Vancouver Courier February 4 2016

FALSE CREEK FLATS OPEN HOUSE 6 MOUNT PLEASANT BYELECTION RESULTS 9 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIER GIVES GUTSY PERFORMANCE 29 FEATURE 10 QUESTIONS LAST CALL FOR SHINDIG’S BEN LAI 20 February 4 2016

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Vancouver is getting a ward system! No it’s not! Yes it is!

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Vancouver is getting a ward system!

What?

Yep, that’s what I’m hearing!

Where are you hearing that?

It’s all over social media!

Right….

Much political ado was made a couple of weeks ago at city hall over Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer’s push to have councillors become liaisons to 22 neighbourhoods.

A lot of the ado came courtesy of NPA Coun.

George Affleck, who revved up the masses — or, at least his Facebook friends — in a post that accused Reimer and her ruling Vision crew of sneakily creating their own ward system.

“If you are not aware, all B.C. municipal government representatives are elected ‘at large,’” Affleck wrote. “That means they are to represent their communities as a whole.”

Affleck said Reimer’s motion ignored the results of a 2004 plebiscite that saw 54 per cent of Vancouver voters reject a ward system in favour of retaining the current at-large voting system.

Now, Affleck continued, the move to appoint councillors as neighbourhood liaisons not only “takes Vision’s anti-democratic style of governance to a new level,” it also gives the mayor the power to choose which councillor will represent a neighbourhood.

“This,” Affleck said, “is a sure fire way to ensure one political party or another will be able to make inroads into some of the neighbourhoods that have swing voters election to election and build on those neighbourhoods that are already a solid base of traditional supporters of one party or another.”

So Affleck’s position is clear.

Now let’s get to that ward-loving Reimer, who moved the motion. And while we’re conducting a political autopsy on Vi-

Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer’s suggestion that councillors be appointed liaisons to specific neighbourhoods has upset NPA Coun. George Affleck and Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr.

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sion’s motivation for such a move, let’s begin with a fact: Reimer has never supported wards.

That’s right. She made that clear right off the top when she introduced her motion at the Jan. 20 council meeting.

“I was a very loud and vocal member of the no wards campaign the last time we had a referendum on this,” she said. “I’m not a supporter of wards, and have not been, although I appreciate others might be.”

Here’s another fact: Council voted in June 2013 to accept the recommendations of the Engaged City Task Force; one of the recommendations was to establish neighbourhood councillor liaisons.

Reimer’s motivation, she said, is to make it easier for people to navigate city hall — not the usual suspects but the newbies who have no idea which councillor might be more in tune with their

issue or issues. Mayor Gregor Robertson phrased it as “improving customer service.”

Reimer’s model for this system is the school board and park board, where trustees and commissioners work as liaisons to specific schools and community centres. An objective, non-partisan observer would see this as a no-brainer, she said.

“But I’m fully prepared to go through the hazing required, if it gets us another step along [the way],” she said before Affleck, his NPA colleagues Melissa De Genova and Elizabeth Ball and Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr began the hazing.

De Genova: “I’m not sure why we’re not listening to the people. They want an at-large system, they have it now. I feel satisfied with it. I represent all of Vancouver.”

Ball: “The reason we have an at-large system is because the trade unions and the boards of trade came together to try to avoid neighbourhoods

being divided through politics. I don’t want to just be worrying about one neighbourhood. I like to worry about the whole city. But it’s not what I like, that’s my job.”

Carr: “I want to be very clear, I serve every neighbourhood and every citizen and every resident and every business in this city. That’s my job. And I am open to all of those people contacting me — I always have, and I want to remain so.”

Reimer opened the discussion with saying she didn’t bring the motion forward during the 2014 election because she feared it would be politicized. More than a year after the vote, time was not apparently on her side.

So what do you think Vancouver — good idea, bad idea or just a bunch of political mumbo jumbo?

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The City of Vancouver and Canadian Pacific Railway jointly asked for the adjournment, according to a notice issued by the transportation agency Jan. 22.

The city applied to the transportation agency for two orders dealing with the corridor — an order that would cancel the rail company’s April 14, 2014 amendment of its three-year plan, where it removed the Arbutus Corridor from the list of lines it intended to discontinue; and an order requiring CP to make an offer to governments for the corridor at the 2004 net salvage value.

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UBC, working with the UNA, has undertaken a process to develop an elaborated design vision for the Wesbrook Place Neighbourhood.

This public open house will present the draft design vision supplement for the Wesbrook Place Neighbourhood as well as a proposed amendment to the Wesbrook Place Neighbourhood Plan. The proposed changes will allow for a broader variety of housing types on the remaining building sites in Wesbrook Place.

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm Place: Wesbrook Community Centre, Lobby, 5998 Berton Avenue Please note that no changes to the UBC Land Use Plan and no net change to planned overall residential floor space within the Neighbourhood Plan area are being considered.

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Flats plans coming together DEVELOPING STORY Naoibh O’Connor

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Louise Schwarz considers False Creek Flats a vibrant and exciting region of the city.

Covering 450 acres and bounded by Main Street to the west, Prior and Venables streets to the north, Clark Drive to the east, and Great Northern Way to the south, it serves various functions including being home to the National Works Yard and the Vancouver Fire and Rescue training centre, as well as being the location of about 600 businesses representing sectors ranging from food, art and culture to technology, manufacturing and light industrial.

Schwarz’s business, Recycling Alternative on Industrial Avenue, which launched more than 20 years ago, is among them. “[False Creek Flats is] such a different area for Vancouver and it’s wonderful.

Every city should have this,” she said. “It’s wonderful for the public to be able to see

something that’s demonstrating the bowels and the metabolism of the city.”

What the area will look like in the future is now the subject of debate and discussion. The City of Vancouver launched a planning process last May and staff are unveiling emerging directions for the plan at an open house Feb. 4.

Schwarz is a member of an advisory committee that’s been heavily involved in the process and she’s pleased with consultation so far.

“From our perspective, as Recycling Alternative, we see some great potential for emerging light industrial, green jobs,” she said.

Sarb Mund, who owns Commissary Connect in the flats, which is the largest commercial kitchen in Vancouver, is also optimistic about the future of the flats.

He said the city is splitting up the flats into various areas such as a health, creative and industry hubs.

“They’ve kind of carved up the False Creek Flats into separate areas. They understand that the flats isn’t just one area. Granted it’s an industrial section of

the city, but there are different parts to that industrial section,” he said. “Commissary Connect is part of the food hub, so for us really pushing forward and understanding what happens to some of the food assets in the area, it was key — understanding the food culture, whether that be the food trucks or the food vendors in our kitchen. The whole perspective of this is kind of understanding what each of the businesses is and how to really help them be better at what they do in that sector.”

Supporting industry and p economic growth is a key to l the plan, according to Jane Pickering, the city’s acting t general manager of planning t and development services. h Pickering said the city is working to support the p job base by ensuring that s it’s doing the “right things t moving forward,” especially T with the kinds of green and fl high-tech jobs it’s trying to n A attract to Vancouver.

More than 8,000 people w currently work within the area’s boundaries and the r city expects that number to t h double in coming years.

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Louise Schwarz, owner of Recycling Alternative, located on Industrial Avenue, sees great potential for emerging light industrial, green jobs in False Creek Flats. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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‘Many moving parts’ to area

Just over a month before public consultation began last year, Providence Health Care announced its intention to move St. Paul’s Hospital to the flats. The proposed $1-billion “state-of-the-art” hospital and health care campus will sit on an 18.5-acre site adjacent to the train station at Main and Terminal.

The southern edge of the flats is also the location of the new Emily Carr University of Art + Design campus.

Topics discussed at city workshops about the flats in recent months included how to improve traffic circulation, how to improve walking, cy-

cling and transit connections, how to recognize the area’s history and how to make various business sectors, the sustainable food system and cultural district flourish.

Pickering said there are a lot of “moving parts” to an area like the flats, including the existence of the rail yards.

“They have a real presence down there and tend to divide the land mass, so circulation in the area is an issue,” she said. “And I think keeping people focused on the fact that this is job space is very important… we’ve also got a process that will be starting up to deal with [St. Paul’s]

too, so things are clearly evolving down there. It’s a very interesting area for the city and for the people who work there. We are continuing to give the message about no residential units — it is industrial and mixed employment land in the regional growth strategy and we are going to respect that.”

The open house runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the National Works Yard, 701 National Ave., Feb. 4.

A report on False Creek Flats is expected to go before city council in late summer or early fall. @naoibh

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VPD plans to install cameras in police wagons Mike Howell

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The Vancouver Police Department plans to install security cameras in the back of all nine of its wagons as a measure to minimize further deaths and injuries of prisoners.

The move is in response to recommendations from separate coroners’ juries involved in inquests where two people died in 2014 after being found unconscious in the back of Vancouver police wagons.

“During the first half of 2016, the VPD will research options with regard to acquiring the cameras, how best to operationalize the process of monitoring the cameras, and the required technology to implement the cameras and to record, download and store the images, along with all associated start-up and ongoing costs,” said a report the Vancouver Police Board approved Jan. 28. “Introducing cameras in the wagons is a significant undertaking with many obstacles that the VPD will attempt to over-

come. The most obvious obstacle is that of funding to acquire the cameras and potentially store video.”

