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Vacations are overrated… really, they are Mike Howell

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Ever have one of those vacations where you need a vacation from that vacation?

Me neither.

Ha, ha, ha.

You probably thought I was going to complain about my one-week staycation and how it rained and how I emptied my wallet for a brake job on my car and how much it hurt to get a needle inserted into my eye lid to remove a cyst and how I spent more time on the business end of a hammer than I would have liked.

But no, I’m not that kind of guy.

You probably thought I was going to complain about the roof that leaked enough water into the attic to fill a kitchen sink and how a rodent chewed away the plastic top of my lawnmower’s gas tank and how my new neighbour’s eight-foot fence/wall will provide enough shade to surely kill the row of small

Seriously, why would you want to leave town for a holiday in, say, Kauai when there’s so much to do in your own backyard... and front yard… and kitchen… and garage. PHOTO MIKE HOWELL

cedars lining my onceneighbourly fence.

But no, I’m not that kind of guy.

You probably thought I was going to complain

about how the crows, raccoons and skunks have left my yard in a lumpy mess of dirt and moss in search of the chafer beetle grubs and how the backyard gate

is about to fall off its hinges and how I shook up an old can of paint only to have the lid come off and splatter all over the kids’ bikes, my left arm and an axe.

But no, I’m not that kind of guy.

You probably thought I was going to complain about how HBO costs 18 bucks a month (just

to watch Bill Maher) and how there’s never anything on television and how I’m too cheap to get the channels that would have given me the Whitecaps and Canada-Mexico games.

But no, I’m not that kind of guy.

You probably thought I was going to complain about the guy on the motorcycle roaring up and down the street and how some idiots bent the neighbour’s basketball hoop so a ball can’t fit through it and how my demonstration to the kids on how to fire a wrist shot ended with me whistling a hockey ball high over a bench in the garage to shatter the framed photograph of my late dad.

But no, I’m not that kind of guy.

I’m the kind of guy who is just happy to be here, at my desk, typing away on one of those blue sky Vancouver days. It’s great to be back at work. Really, it is. Now if I only had something to write about. @Howellings

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Hillcrest legal wrangling adds up Bob Mackin

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The power struggle for control of the Hillcrest Centre’s volunteer board led to more than $175,000 in legal bills and the society’s financial records were found in disarray, according to documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court.

“In some instances, [Riley Park Hillcrest Community Association] paid the lawyers directly for their services,” said the March 22-filed application. “In other instances, its directors and some non-directors have paid the lawyers’ fees personally or on behalf of the society or others.”

The association is seeking a judge’s approval to compensate current and former directors for all past and future legal costs, charges and expenses, including amounts paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment. The application was scheduled to be heard by Justice Lisa Warren on March 30, after the Courier’s press deadline.

The 1965-incorporated society was originally ground zero of the

campaign against the park board’s move to centralize programming and impose the OneCard. It remains at odds with the park board over joint operation of Hillcrest Centre, which was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics. “This legal proceeding is ongoing and has created tension and difficulties in the community and between Hillcrest’s members and its executive,” said the application. “It is in this context that a series of inter-connected incidents arose within Hillcrest and its community that led to the three legal proceedings.”

Directors Ken Charko, Jennifer Palma, Jaimini Thakore and Eli Zbar sued after then-president Jesse Johl fired them from the board between October 2013 to March 2014. That action was settled out of court and the annual general meeting was delayed from April to September 2014. The matter cost $34,034.86 in legal fees.

Charko said he paid the $10,500 retainer and has yet to be reimbursed.

A group of Hillcrest members proceeded to hold

a June 2014 AGM and elect a new board, including Charko. That election was ruled invalid when Johl’s group won an August 2014 order for a new AGM by the end of October 2014. That order also set a nine-person interim board including Charko, Johl and treasurer Todd Constant. Hillcrest paid $111,377 in legal fees, while members of the new board spent $47,000 of their own money on legal fees. The application said Art Bomke, Grant Macfarlane and Dianne Wiedemann have not been reimbursed.

Johl, Constant and three others quit the board between in mid-October 2014.

At the time, Johl was running an unsuccessful campaign for city council under the Vancouver 1st banner.

The filing said a third matter occurred, on Nov. 2, 2014, when Charko visited Constant’s residence: “An incident subsequently occurred that led to a criminal proceeding against Mr. Charko. This matter was stayed and is the subject matter of a publication ban.”

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Continued from page 5 It also said Charko “had no reason to believe that his interactions with Mr. Constant were unlawful,” but did not give details. In his affidavit, Charko said he went to Constant’s to obtain a USB drive containing information for the Hillcrest AGM. Charko’s defence cost $17,275, fees that Hillcrest eventually paid.

“We’re dealing with the insurance company to cover all the fees, except for the non-director fees, in our

insurance policy,” Charko said in an interview. “That’s a very important issue. Save and except the non-directors’ legal fees, we can make the association whole.”

Meanwhile, board treasurer Raymond Chung, a retired Certified Professional Accountant, met in October 2014 with Hillcrest and Park Board staff. The document said there were missing or improper payroll records, failures to pay or remit government taxes and reports, failure to pay WorkSafeBC

fees, improper use and recording of society cheques and improper authorization and recording of society payments to other parties.

Hillcrest hired a bookkeeper to assist Chung. The 2014 audit is complete, but the 2015 audit is not. “A significant amount of time and effort will be required to complete the work,” the document said.

A second application seeks the court’s direction to hold a new board election. @bobmackin

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Homeless deaths in B.C. hit 325 over nine-year period Mike Howell

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Anita Hauck was 44 and homeless when she died.

How she died is a difficult story to tell for her mother, who stood in the sunshine Tuesday in an East Side parking lot and held a photograph of her daughter for media cameras.

Six months ago, on Sept.

27, Hauck climbed into a clothing donation bin in Maple Ridge to retrieve a jacket and a blanket for a fellow homeless person living in a tent city.

She got stuck, lost consciousness and died in hospital the next day.

Hauck, who was battling a drug addiction and homeless for three years leading up to her death, left behind five children and a mother who was struggling Tuesday with the six-month anniversary of her daughter’s death.

“At her memorial, there must have been about 200 people, ” said 71-year-old Loretta Sundstrom, after leaving a news conference at the offices of Megaphone Magazine and Pivot Legal Society, where a report was released that revealed 325 homeless people died in B.C. between 2006 and 2014.

Hauck’s death wasn’t captured in the statistics because the B.C. Coroners Service has yet to tabulate the number of homeless deaths for 2015. But Hauck’s life story — which took a turn when she was raped at 15 by a group of men — was central to the release of Megaphone’s

report, Still Dying on the Streets, and illustrated the need for more housing and treatment centres. Hauck was in a destructive relationship with her husband when she became homeless, her mother said.

“The high cost of housing, the lack of affordable housing and a lack of strong social and health supports has led to this crisis and this increase in homeless deaths,” said Sean Condon, executive director of Megaphone, noting 46 homeless people died in B.C. in 2014, with eight in Metro Vancouver and 14 in the Fraser region, which includes Surrey and Coquitlam.

What was consistent in 2014 and in the statistics dating back to 2006 was that drugs and alcohol were linked to the majority of homeless people who died.

With 465 illicit drug deaths recorded in 2015, Condon suspects the number of homeless deaths in 2015 will surpass the 46 in 2014.

The statistics show the majority of homeless people who die are men between the ages of 40 and 49.

Almost 16 per cent of all reported homeless deaths are aboriginal people, despite making up 5.4 per cent of the general population.

Judy Graves, the city’s former homeless advocate, said many deaths are preventable, particularly in a country as wealthy and sophisticated as Canada.

“We have people dying in the streets of infection,” said Graves, who paused to gather her thoughts. “This is really hard because as I talk, I’m thinking of one

person after another that I’ve known. I think about Richard Starr, who died on the street on the coldest night of the year — not because it was cold, but because he was so badly infected. How can that happen in Canada?”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced in its budget last week that it will increase funding for affordable housing and homelessness programs and commit to develop a national housing strategy.

Asked to comment on the promises, Condon said he was encouraged by the government’s budget but that it fell short in dollars.

New affordable social housing will likely not be built for several years, he added.

“This is still a delay and it does not address the immediate crisis,” he said.

Graves was the city’s homeless advocate when Mayor Gregor Robertson’s administration took over city hall in 2008. The mayor failed in his goal to end “street homelessness” by 2015. Last year’s homeless count recorded 488 people on the street and 1,258 in some form of shelter.

Asked to rate the performance of Robertson’s administration as it relates to getting people off the street, Graves said: “I know there was a deep and sincere effort made — [the mayor] has made a real difference. And I think we all know, realistically, that no municipality can do this alone — that we need funds and goals from other levels of government.” @Howellings

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Song remains the same over rumours

BACKSTAGE PAST Aaron Chapman

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Gossip is commonplace in high schools, which make them easy breeding grounds for exaggeration, leaving those in the wake of a good rumour to wonder if there was ever any truth to the story at all.

And so goes one school rumour that British heavy rock group Led Zeppelin once performed a lunch hour concert at Vancouver’s Eric Hamber secondary school.

On paper it sounds too unbelievable or ridiculous to be true. What reason would the legendary band, who were already on their way to rock god status and arguably becoming the biggest rock band of the decade, find themselves performing a show in the auditorium of a South Cambie neighbourhood public high school?

And yet, there in the 1970 Eric Hamber high school yearbook is a black and white photo of Led Zeppelin, showing the four band members allegedly on stage at the school, along with the cryptic caption “The Led Zeppelin, in an annual-sponsored concert, entertained a packed standing-room only crowd in the auditorium during a noon concert on May 21st. [Zeppelin Guitarist] Jimmy Page was heard to remark, ‘What a heavy audience.’ Thanks Jimmy. We needed that.”

There’s no denying Led Zeppelin came to Vancouver that year. In fact, they kicked off their North American tour with a performance at the Pacific Coliseum on Saturday, March 21, 1970 — so the month listed in the yearbook is at the very least a typo. But did Zeppelin, before they departed the city at some point, really play a secret show at Eric Hamber?

It’s perhaps important to note that Vancouver was never just another whistle-stop for the band.

On previous visits the group recorded overdubs for their album Zeppelin II at a local studio, stopped in for drinks one night at the Penthouse Nightclub downtown and even enjoyed some downtime on Keats Island off the Sunshine Coast. This wasn’t a city they just played only to hop back on the jet and leave after a concert.

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1. Eric Hamber alumni and reunion organizer Andrea Nicholson acts as an unofficial historian of the school. While the supposed Zeppelin event was a decade prior to her graduation, she was well aware of the rumour as a young student.

