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Auditor General slams province’s social housing plan Mike Howell
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The provincial government’s plan to sell off some of its social housing properties and lands in Vancouver and other municipalities to nonprofits will not result in a more vibrant social housing sector as planned, according to a report released March 30 by the Office of the Auditor General of B.C. Auditor General Carol Bellringer said the ministry responsible for housing has not fully considered how sales could affect the affordability, availability and sustainability of social housing. The report questions whether nonprofits will need to increase rents to remain viable, or whether the buildings will remain as social housing. “In other words, the ministry has not demonstrated that transferring ownership of its buildings and lands to nonprofits will result in a more sustainable housing sector as intended,” Bellringer said in a letter attached to her report. Under the government’s nonprofit asset transfer
program, the ministry responsible for housing is selling some of its lands and social housing properties to nonprofit housing societies to own and operate. The 375-unit Stamps Place in Strathcona and the 20-storey Nicholson Tower in the West End are two of the properties that were sold. As of October 2016, the asset transfer program generated $238 million — including the transfer of 134 leased lands and the sale of Stamps Place and Nicholson Tower — and was expected to bring in roughly $500 million by 2018. The government said proceeds will be used to help expand rental assistance programs and fund almost 4,000 units of social housing. “The ministry’s decision to move forward with the [asset transfer] program was not based on an adequate analysis of the benefits, costs and risks,” the report said. “While the program will provide immediate funding for reinvestment in housing, it will also introduce significant costs and risks without assurance that it will result in better out-
The 375-unit Stamps Place in Strathcona was one of the government’s properties sold to a nonprofit. The auditor general’s report questions whether rents in such buildings will increase or whether the buildings will remain as social housing. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
comes for social housing.” That cost includes B.C. housing paying $30 million a year to the nonprofits to help cover their mortgages. This will amount to $1 billion over the 35-year life of the program. In a response from government, which was included in Bellringer’s report, it objected to the public disclosure of the auditor general’s findings. In the government’s view, as Bellringer explained it
in her letter attached to the report, “public immunity” should have applied to the release of the audit. “Public interest immunity is a common law principle that protects information from being released to the public when keeping the information confidential outweighs the public interest in having it released,” she wrote. “While government feels that these findings are protected on the grounds of public interest
immunity, we believe that disclosure of ministry analyses, such as business cases, are in the public interest.” The government said the goals of the asset transfer program were “indeed quite clear,” adding that the program strengthens the nonprofit housing sector and improves a provider’s ability “to support better longterm planning and self-sufficiency.” “The ministry is confident in the ability of the nonprofit housing sector to increase and renew the transferred social housing properties over the longterm,” the government said. “A number of nonprofit housing societies have already leveraged the equity gained through transferred assets to create more housing for low- and moderate-income households in communities such as Cranbrook, Victoria and in the Lower Mainland.” In the coming year, the government added, the housing ministry will update its provincial housing strategy, which will “provide further clarity and address issues that were raised in the report. In addition,
work will be carried out to better articulate and ensure achievement of the program’s longterm outcomes, further mitigate risks, and monitor outcomes. Steps have already been taken to document the assessment of nonprofit providers’ ability to meet desired program outcomes.” The asset transfer program comes at a time when the demand for social housing continues to increase, exceeding the available supply. Maintenance costs are rising as buildings age, while federal government funding for social housing agreements is declining and, according to Bellringer’s report, will drop off entirely in 20 years. B.C. Housing tracks applications for roughly 26,000 units of public and nonprofit housing. As of March 31, 2016, there were 14,616 applicants awaiting housing on the registry. That’s 900 more than in 2015. Seniors and families account for two-thirds of applicants. The others are people with disabilities, single people and households requesting wheelchair-modified units. @Howellings
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Downtown Vancouver is down to only one gas station after the Chevron station on West Georgia was sold to make room for a “stunning residential project.” Chevron closed the 61-year-old station on March 29, two days before Anthem Properties officially took over ownership of the prime Coal Harbour property. Colliers vice-president David Taylor told Business in Vancouver that the transaction was valued at $72 million when he checked Altus Group Data Solutions’ RealNet subscription service, which provides land title information. Chevron spokesperson Adrien Byrne said that last year several upgrades were made to the station, including the addition of diesel, but “given the rapid increase in real estate prices we took a different course of action.” Mehdi Shokri of Avison Young Real Estate said the other downtown gas station may soon be hanging up its pumps, too. The Esso station at Davie
and Burrard is on the market. “It will sell for sure,” he said. When the City of Vancouver allowed for more density in the West End, real estate developers took note. “It created a lot of value [in land prices] for developers,” Shokri said. The two gas stations are “in very strategic locations and landed on a good piece of real estate now that the land use has changed.” The West End/Coal Harbour Community Plan allows for a 385-foot-tall residential tower on the property. That’s a roughly 35-storey building. BIV reports that Anthem plans to submit a proposal with the City of Vancouver to rezone the site and to share a preliminary concept for the site with the neighbourhood in the near future. While many motorists are upset they may soon have to drive over a bridge to gas up, owners of electric cars are more sanguine. There are now hundreds of charging stations throughout the Lower Mainland, says Bruce Sharpe, president of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, includ-
ing 90 supported by the City of Vancouver. “It takes 10 minutes to get used to, and now gas stations seem so strange,” the Tesla owner said. “[When you’re downtown] you plug your electric car in and go off and do some shopping. You don’t stand there and inhale fumes.” He says it’s now possible to get around southern British Columbia “reasonably well.” He foresees a day when gas stations will have electric charging posts as well. “Their business really isn’t selling gas, it’s an excuse to get you to go to their convenience store.” Chevron put three of its Vancouver gas stations up for sale last August: the one at Georgia and Bidwell, the one on West 39th and Dunbar, which sold to Wesgroup for $19.4 million and closed in February, and a commercial truck filling station on Clark Drive at East First, which closed late last year and is still being marketed. “These particular locations have a higher and greater land-use potential greater to their current locations,” Chevron said in a press release. It still has 22 locations in Vancouver.
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Central City in Surrey is a bustling mecca of business, shopping and education that has been the catalyst for growth in Surrey’s downtown core since Blackwood Partners purchased the mixed-use development in 2007. Of course, it hasn’t always been that way. Ten years ago, when Blackwood Partners bought Central City, they took on the complex role of aiding in the rejuvenation of Surrey, which at that time was struggling to attract business and development into what is now Surrey’s vibrant downtown. Developers and businesses alike were looking for a modern, leading-edge facility that could attract not only business, but skilled workers and consumers from every demographic, along with students. When it was purchased, Central City filled an important void in Surrey’s evolution at the time, and today, it continues to be a magnet for new business and opportunities. It also serves as one of the reasons Surrey continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in Canada, welcoming approximately 800 new residents per month. The reasons for this are aplenty. Central City is an award-winning facility that combines 140 retail stores with restaurants and services. Not to mention, the large civic plaza was the first open urban space in Surrey when it was built. There is also a 350,000-square-foot Simon Fraser University campus along with a 560,000-square-foot office tower housed within Central City. In a region that is so dependent on transit to move people, having access to two SkyTrain stations at Central City is hugely important – ultimately connecting people with services and schooling. The two SkyTrain stations, coupled with thousands of
Many organizations that now operate within the office tower have opted to re-locate their offices from other areas in the region to become part of Central City. These include: McQuarrie Hunter LLP, Westminster Savings Credit Union, Century Group, FINCAD, 7/11 Canadian headquarters, Vancity, and the Fraser Health Authority which is the largest tenant, hosting 200,000-square-feet of office space. Shopping onsite includes some of the best and biggest retailers in the region including: Bed Bath & Beyond, Winners, Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Best Buy, The Brick, T&T Supermarket along with a Passport Office. Surrounding Central City, there are a significant number of capital projects completed and currently underway. Developments that are now open to the public include the expansion of Surrey Memorial Hospital, Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre, the RCMP Headquarters that houses over 2,700 members and support personnel, Surrey’s 77,000-square-foot City Centre Library, and the new 165,000-square-foot Surrey City Hall that opened in February 2014. In the coming years, we’ll continue to see the areas surrounding Central City evolve and develop into one of Canada’s best urban centres as it attracts new business and opportunities. An exciting new project that is underway is 3 Civic Plaza, a mixed-use Marriott Autograph Collection® hotel coupled with a residential project that is currently under construction. It is 52 storeys and will house a 30,000-square-foot Kwantlen Polytechnic University Satellite Campus once completed. When completed, this tower will be the tallest building in Metro Vancouver outside of downtown Vancouver. Another important project that will soon join the neighbourhood is a new YMCA with state-of-the-art amenities. These projects are estimated to cost $500 million and will provide significant local and regional economic benefits. Ultimately, Surrey is growing, from people, to shops, offices and more. Central City’s development was truly a harbinger at the time, and has since resulted in a booming urban centre, which continues to accelerate with public and private investments. Elizabeth Model is the CEO of the Downtown Surrey BIA.
