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PNE loses charity status, faces six-figure tax bill

Bob Mackin

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If you hear Pacific National Exhibition bosses singing “Taxman” by the Beatles, it’s not because Saturday’s opening of the annual fair coincides with the 51st anniversary of the Fab Four’s historic Empire Stadium concert.

They’re on a rollercoaster ride with Canada Revenue Agency after the federal tax department revoked the PNE’s charitable status more than a year ago for failure to file.

PNE chair Raymond Louie did not respond to interview requests and spokeswoman Laura Ballance said president Mike McDaniel was unavailable.

But Ballance did say an internal risk assessment estimated the tax bill could be as high as $225,000 a year, if CRA does not restore the charitable status.

“We are going through the process, we are confined by the process,” Ballance told the Courier.

“It’s a lengthy process, because we supply them with information, they ask us

Last October, PNE chief financial officer Roger Gil blamed the fair’s charitable status revocation on a “process and timing issue,” claiming the 2012-2013 Charity Return was rejected because the PNE used an old version of the CRA form. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

additional questions and it goes back and forth.”

The PNE’s website describes it is “a nonprofit registered charitable organization. The revenue raised through the Prize Home Lottery supports

a variety of non-revenue producing programs spanning agriculture, community, arts and a large number of other local programs.” The PNE report for the year ending March 31, 2015 has

not been published, but the previous fiscal year’s report showed its charitable fundraiser generated $4 million from the sale of 107,976 ticket sheets plus $1.45 million for the 50/50 draw. The fair re-

ported a $329,000 annual surplus on $45.5 million revenue and $45.2 million expenses, including $3.2 million from lotteries.

Prizes offered in the 2015 draw include a home in Naramata, five vacations and 12 cars.

Last October, PNE chief financial officer Roger Gil blamed the charitable status revocation on a “process and timing issue,” claiming the 2012-2013 Charity Return was rejected because the PNE used an old version of the CRA form. At the time, Gil said the matter would be completed in “the coming weeks.” But in July, a year after the revocation, little had changed.

“We expect that it will be another several months until this comes to a resolution,” Gil said via email.

CRA spokesman Philippe Brideau cited confidentiality provisions of the Income Tax Act for refusing to discuss the PNE case. The CRA website generally reads: “When the registration of a charity is revoked, it is no longer tax-exempt and cannot issue official dona-

tion receipts for tax credit and deduction purposes. It is also subject to a revocation tax. The law requires that a charity whose registration has been revoked to file the return whether or not any tax is owing.”

According to the CRA’s charities listings, the PNE reported $51.4 million revenue and $50.4 million expenses for the year ending March 31, 2012, the most-recent year disclosed on the CRA website. Expenses were split between charitable programs ($39.4 million) and management and administration ($10.9 million). It also reported $11.4 million assets and $9.6 million liabilities.

“These big fairs are multi-million-dollar operations who directly compete with many businesses in the city,” said Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. “You can understand CRA wanting to makes sure everything is above board.”

The PNE runs Aug. 22 to Sept. 7. @bobmackin

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Look who’s not coming to Dîner en Blanc Emily Blake

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Having trouble finding an affordable community event in “no fun city”? Two Vancouverites have an answer.

East Vancouver artists Graeme Berglund and George Vergette are the creators of Ce Soir Noir, a fun tongue-in-cheek alternative to the exclusive Dîner en Blanc, both of which take place Aug. 25.

Whereas Dîner en Blanc is a chic picnic that originated in Paris where attendees wear all white, Ce Soir Noir is a free public picnic at Crab Park with no waitlist and attendees are asked to dress all in black.

“I’ve known of Dîner en Blanc for years and watched it grow in size with a desire for more cultural events in the city,” explains Berglund of the inspiration behind the event.

And there does seem to be an appetite, judging from the 500 people who signed up to attend Ce Soir Noir just 24 hours after it was posted online. Now approximately 1,600 people say they will be going,

Organizers George Vergette and Graeme Berglund created Ce Soir Noir as a cheeky response to the popular Dîner en Blanc.

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according to the event’s Facebook page.

“There’s something powerful about simply opening doors to allow people of any class in the city to do what people generally do in the park — sit on a blanket and have snacks,” says Berglund.

Unlike Ce Soir Noir, Dîner en Blanc’s location is kept secret until the last minute and tickets are coveted. Last year the waitlist in Vancouver was over 30,000 names long. This year 4,500 guests will be attending.

“The ironic position of paying X amount of dollars

to attend dinner in a public space fenced off from the public where you bring your own food is strange messaging,” says Berglund, who hopes Ce Soir Noir will generate discussion about community and cultural events in Vancouver.

“Creating conversation around the two pieces is really quite important in a city that has struggled in the cultural growth sector,” explains Berglund.

Although the picnic is an alternative to Dîner, Berglund notes it is not against the popular annual event.

“Dîner en Blanc struck a chord with a lot of people in the city. That’s a really, really positive thing,” he says. “I get the whole Dîner en Blanc, and George does too. We just wanted to create an alternative with a more inclusive vibe that’s more community oriented.”

The event’s Facebook page is very explicit about the inclusivity of the event.

It comically warns, “There will be gay people here.

And Latinos. Lots of them.

Some Persian folks. Native people. Students with massive debt. A handful of Greek people. The dreaded Quebecois. Some Swedes.

A smattering of Peruvians and even worse, some white people that work in I.T.” “We’re creating a public platform and forcing people together,” says Berglund.

“It’s a different sense of communion within an otherwise socially disparate city.”

Ce Soir Noir will take place at Crab Park, Aug. 25, 5 to 11 p.m. Guests are asked to bring food, drink and a blanket.

A longer version of this story appears at vancourier.com. @BlakeEmily

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Unsanctioned street party to go ahead

Naoibh O’Connor

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Police are warning people not to attend. Some Grandview-Woodland residents are bracing for trouble. But an unsanctioned party that organizers anticipate will attract upwards of 9,000 people, planned for Grandview Park Aug. 21, appears to be going ahead.

Tom MacDonald who lives near the park worries the so called “Commercial Drive Street Party Part 2” set for Friday evening will spin out of control based on his experience of a similar event held to mark May Day. MacDonald said the May Day party was loud, lasted until the early hours of the morning, saw participants urinate and defecate on residents’ properties and produced tons of garbage. One person was stabbed that evening. Residents also had to clean up the park the next day to make it safe for children, according to MacDonald.

Tom MacDonald (right) says the last unpermitted event at Grandview Park was loud, lasted until the early hours of the morning, saw participants urinate and defecate on residents’ properties and produced tons of garbage. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

He wants police and city officials to control eventgoers’ access to the park.

“There’s got to be a way that you say, ‘Look, this is our park, you can’t

just come in and use it for whatever reasons you want,’” he said. “I guess

my feeling is that if this was happening in Shaughnessy or Point Grey on a

regular basis — the two or three times a year that these people seem to surface — I think there’d be a plan to say, ‘No, this is not appropriate.’”

Organizers, who remain anonymous, argue that thousands of dollars are needed to secure a permit for any public event in the city and that “applicants are routinely waitlisted for years on end — if not downright denied.”

“We do not want to live somewhere where we can’t use public space. We do not need a license to dance, to listen to music, to gather freely. Our hope is that those in attendance will be inspired to organize their own events, and will begin to conceptualize the potential of an act as simple as being in the street,” their Facebook event page states.

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despite concerns

He described the event as a demonstration or a protest under the guise of a street party. Organizers have refused to respond to questions from police.

“Certainly, the vast majority of the crowd in May was peaceful.

Unfortunately, there was a small group that took it upon themselves to cause conflict in the neighbourhood and policing is reactive to what is presented to them,” he said.

“The officers will react to what happens [Aug. 21] and our reaction will be proportionate. We would hope that it’s a peaceful event — that would be the ultimate goal, but certainly it’s shaping up to similar what it did in May with a lack of cooperation, a lack of planning, a lack of resources and a lack of respect for the people who live and work in the area.”

He said police are not contemplating blocking access to the park, which he said is there for the enjoyment of residents, but there will be a police

presence whose size will depend on the crowd.

MacDonald maintains that while public space is for the public, the use of it should be respectful to neighbours.

Grandview-Woodland resident Garth Mullins said he isn’t opposed to such events. He said he lives in the neighbourhood because of its diverse cultural and political events.

“I’m happy to see the unpermitted, free and creative culture blossoming again in the heart of Commercial Drive and East Vancouver. The idea that if people want to do anything they need to get expensive permits, [give] some kind of pay for extra policing and go through the also expensive process of getting insurance — that actually squashes a whole lot of culture and Commercial Drive is traditionally where culture grows,” he said.

Several Facebook pages are promoting events at Grandview Park Aug. 21, including a page called

“F*** the Permits Street Party and March” that bills itself as “in response to Vancouver Police threatening promoters of ‘unsanctioned events.’”

A Commercial Drive Street Party organizer contacted via Facebook last week would only answer questions about the party anonymously via email, claiming organizers of unsanctioned events have been threatened with fines.

Meanwhile, Fincham told the Courier: “I can appreciate the right to demonstrate, I can appreciate their right to protest, and I can certainly appreciate their freedom of speech. We go to great lengths to ensure people have those freedoms and are protected with those freedoms, but certainly we do expect some cooperation or at least sharing of some plans so we can keep them safe and it looks like this demonstration group has no interest in protecting those who attend the event.” @naoibh

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Jon Bon Jovi concert cancelled Glen Korstrom

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The production company behind a for-profit concert featuring Jon Bon Jovi has “requested a postponement of the Aug. 22nd concert,” according to an announcement Aug. 17.

“We regret that we have been unable to gain the agreement of the artist’s management at this time regarding the postponement. We remain hopeful that a future date can be confirmed,” the statement from Paper Rain Performances (PRP) said.

No reason was given for the postponement although Vancouver Park Board chair John Coupar told Business in Vancouver in a statement that “it is a fact that as of today, they did not have the

required permits.”

He cautioned to be careful not to say that the concert was cancelled over the permit issue and that it will be up to Paper Rain to explain why the concert was cancelled.

A separate statement from the park board’s acting general manager, Jonathan Snoek, noted that the park board “made every effort to assist organizers in meeting our protocols.”

