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OFFERS END NOVEMBER 30.TH THE 2017 CRUZE

$4,000@

AVAILABLE HEATED FRONT SEATS AND STEERING WHEEL ONSTAR® 4G LTE WITH WI-FI® HOTSPOT4 STANDARD APPLE CARPLAY™ 2 AND ANDROID AUTO™ 2 CAPABILITY

TOTAL CREDITS†

ENVISION PREMIUM II MODEL SHOWN

2017 BUICK ENCLAVE PREMIUM AWD

FEATURES:

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ENCLAVE PREMIUM MODEL SHOWN

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(INCLUDES $500 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS AND $500 BLACK FRIDAY BONUS*)

CRUZE PREMIER MODEL SHOWN

12,935

$

• Stabilitrak with traction control

TOTAL CREDITS†

• Available forward collision alert and lane departure assist7

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2017 BUICK ENVISION

(INCLUDES $750 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS AND $500 BLACK FRIDAY BONUS*) • OnStar 4G LTE with built-in Wi-Fi Hotspot ®

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THE 2017 MALIBU GET UP TO

STANDARD APPLE CARPLAY™ 2 AND ANDROID AUTO™ 2 CAPABILITY TEEN DRIVER™ TECHNOLOGY 10 AVAILABLE ACTIVE SAFETY FEATURES3

TOTAL CREDITS†

(INCLUDES $500 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS AND $500 BLACK FRIDAY BONUS.* EXCLUDES HYBRID AND L MODELS)

LEASE AN LS FWD FROM $129 BI-WEEKLY, THAT’S LIKE:

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INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION 2018 EQUINOX

I N CLU D ES B U I CK SU I T E O F PR I V I L EG ES:

FEATURES: STANDARD REMOTE VEHICLE START SYSTEM STANDARD HEATED FRONT SEATS STANDARD REAR VISION CAMERA

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WITH $1,200 DOWN PAYMENT. BASED ON A LEASE PURCHASE PRICE OF $26,544†† (INCLUDES FREIGHT, PDI, $500 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS AND $500 BLACK FRIDAY BONUS*)

THE 2017 SILVERADO 1500

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AVAILABLE APPLE CARPLAY TM2 AND ANDROID AUTOTM2 CAPABILITY AND ONSTAR® 4G LTE WITH BUILT-IN WI-FI® HOTSPOT4 NHTSA OVERALL VEHICLE 5-STAR SAFETY SCORE5 AVAILABLE BEST-IN-CLASS V8 FUEL EFFICIENCY1

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• Available side blind zone alert 6 with lane change alert7

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• Apple CarPlayTM/Android AutoTM compatibility2

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SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB LTZ MODEL SHOWN

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C O M P L I M E N TA R Y 2 -Y E A R /4 8 , 0 0 0 K M L U B E - O I L - F I LT E R M A I N T E N A N C E **

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(INCLUDES $500 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS AND $500 BLACK FRIDAY BONUS*)

• OnStar ® 4G LTE with built-in Wi-Fi ® Hotspot 4

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET BUICK GMC DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca BCBuickDealers.ca BCGMCDealers.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet, Buick and GMC are brands of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the retail purchase or lease of a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab, 2018 Chevrolet Equinox LS FWD, 2017 Chevrolet Malibu LS/LT/Premier, 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Sedan/Hatch; 2017 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab, 2018 GMC Terrain SLE FWD, 2017 GMC Acadia SLE-1 AWD; 2017 Buick Encore (excludes 1SL FWD and 1SV), 2017 Buick Envision (excludes 1SD), 2017 Buick Enclave Premium AWD equipped as described. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in the BC Chevrolet Buick GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only on select vehicles delivered from November 1 to November 30, 2017. *Offer valid for a limited time only. Customers can receive up to $1,500 in total Black Friday incentives with the application of a GM Card. Total incentives consist of manufacturer-to-dealer credits (tax-exclusive) and the GM Card Application Bonus (tax-inclusive). Chevrolet, Buick and GMC Black Friday total value valid toward the retail purchase or lease of one eligible new 2017 or 2018 model year Chevrolet, Buick or GMC delivered in Canada between November 1 – 30, 2017. Total Value consists of $500 manufacturer-to-dealer Black Friday Bonus (tax exclusive) delivery credit and manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank® GM® Visa* Card [GM Card] or current GM Card cardholders) (tax inclusive). GM Card Application Bonus credit value depends on model purchased: $500 credit available on: Chevrolet Camaro (excluding ZL1 model), Sonic, Cruze, Malibu (excluding L model), Volt, Trax and 2018 MY Equinox, Buick Encore (excluding 1SV model), 2017 MY Verano and 2018 MY GMC Terrain; $750 credit available on: Chevrolet City Express, Corvette, Impala, 2017 MY Equinox, Express, Traverse and Colorado (except 2SA), Buick Enclave, Envision, LaCrosse (excluding 1SV model), Regal, GMC Acadia, Canyon (excluding 2SA model), 2017 MY Savana and 2017 MY Terrain; $1,000 credit available on: Chevrolet Silverado, Silverado HD, Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Sierra, Sierra HD, Yukon and Yukon XL. As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Company (GM Canada) to verify eligibility. $500 Black Friday Bonus is applied against eligible 2017 & 2018 MY vehicles purchased during the program period. 2017 & 2018MY vehicles not eligible for this offer are: exclusions outlined under GM Card Bonuses above, BOLT EV, Malibu 1VL, Camaro ZL1, Encore 1SV, LaCrosse 1SV, Spark and all 2016 MY vehicles. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GM Canada dealer for details. GM Canada reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. ®Registered trademark of The BankofNovaScotia.RBCandRoyalBankareregisteredtrademarksofRoyalBankofCanada.†TotalCredits:$4,000/$5,000/$9,100/$12,935/$6,500/$4,500/$9,100isacombinedtotalcreditconsistingofa$3,000/$4,000/$4,000/$10,000/$5,250/$3,000/$4,000manufacturer-to-dealercashcredit(taxexclusive),$0/$0/$3,600/$0/$0/$500/$3,600 manufacturer-to-dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $0/$0/$0/$1,685/$0/$0/$0 manufacturer-to-dealer Option Package Discount (tax exclusive), $500/$500/$1,000/$750/$750/$500/$1,000 manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (tax inclusive) and $500/$500/$500/$500/$500/$500/$500 manufacturer-to-dealer Black Friday Bonus (tax exclusive), for 2017 Chevrolet Cruze and Malibu, 2017 Silverado 1500 Crew Cab/2017 Buick Enclave Premium AWD, Envision and Encore/2017 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab which is available for cash purchases only. †† Lease based on a purchase price of $26,544/$31,294/$36,510 for a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox LS FWD/2018 GMC Terrain SLE FWD/2017 GMC Acadia SLE-1 AWD. Includes $500/$500/$750 manufacturer-to-consumer GM Card Application Bonus (offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank GM Visa Card [GM Card] or current GM Card cardholders) (tax inclusive), $0/$0/$2,000 manufacturer-to-dealer lease cash (tax exclusive) and $500/$500/$500 Black Friday Bonus Cash. Bi-weekly payment is $129/$159/$189 for 60/48/48 months at 2.0%/0.9%/0.5% lease rate on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. The $65/$0/$0 weekly payment is calculated by dividing the bi-weekly payments of $129/$159/$189. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $1,200/$1,700/$300 down payment required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $17,940/$18,212/$19,932 plus applicable taxes. Taxes, PPSA, license, insurance, registration and applicable fees, levies, duties and, except in Quebec, dealer fees (all of which may vary by region and dealer) are extra. Option to purchase at lease end is $10,446/$13,863/$17,112 See dealer for details. Discounts vary by model. Dealer may sell for less. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. General Motors of Canada Company may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. Offers may not be redeemed for cash and may not combined with certain other consumer incentives. 1 Based on Large Pickup Class. NRCan-estimated L/100km for the available 5.3L V-8 engine: 14.6 city/10.3 hwy with 6-speed transmission (2WD), 14.4 city/11.2 hwy with 6-speed transmission (4WD). 2 Vehicle user interfaces are product of AppleTM and GoogleTM and their terms and privacy statements apply. Requires compatible smartphone and data plan rates apply. 3 Available on Malibu Hybrid model only. 4 Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Service plan required. Available 4G LTE with Wi-Fi® hotspot requires WPA2 compatible mobile device and data plan. Data plans provided by AT&T or its local service provider. Services vary by model, service plan, conditions as well as geographical and technical restrictions. OnStar® with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select markets. Vehicle must be started or in accessory mode to access Wi-Fi®. 5 U.S. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). 6 Before making a lane change, always check the Side Blind Zone Alert display, check the exterior and interior rear-view mirrors, look over your shoulder for vehicles and hazards and start the turn signal.

