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Damning report finds Vancouver city hall routinely broke FOI laws Bob Mackin

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An NPA city councillor said he was not shocked by the B.C. information and privacy commission’s damning report on Vancouver city hall because it only confirms that Vision Vancouver is running “the most opaque government” in city history.

The first freedom of information audit and compliance investigation of a B.C. municipality, released June 23, slammed city hall for inappropriate delays, failure to meet legislated timelines 16 per cent of the time, missing documentation, incomplete responses and “curt and perfunctory communication with applicants.” Investigators Tanya Allen and Carol Whittome also found evidence that records were deliberately deleted or hidden and that bureaucrats issued deceptive invoices and went overboard with censorship.

“I get the sense that there was meddling happening from the top and that’s not the way it’s supposed to work,” Coun. George Affleck told the Courier, blaming Mayor Gregor

Robertson. “It should be completely hands-off from politics, and let the staff do their job, do their job properly and be open and transparent. Otherwise, you have the perception that you’re hiding something.”

In the report, Commissioner Elizabeth Denham called for immediate improvement and a cultural shift. She concluded that a public body “should not act as a gatekeeper of records but instead should be a conduit for providing applicants with the information they are entitled to” under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. FOI director Barbara Van Fraassen told the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) that some staff had been trained, but the city has no mandatory schooling in records management or the FOI process in general.

Evidence showed that “certain city staff treated emails and other records as transitory even when they were not and subsequently deleted records.” In January 2015, OIPC confirmed that Mike Magee, who was

A report released by the B.C. information and privacy commission last week slammed Vancouver city hall for how it responds to freedom of information requests. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Robertson’s chief of staff until May, mass-deleted his city email and had used his personal company email account to conduct city business.

The report said two ex-city hall employees told OIPC that city staff were directed at least once to rename files in such a way “that records could not be easily located if a search for responsive records was conducted.”

Investigators found that Van Fraassen’s staff vastly overestimated the time required to handle some requests, thus inflating the fee estimates that were is-

sued to applicants. On one of three cases examined, “it was unclear how a fee estimate for 36 hours (minus three hours free) was created, considering available records showed that only one department provided a time estimate for five hours to compile records.”

Denham was particularly concerned that city hall had discriminated against journalists. During interviews with OIPC, staff denied they treated reporters differently or had been instructed to do so. “However, OIPC examiners discerned trends when analyzing by applicant

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City hall was nearly four times more likely to fail to meet timelines with media applicants compared to others. Evidence showed city hall applies a higher “strategic risk and complexity rating” to requests made by media applicants, which contravenes the requirement for applicants to be treated equally.

“The use of sensitivity ratings to identify requests made by certain applicants such as media is inconsistent with [the law’s] goals of openness and accountability if it results in delaying access simply because of the kind of requester involved,” Denham wrote.

“It is in the public interest to protect the ability of media applicants to identify issues, obtain records and disseminate information in a timely manner.”

Overall, said B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association director Vince Gogolek, Vancouver city hall exhibited a “we know better” attitude and wilfully ignored the law.

OIPC launched the probe last fall and audited a random sample of 290 City of

Vancouver files from 2013 to 2015 plus 162 complaints and other files.

Immediately after the report’s publication, the city hall communications office released a statement that pledged to act on Denham’s 12 recommendations to improve response times, policies, procedures and training, but it gave no schedule. It also vowed to file a progress report with OIPC by year-end.

The report comes sevenand-a-half years after Robertson’s swearing-in speech that included a promise to “ensure transparency, accountability and public debate at city hall.”

In that speech, the Vision Vancouver leader conceded, especially to thousands of first-time voters, that “politicians do not always live up to that responsibility” “My commitment to them, on behalf of every member of my team, is that I will not let you down on making city hall more open and accountable,” said Robertson’s Dec. 8, 2008 speech.

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What’s next? Starbucks?

H&M? The Gap? I mean other businesses will open up around this area and we will be the new West End.” Moulton hopes street parking will be protected for residents and that there’s proper transportation amenities for those travelling to and from the hospital so heavy traffic doesn’t infiltrate the neighbourhood.

The main aim of the open house, part of phase two of the City of Vancouver’s policy statement planning process, was to gather feedback to help determine

a preferred concept.

“This [open house] is an opportunity [for the public] to see some of the early conceptual designs for the campus, to give input on aspects that ring true [or] that are less desirable, to help shape the policy statement for the city as they work with us to give guidelines for how the site will be developed in the future,” explained Dr. Jeff Pike, the physician director of clinical planning for the Providence Health Care Redevelopment.

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signs proposed have been dubbed the “urban court” concept and the “pedestrian spine” concept.

Pike said they are similar in many ways, with the main difference being the position of the main acute hospital.

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At an open house at Thornton Park last Thursday, Dawn Moulton surveyed models of two preliminary designs for the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health care campus Providence Health Care hopes to open on False Creek Flats.

But it’s not the design that has her concerned — it’s the overall impact the development would have on the neighbouring community.

“I’m worried this is going to be the city centre if this hospital goes here and there’s going to be a lot of community impacts in Strathcona.

Right now, we have a very sort of quiet, sleepy community and people living in single-family detached homes where you know your neighbour. It’s very comfortable and quiet and that is going to change,” said Moulton who’s lived in a house near the 18.5-acre Station Street site for eight years.

“I like the location. I think it’s probably a great location for the hospital, but there’s going to be huge community impacts to property values, sustainable housing.

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Vision is to create integrated health services Continued from page 5 In one case, it’s oriented north-south, in the other east-west.

In both concepts, emergency services have been situated in the north-east corner, based on early discussions with B.C. Ambulance, for access from what would be Malkin Avenue when the viaducts come down.

“But in each case, it sort of pivots around that space.

In the one where we have an east-west design, the flow allows the pedestrian access from Thornton Park, where we’re standing now, to be the backdrop of the entire campus so it’s the furthest from the site,” Pike said.

“Conversely, the north-south orientation allows more sun access from the hospital itself, so those in the acute hospital would have both the rising sun and the setting sun. It also allows easier access to Strathcona rather than having a large construct of a hospital building that, in some ways, is a barrier between this site and Strathcona. It allows for easier access for pedestrians, so it’s been dubbed the pedestrian spine model in this discussion.”

Dr. Jeff Pike, the physician director of clinical planning for Providence Health Care Redevelopment, said the two preliminary concepts are similar in many ways. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Pike said the preferred option could wind up being a mix of the two designs.

