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Council to decide June 13 on Chinatown development Mike Howell

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One of the first stories I wrote when I joined the Courier some 15 years ago was about how merchants and business organizations wanted to revitalize Chinatown.

It was dying, they said.

The reasons were many, including development of large-scale Chinatowns in Richmond and Burnaby that lured customers away, exorbitant lease rates and property tax bills, drug-fueled crime and the lack of attractions for young people such as bowling alleys and movie theatres.

At the time, there was only one bubble tea house.

I heard a lot of this from Albert Fok, who was running Kiu Shun Trading Co. on Keefer Street, a herbal medicine business that had been in his family for 25 years. Fok was then the newly elected chairperson of the Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association.

“One must evolve with the trends or you will be eliminated,” he said all those years ago.

I was thinking about what Fok and others told me back then as I sat in council chambers Monday and listened to speaker after speaker state their reasons for not supporting a proposed 12-storey development at Keefer and Columbia streets.

You might know the property as a parking lot, adjacent to the Chinatown Memorial Square, where there is a monument to honour Chinese veterans and Chinese railway workers of the late 19th century.

Beedie Holdings Ltd. owns the land and says the project will include 25 social housing units targeted to seniors on the second floor and 106 strata residential units on levels three to 12.

The ground floor will be for commercial use.

Just another new building in Chinatown, right?

Some might think so, considering Chinatown has seen two highrises recently constructed just up the street at Main and Keefer.

Five other developments, all at least 90 feet high, have

Residents wait to speak at a public hearing held at city hall to share their views on a 12-storey residential development planned for property at Keefer and Columbia streets in Chinatown.

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also been built — or are in the works — in the past decade at 718 Main St., 221 Union St., 189 Keefer St., 219 East Georgia St. and 129 Keefer St. I don’t recall much pushback on those projects, although there has been some noise over the years about the gentrification of Chinatown. Nowhere near, though, have the dissenting voices been as loud as they were over four days

of public hearings on the Beedie proposal.

More than 300 people registered to speak to council.

That’s got to be a record of sorts. It’s more people than turned up to a hearing for the expansion of gambling at the Edgewater casino (141), the Rize development proposal for Broadway and Kingsway (160) and the reshaping of Point Grey Road for bikes (118).

The common complaints

from the detractors of Beedie’s proposal were that it was too tall at 115 feet, too big, and a wrong fit for the cultural precinct (“the heart of Chinatown”) that includes the Chinese Cultural Centre/Chinese Canadian Military Museum, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden and park and the Memorial Square.

The proposal, they said, also does little, if anything, to address affordable and social housing needs of seniors and others struggling to find and afford a home in Chinatown.

“My opposition is not because I’m anti-growth, antichange, because I’m not,” said Rachel Mai, a young architect. “I’m a supporter of smart and well planned urban development.”

Mai encouraged city council to buy the land or work out a land swap with Beedie, which is an interesting but expensive suggestion. City staff told council Monday the land is worth at least $22 million.

Another architect — this one, retired — spoke in support of the project. Ron Yuen, who has worked on a

variety of developments in Vancouver over the years, including those involving social housing, noted the property at Keefer and Columbia has been vacant and used as a parking lot (and gas station) for 40 years.

“The site has no heritage structure and this area was in need of a development that would help stimulate the economy of a moribund Chinatown,” said Yuen, who acknowledged his son worked for Beedie. “Those who think they can bring back the good old times, well that’s pure nostalgia — and nostalgia will not pay the rent, nor bring back the energy or vitality.”

At the closing of the hearings Monday night, Houtan Raffii, vice-president of residential development for Beedie, told council that “whatever happens, we’re humbled by the process.”

The Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association, by the way, supports the project.

City council will decide June 13 on the proposal. @Howellings

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The agreement also calls for restoring funding to education, health care and a referendum on a proportional representation voting system that will occur in October 2018, concurrent with the civic election.

“This agreement establishes the basis for which the B.C. Green caucus will provide confidence in a B.C. New Democrat government,” the agreement states. “It is not intended the lay out the full program of a New Democrat government, nor is it intended to presume B.C. Green support for initiatives not found within this agreement.”

Horgan and Weaver took questions from reporters following the signing, with the NDP leader saying it was an exciting time for de-

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Premier Christy Clark said Tuesday at a news conference in Vancouver that she will reconvene the B.C. legislature to test the confidence of the House. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

If the incumbent government is defeated, Clark said it would then be up to the lieutenant governor to ask the NDP if it was prepared to govern the province. Clark added that she wouldn’t request the lieutenant governor allow another election.

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The Liberals hold 43 seats, the NDP has 41 and the Greens three in the 87-seat legislature, which Clark said she plans to reconvene “as quickly as we possibly can.”

“Should the government fail the test of confidence in the House, as seems likely, I would be given the job as leader of the Opposition,” said a resigned-looking Clark at a news conference at her office in Vancouver.

“And I’m more than ready to take that job on.”

mocracy in B.C. Both leaders said they were excited to work together on a variety of issues, including addressing affordability.

“There’s many shared values that we have with the B.C NDP,” said Weaver, adding that he got into politics in 2013 because he couldn’t stand to see the “dismantling” of climate leadership and the B.C. economy. “With the B.C. NDP, I find a partner that will actually position British Columbia in the new economy, create distributed jobs from north to south to east to west in a bottom-up fashion, putting people first.”

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Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott announced May 26 that Vancouver can now operate a third legally sanctioned injection site. Two others, including Insite on East Hastings, have operated in Vancouver for almost 15 years. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Vancouver is getting a third legally sanctioned supervised injection site after the federal government announced May 26 that it approved an application from Vancouver Coastal Health for a facility on Powell Street in the Downtown Eastside.

The new six-booth site will operate inside Lookout Society’s Getaway facility (formerly the Living Room) at 528 Powell St. It’s a dropin centre for people living with mental health and drug use challenges and has offered an “overdose prevention site” for visitors since December. The government also approved two injection sites for Surrey and one mobile unit in Montreal.

