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Put the Victoria into the Day
Top 10 things to do this long weekend Andrew Fleming
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It’s been 114 years since the reign of Queen Victoria came to an end, but marking her birthday continues to be one of the most anticipated Canadian holidays of the year. This probably has more to do with the Victoria Day long weekend being widely considered the unofficial beginning of summer than it does Canadians’ lingering fondness for the ruling monarch at the time of Confederation, but Her Majesty still deserves props. Despite her actual birthday being May 24, Victoria Day is celebrated each year on the last Monday before May 25, and Canada is the only country from the former British Empire to celebrate it as a public holiday. (Quebec, being Quebec, instead gives people Monday off so that they can celebrate the failed attempt by
French Patriotes to defeat the British colonial government during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837.) The national holiday is also meant to mark the current ruler’s birthday, which this year sees Queen Elizabeth II turn 89 and narrow the gap to two years from reaching her great great grandmother’s record of 63 years on the throne. Unlike Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria never visited Canada but she nonetheless left her mark here and on British Columbia in particular. Here are 10 ways to spend the Victoria Day long weekend in suitably Victorian fashion. 1. Although the remark “We are not amused” has famously been attributed to her, there’s no direct evidence that she ever said it and she was instead known for, as far as dread sovereigns go, having a decent sense of humour. Continued on page 6
Vancouverites choose bikes over cars Vehicle use declines, transit ridership levels off Mike Howell
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More people than ever before are taking transit, walking and riding bikes to get around Vancouver instead of relying on a vehicle for transportation, according to a new report that went before city council Tuesday. The shift means for the first time in the city’s history that an equal number of people — 50 per cent — are choosing transportation alternatives other than the vehicle, with its use dropping from 60 per cent in 2008 to 50 per cent in 2014. “To see this dramatic of a shift is phenomenal,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson after listening to a presentation from members of the city’s transportation staff, who pointed out the city achieved its goal five years earlier
than projected. “It speaks to how people are making those choices in their lives — that people are embracing the goal to be the greenest city but also to get around in healthier ways without being in cars.” An increase in people riding bikes is largely the reason for the shift, with staff presenting an accompanying report that revealed cycling trips are up 11 per cent from 2013 to 2014, while injuries to cyclists have dropped. The highest bike traffic was on the Burrard Bridge, followed by the path that runs past Science World and Union and Hawks streets, which is part of the Union-Adanac bike route. An average of 100,000 bike trips per day were made across the city in 2014, up from 50,000 in 2008. Continued on page 9
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Cycling getting trippy in Vancouver
12TH&CAMBIE Mike Howell
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Kind of seems hard to believe, doesn’t it — Vancouverites made an average of 100,000 bike trips per day in this city last year. When you consider Vancouver’s population is hovering around 600,000, that 100K stat really does seem unbelievable. Even 50,000 trips per day back in 2008 boggled the mind. But in 2009, the city allowed a separate and barrier-protected bike lane on the Burrard Bridge. That move was followed in 2010 with protected lanes along Dunsmuir, the Dunsmuir viaduct and Hornby. Then in 2014, the city opened the Seaside Greenway along Point Grey Road. So, if you’re a cyclist, that means you can safely ride from Kitsilano through downtown and in to Chinatown. Which is great for the two-wheeled crowd.
But are that many people really riding bikes in this city? Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s acting general manager of engineering services, gets that question a lot. He answered it again at city council Tuesday, where he and Lon LaClaire, the city’s acting director of transportation, presented two reports that updated council on how people are getting around in Vancouver. The answer, Dobrovolny said, is in the data. The city is able to say 100,000 bike trips per day are made in the city largely because of findings of the “Vancouver panel survey,” where 2,500 Vancouverites were randomly selected to answer questions about what forms of transportation they use to get around. “We hire professionals to help us select people so that we have a statistically significant sample size from the city,” he said, noting where people live, their socio-economic status, age and race are factors in determining respondents. “I just want to
If you can believe it, an average of 100,000 bike trips per day were made in Vancouver last year, according to a new report that went before city council this week. Monthly trips over the Burrard Bridge reached 300,000. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
be really crystal clear that this isn’t an engagement process [like Talk Vancouver where people voluntarily answered questions online]. We use some of the same tools. But this is a statistical survey.” So from those 2,500 Vancouverites, the city did some math to extrapolate its findings on a wider scale to conclude 100,000 bike trips per day were made across the city in 2014. Transit
ridership was at 329,000 trips per day, walking trips at 477,000 and vehicle use totalled 918,000, a decrease of 65,000 over 2013. That means 50 per cent of trips were done without vehicles. Before I go any further, let me explain what a “trip” is because it’s probably not what you think. In answering a question from council, LaClaire
explained the definition of a trip. “So you’re headed to work, for example, that’s a trip,” he said. “If you stop on your way to work and you pick up something that you need, or on your way home, that would be two trips.” So what he’s saying is that if you ride down the alley to get a coffee, that’s a trip. You jump back on your bike to meet a friend
for lunch, that’s a trip. You finish lunch and ride over to visit Mike Howell at the Vancouver Courier — and randomly give him a large cheque for being a good guy — that’s a trip. Get it? Dobrovolny and LaClaire also shared with council that nine “permanent counter locations” indicate an 11 per cent increase in cycling volumes across the city from 2013 to 2014. Total monthly trips across the Burrard Bridge reached a whopping 300,000 trips, according to the counters. If you don’t believe the numbers and you want to talk about it, here’s what Dobrovolny says: “The start of that conversation for us at the city is to bring it to research, bring it to data and present those numbers. It’s not a one-time conversation, it’s not a fast conversation but it is to try to shift the conversation so it’s grounded in numbers.” If you don’t believe him, read the city reports. Or call the mayor. You know, the guy on the bike. @Howellings
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News Gracious, spacious charm Queen Charlotte building by Charles Bentall Naoibh O’Connor
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A vintage light fixture, with parrots painted onto the amber-coloured glass, hangs from the ceiling in the entrance of Kate Swatek’s condo located in the Queen Charlotte building in Vancouver’s West End. The fixture, which is original to the suite, once hung in the kitchen, said Swatek. She’s lived in the building, located on Nicola Street at Pendrell, since 1991. The decorative item is part of the appeal of the spacious and light-filled 1,069-square-foot condo, which is one of four suites in the Queen Charlotte being featured in Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Heritage House tour this year. Constructed in 1928, the five-storey building’s historic charm is visible elsewhere in Swatek’s apartment — in the original wood floors, in wall
sconces, in wooden doors and mouldings. It features an original ceiling fixture in the living room, as well as an antique electric fireplace. “It’s got the original false coals. We’ve unplugged it because it has some wiring problems, but there’s even a light that you can switch on and when it was heating — because the element still works — a little fan would make it look like they were glowing,” she said. Downstairs, the lobby offers other reminders of the past. Long-time resident Daryl Nelson, who sits on the VHF board and whose unit will be part of the tour, noted the basket-weave pattern on the wood floors. When the floors in Nelson’s condo were refinished in the mid-1980s he was told the lobby’s intricately designed, quarter-inch oak floors were the best available in 1928.
“Obviously, they tried to make this as high-end as possible,” he said. Nelson said the lobby was originally about 15 to 20 feet wider and acted as a reception lounge, but at some point it was walledin to make a narrower entrance. The extra space was added to the caretaker’s suite. A photo of the original lobby can be found in the framed 1920s advertisement for the Queen Charlotte that hangs near the lobby door. The ad describes the building as “Vancouver’s finest furnished or unfurnished apartments.” Rental prices ranged from $65 and up for unfurnished apartments. The 25-unit building was converted from rental apartments into condominiums in 1979. Michael Kluckner, an author, artist and historian, calls the Queen Charlotte one of the best examples of “a generation of quite gracious apartment buildings.” Continued on next page
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News highlights heritage house tour Continued from previous page “In the case of this one, it began as a kind of apartment-hotel, which was a fairly new concept at that time. It’s in a period where Vancouver was briefly very prosperous and in the 1920s it was really a modern time of cars, radios, entertainment, and people looking at new ways of doing things and not being so encumbered as they had been in previous generations by great big homes that required servants to run,” he said. “So it’s partly [important] from that point of view and it’s important because of the builder — Charles Bentall of Dominion Construction, who had a huge impact on the skyline of Vancouver and successor companies to this day.” Outside aerials allowed residents to get good radio reception — a state-of-theart feature in those days. Kluckner highlighted the quality of the building’s design and said the building says something about the evolution of the city, considering it’s been adaptively re-used by being converted
Kate Swatek sits in the living room of her spacious corner unit in the historic Queen Charlotte building in Vancouver’s West End, which is part of the Heritage House tour. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
into condos and it’s also been well maintained for 87 years. “So it’s really been part of the city. It really indicates that things can get old gracefully and get better as they get old,” he said. Judith Mosley, executive director of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, said this year’s heritage house
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News Activities fit for a queen
Continued from page 1 A number of highly amusing standup comedians are performing in Vancouver over the long weekend, including Dave Mehrje at the Comedy MIX, Darren Frost at Yuk Yuk’s, Rob Mailloux at Lafflines, and Graham Clark’s weekly Monday night show at Havana. 2. Victoria’s mother, Princess Victoria of SaxeCoburg-Saalfeld, was German and so was her eventual husband, Prince Albert, who happened to be her first cousin. (Marrying close relatives was fairly common among non-commoners back in those days.) Her Majesty spoke the language fluently, so it would be hard to go wrong with eating German cuisine at Vancouver Alpen Club on Victoria Drive over the weekend, although not on Victoria Day itself as the restaurant is closed on Mondays. 3. Victoria was less than five feet tall but probably more than 4’4” — which is the minimum height required to ride the Beast, the “new extreme thrill ride” at Playland, which opens May
16. See page 20 for what to expect. 4. Neighbouring New Westminster is nicknamed the Royal City in her honour, and the annual familyfriendly Hyack Festival kicks off May 17 and 18 with an antique fair that will surely include more than a few items from the Victorian era. 5. What better way to celebrate Queen Victoria than catching a show at a venue named for one of her descendants? Chart-topping Chinese singer Na Ying performs at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Monday night with tickets starting at $85. 6. Her Royal Highness also reportedly liked the cold, preferring to keep windows open even during the winter and a large bowl of ice on the dinner table to keep the room cool. Seek out lower temperatures yourself at still-open Whistler Mountain (which, for what it’s worth, used to be named London Mountain). The resort hosts the second annual Great Outdoors Festival May 15 to 18. 7. Victoria was also famous for her love of horses, so a visit to the Hastings
Racecourse or Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair might fit the bill. The Vancouver Pony Club Spring Opener Hunter/Jumper show also runs at the Southlands Riding Club May 16. 8. The queen was an avid reader and writer who kept a detailed journal that eventually encompassed 122 volumes. The forecast is for sunshine on Monday, so one way to spend the day would be to catch up on your reading at one of the city’s parks or beaches. Victoria Park off Commercial Drive would be a particularly good spot if you don’t mind putting up with its usual day drunks. 9. Queen Victoria survived a total of seven assassination attempts over her 80 years on Earth. She likely wouldn’t have if any of the would-be killers were better shots, and you can hone your own aim at one of the Lower Mainland’s paintball or laser tag complexes. 10. Take a trip to the city of Victoria. For obvious reasons. For links to these events, see the online version of this story at vancourier.com.
