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Police chief talks cops, courts and cameras

Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

If the public wanted to get a sense of how Police Chief Adam Palmer would react to news of an officer getting in trouble on the job, last week’s response to a reporter’s question about the sentencing of Const. Ismail Bhabha provided some insight.

Bhabha, as some of you online and in television land will recall, is the officer who was convicted in August for assaulting cyclist Andishae Akhavan in 2013 in Yaletown. The assault — punches to the face — was caught on tape. The allegation was Akhavan ran a red light and wasn’t wearing a helmet.

Bhabha went to court on the charge and was given a conditional discharge, with six months probation.

I didn’t make it to court, but the CBC reported the judge concluded the officer’s actions amounted to a momentary exercise of bad judgment.

The Vancouver Police Department experimented with wearing body cameras during the Oppenheimer Park tent city protest in 2014. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

So what did Palmer have to say about it?

Well, he said, he hadn’t heard the breaking news about Bhabha when asked

Nov. 3 at an unrelated news conference at the VPD’s Cambie Street headquarters. But Palmer, who could have parked his opinion in

the no comment department, provided a response.

Here’s Palmer: “I have seen the video, and I’m always the type of

person that when issues like that come up, I look at the totality of the circumstances.

So, none of us are perfect and all of us have ups and downs in our life and I want to look at the total track record of that police officer’s history. And in this particular case, he’s a good police officer, he’s got a good track record, he’s received commendations, we’ve had no issues with him. And one issue like this — although it may be a blemish on someone’s career — it’s not going to be something that determines the rest of their life as a police officer. I think people can get past issues like this and move on with their life.”

The cyclist, and many others who weighed in on social media since the incident, might think otherwise. As some of those critics stated on Twitter and Facebook, you have to wonder how this case would have gone if no one recorded the incident.

That’s for the critics to discuss.

So why not use body cameras to sort out the fact from the fiction, or — in Palmer’s words — capture “the totality of the circumstances” from beginning to end? The VPD experimented with body cameras during the clearing of the Oppenheimer Park tent city in 2014, but I haven’t heard whether they were effective.

I also don’t know what’s next for the cameras.

So I asked Palmer, who said Public Safety Canada is conducting a review of the need for body cameras. The police services division of the B.C. government is also reviewing policies related to the use of the cameras, he said.

“We don’t have any plans to roll them out immediately. There are a lot of issues up in the air with that right now. I’m not opposed to it, I’m not saying it won’t happen but I can’t give you a timeline for when it will happen.”

Bhabha, meanwhile, remains on duty. @Howellings

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VPD wants public’s views on policing priorities Mike Howell

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What qualities do you value in your police department?

What does the Vancouver Police Department do well in the community?

How do you feel the VPD could improve its service to the community?

Police Chief Adam Palmer posed those questions during the launch of a public campaign to encourage residents to give the VPD feedback as it prepares to develop a five-year plan for the department.

“I want you to help us help you,” Palmer said at a news conference held Nov. 3 at the VPD’s Cambie Street precinct. “We’re your Vancouver police department, your input matters.”

For the past five years, the VPD’s big focus has been on reducing violent crime and property crime. Police have seen decreases in both areas, although property crime is beginning to creep

back up, Palmer said.

Targeting gangs, reducing street disorder and campaigns to reduce motor vehicle accidents and pedestrian deaths have also been priorities for a police department that — like others across the country — has seen decreases in the general crime rate.

“Crime is dropping across the country and there’s demographic reasons for that,” the chief said. “But we’ve also noticed over the years that crime has dropped very dramatically in Vancouver compared to some other major cities in Canada and other cities in the region.”

But the drop in crime, Palmer said, should not translate to scaling back the number of officers in the department, particularly when the current complement has been effective in disrupting gang violence and other serious crimes.

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with those issues,” said the chief of the department, which has more than 1,300 officers funded by a $257-million annual operating budget. “If you rest on your laurels because crime is down and you start peeling back police resources, then things will head in the wrong direction because the population is going up all the time in this city and we’re seeing our calls for service starting to rise.”

When asked to answer what the department does well, Palmer pointed to successes in fighting crime, creating relationships with young people, analyzing crime trends and a consistently strong profile in the community, as evidenced by annual public surveys.

Though the number of times police interact with mentally ill people is still significant, the chief said his officers have done “extraordinary work” in its efforts to get people help.

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Vancouver ranked among public bodies with highest number of complaints Mike Howell

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Mayor Gregor Robertson has come to the defence of city hall’s access to information practices in response to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s probe into why Vancouver continues to register complaints about how it keeps and disseminates its records.

In a written statement provided to the Courier Tuesday, Robertson — who is in China on a business trip — said the city has “clear and consistent” protocols related to documentation, records and freedom of information laws.

“The city’s staff team and leadership take these issues very seriously,” he said. “In addition to meeting the bar set by legislation, Vancouver has extensive mechanisms in place to back up and preserve email records and documentation that go far beyond those at the provincial level and at many other local governments.”

The commissioner’s office, which is headed

by Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, announced Tuesday that it will review Vancouver’s method of handling requests under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Cara McGregor, communications director for the commissioner’s office, said the investigation is being done under “a proactive program” set up last year by the commissioner’s office.

“It’s a broader, more in-depth type of a report,” she said of the program designed to assess the extent to which public bodies and private sector organizations comply with access to information and privacy laws.

She noted two similar reviews were completed under the program, including an examination of the privacy breach management practices of B.C. Health Authorities (September 2015) and the B.C. government (January 2015).

The commissioner’s office issued a news release Tuesday to explain why Vancouver was being targeted.

“The City of Vancouver is the biggest municipality in British Columbia and therefore receives a large volume of access to information requests,” the release said. “[The commissioner’s office’s] annual reports confirm that, in four of the last five years, the City of Vancouver ranked among public bodies with the highest number of complaints and access to information appeals received by this office.”

Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr said Tuesday she learned about the privacy commissioner’s investigation through media reports and hasn’t been informed by city staff about the scope of the investigation.

Carr said she receives regular complaints from the public about the city’s handling of information requests under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The complaints are specifically about the delays in getting a response from the city and the amount of redacted pages provided to the person who requested information.

“The public really wants to see much more openness and transparency,” said Carr, noting Mayor Gregor Robertson made a promise in his re-election bid to make city hall more accessible to people

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“Last term, the access to staff by media, by the public and even councillors was limited. I was told as a councillor to not call a staff person up for information — that I had to go through a general manager.”

NPA Coun. George Affleck’s action in the last term to have senior staff justify its restrictive media policy led to a series of memos then-city manager Penny Ballem shared with councillors, but not the public.

In one of the memos, it was noted the city received 377 requests under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The Courier made a request under the Act in April 2014 for information related to housing and received a response five months later. That response came in 68 pages, 48 of which were totally or partially redacted.

Affleck said he learned of the privacy commissioner’s probe via an internal email from staff. He said he wasn’t surprised the commissioner’s office is casting an eye on city hall’s access to information practices.

“I have challenged for four years on access to information and on how they communicate with the people of this city, so to me [the investigation] was not a surprise,” he said.

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Mental health remains a focus Continued from page 5 Data from the VPD released in September showed that for the first time in years, the number of arrests officers made under Section 28 of the Mental Health Act has begun to stabilize. The chief touted a partnership between the VPD and Vancouver Coastal Health as a reason for fewer people requiring emergency health services.

Asked where the department needs to improve overall, he pointed to the same issue in which the VPD has made gains: mental health.

“We’re going to continue to improve on that and we also need to keep working on property crime because that’s one of the biggest thorns in our side right now,” he said, noting thefts of smart phones and computers are regular occurrences that, with some education, could be curbed.

Residents wanting to give the VPD feedback can fill out surveys at libraries,

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Council applies brakes to licensing bikes But city will examine ‘best practices’ for educating cyclists on rules of the road

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Vancouver likely won’t be getting a bike licensing system.

Instead, council unanimously agreed Nov. 4 with a motion put forward by Vision Coun. Heather Deal to have city staff examine “best practices” for educating cyclists about the rules of the road and types of enforcement measures that best work to keep bikers and pedestrians safe.

Council debate on licensing was triggered by NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova’s request that city staff examine the feasibility of requiring cyclists to have licences on bicycles. She drafted the motion after a 35-year-old pregnant woman posted on Facebook that she was struck by a cyclist who ignored a stop sign and left the scene of the collision.

“Luckily, she just walked away from it with a few bruises,” said De Genova, whose request for a staff report was supported by

NPA Coun. George Affleck and cyclist Thomas Hooley, who reminded council the public is able to call police on a drunk driver and report that driver’s licence plate number.

Before making its decision, council also heard from Erin O’Melinn, the executive director of HUB cycling coalition, who pointed out Vancouver discontinued a licensing system years ago because it was bureaucratic and difficult to enforce.

“The issue has already been researched and tested in our municipality and many others, so let’s not waste time and money studying something proven to be costly, ineffective and a potential deterrent to cycling,” said O’Melinn, noting city staff examined the idea again during the planning of the city’s 2040 Transportation Plan but concluded it would be ineffective.

In her research, O’Melinn learned that Toronto and Ottawa — where city officials discovered the cost to set up a bike licensing

A collision between a pregnant woman and a cyclist triggered NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova’s request to have city staff investigate the feasibility of a licensing system for cyclists.

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system would cost taxpayers more than double the revenue it would take in — rejected bike licensing systems. Washington State, Los Angeles, Detroit and Minneapolis did the same.

Deal reminded council

the city has a “challenging goal” to have zero pedestrian fatalities by 2040.

She said her motion will provide an update on what measures have been implemented to reduce the death toll. Vancouver reported its

ninth pedestrian fatality this year Nov. 4.

“We all have the same goals,” she said of reducing the number of fatalities to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. “But I’m not going to be prescriptive on how to get there, especially when the prescription [of a bike licensing system] seems to have been disproven time and time again.”

Deal’s motion also requests staff provide more detail on how the city will work with the Vancouver Police Department to support its new partnership with a Portland company that launched a bike registry in an effort to reduce bike theft and return stolen bikes to their owners.

Mayor Gregor Robertson reminded councillors in May that council dedicated $500,000 in its 2015 budget to the VPD to target dangerous drivers and cyclists who put pedestrians at risk in school zones, on sidewalks and near community centres, parks and libraries.

Though disappointed her request wasn’t approved by

council, De Genova said Deal’s motion “meets me somewhere in the middle.”

Affleck accused Vision councillors of “dancing around the issue” of bike licensing but supported Deal’s motion.

“I will look forward to what we get back [from staff],” he said. “Certainly, if it indicates that there is a challenge in our city that licensing might be a solution, or there might be other solutions that might require us to develop policy to impact change, then I think we should move forward with that.”

The VPD declined to state its position on licences for bikes, referring calls to the city.

“We continue to encourage everyone to register their bikes through one of the 10,000 free [bike registry] applications, or record their serial numbers to provide police if their bike is ever stolen,” said Const.

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Isabel Krupp and Victoria Schmidt travel across town to lift weights at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre, the city’s only public gym with the equipment they use three days a week.

Schmidt, 24, can squat up to 285 pounds and bench press 125. This summer she trained Krupp, who started bench pressing nothing but the 45-pound barbell and picking up 80 pounds off the ground in a deadlift. By summer she could deadlift 150 pounds.

Now she can do 200 pounds.

“Being able to experience that change and see and feel myself get stronger is not like any other workout I’ve ever tried,” said Krupp, 25. “Powerlifting has improved my overall physical health and my relationship with my body, my self-image. This is the first time in my life that I have regularly exercised.”

The women purchased their own 1.25-pound plates in order to increase the weight they lift in smaller, manageable increments that won’t slow their progress, compromise form or cause injury. They otherwise use the community centre’s heavier plates, barbells and bench press as well as the Olympic lifting platform, a specialized piece of equipment and the only one of its kind at the city’s 12 public fitness centres.

After next week, none of Vancouver’s community centres will have all this powerlifting equipment.

Even the bench presses will be removed. The park board will invest $200,000 to refurbish the Mount Pleasant fitness centre after similar investment has gone

Isabel Krupp and Victoria Schmidt travel across town to the Mount Pleasant Community Centre, the only public gym in the city with powerlifting equipment. Next week, some of that equipment will be removed. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

into gyms at Creekside, Trout Lake, Dunbar and Kensington-Renfrew.

Because space is at a premium in the 3,800-squarefoot gym and exercise trends shift constantly, the gym at No. 1 Kingsway will no longer have the two bench presses or lifting platform, a rectangular dais made of rubber and hardwood that allows people to drop heavy weights when doing or attempting specific lifts, including a clean-and-jerk seen in Olympic competition. The free weights and barbells will remain, as will the three squat racks after users were initially told they’d drop to two.

The park board cited data that shows similar changes at other fitness centres have brought new users — 15 per cent at Creekside Community Centre, for example — to the city’s gyms, but it is at the expense of a smaller number of users, powerlifters like Krupp and Schmidt who say repur-

posing other multi-use equipment adds to wait times and improper use.

In place of the other equipment at Mount Pleasant, the park board is introducing a “multifunction training station,” called the Synergy 360 that can replicate CrossFit workouts.

“You can do a wide variety of exercises that can be tailored to individual needs,” said the citywide acting recreational manager Darren Peterson.

“We’re getting away from a bench press, a piece of equipment you can do only one exercise on.

“We want to be as accommodating as possible.

A powerlifting platform, it caters to a relative small number of people and in terms of us maximizing use of our limited space, it is no longer a fit. It is not a fit for our approach in terms of being accessible and inclusive for everyone,” he said. “We will be able to accommodate many more people within the fitness

centre as a whole and use a variety of other pieces of equipment.”

But by removing equipment that does not exist in any other public gym and is difficult to find anywhere in the city, Schmidt said the Mount Pleasant gym will become less accommodating and will disperse an emerging powerlifting community that includes competitive athletes.

“One of the reasons we come to Mount Pleasant specifically, and the reason we commute here from Hastings-Sunrise, is because the atmosphere is so welcoming. The staff are really informed and approachable,” said the nursing student. “People have come from there to here for the equipment that they are now getting rid of.”

An increasing number of women are using the fitness centre, added Krupp, an HIV and Hepatitis C outreach worker. The social acceptance of powerlifting is not only changing but lifting heavy weights can increase muscle mass and bone density while studies show it may also reduce the risks of dementia and osteoporosis.

“There is a culture around it and a broader social message directed at women, telling us we aren’t strong, we shouldn’t be strong, we can’t be strong,” she said. “And I think that can pose a barrier to getting involved with something like weightlifting.”

Schmidt and Krupp said they will look for a new location to continue powerlifting and have also talked about opening a space of their own.

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his could just be the latest example of Christy Clark’s government trying to get around the Freedom of Information Act and avoid some bad press.

As you know the premier and her crew are still trying to regain their footing after the latest blistering report called “Access Denied” from FOI Commissioner Elizabeth Denham.

Until last year, homeless shelter operators were required to gather the information as a condition of their provincial funding.

You have to assume, as the line about good governance goes: If you don’t measure it you can’t manage it.

Recall that Transportation Minister Todd Stone had practically raised the practice of “triple deleting” government information to the level of a religious sacrament.

Now he is displaying public acts of contrition on his particular Road to Damascus leading to the next provincial election.

