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Finally caught up with Mike Magee last week.

Who’s Mike Magee?

City hall watchers know who he is.

And so should you, since he was one of the founders of Vision Vancouver and a lead architect in the party’s ambitious agenda at city hall as Mayor Gregor Robertson’s longtime chief of staff.

Now he is the mayor’s “special advisor” and will continue to earn his $120,000-plus-a-year salary.

It’s kind of an odd title, don’t you think, considering Magee has been advising his buddy in a special way since Vision won power in the 2008 civic election.

That’s a point I made with the mayor a few weeks back when he announced Magee was turning over chief of staff duties to Kevin Quinlan, his longtime communications guy.

“He has certainly been a very special advisor to date, but he’s had all the day-to-day duties of chief of staff,” Robertson said.

Magee’s new role will see him spend a lot of time in Ottawa, essentially hassling bureaucrats, ministers and even the prime minister to ensure Vancouver gets its fair share of cash for transit, affordable housing and other infrastructure.

So it was only fitting that when I spoke to Magee by telephone last week that he was in Ottawa. His schedule included meetings with Trudeau government types responsible for housing and transit.

Right off the top, he said: “I’m not a paid lobbyist. I don’t think that’s a fair characterization at all. I’m a full-time staff person.”

After eight years as chief of staff, and longer than that building the Vision Vancouver party, Magee said it was the right time for him to make a change.

Mike Magee, longtime chief of staff to Mayor Gregor Robertson, will spend a lot of time in Ottawa over the next four months.

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The position, however, is only for four months, with both Magee and the mayor saying it will be reassessed after that period expires. Magee, 51, says he’s not retiring but wasn’t sure that he would be on the mayor’s staff by the 2018 election.

“Ask me that in September,” he said.

An answer like that makes me wonder whether he’s hiding something about Robertson’s next

move — even though the mayor has told me twice that he plans to seek a fourth term in the 2018 vote.

“Life changes, it’s politics,” Magee said.

“Things could change for the mayor that would change his mind. But right now he’s loving what he’s doing and he continues to say he’s going to run for another term. So he’s running for another term until he says he’s not.”

Anyway, back to Magee’s new role...

So how’s he being received in Ottawa?

“Good,” he said. “They like this move. They see it as very complementary and very helpful, as they are still building capacity and they are looking to us in Vancouver for data and information and advice on a range of issues that we’re dealing with from a big city’s agenda point of view.”

So why couldn’t the mayor do that?

“The mayor does do that. He talks to the prime minister but he can’t be here as much as I can be here. He’s the main guy that carries the relationship, but there’s a lot detail stuff that the mayor’s not going to get into.

That’s what I’ll do.”

Added Magee: “The reality is, Ottawa is just a super-Quebec-and-Ontario-focused bubble. And if you’re not in their face constantly, talking about B.C. and Vancouver, they tend to drift on to other

things pretty quickly.”

Back in Vancouver, Magee’s new position has caught the attention of Green Party Coun.

Adriane Carr. So much so that she issued a press release, with this doozy of a headline: “Councillor Carr to table motion calling on Robertson Chief-of-Staffturned-city-paid lobbyist Magee to lobby hard against Kinder Morgan pipeline approval.”

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Magee’s response to Carr’s release, noting Vision’s opposition to the project and scheduled meetings with the federal environment ministry: “We don’t need a motion for that — that’s for sure.” @Howellings

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The message to the Vancouver School Board Monday evening was loud and clear: reject the proposed budget for the 2016/17 school year.

At least one school board trustee vows to do just that, while another, who possibly holds the deciding vote, suggests she will likely approve it.

Hundreds, including dozens of parents dressed in red to protest proposed budget cuts, and nearly 40 speakers representing parents, students, teachers, support workers and the city’s LGBTQ+ community, attended the meeting at Sir Charles Tupper secondary school. They urged trustees to vote against adopting the budget, even if it costs them their jobs.

Monday’s meeting was the public’s last chance to weigh in before the board makes its final decision on Thursday, April 28. The proposal includes numerous cuts to educational services in order to address an estimated $24-million shortfall. The provincial government requires the district to submit a balanced budget and, should it fail to do so, it can fire the board and appoint someone else to get the job done.

Earlier this month, VSB chairperson Mike Lombardi, a Vision Vancouver trustee, was quoted in the media saying he would not be supporting the budget and that he is ready to be fired over it, a position he reaffirmed to the Courier.

He said the public’s input has reinforced his initial inclinations.

“Everything I’ve heard from parents and students and stakeholders and citizens is this budget is unacceptable. Enough is enough,” Lombardi said. “[They’ve said] Vancouver’s made enough cuts over the years, this is going to jeopardize our worldclass system, [so] stand up and don’t vote for it.”

NPA trustee Christopher Richardson said whether or not to adopt the budget is something his caucus is still looking at, and that he and the rest of the board have a lot to consider before making up their minds.

“Our dilemma is do we stand up and say that we won’t take anymore [cuts], and we know the conse-

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quences of that [is] the appointment of someone who will implement the budget pretty much as it is [and] won’t bring any more money to the table,” Richardson said. “Do we wish to remain the governance of the school district, or are we so upset that we are willing to kind of abdicate our responsibilities to another party if the provincial government was to go that way? That’s not a simple decision.”

Richardson said trustees need to consider other factors such as long-range facilities planning when making their decision about the proposed budget in order to ensure it makes sense in the long run and addresses what he called a “systemic budgetary shortfall situation.”

“We’re in the midst of a 3D chess game,” Richardson said. “The reality is we spend three-quarters of the year being concerned about the shortfall and so what we really need to do is… to be aware of the fact that it hasn’t been the best for the system to be constantly in a shortfall position.”

With an even number of Vision Vancouver and NonPartisan Association trustees on the board, Green Party trustee Janet Fraser could cast the deciding vote.

She said the cumulative effect of the cuts will be felt by every student in the district, but that despite a lot of heart-felt pleas to reject the proposed budget, the consequences of not passing it outweigh the negative impact the proposed cuts will certainly have.

“If we don’t submit a balanced budget and we’re dismissed, then there’s no local elected control of our school district,” Fraser said.

“We were elected to take care of our students and that is the duty we should be fulfilling, no matter how hard it is.”

Fraser said a provincially appointed trustee would likely look to the special advisor’s report commissioned by the province a year ago that recommends selling land for one-time profits of $250-750 million despite VSB policies to the contrary.

“If you give up any public land, it’s gone. You can never get it back, you can’t afford to acquire more land, and if we have an appointed trustee for up to three years until the next election, that’s a lot of land that could be sold in that time,” Fraser said, adding she worries the province will use the funds raised to pay for seismic upgrades in the district rather than taking the funds from provincial coffers, thus negating the short-term benefits.

“We’re doing a five-year educational plan, we’re doing a long-range facilities plan that will go out to 2030, [and] if an appointed trustee is in charge of developing and implementing those plans, I don’t think that’s in the best interests of our students. Normally, we pass a balanced budget by the end of April and we start off our staffing changes for September on May 1.

If we don’t pass a balanced budget and a budget gets imposed at the end of June, I think that will have a significant impact on our staffing and we will not be ready for students on September.”

The board votes on the proposed budget Thursday, April 28, 7 p.m. in the large gym at Gladstone secondary school (4105 Gladstone St.). @jameswesmith

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Two weeks before the provincial government announced it sold its part of the Jericho Lands, Squamish Nation Chief Ian Campbell told a band meeting in North Vancouver that the partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band and TsleilWaututh Nation wants to get 38.8 acres rezoned for townhouses and towers.

“This land can yield way more than 140 houses,” Campbell said in a recording of the March 23 meeting that was leaked to the Courier.

The land was valued at $480 million, but the three nations are paying nothing to acquire it. Campbell said the B.C. Liberal government agreed to give them a $96-million accommodation payment and a seven-year loan at two per cent interest.

In 2014, the trio combined with Canada Lands Company to acquire the $237-million, 52-acre federal portion of the Jericho Lands.

Campbell explained that achieving higher density

would increase the land value and make it easier to gain financing to payoff the provincial loan. He mentioned the potential to build singledetached houses on the top of the property, townhouses down the slope and midrises and highrises along West Fourth Avenue. He told attendees to expect opposition.

“If you can get a 2.0 [floor space ratio] or more, you can get a lot of highrises, but that means that the discussions with local residents, they’re going to give us feedback, they’re going to give us pushback,” he warned. “They’re going to argue that we’re blocking their views, that they have a say. The local politicians over there are already beaking-off and chirping.

You’ll see in the media that [David] Eby, the NDP critic for the province is already talking, as well as Joyce Murray, the federal MP.” Campbell said the trio has talked with Mayor Gregor Robertson and city hall bureaucrats. “They’re saying yes, there’s a relationship with the city, a city of reconciliation,” but the rezoning

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process could take two or three years and there are no guarantees.

Campbell said the trio had also met with the West Point Grey Residents Association, but “they seem to think they have a lot of power over there as non-native residents.

We’re saying that’s fine, you benefited for 150 years at our expense, it’s now our turn to step in here.”

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The highest and best use of the land is residential, but Campbell said they are willing to negotiate community amenities with Vancouver city hall to gain higher density. “A school is an encumbrance, but if you want the school it’s going to cost you a number of decimal points of [floor space ratio], which is going to increase the value,” he said.

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“We can build the school and lease it back to them.”

Campbell said the provincial government wanted to be a partner, but “we said no way, once the transaction’s done you’re outta here, you no longer have a say, you no longer have any value other than the purchase price.”

There is no development partner yet, but Campbell revealed that David Negrin, president of Aquilini Construction and Development, was an advisor. Aquilini partnered with the same bands in 2014 to buy the Liquor Distribution Branch warehouse in East Vancouver.

The meeting’s question period was, at times, raucous. One woman said “we own this land, we didn’t sign this away, this is unceded land” and described the Musqueam as “squatters” on Squamish land.

Campbell said the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh, part of the Four Host First Nations for the 2010 Winter Olympics, agreed in 2014 to collaborate, instead of compete, to jointly own land that is sub-

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A 2004 Supreme Court of Canada ruling said governments must consult and accommodate First Nations when disposing Crown land.

“We’re hearing the same things in every community.

They’re wondering, why are we working together?”

Campbell said. “We tried doing it ourselves and it’s very challenging.”

Another attendee slammed Squamish Nation leadership for cutting a fee simple deal instead of relying on the treaty process to increase reserve lands.

Campbell said treaty talks with Victoria and Ottawa are slow and expensive. Squamish Nation negotiations stalled two decades ago.

“We’re not extinguishing our title to this land, we’re enhancing it,” he said. “It’s from our title that we have the ability to reacquire these, because they once were stolen from us. We now get them back 100 per cent.”

Chief Ian Campbell did not respond to a request for comment by the Courier’s press time.

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Liberal incumbent Hedy Fry’s $151,824.25 campaign included $21,629.41 for Paul Nixey, the Vision Vancouver co-chair.

Payments to Nixey included $12,256.91 for advertising and $7,483.50 in salary.

Federal newcomer Jenny Kwan’s successful Vancouver East NDP campaign ($109,362.43) spent less than neighbouring Vancouver Kingsway NDP incumbent Don Davies ($116,076.27) and Vancouver Quadra Liberal Joyce Murray ($111,147.93). Vancouver East Conservative James Low lived up to his name, with a very conservative $10,917.65 spent.

Vancouver South Liberal winner Harjit Sajjan ($185,780.16) upset Tory incumbent Wai Young ($145,968.75). Manjeet Vinning, son of Liberal power broker Prem Vinning, was paid $10,500 to work on Sajjan’s campaign and is now the defence minister’s senior special assistant. @bobmackin

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responsible for $61,355.94 in expenses, including $16,800 for salary and wages, $18,000.57 for advertising and $7,420.71 for office expenses. Mackenzie is now Wilson-Raybould’s director of political operations in Ottawa. Neither WilsonRaybould nor MacKenzie responded for comment.

The $176,863.52 Oreck spent was just over $400 more than Wilson-Raybould.

In the final week of the campaign, the Leadnow antiConservative strategic voting campaign favoured Oreck over Wilson-Raybould. More Liberal candidates endorsed

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Oreck’s forms show she was paid a $3,000 salary and that Stepan Vdovine, the executive director of Vision Vancouver, was paid $3,150 for creative services and $2,012 for furniture.

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Justice Minister WilsonRaybould won the new riding with 44 per cent of the popular vote, and she reported a $74,159.39 surplus. The Oct. 19 election ended the longest modern Canadian federal election campaign with a Liberal majority under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Vancouver’s oldest marijuana shop wins appeal Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

The oldest medicinal marijuana dispensary in Vancouver has cleared a big hurdle in its battle to keep its doors open for its 6,000 members and continue operating on Commercial Drive.

The B.C. Compassion Club, which was founded in 1997 and moved to Commercial Drive in 1998, won its appeal April 20 from the Board of Variance, overturning an earlier decision by the city that ruled the dispensary was too close to two schools to operate under the city’s new regulations for pot shops.

The dispensary can now apply to the city for a development permit. If granted, the next step would be to seek a business licence. For now, the dispensary is not in danger of closing.

“I feel a tremendous sense of relief because I’ve been terrified about this process,” said founder Hilary Black, after leaving the hearing at city hall, where she spoke before a packed room of supporters, including members, dispensary staff, neighbours and the club’s landlord. “I presented on behalf of the Compassion Club many, many times over the last 20 years and never once has the fate of the entire organization been threatened like this.”

The club, which Black said has had “tacit ap-

proval” by the city and police to operate since its inception, was forced to appeal because its location at Commercial Drive and East 14th Avenue was within 300 metres of Stratford Hall (across the street) and St. Joseph’s School (almost 200 metres on the other side of Clark Park).

The dispensary was among dozens the city rejected last October as it began its process to grant business licences to pot shops that met new regulations, including being more than 300 metres from a school.

In the Compassion Club’s case, Stratford Hall took a neutral position on the dispensary’s location and St. Joseph’s School said it didn’t oppose the club continuing to operate. Neither school took a position on the use of marijuana. Neighbours, businesses, residents and members wrote letters of support to the board.

Board member George Chow noted the 300-metre rule but based his decision on the effect a closure would have on the dispensary’s 40 staff and 6,000 members, many of whom are seriously ill and rely on cannabis for treatment.

The members also have access to a wellness centre staffed with herbalists, counsellors, nutritionists and acupuncturists.

“This would be quite a hardship for the membership if this club were to close,” said Chow, after hearing from Black, who

Compassion Club founder Hilary Black (third from right) with dispensary staff and members outside city hall, after the Board of Variance approved the club’s appeal last week.

PHOTO COURTESY B.C. COMPASSION CLUB

said the club couldn’t afford the rent at a similar-sized facility in Vancouver.

The five-member board’s main principle on which it bases its decisions is related to a so-called “hardship” clause. The board must be satisfied the application of the city’s bylaw would impose “an unreasonable restraint or unnecessary hardship on the use or development of the property,” according to information on the city’s website. Or, the board must be satisfied “the special circumstances giving rise to hardship upon which an appeal is based are unique to the property in question.”