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B.C. pot producers test U.S. market Tyler Orton
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Nowadays, a checklist for travellers heading south through the Peace Arch border crossing might include deals on eggs, shoes and — while they can’t admit it to U.S. federal border guards — recreational marijuana. And with a U.S. market that dwarfs that of his native Canada, Terry Booth doesn’t see why companies north of the border can’t capitalize on the legal weed available to consumers in states like Alaska, Washington and Colorado. “The pendulum shift is obvious,” said Booth, CEO of Aurora Cannabis. “The States have a bit of a jump on the Canadian cannabis market, so we want to be part of that growth.” Aurora, which is headquartered in Vancouver, produces medical marijuana at a facility in Alberta and is among the few companies to receive one of the 25 licences issued by Health Canada under the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR). Although recreational pot is not legal in Canada, Aurora announced April 21 it has entered a partnership to build a facility in Bellingham to produce and process pot for both medicinal and recreational purposes, and lease the space to Washington state licence-holders. But can a Canadian company bypass federal laws and profit off an industry that’s legal in one jurisdiction but not in the jurisdiction where it’s headquartered? Booth said Aurora has consulted extensively with Washington state lawyers to
Marijuana may be legal in Washington State but the federal governments of both Canada and the U.S. still declare it illegal. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
make sure everything is on the level. But B.C. lawyer Kirk Tousaw, who advocates modernizing Canada’s cannabis policies, said he doesn’t believe there is an established legal answer just yet. “It is certainly odd and the situation is confused further because while it is legal in Washington State, all cannabis sales violate U.S. federal laws, so on a countryto-country level, it remains illegal in both jurisdictions,” he wrote in an email. Vancouver-based cannabis industry consultant Eric Nash also said it remains to be seen what repercussions a Canadian company could face from federal governments on either side of the border. “Certainly it may be something [Aurora] can do,” he said. “It really depends on the political climate.” With federal elections looming in both Canada and the U.S., Nash said too
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News Upgraded routes a factor Continued from page 1 Both reports point to upgrades to cycling routes, including protected lanes downtown and new infrastructure along bikeways in Kitsilano, as reasons for the increase. Transit-oriented development, where condominiums are built next to transit lines, and building a city where more people can walk to work are other factors. But the worry for transportation staff members Jerry Dobrovolny, the acting general manager of engineering services, and Lon LaClaire, the acting director of transportation, is that transit ridership has levelled off because of no significant increases to bus service or new transit lines. “Now that the system is largely at capacity, we don’t really anticipate any growth in the transit system until we’re able to expand the service,” LaClaire told council. The comment caught the attention of the mayor, who has campaigned for a Yes vote in the transportation and transit tax plebiscite.
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Vehicle use is dropping off in Vancouver while more people walk, cycle and take transit, according to a new city report. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
He and the region’s mayors want voters to agree to a 0.5 per cent tax hike to help pay for a $7.5 billion plan to ease congestion in Metro Vancouver. The plan calls for more buses, an increase to HandyDart and SeaBus service, rapid transit in Surrey and a subway along the Broadway corridor. In similar presentations, staff have pointed to the significant uptake in transit ridership when the
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City’s anti-demolition B.C. documents policy is a failure hidden from the light Allen Garr Columnist agarr@vancourier.com If the intention of the city’s “character home” policy introduced last June was to somehow protect these older buildings by slowing or even preventing their demolition, it appears to have been an abysmal failure. There was a demolition moratorium in one section of Shaughnessy. But for the rest of Vancouver, the city offered density bonuses for owners who chose to renovate rather than remove pre1940 character homes. Builders were also offered a break if they chose to “deconstruct” those houses and recycle the building materials rather than shredding them. Neither option appears to have made much of a difference. If anything, the speed of demolitions has accelerated. In the first four months of this year the city issued 342 demolition permits. That is an increase of 20 per cent over 2014. The city may take some pleasure in noting that no marijuana distribution outlet exists within 300 metres of my corner of Kits. But within a city block or so, I can count at least a half dozen “fences of doom.” Those are the orange plastic fences put up to protect any trees lucky enough to be outside the new building footprint while destruction of the old house and construction of the new one takes place. The house across my back alley, built more than 85 years ago, was pulled down with such zeal that the excavator operator managed to punch a hole in the roof of the house next door. And then, with equal care and attention, he peeled off part of the wall of that neighbour’s garage. Tidying up that mess was just part of the cost of doing business. Caroline Adderson hosts the Facebook page “Vancouver Vanishes” where followers regularly posts pictures of houses about to be terminated. The most recent one was just around the corner from me at 2813 West 13th Ave. Her campaign on this issue had a lot to do with the city’s policy change a year ago. She is not impressed with what has transpired. If you live on the West Side of town, in Kitsilano, Dunbar or Kerrisdale, you likely will have a front row seat in what is a historically high rate of change. Artist and writer Michael Kluckner
has chronicled Vancouver’s history for years now and explains why houses in these neighbourhoods are particularly vulnerable to being crushed and hauled away. In the older parts of Vancouver which were built up before the First World War, houses tended to be bigger. Look at Grandview Woodlands, Mount Pleasant and North West Kitsilano. Those “character homes” took up much more of the lot space and there is more economy in renovating them than taking them down. Ironically, gentrification has meant that those that were turned into rooming houses in decades past have been returned as single family dwelling reducing population density. In the ’20s and ’30s, Kluckner says, tastes in housing changed, as did the economy, and people were satisfied with the smaller homes that were built through much of the rest of the West Side of the city. The economic advantage to developers now of tearing those smaller structures down and building houses which are 70 per cent bigger in a market where the price folks are willing to pay seems limitless and is simply irresistible. Kluckner describes the frenzy of demolitions and new constriction as a kind of “gold rush.” These older buildings are being hauled away without any serious thought given to deconstruction. Perfectly good timbers, clear cut fir in the form or rafters, floor joists and wall studs — far better quality than the material going into most new buildings — are either heading for the land fill or being chipped and burned as bio-fuel. Speed trumps savings. While the new homes are bigger, the numbers of people living in them, Kluckner say, are often fewer. As owners of these new homes are choosing to enjoy “the great indoors,” the population in parts of Kitsilano is actually declining. To make matter worse, the city insists these new buildings have two and three car garages. That often means more trees are being eliminated. Next week city staff is expected to issue a report that puts its own spin on the impact of this policy. By then another half dozen older homes in Vancouver will have vanished. @allengarr
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In thousands, the estimated average number of bicycle trips made by Vancouverites in 2014, according to a city report that samples 2500 residents.
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Geoff Olson Columnist mwiseguise@yahoo.com In April, the provincial government reached a funding agreement with the Royal British Columbia Museum to ensure that 33,000 boxes of documents will be properly archived. Not 33,000 documents. 33,000 boxes of documents. In 2003, the overwhelmed museum resorted to charging the government $454 per box as an archive processing fee. As a non-response, the B.C. Liberal government began to squirrel away documents in four warehouses, where they have accumulated for over a decade. The government will now provide up to $400,000 a year for the museum to archive newly transferred material and catch up with the backlog. The museum will “cover such costs for previously transferred archival records from its existing budget,” notes a Canadian Press report. You may reasonably wonder how many civil servants it will take to burrow through these ziggurats of text, and if they will complete the job before the sun bloats into a red giant and boils off Earth’s oceans like beads of water on a hot skillet. Undoubtedly these records were generated on computers rather than by Underwood typewriters. So digital became paper and, in theory, will become digital again after a decade in limbo. Your tax dollars at work. At the moment, journalists, activists, and engaged citizens still have no way to investigate the documents, which include “court records, dissolved company files, improvement district case files, executive correspondence and records of commissions of inquiry,” according to the CBC. This has been more than a major case of Vaultzheimer’s — it’s been classification by default. In July, B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham expressed shock that that situation had gone on unaddressed for 10 years. South of the border, paper is exploding in the darkened corridors of the post-911 world. “The classified universe as it is sometimes called is certainly not smaller, and very probably much larger than [the] unclassified one,” observed Harvard science history professor Peter Galison in 2004. The U.S. added a net 250 million classified pages in one year [in 2003]. In comparison the entire system of Harvard libraries, which number over a hundred, added about 60 million pages.
