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Mayor’s big housing pitch brushes back local media Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

I want to run something by you, readers.

Let’s say Mayor Gregor Robertson and his staff devise this plan to identify up to 23 city properties and offer them up in a deal with the federal government to build so-called affordable housing.

Let’s say the city properties are worth a combined $250 million and the ask of Ottawa is to contribute at least $500 million to get up to 3,500 housing units built.

And let’s just say all this construction would create up to 9,000 jobs over the next five years.

Kind of a big deal, right?

I’ll say.

Since Robertson and his Vision Vancouver team won a majority in 2008, the agenda at city hall has been dominated by what moves can be made to get people off the street, what can be done to build more rental housing and how to make this town more affordable.

So when the Vision crew cooks up a “bold and aggressive” proposal that could be worth up to $1 billion, I would assume — which is always a dangerous thing to do, I know — that us media types would get notice of a news conference to announce the big news.

Makes sense, right?

Apparently, only if you work for the Globe and Mail.

As some of you learned when you woke up last Tuesday, the Globe had an exclusive story about the mayor’s ambitious plan.

I know, I know, a politician — or his backroom boys and girls — throwing a reporter a bone is not a new development in journalism.

But c’mon, this is a big deal story where details should be circulated widely.

So, I had to play catch-up.

During a break after council’s morning session, the mayor agreed to take questions from reporters on the news of the day.

So, in the 12 minutes and 44 seconds we had before Robertson had to do a live

Mayor Gregor Robertson wants the feds to buck up $500 million as part of a plan to build up to 3,500 housing units on city properties.

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hit with some national news crew about his plan, we fired away… sort of.

We first had to listen to him react to the news that some misogynist was planning rallies in Vancouver; for the record, the mayor said he should not be welcomed here. He also talked about why the city hasn’t banned plastic bags and provided some comments on the city’s licensing scheme for marijuana

dispensaries.

Yep, that ate up a lot of time.

When he did talk about the housing plan, he confirmed the figures in the Globe’s story — yes, 23 properties and, yes, $500 million from the feds and, yes, some money from the B.C. government would be nice, too.

“If [the B.C. government] wants to come in on the high side at $500

million, that enables us to do the maximum,” the mayor said. “The more the province comes in, the more affordability that we can hit, the more units that can be at welfare rates, for people on low incomes and seniors. It will be a big boost for the program, if we can get them involved.”

The properties are spread across the city, including downtown, the East Fraserlands and the Downtown Eastside. The mayor said he expects the sites to have a mix of housing, including some at market rates to help pay for the project.

How did he arrive at the $500 million?

“The $500 million ask is covering capital costs and some affordability that’s baked into the formula, so that we can get a combination of social housing, middle-income housing and market housing. So that’s typical of the overall affordable housing projects that we’re seeing the market being able to create on cityowned land.”

So that’s pretty much what I got.

Remember folks, if the province bucks up for even half of the $500 million, we’re talking a $1 billion deal. So I hope you can appreciate such a major proposal might have been worth more than a few sound bites from the mayor.

Anyway, as I write this, the mayor is in Ottawa pitching his proposal to his good friend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and ministers responsible for doling out cash. From the news trickling out of the nation’s capital and all the photos circulating on social media of Robertson’s grip-and-grins with Trudeau and his crew, it appears Vancouver is making more headway on a huge file than it ever did under the Harper government.

Which is good news for people in need of housing.

Maybe when the mayor returns, he can tell all of us about it at, say, a news conference. @Howellings

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The transformation of the sprawling Pearson-Dogwood lands into a mixeduse development is one step closer to realization now that a rezoning application has been filed with the City of Vancouver.

The application, which is the subject of open houses later this month, features residential towers up to 28 storeys, replacement housing for the George Pearson Centre, a replacement facility for Dogwood Lodge, retail and commercial space, a community health centre, a YMCA with a 25-metre pool and therapeutic pool, a 69-space childcare facility, a 2.5 acre park, an urban farm and potential for a future transit station.

Last February, Vancouver Coastal Health announced it had sold most of the 25.4site, located at West 59th Avenue between Heather and Cambie streets, to Onni

Group. VCH kept a 3.2acre portion for healthcare and community uses, while Onni’s two parcels total just over 22 acres. The sale came a year after city council approved a policy statement to guide the redevelopment of the property.

The rezoning application includes residential buildings between three and 28 storeys to house market, rental and affordable units — 10 of the buildings are proposed to be between 18 and 28 storeys.

Susan Haid, the city’s assistant director of planning for Vancouver South, said the project could produce about 2,300 residential units for a population of approximately 4,500.

“The application has to go through quite a rigorous process. We’re just beginning public consultation on Feb. 23 and 27 and there’s a lot of technical review and consultation before we get to a public hearing at council,” she said.

While still in its early days, Haid said the application is generally consistent with the policy statement for the property that was adopted in 2014. The city is in the process of developing another policy statement for Langara Gardens, which is located across the street from the Pearson-Dogwood site.

“So the idea that this is a higher density node along the Canada Line has been part of the discussion in the community for quite some time. So we’ve been listening to feedback but again the application is generally consistent with the policy statement,” she said.

Haid said the one-acre urban farm that’s proposed is reflective of some existing uses on the site — the Farmers on 57th organization grows food, flowers and herbs on the George Pearson Centre grounds — and the intent is to ensure that type of use is maintained, expanded and formalized.

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Continued from page 5 Haid calls it a fantastic opportunity to integrate food production, community engagement and education into the “health and wellness hub” at Pearson Dogwood.

“It’s fairly ground-breaking. It’s certainly unusual in terms of being integrated directly into a large site. We integrate all sorts of urban

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VPD favours U.S. cops’ method to reduce drug deaths Mike Howell

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For six years now, the 220 officers working out of a small police department in a suburb of Boston, Mass. have been doing something that Vancouver police officers may one day be trained to do: use a lifesaving nasal spray medication on drug overdose victims.

The Quincy Police Department was the first department in the United States to begin using the nasal spray form of naloxone, and it has seen a dramatic drop in the number of drug overdose deaths in the city of 100,000.

Officers responded to 673 overdoses since the program’s inception in October 2010 and reversed the effects of an overdose on 448 people, said Det.-Lt. Patrick Glynn, who oversees Quincy’s narcotics and special investigations units.

“The correlation between administering it as soon as we’re on scene and the success rate is very good,” said Glynn, noting the officers’ use of naloxone helped reduce the drug death rate by 66 per cent in the program’s first year. “There were a lot of people who didn’t think police officers should be carrying or administering a medication.

But once they saw the value of it… well, the numbers speak for themselves.”

The department pioneered the program with the support of the Department of Public Health to combat the growing number of overdose drug deaths in Quincy.

News of the program’s success quickly spread, and now several police departments across America are equipped

Vancouver and Surrey firefighters and all paramedics in B.C. can now administer naloxone, a lifesaving medication used to help prevent drug deaths. Police may be next. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

with the medication.

Naloxone, also referred by its brand name Narcan, quickly reverses the effects of opiods such as heroin and fentanyl on the body by restoring breathing within two to three minutes. The effects last for at least 30 minutes, giving time for emergency responders to arrive.

The medication and its use is making news in Vancouver after the provincial government announced Jan. 28 that firefighters in Vancouver and Surrey can administer naloxone with a syringe. The government also expanded the number of paramedics certified to use the medication.

That announcement came after the B.C. Coroners Service released a report in January showing 465 people died in B.C. last year of an apparent illicit drug overdose.

That’s an increase of 27 per cent from the 366 people who died in 2014.

The VPD announced last Friday that officers investigated 11 deaths in the past 16 days believed to be a result of a drug overdose. Typically, two to three people per week die of drug overdoses in Vancouver, according to police.

Police Chief Adam Palmer said he believes in the benefits of police using naloxone to reduce drug deaths. But, Palmer said, he will not allow his officers to administer the medication with a syringe.

He prefers the nasal spray, saying it’s more “low risk” for officers.

“I don’t want the officers having to inject needles into people but we’re definitely interested in some sort of a nasal spray that they have in the American police departments,” said Palmer, noting he made his intentions known to Vancouver Coastal Health, which has offered to train officers if the spray is approved in Canada. “It makes sense.”

The problem, however, is no drug company has applied to Health Canada to have the nasal spray approved in this country, said Sean Upton, a spokesperson at Health Canada, in an email to the Courier.

But Upton pointed out Health Canada has received inquiries from manufacturers interested in bringing “different formulations” of naloxone to the Canadian market.

“Some manufacturers have indicated that an application may be submitted in the near future,” he said. “In the meantime, Health Canada continues to provide advice to inquiring manufacturers in order to support future drug submissions.”

Upton said Health Canada is concerned about the growing number of opiod overdoses and deaths across the country, noting the department amended the prescription drug list in January to

allow non-prescription use of naloxone for emergency use outside hospitals.

The new regulation builds on the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s “Take home naloxone” program, which trains people to administer the medication, including more than 100 members of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users.

Mayor Gregor Robertson, who doubles as chairperson of the Vancouver Police Board, said he supports Palmer’s push to have officers carry the nasal spray. He said he will follow up with the health authority to emphasize the need for the service.

“We want to see this happen but obviously it’s up to the health professionals to determine what’s appropriate,” Robertson said.

In an email to the Courier, Vancouver Coastal Health reiterated its support for police to use the nasal spray form of naloxone but said it is not as effective as injected naloxone.

Capt. Jonathan Gormick, spokesperson for Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, said about 70 firefighters in four of the city’s fire halls will be the first to receive training on how to administer naloxone. That training should be completed by mid-February, although Gormick said the long-term goal is to have all firefighters certified on how to administer naloxone, which involves drawing the medication from a vial into a syringe.

“It’s a great step forward — it’s awesome,” said Gormick, noting the department responded to more than 2,600 calls last year where someone had gone unconscious after

using drugs or alcohol, or a combination of both. “There’s been a general feeling of helplessness when firefighters show up at what’s obviously an opiate overdose and there’s not much we can do besides provide respiratory support.”

Though the Quincy Police Department is best known for equipping its officers with the nasal spray, Glynn said officers now also use an “auto-injector” to administer naloxone. He described the device as resembling and operating much like an EpiPen, which is used to treat severe allergic reactions.

“It delivers the medication and immediately retracts back in,” he said. “It’s as closest to zero problems that you could have as far as accidental sticks [with the needle], or anything else. There’s no drawing of medication. It’s actually much simpler than the nasal spray.”

Another benefit of police being equipped with naloxone — in either form — is the bonds the department has built with drug users and drug advocates normally at odds with police, Glynn said.

“Once you start reversing some of these overdoses and everyone has the mindset that they’re a person, you start to see dramatic results with the public supporting the police much more than they have in the past,” he said.

When told that Vancouver’s police chief is interested in equipping his officers with naloxone, Glynn said he would recommend the department keep pushing to have it approved for use.

“It’s going to save lives.

It’s a win-win situation for everybody.”

Prized St. Francis Xavier University ring reunited with owner

Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

When the Vancouver Police Department holds its annual auction in March, there will be one item that Mike Delaney is glad will not be up for sale: his prized university ring that he lost in 2007.

How Delaney, a 1994 graduate of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., got his ring back after all these years is a story Police Chief Adam Palmer chose to tell at a recent police board meeting.

“This is a ring, if stolen, cannot be replaced,” the chief said as he began the story in a boardroom at the Cambie Street precinct.

Palmer had good reason

for telling the story at the meeting instead of at a news conference. But he didn’t disclose it to the audience until he got to the end of his tale.

As the story goes, three years went by before Delaney’s ring surfaced in a bag of jewelry recovered by the VPD’s organized crime section as part of a drug investigation. The bag sat in the VPD’s property office for five years while the case worked its way through the courts.

The case has concluded and the bag of jewelry was set to go to auction March 12 as unclaimed property.

But then Ian Wightman, a retired VPD sergeant who is now manager of the department’s property and forensic evidence storage unit, had a

Nine years ago, Mike Delaney lost his X-ring and thought he’d never see it again.

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look in the bag.

“He saw a ring in there with a very unique X on it, which is from this university in Nova Scotia,” said the chief, noting Wightman believed he could track down the owner.

He phoned St. Francis

Xavier University and got the names of the jewelry stores which make the rings. That led him to Cameron’s Jewellers. Based on the unique engraving on the inside of the ring, which included the initials M.E.D., B.A. and the graduation year, Wightman was able to identify the owner: Michael Edward Delaney, who graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Wightman contacted the university, who got in touch with Delaney, who was in Nova Scotia visiting family at the time. Delaney called Wightman to confirm the good news.

“Funnily enough,” the chief continued, “when they talked to the owner of the ring in [Nova Scotia], he said

my cousin is in Vancouver and she’s actually on the Vancouver police board.”

At that point, Palmer turned to his right, where police board member Claire Marshall was seated.

“So Claire,” he said, holding a small black box which contained the ring, “I’m happy to return your cousin’s ring.”

The room erupted in applause.

“He’ll be thrilled,” said Marshall as she accepted the ring.

Delaney, a former RCMP officer who now works as a lawyer, told the Courier via email from Nova Scotia the ring was of great importance to him. He declined to go into details how he lost the

ring. Instead, he recalled how proud his relatives were to wear their rings and how it was a way of bringing graduates of the school together.

“After a long nine years, I feel connected again,” he wrote. “I can proudly wear my X-ring at our family gatherings and I can’t wait to bump into an X-grad on the streets of Vancouver.”

Added Delaney: “I would be remiss if I did not mention how impressed I am with the property manager and the Vancouver Police Department. With all the negative police stories the media seems to focus on these days, this truly was above and beyond the call of duty, and for that, I am eternally grateful.” @Howellings

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A consultant for community centre associations lost his defamation lawsuit against the City of Vancouver and an employee Feb. 3.

But a B.C. Supreme Court judge refused to award damages, calling it a case of “mutual pugnacity triumphing over common sense.”

Justice Nigel Kent said the “needless lawsuit,” which took 12 days of court time, could have been avoided had city hall given Stewart Jordan “the simple courtesy of a carefully crafted reply to his requests for information.”

The case stemmed from a Sept. 12, 2013 incident at the Sunset Community Centre office where Jordan made a remark about recreation programmer Marina Ribatto’s bikini and tan.

Ribatto, a 35-year employee, complained to a superior that Jordan touched her under an arm, close to her breast area, with the tip of one finger.

Wrote Kent: “While there is dispute about the precise comments and whether the pointing resulted in any physical contact with Ms. Ribatto, Mr. Jordan acknowledges in hindsight that the pointing was ‘inappropriate’ and ‘rude.’”

of Professional Conduct that governs B.C. lawyers, “which not only mandates courtesy but also reasonably prompt answers to all professional letters from other lawyers.”

The city hall FOI office was “nothing short of insulting” in its reply to Jordan’s February 2014 request: copies of Jordan’s own correspondence and blank pages of censored information. Kent also wrote that the FOI reply inaccurately said surveillance video that would have captured the incident was on a seven-day loop and unavailable. The trial heard evidence that the footage had been retained 14 days before being taped over.

“The city representatives were well aware of this and, indeed, had a copy of the video in question preserved by an outside contractor,” Kent wrote. “Yet that video, which could very well have been helpful evidence in this case, was lost. Whether this was simply ineptitude or by design is not entirely clear.”

Acting city manager Sadhu Johnston referred a Courier request for comment to the communications department. Spokesman Tobin Postma said the city was reviewing the reasons for judgment and “will be considering whether it will seek costs in this matter.”

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Kent wrote that the case was triggered by a breach of confidence by Yukka Vuorma, a Sunset employee and longtime friend of Jordan. Ribatto had confided in Vuorma, who later spoke to Jordan.

“In doing so he mistakenly and inaccurately told Mr. Jordan that Ms. Ribatto was accusing him of touching her breast,” Kent wrote. “He also likely informed Mr. Jordan that Ms. Ribatto was close to tears at the time. This, in turn, triggered Mr. Jordan’s outraged and misplaced pursuit for exoneration and led to his inaccurate belief that a false accusation of inappropriate sexual touching had been made.”

The trial heard testimony from 10 witnesses, including director of recreation Thomas Soulliere and human resources general manager Paul Mochrie. Kent found that Ribatto’s statements were protected by truth and qualified privilege. Neither Ribatto nor Soulliere were driven by malice, he ruled.

Kent called Jordan’s pleadings “completely muddled,” but the verdict scolded city hall’s legal and Freedom of Information departments.

Jordan’s lawyer received no reply to his two fall 2013 letters seeking details of the allegations. That, Kent wrote, was arguably a breach of the Code

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, F E B RUA RY 1 1 , 2 0 1 6

Opinion ALLEN GARR COLUMNIST

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B.C. government scrambles to cope with real estate scandals

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othing it seems can be quite as dramatic as when unbridled greed crashes headlong into political expediency.

