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Two years later, 57 marijuana shops continue to flout law Mike Howell

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Two years after city council adopted new rules to reduce the number of illegal marijuana dispensaries operating in Vancouver, 57 pot shops continue to flout the law while 41 have closed or are no longer selling weed.

New city data released to the Courier shows only 10 dispensaries — five retail and five compassion clubs — have been granted business licences since council voted 8-3 in June 2015 to adopt regulations to control the proliferation of pot shops.

“I think the intended effect of our bylaw has had some positive effect with the explosive growth that we saw just two years ago, with an unending number of these stores opening up,” said Coun. Raymond Louie, who was one of the councillors who voted in favour of the new regulations.

Close to 100 shops were operating in Vancouver when council adopted the business licence scheme. As of

A city map shows the number of marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver that continue to operate without a business licence. IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF VANCOUVER

June 6, the city’s data shows a total of 95 stores continue to operate, with 57 subject to enforcement and 38 allowed to stay open because they have a business licence, are close to getting one or have an application under review.

To date, the city has issued 1,677 tickets to pot shop owners for operating a dispensary without a business licence. A total of

1,077 tickets were issued for $250 while the remaining 600 were for $1,000, after council agreed in December 2016 to increase the fee. The city says 358 of the tickets were paid.

The city also filed 27 court injunction applications against operators but Louie said they have yet to be heard in court. He said he was frustrated with the court’s inaction on the

injunctions, saying it prevents the city from taking legal steps to shut down more pot shops.

“We’ve gone through a great exercise to assemble evidence and to put in place enough of a package to file the injunction at the courts and they haven’t processed them at all,” Louie said. “So this is frustrating for us when we are doing our part.”

Don Briere owns three Weeds Glass and Gifts stores in Vancouver and co-owns two others. He is one of the operators who continues to operate dispensaries without a licence. He applied for a business licence but said he was rejected based on the city’s rules that prohibit a dispensary from operating within 300 metres of schools, community centres, neighbourhood houses and each other.

Briere said one of his stores was 285 metres from a school.

A business licence for a retail outlet costs $30,000 per year, and $1,000 per year for a compassion club. All stores granted a licence must have met a set of criteria that includes criminal record checks for operators and meeting zoning regulations.

Briere said the city regularly tickets his stores, and he continues to dispute the fines in court. He also has lawyers acting on his behalf on a Charter challenge aimed at giving pot shop customers “reasonable access” to medical marijuana.

“A guy in a wheelchair or with walker shouldn’t have to go 50 blocks or wait for the mail,” said Briere, pointing to a federal court decision in 2016 that ruled Canadians have a constitutional right to grow marijuana for medical purposes. In that case, Federal Court judge Michael Phelan noted “dispensaries are at the heart of cannabis access.”

When told that only 10 dispensaries received business licences, Briere said it seemed the city’s regulations “were set up for failure.” With the federal government promising to decriminalize marijuana, he said the city’s regulations and court action is costing taxpayers money.

“It’s not very cost effective to be doing this,” he said, noting he pays property taxes, unemployment insurance, WorkSafeBC fees and GST. “It would be more effective if they just licensed the ones that are reasonable, and the ones that are paying all the proper taxes.” @Howellings

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Applause and cheers followed city council’s 8-3 vote Tuesday to reject a 12-storey condo proposal for Chinatown that deeply divided the community and raised concerns about gentrification, culture and affordable housing.

An overflow crowd at city hall of both supporters and detractors of Beedie Development Group’s proposal for 105 Keefer St. listened for an hour as Mayor Gregor Robertson and 10 councillors gave reasons for their decision.

In a rare move, Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie cast the only vote from his party in favour of the project, which called for 106 market condos, 25 apartments for seniors, a recreational and cultural space and room for business on the ground floor.

“In a time where our city is struggling for social housing, it is a challenge for me — and it should be a challenge for all of you, council — to vote against social housing,” Louie said. “I will not — I will not vote against social housing.”

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George Affleck, opposed the rezoning application.

The decision may mean the project as proposed is dead but Beedie still owns the property and could apply again to build another development at 90 feet tall, which is allowed under the city’s current policies and doesn’t require a public hearing.

The proposal before council Tuesday was for 118 feet tall and technically allowed under council’s polices, as long as additional height “supported innovative heritage, cultural and affordable and social housing projects.”

Houtan Rafii, vice-president of residential development for Beedie, said outside city hall that he respected council’s decision and looked forward to working with the community on what the future of the site may hold.

Some councillors suggested the provincial and federal governments help purchase the land to retain the property for something that would be in keeping with Chinatown’s culture and history.

Housing activists have also called for a social housing building that would be rented at welfare rates. A land swap with the developer was also mentioned.

“It’s been defeated today and that’s what we know,” said Rafii when asked about the suggestions and whether Beedie would proceed with another project at 90 feet tall.

“We’re disappointed, we think it’s a loss for Chinatown.”

Fred Mah of the Chinese Society Heritage Building Association, who opposed the project, said outside council chambers that he was happy with the decision.

“That site is very important to Chinatown,” said Mah, who agreed with suggestions that senior levels of government should look to purchase the site, or work on a land swap with the developer.

Mah pointed out that when the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts are demolished, the area of the proposed site will effectively be an entrance to Chinatown.

“Whatever is created there has to have some Chinatown character, and it shouldn’t be so high, and it shouldn’t be so massive,” Mah said.

