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Guess how many marijuana investigations the VPD conducted last year Mike Howell

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Time again for a spot quiz. The topic: marijuana. Here we go… Quick — guess how many incidents Vancouver police investigated last year involving the sale, importation or production of marijuana? Was it: 420? 1,420? 4? 20? OK, I’ll stop being cheeky — it was 49, with 13 of those leading police to recommend charges. The stats are even lower for the number of search warrants police executed on marijuana dispensaries: a measly 11 since 2014. So what do those stats tell you? Pretty much what the cops have been saying for several years — that the enforcement of anything related to marijuana is not a top priority, particularly when the city and rest of province is mired in an opioid crisis. Marijuana legalization is also coming this summer. That position was reafﬁrmed in a recent report from police to the Vancouver Police Board. This time, police were responding to a complaint

from a person concerned about the lack of enforcement on the sale of advent calendars containing cannabis. Yes, advent calendars. Which brings us back to Christmas. The complainant, whose name was redacted from Ofﬁce of the Police Complaint Commissioner documents, ﬁled a written complaint in December. Here’s an excerpt: “They are selling illegal marijuana advent calendars which are not licensed by Health Canada and they admit to using packaging to bypass detection by drug dogs/ surveillance. These products are not in child-proof packaging, are not tested for molds, fungi or additives, are being promoted to the general population and they pose a risk to public safety and security.” The complainant attached a number of links to what she wrote, showing the widespread media coverage of advent calendar sales. She suggested media outlets could be found “in breach of the Criminal Code for aiding and abetting criminal activity.” The police board heard the complaint Feb. 15 and

Residents continue to be upset with the number of illegal marijuana dispensaries operating in the city and the annual 4/20 event at Sunset Beach. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

dismissed it after reviewing a report from Insp. Bill Spearn of the VPD’s organized crime section. “The VPD explained to the complainant the VPD’s resources are currently deployed to concentrate enforcement on fentanyl production and trafﬁcking, along with attention to the regional gang conﬂict, which are currently the greatest threats to public safety,” Spearn wrote. Coincidentally, the board made the decision after hearing earlier in the meeting from two residents who had other concerns about marijuana.

Paul Beesla complained about the lack of enforcement against two marijuana dispensaries in South Vancouver. Michael Mracek complained about the 4/20 event being allowed to proceed at Sunset Beach for the last two years. Beesla was not the ﬁrst person to speak to the board about pot shops. Back in September 2015, the board dismissed a similar complaint, saying what I already mentioned near the top of this story: police have other priorities. Back then, the board based its decision on a 15-page VPD report

authored by then-deputy chief Doug LePard. “The reality is that the multiple search warrants executed and charges recommended have generally not resulted in dispensaries shutting down,” said LePard, noting one pot shop was raided three times but reopened after each investigation. LePard said that in mid2013, when approximately 27 pot shops were operating in Vancouver, police and senior staff at city hall discussed using existing city bylaws, complemented by police enforcement, to stop the proliferation of dispensaries. At the time, he said, the city decided not to enforce bylaws and instead began to develop a set of regulations to issue business licences, which city council approved in June 2015. Along the way, the number of pot shops increased to about 100. When I checked with the city earlier this month, 73 illegal marijuana dispensaries continued to operate in Vancouver, which suggests the current business licence scheme is not working. What happens to dispensa-

ries once legalization comes in is what the provincial government and city continue to explore, although enforcement is expected to be done by government inspectors. As for Mracek’s complaint about the 4/20 event at Sunset Beach, which raised a number of concerns including the open selling of marijuana to young people, here’s what Police Chief Adam Palmer told me after the Feb. 15 meeting. “Realistically, if you’ve got 50,000 people coming down [to the beach], you can tell them ‘you’re not coming,’ but we know they’re going to come anyways,” the chief said. “It’s not something where we’re going to draw a line in the sand and call out every police ofﬁcer in the province to stand there in a big line saying, ‘You’re not coming into the park.’ So you’ve got be practical about it.” So to sum up: legalization is coming, dispensaries without business licences continue to operate, the next 4/20 event at Sunset Beach is in the works and police have better things to do. @Howellings

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Internet abuzz over demolition of 70-year-old church

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Rather than being worth 1,000 words, a picture can sometimes elicit 1,000 questions. That was certainly the case for Oakridge United Church on West 41st Avenue between Main and Cambie streets. Photos were widely circulated online over the weekend of the church lying in a heap of rubble, inviting all sorts of anger and confusion about the demolition: Why was this happening? What’s being done to retain the church’s materials and 70-year heritage value? What’s happening to Vancouver? We asked the developer, Townline Homes, church minister Neill McRae and a provincial representative with the United Church of Canada some of the most pressing questions surrounding the project. First question: why was the building, which was designed in 1949 by Twizell & Twizell architects, allowed to be torn down? Answer: the church wasn’t subject to any spe-

cific protections or heritage designations. As such, it was re-zoned from its former land use designation of onefamily dwelling to comprehensive development, and will become a mixed-use development comprised of a six-storey concrete building that opens in the fall of 2019. But what happens to the church? According to everyone involved, a new 6,000-squarefoot church will be on the ground floor of the development when it opens next year. Terry Harrison, who works in the property resource field for the provincial arm of the United Church of Canada, said the new church will be built exclusively via developer dough. OK, but has the congregation been displaced? Yes and no. McRae said parishioners knew of the site’s impending sale five years ago and the deal was finalized last year. Situated on close to 19,000-squarefeet, the land’s assessed value is $12.4 million. “We bit by bit prepared the congregation,” he said. “They understood it. It was not manipulative. It was infor-

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mative so that they got it.” McRae explained that the building was decommissioned last spring. Harrison said it hasn’t been in use since. Roughly 60 worshippers have been moved to another church in Marpole and will return next year. “We will absolutely be going back,” McRae said. “And there will be others coming with us.” But what about the materials? The loudest outrage seems to be about reclamation — as in, what effort was made to preserve items from

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within the church: pews, windows, plaques, wooden beams, art and the like? As it turns out, congregation members were given dibs on those items. Others were sold. The stained glass piece behind the altar will be retained in the new site, as will other stained glass works. Pews, pulpits and overhead lights were sold to people in the TV and ﬁlm business. What is seen in the photos from the weekend, according to Harrison, were the remnants of the building that no one wanted, or other

parts that couldn’t be repurposed. The ﬂooring, for example, was just plywood with a thin veneer layer over top of it. Whatever could be recycled was, she said. “It’s not just that nobody wanted it,” Harrison said. “Everything looks pretty from a distance and then you get up close and it’s not as pretty, it’s not as high quality.” But why not leave the church intact and build the incoming 47 units around it? “It’s not possible to retain the church and to have a viable project around that,” Slot said. So that leaves the rest of the city seemingly caught off guard by the wrecking ball’s presence over the weekend. For heritage lovers, it’s little consolation. It will still be considered a loss, as the church was on Heritage Vancouver’s 2015 Top 10 Watch List of endangered sites in the city. “Church buildings are used not just for Sunday worship space, but for all those other community, social and cultural and educational activities,” Heritage Vancouver board member George Challies told the Courier Monday. “They

often have daycares or offer courses seven days a week and they’re affordable.” Both McRae and Harrison stressed the church’s demise was a slow burn, rather an overnight surprise. The contributing factors are many: dwindling congregation numbers, more community centres offering more amenities and obvious development pressures. McRae referenced a congregation in Edmonton that meets in a nursing home. Time is also a big factor. Harrison said some congregations aren’t seeing young people entering the fray. As well, many structures built in the ’50s are near the end of their useful life and eat away at maintenance budgets that could be spent elsewhere. Harrison is seeing the phenomenon happen across Metro Vancouver and Canada. “What’s the same is the demographics, the challenges in the highly-secularized world where religion isn’t responding to the needs of its community the way it did in the ’50s, an aging building and high real estate,” she said. @JohnKurucz

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would be left open in pouring rain and it was also being vandalized. Had she not called the city, she suspects the home could have suffered irreparable damage and become structurally unsound, and then the owner might have been able to tear it down. “It’s called demolition by neglect. They’re not allowed to tear the home down, so they just leave it and turn their backs on what’s happening,” Adderson said. “I phoned and I made a complaint. I showed them the bylaw and the city went and boarded it up and billed the person,” she said. “So, I hope that’s what they’re going to do here [at 3737 Angus Dr.]. The city should go there and they should pay a company to cover the roof and bill these people.” However, the city says the two cases involve different circumstances and different bylaws. After the owner of the home near Blenheim and West 37th failed to board up their property to keep squatters out, the city used a provision in the building bylaw to do the work in January 2016 at the owner’s expense.