7 Safety features are no substitute for the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Read the vehicle Owner’s Manual for important feature limitations and information. 8 The OnStar® Basic Plan is available on eligible new and pre-owned vehicles equipped with OnStar® 4G LTE hardware for 5 years or the remaining term. The Basic Plan is transferable to subsequent owners for the remaining term. It includes the monthly Diagnostics Report emails (capabilities vary by model), Dealer Maintenance Notification, access to select vehicle mobile app features and more. Your vehicle must have been compatible with the vehicle’s mobile app prior to the OnStar® 4G LTE hardware upgrade, if applicable. This plan does not include emergency, security or navigation services. These and other services require a paid or Add-On Plan. Visit onstar.ca for vehicle availability, coverage maps, details and system limitations. Available 4G LTE with Wi-Fi® hotspot requires WPA2-compatible mobile device and data plan. Data plans are provided by AT&TTM or its local service provider. 9 Full functionality requires compatible Bluetooth and smartphone, and USB connectivity for some devices. Data plan rates apply. 10 Not compatible with all devices. **The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2017 or 2018 MY Chevrolet, Buick or GMC (excluding Spark EV, Bolt EV), with an ACDelco® oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 48,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) LubeOil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ▲Whichever comes first, fully transferable. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for complete details.

Burnaby Carter Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-291-2266

Coquitlam Eagle Ridge Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-464-3941

Langley Preston Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-534-4154

North Vancouver Carter Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-987-5231

Richmond Dueck Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-273-1311

South Surrey Barnes Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-536-7661

Surrey Barnes Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-584-7411

Vancouver Dueck Downtown Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-675-7900

Vancouver Dueck on Marine Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-324-7222

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Much ado about Twitter at city hall meeting Tweet from mayor’s office on short-term rentals faces scrutiny

Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

Big scandal at city hall Tuesday.

Let me be the first to give the scandal a click-baity, tabloid style name: Twittergate!

Yep, that social media tool I have a love/hate relationship with reared its 280-character head in city council’s debate Tuesday.

It occurred precisely at 11:09 a.m. as your favourite elected officials debated whether they should implement new rules for operators of short-term rentals who post their properties on home-sharing sites such as Airbnb and VRBO. What happened at 11:09?

This tweet from Mayor Gregor Robertson’s office: “New short-term rental regulations balance need for long-term rentals for those who live + work in YVR with some homeowners who rely on extra income for STR to

make ends meet #vanpoli #housing.”

Big deal, you say, the mayor is on side with the new rules. So what?

Well, the “so what” is that Robertson’s office typed up that tweet and sent it out roughly 59 minutes before council decided whether to implement the new rules. NPA Coun.

George Affleck noticed this tweet and rose in the chambers to request an immediate recess to speak to the city’s legal department.

“I’m a bit concerned,” Affleck said. “There’s some tweets coming out of the mayor’s office about 10 minutes ago that seem to pre-suppose the decision we have not made yet. I wonder if the mayor can provide clarity on what his office is doing, tweeting things that are supporting the decision that hasn’t been made yet.

Could you perhaps provide clarity on that?”

Robertson: “I’m not aware of any tweets at this

City council voted 7-4 Tuesday to proceed with new regulations for operators of short-term rental accommodations who advertise on home-sharing sites such as Airbnb and VRBO. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

point in time. Sorry, we’re part of the council meeting here…”

Affleck: “Well, it’s your office Mr. Mayor…”

Robertson declined Affleck’s request for a recess, saying city manager Sadhu Johnston and city clerk

Janice MacKenzie would investigate the tweet. Roughly 10 minutes later, Johnston returned to the council chambers, stood on his feet and like a referee on a sports field making a ruling on a controversial play said this: “We reviewed the play

and the passer was over the line of scrimmage when he threw the ball…”

Actually, he said this: “We did confer. We reviewed the tweets, we engaged briefly with our city solicitor. The suggestion has been made to clarify through Twitter that the regulations haven’t been approved yet, but there’s nothing untoward that has occurred. At this point, I’m presuming you still have an open mind on the matter, Mr. Mayor. There’s nothing wrong with the tweets, although they could be clearer in the fact that it might create confusion the way that they’re written. So I think we’ve communicated to your office that they send out a clarifying tweet that the regulations haven’t been approved yet. They are proposed.”

Robertson: “Thank you very much. I absolutely have an open mind to this.”

That clarifying tweet from the mayor’s office?

“Council debating proposed regulations on short-term rentals now.

See what staff have recommended here: (link to city staff report). #vanpoli.”

Not exactly click bait.

Some takeaways from this…

Twitter can get people in trouble.

Twitter is a time suck.

Twitter can sometimes simultaneously provide ammunition for politicians and story fodder for a reporter on deadline.

Note: There was some actual news to come out of the meeting. City council voted 7-4 in favour of a series of recommendations in an attempt to reduce the estimated 6,000 homes listed on home-sharing services. Operators must pay a $49 annual licence fee and a one-time application fee of $54. Short-term rentals are banned from secondary homes, secondary suites and laneway homes for periods of less than 30 days.

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Overdose death totals surpass 1,100 across B.C. this year Eighty deaths linked to overdose were reported across province in September John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Despite every health authority in B.C. reporting a one-month drop in the number of illicit drug overdose deaths, the numbers have continued to surge past the 1,100 mark in 2017.

Updated statistics released by the B.C. Coroners Service Nov. 9 point to 1,103 overdose deaths as of Sept. 30. Eighty overdose deaths were reported province-wide in September, representing a 31 per cent increase from September 2016. By this time last year, 607 deaths were reported.

More than 80 per cent of all illicit drug overdose deaths (914) had fentanyl detected, an increase of 147 per cent over the same period in 2016. Cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines were found to be mixed with fentanyl in most incidents.

Carfentanil was found in 37 suspected overdose

The BC Coroners Service report issued Nov. 9 indicates that 91 per cent of drug overdose deaths happen to those between the ages of 19 and 59. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

deaths between June and September.

The 19-to-59 age demographic is the most affected, with 91 per cent

of all deaths falling within that group. Four out of five deaths are men.

The coroners’ report points to more overdose

deaths — an average of six per day — happening in the five days following income assistance payments than in all other days of

the month this year. Fridays see the highest number of overdose deaths per week across B.C. Vancouver Coastal

Health Authority has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths at 37.8 deaths per 100,000 people. The overdose death toll in Vancouver sits at 281 as of Sept. 30.

Twenty-eight overdose deaths were reported in Vancouver Coastal Health in August, compared to 25 one month later. Each of B.C.’s five regional health authorities saw more overdose deaths in August compared to September.

Overdose deaths linked specifically to fentanyl have consistently, albeit marginally, decreased in Vancouver Coastal Health since May — 27 that month, 26 in June, 24 in July and August and 21 in September.

Nine out of every 10 deaths occurred indoors, with more than half happening in private residences. No deaths occurred at any supervised consumption site or at any of the drug overdose prevention sites. @JohnKurucz

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Condo developer lashes out at city’s development permit board Beedie Living accuses two board members of ‘undermining’ approval process for Chinatown project

Mike Howell

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The development company whose proposal for a 111-unit condo building in Chinatown was rejected last week by the city’s development board has issued a brief but pointed statement aimed at the city’s director of planning and chief engineer.

Houtan Rafii, the executive vice-president of Beedie Living, didn’t name Gil Kelley or Jerry Dobrovolny — the two members of the board who rejected the proposal at 105 Keefer St. — but referred to them as “select members” who ignored recommendations from planning staff and others. “We are extremely disappointed that the institutions mandated to provide regulatory and policy framework — the City of Vancouver planning staff and the council-endorsed and appointed urban design panel and development permit board advisory panel — have been undermined and their unanimous support for 105 Keefer ignored by select

members of the development permit board,” Rafii said Nov. 7 following the board’s 2-1 decision Nov. 6.

“Like many people, we are uncertain what this unprecedented decision will mean for these civic institutions.”

Rafii’s statement was issued a few hours after the Urban Development Institute’s Anne McMullin issued a similarly worded statement saying her organization was disappointed and surprised by the development permit board’s decision. McMullin, who is president and CEO of the institute, also used the word “undermined” to describe the decision.

She pointed out Beedie revised its proposal for 105 Keefer St. five times over four years. Like Rafii, she noted the proposals received the support of city staff and the urban design panel, and met existing zoning regulations and conformed to the official community plan for Chinatown.

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Beedie Living’s Houtan Rafii (right) issued a pointed statement last week directed at the two members of the city’s development permit board that rejected the developer’s condo proposal for Chinatown. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

rejected an application,” said McMullin, suggesting the board’s decision creates “significant uncertainty” in the development industry.

“We, the industry, see no policy reason for why this was rejected.”

Added McMullin: “Our members, and the thousands of individuals represented in all facets of development and building, are concerned this decision undermines the integrity and reliability of the city’s

rigorous planning regime, and puts into question future projects, not only in Chinatown, but across the city. At a time when housing supply in market, rental and affordable homes has reached historic lows, this project denial sends a negative chill throughout the industry.”

Beedie’s 12-storey version of its proposal was rejected 8-3 by city council in June. That proposal went before council because it required a rezoning and public hearing. That was triggered

by Beedie requesting the building be 118 feet tall.

The revised version that was rejected Nov. 6 by the board was reduced to nine storeys and 90 feet tall, and did not require a rezoning or public hearing.