“These are two offerings that have various appeal in various ways,” he said.

“Our opportunity here is to engage the community and hear what their input is so we can make the campus plan even better.”

Pike said the key vision for the hospital and health care campus is to create a system of integrated services not only on campus but in the community.

“It offers us an opportunity to rethink engaging with patients from a single system, or silos of care so to speak, and really partner-

ing with patient populations as they move from home [and become] unwell [to] having touch points with the community services and the campus services and back to home again. That’s a great departure from the hospital as the default for all things illness.”

Vivien Christison was among those who stopped by the open house. She lives in the area and has an interest in health care since she used to work in administration in long-term care.

“I’m happy with their philosophical approach which is to connect well into the community and with primary care,” she said.

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Christison didn’t favour either option. Calling both “thoughtful,” she said she slightly prefers the spine option “but not strongly.”

“I’m happy the hospital is coming here. It’s going to enliven the area and put more focus in the area in terms of what’s happening down here and start to look at what people’s needs area,” she said. “I don’t think this is an overlooked area — it certainly isn’t — but we don’t tend to look at it from the point of view of it as a whole neighbourhood. We tend to look at it from the point of view of the Downtown Eastside. So I feel this brings us into a different view. It puts us under a different microscope.”

The policy statement, with a preferred option, is expected to go before council in September. Providence is also putting together its business plan for the project, which it expects to submit to the government this fall. If the project is approved in the new year, construction could start as early as 2018, with doors potentially opening in 2023. @naoibh

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Angelina Zhang (right) prepared with her coach Dena Tabyanian prior to the West Coast regionals of the Optimist International’s Oratorical World Championships last Thursday. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Fourteen-year-old Angelina Zhang stands in front of a laptop in a dimly lit amphitheatre at Crofton House school awaiting instructions from a faceless voice on the other end of the computer in St. Louis, Missouri.

The amphitheatre’s small audience, mostly made up of elderly men in vests and sashes laden with fabric badges and a few young girls dressed in school

uniforms, hushed as the voice came back on. Zhang approached the microphone with a handful of cue cards and began reading an essay she wrote about the nature of competition and society’s expectations in hopes of winning $20,000.

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turns reading essays they had written to the panel of judges via the Internet.

“We are making history here,” said Al Kersey, lieutenant governor of the Vancouver Optimist Club, pointing out this is the furthest any Vancouverite has gone since the chapter’s inception 70 years ago.

Optimist International is a service organization that spans more than 35 countries, with nearly 3,000 chapters and 100,000 members worldwide. The organization’s aim is to give youth under the age of 18 scholarship opportunities and a platform for volunteer work.

Optimist International dates back to 1919, which is also the time when at least one of the Vancouver chapter leaders in attendance was born.

Nearly 2,000 students take part in the Optimist Club’s oratorical contest, which is one of the most popular and longest running competitions sponsored by Optimist International.

Like a lot of girls her age, Zhang, a Grade 9 student at Crofton House school, likes to dance, play tennis and spend time with her friends. But she also had a fear of public speaking, which she decided to face head-on by enrolling in a public speaking course five years ago, joining a debate club last year and giving a go at the Optimist International Oratorical Contest.

“I tend to feel really insecure a lot, but I started to realize the more I spoke and wrote about it, the more I started to believe [I don’t need to be],” Zhang said.

Zhang, with her essay on how her best measures up to societal expectations, titled, “My Best versus the Best,” propelled her through the B.C. zones and the Pacific Northwest District competition. On Thursday, she took the West Coast regionals, winning $5,000 in scholarship money, and made it to the world championships the following day and into Optimist Vancouver’s history as the only local competitor to qualify past the district competition.

Although she didn’t crack the top three at the world championships (only the top three placements are recorded), Zhang, ever the optimist, says she isn’t deterred. “That’s OK,” she said Monday morning.

“I’m a bit more comfortable with it now, but I’ve still got a bit to work on.” @biancachan_

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Lorna Gibbs, long time seniors advocate and close friend of Keith Jacobson, says the community activist was the heart and soul of the Killarney Community Centre and the driving force behind a movement to have a seniors centre built in Southeast Vancouver.

Jacobson died Friday, June 24, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Jacobson was no stranger to battles — in the years this reporter knew him, he fought tirelessly for his community of Killarney as well as for the rights of community centres across the city — and of course the seniors centre.

Gibbs says Jacobson was determined to live long enough to walk through the front doors of that seniors centre once it was built but unfortunately did not live long enough to see his beloved project through to completion. Jacobson, who had served as president of the Killarney Community Centre Association, was still active

with the board and held the position of treasurer at the time of his death.

“He worked right up until the end,” says Gibbs.

Jacobson was an outspoken critic of the plan to rewrite the joint operating agreement between the city and park board and the city’s community centre associations, an issue still unresolved after more than a decade. Jacobson also fought through multiple mayors and councils in his quest to have the long-awaited seniors centre built adjacent to the Killarney Community Centre, a plan recently approved and supported by three levels of government.

Jacobson’s wife Karen told the Courier a memorial service will be held this Sunday, July 3, at 3 p.m. at the Killarney Community Centre, located at 6260 Killarney St. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the B.C. Cancer Foundation as a way to express their thanks for the care given Jacobson during his five years of treatment. Donations can be made online at bccancerfoundation.com. @sthomas10

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 1 6

Opinion ALLEN GARR COLUMNIST

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Self-regulation of B.C.’s real estate industry a disastrous failure

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f nothing else is clear from the extensive report of the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) on the conduct and practices in the real estate industry in British Columbia, it is this: Self-regulation has been a disastrous failure.

It is a failure the provincial Liberals have had a hand in beginning with former Premier Gordon Campbell. But it is more than just about the self-regulation of this industry; you should also understand that they have knowingly starved the very govern-

The oversight structure we have now was designed for an industry where people bought and sold homes.

With the dramatic price escalation, it has turned into an industry where properties have become investments much like stocks. ment body that has oversight of that body; specifically the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate.

Of course the Independent Advisory Group’s substantial recommendations will definitely catch the headlines. Those will include significantly increasing “broker misconduct” penalties for individual realtors from $10,000 to $250,000 and for real estate companies from $20,000 to $500,000.

Then there is the proposal to make the self-regulating Real Estate Council of B.C.

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more representative of the public instead of now having 13 of its 17 members from the real estate industry on its board.

