Vancouver Courier April 14 2016

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City’s new planning head must be a ‘visionary communicator’ Mike Howell

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Remember Brian Jackson?

Yep, he was the city’s head planner until he retired in November 2015.

Guess who replaced him?

So far… nobody.

But as city manager Sadhu Johnston told me last week, the city is getting closer to hiring a new planner and a general manager to oversee the planning department. Interviews will begin this month and Johnston said he knows some of the candidates.

He wouldn’t drop names but said the search firm has a long list of contenders for both jobs.

“They are talking to people near and far for both positions and we’re getting a lot of interest from great candidates,” said Johnston, who was recently appointed city manager after assuming an acting role when Penny Ballem was dumped last September. “I’m really excited about that.”

So what’s he looking for in a new planning boss?

A lot.

Here’s a taste: “We really need a community builder and a visionary communicator, and someone that has experience in dealing with conflict. I’ve talked to potential candidates that have asked questions and I’m trying to be clear that this is not going to be an easy job — that we are at a very unique point in our evolution as a city.”

That evolution — and the ongoing unrest to go with it — is not like the mid-1980s, said Johnston, referring to the days when highrises popping up downtown didn’t get the pushback from residents that council has felt in recent years.

“After so many years of growth, it’s not an easy discussion for communities. People have seen their city changing below their feet and, in that context, not a lot of support for affordable housing and child care and many of the

The City of Vancouver is expected to interview candidates this month for the positions of new director of planning and a general manager to oversee the planning department. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

things our residents are struggling with. It’s not an easy time to be doing this planning work and enabling developments.”

It will also be essential the new planner works well with Mayor Gregor Robertson and councillors, who will get the final

sign-off on who gets the job. Johnston acknowledged the importance of the bureaucrat-politician relationship and said anyone in a senior bureaucrat position needs to “be ready to take direction and implement it.”

But what if that person’s

politics doesn’t align with the political party running the show at city hall?

Johnston doesn’t see it as an issue, noting that despite different parties in power at city hall over the decades, the policy direction of the city has been “very aligned.” He pointed to various administrations’ push for complete, compact communities, an emphasis on improving transit, reducing reliance on the car, cycling, walking and constructing “green buildings.”

“A lot of those things are not Vision, they’re not NPA, they’re — from what I can tell — really the beliefs of our community and what residents expect here. They may not all agree on the form of it but generally that seems to be the direction that the residents have been going. I would expect us to get a planning director that had similar philosophical approaches.

We’re not going to be getting somebody that believes in a car-oriented

city, for instance, or doesn’t believe in compact, walkable transit-oriented neighbourhoods.”

While the planner will get the media attention, the new general manager of planning services will have less of a profile but an equally important role in running the planning department. Johnston, who will be responsible for hiring the manager, said the decision to hire two people instead of one was made clear to him after meeting in January with former city planners.

“For me, that was probably the turning point — meeting them and getting that kind of clarity,” he said. “Having one person that would really excel in managing the day-to-day permit operations and development services — on top of doing really cutting edge community-involved planning work — is not, in my opinion, really reasonable.”

Both positions are expected to be filled by May. @Howellings

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City plans to permanently close block of Robson to traffic

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A short block of Robson Street that is routinely closed to traffic for the summer and turned into a popular pedestrian plaza could be shut down permanently beginning this year.

City manager Sadhu Johnston said staff is preparing a report to go to council in either late April or early May that will recommend the 800-block of Robson Street, between Howe and Hornby streets, be closed year-round.

“It’s something we’ve been directed by council for a while to work on,” Johnston told the Courier. “We want to do it because we think it’s the right thing to do. There’s not that many public gathering places downtown — plazas like that. So we want to create a really nice public spot that people can gather.”

Although the stretch of the street is short, Johnston said closing it to vehicle traffic would connect the public spaces at the law courts with the south side of Vancouver Art Gallery, a popular hang-

The city has closed down the 800-block of Robson Street to traffic every summer since the 2010 Olympics. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

out for people, a public protest spot and home to a few food trucks and retail kiosks.

“So when you close that [block], you actually do create a nice-sized plaza area,” said Johnston, noting the city will work with business associations to decide how the street would be transformed, if council gives staff the green light to proceed.

The plan to permanently shut down the block to vehicles has been in the works since 2010 when the stretch was closed for the Winter Olympics. Since then, the block has been closed to traffic every year, between

June and August. Funky and whimsical furniture for seating and dining was added to the street during those months.

Charles Gauthier, executive director of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, said in an email to the Courier that he won’t comment on the plan to close the street until he reads the city’s report. In April 2015, Gauthier told Business in Vancouver that downtown businesses could no longer support the summer closures of the street because it was too disruptive for customers and deliveries.

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

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

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

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

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

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Three First Nations buy final piece of Jericho Lands Mike Howell

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Three Lower Mainland First Nations have purchased the final 38.8-acre piece of the Jericho Lands for $480 million and now have control over the majority of the entire 90-acre property.

The Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations finalized a deal with the provincial government after negotiating a price based on two independent appraisals of the land’s worth for redevelopment.

The deal comes after the three Nations announced in October 2014 that they partnered with federal Crown corporation Canada Lands Company to buy the 52-acre federal parcel of the former Department of National Defence property for $237 million.

The deal with Canada Lands is a 50-50 split, whereas the three Nations own 100 per cent of the provincial parcel. Together, the property, which covers 90 acres between West Fourth Avenue and West Broadway, is arguably the most expensive and soughtafter real estate in Canada.

Squamish Chief Ian Campbell confirmed the deal and said the three Nations were happy to have the land returned to them.

Campbell said the land was once a village to the Squamish called Iyelmexw.

“In fact, the descendants of all three Nations would be connected to that part of our shared territories,” Campbell told the Courier by telephone April 7.

“We’re coming home and it’s quite exciting.”

Campbell said it was too early to determine any concrete plans for the property but said it will include housing and incorporate the history of the three Nations.

“I see an opportunity for branding and to celebrate the West Coast that we all love — the connection to the water, the mountains and adding layers to that with our mythology and our history and our ambience around visual presence of Coast Salish art forms,” he said. “Those are all opportunities that are exciting to apply our history. As opposed to any other development in the city, we could bring something that is new and built off of ancient platforms.”

The lands will be developed in accordance with the city’s zoning and official community plans.

Mayor Gregor Robertson, who continues to push for more affordable housing in Vancouver, has called for a mix of housing on the lands.

He told the Urban Land Institute in a speech in June 2015 that it should not solely be “an enclave for the wealthy.”

Told of Robertson’s comment, Campbell said,

“There’s an opportunity to begin the dialogue, to understand what the city would like around affordable housing. We also have needs within our communities for affordable housing, as well. So I think that those opportunities to work, live and play in that area will be quite exciting as we begin developing.”

The three Nations will now embark on what is expected to be a lengthy process of meeting with city planners, politicians and the public to determine what should be developed on the property, which has spectacular views of the ocean and sits across the street from Jericho Beach Park.

“The sooner we can meet with the city, the better,” said Campbell, noting it could take two to three years to complete the rezoning process with the city. “That way, a lot of the anxiety that might be heightened at this time with people wondering what could occur down there, I think we can try and continue with communications so that we’re able to let people know what the process entails.”

The Jericho Hill Centre, the Jericho Hill Gym and Pool and the West Point Grey Academy have leases on the land that expire in 2020. The Jericho Garrison is also on the property. @Howellings

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Concord Pacific buys Molson Brewery for $185m Emma Crawford Hampel

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“Concord’s long-term vision is to attract knowledgebased local and global tech companies to this site.”

However, in terms of turning the site into mixeduse property, the City of Vancouver emailed BIV a statement saying it has not received a rezoning application for the site.

“The property is zoned industrial and shown in the regional context statement as industrial, any change to that would require a regional amendment by Metro Vancouver,” the statement said.

“The City’s policies for these lands are set, and staff are not contemplating any changes to current policies.”

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Concord Pacific, one of British Columbia’s largest new-home developers, said it plans to “create a… sustainable mixed-use addition to Vancouver,” according to a statement from Concord senior vice-president of development Peter Webb.

“The Concord Pacific group’s venture capital arm invests actively in the IT, telecom and green technology industries,” Webb said.

“Concord owns and operates Maximizer, a Vancouver-based IT company, Novus Entertainment, a local telecom company servicing thousands of households in Vancouver as well as Concord Green Energy with green power generating projects across the country.

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The condo developer said it plans to turn it into a mixed-use property, but the City of Vancouver said there are no plans to rezone the industrial site The mystery has been solved: it was Concord Pacific, on Burrard Street, with $185 million.

In November, Business in Vancouver reported that the Molson brewery had been sold for more than $100 million over its assessed value to an undisclosed buyer. At that time, rumour had it that the sale price was $185 million — a figure that has now been confirmed.

The deal closed March 31. According to documents emailed to BIV from real estate market analysis service RealNet, as of the sale date, the assessed value of the building was $15.4 million and the land was worth $33.6 million, for a total assessment of $49 million.

A Concord spokesperson has confirmed that Concord will lease back to the property to Molson to continue to operate until a new brewery is built.

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The Midnight Cheer Athletics club was one of two Vancouver teams that competed in the 10th annual Sea to Sky International Cheerleading Championships at the Vancouver Convention Centre last weekend. Bows worn by competitors are designed to attract attention on stage as well as represent camaraderie. See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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Vancouver cheerleading squads put a bow on it Local teams win at international cheerleading competition

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Akin to a peacock’s plumage or a lion’s threatening roar, the purpose of a cheer bow is to both attract and intimidate. The giant butterfly of stiff ribbon sits on top of the cheerleader’s head, faces forward, the exclamation point to the hairstyle statement, which include a variety of ponytails ranging from simple to impressive walls of backcombing that would have done any 1960s-era girl group proud.

A team of six-year-old girls in their hot pink-andblack cheerleading uniforms marched down the corridor at the Vancouver Convention Centre Saturday afternoon to the warm-up room of the 10th annual Sea to Sky International Cheerleading Championships, held Friday through Sunday. As they passed, arms interlocked with one other, their

backpacks glittered with the words “Fear the Bow” — parting words for anybody who stepped aside to make room for their mini train.

In the warm-up room, which is essentially the backstage area where athletes hang out and practise their routines before performing on the big stage in the next room over, members of Vancouver’s Midnight Cheer Athletics team talked about bow power.

“The competition bows, they’re made to shine on stage,” said Midnight coach Sarah Betcher Rice. “You see somebody with a bow in a bag or on a bag, you know they probably cheer.”

“And,” added Midnight athlete Damla Alper, who is on the Dazzle team, “they do make you hold your head up high.”

Ellie Saplywy from the Kitsilano Blue Demons high school team says she has at least 40 bows col-

lected from her six years of cheerleading, including the white bejeweled version she wore, complete with a silver crown fastened to its centre — an appropriate choice for the Grade 9 cheerleader as Kits cleaned up at the championships. The Demons won the senior varsity 4.2 division, the Sea to Sky High School championship and an all-expenses paid bid to compete at the High School Worlds to represent the B.C. Cheerleading Association in Florida next February.

The bows also represent camaraderie. While Midnight and Kitsilano, the only two Vancouver proper teams (the Vancouver All-Stars are based in Port Coquitlam and Tsawwassen) are not officially affiliated with one another, there is overlap of athletes and resources.

Kitsilano thanked Midnight on its Facebook page for its support in opening

its gym doors so they had somewhere to practise other than two wrestling mats on the school’s cafeteria floor.

To further prove the point of spirit, most of the practice and competition bows on Kitsilano’s and Midnight’s heads are made by Cathy Neumann, a mother of a Midnight cheerleader.

It was camaraderie that Alper, a Lord Byng secondary student, found in cheerleading. The Grade 12 student discovered Midnight Cheer Athletics three years ago, in Grade 9 science class, when a friend offered to take her to the club’s open house. Alper had gymnastics experience from her early years, but it wasn’t her sport.

“I was about seven and I was not enjoying gymnastics,” she said emphatically.

“My older sister was very talented and everybody thought I would be the same and I was not. When

I went into cheerleading, Karen [Fraser, Midnight’s head coach and owner] told me I had a lot of potential, so that was nice.

I felt like I fit in, I love the teamwork aspect of it. It was what I was looking for all those years ago.”

Modern cheerleading does not involve pompoms, and its purpose is not to cheer on the high school football teams from the sidelines as it was known for during the 1950s. It’s a sport that involves choreography and elements of gymnastics that include tumbling, cartwheels, flips and other stunts — a collection of skills that bring the sport back to its early days when it involved the same skill set, but mostly performed by men up until the Second World War. At the weekend championships, teams performed complex routines on stage for two-and-a-half minutes

with the goal of “hitting zero” — meaning a clean score card. Teams train for hours a week to master the difficult routines, which had many in the audience holding their breath.

“People understand what they’re doing, they’re trained really well, and they know they’re responsible for one another,” said Betcher Rice.

“It would be a much more dangerous sport than what it is if we weren’t trained as well as we are,” added Alper.

Alper’s Dazzle team went on to place fourth out of eight teams in the senior level 2 division. Midnight also found success with its senior stunt group with a first-place finish. The Midnight Cheer Athletics club’s Sophia Gaber won the youth level 2 individual division, and Jasper Schaller and Kristen McKay won the junior level 4 duo division. @rebeccablissett

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Block intended for pedestrians Continued from page 5 The 800-block of Robson Street is on the No. 5 Robson/Downtown bus route and TransLink has had to reroute buses every summer to accommodate the closure of the stretch. Previous city reports described the transit route as important because it connects the downtown and West End. Seniors wanting to get to the main library, shopping, theatres and transit hubs rely heavily on the bus, the report said.

