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Graduations. First jobs. Weddings. The births of children. These are just some of the milestones celebrated each year by so many of us and our loved ones.

This year marks the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s 60th anniversary of providing nonprofit accessibility services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals during important life milestones where communication barriers continue to be a challenge. For six decades,WIDHH has proudly supported individuals during memorable moments in their lives – individuals like Janice.

Janice first learned about WIDHH in 1966, when she was a young Deaf teenager and when WIDHH was located in a tiny house at Main Street & East 18th Avenue. When she was 17, Janice got her very first job at Canadian Pacific Airlines as a key punch operator entering ticket information. “WIDHH supported me in finding the job, connected me with a Deaf coworker at the airline, and provided sign language interpreters during my training,” said Janice. “I was so thankful.”

On the very special day of her daughter’s wedding, Janice was able to communicate with guests of all hearing abilities and share joy for her daughter with the help of sign language interpreters booked through WIDHH. Janice was even able to tell her son-in-law’s family the story of when she saw the happy couple together for the first time!

Recently, Janice attended a big family reunion where interpreters allowed her to fully understand the many excited conversations happening at the event. “It was amazing. I didn’t have to miss out on anything, and I felt like I really got to reconnect with my family and get to know them in a way I never did before.”

Janice’s path with WIDHH never did uncross. Today, Janice is WIDHH’s Interpreting Department Head, working hard to find new ways for WIDHH to support individuals during critical moments.

Recently, Janice successfully helped launch a text to 911 program to make sure that Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals can receive assistance during life’s emergencies as well as celebrations.

Since its founding in 1956, WIDHH has been there through all types of milestones: fitting hearing aids for hard of hearing students attending their first day of class, installing assistive listening devices at employees’ first workplaces, and providing sign language interpreters for countless medical appointments, birthdays, weddings, and family events.

In celebration of this proud history, WIDHH will be hosting “60 Years of Making Waves – WIDHH’s Diamond Gala” on June 10, 2016 at Marine Drive Golf Club.

Proceeds from this fundraising event will help ensure that all members of our community have the opportunity to continue fully celebrating and appreciating the milestones that matter the most.

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Could you get by on 20 bucks an hour in Metro Vancouver?

Mike Howell

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There was a time when 20 bucks an hour was a good wage.

That time was before something called the Internet came along.

Now 20 bucks for an hour of work doesn’t get many people ahead in this increasingly expensive region. I’m talking about adults here — the kind of adults with families who live in Metro Vancouver.

That’s the sector of the population the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examined in its annual look at how much money a family of four needs to earn to get by.

This year’s calculation landed on $20.64 per hour, which translates to about $37,565 a year. That’s for each parent. (For the record, the minimum wage in B.C. is $10.45 an hour).

In the words of the report’s authors, “This is the amount needed for a family of four with two parents working full-time to pay for necessities, support the healthy development of their children,

escape financial stress and participate in the social, civic and cultural lives of their communities.”

The report, which was released April 27, put together a “bare bones” budget to show what a family of four could afford at that wage. Before I get to it, keep in mind the calculation doesn’t include credit card or loan payments, retirement savings, owning a home, savings for children’s future education, anything beyond minimal recreation, entertainment or holiday costs, costs of caring for a disabled, seriously ill or elderly family member, or much of a cushion for emergencies or tough times.

Here it is: • Food: $831 per month.

That’s based on estimates by the Provincial Health Services Authority for a nutritious diet.

It doesn’t consider special dietary needs, cultural or other food preferences, or the cost of condiments and spices.

• Clothing and footwear: $184 per month.

• Shelter: $1,652 per month. Includes a conservative rent estimate for a threebedroom apartment, utilities,

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telephone and insurance on home contents.

• Transportation: $505 per month. Includes the amortized cost of owning and operating a used car, as well as a two-zone bus pass for one of the parents.

• Child care: $1,356 per month. For a four-yearold in full-time care and a seven-year-old in before and after-school care. That includes the winter, spring and summer breaks.

• Medical Services Plan premiums: $150 per month.

• Non-MSP health care: $139 per month. That’s the cost of a basic extended health and dental plan with Pacific Blue Cross insurance.

• Parents’ education: $92 per month. Allows for two college courses per year.

• Contingency fund: $241 per month. Two weeks’ wages for each parent, which provides some cushion for unexpected events like the serious illness of a family member or transition time between jobs.

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es: $765 per month. Covers toiletries and personal care, furniture, household supplies, laundry, school supplies and fees, bank fees, some reading materials, Internet, minimal recreation and entertainment, family outings (for example, to museums and cultural events), birthday presents, a modest family vacation and some sports or arts classes for the kids.

Again, it’s a bare bones budget that many in this province could only hope to have each month.

Here’s the reality: B.C.’s child poverty rate has ranked worst or second worst in Canada in eight of the last 12 years. And for the authors of the report, child poverty is very much a story of low wages.

According to the most available data from 2011, one out of every three poor children (32 per cent) lived in families where at least one adult had a full-time, fullyear job and a majority lived in families with part-time or part-year work.

“The living wage is a powerful tool to address this

troubling state of poverty amid plenty in B.C.,” the report said. “It allows us to get serious about reducing child poverty and ensures that families who are working hard get what they deserve — a fair shake, and a life that’s about more than a constant struggle to get by.”

In 2010, the City of New Westminster became the first municipality in Canada to pass a living wage policy.

That means all direct and contracted staff providing services on city premises are now paid the Metro Vancouver living wage.

Since then, Vancouver city council directed staff to prepare a report on the steps necessary for the City of Vancouver to be certified as a living wage employer.

That report is expected to go before council in late spring, or early summer.

Note: If there is any good news from this year’s report on the living wage, it’s that it dropped four cents from last year. That’s largely due to a new, more generous Canada Child Benefit. @Howellings

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The city’s push to issue business licences to illegal marijuana dispensaries got more complicated over the weekend as 23 pot shops were ticketed for defying an order to close their doors while another 22 abided by the city’s deadline to shut down. To date, the city has issued 44 tickets, including 21 to three separate businesses that did not participate in the city’s new regulation scheme.

Andreea Toma, the city’s chief licensing inspector, said the city will continue enforcement this week and expects to issue more $250 tickets to pot shops that refused to shut their doors last Friday. Toma said additional tickets will be issued to those shops targeted over the weekend.

“The risk of staying open, outside of regulations, is that they can get the fines on a daily basis,” said Toma, noting none of the inspections of the pot shops required the assistance of the Vancouver Police Department. “At the same time, we are also looking at prosecutions and injunctions.

These are parallel streams.”

The city imposed a deadline of April 29 for all marijuana shops to close that didn’t fall into a permitted zone or were too close to a school or community centre. The city made the order six months ago.

The B.C. Pain Society on Commercial Drive was one of the 44 pot shops to receive a $250 ticket for operating a business without a licence.

The dispensary opened more than two years ago, one block from Stratford Hall private school and across the street from the B.C. Compassion Club, which remains open because it won a recent Board of Variance appeal.

Chuck Varabioff, owner of the B.C. Pain Society, said he will dispute his ticket within the 15 allowable days and set a court date. Varabioff has already requested a judicial review of an earlier Board of Variance decision to reject his appeal to pursue a business licence.

“I feel it was pre-determined — I wasn’t given enough time to present my case, I wasn’t allowed to comment or respond to the complaints against me from [Stratford Hall],” he said of the board’s decision, noting he has 10 full-time staff and 15,000 customers, many of whom are low income and some have cancer.

When told his shop was one of 44 given fines and more shops would be ticketed this week, Varabioff said he’s confident most, if not all, of the shops will dispute the tickets.

“What a waste of city resources — everybody’s going to want their day in court. So how much money is the city willing to spend on people

disputing bylaw tickets?”

Varabioff, however, said he wanted to be clear his frustration is directed at the Board of Variance, not the city. Though his Commercial Drive operation is in violation of the city’s bylaw, he acknowledged he received a development permit for a pot shop at 2849 East Broadway and is close to getting a business licence. “Even though I’m super happy with that, I want my main store [on Commercial Drive] to remain open also,” Varabioff said.

The Green Room dispensary on Seymour Street voluntarily closed its doors Friday. It, too, has appealed to the Board of Variance, but won’t get to present its case until September. It’s located between Helmcken and Nelson, in the same block as a community centre.

