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Public Hearing: January 24, 2017 Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. Miscellaneous Text Amendments (1) Miscellaneous text amendments to the RM-5, RM-5A, RM-5B, RM-5C and RM-5D Districts Schedule, CD-1 (642) By-law No. 11658 for 2133 Nanton Avenue (formerly known as 4255 Arbutus Street), CD-1 (582) By-Law No.11069 for 1768 Cook Street (201 West 2nd Avenue), CD-1 (612) By-law No. 11279 for 1551 Quebec Street, 1600 Ontario Street and 95 East 1st Avenue (Southeast False Creek Areas 3A and 3B). The amendments achieve the intent of the initial rezoning approvals, and correct inadvertent errors.

The proceeding includes a correction to the address of CD-1 (642) from 4375 Arbutus Street to 2133 Nanton Avenue (formerly known as 4255 Arbutus Street).

2. Miscellaneous Text Amendments (2) Miscellaneous text amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law, sections 11.19.1 and 11.28.2 (e), the RM-7, RM-7N and RM-7AN, the RM-8 and RM-8N, the RM-9, RM-9A, RM-9N, RM-9AN, RM-9BN, the FM-1, the HA and HA-1A , HA-2, FC-1, RT-3 and RM-3A District Schedules. The amendments achieve the intent of previous changes to the Zoning and Development By-law and they correct inadvertent errors.

3. 2720 East 48th Avenue (6465 Vivian Street) To rezone 2720 East 48th Avenue (6465 Vivian Street) from CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (7A) to a new CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to increase

the floor area from 1.03 to 1.55 FSR and to increase the height from 10.0 metres (33 feet) to 14.5 metres (48 feet) to permit a seniors social housing development. A consequential amendment to CD-1 (7A) to remove the rezoning site 2720 East 48th Avenue is also proposed.

4. 575 Drake Street (Covenant House) To rezone 575 Drake Street from DD (Downtown) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to increase the floor area from 1.00 to 5.15 FSR and to increase the height from 21.33 metres (70 feet) to 36 metres (118 feet) to allow for a 10-storey social service (institutional) building providing shelter rooms, program and amenity space for at-risk street youth as well as office spaces for Covenant House Vancouver.

5. 530 Drake Street (Covenant House) To rezone 530 Drake Street from DD (Downtown) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive) Development) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to increase the floor area from 1.00 to 3.05 FSR to allow for a five-storey social service (institutional) building providing shelter rooms and program spaces for street youth as well as office spaces for Covenant House Vancouver.

All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.

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 January 13 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.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing on January 13 at City Hall, City Clerk’s Office, 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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6. 1495 West 8th Avenue To rezone 1495 West 8th Avenue from C-3A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a new four-storey building for the Vancouver Masonic Centre fronting 7th Avenue, connected to an 18-storey secured mixed-income social housing building with 149 units fronting 8th Avenue. A height of 54.0 metres (177 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.02 are proposed.

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Public Hearing: January 26, 2017 Thursday, January 26, 2017, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. 305 West 16th Avenue (see A on the map) To designate the existing building at 305 West 16th Avenue and list it on the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘C’ category.

2. CD-1 Text Amendment: 1461 Granville Street (formerly 1429-1499 Granville Street and 710 Pacific Street) (see B on the map) To amend CD-1 (580) (Comprehensive Development) District for 1461 Granville Street (formerly 1429-1499 Granville Street and 710 Pacific Street) to increase the permitted building height of the six-storey commercial building in Sub-area B from 29.9 metres (98 feet) to 31.1 metres (102 feet).

3. CD-1 Text Amendment: 1462 Granville Street (formerly 1410 Granville Street) (see C on the map) To amend CD-1 (579) (Comprehensive Development) District for 1462 Granville Street (formerly 1410 Granville Street) to increase the permitted building height of the six-storey commercial building from 26.2 metres (86 feet) to 27.1 metres (89 feet).

4.Mount Pleasant Industrial Area – Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law (see D on the map) To amend the Zoning and Development By-law to update definitions pertaining to the digital innovation economy, and to rezone limited areas of the Mount Pleasant Industrial Area to I-1A and I-1B (Industrial) District to support speciality spaces for digital and technology uses.

5. Railtown – Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law for I-4 (Historic Industrial) District (see E on the map) To amend the Zoning and Development By-law to add the Creative Products Manufacturing use, and to rezone some areas of M-2 (Industrial) District within the Downtown Eastside as a new I-4 (Historic Industrial) District.

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 January 13 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

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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 on January 13 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: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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Property assessment increases soar past 40 per cent mark Housing advocates worry about Home Owner Grant eligibility John Kurucz

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A pair of single-family homes in Vancouver have higher assessed values than a pristine, 780-acre island off of Victoria.

That’s just one sobering statistic included in a report issued Jan. 3 by the B.C. Assessment Authority that points to 40 per cent increases for some properties across the city.

Examples provided by the assessment authority point to individual cases, rather than city-wide changes.

