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Mayor calls for investment Mike Howell

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City adopts a living wage Rally at city hall precedes decision Naoibh O’Connor

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Gloria Roque earns a living wage as a teacher, but since she works at an inner city school, she knows many parents who don’t. That’s why Roque was among those who rallied at city hall Wednesday morning in support of Mayor Gregor Robertson’s motion for the City of Vancouver to become a certiﬁed living wage employer. The motion passed unanimously. Metro Vancouver Alliance and Living Wage for Families staged the rally, which was timed to precede council’s discussion on the motion. It’s estimated both wage earners in a

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four-person family must earn $20.68 each per hour to meet the deﬁnition of a living wage in Metro Vancouver, which stretches from West Vancouver to Langley. Roque wrote “dignity” when asked by organizers what a living wage meant to her. “I make a living wage and I think everyone else should, too,” she said. Deborah Littman is the lead organizer for Metro Vancouver Alliance, an organization of faith groups, labour unions and community advocates. “Basically the whole community is hurt when other people don’t make enough to live not just those workers. It impacts children’s education, it impacts people’s health, it impacts their ability to participate in the wider community,” she said. “It affects the strength of the local economy, so in that sense, it’s an issue that everyone has a stake in solving.” Littman dismisses arguments that in-

stituting a living wage hurts the economy and low-wage earners. “This is something that is pulled out any time you raise the minimum wage or when you try to introduce better wages for people. ‘Oh it’s going to price people out of the market, people are going to lose jobs.’ All the evidence shows that’s not true,” she said. Littman worked on the living wage campaign in London, England, and she said there are now 1,500 employers who pay it, including major banks and retail chains. “None of them have lost jobs because of that. What they ﬁnd is if you pay people decently, absenteeism goes down, turnover goes down,” Littman said. “The quality of work goes up and most businesses beneﬁt by paying the living wage as opposed to losing from it.” Continued on page 6

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The overall homeless population in Vancouver — whether it be on the street or in some form of shelter — has remained fairly steady over the past six years and the latest statistics released Tuesday show 1,746 people are still without a home. That’s a decrease of 57 people from the 1,803 homeless recorded in a 2014 count. The number of people living on the street dropped from 536 in 2014 to 488 this year, while people residing in a shelter or temporary housing decreased from 1,267 to 1,258. “We’ve heard some positive news on a 10 per cent drop in street homelessness in our last count in March but the overall level of homelessness remains about the same as in recent years, which is unfortunate given all the investment and housing that’s opened up for people who are vulnerable,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson, whose goal was to end so-called street homelessness by the 2015 count, which was conducted over two days in March. “We obviously need more investment from the provincial and federal governments to ensure we bring the number of homeless people down.” The mayor and the rest of council heard from Mukhtar Latif, the city’s housing director, that several factors were driving the steady rate of homelessness in Vancouver, including poverty, severe and untreated mental health and addictions, low welfare rates, youth aging out of foster care, a tight rental housing market and prisons and hospitals discharging people to the street and shelters. Latif pointed out B.C. Housing has a wait list of 4,000 people in Vancouver who want social housing. Vacancy rates in singleroom occupancy hotels continue to decline, whereas rents at the hotels continue to increase, surpassing the allotted $375 shelter allowance provided to people on welfare. Shelters are at capacity, with nearly 200 people turned away during this year’s count. Continued on page 4 $

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Council urges more support for kids

Echoes call by representative of children and youth for better services in Downtown Eastside Mike Howell

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A presentation by the province’s representative for children and youth at city hall Tuesday has prompted city council to support her mission to make life better for vulnerable young people in Vancouver and across B.C. Council unanimously passed a motion by Mayor Gregor Robertson to call on the provincial government to implement a series of measures requested by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and her ofﬁce. They include: • Extending the option of foster care to 24 years old and end the current practice of youth “aging out” of the system at 19. Turpel-Lafond said many 19-year-olds in care are not prepared to become adults and frequently end up in streets of Vancouver and on welfare. • Create a “secure care system” for vulnerable youth and children in which they are detained, assessed

and treated for the betterment of the individual. • Add more rapid response teams to ensure children and youth at serious risk are identiﬁed and treated accordingly. The motion also requested the provincial government “quickly adopt and implement” the recommendations in Turpel-Lafond’s recent report that focused on a 19-year-old aboriginal woman named Paige, who died in 2013 of a drug overdose in a washroom adjacent to Oppenheimer Park. Paige, whose surname wasn’t released, died after years of abuse, neglect and what Turpel-Lafond said in her report was “persistent inaction from front-line professionals and an indifferent social care system that led to this young woman’s demise.” Among the recommendations in the report was that the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Ministry of Health and the City of Vancouver conduct an urgent review of the

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the representative for children and youth in B.C., updated city council Tuesday on the situation facing vulnerable young people in Vancouver. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

current provision of services to vulnerable children in the Downtown Eastside. Those services include child protection, housing, health care and substance abuse treatment. Turpel-Lafond also wants regular inspections of Downtown Eastside single-room-occupancy hotels to ensure children

and youth aren’t living there. Turpel-Lafond estimates another 150 to 200 young people are living in the Downtown Eastside in similar situations to Paige. Hearing that, council via Robertson’s motion agreed to order city staff to report back in the fall on what progress has been made on

the recommendations in Turpel-Lafond’s report, as it relates to Vancouver. Staff will also examine setting up a regional “youth secretariat” in partnership with the B.C. government and Metro Vancouver municipalities. Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer, who was one of many councillors to thank TurpelLafond for her work, asked what action the government had taken on the recommendations since the release of Paige’s story in May. “The province has not accepted the recommendations in Paige’s report,” TurpelLafond told Reimer. “That’s important to note — they have not given a formal response. We’ve had a bit of a debate about the recommendations. They feel like they haven’t had enough time to think about them.” Added Turpel-Lafond: “I’m not happy with the response and I feel that the response has been primarily lip service, and hasn’t had a presence on the ground.” An emailed statement to

the Courier from the Ministry of Children and Family Development pointed out the agency’s minister, Stephanie Cadieux, responded the day the report was released and deputy minister Mark Sieben responded in writing last month. “The Ministry of Children and Family Development [MCFD] agrees that there are unique circumstances on the Downtown Eastside [DTES] that deserve a unique service delivery response,” Sieben wrote in his June 16 letter to Turpel-Lafond. “In collaboration with our government partners across the health, justice and education sectors and with our community-based service providers, MCFD is leading discussions on how we can strengthen the coordination of our services to improve outcomes for children and youth in the DTES.” About 2,000 of the 8,000 children in care of the ministry live in Vancouver. @Howellings

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Continued from page 1 “We’ve got to work across the system to prevent some of the causes of homelessness,” Latif said. He noted the overall number of homeless people could have surpassed 2,200 in Vancouver this year, had the city and B.C. government not built housing, opened shelters and leased at least four old hotels for temporary housing since last year’s count. That effort opened up 615 total units, with 383 spread over three housing complexes at 1134 Burrard St., 111 Princess St. and 2465 Fraser St. Key ﬁndings of the 2015 count included: Of homeless people who agreed to be interviewed by volunteers, 1,057 were men and 356 were women and 15 were transgender. Most of the respondents were 25 to 54 years old, with 58 more than 65 years old. At least 12 per cent, or 140, were between the ages of 19 and 24 and another 59 were 18 or younger. On the health side, 632 reported an addiction, 508 had a medical condi-

tion, 459 were considered mentally ill and 386 had a physical disability. More than 400 were on welfare, while 229 said they had a job. Aboriginal youth and adults were over-represented, with 51 youth and 342 adults. Only 49, or ﬁve per cent, said they were from outside Vancouver. Latif released the homeless count report the day after B.C. Housing CEO led the Courier and three other reporters on a tour of government-funded housing and programs in the Downtown Eastside. The province continues to renovate single-room-occupancy hotels and has provided funding for the construction and operation of 14 supportive housing complexes on city property. All but one of the buildings has opened and Robertson and his Vision colleagues on council are keen to see a second phase of development. Housing Minister Rich Coleman told the Courier Monday that he has yet to see a proposal from the

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city, to which Vision Coun. Kerry Jang said in council that “I know that we’ve been talking to B.C. Housing about more land being available, I know the mayor, for example, has written Premier Clark and referenced that land being available.” In a question to Latif, he asked: “Can we make sure that we have a proposal sent directly to the minister, so he cannot say that he never saw it?” Latif: “Yep, we can do that.” Jang: “Fantastic, thank you.” NPA Coun. George Affleck said he was shocked to hear Coleman hadn’t seen a proposal for a second round of development for supportive housing sites. Supportive housing is defined as social housing where tenants have direct access to health care and other services on site. Affleck said the new homeless statistics indicate to him that Robertson and Vision Vancouver have failed to address homelessness in the eight years the party has ruled city hall. @howellings

