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Mike Howell

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Earlier this month, the Native American Journalists Association created what it called “a new tool” for newsrooms covering Indigenous communities.

That tool is a bingo card.

Say what?

Indulge me here as I explain what is behind the association’s purpose, which is very much applicable to Canada, particularly Vancouver and the rest of the region. Yes, the bingo card is a real thing. It’s not, however, filled with numbers, but clichés and stereotypes of Indigenous people.

Bingo squares include words such as poverty, addiction, drugs, alcohol and suicide. “Vanishing culture” and “dying language” also appear on the board, as do “poor education” and “broken families.” If a reporter has one of these words or phrases in his or her copy, that reporter has to mark that square.

You probably know where this is going — yes, the more squares a reporter fills, the better chance the reporter

scores a bingo. And, according to the association, if a reporter scores a bingo, “consider killing your story and contact a consultant at the Native American Journalists Association for advice on ways to improve your storytelling in Indigenous communities.”

Here’s a quote I found in a release from the association. It can be attributed to Tristan Ashone, the association’s vice president.

“Because news organizations often refuse to commit time, energy or resources to covering Indigenous communities in real or meaningful ways, coverage is often shallow and formulaic. The bingo board is designed to draw attention to stereotypes and cultural bias reporters employ when framing their stories. It’s the responsibility of journalists to combat clichés in order to ensure that information is accurate, fair and thorough.”

I tell you all this because I’m about to score a bingo with the sentences I’m going to write to finish this piece.

Such a “win,” though, is unavoidable when discussing the

The Native American Journalist Association created a bingo card to help media covering Indigenous communities.

topic of homelessness among Indigenous people in Vancouver and across the region.

Last week, the Metro Vancouver regional agency released a report on the 2017 homeless count that specifically pulled data on Aboriginal peoples. The news is not good. It never has been good in the couple of decades that I’ve followed this topic — Aboriginal peoples account for one-third (34 per cent) of the homeless in the region, despite representing only 2.5 per cent of the population.

It’s the highest proportion ever recorded.

In real numbers, that’s 746 people out of 3,605 counted across the region over one 24hour period in March.

But those numbers are conservative, as the report’s authors concluded: “One can speculate that the actual number of Aboriginal peoples who are homeless or at risk of being homeless is extreme and much higher than actually reported.”

The reasons for homelessness include poverty, addiction, broken families, poor education, intergenerational trauma related to colonization and the residential school system, unemployment, racism — bingo! — and a lack of housing, where tenants have access to health care and counselling.

Year after year, the story never changes. When the percentage of homeless people counted on the street was 30 per cent in 2013, I got Patrick Stewart’s reaction to the numbers. At the time, he was chairperson of the Aboriginal Homelessness Steering Committee.

He was troubled by the numbers then. That concern hasn’t diminished in 2017.

“Those numbers are people, and we’ve got to be able to house them,” said Stewart, an architect and chairperson of the provincial Aboriginal Homelessness Committee, who continues to implore all three levels of government to build and enable more housing. “We need more safe, affordable housing, we need social housing, we need a federal government that has the political will to put the National Housing Act back on the table.”

I mentioned the bingo card and he agreed the media focuses too much on negative stories about Indigenous people. But, he said, stories that shine the light on homelessness have to be told because the crisis needs attention.

It’s just, he added, that this can’t be the only story told about Aboriginal peoples. Reporters have to look beyond the doom and gloom so often associated to the community. He’s right, and I heard that loud

and clear while reporting and writing a series I did last year called “Truth and Transformation.”

I like to think, said the white guy, there was some good news in there — the Metis high school valedictorian going to college, the VPD officer from the Namgis First Nation sharing his challenging upbringing to recruits, the Musqueam “knowledge keeper” educating students about the ways of Coast Salish people, the three elders who continue to inspire and lead in their communities.

It’s was refreshing to write these stories.

But today, as the homeless statistics revealed, the news is not good. Tomorrow, Stewart hopes it gets better.

“You can’t focus on all the bad news all the time but, for media, it seems like good news doesn’t sell,” he said as we wrapped up our conversation. “It would be nice to have balance.

There’s lots of good stories out there, too.”

That bingo card, it appears, is a work in progress.

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News Polygon signs on for massive Musqueam development near UBC Mike Howell

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The Musqueam Indian Band has chosen Polygon as the developer for the first phase of a massive residential development that will spread over more than 21 acres of its own land near the University of British Columbia.

The band announced Sept. 28 that Polygon will work alongside the band’s economic development arm — the Musqueam Capital Corporation — which will oversee the project and be responsible for building roads, services and parks.

The development, which includes four 18-storey highrises, several rows of townhouses and mid-rise apartment buildings, has also been given a name — Lelem, which means home in the Musqueam language.

The band’s choice of Polygon was based on its “leadership in design and development across all of their projects,” said Chief

Wayne Sparrow in a news release. The band has said Musqueam history and art will be featured in the development.

Polygon’s chairman, Michael Audain, has a strong connection to First Nations and he features many works of artists in his art gallery in Whistler.

Audain was also behind the commissioning of the “reconciliation pole” at UBC, which was carved

by Haida artist James Hart and his apprentices.

The pole was raised in April on the main mall of the campus.

As the Courier reported earlier this year, the band made history in February in breaking ground on the project. That’s because it was the first time in the histories of the city and University Endowment Lands that a First Nation was behind a major development on its own land in Vancouver.

The provincial government gave the project the green light last fall after an extensive process that

included public meetings.

Vancouver city council did not have a say in the project because the endowment lands are the jurisdiction of the provincial government.

The land, which runs along University Boulevard and is bounded by Acadia Road, Toronto Road and Ortona Avenue, was returned to the band in 2008 by the provincial government as part of a reconciliation package.

The nearby University Golf Course lands and the land on which the River Rock Casino was built in Richmond were included in the deal.

The housing planned for the development will create space for an estimated 2,500 residents, who will have access to a community centre, child care facility, a grocery store, restaurants, a public plaza, a large park and wetlands area. “Affordable workforce housing” and a mix of rental units will also be built into the project. @Howellings

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Bremner is vice-president of public affairs for the Pace Group, a communications and media relations firm based in Gastown. The 36-year-old ran for the B.C. Liberals in New Westminster in 2013 and is a former assistant to then-housing minister Rich Coleman.

His platform is focused on housing: stopping spot rezoning in neighbourhoods, freeing up the building permit process and having the city better utilize its land for affordable housing.

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Dunsdon, Mary Jean (Sensible Vancouver)

The former Wreck Beach staple and High Times model known as “Watermelon” runs a pair of candy/licorice shops in town. In running alongside Sensible Vancouver, her platform focuses on cannabis: using money from pot sales to reduce taxes and the housing crunch, while also using the plant as an alternative treatment method for those battling opioid addictions.

Dunsdon is also lobbying for more affordable housing and cheaper transit options.

Fry, Pete (Green Party) Cardona, Diego (Vision Vancouver)

A native of Colombia, the 21-year-old works as the programs coordinator for Kiwassa Neighbourhood House in East Van. His past posts have seen him work with the Federation of B.C. Youth In Care Networks,

He’s a UBC grad and works in the field of chemical engineering. Lee lives in Kits with his partner in a onebedroom rental that runs the pair just under $2,000 a month. His talking points centre around bolstering the number of young people participating in the political process, diversifying the use of public spaces and attracting new industry into town.

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His primary platform talking points are housing, supporting local business and employment.