“Contemplate these numbers: about five times as many pages are being added to the classified universe than are being brought to the storehouses of human learning including all the books and journals on any subject in any language collected in the largest repositories on the planet,” noted Galison. In a 2010 Counterpunch essay, contributor Jimmy Johnson noted the phenomenon of “derivative classification,” which is the creation of documents that make use of a previously classified document. The original classified document is secret, and uses and references to it can be secret as well. Uses of and references to any documents generated this way can also be secret. And on it goes. In 2008, the number of original classification actions was 203,541, says Johnson. The number of derivative classifications was over a hundred times higher, at 23,217,557. Secrecy feeds on itself, generating more layers of disguise. In the words of geographer Trevor Paglen, the classified universe “tends to sculpt the world around it in its own image.” An out-of-control crypotocracy requires swelling budgetary requirements. Keystroke by keystroke, the inky domains of the deep state begin to eclipse the sunlit forums of publicly accessible information. But here in Brutish Columbia, we’re positively neolithic when it comes to blocking access to documents. Our government routinely denies that records even exist, according to the NDP Opposition. When the NDP presented the B.C. Liberal government with Freedom of Information requests, the government responded that they had no records for documents the Opposition had already sourced through other routes, says party leader John Horgan. In April, the NDP highlighted several examples of such denied documents, including records from meetings about the disappearance of women along the province’s infamous “Highway of Tears.” There you have it: Victoria’s once-ballyhooed “open government” on display. Perhaps the missing records cited by the NDP are squirreled away in one of those four warehouses, but I wouldn’t expect the premier to know any more than a Happy Meal inaction figure. Ah, to live in Norway, where by law all government documents, including email, are made publicly accessible as soon as they are produced, received or transmitted by a government agency. @geoffolson
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The number of years that have passed since the members of U2 first began jamming together as high school students in Ireland. The band plays two shows this week at Rogers Arena.
In dollars, the average cost to spend a night in a hotel in downtown Vancouver, according to a report by PFK Consulting.
In millions of dollars, the amount of money raised for Coast Mental Health at the 18th annual Courage to Come Back Awards.
The number of demolition permits the city has granted so far this year, a 20 per cent increase from 2014.
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Shorthanded goals set new record
May 15, 1995: The Vancouver Canucks score two goals in 17 seconds during a 6-5 win at Kiel Center over the St. Louis Blues in Game Five of their conference quarterfinal series to set an NHL playoff record for the fastest two shorthanded goals. Christian Ruuttu put the puck past goalie Curtis Joseph at 4:31 of the second period, followed by Geoff Courtnall at 4:48. Cliff Ronning potted the gamewinning goal at 1:48 of the first overtime period. The home team went on to win the series 4–3 against a team coached by Mike Keenan, who was the bench boss for the New York Rangers the previous year when they beat the Canucks in the Stanley Cup finals.
Native man’s death sparks inquest
May 16, 1989: An aboriginal man is found dead in his room at the Yale Hotel just hours after being released from police custody. Rocky Pearson, 26, died from an internal injury as a result of a blow to the abdomen, and a witness at the subsequent four-day inquest testified he saw Pearson beaten by police while in jail. The VPD claimed the fatal blow must have happened before he was arrested for public intoxication. A coroner’s jury eventually ruled that Pearson’s death was a homicide but no one was blamed.
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Re: Letter: “If you don’t build it, they won’t come,” May 1. Kudos Debra Jackson. I applaud your articulate outrage. Would that there were more of it, though I don’t know how we can stop this moneyed monster from completely gobbling up our city. When I first came to work here from California in the ’80s, Vancouver was a shining gem — the kinder/gentler Canada I’d heard so much about. Three decades later, I no longer know what to tell my American friends who still think this is a mecca of affordability, excellent healthcare and a clean environment. For instance, do I tell them how difficult if not almost impossible people report that it now is to find a primary care physician, a reasonable place to live in Vancouver or uncongested transportation? As I walk on the West Side I can’t help noticing more and higher building developments blocking visual corridors to the North Shore, decimated trees to build even single new homes atop hills, obscuring once-stunning open ended views. I find myself obsessively counting commercial ships parked in the harbour, dreading the day when 15 will become 40 or 60 or 80 as big business buys the bay and we can’t see or swim in it anymore. Bigger building projects obscure natural beauty and bring an ever-burgeoning population. But honestly, like an out-ofcontrol-human pestilence, what can we really do about it all? Paula Shaw, Vancouver
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Thank you Debra Jackson for writing my exact thoughts. Just because people want to move to Vancouver doesn’t mean we have to accommodate them. What’s it in for those of us with roots here already? There appears to be no economies of scale as one would expect —just an expectation to pay more for less. Jennifer Lee, Vancouver
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When Debra Jackson, who has lived in Vancouver for 57 years, wrote a letter suggesting “If we don’t build it they won’t come,” I wonder if she was quoting a Musqueam elder from 200 years ago? Who actually has the right to shut the doors to Vancouver? Who has the right to live here? Donna Morgan, Vancouver
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Geller’s witless commentary is nothing but a paean to the virtues of authoritarian government. No compassion for people living in poverty. No insights or ideas into how to build an inclusive community in the Downtown Eastside. Just an overflowing bilge pipe utterly devoid of any moral concern. John Kay, via Facebook
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Personally, I think the PC thing here is so easy for you all to go on about. Maybe if you lived down here like I do then you might not be so tolerant. Poverty has nothing to do with being dirty, it’s a bit of a stereotype to believe that they go together, also downright silly to be manipulated by the street people. Deirdre Ní Cheocháin, via Facebook
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I wanted to clarify that the Strathcona BIA’s boundary is east of Gore Avenue so the area of Hastings highlighted in the article is not within our catchment. The BIA does invest in a variety of cleaning programs in partnership with social enterprises and community centres that provide local employment opportunities and help keep our streets in good shape. The city also invests significant dollars for street cleaning. Joji Kumagai, via Comments section
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Re: Kudos & Kvetches: “Wings of democracy clipped,” May 13. The Peregrine Falcon is more than the sum of its cultural representations. It is an endangered bird and it provides a particular ecological service that would be sorely missed by all Vancouverites if it went extinct. Also, this [writer] is prone to knee-jerk reactions and is uninformed on issues of politics and ecology. Thanks for bringing it down to its least interesting level and thanks to the Courier for continuing to provide the most surface of articles for the masses. No War But Class War, via Comments section
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mess. It is trashed again and again by the people who occupy it, and cleaned again and again by the city that tolerates it. This block is the site of drug deals, violence and the threat of violence, and fencing stolen goods. It is also a nightmare for women — especially aboriginal women. No one who cares about the future of the DTES can defend it. Only those who protect the status quo try to do so. tomservua, via Comments section
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Soul Sex advocate Jenny Ferry likens sexual satisfaction to nutrition: “What feeds you relationally? What feeds you sexually? It’s like starving yourself to not allow that nourishment to enter your life.”
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Soul Sex finds the human touch Third in a series about Vancouverites who are SBNR — spiritual but not religious PACIFIC SPIRIT Pat Johnson
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Sexuality is a powerful human force. Maybe that is why religions have devoted so much energy attempting to control it, demonize it, urge abstinence from it and otherwise obsess over it. This may be why so many negative things like repression and abuse have resulted from the confluence of religion and sexuality. There is also, undoubtedly, a correlation between the decline in religious observance and the increase in overt sexual expression in the culture. Some of these liberalizations have been good for individuals and society, others not. “We sort of have this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sexual persona that exists in the culture,” says Jenny Ferry, who leads what she calls a social movement known as Soul Sex.