“Our government remains committed to combatting the current overdose epidemic and to taking swift action that will help save the lives of Canadians,” Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott said in a news release Friday. “Responding to this crisis requires a whole-ofsociety approach. No single action is going to put an end to the mounting number of overdoses occurring across the country, and it is crucial that we work together and continue to explore new ways to help us reverse the course of this crisis.”

When the new injection site opens in Vancouver, it will be the third legally sanctioned site in the city.

Insite on East Hastings and a smaller injection room at the Dr. Peter Centre are the two others. The legal sites are not to be confused with several “overdose prevention sites,” including the one at Lookout’s Powell Street location, which have

operated in Vancouver and in other parts of the province since late last year.

The temporary sites were given the green light by the federal and provincial governments in December 2016 in response to the escalating opioid crisis. In Vancouver, the sites are located in hotels and drug users’ centres and set up in rooms with clean injection supplies. Unlike Insite and the Dr. Peter Centre, they are not staffed with full-time health care providers. They also operate without an exemption under Canada’s drug laws.

The new legal site on Powell Street will be open 12 hours a day, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and is expected to be fully operational in June, once renovations are complete. Vancouver Coastal Health is also awaiting approval for another legal site at the Heatley Integrated Health Centre at 330 Heatley St. Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for Vancouver Coastal Health, welcomed the news of the latest approval, with Daly saying in a news release the new site “will go a long way in helping to stem the fatalities that are plaguing our city.”

In the same release, Mayor Gregor Robertson said the new site will have a significant impact for its users and prevent drug overdose deaths “by getting people indoors and connecting them to life-saving harm reduction and vital services like detox, addictions counselling and treatment.”

News of Ottawa’s move came as Robertson and the Vancouver Police Department renewed their calls for the provincial and federal

governments to expand drug treatment options in response to the continuing overdose crisis that has claimed 158 lives in the city this year.

The combined pressure of Robertson, who is also chairperson of the Big City Mayors Caucus Task Force on the Opioid Crisis, and the police department, which released a report calling for drug users to be given clean opioids, came as the city reported this week that four people died of a suspected overdose in the week of May 15.

“Vancouver’s overdose death toll in the fentanyl crisis continues to spiral out of control,” Robertson said.

“We need swift and comprehensive health care interventions to get people the treatment they need, when they need it, to reduce and ultimately eliminate deaths from drug overdoses.”

Robertson noted there is strong momentum and support from first responders, health providers and frontline workers for treatment options such as clean prescriptions drugs. The status quo, he added, is not working.

The mayor’s comments capped off a week in which the Big City Mayors Caucus Task Force on the Opioid Crisis also released a series of recommendations aimed at governments to do more to curb the crisis that killed more than 2,300 people in Canada last year.

Two weeks ago in Ottawa, Bill C-37 received Royal Assent and is designed to streamline the application process for supervised injection sites, “without compromising the health and safety of clients, staff, or the surrounding community,” Philpott said. @Howellings

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4/20 event organizer says bill from park board doesn’t add up John Kurucz

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Organizers of the annual 4/20 celebration are vowing to vociferously fight the Vancouver Park Board bill they received Friday, and early indications suggest they just might win.

The bill in question checks in at $67,000 and is related to fees incurred at the April 20 smokeout at Sunset Beach that attracted 40,000 attendees.

Rally co-organizer Dana Larsen said his agreement with the board stipulated that his group cover field repairs alone, but the bill he received covers a laundry list of expenditures: $32,000 in staffing costs, close to $8,000 in lost revenues from the closure of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, concession stand closures and various other rental fees.

The fields adjacent to Sunset Beach were heavily damaged at the event and have been closed since.

They’re slated to re-open within two weeks and the repair costs are slightly north of $9,000.

“We’re going to pay the

re-seeding costs — I’ve made that clear,” Larsen said. “We do not intend on paying these other inflated costs that they’ve given to us nor have I ever said I would.”

Park board chair Michael Wiebe says there’s room for negotiating around how much will be paid and when.

“We wanted to give a full breakdown of what all the costs would be,” Wiebe said. “The public was asking for a full breakdown and that’s what it is.”

There are many areas for wiggle room. For starters, Larsen’s group was billed $5,300 for an event permit fee despite being denied the permit in question. A $12,000 line item around washroom and light rentals also needs be figured out, as some of those washrooms were rented to Larsen’s group, while others weren’t.

Wiebe doesn’t expect Larsen to pay for the single-largest cost — $32,000 for staffing — included in the tab either.

“I don’t assume that they’re going to be paying those [costs] as well but that’s up to the organizers,” he said.

within three months so that the necessary planning and legwork can begin.

“This is about us growing with the organization to make sure that we can do something [together] because just like they stated last year, it’s going to happen because it’s a human rights issue,” Wiebe said. “It’s a protest in a public place.

That is going to happen.

Our job is to try to find solutions to make sure that the public is getting the best out of it as well as the organization.”

The city issued a news release May 25 suggesting the total costs surrounding the rally was $245,379, a figure derived from events at both Sunset Beach and at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The highest figures from the city include $170,000 in policing and $25,000 in engineering fees, neither of which have to be paid by Larsen’s group.

The 2016 event cost the city roughly $150,000, of which $99,000 went to policing expenditures. @JohnKurucz

Rally co-organizer Dana Larsen is not down with the $67,000 bill his group received for costs related to last month’s 4/20 event. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Rather than argue over costs, Wiebe said he’s focused on re-locating the event for next year. The PNE, the False Creek Flats and near the south side of the Cambie Bridge are in the discussion at this point.

Larsen’s preference is the PNE, but the mere suggestion of that in early May elicited widespread opposition from the neighbourhood. He said the Cambie Bridge op-

tion is less than ideal because it’s a “big mud bowl.”

“It’s unfortunate that people who live near the PNE don’t want events to be held at the PNE,” Larsen said. “I find that quite bizarre that someone would move next to the PNE and then complain about any events being held there.”

Wiebe’s preferred spot is adjacent to the Cambie Bridge, in the area that

housed the Cavalia horse show earlier this year.

