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Let me begin by saying I’m kind of hungry. That’s what happens after you read a report about the number of farms in Metro Vancouver that continue to produce a ton of food for all of us to consume. Take a guess how many farms we have here in Vancouver. As you might imagine, it’s not a lot. But the 40 farms that do exist in Vancouver make a considerable amount of cash, according to a report that went before the Metro Vancouver regional planning committee Sept. 8. In a category called “gross farm receipts,” Vancouver’s 40 farms produced $11,075,259 in 2015. Those figures were collected for the 2016 Census of Agriculture, a data exercise that requires all agricultural operations in Canada to complete. Farm operators, of which there are 50 in Vancouver, provide us farm fans with a tractor load
of fascinating information. And when I say fascinating, I mean knowing what types of crops are the most popular on Metro farms and how many farm animals are living on those farms. Although the data does not identify specific farms that have the most crops or livestock, a whopping 4,545,630 chickens and hens were recorded across the region. The Metro Vancouver area, by the way, stretches from Bowen Island to Langley, where there are 1,103 farms, the most in the region. Surrey is second at 439, followed by Maple Ridge (203), Richmond (189) and Delta (185). The grand total of farms in the region is 2,412 and they produced $954,575,981 in 2015. About 49 per cent of the farms are less than four hectares in size, with the average size of a Vancouver farm at 3.9 hectares. Back to the livestock… Second to chickens were turkeys and “other poultry,” totalling 302,310. Other livestock included cattle and calves (21,976), horses and
According to a recent report, “gross farm receipts” for Vancouver farms totalled $11,075,259 in 2015. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
ponies (4,043), sheeps and lambs (4,066), goats (1,874), alpacas and llamas (422) and pigs, which totalled 12,210 in 1996 but dropped significantly to 583 in 2015. Bee colonies saw the biggest percentage growth of “farm animals” since 1996, when 1,039 were recorded. There are now 21,393 colonies in Metro Vancouver, suggesting farmers are more interested in producing honey than they are in raising porkchops. As for crops, blueberries are the runaway winner, with 5,175 hectares devoted to
growing one of my favourite fruits. Cranberries are grown over 2,267 hectares, although the report noted the data was incomplete because of “confidentiality reasons” in some municipalities. Raspberries are the third most popular planted crop, spread over 134 hectares. Then comes “other fruit and nuts” (115), grapes (98), fruit trees (83) and strawberries (74). Are you hungry yet? Inspired to head out to your nearby farmers’ market this weekend? Sadly, all this delicious-
ness has a sour aftertaste. Metro Vancouver has seen a steady decline in the number of farms at both the regional and municipal level — a 14 per cent decline in the past five years; only Burnaby showed an increase at nine per cent. Also, the total farm area in the region (38,380 hectares, or 94,799 acres) is at its lowest in 20 years. Why is this happening? The data shows farm operators in the 35 to 54 age group are getting out of the business, with 425 fewer farmers working than five years ago. That same time period saw 138 fewer farms producing hay and field crops and 73 fewer nursery and sod farms. And there’s this: The average farm operating expenses increased by 18 per cent in the region. It’s not good news as the region prepares to make room for the one million people predicted to move into Metro by 2040. I’m guessing not many of those folks will be farmers. And with developable land becoming scarce — and at a premium
— the pressures to develop on agricultural land are real. Various documents I’ve read suggest the Metro Vancouver agency and the Agricultural Land Commission are committed to keeping farm land for farming. That is evident in the recent memorandum of understanding signed by both agencies. The document identifies their shared interests, which includes maintaining “strong linkages with the farming community to ensure that policies, actions and emerging issues are recognized and addressed in [a timely manner] to protect agricultural land and farming viability over the long term.” Viability, that’s an interesting word. Which makes me wonder: As farms continue to decrease in the region, will there come a day when we see politicians shift gears from talking about the need for so-called affordable housing to initiate an aggressive campaign to build affordable farms for the public good? I’m getting hungry thinking about it.
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With byelection a month away, campaign officially begins Naoibh O’Connor
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Twenty-eight candidates are vying for office in Vancouver’s Oct. 14 byelection — nine for the council seat vacated by Vision Vancouver’s Geoff Meggs who resigned to work for Premier John Horgan and 19 for the nine school board seats left empty after then-Liberal education minister Mike Bernier fired the previous slate of trustees in October 2016. The City of Vancouver released byelection candidates’ names after the nomination period closed Sept. 8. The deadline to challenge a candidate nomination or elector organization endorsement was Sept. 12. Candidates have until 4 p.m. Sept. 15 to withdraw their nomination or have their endorsement by the elector organization withdrawn. Council candidates include the NPA’s Hector Bremner, Vision Vancouver’s Diego Cardona, Sensible Vancouver’s Mary Jean “Watermelon” Dunsdon, the Green Party’s Pete Fry, OneCity’s Judy Graves
and independents Gary Lee, Damian J. Murphy, Jean Swanson and Joshua Wasilenkoff. School board candidates include Vision Vancouver’s Joy Alexander, Ken Clement, Theodora Lamb, Mike Lombardi and Allan Wong, while the NPA is fielding Fraser Ballantyne, Lisa Dominato, Robert McDowell, Julian Prieto and Christopher Richardson. The Green Party’s candidates include Janet Fraser, Estrellita Gonzalez and Judy Zaichkowsky. OneCity is running two candidates, Carrie Bercic and Erica Jaaf, while COPE is running Diana Day. Jamie Lee Hamilton is on the ticket for IDEA Vancouver, while two independent candidates, Christine Arnold and Adi Pick, put their names forward. Information about the byelection is being sent out by the city. Voters can start looking for it to arrive by mail Sept. 21, according to the city’s chief election officer, Janice MacKenzie. It will include details such as candidates’ names, places to vote and voting dates. Candidates’ profiles will
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also be available on the city website Sept. 21. Mail ballot packages will be available to voters Sept. 26, while advance voting runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at city hall on Oct. 4 and Oct. 10. General voting day is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 14. MacKenzie said advance
voting is only taking place at city hall, and no other locations, partly because of cost. By law, the city is required to have two days of advance voting. In the 2014 regular election, there were eight advance voting locations on eight days. But each location for each day
costs more than $15,000. On the general voting day for the Oct. 14 byelection, there will be 50 voting places in Vancouver plus one in the University Endowment Lands. For a regular election, MacKenzie said the city would have 120 locations plus two in the UEL.
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“Again, it’s volume and cost,” she explained. The city’s last byelection was in 1992 when then councillor Bruce Yorke, who represented COPE, resigned for health reasons. The NPA’s Lynne Kennedy won the seat. MacKenzie said about nine or 10 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in the byelection. In the 2014 regular election, just over 43 per cent voted. There are about 440,000 eligible voters based on the list the city received from Elections B.C. MacKenzie said they’ll do everything they can, within reason, to get the vote out, but it’s a balance of costs. “We’re not launching anything new for the byelection. Some of the programs that we’re working on are under development. No one can anticipate a byelection so some of the things we’re working on, they’re just not ready,” she said. More information about the byelection can be found at vancouver.ca/byelection. The next general election is in October 2018.
A New View
When confidence seems lost Things can seem bleak when we see all the kinds of suffering going on in humanity, perhaps even among our own family members or neighbours. But Phillip Hockley sometimes these very circumstances spur individuals to find new ways to help and heal. One such example is Phillip Hockley, international speaker and practitioner of Christian Science healing. After sustaining a debilitating injury which was diagnosed as rendering him permanently disabled, Hockley began investigating ways to improve his situation. Along the course of his search, he attended a lecture on Christian Science. ‘During that lecture,’ he says, ‘I found something that was indeed lifetransforming. Christian Science gave me a new view of God that I’d not had before: a view of God as Love itself, divine Love that loved me fully. I also discovered that this loving God was not the source of my troubles (which were many) but the solution to them. My life
began to improve quickly and I became a healthy man.’ Hockley will present his talk, ‘A new view of God and its effect on well-being’, on 7:30 pm, Tuesday, September 26 at the VanDusen Botanical Garden (Peggy Gunn Woodland Hall), 5151 Oak Street, Vancouver. During his talk Hockley will introduce the core principles of Christian Science. He will draw on concepts from the Bible, especially Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, as well as explanations from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the textbook of Christian Science written by Mary Baker Eddy. After the difference Christian Science made in his own life, Phillip Hockley knew he needed to share it with others dealing with similar mindsets of discouragement. ‘From that moment on I knew I had found something very special and could hardly wait to explain this experience to others—this ability to love and be loved by God,’ he says. Hockley is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.