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@VanCourierNews The Little Mountain redevelopment, which has been fraught with construction delays, was on the minds this week of Housing Minister Rich Coleman and NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Little Mountain project mired in politics 12TH&CAMBIE Mike Howell

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I know this will blow your mind, but what the heck: There is politics involved in the redevelopment of the Little Mountain public housing site. “No,” you say. “Well yeah,” I say. “What’s your proof?” you ask. Well, just give me a few paragraphs to give you some background on the Little Mountain saga before I present my case… Many of you are probably aware that developer Holborn Group bought the big piece of property near Queen Elizabeth Park almost eight years ago with plans to redevelop the site. You’re also probably aware more than 200 new homes will be built for social housing and be mixed in with a whole lot more private condos. Last time I checked, I believe 50 or so of the new social housing units were built. So what the heck is happening with the rest of the project? What’s the delay? Will it ever be built? Yes, many questions. It’s a topic that was on Housing Minister Rich Coleman’s mind when I interviewed him Monday. I was asking him about the B.C. government’s commitment to build more housing for homeless people. I never brought up Little Mountain, but he did and sent this message to Vancouver city hall. “I’d like to seem them get

the zoning of Little Mountain done,” he said. “We’ve already spent $300 million on Little Mountain in the city of Vancouver and I wouldn’t mind seeing that [project] start construction before the end of the year. There’s another 232 units there, or something like that, that would be available for people for affordable social housing. So those sort of things need to get done, too.” Interesting, right? The next day I was at city hall where city council was talking about homelessness and we heard Mayor Gregor Robertson — again — say the province and the feds have to do more to build more social housing. But we also heard NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova ask what was going on with the Little Mountain project. She got into a bit of an exchange with city manager Penny Ballem. De Genova: “It’s ironic that we’re standing here trying to ﬁnd ways to house people but the Little Mountain site hasn’t been mentioned, it hasn’t come up. And I just drove by and it’s still sitting in its state eight years later. So I’m just wondering if you can give me an update on that?” Ballem: “The Little Mountain site, as you know, took a long time to have the deal done with the provincial government. It has been a long time in the application for a rezoning, due to the fact there have been a lot of challenges with the developer understanding his obligations under the deal with the province. So it is now in process toward a rezoning

process that will be coming to council, hopefully, by the early fall. But it has been a very, very difﬁcult process and we totally share your frustration with that.” DeGenova: “I understand that there’s at least [another] 181 units of nonmarket, or possibly social housing, that are planned on the Little Mountain site. And considering the [homeless] report, and what we’re hearing and the dire need, is there any way to move that forward faster?” Ballem: “Well, that would be a good question to be put to minister Coleman because I think that the whole issue around Little Mountain has been the ability of the province and the developer to understand the construct, which is the developer must pay for replacement of all the social housing that was on that site.” DeGenova: “Is it or is not correct that to build those units, we are waiting on the rezoning at the city level?” Ballem: “The issue really is that the developer, in order to get a rezoning report coming forward to council, has to put forward their construct of how they’re going to replace that housing. That has been the issue. Because I’ve been part of that discussion for six years now and it’s extraordinarily frustrating.” Round and round we go. Meanwhile, this year’s homeless count statistics released Tuesday showed 1,746 people were without permanent housing in Vancouver, with 488 living on the street. @Howellings

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Ball cites children as key reason

Deborah Littman, lead organizer for the Metro Vancouver Alliance (wearing grey T-shirt), joins supporters at city hall who rallied in favour of the City of Vancouver becoming a living wage employer. Council voted unanimously in favour of the motion. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Continued from page 1 While many city workers already earn a living wage, Littman said it will help the few who don’t and, more importantly, “it sets a standard.” “It says this is what the City of Vancouver thinks is the right rate to pay and other employers and other municipalities can follow suit.” Patrick Calderon, a recent graduate with a degree in political science and theology, also attended the rally and was considering becoming involved with the Metro Vancouver Alliance. He wore the pink-coloured Living Wage

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for Families button that reads: “Work should lift you out of poverty, not keep you there.” Calderon said he believes strongly in social justice. “I believe that people should be able to live decently in the city,” he said. “I know a lot of people who live in rather sub-standard conditions who try to make ends meet, who work very irregular hours. I don’t think that should be the case. I really do think it’s not a radical idea that if a person works 40 hours, they should not be living in poverty. That’s a very reasonable and sensible thing to afﬁrm and say.” Before the vote, NPA Coun. Elizabeth Ball said the most important thing about the motion for her was children. “Adults can kind of cope or scrape along or deal with whatever issues are in front of them and children can’t,” she said. “If parents are less stressed, they’re happier. If children can be fed before they go to school, they do much better. So a living wage for me is actually a living wage for children.” Mayor Gregor Robertson said he was encouraged by councillors’ support of the motion. “This is a very practical response to the steady rise we’ve seen in the cost

of housing, transit and the cost of living across Metro Vancouver while wages have stagnated. Full-time work should provide families with a basic level of opportunity and economic security. It’s important for Vancouver to do its part and this living wage is our next step.” He also called on the provincial government to raise minimum wage and welfare rates, calling them “two big steps the B.C. government could take to deal with inequality.” “The challenges that we face with poverty, which as Coun. Ball says impacts our children with over 20 per cent child poverty, are all tied to the fact that so many people are having a tough time making ends meet.” City staff will now report back on steps needed to achieve certiﬁcation as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Campaign, which is a Vancouverbased organization that has already certiﬁed a range of employers, including the Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, the City of New Westminster, SAP and the United Way. It usually takes several years to implement, according to a city press release, starting with direct civic employees before being extended to contract employees. @naoibh

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Why the Yes side lost mike@mikeklassen.net

In 2004 during the last week of June, then fourterm city councillor Sam Sullivan invited me to join his campaign team for the “no” side in the October referendum to approve a ward system for Vancouver. It was a daunting challenge as I recall. Our campaign war chest was empty, we had no identiﬁed voters, and public support for wards was off the charts according to recent opinion polls. But four months later we won convincingly — 54 per cent opposed to a ward system versus 46 in favour. An ingredient for our success was undoubtedly our head start on the better resourced Yes campaign, which only kicked off after the Labour Day weekend. It is no wonder that I am having déjà vu after watching the multi-million dollar “Yes” campaign by the Mayors’ Council (responsible for regional transpor-

tation) go down in ﬂames. It was April 2013 when the B.C. Liberals announced their platform plank saying that voters must pass any new TransLink funding formula. Some have argued that the mayors lacked time to convince voters. In reality, they had the time but spent much of it trying and failing to convince the premier to back down from a campaign pledge. That was just the ﬁrst mistake of many by the Yes side. At the start, things looked hopeful for the mayors. A December 2014 Insights West poll showed the pro-tax Yes side leading by 13 points. A strong campaign going forward could have secured a win. It was on Dec. 11, the same day the Mayors’ Council released the details of the transit plebiscite, that Jordan Bateman and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched their No Transit Tax campaign. Where were the No side’s opponents? Incred-

ibly, it would be another two months until the Yes campaign officially launched on Feb. 2. By then Bateman’s tiny campaign was already in high gear with a strong website and potent message about TransLink waste. With money, campaign staff and voter lists, the Yes side was likely confident they could overtake Bateman. In mid-January, the Vancouver mayor’s office convinced the Mayors’ Council to appoint Gregor Robertson and Surrey mayor Linda Hepner as chair and vice-chair respectively. It was argued that new, high profile leadership was needed to secure a win, so they bumped off the incumbent chair, North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton. With Mayor Gregor and his chief of staff Mike Magee now calling the shots, Vision Vancouver campaigners were handed key roles inside the Yes side’s war room. Continued on page 8

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Traditional ‘air war’ failed to sway voters Continued from page 7 Between the Yes and No camps there was an interesting distinction. Disciples of low taxes and small government ran the No campaign. By comparison the Yes side was staffed by hired guns.

In political campaigns I always watch for those — like Bateman — who are most committed to the cause. On Feb. 11, the ﬁrst big change overseen by Vancouver’s mayor was the sacking of TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis.