Then a few days ago we learned that B.C. Housing, the provincial government’s housing management commission, is no longer collecting data regarding the number of people being turned away at homeless shelters across the province.

They had collected this information for at least the past decade. They actually stopped the practice a year ago but apparently didn’t bother to tell folks running those shelters or the City of Vancouver. It

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came to light now because of a Freedom of Information request by NDP MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, David Eby. Until last year, homeless shelter operators were required to gather the information as a condition of their provincial funding. You have to assume, as the line about good governance goes: If you don’t measure it you can’t manage it.

Of course if you don’t measure it and have that information at hand, any request for information under the FOI Act would get a response of “no documents available.” So nobody could really tell if you are screwing up.

Given the government’s track record, that would certainly be one likely explanation about why B.C. Housing shut down information gathering.

They are once again being criticized for under supplying shelter beds this coming winter. Lookout Society says there is a deficit of more than 400 shelter beds in Surrey and they are getting funding for only 40.

But in a letter from B.C. Housing to the NDP, the organization’s CEO Shayne Ramsay chose to say the practice stopped because “that data may be subject to data entry errors and duplication.”

Ramsay listed a number of ways in which the numbers could be suspect, not the least of which is the fact that one person may apply at a number of shelters until he or she finds an empty bed. That person would be counted multiple times as a “turnaway.”

However, as shelter providers who still find collecting the data useful agree, if the number of people turned away doubles or drops by 50 per cent it would at least raise some serious questions about future planning.

And don’t forget, there are a number of communities in B.C. where there is only one shelter, so a person turned away for

whatever reason still has only the street as an alternative.

Ramsay also notes people may be turned away because of their behaviour or they may be inappropriate — a man applying at a women’s shelter. But I’m told the form the shelter providers have been filling in allows for those explanations.

Further, one long-time service provider reviewing Ramsay’s letter and his reasons around people being excluded particularly because of behaviour, said all the more reason to gather the data. This could indicate there is a “high barrier” service provision that would screen out folks because of behaviour and you would therefore be screening out the hard to house.

I should also note shelter providers who are still collecting the data don’t just use it for their own future plans. They

share it amongst other shelter providers to get a more accurate picture of what is happening in their communities and how, collectively, they can fill in obvious gaps.

You won’t, by the way, find them being too harsh in their criticism on B.C. Housing for no longer gathering the data so that everyone from city governments to social agencies to other shelter providers can use the figures as one tool when dealing with the most complex and spreading problem of homelessness.

They are too dependent on the funding they receive.

Biting this particular hand has never resulted in anything but retribution.

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Mike Howell raises what should be one of the most important issues when city council decides how to proceed with mega-development on the former viaduct land — affordable housing.

A progressive city council would use this golden opportunity to address the urgent need for real affordable housing. But the Vision Vancouver-dominated council has failed to establish a set goal for affordable housing units in the new development.

To make matters worse, Vision Vancouver recently redefined affordable housing to mean any rental housing, no matter how expensive it is. As long as it’s rentable, a developer can count these units as affordable.

A progressive council would set hard goals for the creation of a fixed number of affordable housing units — “affordable” defined as being one third of the renter’s income. But I’m sad to say that Vision Vancouver has proven over and over it’s not a progressive party.

So just as the Blue Jays won’t win the World Series this year, real affordable housing isn’t going to be built in this council’s term.

Tim Louis, Co-Chair, Coalition of Progressive Electors, Vancouver

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city with his highrises and condo units.

He should be ashamed of himself taking the taxpayers to the cleaners.

Paul Doiron, Vancouver

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LETTERS

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Questions? Please contact Gabrielle Armstrong, Senior Manager, Consultation at gabrielle.armstrong@ubc.ca or 604-822-9984.

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The 2015 Vancouver Train Expo attracted model railroad fans of all ages to the PNE Forum this past weekend. The 33rd annual model railroad show was held at the PNE Forum for the first time to accommodate more attendees and vendors, including North American Railcar Corporation president Dan Huberman. Huberman brought many of his accurate model railcars to the show, including National Steel’s three-bay potash car. See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

CITY LIVING

Model railway enthusiasts run on attention to detail, nostalgia Vancouver Train Expo attracts eclectic bunch of train spotters

Rebecca Blissett

rvblissett@gmail.com

The relationship between man and machine can be a complex one, especially if your name is Dan Huberman.

He may be unknown to those outside the world of model trains, but the people behind the manufacturing of Canadian railcars — the actual cars that trundle goods between this country’s coasts — know exactly who he is.

Every time one of the builders of these cars makes a change, whether for practical or esthetic purposes, they hear from Huberman who in turn modifies the mold for the rail car model. Take the quintessential Canadian coal car, for example. Four different companies built their own versions so Huberman’s model company,

North American Railcar Corporation, mirrored each one and their various characteristics on an N-scale and the larger HO-scale.

Scrutinizing train spotters can choose from such tiny differentiating features such as 17 or 19 side posts or a double or elongated hole on the bolter-roping plate.

It’s curious magnifying glasses are not included with each model railcar Huberman sells.

In the Prairies, grain cars in a grass-green and white colour scheme are replacing the old rust-coloured and tan versions with their detailed yellow pin-striping on the rail landscape. That’s Huberman’s idea, which came about when he contacted the Saskatchewan government eight years ago to request permission to build a replica model.

“I told them they were complicated and hard to

paint on a model with the ladders and other details, and they said, ‘Try that on a one-to-one scale!’ Twenty years ago when they did the painting, it wasn’t done with efficiency. It was difficult with lots of pinstripes,” Huberman said from his booth at the Vancouver Train Expo held this past weekend at the PNE Forum. “I said, ‘the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL have already figured it out for you. Use the green of the jersey and the word ‘Saskatchewan’ in white and an orange tiger lily.

Make the car all one colour, make the message simple.

The cars are a traveling billboard for the people of Saskatchewan.’”

While the new colour scheme made life easier for both real-life and model painter, not to mention its practical use of staving off corrosion on the former, it

amounted to just one tiny detail less to worry about for Huberman who built his company’s reputation on preciseness. North American Railcar Corporation started 15 years ago when Huberman, who knew there was a lack of accurate Canadian model trains and cars, went to China to visit model manufacturers with the priority of accuracy over cost.

“What had been going on for many years is you would go to a train store and you’d see a nice Canadian Pacific boxcar or Canadian National car and all that they would do is slap a Canadian Pacific or Canadian National sticker on a car,” said Huberman. “Canadians always used to get the short end of the stick because they could not get cars that were the correct cars.”

After producing the Hawker Siddeley grain car, next came the 1970s era “Trudeau” hopper, which was built after former Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau requested more grain cars be produced as there weren’t grain movement from the Prairies.

Train spotters recognize the Trudeau-era Hawker Siddeley-built cars, which are still on tracks in Canada, the United States and Mexico, by the alternating side to wide side panel design. Which, of course, is represented on Huberman’s models.

It’s not just the attention to detail and historical importance of the trains that’s important to model railroaders — there’s also the nostalgia factor.

“I sometimes get customers coming into our store or our warehouse in Surrey and they say, ‘I’m think-

ing about getting a model train,’ and I’ll say, ‘What do you picture in your mind?’” said Huberman. “They’ll say, ‘Well, I can remember being with my father in downtown Vancouver and seeing steam trains.’ Or, ‘My father worked for CP Rail and I remember seeing all those coal cars in West Vancouver.’”

Or, if they’re like the woman who stopped by the booth at the busy Train Expo, which was held in Vancouver for the first time after outgrowing a Burnaby community centre, you’ll pick the “pink car,” which is a model of a three-bay covered potash hopper built by National Steel and, of course, available exclusively through Huberman’s company. Because who wouldn’t want a model railcar of the world’s largest producer of potash? @rebeccablissett

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Opinion

Government openness is the new normal

Mike Klassen

mike@mikeklassen.net

The issue of missing emails and access to public documents has erupted into a full-fledged debate among political watchers about the commitment to “openness” in government. It is an important and complex issue that merits a thoughtful discussion even after the headlines fade from view and political rhetoric subsides.

Today, the archiving of emails and documents should be as easy and affordable to accomplish for governments as it currently is for individuals. Cloud-based systems behind popular communications tools have made many of us into veritable pack rats when it comes to data storage.

This is not to suggest Canadian governments should host public information on U.S.-based servers. Rather, if governments want state-ofthe-art record keeping, then pre-millennial technology like Microsoft Outlook is not the solution.

After conducting a quick survey of my peers from the public sector on the subject of deleting emails, two points of view emerged.

The first position, somewhat predictably, is that access to email correspondence is a nuisance for people in government. Weeding through and deleting “transitory” emails of limited value to the public takes time away from more important tasks for busy bureaucrats and political staff.

If everyone else deletes his or her emails, then it becomes easier to justify the practice even when it contravenes the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

Then there is the alternative point of view — which is that governments have a

duty to retain all public records, including emails. And that elected officials as well as public sector workers should hold that principal dear.

Keep in mind that there are already safeguards to prevent the release of records involving Cabinet confidences or other sensitive negotiations. When public servants are required to keep their correspondence, more care and attention goes into what will become part of the public record.

The mere thought of your words winding up on the front page of a newspaper forces a more professional approach toward what you write in an email.

It is noteworthy that in the U.S.— where the rules around keeping public records are strictly observed and the penalties for avoidance are stiff — governments are not grinding to a halt because someone has filed for a freedom of information request.

In light of privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s report citing abuses of FIPPA requirements, former B.C. deputy attorney general David Loukidelis has been appointed to make recommendations to government by next month on how to define “transitory” communication.

Premier Christy Clark has made the right call by ordering a ban on the deletion of any sent emails to ministerial assistants, chiefs of staff, political staff in Clark’s office, as well as cabinet ministers.

The ban does not apply to B.C.’s civil service employees, however.

Loukidelis should finish the job by recommending that all — including transitory — correspondence by an elected official, their staff or a member of the public service produced in the course of their employment should be considered a public docu-

ment, and therefore kept.

The City of Vancouver is embroiled this week in its own email deletion accusations among political staff, and an investigation by Denham’s office. It is unlikely, however, that the matter will elicit the same strong reaction from those who slammed Clark’s

government.

In my time as a city hall blogger, we proved conclusively through FOI that officials regularly deleted email records. A manager in charge of responses to access to information requests even resigned in frustration over political intervention in his office.

Mayor Gregor Robertson once pledged to run a government that is open and transparent. Instead it is unflinchingly opaque.

On the one hand his administration boasts of an open data initiative, while on the other it cynically blocks search engines from accessing

historical records on the city’s former.vancouver.ca website.

Canadian governments today have one of two options.

They can show leadership by becoming more open and transparent, or they can be dragged kicking and screaming into accepting that openness is the new normal.

Public Hearing: November 24, 2015 Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning and heritage amendments for these locations: 1. Parking Amendments to Various CD-1 By-laws for Sites Adjacent to SkyTrain To amend the following CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District By-laws located along the Expo SkyTrain line to update the off-street parking requirements: CD-1 (209) By-law No. 6312 for Kamloops Street and 24th Avenue; CD-1 (210) By-law No. 6313 for Nanaimo Street and 26th Avenue; CD-1 (212) By-law No. 6315 for 2709-2791 East 28th Avenue; CD-1 (213) By-law No. 6316 for Slocan Street and 29th Avenue; CD-1 (215) By-law No. 6318 for Earles Street and 29th Avenue; CD-1 (217) By-law No. 6320 for Kings Avenue and Rupert Street; CD-1 (223) By-law No. 6361 for 2750-2798 East 28th Avenue and 4400-4402 Kaslo Street; and CD-1 (310) By-law No. 7189 for 3550 Walker Street.

2. 3760 Quebec Street To add the McMillan House at 3760 Quebec Street to the Vancouver Heritage Register and designate the exterior of the building as protected heritage property, and to allow for the heritage building to be strata-titled.

3. 3780 Quebec Street To add the Heise House at 3780 Quebec Street to the Vancouver Heritage Register and designate the exterior of the building as protected heritage property, and to allow for the heritage building to be strata-titled.

4. 1846 West 14th Avenue To add the Sutherland House at 1846 West 14th Avenue to the Vancouver Heritage Register and designate its exterior as a protected heritage property, and to approve a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) which will allow for development of a new infill building on the site. Variances to the Zoning and Development By-law, including density, are proposed.

7. 698 East 64th Avenue and 8027, 8029, and 8031 Fraser Street To rezone 698 East 64th Avenue and 8027, 8029, and 8031 Fraser Street from C-1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a five-storey, mixed-use building, containing a total of 37 secured for-profit affordable rental housing units. A height of 16.0 metres (52.5 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.67 are proposed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on November 13 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604 829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting November 13 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

5. 1837-1847 Main Street, 180 East 2nd Avenue and 157-185 East 3rd Avenue To rezone 1837-1847 Main Street, 180 East 2nd Avenue and 157-185 East 3rd Avenue from IC-2 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 12-storey mixed-use building with 256 dwelling units, of which 30 are secured social housing units, along with 4,000 square feet of secured cultural amenity space for use as artist production space. Retail uses are proposed on grade and a public plaza located adjacent to the rear lane. A height of 35.8 metres (117.6 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 5.50 are proposed.

6. 6729-6769 Cambie Street To rezone 6729-6769 Cambie Street from RS-1 (OneFamily Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building fronting Cambie Street and three two-storey townhouses fronting a public pedestrian pathway along the southern property line, containing a total of 56 dwelling units. A height of 21.0 metres (69 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.49 are proposed.

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UBC assistant professor of classics and philosophy Michael Griffin will lead a day-long UBC continuing education program this Saturday called Ancient Philosophies of Happiness. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

PACIFIC SPIRIT

Wisdom of the ancients can help people live better lives Pat Johnson

PacificSpiritPJ@gmail.com

A great many Vancouverites — and probably most people in the world — look to one ancient tradition or another as a means to find happiness and fulfilment in life. The Greek and Roman gods may be segregated into the realm of “mythology” — a term that would offend people of faith if ascribed to “living” religions. But one UBC academic suggests the thoughts of the ancients should not be overlooked when people search for meaning and happiness.

Adherents of the Greek and Roman pantheons have disappeared, even as many great architectural wonders built to venerate them remain. And Michael Griffin is not suggesting we return to worshipping Zeus or Juno. But he does think that the wisdom of the ancients can help people today live better lives.

Griffin is a UBC assistant professor of classics and philosophy who was raised in Vancouver and obtained his

PhD at Oxford. On Saturday, he will lead a day-long UBC continuing education program called Ancient Philosophies of Happiness, which is open to everyone.

His research focuses on ancient Greek ideas about a well lived life and happiness, and where some of those ideas intersect today in social psychology and crosscultural psychology.

Not to get too airy-fairy, but what is happiness? And how did it become an endgoal of a meaningful life? In fact, Griffin says, there may be a bit of confusion around the term.

“A psychologist might talk about happiness as in, I’m feeling pretty good today, I woke up, had a coffee I’m feeling happy,” he says.

The Greeks had a deeper intention of the word. In fact, the word doesn’t even translate exactly.

The Greek word “eudemonia” is often translated as happiness, but means something more like well-being or human flourishing.

“Similar ideas can be compared in the ancient In-

dian philosophies or ancient Chinese philosophies, the idea that there is that sort of goal in life, but when we use the word happiness in English, we are talking about a mood,” he says.