Anthony Kupferschmidt, executive director of the West End Seniors’ Network, said his organization sent a letter in September 2012 to Mayor Gregor Robertson and city council that outlined seniors’ concerns about the summer closures.

“The bus re-route around the Robson Street closure is confusing and circuitous,” the letter said.

“While some many suggest that transit users simply walk to Granville Street from Burrard and Robson, this can be very difficult for seniors and others with mobility issues, particularly as we head into the wet, cold

fall and winter months.”

The letter ends: “We also know that it can be very difficult for younger, able-bodied people to appreciate just how challenging disruptions to services as key as public transit can be for many seniors.

We ask that, in this case, you reconsider any thought of further closures of major transit routes like Robson Street.”

Kupferschmidt said the letter is relevant today, particularly upon hearing the news the city wants to close the stretch year-round. He said he’s heard the No. 5 bus could be rerouted to run off Robson onto Burrard — and the other side of the block — to Seymour Street.

“Even shifting the No. 5 bus route a couple of blocks means that older adults who rely on transit to get around can’t easily access much of the downtown core,” he said. “Even walking that couple of blocks can be very challenging for seniors who are mobility impaired. We’ve heard from a lot of members who are concerned what that means for accessing services downtown.”

Chris Bryan, a TransLink media relations advisor,

said if city council follows through on city staff’s recommendation and permanently closes the stretch of Robson, then the No. 5 bus will be diverted along Burrard and West Pender streets.

“Our partners at the City of Vancouver can better speak to the closures,” Bryan said in an email to the Courier. “I can tell you the bus route concepts being explored during the recent Downtown Bus Service Review take into consideration possible changes being considered by the City of Vancouver that could affect how and where customers travel.”

The bus service review report, which was released in August 2015, suggests using Burrard, Seymour and Richards streets to accommodate rerouting of the No. 5 bus from the 800-block Robson Street.

“Once the City of Vancouver confirms the expected future programming of Robson Square closures for the next five years as well as longer term, a final agreement will be confirmed for the [No.] 5 Robson/Downtown,” the report said. @Howellings

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Money talks... will Gregor listen?

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oney talks. But when it comes to plans for the Molson Coors brewery land, I wouldn’t bet that Gregor Robertson and the city’s Vision Vancouver council will listen. That is even though Terry Hui’s Concord Pacific, which picked up that three-hectare chunk at the south end of the Burrard Bridge, has been a major donor ($40,000 in 2014) to the Vision cause over the years.

Earlier this week, the mayor’s office was on the phone with Terry Hui trying to understand just what he had in mind. Vision councillor Raymond Louie says, ‘Concord was premature in putting out its statement.’

This particular choice piece of industrial zoned real estate has been the subject of speculation for at least the past several months. Most recently the Province published a piece declaring that a “Chinese Syndicate” headed by Sun Commercial Real Estate was involved in a “crowd funding” scheme inviting overseas buyers onto what was going to be a residential project on the site.

Amidst comments from city officials that they knew nothing, that story faded. But rumours persisted about who the buyer was. And now we learned this week that

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it was Concord Pacific that picked up the property for $185 million. According to the Globe and Mail, Concord’s development vice-president Peter Webb said that while they have agreed to lease the property back to the brewery until a new facility is built, Concord will proceed with plans “to include a mixed-use residential neighborhood with a knowledge-based work center.”

For decades now, Vancouver and other municipalities in the region have been steadily munching away at their industrial land base to replace it with housing. By one estimate, half the industrial land the city had back in 1970 has since been released for other uses, primarily housing.

And much of that has meant condos and townhouses.

That would include the Expo 86 land, also bought and developed by Concord Pacific, a development that dramatically changed the face of this city.

More recently the region has attempted to put the brakes on the conversion of industrial land through its Regional Growth Strategy, a strategy the city has signed on to. Industrial land is a precious commodity in a region that wants to create relatively high paying sustainable jobs within its boundaries.

So, changing the use of the Molson land along the lines envisioned by Concord at the moment would take more than a decision by Vancouver’s council. The whole region would have to be on side.

And as Vancouver Green Party councillor Adriane Carr noted on CBC Radio earlier this week, as she expressed surprise at Concord’s proposal, Vancouver has been one of the main drivers at the regional table defending both agricultural and industrial land with the Metro region.

So it is highly unlikely that metro politicians would go along with any plans to

cut this piece of land out of the industrial land inventory.

It is also highly unlikely that Concord’s proposal will even get past city hall. Earlier this week, the mayor’s office was on the phone with Terry Hui trying to understand just what he had in mind. Vision councillor Raymond Louie says, “Concord was premature in putting out its statement.”

Vision councillor Geoff Meggs says of the Concord proposal “that is a big hill to climb and I am skeptical that council will climb that hill with them.”

But what councillors do say is that there is a re-think going on both at the city and region wide about just what “industrial use” of land means particularly in this digital age.

They know that Terry Hui has major investments in high-tech companies.

They also know that it is not in Vancou-

ver’s job-creation interests to limit the term “industrial” to milling wood, making steel chain and producing cement.

The city has already rezoned areas to create high-tech zones. These are areas where companies can set up to manufacture software and other “green job hubs.”

That kind of evolution in industrial land use is, however, a long way from “a mixed use residential neighborhood” that Concord announced for the Molson property this week.

As one senior city staffer said, nothing will happen from the city’s point of view in this term. Terry Hui is in this for the “long game” and he may very well at some point in the future just decide to flip the property, take his profit for what is still in this city a rare asset and move on. @allengarr

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Not so sweet on honey bee hives Re: “Beekeepers offer residents honey of a deal to host hives,” April 6.

We must look deeper into this important issue, as [these beekeepers’] efforts, while well-meaning, are misguided. This is for two reasons — honey bees are not native to the Americas and the loss of pollinators is primarily due to habitat loss and thus remedial initiatives should focus on planting bee-friendly perennials, shrubs, and trees, not encouraging invasive insects.

We grow up with an image of what a bee is, and most of us like honey, but our native bees differ in a number of ways.

They can pollinate 15 times more effectively than a honey bee. They are solitary and lay their eggs typically in holes in logs or in the ground. These include mason, carpenter, miner, sweat, leaf-cutter. The exception is the bumblebee — it makes a nest, containing about 100 bees. Only honey bees utilize hives — which can contain 50,000 individuals.

As can be deduced, setting up honey bee hives puts increased pressure on our already stressed native pollinators. (Some species are nearing extinction.) This group includes butterflies, moths, beetles, hummingbirds, wasps and bats. All evolved locally with our native plants.

For those interested in food security and helping the environment, I would encourage turning over any part of a yard, verge, or balcony to pollen and nectar-rich plants and installing mason bee boxes. If given the chance, nature rebounds. Build it and they will come.

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TransLink’s turnstiles won’t stop fare evaders Re: “Fare gate closures logical step in ending culture of freeloading,” April 6.

Turnstiles and gates have never prevented fare evaders to use transit systems without paying. Anyone that has used regularly rapid transit in London, Paris, New York, Toronto and other big towns have noticed it.

Japanese transit systems are private for the most part. At rush hours the gates are wide open as huge crowds literally run through the gates (the validators can read cards held a few centimetres above them, or even those in a pocket).

The staff doesn’t bother with cheaters as it would inconvenience too many people (some Japanese stations have several millions passengers A DAY!) I have already seen people cheat TransLink by either pushing gates hard

and entering or having one person scan their card and entering with their buddy glued to their back. A couple of TransLink policemen told me the same thing.

At any rate most of the fare evasions in most systems take place in buses. To be fair, most people do swipe the card on the 99 B line that I use daily.

Taping only when entering a bus is — contrary to what TransLink brains think — pretty much the rule in many transit systems.

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World class status comes at a price Re: “‘Extreme makeover’ erodes Vancouver’s allure,” April 6.

I don’t often agree with Geoff Olson, but this time I think he’s expressed a lot of the same thoughts I’ve had regarding the way our city has changed. I grew up in Vancouver and while I remember the excitement of Expo 86 (its anniversary is soon coming up), I have this to say: Congratulations, Vancouver. You are indeed “on the map” now and a “world class city.” Too bad, however, you forgot to see the price tag attached to your flashy new status.

Roland Derksen, Vancouver

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Cuts affect everyone Re: “Vancouver school sports admin not ‘a pawn,’ says coach,” April 7.

Allina’s feelings are understandable but misplaced. The board cutting his position is more likely to try to distribute cuts across all faculties and programs. Athletics are important, but so are fine arts, gifted programs, ELL, special needs, etc., which have faced successive cuts and are facing them once again. Encouraging students to advocate for their teacher/program at the board is important. I’ve done it myself many times.

Unfortunately saving your coordinator, your program, or your school is only a short-term solution that 1) pits students and programs against one another, and 2) focuses the blame and advocacy efforts on the wrong source. We would better serve students by explaining why the cuts are being proposed and advocating they and their parents lobby the provincial government to adequately fund public education *for all*. We all need to shake off the austerity mindset and demand Christy Clark and Mike Bernier not just adequately fund public education, but fund a well resourced, innovative system that values all students and their dreams, not just the short-sighted economic goals of the government of the day.

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City wades into heated debate over Advocates on both sides of Airbnb claim to have been threatened and harassed

James Smith

jameswes1981@gmail.com

The debate over shortterm rentals in the city is heating up to the point of boiling over. Last week, less than 24 hours after Vancouver city council unanimously passed a motion directing staff to look into short-term rentals in the municipality through websites like Airbnb, advocates on both sides of the issue are claiming to have received threats and harassment online.

Last Wednesday, after council’s vote was reported by the media, a source who had previously spoken to the Courier for this story asked not to be named or quoted because of the negative attention it had drawn.

“I have received a torrent of anonymous threatening messages over the previous three hours and was forced to remove all of my advocacy accounts respecting short-term rentals,” the source wrote in an email.

“At this point, I cannot sleep and I fear for my personal safety.”

It’s not the only incidence of someone claiming to be threatened. Emily Plommer, who spoke before council in support of short-term rentals, cancelled an interview with the Vancouver Sun the next day because of the vitriol thrown her way.

Plommer had told council that she and her partner could barely make ends meet, and listing the basement studio suite in their two-bedroom property, with the permission of their landlord and proper insurance and paperwork, was the only way they could afford to pay the monthly $4,000 rent.

It was later discovered the couple had three units listed on Airbnb: the basement suite, the second bedroom in their apartment and an entire suite the couple allegedly owns in a separate building. Plommer’s LinkedIn profile also came under fire, as she lists “Airbnb host” as her occupation and states that in 2014 she and her partner had 94 guests between their two properties and gross earnings of more than $30,000.

Reaction online was

swift and unforgiving, as anti-Airbnb advocates quickly spread the word on social media and alerted the media.

Plommer told the Courier the animosity she’s received is based on misinformation about her situation.

She said she bought the condo with a substantial loan from family and rents it out on Airbnb for four to six months at a time per user and reiterated that if weren’t for the rentals, she and her partner would not be able to afford the place they live now.

She said her experience is why other Airbnb hosts aren’t speaking out publicly in support of shortterm rentals.

“Nobody wants to come forward and talk about their experience because of this exact thing that’s happened, you know? Nobody wants to be jumped on by media and be asked all the questions on behalf of every single host in the city,” Plommer said. “We all do it for different reasons, even though some of them might be similar, and we’ve all had different experiences.

We’ve all heard the stories of other hosts coming forward in other cities and just getting reamed.”

An administrator for the Facebook group Vancouver Airbnb Hosts Community, who refused to give his or her name, said over Facebook messenger that the group’s members are fearful of speaking out because of what’s happened to Plommer and others.

Cause for concern

Coun. Geoff Meggs tabled the motion directing city staff to look into shortterm rentals through websites like Airbnb and their impact on housing stock, an issue more and more people claim is a growing drain on the municipality’s scant supply of rental housing, worsening affordability and livability in the city.

The city’s zoning and development bylaw prohibits rentals for less than a month unless in approved zones for hotel and bed-and-breakfast businesses and accompanied by an appropriate city business licence.

J Eva Vladinski and Ulrike Rodrigues have spent the last few years fighting unwanted Airbnb units in their Mount Pleasant condo building.

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“We know from a lot of independent research that there’s thousands of listings on Airbnb and Airbnb itself has said that Metro Vancouver, but especially the city of Vancouver, is one their largest markets in North America,” Meggs told the Courier. “In the last year, concern has become really acute because of the low vacancy rates in longterm rentals, and although it’s illegal anywhere to rent for less than 30 days without a business licence and so forth, the fact that tenants may be violating their leases and the bylaw is, I think, undoubtedly reducing our vacancy rate and driving up rents.”

It’s well established Lower Mainland residents care about affordability, especially as it pertains to housing. Recent coverage has identified and focused on a number of potential culprits responsible for Metro Vancouver’s skyrocketing real estate prices, such as assignment sales (a.k.a. shadow flipping) by unscrupulous realtors, wealthy foreign buyers using properties here as tax shelters, and condominiums bought as investment properties that

wind up sitting empty for months, even years.

Now, online short-term rental services such as Airbnb, HomeAway and VRBO (Vacation Rentals

by Owner) are the latest to feel the heat. Opponents say the rising number of properties listed on these sites often comes at the expense of rental units in a city that according the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation has a less than one per cent rental vacancy rate.

“What I think the motion tries to do is say let’s evolve our regulations to meet this new reality so that we really balance public safety and consumer protection with this evolving technology,” Meggs said. “I think there will be some sort of shortterm rental program after this review, as there is now, but it’ll reflect better what is actually going on in the market place.”

Meggs called the issue a complex one that municipalities all over North America are dealing with, mostly unsuccessfully. He said the regulatory regimes that have evolved, even those created in cooperation with Airbnb, are often

undermined by people who ignore them, or have been ineffective for other reasons.