The band’s representative, Bon Jovi Tours, then issued a statement to media saying that “unfortunately, the local promoter, Paper Rain Performances, has proven unable to guarantee a properly-produced event… As such, they have not met their contractual obligations.”

Paper Rain’s plan had been to host a 14,000-seat

concert at Brockton Point, where the stage would be in front of the parking lot near the Totem Poles.

Attendees were expected to have a clear view of the city of Vancouver as they look beyond the stage.

What was reputed to be the biggest concert in Stanley Park took place in 2012 and included Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Bill Clinton and others. It attracted approximately 11,000 people.

“This concert is designed to put some more fun back into Vancouver,” said PRP principal Dennis MacDonald at a June 12 news conference to announce the concert.

He had partnered with others, such as former Vancouver Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths.

BIV attempted to reach both MacDonald and Griffiths but neither was immediately available for comment.

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On Tuesday afternoon, Bon Jovi Tours announced that the singer would perform a private show in Vancouver for select ticket holders. According to the press release: “Although Stanley Park has been cancelled, Jon takes his commitments seriously and still plans to play a small, acoustic show on Saturday for Runaway Tours customers who purchased the travel package.” @GlenKorstrom

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ast week I met Dr. Paul Kershaw, a most interesting young man wearing red shoes.

He claims to be a farmer by morning and night, but by day he is a UBC professor in the Faculty of Medicine’s School of Population and Public Health, and one of Canada’s top thinkers about generational equity.

What is generational equity, you ask?

For the best answer, I recommend the website of Generation Squeeze (gen-

Governments spend less than $12,000 on benefits and services per Canadian under 45, compared to more than $33,000 for every retiree. squeeze.ca), the campaign he started in 2011 to encourage Canadians 25 to 45 to become more politically engaged and increase their influence on future government policies.

He wants them to become a lobby group, like the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP), which promotes and protects the interests, rights and quality of life for those of us over 50.

Why does he call it Generation Squeeze?

Because this younger generation is increasingly squeezed by excessive student debt, a shortage of good work opportunities, expensive childcare costs, anxiety about mounting public debts, and of course, the exorbitant cost of housing.

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Kershaw likes to point out that governments spend less than $12,000 on benefits and services per Canadian under 45, compared to more than $33,000 for every retiree.

He notes that to compete for better employment opportunities, Generation Squeeze has to spend significantly more time and money than their parents’ generation to get an education.

To buy a home, they accept jobs or contracts that require years to save a down payment. For many, this means waiting longer to move out of parents’ homes, or to establish financial independence.

I suspect that many of you know exactly what he’s talking about.

I met with Kershaw to discuss the Generation Squeeze housing policy.

He wants to see more municipalities build affordability targets into municipal bylaws through what’s often termed inclusionary zoning. While this is happening in Vancouver and other jurisdictions, it is by no means widespread.

He would also like to see a return of federal tax incentives for builders and owners of long-term, purpose-built rental housing.

On this he is not alone.

He is rightly concerned about the future of affordable housing on leased public land. This includes aging developments along the south shore of False Creek, in Champlain Heights and the Fraser Lands, and thousands of other sites scattered across the country.

Kershaw would also like to see provincial governments adjust the property transfer tax so that first time Canadian buyers can be exempted from the tax for properties priced below the metropolitan median value.

He would also like municipal governments to reduce municipal fees and taxes on residential properties priced below the municipal median value. More expensive

properties would pay a progressively higher percentage of tax.

He would like to see a doubling of the federal government’s first-time home buyers’ tax credit, an idea he presented to Stephen Harper in Ottawa, with little success.

However, he and Harper do agree on one thing, namely the need to monitor the flow of foreign investment, perhaps by attaching a residency declaration in land transfer documents.

In addition, he would like governments to subsidize childcare so households with young children would have more money to spend on housing.

While these may all seem like good ideas, especially to younger Canadians, a key question is how to pay for these programs.

Kershaw told me he does not want to pit generations against one another. He maintains we need to narrow the generational spending gap only slightly, adding

his ideas would raise government spending per Canadian under age 45 from $12,000 to $13,000, while maintaining spending around $33,000 per retiree.

While this may seem like voodoo economics, he argues one way to free up money for the younger generation is by addressing healthcare costs. Today, 50 cents of every medical care dollar goes to the 15 per cent of the population over 65.

He proposes we reduce spending by creating a more cost-effective health care system; one that focusses more on prevention than on cure.

Remember, he works in the Faculty of Medicine.

Kershaw is urging those 25 to 45 to sign up and be part of GenSqueeze. But you don’t have to be under 50 to join. If you agree with his sentiments, you might want to sign up too. I already have. @michaelgeller

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Airbnb option hard to swallow Re: “Airbnb offers lifeline to beleaguered renters,” Aug. 13.

Your article “Airbnb offers lifeline to beleaguered renters” condones and recommends illegal and unethical practices.

Provincial and strata bylaws disallow occupants who are not legal tenants. It is not legal for tenants to provide occupancy without the landlords’ knowledge and agreement.

The delinquent practice can result in hundreds of dollars of weekly fines by the strata council. Repair and maintenance costs skyrocket to unreasonable levels due to high turnover and increased wear and tear. Careless occupants can garner damages in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars. A lien can be placed against the property leading to its loss by the owner.

Do not forget the nuisance caused to other residents of the building. Factor in a multitude of lawsuits due to the careless, inconsiderate and unruly behaviour of those who perpetrate this practice.

Oh, there is the possible collateral damage of stripping the owners of the results of their lifetime work, or their entire livelihood.

If anyone is beleaguered here, it is the landlord.

Cynthia Mason, Vancouver

Light rail line best use of corridor Re: “Time to agree on a plan for Arbutus Corridor,” Aug. 13.

I participated in the city’s public mailin survey on the future of the Arbutus Corridor, which led to the development plan, as mentioned by Geller, with a preference for use as a greenway/transportation corridor; akin to what has evolved along the SkyTrain line through East Vancouver and Burnaby. We’re still waiting for anything to materialize a decade and a half later. One small but telling detail Geller omitted was the reaction of a group of residents vehemently opposed to passenger rail operating adjacent to their backyards, infamously referring to themselves as “the crème de la crème” (of Vancouver). A light rail line starting at Olympic Village station connecting with the West Side and over

to Richmond remain to my mind by far the best use of this land in a city in dire need of traffic reducing alternatives.

The city could buy the land from CP at its non-speculative value and lease it back to them to operate the trains as a P3 with TransLink. Alternately CP could keep its land in an equivalent P3 arrangement. But if CP is holding out for a huge cash payout based on unrestricted real estate zoning then it’s a stalemate.

Charles Leduc, Vancouver

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Ultimate player dispirited by attack Re: “Take those Olympic-approved Ultimate Frisbee spirit points and shove it,” Kudos and Kvetches, Aug. 6.

I invite you to actually play a game of ultimate. You seem like an arrogant guy who is “good at everything,” so why don’t you come out and show us some of your skills? The sport requires a high level of athleticism that will make your head spin... or just hide behind your computer screen. Go ahead, contact the Vancouver Ultimate League and request to join a high level game of our stupid sport. I dare you.

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Growing faith Re: “Finding connection to God in soil of the earth,” Aug. 12.

I know that God lives in my garden.

He walks with me and He talks with me. @milocrad via Twitter

Keep on dancing Re: “Danceland Queen: Danceland Ballroom lives on in Mildred Henderson’s basement,” Aug. 13.

Good call, @VanCourierNews on this story about Mildred Henderson and her basement ballroom. @TristinHopper via Twitter ••• What a nice thing. Too bad everything from old Vancouver is gone. Glad to see something preserved.

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The question of what to do with Vancouver’s viaducts will hit city council’s agenda again this fall. If you’ve followed the issue at all since 2010 when council began considering the future of the viaducts, you probably won’t be surprised that staff are set to recommend the removal of both the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts in favour of an atgrade reworking of Pacific Boulevard. In advance of the presentation to council, the city has posted an overview online. Some of the arguments are compelling, though it’s surprising how little has changed since 2013 when the issue was in front of council.

One fresh point being raised is how the viaducts could fail in a significant earthquake. Seismically, at grade roads are much safer.

Not only are the viaducts far from a safe bet themselves, but a crumbling viaduct could also take out the SkyTrain line that winds under the viaducts on its way to Stadium station.

After digging through the city’s materials, I buy that the commissioned traffic studies and modelling show the viaducts aren’t needed to carry current traffic flow.

On top of that, vehicle traffic to the downtown core has decreased by 15 per cent in the last 15 years, and that’s during peak hours.

This is the case even though the population in the downtown area has increased by 75 per cent. Overall, we have more trips downtown, but a better percentage are by transit, biking or walking.

A 2011 license plate study showed that many of the car trips downtown are made by people living along the future Evergreen

line route, and as happened with the opening of the Millennium Line and Canada Line, we can expect to see further decreases in car trips when Evergreen becomes operational in 2016.

Not so new, we’re still being told that the removal will open up land for more affordable housing. We’re still being sold on additional park space, with the current proposal promising a 13 per cent increase in park acreage.

What can’t be quantified is how exhausting all this change is for long-term residents of our city. In the last 15 years, our downtown core has nearly doubled in population. Entire new neighbourhoods have been

actly what’s going to unfold there over 20 years.” Meggs certainly didn’t instill confidence in his role as a bold city maker. Actually, I think we can expect our city has a reasonably detailed idea of what will unfold in the next 20 years; we call it planning, and the city has a whole department dedicated to it.

The city has good answers to quell the concerns of car drivers, but they don’t quite have it so sewn up for the movement of goods. There are several mentions of a possible redirection of viaduct traffic along Malkin Avenue.

Referred to as “produce row” by those in the food industry, Malkin is home to half a dozen distributors that

Our city has changed so much, little of our day-to-day life is as it was even two decades ago.

Perhaps we’re all suffering from a bit of city building jet lag. minted, and our regular haunts and routes replaced.

Our city has changed so much, little of our day-today life is as it was even two decades ago. Perhaps we’re all suffering from a bit of city building jet lag.

Even city councillors are having a hard time keeping up with all the change. In July, Coun. Geoff Meggs, who’s held the viaducts file for years and seems quite keen to get the viaducts down, admitted he doesn’t have all the answers. Meggs just wants to get to September’s vote already.