“We can roll out real grass, put the food trucks around the outside, have the booths on the cement and have a stage facing downtown so that the sound is away from the residents,” Wiebe said. “It’s got easy access to transit, you can bike on the Seawall to get there.”

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Heritage House Tour tickled pink

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When they renovated their house at 658 Keefer St., Suelina Quan and partner Larry Chan wanted its exterior to be pink rather than a heritage colour scheme that matched the era in which it was built — 1906.

An unusual choice, but meant to pay homage to the previous owners — Chan’s parents, Walter and Mary Lee Chan.

“Our rationale was we just want to go back to a similar colour that Mary and Walter had chosen years ago,” Quan explained.

The city approved.

Walter, a Chinatown business owner, and Mary bought the home in 1958.

Mary then became known for her involvement in the successful battle to stop plans for a freeway through Strathcona and in the formation of the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association.

Due to its architectural merit and association with

the Chan family, the Edwardian house is listed as one of Canada’s Historic Places, while the Vancouver Heritage Foundation awarded it a “Places that Matter” plaque.

This year, another honour was bestowed — an award of merit at the 2017 Vancouver Heritage Awards. It was given to Larry Chan, Suelina Quan, Reinhardt Residential Construction Ltd. and Chiu Hippman Engineering, Practice Design + Research Inc. “for the rehabilitation of this culturally significant site in Strathcona.”

This weekend, on June 4, the house will be one of nine heritage homes featured in Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s 15th annual self-guided Heritage House Tour — the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

Kathryn Morrow, a foundation spokesperson, said the home is being highlighted on the tour for its connection to Vancouver’s history. “[That] makes it a really

significant house and it’s important to share those kinds of cultural stories as well as great architecture,” she said.

The renovation and restoration has taken years.

It honours historical details, while meeting modern building codes, and includes modern conveniences.

Quan said the house was lifted and the foundation

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“I had an emotional investment in making sure that the house wasn’t torn down,” she said.

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Parents blindsided by cuts to French immersion program Some English students also have trouble finding spots in neighbourhood schools

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arents of French immersion students in Vancouver are crying foul over the loss of more than one quarter of the program’s kindergarten spaces for next year.

And they’re not alone — nearly 300 kindergarten students were turned away from their English neighbourhood schools.

More than 840 kids signed up for the 377 spots. Five kindergarten classes were eliminated across the district.

Endre Koszec, whose daughter goes to kindergarten at Trafalgar elementary, which lost a kindergarten class, is worried his son won’t get a space in 2018. The family lives across town and the parents shuffle their work schedule to make pick up and drop off work, something they couldn’t do if their kids were at two different schools.

We were blindsided by this. There was no consultation and it feels like senior staff made this decision… and they’re not answerable to anybody.

“We were blindsided by this,” Koszec said. “There was no consultation and it feels like senior staff made this decision… and they’re not answerable to anybody.”

The changes are at least partly a result of the smaller class sizes required by the

teachers’ win in Canada’s Supreme Court, said the VSB’s director of instruction, Adrian Keough. Kindergarten classes in Vancouver can now only have 20 students, down from 22. Also, they can no longer be combined with Grade 1 classes.

It’s not only smaller class sizes that are putting a crimp in French immersion, it’s also a lack of qualified teachers, a shortage that is being felt across Canada, Keough said, adding that even with the cuts, the number of teachers is not reduced because of the smaller class sizes.

The local group of Canadian Parents for French say the reductions are related to the fact Vancouver students and parents don’t have elected representation. “[The] caretaker Trustee [isn’t] accountable, in any real democratic sense, to the residents of Vancouver,” the CPF B.C. and Yukon branch said in a news release. “We believe this is a serious democratic deficit.”

They say, with an elected board, trustees would allow for plenty of consultation.

Instead, Koszec said this decision feels like “an edict coming from the mountain.”

The NDP and the Greens announced a deal to cooperate as government just as this column was going to press and that deal will likely mean either an election or reinstatement of VSB trustees.

Koszec and other parents are worried that the cuts could jeopardize the future viability of the program.

“They happen to have stepped on the toes of parents who are passionate,” Koszek said. “[Where your children go to school] is a decision you take very seriously.”

But Keough, a former French immersion teacher, said the VSB is “very proud” of its 5,000-plus student French immersion program and hopes to keep

Endre Koszec, whose daughter Sofia goes to kindergarten at Trafalgar elementary, which lost a kindergarten class, is worried his son Ben won’t get a space in 2018. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

the program as strong as possible.

As the Vancouver School Board grapples with its space problems — too much here, too little there — even kids looking for instruction in English sometimes had trouble finding spots.

In some cases, the numbers are stunning: Elsie Roy, the elementary school in Yaletown, had 106 students sign up for 40 kindergarten spaces and Simon Fraser elementary, on 16th between Cambie and Main, had 99 students sign up for 40 spaces.

Parents could be in for more surprises.

Keough said all choice programs and all school boundaries are going to be reviewed in the coming school year.

“The last time they redrew the school boundaries, the public got really involved in those decisions,” said Rory Brown, president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association. “Those are motherhood issues about where you send

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The boundary review is likely to bring school closures back to the table. Although the teachers’ court win has mitigated these numbers, in 2016, there were more than 9,000 empty seats and 12 schools were slated for possible closure. Next year, the VSB expects enrolment to drop by 450 students. Census numbers show the number of kids in Vancouver is falling, even as the city’s population grows.

Sky high house prices are definitely one reason for that, but if parents can’t access the programs they want or even get their kids into their neighbourhood school, I predict that decline will only grow.

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues. Contact her at tracy.sherlock@ gmail.com. @tracysherlock

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Grace McCarthy and Helena Gutteridge helped pave the way for women in B.C. politics.

In this edition of Lifetime, we honour a politician who, 70 years ago, became this city’s first female alderman.

Helena Gutteridge then went on to advocate for the rights of the working class, particularly women and immigrants. As Courier editor Martha Perkins wrote about Gutteridge, “she broke down barriers through sheer dint of willpower.”