‘Canary in a coalmine’

Ulrike Rodrigues, who runs the Facebook page Homes Not Hotels — No Airbnb and who also spoke before council last Wednesday, said she’s used Airbnb in the past and is not against the service outright, but stressed that unless government steps in to curb the problem, shortterm rentals coming at the expense of market rentals will only become more common.

Rodrigues owns and lives in a suite at the Fairfax, a stratified 60-unit building in Mount Pleasant. She and other owners have spent the last few years fighting unwanted Airbnb units in the building. Until recently, 10 former market rental suites, all of which are owned by real estate agent Zul Jiwa and various members of his family, were listed on Airbnb as short-term rentals.

In 2014, the building’s strata council fined Jiwa and company more than $18,000 for numerous strata bylaw infractions relating

to the 10 suites, including unreported tenant move-ins and move-outs, unauthorized alterations and damage to common property, and illegally constructed walls in some of the units in order to convert them from bachelor into one-bedroom suites. According to the City of Vancouver, no permits were issued for any alterations to the suites.

At the strata’s annual general meeting in February 2015, Jiwa, his son-inlaw Jamil Manji and two other owners became the new strata council, and at a later meeting reversed all sanctions against Jiwa and his family.

Rodrigues and other owners at the Fairfax allege that, despite repeated requests, they have yet to receive minutes from that last AGM or any subsequent council meetings, making it impossible for them to know why the fines were cancelled or whether Jiwa or Manji were involved in that decision. Owners say they have also been denied copies of the strata’s audited financial statements and that the deadline for holding the 2016 AGM has come and gone.

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short-term rentals The alleged infractions are violations of both the strata’s bylaws and B.C.’s Strata Property Act. Jiwa did not respond to the Courier’s requests for an interview.

Rodrigues called her building a “canary in a coalmine,” saying what’s happening to rental units there is almost certainly happening elsewhere in Vancouver.

“When you have a shared building and somebody wants to offer their suite, either as an owner or as a renter, it’s problematic because you’re in a shared building and there’s no accountability to the other neighbours,” Rodrigues said, adding it’s worse when a real estate agent, business person or commercial interest takes an empty suite, outfits it as a hotel room and offers it on Airbnb.

Eva Vladinski has lived at the Fairfax with her husband for 30 years and was on the strata council that levied the fines against Jiwa and his family. What bothers her most about the short-term rentals in her building is that it’s being done without consulting other owners or getting strata approval. She said several owners have complained to the city, but were referred back to their strata council.

“Unfortunately, our council is the ones who are doing it,” Vladinski said.

“I have nothing against Airbnb in a building where everybody agrees to it or in a private home… but this is our home, not a hotel.”

Currently, enforcement of the relevant city bylaws is complaints driven, and to date the city says it has received few complaints about short-term rentals and that listing a rental for under the 30-day minimum isn’t enough to prove a violation.

“We have not gone and tried to do a big sweep and force everybody to be in the existing B&B bylaw,” Meggs said. “That would be an enormous undertaking.”

Number cruncher

Karen Sawatzky, a master’s candidate in urban studies at Simon Fraser University, has studied the number and type of Airbnb listings in Vancouver and their implications on Vancouver’s rental housing policies. Though she recognizes there are challenges and

Coun. Geoff Meggs: “We have not gone and tried to do a big sweep and force everybody to be in the existing B&B bylaw. That would be an enormous undertaking.” PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.

political costs that go along with enforcing bylaws, she would like to see the city start by going after the “lowhanging fruit” of people with multiple listings.

“I’d like to see the city proactively enforce its bylaw, because not proactively enforcing its bylaw is allowing its own rental housing policy goals to be undermined,” Sawatzky said. “One of the goals in [Vancouver’s] housing and homelessness strategy is to protect existing rental stock. Well, the city’s not protecting existing rental stock by choosing not to enforce its own bylaw unless someone calls and complains about it.”

Listings on Airbnb fall into one of three room types: shared room, private room or entire home/apartment. Most of listings for Vancouver are for entire homes/apartments, fluctuating between 67 and 71 per cent of all units on the site, a figure that Sawatzky says flies in the face of what Airbnb claims to be about.

“In the past [Airbnb]’s sort of PR narrative was this is just people sharing their own homes where they live [or] they’re just renting their spare bedrooms,” Sawatzky said. “That’s probably how Airbnb started out, but I think it’s been quite a while since it’s been that way.”

Sawatzky said it’s important to look at entire home/ apartment listings in particular, though not exclusively, because any of those units

that are being used exclusively as short-term rentals or tourist accommodations have the potential to impact the rental vacancy rate.

Although a relatively small percentage of the operators, or “hosts” as Airbnb calls them, in Vancouver list two or more units (between 13 and 15 per cent), Sawatzky found they account for more than one-third of total listings.

Sawatzky’s research focused specifically on rentals available through airbnb. com, but it could easily reflect the overall shape of the short-term rental market. She stressed, however, that contrary to what some people may think, the impact short-term rentals have on the municipality’s rental housing stock is as much a mystery to her as to anyone.

“A lot of people ask me this and the answer is disappointing to them, that I am not able to quantify the specific impact on vacancy rates of Airbnb listings because there’s so many things that affect vacancy rates,” Sawatzky said. “I don’t have the kind of statistical background that would allow me to isolate Airbnb or short-term rentals as a factor from all the other factors.”

Her research does show Airbnb listings in Vancouver are proliferating at an incredible rate. Between Jan. 1 to June 1, 2015 the number of individual listings increased by 17 per cent, from 2,978 to 3,473.

According to in-

sideairbnb.com, a website that accumulates and analyzes data on Airbnb usage worldwide and that Sawatzky used to complement and corroborate her own research, by Dec. 3, 2015 that number had swelled another 36 per cent to 4,728. Sawatzky says that number has undoubtedly grown since.

Meggs’ motion directed staff to look at what other cities are doing to address issues surrounding shortterm rentals and “to seek co-operation from Airbnb and other listing services, including detailed data on listings, to ensure an accurate assessment of the issue.” Sawatzky, however, says similar efforts by other municipalities haven’t worked out terribly well.

“There’s nowhere that I’ve seen that Airbnb is providing local governments with the type of data that they actually need to understand the scope of the problem and to address it properly and enforce the bylaws that in many cases Airbnb is breaking because [that 30-day minimum] is quite common,” Sawatzky said. “The only government agency I know that has been successful in getting listing data from Airbnb is the State of New York’s attorney general, and that was achieved through subpoena in 2014.”

According to Sawatzky, the arrangements some cities have made with Airbnb to try to regulate short-term rentals and collect tax on the transaction rely entirely on Airbnb to self-report the tax revenue it brings in since they refuse to share user information and other critical data with the municipalities.

“From what I understand, in most cases Airbnb collects the taxes and then it hands those taxes over quarterly or whatever in a lump sum to the municipalities and basically says, ‘This is the taxes that are owed. Trust us,’” Sawatzky said. “[Airbnb release] this PR stuff that says ‘we’re here to make cities stronger’ and ‘we’re here to make housing more affordable,’ but they don’t provide the data to back that up. This is why I say they haven’t proven to be a trustworthy or cooperative partner for local government.”

A longer version of this story appears at vancourier.com. @jameswesmith

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10th Avenue Health Precinct: Design Options

The City is planning to improve the 10th Avenue Corridor to better accommodate people walking and cycling for all ages and abilities. Building on what we heard from you at public open houses held last fall, we have focussed our initial efforts on developing options for the Health Precinct, the portion of the 10th Avenue Corridor between Oak and Yukon Streets.

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Is Vancouver really running out of land?

Michael Geller

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We are often told that Vancouver is running out of land.

While the region is constrained by ocean, mountains and ALR, a more important issue is whether we are really making the best use of the land we already have. I do not believe we are.

This was the underlying theme of my recent lecture titled “12 New Affordable Housing Ideas,” which followed up on a similar lecture just over a year ago.

There are numerous ways we can create new housing sites in the region if we just use our imagination. They range from the small — subdividing corner lots for smaller, detached single-family houses — to large-scale redevelopment of aging public and social housing projects.

When you fly over Vancouver you see a lot of green and blue, but there is also a lot of grey. The grey areas include streets, rooftops, and large swaths of indus-

trial lands.

I see real potential in building housing on top of existing apartment buildings and other rooftops. While this might seem far-fetched, it is already happening in many places. One Toronto non-profit increased the number of units by locating modular housing units on its rooftop. It’s an excellent way to conserve and upgrade older buildings, and increase housing stock.

While in the past progressive zoning bylaws separated residential and industrial development to prevent people from having to live next to noxious industry, today’s industry is very different from our grandfather’s industry. I foresee many opportunities for mixing new housing with uses such as high-tech industries, and even warehousing, storage, and other similar uses.

In response to those who might be concerned this will simply increase the value of industrial land, I would argue that as long as industrial development is maximized, does it really matter if land values rise because the sites

Vancouver is constrained by ocean, mountains and ALR, but columnist Michael Geller says a more important issue is whether we are making the best use of the land we already have.

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can now accommodate new housing.

Many Vancouver architects and planners will remember a 1980s downtown Vancouver zoning policy that allowed residential development on the upper floors of office buildings, provided the amount of office space was increased.

This “4+1+1” zoning provision, which allowed extra housing density in return for an additional office space, might be a precedent for future development on light industrial lands.

I also see opportunities to build new housing over public infrastructure such as roads and railway lines, in-

cluding key nodes along the recently acquired Arbutus Railway Corridor.

My talk also suggested other ideas.

While it’s often sacrilege to suggest that we should be building on green spaces, I know of two green spaces that should be developed for housing. The first is a berm running along Sixth Avenue that was created to protect future residents of the south shore of False Creek from railway noise. Now that the railway no longer runs, we should build new market and non-market housing here.

We should also cut off a strip of the Langara Golf Course, fronting along Cambie Street for new housing. This would be very feasible, without destroying the golf course. More importantly, given the new Canada Line station and land values in the area, this would make a lot of sense.

I would also like to see more housing over water, noting the desirability of floating homes. While I acknowledge these homes must not interfere with the operations of Port Metro

Vancouver, there are many locations where floating homes could be accommodated. Furthermore, they may be the best solution to address rising sea levels and climate change.

As I noted in my last column, the 2012 Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing included excellent recommendations on how to create more affordable housing. While the city’s chief housing officer attended my talk, he has not yet called to thank me for my suggestions. However, I hope the city will now carry out an annual review of the task force recommendations to see how much progress we are making.

I also urge city planners to prepare an overall planning framework for the city, including new procedures to determine how we finance growth, since the current “let’s make a deal” approach to determining community amenity contributions is unfair, and adding to the cost of housing.

But that’s another story for another day. @michaelgeller

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The best BC parks to explore this spring

BC boasts more than 1,000 provincial parks and protected areas – from public beaches, rare ecosystems and endangered wildlife habitats to unique geography and priceless First Nations heritage.

Whether you’re planning a day out with the kids, a photo safari or epic expedition, here’s a short list of parks worth visiting.

BRING THE FAMILY Vancouver Island offers a wonderland of lush forests, ocean shores, seaside towns and adventure-ready parks. A great choice for families is Englishman River Falls Provincial Park near Parksville, where a stroll

through silent forests ends at two thundering waterfalls.

Nearby provincial parks include Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park, renowned for its long sandcastlefriendly beach, and MacMillan Provincial Park, where Cathedral Grove’s massive old-growth Douglas firs loom above the forest floor.

For star gazing and wienie roasts, hop a ferry to Salt Spring Island’s Ruckle Provincial Park. The seaside sites are walk-in, but that’s part of the fun: wheelbarrow your gear a few minutes from the parking lot and you have spectacular ocean views, easy hiking trails and kilometres of beachcombing without a car in sight. Ruckle Park is set on a century-old homestead and is still part working farm.

WATCH FOR WILDLIFE Imagine watching mountain goats and big horn sheep scampering along narrow alpine ledges, or spotting

elk feeding by a forest pool, or seeing huge flocks of migratory birds returning to vibrant wetlands.

Thompson Okanagan is best known for its vineyard-studded hills and abundant orchards, but its lakeside bluffs, pine forests, grasslands and desert landscapes are favoured habitats for everything from deer and black bears to muskrats, beavers and birdlife.

Vaseux Lake Provincial Park, set on a lakeshore between Penticton and Oliver, is renowned for its wildlife.

Besides agile mountain goats and big horn sheep, Vaseux protects a variety of endangered species, including badgers, bats and night snakes. Trails lead to neighbouring Vaseux Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Or head east to the parks of BC’s Kootenay Rockies region. Set among the lakes and snow peaks, Kikomun Creek Provincial Park is home to a wealth of wildlife, including herons,

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Spring is a great time for a BC adventure, especially with a faltering loonie making travel south of the border so costly. But you’ll have some tough choices. There’s still plenty of skiing and snowboarding, but it’s also time to hit the hiking trails, launch the boat and break out the camping gear.

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elk and one of BC’s largest populations of endangered western painted turtles.

DIP THE PADDLE Desolation Sound is a magical destination for boaters, kayakers and scuba divers. Two ferry rides north of Vancouver, this island-dotted sound is lapped with clear, warm waters, peppered with snug coves and backed by towering snow peaks.

Desolation Sound is home to five parks, all with sheltered shorelines, and one of the best ways to see them is by kayak.

For a very different paddling experience, head east to the Cariboo Chilcotin. This vast landscape of ancient

forests, lakes and mountain ranges is the setting for the legendary Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit, a multi-day expedition that follows a series of lakes, streams, rivers and portages in Bowron Lake Provincial Park. The area abounds with moose, bear, beavers, otters and birdlife.

SEEK OUT NORTHERN TREASURES Prefer to relax in a spa-like pool, surrounded by orchids and wandering moose?

Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park is three hours north of Fort Nelson.