On the one hand, we still have some puritanical strains that seek to repress sexuality — these manifest in abstinence-only sex education and the assertion that sex should be saved for marriage. “And then the trapeze swings directly to the opposite side with the sex-positive folk,” she says. “It’s very flamboyant. There’s a lot of feather boas and latex and leather and shiny things — and that’s great, too.” But society has become hyper-sexualized, with human sexuality becoming a commodity and a dominant advertising vehicle. “It’s oozing out of our screens and dripping off the glossy pages of magazines and billboards,” she says. “We become normalized to it, similar to violence in this culture as well.” Ferry, who lives in Portland, Oregon, but is frequently in Vancouver introducing people to Soul Sex, says she advocates a third leg to the stool of sex-
positive and sex-negative polarities, a means “to enter into the conversation around sexuality in a mindful, heart-centred and embodied way.” She is leery of pop psychology and Cosmo-style approaches to sex — “What are the 10 easy steps for me to have a happy, abundant, orgasmic life?” — but she acknowledges that a lot of people have plenty of issues they need to work through to find happiness and satisfaction in this vital aspect of their lives. “I liken it to nutrition,” Ferry says. “How are we nourishing ourselves? What feeds you relationally? What feeds you sexually? It’s like starving yourself to not allow that nourishment to enter your life.” People’s traumatic experiences could be abuse or repression or simply a bad relationship, she says. In fact, that is one reason she does what she does. Having spent years as a college business and management teacher and a consultant
to major companies, Ferry underwent a life-changing reassessment of priorities when her daughter was born in 2005. Shortly thereafter she was literally jolted out of her routine when a car accident left her with a head injury, ending her academic path. Soon after, she packed up her daughter and fled an abusive, sexless marriage. She also left behind her 80hour work weeks. Through her trauma and crisis, she looked at the world with new eyes. Her sexuality revived and she began exploring that side of herself again. As she reinvented her life, she integrated her new, mindful approach to the world with her reinvigorated interest in sex and developed the concepts that make up her forthcoming book Soul Sex: A Field Guide to Redeeming Our Primal Desire to Connect. She has become a sort of sexual consultant combined with a life coach. She offers three-hour
group sessions for 10 to 30 people or full-day private meetings where students learn to communicate better with their partners and to increase their “capacity for sensation.” Through lessons, mentoring and coaching, her website says she “can intuitively uncover your patterns of relating, and many times those of your family lineage, and/ or your partner that can be causing you to feel blocked or stuck, plus support you in creating new and life-affirming ways of being moving forward.” She quotes someone who said “how you show up in bed is how you show up in life” and the idea of Soul Sex is about integrating mindfulness and consciousness in every aspect of life. Her work is more educational than therapeutic, she says, “but there’s an alchemy to it, a magic to it.” While she does not align herself with those who practice what is called “sacred sexuality,” the end point of her efforts is for
people to gain a level of happiness, fulfillment and satisfaction from life. As I’ve said in earlier columns in this series, different people are finding means beyond conventional religion to obtain much the same outcomes. For people from a religious upbringing that instilled negative concepts of sex, or who for other societal or personal reasons got screwed up around the topic, Soul Sex is designed to reboot the narrative. “What I’m really doing with Soul Sex is creating a way for people to enter into that conversation around the stories they’ve created by taking a look, opening up the door to the basement a little bit, being willing to explore the underbelly of their sexuality,” she says. “We all have things in the closet. We all have ways in which we hide the truth from ourselves and our loved ones. What is it that you’re hiding that’s true for you?” @Pat604Johnson
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News Cougar sightings prompt warning
B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service is warning North Vancouver residents and visitors after a series of close calls with
cougars on trails. The office has received three reports of the big cats at the base of Grouse Mountain, at the top of Mountain Highway and in the Seymour Watershed in
the last week. “It was reported that the cougar was approaching people and was, in once instance, not easily scared off,” said conservation officer Chris Doyle.
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A Yes vote is good but only a start SOAPBOX
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We are being asked to vote on a good transit plan in Metro Vancouver. But it is only a start. Even the mayors who developed it describe the plan as “neither everything we want nor all that we ultimately need.” A Yes vote starts to meet the needs of seniors, people with disabilities, and lower and middle income people. Demand for public transit has soared, while service levels have remained practically unchanged over the past seven years. Extreme overcrowding has eroded reliability and safety, especially for seniors and people with disabilities. HandyDART service hours have been frozen since 2009, and as a result trip denials went up over 600 per cent before the contractor changed procedures to disguise the crisis. The 30 per cent increase in HandyDART and 25 per cent increase in bus service in the plan is a big step in the right direction, but not enough given that the number of people over 70 is expected to increase by 40 per cent in the next decade. Lower and middle income people are being pushed increasingly into less transit-accessible areas of our region in order to find less expensive housing. At Metro Vancouver Alliance’s neighborhood transit forums, we heard how living without a car in these areas is a real challenge. But owning and operating even one car is a severe financial burden for many families, and unexpected repair bills can be enough to trigger
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look seriously at reducing transit fares as a way to reduce social isolation and pollution. While we wait for the outcome of the transit referendum, our provincial government is pushing ahead with a plan to replace the Massey Tunnel with a multi-billion dollar freeway bridge. Why is a freeway project, that is guaranteed to increase carbon pollution, being prioritized above transit improvements which would reduce pollution? This is a problem, but also an opportunity. We can fund better transit and lower fares partly by shifting public resources away from harmful projects. We can build on the Mayors’ Council Transit Plan. Transit can be made accessible and affordable, even for the most vulnerable of our residents. We need to invest for our future. We are growing by a Port Moody every year, with a million more people expected over the next 30 years. And increasing the number of cars on our already crowded roads is simply not an ethical option given the climate crisis. It is within our power to win this vote and to create better transit for our region. But a Yes vote in the referendum is not enough. Regardless of the referendum outcome, the Metro Vancouver Alliance will continue to work for a better and more affordable transit system in the coming years. Will you join with us to help create the transit system we really need? Maria Robinson and Bet Tuason are members of the Metro Vancouver Alliance Transit Action Group.
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News Soar predicted for Vancouvereconomy
While Edmonton and Calgary face a recession in 2015 due to the crash in crude prices, Vancouver’s economy is expected to thrive this year, according to the Conference Board of Canada.
The city, along with Toronto and Halifax, is expected to be one of the country’s top performers. The Conference Board expects Vancouver’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 3.1 per cent this year and 3.2 per cent in 2016, after expanding 3.7
per cent in 2014. The future of the city’s manufacturing sector looks bright, due in large part to Seaspan’s $8 billion shipbuilding contract with the federal government. The recovering U.S. economy and low Canadian dollar are also expected to
boost the sector this year. In 2016, manufacturing is expected to expand 4.2 per cent and then increase by three per cent annually in subsequent years. Vancouver’s construction sector shrank 0.7 per cent in 2014, but this trend is expected to reverse in 2015
as the number of housing starts in the region jumped last year, with single-detached home starts increasing more than nine per cent. The low Canadian dollar will also boost this sector, and as the population in the region grows steadily and the employment market
strengthens, the demand for new homes will increase. As well, foreign investment in Vancouver real estate is expected to remain high. Canada-wide, GDP is expected to grow steadily, except for in Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina.
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Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider heritage and zoning amendments for these locations:
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1. 4062 Commercial Street (Florence Anderson House) To add the existing building to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category and designate it as a protected heritage property. The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number DE418487, to permit the construction of a new infill one-family dwelling. 2. 1749 Waterloo Street (Morrison Residence) To add the existing building to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘C’ evaluation category and designate it as a protected heritage property. The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number DE419964, to permit an increase in dwelling unit density. 3. 325 West 11th Avenue (Wakefield Residence)
6. 468 West 33rd Avenue, 4956 and 4958 Cambie Street
To designate the existing heritage building as a protected heritage property and approve a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) for the site. The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number DE418458, to permit the construction of a new infill one-family dwelling.
To rezone 468 West 33rd Avenue, 4956 and 4958 Cambie Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of one six-storey mixed-use building and one six-storey residential building, containing a total of 65 dwelling units and one commercial unit. A height of 22.7 metres (74 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.57 are proposed.
4. Amendments to the Zoning and Development, Licence and Street Vending Bylaws to Allow Sampling and Sale of Local Liquor at Farmers’ Markets To amend the Zoning and Development, Licence and Street Vending By-laws to permit the sampling and sale of local liquor at farmers’ markets in response to 2014 Provincial legislative amendments. 5. 555 Robson Street, 775 Richards Street and 520 West Georgia Street (Telus Block) To amend CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (525) By-law No. 10433 for 555 Robson Street, 775 Richards Street and 520 West Georgia Street, to remove the restriction on office uses along Richards, Seymour and West Georgia Streets and to add a retail use continuity requirement along all of the Robson Street frontage, extending to 7.6 metres (25 feet) along each of Richards and Seymour Streets.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on May 15 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City's website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.
7. 5648-5678 Victoria Drive To rezone 5648-5678 Victoria Drive from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a sixstorey, mixed-use building with commercial retail units at grade and 48 secured, for-profit, affordable rental housing units. A height of 19.1 metres (63 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.58 are proposed. 8. 3819 Boundary Road (3680-3684 East 22nd Avenue) To rezone 3819 Boundary Road (3680-3684 East 22nd Avenue) from C-1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a four-storey multiple dwelling building with 23 secured, forprofit, affordable rental housing units. A height of 12.5 metres (41 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.63 are proposed.
Copies of the draft by-laws are available for viewing at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.
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The Napalm Girl in the Pulitzer-Prize winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War will be in Vancouver May 22 and 23. Phan Thi Kim Phuc will serve as one of the keynote speakers at the B.C. TEAL (Teachers of English as
an Additional Language) Conference at UBC. Phuc will speak Saturday about her journey out of warravaged Vietnam and the importance of language in the refugee experience. Dr. Yilin Sun, president of TESOL International, will speak Friday.
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secrets of bacteria This year’s annual conference, Reflect, Renew, Reconnect, for the first time will include a gala dinner, and the conference includes a research stream to unite local researchers and classroom teachers. There will be PechaKucha talks, panel discussions and an exhibitors’ area with new books and old favourites. For more information, see bcteal.org.