Jon Yoshida, a part-time employee at the Green Room, told the Courier Monday that he remained in the store to collect signatures on a petition that will make part of the dispensary’s evidence at the board hearing.

“There was a city worker that actually came by Saturday morning to make sure that we were shut down, and if not, to fine us,” Yoshida said. “She looked a little concerned that our door was open and I was here. But we have no product on site, we have no money in our till — everything’s gone, basically.”

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Tree planted in Stanley Park in memory of city arborist killed on the job

For years to come, a broad-leafed maple tree will grow in Stanley Park in memory of the arborist who died on the job while tending to the city’s trees and parks.

Jody Taylor died March 31 while removing an unsafe tree in Connaught Park in Kitsilano. The 43-yearold father and musician counted 16 years as a park board employee.

On April 28, the national Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace, the park board honoured Taylor by planting a memorial tree and dedicating a bench in his name on the lawn near the entrance to Stanley Park on Beach Avenue.

To mark the Day of Mourning, Canadian flags were flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset.

According to WorkSafeBC, 122 workers died last year in B.C. while on the job or because of their job.

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VPD officers cleared after breaking man’s ribs, collapsing his lung

Two Vancouver police officers who broke a man’s ribs and collapsed his lung in an arrest in the downtown entertainment district in 2014 will not face charges for their actions.

The criminal justice branch of the Ministry of Justice announced April 28 that it would not be able to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the officers used excessive force or otherwise committed a criminal offence.

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The incident dates back to Oct. 2, 2014 when police were called at 11:36 p.m. to an assault in the 1200-block Granville Street involving the suspect and two other people.

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—Mike Howell Full story at vancourier.com.

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Small-business owners must fill out the form and attach financial records to prove their businesses were performing better before Canada Line construction launched than during the construction period from 2005 to 2009.

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Point Grey Road residents oppose next phase of bike lane Bob Mackin

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Mary Lavin welcomed Vancouver city council’s 2013 vote to create the Point Grey Road bike lane after petitioning to remove commuter vehicles. Three years later, Lavin and her neighbours are facing a different danger.

“That allowed us to get what we wanted in terms of safety on the road,” she said.

“Since that decision was made by council, we had all kinds of issues with cyclists.”

Citing helmetless cyclists riding abreast down the centre of the road, rather than singlefile to the right, Lavin said they are a danger to themselves, pedestrians and drivers of the few motorbikes and cars that still travel in the area.

“We’ve asked the city repeatedly for signage and enforcement, but the city does nothing,” she said.

The Vision Vancouver majority could soon rubberstamp another $6.4 million of work on the city’s “Golden Mile,” and Lavin said it

will cause more problems.

A staff report for the May 4 policy and strategic priorities committee meeting proposes widening the north sidewalk between Alma Street and Tatlow to three metres as an inland substitute for the rejected seawall. On-street parking would be banned on the north side, the road narrowed between Waterloo Street and Tatlow Park and widened slightly between Alma and Waterloo.

Cul-de-sacs would be refined near Trutch Street and some trees and hedges would be removed. If passed, construction would begin this fall.

“The cost is much, much more than we would want to spend if we, as taxpayers, had a say,” Lavin said. “We think that the money would be much better spent on social housing or transportation issues in other parts of the city, frankly we don’t see the need for an illustrious, wide promenade on the north side of Point Grey Road.”

John Cassils said it is already a white-knuckle experience to drive from his sunken garage to

the north sidewalk before venturing onto Point Grey Road.

“When there’s a lot of cyclists, it puts fear in your heart, believe me,” Cassils said. “Number one, you don’t hear them.”

Lavin lives on the south side of the street and is disappointed the city focussed consultation on north siders. She said the barriers at Macdonald Street have turned the neighbourhood into an enclave, impeding access for emergency and delivery vehicles by forcing drivers to approach via West Fourth Avenue.

An average 10,000 cars plied the road daily before the closure. Now there are only 400 to 600 a day. “There’s a tremendous livability benefit,” said city engineer Jerry Dobrovolony.

Dobrovolny said he is not aware of safety concerns in the area that would be a “citywide priority” for Vancouver police, but suggested residents contact police with complaints.

He said the proposal would afford more space for pedestrians and better sightlines for cyclists along the corridor. He

said there are enough parking spots on the south side to meet demand.

“This will improve safety, it will separate the crossing for the drivers for them to deal with the pedestrians first and then a clear viewpoint for them to make the maneuver onto the street and to check for clearance with cyclists and cars,” Dobrovolny said.

The sidewalk widening means the city is taking back from some north side residents land that they have used for decades, with the city’s tacit permission, for frontages, driveways and landscaping.

“The homeowners have treated that land with respect, have paid for its maintenance for a long period of time,” Lavin said.

Dobrovolny said work would take place well back from the property line, so there would be no expropriation.

Coun. Heather Deal, who is also deputy mayor and a recent advocate for road safety, did not respond to an interview request. @bobmackin

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Q&A with Green Party trustee Janet Fraser JamesSmith jameswesmith@gmail.com Vancouver School Board trustees voted 5-4 against adopting the controversial proposed 2016/17 operating budget April 28.

With the board split evenly between Vision Vancouver and the Non-Partisan Association, the decision came down to the lone Green Party trustee, Janet Fraser. As has happened so often since this board was elected in 2014, it was Fraser who cast the deciding vote, choosing to join with Vision trustees and take a stand against what they say is a chronic underfunding of public education by Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals. Fraser’s role as trustee is her first foray into politics, and one she said she hadn’t planned on while growing up in the United Kingdom.

“If you’d told me at 18 that I would be a politician, I’d say it’s more likely that I’d be the Pope,” she said.

“You know, strange things happen in life.”

The Courier spoke with Fraser by phone about the reasons behind her decision not to adopt the proposed budget and what it’s like, as a rookie trustee, to hold the deciding vote on a board split between Vision and the NPA. “People who live here have a very personal view of what their school was like and what their education was like and [as an immigrant] it’s interesting to try and map adult life on top of a school experience in the city,” she said.

How has it been learning about the Vancouver school system?

Well, I don’t have those emotional ties from my time at school here, so I think I can maybe come in with

a slightly different view of what’s happening now. I was in public education in Britain all through all of my schooling career. It’s comparable, but the system’s very different, so it just takes a while to adapt. And as my kids went through the system — my oldest is in Grade 11 now — you learn about it as you get to each milestone.

What’s been your biggest concern as a parent in the system?

That when my kids go to school their teachers and all the support staff, everyone in the system, has what they need to help them learn well. If they don’t have enough books for the whole class, or if they go to the library and they log on to the computer and it takes 20 minutes to get on, or if the way the classes work out that you have a lot of special needs students in your class — all these little things that may not be optimal, they build up to not having the best possible education. In a way I’m lucky because my kids are pretty mainstream, they do well in the regular system and they achieve pretty well at school. If I had a special needs child or a particular concern or a physical disability, I’d probably be much more acutely aware of how that impacts those families.

What made you decide to run to become a trustee?

I’m a chemist, I have a PhD in chemistry, and I was working in the biotech industry during the boom years. But then when I was pregnant with my third child I got laid off and I thought I’d take a couple of years off at home with my kids. Trying to figure out daycare for three kids and then two kids and then getting everyone into school and volunteer-

the spotlight and I have to think very carefully about how I make decisions. I think the piece I’ve learned is I have to be very careful to explain why I made the decision that I did.

Is that something you set out to do right away with your blog and on Twitter?

Yes, I did. I was on Twitter all the time but it’s hard to express nuanced thoughts in 140 characters.

I started with the blog and I think that that’s another piece that’s really helped.

Rookie Green Party trustee Janet Fraser cast the deciding vote in the Vancouver School Board’s budget decision last Thursday night. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ing, I ended up taking 10 years off. When I tried to get back into my career, I just couldn’t find a way back in because I’d been out of it too long. So I started looking around to what else I could do with the skillset I have, having been a PAC chair.

And, I was very involved with the planning in Marpole — the Marpole plan and the Cambie Corridor plan. [I learned] how working with the municipal government could actually change things in people’s real lives. I put that together to be running as a school trustee.

How has your first year as a school board trustee been?

It’s been very busy. I thought I knew a lot about the school board coming in because I’d been a PAC chair and I was quite involved, but really there was so much more than I could ever have imagined in our

complex district.

What kind of feedback have you received so far?