The board, which was unanimous in its decision, heard from members of the club, including Jin Un, who was driven to tears in explaining how cannabis

therapy has given her hope in treating a rare disease that confines her to a wheelchair.

Rodney Torrence, a quadriplegic, said receiving acupuncture, coupled with treatment from a herbalist and nutritionist, has helped him feel better and improved his diet.

“I don’t know where I could find a replacement for what the club provides,” he said.

John Kaurinovic, the club’s landlord, said his father first rented the one-level storefront to the dispensary. When his father died, the club planted a memorial outside the building.

He wouldn’t reveal what he charges for rent but told the board he could probably get double from a new tenant.

“It’s an honour to have them there,” said Kaurinovic, noting his

87-year-old mother uses the wellness centre. “I would basically give them a lifetime lease, if I could.”

Lawyer John Conroy, who has acted on behalf of the club since its inception, told the board the dispensary meets the criteria city council approved last year in its bylaw for a compassion club.

The club is a nonprofit, has membership in the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, offers at least two health services such as traditional Chinese medicine and psychological counselling for 200 hours or more per month and can produce records regarding number of healthcare hours provided to members (3,300 health care appointments last year).

“We really are a frontline harm reduction centre that catches people falling through the cracks,” said Black, noting the club gets its marijuana from a small group of growers who work under contract and provide organic, high quality cannabis with specific strains.

“We are an actual treasure in your city. We are literally saving people’s lives.”

Andreea Toma, the city’s chief licensing inspector, said the club and other existing dispensaries could not be initially “grandfathered” under the new regulations because they never did receive a licence from the city to operate.

Now that city council approved a business licence

scheme in June 2015, the club and others have to meet a series of requirements to get a business licence. The city’s goal is to regulate the business, not the marijuana.

A compassion club’s annual licence fee is set at $1,000 and a retail outlet at $30,000. So far, Toma said, the city has received four applications for a business licence.

“They’re still not fulsome, but there’s back-and-forth with the applicants,” she said. “We do have two that are further along, in terms of getting information back — one being a for-profit and one being a non-profit compassion club.”

Of the 176 applications the city received for dispensary licences, 69 were for compassion clubs. The rest were for retail businesses. The Board of Variance will continue to hear appeals from those rejected by the city until November. So far, three other dispensary operators have been granted an appeal.

Black’s club received its appeal on the same day that Health Minister Jane Philpott announced the Trudeau government will introduce marijuana legislation next spring. It’s not clear how legalizing and regulating marijuana will affect dispensaries, although some analysts believe they could become irrelevant if cannabis is sold in pharmacies and liquor stores. @Howellings

Trudeau government promises marijuana legislation next spring Organizer of last week’s 4/20 protest at Sunset Beach predicts bigger events when pot legalized

Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

An organizer of last week’s 4/20 marijuana protest at Sunset Beach is welcoming the news that Canada’s health minister announced that the federal government will introduce legislation next spring to legalize marijuana.

But Dana Larsen, who is a director of a non-profit that runs two marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver, said the public shouldn’t expect the government’s move will spell an end to the annual 4/20 events in Vancouver.

“It means we’re going to be bigger and better than ever,” Larsen said of the event that historically attracts thousands of marijuana smokers. “The Pride parade didn’t end when gay mar-

riage was legalized. It got bigger. I don’t see any problem with continuing to have a cannabis-friendly event when cannabis is legalized. It’ll just be a lot more fun and a lot less stressful.”

Health Minister Jane Philpott announced April 20 at the United Nations in New York that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will introduce legislation in the spring of 2017 “that ensures that we keep marijuana out of the hands of children and profits out of the hands of criminals.” Philpott was at the United Nations to participate in a review of international drug treaties.

“While this plan challenges the status quo of many countries, we are convinced it is the best way to protect our youth while enhancing public safety,” she said.

Health Minister Jane Philpott said last Wednesday the Trudeau government will introduce legislation next spring to legalize marijuana. Marijuana activist Dana Larsen predicts 4/20 events will get bigger, even when pot is legalized. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

“Canada will continue to modernize our approach to drug policy. Our work will embrace upstream prevention, compassionate treatment and harm reduction. We will work with

law enforcement partners to encourage appropriate and proportionate criminal justice measures. We know it is impossible to arrest our way out of this problem.”

While Larsen said the

news was positive, he wants the federal government to immediately stop arresting people for possession of marijuana and personal cultivation as a sign of goodwill before legislation is passed.

“It makes no sense to me,” he said.

Meanwhile, the city continues to process and review applications from existing and potential marijuana dispensary operators. The city is expected to begin granting business licences to dispensaries within the next few months. The city wants to regulate the pot shops, not the pot.

It’s unclear how the federal government’s legislation will affect the operation of pot shops, with some experts saying the dispensaries would become irrelevant if marijuana were to be sold in liquor stores and pharmacies.

April 20 is embraced by pot smokers because it falls on the 20th day of the fourth month of the year. In other words, 4/20. There is an ongoing dispute among cannabis enthusiasts about the significance of 4/20, with most believing it relates to the time of day a group of California hippies met in the 1970s to smoke weed outside a school.

Asked about the significance, or coincidence, of Philpott making such an announcement on April 20, Larsen described it as “more of a cosmic coincidence in that regard — that this important drug policy UN meeting is happening on our sacred high holy holiday of 4/20. But I don’t think that was anything that anybody planned out.” @Howellings

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Loss of greenspace concerns Fraserlands residents Naoibh O’Connor

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Fraserlands residents noticed red metal posts sticking out of a well-used grass field, located south of East Kent Avenue and west of Kerr Street, a few months ago.

After weeks of investigation, they discovered the posts are for soil testing, and the land might be used to build a 69-seat daycare.

Rob Howatson, who’s lived in Fraserlands since 2004, and in southeast Vancouver his entire life, was surprised to discover the neighbourhood might lose such a large chunk of much-needed greenspace that’s been a popular recreation area for more than two decades.

While the field was zoned for a school annex and daycare in 1989, few realized that because it’s seamlessly attached to the 3.5-acre Riverfront Park.

“To onlookers, for the past 20 years, [the field] appeared to be a park. And a lot of people, including myself, got a rude shock when we realized that according to the city it’s not a park,” he said.

The field is the only large, flat expanse of grass in the entire riverside area, according to Howatson, who said to reach the next closest comparable space, one has to cross Marine Drive and climb the steep slope to Bobolink or Champlain parks.

Riverfront Park, meanwhile, doesn’t offer the same expanse of space.

“Riverfront Park, for most of its area, is essentially a walking path. It goes along the river. There’s a small picnic area further down river that is part of Riverfront Park, but that is a crowded picnic area on

the weekend in the summertime,” he said. “It’s definitely not a place where you can go and do any activity like fly a kite, toss a ball or play croquet — or anything like that. The grass field is the only large grass field in our community.”

Howatson doesn’t understand why the city can’t find a suitable site for the daycare where it was originally meant to be located: within the 126 acres of River District, which was formerly known as East Fraser Lands — an area south of Marine Way between Kerr Street and Boundary Road.

The East Fraser Lands Official Development Plan identifies four sites for future childcare centres within those boundaries, but one of the sites, located just east of Kerr Street is no longer considered ideal, according to the city.

It’s “too constrained,” it’s located on a slope and it’s too close to Marine Way, which would “impact the quality and experience of potential outdoor play space.”

That’s why the city is considering the alternate site west of Kerr Street, where the field is located, explained Susan Haid, assistant director of planning for Vancouver South.

An amendment that would allow that to happen is among several proposed amendments to the East Fraser Lands p that the city is consulting the public about.

A childcare facility would occupy about half of the one-acre field in question, while the rest would remain temporary open space until a school annex is built.

(Space for a kindergarten to Grade 7 school is planned for the River District, which would likely be built before the annex.)

“There isn’t an application to build [the childcare facility] right now. It’s an amendment to the plan to enable it in the future,” Haid said.

The ODP was adopted 10 years ago, in 2006, she said, and since then provincial guidelines for childcare facilities have evolved.

“The West Fraser Land site, we feel, would be more

developable. It would probably allow for a reduction in construction costs and the childcare could be developed there as a one-storey, wood-frame structure,” she added. “So again, having that play space right at grade and just [having] a flatter site to develop childcare are among the reasons we feel it’s more appropriate.”

Consultation was held in the fall — at which time Haid said the city heard support for the childcare site amendment, but Howatson said it wasn’t clear from the invitation that land outside River District was being discussed, so many residents didn’t attend.

The city has now scheduled another open house about all the proposed

ODP amendments from 5 to 8 p.m. at the River District Experience Centre at 8683 Kerr St. on May 4.

Haid said all the feedback will be considered.

Staff anticipate reporting to council later this spring on the proposed amendments. If council decides to proceed, a public hearing would be scheduled. @naoibh

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Opinion ALLEN GARR COLUMNIST

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Privately sponsored Syrian refugees slow to arrive “

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here are our Syrian refugee families?” This is a troubling question being asked by thousands of people in the Lower Mainland and thousands more would-be private sponsors across the country. These are people who have been moved to lend a hand by the horrendous disaster driving hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in Syria and finding themselves in pitiful conditions in refugee camps.

Teams of volunteers have been created that have located living accommodations, figured out how to get the refugees access to credit, English language classes and possible employment.

I should disclose that I too was caught up in this challenge that was taken on by community groups and various faith groups. It seemed like such a Canadian thing to do.

Even before Harper’s Tories, with their pathetic response to this crisis, were knocked from power, Vancouverites, among others, were organizing themselves to reach out to privately sponsor refugees.

When the Liberals took over and committed to increasing the number of government sponsored refugees, while encouraging Canadians to take part in this humanitarian exercise, many more groups in cities and towns from coast to coast joined in.

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According to David Berson, who is part of a group connected to Vancouver’s Or Shalom synagogue, some 3,000 people hereabouts have raised three quarters of a million dollars and have applied to bring in about 100 refugees.

Bringing these refugees to Canada would cost the government nothing.

Teams of volunteers have been created that have located living accommodations, figured out how to get the refugees access to credit, English language classes and possible employment. There are teams of people who will help them figure out where to shop, how to get their medical insurance and connect their kids with the education system.

In short, they have a complete resettlement strategy. What they lack are people to resettle.

The pipeline that was established by the Liberals in the Middle East with 650 people assigned by the government to help refugees was shut down. In February, shortly after the Liberals met their target of 25,000 government-sponsored refugees and were bathing in the glow of their political success, those 650 folks were pulled back to Canada.

The family my little group is bringing in, Shah and Mayah Bazeri and their two daughters, like many of those with private sponsors, are stuck in a camp in Erbil in northern Iraq. Erbil has a Canadian Trade Mission there, but no immigration staff.

To make their position more precarious, they are Kurds, a group that has suffered persecution through much of their history.

The Bazeris have relatives in Coquitlam, so they would be coming in as part of a family reunification program.

To give you an idea of how desperate things are, Shah had a stepbrother also in Erbil. Along with his wife and four children, they, too, were seeking to go

to Canada. A short time ago they simply gave up. They turned to people smugglers and paid for a boat trip from Turkey — just north of Erbil — to Greece. When the boat went down mid-way, 34 people lost their lives including those six. The stepbrother’s body was never recovered.

Kathleen MacKinnon is part of a community group based in False Creek, working through the United Church.

That group’s family is in Dohuk, also in northern Iraq. Her group was so certain that family would soon be arriving they actually started paying rent on accommodations here.

Earlier this week, MacKinnon told me the paperwork to move that family closer to coming to Canada has been sitting on an immigration department bureaucrat’s desk in Winnipeg for the past two months.

When John McCallum, the Liberal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, was in town a few weeks ago

speaking to the Board of Trade, MacKinnon was there to explain the dilemma being faced by privately sponsored refugees. McCallum apparently committed to look into it.

There is the possibility the government will enlist the help of international refugee-serving groups so these families can be cleared by health and security people.

Meanwhile, nothing has changed, except, ironically, that a parliamentary committee is setting up to assess the Syrian refugee initiative.

And groups like MacKinnon’s are hearing that nothing will happen until the end of this year, or early 2017. To which she says: “We would be disappointed if our family has to spend another winter in a leaky tent.”

That could be the case, unless a fire can be lit under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. @allengarr

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Olson cartoon ‘as sexist as it gets’ Re: Cartoon, April 14.

I will start by saying that I think the Courier is a great weekly paper and I think you all work hard to provide good content, accurate reporting and a broad range of topics.

I have never written a complaint to you before, but the Geoff Olson cartoon in the April 14 issue is as sexist as it gets. I truly can’t believe that you printed this — Christy Clark scantily clad entertaining a table full of old white men. It is disgraceful.

I am no fan of Christy Clark and her government, but that is not what this cartoon is about. It really speaks to how some things never change and women are always looked at in a different way than men when it comes to equality and ability.

Your editorial board may also not support the government of Christy Clark, but the fact is that she is a woman whose party is in power and the Courier is indicating that men think less of her as a leader because she is a woman.

Did Olson ever put Gordon Campbell, either of the Bennetts or others into a sexy outfit where men are commenting on how seeing a scantily clad woman — and the elected premier of B.C. — makes the price tag on the dinner acceptable? I don’t think so, and I think it is a shame that the Courier has stooped to this kind of sexist, denigrating excuse for humour.

I think the Courier might like to take a step back and look at its policies for equality in the workplace and then decide if it would be appropriate to cast any of your female staff in a light that shows her to be the target of sexist commentary simply because she is a woman. Remember, this is 2016 and perhaps you could remind Olson of this as well.

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Langara’s green space needs protecting Re: “Is Vancouver really running out of land?” April 14.

It is always a pleasure to read Michael Geller. His knowledge is vast and his experience unparalleled. I am surprised how often I am in agreement with him. But his idea to build housing on Langara Golf Course and the Sixth Avenue berm is very wrongheaded. One of the reasons he gives is one of the very reasons we should not — the value of the land. Once that land is taken out of green space it can never be replaced —

certainly not in those neighbourhoods. With the huge development at Oakridge and the new development on the Dogwood/Pearson lands, green space becomes even more important for the Langara area. Vancouver’s natural beauty is worth protecting. Our children not only need places to play, but also places to enjoy and explore nature. We all need places of tranquil refuge from our busy lives. The animals and birds that help make our city lives enjoyable need places to nest and raise their young. Let’s think of new and innovative ways to build more housing, but let’s not take away the pleasures that make living in Vancouver worthwhile.

Stuart Mackinnon, Park Board Commissioner, Green Party of Vancouver

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Land on the run Re: “Is Vancouver really running out of land?” April 14.

Many of these suggestions seem desperate. It almost seems like Vancouver is running out of land.

M Lemon via Comments section ••• Get the bureaucrats and red tape under control.

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Share and shared housing not alike Re: “Support for shared housing vital to Vancouver’s future,” April 20.