Maybe, I wonder, if our shallow appreciation of the word reflects our materialistic culture’s inherently fleeting sense of happiness.

We’re always looking for the next thing to make us happy — clothes, vacations, shortattention-span entertainment — instead of appreciating the here and now.

This is where Griffin sees a crossover.

“Money won’t necessarily make us happy, possessions won’t necessarily make us happy,” he says, “but they can play a part in a broader sort of network of influences that might include good friends and close relationships, achievement and opportunity to make a difference in the world, a sense of meaning. These broader themes seem to be the kinds of questions that both psychologists today and ancient philosophers

were interested in.”

And while we tend to think of Greek philosophy as something very distinct from the religions of today, which also emerged from the ancient world — Judaism, Christianity, Islam and others — Griffin sees clear connections. Not only did Greek philosophies deeply influence the religions billions of people still practise today, but the Greeks themselves did not recognize a line between their philosophy and what we would call religion.

“The Greeks really had no word for religion because what we might regard anachronistically as religious practice permeated all of Greek culture in a sense and was not singled out as a separate thing,” he says.

While this idea may be hard for people in our culture to understand, think of it this way: mindfulness and meditation, for example, emerge from religious roots, Buddhism notably, but they are practised by people of many and no faiths.

“A lot of ancient philo-

sophical traditions outside the European context are very much alive today and cut across religious and secular boundaries,” he says.

Griffin’s course on Saturday will help revive some of the European traditions that may be applicable to life today. For example, he’ll look at the thoughts of Marcus Aurelius, the second-century Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.

“He was an example of a philosopher-king in antiquity,” says Griffin.

While spending much of his life on the frontlines of war, away from home and family, Aurelius kept a journal in which he tried to apply philosophical principles to find meaning and some form of happiness through very difficult times. Showing how these ideas can be applied to modern life, Griffin notes that Nelson Mandela cited Aurelius’s meditations among the things that helped him through his decades of imprisonment and later to forgive his captors.

Of course, Socrates will

be there Saturday as well.

“We’ll be looking at some of Socrates’ principles that are maybe still relevant in our idea of what an examined life or a good philosophical life might be,” says Griffin. “For instance, the idea that in exercising our free will or reason, we have to resist the pressures of conformity to our culture or peers, the pressures of authority, especially when it’s illegitimate, and also our own sort of inexorable drive for status and different kinds of appetites.”

When Griffin has run daylong programs like this in the past, they have attracted a broad range of people of all ages and knowledge levels whose only commonality seems to be curiosity.

“Whether somebody was coming at it from a completely nonreligious point of view or somebody who is coming at it with a certain faith tradition in mind, there may be something here for them, ideas about how to examine and apply principles to our everyday life.” @Pat604Johnson

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Free Wi-Fi spreads across Downtown Eastside Naoibh O’Connor

noconnor@vancourier.com

Free and easy Wi-Fi access in the Downtown Eastside.

It’s an idea that’s percolated for about a decade, according to Roland Clarke.

The need is obvious for low-income residents — while they might have old laptops or smartphones, many don’t have good credit or the money to cover a monthly fee for data or an Internet connection.

But most need Internet access for things such as basic email connection to friends and family, for job search or for accessing social services, many of which offer online services only.

Through the years, the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council, W2 Community Media Arts and Hastings Crossing BIA were among numerous groups that championed the idea of creating a neighbourhood Wi-Fi system.

But the proposition recently started to come to fruition thanks to Clarke and Jacek Lorek, coordinators for the Downtown Eastside Street Market.

When the market set up operations on a lot at 62 East Hastings between Columbia and Carrall streets, they created a makeshift office in a shipping container and managed to get it hooked up to the Internet.

“Immediately we said, ‘Why don’t we just figure out how to open up a Wi-Fi hotspot because we have Internet anyway and see if we can figure out how to run it,’” Clarke said. “So it started around October or November last year and then it just basically mushroomed.”

The pair discovered a company called OpenMesh, which produces low-cost plug-and-play wireless mesh networks that spread an internet connection. The devices cost just under $100.

One was installed outside the shipping container high up on a pole, covered by a waterproof casing.

Since the Wi-Fi signal got a little weaker across the street from the market’s Hastings Street site, they put a repeater facing the window in the room of a woman who lives in the Lux apartments. It rebroadcasts the signal to about 50 more people. Then they put another repeater in the SBC Restaurant on East

Thanks to the efforts of Downtown Eastside Street Market coordinators Roland Clarke (left) and Jacek Lorek, a long-proposed neighbourhood Wi-Fi system is slowly becoming a reality. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Hastings between Main and Columbia.

“Slowly we expanded the network of repeaters, so now I think we have 20 or 21 access points in total across the neighbourhood and many of them just repeat the signal from our office at 62 East Hastings,” Clarke said.

They have another Internet connection at the street market site at 501 Powell St. near Oppenheimer Park and where they also set up free Wi-Fi access.

“We expanded slowly in a really interesting and organic way,” Clarke said.

“And now when I look at the network, over 700 people a day connect to the free system.”

Access is permitted though a gateway similar to what many coffee shops use for their free Wi-Fi service.

“It’s obviously a heavily throttled reduced bandwidth service because we don’t want it to kill our Internet connection, but it’s good enough so people can read their email or use Facebook or connect with a family member or something like that,” he said.

“It just shows the overwhelming need here in the neighbourhood. People are constantly walking around looking for open hotspots.”

Those who need it can also buy a high-speed voucher from the street market, which is experi-

menting with revenue models. Besides the hardware costs, it has a recurring cost for the Internet connection, which might be $40 or $50 at each location. The street market is trying to offset that expense by offering the vouchers for better broadband service at a cost of $3 a week or $10 a month.

(Free use is limited to less than a megabyte per second of download speed, which while fine for email and simple tasks is not friendly to YouTube and other services that eat up a lot of data.)

The Carnegie has Wi-Fi available through Vancouver Public Library, but it’s only on the first floor of the building. Other libraries are a distance away.

“The other alternative would be restaurants or coffee shops and you might not be able to afford a meal or you might be harassed if you just want to sit down, so the truly free Wi-Fi hotspots are actually fairly rare,” Clarke said.

Jordan Supernault was surprised to discover free Wi-Fi in parts of the Downtown Eastside. A friend told him about it, but he didn’t believe it at first.

“Are you talking about free Wi-Fi?” he asked while sitting on a bike waiting to cross Hastings at Columbia. “I noticed that. I couldn’t believe it. I looked at it — it was just like ‘Free Wi-Fi for low income-hous-

ing people that can’t afford it?’… I use it. I’m happy with it. I’m happy I even get to use it.”

The 28-year-old said he uses it to connect with family on Facebook or Messenger because he can’t afford data.

“I think it’s a wicked idea. We all get to do things that maybe we wouldn’t think of being able to do — simple things like making a resume or job search.”

Lorek said he’s approached about it at the market all the time, but he’s not surprised after, at one point, being without Internet access in his own building for three years.

“Every day someone asks if they can get it set up in their building because it’s not reaching yet or it’s not strong enough. So there is a demand for it — a big demand,” he said.

Comments about the free Wi-Fi on the street market’s blog include: “I am stuck in my “kennel” ... otherwise known as an SRO... of course, I am sick. thank you so much. This connection to the outside rocks,” as well as “thank you so much for the wifi, i so needed this, can’t afford to eat on my income, so this is a huge bonus!!! thank you,” and “I’m new here and this WiFi has helped me greatly, without it I would be extremely lost. Thank you for not forgetting us lower income people.”

The City of Vancouver recently worked with Telus to bring free Wi-Fi access to six sites in the city: Mount Pleasant, Champlain Heights, Coal Harbour and Roundhouse community centres, as well as the Langara and Fraserview golf courses. It will be expanded to an additional 37 sites in the coming months, including four new sites in the coming weeks: Creekside Community Recreation Centre, the Gathering Place, Trout Lake Community Centre and the McCleery Golf Course Club House.

Users at the six initial sites need only select the #VanWiFi network from their Wi-Fi settings menu and follow the instructions.

The street market, however, used its petty cash fund to buy its repeaters to set up a system in the Downtown Eastside as quickly as possible. So far, they’ve spent less than $5,000 for hardware.

“It was shocking to me how many people you could reach for how little money in hardware,” Clarke said.

“I think that it is absolutely conceivable that we could have a neighbourhood Wi-Fi system that could span the entire five by 10 blocks of the Downtown Eastside and it would be completely affordable.

You could imagine doing it for in the order of $40,000

or $50,000 or less” he suspects. “And almost everywhere someone would be within a half a block of a Wi-Fi signal. It’s an incredible goal for such a poor neighbourhood.”

Clarke considers it an equalization project. He argues it’s so important that the city and the province should view it as an essential service and think about providing it for low income people.

“I think the average Vancouverite instinctively does [realize its importance]. It’s just if you’re at a certain place in the socio-economic scale, you don’t often think about it because you probably have Internet at home, you probably have Internet at work and you can probably afford a coffee if you want to sit at Starbucks and enjoy the Internet,” he said.

“What’s missing is the realization that if you don’t have Internet at home or at work or you don’t work, then you are almost helpless in today’s society. It’s like you’re set back 50 years in terms of your capabilities compared to the average person.

That’s probably what the average Vancouverite needs to think about — imagine if you don’t have Internet. And that’s true for the bottom 10 to 20 per cent of our society.” @naoibh

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Senior volunteer wins LEAP Award To say that Janet Shier has a good sense of humour would be an understatement.

When asked how she spent her 100th birthday, the savvy senior explained the September occasion was a quiet one.

Janet Shier is the recipient of the 2015 LEAP Award from the B.C. Seniors Living Association.

“Not wanting to miss out on a big celebration, I decided to make my 99th the ‘Big One,’” Shier told the Courier in an email.

“You never know at this stage whether you will reach

100. Well, I did. However, I didn’t want a repetition of last year and so it was comparatively low key, just a day at home, receiving flowers, good wishes and joined by close family. In the evening I was invited out to dinner with my family.”

Shier, a resident of Cavell Gardens retirement community, was recently awarded the 2015 Let’s Embrace Aging Passionately (LEAP) Award from the B.C. Seniors Living Association.

To qualify for the award, a recipient must have made an important contribution to the residents of the community they live in, inspire other residents to overcome challenges and champion social causes.

Shier exceeded those qualifications.

As part of the nomination process, Cavell Gardens general manager Michelle Cunnington wrote a letter for consideration to the award committee describing Shier’s enthusiasm.

“We as a community, have chosen Janet to represent Cavell Gardens for many reasons — all of which will be disclosed — however

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100 years strong

if someone could be nominated solely for her positive approach to life, and for being an inspiration and support for others, then Janet would win hands down.”

“I began volunteering when I was first married,” Shier said. “I joined a family chapter of Hadassah in 1948.

It was very challenging, but we managed to raise money to help the disadvantaged. It gives me great satisfaction to be helping in whichever way I can, even today, in a lesser way.”

“At 100, excitement is a rare commodity.”

Shier is a consummate volunteer who started the Knitting Club at Cavell more than a decade ago in support of several charities and for babies and children of low income families living in the Downtown Eastside and Mount Pleasant. Shier was also the instigator and main participant of the home’s Buddy Program, which helps new residents settle in and is a regular organizer of the annual yard sale.

and basically enjoy life.”

In fact Shier is the home’s biggest fan of the annual Halloween Bash. Some of

Shier’s costumes in recent years include a “skater dude” at age 97, Geisha at age 99 and Bride of

Frankenstein this past month.

Shier adds winning the award was a true honour.

“At 100, excitement is a rare commodity,” she says.

“Winning the award was just the ticket I needed to feel like a queen for the evening.

It was the most wonderful ‘high’ I ever experienced in my whole life.” @sthomas10

Shier says at 100, she’s finally slowing down — a bit. She notes due to arthritis she’s no longer able to knit.

“I’m happy if I can help at the yearly knitting sale or teach a game, participate in our Halloween Bash, go for walks, read, I am an avid reader, sit at the computer

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very summer growing up in Chilliwack, Mom and Dad would pile me and my two sisters into our oversized family car for a road trip to Penticton where we’d either camp or stay at the Log Cabin Motel, which, by the way, is still in operation.

Some of my fondest childhood memories include fishing for sun fish in Penticton with my dad, who passed away very unexpectedly when I was still in elementary Liquidity Winery has a definite focus not only on wine, but also food and culture. Outdoor art installations include the whimsical “Arlo Agoseris” (Mountain Dandelion)

by Mark Baltes and Ken McCall.

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school, my mom slathering Noxzema from that big blue jar on my sunburn and the time our vehicle was so packed my dad drove several minutes before we realized my eldest sister was not in the car. I also remember that iconic peach-shaped concession stand, which sat at Okanagan Lake Beach.

All of those memories came rushing back to me when I arrived in Penticton the last week of September and spotted what’s now known as the Peach-on-the-Beach.

And while my purpose for this visit was to take part in GoMedia Canada, a conference organized by Destination Canada and attended by travel writers from around the world, it was also an opportunity to rediscover this resort town of my youth. And drink wine — lots and lots of wine. In fact, Penticton turned out to be the ideal home base to visit nearby wineries.

The night before the conference began, a large number of us converged on Red Rooster Winery for a meet-and-greet to sample delicious bites created by some of the best chefs Edmonton has to offer, including Edgar Gutierrez of Rostizado by Tres Carnales and Lino Oliviera of Sabor joined by Darin Paterson of Penticton-based Bogner’s and Red Rooster.

Who knew Edmonton has such a sophisticated culinary scene? We arrived at Red Rooster just in time for sunset, which made the already spectacular

view even more so, and wandered the grounds listening to live music while sipping wine and hand crafted gin, beer and cider.

We also had the opportunity to visit Poplar Grove Winery where chef Bruno of Vanilla Pod Restaurant wowed us with exquisite bites inspired by his Mediterranean roots, combined with fresh Okanagan produce, herbs and spices. Again, the sweeping view overlooking the vineyard was breathtaking as the sun set on what had been an unseasonably warm day.

On our third night and final winery visit, we made the drive out to Okanagan Falls-based Liquidity, which has a definite focus on wine, but also food and culture. The art installations scattered across the property are wonderful, including, my favourite, the whimsical “Arlo Agoseris” (Mountain Dandelion),

by Mark Baltes and Ken McCall, a recent addition to Liquidity’s chef’s garden.

One of the highlights of this visit to Penticton was a day tour, which included a stop at Matheson Creek

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Al fresco lunch at God’s Mountain Estate in Penticton includes sweeping views of vineyards and lake.

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watching the delighted responses of fellow travel writers from across Canada, as well as Mexico, China, India, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany as they took in the view and shared family-style plates created by the extremely charming Dana Ewart from Joy Road Catering.

As I looked down towards the water, sipping yet another great glass of Okanagan wine, I wondered why it had taken me so long

to revisit this resort town, which is such an easy drive from Vancouver. I also began pondering a visit for next summer, this time with plans to create memories with my own family by tubing down the Penticton River Channel, swimming in Skaha Lake and perhaps drinking just a bit more wine. All I have to do now is find one of those big blue jars of Noxzema.

Sandra Thomas was a guest of GoMedia Canada.

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Farm, where we met owners Dave and Arlene Sloan and sampled several of the 20 varieties of apples they painstakingly grow on their small property.

