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Mayor, councillors to discuss how much they’re worth Mike Howell
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City council will be talking money this week. Once Mayor Gregor Robertson and his 10 merry men and women discuss the 2016 capital and operating budgets Wednesday and announce that taxpayers will likely face a 2.3 per cent tax hike, it will be on to the matter of how much money they should earn as politicians. So what’s fair? Sixty grand a year? Seventy grand? How about six figures? As regular readers will recall, I’ve written about this topic a few times over the years, usually around the beginning of the year when an automatic pay hike kicks in for mayor and council. That policy was established 20 years ago. This year the increase was 0.82 per cent, last year it was 3.24 per cent. That translates this year to $155,612 for the mayor, $68,551 for councillors. In 1995, an independent panel hashed out a formula
Vancouver city council will review a report Thursday that recommends they continue to receive annual pay increases and have their health and welfare benefits paid for by the city. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
to arrive at those figures. The panel decided councillors’ salaries should be based on the “average salary of a full-time employed person in Vancouver.” (I still can’t believe it’s $68,551. Seems high, especially when Statistics Canada shows Vancouver’s median income by family type in 2013
as $73,390.) That salary would be adjusted annually to track changes in wages as reported to Statistics Canada, with the mayors’ salary at 2.27 times that of a councillor. To further complicate the formula, the city bases its pay increases on the percentage increase in the aver-
age weekly wage for B.C. Brain sore, yet? Mine, too. Anyway, back in February council unanimously agreed to have an independent panel review their salaries — and those of park board commissioners — to see whether they’re being fairly compensated. After all, city councillors
in Edmonton earn $99,994 per year, Calgary councillors pull in $115,297 while their Toronto counterparts collect $105,397. Toronto Mayor John Tory’s salary this year is about $177,000. Well, the report is in. Here are some of the panel’s key recommendations: • The best way to determine councillors’ salaries continues to be the method established in 1995, where pay is based on the average salary of a full-time employee in Vancouver. The current method to determine the mayor’s salary should remain. • The deputy mayor — that would be Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer — should continue to receive a supplement equal to 22 per cent of the mayor’s monthly salary. • The city should provide mayor and council with extended health, dental and group life insurance coverage equivalent to those benefits provided to exempt city staff. At present, mayor and council are eligible for benefit coverage but at their own expense.
• Have city staff conduct a review of council’s workload to see if the hiring of assistants to handle research, correspondence and other needs is warranted. • An allowance should be provided to address the funding gap that city councillors face when leaving office. • Park board commissioners, who are on the books to earn $8,000 each this year, should be paid more. A staff report accompanying the panel’s report estimated the total annual cost of pay increases for councillors at $34,236 and health and welfare benefits for mayor and council at $33,528. Another $16,176 would be set aside as a transition allowance and the total increase for park board commissioners would come in at $19,140. We’ll see what council has to say about this at Thursday’s meeting. I’ll be getting paid to attend. I won’t tell you how much. I’ll leave comedy for another day. @Howellings
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Skateboarders and rollerbladers could soon be legally allowed to skate in the city’s protected bike lanes that run from Kitsilano to Chinatown and through parts of the West End. But the Vancouver Police Department is warning that the city’s proposal to mix skateboarders and cyclists in the lanes might not be such a good idea. “Skateboarders sharing bike lanes may cause an increase in conflict between cyclists and skateboarders,” said a statement from the VPD included in a city staff report that goes before council Dec. 10. “As well, the handling, maneuverability, varied speeds and perhaps most significantly, the braking characteristics of skateboards, are much different than bicycles.” Police say conflicts could result in more calls to sort out disputes
involving skateboarders, cyclists, pedestrians and motorists. Also, there may be serious potential for an increase in accidents where someone is injured, police said. Though police only commented on skateboards and acknowledge some skateboarders already use the lanes, the city’s proposal also calls for opening up the cycling network to rollerbladers and push-scooter users. City staff wants city council to proceed with a trial for one year. The rationale is that conflicts would be reduced on sidewalks, particularly between skateboarders and pedestrians. The lanes, which are protected from vehicle traffic by barriers such as planters and curbs, would also provide protection for skateboarders, said the report, noting the trial would further encourage and legitimize skateboarding as a popular form of transportation. The trial would not extend to painted bike lanes.
The use of skateboards, rollerblades and push scooters are currently only permitted on minor streets. Council adopted those restrictions in 2001. “Staff now feel that the nature of skateboarding has changed, with different types of skateboards being used not just for recreation, but as a way to get around the city,” said the report, noting the protected lanes are wide enough for cyclists to pass skateboarders. The report says the move to proceed with a trial was done in consultation with the VPD, Insurance Corporation of B.C., the HUB cycling coalition, Vancouver Skateboard Coalition, Vancouver Coastal Health and Road Safety B.C. Michelle Pezel, vicepresident of the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition, said she hasn’t reviewed city staff’s proposal and therefore couldn’t give a proper response on whether members supported the trial.
“We definitely support the expansion and legalization of skateboarding in Vancouver,” said Pezel, who owns Antisocial Skateshop on Main Street. “But skateboarding is really a lot more than transportation. Skateboarding is a culture and skateboarding has a history and not everybody who skateboards, skateboards the same.” Erin O’Melinn, executive director of the HUB cycling coalition, said her
organization is “generally supportive” of the move to allow skateboarders to ride legally in the protected lanes. O’Melinn said HUB made it clear to city staff that monitoring should be done to ensure skateboarders are using the lanes solely for transportation and not for tricks. “If people are actually using different modes [of transportation] to get to places, that’s great — and hopefully there will be
some messaging out there about being considerate and moving in as straight a line as possible,” she said. “Things that you would do in a skate park are a different set of activities than we’re hoping to see in the bike lanes.” Staff’s proposal also calls for lighting and reflective gear to be worn at night by skateboards, rollerbladers and push-scooter users. All are already required to wear a helmet. @Howellings
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Vancouver never reached double digits. As of Tuesday, police were going into the last month of this year having investigated 14 homicides, which is higher than the nine last year, six the previ-
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As of Tuesday, Vancouver had recorded 14 murders this year, including a double homicide March 14 at the West Hotel in the Downtown Eastside. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
Continued from page 6 But in the murder of 47-year-old Dominic Boateng that occurred Aug. 8 outside the Insite supervised drug injection site on East Hastings, the video obtained by police helped secure a charge of murder versus manslaughter, Weidman said. Despite the advances in technology, Weidman emphasized the need for good
old fashioned police work to help solve homicides. In Boateng’s murder, a witness came forward who trusted Weidman, having met him when he worked in the Downtown Eastside. “When I worked down there, I was fair to him and treated him with respect — that’s it,” he said, repeating what he told a patrol officer who was surprised the “rough character” spoke
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Chanel Ly has lived in the Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood for more than a decade. Like many residents, she’s from a workingclass family. Her parents are Chinese and Vietnamese and immigrated in the early ’80s. But 23-year-old Ly is concerned the community won’t be as affordable for families like hers in the future because the City of Vancouver is in the midst of a review of the area surrounding the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain station. The review, initiated in December 2014, is looking at land use, density, building forms, transportation issues, how to improve public spaces and what amenities are needed to support the population, in pockets around the station. The transit hub, which connects to the Expo Line and five bus routes, is being upgraded. Currently, it
handles 30,000 SkyTrain trips and 12,000 bus trips a day. The neighbourhood’s overall population has grown substantially over the years — it jumped from 6,260 in 1986 to 16,836 in 2011. The largest increase was between 1991 and 1996 when it climbed by 50 per cent, according to the city. Considering TransLink is upgrading the station and the fact it’s been 25 years since the Joyce Station Area Plan was adopted, the city decided policies for key sites near the transit hub need to be updated to guide future development. But it’s future development that worries Ly and other residents who recently formed the Joyce Area Residents Association (JARA). They fear being displaced if home and business rents rise in the wake of development. They also question if there’s been enough community involvement in the process, arguing some residents and business owners are only just realizing the review is happening. Some of them don’t speak English.
The residents’ group is calling for “authentic consultation” and more information and education about the impact of what’s being planned. Ly said renters and retailers are afraid rents will increase and displace them out of the community and that access to cultural foods and gathering places will disappear if businesses go. “So that sense of community is feared to be lost as well,” she said. Ly said the JARA wants to see a social impact assessment that looks at how development would impact the neighbourhood economically, socially, culturally and on its most vulnerable residents. The association also wants policies and protections passed that would protect the existing community. Kent Munro, the city’s assistant director of planning for the midtown region, said the main catalyst for the review is the transit upgrades.
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priced out of Joyce-Collingwood of people out there, with hundreds showing up to our various events. And it’s been widely advertised,” Munro said. “It’s already a high density neighbourhood, one of not that many in Vancouver. We’ve been a bit surprised how welcoming most people are. There are some concerns, but most people recognize how wonderful it is to be able to live close to the station and think there are opportunities to do a little bit more of the same.” Munro said the city is looking at ways to provide affordable and rental housing in the area through the plan. “So it would actually be increasing supply. It’s not displacing anybody,” he said, adding, “One of the things we know, and that Vancouver is known for in various locations, is that getting land use and transportation right and getting it right in the same spot — I mean doing it well — there’s really good synergies and that makes for really successful transit-oriented neighbourhoods and that’s what we’re trying to do here.” @naoibh
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“That and the plan is 25 years old and the community has felt for a while that Joyce Street needs some focus, some attention and there’s some opportunities along there to improve it and get the area more walkable and [make it] a better transit node, ” he said. “We know part of the success of transit stations is not only getting people living close to them but making them comfortable, walkable, well-connected to the surrounding neighbourhood. Neither the community nor do we think it’s optimal right
now. It could be better.” The main focus of the city review are the blocks of Joyce Street near the station between Wellington Avenue and Crowley Drive, the blocks on Vanness fronting the SkyTrain guideway between Joyce and Rupert streets. Both areas are zoned for commercial and multi-family residential developments. The review is also dealing with transition areas such as single-family properties north of Vanness Avenue, east of Joyce Street and south of Clive Avenue, the
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ousing affordability, which started as an “issue” before becoming a “problem” and finally a “crisis,” shows every sign of simply getting worse. And it doesn’t really matter whether you want to own or rent. In a real estate market that is both globally desirable and significantly constrained in terms of available product — as Vancouver is — house prices have been recently increasing by double digits.