An inspiring woman, Gutteridge defied her parents, and society by gaining an education. She was born in England in 1879, and later visited Vancouver and decided to stay, first working as a tailor and then becoming an executive member of

the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council from 1913 to 1921. That was also when Gutteridge began her fight for equal rights and pay for women and her activism as a member of the suffragette movement began.

So it was Gutteridge who came to mind when the death of Grace McCarthy was announced May 25, following a lengthy battle with a brain tumour. McCarthy was born in 1927, almost 50 years after Gutteridge, but her political career took a similar path.

The longtime Social Credit politician also fought for equal rights and to abolish a provincial and federal law that saw women unable to apply

the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, oversaw the building of the SkyTrain system and was responsible for getting lights installed on the Lions Gate Bridge.

for a mortgage without a male guarantor. (Can you imagine trying to explain that one to grandkids).

Premier Christy Clark issued a statement May 18, in which she credits McCarthy for playing an instrumental role in bringing Expo ’86 to Vancouver, starting the first toll-free help line for children and becoming Canada’s first female deputy premier.

“Equal parts intelligent, warm, and tough, she led by example, inspiring more than one generation of women in B.C. and Canada to stand up and pursue a career in politics. ‘Amazing Grace’ indeed,”Clark said in a May

McCarthy ran unsuccessfully for leadership of the Social Credit party twice, finally winning the role in 1993.

She was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1966, re-elected in 1969, defeated in 1972 when Dave Barrett’s NDP won, and re-elected in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1986.

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25 Courier story written by reporter Mike Howell.

I like the fact that in 1985, McCarthy was called a “Polyanna,” “Champagne Charlotte” and “Marie Antoinette” all in one

sentence by New Democrat MLA Gary Lauk, because it meant she was doing her job.

In charge of the tourism ministry, McCarthy promoted the “super-natural British Columbia” campaigns,

So as the Province of B.C. celebrates Seniors Week June 4 to 10, let’s take a moment to also recognize the contributions made Gutteridge and McCarthy and the many others they inspired to follow in their footsteps.

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Centenarian offers advice on life It’s 3:15 p.m. at the South Granville Seniors Centre on a damp Tuesday afternoon and Mae Irving admits she’s a little tired.

And it’s no wonder — so far that day Mrs. Irving had visited with friends, blew out candles on a birthday cake, sang, enjoyed lunch, played bingo and did an interview with a local TV station.

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But when the Courier shows up to interview Mrs. Irving before she heads home, the 105-year-old shakes off her fatigue, takes off her coat and as she begins to speak, easily charms everyone within earshot.

Mae Irving, aka ÒGramma Mae,Ó celebrated her 105th birthday at the South Granville Seniors Centre May 16.

She’s seen a lot since her birth on May 16, 1912 — the invention of electricity,

radio, pop-up toasters, TV and jet engines, just to name a few. Mrs. Irving also lived through the First World War — but today Mrs. Irving doesn’t want to talk about the past, but rather the state of American politics.

SheÕs seen a lot since her birth on May 16,1912...

“I watch an American [TV] station with my granddaughter,” says Mrs. Irving. “I’m worried the Americans are going to come for us because it’s happened before. What goes around

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Instead of dwelling on the past, Mrs. Irving entertained this reporter with stories about her life today. She enjoys going out to eat (White Spot), likes to crochet and has fun playing games and cards with friends. But that’s not to say she didn’t share some stories about early life in Vancouver. As a young woman growing up in East Vancouver, Mrs. Irving used roller blades as her main source of transportation and enjoyed dancing — she hails from a family of dancers.

Mrs. Irving was married to the love of her life, Maurice Irving, who died in 1987, after a 58-year career with the Canadian National Railway, which meant

transfers across Canada, including B.C., Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, as well as moves to Oregon and California. Today she still lives in East Vancouver, but now with one of her two granddaughters.

The couple had one child, a daughter who passed away at age 69 after a fall down some stairs. Fond memories of her husband include hot air balloon rides in both the

I didn’t expect to feel so comfortable here.

Fraser Valley and North Shore and a trip down the rapids of the Thompson River.

Mrs. Irving, who worked as a telephone operator for years, says she’s seen more changes in Vancouver than she can count, but increased crime is one of real concern.

“You used to be able to go visit someone you just met for a cup of tea — and leave your door unlocked while you were

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gone, but not anymore,” says Mrs. Irving. “And Vancouver has become a very expensive place to live.”

As for her longevity, Mrs. Irving says she’s always been a walker, loves food with garlic and ginger in it and never smoked or drank.

“I tried smoking once and I remember I just kept spitting out the tobacco that kept getting in my mouth because there was no filter,” she says, shuddering at the memory.

She also credits the South Granville Seniors Centre’s staff and volunteers for helping to keep her happy and healthy — at the seniors centre she’s fondly known as “Gramma Mae.”

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“You’ll write something nice about that seniors centre, won’t you?” Mrs. Irving encouraged this reporter.

“They do great work.”

But, when asked for advice after having lived such a long and interesting life, Mrs. Irving ends the interview not

with thoughts on longevity, but rather for living.

“Always tell the truth, because if you lie you have to keep telling one after another to keep it going,” she says.

“That’s why I’ve always told the truth.”

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Helena Gutteridge’s enduring legacy As a garment worker in the 1910s, Helena Gutteridge was not welcomed into Vancouver’s labour movement because she was a woman. As a woman, she was not welcomed into the suffragette movement because she was a worker.

Her legacy is that she found ways to effect change in both movements and, in doing so, give voice to people whose basic rights were being ignored.

In April, Vancouver city councillors, local historians and members of labour organizations gathered to unveil a plaque that welcomed Gutteridge as Canada’s newest “person of national historical significance.”

Seventy years ago, Gutteridge was elected as Vancouver’s first female alderman. She used her seat on council to continue to advocate for the rights of the working class, particularly women and immigrants. She broke down barriers through sheer dint of willpower.

“It was her humanity — the thought that we can do better than this,” says Irene Howard, who never met Gutteridge, but felt compelled to document her contributions to the province in her book The Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia: Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer. It was Howard who asked Parks Canada, which oversees Canada’s historic plaque program, to honour Gutteridge.