But if you think back to when news of the scandalous behaviour of some real estate agents broke, it broke not because the industry itself decided to come clean, nor because the Superintendent of Real Estate decided to go public with her findings. It broke because disgruntled real estate agents decided to go to the Globe and Mail to talk about “shadow flipping.”

In fact, until that point, most of you had never even heard of or knew we had a Superintendent of Real Estate.

Of course, the B.C. Auditor General was well aware of that post. It is part of the larger oversight body FICOM, the Financial Institutions Commission of B.C. led by Carolyn Rogers.

The auditor’s 2014 report to the legislature pointed out that for a number of years there had been a serious staff shortage in that watchdog agency. In fact, Rogers, who in her role as Superintendent of Real Estate, chaired that Independent Advisory Group that produced Tuesday’s 60-page report looking into the real estate industry.

It is on page 31 of that report you can read about how her powers have been severely limited by a lack of funds combined with government salary caps and other spending restrictions. “These constraints include limits on hiring of staff, limits on travel and public advertising.” Adding that, “This creates the risk that real estate issues could be put on the back burner.” It was like cutting the police budget when a crime wave is breaking out.

Not that the government was particularly concerned. Last month, in an exchange in the legislature between B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong and NDP Housing critic David Eby, we learned that while the unfilled positions among the civil service are about five per cent, at FICOM the vacancy

rate is 35 per cent. Regulators are in high demand. Pay and benefits are clearly better elsewhere in the country.

And while the funding of FICOM comes in large part from the industries being policed, including real estate, insurance and pensions, because of staff shortages the government last year managed to pull $3 million out of FICOM’s budget and put it back into general revenue.

But that doesn’t mean that nobody knew what was going on in an industry that has been badly broken. The Independent Advisory Group that produced the report with its 28 recommendations managed to crank it out is 15 weeks. They did this with virtually no additional resources save for a public email address and a website that produced a number of submissions, and with what folks in the industry already had in their heads.

At the press conference Tuesday, there were folks who had been on the self-regulating real estate council for decades or who

had been in the real estate business for an equally long time.

But there was no apparent extensive audit or public inquiry.

One point that Rogers made was this: The oversight structure we have now was designed for an industry where people bought and sold homes.

With the dramatic price escalation, it has turned into an industry where properties have become investments much like stocks.

It’s like a “gold rush,” she said, with everyone hustling to make a “quick buck.”

And it finally has everyone’s attention.

Now let’s see what government and the industry will do about it.

(Note: Finance Minister Mike de Jong revealed in a press release issued Tuesday, in response to the IAG report, that the government would announce “actions to strengthen consumer protection” Wednesday, after the Courier’s print deadline.) @allengarr

T H U R SDAY, J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 1 6 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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Two branches of opinion on Linden trees Re: “Vancouver Park Board... cut down those trees!” June 15.

I usually agree with Allen Garr’s column, so I was surprised by his attack on the city’s boulevard Linden trees. His reasoning seems to be selective, mentioning allergies, asthma, car-washing and wasps as a consequence of a Linden’s presence and a justification for their removal. A naturalist (and beekeeper) such as Garr should know that many plants can trigger allergies and asthmatic attacks, and that wasps are a blight in this city every summer, even when one’s patio is blocks away from any Linden trees (my situation). I won’t even comment on car-washing.

Yes, their pests shed honeydew. They are also a lovely, large street tree with a flower that has a wonderful fragrance, one of the pleasures of early summer in Vancouver. We can’t cut down a species of tree just because someone doesn’t like it. Many people don’t like trees at all, if our vanishing canopy cover is any indication, and if we acted on their complaints we’d be left with only a handful of small, inoffensive trees that provide little shade, oxygen, habitat and aesthetic value.

Better remove all our camellia, pieris, azalea and laurel specimens — they’re all susceptible to sooty mold too! What would our city look like then?

Mike Dezell, Vancouver ••• It only stands to reason that the city would also remove the Linden trees from the 2600 block of East 19th.

There is no need to reiterate the problems created by these trees. The trees in this block are rarely maintained. Their falling leaves clog the drains and create serious safety hazards on the roads and sidewalks.

All the problems created by these trees are clearly evident for any residents living with this type of tree, regardless of their location in the city.

Karen and Ray Cattell, Vancouver

Dangerous Vision Re: “Housing outrage,” Letters, June 9.

Tina Oliver’s letter hits the nail on the head. I’d add: “Thank you for the loss of tree canopy the size of Stanley Park (while requiring residents to put their potato peels in green bins); for property tax increases of 33 per cent up to 2015; for taking away the power of residents to determine the future

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of their neighbourhoods; for implementing changes to the building code that make it cheaper to tear houses down and rebuild them than to renovate them and which make it economically unfeasible for people to build low rent basement suites or renovate their low rent accommodations. You are causing homelessness.

Vision Vancouver, you are a danger to this city and its residents. You are removing democracy little by little from Vancouver’s governance and you’re screwing up virtually everything you turn a hand to.”

Linda MacAdam, Vancouver

Traffic lesson Re: “Stop to it,” Letters, June 16.

The use of pedestrian activated traffic signals (or half signals) is a unique feature in British Columbia and with it often comes much confusion around their use, as is the case in your recent letters to the editor.

So how are different users supposed to treat these half signals such as at the intersection of 10th and Commercial.

Your reader was correct in asserting that cyclists and vehicles have an obligation to come to a complete stop at the stop sign, even if the walk signal is illuminated, before proceeding through the intersection. However, they were incorrect in stating that pedestrians are not controlled by the red light and can cross at any time. Line 129 of the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act says, “When a red light alone is exhibited at an intersection by a traffic control signal, a pedestrian facing the red light must not enter the roadway unless instructed that he or she may do so by a pedestrian traffic control signal.”

The best way to move forward is for all people, whether they are walking, driving or cycling is to be aware and courteous to the people around them. Move slow, leave lots of space and always be prepared for someone else to do something unpredictable. Look out for one another, we are all in this together.

Ross Kenny, Transportation Engineer

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Housing cartoon hits home Re: “Charming Kitsilano nano-home,” Editorial Cartoon, June 22.

And the detached green garbage bin is available for rent.

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Rather than quelling the situation, that simply prompted laughter from both men, who seemed amused at her protest. They continued to reduce this smart, capable, professional adult woman to a “cute white girl,” dissecting her appearance right down to her “little black eyelashes.”

Kate, a petite woman sandwiched on the bus with these two much larger men, did what a lot of women in her situation would do: she made an exit and picked her way through the crowd to the other end of the bus — but not before calling Guy Number 1 a dick.