Following our visit to the farm, we headed up the road to God’s Mountain Estate, a delightfully quirky, Mediterranean-style bed and breakfast where we enjoyed lunch al fresco overlooking Skaha Lake and more vineyards.

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Flu season – absolutely not the most wonderful time of the year.

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“British Columbians aren’t taking food-based measures to avoid getting sick this flu season,” says Wang, who works with Loblaw City Markets. “The vast majority believe a balanced diet of vitamin-rich foods plays an important role in maintaining immune function during flu season, yet less than one per cent plan on changing their diet to avoid getting sick.”

Wang adds eating foods packed with vitamins is an important step in maintaining good health.

“British Columbians are confused,” says Wang.

“They don’t know which foods to eat to maintain a nutritious diet during flu season. Getting the right vitamins and minerals is a factor in maintaining immune function – I recommend loading up on foods like citrus, beans, legumes, nuts, seeds and seafood.”

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Intracorp’s dedication to quality construction and Inform’s design-led philosophy is obvious in every detail of the project.

All suites take up a corner (read: tons of light) and are anchored by a huge outdoor terrace, no doubt influenced by Inform’s Nancy Bendtsen’s time training in the city of terraces at Paris’s Ecoles des Beaux Arts. Steps away from shopping, restaurants, Stanley Park and English Bay, this is pretty much our idea of a dream condo. Visit intracorp.ca for more information.

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Home is where the art is: HOBO WOODWORKS

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I’ve spoken a lot lately about the movement our city has taken toward locally made, handcrafted goods.

We, as designers and consumers, are seeking a personal experience with our purchases — a story to tell about where our pieces come from and who made them. It’s an old-school take on how community and design should interact.

When I met the boys behind Hobo Woodworks

I realized the reason their pieces are seeing such success in Vancouver is not only because of their beautifully simplistic reclaimed designs, but also because their spirit identifies with the consumer’s desire to connect with the artist. Sam Clemens and Lenny Hopkins strive to build relationships not only with their clients, but

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with also their community.

Nestled in the heart of East Van’s industrial land, Hobo Woodworks first opened its doors in 2012 (although the team brings a lifetime of woodworking to the table). The 1,400-sq. ft. studio offers a 500-sq. ft.

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retail and social space up front, opening into a large production and design workshop in the rear. The vibe is artistic, local and fun — albeit I’m a sucker for anywhere blasting classic rock and old country on vinyl, especially if there’s a few creative souls doing what they love.

Tell us a little about yourselves: We are two brothers born and raised on the West Coast. We build anything one may desire for their home or business using exclusively indigenous and reclaimed wood. We work in a very regional style deeply rooted in our family history, yet very much of today. What we do is

about living a life based on our personal belief that following what you love to do will always provide to your needs. We took a leap and it has given us so much more than just paying the rent.

Do you have a Vancouver muse, or a place in the city that inspires you?

We are very much inspired by our neighbourhood, it’s the last bastion of freedom in Vancouver. There are so many interesting things happening on just our block, yet one would never know it looking from outside. Loads of artists, woodworkers, metalworkers, musicians, collectors, etc. It’s very free and lawless. We are most

interested in timeless design.

Things that will never go out of style and get better with age. We like to break things down to their simplest form. Wood, as life, is perfect in its imperfections.

Who is the idol or mentor behind your craft?

The mentor is definitely our parents. Our mother has a wonderful aesthetic. We have different fathers, Len’s father being our musical inspiration, my father lending the building knowledge.

There’s a whole article worthy of the roots.

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Going with the flow Producer Felix Fung, who runs Little Red Sounds, is behind some of the most compelling music to come out of Vancouver in recent years.

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NIKI HOPE nikihope@shaw.ca

Little Red Sounds owner keeps finger on the pulse and mixing board of local music scene “You’re going to get addicted to this thing” were the last words Felix Fung ever heard from the guy at the music shop on Fraser Street where he bought a Gibson guitar and a four-track recorder more than 20 years ago.

The guy wasn’t talking about the guitar. He meant

the recording device, and it might have been an omen of sorts because ever since Fung got his hot hands on it, he’s been obsessed with capturing the magic of sound.

“That [four-track] was the main instrument for us,” says Fung, who runs Little Red

Sounds, where he’s produced the darlings of Vancouver’s indie-music scene: the Pretty’s, Girlfriends and Boyfriends, Les Chaussettes and the Ballantynes. The latter’s recently released Fung production, Dark Drives, Life Signs, is getting heaps of accolades from local music press.

In the digital age, where music can be scrubbed clean of imperfections with the press of a button, Fung likes to keep it a little dirty. He follows the old masters who turned on the

tape to capture the raw energy of live music.

“I don’t mess with it,” Fung says, describing his process.

“At the same time, everyone who works here understands that we are trying to capture a moment rather than perfection.”

While he does some electronic music and layered singersongwriter recordings, when Fung’s working with bands, he doesn’t overcook it.

“Everything you hear, done here, at the heart of it, there is

three or four people making something happen in a room together,” Fung explains.

“It’s a performance — it’s a connection between people.”

From the black-and-white pictures of Serge Gainsbourg and a young Ringo Starr, to the vintage amps and guitars that line a wall, the Hastings Street studio is the kind of space that makes you want to hang out and create.

Fung, wearing red denim pants, a worn-in Levi’s jacket, his hair pulled back in a pony, revealing short sideburns, reigns over it with a quiet assurance.

What he wants is to create a space for musicians where they can shake off the outside world and feel like authentic artists, even if they have day jobs.

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“I don’t want the cellphone warehouse manager to feel like the cellphone warehouse manager when they’re playing, and I don’t treat them that way,” Fung explains. “I don’t want to suggest that it’s a momentary dream. I want to show them that they can live this way forever and still take care of their rent. This is who I see them as. This is who they really are.”

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Fung didn’t start playing seriously until his late teens, but loved music from a young age. He remembers being six years old driving around Richmond in the backseat of the family Cutlass while Juice Newton purred “Angel of the Morning” on AM radio. He sat captivated by the melody and the sentiment.

When he was 12, his dad bought him The Beatles 20 Greatest Hits record, which had a profound impact on Fung, who cites Mickie Most, Phil Spector, Willie Mitchell, George Martin, Tchad Blake and Brian Eno as his influences.

Some of his favourite recordings — among many — are anything from the Beatles to Sun Records.

“I find it so futuristic and weird,” he says about those recordings. “Sun Records, all of that slap-back delay and the weirdness they did with all of those records, is the same to me as dub records, is the same to me as shoe gaze, is the same to me as Phil Spector. The manipulation of reality to make a feeling or to get a point across is one in the same.”

Leaning back on a red couch in his Little Red Sounds studio, Fungs reflects, “That’s all I’ve ever wanted, is to be part of that conversation.

I don’t need to stick out, but to jump into the river and flow with it and see where it goes.” @nikimhope

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Vancouver TheatreSports League celebrates milestone Executive director Jay Ono shares insights into three decades of laughter As Vancouver TheatreSports League celebrates its 35th anniversary, executive director Jay Ono reflects on his 32 years with the popular improv group.

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What are the main changes you’ve seen in the styles used by improv comedians? In the audience?

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In terms of style, I have noticed there is more emphasis on character development, emotional commitment and transformation. There is also a great diversity among the styles and philosophies within the art form and VTSL. Some improvisers are more verbal than others. Some are more physical than others.

They come from different backgrounds as well — standup, sketch, theatre, film and TV. Some are passionate and excel at short-form improv

and others are committed to long-form improv.

As for the audience, when I first got involved with Vancouver TheatreSports, the crowd seemed a lot younger — like doing shows at a college or university. Now our audiences are very diverse and the age of the people who attend our shows has really opened up. Whether it’s age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc. The more diverse the audience mix, the more diverse the work onstage is.

What hasn’t changed is that every night audiences can expect a new show as all our shows are unscripted and

we always rely on creative and fun suggestions from the audience to help move along the onstage action.

Q

How has technology and digital media helped with the shows?

Vancouver TheatreSports executive director Jay Ono holds up cards audience members use to rank performances.

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Certainly for our sound improvisers the advancement of technology has enabled them to contribute more to shows. In the early days, all sound effects and music was all on cassette.

There is only so much you can put on cassettes and then there is the matter of cuing them up to the right place at the right time. Nowadays they use hard drive replay systems and computers, so to get a certain sound or song, they just need to type in the title and the effect is cued in seconds. The sound and lighting improviser adds another unexpected — and unscripted — element to each scene. They have the

Christmas in the Orpheum Choirs with Brass and Harp 8pm | Friday, December 4, 2015

Orpheum Theatre Vancouver Chamber Choir | Pacifica Singers Vancouver Youth Choir | Vivian Chen, Harp Brass Ensemble | Jon Washburn, Conductor Nothing says Christmas more than choirs, and this concert brings you the city’s finest, singing the glorious voice-and-brass music of Gabrieli and Pinkham, intimate moods of Derek Healey’s new set of carols with harp, and a grand sing-along of traditional favourites, as the audience joins in with the choirs and brass ensemble. Venite! Venite!

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ability to make or break a scene or show.

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What has been your most memorable moment(s) since joining VTSL?

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A big moment that stands out for me was when we were presented with a cheque for $489,000 from Canadian Heritage at the opening gala of the Improv Centre in 2010.

The funding allowed us to have a performance space of our very own. It’s an incredible theatre for improv and we are extremely grateful.

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Any really embarrassing moments you’d like to share?

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I have many. Do you have a few hours?

Do you have a family?

If so, what do your kids think about what you do?

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I have a 10-year-old boy who thinks I have the best job in the world. At the opening night of Throwback TheatreSports, he whispered to me, “Dad, you have the best actors ever!”

What is your favourite thing about improv and VTSL?

My favourite thing about my job is creating opportunities for people that have the same passion as I do. There are many aspects of improv that can enrich people’s perspective on life. Being in the moment, taking risks, tapping into your creative self and building on the ideas of others are just a few things we learn from improv.

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Chez Nous Christmas with Elektra with special guest jazz vocalist Dee Daniels

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YOU WILL REMEMBER ME A deeply personal and moving new play about a family and memory from Francois Archambault, one of Quebec’s most compelling writers.

Nov. 17-28 at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. tickets.thecultch.com TWELVE ANGRY JURORS A young man faces the death penalty. His fate hangs in the hands of 12 jurors. Eleven are ready to get on with it and pronounce him guilty. One wants to ask some questions and re-examine the evidence.

Nov. 18-29 at InterUrban Gallery. theatreintheraw.ca

ITÕS A WONDERFUL LIFE George Bailey performs countless good deeds for friends and townsfolk in Bedford Falls, yet all that seems to count for naught. When he finds himself at his most woeful moment, his guardian angel Clarence Odbody swoops in to remind him that faith, hope and family truly make life wonderful.

Nov. 19-Dec. 26 at Granville Island Stage. artsclub.com HANSEL AND GRETEL: AN EAST VAN PANTO Theatre Replacement brings back An East Van Panto, stepping way off the beaten path for this year’s edition with the weird and wonderful tale of a butt-kicking

Saturday, November 28, 2015

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PEOPLE Meet Dorothy Stacpoole, impoverished aristocrat and owner of a decaying stately home, desperate to raise some cash to keep things going.

The National Trust beckons but other less reputable offers tempt. Until Nov. 29 at Jericho Arts Centre. unitedplayers.com

AGNES OF GOD Summoned to a convent, Dr. Martha Livingstone, a court-appointed psychiatrist, is charged with assessing the sanity of a novice accused of murdering her newborn.

Nov. 19-29 at PAL Studio Theatre. palstudiotheatre.com

Adult $27, Senior $25, Student $10 Online from vwmc.ca (no fees) or call 604-878-1190 From any choir member or at the door

ArtsClub, Christmas Story

brother and sister team, a cute little cannibal witch and their journey into the wilds of the East Van wilderness, to deliver a fantastic holiday treat.

Dec. 2-Jan. 3 at York Theatre. tickets.thecultch.com UNSEXÕD In a time when men played all the roles in theatre, two boy-players fight it out for the role of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s new play.

Both will do anything to catch the eye, and affections, of the playwright. Dec. 3 at PAL Studio Theatre. alchemytheatre.ca A CHRISTMAS CAROL: ON THE AIR Ready for Christmas? Neither is Scrooge. A tale as old as time is getting a new life, transformed

into a live 1940s radio show

by Peter Church. Tapping into the listener’s imagination, this re-telling of the classic holiday story presents a show bigger than what can be confined to the limits of the stage.

Dec. 4-Jan. 2 at Pacific Theatre. pacifictheatre.org JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH When James is shipped off to live with his wretched aunts, he longs for a real family.

All seems lost until he discovers a magical peach inhabited by fantastical creatures. Dec. 5-Jan. 3 at the Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island. carouseltheatre.ca THE WIZARD OF OZ A wicked family musical of the story you know and love as Dorothy and Toto, off to see the wizard, journey down the yellow brick road through the magical land of Oz. Dec. 10-Jan. 3 at Gateway Theatre. gatewaytheatre.com

Hansel and Gretel An East Van Panto, Maiko Yamamoto, Dawn Petten PHOTO: TIM MATHESON

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Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach

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Words and Music by asek and Justin Paul Benj Pase

Book by Timothy Allen McDonald

Based on the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE When the rambunctious boy Max is sent to bed without supper, he finds himself transported to a faraway island inhabited by mighty Wild Things.

Max earns their respect and becomes their king, setting off on a playful romp through the night. Dec. 18-20 at Performance Works. carouseltheatre.ca.

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Based on the popular film, this festive musical tells a tale familiar to anyone who has ever been a kid: the dogged pursuit of acquiring a desired toy. It’s the 1940s and for 9-year-old Ralphie nothing under the tree will satisfy — save for an Official Red Ryder carbine-action BB gun. Until Dec 27 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. artsclub.com

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triumphant summer of their lives. Jan. 12-17 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Vancouver. broadway.com THE MOTHERF***ER WITH THE HAT This gritty New York tale masterfully combines earnest storytelling and uninhibited humour, taking on addiction, sex and honour as a fresh out of jail convict tries to navigate the straight and narrow.

Jan. 16-30 at Firehall Arts Centre. firehallartscentre.ca PuSH FESTIVAL A Vancouver signature event, the three-week festival presents ground-breaking work in the live performing arts, expanding horizons with work that is visionary, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original from artists both local and international.

Jan. 19-Feb. 7. pushfestival.ca

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COMPANY This musical comedy is from legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

The plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship), the five married couples who are his best friends and his three girlfriends.

Jan. 22- Feb. 14 at Jericho Arts Centre. unitedplayers.com

MIXED NUTS: TRADITION WITH A TWIST Families and kids of all ages can enjoy AUDC’s modern and engaging retelling of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.

Mixed Nuts is more than just a ballet, with a variety of dance styles from hip-hop to ballroom to the classic grand pas-de-deux.

Dec. 18-19 at the Vancouver Playhouse. artsumbrella.com

DIRTY DANCING Broadway Across Canada presents this unprecedented live experience exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing in the story of two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds who come together in the most challenging and

LEFTOVERS Writer and comedian Charlie Demers uses his stand-up as a storytelling tour-de-force in this production, a complex and moving story about personal loss, ideology and why the dreams of millions have gone unfulfilled in this world we’ve created. Jan. 26-30 at 8 p.m. at York Theatre. tickets.thecultch.com

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THE (POST) MISTRESS This fun and quirky onewoman cabaret-style show is the surprising story of MarieLouise — Lovely, Ont.’s resident postal worker.