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Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey continue to record the highest number of suspected drug overdose deaths in B.C. this year, with the majority linked to fentanyl, according to statistics released Sept. 7 by the B.C. Coroners Service. From January through July 2017, 226 people died in Vancouver of an overdose. Surrey recorded 101 deaths for the same time period, and Victoria lost 57 people. Kelowna recorded 50 deaths. Richmond, Coquitlam, Vernon and Chilliwack saw the lowest number of deaths at 16 in each municipality. Province-wide, fentanyl, which is a deadly synthetic opioid, was detected in more than four of every five deaths through the first seven months of this year. More than 700 of the 876 suspected overdose deaths
were linked to fentanyl. That’s an increase of 143 per cent over the same period in 2016. In most cases, fentanyl was combined with other illicit drugs, most often cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, which is a concern identified by Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe. “This presents huge challenges for those using illicit drugs and the risk is high,” Lapointe said in a news release. “Although it’s heartening to see a decline in deaths month-to-month since March, we continue to see far too many deaths in our communities.” Preliminary data shows there were 91 suspected drug overdose deaths in July 2017, almost three per day, and a 30 per cent increase from July 2016. The suspected number of deaths for the year-to-date is now 876, up from 482 at this time in 2016, an increase of 82 per cent from the same period in 2016.
The statistics for Vancouver show an encouraging trend, with a high of 49 deaths recorded in January dropping to 18 in July. The city, however, is still on pace to reach or surpass 400 deaths by the end of the year. As in previous months, most deaths have occurred indoors, in many cases when people are using alone and without the ability to get help. Four out of every five people who died were men, the majority aged 30 to 39. “We continue to share our latest data and the message of risk with the hope that it will reach drugusers and their family and friends, ultimately helping to reduce harm and risk and curb the trend with this complex health condition,” Lapointe said. “We also hope that public awareness of the continuing toll on lives will support open communication about
drug use and how we can best support those dependent on illicit substances.” None of the deaths occurred at supervised injection sites or drug overdose prevention sites set up in hotels and other facilities throughout Vancouver and the rest of the province. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority announced last month that it was expanding its fentanylchecking service from the Insite supervised injection site on East Hastings to overdose prevention sites. “When we launched the checking service at Insite last year we were hoping it would persuade people to use more safely,” said Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, a medical health officer with the health authority, in a news release. “This is exactly what we’re seeing at Insite, so now we can arm even more people with information about their risks, so they will make safer choices.” @Howellings
UPDATE - RUNWAY END SAFTEY AREA (RESA) PROJECT AND SOUTH RUNWAY MAINTENANCE The Airport Authority started the final year of a three-year project to construct RESAs and undertake the annual maintenance on the south runway in late May 2017, with an anticipated completion date of September 16, 2017. However, the work period has been extended and is now scheduled to complete on September 23, 2017. Work will continue to take place six nights a week (Sun-Fri). During this time the North Runway will be used to accommodate any take-offs or landings between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. We apologize for the delay and appreciate your ongoing support as we continue to maintain the highest safety standards at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in service of flight crews, passengers and our community. For more information, contact community_relations@yvr.ca.
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Craigslist, Kitsilano, lengthy commutes and even mom’s couch are becoming the new norm for thousands of UBC students grappling with a massive housing waitlist. The full student population returned to classes last week and was met with a logjam that had somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000 people looking to live on campus. “I would concur, and UBC concurs, that it’s a stressful time and it’s an unfortunate situation that some of our students face right now,” said Andrew Parr, UBC’s managing director of student housing and hospitality services. Compounding the problem is the fact that the waitlist grows each time more housing stock is added to what is already the largest postsecondary housing operation in Canada: UBC had 8,200 beds in 2010 compared to roughly 12,000 this year. “Every time we open up a new unit or a new set of beds, we’re actually seeing longer waitlists,” Parr said. Alma Mater Society president Alan Ehrenholz said the crunch is forcing students to think outside the box whether they want to or not: basement suites in Kits, living with parents or finding accommodations far removed from the Point Grey campus. Living farther afield, and
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About 40 per cent of UBC’s student residencies are occupied by new firstyear students, while upperyear and grad students account for the remainder. Forty per cent of that housing stock is for year-round housing, while the rest is used for the winter session. In 2014, year-round residences offered to returning students had a 12 per cent vacancy rate. That number shrank to three per cent a year later and the waitlist has been in place since 2016. Plans are in place to increase the number of beds on campus to 14,000 by 2021. Enough land has been earmarked to increase that number to 17,000 should the need persist. “You do the math on that and we’re hopefully starting to take a piece out of the waitlist,” Parr said. “But there’s a lot more growth that can be done assuming that the demand continues to stay high.” — with files from BIV
relying on transit, presents other challenges. “We hear from our students — they’re going to school here, they’re spending time going to class, studying, going to assignments and having lengthy commutes doesn’t allow them to work on those important things for them,” Ehrenholz said. Parr said three factors are driving UBC’s housing demands: Vancouver’s whitehot housing market, a massive spike in international students — 70 per cent of whom want to live on campus — and the ongoing modernization of the campus itself. UBC’s international student count increased 21.6 per cent to 14,433 between 201415 and 2016-17. Provincial government data shows the number of international students at B.C. post-secondary institutions rose 97.2 per cent to 45,130 between 2008-09 and 2014-15. “UBC has gone from a commuter campus to a vibrant 24/7 community and students want to live here,” Parr said.
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Two animal rights groups have been granted the right to intervene in the Vancouver Aquarium’s lawsuit against the park board. The aquarium launched legal proceedings last spring following the Vancouver Park Board’s bylaw amendment that bans cetaceans from its marine science centre in the future. It’s asking for a judicial review in B.C. Supreme Court, naming the park board and City of Vancouver as respondents, and wants the court to rule that the bylaw amendment is “invalid and of no force and effect.” Late last Friday, the court granted Animal Justice and Zoocheck leave to intervene in the lawsuit. “The aquarium’s freedom of expression claim in this disturbing lawsuit could permanently undermine animal protection laws right across Canada,” said Camille Labchuk, lawyer and executive director of Animal Justice. “Animal Justice and Zoocheck are pleased the court has recognized that our perspective, on behalf of animals, must be heard. We
The Vancouver Aquarium this past spring launched a lawsuit challenging the park board’s bylaw amendment banning it from keeping cetaceans. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
will argue in court to protect whales and dolphins, and other animals across the country, from the suffering they endure in captivity.” The two groups plan to submit to the court that confining cetaceans should not be considered “expression.” On May 9, following two days of special hearings that saw more than 50 speakers, park board commissioners voted unanimously to ban whales and dolphins at the aquarium. At a press conference the next day, John Nightingale, president and CEO, Vancouver Aquarium, said he was “deeply disappointed” by the decision. A few days later, on
May 15, the board went a step further, voting 6-1 to not only uphold a ban on the importation of new cetaceans to city parks but also to strengthen that ban through a bylaw amendment prohibiting performances. The amendment meant that the three cetaceans currently at the aquarium would be allowed to stay at the aquarium but can’t perform for public entertainment. It also prohibits the addition of any more cetaceans. At the time, Nightingale said the ban could mean job losses and restructuring at the aquarium, which hosted 1.2 million visitors last year and planned to phase out some cetacean displays by 2029.
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Many parents were left feeling disappointed after Monday’s provincial budget announcement failed to include any mention of the promised $10-a-day daycare plan. “It was a surprise and a disappointment,” said Sharon Gregson, spokesperson for the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.’s $10-a-day campaign. She added that while it was known that Monday’s announcement was an update and not a full budget announcement, many expected at least some mention of the $10-a-day plan, which was an NDP election campaign promise. The announcement did include an additional $20 million in 2017-2018 for new childcare investments, something that was already in the budget, Gregson said. That money, which will increase provincial funding to $330 million this fiscal year, will support 4,100 new child care spaces. Gregson believes the $10-a-day plan wasn’t included in the budget because the New Democrats and the Green Party could
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Hurricane Harvey brings catastrophic floods to Houston. Crews battle large wildfires near Peachland. Irma takes aim at U.S. — six million Floridians flee home. Mexico is recovering from a deadly 8.1 earthquake. Floods, fires, hurricanes, earthquakes. So much misery around the world. Is this the result of global warming? What if this happened in Vancouver? While Vancouver may not be prone to hurricanes and forest fires, we are certainly susceptible to flooding and earthquakes. A June 2016 story in the Richmond News reported on a review of future flood scenarios by the Fraser Basin Council. It revealed that Richmond and municipalities upstream are extremely vulnerable to flooding as sea levels continue to rise, glacier runoff becomes more pronounced, and the potential for more extreme storms increases. Unless a comprehensive flood management plan is put in place, the council es-
timates a major flood would result in economic losses of $20 to $30 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. It is not just Richmond and the Fraser Valley that are susceptible to flooding. Rising sea levels could threaten many parts of Vancouver. As someone who lives on an island in the Fraser River, I often think about flooding. But since my house was designed and built well above the Flood Construction Level, I don’t expect it to be affected by rising sea levels in my lifetime. However, I do foresee a day when I may not be able to get off my island because neighbouring Southlands will be under water. Given what has been happening in Houston and Florida, this may be a good time for Vancouver residents to consider Benjamin Franklin’s axiom that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A good place to start is the City of Vancouver’s website on how to minimize the dangers of flooding. While the danger of flood-
A “Quake Cottage” was set up at city hall in 2015 to allow people to experience what an earthquake might be like. Columnist Michael Geller would like to see an earthquake simulator exhibit set up at a venue such as Science World.
