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Public desperately seeking information from city hall, VPD Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

It isn’t exactly Giller Prizewinning literature, but the extremely dense Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act can make for some semi-interesting reading.

Especially last week. Both the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Police Department were embroiled in stories involving the Act, and neither agency fared well in the media reporting of why they made news.

I’ll begin in chronological order…

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner announced Nov. 10 that it will review the city’s access to information practices, which is kind of a big deal for us in the news biz who don’t get a great deal of satisfaction in response to requests for information.

So why Vancouver?

Well, it’s the biggest municipality in B.C. and correspondingly receives a large volume of requests. We’re talking 350 to 400 per year. And with all those requests, many of the folks seeking information weren’t happy with the re-

sponse from the city and they lodged complaints In explaining why Vancouver was targeted, Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s office posted a statement on its website saying that in four of the last five years, the city ranked among public bodies with the highest number of complaints and access to information appeals.

The city was semi-quick to react to the news.

Acting city manager Sadhu Johnston returned my call — after deadline — and spoke to me via speaker phone, with the city’s head of communications Rena Kendall-Craden and communications staffer Tobin Postma listening in.

In the brief interview (he had other media calls to return, he said), Johnston repeatedly said the city has a “robust” system for handling information requests but was willing to update that system if the commissioner’s office saw fit. He noted the city was updating its software to better archive and manage its FOI requests.

But why not, I asked, just release information — reports,

City hall and the VPD were both embroiled in news stories last week involving the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

statistics, memos or whatever it is — to people instead of making them file a request under the Act? He didn’t really answer the question, instead offering this: “Well, in 2014 we released 33,000 pages in the FOI process. We spent 1,300 hours responding.”

He didn’t elaborate on how many of those pages were redacted — a common practice, as I learned in receiving dozens of blacked-out pages in 2014 related to a request for housing documents.

Johnston pointed out that

of the 386 FOI requests filed last year, 47 of them resulted in complaints. Johnston described some of the complaints as “pretty basic,” noting a request for the number of noise complaints to a specific address turned up no records.

“That was considered a non-responsive response,” he explained.

Over at the VPD, its media relations department spent a great deal of two days trying to explain why the department couldn’t say whether it owned a controversial surveillance device that can monitor people’s

cellphone conversations and text messages.

The VPD was forced to speak about the so-called “StingRay” electronic tool — which is popular in the United States and works as a fake cellphone antenna that allows law enforcement to intercept phone calls — because of an FOI response the department gave to the Pivot Legal Society. Pivot had requested any records related to use, discussion or purchase of the device.

Here’s what the VPD, in a letter, told Pivot: “The head of a public body may refuse to disclose information to an applicant if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to… harm the effectiveness of investigative techniques and procedures currently used, or likely to be used, in law enforcement.”

That response was pulled from a section of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. And it was a response that led Pivot to wonder whether the VPD had, in fact, admitted it owned a StingRay. The VPD wasn’t happy

with the reporting of the story and issued a statement Nov. 13 saying it wanted to clarify “some very misleading news reports suggesting we are randomly listening to private cellphone conversations.”

“This is incorrect,” said the statement, which went on to say that speculating the VPD has the device because other police departments use it “would be an inappropriate assumption.”

“What is important to know is that the VPD does not randomly listen to the cellphone conversations of citizens. Any covert monitoring of communications is only done during serious criminal investigations pursuant to the Criminal Code, and with prior judicial authorization from the courts.”

So while we still don’t know whether the VPD has a StingRay or understand the extent to which the City of Vancouver’s access to information practices are failing the public, at least we know this: People want to know what the heck is going on at their city hall and at their police department.

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Syrian refugee influx provokes mixed reaction Mike Howell

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As Vancouver and cities across Canada prepare to accommodate 25,000 Syrian refugees before year’s end, Majd Agha is acutely aware that not all Canadians will welcome the newcomers.

That reality, he said, was sharpened over the weekend as critics worried terrorists like those who killed 129 people in Paris last Friday will be among the refugees.

“Whatever happens in Europe or anywhere else, the refugees are going to get blamed,” said Agha, a 22-year-old refugee from Syria who now lives in Vancouver and works for a bankruptcy company. “These refugees don’t deserve this. They escaped [Syria] because of those people who are doing horrific things in their own country.”

The criticism has come in letters to newspapers, complaints on radio call-in shows and via an online

petition titled “Stop resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada,” which claims more than 34,000 supporters.

Agha, who arrived in Vancouver in 2014 as a government-assisted refugee, said he understands Canadians’ fears but is confident Canada has a security system in place to identify legitimate refugees.

Still, he said, he’s afraid, too, of the violence caused by ISIL, whose de facto capital is the city of Raqqa in Syria.

With ISIL having made threats to Canada and other democracies around the world, Agha said his family in Syria is more worried for his safety than their own.

“My mom was freaking out, saying ‘Oh my god, they’re following you everywhere,’” he said, referring to a recent conversation he had with his family. “My dad was very, very, very sad about what happened in Paris. He has a lot of friends there and was calling to make sure everyone

was fine. It’s absolutely heartbreaking what happened in Paris.”

Paris is a city Mohamed Chelali knows well. Standing in a crowd along the fabled Champs Elysees in July 2002 to watch the annual Bastille Day parade, Chelali foiled an assassination attempt on then-French President Jacques Chirac.

Chelali, a Muslim of Algerian descent who became a Canadian citizen in 1995, was living in White Rock at the time and on vacation with his family. The French immersion teacher was the subject of a Courier cover story in 2004 in which he discussed his heroic actions that day, which involved him and two other men tackling a neo-Nazi armed with a rifle. He received France’s highest honour for bravery.

Chelali is now on sabbatical in southern France and was having dinner with a friend when he learned of the attacks in Paris.

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unpaid fees. Once a tenant breaks a lease, she is usually considered to have a poor rental history, making landing a new place difficult.

Under B.C.’s Act, a tenant cannot end a fixed-term agreement earlier than a specified date reached at time of moving in, unless the landlord agrees otherwise or has breached a term of the agreement.

The report notes the B.C. government has introduced a bill in the legislature related to fixed rental agreements. But details of how it would work haven’t been finalized. The committee predicts “significant policy work” will need to be done for amendments to the Act to have any effect.

“We urge that this policy regime be developed in conjunction with women-serving organizations and with sensitivity to the particular circumstances of victims of abuse and violence,” said the report, noting Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario have legislation in place to support tenants fleeing violence.

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When a victim of domestic violence suddenly flees her apartment because she fears her partner will track her down and continue the cycle of abuse, the balance of the rent still has to be paid.

In many cases, the victim also has to forfeit a security deposit and pay to advertise the vacancy until the landlord finds a new tenant.

Add it all up and it can create a financial barrier for a woman attempting to escape an abusive relationship, according to the city’s renters’ advisory committee, which wants the provincial government to overhaul the Residential Tenancy Act to allow tenants to break rental agreements without penalties.

“The Act should be amended to ensure that victims of domestic violence aren’t trapped by fixed-termed tenancies,” said the committee in a report that went before city council Tuesday after the Courier’s deadline.

Breaking an agreement can weaken a tenant’s credit rating if there are outstanding

In many cases, the cost for a victim of domestic violence to flee an abusive relationship is insurmountable and a barrier to safety.

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and Action Fund (LEAF) submitted a briefing note to provincial legislators that requested the Act be changed to protect victims of domestic violence.

Kendra Milne, director of law reform for LEAF, said domestic violence is an underreported crime and should be recognized in changes to the Act. Milne said requiring a woman to report violence to police can be an additional barrier to fleeing an abusive relationship.

That’s why, she said, a tenant should be allowed to have a person such as a nurse or counsellor verify the

circumstances for suddenly breaking a rental agreement.

That provision should be enough to authorize a tenant to move out of an apartment, without penalties.

“It’s a somewhat easy way for the province to remove barriers for women who are trying to access safety,” Milne said.

David Hutniak, CEO of LandlordBC, which represents 3,300 owners and managers of rental housing in B.C., said his organization is sensitive to the need to amend the Act to protect victims of domestic violence.

But Hutniak is concerned new regulations could be

compromised by tenants simply wanting to break leases.

“The reality is most landlords today are, on a case by case basis, accommodating folks that are in those unfortunate circumstances,” he said, noting his organization continues to consult with the Residential Tenancy Branch regarding proposed changes to the Act. “Some of the language is vague and it could be subject to abuse in the sense that it could open the door to false claims. The necessary checks and balances — based on what they’re currently proposing — don’t appear to be in place.”

Added Hutniak: “It’s a tough one. We really want to look at it much more closely before we wholeheartedly support it.”

LEAF’s submission to the government quoted several Statistics Canada studies showing the level of domestic violence in the country, including that almost half (49 per cent) of women killed by their spouses are killed within two months of separation.

The 2012 Statistics Canada report, “Family violence in Canada: A statistical pro-

file” said there were 16,259 victims of “intimate partner violence” reported to police in B.C. in 2010. That’s a rate of 427 victims per 100,000 people, which is much higher than the national average.

The renters’ advisory committee’s report includes several recommendations to amend the Residential Tenancy Act, including waiving dispute resolution fees for low-income tenants, providing translation for dispute resolution hearings, creating mandatory minimum penalties for landlords who break the law when evicting tenants and limiting rent increases when fixed-term tenancies end.

The Courier requested an interview with Housing Minister Rich Coleman to discuss the committee’s recommendations but he was unavailable. In an emailed statement to the Courier Nov. 12, Coleman noted the bill introduced in the legislature to address concerns by women fleeing abusive relationships. He said the government learned of the committee’s report last week and will review and consider the recommendations. @Howellings

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Continued from page 5 “My reaction was of shock and disbelief that Muslim radicals struck once again and, this time, indiscriminately to peaceful, young French enjoying a nice afternoon in a café, watching a soccer game or live music concert,” said Chelali in an email exchange with the Courier.

Like Agha, his message to Canadians worried about terrorists being among the 25,000 Syrian refugees is the same: Let officials do the security checks and identify legitimate refugees.

“Canada needs and should help Syrian refugees, first because of the role that Canada has always played on the international stage for peace and freedom and, second, because of its history in helping to protect desperate and vulnerable people escaping persecution,” said Chelali, who has citizenship in France.

At the time of Chelali’s act of bravery, France was grappling with how to handle a swell of Muslim

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Date: Thursday,November26, 2015 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Place: North Lobby, Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, 6066 Thunderbird Boulevard Plans will be displayed for the new 1,630m2 Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion that will accommodate clinical practice and research facilities to serve varsity athletes and the general public.

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Majd Agha (left) from Syria and Mohamed Chelali from Algeria came to Canada to better their lives. Agha is a refugee; Chelali is a Canadian citizen.

immigration and the accompanying social tensions.

Since then, he said, more North African people are in politics, government, parliament and public services. Racism — which he experienced in the 1980s while looking for work in France — still persists.

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Agha, meanwhile, said Canadians upset about the attacks in Paris should also remember that more than 40 people were killed in ISIL suicide bomber attacks the previous day in Lebanon.

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The Vancouver Police Department will not say whether it uses a controversial surveillance device popular in at least 22 U.S. states that can monitor people’s cellphone conversations and text messages.

The department’s refusal to acknowledge whether it has the device or is considered using the technology has Pivot Legal Society wondering whether the VPD could secretly be using the electronic tool commonly referred to by its brand name, “StingRay.” “I still don’t know,” said Pivot lawyer Douglas King, a member of the non-profit agency that made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for any records related to the use, discussion or purchase of the device.

“It’s entirely possible that they sussed it out but never went through with it. But it’s also entirely possible they did purchase one and they’ve been testing it out.”

The concern for Pivot is the device could infringe on an innocent person’s privacy rights when police are gathering evidence from a criminal’s phone. Also, unlike a wiretap, which needs the approval of a judge, Pivot is worried the tool could be used without court-approved authority and be hidden from court proceedings.

King acknowledged Pivot didn’t have any evidence the VPD owned a StingRay but was curious if the department followed their U.S. counterparts in adopting the technology.