It depends on what I’ve voted on. I’ve voted in three chair votes and the first chair vote I got a lot of very intensely negative feedback, the second [time] quite some negative feedback, and for this budget vote the feedback has been mostly positive.

You’re in an interesting position on the board as you hold the deciding vote whenever trustees from the other two parties are split on a decision. What’s that been like?

Well, this is certainly not a position I expected to be in and I can’t imagine there’s anyone who expected to have a 4-4-1 makeup on the school board after the last election. You know, I don’t know any different so it’s hard to say what it’s like. It certainly puts me in

What’s your relationship been like with the NPA and the Vision trustees?

Well, I like to build a good, constructive relationship with all the trustees.

With some people it’s more difficult than others and over certain issues it’s more difficult than others, but I’ll continue to work as collaboratively as I can because we are a board of nine that’s governing our district and we have to work well together to do that well.

Is there one party that you tend to agree with more than other, or is it a pretty even split?

I’d say most of our votes at the board are actually unanimous. There’s a lot of general district business that needs to get done that is not partisan in any way. And as to whether I favour one party over the other — no. No, it’s always on the issue at hand and I choose how I vote and it’s up to other trustees to decide how they vote.

You’ve mentioned now a couple of times how partisan it is and how you hadn’t expected that. Can you elaborate on what you mean?

I thought when we came into this, we were campaigning, we all ran under a party banner and I thought that we could set aside the parties when we got to the board table and just look at the work of the school district and how to move that forward. But it seems like parties come to the table with a preconceived idea of what something should be like or a particular view and sometimes they’re not willing to consider any other point of view and work respectfully with other trustees. I think that’s a challenge.

You said on your blog and again after the April 28 board meeting that the decision over whether or not to adopt the proposed budget was one of the hardest things you’ve ever had to do.

How did you finally make your decision?

Well, in my mind whether we passed the budget or not, I anticipate there will be $24 million in cuts. I couldn’t find a way to get us around that. So I looked at the consequences of voting one way or another. Voting to pass the budget would have kept our elected board in control of our district, but it wouldn’t have got to the question of the underfunding of public education in B.C. Voting against the budget, it opens up the possibility of an appointed trustee who will run our district and that’s a tangible result for our students, but balancing up those two pieces, I felt trying to get at a better future for public education in B.C. was more important for our students in the long run.

This interview, conducted the day after the budget vote, was edited and condensed. @jameswesmith

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Elizabeth MacKenzie suspects the southern part of Arbutus Corridor is unknown to most people, but she calls it “pretty exciting” because of how it loops east and could eventually become part of a route that goes out all the way to New Westminster.

“The Arbutus Corridor used to be a rail line to Lulu Island and certainly it is a transportation corridor and that’s what is going to be used for,” she said.

The nine-kilometre route, which the City of Vancouver recently purchased from CP for $55 million, is one of the subjects of Vancouver’s edition of Jane’s Walk this year.

The event, named after urban activist Jane Jacobs who authored the influential 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, takes place in urban areas around the world on the first weekend in May. Volunteers, who in Vancouver range from private citizens to experts such as the city’s former co-director of planning Larry Beasley, lead free walks on urban themes of their choice. More than 25 are planned in Vancouver between May 6 and 8.

MacKenzie, an architect, is the Vancouver coordinator for Jane’s Walk. She’s co-leading three walks along Arbutus Corridor with Lon LaClaire, the city’s director of transportation. The first, on May 6, covers the stretch from Riverview Park south to the TransLink Centre and along the Fraser River.

The second, on May 7, centres on the Shaughnessy/ Kerrisdale portion of the corridor, while the third, on May 8, explores the northern part from the edge of Kitsilano to Granville Loop Park.

The City of Vancouver, whose goal is to turn Arbutus Corridor into a greenway that allows for walking, biking and running, and possibly light rail, is in the midst of establishing an Arbutus Greenway

project office to oversee the design process and public input. CP is expected to begin removing the track within the year, and the city plans to improve and upgrade parts of the corridor in the short term while the longer-term planning is underway.

Organizers say Jane’s Walk “cultivates a broad understanding of how cities develop, function and thrive.

It works to advance walkable neighbourhoods, increase urban literacy and promote neighbourhood cohesion, civic engagement and leadership.”

MacKenzie said walks focus on what leaders pitch.

“It’s fantastic. People have just come out of the woodwork and have these great ideas.”

Walks in Vancouver include “Strathcona Sensescapes,” “A Citizens Guide to Bike Share in Vancouver,” “Main Street Pizza Walk,” “Recalling Downtown Vancouver’s Live Music Scene — Past and Present,” “Architectural Heritage and Human Scale Urbanism in Mount Pleasant,” “Welcome to Hastings Sunrise” and “A Perspective of Coal Harbour,” among others. Each takes about 90 minutes, with five or six stops.

One of MacKenzie’s favourite ideas for a walk from a past year involved a woman returning her books to the library.

“It was a 15-minute walk that she had to make, but she turned it into an hour and a half interesting walk,” MacKenzie said. “[It was interesting] because a person was so observant and so interested in what was going on in her world that she could make a really fantastic short walk last an hour and a half. It was really well received.”

MacKenzie describes the walks as “walking conversations” because they’re meant to be interactive with participants sharing their thoughts and/or expertise.

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VSB budget battle: a question of risks and rewards

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he Vancouver School Board could not have chosen a better time to pick a fight with the province over education funding.

But it is not without risk for any possible reward, which I will get to in a moment.

Last week, Green Party trustee Janet Fraser joined the four Vision members to defeat the staff’s balanced budget proposal to make cuts to eliminate a $24million deficit. At the time Fraser made it clear it was her intention to turn educational underfunding into a province-wide issue in next year’s provincial election.

The longer it takes for the Vancouver board and the province to reach a compromise — some reward for their determination — the more likely there will be some turmoil.

In fact, if you cast about the province, you can see a growing number of school boards from Quesnel to Armstrong to the Kootenays all saying the province is seriously underfunding education and causing them to cut programs or shut down schools.

The small town of Osoyoos will have to close its only high school and ship its kids by bus to Oliver now that the regional school board narrowly approved shutting the facility down to meet the province’s demands for a balanced budget. The Prince George School Board was consid-

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ering charging parents $100 bucks a kid so they can ride on the board’s school bus each day.

And a number of school boards, including Vancouver’s, have protested the millions in costs because of provincial downloads.

Saanich’s board, for the second year in a row, produced a budget deducting these downloads. They include increases in Medical Service Plan premiums, WiFi the province originally said it would cover, Hydro rate increases, administrative and support staff wage settlements (negotiated by the province), as well as teachers’ salary increments, carbon offsets and, of course, inflation, none of which are being compensated for by provincial transfers.

It may be accurate for B.C.’s Minister of Education Mike Bernier to insist that “we have record funding in British Columbia” for primary and secondary education. It is equally accurate, according to the most recent Statistics Canada figures, that when it comes to per-student funding, B.C. is practically at the bottom of the pile; we are second lowest and about $1,000 per student below the national average.

All of this is taking place, critics are quick to tell you, while millions of tax dollars are being pumped into private schools. The government is more interested in the natural resource of LNG development than our children.

And, because it is in the nature of political battles during election campaigns, you will be advised that while school boards are being forced to make cuts to our children’s educational experience, Premier Christy Clark is taking care of her own future; she’s entertaining rich supporters at private $20,000-a-plate dinners and getting her own salary topped up from “commissions” for her work by

the provincial Liberal Party to the tune of $50,000 a year.

Meanwhile, Tuesday afternoon (and after my deadline) the Minister and his deputy were expected to meet in Victoria with Vancouver School Board chair Mike Lombardi, vice chair Janet Fraser and school superintendent Scott Robinson.

The following day there would be an in camera meeting of Vancouver’s school trustees to review Tuesday’s session.

Now the risks: Bernier (with Christy Clark’s blessing) takes a political chance and tells the Vancouver board to make the cuts outlined in the recent government-funded audit, including shutting down a bunch of schools. He could also continue to insist that they meet their statutory obligation; a balanced budget

by June 30, by making whatever staffing and program cuts that requires.

Bernier could also, as NPA trustee

Penny Noble noted when she voted in favour of the balanced budget last week, fire all the trustees and replace them with his own person who would make “brutal” cuts. It has happened in Vancouver before, back in 1986 when Vancouver’s COPE school board was dumped. And four years ago, the province kicked out the Cowichan School Board.