ing is real, so are the consequences of an earthquake. I have never been in an earthquake but, in 2007, I experienced one in the Earthquake House exhibit at the Museum of New Zealand in Wellington. This display simulates a 6.6-magnitude aftershock from an actual 1987 earthquake. It is frightfully realistic. While you are sitting in a house, it suddenly starts to shake. Pictures start crashing off the walls, furniture tips over, and the
sound of breaking glass is deafening. When the shaking stops, an urgent news bulletin interrupts regular TV programming. New Zealand’s version of Peter Mansbridge appears on screen to report what is happening. Live video reveals the devastation around the city, including collapsed buildings, bridges and a pending tsunami. The exhibit offers visitors a compelling reminder to “quake-safe” their homes. Indeed, when I returned
to Vancouver, I removed heavy, glass-framed pictures from above our beds and prepared an emergency kit. I would urge Vancouver officials to create a similar exhibit in the Vancouver museum or science centre. (In 2015, a “Quake Cottage” earthquake simulator was set up in a parking lot at Vancouver city hall to mark Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada that year. The Insurance Bureau of Canada partnered with Vancouver and other municipalities to have a California company transport it to Metro Vancouver.) Watching the recent flood and fire evacuations on TV, I’m sure I was not the only one wondering how Vancouver would respond in the event of an emergency. Fortunately, Metro Vancouver has undertaken considerable planning in this regard. There is an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), a fortified bunker-like structure in Hastings-Sunrise. You can read about other emergency preparedness measures on Metro Vancouver’s emergency preparedness pages.
The City of Vancouver also has a webpage on preparing for an earthquake and other disasters. It urges every household to prepare an emergency plan so each family member understands what to do if there is an earthquake or other disaster. Households should also have an emergency kit including food, water, and extra clothing, to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours following a major emergency since city services will be affected. I would add: Put some cash in your emergency kit since ATM machines will probably not be working, check insurance policies now, not later, keep slippers under your bed so you don’t have to step on broken glass, and get in the habit of not letting your gas tank get too empty. Due to climate change, hurricanes and major floods are expected to increase in magnitude and frequency. There is a role that community planners must play. But that’s another story for another day. @michaelgeller
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Since it was created eight years ago, Habitat Island has become a popular spot for recreational users, musicians, beavers and beer sippers under the watchful eye of the police. Margot Long (left), one of the creators of the island: “We designed it so that it was quite flexible. We just put the bones in, and that means people can take ownership and use it however they want. If you have a project with really strong bones, it becomes more adaptable to change.” PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET
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You might not notice the island, even though it’s in plain sight. But once you do, it beckons you, whether it’s your first time or your 10th. There’s a path across False Creek that leads you to it, and you can’t help but feel a thrill of discovery. The trees, shrubs, water and dead ends make you feel a sense of privacy, even with condo towers all around. It’s like being in a treetop clubhouse in Vancouver’s urban backyard. Once when I visited, a man in a latex horse mask sprang from the shrubs to scare me. On another evening, a quartet of three guitars and a ukulele sang “Folsom Prison Blues” on the island’s rocky edge. As the sun set, a man in tweed with a tie and his sweetheart in a dress clinked wine glasses. They sat on a picnic blanket in the grass, and brought a basket with a board of charcuterie and cheese. This is Habitat Island. It’s a small thing off Olympic Village, though more of a miniature peninsula than an island. (Then again, Granville Island isn’t an island either, nor is False Creek a creek, so let’s just call it an island for this story.) The island has joined the ranks of other mythic Vancouver landmarks, such as Dude Chilling Park or the East Van Cross. You
might know it better as Beer Island, as the island’s become a favourite secluded spot to enjoy a cold one in the urban outdoors. Eric Ly, 29, lives near the island and likes to drink Pabst Blue Ribbon there; he calls himself a “cheap hipster” for it. Ly moved from Ottawa, home to a patio beer culture. No Beer Islands there. “It feels like one of those last undiscovered spots tucked away in the middle of the city,” said Ly. Sometimes, he’ll even visit for a “super, ultra-rare date with a lady friend.” The island feels organic, from how it looks to how its fame spread by word of mouth and Internet circles. But the island is a new addition to the water, only eight years old. It’s also human-made, which raises the question, how do you make a new island that feels organic and welcoming? “We just put the bones in. Really strong bones,” said one of its creators. The rest is up to the public.
An island is born
Habitat Island was created to be the solution to a problem. When Olympic Village was planned for southeast False Creek on old industrial land, the development was going to gobble up some shoreline. It was industrial wasteland, but the federal Fisheries Act con-
sidered the shoreline a fish habitat, and any fish habitat erased by development had to have a replacement. Mark Adams of Envirowest Consultants, which worked on the redevelopment, came up with the creative response to the regulation: make a new island. It then led to a more ambitious undertaking to repair industrial False Creek’s ecosystem. “One of our big ideas was to bring nature back into the city, back into this very dense urban environment,” said Margot Long, a principal at landscape architecture firm PWL Partnership. The firm designed most of the newest public spaces in southeast False Creek. The creation of Habitat Island took 246 trees, 20,929 shrubs, 3,469 grass plantings and about 60,000 cubic metres of rock, cobble, gravel, sand and boulders. The adjacent Hinge Park was created as a wetland environment to manage rainwater runoff from the neighbourhood. Together, they greened the site that was the former city works yard. A number of wildlife sightings followed. Seals on the island’s western spit. Two beavers setting up a home in the new wetland. Herring spawning in the waters, with an occasional heron looking to snack on them.
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It didn’t take long for people to start inhabiting
the new area in their own way. Six months after the island’s completion, Long spotted something unusual. “There was a woman cutting someone’s hair! On the island!” said Long. Even for someone who helped create the island, creation proved to be surprising. That’s the way it was intended to be. “We designed it so that it was quite flexible,” said Long. “We just put the bones in, and that means people can take ownership and use it however they want. If you have a project with really strong bones, it becomes more adaptable to change.” What Long calls the island’s “sense of discovery” was part of that integral skeleton. “There weren’t supposed to be any trails, as a piece of true habitat compensation, but we knew that people would go on it. It was supposed to be discovered.” So trails were added, and they invited exploration especially because some have dead ends. “As a landscape architect, you’re NEVER supposed to design something with a dead end path,” said Long. “It’s the kiss of death from a security stand point. But that’s what the kids like.” The entryway — a path of rocks people have to hop across to access the island when the tide comes in — is also exciting to discover for kids and adults alike. But
it was even more thrilling in an early iteration with no rocks and a path that vanished at high tide. “But the city flipped,” said Long. “So what if people get wet and have to walk in six inches of water? Big deal!”
Growing pains
The island quickly played host to newcomers and new cultures. Some liked to sit on the island’s logs facing BC Place to listen to concerts. There was a small crowd during Taylor Swift’s last Vancouver visit. Others bring their own music on speakers, sometimes with weed. Not long after the island’s creation, breweries blossomed nearby, homeless and hipsters alike brought drinks to the island and binners followed. I once saw an elderly Cantonese woman in a red fleece and bucket hat collecting empty beer cans from a group of young men. Both parties were happy to see each other. “This is a great spot!” she told me. But the police have also been watching the island. “It’s growing in popularity,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard, a media relations officer with the Vancouver Police Department. Robillard said the VPD has told nearby places that sell liquor to remind people it’s illegal to drink in public. The fine can be up to $230. Messes are also a problem,
to which Nick Martin, a lover of the island in his mid-20s, says it’s too bad that some people go “over the top.” Martin and his friends have a simple philosophy: “Pack out what you pack in.”
Public welcome
“A citizen has a right to plan his environment that is at least as valid as the planner’s right to do it for him.” That’s a quote from “Everyman the Planner,” a master’s thesis by the late architect and planner Jack Long. He is well known in Calgary for championing citizen-driven planning, having lobbied against big road projects and developments in the neighbourhoods of Ramsay and Inglewood, Calgary’s oldest. These are lessons that his daughter, Margot Long, takes to heart in her work. “The public really needs to be involved in anything you’re designing,” she said. “It’s not my design, it’s not our design — it’s the public’s design.” She’s glad that Habitat Island succeeds at being a welcoming public space. “It has a life of its own,” said Long. When you design an inviting place, you never know who might show up. Barbers, beer drinkers and binners have already showed up on the island’s shores. Keep an eye out for new explorers. @bychrischeung
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RIVERFEST A new exhibit at the Fraser River Discovery Centre opens to the public during Riverfest: Inspired by the Fraser on Sept. 23 along the Westminster Quay boardwalk.