The device, which the American Civil Liberties Union says is used by law enforcement agencies in 22 states, can simulate a cellphone tower and trick a user’s phone to connect with

The Pivot Legal Society wants to know whether the Vancouver Police Department owns a surveillance device that operates like a cellular phone tower and can intercept phone calls.

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the police device. It resembles an amplifier for a guitar and can fit in a suitcase.

The New York Times published a story in March saying the FBI cautioned that any disclosure by users of the technology could allow criminals and terrorists to circumvent it.

Const. Brian Montague, a VPD media liaison officer, said the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act permits police departments to refuse to “neither confirm or deny” the existence of certain records.

“We never provide information with regards to investigative tactics, so we wouldn’t provide that information through a [freedom of information] request, either,” Montague told the Courier.

Montague said the VPD’s response to Pivot’s request should not lead Pivot or the public to conclude that such a device is being used by the department.

“I’ll say that because the reason we would say that we don’t confirm or deny the existence of records is so that people don’t use the process of elimination,” he said. “It would be unfortunate for Pivot to make that assumption [that we have the

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The written response from the VPD to Pivot said the head of a public body may refuse to disclose information if the disclosure could “reasonably be expected to… harm the effectiveness of investigative techniques and procedures currently used, or likely to be used, in law enforcement.”

In his experience, King said, the VPD will either turn over records requested under FOI requests or indicate that no records are available. This case, he added, doesn’t do that.

When asked what would be wrong with the VPD using the device to break up a violent gang network, King said Pivot wasn’t opposed to police using the tool to fight crime.

“But we don’t know what its capabilities are, or what it would be used for,” he said.

“Certainly, there’s a suggestion that it could be used in a really appropriate way and really helpful way, but we can’t even have that conversation if police aren’t going to tell us if they have the device.”

Pivot has appealed the VPD’s response with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. @Howellings

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The City of Vancouver spent more than $3,000 in late August to rip out sunflowers that were growing in a median south of the Burrard Bridge, a contentious decision that sparked internal conflict.

Staff disagreed about which department was in charge and whether the colourful plants should be removed at all, according to documents released under Freedom of Information.

“Rob [Sims, a parks maintenance sub-foreman] said someone has planted 6’ tall sunflowers in the median (I’ve seen them, they’re enormous),” said a July 9 email by engineering assistant Lysa Morishita to Linda Chow of the Streets Activities department. “He wanted to bring it to our attention that if they go and weed, and remove the sunflowers, we would probably receive complaints about it.”

Manager of Urban Forestry and Specialty Parks Alex Downie’s email later that day to Chow said: “The sunflowers that spontaneously appeared in the Burrard Bridge median are just starting to bloom. The tallest of these are between 5-6 feet tall, with other younger sunflower plants coming along here and there. There are 4-5 clumps of the taller ones. Although not ideally sited with regard to the shape of the median, they actually look rather nice.” The remaining two paragraphs were censored, because city hall claims they contained policy advice.

On Aug. 18, Chow emailed

In late August, the city removed sunflowers growing in a median south of the Burrard Bridge, with the help of nine labourers and three sub-foremen, who billed for six hours work, and an equipment operator and truck driver who billed an hour each, for a total of $3,062.36 charged to the streets horticultural budget.

Downie, to say that an engineering department sightline analysis in July recommended trimming one of the sunflowers that “could potentially block the [traffic] signal.”

“They did not feel that the other sunflowers were an issue,” Chow wrote, adding that the recommendation was reviewed by transportation branch heads and supported by city engineer Jerry Dobrovolny. Chow’s message said that one sunflower had been removed.

Scott Edwards, the manager of the Street Activities Branch, chimed in with a message for director of parks Bill Harding and Cheryl Nelms, the director of project and quality management.

“Having had staff from the Transportation Division review this location, there is no sight line or safety related issues,” Edwards wrote.

“Therefore, this work would be being completed only for aesthetic reasons. This is a

busy area and proper lane closures should be reviewed, coordinated and approved

by Transportation staff. This is normally coordinated by one of your superintendents and must include support from the bridge crews. We understand that no discussions have taken place for this lane closure.”

“I have no problem having your staff do this work,“ Harding responded, “just to let you know I have been getting increasing pressure from our GM [Malcolm Bromley] and the Board Chair [John Coupar] to have this work done and to get the median planted. I understand that this is under the jurisdiction of Engineering but we take the brunt of complaints because residents blame the Park Board for anything green. I also understand and support that this is not the right time to plant this or an [sic] median, I will contact the chair and

inform him of the planting plan for the median.”

The work went ahead Aug. 20, with nine labourers and three sub-foremen, who billed for six hours work, and an equipment operator and truck driver who billed an hour each, for a total $3,062.36 charged to the streets horticultural budget.

Two crew-cabs, one pick-up truck and a dump truck were deployed. It caused southbound traffic jams on the Burrard Bridge for much of the morning.

On the day of the operation, park board spokeswoman Daria Wojnarski claimed there were a “number of requests to remove the sunflowers and they were removed as part of the ongoing Engineering/Park Board streets horticultural maintenance program.” She did not explain how many complaints there were or where they came from, but indicated “staff will plant shrubs in the median in the fall once the rain starts.”

NPA park board chair John Coupar did not respond for comment.

When he was running for re-election in 2014, Coupar complained there were as many people working in the city hall’s communications office as there were tending gardens in city parks.

“Our current city council and park board are destroying Vancouver’s proud heritage of fine horticulture and maintenance of our boulevards and many public green spaces,” said Coupar’s 2014 election campaign website.

The sunflower is, coincidentally, the symbol of the Green Party. @bobmackin

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Opinion ALLEN GARR COLUMNIST

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Vancouver is vanishing at an incredible clip

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ancouver Vanishes: It began as a passionate project by one woman, Caroline Adderson. It was a Facebook page contributed to by many and driven by her concern over the unprecedented wave of residential demolitions in her neighbourhood on Vancouver’s West Side.

They were demolitions, as Adderson pointed out, that were in many cases the destruction of perfectly good houses built between the two World Wars and made of quality materials that were ending up as land fill.

Other jurisdictions, other countries, other political leaders do more than wring their hands or mutter about racism in the face of foreign investment and housing speculation.

Well that Facebook page has now led to a coffee table-sized book, an Anvil Press publication hitting bookstores next week.

It includes a series of essays, “Narratives of demolition and revival,” which are sometimes analytical, providing historical context, and other times deeply personal.

The authors include a number of Vancouver historians, journalists, homeowners and one poet — Evelyn Lau. And it comes complete with photos — before and after — of some of the more notable vanishing species; the results of the 10,000 demolition permits the city has issued since 2004.

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In all, it provides a most useful contribution to the increasingly anxiety-ridden conversation that continues to grip this town over the subject of housing; that essential human need that is proving increasingly elusive for many of us who grew up here thinking it was simply a given: My grandparents had a place to live they could afford to own or rent, as did my parents, and so should I. As civic historian John Atkin notes in the opening piece: “Cities grow through demolition. It is part of the process of constant development and renewal. For Vancouver, that process of demolition and rebuilding has been going on since the first non-native settlement occurred on Burrard Inlet in the 1860s.”

But that constant development and renewal, until fairly recently, did not change the class or diversity of people who could afford to live in the city. Indeed, looking at the records of who owned and lived in that generation of now demolished houses, there were service workers, tradespeople, teachers, cops, managers and the wealthy.

That has changed and continues to change dramatically although our governments have a distinct inability or desire to quantify that change or do anything about it.

The City of Vancouver’s efforts under Vision Mayor Gregor Robertson — except for recently stopping demolitions in the wealthy historic enclave of First Shaughnessy — have been pathetically ineffective.

When urban planner Andy Yan published a piece of research earlier this month that confirms two-thirds of the high-end sales of homes on the West Side went to people with non-anglicized Chinese names, it was the first solid data of any sort to confirm what real estate agents and neighbours have known for years.

People looking for safe havens for their cash are making a meal of our real estate, driving up prices and too often leaving properties empty while they increase in value.

Robertson responded to Yan’s research by saying “I’m very concerned with the racist tones that are implied here.” Well that’s helpful.

As Yan points out, this is not about race, it is about money. And right now, in this market that money is mostly coming from Mainland China.

Yan’s research, as small as the sample was (172 sales on the West Side), helps explain why Vancouver is vanishing at the incredible clip that it is and what is replacing it.

In her essay in the book, one of the most dogged followers of this phenomenon, Globe and Mail contributor Kerry Gold observes this about First Shaughnessy before the recent ban on demolitions: “Fifty-one heritage beauties have been demolished in First Shaughnessy since 1982. All of them

have been replaced with bland monster mansions, designed to resemble historical architecture, but with an emphasis on size over design. They are pastel-painted Disneyland versions of grandness without an ounce of nuance.”

But many neighborhoods are suffering the same changes as modest homes are being replaced by monster houses and mature trees and well established gardens being removed to make space for Vancouver’s planners’ demands for double garages.

Other jurisdictions, other countries, other political leaders do more than wring their hands or mutter about racism in the face of foreign investment and housing speculation.

But here in this country, in this province, in this city, we appear to do nothing as Vancouver Vanishes. @allengarr

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Not all community centres losing weights Re: “Powerlifters decry equipment loss at Vancouver gyms,” Nov. 10.

We should not be surprised that park board is closing weight rooms at certain community centres.

After all, the park board has not only been trying to take over all city community centres, or at least grab their revenues, it has also been cutting back services for years.

It has reduced hours, so some community centres are now closed evenings and weekends. (The board seems to think recreation is something we do 9 to 5 on weekdays.) It has reduced staff. And it has been cutting maintenance budgets. (Some community centre washrooms have recently smelled of urine because of a lack of janitorial services.)

But the powerlifters in the Courier story, and others, should know that weight rooms still exist at community centres, which run their own exercise facilities (as opposed to parks board-run facilities).

These centres include, for example, the Killarney and Kerrisdale Community Centres. They also charge less per session than city-run facilities. Unlike the parks board, these centres believe in serving their communities and responding to community needs.

Don Munton, Vancouver [Editor’s note: Weight rooms are not closing.

Some weight equipment is being removed]

Among quite a huge array of unrelated tasks, 211 also takes phone calls and texts all the time from folks seeking shelter (or calling for the homeless) in the Lower Mainland 24 hours a day. Now the homeless are encouraged to keep contact with 211 rather than trying out a shelter by dropping in at the door and being turned away.

Before BC 211, it literally was a matter of trying out one shelter and then another and there was some meaning in counting turn aways. Today, bed availability is on line and on the phone. So any recent turn away data is not at all comparable to data from five years ago when 211 line was newly operative.

These days, perhaps the whole of this past year, there have been zero or next to zero beds showing up on BC 211’s list of beds available — nightly — in the whole of the Lower Mainland out to Abbotsford.

And the homeless out there know this and shelter staff know this. B.C. Housing must know this. BC 211 tells numerous callers nightly that all the shelters are full. Or tells a Surrey caller that the only beds are in Vancouver... or tells a man that there simply are no beds unless he can find his way to Hope or Chilliwack!

True indicator data in Vancouver was collected last spring when the city counted people on the street. It showed the situation has seriously worsened.

What is missing is not data from BC Housing… what is missing is common sense and shelters and more low cost housing options and reasonable welfare rates so that folks don’t slide into homelessness and so that folks in poverty can find homes.

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Loss of weight Shelter hotline gives fuller, grimmer equipment builds picture of homeless disappointment Re: “Powerlifters decry equipment situation loss at Vancouver gyms,” Nov. 10.

Re: “Homeless shelter data critical for planning,” Nov. 10.

It is actually a good thing no one is trying to count and compare turn away data with years gone by because that would be very false arithmetic. Today there is the “shelter hot line.” I refer to 211. This did not exist several years ago and really only became widely known in the homeless world in the last few years. BC 211, as funded by the United Way — not B.C. Housing by the way — inventories the beds available at shelters throughout the region twice a day.