The Angus Drive property is boarded up and there’s a security fence around the perimeter, although the top of the house is exposed as a result of the ﬁre and the lack of protective cover. There have been no complaints about squatters. It’s subject to the city’s Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance bylaw, which doesn’t contain a provision for the city to do the work at the owner’s expense. Any change to the bylaw would require amendments to the Vancouver Charter, which would need to be approved by the province. Adderson, meanwhile, continues to be worried about the fate of character homes across the city. She said her main issue hasn’t been about heritage so much as the demolition of liveable homes built from old growth. She said the demolitions continue, with 877 demolitions last year, mostly for luxury development. Adderson argues it’s helping drive the affordability crisis. “As [Vancouver historian] Michael Kluckner always says, you don’t build affordable housing, you retain it,” she said.

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Overdose deaths reached 33 in January

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Total deaths for the province in January reached 125, the majority of which occurred in Vancouver, Surrey (15) and Victoria (14). That’s on overall decrease of 17 deaths from the 142 recorded in January 2017, according to the BC Coroners Service, which cautioned the statistics are preliminary and could rise. If there is any good news to glean from the statistics for Vancouver, it’s that the 33 deaths in January were 18

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The drug overdose crisis that continues to plague the city and rest of the province is showing no signs of abating. Statistics released Tuesday indicate Vancouver had 33 suspected drug deaths in January. If that pace continues, Vancouver could equal or surpass the city’s deadliest year for overdose deaths, with 365 recorded in 2017.

fewer than the 51 recorded in January 2017. The 51 deaths were the highest monthly total last year, with the average being 31 per month. The lowest number of deaths in Vancouver last year — 18 — was recorded in October. But the deaths spiked again in November and December, with 29 people dying in each month. The coroners’ report released Tuesday doesn’t indicate how many deaths were linked to fentanyl,

although more than 80 per cent of people who died in Vancouver and across the province in 2017 had fentanyl in their system. Other ﬁndings of the report include: Fifty per cent of those who died in January were aged 19 to 39; individuals aged 19 to 59 have accounted for 94 per cent of deaths. Males accounted for 82 per cent of all deaths over the same period. A longer version of this story is at vancourier.com.

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It’s that time of year again. The annual springforward-into-daylightsaving-time, which starts on March 11 this year, brings with it the debate over whether to abolish the practice. For the past two years, the B.C. Chamber of Commerce has maintained that the province should stop the biannual time change. It says the time change every spring brings with it an increase in workplace accidents and injuries, traffic crashes, and a decrease in worker productivity, due to a loss of sleep. “From an efficiency point of view I think the membership was at that point... where they thought, ‘You know what, it’s time to keep it on one time zone whether it’s Pacific standard time or daylight saving time,’” said Dan Baxter, director of policy development, government and stakeholder relations with B.C. Chamber. The chamber has taken the stance that B.C. should abolish the time change and stay on daylight saving time year-round. “We have a number of tourism-related businesses that really believe that having that extra hour at the back end of the day just means people can get out into the community more. [In] a province like British Columbia, where we

have a lot of great tourist attractions, outdoor tourist attractions especially, if we can give that extra hour on the backside it can actually be a real boost for our tourism industry,” he said. Changing the time zone cannot be done alone. The chamber is pushing for a harmonized approach with neighbouring provinces and states. “That was a big part of the discussion as well at the policy review level... If we do it ourselves we would be introducing more misalignment of the pacific economic zone,” Baxter said. “Our big thing was for the government to move forward to try to do it with partners like the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, which includes Oregon, Washington State, Alaska,” he said. “[The chamber is] trying to get them to go along so we’re harmonized, which is better for business.” Municipal governments in the province have also joined the call to end the time change. A resolution asking the province to consult with the public “with a view to abolishing daylight savings time” was endorsed by the majority of delegates at last September’s Union of B.C. Municipalities conference. If B.C. abolishes the time change, it won’t be the first jurisdiction to do so. Saskatchewan does not change its clocks twice a year along with the rest of the country; it is permanently on daylight saving

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Critics set hair on ﬁre over attempts to cool housing market Calm down, the sky is not falling… and neither are Vancouver house prices

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My take on the NDP affordable housing strategy: they wimped out. So I find it amusing to watch while people set their hair on fire over the provincial government’s modest attempts to cool down the real estate market. The influx of Chinese — excuse me, foreign — capital has been at the heart of escalating real estate values here and many places around the globe. Anne McMullin, the CEO of the Urban Development Institute, was left to sing that same old song: we need more supply to increase affordability. She also predicted that adding or increasing taxes such as the foreign buyers’ tax will only drive prices up. But the simple fact is, as a number of academics have concluded, and the Globe and Mail’s Kerry Gold has reported, the problem is not supply — it is a matter of the right kind of supply. We produce more new units of housing per person com-

ing into Metro Vancouver than Toronto or Calgary. But it is the kind of supply that appeals to wealthy foreign and domestic speculators not your average working stiff. If, as Simon Fraser University’s Andy Yan points out, you can only afford a Honda and all the cars in the show room are Lamborghinis, well, welcome to Vancouver. It seems unlikely that nothing the provincial government does will stop speculation at some level. We are, historically, hooked on land speculation. It has been a Vancouver addiction since before the great fire of 1886. Hustling real estate, flipping property, was imbedded as a socially acceptable activity even before the Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to extend its rail line from Port Moody to Coal Harbour. And the CPR didn’t get that massive land grant — most of the city of Vancouver — from the province in exchange for that rail line extension because they wanted to set up a dairy farm. Of course, Metro

Despite attempts by the NDP to cool down the province’s red hot, real estate market, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to stop speculation at some level, according to columnist Allen Garr.

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Vancouver isn’t the only place plagued by housing affordability. That why the NDP’s proposed changes extend beyond here and will include Victoria, Nanaimo and bits of the Okanagan. This has caused the mayor of Kelowna, Colin Basran, to have a severe case of the vapors. “There may

be some dire unintended consequences,” he gasped to the CBC. He predicted that taxes such as the empty home tax “is potentially going to stop people from investing in our economy.” Exactly. Because that is part of the problem: Housing is treated as a commodity, like a stock share to

make a proﬁt off of and not a place to live. Barrie McKenna, writing in the Globe and Mail, is even more alarmist. He says that if B.C.’s Minister of Finance Carol James “gets her hoped-for real estate correction, it could push many home owners into default, depress retirement savings and even trigger a recession.” Wow. Of course it is not declining house prices that would stretch people. Assuming they could handle their mortgage payments when they bought their house, it would be raising interest rates that may cause them grief. He also argues parents will have less money to pass on to their kids if prices drop. Well, if prices drop, the kids will need less money to buy their little piece of heaven. Of course, he may want to talk with Anne McMullin (see above) about her prediction that prices will actually go up as a result of the NPD’s measures. In fact, if I have any criticism of the plan introduced in the NDP’s budget last

month, it is this: It simply did not go far enough. At the very least they should have banned foreign ownership of residential property in this province. Last month Premier John Horgan headed out on a trip to Asia as generations of Canadian premiers and prime ministers have done before him, searching for foreign business and foreign capital to be invested here. Before he left he had this to say about banning foreign ownership of residential property as is done in New Zealand: “British Columbia is the gateway to Canada and I don’t believe we should be curbing people from coming here. I’m the child of an immigrant. Virtually everyone I see here is the child of an immigrant.” Nobody asked about immigrants. But his answer reminds us that one major reason for the housing affordability problem is that governments of every stripe crave real estategenerated foreign capital ﬁlling their treasury to the point they are willing to be duplicitous. @allengarr