Vancouver used to have hundreds of rooming houses that provided this kind of multi-tenant living. In fact, a few of the room house zones still exist but not really in areas where existing large houses can be used this way. It’s time to re-think conventional zoning and building codes to permit shared living. Coliving is exploding internationally in big cities with concepts like Roam roam.co Bob Ransford via Facebook

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Three ocean canoes were part of Saturday’s ceremony that had drumming, singing, and prayers by the Squamish Ocean Canoe Family. Members of the Squamish Nation and the VPD Canoe Club dipped cedar boughs into water, which were then used to brush the VPD’s and Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club’s vessels in preparation for the 15th annual Pulling Together program, a police and First Nations canoe journey. It is Coast Salish tradition for canoes be “woken up” after the winter before being launched into water for a new season. See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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Canoe-waking ceremony part of ongoing journey Pulling Together canoe trip with police and First Nations marks 15th year

Rebecca Blissett

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Building relationships was the theme of Saturday’s canoe-waking ceremony and the purpose behind the three canoes that sat in the Vancouver Police Department’s parking lot for the occasion.

Speakers from Squamish Nation and the VPD stood in front of the crowd of cadets and members of the public and acknowledged how much relations between the province’s native communities and police have improved through recent years, a long journey from uneasy

beginnings that stemmed from a combination of mistreatment, mistrust and misunderstanding.

It’s through programs such as the Pulling Together canoe trip where police and First Nations team up to paddle over a days-long excursion through local waterways. This year’s journey is the 15th annual one and is planned for July 2 to 11 from Mount Currie to Mission, with some portaging.

The VPD canoe is named NCH’7MUT (pronounced In-CHOTEMote) which means One Heart, One Mind, and was “awakened” by

members of the Squamish Nation and the VPD Canoe Club members who dipped cedar boughs into water and used them to brush over the VPD’s and Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club’s vessels while members from Squamish Nation drummed and sang.

It’s a Coast Salish tradition for canoes to be “woken” before being launched into the water after being stored over the winter. Cedar is used in homage to the tree used to build the canoe, explained Alroy Baker, spokesperson for the Squamish Ocean Canoe Family.

“When we wake them up, we take off any feelings left on the canoe — any negative feelings so when we go onto the waters for the first time they’re not going to come on to our spirit and make it a harder pull,” he said.

“We use cedar to honour the spirit of the canoe as it’s built out of a cedar tree so we’re keeping the spirit of the tree alive as well.”

The Pulling Together program started in 1997 and includes Vancouver police, RCMP, other public service employees such as fisheries officers and native communities

from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. More than 500 aboriginal youth in B.C. have participated in the trip since its beginning, working alongside law enforcement, which is a completely new experience for many of the kids involved.

VPD aboriginal liaison officer Const. Richard Lavallee recalled his first Pulling Together canoe trip 10 years ago.

“I signed up, loved it and stuck with it. I ended up training to be a skipper,” he said. “A lot of these youth are troubled youth and have never had

a good relationship with police but it humanizes us.

We’re family for 12 days, it brings us together.”

Lavallee, who is part Cree and part French and hails from northern Manitoba, said forging relationships is what makes the journey, what he calls, an “amazing experience.”

“There was one youth who didn’t like police at all and I made a point of getting to know him. It took a few days but by the end of the journey, the anger had melted away,” he said. “At the end of the journey, we parted as friends.” @rebeccablissett

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News ONLINE STORIES Fassbender rejects Reimer’s request for referendum on finance reform

The minister responsible for local government has shot down a request from a Vancouver city councillor to hold a referendum during next year’s provincial election to determine whether municipalities should be allowed to set their own campaign finance reform rules.

Peter Fassbender, who also oversees community, sport and cultural development, told the Courier in a statement April 19 that “we do not anticipate any further changes to campaign finance rules or a referendum at this time.”

The provincial election is set for May 9, 2017.

Vision Vancouver.

Coun. Andrea Reimer introduced a motion at last Tuesday’s council meeting that requested Fassbender and the Liberal government put a question on the ballot to gauge the public’s support for getting big money out of civic politics.

Currently, there are no spending limits for municipal parties.

Reimer made the request the week after the government passed Bill 17, better known as the Local Elections Campaign Financing Amendment Act. The bill, which is awaiting Royal Assent in the legislature, will set ex-

pense limits for candidates running in B.C.’s 2018 municipal elections.

—Mike Howell Full story at vancourier.com.

Public Hearing: May 17, 2016

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Protesters gathered outside the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada in downtown Vancouver Monday to announce “a day of victory” as they ended their six-day occupation of INAC office.

The group announced that Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, have agreed to meet with the protesters in Vancouver in late May or early June.

“Securing two ministers to one meeting in six days is a huge accomplishment,” said organizer Jerilyn Webster, who is Nuxalk and Onondaga.

The group, which calls itself the Council of Mothers, has two demands. It wants the federal government to spend as much on indigenous languages as it does on the French language, which receives $2.4 billion in funding. Indigenous languages receive $5 million.

It also wants the national program Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth to be revived. The program, which offered cultural and economic support to off-reserve youth, was shuttered in 2012 by the Harper government.

—Sophie Woodrooffe Full story at vancourier.com.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

1. 288-388 West King Edward Avenue

To rezone 288-388 West King Edward Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of two four-storey residential buildings with two-storey townhouses and an amenity room fronting the lane, containing a total of 56 dwelling units. A height of 15.1 metres (50 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.76 are proposed.

2. 4085 Ash Street and 619-633 West King Edward Avenue

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

3. 650 West Georgia Street (753 Seymour Street)

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

4. 420 Hawks Avenue

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on May 6 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting May 6 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting).

For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.

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Being Jewish ‘and something else’ offers lesson in diversity Pat Johnson

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The eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover, which ends Saturday night, commemorates the Hebrew people’s escape from slavery in Pharaoh’s Egypt. It is a celebration of redemption and freedom, with an important lesson about treating the “other” respectfully, with the book of Exodus exhorting: “And you shall not mistreat a stranger, nor shall you oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

The Jewish people would subsequently become strangers in many lands.

For nearly 2,000 years, until 1948, there was no Jewish state. Still, partly because of devotion to the written scriptures and a tenacious dedication to tradition, the Jewish people remained cohesive, if diverse, having migrated to every continent.

In just the past several decades, though, social change has seen an increase in intermarriage. As well, a decline in anti-Semitism and a loosening of old strictures has resulted in more people choosing to convert to Judaism. This has created a number of people who identify as Jewish and something else, such as my friend Carmel Tanaka, who proudly calls herself Jewpanese.

She bears the genealogical distinction of having maternal grandparents who survived the Holocaust and paternal grandparents who lost everything, including a prosperous fishing and cannery business on the north coast, to a Canadian government that confiscated the possessions of JapaneseCanadians and interned them in camps during the Second World War.

Carmel Tanaka proudly calls herself Jewpanese. She bears the genealogical distinction of having maternal grandparents who survived the Holocaust and paternal grandparents who lost everything to a Canadian government that confiscated the possessions of JapaneseCanadians and interned them in camps during the Second World War. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Her mother was born in Israel to parents who had met in a displaced persons camp after the Holocaust.

Her father was a third-generation Japanese-Canadian on an exchange from UBC school of architecture to an institution in Israel when the couple met.

Tanaka’s safda, her Jewish grandmother, and her baachan, her Japanese grandmother, had a special connection, even though they could not communicate through language.

“I guess the true sign of camaraderie or understanding of what each family had gone through, the Shoah, the Holocaust, on the one side of the family, and then the internment of the Japanese on the other, was that my baachan had asked my safda if it was OK that she get cremated when she departs this

world in my safda’s crocheted shawl that she had gifted her,” says Tanaka.

Cultural fusion was evident when Tanaka was growing up, with sticky rice and chicken soup always on hand.

“On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, it’s traditional to make fish,” she says. “In our family, we do salmon teriyaki. We’re on the West Coast and salmon is good and we do teriyaki because it just tastes better.”

With a Jewish mother and a Buddhist father, Tanaka was not pushed to follow any tradition. The 20-something is about to embark on extensive travels where she says she’ll get her “Eat, Pray, Love” on, but if she doesn’t find a spiritual niche, that’s fine too. She’d be happy to end up a JuBu, a common enough contraction for a

person of Jewish heritage who embraces Buddhism.

Sam Chang took a different path. Originally from Western China, Chang converted to Judaism with a Reform rabbi while a law student in Illinois. He is now pursuing an Orthodox conversion in Vancouver, where he came to study at UBC. He wears a kippa, the traditional Jewish man’s head-covering.

But Chang believes his conversion may be less a break with family history than a reconnection.

His hometown in on the Silk Road, through which many from Europe and the Middle East travelled during the Middle Ages.

He knows some of his father’s ancestors were from Persia and some unusual (for the location) traditions carried on until his grandfather’s era.

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“We don’t eat pork in my father’s family,” he says. This is not odd in the Western region of China, where most of China’s Muslims live, but his family is not Muslim, Chang says.

More curious, he says, is that most Chinese steam pastries, while his family bakes, including a braided bread resembling the Jewish ritual egg loaf called challah.

His grandfather also used to light candles on the Chinese holidays, a tradition more Jewish than Chinese. In the end, Chang says, he can’t be sure if he has Jewish ancestry. But he was drawn to Judaism in part during his law studies, because Jewish tradition is centred on legal interpretations of the Torah, set out in voluminous disputation in the Talmud, perhaps the world’s longestrunning law journal.

But Chang is not the

only Chinese-Jewish hybrid I know. Since childhood, Jamie Hsu (pronounced “shoe”) has been known by the rhyming descriptor “the Chinese Jew.” His father’s family fled the communist revolution and came to Canada when Hsu’s father was two. His mother grew up Jewish in Toronto. Hsu was raised Jewish, while most of his Chinese cousins are Christian.

He doesn’t mind the moniker “Jamie Hsu, the Chinese Jew,” but thinks it may oversimplify who he is.

“I think rather than being a Jew who happens to be Chinese or Chinese person who happens to be Jewish, I think it’s more of a synthesis of the two and there’s elements of both that combined to make me, rather than just one being a characteristic of the other defining feature,” he says.

“I’m Jamie Hsu, period.”

The synthesis is a comfortable one, he says.

“There’s a lot of similarities between Judaism and being Chinese. There’s a lot of similar commitments to family, to food, a focus on education,” he says.

He has fun upending people’s expectations.

“I remember in undergrad, living in residence, I was a lot of people’s ‘first Jew,’” he says.

When people find out he is Chinese and Jewish, Hsu jokes, “I think they’re a little disappointed I’m not a Hasidic-looking version of Jackie Chan.”

Passover reminds Jewish people to be respectful of human diversity. For more than a few who identify as both Jewish and something else, that diversity is inescapable and inherent to who they are. @Pat604Johnson

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Opinion

VSB brinkmanship not helping our kids Mike Klassen

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Last Monday evening, 39 presenters queued up at the gymnasium of Sir Charles Tupper secondary school to comment on the Vancouver School Board budget. It was one of five meetings organized to discuss the 2016-17 VSB budget.

Many in attendance heeded the call to wear red clothing in solidarity with a “No Cuts” campaign, providing a striking visual for TV cameras and social media content.

Sadly for all involved — trustees, staff, anxious parents, and likely a sampling of students up past their bedtime — the meeting was scheduled to run until midnight.

In the quest for more “public input” someone felt it was a good idea to push stakeholders to the point of exhaustion.

Welcome to yet another year of #bced brinkmanship care of the school board, brilliantly choreographed by Vision Vancouver for maximum media impact.

Have we been brought to the brink before by this board?

Indeed, plenty of times.

I vividly recall the dog and

pony show in 2010 whereby parents were asked if their kids’ schools should be closed. It provided several nights of angst-inducing meetings in gymnasiums, in a veritable game of Survivor whereby parents line up to make the case for not being kicked off the island.

Reportedly, every single person except one (more on that in a moment) repeated, “don’t close our school!”

When it was time to make a decision, the choice was postponed until three months after the election. More than four years later there still have been no decisions by the board on the future of underenrolled facilities.

As the proud parent of teenager in a Vancouver secondary school, I feel we must all do our part to support public schools. But count me as being skeptical that attending these after-dark rallies will have the slightest impact on the board’s decision-making.

The school board might feel good about allowing people to speak, but it will be an analysis provided by staff that has the greatest influence on the board’s strategic direction.

The meetings do not serve

as a bellwether of public sentiment as much as they provide background noise for the politics of public education in our province.

The school trustees, it would appear, are frozen by indecision. Over the past 18 months there have been three different chairs, all of whom ultimately owe their positions to the lone Green Party trustee Janet Fraser, the board’s swing vote.

From what we know, Fraser’s only bottom line is that the chair is anyone but Patti Bacchus.

Who can blame her for that choice? Bacchus has used her Twitter pulpit to put down Fraser, labelling her as “right leaning” and as someone who has “duped and betrayed” Green voters for voting her conscience.

On more than one occasion Bacchus has trash talked her fellow trustees on Twitter — while sitting beside them at the board table!

But a lack of decorum is the least of their challenges.

Someone described the board to me as having their feet nailed to the floorboards when it comes to making tough — and appropriate — decisions.

Because emotions have been whipped up, the spectre of having to shutter a school facility strikes the most fear in the trustees. It took parents, not the trustees, to recently request that three annexes — Laurier, Henderson and Maquinna — be closed.

It is time for the trustees to finally look at the issue differently, as I did back in 2010 when I was the lone speaker in favour of consolidating an under-enrolled annex into a nearby main school.

Schools with 60, 50 or 40 per cent of capacity rob kids and parents of the ability to build relationships with more of their neighbours, while denying teachers the resources they need to provide a fulsome education.

It is a mistake to think of a school as just a building. A school is the sum of the kids, the teachers and the community that surrounds them.

Our kids deserve the most modern facilities possible, and a curriculum that will prepare them for careers in the 21st century.

That should be this board’s priority above all.

The rest is just theatrics. @MikeKlassen

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Tucked away on Abbott Street is the Capilano Tea House & Botanical Soda Co., a new tea shop with a traditional twist.

Here, mother and daughter team Michelle and Paisley Nahanee of Squamish Nation, have found the perfect blend of contemporary concept and artisan approach.

“I’ve always seen Gastown as a really creative place where people can be what they want to be,” says Michelle, who lived in a warehouse there in the 1980s while involved in the underground art scene.

Meanwhile, Paisley attended pre-school in Strathcona and also spent time at the Squamish Nation reserve in North Vancouver.

“There are interesting parallels — both have addiction and poverty issues,” says Paisley. “But both have such immense culture and community, which you don’t find in other places. I love this area so much. It’s my home and it’s where I feel most comfortable.”

Before opening the Capilano in February this year, Michelle worked in graphic design, mainly with nongovernmental organizations focusing on First Nations issues. Paisley joined her as an illustrator in her teens after attending art school in Portland, where she was inspired by the resurgence in artisan businesses. It’s been a steep but valuable learning curve for Michelle.