The unbridled greed in this case describes the actions of those Vancouver real estate agents who have been making bundles of money through a combination of questionable if not downright illegal activities.

The issues were first raised a month ago by NDP MLA and housing critic David Eby and more recently touched on in

The sum total of this sleazy activity not only serves to line the pockets of unscrupulous actors, it drives up the cost of what one would have thought would be a basic human right, which is to say affordable housing. a story about possible money laundering by the Province’s Sam Cooper and Dan Fumano. Then there was the extensive investigation of “shadow flipping” reported on by the Globe and Mail’s Kathy Tomlinson.

This alleged scandalous behaviour includes agents obscuring the source of foreign funds in reports to FINTRAC, Canada’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog; and the failure to pay clearly required property transfer tax as agents flip properties from one

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buyer to another, jacking up the price on each flip; and when the agent isn’t just benefiting from commissions on both ends of each sale, they may actually be the ones making unreported capital gains as the property’s assigned buyer and then seller.

The sum total of this sleazy activity not only serves to line the pockets of unscrupulous actors, it drives up the cost of what one would have thought would be a basic human right, which is to say affordable housing.

The political expediency in this collision of interests is the result of a provincial government scrambling to adjust its narrative heading into next year’s election. But more imminently, they are facing a meeting of the legislature this week and an Opposition party, with two byelection wins under its belt, gearing up for battle.

At a news conference on Monday, Eby continued to stir the pot. The tool these rapacious realtors are using for their benefit, Eby noted, is a clause in most real estate contracts that allow the “assignment” of the deal to another buyer before the closing date. This clause was primarily intended to help out a buyer who may have been in some distress financially.

But in this most recent set of circumstances it was being used to “shadow flip” property from one investor to the next, all to the benefit of the agent who Eby said “plays both sides as suckers.”

Eby also produced a FINTRAC filing form required for all large money transactions. The application makes it clear that a money transfer by a “Canadian Citizen of resident” is a “low” risk and less likely to be scrutinized than a “foreign citizen” transfer. That explains why realtors have foreign clients use the realtor’s B.C. address rather than their actual overseas address when the form is filled out.

Eby also said that he first formally raised his concerns with the Real Estate Council of British Columbia in a letter dated Jan. 4 of this year citing concerns by other realtors over colleagues deceiving FINTRAC and “assigning” contracts.

That council is the “self-regulating” body for realtors in this province.

In a letter of response some two weeks later, in Eby’s words, the council “blew me off.” Specifically they wrote “No specifics have been provided that would suggest your informant’s concerns are warranted.” No story here.

That is until the Globe and Mail story hit last Saturday. Combined with revelations in the Province, it provided Eby with ammunition to escalate his demands for actions by the Liberals in Victoria and a promise to keep the heat on until something was done.

Just a few hours later, we heard from

the provincial government; a government that has so far done nothing to mitigate the socially destructive escalation of real estate prices in B.C. There would now be an investigation of all these matters conducted by the once indifferent B.C. Real Estate Council brought to heel and overseen by the provincial watchdog on these matters, the Superintendent of Real Estate.

Curiously, the announcement was made by cabinet minister Peter Fassbender whose portfolio has nothing to do with any of these issues. More likely it should have been Premier Christy Clark or Finance Minister Mike de Jong. But de Jong has his “good news” budget coming down the pipe. And until there is something positive to report, Clark would best be kept above the fray. That, too, would be expedient. @allengarr

T H U R SDAY, F E B RUA RY 1 1 , 2 0 1 6 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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Potshots at pot shops Re: “Police complaint commissioner calls for VPD policy on marijuana shops,” Jan. 27.

Vision announces its own rules on pot stores. The city’s own bylaw No. 4450 states all business’s MUST have a license to operate. So where did our current mayor and his council get the authority to exempt those 176 pot stores up to now?

How is it that they operated for more than a single day? Where was bylaw enforcement? What about bylaw 5156: a bylaw to PROHIBIT the carrying on of sundry businesses, trades, professions and other occupations? What does a legal business owner think when they have to pay for a business license or be closed? This city council exposes our city and citizens to liability by first allowing these unlawful stores to operate unlicensed and secondly to enact regulations on policy outside their domain. The sale of marijuana is still prohibited federally, making it a criminal code offence — the city has a responsibility to uphold current law. Council’s first priority must be for a safe and lawful Vancouver versus trying to rush on national issues. I do agree with those that call on the province to remove this mayor and his council for their conduct in this matter.

Tim Arden, Vancouver

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Animal logic Re: “Animals make Vancouver a friendlier, happier city,” Jan. 12 Double your park rangers, train, empower all to enforce animal control bylaws, leash laws, muzzle orders etc. in parks. @TomMcCartney71 via Twitter ••• Hang on to your thoughts! We’ll soon be doing a major consultation for a dogs in parks strategy. @ParkBoard via Twitter ••• Yes absolutely! @ILiveInEastVan via Twitter ••• This rings true.

Animal Services (formally Animal Control) recently cracked down on the local park where everyone in my neighbourhood goes with their dogs. Why? Two complaints about poo. The morning crew of dog owners (of which I was a part) were told that it was illegal for us to have our

dogs off leash in the park even though we had all been going there for years. The bylaw sign states that dogs must be ‘on leash upon entering the park,’ which leads one to conclude that they could be off leash after arrival, no? Not so. The default bylaw is that unless it specifically says off leash, it’s not off leash. For the next month Animal Services showed up at 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., a fine waste of dog licensing/tax payer dollars. The morning crew tried to explain to AS that we not only monitored each other’s dogs, but would pick up any poo that we found in the field from other dogs. Didn’t matter. We were told that we had to go to Trout Lake if we wanted to have our dogs off leash. So in the ‘greenest city in the world,’ I was supposed to drive to a dog park when there was a park half a block from my house.

AS claimed that they were powerless in actually facilitating a conversation and creating any change, that our only chance to change the system was to get enough signatures to scare a parks board representative into thinking they might not get re-elected.

My dog makes me happy and has allowed me to meet my neighbours. None of us would have met and become friends without the off leash experience. Large parks don’t allow for the ability to create personal bonds as there are too many dogs and people. It’s pathetic to me that AS officers are reduced to meter maids and that a few complaints led to the stifling of my small dog community.

Brockellis via Online Comments ••• The slow return of animals to this city makes me happy. Lately I’ve seen an owl, a beaver, coyotes, river otters, many eagles and herons along with the more common birds and animals in my neighbourhood.

And I live almost downtown.

The dependence of people on pets makes me truly unhappy. Animals should be free, not the toys and subservient playthings of those who can’t make human friends or need a pet as an excuse to talk to a stranger. Billions are starving and we’ve responded with a surge of purchasing other life forms to feed and poop and take over our limited parks.

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, F E B RUA RY 1 1 , 2 0 1 6

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History shows that home prices will eventually fall Mike Klassen

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With car sales breaking records in B.C., and long lineups happening in Vancouver’s trendiest restaurants, not many of us can imagine a sudden shift in our economy that could drive house prices down.

However, the stagnation happening today in neighbouring Alberta could also occur here too.

To understand how, let’s look at the recent history of Vancouver home prices.

Over the past 35 years there have been several global economic downturns, and Greater Vancouver has hardly been immune to them all.

In the early 1980s, our region saw a precipitous house price crash — with the value of many homes dropping around 40

percent within 18 months.

Adjusting for inflation, the real value of some of these properties took nearly two decades to climb back.

Going forward — as the rest of the world faced economic collapses — real estate prices in Vancouver remained amazingly resilient.

It is said that Expo 86 buffeted B.C. against the stock market crash of 1987 because of its

infrastructure spending on projects such as the Coquihalla Highway and B.C. Place Stadium, and its boost to our tourism sector.

Home values dropped slightly that year, but surged back before the next recession that arrived in the early 1990s.

During that time what should have been a hard landing for B.C. was cushioned by the concerns

over the impending 1997 handover of Hong Kong to Mainland China.

Increasing numbers of wealthy migrants — many of whom purchased properties on Vancouver’s tony west side — helped to “recessionproof” our province, albeit temporarily.

During the subsequent Asian financial crisis of the late nineties, B.C. saw an immediate decline in home prices. The value of local real estate dropped by about 20 percent, and would not stabilize for nearly five years.

It portends what may happen here again if the flow of offshore capital dries up.

When Vancouver won the bid for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2003, it became another catalyst for economic growth.

Billions were spent on Games preparations, including investments in the Canada Line subway, Vancouver Convention Centre, and Sea to Sky highway improvements.

It helped drive up the price of labour and land, and had buyers clamoring for condos right up to the next recession at the end of 2008.

Next, as home prices crashed elsewhere, Greater Vancouver experienced a comparatively minor price correction. The cost of detached homes recovered quickly and has not looked back since.

Our politicians are loath to speak freely about it, but there can be little doubt that the some of the recent capital flight from China — estimated $100 billion each month — has been a catalyst for our skyrocketing home prices.

And while B.C.’s economy has benefited

from offshore investment, it has also contributed to house prices here that are not sustainable.

Consider that a professional making $400,000 a year could not possibly make mortgage payments on a typical $4 million west side home with his or her after-tax income.

You know it’s tough when the “one per cent” can no longer afford Vancouver home prices.

So what can be done to make Vancouver housing more affordable? For our elected officials, the options are limited.

Driving down home prices through new regulations or taxation would either result in homeowners losing their equity, or in many cases their ability to make mortgage payments.

Our personal debt levels have never been so high.

A sudden collapse in housing prices would have a ripple effect. Dropping car sales and restaurant attendance would be only the tip of the iceberg. Our whole economy would be impacted.

It would be a case of the cure being worse than the cold.

Most likely it will be forces outside our control that slams the brakes on runaway house prices here, such as increasing interest rates or the predicted clampdown on capital flight from China.

If housing continues to be out of reach for so many, it may force us to ask, do we have enough of the right kind of housing here? Are we willing to change more of our singledetached housing into multi-family units?

It is a shift that we all will have to come to terms with, and not just leave it to our politicians. @MikeKlassen

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Life in the fast lane creates trash Jessica Barrett

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The glorious sunshine on Family Day seemed to bring everybody outside.

I wound up in Grandview Park, whiling away the holiday afternoon with familiar friends and a familiar feeling in my hand: a disposable coffee cup.

I’ve been noticing, with mounting guilt, my commitment to the three Rs is in decline: I’m terrible at remembering reusable grocery bags, my kitchen garbage receives a Styrofoam takeout container at least once a week, and, after a good decade of trucking my favourite reusable mug wherever I went, I have all but abandoned my trusty travel companion.

I am, in short, part of the problem; precisely the kind of person who requires the municipal action now under consideration at Vancouver city hall — a ban on plastic bags, Styrofoam food containers and disposable coffee cups.

Given my behaviour, I wasn’t surprised to learn from a staff report released last week that these items, despite their eligibility for recycling, are increasingly winding up in our public garbage bins, as well as putting a serious damper on our greenest city goals.

I was surprised to learn, however, that despite growing up with the threat of climate change hanging over our futures and our heads, my demographic — the 18-34 group — are some of the worst offenders.

Brock MacDonald, CEO of the Recycling Council of B.C. singled us out on CBC for our low participation in recycling programs. For instance, those in my age range, particularly males, are notoriously hard to rope into recycling beverage containers — and that’s about as low a barrier to recycling as you get.

“Part of it is the lifestyle that young people lead,” MacDonald explained. We are always on the go, running from work to social obligations and back again. We often don’t take, or make, the time to properly dispose of what we consume, despite well-established protocols.

And that is the crux of this complex problem.

While the options city staff are considering to thwart the trash issue — deposit programs, mandating compostable containers, or an industrybacked take-back program — would undoubtedly help heathens like me to be more responsible, our culture of convenience, and consequently waste, won’t go anywhere un-

less we learn to slow down.

Regardless of why, we are steeped in a go-go-go culture that is engineered to contribute to the mounting problem of mounting trash.

On top of a ban, we need to figure out how to roll back the pace of a society that has too many people running around feeling like chickens without heads, unable to breathe, much less make a special trip to the recycling depot. But it is possible.

There are examples of such utopias all over the world.

As I was cradling my Americano on the holiday Monday — and enjoying some rare downtime — I couldn’t help but think back to a trip I took to South America nearly a decade ago. I distinctly remember debating whether to bring my aforementioned travel mug to the opposite end of the Earth. I did and it was a waste of space.

In South America, I learned, not every society is predicated upon people gulping great gallons of coffee to stay alert for marathon work sessions and scarfing fast-food in the car between relentless obligations.

I didn’t need my travel mug in Argentina, or Chile, or Brazil, because in those countries, running around with a giant paper cup is simply not done. Rather, people take the concept of a coffee break to heart. They stop what they’re doing to sit in cafes and sip their relatively diminutive espressos and cappuccinos before continuing on their way. In Buenos Aires — a city that otherwise should not serve as a model on waste disposal or recycling — it’s not uncommon to see waiters weaving down the sidewalk carrying trays laden with real porcelain coffee sets on delivery runs for those in neighbouring offices.

Likewise, people tend to actually eat their food in restaurants rather than simply order it there, and, with an understanding that everybody needs some downtime at the end of the day, more people seemed to eat dinner at home.

When I think about what really stands in my way of making a more concerted effort to decrease my waste, it has little to do with knowledge or money or regulations, but a far more precious commodity: time. So while a ban on convenience items from our landfills is undoubtedly a good start, for it to truly make a dent, we may need more people to make a more concerted effort to chill out.

If only city hall could mandate that.

Open House: Pearson Dogwood Rezoning Application On behalf of Onni Group and IBI the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) invite you to attend the first round of open houses to review the proposal for the redevelopment of the Pearson Dogwood Lands, located on Cambie Street between 57th and 59th Avenues.

Tuesday, February 23, 5 - 8 pm and Saturday, February 27, 11 am - 4 pm Pearson Dogwood Redevelopment Project Office, 601 West 59th Avenue The City has received a rezoning application to develop a new mixed-use community on the 25-acre site.

The proposal, based on the Pearson Dogwood Policy Statement that was approved by Council in 2014, includes: market, rental and affordable housing; retail and commercial space; an urban farm; new city park; child care facility; YMCA; community health centre; and a mix of new uses to meet current and future health care demands.

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Development Permit Board Meeting: February 22 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet: Monday, February 22, 2016 at 3 pm at Vancouver City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue, Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider the following development permit application: 379 East Broadway: To develop a six-storey, mixed-use building with retail at grade and five levels of residential above containing 29 dwelling units, all over two levels of underground parking with vehicle access from the lane. An increase in the floor space ratio is sought, in addition to a 10 per cent Heritage Density Transfer from a donor site at 12 Water Street (providing 2,603 square feet).

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Tuesday, February 23, 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. 1106 West 15th Avenue To designate its exterior and add the existing building at 1106 West 15th Avenue, known as the McArthur House, to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category.

The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number 418783 and a Heritage Revitalization Agreement allowing for the creation of three units within the heritage building.

2. 988 West Broadway To amend CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (618) By-law No. 11317 for 988 West Broadway, to increase the floor space ratio from 5.22 to 5.52 and building height from 40.3 metres (132.2 feet) to 40.6 metres (133.2 feet).

3. 1575-1577 West Georgia Street and 620 Cardero Street To rezone 1575-1577 West Georgia Street from CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (336) and 620 Cardero Street from CD-1 District (312), both to a new CD-1 District to permit the development of a 26-storey, mixed-use building, containing a total of 175 dwelling units, along with retail, service and office uses. A height of 82.6 metres (271 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 10.59 are proposed.

4. First Shaughnessy Heritage Conservation Area City Council will consider amendments to the Heritage Conservation Area Official Development Plan and related by-laws. If approved, changes will be made to the following by-laws: • Heritage Conservation Area Official Development Plan (HCA ODP) By-law • Heritage Procedure By-law • Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance By-law • First Shaughnessy District Schedule to the Zoning and Development By-law • Zoning and Development Fee By-law

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Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting February 12 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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1. The mother and daughter team of Danielle Scheven, left, and Donna Scheven run Carolily Finery, a jewelry company, which hosted a tea party at The Aviary Saturday afternoon. 2. Local artisans find community in events such as Saturday’s Carolily’s Tea Time, which featured an opportunity for members of the public to shop as well as sample treats and hang out and drink tea. 3. Some of the treats on display at Saturday’s Carolily’s Tea Time were provided by City Macaron, which is run by Vancouver baker Janice Conroy. 4. Cindy Tran of Sweet Petite Confectioner prepares a S’More Cookie Pop. See photo gallery at vancourier.com PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

CITY LIVING

Pop-up tea party showcases collaborative efforts Rebecca Blissett

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One of the upsides of working in the digital age is human age is irrelevant. Location also doesn’t matter in a time where data flows like a river, as long as there’s a gold pan by way of a computer and a connection.