“After that,” he told the Courier last July, “we can work through a whole bunch of these other issues.

It would be crazy to try to say today that we know ex-

truck in fresh food by the trailer load every day. All day long, traffic along Malkin is interrupted by semis backing it into their loading bays.

If the city doesn’t take into consideration the operational needs of these food businesses, we’ll lose them to Langley or Surrey, and we’ll cause an increase in truck emissions from those longer trips.

Once council gives the green light, the city will have plenty of partners to line up, and they’ll need to find a lot of money. If things go smoothly, in as little as five years, the viaducts could be down. But maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if it takes a little longer.

Maybe then we could all catch our breath. twitter.com/trishkellyc

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Fine line between playful and farcical public art construction that preceded it: a pagoda topped with little lion sculptures but with nothing on the exterior to indicate it had anything to do with the running hero. The new installation consists of four sculptures of Fox in motion. The only problem is their placement, next to a three-story LED screen displaying ads for mobile phones and pop drinks. The figures are facing away from the screen, as if the one-legged athlete is trying to outrun a wormhole of consumerism. I doubt

this was intentional on Mr. Coupland’s part.

The Emily Carr School of Art graduate has become the go-to guy for public pop art in Vancouver. Hopefully his creative contributions will balance out a number of postmodern puzzle dispensers scattered across Vancouver, including the huge engagement rings eyesore at Sunset Beach, and the Mr. Potato Head “Flame of Peace” at Seaforth Park, a work which tourists have successfully bypassed since 1986.

“The TransAm Totem” on False Creek has had better reviews. Marcus Bowman’s playful structure, consisting of a stack of five muscle cars resting on a trunk of old-growth cedar, might be seen as a religious monument to Vision Vancouver’s bicyclemad bureaucracy. (I have no problem with that, but as they say in auto ads, “Your mileage may vary.”

One person’s “TransAm Totem” is another person’s “Trying Too Hard.”)

After years of humdrum

public art, I say bring on the playfulness. “The Drop” by German artist collective Inges Idee at the Vancouver Convention Centre? Yes, thank you. “Digital Orca” on the opposite side of the Convention Centre, by the inescapable Coupland? Why not. “The Birds,” those two mammoth sparrows

by Myfanwy MacLeod at Olympic Village? For sure.

But please, Vancouver: no more poodles. It’s a fine line between frisky and farcical. @geoffolson

Notice Of Continuation Of Public Hearing First Shaughnessy Heritage Conservation Area City Council will consider proposed by-laws concerning First Shaughnessy at a Public Hearing: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 6 pm City Hall, Council Chamber, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor This is continuation of the public hearing held on July 21 and July 28, 2015.

If approved, the changes to First Shaughnessy will include establishment of a Heritage Conservation Area Official Development Plan, a new Zoning District Schedule, a new Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance By-law, a new Heritage Procedure By-law and amendments to the Heritage By-law and the Parking By-law. All real property containing buildings built prior to 1940 and located within the proposed First Shaughnessy Heritage Conservation Area is proposed to become protected heritage property.

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Late last week a statue of a naked and pregnant she-devil appeared atop a building at the intersection of Main and Kingsway.

Vancouver city officials quickly removed the thing without determining its origin.

Last September, a mysterious statue of a ninefoot-tall red demon with an erection appeared briefly near the VCC/Clark Drive SkyTrain station. Perhaps the preggo devil and her horny associate were guerrilla art responses to Mount Pleasant’s dog on a stick.

I’m referring to the seven-foot-tall, aluminumcast white poodle erected on a 25-foot pole at Main and 18th. The city, federal government, and TransLink were involved this 2013 canine-by-committee installation piece by Montreal artist Gisele Amantea. Taxpayers shelled out $62,000 for it, according to a 2013 Vancouver Courier article.

“Definitely not a fan of the Main St. poodle but public art is important and at times provocative!”

Mayor Robertson helpfully tweeted at the time.

Yep, the first thing I think of when I visit Mount Pleasant is poodles. At least now I do.

When I gaze up at this thing, which looks like a scaled-up bauble from a dollar store, a line from media guru Marshall McLuhan comes to mind: “Art is whatever you can get away with.”

But that’s not quite right.

Art doesn’t get to be public in the Lower Mainland without meeting some tight parameters. In the long alimentary process of municipal approval, bureaucrats must find the proposed project palatable, or at least digestible, before the finished work is excreted out into the streets. It must not challenge any viewers’ beliefs or be hurtful in any manner, up to and including structural collapse.

That brings me to sturdiness. The art work must be able to survive years of inclement weather, along with potential earthquakes, hockey riots, and attacks by vandals. (That’s probably why Main Street’s poodle is affixed on a 25-foot poll: to protect it from the neighbourhood it’s theoretically mean to represent.)

Also, the assigned artist should either be from outside the province or be Douglas Coupland.

Occasionally even the art itself hails from elsewhere, like the set of rusty metal legs with oversized feet temporarily placed along North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Avenue as part of the 2014-2016 Biennale. Based on a sculptural installation in Chicago

by Polish artist Magdalea Abakanowicz, they look like a Play-Doh megaproject abandoned by a Godzillasized four-year-old.

As for Mr. Coupland, his Terry Fox monument at B.C. Place is a big improvement on the mystifying

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Anjali Appadurai is part of a cadre of young people selected to participate in the first Fossil Free Faith youth fellowship program, which is being piloted in B.C. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

PACIFIC SPIRIT

Keeping the Fossil Free Faith

Initiative calls on religious institutions to address climate change Pat Johnson

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Over the weekend, the United Church of Canada voted to divest from fossil fuels. That means the church will sell off close to $6 million in holdings, a bit less than five per cent of its investments.

The move was a victory for Vancouverite Christine Boyle, a member of the church’s general council and co-founder of Fossil Free Faith.

While Boyle’s primary efforts have been in her United Church, Fossil Free Faith is an initiative to unite people of all religions to address the climate challenges created by fossil fuels. The goal is to convince religious institutions — many of which have financial holdings, trusts and pension funds — to get fossil fuels out of their portfolios, just as many have already

divested from tobacco and firearms.

For Boyle, climate and social justice are inextricable.

“In Canada and globally, the biggest impacts of climate change have been on marginalized communities, both aboriginal communities in Canada and vulnerable communities across the world,” she says. “In my upbringing in the church, I was taught that justice for everyone is a faith value, it’s a Christian value. So seeing the impact climate change is having, particularly on vulnerable people, made it come to life for me in a way that it hadn’t when I was thinking of climate as a sort of polar bears and plants kind of an issue.”

Anjali Appadurai is part of a cadre of young people selected to participate in the first Fossil Free Faith youth fellowship program, which is being piloted in B.C. Raised in the small

Christian minority community of south India, Appadurai views religion as a key to connecting people to causes.

“A really important way to move people is through their values,” she says. “The only way we really help people connect to the issues is through their own values and through their own beliefs… I think it is also a very spiritual thing because it’s tapping into your most deeply held beliefs about the world and the moral imperative to act and to care. Religion and spirituality is what occupies that part of you, your deepest held beliefs and your value system.”

Talia Martz-Oberlander, a student at Quest University, is also part of the cohort.

She sees her Jewish tradition as “a call to live life in a just way… so treating people around us with justice and respect and then, beyond

our own species, thinking about our contemporary and long-term impact.”

Maisaloon Al-Ashkar, another young participant, is travelling in Europe but said by email that, as a Muslim Palestinian woman, climate justice is interconnected with her faith and cultural identity.

“Islam means peace in Arabic,” she says. “It’s the faith that taught me that nature and its intricate beauty is a reflection of Allah (God), and to protect this sacred bond, it’s my responsibility to respect and honor Allah’s creation, which I personally strive to do through climate justice.

As a displaced Palestinian whose grandparents were refugees that experienced extreme hardships, the climate crisis hits close to home, as many refugees are facing that same reality due to this climate crisis… I see climate justice activism as

an avenue through which I can apply my faith and heritage to matters that ultimately impact the wellbeing of everything I love.”

Jason Wood spends his days working at the Downtown Eastside’s Sole Food Farms, which turns vacant inner-city properties into fruitful gardens. He’s also part of a hands-on Christian outreach group in the neighbourhood, Servants Vancouver, and is another of the Fossil Free Faith fellows.

“As a Christian, my understanding of the biblical story is that, from the very beginning, we are put into a garden to take care of it,” he says. “On a very basic level, God created us to take care of and tend the planet with care and love and our current systems and use of fossil fuels don’t seem to be doing a very good job of that.”

As far as tangible victories, the decision by

Canada’s largest Protestant denomination over the weekend is a big one. But even as she is savouring that success in her own church, Boyle says it is fundamentally Canadian that the movement cross faith and cultural lines.

“In Canada, there’s a big emphasis on cultural diversity and our social contract, so for that reason I think it has more value between people that it’s a multi-faith conversation,” she says. “And I think it’s important because one of the key things that we emphasize is that we’re all in this together, we’re all connected and that’s why it’s a religious issue and that was echoed in the Pope’s encyclical recently and it’s echoed in a lot of the conversations we have within different faith traditions. I think it’s strengthened when that conversation is shared between faith communities.” @Pat604Johnson

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Carlos Piz bastes a whole pig on an open spit for a Cuban barbecue.

LATIN SUMMER FESTIVAL HEATS UP TROUT LAKE PARK

Who is that masked wrestler? Hungry man Jose Rodriguez.

Latino radio CJSF hosts Oswaldo Perez Cabrera and Raechel Norrgard prepared to dive into their favourite El Salvadoran dishes, pupusas and carne asada.

Vancouver’s “original Latin outdoor city festival,” the Latin Summer Festival took over Trout Lake Park on Sunday for a day of live music, spicy food, an artisan market, kids activities and one very large, very cooked pig.

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Four-year-old Faisal Al-Allaf and his friend Hayat Harb, 5, took a spin on the merry-go-round.

Rio Samaya Band’s Ja Pace performed a First Nation’s dance at the day-long festival.

Hayley Yeadon, 4, pulled off some sweet dance moves to the rhythms of Alma Chevere.

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When Bradford McIntyre was diagnosed with HIV in 1984, he was given six months to live. He did not expect to live to be 63. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.