Set deep in BC’s northern boreal spruce forest, the hot springs, one of Canada’s largest, creates a micro-

climate warm enough to support such tropical flora as yellow monkey flowers, ostrich ferns and orchids. A boardwalk passes through the forest and a warm water swamp, leading to an openair pool where temperatures stay a toasty 42-52°C year round.

More unique geology is on hand further west at Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a.

Also known as Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park, this spot, north of Terrace, is the site of a massive volcanic eruption that created an almost lunar landscape about 250 years ago.

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Deprescribing Network advocates for proper medication use A reader asks, “What does the latest research tell us about seniors and prescription medications?”

Spoiler alert: overmedication (“polypharmacy”) in the elderly is a problem. The B.C. Seniors Advocate has raised the alarm recently about the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs in long-term care facilities.

Seniors in long-term care take twice as many drugs as other elderly Canadians, but it’s not just seniors in care who are overmedicated. In 2012, approximately twothirds of seniors submitted claims for five or more drug classes and 27 per cent had 10 or more, according to

the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Getting the right medications to the right seniors in the right amounts is an ongoing challenge. The good news is that we are about to get some help with that.

The Canadian Deprescribing Network is a new national group of health professionals, researchers and patients working to reduce unnecessary or harmful prescription drug use, particularly by seniors.

They want to wean seniors off inappropriate drugs.

One of the first tasks of the group is to develop a plan for improving

prescribing for the elderly in Canada. There are numerous guidelines that tell physicians when it’s appropriate to start a drug, but not when it might be appropriate to stop. The result is that when drugs are commenced they are rarely ceased.

There is ample evidence that links unnecessary drug prescribing in the elderly to adverse events, poor physical function, hospitalizations and increased costs and deaths.

Overmedication can lead to poorer health outcomes.

I get that. The question is can most medications be stopped safely?

I found studies that demonstrate that it is safe to withdraw psychotic medication in nursing home patients, that stopping anti-psychotic medication in the elderly with Alzheimer’s disease lowered the risk of death and that stopping fallrisk medications reduced the incidence of falls.

Indeed, simply getting a geriatrician to review the medications has been shown to reduce unnecessary medication and adverse events.

...I’m not an anti-drug crusader.

The network has focused its initial efforts on three other classes of medications: benzodiazepines — a

sedative for insomnia, proton pump inhibitors — used to treat heartburn and ulcers, and some long acting oral diabetes drugs.

A review of medicine withdrawal studies in older people in Australia found that withdrawal was rarely associated with adverse effects, except for some heart medications.

Let’s be clear here — I’m not an anti-drug crusader.

Appropriate medications can help seniors live longer and more active lives and some older adults will always require one or more medications. Deprescribing medication, if and when appropriate, isn’t something you should try at home by yourself — it should always be done under the supervision of a physician.

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Against all odds, the 69-year-old grandmother’s feature-length film, Stolen Path, has garnered awards and international recognition. Growing up in Croatia, Smitlener read Moc zemlje by Janoko Matko, a love story about a spoiled rich girl and a

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“I asked [my granddaughter] Daniela if she wanted to be in a movie I dreamt of making,” Smitlener explains. “She gave me the incentive to go ahead — my idea seemed crazy to everyone but her. And once I get something in my mind, it gets done.”

Incredibly, 16-year-old Daniela Smitlener won two best actress awards at independent film festivals, and, like her grandmother, had no previous film experience.

After writing the script, Smitlener advertised on Craigslist for “someone to direct an indie love story.”

After shooting at her friend’s castle in Croatia, back in the editing room in Vancouver Smitlener unfortunately discovered the director didn’t share her vision. Undeterred, Smitlener found another director, John Banovich, again through Craigslist.

and raised in a village similar to that in the book, I know how hard it was to live and work there.”

And she’s a hard worker.

Smitlener taught herself how to write the script and got involved in all aspects of production. She did most of the catering, found some of the crew on Craigslist and costumes on eBay, but marketing is her biggest challenge.

“Getting the film into festivals was the easy part, selling it is the hardest,” she says. “I’m a simple person.

People look at me and aren’t interested, especially when they find out it’s my first film, and at my age.”

But Smitlener may prove them wrong.

“I want to tell youth and seniors to follow your dreams. Even without financial resources, if you

Only about 30 per cent of the footage was saved from the cutting room floor, but being familiar with loss, Smitlener soldiered on.

“I lost my son 17 years ago, but it feels like yesterday,” she says. “I coped by working 12 hour days and haven’t stopped.

If my mind isn’t on work, it would be on sad things.

I live by myself — no one would put up with the way I work. I was born

have passion I believe you will attract people who can help,” Smitlener says. “Start creating and you’ll soon develop a network. I don’t mean make a movie – bake cookies, visit the elderly.

You won’t have time to feel sorry for yourself.”

Words of wisdom indeed.

Would Smitlener do it again?

“With Daniela, anytime.”

Any regrets?

“None.”

Stolen Path makes its Canadian premiere April 17, at Vancouver Technical secondary’s auditorium.

Two screenings also take place April 20 to coincide with National Canadian Film Day at the University of B.C.’s Robson Square Theatre.

For more information, visit stolenpathmovie.com.

This new film from Goldie Smitlener tells the sweeping tale, true-life romantic tale of forbidden love, set against the backdrop of 19th century Croatia.

When otherwise engaged heiress Victoria falls for strong-willed Mathew, their passionate clandestine affair results in a ripple effect that threatens to tear their families apart.

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It was on an evening newscast in mid-March that CKNW radio journalist Shelby Thom reported that Vancouver city councillors voted themselves a generous double-digit pay increase, plus new health benefits, and additional bonus pay for those who were appointed to the coveted deputy and acting mayor positions.

The story eventually gained traction and was picked up by Vancouver Courier and other news outlets in the city.

What raised eyebrows about the pay increase story most of all, however, was not the additional cost to taxpayers.

It was the fact that council’s decision had been made three weeks earlier, and no media outlet either bothered to notice, or felt it was worth reporting.

Some news outlets decried the lack of transparency on the vote, saying the city should have issued a statement that would allow reporters to follow up.

As no journalist attended the evening council meeting where the pay increase was approved, the item was overlooked.

In another story published in the Courier’s sister publication Business in Vancouver, reporter Bob Mackin revealed through a freedom of information (FOI) request that nearly a quarter-million dollars had been spent on politically connected consultants from a slush fund operated by the office of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

It would be a full week before other newsrooms decided to also report on Mackin’s scoop.

What many do not know is that officials at the City

Because resources are limited in many newsrooms, much of the coverage is dependent on press releases instead of reporters seeking quotes from city representatives, or attending council meetings.

Declining coverage of municipal affairs is not a new phenomenon. It is, however, becoming a problem more of us should be concerned about.

Lately, we have devoted considerable national coverage to the issue of political donations and government lobbying.

But we have institutions that require donations and lobbying activity to be regularly revealed, reducing the risk of corruption considerably, at least at the provincial and federal levels.

By contrast, it is only after the fact that we learned how Metro Vancouver directors spent more than $200 million of your dollars on a brand new office, or how political insiders raked in huge contracts to run the failed transit referendum campaign.

Little, if any effort, is made to hold politicians accountable for stories like these.

While British Columbians shake their heads at the endless scandals that regularly beset Montreal politics, without dependable reporting of our own local government institutions how can we know similar corruption is not happening here?

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Furthermore, the public must know what is happening in real time, and not days, weeks or even months after it has already happened. @MikeKlassen

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But the city refused to provide it, using a loophole that allowed them to withhold the information provided it was released publicly within 60 business days.

When that period passed, Mackin filed a complaint to the province’s privacy regulator in mid-February.

In response, instead of fulfilling the original request immediately, the city opted to start a new file and extended the date to Friday, April 1.

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When it comes to being transparency challenged, TransLink is giving the City of Vancouver a run for its money.

During a recent open meeting of the TransLink board, reporters and the public were invited to watch the proceedings. However, because no background materials or meeting agenda were provided to the observers, reporting the proceedings became a nearly impossible feat.

When asked if a copy of the agenda was available, TransLink told those in attendance to look it up on its website. When asked if background information on the board deliberations was available, the response was “yes, but in five business days.”

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PACIFIC SPIRIT

St. Joseph’s transformed into parish of Vietnamese Catholics Part of an ongoing series on Vancouver’s ‘ethnic’ churches

Pat Johnson

PacificSpiritPJ@gmail.com

A 25-year-old and his 17-year-old sister board a sketchy boat with 185 other people, leaving the rest of their family behind to join a desperate flotilla of hundreds of thousands fleeing the dystopia their country has become. The engine fails and the vessel lists aimlessly in the sea.

Three passengers succumb to fatigue and lack of food.

The rest collect rain water for hydration.

This could be the eastern Mediterranean in 2016, but it is the South China Sea in the early 1980s. These refugees are not Syrians or Iraqis fleeing civil war and Islamist terror, but Vietnamese escaping the terrible aftermath of the Vietnam War, turmoil compounded by government oppression and the hardships caused by economic sanctions

brought on by Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia.

Father Paul Tran, now pastor at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, between Knight Street and that bend where Commercial Drive becomes Victoria, was the young man. His experience — and that of hundreds of thousands of other “boat people” — changed the face of communities worldwide who welcomed the Vietnamese refugees. For St. Joseph’s, the refugees, including the priest, have brought about a dramatic change that saw a large Catholic parish transform from a congregation that was overwhelmingly Filipino to one dominated by Vietnamese worshipers.

Each week, multiple Vietnamese-language services take place at St. Joseph’s. There are no longer any Tagalog services — though the congregation still includes a large

proportion of Filipinos — because time marches on and immigrants from the Philippines now celebrate mass in English.

It’s a large congregation, by the standards of a Vancouver church. About 1,200 families, the priest estimates, around half of whom are of Vietnamese origin or descent, most of them, Tran estimates, boat people or their descendants. A Vietnameselanguage mass is offered every day but Monday and twice on Sunday. At the English-language masses, you might expect a crowd that is about 60 per cent Filipino, with the rest representing Vancouver’s diversity of Caucasians, Chinese, Indian, Africans and South Americans.

It is impossible to precisely quantify how many boat people never made it to safety and Tran’s story is illustrative. The boat’s engine failed and

the passengers drifted for 10 days. Considering the vast openness of the sea, it was extremely fortunate that the winds ultimately pushed the boat onto an island belonging to the Philippines.

“We thought that we were going to die,” says Tran. “If the wind pushed us far away and we didn’t land on any island, most of us would have perished on the sea.”

In addition to the other factors leading Vietnamese to flee for their lives, Tran’s vocation studying for the Catholic priesthood presented an added danger. He was imprisoned for three years by the communist regime and, when he was released, he and his family concurred that he had no future in the country.

After their rescue by Filipino authorities, Tran and his sister were admitted to the United States,

where he continued his studies and became a priest in 1986. He moved to Calgary in 1999 and came to Vancouver in 2010.

That he is the pastor at St. Joseph’s parish is ironic in two ways. St. Joseph is the patron saint of Vietnam — a tradition dating back centuries to early missionaries and not, as I assumed, to the much-later French colonial experience. And, of course, it was the good fortune of Tran and the other survivors of his boat to have lived because they hit shore on an island of the Philippines all those years ago, not knowing he would ultimately lead a church congregation that was once overwhelmingly Filipino but, largely because of the boat people, would transform into a parish of Vietnamese Catholics.

Tran has been back to his country of origin a few

times. The first occasion was nerve-racking, he says, because he left the country, like other boat people, without permission and he had also spent years in a communist prison. The authorities, it turned out, didn’t seem to care, he says, perhaps because he wasn’t “important.”

With his experience, and leading a congregation made up of many refugees and their families, Tran says he feels for the Syrians and others now making treacherous treks across the Mediterranean.

“Nobody wants to leave their homeland,” he says.

“I feel sorry for them that they have to leave their own homeland, like me, but I hope that with the generosity of the government here and the people, all of us can open arms to accept them and help them to make their new life here.” @Pat604Johnson

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APRIL 9 Information Session 1:00-4:30pm APRIL 17 1st Workshop 1:00-4:00pm MAY 14 2nd Workshop 1:00-4:00pm JUNE 4 Community Showcase 1:00-3:00pm Family History with a Smartphone, PCHC-MoM Society & UBC Asian Library Workshop series on how to document oral family histories using smartphones. Learn how migration stories can be gathered and stored for future generations.

LOCATION: Info Session, Learning Exchange, 612 Main St. Other events, Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, UBC INFO: www.pchc-mom.ca; pchcmom.intern@gmail.com

FEB 13–MAY 8 Tak Tanabe, Sumie Art Exhibition, Nikkei Museum Showcase of over 35 brush painting works of accomplished artist Takao Tanabe. April 16th Curator’s Tour (2:00pm), April 30th Sumie Workshop (2:00-4:00pm).

LOCATION: Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre 6688 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby, BC INFO: nikkeiplace.org, 604-777-7000 MARCH 15–MAY 31 Book Art Installation by Naomi Kasumi, UBC Centre for Japanese Research Installation by Naomi Kasumi of 8 tapestry-like books with 8 stories, embedded with Japanese sutra calligraphy, digital images, personal writings, leaves, plants, and butterfly wings.

LOCATION: Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall | INFO: cjr.iar@ ubc.ca APRIL 2–MAY 31 Sawmills and Opera Houses: The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden and the origins of Chinatown, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden The origins of Vancouver’s Chinatown on the site of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden through historic maps, texts and archival photographs.

LOCATION: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden INFO: vancouverchinesegarden.com

APRIL 16 Official Opening Ceremony, explorASIAN 2016 Festival and Simon Fraser University, 10:00am Dignitaries join in celebrating 20th Anniversary of the festival with launch of “Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver”, Generation One Art Exhibit and Pan-Asian performances.