“She was so forthright and energetic,” Howard says of what she learned to admire about Gutteridge’s commitment to social advocacy. “When she saw something that needed to be done, she rolled up her sleeves and did it. I admire the fact that she was so progressive.

She looked at the slums and thought, ‘This shouldn’t be.’”

Born in England in 1879, Gutteridge first defied convention by getting an education, something her

working-class parents didn’t think was necessary for a girl.

She came to Vancouver on a visit and decided to stay, getting a job as a tailor and then becoming an executive member of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council from 1913 to 1921.

In those days, the labour movement was angered by employers who cut costs by laying off men and replacing them with women, who earned 40 to 50 per cent less.

However, rather than fight against women workers, Gutteridge argued that the problem would be solved if women’s wages were increased. In fighting for equitable pay, she helped set the stage for B.C.’s first minimum wage legislation.

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The suffragettes who marched to give women the right to vote were primarily middle class, hosting afternoon teas to discuss strategies. A working woman did not have the luxury of afternoons off so Gutteridge encouraged suffragettes to hold meetings at night in neighbourhoods where the working class lived.

White women got the right to vote in 1917, but they had to be property owners, which disenfranchised women who lived in rental housing.

Gutteridge continued to fight to ensure that everyone, regardless of class or race, had the right to vote.

“She shone a light on a largely overlooked group of women and the working class,” MP Joyce Murray said at the plaque dedication. Murray said as the great-granddaughter of one of the first women doctors and a member of the Oregon

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domains such as the Board of Trade and Rotary Club, which were not known as beacons for the working class. But get elected she did and during her two years on Vancouver city council, she was a tireless advocate for the downtrodden.

When Japanese residents were placed in internment camps during the Second World War, Gutteridge went to work at the Slocan City camp as a social worker.

After the war she focused on the dire need for affordable housing in the city and helped lay the groundwork for the Little Mountain social housing site. She died in 1960.

In 2007, Holborn Group bought the large property with a plan to redevelop it with more than 200 social housing units and market value condominiums. The housing was torn down and,

10 years later, only 50 of the social housing units have been built. Zoning is in place, but the developer has yet to put a shovel in the ground.

After the plaque unveiling, Mayor Gregor Robertson called the lack of action “painfully slow.”

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Ling Yang stands in the corner of her store as she carefully puts small beads on a piece of thread. She looks up and smiles whenever customers enter, sometimes offering them a little nod and a timid greeting.

Chinatown neighbourhood went into a period of stagnation and the effects were disastrous to the Chinese community.

Also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, it was the only law specifically aimed at a particular group of people.

The legislation shut the door to any migration from China with the exception of students, ministers and diplomats.

Last year, Yang took over Chinese Zodiac Gifts and Souvenirs, a 13-year-old establishment in Vancouver’s Chinatown and on a gloomy Saturday such as this, she busies herself making bracelets and listening to soft traditional Chinese music.

“I like this store... I want to keep it for the future because it’s a very traditional Chinese style,” Yang says as she points out the store’s proximity to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. “I want to keep Chinese traditional things forever and it’s a good thing for visitors.”

Yang’s not the only one who wants to keep Vancouver’s Chinese history and traditions alive.

WONG FOON SIEN Wong Foon Sien was born in China in 1901, and later immigrated to Cumberland, B.C. with his family. His father became a successful merchant and Foon Sien embarked on a career as a professional cultural broker.

Shop owner Ling Yang wants to keep ChinatownÕs history and traditions alive Ôforever.Õ

In the Chinese Cultural Centre next door, people gathered May 13 to celebrate the unveiling of plaques that honour the national historic significance of Vancouver’s Chinatown, as well as Wong Foon Sien and Nellie Yip Quong, two key figures who

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Because of their dedication, both Foon Sien and Quong became well-loved legends in the Chinese community.

NELLIE YIP QUONG Nellie Yip Quong, a Caucasian woman who mastered five Chinese dialects, achieved acceptance, respect and admiration within the Chinese community.

Known as “Granny Yip,” Quong was born Nellie Towers in Saint John, New Brunswick. She was an English teacher in New York City when she met Vancouver jeweller Charles Yip Quong — a widower with a seven-year-old son — and married him in 1900.

Theirs was one of the rare and early, yet successful, interracial marriages. But, this came at a cost to Nellie.

CHINATOWN, TODAY In her store, Yang reflects on the decline of visitors and customers.

“People are afraid to come to Chinatown. I know some Chinese people don’t like to go to Chinatown because of homeless people, they are afraid of them. I don’t know why. I don’t think they are very dangerous people, but people who come here rarely, they think they are very dangerous or bad people,” she said.

However, last year her windows were broken three times, the first vandalism in 13 years. Every morning she has to clean up waste —

On May 13, plaques were unveiled to honour the national historic significance of VancouverÕs Chinatown, as well as Wong Foon Sien and Nellie Yip Quong, two key figures who helped shaped not only Chinatown, but also the lives of Chinese-Canadian immigrants.

human and otherwise. “For me it’s not good, most owners are not comfortable here,” she said.

But, Yang remains hopeful in the midst of changes and uncertainty. She smiles and says, “It’s a very nice store.

I want to keep it forever, but I don’t know.”

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The Arthritis Research Centre was created in 2000 in response to the potential research can bring to arthritis treatment in Canada and around the world. Yours truly, along with Robin Gill, emceed the centre’s fifth ARThritis Soiree. With an emphasis on art as therapy and well being, this year the ARThritis Soirée at the Hotel Vancouver, chaired by party founder Naz Panahi, drew business and community leaders, philanthropists, doctors, scientists, health care profession-

als and those who share a passion for art and a desire to support arthritis research. World-renowned violinist Jenny Bae headlined the joint’s jamboree, performing with members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. While Bae played musical strings, Panahi, along with ARC scientific director Dr. John Esdaile, pulled on heart and purse strings drumming up an impressive $390,000 — a record haul for the cause.

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Naz Panahi created the ARThritis Soiree — this year emceed by Robin Gill — to raise critical funds needed for arthritis research.

This year’s party netted a record-setting $390,000.