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The City of Vancouver envisions 11,500 new homes in phase three of its Cambie Corridor plan, with 4,000 earmarked for “affordable” units.

Mayor Gregor Robertson and Susan Haid, the city’s assistant director of planning, outlined details of the draft plan at a press conference outside Oakridge Centre Monday. Open houses are being held on Thursday and Saturday for the public.

The Cambie Corridor planning area covers 16th Avenue to the Fraser River between Oak and Ontario streets. The plan addresses growth over the next 25 years.

While phases one and two of the Cambie Corridor plan, which were approved in 2011, focused on sites immediately along the corridor and at cross streets, phase three dips into “shoulder areas,” including some single-family neighbourhoods where the city wants to see alternative housing forms such as duplexes,

townhouses and row houses.

“We are looking at a dramatic increase in housing that will be made available here in the Cambie Corridor through phase three in what is now the most aggressive housing push in the city’s history,” Robertson said.

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“We’re looking at more opportunity for affordable housing, particularly housing that’s geared to the incomes of those that work in Vancouver and our missing middle generation,” Haid said. “A really key goal of the plan is about providing housing for that missing middle — that sort of young adult population, young families [and] millennials, as well as those on lower incomes and our seniors.”

When talking about the missing middle, Haid said it’s necessary to talk about a missing form of housing. While Vancouver has a lot of singlefamily homes and condos, there’s very little in between.

“We’re providing significant areas that are off the shoulder of Cambie, where we currently have singlefamily [housing], for groundoriented housing — this means town housing, row housing,” Haid said, explaining the city has strategies to make townhouses more affordable. “We’re looking at more compact units, things like mortgage helpers and some lock-off units in our

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eyed for Cambie Corridor town housing forms.”

The city has identified 10 “unique sites” of between two and four acres within Cambie Corridor that it considers “ideal” for affordable housing and rental housing geared to Vancouver residents’ incomes.

Haid said these sites are also ideal for amenities that are needed to accompany growth such as childcare and senior centres.

Meanwhile, the area around Cambie and 41st is designated as the Oakridge Municipal Town Centre in the Cambie Corridor plan, as well as in the regional growth strategy.

“It’s an ideal location for us to concentrate growth and to create a very robust and livable town centre in the southern part of Vancouver,” explained Haid, while pointing out a number of options will be available for feedback at the upcoming open houses.

“As part of that vision [for the town centre]... our goal number one is about achieving more affordable housing, so again rental units, social housing units, rental

units that are geared to the incomes of the workforce, the missing middle and the lower incomes that we see in the city — so really, the real people of Vancouver.”

Other elements of the phase three draft plan include a public realm strategy, a “complete street” along Cambie and a public benefits strategy.

Allan Buium of the Riley Park South Cambie Community Vision Group, which has been monitoring Cambie Corridor plans, wants the city to stop using the term “affordable housing” and start using the term “workforce housing.”

He maintains the word affordable has lost its meaning.

And while he plans to attend a phase three open house, he wonders where the affordable housing will go.

He also points to the high cost of homes in development projects that followed the adoption of phase two.

Three projects within the Cambie Corridor area were going before public hearing June 13. Buium said he expects the cost of condos in one of the projects to be not

much under $1 million.

“And who can afford that? When you look at the average weekly wage, it’s just not there. The whole Cambie Corridor is like that except probably what they’ll put in at Oakridge — there’s a commitment there,” he said.

Buium added that the city and community groups are in the midst of evaluating phase two of the Cambie Corridor plan.

“Right now it’s in progress, so how can you go into phase three when you haven’t really carefully examined what has transpired in phase two and if you’ve fulfilled your objectives,” he said.

Open houses for Cambie Corridor phase three are scheduled at the Oakridge Centre Auditorium from 4 to 8 p.m., June 15, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 17.

Feedback from consultation will be incorporated into a refined plan that will be presented to the public in the fall. Haid’s goal is to bring the final plan to council by the end of the year.

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The city’s Monday deadline for owners to evacuate tenants from their dilapidated Balmoral Hotel has come and gone, but 14 people still have yet to find another place to live, according to deputy city manager Paul Mochrie.

Mochrie told the Courier Tuesday morning that city outreach workers, B.C. Housing and Vancouver Coastal Health continue to search for housing for the 14 tenants, some of whom have mental health issues and other challenges that are delaying moves to new accommodation.

On June 2, the city ordered the hotel be evacuated in 10 days for fear it would collapse. As of Tuesday morning, the city had found 137 rooms for tenants, some of whom will pay less than the $450 per month charged at the Balmoral.

“We need to make sure that the rooms that are available are ones that are workable for them,” Mochrie said of the 14 tenants. “We need

to be able to place them into a setting where they’re going to be successful. So that’s not simply a matter of finding them a room. It’s got to be in the right building with the right kind of supports around it.”

Mochrie said the 14 tenants and about 30 others remained overnight in the hotel, which is near Main and Hastings. The majority have rooms to go to but were still awaiting relocation cheques from the owners — the Sahota family — before moving out. Ideally, he said, all tenants should be out of the building by Tuesday night.

“As long as people are working with us and packing and ready to move, then we’re going to keep helping them do that,” he said when asked about the owners not meeting Monday’s deadline to evacuate tenants. “One of the big challenges is just the logistics of moving that many people out. There’s one elevator in that building.

It’s a large building and the elevator is very slow. That’s been a big part of the delay.”