Gregory Douglas Lloyd, 43, died in February 2014 in hospital five days after police arrested him for breaching court-ordered conditions not to consume alcohol or be in a oneblock radius of an apartment in the 2100-block of Triumph Street.

After parking the wagon at the Vancouver jail on East Cordova Street, police discovered Lloyd with a shoelace around his neck. It was tied to wire mesh covering the inside of the wagon’s door. His death was ruled a suicide.

Cheryl Ann Cowan, 58, died in December 2014, eight days after going into medical distress while in a wagon. Cowan’s cause of death was “severe anoxic brain injury due to a cardiac arrest,” according to documents released by the Independent Investigations Office.

Juries in both inquests recommended cameras be installed in the wagons to

The Vancouver Police Department operates nine police wagons.

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ensure the safety of prisoners when transported to jail. The VPD is currently replacing all nine of its wagons and says its goal is to equip all of them with cameras.

Josh Paterson, executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, said he welcomed the VPD’s move to install the cameras, saying it makes a lot of sense provided the footage is used, stored or deleted in accordance with privacy laws.

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Paterson said the footage should also be made accessible to any prisoners who may later have a complaint against the VPD for the manner in which they were transported or handled by police.

“It makes sense that there should be some way of having some accountability later on if things go wrong in those tightly confined spaces,” said Paterson, noting video evidence can be crucial in cases involving the police. “It doesn’t answer every question — sometimes it raises more questions. But overall, it’s a massive help for holding police accountability but also for exonerating police, if there are false accusations. It goes both ways.”

Following Lloyd’s death, the police department installed “Lexan glass” over the wire mesh screens on the inside of the wagons’ doors. The VPD’s medical service provider at the jail also hired staff with experience in emergency wards.

Police now remove prisoners from the wagons at the

jail “as soon as practicable,” said the report, noting police previously conducted the necessary paper work on the prisoner before unloading the wagon.

Other recommendations of the juries’ included: • That all patrol officers be required to maintain certification in basic first-aid and CPR. • Implement a protocol that would require officers to provide immediate assistance during medical emergencies while awaiting paramedics.

• Reinforce scenario training to deal with emergencies related to the transportation of a prisoner.

• Ensure all appropriate first-aid equipment and supplies be accessible in all VPD vehicles, the entrance to the jail and at the jail. @Howellings

Police board rejects call for policy on pot shops Mike Howell

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The Vancouver Police Board has rejected a call from B.C.’s police complaint commissioner to develop a “clear and objective policy” that outlines the department’s approach to dealing with the city’s illegal marijuana dispensaries.

The board decided Jan. 28 to not take any action on a policy until the city’s new regulations for pot shops are put in place and the Trudeau government unveils its plan to legalize and regulate marijuana.

“The board will revisit this matter when the impact of the city’s new bylaw and pending federal legislative change becomes clearer,” said Deputy Chief Doug LePard in a report that was approved by the police board. Meanwhile, he said, officers will continue to follow a directive issued by the VPD executive in January 2015.

“This is a very simple matter — frontline officers must consult and receive approval from their district commander and the VPD organized crime section before taking any enforcement action against a marihuana dispensary pursuant to [drug] offences.”

Commissioner Stan Lowe wanted the board to develop a policy that explained the VPD’s en-

forcement strategy against pot shops and to describe the police’s role as it relates to the city’s new bylaws to regulate dispensaries.

Lowe wrote a letter to the board in November after learning it dismissed a complaint in September from a citizen concerned that police were not enforcing Canada’s drug laws and allowing dispensaries to proliferate. An estimated 100 pot shops operate across the city.

“I am of the view that the Vancouver Police Department could benefit from the creation of a clear and objective policy in the area of enforcement as it relates to marijuana dispensaries,” Lowe said. “Although the department has established some internal directives and identified enforcement priorities, I believe the department could benefit from the assistance of the board in developing clear policy to assist officers in their exercise of their discretion and discharge of their respective duties.”

LePard said the issue of illegal dispensaries is “complex and fraught with misunderstanding.” For example, he said, Lowe noted the city’s regulatory scheme envisions properly licensed pot shops would comply with Canada’s drug laws.

“However,” LePard said, “the regulatory scheme deals with land use and cannot make legal what

is currently illegal in the [Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]. In other words, Vancouver’s new bylaw cannot bring the marihuana dispensaries into compliance with [drug laws] and selling marihuana remains a criminal offence.”

Added LePard: “For this reason, it would not be appropriate to create a policy that is harmonized with the city’s bylaw, since the VPD must independently decide whether or not to enforce the criminal law, and should be informed, not guided, by the city’s bylaw.”

In June 2015, city council passed a new set of regulations to license the city’s illegal pot shops — not the marijuana. To get a business licence, an operator has to meet zoning requirements, undergo a criminal record check, sign a “good neighbour” agreement and meet building codes.

Successful applicants have to pay a $30,000 annual licence fee for a retail shop, or $1,000 annual fee for a “compassion club.”

So far, the city has identified 14 operators who could possibly receive a licence by the spring. The city is still reviewing other applications and has provided no estimate on the overall number of shops it may license. @Howellings

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Melanie Mark makes history in byelection win NDP candidate won 61 per cent of vote

Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

Melanie Mark has become the first indigenous woman to be elected to the B.C. legislature after she cruised to victory Tuesday night as the NDP candidate for the riding of VancouverMount Pleasant.

In a byelection race that wasn’t even close, the 40-year-old Mark, whose aboriginal heritage is a mix of Cree, Gitxsan, Nisga’a and Ojibway, collected 5,353 votes for 61 per cent of the popular vote.

Green Party candidate Pete Fry finished with 2,325 votes, or 26 per cent of the vote. Gavin Dew of the Liberals could only pull 11 per cent of the vote for 994 votes.

“I’m so proud to be here, it’s the most exhilarating journey that I’ve ever been on,” Mark said through tears to a packed room at the Heritage Hall on Main Street, where she was welcomed to the stage by a steady beat of drums from supporters.

While Mark’s win strengthened the NDP’s hold on a riding the party has represented for more than 80 years, the celebration Tuesday was clearly about the history Mark made in becoming the first First Nations’ woman to win a seat in the legislature.

Not, perhaps, since 1949 when Frank Calder of the Nisga’a Nation was elected as the first indigenous person in Canada to a legislature — it also happened to be in B.C. — has there been such excitement in the aboriginal community about a new voice in Victoria.

The hall was filled with dozens of aboriginal people, many of whom bursting with pride and admiration for what the single mother of two young children achieved for herself and the community.

“It’s huge because the riding has the largest number of indigenous people in the province,” said Scott Clark, executive director of Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement, or ALIVE, an organization that works to support vulnerable children and families. “I’m very excited, very proud. Her background is rock solid. We need a strong voice in Victoria to

support our children and families, so that’s why I’m here tonight.”

Mark made her heritage a central part of her campaign, elaborating on her family’s history in interviews, newspaper editorials and campaign videos. She used the narrative to show what she overcame as a child growing up in social housing “projects” on the East Side, where she was exposed to domestic violence and related substance abuse by her parents.

When she was 23, Mark lost her father to a drug overdose in the Downtown Eastside. Her mother, Yvonne, also battled addictions but is 10 years sober and played a part in the campaign.

Those early days, Mark has said, is what made her a fighter, a drive that got her a political science degree from Simon Fraser University and, most recently, work as associate deputy to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth.

Throughout her campaign, Mark stressed the need for more measures to protect vulnerable children and adults. She called on the ruling Liberals to implement a plan to reduce poverty, develop an affordable housing strategy and put a halt to rising costs to medical services plan premiums and ICBC and B.C. Hydro rates.

Fry, who ran a solid campaign but finished second, said he was proud of improving the Greens’ vote share in the riding. But, he said, it was difficult to beat “a big machine” such as the NDP. “Obviously, I’m disappointed tonight,” Fry told the Courier on a sidewalk outside his campaign office at Main and Keefer. “But I think we showed that there is room for the Green party and there’s room to grow.”

Tuesday’s byelection was necessary to fill the seat left vacant by former NDP MLA Jenny Kwan, who resigned to run successfully in last fall’s federal election for the vacant MP’s seat in Vancouver-East.

The other byelection Tuesday in CoquitlamBurke Mountain also saw the NDP claim victory.

Jodie Wickens secured 46 per cent of the vote to clos-

est challenger, Liberal Joan Isaacs, who finished with 38 per cent of the vote.

The NDP now has 35 seats in the 85-seat legislature. @howellings

The NDP’s Melanie Mark celebrates her victory Tuesday night at the Heritage Hall on Main Street after winning the Vancouver-Mount Pleasant byelection. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Opinion ALLEN GARR COLUMNIST

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Gupta gone but not forgotten

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he controversy surrounding the resignation of UBC president Arvind Gupta last summer should have faded away by now.

