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NPA calls mayor’s pre-sales policy ‘a bit racist’ Mike Howell

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Imagine yourself at a performing arts theatre.

The subject matter of what you’re about to watch involves America, “the wall,” racism, housing, refugees, developers, politicians and Vancouver.

Intrigued? I was, and I saw the performance play out— like a lot of questionable political theatre does in this town — at city hall Oct. 10.

First, some background: You probably heard about Mayor Gregor Robertson’s push to have the city develop a policy that gives Metro Vancouver residents first crack at buying pre-sale homes.

You probably heard the Urban Development Institute isn’t crazy about the idea. First of all, the institute says, more than 90 per cent of multi-family housing units already go to local buyers. Also, giving locals first crack on a pre-sale is often a requirement of the banks that supply financing

NPA councillors George Affleck and Melissa De Genova voted last week against Mayor Gregor Robertson’s motion to limit pre-sales of new homes in Vancouver to Metro Vancouver residents.

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for developments.

That was the tame version of the institute’s criticism.

Here’s the gloves-off response from Anne McMullin, the president and CEO of the institute.

“You know as well as I do that this will do nothing for affordability,” McMullin wrote in an Oct. 7 private email to the mayor’s chief

of staff, Kevin Quinlan.

“Instead, the city chooses to make a political statement and in doing so further demonizes our industry, and fans an already misguided rant against foreigners. To be alerted about this by being forwarded a press release, without any discussion or consultation, is insulting.

We’ve been working on rebuilding our relationship

and trust with the city and this does not help.”

Fast forward to Tuesday and, with that email exchange between McMullin and Quinlan made public last week, you can imagine the main opposition party’s desire to take the stage when the curtain opened on the mayor’s motion.

The NPA’s Elizabeth Ball was absent, so that left her

colleagues George Affleck and Melissa De Genova to deliver some quote-worthy soliloquies to the crowd.

De Genova, as she is bound to do, attempted unsuccessfully to strike and replace the mayor’s motion because she felt it presented some “unintended consequences.” She said it excluded people who moved out of Metro Vancouver because they couldn’t afford to live in the region, but may one day want to return.

“This lumps them in with foreign investors and foreign buyers,” she said. “In fact, under this motion that you have put forward, Mr. Mayor, refugees might not be able to come here and purchase a condo, or a unit, if they wanted to.”

She requested a bi-partisan committee be struck that included development industry leaders. She went on to say how the mayor’s motion would deter out-of-town tech sector workers from moving here and give the perception that Vancouver is “an exclusive resort town.”

I have two questions: Isn’t Vancouver kinda, sorta already an exclusive resort town? And how the heck can a refugee afford to buy a place in Vancouver?

Moving right along…

De Genova again: “We’re putting up walls. It kind of reminds me of the United States of America, when we put up walls around our city and say to people, ‘You cannot purchase a home here, you cannot move to Vancouver. You can rent, but don’t come here and purchase a home.’ It just kind of reminds me of what’s going on down south, and that concerns me.”

Affleck described the mayor’s motion as “too prescriptive” and said it won’t help with affordability. He also used the r-word.

“So what are we trying to solve?” he said. “I can’t help but think this [motion] seems a bit racist. Why don’t we want foreign people buying property in our city? What is the question you’re asking yourselves here today?

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Mayor: policy has nothing to do with race “It’s now OK today to do this, whereas a year ago or two years ago, you guys would not have touched this.”

Robertson had the final word before he, his Vision colleagues and Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr voted 7-2 in favour of having staff develop a pre-sales policy that will include the prevention of bulk purchases of units and limit the quick re-sale

or flipping of units.

“This has nothing to do with race, this has nothing to do with citizenship, this has everything to do with local people — whatever their backgrounds — the people who live and work here having some priority access to new projects,” the mayor said. “It’s a simple as that. And those who want to politicize it, and turn it into something that it is not, that’s very

unfortunate. We need a lot of steps here to tackle affordability and access to the housing market at all different levels, and this is one modest tool.”

But, I reminded him in a scrum prior to the meeting, the development institute is saying more than 90 per cent of pre-sales already go to local buyers.

The mayor’s response suggested he didn’t believe that figure.

“I’m really interested seeing the industry’s data on this, and having our city staff having the opportunity to sit down and go through the numbers and figure out where is it that locals don’t get access to new projects, because we’re hearing that from local buyers.”

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The work will focus exclusively on the southern portion of 10th Avenue between Oak and Willow streets.

Pre-construction work is underway now — moving utilities and fire hydrants — while shovels hit the ground at the end of November.

Outlined by city staff at a media conference Oct. 20, the project is intended to improve access to the hospital and other health services between Cambie and Oak, better separate vehicle, bike and pedestrian lanes, and improve pick-up and dropoff areas.

Bus stops will also be relocated directly on the corner of Oak and 10th so those with mobility or vision challenges won’t have to navigate the steep hill up from Broadway.

“The street wasn’t working well for anyone and currently isn’t working well for anyone,” said Paul Storer, the city’s manager of transportation design. “What we need to do is find a way to improve, particularly how emergency access works with a real focus on patients and vulnerable pedestrians.”

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Issues around parking will play out throughout the process. Short-term drop off and pickup will be maintained, but the parking in the region will decrease.

The first phase of construction through March will cost about $2.5 million and those funds are coming from the city and TransLink. Bedard said all the work will be done during the city’s allowable construction hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Storer noted that 60 per cent of cyclists using the corridor do so in order to access the health facilities between Oak and Cambie. Those who don’t will have the option to re-route along Seventh and 14th avenues, as well as Alder and Yukon streets.

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“Already people are getting confused with where to go in the area and we’re looking at improving on that by having staff on the site as work is progressing to control that,” he said.

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An East Van elementary school has a new name to better reflect its Indigenous student population and curriculum.

Located at 1950 East Hastings at Victoria Drive, Sir William Macdonald elementary is now known as Xpey’ elementary. Vancouver School Board official trustee Dianne Turner made that call Monday, Oct. 23, in what was her last meeting at the helm of the district before successful byelection candidates are sworn in Oct. 30.

Xpey’ translates to “cedar” in the henqeminem dialect spoken by members of the Musqueam Nation. The school became an Aboriginal focus school in 2012.

With the name change now official, the next steps turn to the school’s visuals.

“The school community, working closely with district staff, will develop the new signage, logo, letterhead and other materials that will use the name,” VSB spokesperson David Connop Price told the Courier via email.

“The students and all the

school community will have a voice in this meaningful and respectful process.”

The original school, which began in temporary buildings at Victoria and Pender streets, was named Cedar Cove elementary because of its proximity to Burrard Inlet.