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Photo shoot focuses on full picture of motherhood Rebecca Blissett

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Sometimes it is the strangers in this world who deliver the strongest messages.

Eran Sudds was approached by a woman on a Tsawwassen-bound ferry while Sudds, at her wit’s end, was bouncing, holding and cuddling her screaming baby boy. Mother and son had slept nary a wink the night previous, never mind the past four months, which was baby Henry’s age at the time.

“There was this woman sitting in the lounge and she was watching me, and I knew she was watching me, and I was really trying not to catch her eye,” Sudds recalled. “I thought she wanted to offer me advice…

And I knew if she talked to me I would just start crying. But she talked to me anyways. All she asked was how old he was, and I burst into tears. She said, ‘You’re doing a great job and you’re a good mom.’ It was at this moment I went, ‘Wow. Somebody gets it.’ And I cried more as I just stood there saying thank you. At that point I realized I needed to talk to somebody about this and be able to acknowledge what’s going on.”

Being a mother was a struggle for Sudds. Becoming a mother, not so much with the help of doulas and midwives. “I rocked

Photographer Eran Sudds (right), founder of the Good Mother Project, helped organize the Good Mother Photo Event, Saturday at the Scotia Bank Dance Centre. The event was a fundraiser for the Pacific Post Partum Society, which has been supporting mothers and their families who suffer from postpartum and perinatal distress, anxiety and depression, since 1971. See photo gallery at vancourier.com.

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birth,” Sudds said with a laugh. “It was afterwards, it hit me like a truck. I was completely overwhelmed, and really, really grieving my past self prior to having a baby. I just wanted to get in my husband’s sports car and drive away. I loved my baby, but I wasn’t connected to the experience of being a mom.”

Sudds was overcome with anxiety and depression and, two months after that ferry trip, called the locally based Pacific Post Partum Support Society help line. The wom-

an on the other end listened.

Sudds remembered every second of the phone call. She was told she wasn’t alone.

The only advice offered was practical, encouraging her to see her physician. (She did and received medication to treat anxiety as well as iron deficiency).

The woman who answered the phone almost two years ago is no longer a stranger but a dear friend, and was at Sudds’ fundraiser Saturday afternoon for the Pacific Post Partum Support Society, called the

Good Mother Photo Event.

One of the rooms on the top floor of the Scotia Bank Dance Centre had four different photography studio set-ups where Sudds and three other portrait photographers, also moms, calmly directed a never-ending line of mothers, babies, toddlers and the occasional dad to sit for a photograph. Each of the 71 portrait sessions, which cost $50 dollars apiece, concluded with families holding ready-made signs with messages of inspiration such as “You are do-

ing a great job” and “You’re an amazing mama.”

The first round of photographs were made into a video montage at the first Good Mother Photo Event this past May. It was so popular it attracted the attention of international press and turned into the collaborative Good Mother Project that centres around a blog where mothers from around the world contribute stories.

“This is my baby, my heart and soul,” Sudds said of her project. “The Pacific Post Partum Society is do-

ing really amazing, amazing things. I wish more people knew about them and I wish more moms were not afraid of the stigma that goes along with postpartum depression.”

The society started in 1971 when a group of women started meeting at the Vancouver Crisis Line office to share experiences, and from there they knew they needed to provide support for mothers and families experiencing postpartum, perinatal distress, depression and anxiety. An estimated one out of six women and one out of 10 men experience depression or anxiety after the birth or adoption of a child.

Board members of the grassroots non-profit attended the Good Mother Project and said they were thrilled to be a part of it.

“It’s been really, really exciting for us as we’re a small non-profit, and this has taken off,” said chairperson Erin Arnold. “It’s been great to see the moms and the babies, they’re so thankful and saying how much the services meant to them.”

In turn the society is thankful to have a mother with a big heart on board.

“The one phone call I had with them left a mark,” Sudds said. “Just one conversation just stuck with me.

It was life-changing.” @rebeccablissett

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According to columnist Jessica Barrett, it’s easy to feel like you are making a contribution in the online age with a few clicks of a mouse while actually accomplishing very little.

Online outrage won’t help Syrian refugees

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Within moments of receiving the first news alerts of last week’s Paris attacks, I knew, via Facebook’s handy safety check feature, that an acquaintance who lives there is safe. Good news. But honestly I had totally forgotten until that moment that I even knew this person.

Within seconds of the first incomplete news reports being posted online, my social media feed was filled with French flags, solidarity right there in red, white and blue.

How easy it is in the online age to feel we are making a meaningful contribution with a few clicks of the mouse. Of course in actuality we are doing nothing of the sort.

My actions were equally ineffective. I opted for the opposite approach, standing with the faction for whom horrific violence in relatively safe places in the world serves as a poignant reminder of all the ongoing war, conflict and human suffering we collectively tune out. I’m with the group that heard about Paris and immediately invoked Iraq, Lebanon and Kenya.

Rather than the French flag, I shared that viral poem by Instagram user Karuna E Parikh, the one beseeching people to pray not just for Paris but also for an entire world awash in violence.

Thus began the sanctimonious back-and-forth between armchair ideologues — and I am prominent among them — that occupied my weekend.

In the past few days I have debated, with no small amount of energy or passion, the meaning of

the word “prayer,” I have weighed in on our collective shock over Paris at the expense of Beirut or Baghdad and I have posted in-depth articles on the psychology of ISIS fighters in a bid to prove to the nameless, faceless Internet masses that poverty, humiliation and disenfranchisement have as much a role to play in the radicalization of angry young men as does religious dogma.

And now I am embarrassed. Not for my point of view but for my entire generation. Sometimes we truly live up to the stereotype of entitled narcissists.

In the first few days after Paris, not one person in the insular echochamber of my social media feed, myself again included, posted much about helping the Syrian refugees headed our way, to our city. We were too busy arguing over the correct way to express whatever it was we were feeling or thinking or concluding online. Finally, we started to connect the dots that it is up to us to donate food, or time, or money for the human beings who are the most direct victims of this reign of terror, the people who will soon be a part of our community.

Might I suggest that, rather than pick each other apart, we instead channel our outrage, fear and grief into taking tangible action to remedy, in some small way, the havoc these attacks have wrought on our collective human psyche?

When the 300 refugees that are expected to settle in Vancouver arrive in just a couple of weeks, they will need real help from

real people. They will need food, shelter, clothing and counselling. They will need help navigating our transit system, our culture, learning English, making friends and finding housing in one of the tightest rental markets in the country.

They will need help adjusting to the weather, applying for jobs, filling out forms and overcoming a kind of trauma most of us, mercifully, will never be able to fathom. They will need someone to give them directions when they are lost, to take them out for coffee, to let them know that they are welcome here and to listen to what they have to say.

They will not need our opinions on world events bolstered by cherry-picked news sources collected in our navel-gazing attempts to make sense of a kind of violence that for most of us remains entirely abstract.

The last few days have demonstrated to me that we clearly have more time and energy to devote to this issue than we think. No amount of online proselytizing or prayer or debate or profile pictures bearing the colours of whatever flag captures our sympathies is going to win the global war on terror.

It’s time to stop fixating on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and visit a much more valuable website: the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (issbc. org). It’s time to sign up to volunteer, to donate, or come up with some other way to really help real people in the real world. Refugees need our help for their survival. We need to give them that help for the good of our souls. @jm_barrett

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“Come and have your image scanned to take home your very own unique 3D-printed bust,” a newspaper ad beckoned. This caught the attention of both the tech-watcher and narcissist in me. So on Sunday I joined a lineup of likeminded scan subjects at Park Royal mall.

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CEO Peter Simons says Coupland is keeping mum on details of his 3D project, adding that he’s quite satisfied to remain in suspense until the artist unveils the final results.

Needless to say, the pop artist isn’t about to spill the beans to me, either.

“If you were to describe the future of 3D printing in one word, what would that be?” I asked while sitting for my scan, soliciting the shortest arts interview in Canadian history.

“Inevitable,” Coupland helpfully replied.

No denying that — 3D printing is already revolutionizing medical implants and prosthetics, to name just one area of impact. (Startup company Natural Machines has a “Foodini” that prints out pizza that “looks surprisingly appetizing,” according to cnet.com.)

Your cellphone contains more processing power than president Eisenhower had at his command in a Pentagon situation room. In time you’ll probably be using it to download templates to your home 3D printer.

“Seen the wine opener around, Doreen?” “Oh for God’s sake, just print one out, Mitch.”

Perhaps even hard-copy publishing will become a literal cottage industry. Speaking of books, one of the larger ones on my shelves is Information Graphics, a spleen-

squishing compendium of charts and graphs from the heavyweight art publisher Taschen. The 2012 tome is so big it comes with a pullout infographic map for navigating its own contents. Suck on that, Kindle.

“Our everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in,” reads the book’s sleeve. “Considering this complex variety of data floating around us, sometimes the best — or even only — way to communicate is visually.”

Infographics is the art and science of displaying data in a comprehensible — and even beautiful — way. Whoever would have thought cold, hard numbers could be woven into such clever tapestries and sculptural forms?

Fast processing, sophisticated software, and massively farmed data have made infographics a game any good professional designer can play.

And there’s enough of the 2D variety in the Taschen book — culled from sources in advertising, academia, media, government, and NGOs — to absorb a geek for a week.

For example, “Everyone Ever in the World” depicts all recorded conflicts in history and their impact on populations. “The total number of people ever born is an

estimated 77.6 billion and is represented as the total poster area. The total number of people killed in conflicts is approximately 969,000,000 or 1.25 per cent of all people ever to have lived.” The resulting chart looks like a black vinyl record with a die-cut hole in the centre, representing the fraction who died in wars.

Many charts in the book are more whimsical.

One example is a “Rock n’ Roll Metro Map” that arranges the most influential genres of rock music to resemble the famous map of the London Underground.

Some are in a category all their own, such as “The Corporate Vermin That Rules America,” a chart from 2003 that depicts the Bush administration (Rumsfeld, Cheney, et al and their associated firms) as a halo of bugs around the 42nd president, who is rendered as an ape.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, it’s time for me to shut up and for you to reserve the one copy of Information Graphics available at VPL. As for my shrunken head, I’m told it will be ready for me to pick up at Simons later in the week. I’m hoping this infographic knickknack will work well as a conversation-stopping keychain pendant. @geoffolson

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Caroline Adderson’s morning walk with her dog Mickey has been simultaneously fruitful and depressing. During the stroll, Adderson has taken hundreds of photographs for what she considers a grim task — chronicling the destruction of character homes in her West Side neighbourhood. Photos and descriptions of close to 300 houses (some of which were taken by Tracey Ayton) have been posted on Adderson’s popular Facebook page Vancouver Vanishes, which has nearly 7,000 “likes.” Adderson says they represent a fraction of the homes lost to modern builds.

The page, and Adderson’s heritage conservation efforts, have earned media coverage over the years, including in this newspaper, but now her concerns are being highlighted in a book being released Nov. 23.

Titled Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Removal, and published by Anvil Press, it’s a compilation of non-fiction pieces and poetry written

by Adderson, John Atkin, Kerry Gold, Evelyn Lau, Eve Lazarus, John Mackie, Elise and Stephen Partridge and Bren Simmers.

Michael Kluckner wrote the introduction. Photography is by Adderson and Ayton.

Adderson, a novelist, said she first considered writing a book about the issue with her neighbour, poet Elise Partridge, a few years ago.

Both became busy with work and later Partridge became ill. Adderson, in the meantime, launched the Facebook page, which quickly captured a following.

Then, in 2014, Anvil publisher Brian Kaufman approached Adderson about putting a book together.

They approached various writers to participate.

Although Partridge has since died, she had produced extensive notes on a piece she planned to write, so her husband Stephen shaped the notes into an essay.

Some of the other pieces were previously published, while some were commissioned specifically for the book. At the back, there’s a colour supplement featuring some of the photos from the Facebook page.

Adderson, who was troubled that no one was keeping a record of the houses being lost, said she wanted the book to offer a deeper look at the issue and she wanted it to have “shelf life.”