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Things are looking up for new Crosstown elementary Downtown school shaped by city surrounding it
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Like so much development in Vancouver, the city’s newest school is built skyward. Crosstown elementary is four-storeys tall, has a parkade for a basement and features the latest pedagogical advancements, including an open, un-walled library and shared teaching spaces known as “learning studios” not strictly classrooms, which are fit with wobbling stools for “kinetic learners” who need a little or a lot of movement to maintain focus. And it’s got Wi-Fi. The first school in B.C. surrounded by sky-scrapers is flush between a high-rise condo (the Firenze Tower, which is home to two students) and Expo Boulevard across from Rogers Arena (where one student’s father, until recently, wore a Canucks jersey). There is no conventional playing field, but in typical urban fashion, the school’s rooftop serves as outdoor space with benches, planters, trees and
Crosstown elementary opened to students March 27. Located on a downtown lot, the uniquely urban school stops at the sidewalk, but has two rooftops classrooms, including a stage open to the elements. See more photos at vancourier.com. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
even a stage, all open to the elements and views of the port, the North Shore and adult interactions in Andy Livingston Park. “The school grounds end at the sidewalk,” said principal Bruce Murton, a
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built to address. “In Vancouver, this hasn’t been seen before, but because real estate is so expensive, you have to go up and not out. So, the prototypical 10-acre site that has a grass or gravel
field is too expensive to do,” he told the Courier during a private tour of the gleaming, attractive school. The playground is on city land, where the park board is putting the finishing touches on a park
that includes a xylophone structure, a drum and a climbing rig that doubles as a sun dial. This public space brings more serious issues, too. School staff does regular sweeps for needles through the day, just like at other nearby schools, including Strathcona elementary. “This is a high-traffic area and it’s quasi innercity, so you get sex, drugs and hip hop. You get needles, but at the same time we have a beautiful new facility and gym,” said Murton, who noted the sweeps are not onerous. “It’s about safety.” The school opened to 80 students in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 on March 27. Built for 507 learners, the school will open to students in all grades next September. The Vancouver School Board contributed $3.5 million to the $19.7-million project, and the city chipped in $760,000 to build a second multi-purpose room for day care and community rentals. @MHStewart
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When architect Stephanie Robb and her husband were looking for a new, larger home in the late 1990s, the realtor didn’t meet them with the keys at one particular house. No one had looked at the house in the three or so months it had been on the market. Assuming they wouldn’t like it, he said, ‘Drive by, have a look,’ and if they really liked it, he’d let them in. Why? Because it was a Vancouver Special. “Can you imagine how different that is from today,” Robb told the Courier, while reflecting on the subsequent rise in their popularity and the upcoming Vancouver Heritage Foundation Vancouver Special House Tour set for April 22. But she knew immediately, without looking inside, that it would be the perfect home for her family once it was renovated. “I said I don’t even need to see it inside… I can just see myself that it’s square, it’s
standing, there’s no considerable rot and we’re going to be renovating it pretty extensively. I thought it was great. [But] the realtor insisted we have a look inside.” Robb believes she is the first, certainly as a design professional, to renovate a Vancouver Special. It’s a type of house that was cheap and easy to construct and was built roughly between 1965 to 1985. The appeal, to Robb, was obvious — because they don’t have crawl spaces or basements, they’re flush with the exterior ground plain if they’re on a flatish site. Robb said this creates opportunities to open up big banks of patio doors, create nice terraces and build on the idea of indoor-outdoor living. They also have two levels above grade with eight-foot ceilings, which creates a lot of usable space. In the 1990s, however, the public and the city took a dim view of Vancouver Specials. The reno project took a long time to complete — a 13-month permitting process, plus about six to eight months to renovate.
Architect Stephanie Robb was among the first to renovate a Vancouver Special. One of the recent projects she’s been involved with is on this year’s Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Vancouver Special tour April 22. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
“[The City] didn’t know what to do with it and it was getting kicked around, I think, a fair bit,” she said. The city wanted Robb to convert the house into a “heritage-esque sort of Victorian-looking building,” but she refused. “I said no, that’s completely inappropriate, it’s a modern house,” she
recalled. “We had a lot of negotiations and that’s mostly because they didn’t have the tools in place to say, ‘Yeah, no problem.’ Even though they thought it was interesting, it really was running up against their regulations constantly.” Since then, many Vancouver Specials have been renovated. Robb’s been
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involved with about a half a dozen projects, including one that’s on this year’s tour. It was inspired by the owners’ Okinawan and Métis heritage. They saw their home as a teaching tool of sorts for the next generation of their family since they were recent grandparents, according to Robb. Not much was changed from an architectural standpoint — a couple walls were removed, but there was a lot of upgrading in terms of the electrical and plumbing systems, along with new windows and new exterior cladding. “The house from the outside absolutely still looks like a Vancouver Special. You don’t notice much difference at all,” explained Robb. “But in terms of incorporating some things from their background, that’s evident.” At the front of the property, the existing sidewalk went directly from the city sidewalk to the front door but it was cut off, plantings were put in and the owners installed a “spirit wall.” “In Asian cultures… they quite often will mask the
front door so you have an indirect route in,” Robb said. “In fact, that’s really one of the significant differences between an eastern house and a western house — that idea of indirectness.” A Genkan, a traditional Japanese entryway, was added. The raised platform is where street shoes are changed in exchange for slippers. Once you’re on it, symbolically you’re in the house. Upstairs, there’s a formal tatami room in what used to be a bedroom. It was opened up to become part of the main space and it’s on a raised platform. It’s used for entertaining guests and as a guestroom. For the Métis elements, the couple commissioned a First Nation artist to carve the front door and the house is painted in colours that honour the medicine wheel. It’s one of five re-designed Vancouver Specials that are on the annual self-guided tour. It runs from 1 to 5 p.m., April 22. For tickets and details, go to vancouverheritagefoundation.org. For more photos, go to vancourier.com.
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The organizers of the BMO Vancouver Marathon warned participants the 2017 race course would fall a few thousand metres short of the regulation 42.2-kilometre distance. The marathon would be shortened by more than two kilometres to 40km and the half-marathon cut down from a regulation 21.1km to a uniform 20km. The “news” was announced earlier this month on April 1. Who’s the fool, you ask? Well, among the online enjoyment and yukyuks was a seriously critical tweet from North Vancouver trail running champion, Ellie Greenwood, whose successes have been covered in this paper. She won the women’s marathon in 2012, and that race was in the crosshairs of her criticism. The joke would land if it didn’t actually fall so close to the truth. “Would be kind of funny,” Greenwood tweeted in reply to the marathon organizers, “except 2012, your course was actually long and folks missed PBs and BQs!” (A “PB” is a personal best timed result over the dis-
tance, and a “BQ” is a qualifying time for the Boston Marathon, a marquee event in the running season.) It’s true, and the Vancouver Marathon race director took accountability for the error in 2012. According to Canadian Running magazine, the top 148 finishers ran a longer course. The mistake was discovered during the race; the course was adjusted but not before the fastest runners had crossed the finish line with times that would remain official. The lead runners may have run an extra 382 metres. The last in that group of 148 may have run an additional five metres, according to emails from the race director that were cited by the magazine. The race director apologized, but the times stood. The 2017 BMO Vancouver Marathon is May 7, 2017. There is, of course, the half-marathon, an 8km event, a relay and a kids’ race, which happens a day earlier on May 6. Registration is open at bmovanmarathon.ca.
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A mobile emergency medical unit set up in the Downtown Eastside in December to help handle the high volume of drug overdoses in the community began scaling back its services Monday. It will no longer provide doctors on site or serve as a dropoff spot for ambulances. Paramedics will instead transport patients to hospitals or recently opened clinics such as Connections on Powell Street and the Rapid Access Addiction Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital, which provide treatment and addictions services and are showing an uptick in patients seeking therapy. “We want to make sure that people don’t think now that because we’re transitioning the services that their lives don’t matter,” said Dr. Patricia Daly, the chief medical health officer for Vancouver Coastal Health, regarding the medical unit at 58 West Hastings. “The message is, we’re opening up permanent services and we want to start utilizing those. We never intended the [mobile medical unit] would be there permanently. But I want to emphasize that we don’t think the crisis is over.” The decision by the health authority comes as the city released statistics March 30 that show 100 people died in Vancouver this year of an overdose, a concerning statistic for Mayor Gregor Robertson who noted a total of 215 people died in all of 2016. As well, Vancouver and Fire Rescue Services responded to 162 overdose calls for the week of March 20, a 56 per cent increase over the previous week. Vancouver police say they were advised of 12 suspected overdoses Saturday morning. “It’s abominable that with 100 overdose deaths already this year in Vancouver — almost half of 2016’s total — we have yet to see effective action from the provincial and federal governments on health care solutions that will stop the death toll in this fentanyl crisis,” the mayor said in a statement last week. Daly said the medical unit will still operate at least until May, with a nurse and outreach staff available to respond to or redirect any walk-in patients requiring treatment. The unit could scale
back up as an emergency facility with doctors, if the crisis escalates, she added. “We want to ensure that we’ve got several weeks of this new model, and if things get worse, we can always re-activate the services,” she said, noting the Connections clinic at 623 Powell St. that opened earlier this month provides an enhanced version of the medical unit. Connections is a short walk from the site of the medical unit. It will be the first clinic that Daly can think of that will accept patients via an ambulance. She emphasized more serious cases of overdoses — where patients haven’t been revived — will be transported directly to hospital. She said the clinic, which is staffed with doctors, nurses, pharmacists and former drug users who act as peers, offers opioid replacement therapy, including methadone and Suboxone. No appointment is required for patients, who make daily visits for treatment for an average of three months before being connected to health services that provide longer term care. More than 70 people have enroled since the clinic opened March 1. The Rapid Access Addiction Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital opened in September and has seen more than 580 patients and started 140 people on opiate replacement therapies, including methadone and Suboxone. Though overdose deaths have increased in Vancouver, Daly said the number of visits to the medical unit and the hospital decreased since busier months in January and December. For example, from March 12 to March 18, the medical unit treated 11 overdose patients. She attributed the decrease to the opening of Connections and the clinic at St. Paul’s, more public injection rooms set up in hotels and drug users’ centres — including the Overdose Prevention Society’s trailer in the Downtown Eastside — and the availability of the overdosereversing drug, naloxone. Many overdose victims, once revived by emergency personnel or volunteers, have also chosen not to be transported to hospital or the medical unit. Daly noted that on March 22 — one of the ambulance services’ busiest days responding to overdoses
— that about 40 per cent of patients in Vancouver refused to be transported to a medical facility. Daly said she understands the mayor’s frustration with the crisis but added that health care experts, emergency personnel and addictions specialists are all working to find solutions to decrease the number of drug deaths. “I understand the frustration because even
people within the health authority say we’ve invested quite a lot of time, effort and services, yet the deaths are going up,” she said. “We actually have some analysis that shows the deaths would have been worse, if we hadn’t put in place these services.” Daly, along with provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall, will present that evidence to Vancou-
ver city council at its April 12 meeting. That evidence will also show the medical unit had 2,500 patient visits and treated 566 overdoses since it opened in December. “It was very valuable,” she said of the medical unit. “It did relieve the pressure on the emergency and the ambulance. It also helped us understand some very innovative models of care [that not all
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How a decline in local news affects democracy As we’re flooded with information, there is one thing we lack more and more: deep coverage of local news. The trigger for my concern: Postmedia, one of Canada’s biggest media companies, kicked off the season with layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and the Province. Fifty-four people, including 29 journalists, are slated to leave the papers by the end of the month. It’s the latest in a string of newsroom downsizing in recent years, driven by falling revenues from advertising and classifieds. It means less and less is invested in local news — like what’s being debated at city hall and whether or not laws being made in Victoria are good for our city. In 2010, more than 200 people worked at the both newspapers. With these layoffs there will be about 70 left. And this after Postmedia combined the two newsrooms of the Vancouver Sun and the Province into one before laying off all of the staff at the Vancouver newsroom of 24 hrs last year.
