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City’s bylaw review a sign of the times

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Randy Pecarski, the city’s acting assistant director of planning, concedes the sign bylaw isn’t the sexiest of topics, but he thinks the public should get involved in the effort that’s underway to update Vancouver’s. “Why should people care? Signs can deﬁne a place. They can absolutely reﬂect the character or they can make the character of a place. Think the Las Vegas strip,” he said. “Signs can be dominant or, based on the values of people in different communities, they can be the backdrop or be very subtle and restrained. Of course, in residential areas — the most restricted area we have for signs — they can be almost absent. So signs can have an impact on how you experience the city.” The sign bylaw, which is roughly 100 pages, primarily regulates signs on private property. It includes general provisions for business signs, as well as regulations for special character areas such as Chinatown, Gas-

town and the downtown Central Business District. Vancouver’s sign bylaw is mainly being updated because it’s out of date, having been first drafted in 1989. While it’s been amended over the years, it’s never had a comprehensive reboot, according to Pecarski. But as the city has grown, technology has changed. “What we’re finding is the sign bylaw no longer reflects the needs of the industry, so we wanted to take this opportunity to comprehensively review the bylaw, reflect best practices and, of course, update it so we can accommodate signs that take advantage of the new technology out there for signs,” he said. The existing bylaw, for instance, doesn’t allow digital signs for businesses even though there’s a market and appetite for them. There are also no provisions for projected signs — to say where they should or shouldn’t be allowed. “They’re simply not recognized within the sign bylaw. Our sign bylaw is a black-and-white bylaw — you either meet it or we

“Signs can define a place,” says Randy Pecarski, the city’s acting assistant director of planning. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

can’t approve your sign,” Pecarski said. Currently, requests for digital or projected signs are dealt with on an individual basis through a separate bylaw amendment process that requires a public hearing and council approval. Pecarski said one of the objectives of the review of the sign bylaw is to simplify it and make it more understandable in order to reduce the number of times the city has to go to appeal or to amendment.

In recent history, for example, plans for Telus Garden’s giant media screen required an amendment to the city’s sign bylaw, including a public hearing. The city’s review is being done in two phases. The ﬁrst phase focuses on business identiﬁcation signs and their needs. Individuals can share their views through an online survey on different types of signs, the ways they’re used and their impact on the city.

The survey is on the city’s website at Vancouver.ca/ sign-review and is available until Sept. 18. The second phase of the review, which will take place in 2017, will look more broadly at what the city should look like from the perspective of the kinds of signs that are allowed or not allowed, and how much advertising should be permitted in the public domain. That is, the role of billboards, digital and transit shelter ads, as well as other types of ads. “In the survey, we’re asking some very general questions about [participants’] values and their opinions about the broad issue of signs and advertising in the city, but the focus is very much on amending the bylaw so we can ﬁx and improve the provisions for business signage,” Pecarski explained. “Phase two will take a look at advertising and digital and digital billboards. That will be a broader review.” He wouldn’t guesstimate how many signs

there are in the city, but pointed out every small business probably has a minimum of three or four signs — an awning or canopy sign identifying the business, they might have a sign in their window and they might have a sandwich board. “The other thing we’re trying to make clear is which signs we’re regulating. We’re not out to regulate every single sign in the city simply for that reason,” Pecarski said. “The signs we’re worried about are signs that are visible from the street and that make a difference to your experience as you walk, drive, take the bus or cycle through the city.” Once the survey portion of the review is ﬁnished on Sept. 18, staff will take a look at results and embark on stakeholder discussions in the fall. Pecarski is aiming for an updated bylaw to address business signs in December. That will end phase one, while phase two will be completed in 2017. @naoibh

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Separated from his mother soon after birth, Sealy McSealface spends his nascent days in the company of human caretakers and moonyeyed critters like himself. Sealy is one of 112 harbour seal pups in rehab at Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Weeks of rehabilitation following his

rescue from Wreck Beach last month have prepped him for his fast-approaching release back into the wild. With pupping season at its peak, harbour seals in B.C. are crawling ashore by the thousands to give birth. Pups stranded as a result of maternal separation or injuries are taken to the rescue centre where staff and volunteers are working tirelessly — feeding pups, cleaning pools,

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administering medication and tending to wounds. It is an innate human urge, research tells us, to assist a young animal in distress — an instinct harbour seals like Sealy beneﬁt from. But some in the marine science ﬁeld are questioning whether this impulse warrants a painstaking rescue program that could disturb nature’s balancing act. Unlike most animals entitled to exhaustive rescue

efforts, harbour seals are not endangered — far from it. With an estimated population of 40,000 in the Strait of Georgia and 105,000 off the B.C. coast, harbour seals are at carrying capacity, which is the maximum population size of a species the ecosystem can sustain indeﬁnitely. From 1879 to 1914 and 1962 to 1968, harbour seals in B.C. were hunted for pelts, according to a population as-

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At this time of year, harbour seal pups are commonly found alone on beaches. Strandings are reported by shoreline residents and visitors. Unable to turn a deaf ear to a pup’s cries — eerily akin to a child’s — callers urge rescue staff to assist the pup. But not all beached pups are abandoned says Lindsaye Akhurst, manager at the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Mothers will leave newborn pups to rest and stay warm for hours or even days while they hunt for food. Callers are instructed to observe the pup from a distance and look for signs of injury, dehydration or starvation. If the pup seems healthy, rescuers wait eight to 12 hours before picking it up to determine if the seal is indeed stranded. Akhurst said every so often “well-meaning people” disregard directions and load pups into crates or car trunks, after which rescuers have no option but to bring them into rehab. “If you’ve seen harbour seals, you know how cute they are with their big brown eyes looking at you. Your heart goes out to them,” she said. “So there are people who think they’re doing the right thing and unfortunately it may not be the right thing.”