Macdonald elementary opened in 1906 and was named after Sir William Macdonald, a tobacco merchant and educational philanthropist.

School board policy states that re-naming a school must reflect the educational needs of the students and the history and cultural tradition of the school and community.

The new name aligns with the change from a local catchment to a district catchment for an Aboriginal focus school.

The name-change exercise was two years in the making and initiated in late October 2015. A re-naming committee was struck consisting of the school’s principal, VSB staff and representatives from the student and parent population.

More than 30 names were submitted over a week-long process by 45 people. Cedar

Cove received the most votes among committee members.

District staff then asked Chief Wayne Sparrow and council members of the Musqueam lndian Band for their help translating the term, and a translation and phonic equivalency were returned to the board in early October.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, the Vancouver Park Board approved a motion to consult with the Squamish, Musqueam and Tseil-Waututh First Nations about changing the name of Stanley Park’s Siwash Rock because the word Siwash, whose origins can be traced back to the French word “sauvage,” is considered offensive.

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

Pronunciation of Xpey’: x: is called chi a uvular fricative and sounds like the ch in the German word ach p: normal p sound e: as in the word bet y’: is a glottalized y which is like a truncated y.

Listen to the pronunciation in our online story about Macdonald’s name change.

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Diego Cardona knew the race to fill the vacant Vancouver city council seat would be tight, but he didn’t predict he would finish fifth out of nine candidates.

The 21-year-old Vision Vancouver candidate said last week in a post-byelection interview that several factors likely contributed to his loss at the polls Oct. 14.

Cardona cited vote splitting among the left-of-centre candidates and parties, voters’ disillusionment with the city hall-ruling Vision and residents angry about the high cost of housing.

There was also, he pointed out near the end of his 30-minute interview with the Courier, racism directed at him at political events, the doorstep and on social media.

“It was really strong,” said Cardona of the racism. “I don’t know if that made a difference between me placing fifth or third or second, but if we’re just going through all the factors here, I think that was also one of them.”

Added Cardona: “Some folks didn’t feel comfortable with a former Colombian refugee running for office.”

Cardona arrived in Canada when he was nine years old.

He fled Colombia with his ailing mother and sister after his father was murdered by guerilla forces. His mother later died of leukemia and he and his sister spent time in the foster care system.

That narrative of Cardona’s

Diego Cardona of Vision Vancouver finished fifth in the Oct. 14 byelection. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

life was featured in his campaign material and well told by media in the days leading up to the byelection, which the NPA’s Hector Bremner won with 13,372 votes. Cardona finished with 5,411.

Overall, Cardona said, the results showed him that he and his party clearly have more work to do in making Vancouver a more affordable place to live.

Voters, he continued, want the Vision-led administration at city hall to be bold in creating affordable and social housing. They want politicians to be “fierce advocates” when lobbying the provincial and federal governments for housing and programs for low-income and averageincome people.

“It was clear that we need to re-think a lot of things as we look ahead to 2018 [general election],” said Cardona, whose one positive takeaway from the results was the support for “progressive” candidates and parties.

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He considers Vision, which has ruled city hall since 2008, a progressive party. The candidates he was referring to are secondplace finisher Jean Swanson, who ran a “tax the rich” campaign, Strathcona community activist Pete Fry of Greens and the city’s former homeless advocate Judy Graves of the OneCity party.

Cardona said he would be open to a coalition of progressive candidates and parties banding together before the next election to stop the NPA from returning a majority to city hall. Vision has done this in previous elections with COPE. “Our message throughout the campaign was always about the importance of uniting progressives to stop the NPA,” he said. “So I’m not about to change that message, post election. But there has to be a willingness from other players to do such a thing.”

Right now, he acknowledged, that could be difficult

to do because the progressive candidates targeted Vision during the campaign for not addressing homelessness, the high cost of rents and lack of affordable housing.

“My hope is that postelection we can turn down the rhetoric,” said Cardona, pointing out the price of housing and rents cannot solely be controlled by civic government, although the city’s new housing strategy points to programs to tie incomes to new developments.

The abysmal 11 per cent voter turnout for the byelection and the fact that much of Vision’s base didn’t vote are two other factors Cardona discussed.

But for Bremner to tell the Courier byelection night that “Vision is done,” when there was such a low voter turnout, is a questionable conclusion, said Cardona, noting almost 400,000 eligible voters didn’t cast a ballot, many of those Vision supporters.

“That’s overblowing the results — we’re definitely not done,” he said. “But we also need to figure out why some of our loyal supporters decided to stay home.”

To those civic politics watchers and pundits who said Vision threw him under the bus, Cardona said he was well supported by the party and will likely run again in the next election.

“The party was invested in the campaign, if that’s the answer you’re looking for,” he said.

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Region’s transportation plans driven by politics Mike Klassen

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When it comes to the future of transportation in Metro Vancouver, one can be forgiven for feeling a sense of gloom. As traffic gets worse and existing transit infrastructure struggles to meet growing demand, parochial politics seems to pervade every decision.

In recent weeks, the region has seen bridge tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges removed and highway traffic surge. Ride-hailing services such as Uber have been put on indefinite hold, and the pause button was pushed on a replacement for the George Massey tunnel.

Additionally, a City of Vancouver report now claims that the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts must come down due to seismic risks, in spite of there being no plausible plan to accommodate existing traffic flows without a huge public investment.

At the nexus of the region’s transportation dysfunction is the Mayors’ Council — a roundtable comprised of mayors from the tiny hamlets of Bowen

With the removal of bridge tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges, ride-hailing services such as Uber put on indefinite hold and the pause button pushed on a replacement for the George Massey tunnel, politics appears to be in the driver seat of the region’s transportation plans, says columnist Mike Klassen. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Island, Anmore and Lion’s Bay, alongside the cities of Richmond, Surrey and Vancouver.

The Mayors’ Council has been promoting a “10year plan” for regional transportation that still is not fully funded despite increased commitments by the federal and provincial governments. The council is calling for a share of B.C.’s carbon tax revenue to make up the gap.

The plan features a replacement of the Pattullo Bridge, an extension of

the SkyTrain Millennium Line down the Broadway corridor in Vancouver and a light rail (“LRT”) network in Surrey.

Of the three, the project that seems the most politically driven (thanks to the support of the Mayors’ Council) is Surrey’s $2.6-billion LRT plan to place at-grade rail down on existing roadways.

In response, a Surrey activist group opposed to the LRT plan — “SkyTrain for Surrey” — is championing another way

to spend those billions.

The group proposes a bus rapid transit (“BRT”) system for the city, while extending the SkyTrain route to Langley.

BRT is shown to successfully integrate into existing transit systems at a much lower cost.