Now, local content for three newspapers is essentially produced by the same people. With TV news revenues in decline, big players like Global News and CTV are also feeling the pinch. Some days, it feels like a pretty crappy time to be a young journalist. But what has me worried is that, too often, this doesn’t seem to be of much concern to many of my non-journo friends and acquaintances. I don’t blame them. When we’re not watching cute cat videos or Netflix, the Internet, smartphones and social media bring a seemingly endless supply of news and analysis to our fingertips. Activists, politicians, entertainers and others now directly communicate their views on current affairs to their followers online. Not to mention that the Internet has spawned exciting media start-ups and solid, young publications, including ones started in Vancouver, like the Daily Hive, the Tyee, the National Observer and Discourse Media. But as we’re flooded with information, there is one thing we lack more and more: deep coverage of local news. Whatever it is that gets you going — whether it’s preservation of heritages homes, the quality of our schools and hospitals, affordable housing, the environment, the legalization of marijuana or corruption in the provincial government — there are fewer journalists to keep their eyes on the ball, to conduct investigations and to tell you how it affects you. Those who remain are increasingly tied to daily stories and breaking news, with less and less time to step back and take a hard look at the factors driving social, political and economic problems — or what our politicians are up to. That’s bad for democracy. Meanwhile, the media seems more and more out of touch with the public. Walk into any newsroom and it is usually overwhelmingly white. Newspapers — long
dominated by middle-aged, white men — are offering fewer entry-level opportunities and often keep more senior staff, while letting younger ones go (that’s what the Vancouver Sun and Province did last month). This affects what stories get priority, even when those in charge may have the best of intentions, and what opinions are expressed. In fact, my column — written by a female journalist of colour in her late 20s — is a rare breed. “Canada’s news and general interest columnists are overwhelmingly male, white, straight and middle-aged,” according to a survey carried out by the Canadian Journalist Project last year. Just 37 per cent of the 125 columnists surveyed were women, their median age was 57 and 11 per cent identified as visible minorities, as compared to 19 per cent of Canada’s population. Hidden behind all this is a class problem. As it gets harder to make it as a journalist, well-off young reporters are more
likely to do unpaid or poorly paid internships, and stick it out between contracts, than poorer ones. I certainly got a hand up with parental support. In fact, most young reporters I knew well did too. Even so, I’m optimistic, at least about the long run. Thanks to technology and the Internet, journalists can hunt down and tell exciting stories in so many new ways. It’s what happens while we figure out a new sustainable journalism model that has me concerned. But not all of it us up to us in the media. If you don’t already do it, not taking news for granted and paying for some of what you consume is up to you. In the United States, it took the election of Donald Trump and the role of fake news in his election to alarm the public into buying more newspaper subscriptions so journalists could keep them better informed. Let’s hope we can sort it out long before something like that happens here. @alia_d
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Have you heard about the “morality pill”? There’s growing buzz in the press about a chemical upgrade to ethical thinking. The notion of pharmaceutically-ennobled consumers has a long pedigree. “If it is within our reach to [chemically] increase man’s suggestibility, it will be soon within our reach to do the opposite, to counteract misplaced devotion and that militant enthusiasm, both murderous and suicidal, which we see reflected in the pages of the daily newspaper,” wrote Arthur Koestler in his 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine. The author’s musings about a magic pill for what he called “Homo maniacus” was roundly derided by critics of the time. Since then there’s been an explosion of mood-altering drugs — both legal and illegal — yet Koestler’s pharmaceutical silver bullet remains vapourware to this day. Hopeful speculations came and went, and then
came again. Since 2011, editorials about a possible morality pill have been popping up with growing frequency in the mainstream media’s opinion-shaping portals. “If continuing brain research does in fact show biochemical differences between the brains of those who help others and the brains of those who do not, could this lead to a ‘morality pill’ — a drug that makes us more likely to help?” wrote ethicist Peter Singer in a New York Times editorial. Yet morality isn’t reducible to straightforward empathy (a state of mind that can be amplified by so-called “empathogens,” which are illegal drugs with tightly prescribed research use). Any given ethical quandary usually depends on deciding among two or more difficult alternatives. Such decisions involve a host of complex personal and cultural variables, channelled through the brain’s association areas, language areas, frontal cortex and emotion-mediating mid-
brain. The self, in effect. Just because this extraordinarily subtle process is mediated through neurotransmitters doesn’t mean it will be “improved” by molecular tweaking. Sure, it’s appealing to think of Premier Christy Clark popping a capsule before bedtime and waking up in the morning sick with the knowledge that it’s very, very wrong to turn the B.C. legislature into a big, gothic whorehouse for corporate benefactors. It’s uplifting to fantasize about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, goofed on a martini and morality pill combo, turning with teary eyes to his lovely wife and saying, “Why did I ever go back on my promise to voters about electoral reform? I must introduce a bill tomorrow.” Yet I doubt such medication, assuming it “works,” will be marketed for, or consumed by, the uppermost tiers of society. And whose morality? For what purposes? The greatest horrors in history weren’t perpetrated by
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One pill makes you nicer… The much-buzzed-about issue of chemically upgrading one’s ethical thinking raises a number of moral dilemmas.
amoral monsters but by the opposite: morally upright ideologues, prepared to convert others at the barrel of a gun or by turns of the rack. From the Inquisition’s witch hunt to the Khmer Rouge’s murderous agrarian reform and beyond, civilized people don’t suffer from a shortage of moral certainty, but an excess of it. Guy Kahane, deputy director of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, has some doubts about psychocivilizing a
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‘manipulating human beings’ have sinister undertones. Who is to control the controls, manipulate the manipulators?” Exactly. Will drug researchers, marketers, lobbyists, and legislators beta test morality pills on themselves, and suddenly realize they might be constructing an ethical Pandora’s Box? And proceed anyway once the effects wear off? That’s assuming such medication works as advertised. Decades after SSRI antidepressants became the stock-in-trade of psychiatric health care, a meta-analysis of peerreviewed studies revealed the drugs “significantly increase the risk of both serious and non-serious adverse events.” Once again, I smell “junk science” softening up the public for a whole new line of highly-profitable, dangerous manipulation by the usual suspects. A “morality pill” belongs in the pages of sci-fi novels, not in on physicians’ shelves or in the public water supply. geoffolson.com
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Celebrating over 100 years of faithful ministry in West Point Grey 604.224.7744 or wpgpc@telus.net
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Curious about Christianity? Want to get connected (again) with faith and religion?
Everyone is welcome at these family-friendly worship services.
Maundy Thursday: April 13th, 7:30pm Foot-washing & Eucharist Good Friday:
Easter Sunday:
April 14th, 12 noon Church available at 11am for private prayers Meditation on the Cross & Distribution of Communion April 16th, 10:30am Service of Light & Eucharist + Children’s Easter Egg Hunt
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April 13th
Maundy Thursday —The New Covenant
Supper 6 PM • Worship 7 PM
April 14th
Good Friday
—The Passion According to St. John
Worship 10 AM
April 16th
Easter Sunday
—Festive Service of Holy Communion
Pancake Breakfast 845 AM Worship 10 AM
Spirit of Life Lutheran Church is a welcoming and allinclusive Lutheran congregation (ELCIC). Come and celebrate with us! 375 West 10th Avenue • Vancouver, BC • V5Y 3V1 604-874-2212 • spirit elutheran.ca
He is risen! He is risen, indeed!
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April 9th, 10:30am Outdoor procession with palms and Eucharist
April 13,
Maundy Thursday 6:00 pm Potluck 7:00 pm Combined Service
April 14,
Good Friday 10:30 am Combined Service with Holy Communion
April 16,
Easter 10:30 am Combined Service followed by our Easter Breakfast
4397 West 12th Ave. (Corner of 12th Ave. and Trimble St.)
Joint Good Friday service April 3rd @ 11a.m.
with Shelly Chandler
Palm Sunday:
coyote activity across Vancouver and posts sightings online. Eight sightings were reported in March: two near UBC and Southlands, one in Queen Elizabeth Park and another near Southeast Marine Drive and Kent Avenue. Three other sightings were reported between Main and Nanaimo streets, between First Avenue and King Edward Boulevard. For more info or to report a coyote sighting, call 604681-9453 or go online to stanleyparkecology.ca. @JohnKurucz
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“We can keep our pets safe by keeping our dogs on a leash and cats indoors this time of year,” Hart said. “If you do come across a coyote, make yourself big, hold your arms out, and shout, ‘Go away coyote!’ Scaring away coyotes helps to reinforce their natural fear of people.” Coyote litters tend to include between four and seven pups, but can vary based on available food, territory and pack sizes. While many live in family groups, coyotes typically hunt alone or in pairs. The SPES monitors
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Grandmother competes in toughest race on Earth Megan Stewart
mstewart@vancourier.com
Running for six days through sand, sun and wind on a still-secret trail through the Sahara Desert won’t be the hardest thing Pushpa Chandra has done in her life. It will be one of many hard things, and the ultra-marathon runner embraces the matter as fact. The race is difficult and that’s the point. “I would not really call anything hard. As an adventure runner, the challenges are always what you are looking for,” she said in March, a week before flying to Europe to then travel on to Morocco for the famed Marathon Des Sables. The 250-pluskilometre, self-supporting stage race includes six days of running a route that has changed every year since the inaugural event in 1986 when 23 runners took off together. The sparsely marked trail over dunes and technical hills called djebels will be revealed only moments before the race begins on April 9. The first stage this year is 33.8 km. The longest leg comes on day four, at 81.5 km. “I will run, I will walk, I will crawl if have to,” she said. Chandra will finish.