Feb. 4-28 at Goldcorp Stage at The BMO Theatre Centre. artsclub.com TALKING STICK FESTIVAL The annual celebration of aboriginal culture through art, music, story, drumming, dance and performance is an ever-evolving repertoire of contemporary work from today’s artists.

Feb. 16-29. fullcircle.ca BETROFFENHEIT This new creation by two of Canada’s most celebrated companies is an innovative, boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance, exploring the liminal space one returns to again and again after shock and bewilderment encompass you in the wake of disaster.

Feb. 24-27 at Vancouver Playhouse. kiddpivot.org

DANCE FLAMENCUBANA! A journey showcasing the rich music that has resulted from centuries of Latin American and Spanish contact; from boleros, salsa, and rumba to traditional, jazz and pop Flamenco.

Featuring world-renowned Spanish artists, Bailaora Pastora Galván, guitarist Antón Jimenez, and Pianist Rosario Montoya. Nov 14 at the Chan Centre. flamencubana.com

THE 10TH BIENNIAL DANCE IN VANCOUVER Dance In Vancouver celebrates the energy and originality of our contemporary dance scene with four days of performances, showcasing some of British Columbia’s most exciting companies.

Nov. 18-22. thedancecentre.ca FROZEN Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff strap on their skates and take to the ice to magically whisk you away into the wintery

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DARK SISTERS Religious and political tension, media hysteria and the lives of six women facing threats to their children and their way of life is what lies at the heart of Nico Muhly’s opera about life in a fundamentalist community.

Nov. 26-Dec. 12 at Vancouver Playhouse. vancouveropera.ca INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION Pianist Talisa Blackman is 26 years of age and has performed with some of the top orchestras from North America and Russia. The repertoire has been

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chosen with Talisa’s lyrical and flexible playing in mind.

Nov. 26-27 at West Point Grey United Church. vettamusic.com AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS The Kay Meek Centre presents a double bill of two great shows to help you feel warm and fuzzy this holiday season, featuring Grandpa ‘n’ Me followed by a Special Christmas Concert with vocalist Cayla Brooke accompanied by Bill Sample on piano.

Dec. 10-12, 8 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre. kaymeekcentre.com

A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS Metro Vancouver’s most beloved holiday music tradition brought to you by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra plays to sold out houses in Burnaby, the North Shore, Surrey, Delta and downtown Vancouver.

Dec 10- 20. vancouversymphony.ca SALUTE TO VIENNA A New Year’s concert to celebrate the ageless beauty of Viennese music with a program of Strauss waltzes and sweeping melodies

accompanied by costumed dancers for a presentation of romantic vignettes. Jan. 1 at 2:30 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre. vancouversymphony.ca AS HEARD ON TV Stroll down memory lane with conductor Steven Reineke, and actress, singer and impressionist Christina Bianco from Broadway’s Tony and Tina’s Wedding and London’s West End production of Forbidden Broadway.

Jan 8-9 at the Orpheum Theatre. vancouversymphony.ca

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world of Arendelle with dazzling special effects as you sing and dance along.

Nov. 25-29 at Pacific Coliseum. disneyonice.com GOH BALLETÕS THE NUTCRACKER This heart-warming production is sure to delight audiences of all ages with more than 200 glittering costumes, dramatic sets and valuable lessons — all danced to Tchaikovsky’s memorable score performed live by members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.

Dec. 17-22 at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts (777 Homer St.). gohnutcracker.com

THE NUTCRACKER Ballet BC presents the timeless holiday classic in which a child’s favourite Christmas toy comes to life and whisks her away to a magical kingdom, performed by the Alberta Ballet. Dec. 29-31 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. balletbc.com

CLASSICAL CARMINHO AND SARA TAVARES Portuguese singer-songwriters co-headline this show presented by the Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC. Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. at Chan Shun Concert Hall. chancentre.com

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A Dylan Thomas Christmas A Child‘s Christmas in Wales 8pm | Friday, December 18, 2015 Shaughnessy Heights United Church

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A Charlie Brown Christmas Finding the True Meaning 8pm | Saturday, December 19, 2015 Shaughnessy Heights United Church

Pippa Johnstone, Joel Garner and Amitai Marmorstein, Actors | Daniel Reynolds, Piano Jodi Proznick, Bass | Vancouver Chamber Choir | Vancouver Youth Choir Carrie Tennant and Jon Washburn, Conductors A lively concert performance of A Charlie Brown Christmas with actors, jazz duo and choirs.

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WINTER HARP Classical and Celtic harps combine with flutes, rare medieval instruments, percussion, poetry and song to wrap you snugly in the silken cloak of Christmas. Medieval carols, rare carols and familiar carols will have your heart singing. Dec. 19 at St. Andrews Wesley. winterharp.com 20TH CENTURY MUSIC TO LOVE In the first half of the 20th century, Russia and its neighbours that created the Soviet Union produced an astonishing variety of music.

“Suite Italienne” for violin and piano was composed in Stravinsky’s early neo-classical period. Based on an 18th century play and incidental VSO Vadim Gluzman

music, it looks back to the past through 20th century eyes.

Jan. 21-22 at West Point Grey United Church. vettamusic.com MUSIC IN THE MORNING Brings you an amazing winter lineup starting with “Juilliard415” with guest conductor Nicholas McGegan, in partnership with Early Music Vancouver Nov. 18-20.

Edmar Castañeda, harp, Dafnis Prieto, percussion Dec. 16-18.

St. Lawrence String Quartet staring Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby, Lesley Robertson and Christopher Costanza Jan. 2729 at Vancouver Academy of Music. musicinthemorning.org A NIGHT IN VENICE “Eine Nacht in Venedig,” one of the most beautiful of the

Strauss operettas, is performed in three acts, and sung in German, under the direction of Nancy Hermison and conducted by Jonathon Girard.

Feb. 4-7 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. music.ubc.ca DƒNES VçRJON Dénes Várjon studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with composer György Kurtág. He is a regular guest at festivals including the Salzburger Festspiele, Lucerne Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Marlboro Music Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr and Edinburgh Festival. Feb. 12 at Vancouver Playhouse. chopinsociety.org GARTH KNOX Experience the sounds of an original and exotic instrument — the viola d’amore — in the hands of celebrated virtuosic Irish soloist Garth Knox, formerly of the Arditti Quartet.

Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. at Orpheum Annex. newmusic.org

CHORAL THE BARRA MACNEILS CHRISTMAS TOUR The treasure of the East Coast, this maritime folk group journey across the country on their annual holiday tour.

Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. celticfestvancouver.com

The principal period orchestra of The Juilliard School With guest conductor Nicholas McGegan “At last there is fabulous, energetic, thrilling, old-style music happening in New York. 415 is so charged up that it sounds like they are playing something just written.”—Mark Morris, Choreographer Generously sponsored by

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CHEZ NOUS: CHRISTMAS WITH ELEKTRA The choir’s always-fresh, family-friendly take on the season, featuring jazz vocalist Dee Daniels, with Jodi Proznick on bass. Nov. 28 at Ryerson United Church. elektra.ca TALES OF A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS The Jerry Granelli Trio, accompanied by the Coastal Sound Children’s Choir, perform an evening of stories and music to capture the spirit of the Christmas season.

Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Vogue Theatre. coastaljazz.ca

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THE CHRISTMAS STAR The Vancouver Welshmen’s Choir performs a program of Christmas and holiday classics featuring the Magee Secondary School choir. Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. at Shaughnessy United Church. vwmc.ca

audiences an opportunity to enjoy contemporary choral performance in an inviting and traditional space.

Dec. 18 at St. Phillip’s Anglican Church and Dec. 19 at Christ Church Cathedral. musicaintima.org

A GOOD NOISE CHRISTMAS Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir presents the treasured annual tradition, Celebrate! The 90-member choir performs yuletide gospel favourites, coupled with popular seasonal works accompanied by acclaimed guitarist, David Sinclair. Dec. 11 & 12 at 8 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral. goodnoisevgc.com

CHRISTMAS IN THE ORPHEUM Nothing says Christmas more than choirs, and this concert brings you the city’s finest, singing the glorious voiceand-brass music of Gabrieli and Pinkham, intimate Christmas moods of Derek Healey with harp, and a grand carol sing-along of traditional favourites, as the audience joins in with the choirs and brass ensemble.

Dec. 4 at Orpheum Theatre. vancouverchamberchoir.com

HANDELÕS MESSIAH Vancouver Bach Choir presents the divine harmonies, resounding orchestrations, and sublime arias of Messiah under the baton of Leslie Dala, with an ensemble of celebrated Canadian soloists and the VSO. Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre. vancouverbachchoir.com A CHRISTMAS STORY Join Musica Intima for their popular Christmas concert and celebrate the sublime music that makes the holiday so special. Traditional holiday favourites with contemporary marvels, offering new and established

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS A lively concert performance of A Charlie Brown Christmas with actors, jazz duo and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. The concert starts with English, German and international songs of the season conducted by Carrie Tennant, including a special appearance of her accomplished Vancouver Youth Choir.

Dec. 19 at Shaughnessy Heights United Church vancouverchamberchoir.com

THE MAESTROÕS ART This year the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s remarkable National Conductors’ Symposium concert focuses on the music of the Masters — Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wagner. Five talented conductors from around the world lead the outstanding professional choir along with master conductor and teacher Jon Washburn and pianist Stephen Smith.

Jan. 23 at Ryerson United Church. vancouverchamberchoir.com CHRISTMAS REPRISE XIII Treasuref yuletide season tradition with the Vancouver Cantata Singers and celebrate the holidays with a matinee performance evoking the true warmth, festive feeling, and simple, pure joy of the holiday season.

Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. at Holy Rosary Cathedral vancouvercantatasingers.com SONGS OF LOVE The Vancouver Cantata Singers perform a program from Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer, with music by John Greer and John Corigliano, with the Bergmann Piano Duo. Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. at Orpheum Annex. vancouvercantatasingers.com

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CONCERTS BLUES FOR PAWS The eighth annual event features Joani Bye, Alita Dupray, Catherine St. Gemain, Nadine States and Leslie Harris, with all proceeds going to the SPCA. Nov. 28 at Edgewater Casino edgewatercasino.ca

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VANCE JOY “Riptide” indie-pop-singersongwriter from Australia performs with special guest Reuben and the Dark for the first of two nights on his Fire and the Flood North American Tour. Jan. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre. livenation.com BLUE RODEO The long-running Toronto roots rockers return to town for two nights in support of their latest release, Live At Massey Hall, with special guest Terra Lightfoot.

Jan. 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre. ticketmaster.ca BLITZEN TRAPPER “This is Blitzen Trapper’s seventh record for the books, another bizarre string of tales and touchstones, more beats and banjos by far than anything to date, since, well we figured a straight line between two points is preferable,” says the band’s E. Earley. Nov 20 at Biltmore Cabaret ticketweb.ca

COMEDY CHRISTMAS QUEEN 2 Vancouver Theatre Sports League presents the latest version of the continuing holiday saga, set at the North Pole and Santa’s Workshop.

This improvised fairy tale sees the larger-than-life, blue-haired Christmas Queen drop in on ol’ Santa and create a little chaos in the week leading up to the big day. Nov. 25-Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. vtsl.com

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JFL NORTHWEST COMEDY FEST Partnering this year with Just For Laughs, this 10-day winter highlight brings your standup favourites to town while championing the up-andcomers you didn’t even know you loved with improv, sketch and podcasts. Feb. 18-27.

Visit jflnorthwest.com for the lineup and tickets.

FINE ARTS 21ST CENTURY FLEA MARKET These popular Europeanstyle collector markets feature 185 tables of bargains on deluxe 20th century “junque.”

Nov. 15 and Jan. 17 at the Croatian Cultural Centre.

21cpromotions.com THE 17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS The world’s top animated short film compilations, prized by industry professionals, students, and fans. Event producer, curator and animation expert Ron Diamond has scouted 37 Oscar nominees and 14 winners from around the globe and for the first year is bringing the collection to audiences in select cities. Nov 15, 19 at Rio Theatre. riotheatre.ca

ART AGAINST STIGMA Imagine 1,000 pieces of art by 60 artists living with a mental health disability. Many of the artists are well-known in Vancouver’s art scene and 100 per cent of the proceeds go directly to the artists. Nov. 19-22 at Kettle on Hastings. thekettle.ca EAST SIDE CULTURE CRAWL The four-day visual arts, design and crafts festival showcases the best in local art as sculptors, designers, woodworkers and artists open their studios across 78 buildings to share their work, just in time for holiday shopping.

Nov. 19-22. culturecrawl.ca THE NEW FACE OF FICTION: SEAN MICHAELS Winner of the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize. A beautiful, haunting novel inspired by the true life and loves of the famed Russian scientist, inventor and spy Lev Termen – creator of the theremin. Nov 21 at the Jewish Community Centre. jccgv.com NIGHTMARE BEFORE THE NUTCRACKER: A VERY BURTON XMAS SHOW This gothic reimagination is a unique twist on the beloved fable as told through the music of Tchaikovsky and Danny Elfman, and features characters from both “The Nutcracker” and your favourite Tim Burton films. Dec 4-12 at Rio Theatre. riotheatre.ca RETRO DESIGN AND ANTIQUES FAIR Favoured by designers, collectors and antiques dealers alike, this fun Sunday fair features 175 tables and booths of fabulous finds for you and your eclectic abode.

Dec. 6 and Feb. 21 at the Croatian Cultural Centre.

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CIRCLE CRAFT Circle Craft presents its 42nd annual Christmas Craft Market where locals and visitors come face to face with B.C. and Canadian artisans and their work. Nov. 11-15 at Vancouver Convention Centre West. circlecraft.net LIGHTS OF HOPE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION Join St. Paul’s Hospital as they turn on the Lights of Hope display for the first time during the annual Community Celebration. Nov 19. lightsofhope.helpstpauls. com CHRISTMAS AT HYCROFT You’ll find everything decked in sure-to-inspire seasonal splendour, an excellent variety of unique boutiques, crafters, treats and local artisans. Outside, Hycroft’s courtyard is a buzz of activity too. Nov. 19-22. uwcvancouver.ca

CANDYTOWN Spend the day at the annual street celebration where Yaletown is magically transformed into a winter wonderland with familyfriendly activities, horsedrawn carriage rides and, of course, Santa Claus. Nov. 21 from 12-7 p.m. at Mainland Street. Admission is free. yaletowninfo.com VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS MARKET The annual market lights up downtown bringing together one-of-a-kind food, gifts, and fun for a family-friendly Christmas experience. Nov. 21-Dec. 24 from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Queen Elizabeth Plaza. vancouverchristmasmarket.com PAN PACIFIC CHRISTMAS WISH BREAKFAST Receive a complimentary hot buffet breakfast in return for a new unwrapped toy given to needy children during the holiday season.

All donations given to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau. Nov. 26 from 6-9 a.m. panpacificvancouver.com

THE PEAK OF CHRISTMAS Bring your family to Santa’s Workshop and meet reindeer, or take a sleigh-ride through our mystical alpine forest.

You can also experience the tranquil beauty of skating on Grouse Mountain’s 8,000 square foot mountaintop ice skating pond, surrounded by snow-topped trees.