That said, examples show that a 33-foot, single-family lot on both the East and West Sides experienced a 41 per cent increase: on the West Side the jump went from $1.94 million to $2.74 million, while the East side lot ballooned from $947,300 to $1,338,900.

Some individual strata assessments illustrate increases in the 20 to 25 per cent range: the West Side numbers rise to $827,000 from $662,000, and the

According to the B.C. Assessment Authority’s annual report, houses on the city’s East and West Sides saw a 41 per cent increase since last year. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.

East Side values jump to $486,000 from $405,000.

“The area that those single-family dwellings have increased 30 to 50 per cent really extends right from Squamish clean through to Abbotsford and Chilliwack,” said Jason Grant, regional assessor for B.C. Assessment.

The numbers contained in the report reflect assessed values as of July 1, 2016,

when the market was at a peak. A property’s physical condition is assessed as of Oct. 31, 2016.

Assessments are based on a number of factors: property size, age, quality, view and location. Changes in assessment can vary wildly from property to property, but that’s not to suggest a sudden shift in assessment automatically translates to a

property tax hike.

“Your taxes are more affected by how your assessment changes compared to the average change in your community,” Grant said.

The elephant in the room is how these assessment changes will affect Home Owner Grants. The threshold to receive those grants, which helps homeowners lower their property taxes, is

$1.2 million.

“The Home Owner Grant is going to be a huge wildcard,” said Justin Fung, spokesperson for the housing advocacy group known as HALT (Housing Action for Local Taxpayers). “You have people who have been in homes that were affordable before and now they may not be.

It’s a double whammy.

There will be working-class folks who are hit pretty hard with that increase and the additional taxes.”

Nine of the 10 priciest properties in the province are all on Vancouver’s West Side, namely in Kitsilano, Point Grey and Shaughnessy. The property at 3085 Point Grey Rd., reportedly owned by Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, topped the list at $75.8 million. The property was assessed at $63.87 million last year.

The home listed in the number two spot, located on Belmont Avenue in Kits, has an assessed value of $69.2 million.

The James Island property located north of Victoria, which ranked third on the list, came in at $53.2 million.

Media reports from 2012 and 2014 suggested that the second-largest, privately owned Gulf Island was on the market for a cool $75 million. The Sotheby’s listing to sell the island is no longer online, and it’s unclear if the property is still for sale.

Those wanting to appeal their assessment must do so by Jan. 31. Assessment authority stats suggest one to two per cent of property owners go that route annually. A review panel hears those appeals between Feb. 1 and March 15 and decisions are then mailed out in April.

“Even with the large increases we saw last year, that number [of appeals] didn’t change very much and was well within that one to two per cent — we’re not expecting that to change this year,” Grant said. Homeowners can expect to receive their assessment notices in the mail this week. @johnkurucz

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Online tool tracks empty homes John Kurucz

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A grassroots campaign is using grass, among other things, as a metric in an attempt to drive change in Metro Vancouver’s insane housing and rental markets.

The citizen-led group known as Lonely Homes is canvassing large swaths of the region to record and track empty properties via its website at lonelyhomes.ca.

Group members look for unkempt grass, piled up mail and garbage as key indicators that the homes may be vacant, and then record those addresses to add to an online database. The addresses are kept private and the database filters homes by postal codes.

“I really hope that government will pick up on this information and that it will drive some sort of policy change,” said group founder Christine Boehringer.

Boehringer’s group consists of less than half a dozen members who took on the project as an after work, side job. Most of the members live in Coquitlam, though one Vancouverite is counted

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amongst their ranks.

Group members kicked off the project about a year ago, and have since tracked about 50 properties — single-family homes, condos, apartments and stratas — on their website. Less than a third of those homes are in Vancouver, and group members have yet to canvass Vancouver’s West Side or Richmond. “This project has been building over the years, looking at housing prices and the lack of rental housing,” she said. “There seem to be a lot of big homes going up in Coquitlam, and in some cases, they’re remaining empty. It’s more of a frustration than anything.”

While Boehringer applauds Vancouver’s recently-introduced empty homes tax, she

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says the self-reporting clause in the tax could be a disincentive. In her view, Lonely Homes adds another layer of proof that a home is vacant.

“I don’t know that a lot of people are going to self report,” she said. “I would hope a homeowner says, ‘You know what, the rental market is so tight in Vancouver, maybe I can start renting my house out.’ Once people actually know the volume of empty houses around, that drives some sort of a decision.” Boehringer notes that anyone can use the Lonely Homes website, though a log in and email address is required. She stresses that contact information will be kept private and not sold or disclosed to anyone.

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Keep sidewalks clear or face penalties Mike Howell

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All property owners and landlords are responsible for clearing snow and ice from sidewalks that surround their property by 10 a.m. the morning after a snowfall.

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The city is taking court action against 36 property owners who have not cleared their properties of snow and ice and issued more than 1,700 warning notices to others.

The city announced Tuesday that it will begin issuing tickets, which begin at $250 each, to property owners who fail to keep sidewalks clear.