The Journey Through the Working River exhibit is described as a“multimillion-dollar, world-class public information and engagement exhibit”that invites visitors to explore the living, working Fraser River through hands-on displays. Riverfest is MetroVancouver’s biggest celebration of the environmental, economic and socio-cultural importance of the Fraser River. RiverFest 2017 will also celebrate the Fraser’s contributions to our country by joining communities coast to coast in commemoration of Canada 150. And of course, no event would be complete without an appearance by the Juno nominated, musical duo Bobs and LoLo. As well, the Exhibitor Expo is back with organizations showcasing
the environmental and cultural significance of the Fraser, its communities and other bodies of water, as well as B.C. nature and wildlife. Other highlights include, the Artisan Market, which has a special emphasis on the Fraser River, the Family Fun Zone — loaded with crafts, games and interactive activities — and gold panning with Yukon Dan. Participants can also learn to drum with Rhythm Resources and take in a performance with Vancouver Puppet Theatre, before jamming out with Bobs and LoLo. And you won’t want to miss the Lucille Johnston Workboat Parade presented by Ledcor, which sees tugboats zip across the water in style. The Fraser River Discovery Centre is at 788 Quayside Dr. in New Westminster.
NATIONAL BALLET AUDITIONS Canada’s National Ballet School’s 2017/2018 audition tour lands in Vancouver Oct. 21. Auditions for the school’s Professional Ballet Program — which offers full-time dance training, academic education and residential care for students in Grades 6 to 12 and full-time dance training for post-secondary students — take the form of a specially designed ballet class where dancers are assessed for quality of movement, coordination and overall suitability for the demands of classical ballet. The minimum age to audition is 10 and no prior ballet training is required for students aged 12 and under. From the more than 1,000 young dancers who audition each year, approximately 175 are chosen to participate in the secondstage assessment, a fourweek summer school held at the NBS’state-of-the-art training facilities in Toronto in July. Registration for open classes and audition dates is now open. Visit nbs-enb.ca for more details.
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You never know when you’re going to run into a good story and this cover of Lifetime is a great example of that. Recently someone told me about a group of South Asian women who meet regularly at South Vancouver Neighbourhood House who quietly give back to this city. They donate knitting to help with fundraising at hospitals and are quick to pull out their wallets when it comes to giving cash to worthy causes, most recently to organizations assisting people displaced by the wildfires burning across the province. The group is just one example of the many in this city who give back with no expectation of reward or even a thank you. I thought that alone was worth a story, but
then, while dropping in on the group, Courier photographer Dan Toulgoet struck up a conversation with someone who told him about a member of the group,
At age 92, Hayre is still a force to be reckoned with... retired farm worker Pritam Kaur Hayre. She, as it turns out, was instrumental in the Farm Workers Union movement in the 1970s and 1980s. Seeing first-hand the appalling treatment many
berry, fruit and vegetable pickers faced at the time, Hayre took it upon herself to get involved and she helped organize rallies, walked picket lines and became a shop steward all in an effort to better the lives of others. At age 92, Hayre is still a force to be reckoned with and still picks berries, but now only to help others. Of course if you simply passed Hayre on the street, you’d have no idea the elderly woman played such an instrumental role in this province’s history, which is exactly why I find her and her story so interesting. I hope you do, too.
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South Asian senior women’s group donates time and money back to local communities The women gathered in the multi-purpose room at South Vancouver Neighbourhood House on a warm and sunny August afternoon are awash in colour. Adorned in beautiful saris and scarves, the more than 50 women gathered create a rainbow effect in vibrant shades of red, green, purple, white, yellow, orange, blue and pink. But as lovely as the women look itÕs not fashion theyÕve gathered on this day to discuss. Instead theyÕre part of the South Asian WomenÕs Wellness Program, which meets at the neighbourhood house every Monday afternoon to discuss the news, both local and from their home countries, take part in a Tai Chi class, socialize, offer peer support and Ñ when the need calls Ñ raise money for worthy causes.
everything from elder abuse to caregivers to scams and fraud.Ó Kalia says the women are generous not only when giving cash donations, but also of their time. A group within the group knits and donates items sold at hospitals and care homes as a way to contribute to that facilityÕs fundraising efforts. The women recently turned their attention to raising money for groups assisting with wild fire relief across B.C.
Speaking through an interpreter, 85-yearold Nachattar Kaur Hundle says sheÕs been volunteering for 35 years at both at Sunset Community Centre and South Vancouver Neighbourhood House. HundleÕs specialty is cooking South Asian favourites, including rice, chick peas and roti (Indian flatbread), for fundraising Seniors Hub council member Ramesh Kalia meals. Like the other women in the group is a volunteer facilitator of the group, which Hundle says she always helped others is run informally out of the neighbourhood back in India, so when she moved to Vancouver in 1978, she simply continued. house, alongside Mohinder Sidhu. ÒItÕs about seniors helping seniors,Ó says Kalia of the group that at full strength includes 72 women. ÒWe talk about
ÒCanada gave us a lot of things,Ó says Hundle. ÒWe are community members now and must give back.Ó
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It was in July 13, 1980 when farm worker Pritam Kaur Hayre was fired from her job picking fruits and vegetables at Sabaloy’s Farm in retaliation for her participation in a march and rally in Clearbrook the day before.
According to a history of the farm workers’ movement in the Fraser Valley of the 1970s and ’80s complied by researchers at Simon Fraser University, the Canadian Farmworkers Union (CFU) had held the protest to demand an end to the farm labour contract system used to hire workers. At the time, contractors who did the hiring were keeping between
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In 1975, at 50 years old, Hayre moved to B.C. from Punjab, India.
“I picked berries for 40 years,” says Hayre. “I couldn’t speak the language, but I was strong. I’d pick 50 flats of raspberries, blue berries, blackberries, strawberries
ÒI couldnÕt speak the language, but I was strong.Ó and cranberries. My brother almost drowned when we were picking cranberries, but I pulled him out of the water.”
Hayre’s husband passed away when she was just 28, so when her son offered to sponsor her to come to Canada she agreed. But her new life in Canada did not go as planned. Hayre says her daughter-in-law wanted her to stay home to look after their children instead of going out to work and, when she refused, she was forced to leave their home. With no money or resources Hayre says there were days she was so hungry she ate raw potatoes from the farms where she worked across the Lower Mainland, including in Abbotsford, Langley, Richmond and Surrey, often 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Hayre became involved in helping to form the union after some young women
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came to her complaining of sexual harassment.
“The young girls said the farmer had no pants,” Hayre said with the help of her two friends and interpreters, who gasped as she told her story. “So I went to see him. He threatened me with a gun, but I said, ‘I’m here and I’m not going away.’” It was then, in 1980, that Hayre became a symbol of strength to dozens of other workers who began to rally around her. Hayre then began her work helping the CFU by attending protests and rallies fighting for minimum wage and basic workers’ rights, including access to clean water and
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daycare. Hayre also helped organize a boycott of one of the farms, blowing a horn to gather the 200 workers to stand up against the owner. Led by Hayre, the farm workers took their case to court and won a cash settlement, which was divided amongst them. Previously the workers were making less than $2 an hour. As Hayre speaks it’s obvious the years of hard work and sorrow have taken their
ÒIf someone comes and needs help, IÕm there,Ó she says. toll. She’s lived in the same basement suite off of Fraser Street for almost 40 years with no TV or phone, but at almost 92 still loves to garden — and pick berries. “Now I pick berries for fun,” she says. “Or if someone needs extra money, I pick berries for them too.”
Hayre is also quick to help worthy causes outside of her community as part of the South Asian Women’s Wellness Program, which meets at South Vancouver Neighbourhood House every Monday. It’s here she keeps up with news from here and India, takes part in Tai Chi classes and socializes with other women over tea. Hayre also attends the nearby Sikh temple. “If someone comes and needs help, I’m there,” she says.
Canadian Farmworkers Union fourth national convention was held at the IWA Hall in New Westminster and attended by 36 delegates April 15, 1984. PHOTO: THE CANADIAN FARMWORKERS UNION COLLECTION
CFU executive member Pritam Kaur Hayre and fellow farmworkers rally at a Canadian FarmworkersÕ Union demonstration protesting the exclusion of farmworkers from health and safety regulations at Robson Square, Vancouver, April 10, 1983. PHOTO: THE CANADIAN FARMWORKERS UNION COLLECTION
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Popular Lifetime Seniors Talks + Tables back at VanDusen Botanical Garden Sept. 20. Free seniors event offers lectures and demos. The Vancouver Courier and St. Paul’s Foundation are partnering to produce the annual Lifetime Seniors Talks + Tables event, which takes place at VanDusen Botanical Garden Sept. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Highlights of the day include Dialogue on Aging — a public presentation series with informative speakers, tables offering information on supports and services, and interesting demonstrations. Check out the schedule below to best plan your day.