Rehabilitation costs

More than 25,000 hours and $500,000 devoted every year to the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre suggests the Vancouver Aquarium is deeply invested in the rehabilitation of pinnipeds and other marine mammals. According to Akhurst, 150 harbour seal pups rescued each year make up more than 95 per cent of patients rehabilitated at the rescue centre. It can cost anywhere between $1,500 and $3,000 to rehabilitate a single seal pup. The aquarium’s highly publicized rescue program pulls in donations and grants which bankroll the rescue centre, in addition to funds generated through aquarium operations. The aquarium also has a seal adoption program that allows people to symbolically adopt rescued harbour seal pups. At the rescue centre — the location of which is undisclosed to the public — every new arrival is kept under quarantine for a minimum

of two weeks and screened for bacterial, viral or parasitic infections. Pups are fed, cleaned and provided veterinary care as they undergo three stages of rehabilitation. After making a full recovery, which usually takes two to three months, they are released back into the ocean. “It’s the humane thing to do,” is the aquarium’s justiﬁcation for rescuing a species of lowest conservation need, but the program is also a response to vigorous public demand, Akhurst said. “We’re able to bring the pups into our centre and put people’s minds at ease — that somebody’s out there doing something about these little guys,” she said.

Hands-off approach

South of the border, however, seal strandings are dealt with in a different manner. Harbour seals are swarming the San Juan Islands in Washington state, but stranded pups are condemned to die unless rescued — a reality authorities believe is nature at work. Jennifer Olson, stranding coordinator at the San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network, told the Courier her team does not intervene in cases of natural mortality, which often means leaving seal pups on the beach. “Harbour seals in this area are considered to be at carrying capacity and that is largely what drives this ‘hands-off’ policy,” she said. There are some instances, Olson said, where they would step in to collect a seal pup for rehabilitation and those are cases of negative human interaction. A seal pup that displays evidence of an entanglement or ﬁsheries interaction, for instance, would be a considered a suitable candidate for rescue. The stranding network’s ﬁeld response efforts are focused on mitigating harassment and trying to maximize a pup’s chances to survive in the wild. This involves public education and occasionally even “babysitting” a seal pup on a beach to keep people and dogs away. If a pup is stranded in a hazardous location, the network considers relocating them to a nearby haul-out site. “It is not always popular — harbour seal pups are adorable and it is easy to get emotionally invested in them. But the high natural mortality rate helps keep the seal population at a sustainable level,” Olson said. The San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network adheres to the National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration’s non-interference policy when dealing with seal strandings. Michael Milstein, public affairs ofﬁcer at NOAA Fisheries, explained the policy is based on studies that suggest seal pups have the best chance of surviving if they remain in the wild and with their mothers. “Studies have shown that pups removed from their mothers and ‘rescued’ are not as effective at foraging as those that stay with their mothers and learn to pursue prey that way,” Milstein said.

Balancing act

A 2012 report by the UK/ Ireland-based Seal Conservation Society suggests increasing the juvenile harbour seal population every year may interfere with the populations’ natural selfregulation mechanism. The report states this could result in “poorer survival of the next cohort of pups.” Pollution and reduction of food stocks are new threats to the harbour seal population. The Vancouver Aquarium insists its rescue program “helps to keep this [harbour seal] population stable,” even though releasing more harbour seals into the ocean might be putting greater pressure on dwindling fish stocks. But some researchers say the biological implications of adding 100 harbour seals to a bountiful population of 40,000 are not very significant. “By contributing 100 or so animals into that sizable population it’s really not significant in terms of any concerns of weakening the gene pool by saving animals that would otherwise be failing to compete with the wild population,” said John K. Ford, head of the cetacean research program at Fisheries and Oceans Canada and a former research scientist at the Vancouver Aquarium.

According to Lindsaye Akhurst, manager at the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, 150 harbour seal pups rescued each year make up more than 95 per cent of patients rehabilitated at the rescue centre. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Ford added that the harbour seal population is not going unchecked. Mammalhunting, transient killer whales, which had abandoned the Strait of Georgia by the late 1960s, have returned and could keep the seal population under control. With B.C. salmon stocks at record lows and harbour seal populations at record highs, researchers are investigating the impact of seal predation with a newfound vigour. According to a 2015 study by Ben Nelson, a PhD student and research assistant at the University of British Columbia, harbour seals may be impeding the recovery of juvenile chinook and coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia. Researchers found survival rates of chinook and coho — historically, two of the most commercially valuable salmon species in western North America — declined dramatically after the harbour seal population exploded in the 1970s. Although there’s no empirical evidence of rescue programs affecting the numbers of juvenile salmon, Nelson said releasing more seals into Strait of Georgia could unfavourably impact salmon restoration efforts. “One could make the argument based on what

we’ve found about seal diets recently — the fact that they do eat signiﬁcant numbers of juvenile salmon — that those rehab efforts may be at odds with salmon conservation,” Nelson said.

‘Every animal counts’

The aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre is the only facility of its kind in Canada, and the efforts of the veterinarians, rehabilitation specialists and volunteers who care for ill and injured marine mammals are signiﬁcant. Nursing harbour seal pups back to health is a laborious endeavour the rescue centre has zealously undertaken. Rehabilitating animals allows researchers to monitor disease, toxicity levels and the impact of human activity on these populations, particularly those at risk due to habitat destruction and environmental damage. Mounted on the walls of the rescue centre are framed photographs of rescued harbour seals, porpoises and sea lions, with a slogan: “Every animal counts.” That may be so, but considering the amount of time, money and media attention showered on a fresh batch of dewy-eyed harbour seal pups, it would appear some count more than others.