“Nobody’s required to archive this for the future.

We’re just seeing our city disappear, so it’s my small attempt to capture some of this before it’s all gone.

It’s a much more philosophical and literary book.

It’s exploring the deep value of homes,” she said.

“Obviously, I was thinking of Vanishing Vancouver, Michael Kluckner’s book, which continues to sell and is an archive in a way.

[Vancouver Vanishes is] not focusing heavily on issues and statistics. It’s really trying to look more deeply at the problem and more deeply at what value old houses and old apartments have.”

Adderson contributed three essays to the project, focusing on how houses and buildings are repositories of narrative and how they add layers to the city that can’t be reproduced in a new home.

Other pieces reflect on what character homes mean to our elders, as well as subjects including the value of the materials and workmanship and how the problem started based on the history of zoning.

The book launch is at 7 p.m., Nov. 23 at Book Warehouse, 4118 Main St. @naoibh

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Rev. Miklos Szigeti is the fifth and current minister of the First Hungarian Presbyterian (Calvin) Church, founded nearly 70 years ago. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Hungarian church reaches far and wide

Part of ongoing series on Vancouver’s ‘ethnic’ churches Pat Johnson

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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was the first significant uprising among any of the countries the Soviet Union had turned into satellite states after the Second World War. The revolt against Soviet domination was initially successful. The Moscowbacked government fell, the new regime announced Hungary’s withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact and the Soviets said they would negotiate the removal of Soviet forces from the country.

But the Soviets changed their minds. On Nov. 4, the Soviet military moved to crush the liberalization and a battle raged for most of a week, leading to the deaths of 2,500 Hungarians and about 700 Soviet troops.

By January 1957, the Soviets had restored its iron fist not only in Hungary, but strengthened its hold across the entire eastern bloc as a preventative

measure. During this time, about 200,000 Hungarians fled as refugees across the western border.

Three years earlier, Rev. Fred Metzger had come from Edmonton to Vancouver to set up the city’s first Hungarian-language church. It was a small enterprise — until events halfway around the world transformed the church and the Hungarian-Canadian community.

As Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest, Metzger connected with Canadian officials to come to the aid of the refugees, many of whom had taken temporary refuge in Vienna. The government provided a plane and 3,000 empty visas. Metzger flew to Vienna and began the airlift of thousands of Hungarians to B.C. In all, Canada took in about 37,000 Hungarian refugees at the time. It was a massive influx into a comparatively small existing Hungarian-Canadian community.

Rev. Miklos Szigeti is the fifth and current

minister at First Hungarian Presbyterian (Calvin) Church, the congregation founded nearly 70 years ago by Metzger.

“His nickname was the Moses of Hungarians,” Szigeti says of his late predecessor.

The influx of Hungarians demanded that the congregation expand from its small church and it has moved again since then, now on East 27th, near Renfrew.

The membership has plateaued in recent years.

There are still Hungarians coming to Vancouver, he says, but most of them have now been subjected to 50 years of communist brainwashing and, more recently, secularism.

“They are not devoted as much to the Christian faith,” says Szigeti. And time marches on for those who came in 1956.

“The ’56 generation, they are leaving,” he says gently. “It is their time to leave.”

The church remains a magnet for congregants from across the region.

There never was much of a Hungarian neighbourhood in Vancouver, no “Little Budapest,” and now real estate prices are forcing younger generations to the suburbs.

To keep the church vibrant, Szigeti considered offering English-language services, but that idea was rejected for two reasons.

First, he and a few others had an epiphany when they went door-to-door in the neighbourhood and found that if he wanted to attract those folks to his church, he would have to start ministering in Cantonese or Mandarin, he says, not English.

Secondly, though, he got a lesson in the value of niche marketing when he told the church he might want to do services in English.

“They said, listen Miklos, we are driving so much to come to a Hungarian worship because this is our mother tongue.

If you want to preach in English, I can find a church close to my home that is way better than

your English, so please do not do that because you’re going to lose the church.”

Instead, he is reaching out to young families through other methods.

The small but steady flow of newcomers from Hungary in the past decade or two may not be particularly religious, but they do want their kids to get some Hungarian heritage.

“They have a big desire that their children would be able to read and write Hungarian and they would like to share letters from grandma and grandpa,” he says.

So for an hour before services on Sundays, the church offers Hungarian language training. There are also cultural events such as a Christmas pageant the kids are beginning to practice for about now.

Szigeti’s is not the only Hungarian church in town, either. Hungary’s history has led to a degree of religious pluralism unusual in Europe. Under the Ottoman occupation, he says, the Christians in Hungary turned from

Rome toward the Reformist vision of Calvinism in the 1500s. When the Austrian Hapsburgs regained control, Roman Catholicism revived.

Most Hungarians who follow a faith are now Roman Catholic, and those in Vancouver tend toward Our Lady of Hungary church near Commercial Drive. A Hungarian Reformed Church was created 20 years ago from congregants who broke away from First Hungarian Presbyterian.

The association with the Presbyterian church is also an interesting anomaly. When Metzger wanted to set up a church in Vancouver, he was aided by the Presbyterians, who allow ethnic churches like this one to maintain membership in the larger national body even while preserving freedom over their own traditions.

“We have our own hymnbook, our liturgy, everything, we can keep it,” Szigeti says. @Pat604Johnson

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Heritage advocate talks architecture, history and evil vinyl windows Naoibh O’Connor

many, many, many reasons.

Just don’t do it. Please.

Donald Luxton runs Donald Luxton & Associates Inc., which has offices in Vancouver and Calgary. The firm was hired as the lead consultant for the city’s Heritage Action Plan, a contract that wraps up at the end of December. Luxton is a well-known expert on Vancouver heritage buildings. Raised in South Vancouver, he graduated from David Thompson secondary and spent two years at Langara College before earning two degrees at UBC in Fine Arts and architecture.

Do faux heritage buildings irritate you?

Yes. I like my modern buildings to be modern and my old buildings to be old.

So anytime that I see something look like a craftsman building or someone that’s stuck some foam on to look like a cornice, I do shudder.

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Heritage appears to be playing an increasing role in decision-making at city hall. Is that a correct impression?

Council certainly sent out a message with the Shaughnessy Heritage Conservation Area that they consider it to be a priority. So it’s increasingly seen as good practice. It’s one of the things that the city takes into account just as a matter of doing business. That’s a sign that the city is maturing. The city is built out so every time you build something, you’re going to take something down. We don’t do that now without really assessing the site. Everything from environmental to [hazardous materials] to you name it is now on a standard check list. And one of those things now is, is there any heritage value to what’s on the plate?

That doesn’t necessarily mean that whatever is there will be preserved, but it would certainly be assessed and sometimes commemorated, sometimes remembered in the new plan.

What’s it like being the go-to person on Vancouver heritage buildings, especially since you’re, in effect, helping shaping the look of the city?

I guess I’m flattered. I guess I’ve been around long enough to be a bit of a heritage object myself.

It’s also the fact that I’ve been involved for so long and I’ve been involved in so many different aspects of this. I like to think I’m flexible in an approach that looks at different aspects.

I’m not dogmatic about

Donald Luxton is a long-time heritage advocate whose interest in preservation was sparked by the demolition of the Birks building in 1974. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

heritage. Also, it’s interesting what people probably don’t know about what we do. A good half of our work is cultural work. We do as much cultural work as we do heritage work. So we work in the museum sector with cultural facilities.

That doesn’t get as much attention but it’s the other half of the equation — that when we look at heritage it’s not isolated. It’s not just old sticks that we’re trying to keep. It’s: What’s the cultural value to the city? So I hope that we take a broader viewpoint on all this.

How many Statements of Significance for heritage buildings has your firm produced?

It’s sort of like McDonalds — billions and billions served. I would have to say the last time we counted, there were over 1,500 in terms of general product. I’d say we’ve now probably got close to 2,000 throughout western Canada.

Did you practise as an architect?

Never did. Although I’ve worked with buildings my entire life, I never registered.

I graduated at the end of 1982. For an architect that was not a good time to graduate. Certainly there were no jobs in architecture, so it kind of propelled me into looking around and looking for alternate ways to make a living. I ended up doing exactly what I should have been doing in the first place, which was heading towards a combination of my historical interests and architecture and ended up right in heritage.

What got you interested in the history of Vancouver?

I know what kicked off my interest in preservation as such, which was the demolition of the Birks building in 1974. [The 1912 building was at Georgia and Granville]. I was at UBC at the time in Fine Arts and interested in art and architecture and history.

The argument at the time was this old building has to go. It’s progress. It has to go because we have to build new things and we can’t keep everything old.

That was the attitude at the time. When I saw what it was replaced with, which

was the Scotiabank tower, I realized it was a lie. It wasn’t better. As a matter of fact it was way worse. That made me begin to question the whole concept of progress in architecture and I began to appreciate the old buildings.

Do you live in a heritage building or historic house?

Nope. Absolutely not [laughs]. My background and training is in architecture. I love modern architecture. I live with a lot of concrete. It’s a condo.

Which is the most significant heritage building in Vancouver in your opinion?

There are so many that have value for different reasons like the Hastings Mill Museum is the oldest.

I have a favourite, which is the Marine Building. I love art deco and I love the Marine Building. It’s insanely beautiful.

Which cities near and far do a good job of preserving heritage?

I think Vancouver does a surprisingly good job. I’m not just saying that because I don’t want my clients to

fire me. But when you go to other cities in western Canada, you realize that Vancouver is getting some of the best results and has the most powerful tools and tries the hardest. So I’ve got nothing bad to say about Vancouver in that regard. As much as I’ve been an advocate over time and on the other side of the fence, you can’t blame Vancouver for what it’s tried to do because they’re not getting any help from the province or the feds. They struggle really hard and do very well given the land value and the issues that we deal with. But of all the cities in western Canada, you’ve got to hand it to Victoria. I’m mean it’s a whole different situation. They don’t have the land value that we have but they do a good job over there and it’s always delightful working in Victoria because they really care about their heritage.

Do you have pet peeves about what some owners do to heritage buildings?

Yup. Vinyl windows. I continue to call them the spawn of the devil. They are a horrible thing to do to a building. Just awful for

Relatively speaking, Vancouver buildings aren’t that old. What do people say when you’re travelling when you explain you try and save 100-year-old buildings?

It’s a different scale in terms of what people deal with in other countries, but one of the things people do appreciate about Vancouver is our commitment to sustainability, which includes heritage conservation. People recognize the city for that when I tell them projects I’m working on. I mean it’s not unusual to save 100-year-old buildings. What really is amazing in Vancouver is we’re saving 30-year-old buildings like the Evergreen building, the Electra and Robson Square.

That’s very progressive and people are actually much more interested in that.

Do you have haters?

I don’t know if anyone hates me for what I do, but I think a lot of people disagree with me. We’ve had very spirited discussions about all kinds of things. That’s something I have no problem with because dialogue takes you where you need to go. We certainly have had many respectful disagreements during the Shaughnessy process. I don’t think I’m up on dart boards, but the thing I think is really important to understand whenever I’m taking stands or making statements or making recommendations, is it’s based on principles.

And we can have a discussion about that. I have no problem when people disagree with me because, frankly, nobody gave me the magic wand and made me king yet. So I’m not calling the shots.

This interview was edited and condensed. @naoibh

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Christmas events to get you in the holiday spirit Sandra Thomas

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In this inaugural edition of my Vancouver Tripster column I’ve compiled a list of holiday and Christmas events within walking, transit or driving distance of the city. Future editions leading up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve will continue the holiday theme.

Vancouver

Vancouver Christmas Market Think giant nutcracker dolls, live gingerbread people and sausage, lots and lots of sausage. This annual event, celebrating its sixth year at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza, is modelled after similar markets traditionally found across Europe, complete with one-of-akind gifts, including vintage Christmas sweaters and “Christmas pickles,” seasonal entertainment, Glühwein and spirits, and enough food choices to please everyone, gluten intolerant or not. The kids will love the Christmas carousel and child-friendly activities. The market opens Nov. 21 and runs through Dec. 24. Anyone who purchases their tickets online will receive a free season pass. Visit vancouverchristmasmarket.com.