But say that doesn’t happen; the longer it takes for the Vancouver board and the province to reach a compromise — some reward for their determination — the more likely there will be some turmoil. We are at the point in the year where administrators are trying to figure out whether, based on funding and student population, which courses can be taught and how many staffers may have to get lay-off notices. None of that has been decided yet and the June 30 deadline for a balanced budget still looms. @allengarr

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Affordable for whom?

The other day I received an email from Councillor Raymond Louie announcing the creation of an Affordable Home Ownership pilot program. As a Vancouverite questioning my future in this city, I was intrigued.

Unfortunately, I quickly realized that this program was not for me or the vast majority of residents struggling with housing affordability. Rather, the intended beneficiaries appear to be a narrow range of families with above-average incomes between $73k and $96k/ year — not to mention $25k ready for a down payment.

There’s nothing wrong with helping families, but what bothers me is the use of public subsidies to enable relatively well-off residents to reap private profits from skyrocketing condo prices.

By taking a 20 per cent stake in condo units, the city makes them cheaper to purchase. But by allowing the new owners to resell these homes and keep 80 per cent of the profit, it fails to stop the affordability gap from getting wider. If prices continue to climb, the subsidized homeowners could reap large gains as their units slip out of reach of still more families.

I’m sure that this program has its cheerleaders, but the two-thirds of Vancouverites hardest hit by housing unaffordability should not be among them.

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Olson hits nail on the head Re: “Olson cartoon ‘as sexist as it gets,’” April 28.

Geoff Olson is a brilliant satirist which is anathema to political correctness and all the isms floating about. Wish we had a few more voices like his as he continually hits the nail on the head.

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Readers chime in on Jericho Lands leak Re: “Leaked audio says towers part of First Nations’ Jericho Lands vision,” April 27.

Damn proud of these bands for utilizing their land to accommodate the lack of housing for First Nations in the Lower Mainland ... And a big screw

you to all the naysayers ... Look at how many towers are going up around Vancouver and tell me that you have a problem with those ones too eh ... Just because it’s the First Nations you have a problem?

Ricci Grafton-Clark via Facebook ••• This is going to be complicated and lengthy. It would be nice if Vancouver had someone in the city planner seat.

John Culter via Facebook ••• Native lands... they can do as they please with it, to argue against that is ridiculous.

Kevin Houbrechts via Facebook ••• Big surprise but it is a real-estate “free for all” in Vancouver now and the numbers are huge.

Robert Southerland via Facebook ••• The concept they suggest seems entirely reasonable. There are already towers on the lower slopes nearby so it wouldn’t be out of context if they’re not too high. Terracing to lower building heights as they climb the hill means the least disruption of views from existing properties at the top.

With this arrangement they can control building positions to maximize views within the development. And concentrating the higher densities at the bottom of the hill might breathe some new life into the commercial zone at 4th and Alma.

Hopefully that retched two-storey mini-mall with the liquor store could be redeveloped as something a lot less suburban. No doubt the local NIMBYs will be out in full force no matter what they propose. I wish the First Nations luck. But I’d prefer that the locals would remain calm, open and reasonable.

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Shared housing needs support Re: “Support for shared housing vital to Vancouver’s future,” April 18.

Couldn’t agree more! Also the insurance companies need to figure out a way to cover multiple members of a household. It’s going to take work to get the government (zoning bylaws), insurance companies, and taxes in line with the obvious and important trend away from the single-family home of suburbia.

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The question of whether millennials are fleeing from or flocking to Vancouver has been roiling around this past week with the release of a study from the British Columbia Real Estate Association that counters the mass exodus narrative.

According to the BCREA, Vancouver is a magnet for millennials, with the population of those between the ages of 20 and 34 growing by nearly 10 per cent since 2005. Not only that, the percentage that own their own homes is “significantly higher during the most recent census than in previous generations.”

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are even buying homes, so they’re alright, right?

Wrong. The data presented in the BCREA report seems to ignore the fact that millennials are the largest generation in Canada — hence there are just more 20 to 34 year olds out there now than there were a decade ago.

Naturally some of them will be buying homes.

Trevor Melanson of Vancouver Magazine parsed the numbers further, and noted that the study also doesn’t account for Vancouver’s status as an immigration hub. When you look at the number of millennials leaving Vancouver for other provinces or other communities within B.C., Melanson concluded, we’re still seeing a downward trend.

I’m less concerned with the number of millennials leaving Vancouver — although I have come to say goodbye to many a close friend in the last several years — than the emotional, psychological and financial toll shouldered by those who stay.

It’s hard to be a millennial, and not just in Vancouver. A recent series in the Guardian took an exhaustive look at the financial realities facing millennials in six wealthy western countries, including Canada, and found across the board high housing prices, precarious employment, shifting demographics and debt are conspiring to increase intergenerational inequality and put younger people at a permanent economic disadvantage. At the same time, our day-to-day existence in the era of information overload and constant connectivity makes

everything from choosing a career to landing a job to picking a partner an increasingly complex endeavour that often results in near paralyzing anxiety. To wit: a recent Fortune article cites a National Institute of Mental Health study of Millennials that found skyrocketing incidence of anxiety, depression, sleep, behavioural and mood disorders, as well as substance addiction among young adults. Nearly half of young adults display one of these conditions. Meanwhile, burnout is becoming increasingly common for millennial women, a growing number of whom hit a wall before they reach the age of 30.

But in Vancouver, where 25 to 34 year olds make about $9,000 less for fulltime work than they did in the 1970s, compared to a national average that has seen earnings for that age group decline by $4,000, those stresses are compounded. According to Generation Squeeze’s Paul Kershaw, who supplied those figures, Vancouver is the hardest place to be a young person in the entire country. Meanwhile a study released last year

by Shari Laliberte, a PhD candidate in nursing at UBC, backs that up. She found Metro Vancouver’s socioeconomic challenges had profound implications on the mental well-being of young people, who reported high levels of stress and social isolation.

Rather than look at who’s staying and who’s leaving, a better indicator of the health of our city, and the impact of our housing market, would be to examine the condition of those who remain.

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tfor cash-strapped, stressed-out millennials How many of them have leveraged themselves to the hilt in terms of social, financial and emotional output in order to put down roots? How many are buckling under the relentless stress of being

constantly asked to do more and be happy with less? And what is the price we all pay for that?

When I look around I see young people who are actively struggling to stay afloat in Vancouver, and I

see young people who are making it work. I don’t see many who are thriving, and by that I don’t mean living in detached houses with white picket fences and working in high-paying, glamorous jobs, but having

enough energy left over after their basic needs are met to go the extra mile at work, to start a business or volunteer for local organizations, to pursue personal hobbies, have healthy relationships, and help out neighbours

in need. In short, to do the things that make the difference between living and merely subsisting, that make the difference between existing in a city and contributing to it.

These things are much

definition of a sign to include signs on water, and regulate floating signs.

2. 101 East 2nd Avenue To rezone 101 East 2nd Avenue from M-2 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a threestorey retail and office building for Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), including a green roof and three levels of underground parking. A height of 24 metres (79 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.04 are proposed.

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Public Hearing: May 17, 2016 Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning and heritage amendments for these locations: 1 288-388 West King Edward Avenue To rezone 288-388 West King Edward Avenue from RS-1 (OneFamily Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of two four-storey residential buildings with two-storey townhouses and an amenity room fronting the lane, containing a total of 56 dwelling units. A height of 15.1 metres (50 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.76 are proposed.

4085 Ash Street and 619-633 West King Edward Avenue To rezone 4085 Ash Street and 619-633 West King Edward Avenue from RS-5 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a four-storey residential building with three two-storey townhouses and an amenity room fronting the lane, containing a total of 31 dwelling units. A height of 16.8 metres (55 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.93 are proposed.

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3 650 West Georgia Street (753 Seymour Street)

To rezone 650 West Georgia Street (753 Seymour Street) from CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (155) By-law No. 5683 and Downtown District (DD), to a new CD-1 District, to permit the development of a 33-storey office building. A height of 125.5 metres (412 feet) and a floor area of 44,817 square metres (482,423 square feet) are proposed on the portion of the site currently zoned CD-1.