Living longer with HIV

Study shows life expectancy of HIV-positive Canadians receiving anti-retroviral therapy is 65

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Bradford McIntyre never expected to live to be 63. A year after he was diagnosed with HIV in 1984, he was told he had only six months to live.

But he beat the odds and is one of many Canadians now aging with HIV. New research from the Canadian Observational Cohort Collaboration found the average life expectancy for HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral therapy is now 65.

“I feel fortunate to still be alive today. Many HIV positive people did not live anywhere near the 31 years that I have lived with HIV,” McIntyre says.

McIntyre has been a longtime advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness and started his website positivelypositive.ca in 2003 to share his story and the latest research. He has a good life and enjoys cooking, gardening and spending time at the beach. But he says aging with the virus comes with its own

unique set of challenges.

These include health, emotional, financial and social effects.

Research shows that HIV accelerates the aging process. A study recently published in peerreviewed science journal PLOS ONE found that HIV positive people age approximately 14 years faster. This puts them at a higher risk for age-related health issues such as cancers, high blood pressure, frailty, osteoporosis, kidney and liver disease and neurocognitive disorders.

“Coping with multiple conditions may be difficult especially if they’ve tried to remain high functioning yet are constrained by the effects of HIV, ARVS and aging,” explains Dr. Neora Pick, medical director of the Oak Tree Clinic, which provides care for women and families with HIV/AIDS in B.C. She has seen HIV-positive patients in their 60s, 70s and 80s.

McIntyre has been undetectable for HIV since he started taking

anti-retroviral medication in 1998, but deals with chronic health issues. He is coping with osteoarthritis, hypertension, low bone density, neuropathy (a deterioration of the nervous system) in his leg caused by the HIV/AIDS drug AZT, and a chronic thyroid condition. He has also experienced weight loss from both HIV and the medications that help keep him alive.

“I have weighed as little as 128 pounds,” says McIntyre. “In 2004, I had facial reconstruction due to the loss of fat in my face.”

There are also financial concerns that come with aging from the virus. Pick says before anti-retrovirals were introduced in 1996, HIV equated a death sentence, giving those diagnosed little incentive to prepare for the future.

“Many are financially insecure and living in poverty, not because they are incapable, just because it is unfortunate that they were diagnosed before the treatment was available,” she says.

Aging with HIV can also have mental and emotional impacts such as stress, anxiety and depression.

Those diagnosed 20 to 30 years ago have had to cope with the loss of many friends to the virus.

“I didn’t expect to live and so I didn’t think that I would actually see those people that I cared about and loved get sick and die,” says McIntyre.

“There’s a possibility that I could be the last man standing.”

Positive Living B.C. chair Valerie Nicholson also knows what it’s like aging with HIV. She became one of the growing number of Canadians diagnosed later in life in 2004, before she turned 50. She says she plans to live well beyond the age of 65.

“I have grandchildren that I just adore and I want to be around for a really long time,” she says.

Nicholson says because people with HIV were not previously expected to live so long, there is concern about whether services

are equipped to deal with their needs as they age.

“I’m hearing from people living with it for a long time, ‘When I’m in my 70s and 80s where am I going to go? Is there going to be people educated in our needs?’” she says, adding that one of the biggest challenges HIVpositive people continue to face is stigma and discrimination.

“I have seen that in local hospitals, I have experienced that at the dental office. And that’s here in Vancouver. When I think of people in rural communities, they have to face that everyday. It makes me sad.”

Nicholson recounted a time when a doctor “double gloved” because they did not want to touch someone she was with because they were HIV positive.

“I was so appalled and that needs to change,” she says. “That makes a person so stressed and feel so bad and they shouldn’t. I mean no one asks to get HIV.” McIntyre says part of

the problem is a lack of knowledge and awareness.

“I talk to people all the time and they’re not aware of any of the information that I convey around HIV,” he says.

The stigma and lack of awareness means many people choose not to publicly disclose their status.

Pick has seen patients lose long-time friends after disclosing. But for McIntyre and Nicholson it is an important part of life.

“For me, I’m still me.

Just because I have a virus it shouldn’t change anything about me,” says Nicholson. “People live with many viruses, diseases and cancers and it’s important to speak out, I don’t want to hide.”

“I receive thousands of emails from around the world,” says McIntyre.

“Oftentimes there’s an individual that has just found out they’re positive and is thinking the worst. Then they find my website and see that I’ve lived all these years and I’m married and it gives them hope.” @BlakeEmily

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While students heading back to school typically check out the newest trends in fashion, they’re often just as obsessed with the latest technology, phones and gadgets.

That fact is not lost on the big players in the field, so it’s no surprise both Apple and Samsung are rolling out promotions and offers in time for the start of class in September.

APPLE Last month Apple launched its annual back to school promotion, which this year includes the offer of a free pair of Beats Solo2 On-Ear headphones to

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qualifying students, parents of students and educators who purchase an eligible Mac, including the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Pro. Refurbished Macs, as well as the Mac mini, iPhones and iPads are excluded from the promotion. When purchasing a qualifying product, Apple will automatically credit the amount of the Beats Solo2 On-Ear, $219, in glass black, white, red, blue, gray or pink.

Those who want to upgrade to the Beats Solo2 Wireless On-Ear Headphones in space gray, silver or gold, must pay an extra $110.The offer runs until Sept. 18. Some restrictions apply.

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on the road Driving tips for back to school Lessons in becoming a crossing guard by auxiliary traffic officer Christopher Richardson.

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With children and youth returning to school in the coming weeks, the Canada Safety Council reminds drivers to be extra cautious on the roads during this busy time of year.

“We owe it to the young people in our communities to review and respect the rules around school zones,” says Jack Smith, president of the Canada Safety Council. “As the summer break come to a close, remember that extra

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continue on until the flashing lights stop.

1 Reduce your speed. Be more careful in residential areas where children are present. Respect speed limits in school zones and playground zones.

3 Obey crossing guards.

2 Stop for school buses displaying flashing red lights and the extended stop arm.

In most cases, traffic in both directions must stop for school buses. Do not

4 Never overtake other vehicles within a school zone or within a half block of any crosswalk.

5 Avoid U-turns and threepoint turns in school zones.

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As the evenings stay warm but get darker, it’s time to light up your outdoor life with these great ideas WORDS BY MICHELLE HOPKINS REW.CA

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he nights are already drawing in, the sun is setting earlier and earlier – but there are still a lot of warm evenings left to enjoy.

With those darker evenings comes the need for gorgeous outdoor lighting to create a welcoming ambience, whether for a late-summer party, a romantic tête-à-tête or just a regular Tuesday night barbecue. REW.ca went in search of new ways and products to illuminate your front pathways, doors, sidewalks or backyard patio, deck, gazebo or pool. We spoke to two lighting consultants – Mark Takahashi from Great Canadian Landscaping Co. and David Nelson at Northwest Landscape and Stone Supply – to find out what’s new, what’s cool or unique and how to create your perfect outdoor oasis using light.

OUTDOOR WALL LIGHTING This is really in vogue. It not only can provide light, it can enhance the architecture of the house and add comfort and warmth to the exterior of your house.

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING One of the most exciting ways to use architectural lighting is to light up hard stone and soft wood from the inside. “There are also lights for trees that mimic moonlight for a soft modern look,” says Takahashi.

Nelson adds: “You can also purchase, or for that matter, find your own log or stump and create lamps with strip lighting that you insert into the cracks in the wood.”

FLAT PATH LIGHTING Kichler Lighting Canada features a new flat top contemporary path light that is a spin-off from traditional pathway/ garden illumination. Square,

flat top, really sleek path lighting is in and dome and mushroom lighting is passé.

STRIP LIGHTING UNDER SEATING If you want to make the most of the outdoors, you’ll want to use lighting in the evenings when it’s dark.

There are many creative, stylish options such as lighting placed under seating or garden features to complement well placed lamps.

VIBRANT COLOURS Don’t stick to one colour – be bold and fresh as changing the colour of the light at a click of the switch will drastically change the mood and feel of the outdoor space.

Illuminated globes: Looking for sophisticated style in your yard? These yard lights are timeless and exude elegance and personality.

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WORDS BY ANNE MARRISON AMARRISON@SHAW.CA

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This year I lost my entire raspberry crop. In June, the leaves were turning brown and shriveling up. The berries dried up before they ripened. I watered the bushes about once a week. In spring I put on year old compost from my bin.

Did I over-fertilize, or was this some sort of blight? The raspberries are about 20 years old. I have dug up most of the roots – just left about 10 new shoots. Should I buy new plants and put them in the same place? Could there be something wrong with the soil? Or is it just from the heat?” JEAN KONDA-WITTE, ABBOTSFORD

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It’s the lack of rain and hot sun that’s ruined your raspberries. Twenty years is about the age when blight and viral infections happen – but the key to your problems is when you reported that the leaves turned brown as well.

It might be a good idea to buy some new plants – but frankly if next year’s weather is like this, you could have the same problem again. It might be best to wait and see how your ten new shoots do.

If they do poorly, then you could buy new roots and plant these in another site. If your present raspberry site is in full sun, try a more shaded spot for the new plantings.

Next year, you could try Sea Soil as an amendment or mulch (or both). Home compost is excellent, but Sea Soil has an additional advantage in drought – it holds onto water very well. Grass clippings are a nutritious and water-saving mulch, which are all the more valuable for being absolutely free. With raspberries, you can pile grass mulch thickly. Just make sure the mulch layer is thinner right up against the canes.

The reason for this is because thick, fresh grass layers get hot enough to burn delicate plant tissues (and unprotected human skin).

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca. It helps if you can add the name of your city or region.

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HORSING AROUND: Last year, the Vancouver Polo Club was formed to bring the royal sport to the city, offering clinics and lessons for beginners and aficionados alike.

The society also staged its first ever Pacific Polo Cup. Hundreds in their sartorial best made their way to Southlands Riding Club in the heart of the city’s equestrian community to take in the sophomore edition.

Event chair Kimberley St. Pierre welcomed a glamorous crowd for a day of polo watching, champagne sipping and brunching. Holders of VIP tickets were treated to a gourmet luncheon prepared by David Hawksworth on one side of the field, while other spectators lounged on blankets and picnicked on fare from a variety of local food trucks. Guests took to the grass at intermission for the traditional divot stomp, but as always the main attraction was the thrilling polo action. Proceeds from the day of riding — anticipated to be upwards of $20,000 — will benefit the Southlands Riding Society.