Nobody else on the bus said anything. And this is a problem as big as the fact that sexual harassment on transit is so widespread there’s even a website devoted to it. We still think of this kind of thing as normal, a compliment even. Boys will be boys and tease pretty girls and if the girls don’t like it, they can leave. The problem with these encounters is that they aren’t compliments. They are not innocent, if inelegant, attempts to pick up girls or flatter. They are born out of a view of women as less than, as not human, as lacking agency, choice, and an inalienable right to respect and safety in any and all public spaces. Harassment like this is one end of the continuum of violent, dehumanizing, creepy behaviour that results in some men thinking they can help themselves to women’s bodies like bulk candies from a grocery store bin.

With all the high profile sexual assault cases of late,

more women are finding the courage to speak up about their experiences with sexualized violence, and stand up for themselves when they are being harassed. But this can’t just be left to women. Others need to speak out with us, and sometimes for us. Specifically, men do. Men need to stick up for women when they see us being harassed in public and especially when we are not in the room. Men need to let other men know that it is not OK to speak about women in ways that reduce us to objects, that respect and consent are the standard for masculinity in 2016.

Because we still live in a world where women’s voices aren’t taken seriously. In public, and in private, men’s voices are heard louder, given more prominence and assigned more authority.

Just consider how Kate was literally laughed at when she attempted to stand up for herself while everyone around her was silent.

A rape crisis worker I once interviewed for a story on domestic violence put it to me this way: if any other identifiable group of people faced the rates of harassment and abuse that women do, people of colour, gays, etc., we’d be marching in the streets.

And in fact, when that is the case, we often do. But when women speak up about the violence and discrimination they experience simply by moving through the world, we brush it off as a “women’s issue” thus relegating to the back seat of our collective social concerns.

Or, in the case of Kate and countless other women, give it the silent treatment in the back seats of the bus. @jm_barrett

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If there’s a silver lining in all this — the jarring realization that so very, very many women have been walking around keeping these dirty, destructive, not-solittle secrets — it’s that we’re finally starting to talk about it. Sexual assault, it seems, is another issue we’re beginning to reckon with in the mainstream. But we have a long way to go in understanding how pervasive sexualized violence is, and even longer in recognizing how we — men, women and every identity along the gender spectrum — can act to stop it.

It’s easy to see the wrong when strange men are trying to drag teen girls into the bushes or prowling our neighbourhoods for women in the wee morning hours.

We understand the gravity of situations that occur in the shadows, when no one else is around. We’re not so good at recognizing the danger in situations that play out in broad daylight, right in front of us, all the time. Situations like the one that my friend Kate recently found herself in.

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Public Hearing: July 12, 2016 Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

A height of 21.3 metres (70 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.72 are proposed.

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning amendments for these locations:

3. 7807 Cambie Street To rezone 7807 Cambie Street from RT-1 (Two-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a sixstorey residential building, containing 27 residential dwelling units. A height of 21.3 metres (70 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.70 are proposed.

1. 106-116 East 35th Avenue To rezone 106-116 East 35th Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a five-storey building containing a total of 18 residential dwelling units. A height of 16.9 metres (56 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.30 are proposed.

4. 445 Kingsway and 2935 St. George Street To rezone 445 Kingsway and 2935 St. George Street from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit a sixstorey mixed-use building, containing 109

2. 505 West 62nd Avenue To rezone 505 West 62nd Avenue from RT-1 (Two-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building, containing a total of 32 residential dwelling units.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLAN Go Online: Read the plan and summary materials, and give feedback through the online comment form. All material is online at: vancouver.ca/gw

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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 June 30 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing

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publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 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 beginning on June 30 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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK:

Public Hearing: July 19, 2016 Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning and heritage amendments for these locations:

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Drop by Open Houses: Review the details of the plan. Members of our planning team will be there to hear your thoughts and answer questions.

5. 2805 East Hastings To rezone 2805 East Hastings from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building containing 91 secured market residential rental units and commercial uses at grade. A height of 21.4 metres (70 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.72 are proposed.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

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1. 2050 Southwest Marine Drive (Wilmar Residence and Coach House) (See A on map) To add the existing building at 2050 Southwest Marine Drive, known as the Wilmar Residence and Coach House, to the Vancouver Heritage Register as a protected property in the ‘B’ evaluation category, to designate the exteriors of the Wilmar Residence and Wilmar Coach House as protected heritage property, and to approve a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) for this site. The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number DE419489, to permit the construction of five infill one-family dwellings.

2. 6158 East Boulevard (Kirkland’s Metal Shop) (See B on map) To add and designate the existing building at 6158 East Boulevard, known as Kirkland’s Metal Shop, to the Vancouver Heritage Register as a protected property in the ‘B’ evaluation category, to designate the west façade as protected heritage property, and to approve a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) for this site. The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development Bylaw, as set forth in Development Permit Application Number DE419324 to permit the construction of a five-storey building which retains the front façade of the heritage building. A height of 19.8 metres (65 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.09 are proposed.

3. 585 West 41st Avenue (5688 Ash Street – Oakridge Lutheran Church) (See C on map) To rezone 585 West 41st Avenue (5688 Ash Street) from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building containing 46 social housing units, a church and commercial space. A height of 21.6 metres (71 feet)

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4. 155 East 37th Avenue (Little Mountain) (See D on map) To rezone 155 East 37th Avenue (Little Mountain) from RM-3A (Multi-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of 14 residential buildings and three mixed-use buildings containing approximately 1,573 dwelling units, totaling 149,675 square metres (1,610,982 square feet), including 282 social housing units, 3,046 square metres (32,786 square feet) of commercial space, a 69-space childcare centre, a neighbourhood house, and a public plaza and park. A height of 36.5 metres (120 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.50 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 July 8 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 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 beginning on July 8 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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The walls of Palace Tattoo on Hastings Street are blanketed with classic tattoo flashes of hearts with “MOM” written across them, nude pin-up girls, eagles and skulls.

“Down here is work from Doc Forbes,” said Nick Wasko, crouched in front of several vintage tattoo flashes at the front of the shop. (“Flash” is the word used to describe a tattoo design created on paper or cardboard.) “He was a famous tattoo-er in Vancouver and had a place a few doors down from here.

Most of the older guys you see walking around with tats are probably his.”