SCHEDULE 11:00 A.M. – 2:45 P.M. Visit Health Talk Tables and displays in the Floral Hall.
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Hands Miranda Lee and Jennifer Li, occupational therapists from Holy Family Hospital, Providence Health Care.
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12:15 P.M. Visit Health Talks tables in both the BMO Theatre and Floral Hall.
2:15 P.M. Update from B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie (BMO).
1:00 P.M. Around the World in 365 Days Jo-Ann Tait, director of elder care and palliative care for Providence Health Care.
2:45 P.M. Lifetime Senior Volunteer of the Year will be presented by Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie in the BMO Theatre.
1:45 P.M. Visit Health Talks tables in both the BMO Hall and Floral Hall.
3:00 P.M. Participants can begin to make their way out of the theatre.
Fall 2016 Lifetime cover woman Cathy Brown at last yearÕs event.
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11:30 A.M. Healthy Aging — Living Healthy (BMO) Education consultant Pamela Hamilton.
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As the sun shines through the windows of a common room at Youville Residence on Heather Street, five residents seated around an over-sized drum use sticks to keep time to The Happy Wanderer, a song made popular in the 1950s after the BBC broadcast a version performed by a German children’s choir made up largely of war orphans.
are walkers, bongo drums, maracas (rumba shakers), tambourines and percussion bells, which all are put into use at some point during the afternoon. There are smiles all around as the residents sing and play. This is what music therapy looks like at Youville, a multi-level care facility home to senior residents and older adults needing specialized mental health services operated by Providence Health Care.
ÒI try to achieve non-musical goals using music.Ó
As certified music therapist Lorri Johnson sings the famous lyrics, “A knapsack on my back...,” the residents bang along with what look like traditional drumsticks with hockey pucks attached to the end. Besides Johnson, the group is joined by a care aid who, when needed, jumps up to wipe a nose or return a wayward instrument. Scattered across the room
Johnson says the sessions are about much more than simply playing instruments and singing. “I try to achieve nonmusical goals using music. Those include socialization, self-expression, listening,
The oversized drum used for music therapy at Youville.
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credentialed professionals “use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-being. Music therapists use music safely and ethically to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social, and spiritual domains.”
Lorri Johnson (CENTRE) leads the music therapy program at Youville.
cognitive and physical,” says Johnson, who adds she was heavily influenced by her musical parents. While her
dad played guitar and sang with her and her sisters, it was her mom who taught her how to “sing spontaneously.”
According to the Canadian Association of Music Therapists, music therapy is a discipline in which
But health benefits aside it’s obvious everyone taking part on this day is having fun, including Harold Stubbs who, along with best friend Marlene Stasyk, was banging drums and playing bells. Stasyk says after the 92-yearold Stubbs moved into Youville two years ago, the music sessions encouraged him to socialize.
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“The drum circle really helped English, but sings along with us,” says Johnson. “Music him get to know people,” she says of the former airplane breaks down barriers and music therapy helps people mechanic who is largely with Alzheimer’s, children and non-verbal. “Now we’re all people with like family and head injuries, attend events like Christmas ÒThe drum circle anyone who’s been parties and we really helped traumatized. all dress up in red and white him get to know But my heart always for Canada people...Ó has been with Day. It’s a lot seniors.” of fun.” Johnson says many new residents to Youville insist they can’t sing. What she’s found is that as soon as a resident feels they’re in a safe environment, they happily join in.
Breaking into the much-loved You are my Sunshine, Johnson is quickly joined on the drums by the residents who sing along to the familiar tune. It’s the smiles around the drum that tell the real story.
“We also have a Chinese senior here who doesn’t speak
“We’re definitely like family now,” says Johnson.
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Art The wall in David DennisonÕs room at Brock Fahrni is filled with his artwork. PHOTOS: DAN TOULGOET
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“We’ll meet again, Don’t know where, Don’t know when, But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day...” The crooning of Second World War favourite Vera Lynn wafts softly from the overhead speakers in the Artworks studio at Brock Fahrni Pavilion on Oak Street on a warm August afternoon. The song choice is fitting when you consider the three men sitting around a large arts-and-crafts table are all veterans of the Second World War, including a former Lancaster bomber pilot named Ron Cox who is covering a piece of canvas with blue paint. Cox says once the piece is complete the blue will act as sky and backdrop to the image of a Lancaster plane he intends to paint over it. Across the table from Cox is veteran and retired salesman Alfred Best, who says there was a time he “couldn’t even draw a cat.” The statement is hard to believe considering the beautiful silk scarf adorned with delicate purple flowers that Best is showing off. The scarf is one of more
than 20 the 91-year-old has painted since joining the art therapy program at the longterm care facility that’s home to 148 residents, many of whom are veterans. “The scarf is a gift for Cecilia, one of the caregivers here,” Best says, showing off a handprinted card he also made for his friend. “The greatest satisfaction I get is making someone else happy.” Best moved into Brock Fahrni from his Coal Harbour home two years ago, in January, after suffering a heart attack and several strokes. It wasn’t long afterwards he joined the art
program and discovered his hidden talent. “I had to give up singing so this is my consolation,” says Best, whose wife died 12 years ago after 60 years of marriage. “I used to play the violin and was music director of a church choir so I miss it. But that’s OK; I’m a positive thinker.” Like most activities offered at Brock Fahrni, which falls under the umbrella of Providence Healthcare, the art program is supported by several veterans associations, including Veterans Affairs Canada, the Royal Canadian Legion and Army Navy Air Force Veterans in Canada. Arts and crafts instructor Paddi McGrath says the art program, which started during the Second World War, is a great way to draw residents out of their shell and encourage them to socialize. For those who can’t leave their room, art therapy staff members go to them with supplies and instruction. Once a week, an instructor wheels the “Art Cart” around the entire facility encouraging residents who aren’t already involved in the program to try their hand at something artistic.
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THERAPY After moving to Brock Fahrni Alfred Best discovered he had a talent for painting.
“Sometimes you find someone who is isolated,” says McGrath. “Art is a way to get them socializing. We focus on veterans, but the workshops are for everyone.” Irving Bakerman, 94, who had recently been confined to his bed due to a health issue, says his art is “getting
there.” But the swing table across Bakerman’s bed is chock full of art supplies so they’re available to him at any time, demonstrating his interest is more than passing. The charming senior and former wholesale clothing salesman says he enjoys the reception he gets when presenting someone
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“I love the gracious comments,” says Bakerman, with a grin. “Every day when I go downstairs I couldn’t look forward to it more. Who knows, I might be discovered one day yet.”
“At first they gave me books, but I wasn’t too keen,” says Dennison, showing off a realistic painting of his son and daughter-in-law he was in the midst of completing. “I’m grateful for these departments or I’d go crazy.” Meanwhile, McGrath calls what she does her “dream job.” “I once read poetry to a man as he was passing,” says McGrath. “It was poetry he wrote himself so it was very special.”
David Dennison shows off a recent portrait he painted of his son and wife.
David Dennison also paints from his bed, but even under a blanket it’s easy to see the strapping young man he was. Paintings and drawings on his wall depict Dennison’s favourite subjects, scenes from the Old West and the arctic, including many of wolves. After retiring from the Air Force in 1992, Dennison taught at a remote school for boys in northern B.C. where he learned to hunt and fish, not paint and draw.
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Ancient sake breweries offer tours and tastings Standing on an ancient cobbled street in Saijo, a neighbourhood of Higashihiroshima, Japan, I was astounded to discover the area dates back to the fifth century.
the fact sake brewing began in Saijo in 1675, at a time when the area, then known as Saijo Yokkaichi, was already a prosperous resort town — and Canada, not so much.