Racing the world
It’s a mental and physical battering that comes with the risk of serious injury and tests a runner’s deepest reserves. Besides, this race can kill. Participants are advised to have their vaccinations updated because, according to race organizers, polio is “still rampant in the area.” Runners are encouraged to carry anti-venom kits and are given specific quantities of water each day, depending on the length of the stage,
from 16 to 81 kilometres. When a sandstorm hits, runners must stay where they are and wait for instructions to avoid drifting off track where they could be swallowed by the desert. The worst storms can last eight hours. In the short history of the Marathon Des Sables, the “marathon of the sands” in French, three people have perished. The Discovery Channel labelled this ultramarathon the toughest foot race on Earth. To prepare for the Marathon Des Sables, Chandra maxed out her training at 312 km a week, running inside on a treadmill to help acclimatize to exercising in the heat. “You want to run as much as your body can tolerate,” she said. “At this distance, we go by how many hours we run. Most of us know our pace by now, training anywhere from four to 12 hours a day.” And there is something more. Chandra is 59 years old. “For this race, I was feeling, like, ‘Oh my gosh, I am so old,’” she said, wondering if the ultra-marathon was even possible for her. Yes, she determined, it was. “Running is not just another form of exercise. It offers so much more than exercise,” she said. “It has transformed me to another level. I call it moving meditation. It offers me countless hours of solitude and silence and all I hear is the steady pounding of my feet. There are all these thoughts about life and the big picture of our lives.” The grandmother is often among the oldest participants and one of the few women to run multi-stage races on every continent, including the Antarctica 100 as the first Canadian to take it on. She set a record that stood for four
the privileged get this gift; it is not like in Canada or the developed countries where education is for everyone. “My sister had to stay home to help my mom get things done so we could go to school, so I could go to school. She made wrong choices in her life, and this is the power of education. It is an intangible that will empower women to make the right choices.” Chandra is running in support of Plan International, a charity that uses education as the main tool to break the cycle of poverty through campaigns such as I Am A Girl. Her fundraising page is online at tinyurl. com/mkjsynu.
At 59 years of age, Pushpa Chandra could be the oldest Canadian woman to complete the famously difficult Marathon Des Sables. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
years. Running at the other end of the Earth, she took the women’s title in the North Pole Marathon in 2009. She’s taken on the Mount Everest Marathon, the Amsterdam 100, and run 250-km selfsupported races in Madagascar and the Gobi Desert. Chandra signs up to wander into the unknown, on the trail and in herself. “The ultimate journey is about not knowing what the risks will be and that is what really empowers you. I want to go through the journey of not knowing… I know I can do it but I don’t know what changes I am going to go through. There is this risk of unknown that you want to explore,” she said.
For the girls
Chandra has been running since she was a child. At the age of five or six, she said she pocketed her bus money
and ran the eight miles to school so she could spend the coins on popsicles. “Running always came with a reward,” Chandra said she learned. She ran back home, too, all of that distance covered barefoot. “It took me an hour. Not bad for a little girl,” she said. Raised by subsistence farmers in Fiji, Chandra grew up in poverty but did not suffer the same sexist expectations that marred the life of her older sister, who was denied an education because she was required to fulfill domestic chores while her siblings went to class. “Poverty is a cycle that is very hard to break,” said Chandra, who moved to Vancouver more than 40 years ago and lives in Point Grey. “There are 62 million girls in the world that do not go to school. That could have been me. Education is really a gift for us in Fiji. Only
Run like water
With the motivation to move society forward and closer to deep and lasting equality, Chandra runs and runs as if to spin the axis of the planet and reach the future she believes is coming. One that sees girls and women lifted out of poverty and servitude through the opportunities, agency and selfdetermination that come with education. A retired nurse who worked in critical care at B.C. Children’s Hospital and now practises naturopathic medicine, Chandra knows the difference education makes in a girl’s life. When she keeps to a path or takes step after step on a treadmill, Chandra lets her mind wander free. The “moving meditation” she describes is an effortless surrender. “There is no trying,” she said. “It is spontaneous.” She says it’s like water flowing from a tap. Once you start, you don’t need to do a thing more. “The water starts running,” she said. “You put
that one foot forward.” Don’t mistake her, however. Running hundreds of kilometres is not easy. Remember, the point is that it’s difficult. It’s in the struggle of these moments where Chandra says she finds herself. “There will be times when you will be going through pain and you learn about this extraordinary discipline,” she said, explaining the “mental games” that keep the tap open and the water running. “Why are you self-willingly wanting to suffer? When I get to the place of pain and doubting myself, it is really hard when you are there. I look at anything I can see — that tree, or the next rock — and I say, ‘Move one leg in front of the other. Get to that rock. Reach the tree.’ That is how present you get. ‘I’ve got this rock now, now I’m going to the next one.’” She recites mantras and imagines the pleasure of stopping once she’s reached the finish line and does not have to keep pushing, slogging, hurting. “As soon as you are finished, it’s done. All of the willpower, the entire journey, it becomes a springboard for enlightenment. Honestly, you come back a different person. I always feel I am so Zenned out.” She says the small things don’t bother her. Her patience endures. The weather does not drag her down. “I come back with such a different picture about life, the big picture of life,” she said. This gives her energy, and she finds her way to seeing the whole forest by looking at a single tree, the next one on the path towards her destination. @MHStewart
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Opinion
Liberals vulnerable after 16 years in power The Vancouver Courier is pleased to welcome our newest columnist, veteran broadcaster Bill Good, who will tackle current events in the world of news and politics every other week. Good has had a lifetime career of broadcasting including in television sports, as a television news anchor, and as a radio talk show host. He has been awarded lifetime achievement awards from the Webster Foundation and the Radio and Television Digital News Association and an Honorary Doctorate of technology from BCIT.
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Veteran broadcaster Bill Good tackles current events in the world of news and politics.
You have probably heard the expression “there’s nothing like a hanging in a fortnight to focus the mind.” That saying came to mind when I heard that the Liberals suddenly found the money to match a federal promise of $2.2 billion for transit in Metro Vancouver. The Liberals managed to skate through an election four years ago promising a referendum on transit spending. People were reluctant to reward TransLink and increase their taxes, so voters said no. Fast forward to today as congestion gets more and more frustrating and the NDP promises to finance the Broadway SkyTrain and Surrey Light Rail. The May election must have begun to feel like an impending hanging for the Liberals. The Supreme Court of Canada overturned the government cuts to education and forced it to commit hundreds of millions of dollars back into the province’s public schools. Add to this, the government, feeling the heat over a very unfair Medical Services Plan
which costs middle-income people as much as the very wealthy, has promised to cut the cost in half before eliminating it altogether, probably before the election after this one. My sense is the Liberals still feel vulnerable after 16 years in power, and with the feds coming in with a $2.2-billion commitment to transit, the Liberals felt the need to move, and move now. It will be interesting to see if the NDP promise to fund transit as well will negate the Liberal claim that the NDP is in the practice of turning down all big projects that create jobs. Building transit will provide a lot of union work. Transit may provide something else. With transit will come much more density with a lot of condo-style housing. It will be interesting to see if the three levels of government can find a way to make a sizable portion of that new housing more affordable than what’s available today. So within just a few weeks before the election on May 9, we have the two main parties in agreement
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on education funding, MSP premiums and transit. No fair-minded person could suggest the Liberals were first on any of these files. They’ve been dragging, kicking and screaming on them. So will voters reward or punish them? I think the degree to which they’ve matched the NDP on these issues indicates they are worried. We don’t see the polling the government does. News organizations no longer spend the money on really expensive polling, but the government does, and its sudden moves on the above tells me they are worried. A wild card may be the Green Party. The polling we have seen shows the Greens growing support, especially on Vancouver Island, usually fertile ground for the NDP. Can John Horgan convince longtime NDP voters on the Island to stick with him for one more election? All this will be answered in a little more than two fortnights. Bill Good is a veteran broadcaster currently heard daily on News 1130. @billgood_news
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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, A P R I L 6 , 2 0 1 7
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ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
MAY 1-31 EXPLORASIAN.ORG APRIL 8 - AUG 26
MAY 2 - JUNE 29
Ode to Nature, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Exhibition of traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings by artist Winifred Lee. Lee combines traditional Chinese and Western painting techniques to capture subtle moments of beauty in nature. VENUE: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall St., Vancouver INFO: www.vancouverchinesegarden.com, exhibitions@vancouverchinesegardens.com
High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese, Surrey Art Gallery OPENING RECEPTION: April 8th at 7:30pm, PANEL DISCUSSION: June 10th from 2:30pm Play the Chinese lottery and see what life was like as a Chinese immigrant to BC. West coast Chinese history is presented in a digital and interactive exhibit. VENUE: Surrey Art Gallery, 13750 - 88th Ave., Surrey INFO: surrey.ca/artgallery
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH AT MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT UBC MAY 1ST
APRIL 19
Mixed Match Presented in partnership with: National Canadian Film Day 150, REEL Canada, Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF), Vancouver Public Library (VPL), Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS), HAPA Society & the Hapa-palooza Festival, 6:30pm - 8:30pm q+a to follow. A documentary film by award winning Jeff Chiba Stearns about mixed race blood cancer patients who reflect on their multicultural identities as they struggle with the nearly impossible task of finding bone marrow donors. VENUE: Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Room, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, 350 W Georgia St., Vancouver | INFO: www.explorasian.org
APRIL 22
Official Opening Ceremony, explorASIAN Festival 2017, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS), Simon Fraser University, 10:00am - 12:00pm Dignitaries join in celebrating the launch of the explorASIAN festival 2017 and Asian Heritage Month with Pan Asian performances, presentations, and featuring the “Silk and Spices” exhibition. VENUE: Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, 149 West Hastings St., Vancouver INFO: office.vahms@gmail.com, www.explorasian.org FREE ADMISSION, light refreshments
APRIL 22, 2017 - FEB 18, 2018
Meera Margaret Singh: Lalbagh, Surrey Art Gallery Toronto-based artist explores the boundary between theatre and real life in this three-channel video of geological monument, Lalbagh Hill. VENUE: Surrey Art Gallery, 13750 - 88th Ave., Surrey INFO: surrey.ca/artgallery
Illumination of Vancouver City Hall, City of Vancouver (COV), Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) In celebration of Asian Heritage Month of May and the launch of the explorASIAN festival 2017, Vancouver City Hall will be illuminated in red. This year, the festival will place a special focus on the legacy, culture and accomplishments of the growing community of Canadians with mixed Asian heritage for the 150th anniversary of Confederation. VENUE: 453 W 12th Ave., Vancouver | INFO: www.explorasian.org
MAY 1 - JUNE 4
Generation One Exhibition, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, Vancouver Lipont Art Centre OPENING EVENT: May 6th, 2:00pm - 4:00pm A VAHMS platform, which promotes Asian Canadian first generation artists and encourages intercultural and intergenerational dialogue. VENUE: Vancouver Lipont Art Centre, 4211 No. 3 Rd., Richmond INFO: vahmsgenone@gmail.com FREE ADMISSION, light refreshments
MAY 1 - MAY 31
LANSIA Oral History Project Exhibit, Canadian Indonesian Diaspora Society LANSIA project is a community initiative sharing the stories of migration of Indonesian Canadians seniors through an art-style, historical exhibit. VENUE: Vancouver Lipont Art Centre, 4211 No. 3 Rd., Richmond INFO: kristi.alexandra.culture@gmail.com
MAY 1 - MAY 31
“Silk and Spices” Following the Trade Routes and Beyond exhibition, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum Silk and Spice is a photographic journey through the cosmopolitan trade routes between the Orient and the West and their legacy on Vancouver’s multicultural communities. VENUE: Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver | INFO: www.explorasian.org
MAY 3
We Heart Canada, VAFF, COV, 5:00pm To kick off celebrating Canada’s 150th Anniversary, Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is partnering with the City of Vancouver (COV) to launch “We Heart Canada.” VENUE: Vancouver Civic Theatres – QE Salons, 650 Hamilton St., Vancouver INFO: info@vaff.org, www.vaff.org
MAY 3 - MAY 28 MAY 11 - OCT 9
Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia Exhibition, Opening Party: May 11th, 7:00pm, Calligraphy performance by Kimura Tsubasa FREE ADMISSION
MAY 13
hoshi no hana tachi, Lovely Flower and Figure
OPENING RECEPTION: May 7, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Chieko Yanagitani’s first solo show after moving to Canada 19 years ago from Japan. VENUE: Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody, BC INFO: gallerybistroportmoody@gmail.com; www.gallerybistroportmoody.com, www.cyanagitani.com
Japanese calligraphy workshops by Kimura Tsubasa 10:30am - 12:30pm: beginners, family friendly 2:30pm - 4:30pm: intermediate for artists, designers and students, Registration required.