QUEER AS FOLK: In 1988, the first iteration of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival was held as a small event among friends.

Twenty-seven years later, the film fest has grown to become the city’s second largest cinematic celebration, showcasing movies illuminating the lives of queer people.

Executive director Drew Dennis has been at the helm of the organization for the past 15 years, advancing queer lives through film, education and dialogue. Dennis formally stepped down last month, but bid adieu to fans at the festival opener, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, which kick-started the 11days of 80 films, forums and pink carpet parties.

THAI-ING ONE ON: Thailand ConsulGeneral Surrhiluck Sa-ngarmangkang promoted her country’s riches at her annual summer garden party, staged at her official residence on Matthew Street. Guests included dignitaries, politicos and media, who enjoyed a showcase of Thailand’s performing and culinary arts. The nation’s renowned chef Phonganan Siriseangphaiwan — flown over for the occasion — provided the many tasting plates. Larger versions will be served Sept. 19, when the consulate, in partnership with the Canadian International Education Assistance Foundation, hosts a fundraising dinner to provide children back home living in the remotest areas of the country access to education at Baan Mae Ramoeng School, situated along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Learning of the distances some kids have to walk to go to school — reportedly up to 40 kilometres — party goer Jenny Ip, a Thai-native, pledged $50,000 to go towards creation of more student housing. The benefit gala will be staged at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel.

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Marking the Queen’s birthday in Thailand, Consul-General Surrhiluck Sa-ngarmangkang hosted a summer garden party featuring the culinary delights by the country’s renowned chef Phonganan Siriseangphaiwan.

Thomas Leung and Tom Mah’s Canadian International Education Assistance Foundation, in collaboration with the Thai Consulate, will raise funds to improve public education in Thailand. Jenny Ip pledged $50,000 towards the effort.

Drew Dennis, flanked by associate executive director Metha Brown and programming director Shana Myara, took one last bow after 15 years at the helm as executive director of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.

Super tasty! After 10 years, owner James Iranzad, left, shuttered Kitsilano dining fixture Abigail’s Party and opened seafood-inspired and cocktail-focused Supermarine, fronted by chef Jacob Deacon Evans.

Christmas in August! Indigo’s Janet Eger hosted the company’s holiday preview at the Loden Hotel. Among this season’s top gift ideas: pillow accents, woodland creatures and books, the firm’s mainstay.

Sharon McGowan’s documentary Bearded Ladies: the Photography of Rosamand Norbury, left, made its world debut at the Queer Film Festival.

Actor Barbara Beeby, right, appears in the film that follows Norbury on a gender-bending photo shoot.

Vancouver Polo Club vice president Nadia Iadisernia, left, and event chair Kimberley St. Pierre fronted the posh day of polo watching, champagne sipping and brunch benefiting the Southlands Riding Club.

Colombian polo player Mauricio Vasquez participated in the second annual Pacific Polo Cup organized by the Vancouver Polo Club in partnership with Jet Set Crew’s Craig Stowe.

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life is not just about being but becoming: learning, growing and anticipating new experiences. We recognize the constant change in ourselves and our horizons, both are ever expanding.

But at some point, most of us stop seeing perpetual personal growth and expanding horizons. We can settle in a habitual way of seeing ourselves. Life becomes routine.

We can get so settled that we are startled by change: in school or work, relationships and health.

We are surprised when we look in the mirror and notice that we’ve grown older or put on some weight.

Maybe after making the big choices in life – what to study, where to work, where to live and who to marry, we can settle into autopilot, and we do, until we are shaken awake by turbulence.

But in reality, we, along with everything around us, are constantly changing.

We remain in perpetual motion. If we don’t mind our bearings and keep our eyes on the horizon, we won’t notice the landscape has changed and we can fly off course. We even forget that we can choose to change our destination.

The healthiest and happiest of my patients remain on course most of their lives. They’ve settled into good routines of eating healthy balanced diets and attending to their relationships and physical activity.

When their life situation changes, they adapt. They learn what changes they

need to make to remain as healthy as possible. With a new diagnosis of high blood pressure, they reduce dietary sodium (salt) and lose extra body fat through a combination of exercise and healthy eating.

When they become bothered by degenerative arthritis (osteoarthritis) in their knees, they’ll adapt to more appropriate exercise (for example, changing from running and jumping activities to swimming or stationary cycling).

bearings, take a look at the landscape and affirm your destination. Are you still on course? What are you doing each day to move in the right direction? What are you doing that takes you off course?

If a relationship needs some work, visualize a more positive situation and come up with one or two things you could start doing to produce a positive change.

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Don’t wait for the turbulence of life to force you to change.

Choose your goals and move each day in the direction of your positive potential.

My most vibrant patients don’t wait for the signs of aging and chronic health conditions to tell them to change. Making positive changes is a way of life.

They see their potential in life as ever-evolving. They set new challenges and goals, visualize their best selves and take steps each day towards these new horizons.

You are always being and becoming. Regardless of your age and circumstances, consider your positive potential in the important areas of your life.

Do what my healthiest and happiest patients do each day. Check your

you eat (or don’t eat).

What is your potential for fitness? What can you add to your daily exercise routine – a little more endurance activity, more resistance training or the commitment to do daily exercise?

Don’t wait for the turbulence of life to force you to change. Choose your goals and move each day in the direction of your positive potential.

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper.

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Throughout the short history of the physical fitness industry as we know it, which, in fairness, only really took off for the average citizen during the late-20th century, there has been an ongoing debate over the relative merits of exercising alone or as part of a group or class.

Fairly recent, but enduringly popular group fitness innovations, including weight-loss boot camps, Zumba and CrossFit, have brought this debate into even sharper focus. But while group classes are certainly increasingly popular, there are still some good reasons to consider flying solo.

First, it’s important to acknowledge the benefits of the group approach. For one thing, especially for those interested in socializing and making friends, group fitness classes can be incredibly motivating. This is an important consideration since consistency is arguably the most important aspect of any fitness program, even more so than perfect technique or sufficient intensity. Basically, you can’t meet any fitness goals you’re not regularly working toward.

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While group exercise classes are still popular, solo sessions are growing in popularity.

in a low-stress and at least moderately supervised environment.

On the other hand, the fun and excitement of group classes may conceal some significant drawbacks.

For one thing, any group endeavour is necessarily going to neglect addressing some of your own personal goals and weaknesses. This can be particularly harmful if you have a specific injury that requires any level of physical rehabilitation. Also, a group class usually means there will be only one or at most a small handful of instructors available to monitor technique, which could increase the likelihood of injury. This is especially true

if the movements required by the class are foreign to you, particularly challenging or are being engaged in competitively with other group members.

Finally, the benefits of group fitness training could plateau over time if each individual class is similar enough to the others to enable your body to adapt to performing the required movements with decreased effort over time. Ultimately, it comes down to the question of your motivation for exercising. If your goals are to meet and be encouraged by your fitness peers, a group class of suitable difficulty and variation is likely your best option.

However, if your goals include maximizing athletic performance or addressing specific health or mobility issues, a custom-tailored and constantly modified individual program is likely to be more effective. In this case, visiting periodically with a qualified fitness and nutrition trainer is a great way to stay on track. Of course, you also don’t have to choose just one style of fitness training. You can create a blend of weekly solo and group fitness experiences that work the best for you.

Shaun Karp is a certified trainer and owner of Karp Personal Training in Vancouver.

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A great many people have difficulty hearing others clearly on a daily basis.

Bad acoustics, unclear pronunciation, background noise and music often make it challenging to catch what people say. This results in them having to repeatedly ask questions, straining to hear and perhaps increasingly avoiding discussions in large groups. As mentioned earlier, this may be caused by malfunctions in special cells in the ear. According to a theory proposed by hearing researchers, “motor cells” are a type of hair cell responsible for amplifying quiet sounds. They vibrate up to 20,000 times per second. If these hair cells do not work properly then

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And yet another after you turn to discover they’re all buff, manic-eyed twentysomethings dressed identically in short shorts, red knee stockings and old school aviator helmets who insist you follow them down the street, toute suite.

But this was a daily occurrence for pedestrians in Montreal’s famous Latin Quarter this summer and, perhaps surprisingly, it wasn’t part of yet another Just For Laughs hidden camera gag.

Instead, it marked the beginning of yet another free public performance offered as part of Montréal Complètement Cirque, a city-wide two-week festival now in its sixth year and a growing Quebec cultural institution in its own right.

The performers were all “Minutiens,” members of Les Minutes Complètement Cirque troupe, who led the crowd to a nearby university courtyard on Rue Saint-Denis for a highly athletic show heavy in audience participation. The crowd loved it, but it was actually only the warmup for the far more elaborate outdoor “Duels” show held shortly afterward at nearby Place Emilie-Gamelin featuring tightrope walking, aerial

Roller skating members of Cirque Alfonse pull each other by their beards while circling a human punching bag.

silk routines, Chinese pole balancing and general flying through the air with the greatest of ease. All without a net.

Once upon a time, people had to run away to join the circus. In la belle province, thanks in no small part to an emerging cottage industry launched by the global success of homegrown Cirque Du Soleil, it is becoming a viable career choice for young people entering the workforce.

“There is now a very big talent pool,” said Duels director Anthony Venisse, a trapeze and clown specialist from France who now teaches at the city’s National Circus School, the only accredited school in North America offering high school and post-secondary students professional training in circus arts. “Everything started 30 years ago [when the school opened], and then Cirque du Soleil came and then it just

became a huge thing.”

Many Québécois grew up in an era after two FrenchCanadian buskers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix, created a multi-billion dollar empire out of a small Canada Council grant given to mark the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier’s voyage to the New World.

But while Cirque du Soleil’s founders deserve much of the credit for the province’s flourishing scene, Quebec has long been a stronghold for circus arts. It was home to the first touring circuses in Canada back in the 19th century, which became a part of French-Canadian tradition, and major cultural events such as Expo 67, the Superfrancofête of 1974 and the Montreal Summer Olympics all helped create a (literal) niche for street performers and various artist collectives.

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People realized there was bread to be made in circuses.

“There are so many artists studying here but also just staying to create new work,” said Venisse. “In North America, it’s by far the biggest area for it and, while there is still much more of a circus tradition in Europe, there are maybe only five other places in the world where the quality of teaching is as high as it is here.”