Paul Mochrie, the city’s deputy manager, cast the only vote in support of Beedie’s proposal, which called for 111 condos in a nine-storey building on a piece of property in front of the Chinatown Memorial Plaza and across the

street from the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden.

Mochrie said the proposal met zoning regulations for Chinatown.

“As we’ve heard, the use and the height of the building are outright entitlements [of the developer’s application],” said Mochrie, noting the proposal fell within the 90-feet height restriction for the area and met the test of city planners, the urban design panel and the board’s advisory panel.

“This board, in my view, has no legal scope to deny the development permit based on either of those dimensions of the application. Exterior design is the only issue properly before the board, and I think that’s a really critical point.”

Kelley and Dobrovolny cited concerns about the building’s design and exterior as primary reasons for rejecting the proposal. But both of them noted the hundreds of people who spoke against the proposal at public hearings in May and June, and at the board last week. @Howellings

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While a suspect is in custody and charges have been laid, Vancouver police still don’t know the motive in the murder of a Marpole couple.

Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam, 25, was arrested in South Vancouver Nov. 6 and is facing two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of 65-year-old Dianna Mah-Jones and Richard Jones, 68. The couple was found dead on Sept. 27 in their home on West 64th Avenue near Hudson Street.

“The relationship between the victims, if any, and the accused remains unclear,” Chief Adam Palmer said at a press conference last week.

“Investigators are trying to piece together a motive for these crimes.”

Kam was born in Hong Kong and his family immigrated to Canada when he was a teenager. The family settled in Calgary, the chief said, and Kam moved to Vancouver in July. He was staying at a home not far from the crime scene.

Palmer added that, as far as investigators can tell, Kam has no criminal history or known mental health issues.

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had. That’s something that we’re still working on so what was going through his head, quite frankly, your guess is as good as mine.”

He also said there appears to be no link between Kam and the couple.

“We’ve got no information whatsoever to tie the victims to the accused; there’s no connection whatsoever that we can find,” Palmer said, adding that there is nothing untoward in the backgrounds of the victims.

“They were upstanding people and just going about their lives causing no trouble for anybody.”

Mah-Jones was a wellrespected occupational therapist at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre and Vancouver General Hospital.

In 2015, she was named the Outstanding Occupational Therapist of the Year by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists B.C. and, just this past June, she was honoured by the health authority as B.C.’s Health Care Hero at the annual B.C. Health Care Awards.

Palmer said it was a complex investigation with more than 200 officers and civilian members working around the clock.

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tors have used numerous investigative techniques to narrow down and arrest a suspect,” he said.

The public also played an important role, he said, adding that the department received more than 100 videos and numerous tips.

“I also want to thank the citizens of Vancouver for their help and patience,” Palmer said. “We put out several pleas for information and the public responded…

“I want to acknowledge that it can be frustrating for the public when weeks go by after a major crime occurs and a suspect is not arrested,” he said.

“Rest assured that in cases like this our team is working diligently behind the scenes and aroundthe-clock. These investigations are challenging and they strain our resources and our people but know that our members are committed to doing what they need to do to find the suspects and keep Vancouver safe.”

Kam appeared in court Tuesday morning. The matter was adjourned to Dec. 12.

The deaths marked Vancouver’s 14th and 15th homicides of the year. So far this year there have been 17 murders in the city. @JessicaEKerr

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“Last winter was an exceptional winter,” Jerry Dobrovolny, general manager of engineering said in a press release. “We estimate that it was a once-in-30-year event, but we’ve learned valuable lessons that have allowed us to follow our ethos of continuous improvement to ultimately design higher levels of service for future winter seasons.”

Last winter, thanks to La Niña, Vancouverites endured weeks of unseasonably cold temperatures, snowfall and the resulting icy streets and sidewalks.

And the city was widely criticized for its response.

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The Vancouver Park Board has also developed a snow response plan.

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The Vancouver Park Board will work with the city and police to address safety concerns in Vancouver parks.

On Nov. 6, board commissioners unanimously approved a motion directing staff to “develop a comprehensive and sustainable” park ranger service model in consultation with police and the city to address safety, security and cleanliness “particularly in relation to the increased use of injectable drugs in Vancouver parks.”

Last month, NPA commissioner John Coupar brought forward a motion asking for additional funding from city council to increase park ranger patrols to 24 hours a day, as well as additional funding for maintaining the cleanliness of parks.

At the time, he shared some statistics from park maintenance staff — in July, 367 discarded needles were found in Andy Livingstone Park near Chinatown. Another 1,000 new, unopened needles were found scattered at Strathcona Park. And, in August, 488 needles were found in Andy Livingstone Park alone.

“This is a big problem and I think we all need to do our part,” he said last month. “I think we’re well past the point where we can have part-time rangers looking after what has become a very serious safety issue in our parks.”

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During last week’s meeting, Howard Normann, director of parks, noted that moving to 24-hour patrols would cost an estimated $485,000 a year, not including the cost of support staff such as supervision and dispatch.

Safety and cleanliness in and around the city’s parks has become an increasing concern in recent years.

On average, rangers are removing around 40 discarded needles a day and have responded to, investigated and resolved 1,945 homeless-related cases already this year, Normann said.

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The increasing number of people camping out overnight in parks is also becoming more of a concern.

The board has made some changes, in collaboration with the City of Vancouver, over the last year in an attempt to address the issues.

In January, a permanent satellite park ranger station was set up in the fieldhouse at Andy Livingstone Park.

As well, with the opening of Crosstown elementary school, which is adjacent to the park, and increasing concerns in the community about the number of discarded needles found in the area, particularly around the playground, a dedicated park ranger patrol was assigned to the park from dawn to dusk every day.

The board also added two security attendants five days a week at Andy Livingstone and Creekside parks aimed at providing more frequent service to the playground and public washrooms.

More funding was put into the park ranger program this year, increasing the number of rangers from five to 12.

The board reached a service agreement with the city’s engineering department to help with six parks in the Downtown Eastside. That agreement, and the one for the two security attendants, will expire at the end of the year.

“These temporary additional services were funded through the Park Operations budget in 2017 — pending review of the best approach moving forward, funds have not yet been committed for 2018,” staff said in a report.

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NPA commissioner Sarah Kirby-Yung added an amendment, which was approved unanimously, to the motion that the board continue with the agreement in 2018. @JessicaEKerr

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“I was wrong.” That uncommon confession slipped from the lips of Vancouver developer and Courier columnist Michael Geller. At that exact moment, he and I were sitting cheek by jowl at last week’s development permit board hearing on Beedie Development’s fifth revision in the past four years of a proposal for 105 Keefer St. in Chinatown.

Moments after the city’s real estate guy Bill Aujla explained that, after months of negotiations, Beedie was unwilling to either sell or swap this piece of property, Geller picked up his phone and sent out a tweet: “This will pass.” Although, he added, there may be some minor modifications.

It seemed a pretty sure bet. After all, no application to the development permit board had been rejected since 2006 and that included more than 200 projects. And didn’t that morning’s Globe and Mail give us chapter and verse about how a rejection would be “unprecedented”?

Besides, we were heading into an election year and this is a city where politicians, with only the rarest of exceptions, are known to drop to their knees for any developer with a chequebook willing to support their campaign.

Of course, thanks to the new NDP government in

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Victoria, significant corporate (and union) donations will no longer be allowed in the next municipal battle.

But more to the point, the boys making the decision that would ultimately lead to hoots and cheers from the Chinatown crowd and give the Urban Development Institute a severe case of the vapors, well, they were all white boys and members of the city’s senior staff.

And so it came to pass that while deputy city manager Paul Mochrie would give the developer a pass, two of the heaviest dudes on the city’s senior manage-

The property is an exceptional site; it is the gateway to Chinatown, across from the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens, and it would be the backdrop to the memorial honouring Chinese workers who helped build this country and those who went off to fight for Canada in our wars. ment team, the city’s chief engineer Jerry Dobrovolny and the head of planning,

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Gil Kelley, turned it down.

It was pretty clear why.

The property is an excep-

tional site; it is the gateway to Chinatown, across from the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens, and it would be the backdrop to the memorial honouring Chinese workers who helped build this country and those who went off to fight for Canada in our wars.

Any building filling that space would have to be culturally appropriate.

Yet, what we were being offered was another tower of expensive condos perched on a platform filled with what would likely be chi-chi shops.

Did it technically fit the zoning? Yup. And was that zoning approved not so long ago by the majority of the community?

Yup, to that, too.

But on seeing the first products of that zoning plan in the form of a couple of condo towers a short distance away on Main Street, the community freaked out. Even Geller agreed those kinds of towers were inappropriate for Chinatown.

So city staff was assigned the task of rejigging the community plan; and that was going on when Beedie Development turned up with its latest rendition for 105 Keefer.

One more thing. Chinatown and neighbouring Strathcona have been much plagued by the city’s development fantasies. That was certainly the case when, in the 1950s and ’60s, council was determined to build a

freeway through the east side and demolish housing willy-nilly as part of the preparation while putting in new viaducts on Georgia and Dunsmuir, which would act as the opening chapter.