While foreign funds continue to roll in and Victoria and Ottawa dither about what to do, a growing number of people from Maple Ridge, to Saanich to Prince George find themselves living in tent cities. The breathtaking rise is driven, as research tells us, by off-shore dough. Buying at the high end of the market creates a domino effect leaving those who were once able to squeeze in at the bottom, seeking home ownership well beyond the city’s limits. But there is more. Condo ownership for previous generations was the bottom rung of the ladder leading to the ultimate goal of single-family home ownership, white picket fence etc. etc. You know, build up your equity then move along just before the kiddies start arriving or at least before they are big
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enough to need their own bedroom. Now condo ownership isn’t the first step; quite often it is the last. But not so fast. I direct you to last Friday’s Globe and Mail’s business pages and a report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; the headline reads “More foreign buyers own Canadian condos.” CMHC found that in Vancouver 3.5 per cent of condos are owned by people whose primary residence is outside of Canada. (That’s the highest of all three cities where the numbers are notably rising including Toronto and Winnipeg.) Here, it is up from 2.3 per cent in 2014. While the percentage may seem relatively small, the net effect is to drive up condo prices right across the market. And how about those rentals? I mean, after all, more than 50 per cent of the folks in Vancouver are renters. Well, there too is little to cheer about. According to the city’s housing policy staff, a “healthy” vacancy rate is between three per cent and five per cent. The vacancy rate in Vancouver is .5 per cent. This week council is considering what it calls “new protections for Vancouver’s tenants and rental housing stock.” There would be more money from landlords to support tenants who have to move including, for some, months of free rent and funds for moving expenses. The city is, however, powerless to control rents or what are referred to as “renovictions” where tenants are tossed out so landlords can add a lick of paint and a new bathroom sink then jack up the rent. There is one not insignificant lever the city has: Rate of Change Regulations. These are regulations that have been around since the late 1980s and cover 47,000 of Vancou-
ver’s 67,000 rental units in buildings with six or more suites. Since 2007, none of those 47,000 suites can be demolished unless they are replaced on a one-to-one basis. The problem is that while the number of units being protected remains the same, the population has increased; the vacancy rate dropped by half. The B.C. Non Profit Housing Association released a report last month covering 521 Canadian municipalities and measuring “rental housing health.” It’s based on a 2011 National Housing Survey and measures affordability, percentage of tenants spending more than 50 per cent of their income on housing, overcrowding and the amount of money tenants would need to meet the national standard of spending less than 30 per cent of their income on housing. Of those 521 municipalities, Vancouver
came in at 516. But we can be thankful we are not Burnaby. In spite of the fact that rents are somewhat lower there, they came dead last. While Vancouver protects rentals with Rate of Change Regulations, no such regulations exist out in Mayor Derek Corrigan’s one-party state. In fact modestly priced rental units are coming down at a record rate to be replaced by high-priced condos. One other point: While foreign funds continue to roll in and Victoria and Ottawa dither about what to do, a growing number of people from Maple Ridge to Saanich to Prince George find themselves living in tent cities. These are not only drug addicts or the mentally ill. Increasingly, they are workers living paycheque to paycheque unable to find affordable housing in the midst of this worsening crisis. @allengarr
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Don’t underestimate impact of agri-business Re: “Ladner’s meaty claim remains toothless,” Letters, Dec. 3. I thought it might be helpful to produce some numbers for those who underestimate the real impact of agri-business on the planet. This data came from a documentary called Cowspiracy. At first glance, the numbers seem exaggerated but they are not: • When you consider that livestock is responsible for 65 per cent of all humanrelated emissions of nitrous oxide — a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years — one can understand why a Hummer-driving vegan uses less energy than a meat-eating cyclist. • 2,500 gallons of water needed to produce one pound of beef, includes the growing of their feed. When 45 per cent of the earth’s total land is used to grow livestock for profit, perhaps it is time for a change. • If we used our livestock-raising land to grow food for people instead of for cattle, we would be able to feed everyone on the earth and conserve our precious water resources. • 2-5 acres of land are used per cow. • Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56 per cent of water in the U.S. • 477 gallons of water are required to produce one pound of eggs, almost 900 gallons of water are needed for one pound of cheese. • Animal agriculture water consumption ranges from 34 to 76 trillion gallons annually. • Transportation exhaust is responsible for 13 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. • Emissions for agriculture projected to increase 80 per cent by 2050. • Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 565 gigatonnes CO2e limit by 2030, all from raising animals. Marlise Reuter, Vancouver
Love and doubles, all around for Courier To the editor: “Vancouver homicides reach double digits,” “Business leader defends cost to send Vancouver delegation to Paris for climate talks/Busy year for jet-setting mayor,” “VPD officers cleared in summer gun battle,” “Mayor talks climate in Paris,” “Is
the police board interfering in VPD operations,” and Kvetches and Kudos. All in one issue of the paper. Mike Howell shows that he is essential to reading pleasure and revelation in the Courier. Well done, Sir! He is a better wordsmith that some of your “columnists.” Doubles all ’round! Frank Miller, Vancouver Editor’s note: Mike Howell does not write the Kudos and Kvetches column.
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Syrian refugee story strikes a chord Re: “Syrian refugee finds hope in Vancouver,” Dec. 2. Welcome to Canada Issa! Your courage to speak out is commendable. Sheryl Spencer via Facebook ••• I do welcome you and your family to my great country. My family were refugees in 1782 to Canada from the U.S. and in 1673 from France to the U.S. Marjorie Schurman via Facebook ••• Welcome to Canada & Vancouver to you and your family... may you find peace here. Dawn Sparks via Facebook ••• Would the cheerleaders above help find homes for young Canadians in Vancouver? David Wishart via Facebook ••• Welcome to Canada and our wonderful Vancouver. We will help you and your family pursue your dreams. Peace be with you all. Marcy Toms via Facebook ••• Thank you Pat for this great story. Your article shows the vulnerability of Syrian men in a time where media and policy-makers portray them as an imminent threat. Issa is an example of many Syrian youth who are trapped between the ruling regime and ISIS. Both follow a policy of compulsory military recruitment, and those who resist are tortured. If neighbouring counties do not allow them a safe haven, these young men could be the next ISIS recruits. Serah Gazali via Online Comments
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Illustrator Lisa Cinar, from Draw Me a Lion, got a little catty at Western Front’s annual craft fair this past Saturday.
TOQUE-ING CARE OF BUSINESS AT WESTERN FRONT’S ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR This past weekend, Western Front held its annual fundraiser and craft fair in its Luxe Hall. The threeday event saw an estimated 1,000 people per day as artists, designers and artisans showcased and sold their wares and raised money for the long-serving Mount Pleasant art centre.
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After an hour of shopping, Vivian Eliopoulos (left) and Helen Brown were grateful to sit down and enjoy some homebrewed coffee and homemade pastry.
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Greenest city promise hit by regulator decision Mike Klassen
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Vancouver’s sizable delegation returns home this week from the Paris COP21 conference on climate policy, and they are undoubtedly pleased with the praise received for aspiring to be the world’s greenest city. But an eyebrow raising news report revealed businesses with an interest in selling green technology paid many of the costs for the mayor and his entourage. It seems to have fazed no one at city hall though. Led by billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the corporatefunded C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group agreed to pick up costs of the Paris trip, according to a mayor’s office spokesperson. It is not a coincidence, then, that bus shelter ads promoting C40 — paid for by your tax dollars, not C40 — can be seen around the city. Now that’s what is called a “quid pro quo.” Vancouver’s widely touted Greenest City 2020 goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions here by 33 per cent from a baseline set in 2007. By last count, the city had only reduced its GHGs by sever per cent, leaving another 25 per cent to go. To pull that off from where we sit today, every household and business in Vancouver has to permanently cut his or her home heating, hot water and transportation fuel use over the next 48 months. Twenty-five per cent is a big gap, and there is little time left to close it. The most controversial
Columnist Mike Klassen questions a city decision to give monopoly status to a district energy utility owned by Ian Gillespie — a decision that the British Columbia Utilities Commission appears to have turned down. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
move so far by city council to make the city greener is Vision Vancouver’s decision to approve monopoly status to a district energy utility owned by one of their most prominent financial backers. If you do not know Ian Gillespie, owner of Westbank Projects Corporation, you will certainly know his buildings, which include structures such as the Shangri-La Tower, the Woodward’s redevelopment and the new Telus Garden among others. According to one recent ranking, Gillespie is the most powerful individual in Vancouver today. It could be argued that the greatest symbol of that power is his complete control of the heat and hot water supply for Vancouver’s densest neighbourhoods. In a vote opposed only
by the NPA, and without any competitive bidding process, the City of Vancouver awarded Gillespie a monopoly “franchise” to supply district heat for the West End, Downtown, northeast False Creek, Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside. And, to sweeten the deal, council passed bylaws making it illegal for new buildings to buy these utilities from anyone but Gillespie’s company, dubbed Creative Energy. Similar district energy franchises are planned for the Broadway corridor — an eight-block swath roughly covering Arbutus to Main Street — and the Cambie corridor, an area that includes everything between Oak and Main streets from Broadway down to the Fraser River. Any development
over 2,000 square metres within these areas is required to connect to one of these district energy systems. Eventually the city will want all buildings connected, just as homes and places of business in Denmark and Sweden are today. In order to attract investment and make these projects perhaps more financially stable, bylaws have been put in place to remove consumer choice. Because of the precedent setting nature of giving monopoly control to a company where competitive options already exist, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) was asked to give Creative Energy “CPCN” status — effectively making them the sole supplier of heat and hot water for anyone requiring a development permit. Creative Energy sought approval for a 9.5 per cent annual return on a proposed investment estimated to be $50 to $100 million. In a BCUC submission in response to the application, the Urban Development Institute said it would be “unfair and unreasonable” to approve a monopoly. They argue that a 9.5 per cent return is “generous” in light of their reduced risk. In a decision that came in at the Courier’s deadline, it appears that BCUC has turned down Creative Energy’s request. Gillespie will have the option to appeal. It is highly unlikely, however, that this will slow the city’s greenest city agenda. It just adds another hurdle for Vision Vancouver to keep its 2020 promise. @MikeKlassen
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Feature 2015
NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR
Affordability crisis
Mike Howell
mhowell@vancourier.com
Affordability is the Courier’s choice for Newsmaker of the Year. Why? Because it seemed not a week went by in this city where someone wasn’t talking about insane real estate prices or the exorbitant cost to rent a dumpy basement suite. That’s if you can find a dumpy basement suite to rent. With a vacancy rate that hovers around one per cent or less, and more than 50 per cent of residents paying rent, the competition for rental accommodation is fierce. In Vancouver, affordability — a term used liberally by politicians and developers — is really supposed to mean that a person (or household) spends no more than a maximum of 30 per cent of his or her income on housing. Which, for many residents, is a cruel and depressing joke. That’s why the city saw people protest so-called renovictions (in the West End), accuse developers of gentrifying neighbourhoods (in the Downtown Eastside) and launch the #donthave1million social media campaign (a pointed shot at the average price of a Vancouver house). The issue of foreign ownership and the demolition of prized old character homes also set off a media bomb, with various opinions and studies leading to accusations of racism and calls for a speculator’s tax. Yep, it’s ugly out there. Uglier and more newsworthy, the Courier concluded, than other contenders for Newsmaker of the Year, including Mayor Gregor Robertson failing to meet his goal to end “street homelessness,” his globe-trotting climate change crusade, the failed transit and transportation plebiscite, council’s decision to demolish the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, the city’s unprecedented move to regulate illegal marijuana dispensaries, the firing of city manager Penny Ballem, the hiring of new police chief Adam Palmer, the federal Liberals’ election victory and the Syrian refugee crisis. Even the mayor acknowledged what people are up against in Vancouver, one of the most expensive cities on the planet. “Families renting homes in Vancouver deserve a better option than paying palace-sized rents on postage stamp [sized] apartments,” he said in his inaugural address a year ago this month and continued to articulate this year. “Yes, rising prices are a consequence of
Vancouver continues to be one of the most expensive cities in the world to live. The city has made some gains on the rental housing front but wants senior levels of government to provide more funding to increase the city’s rental stock. PHOTO BY DAN TOULGOET
growth and prosperity. Affordability is a non-stop challenge in a city like ours. But that doesn’t mean we have to allow working and middle-class families to be priced out of town.”