Commercial property owners, which have been the most defiant, will be the primary target.

“I just want to emphasize we try not to go right to enforcement,” said Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s general manager of engineering, as he explained the city’s so-called “snow fight” plan. “We try to emphasize that we want to encourage people to clear their walk, give them notices to do that, give them warnings and largely that’s the case.”

At a news conference Tuesday near the heavily-salted back steps of city hall, Dobrovolny acknowledged the city — which has already spent $2.5 million on snow removal — still had some work to do in clearing its own properties of snow and ice.

“The rules apply to the city as well as to the public and to businesses,” he said. “We are working hard with our partners both at the school board, at parks board and our civic properties to clear all the sites. We will clear all of our sites.”

All property owners and landlords are responsible for clearing snow and ice from sidewalks that surround their property by 10 a.m. the morning after a snowfall.

In a prolonged period of snow and freezing temperatures, which has occurred this winter, the city will issue first and second notifications to those who don’t clear their sidewalks.

The next step could be prosecution or have the city clear the sidewalk and charge the property owner for the work.

To date, the city has received more than 1,800 complaints related to snow and ice through its

311 phone line and the VanConnect smartphone app. Staff has cleared more than 1,300 of the complaints.

“Typically, we don’t go in and clear the neighbourhood residential streets because there’s so many more of them [than main roads],” Dobrovolny said. “And, typically, the weather breaks.”

With the cold spell continuing this week and snow in the forecast, the city has redeployed more than 260 workers from areas such as construction to assist other crews with snow removal.

Some of those crews will be salting, sanding and plowing alleys to ensure recycling and garbage trucks can access recycling bins and garbage cans. Some homeowners have been without recycling or garbage pick-up for several weeks.

Dobrovolny said the city has anywhere from 14 to 44 trucks and plows dedicated to snow removal. Crews have worked around the clock to keep the main roads clear, he said.

That effort has seen the city use more than 7,000 tonnes of salt, about seven times what was used in recent years.

Dobrovolny said the city is well stocked with salt and will provide the ice-melting mineral to residents, if they can’t find any in stores.

Starting Jan. 4, free salt will be available at 10 firehalls around the city. A maximum of two buckets is allowed, with the city encouraging donations to local charities. Residents should bring their own buckets and shovels. The halls’ locations can be viewed on the city’s website at vancouver.ca.

That snow and ice has meant more work for the city’s volunteer corps and its “snow angel” program, which has received 320 requests from people who are unable to clear their sidewalks.

“This winter is not typical,” said Dobrovolny, noting Vancouver went 1,000 days without snow before the white stuff came down this winter. @Howellings

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Arya Eshghi and Diane Norton fronted the city’s top fundraising party of the year. Their 30th Crystal Ball raised a record-setting $4.4 million for BC Children’s Hospital.

Carol Lee’s inaugural Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Gala co-chaired

by Carole Taylor generated $1.5 million to go towards preserving the district’s cultural heritage.

Fostering philanthropy and leaders of tomorrow, Kasondra CohenHerrendorf’s Face of Today Alice in Wonderland-themed gala helped turn dreams into reality for many underserved youth in B.C.

After weathering a wind storm and three-week postponement of their Splash soiree, Arts Umbrella founder Carol Henriquez and president Paul Larocque breathed a sigh of relief when $500,000 was netted from their annual art auction.

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TOP PARTY OF THE YEAR: One of the leading dates on the social diary, this year’s Crystal Ball did not disappoint. BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s flagship fundraiser was a lavish affair. Chaired by society darlings Diane Norton and Arya Eshghi, the 30th anniversary dinner and auction drew 400 of the province’s top philanthropists, business moguls and community leaders to the posh party, an Alice in Wonderland themed celebration that earned an astounding $4.4 million for Children’s Hospital.

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• The UBC Botanical Garden is hosting daily tree chipping until Jan. 8 between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The garden is located at 6804 Southwest Marine Dr. and a suggested donation of $5 is appreciated. Residents are asked to remove all tinsel and decorations from their trees.

Yard trimmings will not be accepted. Funds raised will go towards John Norquay elementary’s garden program.

For info, call 604-8223928 or go to botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/tree-chipping.

City of Vancouver staff are teaming up with Lions Club volunteers to offer tree chipping events Jan. 7 and 8 at four locations across the city: • Kerrisdale Community Ice Rink parking lot: 5670 East Blvd.

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• Kitsilano Beach parking lot: Cornwall Avenue and Arbutus Street.

• Sunset Beach, upper parking lot: Beach Avenue and Broughton Street.

• Trout Lake Community Centre parking lot: 3360 Victoria Dr. The chipping goes down daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and decorations and tinsel must be removed.

Cash and non-perishable food donations collected at the events will be distributed to local charities.

• The eighth annual “Tree Chipping for Kids” happens Jan. 8 at Kingsgate Mall in support of students at Mount Pleasant elementary.

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• The city will collect trees from residents with Green Bin service on Jan. 14 and 15. Those with the service are asked to put their trees out by 7 a.m., minus decorations and tinsel. The trees need to be laid on their sides, one metre away from garbage and green bins.