When I reached out to experts who were familiar with the plan and the politics around the Surrey LRT project, not one of them could support it.

At the most recent meeting of the Mayors’

Council, Derek Corrigan was more publicly skeptical of the 10-year plan.

Though the Burnaby mayor has been a thorn in the side of the provincial government and TransLink on several occasions, he speaks with authority on the economics of major developments.

Burnaby is growing faster than any municipality in Western Canada when it comes to condo tower construction, with about $1 billion in new development in 2017 alone.

During the meeting, Corrigan cautioned his fellow mayors on their plan for doing a bridge and two rapid transit extensions simultaneously — asserting it “flies in the face of Keynesian economics” to add major projects in an already superheated construction economy.

“That means that prices are going to go up significantly, because there is a limitation on the available resources here in British Columbia,” said Corrigan, adding the region already has two other major infrastructure developments pending — the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, and the Lions Gate wastewater treatment

plant. “Even if we look internationally, being able to do all those projects simultaneously is impossible.

“I don’t believe that this organization [TransLink] even for a moment could ramp up, and handle three projects that would probably tax the resources of the provincial government,” said Corrigan, adding there had not been any meaningful conversation at the Mayors’ Council on the implications of their proposal.

“What’s driving this is not good planning — it’s good politics. It’s the idea that Vancouver can’t be ahead of Surrey, and Surrey can’t be ahead of Vancouver… All of these politics are driving us to expend far more of the public’s money than we should.

“I want to lay that out because I don’t want to, as a politician, not have raised those issues. You need to stop and think about what you’re undertaking, before you go down a path that’s going to leave a legacy for future politicians that’s unsustainable.”

The reaction from the Mayors’ Council? Their silence spoke volumes. @MikeKlassen

Development community shocked by ‘new normal’ Michael Geller geller@sfu.ca

Last week, members of Vancouver’s real estate and development community squeezed into a crowded downtown hotel ballroom to hear some astounding statistics about housing affordability around Metro Vancouver.

The occasion was the

annual Urban Development Institute presentation by Michael Ferreira of Urban Analytics, a consulting firm that advises developers what to build and what they can charge for new developments.

Most attendees were shocked by what Ferreira described as “the new normal.” He told of instant sellouts of new projects,

double-digit price increases, government uncertainty, grossly insufficient supply and a lot of disappointed and increasingly frustrated would-be buyers.

There were audible gasps in the room when Ferreira reported on price increases he has observed around the region. Between 2015 and 2017, the average price of a

Metrotown highrise apartment increased from $700 to $1,100 per square foot.

Surrey apartments increased from $330 to $550 per square foot. Richmond apartments increased from $490 to $790 per square foot. This was just over a two-year period.

Ferreira remarked that if he had predicted these price increases two years ago,

people would have laughed him out of the room.

In terms of absolute sale prices, the audience was astonished to be told new 475-square-foot Mount Pleasant apartments were selling for $740,000, 435-square-foot apartments in Joyce/Collingwood had sold for $735,000 and new 600-square-foot apartments

in Surrey Centre were selling for $480,000.

We hear a lot of talk about the assignment or flipping of pre-sale contracts. Ferreira’s statistics help explain why it is happening. Metrotown apartments originally selling for $595 per square foot were reselling for $1,082 per square foot.

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Thanks for the byelection coverage Re: “Election guide,” Oct. 12.

I would like to thank the Courier for enabling me to vote in the recent civic election. Without their coverage, I wouldn’t have known where to vote or who the candidates were. Not surprising that there are poor turnouts at local elections.

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Choice of liaison officer highlights the problem Re: “Meet the police liaison to Vancouver’s LGBT community,” online, Oct. 20.

A straight white guy cannot do the job. The VPD did this before in the 1990s. They put straight people who had no clue about the queer community, and did not see it was a problem.

We told them then to make it a queer VPD officer, and if they can’t, then that highlights the problem.

So this is more of the same, in another decade.

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Land costs inflate prices Continued from page 10 That is an 82 per cent increase during the period when the buildings were under construction.

Meanwhile in Richmond, assignments of agreements to purchase woodframe apartments increased 59 per cent from $435 to $691 per square foot between the time the buildings first went on sale and completion.

One of the reasons housing prices have increased so dramatically is increased land prices. Just as meat is priced by the kilo or pound, development sites are priced per square foot of buildable area.

In the mid-1990s, many of my colleagues thought I over-paid when I purchased a Kerrisdale gas station at Larch and West 41st for $85 per square foot to build Elm Park Place. According to Ferreira, given extremely limited supply, current prices for a West Side multifamily site are $650 to $750 per square foot.

On this basis, just the land cost for a small, 850-square-foot two-bedroom apartment is approximately $700,000. Add in construction costs, consultant fees, financing, marketing costs, city permits, and developer’s profit, and that apartment must sell for at least $1,500,000.

Many question who can afford these prices. Is it just foreign buyers? Ferreira thinks not.

While reporting that 1.4 million multiple-entry

According to Michael Ferreira of Urban Analytics, instant sellouts of new projects, double-digit price increases, government uncertainty, grossly insufficient supply and a lot of disappointed and increasingly frustrated would-be buyers is “the new normal.”

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visas were issued to Chinese nationals over the last three years, many of whom bought property in Vancouver, he also noted that Metro Vancouver residents 55 and over had accumulated $252 billion in mortgagefree equity in their homes.

Many are using this equity to help children and grandchildren purchase housing.

Ferreira was critical of Mayor Gregor Robertson’s recent “locals first” proposal, which he described as political meddling, not an initiative to improved housing affordability. I must agree.

Furthermore, I question whether the city could impose such a condition on developers unless a property is rezoned; and the last thing we need is more time-consuming and expensive rezonings. The

enforcement of such a requirement could also be a nightmare.

A better approach is for the city to zone more land for affordable forms of housing and speed up approvals.

Experience has demonstrated that those cities with the most complex approval procedures have the most expensive housing. Ferreira urged Vancouver’s mayor to follow the lead of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee who recently issued an executive directive to reduce by half the time it takes to obtain approvals for new homes in San Francisco.

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An intimate look at Vancouver’s From Facebook groups to Hollywood movies to relationship coaches, polyamory not as unconventional as it once was John Kurucz

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One plus one doesn’t necessarily equal two in the Beatch household.

Robin and Brandon Beatch have been married for four years and have two kids under the age of five.

They co-parent and have little in the way of a sexual relationship. Instead, Brandon has a girlfriend and refers to himself as a “relationship anarchist” (more on that later).

Robin, meanwhile, identifies as queer and is recently single.

Welcome to the world of polyamory.