2. A black and white photo of Led Zeppelin allegedly playing at Eric Hamber secondary accompanied by a cryptic caption in the school’s 1970 yearbook has been a point of contention among Led Zeppelin fans, Eric Hamber alumni, historians and musicologists.

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Between circles of international Led Zeppelin fans, Eric Hamber alumni, historians and musicologists, the alleged appearance is quickly revealed to be a hotly debated topic online on social media and Zeppelin newsgroups. On one website, a pseudonymnamed commenter insists they know for a fact that the yearbook page was a joke and it never happened.

Yet another says they saw it with their own eyes, adding “those who did see it will never forget it.”

What really happened is asked so often that Eric Hamber secondary might as well have been Roswell, New Mexico or Dealey Plaza in Dallas that day.

Ramble on

The often-rancorous tone of social media debates hasn’t helped clear up the mystery. I found one Hamber alumna now living on Vancouver Island who claimed on Facebook that

she was an eyewitness to the Zeppelin appearance.

But when I contacted her, she declined an interview request, saying she’s been hounded and threatened with angry, insulting messages by hostile Led Zeppelin fans who offered “No Quarter” by calling her a wacko and a liar, leaving her to fear she might be hung by the “Gallows Pole.” (Alright, I’ll take it easy with the Zeppelin song title sub-references from here on in.)

Eric Hamber alumni and reunion organizer Andrea Nicholson, who graduated from the school in 1980, acts as an unofficial historian of the school. While the supposed Zeppelin event was a decade prior to her graduation, she was well aware of the rumour as a young student.

“We used to hang out on the school bleachers playing guitar between classes. I was in the music program, playing 12-string

guitar. Learning how to play ‘Stairway to Heaven’ was pretty popular, so we used to play that a lot,” she recalls with a laugh.

“But as students we had all heard the Led Zeppelin story then and talked about it, thinking it was pretty cool.”

Years after her graduation, as she got more involved in alumni events and reunion organizing, Nicholson tried to dig a little deeper into that mythical day at the school.

“The story goes it wasn’t actually a formal concert,” she explains, adding that the “annual sponsored concert” caption from the yearbook was intended as a joke, likely by the yearbook organizing committee.

“As soon as the band started up, it apparently caused some commotion with a lot of students who came through the doorways to watch at lunch. I had heard that none of the older teachers really had

any idea who Led Zeppelin were,” says Nicholson, stressing it was never a public concert — but a rehearsal.

“Apparently, there was a sound or lighting guy who worked at the Coliseum who was the father of a Hamber student. The band didn’t have a place to test some gear on site at the PNE, or there were some issues loading in there at the time they wanted to do this or rehearse, so he recommended the auditorium at his kid’s high school — Eric Hamber.”

Eric Hamber secondary school opened in 1962 and was still relatively new at the time. As a newer school, its auditorium was certainly more modern than the older schools that were typical of the time, perhaps making it odd but not a totally unreasonable suggestion for an impromptu rehearsal space.

“Pre-production days,” as they are commonly referred to in the concert

business, are common, B especially in Vancouver h where many performers begin continent-wide t tours and then travel east e h or down the coast. The Police rehearsed for their a 2007 world tour in a North w Vancouver warehouse. A dozen years ago you might R have wondered why the Commodore Ballroom was p t closed for a week when in actuality had been very t confidentially reserved

by Bob Dylan to rehearse with his band. Even South African hip-hop group Die Antwoord once quietly took over the Imperial on Main Street in 2014 for a few days to rehearse elements of their show.

But at a high school auditorium? While Nicholson believes the event happened, beyond the note in the 1970 yearbook she’s been frustrated to find further information, having difficulty reaching some staff still alive or alumni from that year who have kept in touch. The school’s archives haven’t yielded answers either. “I went through some official booking records of the time that were on file at the school, to see if there was any paper trail, and we couldn’t find anything. But those records are hardly complete.”

Communication breakdown

While the Zeppelin concert at the Pacific Coliseum attracted local media reviews, it’s curious why the Eric Hamber event, even though it wasn’t a public appearance, went unreported. However, the fact both local dailies — the Vancouver Sun and the Province — were out of commission because of a newspaper strike between February and May that year may explain why it wasn’t properly reported in the press.

“I heard the story for years,” says Rob Frith, who’s collected local rock and roll posters, records and ephemera for decades at his Main Street store Neptoon Records and remains skeptical. “People used to say they saw Jimi Hendrix perform in Vancouver when he was starting out here. Yet talking to a lot of the musicians who were actually in town then, you’d think Hendrix would have had to play every night for months to account for all these witnesses… Memories get embellished,” chuckles Frith.

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Led Zeppelin played local high school

“So I have some doubts.

But who knows? A rehearsal is more believable than a show. Maybe some enterprising guy just might have put the school forward as a suggestion and they went for it.”

Rock and roll

It’s clear someone played that day. There are too many people who say they saw and heard the

music. But could it have just been another band?

The 1970s and ’80s were a period where working local bands, in many cases before they went on to greater notoriety, picked up extra cash playing high school dances and graduations around the Lower Mainland. Trooper, Chilliwack, Sweeney Todd (featuring a young Bryan Adams) and Heart all

played local high schools between club appearances.

Even by the time punk rock took hold in Vancouver in the late 1970s, local groups such as DOA and the Subhumans found high school gigs around town.

But none of those aforementioned bands were in town at the time or even get mentioned as a possible case of mistaken identity — it’s always Led

Zeppelin that people say played at Eric Hamber that day 46 years ago.

What is and what should never be

Either way, at Eric Hamber secondary school’s 50th anniversary party in 2012, organizers created a poster celebrating the Zeppelin show among other school memories. “We’re still digging

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through alumni contacts for memories of this and more,” Nicholson says.

For now, the song remains the same whether Led Zeppelin in fact played Eric Hamber. Many are convinced, while just as many say it simply didn’t happen. Perhaps someone from the yearbook organizing community or the 1970 graduating class will come forward and shed some

light on it. Maybe Robert Plant, Jimmy Page or John Paul Jones might read this and recall through the haze of groupies and Jack Daniels all those years ago what really happened that day.

Then again, maybe it’s better they don’t. The mystery of not knowing the real answer may be best — and it’s probably more fun being dazed and confused. @TheAaronChapman

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Opinion ALLEN GARR COLUMNIST

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A bridge too far

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n Friday of this week, Metro Vancouver council will meet to very likely ask the federal government to submit Premier Christy Clark’s proposal to replace the Massey Tunnel with a 10-lane bridge to a Canadian Environmental Assessment Review Panel.

It is likely to approve that motion because two weeks ago the Metro Vancouver Intergovernmental Committee passed a similar resolution.

It is a resolution that found its genesis at Richmond city council after it received a report from longtime councillor Harold Steves.

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie

Christy Clark has not only announced her intention to replace the tunnel with a bridge, she had made it her number one infrastructure priority. And that does not go down well with the region. told me earlier this week that the Port Mann Bridge replacement was “just a bridge.” What Clark is planning to replace the Massey Tunnel with is much more than that. Which is why the feds should be in the picture.

Part of the plan is to dredge out the river so much larger ships can make it all the way up to the Fraser Surrey Docks across from New Westminster.

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Steves puts the impact this way: by “removing the tunnel to allow dredging to 15.5 meters” — which is four metres deeper than the river is now — “this will convert the Fraser to an industrial river. It will have a dramatic effect on the fishing industry, habitat and farmland and even impact dykes.”

When Gordon Campbell was the Liberal premier and Kevin Falcon was his Minister of Transportation, the government’s long range plan after seismically upgrading the Massey Tunnel, was to “twin” it, making it a couple of lanes wider.

Then, of course, Christy Clark replaced Campbell in 2011, and a year later, this grand scheme popped out of her mouth.

The driving forces behind the plan to dredge and bridge are the federal Crown corporation, Port Metro Vancouver, and Fraser Surrey Docks. According to information gathered through Freedom of Information requests by Steves and his allies, Port Metro Vancouver wants to expand its operations and has its eyes on 2,500 acres of what is now Fraser Valley farmland in Richmond and Delta to make that happen.

Fraser Surrey Docks also want to expand its operations as a shipping point for coal and other carbon-based fuels.

One small example of why the dredging is necessary can be found in the movement of jet fuel up the river. While Port Metro Vancouver has approved jet fuel movement on the Fraser, as things stand now, there is only one hour a day at the highest tide that a ship carrying that fuel can clear the tunnel. And that one hour of high tide only occurs 250 days a year.

Hence the need to dredge.

There is also the matter of what going from a four-lane tunnel to a 10-lane bridge will mean. If history has anything to tell us, expect a lot more development south of the Fraser putting even

more pressure on precious farm land.

And expect more cars plugging the roads coming into and out of Vancouver, particularly given there are no plans to do anything with the Knight Street Bridge or the already chronic bottle neck at the Oak Street Bridge.

Now, Christy Clark has not only announced her intention to replace the tunnel with a bridge, she had made it her number one infrastructure priority.

And that does not go down well with the region.

Here’s Mayor Brodie. “The region needs a strategic plan for metro transportation. Surely the tunnel or its replacement is a very important part of this.” But the region’s top infrastructure priorities are the light rail lines planned for Surrey, the Broadway SkyTrain line for Vancouver and replacing the Pattullo

Bridge. The overall goal for the region is to continue to “get people out of cars.”

As he sees it, Clark’s bridge will only increase car traffic. And, while Clark is still insisting the region hold a referendum for new tax revenue (did we learn nothing from the last one?) she hasn’t asked anybody about spending $3.5 billion on her bridge.

Brody is not the only regional politician irked by this inequity. He also points out that Clark’s bridge is in competition for funding with the region’s goals.

This conflict of interest, however, was set in motion long before the government in Ottawa changed hands. It is worth noting, therefore, in Justin Trudeau’s first budget there’s money for the region, but there was no mention of Clark’s bridge. @allengarr

T H U R SDAY, M A R C H 3 1 , 2 0 1 6 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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‘Private’ interests cause for public concern To the editor: “F*** off! This is a private road.” Words yelled at me as the driver of a Porsche backed onto Point Grey Road blocking my way.

For 20-plus years I have walked, biked, driven along Second and Third avenues and recently Point Grey Road from my home to Jericho Beach and Brock House. My neighborhood — I thought. Not so. On March 17, city workers blocked access to Third Avenue west of Macdonald — after digging out newish dividers at Bayswater. They also added more concrete barriers to Point Grey Road to block all auto traffic.

Meanwhile on my rental side of Kits (Burrard to Macdonald), the number of cars speeding through our streets, eastwest and north-south to avoid Fourth Avenue, Broadway and Macdonald rose exponentially immediately after Point Grey Road was closed. Despite calls to the city, traffic has been monitored only along and around Cypress and Trafalgar streets.