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Roberta Westenberg received a cheque Monday morning and was excited to move into another place near Oppenheimer Park. The recovering drug user, whose

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Her ceiling sagged and her walls were cracked and covered in black mould. Rodents and cockroaches were visible and drug activity and violence was a regular occurrence in the building.

“I have a place today, I have a home, I have a roof over my head — it’s pretty cool,” said Westenberg, standing outside the entrance to the Balmoral. “I

was really scared there for a while. I thought I was going to be homeless. I’m 57 years old. If I get down, I’m not getting up.”

Reports on social media Monday night said at least two women were robbed of their money, after cashing cheques. Sgt. Jason Robillard, a Vancouver police media liaison officer, said police had no reports of robberies or thefts related to tenants’ cheques. He said the department has increased the number of officers in the area of the Balmoral to increase safety of tenants while they relocate.

“Citizens in the area are encouraged to speak directly to any officer, or call 911 should they feel unsafe or if they wish to report a crime,” Robillard said in an email to the Courier.

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The Sahota family has until July 14 to shore up the building so it doesn’t collapse. The city will then assess what other work has to be done before the hotel can welcome back tenants.

Mochrie estimated the total bill for the repairs to cost several million dollars.

If the Sahotas don’t meet the deadline, the city has several options, including hiring a contractor to complete the work and bill the owners. The Courier has made repeated attempts to speak to the Sahotas but they have refused to comment. The family also owns the Regent, Regal, Cobalt and Astoria hotels. @Howellings

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Vancouver adopts living wage of $20.62 City will spend more than $600,000 annually to meet new certification Mike Howell

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Janitors and security guards will be among the contracted workers to the city, park board and Vancouver Police Department who will get paid more in wages and benefits now that all three civic agencies have been certified as so-called “living wage” employers.

The certification, which was granted by the Living Wage for Families Campaign, means all workers contracted by the agencies will be guaranteed $20.62 an hour in wages and benefits. That boost in pay and benefits translates to a $600,000 annual investment from the city and park board, and another $40,000 from the police department.

All city employees already earn a living wage.

“We’ve identified that about 70 per cent of the contracts that we issue that are service-related will now be in scope for this going forward,” said Nick Kassam, the city’s chief procurement officer.

He noted the city spends about $300 million annually on contracted goods and services. “So while [the $600,000 increase] may not be a significant amount, it does make an impact on those vulnerable sectors.”

The Living Wage for Families Campaign, which is based in Vancouver, calculates a living wage based on the basic expenses of food, clothing, rental housing, childcare, transportation and small savings to cover illness or emergencies for a two-parent family with two children in Metro Vancouver.

The $20.62 includes benefits, so a person may get paid $17 or $18 an hour before benefits kick in to equal the $20.62.

The living wage does not apply to emergency or non-recurring repairs

or maintenance services where no standing contract is in place, or services that lease property from the city, or contracts with social enterprises.

Mayor Gregor Robertson announced the city’s certification June 8 at a city hall news conference. Robertson said the city is now the largest living wage employer in Canada. The city joins the municipalities of Port Coquitlam, Quesnel and New Westminster and the Ucluelet and Huu-ay-aht First Nations as living wage employers.

The mayor said Vancouver continues to be fortunate to have “the strongest economy in Canada” but noted that not all workers are benefiting from the economic growth.

“There are still many who are left behind and are not enjoying the fruits of a booming economy,” he said. “It’s important that the city leads by example. As a very large employer, we need to address affordability in our city. Affordability is a real challenge for us in Vancouver.”

Despite the city’s move to a living wage, Robertson pointed out B.C. has the second highest poverty rate in Canada.

“We still have far too many kids living in poverty here in Vancouver,” he said, noting the minimum wage must be increased and he welcomes a $10-aday childcare program and increases to welfare rates, as promised by the provincial NDP in the election campaign “We need to see more affordable housing funded by the province and federal government. Those continue to be very, very difficult challenges for people in Vancouver.”

Deanna Ogle, campaign organizer with the Living Wage for Families Campaign, said the process for the city to become certified as a living wage

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employer began in 2015 when city council voted unanimously in favour of the policy. The park board voted unanimously for the policy in the spring.

Ogle said the city is demonstrating leadership on the issue of affordability by agreeing to a living wage for workers.

“We all know that Van-

couver is an expensive place to live,” she said, noting about 34 per cent of all “couple families” in Vancouver are not earning a living wage. “A living wage allows the city of Vancouver staff and contractors to breathe a little easier at the end of the month.” @Howellings

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Politics create powder keg at Vancouver School Board

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he Vancouver School Board has become too political.

It’s the only answer that makes any sense to the question of why VSB superintendent Scott Robinson resigned June 5.

It’s also the only reasonable answer to the question of why voices are not shouting from the rooftops for the return of an elected board rather than the official appointed trustee Dianne Turner.

If it’s true that “the threat of the return of the previous board has some staff worried for their futures,” as Turner said in her news conference Monday about Robinson’s departure, and if that was a factor in his decision, then why on Earth would he quit now, when trustees have been gone for eight months?

Yes, it’s possible they may one day be re-elected, but we are far, far away from that becoming a reality. We don’t even have a stable government yet here in B.C., let alone one in power long enough to hold a trustee byelection.

And fear over fired trustees’ return also assumes they would get re-elected. Who knows how Vancouverites will vote? They may elect entirely different trustees. It’s highly unlikely a similar power split would play out on the board, but not impossible. Regardless, I remain unconvinced that fear over that is a reason to quit a $243,000 a year job.