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Assistance dog organization faces pressing need for foster homes, ﬁnancial aid

Nine puppies require fostering and $9,000 John Kurucz

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The Vancouver-based Leash of Hope Assistance Dogs organization is hoping to find foster homes for nine puppies. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

In the span of 15 minutes, Lily’s life went full circle — from hovering at death’s door to being a new mom in grand fashion. Last month, the lab/ mastiff/pug cross was in a California shelter, one

faced with sprawling capacity issues. Her pregnancy and impending birth came as a surprise to the staff, who were faced with an agonizing choice. Because the facility was already bursting at the seam, euthanizing the dog before it gave birth was the only choice.

That’s where staff from the Vancouver-based charity Leash of Hope Assistance Dogs entered the fray. They adopted Lily and brought her to Vancouver in early August and she’s now the proud mom of nine puppies. The problem now, however, is what to do with those pups. The group focuses on fostering and training assistance dogs for people with disabilities and the pups are at a critical age — nine weeks — where intensive training and care is required.

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They group needs both foster homes and about $9,000 to help the dogs through the group’s oneyear training program. Lily may also be fostered, though the group has yet to put her through the formal assessment due to her pregnancy. “When they’re young, to be with mom in one household is ﬁne but now they really need oneon-one attention,” said Danielle Main, program coordinator for Leash of Hope Assistance Dogs. “We’re really at the point where it’s critical that they get individual attention so that they learn how to walk on leash, not eat speciﬁc things and to learn to behave and to settle.”

Main helped found her organization in 2014 with a mandate to provide assistance dogs to people with a range of ailments: those with high-functioning autism, post-traumatic stress disorder, high anxiety, dissociative disorders and others with spinal injuries. She noted that some organizations providing assistance dogs are very specific about the types of training they receive and, in turn, the clients they can help. Main’s group aims to fill that void for people like herself and her founding partner: Main is legally blind, while the group’s co-founder lives with cerebral palsy and requires a wheelchair. “I don’t look stereotypically blind, but the amount of times I’ve had to bribe someone to help me go somewhere is unbelievable — I was getting hit by traffic, people on bikes, people on skateboards and walking into things,” she said. “It was limiting where I was going, but I’m still considered too-high functioning for other organizations. That can be solved quite easily with a dog.” The dogs are put through a year-long training course before being released to a client. During that time, the foster family is linked up with prospective clients to make the transition easier on all parties involved. “We feel that the bond between the client and the dog is mostly what drives the dog to work,” Main said. “We put a great quantity of skill in to the dog beforehand to make them able to function in public.” Those looking to help the organization can do so by emailing leashofhopeassistancedogs@gmail.com. @JohnKurucz

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Over the last decade, Carmen Rosen has watched the conversation move from disaster to miracle. Now, those buzzwords include hope and sustainability. Rosen is part of a coalition heading up habitat restoration efforts in the Still Creek Watershed, a 17-kilometre stretch of waterway linking Burnaby and Vancouver that was all but devoid of fish even five years ago. A dozen chum returned to the East Vancouver creek in 2012, and the numbers have remained at that level. At the time, the site of spawning salmon was a first in more than eight decades. “It was super thrilling, so exciting,” Rosen said. “We are talking about a miracle that we’d like to see become an everyday occurrence. Right now it’s still in the category of being an amazing miracle. We need to do more so that it’s commonplace. A dozen fish isn’t a sustainable population yet.” Rosen heads up a group known as the Still Moon Arts Society, which has

partnered with the Silva Forest Foundation, Simon Fraser University, the City of Vancouver and other stakeholders to make the watershed viable again. The coalition is working on a number of fronts to do so by building fish ladders, planting trees, conducting field tests and releasing fry into the water. But their biggest job is to let people know the creek even exists, as it’s only one of two remaining visible streams in the city and is largely situated underground. “There are close to 100,000 people that affect this watershed and it’s a complete surprise to them that the creek exists or that their backyard is part of the watershed,” said Emily Doyle-Yamaguchi, a project assistant with the Silva Foundation. “That’s why we’re trying to raise awareness, that they are actually a part of the success or failure of the creek.” Those efforts began as a grassroots, one-woman campaign more than a decade ago when Rosen first moved into the area near the Renfrew Ravine. Continued on page 12

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Continued from page 9 She routinely saw neighbours tossing trash into the green space and lamented the amount of light industrial pollution in the area. It wasn’t until the last five years that the coalition began its work in earnest. They had a monumental challenge in front of them that spanned three cities, three rivers, a lake and three sprawling industrial areas. The fish native to Still Creek return from the ocean via the Brunette River in New Westminster and enter Burnaby Lake via fish ladders built by Metro Vancouver. They make their way into Vancouver near Natal Street and travel as far north as Seventh Avenue and Nanaimo Street. Herb Hammond, an ecologist with the Silva Foundation and project lead, said that area was an old-growth forest 100 years ago, full of coniferous trees that slowly filtered the water down from the forest canopy. All of the Pacific Salmon species called Still Creek home at that time. “The hydrology used to work perfectly. Now, when

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The Ovaltine Cafe is in the Downtown Eastside, but there was a time when it was a diner in Nazi-occupied America. And another time when it was a diner in a Chicago of 2035, run by robots. “Customers will come in and tell us, ‘We saw you on TV!’” said Rachel Chen, who owns the cafe with her mother, Grace. As Metro Vancouver’s reputation as Hollywood North continues to grow, many small businesses are getting their time in the limelight. 2015 was a record year for film and television productions for the City of Vancouver, which reported hosting 353 productions, up 40 per cent from the previous year, and gained $710,000 in revenue from street-use permits alone. Recently in B.C., productions such as Star Trek Beyond spent more than $69 million, Deadpool more than $40 million and the latest season of Supernatural $38.6 million, according to the Motion Picture Association of Canada (MPA-Canada). Supernatural also used the 73-year-old Ovaltine Cafe, whose retro look and classic neon signs make it a favourite for Vancouver productions. Will Smith and Ben Affleck have sat in its seats. “I really wanted to keep this an old diner,” said Grace Chen. She has an affinity for diners; she ran the Save On Meats diner between 1999 and 2010. The Chens charge productions a minimum of $5,000