Fry ran for council in 2014 and for the provincial Green Party in the 2016 byelection in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, garnering 26 per cent of the vote and coming second to the NDP’s Melanie Mark. He is a former chair of the Strathcona Residents’ Association and former committee member with the city’s Downtown Eastside

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Graves, Judy (OneCity) A longtime housing and social justice advocate, Graves’s 39-year career working for the City of Vancouver included stops at Pine Free Clinic in Kitsilano and Cordova House in the Downtown Eastside. The West End resident holds four honorary university degrees and is a recipient of the Keys to the City, Governor General’s Meritorious Service Award and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee award. Her political goals include decriminalizing all drugs, solving the housing crisis, helping seniors, disabled people and single parents find better housing.

Lee, Gary (Independent)

At 27, Lee enters the political arena for his first time.

Murphy, Damian J. (Independent)

Murphy works in the nonprofit housing sector and has more than a decade of experience in the fields of mental health, addictions and homelessness. The 48-year-old Grandview resident earned his bachelor of arts degree from UBC and held previous positions in financial administration and small business. Finding solutions to the opioid crisis and increasing housing affordability are the main highlights of his platform.

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Swanson, Jean (Independent)

An Order of Canada recipient and long-time homelessness advocate, Swanson’s campaign focus is affordability. She’s pitching a four-year rent freeze and the construction of more than 2,000 modular housing units — to match the number of homeless people recorded in a homeless count in

March — until permanent homes are built. She ran for the mayor’s chair in 1988 and has been involved with a number of Downtown Eastside organizations including the Downtown Eastside Residents’ Association and the Carnegie Community Action Project.

Wasilenkoff, Joshua (Independent)

A political newbie with a background in LGBTQ2S+ and advocating for youth in foster care, Wasilenkoff has lived in Strathcona for three years. He worked on Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Melanie Mark’s campaign, and sits on the Vancouver

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and educational psychologist, Alexander worked with at-risk youth and kids with learning difficulties.

She’s volunteered with Parent Support Services at Children’s Hospital and served on the board of the YWCA. She was fired in October 2016 alongside all other trustees by then Education Minister Mike Bernier for the board’s failure to deliver a balanced budget.

as a senior counsel with the Ledcor Group of Companies. The 32-year-old studied at UBC and the University of Manitoba after graduating from Kitsilano secondary. A past editor of the Canadian Journal of Human Rights, Arnold has volunteered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast B.C., the University Legal Information Clinic at the University of Manitoba and Speakeasy Peer Counselling at UBC. If elected, her goals are to build consensus around the board table and provide advice in areas of law and policy making.

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Alexander, Joy (Vision Vancouver)

Alexander garnered the second-highest number of votes in the 2014 election despite her relative political inexperience at the time. A retired teacher

Arnold, Christine (Independent)

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Ballantyne’s career in the education system spans four decades: trustee, teacher, counsellor, secondary school administrator and as part of the district management team.

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He was first elected in 2011 and served as a trustee until October 2016, when the entire board was fired by then Education Minister Mike Bernier for the board’s failure to deliver a balanced budget. Part of his platform includes pledges to restore funding for music and ESL programs.

Clement, Ken (Vision Vancouver)

Clement was the first Indigenous candidate elected in the city’s history. His first go-round with the school board began in the 2008 election but he narrowly missed re-election in 2014, losing out to ninth-place finisher Christopher Richardson by 250 votes. Clement is CEO of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and is of Ktunaxa First Nation ancestry.

Dominato, Lisa (NPA)

Dominato worked for more than a decade with the ministry of education as the director of student wellness and safety. In that role she helped develop protocols around bullying prevention and inclusivity in the education system. Dominato now chairs the Kettle Society, a Vancouver non-profit that champions services and programs for those living with mental illness. She holds a master of arts in leadership and a bachelor of arts in psychology. Fluent in English and French, Dominato was chief of staff to former education ministers Shirley Bond, Margaret MacDiarmid and George Abbott.

Bercic, Carrie (OneCity)

Bercic is a former Parent Advisory Council executive member and mother of two kids who grew up in the Vancouver school system. Her OneCity bio suggests she’s attended every board, committee and special meeting at the VSB since 2014. Her advocacy efforts include working alongside the Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education,

and has lived in Vancouver for 25 years. Her son is a student in the Vancouver school system, and Gonzalez serves as co-treasurer for Eric Hamber secondary’s studio program.

Education Enhancement Agreement committee and holds a degree in psychology. Day worked in the field of Aboriginal health with Vancouver Coastal Health for a decade and has two adult children attending Langara College.

Families Against Cuts to Education and Friends of the School Library.

Day, Diana (COPE)

Formerly a DPAC and PAC chair, Day garnered the most votes of any of the five COPE trustee candidates in the 2014 school board race but she failed to win a seat. She served on the VSB’s Aboriginal

Fraser, Janet (Green Party)

Fraser’s varied background includes stints as a scientist, project manager and program administrator. She was elected in 2014 as the

lone Green Party trustee on the nine-person board that also included four NPA and four Vision Vancouver trustees. She was part of the mass firing in October 2016 by then Education Minister Mike Bernier for the board’s failure to deliver a balanced budget. Fraser ran for the Green Party in this year’s provincial election in the Vancouver-Langara riding, finishing third with 13 per cent of the vote. Two of her three children are in the Vancouver school system and she served on PAC executives for 10 years.

Hamilton, Jamie Lee (IDEA Vancouver)

Hamilton is a longtime community activist who has attempted numerous runs — all of them unsuccessful — at municipal office. Hamilton is former member of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association. Hamilton’s platform aims to increase anti-bullying campaigns in schools, bolster music programs and improve awareness in schools around opioids.

Lamb, Theodora (Vision Vancouver)

A board member with both Vancity and the British Columbia Cooperative Association, Lamb is a web strategist who’s worked with several community organizations across Metro Vancouver.

The East Van resident holds a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Victoria, a diploma of technology in broadcast journalism from BCIT and has worked as an instructor with SFU’s Continuing Studies program.

Lombardi, Mike (Vision Vancouver)

Gonzalez, Estrellita (Green Party)

A holder of a bachelor of business administration degree, Gonzalez has two decades’ experience in senior management and business.

She opened a wellness centre and medi spa in 2012

school in Vancouver. She works as a clinical data manager at an HIV research group and has volunteered in both PAC and DPAC capacities. She’s a currently a member on leave with the Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education.

Jaaf, Erica (OneCity)

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Lombardi was first elected to the board in 2008 and served as both chair and vice-chair during his tenure. His career in the education system dates back more than 35 years as a teacher and teacher educator.

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He holds a master’s degree in education from UBC and a bachelor’s degree from SFU. Lombardi was fired in October 2016 by then Education Minister Mike Bernier for the board’s failure to deliver a balanced budget.

dictorian of her 2014 grad class at Magee secondary and is currently a senior at UBC studying international relations. She served on both the VSB’s management coordinating committee and the district’s student council executive. If elected, she promises to restore funding levels to elementary school music programs, expand French immersion availability and lobby to expedite seismic upgrades at schools across the city.

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Wong, Allan (Vision Vancouver)

Wong was the fourth-high-

est vote getter in 2014 and school board mainstay since first being elected in 1999.

He chaired the district’s planning and facilities committee and was a teacher in the Vancouver public school system for five years. A grad of UBC’s multicultural teacher education program, Wong now works for Telus.

He was part of the October 2016 mass firing by then Education Minister Mike Bernier for the board’s failure to deliver a balanced budget.