With that fateful decision, Robertson gave his opponents their best ammunition of the campaign and refocused the public’s attention on problems within the transportation authority. The No side probably pinched themselves with

delight at the news. The considerable support for the Yes side that existed in December had all but evaporated by mid-February, and would never return. By March it had been three months since the mayors had announced the plebiscite question. Now running from behind, the Yes side heard advice from many (including myself) that a bold step was needed to gain the voters’ trust. In response, the Yes campaign appointed

multi-billionaire Jimmy Pattison as head of a proposed spending oversight committee. Leveraging the business leader’s reputation looked to most observers as a cynical move to save the Yes side, however, and the announcement fell ﬂat. Instead of revising their ﬂailing campaign strategy, the Yes side stuck with a traditional “air war” that included telephone town halls, emails, as well as costly TV, radio, and print advertising. They peppered their pro-

tax message with gloomy forecasts of gridlock and economic stagnation if the vote failed. They also attempted to discredit Bateman by attacking him personally — one of several strategies that failed to persuade voters. With the loss the Yes side campaign has tried to spin the vote as unwinnable, when it was really a colossal failure on their part. It is unlikely, however, that the political insiders paid to run it are complaining much. @MikeKlassen

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Tuesday morning at city council, details of an aboriginal girl’s life played out as a prelude to the latest Vancouver report on homelessness and two days of discussion about poverty and means to alleviate it. It would include approval by council Wednesday of the city becoming the biggest public sector “living wage” employer in the province. It commits them to guaranteeing a minimum wage for not just city employees, but the city’s contractors of $20.68 per hour including benefits. In that, Vancouver joined New Westminster and 45 other employers in the province as well as some 200 cities south of the border. There was a debate about protecting SRO hotel rooms by increasing the penalty for developers who wanted to remove them from the inventory of space available for people on social assistance and convert them to more expensive digs. And there was the introduction of the next phase in Vancouver’s Healthy City Strategy. But to kick it off, British Columbia’s Representative for Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, recounted the life of Paige, an aboriginal youth in the care of the government who over the last two and a half years of her life was shuffled about from shelters, to safe houses to SROs some 50 times. She was the subject of more than 40 police reports and 17 trips to the emergency ward and the victim of the survival sex trade before she finally died of a drug overdose. While aboriginal people make up about eight per cent of the province’s population, they represent half of the children and youth in government care and 36 per cent of children and youth who are homeless. Homeless count surveys, done by the city since 2005, show the number of children and youth without homes, up to the age of 24, has changed very little. As a percentage it has even increased slightly since the count in 2014. During her eight years on the job, Turpel-Lafond has been critical of a system that “spits out” youngsters at the age of 19. She has been part of an ongoing discussion taking place all across North America that is promot-

ing the notion that the current policy puts too many of these kids on a road similar to the one Paige found herself on. And she shares the view that government care should continue to age 24, which was a view endorsed by council. Her principal criticism is directed at the province and, in particular, the lack of what she calls “secure care” which would be an organized program to assist kids in care who need help with everything from mental issues to addiction. Six of the provinces in Canada, she notes, have such programs. She says in B.C. care doled out by the provincial government is a “scattershot approach.” And she adds: “We have the expertise in British Columbia; we have chosen not to use it.” She also says the city is limited in what it can accomplish on its own. Agencies on the Downtown Eastside are overwhelmed. “They don’t have the capacity to do it.” As harsh as Turpel-Lafond’s criticism of the province may be, she does almost grudgingly admits there have some improvements: “A few small programs have been created during my time.” Most significantly 11 of B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions including UBC and SFU have “stepped up” to offer kids in care free tuition to continue their education. Folks who agree with raising the age for youth in care to 24 point out it takes more than just changing the age. It requires a complex series of inter-ministerial changes to provide the many services at the provincial level. Krista Thompson, the executive director of Covenant House in Vancouver, which had 1,400 kids come through its doors last year, adds a couple of other points, ﬁrst noting her organization’s mandate is to care for youngsters between 16 and 24 years of age. The streets of the Downtown Eastside are far more precarious than they were a generation or two ago because of the rise in the population of those preying on youngsters. As well, there is the dramatic increase in the level of dangerous street drugs available. And finally she say the “system needs to catch up with the reality of what kids are facing.” Exactly. @allengarr

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The optional age limit foster care is being proposed to extend to in order to address the problem of youth homelessness.

Wildfires. A plebiscite flameout. Meanwhile, on the opposite coast of Canada, heated words about a war memorial planned for Green Cove in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. In 2013, Parks Canada donated $100,000 to the private company backing the project. The centrepiece will be “Mother Canada,” a shroud-covered, 25-metre woman facing the Atlantic with her arms outstretched, beckoning soldiers lost at sea or killed in overseas conflicts. She is modelled after the much smaller, subtler figure at the Vimy Ridge memorial in France known as “Canada Bereft.” The English lyrics to “O Canada” have supplied names to other parts of the complex: the “Commemorative Ring of True Patriot Love,” the “True North Commemorative Square” and the “With Glowing Hearts National Sanctuary.” The memorial plan also includes a parking lot for 60 vehicles, a restaurant, souvenir shop and an interpretive centre. All that’s needed to complete this cringeworthy kitsch is “The Stephen Harper Standing on Guard for Theocracy Museum of Creationism” with a diorama of apostles wrangling velociraptors by a tar pit. Classing up the Cape Breton coast with a giant concrete dame is apparently the Trump-like brainchild of Tony Trigiani, CEO of the Toronto-based food packaging company Norstar. He and fellow privateers are seeking a total of $75 million in donations through the Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation. (A lawyer for the organization recently trademarked the term ”Mother Canada,” presumably so no one else can make a buck sticking the phrase on a T-shirt.) Cape Bretoners are divided on the ecological and economic impact of the project. There’s been little enthusiasm from the Canadian press, including the usually hawkish Globe and Mail, which recently editorialized that “the bigger-is-better approach to art is best left to Stalinist tyrants, theme-park entrepreneurs and insecure municipalities hoping to waylay bored drive-by tourists.” And needless to say, we already have combat-related monuments, cenotaphs and plaques galore across the country, along with an annual holiday that commemorates Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in past wars. Supporters include CBC silverback

Peter Mansbridge and retired Canadian Army general Lew MacKenzie, who dismisses the controversy over Parks Canada funding of the project as “irritating.” “People should know that the fact is that was for the website,” MacKenzie says of the $100,000 Parks Canada funding. “It has nothing to do with concrete or drills or anything else.” OK then, so why is a federal department — one tasked with preserving ecologically sensitive areas — directing public funds to a website trumpeting a private infrastructure project in a national park? Are we to believe that bureaucrats within Parks Canada chose to enter into a P3 to construct a controversial colossus on the Cape Breton coast without input from the PMO? If you said yes to the last question, I have a bridge decorated with yoga mats to sell you. “I really wonder if this is more about setting a precedent for future ‘nonecological’ private projects in national parks across the country,” writes an anonymous contributor to the CBC online comments section. “This precedent uses the ability of politically appointed ministers to make politically motivated decisions that contravene accepted and recognized national parks policy in order to further the private goals of small groups of individuals.” My crystal ball is cracked at the best of times, but a projected $75 million cost for the memorial could represent a small investment for insiders seeking to desensitize Canadians to private penetration of Canada’s national parks, up to and including resource extraction. Perhaps Mother Canada is a corporate Trojan Horse, perhaps not. Regardless, she’s a concrete-and-rebar combat fetish better suited to a reactionary regime ruled by an out-of-touch despot rather than ... um … what I mean is, she’s not right for Canada. Take a look yourself: in renderings on the Never to Be Forgotten Memorial website, Mom Canada looks like the spawn of a plastic rosary ﬁgure and Tony Stark’s frigate-sized 3D printer. Given the persistent claims from Canadian vets about denied and delayed beneﬁts from Veterans Affairs, the feds’ involvement in this militaristic megaproject seems bitterly ironic. In that respect, one thing rings true in the design of the Never to Be Forgotten National Memorial: the colossus stands with her back to the nation. @geoffolson

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The decrease in the estimated number of homeless people in Vancouver from last year, down to 1,746 from 1,803 in 2014.

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In metres, the height of a controversial war memorial proposed by the federal government to be built inside a national park in Cape Breton.