The safety of every pedestrian on this side of Macdonald has been compromised; danger lurks at every intersection and cross-walk. Is the safety of residents valued less east of Macdonald than west of it?

Gerry McKee, Vancouver

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Second thoughts on second coming Re: “Messiah complex: Why is there a Second Coming?” March 21. hahhahahaha... you really want an answer to that question... the answer is rooted in the old testament... and the concept of Judaism... the Messiah will come when “the lion lies down with the lamb” (aka world peace)... look around you...you see “world peace”? the truth is ... there will NEVER be a messiah... Lions EAT lambs”... the concept of world peace is a nice “goal”... will never happen... not as long as humans are the way they are.

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Leaky condo crisis also a low for local journalism Re: “Is local journalism a casualty of red-hot real estate market?” March 23.

Back in the 90s when we still also

couldn’t talk about much else other than renos, real estate and monster homes, there was an additional curse: the leaky condo crisis. Certain local papers’ editors told certain reporters to lay off the story because of the ad revenue from condo developers.

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Foreign investment also responsible for real estate windfalls Re: “Dumb luck, not wise investment responsible for Vancouver real estate windfalls,” March 21.

Real estate prices in Vancouver are much higher than they should be and it’s clearly due to the influx of money and people from offshore. Young Canadians are being priced out of the market in the city where they were born. This is wrong.

Canadians deserve better.

Richard Penneway via Facebook ••• The flooding of foreign investors/buyers keeps increasing in large masses, as I’ve understood from few realtors and people I talked to. They are trying to buy everything listed and available in the market and with much larger than the listing prices not only in Vancouver but in other parts of Lower Mainland as well. I am not sure if there is a plan behind this and what would be the ultimate consequence (other than huge shortage of homes and skyrocketing prices) of that trend in the long term, if things continue to go in that manner.

Sami Said via Comments section ••• Never mind the government effectively eliminated the lower proportion of hopeful home seekers from the equation of accessing housing by increasing the down payment amount so that competition is gone and only the elites accessing housing are left in the market. What was interesting in all of this is the stunning amount of “housewives and students” purchasing multi-million dollar homes in Vancouver which was built upon the hard work of hundreds of thousands of families that invested in the communities of Vancouver with businesses, school participation, and community recreation. What they are getting now is vacant properties sitting empty and what is the community investment emanating from empty homes? The other point is the immigration floodgate was effectively opened by the government with promises of citizenship for investments in the community which means they purchase a house and they get a ticket to paradise.

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Opinion

It’s time to revisit mayor’s task force on housing affordability If recommendations were implemented, Vancouver could offer more affordable housing choices

Michael Geller

michaelarthurgeller@gmail.com

Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a story in the newspapers, on radio or TV, about Vancouver’s affordable housing crisis.

Over the past few weeks we’ve heard about “shadow flipping” by unscrupulous real estate agents, disagreement over the precise

number of vacant houses and apartments and the negative impacts of money laundering and foreign investment on house prices.

These are important issues and worthy of further investigation and remedial actions. However, regardless of what steps are taken, they will not significantly reduce the price of housing in Vancouver.

So then the question is: Can we do anything that will make a difference?

To address this, it’s worthwhile looking back four years to March 2012, when Mayor Gregor Robertson and Olga Ilich, who co-chaired the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing Affordability, issued their first report.

This report set out four

“quick start actions”: fasttrack development applications for affordable rental and ownership housing, use the Cambie Corridor redevelopment as a model for inclusionary zoning, (a form of zoning that requires affordable housing to be included within market developments), and use city-owned land to leverage partnerships

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Task force members were encouraged to use their influence with the federal government to advocate for enhanced tax incentives for new rental housing and to convince the provincial government to streamline the delivery of “fee simple” row housing. Fee simple row houses are individually owned, like single-family houses, and not part of a condominium.

There were some successes. Ilich and former city councillor Suzanne Anton convinced the provincial government to change land title legislation to make it easier to build fee-simple row housing. However, the federal Conservative government did not budge on offering tax incentives for rental housing.

Sadly, fast-tracking rental housing applications has not happened. At a recent Urban Develop-

new housing generally comprises two major forms — single-family homes and apartment buildings.

There is little else in the housing continuum to meet the needs of families and smaller households. This is because the city’s zoning and regulatory framework generally does not allow many of the housing forms found elsewhere around the world — or across the country or even within the Metro region.

These include townhouses, stacked townhouses, clustered housing, and other options such as family-sized laneway housing.

In the report, the task force noted, “simplifying land use regulations and facilitating a more flexible and creative dialogue between developers and the City would result in more housing diversity that could meet our affordability challenges.”

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It is starting to happen in a few neighbourhoods, in-

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The same holds true for construction of non-profit rental housing, some of which is only just getting underway on four cityowned properties, three years later.

In June 2012, the task force issued another report that looked, in part, at how to decrease housing development costs. This begs the question whether lower costs automatically translate into lower prices and rents.

Task force members correctly noted that lower costs can result in lower prices, especially when there is sufficient supply and competition in the marketplace. Sadly, this has not happened.

They also noted that within Vancouver most

cluding Marpole. However, the number of multi-family zoned sites is so limited, prices have not dropped.

Moreover, single-family lots have become so expensive it is difficult to create affordable multi-family housing, even when they are rezoned.

The mayor’s task force presented many excellent recommendations. Housing experts are convinced that if they were systematically reviewed and implemented, Vancouver could most definitely offer more affordable housing choices.

On April 6 at SFU Harbour Centre, I am presenting a lecture titled 12 New Affordable Housing Ideas, many of which are taken directly from the mayor’s task force reports.

The lecture is free, but you will need to register at sfu.ca/continuing-studies.

I hope some of you will join me. For those who cannot, watch for future columns. @michaelgeller

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Opinion

City should adopt New York state of mind addressing transportation Mike Klassen

mike@mikeklassen.net

The crammed-to-therafters Vancouver Playhouse auditorium should have been evidence enough of our obsession with how cities are built. It was an exultant tweet, however, by urban affairs reporter Frances Bula that summed up the occasion.

“An amazing packed house of young people at the Janette Sadik-Khan talk tonight. Watch out, status quo!”

A who’s who of influential urban thinkers lined the front rows before the evening’s keynote by New York City’s former transportation commissioner.

They included architect Bing Thom, urban planners Brent Toderian, Frank Ducote and Sandy James, and assorted elected officials from around the region, including the mayors of New Westminster and Abbotsford, and Vancouver city councillor Heather Deal.

The plucky Sadik-Khan is on a promotional tour for her book Streetfight, which she and co-author Seth Solomonow tout as a handbook for reinvigorating how cities are designed.

She presented with a New Yorker’s warmth and a wry smile that suggests she loves being the warrior for safer and more livable streets.

She is still the object of scorn from some who opposed NYC’s adoption of street space for bike lanes and public plazas. But recent public polls show 73 per cent of New Yorkers favour the changes SadikKhan and her commission colleagues brought.

What is happening in New York is also taking place in other cities, including Vancouver. Our own intense debates over the future of our transportation network and the best use of the public domain were brought into focus at Sadik-Khan’s talk.

The evening provided a number of exciting moments.

The first was seeing Gordon Price, director of the SFU city program, a former four-term NPA city councillor and a leading voice for cities. Price has had a recent health challenge that took him away from the public spotlight.

Grinning ear-to-ear thanks to the sold-out crowd, Price ably moder-

ated the Q&A session and served as an enthusiastic emcee.

The second was the public announcement by Lon LaClaire that he has been hired as the City of Vancouver’s new director of transportation. The appointment of LaClaire — the first senior staff hiring since Sadhu Johnston became city manager — was an inspired choice.

LaClaire is an almost boyish-looking 51 years old. He has worked at the City of Vancouver for approximately 20 years, and has remained a loyal city employee despite numerous offers to work elsewhere.

LaClaire, it is said, loves our city. He takes the job during a time when some of the most formidable changes are happening in its transportation network.

Consider what is coming to Vancouver: the reimagining of the Arbutus Corridor, newly purchased by the city, the removal of the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts and the new plan for northeast False Creek, the Broadway subway and the continuation of the Millennium Line Skytrain, establishing a bike share program, and major renovations to the Burrard Bridge just to start.

The city is also weighing the future of Robson Square as a public plaza.

In addition, engineers are taking a hard look at Gastown’s future (will it become pedestrian-only?) while it figures out how to restore its weary cobblestone streets.

Then there are the bike lanes, which bring out critics in droves.

Controversy has already erupted on the proposed bike lane on Commercial Drive, between East 14th and First Avenue. The local BIA, regrettably in my view, released the results of a survey slanted to garner a negative reaction.

A more dispassionate look at the Commercial Drive bike lane should have people jumping up and down with glee. By bringing millions of dollars of street improvements, that part of the Drive stands to win big by drawing more pedestrians, cyclists and shoppers.

But because we have given short shrift to public opinion in the past, these new developments have been unnecessarily divisive.

Streetfight co-author Solomonow served as press secretary to the transportation commissioner, and it was his top-flight communications and media relations skills — including extensive public consultation — that ensured SadikKhan’s plan could succeed.

When it comes to Van-

couver’s transportation and its public realm, the status quo is simply not an option.

For LaClaire and his colleagues to succeed, the city has to get serious about how it communicates with citizens. They also need a city council that will back them 100 per cent. @MikeKlassen

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Community PACIFIC SPIRIT

Theology of hope asks us how we should live

Second of two-part series explores whether there will be a literal second coming Pat Johnson

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Last week, before Easter, I posed the question to Harry Maier, professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology: Why do Christians, who commemorated Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection last weekend, await a second coming? Why didn’t the Christian messiah get it right the first time?

Maier met my impertinence with a thoughtful expression of what Jesus’s teachings mean — and how they can be interpreted differently by different Christians.

First of all, he says, the idea of messianic arrival common in Judaism and some other traditions does not necessarily translate the same to the Christian model.

There are, he says, two significant streams in Christianity that differ on the meaning of the coming — and even on its definition.

“You might say that heaven on earth arrives when you practise Jesus’s ethics — love of neighbour, caring for the poor and so on — so that the whole tradition of messianic promise as represented

by Jesus is not the kind of militaristic model that you might be able to find in the Hebrew Bible,” he says.

“It’s a completely different sort of understanding that is centred in a particular kind of ethics.”

Maier cites Martin Luther King, whose argument was that the way to overcome racial violence is not by responding with violence but rather to resist non-violently and, if people resist nonviolently, that will result in a transformation of the world.