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So what has Robertson done about it this year? First off, he complained to Premier Christy Clark in a letter he sent her in May. He requested the B.C. government build more housing and implement a tax to penalize property speculators and increase the property transfer tax on luxury homes. “The single biggest step the province could do to address the soaring housing costs in Metro Vancouver is to generate thousands of new housing units that are affordable for lower and middle income taxpayers,” he wrote. “Even a sharp correction in the housing market won’t enable opportunities for people to rent or buy without an increase in supply of housing geared to low and middle incomes.” He went on to say council was doing its part, setting aside $61 million in the city’s 2015 capital plan to invest in housing and support the fledgling affordable housing agency. In a strongly worded response to the mayor, the premier said the city could do more to create affordable housing by resorting to better land use planning and lowering fees and levies for new homes.
“Using any method of new taxation with the goal of driving down the price of housing could have the unintended effect of hurting current homeowners across the region,” Clark said in her letter. “Driving down the cost of housing by just 10 per cent would mean a family with a home currently worth $800,000 could lose $80,000 in equity in their home. That could put some homeowners with large mortgages into negative equity.” The result of that back-andforth: More talk, no direct action and housing prices still laughably expensive. Rent control is not even on the table.
Rental awareness
A careful read of the city’s recently released budget documents shows city council has made some gains in an area in which it has some control: rental housing. Since 2010, almost 1,000 new units of market rental housing have been built and occupied while another 1,500 units are under construction. More than 400 secondary suites and laneway houses were approved in 2015, adding to the 2,800 approved or built since 2012. The Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency identified 12 city sites this year that will see more than 1,000 new units built over the next few years in areas such as the River District, the Downtown Eastside and Kensington-Cedar Cottage.
Other non-market housing projects also moved forward this year, including the construction of 21 units for low-income mothers in Strathcona and another 31 units for the same group in a fire hall/YWCA complex on East 54th Avenue. Added to those projects is the Community Housing Land Trust Foundation’s initiative to create 358 units on four city properties. Tenants on low to moderate incomes, as well as seniors and singles, will occupy the homes. Last week, the city announced the proposed Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy and Guidelines, which goes before council Dec. 10. The aim of the legislation is to implement a combination of measures to relocate and compensate tenants when a developer renovates or redevelops a residential building.
Fed up
But while the city has made some progress in building rental housing — and Robertson continues to wrangle the B.C. government to buck up for more units — the mayor has repeatedly said the federal government needs to get back in the housing game to really make a mark on affordability. The Liberals’ massive federal victory in October has given him hope that changes will soon come and lead to a renewal of the longago-scrapped national housing program. In his campaign to become
prime minister, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised the following, if elected: • To provide tax incentives to boost development and renovation of rental housing. • Renew existing co-operative housing agreements set to expire. • Provide operating funding to support municipalities. • Provide project financing through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the new Canada Infrastructure Bank. • Review temporary and/or non-resident home purchases. Robertson has talked with Trudeau and travelled to Ottawa to meet with newly sworn-in cabinet ministers to discuss housing and other issues facing Vancouver such as transit and climate change. The mayor appears to have an ally in Trudeau, but that friendship and aligning of priorities has yet to be tested. And with unpredictable economic forces driving real estate prices and the cost of rent in Vancouver, there is a good chance affordability — an oxymoron to many in this city — will be a contender to repeat as the Courier’s Newsmaker of the Year in 2016. Unless, of course, the market crashes and you can buy a fixerupper in Kerrisdale for half a million bucks. But then, hey, what would Vancouverites have to talk about, tweet about and read about? @Howellings
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Feature
tops this year’s news
1. Lost in transit
Despite an expensive campaign led by Mayor Gregor Robertson to urge Metro Vancouver voters to vote Yes in the transportation and transit plebiscite, voters rejected a plan to pay an additional 0.5 per cent of sales tax to fund the regional mayors’ plan to curb congestion. The results were announced in July, with 62 per cent of voters voting No.
2. Ch-ch-changes
The Vision Vancouver-led city council that hired city manager Penny Ballem in 2008 to steer an ambitious agenda that included reducing the number of homeless people on the street and preparing Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games decided in September to not renew her contract. The Vancouver Police Department announced in April that Adam Palmer was the city’s new police chief. He replaced Jim Chu, who retired after almost eight years at the helm and later accepted a job with Aquilini Investment Group.
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3. Gone to pot
In June, Vancouver became the first municipality in Canada to adopt a set of rules to regulate the city’s illegal marijuana dispensaries. No licences are expected to be issued until next year.
4. Clearing the way
After much debate, city council voted 5-4 in favour of a staff recommendation to proceed with a $200-million plan to demolish the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts that have served as a link from Chinatown and Strathcona to downtown since the 1970s.
5. Red tide
Two new MPs were named to high-profile cabinet positions in October. Harjit Sajjan was elected as the Liberal MP for Vancouver South. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau later appointed him as minister responsible for national defence. Jody Wilson-Raybould was elected in Vancouver Centre and appointed minister of justice. PHOTOS BY DAN TOULGOET
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Opinion
Development open houses should reveal more Story boards and illustrative panels don’t reveal enough about look of projects
Michael Geller
michaelarthurgeller@gmail.com
Given the number of holiday receptions and office parties taking place, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, or Chanukah, or whatever you celebrate this time of year. However, for some strange reason, the past two weeks have also been a time for three City of Vancouver planning department open houses: the proposed redevelopment of Langara Gardens, the much-awaited rezoning proposal for the Little Mountain property and 555 West Cordova St., the parking lot next to the former CPR Station where the so-called origami tower was rejected earlier this year. Much will be written about these important developments over the coming weeks and months. However, as I wandered about the open houses, I was troubled. Despite the many elaborate story boards and illustrative panels, I really could
not tell what these projects would look like if approved, and wondered how the public could be reasonably expected to comment. Here is what I did find. The Langara Gardens complex is located west of Cambie Street between 57th Avenue and the lane south of 54th Avenue. In 1987 my company rezoned it for a fourth 18-storey rental tower on behalf of its then owner, the late Morris Wosk. The current owners are Concert Properties, one of Canada’s most respected development companies, and Petersen Group. Their architect is James Cheng, a colleague and friend, who has designed many of the city’s most beautiful developments. This open house, the second organized by the planning department in a $700,000-plus planning process, is to help develop a policy statement to guide the future rezoning of the property. There was a lot of
A recent Little Mountain open house featured many bird’s eye diagrams but nothing to show the public what the development will look like when viewed at street level. PHOTO MICHAEL GELLER
information on display, including three “planning concepts” on which the public was asked to comment. However, two things troubled me. The three concepts were essentially the same. Each contained a similar amount of development in lowrise (three to six storeys), midrise (up to 20 storeys), and highrise (up to 28 storeys). Moreover, the 3-D drawings and site plan diagrams on display gave no indication what a future develop-
ment might look like. If you are questioning whether a 20-storey building is a midrise, you are right. If you are wondering why 28 storeys, city council approved this height for the adjacent Pearson hospital site. I was more troubled at the Little Mountain open house where the proponent Holborn and its design team has finally submitted a formal rezoning proposal. The latest plan calls for 1,732 housing units along with an array of community amenities — 234 of the units
replace the social housing formerly on the property. While some are criticizing the plan for not having enough social housing, the purchase price, rumoured to be between $200 and $300 million, will be used by the province to fund other social housing projects. Many bird’s-eye drawings and diagrams were on display. However, there was nothing to show the public what this development will actually look like when viewed at street level. The planners justified this by saying it is just a rezoning; the detailed drawings can come later. I disagree. With today’s computer graphics it is surprisingly easy to prepare realistic drawings of how a project will look. The city should ask Holborn and IBI Architects to prepare illustrations, prior to rezoning, so everyone can see how this large development will appear when viewed at street level along Main Street and elsewhere around the site. I am hoping it will look better
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than when viewed by a bird. At the 555 West Cordova open house there was no specific building design on display. This time I did not object, since the proponent and city have decided it is important to reach agreement on key design principles for this strategic “Hub” site at the gateway to the waterfront, before designing the building. However, I worry that any building design that incorporates unused square footage from the CP Station site will be too large for this small, publicly cherished lot. I therefore urge the city to encourage the developer to transfer a significant portion of the building density to its other properties, so that the new building can better fit with its heritage surroundings. Extensive information about the Langara Gardens and Little Mountain proposals is available on the City of Vancouver website vancouver.ca. @michaelgeller
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Maggie Hosgood, a United Church member and volunteer leader with the Westside Churches Refugee Sponsorship Committee, says scripture calls on individuals to welcome the stranger. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
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Churches inundated with offers to help Syrian refugees Second in a two-part series about refugees and Vancouverites of all religions mobilizing to welcome them
Pat Johnson
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Friendships may be fraying on Facebook over whether Syrian refugees pose a risk to Canada, but friendship and openheartedness are going viral online and off. Last week’s column, profiling one man’s story of hope, spread like wildfire, which I attribute more to Vancouverites’ enthusiasm for the cause than superb writing. It is literally impossible to measure the numbers of individual Canadians, charitable organizations and faith groups coming forward to welcome Middle Eastern refugees, because it grows by the day. In Vancouver alone, Muslims, Christians, Jews and others of almost every stripe are upping the estimates of what they can do to help. Modest fundraising targets are being smashed. People are gathering food and other necessities, even though only a few refugees have arrived so far. Organizers in church central offices are inundated with calls from parishes and individual parishioners asking how to help.
