, 1982: A dozen years after joining the NHL as an expansion team, the Vancouver Canucks made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. After finishing 34 points behind the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers and three games under .500 in the Smythe Division, the underdog Canucks went on to beat the Calgary Flames, the Los Angeles Kings and the Chicago Blackhawks in the first three rounds to become the only obstacle standing between the New York Islanders and their third straight Stanley Cup. The Canucks opened the scoring 1 minute and 29 seconds into Game 1 at Nassau Coliseum after Swedish forward Thomas Gradin pounced on a rebound by goalie Bill Smith after a weak shot from Lars Molin. Gradin notched another goal and an assist in the hard-fought game, which resulted in a total of 130 minutes in penalties handed out. The Canucks took a 5-4 lead with only seven minutes remaining in the third period after a shorthanded goal by Jim Nill but the Islanders tied it after future Hall-ofFamer Mike Bossy scored his second goal of the night by banging home a loose puck left after goaltender Richard Brodeur collided with defenceman Harold Snepsts. The Canucks had won 11 of their last 13 playoff games, but the streak came to an end in overtime after Bossy completed a hat trick by intercepting a sloppy pass by Snepsts at the right face-off circle, skating into the slot and snapping the puck over Brodeur’s glove. The Isles went on to sweep the series in four games. ADVERTISING
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Re: “Skatepark’s fate put on hold,” April 29. I see, once again, adults are planning to remove yet another activity area where young people are able meet and play together in a harmless way. Young people have to have places outdoors where they can play together and develop interpersonal skills rather than remain closeted in their apartments or houses, hunched over a computer or pecking out messages on a smartphone. Without any free space, young people will end up having nothing to do but hang around and possibly get into inappropriate activities. This will really irritate the neighbours and the police. We are now eliminating all of these opportunities for children to get out and let off steam and use up all that stored up energy. Then we get angry at the young people when they engage in troublesome activities for excitement. We seem bent on eliminating every natural opportunity for children to be children and to get out and have fun, create games, get fresh air in a natural way and get to know one another. Why not enlist some of the complaining neighbours to go down sometime after closing time at the park and ask, in a friendly manner, for the lads to go home and get a good night’s sleep so they can return to the park the next day? I find when talking to young people in an adult-to-adult fashion, they can be very understanding, helpful and interested in what I have to say. How is it we adults forget the fun we were able to enjoy here in Vancouver when we were growing up? We were never chased, scolded and yelled at by grumpy adults. We were left to play. Have some adults forgotten what growing up is all about? While I do not live in the area of the complainers, I believe the skatepark should be left where it is. There is the cost factor to taxpayers in relocating the park and an excellent opportunity for adults to get to know one another and work together with the young people who use this facility. Edwin Pearson, Vancouver
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Re: “Results of police watchdog report being kept secret,” May 1. Considering the issues that have been reported with this organization, then it is critical that reports be released. If there is nothing to hide then why are they hiding it? I suspect that the ministry have realized what mistake they made when they hired Richard Rosenthal and are trying to protect themselves from the fallout. I believe that they are waiting for Rosenthal’s contract to run out instead of dealing with the dysfunction that is the Independent Investigations Office. Jackson Ripper, via Comments section
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Re: “B.C. teachers lose on class size,” online only. Unions were created over one hundred years ago when working conditions were deplorable and owners of businesses (mostly industrial) treated their workers as slaves, working long terms, not paying decent wages, etc. Those days are gone and unions have to reinvent themselves. We can see great examples of fair and honest unions like B.C. Ferries and BCGU which have understood that they need to move with the times and really work to improve the quality of labour for its members. And then we have the BCTF and a couple of others whose only interest seems to be to squeeze out taxpayers for the most money they can get, hidden under the pretext of “kids first.” Time to roll up the sleeves and work for them and not for you RanyDany, via Comments section
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Religions frequently perceive “spirit” and “body” independently from each other. Scientists note that spirituality and human creativity both emanate from the same part of the brain’s frontal lobe, though defining spirituality as a “merely” neurological phenomenon may be seen overly materialist. But if spirituality provides similar benefits as religion at its best — physical and mental wellbeing, happiness, assisting in identifying one’s place in the cosmos — then the source of these outcomes is irrelevant. Except, of course, that this leaves unanswered the biggest question in this enterprise: Are we more than our physical selves? For that answer, you will need to consult a higher authority than this Vancouver Courier columnist. Sorry. This series is about people finding personal fulfilment through means other than those we conventionally define as “religion.” Although we are talking about spirituality without religion, it should be noted that some of the spiritual practices in this series can be and are taken up by people who also adhere to “traditional” religions. The point is, conventional religion is not required to practise them. A perfect example is Reiki. A Japanese practice codified in the early 20th century, Reiki was almost completely unknown to Vancouverites just a decade ago, according to Elana Epstein, a Reiki practitioner here. Although it is not associated with any theology, the word Reiki means “God’s wisdom” or “higher power” (Rei) and “life force energy” (Ki). It involves a practitioner working with the body’s energy vortexes either through the direct application of hands or the movement of hands above or around the body. Although it is unequivocally “Eastern,” it bears similarities to the Christian practice of “laying on of hands.” Successes resulting from the latter would be considered