Zaichkowsky, Judy (Green Party)

A professor of marketing at the Beedie School of Business, Zaichkowsky’s

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She was born and raised in Vancouver, attending Sir Guy Carleton elementary, Killarney secondary and UBC. Zaichkowsky received her PhD from UCLA in marketing, with minors in psychology and statistics.

She holds a master’s degree in consumer studies from the University of Guelph.

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He has worked with the BC Centre for Disease Control, setting up HIV/ STI clinics in Vietnam, and as the deputy regional director for the Canada South East Asia Regional HIV Program.

Prieto speaks English, Mandarin, Spanish and French and went to Lord Byng high school. The 26-yearold is an Oxford University graduate in mathematics.

He was a University of Toronto board member in 2011-12, has taught in China and now teaches at a language school on Pender Street. He also worked on Liberal MLA Sam Sullivan’s recent campaign for the Vancouver-False Creek seat.

Richardson, Christopher (NPA)

Pick, Adi (Independent)

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Richardson was elected to the board in 2014, was briefly its chairman in 2015, and fired the next year along with the other trustees for the board’s failure to deliver a balanced budget. Prior to his involvement in education, he was a three-term Vancouver Park Board commissioner. A chartered public accountant by trade, Richardson is a Diamond Jubilee recipient and long-standing Vancou-

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Help wanted as Vancouver hollows out Allen Garr

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Evidence continues to pile up confirming the socially destructive impact of the lack of affordable housing, inadequate transit and the resulting hollowing out of our city.

I hesitate to call this a crisis because what isn’t these days? I mean here we are in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis, a climate change crisis and then there is that idiot president just to the south of us.

When I dropped by my local bagel shop on West Broadway a few Mondays ago I was surprised to find it closed. The fellow from the shop next door was out sweeping the sidewalk and stopped long enough to tell me: They have been closed on Mondays for some time now. They can’t find enough staff to open. The same goes, it turns out, for their shop on Main Street.

A few days later, I was heading in for lunch at my favourite burger joint only to see a hand written “help wanted” sign taped to the window. Hmm. I ordered the usual and asked the owner to explain. I thought maybe he wasn’t paying enough. He said he was offering $20 an hour. But

Lack of housing affordability, inadequate public transit and an aging population are contributing to a labour shortage in Vancouver for entry-level jobs.

at that rate people still can’t afford to live in this neighbourhood.

Greg Wilson is with the B.C. Branch of the Retail Council of Canada. For his members, the labour shortage is chronic for entry-level jobs. There is no doubt that housing affordability is a contributing factor. So, too, is public transit. When property values are highest and public transit leaves something to be desired, the problem of finding workers is the most difficult.

(In Metro Vancouver,

When property values are highest and public transit leaves something to be desired, the problem of finding workers is the most difficult. recall that Christy Clark’s failure to effectively deal with housing affordability, and her continuous buggering about as she frustrated transit plans by local mayors and Trans-

Link, were major reasons she took a serious beating in the last provincial election.)

But I digress.

Aside from Vancouver, Wilson notes that West

Vancouver is where his members are having the most difficulty recruiting. And, by the way, the average starting wage for entry-level jobs among his members is $18.35 an hour.

Yet the most common complaint he hears is simply this: “I can’t find people.”

And even at that pay rate, his folks have to pay even more to retain workers in the long run, particularly in the downtown core.

Meantime, the ridiculously high cost of housing continues to drive people away.

People like my neighbour for example. He and his wife have two young kids. He’s some kind of engineer, and she is a school teacher. Right now he rents. I don’t know how much the two of them pull down a year, but he says it is well above $200 grand.

Why not buy? Well, any house he could afford around here would have a mortgage that would drain all his reserves. He’d rather spend the money on skiing and sailing. His plan? By the time his kids are old enough to find entry-level jobs, they will all be living in Comox. He will telecommute to work.

My neighbour is part of a trend that is reflected in the latest statistics from the Vancouver School Board, which confirm the

decline in population of 13- to 17-year-olds in our city. In the past five years, high school enrolment has dropped 9.7 per cent.

Meanwhile, suburbs with more affordable housing have seen their school populations grow significantly.

You may well wonder if there is any hope to deal with issues around chronic labour shortages.

Well, we know that the Tories when they were in power in Ottawa, as well as the Liberals before them, abandoned their role when it came to creating affordable housing. The province (see above) did little more than sit back and line its treasury pockets with vast sums of money from the booming real estate market. And the city — until its most recent housing “reset” — too often encouraged the creation of monster houses in single-family neighborhoods along with condo developments that met the needs of off-shore speculators and wealthy residents.

Now there is a new government in Victoria, a crew in Ottawa committed to a national housing policy and a government at city hall in danger of being tossed out next year. So we will see. @allengarr

Vancouver teachers fired up for return of elected school board Tracy Sherlock

tracy.sherlock@gmail.com

The Vancouver School Board trustee election can’t come soon enough for representatives from the city’s teacher unions.

Vancouverites will vote Oct. 14 to elect nine trustees to replace the politically split board that was fired last fall for failing to pass a balanced budget. Since then, the district has been run by Dianne Turner, an official trustee appointed by the then-Liberal government. In the meantime, there have been findings of bullying of VSB staff by trustees; several high-level administrators have left the district, including the superintendent and the secretarytreasurer.

Both Chloe McKnight, president of Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association, and Katharine Shipley, president of Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association, are eagerly awaiting the return of an elected board of trustees in Vancouver.

“When we had an elected

board there, we had people we could bring issues to and we felt they were addressed.

We don’t really feel that with the appointed trustee,” McKnight said. “Ever since the board was fired, it has been a really challenging environment to do our work in because there has been so much change and instability.”

The fired board had four Vision Vancouver trustees, four NPA trustees and one Green trustee. Interestingly, none of the parties vying for trustee seats is running a full slate — Vision and NPA are each running five candidates, the Greens are running three, and there are six other candidates from smaller parties or independents. This roster makes it a near certainty there will be another split board, which will definitely keep things interesting at VSB. One thing Shipley and McKnight hope to see from an elected board is more information sharing, something they say has been lacking of late.

Both say they’re in the dark about whether the new

Chloe McKnight, president of Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association, eagerly awaits the return of an elected school board in Vancouver. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

rules about class size are being followed in Vancouver schools because the district hasn’t given them any data.

Technically, the district has until next week to provide the Sept. 30 data, but teachers in all of the other Lower Mainland districts have been given preliminary data, Shipley said.

A VSB spokesperson said in an email that the information about class size and composition will be shared in early October, as the collective agreement requires. As of

Sept. 26, there were still 42 postings for the equivalent of 32.5 full-time positions.

The new rules, restored by the Supreme Court of Canada from contracts that were stripped in 2002, call for reduced class sizes, fewer students with special needs in any classroom and more specialist teachers such as librarians and resource teachers. The court’s decision resulted in the need for more than 3,000 new teachers in the province — a need that many districts,

including Vancouver, have struggled to meet.

The two union leaders expect that when the information is shared, they will find that many classes throughout the district are not in compliance with the restored contracts.

“That’s what we’re hearing from our members,” McKnight said.

At some inner city schools, teachers have the impression that there are fewer staff than in previous years, despite the restored contract, McKnight said. She mentioned Strathcona as one example of a school where there is space for new classes to be formed, but where teachers still have five, six or seven students with special needs in one classroom.

“Our teachers there are feeling a little demoralized,” McKnight said.