Alternative programs lack money, space, teachers: VSB report Tracy Sherlock

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Vancouver schools are home to 22 alternative programs for high school students — smaller, speciality programs that help keep the city’s most vulnerable students in school and on the path to success. The Vancouver School Board recently completed a review of the secondary school alternative programs, which are plagued by a structural budget deficit, a space conundrum and a shortage of teachers. It’s one of several reviews underway in the district. Despite those challenges, these programs are definitely worth paying for. “Without these programs, it is quite possible that some students would drop out of school permanently, lose sense of self entirely and become society’s concern in both the short and long term,” reviewer Diane Brow says in her report. “Alternative Programs can give students renewed hope in a supportive, caring environment which, for some, may be the only place they find it.” The 89-page report,

completed in January, but to be discussed at a board committee meeting this week, says that students in alternative programs represent about two to three per cent of the secondary students in Vancouver. But 25 per cent of the city’s Aboriginal students and 15 per cent of the students with special needs are in these programs. Just 48 per cent of Aboriginal students and 71 per cent of students with special needs in Vancouver graduate high school within six years, compared to more than 88 per cent of all students, so extra support is warranted. Kids in alternative programs run the gamut of grades and achievement. Some students are achieving well above grade level, while others are well below grade level, the report says. Alternative programs usually have smaller classes and different ways of motivating and empowering students. One example is Streetfront, at Britannia secondary school, where 22 students in Grades 8 to 10 learn in an environment focused on physical activity and getting outdoors. Another is the Cedar

Students in the 22 alternative programs that currently operate in Vancouver school district face a range of challenges, from mental health concerns to addiction and self-harm. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Walk program, for Aboriginal students 16 to 19 years old, who have become disengaged from school. The program has 20 students and uses sports and recreation, arts and crafts, Aboriginal cultural enrichment and other supports to connect with students. In the past, most students in alternative programs were there because of behaviour concerns, the

report says. Today, that’s changed. Most students are in these programs because of mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression. “My son was suffering from debilitating anxiety and had essentially stopped going to school until he found an alternate program,” one parent wrote in a survey as part of the review.

Self-harm, drug addiction and regular non-attendance at school are the ways these students have found to cope with their sense of being, the report says. Lots of readers will probably recognize this classic stress dream — you’re late for a test, but you can’t ﬁnd your locker, remember your combination, or ﬁnd your classroom. If you do make it to class, you realize you forgot to study. The reason this dream is so common is because being a high school student can be stressful. Imagine trying to navigate that if you don’t have enough food to eat, your home life isn’t stable, you’re in foster care or you have an undiagnosed learning disability. It wouldn’t be easy. “It is fair to say that some of the youth in Vancouver’s schools are living challenging lives that might bring otherwise capable and educated adults to their knees,” Brow says. So what does the report conclude? It recommends hiring more staff, calls for all alternative programs to be run by one administrative team of a principal and vice-principal and says

that, ideally, there would be one dedicated school where all alternative programs were housed, so that students could access gym space, science labs and technical education spaces, as well as services such as physicians and mental health professionals. Today, such programs are usually found within a secondary school, although some are independent. I’m not entirely convinced one central location is the best for students, given the stigma that could come from attending a school that everyone knows is an alternative school. But perhaps the beneﬁts outweigh that downside. The resources requested are minor, but the stakes involved are high. The difference between dropping out of school and graduating is massive when you are a vulnerable student, and alternative programs often make the difference. I hope VSB can ﬁnd it in its tight budget to follow this plan. Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues. Contact her with comments and story tips at tracy.sherlock@gmail.com.

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Kate Matthews’ father still can’t understand why his peace-loving, balanceseeking, laughter-inducing daughter would name her company Recovery Gangster. There is seemingly nothing at all “gangster” about the 34-year-old Vancouver DJ and entrepreneur. Nonetheless, Matthews is a proud, self-proclaimed bad ass. Her embrace of profanity and a ﬁghting spirit are powerful outlets for the deep inner resources she had to mine when her leg was shattered in a car accident last March. And other people are digging her message, too. “Yeah, there is a raw edge but there’s also the softness,” she says of her new Warrior Babe sweatshirt line. “There’s a vulnerability in the strength.” Matthews has been able to turn the life-altering impact of her injury into a growing social media and retailing phenomenon. Warrior Babe sweatshirts are being shipped around the

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world, tapping into customers’ desire to create a tribe of people who have found strength in adversity. “The recovery game is real,” she writes on her RecoveryGangster. com website. “Approximately every 12 seconds on Instagram, the hashtag #recovery is used. Every 30 seconds, #edrecovery is used. Every seven seconds, #depression posts are uploaded. The same goes for #injuryrecovery #PTSD #sobriety #sexualabuse and #trauma. Tens of millions of people are recovering from something. The world is on a healing journey.” As a DJ, Matthews travelled the world to places such as the Maldives, Bali and Singapore, and she’s always been on an exploration of her inner life. Her journey, however, became much more traumatic when she suffered a ﬁbial plateau fracture in the 2017 car accident. She and her ﬁancé had just spent two weeks volunteering with Dentistry for All in Guatemala. They landed at YVR late on a Sunday night and

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grabbed a taxi home. The collision was at the corner of Granville Street and King Edward Avenue. “My leg took the whole force of the accident, right into my knee joint,” Matthews said. “It just shattered.” It was a catastrophic injury that required months in recovery and rehabilitation, as well as counselling for the psychological impact. She still is not yet able to work as a DJ because she can’t stand up for more than an hour or two. The thing about not being able to walk, though, is it

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If Emilie Stevens had left work on time one day last June things could have turned out differently. Stevens, a physician, was walking from St. Paul’s Hospital to her home near Vancouver General Hospital. Her route took her over the Granville Street Bridge and, on this day, she had left work later than usual. Seven months pregnant at the time, Stevens was still making the walk to and from work. “I was trying to do it a couple times a week just to stay active during my pregnancy but I left work late that day probably by an hour or two,” she says. She walked past a woman who was sitting on the sidewalk with her back towards the railing. Stevens thought it was a bit strange but initially walked past the woman. Everyone else was. But something made Stevens stop and turn around. “I walked back after I walked past her and, at that point, she was standing on the bottom rung and then I realized what was happening. I went back and I went to talk to her,” she says. Stevens started talking to the woman who told her she had just discharged herself from hospital and had taken a large quantity of psychiatric medication. “I knew immediately that she was contemplating suicide.”

Emilie Stevens with five-month-old daughter Lily Coe and husband Brad Coe at the 2018 VPD Commendation Ceremony. PHOTO JESSICA KERR

Stevens said she tried to talk the woman into walking off the bridge with her but after a few minutes and no success she called 911. But when the woman saw the police car approaching and went to jump, Stevens had to spring into action. “I don’t remember doing it. I just grabbed her and held on and luckily [the police] were fairly close,” she remembers. “I don’t know what I was thinking. I don’t know if it is something that every pregnant woman would do, putting themselves in that situation but I just couldn’t walk away.” Stevens’ actions that day were honoured March 1 as she was one of several Vancouverites awarded a police board Award of Merit at the 2018 Vancouver Police Department Commendation Ceremony. Her ﬁve-month-old daughter

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Courier nominated for nine newspaper awards

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The Vancouver Courier is up for nine provincial

journalism awards, including best newspaper. Last week, the British Columbia and Yukon Community Newspaper Association

announced the ﬁnalists in the 2018 Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards. The Courier is on the podium in nine categories.