Elana Epstein performs Reiki on a client. “A deeply religious person can come into my home, get onto my Reiki table, have a deeply spiritual experience without it calling into question anything they believe in,” she says. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
the direct work of God, while Reiki operates on a more amorphous concept of healing energy. Even so, its impacts can work for believers, atheists or anyone in between, says Epstein. “Reiki connects the individual to that which
is outside us, the realm of divine energy, that which comes from divine source — the God of your own unique understanding and definition — and anything that is in the spirit realm,” she says. “That has nothing to do with any religion, any dogma. It is complete-
ly separated from that, so a deeply religious person can come into my home, get onto my Reiki table, have a deeply spiritual experience without it calling into question anything they believe in.” Epstein struggles with what to call the people
who come to her — patients, clients — but they tend to be people with a broad range of ailments from migraines to relationship issues or career stagnation. They are referred by word of mouth or by acupuncturists, yoga teachers and sometimes
therapists and doctors. In addition to using her hands to shift the body’s energy, she sometimes introduces sound, like a Shaman drum or bells. Each chakra, or energy point, in the body corresponds with a physical component, says Epstein, who also teaches yoga. If someone comes to her with stomach issues, she sees the physical symptoms as interrelated with the spiritual or emotional traits associated with the corresponding chakra. “Your stomach, your solar plexus is what in yoga is called the third energy vortex, the third chakra, that will correlate on a physical level to your digestive system and all the things involved in creating physical balance in your body,” she says as an example. “It is your power centre, your storehouse for your will, for making things happen, for promoting change where it needs to happen in your life.” But how does it work exactly? “We’re asking for words to explain something that is so intangible,” she replies. “But for me, I can sense on the body when there is a block of energy, where there is nothing flowing in, let’s say, that belly area. I can sense a darker, denser block area and I can sense an opening where there will be a fiery little spark of energy that grows warmer and warmer and warmer.” If her practices don’t seem to work right away, she moves to an adjacent area. “I move above or below because maybe the block is actually coming from a different area,” Epstein says. “Our physical body does the same thing. We can often have a hip pain but it might be because our knee is off alignment, or our shoulder.” As critics point out, there is no proof that such energy forces really exist. But in both religion and things “spiritual but not religious,” not everything is scientifically verifiable. “Science is now understanding the mystical side of life,” Epstein says. “The physical body and its connection to spirit is responsible for so much more than we’ve ever believed — or that we believe but are unable to prove.” twitter.com/Pat604Johnson
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MOM’S THE WORD: “It’s a three day wonder.” That’s the advice Pauline Bird gave to her daughter Jackie Mollenhauer, Courier sales representative. Bird is seen here with daughters Barbara (baby) and Jackie, who explains: “That means, give it three days and you will feel better. I used it a lot for broken hearts, friends not being nice, going to camp for a week. Makes me cry thinking about it…” For more photos and wise words from mothers of the Courier’s staff, see vancourier.com.
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Forthright, loving and unwilling to abide whining of any kind, Jean (Gosse) Perkins, here at the age of 83 with her daughter Patricia, believed in living every day to its fullest. PHOTO MARTHA PERKINS
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My mother was the Voice of God. No one ever questioned her because, as her eight children learned, she was always willing to back up whatever she said with an equally decisive action. For instance, when she told my older siblings that she’d leave one of them at the side of the road if they didn’t stop squabbling in the car, they were foolish enough not to listen. Mom pulled over and left
my sister Patricia standing there, dumbfounded. While the three oldest sisters cried in the back seat, begging her to turn around, my mother drove away — far enough to make her point but close enough to keep Patricia in her rear-view mirror. By the time I arrived on the family scene, car trips were spent quietly reading books or playing I Spy. After I whined about having nothing to do one summer day, she told me that I wasn’t allowed to
say I was bored. She said I was a 10-year-old kid who had no school, no responsibility and no right to complain. I took her literally and made sure I never uttered, or felt, the words “I’m bored” again. So I believed her when she said that the tuning dial on our kitchen radio had somehow broken off, leaving it perpetually stuck on CBC Radio. I’m sorry, she told me with a straight face, but there’s no way you can switch to a pop radio station.