The 73-year-old Ovaltine Café on East Hastings boasts a retro look and classic neon signs that make it a favourite for Vancouver-shot film and television productions. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

a day. The entire cafe closes and designers come in to redo it as distant locale. Recently, it became a diner in 1965 San Francisco for Bruce Lee biopic Birth of the Dragon. Richmond’s old fishing village of Steveston has also been used regularly for television productions. Since 2011, it’s frequently redecorated to become the fictional town of Storybrooke, Maine, for ABC’s Once Upon a Time. The show celebrated its 100th episode earlier this year, with congratulations by Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who thanked ABC for helping raise Steveston’s profile as a tourist destination. “It depends on what they’re filming, but if it’s a big scene, we can have up to 300 [fans and tourists wanting to see the production],” said Sharon Gallaher, an employee of Seren-

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But it’s impossible to predict what productions want. “It’s a turkey shoot — speaking of turkey, I have a taxidermy turkey right there — but you just don’t know,” said Baker. Movie rentals have been part of her business since the beginning, and it’s grown over the years. “It’s a very important part of the Vancouver economy,” said Baker. “It covers an enormous group of Vancouver people — hairdressers, caterers — self-employed, for the most part.” One reason why Vancouver is so popular for screens is its visual diversity, said Kirk Adamson, a location scout and manager of 17 years who has worked on The Revenant and Man of Steel. “Vancouver’s got multiple looks,” said Adamson. “Everything is sought after, modern and old. You can duplicate Hong Kong, you can duplicate New York, you can duplicate L.A. and Seattle.” Aside from look, tax credits and a low Canadian dollar have helped draw Hollywood productions to B.C. In fact, the tax credits were so good for productions that Finance Minister Mike de Jong said in May that the province could no longer afford them at their current level. The basic production services tax credit will consequently be cut to 28 per cent from 33 per cent, if approved by legislature in October. The tax credits cost B.C. taxpayers $491 million in the last ﬁscal year, up from an average of $313 million in each of the previous three years. @ByChrisCheung

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while he was ﬁghting cancer. He died in 2013. The dog in the book is based on Duncan’s dog in real life, who is also named Maddie. “It was such a hollowing experience… all I could do was support him and support my whole family,” she said. The booklet included phrases written by Duncan to go with more than 200 photographs of family, friends and colleagues from around the world who held red hearts to show support for her father. They had replied to Duncan’s emails calling for an “army of love.” According to Duncan, an “army of love” indicates a collective energy present within a community to support a sick

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person even when those individuals can’t be physically present. There’s only one copy of the original booklet. She produced the children’s book to illustrate the importance of “ﬁnding connection and supporting each other during hard times.” Duncan decided to create a children’s book rather than a novel because the words “bounced and rhymed,” but she considers it a book for all ages. “At different ages you can get different messages,” she said. In 2014, a year after her father’s death, Duncan launched an Indiegogo campaign to pay for an illustrator and cover publishing costs. The online campaign attracted 182 backers

who contributed a total of $16,837, which surpassed her $15,000 fundraising goal. Duncan said she didn’t approach a publishing house because she wanted to make the book and illustrations the way she envisioned. It was a challenge to ﬁnd the right illustrator,

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Army of Hearts was like a “light shining out of a dark space.” “[The] ability to share and see something beautiful be born out of something tragic… felt very powerful,” she said. The book is available online and can be purchased at anarmyofhearts.com.

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moment. I would repair shoes as my job and then every Saturday we’d meet at 7 a.m. to have shoe school and make shoes together.” It was in 2013, when Smith branched out on her own to open East Van Shoe Repair on East Hastings Street. That original store was located inside a historic building built in 1908, complete with exposed brick and a counter she made out of wood rounds. She then went to work refurbishing machines that hadn’t been cleaned in 30 years. Smith’s machines span various eras — from her 1960s patcher to 30-yearold Dutch sewing machines operated by foot on a pedal — that still operate like new. “The main thing that’s changed in these [new] sewing machines is that they’ve put an engine in,” says Smith. “I’ve had the power go out here and had no excuse because I can still use the machines and it’s kind of neat to have a job where the power goes out and you can still do your job if you have a little bit of light.”

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Rebecca Smith, vegetarian turned leather shoemaker, accidentally fell into the world of shoe repair after growing up on a farm in Alberta. Smith had been gifted a moose hide from her grandfather, a hunter, but didn’t know what to do with it. That’s when she decided to make a pair of slip-ons out of the hide and began pulling apart shoes bought from thrift shops to see how they were constructed. Next Smith looked for materials to sole the shoes and, when wholesalers declined to sell her theirs, she used pieces of welcome mats she cut up. Then Smith visited Ronald Nijdam, a third generation Dutch cobbler based in Vancouver, and asked to buy some sole material. Nijdam also refused to sell his materials, but instead offered her something much more valuable — an apprenticeship. “He saw something in me and offered me a job,” says Smith. “I never really thought about shoe repairs until that