There is a huge amount of enthusiasm, says Maggie Hosgood, a United Church member and volunteer leader with the Westside Churches Refugee Sponsorship Committee. The committee is a grouping of seven United, Mennonite and Presbyterian churches in the city. They’re sponsoring a pair of Syrian brothers in their 20s who could arrive within weeks. Undertaking to sponsor an individual refugee or a family is no small thing. “First of all, you undertake to support them fully,” says Hosgood. “That’s everything, for 12 months.” Housing and all that goes into that — kitchen utensils, bedding, furniture — as well as clothing and all other expenses must be covered by the sponsoring group. The federal government estimates the commitment at about $30,000 per family, but clear-eyed Vancouverites recognize that local housing prices spike that considerably. Most local groups are using $40,000 as a rule of thumb. Then there are the intangibles. At the very least, the group is expected to greet the new Canadians
on their arrival, help them find their way around, aid them in meeting their incalculable number of needs, and ideally set them on a path toward earning their own way after the year of formal sponsorship ends. Most groups are prepared to do much more — and Hosgood has been involved in bringing plenty of earlier refugees. The group’s most recent sponsorship involved two young Tibetan women. What religious values drive them? And is it counterintuitive that Christians are sponsoring Muslims (or, in the case of the Tibetans, Buddhists)? “There is a lot of scripture that calls us to welcome the stranger, to look after those who need our help, to see brothers and sisters in new faces,” says Hosgood. “We have a saying — we don’t sponsor people because they are Christian. We sponsor people because we are Christian.” About 32 Catholic parishes in Metro Vancouver are already actively sponsoring refugees and several more are considering it, says Evelyn Vollet, director of the service and justice office of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Vancouver. Again, why? “It’s not an option for us,” she says. “As Christians, it’s a requirement. We do this with open hearts. It’s a privilege to be able to support those in greatest need.” Azim Dahya, executive director of Muslim Food Bank and Community Services Society, said his group is channeling funds to the B.C. Muslim Association, which collectively hopes to sponsor at least 15 families. His agency will provide short- and longterm services to many of the newcomers. “One of the first challenges is getting them to learn English, motivating them to connect with ESL programs, giving them a job or… help them develop skills and help them through other challenges,” says Dahya. “The youths, when they have addiction problems or mental health issues, then we help them in those areas by voluntary caseworkers connecting them with mainstream organizations or other Muslim organizations that do work in different areas and have expertise. That’s how we help them to become self-
reliant, progressive citizens of this country.” The Jewish community is also mobilizing to welcome refugees. Two Vancouver synagogues are aiming to sponsor refugee families and more are considering it. Others are raising funds for relief on the ground in the Middle East. The East Vancouver synagogue Or Shalom aims to sponsor three families, focusing on family reunification and LGBT refugees. “We’re kind of in the process right now of selecting the families, which obviously is going to be a pretty tough decision,” says Natalie Grunberg, who is part of the organizing committee. Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, of Temple Sholom on Oak Street, says his synagogue also plans to sponsor multiple families, though he admits he had some pushback from congregants. But he said religious interdictions win out. “The most often-repeated commandment in all of Jewish tradition is to love the stranger, because that was you once,” he says. The federal government’s announcement that Canada will accept
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Program aims to help seniors with health-related home renovations Aging in place. It’s what most of us want — but not everyone can. One of the potential problems for people hoping to age in place is that their homes may not be senior friendly. Many seniors live in homes with narrow interior doors, hard to reach kitchen cupboards and potentially dangerous bathroom fixtures. Making your home senior friendly can be costly. The new Home Accessibility Tax Credit for seniors and persons with disabilities can help with that. The purpose of the credit is to help ensure seniors and persons with disabilities can live healthy,
independent lives in the comfort of their own home or that of a family member. The credit isn’t effective until 2016, but that’s only a few weeks away. HATC is simple and inclusive — spend up to $10,000 for eligible home renovation expenditures, get back up to $1,500 in tax relief. A dwelling for the purpose of HATC is your principal residence owned by you and your spouse or partner or other eligible relative and ordinarily occupied by you during the year. Rentals do not qualify.
Condominiums do. To qualify for the credit the renovations must improve the safety and/or accessibility of your home and be “integral” to the eligible dwelling. The items that qualify for the credit include, among others, the purchase and installation of wheelchair ramps, walk-in bathtubs, wheel-in showers and grab bars, lowering existing countertops/ cupboards, additional light fixtures throughout the home and exterior entrances and certain renovations to permit first floor occupancy or a secondary suite for a senior.
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You can claim the cost of labour and professional services,
building materials, fixtures, equipment rentals and permits on your renovation. If you search online for “HATC,” you’ll find a full list of what is and isn’t covered by the program. Aging in place is not the same as staying put. In my opinion some seniors need to recognize that moving rather than renovating is the best option and doing it earlier rather than later is probably, if you will pardon the pun, the best move of all. A $1,500 tax credit gets my attention. For others, not so
much. Bundle the HATC with some other tax credits and the whole proposition becomes more attractive. For example some of the renovations that qualify for the HATC may also qualify for the medical expense tax credit METC and you could claim both credits in 2016. Throw in the B.C. Seniors Home Renovation Tax Credit and you are talking about some real money here. Given that HATC is a permanent tax credit you can use it more than once. Make a list of what needs to be done —
your kitchen, bathroom, front entrance etc. and claim the credit each year. I know two people who want to renovate their kitchen — my wife and daughter. I’m less enthused. And I’m outnumbered. I don’t know if they are familiar with HATC. Lucky for me they don’t usually read my columns. Tom Carney is the former executive director of the Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideas for future columns are welcome at tomcarney@telus.net.
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For Surrey-based Viva Care Medical Group, it’s all about “embracing the frustration,” said Aleem Teja, the company’s director of operations. “The biggest frustration for anybody who comes into a clinic is they walk up to the clinic, and it’s either closed early because the doctor has met their quota or they come in and they’re waiting two hours to see a physician,” Teja said. Viva Care, a multidisciplinary healthcare clinic that was started in 2008 and now has 10 locations across the Lower Mainland, started publishing wait times online for all of its clinics in 2013. A 2014 health policy survey by the Commonwealth Fund that looked at physician and specialist wait times in 11 countries including Australia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, ranked Canada last. The study also found wait times to see a physician or specialist had not improved across the country since 2007. Teja said Viva Care is following in the footsteps of a 2013 initiative by Vancouver Coastal Health that offers realtime projected wait times for hospitals including Vancouver General, Mount St. Joseph, St. Paul’s, Lions Gate and Richmond.
“Health authorities are doing this with their emergency room wait times,” added Teja, noting they update each clinic’s projected wait times every 20 minutes. “They’re publishing them online, so the idea with us was to have that transparency so the patient knows before they come, and also so they can plan out their day.” Publishing expected wait times is one of the initiatives the clinic has implemented with the aim of improving convenience. Viva Care, which recently won a Surrey Board of Trade Business Excellence Award, has also incorporated a pager system for its clinics stationed inside Wal-Mart stores. Another initiative gives patients the option of video conferencing with a doctor instead of coming into the clinic. Teja said this has been especially useful for patients who are senior citizens. “So you can imagine the ease and comfort that would create for a 60 or 70-yearold, not having to organize a ride to the clinic and alleviating that problem... They can easily get their health question answered by their family doctor over a secure portal, and/or get their prescription refilled over the portal and have that prescription delivered to their pharmacy.”
Association found a 45.7 per cent jump in the use of telehealth across the country since 2013. Last year the association reported that close to half a million telehealth sessions took place. Teja said telehealth works best for Viva Care’s clinics when patients have already established a rapport with their physicians, making it easier for some appointments to take place online instead of during a walk-in visit. “We want to make sure the physicians are comfortable, as well, treating the patient over telehealth,” he said. In 2014, Health Minister Terry Lake ordered a review of overall telemedicine care, to address concerns the surge in use could create “virtual walk-in clinics” and an unsustainable rise in costs. Ministry of Health media relations manager Laura Heinze said the review “highlighted the need for a broader telehealth strategy to provide a provincially co-ordinated vision... We have received valuable input that will assist us in developing policy recommendations to support the best use of telemedicine in B.C. The Ministry of Health is now incorporating that feedback as we create a telehealth strategy for the province, which will ensure patients receive safe, appropriate and effective care, no matter where they live.”
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As much as I love the holiday season — the social gatherings and the festive air — I admittedly cringe when it comes time for holiday decorating. I love all the sparkle, but the designer in me simply can’t handle the massive interruption to my carefully curated décor.
Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m Kristy and my company is called Scandinavia Wolf Designs, a combination of art, jewelry, home décor and soon to be textiles. I’m originally from Nelson and that is where my love for nature was born. I had big dreams and felt I needed to move to Vancouver (20 years ago) to make them come true. It was a great decision — Vancouver has given me both nature and opportunity.
With a six-year-old daughter, I have no opportunity to skip the whole tree and stockings thing (that would be super Grinch-y), so I have to get creative with finding décor pieces that bring the feel of festive without killing my overall aesthetic. Now that December has arrived and every shop seems to be full swing into holiday mode, the panic of finding fun (and designerapproved) festive décor has set it. During my hunt I came across the beautiful wall art of Scandinavia Wolf Designs. Hand-crafted by founder Kristy Hansen, each piece offers an element of natural glamour. While Scandinavia Wolf is by no means a holiday décor line, the pieces are
created with a blend of hand-painted gathered woods, natural gemstones, wool and feathers that offer an ideal alternative to the traditional holiday décor for a modern home, yet reveal themselves as pieces you’ll want to leave on display year round. Scandinavia Wolf has also been invited to feature an installation at the opening gala for Mike Wollin at Shoreline Studios, as well as a pop-up with West Elm’s South Granville location Dec. 20.
If you’re looking for even more ways to give this holiday season, partial proceeds from every Scandinavia Wolf sale — year round — are donated to charity. Currently working with Covenant House, Hansen believes the branches she incorporates into her designs represent the beauty in taking something overlooked and giving it opportunity to achieve its full beauty and potential.
How did you get started running your own business? I think the seeds of my business started as a young child when I loved to go and collect interesting rocks. I never lost that love for nature and its treasures and I’ve always wanted to incorporate these elements into my artwork. Initially I dabbled in interior design and then fashion but I also had a desire to design jewelry. In the end I didn’t want to do just one thing
so instead I combined all of my passions within my Scandinavia Wolf brand. What is your most quirky attribute? I use coconut oil for everything — cooking, an ingredient in my breakfast smoothies, body lotion, hair treatment and protecting wood (like cutting boards, wood utensils, etc.). I also use it to polish my gemstones and as a primer on branches to be used for my wall art... oh, and I use it for eye make-up remover. I’m sure I’ll find some more uses for it in the near future. Some people collect old cameras and typewriters, do you collect anything? I collect rocks, gemstones, branches and fabric. I also have a pretty mean collection of misfit stuffed animals that I’ve created for a previous business — maybe I’ll bring them out again one day.
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The expression of unconditional love
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Our families can open us up to connecting and learning to love unconditionally.