Danielle Scheven works out of her home office with its pink walls and white and gold accents in Kelowna while her business partner, her mother Donna Scheven, works out of their company’s design studio in Abbotsford.

The mother and daughter team started Carolily Finery in December — Danielle has a fresh tattoo of the jewelry company’s rose logo on the inside of her forearm to mark the event — and they sell online as well as in-person at local pop-up events such as the one they hosted Saturday afternoon

called Carolily’s Tea Party.

The location of choice was The Aviary on East 15th, a couple blocks away from Donna’s first home when she moved to Vancouver from Ontario three decades ago. The bright white artist space was transformed into a tea room with a handful of local vendors in attendance such as the cleverly-named boutique mobile tea and brunch service Societea Events, Janice Conroy’s City Macaron and Cindy Tran’s Sweet Petite Confectioner, which took advantage of the pop-up event to connect with fellow artisans and shoppers.

Danielle, who has a marketing degree from the University of B.C., takes care of the business side of Carolily Finery while Donna creates every single necklace, earring and bracelet. The love of chains is evident in their work, and all have a

detailed vintage jewelry feel regardless of whether they are categorized into the statement, delicate, bridal, or one-of-a-kind lines.

The idea came about on a walk mother and daughter took a couple years ago, talking about combining forces for one love — jewelry.

“We’re both very particular about jewelry and don’t want to wear something because it’s trendy,” said Danielle. “It’s like with clothing. I’m not a six-foot, 100-pound model, so certain styles don’t look good on me. It’s the same with jewelry — I don’t think you should buy something because you see it in Vogue…

You should wear something that makes you feel good and beautiful, where you walk into a room and you own your space.”

While Danielle has a clear idea of style, she admits she can’t draw; Donna is clearly

the eye of the team. She is a painter who works with pastels and acrylics and her artistry was evident as she set Carolily’s display for the tea party, draping necklaces on open antique books and glass shelves that rested on old tea tins.

The intricate statement or one-of-a-kind pieces with their multiple chains, metals, beads, pearls, and some of them with actual orchids from Hawaii frozen in resin, can take hours to make, she said, adding that a piece may be left unfinished for a bit if inspiration for a new idea hits — much like the workflow for painting.

“I’ll start on one work while something else is sifting through,” Donna said. “Sometimes it’s very crowded up there!”

The pair agree they’ve always gotten along, and both share the same sense of humour, which helps

diffuse stress when there’s chaos.

“I’m very fortunate that she wants to hang out with me,” added Donna with a laugh.

The tea party also featured another mother and daughter team in Scrubs & Bubbles Soap Company, a business that sprung from a bad skin condition.

Jayda Castro, 15, suffered from severe cystic acne and, after everything on the drug store shelf proved useless, started researching solutions. Fast forward to a few months later: Jayda made a soap that helped.

Thing was, explained her mom and business partner Tracy Castro, others heard about the experimenting happening at the Castro’s Port Coquitlam residence and started requesting products. So Scrubs & Bubbles Soap Company was born in 2014 after registering

with Health Canada and having their formulations approved.

“You know what, we found it fun,” said Tracy.

“She’s growing up and she wants to spend time with her friends so it’s a way for us to hang out. And we like working together. She’s learned a lot about a real business, what you need to be to be an entrepreneur, how much work it actually takes.”

As for Jayda, she’s not only happy she helped herself, but is helping others with their skin issues.

“I have two friends that are obsessed with the products.

One of the guys I know buys a bath bomb from me every week,” she said.

Added Tracy: “Everyone always says her bath bombs are so amazing.”

“He said they’re the best one’s he’s ever tried,” nodded Jayda. @rebeccablissett

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Vancouver startup Foodee pushes for 10-city North American expansion Tyler Orton

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A Vancouver tech startup wants to fill the bellies of office workers in at least 10 more North American cities after raising $6 million in venture capital.

While Foodee already provides its online lunch delivery service to offices in Vancouver and Toronto, CEO Ryan Spong said capital from this latest funding round is going to focus on expansion in the U.S. The first two cities included in the expansion plans are Minneapolis and Atlanta. Spong said there is the potential to add one more city by the end of the first quarter, while the goal is to expand to a total of 10 new cities by year’s end.

Calgary and Ottawa were originally in the cards for expansion but Spong said the oil shock put those plans on hold.

And after examining the market potential in Ottawa, Foodee determined there were not enough corporate clients in the nation’s capital.

“The trick with Ottawa is that it’s largely government and government is one of the verticals we typically shy away from,” Spong said.

Instead, the 10-city expansion would continue to focus on U.S. markets after Foodee launched last year in Austin, Denver and Philadelphia.

The funding round was led by BDC Capital, which cut a cheque for $3 million.

The results of the funding round were made public last Wednesday, but Spong said the round closed on Christmas Eve 2015.

“We will be spending some of this money on improved coverage in our existing market,” Spong said.

Toronto will be adding more account managers to its local office while Foodee will also boost its workforce at its own headquarters.

“We’re investing heavily in the Vancouver office in terms of the developers and then also the call centre here,” Spong said.

Foodee’s software development team has doubled from four to eight people since November and the company plans to boost its size to about a dozen developers by mid-year.

Meanwhile, Spong said the total workforce would

grow from 60 to 90 people by the end of 2016.

Foodee specifically targets corporate clients, as op-

posed to individual consumers, looking to do away with pizza parties and other fast foods at lunch.

In Vancouver, Foodee has partnered with restaurants like Calabash, Banana Leaf, Biercraft

and Tacofino — the last of which Spong co-owns — to process orders made during non-peak hours.

The restaurants then prepare the food before the lunch-hour rush begins. @reporton

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Important Notice to Property Owners: Land Assessment Averaging In 2015, the City of Vancouver transitioned from across-theboard land assessment averaging (in effect since 1993) to targeted land assessment averaging (recommended by the Property Tax Policy Review Commission) to calculate property taxes.

Averaging does not generate any extra revenue for the City, but affects the amount of taxes paid by individual property owners.

Under the targeted averaging approach, only those properties facing significant year-over-year increases in property values above a certain threshold would be eligible for averaging. For eligible properties, the program calculates property taxes for the City and other taxing authorities using an average of the assessed land value for the current and prior two years, plus their current assessed improvement value.

All others would pay property taxes

Targeted Land Assessment Averaging Sample properties BELOW targeting threshold (NOT eligible for averaging)

Sample properties ABOVE targeting threshold (eligible for averaging)

2016 Assessed Value

Est .Taxes without Targeted Averaging

Est .Taxes with Targeted Averaging

2016 Assessed Value

Est .Taxes without Targeted Averaging

Est .Taxes with Targeted Averaging

430,000

660

674

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1,592

932

506,000

777

793

1,414,000

2,171

1,835

620,000

952

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2,038,000

3,129

2,663

681,400

1,046

1,068

2,172,000

3,334

2,901

1,512,000

2,321

2,370

2,686,000

4,123

3,430

2,247,000

3,449

3,522

3,376,000

5,183

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579,000

889

908

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1,658

1,485

1,007,000

1,546

1,578

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1,803

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4,098

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12,308

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3,051

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21,596

17,168

741,000

4,649

4,900

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31,364

23,899

335,000

2,102

2,215

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9,468

8,462

616,000

3,865

4,073

2,472,000

15,510

12,965

1,276,000

8,006

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based on the BC Assessment value instead of an averaged value.

The table below shows the estimated effect of targeted averaging on the City of Vancouver’s general purpose taxes for sample properties based on the thresholds approved

by Vancouver City Council for 2015 (subject to change for 2016).

Amounts levied by other taxing authorities such as provincial schools, TransLink, BC Assessment, and Metro Vancouver are not included.

On March 9, 2016, Vancouver City Council will consider whether to continue with targeted land assessment averaging for residential (Class 1), light industrial (Class 5) and business (Class 6) properties, and determine the appropriate thresholds for these property classes if targeted averaging is adopted. Should Council decide to continue with targeted averaging, a by-law will be adopted the same day. The report, which details the program and how it could impact property taxes, will be posted on our website at vancouver.ca/averaging FOR MORE INFORMATION: 3-1-1 or vancouver.ca/averaging COMMENTS? Write to: Mayor and Council 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4 or email: mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca SPEAK TO COUNCIL: Prior to adoption of the bylaw, you may speak to Council in person at the Planning, Transportation and Environment meeting on March 9, 2016.

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Floating down the Cheakamus River in a yellow dinghy, we all stared as an eagle — a three-foot-tall, brown-speckled juvenile perched in the branches of a black cottonwood — squirted a white streak of crap from its underside. In our boat, someone giggled.

As it is with birds, this was a good omen.

“They unload excess weight before they fly,” said Jake Freese, the Sunwolf river guide who navigated our small boat along four kilometres of calm, glacier-fed Cheakamus one week in January.

We watched from our raft as the raptor with the self-sharpening beak and top flight speed of 70 km/h lifted its wings and took flight, its power on full display before fading into the coastal mist of a place that lives up to the name Paradise Valley.

“Photographers love it,” said Freese. “They’re always waiting for that sign so they know they’ll be able to capture the moment right when an eagle raises its

wings and takes off. They’re looking for that expressiveness,” — it’s here our guide shrugs his shoulders as if he were attached to two metres of wing and a body laden with more than 4,000 feathers — “and then it’s like rapid fire. When [the photographers] put their cameras down, all that’s left is the sound of water. I’ve had people cry in the boat.”

I can understand that feeling. The float was not just beautiful and calm, but meditative. If you connect with nature in such a way, also spiritual. The morning sun shone from above the low-lying clouds as Douglas firs spiked up from below and the only noise came from the boat’s long paddles and the splash of Goldeneye ducks taking off from the water. A great blue heron coasted over our heads. We had already seen more than 30 eagles, many with striking white crowns of maturity. (Bald comes from “balde” for whiteness not hairlessness.)

For five years, Sunwolf has offered this slow, peaceful and one-of-a-kind nature immersion on an eagle viewing river tour.

This is not adventurous river rafting over Class 5 rapids, which they do come summertime on the Elaho.

This is a tranquil float at four kilometres an hour. It wasn’t raining, so we stayed dry. And since Sunwolf kitted us out with heavy-duty waterproof outerwear, I was

also warm —with the eventual exception of my feet.

Until 20 years ago, the Sunwolf property was known as Fergie’s Fishing Lodge and served as pack-in, pack-out lodging for anglers looking to catch trout and salmon on the Cheakamus. Charlton Heston landed his helicopter here. Fishers still rent the cabins, which are a lot nicer thanks to the beautiful craftsmanship and design of Freese and his partner (business and romantic) Jessamy Freese.

The riverside escape has 12 cabins, all of them boutique accommodations nestled under a string of white lights and a sky of stars. You can stay overnight under the cedars, as I did, and stoke a fire in the cast-iron stove to warm the snug, renovated Loggers’ Shack, a workmen’s outpost dating to the early 1900s.

At the confluence of the Cheakamus and Cheekeye rivers, Sunwolf is based on five acres of land north of Brakendale (itself north of Squamish) in a region known as the “World Eagle Capital” for the annual bird count. This years’ count in early January was the 30th.

The highest number on record, in 1994, counted 3,471 eagles on the Squamish River. On our onehour float, we saw more than 100 — Freese said it’s been a good year despite a low number on the day of the official count.

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Take the shuttle Bald eagles are named from a time when “balde” meant white, not hairless. Their hooked, self-sharpening beak is used more tenderly between eagles that mate for life.

the peak of the ceiling. Logger’s Shack cost per night: $180 in low season and $200 in high, which is June 17 to Sept. 18, 2016. Smaller cabins range from $110 to $150 a night depending on season and amenities.

Go with friends

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Because the Fisherman’s Cabin has three bedrooms and sleeps eight, it is a relaxed, stylish place to host a large group.

Required stay of two nights; cost is $300 weeknights, $400 Friday and Saturday.

Stay and make it homey

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For the rafting, I wore head-to-toe merino wool beneath a snowsuit and then layered on the waterproof, oilslick rain gear and boots provided by Sunwolf. A tightly clipped (and mandatory) life-

jacket was like a bear hug of bundled warmth. Hour-long eagle viewing float is $110 for adults, $75 for children aged 5 to 12. Includes lunch and light breakfast.

For car-free folk, there is a daily shuttle to Squamish from Vancouver with pick up at the VPL’s Central Library on Georgia St., Canada Place and the Hyatt. Cost is $25, round trip. @MHStewart

Eat at Fergie’s Café

The diner draws enough weekend traffic from Vancouver to form a two-hour wait time in the summer.

But don’t let that deter you.

Most people bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the day beside the river under the black walnut tree. Chef Jason Nadeau formerly worked six years at Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill in Vancouver and created the popular food truck the Locavore.

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Come winter, thousands of eagles travel to the Squamish River Valley.

Salmon-bearing rivers on Howe Sound and Harrison River near Chilliwack and Skagit River in Washington support a massive ecosystem that includes eagles and humans. Cheakamus is a Squamish word for the people who use the cedar rope fishing net — the watershed is ecologically and spiritually significant for the First Nation.

The salmon run is over, but its signs were everywhere, from fishing weirs in the shallows and fly fishers on the banks, as well as salmon carcases on the shore, under the surface and even in trees where the flesh had been consumed by an eagle.

Some cruisers will count each bird they see to keep a running tally. Others capture them on film. Still others will quietly breathe in their presence. On my float, there was a combination of the above and because we learned to read the signs, we all got excited when an eagle pooped.

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A love letter to the patient-doctor relationship

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During the month of Valentine’s Day, many of us think about our most

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It is my relationships with individual patients that originally drew me to family practice. The practice of medicine can become cold and clinical without the emphasis on the human connection. Nothing can match the potential depth and breadth of the patientfamily doctor relationship.

As physicians, we must earn our patients’ confidence — to trust us to keep private their medical history, their deepest secrets and their greatest values and to have the faith that we will be their advocates and do our best for them.

In exchange, we are privileged with the sharing of our patients’ personal stories — the good and bad things they may have done, the great and awful things they have lived through and how they make sense of it all.

Over the years, we become a part of our patients’ stories. Sometimes, life can be overwhelming and each of us could lose our sense of control.

When we feel helpless, we feel anxious. When

The doctor-patient relationship can be one of the most important relationships in your life.

we feel hopeless, we feel depressed.

When needed, physicians can help shape patients’ stories with more positive, empowering perspectives. Though patients may present a number of problems, I encourage them to verbalize and visualize their goals.

One of the greatest gifts I can give to patients who see themselves as hapless victims of bad luck, relationships and health is the transforming perspective that they can be agents of positive change in their own lives.

Though we may not have chosen the canvas of our lives nor the colours on our palette, we can choose how we see this life and what we will create with it.

On Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., I’ll be speaking at the

Metrotown branch of the Burnaby Public Library on “The Patient-Doctor Relationship: making the most of the every medical visit.” I’ll offer some tips on improving communication and working together to achieve your personal goals. I’ll cover the key information you should know about medications and other treatments and the key screening tests we need at different stages of our lives. For more information, phone the Metrotown branch at 604-436-5400 or register online at bpl.bc.ca/events.

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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Rev. Peter Elliott, the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, says in Canada, we’ve drawn a line in the sand over equal marriage as the measure of a progressive position toward LGBTQ people.

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Anglican churches across globe at different stages in dealing with LGBTQ rights Pat Johnson

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The Anglican Church slapped down its American branch last month, punishing it for authorizing samesex marriages.

The church has been riven for decades over issues of female ordination, the ordination of gay clergy and, now, same-sex marriage. The issue is so incendiary that it threatened to tear the global church apart. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the church, is credited with preventing a complete implosion.

Yet even in the seeming backlash to gay marriage, one of Canada’s top Anglicans says he sees signs of progress.

Rev. Peter Elliott, the dean of Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Vancouver and the Number

2 Anglican in the region after the bishop, has been at the heart of this debate for years and the local diocese — for historical reasons called New Westminster — is (in)famous for its progressive stand on the topic. The diocese offers a blessing for same-sex marriages, but solemnization of marriages is a national decision and the Canadian church is expected to vote this year on the topic, potentially opening a new front in the long battle.

The crux is this: The worldwide Anglican Communion is like the Commonwealth of Nations, Elliott says, united by history and values, but each member largely independent.

“There is not one structure for the whole Church,” he says. “It’s untidy.”

There is an agreement that individual churches can

follow their own path, but not veer too far from official doctrine.

“Those of us who are pro-GLBT rights in the church — and I’m one of them, I’m openly gay and married to my partner — our view is that this is a matter over which Christians can respectfully disagree,” says Elliott. Other church leaders, especially some in Africa and Asia, where most of the world’s Anglicans now reside, say no … this is a fundamental issue of theology and a single approach must prevail. Elliott cautions, though, that while some African and Asian churches may be strongly against same-sex marriage, there are also strains within the “Western” churches — in Canada, the U.S., Australia and Europe — that feel likewise. It is not strictly a

Western versus Developing World divide.