Smith adds she enjoys repairing items that would normally be headed for the landﬁll. “I also like the idea of taking something that other people see as garbage and turning it into something that looks new again.” Smith enjoys teaching customers how to make conscious consumer choices and has seen a resurgence in younger people investing in high-quality footwear. She advises shoppers to look for leather or rubber materials (never plastic as it can’t be repaired easily) and to be aware of fake stitching even on expensive shoes. This month, Smith moved her shop from the Downtown Eastside into a much larger space on East Sixth Avenue at Scotia Street, which allows her to explore her artistic side. “I’ve gone from one of the oldest buildings in Vancouver to a brand new one. I like the idea of starting from scratch. I consider myself an industrial artist and like doing large-scale art,” says Smith. “Most people’s lives

don’t let them do that unless it’s part of their job, so for me this is an opportunity to take this bare space and make it my own.” Cobbling, the art of shoe repair, has been a way for Smith to unite people from all sectors of the city. “I like the idea of having a store

and doing a ‘while-you-wait’ service so two people from totally different walks of life end up sitting across from one another and having a conversation,” says Smith. “When people come in here everyone becomes the same because they are all a customer getting shoe repairs. It

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“The ﬂoat tank is designed to reduce as much stimuli as possible,” says Mike Zaremba, co-owner of the Float House franchise, which includes facilities in Gastown and Kitsilano. “And the water is your skin temperature (34 C), which gives you a harder time recognizing the parameters of your body.” The concept is that all your senses get a break from outside stimulation, your awareness is directed inward and your brain stops nattering, like practicing meditation or some forms of yoga.

Float therapy has been around since 1954, when a neuroscientist developed the first tank. The floatation business soared after the movie Altered States hit the box office in 1980 (William Hurt’s character combines his experiments in sensory deprivation tanks with hallucinatory drugs, resulting in altered states of consciousness) but plunged during the AIDS crisis and public health fears. Today, it’s having a resurgence and, per capita, Vancouver has become Float Capital of

the world. (The city boasts 14 tanks with more on the way.) Zaremba, who has a masters in kinesiology from the University of B.C., believes its popularity is due partly because people want less stimulation and to feel more connection within themselves. Athletes also float. Olympians and NFL players alike claim floating helps their bodies recover faster and enhances their performance. It’s also used to treat anxiety, depression and addiction issues. People with chronic pain, fibromyalgia and arthritis are also proponents.

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me? And then, maybe 20 minutes later it hits me. Or rather, it stops me. My breathing is slower, my shoulders drop and my tension headache is gone. I feel content. Ninety minutes later soft music is the cue that time is up — already? Zaremba says my ﬁrst-timer reaction is normal.

After taking a quick orientation, I’m escorted to my private room, take a shower and slip into the tank. I leave the hatch door open for a minute and then close it to silence and darkness. That’s when my brain goes

“Of course it takes some people longer than others to relax — it’s a learning curve with an accumulation effect,” he explains, adding proponents should ﬂoat once a week for six weeks to get “beyond analyzing.” Even self-diagnosed claustrophobics come here to get over the fear. But

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The alley behind RayCam Co-operative Centre in the Downtown Eastside made for a perfect soapbox derby racetrack. There was just enough flatness at the start for runners to give the gravity-powered cars a good shove, and the pavement rolled into a loose S-curve with two lanes made out of hay bales to the finish, a line of white chalk drawn by using a broom as a ruler. Turns out the place was also considered by kids to be the perfect dumping ground for stolen cars, the impetus for last Friday’s races, which raised money for a program called NASKARZ, short for Never Again Steal Cars. Community youth worker Alex Vasiljevic and Vancouver Police Department sergeant Tim Houchen founded the program in 2005. Both men understood theft was partially fuelled by a fascination with cars so they created a plan to redirect that interest to restoring and building vehicles. Under mentorship, kids worked on cool cars such as a 1935 Ford sedan donated by Houchen himself, a Factory Five Cobra kit car and a 1965 Chrysler 300 — an $800 find. The program, run out of Vancouver Community College in partnership with RayCam, the VPD and with the mechanical expertise

of Jellybean Autocrafters, has helped more than 400 at-risk youth and, according to ICBC, has played a big part in helping reduce youth auto theft by 71 per cent in the city since its inception. Houchen started NASKARZ after his stint ended with the B.C. Missing Women Investigation where some of his work included interviewing families. The stories of who the women were, and what their lives were like before they disappeared, echoed in his head. “It’s heartbreaking. A lot of people don’t think you actually feel for them, but you do,” he said during a morning break from setting up the alley track. “This program comes from that experience… I wanted to provide kids in the community, and in my community, an opportunity to go in a different direction… We now have kids who are the only kids in their family to graduate. In their entire lineage, they’ve never had a Grade 12 graduate. This is the stuff, this is what makes it worthwhile.” Houchen said he ﬁgured the program would be successful given the interest in cars although initially it was a tough sell to some of his peers. “Imagine trying to do something that’s never been done before,” he said, adding that for some people it’s easier to say no than it is to say yes, especially when they believe

bad kids should be locked up to learn a lesson. “I don’t want to see kids going to jail. I want to see kids prosper. I want to see kids get into an education, get into a healthy lifestyle, a healthy community and be healthy themselves. And that’s how you do it, by showing them how.” It’s showing, rather than telling, that resonates with this crew. Houchen remembered a 16-year-old girl who came through the program. She was a mother and dependent on alcohol. She didn’t connect with anybody, but connected to a car — the ’65 Chrysler that spent years forgotten in a barn. “And she would come in early, and she would stay late. She was one of these kids who connected in an odd way and she figured it out for herself,” Houchen recalled. “There was no one to push her, prod her, pull her… Until she figured she needed help and then a relationship developed.” Houchen added, with some pride in his voice, the young woman is now a productive member of society and a good parent. In the first year of the program, Houchen and other volunteers had their hands full — he remembered several participants known to steal 10 cars each a week. NASKARZ isn’t limited to fixing up old cars. In addition to various art projects and helping out in the community, the kids also built the soapbox racers.