In a great moment of Vancouver history, the local residents led a building wave of resistance.

Shirley Chan, who was at last week’s hearing and was opposed to Beedie’s proposal, was a young girl back in the day acting as a translator for her activist mom who was knocking on doors warning residents of the impending destruction.

While the damage was stopped, many of Chan’s generation chose to move away from their parents and Chinatown while the area slipped into economic doldrums.

But most recently, and you could see it in the crowd at the hearing, the next generation of Canadian kids of Chinese origin have reignited the battle. They are working with seniors who never left, to save and restore the neighbourhood.

They were “over the moon” at the permit board’s decision.

That was no comfort to the Urban Development Institute’s Anne McMullin who fumed to one reporter: “I mean, what message does this send to anybody trying to do business in the City of Vancouver?”

I think it is pretty clear.

Times have changed. @allengarr

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Re: “Marpole residents protest modular housing complex for homeless,” Nov. 6.

In 2005, I ran for election to the provincial legislature. At that time, there was a proposal to build a social housing project for people with dual diagnoses on Fraser Street near 39th Avenue — two blocks from a secondary school. I was asked by some community members to publicly oppose the project. I didn’t.

The sitting MLA organized opposition to the development, and at one meeting more than 600 people attended to voice their disapproval of the plan. Many said they weren’t against this kind of facility, but it was the wrong project in the wrong location.

Sound familiar?

The interesting thing is that project went ahead and the facility was built.

It’s been there for 10 years. Last I heard there have been no complaints from the neighbours or from the school.

By the way, the MLA who organized the opposition to the project was defeated and the candidate who refused to publicly oppose it was elected.

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••• Gregor Robertson has made two serious mistakes with the residents living near the proposed homeless housing at 59th Avenue and Heather Street. He prejudged them and he misjudged them. He prejudged that the neighbourhood would not accept a “temporary” (five to 10 years) modular housing project. And he misjudged that these residents would not be able to organize when he blocked them from any consultation and that they would not take action when he treated them with disrespect and arrogant disregard.

Robertson either has forgotten the language of the oath of office he last swore in 2014 or felt it wasn’t meant to be taken literally: “to govern with fairness, transparency and respect for all residents... to uphold the core values of equity and inclusion.”

Think of a different scenario. Think of treating the neighbourhood as kind and non-judging individuals and families, who would be very accepting to welcome vulnerable people who need a safe and caring community to live in. Think if the neighbourhood had been approached openly by the people who would be selecting prospective tenants and onsite managing the operation of these housing units. Think if, through this respectful and transparent approach, the residents would have responded, “What can we do to help?” Think of the other scenario, the one we have now where all sense of trust and respect for the office of the mayor has been shattered. A lost opportunity, Mr. Robertson.

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It is a dynamic balance because — as you well know — everything in our lives is changing all the time. When dealing with a crisis in one area of our lives, we might neglect the others. If we become too focused on our work, we may neglect our families or our emotional wellbeing.

When we are busy raising our children, we may neglect our friends or our physical health. To maintain the balance of wellness requires our attention — and intentions — over a lifetime.

Though we all need the assistance of doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers at different points in our lives, most of your healthcare is provided by just one person. That person, of course, is you.

In this way, real healthcare is self-care. The best predictors of your future health are the habits you practise today.

The four foundations of selfcare — or a healthy lifestyle — are: What you eat (what you put into your body), What you do (physical activity), How you feel (emotional wellbeing) and How you relate (healthy relationships).

For useful information on a healthier lifestyle, see the resources available online on the website of the Burnaby Division of Family Practice.

Look for our Empowering Patients public health education program at www. divisionsbc.ca/burnaby/ otherresources.

In spite of good behaviour, accidents happen and we may be caught off guard by unexpected challenges, but with support and resilience, we can strive for the best potential in any situation.

I believe we each have a unique potential. It is our duty to realize our potential and to help others achieve theirs.

My wife is a kindergarten teacher and we share a professional calling.

As I do with my patients, she recognizes the potential in each of her students and teaches them skills and gives them tools to meet their unique challenges, empowering them to be agents of positive change to achieve their personal potentials in life.

Health, wellness and life itself are not just about surviving but thriving.

We share responsibility for our own wellness and the wellness of others.

Davidicus Wong is a family physician and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in health, see his website at www. davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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Janet Fraser: From scientist to VSB chairperson Green Party school trustee entered civic politics in 2014 Tracy Sherlock

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The Vancouver’s School Board’s new chairperson, Janet Fraser, didn’t set out to be a politician. Her first career was as a chemist, working in a lab, inventing new medications.

She was born and educated in the United Kingdom, including earning a PhD in chemistry. But when she met her future husband, a chemist from Vancouver, she sought out a chance to move across the ocean. She found a research project at the University of British Columbia and hasn’t looked back.

After that, she worked for two bio-tech firms, developing new anti-asthma drugs and antibiotics.

The couple got married, moved to Marpole and started a family, but when she was pregnant with her third child, Fraser was laid off in the downsizing that happened during the biotech bubble.

She decided to stay home with her children for a few years and got involved with the Parent Advisory Council at their school. She also became involved in the community, helping with the Marpole and Cambie Corridor plans.

“I could see how elected bodies and the staff affected communities,” Fraser said.

She started to think about a career change and took a project management program at Langara College with an eye to getting back into science and project management, something she enjoyed in her earlier career.

“I found it challenging to get back into the sci-

Green Party trustee Janet Fraser topped the polls in the recent school board byelection. She says she felt comfortable right away with the Green Party and appreciates the way its elected representatives “try to do politics differently.” PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ence project management field after having a reasonably long break,” Fraser said. “There are lots of good young graduates coming out from universities and there’s not a lot of science [jobs] here.”

In 2014, she decided to run for school trustee, after seeing the staff in her children’s school struggling to provide what they wanted for students. She knew her likelihood of getting elected would be higher if she joined a political party, so she started shopping around.

“I had never been a member of a political party before,” Fraser said. “It’s like getting married – you can’t pick and choose — you’re in

or you’re out.”

She says she felt comfortable right away with the Green Party and, in particular, appreciated the way the party’s elected representatives “try to do politics differently.”

In 2014, Fraser was elected and ended up holding the balance of power on a politically split board, with four Vision trustees and four NPA trustees. Fraser’s was the deciding vote in the decision to not approve a balanced budget, a decision that was used as justification for firing the board a year ago. Asked if she would do it again knowing what she knows now, Fraser said she has no regrets.

“I stand by all of the decisions I made,” she says.

Clearly, the firing did not harm Fraser’s reputation.

She topped the polls, with her two fellow Green candidates Judy Zaichkowsky and Estrellita Gonzalez coming second and third.

Fraser says having more than one Green trustee is “very nice. I like it a lot.”

There have been no

official indications yet if the board will be facing another shortfall this year, Fraser said.

She’s heard from people that they want more communication and better relationships and she believes this board can do that.

“At certain times we have to step back from seeing things through a party lens and seeing them through a

trustee lens,” Fraser said.

“I’m hoping that people see [board makeup] as less of a defining characteristic than before and look more at the individuals who are there.”

Fraser said she is having to adjust, as chairperson, to speaking on behalf of the board rather than only for herself. She made it clear that everything she said in this interview was not being said on behalf of the board.

Trustees will be interviewing candidates for superintendent next week and Fraser expects someone to be in the job within the next three months.

Other hot issues the board will have to grapple with in the near future include seismic upgrades, possible school closures and teacher recruitment and retention.

Fraser ran unsuccessfully in the provincial election in her home riding of VancouverLangara, which has been a longtime Liberal riding.

She doesn’t rule out another run for office on the bigger stage.

“When I ran for the first time as a Green Vancouver trustee, there wasn’t a history of electoral success, and as an MLA or an MP, that would be an interesting step to take as well.”

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues.

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

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Staircases are Wong’s thing.

Fibonaccian spirals, half landings, double winders — he loves them all.

Sometimes he shoots them from the bottom up; sometimes he shoots them from the top down. If they’re from the top down, “you can’t take the elevator,” he said. “I always walk to the top.”

Wong, in his early-50s,

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Development Permit Board Meeting: November 27

to consider the following development permit applications: 969 Burrard Street Proposal: To develop the site with a 57-storey, mixed-use building with: church use on Levels 1 to 3; child daycare on Level 4; and 331 market dwelling units, as well as a seven-storey residential

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There’s #puddlegram and #puddleporn, for street and cityscapes doubled in a puddle. There’s #strideby and #peoplewalkingpastwalls, for individuals in profile strolling past an interesting background. There’s #soloparking and #asundaycarpic, for vintage cars, bonus points for shots with nostalgic architecture behind.

“That’s the beauty of it,” said Wong. “Anything that you’re into, any style or situation, you can find it.

And you can try it yourself.”

Capturing and sharing these quiet moments might seem like a solo activity, but Wong will tell you it’s anything but. Instagram has launched him into the global community of urban scavenger hunts for the perfect shot.