But, I ask, does that mean that, when Jesus returns, everyone will live in a state of heaven on earth, or does it

Harry Maier, a professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies Vancouver School of Theology, says to talk about the second coming literally, and speculate what the world will look like the day after, would trivialize the topic. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

mean that when all humans live out the teachings of Jesus — bringing forth a world of peace, non-violence and love — Jesus will return?

“That’s a really good question and the answer to that question is yes,” says Maier. “Christians have disagreed about that. Some Christians have argued that when a worldwide reign of love is achieved, this then will be the expression of Christ’s reign on earth.

This will embody the end of history that God intends in Jesus. That’s one point of view. The other point of view is that this reign of love will only come when God intervenes on history so as to

bring about this reign of love by a divine coming… One is a kind of gradual transformation of creation and the other is kind of a divine intervention of creation.

Christians have really disagreed about which one is the correct one to imagine.”

In the 19th century, Maier notes, a more liberal current of theology began to view the scriptures more poetic and symbolic than literal.

Maier shares a joke about a physicist and a priest on an airplane. “The physicist turns to the priest and says, ‘Isn’t it just, Jesus loves you this I know for the Bible tells me so?’ And the priest turns

to the physicist, to the cosmologist, and says, ‘I don’t know. At the end of the day, isn’t it just twinkle, twinkle little star?’”

“We have to be really careful about flattening out language of religion into commonsensical equations,” says Maier. Even if we do not accept the Bible as the received, literal word of God, we should not dismiss the complexity of ideas and concepts it raises.

“Is there going to be a literal second coming? I think the point is not so much the second coming, as it were, so much as the belief in God’s promise that all of God’s creation, whatever creation

is, is ultimately held lovingly in God’s hands,” says Maier, describing what he calls “a theology of hope.”

This will not be palatable to the people reading the Left Behind series of Revelations-inspired apocalyptic novels. But Revelations is the perfect example of poetic language that isn’t intended to be read literally, he says.

“It’s a language that prompts our imagination and invites us to use our imagination to seek to live out as faithfully as we can in the present,” Maier says. It is about prompting questions that inspire people to consider big ideas and to motivate us to live in the

best way possible.

To talk about the second coming literally, and speculate what the world will look like the day after, would trivialize the topic, he says.

“What we’re really talking about here,” he says, “is the ultimate thing to which we should be steering our imagination. What is the ultimate thing to which we should be directing our lives? In that sense, then, you might say that the theology of hope is really a theology that asks us how we should live today, now.

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(Left photo) “Synthetics still has a smell people may like but it does not have the benefits that go along with what essential oils do, which is aroma and healing,” said Smell This! aromatherapist Arline Trividic. (Right photo) Donna Archer, left, and Sharon O’Keefe checked out many of the 37 essential oils available at Saturday’s scent bar hosted by Smell This! Aromatherapy at ROAM Gallery.

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Of the five senses taught to kindergarteners (yes, neurologists say there are many more), sense of smell is likely at the top of the list for taking the most abuse.

Leading the charge against the poor nostril is the department store cosmetic counter where one must zigzag to escape the pungent eye-scorching weapon of fragrance. And lest we forget about the souls trapped in an elevator with a perfumedoused neck.

The culprit, said certified aromatherapist Arline Trividic, is synthetics.

“There are a lot of synthetics out there and those synthetics are really irritating to the nose,” Trividic said. “I get so tired of hearing ‘aroma-free.’

Go to hospitals, it’s ‘we’re scent-free,’ doctors offices

‘scent free.’ To me, I wish people would differentiate between me wearing an essential oil roll-on that helps me, helps people around me, because I don’t consider it to be scent.”

The difference is there are no chemicals in essential oils. The natural oil is typically obtained by distillation, which is why a 10-millilitre bottle of rose will cost anywhere from $200 to $400.

“Because it takes thousands of petals to make it,” said Trividic. “Originally, when the perfumers back in France started out, this is what they’d use. But it’s expensive to do it this way.”

It’s a deal, then, for those who showed up at Trividic’s mobile scent bar, which was set up at ROAM Gallery at City Square mall Saturday afternoon. For $20 dollars — of which a portion went to Beauty Night, a local

charity that helps women and youth living in poverty — people could make their own scent to take home.

Helping was Trividic, her daughter Nicole O’Keefe who also designs the pop-art inspired labels for her mother’s company Smell This! Aromatherapy, and granddaughter Paige O’Keefe who was doing double-duty as scent designer and artist as she was also showing pieces on the walls at ROAM. The process of experimentation at the scent bar started with picking essential oils from the bluelabelled bottles called “top notes” — the first smell that hits the nose. Top notes include basil, lemon, lime, mandarin and other citrusbased scents. Next are the “middle notes” such as cinnamon, lavender and black pepper, which add warmth and fullness to the blend

once the top note fades and, following that, the longlasting “base notes,” which include cedarwood, jasmine and rosewood. Wild experimentation is encouraged but the family is on hand to steer people away from what Trividic delicately refers to as creating “stink.”

“Perfumers will tell you you need a top, middle and base to make a wellrounded perfume. However, I’m not a perfumer, I am an aromatherapist. This is the chance for people to sit down and create an aroma which is exactly what they want,” said Trividic.

“So what if that person just liked all top notes? It’s not perfection, according to the perfumer, but if you like all top notes then your perfume is going to be light, fresh, and you’re going to apply it more — that’s the only difference.”

And unlike synthetic

perfumes, essential oils have healing properties, said Trividic, adding that the health benefits, both physical and emotional, are endless. For example: peppermint is said to help those who suffer from asthma, headaches, as well as help increase memory and concentration. Jasmine is believed to help with sensitive skin as well as stress.

The list goes on.

In addition to producing scents, Trividic makes a range of natural body care products out of the Smell This! lab in Richmond.

While she is obviously in favour of using natural products, she readily admits she’s not perfect, citing the instance of her use of hair dye.

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Trividic trained at the West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy after losing her previous job as a production manager for a large printing company in 1998. In addition to learning about the origin and chemistry of essential oils, during her education she came up with the eventual name of her aromatherapy company, Smell This!

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On April 1, puppet enthusiasts can check out Fools After Dark: A Saucy Puppet Cabaret at the Granville Island Review Stage, a launch party/fundraiser for the inaugural Vancouver International Puppet Festival. Celebrated ventriloquist Kellie Haines will emcee the night while guests enjoy nibbles, a silent auction, a puppet photo booth, live musicians and, of course, lots of puppets, some of whom will be showing a little more felt than others.

“It’s definitely an adultoriented evening,” said festival co-creator Jeny Cassady. “There will be both puppet and human nudity happening.”

Fools After Dark and the Vancouver International Puppet Festival are the brainchildren of local puppeteers Cassady, Morris Chapdelaine, Dusty Hagerüd and Tara Travis. The foursome joined forces last November to address what they saw as a gaping hole in the city’s arts community.

“We’ve been doing it for a long time, and the more professional we all become, the more we are sought out and asked questions like, ‘Where can I learn how to do puppeteering?’ [and] ‘How can I build a puppet?’” said Cassady.

“There’s really not an ongoing or regular anything in Vancouver [and] very little in Canada that can help these people with [their]

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burning puppet questions.”

Cassady and co. decided to launch the festival by throwing an adult-only party, and festival partner the Granville Island Cultural Society donated the use of the Review Stage for the night. The short planning window, however, has been a challenge for the group, as all four organizers are busy with their day jobs.

“We were very lucky to get April Fools’ as the night that was available, but it did put us in a bit of a whirlwind to prep everything,” said Cassady. “I’ve been on a pilot, Morris is on a film set right now, Tara’s been travelling extensively [and] Dusty just got back from a film set up island, so the four of us are working evenings and we’re texting and we’re Skyping in for all of our meetings. It’s just been crazy.”

Cassady, who was part of the Arts Club Theatre’s Jessie Award-winning cast of Avenue Q, said part of

the appeal of puppets is that they can tell stories that humans can’t.

“It becomes very horrible if you do a human version of Avenue Q, but puppets can get away with it,” she said. “The [ancient] Greeks used puppets to do things like rise up from the dead and be angels and save people, which was magical and mystical and reverent and couldn’t be done by humans.”

What’s more, said Cassady, is with a little imagination anything can be a puppet and bring joy to people of all ages.

“My friends are constantly laughing at me because I’ll pick something up off the table or off the floor… and suddenly it’s a puppet,” she said. “I’m known for carrying around these little eyeballs [that] fit like a ring over your finger and it makes your hand into a puppet. They are so much fun to bring out at parties, especially after there’s a

little bit of drinking going on, because everybody turns into a kid and everybody engages. I’ve never seen anybody turn down an opportunity to play with it.

It’s so fun to see adults just play because we don’t get to often and I think everybody kind of craves it.”

Specifics about the festival will be announced at Fools After Dark, but it’s scheduled to take place over three days this fall at the Granville Island Revue Stage. Planning for the inaugural festival is still in the early stages (Cassady describes it as “more of a wish list”), but she said they’re looking for volunteers, performers and sponsors interested in helping out.

The festival will cater to both children and adults and encompass all kinds of puppetry in as many formats as possible, including theatre, film and television. The group hopes to bring in acts from around the world and also to host panels and workshops for people interested in learning more about the world of puppets.

“We’ve got three days and one venue, so we have a lot of work to do,” said Cassady. “We’re not scared to start small, but boy are we dreaming big.” @jameswesmith Fools After Dark: A Saucy Puppet Cabaret takes place on April 1 at the Granville Island Revue Stage. Tickets are $20 in advance ($22 at the door) and available at theatrewire.com or by phone at 604-257-0350.

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March 31 to April 6, 2016 1. Eight dancers from the slums of Brazil fuse hip hop, samba, capoeira and contemporary dance into one giant ball of energy called Companhia Urbana de Dança. Under the tutelage of artistic director and choreographer Sonia Destri Lie, Companhia Urbana de Dança perform April 1 and 2 at the Vancouver Playhouse. For tickets and information, call 604-801-6225 or go to dancehouse.ca.

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3. Former host of CBC’s Wiretap and a contributor to This American Life, Jonathan Goldstein brings his wry wit, sexy glasses and (hopefully) stories of partying hard with Ira Glass to the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre, March 31, 8 p.m. Details at chutzpahfestival.com.

4. Dozens of local blues artists, including Jim Byrnes, Candus Churchill, Jim Foster and Joani Bye, join forces April 5, 7 p.m. at the Fairview Pub to benefit singer-songwriter and tireless community activist Dalannah Gail Bowen who was hospitalized with a stroke earlier this year. A minimum donation of $15 is requested. Go to dalannahgailbowen.com/Donate.html for details.