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BRIDGING THE GAP A woman nearing the end of the four-kilometre Truth and Reconciliation Walk through the streets of Vancouver in 2013 offers encouragement to others starting out on the Georgia viaduct. Courier reader Suzanne Salter says more education is needed to help bring different cultural groups together. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

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Re: “Racial divide an ‘Other’ problem to solve,” July 1 Thank you Jessica Barrett for your honest and thoughtful words concerning your perception and lack of personal friendships with our First Nations people. In many social circles there can be a great divide between people from different cultures, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. With more education around aboriginal culture and history we can continue to build awareness, understanding and more connected communities of people. I didn’t learn about aboriginal history until I was in the last course of my second university degree in Education. This was far too late. I’m pleased to see that people entering into the health care profession will also be required to take a course in aboriginal history. I’d like to see other post-secondary institutions follow suit. In addition, might I suggest a regular column in your newspaper dedicated to the accomplishments and experiences of aboriginal people living in our city. This would give an opportunity for the reader to learn about and connect with some very interesting and accomplished aboriginal people, help to bridge the divide, and hopefully encourage new friendships. Suzanne Salter, Vancouver

Ombudsperson the wrong person for investigation

Re: “Fired health researchers call ombudsperson probe inadequate,” online only. Health minister Terry Lake may not have clued into it yet, but that idea to ask the Office of the B.C. Ombudsperson to investigate the 2012 health ministry firings isn’t flying so well. Might have flown eons ago — had it been the very first inquiry — but not when it risks simply being the latest inquiry. It’s a political bind of the government’s own making. Whatever moral authority they thought they had to set the investigatory framework on their own again was lost three or four investigations back. Simply put: the public doesn’t buy the idea that the government actually wants to get to the bottom of this scandal… or have much confidence in this latest investigatory salvo, particularly when it will fall on the B.C. Liberal-dominated finance and government services committee to set the terms of reference for the Ombudsperson. And a bit of a game changer was thrown into the mix last week when Al-

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Re: “Six lessons from no-win transportation plebiscite,” online only. What do you mean “the Yes side had to put together a complex plan?” What plan? They never presented the plan. That was deliberate strategy. Politicians are never speciﬁc because their plan will get picked apart. They asked for a blank cheque for vague promises of a subway, more buses and more bike lanes. Furthermore, the subway can’t be built without federal money and that was not guaranteed. And all these things are for the minority of commuters. The vast majority of people drive cars. If they had said “to build more bridges and widen roads” the plebiscite might have passed! TrippingPoint, via Comments section

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Last month, Pope Francis issued a papal encyclical on climate change, saying “The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of ﬁlth.” An encyclical is an authoritative teaching document issued by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to his followers. But this particular letter targeted an audience wider than even the world’s one billion Catholics. It was addressed to “every person living on this planet.” The encyclical is the result of the work of more than a year by scientists, theologians and scholars and it calls, in the words of Francis, for a “bold cultural revolution” to save humanity from self-destruction. Vancouver’s Gregor Rob-

ertson is among mayors from around the world who will meet with the pope in a few days to discuss the environment. This pope has prioritized the alleviation of poverty and his encyclical on climate change is suffused with this concern, noting that it is the poor who are the ﬁrst to suffer from environmental degradation. He paid homage to St. Francis of Assisi, the man whose name he took when he was selected pope, and the patron saint of those who study and work in the area of ecology and who was also a servant of the poor. “We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth; our very bodies are made up of her elements, as we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters,” Francis says in the encyclical, which is a surprisingly readable and poetic document. It was certainly poetry

to the ears of some local Catholics who have been devoted to environmental concerns for years. Father Robert Allore is pastor at St. Mark’s Parish, on the UBC campus, and an adjunct professor at St. Mark’s College. He is also a scientist. He says the encyclical makes clear that the church believes that caring for the environment is not “just a nice option” but rather “is fundamental to our response to the world, which we believe is created by God and is very good.” Is it an overstatement to suggest that the encyclical is revolutionary? Allore thinks not. In fact, he hopes it sparks a revolution. “Something akin to revolution — what people of faith would often call conversion — some experience of conversion needs to happen around issues related to the environment,” he says. “The pope, in this encyclical, is saying we want to put our voice to

this cry of people who say we need to be attentive to the environment if we are to survive as a people.” Some people were surprised to see the head of the church come out so emphatically on this issue. Not Allore. “If anybody thinks that somehow all we’re called to do is pray and God will do the rest, then I think that’s under-delivering on our evangelical mandate for the world,” he says. He admits that these attitudes toward the environment are new, but credits changing realities. A century or more ago, humans were afraid of the violent predators in the dark wild, what Allore quotes Tennyson as calling “Nature, red in tooth and claw.” Humans felt a need to control nature, he says, not coexist with it. But when, as in the last several decades, our ability to control nature expanded into an industrial scale

that can overwhelm the Earth, a new theology is required, one that hearkens back, he says, to the earliest chapters of the Bible, in which humans are placed in a garden and given stewardship. “That stewardship was often in lots of cultures, so it’s been there all along, but there were struggles against nature that probably became the dominant voice,” he says. “We’ve needed to change that.” While there are voices that argue that the health of the economy supersedes that of the environment, it is not a zero sum, Allore says. While he observes that the poor are the ﬁrst to suffer the effects of climate change, he also says we need to be careful to see that poverty can likewise harm the environment. While industrial interests are cutting Amazon rainforests, he says, some of the deforestation is coming from the area’s poor people,

who are cutting wood for fuel or for income. “So if that’s the case and we see what looks like a choice between the poor and the environment, we know that we have to then tend to the needs of the poor in a way that the environment is sustained,” he says. “So in the Amazon case, perhaps something like when we pay farmers here to not grow wheat, to leave ﬁelds fallow, maybe we need to pay the people of the Amazon to keep their forests, because that’s their resource. We can’t cut down our trees and use our resources and tell the poor not to.” For Catholics who have been on the environmental frontlines for years, Allore says, the pope’s words are “a blessing,” an indication that this is not “just some sort of tree-hugger thing.” “No, this is part of our mandate as believers,” he says. “This is part of what God has asked us to do.” @Pat604Johnson

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News Social housing costlier than condos

It could be much cheaper to buy homeless people their own condo than provide social housing, based on the cost of recent “supportive housing” projects in the city, all being built to LEED Gold standards. The City of Vancouver, with help from the province, is building 14 new social housing buildings in the city under a $300 million program, with the most recent opening this

week at 1249 Howe St., a 12-storey highrise. Yet the cost of creating these latest 110 units for “people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness” pencils out to an average of more than $363,600 per apartment, when $891,000 in annual subsidies for 10 years are factored in. As a comparison, the typical price for a new condominium studio suite in Vancouver is less than $300,000. The Howe Street project,

however, includes roundthe-clock support staff, and onsite workshops and life skills programmed to residents. Residents also have access to numerous shared amenities space, a library and media room, two outdoor gardens and a community kitchen. For all this, tenants pay an average of $375 per month in rent, which is provided by the province. Earlier this year, the ninth such social housing project was completed. Located at

2465 Fraser St., it provides 95 studio suites and four two-bedroom apartments. When 10 years of an ongoing $1.4 million annual subsidy is factored in, the price per suite works out to $423,000 for each of the units, which are aimed at “youth at risk.” But, three blocks away at Main Street and East Broadway, the new Independent condominium development by Rize Alliance is pre-selling new condominiums starting from

$274,500. The average price for a resale condominium in East Vancouver is $330,000, reports the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, and a search of the Real Estate Weekly database this week turned up more than 100 East Vancouver resale condominiums priced at $300,000 or less, including some twoand three-bedroom units. Taking 2465 Fraser St. as an example, the $41.7 million in public subsidies includes an $18 million

construction loan backed by the B.C. government; $200,000 in provincial government pre-development costs; and $6 million from the Ministry of Children and Family Development. There is also a federal and provincial annual subsidy of $1.4 million, or $14 million over the next 10 years. The City of Vancouver donated $3.1 million worth of land and waived $488,925 in development fees for the project. — Frank O’Brien

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‘Happy berry’ in demand The fact they’re handpicked is one of the reasons fresh gojis are so expensive — a small plastic clamshell typically costs about $8. “They are hand-picked at 8 a.m., usually picked up by 10 and the product is in the stores by 3 p.m., seven days a week,” said Breederland, who began selling the berries last year. Breederland is one of very few farmers in North America making a go of growing goji berries commercially. He said some friends, family and fellow farmers were skeptical when he ﬁrst announced his plans, but added that’s nothing new. It was that same determination that saw Breederland stop growing the large bell peppers he’d successfully harvested for years and begin successfully raising a smaller, super sweet version, which is sold in packages of three. Breederland said the goji berry is known as the “happy berry,” which became the inspiration for the operation’s name, GoJoy, the brand under which they’re sold in stores. The berries are

sweet with a slight tartness making them ideal for use in both savoury and sweet recipes, including ice cream and curries. GoJoy products are sold fresh, frozen or as a smoothie mix where the gojis are pureed with other berries considered high in antioxidants, such as blueberries, grown at nearby Lower Mainland farms. Breederland said while he has no desire to compete with the Asian market, he is feeling pressure to begin exporting

dried berries to China where he’s been told wealthy customers will pay what it takes to purchase a healthy, high-quality product. “But I’m happy to be able to offer a fresh product locally,” he said. “That’s not being done.” Breederland hopes to introduce a “you pick” program in 2016. Visit gojoy.ca for more information about how goji fruit is grown locally. @sthomas10