In early 2015, she briefly opened a tea shop on Powell Street with her cousin.

“I don’t regret it, but I’m glad we took stock and built a stronger foundation,” says Michelle. “We learned that people wanted to know more about our Squamish connection.”

Paisley came on board as Michelle’s new partner and they focused on learning new skills and increasing their network through initiatives, including the Hawkers Market in March 2015.

“Now we’re meeting people who are at the stage we were last year — we can help them and it feels good,” says Paisley.

“We attribute our success to the Gastown food community.”

This ethos extends to stocking all local products, from Goliath Coffee — a new air-roasted coffee company based in Strathcona — to using local East Van Jam on their bannock bread.

Collaboration is important to Michelle and Paisley. They worked with an Eastern tea master to create blends for their fresh, small batch tea and worked with mentor Chief Janice George to make sure there was a connection to their culture.

“Our approach is flavour first,” says Michelle. “We use indigenous ingredients and interesting teachings, but more than anything it must taste good.”

The Capilano offers ancient filos filed with wild rice and bison, and tea service on weekends. Friends

and caterers Liz Mantle and her daughter Kimberly Stephenson were inspired

by Michelle’s venture and started their own company.

“We’re happy we’ve got to this level of our business as local First Nations women,” says Michelle.

“We’re excited see other women create mother/ daughter teams.”

“We never want it to feel like we’re pushing our culture down people’s throats,” says Paisley. “It’s very subtle. You can come in and just enjoy a pot of tea. We have a popular hibiscus tea named Senakw Village, the traditional name for Stanley Park, and that’s an easy way to start conversations.”

Michelle agrees.

“We have a traditional Coast Salish weaving in the window, some people ask about it and for others it’s just part of the decor. For us it’s an approachable way to share our culture... and decorate how we wanted to decorate.”

The future’s looking bright for the business and mother and daughter who are in talks with the University of B.C. Farms to use its local lavender and mint and for Capilano teas to be stocked at Nordstrom department store. For Michelle it’s proof culture and business can co-exist without compromise.

“Indigenous people can hold onto our culture and actively participate in that and we can also actively participate in the business world,” she says. “We can be whatever we want to be.”

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Arthritis can make daily activities difficult and painful. This interactive workshop shares information about the many tools, gadgets and techniques to help make daily tasks easier to do. Learn tips to help you reduce pain and the impact of arthritis on your activities.

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm

ALL FOUR PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND TAKE PLACE AT: Vancouver Marpole Oakridge Community Centre, 990 W 59th Ave, Vancouver REGISTER FOR ONE OR ALL FOUR POGRAMS GO TO: http://www.vancouver.ca/marpoleoakridgerec CALL 604-257-8180, or in person at the Library We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia

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The results are in...

Kalev Jaaguste

The votes have been counted and the readers have spoken.

From bloggers to mascots, cocktails to coffee shops, think of this as a guide to Vancouver, created by those who live here. As you walk around your community, look for the Stars of Vancouver logo displayed in the windows of winning merchants and businesses. It indicates our readers think it’s worth looking into and enjoying for yourself.

Top vote getter for Health and Fitness Centre/Gym (downtown), Kalev Fitness Solution’s owner Kalev Jaaguste flexed his muscles with the Courier and worked out his top Vancouver picks.

We hope this gives you an incentive to try out some of the very best businesses and services our wonderful city has to offer.

Thanks to everyone who voted this year, and a huge congratulations to voter, Carole Henshall, who has won a Tigh-Na-Mara getaway at The Grotto Spa. Dee Dhaliwal

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Favourite local musician or band Mathew Good Band (I grew up in Coquitlam) Favourite breakfast/ brunch spot Medina, but it’s always so busy!

Best coffee shop I don’t drink a ton of coffee, but Tim Hortons mint-flavoured Icecap is my fav

Favourite restaurant I love fish and chips... so C-Lovers Favourite grocery store Nestors in Gastown, because it’s close Best craft brewery Field House Brewing Co. Favourite Vancouver building The Sun tower in Gastown

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Best patio Chill Winston Favourite place to take out of town guests Cloud 9 Revolving Restaurant... great view of all of what Vancouver has to offer Favourite neighbourhood Gastown/Crosstown... it’s my hood

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COMMUNITY CENTRE

CITYWIDE !Science World !Granville Island !Stanley Park

CITYWIDE !Hillcrest Centre !Trout Lake Community Centre !Kitsilano Community Centre

CINEMA

CRAFT FAIR

CITYWIDE !Cineplex Odeon Fifth Avenue Cinemas !Vancity Theatre !Scotiabank Theatre

CITYWIDE !Got Craft? !Circle Craft !Portobello West Market

CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE CITYWIDE !Vancouver Symphony Orchestra !NOVO Ensemble !Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble

DANCE/THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY CITYWIDE !Goh Ballet Academy !Ballet BC !The Dance Centre

ENTERTAINMENT VENUE CITYWIDE !Orpheum !Rogers Arena !Commodore Ballroom

CANUCK (OF ALL TIME) CITYWIDE !Daniel Sedin !Pavel Bure !Orland Kurtenbach

FESTIVAL CITYWIDE !Italian Day on The Drive !Car Free Day !Vancouver Folk Music Festival

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Thank you Courier readers for voting UBC Opera the Best Opera/ Choral Group in Vancouver!

Don’t miss the final opera of our 2015–2016 Season. Benjamin Britten’s

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Best local venue to see live music The Imperial — but, I miss Richard’s on Richards every time I see a show Favourite local musician or band Pink Mountaintops Favourite Vancouver Canuck of all time My mother would disown me if I didn’t say Trevor Linden, but I’ll always have a soft spot for Sami Salo, as he looked like he was in perpetual need of a hug. Oh, and Dave Babych’s moustache Favourite restaurant Cinara — excellent wine, even more excellent Italian-ish food and an interior that’s like the continental grown up brother of Finch’s Tea House across the street. Gorgeous Favourite grocery store Union Market for their Portuguese chourico and the warm community feeling Best local blog Vancouver is Awesome. Bob’s enthusiasm for Vancouver’s (and by extension, B.C.’s) past, present and future is infectious Best craft brewery Strange Fellows, hands down.

Their sours win my love forever Favourite Vancouver building The Dal Grauer Substation on Burrard.

I always expect to see the Scooby Doo gang running up and down the staircases

Jillian Povarchook Collections associate Jillian Povarchook isn’t the only thing interesting about the Museum of Vancouver, which nabbed third place in our Gallery/Museum category, but her thoughtful list of local favourites puts her a close second. And it has nothing to do with her love of former Canuck Dave Babych’s lustrous moustache. Well, maybe a little.

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Favourite place to take out of town guests Upstairs at Campagnolo for a Dirty Burger — they can do the Grouse Grind on their own Favourite neighbourhood Strathcona, always and forever

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THANK YOU!

To Vancouver Courier readers for voting Bard on the Beach

#1 Theatre Production.

You’ve made our year!

Howard Family Stage

June 3 – Sept 24 ! Tickets from $20 Order Early for Best Selection!

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Arts+Culture GALLERY/ MUSEUM

CITYWIDE !Vancouver Art Gallery !Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery !Museum of Vancouver

LIVE MUSIC VENUE CITYWIDE !Commodore Ballroom !Orpheum !The Belmont Bar

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CITYWIDE !Miss 604 !Vancity Buzz !Jessica Luxe

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

CITYWIDE !Mount Pleasant !Kitsilano !Commercial Drive

NIGHTCLUB CITYWIDE !Venue !Celebrities !The Roxy

OPERA/CHORAL GROUP CITYWIDE !UBC Opera !Vancouver Opera !Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir

SPORTING VENUE CITYWIDE !Rogers Arena !BC Place !Brockton Oval Fieldhouse

SPORTS TEAM MASCOT CITYWIDE !Fin the Whale (Vancouver Canucks) !Leo the Lion (BC Lions) !Jack the Giant (Vancouver Giants)

THEATRE PRODUCTION CITYWIDE !Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival !Arts Club !Carousel Theatre for Young People

TOURIST ATTRACTION CITYWIDE !Stanley Park !Granville Island !PNE

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BAKERY/PATISSERIE

BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH SPOT

EAST !Fratelli Authentic Italian Baking !Cobs Bakery !Bakery Sate

EAST !Nice Cafe !Red Wagon !Tangent Cafe

WEST !Beaucoup Bakery !Cobs Bread !The Bakeshop

WEST !Jethro’s Fine Grub !White Spot !Milestones

DOWNTOWN !Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Café !Cobs Bakery !Faubourg

DOWNTOWN !Cafe Medina !White Spot !Twisted Fork Bistro

BAR/PUB EAST !St. Augustine’s !The Tiki Bar !Storm Crow Tavern WEST !The Wolf & Hound !Gargoyles Bar and Grill !Miss Me Yet? DOWNTOWN !The Refinery !Long Table Distillery !Blarney Stone

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EAST !Windsor Meat Co. East Hastings !J N & Z Deli !Trimpac Sysco Inc. WEST !Windsor Meat Co Mackenzie Market Jackson’s Meat & Deli ! !Market Meats DOWNTOWN !Tango’s Gourmet Meats Ltd !Robson Gourmet Butcher !Save on Meats

BURGER HOUSE

CAFÉ/COFFEE SHOP

EAST !Vera’s !Kobob Burgers !Relish Burger

EAST !JJ bean !Prado Cafe !Starbucks

WEST !Vera’s !Modern Burger !Romer’s Burger Bar

WEST !49th Parallel Coffee Roasters !Elysian Coffee !Bump n Grind Cafe

DOWNTOWN !Vera’s !Red Robin !Stackhouse Burger Bar

CATERER

CITYWIDE !Taste to Savour Catering and Fine Foods !La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop !No Fixed Address Catering

CHEESE & CHARCUTERIE/ DELI STORE

EAST !les amis du FROMAGE !La Grotta Del Formaggio !Bosa Foods

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DOWNTOWN !Greenhorn !Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Café !Cafe Artigiano 40 Sawasdee 1/6 page V 2x6.917

WEST !Benton Brothers Fine Cheese !les amis du FROMAGE !Solly’s Up Main DOWNTOWN !Dunn’s Famous !Whole Foods Market !Urban Fare

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Best local venue to see live music Guilt & Co

Favourite restaurant AnnaLena

If there were a prize for best new lineup or waiting list, Osterio Savio Volpe would probably win that as well. As it stands, the hopping neighbourhood Italian joint located on an increasingly interesting stretch of Fraser Street is the top vote getter for New Restaurant/Fine Dining. Restauranteur and Osterio Savio Volpe’s resident beard Paul Grunberg shared some of his favourite things about Vancouver.

Favourite local musician or band Needs

Favourite grocery store Granville Island

Favourite Vancouver Canuck of all time The Russian rocket. Pavel Bure

Best local blog Follow Me Foodie

Favourite breakfast/brunch spot Medina Cafe

Best craft brewery 33 Acres

Best coffee shop Revolver

Best patio Joe Fortes

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COCKTAIL BAR

CITYWIDE !Rob Feenie !David Hawksworth !Vikram Vij

EAST !The Charlatan !La Mezcaleria !The Keefer Bar

CHILD FRIENDLY RESTAURANT EAST !Earls Kitchen + Bar !McDonald’s !White Spot WEST !White Spot !Earls Kitchen + Bar !Enigma DOWNTOWN !White Spot !The Old Spaghetti Factory !McDonald’s

CHINESE RESTAURANT EAST !ChongQing Restaurant !Lucky Noodle Chinese Restaurant !Congee Noodle House WEST !Mamalee !Kirin Restaurant !Golden Ocean Seafood Restaurant DOWNTOWN !Kirin Restaurant !Dinesty Dumpling House !Victoria Chinese Restaurant

WEST !Barra 41 !Prontino !Grapes & Soda DOWNTOWN !Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar !Sidecar !Prohibition

CRAFT BREWERY EAST !Powell Street Craft Brewery !33 Acres Brewing Company !Brassneck Brewery WEST !Granville Island Brewing !CRAFT Beer Market !Steel Toad Brewery DOWNTOWN !Steamworks Brewery & Taproom !Postmark Brewing !Yaletown Brewing Company

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DOWNTOWN !Chicco Dall Oriente !Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Café !Mosquito

ETHNIC FOOD STORE EAST !T & T Supermarket !Bosa Foods !Chong Lee Market WEST !Parthenon Supermarket !African Breese Specialty Foods !Persia Foods Produce Markets DOWNTOWN !Konbiniya !H-Mart !Ayoub’s Dried Fruits & Nuts

FARMERS MARKET CITYWIDE !Trout Lake !Kitsilano !Mount Pleasant

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DESSERT SPOT

EAST !Osteria Savio Volpe !Federico’s Supper Club !The Acorn

EAST !Earnest Ice Cream !Dolce Amore !Sweet Revenge

WEST !Bishop’s !La Quercia !41 West

WEST !Sweet Obsession !Thomas Haas Chocolates & Pâtisserie !True Confections

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DOWNTOWN !Le Crocodile !Hawksworth !Cibo Trattoria

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Nick Lo We asked the top vote getter for the Best Lifestyle and Services: Physiotherapy category to rehabilitate our Stars of Vancouver with a list of local faves. Physio Room’s Nick Lo did the honours.

Favourite local musician or band Jordan Klassen Best coffee shop Matchstick or JJ Bean Favourite restaurant Osterio Savio Volpe Favourite grocery store Organic Acres Favourite spot in the city to walk False Creek Best local blog To Die For by Erin Ireland Best craft brewery Parallel 49 Brewing Favourite Vancouver building The Vancouver Art Gallery Best patio Reflections at Hotel Georgia Favourite neighbourhood Mount Pleasant

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Vancouver International Universities Fair Saturday, May 7, 2016 1:00pm – 4:00pm Vancouver Convention Centre Register now at www.gotomyncf.com EXHIBIT HALL MAP INSIDE

OVER 160 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE! The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), founded in 1937, is an organization of more than 15,000 professionals from around the world dedicated to serving students as they make choices about pursuing postsecondary education.

NACAC is committed to maintaining high standards that foster ethical and social responsibility among those involved in the transition process, as outlined in the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice (SPGP).

A member-directed organization,

NACAC is governed by its voting members; an Assembly of delegates elected by voting members in NACAC’s state and regional affiliates and by an elected Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors sets the strategic direction for NACAC. Additionally,

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10 standing committees, ad hoc committees, and an Affiliate Presidents Council lend their expertise and experience to the issues, programs and governance that keep the association vibrant in its service to members, the profession, and students.

NACAC’s award-winning publications and other media resources, professional development programs and practical research efforts have all been designed to give counseling and admission professionals the tools they need to improve the counseling services they provide to students.