She said specialist teachers are being relied upon more and more to teach in classrooms to cover for teachers who are sick. That’s because the teacher-on-call list has been decimated to fill the thousands of new jobs created due to the new rules.

Until this week, the VSB was using a standardized test to screen teacher applicants.

On Monday, the board decided to suspend its use.

Shipley said the test was deterring some applicants from applying in Vancouver.

BCTF president Glen Hansman warned Monday that when cold and flu season hits, the “critical shortage of on-call teachers will lead to significant disruptions to schools and students.”

Shipley says another big challenge this year will be making sure the many new teachers hired are supported so that they stay in the career.

“That’s a huge concern,” Shipley said.

Research by Education Week in the U.S. shows that between 40 and 50 per cent of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years.

“The will is there [to support them], but I don’t know if the capacity is there to do it,” Shipley said.

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues.

She can be reached at tracy. sherlock@gmail.com.

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Professional wrestling might get clotheslined from time to time, but one thing’s for sure — it’s never down for the three count.

Just when you think it’s a goner, trapped under the fickle crush of pop culture, it bounces back on its feet to deliver a flurry of punches theatrically accompanied by plywood-rattling foot stomping.

The big league of World Wrestling Entertainment — still better known to certain generations as the WWF — surged to such lofty levels of popularity in the 1980s that many peanut butter sandwiches were being carted to school in lunchboxes plastered with Hulk Hogan’s face.

Another wave hit in the mid-1990s when numerous kids hurt themselves emulating the Stone Cold Stunner move on playgrounds, prompting some Lower Mainland schools to ban recess wrestling.

All the while, though, smaller professional wrestling companies such as Vancouver’s Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling and All-Star Wrestling wildly entertained the die-hard

fans at community halls across the Lower Mainland.

It was at one of these halls, the Russian Community Centre in Kitsilano, a couple of years ago when Norm Elmore was hit with a facebuster of an idea — to produce his own wresting show.

He marvelled at the athleticism and showmanship of the wrestlers, two of whom were the reason he was at the hall in the first place as they were also doormen for Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society run by Elmore and wife Melody Mangler (real name Rebecca Franklin).

Elmore has a long history of being creatively inventive, from making up eventmanager jobs at ski resorts so he’d have an income while ski bumming to producing an R-rated game show night with Franklin at the Cobalt when it was an old punk rock dive bar 16 years ago. A year later, the couple started the innovative, burlesque-based Screaming Chicken. While Mangler has added wrestler to her impressive repertoire of performance art, Elmore prefers his role of pacing behind the scenes to appearing on stage (although he has when needed, “as a rock, or a tree.”)

It’s no surprise the wheels turned in Elmore’s mind as he watched wrestlers backflip off the top turnbuckle — after all, burlesque shares the same sideshow history as professional wrestling.

Elmore discovered others were doing the kind of carnival wrestling show he envisioned, such as Freakshow Wrestling in Las Vegas and Hoodslam in San Francisco, and he reached out for support. Some of their wrestlers occasionally appear in Glam Slam.

“The wrestlers were incredible and the production value was strong,” Elmore said of the Kits show. “I thought maybe I could put a little bit of a twist on it, make it a little bit more adult.”

He brought friend Kenny Lush — one of the two doormen/professional wrestlers he went out to watch — onboard with the idea of a wrestling-burlesque mash-up. Fast forward three years, Glam Slam celebrated its seventh raucous show at the WISE Hall in late September.

The ring has a pink canvas floor, a loaner from All-Star until they discovered cake was embedded in the seams after the Glam Slam 5 fight/ food fight between Dwight Privilege and Nick Price and

didn’t want it back.

The Ladies of Glam Slam performed their burlesque aerobics number sandwiched between the opener between Price and Todd Quality, while Kate Carney made her way from Washington State to East Vancouver to show Nicole Matthews who’s boss.

“It’s something to see when the crowd gets caught up in the story lines,” Elmore said, recalling a recent match where two female wrestlers were dragged across the ring by a male wrestler. The audience leapt to its feet in outrage.

“It’s the classic good versus evil. Everybody loves it,” he added.

The arrival of the Son of God, Jesus Christ to the ring with over-eager nuns in tow was met with a wall of boos and other jeers inappropriate for print in a family newspaper. His opponent, naturally, was the Devil, who contributed to the perils of ringside seating by thrusting his crotch onto the head of a fan wearing a Kenny Lush T-shirt.

The crowd went crazier, still, when the Devil pulled down Jesus’s pants to expose his bare bum. It was clear by now, to borrow an old WWF character

comparison, Glam Slam is decidedly more Val Venus than The Rock.

“Burlesque has always been almost symbolic of a hyper-feminist feminine art form with the largerthan-life characters,” said Elmore. “Wrestling is really the same thing for me. It’s a hyper-masculine art form where the men are fighting — there are muscles and big guys… That’s the line we really saw as the connection and we also really wanted to play with it.”

Playing with it meant not separating the two art forms, Elmore added.

“We really wanted to mush it up… We wanted to keep the audience on their toes and not make it predictable.

Sometimes it’s burlesque and sometimes it’s wrestling and sometimes you’re not even sure which is which.”

Glam Slam also includes more women than a typical pro-wrestling card. Some of the female wrestlers started after being in the WISE Hall audience for a previous Glam Slam, while others, such as Calamity Kate (real name Kate Kroll), entered through the sparkly door of burlesque.

“Melody Mangler wanted girls to be involved and asked us to go to training to learn a couple little moves,” said

Calamity backstage before the show. “Oh, I didn’t want to do it. But I fell in love with it. It’s a lot like dancing with your opponent in the ring; your bodies are listening to each other.”

After her first match at the WISE, a wrestling promoter invited Calamity and Mangler to the ring in Monterrey, Mexico as part of the fastpaced and high-flying Lucha Libre Femenil in 2015.

“We were so nervous. It was our second match and we didn’t know what we were doing,” said Calamity. “They even had a huge poster of us.”

After a year of practice, Calamity views herself a “wrestler-in-training” and used an aerial move called the “hurricanrana” to sweep the Canadian Border Patrol off their feet in a tag-team match. After she successfully pulled it off, the night ended with a match between ECCW wrestlers The Weirdo Hero Randy Myers and the psychedelic-singlet wearing Bishop.

The twist? Both joined forces to lay a beat-down on Jesus, who reappeared to make a nuisance of himself, all to the crowd’s delight.

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News Nearly 2,000 distracted drivers ticketed last month Jessica Kerr

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Vancouver police issued close to 2,000 distracted driving tickets during the month of September.

ICBC, in partnership with police across the province, last month launched a campaign aimed at encouraging drivers to avoid using electronic devices while behind the wheel. The campaign included increased police enforcement, as well as a new ICBC advertising campaign encouraging drivers to “take a break from their phone.”

During the month-long campaign Vancouver police issued 1,969 tickets to distracted drivers.

“If you know someone who just won’t give up their phone while driving, maybe you can have some influence,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard. “We have at least 1,969 reasons to remind our loved ones to pull over or leave the phone alone while driving.”

Officers heard just about every excuse in the book.

One man justified his actions because he was watching his financial video on his website. Then there was the woman who thought it was OK to have her cellphone on her lap while she ate her lunch with both hands.

And one driver just didn’t get the message, getting two tickets in eight minutes, and six blocks apart.

The driver, who was visiting Vancouver from the U.S., was pulled over and

issued a ticket in the area of Granville Street and West Broadway. Eight minutes later he was spotted using his cellphone again while driving through a distracted driving checkpoint. He was pulled over a second time and issued a second ticket.