Wasko and business partner Jessy Hoffman can name Vancouver’s tattoo artists from the 20th century as if they were their own uncles, reciting names and life stories of Curly Allen, Speed Robinson, Percy Waters and Lee Roy Minugh.

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Jessy Hoffman (left) and Nick Wasko say Palace Tattoo is intrinsically tied to the city’s history.

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in antiquity,” Wasko said.

“It’s extremely gratifying for us to save these bits of history from being squirrelled up in some hipster’s attic or ending up in a landfill somewhere.”

Wasko referred back to

the Doc Forbes collection, a series of flashes that haven’t seen the inside of a tattoo parlour in 40 years. “This art wants to be up in the walls of a shop, this is its home.”

The two tattoo artists

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designs in the collection are original pieces in impeccable shape.

“It’s hard not to feel the connection to the original stuff,” Hoffman said.

“Everyone who comes in says they feel that impact because someone physically sat down and drew this.”

Wasko and Hoffman, who both have their share of ink, said 80 per cent of the work they do today is based on antique tattoos.

“We did our research and cultivated a want,” Hoffman said.

Wasko said these days, any art school dropout can be a tattoo artist. But back then, he added, these guys were trailblazers, working in an environment most men or women couldn’t handle today.

Wasko and Hoffman agree their focus is to carry on the rich narration and stories behind the ink.

The owners say by tying in Vancouver’s history to the intrinsic value tattoos bring to it, Palace Tattoo is simply “a place for people who love tattoos.” @biancachan

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time capsule into the city’s heritage — from the seats of the now-defunct Pantages Theatre to the giant clown head from the P.N.E. to the 1930s clock above the door from one of Vancouver’s iconic Aristocratic diners.

Wasko and Hoffman agree tattoo history and the city’s past are one and the same.

“These tattoos represent the western narrative, boiled down to a single image,” said Wasko, a born and bred Vancouverite. “Tattoo history represents who we are as a western culture.”

Vancouver has always had a strong tattoo history, Wasko said.

Since it’s a port city, he continued, for decades navy men and merchant sailors frequented tattoo parlours in search of those iconic vintage and patriotic images — skulls, mermaids, eagles, lots of badges and shields from the military.

Most of the flashes in the store are antiques dating from the 1920s to the 1970s. The oldest flash dates back to the turn of the century. Half of the

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PADDLES UP: Thousands recently hit the waters of False Creek for the Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival. Founded by Milton Wong and David Lam, the festival has become the largest Dragon Boat event outside of Asia.

First introduced at Expo 86, the Dragon Boat races have become one of the summer’s top cultural and sporting events. Prior to the start of weekend regatta, Peter Wong, chair of the Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society, fronted the firm’s Legacy Gala at the Concord Pacific Presentation Centre. The event attracted supporters to the $125-a-ticket event aimed at providing underserved children the opportunity to experience the positive benefits of the sport. Underscoring the point were Eric Hamber students David Liu and Emma Grimley, members of the 2015 World Junior Championships. Their words inspired guests to raise their own paddles, generating a reported $40,000.

At their annual garden party, Forum for Women Entrepreneur board member Monica Murray and founder Christina Anthony marked the organization’s 15th anniversary of helping businesswomen become wildly successful.

Eric Hamber students and World Junior Dragon Boat champions David Liu and Emma Grimley shared their discovery and love of the sport with Legacy Gala guests.

Ben Stewart, British Columbia Special Representative in Asia, is a major supporter of Tien Ching’s efforts of providing education to young girls living in the poorest regions of China.

Jeff Puhl’s Mortgage Investment Association of B.C. golf tournament raised $30,000 for Aart Schuurman Hess’s Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

Singing the praises of FWE’s popular E-Series were alumni Danielle Hartman, Lisa Calder and Carla D’Angelo. The mentoring program is being offered in several provinces, including Toronto, Ont. this October.

Paying it forward, Dr. Bixia Wang, centre, a scholarship recipient of EGRC, helped Vivian Tao and Carla Stucci fundraise so other girls in China can receive an education.

EDUCATING GIRLS: Tien Ching grew up in China. Because of the Cultural Revolution, she, along with millions of other young people, had their dreams of an education and better life shattered. Instead of going to university, Ching worked in a factory for eight years in Gansu. In 1983, she moved to Canada and made Vancouver her home.

With a deep belief that education is the key to lifting people out of poverty, Ching established Educating Girls of Rural China, a registered charity providing young girls from the poorest regions of Western China an education. Nearly 600 young women have received financial support thanks to Ching’s efforts — all successfully graduated. She recently staged her yearly fundraising luncheon at the Victoria Chinese Restaurant. Yours truly hosted the afternoon affair, which saw a record $28,000 raised, ensuring 28 more girls will receive the gift of an education.

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June 30 to July 6, 2016 1. Meat. It does a body good. Celebrate Canada’s birthday and the fortitude of your intestinal tract when Mamie Taylor’s (251 East Georgia St.) hosts RibFest July 1. The eighth annual barbecue competition brings together grill gurus from restaurants across the city to vie for meat-searing supremacy.

Mamie Taylor’s chef Tobias Grignon fires up the outdoor grills at 4 p.m. and welcomes competitors Sarah Stewart (Juniper), Jeff MacIntosh (Dixie’s BBQ), last year’s winner Devin Blaney (Peckinpah) and Michael Kaisaris (Re-Up BBQ). One hundred judging tickets will be available to the public for $10 at the door, and there will be plenty of barbecued delights on offer for those in a less judgmental mood. mamietaylors.ca.

2. Aenigma Theatre presents John Logan’s Red July 4 to 16 at Little Mountain Gallery. The provocative play follows American abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko as he battles his demons and explores the notion of good vs. bad art. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com or at the door.

3. Dearly beloved, the Rio Theatre has heard your doves cry and will screen a double-shot of Prince July 1 with Purple Rain (7:30 p.m.) and Under the Cherry Moon (9:45 p.m.) Purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. Details at riotheatre.ca.

4. Described as equal parts Bill Withers and Nat King, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter performs July 2 at the Vogue Theatre as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Bruno Herbert Trio rounds out the bill. Details at coastaljazz.ca.

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musical RENT. “There’s a cultural shift and gentrification in North America, but especially in Vancouver,” King said of SHINE’s birthplace, where it first hit the stage seven years ago at the Vancouver Burlesque Festival. SHINE, however, is based on La MaMa, a renowned cultural institution and non-profit experimental theatre founded in 1961 in New York’s East Village. In the summer of 2010, King brought SHINE back to its roots, performing at La MaMa as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

King says SHINE was first conceived when she was a sex columnist for the now defunct Terminal City Magazine and met Woods, a singer-songwriter. “The two of us went together like Reeses and peanut butter cups,” King said. The couple wrote one bawdy song, then another. “Then

we just said, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if this was our act?’