MAY 13
Curator’s tour of Traces of Words Exhibition, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Free with admission VENUE: Museum of Anthropology at UBC, 6393 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver | INFO: moa.ubc.ca DETAILS: moa.ubc.ca/portfolio_page/traces-of-words/
MAY 1 – MAY 31
Traces of Words: Asian Materials from the UBC Library Collections Exhibition The satellite exhibit for Traces of Words at MOA in collaboration with the UBC Asian Library and Rare Book and Special Collections. VENUE: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre level 2 foyer at UBC. FREE ADMISSION
MAY 4
Mixed Voices Raised, HAPA Society and the Hapa-palooza Festival, 7:00pm - 9:30pm A vibrant evening of storytelling on mixed heritage and hybrid identity, featuring poets Fred Wah and Amal Rana, musicians Henry Young and Tarun Nayar, Hapa-palooza Festival co-founder Zarah Martz, and more! VENUE: Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, Alice MacKay Room, 350 W Georgia St., Vancouver INFO: info@hapapalooza.com, www.hapapalooza.ca
MAY 4 & 5
La Tarara, Kasandra Flamenco and Caravan World Rhythms, 8:00pm Explosive Flamenco dance spectacular featuring dance super stars direct from Spain, Ivan Vargas and Emilio Ochando, with virtuoso, Kasandra “La China,” and musical cast directed by Gaspar Rodriguez. VENUE: Norman Rothstein Theatre, 950 W 41st Ave., Vancouver INFO: debgordon03@gmail.com
MAY 6
APRIL 22 - JULY 14
Passionate Colours, Surrey Art Gallery, Opening Reception: April 26th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Paintings, photographs and collages by members of the South Asian Artists Guild, united by a common passion for colour and zest for life. VENUE: Surrey Art Gallery, 13750 - 88th Ave., Surrey INFO: surrey.ca/artgallery
Pull of the Net: Celebrating the Cultures of West Coast Fishing, Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society, 11:00am - 4:00pm Free, family-friendly event to celebrate multiculturalism of the West Coast fishing industry, inside the historic cannery in Steveston village. VENUE: Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 12318 - 4th Ave., Richmond | INFO: 604-664-9009
APRIL 29 - JUNE 2
MAY 6
Reflections: The Images of Chinese Women in Canada Exhibition, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum This photo exhibit explores the struggles and accomplishments of Chinese women in the past that forged a path for others to follow. VENUE: Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver | INFO: 604-658-8883
Spring Show 2017, The Vancouver Ikebana Association, 11:30am - 5:30pm, LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS: 1:30pm & 3:30pm An afternoon filled with the beauty and artistry of Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. This show will feature displays from four Ikebana schools. VENUE: Alan Emmott Centre, 6650 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby INFO: kuniy@telus.net
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MAY 6
Chinatown Mahjong Social, Youth Collaborative for Chinatown , 3:00pm - 6:00pm Bringing the “hot+noisy” back to Vancouver Chinatown through community free-play mahjong between cultures and generations! All levels welcome, with teachers on hand. No gambling. VENUE: Chinatown Plaza Mall, 180 Keefer St., Vancouver INFO: ycc.yvr@gmail.com, ycc-yvr.com
MAY 7
May Mehfil and Chai House, Ismaili Council for BC, 3:00pm The May Mehfil in celebration of Asian Heritage Month will feature writers and performers from South Asian and Central Asian Heritage. Admission by donation. VENUE: 4010 Canada Way, Burnaby | INFO: 778-708-0690
MAY 7
Future in Past: Concert by Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble/Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society, 7:30pm Exclusive performance of rarely heard ancient Chinese tunes and the world premiere of a chamber opera by Alan Lau. VENUE: Norman Rothstein Theatre, 950 W 41st Ave., Vancouver INFO: cenk@dkam.ca; 604-683-8240
MAY 9
WriteRice Writing Workshop, Ricepaper Magazine, 1:00 pm - 5:00pm Are you interested in producing Asian-themed literature? FREE WORKSHOP, open to all. VENUE: Ricepaper Office, 245 E Broadway, Vancouver INFO: gavin.hee@ricepapermagazine.com, ricepapermagazine.ca
MAY 10 - MAY 30
Reading Taiwan: Modern Taiwanese Literary Classics, Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society An engaging, multidimensional literary event that includes: a mini book fair, film screenings of writers’ documentaries, short and featured films from literary works and literary talks. VENUE: Taiwanese Cultural Centre, 8853 Selkirk St., Vancouver INFO: www.tccs.ca, 604-267-0901
MAY 11 - JUNE 8
From Japan to Canada Exhibition, Port Moody Arts Centre Society, Opening Reception, May 11th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Exhibition reflecting the history, evolution and symbiotic influences that Japanese and Canadian culture has had on the participating artists. VENUE: Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St., Port Moody INFO: www.pomoarts.ca
MAY 11
A Suitcase of Memories, Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall, Tasai Artist Collective, Historic Joy Kogawa House Society, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Joy Kogawa in a dramatic poetry performance with Sora Takayama, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Internment. Performance followed by Q & A. VENUE: Japanese Hall, 487 Alexander St., Vancouver INFO: 604-254-2551, www.vjls-jh.com, www.tasai.ca Adults: $15.00 (Eventbrite.ca), Students: 18 yrs. and under free. Limited seating, first come first served.