The total cost of the two tickets is $736 and eight ICBC points, which would cost an additional $520.

“The ticket amount for using an electronic device while driving in B.C. is $368,” Robillard said. “But that cost is nothing compared to the cost of losing a loved one. It’s time to take a break from your phone.”

The province’s law prohibiting the use of electronic devices while driving came into force in 2010, with fines increasing to the current level in June 2016.

Since the law came into effect, Vancouver police officers have issued 61,022 tickets for distracted driving. The number of tickets saw a steady increase year-over-year until 2016, which saw a slight decrease.

In 2015, the department issued 9,373 tickets. That number decreased to 8,232 last year. Additionally, officers have issued 4,000 tickets related to using an electronic device to drivers under the graduated licensing program — drivers with an “N” or “L” licence are prohibited from using any electronics, including hands-free and GPS/navigation devices. @JessicaEKerr

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Property Tax Exemptions for 2018 The City of Vancouver hereby gives notice of the intention of City Council to exempt certain eligible not-for-profit properties used for senior citizens housing from taxation for one year (2018 taxation year).

A bylaw will be brought forward to Council on October 17, 2017 in accordance with Section 396(1)(g) of the Vancouver Charter.

The properties to be considered for exemption in 2018, including an estimate of the amount of City taxes that would be imposed without the exemption for 2018 and the following two years, are shown in the table below.

ESTIMATED TAXES 2018 ($)

ESTIMATED TAXES 2019 ($)

ESTIMATED TAXES 2020 ($)

NAME

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Baptist Foundation of BC

266-772-26-0000

12,500

12,800

13,200

Baptist Foundation of BC

765-266-06-0000

29,600

30,500

31,400

Baptist Housing Society of BC

631-232-04-0000

76,500

78,700

81,100

Beulah Garden Homes Society

634-300-04-0000

34,300

35,300

36,400

Beulah Garden Homes Society

634-300-52-0000

30,500

31,400

32,400

Beulah Garden Homes Society

634-300-92-0000

26,200

27,000

27,800

Broadway Pentecostal Benevolent Association BC

650-274-27-0000

24,000

24,700

25,400

Calling Ministries

710-072-06-0000

42,000

43,300

44,600

Chau Luen Kon Sol Society of Vancouver

192-592-92-0000

17,800

18,400

18,900

Christ Church of China

192-592-04-0000

12,500

12,900

13,300

Columbus Charities Associationiation

306-720-45-0000

21,000

21,600

22,300

Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association

828-251-94-0000

14,500

15,000

15,400

Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association

828-258-06-0000

7,200

7,400

7,600

HFBC Housing Foundation

605-113-66-0000

13,300

13,700

14,100

HFBC Housing Foundation

638-077-07-0000

11,900

12,200

12,600

HFBC Housing Foundation

641-234-20-0000

9,000

9,300

9,500

HFBC Housing Foundation

645-194-47-0000

9,800

10,100

10,400 8,700

HFBC Housing Foundation

648-078-05-0000

8,200

8,400

HFBC Housing Foundation

665-230-68-0000

7,300

7,500

7,700

HFBC Housing Foundation

670-230-83-0000

5,300

5,400

5,600 8,400

HFBC Housing Foundation

670-230-89-0000

7,900

8,100

HFBC Housing Foundation

683-230-82-0000

7,400

7,600

7,800

HFBC Housing Foundation

722-283-48-0000

29,500

30,400

31,300

King Edward Court Society

710-072-95-0000

25,300

26,000

26,800

M Kopernik Nicolaus Copernicus Foundation

817-300-22-0000

7,800

8,000

8,200

Mennonite Senior Citizens Society of BC

755-237-51-0000

44,100

45,400

46,700

New Chelsea Society

270-670-95-0000

12,800

13,200

13,600

New Chelsea Society

693-253-64-0000

34,300

35,400

36,400

Parish of St. Paul Vancouver

609-117-44-0000

32,400

33,400

34,400

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver

596-196-49-0000

10,500

10,800

11,100

Society For Christian Care of Elderly

613-119-54-0000

90,200

92,900

95,700

Soroptimist Club of Vancouver BC

683-165-54-0000

9,900

10,200

10,500

South Amherst Housing Society

244-805-96-0000

5,600

5,800

6,000

The V E L Housing Society

577-259-06-0000

10,200

10,500

10,800

The V E L Housing Society

596-250-04-0000

6,400

6,600

6,800

Ukrainian Senior Citizens Housing Society

300-810-95-0000

10,400

10,700

11,000

Van Kiwanis Senior Citizens Housing Society

300-811-05-0000

9,300

9,600

9,900

Vancouver Kiwanis Senior Citizens Housing Society

125-832-84-0000

14,700

15,200

15,600

$782,100

$805,400

$829,400

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year hosted by Lorne and Melita Segal in their beautiful Southland’s mansion.

With wines by Mission Hill Family Estate and hosting duties by CBC’s Gloria Macarenko, the evening was a fitting launch of the singing Lion’s 25th year. Party chair Lesley Stowe and artistic director Erick Lichte welcomed 125 lucky guests fortunate enough to snap up tickets to the posh cocktail party, sponsored by Blue Shore Financial. Already on track for a record haul, the fundraiser reached its crescendo when Lichte was dared to take a plunge in the Segal pool for an additional $10,000. Without missing a beat, the choral master dropped his trousers and took the plunge. The cannonball pushed the night’s final tally over $100,000.

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The businessman and philanthropist sparkplugged the night of giving with a major gift of $50,000. Others soon followed with donations of their own ranging from $100 to $25,000. By evening’s end, CEO Carolyn Tuckwell announced more than $260,000 raised — the second largest haul in the history of the fundraising event.

Vancouver International Film Festival executive director Jacqueline Dupuis talked shop with Whistler Film Festival artistic director Shawna Hardy Mishaw. Both touted the strength of B.C. and Canadian films being screened at both festivals. Whistler Film Festival will run Dec. 1 to 4.

Homegrown talents Mina Shum (Meditation Park) and Dennis Foon (Indian Horse) had their films screened at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Shum’s bittersweet comedy about a devoted ChineseCanadian wife and mother opened the 36th festival. The festival runs until Oct. 13.

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Siwash honours Chinook language’s role in our history: author Martha Perkins

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In the days when Chinook was commonly spoken along the Pacific Northwest, the Chinook word “Siwash” was not a derogatory term, says a Vancouver historian.

“In Chinook, Siwash just means an Indigenous person,” says Jean Barman, an award-winning author of books such as French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest.

“Siwash is emblematic of a time period when almost everyone knew Chinook and you could communicate across cultures,” she said in a telephone inter-

view. “The name Siwash is a living recollection of a fact that Chinook brought people together for a long time.

You may not have learned Musqueam or Squamish but you could communicate easily in Chinook. It’s a historical reality.”

There is a motion in front of the Vancouver Park Board to change the name of Stanley Park’s Siwash Rock because, over time, Siwash became a pejorative term.

“The history of Stanley Park includes acts of dispossession and disrespect directed toward the Indigenous people who inhabited it,” says the notice of motion from commissioner Catherine Evans. “An on-

Vancouver Park Board commissioner Catherine Evans recently proposed Siwash Rock be renamed as part of the city’s commitment to reconciliation with First Nations. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

going symbol of disrespect is the name Siwash Rock.”