Nov. 27-Jan 4 at Grouse Mountain. grousemountain.com

MAKE IT! THE HANDMADE REVOLUTION Shop for one-of-a-kind handmade items from over 250 of Canada’s hottest urban artisans, designers, and crafters. There will be something for everyone from fashion and accessories, to art and jewellery, to baby items, and home décor.

Dec. 3-6 at the PNE Forum (2901 East Hastings St.). $7 at the door. makeitshow.ca

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS The annual VanDusen Botanical Garden holiday lights festival. Dec. 1-31, from 4:30-9 p.m. every night (except Dec. 25). vandusengarden.org

TOQUE A curated craft fair, produced and presented by the Western Front showcases local artists, designers and artisans offering everything from ceramics and jewellery to edibles and one-of-a-kind objects at this annual event, widely considered “a true artists” fair with a solidly local feel. Dec. 4-6 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Western Front. Admission by donation. front.bc.ca

FESTIVE FUN AT VANCOUVER MARITIME MUSEUM Get festive at the Vancouver Maritime Museum this December with warm drinks, family winter crafts, a special 25 per cent discount in the gift shop for all those Christmas presents and more.

Dec. 3 at Maritime Museum. vancouvermaritimemuseum.com

CAROL SHIPS PARADE OF LIGHTS On peak evenings, this holiday tradition has grown to more than 50 decorated boats, with in excess of 100,000 lights, and carries over 30,000 people during the month of December festival.

Dec 4-19. carolships.org

GET SNOW GLOBED! Take your picture inside the giant snow globe with a suggested minimum donation of $5. Visit Harbour Centre from Dec. 4-24 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. All proceeds donated to the Kettle Society to help British Columbians living with mental illness. harbourcentre.com BRIGHT NIGHTS CHRISTMAS TRAIN IN STANLEY PARK Santa’s elves have been working diligently for the past several months in order to transform Stanley Park into a captivating and dazzling lighting display complete with music, sweet snacks, entertainment and, of course, Santa Claus.

Dec. 5-Jan. 5 at Stanley Park. ticketstonight.ca ROGERS SANTA CLAUS PARADE The day starts at 10:30 a.m. with entertainment at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the parade kicks off at 1 p.m. with thousands of participants including more than 60 marching bands, choirs, and floats. Dec 6. rogerssantaclausparade.com

MENORAH LIGHTING Celebrate the first night of Chanukah, with the lighting of the tallest Menorah in Canada, the Silber Family Agam Menorah, with live entertainment. Dec. 6 at 5 p.m. at Vancouver Art Gallery. vanartgallery.bc.ca LUMIERE Shine bright this winter in the West End. Visit the West End on Dec. 11 and 12 for light installations, live entertainment, light parade, free ice skating, a festive trolley tour and more. westendbia.com/lumiere CHRISTMAS AT CANADA PLACE Come down to Canada Place from Dec. 12-30 from noon to 6 p.m. daily to enjoy the classic holiday scenes of the Woodward’s Windows, capture your Christmas memories in a 15-foot snow globe, visit Rudolph’s Theatre and the Avenue of Christmas Trees, and take part in a variety of arts and crafts activities for the whole family. canadaplace.ca

CHANUKAH PARTY A family-friendly event featuring the Chanukah Food Fest, a treasure hunt and magic gathering, bouncy castles, arts and crafts, live entertainment, and a candle lighting complete with singa-long. Dec. 6 from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Centre. jccgv.com

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PHYSICAL ATTACHMENTS Individually made and designed by Vancouver sculptor Lynn Falconer, these designart objects can be used as a wall hook, jewelry holder or decorative piece. Created as part of Falconer’s clay studies of burlesque dancers, Physical Attachments were inspired by compositions she created observing the poses of dancers Lars, Lola, Ginger, Rose and Pearl — $188. Falconerart.com.

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For 2015, Haas’ new signature creations include the Tannenbaum Chocolate Tree, featuring a contemporary chocolate evergreen decorated with handmade chocolates, truffles and caramelized nuts, and Santa in the Chimney. Gifts priced between $39 and $199. For a complete list of Haas’ Christmas collection, visit thomashaas.com after Nov. 19.

CHOUPETTE KITTEN RING This ($30) kitten ring is a signature piece from Vancouver-based Foe and Dear, which specializes in handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces. Designer Katherine Huie created Foe and Dear in a tiny, apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn during the summer of 2009, but has since relocated to Vancouver. Foeanddear.com.

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Kicking it old school at Portland’s retro attractions Michael Kissinger

mkissinger@vancouier.com

Pips & Bounce mixes ping pong and alcohol in the increasingly happening mixed-industrial neighbourhood of Southeast Portland. What could go wrong?

Sure, Portland is known for its beer, bikes and beards. But what’s a grizzled, 43-year-old buck to do with a heart full of nostalgia for the days of yore and, admittedly, a mild case of arrested development? Well, Portland has that covered as well, with old school attractions, vintage delights and retro charms to spare.

Back in the paddle

Part social club, part sporting venue, part stiff drinkpouring bar, Pips & Bounce is the brainchild of brothers Michael and Eugene Jung who began throwing ping pong pop-up parties around Portland back in 2012. Last year they opened a permanent location in the increasingly happening mixedindustrial neighbourhood of Southeast Portland with 10 ping pong tables and a full service bar and kitchen.

If you’re not a member or part of a league (yes, they have those), 10 bucks gets walk-ins half an hour on a table, paddles included.

Best of all you don’t have to experience the walk of shame retrieving your ball from the other end of the bar after whiffing on what would have been a devastating overhead smash — ball boys and girls collect all the misguided missiles for you.

Kontrolled chaos

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If less sweat-inducing competition is more your thing, and carpal tunnel isn’t an issue, you can test your videogame skills while exercising your liver at Ground Kontrol in the Pearl District. With DJpropelled music pounding from the sound system and more than 90 arcade games, including pinball, from the past four decades blipping and bleeping like a robot orgy, Ground Kontrol is not for the faint of heart. But the drinks are cheap and you can still enjoy such classic arcade games as Asteroids, Burgertime, Paperboy, Q*bert, Star Wars, Centipede, Joust and Galaga for only a quarter. The way

God intended.

On a roll

It’s a bit of a drive to get there, but your efforts will be rewarded with a trip to Oaks Park, a quaint and unintentionally kitschy amusement park, which was dubbed “the Coney Island of the Northwest” when it opened in 1905. Besides the rides, the real attraction is the park’s massive roller skating rink, which is open year-round and pipes in live musical accompaniment from a Wurlitzer organ mounted to a platform above the rink. While the rink offers high performance inline skate rentals for those who don’t care how ridiculous they look, half the charm is putting on an old pair of leather rental skates seemingly mothballed since the 1970s for the equally old school price of $1.75, plus a not-too-shabby $6.25 entry fee on weekdays, $7.50 on Fridays and Saturdays. Leg warmers and satin bomber jackets not included.

Tiki care of business

A trip to Portland wouldn’t be the same without indulging in one of its three tiki bars, each one offering a different take on the Polynesian lounge vibe, which has enjoyed a resurgence since its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s. The Alibi Tiki Lounge, on North Interstate Avenue, is the most well-worn of the bunch and has been burning its tiki torches since 1947. The neon sign is fantastic, the interior furnishings suitably exotic and the rum-forward tropical drinks pack a dizzying punch.

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Left: Take a piece of vintage Portland home with you from the many eclectic offerings found at Lounge Lizard. Right: Oaks Amusement Park offers roller skating with live musical accompaniment from a Wurlitzer organ suspended above the rink.

Quenching thirst for nostalgia Continued from page 24 Plus its nightly karaoke attracts a diverse crowd from seasoned locals to college kids to drag queens, all of whom will appreciate the sensitive nuances of your haunting version of Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue.”

Trader Vic’s, which opened in downtown Portland only a few years ago, is a relatively new addition to the famed tiki bar franchise, but it looks and feels like a Trader Vic’s of old. A word of warning, however: the bar’s happy hour drink menu is dangerously affordable.

The newest kid on the tiki block, Hale Pele occupies a strange stretch of Northeast Broadway that seems like the furthest thing from a tropical retreat. All of which makes this destination bar more

enticing as a tiki oasis. The cozy room is part Gilligan’s Island, part South Pacific and just about all rum, with carefully crafted cocktails that quickly turn menacing during happy hour.

Couch surfing

Of course you can always take a piece of vintage Portland with you. While antique and second-hand shops abound, a good chunk of them reside along Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. And Lounge Lizard is one of the best and most eclectic. Open since 2003, the retro emporium is a treasure hunter’s dream with so much reasonably priced (at least

by Vancouver standards) mid-century furniture, art, household items and lighting that it had to open a second

showroom around the corner. That’s a lot of velvet and vinyl couches.

Stay old

This being Portland, there’s an abundance of retro-inspired accommodations to choose from. The recently opened Hotel Eastlund is a stylish $15-million overhaul of a 1962-vintage Red Lion Inn near the convention centre and sports an airy rooftop patio with sweeping views of the city and a decent craft beer list. Nearby motor lodge-turned-boutique hotel the Jupiter is smaller and a favourite of budget-minded travellers who don’t mind a little late night noise from the downstairs music venue and weekend patio parties.

Or you could literally go old school and stay across town

at the Kennedy School, a circa-1915 elementary school that’s been transformed into a 57-room hotel where guests sleep in renovated classrooms, can watch movies in the former gymnasium or sip stiff drinks in the principal’s office.

Accommodations for this story provided by Travel Portland. For more information, go to travelportland.com. @MidlifeMan1

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BOND BRANDS: The much-anticipated opening of Spectre, the 24th James Bond movie in the storied franchise, was cause for celebration on many fronts in the city.

Bollinger Champagne and Omega Seamasters have held starring roles in the films for the past 40 and 20 years respectively. The two luxury labels held red carpet romps in tribute to 007. Bollinger and Bond is one of the most enduring couplings in motion picture history. Trialto, representatives of the storied Champagne house in B.C., hosted a party at Sutton Place Hotel’s Gerard Lounge before an exclusive screening. Since 1995’s Golden Eye, James Bond has also worn an Omega Seamasters in every film.

The watchmaker hosted its own sparkling hoopla at its flagship store, introducing the limited edition Seamaster 300 worn by the secret spy in this latest Bond film, before a private viewing at Scotiabank Theatre.

CULTURE CLUB: Since 1976, MOSAIC has been offering settlement, employment, English classes, translation and interpretation services to immigrants, refugees and newcomers to Canada. A capacity crowd attended the Roundhouse Community Centre for Festival MOSAIC, its marquee fundraiser. They enjoyed a delicious sampling of international cuisines, while experiencing a multitude of art, dance and music from around the globe. Fronted by executive director Eyob Naizghi, chief fundraiser Ninu Kang and emceed by yours truly, the gala, sponsored by B.C. Salmon Farmers Association, raised more than $70,000 to support the venerable not-for-profit multilingual organization, which assists some 25,000 individuals annually.

Trialto’s Tim Wilkins, vice-president and managing partner (right) partnered with Aston Martin’s Roberto Garcia for a James Bond fete held at Gerard Lounge.

Yvonne Gall and Margaret Gallagher won the best radio feature story category for “The Wayfaring Stranger: Lost and Found in Vancouver.”

Their story followed a homeless man in search of housing in the city.

Scott McRae and Ernest Yee co-chaired the 2015 Jack Webster Awards, which celebrated journalism excellence in print, radio and television. The annual awards named after the legendary broadcaster honour the best of the province’s reporting.

MOSAIC’s chief fundraiser Ninu Kang and board chair Dr. Mehran Kiahi were at the helm of the organization’s annual celebrations to support roughly 25,000 immigrants and newcomers settle and integrate in Canada.

From left: MOSAIC staff members Kaili Wang, Chany Chea and Shagun Bhanot sported their country’s native outfits at the annual benefit. More than 300 staff members work across the Lower Mainland helping newcomers fully participate in Canadian society.

YOUNG CHEFS IMPRESS: The tables were turned as culinary apprentices from Fairmont’s seven Pacific Northwest hotel properties took to the kitchen on their own to prepare an impressive six-course dinner for 325 guests and their culinary mentors, Fairmont’s executive chefs. Fairmont’s Culinary Apprentice Dinner is a muchanticipated annual affair. This year’s royal repast took place at the historic Fairmont Hotel Vancouver with CTV’s Coleen Christie as master of ceremonies. The brainchild of former executive chef Robert Le Crom, the Fairmont Apprenticeship Program — a 36-month curriculum created to prepare individuals for a career as a chef — has seen more than 200 graduates. The competitivebut-always cordial dinner is a highlight of the school year. This year’s top course — as voted by guests — went to the apprentices at Hotel Vancouver.

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Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver welcomes Ken Nakano as executive chef. After five years as head chef of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Nakano will front the 119-room luxury hotel and marquee Market by Jean-Georges restaurant.

Robin Patraschuk (left), Sally Thige and their fellow apprentices from the Hotel Vancouver won the hearts and palettes of guests with their iberico-wrapped scallop, truffled yolk ravioli, watercress jaconde masterpiece.

Store manager Jane Dodds sported the Omega Seamaster 300 worn by James Bond in the latest movie instalment, Spectre. A limited numbered series of 7,007 pieces was released to coincide with the movie’s debut. The film grossed $80 million in its opening week.

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Creative thinking required for affordable housing

Michael Geller Columnist

michaelarthurgeller@gmail.com

As Lower Mainland politicians and government officials grapple with housing affordability, it may be time to turn to Edward de Bono.

That is what I am doing as I prepare a presentation for the forthcoming Affordable Housing Strategy

Workshops being organized by Metro Vancouver.

In case you are not familiar with de Bono, he is widely regarded as the father of lateral thinking or what today is called “thinking outside the box.”

I was first introduced to de Bono’s writings by my father, a barber turned librarian, who admired those who challenged conventional thinking. He

was impressed with his credentials: a Rhodes Scholar with a degree in medicine from Oxford, a PhD from Cambridge and faculty appointments at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard.

Now 82, de Bono has written 57 books, translated into 34 languages. His basic thesis is that most schools do not teach us how to think; instead we learn by rote. Consequent-

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ly, we need to learn how to think more creatively.

My former development company once brought him to Vancouver. Over lunch he told me whenever he hires someone, he invites them for a meal. If they put salt and pepper on their food before tasting it, he doesn’t hire them. After all, what if the food is already too salty?

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We’re not making the best use of existing land Continued from page 27 One of my favourite de Bono books is Six Thinking Hats. Written 30 years ago, it proposes six distinctive ways to problem solving.

Instead of “putting on your thinking cap” he advocates different coloured

caps. When you wear a yellow cap you can only offer positive thoughts; with your red cap you can share intuitive or emotional feelings.

A black hat requires you to view things critically, while a green cap invites you to be creative. When

wearing a white hat, you should only offer facts without opinion.

A favourite de Bono technique for problem solving is to consider the opposite.

When a fish processing company invited him to advise it on how it could

more effectively remove fish from the bones, he suggested it focus on removing the bones from the fish.

Which brings me to housing affordability.

We often say we’re running out of land. I say we’re not running out of

land; we’re just not making the best use of the land we already have. For example, look at all the parking lots around the city. Why not use them for housing, with parking underneath?

Why do zoning bylaws require often useless side

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yards between buildings?

By reducing one or both side yards, we can make much better use of street frontages. Just ask the Europeans.