Part of what’s wrong in the world is a profound misunderstanding of love. We are easily caught up with its counterfeits:
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craving, lust, possession and infatuation. To experience genuine love is to awaken, to express this love is to be fully alive. We can express love as we serve others — through our intention to do good (and not to harm), to be open to the suffering and the needs of another and to help where we can; to seize each and every opportunity to make a positive difference; to share our own gifts; to see beauty in another, and bring out the best. Love lifts us up. Our families can open us to connecting, letting go of self-interests and learning to love unconditionally. Loving my children has made me a better person. The love of my parents who loved all that I was, brought out the best in me. But parental love can be conditional. Do we love our children most because they are our children and not someone else’s? Do we
unpleasant, regretful and overwhelming: misfortune and trauma, negative situations, difficult relationships, harm we have experienced, harm that we have done, missed opportunities, words left unsaid and acts left undone. We have all made mistakes, taken wrong turns and experience regret. We have all felt angry, selfish, cold or closed. We experience aversion with strong emotions — fear, anger, despair — that are hard to accept, acknowledge and release. We may wish to relive happier times, erase negative experiences and correct our mistakes. But the only way to be truly happy and to live life fully is to live fully in the present — to acknowledge and accept all that has happened, all that we’ve done and all that we are — in order to be present to each arising moment. To turn away, hide or fight against our nature and the reality of our world is to give
But the only way to be truly happy and to live life fully is to live fully in the present — to acknowledge and accept all that has happened, all that we’ve done and all that we are — in order to be present to each arising moment. love them more when they are good and when they do things that please us? Do we see our children as our possessions or extensions of our own egos? Children sometimes feel that they must earn the love of their parents, and if they don’t do what their parents want, they won’t be loved. But that is not unconditional love. What I want most for the people I love is that they each love themselves the way I love them: that they accept themselves and their lives just as they are, forgive themselves, let go of what they do not need, let go of what holds them back, see the beauty that I see in them and share their gifts with the world. Loving your life as it has unfolded is a challenge. There are events and experiences that are
greater power to the very things we push away. They continue to hold us back from fully loving, fully living and finding our true selves. We can choose to let go and we are freed to see more clearly — to see beauty, to love unconditionally our selves, others and our lives. We are all human and imperfect, but still deserving of love, beautiful and able to love. What you do in your thoughts, words and actions to benefit another — or to benefit the world — benefits you. What you do to nurture your soul nurtures the world. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in life, visit davidicuswong.wordpress.com.
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Top: Chef David Robertson, owner of the Dirty Apron cooking school, demonstrates how to prepare ingredients before students are sent to their own stations to make the meal themselves. Bottom: Johnny Poplar says he enjoys working in kitchens and likes being part of a team. PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET
Chef David Robertson leans towards his cooking students, holding a mushroom between two fingers. Using a paring knife, he peels off the thin outer layer of skin, starting underneath the cap. “You pinch under — see how that comes off? Take your time with this one. Some people get so aggressive, there’s no mushroom left after,” he explains. Robertson, owner of the Dirty Apron cooking school on Beatty Street, is demonstrating a version of his Boeuf Bourguignon recipe before students go to individual
stations to prepare the meal themselves. Johnny Poplar is among them. Poplar and his classmates live nearby at the Avalon Hotel on Pender Street and are members of the SRO’s Crock Pot Cooking Club. Robertson sponsors the club — providing the ingredients and lessons. It operates through Whole Way House, a charitable organization run through the hotel, which also organizes other events including a weekly dinner, games nights and haircuts from the Chop Shop. Jenny Konkin, president of Whole Way House, co-founded it with her brother Josh in 2013. Their grandmother
p owns the SRO, and their E a cousins run it. Whole Way House’s s stated aim is to “recon- i nect, rebuild, recenter,” s in order to ease loneli- s ness and create relationships among residents, t many of whom have ad- i diction or mental health u a issues. t Usually the cooking class is held in the SRO l about once a month, but v today it’s taking place in the Dirty Apron’s profes- i sional kitchen as a year- P o end celebration. Konkin said the club’s d overall intent is to build p tenants’ self-confidence t g and sense of purpose a while teaching them easy meals to prepare in h e crockpots. Continued on page 37f
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Whole Way House creates community in Avalon Hotel
Continued from page 36 “Everyone has gifts and talents and abilities. We want to give the guys opportunities to use them. Every time we feel we’re able to use our gifts, we start to rebuild something inside of us that maybe some of these guys, they started to lose.” Poplar, who’s lived at the Avalon for four years, is an eager student — he used to work as a cook and is familiar with some techniques, while open to learning new and advanced ones. Once Robertson finishes his demonstration, Poplar preps his own tray of ingredients, including dicing an onion, chopping a carrot and potatoes into chunks, mincing garlic, seasoning the beef and searing it in pan of hot grape seed oil. Robertson walks back and 7forth between students,
simmer before putting it all into their crockpots to take back home. Afterwards, while they enjoy a sandwich and soup in the dining room, Robertson tells the Courier he became involved in the program because the cooking school is a neighbour of the SRO and it was also an opportunity to share his area of expertise. “It’s teaching people a life skill. I just found food was a good medium and a good way to connect on that. Everybody can relate to food and having a good meal,” he says. “I’m a chef-teacher, so I just wanted to use my skillset in the best way I could. They seem to receive it quite well and in the meantime we’ve built relationships.” Robertson says since some of the students have worked in the restaurant
Coastal Church, which enabled the hiring of a project coordinator. “We wanted to create a place that feels like a home,” Konkin says. “Whole Way House’s purpose is to create a community within the building.” @naoibh
Each student prepared their own ingredients for the beef stew, which was then put into a crockpot to take back home and eat later. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET. See photo gallery at vancourier.com.
We wanted to create a place that feels like a home. Whole Way House’s purpose is to create a community within the building. offering tips and checking on progress. “Let me know if you can’t remember something or if you need a hand,” he says. Poplar says he’s been cooking since he was about 12 and loves it. “I enjoy being in kitchens, being part of the team. You try and learn everything you can,” he says. Once all of his meat and vegetables are in the pan, Poplar realizes one item is missing. “I just need the spices now… the thyme,” he says. Robertson grabs it for him and he drops it into the stew. “That goes right in there. Yup, right there. Now that looks nice. It looks great. But I wish I had more green in there like celery. But that looks fantastic.” Robertson reminds all the students to bring their ingredients to a
industry in the past, the lessons may renew their interest in cooking and perhaps lead them back to the workforce. But he says it’s also important to empower people to cook even if it just becomes a hobby. “That could be daily enjoyment for some of them — to do their grocery shopping, put on a meal at night. It’s enough to keep some people happy in life. So, that’s the feedback I get from them and that’s what keeps me doing it.” While Whole Way House doesn’t yet have permanent funding, Konkin says she will be applying for some grants. She’s also grateful for support from individuals like Robertson and the organization has earned financial donations from other individuals and businesses, as well as
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CURTAIN RAISER: Two of the city’s venerable arts organizations joined forces and officially opened the BMO Theatre Centre. The Arts Club Theatre Company and Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival moved into the impressive custom-built facility at the Olympic Village. In addition to being headquarters for both companies, the Centre houses two costume shops, four rehearsal rooms and a state-of-the-art, 260-seat theatre. Arts Club artistic director Bill Millerd and Bard on the Beach founder Christopher Gaze welcomed key stakeholders who helped raise nearly $15 million to the grand opening. The multi-level facility — first earmarked for another arts institution, the Vancouver Playhouse, before its demise — was made possible with the help of many supporters, including Goldcorp, Industrial Alliance, the City of Vancouver, the Province of B.C., Heritage Canada and BMO Canada, which sees its moniker on its first ever building in B.C. PITCH PERFECT: More than 20 choirs participated in Yule Duel, Vancouver’s first street-caroling competition. Presented by the Bloom Group and the Gastown Business Improvement Society, the event, inspired by Figgy Pudding, a renowned caroling competition and charitable fundraiser in Seattle, drew hundreds who converged on the historic Gastown area to enjoy the sweet sounds of choral music. Yours truly served as master of ceremonies for the sing off. Caroling with a cause, proceeds from the friendly vocal competition raised more than $30,000 for May’s Place, a hospice in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. GAME ON: Anyone in the city who has been to a sporting event or concert at Rogers Arena and B.C. Place will be familiar with the Shark Club. For more than two decades, it was the city’s go-to pre-game, post-game and everything-inbetween sports bar. After an 18-month, multi-million-dollar renovation, the iconic hot spot has returned. Several hundred attendees filed into the nicely appointed 9,250 square-foot dining and lounge space for the official opening, fronted by Tom Gaglardi, owner of the Dallas Stars hockey team. Decked out with state-of-the-art viewing screens complete with a wraparound sports ticker, the new Shark Club Vancouver is the standard bearer for the firm’s dozen locations across Canada and the U.K.
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Arts Club Theatre artistic director Bill Millerd and Bard on the Beach founder Christopher Gaze officially opened the city’s newest cultural jewel — the BMO Theatre Centre — at the Olympic Village.
Vocal choral group Sweet Scarlett took home best creative performance at the inaugural Yule Dule caroling celebrations in Gastown, orchestrated by Jonathan Oldham of the Bloom Group. Proceeds benefited May’s Place Hospice in the Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver Police chief Adam Palmer and foundation executive director Martina Meckova hosted a holiday reception thanking VPD officers for their community work and donors for their support of crime prevention and community outreach programs.
Rookie quarterback Michael O’Connor brought home the Vanier Cup to UBC ending an 18-year drought since its last national football championship.
From left, Shark Club’s VP of Marketing Lindsey Turner mugged with Nordstrom’s Veronica Bailey and Avenue PR’s Tiffany Soper at the reopening of the iconic downtown bar and lounge.
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Shark Club executive chef Brandon Thordarson welcomed Hollywood actor Joshua Jackson to the sports bar’s impressive new digs.