Even the disturbing sidebar, allegations of infringement on academic freedom from Sauder School of Business faculty member Jennifer Berdahl, should have slipped from the news.

She claimed to have been silenced and threatened after she posted her opinion of Gupta’s resignation on her website.

After all, the province’s biggest and most important postsecondary institution has had no shortage of scandalous events to take over the front page this past several months as it celebrates the 100th year since its founding.

Recall the Dean of the Sauder School of Business apparently told her that the post would hurt UBC’s fundraising campaign. Berdahl also got a phone call regarding her comments from the chair of the UBC Board of Governors John Montalbano. But Montalbano fairly quickly resigned from the board “in the best interest of the school.” And that should have been that.

After all, the province’s biggest and most important post-secondary institution has had no shortage of scandalous events to take over the front page during

the past several months as it celebrates the 100th year since its founding.

The “sense of betrayal” expressed by female students and subsequent apology by the university for its failure to respond quickly to the half dozen allegations of sexual assault by a male UBC grad student who was ultimately expelled, should have done it as a diversion.

Then, two months ago, there was the ham-fisted invasion of privacy by the Dean of Arts in publicly announcing that the renowned Canadian author and head of the university’s creative writing department, Steven Galloway, was suspended because of “serious allegations.” This, even though Galloway said, “I don’t even know what the allegations are.”

But then last week, on Jan. 25, the university, in response to several Freedom of Information requests regarding Gupta’s departure, dumped a package containing more than 800 pages onto the Internet for all to see. The heavily redacted document offered little insight, prompting the headline: “Dump sheds little light.” The story noted “it was likely to do little to dispel intense speculation.”

And then. And then. Within 24 hours, a group of students at UBC, using nothing more than a commercial bit of software, discovered they could actually use the downloaded material to access the unredacted documents. Their findings, once posted on the website reddit.com, were like a defibrillator applied to a body where hope of recovery was all but gone.

The full text of letters and emails between Gupta and Montalbano, as well as other members of the Board of Governors executive committee, were explosive.

They detailed a disrespectful disruptive and dysfunctional relationship between the board and Gupta. To say, as the

board does, that Gupta’s first year in the job was an “unsettled one” was an understatement.

A letter from Montalbano accuses Gupta of possessing “an indifference or intolerance of the board at best — or worse — an intended disregard for its authority.”

Gupta responds that the board would do well to join a national organization that would allow it to improve its skills and understanding of board governance.

It was clear from the outset that hiring Gupta was a high-risk gamble. There were, of course, some advantages: he was an inside candidate, which usually means less disruption in transition. He was the first person of colour to hold the position in a university that was increasingly diverse in its population. And, most importantly, he was a proven winner when it came to fundraising; before becoming president of UBC, he was the head of Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization working

with universities and corporations along with both senior levels of government to deliver research and training programs to support industrial and social innovation.

But what he lacked was skill to manage the transition and the fundamental ability required of every CEO, which is to manage his board. He was clearly unable to keep the board properly informed, so they were, for example, blindsided by breaking news such as the high-profile resignation of the head of the UBC athletic department. And Gupta was obviously incapable of keeping his board on side. Just review the acrimony in their comments about his conduct.

The board’s failing was in not seeing the significant risk they were taking and not finding a way to remedy it sooner in one way or another.

Which means this story has still some way to run before it is over. @allengarr

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Proposal won’t curb foreign real estate buyers Re: “Economists offer proposals to address unaffordable Vancouver,” Jan. 18, online only.

Careful reading of the proposal reveals that it is the general population who is targeted, not so much the non-resident investor. Let’s consider the effect on demographic groups.

A) Renters: The proposal is a recipe for slow but sure rent increase as the landlord attempts to offset giant tax increases to simply stay in business.

B) Small scale “mom and pop” investors will have difficulty meeting mortgage obligations due to increased tax, resulting in loss of livelihood and bank seizures of property.

C) Wealthy foreign buyers will carry on as is: it will keep on making little economic sense not to keep their property vacant, the yearly surcharge can be easily part of their business cost. To target them, as the title implies, would be rather to tax the sale of a vacant property similarly to an investment property.

D) After the housing crash of 2008, the U.S. government forbade financial institutions to sell mortgage based derivatives. Guess what is the replacement? It is rent based derivatives. Hence there is the push for giants to build and acquire more and more rental properties.

The proposal is helpful to monopolize group A), take over group B), have little effect on group C), and give group D) yet another tool towards monopoly of rent based money instead of debt based money.

Cynthia Mason, Vancouver

Rental housing needs to be protected and enhanced Re: “Real estate rant (part deux): The politics of Vancouver’s housing market,” Jan. 8.

Mike Howell’s latest rant does nothing to get at the roots of Vancouver’s housing crisis. I’ve been writing letters to various entities over the years pointing out the obvious: to manage housing affordability actual rental housing availability has to be protected or enhanced. Simply increasing density in terms of sellable properties (condos) feeds into land value speculation and subsequently, inflated housing prices.

Whereas land earmarked solely for rental

stock is generally non-speculative i.e. it can’t be flipped.

I figured this out on my own despite not having a degree in urban planning, or being a politician or investing in real estate.

Charles Leduc, Vancouver

ONLINE COMMENTS

We like Mike Re: “Honour for Britannia’s Mike Evans: Never a critic, always a coach,” Jan. 19.

I worked with Mike Evans for several years. He was much more than a basketball coach, though that was his passion.

We worked with low-income, immigrant, single mom and other vulnerable families in a food security program, amongst other things. Mike is awesome!

Capomum via Instagram ••• Mike Evans is a class act and set the bar very, very high for the entire basketball community. He proved hard work, trust in one another and commitment builds championships. The Bruins legacy sure backs that up. Congrats to the entire Britannia Squad.

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Hope fading in rental market Re: “Property assessment rise set to hit Vancouver renters hard,” Jan. 7.

This is terrifying. I live in an older rental building which is thankfully affordable.

If it is torn down I don’t know where I’ll go... I can’t afford anything that’s out there. There’s no way I can afford the new $1,300/month condos that will take the place of the older buildings. I work two jobs and still can barely make ends meet with student loan repayments and all. This is all so hopeless....

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Farewell, Fourth Avenue Re: “Doors close on old Kitsilano stores,” Jan. 13.

Shopped at Ethel’s for years before I had to leave Vancouver because I could no longer afford to live there. I’ve seen West 4th morph over the years. I remember many, many small shops that I used to go into as a child. I wouldn’t live in Vancouver now if you paid me. As far as I’m concerned, Vancouver is done, not only 4th Avenue.

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Chinese New Year transcends traditions Pat Johnson

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The Chinese New Year begins Monday, coincidentally and conveniently falling on the Family Day statutory holiday. Chinese New Year is a huge event across East Asia and in places, like Vancouver, with large Chinese and Chinesedescended populations.

Each year in the Chinese zodiac is associated with an animal and an element.

This is the Year of the Monkey, complemented with the element fire — so “fire monkey” — and that has feng shui and geomancy experts warning of various sorts of upheavals and commotion. Who doesn’t love a monkey? But for all their eerily human characteristics, they can be unpredictable and wily. Add this element to the mix and some predict fire-related catastrophes such as volcanoes and forest fires, as well as possibly their economic and military equivalents. Still, some people will have a better year than others, based on the animal and element signs under which they were born. Putting aside those horoscopic omens, millions of Chinese and others worldwide are already celebrating the New Year.

Families will mark the occasion beginning Sunday night with family meals, temple visits and the exchange of well wishes and red envelopes, but most of Vancouver’s public festivities will take place the following weekend. Corresponding with another coincidentally auspicious date, the Chinatown parade and a major festival at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden will occur on

Vincent Wong, community engagement manager for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, says Chinese New Year celebrations transcend all traditions, being a secular celebration that also has roots in and contemporary connections with religious and spiritual beliefs. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Saturday, Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day. Suffice to say, red is the motif of the day, whichever tradition one follows. The parade begins at 11 a.m., while the festival inside the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“The motif of the event is really the Chinese concept of hot and noisy, which means boisterous and lively,” says Vincent Wong,

community engagement manager for the gardens.

Red is considered one of the most auspicious and celebratory colours and is the traditional colour of Chinese celebrations, never more evident than at the New Year.

“You’ll see red all over the garden,” he says, not only the traditional lanterns, but also couplets — small banners or signs with

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“Our calligraphers will be demonstrating some Chinese calligraphy and people can take one home if they like,” he says.

Chinese New Year celebrations transcend all traditions, being a secular celebration that also has roots in and contemporary connections with religious and spiritual beliefs.

“Chinese New Year has traditions going back thousands of years and a lot of these traditions are mixed

up in Buddhism, Taoism, many folk beliefs as well, going back many, many centuries,” says Wong.

In addition to being the Lunar New Year, he says, different traditions introduced aspects of ritual, many of which have become integrated across boundaries of belief and place.

“Honouring ancestors is a very big part, no matter which spiritual tradition you come from,” Wong says. Ancestors are remembered with the lighting of

incense, at home or in the temple. It is also a time for renewal, for bringing the family together, for honouring elders and doling out treats (a bit of money in red envelopes, traditionally) to younger folks. Informal lessons in this tradition will be offered at the festival.