One of Barman’s Chinook dictionaries, written in 1935,

translates Siwash — pronounced Sigh-wash — as “Indian or aboriginal, a savage.”

She says Siwash never

referred to an Indigenous woman. Siwash meant Indian. The Chinook word for an Indigenous woman was Kloochman. People would sometimes refer to Siwash Kloochman, which meant Indian woman.

The use of the word savage reflects it was a commonplace term when the dictionary was written, not the word’s original meaning, Barman says.

As well, the terms we use to name North America’s first peoples are constantly evolving. At one time it was acceptable to use the word Indian. It then changed to First Nations but today Indigenous is often the preferred term.

Chinook was one of the easiest languages to learn when French and English traders and settlers arrived on the West Coast. It has no verb tenses and is often spoken using hand language; it integrated Indigenous, French and English words. It became the primary means to communicate because it was widely known by so many groups.

Barman hopes that the name Siwash Rock endures as a way to recognize and honour the role that the Chinook language played in our history.

“I’m not in favour of giving into a petty time period when anyone calling someone an Indian was derogatory. It isn’t of itself a derogatory term.”

Fundraising campaign aims to ‘Save the Dude’ of Guelph Park

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A fundraising effort is under way to save Dude Chilling Park’s resident dude.

The cedar sculpture of a reclining figure was left at the park in 1991 by B.C. artist Michael Dennis.

Dennis said he first brought the piece to Guelph Park as part of the Brewery Creek Art Exposition. He remembers the day of the exhibit as sunny with lots of families enjoying the outdoor displays. Dennis said he was approached by the then-chair of the Mount Pleasant Community

Centre Association, who suggested that he leave the large sculpture in the park.

He agreed.

“For me, having my work end up in public places is the most desirable location,” Dennis said from his home on Denman Island.

Over the next quarter century the sculpture, officially named Reclining Figure, became a mainstay of Guelph Park. In recent years the park has more popularly become known by many as Dude Chilling Park after local artist Viktor Briestensky, inspired

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A public petition ensued asking the city to officially change the name of the park — that didn’t fly, but the sign was returned.

In recent years, the wooden sculpture started to deteriorate. Dennis, working with the park board, removed the figure and took it back to his studio for repairs and to prepare it for a bit of an upgrade.

The artist has restored the piece to its original form and the next step is to take it to a foundry to make a mould and then cast it in bronze.

Dennis said using bronze keeps many of the details

and texture of the wood.

A fundraising campaign, administered through the Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association, has been launched to raise the $60,000 needed to complete the project.

The Christopher Foundation, a private registered charity, has offered a matching donation of $30,000 once that much has been raised.

Donations can be made online at chimp.net (select giving group Dude Chilling) and in person at Mount Pleasant Community Centre (1 Kingsway). Donations can also be mailed to the community centre.

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Third-generation umbrella maker opens up about brolly business Naoibh O’Connor

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The Courier talked to Corry Flader, a thirdgeneration umbrella maker and president of the Umbrella Shop, as the company’s two stores on Broadway and Pender Street prepare for closure.

The first Umbrella Shop opened more than 80 years ago. But its two outlets will shut their doors by the end of December, and possibly earlier, depending on how long supplies last. Flader shared her thoughts on all things umbrella.

How many umbrellas did the business sell, on average, each year?

About 35,000.

What makes a good umbrella?

The first thing is that the umbrella suits its purpose.

Even if you buy a $2 umbrella that might serve your purpose. In Japan, they have vending machines where you buy an umbrella and throw it out. So that would be a good umbrella for that purpose. For me, I’m interested in something that

has quality and longevity and so that I don’t have to keep refilling landfills. That, to me, has been important.

I’m looking for a frame that doesn’t break with wind or with ease. And I’m looking for a fabric that has been cut and sewn properly. I’ve been playing a lot, in recent years, with different weights of fabrics but I really, really love the one I personally carry, which is super thin, super water proof and super light. It’s actually milled in Japan.

What’s the Umbrella Shop’s most popular umbrella?

Anything that we called our “house brand” became our most popular umbrella because it meant we would fix it and repair it. Today, I think , it’s a $24 or $25 folding umbrella. They’re almost unbreakable. I mean, everybody can break anything, but we all own at least one of them. Anyone who’s carried them doesn’t go out without one again.

Do people often ask for repairs?

We’ve cultivated a clientele who had the same value system as me. We want to

very complicated [ones] with eight different panels blending together to make one design.

You have a very unique sign outside. How did that come about?

Umbrella Shop president and third-generation umbrella maker Corry Flader is preparing to shut down the company’s two stores.

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make things that you can repair because I don’t believe in consumerism. You don’t hear that from a retailer every day! I really hate it. My favourite [recollection] is the little old lady who phoned me and said, “How do you stay in business?” She said, “I bought your umbrella 20 years ago and it’s still lasting.”

What’s the price range of umbrellas you sold?

We generally try to have a $9.95 one. For rain umbrellas, we usually cap out at $125. It’s by a [local artist].

We may have some around, I’m not sure. It’s made in-house. But generally, most of our umbrellas run between $9.95 and $39.95.

For $45, you’re really getting into high end.

What was the most unusual custom order over the years?

The hardest thing I’ve done is work with a designer that has an exact image in mind who doesn’t necessarily understand the processes of the printing and the sewing. I’ve loved the projects but they’ve been the most difficult. We’ve done some

The three umbrellas — Glenn designed them, my brother. He bought that property, it was about the year 2000, and he moved from downtown from Pender Street. He envisioned it and he went to a sign maker in North Vancouver who made it.

He wanted it to look like umbrellas were popping out of the building.

Any well-known customers?

Everyone is well known to me. I sat, two weeks ago, with a very famous movie star in a restaurant. I didn’t know who they were. Unless my 23-year-old daughter is with me, I don’t know who they are.

Kerry Washington, though, is really, really sweet. I have to always mention her because she’s always so kind to me and my staff. So thank you Kerry. But I don’t even

know who I’m serving. I try to just treat everyone as a customer. I really enjoy people who respect what we do. Everybody is important to me. That’s how we’ve grown.

How many umbrellas do you own?

Today? I’ve always had about 30. Today, I probably have about 100 sitting in my house because I know that these are the best umbrellas that you will ever see in your life. They will never be repeated — I doubt. So my daughter and I went shopping in my stores.

What’s the most-asked umbrella question you’ve dealt with?

I would say it’s about umbrella etiquette. They think I’m the expert on that.

I would say be nice to other people. Don’t stab them with your umbrella. Don’t hit people when you walk down the street! Be nice to each other — that’s my etiquette. @naoibh For a longer version of this story, go to vancourier.com.

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After three generations of helping Vancouverites stay dry, the Umbrella Shop recently announced it will be closing its doors by the end of the year.

The family tradition began when Isadore (Izzy) Flader, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, came to Canada as a young boy in the early 1900s. His family settled in Toronto where he grew up, he met and married Ida, and found work fixing umbrellas.

“He just picked it up as a new immigrant,” said granddaughter Corry Flader. “He found that he was good with his hands.”

Izzy could not afford to open a store, Flader said, so he would go door-todoor asking if people had umbrellas that needed repairs, carrying out the work while sitting on the front steps of the home.

As the story goes, one day Izzy met a train porter who told him about the rainforest surrounding Vancouver. He was sold, and the couple packed up their four young children and all their belongings and headed west.

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The Umbrella Shop recently announced on Facebook it will be closing its doors by the end of the year after more than 80 years in business. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

lished a factory with retail frontage on Pender and Howe streets.