LOCATION: Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre, Simon Fraser University, 149 West Hastings St., Vancouver INFO: explorasian.org; office.vahms@gmail.com APRIL 17–MAY 31 Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society A photographic exhibition celebrating the past and present of exchange and multiculturalism in ancient Asia, and their impact in modern Vancouver.

LOCATION: Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver INFO: Leticia Sanchez, Chair Curator 604-421-2400, explorasian.org

APRIL 17 Sound of the Dragon Festival at the Richmond Public Library, Sound of Dragon Festival, 1:00pm Free demonstration of Chinese instruments (dizi/ flutes, sheng/mouth organ, zheng/zither) by “Fusica” – award-winning young performers bringing new energy to ancient instruments.

LOCATION: Richmond Public Library INFO: soundofdragon.com, 604-231-6413

APRIL 21–23 Magique, Oslen Chang & Kel Ng, Oslen & Company, 8:00pm See people vanish into thin air, birds appear from empty hands, and minds get blown away with the sensational illusions of two magicians.

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APRIL 19 Musical Mornings – Orchid Ensemble, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, 10:30am JUNO nominee Orchid Ensemble blends ancient musical instruments/traditions from China and beyond.

Lan Tung – erhu/vocal, Dailin Hsieh – zheng, Jonathan Bernard – percussion.

LOCATION: Gordon Smith Gallery, 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver INFO: vi-co.org

APRIL 22 Smooth as Silk: VICO at Sound of Dragon, Vancouver Inter-cultural Orchestra and Sound of Dragon Society, 7:00pm Concert showcasing Chinese and Vietnamese instruments: world premieres by Owen Underhill, Christopher Reiche, Farshid Samandari and Mark Armanini, performed by VICO with conductor Chih-Sheng Chen.

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APRIL 20 National Canadian Film Day Screening of Sabah, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, REEL CANADA, & CBC, 6:30pm Ruba Nadda’s film SABAH will be co-presented by explorASIAN, Vancouver Asian Film Festival and CBC as part of REEL CANADA’s National Canadian Film Day. LOCATION: CBC Vancouver, Suite 700, 700 Hamilton St., Vancouver INFO: nationalfilmdaybc.eventbrite.ca

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APRIL 22–24 Li Tung Arts Exhibition, Sound of Dragon Society Taiwanese artist Li Tung will exhibit a collection of works.

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Reception follows.

LOCATION: Telus Theatre, Chan Centre, 6265 Crescent Rd., UBC INFO: cjr.iar@ubc.ca MAY 3 Serve the People: a study and discussion on the legacy of the revolutionary Asian Pacific American movement, Chinatown Action Group, 6:00pm A generation of Asian American activists in the 1960s arose from working-class communities to transform US society.

What can we learn from this history today?

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MAY 1 Vancouver Asahi, produced by Grace Eiko Thomson, Josh Coward, & Susanne Tabata of the Vancouver Asahi Legacy Project in presentation with the Vancouver Public Library, 12:00pm-2:30pm A screening of Yuya Ishii’s narrative film Vancouver Asahi about the legendary baseball team – a 2014 VIFF Audience Choice Award Winner – introduced by Japanese Canadian historian and nisei elder Grace Eiko Thomson. The film will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

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LOCATION: Jeunesse Gallery of Fine Arts, 2668 West 4th Ave., Vancouver | NFO: 604-437-6353 MAY 3 The Last Geisha, UBC Learning Exchange, 4:00pm Madame Minako. The story of the last geisha in Yoshiwara, Japan. Documentary film screening and discussion hosted by the UBC Learning Exchange.

LOCATION: Japanese Language School, 487 Alexander St. INFO: learningexchange.ubc.ca/lastgeisha

MAY 7 Kiai! Powell Street Festival’s 40th Anniversary Party and Silent Auction, 7:30pm Kick-off party to celebrate 40th anniversary! Highlights include food, drinks, friends, live music, and an array of auction items. Festival Blend tea by TEALEAVES. LOCATION: The Post at 750, 110-750 Hamilton St. INFO: powellstreetfestival.com/season2016/kiai-40thanniversary-party-silent-auction/ TICKETS: $25-$60, Proceeds will support Powell Street Festival Society.

MAY 8 Celebration of Love, Tzu Chi Foundation Canada, 10:30am Join our family fun fair and Buddha Bathing Ceremony to celebrate Mother’s Day, Buddha’s Birthday, and Tzu Chi 50th Anniversary!

LOCATION: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, 7055 Heather St., Vancouver INFO: tzuchi.ca, 604-266-7699 MAY 12 AlliterAsian Anthology: Twenty Years of Ricepaper Magazine Book Launch, LiterAsian Writers Festival and ACWW, 7:00pm A special celebration of twenty years of Ricepaper Magazine with such notables as CE Gathalian, Jackie Wong, Carolyn Nakagawa, Crecien Bencio and more.

LOCATION: Centre A, 229 East Georgia St., Vancouver INFO: asiancanadianwriters.ca MAY 14 Legacy of Redress Forum, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA), 1:00pm 22,000 Canadians of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from the BC Coast in 1942. What does reconciliation look like for survivors and their families?

LOCATION: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, 6688 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby INFO: jccabulletin-geppo.ca, 604-777-5222

MAY 4 Nagasaki: Memories of My Son, UBC Centre for Japanese Research, 7:30pm Free screening of movie starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and Kazunari Ninomiya (with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto) as mother and son in postwar Nagasaki. Ticket required.

LOCATION: Vancity Theatre | INFO: cjr.iar@ubc.ca MAY 6 The Art of Tabla : Pandit Yogesh Samsi – Tabla Solo, Taal Seva & VCC Music Dept., 7:30pm Indian Classical Tabla solo by world renowned master Pandit Yogesh Samsi, a premier disciple of Ustad Allarakha.

Accompanied by Davinder Singh Namdari on Dilruba.

LOCATION: VCC Theatre, 1155 E. Broadway, Vancouver INFO: facebook.com/taal.seva MAY 7 Japanese Canadians and the Labour Movement: A history walking tour in the Powell Street District, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA), 10:00am Walk with Vancouver City Councillor Geoff Meggs and GVJCCA President Lorene Oikawa, and discover the history of Japanese Canadians and unions in the Downtown Eastside.

LOCATION: Powell Street District (near Oppenheimer Park) INFO: jccabulletin-geppo.ca, 604-777-5222

MAY 14 DIVERSE/CITY, Arts Council of New Westminster, LitFest, & World Poetry, 2:00-4:00pm A celebration of DIVERSE/CITY, multilingual intercultural mingling of languages and cultures to provide a rich experience and celebrate the diversity of the Literary Arts.

LOCATION: Douglas College Aboriginal Gathering Place, 4th Floor, 700 Royal Ave., New Westminster INFO: litfestnewwest.com MAY 14 Rumble in the Jungle Exhibition Opening: The story of Force 136, Chinese Canadian Military Museum, 2:30pm, ongoing Exhibition on a largely unknown story from WWII. Learn how and why about 150 Chinese Canadians were secretly trained in guerrilla warfare and jungle survival tactics.

LOCATION: 2nd Floor, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver INFO: ccmms.ca MAY 15 ! A Beginner’s Workshop.

SUMO! Powell Street Festival, Sumo Fun Club, and Vancouver Japanese Language School, 1:00-4:00pm Join us for a special introductory sumo workshop!

We will teach the basic rules of sumo and you can participate in a match.

LOCATION: Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall, 487 Alexandra St., 5th floor INFO: admin@powellstreetfestivalcom, 604-739-9388

MAY 15 Like Father, Like Son, Vancouver Public Library, 2:00pm Vancouver Public Library presents a special afternoon screening of the award-winning Japanese film Like Father, Like Son in celebration of Asian Heritage Month.

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Exhibition of Iranian-Canadian Artists; Painting, Miniature, Photography, Sculpture, Carpet, Jewellery, Pottery, Persian Calligraphy. Live Music. FREE EVENT. LOCATION: 1181 West 16th St., North Vancouver INFO: percai.com, 778-889-4820 MAY 15 Traditional Chinese Ceremony of Coming of Age, Vancouver Hanfu Culture Society and Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, 1:30pm Young adults will reenact the traditional Chinese Ceremony of Coming of Age in full Chinese Han costumes. The event is in both English and Chinese.

LOCATION: Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver | INFO: cccvan.com MAY 16 SONG OF LAHORE film screening, VIFF Vancity Theatre, 6:30pm Documentary celebrating Izzat Majeed Sachal Studios, a recording space for traditional South Asian music. A smash jazz/South Asian album caught the imagination of Wynton Marsalis.

LOCATION: VIFF Vancity Theatre | INFO: viff.org MAY 16–27 Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival Cinemarathon, Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society (TCCS) and Taiwanese Film Festival (TWFF) Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of TWFF, we are bringing back ten most beloved films over the years as kickoff into the 2016 Festival in June.

LOCATION: Taiwanese Cultural Centre INFO: twff.ca, 604-278-0901 MAY 17 Ujjal Dosanjh’s Book Launch “Journey After Midnight: India, Canada & the Road Beyond” 5:00-7:00pm Join the former Premier of British Columbia and former Minister of Health for Canada, Ujjal Dosanjh, as he launches his new evocative memoir.

Dosanjh will sign copies onsite, which will be available for purchase. Sponsored by alumni UBC. LOCATION: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Blvd, UBC INFO: figure1pub.com/news-events MAY 17 Michael Kluckner Presents Toshiko, Vancouver Public Library, 7:00pm Michael Kluckner presents an illustrated talk on his new graphic novel Toshiko, and discusses the challenges and opportunities of the graphic-novel format.

LOCATION: Central Library, Alice MacKay Room INFO: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events

MAY 17–28 BLOOM: INK Exhibition and Art Auction Fundraiser, Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre Local artists interpret this year’s theme “Ink” for a gallery display before silent auction event (May 28, 7:00pm). Enjoy their creations, and maybe take one home!

LOCATION: Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre INFO: nikkeiplace.org, 604-777-7000

MAY 22 WePress Community Makerspace Open House, WePress, 12:00pm-6:00pm A new pop-up little community makerspace; blending older technology such as a Reynolds letterpress and an industrial sewing machine with the newer technology of 3D printing!

LOCATION: WePress, 202-268 Keefer St., Vancouver INFO: wepress.ca

MAY 19 Homecoming: The Roots Remain, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, 7:00pm Canadian documentary follows Montreal graffiti artist Fonki as he returns to Cambodia to paint a giant mural of relatives killed in the Khmer Rouge genocide.

LOCATION: Vancity Theatre | INFO: vaff.org

MAY 22 Sacred Voices: The Art of Dhrupad with the Gundecha Brothers, Indian Summer Festival, Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society, UBC Asian Studies Department, 7:00pm A rare opportunity to listen and learn about the ancient and beautiful Indian art of Dhrupad music from its leading proponents, the world-renowned Gundecha Brothers.

LOCATION: Douglas College INFO: 778-321-6048

MAY 20 Asian Heritage Month at UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA): Tour in English of the Asian collection, UBC Museum of Anthropology, 3:00pm Guided tour of the Asian collection with focus on items from the Silk Routes in conjunction with the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society Silk Routes exhibition.

LOCATION: UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA), 6396 NW Marine Dr. INFO: FREE WITH ADMISSION, admission rates at moa.ubc.ca MAY 20–22 Together: A Travelling Exhibition on Global Development, Aga Khan Foundation/ Global Affairs Canada, open 7:00pm–12:00pm Friday–Saturday, Sunday to 11:00pm Together: An exhibition on global development is an innovative and interactive experience designed to spark conversations about the role Canadians play in reducing global poverty.

LOCATION: Richmond Night Market, No 3 Rd., Richmond INFO: 613-447-2390 MAY 21 Taiwanese Children’s Folk Games Festival, Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society (TCCS), 11:00pm A friendly family cultural event! For all ages. Enjoy the fun of Taiwanese traditional folk games, handcrafts, delicious snacks, foods, local artist, magician, etc.

LOCATION: Selkirk Street between 72nd and 73rd, Ebisu Park & Taiwanese Cultural Centre INFO: tccs.ca, 604-267-0901 MAY 21 HybrIDentity Art Workshop, Nargis Dhirani & friends, Time TBA A workshop discussing how immigration and multiculturalism continues to shape Canadian society and identity through language, text, and art.

LOCATION: Heartwood Café INFO: info@hapapalooza.com, hapapalooza.com MAY 21–JUNE 12 Invitational Chinese Art Exhibition, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver Art exhibition by local Chinese-Canadian visual artists.

Admission by donation. Opening May 21st, 2:00pm.

LOCATION: Chinese Cultural Centre, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver INFO: cccvan.com, 604-658-8880 MAY 21 Tagore Spring Festival 2016, Vancouver Tagore Society, 6:00pm A multicultural celebration of Spring by artists from different cultural backgrounds performing colorful dances, music, songs, poetry, etc. showcasing their traditions and heritage.

LOCATION: Surrey City Hall, Councils Chambers INFO: vancouvertagoresociety.org

MAY 24 Celebrating a Century of Asian Communities at UBC (funded by the Centennial Initiative Fund), Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Program UBC, 2:30pm Celebrate the ACAM graduates of 2016, followed by an intergenerational conversation featuring UBC alumni and former UBC Chancellor, Dr. Robert H. Lee, and Carol Lee. LOCATION: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (Jack Poole Hall), UBC INFO: acam.arts.ubc.ca MAY 26–JULY 2 Harana – An Art Exhibition Serenading the Culture and Heritage of the Philippines, Philippine Consulate in Vancouver and North Vancouver Community Arts Council, Opening May 26th 7:00pm Artist Manny Baldemor and invited Filipino Canadian artists celebrate and share the culture and heritage of the Philippines through their artworks, their “harana” to motherland.