“We will have local elders and we have volunteers that teach visitors that come in how to say some of these customary greetings, so they wish the elders good luck and then they receive a little red envelope with a chocolate coin inside,” he says.

Before decorating the home for the holiday, many people will do a major housecleaning.

“That chases away, sweeps away, all the evil spirits and any bad energies from the previous year,” he says. “Then you make way for new energies in the coming year.”

Round fruits are popular, because they represent continuity, the cycle of time and prosperity.

Like the New Year many celebrated Jan. 1, there are also resolutions, but with a more ritualized take.

At the gardens, Wong says, guests can take a red piece of paper, write their hopes and wishes for the New Year and add it to others on a tree. After the tree is brightly festooned with red paper, they are removed and ceremonially burned, the hope being that as the smoke circles and rises the wishes ascend and will be realized.

Regardless of what astrologers say, Vancouverites will be in the streets, rain or shine, celebrating the beginning of the year 4714.

“It’s about vibrance, it’s about celebration, jubilance,” says Wong.

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Community CITY LIVING

Audio project mixes fact and fantasy

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Cindy Mochizuki’s latest project is an experience through the senses, much like a waking dream. The taste of Japanese caramel lingered on the tongue as those who signed up for Mochizuki’s storytelling project, Paper, stepped aboard a boat Saturday afternoon wearing the provided headphones.

The waves swayed the False Creek Ferry (which kindly lent two sailings a day to the audio project Saturday and Sunday), and rain streaked its windows as the pre-recorded story breathed life into K and her small family restaurant located on a mysterious island along the shores of 1960s post-war Japan. One evening, the story went, a man appeared before closing and a strange sequence of events allowed K a glimpse into a portal created by a tiny hole in the restaurant’s paper menu. She saw a forest.

Fantasy and fact swirl about one another in this story; the forest Mochizuki speaks of was a large piece of land on Pender Island purchased by a migrant from Yonago, Tottori, Japan

during the 1900s. The island the restaurant was on was inspired by a boat tour through the canals of Yonago that Mochizuki took during an artist residency program in August 2014 where the idea for Paper formed.

As the tour boat passed a bird sanctuary and its black swans, the guide pointed where a café used to stand, where a beautiful woman made noodles, he said.

He had said it in such an off-hand manner there was much cause for doubt.

It turned out to be fact, even though Mochizuki’s story had already been dreamed up. At Paper’s Japanese opening later that year in Yonago, the granddaughter of the woman who owned the café in the 1930s was in attendance. The café, she said, was called Tatsumi-Tei. The storytelling ended as the boat docked at Heritage Harbour behind the Maritime Museum 20 minutes later but the experience did not. The group walked along a wet pathway to the back of the Burrard Marina Field House where two women served tea and traditional chagayu, a porridge with salmon and rice, which is often eaten by Japanese Canadian fishermen during

long trips at sea. As with the caramel, Mochizuki made all the food in her own kitchen not only in homage to the restaurant in her story, but also in acknowledgment of the chance encounter between the story’s two characters across the Pacific.

The group was seated at two tables in the room surrounded by lockers and, following introductions, people shared their thoughts that included: “It was so thoughtful and poetic,” “I lost track of how much time that even took” and “You are on the boat, you can’t figure out where you are, the West Coast or another world?”

Overlaying a fantastical world over familiar geography like layering transparencies onto an overhead projector made Paper a personal experience, perhaps one that will one day be considered the precursor to virtual reality.

“I’m interested in forgotten stories or stories that are invisible or stories we can’t see in everyday life,” Mochizuki said as the afternoon wore away. “It’s important to me that the audience experiences the trip as a bit of a journey that lifts you off the ground so you’re not walking.”

While Mochizuki is a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist who is more interested in working outside the walls of the gallery (which is why the event was presented by the Contemporary Art Gallery, which includes offsite projects in

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As with many cultures, food takes a strong presence in celebration festivities, but especially for the Chinese and their New Year. It’s not only a great time for commemoration, but also the start of huge multicourse culinary feasts, traditionally eight or nine courses because both are lucky numbers -— eight sounds like the Cantonese word

for prosperity, while nine means“long lasting.” These multi-course meals are also symbolic and represent wealth, luck, happiness and long life.

Traditional upscale banquetstyle dinners start with a wonderful opening such as a sublime soup and include special poultry dishes such as crispy skinned Peking duck wrapped with warm crepes or a crisp skinned whole chicken (a whole chicken symbolizes a proper beginning and end to the year), whole

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steamed fish with julienned ginger and green onions (served whole, head to tail intact as it represents a favourable beginning and end for the New Year), and always ending with e-fu mein, also known as “long-life”noodles. Shellfish, such as lobster or crab, is also served as it represents the life and energy of the powerful dragon.

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also sounds like the word for wish, thus eating fish for New Year’s ensures one’s wishes to come true for the New Year.

Serving fish also represents a symbol of marital bliss and fertility, since fish commonly swim in pairs. In cooking, many Chinese believe that one should specifically pick a live swimming fish, which represents a strong will and spirit and having strong tenaciousness symbolizes the fish’s immortality. Consuming fish symbolizes ingesting long life and good luck.

Other dishes that may be served are clams or scallops, which symbolize wealth and good fortune, since these particular seafood creatures have a similar shape to that of coins.

Roast pig signifies peace and purity, while oysters and green lettuce represent good fortune and prosperity. Esteemed dishes, such as bird’s nest or fish maw soups, usually rich with seafood, represent rarity. Other luxury foods include squab, pea shoots, baby bok choy, shrimp, abalone and crab. Both rice and long-life noodles are also important dishes because rice symbolizes“plentifulness”for the coming year. With noodles, the longer the better, if you want a long life. Don’t cut them shorter as you’ll signify cutting your life shorter.

Stir-Fried Shrimp with Garlic and Chili Sauce The Chinese like to crisp the texture of shrimp so they are quickly soaked in a light brine solution before stir-frying. Serves four as part of a multi-course meal.

1 ½ tbsp salt 2 cups cold water 1 ½ lbs large shrimp, peeled and deveined ½ cup chicken stock 2 tsp dry sherry or rice wine 2 tsp light soy sauce 2 tsp cornstarch 1 tsp sugar

¼ tsp ground white pepper 1 tbsp canola oil 2 tbsp freshly minced garlic 1 ½ tsp freshly minced ginger 1 jalapeno chili, seeded and finely chopped ½ tsp sesame oil 2 green onions, cut into one-inch pieces

Combine the salt and cold water in a large bowl and stir until salt is dissolved. Add shrimp and let sit for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse shrimp under cold water and dry well on a baking sheet lined with paper towel.

In a small mixing bowl add the chicken stock, sherry or rice wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar and pepper and mix well.

Heat a 14-inch flat bottom wok over high heat. To test heat, a drop of water should vapourize within one to two seconds of contact. Add the oil and swirl to coat bottom of wok; add the shrimp and stir-fry for about one minute or until they start to turn pink. Add the garlic, ginger and chopped chili and stir-fry for one minute. Add the cornstarch mixture and stirfry until it starts to boil. Toss until the shrimp are just cooked through and the sauce has thickened, about another minute.

Add the green onions and mix well.

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Feb. 4 to 10, 2016 1. Billed as the “U2 of Taiko drumming,” Japanese music ensemble Yamato bangs the drum and performs its smash hit Bakuon for the first time in Vancouver, Feb. 6, at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.

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2. Presented by the PuSh Festival with the Dance Centre, Relative Collider comes from the limber minds of France’s Liz Santoro/Le principe d’incertitude.

Inspired by physics, numerical structure and language, the brainy dance performance gets heady Feb. 4 to 6 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets $36 at ticketstonight.ca. Details at pushfestival.ca.

3. Alley Theatre presents Hannah Moscovitch’s suspenseful psychodrama Little One Feb. 9 to 13 at the Firehall Arts Centre.

Directed by Amiel Gladstone (A Craigslist Cantata, Are We Cool Now?), Little One is told through the now adult voices of its two main characters and “weaves stories of childhood horror and teenage humiliation into a twisted, wryly funny, and ultimately haunting narrative.” Details and tickets at firehallartscentre.ca or by calling 604-689-0926.

4. Written by Tomson Highway and set in the fictional Northern Ontario town of Lovely, The (Post) Mistress is billed as “a fun and quirky one-woman cabaretstyle show, peppered with original music” performed by the town’s gossipy and charismatic postal worker, Marie-Louise. The Arts Club production runs Feb. 4 to 28 at the BMO Theatre Centre. Tickets and details at artsclub.com.

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UPSCALE JAPANESE DINING: Masayoshi Baba and Tomohisa Uchida, formerly of Tojo’s, have ventured out on their own opening a 24-seat Japanese fine dining restaurant on Fraser Street. Working under celebrated chef Hidekazu Tojo for more than a decade, Baba has honed his craft skillfully expediting some creative dishes. Dashi, a delicious clean clear broth of dried bonito flakes, shiitake, kelp and anchovy was distilled before our eyes in a siphon maker. Chawan mushi, a savoury steamed egg custard filled with fresh seafood was prepared to perfection. And the delicately grilled ginger soy sablefish — marinated for a week — melted in our mouths.