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is @wongski on Instagram, where you can find his staircase photographs along with shots of his other urban interests. He’s got 41,100 followers and counting, but is humble about his work. Wong is also a moderator of @stairwalkers, an Instagram account that curates photos of staircases from around the world, and as the account’s name suggests, staircases must have someone walking them.

Those unfamiliar with Instagram, which now boasts 700 million users, might be surprised by the niche obsession. But staircases are only one of many specific urban moments documented and categorized in a Darwinian manner by Instagrammers around the world.

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Chris Wong goes by the handle @wongski on Instagram and is the moderator of @stairwalkers, an Instagram account that curates photos of staircases from around the world. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

“It let off green smoke. That was maybe the highlight of that meet,” said Wong with a laugh. “But you don’t need stuff like that. You just need a neighbourhood with character, with some walls.

Whatever’s there, people will make photos out of it.

That’s what I really enjoy.”

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The Mount Pleasant meet was their best attended, with 80 keen Instagrammers. It’s a special neighbourhood for Wong, because he’s writing a book about its history.

Wong’s love of Vancouver’s street life, old buildings, restaurants and cafés was long in the making. Before his Instagram days, he was a journalist. Music was a specialty of his. He wrote about jazz for a number of local papers, the Courier included, and is working on a book right now about two jazz clubs both named the Cellar.

The older Cellar (1956 to 1963) was in Mount Pleasant on Watson Street, just off Main and Broadway. A

controversial condo tower, the Independent, is under construction where the Cellar used to be.

The development doesn’t bother Wong like it does others. His wish is just that people recognize the city’s history.

“This place was once alive with jazz,” said Wong of Watson Street. Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman had played there.

“There was a little parking lot, and you had to go down these stairs to a very small door. And there, you got into the jazz club. It was very dark because the walls were painted black. It wasn’t a fancy place, but people did dress up back then.”

Vancouver has changed since then, he said. It used to feel like a small town.

But his love of writing and photography helps him chronicle life as it is.

“It’s the idea of capturing a moment in time,” said Wong.

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Wong started Instagramming in February 2012. The photo-sharing mobile app was young then, less than a year-and-a-half online.

“My daughter had actually started and she influenced me to want to try it,” said Wong.

He works in digital communications and marketing, but the app was new to him. “I really didn’t know what I was doing as far as what makes a good shot or what makes a good Instagram post.”

Wong posted more photos: stairs, cars, buildings and more. He spent more time taking them and editing them.

And because Instagram is a kind of social media, Wong took the social part very seriously.

“I would interact on Instagram with local people.”

Wong replies to almost everyone who comments on his images. “I’d follow their feeds and express a lot of appreciation for their photography, and a couple of them followed me back. It was such a huge moment. And it just kept on growing.”

Then came a trip to Portland when Wong and his daughter decided to meet an Instagrammer to photograph the sunset together. It was the first time they met someone they knew online in person.

“I remember jokingly thinking, ‘What if this person’s a serial killer?’” said Wong. “It was kind of an irrational thought, but at the time, meeting a total stranger and going to take photos wasn’t something that I was used to. And now, it’s become a normal thing.”

Wong was inspired to lead photo walks himself.

Instagrammers call these community outings InstaMeets, and they happen all over the world. Wong led three meets in three Vancouver neighbourhoods with his friend Lucy.

At the Strathcona meet, when the group was walking on a caged overpass, someone took out a smoke bomb.

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It’s been two decades since members of the Odd Squad first picked up a video camera and started documenting the stark realities of addicts living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

They’ve come a long way in 20 years.

In 1997, a group of

beat cops working in the Downtown Eastside came up with the idea to make an educational video about drug addiction. It started with officers doing presentations to college and high school students that included a slideshow of photos taken by one of their fellow officers.

“From there, we started talking about doing a video and all from the

perspective of the addict and the people we were dealing with, not really concerned about the role of policing in it but just more of a drug education thing for younger people,” said Sgt. Toby Hinton.

Hinton and a few of his fellow officers ponied up $400 each, purchased a video camera and started shooting.

“We probably destroyed

more tape, at the time we were using tape, than we laid down good film on because we didn’t know what we were doing,” Hinton said.

However, they managed to put together enough footage to get the attention of a director from the National Film Board of Canada, and the project took off. The result, Through a Blue Lens, has been viewed millions of times over the

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“We were kind of facilitators in that, we weren’t really taking centre stage and the requests started building for classroom presentations and drug education presentations,” Hinton said.

Over the years, the group has expanded its reach.

In addition to producing presentations and documentaries aimed at young people, as well as police officers, the Odd Squad took on a peer-to-peer program.

It trains young people, who are already leaders in their community, to go back into their schools and communities and talk about the dangers of drugs.

The group has worked extensively with teams in the Western Hockey League — over the last two decades about 1,000 junior AA hockey players from Western Canada have come to Vancouver to take part in the program and then take that message back to young people in the communities where they’re playing.

“We look for leaders on the team that are going to go into schools and talk to kids about drugs,” said Chris Graham, one of the founding members.

“In those small towns, sometimes that’s the only game, so they get a lot of traction in places like Kamloops and Kelowna and North Battleford and Lloydminster.”

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The Odd Squad has produced other documentaries and taken their message on the road, doing presentations at schools, in Indigenous communities and for other police and law enforcement personnel across Canada and around the world.

“We’ve done presentations to over 200,000 kids in our country. We’ve been to the Arctic half a dozen times, every single community in the Northwest Territories,” Hinton said, adding that Odd Squad members have travelled to the Arctic, China, Africa, the Middle East and throughout the U.S. to present at conferences to police officers, cadets and other law enforcement professionals.

The initial aim of the project was to shine a light on the realities of life for drugs addicts in the hopes of deterring young people from going down that path.

Hinton says they didn’t want to include the role of the police in the film.

“We weren’t sold on the idea of the police being involved in the film at first, but the director was set on the story of the police and the interaction with the addicts down there and that allowed us to leverage for a second film, which was what we really wanted to do in the first place,” he said.

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and it’s been sustained by a lot of volunteer work and effort from people that have come in along the way. That’s both on the police and the civilian side as well too,” Hinton said.

The squad is celebrating its 20th anniversary Dec. 1 with Back on Track, a conference and gala focused on drug prevention.

The society has several speakers lined up covering drugs and gangs, as well as the new challenges faced by police officers such as autism

and young girls and women joining gangs. The group will also debut the first in its three-part series on fentanyl.

The conference at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront will be followed by a gala fundraiser and dinner with a performance by Jim Byrnes. @JessicaEKerr For more information or to buy tickets, visit oddsquad.com/events/ back-on-track/20thanniversary-gala.

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Renting home OK, but not secondary suites City approves ‘balanced compromise’ on Airbnb issue

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People who want to rent out their home — or principal residence — on Airbnb when they are on vacation now have the City of Vancouver’s blessing, as long as they pay the appropriate licence fee.

But homeowners who want to list their basement suite or laneway house on a home-sharing site will soon risk a $1,000 fine.

On Tuesday, Vancouver city councillors voted along party lines to adopt new short-term rental policies that allow people to post their principal residence on sites such as Airbnb.

Six Vision Vancouver councillors and Green Party councillor Adriane Carr said it was part of a balanced compromise that, they hope, will put more housing into the long-term rental stock by discouraging short-term rentals by corporations or individual homeowners.

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voted against the policies for a variety reasons.

Carr had sympathy for the dozens of homeowners who, over two nights of public hearings last month, outlined their need for the extra income. However, with a vacancy rate of less than one per cent, “I have to weigh in on the side of the greater public good.”

There are currently 6,000 Vancouver Airbnb listings, all in a city that does not allow short-term rentals less than one month.

The new policy will help ensure as many rental units as possible are available, Carr said. Not only will every unit help but the policies will discourage other homeowners from turning to Airbnb rather than long-term rentals.

Vision councillor Andrea Reimer reflected on what a personal issue it was. A lot of her friends have put their properties on Airbnb as a way of making ends meet.

However, she also has friends who have been evicted by owners who want to make more money by

The city issued this map to illustrate the percentage of short-term rentals in various Vancouver neighbourhoods.

renting the accommodation on sites such as Airbnb.

All of them ended up leaving the city, in part because they felt more consideration was given to tourists rather than people working and living here.

The only renter on council, Reimer recently received an eviction notice because of property speculation.

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This policy will create a bureaucracy, a stick rather than an incentive program.”

Mayor Gregor Robertson said the policies offer a balanced approach. “I’m stunned that some councillors don’t think there’s a problem here… I can’t imagine doing nothing as some suggest.”

As to the city offering incentives to homeowners to create long-term rental units, as NPA councillors suggested, Robertson said, “We can’t just generate free money to get people to rent either short-term or longterm. This is a straightforward regulatory approach.

We’re in the middle of the spectrum between prohibition and doing nothing…

“We may need to refine this but it’s a positive step.”

The new regulations, including licensing fees and fines, are expected to go into effect in April 2018.

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many homeowners at the public meetings said they had difficulty finding good long-term renters having been on the other side of the search 11 times in the past 20 years.