2016 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES FAIR COMMITTEE NANCY CROMARTY CHAIRPERSON, West Point Grey Academy

KEL MCDOWELL Rockridge Secondary School

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IVAR MOLLER University of St. Andrews

ANDREW BULL Wallace & Carey

LINDA PARDY University of the Fraser Valley

KAREN CASTELLINO West Point Grey Academy

KEELY STOTT Island Oak High School

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Informational workshops will be offered during the Vancouver International Universities Fair. Topics will include:

2016 Vancouver International Universities Fair Workshop Schedule SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE- EAST BUILDING WORKSHOP ROOM 17 Pre-Fair Workshop: The New SAT: What International Students Need to Know 12:30pm – 1:00pm What International & Canadian Students Should Know When Applying to US Universities 1:15pm – 2:00pm Who Gets In? The Truths and Myths of How Canadian Universities Make Admission Decisions 2:15pm – 3:00pm What International & Canadian Students Should Know When Applying to US Universities 3:15pm – 4:00pm WORKSHOP ROOM 18 Connecting the Dots: The Relationship Between a Degree and a Career 1:15pm – 2:00pm How to Write a Winning Essay 2:15pm – 3:00pm Beyond Academics: How to Navigate NCAA and the Student-Athletic Recruitment Process 3:15pm – 4:00pm WORKSHOP ROOM 19 Showing Your Real Motivation in an Admissions Interview 1:15pm – 2:00pm Navigating the Scholarship Process: Build your Foundation and Maximize Your Scholarship Potential 2:15pm – 3:00pm Some of the Top Universities on the Planet are in the UK. Shouldn’t You Know More About Studying There?

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What International & Canadian Students Should Know When Applying to US Universities DR. DOUGLAS L. CHRISTIANSEN, Vanderbilt University Applying to colleges and universities in the United States may seem daunting. While the Common Application has simplified the process, there are still critical components that need extra attention. Grades and test scores are important and speak for themselves. Even more important in the holistic admissions process are the essays, recommendation letters, and extracurricular activities. This workshop will help students with the application process by clarifying what US institutions are looking for.

How to Write a Winning Essay SIMON NASCIMENTO, University of Chicago A college essay can be a stressful task, and students often feel that choosing a topic is next to impossible.

The reality is that the “what” of an essay is much less important than the “how.” The approach of the writer takes communicates much more about themselves than the general topic itself. This session will include brainstorming for meaningful essay topics, best practices for effective essay writing, and case studies using real essay examples.

Navigating the Scholarship Process: Build your Foundation and maximize your Scholarship Potential BRITTANY PALMER, Unlock your Future Students do not need 95% averages or international achievements to win scholarships. Join Brittany as she debunks myths and breaks down the process into a manageable form.

Having navigated scholarships as a student, consultant and administrator, Brittany offers a unique perspective and strategic approach to an often-overwhelming process.

Beyond Academics: How to Navigate NCAA and the Student-Athletic Recruitment Process CORY MILLER, NACAC’s Student Athletes Advisory Committee KELLY WEBER & LAURA REID, Simon Fraser University More than any other citizens in the world, Canadian students register with NCAA to become prospective student-athletes in the United States. When embarking upon the college athletic recruitment process, it is important to understand unique terminology, procedures and timelines which go beyond academic admission a US school. This panel of speakers will provide straightforward information about how to navigate the athletic recruitment process.

Connecting the Dots: The Relationship Between a Degree and a Career TONY BOTELHO, Simon Fraser University In this fun and engaging session, the value of traditional career planning approaches in today’s ever changing and complex world will be questioned. Dynamic and flexible approaches to preparing for the future will be argued for as will the need to get students to just do stuff.

Some of the top universities on the planet are in the UK. Shouldn’t you know more about studying there?

IVAR MOLLER, St. Andrew’s University, Scotland VICTORIA ISHERWOOD, University of East Anglia, England Studying in the UK offers students an opportunity to travel abroad and attend some of the world best universities at the same time. Whatever degree you are interested in studying the UK has something for everyone. However, applying to a university in the UK can be a daunting experience at first glance and so through this workshop we aim to expel the myths and provide applicants with a robust toolkit to successfully navigate the UCAS application form and hopefully gain admittance to their first choice university!

Who gets in? The Truths and Myths of how Canadian Universities make admission decisions ADAM ROBERTSON, Dalhousie University ANDREW ARIDA, University of British Columbia DAN SENEKER, Bishop’s University Grade 11 and 12 grades, self-reporting, personal statements, short answer questions, extra-curricular activities, and applicant interviews; there is a great deal of information that can go into admission decisions. This begs a question: how do Canadian universities use all this information to determine who gets in?

This presentation will provide an overview of the rationales and decision-making process Canadian universities often use to make admission decisions. We will also dispel the myths and rumours that often surround the admission process; expect an interactive and lively discussion!

Showing Your Real Motivation in an Admissions Interview OLIVIER RUCHET, Sciences Po University, France Top university programs often require applicants to sit for an interview. This session will demystify the process and give you ideas on how best to prepare for this conversation, securing your spot in the degree of your dreams.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

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CALIFORNIA The American Musical and Dramatic Academy 613 Brooks Institute - The Visual Arts

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California State San Jose State University

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California State University San Marcos Chapman University Columbia College Hollywood

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FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

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Kwantlen Polytechnic University

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Quest University Canada

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Royal Roads University

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Simon Fraser University

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Thompson Rivers University

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Trinity Western University

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McGill University

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Franklin University Switzerland

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Laureate Hospitality Education

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SEG, Swiss Education Group

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CURACAO (DUTCH CARIBBEAN)

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Caribbean Medical University

VanArts (Vancouver Institute of Media Arts)

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GREECE

Vancouver Film School

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The American College of Greece

NEW BRUNSWICK 312

NOVA SCOTIA Dalhousie University

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ONTARIO Brock University

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University of Guelph

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University of Toronto

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University of Waterloo

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City University London

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UNITED KINGDOM

Laureate Hospitality Education

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Università Bocconi

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Pepperdine University

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Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne

Beijing Information Science and Technology University

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Menlo College

Laureate Hospitality Education

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Loyola Marymount University New York Film Academy

Concordia University

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SWITZERLAND

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Hult International Business School

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University of New Brunswick

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University of Victoria

Vancouver Island University

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San Francisco State University

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Santa Clara University

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University of California, Berkeley

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University of California, Irvine

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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 604 University of California-Riverside

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University of California-San Diego

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University of California Santa Barbara

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Glasgow Caledonian University

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University of California Santa Cruz

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Hult International Business School

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University of Redlands

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Laureate Hospitality Education

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University of San Diego

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Leeds College of Art

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University of Southern California

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Middlesex University, London

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Vatel International Hospitality and Business School 113

Richmond, The American International University in London

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University of Birmingham

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University of Central Lancashire

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University of Derby

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University of East Anglia (UEA)

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University of East London

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University of Manchester

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University of Northampton

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University of St Andrews

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University of Sunderland

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Colorado State University

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University of Colorado Boulder

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University of Colorado Denver

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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New York Film Academy

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Nova Southeastern University

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University of Florida

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GEORGIA Savannah College of Art and Design

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New York University

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TENNESSEE

University of Massachusetts Lowell

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SUNY Alfred

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Aquinas College

United States Merchant Marine Academy

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HAWAII Hawai’i Pacific University USA

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University of Hawaii at Manoa

410

University of Michigan-Flint

414

ILLINOIS

813

221

Carroll College

900

Columbia College Chicago

805

Montana State University

712

Illinois Wesleyan University

103

University of Montana

902

Kendall College

220

North Park University

715

NEVADA

University of Chicago

1000

INDIANA Indiana University

416

Marian University

120

Purdue University

200

University of Notre Dame

400

203

LOUISIANA Loyola University New Orleans

711

MARYLAND Goucher College

500

St. John’s College

207

MASSACHUSETTS Boston University Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

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NEW JERSEY

112 501

1001

202

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma State University

817

OREGON Eastern Oregon University

502

Linfield College

701

Linn-Benton Community College

606

Drew University

105

Portland State University

106

William Paterson University

415

University of Oregon

806

University of Portland

600

NEW MEXICO St. John’s College

207

NEW YORK

IOWA Iowa State University

915

107

OHIO Cleveland Institute of Art

MONTANA

University of Nevada, Reno

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York University of Rochester

MINNESOTA Gustavus Adolphus College

IDAHO Boise State University

Merrimack College

Adelphi University

510

PENNYSLVANIA

Lipscomb University

C5 810 1010

Sewanee: The University of the South

305

Tusculum College

407

Vanderbilt University

403

TEXAS Texas Christian University

210

UTAH University of Utah

201

Utah State University

612

WASHINGTON Bellevue College

812

Central Washington University

321

Cornish College of the Arts

311

The Evergreen State College

804

Gonzaga University

614

Seattle University

807

Drexel University

710

University of Puget Sound

515

Lehigh University

516

University of Washington

406

University of Washington, Bothell

205

Western Washington University

204

Whitman College

512

Whitworth University

217

RHODE ISLAND

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

916

The American Musical and Dramatic Academy

613

Binghamton University-SUNY

306

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hofstra University

811

University of South Carolina

Ithaca College

116

LIM College

412

SOUTH DAKOTA

LIU - Brooklyn & Post

413

Marist College

313

New York Film Academy

206

Johnson & Wales University

117

University of Rhode Island

907

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

1014

WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling Jesuit University

802

WISCONSIN 216

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

910

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

212

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Making the Most of Your Visit to a College and University Fair Ready to take the next step in your education?

There’s no better place to explore your options than at a NACAC Fair.

Admission representatives from schools in Canada, the U.S. and a number of other countries are all gathered in one place. Their goal: To encourage you to learn more about their institutions, and help you sort through the qualities you’re looking for in a university.

Country Day School (California, U.S.A.).

“That means you want to come into the fair with a list of questions so you’re ready for that opportunity.”

Don’t waste time on softball queries, such as “Is your nursing program good?”

Take advantage of their expertise, and make the most of your time by following these simple steps.

“That’s not a good question because it gets you nowhere … no one is going to tell you that their program is terrible, or that it is struggling,” Kaan said. “If you’re interested in a specific program, like nursing, ask reps what sets their program apart

Be prepared.

Keep an open mind.

Before the big day, visit nationalcollegefairs. org and scan through the list of colleges and universities that will be represented. Make a note of the schools that interest you the most, and plan to visit their booths at the fair.

Take time to do a little exploring.

Are you looking for universities that are close to home, or those that are far away? Are you interested in small, private schools, or large, public universities? Which of the institutions in attendance offer your projected major?

“Planning ahead can help you stay focused,” said Cynthia Kaan, a Ferris State University (Michigan, U.S.A.) admission officer. “If you have certain schools you know you are interested in, don’t limit yourself, but make learning about those schools your priority.”

Make your questions count.

Like so many other things in life, a successful visit to a fair is marked by quality, not quantity.

In other words: Rather than focusing on collecting a brochure from every college booth, make it your goal to have in-depth conversations with a few of the university representatives on hand.

“I encourage students to not just stop by the table and pick up a brochure, but rather engage the representative with a few questions,” said Valencia Hamman, codirector of college counseling at La Jolla

Yes, it’s important to plan ahead and select a few universities you know you want to visit.

But each fair draws representatives from 150 to 400 campuses. The schools are located in Canada, throughout the US, and around the globe.

You owe it to yourself to follow-up with universities that catch your eye.

“Do your research, but also have an open mind,” Hamman said. “Sometimes students take time to talk with a representative from a school that they really hadn’t considered before and it becomes a part of their list.”

Chatting with representatives from a variety of universities can also help you cement your own preferences, Kaan noted.

“It’s just as important to figure out what you don’t want as it is to figure out what is really attractive to you,” she said.

Learn about the process.

What do admission officers look for in a university application? How can I find out dates and deadlines to apply?

No matter where you end up enrolling, you’ll likely encounter at least one of these questions during the university application process.

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Use your visit to a fair to get a head start.

Check out the fair’s education sessions, covering topics ranging from university costs, to student athlete eligibility, toscholarships.

Follow up.

Each fair also includes a counseling center, oftentimes an invaluable resource for students with specialized interests.

“Not always, but often, the representative that is attending the fair is the representative that will end up reading your application,” Hamman said. “Keep in touch with them; reach out with thoughtful, intelligent questions. That demonstrates interest.”

Do you love hands-on learning? Counselors can help you pinpoint universities that provide research opportunities for undergraduates.

“There are resources available and there are people available who can help answer very individualized questions about the search process,” said Dana Lambert, a counselor at West Milford Township High School (New Jersey, U.S.A.). “Take advantage of their expertise.”

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Ask reps for their contact information and be sure to follow up.

For the universities you want to know more about, schedule campus visits.

Remember: Your trip to a fair is the beginning—not the end—of your university search.

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Eat+Drink

ITALIAN RESTAURANT

FOOD ON DEMAND

ICE CREAM/ GELATO SHOP

CITYWIDE !Enroot !Lazymeal !Whole Foods Market

EAST !Earnest Ice Cream !Dolce Amore !Bellagio’s Gelato

EAST !Via Tevere Pizzeria Napoletana !Osteria Savio Volpe !L’Artista Italian Restaurant

WEST !Rain or Shine !Earnest Ice Cream !Paradiso Italian Gelato

WEST !Trattoria !La Buca Restaurant !La Quercia

DOWNTOWN !Bella Gelateria !D’oro Gelato & Caffè !Soft Peaks

DOWNTOWN !Zefferelli’s !Italian Kitchen !Francesco’s Ristorante Italia

INDIAN/SOUTH ASIAN RESTAURANT

JAPANESE/SUSHI RESTAURANT

EAST !Sula Indian Restaurant !Indian Village Eatery !Tandoori Palace

EAST !Sushiholic !Kishimoto Japanese Restaurant !Toshi Sushi

WEST !Vij’s !Handi Indian Restaurant !Maurya Indian Cuisine

WEST !Yuji’s from Japan !Kinome Japanese Kitchen !Ajisai Sushi Bar

DOWNTOWN !Crave India Restaurant !India Gate Restaurant !Salam Bombay

DOWNTOWN !Miku !Kitanoya Guu with Garlic !Kitanoya Guu Original Thurlow

FOOD TRUCK CITYWIDE !Japadog !Disco Cheetah !Mom’s Grilled Cheese

GREEK RESTAURANT EAST !Saloniki Greek Taverna !Athens Pizza !Cristos Greek Taverna WEST !Simpatico !Athene’s !Summer In Greece Souvlaki DOWNTOWN !Stepho’s Souvlaki Greek Taverna !Takis’ Taverna !Opa!

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LATIN AMERICAN RESTAURANT

EAST !Boteco Brasil !La Mezcaleria !Sal Y Limon

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WEST !Baru Latino !Boca !La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop

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DOWNTOWN !Cuchillo !Tacomio !La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop

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Rebecca Bollwitt If you want some insight into why Rebecca Bollwitt, a.k.a. Miss 604, was voted Best Blogger, consider the speed in which she responded to the Courier’s request to list her favourite things about Vancouver. Fifteen minutes after we emailed her, she sent back answers and publicity shots. She probably would have done our taxes too if we had asked.