And now we’re here.”

Touring under the name the Wet Spots, the acclaimed cabaret act has performed at burlesque venues around the world and wanted to capture the ragged glamour they found in the sequestered, often endangered performance spaces.

Back home, King says Vancouver has always been a thriving town for burlesque. However, even with the city’s enthusiasm for nudity, drag and the tasseltwirling performing arts, it’s still a risky business.

“When you’re trying to promote a show as racy as this, it can be a tough sell for a season tickets-buying audience,” King said.

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Cass King came slinking through the curtains behind the stage wearing a platinum blond wig, silver high heels, glittery leggings, a satin bra and a rainbow boa.

“Drag ain’t easy,” King said last week at the WISE Hall, a cavernous venue she calls “ground zero for East Van alternative culture.”

King could have been referring to the hour it took to apply her sparkly blue eye shadow and porcelain face makeup or the six years she spent redeveloping SHINE, the burlesque musical she co-wrote with Sam Dulmage and 18 original songs she penned with her partner John Woods.

“As an artist, you know when your art is good, but not perfect,” said King, who has performed in SHINE to sold out shows in Vancouver, New York and Seattle. Despite the musical’s initial success, King wanted to tell the complete story, she said.

So she refined the script and strengthened the antagonist, added more song and dance numbers and included a live band.

The raunchy, sex-positive production explores the clash of cultures when money meets artists, said King, who acknowledges the storyline of a ragtag group of performers striving to save their venue from moneyed corporatists shares similarities with the

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purse-string holding wives of Ford (Bellis) and Page (Tom Pickett), hoping to get some between-thesheets action and to weasel some money out of them.

But Mistress Ford (Amber Lewis) and her BFF Mistress Page (Katey Wright) catch on and set traps for Falstaff. (Rumour has it that this play was written by Shakespeare upon the request of Elizabeth I who, having seen Falstaff in earlier plays, wished to see him “in love.” Whether he’s in love in the Merry Wives is questionable, but he’s certainly in lust enough to make a complete fool of himself.)

The secondary plot involves Page’s beautiful daughter Anne (Hailey Gillis) and her various unsuitable suitors, includ-

ing the ludicrous Slender (Elliott), Doctor Caius (Andrew Chown), Pastor Evans (Andrew McNee) and one completely suitable suitor, young Fenton (Daniel Doheny).

Set designer Pam Johnson provides a pub — The Garter Inn — where the host (Anton Lipovetsky) presides. A white picket fence moves in and out to provide the backyard setting for the Mistresses Ford and Page’s scheming.

Drew Facey has fun with the costumes, including golf and curling getups. It’s Canadian, eh?

Songs include “These Boots Are Made For Walking,” and poor Falstaff really does get walked all over as well as thrown in a laundry basket and beaten (offstage) with a golf club.

Shakespeare has written many feisty, conniving women, but Mistress Ford and Mistress Page take scheming to a whole other level; the script fits right into early ’60s feminism.

This Bard production is a foot-stomping hoot and about as far from traditional as you can go. If you think you hate Shakespeare, check this one out. Take your summer visitors. I tried not to laugh too much, too loud or too long; I failed miserably.

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Should Shakespeare purists avoid this Merry Wives of Windsor? If they’re averse to an evening of laughter and if they can’t stand seeing every last one in the cast sculpt character with the finest of detail, they should stay away. Lanky Benjamin Elliott, as Slender, grins goofily and looks like he’s put together with rubber bands. As Simple, Dawn Petten is dowdy, bucktoothed and walks with a list to starboard. Words fail to describe Jennifer Lines, portraying the bawd Mistress Quickly. Rigged out in a hugely fake red wig and wriggling around on red high heels, she looks like an oversexed praying mantis high on speed. And then there’s Scott Bellis, as Mistress Ford’s jealous husband. Bellis can be deadly serious, but he can also bring the house down — as he does in this production — with a sotto voce, “Arrggh.”

Everyone picks up a musical instrument at some point. And some of them sing — really, really well. Ashley Wright (Sir John Falstaff) had the opening night audience in stitches when he broke into “Ramblin’ Man” and later, even funnier, “Baby, Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me.” Don’t remember these songs in The Merry Wives of Windsor? Well, you’ve never seen a Merry Wives like this unless you saw it in 2012 on the Douglas Campbell Stage.

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Once again, director Johnna Wright sets the play in Windsor, Ont. not Windsor, Berkshire, England and the action has shifted, once again, from Elizabethan England to the ’60s: crinolines, peddle pushers, beehive hairdos, a Timothy Leary lookalike (finger snapping Bellis again), rockin’ band (under the direction of Benjamin Elliott) and even a baggie of weed.

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People tout travel as the best way to open your eyes and experience a new culture. But they often forget that there are untold stories right in our backyard. Take, for example, the Capilano Tea House and Botanical Soda Company.

Don’t be misled by the skinny storefront. The exposed brick wall stretches way into the back, with a gorgeous long table running down one side. At first glance, it looks like a tea shop with snacks — but wait, is that rooibos with juniper? Black tea with sage?

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“One flavour is as valued as another,” says co-owner Michelle Nahanee, who runs the shop with her daughter Paisley. “It’s about these flavours melding together, of sharing.”

The Nahanees belong to the Squamish Nation, and it was important to them to design a business that reflected their heritage.

Michelle’s communications background led her to work on the issues that tend to dominate the conversation about First Nations, such as women leaving domestic violence.

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When I was a kid, my parents thought I could use some religious instruction, so they sent me to the nearest church in East Van for Sunday school. It happened to be a Baptist outfit and it was decades later that I discovered many friends who are Christian didn’t have the same knowledge of Old Testament stories as I did.

Given the limited education I had (until I delved deeper into such things at university), I thought all Christians treated the Old and New Testaments as a single book. Turns out, there is a huge range of Christian approaches to the Old Testament — and a local expert says this is not even the defining scriptural division among Christians these days.

Iain Provan is professor of biblical studies at Regent College and an ordained Church of Scotland minister. He is also the author of Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters.

“There’s sort of an ebb and a flow,” Provan

says of Christianity’s approach to the Jewish Bible.