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CAKE TOPPER: A Champagne and truffle cake created by Thomas Haas garnered a jawdropping $17,000, sold three-times over, at the British Columbia Dental Association’s 16th Toothfairy Gala, staged yearly at the conclusion of the Pacific Dental Conference. Yours truly presided over the 10-cake live auction — the main event at the BCDA’s flagship fundraiser.

The sweet creations pulled in a whopping $103,000, contributing to the night’s final tally of $141,000 and change, in support of the B.C. Cancer Agency’s Oral Cancer Detection Project. Emceed by BCDA president-elect Rob Staschuk, the festivities began with a sparkling reception, followed by a sumptuous four-course dinner and awards presentation, which recognized the industry’s best and brightest. Among this year’s honourees: doctors David Ciriani, Allan Hovan, Chris Wyatt, David Zaparinuk, Angelique Leung and Ray Fong.

SIGHT & SOUNDS: Seva Canada is a Vancouver-based charity whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world. Focusing on sustainable, community-driven projects that reach the most underserved and remote populations, Seva provides life-changing goods and services — from the most basic of eye care needs such as eyes drops and glasses to cataract surgeries. Seva is currently working in 13 countries, bringing its mobile eye care units to those in need. The organization was the beneficiary of the 14th Motown Meltdown charity concert, sponsored by the Courier and held at the Commodore Ballroom. Local musicians and artists took guests on a grand tour of music from Motown to Memphis to help Seva reach places such as Nepal, Cambodia and Tanzania. Led by Kendra Sprinkling, Penny Lyons and Nancy Mortifee, the event raised a reported $40,000, ensuring 326 people will get the power of sight.

NADA NOD: Barbaresco is an Italian wine made with the Nebbiolo grape. Barbaresco is produced in the Piedmont region, one of the most historically important wine regions of Italy, and one of the country’s top exports.

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B.C. Dental Association executive director Jocelyn Johnston and 2016 Toothfairy Stephanie Moroz welcomed guest to the organization’s flagship fundraiser. The charity dinner and cake auction raised a record-setting $141,0000 for oral cancer research.

Committee member Angelique Leung and master of ceremonies Rob Staschuk fronted B.C. Dental Association’s Toothfairy Gala, benefitting the B.C. Cancer Agency’s Early Oral Cancer Detection Project.

Board chair Nancy Mortifee and marketing director Deanne Berman’s Seva Canada organization was the beneficiary of the Motown Meltdown charity concert. The non-profit aims to restore sight and prevent blindness in the developing world.

Seeing and tasting fine reds, Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel wine director Jill Spoor welcomed fifth generation Italian winemaker Enrico Nada to Oru Restaurant for the Barbaresco-paired dinner.

Tom Pickett and Candus Churchill were among a roster of 30 artists and musicians who performed at Motown Meltdown, staged at the Commodore Ballroom.

Designers Jason Matlo, Wen-Chee Liu and Dillon Hayes will reimagine vintage clothing provided at Eco Fashion Week’s 81-pound challenge — the average weight of clothes an individual discards to landfills annually.

Rimpy Sahota is one of many local designers to be spotlighted at Myriam Laroche’s Eco Fashion Week. In its 10th cycle, EFC aims to raise global awareness for socially, environmentally and economically sustainable consumption.

Garfield Wilson’s tribute to Michael Jackson brought the house down at Motown Meltown.

The actor, singer and professional trainer donated his time to help bring sight to those in developing countries.

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Gladstone and Hille go big with Onegin Musical based on serialized Russian novel is wonderful Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net

There are times when I just want to write “see it” and nothing else. This is one of those times — it’s that good.

Onegin, a musical, was first conceived by Vancouver playwright/director Amiel Gladstone when he was the assistant director of the Vancouver Opera’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin back in 2008. Gladstone was struck by the story’s timelessness and universality but felt it needed updating. The grand scale of the opera also got to him after years of doing hip, minimalist, completely non-melodramatic theatre.

Musician/composer Veda Hille was not initially tempted to collaborate on

the project. She’s known for quirky, unsentimental lyrics and music that’s varied and full of surprises, like Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata, created with Bill Richardson and directed

by Gladstone. She’s a selfdescribed “hard-ass” — hardly a romantic.

But when Gladstone suggested “let’s go big,” Hille agreed.

Onegin is big. And wonderful. You may leave the theatre with the song, “Let me die/Let me die” ringing in your ears, but you’ll have a smile on your face.

And if you’re looking for irony, here it is: Onegin knows he’s alive when his heart can still be broken.

You don’t have to know anything about Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel serialized in Russia between

1825 and 1832 to enjoy this Arts Club’s commissioned production. All the characters introduce themselves and explain their part in the story.

Irrepressible Josh Epstein, as Lensky, tells us, “I’m a poet in Russia. I’m sure you’ve heard of me.

I’m a romantic.” Lensky is passionately in love with Olga (lovely Lauren Jackson) who is the sister of bookish Tatyana (Meg Roe). When handsome, aristocratic Onegin (Alessandro Juliani) arrives to sit at his rich uncle’s deathbed, the boredom everyone has been feeling quickly disappears.

There’s a pas de deux for Juliani and Jackson choreographed by Tracey Power that will bring your samovar to the boil.

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‘Rockin’ Russians’ full of passion Continued from page 21 Jacqueline Firkins’ costumes — notably a flowerpatterned coat on Olga — would cause a bidding war if the Arts Club were to auction them off. The orchestra (Veda Hille, Marina Hasselberg and Barry Mirochnick) makes music that is less like Tchaikovsky and more like, to quote Hille, “rockin’ with the Russians.”

And the story? There’s a duel. Someone dies. It’s all grand.

And funny. Onegin archly describes himself as “a charming, rakish dandy... well-travelled, wealthy — although melancholy.” But the full ensemble sings that he’s “f***ing gorgeous.”

The f***ing gorgeous part equally applies to Juliani whose Onegin is a sexy, devilish badboy.

While it feels as if there’s a cast of dozens on Drew Facey’s opulent stage (red velvet curtains, chandeliers, candles), evocatively lit by John Webber, there are actually only seven, including Caitriona Murphy and Andrew Wheeler as Olga and Tatyana’s parents, and Andrew McNee in vari-

duction is contemporary, exuberant and entertaining but, faithful to Pushkin and Tchaikovsky, it’s also dark. “I will die/I will die/ As we all must die,” the recurring refrain, is a somber undercurrent.

Like The Overcoat, which was co-created in 1997 by Wendy Gorling and Morris Panych for the Vancouver Playhouse and went on to huge critical success from Toronto to New York and points in between, Onegin should go on to tour the continent — it will look good on any stage, anywhere.

During its creation, Hille confessed to “sprawling messy feelings that led to soaring melodies and hot dreams.” If you like the sound of passion, sweeping romance and hot dreams, get yourself a ticket — soon.

They won’t last long.

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The sweeping and romantic musical Onegin is at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre until April 10.

ous roles, all hilarious. As a Frenchman in a fez, McNee sings a name day tribute to Olga that brings the house down. Indeed, all the voices are terrific from Roe’s sweet soprano to Juliani’s rich tenor.

As Tatyana, Roe is shy

and soulful but when Tatyana shows grace and gravitas diminutive Roe provides it in heart-rending abundance.

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Here are just a few to savour.

Explore Granville Island Public Market or join a Vancouver Foodie Tour for a sampler of Vancouver’s food scene; a pub crawl aboard the Victoria Harbour Ferries is as quintessential an experience as afternoon tea at The Empress. In Whistler, end a day of skiing with a delicious slope-side fondue or visit to the Bearfoot Bistro’s vodka tasting room.

SEA TO SKY John Bishop of Bishop’s in Kitsilano and Sinclair Philip of Sooke Harbour House near Victoria, launched the “eat local” movement in the 1980s, introducing diners to local delicacies such as fresh spot prawns and savoury pine mushrooms.

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Nutting leads the kitchen at Tofino’s Wolf in the Fog and previously worked at the renowned Wickaninnish Inn, where he followed the local ingredient ethos established by chef Rodney Butters.

This fish and forage diet is nothing new to First Nations peoples who’ve done it for centuries. Visit the B.C. archipelago of Haida Gwaii to sample traditional fare like “k’aaw,” a delicacy of dried herring roe on kelp or snack on local specialties, like “salmon candy.”

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MOUNTAINS Charming Kootenay towns like Fernie and Nelson are hot spots both for outdoors buffs and foodies hungry for great casual cuisine with international accents and organic ingredients.

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Making Pacific Spirit-inspired kids album no walk in the park Ginalina’s Juno-nominated Forest Friends’ Nature Club Album was a family affair

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Gina Lam was grocery shopping with her eldest daughter when the text came in. “Dude! Congrats on the Jun’ Nom!” In her shock and excitement, she upset a crate of oranges, startling her seven-year-old daughter.

“It was just in the middle of my daily life. And my daughter, she’s never seen me so surprised,” said Lam, laughing at the memory. “[She] probably had no clue what was going on.”

It was a fitting way for Lam to learn of her first ever Juno nomination for Children’s Album of the Year. After all, everyday life with her kids is the reason the album exists.

Forest Friends’ Nature Club Album, Lam’s second collection of “family folk music” under her stage name Ginalina, was self-released in June 2015 and inspired by her weekly walks and nature lessons with her four children in Pacific Spirit Regional Park.

For example, one day the group came across a robin limping through the brush.

As the kids discussed what may have happened to the bird and brainstormed creative ways to help it, a song was born and nine months later “Hey Robin” began streaming online on CBC Kids Radio.

Like her previous work, Lam said Forest Friends’ documents a period in her family’s life.

“Some people take photos, some people write stories, but I like to write songs,” she said.

“Whatever children I have at the time make it onto the album and that’s very important to me.”

Lam describes the album as a family project with a “very mom-and-pop-shop feel.” Her husband and children perform on it, as does her co-producer Adam Thomas (who is also nominated for a Juno this year as part of the Dan Brubeck Quartet), her childhood friend Mike LeGrice (who voiced the Douglas Fir on “Parts of a Tree”)

Gina Lam, a.k.a. Ginalina, earned a Juno nomination for Children’s Album of the Year. The collection of “family folk music” was inspired by her weekly walks and nature lessons with her four children in Pacific Spirit Regional Park. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

and her “musical hero” Noah Zacharin (“There is Time”). Her best friend Lucy-Anne Ho did all the art work for the project, and the album’s title comes from the name her kids chose for their Wednesday outings to the forest.

Despite the help, Forest Friends’ took nearly

a year to complete as she juggled recording, her job as an adult educator with Vancouver Coast Health and her family responsibilities. The only time to work on the album, she said, was after putting her kids to bed, so most nights Lam would drive across town to Thomas’s house and log a

couple of hours before turning in herself.