The newspaper’s former sister newspaper, the Westender, is a ﬁnalist in eight categories. The ranking of the winners will be announced at the awards gala at River Rock on April 28. The Vancouver Courier is a ﬁnalist in the following categories: • Newspaper excellence for newspapers with a circulation of 64,000 or more. • Business writing for Chris Cheung’s feature on the comeback of corner stores. • Environmental initiative for Jessica Kerr’s story “Wetland at New Brighton Park already seeing salmon fry.” • Portrait/personality photo for Dan Toulgoet’s photo of drama teacher Jim Crescenzo. • Breaking news video for reporter Mike Howell’s video of a city hall protest; Michael Kissinger edited the video. • Feature video for a collaboration by videographer Dan Toulgoet, video editor Michael Kissinger and interviewer John Kurucz to celebrate the Orpheum’s 90th birthday.

per’s role in the annual Pride celebration. Reel People’s Sabrina Furminger, who is now writing for the Courier, is a finalist in the arts and culture writing awards for her feature, “A Better Man,” about abuse survivor Attiya Khan’s documentary. Graphic designer and long-time award winner Tara Rafiq earned a sweep of the special publication awards. Her work on three publications — all of which continue as part of Glacier Media’s magazine division — contributed to a rare hat trick in the category, swooping up all three finalist positions. Rafiq collaborated with: • editor Rob Manglesdorf, publisher Gail Nugent and the Westender staff on The Growler, the hugely successful guide to all things craft beer • publisher Gail Nugent, editor Fiona Morrow and Westender staff on The Alchemist, a magazine which celebrates the world of cocktail and spirits • and publisher Gail Nugent and Westender staff for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival Guide.

• Single multimedia feature story award for the online presentation of reporter John Kurucz’s profile of Vancouver watchmatcher Fritz Irrgang. The feature included the work of videographer Dan Toulgoet and video editor Michael Kissinger, who captured Irrgang’s craftsmanship and dedication in the video that accompanied the feature. • The special section award for publications with a circulation greater than 25,000 garnered two finalist spots for the Courier: special features editor Sandra Thomas’s fall Lifetime section and the Stars of Vancouver section produced by graphic designer Marina Rockey, marketing director Michelle Bhatti and multimedia sales representatives David Chiew and Maureen Laventure. Last December saw the last publication date of the Westender. The paper’s eight awards reflect the talent of the team behind the arts and culture weekly. Editor-in-chief Kelsey Klassen is a finalist for the best editorial award for her insights into the newspa-

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Seven concerts to look out for this spring Slow

Vancouver has not been the same since the legendary punk rock act reunited last year after decades of radio silence. In anticipation of headlining shows at CMW and Sled Island and the release of their ﬁrst ever full-length LP, Slow digs in for an unprecedented 10-night stand, playing classic songs, unique covers and new material. March 30 to April 8 at the Penthouse thisisslow.com

Japandroids

The hometown heroes take a victory lap after a many months of touring with not one, not two, but three shows of guitar-driven anthems. April 26 to 28 at Fortune Soundclub fortunesoundclub.com

Kendrick Lamar

The envelope-pushing hip-hop artist hits our balmy shores for a not-to-bemissed concert also featuring SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab Soul, SiR and Lance Skiiiwalker.

Clockwise from top left: David Byrne, Paul Simon, the Japandroids.

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Slayer

There will be blood. The legendary speed metal band calls it a day, but not before melting a few faces and saying goodbye to the youth they’ve corrupted over the years. Special guests Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament round out the carnage. May 16 at Pacific Coliseum | livenation.ca

Paul Simon

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The former Talking Heads frontman and bicycling advocate returns to his buddy Mayor Gregor Robertson’s turf as part of a world tour in support of his upcoming solo album, American Utopia.

Vancouver’s newest music festival promises to be a who’s who of up-andcoming hip-hop artists including Migos, Troy Lanez, 6Lack and Lil Pump among others.

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Celebrating Canadian music of all shapes and sizes, the weeklong CanCon love-in and festival culminates in the televised awards ceremony at Rogers Arena, hosted by Michael Buble and featuring performances from Arcade Fire, Arkells, Lights, Dallas Green and Sarah Harmer. March 19 to 25 | junoawards.ca

Vancouver Opera Festival

STUDIO SERIES

Vancouver Opera Festival organizers have been colluding with the Russians — Russian composers to be exact. Under the theme Russian White Nights, the second annual festival includes performances of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, the anticipated premiere of The Overcoat – a musical tailoring, a series of instrumental and vocal chamber music concerts and events for the whole family, including Prokovﬁev’s Peter and the Wolf. April 28 to May 6 vancouveropera.ca

RACHMANINOV VESPERS and Lauridsen Lux aeterna

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Vancouver Chamber Choir | Pacifica Singers | Vancouver Cantata Singers Vancouver Chamber Orchestra | Jon Washburn, conductor Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov’s music for the Orthodox All-Night Vigil often known in the West as the Vespers - is known as his finest unaccompanied choral work, one of the landmarks of the entire choral repertoire. The Vancouver Chamber Choir combines with the Vancouver Cantata Singers to create a suitable Slavic sonority. As a companion piece, the Pacifica Singers join us for a 21st-century masterpiece and Vancouver Chamber Choir favourite – Morten Lauridsen’s Lux aeterna for choirs and orchestra, an intimate work of quiet serenity centred around a universal symbol of hope, reassurance and goodness. And as a little bonus, Gabriel Fauré’s exquisite Messe basse in Jon Washburn’s orchestral version.

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DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Get your cinematic dose of truth serum as the DOXA Documentary Film Fest expands minds and movie screens. May 3 to 13 | doxafestival.ca

David Sedaris

The best-selling author, humourist and elﬁn contributor to This American Life gets set to charm the pants off Vancouver audiences in support of his latest book, Theft By Finding Diaries (1977- 2002). May 13 and 14 at the Vogue Theatre | voguetheatre.com

David Blaine

The drowsy talking illusionist weaves his magic on the guffawing public. May 18 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre | ticketmaster.ca

Dita Von Teese

The internationally famous burlesque star brings her feather boa and elaborate stage production to town for an evening of choreographed titillation. June 15 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre | ticketmaster.ca

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PREVIEW SPRING 2018

Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir

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Celtic Celebrations

A concert of favorite songs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales to celebrate a shared history of music and song.