I had just flown to Japan from Vancouver, Canada, where plans were in full swing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation, which we all thought was a pretty big deal. Adding to my amazement was
I was visiting Japan as part of a group of eight writers from across the globe. Seven were experts in sake — and then there was me. But what I quickly discovered was that besides not knowing a lot of
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technical terms, it was still very easy to admire and appreciate the time, attention to detail, history, culture and quality that goes into almost every bottle produced in Japan, at least in the breweries we had the honour to visit. Honour makes up a large part of Japanese culture, so creating a quality product is extremely important to the master brewers we had the opportunity to meet. And after learning just what goes into making a really great
knowledgable guide Etsuko Nakamura, tour leader and CEO of Sake Brewery Tours. Nakamura is an advanced sake professional certified by the Sake Education Council, a government certified bilingual sake, I was also surprised to English guide and a Sake find out how affordable it Samurai. Fearing pride for is in Japan — I bought gold the traditional beverage was award-winning sake for about being lost, the Japan Sake $15 CDN and other really good Brewers Association Junior bottles for about $10. Council created Sake Samurai, a group made up of members Feeling somewhat out of my who share a love of the drink league to begin with, I was and the desire to nurture, happy to depend on our very
restore its pride and spread sake culture not only at home, but also around the world. In plain speak, Nakamur is more than qualified in helping newcomers feel like they know what they’re doing. However, I have to admit it took me a couple of days to figure out the rest of my group was spitting out all of their sake during our numerous tastings — oops. Saijo, known as the “City of Sake,” is now home to
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numerous breweries, some dedicated to traditional methods of production and others which have embraced new technology. Each brewery makes its own original sake and many of them are included on a self-guided tasting tour that starts just a few minutes walk from the JR Saijo train. Make sure you stop by the tourist information office near the station to pick up a walking map of the tour — the maps are available in English. Guides are also available to assist with tours and offer information on everything from the history and making of sake to information on Saijo itself. These guided tours are free on the 10th day of each month. Due to the quality of the local water used to make sake, water tasting tours are
also a popular pastime in Saijo. And while the tastings are free, I happily picked up inexpensive bottles of sake and small souvenirs, including some beautifully handcrafted sake soap, to show my appreciation. Saijo is a beautiful town so steeped in history you can also spend a day there visiting ancient temples and shrines without drinking a drop of alcohol.
Some of the breweries included on the tour, include: KAMOTSURU SAKE BREWING COMPANY kamotsuru.jp Kamotsuru was the sake of choice for feudal lords who stayed in Saijo in the Edo period (1604-1868). Beginning in 1970, the brewery began a winning streak of 18 gold medals at the National New Sake Competition. Visitors can
Telltale silos mark the sake district of Saijo.
also see how sake is brewed and taste a variety of sakes.
Street designs mark the sake brewery tour path in Saijo, Japan.
FUKUBIJIN fukubijin.co.jp Known as a “feminine” sake, this beverage is famous for its deep flavours and clean finish. KAMOIZUMI kamoizumi.co.jp Founded in 1912, Kamiozumi has focused its efforts on brewing a product true to the origins of sake flavor, even during the 1960s when it became popular to add large amounts of grain alcohol to make a version called “sanzoushu.” In 1971, Kamoizumi became famous across Japan for producing a junmai ginjo grade sake using rice milled down to 60 per cent, which
was unheard of in those days. Toji Yukio Masuda, a consummate journeyman of junmai-shu brewing, is well respected as the oldest living active master brewer in Hiroshima. Kamoizumi sake has a slightly golden colour, thanks to a lack of carbon filtering, an omission that also helps to retain a rich and mellow flavor. KIREI SHUZOU CO. The brewery was named Kirei, which refers to the old age
of a turtle, because sake has long been believed to have medicinal properties. The name was chosen to suggest that those who drink Kirei sake might live as long as a turtle. This brewery is rich in tradition and was the first to be awarded an honorary award in the National Seishu (sake) Competition. For more information, visit saketours.com.
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Want to meet new people in this city? Check out a Legion. What’s better than a luau at a Legion? A meat draw at a luau at a Legion — the Billy Bishop/ Kerrisdale Legion on Kits Point to be exact. Before visiting the Billy on the B.C. Day long weekend, it had been a while
since my husband and I had been to any Royal Canadian Legion. We used to visit the Maple Ridge branch annually on Remembrance Day with my husband’s dad, but with his passing several
years ago we gave up that ritual. We also used to visit the Billy for fun, but since we moved to the most south-east corner of the city it’s just too far for us to drop in for a beer — or meat draw.
But when we got an invitation from friends to join them at the annual Hawaiian luau at the Billy on the long weekend, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. For some background, the Kerrisdale Legion closed earlier this year and its members and board of directors recently transferred to create a new joint operation,
the Billy Bishop/Kerrisdale Legion, but still fondly known as the Billy. Dressed in our finest alohawear, we made our way to the Legion ahead of the 4:30 p.m. meat draw, which allowed me an opportunity to observe the couples, single women, single men and even a family with a toddler as they wandered into the outdoor patio of the Legion. Who knew the Billy had a patio? And did I mention the drinks are cheap?
really enjoyed how much everyone had gotten into the spirit of the day and dressed the part. We would have made Don Ho proud.
And when it came time to eat, everyone lined up politely with not a soul attempting to cut in line, which is pretty much unheard of these days. Prior to the luau feast, which included a whole pig roasted on a spit on in an oversized barbecue, a group of Polynesian-style dancers from Vancouver-based Wailele And while much of the crowd Wai Wai entertained us with was made up of baby boomers hula performed by both men and seniors, there were and women. Following their enough younger, hipster types performances we all happily meandering in to show that one contributed to a tip bucket of Vancouver’s best-kept secrets after hearing the dancers had is slowing being leaked to the volunteered their time to masses. I mean if a bearded perform for us. I mean, who hipster dressed like a Hawaiian does that? tourist from the 1950s taking part in a meat draw at a vintage Our afternoon at the Billy was a reminder there are still Legion isn’t the epitome of friendly folks left in this city ironic, I don’t know what is. who know how to have a good But they were having fun — time and not take themselves and so were we. Everyone was too seriously. You don’t need so friendly it reminded me, to buy a membership to visit sadly, that oftentimes in this the Billy, though we would city of glass many folks aren’t have if we lived a little closer. exactly the most welcoming. Instead we signed in at the bar And after a couple of people and that was it — as the sign asked us our names, we just out front says, “Everyone is became part of the pack. I also welcome.”
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population and that on the whole are less accessible than we reported in 2015. All of this is compounded by the documented increasing complexity of care needs within the home support population over the past two years.
This report demonstrates that we can be doing more to support unpaid caregivers. There are many steps that we need to take to address the growing trend of caregiver distress. The recommendations identified in this report offer a focused starting point for the critical work that lies ahead.
On behalf of my office and the continuing work that we conduct, I would like to thank all those who provided data and assisted with the development of this report. Most importantly, I want to personally thank all the wives, husbands, sons, daughters, assorted other family members and friends and neighbours who are caring for a loved one. Your sacrifices are acknowledged and appreciated; I am confident there is a commitment to supporting you as a caregiver, and I hope you can find more relief in the future.
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Caregivers in Distress: A Growing Problem The report, Caregivers in Distress: A Growing Problem, is an update to a 2015 report that indicated 29 per cent of unpaid caregivers are experiencing symptoms of distress such as anger, depression or feelings of not being able to continue with their care-giving duties. Data highlighted in the current report indicate rates of distress have increased by seven to 31 per cent. Mackenzie says there are approximately one million unpaid caregivers in the province whose paid value is estimated to be $3.5 billion. ÒThe importance of maximizing supports canÕt be underestimated when we consider costly alternatives such as residential care or hospital stays.Ó The report focuses on the caregivers of individuals receiving publicly subsidized home support in the province, as this is the only sub-set of the care-giving community where measurable data using detailed health care assessments are available. This report also relies on data that tracks key support services such as adult day programs, which provide regular programming and relief to caregivers, respite in residential care
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Deanetra Ford, Mark’s denim expert, and Nick Del Giudice, assistant vice-president of operations, introduced Mark’s new look, which includes an extensive selection of denim and a revamped store interior.
Vancouver-based artist David Wilson applies photographic filters commonly found on our smart phones in his latest collection of work. Interrupting the Interface is on display at the Kimoto Gallery until the end of September.
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Party chairs Taylor Scholz, Yongku Jung and Will Konantz dropped their pants to help raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men, affecting one in seven Canadian men in their lifetime.