The store has had a few locations over the years: its Granville Island location is already closed, leaving just the West Broadway and Pender Street locations.

Flader, president of the Umbrella Shop and, she proudly adds, a thirdgeneration umbrella maker, joined the family business in 2002.

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As the business started winding down, the factory ceased operations — meaning no more custom work, special orders, custom printing or repairs.

The domestic line is officially out of stock and the company is in the process of liquidating its stock.

Flader, who’s retiring for health reasons, said at the rate stock is selling the Umbrella Shop could be closed to the public by the end of November.

The impending closure has been getting a lot of attention. Flader said that the statement posted on the Umbrella Shop Facebook page on Sept. 29 has had more than 3,500 comments.

And she’s received many messages from customers.

“We’ve being getting such beautiful letters of thanks,” Flader said.

She adds that the business of making quality umbrellas isn’t necessarily a lucrative one.

“They’re really labours of love.”

“The nice thing about producing quality umbrellas is that although it’s farewell for the Umbrella Shop, it’s also not forever and it certainly isn’t goodbye,” Flader posted on Facebook. “Our designs and love will live on in the rainy streets around the world, but it started with you Vancouver.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

1. 2221-2223 Main Street

To rezone 2221-2223 Main Street from IC-2 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a stepped nine-storey, mixed-use building with 145 social housing units, and commercial uses at grade. A height of 30.8 metres (101.1 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.33 are proposed.

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2. 124 Dunlevy Avenue (Roddan Lodge)

To rezone 124 Dunlevy Avenue from DEOD (Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of an 11-storey, mixed-use building with 213 social housing units, and social service centre use (Evelyne Saller Centre) at grade. A height of 34.14 metres (112 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 5.98 are proposed.

3. 618 West 32nd Avenue

To rezone 618 West 32nd Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building containing a total of 15 dwelling units. A height of 21.7 metres (71 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.45 are proposed.

453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting).

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

4. 8242 Oak Street

To rezone 8242 Oak Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District and C-1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of an eight-storey, mixed-use building with 50 residential units, office space, and commercial space. A height of 29.4 metres (97 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.0 are proposed.

5. 2165-2195 West 45th Avenue and 2205-2291 West 45th Avenue (Dunbar Ryerson United Church Sites)

To rezone 2165-2195 West 45th Avenue (the ‘East Site’) and 2205-2291 West 45th Avenue (the ‘West Site’) from RS-5 (One-Family Dwelling) District to two new CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) Districts to permit the development of an eight-storey residential building along with three-storey and four-storey townhouses containing 40 residential units on the East Site, and a five-storey addition containing a community activity centre and 32 social housing units on the West Site. The proposal includes protecting, restoring and rehabilitating the heritage Dunbar Ryerson United Church. A height of 30.2 metres (99 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.47 are proposed on the East Site, and a height of 18.3 metres (60 feet) and a floor space ratio of 1.73 are proposed on the West Site.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on October 6 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting October 6 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall,

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Volunteers Needed for Vancouver’s Civic Agencies The City of Vancouver is seeking volunteers from the general public for positions on the following Civic Agencies and Committees: • Arts and Culture Policy Council • Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee • Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee • Development Permit Board Advisory Panel • First Shaughnessy Advisory Design Panel • Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee • LGBTQ2+ Advisory Committee • Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee • Public Art Committee • Renters Advisory Committee • Urban Design Panel • Vancouver City Planning Commission • Vancouver Civic Theatres Board • Vancouver Heritage Commission • Vancouver Public Library Board of Directors • YVR Noise Management Committee Detailed descriptions of the terms of reference, eligibility requirements, and time commitment, as well as the online application and instructions are available at vancouver.ca/volunteer.

You must complete an online application form to apply. The deadline to submit an application is 8 am on Monday, October 30, 2017.

We encourage applicants of all ages, genders, racial origins, sexual orientation, gender identity, income levels, and persons with disabilities to volunteer to help shape City policy and services to better serve everyone in our community.

5 Reasons Vancouver Is Awesome This Week B.C. Films at VIFF Edition Shane Koyczan’s most important 1poem

In Melanie Wood’s entrancing new documentary, Shut Up and Say Something, acclaimed spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan embarks on a deeply personal journey to finally meet his estranged father. The result is his most important poem yet.

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A grotesquely entertaining 2 debut

Three teenage friends are suddenly sent careening on a detour into over-the-top, gory horror in Dead Shack, the debut feature film from local musician, artist and filmmaker Peter Ricq.

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Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway)

Correcting the history of the 3 Lower Mainland

We live our lives on land that was never ceded or sold by those who were living here at “first contact,” yet we know little about the Lower Mainland before real estate.

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ c̓əsna əm: the City Before the City aims to correct that with a meaningful reminder of

the history and prehistory of this land and her first people.

Oct. 6, 2 p.m.

International Village (88 West Pender St.)

A cathartic mother-and-son 4 drama

Set against the spectacular backdrop of northern B.C., Never Steady, Never Still (Kathleen Hepburn’s debut) is the intimate story of a devoted mother wrestling with Parkinson’s and a son saddled with his first adult responsibilities.

Oct. 7, 12:15 p.m. and Oct. 10, 6:45 p.m.

International Village (88 West Pender St.)

A discordant city symphony 5 set in the DTES

Set against the backdrop of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Luk’Luk’I presents a handful of engrossing, life-and-death dramas set in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Somewhere between fiction and documentary, the film invites some of the neighbourhood’s residents to step into starring roles.

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T H U R SDAY, O C T O B E R 5 , 2 0 1 7 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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What has to go right for the Canucks to make the playoffs?

Canucks face long odds at the start of the 2017-18 season

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

When a team’s playoff chances are this slim, bad injury luck can be disastrous.

Henrik Sedin said, “I think injuries will be less of a factor this year because of the depth we have,” but to make the playoffs they need health more than depth.

2. Special Teams Turnaround

The Canucks won’t be a powerhouse at even-strength, so will depend on improvement from their 29th and 28th-ranked power play and penalty kill.

3. New faces

Thomas Vanek, Sam Gagner, Michael Del Zotto and assistant coach Newell Brown will help — Brown oversaw the Canucks’ power play during its heights five years ago. But are they enough?

4. A Starting Goaltender or Two

Neither Jacob Markstrom nor Anders Nilsson have ever been a number one goaltender in the NHL but at least one of them will have to do so with Ryan Miller taking

Stick-Taps and Glove-Drops • Stick tap to new Canucks head coach Travis Green for completely ignoring the size of his players’ contracts as he puts together the lineup. Aside from the Sedins and Bo Horvat, Loui Eriksson and Brandon Sutter are the two highest paid forwards on the team but, judging from practice and the preseason, they’ll start the season on the third and fourth lines, respectively. It sends a firm message that your quality of play on the ice is far more important than your contract off the ice.

• I’m dropping the gloves with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who picked the worst possible time to affirm they were going to accept their invitation to the White House to visit President Donald Trump. While Trump ridiculed (black) NFL and NBA players, the NHL, accidentally or otherwise, aligned themselves with Trump in the name of “not taking a stand.” The timing of the Penguins’ statement turned a potential unifying moment across professional sports leagues into another example of how tonedeaf the hockey world can be when it comes to social issues.

It takes confidence bordering on selfdelusion to be a professional athlete, so it should come as no surprise that Henrik Sedin identified “making the playoffs” as the only thing that would make the coming season a success for the Canucks.