In the meeting of the 38 Anglican-aligned national churches worldwide at Canterbury Cathedral last month, the confab condemned the Episcopal Church — as it is called in the States — but also made explicit statements about respecting the rights of homosexuals worldwide.

“What we got actually was a classic Anglican compromise. Anglicans are good at that,” says Elliott. “There [are] very strong statements about the civil rights of homosexual people and I think there is a door opened now to say to, for example, Anglicans in Uganda: Listen, church support of government policies that criminalize homosexuality and make it punishable both by imprisonment and in some cases the death penalty,

that’s offside. Similarly, to the Episcopal Church, marrying same-sex couples, that’s offside.”

Canadians need to understand, he says, that priorities for people in other places are very different and progress on gay rights has come with incredible speed to parts of the Western world.

“I never imagined in my lifetime that gay people would be allowed to marry in Canada and it’s now been over 10 years that we’ve been allowed to marry, nor that the church would be seriously talking about this,” he says. “It’s light years ahead.”

In Canada, we’ve drawn a line in the sand over equal marriage as the measure of a progressive position toward LGBTQ people. In parts of Africa, public opinion and, in some cases, law are still positing that gay people should

be killed. In this context, what looks like a slap down to an American church also comes with what is a pretty stark message to some of the most homophobic forces in the world.

Above all, what was once called the love that dare not speak its name is being talked about endlessly. At a conference of Anglicans from around the world that Elliott attended, the universality of the discussion impressed him.

“It’s clear, particularly from the laity and from the priests from around the world, without exception, that every church in the Communion is in some ways dealing with the presence and reality of GLBT lives,” he says. “We’re just at very different stages on it, depending on what country are from.” @Pat604Johnson

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Burlap sack at the root of dull dogwood problem Anne Marrison

amarrison@shaw.ca Q. I planted a redbud and a pink dogwood two years ago, but they don’t seem to be growing at all. I planted the trees in large, deep holes with peat moss and bonemeal. I left the burlap sacks on which may have been a mistake.

The redbud had a few flowers last spring and not many

leaves. Some limb offshoots were dried out and dead. The dogwood bloomed nicely but the leaves seemed mottled and lifeless all summer. I did water them a fair amount last summer. What can I do to ensure better propagation of both trees?

Ron Tuckey, Burnaby

A. Leaving the burlap on could account for 90 per cent

of the problem. Some people will tell you it doesn’t matter, but burlap doesn’t rot that fast, especially if the soil is well-drained. The long, hot summers we’ve had would deter rotting even more.

It’s very likely that the tree roots were wrapped around in a circle within the burlap and if they grew at all would have been continuing to circle within the burlap

instead of reaching out.

I am wondering why you called the holes “deep.”

If the trees were deeper in your holes than the soil lines on the trunk, they would have been too deep. Roots need oxygen which is why many tree roots are within a few inches of the surface.

I hate to recommend lifting them again and replanting them because this

will be another shock to trees, which already aren’t doing well. But really, Ron, it’s the only way.

Remove the burlap completely and spread out the roots so they lead away from the trunk as you replant.

It’s best to put very little compost in the new planting hole because you want the tree roots to have a good reason to reach out. Once

the trees are safely planted, sprinkle some bonemeal and Sea Soil or manure around the drip line.

Before the summer, it would be useful to mulch around the trees with a layer of grass clippings to hold in moisture.

Try to water the trees at least twice a week this summer if nature doesn’t do it for you.

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Feb. 11 to 18, 2016 1. The latest project from acclaimed theatre dude Robert Lepage — 887 — was inspired by Lepage’s memories of growing up in Quebec during the 1960s and uses film, projection and miniature scale models to conjure the past. SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts hosts the Western Canadian premiere of 887, Feb. 11 to 21. Details at sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards.

2. Feel bad about that paunch of a belly or your inability to change a lightbulb due to your fear of heights as the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival climbs, leaps and sprawls across Vancouver movie screens, including the Rio Theatre and the Cinematheque, Feb. 12 to 20.

Whether it’s kayaking, canoeing, climbing, paragliding, river rafting, mountain biking or hanging off the side of a glacier like it’s no big deal, there’s something to inspire or humble everyone. Details at vimff.org.

3. Singer-songwriter and friend of the Courier, Rodney Decroo performs with his country-rock outfit the Wiseblood Feb. 13, 8 p.m. at the Shop Theatre (125 East Second). Twin Bandit, Tavis E. Triance (of Spoon River) and Fraser Mackenzie round out the bill. Advance tickets at eventbrite.ca.

4. Billed as “a conversation that embraces the ruthless logic of capitalism, tests its impact on our closest personal relationships, and our most intimate experiences of self,” Winners and Losers comes courtesy of theatre artists and long-time friends Marcus Youssef (Neworld Theatre) and James Long (Theatre Replacement). It all goes down Feb. 16 to 27 at the Cultch.

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PERFECT PAIRINGS: Every year, Vancouver Magazine hosts one of the city’s most anticipated food and wine events in the city. Big Night celebrates winning restaurants from the publication’s annual restaurant awards with top wines from its yearly list tasted and ranked by some of the best palettes in the country. A capacity crowd gathered at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, moving from station to station filling their glasses and plates with B.C’s best. Proceeds from the gastronomic gala supported Les Dames d’Escoffier, a society of professional women promoting the understanding, appreciation and knowledge of food, wine and hospitality and advancement of women in the industry.

THEY SHOOT, KIDS SCORE: Hockey moms and dads gathered for the Vancouver Thunderbird Minor Hockey Association’s annual fundraiser to raise funds to keep hockey fees for the 72team organization as low as possible. A capacity crowd gathered at the Hellenic Centre for the off-ice action, steered by Natalie Clancy, Joyce Gillespie and Jim Strang. Live music, great food and an array of auction items greeted gala-goers at the black-and-white-themed charity dinner. Yours truly fronted the spirited live auction of one-of-a-kind experiences. Ice time with Canuck’s Henrik Sedin and former Canuck Kevin Bieksa fetched the evening’s top bids contributing to a record $50,000 raised for the venerable league.

MONKEY BUSINESS: More than 800 people ushered in the Year of the Monkey at the Tapestry Foundation’s signature Feast of Fortune fundraiser, held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel.

Chaired by Margaret Chiu, Paul Oei and Heather Pei Huang, the annual affair, sponsored by the Courier, combined fine dining and entertainment with fundraising auctions for partygoers to pledge their support for priority equipment needs at Mount St. Joseph Hospital. After a royal repast, attendees, including foundation CEO Ann Adams and Providence Health Care CEO Dianne Doyle, helped raise a record $845,000 for the venerable hospital on Prince Edward Street, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.

Since the dinner’s inception in 2008, more than $3.8 million has been generated for MSJ’s priority needs.

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Canadian bartender of the year champions Grant Sceney from Fairmont Pacific Rim and Lauren Mote of UVA showcased their talents for some 1,100 drink enthusiasts at Science World’s first ever Science of Cocktails fundraiser.

CEO Bryan Tisdall welcomed Prohibition’s Robyn Gray, one of 25 innovative bartenders who created craft cocktails at Science World’s inaugural event.

Thunderball committee members Natalie Clancy, Jim Strang and Joyce Gillespie fronted the off-ice action at the Hellenic Centre in support of amateur hockey for Lower Mainland kids.

Vikram Vij’s winning lamb curry was among the top dishes served at Vancouver Magazine’s Big Night in support of DJ Kearney’s Les Dames d’Escoffier society helping women in the food, wine and hospitality industry succeed and give back.

Midget players Matthew Lau and Gavin Andison volunteered at the Vancouver Thunderbird Minor Hockey Association’s annual fundraiser.

Loretta Lai, Paul Oei and Ann Adams welcomed some 800 guests to the ninth Feast of Fortune Gala in support of Mount Saint Joseph Hospital. A record $845,000 was raised to purchase vital equipment for the hospital’s emergency department.

B.C.’s best wines and restaurants were on display as determined by oenophile Sebastien Le Goff and foodie Stephen Wong, members of an esteemed Vancouver Magazine panel that produces the prestigious lists annually.

No Chinese New Year party would be complete without an appearance from the God of Fortune, a.k.a. Matthew Lee to usher in the Year of the Monkey.

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What is Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF)? › Annual international 9-day community festival, featuring mountain film screenings, live multimedia presentations, photography exhibitions, workshops, seminars and other special events › Travelling show with awarded films, visiting 50+ communities across Canada, the US, Europe and Asia each year, and offering additional 5-day Speaker Series program every Fall in North Vancouver and Vancouver › Forum for the exchange of ideas between film makers, outdoor enthusiasts, athletes and the public › Event encouraging the most artistic and effective forms of communicating mountain-related experiences, inspiring audiences, and affirming the culturally– and environmentally–sensitive values inherent in active outdoor lifestyles › Registered not-for-profit society

VIMFF STAFF Festival Director, Programming, Sponsorship: ALAN FORMANEK Director of Programming, Jury Coordinator: TOM WRIGHT Social Media Manager: ROBYN JONES Production Manager: KELLY GREEN PR Manager: HELEN YAGI Web Manager: ROBERT VRLAK Designer: ANNA SOBIENIAK Ticketing Manager: DYLAN MORGAN Volunteer Coordinators and Lobby Managers: JENNIFER SANGSTER, PAVLA BRESKA, SIENEKE TOERING, VLADA KRATOCHVILOVA Community Partners Coordinator: MAYA MRAZIK Grants Coordinator: MAJA KOSTANSKI Special Project Coordinators: EAN JACKSON, SIENEKE TOERING, MAJA KOSTANSKI Projectionists: TAVI PARUSEL, ANDERS MJOS, JUSTIN DJAMTORKI, D’ARCY HAMILTON VIMFF Board of Directors: VIERA VEIDNER, ALIX FLYNN, JANICE HARRIS, MARIUSZ PAWLAK, NICOLAS JIMENEZ, MANRICO SCREMIN, JENS OUROM, STEVEN THRENDYLE

VIMFF FILM JURY DAVID LAVALLEE A graduate of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Producer Emergence program as well as the Gulf Islands Film and Television School’s Film Program.

David directed and produced the 2010 award-winning film, “White Water, Black Gold”. The film has won numerous film festival awards (including best Canadian film at VIMFF), and made many television appearances. He is currently working on finishing his second film, “To the Ends of the Earth”, which is narrated by Emma Thompson and will be released in the spring of 2016.

JULIA SZUCS Julia first plunged into documentary filmmaking in 2004 when she paddled 500km in the film “Abandoned in the Arctic”. With remote wilderness as her backdrop, she directed two committing feature-length documentaries: “Arctic Cliffhangers” (2009), tracing seabirds as harbingers of climate change, and “Vanishing Point” (2012), a narrative on cultural adaptation through the eyes of a descendant of a legendary Inuit shaman. Co-producing the latter with the National Film Board of Canada, Julia’s work has earned awards and recognition worldwide.

JONI COOPER Joni is a passionate outdoor enthusiast who has held the positions of programming/festival director for the Banff Mountain Festival and executive director of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, has worked as an independent film producer, and consulted with numerous international film festivals and forums. She currently serves on National Geographic’s Adventures of the Year advisory board and consults with Film Festival Flix online Mountain & Adventure Film Festival. Joni believes that pure adventure and the love of the great outdoors coupled with the power of film help drive positive change.

CHRIS MCKILLICAN Chris has over 17 years experience within the video production industry. After graduating from the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound with honours, he has gone on to cover many roles working with both sound and picture. He won various awards in advertising, audio engineering and photography along the way. Currently he is the host and the producer of the online nature series “Keep It Wild” for Toyota BC.

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VIMFF OPENING NIGHT CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Nature RX (dir. Justin Bogardus, 2015, USA, 1 min) A non-harmful medication shown to relieve the crippling symptoms of modern life.

PRESENTATION › The Tim Jones Community Achievement Award FILM › Common Threads (dir. James Q Martin, 2015, USA, 7 mins) Climbers David Lama and Conrad Anker climb a first ascent in Zion NP. PRESENTATION › Kevin Jorgeson – The Dawn Wall In 2015, after 19 days of living on the side of El Capitan, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell completed the hardest rock climb in history.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Stuart Range: An Enchanting Triple (dir. Shane Wilder, USA, 2015, 14 mins) A climbing journey through the Stuart Range, a jagged collection of peaks in the centre of Washington state.

Operation Moffat (dir. Jen Randall, UK, 2015, 20 mins) Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colourful climbing life of Britain’s First Female Mountain Guide.

Frank & The Tower (dir. Fitz Cahall, 2015, USA, 12 mins) Sixty-three-year-old Frank Sanders has climbed Devils Tower more than 2,000 times.

13 SATURDAY

KAYAK ADVENTURES

THE CINEMATHEQUE, 2:00PM FILM › Kayaking The Aleutians (dir. Justine Curgenven, UK, 2015, 48 mins) Two women attempt a world first kayaking trip, 2,500km along the remote and stormy Aleutian island chain.

INTERMISSION FILM › Ways Of Water (dir. Mikel Sarasola, Spain, 2014, 51 mins) A different kind of kayak exploration adventure in the heart of the most beautiful Patagonian landscapes.

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FAMILY FILM MATINEE INLET THEATRE, 2:00PM FILMS › The Warmth Of Winter (dir. Ben Sturgulewski, USA, 2015, 6 mins) There is no warmth like the warmth felt in winter.

Martin’s Boat (dir. Peter McBride, USA, 2015, 24 mins) Follow the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the Marble Canyon, on its maiden voyage down the legendary Colorado River.

Mountain Rescue: Aspen (dir. John Wilcox, USA, 2015, 17 mins) Mountain Rescue: Aspen follows one of the most elite successful rescue teams in the Rockies.

Samaya (dir. Franz Walter, Germany, 2015, 5 mins) Really, we are just a blink in time.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Chris Bonington – Life and Climbs (dir. Vinicio Stefanello, Italy, 2015, 22 mins) Retrace the stories and adventures of a lifetime.

Antarctica 3D – On The Edge (dir. Jon Bowermaster, USA, 2014, 36 mins) Though covered by as much as three miles of ice, the Peninsula of Antarctica is changing fast.

SNOWMAN THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Heather Mosher & Doug Mcleod – Finding Winter An ambitious trip to the Yukon’s Tombstone range to find snow and adventure.

INTERMISSION FILM › Snowman (dir. Mike Douglas, Canada, 2014, 82 mins) SNOWMAN is a familiar tale of dreaming big and a life where the greatest risk is not daring to dream at all.

HIGH IN THE ALPS INLET THEATRE, 7:30PM FILMS › Defiance – The Eiger Paraclimb (dir. Euan Ryan, UK, 2015, 19 mins) A team of three British paraclimbers make an ascent of the Eiger.

Panoroma (dir. Jon Herranz, Spain, 2015, 28 mins) Edu Marin attempts one of the hardest big walls in the world, with his 62 year old father.

INTERMISSION FILM › Tom (dir. Angel Esteban, Spain, 2015, 67 mins) The story of a born-to-be an alpinist, aiming to solo the six North Faces of the Alps, in one winter season.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Beat Down (dir. Anson Fogel, USA, 2015, 4 mins) Two mountain bikers battling it out in the Southern Utah desert.

PRESENTATION › Wade Simmons – Welcome to MTB-Ville Vancouver is the home of the North Shore. Welcome to MTB-Ville.

PRESENTATION › NSMBA Film Festival Awards INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › Justa Jeskova & Steve Storey – India: An Uncertain Road Experience riding and new cultures on the sub-continent of India.

FILMS › Salsa Verde (dir. Mike Gamble, Canada, 2015, 5 mins) Building became an obsession. This is their creation.

Mountain Bikes and Bothy Nights (dir. Alastair Humphreys, UK, 2015, 8 mins) An imaginary journey round Scotland, linking together wild bothies and landscapes.

Darklight (dir. Mike Brown, USA, 2015, 8 mins) A mind bending night ride.

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AFTERNOON OF ACTION

RIO THEATRE, 2:00PM FILMS › Paradise Waits (dir. TGR, USA, 2015, 30 mins) The story of one weird winter and the people who celebrate it... Paradise Waits - a ski and snowboard film.

UnReal (dir. TGR, USA, 2015, 45 mins) A film that celebrates breaking free from the confines of reality and venturing into a boundless world.

INTERMISSION FILM › 82 Summits (dir. Samuel Gyger, Switzerland, 2015, 50 mins) In the summer of 2015, Ueli Steck climbed all of the mountains in the Alps over 4000 meters high.