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The holidays are a special time for families. It is a time to celebrate traditions with the people you care for, to cherish the memories that you have built together, and to share the love that you have for each other. This theme is at the forefront for the 600 children with lifethreatening illnesses and their families who rely on the specialized medical care and support provided by Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Holidays at Canuck Place are filled with love, joy and peace. Yet the holidays are one of the most difficult times of the year for the children and families supported by the province’s pediatric palliative care provider. Melinda Vargus, mother of Dawn, knows of the special spirit children bring to the holidays. “Dawn loved the holidays. The bright lights, the decorations, visiting with friends and family,” said Melinda. “Dawn also enjoyed holiday treats. She was always bright and happy, laughing at silly jokes, even
when she was very sick.” After being diagnosed early in 2014 with anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare malignant brain tumour, seven-year-old Dawn lived just four months before passing away at Canuck Place surrounded by her large extended family; her mom, Melinda, was lying right next to her when she died. “We were referred to Canuck Place but didn’t go right away,” recalled Melinda, “When we did go in for our first stay, Dawn never ended up leaving.” Canuck Place allowed Dawn to spend the last weeks of her life filled with peace and joy, and surrounded by the people she loved. Her pain and other symptoms were managed by the exceptional clinical team at Canuck Place, which continues to give the Vargus family counselling and support as they grieve. “Today, our family attends bereavement group meetings at Canuck Place, including our six-year-old son Jesse,” said Melinda. “Jesse was only four years old when his sister passed away. He says this support
group is the only place he can really talk about Dawn with other kids who actually understand what he’s feeling. Although it’s painful, it’s also very healing to share our memories of Dawn with others who have lost children and siblings of their own. Canuck Place provides a full spectrum of support to B.C.’s sickest kids through two provincial hospice locations in Vancouver and Abbotsford. Services include medical respite and family support, pain and symptom management, 24hour phone consultation support and in-house clinical care, art and education, recreation therapy, grief and loss counselling and end-of-life care. “I miss my baby girl,” said Melinda, “I desperately wish she was here to celebrate the holidays with our family this year. But with the help of our extended family at Canuck Place, we have the support we need to live in the moment together. And in a way, we have Dawn to thank for that, too.”
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Vacation like a Jedi Sandra Thomas
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With Star Wars: The Force Awakens set to open next week at theatres across the globe, several tour companies have created travel packages to locations where the much anticipated film was shot. Here’s a sample of what’s available, should the Force, and some extra cash, awaken within you.
Skellig Michael (Ireland)
Also known as Sceilig Mhichíl, the island was used for three days of filming and acted as the desolate location where, rumour has it, Luke Skywalker has been holed up. From its stunning scenery and moody, storm-lashed shores, the Force is definitely strong here. Trafalger.com.
Endor (Puzzlewood, England)
Nestled between the Wye Valley, the Vale of Leadon and the Severn Valley, England’s Royal Forest of Dean is located outside the town of Gloucestershire. Its relative isolation
created by the valleys of two great tidal rivers, together with its hilly terrain make for a great backdrop in Star Wars. It’s rumoured the area called Puzzlewood in the ancient woods doubled as the forested moon of Endor, home of the Ewoks. Trafalgar.com.
blance to the volcanic world of Sullust. The region was created by a large basaltic lava eruption some 2,300 years ago, and the surrounding landscape is dominated by volcanic landforms, including lava pillars and rootless vents. Insightvacations.com.
Geonosis and Adarlon (Scotland)
A little closer to home, but in an area just as rugged as Scotland, is Squamish and the Sea to Sky Gondola, which has special Christmas programs running now through the end of December. The Spirit of Christmas series allows visitors to explore the beauty of Squamish by walking, snowshoeing, tubing and back-country skiing. For those more comfortable indoors, the Summit Lodge is the place to be for coffee or hot chocolate and stories by the fire. Enjoy a traditional fondue dinner Dec. 11, 12 and 27 and a classic choral Christmas Dec. 12. A holiday concert takes place Dec. 13. For a complete schedule of events and times visit seatoskygondola.com. @sthomas10
Possessing stunning scenery perfect for replicating the rock formations of mountainous planets, Scotland’s beautiful Isle of Skye is a Jedi’s paradise. This is the first time in Star Wars’ history scenes have been filmed in Scotland. Contiki.com.
Tatooine (Abu Dhabi) While the desert world of Tatooine was traditionally filmed in southern Tunisia, the latest installment was shot on the sands of Abu Dhabi. Insightvacations.com.
Sullust (Myvatn, Iceland)
Scenes from the new installment were reportedly filmed here, which is not surprising given the region’s eerie resem-
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usan (not her real name) remembers the cramped, smelly bus ride from Vancouver to Calgary. She is carrying a bag of cash, intended to buy drugs from gang members in Calgary. When she gets there, she meets two men in a parking lot. The exchange goes wrong. One of the men hits her. She falls to the ground. And then they start kicking her. When they stop, the money is gone. The drugs are gone. Susan is lying bloodied on the pavement. But she is worried – in fact, frightened to death – about one thing above all: how she is going to explain what happened to her gang bosses back home. Raw, gritty and told by Susan herself, her story is the centrepiece of the latest Community Report from B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEUBC), the province’s integrated antigang police agency. Formed in 2009, CFSEU-BC is tasked with combating gang activity throughout the province, and since 2013 it has published annual community reports as part of its
public education and advocacy efforts. The theme of the 2015 report is “Youth, Girls and, Gangs,” with stories and commentary that focus on the increasing involvement of younger people and women in gangs. “The gang landscape in BC is continually changing,” says Constable Jordan McLellan, community engagement officer for CFSEU-BC. “The typical gangster used to be a male in his late 20s, but now very young men and women are getting involved in the gang lifestyle. Some are as young as 15 – children who can’t really appreciate the consequences of their actions.” According to the CFSEU-BC report, the average age of a victim of gang violence 10 years ago was 30. Today, the average is 25, and the youngest victim this year was only 15 years old. Why the increase? Recruiters for gangs actively prey on youth’s naïveté. Culture plays a part, too, with easy access by ever-younger kids to glamorized gang images in TV shows, music and movies. For too many, it works. “There’s an allure to the gang lifestyle – an easy life, lots of money, girls will like you, people will
respect you,” says McLellan. “The reality is that the life is not easy, the money goes just as fast as it comes, and you end up destroying your relationships with friends and family.” Sadly, it’s a similar pattern for the increasing number of girls recruited into BC gangs. Typically, young women get involved because they are seduced by the seemingly lavish lifestyle gangsters enjoy. Many begin the journey as girlfriends, but after a time they take on more active roles, like holding drugs or hiding weapons. Some, like Susan, get more deeply involved. But there is hope. Although violence spiked in the first half of the year, with 30 gang-related homicides and attempted homicides, the longer-term trend is toward a steady decline in gang activity since 2008, when there were 51 gangrelated homicides and attempted homicides in BC. Last year, there were 18 such incidents, according to CFSEU-BC. One of the reasons for that trend is CFSEU-BC’s enforcement and investigative activities, resulting in several arrests of high-level gang criminals this year.
As well, the unit has launched a high-profile “prevention through education” program called End Gang Life (endganglife.ca), whose goal is to keep people out of gangs by telling the other side of the story. A multi-media campaign that features a website, posters, radio ads, and thought-provoking videos, End Gang Life reveals the hard realities of gang activity, and the damage it does to individuals, families and communities. The program also provides parent resources in eight different languages, to help adults have frank and effective conversations with their kids about gangs. “These resources are a good start to having a discussion,” says McLellan. “Parents need to understand that it may be a hard talk to have with your kids, but it will be easier than talking about their funeral.” For Susan – who is, at last, out
of gangs – the impact of the End Gang Life campaign is very real. Earlier this year, after she saw the posters and visited the website, she approached CFSEU-BC with an offer to tell her story and help educate other young women on the realities of life as a gang member. “I was young, I was stupid, and I would caution any kid against this,” she writes in the report. “What I lived through, I didn’t come out unscathed. I came out damaged, with wounds that’ll never heal and emotional scars that will linger forever.” The full CFSEU-BC 2015 Community Report, “Youth, Girls, and Gangs,” is available online at bc-anti-gang.com
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Your mellow mood continues, Aries. Well, that’s not totally right, for you are dealing with an intense relationship all December, or you are reacting quickly, perhaps angrily, to others. But that’s a minor thing compared to the gently rising wave of understanding, compassion and “human” love that fills this week. This “wave” is accompanied by intellectual pursuits, far travel, international themes, cultural involvements, higher education, possible relationship “proposals.”
Your daily restlessness and busyness continues for one more week. Take care of all the little (and possibly neglected) details: tax receipts, addresses, answering emails, etc. Be curious, read the news, ask questions – this is your “free” learning time. (Free because nothing of huge importance calls you into other action.) You remain magnetic, both to those looking for sex, and those looking for a mate. The downside is, you can be too impulsive, too unrestrained.
The accent remains on secrets, mysteries, mutual resources (e.g., family money/assets) big finances, investment and debt, sexual desires, health diagnoses, research, detective work, life style changes, commitments and their consequences. Your work is hard and intense all December, but it also makes you money, so keep on trucking. Others treat you with grace and affection this month, so this is a fine time to present ideas, proposals, to relocate and/or to link up.
Follow the money, Scorpio. Seek new products, new clients, ask for a pay raise, etc. Shop, too – especially for home items, furniture, etc., Mon./ Tues. Your job continues to be a bit of a burden, holding you back from other things – this will end by January, so just shrug and do your best. Your charisma and graciousness are showing – you could attract someone sensual, but not necessarily viable for the long term.
This is your last week of open, honest, aboveboard relationships, Gemini. Next week, relations will tend to veer into deeper, more private, quiet, intimate waters. The ones you deal with now might accompany you into those deeper zones. For example, a business agreement/opportunity you achieve now (or have recently) will enter the funding (and real commitment) stage; an emotional relationship might now turn “boudoir intimate.”
Your energy, charisma, clout and effectiveness still ride high, but your private life grows sweeter also. Civil servants, institutional workers, therapists and counsellors favour you all December. This is an excellent month to mull over the future, your direction in life, and to form plans. Those plans might include romance, as some of you are courting a person you met in a group recently; if not, you will find groups a fertile place to find a romantic partner.
This is your last week of drudgery, Cancer. The 21st will bring the fresh air of “new horizons.” But until then, take your chores seriously, especially Friday eve and Saturday, when you could face a choice between success through effort, and simple failure – there’s little “in between.” (Don’t rely on co-operation these two days.) Protect your health; eat and dress sensibly.
This is your last week of restriction, tiredness and low charisma, Cap. Patience! In the meanwhile, deal with government, institutions and large corporations, with health, warehousing or assembly line situations. (These areas will grow more and more significant until the end of 2017 – and they are areas you tend to thrive in.) Despite your low energy, friends are sweet and loyal all month. All December, too, bosses are impatient and temperamental.
This is your last week of romance, Leo, so enjoy it. (Whenever I write “romance” you can automatically include beauty, creativity and speculation, selfexpression, charming kids, adventure, and simply diving into the pleasured of the moment, without planning or regard for consequences.) You speak and travel well all month. Your home, family remain affectionate. Tackle chores Sunday – you might earn a pretty penny!
This is your last week of “celebration,” Aquarius, so dive in and have fun while you can. (December 21 will bring a month of rest and seclusion, so you’ll have lots of time for recovery, sober second thoughts, etc.) High popularity, social delights, entertainment and friendly romance: these are slated until next Sunday. This Sunday (the 13th) is best spent resting, dreaming, being private.