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To rezone 420 Hawks Avenue from M-1 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a seven-storey residential building, containing a total of 21 social housing units. A height of 21.6 metres (71 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.50 are proposed.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning and heritage amendments for these locations: 1. Sign By-law Amendment – Floating Signs To amend the Sign By-law to broaden the scope of the by-law and alter the

3. 3365 Commercial Drive and 1695-1775 East 18th Avenue To rezone 3365 Commercial Drive and 1695-1775 East 18th Avenue from RS-2 (One-Family Dwelling) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District.

The rezoning proposal is to create two sub-areas with a combined floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.40 FSR. SubArea 1 proposes 110 secured market rental units, with a maximum building height of 18.3 metres (60 feet) and an FSR of 2.70. Sub-Area 2 will contain the heritage house currently located at 3365 Commercial Drive, restored and converted into two units, and a two-unit infill building. The heritage house will be relocated to face East 18th Avenue and be added to the Vancouver Heritage Register. A maximum height of 9.4 metres (30 feet) and an FSR of 0.96 are proposed in Sub-Area 2.

(See B on map) FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4.

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more difficult to measure than the simple influx our outflow of bodies from our region. But in the end they’ll have far greater impact on the shape of our city and our society to come. @jm_barrett

Development Permit Board Meeting: May 16 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet: Monday, May 16, 2016 at 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider the following development permit application: 1661 Davie Street To develop this site with a mixeduse building consisting of three levels of commercial use, which include: a grocery store, liquor store, and retail; two residential towers containing a total of 319 dwelling units (market rental) with a common amenity on the third level, all over three levels of common underground parking, accessed off of Davie Street and the lane.

TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM: 604-873-7770 or lidia.mcleod@vancouver.ca Copies of the draft by-laws are available for viewing (starting May 6 for the May 17 Public Hearing and starting May 13 for the May 24 Public Hearing) at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.

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Interreligious conference explores ‘encountering the other’ Vancouver School of Theology hosts upcoming event

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Canadians may like to believe that we are above many of the theological frays that we see ripping apart countries overseas. Yet we have all heard bigotries expressed about people of other religions and, using one measure, when violence in the form of hate crimes take place in Canada, it is overwhelmingly directed at religious minorities. (Another of the largest target groups, LGBTQ people, are sometimes targeted in part because of incitement based on religious interpretations.)

So in the interest of social well-being, we should not pretend that our country is flawless. The selfrighteousness we exhibit because Canada does not have a homegrown Donald Trump rings hollow when we overhear some of the comments in cafes or read the vox populi sections of the Internet.

The Vancouver School of Theology, the incubator of some pretty awesome intellectual and social exploration on the UBC campus, is hosting an event that intends to get to the root of some of the most challenging issues a multicultural and multireligious society confronts — or should confront.

Encountering the Other: An Inter-Religious Conference is a major, three-day affair beginning Sunday, May 15. But ordinary folks do not need to take two days off work to experience some of what the conference has to offer. Two successive evening events offer a taste.

Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan, director of interreligious studies at VST, hopes this will be the first in an annual series of con-

Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan, director of interreligious studies at Vancouver School of Theology, hopes the upcoming Encountering the Other: An Inter-Religious Conference will be the first in annual series of events. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ferences open to academics and the general public.

“This seems to me a very, very good beginning topic,” she says. “If you were going to have the first in a series of annual conferences, which is what we’re hoping, ‘encountering the other’ seems like the most obvious way to start.”

People should not necessarily assume, as I did, that the emphasis will be on differences between peoples.

“It might be that we focus on commonalities,” says Duhan Kaplan. Among the varied topics to be addressed throughout the confer-

ence, she says: “Some of them actually will be about more universalistic religious visions, commonalities in spirituality and ethics across traditions and others of them will actually be about times when perceived difference was a factor in confrontation and violence.”

The Monday and Tuesday plenaries, panels and sessions will address such topics as “Hindu Traditions Offering Positive Approaches to Others,” “Searching for the Sacred Other in the Palestinian/ Israeli Conflict” and “Postcolonial Contextualization

in 21st Century Chinese Protestantism,” among many others. Paid registration is required for these.

But the average curious person can participate on Sunday and Monday nights, with a keynote the first evening by Marc Gopin, director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University in Virginia. His topic is “The Journey Toward Less Violence and More Empathy: A Scientific and Spiritual Convergence.”

Gopin’s work has focused on aspects of religion and

spirituality that are most conducive to peace-building, says Duhan Kaplan.

He has also researched the inner qualities that exist across cultures that lead people to want to become active peacemakers and even take physical risks for peace, she says.

The next night offers a varied presentation. First, youth members of Fossil Free Faith, a spiritualitybased environmental group I wrote about last August, will hold a panel discussion. This will be followed by a World Music concert, featuring Ara-

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bic music, Jewish music from around the globe and Indian-Japanese fusion.

“I wanted to incorporate the arts as well as just sitting around listening to people talk,” Duhan Kaplan says. “So, in addition to music, there will be a photography exhibit by three VST students.”

Two interreligious studies students are photographing B.C.’s multicultural life, while a third student, in the indigenous studies program, will share photographs of the land and landscapes of Vancouver Island.

Using theatre to help youth engage with issues of pluralism will also be part of the conference, and Duhan Kaplan will discuss how the universalistic vision of the Kabballah sees all religious traditions sort of as “different musical keys for knowing God.” She will share the first plenary with Rev. Ray Aldred, who will be featured in an upcoming column, discussing “Indigenous People as the Other: Debates in Christian Thought,” and Acharya Shrinath Prasad Dwivedi, speaking on “Hindu Traditions Offering Positive Approaches to Others.”

“Acharya is going to talk about the unity and allpervasiveness of the divine and the inner spiritual journey available to all human beings toward understanding of the divine and purification of the inner self,” says Duhan Kaplan.

Combining some very thoughtful academic work with the visual arts and music to address what may well be the world’s most urgent issue — simply living together on the planet — seems like a good start to a new annual contribution to Vancouver life. @Pat604Johnson

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BACK TO THE FUTURE Science World held a 1980s-themed celebration Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of Expo 86.

Vancouver’s iconic “golf ball” was originally built for the 1986 World’s Fair and enjoyed a packed house this weekend as adults and kids explored the futuristic structure to commemorate its anniversary.

Electricity Show host Jeff gives Myley, 7, a hair-raising experience.

Eight-year-old Christoph discovers the air force emitted from the Bernoulli basketball blaster.

Outside Science World, children gather in front of two remnants from Expo 86 — an old transit bus and the Expo Line SkyTrain.

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“As a transgender and mixed-race person I had never experienced, immediately, a place so welcoming of my identity,” says Kit. (CampOUT organizers asked that the last names of campers not be used due to their young age.) “CampOUT gave me a solid foundation to feel loved and supported.”

Kit was one of 50 fortunate campers who took part in CampOUT 2014, a summer camping experience supported by the University of B.C. for LGBTTQ youth from across the province aged 14 to 21.

“I was expecting a rugged outdoorsy LGBTQ camp. Instead it was more like a conference – and I made a best friend here,” Kit explains.

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like learning our rights. And one of many magical things is a trans-sharing, disabled sharing and person-of-colour sharing space.”

“Sharing space” means campers can gather in a certain place at a specified time to share their experiences with others. For instance, while trans campers are bonding, crying and laughing together in their safe place, Cisgender [someone who identifies exclusively with their sex assigned at birth] participants are in their sharing space discussing how they can best be allies to the marginalized group.

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Making new friends is just one highlight of attending CampOUT, a camp for LGBTTQ youth and their allies. organizations, seek different roles in youth organizations and university and high school-based groups, and are more likely to apply for positions of responsibility because of their time at camp. After a week of training and living on UBC campus, Kit returned to CampOUT as a cabin leader.

“During that week we were trained in consent culture – a way to keep campers feeling safe by asking them permission to talk about issues,” says Kit. “We learned to be hyper-aware of their boundaries, we learned conflict diffusion because some campers are at higher risk of mental health issues. We learned about the importance of communication, which I knew in theory...”

This year, 70 youth will attend CampOUT, but camp director Anna White had to turn down 100 applicants.

“It’s devastating to turn folks away,” says White. “But we prioritize folks in rural communities, First Nations youth and youth who are dealing with multiple, marginalized identities such as racism.”

On its website, CampOUT is described as offering campers “the opportunity to make friends, access resources, engage in imaginative and critical workshops, as well as participate in traditional camp activities like canoeing and arts and crafts.”

But the reality is, it offers so much more.