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2017: The Year of the Tardigrade Geoff Olson geoffolson.com

A modest proposal for 2017: Make it “The Year of the Tardigrade.”

The what, you ask? The tardigrade (pronounced tar-deegrade) is an itty-bitty creature with eight legs that looks like an air mattress with an attached vacuum cleaner nozzle.

It’s almost invisible and nearly indestructible. It’s commonly found in mosses, lichen and damp outdoor spaces.

Discovered in 1773, the millimetre-sized tardigrade has gone from scientific curiosity to pop culture meme. Less technically and more fondly it’s also known as the “moss piglet” and “water bear.”

In microphotographs, the multi-limbed critter looks both alien and comic, like an outtake from a 1950s Ed Wood film. But here’s the sci-fi part: When its environment dries up, the water bear can lose up to 99 per cent of its body water and survive.

In this desiccated state, called a tun, the creature can withstand conditions that would finish off most organisms. Temperatures ranging from boiling hot to near absolute zero? No problem. Atmospheric pressures hundreds of times higher than those found in the Marianas Trench?

Bring it on. The tardigrade can even momentarily survive the vacuum of space and radiation levels of 57,000 rads — more than 1,000 times the dose fatal to humans.

When “brought back to Earth and hydrated, they exhibited rates of survival close to the individuals that have never left the laboratory,” according to the Tardigrada Newsletter. Some species of tardigrades can live up to 10 years without food or water, making them a category unto themselves as multicellular

critters. The moss piglet’s talent at survival through desiccation, called cryptobiosis, is said to have inspired the development of “dry vaccines,” in which water is replaced with trechalose — a form of sugar that water bears use to safeguard their tissues and genetic material during the tun state. Such vaccines require no refrigeration, allowing their safe transport to and storage at international trouble spots.

The 13th International Symposium on Tardigrada was held in Modena, Italy in 2015, and the 14th will be held in København, Denmark in 2018. It boggles my mind that a dozen previous symposia were devoted to something smaller than the president elect’s hands.

In the U.S., the Tardigrade Hunters website was “founded in 2015 to advance the study of tardigrade (water bear) biology while engaging and collaborating with the public with tips on tracking down water bears.”

The site welcomes amateur collectors to submit specimens for microscopic inspection at the University of Northern Carolina, with the proviso they will not be returned. Any tiny donations that prove to be of exceptional interest may be posted online as the “Tardigrade of the Week.”

Not surprisingly, a creature that is both Japanese anime-cute and semiindestructible has hit a chord among cultural creatives.

There are websites that sell crocheted moss piglets, and others pitching a range of plush toy versions. There is a children’s book called “The Tiny, Tiny Tardigrade,” and an animated cartoon character Captain Tardigrade, who dispenses safety tips to thrill-seeking kids.

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Even the Vatican is getting into the water bear craze.

Shortly after granting sainthood to Mother Teresa, Pope Francis officially blessed the tardigrade as “an extraordinary organism endowed by God with a Lazarus-like talent at rising from the dead.”

Enraged by this statement, Richard Dawkins recently enlisted fellow atheists Daniel

of “tardigrade” and “tattoo” reveals plenty of limbs and torsos decorated with the creature’s image and matching mottos (“Tardigrade Tough” and “Live Tiny, Die Never”). A few clicks will take you to images of moss piglet cosplay, and a mockup cover for International Water Bear magazine, with its “Moss Munching Hotties.”

Dennett and Sam Harris to tour in Dawkins’ anti-religious heavy metal band, the Water Bearers. (Their Pope-slamming single “Retardigradia” is available now on iTunes.)

Sorry, those last two paragraphs were shameless fake news of my own making. But seriously: If we’re all going to survive 2017, is there a better mascot for the year than the

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I can imagine scientists working in a Pentagon lab on an eight-legged super soldier capable of surviving insane doses of heat, cold, radiation and pressure. Not in real life, but in a Hollywood film.

The trailer is already screening in my mind’s eye: “This Summer… Vin Diesel is The Moss Piglet.”

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Elections, school board reports, heritage surveys and rekindled bromances make for a busy 2017

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et me just set the table for the year ahead. Of course the spring provincial election will be a major distraction as Christy Clark’s Liberals continue to shovel out promises and John Horgan’s NDP, against all odds, hope to gain some traction.

In spite of the vast majority of citizens having told the city they value character homes, the city for years has pursued a policy, which heritage advocate Michael Kluckner refers to as “demolition green.” Older homes are being torn down willy-nilly then turned into wood pellets to be burned, apparently as a nod to recycling.

While there is no easy fix, as it were, there seem to be some inroads on the matter of drug overdose deaths now that various levels of government have opened up their wallets to provide more resources. But these will prove to be merely Band-Aids without seriously moving towards drug legalization and regulation.

The “bromance” between Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seriously

chilled over the Kinder Morgan Pipeline approval, but it wasn’t enough to end the relationship. Robertson needs the feds to feed money into his new subway project on Broadway and kick in some new money as part of a federal housing strategy. And Trudeau needs the region to keep Liberal seats out here.