An intriguing period of domesticity, real estate and property interests, nature, gardening, landscaping, etc. will end in eight days. Intriguing, because various “hints” (if not more than hints) have nudged you toward doing something hopeful and “fun” in this arena. (E.g., you’d have “fun” building new stairs or putting raised beds in the garden.) If you have such an alluring semi-plan, instigate it now – but avoid starting pre-dawn Sun., Wed. night, and Fri./Sat.
The emphasis remains on career, ambition, your worldly standing and your community reputation for nine more days. You should succeed fairly easily. (Then a month of happy socializing begins.) All month, love favours you, in a gentle, understanding way. You might be with someone quite wise yet unusually pleasing. It’s also a good month for far travel, school applications, legal solutions, cultural engagements and profound thought.
Dec. 10: Meg White (41). Dec. 11: Brenda Lee (71). Dec. 12: Bob Barker (92). Dec. 13: Dick Van Dyke (90). Dec. 14: Patty Duke (69). Dec. 15: Tim Conway (82). Dec. 16: Billy Gibbons (66).
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1 Dec. 10 to 16, 2015 1. Vancity Theatre celebrates the 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra Dec. 13 and 14. Kicking things off, Vancouver film scholar Michael van den Bos curates and hosts a special presentation of clips featuring the “chairman of the board” singing, dancing and acting in his own inimitable style, followed by screenings of 1953’s From Here to Eternity, which nabbed Sinatra an Oscar for best supporting actor, and 1957’s Pal Joey, where Ol’ Blue Eyes finds himself caught between the affections of a young chorus girl played by Kim Novak and a wealthy society matron played by Rita Hayworth. Yowza! Details and showtimes at viff.org. 2. Local singer-songwriter and Be Good Tanyas alumna Frazey Ford brings her soulful stylings to the Vogue Theatre, Dec. 10, in support of her latest album, Indian Ocean. Omar Khan opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and ticketfly.com. 3. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. The annual Guided by Robots night is one of our favourite shows of the entire year. You know the drill: Members of SK Robot and guest vocalist Kevin Perley play a couple sets of Guided by Voices covers before opening up the stage to audience members doing their best Robert Pollard or, if you really want to show your indie rock cred, Tobin Sprout, for a joyously messy set of live GBV karaoke. Leg kicks optional. The club is open Dec. 12. 8 p.m. at the ANZA Club. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the Canucks Autism Network. 4. For the past 10 years, Clancy’s Angels has performed its annual December concert to sold-out WISE Hall audiences. Sadly, this year will be the East Van five-piece rock band and 15-member choir’s last. Expect an assortment of rock/pop anthems, power ballads and dance music as Clancy’s Angels say farewell Dec. 11 and 12. If you’re lucky, tickets might still be available at Highlife Records and online at clancysangels.ca.
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Peru meets Japan in C worthy Ancora
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When they pulled the wraps off C Restaurant (almost a couple decades ago), it marked a defining moment in the evolution of the city’s culinary scene. At the time, there was little awareness of what constituted “sustainable seafood,” let alone a dynamic chefs’ movement to drive it. C, chef Robert Clark and several others changed all that. Not surprisingly, these thoughts were front of mind as I settled into my chair at Ancora — the recently unveiled successor to C — in that strikingly attractive spot on the north seawall of False Creek. How, I wondered, might the new regime pay tribute to the room’s heritage? And, if so, how would they at the same time chart an entirely fresh course? Interestingly, and quite cleverly, Ancora achieves both, first by wholly embracing the sustainable mantra with an assertive marine emphasis, and then by wrapping it up with a definite nod to both Peruvian (it’s a thing now) and Japanese influences. With the talents of sushi
Taking its seafood seriously, Ancora proves a worthy successor to C Restaurant. PHOTO TIM PAWSEY
maestro Yoshi Tabo and Peruvian-raised executive chef Ricardo Valverde aboard, such lofty and seemingly disparate goals are readily achieved. A taste of Yoshi’s unabashedly spiced Albacore tuna roll or superbly textured Aburi scallop with prawn combo make for the perfect teaser. To kick off the holidays in style, it would be tough to beat the cornucopian Ancora Glacier — think of it as a kind of horizontal seafood tower — a raised platter laden with oysters on the half shell, crab
causa, Salt Spring mussels with a zesty Peruvian escabeche twist, poached prawns, sashimi and more. It’s a decadent celebration deserving of some fancy bubbles or Riesling. More highlights include a superbly textured Nova Scotia lobster risotto with bluefoot mushrooms and roasted cauliflower ($23/$46); panca-glazed sablefish with yam oregano pavé, chermoula, fennel and leek ($34); gently smoked yellowfin with daikon, yu choy and dashi broth ($33). Naturally Good Farm Chicken also
gets a (fairly salty) cross cultural nod, with potato risotto, braised kale, prosciutto, peanuts and a panca mole jus. Can we just say that pastry chef Amy Lee’s desserts totally rock? Especially the irresistible Ancora chocolate bar with rum gel and salted caramel. All this, a smartly reconfigured space with greatly improved upstairs and smart wine pairings from double threat GM/sommelier Andrea Vescovi (ex-Blue Water) make Ancora a worthy successor and contender. ancoradining.com.
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Adventurous Peter and the Starcatcher dazzles in new theatre Inventive, creative and funny voyage tells backstory of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan
Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net
What a rollicking, swashbuckling inaugural opening of the brand new Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. Peter and the Starcatcher is an Arts Club production in this new Arts Club/Bard on the Beach venue.
Imagine it’s 1855 and two ships set out from Queen Victoria’s England: one fast, one slow. They carry identical trunks: one filled with sand, one filled with valuable treasure — “star stuff.” Naturally, there are pirates. If you’ve ever wondered about Peter Pan’s backstory, playwright Rick Elice and director David Mackay make
it a voyage so inventive, creative and funny, it will carry you right out of these handsome new digs on First Avenue and into the night. No proscenium, no curtain, the Goldcorp Stage is a highly flexible black box. Lauchlin Johnston’s set takes us from dockside — where Lord Aster (Aadin Church) bids farewell to his
13-year-old daughter Molly (Rachel Cairns) — and onto the decks of the Wasp and the Neverland. The show weighs anchor with a rousing sea shanty, “Weighheigh, Haul Away.” There’s not a smidge of sentimentality in this smart script. Upon locking eyes with Peter (Benjamin Wardle) for the first time, for
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example, precocious Molly Aster (who describes herself as “insufferably bright”) says there’s something about the boy that makes her feel like she “just grew up a little.” As Molly tells Peter, “Girls must be strong, not sentimental.” This Molly will grow up to be the suffragette Mrs. Darling in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and it will be her children that Peter and Tinkerbell visit years later. It’s a storm at sea of one liners, alliteration and puns. After Black Stache (crossdressed Colleen Wheeler sporting a mustache) slams the lid of one of the trunks on his wrist — severing it — he orders his mate Smee (irrepressible Emmelia Gordon) to “give me a hand,” which Smee does by reaching down into the trunk, handing Stache the bleeding appendage. Wardle’s Peter is endearing and sweet with just the tiniest edge of defensiveness. Peter describes his harsh life in the orphanage before being stolen and shipped for slavery aboard the Neverland. “You can’t have a bedtime story without a bed,” he tells Molly when she’s surprised he’s never heard one. Cairns, as Molly, is a spirited, Nancy Drew forerunner. Molly’s full of derringdo and in one of Mackay’s most inventive scenes, Cairns crawls around on her stomach in the belly of the ship; rows of performers form the bulkheads and she pushes actors aside to venture from compartment to compartment as rusty doors squeak. Although Peter and Molly are ostensibly the main characters, Wheeler abso-
lutely steals this show with her outrageous Black Stache: he’s a swaggering, suggestive, malaprop-ing nasty, and Wheeler has the time of her life with this character. As Stache delivers yet another wicked command, the audience on opening night came close to hissing and booing. Wheeler would have loved it and made mincemeat of us. Costume designer Carmen Alatorre literally pushes the boat out with a totally over-the-top mermaid chorus line: bustiers with tin kitchen utensils for breasts, rag mops for hair and long green tails. Music by Wayne Barker is played by Caitriona Murphy who doubles as thoroughly decent Captain Scott. Act 2 goes a bit whacky — more crazy costumes by Alatorre — as the Neverland is wrecked and the passengers and crew are met by Fighting Prawn (Joel Wirkkunen) and the island’s savages who intend to feed Molly, Peter, Ted (Chirag Naik) and Prentiss (Katey Hoffman) to the huge, red-eyed crocodile. The journey ends not entirely happily-ever-after — which is a good thing — and the seeds are sown for Barrie’s Peter Pan. Lots of stars in this Starcatcher — amongst them, the new BMO Theatre Centre with all its gleaming glass and polished concrete. For more reviews go to joledingham.ca. Peter and the Starcatcher At the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre until Dec. 27. For tickets, call 604-687-1644 or go to artsclub.com.
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Crushing loss in ‘wacky’ Subway Bowl In repeat of 2012, Vancouver College lose AAA B.C. Championship to Mt. Douglas Rams VANCOUVER COLLEGE MT. DOUGLAS
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For the second time in four years, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish lost the AAA B.C. high school football championship to the Mt. Douglas Rams. And Mt. Doug, those indomitable Rams from Victoria, claimed their fourth title in five years under head coach Mark Townsend. On Saturday night at B.C. Place Stadium in a “wacky” title match with uneven halves, the Rams took and lost the lead before they finally doubled the Fighting Irish 34-17. “It’s tough. We thought we had a good shot,” said Vancouver College linebacker Chris Ellis, named B.C.’s best player in his position at the AAA level this year. “It’s never easy to lose in a championship game, but I just have to give a shout out to all the guys on this team. We really believed in ourselves and I think that’s the message of this team — it’s belief. We went further than other people expected us to and we made our school and our alumni proud,” he said, his voice cracking after accepting his personal award. The Fighting Irish defeated the Rams 20-0 on Oct. 31, but five weeks later couldn’t find the will to win. “Quite simply, we had a bad night and that happens sometimes,” said Vancouver College head coach Todd Bernett. “We worked all year to get to this moment. It was a very unusual first half, with wacky plays and circumstances and we didn’t recover from that,
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mentally, as well.” The Rams jumped to an 8-0 lead on their second possession after they recovered the ball on the Irish 28-yard line on what otherwise would have been a predictable punt return. VC’s defensive line forced Mt. Doug’s quarterback, Gavin Cobb (who shared the role with Grade 9 pivot Gideone Kremler), back for fourth-and-32 on their own 28-yard line. The Rams punted the ball, and the high-soaring kick slipped overhead through the hands of the VC runner at the other end of the field. The live ball was smothered by Cobb, the same player who’d been sacked two
plays earlier and was named the Subway Bowl MVP. Three plays later, the Rams scored and converted an extra two. Vancouver College took nine plays to score on a 68-yard drive. Running back Jasper Schiedel, who led his team with 54 yards on the ground, rushed for a 21-yard TD to put the Irish on the board. They sat two points back at 8-6 when they forced Cobb to fumble, again on a punt return. Starting 27 yards out, they nonetheless couldn’t bust through the Rams defence for a major and instead took a slim, 9-8 lead on a 28yard field goal off the unfailing foot of Kieran Mitha.