Robinson himself cited partisan politics in a departure letter he wrote to staff. “… I was aware when I accepted the position of superintendent that partisan politics play a unique and overt role in the governance of the Vancouver School District,” he wrote in the letter. “I did not however, anticipate the degree to which such politics would overtake and inhibit my ability to lead the district effectively.”

I suspect politics were also at play in how Robinson’s departure was announced with a full news conference. Why not just a release? When Steve Cardwell left the first time in 2014, there was a glowing news release thanking him for his service.

When he left the second time — unceremoniously fired by Turner when she arrived — there was no announcement.

I think it’s probably because the message — that staff are afraid of what might happen if the fired trustees return — was seen as important. Later this month, Turner said there will be new harassment and bullying policies released at VSB to specifically include the behaviour of trustees.

Diane Turner speaks to the media at a June 5 press conference announcing the departure of VSB superintendent Scott Robinson. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Supporters of the official, appointed trustee should also have concerns. It’s highly unlikely that an NDP-Green government will keep Turner in place if they gain power.

She was appointed by the Liberal government for a minimum of one year in a highly

Vancouver Secondary Teachers Association president Rory Brown says he’s never seen the VSB “as unstable as it is now.”

Given that instability, it would seem prudent to keep Turner in place, at least until a byelection can be held.

I suspect politics were also at play in how [Scott] Robinson’s departure was announced with a full news conference. Why not just a release? When Steve Cardwell left the first time in 2014, there was a glowing news release thanking him for his service. political situation when the former trustees — some of whom had clashed vociferously with the Liberal government — were fired.

But even those who want to see an elected board can see the wisdom in waiting a while.

Jennifer Stewart, a Vancouver parent and member of the Parent Advocacy Network (PAN) steering committee, urged just that.

“We firmly believe that the VSB needs a publicly accountable, elected board, and

the new government should call a trustee by-election as soon as possible,” Stewart said.

“But in the meantime, there is no need to introduce further instability by replacing Ms. Turner with a different, unelected appointee.”

Why is the VSB so political? As the saying goes, follow the money. Vancouver has more than 50 schools that still need seismic upgrades to make them safe in an earthquake. Given that the new Maple Grove elementary school is expected to cost $24 million, 50 of those would cost more than $1.2 billion — a huge chunk of change.

When you consider that there is excess capacity in some of those 50 schools, you begin to understand the power struggle between the provincial government and the VSB, which is poised over the battle ground of school closures, something akin to poking a sleeping mama bear and guaranteed to cause parental uproar.

That’s enough to make the situation at VSB a political powder keg.

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

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Community

Young minds inspire illustrated book about Little Mountain Our Neighbourhood features adventures of coconut pigs, marshmallow heroes and pet sausages John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Geoff Coates has been an art director at video game giant Capcom for 24 years.

By this point, you’d think he’d seen it all.

Well, you’d be wrong.

Enter coconut pig, the pet sausage and the crimefighting monkey.

Coates has volunteered his creative talents to a book being released this week inspired by the sights, sounds and imaginations found near Little Mountain.

His muses are kids between the ages of six and eight, who told Coates and his collaborator Mike Neeb what they liked best about the neighbourhood surrounding the three elementary schools they attend: David Livingstone, General Brock and General Wolfe.

“They are idea machines,” Coates says.

“They continually throw things at you and they don’t care if it’s a ‘high

Geoff Coates (left) and Mike Neeb collaborated with 53 kids including David Livingstone elementary students Alexander and Kaetlynn Jang for the illustrated book Our Neighbourhood, which will be released June 16. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

quality idea.’ They just have pure creativity and ideas and a lot of joy. For me that’s really inspiring.”

Coates partnered with Neeb, a Little Mountain Neighbourhood House staffer, in February.

Neeb works at the three elementary schools on a weekly basis to help kids with their reading, writing

and, most importantly, their confidence.

During those visits Neeb canvassed his 53 curious cubs for what they liked best about their neighbourhood. He’d assist them in writing the text, while Coates simultaneously did the drawing.

The older kids in grades 4, 5 and 6 helped their understudies with spelling.

Released in book form on June 16, the end result is Our Neighbourhood.

“I was wanting to do something that had a big ending, something tangible that the kids could have from these two hours that they spend with us once a week to take away with them,” Neeb said.

Over the course of the Q&A’s, students provided answers that you’d expect: pet dogs, sushi joints and the Hillcrest Community Centre were listed as the best things ever. Those responses were invariably offset with coconut pigs, marshmallow superheroes and other pets.

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“One of the kids started talking to me about having a pet sausage,” Coates said. “I was told, ‘He’s got big teeth, a squirrel’s tail, got sausages for arms and got four legs — and he wears sneakers.’ I don’t know where that came from, but I drew it.”

Despite their young, developing minds, there are tales that are relatable to the adult set as well.

“One student told me about his bed. He said, ‘My bed’s awesome. It turns into a couch and I love it there.’ I totally got what he was saying,” Neeb said.

The fruits of those creative labours will be unveiled at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (3981 Main St.), June 16, 5:30 p.m., when parents and teachers convene to hear the kids read their stories, eat food from the neighbourhood haunts and showcase their considerable artistic talents. @JohnKurucz

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Mastering your anxiety 2

DAVIDICUS WONG, M.D. davidicuswong.wordpress.com

Dr. Davidicus Wong continues his exploration of anxiety in the second column of this three-part series I consider myself an expert in anxiety — from professional and personal experience.