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Best local venue to see live music Commodore Ballroom

Favourite Vancouver building Marine Building

Favourite local musician or band Dan Mangan, Dear Rouge

Best patio Dockside on Granville Island

Favourite Vancouver Canuck of all time Trevor Linden

Favourite place to take out of town guests On the sea and up a mountain (Deep Cove kayak and Grouse Mountain)

Favourite breakfast/ brunch spot Yolk’s Best coffee shop 49th Parallel EVERY E FRAME IS FREE WIT H PRESCRIPTION W PRESCRIPTIONFILLED FILLED WITH IIN-STORE N-STORE EYE TESTS E PERSONALIZED P SERVICE SERVICE S GLASS READY G IN N A DAY

Best craft brewery Brassneck

Favourite neighbourhood West End

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We are pleased to offer the best value, value, qualityeyewear. eyewear. superior service and quality we were were voted voted the the Come in and see why we Vancouver. best eyewear store in Vancouver.

Downtown Vancouver 570 570 Seymour St.

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Changes as your favourite consigment store!

Sale Event

ENTIRE store on sale!

April 30 & May 1 Plus say “Count My Lucky Stars,” to SAVE

$5 off a $25 purchase (Before tax. Valid April 30 to May 1, 2016)

Changes Clothing & Jewellery Bar 4454 West 10th Avenue Open 7 days a week, since 1997 604-222-1505 changesclothing.com

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MIDDLE EASTERN RESTURANT EAST !Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine !Jamjar !East is East WEST !Nuba !Sofra Mediterranean Kitchen !East is East DOWNTOWN !Nuba Café !Rice ‘N Spice !Saj & Co.

NEW RESTAURANT (OPENED IN 2015) CITYWIDE !Osteria Savio Volpe !Torafuku !Royal Dinette

PATIO EAST !Havana !Falconetti’s East Side Grill !The Reef WEST !Tap & Barrel !Dockside Restaurant !LOCAL Public Eatery DOWNTOWN !Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio !The Keg Steakhouse + Bar !Tap & Barrel

PIZZA EAST !Ragazzi Pizza Co. !Trilussa Pizza & Pane !Via Tevere Pizzeria Napoletana WEST !Nat’s New York Pizzeria !My Slice Pizza & Bread !Bufala DOWNTOWN !Nicli Antica Pizzeria !The Parlour !Romano’s Pizza

SEAFOOD RESTAURANT EAST !Sun Sui Wah !Phoenix Garden Chinese Seafood Restaurant !The Fish Counter WEST !Fish Cafe !West Restaurant + Bar !Go Fish DOWNTOWN !Blue Water Cafe !The Fish Shack !Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio

Eat+Drink

SPANISH/TAPAS RESTAURANT EAST !Cuchillo !Divino Restaurant !La Bodega WEST !Pepitas !AnnaLena !Mission Kits DOWNTOWN !España !The Refinery !The Sardine Can

WORKING LUNCH

WEST !The Naam !Heirloom Vegetarian !3G Vegetarian

EAST !Bandidas Taqueria !Burgoo Bistro !The Foundation

DOWNTOWN !Nuba Café !Loving Hut Express !Chau Veggie Express

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WEST !Earls Kitchen + Bar !Milestones !Joey DOWNTOWN !Earls Kitchen + Bar !Meat & Bread !Nuba Café

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THAI RESTAURANT EAST !Sawasdee Thai Restaurant !Thai Son !Aree Thai WEST !Jitlada !Benjarong Thai Cuisine !Thai House DOWNTOWN !SalaThai !Simply Thai !Thai Basil

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VEGETARIAN/VEGAN RESTAURANT EAST !Meet on Main !The Acorn !Sweet Cherubim

INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE

ENVISION OPTICAL DESIGNS “Vancouver’s premier source for unique designer eyewear from around the world” !('( $/.197)5 + "( #( 6./ $/.1.27 %.5*,; + '<2; :*)<* #72;=9*5 8*;39; + 420*;. &. + &9- $/.1.27 + #72;) :

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GENERAL MERCHANDISE • BC Liquor Store • Dollar Land • Easyhome • Golden Leaf Jewellers • Kingsgate Smoke Shop • Lely's Books Etc. • Shoppers HomeHealth Care • The Source • Wynn's Plants & Flowers

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SERVICES • BC Lottery Corp.

• Eye to Eye Opticians • Fast Cell Repair • FIDO • GVC Credit Union • Kingsgate Dental • Mandarin 1 HR Photo • Rogers • Royal Bank of Canada–ATM Machines • Sofia's Hair Studio • Sussex Insurance (Auto Plan) • Tax Planning (Feb - May) • Wind Mobility

Corner of East Broadway @ Kingsway 30 Shops & Services www.kingsgatemall.com

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Upward styles for cool boys and girls - newborn to 8 years.

Thank you for voting us a favourite children’s store in Vancouver!

1206 Commercial Dr, Vancouver

604-676-1862

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Suter Brook Village, Port Moody

Kevin Craig Mowbray You could say Kevin Craig Mowbray of Mt. Pleasant Optometry Center has — wait for it — an “eye” for picking Vancouver favourites. The winner of best eyewear store on the East Side tells us some of his picks for preferential treatment.

Best local venue to see live music Commodore Ballroom

Best craft brewery: Howe Sound Brewing

Favourite local musician or band The Star Captains

Favourite Vancouver building The Hobbit House on King Edward

Favourite spot in the city to walk The Seawall

Best patio All of them!

Best local blog Vancouver is Awesome

Favourite place to take out of town guests Deep Cove

604-949-1862

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Wow! Thanks so much for the and support.

Hard to believe it’s been 16 years! It has been our pleasure, and we hope, yours too.

We are looking forward to 16 more.

Be sure to check out our newest location, kitty corner to the New Westminster Station.

2120 Commercial Drive Vancouver | 604 215 7833 3

8 885 Carnarvon Street N New Westminster | 604 553 3383

www.jqclothing.com |facebook.com/jeanqueen.ca

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ART & CRAFT SUPPLIES CITYWIDE !Opus !Michaels !De Serres

BIKE SHOP EAST !Dream Cycle !The World Cycles !Sidesaddle Bicycle Boutique WEST !Ace Cycles !Ride On Again Bikes !Reckless Bikes DOWNTOWN !Simon’s Bike Shop !Super Champion !Bicycle Sports Pacific

CAR SHARE/ CO-OP CITYWIDE !car2go !Modo !Evo Car Share

CAR WASH/ AUTO DETAILING CITYWIDE !Shine Auto Wash Vancouver !Fraser Carwash & Auto Detail !Kingsway Auto Detail – Hand Car Wash

CHIROPRACTOR

DENTURE CLINIC

GROCERY STORE

EAST !Peakform Wellness – Dr. Dominic Chan !Jointworks Chiropractic !Synergy Health Group

CITYWIDE !Svetlana Lopareva Denture Clinic !Main Street Denture Clinic !Victoria Drive Denture Clinic

EAST !Famous Foods !Donald’s Market !East End Food Co-op

WEST !Back2Health !MSK Health & Performance Clinic !Evolution Wellness Centres DOWNTOWN !N8 Wellness !Advantage Chiropractic !Vitality Clinic

COBBLER EAST !Hugo’s Shoe Repair !Both Feet On Main !Happy Laundry WEST !Gold Star Shoe Rebuilders Ltd. !Jericho Shoe Repair !La Galoche DOWNTOWN !East Van Shoe Repair !Denman Shoe Repair !Robson Shoe Repair

CONTINUING STUDIES INSTITUTION CITYWIDE !Vancouver Community College !University of British Columbia !Simon Fraser University

DRY CLEANER EAST !Busy Bee One Hour Cleaners !Five Star Coin Laundry !Busy Bee Cleaners WEST !Fletchers Fabricare !Busy Bee Gold Dry Cleaners !Tuesdays Fine Dry Cleaners DOWNTOWN !My Favourite Drycleaner !Fast Iron Cleaners !Swan Laundry Drycleaning

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CITYWIDE !Choices Markets !Whole Foods Market !MEC 9 Choices Market 1/3 page 4x6.917

HEALTH & FITNESS CENTRE/GYM

EAST !Anytime Fitness !Trout Lake Community Centre !Spartacus Gym

WEST !Stong’s Markets !Whole Foods Market !Choices Markets

WEST !Steve Nash Fitness World & Sports Club !Anytime Fitness !Urban Fitness Club

DOWNTOWN !Whole Foods !West Valley Market !MarketPlace IGA

DOWNTOWN !Kalev Fitness Solution !Urban Fitness Club !Steve Nash Fitness World

HAIR SALON EAST !Catz Hair-Lair !Trim Hair Salon Inc. !Barbarella

HEALTH & WELLNESS STORE EAST !Peakform Wellness !Famous Foods !Sweet Cherubim

WEST !Salon Haze !Ann’s Hair Salon !éliane Hair & Spa DOWNTOWN !Suki’s International Hair Design !The House of Blond !Barber & Co.

WEST !Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre Choices Markets ! !Whole Foods Market

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DOWNTOWN !Pure Integrative Pharmacy !Oceana Massage !Body Energy Club

LIQUOR/WINE STORE EAST !BC Liquor !East Side Craft House !Liberty Wine Merchants WEST !BC Liquor !Liberty Wine Merchants !Legacy Liquor DOWNTOWN !BC Liquor !Yaletown Liquor Store !Crosstown Liquor Store

NATUROPATH CITYWIDE !Cross Roads Naturopathic Clinic !Electra Health Floor !Eastpoint Natural Health Clinic

Best Environmentally Responsible Business Best Health & Wellness Store Best Grocery Store

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READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

2nd best Patio!

Bring in a copy of this ad and receive 10% off your bill! *Applies to regular priced items only

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KERRISDALE 1888 W. 57TH 604.263.4600

YALETOWN 1202 RICHARDS 604.633.2393

COMMERCIAL 1045 COMMERICAL 604.678.9665

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Thank you for voting us your favourite Health & Wellness Centre Downtown

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Thank You for voting us #1 Chiropractor and #1 in Health and Wellness for East Vancouver!

Dr. Dominic Chan, DC CHIROPRACTOR

604-428-7325 www.peakformwellness.com

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Charmaine Carpenter It might not come as a surprise, but Charmaine Carpenter, marketing and programs manager for the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area, is a bit of a homer. Apart from Wreck Beach, Carpenter is pretty much obsessed with all things Mount Pleasant as evidenced by her list of Vancouver faves. And why shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t she be? Mount Pleasant was voted best neighbourhood by our readers, after all.

Best local venue to see live music The Fox Cabaret Best coffee shop Our Town (Broadway and Kingsway) Favourite restaurant Dock Lunch Favourite grocery store Buy Low in Kingsgate Mall Favourite spot in the city to walk Main Street Best craft brewery Brassneck Brewery Favourite Vancouver building Heritage Hall Best patio Burgoo Favourite neighbourhood Mount Pleasant Favourite beach for people watching Wreck Beach

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PET DAYCARE

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

PRODUCE STORE

EAST !Canine Concierge !EZDog Grooming & Dog Supplies !Wagababa Pet Shop

EAST !Physio Room !The Eastside Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Clinic !Back in Motion Physiotherapy

EAST !Donald’s Market !Fas Farm Produce & Meat !Kims Mart

WEST !Pet Shop Boys !Dogcity !Diamond Dogs Pet Sitting

WEST !Physio Room !PhysioWorks !Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic

DOWNTOWN !Dog Days Lounge !City-Dog.ca Pet Services !Sit Doggie Daycare

DOWNTOWN !City Sports & Physiotherapy Clinic !Burrard Physiotherapy !Restore Physiotherapy

PHARMACY EAST !Shoppers Drug Mart !London Drugs !Cloud Pharmacy Inc. WEST !Shoppers Drug Mart !London Drugs !Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre DOWNTOWN !Shoppers Drug Mart !London Drugs !Costco Pharmacy

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PRESCHOOL/ DAYCARE CITYWIDE !Hastings Park Daycare !Extra Steps Preschool !Westside Montessori Academy

PRIVATE SCHOOL CITYWIDE !St. John’s School !Stratford Hall !West Point Grey Academy

WEST !Kin’s Farm Market !Top 10 Produce !Young Bros Produce Ltd. DOWNTOWN !West Valley Market !Kin’s Farm Market !T&T

SENIORS CARE SUPPORT SERVICES CITYWIDE !Driving Miss Daisy !Meals on Wheels !CBI Eldercare Services

SENIORS RESIDENCE EAST !Cavell Gardens !Shannon Oaks !Royal Ascot Care Centre WEST !Legacy Senior Living !Amica at Arbutus Manor !Tapestry At Wesbrook Village

SPA/BEAUTY THERAPY

EAST !Image Masters Hair Salon & Spa !Stanley Nails & Spa !The Body Politik WEST !Open to Beauty Esthetics Lounge !Le Petit Spa !Kits Beauty Spa Inc. DOWNTOWN !Sugarbox Waxing Boutique !Skoah Yaletown !Willow Stream Spa

SPORTING EQUIPMENT STORE EAST !Fitness Depot !North America Sports Soccer Shop Distance !

Runwear

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WEST !Mountain Equipment Co-op !Westside Sporting Goods Company !Sport Chek DOWNTOWN !Granville Sports Corner !Vancity Sports !Robson Sports

YOGA STUDIO EAST !Moksha Yoga !Ommamma Yoga !Unity Yoga Teahouse WEST !YYoga !Semperviva Yoga !Sacred Space Studio DOWNTOWN !YYoga !Chopra Yoga Center

!One Yoga for the People

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From all of us at Top Ten Produce

Fin the Whale Encouraging Canucks fans to cheer on their struggling team this year sounds like a thankless task. But the city’s Best Mascot, Fin, isn’t one to complain. In fact, the fuzzy orca loves just about everything and everybody, especially if it’s ocean related. Fin put flipper to paper and gave us a list of his local picks.

Favourite beach for people watching Whale, there are so many choices but Kits beach seems to be pretty active. I stay away from Wreck Beach – TMI!!

Best sushi in town I have to go with our friends at Minami Favourite place to take out of town guests Rogers Arena for a Canucks game of course Best place to grab a beverage after a hard game The Pint or The Keg Favourite place to take a date Middle of English Bay and look at the Van City skyline Favourite patio Anywhere with a view of the ocean Best play you have seen Sedinery Favourite breakfast/brunch spot The mouth of the Capilano River during the salmon runs

TOP TEN PRODUCE 4536 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver 604-222-3198

Favourite part about living in Vancouver Ocean and Vancouver Canuck fans If you weren’t a mascot, what would you have been?