The culture also seems to be just as varied as any artistic movement. For example, while the Minutes performance offered all the athleticism and derring-do people have come to expect from a Cirque show, it also had an emphasis on involving regular people. The show included 20 non-professionals in the cast, most memorably a woman confined to a wheelchair who performed a beautiful pas de deux with a male acrobat who used her chair as a balancing platform.

“When she raises her arms near the end that is almost as difficult for her as anything [the professionals] are being asked to do,” said Vinesse.

“It is very moving to include people from outside our community and see them fall in love with it. This is the first year we’ve tried it and it has been a great success.”

It was also hard to imagine the circus freaks of Cirque Alfonse feeling at home under Cirque du Soleil’s big top. Their show “BARBU foire électro trad,” which I was fortunate to catch as part of a recent media circus tour organized by Tourisme Montreal, was unlike anything I’d ever seen. And I’ve seen five different Cirque du Soleil shows.

Imagine a punk rock version of a Cirque show, only instead of the G-rated crowd-pleasers, you’ve got dudes with strongman builds and giant beards stripped down to their Speedos juggling kegs of beer while standing on top of each other’s shoulders while a Gogol Bordello-like band rock out in the background. Or acrobatic female mud wrestling refereed by a whip-cracking dominatrix. Or a grey-haired stagehand in a pig suit dancing to Motorhead between

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Guinea pigs both figurative and literal. This is definitely not your grandparent’s Ringling Brothers.

Instead, it’s just the latest twist on an art form that goes back several centuries but shows no sign of packing up and moving on. Ladies and gentlemen, you won’t believe your eyes.

The seventh annual Montréal Complètement Cirque festival is scheduled for July 2016.

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A desire for solitude and peace will come over you this week and the next few – and before the month ahead is over, you’ll start to see the benefits of quietude and contemplation. Over the year ahead, you’ll feel more spiritual, become more at peace with God, you’ll grow more charitable and understanding. Sunday/Monday almost belie this, as errands, communications, trips, details and friends keep you busy.

A year of romance, creativity, beauty, pleasure, risks that pay off, charming children, and allround good luck starts now. You’re on a winning streak, Taurus! You can almost sense the change Sunday/Monday, as if a cloud crossed the sun and cast things, for a moment, in a different light.

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The month and year ahead bring happiness, a relief from pressures, social joys, popularity, friendly romance and entertainment. A money wish is poised to come true. Sunday and Monday feature money, earnings, buying and selling, possessions and sensual attraction.

Don’t chase that last, nor investments, Monday.

Errands, paperwork, details and communications fill Tues./Wed. – all flows well, except Wed. morning (PDT) when frustrating disruptions might occur.

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The month and year ahead bring energy, expansion, optimism and good luck to your career, prestige, neighbourhood reputation, interactions with authorities, and your parenting roles (or dealings with your parents). Your energy and charisma climb Sunday/ Monday – a good time to start semi-important projects (e.g., not a new business, but a new paint job for your house). However, don’t seek co-operation Monday – bosses will favour you, but not your peers.

The week, month and year ahead emphasize errands, communications, short travel, details and paperwork, casual friends, news media, reports. Be curious.

Ask questions. A place you visit before September 10, 2016 might later become your new home. This is an easy, pleasant week. Tackle chores Sun./ Mon. – you’ll get them done easily. (Sunday’s better, though – Monday might contain a few minor glitches in scheduling, counting, directions).

The month and year ahead bring you good fortune in intellectual, far travel, love, social and cultural, publishing/advertising/media, fame and educational areas. But retreat Sunday/Monday – rest, protect health, contemplate and plan.

Let yourself get a sense, absorb a “feel” for the year ahead… daydream and you’ll see where you want to go. Don’t let an uber-sense of duty hold you back.

The year ahead favours money, income, sales, possessions and casual sensual relationships, and the year becomes “deeper” this week onward.

Romance, beauty, pleasure and creative and speculative urges propel you Sun./Mon. Dive in, enjoy, flirt, express your heart! But leave lust alone or you’ll start something off on the wrong foot. Tackle chores Tues./Wed. – you’ll get much done and end with a solid feeling of accomplishment.

The month and year ahead feature good fortune in sexual, intimate, financial, lifestyle, health diagnosis, research and investigation zones. You’ll be making changes, you’ll make commitments and enjoy the consequences.

Young couples seeking pregnancy should receive good news. Sunday/Monday bring a boost in optimism, social happiness, popularity, and plans for the future.

Your energy, luck and charisma soar this week – and your luck will stay high right into late summer, 2016. You charisma, too, will remain high over this year ahead, but because you’ll be cheerful and outgoing rather than “sexy.” You might want to end certain situations or opt for security rather than the heights, despite your optimism and feeling of luck That’s good, too. Sunday/Monday contain a hint of this, as home, security, family, Mother Earth become significant, attractive.

The month and year ahead brings exciting meetings, bountiful and lucky relationships, fortunate relocation, dealings with the public, potential fame, opportunities galore, and a fresh new outlook on life. Remember this: all your luck will come via others, so brush up on your people skills and be willing to jump on another’s band wagon. Sunday/Monday bring career opportunities, pressure, dealings with higher-ups.

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Aug. 23: Barbara Eden (84). Aug. 24: Stephen Fry (58). Aug. 25 Elvis Costello (61).

Aug. 26: Shirley Manson (49).

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Aug. 20 to 26, 2015 1. Vancity Theatre screens Fredrik Gertten’s particularly topical documentary Bikes vs Cars Aug. 21 to 27. In the film, Gertten travels to São Paulo, Los Angeles and Toronto, where cyclists fight daily for their right to the road, to Copenhagen, where 40 per cent of the population commutes by bike, and he investigates “the daily drama of traffic worldwide and the bicycle as a tool for change.” Details at viff.org.

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2. Ever-dependable, Toronto-by-wayof-Halifax rock outfit Sloan continues to deliver the goods after two decades of music making with last year’s four-sided, two-album, democratically organized album, Commonwealth. The quartet plays Aug. 25 as part of the PNE’s Summer Night Concerts series. Best of all it’s free with admission to the fair.

Details at pne.ca.

3. Covering a topic near and dear to our jittery hearts, the Coffee Film Festival features a series of perky documentaries and community-created shorts exploring all aspects of this beloved beverage, Aug. 22 the Rio Theatre. Details at worldcoffeeevents.org/coffee-film-festival/.

4. Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth, brings his contemporary folk stylings to the Orpheum Aug. 22 in support of his latest album Dark Bird Is Home. Apparently, he’ll be touring for the first time with a full band. So he’s got that going for him. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca.

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Soft serve heats up In Gastown, Soft Peaks, Twisted Ice Cream and Uyu (which opened last week) all peddle some version of soft serve with ostentatious toppings. But let’s remember that Campagnolo ROMA, best known for its unfussy Italian food, started selling soft serve two years ago.

The Campagnolo ROMA team begins with a base of milk, sugar and a touch of powdered milk, and then adds flavours to achieve caramelized white chocolate or a spot-on tiramisu.

Dairy-free sorbettos make use of local produce such as plums, coronation grapes and apples.

Chef de cuisine Jesse McMillan shares a neighbourhood secret: the restaurant’s patio stays open between lunch and dinner for drinks, nibbles and — yup — soft serve.

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frozen alternative “We change the flavours daily, so people come in to see what’s new,” says McMillan. “Kids love it. We’re family oriented and into making people happy. Soft serve does that handily.”

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The mechanics of Qoola are pretty straightforward: choose your flavour, add your toppings, weigh and pay. But founder and CEO Warrick Chu explains that while many frozen yogurt shops start with powder, Qoola freezes actual yogurt.

“Never powdered, always fresh,” says Chu. The B.C.-based company includes 18 locations across Canada and a food truck in Vancouver. In a sea of same-same froyo, Qoola’s making a play on the higher probiotic content of its yogurt, its compostable packaging and its many charitable activities. To wit, on opening day for the latest location at Robson and Bute, 100 per cent of the proceeds went to Canuck Place.

As to whether frozen yogurt is really healthy, Chu’s pragmatic. He prefers the original tart flavour topped with fresh fruit, but acknowledges there will always be demand for sweeter flavours, crushed candy and sugary drizzles. “Everything in moderation,” he says. “I think we’re one of the healthiest options out there.”

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At IcePik Shavery in Kingsway-Collingwood, I’ve just ordered the Emperor’s Pik. The girl behind the counter unearths a green cylinder from the freezer and snaps it into the top of what looks like a modified drill press.

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“We wanted to do an east-meets-west thing,” says Le. So in addition to black sesame and green tea, there’s also vanilla and mint. Toppings run the gamut from grass jelly to Oreo chunks.

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In spite of the title, Judas has always been the main character in Jesus Christ Superstar, and this Fighting Chance Productions (FCP), co-directed by Ryan Mooney and Anna Kuman, has a spectacular Judas in Ray Boulay. He’s a volcano ready to blow and a voice with the power to match it. And this Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera, going back to 1970, needs a powerful, conflicted Judas to make it work.

Here’s Webber’s take on it: if God intended his son Jesus Christ to be crucified, he needed someone to betray him. God picked Judas.

And Judas has been vilified for over 2,000 years.

Under Mooney and Kuman’s direction this production is young, energetic, contemporary and tech

savvy. There are cellphones, selfies and a couple of big monitors catching all the action in real-time. Of course, in the 21st century, Christ wouldn’t be crucified; he’d be medicated or institutionalized. The Son of God? OK. So the present-day vision only goes so far.

But that’s one of the really interesting questions that this 40-odd year old musical raises: what does happen to those who preach peace and love and, in the process, raise hackles?

The directors bring together a cast of 20, and it’s pretty amazing what choreographer Kuman does on the Waterfront stage in and around a lot of tubular aluminum scaffolding, stairs and ramps.

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This is a “sung-through” musical; there are no spoken lines. For audiences to understand what’s going on, the singers have to be good and to enunciate clearly, and the band (four piece, off stage, under the musical direction of Clare Wyatt) can’t overwhelm anyone. There are bits here and there that get lost, but for the most part, it’s all accessible.

And, of course, Jesus Christ Superstar is so well known from the 1973 film version that most audiences already know what’s going on.