CandyTown While Yaletown is best known for chic urban shops,

smart eateries and the hunting ground for singles on the TV series First Dates, on Nov. 21 the ‘hood transforms into a candy-coated land of dreams every child (and dentist) imagines with a festival dedicated to all things sweet. The fourth annual festival will once again draw on a seasonal candy theme for this free outdoor Christmas celebration. The festival runs along Mainland Street, which will be transformed into a winter wonderland with horse-drawn carriage rides, visits with Santa and the Ice Queen, Christmas arts and crafts and, of course, candy and more candy.

CandyTown is in support of the B.C. Children’s Hospital and Starlight Children’s Foundation. Visit yaletowninfo.com.

Victoria

Christmas Ferris Wheel At 20-metres tall, you can probably see your house from atop Victoria’s Christmas Ferris Wheel in Centennial Square, which puts a spin on holiday celebrations. It also offers the best view of holiday lights across the garden city, including the square and downtown for just $2. The wheel opens Nov. 28, with entertainment, photo opportunities and more. Visit downtownvictoria.ca. B.C. Ferries is making it even easier to visit by offering 50 per cent off on select stan-

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The annual Holidays in Seattle campaign launches Nov. 27, and continues through Jan. 1 with activities and attractions, including The Nutcracker at the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Center Winterfest, Argosy Cruises’ Christmas Ship Festival, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Fifth Avenue Theatre and the Holiday Carousel at Downtown’s Westlake Park. Already in full swing is the HolidaysinSeattle. com website, featuring a comprehensive schedule of events, maps, guides, hotel packages and more.

Of note

Next Wednesday, Nov. 25, Insight Vacations will be in Vancouver for its annual Travel Showcase taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel, 791 Georgia St., at 7 p.m. The event is an opportunity for Vancouverites to learn more about Europe, new must-see destinations and meet veteran tour directors who will share some of their insider knowledge on travel. This year, both Cris David, president of Insight Vacations Canada, and John Boulding, global CEO of Insight Vacations, will be attending and presenting at the show. @sthomas10

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YVR HOLIDAY HAMPER DRIVE YVR is proud to host the 5th annual YVR Holiday Hamper Drive supporting Quest Found Exchange. The hamper drive will start on November 23 and wrap-up with a ‘Holiday Around the World’ celebration at the Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe, International Departures, Level 3, Vancouver International Airport, on December 8 between 4pm and 7pm.

There will be plenty of entertainment, treats and great prizes for everyone. If you would like to create

5TH ANNUAL QUEST HAMPER DRIVE Help YVR fill food hampers for local families starting November 23.

a hamper, please email community_relations@yvr.ca for more details.

SPICE UP WINTER AT THE ROGERS SANTA CLAUS PARADE Vancouver International Airport is once again participating in the Rogers Santa Claus

YVR WELCOMED A STAR WARS-THEMED ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS’ R2-D2 BRANDED AIRCRAFT, A BOEING 787-9 DREAMLINER, ON OCT. 18.

Parade, but this year’s entry will be unlike any other entry we’ve brought to the parade before. YVR is partnering with Aeromexico, ahead of their inaugural flight on December 9, to spice up the city in the parade.

Join us on Sunday, December 6 in downtown Vancouver as we bring a Mexican fiesta to the streets! You never know when you might win a free flight to Mexico City.

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Why developers are building bigger When the clock strikes midnight Dec. 31, it will mark not only the beginning of a new year, but a new view on family-sized apartment options.

In a move envisioned to ensure homebuyers have access to an adequate supply of larger condominiums, New Westminster will become B.C.’s first municipality to legislate that new condominium developments must provide a minimum of 30 per cent two or threebedroom homes with at least 10 per cent of them threebedroom. New purpose-build rental apartments will be required to incorporate a minimum 25 per cent two bedrooms or larger and

five per cent at least three bedrooms.

Reaction is mixed Some laud the move as a way to put homeownership within reach of often cashstrapped young, growing families. Other aren’t so sure.

And while many developers already incorporate larger units into their communities, there’s a unanimous consensus that legislating unit mix is unduly draconian.

Why legislate?

According to John Stark, New Westminster’s senior social planner, the new regulations were prompted by the discovery that although the city had an overall population growth

of more than 12 per cent annually, the six to 12 age group shows a 4.3 percent decline, likely do to a lack of appropriate housing.

“We surveyed 320 parents and found that a twobedroom apartment works fine if you only have one child. But when a second

or third child comes along, many parents felt they had relocate to a place where they could afford — or find — a larger home.”

Stark acknowledged threebedroom homes typically take longer to sell — clearly a concern to builders — but suggested these larger units are actually less costly to build when considering the overall price per square foot.

“You’re still only building one kitchen. And while you might add another bathroom, the additional bedroom costs virtually nothing. Plus these larger home appeal to a broader demographic than just families — empty-nesters, extended families, people looking for roommates, even seniors who require live-in care.”

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every municipality where they build — including the rapidly changing Cambie Corridor.

“At Cambria, we offered just a few to test the market,” says Geoff Duyker.

“Demand was so great that when we launched Cambria 2, the average size was 200 square feet larger.”

Like Allegretto, Duyker believes a blanket approach isn’t right since it fails to take into account the individual vagaries of specific markets.

“If you’re forced to build three-bedroom apartments in a neighbourhood where people are looking for less expensive one-bedroom or studio homes, you’re going to have a lot of disappointed buyers and a lot of unsold product. If a government told Ford they had to sell ‘X’ number of four-door sedans, people would ask why — it just doesn’t make sense.”

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Celebrity homes WORDS BY MICHELLE HOPKINS REW.CA

A look inside Jillian Harris’s laneway house.

(This article previously appeared in our Eastside edition.)

What is the one item in your home you cannot do without?

My vintage [kitchen] island. It’s where I eat, work, throw my stuff down, drink my coffee... it adds so much character.

How do you describe your decor style?

Feminine eclectic, bright white and airy with splashes of gentle colour and vintage touches.

What inspires you?

The past, clothing, beautiful lighting and food.

What is your most recent decor indulgence?

I just bought the Stephanie headboard and an Aerin Chandelier from The Cross Décor & Design. I’ve had my eye on the headboard for three years and finally decided to take the plunge.

“I love contemporary design, simple, clean lines with a mix of antique and eclectic pieces,” Harris tells REW.ca.

A celebrity interior designer, former Bachelorette star and co-host of W Network real estate show Love It or List It, Harris has more than a few good ideas about home style. Her Vancouver laneway home is airy and open with 14-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, wide plank hardwood floors upstairs and concrete floors on the main.

It’s decorated in soft tones, white walls and pastel pink touches throughout that truly befits the pretty petite brunette.

DESIGN STYLE Harris has transformed this 1,100-square-foot pied-a-terre to suit her signature style with comfy oversized cushions, bouquets of flowers and various curios and accessories of different shapes and sizes peppering the space.

There are rows of high-heeled shoes displayed on bookshelves in the spare bedroom, which has been

What is the biggest decorating mistake most people make?

Too matchy-matchy and “themed” spaces. A space should reflect you, not a specific theme or trend.

Her favourite room is her bedroom. “I love the angled ceiling... it feels like I’m in a cocoon,” she quips.

“My bed is by the window and there’s always a soft breeze coming in.”

This room is also where, under the glow of her fabulous find — a Home Sense industrial lamp — she answers the hundreds of emails she doesn’t have time to get to during the day.

Her space throughout is a contrast of elegant, fresh, traditional, modern and simple with a liberal dose of classic white and dash of colour.

Between long days taping and her nightly yoga classes, Harris admits she doesn’t have much time or energy to cook. She often picks up a salad and smoothie for dinner on her way home. But when boyfriend Justin is in town you can find the couple chopping alongside each other on their vintage butcher block island.

“I found this gorgeous antique butcher block at Folkart Interiors and had to have it,” she says, adding the top is new, handcrafted from maple. “We love to cook spaghetti bolognaise, beef stroganoff or a veggie chili.

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German real estate firm Engel & Völkers opens Vancouver office A luxury real estate broker headquarted in Germany is poised to capitalize on Vancouver’s increasing appetite for luxury homes after opening its first office in this city.

The Engel & Völkers office is a franchise location in Yaletown to be owned and operated by Greg Carros, president of the Carros Group, a real estate firm that operated for five years as Sotheby’s International Realty.

“Working with Sotheby’s has been a great experience, but when Engel & Völkers approached me a few months ago, I saw this as an opportunity to grow and elevate client services in Vancouver,” said Carros.

“I was impressed with the Engel & Völkers brand, and… I didn’t want to compete with them.”

The Carros Group had revenue of $600 million over the past two years, which made the firm an attractive target for the European company.

“Well known in the industry for serving exclusive clientele, the Carros Group

has managed some of Vancouver’s most iconic properties,” said Engel & Völkers North America CEO Anthony Hitt. “The Vancouver team’s experience and innate knowledge of the city’s luxury marketplace will seamlessly combine with Engel & Völkers’ global network.”

A Sotheby’s report released in July showed there had been a 48 per cent increase in the sale of luxury homes — defined as those that sold for $1 million or more — in the first six months of the year compared with the same period last year. The Vancouver location is the eighth Engel & Völkers office to open in Canada. Urban Development Institute vice chair Jon Stovell said the German company’s entrance into Vancouver is a positive sign.

“It shows that we are on the global stage for luxury real estate,” he said.

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There are a few key tricks I always look to when “winterizing” a room, which help amp up the cozy effect while furthering a stylish appeal.

My go-tos include: swap out lightweight textiles for their heavier more tactile counterparts, layer the space with additional soft accessories such as pillows, throws and even area rugs, and increase the ambient lighting as the natural daylight disappears.

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The organic silhouette juxtaposed against the hard material finish creates a high level of visual interest, while the natural effect of the lava gives a sense of warmth to the piece. Swap out your lighter glass vases for these for an instant jump into fall accessorizing. Available at Provide Home, 529 Beatty St. $235-$499.

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Wool and cotton throw blankets A change of seasons means a move into heavy textiles and multiple throws.

Hand-picked from world travels by the shop owners, these blankets, brought in from Mexico and Lithuania, ranging from mediumweight cotton to dense wool. Again we’re seeing a black, white and grey neutral palette combined with graphic patterns in a strong way. Available at Le Marche St. George, 4393 St. George St. $95-$125.

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AskAnne CEDARS, FIGS + GRAPES WORDS BY ANNE MARRISON AMARRISON@SHAW.CA

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I am concerned about the tall cedar tree at the back of our property, which has been slowly dying for the past four years. It has several brown branches and seems to be infecting the nearby pine tree. Is it possible for one type of conifer to infect another? CAROL, NEW WESTMINSTER

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One of the major diseases causing cedar dieback is phytophthora root rot, and yes, it can affect pines. Cedar branches do go brown from phytophthora and this is slowly progressive as more roots decay. Once this disease develops, I have never heard of it being cured. Phytophthora dieback looks like symptoms of drought because the decaying roots are unable to carry adequate water up the tree.

That’s why cedars (and other infected trees) gradually go brown. Sometimes, also, resin leaks from places on the trunk. Although this disease causes the drying out of the upper tree, it actually originates from water movement in the soil, which carries the infection from an infected tree to the roots of healthy ones. Our B.C. winters, which in the past have featured heavy rains, invite phytophthora when infected trees are nearby. I’m sure we’ve all seen lines of cedar hedging with several brown trees close together while others are still green.

This is generally phytophthora at work. Root stability can be an issue as the disease progresses.

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The grapes need no protection for winter, but the fig trees need a wall, ideally south or west facing. Otherwise a hard winter will kill them down to ground. Protection is even more important since they’re newly planted. While they’re very small, you could surround them in winter with fallen leaves or straw held in place by a wire surround. So far the only situation where fig trees have been hardy in the ground outside in Metro Vancouver is on a south or west slope exposed to full sun. If the figs are by a house wall, they need to be pruned to fit the space available so sunlight and air can penetrate and the fruit will ripen before cold weather begins. The first pruning of the year for shape can be done in early spring. Figs need a second pruning in June, which cuts all new shoots to four to six leaves depending on space. The side shoots that develop will bear the first crop of figs. In our climate, the first crop of figs is usually the only one that has time to ripen.