Plating is also top notch. For a full appreciation of Baba’s talents, pony up to the bar and order the Omakase (chef’s choice) tasting menu. Then allow your palette to surrender to his magic. Lingering is encouraged. Since its opening five months ago, Uchida continues to refine the room. Due to its intimacy, children are not welcome, he says.

HOT LUNCH: When the Vancouver Canadians baseball club, led by Jake Kerr, Jeff Mooney and Andy Dunn, set out to develop their foundation seven years ago, the goal was to help as many local youth as possible develop self confidence and a skill set that will help them succeed not just on the baseball diamond but in life. The firm welcomed 800 guests to its sixth Hot Stove Luncheon at the Hotel Vancouver. Featuring executives and players from the Blue Jays organization, including new GM Ross Atkins, fielder Dalton Pompey and former Expos great Tim Raines, the noon hour benefit aimed to top last year’s $180,000 to support the franchise’s Challenger Baseball program, an opportunity for children with cognitive or physical disabilities to enjoy the game, the Boys and Girls Club and the National Women’s and UBC’s baseball programs.

LOVE OF ART: Love was definitely in the air at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s In the Mood for Love Gala. A banquet in celebration of Vancouver Art Gallery’s Institute of Asian Art, the fundraiser chaired by Amelia Gao and Zheng Shengtian featured a photographic exhibition honouring the career of Chinese actress Hu Die, China’s most adored movie actresses during the 1920s and 1930s. Attendees were treated to a Golden Globes-like evening, enjoying a champagne reception and sumptuous dinner orchestrated by Four Seasons’ Ned Bell, before a spirited live auction of coveted works from some of China’s most acclaimed artists. Proceeds of more than $500,000 from the first-ever event will support future development of the institute, which aims to promote the appreciation of Asian Art through exhibitions, public programs, and collections at the gallery.

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Brenda McAllister and Cinnamon Russell steered the yearly Taste the World wine and spirits event, which raised $151,000 to fund health care for the children in Laos and Myanmar.

Masayoshi Baba and Tomohisa Uchida’s intimate upscale Japanese restaurant on Fraser Street is serving delicious fare prepared with creativity and love.

Pastry chef Jackie Ellis participated in chair Rob Akimow and executive director Matt Pitcairn’s Richmond Chamber dining forum focused on food, business and entrepreneurship.

Amelia Gao and Zheng Shengtian steered the Vancouver Art Gallery’s In the Mood for Love Gala, generating more than $500,000 for the Institute of Asian Art.

Bob Rennie’s newest show — exhibiting until April 23 — featuring 41 artists from his private collection raises some tough issues such as racism, AIDS and isolation.

From left, Glacier Media’s Vicki Magnison, Tara Lalanne and Michelle Banuiulis enjoyed a culinary girls night out at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s Kitchen to the Boardroom forum and fundraising dinner.

Vancouver Canadians owner Jake Kerr welcomed Toronto Blue Jays fielder Dalton Pompey to the club’s Hot Stove Luncheon to raise funds to help underserved kids discover the game and their potential.

Should wine be made to age or made to drink?

The question was posed to Sid Cross, David Scholefield and others at alumni UBC and Tourism Vancouver’s fourth Grape Debate, part of Dine Out festivities.

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Years add up in sprawling Boom Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net

The historical period that writer/director/performer Rick Miller covers with lightning speed in Boom starts appropriately with a boom and ends with a boom: the Aug. 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and the launch of Apollo II on July 16, 1969. In between, he plays 100 celebrated characters — from Churchill and Truman to Pierre Trudeau and Joni Mitchell.

Holding it all together as the years, events and characters fly by are three consistent characters: Miller’s mother Maddy, from Coburg, Ont.; Laurence, a black, Chicago musician; and Rudi, an Austrian immigrant.

Make that four characters because Miller is also in there. It’s frustrating if you try to connect the dots too soon, but be patient: all four characters come into sync at the end in a surprising way. Seems

Maddy was, at one point, a wild child.

Miller, famous for MacHomer — his Simpsons take on Macbeth that has been seen around the world — is a spectacular impressionist. It’s not so much that he, for example, sings like Perry Como; he doesn’t. But his body language is right on and he captures the essence of the old boozy crooner, as well as dozens of other entertainers, from Bob Dylan to Janis Joplin. When Miller was unable to get the rights to use songs, he made up new lyrics and carried on.

While the show is sometimes referred to as a lecture/performance, it’s visually dazzling.

David Leclerc’s projections — black and white newspaper and video clips, photographs, old advertisements, etc. — are flashed on a tall cylindrical scrim while Miller, sometimes inside the scrim, sometimes in front of it, performs his impressions, sings and plays piano, guitar and harmonica. He’s

an unstoppable, engaging, one-man wonder.

When the dates — 1945, 1946, 1947 and on and on — are projected (and 1969 seems a long way off) Boom feels like it could be interminable, but Miller’s energy never flags until his character Laurence tells us he needs to take a “leak” and cracks the joke that, surveying the audience full of “boomers,” he’s probably not the only one.

“And without boomers, there would be no theatre.”

Probably true. Intermission.

Miller is also a marketing wizard: after every performance there’s a short talkback session after which, in the lobby, he videotapes anyone who wants to tell an interesting personal story about the post-war boom years. These are all then posted online. MacHomer, performed in 175 cities, is no longer in Miller’s repertoire, but is available on DVD and available in the Arts Club lobby after the show. MacHomer fans are legion.

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Rudi in Austria and Laurence in the U.S., Miller sheds light on the years 1945 to 1969 across the continents in what he calls “a living, breathing time capsule.” And because these were the events that shaped his mother’s life, Boom is “a labour of love.”

While it’s easy to accuse Miller of pandering to boomers, an interesting thing happens: it all starts to add up. The bomb. TV. The ’60s. The Pill. Assassinations. Wars. Draft dodgers. Joni Mitchell and “the seasons/they go round and round.” Those events shaped us whether we like it or not. If your children and grandchildren don’t know why you are as you are, take them to see Boom. They’ll get it and they’ll get you.

One way or the other, we were all there.

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be the last event with Lai at the helm. Before hanging up his microphone, Lai talked to the Courier about mean Shindig judges, angry bands and jokes for beer.

Shindig organizer and emcee hangs up microphone after 15 years

1. In as brief and sexy a way as possible, what is your official job title and duties at Shindig?

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The University of British Columbia’s radio station CiTR first launched its Shindig band competition more than three decades ago. In that time, the annual battle royal has seen the likes of 3 Inches of Blood, Japandroids, the Organ, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Fond of Tigers and Meow, featuring a feline-outfitted Neko Case on drums, rock its illustrious ranks. And while bands come and go, there has been one constant for nearly half of Shindig’s existence — emcee and organizer Ben Lai. While this Friday marks the 32nd Shindig Final, Feb. 5 at Pat’s Pub, it will also

I’m the emcee at Shindig, and I also help out with organizing the event.

I’m the person who is there to make sure everything runs smoothly every night, and that everyone is having a good time.

2. Why is this your last year at Shindig?

I love the job, but 15 years is a very long time.

I’ve been involved with Shindig for almost half of Shindig’s 32-year life span. That is ridiculous.

It’s time for me to move on and let someone else have an opportunity to have the fun that I’ve had, and also to bring in new energy and fresh ideas.

3. How has Shindig changed since you first started?

One change between Shindig now versus back then is we have much more transparency with the judging process now.

Back when I first started, the bands had no idea who was judging them or how they were judged. We were more or less telling them, “If you play well and we like you, you might win.”

Today, we provide bands with outlines on how the judging system works and the judging list is made public after each night.

Another thing is that I remembered more heckling back in the early days, especially during Jokes for

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Beer, though sometimes even when the bands are playing. The crowd is much better behaved now — there is almost none of that anymore.

4. Jokes for Beer remains a popular part of Shindig. What can you tell me about the correlation between people’s desire for free alcohol and their sense of humour?

Yes, Jokes for Beer is still a big part of Shindig.

As you can probably guess the people with the most desire for free beer are also the drunkest, and they tend to tell long and incoherent jokes. Often the best jokes are told by the shy person in the corner who didn’t really want that extra beer in the first place, who is only telling the joke because their friend keeps egging them to do it.

5. Have you ever had to cut off a joke teller because their material was too offensive?

More than a few times.

Mostly for awful sexist jokes. The crowd is a very good gauge of jokes.

Usually they start booing and hissing before I even get a chance to take the microphone away from the joke teller.

6. Although Shindig is meant to be fun, it still is a competition, and bands and their fans have feelings. What have been some of the most extreme reactions you’ve witnessed regarding judges’ decisions?

One time I heard a beer glass thrown against the wall inside the band room immediately after I announced the winner — obviously the losing band didn’t like what they’d heard. Another time, when we were still at the

Railway Club, a wooden bar chair got chopped into pieces by a band member.