Many definitions exists under the umbrella of polyamory, and those who spoke to the Courier had a slight variation on what the term means and how it applies to them.

Stan K (who asked his last name to be withheld) serves as an administrator of the Vanpoly Facebook group, which boasts

close to 2,000 members.

A member of the poly community since the early 2000s, his definition is this: “Polyamory is more than one lover or intimate relationship with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved,” he said. “Some call it simply ethical nonmonogamy.”

Polyamory recently received the big screen treatment with the release of the Hollywood film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. The film centres around the polyamorous relationship between psychologist William Moulton Marston, his wife and his mistress. Marston is credited with creating the comic book character that went on to become Wonder Woman.

Members of Vancouver’s poly community were invited to an advance screening in early October, and, by extension, invited to offer snapshots of their lives with the Courier.

Brandon and Stan both opted for the poly side of life in the early 2000s. For Stan, it was a film about open relationships that led him and his wife to open up their marriage.

“For me it wasn’t so much a change,” Brandon added. “I have always been the type of person to assume that the normal way of doing things isn’t always the way that we should do them.”

Robin’s segue came in 2010.

“It was refreshing. I heard the term and I thought, ‘Oh, this actually kind of makes sense to me,’” she said.

Refusing to define a relationship is at the root of the term “relationship anarchist.”

Like Brandon, polyamory relationship coach Melina Mariposa counts herself in the anarchist camp. That term means that friends, lovers and acquaintances are all looked at the same, with the same amount of love and attention.

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growing polyamory community Many of the same skills and emotions needed for monogamy carry over into the polyamory world as well.

Attention, as it turns out, is critical to making the poly boat float.

“Shadow emotions — like jealousy, fear, envy and anger — are all clues to something else going on inside of ourselves,” Mariposa said. “It’s really good practice to get used to identifying those things and then sitting down with your partner and then communicating them.”

A Vancouver ex-pat who recently relocated to Vancouver Island, Mariposa has been in the poly coaching field for close to three years. Her clients are from all corners of the globe and typically in their 30s and 40s. Sexual fantasies, impulses and, in some cases, cheating become the catalyst for change.

“Some people get the idea that polyamory is all about group sex and orgies and things like that,” Mariposa said. “Those things can happen, but that is not the everyday reality.”

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“One of the most complex sessions I’ve ever had,” she said.

Speaking of complexity, there’s the whole “Hey, Mom, guess what? I’m polyamorous now” discussion. Brandon says his parents were cool with it, as long as he was happy and the kids were too. Robin’s mom was not happy at first, but has accepted it.

Mariposa’s mom had a decidedly different takeaway.

“My mother had a very negative reaction to it to the point that she couldn’t stand to live in the same country as me,” she said. “On the other side of the equation, my dad is OK with it.”

While they’re no longer sexually active with one another, Brandon and Robin say they’re committed to staying together in order to raise their kids.

Robin has no problems explaining the situation to her four-year-old son, but she wonders how others will perceive their lifestyle.

“I can’t control that.

But I worry about parents perhaps not wanting their kids to have sleepovers at our house because they think we’re sexual deviants or something like that,” she said. “The approach to that is that we’ll have to teach our kids that not everyone lives the same way

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and some people don’t understand.”

Everyone who spoke to the Courier said that level of understanding is changing. The last five years in particular have seen real conversation starters.

Living on “the Left Coast” only adds to the degree of acceptance, those in the community say.

“It has changed dramatically over the last decade,” Stan said. “Polyamory has gone from something hidden from view to something now commonly known.”

For more info on the Vanpoly group, check out vanpoly.ca or facebook.com/groups/Vanpoly. @JohnKurucz

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Santa Claus parade given green light John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Saint Nick is back in the black, and this year’s Santa Claus parade is a go.

Parade organizers announced Tuesday that Telus is now the event’s presenting sponsor. As recently as late last week the parade was exceedingly close to being cancelled for the first time in

14 years due to a $150,000 funding shortfall.

Not anymore.

“We’re so thrilled that the parade will continue and we really want to thank Telus for stepping up to help us continue this great community event uninterrupted for a 14th straight year,” Vancouver Santa Claus Parade Society president Jessica Walker said in a news release.

Rogers had been the marquee sponsor for the past 13 years and told parade organizers more than a year ago that that sponsorship would be discontinued.

“We decided to redirect our charitable support to organizations that directly support youth. We wish the organizers the best of luck in their efforts,” Rogers spokesperson Lisa Rossington told

Public Hearing: November 14, 2017 Tuesday, November 14, 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. 1775 West 16th Avenue (Elson Residence), 1785 West 16th Avenue (Bayne Residence), 1795 West 16th Avenue (Maguire Residence) To add the existing buildings at 1775 and 1785 West 16th Avenue (the Elson Residence and the Bayne Residence respectively) to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘C’ evaluation category; to add the Maguire Residence at 1795 West 16th Avenue to the Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category; and to designate the exteriors of all three buildings as protected heritage property.

2. 1523 Davie Street (Gabriola Mansion) To amend CD-1 (248) Comprehensive Development District for 1523 Davie Street (Gabriola Mansion) to increase the maximum floor space ratio from 0.35 to 0.87 to allow for the conversion of the existing heritage building into 16 rental dwelling units, the construction of four rental infill townhouses along the lane, and the restoration and designation of significant heritage features.

3. 3681 Victoria Drive and 1915 Stainsbury Avenue To rezone 3681 Victoria Drive and 1915 Stainsbury Avenue from MC-1 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of two six-storey residential buildings with a total of 153 secured market rental housing units, including artist live-work studios. A building height of 19.6 metres (64.3 feet) and a floor space ratio of 2.57 are proposed.

4. 521-527 West 8th Avenue To rezone 521-527 West 8th Avenue from C-3A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of an eight-storey office building with commercial retail use at grade. A height of 33.3 metres (109.3 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.51 are proposed.

5. 3030-3038 Commercial Drive To rezone 3030–3038 Commercial Drive from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to

permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building with at-grade commercial uses and 43 secured market rental housing units. A height of 22.7 metres (74.5 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.10 are proposed.

the Courier last week.

The parade has supported the Greater Vancouver Food Bank since its inception, raising $157,000 and 77,000 pounds of food over the last 13 years. Between now and parade day on Dec. 3, Telus will donate $1 — up to $20,000 — for every food item donated to the food bank.

The parade draws

roughly 300,000 spectators annually, along with 2,700 participants and more than 300 volunteers.

This year’s holiday hootenanny starts at noon on Dec. 3, beginning in the West End. The route then winds around West Georgia Street, then turns down Howe Street at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Two hours of family entertainment will also

ARBUTUS GREENWAY OPEN HOUSES View information boards and chat with members of the project team.