Orchestra (May 20) and BC Chinese Music Ensemble (May 21)
MAY 13 - JUNE 4
Xing Zhenli Colour and Ink: East Meets West, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum Xing Zhenli is a very unique artist with recognizable style and technique that is influenced by both eastern and western cultures. VENUE: Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver | INFO: 604-658-8883
VENUE: Main performances at the Vancouver Playhouse,
600 Hamilton St., Vancouver INFO: mail@bccma.net, www.bccma.net, 604-327-8807
MAY 13
Walk for Motherland, Greater Vancouver Taiwanese Organizations, 2:00pm - 5:00pm Community walk around Deer Lake to celebrate Mother’s Day and Motherland Taiwan! Family-friendly, free event with fun game stations featuring Taiwanese languages. VENUE: Playground at Deer Lake Park, Burnaby INFO: www.tccs.ca, 604-267-0901
MAY 13
Thanks Mom Give Life Campaign 2017, Canadian Blood Services, BC Transplant, 10:00am - 9:00pm Public awareness campaign highlighting Canadian Blood Services’ role in blood donation, registration of potential stem cell donors with OneMatch (Canadian Blood Services) through a swabbing event, cord blood donation, potential organ donation (BC Transplant). Due to biological requirement of stem cell matching of recipients with donors with similar racial backgrounds, more ethnically diverse registrants are needed for OneMatch. We are partnering with Explorasian to bring this important message to the Pan Asian community. VENUE: Grand Court Metropolis at Metrotown, 4700 Kingsway, Burnaby | INFO: info@thanksmom.org
MAY 13
Celebrating Vancouver’s Chinatown Heritage, Chinatown Commemoration Square Committee, 4:30pm Celebrate Chinatown’s history with a plaque unveiling, entertainment and banquet. VENUE: Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 E Pender St., Vancouver INFO: 604-662-3207 ext. 200
MAY 13
Walking Tour: Reflections on Japanese Canadian Life and Work in the Powell Street District, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA) Hear the stories of how people lived and worked in the Powell Street District 75 years ago. VENUE: meeting place and time will be posted at gvjcca.org INFO: gvjcc@gmail.com, 604-777-5222
MAY 14
6th Anniversary of Persian Culture and Art Institute Association (PERCAI), 3:00pm - 8:00pm Group exhibition of Iranian-Canadian Artists: painting, miniature, photography, sculpture, carpet, jewellry, Persian calligraphy and live music. Free entry. Everyone welcome. VENUE: Persian Culture and Art Institute Association, 1181 West 16th St., North Vancouver INFO: www.percai.com, Facebook.com/PERCAI, info@percai. com, 778-889-4820
MAY 17 - MAY 21
Canada 150 Silk Bamboo and Maple Music Festival, BC Chinese Music Association and BC Chinese Music Ensemble First Canadian Chinese Traditional Instrument Networking Conference – workshops, demonstrations, rehearsals, panel discussions with featured performances by the BC Chinese
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103 Years After the Komagata Maru’s Arrival in Vancouver, PCHC-Museum of Migration Society & Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation, 6:30pm - 8:00pm Historians and community leaders will reflect on the significance of the arrival of the Komagata Maru on the 103rd Anniversary of the ship’s arrival in the Vancouver. Q & A and candlelight vigil will follow panel discussion. Light refreshments will be served. VENUE: Punjab Bhavan, 15453 Fraser Hwy., Surrey INFO: komagatamaru@hotmail.com
MAY 24 MAY 18 & MAY 31
Filipino Movie Nights, presented by Dahong Pilipino, Anyone Can Act Theatre (ACAT), Tulayan & Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS), 5:30pm – 9:00pm Film presentations hosted by Mel Tobias, author of one hundred acclaimed Tagalog movies. For mature audiences, English subtitles, $2.00 membership at the door. Limited seating. VENUE: UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St., Vancouver INFO: 604-737-8074, leo@dahongpilipino.ca
MAY 20 - SEPT 3
Kimono Culture, Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre Exhibition, Tues - Sun, 11:00am - 5:00pm, CURATOR TALK: May 20 at 1:00pm OPENING: May 20, 2:00pm - 4:00pm This exhibit showcases the beauty of the Japanese culture through the lens of kimono. Guest curator: Hitomi Harama VENUE: Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby INFO: www.nikkeiplace.org, jcnm@nikkeiplace.org
MAY 20
Discover the stories of Japanese Canadians in Surrey, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA), 1:00pm - 4:00 pm Japanese Canadian history in Surrey will be revealed. Learn from Surrey Poet Laureate Renee Saklikar how to share your family stories using poetry. VENUE: Surrey City Centre Library, 10350 University Dr., Surrey INFO: gvjcca@gmail.com, gvjcca.org, 604-777-5222
World Poetry Celebrates Asian Heritage Month, World Poetry Reading Series Society, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Free multilingual poetry and music event with hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Kagan Goh. VENUE: New Westminster Public Library, 716 – 6th Ave., New Westminster INFO: www.worldpoetry.ca, ariadnes@uniserve.com
MAY 25 - 27
Wen Wei Dance: Dialogue, The Dance Centre, 8:00pm Wen Wei Wang’s new work for five male dancers investigates communication and the need to connect, drawing on his own experiences as an immigrant. VENUE: Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Vancouver NFO: www.thedancecentre.ca, 604-606-6400
MAY 27
Together – Third Annual Multicultural Festival for Performance, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 2:00pm A mixed genre of performances that consists of programs of many different cultures. VENUE: Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia St., Vancouver | INFO: 604-658-8883
MAY 27
Japanese Spring Festival, Port Moody Arts Centre Society Artists, events, music, food, activities, and cultural demonstrations. VENUE: Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St., Port Moody INFO: www.pomoarts.ca
MAY 20
Tagore Spring Festival 2017, Vancouver Tagore Society, 6:00pm - 9:30pm A multicultural celebration of Spring through dance, music and poetry, inspired by Nobel-laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s ideas of Confluence of Cultures. Admission by donation. VENUE: Surrey Councils Chambers, Surrey City Hall, 13450 – 104th Ave., Surrey INFO: Raihan Akhter, raihan.akhter@gmail.com, www.vancouvertagoresociety.org, 778-891-1904
MAY 21
Exploring Vancouver Chinatown’s Cultural Landscape, Past, Present & Future, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC, 11:00am - 1:00pm The cultural landscape of Vancouver is changing. Please join John Atkin and Bob Sung in exploring Vancouver’s Cultural landscape in relation to the past, present and the future. VENUE: Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 East Pender St., Vancouver INFO: 604-736-9508, bobsung@telus.net
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honourASIAN Recognition Gala, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS), Museum of Vancouver, 5:30pm – 9:00pm Recognition event for explorASIAN festival 2017 with Pan Asian performances and cuisine, cash bar, raffle, silent auction and recognition of mixed Asian community leaders and organizations. VENUE: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver INFO: office.vahms@gmail.com, $65.00/ticket – available at www.explorasian.org
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to become World Cup and Olympic champions, such as Lindsey Vonn, Marcel Hirscher, Tina Maze, Mikaela Shiffrin, Manuel OsborneParadis, and Erik Read. For other young athletes, the Cup provides a single chance to participate in a large, international ski race, enabling them to meet and go on to form lasting relationships through sport. Every year sees both a GS and a Slalom event. This year on Sunday, April 16th, we will introduce an exciting, new Team Parallel event, as part of the U16 category schedule, where two teams, comprised of mixed genders, race head-to-head down a slalom course. A longtime favourite for athletes and spectators alike, this team competition is gripping to watch. We invite everyone to come out over April 12th to 16th, and watch the action on either the Raven and Ptarmigan runs or on the Upper Dave Murray Downhill run on Whistler Mountain with your flags, cowbells, and enthusiasm to cheer on the athletes for a great race. Good luck and great racing to all athletes! Jim McGovern Whistler Cup Chair 2017
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WONDERLAND: Yours truly, along with Global TV’s Sophie Lui, served as master of ceremonies at the fourth annual Night of Wonders Gala in support of the Children’s Wish Foundation. A glamourous group of 250 dream-makers came together to support the B.C.-Yukon chapter’s efforts to grant wishes to kids living with life-threatening illnesses. The gala, sponsored by Pacific Blue Cross, lived up to its name, as provincial director Jennifer Petersen and committee members led by Jessica Hollander transformed the Autoform dealership into a grand party palace where guests had the opportunity to enjoy an exquisite dinner and some fundraising games for wishes to come true — from trips to Disneyland and reunions with family members to custom-fitted golf clubs. By evening’s end, the magical night garnered an impressive $375,000. For a longer version of this column, go to vancourier.com.
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Countdown events’ Soha Lavin and party chair Jessica Hollander orchestrated the Children’s Wish Foundation’s flagship Night of Wonder Gala at the Autoform dealership in East Vancouver.
Sophie Lui co-hosted Night of Wonders Gala that saw Eric Pateman’s Edible Canada cater the royal repast. The latter’s exclusive culinary trip to Canada’s North fetched the night’s top bid of $40,000.
Blair Qualey, president of the New Car Dealers Association of British Columbia, and Vancouver International Auto Show director Jason Heard presided over the annual Auto Gala, benefitting Pam Keith’s B.C. Special Olympics.
A Loving Spoonful’s Elyse Freeborn and Lisa Martella saw some 75 restaurants sign up for this year’s Dining Out for Life campaign. Since its inception, the campaign has raised $3.2 million to support British Columbians living with HIV/AIDS.
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Khari Wendell McClelland will bring a melting pot of performance, catharsis and reconciliation to the Commodore stage on April 8. The Vancouver-based musician will unveil his performance piece known as Freedom Singer, described as a hybrid that lands somewhere between music, acting and theatre. The show’s narrative depicts McClelland’s research into the life of his greatgreat-great-grandmother Kizzy and how she escaped slavery in the southern U.S. in the mid-1800s. “What comes through in the performance is the challenge of attempting to find recorded history around people who were impoverished,” McClelland told the Courier. “Their voices, history and legacy were rarely kept in records during those times.” Kizzy escaped the southern U.S. in the 1850s, though McClelland doesn’t know which state her story originated in. His research suggests she came to southern Ontario via the Underground
Railroad, a series of covert routes and safe houses to help slaves escape to Canada. McClelland’s research began three years ago when he was performing with gospel group the Sojourners. After the gig, he was approached by author Karolyn Smardz Frost, who won a 2007 Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction for her book I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad. The pair bonded over that shared backstory and McClelland got to reading. Each chapter in the book begins with a quote that he interpreted as lyrics and the plan was set: research Kizzy’s story and try to uncover the music of her day. “That’s what really spurred my curiosity and lightning struck in my mind,” McClelland said. “I wanted to put together a suite of tunes interpreting old songs that might have accompanied people escaping slavery and coming into Canada.” Criss-crossing Canada was next on the agenda: trips to Nova Scotia, throughout Ontario, pouring over archival materials, interviewing
academics and meeting with elders from First Nations across Canada. It’s an ongoing search. Record-keeping from that time period was suspect at best, particularly for those who were impoverished or discriminated against based upon their colour or race. McClelland said many people travelling the Underground Railroad would change their names and appearances. He has uncovered, however, that Kizzy eventually returned to Detroit, McLelland’s place of birth, at some point after emancipation in the early 1860s. “To me, Freedom Singer is about home and about family,” he said. “It’s a journey to understand the self and I think there is a sense of catharsis by going through the journey, but also through reconciling the things that are gained and lost when we really look deeply into our histories.” McLelland performs April 8 at the Commodore as part of the Motown Meltdown, a fundraiser for blindness prevention and treatment in impoverished countries. Tickets and info at seva.ca/ motownmeltdown.htm.
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One camera and one exposure lead to many questions in Ross den Otter’s Strathcona studio — the point behind his Photographer-Assisted Selfies open house as part of Capture Photography Festival Saturday afternoon.
The Vancouver lensbased artist made all the artistic decisions behind the portrait sessions except for activating the shutter on his large format camera. The kind of film, the format, the type of camera, processing the film, printing and providing the venue — all den Otter’s. Triggering the camera’s shutter was done by the person in front of
the lens by gently pulling a piece of string attached to the homemade shutter made out of a wooden panel and some aluminum from the hardware store and light-sealed by recycled fabric from his wife’s wornout pajamas. “There’s a whole series of things involved but that one element of timing may shift the authorship,” said den Otter.