Closer to home , as of this paper’s print deadline, we were still being kept on hold as we waited for the WorkSafe B.C. report regarding allegations of bullying and harassment by Vancouver School Trustees, assuming that is what drove a half dozen of the most senior board staff to book off on “stress leave” practically simultaneously.

That happened at about the same time as the B.C. School Superintendents’ organization complained in writing to the Ministry of Education about working conditions at the Vancouver School Board and the minister (after that letter was leaked) asked WorkSafe B.C. to look into the matter. That was more than three months ago.

All of that also happened shortly before the Minister of Education decided to sack the whole board, ostensibly for failing to file a balanced budget on time.

Meanwhile the former VSB secretary treasurer Russell Horswill landed himself a job with the Burnaby School Board, superintendent Scott Robinson returned to work “part time” this week and the remaining four stressed-out senior staff are back full time.

Housing affordability and availability is bound to be a continued concern this year along with higher property taxes as we peruse the justposted property assessment report.

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And we wait for a final determination from council on just what to do about Airbnb and the dozen or so smaller websites that deal in shortterm rentals. The good news is that the frequently litigious platform profiteer is making noises about limiting its listings more in line with council’s wishes to only owner occupied residences.

But we will see.

We will also see if the province and then the city accede to demands of another platform facilitator, Uber, which has every cab company in the province fearing for their current monopoly.

But I digress. For the past two months there has been a Vancouver survey being conducted on the future for character homes in the city. We will soon see a report from staff on these pre-1940 piles. There is, however, still time — until Jan. 15 — to put in your two cents worth via the city’s online poll.

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In spite of the vast majority of citizens having told the city they value character homes, the city for years has pursued a policy, which heritage advocate Michael Kluckner refers to as “demolition green.” Older homes are being torn down willy-nilly then turned into wood pellets to be burned, apparently as a nod to recycling.

There is, he says, a need to change the culture at city hall, and particularly among the staff, to one that is more supportive of “renovations, in-fill housing and green.”

At this point the process is slow, opaque and expensive to the point that tearing down character homes is seen as a preferable option. And those teardowns, by the way, inevitably mean at least 50 per cent bigger houses, more cement covering more land, and destruction of whatever tree canopy may have existed to make way for the obligatory two or three car garage.

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Inbox letters@vancourier.com Christmas kudos for Courier Re: “Merry Christmas,” Dec. 22.

I would like to commend the Vancouver Courier for putting “Merry Christmas” on the front page of the Dec. 22 issue.

Way to go. Keep it up.

Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings irks me. July 1 is Canada Day. The second Monday in February is B.C. Family Day. December 25 is Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to you all.

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Harm should be eliminated not reduced Re: “Overdose drug deaths in Vancouver reach 164 in 11 months,” Dec. 22.

Stop the hateful and wasteful decisions being made regarding the drug crisis, particularly in the DTES. The decisions of the harm reduction strategy are hateful because they don’t save lives of drug addicts, only delay their deaths, at an ever increasing burden to taxpayers. The system revives overdosed drug addicts and sends them off, again at continued risk of harming themselves. That’s both foolish and hateful.

Any drug addict that overdoses should be put in mandatory detention for detox and rehab purposes, until they are no longer a risk to harm themselves. Care for and treat overdosed addicts as we

do mentally unfit people who attempt suicide. With the prevalence of fentanyl in street drugs, addicts are knowingly playing Russian-roulette with their lives.

To intervene is the most loving and caring decision for overdosed drug addicts.

Stop pouring more taxpayer money into harm reduction and instead, redirect more to harm elimination.

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Romance, business opportunities, rous openings arise in January (possible old flame), March (be careful), June/July (when a friend or social contact might pursue you) and September/October (when your romantic courage and magnetism soar). December’s sexy.

Before June, your social scene promises much, delivers little. So seek private romance. June onward, your career or reputation will be under pressure. To succeed, stick with the status quo and don’t push higherups. Also June onward, your home and private life will fill with blessings — giving you a green light to change residences, buy or sell real estate and steer your children’s future.

Guard your teeth, gums, skin, knees and bones. Sexual intimacy and financial options have been sluggish for a while; but December ends that influence, and starts you on a learning journey.

Courier astrologer Tim Stephens offers his take on what’s in store for 2017. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

New year predictions include political, economic challenges Tim Stephens

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Numerologically, 2017 is a “1” year — the start, the plant breaking the soil to grow. With Trump now “world leader,” we should see these new things arrive quickly, for good or ill.

The world continues its slide toward police states, an outcome of divided populaces. But new international agreements will be inked.

Putin has a good year, second half. Trudeau, a shining year of world praise.

ARIES

March 21-April 19

This year showers you with life-changing opportunities in love, business, relocation and dealings with the public. Many single Aries will meet and wed an exciting, cheerful yet thoughtful life mate. If you’re mar-

The U.S. continues to struggle against the whole world until 2024. Rumours circulate that Trump will be assassinated — not during his first term. But the 2021 president — likely Rex Tillerson — will suffer an attempt.