Violinist Jenny Bae headlined this year’s ARThritis Soiree benefit in support of arthritis research headed by Arthritis Research Centre’s scientific director Dr. John Esmaile.

Secret Location’s Carey Melnichuk and Milk Creative’s Shannon Heth enjoyed an evening out in support of the Arthritis Research Centre created in 2000 to advance research for the more than 100 forms of arthritis.

Maya Dimapilis, B.C. Centre for Ability’s resource development director, and her daughter Sadie, welcomed guests to the annual fundraiser, which helped raise funds to enhance the quality of life for children, youth and adults with disabilities and their families.

Master of Ceremonies Geoff Hastings of Global TV escorted his wife Eve to the dinner and auction held at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel.

Tournament co-chair Renate Mueller and First Tee program manager Christophe Collins helped raise funds so another 1,000 kids this year can build life skills while learning the game of golf.

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Arts & Entertainment 5 Reasons Vancouver Is Awesome This Week Wild and Wonderful Fa1cial Hair

The Vancouver Facial Hair Club will host its annual Facial Hair Competition to raise funds for men’s mental health initiatives. The competition is open to anyone interested in participating.

Vancouver Facial Hair Competition Saturday, June 3 Lamplighter Public House (92 Water St.) Website: facebook.com/VancouverFacialHairClub

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Tuesday June 6 (12 – 1 p.m.)

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Social housing expert Miloon Kothari will host a tour of the Vienna Housing exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver. The exhibit explores groundbreaking approaches to architecture, urban life, neighbourhood revitalization and the creation of new communities.

Talk and Tour with Miloon Kothari Tuesday June 6 (7 p.m.)

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The VSO is serving up an allBeethoven feast. Video screens enhance the concert presentation with fascinating close-ups of the extraordinary musicians.

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OPEN HOUSE: Heritage Action Plan Join us at an open house to learn about recent work on the Heritage Action Plan, and to review and provide input on the emerging directions for updating the City’s Heritage Conservation Program.

AREA PLAN BLOCK PARTY This day-long block party is a chance to play, relax, enjoy food and activities, while learning about the future of Northeast False Creek! Talk with City and Park Board staff about the early draft of the area plan including the park design concept, proposed site developments and replacement of the viaducts.

The City’s Heritage Action Plan is a review of the policies and tools used to conserve and celebrate heritage resources. City staff will be on hand to answer questions and receive your feedback.

Most importantly, tell us what you think!

Saturday, June 10, 2017, 11 am – 7 pm Carrall Street in Andy Livingstone Park (between Expo Boulevard and Keefer Street)

Saturday, June 10, 2017, 10 am – 2 pm Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, 350 West Georgia North Promenade

FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/nefc

Monday, June 12, 2017, 5 – 8 pm Creekside Community Centre 1 Athletes Way, Multipurpose Room 4 FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/heritage-action-plan or phone 3-1-1

Public Hearing: June 13, 2017

8. 809 West 23rd Avenue To rezone 809 West 23rd Avenue from RS-5 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit conversion, rehabilitation, and heritage designation of the existing church building, and infill residential development, containing six dwelling units (with potential for additional lock-off rental units).

A height of 11.4 metres (38 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.14 are proposed.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for the following locations: 1. 620 Cardero Street (formerly 1575 West Georgia Street) To amend CD-1 (633) (Comprehensive Development) District for 620 Cardero Street (formerly 1575 West Georgia Street) to increase the overall floor space ratio (FSR) from 10.59 to 10.85 and the residential FSR from 7.86 to 8.15.

2. 955 East Hastings Street To amend CD-1 (561) (Comprehensive Development) District for 955 East Hastings Street to increase the maximum floor area for office uses from 1,150 square metres to 1,318 square metres.

3. 469-485 West 59th Avenue To rezone 469-485 West 59th Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 43 dwelling units. A height of 21 metres (69 feet) and a floor space ratio of 2.50 are proposed.

4. 470-486 West 58th Avenue To rezone 470-486 West 58th Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 43 dwelling units. A height of 21 metres (69 feet) and a floor space ratio of 2.50 are proposed.

5. 5733 Alberta Street and 376-392 West 41st Avenue To rezone 5733 Alberta Street and 376-392 West 41st Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 54 dwelling units. A height of 21 metres (69 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.63 are proposed.

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7. 210-262 West King Edward Avenue To rezone 210-262 West King Edward Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a four-storey residential building with 52 secured market rental units.

A height of 13 metres (44 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.77 are proposed.

9. 2733 Franklin Street (“Ross Residence”) To designate as protected heritage property the exterior of the existing building at 2733 Franklin Street, known as the Ross Residence, which is listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on June 2 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 604-829-4238.

You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4.

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

Copies of the draft by-law will be available for viewing starting on June 2 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting).

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

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Bike worship takes on new meaning at church blessing

Michael Kissinger

mkissinger@vancourier.com

The spandexed and helmeted faithful gathered at Christ Church Cathedral Monday afternoon for a ceremony acknowledging Vancouver’s other religion: bicycling.

Anglican Bishop Melissa Skelton presided over the second annual “bike blessing” as part of a weeklong “Faith Commuter Challenge.” Eleven Lower Mainland faith communities have signed up for the initiative, which coincides with Bike Month, and encourages worshippers and non-worshippers to reduce their carbon footprint by using means of transportation other than the almighty car.

After several prayers and scripture readings, Skelton and local clergy led a procession of two-wheeled chariots out the front door of the church to a booth on the Burrard Street bike route. There, cyclists could get their trusty steeds anointed with chain oil or blessed with holy water, which also made its way to helmets, water bottles and

the riders themselves. Transit users could have their Compass cards blessed, and those who preferred biped power had their shoes blessed, reinforcing the notion that they’ll never walk alone.

“Efforts like cycling, that people do for all kinds of reasons, actually advance the goal of the fifth Mark of Mission [to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth], and those who are riding bicycles are attempting to reduce their carbon footprint,” says Skelton, who doesn’t own a bike, but was given a loaner for the event.