Laneway housing is an example of lateral thinking. But let’s go the next step and build English mews-style row houses or small apartment blocks along some lanes.

We could also build rental apartments on underutilized lawns surrounding older high-rise apartment buildings.

We can reduce housing costs by sharing. Many of us shared when we were young and poor. I shared a one-bedroom apartment in Ottawa with Bernard.

He slept in the bedroom; I slept in the living room.

It worked because there was a door to the living room.

Unfortunately, most new one-bedroom apartments, with combined living/dining/kitchen layouts don’t lend themselves to sharing. An exception is at SFU’s UniverCity where some living rooms were designed with doors and two unrelated people can comfortably share the cost of a small one-bedroom suite.

While Vancouver will never be as affordable as Merritt or Winnipeg, with more creative thinking, we can produce more affordable housing. Just ask Edward de Bono. @michaelgeller

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Nov. 12 to 18, 2015 1. Spotlighting Vancouver’s contemporary dance scene, the 2015 edition of Dance In Vancouver features performances from Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, Ziyian Kwan | dumb instrument Dance, MascallDance, MACHiNENOiSY and battery opera productions’ reboot of M/Hotel among others. It all goes down Nov. 18 to 22. Details thedancecentre.ca.

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2. Vancouver indie-folk darlings Good for Grapes play the Imperial, Nov. 12, in support of their newly released sophomore album, The Ropes. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and ticketweb.ca.

3. Solo Collective kicks off its 15th season with Vancouver playwright Aaron Bushkowsky’s Dressing for the Wedding, Nov. 13 to 29 at Performance Works.

Sarah Rodgers directs this dark comedy about a mother desperately trying to run her daughter’s wedding rehearsal while keeping some family secrets under wraps.

Tickets at theatrewire.com.

4. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Once is based on the Oscarwinning film of the same name about an Irish busker and Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. It runs Nov. 17-22 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets and details at vancouver.broadway.com.

And, as fate would have it, Glen Hansard, who played the Irish busker in the film and co-wrote the music, performs Nov. 12 at the Orpheum. Tickets at all Ticketmaster outlets.

5. Ruby Slippers Theatre presents You Will Remember Me. Billed as a deeply personal and moving new play about family and memory and starring Kevin McNulty and Patti Allan, it runs Nov. 17 to 28 at the Cultch.

Tickets at 604-251-1363 or thecultch.com.

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When Joe Fortes Seafood and Chophouse first opened its doors in 1985, seafood in Vancouver restaurants didn’t amount to much. Salmon was smoked, planked and definitely never Pink. Oysters were shucked or angelic on horseback. Chilean Seabass was fine. And the two-martini lunch was still in vogue. And it was still illegal in a restaurant to order a drink without food.

At the time, owners Bud and Dottie Kanke saw the American-style grill as the perfect downtown counterpoint to the Cannery, which was very “West Coast” for its day. Kanke launched the city’s first dedicated oyster bar — and, incidentally, hired the first female oyster shucker — as “Joe’s” quickly made its mark as arguably the city’s most successful restaurant to date.

Fast forward 30 years, a few million bivalves later, and the ever popular, brass and wood-trimmed steak and seafood emporium is still packing them in to its three floors, which include one of the city’s best and most discreet — and winterized — roof decks. The fully covered and heated patio is open Nov. 12 to Dec 20.

Joe’s also set the tone for a level of philanthropy not previously seen in Vancou-

ver, which continues under the watch of new owner David Aisenstat. Proceeds from Joe’s Gala anniversary celebration will benefit the Vancouver Firefighters’ Charitable Society’s East Side Snack program, which distributes more than 30,000 snacks to East Side school children.

In a city notoriously fickle, it’s remarkable how many of those original dishes have made it, in some form, to the 2015 menu. If you really fancy a taste of nostalgia, you’ll want to make a date for lunch between Nov. 16 and 20, when six classic lunchtime items will be offered at 1985 prices. Think shrimp cocktails for $5.95 or a New York steak at $11.95.

Look around town and you’ll find more than a few folks who got their start at Joe Fortes, including chef Emad Jacoub (who also met his leading lady Shannon Bosa there) before striking out on his own to form the immensely successful Glowbal Group.

It’s a vocation

Speaking of even more significant culinary milestones, expect a truly starstudded lineup of alumni as Vancouver Community College (VCC) marks half a century of training many of the city’s most talented chefs, bakers, meat cutters and other hospitality professionals.

A city doesn’t earn the

kind of reputation that Vancouver now enjoys as a dining destination by accident.

Skills of every kind need to be taught and, equally as important, young people mentored. Few vocational schools match the breadth and depth at VCC. The “50 Years. 50 Chefs” Gala at Rocky Mountaineer Station (Nov. 17) brings together the likes of Blair Rasmussen, David Hawksworth, Ned Bell, Hamid Salimian, Scott Jeager, David Wong, David Gunawan, Quang Dang, David Robertson, Pino Posteraro, Bruno Marti and others.

The evening promises a wealth of good taste and expertise, including several younger rising stars, such as 18-year-old Leah Patitucci.

In her final two months at VCC, she’s already completed her baking training, apprenticed with Hawksworth and scooped the silver in 2015 Skills Canada B.C. competition. Also on the roster, wine pairings from the Naramata Bench Wineries Association. More info at vcc.ca/gala.

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Written and directed by Yaël Farber, Nirbhaya explores the issue of violence against women in India with shocking, brutal detail.

THEATRE REVIEW

Fearless Nirbhaya difficult to watch, hard to forget Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net

Nirbhaya is not a play you like; it’s a play you respect. Written and directed by Yaël Farber (Mies Julie) with a cast and creative team from India, Nirbhaya is the story of Jyoti Singh Pandey, the young university student who, on Dec. 16, 2012, was gang-raped and viciously beaten by half a dozen young men on a Delhi bus. Because of the nature of the crime, her name could not be released at the time; the media — and, later, all the world — called her Nirbhaya, which means “fearless.”

Nirbhaya and her boyfriend had just seen a movie and were on their way home when they boarded the bus that had been taken over by a group of drunken rowdies.

Her boyfriend survived a ferocious beating, but 13 days later, Nirbhaya died in a New Delhi hospital telling him, “I can’t fight anymore.” She had asked that all the mirrors around her be broken because she could not bear to see the savagery of the assault written on her face.

The fight against violence against women continues. Farber’s play, winner of the coveted Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award following its premiere at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival, asks that we bear witness and

that the code of silence be broken.

While the spirit of Nirbhaya is pervasive throughout the play, the stories of four other women — victims of violence — are woven in.

The program notes tell us, “Each testimony in this production belongs to the person performing it.”

Almost unbearably brave, performers Priyanka Bose, Sneha Jawale, Rukhsar Kabir and Pamela Mala Sinha tell their personal stories of violence at the hands of fathers, husbands, relatives and strangers. Eight-year-old Bose, sexually violated again and again by relatives and family friends; Kabir “often beaten” as a little girl by her father, then married off to a man who beat her; Jawale, married off at 20 to a stranger who later threw gasoline at her and lit a match; Sinha, emigrated to Montreal, enrolled in the National Theatre School and was brutally raped in her ground-floor apartment.

Nirbhaya is not a play you like; it’s a play that shocks you.

Produced by Assembly, Riverside Studios and Poorna Jagannathan Production (India, UK, Canada) and presented by the Cultch, the production, however, is — in its way — beautiful. Oroon Das’ set is minimal with bus windows suspended from wires and six or eight bus seats and poles.

Paul Lim’s lighting design is smoky, shadowy and evocative. Farber keeps five performers and the single male, Ankur Vikal, almost always in motion, so reminiscent of the crowded streets of Delhi.

Japjit Kaur (Nirbhaya), completely in white, maintains an offside, ethereal presence except during the rape scene, which is graphic enough to make you want to turn away.

The fallout from the events of that evening back in 2012 has been significant: thousands of Indian men and women took to the streets, demanding change. Shock waves travelled around the world and once again women rallied to “take back the night.” Here in Canada, our newly elected Liberal government has promised to re-open the file on the disappearance of First Nations women.

Nirbhaya raises questions: do shows like this bring about change?

Are there women in the audience who will now feel empowered enough to speak up? Are there abusive men who will recognize themselves and get help? Can it affect policy regarding sexual violence against women here and around the world?

Nirbhaya is not a play you like but it’s powerful, urgent and true. It’s also a remarkable piece of theatre. Be fearless. See it.

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This is the last week of mysteries, hidden facts, hidden desires and hidden jewels – you could discover, through rooting around, a fantastic investment, or a better debt/mortgage deal. You could also be attracted to a clandestine love affair.

Lust is good, until it spills over social boundaries.

Venus and Mars, the romantic planets, have moved into Libra, your partnership sign, so many romantic encounters or possibilities will fill the rest of this year.

This is your last week of concentrated money focus, Libra. Continue to chase new clients, angle for a pay raise, buy/sell, and preserve possessions (e.g., paint the house). A new influence has just begun: you as an attractive person, and you as a person determined to find a mate. With both romantic planets in your sign (Venus until December 4 and Mars until early January) you will attract some attention, and if single, will probably face a mating decision.

Relationships fill this week, as they did the last three.

However, if you meet a prospective lover now, he/she is likely to be a co-worker in the broadest terms (i.e., works in the same field as you, even if continents separate you). Your sexual appetite (or success) has slowed this year, and will continue to simmer rather than flare for the next two years. On the other hand, sex with your “lawful” spouse will tend to be more meaningful and deep than usual.

Your charisma, energy and clout remain high, Scorpio. Continue pursuing your goals, starting significant projects, and making valuable contacts. However, you might want to hit “pause” on the romance/love engine (and on forming new business partnerships or agreements) now to December 4, as the new people you meet will tend to have an advantage over you or tend to restrict you in the long run.

Thus is your last week of drudgery, boredom and minor health complaints, Gemini. Soon, fresh air and new horizons will enter. Even now a romantic (or creative or speculative) thread is starting to wind through your days, relieving work with sweet daydreams. Your home continues to be a source of joy or luck. Sunday/Monday bring secrets, sexual yearnings, financial actions, research and diagnoses.

This is your last week of solitude, low energy and “flat” charisma. Use it to clear up neglected tasks, pay outstanding bills, plan/do tax returns, or to interface with charities, civil servants, institutions or spiritual organizations. Contemplate; brew solid, slow plans. Despite your weariness and low charisma, people are starting to drift back into your camp, and soon your popularity is going to soar (for the rest of 2015).

This is your last week (for a while) of creativity and speculative risk-taking, of romance, beauty and pleasure. Your kids, if you have them, will switch from charming to “I need help.” (Actually, this won’t be so bad, as the rest of 2015 brings a touch of romance and creativity to your home – a splendid period to redecorate, for birthday parties, for “puppy love” matchmaking, etc. But start before Dec. for best results.)

Happiness exists! You are going through a long process, 2009 to 2024, that has and will change your social circle and your long-term goals.

Sometimes this process can be disappointing or you can feel like it’s only tearing down, not replacing or building up. But every November you can see the beneficial, hopeful side of this change.

The domestic accent continues one more week, Leo. You might have already, or might this week, engage in important discussions with your mate/family, about a possible looming change.

(This change might be related to your job.)

Now through 2018, you will tend to work more on your home than usual – perhaps a whole renovation. Tackle chores Sun./Mon., and take care of your health.

This is your last week of career “tests,” of prestige relations and status ambitions, of hard work and self-denial, Aquarius. Continue to perform, as you are still being observed. This a good week overall, so you should pass any tests with flying colors. (Only in money, earnings and spending, will you face glitches and problems, mostly Thurs./Fri. Do be careful these two days – strictly reject any temptation to hide facts or “bend” the law.

This is your last “busy” week for a while. Soon you will slow, rest, contemplate and begin new, solid projects. But this week keeps the errands, communications, trips and paperwork coming. Your money picture, until December 4, combines good luck, intensity and an investment (or debt) focus.

(The investment/debt focus lasts the rest of 2015 – beware that you don’t spend more than you make.) Dive into romance or creative or speculative projects, or into pleasure and beauty, Sun./Mon.

This is your last week of mellow thoughts and gentle feelings, Pisces – of intense focus on intellectual, far travel, love, educational, publishing/advertising, cultural and international issues. If you have something to do here (e.g., buy travel tickets, apply for college) do it Sunday or before 1 p.m. (PST) Monday. If you have to apply to a government agency, an institution or a company head office, do so Sunday through 6 a.m. (PST) Wed.

Nov. 12: Neil Young (70). Nov. 13: Whoopi Goldberg (60). Nov. 14: Prince Charles (67).

Nov. 15: Ed Asner (86). Nov. 16: Diana Krall (51). Nov. 17: Danny DeVito (71).

Nov. 18: Linda Evans (73).

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Sports & Recreation

Top left: Vernon secondary’s Hannah Bennison is supported by a volunteer after winning the senior girls championship. Top right: The sodden and slippery course meant a few spills out of the start gate.

Bottom: Racers jostled for position as they splashed through ankle-deep puddles. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

CROSS COUNTRY B.C. CHAMPIONSHIPS

Double gold at ‘chaotic, fun’ mud run

Kitsilano’s Annika Austin and Lord Byng’s Kieran Lumb are B.C. champions Megan Stewart

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What more could a racer ask for?

“It was very wet and muddy. It was very puddle-y.

There was a big trench filled with ankle-deep water. It was fun,” said the B.C. junior girls cross-country champion from Kitsilano secondary, Annika Austin. “It was like the Tough Mudder.”

“Mud, rain, tough course, all that good stuff,” said Point Grey racer Thomson Harris. “It felt like proper cross country.”

The best high school racers in the province gathered Saturday morning at Jericho Beach Park as low clouds bombed rain on the forested course. Many

athletes slipped and some fell as the soft, sodden grass turned muddier with each race until the fourth event of the day when the senior boys made three laps on the torn-up track. One racer from St. George’s was taken away in an ambulance after he went into shock at the finish line.

“The first lap especially was really chaotic,” said Point Grey racer Thomas Nobbs, who won bronze in a very competitive senior boys race. He leaped over another competitor who slipped and fell on the first 500 metres of the 6.9-kilometre course.

“I jumped over him, kind of clipped him. He got up and he was OK,” said Nobbs.

The fourth race of the day came down to the final five metres.

Kieran Lumb, who opted for longer, 13-millimetre spikes for the challenging conditions, made his move within sight of the finish line and churned past the two racers ahead of him.

He won gold in 23 minutes, 47 seconds, passing national track and field team member Brendan Hoff to win by one second.

“I trained hard for this and raced even harder,” said Lumb, a cross-country skier. “It feels really good.”

Three Vancouver racers finished in the top 10. In addition to the winner, Nobbs finished third in 23:51 and Harris came seventh in 24:42. Simeo

Pont was 17th and Jules Verne secondary teammate Brodie Marshall was 31st.

St. George’s racer Roberto Palayo-Mazzone was 18th.

Austin, who finished fifth at the club championships last month, won the 4.6-km junior girls race in 18:01.

“I just slowly started going faster after one lap and I didn’t know if [anyone] was catching me or not so I ran hard and just enjoyed the uphills because that’s what I train for,” said the Grade 10 student. “Then on the downhill, I relaxed and got my breath back a little bit. I wanted to come top three, that was my goal, and once you have the lead, you don’t want to give it up.”