Considering the Canucks finished 29th overall last season and 28th the season before that, Henrik is setting the bar remarkably high. The Canucks are currently midrebuild, with the Sedins trending downward and the Canucks’ youth still not quite ready to inherit the team. Making the playoffs may not be outside the realm of possibility, but it is teetering right on the edge.

Here are just six of the many things that would have to go right for the Canucks to make the playoffs:

1. Stay Healthy

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Henrik and Daniel Sedin have set their sights on the playoffs. Our Canucks columnist says reaching that goal won’t be easy. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

his talents to Huntington Beach. If neither goaltender can handle the heavier workload, the playoffs aren’t even a remote possibility.

5. Successful Succession Plan

It’s time for the Sedins to step back to the second line and a new first line to take their place. That most likely means Sven Baertschi, Bo Horvat and rookie Brock Boeser.

The linchpin here is Boeser, who has star potential. It’s asking a lot of the 20-yearold, but if the Canucks want to make the playoffs, they need Boeser to be a contender for Rookie of the Year.

6. Veteran Bounceback

The Canucks’ highest-paid players, Loui Eriksson and the Sedins, don’t need to be first-line players if the youth step up. If the Sedins want to get back to the playoffs before they retire, however, they and Eriksson need to step up with some secondary scoring.

7. Pacific Division Crash and Burn

Even if everything goes right for the Canucks, they might still miss the playoffs.

What they need is a lot to go wrong for their Pacific Division rivals.

The Oilers have star power but an injury to Connor McDavid could derail their season. The inconsistent Mike Smith in net might douse the Flames. The Kings missed the playoffs in two of their last three seasons and the Sharks have an aging core. The Ducks look impervious, so maybe avian flu could sweep through their locker room?

If all the right things go wrong for the rest of the division, the Canucks could step into the gap and actually make the playoffs.

But probably not.

For daily Canucks news and views, go to Pass It to Bulis at vancourier.com.

• 7 – Brock Boeser led the Canucks in scoring during the preseason, putting up four goals and seven points in five games. Including his nine-game stint last season, Boeser has eight goals in 14 games since signing with the Canucks.

• .827 – While Jacob Markstrom will start the season as the number one goaltender, Anders Nilsson might be the better of the two. His save percentage on high-difficulty shots over the last three seasons is .827, above the NHL average, while Markstrom’s is .798, well below average. A goaltender’s save percentage on high-difficulty shots is generally a strong indicator of how they’ll perform in the future.

• 59.72 per cent – Last season, the Canucks won 59.72 per cent of their power-play faceoffs, good for fifth in the NHL. But they also had one of the worst power plays, finishing 29th in the league. Brandon Sutter, a faceoff ace who doesn’t put up points on the power play, was third on the Canucks in powerplay ice time, just behind the Sedins.

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A look at MLS® sold data for the week, as of Sept. 28, revealed that the median sale price of detached homes was nearly half a million dollars higher than the previous week, at $2.5 million across Vancouver proper.

This breaks down as a median of $1.5 million among the 17 house sales in Vancouver East (East Side and Downtown East combined) compared with the median $3.2 million among the 18 Vancouver West detached home sales (West Side, Downtown West and West End).

Sales of single-family homes also nearly doubled

from the previous week, with 35 sales between Sept. 11 and 17 registered

by Sept. 28, compared with 18 houses the week before.

Townhouses, row homes and similar attached units saw an even larger jump, with 33 sales registered in that week

by Sept. 28. That’s more than three times the 10 units of the previous week, in which activity was likely dampened by the Labour Day stat holiday and backto-school priorities. Of those 33 sales, the median sale price was $1.23 million, around $130,000 higher than the previous week.

Condo sales in the city also had a strong showing, with 122 unit sales, compared with 76 the week before. However, the median selling price didn’t see the same increase, dropping $5,000 to $745,000. That breaks down as $586,000 in Vancouver East (32 of the

122 sales) versus $798,500, the median sale price of the 90 condo transactions in Vancouver West.

The priciest overall Vancouver home sale the week of Sept. 11 to 17 was not a house at all — at least, not yet. A 15,000-squarefoot lot in Shaughnessy, complete with architectural plans for a brand new 6,737-square-foot house currently going through the permitting process, sold on Sept. 13 for $7.7 million, $80,000 under asking.

Total listings rose slightly for detached houses compared with the previous week, despite the strong sales activity — revealing that even more sellers are looking to cash in on the fall market.

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When an ultrasound at 29 weeks revealed that the heartrate of Christina Palmer’s baby was decelerating, the obstetrician sent her to the hospital for a non-stress test. She didn’t, however, expect that she would give birth — but after an emergency C-section, her daughter Charlotte was born, weighing just two pounds. Twelve hours later, she was flown from Penticton to BC Children’s Hospital.

The Palmers finally got an answer after Charlotte’s genes were examined at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute with a Whole Exome Sequencing test. That found a fluke mutation in the SAMD9 gene, which is linked to a rare genetic disease called MIRAGE Syndrome. Little is currently known about the disorder, as it was discovered a month earlier through a study in Japan, and that research paper is the only resource available on it.

At first, it seemed like Charlotte’s symptoms were typical of a premature baby: she had problems with breathing and suffered from infections. When her symptoms worsened, the doctors began a number of tests, but none seemed to point to the underlying cause.

Eventually, after seven and a half months in the NICU, they were able to go home right before Christmas in 2015.

Although Charlotte was the first child in Canada diagnosed with MIRAGE Syndrome — and one of around twenty in the world — Christina said the diagnosis helped them in many ways.

Things took a dramatic turn one day in January, when Charlotte stopped breathing. After Christina resuscitated her and called 911, she was flown to the home tracheostomy and ventilation unit at BC Children’s. There, doctors diagnosed her with Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, a disorder that results in respiratory arrest during sleep — and in Charlotte’s case, while awake too. Charlotte was given a BiPap ventilator, but was still in the hospital almost every week that spring with diarrhea, respiratory issues, vomiting episodes and lethargy.

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“It was scary, but we have something to work forward to,” she said. “And now that we’ve connected with a network of kids and families around the world — many who are older — that gives us hope.”

Today, two-year-old Charlotte is fed with a tube directly into her stomach and uses a machine to help her breathe. She is also dealing with many other complications: she’s stopped growing in the last few months, has frequent episodes where she will spike a temperature or be cold, and doesn’t feel pain. While there is no cure, doctors at BC Children’s are trying several drugs, including steroids and immune-suppressants, to manage her symptoms.

“Our time may be short,” Christina said. “But Charlotte is progressing so well. They didn’t think she would sit or crawl, and she’s doing those things now.”

Did You Know » BC Children’s Hospital provides expert care to more than 86,000 kids, which results in more » » » » » » » » »

than 234,000 patient visits.

Over 1,000 researchers are affiliated with BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the largest facility of its kind in Western Canada.

More than 9,000 children require surgery due to potential life threatening illness and injury.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit cared for over 1,100 children last year.

More than 46,000 children were seen in our 24-hour emergency department.

Doctors performed 200 open-heart surgeries, with more than half on patients under age one.

800 kids are currently receiving treatment for cancer at BC Children’s Hospital.

The medical genetics team at BC Children’s Hospital sees 4,600 families.

The Mental Health outpatient program receives more than 16,000 patient visits.

Every $1 invested in research by donors at BC Children’s Hospital is leveraged to secure $5 in external funding grants.

Please join us in our quest to improve kids’ lives. Learn more at www.bcchf.ca