May 24
The 10th annual Hike for Hospice starts at Locarno Beach, May 24. Funds raised will aid programs and operations of the Vancouver Hospice Society. Participants are to walk four kilometres in the memory of loved ones and as a show of support for the community. Pets are welcome. Prizes and refreshments will be provided. The walk will proceed rain or shine. Registration is $20 for an individual, $30 for a couple, family or group, or waived for registrants that col-
lect pledges of more than $100. Registration runs from 9 to 10 a.m. at 4445 Northwest Marine Dr., at the bottom of Trimble Street. Pledge forms are available at the HOB, 2236 West 41st Ave., HOB TOO, 3470 Dunbar St., and the Hospice Home, 4615 Granville St. For more information, see vancouverhospice.org.
May 26
Teens, adults and seniors are invited to learn about The Secret, Social Lives of Bacteria at The Wall Exchange downtown lecture series with Bonnie Bassler, “the Bacteria Whisperer,” May 26. This molecular biologist at Princeton University has discovered how bacteria “talk” to one another. This communication process, called “quorum sensing,” allows bacteria to work together and control bacterial virulence. Bassler works on ways to interfere with quorum sensing, which has ignited a flurry of new medical and drug research.
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How have ideas about childhood and youth changed over time? Historians Mona Gleason, Tamara Myers and Leslie Paris share their research on the history of growing up and discuss children and youth as agents of history at an event called Growing Up in History – Exploring Children’s Pasts. The talks runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Centra Library, 350 West Georgia St. in the Alice MacKay Room. The free talk is presented in partnership with UBC and the Society for the History of Children and Youth. Email community happenings to events@vancourier.com.
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High school now and then Byng class of ‘55 reunion sparks comparison with 2015
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At Van Gray’s first high school reunion, the guys talked about how successful they were. Five years later, it was about trophy wives and children. Five years after that it was vacations and retirement planning. Then … “The last one, I gotta tell ya, I was just hysterical. Four jocks at the school sat around, and they discussed the merits of Kevlar replacement joints versus stainless steel … your priorities change as time goes on.” Seventy-seven-year-old Gray’s 60th Lord Byng secondary reunion comes up this June. For Gray, sitting on a bench back at his old high school, his bright blue T-shirt declaring, “Pain is temporary, pride is forever” in bold white letters, it’s a chance to look back at what’s changed in six decades. “All of that cliché Fonzie stuff was really quite true when it came to the poodle skirts and the bobby socks and the angora sweaters,” he said of his high school years and graduation in 1955. “We had none of the graphics that you see on people now.” A Vancouverite his whole life, the retired artistic designer grew up delivering the Province as a boy in post-Second World War West Point Grey, near Locarno Beach. School fashion was influenced by the war. “There was a rage of bomber jackets with big fur collars because there
Van Gray describes Byng secondary in the 1950s as a place of strong personal connections. “There weren’t too many real big mysteries. You took the time and trouble to get to know people. And you didn’t make a project of it, it just happened.” PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
was still [bombers] floating around,” he said. “I hate to say it, but I was a kid during the war but I remember it vividly.” Fast forward 60 years. Byng’s modern walls are lined with grey metal lockers, some decorated with “happy birthday” signs. The halls are relatively quiet save for muffled classroom chatter. In the ’50s, a weekly radio broadcast announced school updates and sports games. Kids got
the strap. Hall monitors were other students and the “eyes and ears” of the school. But if you acted rowdy, Gray said, they didn’t really intervene. “It was primarily psychological,” he said. “Now you’d probably get pounded to pulp if you excited anyone for anything.” Today, cameras are the eyes. Kids get detention for misbehaving. Hoodie-wearing teens traipse the halls holding smartphones — a major
difference to kids from six decades ago. “Half of them are hooked up to something,” said Gray. “[Kids are] wired, and the outside world doesn’t exist outside their buds.” For the kids who listened to Patty Page and Bill Haley, face-to-face interaction was all they had. But actual face time also allowed them to get to know each other, said Gray. Hordes of a dozen or more teens would walk down the street and
it was normal. Relationships grew from kids talking to each other in those big groups. “There weren’t too many real big mysteries,” said Gray. “You took the time and trouble to get to know people. And you didn’t make a project of it, it just happened.” For current Byng grad Shevonne Cheung, texting in class is normal. Kids date, but Cheung, 17, notices it more in the younger grades. Modern
Byng students don leggings and sweatpants — a sharp contrast to Gray’s days of navy blue sweaters, cotton shirts, and cream cords. “It’s pretty laid back actually at Byng, compared to say, Churchill, where people are dressing to impress,” said Cheung. For Gray, high school dances were “great sport” and students jived to bandled music. “Rock and roll was just the beginning,” he said. Continued on next page
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Modern grads see beyond final exams Continued from previous page Cheung, whose student council duties had her selling tickets for three weeks straight, was thrilled that there was even one school dance this year. “I was super happy about it happening this year, even though we had to downscale it because of the amount of people.” She said though dances are a
once-a-year event at Byng they happen more often at other schools whose students “actually turn out.” Last year’s dance at Byng didn’t happen because not enough tickets were sold. But though dances might have declined at Byng for the moment, Cheung said its teachers take the time to get to know the students. “I’ll definitely come
back and visit some of my teachers ‘cause they’ve really impacted my life,” she said. One in particular was her physics teacher, whose attitude strongly influenced her own, she said. And something else is different. High school kids’ attitudes have shifted in Gray’s eyes, whose daughter, nephew and grandson also went
to Byng. “Their sights are set on not getting through school but beyond,” said Gray. “They’re doing what it takes to continue on the next step. And that’s quite a different thing.” Cheung said she never had the feeling of merely getting through high school. She’s excited to start the computer science program at UBC this fall and has her sights set on
law school after that. “I think I’ve gotten a pretty good education at Byng,” she said. Gray expects a lot of the same old and new discussions at his 60th high school reunion. He said no one’s really changed that much over the years and people still share the same values. So how was his time at Byng?
“I cannot think of an unenjoyable experience. I really can’t. I know that sounds awfully Pollyanna but I’m glad I went here,” said Gray. “This is an unusual school, and I can’t tell you why … but I can only address the results in people that I see at the reunion. They’re my litmus test and they haven’t let me down yet.” @Shannon1726
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Playland’s opening weekend will welcome Vancouverites with a new and globally unique way to experience stomachdropping fear. “The Beast” is the park’s new ride this season. A pendulum that both swings and spins, it holds 20 riders for three minutes as it reaches heights of just over 12 storeys and speeds of 90 km/h. “Half the people are brave enough to ride it, it seems, while the other half are brave enough to watch the other half ride it,” said Playland presi-
dent and CEO Michael McDaniel Wednesday at a media unveiling of the ride. He called it part of the park’s attempt to bring something new every year. “It’s what we describe as an extreme ride — something that probably not everyone will ride, but you have to bring in thrill rides like that for the customer base that does like that sort of thing.” The ride was designed and built by Europe-based engineering firm KMG International. Robert Tucker, an installation and service representative with the company, said the project was a huge undertaking.
“This ride is the only one in the world. What makes it unique is that half of the gondolas face in and the other half face out,” he said. Tucker said going from the idea of the ride to a reality was a long one. A ride like the Beast takes about two months to design and another month to assemble. “You get [the ride] in and assembled, then our chief engineer comes in and he’ll be in the booth for days, checking every switch and safety feature, repeatedly,” Tucker said. The ride is the centrepiece of Playland’s opening this year. Continued next page
Riding the Beast As I stepped onto the platform, I questioned how scary the ride could actually be. Two minutes later, I had my answer. I rode “The Beast” twice, once each on the inwards and outwards facing seats. Maybe I was just feeling more fragile the second time
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around when I sat on the outside, but I definitely preferred the inside seats. They allowed less time spent staring straight down at the park 125 feet below. I was left painfully aware of my own mortality. I both questioned and thanked human
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Beast of a ride 2nd Annual Health & Wellness Open House Discover how ‘brain fitness’ can change how you age Courier Beastmaster Kathleen Saylors takes a solo trip on Playland’s newest thrill ride. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
Continued from page 20 McDaniel called it one of the biggest additions to the park in recent years. “It’s our largest investment that we’ve done probably in a decade-and-
a-half in Playland, for a single ride,” he said. He added the cost was “in excess” of $2.5 million. McDaniel admitted he has not braved the ride quite yet. “My official statement is
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RARE JEWEL: The Vancouver-based Rare Disease Foundation is focused on linking basic science and clinical practice to increase the efficiency of rare disease research. A rare disease is defined as a condition affecting one in 2,000 individuals. According to medical literature, there are some 7,000 rare diseases. For parents of children living with rare diseases, research is critical to finding a cure. Dr. Millan Patel, a geneticist and physician, saw very little funds trickling down to his patients and, wanting to make an immediate difference, he helped found the charitable foundation and the society’s marquee fundraiser, Rare Finds. A capacity crowd filed into the Villa Amato ballroom for the sixth edition of the food and wine grazer, emceed by Coleen Christie. Partygoers enjoyed tasty bites from local chefs and restaurants before loosening their purse strings on an array of auction items. The event generated north of $114,000 in funding that will be made immediately available this month to nearly 200 applications awaiting monetary support for research. AGAINST ALL ODDS: Philanthropist and do-gooder Lorne Segal chaired his 10th consecutive Courage to Come Back Awards. Always a weeper, the inspired event celebrated British Columbians in six categories who exemplified the power of the human spirit, overcoming adversity, hardship and challenges. A record-breaking 1,500 guests attended the 18th installment. Staged at the Vancouver Convention Centre and emceed by Lynn Collier and Kevin Evans, the event generated a breath-taking $1.17 million in support of Coast Mental Health. Feted were Andrew Bhatti (addiction), John Hedderson (physical rehabilitation), Kyle Jacques (youth), Jim Mandelin (social adversity), Andrea Paquette (mental health) and Wendy St. Marie (medical). Proceeds from the night will support programs to house and help more than 4,200 people with severe mental illness. HIGH CAMP: Sixty youth, aged 14 to 21, will participate in the sixth installment of UBC’s CampOUT in July thanks to the generosity of guests who attended the annual house party held at Pam Vidalin’s North Shore residence. Guests, who shelled out $250 a ticket, demonstrated their generosity by bidding on silent auction items and funding campers to travel from all over B.C. to attend the four-day community-based outdoor leadership camp. Yours truly emceed the Lazy Gourmet, La Stella Winery and Corsa Beer-catered affair, which featured stories from past campers and Vancouver lawyer Barbara Findlay, the evening’s keynote. The camp powwow netted $42,500 for the queer, trans and allied youth program. Since its inception, 300 campers have participated in the transformative, life-changing program for free thanks to the generosity of donors.