LOCATION: CityScape Art Space at North Vancouver Community Arts Council, 335 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver INFO: culturalsection@vancouverpcg.org (Jo) or 604-437-6353 MAY 27 Asian Heritage Month at UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA): Tour in Mandarin of the Asian collection, UBC Museum of Anthropology, 3:00pm A guided tour of the Asian collection with focus on items from the Silk Routes in conjunction with the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society Silk Routes exhibition.

LOCATION: UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA), 6396 NW Marine Dr. INFO: FREE WITH ADMISSION, admission rates at moa.ubc.ca MAY 27 Exploring the Past and Future of East Asian Manuscripts, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 3:00pm Presentations by Peter Kornicki (Cambridge) and Lewis Lancaster (Berkeley) on manuscript culture and scribal technologies in East Asia followed by discussion.

Reception from 5 pm.

LOCATION: CK Choi 120, 1855 West Mall, UBC INFO: cjr.iar@ubc.ca

MAY 27–JUNE 29 Middle Kingdom exhibit, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden For our 30th anniversary: featuring the first artists to ever show on our walls — Sheila Chao, Cynthia Wu, David Yip, Kelvin Lau, and Connie King.

LOCATION: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden INFO: vancouverchinesegarden.com MAY 27 Lyse Lemieux & Ziyian Kwan: An Evening of Art and Dance, Richmond Art Gallery, 7:00pm Choreographer Ziyian Kwan premiers a new dance work created in response to Lyse Lemieux’s exhibition, A GIRL’S GOTTA DO, WHAT A GIRL’S GOTTA DO. LOCATION: Richmond Art Gallery INFO: richmondartgallery.org MAY 28 Chinatown Mahjong Social, Youth Collaborative for Chinatown – , 3:00pm Bringing the “hot+noisy” back to Chinatown through intercultural, intergenerational community free play mahjong. All levels welcome, with teachers available.

Other Chinese games, too! No gambling.

LOCATION: Chinatown Plaza Mall, 180 Keefer St. INFO: ycc.yvr@gmail.com MAY 28 Chinatown Shopping and Cooking Workshop – Dumplings!, Hua Foundation, 10:30am Learn how to make dumplings from scratch with hua foundation! Workshop will including shopping in Chinatown for all the fresh & local ingredients.

LOCATION: Hua Foundation at 418 East Hastings St. INFO: huafoundation.org/thechoiproject/cookingworkshops/ JUNE 1 A Last Stand for Lelu, HAPA Society and Hapa-palooza, 7:00-8:30pm A Last Stand for Lelu film screening with hapa environmental activists and sustainability advocates panel featuring Tamo Campos, Toby Barazzuol and Kai Nagata.

LOCATION: VPL Central Branch, Alice MacKay Room INFO: info@hapapalooza.com, hapapalooza.com JUNE 11 Chino Otsuka - Arrival: Artist’s Talk and Exhibit Opening Reception, Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, 2:00pm Inspired by Japanese women who immigrated to Canada as “picture brides”, an audio-visual installation a bout the anticipation and adventure of arrival in a new country.

LOCATION: Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre INFO: 604-777-7000, nikkeiplace.org JUNE 11 explorASIAN Recognition Gala, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, 5:30pm Performances, Japanese dinner, cash bar, silent auction and recognition of Japanese-Canadian community leaders and organizations. $70 Admission.

LOCATION: Nikkei Place, 6688 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby INFO: office.vahms@gmail.com

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“This beautiful blanket is now hanging on the wall in my bedroom,” says the sought-after guest speaker. “It is quite large… it hangs from the top of my ceiling to where the pillows are on my bed, creating a stunning signature feature wall.”

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USING TEXTURE Adding textures such as brick, wood or other materials, are a great way to incorporate that extra something without too much in the way of imagery or vibrant colour that might overpower a small space.

RECLAIMED WOOD The rise in reclaimed and whitewash wood is a movement that’s growing stronger in B.C. Scott notes she’s seen a huge trend in reclaimed barn-wood accent walls.

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“We are moving the wood from the floors onto the walls in bedrooms and dining rooms. In condos, go a little lighter, such as bleached greys, or more natural tones, because heavier, dark woods will make your room appear smaller.”

BRICK A brick wall can add untold timeless beauty in a room or can look really out of place in a contemporary condo, advises Scott.

“Brick can be a beautiful design feature when it speaks to a loft conversion,” she adds. “I believe original brick lends itself best to a heritage building which has been converted to lofts or apartments.”

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HAIL UBC: UBC’s Thunderbird football team — 2015 Vanier Cup champions – picked up more hardware this week. At a fundraising dinner produced by David Sidoo’s 13th Man Foundation, the players were presented with their championship rings in front of 700 fans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. A Cinderella story for the ages, the team turned a 2-6 record last season into an unimaginable run that saw the Thunderbirds make it all the way to the final, edging top ranked University of Montreal Carabins 26-23 with a dramatic last second field goal. Dedicated to improving the fortunes of UBC’s varsity football program, which had not won a national championship since 1997, Sidoo — a former member of that winning team — founded the 13th Man Foundation. Off-season signings of winning coach Blake Nill and star American quarterback Michael O’Connor followed. After a 2-2 start the team sported a seven-game win streak to reach the finals and earn the country’s top varsity honours.

SPRING STEP: For more than 35 years, the Disability Alliance of B.C. (formerly B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities) has championed issues impacting the lives of people with disabilities through advocacy, direct services, community partnerships and research. The organization staged its fourth Swing into Spring Gala fundraiser held at the Croatian Cultural Centre, led by executive director Jane Dyson and an army of volunteers. More than 200 people filed into the East Side ballroom for the festivities, with CBC’s Stephen Quinn serving as emcee. The broadcaster brought his Quinn’s Quiz to the gala-do that also included a buffet dinner, silent and live auction and presentations of Outstanding Employer and Employee of the Year Award. Wheelin’ Mobility, a wheelchair repair company, won the outstanding employer award, while Aaron Lee, an administrator at Vancity, was cited employee of the year.

WORKS OF ART: The Vancouver Art Gallery hosted its bi-annual art auction, one of the organization’s most significant fundraisers. Bringing together valued art collectors, artists and donors, the gallery assembled nearly 70 works for the auction block, including paintings, photography, prints, sculptures and multimedia works.

Held at the Fairmont Pacific Rim and cochaired by Bruce Wright and Hank Bull, the exclusive evening featured works from renowned local and international artists such as Rodney Graham, Jeff Wall, Dana Claxton, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Gordon Smith and Wang Tiande.

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Originally a pop-up phenom and favourite of the style savvy, Jigme Nehring and Courtney Watkins welcomed fashionistas to a preview of their first stand alone Mine & Yours luxury resale store on Howe Street.

Businessman David Sidoo and UBC Thunderbirds freshman coach Blake Nill presided over the 13th Man Foundation fete that handed out championship rings to the Vanier Cup Champions.

Like many arts firms this time of year, Gateway Theatre executive director Camilla Tibbs announced its 32nd season at a special reception. It will include Ruby Slippers’ You Will Remember Me with Kevin Loring and The Music Man directed by Barbara Tomasic.

CBC’s Stephen Quinn and Disability Alliance of B.C. executive director Jane Dyson fronted the fourth Swing Into Spring Gala. A reported $30,000 was raised to go towards helping people with disabilities living on very low incomes.

Jerry Dobrovolny, member of the 1997 Vanier Cup winning team, congratulated UBC quarterback Michael O’Connor on a storied season. The UBC quarterback sparkplugged the team’s incredible run to the national championships.

Accompanied by his work buddy Kathryn Hansen, Aaron Lee, an administrator at Vancity, was cited employee of the year by the Disabilities Alliance of B.C.

Brandan Tang’s mixed media ceramic work combining traditional Ming vase patterns with Japanese manga and futuristic robotic forms was among 70 pieces sold at the Vancouver Art Gallery Auction.

Daina Augaitis helped curate the art, including Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s political work Christie Clark and the Kinder Morgan Go Go Girls, which fetched $100,000 contributing to the $1.2 million generated for the VAG.

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April 14 to 20, 2016 1. Last call for “The Crawl” as venerable Celtic folk rock band Spirit of the West performs one last time at the Commodore April 14, 15 and 16. No doubt jigs will be danced and tears will be shed by fans and band members alike as the group bids farewell after a 30-plus-year career. In 2013, frontman John Mann was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, and last year the band announced it would be playing its final shows at the Commodore where they have performed close to 50 times.

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2. Carousel Theatre for Young People sticks to the “Bare Necessities” with Tracey Power’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Things get wild April 17 to May 1 at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre. Details at carouseltheatre.ca.

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3. Vancity Theatre hosts Canadian Film Week, April 15 to 21, celebrating Canadian filmmaking past and present, including Melanie M. Jones’s wry comedy, FSM, about a Vancouver DJ looking for love. Details and show times at viff.org.

4. Crafty and dependable Toronto-by-way-ofHalifax rock outfit Sloan marks the 20th anniversary of its breakthrough album One Chord to Another with a show at the Imperial, April 20. Man, are we old. Tickets at Red Cat and all Ticketmaster outlets.

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In his book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations, economist Adam Smith wrote, “Every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can.” The invisible hand, a term he coined, describes what he called the natural correction of the market as the various participants attempt to maximize their profit. The market, he wrote, strikes its own balance thus making government intervention not only unnecessary but also undesirable. Not only the players but also all of society benefits from this invisible hand — so said Adam Smith. Huh. Take that argument, as playwright Ayad Akhtar does in The Invisible Hand, to contemporary Pakistan where American banker Nick Bright (Craig Erickson) is being held hostage by Bashir (Munish Sharma) and his reluc-

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Bashir is Pakistani by birth but grew up in England where he suffered the humiliation of racial and religious intolerance. Now in Pakistan, he’s full of hatred for the British and the Americans, who are now using drones to bomb villages in an effort to oust ISIS. Innocent villagers are dying.

Behind the hostage taking is snaky, smooth-talking Imam Saleem (Shaker Paleja) who is demanding $10 million in exchange for Bright’s release.

Pleading for his life, Bright says he can personally raise as much as $3 million and, using his aptitude for making money — as he does so successfully for City Bank, his employer — he will raise the rest on the stock market while still confined and in handcuffs.

If the audience isn’t already on the edge of its seat, it will be and it will remain there until the curtain falls.

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premiere of The Invisible Hand by New York-born, Milwaukee-raised Akhtar, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013 for his play Disgraced, which won critical and audience acclaim at the Stanley last season.

Richard Wolfe directs for Pi Theatre, a company always on the forefront of edgy, political theatre, and he brings together a superb cast of four for a tense, taut 90 minutes.

Nick Bright is a terrific role for Craig Erickson who always brings restless, nervous, almost savage energy to the stage. As Nick he’s scared almost witless, and Erickson signals that terror so palpably. But once Nick — an aggressive, highpowered investor — starts earning money for Imam Saleem, Erickson is on a high: cocky, confident and brash. “Making money can be intoxicating,” Bright tells Bashir.

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Craig Erickson, Munish Sharma and Conor Wylie star in Pi Theatre’s production of The Invisible Hand.

Bright is ostensibly “the good guy” and Bashir “the bad.” Munish Sharma’s Bashir is physically big, powerful and potent, pacing the Cultch stage, spewing anti-American hatred. But as the play progresses Bashir exposes friendliness and an eagerness to learn from Bright that make the character quite likeable. Bright, on the other hand, is revealed as predatory, a true follower of Adam Smith’s theories.

Wylie, as Dar, does an extremely fine job in a terrifying scene involving a gun while Paleja’s Imam

Saleem is calm, falsely charming and doubledealing.

The action takes place, ironically, on David Roberts’ warm, terracottacoloured, Middle Easterninspired set: three ochre, receding walls, warmly lit, as if in desert sunlight most of the time, by Alan Brodie. Musical director and composer Gordon Grdina provides a gorgeous soundscape sung

by Fathieh Honori, one of Canada’s premier Persian vocalists.

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with facts and time, draws characters in and then loses them to the periphery and, at times, feels as free-form as some of Davis’s work. But overall it manages to get the essence of the man just right.

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There is a distinction between urban farming and urban agriculture. Urban farming is a subset of urban agricultural and it specifically relates to farming for profit.

There are a lot of community gardens — thousands where people are growing food for themselves or their community, but they’re not necessarily selling the produce. They’re consuming it, they’re sharing it. Urban farming specifically relates to growing food for the purpose of selling it to market. That could be community-supported agriculture or it could be at a farmers’ market or on an online platform or selling it to a distributor or restaurants directly. The models there could be a truly forprofit business — we have urban farms that are solely for profit. We also have urban farms that work within

Marcela Crowe, at an urban farm at 57th and Cambie, said the Vancouver Urban Farming Society’s mandate is to grow the sector through education, advocacy, business support and networking.

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a co-operative model and we also have social-purpose ventures. They’re the newly emerging hybrid between the social-impact non-profit sector and the for-profit sector where they’re generating revenue in order to support some kind of initiative that’s behind the organization. An example of that would be Sole Food Street Farms or even Fresh Roots.

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What does urban farming look like in Vancouver right now?

The data needs to be updated. We don’t have any data for 2016 or even

2015. But we do have data from 2013. That was the last time a large census of urban farms in Vancouver took place. This will have changed, but there are approximately 14 urban farms in Vancouver. The largest one [Sole Food Street Farms] has about four acres of land. [That goes] all the way to maybe a handful of backyard farms totalling 5,000 square feet.

There’s really that variety in terms of scale. In 2013, urban farmers sold about $418,000 worth of produce to residents. The farms are located throughout the city.

They’re in the Downtown Eastside, they’re in Mount Pleasant, they’re in the east end and they’re in the West Side, Kitsilano area.

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Access to land a challenge for urban farmers What are they producing?

What people are typically producing are leafy greens.