Rules are needed, she said, for both sides of the affordability equation.

The process had been “an incredible balancing act,” said Vision councillor

Heather Deal, who voted in favour of the new rules. She also said she was moved by homeowners’ pleas to allow short-term rentals of secondary and basement suites as a way to afford their mortgage and rising costs. “Years ago when you had a basement suite you called it a mortgage helper and had a renter in there,” she said. “Those are valuable places for people to live. Those places need to be kept available.”

NPA councillor Elizabeth Ball referred to homeowners’ “desperate need” to supplement their income through short-term rentals, as expressed at the public hearings. She said when the city encouraged homeowners to invest in secondary suites and laneway houses, the owners weren’t told that the city would later “force” them to turn them into long-term rentals. “I’m worried about those who we will hurt,” she said. “Making it impossible for them to survive is not a good idea.”

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Less than three months later, 61-year-old Lubomir “Lubo” Kunik was attacked and killed on the seawall between Second and Third beaches. His body was found shortly before 11 p.m. Feb. 1 by a man walking his dog on the beach.

Detectives from Vancouver’s homicide unit are still investigating both incidents and have made significant progress in identifying those responsible.

“Our investigators have spoken with frequent visitors to the park and people living in the West End,” Const. Jason Doucette said in a press release. “We

know there are lots of rumours out there about the attacks, especially amongst those who visit the trails at night. Rumour or not, we are asking people to come forward with any information they have about either of these incidents.”

Doucette said detectives are aware that there are people with direct knowledge about the attacks who have not yet come forward.

“We continue to have an increased presence at Stanley Park and we have since the two attacks,” Doucette said.

Police are still encouraging people not to visit Stanley Park alone at night and to report anything suspicious to 911 immediately.

Anyone with any information about either incident is urged to call detectives at 604-7172500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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That also applies to transportation for staff, especially now that more night flights are being allowed because new aircraft are quieter. Their engines “are more like big fans rather than jet engines.”

In the future, hybrid airplanes that use fuel to take off but fly on batteries are not out of the question, he said.

Asked about living wages for staff, Richmond said it’s a tricky problem. Airports with living-wage policies are owned by cities “so it becomes part of a political platform.” None of the 450 airport authority staff earn less than a living wage, he said.

As to the 1,500 people hired by direct contractors, “we do not make low price as one of the factors when putting something out to bid.”

—Martha Perkins

Vancouver’s airport will likely reach its 2020 goal of 25 million passengers two years early.

This fast rate of growth would not be possible without new technologies that make aircraft quieter and airports more efficient, Craig Richmond, the CEO and president of the Vancouver Airport Authority, told Vancouver city councillors on Tuesday morning.

“We’ve never seen a sustained growth period like this,” he said in his annual update. While he doesn’t see the need for a third runway in the next 20 years, he said that with one-quarter of visitors to the airport using public transit, he does worry about the capacity of ground transportation to keep up.

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Richard Tetrault, artist and founding member of the Eastside Culture Crawl, created its iconic crow. The visual arts festival now features some 500 artists opening their studios for four days.

Stuart Sanderson, eight, lives with cystic fibrosis. He shared his story of living with the genetic disorder at the 65 Roses Gala. His words helped open hearts and purse strings at the fundraiser, which Belle Puri emceed.

Paris Mullen and Nis Jacobsen work in Roots Cabin’s Customization Workshop, one of only two in the world that allows customers to customize their Roots apparel and leather goods.

Wendy Eagan, vice president of Tiffany & Co. Canada, welcomed guests including Ballet B.C. executive director John Clark to the special reception that welcomed the Tiffany Diamond to Vancouver.

Joined by her husband, musician Dave Genn, cancer survivor Tamara Taggart reprised her role as Inspiration Gala chair for the fourth consecutive year. More than $2.61 million was raised for the B.C. Cancer Agency’s Hereditary Cancer Program.

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Vancouver’s streets are a lesson in disconnection: many people simply can’t afford to work in the most prosperous city in the province with Canada’s lowest unemployment rate.

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If a young person in Vancouver accepts a $20-anhour job, it equates to less than $2,500 per month in net take-home pay. But the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is $2,090, and rising.

Little wonder that city retailers, restaurants, construction companies and some of the biggest tech companies in the world are begging for low-skill, low-pay workers and can’t find them.

In reality many people simply can’t afford to work in the most prosperous city in a province with the lowest unemployment rate in the country. The disconnect is not only undermining the economy, it threatens the societal fabric of the city.

More than half of Metro Vancouver workers say they are already struggling paycheque to paycheque, according to 2016 Canadian Payroll Association survey.

Many of those who can’t make it number among Metro’s 3,600 homeless.

Within three years, there could be 61,500 more jobs in the province than people to fill them, according to B.C.’s most recent Labour Market Outlook.

The 2017 study also forecast that B.C. will produce one million job openings by 2025, half of these in the Lower Mainland.

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Upcoming B.C. construction projects, not counting residential, are estimated at $325 billion.

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er, is running display ads even in local newspapers as it desperately tries to fill scores of low-skill position at its Metro distribution centres. Amazon is offering $15.75 per hour.

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The miniature landscapes at the 35th annual Vancouver Train Expo were so meticulously created, it gave one the feeling of being a giant.

Cows the size of a fingernail grazed in farmers’ fields while tiny clusters of families, suitcases in hand, were frozen in time on a station platform with trains zooming past.

There were tiny towns — all with heavy traffic on the roads likely because the sheer variety of model cars on display are almost as fun as trains to look at. The creator of one city made clever blinking vintage billboards that he jammed around brick buildings — one of which included a strip club — that recalled the anonymity of a bluecollar American town in the 1970s.

While the settings for the model trains were

One of the many popular toy train displays at the 35th annual Vancouver Train Expo was a city made out of LEGO. See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

compellingly nostalgic, the technology behind them was not. Most of the trains looping around the tracks at the PNE Forum this past weekend had minis-

cule circuit boards hiding in the engines. They were controlled by computer, with their operators plugging into points on the track to run several trains

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Train Expo “People might think trains in general are oldfashioned and model trains as being old-fashioned — but they’re really missing the point,” said Lundgren who holds the title of “leader” of the train expo committee. “There’s some really high-tech stuff here and, for a young person, it can send them on a career in electronics.”

Like many kids who grew up in East Vancouver of old, Lundgren didn’t come from a family with money.

He and his brother Jim loved model trains so much they built their own, crafting train cars out of oil cans.

He learned about electronics and went on to a career in forestry, always marvelling at the railway systems in place that were built in a time before aerial photography and other technological advances.

Train modelling is also a great way to learn about Canadian history, Lundgren added. After all, the railway not only played a big part in the industrial age and how cities were designed, but it was a catalyst in the Canadian Confederation as provinces were promised a trans-Canada railway link if they joined.

The models — no matter the scale — are perfect replicas of both past and present engines and cars. There are even books of photographs of trains so hobbyists can get their detailed paint schemes just right.

Even though the Vancouver Train Expo has

grown over the past three decades — it was held at Burnaby’s Cameron Recreational Complex up until three years ago when it moved to the much larger PNE Forum to accommodate exhibitors — the number of modellers is declining, Lundgren said.

“It has been traditionally a male activity, although there are ladies involved and they’re very good,” he said.

“It was very active in the years after the Second World War around which point I think model trains were the high-tech toy of the day.”

These days, though, most toys are high tech and, in Vancouver especially, housing demographics have changed with many families either living in smaller spaces or in homes where the rec room basement has given way to the mortgage-helping rental suite. Although, Lundgren pointed out, the matchboxsized Z scale can be set up on a small table.

While technology is part of model railroading, there were still older trains on display at the expo, including the live steam G scale engines from the Greater Vancouver Garden Railway Club, which use butane as fuel.

No matter the scale, it’s the artistry that drives enthusiasts.

“For me, it’s three-dimensional art that has movement,” said Lundgren. “It’s not a painting, but it’s pretty high-quality stuff.” @rebeccablissett

The Vancouver Train Expo celebrated its 35th year this past weekend. The model and toy train show is sponsored by the National Model Railroad Association and is hosted by a team of volunteers. The show featured scale mode train railways, scale dioramas, LEGO and children’s activities. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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Lucky Canucks and the messy Pacific Division Edmonton Oilers aren’t likely to sit in the basement for long

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The Pacific Division standings don’t make a whole lot of sense right now — “right now” being a few days before you read this.

As I look at the standings, the L.A. Kings sit atop the Pacific Division, after missing the playoffs last season and seemingly doing little to address their issues. The Vegas Golden Knights, of all teams, are sitting in second. The Anaheim Ducks, expected to be a powerhouse, are barely a .500 team. At the bottom of the Pacific (and the entire NHL) is the Arizona Coyotes, who were supposed to be an improved team after some smart off-season moves.

The Canucks are part of the mess, too. A week ago, the Canucks, a team most assumed would finish in the basement, were third in the Pacific. They’ve slipped since then, but they’re still doing far better than anyone anticipated.