Austin started training seriously last year and

joined the Vancouver Thunderbirds after she was disappointed to not be selected for the outdoor education program, Trek.

“I’m excited to get a medal. It makes me feel good and it shows that the hard work that I did paid off,” she said. “Me and my friend didn’t get in, but I just got really mad and instead of sitting around and pouting, I wanted to make sure that I worked for something. So I put my negative energy into something to have a positive outcome.”

Austin won by 20 seconds. Two Grade 8 racers finished in the top five: Lord Byng’s Bridgett Baziw ran a tremendous race to finish fourth in 18:34 and Van Tech standout Kendra

Lewis came fifth in 18:36.

Hannah Bennison literally ran away with the senior girls race. The B.C. club champion from Vernon secondary won the 4.6km race in 16:41, nearly one minute faster than the silver-medallist.

Jaxon Mackie from Surrey’s Earl Marriott secondary won the 5-km junior boys race in 17:41.

Splattered with mud and grass, heat streaming off their shoulders and arms, racers stood in puddles and used rainwater to wash dirt off their limbs and faces.

Family and friends stood back, bundled and under umbrellas or taking photos of athletes’ matching headto-toe dirt. @MHStewart

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Sports & Recreation VOLLEYBALL CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Depth makes the difference for Bulldogs In straight sets, Van Tech wins senior boys, Churchill takes senior girls

Megan Stewart

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Two different Churchill teams took to the court for the senior girls city volleyball title last week. One of them looked beatable.

But the Bulldogs wouldn’t roll over. They didn’t falter, not after an 8-0 season in the public school league.

Churchill managed to pull

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PHOTOS: 1. Bulldog setter Eloise Faehndrich (No. 10) looks over her shoulder at the scoreboard in the first set of the senior girls city championship at Van Tech secondary Nov. 7. Churchill won the set 29-27 and then won the game 3-0.

2. Talisman setter Brandon Yu (No. 1) falls backwards into the arms of his teammates as Van Tech poses after winning the senior boys city championship at Magee secondary Nov. 5.

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off a nervy, error-filled 29-27 first set against the host Van Tech Talisman and then cruise through the next two sets to cap their unbeaten season with the city championship on Nov. 5.

“The girls, they always find a way to bounce back,” said Churchill coach Pearl Ling. “They noticed the last few days they were having a slow start in the first set. We know their errors were mainly on serving.”

In the first set, the Bulldogs sent 11 serves either too wide or too long. The Talismen, backed by a loud home crowd, capitalized on the errors and took a three-point advantage at 17-14 before the gap closed and the lead changed half a dozen times.

The home side had four chances to win the opening set, but they couldn’t grab that crucial final point. The majority of the Bulldogs play

club volleyball, and their brick wall of Anita Sengara, Cassie Bagnell and Tova Rae were strong at the net, while an accelerated outside attack found weak spots in Van Tech’s defence. Teegan Waton and Jacqueline Gladstone came through for the Talismen, but Van Tech couldn’t sustain the tenacity of the first set and lost the following sets 25-6 and 25-14.

Talismen triumph

The same night across town at Magee secondary, the Van Tech Talismen played another 3-0 game — and this time they came out on top. Van Tech defeated the David Thompson Trojans to win the senior boys city championship Nov. 7.

Head coach Ken Li said the training staff and players prepared by paying close attention to their opponent’s style of play.

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Camry XSE

BY BRENDAN McALEER brendanmcaleer@gmail.com twitter.com/brendan_mcaleer

Excitement and the Toyota Camry are normally two concepts that are kept on separate shelves, in separate rooms, and possibly in separate houses. Maybe even on separate continents.

That’s not really a ding against the car, it’s just that the Toyota machine is designed around fulfilling the exact opposite of the old

Its level of sheer competence is remarkable

Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.”

The Camry is designed for dependability, steadfastness, comfort. Raising your heart-rate? Save it for the gym, Romeo.

However, over the past few years, I’ve heard a whisper or two. Toyota’s 3.5L V6 is actually cranking out some pretty solid power. The chassis response on the SE models is good enough that

a colleague actually took a 4-cylinder model on a racetrack and passed a few so-called sportscars.

Here’s the sportiest version of Toyota’s breadand-butter family sedan, the Camry XSE. Could it be that the idea of excitement and Camryism be forged together?

Design:

From the front: meet Emperor Zurg. With a

gawping, jutting lower grille dominating the front bumper, the current Camry looks a lot like the villain of Pixar’s Toy Story, and especially so in my tester’s Blue Crush Metallic.

As previously observed in a review of the Yaris, the folks at Toyota’s design department are obviously looking over the shoulders of the Lexus team, asking themselves,

“Hey, why don’t we also produce vehicles with front ends like Phillishave razors?”

Happily, the rest of the XSE’s performanceoriented equipment has the effect of balancing out the aggressive front end.

The polished-face 18” alloys give the car a more menacing stance, and fill out the wheel wells.

Overall, the shape of the Camry is relatively

inoffensive, far less daring than something like a Mazda6. So far it’s not much to get excited about, but let’s take a look under the skin.

Environment:

The first thing to notice about the Camry’s newly redesigned interior is that it is once again a conventional layout, dressed up with a little sporty trim.

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today’sdrive Continued from page 41 Red stitching is the gofast lipstick of the car world, and you’ll find it here in abundance. So too is alcantara a must-have if you’re going to affect a sprightly personality.

However, perch yourself on the seats — more “on” than “in” — and you’ll find that this does appear to be mere window dressing on an ordinary family sedan. On the plus side, that means all the traditional Toyota attributes are there: huge rear seats, a capacious trunk, a straightforward layout for the controls.

Fit and finish are quite good, though the number of blank buttons on a $35,000 car is a minor irritation. Also not likely to set anyone’s heart aflame is the simple infotainment, which is easy to use, but slightly on the smallish side.

Practical touches abound, including a hard back to the rear seats that makes loading longer objects an easier slide when folded down. Still, as I sat high up in the Camry’s driver’s seat and prepared to tackle an onramp, expectations were modest.

Offers valid until November 30, 2015. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between Toyota prices, rates and/or other information contained on www.getyourtoyota.ca and that contained on toyota.ca, the latter shall prevail. Errors and omissions excepted. *Lease example: 2016 Corolla CE BURCEM-6A MSRP is $17,580 and includes $1,585 freight/PDI leased at 0.49% over 40 months with $1,275 down payment equals 80 semi-monthly payments of $78 with a total lease obligation of $7,545. Lease 40 mos. based on 60,000 km, excess km charge is $.07.† Finance example: 0.49% finance for 48 months, upon credit approval, available on 2016 Corolla CE BURCEM-6A. Applicable taxes are extra. **Lease example: 2015 RAV4 FWD LE Automatic ZFREVT-A with a vehicle price of $26,220 includes $1,855 freight/PDI leased at 0.49% over 40 months with $2,350 down payment equals 80 semi-monthly payments of $125 with a total lease obligation of $12,366. Lease 40 mos. based on 60,000 km, excess km charge is $.10.

Up to $2,000 Non-stackable Cash Back available on select 2015 RAV4 models. Finance example: 0.49% finance for 36 months, upon credit approval, available on 2015 RAV4 FWD LE Automatic ZFREVT-A. Applicable taxes are extra. ***Lease example: 2015 Camry LE Automatic BF1FLTA with a vehicle price of $25,885, includes $1,785 freight/PDI leased at 0% over 40 months with $2,675 down payment equals 80 semi-monthly payments of $118 with a total lease obligation of $12,130. Lease 40 mos. based on 60,000 km, excess km charge is $.10. Up to $2,500 Non stackable Cash Back available on select 2015 Camry models. Finance example: 0.0% finance for 36 months, upon credit approval, available on 2015 Camry LE Automatic BF1FLTA. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease rates 0% for 40 months available upon credit approval. ††Non-stackable Cash back offers valid until November 30, 2015, on select 2015 models and may not be combined with Toyota Financial Services (TFS) lease or finance rates. If you would like to lease or finance at standard TFS rates (not the above special rates), then you may by November 30, 2015. Cash incentives include taxes and are applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. ‡Semi-monthly lease offer available through Toyota Financial Services on approved credit to qualified retail customers on most 24, 36, 48 and 60 month leases of new and demonstrator Toyota vehicles. First semi-monthly payment due at lease inception and next monthly payment due approximately 15 days later and semi-monthly thereafter throughout the term. Toyota Financial Services will waive the final payment. Semi-monthly lease offer can be combined with most other offers excluding the First Payment Free and Encore offers. First Payment Free offer is valid for eligible TFS Lease Renewal customers only. Toyota semi-monthly lease program based on 24 payments per year, on a 48-month lease, equals 96 payments, with the final 96th payment waived by Toyota Financial Services. Not open to employees of Toyota Canada, Toyota Financial Services or TMMC/ TMMC Vehicle Purchase Plan. Lease payments can be made monthly or semi-monthly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly payments are for advertising purposes only. Visit your Toyota Dealer or www.getyourtoyota.ca for more details. Some conditions apply; offers are time limited and may change without notice. Dealer may lease/sell for less.

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CAMRY

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2015 LE Sedan Auto $25,885 MSRP incl. F+PDI

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Performance:

IT’S DAYLIGHT

SAVINGS TIME

2016

Corolla Sport Plus model shown

COROLLA

2016 Corolla CE 6M $17,580 MSRP Incl. F+PDI

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# O WNER A PPROVED

JEREMY CHIU, COROLLA OWNER

G E T Y O U R T OYO TA . C A

JIM PATTISON TOYOTA DOWNTOWN 1395 West Broadway (604) 682-8881 30692

JIM PATTISON TOYOTA NORTH SHORE 849 Auto Mall Drive (604) 985-0591

GRANVILLE TOYOTA VANCOUVER 8265 Fraser Street (604) 263-2711 6978

18732

LANGLEY TOYOTATOWN LANGLEY 20622 Langley Bypass (604) 530-3156

JIM PATTISON TOYOTA SURREY 15389 Guildford Drive (604) 495-4100 6701

9497

OPENROAD TOYOTA RICHMOND Richmond Auto Mall (604) 273-3766

OPENROAD TOYOTA PORT MOODY 3166 St. John’s Street (604) 461-3656 7826

7825

DESTINATION TOYOTA BURNABY 4278 Lougheed Highway (604) 571-4350 9374

PEACE ARCH TOYOTA SOUTH SURREY 3174 King George Highway (604) 531-2916 30377

SUNRISE TOYOTA ABBOTSFORD Fraser Valley Auto Mall (604) 857-2657 5736

REGENCY TOYOTA VANCOUVER 401 Kingsway (604) 879-8411 8507

WEST COAST TOYOTA PITT MEADOWS 19950 Lougheed Highway (866) 910-9543 7662

VALLEY TOYOTA CHILLIWACK 8750 Young Road (604) 792-1167 8176

SQUAMISH TOYOTA SQUAMISH 39150 Queens Way (604) 567-8888 31003

WESTMINSTER TOYOTA NEW WESTMINSTER 210 - 12th Street (604) 520-3333 8531

Behind its wild n’ crazy grille, the Toyota Camry packs a V6 that sounds, spec-wise, like nothing remarkable. It displaces 3.5L, produces 268hp at 6200rpm and 248lb-ft of torque at 4700rpm.

It runs on regular gas.

It doesn’t appear much different from other offerings.

However, even when paired to a conventional no-funny-business sixspeed automatic, the Camry is surprisingly quick off the line. You may be more grown up than the guy in the GTI next to you, but if you choose to zip ahead in the merging cue, no problemo.

It’s smooth as anything at idle, quiet and composed as you expect a Camry to be. Rev it up and the ‘6 sounds quite good, but the real surprise is just how alarmingly quick the speedometer climbs if you keep your foot in. The XSE chirps its tires off the line and then just pulls and pulls, surging forward — and, like I said, all on regular-grade fuel.

Show the car a corner or two, and a second surprise emerges.

Even though this car is smooth and unruffled

over bumpier pavement, a considerable amount of effort has gone into tuning the suspension. It corners surprisingly flat, and relatively quickly, zipping through a mountain apex with excellent aplomb.

The tires are probably the weak point here, 225-series runner that gives way if you overdrive the car into a corner.

Try to left-foot brake to get the nose to bite and Toyota’s don’t-sue-us traction control kills the throttle.

But just listen to me: left foot braking, overdriving into a hairpin.

This is a Camry, and it’s being discussed as if it were a 5-series BMW! But that’s the XSE, a mix of sporty contradictions to its mainstream roots.

Those alcantara seatinserts, for instance, keep you planted when the side bolstering doesn’t inspire confidence. The steering wheel doesn’t offer quite as much feedback as it could — again, could be talking about a modern BMW here — but the strengthened chassis does.

The XSE doesn’t feel bred to be a racer, but its level of sheer competence is remarkable. And isn’t that a Camry trait, to be remarkably competent?

Features:

As mentioned, the XSE comes with a touchscreen interface that’s a little on the small side, but very functional. The JBL audio system that comes with the package is excellent, and the car is also fitted with safety features like blind spot monitoring and a backup camera.

Official fuel economy figures are a claimed 11.0 litres per 100 kilometres city and 7.7 L/100 km highway. Highway cruising should net you decent figures, but the more stop and go you have, the more the four-cylinder option should beckon.

Green Light:

Sporty look; spacious interior; lusty V6; surprisingly competent in the twisties.

Stop Sign:

Lots-o’-grille styling; infotainment a little smallish; still has missing button blanks.

The Checkered Flag:

Finally, a little sporting appeal for the Camry, without loosing a jot of practicality.

T H U R SDAY, NOV E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 5 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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Your Original

Non-Medicated

Boneless & Skinless Chicken Breasts

7

Mexican Grown

Large Avocadoes

1

$ 25

Organic

Inside or Outside Round Roast

5

$ 99

$ 29

/lb 15.98/kg

Food Store

each

/lb 13.21/kg

We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products ORGANIC

Eye of Round Steaks

6

$ 99

/lb $15.41/kg

ORGANIC

Top Sirloin Roasts

7

NON-MEDICATED

Pork Tenderloin

6

$ 99

/lb $15.41/kg

FROM THE DELI

Maple Turkey Breast

3

$ 99

$ 49

MEXICAN GROWN

B.C. GROWN

Certified Organic

Certified Organic

/lb $17.61/kg

Mini Seedless Watermelon

5

$ 39 each

/100 g

Acorn Squash

1

$ 49 /lb 3.29/kg

ORGANIC

Lean Ground Beef

4

$ 98

/lb $10.98/kg

ORGANIC

Bone-In Blade Roasts

4

2

$ 99

/lb $10.98/kg

/lb $6.59/kg

MEXICAN GROWN

B.C. GROWN

U.S.A. GROWN

Canteloupe

Large Russet Potatoes

Certified Organic

99

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/lb 2.18/kg

59

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/lb 1.30/kg

Zucchini

2

$ 29 /lb 5.05/kg

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Omega Nutrition Apple Cider Vinegar

L.B. Maple Dark Maple Syrup

Rice and Soy Drink

6

$ 79 946ml

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Whole Chickens

$ 98

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Assorted flavours

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99 $ 49 1L

946ml

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Currants

Golden Raisins

7

$ 99

$ 99 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

NON-MEDICATED

1kg

Sale Dates: Thursday, November 12th - Wednesday, November 18th, 2015.

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