The duo kept up that schedule for nine months (excluding a six-week interlude to welcome Thomas’s third child) and their effort is paying off. On top of the Juno nod and play on CBC Kids Radio, the album earned her a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Children’s Album of the Year and she has five music videos debuting in June on the Knowledge Network’s children’s website and television programing.

However, she said the Juno nomination has been an “extremely reflective” experience that’s prompted her to re-examine her life, her career and the best ways to balance both.

“The heightened levels of attention, of recognition, are new to me so it’s kind of propelling me from my quiet little life,” said Lam. “It’s been a really helpful exercise to reground myself and revisit my values and this idyllic vision I had before of having my grandkids hold my albums in

their hands and say ‘Wow, momma was cool!’”

The bright side of all that attention, she says, is the opportunity to give back and support causes she’s passionate about. In keeping with the project’s theme, she donates 10 per cent of all her sales to A Rocha Canada, a Christian environmental stewardship organization, so they can plant trees for other families to one day enjoy.

For Lam, the most important thing is being happy with the music she creates and sharing it with others.

“Juno win or not, [the] fact that I’ve been able to create this memory and share our memory to hopefully be heard by other kids is more valuable than the trophy itself,” she said.

The 2016 Juno Awards take place April 3 in Calgary. Lam will be attending the ceremony with her family as well as playing the sold-out Junior Junos concert on April 2 at the Calgary Public Library’s John Dutton Theatre. @jameswesmith

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Imagine this scene — 96 huskies barking, yelping and howling at once — a symphony unlike anything you’ve heard before. Unless of course you’ve taken part in dog sledding, an ancient mode of travel for First Nations peoples of the north.

My partner Brent Chysyk and I, along with 32 fellow outdoor adventurers, recently took part in the Snowy Owl Sled Dog Tours along Spray Lake, in Canmore, Alta., during which 16 teams of six huskies welcomed us with howls and excited licks.

Brent and I took turns guiding the sled, led by blue-eyed Saban. With us shouting words of encouragement, our team of energetic dogs took us on an exhilarating ride through unspoiled mountainous terrain. Our adventure complete, we all converged around a campfire and enjoyed hot chocolate and cinnamon buns.

That evening, we walked 20 minutes through a light snowfall from our hotel to

Murrieta’s restaurant. Located above several shops, our window seat offered magnificent views of the majestic Bow Valley mountain range.

It was there we enjoyed a wonderful leisurely meal surrounded by Murrieta’s charmingly rustic décor, including wood beams, floorto-ceiling wood bar cellar and a large fireplace.

As we laid our heads down in our Whistler-inspired suite at the Solara Resort and Spa, we both agreed that our mushing expedition was a memory we would cherish.

We had arrived in Calgary a few days earlier, guests of Tourism Alberta. After picking up our rental car, we headed to the ultra-chic, contemporary Hotel Arts in downtown Calgary. The city has changed a lot in the 25 years since Brent lived there.

Alberta’s largest metropolis is filled with new bars, boutiques, restaurants, arts and culture, and entertainment venues. That night, we feasted on some “Vietmodern” dishes at the awardwinning Raw Bar. Sharing a culinary journey through crab

and mango salad rolls, prawn salad, maple ginger black cod and squid a la plancha, we departed with a new appreciation for Vietnamese cuisine.

The next day, we explored the historical Simmons Building in East Village.

The former mattress factory has been reinvented into a funky food lovers’ destination. Breakfast at Calgary’s celebrated Sidewalk Citizen Bakery was followed by lunch at Charbar — following a brisk walk along the boardwalk that snakes along the Bow River. Charbar’s Chopped Canada winning chef Jessica Pelland delighted us with tantalizing dish after dish inspired by Argentina, Spain and Italy.

Our last night in Calgary was spent at the city’s first Relais & Chateaux Property, the Kensington Riverside Inn, located across the Louise Bridge from downtown. After dropping off our bags in our room, we headed out for a walk through this historic, trendy urban village and discovered unique shops and colourful character homes.

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Icefall hike filled with delights And, as if we hadn’t eaten enough, that evening we dined at one of Calgary’s newest, hippest eateries, Native Tongues Taqueria, where great atmosphere meets amazing Mexican street eats. (Highly recommend the grilled prawns in chilmole butter and lime — bring on the napkins please.)

The next morning, we drove to Banff for a two-night stay at the Buffalo Mountain Lodge. We reached the bucolic lodge in the early afternoon just in time for a two-hour hike along the Tunnel Mountain Trail.

Although steep, the trek awarded us with spectacular vistas of Rundle Mountain.

That evening, we dined in the resort’s restaurant. Brent started with the elk and followed with northern caribou medallions. A hunter, he was pleasantly surprised by how delicious and tender the game was.

We soon retired to our rustic, cozy room with its wood burning fireplace.

We spent the night cuddled around the crackling fire sipping on a nice bold red.

As a fan of icefalls, a Johnston Canyon Ice walk was a must for me. As soon as we strapped on our ice cleats, we hiked along steel walkways built into the canyon walls and witnessed nature at its best. Halfway up, we pulled out our cameras for photos of the cave, which over thousands of years was carved into the rock face. The grand finale is the Cathedral of Ice at the Upper Falls.

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Last week, all the students in her class received letters from their loved ones. This is the one I wrote: To my dearest daughter, The greatest gifts my parents gave me were (1) to see and expect the best from me and (2) to love me just as I am, and these gifts are the best that we can give you. They are also gifts you give to yourself. They are the secret to a deeply meaningful life and lasting happiness.

The rest is distraction and filler.

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We each have a unique potential in life — the purpose of the soul’s journey right now and right here. It is the dynamic interface of your unique talents (what you do better than everyone else, many yet to be discovered and nurtured), your passions (some known and others yet to be explored), your values (what makes your life most meaningful) and the needs of the world. This is your special gift to the world, life’s gift to you, your identity, your answer to life and the gift you give back.

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Love yourself the same way. Love your life the same way: – just as you are, just as it is. You are beautiful, and your world is beautiful.

The purpose of life is simply love. Love life. Seize it — every day, every moment.

To feel God, the divine, to feel God’s love is to know that you are loved in this way, just as you are, and to love life — with radical acceptance, just as it is — not wanting and not expecting.

Say “Yes!” to life.

See the divine in life, in the world, in others and in yourself. To love is to experience the divine.

Transcendence is to see the divine in yourself, in others and in your world — and to be loved — when the divine is seen in you. Our bodies are 60 per cent water and we are a part of the water cycle.

Water evaporates, condenses as clouds and mist, precipitates as rain and snow, freezes as ice, flows in rivers, streams and lakes. We drink and consume it — it passes through us. We are made of water, but we do not own it.

We are a part of the endless cycle of water.

We are made of love, and we are a part of the love cycle. We have been loved and we have loved. All the good we have been given — by teachers and coaches, friends and family, and strangers

The Lifetime Volunteer of the Year award has been created to recognize seniors who make a difference in our community, and who use their time to help others, whether that’s teaching a class, working a till at a thrift store, cooking, knitting and so much more.

The Lifetime Volunteer of the Year will receive a multi-day tour vacation, valued at more than $5,000, courtesy of Ageless Adventures, and Stong’s grocery gift certificates.

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Living

‘We are made of love, and we are part of the love cycle’ known and unknown — in many human and imperfect forms, and it is our purpose to give love forward.

We do not own the love

given to us and in us. It is in us to give, and in its giving, we are not diminished.

It is a gift to give forward.

That is the meaning of life.

That is the legacy of those before us: those who have loved us. That is our legacy. All that we own, we will lose. All that we

gain, we will lose. All that we are will pass — except this love given to us, within us and which passes through us. This is all we

are. This is life. This is the divine and transcendent.

This is the meaning of life.

This is the point of life.

Loving you just as you are,

Always, Dad Davidicus Wong is a family physician and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper.

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Kate Stockford, who learned how to change a tire on her 16th birthday, is a mechanic and co-owner of Your Neighbourhood Automotive Repair Shop on Pandora Street.

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Kate Stockford learned how to change a tire on her 16th birthday, the same day she got her driver’s license.

“My dad said if you’re going to drive you’d better know how to change a tire and check your oil,” says Stockford, who also knows how to replace some gaskets, tune-up most cars and a whole lot more. She’s a mechanic and co-owner with Brad Minchin at Your Neighbourhood Automotive Repair Shop located at 2596 Pandora St. Stockford met Minchin when he worked at an auto wrecker business in Nelson. She worked in reception at a spa and rented equipment at the ski hill. When her mother was diagnosed with cancer they moved to Vancouver, took over the repair shop and soon built a solid reputation in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood. (This writer is a loyal customer.)

“I was so worried that it wouldn’t be a success, but Brad was confident that we were making the right decision,” Stockford

says. “I wasn’t concerned though about how people would react — being a female in a male-dominated industry can be difficult.”

Before moving to Vancouver, Stockford wanted to get into some kind of trade she could depend upon, that came with a decent salary. She enrolled in a Women in Trades program at Selkirk College in Nelson, which offered a basic overview of careers, from carpentry to mechanics.

“I had a ’94 Toyota Forerunner that I brought into the shop as part of the course,” Stockford says. “My teacher said the valve cover was leaking so I took it apart, changed the gasket and put it back together. That’s when I knew that I was going to be a mechanic — I felt empowered.”

These days Stockford drives a 1965 Chevelle and a 1966 Ford F100 truck with the company logo. Weekends with friends she takes her Yamaha TTR 4-stroke dirt bike trail riding on logging roads around B.C. After Stockford completed the program, Minchin taught her pretty much all she needed to know. She doesn’t get into electrical diagnostics or internal

engine issues — tune-ups and oil changes, handling finances and customer service keeps her busy.

“Sometimes a male customer dropping off his car for the first time looks at me and asks where the boss is, ‘You’re looking at her,’ I’ll reply and I usually get a laugh from them. I’m just as qualified as Brad to give a quote.”

As for female reactions, Stockford says they love that there’s a woman here, it makes them comfortable and they trust her quote.

“I’ve been on the other side, where some mechanics figure you don’t know much about your engine so why bother explaining.

I’ve felt intimidated and maybe taken advantage of, I’ve gone into some auto shops with Brad and got the brush-off.”

Stockford’s mother was really proud of her daughter when she started the business and her dad often drops by to make sure they’re busy.

“He pokes around and gives me advice — that I have to stop buying trucks and dirt bikes and save for a house,” she says, laughing.

Stockford advises women to learn more about their vehicles.

“Start with an oil change. Ask

your dad or watch a video on YouTube. Know where your spare tire is and check your oil at the gas pump, if you run out of oil, your engine is toast. If you’re going on a road trip, you’ll feel secure knowing how to change a flat. And you, too, will feel empowered.”