Each day in my family practice, I counsel patients suffering from the stress of personal conflicts, loss and illness.

I treat individuals suffering from generalized anxiety, phobias, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some require prescription medications, but all benefit from the empowering practices of mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy and positive visualization.

Those who have suffered from anxiety for years find it hard to believe that they can feel any other way — that they are capable of change. Those who practise their new skills on a daily basis — as regularly as any prescription medication — through the power of neuroplasticity will transform their own minds.

Our life experiences and how we make sense of them — our personal life stories — form the foundation of our core beliefs: what we believe to be true about ourselves, others and our relationships with them.

Our core beliefs shape the running monologue of our self-talk. That self-talk at best is compassionate, kind and empowering. Too often, our self-talk is judgment of others and ourselves — makes us feel separate, different, better or worse than others — emphasizes the negative and minimizes the positive.

And that self-talk — the content of our ruminations — takes us away from the real experience of life in the present moment, the only place we can enjoy happiness.

I grew up in the days when playgrounds were not so safe — our kids have it softer today. In Mount Pleasant’s Douglas Park, the monkey

bars were made of slippery curved steel and embedded in a floor of concrete.

As a preschooler, I fell from the top of those monkey bars and knocked out my front teeth. For years, I waited for my big kid teeth to grow in. Selfconscious, I didn’t smile.

I developed social anxiety.

I felt physically uneasy around anyone outside my immediate family and closest friends. My shyness held me back from speaking up in class, meeting new people, expressing myself and talking to my own cousins.

My playground fall made me uncomfortable with heights and I avoided the potential for injury in contact sports. My older brother excelled in soccer and basketball, but I chose running and swimming.

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Community

Straight outta North Grandview-Woodland According to SOCAN stats, Supermoon lives in the cultural mecca of B.C. John Kurucz

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Take a bow, North Grandview-Woodland: you’ve been crowned B.C.’s capital of cool.

That distinction was recently anointed by SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) and based on the number of new members who joined the artists’ organization last year.

Seven of the top 10 creative corners in B.C. are within Vancouver, and the list is broken down by postal code prefix. Thirty-two SOCAN newbies were accounted for in the V5L last year, while central (V6K) and western (V6R) Kits rounded out the top three.

“We know most cities pride themselves on their culture and the amount of music that’s being played — it’s kind of like bragging rights,” said SOCAN spokesperson Andrew Berthoff. “It’s anecdotal but we can deduce from this

Members of the Vancouver indie pop band Supermoon live in the North Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, which was recently found by SOCAN to be the fastest-growing cultural community in B.C. Band members from left are Katie Gravestock, Selina Crammond, Alie Lynch and Adrienne LaBelle. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

study that the cool factor goes up in those places.”

North GrandviewWoodland was the lone

neighbourhood outside of Toronto or Montreal to make the same top 10 list, but on a national scale. The

East Van hood placed sixth in the Canada-wide context.

SOCAN’s membership hovers somewhere around

150,000, and Berthoff did see some trends come to bear during the number-crunching process. And surprise, surprise, musicians tend to flock towards the most affordable areas of a given town.

“We see that across the country and there are parallels, but we can’t scientifically deduce the causes of it,” he said. “That parallel with the cool factor is that non-musicians tend to want to move there and it becomes a popular place to live. Then it becomes unaffordable for music creators, musicians and artists of all kinds. And then the cool factor kind of goes down.”

Katie Gravestock, guitarist for Mint Records recording artists Supermoon, can attest to that cross-town migration. Over the past 12 years she’s watched her music and artist friends make their way from Main Street east towards their current digs in North GrandviewWoodland. Gravestock and two of her Supermoon bandmates live in the vaunt-

ed V5L, largely because of its relative affordability.

“A lot of my friends who are musicians want to do music full time but we just can’t because it’s so hard to make money these days.

We all have multiple jobs,” she said. “I’ve definitely noticed a high concentration of musicians in the area and there are lots of rehearsal spaces.”

The SOCAN study is the society’s first attempt at sifting through the numbers to see where members are popping up. In total, roughly 500 members live in North Grandview-Woodland, while around 400 call Kitsilano home.

“The ancillary benefits of musicians being there is that they are part the scene, and that creates economic value because of that cool factor,” Berthoff said. “It becomes a desirable place to live for a lot of first-time buyers or even second-time buyers. They want to be close to the action and the fun in the city.” @JohnKurucz

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Vancouver father reaches out to other single dads Tereza Verenca burnabynow.com

When Leland Dieno became a single dad to his now four-year-old son, it changed his life completely.

As he describes it, he was “thrown into it,” and it was something he never expected.

“My parents are still together. I grew up in that family situation,” he says.

But when the Burnaby resident searched online for resources for single parents, specifically single dads, not a whole lot came up.

“You end up with the first page of Google all being for single moms, and there’s nothing wrong with that because the numbers prove that there’s a lot of single moms out there because there’s a lot of deadbeat men,” Dieno says.

Shortly after, he started the No Deadbeat Society, a global network of 30,000 dads who empower each other to be the best men and fathers they can be. Building on that momentum, Dieno recently launched Vancouver Dads. The goal is to bring men and their kids together once a month.

“I just wanted to create something local that will help celebrate the good guys out there,” says the 34-year-old. “My son and I are out every weekend, and we try to do something like explore a local lake or something like that. Quite often, it’s just me and him. I thought this could be a way to get other people involved,

maybe make some friendships, that kind of thing.”