The kitchen radio was always on. If my mom was the Voice of God, CBC Radio became the chorus chatting in the background. The World At Six became our world at six. Barbara Frum talked us through the early evening chores on As It Happens. Sunday morning drives took us to far-away places thanks to Michael Enright and a host of (now much lamented) radio documentary journalists. Continued on page 19
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a crib and BabyGoRound was only able to fulfill 34 per cent of those requests. So just in time for Mother’s Day, BabyGoRound is kicking off a Crib for Every Baby campaign to collect 500 gently used cribs by the end of the year to give to Lower Mainland families in need. Randall Nelson has heard of babies sleeping in drawers, strollers and laundry baskets, and with parents. A savvy shopper might be able to find a suitable secondhand crib online, but that might still be too expensive for some. “They’re generally still a couple hundred dollars, which is still difficult for a family that’s making money stretch every week,” Randall Nelson said. “It really becomes the difference between, sometimes food and making that choice about sleeping.” Families in need are referred to BabyGoRound by social service agencies that include the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society,
the Positive Women’s Network and SOS: Settlement Orientation Services. Caregivers choose needed items from what’s been set up as a free-ofcharge “store.” BabyGoRound is also sharing safe sleeping information. The organization consulted with Vancouverbased pediatrician Dr. Antoinette Van den Brekel and Randall Nelson says co-sleeping isn’t recommended because of the risk of suffocation and sudden infant death syndrome. The Canadian Pediatric Society says the safest place for a baby to sleep in their first year of life is in a crib, and in their parents’ bedroom for the first six months. BabyGoRound is accepting new and gently used cribs and money to buy cribs at cost from Canadian-based company Storkcraft. For more information, see babygoround.ca and click on “A Crib For Every Baby,” or phone 604-558-4840. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi
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You can celebrate your mother with brunch and a round of golf this Sunday. All three Vancouver Park Board golf courses have been aerated and Fraserview and McCleery are expected to be in good shape for Mother’s Day. The Clubhouse at Fraserview will feature a special Mother’s Day a-la-carte brunch menu May 10 until 3 p.m. Limited brunch specials will also been on offer at McCleery and Langara. The park board also recommends its Stanley, Rupert and Queen Elizabeth park pitch and putt courses for a fun family outing. No reservation is needed for brunch at Fraserview. For more information, visit vancouver.ca, click on “Parks, Recreation, and Culture,” and then on “recreational activities” and “golf.” Continued on page 18
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the event, which is the result of collaboration between members of the community who are and aren’t experiencing the complexities of homelessness.
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Feeling her presence Continued from page 15 In November of 2013, my mother was diagnosed with brain cancer. She’d had breast cancer in her 60s and underwent radiation but now, at 88, she did what, a few years ago, she’d told us she’d do — refuse treatment. During the next two months, she amazed us with her strength, her grace, her wisdom and her absolute lack of fear or regret. She remained true to her belief that there was no God (apart from the title we’d given her), no soul, no afterlife. When we die, we die, and therefore the imperative is on us to live each day fully. Be happy, she said — sometimes as a direct order. On the night of the day my mother died, I was in the kitchen doing the dishes after a long dinner spent talking with my husband about memories and emotions. I turned on the radio. CBC’s nine o’clock program, Ideas, was re-running a documentary on the singer Pete Seeger, who had died a day or two earlier.
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RECORD HAUL: The Canadian Cancer Society’s 19th annual Daffodil Ball, presented by Silver Wheaton, was staged at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Vanhattan’s movers and shakers piled into the ballroom for an exquisite evening of partying and philanthropy, led by Carly Monahan and Jennifer Traub. The room was transformed into a party palace for the event. Global TV’s Chris Gailus once again held court, joined by longtime CEO Barbara Kaminsky, who unveiled renderings of the new Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention. Attendees enjoyed a royal repast prepared by executive chef Cameron Ballendine before letting loose of their wallets and purse strings. A record $1.9 million was raised in support of the society’s fight against the disease that continues to be the leading cause of death in Canada. Proceeds will fund life-saving research, lead prevention initiatives and deliver caring compassionate support and information to people affected by cancer. LITERARY LUAU: The B.C. Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. Seven prizes are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor’s B.C. Book Prizes Gala, recently held last week at the Pinnacle Hotel. More than 250 guests including some 30 finalists attended the awards ceremony dinner emceed by Bill Richardson. The winners of the 31st installment, and a $2,000 cash prize were: Aislinn Hunter, (The World Before Us), Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane (The Sea Among Us), Eve Joseph (In the Slender Margin), Cecily Nicholson, (From the Poplars), Roy Miki, Slavia Miki, and Julie Flett (Dolphin SOS), Maggie de Vries (Rabbit Ears) and Courier contributor Aaron Chapman (Live at the Commodore). Betty Keller was honoured with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence for her contributions to the development of literary excellence in the province. GOLDEN ERA: The Arts Club Theatre Company, in partnership with the Wine Institute of California, staged its annual California Wine Fair, a series of winemaker dinners, which culminates in a grand tasting of the Golden State grapes at the Vancouver Convention Centre. More than 350 exclusive and new wines from 100 California wineries were uncorked for the occasion. Fronted by the Arts Club’s Gigi Wong and artistic director Bill Millerd, the wine wingding — sponsored by the Vancouver Courier — generated $80,000 for the venerable arts organization, which will celebrate its upcoming 52nd season and a new theatre and arts complex this September. The facility on West First Avenue will be shared with Bard on the Beach.