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Demand, not buyer origin, key to Vancouver market: CMHC Peter Mitham Business in Vancouver pmitham@telus.net

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Vancouver house prices are on track to post a 10.4 per cent increase this year over last, but the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) attributes

the gain to the kinds of homes changing hands, not the participants in the market.

“One of the key things that’s been going on in Vancouver is there’s been compositional effects driving house prices higher,” remarked CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan

Prices have increased in turn, fuelling affordability concerns

during a media call at the end of October.

But so far as drivers of those sales, and the higher prices, the CMHC maintained ignorance last week.

“I don’t have data… that tells me what share of those single homes being sold are being purchased by foreign investors, and

so that’s sort of a data gap that has to be solved,” Dugan said. “CMHC is trying, in partnership with other people, to see if there are other things we can do to get more information, but for now that is a data gap that we just have to acknowledge exists.”

CMHC senior market analyst Robyn Adamache was even more consoling to the market.

“It doesn’t have a huge impact on the market,” she told attendees at the CMHC’s annual housing outlook conference last week in Vancouver.

“It’s safe to assume at this point that the foreign investor presence is relatively limited, particularly when you look at a big-picture aggregate level.

There are neighbourhoods that are probably more affected, there are certain condo buildings that are more affected by foreign ownership, but overall — [they’re] not a huge impact on the housing market.”

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What is driving prices higher, according to the CMHC, is a mix of low interest rates, steady job growth and household formation through inmigration.

The CMHC isn’t expecting interest rates to rise before late 2016, and possibly even early 2017.

A solid foundation for the market has helped push inventories of unsold condos down to just an eightmonth supply, less than half what it was a year ago and a fifth of what it was in the dark days of 2009.

Prices have increased in turn, fuelling affordability concerns.

“Price is more the story,” said Dugan. “The various fundamental factors are supporting house prices, but not fully because house price growth has been so strong it’s run a little bit ahead of what fundamentals can support.”

However, the CMHC isn’t overly concerned; as Adamache said in her review of the Vancouver market at last week’s housing outlook conference: “High prices do not mean overvaluation.”

But, as in the past, strong market activity in Vancouver (and Toronto) is skewing local and national house price averages — something CMHC regional analyst Carol Frketich acknowledged in qualifying her forecast of a significant cooling trend in price growth over the next two years.

The CMHC expects a B.C. residence to cost an average of $636,300 in 2016, while in Vancouver the price will average $914,100.

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Nov. 19 to 25, 2015 1. The 19th edition of the Eastside Culture Crawl spreads its artsy wings Nov. 19 to 22, celebrating locally made visual arts, design and crafts created, showcased and sold in artists’ studios, homes and garages throughout Vancouver’s East Side, including those by painter Laurel Swenson.

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2. Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels talks about his novel Us Conductors with Hal Wake at the opening night gala of the 31st annual JCC Jewish Book Festival, which runs Nov. 21 to 26 at the Jewish Community Centre. Authors include Assaf Gavron, Nomi Eve and Ruth Tal, among others.

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3. Hoboken, New Jersey’s long-running indie rock trio Yo La Tengo team up with buddy Dave Schramm for an evening of acoustic delights in support of the band’s pretty little album of covers and reimagined originals, Stuff Like That There. It all goes down Nov. 21 at the Vogue. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and ticketfly.com.

4. Vancouver’s Andrea Superstein brings her quirky, arty, pop-jazz stylings and (judging by her press photo) love of expensive amps, taxidermy and fancy footwear to Frankie’s (765 Beatty St.) Nov. 20. Superstein will play in support of her new album, What Goes On. 5. Members of Hey Ocean, Dear Rouge, the Zolas, Bend Sinister, Wanting, the Boom Booms, Jordan Klassen and others pay tribute to the King of Pop with an evening of Michael Jackson covers, cleverly called We Are the World, We Are the Biltmore, Nov. 25 at, where else, the Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets at ticketfly.com.

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The wordsmiths at K&K were disappointed to learn this week that Oxford Dictionaries’ much anticipated “word of the year” for 2015 was not “fleek” or “badonkadonk” as we had hoped and written in our dream journal. In fact, it wasn’t even a word — it was an emoji. Even more disappointing is that it’s the “face with tears of joy” emoji used by lazy texters to express their hard-to-verbalize emotions surrounding such events as their child returning home safely after being lost in the wilderness for three days or the members of Bootsauce finally putting aside their creative differences and announcing a bootilicious reunion tour.

According to Oxford Dictionaries’ blog, the emoji in

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Late-night dessert spots worth staying up for Hands up if you remember the abysmal mid-’90s trend of dessert-focused restaurants that featured skyhigh dry cakes swaddled in too many layers of saccharine frosting, drizzled with banal sauce from a tub and buried under whipped cream from an aerosol can. Thankfully, there are better options for late-night desserts — and you can even grab a drink while you’re at it.

Mosquito

Newest to the late-night dessert scene is Gastown’s Mosquito. Owners Johan Friedrich and Alice Wu wanted to create a space where dessert was as appreciated as the rest of the meal. So while the menu includes savouries, the focus is dessert.

Witness my peanut butter dessert, which arrives on a slate plaque. There’s a chocolate-glazed log of peanut butter cream with a crispy feuillantine layer,

and caramel popcorn and popcorn gelato for a pop of crunch and cool. It’s well executed, even if I find the popcorn gelato too restrained, and the smear of caramelized banana jam that garnishes the plate still pulses in my taste memory.

Truthfully, the menu almost takes a back seat to the stylized, sexy room with its cozy corners for clandestine conversations. The bathroom features black wallpapered walls, a learnto-speak-French soundtrack and a sink faucet that looks like a black epiglottis dangling from the ceiling.

The space isn’t for everyone — I struggled to hear my husband over a soundtrack of retro-slowjam-meets-Euro-dance-party and needed my phone’s flashlight app to read the menu and see my food. But based on the happy chatter around us, there are plenty of people for whom that’s part of the appeal.

Mosquito (32 Water St., 604-398-3188, mosquitodessert.com).Open until midnight

and the chocolate marquise (chocolate, hazelnuts and caramel) especially popular.

I’m always drawn to the humble savarin, a yeasted cake doused in rum, then topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

Cake not your thing?

There are macarons, less sweet than most and with a surprise inside: fresh fruit.

Not to mention chocolates (the cognac one is delightfully boozy), pitch-perfect butter sables and adorable madeleines. In the works are holiday buches de noel, for which advance orders are highly recommended.

Thierry (1059 Alberni St., 604-608-6870, thierrychocolates.com). Open until midnight, seven days a week.

Less sweet than most, Thierry’s colourful selection of macarons come with a surprise inside: fresh fruit. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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When Thierry Busset opened his eponymous café in August 2011, he didn’t think it would be busy late at night. But right from

opening day, nights and evenings were booked solid — and no wonder, given Busset’s deft touch with classic French patisserie.

Not surprisingly, chocolate’s a big seller, with the chocolate trio (dark, milk and white chocolate mousses on chocolate sponge)

Bella Gelateria

Winter is the best time for gelato because you don’t have to worry about it melting as quickly as in summer. And in the case of Bella Gelateria, you can enjoy your gelato without the insane waits.

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a lineup, it’ll be worth it.

Bella Gelateria still reigns as the city’s best gelato, with the international awards to back it up. Maestro James Coleridge uses local products wherever possible and looks to Vancouver’s diverse appetite for inspiration — serving up classics such as coffee and chocolate alongside Persian-inspired Akbar Mashti (rosewater, pistachio and saffron) and almost-savoury matcha green tea gelato.

Coleridge has several seasonal flavours on offer, such as sugar pumpkin pie gelato or the intoxicatingsounding vanilla whiskey fudge. If you’d like to gild the lily, there are also gelato cookie sandwiches available, as well as proper desserts such as tiramisu, chocolate budino and panna cotta — most served with, you guessed it, gelato.

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Mitch and Murray Productions knocks it out of the park — again — with Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn, a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Any female over the age of 17 or 18 considers this: “Shall I give up a career (or the possibility thereof) to marry and have children?” or “Shall I forgo marriage and children to pursue a career?” Some of us think we can have it all. We can, but there’s a price to pay — and it’s called sanity.

Once the kids have left home, the married women wonder if they made the right choice. The career women, once they retire, wonder if they missed out on a family. It’s about the grass being greener on the other side of the career/marriage divide.

Gionfriddo gives us three generations of women: Alice (Anna Hagan), in her 70s — the generation of women that warned their daughters against sex before marriage with, “Nobody buys the cow when the milk is free.” Then there’s her daughter Catherine (Moya O’Connell), early 40s, unmarried, childless, an accomplished academic who teaches and writes about feminism and the politics of pornography. Gwen (Lori Triolo), also early 40s, was Catherine’s best friend in grad school, but when Catherine went to London, Gwen married Catherine’s boyfriend Don (Robert Moloney). He smokes dope, watches porn, is underemployed and is the father of their two children. And

Left to right: Lori Triolo, Robert Moloney and Moya O’Connel star in Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn, which runs until Nov. 28 at Studio 16.

then there’s 21-year-old Avery (Courtney Shields), Don and Gwen’s babysitter, who thinks she has the world by the balls. These three generations aren’t just “gap-ing” — they’re gaping.

Catherine, the academic, does go on about Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schlafly, but if you were there and conscious in the ’60s, you’ve read them both or are familiar with their position vis-à-vis feminism.

Friedan, of course, was the great liberator: freedom of choice for women. Schlafly wrote that the world would end if women went to work and gave up homemaking and child rearing.

The script gets a bit dense, but it’s so smart.

And for Catherine, Gwen and Avery, the stakes — as it turns out — are high.

I believed in every one of these characters. Triolo, as Gwen, is so desperately “wired.” A recovering alcoholic and miserable stay-at-home mom (with

a graduate degree), she’s unfulfilled. Triolo almost hyperventilates when telling Catherine how great everything is. What else can she say in the face of Catherine’s success?

O’Connell wears Catherine’s confidence like a scarf she can put on or take off. But when that scarf is off, she’s just as miserable as Gwen. It just takes her longer to spill the beans.

Shields’ Avery actually is confident with a boyfriend she’s sleeping with but not even considering marrying.

Children? No way. Shields gets most of the best lines, and her character unflinchingly tells it like it is — or, like it is when you’re 21.

Alice finally says what everyone over 50 in the audience is thinking: “You are so young.”

Of the three women, the only one reasonably satisfied with her life is septuagenarian Alice. Husband gone, health still good, her only concern is Catherine:

“Your worry is shortening my life.”

Moloney’s portrayal of Don makes him smart but not smart enough (or maybe simply lacking ambition). He’s a “stoner and a loser,” according to babysitter Avery, but he’s likeable in a hapless, desperate way.

Don is ready to “embrace” his “mediocrity and ambivalence.” Gwen already has.

He’s a drowning man trying to decide whether to cling to the wreckage, try to reach shore or just smoke a joint.

Directed by Aaron Craven, Rapture, Blister, Burn is blisteringly true and rapturously funny. “Freedom,” says Alice, raising her glass enthusiastically as the curtain falls. Are they smiling? Not so much.

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ARTS CELEBRATION: The Mayor’s Arts Awards celebrate excellence in the city’s vibrant and diverse arts and culture community. From music and dance to literary arts and new media, creative talents were honoured at the annual affair, staged at the Roundhouse Community Centre.

Convened by the Alliance for Arts and Culture, 21 recipients were cited at a celebratory bash emceed by media personality Bill Richardson. Actor, teacher, director and former Vancouver Playhouse artistic director Joy Coghill received the lifetime achievement award. Chosen through peer review, Coghill and fellow recipients received a $3,000 cash prize. The award for music went to Veda Hille, a singer and songwriter whose talents have contributed greatly to the local music and theatre scene. Leonard Schein, founder of the Vancouver International Film Festival and Festival Cinemas, was bestowed philanthropist of the year.