“When you experience something good, you seek it again,” explains White. “The 16-year-old goes home to Prince Rupert, knowing they are connected with an inter-generational community online and celebrated for who they are and know that belonging is possible. Now they create magic by bringing camp activities to their school and community.”

Campers like Kit and Vi agree.

“I attended CampOUT four years ago,” says Vi. “While some people chose swimming and other ‘normal’ camp activities, I chose more community-oriented activities, such as the Queer History Talking Circle, where youth and community leaders spoke about how the queer community has been shaped.

Learning a rich history of being queer is empowering.”

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For the first few years, CampOUT was able to meet the community’s needs, but now the word is out – that means supply can’t meet demand this year. The goal is to double fundraising efforts to accommodate twice the campers next year.

CampOUT, in its seventh year, receives support from UBC’s Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the public. REVERB: A queer reading series, is being held May 11, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. to raise funds for the camp. Visit campout.ubc.ca for more information.

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GIRL GUIDES: Soroptimist — which means best for women — believes the most effective way to empower young women and girls is to provide them with access to education. The Vancouver chapter of the worldwide women’s organization has been improving the lives of women and girls locally and internationally for 90 years. The oldest chapter in Canada, the organization marked its milestone anniversary by holding a special high tea at the Roof of Hotel Vancouver — the very spot the club staged its first fundraiser nine decades ago. Chaired by Karen Brown, the event saw a capacity crowd file into the iconic room for the afternoon of celebrations and awards.

The tea party with a purpose generated $10,000 to support the charitable organization’s ongoing efforts.

INSPIRING HOPE: Deeply moved by the suffering of families in the developing world, a small group in New Westminster founded HOPE International 41 years ago. Dedicated to providing the most basic of human necessities — clean water, food, shelter, education and health — to the poorest of the poor, the charity has helped thousands in Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and the Americas. This year, the agency directed its humanitarian efforts to the water crisis in Ethiopia. Led

by Kylé McPhedran and Jon McKenzie, 2,000 supporters filed into the Convention Centre for the fundraising dinner and screening of the film Voices from Ethiopia, highlighting the severe water crisis. Major gifts ranging from $750 to $25,000 rolled in following the premiere to help improve the lives of thousands.

Lynne Platt, U.S. Consul General of Vancouver, helped bring in award-winning vintners of the Golden State to the California Wine Fair, which benefitted Bill Millerd’s Arts Club Theatre Company.

Yew Restaurant executive chef Ned Bell and Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise program manager Ann-Marie Copping hosted the Wine for Waves Naramata Bench tipple fest in support of the marine centre’s conservation efforts.

Vancouver Soroptimist Vivian Tsang, centre, presented Karmen Leong, left, and Alice Xu with the Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award for their volunteerism efforts to make the community and world a better place.

Pan Pacific Vancouver GM Craig Norris-Jones and executive chef Bob Wiles introduced foodies to the hotel’s newest West Coast restaurant, Oceans 999, a stunning room that boasts breathtaking harbour and mountain views.

Soroptimist and gala chair Karen Brown threw a party to mark the Vancouver chapter’s 90th anniversary. Fittingly it was held at Hotel Vancouver where the charity orchestrated its first benefit back in 1926.

BIG LOVE: To raise awareness about ovarian cancer, Franci Stratton, Cam Watt and Jill Schnarr steered the annual LOVE HER gala — a stylish cocktail party and fashion show — staged at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. It’s a national effort with similar events in Calgary and Toronto. Vancouver was the final stop of the three-city tour. More than 300 guests, including the prime minister’s mom Margaret Trudeau, took in the runway romp and auction to support the effort to find a cure for the most fatal of women’s cancers. It’s often overlooked and underdiagnosed. The general-late detection of the disease results in a five-year survival rate of less than 30 per cent.

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Jon McKenzie and Kylé McPhedran orchestrated HOPE International’s fundraising effort to help Ethiopians drink their first cup of clean water.

Party chairs Cam Watt and Franci Stratton fronted the fashionable evening in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada, the only national charity dedicated solely to overcoming this cancer.

LOVE HER honourary Jill Schnarr welcomed Margaret Trudeau to the ovarian cancer benefit to raise awareness of the most overlooked, under-diagnosed and often deadliest of women’s cancers.

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May 5 to 11, 2016 1. Acclaimed Vancouver artist and activist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun takes over the Museum of Anthropology for his latest exhibition Unceded Territories, which features more than 60 paintings, drawings and works in other media taken from Yuxweluptun’s 30-year career.

Opening May 10, the provocative exhibition “confronts the colonialist suppression of First Nations peoples and the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights to lands, resources and sovereignty.”

Details at moa.ubc.ca.

2. Billed as a musical docudrama, John Bolton’s Aim For The Roses ties together Canadian daredevil Ken Carter’s seemingly absurd yet poetic plan to jump a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental across the St. Lawrence River and Vancouver composer and double bassist Mark Haney’s seemingly absurd yet poetic plan to write a concept album about the event. The film kicks off the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which runs at venues across the city May 5 to 15. For a full list of films and events, go to doxafestival.ca.

3. Noted author and humourist David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day, Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls) drops by the Vogue Theatre to charm the pants off everyone within earshot May 8, 7 p.m. Details at voguetheatre.com.

4. The fourth annual rEvolver Theatre Festival serves up 11 days of performances from emerging theatre artists across the country, including May Can Theatre’s “immersive selfhelp seminar” Happiness™. The festival runs May 11 to 22 at the Cultch. Details at revolverfestival.ca.

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Jennifer Aniston stars as a single mom looking for a new start, Kate Hudson is a woman looking to strengthen the relationship with her own mother and Julia Roberts is a TV presenter focusing on her career. Costarring Jason Sudeikis and Timothy Olyphant, it’s the story of four families who come together and fall apart leading up to Mother’s Day. And while you’re in the mommy mood, here are five other films to dig out that celebrate and vilify the mothers in your life:

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In 1986, James Cameron created sci-fi’s best heroine — and most ferocious adoptive mom — in Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, who takes maternal responsibility for Newt (Carrie Henn) and doing battle with another mother, an alien insect spawning pods of creatures that keep killing off the humans aboard Ripley’s ship. That leads to the famous mom-versus-mom smackdown between Ripley and the alien, complete with memorable battle cry, “Get

Nothing will make you feel better about your relationship with your own mother than watching Faye Dunaway go gaga over wire hangers in the 1981 biopic Mommie Dearest.

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Rosemary’s Baby

Mothers in horror films have much to endure, and none more so than Rosemary (Mia Farrow) in Roman Polanski’s 1968 hit. Rosemary’s husband (John Cassavetes) gives the OK for the devil to have sex with his wife, if only he can get a starring role in a play. Torment and soulsearching ensue during the pregnancy, not to mention the true horror of childbirth.

But the serene smile on Rosemary’s face as she looks upon her demon-baby for the first time speaks to the power of a mother’s undying love.

Sophie’s Choice

A young Holocaust survivor’s story unravels in flashbacks during the course of the film, culminating in the famous, horrific choice that no mother wishes to make. Upon boarding the trains for concentration camps, a Nazi commander propositions Sophie (Meryl Streep) and tells her she may keep either her young

son or young daughter, not both. Sophie breathes but is barely alive, tormented by a mother’s worst nightmare.

Terms of Endearment

Shirley Maclaine and Debra Winger are mother and daughter who frequently clash, especially after a marriage that mom disapproves of. As mom Aurora navigates her own new relationship with a neighbour (Jack Nicholson), daughter Emma gets sick, and apologies and deathbed amends need to be made in the weepiest movie ending ever.

Mommie Dearest

Come on, it had to be mentioned! Nothing will make you feel better about your relationship with your own mother than watching Faye Dunaway go gaga over wire hangers in this 1981 biopic about Joan Crawford. Hangers is the most oft-remembered scene, but Dunaway’s performance throughout became the guidebook for abusive momportrayals for years to come.

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Colours of the Year paint a depressing picture Apologies for our lengthy absence the last few months.

The team at K&K took a wellneeded sabbatical to recharge its engines, skip the light fandango and nurse a nagging groin injury. (Don’t ask.)

But we’re back, more or less, and catching up on some important issues that don’t involve the sad passing of musical icons — namely Colours of the Year.