According to the bicyclefriendly bishop, the bike blessing is an acknowledgment that the church is “riding along” with its environmentally minded followers.

“It’s not every day that someone will have an object like this blessed, but these kind of activities are the expression of what we do here inside this beautiful space,” Skelton says.

Reverend Christine Boyle, a minister at Canadian Memorial United

Christ Church Cathedral held a “bike blessing” Monday where worshippers and non-worshippers could get their bicycles, Compass cards and shoes blessed with holy water.

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Church in Vancouver and the director of Fossil Free Faith, which helped organize Monday’s blessing, says cycling has become increasingly popular among her congregation.

“My church has lots of cyclists,” says Boyle, who rides a Brodie “performance hybrid,” with a bike trailer in tow for her young son. “Certainly it’s a bit seasonal, but we’re pretty casual so people don’t have to worry about

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showing up in what used to be your ‘Sunday best,’ which I think has been historically an impediment in cycling to church. So we have bikes lining both of our bike racks on Sunday mornings.”

The way people worship in Vancouver has also changed the way they get to church, says Skelton.

“A lot of our churches that didn’t think about bike racks before are now thinking about them,” she

says. “And many of our churches give directions to public transportation and bus routes, so that’s becoming a much more important conversation than a long time ago when people were in the neighbourhood where their churches were located.

That’s not the case anymore because people are choosing different congregations that best express who they are and where they go to, even if they don’t live in the

neighbourhood.”

Monday’s bike blessing wasn’t restricted to the faithful, either. Alan Chor, who isn’t a church goer, says he usually rides his “old clunker” to ball hockey games and learned of the event through Bike Month emails.

“I asked [the bishop] if she thought it would make me safer, and she believes it, so if it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for me,” he says, laughing.

Then there are riders such as Tor Dekker, who brought his bright green, 1997 Specialized FSR bike to the corner of Burrard and Georgia for a little higherpowered protection.

“Your bike, like all machines, has a consciousness, so I’m just about the consciousness of my bike and I’m just observing and acknowledging its consciousness as my partner in getting me around town.”

Although Dekker can’t recall the last time he went to church, he does consider himself a spiritual person.

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Pointer Sisters, ZZ Top to perform at 2017 PNE Summer Night Concert series includes many popular acts such as Chicago and Huey Lewis and the News

Sandra Thomas

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It’s time to get your Rock Lobster on and dust off that blazer with the padded shoulders because the 2017 Fair at the PNE has got a Summer Night Concert series you’ll want to take Jessie’s girl to.

And, in celebration of Canada 150, the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the Fair at the PNE is pulling out all the stops with the RCMP Musical Ride, family-fun events in Festival Park, entertainment for families, including ToonCity, Xtreme Bugs (featuring 19 animatronic

The B-52s, ZZ Top and Rick Springfield are just some of the acts performing at the PNE this summer.

larger-than-life bugs), the Toytopia Exhibit, Hockey

Hall of Fame — Legends of Hockey Exhibit and, of course, the Summer Night Concert series. Every night

at the PNE Amphitheatre, music lovers will enjoy all-star performances from world-renowned Canadian and international artists.

The Summer Night concerts take place every evening starting Saturday, Aug. 19, and the concerts are free with admission to the fair.

For super fans, the PNE offers a limited number of reserved seats at each of the shows starting at $20.

The 2017 fair runs from Saturday Aug. 19 to Monday Sept. 4, 2017, and will be closed on Mondays Aug. 21 and 28.

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The Summer Night Concert series: Aug. 19: Aug. 20: Aug. 22: Aug. 23: Aug. 24: Aug. 25: Aug. 26: Aug. 27: Aug. 29: Aug. 30: Aug. 31: Sept. 1: Sept. 2:

Mother Mother Billy Currington The Pointer Sisters High Valley ZZ Top Chicago Colin James Huey Lewis and the News Tom Cochrane with Red Rider The B-52s The Doobie Brothers Rick Springfield The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo Sept. 3: iHeartRadio Beach Ball (concert lineup to be announced shortly) Sept. 4: iHeartRadio Beach Ball (concert lineup to be announced shortly)

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Dude Chilling Collective seeks permit Megan Stewart

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Solomon Montijo is a chill dude who wants to bring yoga to the people. It seems a lot of people want this, too.

For that reason, the 28-year-old Mount Pleasant resident behind the Dude Chilling Yoga Collective says he will seek ways to get a recreational permit through the park board and pay the required fees to hold yoga sessions in Guelph Park, known affectionately as Dude Chilling Park.

He knew it was only a matter of time until municipal red tape would tie him up.

“It’s hard to say I was shocked because I knew it would happen,” he said.

“But I was sad.”

The collective started meeting for twice-daily yoga instruction in 2014, with Montijo leading many of the classes as well as developing a regular rotation of 10 to 12 instructors plus dozens more he says are ready to substitute when called upon.

The first time he learned about the municipal requirements was August last year when a park ranger interrupted a session to inform Montijo and the practitioners they couldn’t hold class without a permit.

“He basically laid out the law,” said Montijo, noting the city employee wasn’t aggressive or rude. “He said, ‘You will get fined if you teach here again.’”

The classes continued.

“I just kept practising,” said Montijo, who moved to Vancouver from Los Angeles five years ago and lives a few blocks from the East Eighth Avenue park.

He said he moved north for love and is now married.

The collective announced on Facebook May 20 that its morning class on Sunday, May 21 would be the last for the time being.

Permit, please

A recreation-use park board permit costs $15 an hour for non-commercial groups, meaning the collective would have to pay at least $210 a week or nearly $4,000 up front for twice-daily sessions, (which typically run longer than 60 minutes) through the summer until September.

Montijo said the cost had previously been prohibitive since there is no charge for classes, but he also acknowledged the $15-hourly fee is “not too expensive.”

He said the collective is considering several options, including an online fun-

draiser to make the payment. They may hold fewer classes to lower the overall cost. Either way, he said he wants to get a permit so yoga can continue at Dude Chilling Park.

Once classes started in earnest this spring, the collective received a formal warning from the city over email, written in a tone that was professional and positive, said Montijo.