Other artists feted included Renae Morriseau, Margo Kane, Debra Sloan, Alice Spurrell, Cindy Mochizuki, Kate Braid, Liz Magor and Brian Jungen.

JOE TURNS 30: A venerable institution on the culinary scene for the past three decades, Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House toasted their 30th anniversary by throwing open their Thurlow Street doors for a gala-do of epic proportions. The San Francisco-style seafood grill, which has been pleasing patrons and Hollywood A-listers with unparalleled cuisine, wine and service, hosted a capacity crowd who filed into the iconic room and rooftop for an evening of reminiscing and fundraising, fronted by current owner David Aisenstat. The restaurateur welcomed long-time supporters, including past owners Bud and Dotty Kanke to the festivities. The event cooked up an impressive $100,000 for the Vancouver Firefighters’ charitable society’s snacks for kids program helping those children who are not having their nutritional needs met at home or by other support services.

ICONIC BAR REOPENS: The Yale, the iconic blues bar at Granville and Drake for some 30 years, reopened this past week after being shuttered for renovations in 2011. The historic venue on the South Granville strip, now under new ownership by the MRG Group — operators of the Biltmore Cabaret and Vogue Theatre — has been reimagined.

Operating under the new moniker of the Yale Saloon, blues will still remain, along with jazz, country and other live music to be featured throughout the week. A beefed up food program will also offer authentic barbecue flavours. With one of the largest in-house industrial smokers in the city, the venue will specialize in slow smoked meats with homemade rubs and vinegar-based sauces.

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MRG’s Seamus O’Brien and Johnny Cantiveros stand in front of the iconic Yale neon sign, which was re-lit in conjunction with the iconic venue’s reopening as the Yale Saloon. Blues music will continue to play along with other genres.

Chanteuse Alita Dupray was a mainstay at the Yale. The vocalist performed at the media preview in advance of its official opening last Friday.

Joe Fortes’ current and past owners David Aisenstat and Bud and Dotty Kanke celebrated the iconic restaurant’s 30th anniversary by throwing a huge party and fundraiser in support of Vancouver Firefighter’s snacks for kids program.

Marpole Montessori students Jackson Kang and Luicen Stuart, both five, helped raise funds for the Vancouver Firefighters’ charitable society’s snacks for kids program.

Executive chef/owner Curtis Demyon and Lanh Pham rebooted their West End Davie Street eatery. Gone is Lips Resto. In its place, a retooled Village Bistro, focused on local, comfort classics.

From left, Committee members Pam Burns and Mary Jane Devine were all smiles after $1.2 million was raised from their Rockin’ for Research Gala to fund juvenile diabetes research and improve the lives of all people affected by Type 1 diabetes.

Local singer and songwriter Veda Hille was a recipient of the mayor’s arts award in music and $3,000 prize. Hille and fellow recipients were tasked with naming an emerging artist in their field. Hille chose indie artist Adrian Teacher.

At the Mayor’s Arts Awards, Leonard Schein, former theatre owner and founder of the Vancouver International Film Festival won for philanthropy, while Jane Westheuser was cited the arts-board member of the year.

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Passion paves the way for driven UBC coach First-year football coach won his seventh Hardy Cup

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Blake Nill is stomping loudly on his old grounds.

This weekend in Antigonish, N.S., the first-year head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds football team will have the chance to do what he did last week at McMahon Stadium in Calgary: visit a team he used to coach and knock them off on their own turf.

On Nov. 14, the Thunderbirds eliminated the country’s top-ranked and undefeated Calgary Dinos in a 34-26 win, widely considered one of the biggest upsets in Canadian college history largely because of Nill’s previous nine-year tenure with the losing side.

When the coach says the win was emotional, there’s no doubt. Nill brought life back to the Dinos program, recruited far and wide for its talent, and won a record six straight Canada West championships and reached three Vanier Cups (without success, alas).

He’s already surpassed expectation at UBC, which had its own program in need of reviving. The Hardy Cup returns for the first time since 1997, the last year the T-Birds also won the Vanier Cup. (And, alas, went through the Atlantic to get it.)

Against the 8-0 Dinos, UBC’s first-year quarterback and Penn State transfer Mike O’Connor threw for 374 yards and two touchdowns. UBC’s defence was tremendous, forcing two fumbles to disrupt Calgary’s fourth quarter drives.

After the game, the coach was speechless. The victory joined the ranks of the five most memorable games in his coaching career that now sits at 139

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UBC Thunderbird head football coach Blake Nill raises his arms as players douse ice water on him following a 34-26 win over the Calgary Dinos to win the Canada West championship at McMahon Stadium Nov. 14. PHOTO RICH LAM/UBC THUNDERBIRDS

wins and 49 losses.

Also on his list, the 1996 Atlantic Bowl and the ensuing bus ride back to Antigonish with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men. It was yet another of the greatest upsets in Canadian collegiate football. Nill seems to stockpile great games, which he’s won and lost.

“I still get emotional talking about it. It was a cold Saturday and I can remember when this team came on to the field, it was like a giant coming toward us and we were in for a beat down,” he said.

After his X-Men dispatched the Ottawa Gee-Gees 5-13 at Huskies Stadium in Halifax, hundreds of fans lined the road back home, turning it into a parade route.

“When we were out of

Antigonish, at about the 10-mile point, there were cars in the ditch the whole way,” he said. “You’ve got a school that has 3,000 kids in the middle of nowhere and we beat the University of Ottawa, which was an amazing program at that time.

“That is what I’m trying to tell the guys right now — you better not downplay the motivation that this group of athletes is going to play with. We need to prepare as fully as we did for Calgary.”

UBC, 9-2 so far this season, left Tuesday night for Nova Scotia. They will stay in Halifax until travelling to Antigonish to play the unranked 7-3 X-Men in the CIS semi-final on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Kick-off is 1 p.m. Vancouver time. Sportsnet is

broadcasting the game.

The winner plays for the 2015 Vanier Cup, set for Nov. 28 in Quebec City.

Along with the Dinos, in this upset-heavy post-season the Nos. 2 and 3 teams were sent packing. Laval lost and so did Western.

The door is open against St. FX, but Nill won’t take that opportunity for granted.

“You can look at it from an objective viewpoint, you can say yes it does [mean opportunity], but football is a game of emotion and accountability and we need to prepare for this St. FX team with every ounce of respect that we can give them and every ounce of energy that we can muster. That is what you have to learn in the game. You have to respect your opponent fully.

“The moment you lose

respect, the moment you become complacent, overconfident or unassuming, you’re done,” said Nill. “One of my best players at Calgary was interviewed [before the Hardy Cup] and he was saying, ‘Coach Nill, he’s a great coach but it’s going to be a great feeling to beat him.’ He would never had said that in my time there. Even if it’s just a crack in the door, you set yourself up for the opposition to knock you off. And that’s what happened.”

Early this season, the Dinos crushed the T-Birds 49-16.

With him from Calgary, Nill brought coaching staff that includes offensive coordinator Steve Burrato, receivers coach Greg DeLaval, and athletic therapist Courtney Kapustianyk, as well as several academic advisors.

: 100 years of attitude

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The team-leading number of goals scored in 20 games so far this season by Giants rightwinger Ty Ronning. He has six assists, six penalty minutes and a minus-3 rating. Only one Giant has a plus/minus rating above zero.

The number of times a UBC sports team has won a national CIS banner.

Rounding the tally up to three digits during the school’s centennial, the women’s soccer team defeated Trinity Western 3-0 to win the national championship at home Nov. 15.

“Belief.”

—— UBC women’s soccer head coach Marisa Kovacs after the Thunderbirds won the program’s sixth Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy as the national champions. The first-year coach added, “From the very beginning, they just believed in themselves and slowly but surely, win after win, that belief and that confidence just continued to grow.”

Remarkably introspective for a leader who was condemned as a “screamer” by the Dinos in a sour comparative story about Calgary’s new coach, Nill runs a U.S.style football program built on the tenets of discipline, accountability and hard work.

He does not exclude himself from these expectations.

In his inaugural year, the T-Birds carried a roster of roughly 60 players, smaller than many programs by 30 personnel. The weeds of complacency outed themselves, an objective that pleased the coach.

“For whatever reason, they determine that this system is not what they want and that is fine. I’ve never once questioned a young man for making a decision that football wasn’t in his vision anymore,” said Nill. “You can’t play football without passion. It is just too much work. It takes a toll, both emotional and physical, and if you don’t have passion for this sport that you must live and die for, it’s tough to play the game and that is why you always have some young men at some point in their lives who say, ‘Coach it’s just not worth it anymore.’ You have to respect those decisions and carry on.” @MHStewart

Rivals meet in playoffs The AAA varsity football B.C. semi-finals kick off Friday and Saturday at B.C. Place.

Cross-town Vancouver rivals Notre Dame (1-4) and Vancouver College (50) play at 3 p.m.

In an earlier meeting Nov. 7, for the 59th annual Archbishops’ Trophy, the Fighting Irish prevailed 17-14 for their 12th consecutive win in the head-to-head battle.

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For the better part of 15 years, long-time friends Clint John and Brett Summers dreamed of opening their own business.

“We first broached the subject in 1999, when Brett was working in the kitchen at Miriam’s, and I was across Denman Street at Benny’s Bagels,” John said. Over the years, the pair worked at various eateries and bike shops across the city, all while discussing the endless possibilities of combining their two passions under one roof: fine bicycles and good coffee.

They made their move 14

years later when they learned Connie’s Cookin’ — the combination grocery store and restaurant at the corner of Heather and West 16th Avene — was going out of business. Both John and Summers lived in the neighbourhood, regularly used the adjacent Heather Bikeway, and understood that this was simply too good of an opportunity to pass up.

“We had to move quickly, as there was understandably plenty of interest in the space. But we approached the owner of the building with our pitch, and despite several other offers, he immediately said yes,” John remembered.

After the frustration of jumping through several hoops to convince city inspectors that combining bicycle repairs with food service wasn’t a threat to public health, the Tandem Bike Café opened its doors in July that year as the first of its kind in Vancouver.

John points to a dedicated customer base of commuters riding to and from downtown along the Heather Bikeway. They regularly stop

Clint John on his CETMA cargo bike outside the Tandem Bike Café, which he opened on the Heather Bikeway with Brett Summers. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

in for a coffee and a tuneup, and in their honour, the entrepreneurs offer sandwiches such as the “I Brake 4 Brie,” the “Presta Pesto,” the “Turkey Tune-Up” and the “Single Speed Salami.”

The shop quickly garnered a reputation for being a cargo

bike specialist, said John.

He found himself answering questions about the different types of cargo bikes, which — through word-of-mouth — evolved into him repairing and modifying various cargo bikes to suit their owners.

The inevitable next step was selling cargo bikes from their shop floor. John recently signed deals with Portland’s Metrofiets, Los Angeles’s CETMA, and Montreal’s Allo Vélo (distributors of TrioBike, Bullitt, and Butchers & Bicycles).

Soon, he hopes to stock various models for customers to test drive, a task that is difficult in Vancouver despite growing interest.

By next summer, Summers hopes to assemble a custom-built cargo bike that will act a mobile café and take Tandem’s treats out to the city’s bikeways.

John foresees expansion, too. “We basically outgrew this space the day after we opened,” he said.

Chris Bruntlett is a co-founder of Modacity and is inspired to live a happy life of urban mobility. Reach him at chris@ modacitylife.com.

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Thanks to the commitment and generosity of many donors, sponsors and volunteers, on November 7, guests at the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s seventh annual A Night of Miracles (ANOM) gala, an initiative of the South Asian community, celebrated

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The general accent will be on research and investigation, diagnostics, commitment and consequences. These will tend to take place in financial, health, and intimate zones. Your subconscious rises to the surface now, which makes you highly intuitive for a few weeks — and brings your desires for safety, security, asset growth, and sexual bonding to the fore.