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PuSh Festival artistic director Norman Armour welcomed Isabella Rossellini to the Playhouse stage. The Italian film star’s quirky one-woman play Green Porno, exploring the mating habits of land and sea creatures, made its West Coast debut.
Rick Slomka, Canadian director at the Wine Institute of California, and Lynne Platt, U.S. Consul General Vancouver, raised a glass to the Golden State wines showcased at the annual California Wine Fair.
The Children’s Literature B.C. Book Prize went to Dolphin SOS illustrator Julie Flett and authors Roy and Slavia Miki (Tradewind Books).
West Coast Book Prize Society executive director Bryan Pike congratulated Eve Joseph, author of In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying (HarperCollins), recipient of the non-fiction book prize and $2,000.
Arts Club Theatre artistic director Bill Millerd and special events manager Gigi Wong were all smiles following the $80,000 generated from their series of California Wine Fair events.
Jennifer Traub and Carly Monahan chaired the 19th annual Daffodil Ball. A record $1.9 million was generated for life-saving research, prevention initiatives and delivering compassionate support.
Software entrepreneur Ian Crosby and celebrity event planner Brittany Wong were among 30 bright lights feted at B.C. Business magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 list celebration held at the Vancouver Club.
Renderings of the new $25-million Centre of Excellence for Cancer Prevention backed Canadian Cancer Society CEO Barbara Kaminsky and foundation chair Leonard Schein.
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To some, the idea of exercise brings to mind four-letter words, like pain and work. But physical activity is not just for athletes and kids. It is essential to all of us. Healthy physical activity is one of the four foundations of self-care (a healthy lifestyle). The others are a healthy diet (what you put into your body), healthy relationships (how you relate) and emotional health (how you feel). The most important predictors (what you have control over) of your future health are the habits you practise today. We were made to move. When we don’t our health suffers. When we do, we thrive. The human body evolved to survive in times when food was scarce and life more physically demanding. Our genes are more suited to the prehistoric world. That’s why we crave fatty, high calorie foods and why we accumulate body fat if we don’t keep moving. If physical activity is a part of your everyday life then your life every day will be better. Daily physical activity can boost your mood and reduce anxiety. It can help you maintain a healthy weight, muscle strength and tone, coordination and comfort in your own body. We need a certain level of fitness in order to do the essential activities of daily living, including dressing, bathing, meal preparation, housework and getting out of the house to do the things we want and need to do. Fortunately, we have bodies and brains that are highly adaptable. With regular practice, physical activity becomes easier: we grow in strength, skill, speed and grace. We can acquire healthy new habits. Though technology intends to improve the qual-
ity of our lives, it often degrades the quality of our health. Most of us would be much healthier if we walked or cycled instead of riding and driving. For many young people, thumbs get more exercise than legs. Even the couch potatoes of the ’60s got more physical activity than couch potatoes today. We now use remotes to avoid the few extra steps to change the channel. If you’ve become less active because of the demands of everyday life or if you’ve just fallen into some bad habits, it’s not too late to change. Being more active can benefit you at any time in your life. It can make the difference between just getting by and feeling great. I invite you to take the first steps on the path to better health. May 9 to 15 is the Doctors of B.C.’s Walk With Your Doc week, and doctors throughout the province will be promoting physical activity in a variety of community events. On Saturday, May 9, we’ll kick off the week with a free and fun 2 km walk at Kitsilano Beach Park at 9:30 a.m. As the event’s emcee, I’ll be there with many of my colleagues along with our patients. Even if your doctor isn’t there, you’re welcome to attend. All members of the public are invited, but come early to get your free pedometer. For more information about this event, check online at bcma.org/ walk-with-your-doc. To celebrate the World Health Organization’s Move for Health Day on Sunday, May 10 (Mother’s Day), many cities are hosting a variety of fun physical activities. Check your local community centre. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.