I have never witnessed it myself, but more than a few acts have told me that they cried after Shindig.

Not so much from the losing, but from reading the judge’s comments. The comments from the judges get passed back to the bands after the show, and back in the old days they could be very mean and nasty. In general though, the bands react fine — their friends however are sometimes more vocal with their displeasure.

Nothing too crazy, usually they just run up to me and tell me how the wrong band won or that the judging was fixed.

7. What can you tell me about the bands in this year’s final?

First we have the Psychic Alliance who write catchy songs and bring an amazing amount of energy and theatrical presence to their shows. They will be followed Late Spring, who combine elements of noise rock, shoegaze and surf to create a dreamy and mesmerizing performance.

Lastly, we have a solo violin player by the name of Wallgrin. She uses loop pedals to create songs with her voice and violin that is delightfully unique and refreshing.

8. When you aren’t helping organize Shindig what occupies your time?

I also host a radio show on CiTR Radio Thursday nights, where I invite bands to play live on the air.

Non-musically, currently one of my favourite hobbies is collecting and repairing old vintage computers. Yes, I’m a nerd.

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Ben Lai will host his last Shindig Final this Friday, Feb. 5 at Pat’s Pub. PHOTO DAN TOUGLOET 9. What will you miss most about Shindig?

I will miss being introduced to new bands and new people every year.

The Vancouver music community is full of wonderful and talented people, and through Shindig I got to interact with so many of them. In fact, many of my

closest friends today are people who I met when they played in Shindig.

10. Where will you be next year when Shindig starts again?

Now that I can leave town for more than a week at a time, I will be doing some travelling. Asia sounds like a good desti-

nation. Otherwise you’ll still find me at Shindig every so often, probably at the back of the bar. Not sure if I’ll tell a joke for a beer though.

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River District, Vancouver’s last waterfront neighbourhood, is being developed along the banks of the Fraser River in the southeast corner of the city. The design of the development is the result of a decade’s worth of planning and public consultation between the community and experts in urban design, architecture, landscaping and environmental sustainability. Once complete, River District promises to be a cohesive, vibrant neighbourhood with all necessary amenities, from waterfront access to a public plaza, shopping, restaurants and modern residences, including One

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On Saturday, Feb. 13, Wesbrook Village at the University of B.C. will once again bring the community together for all kinds of exciting events in celebration of the Lunar New Year.

While kids and adults of all ages will enjoy the annual Lunar New Year Lion Dance, the little ones will want to check out the Welcome Centre and try their hand at some festive crafts. To ensure luck and prosperity for the coming year, make sure to follow the Lion Dance throughout Wesbrook Village. Shops in the village will welcome the lion with traditional lettuce (for food) and red envelopes to ward against bad fortune. A traditional Lion Dance display will take place at Norman Mackenzie Square before they set off for the parade.

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From an early age, I was hooked on reading.

By Grade 6, I had finished reading the World Book Encyclopedia and spent hours each week at the McGill Branch Public Library in North Burnaby. Like my mom, each week, I would borrow my limit of books.

I was inspired by Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking, Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People and James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh. I learned much more from countless books and my eyes opened

to an expanding horizon of possibilities.

So enriched and moved by the writing of others, I imagined how wonderful it would be to help and inspire others with my own words someday.

For 10 days in Grade 6, I had a flare-up of rheumatoid arthritis with rashes, fevers and painful joints.

On Burnaby Hospital’s pediatric ward, I was cared for by my doctors and nurses who weren’t treating a disease, but rather me as a whole person. I trusted them to do their best for me and it was then that I decided to be a physician — to give forward the care that I had been given and to care for others when they are most in need.

An inspiration can get us started on a path, but what keeps us going?

We can be most inspired by those we serve. When I became a parent, the awesome responsibility of caring for a helpless baby, loving unconditionally and nurturing each of my children to

their greatest potential was the greatest of callings.

I had to rise to this responsibility and strive to be my best to give my best.

My children have made me a better person.

As a physician, I developed my golden rule of medicine: treat every patient with the same degree of care and consideration I would want for a best friend or family member. For any of my patients, I refer to the same colleagues and order the same tests in the same time frame that I would want for those in my personal life.

The needs of my patients have inspired me to be a better physician. I am inspired and supported by a few of my colleagues, including my classmate, Dr. John Law, who like me, commit to continuous quality improvement in their clinical skills and looking outside of the box, learn advanced techniques to meet the needs of our patients.

The most inspiring

physicians learn from one another and from their patients.

In your personal life, whom do you serve? Look both inside and out of your own home, community and workplace. If there is a need, can you rise to meet it?

Each day presents us with infinite opportunities to make a difference big or small — to lift up the hearts of a few people and to live a meaningful life.

Celebrate Inspiration Day from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Century House, 620 Eighth St. in New Westminster. I’ll be there to enjoy the entertainment of the Century House singers and comedians and give the keynote presentation.

Admission is $5. Call 604-519-1066 for more information.

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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The case for neighbourhood ‘city halls’ Michael Geller Columnist

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Explore neighbourhood empowerment!

This was the theme of a recent Sunday afternoon workshop organized by the Kerrisdale Community Centre Society (KCCS).

The workshop invitation referenced the 2012 Vancouver Foundation study that revealed while many residents are collaborating and working hard to create a vibrant and healthy community, far too many others have retreated from civic life.

It also pointed out that Vancouver does not have an overall plan guiding growth and development.

Projects are increasingly approved in an ad-hoc manner, with minimal neighbourhood consultation and little or no regard to community vision plans developed through extensive citizen involvement.

The workshop’s keynote speaker was Jim Diers, a former Seattle city planner.

Also on the program were UBC professor David Ley and Larry Benge, co-chair of the Vancouver Coalition of Neighbourhoods.

I was particularly impressed with what Diers had to say.

He began with a discussion of Robert Putnam’s ground breaking book Bowling Alone, which reveals how many North

Americans have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbours, and democratic structures. He told the audience democracy is in crisis, with fewer and fewer people voting, adding we think of ourselves as taxpayers, rather than citizens.

However, residents are starting to wake up and take action, and he used a Seattle grass boulevard as an illustration.

Street boulevards are owned by government, but must be maintained by individuals. One day a woman tore up her boulevard and planted it with vegetables and flowers. Soon her neighbours followed.

While the municipal government initially tried to stop them, it failed and the replanting became contagious. Diers referred to this as an example of the untapped “power of community.”

He noted that “power of community” can also lead to neighbourhood crime prevention, promoting improved health and caring for one another.

He spoke of the importance of knowing our neighbours since, in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake, we will likely be totally dependent on them.

He then described how a number of years ago, Seattle residents were concerned they had little voice

in the future planning of their neighbourhoods. The city was run by 32 different downtown departments that tended to work in silos.

To bring government closer to the people a Department of Neighbourhoods was created, and he was hired as its first director.

The challenge was how to make democracy work again. One solution was to create 13 storefront “city halls” that brought not just municipal departments, but also county, state and federal departments into the neighbourhoods.

The people who worked in these “city halls” were like overt double agents in that they worked for both government and local citizens.

A number of initiatives were proposed. The funding came from the city administration along with matching neighbourhood funds, which included cash and in-kind support.

It was a controversial program since many of the community-initiated projects were not necessarily the administration’s top priorities.

In 1998, a new mayor was elected in Seattle.

Paul Schell was a former developer and Dean of Architecture. Diers noted that both he and the new mayor hated planning since plans were too often owned by the planner and not reflective of community values.

So the neighbourhoods started to hire their own community planners and prepare their own plans within an overall planning framework.

Thirty thousand people prepared 38 plans over a two-year period. They identified ways to accommodate growth that were acceptable to each neighbourhood.

Once the plans were completed, a major challenge was where to find money to implement them — $196 million was raised for 27 new and enlarged libraries by issuing bonds.

A similar approach was subsequently used to fund new community centres and parks.

People voted to pay additional taxes because they had been involved in the decision making process.

Diers went on to describe numerous other North American and international examples of “power of community.”

Everyone, including me, left uplifted. There was a feeling that maybe Vancouver residents should not just sit back and sign the occasional petition.

Instead we should insist on shaping the kind of neighbourhoods we want.

Creating local “city halls” around the city with local planning offices could be a most effective way to get started. @michaelgeller

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Other activities on offer during the day include gym fun for all ages, arts and crafts in the pottery and art studios, art in the Willow room and a bouncy castle. Instructor

demonstrations include Music Together, Grow with Music, Middle Eastern dancing, break dancing, salsa, gypsy music, a blue grass jam, storytelling, drama performance, a seniors writing group reading, family photo shoot, Dancing the Parenting, Aikido, Kempo

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The festivities will end with a grand finale including multicultural drumming and a circle dance. Don’t miss this free family event for all ages, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The centre is located at 3360 Victoria Dr. Call 604-2576955 or visit troutlakecc. com for more information.

Feb. 11 to 14

Year of the Monkey celebrations at International Village mark the start of the lunar calendar with traditional Chinese spring festivities and rituals, including live performances, exhibition and sales booths on the main level and “lucky” draws.