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Six must-see theatre and dance shows Even the name of the show makes us a little teary. When Spirit of the West singer John Mann was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, his wife, playwright Jill Daum of Mom’s the Word Collective, started writing about their journey. The result is an (at times) musical exploration of moving forward when the future is painfully uncertain. Now until March 25 on the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre artsclub.com

Dance Double-Bill

Vancouver’s Chutzpah Festival is nearing the end of its run, but it has saved some of the best for last. In this two-for-one ticket, Bulgaria’s acclaimed Derida Company presents a duet on love as a sickness (F 63.9), in tandem with Jerusalem-based artistic director Ofra Idel’s Black Label — a solo exploration of immigration, told through the eyes of acclaimed EthiopianIsraeli dancer Tzvika Iskias. March 10 to 11 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre chutzpahfestival.com

Bettrofenheit

With Bettrofenheit, Kidd Pivot artistic director and choreographer Crystal Pite and Electric Company Theatre cofounder Jonathon Young have created one of the most darkly gripping, cinematic dance experiences of the past decade. Journey into their jumbled carnival of grief and leave consumed by awe. March 14 to 17 at the Vancouver Playhouse. SOLD OUT dancehouse.ca

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Director Jonathan Quick, Pianist Karen Lee-Morlang, Celtic Instruments Tim Fanning

iyouuswe

Forged in the crucible of New York’s modern dance scene, Young Soon Kim’s iyouuswe examines interconnectedness and independence using the ﬂuid forms of nine dancers. Presented as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. March 15-17 at the Roundhouse Performance Centre vidf.ca

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Ballet BC’s season comes to a close on the strength of Cayetano Soto’s hauntingly ambiguous BEGINNING AFTER — a highlight of the contemporary company’s 2016 offerings — and the return of Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s sensual and shifting Bill. The program is rounded out by new work by Ballet BC’s boundary-pushing artistic director Emily Molnar, featuring Vancouver’s Phoenix Chamber Choir performing composer Pēteris Vasks’s atmospheric Plainscapes.

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40 Days and 40 Nights

Discover the beauty of the classical Indian dance style of bharata natyam.

Is love vital to life? That might be one of the questions posed to you at the beginning of this provocative Electric Company Theatre piece by creator/performers Kim Collier and Daniel Brooks. Inspired by a challenge to make “all choices based in love” for the titular 40-day time period, the piece draws on the romantic musings of Hafez, Alain Badiou, the Bible and more to build its immersive philosophy.

May 22-May 26 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby electriccompanytheatre.com

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Fifth annual Curry Cup runneth over at Heritage Hall And four other things that make Vancouver awesome this week Lindsay William-Ross

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Fifth annual Curry Cup

For many chefs and their brigades, curry is the ultimate family-style staff meal, the proud product of a cook’s cultural heritage.

Eight of Vancouver’s top chefs will compete in the fifth annual Curry Cup.

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Eight of Vancouver’s top chefs will compete in the fifth annual Curry Cup. Among the participating chefs are Shelome Bouvette of Chicha, Tim Evans of the Cascade Room and Elizabeth Bryan of Dock Lunch. March 13, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St. eventbrite.ca/e/thecurry-cup-2018-tickets-41240833443

Fun Home

Catch the last performances of Fun Home, a contemporary musical inspired by the graphic novel of the same name. A true coming-of-age tale, this Tony award-winning Broadway hit is based on the memoir of Alison Bechdel’s unique childhood with her father, a funeral home director and closeted gay man. Now through March 10 Arts Club Theatre, Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston St. artsclub.com

Neighbourhood Sketchbook Project

No two sketchbooks are alike — they’re always a unique reflection of the person wielding the pen or pencil. So the sketchbook is an ideal medium for expressing individuality. See the sketchbook pages from members of 10 Downtown Eastside organizations, each charting their moments of joy, sadness, fear and beauty. At the opening

reception, attendees will be invited to make their own sketchbooks as they draw inspiration from the featured collection to start a storytelling journey. March 9 to 17. Opening March 9, 6 to 9 p.m. Gallery Gachet, 9 West Hastings St. gachet.org

Carnival 2018

Get ready to sample some merry-making, Belgian style, in the colourful Carnival way. Strange Fellows Brewing is hosting a family-friendly Carnival event, complete with all the necessities, namely East Van’s one-and-only Carnival Band, Belgian crepes and, of course, beer. Put on your most colourful duds and head over to sip some suds. March 11, 2 to 5 p.m. Strange Fellows Brewing, 1345 Clark Dr. strangefellowsbrewing.com

An Evening of Storytelling: Vancouver Story Slam

Once upon a time in a city called Vancouver, there was a monthly storytelling event that pitted 10 taletellers against each other in a battle of the words. The audience picks their favourites, and a winner is crowned. And they all live happily ever after, naturally. March 13, 8 to 10 p.m. Cottage Bistro, 4470 Main St. facebook.com/VancouverStorySlam/

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Community

PINK IT FORWARD: A rare dump of snow last week did not deter guests from attending the seventh annual Pink Shirt Day Luncheon presented by the CKNW Orphans Fund and Coast Capital Savings. Anti-bullying advocates ﬁlled Bluewater Cafe in Yaletown in support of the national campaign founded by Halifax high school student Travis Price. Price, along with fellow classmates, rallied around a student teased for wearing a pink polo top. Price was on hand for the luncheon luau along with anti-bullying advocates Suman and Manjit Virk and Carol Todd, parents of children who were the victims of harassment and assault. Steered this year by Britt Innes of Joey Restaurant Group, the noon-hour party generated a record $90,000 for anti-bullying initiatives and programs across B.C. RAISING A GLASS: The Bacchanalia Gala, Vancouver International Wine Festival’s ﬂagship fundraiser, netted $225,000 for Christopher Gaze’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival. Kicking off the 40th edition of the everything-wine tipple fest,

Hotel Vancouver was party central for the tony epicurean dinner, a spectacular evening of wine and food, attended by wine enthusiasts and collectors. Led by first-time chair Stephanie Hungerford, the $450-ticketed affair began with a sparkling Cava reception. Nine additional rare and exceptional wines from around the globe followed, paired with an exquisite five-course menu prepared by Hotel Vancouver’s executive chef Cameron Ballendine — topped off with live music and dancing. Before oenophiles kicked up their heels, they participated in a lively auction of coveted wine and experiences that raised $205,000. A rare bottle from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti commanded one of the evening’s top bids, while the raffle of two Delta Air Lines business class tickets raised an additional $20,000. SKIN CARE: Skin Technique is the newest medical aesthetic clinic to open in a burgeoning market of skin and anti-aging care shops. Led by Dr. Christopher Pavlou and a team of experts, the luxe beauty bar for women and men in the heart of Yaletown recently had its grand opening. Pavlou shared the extensive menu of cuttingedge, physician-driven procedures available to party guests — from coolsculpting (fat reduction) and microneedling (skin rejuvenation) to Latisse (thicker lashes) and Platelet Rich Plasma or PRP (hair restoration). Le beau monde, along with industry insiders, marked the occasion with a champagne toast and skin pampering in the former Raw Canvas drink and paint space on Hamilton Street. For a longer version of this column see vancourier.com.

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Joey Restaurant Group’s Britt Innes and CKNW Orphan Funds’ Sara Dubois Phillips welcomed Pink Shirt Day founder Travis Price to the annual Pink Shirt Day Luncheon. The noon-hour benefit at Bluewater Café raised upwards of $90,000 for antibullying programs and initiatives around B.C.

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Oh great… Vancouver cars are now becoming rats’ nests Mechanics are seeing an upswing in rodent infestations Grant Lawrence

lubricant now used on auto electrical wiring. The rats often lick the wires and then chew right through them, disabling your car. Last spring, the owner of a Porsche Panamera came home from a long trip to discover a rat’s nest under the hood that caused $15,000 in damage. Thanks to rats, even the toughest Vancouver mechanics now pop the hood with caution after a long winter. One too many big hairy rodents have jumped out at them, right in the shop. Rob Shard is a mechanic at Wetmore Motors who’s seen rats in engines for years. “The rats don’t want to abandon their nests, so they’ll stay in there even when you’re driving the car. One rat travelled under the hood all the way from Bowen Island, onto the ferry, and here to the shop,” chuckled Shard. “Then it took off.” Rats under the hood can be costly, but what about

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Rats. The very word is enough to make all but the most hardened gutter punk among us squirm with discomfort. That hairless tail, that hunched back, that skittering from one dark, dirty corner of Vancouver to another. Ugh. A rat dashing across a downtown alley is one thing. A rat crawling all over your kid’s car seat is a whole new level of gross. At the end of every winter for the past several years, Vancouver mechanics see an upswing in cars that have literally become rats’ nests. Looking for warmth and shelter, rats will often nest in vehicles that sit unused for long periods of time. Like, say, during your last extended vacation to Mexico. The rats get into the engine and can wreak mechanical destruction in record time, often attracted to the green-friendly, soy-based

More and more rats are hunkering down in vehicles, seeking warmth, shelter and delicious soy-based lubricants now used on electrical wiring.