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Rare Disease Foundation executive director David Cox and Rare Finds gala chair Dawn Patel welcomed supporters to their marquee fundraiser at Villa Amato on West First in the Olympic Village.
Coleen Christie, right, hosted Millan Patel’s Rare Finds Gala to support critical research for rare diseases. More than $114,000 was realized from the food and wine grazer.
Richmond firefighter Jim Dickson flanked Richmond Rotary gala chair Melinda Newman and president Debbie Murphy at a firefighter’s dinner that fetched nearly $8,000 and contributed to the $100,000 raised for local charities.
At the Where Magazine Vancouver readership awards, Fish Counter’s Robert Clark and the Vancouver Aquarium’s Mike McDermid were honoured with the Sustainable Seafood Award.
Great Canadian Casino’s Chuck Keeling and Emily Minkveld started the philanthropic evening with a $2,000 donation. By the night’s end, more than $100,000 was raised to support programs locally and abroad.
Café Medina’s Jenna Briscoe and Robbie Kane earned Best Brunch accolades from Where Magazine publisher Peggie Terry, centre. Other winners include: Miku, Yew, Tacofino and Black + Blue.
Camp director Anna White and past camper Ivan Leonce spoke at UBC CampOUT’s marquee fundraiser. The sixth house party netted $42,500 to ensure 60 more kids from across B.C. attend the outdoor summer leadership camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies.
Courage to Come Back chair Lorne Segal, right, feted Jim Mandelin, a former gang member who suffered a childhood of sexual and physical abuse. Now Mandelin counsels and works with the mentally ill, sick and addicted at Shelter Net B.C.
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more accustomed to working behind the camera; he got his training as an assistant director on The X-Files. Since 2009, he has invested nearly $500,000 on One Life No Regrets, a documentary about conquering fear that includes interviews with U2 producers Steve Lillywhite and Daniel Lanois. The title is inspired by U2’s 1991 ballad “One,” the song he hopes to sing with the band. Stark appealed to the band’s management,
resorted to social media and hung posters with the film’s title around the Pacific Coliseum, where the band spent several weeks in top-secret tour production rehearsals. Then, on May 9, cinematographer Jon Joffin posted on Stark’s Facebook wall: “Patrick I’m in Chambar and Bono and the band just walked in!!!!!” Stark hurried to the restaurant and eventually approached the band’s table. Continued next page
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after the first show, so as not to give away hints. The band has been using a mobile recording unit to lay tracks for the follow-up to its 13th studio album, Songs of Innocence, given away to all Apple iTunes users last September. But a Point Grey man said there may also be a new video in the works. Aedis Realty broker Jason Upton was contacted by a Los Angeles production company hoping to use rooms at his 90-year-old house near the University of B.C. Endowment Lands. “It was made out to be something really low key, something really small, something really basic,” Upton said. “The way they negotiated for the use of the space, because the space is used for filming from timeto-time, it seemed as they were on a budget.” When the production
team showed up April 16, he said one of the producers took him aside and told him the client was U2. Upton said a red carpet was rolled out on the wood floor of the main floor’s classic dining room, where a small stage had been built for a film production last year. The white ceiling was painted red for the April 17-18 shoot with U2 (later repainted white). Upton said he spotted drummer Larry Mullen Jr. inside and heard unfamiliar songs. “They had tables set up here, there was catering, lots of people, they had lunch here, all the trucks filled the driveway,” he said. “I don’t know if it was a video as much as it might have been some kind of promotional piece. They didn’t clearly want to tell me too much.” @bobmackin
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Ryan Bell says his supportive family always stoked his passion for acting. He performed in high school, completed a couple of acting courses at university and then largely left the stage behind. “I guess a part of me was jaded about the prospects of becoming a super famous, rich actor. For whatever reason, that was where my head was at back then,” said 27-year-old Bell, who graduated from UBC with a degree in political science in 2010 and now works as a lifeguard in West Vancouver. That changed last year when his cousin introduced him to Bare Bones Theatre. Retired Prince of Wales theatre teacher Fred Galloway founded Bare Bones to provide former students with an acting outlet. Bell’s cousin was a student of Galloway’s. Now Bell is acting in the third incarnation of Bare Bones’s one-act play festival, for the second time, May 19 to 23.
“It’s been awesome. It’s hard to find words other than awesome,” Bell said. “It’s given me a chance to express a part of who I am.” Galloway taught theatre at PW from 1986 to 2009, and produced school plays and musicals. A couple of his students, including award-winning actor/ comedian Ryan Beil and playwright/actor/director Sebastien Archibald, progressed on to professional careers, but Galloway knew many of his students considered high school graduation the end to their theatrical endeavours. But Galloway had run a big-budget community theatre in Fort St. John for four years during the town’s oil boom in the 1980s and he’d seen how a return to theatre and choreographing recharged one stay-at-home mother of three’s life. He knew his students had the passion and the chops to carry on and he doesn’t think any of them took his advice to audition with Metro Theatre or the semiprofessional United Players of Vancouver Theatre
Company. Galloway reached out to former students on Facebook. Twenty-five 20-to 40-year olds converged on his West Point Grey home over four evenings to read through his collection of one-act plays and months later, in 2013, 19 actors presented seven plays over five nights at Studio 16 in the La Maison de la Francophonie on West Seventh Ave. near Granville Street. Galloway funded the theatre rental out of his own pocket. With actors inviting family members and friends, the last two nights sold out. “By and large the families are thanking me and just hugging their kids and isn’t it fantastic,” Galloway said of audiences’ response. “It’s a real kind of lovefest, if you will. It’s a bit of a reunion, too.” This year, 15 actors will perform in six plays over three nights, three or four plays per night. Galloway’s former student Jeremy Froehlich directed a play and starred in musicals Grease and in
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In this still from Run, a short film shot this year in Vancouver, an elite triathlete confronts a childhood trauma while training for the race of a lifetime.
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Is it the obsessive spirit of a relentless type-A personality that drives a triathlete to excel at three distinct disciplines? Or do you just have to be a little unhinged to win? Filmmaker and writer Theo Devaney asks these questions in the 15-minute short, Run, shot on location in Vancouver. “Triathletes have made a pact with themselves that they will suffer more than anyone else to become the best in a tri-discipline sport,” said Devaney, who also acts in the lead role of Tristan Selina, an Olympian and elite racer competing at the highest echelons of the sport. “They are some really, really extraordinarily driven people. Triathletes are obsessed about their sport,” said the filmmaker who turned this fanaticism to the extreme in order to look at
the mental vulnerability of a professional athlete. The short sports flick plumbs greater psychological depths when an unexpected turn in Tristan’s life triggers a past trauma, interrupting his isolation while he’s singularly focused on a career-defining race. “What makes this triathlete who he is? What is it,” asked Devaney. “Suffering is not an obstacle for him anymore. It’s almost a necessity. He knows he’s doing it right because it hurts.” Shot on location at Jericho Beach Park, under the Lions Gate Bridge on the seawall in Stanley Park and at a high-performance training centre in Burnaby, Run purposefully lets the city play itself. Produced by Scopitone Films, Run’s cinematographer Stirling Bancroft captured the effortless natural beauty of the very mountains and shoreline that make Vancouver a premier training ground for the world’s triathletes. Run was funded privately and through a Kickstarter
campaign that raised $23,500. Devaney and director Elad Tzadok will submit the short for consideration at film festivals, including TIFF. A Vancouver screening is tentatively planned for this summer. The filmmakers believe Run is the first fictional film with triathlon driving the narrative arc. In 2013, Kelly Brothers Production made A Second Chance: The Janelle Morrison Story, documenting the three-year recovery of the Penticton Ironman bronze medallist after a horrific car accident all but killed her. Her phenomenal physical condition may have saved her and certainly influenced her rapid recovery, one doctor says in the film. The setting of Devaney’s film is an integral part of its authenticity. The sport’s international governing body, the ITU, operates one of three international offices from North Vancouver where it was founded 25 years ago, and Triathlon B.C. became one of the first organizations anywhere to focus solely on the sport
when it launched in 1989. Devaney consulted with both to make Run. “A lot of people come to Vancouver to train,” said Devaney, an Englishman known for his acting role in the television series Supernatural, which is shot at dozens of locations throughout B.C., and keeps the Londoner in his adopted home on the Pacific Coast. “Kitsilano is just full — full of runners, swimmers, bikers, people who do triathlon and professional athletes,” he said. To add further credibility to their portrayal of everything in a triathlete’s life from lingo to psychological profile, the filmmakers consulted with 2015 Ironman Melbourne champion Jesse Symonds and 2006 Ironman Canada winner Jasper Blake who lives in Victoria and, with only one exception from 2000 to 2011, finished in the top five of every Ironman he entered. The ITU supplied raceday signage genuinely used for triathlons. Lululemon — the Kits trademark whose founder Chip Wilson is an
amateur triathlete — makes a cameo appearance. And Symonds, who grew up in Penticton where the Canadian Ironman championship was held for 30 years, not only acts in the film but also lent the filmmakers his wetsuit, bicycle and shoes to ensure the protagonist looked the part. “We met up and I gave them my take on what pro triathlon is actually like so the tri community would view it and say, ‘this is real,” said Symonds. “They gave me a bit part,” he added, laughing and proud of his role. In the film, Symonds’s character calls to Tristan on Kitsilano Beach — which is in the same neighbourhood the Ironman champ now calls home. To validate a major theme of the film, Symonds said triathletes do tend toward the obsessive: “Maybe all sport is this way.” “You really do need to be a student of your craft and be obsessed and put everything into it,” he said. “Where triathlon might be different is that you’re
talking about three sports, so there is so much more to wrap your head around and understand. It’s to your advantage to be that much more obsessed to really master the craft.” The story Devaney tells isn’t based on the life of any one triathlete, but as he researched the sport and wrote the script, he found a pattern among the most elite racers, including a British Olympian whose split for his 10 kilometre run was not far off the gold-medal winning time in the 10,000 metre track and field event. “His mentality is such that he’s understood to have no fear,” said Devaney. “He doing it with his heart and he’s not listening to his body. He’s, in a sense, instructing this body and is determined to move through his limits, pushing himself through his threshold and move as fast as he possibly can.” But being the fastest in one sport just isn’t enough. A triathlete pushes the human limit, in the swim, bike and run. @MHStewart
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The Lord Byng Grey Ghosts clinched their sixth straight track and field city title in the Vancouver Secondary School Athletic Association championship at the Dhillon Oval on May 9. The Ghosts finished with 987 team points, more than 200 ahead of their closest competitors, second-place Killarney with 774 points and third-pace Point Grey with 591. The winning school garnered 30 and 28 points from seniors, respectively, Matthew Chan and Kieran Lumb. In the senior girls overall point tally, Van Tech standout Hannah Johnston and Eric Hamber talent Conny Bregman tied atop the leader board with 30 points each.