Dieno says he wanted to create a space where single dads could talk about their feelings, whether it be about their girlfriends, ex-girlfriends, wives or a custody battle.

“There’s a kind of an overarching perception that if you’re a man and you open yourself up to vulnerability, you’re showing yourself as weak,” he says.

“What I thought this could be is we can get out and do stuff, go hiking or whatever we want to do, but then we could also have those conversations.”

Dieno admits he still gets looks and comments when he’s out with his son.

“It’s like, ‘Oh, Daddy’s babysitting today.’ Even if

they’re in a custody situation, where they have their child every other week, they still get the same thing. It’s like no, we’re not babysitting, we’re parenting, just like anybody else,” he says.

But fatherhood has changed in some ways, notes Dieno, pointing to some advertising companies embracing the role of the father.

“The commercials you see on TV aren’t dumb dads anymore. It used be, if there was a commercial with a dad parenting, they were doing something stupid like burning the Kraft Dinner.

But now it’s kind of turning around. It’s kind of just accepted now,” he says.

The first Vancouver Dads event is a beach barbecue set for Saturday, July 8.

Even though a location hasn’t been announced, folks can register at vancouverdads.com/our-first-event.

Eventually, Dieno

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Community ROOFTOP ROMP: Vancity’s Ryan McKinley, TD’s Grant Minish and the Lazy Gourmet’s Kevin Mazzone fronted the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s (CANFAR) inaugural West Coast fundraiser, a posh cocktail party in the sky.

The young social conveners welcomed 100 guests who convened at Telus Gardens to champion the leading work done by the Torontobased charity, the only na-

Kyle Winters, CANFAR president and chief operating officer, and Dr. Helene Cote, a member of CANFAR’s Scientific Advisory Committee, shared research efforts to eradicate HIV/AIDS.

tional foundation that raises awareness to generate funds for research into all aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. While marveling of the city, ocean and mountain views from the panoramic roof top, business and community leaders, health advocates and social influencers heard from Dr. Helene Cote, a member of CANFAR’s Scientific Advisory Committee, to learn more of the firm’s efforts to eradicate

For a longer version of this column, go to vancourier.com. email yvrflee@hotmail.com twitter @FredAboutTown

Walter Daroshin and Sonny Wong presided over the annual Leo Awards, celebrating B.C.’s best talents in film and television.

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Vancity’s Ryan McKinley, the Lazy Gourmet’s Kevin Mazzone and TD’s Grant Minish chaired CANFAR’s inaugural West Coast fundraiser.

Pacific National Exhibition has applied for a new liquor primary licence at 2901 East Hastings Street. Person capacity will be limited to 5342 persons (interior only). Proposed hours of liquor service are 11 AM to 12 AM Sunday to Thursday and 11 AM to 1 AM Friday to Saturday.

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Elaine Webb, patient education and support manager, and Donna McLennan, regional director of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, presented the latest advancements and new therapies to treat blood cancers at the Journey of Hope event.

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Arguably the worst pizza next to plain cheese pizza, mouldy pizza and pizza face. All three of which we are well acquainted with due to a particularly traumatic puberty.

Panopoulos emigrated from Greece to Canada in 1954 and ran several restaurants in Ontario with his brothers. Then,

sometime in the 1960s, he decided to experiment, as people did back then, putting tinned pineapple on a pizza “just for the fun of it, [to] see how it was going to taste,” according to an interview with the BBC earlier this year.

Turns out people liked it. Mind you, the same can be said for Donald Trump, stirrup pants and the itch-inducing music of Ed Sheeran.

While we’re not opposed to pineapple, ham and pizza on their own, together they are fundamentally wrong and those who claim otherwise pos-

sess a deficiency of character and should never be trusted with children or gardening tools.

And don’t take our word for it. Early this year, Iceland’s president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson re-heated the always simmering pizza debate when, answering questions from a high school class, he told them he was “fundamentally opposed” to pineapple on pizzas.

After the Internet erupted and pizza battle lines were drawn, he clarified his stance on Facebook with a post titled “A Statement on the Pizza Controversy,” in which he said,

“I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza. I am glad I do not hold such power.”

As for Panopoulos’s lasting pizza legacy, we accept that people are free to eat what they want, no matter how bastardized, short-sighted or disgusting the thing is that they choose to shove in their pie-hole. But it is a world we don’t want to be a part of, and one we will continue to fight against until our last dying breath.

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Whether it’s high on a hill or strung on branches, artist Katherine Polgrain has left her hearts in her Commercial Drive neighbourhood.

The knitted hearts are just the right size to fit in the palm of a hand, and part of the small-scale, big-effect yarn bombing Polgrain does on her own every so often.

“What I like about yarn bombing in particular is that I can sneak around and somebody’s going to find whatever it is I’ve left and it’s really going to make their day,” said Polgrain who attached a little paper label on each heart that reads, “You are Loved.”

“It’s not about money and it’s not about creating a wonderful piece of art or anything like that,” she added. “It’s a random act of

Artist and long-time Britannia arts contractor and instructor Helen Spaxman with some of the many tassels to be tied into the cherry tree at the foot of Napier Street as part of International Yarn Bombing Day. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

kindness. I heard indirectly from people who found them; they have this element of surprise. I love it.”