6. 8615 Laurel Street To rezone 8615 Laurel Street from RM-3A (Multiple Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building, containing a total of 65 secured market rental housing units. A height of 20.1 metres (66 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.50 are proposed.

7. 5110 Cambie Street To rezone 5110 Cambie Street 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 12 dwelling units. A height of 20.1 metres (66 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.40 are proposed.

8. 1920 Southwest Marine Drive (Casa Mia) To rezone 1920 Southwest Marine Drive from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit retention, reuse and designation of the existing heritage “A” listed Casa Mia estate building, and development of a three-storey (two storeys above grade) addition; and to permit the entire structure to be used as a 90-bed Community Care Facility for seniors. An FSR of 0.93 is proposed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038

be presented at Christmas Square prior to the parade.

Even with Telus’s help, sponsors are still needed.

Some of this year’s backers include Purdy’s Chocolates, the Vancouver Courier, Toys R Us and Island Farms.

Interested sponsors are asked to call 604-646-3591 or email vansantaparade@ pacegroup.com. @JohnKurucz

Saturday, October 28, 10 am – 4 pm Sunday, October 29, 10 am – 2 pm Point Grey Secondary School 5350 East Boulevard See emerging designs and share your thoughts.

Sunday, October 29, 3 – 6 pm Point Grey Secondary School 5350 East Boulevard

For more opportunities to get involved, visit: vancouver.ca/arbutusgreenway arbutusgreenway@vancouver.ca 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.

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 November 3 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are

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 November 3 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor,

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Park board plan dedicated to four-legged park users

Jessica Kerr

jkerr@vancourier.com

It’s been 20 years since Vancouver Park Board created its first off-leash dog areas, and it now has a plan for the future of park space dedicated to the city’s legion of canine companions.

Board commissioners Monday night approved the People, Parks and Dogs plan. It’s an over-arching strategy aimed at improving existing off-leash areas, creating new ones and promoting a more positive experience for all park users by clarifying rules, boundaries and etiquette in leash-free areas, over the next 10 years and into the future.

“Additionally, the strategy

seeks to integrate a variety of appealing and dog-safe off-leash spaces in our parks that are easily accessed by local residents who directly support their success,” board staff said in the report to commissioners.

In 1997, the first off-leash areas were created in four parks — Balaclava, Hillcrest (Queen Elizabeth), Nelson and Killarney — as a pilot project. Since then, another 32 off-leash areas were added. Six of the 36 off-leash areas are fenced, while the remaining 30 are unfenced and the park space is shared by a variety of uses. There is also a leash-free area in Pacific Spirit Park but that is outside the park board’s jurisdiction.

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The plan is the result of an 18-month-long consultation process that included a phone survey of 400 Vancouver residents, eight in-person events and two online surveys. There were a combined 6,400 responses, with roughly half coming from dog owners. Staff also worked with a 22-member advisory committee.

The plan covers everything from creating new off-leash areas in regions of the city that are considered underserved and strategies for increasing the number of licensed dogs, to the types of surfaces that could be used and increasing signage and education related of dog activity in parks.

Staff also identified a

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number of “quick starts” — initiatives that could be under taken in the next 12 to 18 months, including: developing a new off-leash area at Renfrew Park and testing new surfacing materials, expanding the city’s “red bin” program for dog waste, installing new signage at existing offleash areas and removing time restrictions at New Brighton Park’s off-leash enclosure.

There were 21,332 licensed dogs in the city in 2016. However, the park board staff report says the estimated population is actually between 32,390 and 55,947, based on results from the phone survey.

As part of the planning

process, staff analyzed dogrelated calls to the city’s 311 line between January 2010 and 2015. There are more than 30,000 calls about dogs annually. The calls included complaints, concerns and general inquiries. Staff estimates each call costs approximately $6.

Several residents signed up to speak to the board before commissioners considered approval of the plan. Erin Filtness, who spoke on behalf of Dog Lovers of Trout Lake, said the plan was a good move and stressed that proper signage at existing parks is the most urgent need and that fencing should only be used as a last resort.

Michael Seear said he is concerned about interactions

between dogs and wildlife in parks and listed a number of areas in the city that are home to eagles, herons, a beaver and some otters.

“These animals… greatly improve our lives and they deserve our protection,” Seear said. “You don’t need to shout about rights of animals. I think that’s at the fanatical end of the spectrum; you just need common sense.

We should look after them…

“When you are designing an off-leash park area, you should include the wildlife that may conceivably be affected by an offleash dog,” he said.

All commissioners voiced their support for the strategy before approving the plan unanimously.

Take part in the Millennium Line Broadway Extension Environmental and Socio-Economic Review Process As TransLink and the City work to secure final funding for the Broadway Extension, we are continuing our public consultation on potential impacts of the project.

Residents are invited to take part in an Environmental and Socio-Economic Review survey.

The Environmental and SocioEconomic Review process will: • Describe the existing conditions and identify potential effects of the project.

• Take the survey online: translink.ca/broadwayextension

• Study those effects and evaluate how much impact they will have.

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• Identify mitigation measures, or actions to avoid or reduce potentially negative effects.

• Develop construction and operations requirements that the project contractors will have to meet.

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Public Auction: Sale of Land for Taxes – November 8

Development Permit Board Meeting: October 30 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet:

The City of Vancouver will hold a public auction of lands on which taxes or other charges have been delinquent for two years. Under the provisions of the Vancouver Charter, the auction will be held:

Monday, October 30, 2017 at 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Town Hall Meeting Room, Ground Floor

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 10 am Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

to consider the following development permit application:

Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

105 Keefer Street To develop this site with a nine-storey mixed use building, containing 111 dwelling units and commercial uses at grade including a seniors’ cultural space, over three levels of underground parking.

The list of properties to be offered for sale will be available at: vancouver.ca/taxsale after 6 pm on November 1, 2017.

TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM: 604-873-7469 or camilla.lade@vancouver.ca

THE LIST OF PROPERTIES IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Purchasers at the sale are required to pay the upset price by cash or other certified funds. Delinquent taxpayers may make payments before the sale starts.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Phone 604-873-7816 or 3-1-1

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HORROR SHOW Be afraid, be very afraid of these spooky events happening in Vancouver and beyond SANDRA THOMAS sthomas@vancourier.com No matter your age — or fear level — there’s a terrifying event for that.

VANCOUVER THEATRESPORT LEAGUE VTSL celebrates the season of goblins and Jack-O-Lanterns with its own spooktacular event — Halloween Monster Match — Saturday, Oct. 28 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. For this one night, the Improv Centre will be transformed with haunting décor into an eerie sepulchre worthy of any demon or night-loving vampire. The evening features costumed performers in head-toheadless TheatreSports matches — all but the most

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cunning ghoul will perish.