And if you are passionate about cars and motorcycles, Stockford suggests you check out an automotive technician career. “You just need confidence and don’t let anyone push you around. Be strong and assertive, and don’t worry about getting your hands dirty.”

A customer chimes in and suggests we get a photo of Stockford’s hands.

“She gets her fingernails dirty,” says Donny.

She also gets regular manicures and pedicures.

Your Neighbourhood Automotive Repair Shop has been serving customers in Hastings-Sunrise and beyond since the 1940s and Stockford intends to keep it going for a few more decades. “This is an awesome business and I feel fortunate to be in this neighbourhood,” she says.

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Sports & Recreation THUNDERBIRDS

UBC band marches to its own beat Marching band’s repertoire includes ‘Hotline Bling,’ videogame themes, ’80s hits

Megan Stewart

mstewart@vancourier.com

Hanging in the open air of Thunderbird Stadium, imagine hearing this 2009 club hit, played some dozen times over four quarters by a corral of flutists: “Cause we gonna rock this club, We gonna go all night…”

Breaking from scrimmage, football players catch notes of the woodwinds: “We gonna light it up, Like it’s dynamite!”

Four years ago this fall, Max Bogard, himself a trombonist dedicated to his high school marching band in California, humbly began the Thunderbird Marching Band, one of only a handful of student-led collegiate bands of its kind on the continent and now the only one in Canada west of Ontario.

During that first effort playing for school spirit at a T-Birds game in the form of a stationary pep band locked to their seats, Bogard said they made an impact if not a lot of noise. “We had six people — two drummers, two flutes, a trombone, that was me, and a saxophone,” he said. “We sat in the stands and played 10 songs over and over again.”

A veteran of drills and arrangements, the economics student knew the fledgling TMB also needed trumpets to boost its presence and carry the crowd.

Several months later, the band returned to Thunderbird Stadium with more than double their ranks.

Plus, there were now three trumpets and three trombones. They performed the Canadian anthem and “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a rugby game. “That was really the performance where people realized how much potential we had,” Bogard said.

Four years later, having stepped up its repertoire to introduce original arrangements and sophisticated drills, the Thunderbird Marching Band carefully selects and arranges music for its creative, quirky and contemporary medleys.

In its first half-time show this season, the band performed its “Canadian Suite,” marching to Drake’s “Hotline Bling” and “Can’t Feel My Face” by the Weeknd at War Memorial Gym. The playlist representing some of this country’s best pop included

Left: Vivienne Zhang, the band’s president and bass drummer, at the Thunderbird Marching Band’s final rehearsal March 17 before a half-time performance of “A Retro Adventure” during the CIS men’s basketball national championship.

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Inset: Trombonist Max Bogard founded the Thunderbird Marching Band in 2012.

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one deliberate omission.

“We didn’t play any Bieber,” said Vivienne Zhang, the band’s president and bass drummer.

Now 30-members strong, the TMB put on one of its largest performances earlier this month when it played the half-time show of a March 19 game during the four-day CIS men’s national basketball championship. Called “A Retro Adventure” and lasting nearly nine minutes, the performance began with an introduction heavy with “Footloose,” oversized gold jewelry and Scrooge McDuck.

“I wrote in a few really cheesy ’80s references and jokes. I had too much fun with it,” said drum major and third-year political science major Fred Cholowski, who is 20. “Basically what a person who was not alive in the ’80s would know of the ’80s.”

The music and formations for “A Retro Adventure” carried through the vintage videogame themes with incredible imagination.

The P.A. announcer cried out that the Princess had been kidnapped before the musicians played the classic tune from Mario Bros., capping it all by forming the outline of a mushroom.

That followed the band members marching the length of the court, streaming across the hardwood in the shape of Tetris pieces,

slotting together on the baseline before erupting again.

When leading the marching band through its paces, Cholowski’s blond curls bounced wildly with his movements as if lifted by the beat. He arranges the songs along with Bogard, while Tanner Bokor choreographs the kaleidoscope of drill patterns.

Two days before their largest-ever half-time show, they fit in five rehearsals in a second-floor auditorium of the old Student Union Building, where volunteers mapped out a large border to replicate the basketball court at the Doug Mitchell Sports Centre where they would later perform.

Zhang, the bass drummer, wore a sleeveless Iron Maiden T-shirt and hauled around the giant bass drum as Cholowski beat out instructions like the drill sergeant he is. But their roles are akin to the kind of leaders you find in many of the university’s sports programs.

“I’ve often compared Vivienne to a general manager and myself to a coach,” said Cholowski about Zhang and himself.

“And in a way, yes, that is my job, to keep everyone’s ducks in a row. Generally, I make sure people are learning things and just making sure we sound good.”

The marching band is a student club under the gov-

ernance of the Alma Mater Society and can apply for up to $1,200 in grants each year. Valued in the ballpark of $15,000, the band owns the majority of its large and unusual instruments such as the drums, sousaphone, which is a marching tuba, and the mellophone.

The Athletics Department supports the marching band by welcoming them at events and supporting their performance efforts.

“They’re awesome. They can play ‘Hotline Bling,’ and you can’t put a fricking price tag on that,” said communications manager Len Catling. “You see all walks of life and all kinds of Thunderbird fans get into their performances. You have alumni who come to games and might not be into Drake when they hear him on the radio, but when our band is there, they get right into it because it adds so much to the atmosphere.

We have alumni who have been coming to our games for a long time and new fans who are all attracted to the band.”

Catling said there is no evidence a marching band ever existed at the university during its past 100 years. But the TMB does play historic fight songs from a music book that appears to be from the 1930s; songs include “Hail UBC,” which they play most often, as well as “Hail to the Blue

and Gold” and “Here is to Dear Old UBC.” T-Bird musicians and athletes have more in common than sharing gym space, said Cholowski. All are loyal and accountable to their teams, individuals contribute to a whole, and together they train to execute collective goals under pressure.

“I think everyone is a nerd in their own way — jocks are just nerds for athletics. If you can tap into that passion, everyone can work together,” he said.

The debate rages whether or not marching bands qualify as sport. Bogard said the topic is “controversial” and pointed out there are judged competitions for but doesn’t agree the comparison is complete.

One of the main reasons people slip into sedentary lifestyles is because of a lack of enjoyment, a fact that led the University of Rhode Island to examine marching band members and changes to their fitness over the course of a season. In an earlier 2008 study, drumline members were shown to work as hard as football players.

The TMB will not likely perform the “Canadian Suite” or “A Retro Adventure” a second time to UBC audiences. If invited to competitions or to perform on the road, the band may turn to its vault but otherwise will bring fresh

material to entertain fellow students and T-Birds sports fans. Queen’s and Western universities in Ontario have decades-old marching bands, while McMaster in Hamilton started its marching band in 2009, inspiring Bogard to do the same once he moved to Vancouver.

When the band performs at a street festival in Point Grey this summer, Bogard said they don’t know what songs will make the cut.

“Some of the songs we will be doing have not been released yet,” he said.

Fresh and current, the Thunderbird Marching Band is hot, even when performing tracks from the 1980s.

“People should get involved in music in whatever way there is,” added Bogard. “You get the thrill of performing.” @MHStewart

Thunderbird Marching Band fight songs, reprised from the past Hail UBC Hail to the Thunderbirds, Hail UBC, Thunder and lightning, Onward to victory!

Hail to the blue and gold, Hail UBC, UBC forever!

Onward to victory — Words and music by Professor Stephen Chatman

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Sports & Recreation JOCK & JILL

Mexico dazzles, Canada chiro scores with tackle

Megan Stewart

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B.C. PLACE — There were no firecrackers launched from the upper decks, but in front of a record crowd of 54,798 for a national team soccer match March 25, there were explosive, sparkling goals — all three for Mexico — and one terrible bang of a tackle, credited to Canada.

Taking its nickname for Mexico’s tri-coloured flag with the nopal-sitting, snake-eating eagle, El Tri scored three goals (plus a fourth ruled offside) and blanked Canada in the first of a home-and-away series in the qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

On Tuesday, Mexico hosted in Mexico City at the hostile Estadio Azteca, a 100,000-seat cauldron where Canada has lost 33-2 in nine games since 1980.

(Results weren’t known until after the Courier’s print deadline. But Canada didn’t likely win; if they did, we are humbly incorrect.)

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1. Canadians Marcel De Jong (No. 17) and Adam Straith (No.15) fence in Mexican striker Chicharito (No. 14) in a 3-0 loss to Mexico at B.C. Place March 25. PHOTO BOB FRID / SOCCER CANADA. 2. Garret Kusch, Canada’s team chiropractor and former national team player, takes down a pitch invader after the final whistle. PHOTO ETZEL ESPÍNOZA / IMAGO7

In Vancouver, Robson Street was awash with red and white smoke as the Voyageurs, the travelling supporters for Les Rouges, approached B.C. Place for the sell-out event. For the other side, I counted dozens of sombreros and one complete mariachi traje as well as groups of friends dressed in the colours of both nations. And this is why the popular #mexi-

CAN hashtag flared online during the game.

Canada played direct, determined soccer for the opening half hour, creating chances that were undermined by too many nerves and too little finesse. Staring at a mostly open net in the 20th minute, Junior Hoillet didn’t hit mesh, but kicked an eight-yard field goal instead. Cyle Larin also misplayed what was other-

wise a promising possession for Canada. Not to dwell on failures, but several players slowly checked out, it seemed, as a despondent air descended. Rowdy Mexico fans stopped mocking the mistakes. Many are Canadian, after all.

Crafting a beautiful, precise passing game, Mexico counted its first goal from “Chicharito” Javier Hernandez who popped up in the

31st minute for a header off the cross from Miguel Layun. Hirving Lozano scored eight minutes later, and Jesus Manuel Corona cracked a cold one to make it a threepack in the 72nd minute.

Goaltender Milan Borjan was exceptional for Canada, keeping the game respectable and, at one point, getting help from the post to his right and, on the rebound, the post to his left.

Through the match, pitch invaders reached the turf three times. The first ran completely uncontested between Borjan and his net, proceeded to the opposite sideline where he was still not tracked or chased by security, until he finally stopped running. He was eventually led away.

Shortly after, a second man crashed the field, this time without pants. He dangled around at centre field, then returned to where he came from and climbed back into the stands. No one pursued him until he met security at the top of the section.

Then, after the final whistle, three young men rushed the field. This time, security looked alive but it was former national team player and current team chiropractor Garret Kusch who took on one invader. From the bench, Kusch sprinted toward and then wrapped-up the crasher, driving him to the ground in a rugby-style tackle. Inappropriate? Perhaps.

Count one point for Canada.