Berry Mango Sorbet with Banana and Pineapple A combination of frozen berries, mango and pineapple with frozen bananas to thicken it up and raw walnuts for a touch of buttery richness. The result is somewhere between banana ice cream and sorbet. Ingredients: 1/4 cup walnuts 1 cup water 1 cup frozen mango

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Tuesday, July 14, 2:00pm – 4:00pm The summer sun is shining, English Bay sparkles and the North Shore Mountains set a stunning backdrop. Join us on our fabulous rooftop patio to enjoy the best of Vancouver – with a distinctly French flair! Tapestry at Arbutus Walk invites you for a French-inspired Rooftop Patio Garden Party. Play a game of boules. Watch Chef Scot’s culinary panache as he hosts a live cooking demo. Or simply relax and enjoy a summer cocktail to the sound of live music by Jennifer Lauren. Come celebrate summer with Tapestry! Space is limited so RSVP to 604.736.1640 to reserve your spot.

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GRAND OPENING: Vancouver’s first Nordstrom store is one of the most highly anticipated openings this fall. Marking a retail renaissance in the city, the high-end specialty retailer will open with a charity fundraiser two days before its much-publicized Sept. 18 opening. Nordstrom Canada president Karen McKibbin and Vancouver manager Chris Wanlass made the announcement at a packed pre-gala reception filled with fashionistas, influencers and society darlings. The Seattlebased department chain, with stores already in Ottawa and Calgary, will underwrite the star-studded party benefitting B.C. Children’s Hospital, B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Covenant House Vancouver and the Vancouver Art Gallery. More than 2,200 guests will be treated to a sneak peek of the new store, as well as cocktails, dinner and exclusive runway show featuring fall fashions from the world’s top designers. With tickets ranging from $150 to $300 per ticket, the anticipated sell-out will net $100,000 each for the four local organizations. PRIDE PARTY: With the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in favour of same-sex marriage nationwide, as well as pending Pride celebrations in Vancouver, handmade bathroom products retailer Lush announced the launch of its new Pride campaign #GayIsOK in support of LGBTQ equality. Believing everyone should be able to love freely, all 825 Lush shops across the world will ask their customers: “What if your love was illegal?” Customers will be encouraged to post selfies with the campaign’s fundraising product, the aptly named Love soap, a gold bar with the engraving #GayIsOK. The campaign aims to reach 100 million people with the message of love through social media. During its global launch, the campaign was already shared 10 million times in just 24 hours. HELPING KIDS DREAM BIG: The Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia rolled out the green carpet for creative industry colleagues at their annual Stephen J. Cannell Golf Classic, named after the television executive who brought Hollywood north of the border. Golf enthusiasts once again came out swinging in support of Dream Big Productions, Templeton secondary’s acclaimed film program, helping at-risk youth build careers in the movie industry. Chaired by tournament director George Paterson, the day of golf and camaraderie drew members of B.C.’s creative economy for an evening of food, drink, networking and entertainment. After the last hole was played on the Fairway of Fame, players gathered with dinner guests for the wrap party. This year’s contribution added to more than half a million dollars generated over the past 27 years for local charity.

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West restaurant’s newly appointed bar manager Sabrine Dhaliwal bested the world’s finest bartenders at the Belvedere Vodka Challenge in London, England. She was the only woman to qualify, and Dhaliwal’s James Bond-inspired Pink Skies at Night martini wowed judges.

At Livingspace, Antoine Roset, head of the contemporary furniture brand Ligne Roset, flew in from New York to toast the expansion of its shop within a shop. Designers and tastemakers checked out the 3,000 square feet showroom.

From left, Lush’s North American digital PR Team of David Casavant, Maram Aoudi and Crystal Carroll push out #GayIsOK. The social media campaign has already been shared 10 million times 24 hours after its launch.

Tournament director George Paterson welcomed actor Richard Harmon, seen most recently in The Age of Adeline, to the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia’s marquee golf fundraiser.

Lush director Brandi Halls launched the company’s new campaign #GayIsOK in support of LGBTQ equality. LGBT activist Zdravko Cimbaljević attended the Pride party.

From left, Joe Fortes manager Scott Garrett, maître d’ Robert “Frenchy” Gagne and executive chef Wayne Sych welcomed fans to the seafood and chophouse’s annual rooftop patio opening.

Nordstrom Canada president Karen McKibbin and Vancouver manager Chris Wanlass announced the retailers Sept. 16 fashion benefit at a pre-gala reception held at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Dr. Jan Christilaw and Laurie Clarke’s B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre will be among four local charities that will benefit from the Nordstrom Gala on Sept. 16, two days before the retailer’s official Vancouver opening.

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Organizers behind a new event hope Vancouverites will bring their fanciest cowboy gear and best southern accents to Stanley Park for what they being bill as a “country-immersive” barbecue at the Brockton baseball diamond Saturday, Sept. 12 The novel event is limited to those at least 19 years old and will feature local alt-country and bluegrass rhythm artists The Matinee, Robyn & Ryleigh, and The Tishomingo String Band. Southern food will range from corn dogs to corn on the cob, with smokies, cowboy steaks, and beer-can chicken at “Vancouver’s Ultimate Backyard Barbecue.” “One of the most important things of an experiential event is authenticity,” said Mike Schwarz, CEO of MyZone Media which is producing the event with Wet Ape

Productions. “And authenticity comes down to hundreds of details and I know that the [partner] Wet Ape team can actually keep on that.” The Molson Pilsner brand, every food vendor, and all “wranglers,” (their social media ambassadors) were handpicked to fit the theme. While sporting their finest “country bumpkin’ outfits,” guests are encouraged to partake in team games — registered for ahead of time — like “Footloose Foosball,” a human-sized version of foosball, and “Hillbilly Hustle,” including classic wheelbarrow, three-legged, and potato sack races. There will be no beer garden for the event because everyone at the site will be able to drink and roam about freely, thanks to changes made to the Liquor Control and Licensing Act which officially became law on May 29. One significant revision to the act included easier accessibility and dispensing

of special events permits for event operators, businesses, and other hosts. “This is an example,” said Schwarz, “of where those liquor laws are helping to erase that ‘no fun’ city brand that we’ve had for years… When you have a beer garden, sometimes it can be the most vibrant place and then the entire event area can be less exciting because everyone’s sort of clustered in one area. So that’s one element I’m excited about.” The event is licensed to serve 2,000 guests that day. The loss of beer gardens came into effect in April 2014, before the new act became ofﬁcial. “An event like this wouldn’t be possible without a liquor licence like that,” said Schwarz. Conﬁdent of a successful turnout this year, Schwarz hopes to expand Unbuckled to different cities around Canada next year. @bettylu_2

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Khatsahlano, Vancouver’s largest free music and arts festival, not only includes multiple concert stages but also a family zone, Landyatchz Longboarder Zone, fashion shows presented by Vancouver Fashion Week, food trucks and an Etsy market. A new art component is being introduced in partnership with Kitsilano

Neighbourhood House. Vancouver artists will be showcased at various locations up and down West Fourth Avenue. You can stop by the Kits House booth to play amateur artist and have your child decorate a rock to raise money for a good cause. The free, 10-block affair runs from Burrard to Macdonald streets. The ﬁrst band starts at 11 a.m., the last at 8:30 p.m. For more information, see khatsahlano.com.

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cho Beach for the Brock House Summer Fair. This annual fundraiser that helps Brock House Society maintain the heritage house and seniors centre there will include the sale of crafts made by seniors centre members, a thrift sale, a silent auction, rafﬂe and 50/50 tickets. A big band orchestra and a jazz band will play and visitors can buy reasonably priced lunch items off the grill. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3875 Point Grey Rd. Admission is free.

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City staff have been analyzing Vancouver’s viaducts over the past two years and will be presenting their results to inform city council’s consideration of the future of the viaducts this September. Citizens can learn more from 7 to 11 p.m. at the farmer’s night market at the Plaza of Nations, 750 Pacific Blvd. The market runs from 5 to 10 p.m. and features food trucks, a beer garden and live music. This week’s band is Gonch Messiah.