The audience will be treated to two on-stage matches and shake their bones to the bloodcurdling beats of a DJ at the danse macabre where you’ll be joined on the dance floor by the performers. Have your palm read by Madame Improvo or visit Poe Corner, where the spectre of a longdead poet will spellbind you with improvised poems that the Raven itself would find beguiling. Mix and mingle

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Centre. Costume-clad kids can grab a trick-or-treat bag to decorate (available for first 250 kids) and get their faces painted at the Base Camp Café in the valley. A ride in the gondola to the summit will thrill families before they venture off into the forest for trick or treating on the trails.

Friendly Sea to Sky creatures including Bernice the Bear and Sally the Salamander will hand out treats at themed stations along Alpine Alley. Admission to the Halloween Trick or Treat is free with a gondola lift ticket or annual pass and the celebration will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Visit seatoskygondola.com.

FRIGHT NIGHT AT PLAYLAND Known as Western Canada’s scariest haunt, Fright Nights returns now through Oct. 31, featuring returning favourites as well as neverbefore-seen attractions including a new haunted house. For those looking for a paranormal experience, Haunted Mansion is geared to terrify even the bravest souls, while guests who want to overcome their fear of clowns can face the Car-N-Evil haunted house or face their deepest terrors in Darkness.

The Asylum, Fear, Hollywood Horrors and Keepers Doll Factory haunted houses are also back. Visit frightnights.ca.

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STARRY NIGHT: Music man David Foster marked his foundation’s 30th anniversary with a star-studded fundraising gala and concert stage at the Parq Vancouver.

The award-winning producer and musician tapped 30 high profile guests — including Jay Leno, Steven Tyler, Goldie Hawn and Oprah — to make an appearance this weekend either at the charity founders dinner, or on stage with the 15time Grammy award winner.

Since its inception, the foundation has promoted organ donor awareness and helped with the non-medical expenses of more than 1,100 Canadian families to date. Many families have to split their time between their home and a city that has one of Canada’s eight pediatric organ transplant centres. With a little help from his friends, Foster is committed to raising $50 million for the foundation.

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES: The Commodore Ballroom played host to Music Heals’ major fundraiser of the year.

The Strike A Chord Rock ‘n’ Roll Gala attracted an A-list group of musicians to the charity’s fourth staging benefitting the Music Heals Charitable Foundation. Hosted by George Strombolopolous, the musical jamboree has all the makings of a winning night. Alongside food, drink and great music, individuals and businesses opened their hearts and wallets contributing more than $500,000 marked for musical therapy programs in the province and across Canada. Among the Junoand Grammy-winning artists that performed on the iconic Commodore stage: Chin Injeti, the Sheepdogs and the Sam Roberts Band.

For a longer version of this column see vancourier.com.

Bruce Munro Wright and Christie Darbyshire chaired Arts Umbrella’s 35th Splash Gala. The art auction netted a record $540,000 for the visual and performing arts school.

Musician Steven Tyler partied with the many colourful cast of characters in Kurios, Cirque du Soleil’s 35th production to come from Montreal. Kurios, Cabinet of Curiosities plays at Concord Pacific until Dec. 31.

Hollywood actresses Neve Campbell, Alicia Witt and Zuleikha Robinson took in opening night festivities under Cirque’s iconic blue and yellow tents.

Music producer David Foster and foundation CEO Mike Ravenhill welcomed guests to the star-studded founders dinner held at the Parq Vancouver.

Community leaders Lorne and Melita Segal once again opened their home and pool to the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation’s Life Commitment Dinner.

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East Vancouver’s WISE Hall gets massive financial lifeline John Kurucz

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A five-figure cash infusion from Creative BC has management at the WISE Hall doing the do-si-do.

The venerable East Side music and arts space received more than $90,000 in grant money from the provincial arts agency in September. That money is being used as part of an ongoing renovation effort that will wrap up by February 2018.

The WISE (an acronym for Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English, dating back to the days when it was a social club for immigrants) has received two grants in the past five years, though the recent financial pick-meup represents the largest renovation project in the venue’s 92-year history.

“As a not-for-profit, we’ve had stuff donated and we’ve purchased where we can, but this allows us to move into a place where we have good gear that has some longevity and can carry us through the next decade,” said WISE Hall manager Jasmine Liddell.

The lengthy to-do list includes re-surfacing the stage, bringing in new lighting, soundproofing and curtains and an entirely new sound system to replace the piecemeal setup that’s been used for years. The sound board is also being moved from the balcony area down onto the floor.

The WISE’s last reno project happened in 2013, when a crowdfunding campaign raised $11,000 for soundproofing materials in response to noise complaints. A year before that, more than $70,000 in

Built in 1926, the WISE Hall is undergoing the most extensive renovation in the venue’s history. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

matching funds from the city went towards structural upgrades, bathroom renovations and fixing the roof.

Those figures may give the impression of a comfortable financial footing, but the hall’s assessed value has jumped by 43 per cent since 2012. This year’s property tax bill rang in at $5,600.

“Most of our bills are actually going towards keeping the building open,” Liddell said.

Located at Adanac Street and Victoria Drive, the WISE Hall has hosted the likes of SNFU, Sal Ferreras, Neko Case and the Odds. Its staff and board includes numerous members of the Vancouver music and arts scene, including former DOA and Subhumans drummer Jon Card, promoter Wendy13 and sound techs who’ve worked multiple venues across the city.

The WISE’s identity has changed on an ongo-

ing basis since 2014. At that time, the decision was made to shift away from being solely a rental hall to offering more homegrown music, arts and culture.

Hundreds of gigs, burlesque and theatre shows, multi-disciplinary performances and fundraisers have happened since, along with a name change from “Social & Athletics Club” to “Social & Community Arts Club.”

Part of that change includes opening up the downstairs lounge to live music and entertainment.

To that end, Vancouver folk group The Tired Sunday Choir is performing every Sunday night as part of a month-long residency from Nov. 5 to 26.

The first gig on the docket includes a guest spot from Elliot Christopher Way and the show gets underway at 8 p.m. @JohnKurucz

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Vancouver students dig in for Farm

Jessica Kerr

jkerr@vancourier.com

It’s pouring rain as a class of Grade 1/2 students at David Livingstone elementary huddle under a white tent next to the school’s garden. The children take turns running, dodging puddles, to a plot at the far end of the garden to plant their garlic cloves, which will sprout and grow over the fall and winter, ready for harvest next spring.

David Livingstone is one of several Vancouver schools taking part in the Classroom Gardener program. Founder Megan Zeni, who is also an educator — she teaches at a Richmond school as well as provides professional development for teachers — said she designed the program in response to teachers looking for ways to get their students outside.