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culture coordinator for Britannia Community Centre, decided to spread the joy of the grandma graffiti movement by teaching

others how to knit, felt and crochet along with friend and long-time Britannia arts contractor and instructor Helen Spaxman.

So, this past Saturday, as they have done for the last five years, the women set up a craft station in Britannia’s greenway as part of International Yarn Bombing Day. Polgrain and Spaxman showed passersby how to make a tassel — this year’s choice of craft. It was purposefully a simple creation done by wrapping bits of yarn around a piece of square cardboard for a standard measurement, balling it and then tying the neck. Some walked away with their finished tassel in hand or attached to a button on a coat; others left it with Polgrain and Spaxman to be hung in the area’s approved yarn bombing target — a cherry tree at the foot of Napier Street. The tree has been decorated with pom-poms and crocheted works in the past and attracts much attention before the creations are thrashed by the elements and taken down, say the women.

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“I pulled the felting down yesterday,” said Spaxman who opened a bag to show how well the soft ornaments had weathered. “I remember pulling the pom-poms down and I reveled in how they had formed an outer shell of algae. I wanted to put them in a jar and say, ‘We just harvested these from the pom-pom tree!’”

Urban knitting has appeared all over the world with artists knitting colourful scarves for statues, sweaters for telephone poles and installing fibre art on otherwise bleak-looking chainlink fences. The possibilities for canvases are as endless as walls are to graffiti artists. The movement had origins in Texas in 2005 with knitting crew Knitta Please spawning the idea of guerrilla knitting as cozy public art. By the book, it’s sometimes considered by most cities

to be gently illegal (using the cherry tree for the yarn bombing is done with approval from Britannia Neighbours in Action as the local yarn bombers don’t harm the tree and take the creations down once they start falling apart).

Knitting is historically associated with women (both Polgrain and Spaxman were taught by their mothers) out of a need for basic necessities such as clothing or blankets. Guerrilla knitting has been a mostly female-based movement and motivations range from taking back cold and unwelcoming spaces to those who feel the same way as Polgrain and simply want to brighten a stranger’s day. More males are knitting these days, it should be mentioned, and Spaxman sees first-hand evidence of this when she leads her noon-hour knitting classes at Britannia

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“I have an army of knitters at Strathcona,” Spaxman said. “I consider that to be my yarn bombing as well. I get them to make things or help me make things and they wear them. They walk around the school like they’ve been yarn bombed themselves.”

Yarn bombing is also about accessibility; it’s done by anyone, for anyone.

“Yarn bombing is also taking something that’s not really high valued as being art and making it something that people are really going to enjoy,” said Polgrain. “When somebody finds it, it’s like this little treasure somebody left for them. That’s what I really like about it.” @rebeccablissett

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Chase money, buy/sell, use your memory late afternoon Mon. to late afternoon Wed. All flows smoothly. Your talents with money could impress a VIP or higher-up Tues. Errands, trips, communications and paperwork fill 4 pm (PDT) Wed. to mid-afternoon Friday.

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Not a good day to launch a project, nor tackle big repairs or chores. You’re weary Mon. before 3 pm (PDT) but all is well — you could learn valuable career or business-oriented “inside info.” Your energy, charisma and effectiveness soar Mon. afternoon to mid-afternoon Wed. — and there’s not a cloud in the sky. Charge forth, launch projects, present proposals to key people, take charge, be the leader.

You move, this week (Tues. night) from secrets, large financial actions/prospects, sexual desires and heightened intuition, to a month of a broader, open, more philosophical view of life. Practical matters are left behind, the meaning of life (and of those practical matters) will enter. This trend, which includes far travel, publishing, cultural, legal and intellectual pursuits, is emphasized Fri. midafternoon through Saturday.

Sunday holds happiness, but obstacles and problems fill events. So enjoy friends, love, but stay light on the commitment/action side. Monday’s happy, too — and this day, actions bring good results, especially in intellectual, travel and flirtation zones. But withdraw early (by 3 pm PDT) to contemplate how good life is — and to rest, plan, and deal with charities, government levels, or spiritual needs. Stay “down,” restful, until mid-afternoon Wed. — all’s well, and you could enjoy love’s intimacy.

A month of open relationships and opportunities turns, Tuesday night, into four weeks of deeper waters and commitment. Sunday/Mon. bring romance, creative and speculative urges, beauty and pleasure. You’ve been a little more serious and sombre than usual the last two-plus years — and more possessive/money conscious. Sunday might show you how others react to this “serious” side.

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Your luck, charisma, energy and effectiveness rise from 9 pm (PDT) Tues. to July 20. You’re going to be in charge, active, and can launch significant projects, especially in domestic or realty zones. You’re ambitious Sunday, but you face major obstacles, including a lack of co-operation. However, Monday morning contains the same ambitious urge, and opens the door to success. From 3 pm (PDT) Mon. to mid-afternoon Wed., happiness arrives.

Settle down to earth, home, family Sun./Mon. Go slow Sunday. Others aren’t really co-operative, and you could be a bit heavy-handed, especially with family. Monday’s fine, productive — tackle repairs, programs for the kids’ future, security needs (get that alarm installed) etc. From 3 pm (PDT) Mon. to mid-afternoon Wed., romance blows in, and your creative, risk-taking, beautyand-pleasure desiring sides emerge.