The weeks ahead feature money, possessions, memory/grade school education, and sensual attractions. In November, these might involve travel and/or communications. Much of your work load might involve delegating, or interfacing with management or government. Tackle chores Sunday morning (PST). This day and Mon. might bring a sudden change in work procedures, or in your job itself.

You might have noticed, January to June, and again the last two months, that members of the opposite sex (same if gay) have been slow to respond, skeptical of your intentions, or have been noticeably younger or older than you. (This trend lasts until Dec. 2017, but has some good sides, also – for example, you will tend to have a deep sexual attraction toward the prospects that do arise.)

At last! Your energy, charisma, clout and effectiveness soar to a yearly high now through late December. You might not feel this very strongly in November, as you remain more sober than usual.

In fact you might not even notice that your luck and presence, energy and pizzazz are growing, as your mind seems attached to thoughts about money and possessions – and perhaps a sensual (but – you know deep down – boring) temptation.

A month of work and health concerns begins.

This month (and again in Nov./Dec. of 2016 and 2017) can change relationships – you might, if single, become interested in a co-worker. If married, your spouse will either be a co-operative worker, or will cause you more work. Nothing major is at stake; so you can, in a sense, relax into your work. Your home life remains sweet ‘n sour, affectionate and temperamental.

A month of quietude, self-examination, rest and rejuvenation starts now. Your energy and charisma will be a bit low. However, this is a good time for background work, management, delegating tasks, for warehousing and assembly lines, for interfacing with all bureaucracies, and for charitable and spiritual projects. Meditate, contemplate. Make future plans.

Your career and status picture looks fine until Dec. 4, so charge ahead on this front until then.

Ah, sweet romance! The weeks ahead bring love’s sweet splendor, whether you love a stranger, your spouse or your children. The world blossoms with beauty, pleasure – and you swell with feelings, naivety and innocence (your most attractive quality). Your creative side surges, and you’re ready to take risks.

Sports, games attract you. You’ll be on a wee winning streak! However, in November all these splendid things will come slowly, or with strings attached.

A month of domestic concerns starts now. In the November portion of this month, you might be concerned with protecting or comforting loved ones. After this, care and concern lift, so you can enjoy all the perks of “home” – kids, parents, garden, nature, nutrition, stomach and soul, security, retirement plans – and rest, naps, rejuvenation of your spirit, mind and body. Your money picture remains favourable, even lucky – but it will be luckier if you don’t spend.

A wish could come true over the next few weeks, Aquarius. Sunday starts a month of cheer and optimism, popularity, social joys, entertainment, and friendly romance. (Which might turn to pure lust or to a sanctified marriage eventually – but if no wedding or promise occurs before 2015 ends, look elsewhere.)

In addition, your mind is lit up with communications, love notions, legal and intellectual goals, far travel, international affairs, philosophy and cultural issues.

A month of career, status concerns, prestige relations, hard work and pressure starts now. In November, this career/ambition focus seems to conform to your wishes, or you meet one or two people who are good for your progress. You might even be admitted to a “circle of managers.” Your sexual and financial interests are favoured for the rest of 2015. However, after December 4, make sure you aren’t acting impulsively or “burning through” sexual or financial circumstances.

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RENTALS APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT .

KING ALBERT COURT 1300 King Albert, Coquitlam

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22588 Royal Cres Ave, Maple Ridge .

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References required.

CALL 604 525-2122

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320-9th St, New West Suites Available.

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One look at the Infiniti Q50 and you know that it is distinctively different from the German and American luxury cars.

Designed to attract BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4 fans, the Infiniti Q50 offers a unique Japanese or Asian flavour.

Along with its bold appearance, the Q50

Distinctive and Comfortable has a sporty interior and cutting edge technology.

After a successful debut last year — the Q50 was named a finalist for 2014 World Car of the Year and earned an Edmunds. com “Top Rated Vehicle” award — it enters 2015 largely unchanged.

The only addition of note is a new Performance Wheel Package boasting 19-inch RAYS lightweight wheels.

Design

More than just a replacement for the GSeries, the Q50 was a virtually all-new luxury sport sedan last year and set the direction for Infiniti cars in the future.

The Q50 features flowing body panels which gives a premium feel to its athletic proportions.

Having the “expected” four-doors and rear-wheel drive configuration allows

it to compete in the luxury sport sedan market.

Starting with Infiniti’s “double-arch” front grille, it combines with the LED headlights and daytime running lights to create a strong statement.

The character lines flow over the smooth roofline like a wave and is punctuated by the Crescent-cut C-pillar. Merging at the rear, the LED taillights complete the look. Over-

all, the Infiniti Q50 is eye-catching.

Inside, the wraparound dash creates a sporty feel without sacrificing comfort or practicality. Tech savvy people will enjoy Infiniti’s forward-thinking solution and design.

Performance

Carried over from the GSeries, the standard engine in the Q50 is a refined 3.7-litre V6. Rated at 328

hp and 260 lb-ft of torque, it features a Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System and Variable Valve Event and Lift.

An advanced hybrid powertrain is also available. Featuring Infiniti Direct Response Hybrid system with Intelligent Dual Clutch Control, this powertrain combines a 3.5-litre V6 with a 50 kW electric motor.

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today’sdrive Total system output is 360 hp and is designed to put performance first, while not sacrificing fuel economy.

Regardless of the powertrain, all Q50’s come with a 7-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission with a manual shift mode. The Q50 is also available in rear-wheel drive and Intelligent All-Wheel Drive with both powertrains.

If you are doing any long distance commut-

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Very little wind noise enters the cabin and noise cancelling software neutralizes engine drone.

The suspension also does a decent job of handling road imperfections.

The Q50 also deals with corners well. It has lots of grip and very little body roll.

Four-time Formula 1 Champion Sebastian Vettel helped hone the Q50’s driving characteristics.

As a result, one would expect it to be the most fun to drive car in this segment.

Sadly, the Infiniti Q50 is still not as great as the BMW 3 Series or Audi A4 when it comes to the handling feel. The main culprit is its somewhat numb steering character.

Infiniti is not alone in this regard, however. Most luxury cars are trading heavy, sporty steering for light and easy (spelled “numb”) feel.

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available as options or on a higher trim, include heated front seats, 14-speaker Premium Audio System, sport tuned suspension, solid-magnesium paddle shifters, Around View Monitor, blind spot monitor, Predictive Forward Collision Warning, and Lane Departure Warning.

Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for rear-wheel drive models are 12.0 city and 8.1 highway. Allwheel drive models return 12.5 city and 8.7 highway, while the hybrid sees 8.7 city and 7.5 highway.

Environment

The cabin of the Q50 is also a major departure from the G-Series. Material quality has improved and the luxury appointments are everywhere.

One of those appointments will be appreciated by owners who share driving duties. Infiniti InTuition system can recognize and adjust seating, climate, audio, navigation and telematic settings for up to four different drivers.

Front seats offer good comfort and the dual touchscreen displays are within easy reach.

The infotainment system may divide opinions, though. The two screens work in tandem, so the upper screen will show the map or reversing view, while the lower accesses various in-car apps and feels like an iPad Mini to use.

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The strengths of the Infiniti Q50 are its engine power, interior comfort and reasonable price. Design is unique and interesting.

Thumbs Down The strengths of the Infiniti Q50 are its engine power, interior comfort and reasonable price.

Infiniti moved the B-pillar forward nearly an inch to make entry and exit to the rear seats easier. Knee room for rear passengers is ample thanks to thin front seatbacks.

The raised centre seat and transmission tunnel

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On top of its spacious cabin, the Q50 also has a decent trunk space. Luggage space in base models is

Standard equipment includes dual-zone automatic climate control, keyless entry, a rearview camera, cruise control, glass moonroof, SiriusXM Satellite radio, and Bluetooth.

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Starting prices for the standard Q50 range from $37,500 to $48,950. The Q50 Hybrid is priced at $49,500.

While the Q50 is comfortable to commute in, driving enthusiasts will lament the steering feel and lack of a traditional manual transmission.

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Porsche and Audi joined VW in their EPArelated diesel woes recently, with the 3.0-litre TDI engines in the Touareg and Cayenne both allegedly failing emissions testing. It’s just another puff of soot in what’s growing to be the modern automotive industry’s

Initially thought to have escaped the fray, the corporate 3.0-litre TDI now finds itself under suspicion, meaning that Porsche and Audi have egg on their face too. This must be particularly painful for Porsche, who’d probably be happier to sell you a twin-turbo V-6 instead.

Is it the corporate culture? Unreasonable demands on emissions outputs? The death-knell for the passenger-car die-

sel? Plenty of doom and gloom is being cast about at present, and it’s likely more will follow.

VW Readies Goodwill Program for TDI Owners

If you currently own a TDI-powered VW affected by the so-called Dieselgate, your options are growing. For instance, deals are reportedly being offered to existing owners to get them into a new model. There’s also a fix

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They called him the King of the Kustomizers.

Well, he called himself that anyway and this week, we mourn the passing of one of the custom car community’s most famous Californians. George Barris has died, aged 89. His most famous creation is, of course, the original Batmobile. Built on the bones of the Lincoln Futura, the first TV show car captured the imagination of a generation.

He built many other custom vehicles too, having a hand in cars featured on everything from The Monkees to The Munsters. However, and not to speak ill of the dead, ol’ George did perhaps like to embellish a bit. The Monkeemobile, for instance, was actually a Dean Jeffries creation, and Barris wasn’t shy about taking credit. He also claimed at one point to have built the Ectomobile for the film, which is absolutely untrue.

But mark this down as Carroll Shelby style truth stretching and selfpromotion, stuff you need if you’re going to make a name for yourself. Barris certainly did, and both he and his cars will be missed.

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for the problem in the works, or so VW claims.

As something of an olive branch, VW is also preparing to offer cash as part of a goodwill program to TDI owners, which you can register for online (at least, in the United States initially).

Sources contacted by The Truth About Cars website say that the amounts are small — $500-$750 — but that roll out of the plan is imminent.

It’s a start. Yes, customers feel burned because VW’s clean diesel image is turning out to be smoke and mirrors, but there’s also going to be huge negative adjustments in resale values for these cars, something that TDI owners previously relied on. We’ll see what else VW has planned.

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Volvo Australia Readies Kangaroo Detection System

It will, one imagines, have a flashing “STREWTH!” light up in the instrument panel, and a didgeridoo warn-

ing chime. Not satisfied with preventing its cars from flattening inattentive swagmen ferrying jumbucks about, Volvo Australia is working on a project to add in ‘Rooavoidance. It’s silly and stereotypical except for the part where it’s not.

Anyone from Eastern Canada, for instance, would tell you that while Americans would laugh at warning signs about moose, those things are damned dangerous. So too are kangaroos, big daft suicidal furry grasshopper that they are. Hundreds of them are hit by cars every year, and the larger ones can cause serious injury to passengers, not to mention smashing up your lovely ute.

Volvo already has systems in place for avoiding more Scandinavian road hazards — moose, deer, drunken teams of bobsledders — but the erratic behaviour of kangaroos needs further study.

Toyota Drops $1 Billion on Artificial Intelligence Research

With a stated goal of 2020 for mostly autonomous freeway driving, Toyota is ramping up efforts to make sure they’ve got the best software people working on cleverer cars. So, to Silicon Valley then?

Yep. In coordination with MIT, Toyota is setting up a dedicated AI facility in Palo Alto, Calif.

There’ll be about 200 researchers working on how to make our freeway journeys just that much more bearable.

It makes you wonder — in the future, will self-driving cars have the personalities they’re associated with now? Will autonomous Toyotas, for instance, have a tendency to dawdle, while autonomous BMWs speed down the highway and constantly have signalling malfunctions?

Well anyway, having experienced Toyota’s selfdriving Lexus, they’ve still got quite a lot of work to do. The future is coming, but it’s not quite here yet.

Watch this space for all the week’s best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer. nsnews@gmail.com. Follow Brendan on @brendan_mcaleer

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