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Having the subject responsible for pressing the shutter created questions about ownership and copyright — an interesting study considering almost everybody with a smartphone has asked a stranger to take a photo with it at some point. “Normally when you’re doing a selfie, you’re not going to be doing it on a 4x5 camera. I picked a camera that’s unlikely to be used on your vacation. You’re not going to be packing this and asking somebody, ‘Hey, would you mind taking a photo of me and my wife?’ This is a little more complicated,” he said. “The selfie stick involved in this one is somewhat unwieldy — it’s a large chunk of lumber you’ve got to carry around.” Joking aside, the issue of authorship is a real one. Case in point in popular culture is the celebrity group shot taken at the 2014 Oscars with Ellen DeGeneres’ smartphone. According to U.S. copyright law, the photo — famous because it broke the record for most retweets at the time — doesn’t belong to DeGeneres, the camera’s owner, but instead to the person who took it — the evidently long-armed Bradley Cooper. So, while den Otter made the decision to use the oldfashioned Cambo camera with a box of old film given to him by a friend and spent the time rigging the camera with a Second World War aerial reconnaissance lens and a gravity-powered shutter, the photograph could very well belong to the subject because they pulled the string to release the shutter. But never fear, den Otter has thought this through and had his subjects sign a release form ensuring him of copyright ownership. Creating the Photographer Assisted Selfies project took much thought, even beyond the sticky question of ownership. “I was thinking about choices and the idea of handing somebody the responsibility of taking a
photo of themselves and paralleling that to the ideas that we may have towards the end of our lives,” den Otter said. “This is somewhat tied to my dad’s last days. He made some choices that probably affected his health in somewhat catastrophic ways.” His father died in January 2016 of organ failure. During the sad lead-up, his son found himself maneuvering through decisions made by other people. So den Otter, in the middle of a conflux of choices along the way, put much thought into the relationship between decisions and outcomes as a result. With his father still very much on his mind, den Otter decided to experiment with developing some test prints with the old film — he calls it “swamp film” because it’s thin and weak — by developing it in a mixture of beer, washing soda and instant coffee. While Grolsch was used because that was the last beer his father drank, it didn’t have enough reducing acids to process the film properly. Den Otter figures he’ll go back to souping with Guinness beer as he suspects it contains more vitamin C and alpha acids than the Dutch beer. (The acids from the hops react to the silver in the film and the vitamin C acts as a stabilizer.) “I was thinking about the little interventions and how they change an outcome. It parallels to making the subject responsible for the timing,” den Otter said. “The choices we make here run parallel to the choices that led to my dad’s death.” The viewing and discussion for the PhotographerAssisted Selfies project is April 29 at Pink Monkey Studios, 830 Union Street, from noon to 4 p.m. Capture runs until the end of April. Check out capturephotofest.com for more information. @rebeccablissett
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Spring has taken a long time to arrive in Vancouver, which will make the upcoming Easter weekend extra sweet. Here are some of the ways you can enjoy it.
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Easter comes early at Wesbrook Mall at UBC. On April 8 there’s an Easter egg scavenger hunt for kids aged three to 10, photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny and a “Little Bunnies” friendly walk and run through Pacific Spirit Park — with chocolate at the end of the race. It’s from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wesbrook Village Welcome Centre (3378 Wesbrook Mall) and is free. Details at discoverwesbrook.com.
West End Community Centre
You can also get a jump on Easter activities at the West End Community Centre on April 8. Along with the arrival of the Easter Bunny to lead a hunt for eggs, there will be a bouncy castle, face painting, balloon making, photo booth, Mike’s Critters and arts and crafts. It’s from 10 a.m. to noon and if you pre-register at westendcc.ca (which is recommended), you can save $2 off the $7 ticket price.
Stanley Park
Not only can you join the Easter Bunny for a half-hour train trip through Stanley Park, but one of Vancouver’s most endearing Easter traditions also includes a family festival with minigolf, face painting, hunting for eggs and planting a posy. The festival runs April 13 to 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there’s also a train-only preview on April 8 and 9. The City of Vancouver, which hosts the event, suggests you buy your tickets in advance. Tickets are $6.30 and children younger than three are free. Dress up in your favourite Easter costume for the Easter Fun Run and Egg Hunt on April 16 only. You have a choice of a one-, five or 10-kilometre run or walk through the park starting at Lumberman’s Arch. Strollers and leashed dogs are welcome. Registration, which costs between $15 and $30, includes a bunny race name, bunny ears, egg hunt and chip time. Details at vancouver.ca.
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a-maze-ing. The two-day festival has families wandering through Vancouver’s 55-acre botanical treasure searching for chocolate treats. There are also crafts and activities recommended for children aged one to 10. The gardens provide the baskets and a map; all you need is to bring your own raincoats and umbrellas in case of rain. It is highly recommended you buy your tickets in advance because the event usually sells out. There are three sessions to choose from on April 15 and 16. Tickets range from $8.56 for members and $14.85 for children.
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The church at 2700 East Broadway will be giving away 20,000 Easter eggs on Easter Saturday. Along with the Easter egg hunt there will be a petting zoo, balloon room and carnival games. It starts at 11 a.m. and runs until about 1 p.m. The event is free.
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Rainy Saturday morning? Cineplexes across Canada, including the one at 88 West Pender, are showing the animated movie Hop on April 15. The movie starts at 11 a.m. as part of the weekly Family Favourites. Tickets are $2.99.
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Money continues to flow your way, Aries – make sure you bank it. You continue to be embroiled (or merely involved) in government related chores — e.g., taxes done yet? The confusions and delays in this area will end next week. Your energy and charisma remain at an annual high, and you might make a strong push to succeed this week. However, do not start anything — a period of delays, indecision and mistakes starts now, lasts until May 3.
Relationships fill your horizon, but this is a very complicated time. If you’re single, you need to distinguish between sexual and love urges. The former can tie you up in old knots, and the latter, love, while exciting in an anticipation way, might not “come clearly” to you until May/June. Meanwhile, former flames hover around, and a former job (or neglected job!) return to demand doing. My best advice: don’t fall in love this week nor next.
Your energy and charisma are low, yet your sexual magnetism and determination are high. In addition, you are very hopeful about your emotional present and future. Don’t let any of this tempt you towards someone who is already married or attached. Start nothing new in any area before May 3 – we have all entered a mild zone of delays, decisions, mistakes and shortages, and new projects will simply wither before long.
Don’t initiate any new projects, relationships or big purchases before May 3, Scorpio. Instead, stick to ongoing projects/links, or reprise opportunities from your past. An old flame might appear; so might an “ex” — and, a relatively new attraction could be loving you, or fighting you. Complex times! I’d wait until at least April 19 onward to make a choice — better yet, wait until May 3 onward. Meanwhile, Sun. to mid-afternoon Tuesday urges you to relax, retreat, research, mull over your direction.
Start nothing before May 3, Gemini. Your ruling planet Mercury is retrograde, bringing delays, misinformation, clouded thinking, indecision and supply shortages. So remain loyal to ongoing projects (and relationships) and/or reprise past involvements. There is something you should solve in the next ten days, in relation to the government (taxes?) admin (filing falling behind?) or your own spiritual self.
Ah, sweet romance! Well, somewhat. You’re in a general period of romance, but a lot of other stuff seems to interfere, and you’re undecided anyway, deep down. (This indecision will disappear in June, when your partnership sector is lit up and a link becomes intense. If you’re single and seeking, a wish could come true, in June or the first weeks of autumn.) Three weeks of indecision, delay and mistakes begins now, lasting to May 3.
This is a very complicated spring, Cancer. You’ll be pulled one way, then the other, with new versus old friends, new vs. old happiness and wishes, and old (but light) loves. (Avoid that deep, deep old one, if he/she shows). Until May 3, don’t start any new projects nor relationships. Instead, support ongoing things, or reprise something from the past. As hinted, an old flame stalks this month. Although you are in the midst of an ambitious month, turn toward home Sunday to mid-afternoon Tuesday.
The general accent lies on home, relaxation, family, garden, nutrition, children, security, retirement and real estate (sales territory in business). Don’t expend major effort before the 20th; much of it would be wasted. Rest is more valuable. Now to May 3, slowdowns, delays, mistakes, memory lapses, shortages and other snafus will affect ongoing projects, so remain alert for pitfalls. New projects started now will fail. But a former venture reprised from the past might work well.
Until May 3, Leo, do not start new projects nor relationships, nor make significant purchases. Instead, work with ongoing situations, or reprise a project/relationship from your past. Bosses and other authorities remain impatient, temperamental until April 20 — grin and bear it rather than protest. A former career role might return. So might a former sexy attraction and/or financial opportunity. Friends, errands, calls, emails, trips, paperwork and easy chores fill Sunday to mid-afternoon Tuesday.
Don’t embrace any new projects, relationships nor purchases until May 3, Aquarius. Instead, reprise anything promising from your past, or work alertly to protect ongoing affairs from delays, misunderstandings, supply shortages, etc. Your home is still a bit “hot” (like ants on a griddle) but now you and they start talking about it, or completely shut up. (Talking’s better, although it will go nowhere.) A former money source might return.
Start nothing new — relationships, projects nor significant purchases — until May 3. Instead, reprise past situations, projects or former flames, or stick with ongoing ventures and links. (Cast a detailed eye over ongoing projects: be early to order supplies, confirm appointments and schedules, etc.) It’s a very complicated April — you could even have three choices, love-wise: an old flame, an ex-spouse, and a new flame.
The general accent lies on money, earnings, costs, possessions, values, memory and sensual attractions. Listen, Pisces, no one — including you — should start a love affair between April 1 and 22 — it would be a long-term, quiet disaster. April’s complicated. You’ve been run off your feet with errands and busy communications and diddly chores, but now these go awry until May 3 — so doublecheck addresses, times, figures, etc.
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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, A P R I L 6 , 2 0 1 7
today’sdrive 20 17 BY DAVID CHAO
Your journey starts here.