The biggest surprise is the Edmonton Oilers. Connor McDavid and co. were hyped as a Stanley Cup contender heading into the season — Las Vegas bookmakers had them at 9-1 odds to win the cup, second only to the Pittsburgh Penguins — but they’ve had a disastrous start. The Oilers lost four of their first five games, and they’re dead last in the NHL in goals-per-game, shocking for a team led by McDavid.

The messy Pacific is good for the Canucks: with several supposedly good teams faltering, that opens the door for a bubble team like the Canucks to sneak into the playoffs. The bad news is the mess is likely to get cleaned up quickly.

We can get a quick look at how a team has out-performed or under-performed this season by comparing their Expected Goals-For Percentage (xGF%), a statistic that takes into account shot quality, with their actual Goals-For Percentage (GF%).

• Sven Baertschi gets a tap of the stick for donating $500 for every goal he scores this season to HEROS, a charity that uses the game of hockey to teach life skills and empower marginalized youth.

With several supposedly good teams faltering in the Pacific Division, a bubble team like the Canucks could sneak into the playoffs.

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The Canucks have massively outperformed their xGF%, both scoring more and allowing fewer goals than we would expect given the quality of shots they take and allow. The Oilers are at the other end of the spectrum. Given the quality of their shots, we would expect the Oilers to have around 38 goals at 5-on-5 this season; they have just 25.

That won’t last, for either the Canucks or the Oilers, as a big part of their separation in the standings is based on

luck. One statistic for measuring that luck is PDO, a statistic that simply adds together 5-on-5 shooting percentage and save percentage. Since every shot on goal either goes in or is saved, leaguewide PDO is 100 per cent.

Whether a team is above or below that league-average of 100 per cent is partially skill-based, but mostly luck. Over the course of the season, every team’s PDO regresses closer to 100 per cent.

Here’s an easy way to look at it: if your PDO is well-above 100 per cent, you’ve been lucky; if it’s well-below 100 per cent, you’ve been unlucky.

The Canucks have been lucky, posting a 102.3 per cent PDO, the fourth highest in the NHL. The Oilers have been unlucky, with a 97.9 per cent PDO, the sixth lowest in the NHL. As this evens out, expect the Oilers to start piling up goals, while the Canucks are likely to allow more and score fewer as the season progresses.

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• I’m dropping the gloves with Family Guy for one of the laziest Canucks references I’ve ever seen on TV. The animated sitcom showed a group protesting outside the Griffin family’s house, when one protester peered in the window and asked them to “put on the Canucks game.” As with many Family Guy jokes, it was a complete nonsequitur, with no connection to anything else on the show. I prefer the Canucks references on How I Met Your Mother: specific and connected to a specific character, who name-dropped Roberto Luongo, Darcy Hordichuk and Mason Raymond.

Big Numbers • .922 The Canucks’ third round pick in the 2017 draft, Michael DiPietro, is making waves in the OHL this season. His .922 save percentage is third in the OHL and his solid performance for Team OHL in the Canada-Russia series this past week helped his case for making Team Canada’s World Junior roster.

• 56.7% Heading into Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Kings, Derrick Pouliot led all Canucks defencemen in shot attempt (corsi) percentage at 56.7.

When he’s on the ice at 5-on-5, the Canucks get the majority of the shots, which isn’t bad for a Pittsburgh Penguins cast-off.

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More renters plan to buy a home within a year

Imminent home buying intentions are on the rise for Vancouver renters, but down for current homeowners

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Maybe it’s to do with rocketing rental prices or lack of rental supply, but more and more Vancouver renters are planning on buying a home in the next year — despite entry-level home prices also soaring, according to real estate advisory firm Altus Group.

Altus’ latest Vancouver Flash Report, released Nov. 8, said that overall interest in home buying in Vancouver “has not faded.” More renters surveyed this year (17 per cent) than a year ago (14 per cent) said they are planning on buying a home within the next 12 months, but fewer existing homeowners are planning an imminent move (14 per cent) compared with last year’s homeowner respondents (18 per cent).

Overall, that balances out as 15 per cent of all households surveyed in 2017 planning on buying a home in the next year, which is only slightly down from

Overall interest in home buyng “has not faded,” according to a report by Altus Group. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

last year’s 16 per cent.

The group also found that, at 27 per cent, relatively few homebuyers in Vancouver take out highratio mortgages (uninsured mortgages with more than

20 per cent down payment).

Those mortgage applicants are the only group to be affected by federally regulated mortgage rule changes coming into force Jan. 1, the report said, “Tighter lending

criteria for insured mortgages plays a smaller role in Vancouver than many other parts of the country.”

Altus also said that most households in Vancouver reported that they largely

are not concerned with their level of household debt. When asked if they agree with the statement “I am concerned about my level of household debt,” one in 10 respondents said

they agreed completely, and even fewer — eight per cent — homeowners with mortgages agreed completely. That figure was only five per cent for homeowners without mortgages.

The report added, “Low interest rates are an important factor in managing household debt: more than three-quarters of Vancouver homeowners with mortgages currently have a mortgage rate of 3.5 per cent or less, with the overall average rate at about 3.1 per cent, according to Altus Group FIRM data.”

Altus also reported, “Supplemental income appears to be helping some Vancouver households manage their debt — about 15 per cent of homeowners with mortgages reported they had rented out space in their home on a shortterm basis in the past year; another 11 per cent were planning to do so in the future, according to the survey.”

Sky-high price tag for yet-to-be-built Yaletown penthouse Joannah Connolly rew.ca

A contract assignment for #1 penthouse in the notyet-built Vancouver House in Yaletown is the highestpriced condo to be listed on the Greater Vancouver market the week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, finds our weekly look at MLS data.

The hyper-luxurious penthouse, PH1 at 1480 Howe St., is one of the city’s most prestigious condominium addresses.

It is located atop the Bjarke Ingels-designed tower that has been the subject of much media attention, largely on the topic of overseas marketing and foreign purchases for speculation and “flipping” purposes. The building launched presales in 2015 and is not due to be completed until 2019 — so it’s not impossible that this unit or others like it will be assigned again before completion.

The penthouse has an

internal elevator to all three levels, with 2,334 square feet of indoor living space and the same amount of outdoor space, over five patios and a private rooftop deck with hot tub and outdoor kitchen. The buyer paid for optional upgrades at purchase, totalling more than $50,000, including private two-car parking, extra storage space and even a grand piano. The assignment of purchase was listed on Oct. 30 for $11,888,900.

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The most expensive listing overall to come on the market the same week was a 1992-built mansion in Shaughnessey. This enormous, six-bedroom home on a huge lot just off the Crescent has more than 8,000 square feet of living space and has seen millions of dollars in renovations and upgrades in recent years. It is listed at $17.98 million, also since Oct. 30.

The same week saw a total of 934 new listings,

a jump from the previous week, bringing the total inventory of homes for sale on Greater Vancouver’s MLS to 8,892 as of Nov. 9. That’s lower than the previous week, suggesting higher sales absorbed even more than the new inventory.

The median listing price of the 5,415 detached homes currently listed is $2,150,000 — down from the previous week’s jump up to $2,323,117 and roughly the same as the

week before that.

Townhome (and other similar attached units such as row homes and duplexes) saw a weekly increase of just $800 to their median listing price across the region, now $988,800.

Condos remained static in their median list price, which is $699,900 across the 2,289 condos available for sale in the whole Greater Vancouver area.

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The first half of this week remains “sunken” in mystery, secretive depths, and power plays, but Tuesday night begins a month of mellow feelings, gentle love, understanding, broad horizons, far travel, cultural involvements and intellectual pursuits. Some of this will come from past contacts, ideas and plans. You’ll be “lifted” from the depths, into sunny days. Remain diplomatic in relationships.

Sunday begins a month of light chores and errands, paperwork and travel, communications and casual contacts. Try to get many of these accomplished this week and next, as mistakes, delays, lost mail, missed meetings, etc., will prevail in December. (A former friend might reappear in December, too, or you might return to old stomping grounds.) Be curious; ask questions, peruse the media. Sunday starts with a problem, perhaps affecting home and spouse.

Your relationships have been “open” for the last few weeks. Now, starting Sunday/Monday, they veer into more quiet, hidden, secretive, committed and fertile areas. For example, a business agreement could now morph into funding. A sparkling attraction might now enter the boudoir. Marriage creates pregnancy.

Many of these will involve someone or a situation from the past. (E.g., an investment you “missed” formerly might become available again.)

You’re the star of the show all the way to November 2018, Scorpio. But now, for weeks ahead, your charisma and energy subside just a little, as money, possessions and sex become more important than receiving attention. If you have things to do here — protect possessions, buy/sell anything, chase a sensual partner, memorize items, start a part-time school course — do them soon, as December will bring delays and mistakes.

At last, your drudgery ends! (Well, for awhile, and not totally.) The month ahead features exciting meetings, fresh horizons, relocation options, and relationships. Some of these will be people and openings from your past: a Sagittarius might stand out. Relationships can bring cooperation and opportunities, or challenges and enmities. Which, is largely up to you. You enjoy friends now (at least to Dec. 9) and might chase one romantically.