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The Vancouver Giants signed 15-year-old Surrey skater Tyler Popowich to a WHL player agreement after selecting the centre third overall in last week’s bantam draft. “I always grew up watching the Giants and going to their games. It was always fun to watch them play, so I’m just glad now that I can be a part of a great organization,” Popowich said in a prepared statement. Next season, the teenager will be eligible to play in WHL five games before his midget season comes to an end. In 47 games for the Okanagan Hockey Academy Bantam Prep team, Popowich had 25 goals and 32 assists. He also scored six goals and added one assist in six games at the BC Cup, held last month in Salmon Arm. @MHStewart
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Forms of personal identification accepted in Vancouver: Driver’s Licence, Social Insurance Number, Library Card, and Grouse Grind Time. The Grouse Grind. A 2.9 kilometre, outdoor staircase taking you 853 metres straight up the face of Grouse Mountain. By no stretch of the imagination is it scenic or gentle. It is gruelling, steep, takes a lot longer than you think, and there is no view whatsoever until you get to the top. It is a rite of passage for us Vancouverites and recently my husband and I decided to introduce our kids to this iconic fitness challenge. Why would two reasonable adults think it
a good idea to take three children under the age of 10 on a trail known as The Grind? To be fair, we had hiked with the kids previous to their first Grouse Grind experience. There are plenty of beautiful, less strenuous trails on the North Shore and we have done many of them as a family. We felt the timing was right. It was a beautiful day and for once, there was no baseball game or practice to rush back for. We loaded up our packs with trail mix that included Smarties, Skittles and gummy bears — otherwise known in the family hiking community as a bribe. We set our expectations low (there would be no personal best times today) and headed off. Despite warning our young charges to stop running, stop doing parkour moves, and stop bugging your sister, our first break came approximately four minutes and 30 seconds into the hike. We had barely reached the official trailhead.
The Grouse Grind is a 2.9 kilometre ascent, an outdoor staircase leading 853 metres straight up the face of Grouse Mountain. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
The kids were already wondering how far until we reached the top. We took a moment to consider our options. Turn back now or strategize and climb all the 2,830 steps — right here, right now?
We chose the latter. My husband went ahead with the boys, as I and my daughter moved at a slower yet steady pace. Eventually, my daughter and I met up with the boys on the sunny rock at the summit. We were only 20 FUN
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PREAMBLE: The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that the NSA’s telephone data collection — the practice Edward Snowden blew the whistle on — was illegal. So where does that leave Obama (and almost every politico, liberal or conservative) who has insisted that Snowden is a traitor who needs to come home and stand trial for treason. Is it truly illegal, in the United States, to report an illegal activity? Is it truly treasonous to act patriotically? Perhaps the real crime is to upset/defy the hierarchy. I had a question sent to the online comments section. Here’s my answer: the police state and militarization of the police will last until 2232. In the short term, protests such as Baltimore’s will flare up against police repression, but these protests will only have traction until early 2018. The repressive hierarchy will last until 2024. In essence, the hierarchy will win, and be established for two more centuries.
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This is your last week of mystery. Soon, enlightenment will come, the patterns and the wise road will be apparent to you. That enlightenment might be tied to someone from the past — a lover, teacher, scholar, someone who made your mind feel more open, cheerful. Actually, not one but two old flames might appear in the next few weeks. If so, one is gentle, abstracted; the other is more assertive.
Start nothing new before June 11. That includes projects and relationships. Instead, reprise past ventures, involvements, or protect ongoing ones from delays, indecision, supply shortages, wrong directions, etc. A money source from the past could return; if you grab it, it will probably last until early July. Friends show affection, and all your communications, travel, visits are subtly blessed until June 5.
As this week matures, life steers you from open, aboveboard relationships into deeper, more fruitful waters. For example, attraction and “sizing each other up” can become intimacy; a business agreement or opportunity evolves into funding. However, these deeper things begin to eddy and swirl now, to be deflected by delay, indecision, unavailability of a product, etc.
Start no new projects nor relationships now to June 11. Your indecision can reach new heights, and delays will undermine any new venture. This combination could make your indecision disappear, as you charge ahead with something. You might be thrust into a former circumstance, role, or relationship. Almost against your wishes, your sexual magnetism surges until late June.
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Your celebratory mood soon will fade into quietude, so enjoy yourself while you can. You continue, right into early June, to attract others. You’re more graceful, radiant than usual. Start nothing new before June 11. Instead, reprise old ventures, or work to protect ongoing projects. New things started now, including relationships, will tend to get tied up in delays, indecision, shortages and second thoughts.
Start no new projects nor relationships until June 11. Delays, indecision, mistakes and retraced steps will be inevitable, especially in employment, machinery, chore and health areas. DO NOT buy any tools or equipment. Instead, work to protect ongoing enterprises, and/or reprise jobs from the past. You might have to assume a former employment role for a while.
This is your last week of pressure. Thursday begins a month of celebration, light romance, wish fulfillment, optimism, group involvements and fun. Start no new projects nor relationships before June 11. So if light romance or a group activity/entry does arise — either a) it “returns you” to an old flame or a former social circle; or b) it won’t last past June. Either way, it/they will bring happiness! Your private life will be affectionate.
Start nothing new before June 11. An old flame might dance back into your life — so might a former, unfinished creative or speculative venture. Be careful with the last two. Sometimes, in reworking something creative, we make it even worse. But love — a former flame who returns now could play a significant role in your life. Your romantic courage (and sexual magnetism) are at a peak, through late June.
Remember, start nothing before June 11, especially in career, status/prestige areas, and in parenting. (E.g., this would be a bad time to expand your business, or to try a new parenting style.) Instead, protect ongoing projects from delays, supply shortages, misunderstandings, missed appointments, indecision, etc. You might profitably reprise a former career or job role, or deal with fruitful contacts and associates from the past.
Start nothing new, neither projects nor relationships until June 11 or later. Instead, reprise past ventures, or stick with the ongoing and protect these from indecision, delays, supply shortages, etc. For example, protect an ongoing love affair by not revealing the indecision you feel about it, especially if you’re a man. But whether your beau’s former, ongoing or new, don’t start living together before June 25 — if you did, a constant undercurrent of friction would exist.