Canada fares well this year, and by autumn 2017, into late 2018, our earnings and economy should bounce skyward. Metal and oil prices should climb into 2018.The unemployment that surrounds us won’t go away — it’s the leisure

(now welfare) society we all predicted in the 1950s.

Stock markets are generally OK. But if they climb strongly into March, this month and April could ignite indecision, and a fall. Everyone worries about inflation/ deflation and the value of money. Gold declines, softly.

Bonds, REITS, dividend stocks, utilities and preferred shares are a better buy after mid-May. The Arab Spring (and probably ISIS) will end next year. If you’re a risktaker, buy Turkish property

ried and unhappy, 2017 brings separation. But if you’re happily married, this year rekindles happy flames.

You attract others February through May. Love meets major indecision in March/April. Friction visits your home in early summer. Be gentle with children. Late July to late September brings a second powerful wave of romance. October starts 13 months of heightened physical intimacy — pregnancy for young couples.

Slowness continues to affect your travel, legal,

intellectual, school and similar pursuits; but what you do accomplish here will support your career and worldly standing in 2018 (when your most important career “restart” in three decades will occur). Before June, avoid hospital stays and pharma drugs, working for the government, management roles, and unending committee meetings. Embrace hands-on work.

June onward, you will succeed if you pursue romance, creativity, and risk. But you’ll meet “soft ground” in social circles.

in late 2017.

China’s late-2016 economic resurgence will continue for either 10 or 22 months. (You’ll know which by month 11.)

The arts flourish. Many notable weddings. Compromise will be a universal source of benefits. But competing interests and ideologies will divide humanity. A notable, benevolent year for judges and judgments.

We should all avoid starting new projects before Jan. 8, April 8 to May 2, Aug. 12 to Sept. 4 and Dec. 3 to 23.

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April 20 – May 20

Loads of work, Taurus!

Plunge in wholeheartedly, as your efforts in 2017 can lead to opportunities, pay raises or promotion from October into 2018.

You’re lucky with money in June, July and December.

A superb 13-month relationship influence begins in mid-October.

Even before this, amo-

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May 21-June 20

Your love life grows increasingly complicated, Gemini. Romance thrives until late October; yet many you woo will answer with soft skepticism: you have to “prove” your passion and loyalty. People years older or younger welcome you more warmly than your age peers.

Despite this, if single, you are almost certain to fall in love — with a superb life mate.

In March/April you’ll wonder whether a somewhat gruff, impetuous person is the real thing.

May/June will solve this puzzle. A sudden, exciting meeting could occur in February/March or September/October. This person is very different, very vibrant and will never bore you.

Your home remains calm and nurturing through May, but your career and reputation are under pressure. Have to choose? Choose home.

June onward “Gemini things” — short trips, casual friends, communications and curiosity — receive multiple green lights. But international travel, legal affairs, cultural venues, publishing and higher education meet subtle but strong resistance.

Your health and assets continue to change until 2024. Those assets might get a great boost before November.

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Through October, you’ll win in real estate, renovations, baby showers (hint, hint) landscaping, gardening, retirement or children’s education funds. Heal family-related emotional wounds — therapy succeeds. A new home opens a door to bountiful new possibilities.

Love attractions ignite in January (solid love? fantasy?) March/April (at social gatherings) and June/July (your sexual magnetism soars).

But amour is not your priority — until intense, mad, glorious romantic feelings visit from late October through 2018.

If you’re married, kids love being nurtured until October, then thrill you with their growing talents. From 2009 to 2024, a subtle wrestling match with your spouse is aggravated by talk, diminished by hugging.

2017 helps you build a launching pad for almost any project, including career ventures.

Work remains heavy, then lightens up in late December — for three decades. Before June, weddings, far travel, legal affairs and higher education face barriers, but short trips, communications and daily business flow easily. June onward, your earnings will be protected and favoured, but investments and debt are dangerous.

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Love in 2017 is lighthearted, not a volcano of passion. If single, you might choose to wait until 2019, when huge love could occur. In February and (unfortunately) March, and late September/early October a sudden, exciting meeting could start a friendly love affair. If you do meet and marry this year, it is likely to last a long time if you remain loyal. This spring presents you with a love puzzle, which May will solve. In August, your charisma wins hearts.

Until mid-May, be very careful with/avoid investments, debt, power urges, sex, surgery, chemicals/drugs, and investigation — you might open Pandora’s box. During these five months, your earnings are protected. June onward, you will be blessed, calm, and able to make some of the wisest decisions in your entire life — but don’t relocate, form partnerships nor sign papers before 2019. Your career “stutters” in March/ April, but is fine all year.

Drugs and alcohol negatively affect your life/health the first half of 2017. Be moderate.

Avoid STDs, bone and dental problems.