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Maybe they can’t, but Christos Koulas, who lives near Main and 22nd, would strongly challenge that theory. Last month, Koulas and his family returned from a two-week vacation. As he put his kids’ car seats back into the family car, a souped-up 2013 Subaru Impreza wagon, Koulas discovered an oval hole on the backseat where the kids’ seats attach. “At ﬁrst I thought it must have been my wife jam-

ming the kids’ car seats in,” mused Koulas. “Then on closer inspection, I realized to my great horror that it was likely rodents that somehow got in the car.” Up in the front seats, Koulas found two matching holes on the ﬂoor of the driver and passenger side. How the rats got past the steel undercarriage is still a mystery. Then he noticed the rat s***. Then he ran. As humans learned during the Plague, rats carry diseases. Luckily, most of the ickies that rats carry these days would only be transferable to humans if your open wound came into contact with a rat’s urine or feces. As disgustingly remote as that sounds, if you add small children into the mix, it’s incredible how much the chances of this actually happening increases. By a great stroke of coincidence, the Koulas family just happens to own a feisty dachshund named Daisy, who just happens to belong to a long line of wiener dogs bred to hate and hunt rats. Koulas and his wife let Daisy loose into the car and shouted encouragement from the safety of their driveway. Sure enough, nose to carpet and yipping wildly, Daisy frantically followed the rat’s trail from the hole

on the floor up to the kids’ seats and back again, but came up rat-less. Koulas then rushed to the hardware store for another defense. He wisely avoided rat poison (you should always too, unless you enjoy poisoning eagles, owls and your pets) and opted for large, heavyduty, old-school, springcoiled rat traps. He set them up on the floor of the car. The traps haven’t caught anything, either. “Yeah, the scary thing is I’ve hopped in the car to go to work and I’ve forgotten that the traps are in there, but luckily no accidents yet,” says Koulas. He is so determined to catch the rats that he’s considering camping inside the car, which has sustained what he estimates to be roughly $3,000 to $5,000 dollars in rat carnage. The good news is ICBC covers rat infestations… if you have comprehensive insurance. In the meantime, if rats are indeed — shudder — in your car, mechanic Rob Shard suggests to keep moving your parking location, don’t park alongside a building, keep food stuff out of the car and cover your engine and car with strong, clean scents. “Scented soap, dryer sheets, stuff like that repels rats. They don’t like clean places. They’re filthy little buggers, eh?”

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13 things you might not know about Grant Lawrence Michael Kissinger

they were serving us was gross… So ﬁnally one night they served us nachos and I was like, ﬁnally, took you long enough. And I’m biting on the nacho and the nacho will not break… but turns out what I was eating was a pig’s ear.

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For a man with such a lustrous head of hair, Grant Lawrence wears many hats — lead singer of Vancouver garage rock institution the Smugglers, CBC radio host and author of three nonfiction books (Adventures in Solitude, Lonely End of the Rink and Dirty Windshields). For years, he also wrote the beloved “Vancouver Shakedown” column for the sadly defunct Westender newspaper. Now, Lawrence and his weekly musings have returned to the fold, thanks to multi-team deal involving the Courier, Vancouver is Awesome and a yet-to-be-determined third round draft pick. Prior to submitting his comeback column, Lawrence talked to the Courier about wool garments, the benefits of dishwashing and how he’d fare in a fight with his bandmates. You are known for your CBC logo-emblazoned Cowichan sweater. How many do you own?

Two. The original CBC one, which I’ve worn in all 10 provinces and all three territories. And the company in Richmond, a little momand-pop knitting company, knitted me a Mr. Dressup-, Beachcombers-era sleeveless Cowichan vest, which is bright blue and orange and red. So I wear that one in the summer time.

What was your first job for which you received a paycheque?

My dad is a strict conservative and he instilled a strong work ethic in me. So I’ve been working steadily since age 14. I’ve never been unemployed… My ﬁrst job ever was dishwasher at the Big Scoop restaurant in Horseshoe Bay — me and Nick Thomas of the Smugglers.

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He bought a Les Paul guitar and I bought a ’62 Valiant with our savings from the job — both were $500. We worked the dish pit in there for $3.65 an hour. If you weren’t a broadcaster, writer and musician, what line of work would you be in?

I’ve always loved movies and I’ve always loved storytelling… and I’ve never been that good of an actor, so I always thought I’d be a screenwriter. What was your first car?

That ’62 Plymouth Valiant. White, red interior, with a set of bull horns on the hood. Its nickname was the Frosty Bull and it was the terror of the North Shore. Is it true you once owned a Cabriolet convertible?

Yes. I’ve owned a lot of convertibles… I received a lot of sexist remarks over that car. In recent memory, what is the longest length of time you’ve gone without bathing?

In the summer, when I’m up in Desolation Sound, I’ve probably gone two weeks without applying soap to my body. What is the grossest thing you’ve ever eaten?

I’m a picky eater so when we went to Spain with the Smugglers I thought most of what

Do you follow any exercise regime?

I try to do 120 push ups a day at home. But my main source of exercising is cycling to and from work.

What is something about you that would surprise people?

I’ve never tasted coffee. The beverage of coffee has never crossed my lips. I’ve

never liked the smell… And it could have been because when I was a kid, smoking went hand in hand with coffee. And when I was

working at Big Scoop I had to deal with a lot of coffee cups ﬁlled with cigarette butts, which might have something to do with it.

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Do you have any dietary restrictions?

I’ve learned that I have to avoid any rich chocolate dessert because that will come out the other end within 20 minutes. Violently. Extreme duress. If the current lineup of the Smugglers were to fight each other, how would you rank the outcome?

[Drummer] Graham number one because he’s from Nanaimo. Then [guitarist] Dave because he’s so big and strong. Then [guitarist] Nick. Four, me, and then ﬁve, [bass player] Beez. I think I could pound him. But the Smugglers have never physically fought each other, and I’m proud of that.

Who’s the biggest celebrity you’ve hung out with and/or seen naked?

I met Christopher Walken in Florida. We talked about the movie The Milagro Beanﬁeld War, which he was in and I liked quite a bit. I’ve physically touched David Letterman. I’ve met Jay Leno… The naked one, I’d have to say my wife, [singer-songwriter Jill Barber].

Who would you like to see play you in the movie of your life?

Jude Law.

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The Utica Comets can expect an inﬂux of talent for the AHL playoffs

Canucks’ minor league afﬁliate should get a boost from several top prospects

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The Vancouver Canucks season will end on April 7 against the similarly sadsack Edmonton Oilers. That won’t be the end of the hockey season for some of the Canucks, however, as the team’s AHL afﬁliate is playoff-bound, with the playoffs kicking off on April 16. The Canucks’ top goaltending prospect, Thatcher Demko, is a big reason why the Comets are in playoff position, as the team doesn’t get much goal scoring. When they do, it usually comes from Reid Boucher, who leads the Comets with 25 goals and 46 points in 45 games. Demko and Boucher should be joined by Nikolay Goldobin and Tyler Motte from the Canucks, who were both “sent down” on paper last month to ensure they were eligible for the AHL playoffs. Despite spending chunks of the season up with the Canucks, Goldobin is still second on the Comets in scoring with 30 points in 28 games. Motte, meanwhile, had nine goals and 11 points in 17 AHL games with the Cleveland Monsters before he came over to the Canucks organization in the trade for Thomas Vanek. Several top Canucks prospects will also join the Comets for the playoffs. “When all our young players have completed their season, whether they’re in junior or Europe, they’re going to join Utica at the end of year,” said general manager Jim Benning after the trade deadline. He didn’t mention the NCAA, but Adam Gaudette should be part of that group. He is having a fantastic season for Northeastern University, leading all of college hockey in goals and points. He’ll likely want to follow in Brock Boeser’s footsteps and sign with the Canucks as soon as his season ends so he can play in the NHL and burn a year of his contract. But if his team makes it to the Frozen Four, that could complicate matters. The Frozen Four ﬁnal is on April 7, leaving him no time to get in a game with the Canucks. Two of the Canucks’ picks from 2017 playing in Major Junior, Kole Lind and Jonah Gadjovich, should both be Comets-bound, but how soon will depend on

Sven Baertschi. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • I’m dropping the gloves with the hockey gods for taking Brock Boeser and Sven Baertschi out with season-ending injuries. Baertschi suffered a separated shoulder against the Nashville Predators, while Boeser broke his back (minorly) when he hit the open bench door awkwardly after a collision with Cal Clutterbuck of the New York Islanders.