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Inaugural Albatross Festival takes flight at Hastings Racecourse Mayor’s former girlfriend Wanting Qu will perform songs from upcoming album about love and loss John Kurucz
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Iron Maiden and seafaring folk the world over have used the albatross as a metaphor for any number of different reasons. Sammy Wei has now joined that exclusive list and is using the large migratory bird to dream big. Wei is one of the principal organizers of the upcoming Albatross Music Festival, which runs Sept. 14 and 15 at Hastings Racecourse. Aimed primarily at AsianCanadians and international students, the albatross was chosen as a linkage between the West Coast of North America and South Asia. “I think the albatross is a lot like us, whatever generation immigrant that we are,” said Wei, who splits time between Shanghai and Vancouver. Wei is the founder and CEO of larger team called MUBI Entertainment Management Group, which works in the field of event
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Clockwise from left: Wanting Qu, Nair Band and Elise Estrada perform at the Albatross Festival, Sept. 14 and 15 at Hastings Racecourse.
immigrants and there are a lot of people in Vancouver who are very cultural and love getting to know about different music,” Wei said. “[Korean pop] is growing, Chinese pop is growing
and they’re becoming more trendy. I’m hoping that people come back to this part of themselves.” Outside of Vancouver being her adopted home turf, it’s that sentiment that drew
Qu to the gig as well. Having never played a festival in Vancouver previously, Qu will tailor her set appropriately: a bit of upbeat, mixed with a bit of ballad. “It’s very engaging,
because I like to tell stories while I’m on stage,” she told the Courier. “But outdoors are different than theatres so I would say you can expect energy on stage but also moments where it’s very emotional.” Emotion is central to all music, but perhaps more so on Qu’s upcoming third album, which is slated for release this fall. Entitled “LLL,” short for Love, Loss, Latitude, the album is described as a blend of rock, electronic and singer-songwriter. Qu was romantically linked to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson from 2015 until May of this year. “It starts with when you’re in love and you’re passionate and crazy,” Qu said of the album’s inspiration. “It’s like a cycle — falling in love, falling out of love, having love in your life and then not having love in your life.” @JohnKurucz Tickets for the Albatross Festival are available online at albatrossfest.com.
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The ocean’s unpredictability provided favourable conditions for the creative minds selected for Access Gallery’s travelling artist residency. Four emergent artists, part of the project titled
“Twenty-Three Days at Sea, Chapter Two,” sailed one at a time over the last 12 months across the Pacific from Vancouver to Shanghai on a container ship. The artist residencies were hosted by Access Gallery in partnership with the Burrard Arts Foundation and Contemporary Art Gallery. The lineup of the second version (Chapter One took
place in 2015) included Vancouver artist Michael Drebert whose practice involved tossing clam shells he collected from local beaches overboard the ship off the coast of Japan. Before his residency, Drebert, a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, learned the common purple varnish clams he found on local beaches
are not in fact native to B.C. waters. The nuttalia obscurata clam arrived in Vancouver accidentally, transported in the ballast water of container ships traveling from Asia (it is not considered to be invasive because it is not known to threaten local organisms). Drebert, a gatherer inspired by a curiosity of the natural world, decided
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piece called “Borrowed Time,” which examines the role of music aboard the ship, Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist Lili Huston-Herterich recreated the form of a wooden screen that was used to separate dining from leisure spaces in the ship’s mess hall as well as to divide areas between the Filipino crew and the French officers. HustonHerterich’s screen was made from cotton T-shirts that were used as grease rags to lubricate the ship’s engine room. Sikarnt Skoolisariyaporn, an artist based in London, UK and Bangkok, Thailand, also produced two intertwining pieces. One, a performance titled “Object without Shadow,” examines the notion of ghosts in her Thai-Chinese culture; and the other, a single-channel video called “Unexploded Ordnance,” inspired by the repetitive surroundings of the ship.
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sea in cargo ship Perhaps the most publicized artist of the exhibition is London-based artist Rebecca Moss whose September 2016 voyage on the Hanjin Geneva was unexpectedly extended because the shipping company filed for receivership. Going bankrupt meant ports were closed off to the hundred Hanjin ships that had no other option other than to drop anchor and wait for instruction. Since Moss’s artistic practice surrounds itself with the comedic and absurd, she included the experience of being thrown into the role of the human face of the economic shipping disaster. In her video “International Waters,” she looked at the absurdities within the global shipping industry, and included a visual of a satellite email exchange she had with somebody concerned about their shipment of frozen French fries. After Moss reassured the person the fries were being kept cold, she received this response: “OK, thanks for replying! I hope you
hear news soon. This is an incredible story and you’re getting a unique view on globalization.” Moss and her fellow slowtravel passengers disembarked in Tokyo two days after the ship was scheduled to dock in Shanghai. While the traveling residency was born out of necessity, the unpredictability that occurs in a predictable seascape of an ocean horizon was something that fascinated Access Gallery curator Kimberly Philips. The plan came about when Philips, working within the financial constraints that plague most small, artist-run galleries, realized hosting a residency in a traditional studio was out of the question with the city’s costly rents. So she started researching shipping companies that took on travellers (known in the industry as super cargo). While the ships used for Chapter Two residency were from different companies, they are operated through a German management company, NSB Reiseboro.
“We can’t host artists on terra firma so what else can we do? We can send them off to sea,” she said. The exhibition’s end next month also marks the end of the container ship residency project. After four years, Philips has moved from Access to her new curator role at CAG, but she hopes “Twenty-Three Days at Sea” will live on in the form of a tour with the works from both residencies. @rebeccablissett 1. Artist Michael Drebert said being aboard a container ship was an experience he won’t soon forget. “You don’t get that sort of time — ever. Even when you go on vacation. It was a completely bizarre period of time for me where I could do whatever I wanted with very little distraction. That was a real gift.” 2. Access Gallery’s opening night for the “Twenty-Three Days at Sea, Chapter Two” artist residency project was Friday. The publicly funded gallery relied on a Kickstarter campaign to get the unconventional residency off the ground in 2015. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT
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Groundskeeper Willie or Carl Spackler, he most certainly ain’t. No, Ross Baron actually knows what he’s doing in the world of grass and turf, so much so that the 31-yearold was named recently as the Sports Turf Manager of the Year for the Northwest League, in which his employer, the Vancouver Canadians, play ball. The nod represents a franchise first for the Canadians. Baron, the head groundskeeper for the C’s, received the news last week in a somewhat backwards fashion. General manager JC Fraser summoned him to the dugout for a private tete-atete and, soon enough, team president Andy Dunn was on speaker phone. Dunn pressed the Gibsons native on why he was getting so many texts and emails about the playing field. Baron sensed trouble. “I was really started to wrack my brain about what I had done wrong,” he said. “I was about to get fired up there and go on the defen-
sive. They really caught me off guard when they told me what the whole thing was about.” Alongside a team of three others, Baron is tasked with the upkeep, maintenance and preservation of the playing surface at Nat Bailey Stadium. His days are filled with watering, mowing, seeding and monitoring the skies. Vancouver’s erratic weather patterns can demand 16-hour work days — as the temperature and moisture change, so too, does the to-do list. “It’s non-stop,” Baron said. “Being organized is key because the weather can be quite dramatic and change on a dime. This spring was a real challenge with how much rain we had in April and May. Drainage is a huge issue and something that you have to continuously work on.” Baron landed at Nat Bailey in mid-February after a threeyear stint working as a field manager with the City of Kelowna. His arrival coincided with the need for significant renovation work across the ball park. The biggest jobs on the list were to improve
drainage and the evenness of the playing surface to ensure the ball would roll true. He brought in 600 tons of sand, ripped out all of the infield and foul territory and created channels to better filter water out of the outfield. A life-long baseball and golf guy, Baron specialized in the finer points of fields as a means to stay around sport while also earning a paycheque. He graduated from the University of Guelph with an associate diploma in turf grass management and landed a full-season internship with Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals in 2012. “Having that experience in Washington was a real eye opener,” Baron said. “I love being around the game and I love being around the guys. It’s such a unique situation to work in, being able to come to the ball park every day to work. The energy you get from the players, the game and the staff is very invigorating.” Note: As of press time, the Canadians were looking to win their fourth Northwest League Championship. Results were not available.
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Canada is wildlife central, and British Columbia arguably has the most diverse species on offer, from green herons and grizzly bears to orcas and trumpeter swans. Fall is a wonderful time to watch wildlife because it’s not too hot, the aspens have just started accenting the evergreen forest with yellow and gold, and the air takes on an inviting crispness. Just be sure to keep your distance from wildlife — 30 m (98 ft) minimum, and even further, at least 100 m (328 ft), from predators such as bears. Go wildlife watching early or at dusk when animals are the most active. Here are some of the top spots to see BC’s incredible critters. GRIZZLIES on the Coast of the Great Bear Rainforest Autumn is peak grizzly season on the wild west coast, and fly-in Knight Inlet Lodge is a great place to see them. The Glendale Cove
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see all five Pacific salmon species, too, on the 1,375-km (850-mi)-long waterway. If you’ve never seen the battered, crimson-hued fish fighting their way upstream, especially when they get to the shallow northern streams at the end, it’s a stirring sight. And of course, the spent carcasses attract hungry bears, eagles, and gulls by the thousands. If you want to learn more, visit one of the hatcheries near Vancouver: Chilliwack River Hatchery, Abbotsford’s Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery (which also has steelhead and cutthroat), or the Capilano Salmon Hatchery in North Vancouver.