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Date: Wednesday,May20, 2015 Time: 4:30- 6:00 PM Place: Commons Room, MBA House, 3385 Wesbrook Mall Representatives from the project team and Campus + Community Planning will be available to provide information and respond to inquiries about this project. The public is also invited to attend the Development Permit Board Meeting for this project: Date: Wed. June 10th from 5 - 6:30PM Location: Commons Room, MBA House, 3385 Wesbrook Mall
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Start nothing new before June 11, Aries. The general accent lies on money, earnings, purchases, possessions, memory, rote learning (very favoured) and sensual attractions. (Careful with the sensual; don’t start a major relationship merely because you feel physically attracted: this tends to lead to burdensome bonds, and isn’t fair to the other person.
Strictly avoid starting any legal, far travel, educational, publishing, advertising, creative writing, cultural, or intellectual venture of importance. (E.g., start reading a book, fine; but don’t start a school program, or buy an international ticket, or launch a film or folk music festival.) These should be put off until June 11 onward.
Your energy, charisma and clout remain high, but it’s getting late to launch any significant projects. Many circumstances will change soon, and plans/ projects with them, in a way that will “trip up” new ventures. Hold off, be patient until June 11 onward. Your communications grow more gracious, affectionate and persuasive now to June 5. Money holds two trends now.
Complete rather than launch projects, Scorpio. A slowdown looms. (Technically, it starts May 18, next Monday.) The general accent lies on relationships, opportunities, relocation and dealings with the public. Be skeptical of all these, as promises or commitments (or leaps into the new) made now are likely to be broken. However, be diplomatic.
Though you’re still in retreat, in a tired, restful recuperation mode (to May 20) your life is slowly growing more exciting – and complex. Your money picture looks good now to early June. Mars enters your sign, Monday to June 24. This will give you more determination, assertiveness and “energetic hope” – also, it will boost your popularity a bit, at least make it easy for you to meet and greet lots of people.
Complete rather than start projects, Sage. The general accent lies on work, daily health (nutrition, body temperature) dealing with service personnel, and caring for dependents. Work in “real time;” forget about the future. (E.g., wipe baby’s nose rather than planning her future schooling.) DON’T buy machinery or important tools. Someone looks poised to re-enter your life in an exciting way over the next 45 days.
Wishes can come true, Cancer, especially Saturday. Your mood is chirpy, light; happiness seems to wink around every corner. Your popularity has risen, and group activities draw you. Isn’t it funny how the happiest periods are also the luckiest? Happiness definitely causes good luck. Now, what causes happiness? Philosophy causes resignation or serenity, but happiness seems to be a seasonal thing, timed by nature.
The accent remains on love, romance, beauty, pleasure, charming kids, creative and risk-taking urges, sports and games. Now’s the time to express yourself! But all week, complete rather than start projects. A dilemma begins now, climaxes Thurs./Fri. It involves choosing between hands-on work and management or delegating tasks. Pick the management side – it’s where you belong longterm, and hands-on holds pitfalls until late June.
Continue to be ambitious, Leo. But realize a period of delay and indecision, of “walking backwards” looms, technically from May 18 to June 11. (“Technically,” because the effects always begin earlier and last a little later.) So don’t start ambitious projects, career ventures, etc. Use this time instead to impress higher-ups, to raise your public profile, to enhance or clean up your reputation.
The main emphasis remains on home, family, real estate, security, Mother Nature, gardening, stomach, nutrition, soul and all the basics, especially this Saturday. (In business too: premises, sales territory, financial foundations, all now important.) Be a bit lazy: take naps, yield to the need for recuperation. This would usually be a good time to decide who/what belongs in your life, and who/what has grown stale, useless or unwelcome.
Start only what you can finish immediately. (Look ahead: you can address and envelope and mail it in, say, an hour – but if the contents are meant to start, say, a buying trip to Europe in three weeks, that’s not “immediately.”) A slowdown looms. In the weeks ahead, you might resume a former career or job role, or run into a former boss. This might get your hopes up about a seemingly lucky career change – but I have my doubts about this one.
The accent remains on light relationships, siblings, communications, short travel, paperwork, news media and curiosity, especially Saturday. (Exercise that curiosity Saturday, May 16, when it will be rewarded.) Complete projects rather than launch anything new, especially in domestic, family, garden, security and real estate zones. (A slowdown looms; it could “drown” new fledgling ventures.)