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Vancouver is now Canada’s top hotel market, posting nation-leading occupancy levels and revenues — and investors are checking in with multimillion-dollar buys. Last year, B.C. claimed a 24 per cent share as national hotel transactions hit $1.4 billion, stretching an eight-year string of property sales of more than $1 billion, according to Colliers Canada’s 2015 Canadian Hotels Investment Report. January’s $168 million sale of the Delta Hotels and Resorts portfolio by the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. to Marriott International and the sale a month later of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver to West Vancouver-based Larco Hospitality for $180 million indicate another blockbuster year is emerging, analysts say. “Vancouver is now the
number one hotel market in Canada, followed by Toronto,” said Bill Stone, executive vice-president of CBRE Hotels. In the first quarter of this year, downtown Vancouver hotels posted an average occupancy rate of 69.5 per cent, highest among all major cities. More telling, the average revenue-per-available room (REVPAR), a key industry metric, surged 17 per cent to $111.13, the sharpest increase in the country. As a comparison, REVPAR fell 11.5 per cent in Calgary and dropped 4.5 per cent in Toronto compared to a year earlier. It now costs an average of $160 for a downtown Vancouver hotel room, up nine per cent from a year ago, according to industry analysts PFK Consulting Ltd. Landmark sales in B.C. last year included the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, sold to Vancou-
ver developer Nat Bosa for $48 million, and the purchase by Innvest Real Estate Investment Trust of Vancouver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel for $140 million. In the first quarter of this year, nearly $600 million in hotel deals closed across Canada and some big deals are looming. One of the largest is the portfolio of 23 hotels that Fortis Inc. is selling, including a Holiday Inn conference hotel in Kelowna and 10 properties in Alberta. “We’re definitely now a market that is a $1-billion plus in hotel investment activity in what historically used to be $500 million [annual] average and we see that continuing,” said Alam Pirani, Colliers Canada’s executive managing director and head of its Canadian hotel group. Pirani sees no slowdown in sight. “Operating fundamentals are strong, the cost of debt is at an all-time low
and there are more debt players that are participating in our sector than ever before,” he said. A major shift is the pullout of some heavy hitters such as pension investor Ivanhoe Cambridge, which sold both the Fairmont Empress and the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, and Fortis, and the mergers of others. Orange Capital and Kingsett Capital have bought into Innvest REIT and launched an aggressive acquisition campaign, which includes taking an 80 per cent share of the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto and Vancouver’s Hyatt. Stone said that, while the big players are getting the attention, the entire hotel market is buoyant. “Almost 75 per cent of the hotel sales are deals under $10 million,” Stone said from his Toronto office, “There are a lot of private deals taking place.” @bizinvancouver
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Lexus is the latest manufacturer to enter the evergrowing luxury compact SUV segment. By creating a stylish vehicle that looks like a Transformer called the NX, it’s trying to make a real impact in this fiercely competitive market. The NX is eye-catching, comfortable and comes with Lexus’ reputation for reliability. Rivals include the
Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class, though the NX is actually bigger and roomier than most of these cars. The NX is available in two models: the NX 200t, which is the first Lexus with a turbocharged engine, and the NX 300h, which has a sophisticated hybrid system.
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headlights sit high on the NX’s shoulders. The separate daytime running lights are sharp and accent the striking grille. Moving along the side, the doors are nicely sculpted and the rounded roof gives the NX a balanced appearance. At the back, the threedimensional taillights add some drama; the edge of the lights actually stick out from the body making the car look wider than it real-
ly is. The spoiler over the window and dual exhausts make it look aggressive. The cabin is driverfocused and available with impressive level of onboard technology. Passengers will appreciate how spacious and comfortable the NX is in comparison to other compact SUVs. Those who want an extra spice thrown in, the NX can add the F SPORT package, which includes even more
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As mentioned, the NX 200t is the first Lexus with a twin-scroll turbocharged engine. The 2.0-litre Atkinson cycle four-cylinder delivers 235 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque, which is pretty good but not classleading.
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The cabin of the NX has a lot going for it and feels more expensive than the price suggests. The dash is covered in stitched material and nearly every other surface is soft and/or padded with high level of accuracy. Interior measurements of the NX are very similar to the RAV4. However, as with the exterior, the NX is more sport-minded as indicated by the tighter seats and wide centre console. The front seats are very supportive and comfortable. To provide further comfort and versatility, the rear seats split 60/40 and they even power recline and power fold. These are niceto-have features that soon become must-have items. Not only is the NX quiet and comfortable, but it’s also filled with intelligent technology. For example, it’s available with
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*To learn more about the Mazda Unlimited Warranty, go to mazdaunlimited.ca. Ð$500 Conquest Bonus is available on retail cash purchase/finance/lease of select new, in-stock 2014/2015 Mazda models from May 1 – June 30, 2015. Bonus amounts vary by model. Maximum $1,000 Conquest Bonus only available on 2015 CX-9. Conquest Bonus does not apply to 2016 CX-3, CX5 or Mazda6. Maximum bonus will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Bonus is available to customers who trade-in or currently own a competitive vehicle. Offer only applies to the owner/lessor of the competitive model and is not transferable. Offer cannot be combined with Loyalty offer. See dealer for complete details. †0% APR purchase financing is available on all new 2015 Mazda vehicles. Other terms available and vary by model. Based on a representative agreement using offered pricing of $17,715 for the 2015 Mazda3 GX (D4XK65AA00) with a financed amount of $18,000, the cost of borrowing for a 36-month term is $0, monthly payment is $500, total finance obligation is $18,000. **Lease offers available on approved credit for new 2015 Mazda3 GX (D4XK65AA00)/2016 CX-5 GX (NVXK66AA00)/2015 CX-9 GS (QVSB85AA00)/2016 CX-3 GX (HVXK86AA00) with a lease APR of 2.49%/2.99%/0%/4.49% and bi-weekly payments of $69/$125/$179/$115 for 60/60/48/60 months, the total lease obligation is $11,707/$18,411/$21,252/$17,218 including down payment of $2,700/$2,150/$2,600/$2,250. $76.77/$76.77/$64.10/$76.77 PPSA and first monthly payment due at lease inception. 20,000 km lease allowance per year, if exceeded, additional 8¢/km applies (12¢/km for CX-9). 24,000 km leases available. Offered leasing available to retail customers only. Taxes extra. As shown, price for 2015 Mazda3 GT (D4TL65AA00)/2016 CX-5 GT (NXTL86AA00)/2015 CX-9 GT (QXTB85AA00)/2016 CX-3 GT (HXTK86AA00) is $27,815/$37,215/$48,015/$31,015. All prices include $25 new tire charge, $100 a/c tax where applicable, freight & PDI of $1,695/$1,895 for Mazda3/CX-3, CX-5, CX-9. PPSA, licence, insurance, taxes, down payment (or equivalent trade-in) are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Lease and Finance on approved credit for qualified customers only. Offers valid May 1 – June 30, 2015, while supplies last. Prices and rates subject to change without notice. Visit mazda.ca or see your dealer for complete details.
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LONG WEEKEND SAVINGS Prices Effective May 14 to May 20, 2015.
100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE
MEAT California Organic Choice Grade Lemons
BC Grown Red Tomatoes on the Vine
Assorted Bedding Plants and Hanging Baskets
907g bag
3.98
.98lb/ 2.16kg
Farmcrest Whole Specialty Frying Chickens
Hot e! P r ic
4.98
each
6.99lb/ 15.41kg
( Check out our weekend plant sales )
DELI gourmet or hazelnut hemp
Olympic Yogurt
454g - 2 kg • product of BC
assorted varieties
SAVE
1.75g • product of BC
31%
6.99-8.99
6.4923.99
assorted varieties 946ml • product of USA/Canada
assorted varieties
3/4.98
20% off
SAVE
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
908g
100-375ml • product of Canada
12.99
SAVE from 37% 3/6.99
SAVE 2/4.98
Vij’s Frozen Indian Meals
Kettle Popped Popcorn
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
The Daily Crave Veggie Sticks or Chips
4.496.99
36%
2/5.00
Danone Oikos or Activia Yogurt
Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars assorted varieties
assorted varieties
package of 6 • product of USA
500g or 4 pack • product of Canada
SAVE
3.99
SAVE
20%
39%
Coconut Bliss Organic Frozen Tubs or Bars
3.49-3.99
Blue Monkey Coconut Water
170g • products of USA
SAVE
34%
2/7.00
GLUTEN FREE Choices’ Own Bakery Buns assorted varieties
.993.49
Terra Vegetable Chips
assorted varieties 170-226g • product of USA
SAVE
37%
4.29
Santa Cruz Organic Lemonade Beverages
BAKERY xxx
xxx • product of xxx
Choices’ Own Bakery Buns assorted varieties 380g
with or without pulp
assorted varieties
473ml or 4 pack • product of USA
520ml • +deposit +eco fee • product of Thailand
946ml • +deposit +eco fee • product of USA
from 2/6.00
2/3.50
1.79/100g
29%
assorted varieties
5.99-6.99
Grimm’s Honey, Black Forest or Old Fashion Ham
250-450g • product of Italy
142g • product of USA
SAVE
regular retail price
43%
whole bean or ground
300g • product of Canada
Choices’ Own Salads
Natur-A Non-Dairy Beverages
Raincoast Dips, Marinade and Organic Capers Delverde Pasta
Mondo Café Roma Coffee
While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.
Farmcrest Bone In Chicken Thighs or Breasts
6.99lb/ 15.41kg
Granola King Granola
30%
6.99lb 15.41kg
New ! u ct P rod
Pork Tenderloin
GROCERY
SAVE
value pack
2.99lb 6.59kg
California BC Grown Organic Organic Spartan Apples Cauliflower 1.83kg/3lb
3.98
1846 Lean Ground Beef
2.99
WELLNESS Natural Factors Probiotics Assorted Varieties and Sizes
Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park Sunday, May 31,2015
15.99 300g 22.99 500g
20% off
regular retail price
Nutra Centials Weight Off Max and Weight Loss Support Supplements Assorted Varieties and Sizes
19.99
Botanica Organic Gogi Berries
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts Try rts ea pH Hem inkled d spr sala r ou on y cereal! or
5.99 227g Natural 12.99 340g Organic
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