ROCK SOLID MATINEE THE CINEMATHEQUE, 2:00PM FILMS › Humble Pie (dir. Chris Alstrin, USA, 2015, 5 mins) Failure is always present amongst professional athletes but few like to talk about it.

Into The Light (dir. RBMH, Germany, 2014, 52 mins) Chris Sharma and Stefan Glowacz descend beneath the earth’s surface to begin a climb like no other.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Soul of Stone (dir. Taylor Zann, USA, 2015, 6 mins) Bernd Arnold, the iconic barefoot climber, has logged over 980 first ascents in his 67 years.

The Adventures of The Dodo (dir. Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Belgium, 2015, 50 mins) Rock climbing, sailing and musical expedition in Greenland and Baffin Island.

MOUNTAIN MIXER MATINEE INLET THEATRE, 2:00PM FILMS › The Important Places (dir. Forest Woodward, USA, 2015, 9 mins) The path back to the important places is never too far away.

Shift (dir. Amelia Rudolph, USA, 2015, 10 mins) SHIFT is a short mountain dance film capturing the Bay Area company Bandaloop as they cross the Sierra.

Dorais (dir. Rebecca Cahall, USA, 2015, 12 mins) Life’s toughest tests don’t happen in the mountains, but in our day to day lives in the flatlands.

Without An Image (dir. Jason Piszczor, USA, 2015, 22 mins) In 2010, Mike Libecki traveled solo to a remote part of central Afghanistan in search of unclimbed rock towers.

INTERMISSION FILM › Copa – Eric Jones and Ioan Doyle’s Patagonia (dir. Rhodri Davies, UK, 2015, 67 mins) This film celebrates the friendship of two men, two countries and one journey.

ALPINE ASCENTS RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Paul McSorley – Mount Waddington: A First Ascent After several attempts by strong teams, the First Ascent of the Southwest Buttress of Waddington’s Northwest Peak finally went down.

FILM › I-View (dir. Claudio Rossini, Italy, 2015, 31 mins) Simone Moro has a new project: to bring helicopter rescue to Nepal.

INTERMISSION FILMS › All Roads Lead To Scotland (dir. Matt Pycroft, UK, 2015, 9 mins) Nick Bullock and Tim Neill are a strong partnership in Scottish winter climbing.

First Ascent – Kunyang Chhish East (dir. Matteo Vettorel, Italy, 2015, 37 mins) The first ascent of one of the Karakoram’s last virgin summits.

COLOSSAL JOURNEYS THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM FILM › Expedition Q: A Crossing of Baffin Island (dir. Skip Armstrong, USA, 2015, 12 mins) A group of friends set out on an adventure only they could have dreamed up.

PRESENTATION › Markus Pukonen – Routes of Change Markus is 214 days into an 1800 day, 82,000 km circumnavigation of the planet without ever using a motor.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Stand Up Puddleboarding (dir. Markus Pukonen, Canada, 2015, 6 mins) The future of water sports is here! Or is it the past?

Karun: Misadventures on Iran’s Longest River (dir. Rhys Thwaites-Jones, UK, 2015, 57 mins) British adventurers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron set out to follow Iran’s longest river, the Karun, by human powered means.

AWARD WINNING FILMS INLET THEATRE, 7:30PM FILMS › Cailleach (dir. Rosie Hillman, UK, 2014, 15 mins) Morag, 86, shares her unique love of life out on the edge.

Denali (dir. Ben Knight, USA, 2015, 8 mins) There’s no easy way to say goodbye to a friend...

Unbranded (dir. Phillip Baribeau, USA, 2015, 105 mins) Four young cowboys adopt and train 16 wild mustangs, and then ride them from Mexico to Canada.

15 MONDAY

THE GOLDEN SPRUCE RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › John Vaillant A unique insight into John’s bestselling book ‘The Golden Spruce’ and its transformation into the film ‘Hadwin’s Judgement’ FILM › Hadwin’s Judgement (dir. Sasha Snow, UK, 2015, 87 mins) ‘Hadwin’s Judgment’ chronicles the tormented transformation of Grant Hadwin from expert logger to environmental terrorist.

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THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM PRESENTATIONS › Tim Cormode – We Are Nature Lessons in philanthropy, opportunities for growth through accessible nature-based adventures and the value of community combine to tell a powerful story of change.

Farhan Umedaly Farhan’s vision is to produce films that help create positive change in the world.

FILM › A Last Stand For Lelu (dir. Farhan Umedaly, Canada, 2016, 24 mins) A great injustice is being done on the Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, B.C. INTERMISSION FILMS › Rabbit Island (dir. Ben Moon, USA, 2015, 6 mins) One man’s quest to protect an island he loves leads him to ponder great questions.

Gold Of Bengal (dir. Corentin De Chatel, France, 2015, 52 mins) Corentin has one ambition: to become self-sufficient at sea.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Women’s Speed Ascent (dir. Chris Alstrin, USA, 2015, 5 mins) Some records are just meant to be broken.

PRESENTATION › Lynn Hill – Climbing Free Lynn Hill is the iconic American climber, acknowledged as one of the most accomplished rock climbers in the world.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Golden Gate (dir. Jon Glassberg, USA, 2015, 17 mins) Emily Harrington shows us that it’s just as much about the journey as it is the destination.

Transition (dir. Chris Prescott, UK, 2015, 45 mins) British indoor competition climber Natalie Berry takes up trad and winter climbing.

ADVENTURE FILM MAKING RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › Eclipse (dir. Anthony Bonello, Canada, 2015, 32 mins) The quest for a once-in-a-lifetime photo.

PRESENTATION › Anthony Bonello – Eclipse: Behind The Scenes A talk about the challenges the team faced both physically and mentally while preparing for the eclipse.

INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › Eliza Kubarska – To Film or Not To Be Polish climber and award winning film director Eliza Kubarska takes us on an adventure filmmaking tour to Greenland, Borneo and the Karakorum.

FILMS › The Mysteries (dir. Skip Armstrong, USA, 2015, 8 mins) A vulnerable insight into the life of a nomadic photographer.

Climbing Ice – The Iceland Trifecta (dir. Anton Lorimer, USA, 2015, 16 mins) Behind the scenes of an extreme ice climbing shoot in Iceland.

WHITEWATER THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM FILM › Salween Spring (dir. Will Stauffer Norris, USA, 2015, 9 mins) Travis has started a rafting company to bring Chinese children to see their mother rivers before they’re gone.

PRESENTATION › Katrina Van Wijk – Beyond Risk Professional kayaker Katrina Van Wijk shares her perspective on the full integration of risk, responsibility and reward.

INTERMISSION FILM › Chasing Niagara (dir. Rush Sturges, USA, 2015, 80 mins) Rafa Ortiz plans to paddle over Niagara Falls.

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RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Spencer Seabrooke From highlines to legendary waterfall rope swings, Spencer is always leading epic adventures.

FILM › Untethered (dir. Levi Allen, Canada, 2015, 32 mins) The story of an exploding slackline movement in BC. INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › Bill Hawley – A Year of Highlines A look into a year of Highlines. From Squamish, B.C. to Yosemite Valley, California.

FILMS › Masters of Slack (dir. Matthias Edlinger, Germany, 2015, 10 mins) A portrait of two contrasting characters and their lifestyles, proving you’ll never find your balance by standing still.

Metronomic (dir. Vlad Cellier, France, 2015, 15 mins) A skilful blend of artists and high-level athletes in a symphony devoted to risk.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM FILMS › Balloonskiing (dir. Stephen Keck, Austria, 2015, 5 mins) The wind leads the way, you never know where you will ski.

55 Hours in Mexico (dir. Joey Schusler, USA, 2015, 9 mins) How adventurous can one get in a single weekend?

Rocky Mountain Moto Tour (dir. Jay Trusler, Canada, 2015, 12 mins) Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive.

Shifting Ice & Changing Tides (dir. KT Miller, USA, 2015, 30 mins) Exploring remote coastline, pioneering new ski descents, and collecting scientific data in some of the most incredible wilderness on earth.

INTERMISSION FILMS › Snowflake (dir. Ben Sturgulewski, USA, 2015, 7 mins) Witness the joys and wonders of nature through the eyes of Snowflake.

Degrees North (dir. Guido Perrini, Switzerland, 54 mins) Degrees North mixes hair-raising action footage of leading freeriders with a story of adventure and discovery.

ART OF FLIGHT RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM FILM › The Mont Rebei Project (dir. Vlad Cellier, France, 2015, 18 mins) A team of extreme-sports experts hurl themselves into the abyss.

PRESENTATION › Gavin McClurg – The Deep Line Last summer Gavin completed the “toughest adventure race on Earth” the Red Bull X-Alps, a paragliding / foot race across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco.

INTERMISSION FILM › The Rocky Mountain Traverse (dir. Bryan Smith, Canada, 2015, 52 mins) Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg set out to define a new style in “Vol Biv Paragliding”

THE POLISH CLIMBING SHOW THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Eliza Kubarska – Forgotten Mountain Tioman Island - the place where you can climb a 300m high granite wall and dive deep in the sea on the same day.

INTERMISSION FILM › K2 Touching The Sky (dir. Eliza Kubarska, Poland, 2015, 77 mins) Children of acclaimed climbers travel to the Karakorum to try and understand the force that once seduced their parents and eventually killed them.

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TRAIL RUNNING CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Dikesh Khatri – Brown Dude in The Forest FILM › Endurance: Ultra Marathon (dir. Jon Earle, Netherlands, 2015, 9 minutes) Exploring the parallels between endurance and how we live on the planet today.

PRESENTATION › Eagle Walz – Canada’s Longest Hut to Hut Hiking Trail FILM › Fast and Light (dir. Kelvin Trautman, South Africa, 2015, 18 mins) A tribe of runners who are motivated by pushing their limits in some of the world’s most extreme mountain environments.

PRESENTATION › Ward Beemer – Just Put Away The Watch and Run! INTERMISSION

PRESENTATION › Allison Tai – How To Overcome Obstacles with One Tough Mudder FILM › Mile For Mile (dir. James Q Martin, USA, 2015, 16 mins) Ultrarunners run 106 miles through the newly opened Patagonia Park in Chile.

PRESENTATION › The Peak Baggers – Mysteries and Surprises in Your Own Backyard FILM › Kroger’s Canteen (dir. Dean Leslie, South Africa, 2015, 8 mins) The story of an aid station perched on a tiny ledge, 13,100ft above sea level, part of the Hard Rock 100 ultra marathon.

PRESENTATION › Pat Malavi – Running Across The Heart of Iceland

THE MEC CANADIAN ADVENTURE NIGHT RIO THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › Jimmy Martinello – Into The Elements Travel to remote areas of B.C, Alaska and the Himalayas for beautiful ski lines, amazing alpine routes and stunning landscapes.

Rob Wood – Towards The Unknown Mountains Legendary climber Rob Wood brings his stories to the VIMFF stage for the first time.

INTERMISSION PRESENTATION › The MEC Adventure Grant Awards Bruce Kirkby – The Village Idiot: Port Hardy to Tofino by SUP Bruce’s journeys span 80 countries, and include traversing Mongolia by horseback, Arabia by camel and Iceland on foot.

FILM › Paddle For The North (dir. Simon Lucas, Canada/NZ, 2015, 33 mins) Six mates, six rivers, three canoes, two months, one idea.

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ADRENALINE JUNKIES THE CINEMATHEQUE, 7:30PM FILMS › Freefall (dir. Aimard Alex, Sweden, 2015, 3 mins) The art of defying gravity.

Matterhorn: The Birdwoman’s Dream (dir. Rinaldo Marasco, Switzerland, 2015, 50 mins) Since she learned to fly, Géraldine Fasnacht nurtures the dream to fly off the top of the Matterhorn.

INTERMISSION FILM › Wingmen (dir. Siesta Films, Norway, 2015, 52 mins) Three of the world’s most renowned BASE jumpers embark on an adventure around the world.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 7:30PM PRESENTATION › The VIMFF Film Awards 2016 Leo Houlding – The Mirror Wall: Reflections Twenty years of extreme adventure have taken Leo to glorious summits of the most remote and difficult peaks on every continent.

INTERMISSION FILM › Citadel (dir. Alastair Lee, UK, 2015, 48 mins) The world’s first mountaineering doc shot entirely in 4k.

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Directed by Guido Perrini 2015, Switzerland, 54 minutes

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Directed by Mike Douglas 2014, Canada, 82 minutes

SNOWMAN Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque VANCOUVER PREMIERE Set in B.C.’s dramatic Coast Range mountains, SNOWMAN is a familiar tale of dreaming big and the barriers—both benign and catastrophic—to realizing a childhood fantasy. It’s the story of a friendship forged in the mountains, and a lifestyle where the greatest risk is not daring to dream at all.

DEGREES NORTH

Directed by Farhan Umedaly and Tamo Campos 2016, Canada, 24 minutes

THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE Mon Feb 15 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque WORLD PREMIERE The Lax Kw’alaams are the keepers of the Lelu Island and its connected Flora Bank, a massive sand bar that is part of the Skeena River estuary, some of the most important salmon habitat in Canada. A proposed LNG project would devastate the Skeena River, the natural wildlife and countless communities in the path of the pipeline.

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HIGH IN THE ALPS Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) Inlet Theatre NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Even though Tom’s mother, the great British alpinist Alison Hargreaves, died descending the K2 when he was just 6 years old, he never wanted to be anything else but a climber. His whole life is dedicated to the mountains and his latest goal is to climb the Six North Faces of the Alps, solo, in a single winter season.

SLACKLIFE Tue Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Untethered takes an immensely personal look straight into the heart of the slacklining movement in Vancouver. Spencer Seabrooke made national headlines in August with his death defying world record free-solo highline – this is the story behind Spencer’s passion and the start of Slacklife BC.

Directed by Angel Esteban 2015, Spain, 67 minutes

Directed by Levi Allen VanderKwaak 2015, Canada, 32 minutes

THE ADVENTURES OFTHE DODO Directed by Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll 2015, Belgium, 50 minutes

ROCK SOLID MATINEE Sun Feb 14 @2:00pm (doors 1:30pm) The Cinematheque NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Captain Reverend Bob Shepton calls the Wild Bunch (Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Benjamin Ditto, Olivier and Nicolas Favresse) back onto his boat for a major mission! On board of the Dodo’s Delight (a 10m sailboat) the team measures up with arctic ice, polar bears and ferocious storms, in search of the holy grail: to find unclimbed big walls and musical enlightenment.

KARUN: MISADVENTURES ALONG IRAN’S LONGEST RIVER

CHASING NIAGARA

Directed by Rush Sturges 2015, USA, 80 minutes

WHITEWATER Tues Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque VANCOUVER PREMIERE When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz makes the decision to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion an incredible series of events that eventually takes on a life of its own. Enlisting a team of top kayakers, together they go on a remarkable three-year journey from the rainforest rivers of Mexico to the towering waterfalls of the U.S. Northwest.

TRANSITION

Directed by Chris Prescott and Paul Diffley 2015, UK, 45 minutes

Directed by Rhys Thwaites-Jones 2015, UK, 57 minutes

COLOSSAL JOURNEYS Sun Feb 14 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE British adventurers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron set out to follow Iran’s longest river, the Karun, by human powered means. Their aim is to go beyond the politics and explore the culture and geography of this most misunderstood of nations – but when the once-calm waters of the Karun turn nasty, they wonder if they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.

HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT

Directed by Sasha Snow 2015, Canada/UK, 87 minutes

THE GOLDEN SPRUCE Mon Feb 15 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre ‘Hadwin’s Judgment’ chronicles the tormented transformation of Grant Hadwin from expert logger to environmental terrorist, a man who dared to challenge the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest. Hadwin’s one man crusade culminated in a perverse and outrageous act of protest that was, in itself, a crime against nature.

WOMEN ROCK Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE UK competition and sport climber Natalie Berry makes the move into traditional and winter climbing.

Acting as mentor along the way is Scottish all round climber Dave MacLeod. The film follows Natalie over the course of two years as she attempts to pursue a life in the mountains.

SKI SHOW Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre BC PREMIERE Degrees North mixes hairraising action footage of leading freeriders with a story of adventure and discovery. World-renowned freeriders Xavier De Le Rue, Samuel Anthamatten and Ralph Backstrom progress the sport of freeriding through the use new technology to scope remote areas. See ski and snowboard action in a way never seen before.

SHIFTING ICE & CHANGING TIDES Directed by KT Miller 2015, USA, 30 minutes

SKI SHOW Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre CANADIAN PREMIERE In March of 2014 six women set sail from Isafjordur, Iceland on an adventure of a lifetime. The goal was to sail from Iceland across the Denmark Straight and up the West Coast of Greenland skiing as much as possible along the way.