So: it’s the last week in the life of Jesus Christ.

Judas, rightly so, is afraid that Christ’s rabble-rousing will rile the ruling Romans and all of Jesus’s enthusiastic, idealistic but politically naïve followers are at risk.

But Jesus, quite sweetly rendered by black, dreadlocked Hal Wesley Rogers, can’t back off. He’s gone too far and he’s about to come undone.

Comforting him to the end is Mary (Vanessa Merenda) — the Biblical Mary Magdalene — who sees what’s coming but can’t stop it. Petite Merenda delivers a soulful, “I Don’t Know How To Love Him,” one of the better-known songs in this enduring musical.

Pilate (Sean Anthony) does not see a problem with Jesus, but with the Jews screaming for Jesus’s death

and political stability threatened, he caves. Anthony lays that out beautifully in “Pilate’s Dream.”

The real nasties are Annas (Myles McCarthy) and Caiaphas (Lisa Marie Ricketts), both corporately dressed in power suits.

I met three adults the night I attended who said their only knowledge of the Christian story was through Jesus Christ Superstar.

Perhaps that’s not such a bad thing since the major players — Jesus, Judas, Mary and Pilate — are sympathetically portrayed and have some depth. Not a lot, but some.

We all know how it ends, and it comes rather abruptly.

Personally, I’d be happy never, ever to see another crucifixion on stage. This one is not too grisly, but there’s a lashing scene that children don’t need to see so don’t take them or prepare them beforehand with the old story, “It’s only makebelieve.”

Maybe it’s all make-believe, but Fighting Chance Productions is packing them in and the show deserves good audiences.

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Members of the Liverpool FC Official Supporters Club gather at noon on a weekday to watch a televised match at the Butcher and Bullock Aug. 17. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Football club supporters find a home at local pubs Bhoys, gooners and scousers take their sport and where they watch it seriously

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Rise before dawn, stand in the rain, wait for a pub to open its doors and switch on the telly, hopefully in time for kick-off half a world away.

It’s a common experience for football fans like bhoys, gooners and scousers who rank sports allegiance as an integral part of their identity and liken fandom to religious affiliation. It was the familiar trope in Vancouver until the owners of one bar tossed over the keys so fans of Scottish side Celtic could let themselves in for a 5 a.m. match and turn the coffee pot on along with the television.

“We literally used to watch the games as the cleaners were in sweeping up broken glass from the night before,” said Randel Dupuis, a member of the city’s oldest such group, the Vancouver Shamrock Celtics Supporters Club.

“We were the only way of seeing the games back in those days, and any Glaswegian wanting to watch Celtic had to prevail upon our hospitality. If you check our website, you’ll see pictures of Rod Stewart himself catching a game with us while he was in town performing.”

Founded in 2000, the Shamrocks moved from the Croatian Cultural Centre and eventually adopted the Library Square Public House as their base. As Dupuis wrote in an email, “[It’s] the lone outpost for the best of the Scottish game. A Celtic

FC scarf enjoys pride-ofplace above the bar.”

Owned by the Donnelly Group, the pub set an example that many in the chain have followed: for Barclays English Premier League football, Chelsea FC fans congregate at the New Oxford; scousers watch Liverpool FC at the Butcher and Bullock; Manchester City FC games are on at the Blackbird; the Bimini hosts Tottenham Hotspur FC fans; Manchester United FC supporters crowd the Lamplighter.

The Scottish Premier League hosts bhoys (and ghirls) at Library Square and Rangers FC supporters at the Three Brits Public House.

The Pint, where Arsenal FC fans congregate, is one of the only venues outside the Donnelly chain to host official supporters clubs of English and Scottish premier league soccer.

Never walk alone

At noon on Monday, the second week of the season since the EPL started Aug. 8, more than 150 men and a dozen women packed into the downtown Butcher and Bullock, a stately but windowless watering hole in the financial district. Two suited men at the bar had taken off their jackets and were forking Cesar salads.

By the time the second half of the Liverpool match began, they’d left, vacating their bar stools for new patrons, these ones wearing red Gerrard jerseys and drinking lager.

The Butcher and Bullock

is the formal home of the Liverpool FC Official Supporters Club, a united crowd of Vancouverites and English expats led by president Steve Speed. He’s a Liverpudlian living on the West Coast since 2005 who has three Liverpool tattoos on his body, including the Liverbird city emblem on his calf with a maple leaf and the club’s song-turnedmotto, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” the loyalty proudly stamped on his lower back.

“The main thing is to open the doors and let people in,” said Speed. “Don’t have people standing in the rain one minute until the game starts.”

Management at the Butcher and Bullock has gone far beyond opening the doors. They designed 250 custom-made scarves with “Liverpool FC” flanked by the pub’s emblem on one end and the supporters’ crest on the other. They also put up prizes, including a B.C. Place pitch-level corporate box at exhibition games and a portion of the cost for members to visit Los Angeles to see former Liverpool players on a speaking tour.

Until 2013, the Liverpool supporters group made their home at two different bars. Speed said a small group gathered at Liberty Square but, only naturally, “The Celtic bhoys weren’t very happy sharing because they had a lot of rank there.” Eventually, he said, “They wouldn’t let us in to watch our games live.”

The scousers soon found a new haunt but the presi-

dent said the relationship deteriorated in 2013 after seven years. “Staff members complain to people in our club about getting up early to open the doors.”

A member of the club also worked at a Donnelly restaurant and suggested the place that was formerly Smiley’s, the ground-level pub which came under Donnelly ownership in 2009. A few years later, the Bull was branded and the Liverpool supporters’ club now fill it with hundreds of fans every week.

Bangers and Butties

It doesn’t hurt Liverpool fans that Donnelly marketing manager Damon Holowchak is a scouse, which is a kind of hearty, workingclass stew that’s come to stand in for Liverpool fans. He said the Donnelly Group, a Vancouver restaurant company launched in 1999 by Jeff Donnelly, couldn’t force a relationship with football fans. “It had to be organic,” Holowchak said Monday, a red scarf around his neck as Liverpool FC went on its way to defeat Bournemouth 1-0.

The key was embracing “traditional pub values,” which means making people want to come in, stay and then return, eventually choosing an establishment as their local. Once a supporters’ club feels welcome, it’s up to them to declare a pub their official home.

(Supporters groups charge membership and maintain a formal affiliation with the football club.

This includes supporting former players on North

American speaking tours. It also comes with the benefit of receiving a few highly coveted tickets to the home stadium.)

The menus at various bars cater to the English and Scottish soccer fans who fill the places each week. Members also get discounts on food such as the “Champions English Breakfast” of grilled bacon bangers, back bacon, baked beans and tomato.

At the New Oxford, menu items include the Chelsea Eggs Benny and Chelsea Sausage Sandwich.

The Blues Bacon Sarnie is especially tailored to Blues fans. The bacon and butter toasted sandwich, however, is a lot like the Bacon Butty, the same dish with a different name when printed on the menu at the Butcher and Bullock.

“Don’t tell them it’s the same thing,” one Donnelly employee quipped. Both sell for $10 and are served with HP sauce.

Channel changes

For Canadians (and migrants to Canada) of a certain generation, tuning in to watch European or Latin American football clubs meant pay-per-view cable or satellite dishes to avoid the unbearable oblivion of not watching at all. Today’s audiences can watch more games than ever before in Canada or stream (legally and otherwise) matches while connecting with likeminded viewers on a second screen in real time.

Growth of Major League Soccer and the supporters

clubs for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC has ramped up interest in soccer although British football fans say nothing in Canada compares to the devotion they show their teams. “Even Canucks fans during the playoffs can’t match us for an early-season game,” said one English supporter.

In the U.S., NBC Sports Group committed to air all 380 English Premier League matches available through the 2021-22 season. The fan base is growing and not just among the committee members who pay for the right to be official.

Perhaps ironically, easy viewing access has diminished the need for some fans to gather together.

“We used to have a pair of dedicated cable boxes at the pub to get our domestic and international games, but the availability of games online, coupled with improved coverage on Sportsnet and TSN have made such devices unnecessary,” said Dubois with the Celtic fan group. “Our operating costs are a fraction of what they were back in the day, but membership has been in decline as well, as fans can now watch from the comfort of their own homes rather than driving downtown in the wee hours.”

On the weekend, Dubois says the morning games will be delayed until noon so spectators can gather after the sun has risen. “The biggest challenge is staying off the various social media outlets beforehand and accidentally stumbling across the score.” @MHStewart

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String tension. String bed. String pattern. Nylon string and natural gut.

All things string — measured in kilograms or pounds — is being handled by the official stringers of the Odlum Brown VanOpen, who will string nearly 500 tennis racquets over the nine-day tournament.

Named the official stringer for the 14th annual VanOpen, which continues at Hollyburn Country Club until Aug. 23, Vancouver’s Rackets and Runners is responsible for meeting the personal and precise preferences of

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Three stringers will string nearly 500 racquets during the VanOpen.

the most competitive field in the history of the West Van tennis tournament.

That includes former World No. 4 Francesca Schiavone who has career victories over powerhouse players like Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki.

Now ranked 88th, the Italian won the French Open in 2010, and the VanOpen women’s field includes six players top-100, plus 15 who advanced to the main draw at Wimbledon this summer.

Because of the level of competition, the three stringers will be busier than previous years. Each player will string her racquet, typically the night before playing, and most will have multiple racquets, said Rackets and Runners general manager Kevin Christensen.

“As a tournament goes along, the players start dropping out. Half win, half lose,” he said. “Generally what will happen, in theory, the higher calibre the player, usually the more racquets they will string. Top players

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Driving a compact two-seater that belongs to a large car-share fleet, I passed two cyclists on West First Avenue beside the Molson Brewery. I was followed by man driving a sedan.

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will have four racquets strung for them. As a tournament goes on, even though the number of players will drop down, you will typically get the guys who string the most racquets left playing.”

The quickest job will take as few as 10 minutes, but that knuckle-cracking speed can’t be maintained from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., which is when Bryan Mihic, Hernan Chaves Posse and Matt deSouza are working three machines in the players’ lounge during the VanOpen.

On average, each stringer will complete three racquets an hour and those same racquets will be strung each day by the same stringer on the same machine.