Whale watching guide. Guarantee one whale sighting every time

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BABY/CHILDREN’S STORE CITYWIDE !Room For 2 Maternity & Baby !dandelion KIDS !Crocodile Baby

BRIDAL STORE

FLORIST EAST !Flower Factory !The Flowerbox !Arbutus Florist WEST !Garlands Florist !Celsia Florist !Oasis Flowers

CITYWIDE !Tiffany’s Vancouver Bridal !Angeline Bridal Boutique !Bisou Bridal

DOWNTOWN !Choice Flowers !City Garden Florist !Divine Vines

EYEWEAR STORE

FURNITURE STORE

EAST !Mt. Pleasant Optometry Center !Eye Spy Eyewear !Hakim Optical WEST !The Optical Boutique !Envision Optical !Della Optique Optometry & Eyewear DOWNTOWN !Opticana Family Eyewear Store !Clearly !Galaxy Eyewear

CITYWIDE !Inspiration Furniture Inc. !BoConcept !The Cross Decor & Design

Style+Home CITYWIDE !The Cross Decor & Design !Chintz & Company !Homesense

MEN’S CLOTHING STORE

SPORTING APPAREL STORE

CITYWIDE !Zara !Roden Gray !Harry Rosen Menswear

CITYWIDE !Sport Chek !Mountain Equipment Co-op !Lululemon Athletica

JEWELLERY STORE

PET STORE

TOY STORE

CITYWIDE !Tiffany & Co. !Blue Ruby !Birks

CITYWIDE !Tisol !Bosley’s by Pet Valu !Pet Food ‘N More

HOME APPLIANCE STORE

KITCHENWARE STORE

SHOE STORE

CITYWIDE !Kaboodles Toy Store !The Granville Island Toy Company !Toys“R”Us

CITYWIDE !Trail Appliances !Home Depot !Future Shop

CITYWIDE !Cook Culture !Ming Wo Cookware !The Gourmet Warehouse

GIFT SHOP

HOME DÉCOR STORE

CITYWIDE !Fine Finds Boutique !The Cross Decor & Design !Front & Company

HARDWARE STORE CITYWIDE !The Kerrisdale Lumber Co. Ltd. !Blight’s Home Hardware !Home Depot

CITYWIDE !Hunters Garden Centre !Art Knapp Plantland !Home Depot

Thank you for voting us #1 Star!

CITYWIDE !Zara !Aldo !Town Shoes

SHOPPING CENTRE CITYWIDE !Oakridge Centre !Pacific Centre !Kingsgate Mall

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GREAT TASTE: Brenda Currie fronted her fifth Taste for Life: An Evening To Conquer Oral Cancer at the Terminal City Club. It celebrated the very sense that could be lost if severely afflicted with oral cancer — our ability to taste.

The charity dinner, which attracted 250 guests, featured the talents of two awardwinning chefs: resident chef Greg Van Poppel and celebrity guest chef Vikram Vij. The latter spiced things up during the live auction when his exclusive chefs table dinner for six at My Shanti in Surrey hauled in $20,000. The record bid helped propel the gala’s final tally well beyond the $100,000 mark. Proceeds will support designated oral cancer clinics at UBC and Surrey, and continued research of the lesser known, but often-deadly cancer.

Heavy drinking, smoking and oral sex are high risk factors for oral cancers.

SERVICE PROVIDER: Community leader and philanthropist Shirley Barnett was feted at the Jewish National Fund’s annual Negev Dinner, chaired by Ilene-Jo Bellas and Bernice Carmeli and emceed by Shane Foxman. The event saw 600 guests including Premier Christy Clark squeeze into the Four Seasons Park Ballroom to honour the former social worker for her years of activism and service. On this occasion, Barnett was rallying support for a $1.5 million Israeli shelter for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. Upon completion, the Vancouver-funded home will provide a dozen families a safe space to start over again. Singing Barnett’s praises was the evening’s keynote Ruth Rasnic, whose organization NO to Violence Against Women currently runs three emergency shelters in Israel.

GO FISH: Jenice Yu opened her South Burnaby F.I.S.H. (Fresh Ideas Start Here) shop in 2008 with the goal of educating people about the bounty of fresh fish and seafood available in our local waters, directly sourced from local fishermen. Bringing the West Coast’s freshest catch from boats to kitchen tables, Yu also supplies sustainable Ocean Wise seafood to some of the city’s top restaurants including Maenam, Royal Dinette, The Pear Tree, Ask For Luigi and West. With much fanfare, the seafood purveyor opened her second retail outlet on West Broadway in Kitsilano.

Attendees explored the 950-square-foot retail space, while enjoying seafood bites by some of Vancouver’s top chefs, including Maenam’s Angus An, Zest’s Zest’s Tatsuya Katagiri and F.I.S.H.’s own Josh Blumenthal, who will head the franchise’s gourmet food department.

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GM Joerg Rodig’s Whistler Four Seasons Resort was awarded five stars — the highest possible rating a property can receive — from the distinguished Forbes Travel Guide.

NO to Violence Against Women founder Ruth Rasnic applauded Negev Dinner honouree Shirley Barnett for her efforts to build a women’s shelter in Israel.

Jenice Yu’s Kitsilano F.I.S.H. store opening featured fresh seafood bites

by Angus An’s Maenam restaurant, recently named the best eatery in the city by Van Mag.

Carly Monahan and Jennifer Traub steered the 20th Daffodil Ball that saw a well-heeled crowd raise $1.3 million for the B.C. and Yukon chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Caitlin Robinson chaired the $70,000 Comic Vision fundraiser Ann Morrison founded in 1999. Since its inception, more than $8 million has been raised for the foundation fighting blindness.

Taste for Life producers Jordan Kallman and Tyson Villeneuve of the Social Concierge flanked Vikram Vij, featured chef at the oral cancer benefit held at the Terminal City Club.

Barbara Kaminsky attended her last Daffodil Ball as president and CEO of the Canadian Cancer Society. After 22 years leading the organization, the cancer fighter will retire at the end of April.

CTV’s Norma Reid emceed Brenda Currie’s Taste for Life dinner. Helping raise awareness of oral cancer, the fifth staging raised more than $100,000 for research and prevention initiatives.

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April 28 to May 4, 2016 1. Dust off your beret and light up your gitanes as the Cinematheque hosts Agnès Varda: Six Films by the “Grandmother of the French New Wave,” May 1 to June 1. Highlights include Varda’s 1954 debut feature La pointe courte, which is now regarded as the film that launched the French New Wave; the sumptuous, stylized and controversial 1965 film Le Bonheur; and the Vancouver premiere of Jane B. par Agnès V., Varda’s unconventional “documentary” on Jane Birkin. For details and show times, go to thecinematheque.ca.

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2. Billed as a “live graphic novel,” The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth combines sci-fi, comic books and old radio drama. Three actors provide the voices, a Foley artist creates the sound effects and a pianist plays the soundtrack in front of a movie screen showing 1,250 comic book panels to tell a sci-fi adventure story set in the 1930s. The ambitious theatrical event takes off April 30 to May 1 at the York Theatre. Details at thecultch.com.

3. Garage rock road warriors and Mint Records recording artists Tough Age play a homecoming show April 30 at the Astoria. Adrian Teacher and the Subs and Pinner open. Tickets $10 at the door.

4. Grammy-winning jazz artist Cécile McLorin Salvant plays the Chan Centre in support of her latest album, For One To Love. The prodigious songstress, who draws comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, performs May 1, 7 p.m. Details at chancentre.com.

5. Vancouver Opera goes big with its full-scale premiere of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit Evita. The musical about political icon Eva Perón, which will have “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” stuck in audiences’ heads for weeks, runs April 30 to May 8 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Details at vancouveropera.ca.

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Facing East, the stage play, written by fourth-generation Mormon, American playwright Carol Lynn Pearson, opened off-Broadway in 2008 after a not surprisingly sold-out run in Salt Lake City, home of the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of the LatterDay Saints (LDS).

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The result was Facing East, the musical. Following workshops and staged readings in the U.S., the first full production by FCP and Gardner (in association with Sean Bryan, Deborah Barrigan and Danny Brooke) officially opens on April 28 on the Jericho Arts Centre stage.

I attended the first preview — reviewed only with the permission of director Mooney —on the understanding that the purpose of previews is to work out the

glitches. And there were a few: off the top of the show, the orchestra comprising Clare Wyatt (piano), Alex Hauka (cello), Jamison Ko (percussion) and Adrian Sowa (guitar) was boomingly loud and left the singers struggling to be heard. And once in a while, when there were two actors in a scene, one found himself/herself standing in the dark. Insignificant glitches, easily remedied before opening night.

In the musical, Alex and Ruth McCormick (Francis Boyle and Mandana Namazi), an upstanding Mormon couple, are grieving at the graveside of their son Andrew (Jesse Alvarez). Not invited to the funeral was Marcus (Matt Montgom-

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Actors make engaging couple It’s just so difficult to accept that Andrew’s mother would rather see her son dead than gay. But she does.

And that is the real sticking point of Facing East: getting us to understand a mother’s unquestioning acceptance of LDS doctrine. While it’s clear that Ruth is unfulfilled and leads a small, somewhat unhappy life as a wife and mother, her unquestioning adherence to Mormon law makes her, for me, totally unsympathetic for most of the evening. Namazi’s Ruth is fiercely zealous. A nonadherent to any organized religion, I found myself angry that any church could warp a mother’s heart so totally.

The production, however, is good, the music — somewhat Sondheim-ish but without his witty lyrics — accessible and the voices, for the most part, confident.

Set design by Tim Driscoll and Mooney is efficient.

As Alex, a broadcaster of one-minute homilies, Boyle is very likeable, mostly because between the parents, he is the most willing to suspend dogma in favour of the son whom he loved.

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FREE! registerat writersfest.bc.ca Matt Montgomery and Jesse Alvarez star in Fighting Chance Productions’ Facing East, which runs until May 14 at the Jericho Arts Centre.

make a credible, engaging couple. Alvarez’s Andrew is sweet, cuddly and confused; Montgomery’s Marcus is the more confident of the lovers and, like most of us, finds the LDS position on homosexuality both absurd and brutal.

Praying while facing east is, apparently, an ancient tradition; east is the direction from which light comes after darkness — symbols of enlightenment and sinfulness respectively. With the possibility of finding common ground on the ho-

rizon, Facing East does have light at the end. All three — Alex, Ruth and Marcus — loved Andrew and, as Marcus says, “I know in my heart that God loves me and I’m gay.”

For more reviews, go to joledingham.ca. joled@telus.net Facing East is at the Jericho Arts Centre until May 14. For tickets, call 604-224-8007 or go to ticketstonight.ca.

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When we think about health, many consider it from the negative.

The focus is on symptoms, injuries, illness or disease.

Many approach their healthcare the same way.

They see a doctor or other healthcare provider mainly for the treatment of these conditions.

Health is defined in the negative. The absence of disease and healthcare becomes passive: the treatment given by a healthcare professional.

I think of health as the optimal balance of the important areas of your

life (physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, family, social, work, rest and play), guided by what you value and where you find meaning, and the achievement of your positive potential in life.

I believe we each have a unique potential. It is our duty to realize our potential and to help others achieve theirs.

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one healthcare provider Though we all need the assistance of doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers at different points in our lives, most of your healthcare is provided by just one person. That person, of course, is you.

In this way, real healthcare is self-care. The best predictors of your future health are the habits you practise today.

The four foundations of self-care are: 1) what you eat — what you put into your body; 2) what you do — physical activity; 3) how you feel — emotional well being and; 4) how you relate — healthy relationships.

Over the past two years, I’ve led the Burnaby Division of Family Practice’s Empowering Patients health education campaign. Our goal is to improve the health of our community by providing unbiased health information on a variety of topics including the four foundations, chronic conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, preventive and proactive care, medical ethics, improving your hospital experience

and communicating with healthcare providers.

So far we’ve delivered 14 free public lectures in Burnaby’s schools, libraries and community centres and created health education posters, handouts and videos. To see our growing library of health information, check the Burnaby

The best predictors of your future health are the habits you practise today.

Division’s website at divisionsbc.ca/burnaby.

The family doctor’s circle of care has expanded from the care of the individual patients of a practice to the care of our community.

We care about our patients, and we care about our community.

If you’re thinking of improving your future health

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

Each participant at the walk will also get a free pedometer (while quantities last).

To find out about the Move for Health Day and Week events close to you, check out your local community centre or the B.C. Recreation and Parks Association website (bcrpa.bc.ca/mfhd2016/ events). To learn more about the Walk With Your Doc events in every community, check walkwithyourdoc.ca.

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

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When I visited, the savoury option was luridly pink with beet hummus, feta, dill and pumpkin seedstudded cracker atop a slice of toasted Irish soda bread.

Sweet saw an already excellent banana-gingerchocolate loaf smeared with vanilla custard and adorned with poached pears. The menu changes bi-weekly and now features avocado and sprouts on sesame bread, and strawberries on a buckwheatalmond loaf. (Check East Van Roasters’ Facebook and Instagram accounts to stay in the loop.)

There is no seating in the bakery, so all items are prepared to go, but customers are encouraged to enjoy their items in the chocolate café. There, it’s business as usual with coffee roasted in house, and single-origin chocolate made with cacao beans sourced as directly as possible.

Shelley Bolton is the director of social enterprise for the Portland Hotel Society and the force behind both East Van Roasters locations. She recently returned from Guatemala and Belize, where she met with cacao growers.

“We met with the cooperative [in Guatemala] and it was very enlightening, very heartwarming and very humbling,” she says. “We live in this busy city and we forget how most of the world lives, with very little.

And they work so hard.”

While the café and the bakery are less than a block apart, the East Van Roasters team is beginning to wear a discernible groove in the pavement between the two. “We’ve joked about how we should create a tunnel,” says Bolton.

So far, the bakery has been open limited hours, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

on weekdays only, while the team figures things out. That includes Brooke Lodge, a pastry chef-chocolatier-consultant-chef whom Bolton describes as a “culinary nomad,” and Gizelle Paré, who was previously with Thierry.

And of course, there are “the ladies” — women with barriers to employment who split their time between the chocolate shop and the bakery.

Since East Van Roasters opened in 2013, roughly 25 women have come through the program. And by many accounts, it’s working.

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Start no new projects, chase nothing new, and form no new relationships before May 22. Instead, protect and further ongoing ventures, and/or reprise projects from the past. You’re feeling mildly sexy, mildly romantic – but mostly wise and hesitant. The main focus lies on money and sensual attractions (to people or things – e.g., you’d really like to buy that 10 yards of blue velvet, or that Cadillac). Pay neglected bills, and collect outstanding debts.

Start no new projects nor relationships – nor buy anything major (clothes to sailing ships) before May 22. Until then, stick with ongoing projects, or reprise past ones. Be patient in the face of delays, indecision, missed meetings, supply shortages, etc. A person with whom you shared a sexy time might return. If so, all seems well, unless one of you is married. A former research project, investment or debt-reduction scheme might return – if so, it also is fine.

You’re up, buoyant, energetic, magnetic – you’re the leader now (and most of May). Remember, start nothing new, projects or relationships, before May 22. Use the interval to recap, reexamine, to make (only!) minor adjustments, to reprise past relationships or ventures, and to protect ongoing situations from mistakes, delays, shortages and misunderstandings. An old flame might appear – or you might look him/her up.