July 11 and 12 Downtown

The largest Latin American celebration in the Paciﬁc Northwest happens this weekend at Concord Paciﬁc Place. Carnaval del Sol will feature singer-songwriter Alex Cuba, international artist Gerardo Cantino and more than 300 artists from live art to street performances. There will be a soccer tournament, activities for kids and a beer garden that organizers say will take you to one of the tropical beaches of Latin America. Carnaval del Sol runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, see carnavaldelsol.ca.

July 12 West End

Chill out near the beach at the Haywood Bandstand for an afternoon of live music. Bring a picnic lunch, blanket or chair and see Ross Curran pick up his ﬂute,

clarinet, and saxophone to perform ragtime music, marches, waltzes and opera favorites that were popular in the early 1900s when the bandstand was built. Music in the Park runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at Alexandra Park, 1755 Beach Ave. at Bidwell Street. If it rains, the performance will be rescheduled to July 18.

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You no longer have to drive to Langley for a drive-in experience. Developer Wesgroup is hosting a series of drivein movie nights paired with complimentary food trucks on a nine-acre empty gravel lot in the upcoming River District. Diner-style food trucks will be on site for the July 12 screening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. There will be an area of seating for those who want to watch the movie outside of a car. The River District is currently being used for a movie set, as it has been for years.

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The accent continues on your domestic environment, Aries. Home, family, property, security, food/nutrition, what will happen when you retire, these themes ﬁll the days. This is a good time to decide who (and which projects) still belong in your life, and who/which are empty are stale, and should be turfed. Prune your garden, in the broadest sense. (But don’t do it too cruelly – and be gentle with children, now to early August.

The accent remains on career, prestige relations, worldly status, and ambition. Higher-ups remain temperamental, critical (until August 8) so be diplomatic, grin and bear it. You tend to have moody but protective bosses, so once their aggressive mood passes, they’ll support your upward path again. There is another possibility, that higher-ups will seek to form a “partnership” with you – but I’d think twice, and look far down the road, before embracing this.

The general accent lies on daily (and not really important) activity, Taurus. The stakes are not high, so you can relax in the midst of your busyness. (In fact, one of the best things you can do, now to late August, is relax.) Until August 9, avoid gossip, and consider carefully before you communicate with civil servants, institutional workers, or people at “head ofﬁce.”

The emphasis continues on legal matters, higher learning, far travel, cultural venues, advertising, publishing and media, science, and gentle love, especially Tues./Wed. (Love for the whole human race, in some ways.) You might be working temporarily in this zone – e.g., your boss sends you on a buying trip across the border. Whatever you do, don’t lose your temper or become aggressive in these areas, especially Wednesday.

One more week (well, 10 days) of involvements with money, possessions…and somehow memory plays a role. There is also heat – or hope (or both) around this. For instance, you might be having an altercation with someone who says you did not pay a bill. Then, suddenly, you remember where you put that receipt and you’re vindicated/saved. Or whatever.

The general emphasis remains (now to July 22) on secrets, mysteries, heightened intuition and subconscious promptings, major ﬁnances, physical desires, health diagnoses, pregnancy and lifestyle choices. These “deepen” Tues./Wed. Tuesday’s ﬁne, smooth, good health reports, good investment ideas/info, especially in real estate or other food/shelter areas. But Wed. could bring rebuffs, even “cruel” disagreements.

Your energy, charisma, determination and sex appeal remain high. You’re the leader, and you “gain voice” now – you’ll express yourself ﬂuently, effectively. This is a good time to settle any differences with the government or tax man. Retreat to gain a second wind Sun./Mon. Rest, contemplate. Examine problems Sunday (avoid direct action, and don’t get in a car with drunk or violent drivers, and don’t communicate with higher-ups)

The emphasis remains on relationships for the next ten days, Cap – on marriage, business partnerships, meetings with the public, etc. Be diplomatic, cooperative, especially Tuesday/Wednesday, when this trend peaks. Some might oppose you, even angrily or forcefully; a relationship might end; you might form a real estate partnership (not advised); and/or some might show a “hot” attraction toward you.

Continue to lie low, Leo. A roaring lion now will only attract hyenas. This is a time for conscience, confession, self-examination – and for rest, contemplation and planning. If you’re wrong, admit it: this way, you gain something very valuable: a clean slate. As advised before, continue to avoid violence, tantrums, belligerent people. Protect your health; eat well, dress sensibly.

Tackle chores, employment tasks; deal with machinery, dependents (pets, kids) service personnel; and protect your health (sensible diet, etc.). You’ll be tempted to rush through your work, and/or to push others. Don’t: this can cause situations you’d be wise to avoid. The work inﬂuence lasts until July 22, but it climaxes this Tues./ Wed. Tuesday’s ﬁne, you’ll get a lot done (unless you daydream) – you’re quick, clever, effective.

You remain optimistic – your future looks joyous! (Well, tone that down to “realistically joyous” if you’re over forty…) Social delights, entertainment, playful flirtations that could turn to a “friendly love affair” if you’re single – these flow toward you for the next ten days. Enjoy life now, for July 22 will shunt you into a quiet, reclusive period for a few weeks. However, think twice before plunging into a new relationship based purely on lust – you’d be biting the cosmic fisherman’s hook.

The general emphasis remains on romance, creativity, speculation, winning, charming kids, beauty and pleasure (the pleasure of the moment, rather than the pleasure of anticipation, or “future joys”). These themes last until July 22, but they reach a peak intensity this week, Tuesday/Wednesday. Tuesday is lovely, you might even meet a quick, detail-oriented person (who notices everything) who could be a viable future mate.

Monday: Harrison Ford (73). Tuesday: Jane Lynch (55). Wednesday: Linda Rondstadt (69). Thursday: Will Ferrell (48). Friday: David Hasselhoff (63). Saturday: Martha Reeves (74). Sunday: Vikki Carr (74).

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July 10 to 14, 2015 1. It’s your last chance to see the contemporary dance offerings of the Dancing on the Edge festival, including Dumb Instrument Dance and Ziyian Kwan’s The Mars Hotel July 10 at the Firehall Arts Centre. The festival runs until July 11. Details at dancingontheedge.org.

2. Venerable Tucson, Arizona outfit Calexico bring its desert dust-covered carcasses to the Vogue Theatre, July 12, for an evening of rootsy, Latin-tinged Americana in support of the band’s latest album, Edge of the Sun. Villagers open. Tickets at Red Cat Records and ticketfly.com. 3. Ain’t no party like a street party. And the West Fourth Avenue Khatsahlano Street Party is one of this city’s best, if not biggest, free music and arts festivals, spanning 10 traffic-less blocks between Burrard and Macdonald and featuring eight stages showcasing more than 50 musical acts, art, activities, food and sweet, sweet beer gardens. Performers include Yukon Blonde, the Belle Game, Pointed Sticks, the Courtneys, Enigmas and many others. It all goes down July 11, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more details, go to khatsahlano.com. 4. Travel to London’s famed Royal Opera House and watch premieres of the world’s finest operas minus the pricey airfare as Vancity Theatre hosts Opera Week July 10 to 15, kicking things off with L’Elisir D’amore (The Love Potion), July 10, 7 p.m. Details at viff.org.

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Not that long ago Pidgin’s name was being bandied about everywhere. But the once controversial Gastown room has settled into a solid routine. The style is more laid back and casual than the early days, with the kitchen in the hands of chef Shin Suzuki. Go for the tasting menu that kicks off with an oyster shot of zippy horseradish and apple. You’ll want a couple — trust me — before you move on to the mussels escabeche and monkﬁsh liver, the kale and nori-kraut with wild mushrooms, or the spring salmon with apple pistachio puree and mustard tosazu. Details at pidginvancouver.com.

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It’s tough to beat a seat on Provence Marinaside’s patio, overlooking False Creek, savouring crab and shrimp cakes with watercress salad and smoked tomato relish plus a glass of ﬂoral and citrus-toned Unsworth Allegro. Worth a nod: the new and smarter Provence sports an impressive post-makeover array of 32 wines on tap in an airy, casual setting. Coolest plate this month? Lobster

Patio-friendly Provence Marinaside gets jiggy with the lobster dishes this month.

Provençal-style (or grilled or steamed) with rice, grilled asparagus and peppers, lobster Thermidor, or local Lois Lake Steelhead trout and lobster — all part of the Atlantic lobster festival, through July 31. Details at provencemarinaside.ca.