They encountered every type of weather condition possible, and skied some of the most beautiful and remote mountains in the world.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAVERSE

Directed by Bryan Smith 2015, Canada, 52 minutes

THE ART OF FLIGHT Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre - BC PREMIERE When Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg decided they wanted to define a bold new style in paragliding, they could not have picked a more vegetated, convoluted and downright burly route to test their concept - a 700-kilometer traverse of the Canadian Rockies. They break all the typical rules of paragliding in an attempt at the longest pure paragliding flight ever.

K2 TOUCHING THE SKY

Directed by Eliza Kubarska 2015, Poland, 72 minutes

THE POLISH CLIMBING SHOW Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque BC PREMIERE Almost 30 years after events where 13 climbers died on K2, an international group of grown-up children set out on an expedition to reach K2 base camp. They will challenge themselves to face the past and to understand the force that once seduced their parents and eventually killed them.

PADDLE FOR THE NORTH

Directed by Simon Lucas 2015, New Zealand, 33 minutes

MEC CANADIAN ADVENTURE NIGHT Fri Feb 19 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Deep in the Canadian North, six young guys embarked on an epic adventure – to explore some of the most remote and untouched rivers in the world. A boys-own adventure turns into a mission to truly discover the secrets of the north and show the world why some places are worth preserving.

ECLIPSE

Directed by Anthony Bonello 2015, Canada, 32 minutes

ADVENTURE FILM MAKING Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre It was a ridiculous idea from the start. Travel to the edge of the earth to see one of the planet’s rarest events- a total solar eclipse in the Arctic. Despite the low chance of success, the team set out on an expedition to realize photographer’s Reuben Krabbe’s grand vision to capture a single unique image - one of skiing during a solar eclipse.

CITADEL

Directed by Alastair Lee 2015, UK, 48 minutes

VIMFF FINALE Sat Feb 20 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre Vancouver Premiere Dubbed ‘The Mountain God’, the Citadel is a stunning 3000m peak in one of the remaining untouched corners of the Great Alaskan Range.

The Citadel is beautiful but deadly, plagued by bad weather and prone to avalanches. Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey attempt to make the first ascent of the extraordinary 1200m long north-west ridge.

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THE DAWN WALL: PAIN, PLEASURE AND THE POWER OF TYPE II FUN VIMFF Opening Night Fri Feb 12 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre On January 14th, 2015, after 19 days of living on the side of the 3,000-foot granite face of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell completed the hardest rock climb in history. Kevin will share tales from the Dawn Wall and try to inspire us to pursue our own challenges.

WADE SIMMONS

WELCOME TO MTB-VILLE Mountain Bike Night Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre Wade Simmons talks us through the development of mountain biking on the North Shore. Welcome to MTB-Ville - where the style of riding has influenced possibly every mountain bike park and riding area throughout the world.

JUSTA JESKOVA & STEVE STOREY

ROUTES OF CHANGE Colossal Journeys Sun Feb 14 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque Markus is 214 days into an 1800-day, 82,000 km circumnavigation of the planet without ever using a motor. He left Toronto on July 13th and has since canoed, trimaraned, hand cycled, pogosticked, bicycled, tricycled, skied, rafted, kayaked, and danced across Canada to make it here to VIMFF to tell you his story.

SPENCER SEABROOKE

FINDING WINTER Snowman Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque After a dry winter in Southwest British Columbia, Heather and Doug embarked on an ambitious trip to the Yukon’s Tombstone range to find snow and adventure. Deep in Canada’s North, it is a remote and wild place. Maps are mis-labelled, weather data is sparse, and the region remains relatively unexplored in winter.

PAUL MCSORLEY

MOUNT WADDINGTON: A FIRST ASCENT Alpine Ascents Sun Feb 14 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre After several attempts by strong teams, the First Ascent of the Southwest Buttress of Waddington’s Northwest Peak finally went down. This talk follows a year of adventures culminating with this big ascent deep in the Wilderness of the Coast Mountains.

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FORGOTTEN MOUNTAIN The Polish Climbing Show Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque Tioman Island is not known as a destination for climbers. Meanwhile the Dragon’s Horn mountain grows up 300m straight from the jungle. Not only does it offer a great selection of multi-pitch routes on solid, clean granite, but in addition it is probably the only place on the planet where you can explore a beautiful coral reef and climb a 300m high granite wall on the same day.

KATRINA VAN WIJK

BEYOND RISK Whitewater Tues Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 7:00pm) The Cinematheque Raised in the whitewater community of the Ottawa River, Katrina Van Wijk has competed as a slalom kayaker internationally for 8 years. She now competes on the extreme kayak racing circuit and is one of the top female kayakers in the world. In 2012, Katrina founded the organization ‘Tits Deep’ to inspire women and to help change the conception of what women are able to do.

LYNN HILL

ANTHONY BONELLO

ECLIPSE: BEHIND THE SCENES Adventure Film Making Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre ‘Eclipse’ follows skiers to the Arctic with the outrageous objective of capturing the action in front of a full solar eclipse. Director Anthony Bonello will join us to talk about the challenges the team faced both physically and mentally while preparing for the eclipse as well as sharing some of the behind the scenes insight into what it takes to get the camera out when it is -20°C.

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INTO THE ELEMENTS The MEC Canadian Adventure Night Fri Feb 19 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Jimmy Martinello’s presentation is going to take you to remote areas from the Coast Mountains of B.C up to Alaska and to the Himalayas, from beautiful ski lines to amazing alpine routes and stunning landscapes and culture.

ROB WOOD

TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN MOUNTAINS The MEC Canadian Adventure Night Fri Feb 19 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre An extremely experienced and inspiring figure in the Canadian climbing community, Rob Wood emigrated to Canada in the 1960’s and immediately began making the first ascents of classic waterfall ice in the Canadian Rockies. He made his way to coastal British Columbia, climbing Mount Waddington in winter and even achieving one of the earliest ascents of The Nose on El Capitan.

CLIMBING FREE Women Rock Wed Feb 17 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) The Centennial Theatre Lynn Hill is an iconic American climber, acknowledged as one of the most accomplished rock climbers in the world. Having learned to climb in southern California in 1975, Lynn was part of a cutting-edge generation of free climbers known as the “Stone Masters” culminating in her first free ascent of ‘The Nose’ on El Capitan in 1993.

YEARS

HEATHER MOSHER & DOUG MCLEOD

THE DEEP LINE Art of Flight Thurs Feb 18 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre This summer Gavin completed the “toughest adventure race on Earth”, the Red Bull X-Alps, a paragliding / foot race across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, and he was nominated as a 2015 National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year” for his recent unpowered paragliding expedition across the Canadian Rockies with legendary mountain athlete Will Gadd.

ELIZA KUBARSKA

SLACKLIFE Tue Feb 16 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) RIO Theatre Spencer is the Co-Founder of SlacklifeBC and adventure enthusiast. From highlines to legendary waterfall rope swings, he is always leading epic adventures. Just over 3 years ago, after being inspired by the “Sketchy Andy” highline film, Spencer started slacklining and has progressed to holding the world record freesolo on a highline.

INDIA: AN UNCERTAIN ROAD Mountain Bike Night Sat Feb 13 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre India: An Uncertain Road is the story of a small team of riders on their mission to experience riding and new cultures on the sub-continent of India. A country of contrasts full of beauty and squalor, from deserts to the rainiest place on earth, and crowded cities to unpopulated mountain ranges.

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LEO HOULDING

THE MIRROR WALL – REFLECTIONS VIMFF Finale Sat Feb 20 @7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) Centennial Theatre Leo Houlding has been a professional climber, adventurer and dirt bag since leaving school. In this show he reflects on the conflict between a life of extreme adventure, the responsibilities and homely joys of fatherhood juxtaposed against an undying drive for the next great quest through the narrative of his aptly named Mirror Wall expedition – a massive unclimbed cliff in Arctic Greenland.

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The ANZA Club will play host to Dances for a Small Stage’s Valentine edition, a series of individual performances, which explore the many aspects of love, Feb. 11 to 14.

One of the performances comes courtesy of flamenco artist Karen Pitkethly who will look at the tragic side of love via Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

“People always think of passion when they think of flamenco,” says Pitkethly. “I think flamenco is the perfect fit for a Valentine’s Day theme. And the piece that I’m choosing is a tragic love story, which lends itself really well to a passionate feel.”

Pitkethly has been active in Vancouver’s flamenco community for 24 years and has seen her own dance studio and company, Karen Flamenco, grow with the rise in popularity of flamenco in Vancouver. She’s also no stranger to Dances for a Small Stage, having performed at the event once before.

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For the Valentine’s edition of Dances for a Small Stage 33, performers explore the many aspects of love.

was founded in 2002 to provide an intimate venue with a “ridiculously small stage” to connect established and up-and-coming professional dancers to audiences through interdisciplinary and intercultural works. Every year, the company presents diverse styles of dance, including contemporary, ballet, tap, jazz, swing, burlesque, urban, Chinese and traditional Indian dance forms.

“Julie-anne Saroyan [the co-founder and artistic director of Dances for a Small Stage] decided to bring all of the artists together so that we could meet each other and have a brain storming session. We decided that the

theme was going to be love, talking about different types of love, some more unconventional than others,” says Pitkethly.

For her piece, Pitkethly will mix old with new by pairing a traditional flamenco guitarist and singer with a recording of a contemporary song. Pitkethly says the song she’s chosen is also not one normally associated with flamenco. “It’s been one of my favourite pieces — I don’t want to say because I want it to be a surprise for the show.

Just working with that brings me back to my years of ballet or contemporary where we always worked with recorded music, and with flamenco

I’m always working with live music, so it’s a challenge in that way I suppose.”

Other performers at Dances for a Small Stage 33 include Lesley Telford, Joshua Beamish and Naomi Brand, founder of All Bodies Dance project, an ensemble for dancers with and without disabilities. There will also be a duet about love and vulnerability from movement artist Jennifer McLeishLewis, a solo bhangra work

by Hardeep Singh Sahota, a hip-hop performance by Hannah Henney, member of the all female hip-hop group Diamonds in the Rough and a contemporary piece

by Surrey-based company DISKORDANSE. “Valentine’s Day is a beautiful day to celebrate love but it is also a sad day for some people too. Everybody has their own take on Valentine’s and I think everybody is going to touch on different themes,” says Pitkethly. @katrinatrask

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In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy does not kiss Miss Elizabeth Bennet at the end. That would have been ungentlemanly of him — and he certainly is a gentleman. But in Janet Munsil’s adaptation, under the direction of Sarah Rodgers, Eric Craig (Mr. Darcy) does kiss Elizabeth (Naomi Wright) as the curtain falls; it’s what we’ve been waiting for from the moment they began exchanging insults so cleverly crafted they could be mistaken for compliments.

Munsil’s adaptation is true to the novel, frequently employing text word-for-word.

She switches up the order of things now and again; perhaps the most frequently quoted line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,” comes a few moments after the opening of the play whereas the line, spoken by Elizabeth’s father, opens the novel. Either way,

Naomi Wright and Eric Craig star in the Arts Club’s production of Pride and Prejudice.

the line sets the stage for anxious Mrs. Bennet (Katey Wright) to work herself into a tizzy upon the arrival of Mr. Bingley (winsome Daryl King) who has an income of £5,000 per year and Mr. Darcy who is even richer.

The Bennets have, you remember, five eligible daughters: beautiful Jane (Kaitlin Williams), giddy Kitty (Kayla Deorksen), bookish Mary (Sarah Roa), rebellious Lydia (Raylene Harewood) and clever Elizabeth (Naomi Wright).

This is a star-packed show with Scott Bellis as the very fey Mr. Collins. Bellis, as always, is so perfect right down to his out-turned toes and his slightly

high-pitched voice that lingers affectedly long on certain words. Collins is ridiculous, but a real threat to Elizabeth on whom he has his eye.

David Marr endears us to Mr. Bennet, a rougharound-the-edges country gentleman with little money, five daughters, a hysterical wife and a big heart. While Elizabeth has no money and no property to take into whatever marriage proposal she accepts, her father assures her that she will marry whomever she wishes and for love.

Whether or not Lydia marries Mr. Wickham (Paul Barton) for love is moot.

This part of the novel is,

perhaps, the most truncated, and there is not much backstory to Lydia’s scandalous flight to Brighton.

As Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, Wright and Craig are a fine pair. Wright’s Elizabeth is intelligent, witty and an excellent sparring partner for the opinionated, haughty Mr. Darcy. Her character’s eventual “fall” (into love) is accompanied by Wright’s girlish blushes while Craig’s Mr. Darcy almost prostrates himself when he confesses she has won his heart: “I am your captive.”

Produced by the Arts Club, this is a delightful show. Munsil, Rodgers and her cast breathe life into the novel, transforming Austen’s wry, verbal humour into lightness and gaiety whilst not overlooking the novel’s darker themes. Forget the roses and chocolates, this Valentine’s Day. See Pride and Prejudice instead.

Pride and Prejudice At the Stanley until Feb. 28.

Tickets: 604-687-1644, artsclub.com.

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Video tells history of Smilin’ Buddha Nathan Caddell

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Walk up and down Hastings Street and it’s hard to find two buildings that look the same. Each has a unique colour, shape and size, the structures cramming into each other like barely brushed teeth. There are, of course, an increasing amount of condominiums, and empty lots that are destined to turn into the same, their City of Vancouver building plan signs plastered with graffiti. As the income gap between residents widens, the area grows more contentious. We know at least one long-time resident would still be smiling if he were here. Alas, he is gone. His old home, though, remains.

The 10-foot neon sign of the smiling Buddha that once adorned the Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret is tucked away at the Museum of Vancouver. The cabaret, however — now known simply as SBC — lives on.

The Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret was introduced to Vancouver in the 1950s as a live music venue. It was small, and by all accounts the restrooms were ungodly. But that didn’t

stop the place from hosting a who’s who of touring acts, from the Kingsmen (“Louie Louie”) to Jefferson Airplane, before becoming Vancouver’s foremost punk rock bar in the late 1970s and early ’80s, showcasing the likes of the Subhumans, the Modernettes, Young Canadians and DOA. 54-40 played their first gig at the Smilin’ Buddha in 1980 and later saved the iconic neon sign from the scrapyard after the club closed in 1992, and even named their 1994 album Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret.

Since then, the venue has braved the shifting business climate on Hastings and — while shutting its doors periodically — has survived multiple generations to stay in its home between Main and Columbia.

So when the Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Area (HXBIA) approached Sean McKay and Allen Moy of INNERface Media about developing a project that would promote the area, the two honed in on the SBC. The two primaries of INNERface settled on a video documentary that split the

story of the SBC into five chronological chapters to create, as McKay says, “more of a tangible legacy sort of thing.” Thus, the first edition of the Living History Series was created and published online at livinghistoryseries.com.

The segments vary in length, with the shortest at just under six minutes and the longest landing at 17 minutes. The HXBIA sees this as just the start, and intends to publish more, albeit shorter, entries.

(Pigeon Park is a possibility.)

At just under five years running, the HXBIA is the youngest BIA in the city.

It’s also the least funded, operating with a budget of $100,000. With the five-year agreement with the city coming to an end, a new proposal that would see the HXBIA’s budget doubled has been tabled and will be voted on by the city in the new year.

For Landon Hoyt, the newly appointed executive director of the HXBIA, the Living History Series represents a chance to show off why the HXBIA deserves to carry on.

“Aside from the Woodward’s block, almost every business in this area is a local business,” says Hoyt. “There

were a lot of naysayers when we were established five years ago and here we are.”

There were objections to the documentary too, as a feud over ownership of the Smilin’ Buddha trademark led to a protest at the first screening.

“There was actually a small little protest outside the venue, and we resolved it by inviting them in to come watch it,” says McKay. “They were cool with it after they thought about it. And they giggled and they laughed where other people were laughing and they were silent when other people were reflective and they came up to us after and were like ‘Wow, that’s amazing.’”

After more than half a century of concerts, drag shows, open mic nights and rumoured Jimi Hendrix appearances — which the documentary covers in great detail — the SBC was renovated recently and currently holds the largest indoor public skateboard ramp in B.C. Think Buddha can skate?

The HXBIA is currently looking for ideas for the next instalment of the Living History Series. If you have ideas or historical information about the area, visit hxbia.com.

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A celebratory atmosphere continues – but only to Thursday, when a period of quietude and rest begins. Even that restful period, though, will bring some gratifying social moments, as loving Venus spends this Tuesday to March 11 in your popularity sector, bringing light romance, entertainment, and friends who seek you out. If single, you might meet a potential mate in a group.

A romantic, creative, risk-taking and pleasureprone month ends Thursday night, to be replaced by a month of work and daily health concerns.

(Well, it comes to everyone.) The good news is, a fairly important, lingering thread of romance exists until March 11, so you can still sew up two hearts if you want to. Earlier, Sunday holds mysteries and secrets, a secret attraction to someone, and a possible falling out over this.