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Vancouver police chief Adam Palmer (right) went bumper-to-bumper with Vancouver fire chief John McKearney during Friday’s third annual Ray-Cam Soapbox Derby. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

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as children are more likely to pray as adults and those who didn’t as kids mostly don’t as adults. While prayer takes different forms for people of different religious backgrounds, it is integrated into most religious services. However, one Vancouver church has an unusual dedication to it. Suki Dicker is director of prayer ministries at First Baptist Church downtown. She admits it is an uncommon role. Most churches do not have a pastor dedicated exclusively to prayer. It is a testament to the value the church places on the practice, and a chat with Dicker indicates there is more to the idea of prayer than simply closing your eyes and mouthing some words. First Baptist has a veritable menu of prayer practices and programs available. One that is fairly rare in mainline churches is a healing prayer practice. “I pray with people who come seeking healing for physical ailments… relational brokenness, emotional hurt and people facing various forms of addiction, crisis,” she says. Another ritual is “soaking prayer,” but this is not, as I had wondered, similar to the phenomenon of ﬂotation therapy. “Soaking prayer is really a silent, contemplative prayer,” she explains. Participants come into a quiet space where quiet music is playing. “It’s a place where people can come, get away from all of the busyness in their lives and sit in a place that is quiet. It’s peaceful, people come seeking direction in their lives from God, they’re seeking healing of relationships or whatever it might be and they can sit quietly, reading the Bible, praying quietly in a contemplative way and we come round and pray for them,” Dicker says.

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Prayer has moved from the public realm to the private “I’ll lay a hand on someone’s shoulder and I’ll pray for them… It’s all done in quietness. There is no voiced prayer.” There is also a group of intercessory pray-ers, who will pray on behalf of individuals who request it. You can even email your request. If you hang around after Sunday services, there are individuals waiting to

serve as prayer companions and there are weekly prayer meetings. In short, First Baptist places a lot of emphasis on prayer. While this is unusual among many Christians, it would have seemed unusual to Dicker herself just a few years ago. “I am a relatively new Christian,” she says. “I only came to know the Lord in

2002, in my late 30s.” Originally from the United Kingdom, Dicker was working as a corporate lawyer for a large aerospace and defence company that was expanding to the United States. They sent Dicker to Washington, D.C., where her interest in Christianity was ﬁrst piqued. She took a sabbatical and came to Vancou-

ver’s Regent College, intending to return to her job after a year. “The one-year sabbatical turned into four years,” she says. She received her Master’s and was “pulled into a life of ministry rather than going back into the corporate world and going back to Washington, D.C.” “It is quite a change,”

she says laughing. Her former colleagues were not as surprised as one might expect. “I think people were delighted and thought that I was actually doing something that involved following a passion and a lot of people wanted also to get off the conveyor belt and do what I’ve been doing,” she says.

Her own prayer life reﬂects the variety the Angus Reid study indicates Canadians follow. A pattern of prayer — set prayers at set times — is “absolutely wonderful,” she says. “But, in addition, it’s about praying ceaselessly, it’s about being in communication, talking to God throughout your day.” @Pat604Johnson

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Remember, start no new ventures, jobs nor relationships before September 22. Instead, be vigilant to catch mental mistakes, wrong addresses, supply shortages, etc. Continue (cautiously) with ongoing projects/involvements, or reprise those from the past. Sunday continues a mystery, or offers a new one. Avoid stress, driving before mid-afternoon (PDT) – this eve and night blesses your efforts, in ﬁnance, intimacy, health and research.

Don’t start any new ventures nor relationships before September 22, Cancer. Instead, protect ongoing projects from delays, shortages and mistakes, and/or reprise something from the past. Your energy is high and pure Sunday – ambitious ideas strike like wee lightning. The night’s ﬁlled with affection. Chase money Mon./Tues. – sell items, cultivate clients, etc. Your luck is good – steady Mon., vibrant Tues.

Remember, Cap, start no new projects nor relationships before September 22 – instead, protect ongoing projects and/or reprise things and links from the past. The general accent lies on higher learning, law, culture, media and publishing, international affairs, travel, intellectual pursuits, religious decisions, and love. These are doubly accented Wed. morning to Friday suppertime (PDT) – but be careful.

Start no new relationships nor projects before September 22, Leo. Until then, protect ongoing projects (especially earnings related) from delays, supply or manpower shortages, misunderstandings, etc. Rest, lie low, and contemplate Sunday – avoid political or legal discussions. Your energy and charisma soar Mon./Tues. – and good luck accompanies almost every action you take. Love is possible! Chase money Wed. mid-morn (PDT) to Friday suppertime.

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Vancouver hosts inaugural Americas Masters Games John Kurucz

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Steel, nylon, plastic, ice and rubber — separately, they have little to do with one another. Collectively, those things have inextricably linked generations and forged lifelong relationships. Those are the kinds of legacies brought on by sport, and they’re a central theme to the inaugural Americas Masters Games, which run Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 at venues and locales across Vancouver. In the case of beach volleyball duo Hatsue Chow and Sandi Caverly, the ties that bind run deep. Caverly met her husband on a volleyball court. Chow’s daughter is dating Caverly’s son — both play competitive beach volleyball as well. “You meet so many good people through sport,” Caverly told the Courier. “Because the Masters Games are in Vancouver, we are going to be able reconnect with old friends and teammates, so there’s a very social aspect to us wanting to participate as well.” The format of the games lends itself nicely to those types of connections: it’s open to anyone over the age of 30 and includes participants who are well into their 60s, 70s and beyond. Chow is 65, while Caverly is 56. They’re competing in the 55-plus age bracket, but will also play round robin games in the 50-plus ﬁeld against teams from Holland, Switzerland, the U.S. and others from across Canada.