“You’ll get stages where the Old Testament more or less drops out of sight in Christian faith and practice and people come to think of the New Testament as being the only important set of scriptures that the church should have. Then there are other phases where people, for whatever reason, become dissatisfied with that and go back into the tradition and history and say, hang on, this can’t be right.”

Growing up, Provan developed an integrated attitude toward the two books.

“It would be an Old Testament reading and a New Testament reading and the expectation was that the preacher would bring the two together

and show how it’s all part of the one thing and woe betide him, actually, if he didn’t,” Provan says.

Over his life as a scholar and an ordained minister, Provan says he has had cause to nuance many things he was taught as a child, and to reject some entirely. But viewing the Old and New Testaments as a cohesive whole is not one of these. Provan believes you can’t understand the latter without the former.

“I think the New Testament everywhere presupposes that people know the old and that what the New Testament offers is fresh exegeses of the Old Testament in the light of Jesus and his life and teaching, his death and resurrection,” he says.

What about contradic-

tions between the two?

Provan doesn’t see any.

“I think what we have is a developing story that is not the same at different points because stories develop in time,” he says. “In the Old Testament, you largely have the story of God working in the world through one people group and then in the New Testament, of course, it’s a rather different situation. A lot of what people think of as contradictions are simply the story having different phases and moving on.”

Likewise, Provan rejects the simplistic view that the God of the Old Testament is angry and judgmental and the God of the New Testament is forgiving and more gentle.

“I don’t really think that

a serious reading of the t Old Testament leads to m that impression. One of the most recurring things b C that the Old Testament t has to say about God is that God is, for example, s O slow to anger,” he says.

“That’s a recurring motif. t Notions of compassion andr o love and so on are routinely associated with God. s From a Christian reading i of Scripture, the fact that c Jesus refers to the God of e the Old Testament as the T father and talks about the o father in the way he does, o makes it impossible, I think, for Christian readers c of Scripture to accept this r s dichotomy between the two pictures. I think this o comes under the heading g of not very good reading v of Scripture leading to that d opinion.” o a “ m t Applying for an Owner Builder w Authorization in British Columbia? c Find out what you need to know i s about the new Owner Builder w exam requirement.

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The diversity of Protestant churches, in particular, makes it impossible to issue broad statements about Christianity’s approach to the Old Testament, he says. In some churches, the Old Testament is referred to frequently, in others rarely. But there is another tendency that Provan sees as more significant in today’s Christianity: churches that don’t refer to either the Old or the New Testament as a foundation of their services.

“There are whole swaths of the North American church that honestly don’t really take Scripture as such very seriously in terms of reading it a lot or really grounding their views in it very much,” he says.

If there is a noticeable divide among Christians on the issue of Scripture, according to Provan, it “would be between the more evangelically committed Christian communities, where Scripture is still very central to the question of identity, and large mainstream denominations where oftentimes that has

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ceased to be the case.”

Provan is careful about using descriptors to define complex groupings of ideas or people, but the implication is clear. There are churches that might be described as liberal that

do not focus much on the written word at all. This, rather than an affinity for the Old or New Testament, may be the more relevant difference among Christians today. @Pat604Johnson

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The accent lies on your career, worldly status, prestige relations and ambitions for the weeks ahead. This focus sharpens and deepens Sun./Mon. Do all you can, these two days, to promote yourself, to start a practical project, to impress VIPs, etc. One caution: don’t try to “force” others to cooperate in your ambitions – they’d overturn your cart instead.

The emphasis remains on busy but easy work.

Don’t stress out, you’ll do fine and get it all accomplished. Others are talkative, gracious and affectionate – even strangers you meet while performing your errands. Your communications skills are high this week – use them to woo someone romantic and sexy. (Sometime before October, if you’re single, you could meet/enter a major love affair.)

The weeks ahead bring you a wider vision, understanding (especially about what you learned last month) far travel, higher learning, cultural or social involvements, publishing, science, fame or legal matters – and love. The love that occurs now is likely to be very much in your head, your thoughts, yet is a genuine, true love. All these are emphasized Sun./Mon., when you might begin a project in these zones – e.g., start a law suit or a love affair.

Money decisions fill July, Gemini. You might have recently made a promise to aid someone financially.

Now the question is: can you afford it? And there are property taxes, a nice boost in income, perhaps some overtime or a new client or two. Single Geminis feel lonely now, and a person who turns on your body but not your mind might lure you. Be honest, realize you’d soon be bored, but go in anyway as long as the one you’re wooing knows your intentions are NOT long-term.

Your life might change this month, might turn in a different direction. This could be due to an action: buying a home, undertaking a mortgage, joining with someone intimately, undergoing surgery (cosmetic favoured) or some other commitment which will “change things.” This influence reaches a peak Sun./Mon., and you can start a project in these zones. Research before you commit.

Your charisma, energy and effectiveness remain high, and reach a peak Sun./Mon. Get out, start something! You’re the leader, the mover, you can gain allies or gain favours. You communicate well and your appearance, your “style” attracts others.

Love and romance can be one of your conquests!

Chase money Tues. to Thurs. afternoon, buy/sell, cultivate clients, etc. Tues./Wed. go well, could sprinkle romance into your life, also.

Relationships fill the weeks ahead, especially this Sun./Mon., when you might start a new bond, grab opportunities, contemplate relocation, deal with the public, or investigate a new area/horizon. Best: love.

Worst: real estate or trying to re-organize the home/ family. Dive into the depths Tues. morning to Thurs. afternoon – research, lift up the rug to see what’s hidden, be curious about investments, debt, intimacy – your curiosity could land a deal, or a new mate.

Continue to lie low, rest deeply, and plan future actions. Interact with civil servants, shut-ins, charities, institutions and spiritual organizations.

Meditation yields rewards. Help others, while avoiding competitive situations. All this peaks Sun./Mon. (but lasts until July 22). These are two benevolent days, but don’t argue nor drive erratically Mon. night. Your energy rises nicely Tues. morn to Thurs. afternoon.

Tackle chores, Aquarius – the weeks ahead are full of them, especially this Sun./Mon. Bosses are impatient all July, in no mood to forgive lapses or laziness. As you’re working hard, protect your health: eat, dress sensibly. You might start a new job or project now, perhaps Monday. Someone might ask you to perform an action which management will not like. If you see this, just keep your head down.