After boldly declaring the full-bodied “Marsala” as its Colour of the Year for 2015, the precious peeps at Pantone have taken it up a notch for 2016. Not content with being confined to one colour, this year for the first time Pantone has gone with two shades as its Colour of the Year — Rose Quartz and Serenity. Despite sounding like the names of two New Agey adult film stars, Rose Quartz is apparently a “persuasive yet gentle tone that conveys compassion and a sense of composure,” while Serenity is “weightless and airy, like the expanse of the blue sky above us, bringing feelings of respite and relaxation even in turbulent times.” Somebody actually wrote that.

If you ask us, Rose Quartz and Serenity look a lot like the pastel colours Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas would wear on Miami Vice and that informed

Pantone went with two shades for its Colour of the Year, and they bear an uncanny resemblance to those sported in Miami Vice.

our own outfits at more than a few high school dances and helped get us laid exactly zero times.

Not to be outdone, Benjamin Moore announced its Colour of the Year after “months of research” as its colour and design team apparently travelled the globe.

And after all that time and effort what did they come up with? “Simply White.”

“The colour white is transcendent, powerful and polarizing — it is either taken for granted or obsessed over,” said Benjamin Moore creative director Ellen O’Neill who we imagine ruefully sipping a martini glass filled with liquid nitrogen.

Incidentally, for the 13th year in a row, K&K’s Colour

of the Year is Alcoholic Uncle’s Unwashed Beige Socks. According to our design team, “AUUBS is more tired than resigned, manky with a hint of quiet desperation and embodies the disappointment, missed opportunities, squelched dreams and loss of hope we all feel or push down into the deepest recesses of our soul, day after day until we hardly feel anything at all except the vague residue of a feeling.

That vague residue of a feeling, speckled with tiny shards of cornflakes spilled across the living room carpet but never vacuumed up because who needs a vacuum, is what Alcoholic Uncle’s Unwashed Beige Socks is all about.” @KudosKvetches

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We were made to move.

When we don’t, our health suffers. When we do, we thrive.

World Health Organization’s Move for Health Day takes place May 10, and around the world we’re

promoting physical activity. Why? Regular physical activity is essential for both physical health and emotional wellbeing, but people around the world are becoming more sedentary.

Many equate exercise and physical activity with sports.

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because they’ve never been athletes. Yet our bodies were really meant to move.

Through evolution, the human form adapted to environments demanding physical activity and fitness.

Technology has made it easier for us not to move, and as a result, our health suffers. Most of us don’t

have to go out to the forest with a bow and arrow to hunt for our dinner, nor do we cultivate and gather our own fruit and vegetables.

It’s easier to drive to the grocery store or drive through McDonald’s. Our bodies were designed for environments where food was scarce and we con-

served calories. It’s become too easy to consume more than we can burn off.

When you don’t use your body in the ways for which it was designed, it will become deconditioned. Muscles not used atrophy and become weak. Joints not moved through their full range of motion stiffen and contract. A

heart not challenged becomes weaker. Blood vessels narrow, impairing the flow of blood and nutrients to every part of the body, including the brain.

The sedentary body loses agility, flexibility and balance. This can result in more frequent falls, and with a deconditioned body, the recovery is slow.

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For more than four years, we’ve worked together with our neighbours and local communities to hear what they have to say about our proposed pipeline expansion.

By listening closely and having an open dialogue, we’ve been able to create a stronger, safer and more responsive project. We are working to meet all the requirements of the regulators, as well as consulting with communities, Indigenous people, government agencies and municipalities – and we’ll continue to work with them throughout development, construction and operations. We know how critical it is to get this right. Most importantly, we’re acting on what we hear with significant changes to the Project.

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Damage from deconditioning can be reversed The up side is that much of the damage of deconditioning can be reversed with increased physical activity. At first, it feels like work, especially to our brains that tend to stick to routines and habits, but over a relatively short period of time — just one or two months, the habit of being physically active becomes easier. You will have created a new routine and you’ll already begin to feel the benefits of feeling more fit — physically and emotionally.

If you’re thinking of improving your health and your sense of wellbeing by becoming more active today, jump on board with the rest of us next month as we celebrate Move for Health Day and the Doctors of B.C.’s Walk With Your Doc events. On Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m., I’ll be the emcee for the Doctors of B.C.’s annual Walk With Your Doc at Kitsilano Beach Park.

To celebrate Move for Health Day in Burnaby on Tuesday, May 10, I’ll be presenting a talk, “We Were Made to Move,” at 1 p.m. at the Edmonds

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If you’re thinking of improving your health and your sense of wellbeing by becoming more active, jump on board and take part in Move for Health Day.

Community Centre and again at 5:45 p.m. at the Confederation Community Centre (to be followed at 6:15 p.m. with an easy Walk With Your Doc around the Confederation Park track). You’ll learn about the benefits of exercise, how it can improve your enjoyment of life and your ability to do everyday activities, and how you can make daily physi-

cal activity a new healthy habit. All members of the public of any age are welcome to join our team of Burnaby doctors as we walk the talk. Each participant at the walks will also get a free pedometer (while quantities last).

To find out about Move for Health Day and events close to you, check out your local community centre or the events

page at B.C. Recreation and Parks Association’s website bcrpa.bc.ca. To learn more about Walk With Your Doc events in every community, check walkwithyourdoc.ca.

Davidicus Wong is a family physician and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in health, see his website at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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Start no new projects nor relationships before May 22. Buy nothing big and significant. (In particular, delay machinery purchases.) Instead, stick with ongoing projects and people, or reprise past ones. (A former sensual – though half-hearted – affair might spark again.) Perform errands, communications, travel and paperwork tasks Sunday – best after 10 a.m. (PDT). Your roots call Mon. mid-morn to Wed. mid-afternoon.

A beautiful, and perhaps profitable week, Libra.

Until May 22, stay alert, protect ongoing projects from mistakes, shortages, false starts and delays. Don’t start new ventures or relationships.

If projects or relationships arise from the past, you can safely reprise them. A very sexual (as opposed to romantic or marital) former flame might reappear any time this week – it’s almost as if fate wants you to confront this again.

Remember, Taurus, don’t start significant projects or relationships before May 22. Don’t buy anything significant, either (including clothes – they’d sit untouched in your closet for the next decade).

Instead, reprise past projects/relationships, or use your alertness and “spidey sense” to keep ongoing situations running smoothly. (E.g., order extra supplies so you don’t run short next week, or re-confirm meetings times, etc.)

Remember, start no new projects nor relationships, and buy nothing major, before May 22. Meanwhile, protect ongoing projects from delays, supply shortages, mistakes and misunderstandings.

Double-check appointments. If an opportunity arises from the past, grab it (during this very lucky week) – but if it’s a brand new opportunity, consider it false. You might revisit, even relocate to, a nation or neighbourhood you’ve been in before.

Remember, Gemini, start nothing new, especially in governmental, background, health or institutional zones. In fact, you might have to redo or clean up some neglected or misformed government-related chore – e.g., restate your income taxes, or redo an application you forgot to sign. Work to protect ongoing projects, agreements and relationships rather than attempt to form new ones.

Remember, Sage, start nothing new, form no new bonds, make no new commitments, and buy nothing major before May 22. (Clothes are major, vegetables are not.) A former job might return – grab it if you need it.You felt so romantic, so brave and sexy in April, but that’s all slowing down now. A lover might be growing inward, or you or he might lack sexual confidence.

A month of fun and flirtations, Cancer! Protect ongoing projects and relationships, and/or reprise those from the past. But don’t start new, important projects or relations before May 22. If you’re unemployed, contact former bosses, and/or assume a former career role/ talent. A former flame might appear. If so, he/she is a chatty, restless type, but one interested in “settling down.” This person will probably be met through a mutual friend or in a group – a friendly romance.

Remember, Cap, start nothing significant before May 22. That includes purchases, commitments, projects and relationships.

Sign nothing. Use the time, instead, to protect ongoing projects (from delays, supply or personnel shortages, etc.) or to reprise projects/relationships from the past. If you are presently in a romance, this week will thrill you with love’s luck – Monday right through Friday.

Take a break, Leo. Although you’re in an ambitious period this week and next, new projects begun now will tend to fail, so you’re on “watch duty” rather than “active duty.” Means watch and protect ongoing ventures, but use a light touch. Be willing to stand back and rest up a bit while work activities just roll on by themselves. (But be ready to jump in with the solution if that activity meets an obstacle or other problem.