Man on a Mission

Curtis Luk (ex-Fable Kitchen and The Parker) has ﬁnally landed where he always wanted to be: his own place. Aptly monikered Mission is located in the former August Jack spot in Kits. Sip on a Sea Breeze before diving into a taste of green garbanzo hummus and piperade and sidestripe shrimp cocktail. Or indulge in the full-on tasting menu, including wild salmon and sorrel, shrimp blini, oyster and pork with bitter greens, duck with turnips and anchovy, and more. To ﬁnish, goat milk ice-cream with beet and caramel. An à la carte menu also features a daily nose-to-tail plate. missionkits.ca.

Not so sweet

For those hard pressed to ﬁnd appealing thirst quenchers that buck the sugar trend, SoCIAL Lite is a new, entirely unsweetened cooler, which has just arrived on local shelves. We sipped these low calorie, all natural, unsweetened vodka based sodas and were duly impressed as it uses neither sugar nor sweetener. We like the subtlety of the Lemon, Cucumber, Min, and the quiet kick of the Lime-Ginger. Take your pick. Launched with the not-too-shabby assistance of Dragon’s Den. Find them at private stores, around $11 for four cans.

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New arrivals continue unabated: About to emerge from under wraps, Royal Dinette (905 Dunsmuir St.) is locavore chef David Gunawan’s (ex-Wildebeest) newest offering. Look for casual and sustainable fare with hints of a “bygone

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Arts&Entertainment For those about to lock

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Not only do they rhyme with love locks, they’re cheaper, more environmentally friendly and lighter, which has been a problem for bridges in Paris where railings collapsed under the weight of too many locks last year. Then again, those Parisian bridges don’t bathe for weeks and carry around baguettes and wear wussy berets.

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There’s been a lot of talk about “love locks” this week. You know the ones — those symbols of undying affection, commitment and preventing thieves from getting into your storage shed and stealing all your wicked power tools. Apparently it’s a popular thing in cuddly Europe for sweethearts to attach a lock to a scenic bridge and throw away the key. It’s also way more romantic than keeping the key, cherishing the key, inevitably taking the key for granted, going for long periods of time without ever inserting the key into the lock, and then buying a whole new set of keys, usually for a bachelor apartment or new sports car. And because the Vancouver Park Board needs to ﬁll the empty feeling in its bureaucratic heart once the thrill is gone from installing an untendered zipline over Queen Elizabeth Park that no one asked for, it has decided to consult the public this summer on possible locations for star-crossed lovers lacking imagination and originality to “lock it up,” so to speak. Needless to say, we’re not fans of love locks. Sure they’re charming in Paris or Amsterdam, but why does Vancouver need to emulate every other city it looks up to. Heck, people are still trying to brand HastingsSunrise as “East Village.” Here are ﬁve equally symbolic alternatives Vancouver should adopt instead of “love locks.”

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“Son, you see those two shredded, sun-bleached, leopard-print g-strings ﬂapping in the breeze? When I was dating your mother, I ripped my panther-pants, as I liked to call them, clean off my gourd and tied them to Granville Bridge after one too many Jagerbombs at Republic. Turns out your ma was wearing the same kind and decided to mingle her undies with mine that night. That’s when I knew we’d be together forever.”

3. Like Spike

Instead of carving your initials with a Swiss Army knife, do something far more penetrating and damaging by hammering a “like spike” into the base of an unassuming tree. Our suggestion: Stanley Park’s heavily medicated and shell of its formal self, the Hollow Tree. It won’t feel a thing, honest.

4. Lust Yarn

Not to steal any thunder from the yarn-bombing community, but yarn-bombing could use a sexy makeover

and lust yarn is the ticket. It’s just like yarn bombing (knitting around a tree, a bike rack, a statue of Wes Anderson), except more impulsive, poorly thought out and with the possibility of awkward consequences the morning after.

5. Tourniquet of Mutual Respect But I’m Not Ready to Be Tied Down Right Now Because I Owe It to Myself to Partake in a Sexual Walkabout for the Next Few Months or Years

Attach it to a bridge, the velvet rope leading to the VIP section at the Roxy or the doorknob of your apartment to let your roommate know you’re having a “meaningful moment” — it doesn’t matter. Just a long has you make the gesture and let your feelings be known... at least symbolically. @KudosKvetches

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What starts out as a Scottish road trip turns into a disarmingly charming take on family dysfunction in What We Did On Our Holiday.

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Feel-good What We Did On Our Holiday full of family dysfunction and heartfelt truths MOVIE REVIEW Julie Crawford

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The feel-good movie of the summer may well be this disarmingly charming little ﬁlm about truths and lies, and how silly it all looks from a child’s vantage point. In What We Did On Our Holiday, Abi and Doug (Rosamund Pike and David Tennant) set off on a road trip to Scotland to visit Doug’s dad (Billy Connolly), who is reluctantly celebrating his 75th birthday in grand style. It will likely be his last: Gordie has the big C and the medication is wreaking havoc on his heart. An ignoble end for a man who spent his 30th birthday in Rhodesia and played pro soccer for Partick Thistle FC. Accompanying their parents are three children: Lottie (Emilia Jones), who brings along an anxiety journal; Mickey (Bobby Smalldridge), armed with a Viking sword; and Jess (Harriet Turnbull), who carries

with her an enormous brick called Norman. The foreverbickering couple make their three kids swear not to mention the fact that mommy and daddy live in separate houses: they need to keep up appearances in case granddad’s ticker gives way. England’s motorway gridlock is replaced by bucolic Highland vistas, and the dysfunctional McLeod family arrives at Doug’s brother’s house (Ben Miller), awash in uptight party preparations. A fresh round of bickering begins, sibling style, and the kids wisely steal away with their grandfather, who has better things to do with his remaining time. There’s nothing particularly new here. Both the old and the young have things to teach the rest of us about how to live life honestly, and to its fullest. Gordie’s advice of “cut loose, go mental” aids two of his grandkids, who are inhibited by the white lies, ﬁghting and expectations of their parents. Tennant, best known on this side of the Atlantic as the 10th Dr. Who and the detective from Broadchurch,

is great as the harried father; Pike (Gone Girl) is equally effective. And anyone familiar with Connolly’s comedy recognizes that he is perfectly suited to a role whose first line is “bugger off” and whose last line is a fart. The film was written and directed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, who dealt with similarly harassed parenting crises in their Brit sitcom Outnumbered. The real gift to the film are the child actors: questioning rather than cloying, precocious but still on the cute (rather than irritating) side as they puzzle over lesbian babies and play Jenga with their plate of chips. A dark turn at the midpoint is dealt with so matter-of-factly by the children that it barely registers as sinister. Veteran actors Celia Imrie and Annette Crosbie lend somewhat superlative support to a film that meanders a bit but ultimately wins us over with honesty and fresh humour. What We Did On Our Holiday opens Friday at Fifth Avenue Cinemas.

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Near the 15th tee box at Musqueam Golf and Learning Academy, a small tribute honours Nicholas Trott, who died there July 3.

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Golfer died doing what he loved

Memorial for Nicholas Trott appeared July 7 on 15th tee box at Musqueam golf course GOLF Megan Stewart

mstewart@vancourier.com

A threesome reached the 14th green at Musqueam Golf and Learning Academy as Nicholas Trott set up for his tee shot on 15. Earlier that morning, Trott arrived at the course around 6:30 a.m., as he usually did with his standard poodle Ella, to meet his friends and play a round of golf. For two years, the retired businessman had volunteered as a course marshal, ensuring

The number of years in the initial partnership between Volleyball Canada and lululemon, which will design the uniforms to outfit Canada’s men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams. The Vancouver yoga apparel company started selling swimwear in 2012. With this major move to competitive sports, the suits can be seen later this month in Toronto at the Pan Am Games.

players kept the right pace, helping others track lost balls, explaining rules to novices, and on Tuesdays, greeting the dozens of women who played that day each week. His salary was paid in golf, unlimited rounds of golf, often in the morning with friends Marty, Bill and Tom. “He made friends easily and quickly,” said his wife Gail Meek. “One of his best talents was bringing people together.” On Friday, July 3, Trott was golﬁng alone. One friend was at a nearby course, two others were taking care of their own

responsibilities before they would eventually join him for a few holes. Trott joked with several members of the club’s popular ladies’ league. He talked with a grounds-keeper named Rich and waved at another marshal. “You always knew when Nicholas was on the course,” said a friend. “He had a big presence. You could hear him from almost everywhere.” On the 15th hole, not far from the Fraser River, he plunked his Bridgestone on a tee behind the blue markers and selected an iron for the 150-yard

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The number of B.C. athletes who competed at the B.C. Games or Canada Games and will now represent the country at the Pan Am Games in Toronto from July 10 to 26. More than 700 of Canada’s top male and female athletes will compete against 40 countries from North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.

par three. Trott shot the ball, and the three women who were still putting on 14 watched as he died on his feet and fell backwards on the grass. Marty Coulson, a staff member who was part of Trott’s regular foursome, reached the 15th tee box and ﬂagged down another marshal as he called 911. Marty and Bill tried to revive their friend but without success. Trott ‘s heart stopped. At 71, he was still making connections and friends, offering his shoulder to cry on and making many laugh. As someone

pointed out, “71 is one under par.” On Tuesday, one golf ball appeared near the tee box at 15. It was a white Bridgestone since Trott was the only one at the club known to use that particular brand. Then, another ball, this one signed. Then a pot of planted purple petunias, a sand wedge and still more balls, many of them with messages. “The last ball you gave me,” signed in pink felt pen on a Taylor Made. “We’ll miss you so much, Nichloas.” A heart. RIP. “Nick, you are so special,” on a Nike ball.