A grey cloud lifts — Sunday/Monday boost your energy, charisma and effectiveness — and these will stay high for four weeks. Sunday starts with a problem, perhaps that your money won’t support your wishes. But by noon, and through Monday, you’ll succeed. Make contacts, ask favours, and start things — but only things you can complete in a week, as a mistake-prone slowdown looms (all December).

Although you face bountiful romantic opportunities over the year ahead, the month ahead brings more work and a few minor health issues. Eat and dress sensibly; protect against heart burn or other gastric upsets. If you have outstanding chores or obligations, tackle them now, as confusion and delays will enter in December. Wrap up rather than launch. Sunday starts with a problem, but soon lifts into an effective workoriented day, continuing through Monday.

The past month has raised your hopes and happiness, Cap. And this buoyancy will continue for almost 12 more months. But the immediate month ahead will nudge you to rest, contemplate, and seek solitude.

You’re going to chase very optimistic horizons in the year ahead, so you need to plan now, and to recharge your batteries for lots of action. Planning is a bit complicated, though, as plans made in December will tend to be unworkable due to shifting circumstances.

You’ve had a rest. Now adventure begins.

The month ahead features romance, sports, gambles and risks, self-expression, creative and speculative urges. These fill Sunday/Monday, but it might be a little early to start something (a project or an amorous affair). Sunday morning is problematical, even cruel (cruel words? health upset?) but this p.m. and Monday bring a smooth, happy mood. Beauty impresses you.

Soon — by December — a former friend, social group or lover will return, and an old wish might come true. Dive in when it happens, Aquarius, as you need people this year ahead. Avoid legal hassles until Dec. 9. Sunday/Monday begin a month of heightened popularity, optimism, social joys and entertainment, flirtations and — simple happiness. Early Sunday is no picnic — an ethical or legal (or health) problem might annoy you.

Wrap up any home-related chores this week and next, Virgo, as a few weeks of delays and mistakes enters this zone in December. The four weeks ahead give you a temporary respite from the busy travel and errands of late. Settle down to earth, enjoy a restful few weeks, reacquaint yourself with family, garden, repair, contemplate, upgrade nutrition. You can let go of some wasteful, stale situations/bonds now, and nurture new or growing ones. The focus lies on home and communications/travel Sunday/Monday.

Wrap up any projects now to month’s end, rather than starting — especially in career and business zones. Delays and mistakes will fill most of December, in these zones and others. An agreement might be broken. (Your career will soar in 2019 — making 2018 a great time to study, upgrade your qualifications.) Sunday kicks off a whole month of focus on career, status, prestige relations and community reputation. A former job/ career role might return soon.

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We are leaders in our industry and we want you to join us. With a brand new state of the art warehousing & distribution center we are looking for experienced individuals with general warehouse experience for our Burnaby location. On a daily basis you will perform the following operations: • Loading and unloading trucks, manually and with equipment • Receiving new inventory and associated paper work • Shipping inventory and associated paper work • Shrink wrap pallets, Inventory counts, Shipping returns • Assist in warehouse safety, cleanliness and waste disposal • Completing other tasks, as required Job Requirements: • Good computer skills • Strong focused on tasks and deadlines • Able to work with little supervision • Flexible, able to multi-task and prioritize • Able to lift 50 lbs.

• Able to stand for a period of 8 hours • Able to be constantly moving for a period of 8 hours • Fork lift certification required • Must be able to operate a manual, electric and ride on pallet jack • Must be able to operate an articulating, counter balance and reach forklifts • Must be able to operate a Genie - platform lift, boom lift and a Crown Wave, auto scrubber floor cleaner Compensation: $15.00 - $20.00 depending on experience. Benefits available.

Apply in person with a resume at 7575 North Fraser Way, Burnaby B.C. between the hours of 11am and 4pm Monday - Friday, or by email at whs_jobs@vancouveronthenet.com Nickel Automotive LTD (http://www.nickelautomotive.ca) is looking for an Automotive service technician.

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Main duties: • Identify mechanical problems by inspecting motor in operation and using computerized diagnostic equipment • Test parts and systems to ensure that they are working properly • Discuss the amount of work that needs to be done with supervisor • Adjust, repair or replace parts and components of automotive systems • Perform scheduled maintenance service • Use testing equipment, hand tools and other automotive repair equipment • Follow checklists to ensure that all critical parts are examined Company’s business address and job location: 1282 Franklin St, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1K1 Please apply by e-mail: nickelresume@gmail.com Peterbilt Pacific Inc. (www.peterbilt.bc.ca) is hiring a Commercial Truck and Transport Technician (Service Technician) Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities • Review work tasks with Service Manager • Identify mechanical problems by inspecting motor in operation and using computerized diagnostic equipment • Test parts and systems to ensure that they are working properly • Adjust, repair or replace parts and components of commercial transport truck systems • Adjust, repair or replace parts and components of trucktrailer systems • Perform scheduled maintenance service • Use testing equipment, hand tools and other specialized truck repair equipment • Report to the Service Manager in regards to work performed and prepare documentation Education and Experience Requirements • Completion of secondary school • Completion of a Commercial Truck and Transport Technician apprenticeship program or over four years of work experience in the trade • Good English Permanent/ Full-time, 40 hours/week . Wage: $34.47 per hour Benefits: Extended Health, Dental and Disability Benefits, Pension Contribution. 10 days paid vacation after 1 year.

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“Did you see that guy?”

All of us, at one stage or another in our driving lives, has uttered that phrase. Did you see that guy speeding? Cutting the corner? Picking his nose?

Driving with one foot out the window? Catching Pokemon on an iPad?

Dashcams can be a useful tool to record footage in the case of a collision, but columnist Brendan McAleer warns against the erosion of privacy. PHOTO PAUL TOWNSEND/FLICKR

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We’ve seen it all, and if anything, people seem to be getting more outrageous.

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digital camera mounted on the dash. Much like the camera on your laptop, which is even now broadcasting footage of you doing karaoke in your underpants to parts of Siberia, a dashcam is compact and innocuous-looking, but also a powerful tool.

Let’s say you pull up behind a stopped car, one waiting for a parking spot.

Suddenly, they reverse without looking, and smash into your bumper.

The owner hops out with an apology, then suddenly changes his tune: you ran into him!

I witnessed this very thing happen in Deep Cove one early Saturday morning.

Worse, the reversing car had two people in it, both with the same story. Happily, both jerks changed their tune when they saw a third party had seen the whole thing.

In the case of the dashcam, the third party is as purely disinterested as you can get. It records what actually happened, and thus, you’re protected.

There’s even a movement afoot to have dashcams installed to help reduce your insurance rates.

Me? I’m not so sure.

While being recorded in a public place – and the road is just such a public place – is part of modern life, the amount of things we’re having foisted on us as ways to reduce our insurance rates should be kept in strict check.

Let’s try another scenario. You’re driving along in heavy traffic, and suddenly spot the person next to you texting while driving.

That maniac! You adjust the dashcam slightly to the right, then later submit the footage to your local police.

The footage shows you adjusting the camera – so you both get charged with distracted driving.

As a personal tool that would be useful for drivers to record footage in the case of a collision, I’m all for dashcams. As something that might become mandatory in order just to have a reasonable insurance rate, maybe not.

Let’s look at another device intended to help safe drivers get a break on their premiums: Event Data Recorders. Your car likely already has one of these installed, and it’s much like the proverbial black box on an airplane. In the event of a more serious collision, information can be

downloaded through your onboard diagnostic port.

Accident investigators can then use the information to figure out what happened.

That’s fine. Less fine is the idea floated by several insurance companies of installing a transmitting device in the diagnostic port, one that works with GPS to send information about your driving habits to the insurance company.

Suddenly, you’ll get a break if you’re a safe driver.

Why, that sounds just dandy, doesn’t it? After all, you’re a safe driver, aren’t you? Who wouldn’t want to take advantage of that? What do you mean you’re denying my claim because I entered the intersection at 52 km/h before being T-boned?

And what if you happen to have a commute into the North Shore that uses the Upper Levels highway?

Driving on the highway is more dangerous than on streets. Driving during certain weather conditions or winter months is less safe. Night is worse. Are we ready for Uber-like surge pricing for our road insurance?

Willingly providing your driving data to an insurance company (or to a manufacturer: take heed, Tesla owners) is a gamble. You’re betting that they’ll only use the information to cut you a break, rather than as a tool to reduce payouts should an accident happen. Human beings being imperfect in many ways, especially driving, those aren’t good odds to be playing.

There is, however, one thing the insurance companies are going to foist on us that will work for the public good: automatic braking systems. Just as the seatbelt and the airbag became mandatory, auto-brake will be legislated into existence at some point, and will do much to keep people from reversing into your bumper and driving your insurance up. The rollout will probably take years, but it’ll arrive long before autonomous cars.

In the meantime, go ahead and examine whether a dashcam might be a sound investment for your car, but bear in mind the erosion of privacy. All of the information you collect and provide to insurance companies can be used in any way they see fit. If you think it’ll only be used for good, well, perhaps you haven’t seen those guys.

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