Remain ambitious, Taurus – by late week, your career environment will shift from pure sweat-n’effort to a more social, affectionate workplace.

Higher-ups grow more talkative. If a company golf tournament (or whatever) looms, be sure to sign up. Have a beer with the boss. You’re headed for happiness. Your energy and charisma remain high Sunday – you can succeed in romance, intimacy and financial zones before 3 p.m. (PST).

Your relative seclusion will end Thursday, bringing a new month of romance, beauty, the pleasure of the moment, charming kids, teaching, and chancetaking. But before you start all that, you have loose ends to tie up. Use the first of this week to prune your garden, prune your projects and relationships; to embrace and reassure your family; to landscape, build, ensure proper nutrition, and, in business, to build/strengthen foundations or expand territory.

You remain thoughtful and mellow until Thursday night, Gemini, then a month of ambition, career, and prestige relations begins. Even so, your thoughtfulness will continue. Some of your thoughts might focus on love and you might be weaving the possibility of “marrying” someone.

Publishing, media, far travel, intellectual pursuits and cultural rituals remain beneficial – in some ways, more beneficial than to date.

Tie up loose ends before Friday, Sage – get letters and emails answered, return calls, make contacts and perform the paperwork you know is essential. Communicate, ask questions, consider a new phone or office filing system, etc. (You probably won’t finish such things, as March shows “affectionate answers” to your February enquiries.)

Thursday night will bring a month that “sequesters” you by making you tired, unenthusiastic.

You’ve been swimming through the depths of large finances, intimacy and “embraces of consequence.”

(And of consequential health matters, lifestyle choices, and research.) By Thursday night, you emerge to pop up on the surface for a month, armed with all the “secrets” you viewed the last few weeks.

(Some of these depths will stick with you into March, keeping alive your intuition, your direction, and your sense of what’s beneath the surface.)

Continue to chase money and gather possessions until Thursday night, Cap. After this, you enter a month of easy but busy days, filled with errands, siblings, paperwork, details, calls and communications, travel and visits. Realize all this “easy busyness” can be a time-wasting trap, until May 2017. If you find yourself “surfing the superficial,” just pull back and think of more profound matters: love, the meaning of life, etc.

A month of crucial relationships, of opportunities and fresh horizons, relocation themes and negotiation, ends Thursday night.

At this point (through late March) the open relationships and opportunities of February veer into deeper, more committed waters – so love’s attraction become intimacy, a “deal” moves into the funding stage, etc. February’s “surprise” becomes March’s secret.

Your charisma, effectiveness, energy and clout remain high. Continue to start or further significant projects, to make contacts, see and be seen, and to impress others. You’re the leader, so lead! (Even if only by example.) Thursday night will start a month of chasing money, counting and protecting possessions, and casual sexual attractions. Listen, Aquarius, until May 2017, this entire sector (earnings, buy/sell, possessions, casual sex) is a bit of a trap.

This week ends a month of drudgery (Thursday night) and replaces it with a month of fresh horizons, new relationships and opportunities, and agreements – or fights. Be diplomatic, respect another’s goals. But that’s Thursday night onward. Before that, you still have tasks to complete. (Some of these – two “chores” but both easy, almost like hobbies – will follow you into March. You might also romance a co-worker, someone in your field.)

Your weariness and relative seclusion last only another 5 days, Pisces. Thursday night starts a month of heightened energy, charisma, clout and effectiveness for you. You’ll be empowered, the leader, the instigator – but realize that until May 2017 your best stance is one of inter-acting rather than independence. That’s especially so now to September, when all your luck comes through others and their goodwill. (Your own vault of good karma might be temporarily depleted. Cure: optimism.)

Feb. 11: Burt Reynolds (80). Feb. 12: Judy Blume (78). Feb. 13: Peter Tork (74).

Feb. 14: Florence Henderson (82). Feb. 15: Matt Groening (62). Feb. 16: Ice T (58).

Feb. 17: Michael Jordan (53).

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Courier launches new magazine SANDRA THOMAS sthomas@vancourier.com

fall with a look towards autumn and the holidays.

Lifetime dedicated to baby boomers and seniors

The team at Lifetime is also excited to introduce a new Volunteer of the Year award, which will be announced in the October edition. Make sure to check out the details on page nine or visit lifetimemag.ca. The winner will receive a travel pack worth more than $5,000 from Ageless Adventures of Mandate Tours among other prizes.

Statistics have long shown one of the largest demographics enjoying the Vancouver Courier newspaper is made up of seniors and baby boomers.

Besides special features and stories in each edition, regular sections will cover finance, health, travel and food. The Lifetime team also welcome feedback, including letters to the editor, story ideas and comments.

We also have the anecdotal evidence to back up that stat through the feedback we regularly receive from older adults who give us input on everything from font size — following a recent redesign — to letters to the editor, to issues regarding city hall.

That personal interaction with our older readers was one of the inspirations behind the Courier’s new Lifetime endeavor, first as a special section created to coincide with a free day-long event dedicated to our city’s seniors held last October, and now as a stand-alone publication called Lifetime Magazine.

In this first edition of Lifetime, we’ll help you get ready for the year ahead with tips on getting prepared for tax season, fashion advice from Carmen Ruiz y Laza, host of CarmenTV at JoyTV/Zoomer Media, instruction on how to properly take your blood pressure from the Courier’s popular columnist Dr. Davidicus Wong and more.

(Lifetime will soon be available at seniors’ facilities and community centres across the city.)

The goal of Lifetime is to not only inform, but also entertain. To that end Lifetime will publish four times annually, in winter to help you get organized for a new year, in spring with tips on everything from gardening to home renovation, in summer to help you plan your July through September and in

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Commitment, passion, energy, flexibility, creativity and, above all, reliability — these are just some of the qualities that make up a truly great volunteer.

To that end, Lifetime Magazine, a publication produced by the Vancouver Courier, is launching a Volunteer of the Year award, presented by Element Lifestyle Retirement Community. The award has been created to recognize seniors who exemplify these qualities and use them to help others, whether teaching a class, working a till at a thrift store, cooking or knitting.

So, if you know a special person who willingly gives of themself to enrich the lives of others, read the guidelines below and nominate someone you consider worthy. The Lifetime Volunteer of the Year will receive a multi-day tour vacation, valued at more than $5,000, courtesy of Ageless Adventures and grocery gift certificates from Stong’s Market. The winner will be announced at the second annual Lifetime Talks and Tables event in October, as well as featured in the January 2017 edition of Lifetime.

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To enter and nominate a volunteer, please fill in the nomination form available for download Lifetimemag.ca., and send it to us along with your supporting letter to info@lifetimemag.ca or via mail at Lifetime Magazine, 303 West Fifth Ave., Vancouver B.C., V5Y 1J6.

NOMINATION TIMELINE Entries accepted now through June 30, 2016. Nominees are then shortlisted and references checked. Winners will be announced at the Lifetime Talks and Tables event in October, as well as in the October issue of Lifetime Magazine.

ELIGIBILITY, GUIDELINES AND JUDGING • The nominee must have volunteered a significant number of hours to a charitable organization(s) between Jan. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2015.

• The nominee must be a minimum of 50 years old during the eligibility period stated above.

• Nominee and organization must be based in the City of Vancouver.

• Supporting letter should be a one-page summary that follows the nomination criteria and indicates why the nominee should be considered as an award candidate.

• Videos, photos or other supporting evidence may also be submitted.

• The Lifetime judging committee will select the finalists. If a nominee is selected as a finalist, the nominator will be contacted to provide further details.

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A look at the year ahead TOM CARNEY tomcarney@telus.net

Veteran affairs reform, seniors report ruling on radar for 2016 Early in the year I like to hit what I call the reset button.

Forget about what happened with the seniors file in 2015. It’s time to look forward. I’m not sure the Supreme Court of Canada did us a favour when they ruled that Ottawa could have an extension to craft legislation on assisted death.

Parliament, through their dithering, fumbled away the right to make the decision on this issue. Thanks to a ruling from the Supreme Court, Canadians now have a right to assisted death.

Parliament has until June 6 to get a new law in place.

The provinces want more money. The challenges the provincial ministers face are threefold. By international standards they haven’t done a great job with the $40 billion they received from the first health accord. They all have different priorities and for the first time since the 1930s the federal Health Minister, Philpott, is a physician who knows how the health-care system is supposed to work.

The Office of the Seniors Advocate is scheduled to release four new reports in 2016.

When Isobel Mackenzie was appointed as the first seniors advocate in Canada, observers — myself included — wondered how the relationship between the advocate and her boss,

What a difference a few months makes.

Jane Philpott, the federal Minister of Health, wants to wrap up a new health accord with the provinces.

the Minister of Health, would play out. Now we know. The advocate makes recommendations (lots of them) and the government ignores most of them.

Sooner or later one of them has to blink.

What a difference a few months makes. Pension reform, a key plank in the Liberal election platform will now be “studied” by the government for the next 12 months and if they decide to move forward it could take years to get the program up and running. Canada is the only industrialized country with universal health insurance that does not have a national drug coverage policy.

Philpott has said recently she wants prescription drug plans to be affordable, but it’s too soon to commit to a national drug plan.

There’s better news on the veterans file. Veterans Affairs Canada is drawing up plans to offer ex-soldiers the choice of a lump sum pension or lifetime pensions

when they leave the military.

I’m less hopeful that service cuts to Veterans Affairs centres and counselling staff made under the previous government will be reversed.

I’ve heard from a number of seniors in the last few weeks who are upset with their property assessment notices. There is another way to look at it. If you are a senior in your 60s, 70s or older and you have an asset that is worth a couple of million dollars that is not a bad place to be.

What’s the number one complaint I get from my readers about hospitals?

Wait times, cleanliness or lack of it, the food or problems around discharge planning? Nope. It’s

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the charges for parking.

Readers will be interested to learn that Ontario hospitals that charge more than $10 a day for parking have been ordered to immediately freeze rates and to start offering multi-day discount passes by October. By the fall, Ontarians are looking at a savings of at least 50 per cent on hospital parking charges.

So what have we learned?

Looking at the seniors issues that dominated the news last year with a fresh set of eyes brings a little more clarity, but not a lot of resolution. For that we need some action. Let’s hope we see more of that in 2016.

Tom Carney is the former executive director of the Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideas for future columns are welcome at tomcarney@telus.net.

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Some displays come with fully-functioning water features and outdoor kitchens with built-in barbecues. Or how about relaxing in a grotto spa? Elaborate outdoor living spaces with local cedar and natural stone feature prominently. Along with these stunning West Coast designs you’ll find sustainable practices — from artificial grass to a drip irrigation system — that will perfectly balance your outdoor project.

Here in the Lower Mainland we take water for granted, but every warm summer also brings restrictions. Increasingly, there’s a demand for drought-friendly gardens.

Companies such as Jovak Landscaping, Transformations Landscaping and Azuro Concepts feature landscaping projects with conservation and low-maintenance foremost in mind — without compromising design.

It’s amazing when you consider how these companies can build walls, planters, water features and more in four days, bringing in hundreds of tons of stone by the truckload.

Byron Wilson at Azuro Concepts has built gardens locally for more than 20 years. He says outdoor garden displays have become more intricate, focusing on creative ways to minimize maintenance and conserve water.

“People are replacing lawns with artificial grass — it’s more user-friendly for kids and dogs because less mud is brought inside.

And we often build on slopes and hillsides, which are challenging for lawn mowers,” Wilson explains. (And artificial grass doesn’t need pesticides or fertilizer.)

John van Kamman of Jovak Landscape and Design says many Vancouverites see landscaping as an extension of their home.

Given high real estate costs, it makes sense to maximize living space. “Instead of trying to maintain gardens, busy people want to enjoy their backyard with a glass of wine rather than work,” he says. “They want the herb garden, but don’t want to be a slave to it, and plants are like icing on the cake.”

Of course plants are key to outdoor living spaces. And healthy plants require water, but native flowers, shrubs and trees, such as maidenhair ferns and trilliums, naturally tolerate our climate. Jeffrey Babcock often uses indigenous plants such as the dwarf mountain hemlock. Super-hardy with lush foliage, the hemlock gives an alpine look to your backyard. Babcock’s company, Transformations Landscaping, specializes in water-wise systems, such as a drip setup installed below the mulch. Babcock

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With February freshly upon us, the inevitable air of panic amongst men has begun to set in.

As the shops and media remind us daily that the countdown to Valentine’s Day is on, the hopes of romance for women are high and the pressure is on for partners to find the perfect gifts to express their love.

Rather than resorting to the last-minute standards of chocolates and flowers, I’ve rounded up a few picks for gifts, which will not only add some serious style to your Valentine’s life, but also keep that reminder of love going year round.

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1. Britannia Bruins guard Jules Duong (No. 6) charges through the key on her way to a game-high 34 points in a city championship loss to the Churchill Bulldogs at Hamber secondary Feb. 5. 2. The Bulldogs take a winning selfie with the city championship trophy. 3. Churchill Bulldog and championship tournament MVP Lex Leynes (No. 14) snatches a rebound and drives down court to kill the remaining seconds on the clock and win the senior girls basketball city title.

4 . Bulldog Tova Rae (No. 4) keeps the ball from Bruin Jules Duong (No. 6). PHOTOS CHUNG CHOW

BASKETBALL CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bulldogs bite into exhilarating win

Lower Mainland tournaments begin Saturday BRITANNIA BRUINS 69 CHURCHILL BULLDOGS 71 Megan Stewart

mstewart@vancourier.com

In one of the most exhilarating, clutch basketball games this city has seen young women play in decades, two offensive stars emerged on the court, but it was Lex Leynes, Tova Rae and the Churchill Bulldogs who grabbed the city crown.

As their rivalry built momentum in three meetings this season, the Bulldogs beat the Britannia Bruins by increasingly smaller margins: 15 points, nine points and finally by only two points to win the public school championship in the Nora McDermott gymnasium at Eric Hamber secondary Feb. 5.

“It was an amazing win because it was a back-toback win and it was such an incredible game. This is probably the best game I have seen in a really long time,” said Churchill coach Jennifer Eng.

“As a city final, this is about the best I’ve seen,” said Bruins coach Mike Evans. “This was nervewracking.”

Churchill edged Britannia 35-32 at the half, spreading a slim lead thanks to Leynes who sunk both free throws after the ball was swatted from her hands on a fast-break lay-up. Her consistency at the line was a factor all night as the tournament MVP was good for nine of 10 free throws, including the winning point in front of the ecstatic Bulldog bench.

The second half started furiously, with the teams trading three point buckets as if they were dropping pennies in a pail.

Bruins star guard Jules Duong cashed in for eight points to tie the game at 40 with her perfect marksmanship from inside and out. Saffron van der Linde grabbed the lead as she backed toward the net and banked the ball off the glass.

Britannia’s Lucy Guan and Churchill’s Cecelia Bao exchanged baskets, each of

them dropping two treys in a thrilling exchange that ended as Katrina Kwong nailed the final daggerfrom-deep to give the Bulldogs a 55-52 lead.

“We were trying to play an isolation game to set up screens and such for [Duong]. We definitely weren’t trying to shoot threes — we were trying to get the ball closer to the basket,” said Britannia’s Evans.

In the fourth quarter, Churchill put up a fivepoint lead before Britannia went on a 9-3 run to wrestle out a 67-65 lead with two minutes on the clock.

From the sidelines, Bruins coach Trevor Stokes shouted, “Be a monster out there, Saffron,” just before the six-foot-one van der Linde sunk a go-ahead spin shot off the glass. On defence, Churchill’s Rae forced numerous turnovers on her way to being named Churchill’s player of the game.

The Bulldogs tied the score, and then Leynes made no mistake in taking back the lead as she ripped

down an offensive board and put her team ahead 6967 with the put-back shot.

Only 18 seconds on the clock, Britannia captain Duong handled the ball and, as she had done all night in amassing a gamehigh 34 points, slashed through the key and tied the score with a sure-footed, sure-shooting lay-up.

“I really thought when Jules hit that amazing shot…” said Evans afterwards.

The score was tied at 69, and Rae had fouled Duong on the arm, sending a near-perfect freethrow shooter to the line.

Nine seconds on the clock.

“My coaches told me, if you’re going to foul, you have to foul hard and I didn’t do that,” said Rae. “The thought went through my mind: You might have just lost this for everyone. I shook it off, I let it go and thought: No, you’re going to do your job right now like everybody else is going to do theirs — and they did.”

Duong missed, the game

stayed tied. A referee called a reaching foul in the back court, sending Churchill’s Leynes to the line where she was flawless.

On both sides of the ball, tears.

“We played how we wanted to play from start to finish,” said Duong, who accepted a scholarship to play for Thompson Rivers University next year. “At the end, when we fought for that very last point, that was so surreal and I was so proud of my team. I need to use that as a lesson to move forward and go to provincials. I need to keep my head high and I just need to play my game. I don’t let anyone come into my house.”