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August 23 – September 22

You’ll make stupid amounts of money until October — likely the most in a decade. Try to permanentize increased earnings — a salary boost is better than overtime. You might feel the urge to buy a home — lucky financially, but with a poor love result.

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Continue to be independent — in love and business — until midMay. You are mildly blessed these first five months, but those who approach you are carrying a bag of problems.

After May, until 2025, your relationship prospects soar. You will meet someone vague, dreamy, uber-intuitive — your perfect counter-part.

You’ve been yearning for love — and when you meet the right person, this pent-up desire will help you pour out your heart to win someone over.

January’s romantic.

March/April present you with sexual indecision, or bring a hot flame back from the past. You’re filled with sexual magnetism September/October.

You health looks good. Tension can cause problems, so seek stress reducers like gardening or woodworking. Avoid too many sweets/alcohol in March/April.

LIBRA

September 23-October 22

2017 is YOUR year, Libra! You can go anywhere, do anything.

Travel is certain. Allies proliferate. Your personal luck, charisma and effectiveness soar into October. By October, a year of money benefits arrives. You’ll attract new love and old friends.

Whether you’re single or married, a domestic difficulty constantly (2009-2024) disrupts or undermines your relationships. Curing this problem might involve repairs, shuffling family members, therapy, perhaps a change of homes.

If you do wed (very possible!) it should last a long time (providing that domestic problem is overcome.) Love should thrive in February (romance) March/April (heightened sexuality, a true marriage prospect, but also heightened indecision) June and August (social delights)

and again in October/ November (your magnetism’s high).

Very little either boosts or harms your career, unless you’re lazy the first five months. Avoid lawsuits April/May. Get medical help for any gastrointestinal problems.

Through May, you gain more from delegating tasks than by doing them yourself. June onward, you will succeed in light romance, but find subtle frustrations in deep infatuation.

SCORPIO

October 23 – November 21

This is your year of quietude, Scorpio. Curl up with a good book or person. Meditate, contemplate, be charitable and spiritual. Examine your life’s progress, and adjust directions.

Deal with civil servants, institutions, counsellors, agents and therapists.

Join management, delegate tasks. You might be promoted in May, August or October/ November.

Before June, avoid deep romance; rely on friends instead. After May your career will be softly blessed for 18 months, but your home will fill with time-wasters and money-pit projects.

Aim yourself accordingly. All year (ending Dec. 21) money is a bit slow, so conserve funds.

Romance isn’t strong, as your charisma’s low.

But you’re ready for love, waiting for the right person. This spring highlights indecision about a coworker or other mate prospect. June’s sexy, July is affectionate, and September brings friendly flirtations.

October ends your relative seclusion — you start the luckiest year in a decade. Suddenly, you could be pursued by an attractive person.

If you experience colds, flu, stomach aches, headaches, etc., they are probably the result of tension. Relaxation equals cure.

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November 22 – December 21

An enormous wish could come true this year, Sage! Until mid-October, 2017 is filled with popularity, social delights, optimism, entertainment and happiness. Join clubs and groups: they will benefit you for a decade.

If you’re single, a social contact could morph into a lifetime love, especially if you first meet in February, May/June, August or early October. You could have doubts about love in March/April, or need to choose between two people. A powerful sexual attraction could arise June/July… but is someone married?

Bosses and authorities grow short-tempered September/October — just work hard and keep a sense of humour. Your mind is on money all year, but stability reigns.

Your home life could breed friction in January, and remains difficult until mid-May. Don’t let children enslave you.

Take care of your health in January (stomach upset?) May to July (STDs possible) and November (weariness). From late October onward, seek solitude and rest. June onward, favour the profound over the casual (e.g., a signed contract is better than a verbal agreement).

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December 22 – January 19

If you work hard this year, you’ll be promoted — or you’ll wed, or win political office, or a prize for your talents. You’ll receive exhilarating news in January or October.

Avoid lawsuits September/October. From midautumn onward, you’ll be celebrating!

Although your ambitions outweigh your romantic notions in 2017, love remains available — in a friendly way in January and a sexy, but impermanent way in February and August.

March/April fire up your romantic courage, and indecision — a powerful old flame might extinguish a new one. Be loving, not warring, in June/July. A sexy, gentle person might woo you September/October. November brings social joys and flirtations.

Before June, avoid time-wasting little tasks, errands and conversations; instead, delve into profound thoughts, intellectual pursuits, culture and international travel/ affairs.

June onward, reject surface appearances, casual sex, and “consumerism.” Instead, investigate, invest, be entrepreneurial.

Deep, committed sex is fine; pregnancy might visit young couples.

Your health is good all year; protect your nerves this spring. If a job ends in May, it’s a blessing — better follows.

AQUARIUS

January 20 – February 18

Far travel, international, legal, cultural and religious affairs, higher learning and media involvements are blessed by luck the first 10 months.

2017 is huge for love. If you’re married, you’ll feel a deeper love for humanity. (Travel to Africa!)

Weddings are favoured all year. An intellectual or foreign-born person might be involved.

Until mid-May, avoid a purely sexual attraction; it will prevent true love.