“That will keep it as consistent as possible and takes any doubt out a player’s mind,” said Christensen, who has worked the tournament in the past when Rackets and Runners provided staff for the official Babolat stringing team.

The unmeasurable factor of likeability also counts.

By comparison, a Grand Slam like the French Open will have 29 stringing machines and will string approximately 20,000 racquets during the 14-day tournament. Many top-level players keep a dedicated stringer on staff.

Players request a particular string tension, which they typically relay to stringers in kilograms if they’re European and pounds if they’re North American. Tension, the weight or pull applied to the string, is reaching new heights above 50 pounds and can even drop to 38 pounds (though the expert considers that “ridiculously low”).

“These players know what they want,” said Christensen.

Stringers use a motorized machine to clamp the racquet and pull 40 feet of string through the holes.

The holes, of course, vary in placement and the racquet heads vary in size and shape to create a string pattern.

Different combinations create looser or tighter string beds and, like a trampoline, provide varying degrees of control, speed and accuracy.

“Generally speaking, a smaller head will get more control and a tighter string pattern more control. With a larger head as well as a more open pattern, you’ll get more power,” said Christensen, who started working at the 37-year-old Oak Street business 18 years ago.

The Rackets and Runners stringers are each averaging 45 racquets a day, he added.

“That’s the pace that they will need to keep up.”

cyclist went behind me to continue straight across Burrard. Knowing the bike lane was on my right might still be occupied, I looked for the second cyclist in my rearview mirror. She was slower, but not far back. I waited.

The driver didn’t like this.

He honked. I couldn’t help but give him the finger.

By now the second cyclist signaled she was turning right

into the designated bike lane that leads onto the bridge. I turned right. The man in the other car also turned right.

We all made it safely to the red light at the next intersection. — Anonymous

Know a ding-a-ling?

Witness one or confess to being one yourself? Reach the Courier sports editor at mstewart@vancourier.com.

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If you travel down South to Tacoma and walk through the doors of the LeMay automotive museum, you’ll currently find a display dedicated to the history of the Ford F-series pickup truck.

They’ve got workin’ rigs stretching right back until 1948, although of course the old Fords are retired from heavy lifting, spending their days cruising or under the spotlights.

I drove down there to check them out in this machine, something that the horny-handed sons of the soil that drove the old F-series would have trouble recognizing as a work vehicle. It’s got satellite navigation, air-conditioning, cruise control, power windows, a giant sunroof – heck, there’s even a backup camera and blind-spot monitoring.

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However, well-equipped F-150s are finding their way into more and more Canadian driveways these days, not just as tools for work, but for fun as well. Let’s pick apart this latest generation of bestseller and see whether this particular steed is it for a cowpoke, or just the dude ranch.

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Welp, she’s a truck all right. If the old F-series started out small with curvy sheetmetal, the current heavy half-ton is the size of an oil tanker. It’s squared-off both headon and in profile, with C-shaped headlights that bracket a grille big enough to function as a cattle grid.

Never mind the styling; it’s all the little helpful details that make the F-150 so handy about the house.

There are a couple of side steps that lower down on each side to better access cargo, as well as one on the tailgate. Multiple tie downs and a spray-in bedliner have the bed set up for gear or gravel.

The FX4 designation sets the F-150 up as an

offroad-ready sport truck – not a baja-style Raptor, but tough enough for some gravel road stuff.

18-inch alloys are shod in tough looking tires (most real off-road folks will swap ‘em out for something a little more aggressive) and there’s some light skid-plating underneath.

Environment:

One of the really lovable things about a truck as opposed to a car, is that nobody ever tries to achieve a so-called cockpit-like feel. Thus, the front seat of the F-150 comes with a whole ranchland’s worth of room, and plenty of cubbyholes in which to store all manner of detritus: work gloves, rope, tackle, maps to interesting places. Or, in my case, an empty sandwich wrapper and an extra-large coffee cup (at least it wasn’t from Starbucks).

While truck-like in acreage, the F-150s cabin is relatively car like in feature loadout. The Sync system works in the same manner as it would in a Ford Taurus, the radio and airconditioning controls are again familiar, and you’ve got power seats and a simply enormous panoramic moonroof.

Passenger space in this four door version is excellent, and the rear seats also flip up to provide a flat loading surface if you need to leave stuff locked in the cab. Everything appears rugged, but it’s also plenty comfortable. It’s certainly not 1948 anymore.

Performance:

However, the F-150’s been well-equipped for at least a decade, depending what options you get.

The real future-shock from Ford here is the huge weight drop that the F-150’s had thanks to more aluminum in its construction. As much as 300kg has been sliced from the curb-weight of the largest F-series.

Less weight is as good for trucks as it is for sports cars. While frame strength is still solid, the lighter F-150 benefits from increased tow ratings, better fuel economy and better handling. It’s quite literally lighter on its feet (well, tires) – and there’s more.

If you’d told the owner of an early F-series truck that the pickup of the future would come with a tiny little 2.7L turbocharged V6, they’d have laughed you off the farm.

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today’sdrive The Ford F-150 is Canada’s best-selling truck, and you can see why.

Continued from page 36 Here though, Ford actually charges $1300 for their EcoBoost option. If a small-displacement V6 seems a little feeble for hauling around this much truck, note that it’s actually pretty stout: horsepower is rated at 325hp and torque at 375lb-ft.

Mash the throttle, and that’s good enough to really wake the F-150 from its slumber and get it down any on-ramp with ease. Torque comes on readily, and even though you’re high up and driving an obviously large vehicle, if you need to pull out of the slow lane into faster moving traffic, the EcoBoosted F-150 can actually find a gap quite easily.

Slow your roll and the V6 is barely-there quiet. In fact, it’s nearly a complaint, as the truck doesn’t have that country-fried V8 rumble you’d expect. Still, the whistle of turbochargers is a bit like the big diesel rigs, and then there’s the whole Eco part of EcoBoost.

A disclaimer: not everyone has been successful at getting their boosted Fords to match the official fuel economy ratings. However, out on the interstate, running down through Seattle, I managed to get within 0.4L/100kms of the official 10.4L/100kms highway.

That’s not bad, not with a 70mph (112km/h) speed limit in many places and slowdowns in Everett and Seattle.

Still, even if it burns gas like a car and has most of the interior features, the F-150 will still ride like a truck. It’s comfortable enough, but hit a few freeway expansion joints, and you can feel the shudder going through the frame.

Overall though, it’s an impressive performance combining decent speed, good comfort, and liveable fuel economy. This F-150 might be set up as a fun-first kind of truck, but it all works.

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Beloved hitchbot meets its demise

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U.S. pricing out for Focus RS

Not satisfied with producing two of the best hot hatchbacks currently for sale in the market, Ford is adding a third branch to their turbocharged family tree. Likely you’ve already heard about it: the Focus RS brings 350 horsepower and all-wheel-drive to the range, as well as lunacy like a Ken Block style “Drift Mode.” Sounds fun.

Well, the pricing is out and this is no bargain STIbeater. In the United States, the RS will start at $35,730, with navigation and 19-inch alloys pushing the price above $42,000. Canadian pricing isn’t out yet, but based on relative costs for the Mustang and our falling dollar (the RS will be built in Germany and imported from there), expect the RS to start just under $40,000 here, or perhaps only be available in that higher trim for $45,000.

That’s a lot, but considering how well VW was able to do with their similarlypriced but far less powerful Golf R, expect the ultimate Focus to be hard to get your hands on.

A new era of turbocharging at Porsche

Once upon a time, identifying a turbocharged Porsche was an easy prospect for your average bystander. Likely, it had an enormous whale-tail.

It probably was getting an enormous traffic ticket.

And, most importantly, it said “Turbo” on the back.

But not anymore.

The Macan small SUV launched with a choice of two turbocharged V-6 engines, but only the more powerful version received the Turbo badge. “Turbo” at Porsche was now not just a descriptor of the engineering going on underhood, but a tool of the marketing team. A trim level.

When the new Boxster and Cayman hit the streets, Porsche will be turning up the boost on the entire range. According to CAR magazine in the United Kingdom, a new base 2.0-litre flat-four will be making 240 h.p., with a 2.5-litre flat-four making 300 h.p. in S trim and perhaps as high as 370 h.p. in GTS-spec.

These are figures you can get out of a Ford Escape EcoBoost, a Subaru

STI, and a Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG, respectively. Fuel economy will be up. Sales will probably go up a little too. It remains the end of an era.

Nissan Juke-R 2.0 17 more lunatics coming

The Nissan Juke-R is one of the silliest vehicles ever created. Take the powertrain from a Nissan GT-R, take the shell of a Juke mini-crossover and mix the two together to create a pint-sized serving of insanity like a flea on methamphetamines.

It’s wonderfully off the wall, and now there’s a new one. This time, Nissan’s United Kingdom division is using the GT-R Nismo’s twin-turbo V-6, meaning it’s putting out something like 600 h.p. Good grief.

Production plans are in effect, with just 17 or fewer cars planned, at a cost which will actually likely be above that of a standard GT-R. What do you need to own one? Luck, money and a sense of humour.

Hitchbot meets his fateful end

Canada’s hitchhiking robot is deader than a Philly cheesesteak. After countless miles travelling across Canada and Europe as part of a social experiment about social media and interactions with robots, the cheery little bot was decapitated in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.

Brotherly, apparently, not extending to robots.

It’s a real shame and a surprise to exactly nobody — you take your chances out on the road and the Eastern United States can get rough in its metropolises. However, it looks like Hitchbot’s research team isn’t that upset about the affair and hardly expected their robot to make it this far.

At present, fans of the little electronic hobo are outraged, so whoever performed the nefarious deed, watch out.

From the web: Pro rider Robbie Maddison goes dirtbike surfing

Your must-see video this week features professional dirt-bike rider Robbie Maddison abandoning the hills of earth for something bluer and wavey-er.

Not content with getting air on the land, he’s fitted a scoop-laden tire to the back of his motocross-

cycle and headed for the ocean.

There, he proceeds to take a motorcycle surfing.

Honestly, don’t people have enough to do these days?

You can find the video on YouTube under the DC Shoes channel, as “Robbie Maddison’s Pipe Dream.” It’s worth it just to see the looks on the faces of surfers standing by to catch their next wave, when a motorbike goes zipping by.

The Nissan Juke-R is wonderfully off the wall, and now there’s a new one.

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