“They are being really cool,” he said. “They’d like to have a meeting with us and discuss ways of raising money from other community organizations for us to be able to pay for the permits and continue practising. We’ll see how that goes. The other option is to run a fundraiser.”

The yoga sessions, which are predominantly hatha, draw as few as five people and as many as 40, which is rare, but are most often attended by about 10 practitioners.

Yes, in our backyard

The Courier heard from numerous people in the neighbourhood who came to the defence of the yoga classes.

Business owner and new father Joel Arsenault said he would chip in to support a fundraiser so classes continue. He can see the park from his balcony and has dropped in a few times, adding there are other park users who are less quiet and courteous than the sun saluters.

Jennifer Chernecki, another neighbour and member of the Mount Pleasant Heritage Group, was critical the yoga practitioners were targeted when all kinds of users congregate in the park, which has tennis courts, a community garden, benches and two metal poles to accommodate a volleyball net. The collective, she said, is inclusive and has a general calming effect on the public space, which frequently hosts people imbibing in drugs and alcohol.

On a recent afternoon when the Courier dropped by, people read books and walked their dogs, a group of men and women drank from tall cans of beer as one strummed on a guitar and others kicked around a deflated soccer ball.

“The city targeted the most vulnerable group and the one they knew they could bully,” said Chernecki in an email to the Courier.

The artist said the yoga practitioners are “greatly needed” in a park full of

public drinking, marijuana smoking and “general fiesta-ing.” She also meets with friends to picnic and drink in the park, which is only a few blocks from some of the city’s most popular micro-breweries near Main Street.

“They are a calming and family-oriented, inclusive people who were just the easiest target for the park board to try and make an example of,” said Cher-

necki, who was one of eight people at a session May 20. “Meanwhile, there was easily over 100 hipsters drinking openly — with several teasingly making fun of the yoga — and gathering, some in groups larger than eight. I have seen over 20 dogs and 20 people together in the after-work dog meet-up on the other side as well.”

A longer version of this story appears at vancourier.com.

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Your money picture looks good, this Tuesday to early July. You can afford to spend on a luxury item, or on something for your loved one. Hold your temper at home, now to late July. DO NOT begin living with someone or move into a new home, before July 20. (Otherwise, you’d establish a house of shouts.)

Your wise, calm mood continues. This is an easy, lucky week. Continue to pursue profound ideas, world travel, law, cultural venues, philosophy/religion, higher education and love. A Gemini plays a key role; so, perhaps, does an Aries. (The Gemini becomes more talkative now, for two weeks.) To early July, you’re blessed in finances/investments, research and physical intimacy. A new affair might now turn to the bedroom.

Continue to chase money, add to your possessions (and/or sell some) and soak up the sensual beauty of the world. You might form a sexual (but not particularly interesting) bond with someone. Don’t use someone just for sex or security or you’ll suffer a “dry spell” later.

Accept surface appearances — digging deep, skepticism, will delay or negate progress. You’re going to be very busy for six weeks ahead, with paperwork, small chores, perhaps involving the government.

You remain in an intriguing place, Scorpio: amongst mysteries, secrets, hidden forces and possible huge steps forward, in lifestyle, finances or sexual bonding.

This trend lasts 16 more days. Three new trends begin early week: 1) your search for the truth or “hidden things” increases for two weeks 2) others begin to treat you with real affection, until early July and 3) you’ll “work at” travel, education, legal matters, cultural and intellectual goals, until July 20.

Your energy, charisma, effectiveness remain high. Start things. Approach people. Be a leader. The world is yours to conquer now, Gemini — especially the world of love, romance, creativity/invention, speculation, sports and talented children. Many Gemini singles either have (since last September) or will (up to October 2017) enter one of the most significant love affairs of their life. (This influence occurs every 13 years.) This love affair could turn to marriage (which could happen soon or in 2019).

Relationships remain your prime focus for two more weeks. Happily, both weeks will run smoothly and benevolently. In fact, relationships will intensify in communications now to June 20. Your work grows more interesting and your work mates affectionate, now to early July. For almost seven weeks, to July 20, your private side intensifies, even grows red hot — this is the zone of sex, research, hidden actions, and financial consequences.

Continue to lie low, Cancer. Rest, plan, examine the past and your future, meditate/contemplate, be spiritual and charitable. You’ll have to deal with the govt., or head office. Despite your weariness and briefly lower charisma, two things happen: 1) you grow more popular all month, or rather, you soak up affection from friends and others; and 2) your determination and intensity (mostly about your ambitions or career) causes you to radiate sexual magnetism, now into

Two more weeks of work and health bothers, Cap, then you’ll be free to chase delicious new horizons and ambitious new opportunities. Meanwhile, to work — it’s even more intense, fast-paced in the two weeks ahead than recently. But all that toil will be relieved by a sweet streak of romance or beauty, pleasure (to early July). At the same time (but acting until late July) your relationships heat up. Make love, not war.

Wishes can come true, Leo, especially this month.

You remain popular, optimistic, friends fete you, and life smiles benignly. Even more friends pour in this week and next. Hope you don’t have a lawsuit, for it (and international affairs, travel, education and cultural norms) can weigh on you now to July 20.

Judges, VIPs, bosses and parents favour you — even affectionately — now to July 4, so ask favours, present proposals and plans, show off your skills.

You remain, for two more weeks, in a romantic mode. (If you’re married, this translates to joy in children, affection between spouses, fun, vacation, pleasure travel.)

However, the last few week’s intensity (and your aggressive pursuit) fade now and you return to normal, happy, talkative romance. That intensity doesn’t just disappear, it moves into your work and health sector, until July 20.

Considering this, practice safety rules, drive carefully, and guard against rash, sunburn, cuts.

Remain on your ambitious path, Virgo. You might be climbing the career ladder, or dealing with higherups, enhancing your reputation, buying status symbols (not like you, really, but a good idea) and some of you are even “marrying up” or at least ”romancing up.” This is a good week, overall, and so is next week. Three planets change signs this week, indicating your ambitious drives actually increase and you can express yourself well to the powers that be.

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