Despite spending chunks of the season up with the Canucks, Nikolay Goldobin is still second on the Utica Comets in scoring with 30 points in 28 games. He’ll likely play a key role in the AHL team’s playoff run. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

how deep their teams go into the playoffs. The Memorial Cup runs in late May, so if Lind or Gadjovich make it that far, then the Comets would have to go on a long playoff run of their own for either of them to play in the AHL this year. Finally, there are the Canucks’ prospects in Europe who could potentially make the jaunt back to North America: Olli Juolevi, Petrus Palmu and Jonathan Dahlen. Elias Pettersson is more likely to play for Sweden at the World Championships. This would be important experience for Juolevi and Dahlen, both of whom have eyes on making the Canucks out of camp next season, while Palmu is a bit of a wildcard. Both Juolevi and Palmu play for TPS in the Finnish Liiga, whose regular season wrapped up this week. Their

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Elias Pettersson had 51 points in 41 Swedish Hockey League games, just three points behind Kent Nilsson for the all-time SHL record for points from a junior (under-20) player. He has just three games remaining and, by the time this is in print, he might have already broken the record.

Adam Gaudette, meanwhile, leads the NCAA with 29 goals and 56 points in 34 games. He and fellow centre Pettersson provide some hope for the Canucks down the middle in the future.

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Women ﬁlmmakers ﬁght their way out of the corners Sabrina Furminger

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When Frances McDormand stepped up to the mic on Sunday night to accept the Best Actress Academy Award for her work in 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, she proceeded to use her moment in the global spotlight to advocate for all women in film. McDormand invited every female nominee in the Dolby Theater to rise to their feet, and when they did, she said, “Look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we have all stories to tell and projects we need financed. Don’t talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple days… and we’ll tell you all about them.” She closed her speech with two words — “inclusion rider” — that referenced a possible clause in an actor’s contract that would require the cast and crew to be diverse in order to retain the actor. It was a bold speech — one that would have been almost unthinkable before #MeToo and #TimesUp — but indicative of paradigm-shifting

change within the industry; as Vancouver director Laura Adkin put it in a recent phone interview, women in the industry are “done with being in the corner and not being taken seriously.” Adkin’s latest film — The Ride Home, a narrative short that documents one woman’s abortion journey — screens March 10 as part of the 2018 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. Like McDormand’s speech and many films within VIWIFF (including Deepa Mehta’s Anatomy of Violence, about the men who committed a horrific gang rape on a New Delhi bus in 2012), Adkin’s desire to make The Ride Home is representative of this historic moment wherein women are raising their voices to demand change. “I feel powerful right now, and I think there’s a significant shift. I think we can talk about what we want to talk about now, and I think there’s less shame and less hesitation,” says Adkin. Although women’s voices are amplified in 2018, the work towards gender

“I think [women filmmakers] can talk about what we want to talk about now, and I think there’s less shame and less hesitation,” says director Laura Adkins.

equality isn’t new. Sharon McGowan, a ﬁlmmaker, educator, and founding member of Women in Film and Television Vancouver (the organization behind VIWIFF), recalls the organization’s very ﬁrst meeting in 1989 when more than 200 women showed up to strategize about creating opportunities for women in showbiz. They felt the best

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McGowan says research conducted in advance of WIFTV’s 15th anniversary revealed that women graduated from film school and entered the industry at the same rates as men, but rarely advanced beyond entrylevel jobs; similarly, women rarely received significant production grants. In 2012, WIFTV’s Advocacy committee analyzed English-language films in Telefilm Canada’s catalogue, and discovered that just 27 per cent of directors, 22 per cent of writers, 14.3 per cent of editors and 8.3 per cent of directors of photography were female. “We started looking at all of the funds and the mechanisms by which people built careers in the industry, and we started realizing we needed to have direct policy change in all of those places,” says McGowan, who describes herself as “the person with the magnifying glass and the ruler reading policy documents.” Lobbying from multiple organizations (including WIFTV and Women in View) has resulted in drastic shifts in the Canadian screen

scene: juggernaut organizations like Teleﬁlm, the National Film Board of Canada, and the Canada Media Fund have all made policy changes towards gender parity. On Tuesday, the NFB announced that it had reached gender parity among directors two years ahead of schedule: 47 per cent of its recent projects were directed by women, 47 per cent were written by women, and 48 per cent of its funds were spent on projects directed by women. “This is an ongoing struggle,” says McGowan, who appears in the documentary short Owning the Space (about industry change-makers) that screens as part of VIWIFF. “We’ve been doing policy lobbying behind the scenes for years, and we’re excited that these policy changes are being put into place, but you can’t turn your back. There’s a lot of due diligence that needs to be done.” The 2018 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival runs until March 11. Schedule and tickets at womeninfilm.ca.

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EMPLOYMENT

OFFICE/CLERICAL Administrative Secretary Millennium Tents and Party Rentals Ltd at 9059 Shaughnessy St, Unit 3, Vancouver, BC (business & work location) Requires permanent, F/T (40 hrs/week) Administrative Secretary. Duties include: determine and establish office procedures, maintain manual and computerized filing /database systems, compile data and other information, answer telephone and electronic enquiries, relay messages, schedule and confirm meetings. Secondary School. 1 year experience. Salary; $22/hr. Benefit: 2 days paid sick leave/year and 10 days paid holidays/year. Language of work: English. Email resume to: info@millenniumtents.com

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JOURNEYMAN SHEET Metal Worker/Gas Fitter in affordable Williams Lake, BC. Visit: www.sd27.bc.ca for full position details and how to apply. Please attach copy of certification with application

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SKILLED HELP ARTEBUZ HOLDINGS INC (http://www.artebuz.ca) IS LOOKING FOR CARPENTERS. Greater Vancouver, BC. Permanent, Full time. Wage - $ 27.80 per/h Skills requirements: Experience 3-4 years, Good English. Education: Secondary school Main duties: • Read and interpret construction blueprints, drawings and specifications. • Measure, cut, shape, assemble, and join lumber and wood materials. • Layout and framing of buildings wall structures; Cut, fit and install different trim items as required. • Build decks, flooring, fences and other wooden structures. • Operate measuring, hand and power tools. • Supervise helpers and apprentices. Company’s business address: 111-625 Como Lake Ave, Coquitlam BC, V3J 3M5 Please apply by email artebuzgroup@gmail.com

LOOKING FOR A NEW CAREER IN EDUCATION? Richmond Continuing Education is offering a Full Time Richmond Education Assistant Program (REAP) from July 2018 to November 2018. REAP is designed for professional and caring adults who wish to work with K-12 school age learners with physical, behavioural, sensory and learning needs in schools. Courses will be from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday as well as one 3-week and one 4-week practica in Richmond schools. Exact start and end times of your practica will depend on your school placement. Joining REAP will open the door to job opportunities in this challenging and fulfilling career field in education. Deadline for applications is Friday, April 6, 2018. For more information, please visit: www.RichmondCE.ca or phone 604.668.6123