Left: Sandi Caverly and Hatsue Chow (in yellow) will compete in the 55-plus age bracket, but will also play round robin games in the 50-plus field against teams from Holland, Switzerland, the U.S. and others from across Canada. Right: Former Courier sales representative Janis Dalgleish will be lacing up her skates for the women’s 50-plus bracket alongside her Terminal City Ricochet teammates at the Americas Masters Games. PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET

“Of course I want to win — always,” Chow said. “But if we don’t win, that’s ﬁne. Just playing beach volleyball at my age makes me happy.” Chow and Caverly met ﬁve years ago while playing drop-in volleyball. Their synergy on the court was instantaneous, given they’re roughly the same height and played the same position. The upcoming games, however, present an interesting challenge: sand is not their surface of choice and there’s little to no semblance of formal positions. And then there are considerations they have absolutely no control over. “It’s a whole different game all together than what we are used to playing indoors,” Caverly said. “With

the beach game, you really have to use your overall skills. And in this last week, we’re ﬁnding that dealing with the elements — the wind and the sun — changes the ball signiﬁcantly. At an older age it’s harder for us to move to the ball and get there as quickly as we could in the past.” While the pair have travelled distinctly different paths in life — Chow moved to Canada from Japan 46 years ago, while Caverly grew up in Vernon — the similarities they share are striking. Both got their start in volleyball at a young age and credit high school coaches for helping them hone in on a sport they liked and excelled at. They both

stand at 5’3, are staunch competitors and enjoy both the recreational and social aspects of sport. But for Chow, there’s a more spiritual connection to volleyball as well, given that her husband suffered a stroke ﬁve years ago. “It’s really important for me to look after him so he can live a reasonably good life. I can’t die before him, and in order to do that, I have to be in shape. Volleyball is a sport I really enjoy and it keeps me in shape.” Like Caverly, Janis Dalgleish met her main squeeze through sport as well. The former Courier sales representative was in the process of learning all things puck 13 years ago when she laced them up alongside her

husband-to-be at a co-ed drop in game. “At that point it became his mission that I would become a hockey player,” she said. While Dalgleish knew how to skate at the time, the mechanics of her game needed work: she went to public skates, got active in drop-in hockey and signed up for lessons. When she was the lone female in her lesson group, her husband — who has played for decades — signed up as well to offer some solidarity. “What I would do is work on one thing in every game. One day it’s working on my slap shot, another days it’s working on my pivots. That was my mentality in trying to better myself. Once I

topped out, I thought, ‘OK, I’m not going to fall.’ That’s an awesome feeling.” Fast forward to Sunday and Dalgleish will be playing for keeps in the women’s 50-plus bracket alongside her Terminal City Ricochet teammates. The squad is a mishmash of 14 players from drop-in games and rec leagues across Metro Vancouver and only held their ﬁrst practice as a team on Aug. 21. While some of the faces are unfamiliar, six of her teammates have been with Dalgleish since the beginning of her on-ice pursuits. Those relationships have blossomed into to the type of thing that transcend a shifty back-hand pass or a wrist shot that goes top shelf. “They’re teammates, but man, they will come to your rescue if need be,” she said. “The dressing room is actually the most important part of my game because you’re bonding with people.” The World Americas Games features competition in more than 20 sports at venues across the city: Stanley Park, Kits Beach, Trillium Field, UBC, Empire Field and the Vancouver Convention Centre. Nightly celebrations, including the opening ceremonies on Aug. 27 and closing ceremonies Sept. 4, will take place in Jack Poole Plaza and at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Organizers say 5,000 participants from 52 countries will take part in the games. For information, go to americasmastersgames2016.com.

Hastings club bows out of Little League World Series John Kurucz

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The Hastings Little League baseball team’s time in the international spotlight ended Tuesday morning, as the club was eliminated from the Little League World Series after dropping its second contest in as many days. The death knell came by

way of a 7-1 defeat to Team Mexico, a loss that was preceded by a 10-0 defeat to Team Asia-Pacific, represented by South Korea, on Monday night. After upsetting Team Japan with a 10-4 win last week, the Hastings crew could only muster two hits in its final pair of games and finished the tourney with a 1-2 record.

“We just couldn’t hit today and we were really frustrated by their pitching,” team manager Vito Bordignon told the Courier from Williamsport, Penn. “The pitching was far superior to what we were used to seeing. We couldn’t rebound fast enough to gain some momentum in these last two games.” Mexico pounced on Hastings in the third in-

ning, knocking in four runs. Pitcher Victor Juarez held the Vancouver team hitless through three innings, striking out seven batters. Stefano Dal Sasso absorbed the loss on the mound for Vancouver: he struck out two and allowed ﬁve runs in three innings’ worth of work. Hastings’ lone win last week was historic, as the

10-4 decision represented Team Japan’s ﬁrst loss in an opening round game since 1965. In that game, Loreto Siniscalchi fanned 13 batters and allowed six hits. Offensively, the 13-year-old Burnaby native hit a solo home run and notched a single. Nathan Clegg and Cristian Santarelli also drove in a pair of runs each. The team will return

home on Aug. 28. “It’s a wonderful experience just being here,” Bordignon said. “We’re treated like royalty and everyone has been really appreciative with our level of play. This is the experience of a lifetime, and these kids will take away many, many memories that they’ll have for the rest of their lives.” @JohnKurucz