In the second quarter, the lead twice changed hands as the Rams gained a crucial first down on an unpopular pass interference penalty and then rushed to a 14-9 advantage. They missed the extra two points. In one of the most dramatic plays of the half, the Irish won back the ball as Aidan Fay blocked a punt and then found the ball in his hands as he crashed down on the one-yard line. They scored on yet another unpopular call as quarterback Samuels snuck toward the end zone and as the ball popped loose in an apparent fumble, the refs raised their arms to signal a touchdown. Irish had a one-point lead
and expanded that to 17-14 as Samuels threw for an added two. On the next Mt. Doug drive, Fay had two sacks but the Rams closed the half with a 27-yard pass to go up 21-17. In the second half, they’d score again and again while holding the Fighting Irish scoreless and to only 180 total offensive yards in the game. “I thought we’d go in at half-time and catch our breath, so to speak, and come out and be more optimistic but we couldn’t find hope,” said Bernett. “We couldn’t move the ball. They came out and they executed well and we didn’t. Quite simply, they just
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“Best money I ever spent” — Brandon Prust on the $5,000 fine levied by the NHL after the Canucks winger speared Boston Bruin and unlovable rat Brad Marchand between the legs. “It wasn’t that hard, and he sold it pretty good,” Prust added about the 4-0 loss Saturday night at Rogers Arena. “Frustrations. Happens out there. I wasn’t trying to injure him […]. When I swing by, I got my stick active.”
played better. Even when we had an opportunity to climb back in it, again they held us to a three-and-out and at that point we were probably asking too much with the time we had left.” Ellis led the team as he has almost every game this season with 11 tackles and he blocked a punt for good measure. Fay, Brendan Shandra and Athan Mellios each had eight tackles. Samuels threw for 105 yards, and Regan Oey took in four passes for 36 yards, including a two-point covert reception. Vancouver College has played for the provincial championship at least once every decade since 1966 when there was a title game worthy of the name. It’s an impressive streak that does not match the winloss record, which is now 3-18. They lost in 2012 to the Rams, who won their second of three consecutive titles that year. Vancouver College won the B.C. title in 2010. “It’s 12 months of work, culminating now and we can’t be disappointed because just being here means being a champion,” said Vancouver College defensive coordinator Doug Pauls, a VC alum and former SFU teammate of Rams coach Mark Townsend. “I think back to my high school career and I got to quarters and semis and to be able to say I got to a championship game is a huge accomplishment. We did it with a whole bunch of guys who really shouldn’t be here — pretty average kids who work very, very hard and overachieve. I’m very proud of each and every one of them.” @MHStewart
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The badminton app with a birdie’s eye view Asking whose smash is fastest will be another way to connect
Megan Stewart
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Smash a birdie overhead and the bottom-heavy badminton shuttlecock won’t stay aloft for long, especially if it comes off the racquet at 300 kilometres an hour. As fast as it flies off the strings, a shuttle loses half its speed every few feet. It moves fastest right at contact, but pinpointing that precise moment is hard to do. So how fast can you hit? Vancouver engineer and app developer Edward Li intends to put a low-fi, accessible version of radar into the hands of millions of worldwide badminton players. “A recreational player would definitely use this,” said Li, who competes in regional open tournaments. “They might have a party to see who has got the fastest smash, and the winner gets bragging rights.” The competitive spirit isn’t limited to one-upmanship with your doubles partner.
A player at the Vancouver Racquets Club near Hillcrest Park can see how her fastest jump shot compares to any other app user, from Richmond to Shanghai. Li’s team is using Indiegogo to raise an additional $10,000 to finish the project on time. “You can actually make friends across continents because, with this app, you can share your speed with someone else and they can say, ‘Well, I can do it a little bit better.’” As shown by baseball’s off-speed hurlers and knuckleballers, speed isn’t the only factor in throwing a strike-out pitch. A winning badminton shot is similarly complex. “The smash is an important part of badminton, but speed is just one part of what makes a good smash.” said Li. One of the world’s most consistently blisteringly fast hitter is Mohammad Ahsan, an Indonesian men’s
Edward Li and his team developed an app to measure the speed of a badminton smash. The first problem they solved was measuring the decelerating path of a shuttle. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
doubles specialist whose jump smash was recorded at 385 km/h at Germany’s Bitburger Open in September. “It does slow down very quickly and that is why your opponent is able to return it,” said Li. “The good thing about badminton is
it doesn’t matter how fast your opponent smashes, the chances are you can return because all you need to do is put your racket in front of it and it will bounce back.” Calvin Holoboff, a world masters champion and sixtime national masters win-
ner who coaches badminton at the Vancouver Racquets Club, said the Shuttle Speed app could serve a niche, social function. “They used radar guns in the past but for coaching badminton, it doesn’t really come into it,” he said. “But there are always badminton fanatics out there that might want to buy something like that to just see how fast they smash. There might be the odd pro, too. It could catch on. It’s a novelty.” Li, who picked up the sport as a student at Eric Hamber secondary in the mid-’70s, worked with a small team that included algorithm and software developers as well as a marketer dedicated to reaching millions of Chinese players. The app works by using a smartphone camera to film a player hitting or serving the shuttle. The app has less than 200 milliseconds to capture the birdie’s irregular, decelerating flight. It measures the birdie’s speed at
various points and then uses an algorithm to calculate the initial speed at impact. This development started more than two years ago for an app that will sell for less than seven dollars and is on track for a winter Android release with an iOS release to follow in the spring. The first app Li developed was also designed to measure badminton performance. It analyzed footwork and counted 20,000 downloads. Badminton is a game of agility, speed, strategy and endurance. Li was drawn to it because there’s no contact and it doesn’t require exceptional physical strength. Also a social sport, millions worldwide play badminton in court settings, on beaches and in backyards with friends and family. “A lot of time we play doubles and you cannot play constantly,” said Li, “so when you sit down, you have time to chat.” And soon, to compare smash speeds.
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THERE IS NO TRY Yoda said it best: “Do. Or do not.” The Vancouver Giants tested the forces against them when they dressed as the foot solders of the Galactic Empire for a home game against the Kootenay Ice Dec. 4. That night, the Vancouver Stormtroopers won 4-0, winning two games in a row for the first time this season and scoring 10 goals in two games following a 6-0 rout of the Medicine Hat Tigers on Dec. 2. Tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 11, the Giants start a four-game series against the Western Conference second-place Victoria Royals (19-8-1-1). They start at Pacific Coliseum before playing twice on the Island and then returning home Dec. 18. With 20 points in 30 games, the 8-18-2-2 Giants sit last in the B.C. Division, 25 points behind the leading Kelowna Rockets. PHOTO CJ RELKE / VANCOUVER GIANTS
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From the crowded floor at the beginning of a whole new silly season, it’s the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. Your humble correspondent is pleased to report that traffic in L.A. is still stupefyingly bad (seriously, there are people who’ve been stuck in sixlane stop-and-go since the mid-1980s), but that Cali-
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Fiat took the wraps off a revived 124 roadster at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The photo above shows a pre-production model — the convertible, based on the Mazda MX-5, is expected for 2017.
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fornia is still firmly in love with the automobile. Befitting an Italian automobile, the Fiat 124 announced its rebirth by way of a leak. Even before the wraps came off on the podium, we’d all had a good chance to gaze over the official press photos and details, which snuck out early. In person, this new Fiat droptop is something of an acquired taste. The bones are the new Miata MX-5 through and through, from chassis to infotainment. The styling is intended to imbue the little Japanese roadster with a little Latin flair. I’d have to say it’s not been entirely successful, depending what colour you choose. The Fiat is longer than the MX-5 and looks a little more bulbous. That’s not really what you want in a hot little Italian sportster. Under the hood, the Mazda’s 155 horsepower 2.0-litre four-cylinder is gone in favour of a Fiat 1.4-litre turbocharged engine making 160 h.p. That’s not really that big of a change, but the bump in low-end torque to 184 foot-pounds will make the automatic-equipped version a sunny cruiser. Be that as it may, it’s not the pulse-raiser Fiat would have you believe. For that, you’ll have to wait for the upcoming Abarth version.
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You’re not supposed to leave your kids in the car, and certainly not when it’s running. Still, sometimes there’s the temptation to just dash in and out solo. For one Virginia mother, that temptation proved too much, as she reportedly left her eight-yearold son in the car listening to music as a regular part of running errands at the beginning of the day. A pair of opportunistic car thieves spotted the running car, and when mom returned from the post office, both car and kid were missing. Thankfully, this story has a happy ending, as police found the boy just 10 minutes later sitting in class at his school. When the thieves turned to look in the back seat, they quickly realized their mistake — but simply asked the boy where he went to school and dropped him off. The cops would also recover the car just three miles away, so all’s well that ends well. Just remember, don’t leave ‘em in the car, kids or keys.
Lincoln goes nuts with MKZ
Odds are you don’t even know what an MKZ is without looking it up — that’ll be the entry level one, analogous to the Ford Fusion. The twin-wing front grille might be an acquired taste, but the car’s overall bones were pretty good. Well, Lincoln’s refreshed their littlest sedan with a brand new grille and some nip and tuck work to the sheetmetal. Never mind that, because it’s what’s underneath the hood that counts. Gone is the peppy little 3.7-litre normally aspirated V-6, and in its place is a completely nutty 400 h.p. twin-turbo Ecoboost V-6. Has Lincoln gone mad? These are the people behind the Town Car — lengthy luxury, best driven slowly. Now, all of a sudden, they’ve bolted together a machine to give the Audi S4, BMW 335i, and Mercedes-Benz C400 heart palpitations. Throw in the same torque-vectoring rear end you get in the Focus RS, and that’s one way of shaking up brand expectations. Whether or not it’ll be enough to shock life into Lincoln’s sales remains to be seen.
Volvo previews the future of not actually driving
Volvo’s been making waves of late with their forays into the world of autonomous driving. It makes a lot of sense, actually, as the Swedish brand’s focus on accident-safety systems has self-driving capabilities almost as a side-effect. In L.A., Volvo didn’t even preview a whole car, but a sliding seat arrangement accompanied by a digital rendering of a selfdriving crossover. As you might expect from Sweden, the furniture looks great, but here there are several modes. The first, standard position is the self-explanatory Drive. The second is Create, which slides the seat back and deploys a small table for you to bust out the ol’ laptop. The Relax mode is even more laid-back, with a deployable ottoman. Imagine having access to this kind of tech on a rainy day in rush hour, managing to get work done instead of battling traffic. And by “getting work done,” I of course mean improving your Angry Birds score.
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