“After I hit those two free throws, it was so surreal,” said Leynes, who will return to Churchill for Grade 12 next year. “I just wanted that moment to happen. We have been practising for that. That is the moment I look for. I like that challenge.” @MHStewart

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To advance to the B.C. championships in March, the AA and AAA senior girls basketball teams must first qualify at regional tournaments.

AAA Crehan Cup

Churchill, Kitsilano, Eric Hamber and Gladstone will represent Vancouver public schools at the AAA Lower Mainland tourney, running Feb. 13 to 20 at schools in Richmond and North Vancouver. (Killarney will play for a wildcard spot.) The AAA championship is 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 20 at McMath secondary. The top three teams advance to provincials and the fourth-place finisher plays in a wildcard game Feb. 23.

AA championship

Britannia is the single Vancouver public school competing at the AA Lower Mainland tournament, which runs Feb. 15 to 19 at Britannia secondary. The championship is 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 19 at the Mike Evans gymnasium. The top three teams advance to provincials and the fourth-place finisher plays in a wildcard game.

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Champion racer has overcome Tactix Attack event will include cargo nets, pipes, balls, cones, hurdles and ladders

OBSTACLE COURSE RACING Megan Stewart

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Allison Tai has flipped a lot of tires. She’s hauled countless sandbags and logged thousands of miles on her feet and hundreds more on her hands and knees through the mud.

She’s come back from a coma and body cast, too.

You might have seen the champion obstacle racer running laps around her East Side neighbourhood, making use of public parks or taking two red jerry cans for a walk.

“I love them,” Tai said of the 20-litre jugs she clasps in each hand, “because they develop all the components of lifting and carrying while working on grip strength.

They are great for working on core stability.”

Once, while out circling the blocks with the cans that each weigh roughly 55 pounds when filled to the

Fitness instructor and elite obstacle course racer Allison Tai is a 17-time Spartan champion. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

brim, a concerned driver pulled over and asked if Tai needed help, presumably with her stranded out-ofgas vehicle. Tai recounted the story with a laugh at

her own expense, typical of her resilience and sense of humour.

“I was like, ‘My semi broke down...’ Why else would I be carrying these

two things? But it is what it is — functional fitness.”

Tai is no weekend warrior, but a champion warrior. In 2014, she won the Canadian Ultra Beast title, a

Spartan prize for a 12-mile distance littered with 12 military-style obstacles.

When she reaches the podium — like she has 20 times since 2012 in the Spartan

race series alone — she is often photographed carrying one of her daughters as she accepts medals and trophies.

“That’s always the joke — people recognize the baby before they recognize me,” said Tai, a fitness expert who has made training and competing a family affair. She doesn’t race with her daughters in tow, but typically after the elite women’s event is finished, her husband John will take off on his race and put their daughters, aged five and two, in her care.

Tai, 34, and her husband are taking their passion for training and competing in obstacle course races to a new level, a warped wall level. Instead of merely signing up for and winning events such as the Tough Mudder, Battle Frog and Spartan Race, they will host a series of their own in Vancouver.

On April 3, they will hold the first indoor event of the Vancity OCR series, a sprint race called the Tactix Attack.

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incredible obstacles Capped at 100 competitors, the event will include elements seen on the popular American Ninja Warrior series such as cargo nets to climb, pipes, balls and cones to swing between, hurdles to jump and salmon ladders to ascend. Also on that list: a warped wall and “magic,” which retains an element of surprise and lets John Tai fabricate whatever his imagination and woodworking skills can entertain.

“My husband is the obstacle innovator of the family and he builds the obstacles and all these crazy wonderful things, and I try to get myself across,” said Tai. For the inaugural race, the obstacles are not spread over a marathon distance, but are stacked one after the other in a system familiar to CrossFit or circuit training.

“A lot of people see the obstacle course racing and they don’t love the running.

They get a little intimidated by it or it’s just not their thing,” said Tai. “They are missing that really short course, one that is fun and approachable, but challenging and intense.

“The holds will be achievable. We didn’t want to make it something that only two per cent of the population can do. We wanted it to be something that people who work out in a gym can do — traverse across the holds and run up the warp wall and all that fun stuff that is doable and that people can enjoy.”

The challenges are what move Tai forward. The monkey bars used to impede her. Now she swings across them as a tool to build for greater challenges.

“What really attracts me to obstacle racing is that [thought] I can’t do that... I could never do this… I will never be able to…,” she said.

“And then the next moment, I’ve done it. It’s pretty crazy how you can talk yourself from that place and then, finally, it’s done.”

Her latest challenge is a 10foot wall, one that is dotted with round holes all the way up. To climb it, she has to place a peg in one hole with her right hand, and then do the same in a higher hole with her left hand. To climb with only two pegs, she makes her own hand holds. There are no foot holds. She’ll pull herself up before straining to place a peg in a still-higher hole until she’s done this all the way up the two-storey height. The only way to rest is to hang. Or drop.

“I didn’t think it was pos-

sible to scale the 12-foot wall and then I saw somebody do it and now I have to get my game up and try doing that,” she said. “In obstacle course racing, we’re always adding things to our list. I can do that, I can’t do that, I have to do that… The fact that I am terrified of [certain challenges] right now is almost exciting because then I look at all the other things — like monkey bars — at one time I couldn’t do and didn’t think I’d ever be able to compe-

tently do them and they are something I actually enjoy.”

There’s one challenge unlike any other. In 2006, Tai overcame the bone-shattering obstacle of being hit by a truck travelling 100 km/hour.

She was on her bike, training for another Ironman. She woke up in hospital with a body cast holding together her broken arm, snapped back and shattered pelvis.

“The fact I got hit when I was already training for the Ironman was my saving

grace. Not even in terms of the physical challenge that lay ahead but even the mental and emotional stuff,” she said. “I was used to confronting challenges and trying to continue to make myself better each day as an athlete and that really factors in when you’re recovering from such an accident.”

The prognosis was not optimistic, and Tai lives with a permanent disability rating of 24.5 per cent. She moves with imbalances she refers to

as her “wonkiness.” She also has a six-inch scar running down her toned left bicep.

“When I get up to a series of handholds, I have to really think out and plan what is going to happen because I don’t want my left hand to be on a challenging hold,” she said.

Grip strength is difficult to develop for most competitors, but Tai is further challenged by nerve strength in her left hand. “I have to be careful which arm I’m

putting on the more difficult holds or if it’s starting to get fatigued, I just have to be that much more careful to try to position myself so that I’m using my good arm because I still don’t have a lot of total feeling in that hand.”

It’s not something jerry cans will remedy on their own. For that, Tai has an indomitable spirit.

To register for the Attack Tactix obstacle race, visit vancityocr.com. @MHStewart

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Light at the end of the turbo tunnel: the purist-friendly Porsche 911R

Want to buy a 911 turbo?

Good news then, as pretty much every new 911 is turning to forced induction for the 2017 model year.

The base Carrera? That’s a turbo. The all-wheel-drive Carrera 4S? That’s a turbo.

The slick Targa model? You better believe that’s a turbo.

Turbocharging, for the most part, is a rather lovely thing. You take a small engine, boost up the power for when acceleration is needed, and improve economy when you’re just cruising around.

While the 911’s supposed to be a sports car first, it’s still also meant to be a doeverything car for those who can afford one.

The new 3.0-litre turbocharged flat six makes more peak power and torque than the old naturally aspirated engine, and when paired with the dual-clutch PDK gearbox and all-wheel drive, is essentially a year round, all-weather companion good for back roads or traffic jams. For some people, however, that’s too much emphasis on practicality and not enough focus on the feel of the thing. Enter the 911R, a hardcore version of the 911 that’s rumoured to be getting the non-turbo engine out of the track-special GT3, except fitted with a (proper) manual transmission. Also unlike the GT3, the 911R won’t have some giant wing to give the game away.

It sounds, frankly, like the best current-generation 911 yet. Turbos for most people is great, but thank goodness Porsche still has room in its portfolio for something for the driver.

Seinfeld selling off rare Porsches

When it comes to Porsche enthusiasts, perhaps nobody is as much of an air-cooled fan-boy as Jerry Seinfeld.

He’s got such a huge collection there are full-time employees working at keeping them all in running trim.

But even Jerry needs to whittle things down from time to time, and with the current bullish prices on classic Porsches these days, now’s a pretty good time to cash in. Up for sale is a 1955 550 Spyder, estimated to be worth something like $6 million, a 1958 356 Carrera worth $2.5M, and a

1974 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR worth a paltry million or so.

Care to cause yourself some serious heart palpitations? Try converting those United States dollar prices into Canadian money. With the loonie in the tank, importing any classic across the border is suddenly cost prohibitive, and as a result, special cars are starting to funnel south.

Even if you can’t afford one of Jerry’s cars, it may still be possible to pick up a classic car that’s a little less fancy. I hear Jon Voight’s Chrysler LeBaron convertible is still out there somewhere.

Jaguar planning range-topping SVR model

Like the V8-powered FType, but itching for just a little more fury? Here, kitty, kitty.

A recent leaked brochure seems to have - ahem - let this latest cat out of the bag. While nothing official is out yet, the SVR version of the F-Type gets that same supercharged

5.0-litre V-8 and adds 25 horsepower and 14 footpounds of torque for a total of 567 h.p. and 516 foot-pounds of torque. Strong stuff indeed.

Optional carbon-ceramic brakes for better stopping, a titanium exhaust, and a more aggressive aero treatment make for one fierce Jaguar. Why pay millions for an old Porsche?

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British carmaker Morgan may be seen as the most hidebound of manufacturers. Never let it be said that Morgan doesn’t make ‘em like they used to. Because they do. Up to and including wooden frames.

However, even Morgan, bastion of classic building methods and quintessentially British motoring experience, needs to move with the times. That’s why they’ve partnered with two U.K. firms, Delta Motorsport and Potenza Technologies.

The trio has just gained a subsidy from the U.K. government - to build electric and hybrid cars.

Planned for a 2019 rollout, the electric Morgans will marry futuristic powertrains with a steampunk look. But then again, those frames are made of wood after all; perhaps a greener-running Morgan just makes sense.

Pope’s 500L headed to auction

Pope Francis is a humble man. He spurns the traditional golden throne, he tries to dress simply, he’s even been known to drive a normal Ford hatchback around.

It was still a surprise to most people, however, that he chose the humble, homely Fiat 500L as the official car for his visit to the United States last year.

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What’s that? I can’t sell ‘em off to some shadowy pharmaceutical conglomerate? Drat. Looks like its diapers and crossovers for a few more years; four door practicality instead of convertible fun.

But fret not, so sayeth Mazda, we’ve got all the fun of the Miata in a form that’s practical too, with a nice high seating position and a trunk that’s big enough for a stroller or two. Rear seats that are, well, they’re there. Don’t get that sort of thing in your little roadster.

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After going through a few years with big grins adorning most of their vehicles, Mazda’s design team is back on point. The CX-3, for instance, is one of the best-looking compact crossovers on the market.

While the CX-5’s look is a bit older than its little brother, Mazda’s given it a fresh take with a new front grille and available lights front and rear. For 2016, there’s also a new design for the wheels — 17” on base and mid-trim models, and 19” for the top-spec GT. This mix of smoked details and polishededge wheels enhances a

design that’s aging very well. Matter of fact, in a somewhat dowdy segment that offers plenty of utility without much that’s interesting, the CX-5 stands out. The VW Tiguan would be close in terms of visual style, especially in R-Line trim, but park the CX-5 next to a RAV4, and the former looks much more sporty.

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Inside, the CX-5 can’t quite match the CX-3’s splendid interior design, but it does do a good job at using its footprint for interior space. Unlike the Mazda6, which gives a somewhat cockpit-like, closed-in feel, the CX-5 is a little more open for all passengers. A three-year-old in a car seat can actually see out the window, something rare in today’s modern highbeltline crossovers.

The dash is rather spartan, and the central infotainment screen isn’t as flashy as some. However, this year the CX-5 gets Mazda’s rotary-dialcontrolled interface, and it’s very straightforward to use. Maps look bright and well-contoured, and while the voice command system requires you to pick your words carefully — don’t shorten British Columbia to “BC” otherwise it gets confused — navigation is overall a sensible affair.

There’s no more handbrake for doing brakeslocked U-turns (not that we were doing such, officer), so now you get an electric parking brake instead. These are generally unlovable affairs, a necessary evil that does free up a little console space for extra storage.

Even though they’re a driver-first sort of company, Mazda puts twin USB ports up front in the dash, recessed in a rubberlined bin: perfect for smartphones. Passengers will probably regret the L-shaped center armrest, but other than that, the CX-5 makes few interior missteps.

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Making the most of modest power is something the Miata has been doing since 1989. However, the CX-5 is a much larger vehicle, and the 2.0L engine offered on its launch was a little too down on power to handle the weight. Almost immediately, Mazda started offering a larger 2.5L four-cylinder engine, as found here.

This motor makes 184hp at 5700rpm and 185lb/ft of torque at 4000rpm. That’s less than thirstier turbocharged offerings, but right in line with the Honda CRV. Unlike the Honda, which is equipped with a CVT, the CX-5 comes with a conventional 6-speed automatic, albeit one with enhanced lockup characteristics and excellent shifting manners.

There’s a sport-mode for it this year, which hangs on to revs a little more; Mazda also remains one of the only companies to do manual shifting modes correctly, with push forward to down shift and pull back to upshift. No paddle shifters are available yet.

While sprightly, the power available here isn’t the story, it’s the handling. Other crossovers may be a jot or two ahead in comfort or available tech, but in natural joy of driving, the CX-5 really does have some of that MX-5 fun factor.

It’s light on its feet for a biggish car, and while the steering doesn’t have the feel of an early NA-series Miata (and what does?), it’s livelier than you expect.

Having said that, I’m sure it’d be just as good with a set of 18” wheels on it; the 19”s look good but do give a jouncy ride over rougher pavement, and the tires will cost more to replace.

Still, show the CX-5 a curving onramp and it’s in its element. The power is the same as a CR-V, but the driving experience is totally different, not a slow roll up to speed but a dash to merge. It’s more fun than you ought to be having as an adult.

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BC’S LONGEST COOLER, WINE TASTING BAR AND MORE. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9AM -11PM. CORNER OF SW MARINE DRIVE AND GRANVILLE STREET.

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LOOKING FOR CRAFT BEER? We have one of Vancouver’s largest selections!

PLUS OVER 2500 WINES!

HUGE SELECTION AT VANCOUVER’S LOWEST PRICES...

VALUE ON LIQUOR STORE OUTLET (Prices do not include deposit)

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, F E B RUA RY 1 1 , 2 0 1 6

Natural

Your Original

Organic

California Grown

Food Store

Non-Medicated

Bone-In Boneless & Skinless Organic Rib Steaks Broccoli Crowns Chicken Breasts

$

11

1

7

78 $ 49 /lb 25.98/kg

$ 25

/lb 3.29/kg

/lb 15.98/kg

We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products ORGANIC

NON-MEDICATED

Regular

Ground Beef

3

$ 99 /lb 8.80/kg

Boneless Porkloin Roasts

3

3

$ 99 /lb 8.80/kg

CALIFORNIA GROWN

Organic Lemons

4

$ 99 2 lb bag

Lamb Sausages

9

$ 99

$ 07

TRE STELLE

MEXICAN GROWN

LEAN

Ground Beef

FRESH

/lb 8.80/kg

Traditional Greek Feta

$

14

/lb 19.99/kg

Assorted Colour Peppers

4

99 $ 59 1kg

MEXICO GROWN

2 lb pack

3

/lb 8.80/kg

Pork Leg Inside Round Roast

3

$ 17

Fast Fry Striploin Steaks

$

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

8 am-9 pm •

/lb 26.98/kg

MEXICAN GROWN

CALIFORNIA GROWN

Asparagus

Minneola Oranges

6

1

ORGANIC

OMEGA NUTRITION

Ethical Bean Coffee

Apple Cider Vinegar

/lb 14.31/kg

Assorted

10

/lb 3.73/kg

6

99 $ 49 340g

946ml

NON-ORGANIC

ORGANIC

Long White Rice

Millet

4

$ 49 1595 Kingsway • 604-872-3019 • www.famousfoods.ca

12

24

$ 69

20% off! $ plus gst

/lb 6.99/kg

ORGANIC

$ 49

FEBRUARY SPECIAL

Organic Simply Protein Tomatoes on the Vine Bars, Kid’s Bars & Protein Chips

$ 99

NON-MEDICATED

2.5 kg

Sale Dates: Thursday, February 11th to Wednesday, February 17th, 2016.

8

$ 99 2.5 kg

*Pricing guaranteed during sale dates only.