Toyota
Camry Hybrid XLE
Combines efficiency and smoothness
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2017 CIVIC LX HATCHBACK
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Weekly on a 60 month term with 260 payments. Selling price $22,985** includes freight and PDI.
Standard 174hp Turbocharged Engine
Retractable cargo cover
LED taillights
2017 CIVIC COUPE LX
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2017 CIVIC SEDAN LX
ven though Toyota has already debuted a completely redesigned version of the Camry at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show (as a 2018 model), the 2017 model is still an outstanding vehicle with so much features and first class family car character. As one of the best selling vehicles in North America year after year, it’s hard to argue with the Camry’s formula: bullet-proof reliability, pleasant design, feature-rich equipment, and highly refined ride and feel. On the other hand, the Camry is a pure “family car,” whose mission is to serve North American families in the most comfortable and reliable manner with very little regard to “sportiness.” This is expected to change when the 2018 model arrives later in the year complete with fancier design and a more sporting characteristic.
Design
The Camry’s bodywork is smooth and somewhat generic — it’s a look that’s easy on the eye and pleasant for general audience. At a closer study, it is solidly built and well put together with an attention to detail and no unsightly panel gap. The Camry’s styling hasn’t changed for 2017, carrying on the design up-
date from a few years ago but with the addition of a different alloy wheels and LED running lights. Even though the design refresh occurred in the interior and exterior in 2015, it is starting to look a little dated; good thing the car will be updated with something completely new this year.
Performance
The Toyota Camry is known for its comfortable and smooth ride and spacious interior. After driving this car over a variety of road, it becomes obvious that Toyota’s first mission for the Camry is a smooth and refined ride. The Camry Hybrid isn’t slow either; it is actually quicker than the regular non-Hybrid four-cylinder Camry. The fuel economy is the big factor when choosing a hybrid car, and the Camry Hybrid comes in at 5.8 liters/100km in the city and 6.3 liters/100km on the Hwy. It achieves this by utilizing a 2.5L DOHC 16-valve VVT-I Hybrid synergy drive engine in conjunction with an electric motor pushing out a net 200-hp total. You can choose between Ev mode and Eco mode. The Ev mode runs the car as a pure “Electric Vehicle” for short trips to the shops and around town.
56 $0
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$
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@ 1.99% APR# * DOWN PAYMENT‡
Weekly on a 60 month term with 260 payments. Selling price $20,885** includes freight and PDI.
Civic features include:
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Apple CarPlay™€¥ Multi-angle & Android Auto™ rearview camera
ECON mode and Eco Assist™
HandsFreeLink™ Bluetooth®
Heated front seats
*Limited time weekly lease offer and all other offers are from Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. #The weekly lease offer applies to a new 2017 CIVIC 5D L4 LX 6MT FK7G2HE/CIVIC 4D L4 LX 6MT FC2E5HE for a 60 month period, for a total of 260 payments of $65.95/$55.95 leased at 2.99%/1.99% APR based on applying $0/$200 “lease dollars” (which are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes). ‡Down payment of $0.00, first weekly payment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,147.00/$14,547.00. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometers.β$750 lease or finance dollars available on transactions from Honda Finance Services (“HFS”) on approved credit only, on 2017 Civic Sedan and Coupe models. Offer excludes 2017 Civic hatchback models. All bonuses are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes. **MSRP is $22,985/$21,285/$20,885 including freight and PDI of $1,595. */#/**Prices and/or payments shown do not include a PPSA lien registration fee of $30.31 and lien registering agent's fee of $5.25, tire/ battery tax of $25, or air conditioning charge (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery. Additional charges for waste disposal fees, environmental fees and handling charges (all of which may vary by dealer and/or vehicle) may apply. Offer valid March 1-31, 2017. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details. €None of the features we describe are intended to replace the driver's responsibility to exercise due care while driving. Drivers should not use handheld devices or operate certain vehicle features unless it is safe and legal to do so. Some features have technological limitations. For additional feature information, limitations and restrictions, please visit www.honda.ca/disclaimers and refer to the vehicle's Owner's Manual. ¥Only compatible with certain devices and operating systems. Cellular data and/or voice charges may apply, including roaming charges and/or other amounts charged by your wireless carrier. Apple CarPlay™ and Siri are trademarks of Apple Inc. For Apple CarPlay™ data use and privacy policy, see Terms and Privacy policy for Apple CarPlay™ or contact Apple Inc. at www.apple.com.
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today’sdrive All Camry models are front wheel drive. The Camry Hybrid uses a CVT transmission, which is smooth around town and predictable on the highway, although it doesn’t show much aggressiveness during hard acceleration. While the handling is balanced and the car tracks straight, the overall feel is numb and artificial. This is an area Toyota promises to change with the 2018 model so we look forward to driving the new model which should boast a bit more attitude.
screen is an improvement over competitors’ versions (Ford and GM, please pay attention!). The trunk is sizeable at 13.1 cubic feet of space — slightly smaller than other Camry models due to the battery cells — but who’s complaining at 5.88 Liters per 100km.
Features
Environment
Riding in the Camry is an enjoyable experience and passengers can relax in full leather seat surfaces. Both front seats are power adjustable with the driver’s seat having 8-way and the passenger 4-way adjustment as standard. The leather trimming doesn’t finish there, with its contrast stitching gracing the doors and dash too. Because there is plenty of headroom and legroom in the front and back, this car is clearly designed to haul family members with ease. The test drive Camry had 10 JBL Audio speakers, digital XM Satellite radio entertainment system and automatic dual zone climate control system. These are features that are typically available in luxury models. Even though this Camry is the most technology packed model to date, the interior remains simple and intuitive. The center console is uncluttered and the 7-inch AVN Monitor touch
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All models are generously equipped, with such standard features as touch screen display audio with Bluetooth capability and USB input, air conditioning, cruise control, keyless entry, and more. The Camry hybrid is available in LE, SE, and XLE versions. Safety is always important in a Toyota and the Camry’s features include a forward collision warning system, Lane Departure Alert and Auto High Beam (XSE V6, XLE V6, SLE Hybrid) to keep safety front and center. You can also get a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross-traffic alert — this system detects vehicles approaching from the side using a millimeter wave radar sensor, and then alerts you. All Camry includes as standard 10 airbags, a backup camera and the Toyota Star Safety System. Starting prices for the Camry range from $24,970 for the base LE, up to $36,450 for the Hybrid XLE and $36,520 for the XLE V6 - the Camry is available in six different models and the hybrid in three as previously mentioned.
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0% APR Purchase Financing is available on select new 2016, 2016.5 and 2017 Mazda models. Terms vary by model. Based on a representative agreement using an offered pricing of $17,595 for the new 2017 Mazda3 GX (D4XK67AA00), with a financed amount of $18,000 the cost of borrowing for a 36-month term is $0, monthly payment is $500, total finance obligation is $18,000. Offer includes freight and P.D.E. of $1,695 and $100 air conditioning charge (where applicable). Offer excludes PST/GST/HST. ‡Complimentary Navigation offer (value up to $425) is available to qualifying retail customers who cash purchase/finance/lease a select new, in-stock 2016, 2016.5 and 2017 Mazda model from an authorized Mazda dealer in Canada between March 1 – 31, 2017. Note: In the event the selected model is pre-equipped with navigation, or selected model is not equipped for navigation, customer may substitute for a cash discount of $425. Cash discount substitute applied before taxes. If Navigation is not available at time of purchase, customer can substitute for a Genuine Mazda Accessory ($425) or Navigation would be provided at a future date. Note: Navigation offer not available on 2016/2017 Mazda5 models – cash discount substitute of $425 can be applied. Cash discount substitute applied before taxes. Some conditions apply. Limited quantities apply. See dealer for complete details. Genuine Mazda Accessory Credit Offer is available to qualifying retail customers who cash purchase/finance/lease a select new, in-stock 2016, 2016.5 and 2017 Mazda model from an authorized Mazda dealer in Canada between March 1 – 31, 2017. 2017. Genuine Mazda Accessory Credit Offer value of $425. Customer can substitute for a $425 cash discount. Cash discount substitute applied before taxes. Genuine Mazda Accessory Offer will be deducted from the negotiated accessory item price before taxes. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. ΩShift Into Spring Bonus Offer is available to qualifying retail customers who cash purchase/finance/lease a select new, in-stock 2016 or 2017 Mazda3/Mazda3 Sport or CX-3 model from an authorized Mazda dealer in Canada between March 15 - 31, 2017. Amounts by model: $500 off all 2016 and 2017 Mazda3/Mazda3 Sport and all 2016 and 2017 CX-3 models. Shift Into Spring Bonus Offer will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. See dealer for complete details. †Based on a representative example using a finance price of $37,620/$23,215/$25,790/$16,720 for the 2017 CX-9 GS (QVSM87AA00)/2017 CX-3 GX (HVXK87AA00)/2016.5 CX-5 GX (NVXK66AA50)/2017 Mazda3 GX (D4XK67AA00) at a rate of 3.56%/2.99%/1.99%/1.99% APR, the cost of borrowing for an 84-month term is $4,937/$2,543/$1,859/$1,205 weekly payment is $117/$68/$71/$49, total finance obligation is $42,557/$25,758/$27,649/$17,925 . Taxes are extra and required at the time of purchase. All prices include block heater, $25 new tire charge, $100 a/c charge where applicable, freight & PDI of $1,695/$1,895 for Mazda3/CX-3, CX-5, CX-9. As shown, price for 2017 Mazda3 GT (D4TL67AA00)/2017 CX-3 GT (HXTK87AA00)/2016.5 CX-5 GT (NXTL86AA50)/2017 CX-9 GT (QXTM87AA00) is $26,120/$31,315/$37,215/$47,820. PPSA, licence, insurance, taxes, down payment (or equivalent trade-in) are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Lease and Finance on approved credit for qualified customers only. Unless otherwise stated herein, offers valid March 15 – April 30, 2017, while supplies last. Prices and rates subject to change without notice. Visit mazda.ca or see your dealer for complete details. *To learn more about the Mazda Unlimited Warranty, go to mazdaunlimited.ca
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