SALMON in the Fraser River, near Vancouver The story is iconic: wild salmon begin the arduous journey from the ocean back to where they were born, to spawn at the main stem of the Fraser River each year from late September to early November. It’s one of the planet’s largest salmon runs. You can
BIGHORN SHEEP in Radium Hot Springs, Kootenay National Park You can see bighorn sheep in spring and summer in the Kootenay Rockies at Radium Hot Springs, but the real drama unfolds in fall: rutting season, October into November. That’s when the rams of the 140-strong herd convene
in town and start clashing, literally, for hours at a time in competition to win female attention. The 300-lb (140 kg) bachelors taunt, kick, and then charge each other at 35 kph (22 mph), rising on their hind legs to bash each other’s 30-lb (14-kg) horns with incredible force. The sound? Like a sledgehammer—so loud you can hear the crack a mile away. In early November, there’s a two-day Headbanger Festival with tours and seminars showcasing the annual event. After the show, soak in Canada’s largest natural mineral hot springs. MOOSE in Prince George, Northern BC Moose? You’ll want to head to Prince George, home to the highest density of these hooved giants in North America. In fact, 70% of the province’s moose live in Northern BC. Grown
bulls with impressive sets of velvety antlers stand some 6.5-ft (2-m) tall and might weigh 1,100 lbs (500 kg). Late fall is rutting season when the usually solitary ungulates gather in groups of eight to 10 and lock horns. Listen for the cows’ loud, moaning call designed to lure a mate, and take care because moose can be aggressive at this time of year. Look for moose in clearings and valleys; they prefer open spaces with plenty of shrubs and brush to munch on and marshy areas surrounding lakes, and are easiest to find in the early morning. Try either Highway 97 from Pine Pass to Old Friend Creek or Highway 16 from Prince George to Valemount in the southern Rocky Mountain Trench. Another option is canoeing the Crooked River just north of town or in Bowron Lake Provincial Park.
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This is your last week of work, boredom, drudgery and “everyday” health concerns, Aries. At least generally — for the following weeks (to Oct. 22) still tie you to a project, invention or task that for some reason is important to your life. On the plus side, you’ll enjoy your work, and co-workers will be affectionate, to mid-Oct. You might buy machinery, but don’t do so this present week. Sunday’s romantic — you could fall in, or inspire, love!
Continue to lie low, rest and contemplate, Libra. Think over your past, and plan adjustments to your path forward, if necessary. Charity, mercy, spirituality are important. To some degree, your “sequestration” will end late this week, as a gush of energy and newly-polished charisma makes you bounce up and engage life. (With the Moon, Wed. to Fri.; with the Sun, Friday to late Oct.) But the concerns you studied the last few weeks, and will see again this Tues./Wed., don’t go away quickly.
Beauty, pleasure, romance continue, Taurus. Normally this would be your last week of these, but several planets will carry you on a loving wave right into late Oct. The only problem with this wave is that it also seems to contain some secret or hold-back for you. If so, be honest — this will keep you from trouble. If you are hiding something, confess it to your loved one: he/she will forgive, love you more. Perhaps because it will provide an innocent, true explanation for recent behaviour.
Talk about overlaps, Scorpio. A new, quiet month begins on Friday – you’ll feel it as early as Wed./ Thurs. And though a month of social delights, optimism, happiness and flirtations ends Fri., three planets extend the same influence (though reduced) as far as Oct. 22. During this month ahead, you will be a bit tired, solitary and contemplative. Your best social life will consist of co-workers and dependents — and, perhaps, a special Taurus person.
The broad emphasis on home, family, nurturing, rest and recuperation ends Fri., when a month of very significant romance (etc.) begins. However, strong streaks of “down home” influence continue right into Oct. 22. Until then, DO NOT start living with someone, nor move into a new abode. (Unless you enjoy fighting.) On the plus side, your home and family will be sweet mid-week to mid-Oct. Friction might also arise, but it will hold hands with optimism.
The broad thrust of your “career month” subsides after Fri., when a month of social joys, popularity and happiness will begin. So your urge to climb the ladder, to outshine and perform, lessens late week; but career and/or prestige/ status events continue, right into Oct. 22. You might have stirred up quite a storm, which is about to go on with or without your permission! My advice: be gentle with bosses, etc., as they remain impatient for another month; but also look for creative ways to enhance your career.
This is your last week of being overwhelmed with errands, small chores, paperwork, communications, trips, visits, appointments, etc. (However, these won’t “disappear”. Until Oct. 22, other factors keep the merry-goround spinning. On the plus side, communications and paperwork are necessary, now, to boost your career or worldly status, reputation.) The present week isn’t easy, so step ahead nimbly, and keep your sense of humour. Chase money Sunday to 10 p.m. (hold a garage sale?).
Sunday holds secrets — and valuable gleanings for those who search, dig and investigate. This day also smooths the rails of friendship, even of intimate embraces. You might profitably invest, especially in food or shelter zones (e.g., real estate). To succeed, act before 6 p.m. PDT. Late this night, through Tuesday, a mellow, wise mood steals over you. However, don’t buy travel tickets, apply for school, or start any legal, intellectual, cultural or publishing project until Tuesday p.m.
The general emphasis lies on money, earnings, buying/selling, possessions, memory and rote learning – and sensual attractions/affairs with the kind of persons who you know, from the outset, won’t fascinate you for long. These currents are doubly emphasized late Sun. night through Tues. Friday ends this general trend, but three planets extend it, ultimately to Oct. 22. DON’T marry that sensual attraction before Oct. 22 — after this, you’ll lose the urge — if not, you can proceed.
You remain surrounded by mysteries, treasure chests, financial opportunities, sexual lures, and, if you look for them, deep and valuable answers. The broad “push” behind these — the Sun — leaves the field Fri. But three planets are just starting to get going, in the same zones (mysteries, finances, etc.) — and will keep these themes alive until Oct. 22. Some of this will be “just talk” but there will also be opportunities, especially the first two weeks of Oct.
Your energy, effectiveness and charisma continue high. Friday will start a month of changed focus, to earnings, possessions, buying and selling. You are very lucky in this money-related zone until Oct. 10, so be ready to act quickly (Fri. onward). Your energy will quietly abate in the month ahead, but your magnetism and interest in sex will remain intense until Oct. 22. A very physical affair is quite possible. Your investment urges also rise, same period.
Your broad urge to relate, to form partnerships (or to attack an enemy) dies off late this week, but many relationship events will still occur, right into Oct. 22. These events will involve money (an earnings partnership?), sexual attraction, agreements, negotiation or litigation, or communications. You might have met someone last year (2016) or this one, that could veer toward a wedding after Oct. (More on that in a month or so.) Plunge into chores Sunday — you’ll whip through them quickly, easily.
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ing five bedrooms, six bathrooms and lovely red oak flooring, staircase and cabinetry. This state-ofthe-art home was snapped up for $6,418,000, which is $420K higher than the $5,998,000 list price, after nine days on the market. The priciest townhouse, duplex or row home sale of that week was an unusual raised townhouse in Yaletown’s Marinaside area, with False Creek views, three outside spaces and a private entrance off the luxury building’s elevated courtyard. It sold for $2,950,000, $58K above asking, after being on the market for exactly a week. Vancouver’s mostexpensive condo sale Aug. 21 to 27 was an ultraluxury, 50th-floor unit in the controversial Trump Tower in Coal Harbour. This undeniably stunning home took 79 days to shift, selling for under its $3,928,000 listing price at $3,560,000. Joannah Connolly is the editor of REW.ca.
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In an August that turned out to be much busier for Greater Vancouver homes sales than anyone had anticipated, transactions in Vancouver proper during the last full week of the month remained robust, despite back-to-school distractions. There were slightly fewer detached home sales within the city limits during August 21 to 27 (registered as of September 7) compared with the week before, but this was largely offset by a rise in condo sales. Townhomes, row homes and duplexes — always a small fragment of the Vancouver market — totalled just nine sales, the same as the previous week. With overall sales activity stronger than expected, and listings still very low, the market seemed to start snapping up properties more quickly. The median days on market for all
This 50th-floor condo in Trump Tower was the priciest condo sale in Vancouver the week of August 21 to 27. It sold under its $3.928 million listing price after 79 days on the market. PHOTO PANSY CHEN, RE/MAX CREST REALTY
property types declined for the first time this summer, having been climbing steadily for many weeks. Median listing prices for detached homes on the market as of Sept. 7 increased slightly from the week before, now just $2 away from the $3 million mark. However, the me-
dian price of townhouses and other attached houses currently listed fell slightly to $1,399,450. The median price of a listed Vancouver condo, having recently reached an astounding $977,000, also fell somewhat to just below a still-high $950K as of Sept. 7. Between the two
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Automotive BRAKING NEWS
Rise in gasoline prices expected after hurricanes Brendan McAleer
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note to Canadians, is that a glut of flood-damaged vehicles on the market may be too much temptation for less scrupulous types. Most of the time, a flooddamaged vehicle should go straight to the scrapper,
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