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SILVER LINING UBC Thunderbird defender Kelly Murray (No. 5) carries the puck out of her end under pressure from the dominant Montreal Carabins in the gold-medal game of the CIS women’s hockey national championship in Calgary March 20. The T-Birds knocked off McGill 4-2 and then slipped past Guelph 2-1 to reach the final, where they were blanked 8-0 by Montreal on the force of four power play goals. A fourth-year arts student, Murray was named a CIS tournament All-Star and had four goals and 16 assists this season with Graham Thomas’s T-Birds. PHOTO RICH LAM / UBC ATHLETICS

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Your charisma, sense of timing, energy, effectiveness and clout are at a yearly high, Aries, especially Wed./Thurs. You’re the leader – charge forth, impress people, make contacts, start significant projects. Sunday is happy, friendly, filled with optimism. A wish could come true.

But retreat late this night through Tues. – rest, contemplate, study your past and present, then make plans for your future. Your ideas stabilize.

The emphasis remains on relationships, Libra, especially this Wed./Thurs., when you might end one, and/or start another. Earlier, Sunday’s romantic, creative, and pleasure or beauty-packed.

However, don’t start a project or relationship, as this day “has no future.” Tackle chores Mon./ Tues., But be careful with sharp tools and sharp words/personalities to noon (PDT) Mon. Don’t bite on an “opportunity” this night.

Rest, lie low, avoid the bustling crowd, especially Wed./Thurs. These weeks are a perfect time for contemplation, self-examination, spiritual practices, and charitable acts. Hours spent daydreaming and planning will not be wasted. Your sexual, financial and research urges remain powerful, but think twice before committing. Generally, practical actions such as investing or starting a business should be put off until June onward.

You’re in the middle of a month of “more work.” Well, grin and bear it. You’re indirectly favoured to make more money through your career this year (to September) so view a bit of extra work as an opportunity rather than a burden. Sunday’s for domesticity, kids, sweet Mother Nature, security – but little that’s planted this day will grow, so just sit back and enjoy the weather.

Wednesday and Thursday hold the essence of this whole month, Gemini – hopes and wishes keep you buoyant, your popularity rises, social delights arrive, and entertainment or friendly romance call. Someone “beautiful” will wander into your life, or pass close by.

Realize relationships (in love and generally) will be intense through May, so be diplomatic – but willing!

Sunday is for errands, casual conversation, visits and trips, paperwork and details – but stick to routine, as new projects begun this day will wilt before they mature. Let your thoughts bend homeward Mon./ Tues. – hug the kids, garden, shore up security, study retirement and educational programs, etc. Be restful, soak up Mother Nature, especially her sun and sweet air. Be cautious before noon (PDT) Mon., with arguments, sharp tools, and disappointed lovers.

The accent remains on ambition, prestige relations, higher-ups and authorities, and your community reputation/status. These matters reach a climax of sorts Wed./Thurs. – a climax that starts/inspires a new trend or project that can ultimately benefit your climb up the ladder. (This climb, though, or your ambitions generally, can also involve a turn or change in your spousal bond: this can be large or small, but it’s deep, subtle, slow.)

The emphasis remains on home, kids, parents, security, landscaping and home repairs, retirement plans, gardening, nutrition, stomach and soul.

These matters reach a climax of sorts Wed./ Thurs. – a climax that starts/inspires a new trend or project in these areas. (One which also involves a turn or change in your spousal bond, and/or in your wishes, goals and social desires. This can be large or small, but it’s deep, subtle, slow.)

This week continues the intellectual, wise, compassionate, travel-oriented and cultural flavour of late March, especially Wed./Thurs., when you might start a new project in this zone.

Religion, philosophy, education, media/publishing, international affairs, import/export, social rituals and possible fame are also emphasized. This is also a love influence, which joins nicely with a strong romantic streak that has shifted into your life.

This isn’t an important month, Aquarius – it’s busy but friendly, and the stakes are not high.

You’re the star Sunday: show off, impress others, het your way – but don’t start projects, as little will come of them in future. Chase money, buy/sell, seek new clients Mon./Tues.

– but don’t try too hard, as this area is a bit like molasses (slow and gooey) until May 2017.

The emphasis remains on secrets, mysteries, the subsurface forces of life, depth psychology, research or detective work, sexual yearnings, financial actions, medical diagnoses, lifestyle changes, commitment and consequence, especially this Wed./Thurs., when you might start a new project in these areas. Still, a bit of caution is advised, as you might have to make an adjustment in who you deal with. If a conflicting fact arises, don’t ignore it.

Money, money, money – earn it, use it, chase it – especially Wed./Thurs., when you could start a new profit-seeking venture. (Best started before 8 am Thurs., PDT.) You might have to make an adjustment in your social plans to make this money thing work, or you might need to change your favourite goals. Earlier, Sunday nudges you to rest, nap, contemplate, meditate, just veg. Nothing important started this day will grow to ultimate success.

March 31: Ewan McGregor (45). April 1: Debbie Reynolds (84). April 2: Emmylou Harris (69).

April 3: Jane Goodall (82). April 4: Robert Downey Jr. (51). April 5: Agnetha Faltskog (66).

April 6: Paul Rudd (47).

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GILLESPIE, Sonia February 17, 1923 − March 07, 2016

After a long and rewarding life journey, Sonia Gillespie passed away peacefully on March 7, 2016, at her home in Vancouver.

Born near Kyiv, Ukraine, February 17, 1923, to Olga and Xenofont Dzubin, the oldest of four children, Sonia emigrated to Canada with her mother in 1928. She is predeceased by her parents, Olga and Xenofont, half−brother, William, brother, Peter, sister, Emma, and husbands, Percy (in 1954) and Michael (in 2001). She is survived by her sons, Robert (Charlotte) of Kamloops, Zubin (Kim) of Belleville, Ontario, and John (Angela) of Laguna Beach, California, plus grandchildren, Melissa, Chad, Erin, Dylan, Theo, and Astrid. She also leaves to mourn her brother, Alex of Saskatoon.

A creative, goal−oriented person, who enjoyed family, career, and the outdoors, Sonia graduated from U.B.C. in 1976 with a B.Sc in Nursing and thrived in her career as a Community Health Nurse.

After reluctantly retiring in 1986, Sonia filled her days with golf, bridge, lectures, and friends. With her ever upbeat attitude and boundless energy, she was an inspiration to all who knew and loved her. At her home in Vancouver, Sonia raised snow drops as a token reminder of her birthplace and grandmother.

At her request, Sonia’s remains have been donated to the U.B.C. Department of Anatomy.

A Celebration of Life will be held at McCleery Golf Course Clubhouse (7188 MacDonald St., Vancouver) on Friday, April 29, 2016 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES All Tech Transport Ltd dba Busters Towing located at 435 Industrial Ave, Vancouver, BC has claimed possession of the following vehicles under the Warehouse Lien Act. Any person(s) with claim to these vehicles should contact Megan Brummitt at 604-871-9452.

Unclaimed vehicles will be sold at 435 Industrial Ave, Vancouver on Apr 8, 2016 from 10am to 4pm: 67 Pontiac Firebird s/n 2236877U114733, r/o Harris William Jess to recvr $10,016.55; 11 Chevrolet Silverado s/n 3GCPKREA8BG388463, r/o STATE Agriculture Development Inc to recvr $7762.53; 09 Ford Focus s/n 1FAHP35N69W187393, r/o Mensah Donald Amoah to recvr $9054.16; 09 GMC Sierra s/n 1GTHK49K09E120941, r/o Felawka Kenneth Jay to recvr $7882.62; 09 Toyota Tacoma s/n 5TETX22NX9Z622258, r/o Clift Jason Robert to recvr $8879.43; 05 Hummer H2 s/n 5GRGN22U85H111172, r/o Motta Jessica to recvr $7022.90; 02 Audi A4 s/n WAULC68E32A307549, r/o Magaling John Edgar Grim to recvr $7028.66; 09 Dodge Avenger s/n 1B3LC46B39N556115, r/o Kaletova Miroslava to recvr $21,287.77.

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ALL SALES ARE CASH ONLY. The property is stored at Storage-Mart Self Storage, 1311 E. Kent Ave. N., Vancouver, BC. The items to be found in the unit(s) described as follows: #1322 Shane Mestinsek - TV, 4 mattresses, 2 boxsprings, table & chairs, hi boy, garbage bags, TV stand, pots & pans, xmas tree, nightstand, bike tire, dresser; #1390 Sarah Florko - 2 luggage, dvd, blankets, tote; #3052 Jeffery Ellis - boxes, mirror, chair, futon, picture frame, microwave, tote, pots & pans; #3329 Rene Dewar coffee table, guitar case, totes, sofa, garbage bags, table, basketballs, picture frame, lamp, chest; #3372 Julie Marie Greene - kitchen island, speakers, bookshelf, mattress, filing cabinet, shower chair, boxspring, boxes, totes; #4026 Harald Ferlow boxes, chairs, footstool, duffle bag, table.

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TEACHERS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR reqd. $17/hr, F/T, pmt, Diploma/Degree in the field req’d.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from March 1 to 31, 2016. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,725, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. ÿ0% financing for up to 60 months plus up to $4,000 discount available on select 2015/2016 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Sorento LX 2.4L FWD (SR75AG)/2016 Forte LX MT (FO541G) with a selling price of $29,342/$17,562 is based on 182/130 bi-weekly payments of $161/$104 for 84/60 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541G) is $12,495 and includes a cash discount of $5,067. Discount includes $500 competitive bonus** and $67 dealer participation. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on the 2016 Rio LX MT (RO541G) with a selling price of $15,862 (including $1,500 lease credit discounts) is based on a total number of 130 bi-weekly payments of $69 for 60 months at 0%, with $0 security deposit, $300 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation $8,993 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $5,069. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). **$500 Competitive Bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2016 Forte, 2016 Sorento, 2016 Sportage, 2016 Optima and 2016 Optima Hybrid from participating dealers between March 1 to 31, 2016 upon proof of current ownership/lease of a select competitive vehicle. Competitive models include specific VW, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Honda, GM, Ford, Jeep, Pontiac, Suzuki, Saturn, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Subaru, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Land Rover, Infiniti, Acura, Audi, Lincoln, Volvo and Buick vehicles. Some conditions apply. See your dealer or kia.ca for complete details. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG)/ 2016 Rio SX AT with navigation (RO749G)/2016 Forte SX AT (FO748G) is $42,095/$22,595/$26,695. The Bluetooth® wordmark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. The Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The 2016 Rio was awarded with the Clef d’or “Best in Class” by L’Annuel de l’automobile 2016. Visit www.annuelauto.com for all the details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation. DL #30460.

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