Meanwhile, the Upper Mall has been transformed into the Chinese New Year Heritage Village with displays demonstrating traditional livelihoods, arts and culture and culinary de-

This year’s show runs from Feb. 12 through 14 with a goal to offer all of the resources needed to help you find balance and live your best life. The Natural and Organic Market section, sponsored by Nesters Organic Market, will highlight quality and natural products with a nutritionists available to discuss health and wellness, while the Celebrity Chef Cooking Stage will feature the likes of chef Hidekazu Tojo of Tojo’s Restaurant, chef Alana Peckham, sponsored by the B.C. Blueberry Council, chef Tobias Grignon sponsored by Mamie Taylor’s and chef Alessandro Vianello sponsored by the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel.

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Afro hair naturally. Music wise, there will be performances by West Coast world fusion group Tanga, Bazooka Picnic, jazz/pop singer Alejandra Ribera, jazz/country hybrid ElkHorn and chamber pop outfit The End Tree, among others. Children’s Festival favourite Jacky Essombe takes audiences

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Gutsy win propels skier to Norway

Churchill senior bound for Youth Winter Olympics Megan Stewart

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When snow just wouldn’t fall on the North Shore Mountains last winter, cross-country skier Annika Richardson travelled the country to look for it elsewhere.

“I’m pretty sure I was away all of January every weekend, just trying to find snow,” she said this week.

This season, the Hollyburn Nordic Ski Club member logged more time on snow in a single training week than she did last year, and the results are telling.

Richardson was selected to join Team Canada at the Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games Feb. 12 to 21.

The five-foot-nine cross-country running city champion said she didn’t set out to reach the Olympics, but her process — a gritty determination and ability to narrow her focus to the immediate moment — got her there in the end. And it all came down to her performance for one heck of a finish.

Team Canada based its selection on two December events, a combination of the five-kilometre and sprint races at the Canmore NorAm plus the 10- and five-km races at Sovereign Lake near Vernon.

After Canmore, Richardson was trailing her friend and biggest rival Hannah Mehain, of Vernon, in the points tally.

Heading to Mehain’s home course, Richardson knew she’d have to win in order to be in contention for Team Canada and Lillehammer.

“I was going into the weekend with pressure on me but I didn’t want to let that get to me,” she said.

“On Sunday, in the 5K, I

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had the race of my life.”

The racers start at 30-second intervals, so they are in the dark regarding their overall position.

Mehain jetted out of the gates and built a tremendous 30-second lead, but by the time she reached the base of the final hill, 800 metres from the end, she was lagging and Richardson was closing in.

“It’s a tough course with a lot of uphill, a flat rolly section through middle and then a downhill with an uphill to the end. I was skiing well and then I blew up in the middle section because I went really hard up the first hill,” said Richardson.

She hit the second-last

The number of Canada West wins recorded by UBC T-Birds men’s basketball coach Kevin Hanson, moving him to second overall in the history books, after a 79-51 win over UVic Jan. 29. His Canada West record is 246-84.

hill, known as the Wall and feared her race was over.

“I yelled at myself,” she said. “I yelled out loud on the course, ‘You need to get yourself together and go.’”

Her coaches indicated she was trailing Mehain but didn’t say by how many seconds. Turns out the deficit was half a minute. “That is a lot with one kilometre to go,” she said.

Then, something else came out of her. Not a shout, but vomit. “I threw up a little bit. I was tucking [down a hill] and I threw up,” she said.

The last hill was ahead of her, and Richardson pushed her body over the

distance like a machine. “I killed myself to get to that finish line. I crossed, collapsed and kept throwing up,” she said.

She beat Mehain by seven seconds. Richardson started to cry. She was going to be an Olympian.

Mehain crashed over the finish line in third place, spent from the exertion of the punishing pace she set.

“All that emotional stress was repressed because of the pressure,” said Richardson. “That 5K was definitely one of my most memorable races.”

A race result based on a process that built to a performance that will lead her to the Olympic Games. @MHStewart

Ty Ronning is having a banner week and a breakout season.

The Giants right-winger opened scoring in the Top Prospect showcase last month when he found the back of the net and dazzled the hometown crowd at Pacific Coliseum Jan. 28 in the CHL/NHL showcase.

Playing for Team Cherry, the 18-year-old who leads the Giants with 27 goals connected on a give-and-go with linemate Jordan Kyrou of the Sarnia Sting to score the go-ahead goal early in the game. Ronning’s initial shot was blocked, but he banged in the rebound to give his team a 1-0 lead at the 3:09 mark of the first period. He wasn’t supposed to be there, but Ronning filled in for a late scratch, replacing Giants teammate and Team Cherry captain Tyler Benson who was sidelined with an injury.

Team Cherry went on to lose 3-2 to Team Orr. Quebec minor hockey league stars Pascal Laberge of the Victoriaville Tigres and Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles both had three points in the win.

On shades of teal and turquoise and navy…

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The rank for the Thunderbirds (11-4).

They host the national collegiate championship when the CIS Men’s Basketball Final 8 comes to Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre March 17 to 20.

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The undefeated 10-0 season on the line for the T-Birds men’s rugby team as they prepare for the NCAA heavyweight 5-0 UC Golden Bears in Berkeley Feb. 6. The rivals play for the World Cup trophy, named for the Vancouver World newspaper.

The return leg of the play-down is March 20 at UBC.

JERSEY OF THE WEEK The Whitecaps FC unveiled their 2016 kit and are calling the blue-onblue-on-blue ombre uniform their Sea To Sky jersey. Like the club’s name, the landscape also gets credit for the look: “Inspired by everything that makes our city great, from the ocean to the mountains and beyond, the new jersey represents Vancouver and Whitecaps FC on every level.” Available to the general public March 1.

Ronning has 44 points and 16 penalty minutes in 47 games with the Giants, marking an incredible output over his previous seasons in Vancouver. In 2014/15, he had one goal and one assist in 24 games, and the season before that he tallied nine goals and 11 points in 56 games.

One night after the Prospects game, Ronning scored with two seconds left in overtime to secure Vancouver a 4-3 win over the Kamloops Blazers at the Sandman Centre. He nailed a one-timer off a pass from Chase Lang.

Ben Thomas, Lang and Trevor Cox also scored for Vancouver in the win, and Ryan Kubic stopped 36 of 39 shots.

The Giants remain in last place in the Western Conference with 45 points.

With 20 wins, 27 losses, three overtime losses and two shootout losses, they sit 36 points behind the conference-leading Kelowna Rockets (34-13-3-0).

The Giants play the Lethbridge Hurricanes (27-19-3-0) at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Pacific Coliseum.

— Megan Stewart

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A correction about J.O. secondary Megan Stewart

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I wrote a story two weeks ago about the much-adored Mike Evans, a basketball coach and counsellor at Britannia secondary since 1980. His fans rallied to name the school gymnasium in his honour and they managed to keep it a surprise from the man who isn’t on Facebook or Twitter.

In that story, I included a list from the school board with five other public schools that have paid tribute to educators in similar ways. However… for one of those schools, I missed the fact one gym is named for three people.

(If I’ve neglected others, please write or call.)

After the story ran, I got a phone call from Hugh Mar-

shall. (Hi Hugh, I’m glad to know you’re reading!)

He praised Evans and then got right to his point.

The list, he said, wasn’t complete. Incredibly, one of the gymnasiums at John Oliver secondary — ostensibly the girls gym — is named for three women, Mary Macdonald, Mary Campbell and Pat Spencer, all of them retired P.E. teachers.

“As I recall, the first name is Mary Macdonald, the second name is Mary Campbell and the third name is Pat Spencer. That is the order they taught there,” said Marshall, adding Macdonald started her career in the ’30s or ’40s.

“Mary left in 1961, Mary came in about 1962 or so and left in ’89, and Pat came there in ’75 and left

in about 2010, let’s say. I know them well because I taught with all of those people. In fact, I hired a couple of them but that is besides the point.”

Marshall was a student at J.O. and then as an adult he taught P.E. there from 1954 to 1987. The main school gym has his name on it. (The initial story I wrote has that part correct. I listed his name and Macdonald’s only.)

“I go to every reunion that they have and I’ve been to as many as five in one year,” he said. The UBC alum took his teacher training with Norma McDermott who was honoured only a few years ago at Eric Hamber secondary in the same way Evans and Marshall were recognized at their second homes. @MHStewart Churchill Bulldog Izaiah Ugoalah (No. 20) hangs at the rim for a lay-in against the D.T. Trojans Feb. 1 at Churchill secondary. The Grade 12 talent will play postsecondary basketball with the UBC Thunderbirds, he announced Jan. 27. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Second to none.

The host Churchill Bulldogs were leading the David Thompson Trojans by 20 points and counting in the third quarter when six-foot-five Izaiah Ugoalah came back on the court for the home team.

He handled the ball every play.

On one trip down court, the springy combination guard tipped a rebound to himself and passed it back inside to assist on a lay-up. On the next two offensive possessions, he added two more assists and then a three-point bucket.