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During last week’s EAT Vancouver Food and Cooking Festival, it was nearly impossible to go anywhere without bumping into the likes of Vikram Vij, Mark McEwan, Jérémie Bastien, Anna Olson, or any number of this country’s top celebrity chefs. Under new ownership, the revitalized festival’s efforts to reshape the populist event into a more sophisticated 10-day, nationally themed celebration seems to be paying off. Even if the three-day BC Place event still bore that inescapable sample-fest feel, there was no shortage of informative seminars and cutting edge cook-offs to suggest things have been bumped up a notch. Not to mention a “Craft Beer Alley,” expanded tasting areas and onsite liquor store, where you could actually buy that bottle of Victoria Spirits Twisted & Bitter black pepper bitters to spice up your Saturday Caesar. If there was one message to take away from the wealth of dinners, it was this: while Vancouver has every right to proclaim its dining prowess, there’s also plenty elsewhere. One intriguing chefs’ collaboration, Vancouver’s Wildebeest and Toronto’s the Black
Hoof focused their proteinous powers on tastes such as seal and fennel salami, rabbit rilettes, horse heart tartare, braised lamb shank, and pork blood cavatelli. Kicking it all off, the Canadian Flavours Gala proved a showcase for much of that cross-Canada talent, with a wealth of inventive plates, ranging from smoked trout on betel leaf (chef Nick Liu of Toronto’s DaiLo) to Boreal rose petal macarons and birch syrup ice cream (chef Michele Genest of TIA Yukon). The showstopper? Hard to pick just one, but Westin Edmonton chef Fyan O’Flynn dazzled with his Gold Medal Plateswinning terrine of pine smoked sturgeon, cured Quebec foie gras, N.W.T. morels and Okanagan apple.
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Speaking of things quintessentially Canadian, the wraps have come off the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver’s extensive ground-floor remodeling, which now includes the railway themed Notch8 Restaurant & Lounge (900 West Georgia St., 604662-1900). A deliberate nod to the hotel’s storied CPR past, the name refers to the old throttles, where “Notch 8” equated to “full steam ahead.” Only permitted for use by fully certified engineers, it still pops up in modern day expressions such as “top-notch.” The lobby lounge redo feels dark, masculine and
vaguely industrial in a polished and warm kind of way. My first visit included a taste of the house signature beer bread (made with stout, compté cheese and plentiful mustard seeds), succulent Argentinian wild prawns (the size of crayfish) with tarragon butter and addictive garlic puréed potatoes and a healthy house salad of mixed greens with rhubarb and burnt honey vinaigrette. Other bites of note include a rotisserie prime rib sandwich of bunkerman proportions (served on a half baguette) with horseradish and oversized onion rings. Also worth checking out are the very discreet booths and a tucked away, semi private “library” room, complete with shelves of real books that could make for serious perusing.
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Just a tad less formal, compact and pretty Fez Café Bistro (1331 Robson St, 604-559-4339) is a welcome addition to the lower Robson diaspora, with French-North African-Mediterranean fare. Drop by for excellent lunchtime baba ghanoush, hummus or omelettes, or for a traditional dinner of couscous “royale” or Merguez, brochettes, lentil soup, lemon sole and more. Ingredients are GMO-free and locally sourced, while the decor of north African artifacts makes for a cozy setting, with live music Thursday to Saturday.
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Arts&Entertainment KUDOS & KVETCHES Rubble rubble new Hamburglar smells like trouble
Taking a page from Trivago’s marketing textbook, the tastemakers at McDonald’s apparently are banking on the mysterious allure of a sketchy looking dude with three days of stubble and a “recently divorced dad who sleeps in his car from time to time” vibe to sell its talo-soaked treats to the lumpen masses. In an attempt to reverse its slumping sales and greasy public image as a stingy employer and purveyor of sadness, guilt and poor eating habits in a sesame seed bun, the fast food giant wants to present itself as a “modern, progressive burger company.” And that means giving its Hamburglar mascot a makeover. The squat, masked crusader known for mumbling “rubble rubble” and terrifying children’s dreams in the 1980s and ’90s is now an actual man with actual skin. He’s also slimmer, wears a trench coat and sports red high tops.
Is the creepy new McDonald’s Hamburlgar the next Trivago guy?