Take a break, Aquarius. You can’t accomplish much before May 22, you’d be wise not to start anything new and important, and the general influence is one of rest and recovery, home, kids and parents, garden, retirement, security, etc. (Especially avoid new starts in renovations, landscaping, etc.) You’ll gain much more, overall, from staying at home and parenting than from running out into the world to compete in career or other prestige zones.

Start nothing new before May 22, Virgo – especially in legal, publishing/media, far travel, educational, love, and social ritual zones. (E.g., not a good time to schedule/plan a wedding.) These interests form the major focus of this week and next – and your luck is unusually high in these zones, also. However, instead of launching new adventures, reprise past projects and relationships, or protect ongoing interests from mistakes, misunderstandings, wrong information, delays, supply shortages, etc.

Start nothing new, Pisces, neither projects nor relationships nor significant purchases. For example, if you buy a new car this week or next, it will probably prove to be a lemon. (I’m a bit conflicted in writing this, as your luck in cars, land travel, communications, errands, paperwork, and sibling relations is sky-high this present week. This good luck is best, or most “workable,” if you pursue past projects/people, or stick closely to ongoing ventures begun earlier in the year or in other years.

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1. Daniel Kipkoech and Habteselassa Lemma Gemechu run along the seawall through the West End towards the final 10 kilometres around Stanley Park during the BMO Vancouver Marathon May 1, 2016. 2. Marathoners take off from the start line beside Queen Elizabeth Park. 3. Just shy of 5,000 men and women raced in the 45th Vancouver Marathon, which has won international awards for its beautiful, neighbourhood-spanning course. More than 8,600 people registered for the half-marathon, which takes a separate route to the downtown finish line. PHOTOS ROB KRUYT

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Kipkoech, Guangul upgrade to gold Kimugul and Murage defend half-marathon titles

Megan Stewart

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Two marathoners upgraded last year’s silver medals to gold in the 45th running of the Vancouver Marathon, held Sunday, May 1.

Daniel Kipkoech was the fastest racer, covering the 42.2-kilometre course in a time of two hours, 21 minutes and four seconds.

In 2015, the Kenyan came second to compatriot Luka Chelimo who set a course record of 2:18:37 as the fastest on this current, neighbourhood-focused iteration of Canada’s longest continuous

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marathon. The accolade-laden marathon course begins at Queen Elizabeth Park, heads west to Pacific Spirit Park, around the point to Kitsilano and over the Burrard Bridge to Stanley Park before finally finishing downtown.

Ethiopia’s Habteselassa Lemma Gemechu came second overall in 2:23:29, and Ryan Day, an elected chief with the Bonaparte Indian Band of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, finished third in 2:36:44 as the fastest B.C. resident.

Neither Chelimo nor defending women’s champion Lioudmila Kortcha-

guina were in Vancouver to defend their title.

Hirut Guangul was the fastest woman in the long-distance foot race and came seventh overall in 2:39:52. The Ethiopian racer beat Texan Allison Macsas who was second in 2:42:07 and North Vancouver’s Ellie Greenwood who came third in 2:45:21.

The overall winner of the 21.1-kilometre half-marathon, Kenyan Paul Kimugul won his third title, this one in 1:05:01 but off the pace of the course record, which he set in 2014 at 1:02:36. At the finish line, he embraced

his two-year-old daughter Lynn, who is named after the BMO Vancouver Marathon elite athlete coordinator, Lynn Kanuka.

Jane Murage, also Kenyan and the female course record holder, defended her 2015 win in 1:14:41. She was followed by Jerotich Lenah and Lisa Brooking.

The half-marathon course takes a separate route downtown along Cambie Street.

In the B.C. half-marathon championships, the top men and women raced for the provincial title. Langley’s Brooking won the women’s

division in 1:16:03. In a news release, she said Sunday’s race was “fabulous.”

“It was such a beautiful day, great course, good crowds,” she said. “It’s definitely one of my favourite half-marathons, just because of the scenery and it really showcases Vancouver well.

The time just passes, the kilometers just kind of click by.”

Vancouver Falcons Athletic Club runner Neasa Coll and Ellen Chappell, now living in Vancouver by way of Calgary and the University of Dalhousie, came second and third places, respectively, in the B.C. race.

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“See you soon, boys!”

— UBC T-Bird Taylor Loffler, who on April 30 tweeted to two former NCAA teammates from Boise State who now play in the NFL for the New York Giants. Loffler will attend a Giants camp in New Jersey May 6 along with UBC teammates Terrell Davis and kicker Quinn van Gylswyk.

Terence Attema, of Smithville, won the men’s B.C. championships with a time of 1:07:02. He was followed by Victoria’s Jim Finlayson, who is 43, and Vancouver’s Jerry Ziak.

In the eight-kilometre race, which followed a course through Stanley Park, one of the age-group winners was the three-time champion of very first installments of the Vancouver International Marathon.

Tom Howard, the winner of the 1972, ’73, and ’74 events won the men’s 65-69 category in 36:42. @MHStewart

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Sports & Recreation RIO OLYMPIC GAMES: 100 DAYS TO GO

Canadian ‘ice’ won’t melt in Rio Megan Stewart

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Canadians are forged from ice and snow, hardedged and cool even in sweaty, tropical climes like Brazil.

“Ice in Our Veins” is the message of the latest marketing campaign by the Canadian Olympic Committee, released April 27, with 100 days remaining before the Rio Summer Games.

Featuring 12 summersport athletes, the campaign builds on the “We Are Winter” slogan used for the 2012 Sochi Winter Games.

Without irony, the COC promotes “how Canada’s icy landscape helps create fierce athletes with iron will and determination.”

Icy landscapes such as Kitsilano, where javelin thrower Liz Gleadle grew up and still lives when she’s not training in Lethbridge.

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throwing the steel javelin despite frosty fingers in sub-zero temperatures.

The campaign was filmed near Ontario’s Georgian Bay in February.

The commercial features icebergs, a landscape of snowy tundra and, presumably, arctic waters.

Also featured are tennis player Milos Raonic, boxer Mandy Bujold, cyclist Catherine Pendrel, canoer Mark de Jong and, wearing nothing more than their swimsuits, swimmer Ryan

Cochrane and diver Jennifer Abel.

Gleadle is ranked fifth in the world, according to a head-to-head performance ranking, and won gold at the Toronto Pan Am Games last summer. She is the Canadian women’s record holder and reached the finals of in the javelin throw at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

She will compete in Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium for the Harry Jerome Classic on June 19. @MHStewart

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G-men announce departure Megan Stewart

mstewart@vancourier.com

The Vancouver Giants will keep their name but not the city.

For the 2016-17 season, the hockey club that has called Pacific Coliseum home since 2001, will move to the Langley Events Centre.

At a press conference Tuesday morning in Langley, Giants owner Ron Toigo cited several factors he thought would create a better atmosphere and home ice advantage.

“This is a decision that allows us to relocate to an area where a very high percentage of our core demographic live,” he said. “It also allows us to have a home venue whose size will enable us to sell out games, create a fun game night atmosphere and give the team some real home ice advantage.”

The LEC has a capacity of 5,276. The Pacific Coliseum, which is operated by the PNE, can seat more than 17,000.

Attendance has steadily declined for the Giants for the past four seasons. Even when Vancouver hit its peak — in

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results and attendance — the year the club won a Memorial Cup at home in 2007, the Giants were not able to fill out all games. The average attendance that year was 8,760.

It dropped the next two years by marginal increments, but fell by more than an average yearly attendance of 2,500 over the next decade.

In 2013-14, the last year the Giants reached the playoffs, average attendance was 6,266 and this recent season, the Giants won 23 games and lost 40, drawing an average attendance of 5,169, not far off the club’s nadir. That came in

2003-04, their third year since expansion, when an average 4,956 fans attended games.

The team has made five coaching changes in the past two seasons.

Toigo added the move is pure economics.

“This decision is not a reflection on the PNE or its staff. This is a business decision based on creating the best environment for success for the Giants. We’ve enjoyed our time at the Pacific Coliseum — it’s the original home of the Vancouver Giants and a big part of our history.” @MHStewart

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DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Mix together the almond flour and icing sugar and set aside. In a bowl, beat egg whites with food colouring until soft peaks form. Gradually add in sugar, beating constantly until stiff peaks form. With a spatula, combine egg white mixture with the ground almonds mixture and mix until the meringue fall and soften slightly. With a pastry bag fitted

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