Ugoalah is part of the No. 2 ranked AAAA Bulldogs and on Jan. 27 announced his commitment to play for the UBC Thunderbirds. After playing a supporting role as a Grade 10 student when Churchill won the AAAA B.C. senior boys title in 2014, Ugoalah spent a year in a prep basketball program south of the border in Kansas.

He said he learned a lot at Sunrise Christian Academy, including that he wanted to return to Vancouver.

Churchill is ranked second in B.C. behind the Kelowna Owls, a team they could meet this weekend at a tournament in the Okanagan.

The senior boys AAAA public school city championships start next week, Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, with the final 7:30 p.m. at Churchill.

The senior boys AA/AAA city championships run Feb. 5 to 10, with the final at a yet-to-be-announced time at Churchill.

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Professional football player and two-time Grey Cup champion Shea Emry announced his retirement from the CFL on Wednesday.

A product of Vancouver College where he was a quarterback and UBC where he toiled as a linesman, Emry was a first-round CFL draft pick in 2008, selected seventh overall. He was an all-star and made his career by being tough.

“I was paid to hit people,” said the linebacker, who was voted by his peers as the league’s “nastiest player.”

All that was taken away from him when, in 2011, he was sidelined with a seasonending concussion. It may not have been his first but it was possibly the worst, and Emry lost much more than game time.

“I was concussed and depressed and lost and had low self-worth,” he said over the phone Feb. 1. He

felt he wasn’t anybody if he wasn’t a football player.

As a freshman at Eastern Washington University before returning to Vancouver, Emry also battled depression. He felt the “abyss of life” he said in an interview with Canadian Press after returning to the Montreal Alouettes’ roster. “The depression came from feeling like an outsider… and here I was again after the concussion, feeling I wasn’t part of the team,” he said.

Emry, who is an ambassador for the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation and also sits on the advisory board for the Watson Centre for Brain Health at UBC, picked up the story by describing his recovery.

“I just needed to reconnect with myself. I started exercising, I went downstairs into the gym and worked out, then I started to go do yoga,” he said. He ate nutritious food, immersed himself in nature, sought people he could talk to, including his fiancée, and turned juice into

Shea Emry with his son, Rozen Oak.

an active verb. His recovery lasted months but Emry returned to the field in many ways a better athlete and even man, he would say. He was nominated for Outstanding Canadian and Outstanding Defensive Player.

After he was back playing with Montreal, he wanted to share his hard-fought insight and so he sent an invitation to the entire team, as

well as a few close friends, to meet. He’d landed on something powerful, he felt.

A strategy for “unmasking masculinity” and building self-assurance that had more to do with his intrinsic self than his profession, his position or the colours he competed in.

He said he imagined “juicing with all my buddies” and practising yoga

to show “how I got back to health.” But none of the men came. Instead, they sent proxies: they sent the women in their lives. Emry was disappointed and asked himself why the professional athletes didn’t show up.

“I needed to engage with their masculine beings,” he realized.

What developed next was the Wellmen Project. Kind of like Scouts for adults, but specifically to allow men the ability to learn about themselves in the outdoors.

“Our tag line is an adventure within,” he said. “It is really about trying to break everything down, strip away all the busyness and all the clutter and be as pure and as simple as possible.”

Emry uses the word “rewild” and hosts about 20 men as they throw axes and cut wood, as well as chat around a fire pit and also try yoga among other things.

It’s as if by “rewilding” these men, Emry can help them learn to be more civilized, progressive humans

— men who are secure in their masculinity and identity because they are not held back by binary gender expectations and stereotypes that harm women and men.

“Speaking from experience, I feel the need to financially provide for and protect my family and be this type of man where, really, the person I need to be to my family is caring and present and able to provide sustenance by cooking a meal and bringing home the groceries,” he said. “It depends on whatever is real within your family. It is no longer go out and hunt, bring back food. It is no longer you are the one who is the sole provider and your wife stays at home.

There might no longer be a wife. There are so many ways to exist.”

In retirement, Emry will settle in Vancouver with his 16-month-old son and fiancée, Devon Brooks, who advocates to stop violence against women. @MHStewart

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The two weeks ahead continue to emphasize romance, creativity, beauty, pleasure, charming kids, and risk-taking. (This last a positive thing; you’re riding a small winning streak.) Sunday/Monday bring these influences to a peak, but two small warnings: 1) you won’t meet anyone new who would turn into a lifemate; 2) this is not the best time to begin or launch a big project in these areas. (E.g., not a good time to join an internet dating site, or begin writing a novel, etc.)

The main emphasis remains on career, ambitions, prestige relations and your worldly standing or reputation. These are especially potent Sun./ Mon., and your luck is fine, except with cooperators (they oppose you right now, overtly or covertly) and relocation. Opportunities might not be what they seem.

Taurus, now to March 5, and again late May to August 2, relationships will be intense – hot or cold, love or war, with little in-between.

The accent lies on home, domesticity, property, security, nutrition and retirement, especially Sun./ Mon. These two days flow smoothly enough, and you should dive into domestic affairs or projects.

But 1) don’t start a major domestic project (e.g., building a house) and 2) leave work affairs at work.

Romance, beauty, pleasure, charming kids, creative and speculative ventures loom Tues./Wed. Dive in, take advantage of the terrific luck.

You start this week happy in mood and mind.

A recent love puzzle might “unknot itself” Sunday. Your view is wide, your compassion and empathy strong but mellow. You understand things. A new intellectual, travel, legal or love venture might start. Whether it has a long-term result is not at all certain, though, so don’t tie your future to it, especially Monday. Make a first move, then wait and see.

The accent remains on details, paperwork, errands, communications, trips and visits, and a general restlessness, especially Sunday/Monday. Travel, call, read – be curious. You’ll be extra busy Sun./ Mon. with all these things – however, don’t start a new project (e.g., don’t start a new mail project, or buy a new phone system). (And avoid a “sensuous romance.”) Home calls Tues./Wed. – so do security, retirement plans, real estate, gardening, etc.

Life’s mysteries rise to the surface. Secrets abound – and research can yield valuable answers, especially in financial, health or lifestyle regions. These things “surround you” for the two weeks ahead, but especially this Sunday/Monday. These two days urge you to invest, reduce debt, or otherwise massage your financial picture. (If “gambling big,” find an advisor who is “savvy” about possible deflation and its effect on investments.)

The general accent lies on money, earnings, possessions, sensual attractions and memory (and memory tasks as well as rote learning). These are highlighted Sun./Mon. Your luck’s fine these two days, but 1) don’t start a major project (e.g., buying a business to make more money) and 2) beware of spending to fulfill a hope about home, real estate, or retirement. fill Tues./Wed., in a lucky, smooth and opportunity-producing way.

These weeks steep your days in relationships.

This Sunday/Monday double the influence, striking a key note. Negotiations, arguments and agreements, contracts, dealings with the public, relocation, fresh horizons and opportunities in general – these tend to succeed, but if you start a new project in these zones, realize it might not go anywhere. So, keep expectations “light.” Life’s private, secret side emerges Tues./Wed.

Your energy, charisma, clout and effectiveness remain high – and reach new heights Sunday/ Monday. You’re the leader, the centre of attention. However, treat bosses and career people (and authorities) with kid gloves. If you start any new projects, do it Sunday for best results. Chase money Tues./Wed. – cultivate new clients, ask the boss for a pay raise, buy and sell profitably, etc.

The general accent, this week and next, remains on work, service, repairs, daily health, tools and machinery. Sunday/Monday highlight this influence.

Sunday’s good for buying used items. But don’t buy (or push to the limit) any large machinery, or anything that could be termed an investment. You’ll get a lot done Sunday, not so much Mon. Relationships fill the horizon Tues./Wed. Remember, you should generally avoid forming new partnerships (in love and money) before mid-May 2017.

Continue to lie low, Pisces, especially Sunday/ Monday. Rest, contemplate, meditate, enjoy sweet solitude and make plans. (These could be merely practical plans – but if you want to make more lifelong or “broader” plans, then study your own past, how you arrived at this place, and from there make plans.) Your energy and charisma rise somewhat Tues./Wed., and superb luck accompanies you, especially in marriage or other partnerships (or potential mates) and in social areas.

Feb. 4: Alice Cooper (68). Feb. 5: Hank Aaron (82). Feb. 6: Zsa Zsa Gabor (99).

Feb. 7: Eddie Izzard (54). Feb. 8: Nick Nolte (75). Feb. 9: Carole King (74).

Feb. 10: Roberta Flack (79).

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Predeceased by her husband Leonzio, she leaves behind her children Angela (Alex), Cosimo (Loraleen), Anna, Sandra (Patrick) and Daniel. Mom will be greatly missed by her grandchildren, Micaela, Erica, Marcus, Matteo, Teresa and Julien. They were her everything.

Our mother also leaves behind 6 siblings who cherished her deeply; Ben, Lucia, Mike, Amelia, Mario and Daniele. She was so loved by all her many in-laws, nieces and nephews and the loss to the family will be profound.

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