However, much like the Trivago guy, who equally confounded viewers with his belt-less torso, wrinkled beige shirt and distant “I’ve seen some s***” stare into the dark abyss of his shame-ridden past, the new Hamburglar does not instill feelings of empathy or trust. At best, he looks like a cross between a university student who cobbled together a Halloween outfit at the last minute for an inappropriately themed costume party and a creepy drunk guy who might flash you his junk at any minute. Then again, the uproar
and media attention over the Trivago guy did wonders for the company. So much so we now know that Trivago is an online hotel pricing site and not an STD you contract on a tropical island. So maybe McDonald’s is onto something, especially considering all the media attention the new Hamburglar has received. He might raise eyebrows, creep people out and get negative reviews, but so do most things on McDonald’s menu, and that hasn’t been much of a problem until recently. twitter.com/KudosKvetches
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Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret goes Hollywood THEATRE REVIEW Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net
They say it takes a village to raise a child. The Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret program for The Scarlet Queen of Mercy takes three 8 x 11.5 pages — a small village — to list the cast, crew, production, marketing, creative, art department, music and musicians (11, under the direction of Jack Garton). If The Scarlet Queen of Mercy sounds like a musical extravaganza, it is. But there can be too much of a good thing, too. It all gets pretty chaotic. The Russian Hall is a great old wooden barn of a building on Campbell Avenue in the heart of Strathcona. The building began as the Yugoslavian Centre but was taken over in 1947 by the Federation of Russian Canadians of B.C. as a cultural centre. In an area of funky, skinny old homes of a bygone era (many lovingly restored) and old country gardens (nodding with bluebells and sweet-smelling lily-of-thevalley), it’s well worth a stroll through the neighbourhood before going to the show. Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret has transformed the main floor of the hall into various performance areas and, since the show is about a
Expect lights, cameras and action on the set of the new Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret production, The Scarlet Queen of Mercy, which runs until May 24 at the Russian Hall. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
1955 Hollywood filming of a movie called The Scarlet Queen of Mercy, these sites include a makeup room, the dressing room and the film set. Old camera and lighting equipment are constantly being wheeled around; the makeup girl is perpetually touching up the actors; people are rushing around with clipboards; and the producer is worriedly trailing the director — who is constantly saying, “I’m
having a thought,” thereby changing the script and adding to the mounting cost. The audience is seated at small cabaret-style tables or in rows behind the tables. The “production assistant” gives instructions for us to stand up and rotate our chairs when the action moves off the stage — set up as the cabaret where Ava Carlo as Ruby (Karly Warkentin) performs — and into one of the corners.
If the action moves all over the place, so does the story written, directed and choreographed by Kat Single-Dain. But it all starts off with a bang: a shimmery chorus line with high-stepping hoofers singing and dancing “A Little Ice Cream in My Cone,” written by Patrick Kearns. It’s cheesy — as it’s meant to be — and a little bit naughty with one of the chorus girls asking for more
balls in her cone. Ruby, divorced from cabaret owner Gus (Fergal McSwiggan), still has a hankering for him but falls for Prince Nicolay (Nathan Barrett) from the fictitious Bolonia. English not being the Prince’s first language, he frequently gets things wrong: “My erection is in your hands” instead of “my protection is in your hands.” There comes a point when separating the offstage
action from the filmmaking becomes an exercise in futility. But the music, written variously by Patrick Kearns, Karly Warkentin, Jack Garton and Martin Reisle, is outstanding. An absolute star is Garton, as the film’s director Arthur Goudy. Best known for his work as a singer, songwriter, accordionist and trumpet player with the band Maria in the Shower, Garton is a Tom Waits-style singer who really rocks. I say, let this guy loose for way more than a couple of dynamite solos. Also excellent is Candice Roberts as Stella, constantly trying to enlarge her movie role with goofy ideas. Two endings: one somber, one ecstatic with a colourful, rowdy “Bolonian” wedding and much music, folk dancing and the enthusiastic shouting the Bolonian equivalent, I assume, of “L’Chaim” — To Life. You could take your kids (although there are some sock ‘em, knee ‘em in the groin dust-ups and it’s also two-and-a-half hours long). On opening night, one couple took their little dog. Now that’s real community theatre for you. For more reviews, go to joledingham.ca The Scarlet Queen of Mercy runs until May 24 at the Russian Hall. Tickets and details at dustyflowerpotcabaret.com.