Take a long-range, wide view Sunday, Leo. See beyond present squabbles and struggles to the overall benevolence of life. (Protect your health a bit this eve, too.) Monday hold similar themes — law, justice, a wide view, tolerance, cultural and international involvements, intellectual pursuits — but now in a workable, co-operative atmosphere. Monday afternoon (3 pm PDT) to Wed. afternoon nudges your ambition, brings reputation concerns, prestige relations, and hard work.

Tuesday night starts a month of work, health concerns, service personnel, dependants’ affairs, machinery and tools. These themes rise to prominence Fri. mid-afternoon through Sat., when you might start a new project or job. Your security might be enhanced by a hidden ally, or a large corporation or government. You might find a program that helps you buy a home. Money’s favoured, but work is intense.

Sunday/Monday open the door wider to secrets, financial actions/events, sexual desires, and strong health matters. Your intuition/subconscious rise to the surface. Sunday’s filled with obstacles, so commit to nothing, neither make nor accept promises. Monday, march ahead with these. A sweet, mellow, understanding mood steals over you Mon. afternoon to Wed. afternoon. This is a splendid interval for far travel, intellectual pursuits, cultural, media/publishing, and love.

Tuesday night begins a month of romance, passion, beauty, pleasure, creativity and risk-taking.

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Accurate Effective Bailiffs Ltd will be selling a Catalina Yachts Sail Boat Model No. 27 Serial No. 3959 (year unknown) for unpaid storage.

The person liable as debtor for which the lien exists is Kevin Cohen and/or John Doe. Unit will be sold by private or public sale on June 29th 2017 or thereafter and can be viewed by appointment (604 526-3737) at 6139 Trapp Avenue, Burnaby BC.

U-Haul Moving Center Vancouver claims a Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at 1070 SE Marine Dr., Vancouver, BC, Tel: 604325-6526.

Auction is subject to cancellation at anytime without notice.

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Tuesday June 27th, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the Killarney Community Centre at 6260 Killarney Street Anyone holding a current Killarney Community Centre membership is welcome.

Items to be dealt with are: Election of directors and any other business normally conducted at an AGM.

A sale will take place at the storage location on Thursday, July 6th, 2017. Viewing 9:00AM-11:00AM. Sealed bids will be opened at 11 AM. Room contents are personal/household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.

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Dixon, his wife, and retired champ Dario Franchitti were in the drive-thru when two armed men approached,

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Indy Racer robbed at Taco Bell

I’ve long held that one of the charms of Indy racing is that the drivers are more accessible and human to your average fan. Take Scott Dixon for instance: fresh off taking pole position during qual-

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Kentucky-born Nicky Haden has died from severe brain injuries, not long after being hit while cycling along the Adriatic Sea in Italy. The death of the well-liked rider shocked the motorcycling community.

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Haden was undoubtedly extremely talented, with razor-sharp reflexes and a mastery of all things two-wheeled. In this case, sadly, it didn’t matter. Let’s all look out for one another out there.

Subaru testing STI version of BRZ

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with Subaru’s outdoorsy image, the hybrid version of the Crosstrek would sell well.

Looking globally, Subaru’s planning a plugin version of the Crosstrek hybrid to make things more appealing to those who use their Subarus in built-up areas.

Plans are to debut the vehicle as early as next year. Further, an all-EV version of the Crosstrek should follow quickly afterwards. Subaru isn’t planning on making any stand-alone models, but adding plug-in and/or EV technology to existing machines.

Also a niche vehicle for Subaru, the BRZ continues to slouch along in the sales department. Part of the problem is perhaps the success of the WRX, which pairs sportiness with practicality, and has a large fan base already.

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Happily, guys used to hammering around an oval at 350 km/h are used to remaining cool under pressure, and nobody got hurt. Further, the stickup artists didn’t get away with it – the alleged robbers, aged 14 and 15, were arrested the next morning.

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▼0% APR Purchase Financing is available on select new 2016.5 and 2017 Mazda models. NOTE: 0% Purchase Financing not available on 2016 MX-5, 2017 CX-3, MX-5, CX-5, CX-9 models. 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 60-month term is $0, monthly payment is $300, 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 June 1 – 30, 2017. NOTE: In the event the selected model is pre-equipped with navigation, or selected model is not equipped for navigation, customer may substitute 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 June 1 – 30, 2017. Genuine Mazda Accessory Credit Offer value of $425. Customer can substitute 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. †Based on a representative example using a finance price of $37,620/$21,915/$26,920/$17,020 for the 2017 CX-9 GS (QVSM87AA00)/2017 CX-3 GX (HVXK87AA00)/2017 CX-5 GX (NVXK67AA00)/2017 Mazda3 GX (D4XK67AA00) at a rate of 3.50%/2.75%/3.99%/1.49% APR, the cost of borrowing for an 84-month term is $4,851/$2,202/$3,979/$914 weekly payment is $117/$66/$85/$49, total finance obligation is $42,471/$24,117/ $42,471/$17,934. Taxes are extra and required at the time of purchase. All prices include $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)/2017 CX-5 GT (NXTL87AA00)/2017 CX-9 GT (QXTM87AA00) is $26,120/$31,315/$37,020/$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 June 1 – 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.

NEWSPAPER RETRACTION FOR THE BEST BUY JUNE 9th CORPORATE FLYER In the June 9th ^lyer, page 2, the SONY XBR55X800E 55” 4K HDR Android Smart LED TV (WebCode:10630151) was incorrectly advertised with the Geek Squad Elite TV Service Package. Please be advised that this TV does not include the Geek Squad Elite TV Service Package (WebCode:10422985/ GS 10391556). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers.

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