“There’s a lot of research globally and locally that’s telling us about the positive impacts on children,” she told the Courier.

“Teachers are looking for ways to get kids learn-

Jenna Jaski of Victory Gardens Vancouver helps facilitate the Classroom Gardener program at East Van’s David Livingstone elementary school. The program is one of many across the city that aim to get students out of classrooms and into the garden and the kitchen. PHOTO BY DAN TOULGOET

ing outside because they need to get kids moving and there’s a ton of benefit for children’s physical

health being outside,” she said, adding that being outside also has mental health benefits.

“We see huge numbers of children struggling with anxiety in school, so how do we take them outside?

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to School month Because being outside is very protective against mental health problems in children.”

Zeni adds there are also cognitive benefits from being outside.

“There’s research that tells us that children will actually do better on academic tasks when they come back inside if they’ve spent time outside,” she said.

The program, which is designed specifically for students in kindergarten to Grade 7, goes well with B.C.’s new school curriculum, Zeni adds. The province introduced the revamped curriculum in 2015, with a full transition for kindergarten to Grade 9 last year.

“It was really written to be taught outside,” she said. “It’s really complementary to an outdoor classroom.”

Jenna Jaski of Victory Gardens Vancouver, a cooperative of urban growers that has partnered with the Classroom Grower to help facilitate the program at local schools, is all smiles despite spending the morning out in the deluge of rain.

“It’s all about learning as the topic comes up,” she says.

It’s raining? Talk about weather systems. See a spider and a worm fighting it out? Talk about predator/prey relationships.

“It’s a very different way of learning and I think a lot more organic, pardon the pun,” she says with a laugh. “It helps kids to ask questions and to be more engaged in their learning process rather than just rote learning and memorizing.”

There are 10 plots in the garden at David Livingstone: one play plot where the students can do whatever they want, except throw dirt, while the other nine contain a variety of plants, flowers and vegetables.

Every class gets to spend time in the garden and by the end of the year-long session, every student will have had a chance to experience all the facets of the garden.

“Throughout the whole year, every student should get to plant a seed, plant a plant, do some thinning of things… and harvesting and eating,” Jaski says. “I’m a big proponent of eating in the garden. So our fall harvests at all my schools have had a lot of tasting. Having kids beg for seconds of kale is amazing.”

October is Farm to School month and the Classroom Gardener is just one example of some of the programs taking place at schools throughout the city that see students getting out in the garden, or into the kitchen, growing, cooking and eating locallygrown food.

“Farm to School month is about celebrating and growing the provincial movement focused on supporting our local food system, supporting local farmers and providing fresh, nutritious and culturally appropriate food to our children while at school,” Richard Han, Farm to School B.C. provincial manager, said in a statement. “Farm to School B.C. is successful because we listen to our community partners. Instead of being prescriptive, we support schools to create programs that work for them with the help of local organizations and individuals.”

After forty-seven years, Michael has decided to retire. Over the next several weeks, Gurvin Jewellers will be having a Total Inventory Liquidation and Retirement Sale, and they’ll do their best to sell everything, to the bare walls.

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Started in 2007, Farm to School B.C. is a provincial network that promotes, supports and links Farm to School activities and programs in Vancouver and across the province. From school gardens and local food at lunch to farm field trips, the program aims to help students learn about the local food system, teach important life skills and provide the opportunity for students to start forming healthy habits.

To date, Farm to School B.C. has funded programs in 103 schools across the province.

Every October, Farm to Cafeteria Canada — a national organization that aims to bring healthy, local and sustainable food into all public institutions — collaborates with agencies, such as Farm to School B.C., across the country for Farm to School month. It also runs concurrently with Farm to School month in the U.S. This year marks the fourth annual edition of Farm to School month in Canada.

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Don your costume, charge up your Compass card and climb aboard from a stillsecret starting point Friday, Oct. 27. The Halloween SkyTrain runs from 8 to 9:30 p.m. and is completely free (not counting your transit fare). The rolling transit-party will feature live music and gather more guests at every stop (whether they knew they were going to a party or not).

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Jim Benning came to Vancouver with a reputation for scouting and drafting. He was a scout for several years with Anaheim and Buffalo, the director of amateur scouting for the Sabres for eight years, and focussed primarily on scouting, drafting and player development as an assistant general manager with the Boston Bruins.

Accordingly, fans have focussed on Benning’s drafting in Vancouver and there are a lot of positive signs. The prospect pool looks deeper than it has been for years, with blue-chip prospects at every position.

There are just a couple problems: the first is that the Canucks have yet to truly reap the benefits of Benning’s scouting and drafting acumen. The second is that two of his highest draft picks come with question marks and unkind comparisons to players picked directly after them.

There’s just one draft pick under the Benning regime that is a clear-cut home run: Brock Boeser.

The jury is still out on Benning’s first draft pick with the Canucks, Jake Virtanen, though his start to the 2017-18 NHL season is more promising than his 19 points in the AHL last season. It’s hard to shake the comparisons to William Nylander and Nikolaj Ehlers, the two forwards taken immediately after Virtanen, both already established first-line NHLers.

Olli Juolevi has top-pairing potential, but he’ll have to deal with comparisons to Matthew Tkachuk and Clayton Keller, as well as the next defenceman in the 2016 draft, Mikhail Sergachev, who is racking up points with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Stick-taps and Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to Derek Dorsett for providing a feel-good story early in the season for the Canucks. For at least a little while, the rough-andtumble winger was the Canucks’ leading scorer, punctuating his strong start to the season with a threegame goal-scoring streak. To go from a potentially career-ending neck surgery to this is astounding; while he won’t threaten for the Art Ross or Hart anytime soon, you have to think he’ll be a candidate for the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication.

Outside of the first round, Jared McCann, Nikita Tryamkin, and Gustav Forsling all seem to be solid picks, but none of them are currently playing with the Canucks. McCann went to the Florida Panthers in the Erik Gudbranson trade, Nikita Tryamkin bolted back to the KHL, and Forsling is with the Chicago Blackhawks after he was traded for Adam Clendening.

Aside from them, none of Benning’s picks have made the NHL yet, mostly because they haven’t had enough time.

Goaltenders Thatcher Demko and Michael DiPietro, centres Elias Pettersson and Adam Gaudette, and wingers Kole Lind, Jonah Gadjovich, and William Lockwood all have potential, but it’s a long way to go from potential to performance in the NHL. The biggest bright spot for Benning is Boeser, who has delivered on the promise he showed in the USHL and NCAA. Early in the 2017-18 season, he’s proven that his four goals in his nine-game debut last season were no fluke. Not only is he putting up points, but he’s third among Canucks forwards in corsi (shot attempt differential), behind only the Sedins, helping the team push the pace in puck possession rather than benefitting from puck luck.