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For two years, at first casually and then seriously enough to hammer out a daily schedule and a route to the Atlantic Ocean, Tom Nichini and three friends have been planning for the 76 days it will take them to cycle across Canada. On Monday night, Nichini launched the team’s website and fundraising goals for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, a charity they picked because one of the riders, Oliver Levy, has a heart murmur. Hours later, Nichini was awakened by his dad. The 20-year-old’s bicycle was stolen from his family’s locked garage. “It’s a pretty big blow,” said the third-year UBC student who cycled to campus from his home in Point Grey. “There’s definitely a lot of shock and disbelief. Of all the posses-
sions, the one that is most important to me in the moment — and always, really — was taken.” Nichini rode a Trek Portland, a specialized cyclo-cross bicycle that is good on the road and good for touring — ideally suited for his weekend outings and to cross 6,500 kilometres of Canadian landscape. His was a rich shade of brown that shone bronze in the sun, and the Portland retailed in Canada for roughly $1,900 but was discontinued last year and can’t be replaced new. Having a bike stolen is similar but often worse than the theft of a car, said a manager at West Point Cycles. “To some degrees, the bike is a part of them — they make it work, they are the engine,” said Tim Woodburn. “Any theft or loss of property is a personal violation, but for many cyclists or people who use a bike as transportation, it does hit them a little harder. For many cyclists, that’s their only
means of transportation. Theft leaves them feeling stranded.” Public transit is one alternative, but it limits a cyclist to someone else’s schedule. Plus, “You’re not getting that endorphin rush from riding a bike,” said Woodburn. “It’s a transportation solution, and for many people, they don’t get on their bike because they want to go for a ride. It’s a tool because it makes their life easier or better or more fulfilling. That’s what people tell us. Woodburn and his wife Sara Woodburn started working at West Point Cycles in 1998. They bought the business — the oldest bike shop in B.C. — in 2006 as the fourth family to own the company founded in 1930. Theft does not mean a business boon for bicycle shops. Instead, it can dampen people’s motivation to ride, said Woodburn. “There are so many people who come in resentful, tired and sick
of our big city bike theft problem,” he said. “A lot of people come in and they think bike theft is good for the industry and good for retailers because it means we sell more. But for everyone who replaces their bike, there is another person who decides they’re done with cycling. Theft is such a negative thing personally and for the industry.” The Vancouver Police Department routinely monitors theft in the city, said media relations officer, Const. Brian Montague. Although the VPD couldn’t provide a breakdown of bike theft, Montague said, “Our analysts regularly look at neighbourhood trends so that we get an idea on what type of crime is taking place, if there are spikes or problems, who may be responsible, and how we can deploy resources.” The theft of his bike has left Nichini rattled, not only for the loss of a valued possession but also for
the nature of the crime. The thief (or thieves) broke into the Nichini family’s garage not once but twice in the same week. On the first attempt, nothing was taken but a door window was broken. The family boarded it up, but the thief returned and broke into the garage where numerous bicycles were chained together. The target appeared to be Nichini’s father’s road bike. The metal frame of mountain bike was nearly cut through before the attempt was abandoned. The road bike remained locked up and the thief instead made off with the Trek Portland. VPD deployed a forensic team to the crime scene. “The police didn’t expect them to come back,” said Nichini. “This person was clearly pretty determined.” Nichini is replacing his bike with the help of West Point Cycles, the shop his mother and father visit twice a week for spin
classes and for their own bicycle gear. “It’s our local bike shop that my family has been going to for years,” he said, certain the foursome will depart on their crosscontinent tour on May 26, as planned. twitter.com/MHStewart
Sea to sea on a bike seat Claire Smale, 19 and from Montreal, crossed the country to study at UBC and later this month will cross back on her bicycle. Tom Nichini, 20, Montreal’s Oliver (Oli) Levy, 20, and Vancouverite Coco Nauss, 19, round out the foursome. On May 26, they plan to leave Vancouver and cycle nearly 7,000 to the Atlantic Ocean in St. John’s Newfoundland. They will drop south into the U.S. to avoid the trucking routes of Northern Ontario before returning to Canadian soil west of the Great Lakes. Follow along at crosscanada2015.wix.com/bike.
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The Vancouver Giants selected Surrey’s Tyler Popowich third overall and Kaleb Bulych, from Yorkton Sask. with their secondround pick in the WHL Bantam Draft Thursday morning in Calgary. The six-foot-four, 190-pound Popowich had 57 points — 25 goals and 32 assists — in 47 games with the Okanagan Hockey Academy Bantam Prep this season. The 15-yearold centre also racked up 48 penalty minutes. “Tyler is a big centre with tons of upside,” said Giants GM Scott Bonner in a prepared statement. “He competes, scores and makes plays. The last big centre we had as an organization was James Wright, and that draft class of players born in 1990 was highly successful. We’re excited to welcome Tyler to the hockey club.” Bulych was selected 27th overall. Listed at six-foot-
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1L • product of Span/Tunisia
3/8.49
Mother’s Day Decadent Chocolate Heart Cake
4.996.49
assorted varieties and sizes
5.99-14.49
assorted varieties
GLUTEN FREE
Naty Nature Babycare Diapers and Wipes
Spectrum Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Celestial Seasonings Tea
Green Pasture Fermented Cod Liver Oil
FROM
375ml – 1L • product of USA
3 or 4 pack • product of USA
Cinnamon, Orange and Natural
SAVE
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
40%
.79-1.39
20%
Julie’s Frozen Organic Coconut Novelties
SAVE
SAVE
Roasted Specialty Chicken, Family Sized Salad and Potato Wedges
Dairyland Organic Milk
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
SAVE
While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.
9.99
Choices’ Own Gourmet Pork Sausages
340g package
Liberté Classique Yogurt
30%
500g
6.99lb/ 15.41kg
GROCERY
SAVE
3 varieties
value pack
3.98/8.77kg
3.98 each
Harvest Bacon
St. Francis Herb Farm Herbal Tinctures Assorted Varieties and Sizes
20% off
regular retail price
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