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ALL SMALL BREED PUPS Local, Non-Shedding and Vet Checked. 778-872-8163 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

BULK SALE. 1,500 Metric /SAE 11 piece wrench sets plus 12,000 single size wrenches. Sale $12,000.00 Forward interest by email to tkachukr@shaw.ca COLORADO BLUE Spruce: $0.99/each for a box of 180 ($178.20). Also full range of tree, shrub, and berry seedlings. Free shipping most of Canada. Growth guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or TreeTime.ca SAWMILLS from only $4,397 Make money & save money with your own band mill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT STEEL BUILDING Sale... “Big Blow Out Sale - All Buildings Reduced to Clear!” 20x21 $5,560, 23x23 $5,523 25x25 $6,896, 32x33 $9,629, 33x33 $9,332. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036 www. pioneersteel.ca

PATRICIA’S CLEANHOMES $30/hr, thorough cleaning Vancouver. 604-222-1585

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

Experienced Housecleaner over 15 yrs work exp. Basic Residential Cleaning Only. 3 hrs min. Eva 604-451-3322

DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water,

Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating, Concrete Cutting, Rootering, WET BSMT MADE DRY

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BUSINESS SERVICES

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer trusted program.Visit:CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

FINANCIAL SERVICES HIP OR KNEE Replacement? Arthritic Conditions, COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For Assistance 1-844-453-5372

HEALTH & BEAUTY

LEGAL SERVICES CRIMINAL RECORD? Why suffer Employment/Licensing loss? Travel/Business opportunities? Be embarrassed? Think: Criminal Pardon. US Entry Waiver. Record Purge. File Destruction. Free Consultation 1-800-347-2540, accesslegalmjf.com

PERSONALS GENTLEMEN! Attractive, discreet European lady offers companionship. 604-451-0175

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FOR SALE - MISC

1010 6th Ave. New West. Suites Available. Beautiful atrium with fountain. By shops, college & transit. Pets negotiable. Ref req. CALL 604 715-7764

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Facial & Body Reshaping, Acupuncture & TCM treatment, Venus Versa, Viva laser treatment, 6D Microblading, East West Beauty & TCM School. 210 - 1610 Robson St. Cell & WeChat: 1.778.893.3422

EDUCATION

HOME SERVICES

RENTALS

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

TRADES HELP

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE WANTED WANTED: Fixer-Upper houses and properties incl. condos/ townhouses in any condition (private investor) Please call Ali @ 604-833-2103

LANGARA GARDENS

#101 - 621 W. 57th Ave, Van Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments & Townhouses. Heat, hot water & lrg storage locker included. Many units have in-suite laundry and lrg patios/balconies with gorgeous views. Tasteful gardens, swim pools, hot tub, gym, laundry, gated parking, plus shops & services. Near Oakridge Ctrl, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School & more. Sorry no pets. www.langaragardens.com

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ELECTRICAL All Electrical, Low Cost.

Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos, Panel changes. (604)374-0062

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call. Lic#89402. Fast same day service. Insured. Guar’d. We love small jobs. 604-568-1899

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SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agnes St, New West .

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool. 1 BR & 2 BR Available. Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area. Gated underground parking available. References required.

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SUITES FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL GARDEN LEVEL 1 br suite in Kits home, furn or unfurn. Inc storage, suits 1. N/s, n/p. Call 604-734-2505

One Call Does It All 604.630.3300 HOME SERVICES

CERAMIC TILING

PTV TILE INSTALL Bathroom Reno’s + Ceramic, Porcelain. 29yrs exp. Santo 778-235-1772

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GUTTERS

Electrician, Res/Comm New or old wiring. Reasonable rates. Lic #22774 604-879-9394

Ken’s Power Washing Plus SPRING SPECIALS Gutter & window cleaning " Power washing " WCB, Insured, Free est.

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AAA All types repairs, renos, kitchens, baths, tiling, painting, plumbing, electrical and more. David 604-862-7537

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LANDSCAPING Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Paver stones, Hedges driveways/patios, ponds & walls, returfing, demos, yard/perimeter drainage, jack hammering. Old pools filled in, concrete cutting.

604.782.4322

BC GARDENING

Gardening & Landscaping

Winter Clean-up

•Aerate •Power Rake •Lime Chaefer Beetle Repair New Lawn; Plant & Install • Prune •Hedges •Trimming •POWER WASH •GUTTERS •Concrete & Repairs; Walls Sidewalk, Driveway, Patios WCB & Fully insured. All Work Guar. Free Est.

Donny 604-600-6049

PATRICIA’S CLEANGARDENS Spring clean up in flower & shrub beds. 604.222.1585

WILDWOOD LANDSCAPE Spring Clean-Up

EXCAVATING #1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries

West Coast Cedar Installations New, Repaired, Rebuilt since 1991. Fences & Decks. 604-788-6458 cedarinstall@hotmail.com

LAWN & GARDEN

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MASONRY

MASONRY AND REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Fireplaces •Pavers •Asphalt •All Concrete Work •20+ yrs exp

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Interior / Exterior Specialist Many Years Experience Fully Insured Top Quality, Quick Work Free estimate

AUTOMOTIVE

PLUMBING Licensed plumber, boiler and hotwater tank, fire sprinkler, drainage, camera inspection, experienced. Call: 604.723.2007

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MASTER CARPENTER

Emil: 778-773-1407 FRASERVIEW ROOFING + RENO’S Complete Reno’s Roof to basement, Kitchen, Framing, Plumbing etc. 15 yrs exp, Insured ~No Job too Small~ Gary 604-897-3614

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The Honda Monkey bike is one of those delightful Honda products where fun came first and both practical considerations and a sense of personal safety came a distant second, possibly limping. Officially called the Z series, most of them had only about five horsepower. But they were compact and wonderful, and if you looked like a bit of an idiot riding one, then that was only because you were grinning so much. Monkey bikes are cheap, or at least they should be. However, when celebrity ownership gets involved, look out. This particular machine, owned by one John Lennon, is going to be probably the most expensive Honda Monkey ever sold. Mr. Lennon bought the Monkey to ride around his country house near Ascot, U.K., at around the same time he picked up the famous psychedelic Rolls-Royce. The latter is still causing headaches for curators in the Royal BC Museum, as it’s too big and heavy to go on permanent display, but you could tuck the Lennon Monkey just about anywhere. The bike is in original condition, covered in patina from a hard day’s night or what-have-you. If you can’t afford that, or perhaps are a Rolling Stones fan, the Honda Grom provides the same amount of fun. Honda also looks likely to bring back a vintage look Monkey 125, which will be more fun than a barrel of John Lennons.

Japanese stink bugs stymie New Zealand imports

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sphere. Like us, they’ve got a slightly more boisterous neighbour (Australia), a craggy coastline, and more than a few mountains. We’re just a little ahead on total land mass, and overall numbers of bears. Like Australia, New Zealand’s ecosystem is particularly sensitive to invasive species. Thus, their imports are often screened for any unwanted visitors. In this particular case, some 10,000 Japanese vehicles were discovered to be completely infested with pesticide-resistant stink bugs. That’s three full cargo ships, stopped at the docks. The Kiwis love their grey market cars, and import thousands of used vehicles from Japan. This might not put a stop to the process, but will certainly slow things down. From now on, all cars imported from Japan into New Zealand will have to be thoroughly cleaned and inspected. One wonders if Canadian customs agents should be similarly on guard. I suppose the bears would eat anything that got past them.

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