The weeks ahead feature easy work: errands, communications, paperwork, travel, media, dealing with casual acquaintances. Read, explore and be curious. This trend peaks Sun./Mon., making this a good time to start any projects in these zones – e.g., start a mail campaign, or install new office phones. Retreat Tues. to Thurs. afternoon – rest, contemplate, plan, be charitable and spiritual. Contact the government, as it looks like your request might be approved.

Ah, Pisces. Life is sweet this month. Pleasure will find you somehow, whether through romance, a passion for art, a creative surge or a risk-taking, adventuresome urge. These matters are doubly emphasized Sun./Mon., when you might start a new love or hobby. (The only thing not favoured is money – and government.)

Tackle chores, especially ones you’ve neglected, Tues./Wed. – but not Thurs., when these matters run into walls.

June 30: Yngwie Malmsteen (53). July 1: Olivia de Havilland (100). July 2: Jose Canseco (52).

July 3: Tommy Flanagan (51). July 4: Gina Lollobrigida (89). July 5: Edie Falco (53).

July 6: Dalai Lama (81).

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The Courier presents Vancouver’s Elite Graduating Athletes of 2016

Katherine Lucas PAST

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Her quiet confidence is growing as she improves her personal best performances and edges closer to breaking the 12-second mark in the 100m sprint. She has clocked in at 12:03 — “I’m just so close to it!” — in the 100m and 25.19 seconds in the 200m. She does not yet get out of the blocks as fast as some opponents but uses this drawback to fuel her race strategy.

“I like catching up and gaining on people. It’s fun. It’s a challenge. I feel like I start from behind, so it’s about proving you can do something,” she said.

She is constantly duelling Zion Corrales Nelson, a St. Thomas More sprinter who took gold ahead of Lucas in both races at the high school championship and who she sees often at private school and club meets through the season.

“I like competition. I change when I’m on the track,” said the 17-year-old coached at WPGA by Sean Dawson.

Although reserved in large groups,

printing is a showman’s game of boastful bravura. Katherine Lucas, a 100- and 200-metre specialist who won silver in both races at the B.C. high school championships in June, has more subtle ways to intimidate.

“She wants to get you but she won’t let you see it,” said Andrew Cooke, the head coach at the Thunderbird Track Club for the past year. “Those people are sometime the best because nothing shakes them. And Katherine is chill, cool. When you see her run, it’s like art in motion. She has such a smooth stride and that can’t be taught.”

A runner who “gallops” and doesn’t enjoy even the minimally longer distance of 400 metres because a full lap of a track requires pacing over raw speed, Lucas is poised to break out next season at Simon Fraser University with the NCAA Clan and coach Brit Townsend, an Olympian.

“Katherine is one of the top ranked sprinters for her age in Canada and we are thrilled to have her at SFU,” said Townsend, a coaching veteran of 20 years.

Born in Hong Kong to English parents, Lucas grew up in that city and in Muscat, Qatar before moving to Vancouver in Grade 4. Her accent comes through

Lucas opens up one-on-one and is curious about her world. Her speed on the track is coupled by determination.

“In practice, you feel free and you clear your head when you’re running on the track. In the actual race, you’re showing people what you can do, which I like. You’re making your statement.”

Last season she began strengthening new muscles, ones that grow in stillness.

“A big part is the mental part, envisioning that you can do it. So, I focused on visualization and having a positive thought process — saying, ‘I can do this. I can stay with them out of the blocks, and I know I can beat them. I’ve trained for this, I’m ready for this.’”

That self-talk is all internal. Lucas isn’t one to brag.

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Kitsilano swimmer crosses Strait of Georgia Seals and solitude are companions for ocean swimmers

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Skimming the surface isn’t typically how Jessi Harewicz does things. Even when she’s swimming across the Strait of Georgia as the third woman to ever complete the 30-kilometre open water crossing, the 33-year-old is immersed in an autodidact’s quest to learn, explore and constantly improve.

She first heard about the slow-moving adventure sport — which rejects wetsuits — by reading about the men and women who endure 12-degree water, stinging jelly fish and nausea at sea for the little-heralded pursuit of solitude and endurance in exchange for a vast playground of ocean, underwater vistas and playful seals.

Harewicz, who lives in Kitsilano and graduated from Hamber secondary, calls these adventurers “her people” and takes note when they share what

Only the third woman to swim across the Strait of Georgia, Jessi Harewicz logs training hours in the waters around Vancouver and is preparing to swim the English Channel in 2017. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

they’ve learned because they got there the hard way.

“We do this to say this is a sport that can be done,” she said Monday after a successful crossing from Sechelt to Nanoose Bay north of Nanaimo. Her swim on June 25 took 11 hours and 20 minutes.

“In B.C., we’ve got what we need. We don’t even have sharks. I see the seals and they hang out with me now.”

Her father, Richard, accompanied her on the crossing and paddles along in a kayak when she trains for more than two consecutive hours in Howe Sound

or Indian Arm. She has swum around Keats Island in under five hours, meaning her training that day continued along the shoreline because she needed to log more hours in the water.

She supplements open water sessions with lap swimming at the Aquatic Centre.

On a long-distance swim, she tries to consume 300 calories an hour, with less than half coming from solid food. She eats energy gels and is experimenting with everything from peaches to peanut butter and jam sandwiches. She also drinks warm liquid to regulate her core temperature. The nutrients are packed on board her father’s kayak, which she isn’t allowed to hang on to for support at any time.

Foregoing the ferry to swim to Vancouver Island was a test for an upcoming European venture, one she jokes “is the most expensive way to travel from England to France.” Harewicz is registered to swim the English Channel next summer, depending on the weather, at some point between July 26 and Aug. 4. The distance, as measured in a straight line, is 32 kilometres, but currents, tides and tanker traffic can alter the course.

Harewicz hopes to swim it in 14 hours.

“It’s colder and longer and more miserable,” she said, comparing the Channel to the Strait. “But I love swimming in the clouds!”

She can tolerate water temperature as low as 12-degrees Celsius and in warmer water tends to overheat if she wears more than her typical swim cap and one-piece lululemon bathing suit.

She last wore her wetsuit for the Bay Challenge across English Bay last July, hosted by the Vancouver Open Water Swimming Association.

She swam an 11-kilomere route from the North Shore to Kitsilano Beach and when she reached the sand, unzipped the neoprene suit and hasn’t put it back on since.

“I finished the swim and ran back into the water to get the wetsuit off because I was really hot,” she said.

“My mother thought I was swimming back to North Vancouver.”

One day, she just might. @MHStewart

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