We’re talking about kale and spinach, salad mixes, but then also root vegetables and vine crops. I do notice a bit of a commonality in that salad mixes seem to be fairly popular. I think that has to do with the higher premium that you can sell [it for] and you’ve got a relatively short harvest cycle as well compared with a vine crop like a tomato [plant]. I’d say I haven’t found an urban farm in the city resting their profitability on the growing of vine crops — that’s usually a subset.

What do the city’s new regulations mean for urban farming?

There has been a desire for enabling policy. Farmers have wanted to see a policy for many years. The city is proposing a twoyear pilot project. That’s wonderful because when you introduce any kind of new change, especially within an early-stage sector, it could potentially be a hindrance. Introducing regulation and legislation too early in the sector, it could potentially dissuade

people from entering that sector or it could actually create an environment for investors to come in and say this is a safe sector for us to invest in and look at seriously. Right now, we’re working with the city on this for the next two years.

We’ll be monitoring and making recommendations to the city after their twoyear growing season. We’ll be looking at the impact this has on farmers. We decided to support the policy changes on the condition that we would look at it together, in partnership with the food policy council and other urban farming community members, and make sure after two years, that if we need to make changes, those changes could take place.

Is urban farming profitable?

We have to distinguish between studies done in Vancouver in, I believe, 2013, that demonstrated that the way people were engaging in urban farming in Vancouver was for the most part not economically viable. However, there are cities, there are social enterprises, for-profit businesses in North America

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that have been able to demonstrate economic viability. Like any emerging sector, you are going to see things that succeed and you’re also going to see failures. Failures are lessons at such an early stage within the sector. So what’s important is to pivot and to learn from these lessons. I would say urban farming can be, under spe-

cific conditions, economically viable. We need to look at these examples that exist — a few exist in the city, but there are definitely lessons that we could be learning from places like New York, Chicago, Montreal, San Francisco, where there are models that have been able to demonstrate economic viability, offer employment opportunities

and also produce a large volume of produce.

What are some of the challenges that face urban farmers?

Access to land, access to resource start-up capital.

What would you like Vancouverites to know about urban farming?

It’s becoming easier and easier to support your local

urban farmer by purchasing the food that they grow at farmers’ markets, or signing up for a communitysupported agriculture box or asking if your produce is locally grown. There are a lot of opportunities for people to start purchasing locally grown produce. Visit urbanfarmers.ca to get a list of farmers. @naoibh

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Tour of ukulele factory makes Oahu a place to remember Honolulu and Waikiki offer more than just beaches

Sandra Thomas sthomas@vancourier.com “There are places I remember, All my life, though some have changed, Some forever, not for better, Some have gone and some remain…”

Sitting in the cramped lunch room on the second floor of the Kanaka Ukulele Factory in Honolulu, Hawaii during the first week of April, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro begins to strum the classic Beatles tune “In My Life.”

Through his good nature, and possibly some gentle prompting from a cousin, Shimabukuro had agreed to give me and several other travel writers from across North America a ukulele lesson following our tour of the factory, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Shimabukuro was easy on us at first. He started with the nursery rhyme “Hot Cross Buns,” he moved on to the trickier

Fred Kamaka leads regular tours at the Kamaka Ukulele Factory in Honolulu, Hawaii. The factory is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. PHOTO SANDRA THOMAS

“Bad Boys, Bad Boys” from the TV series Cops and then he finished with “Love Me Do” (with apologies to Paul McCartney). Bear in mind, we were mangling “Hot

Cross Buns” under the tutelage of the same musician who in the past has sold out concerts around the world and who famously played Queen’s “Bohemian

Rhapsody” on the ukulele at a TED conference — the video of which went viral.

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concert. Not thinking the afternoon could get any better, Shimabukuro was then joined by ukulele maker and master Chris Kamaka. He is the third generation of four behind a factory world renowned for its quality instruments.

As the two strummed their ukuleles, Kamaka began to sing a beautiful Hawaiian song and the afternoon did in fact get better.

Just an hour earlier, we were given a tour of the factory by 91-year-old Fred Kamaka, son to founder Samuel (Sam) Kamaka who started producing hand-crafted ukuleles in the basement of his Kaimuki, Hawaii home in the early 1900s. In 1916, he formed his one-man shop, Kamaka Ukulele and Guitar Works, and was soon known for the quality of his work. Dressed in a blue and white aloha

shirt, and with seemingly boundless energy, Fred shared stories about the history of the factory and his father. He told us that even on his deathbed, his father had one message for his sons: “If you make instruments and use the family name, don’t make junk.” It’s a message that’s T obviously stuck, and Fred T assured us this fourth and youngest generation of the Kanaka family is just as passionate about creating finely-crafted instruments as his father.

Our tour of the ukulele factory was just one small part of a five-day, culture and history tour of Honolulu I’d been invited to take part in, and our stay at the Moana Surfrider on Waikiki Beach fit the theme perfectly. The hotel celebrates its 115th anniversary this year, so its rich history is being marked with special events and deals fitting of the “First Lady of Waikiki,” as the colonial-style hotel is so fondly known.

The Moana, named for the Hawaiian word meaning “broad expanse of ocean,” officially opened March 11, 1901, with 75 rooms. At the time it was considered the most elaborate and modern hotel in the Hawaiian Islands — each room on the three upper floors boasted its own bathroom and a phone. The Moana also had its own ice plant, electric generators, a billiard parlour, saloon, main parlour, library, office and reception area. With so many luxuries to offer, it was no surprise the Moana became a favourite of high society, particularly after jet service was introduced to the Oahu in 1950.

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us dining that evening could not resist the pull of the aged ribeye steaks on the menu, which we all agreed later were a smart choice. Chef Lukela also surprised us with a scallop appetizer so fresh and delicious we almost ruined our dinners by devouring the two plates.

My partner and I also enjoyed the Beach Club, where for a daily fee guests enjoy a deluxe continental breakfast in the morning, snacks and beverages throughout the day, and in the evening appetizers and

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This being an organized press trip dedicated to history and culture, I actually did not even touch the sand during my too-short days in Hawaii, but what I did discover is Oahu, and in particular Honolulu and Waikiki, offer so much more than beaches.

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There is potential to be realized in each day Move beyond what is wrong to what can be great

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When we are young, our potentials may seem vast.

Choosing a career can be a daunting task for the young.

When I’m counselling my own children, my young patients and others at a crossroads in their studies or careers, I draw them the four intersecting circles Steven Covey conceived in his book The Eighth Habit — your passions, your talents, your values and the needs of the world. Where these four circles intersect is your calling.

Joseph Campbell said, “Follow your bliss,” heed the call and do what you were meant to do. When you listen to life and rise up to meet the challenge, you will find meaning and purpose.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.”

But the call can change throughout our lives. We may receive the calling to a profession or mission in early adulthood or even in mid-life. Your calling at age 26 may be to be the best parent you can be to your child. When your career

is established, your calling may be of generativity — what can you give forward to others and to the future?

Joseph Campbell also said, “You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.”

Each day, there are opportunities to followthrough on the impulse to perform an act of kindness or to give a word of encouragement, a thank you or a helping hand to someone in need. There is a positive potential to be realized in each day. We must see, feel and act.

Your positive potential for health

How do you define health?

Many think of health as the absence of disease; indeed, healthcare is then seen as the treatment of illness or injury. I see that as a negative and reactive approach to wellbeing.

I see health as the dynamic balance of the important areas of your life (your body, your emotions, your environment, your family, your social relationships, your vocation, your mind and your spirit) and the achievement of your positive potential in each of these areas.

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What that positive potential is begins with an understanding of your strengths and challenges in each area and guided by your own values, moves towards your own personal goals.

Considering your family relationships, you could ask, “What are my greatest goals and what is my ideal vision for my family?” We have to move beyond what is wrong to what can be great.

When I chaired the Ethical Resources Committee at Burnaby Hospital, I would ask the question, “Given the medical facts and this individual’s values, what is the right course of action? What is the positive potential of this patient’s situation?”

What is the best we can do for this individual?

In the presence of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, we can empower individuals with education and professional support so that they remain in control and experience the best quality of life on their own terms.

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

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Sports & Recreation BASEBALL

On the sandlot, everyone is a kid again East Van Baseball League draws on Isotope punk band heritage

Megan Stewart

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Strathcona Park, in East Vancouver, is a weedy wet sandbox of a ballpark.

Two diamonds square the western edge of this 10acre park, a greening project for the False Creek Flats after the city dump closed on this property in 1939.

With overgrown outfields, tennis and basketball courts shrinking the centre fields, and aluminum bleachers backed by squatting camper vans, the constant visitors here are territorial crows and can collectors. On the horizon is a paint manufacturing plant while the ballparks are bordered by Prior Street, a fire hall and the backside of vegetable warehouses. These two diamonds make the perfect setting for the inaugural season of the East Vancouver Baseball League.

There is no pitcher’s mound. The base paths are short. But this is hardball. Overhand fastballs and inadvertent sliders, lead-off steals, three outfielders, regulation leather-wrapped baseballs and wooden bats. Pitches don’t arch and should never bounce off home plate. The Bad News Bears have grown up because the sandlot is now for adults.

“It’s basically making baseball fun again,” said Jasmine Coble, who was wearing suspenders when she cracked a two-run double to push the East Van Black Sox over the All-City Ringers in a preseason game earlier this month. “There are a lot of boring moments in slowpitch and not everyone knows what ‘ortho’ is but there are a lot of people out there who enjoy the game and don’t just want to play because they’re bored with their office jobs.”

For its first season, the league counts four teams plus the Ringers, a 26-member roster of rotating subs available for exhibition games or when core players are on the DL — likely caused by hangovers or band tour schedules since, as one league organizer, Sean Elbe said, “You have to be fit to play baseball but you don’t get fit playing baseball.”

Full disclosure: I play for the Ringers. Like a few oth-

Pitching for the Black Sox, Adrian Sinclair delivers the heat as Ryan Ruin, a player with the Mount Pleasant Murder, stands in the infield to officiate the pre-season game at Strathcona Park April 10. Opening weekend begins Friday, April 15. Regular season games will have umpires. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW

ers in the EVBL, I’ve never swung a wooden bat.

Opening season is April 15 and 16 at Strathcona Park. The Black Sox play the Vancouver Isotopes Baseball Club at 6 p.m.

April 15. On April 16, the Mount Pleasant Murder play the Railtown Spikers at 12 p.m. followed by the Strathcona Stevedores and Black Sox at 3 p.m.

Next up, Mr. October

Evan Wansbrough is more widely known as Evan October, the frontman for punk rock band the Isotopes, who crafts his bandmates’ stage names so they double as baseball puns.

Currently on tour in Europe are Dallas Duststorm, Tony Hustle and others. “Justin Safely ain’t bad either,” Wansbrough wrote to the Courier from Italy. He’s responsible for designing the logos for the EVBL original five and won’t reveal the plan — “No Way!” he declared when asked — regarding expansion franchises. Unlike almost every recreational league in the existence of adult amateur sport, EVBL teams will not

name themselves.

“My vision was to have a league that represents each of the neighbourhoods in East Van in a classic and tough way with a tip of the cap to history where it exists. It’s a league of gangs.

We wanted to give everyone something to be proud of,” he wrote. “The idea with maintaining creative control over the league is to preserve and ensure quality.

You start giving everyone a say and soon you’re ordering up camouflage jerseys with ‘Long Dong Silvers’ across the front in hunting orange. There’s plenty of leagues where that s*** flies, but not here.”

A prospect with the North Shore Twins in the B.C. Premier Baseball League, Wansbrough, 31, chose music over sport at a time when he and his teammates were being scouted by university programs. The Isotopes formed in 2007, taking their name from the animated ballers seen in The Simpsons and regularly padding their ranks to enter slow-pitch tournaments or hold pick-up games with the East Van Black Sox, a

team that exists to play the ‘Topes and could otherwise be named the Swindlers after its historical Chicago namesake. The Isotopes has four band members, including a pitcher in Wansbrough, who is named October in honour of clutch post-season performer Reggie Jackson, not Derek Jeter.

From this hybrid posse of athletic artists, communitybuilding punks and closeted jocks, came the EVBL. “I know 35 dudes who could strike me out who I haven’t invited out to this,” wrote Wansbrough, who told Vice magazine he didn’t graduate high school because he refused to play Led Zeppelin for his music credit. “We want to attract folks who are creative with a passion or nostalgia for baseball in its purest form.

The way you remember it from when you were a kid.”

In one pre-season inning, three batters were beamed.

In the same game, at least two bats shattered and there were also two balks, only one of them caught by the self-officiating teams. Players discussed Black Flag writing credits and popped

cans of Postmark, the official beer sponsor of the EVBL. Post-game events are held at league sponsor What’s Up? Hot Dog!, the East Hastings restaurant and unofficial clubhouse.

My son’s gonna play

At Strathcona Park, the benches of the southwest diamond are within spitting distance from one another, the same width of one baseman’s gut, an opponent could point out in the spirit of the league’s theatrical trash talk. The insults are supposed to fly as if between Hatfields and McCoys, but instead, come game time the radio manager at CiTR approached the opposition to say, in his considerate way, “Thanks for holding back on that slide, man.” The runner, when attempting to steal second, slid early and away from the baseman.

No “Chase Utley rule” will be invoked amongst these comrades.

Does trash talking happen? Safely away from the field of play. “I’ve noticed it happening more on the

Internet than in person,” said Courtney Garvin, a guitarist with the Courtneys who plays for her neighbourhood Mount Pleasant Murder — whose logo is a crow.

Somewhat like the Isotopes, the Courtneys formed a slow-pitch team and play in a recreational summer league. “We did it because we already had the hats,” she said.

Hardball is a new game for the athlete who grew up near Victoria playing softball and soccer and who saw herself as a “weirdly freaky jock, the kid on the team wearing all black.”