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SUMMONS Case Number: BCV-18-100279 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DOROTHY ARTIE DAVIDSON, Deceased; all persons claiming by through, or under DOROTHY ARTIE DAVIDSON; IAN DAVIDSON AND WILLIAM ARTHUR STREET as Co-Executors of the ESTATE OF DOROTHY ARTIE DAVIDSON; Successor Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF DOROTHY ARTIE DAVIDSON; IAN DAVIDSON and WILLIAM ARTHUR STREET as Co-Trustees of the Trust established under the Will of DOROTHY ARTIE DAVIDSON; JOCELYN DAVIDSON, Deceased; All persons claiming by through and under, JOCELYN DAVIDSON, Deceased; all persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in this Complaint, which is adverse to Plaintiffs’ title or created any cloud on Plaintiffs’ title, and DOES 1-100, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: JAMES A. DAVIDSON and HUGH A. DAVIDSON, as Co-Executors of the Estate of DEREK ARTHUR BURTON DAVIDSON, Deceased; and JAMES A. DAVIDSON as Executor of the Estate of IAN JOCELYN DAVIDSON, Deceased. NOTICE: You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDER DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Kern, 1415 Truxton Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93301. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: Darling & Wilson, PC, PO Box 2411, Bakersfield, CA 93303, 661-325-5075. Date: Feb 10, 2016 (SEAL) TERRY McNALLY, Clerk by Y. TORRES, Deputy.

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HIP OR KNEE Replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/ Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. For assistance! 1-844-453-5372.

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MESSY HOUSE OR OFFICE? The most thorough cleaning or its FREE! Single Parent & Senior’s disc. (604) 945-0004

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GLASS/MIRRORS

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LANDSCAPING

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One Call Does It All 604.630.3300 HANDYPERSON AAA All types repairs, tiling, painting, plumbing, electrical, more. David 604-862-7537

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Nissan’s ﬂagship is all new for 2016 and boasts a styling that may forever change the way we look at family sedans. In fact, Nissan calls its newest Maxima a “4-Door Sports Car,” which is how it was marketed many years ago in its previous iterations. The 2016 Nissan Maxima is uniquely styled and comes with many standard features. It ﬁlls an interesting niche, standing between comfortable, entry-level luxury cars and fun-to-drive sport sedans. Highlights of the Maxima’s all-new package include contemporary styling, a great-looking interior and a highly acclaimed engine.

Design

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Continued from page 33 At the rear, distinctive tail lights draw attention, as do the standard dual chrome exhausts. The chrome lip over the license plate follows the front grille design concept. To further strengthen this Maxima’s claim as a 4-Door Sports Car, this generation is longer, lower, light and tighter than the previous. To be speciﬁc, this eighth generation is 2.2 inches longer, 1.3 inches lower, 82 lbs lighter and has 25 per cent more torsional rigidity. When crafting the new Maxima’s interior, Nissan designers visited the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels for inspiration. The resulting cabin is very driver-centric and is actually a hair smaller than the Altima’s — however it is far more luxurious and futuristic.

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The 2016 Maxima is only available with one engine; Nissan heavily revised its VQ-series motor to make it more powerful and efﬁcient. Applying what it learned while re-making the iconic Nissan GT-R, 60 per cent of the parts in the 3.5-litre V6 in the Maxima are new. As a result, horsepower is up to 300 and torque is rated at 261 lb-ft. Nissan’s engineering efforts also paid off in terms of efﬁciency, too. The new Maxima returns a 15 per cent increase in highway fuel economy. Complementing the power plant is a new, continuously variable automatic transmission. This newly designed CVT is quieter thanks to Nissan’s D-Step shifting logic which mimics traditional shifts. A wider gear ratio range allows for stronger acceleration. While enthusiasts may

say a sports car should not be front-wheel drive, Nissan optimized the Maxima’s platform to enhance handling and ride comfort. Off the line, the Maxima doesn’t suffer from torque steer, which plagues most FWD cars with this much power. Through corners, it remains flat and feels light and nimble. If you want the most dynamic Maxima, look at the SR model. This version comes with uniquely tuned dampers, a larger front stabilizer bar, sporttuned suspension and a dynamic control module. For the first time, the Maxima has selectable driving modes, switching between Normal and Sport modes adjusts throttle response, transmission tuning, steering feel and Active Sound Enhancement. Overall, the Maxima is smooth and quiet on the highway, but firm enough if you want an occasional spirited drive. However, I don’t believe that you can call this car a truly sports sedan due to its overall soft feel and somewhat numb steering. It’s an improvement nevertheless, but Honda’s Accord actually feels a bit tighter when it comes to steering characteristic.

Environment

While Nissan put a lot of effort into marketing the Maxima as a sports sedan, the cabin is very upscale and classy. The Maxima brings with it a luxurious air, especially in upper-level trims. The stitched and softtouch dash and doors impart a premium feel, complimented by fantastic diamond-pattern seats. Also, front passengers will have no trouble getting comfortable in those great-looking seats.

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Features

Standard equipment includes heated leather front seats, heated leather steering wheel, dual-zone automatic climate control, auto-dimming rear-view mirror, heated exterior mirrors, rear-view camera, voice recognition for audio and navigation, Bluetooth, and LED daytime running lights. Additional features,

available as options or on higher trim, include cooled front seats, panoramic moonroof, intelligent cruise control, surround view camera, rain-sensing wipers, Blind Spot Warning, Rear Cross Trafﬁc Alert, Predictive Forward Collision Warning, Forward Emergency Braking, and LED headlights. Fuel efﬁciency numbers are 10.9 city and 7.8 highway (L/100km).

Thumbs Up

The Nissan Maxima draws a lot of attention, is fun-to-drive, and spoils its occupants in luxury features. Considering that it won’t break the bank to bring one home, it provides a lot of value.

Thumbs Down

The Maxima’s styling may be too extreme for some people’s taste. Also, it doesn’t have the performance of a purely focused sport sedan, or the interior space of a full-size car. The steering feel isn’t actually all that “sporty” and therefore the name four-door sports car can be misleading.

The Bottom Line

If you are looking for a trendy-looking, well equipped sedan that provides a lot of value, the Maxima maybe the answer.

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