Someone intriguing and adventurous seeks you out in February. March/ April’s attraction (an old flame?) contains the seeds of domestic friction. Late May marks a major turn: for the next 18 months you will succeed if you focus on others, fail if you remain staunchly inde-

pendent. June’s romantic.

August holds a critical relationship choice — sorry, no advice. September/October highlight a powerful sexual attraction. Young couples exclaim: “We’re pregnant!”

You are favoured, career-wise, in management and administrative situations. Recent money disappointments continue until mid-May, but June begins nine years of expanding income! October starts a year of great career luck. Your health looks good — protect yourself from STDs.

PISCES

February 19 - March 20

2017 brings a treasure chest loaded with revelations, hidden valuables (an inheritance?) research nuggets, lifestyle changes, good financial actions, medical cures, and sweet physical intimacy. You can grow rich! But if you act dishonestly, those treasures will morph into greed and lust, spying, power plays, loss, guilt and anxiety. Everything’s moral. Your workload is heavy, but present efforts build toward a big 2019 promotion. If you rebel, quit, or cheat, you could affect your employment prospects for years ahead.

Before June, independence loses, co-operation wins. From June onward (through 2018) you will benefit from hands-on work, but find sluggish situations in management.

Be honest with your taxes. Avoid civil servants. Money flows nicely from January to June. By June through September you can buy superb investments or positively change your lifestyle.

Lust, not romance, draws you before October. Your sexual magnetism soars in January. May brings casual friends, but also friction at home. Your romantic courage and charisma peak this summer, bringing sweet affection through August. October begins an entire year of marriage-oriented love.

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Map illustrating temporary port traffic changes during geotechnical field studies work on Centennial Road.

Geotechnical work is being undertaken within federal port lands along Centennial Road, between Heatley Avenue Overpass and Clark Drive. As a result, neighbours in the vicinity may see increased port traffic starting the week of January 9, 2017.

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• Timing: This work is expected to be undertaken from January 9 to January 27, 2017.

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• Methods: Drillholes will be drilled using a truck

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The Heatley Avenue Vehicle Access Gate will be closed to inbound traffic - Clark Drive will be the alternate entrance during this period. Vehicle entry will be allowed for Centerm employees and workers.

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degree. In one of those assignments, he has eight months to work with a group and design modelling software for a real-world client. The final presentation is due in April.

But come March, school and baseball will begin to overlap. As the design project reaches its final stages, Webb will have to leave his classmates in Vancouver for teammates in Arizona where he will compete for a spot in the Reds minor league system.

“I see myself doing baseball in the morning, what school I have to do in the afternoon, and at night, making sure I just keep in touch with my group,” he said.

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starting his first full season for the Dragons. To finish the school assignment with a group presentation, Webb hopes the Reds will permit him to fly home for a day — or at the very least, take part via Skype.

Webb said he’d rather not have to balance a major, partly peer-reviewed project with one of the most important opportunities to make an impression in professional sport. So why put himself in that position in the first place?

He didn’t want to waste any time. Not for baseball and not for engineering.

“It would be really hard to jump back into engineering with a lot of time off. I wanted to do it while the information was still fresh in my head,” said Webb. “I figured, you’ve got time now, do it, just get it done… You don’t have to spend your

whole [sports] career thinking, holy crap, you’ve got to go back to school after this.”

Terry McKaig, the director of UBC Baseball and Webb’s coach for three years, is confident the 22-year-old T-Bird will be able to pull it all off.

“It might be a little bit more intense, given he’s a professional baseball player now, but for the most part, he’s one of the more gifted student-athletes we’ve had here at UBC for finding the balance between school and baseball.”

Come next December, Webb expects to graduate and will focus exclusively on his baseball career with the Reds, striving to make the major leagues.

“I’m always confident in my abilities and I do believe I can get there,” he said.

Webb is working hard to make it all add up.

: On a refreshing start to the new year…

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As of Jan. 1, 2017, the number of times Lisa Pantages has suited up for the Polar Bear Swim.

She is granddaughter of Peter Pantages, one of nine pioneers who launched the inaugural Polar Bear Swim in 1920.

The City of Vancouver is a launching a thermal imaging pilot program to help homeowners identify energy loss in single family homes and to share information on energy saving incentives that are available. The City will be hosting four information sessions open to the public the week of January 9, 2017. Staff will be onsite to answer questions and residents will have the opportunity to see firsthand how thermal imaging works. Refreshments will be available.

Visit us online at vancouver.ca/thermalimage to learn more.

Monday, January 9, 2017, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Hill Crest Community Centre 4575 Clancy Loranger Way, Room 328 Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 6 – 8 pm Dunbar Community Centre 4747 Dunbar Street, Room 111 and 112 Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Kensington Community Centre 5175 Dumfries Street, Seniors Lounge Thursday, January 12, 2017, 5 – 7 pm Templeton Park Pool 700 Templeton Drive, Templeton Room FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/thermalimage or phone 3-1-1

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49

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425-567g Bag

299

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149

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179

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