‘Jacked to be back with Ryan Kesler. Can’t wait to be an Anaheim Duck and give it all to that team.’ — Kevin Bieksa, a Canucks 2001 ﬁfth-round draft pick who was traded from Vancouver June 30, tweeted July 6. On an earlier conference call, the defenceman called it “obviously a bittersweet day.”

“Helloooo Nick!” “This is beyond golf,” said the club’s general manager Kumi Kimura. “It’s beyond the game and if it were not for this game, none of us would know each other.” As another marshal said, “It’s not easy for the people around you when you die instantly. But him, what a better way to go.” Trott’s friends and the staff at Musqueam looked for the Bridgestone he shot before he died. It’s still lying where it landed, somewhere on the course he loved. @MHStewart

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Different rules of the road apply to bikes

Opinion: Outdated Motor Vehicle Act needs overhaul SPOKE AND WORD Chris Bruntlett

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Every time you hop on a bicycle in British Columbia, you are immediately subject to the Ministry of Justice’s Motor Vehicle Act, a set of regulations governing the province’s roads and highways. Not only is the name of this legislation an outdated misnomer betraying an inherent bias, it also contains countless antiquated and counterproductive rules by which cyclists are expected to adhere. Most of these clauses were introduced in the 1990s, when cycling was viewed as sporty, dangerous and, most notably, an inconvenience to those behind the wheel of an automobile. With the explosion of utility (vs. sport) cycling in recent years — including investments in safe, separated infrastructure and stacks of scientific studies, we are quickly learning that most of these prohibited behaviours are relatively benign acts and are, in fact, much safer than the specific activity dictated by the law. One such article bans the act of riding two abreast on any public roadway. This is a puzzling decision that can only be justified when viewed through a windshield. Although social interaction is a major incentive to ride in such a manner (my partner and I have our very best conversations when pedalling side-by-side), evidence is mounting that it is also a much safer practise, making cyclists more visible to the driver (particularly at intersections) and forcing motorists to make a proper lane change when passing. Not to mention many parents — including us — would hesitate to take a child cycling on city streets without being able to legally protect them with such a defensive maneuver as sideby-side biking. A second benevolent action inexplicably banned from the streets of British Columbia is the custom of doubling, or allowing a

passenger to sit on a front or rear rack of the bike. Technically, every person on a bike must have their own saddle, making most cargo bikes illegitimate in the eyes of the law. And while no doubt well meaning, this is another clause written from the seat of a vehicle. Giving a friend or a child a short lift hurts absolutely no one. Just take a visit to Amsterdam, where doubling is ubiquitous in one of the safest (and most popular) cities in the world in which to ride a bike. Thirdly, riding a bike (but not a skateboard, horse, snowboard, scooter, or a pair of ice skates) without a helmet remains illegal in British Columbia despite studies that show the health beneﬁts of cycling (even bareheaded) outweigh the risks by at least 20 to one. Our all-ages helmet law has been a remarkable

signs, requiring them to yield to trafﬁc with the right of way, but otherwise allowing them to roll through stop signs if they have the right of way. Subsequent studies have found the “Idaho Stop” law increased cycling rates and safety, while increasing safety for all roadway users and reducing the risk of injury (including repetitive strain injuries). An evidence-based review of the Motor Vehicle Act is long overdue. If we are truly serious about growing mode share, every one of these activities should be permitted by law and openly encouraged by the authorities. Of course, these attempts to legislate the behavior of cyclists are irrelevant without a far greater effort to legislate safer streets, with full cyclist, pedestrian and motorist separation being

“Expecting both drivers and cyclists to play by the same set of rules is like equating shotguns with water pistols.”— Chris Bruntlett policy failure, something other jurisdictions around the world now cite in order to avoid. The law reduced cycling rates among young adults, has caused no appreciable change to head injury rates (versus provinces without such a law), blocked our eightyear efforts to establish a bike-share in Vancouver, while also wasting police and court resources with an unenforceable distraction. Last but not least, cyclists are lawfully obliged to come to a full and complete stop at every stop sign. This is law in spite of the fact that bicycles are much slower, lighter, less dangerous, and easier to maneuver than a 4,000-pound motor vehicle, for which the stop sign was designed. Not to mention the invaluable concept of maintaining momentum and maximizing efﬁciency on a humanpowered machine. In 1982, Idaho wrote a law that permits cyclists to treat stop signs as yield

the end game. Consider Oregon’s “Bicycle Bill,” a law passed in 1971 that requires at least one per cent of all transportation spending to be allocated towards walking and cycling infrastructure. It also necessitates the inclusion of walking and cycling facilities within the right-of-way of every newly constructed or reconstructed road, street or state highway. In the meantime, the vast majority of provincial resources around lawmaking, education and enforcement should be directed towards motorists, whom a recent report found were “at fault” in 93 per cent of collisions with bikes in Metro Vancouver. Expecting both drivers and cyclists to play by the same set of rules is like equating shotguns with water pistols. Let’s not lose sight of the real weapons on our streets. Chris Bruntlett is a cofounder of Modacity and is inspired to live a happy life of urban mobility.

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‘Miracle’ on the move closer to Empire JOCK & JILL

Megan Stewart

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The Miracle Mile is returning closer to the place it was created. More than a decade after Roger Bannister and John Landy both ran a mile in under four minutes at the 1954 Vancouver Empire Games, a bronze statue was created in their honour and installed at Hastings Park, near Empire Stadium where the magic happened. The stadium and track are long gone, but that statue has now been moved closer to the place where the race was held. Designed by Vancouver sculptor Jack Harman and unveiled in 1967, the statue is back at Empire Field, which now consists of two turf pitches beside the new Plateau Sports Park. The statue, in its new location, will be unveiled 11 a.m., July 10. The park board will celebrate the opening of Empire Fields and Plateau

1. Dignitaries watch as a curtain is pulled up to reveal the Miracle Mile, a statue by sculptor Jack Harman that was unveiled at Hastings Park in 1967. The statue has been moved, this time closer to Empire Field where the miraculous race was held 61 years ago. PHOTO VANCOUVER ARCHIVES 180-3937.03

2. Roger Bannister and John Landy both ran a mile in under four minutes, a feat once thought impossible, at Empire Stadium during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. PHOTO VANCOUVER ARCHIVES 180-3607

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The B.C. government is putting up $50,000 to develop more female soc-

cer referees and coaches in B.C. after hosting what it identiﬁed as “the largestever women’s soccer tournament in the province.” No kidding. On the heels of the FIFA Women’s World

Cup, on Wednesday the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development announced $100,000 in funding for free workshops throughout the province this fall. Events will include

professional development for women with training focused on coaching, ofﬁciating and volunteering in soccer. ViaSport and B.C. Soccer matched the government’s $50,000.

Kirchmann to miss Gastown

Two-time winner of the Gastown Grand Prix Leah Kirchmann will not compete this year, leaving the door open for a new champion to claim the trophy, known as “Forward,” and win the historic criterion. Kirchmann will compete in other B.C. Super Week events, but many others will miss the July race series because of the Toronto Pan Am Games, which runs cycling events July 16 to 25. Nonetheless, the Grand Prix already has a record 88 women registered to race and more will likely sign up before race day July 15. Registered women’s teams so far include BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental, Team TIBCO, Pepper Palace Pro Cycling, Fearless Femme p/b Haute Wheels Racing, and riders from Vancouver teams such as Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes, Glotman Simpson Cycling, EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics and Team ATAC.

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