For the dozen women in the EVBL, baseball is a new game. In B.C. there aren’t hardball leagues for them, and most girls switch to fast-pitch or softball after they grow out of Little League at the age of 13.

Garvin is adapting to the heavier bats and faster pitches. “I got up there and took my first swing, and I swear it was five seconds after the ball crossed the plate.” A 34-ounce slugger is too heavy, she said. “I can see why so many people play softball now. It’s so much easier, but actually baseball is more fun. It’s intense, it’s kind of thrilling.”

Coble, she of the suspender and walk-off double, played competitive women’s fastpitch and is accustomed to a speedy windmill delivery with movement, much more rewarding to hit than the “oh, just another rainbow” lob seen in slow-pitch.

She might have played hardball with male peers, but growing up, there weren’t options and now, as an adult, she knows senior men’s leagues aren’t celebrated for their inclusivity. Occasionally picked up to play for the Isotopes before joining the Black Sox in the EVBL, she said baseball “is a nice adjustment back to the fast swing.”

“This is the most exciting thing I’ve ever done in my dad’s eyes, being the one who gets called up for teams. Being a little bit of a ringer in my own right and the fact that it’s hardball, it’s really blown his mind.” @MHStewart

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Sports & Recreation SPORTS PAGES: 1954 EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Games ‘miracle’ casts long shadow In new book, historian details Miracle Mile and many other feats of 1954 Empire Games

Megan Stewart

What is lost when that singular moment becomes the one memory of those Games?

So many other moments and athletes and stories were overshadowed by the Mile, and many have been almost totally forgotten until now.

As I stumbled upon these stories in different ways I became convinced there was a larger story of the 1954 Games that no one had looked at in-depth before.

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The stand-alone image of the 1954 Empire Games is two men breaking the fourminute mile. A first in world sport, the achievement once believed physiologically unattainable is a moment stopped in time, not only as a statue at Hastings Park today, but also in the hand-held Omega watch frozen at three minutes, 58.8 seconds, evidence of John Landy’s record-setting, silver-medal performance.

In the introduction to his new book, Miracle Mile: Stories of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, historian Jason Beck writes about the inspiration he felt when he first laid eyes on the artifact, as if he was “connected back to a moment stopped in time for decades.”

The curator at the BC Sports Hall of Fame, Beck details that miraculous moment and highlights many other feats and characters. He interviewed more

Roger Bannister crosses the finish line in the one-mile race, seconds ahead of John Landy, at Empire Stadium on Aug. 7, 1954 during the Vancouver Empire Games. PHOTO BC SPORTS HALL OF FAME

than 60 athletes who were there and walked the hilly marathon route ran by men (only men in those days) to understand the suffering of long-distance runners during a summer heat wave.

The Miracle Mile is the marquee memory from the 1954 Empire Games. There are statues in honour of that

performance, plus books, movies and documentaries.

How important was that moment to sport?

The chase of the fourminute mile was a decadeslong obsession that captured the imagination of millions around the world. And suddenly in 1954, you have the two fastest milers in history — England’s Roger Ban-

nister and Australia’s John Landy — facing off in Vancouver for a winner-takes-all race with both men at the height of their powers. The Miracle Mile was perhaps the biggest news story in the world for that particular day — Saturday, Aug. 7, 1954.

I would argue that that’s never happened before or since for Vancouver.

If you were a sportswriter at those Games, what event would you have wanted to cover?

I feel like Vancouver weightlifter Doug Hepburn was perhaps the most fascinating and frustratingly complex personality in the entire Games, almost a Paul Bunyan-esque figure. He was the reigning strongest man in the world and he just didn’t receive the recognition he deserved by his own hometown. And Doug resented that his entire life thereafter. He’s almost a tragic figure. Maybe I could have

brought a little more attention his way and some of the bitterness that coloured his later years would have disappeared.

How did you want readers to feel as they read about English marathoner Jim Peters and his struggle?

Firstly, I wanted readers to appreciate Jim Peters as the great runner that he was.

He’s still considered one of greatest marathoners in history to this day. Secondly, I wanted to show how psychologically and mentally strong, but also how vulnerable Jim was, to try to explain partially why he ultimately collapsed.

Finally, I wanted to take readers inside what he and the other marathoners experienced — suffered — that day, the hottest day of 1954 at a reported 38-degrees Celsius on the baking pavement, while toiling up and down a series of truly brutal hills.

This interview has been condensed for print. Read more at vancourier.com/sports. @MHStewart

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Sports & Recreation ASKED AND ANSWERED: The Courier introduces a new feature, “Asked and Answered,” based on a classic questionnaire.

We begin with Alec Bayne, 18, a senior guard with the Kitsilano Blue Demons who was named a city championship All-Star and the most inspirational player at Western Canada Basketball Tournament, held annually in Kelowna. His high school career now behind him, Bayne is considering his options for next season.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Having fun with the people I love.

Which talent would you most like to have? Public speaking.

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Your energy stays high, but your focus shifts slightly, from personal matters to money, possessions, and memory. Tackle chores and protect your health Sun./Mon. Best time: 3 to 8 p.m. (PDT) Sunday. Stick to routine after dawn Mon. Careful with sharp tools Sun. morning; with water, plumbing (and wilted food) this afternoon. Relationships fill Tues. dawn to Thurs. suppertime.

A month of opposition and challenge, of potential partnership, of exciting new meetings and new horizons, of opportunities and rejections, ends Tuesday. For the following four weeks, you’ll veer into depths, mysteries, commitments and consequences. What was an opportunity now becomes a “put up or shut up” situation. Funding arrives, or is demanded.

Two days left of quietude and solitude, Taurus.

Tuesday starts a whole month of heightened charisma, increased energy, clout (and effectiveness – at least until May 28, when Mercury goes retro and indecision enters). Even those two quiet days (Sun./Mon.) will be filled with beautiful dreams, pleasure, and a hint of romance that might turn out to be more than a hint.

Tuesday begins a month of relating: partnerships, public dealings, fame, possible relocation, negotiations and contracts, litigation, fresh horizons and new opportunities. Be cooperative, realize others hold the aces now. (If you act independently you could either “come up empty” or engender opposition, even enmity.) Earlier, Sun./Mon. technically belong to a now passing work and health phase.

Your revels now are ended, Gemini. Tuesday begins a month of quietude, weariness, charitable and spiritual activities, and restful rejuvenation. You’ll deal with civil servants, large corporations or institutions. These dealings should go very well, could even hit you with the magic wand of luck, or at the very least leave you feeling more secure. In fact, this whole month can make you feel comfy, warm and secure.

A month of work and drudgery, of health concerns, employment issues, service personnel and machinery utilization starts Tuesday.

Might as well just plunge in and plod along.

Earlier, Sunday/Monday accents your ambition, career, worldly standing and prestige relations.

Be ambitious, but realize there are some rebuffs or setbacks – these will be less than your progress.

Tackle errands, emails, communications, paperwork and small daily business items Sun./ Mon. Sunday’s a bit argumentative, deceptive to 3 p.m. (PDT). Stick to routine tasks Monday after dawn. (E.g., don’t start a new email program.)

Though tempted, don’t buy tools nor machines.

Tuesday begins a month of social delights, popularity, optimism, entertainment, flirtation and friendly romance.

Tuesday begins a month of romance, creative urges, risk-taking, charming children, adventure and pleasure. Earlier, Sun./Mon., your mind opens to new horizons, new thoughts. Your philosophical mood aids love. Still, Sunday daytime can hold some irritants, misunderstandings (a secret of yours could be the not-obvious cause). This night can reassure you (as you mull it over the next day) that you do deserve, will find, love.

A month of intellectual focus changes Tuesday, to start four weeks of career pressure, ambition, prestige relations, and worldly standing. You’re in good shape this go-round, as your ambitious efforts should yield a large, solid earnings reward. You might step onto a new income plateau any time between now and September, one that could last years. Earlier, Sunday/Monday emphasize earnings and money anyway – with problems and luck mingled.

Tuesday brings a domestic month, Aquarius. You’ll feel a bit tired at times – nap without guilt, as this is your natural “hibernation” month. Embrace the family, re-introduce yourself to your kids; garden, repair, and handle security, retirement and (children’s) education concerns. (DON”T invest in a new home before June.) At your job, you might be asked to work on expanding or maintaining your company’s sales territory.

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Notice to Respondent: PETA-SHAUGHN-MARIE LADAS (AKA: HILL, PATEL, OR DRUMMOND

You have been sued. Read the information below.

Petitioner’s name is: Mark Ladas

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

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1.The name and address of the court are Superior Court of California 400 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063

2.The name address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney are: Robert J. Bruening, Esq. 441 First Avenue/P.O. Box 1290 San Mateo, CA 94401-1290 (650) 343-6400

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I have driven hundreds of vehicles in my lengthy career in the automotive business, but getting behind the wheel of the seven-passenger, 2016 Acura MDX Elite during a recent weeklong journey brought new discoveries in a sport utility that embraces the use of the latest technology.

As for the empirical observations of the vehicle, let’s start with the understated exterior design which appears to be a carryover from last year’s model. Nothing to make you go “ah,” exactly, but not much to criticize either. I am however a fan of the front end with the large grill surround augmented by the LED lamps, which does give it an aggressive look.

Conversely that understated feeling changes when entering the vehicle and sliding into the comfortable interior covered in

leather augmented by a two position memory system, which retains your previous driver’s seat, steering column and outside mirror settings. Once inside you’re immediately drawn to the dual stack of LCD screens in the centre of the dashboard, which display all functions of the vehicle. I found the system easy to operate, but couldn’t understand why there had to be two screens rather than one larger one that could have a split display. All the controls are easily accessible, particularly the steering mounted switches, however they take more than a modicum of time to decipher their respective functions.

The transmission selector at the forward edge of the console took some study as it is a push/pull affair that seemed unusual in design not conducive with the technology in the rest of the vehicle. The dash gauges themselves are large, functional, well-lit and easy to read, a plus fellow baby

Superior Technology The mainstay of the MDX technology is its Super Handling All-Wheel Drive system, which encompasses an array of technology including: • Antilock brake system with Electronic BrakeForce distribution – automatically varies the amount of force applied to each of a vehicle’s wheels when braking preventing your wheels from locking.

• Collision Mitigation Braking System – alerts the driver when a potential frontend collision is detected and can even apply the brakes to help slow the vehicle and avoid a collision.

• Forward Collision Warning System – alerts the driver when a potential front-end collision is detected.

• Lane Departure Warning System – alerts the driver if the vehicle begins to drift out of a detected lane without the use of a turn signal.

• Lane Keeping Assist System – a driver assist system that works in conjunction with LDW to alert the driver if the vehicle begins to drift out of a detected lane. LKAS goes a step further by actively applying steering torque to help keep the vehicle within the lane.

• Road Departure Mitigation System – designed to alert and assist the driver if the vehicle is about to unexpectedly leave the

road. The system will apply strong steering correction and braking force to help stop the vehicle before a serious accident occurs.

• Vehicle Stability Assist with traction control – uses both a radar system and a high-resolution forward camera to recognize hazards such as vehicles or pedestrians. The system can use up to 80 per cent of full braking power to avoid or reduce impact with the detected object.

• Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow – As with a conventional system, the available ACC with LSF allows you to set a desired speed, but this system also keeps a set interval behind any vehicle detected ahead of you so you can enjoy cruise control even in high traffic conditions.

However I found the Adaptive Cruise Control the most impressive on my route through the Coquihalla summit on a very foggy, almost zero visibility days. I’m positive the manufacturer would not recommend setting the cruise control to 60 kilometres per hour in such an environment, however I did out of concern of what was ahead and fear of slowing too much because of what was approaching from behind. Much to my surprise the system worked perfectly and broke for a transport truck in front me before I even saw the vehicle.

boomers will appreciate.

The cabin offers all the amenities offered in other high-end sport utilities such as a rear view camera, Bluetooth, power tailgate, power tilt and telescopic steering wheel, remote engine starter and tri zone front and rear automatic climate control system.

All the above are certainly anticipated in a high end luxurious SUV, but the reason Acura draws the

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Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.15. †Finance offer: 1.99% finance for 48 months, upon credit approval. †† Non-stackable and stackable cash back offers valid until May 2, 2016 on select 2016 Corolla or 2016 RAV4 models and may not be combined with Toyota Financial Services (TFS) lease or finance rates. If you would like to lease or finance at standard TFS rates (not the above special rates), then you may by May 2, 2016. Cash incentives include taxes and are applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. †††Bi-weekly lease offer available through Toyota Financial Services (TFS) on approved credit to qualified retail customers on most 60 month leases of new and demonstrator Toyota vehicles. Down payment and first bi-weekly payment due at lease inception and next bi-weekly payment due approximately 14 days later and bi-weekly thereafter throughout the term. ‡Aeroplan miles: Vehicle MSRP greater than $60,000 earns 20,000 Aeroplan miles plus 5000 Aeroplan bonus miles for a total of 25,000 miles. Miles offer valid on vehicles purchased/leased, registered and delivered between April 01, and May 02, 2016. Customers must be an Aeroplan Member prior to the completion of the transaction. Offer subject to change without notice. Some conditions apply. Other miles offers available on other vehicles. See Toyota.ca/aeroplan or your Dealer for details. ®Aeroplan and the Aeroplan logo are registered trademarks of Aimia Canada Inc. Visit your Toyota Dealer or www.getyourtoyota.ca for more details. Some conditions apply; offers are time limited and may change without notice. Dealer may lease/sell for less.

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The power train is quiet, seamless and has all the getup-and-go you would want with a 3.5 litre 290 H.P. V6 engine combined with a 9 speed automatic transmission. However it does require premium gasoline, a small price to pay for the resultant performance.

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