It’s an easy, benevolent week, Scorpio. Start nothing new before May 22, Scorpio, neither relationships nor ventures. That said, an association, opportunity, or ex-lover, ex-spouse might return, especially this Thurs./Fri., or anytime in the three weeks ahead. This “return from the past” could be an excellent opportunity, so dive in.

But be wary of brand new “openings” or ventures, and of large purchases, until May 22.

Remember, Gemini, start nothing new, projects nor relationships, before May 22. (That’s probably just as well, since you’re in a quiet, restful mode, regenerating your emotional and physical batteries, and should avoid competitive situations the whole time – or at least, until May 20, when you’ll start to feel lively again.) Be ambitious – but not overly so – Sunday dawn to 10 a.m. Tues. (PDT). Avoid new career starts or proposals, but do show your skills and dedication.

Remember, Sage, buy nothing new nor start a new project or relationship before May 22. Until then, almost every week focuses on the pile of work facing you. Guard your daily health: use sun block, eat well, etc. Be alert, anticipate “no shows,” equipment breakdowns and supply shortages (have back-up supplies, etc.) misunderstood directions, false starts, delays and indecision. (If you don’t know what to do in a certain circumstance, do what you’d earlier planned.)

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You not only can, but perhaps should, reprise the past. Contact an old love or long lost but cherished friend, a former social group or club, etc. Your optimism will buoy you and attract others for the weeks ahead.

Remember, Cap, start no new projects nor relationships – and make no major purchases – before May 22. (That includes clothes.) Be alert, watch for mistakes in addresses, schedules, on cheques, for delays and supply shortages, missing personnel, etc.

You might fortunately reprise something from the past – especially in romance (and old flame is very likely for single Caps) beauty, pleasure (visit a former vacation spot) speculation and games.

Remember, Leo, start nothing new, in practical or love zones, before May 22. The main accent lies on ambition, prestige relations, your reputation and worldly status, until May 20. And a period of slowness, false starts, indecision, misunderstandings and missed appointments lasts just past that, to May 22.

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The general emphasis lies on your domestic sphere, Aquarius – home, kid/parent relations, garden, security, retirement, etc. Basically, this is an easy, sweet and restful time, especially this week. You’ll probably not feel the Mercury retrograde as much as others – but you will, strongly and regretfully – if you start major renovations, repairs, landscaping; if you buy or rent a new home, or sign the kids up for a new school, camp or sports program.

Remember, Virgo, don’t start anything new, from job to project to moving to relationships now to May 22. The weeks ahead emphasize indecision, delay, misunderstandings, false starts, etc. So spend this time protecting ongoing projects (e.g., order the flour early for your bakery) and/or reprising past ones. The general accent will lie on far travel, religion, life philosophy, cultural events, international affairs, fame, law, higher learning and gentle love.

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Lock ‘em down… comfortably From bathing suits to ‘jogbra,’ sports bras advance as we do

Megan Stewart

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Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon, ran the 26-mile course in a onepiece bathing suit.

Dressed in Bermuda shorts over her black swimwear, the 23-yearold Californian was not officially registered for the 1966 race but snuck on to the course and loped to the finish line in three hours and 21 minutes. She is now commemorated as the first female winner of the presanctioned era.

“Pre-sanctioned” is the nice euphemism used in place of prohibited. In the press, a headline heralded the “bride” who completed the marathon.

In 1967, Gibb raced almost an hour faster than the next female competitor, Katherine Switzer, who was the first official female racer because she signed up with the Boston Athletic Association using her initials, as was common practice.

In addition to Gibb and Switzer, three other women ran that year in a groundbreaking event made infamous for one race director’s efforts to knock Switzer off the course. Literally applies in this case; he tried to physically assault her.

Fifty years later, 12,168 women completed the 2016 Boston Marathon earlier this month on April 18.

I very much doubt any one of those women wore a bathing suit, but I smile when I think of Gibb and her nonchalance towards sports clothing, decades before “athleisure” and celebrity tank tops.

That said, clothing is an important factor for many of us. We want to look good when we’re sweating to look our best. But more importantly, discomfort can prohibit some of us from exercising at all. I’m talking about discomfort from the bounce of an ample bosom; studies show breasts don’t just rise and fall up to 10 centimetres during exercise, they also move independently like renegade twins.

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Lean-bodied Gibb and many triathletes today can get by in swimwear, but that

Left: Bill Scott crosses the finish line of the 1979 Vancouver International Marathon.

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contrasts to the women who double up by wearing two sports bras or who, worst of all, simply avoid mid- or high-impact activities that include running.

Improvements in design and fabric have completely changed sports bras since the earliest prototypes of the 1970s. The first of its kind, the “jogbra” designed by women and released in 1977, humbly took the form of two jockstraps sewn together. Trust me, I wish I were joking.

Such a crude beginning speaks to the complete absence of attention and resources paid to women’s athletic needs. If we weren’t considered physically or mentally fit to run long distances, certainly no one was considering our comfort over those miles.

Since then, advances in design, construction and fabric have afforded many women the ability and freedom to exercise comfortably.

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Following in the footsteps of past Vancouver marathons

After more than 40 years, long-distance race has changed significantly

Megan Stewart

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Last Sunday, nearly 60 runners met in Stanley Park to run one or five historical loops along the Seawall and under the trees.

They followed in the footsteps of the 32 men and two women who competed in the inaugural Vancouver International Marathon organized by the Lions Gate Road Runners in 1972. Others were drawn to the park simply to cheer them on.

On the 45th anniversary of the fringe event many once considered an extreme sport, Jordan Meers, a former race director with the BMO Vancouver Marathon, imagined the low-budget, high-endorphin Run Analogue Project and invited runners to tackle a self-supported marathon (or just as many laps as they wanted) in Stanley Park just as they did in 1972.

From that start, Vancouver now hosts the oldest continual marathon in Canada.

It’s also one of the biggest.

Since that race four decades ago, here is how the race has changed:

Changing course

In 1972, racers made five laps of the same course through Stanley Park. That lasted for four years before

the marathon branched out to city streets. In the ’90s, a far-flung course led racers over the Lions Gate Bridge and back across Second Narrows Crossing, where they shared the Trans Canada with highway traffic.

Don Basham, who was the race director for 16 years starting in ’72, dealt only with the park board until 1976 when the course expanded to downtown. “I was the first one to ask for permission to have any road race on a road,” he said this week. Now, the marathon sees the city’s largest deployment of police offices and, between the marathon and half-marathon, covers more than 70 kilometres of pavement, including streets and the Seawall.

Going metric

The course was 26.2 miles. It’s now 42.1 kilometres.

High performance

The dedicated athletes who ran the marathon in the ’70s were not weekend warriors. They were elite, semi-pro and national competitors who ran sub-fourhour marathons on training days. Unlike today’s sevenhour limit, the race did not have a cut-off time. “We never had runners who were

that slow,” said Basham, himself a sprinter who competed against world record holder, North Vancouver’s Harry Jerome.

The first time limit was introduced when the race moved out of the park. It was four hours.

Recreational expectations

Nearly half a century ago, racers ran a self-supported distance. There were no aid stations with water, gels or bananas. No portable toilets.

With more non-competitive running clubs and friend groups, a growing number of people sign up to complete a bucket-list challenge.

“The balance has tipped the other way,” said Basham. “In the ’70s we’d have more than 80 per cent serious runners who belonged to running clubs and were out there for the time as opposed to people who just want to see if they can finish.

Today, those racers have more demands and the international elite have specific needs, too. Said Myers, who now helps organize the Lululemon Sea Wheeze, “There is a lot more professionalism. The expectations of participants are very high.”

Asphalt intelligence

With barely three dozen racers on the course, officials kept hand-written paper records of times and distances. At the finish line, a stop-watch kept pace and the time was shouted out loud and recorded on a clipboard.

Cheating might have been easy, but it wasn’t the nature of these early racers, said Basham.

“We hardly ran into challenges like that.”

This Sunday’s marathon will count 5,000 racers wearing tiny chips on their shoelaces that record their time at intervals along the course.

Squad goals

Not immune to society’s predominant sexism, many marathons banned women from competing.

The Vancouver International Marathon rose above the prejudice its first year by registering, officiating and timing female racers as equal participants to the men.

How things have changed. “In a lot of races now, there are more women than men,” said Basham.

In 2015, for example, 4,574 women completed the half-marathon compared to 3,275 men.

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Sports & Recreation ASKED AND ANSWERED: A third-year student at the University of B.C., Ben Thorne became the first Canadian race walker to go under the 80-minute mark in the 20-kilometre event when he clocked in at one hour, 19 minutes and 57 seconds to win bronze at the World Outdoor Championships last August in China.

His performance set a national record. Last week, 22-year-old, Kitimat-born Thorne earned two honours from Athletics Canada: the Dr. Fred Tees Memorial Trophy as the Canadian university athlete of the year and the Fred Begley Memorial Trophy as the year’s off-track athlete. He expects to represent Canada at the Rio Olympic Games.

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Winston Brown is the new head coach of the women’s basketball program at Langara, the college announced April 21.

An assistant coach with the Falcons since 2014, Brown will take over for Mike Evans who led the Falcons for the past 14 years.

“My goal, as head coach, will be to continue building a foundation and a culture of success. Langara College is a unique and special institution and it’s important to me that our student-athletes represent the qualities of the school both on and off the court,” Brown said in a prepared statement.

Last season, the Falcons went 8-13 to finish fifth out of eight teams in the PACWEST. In an interview with the Courier, Brown said he intends to shake things up on the hardwood at Langara, which the majority of

Winston Brown huddles with the York House Tigers during a senior girls basketball tournament in 2011. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

students attend to complete a diploma or transition to university.

“I’m going to start by changing the expectations of our players as well as our coaches,” he said. “Our program has to provide an environment where the athletes who are staying here will be given all the experiences a postsecondary athletic program has to offer, whereas the athletes who are looking to transition need to be

provided a framework that will help them be successful when they move on.

While I’m excited about achieving on-court success, so much of what we do as coaches goes on outside of the lines. The early mark I hope to make is recruiting players and coaches who will help us establish the foundation for that type of success.”

Brown will name his assistant coaching staff over the summer.

Formerly the head coach of the junior and senior girls teams at York House School, Brown led the senior Tigers to 10 consecutive AA B.C. championships and brought home an impressive seven provincial titles between the two age groups.

He started coaching at the high school in 2003 and joined the faculty as a teacher five years later.

Through 10 seasons at York House, he posted a regular season record of 108-8.

Further cementing his credentials in the basketball community, Brown has been the director of the Triple Threat Basketball Training Academy since 2003.

Langara last won a PACWEST provincial championship in the 2005-06 season with Evans. Their last national collegiate championship dates to 1983.

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The major issue for Acura is that the premium crossover segment is incredibly crowded and it’s getting harder and harder to stay ahead.

This market niche has so many acclaimed mainstays; a few of the RDX’s main rivals include the Lexus RX, BMW X3 and Audi Q5.

The Acura RDX received a complete redesign in 2013 and now sees a midcycle refresh for the 2016 model year. The highlights include: more power, improved efficiency and luxurious technology.

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To answer the growing demand from luxury car owners looking for a crossover SUV, the firstgeneration Acura RDX was introduced in 2007.

The original was followed by a significantly improved second-generation in 2013.

Still sharing some platform with the Honda CRV, the 2016 facelift shows only subtle tweaks. The change mostly brings the RDX in line with Acura’s modern design language.

New Jewel Eye LED headlights sit either side of a revised 3-dimensional grille.

Further livening up the package are new LED taillights, which reflect Acura’s current signature look.

Likewise, the interior receives a few revisions to make the RDX feel like the rest of the Acura family.

The high contrast silver and black trim is classy and understated, and many premium features are standard.

The RDX is available in three trim levels. After the base, Tech is the next step up, with Elite topping the range.

Performance

The theme of small, evolutionary changes continues under the hood of the RDX as well. While the 3.5-litre V6 is new, horsepower is only up 6 and torque up 1 lb-ft.

However, while these increases are only incremental, Acura claims the power is delivered more efficiently thanks to a better torque spread. The max 279 hp arrives at 6,200 rpm and the RDX hits its peak 252 lb-ft of torque at 4,900 rpm.

Despite not being a member of Honda’s praised Earth Dreams family, the V6 in the RDX is smooth and refined. It also has a luxurious muted note, and new engine mounts further reduce noise, vibration and harshness.

While all these changes are nice, it never feels sporty, especially compared to its V6 powered rivals which offer more muscle and performance.

To be fair, the RDX is only available as a V6, whereas it is a rather costly option with its competitors. Compared to 4-cylinder models, the RDX easily has them beat.

To make driving the RDX even smoother, the 6-speed automatic prioritizes comfort over speed. A manual mode uses steering wheel paddle shifters if you prefer to be more in charge.

In Canada, the RDX is only available in AWD with Intelligent Control. The system has been tuned for more rear torque bias to enhance dynamic stability and all-weather performance.

While the RDX is nimble around town, where it truly shines is on the highway. Not only is it quiet, but advanced driver-assist technologies like adaptive cruise control, collision warning and mitigation, lane-keeping assist and departure warning, and blind-spot warning offer peace-of-mind.

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Environment

There’s a lot to like about the cabin of the RDX. Material quality is excellent, and while plastics are everywhere obviously, they are soft to the touch and fit is typical Honda.

The leather-trimmed front seats are broad and flat, but they are comfortable and quite supportive around corners. The leather-wrapped steering wheel is large and effortlessly maneuvers the RDX. Rear seat passengers are treated very well in the RDX; there’s plenty of space in the back, even for long-legged occupants.

A standard power tailgate makes accessing the cargo area easy. If you need additional space, the 60/40 splitfolding rear seatbacks fold down to offer 76.9 cubic feet.

The biggest change in this restyled RDX over the previous one is Honda/ Acura’s now signature dual-screen infotainment system. This gives the cabin a futuristic feel, but the user experience may not be the most intuitive.

Features

Starting prices for the RDX begin at $41,990,

Tech models start at $44,990, and Elite models are priced at $46,590.

Standard equipment includes keyless entry with push-button start, heated front seats, dualzone climate control, LED headlights, auto headlights, auto-dimming rearview mirror, rearview camera with guidelines, Bluetooth, and a power moonroof.

Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include navigation, heated 2nd row seats, ventilated front seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, power-folding exterior mirrors, auto-dimming exterior mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, and front and rear parking sensors.

Fuel efficiency numbers are 12.4 city, 8.6 highway, and 10.7 combined (L/100km).

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Though the RDX offers all the technology and luxuries expected of a premium crossover, it does so at a reasonable price.

When you factor in the first class reliability record of Acura’s parent, Honda, there’s little to complain about the RDX.

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While the RDX works well generally, its rivals are sportier. The RDX lacks performance characters.

The Bottom Line

If you want a comfortable, smooth-as-a-silk crossover SUV, give the 2016 Acura RDX a chance.

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