When it comes to Boeser, the biggest benefit to Benning’s reputation is that he was picked late in the first round. While fans expect a home run from a top-10 pick, getting a legitimate first-line forward from the 23rd overall pick is a fine feather in Benning’s drafting cap.

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5468 INVERNESS ST Toys, shoes, clothes, furniture, household items.

No early or parking in the alley. Rain or shine in the front yard!

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ART & COLLECTIBLES CASH $ for TEAK / RETRO FURN & ANTIQUE Items FAIR & RELIABLE

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FOR SALE - MISC BIRKS STERLING 68 piece flatware, 8 place settings (Saxon) $3300 Please Text 604-992-6659.

Coquitlam Retiring, opportunity for new operating business.

Sell 1 ton truck 1990, 16 foot box. Powertail gate with ramp. incl all 4 flat dolleys. 50 furn blankets - Good running condition Everything $3500 Call: 604.444.5710 or 604.537.7120 SAWMILLS from only $4,397 Make money & save money with your own band mill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

WANTED Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. no text books or encyclopedias. I pay cash.

604-737-0530

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PETS

ALL SMALL BREED PUPS Local, Non-Shedding and Vet Checked.

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BUSINESS SERVICES

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LOTS & ACREAGES FOR SALE SINGLE FAMILY and duplex lots available in Burnaby and Vancouver. Starting $1M and up. 604-836-6098

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File Destruction. Free Consultation 1-800-347-2540, accesslegalmjf.com

MORTGAGES

BY OWNER. Selling 2 secure mortgages in Vancouver and Burnaby at 10% - 650K and 450K. 604-836-6098.

GROUP OF RETIREES will lend first and second loans on viable projects. New retirees looking for investment opportunities are welcome to join us.

604-836-6098.

PERSONALS GENTLEMEN! Attractive, discreet European lady offers companionship. 604-451-0175

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1010 6th Ave. New West.

Suites Available.

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Pets negotiable. Ref req.

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LANGARA GARDENS

GET UP to $50,000 from the Government of Canada. Do you or someone you know have any of these Conditions? ADHD, Anxiety, Asthma, Arthritis, Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Difficulty Walking, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowels, Overweight, Trouble Dressing and Hundreds more. All Ages & Medical Conditions Qualify.

Call the Benefits Program 1-800-211-3550

2 UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES - Prince George, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, Nov. 16 in Prince George. 1.67+/- and 4.17+/- Title Acres. Zoned RS2/AG. Steve Martin: 250612-8522; Realtor: Tom Moran PREC*: 250-784-7090; Brokerage - Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/realestate

CLEANING

#101 - 621 W. 57th Ave, Van Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments & Townhouses.

Heat, hot water & lrg storage locker included. Many units have in-suite laundry and lrg patios/balconies with gorgeous views. Tasteful gardens, swim pools, hot tub, gym, laundry, gated parking, plus shops & services. Near Oakridge Ctrl, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School & more.

Sorry no pets. www.langaragardens.com

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BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

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Porsche’s Passport – the end of ownership?

With the coming age of autonomous driving (which, incidentally, has a long way to go), there’s been much speculation about new ways in which people might experience cars. Actually, you don’t even have to wait for autonomy: even here in Vancouver, we’ve got car-sharing apps that let you nab a Prius or a Smart car for a quick one-way trip.

In Atlanta, Porsche has another take on ownership brewing. It’s called Passport, and it’s an attempt to take the streaming video concept of Amazon Prime and Netflix into the automotive field. For a monthly subscription of $2,000 to start, Passport members can choose from a Boxster, Cayman, Macan, or Cayenne, and cycle between the cars as often as they want.

Everything’s covered, from insurance, to maintenance, to taxes. Select where you want your Porsche to be dropped off – home, airport, or office – and Porsche’s employees will show up with a gleaming new car.

It sounds pretty compelling, apart from the cost. The higher-trim $3,000 “Accelerate” package is pretty pricey for a fancy leasing program.

Not to mention there’s no word on demand versus availability. Come a sunny day, what if all the Boxsters are already booked?

For me, there’s a bigger problem. Years and years ago, a Porsche sports car used to be the reward for long hours of work. You had to save up to get one, and as a result, people took pride in ownership. Now, lease rates are cheap, and the sheer number of crossovers means that people are just cycling through for a couple of years, always looking for a new flavour.

Programs like Passport will doubtless become more common. They won’t give you the same long-lasting joys as proper, long-term ownership.

Volkswagen Scirocco discontinued

While Canada never got the current-generation Scirocco, VW always dangled their little coupe just over our heads. It’s a pretty little thing, full of charisma, and eschew-

ing the faux-retro look of the modern, Golf-based Beetle.

Originally a replacement for the Karmann Ghia, the Scirocco arrived in the mid1970s, with the second-generation car arriving in the 1980s.

Some consider the Corrado to be a Scirocco in everything but name only, and you can count me among them.

I drove a Euro-spec Scirocco R some years ago, and it was every bit as fun as a GTI, with just a little more edge and style to it. While the front-wheel-drive coupe segment isn’t of huge sales importance to any company (witness the extinction of the Toyota Celica), you have to feel like the Scirocco would have given VW a little shot in the arm after the whole TDI debacle.

For now, the only time you’ll see a Scirocco is if it’s one of the classic versions, or when the European models turn 15 years old and someone starts importing them. If, however, VW has their wits about them, they’ll bring the car back with the next generation of Golf. Sure, crossover sales will fill VW’s bank statements, but you need a little personality parked beside them in the showroom to get curious buyers to wander through the door.

Where were the pictures snapped? At a McDonald’s drive-thru. The Corvette may be undergoing a metamorphosis into the layout of an exotic supercar, but it is obviously still emphatically America’s supercar.

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The mid-engined Corvette is a unicorn predicted by every major magazine since about four minutes after the first Corvette rolled off the production line. After all, the ’Vette is America’s sports car, and to beat the world it’s got to take on mid-engined stuff such as the Ferrari 488.

The advantage to having an engine in the middle of the car is mostly about weight distribution. Engines are heavy, and the further away you put them from the car’s centre, the more a pendulum effect can build up through corners.

Now, finally, it appears like the Corvette is finally getting the reworking it needs to be a halo vehicle worthy of taking on the likes of the Ford GT. Rumours have become truths, with camouflaged vehicles caught testing in Michigan, alongside a mighty Porsche 911 Turbo S that Chevrolet seems to have brought along as a performance yardstick.

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