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their non-council income. That income would include any work, for example, that a politician’s public relations company does with a client. So, yes, show me and the public the clients, says Reimer, whose motion to council last Wednesday was clearly pointed at three of the four NPA councillors. She didn’t name George Affleck, Melissa De Genova or Hector Bremner but referred to their non-council work in her motion and in a conversation we had the previous week. Affleck owns Curve Communications Group Ltd.; De Genova runs Eventure Holdings Ltd.; Bremner is a vice-president of public affairs at the Pace Group; and Coun. Elizabeth Ball co-owns Eos Lightmedia Corp. Affleck, De Genova and Bremner told me Reimer’s motion was ridiculous and out of touch. They also pointed out former Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs used to run a public relations company but didn’t list his

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Years from now, people will ask: Where were you when that spellbinding historical event happened at city hall on the 15th day of November in 2017? And your response will be: Huh? But not for me it won’t. Because I was there, man. I was the lone newsman seated at the deep vein thrombosis-inducing media table in the council chamber and observed an event that has shaken the Twitterverse to the core. Well, maybe not shaken, but people are tweeting about it. Yes, I’m referring to “The Great Non-Partisan Association Walkout of 2017.” I’ve always wanted to do my part for history, so follow along as I potentially bore you to death with my summary of what the heck happened. Some background: I wrote an earlier piece on how Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer wants a mechanism to force all council members to declare

clients in annual financial disclosure statements. More recently, Vision Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang did $4,000 worth of work for the new NDP government in Victoria, but that information hasn’t been updated in his disclosure statement. Anyway, fast forward to the Nov. 15 council meeting and before Reimer could explain her reasons for introducing the motion, Affleck — followed by De Genova, Ball and Bremner — all declared a conflict and walked out. They all pointed to the language in Reimer’s motion and how they would be in conflict in discussing a motion directly aimed at them and their non-council work. Affleck: “Unfortunately, the way the motion we have here today is worded and specifically targets the kind of business I operate, I think it would be appropriate to recuse myself because I’m concerned there will be an appearance of conflict if I vote or take part in this.” De Genova: “I feel that out of an abundance of cau-

tion, I also will be conflicting out of this item.” Ball: “I feel that I could be in conflict here and will have to leave. My apologies. Thank you.” Bremner: “I feel like I can’t speak to this issue and not be in a conflict. So, unfortunately, I won’t be able to debate the matter. Thank you.” The walkout prompted Reimer to go on a “transparency” bender, listing all the work the city has done to give the public more access to salaries, expenses, and the nature and worth of so-called gifts received by council members. There’s also a lobbyist registry in the works. She acknowledged she should have earlier requested more transparency about council members’ noncouncil pecuniary interests, but that didn’t happen. “So the point here is not about conflict of interest,” said Reimer, responding to reasons given by the NPA to walk out. “It’s about transparency and disclosure of one’s financial interest.” Mayor Gregor Robertson also couldn’t resist a dig at

his council foes, saying it was “bizarre and unsettling that the four NPA councillors declared conflicts on voting on transparency in financial disclosure. That astounds me.” In the end, Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie successfully moved a motion to have the city’s legal department determine “where it is appropriate for council members to declare conflict of interest.” That, I’ve got to say, confused me. After all, didn’t I just quote Reimer saying this wasn’t about conflict of interest? And besides, doesn’t the Vancouver Charter say it’s up to each council member to declare a conflict when there is a conflict? Then there’s the provincial Financial Disclosure Act, which already says civic politicians have to declare all their non-council cash. I guess Reimer’s point here is the Act is not being followed closely enough, or needs a re-do to ensure clients of business owners are disclosed. While I’m piling on the

various mechanisms for council members to show us the money, there’s that little problem about all that campaign money Vision and the NPA receive from developers. Yes, I know it eventually gets disclosed after an election. But that doesn’t stop politicians from voting on projects from the very developers who have dropped hundreds of thousands in their campaign buckets. But there’s no conﬂict there, according to court rulings. One more: How about the fact the majority of council voted themselves a pay raise? No conﬂict there, either, apparently. And on it goes... To think I could have spent the day with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Angelina Jolie instead of the good time I had at a council meeting makes me wonder whether my news judgment is sliding. They probably wouldn’t have answered my questions, anyway. @Howellings

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Much debated Casa Mia gets green light for seniors care facility Naoibh O’Connor

the city’s Seniors’ Advisory Committee and the Vancouver Heritage Commission endorsed the project. Several speakers spoke during the hearing, most in favour. Colleen McGuinness, chair of the Seniors’ Advisory Committee, endorsed the project but cited a few remaining issues, including the fact the nearby bus stop is still far for some less-mobile people and that there’s not enough parking for the disabled. A critic said the proposed facility is not in the right location. He pointed out there will only be 24 parking spots for the 92-bed home. He contrasted that to the St. Vincent’s Langara complex care facility, which has 197 residents and more than 110 parking spots, as well as plenty of off-street parking. “People will have to park off site,” he said, which he maintains will create safety issues. Speaking on behalf of B.C. Care Providers Association, Mike Klassen (who also writes a column for the Courier) called the project “imaginative and innovative.” “Given that our population is aging rapidly, and the seniors’ population is expected to double to over 20 per cent of the overall population by 2036, it places even more emphasis on making new housing available that supports our seniors,” he said. @naoibh

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A revamped proposal for the once-controversial plan to convert Casa Mia into a seniors care facility has won unanimous support at a public hearing at city hall. Council’s Nov. 14 decision to approve the rezoning application comes ﬁve years after the Care Group ﬁrst pitched a proposal for the sprawling property. The approved application will see the mansion retained and an addition built to create a 90-bed facility — Vancouver Coastal Health will fund 58 of the beds, while the remaining 32 will be private-pay. The Care Group, which owns and operates seven facilities, including Point Grey Private Hospital, bought the Casa Mia property at 1920 Southwest Marine Drive in 2011. Designed by architect Ross Anthony Lort, the Spanish Revival-style house was built in 1932 for George Reifel, a liquor magnate and rumrunner during the Prohibition era. The 20,700-square-foot mansion includes a ballroom where Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Count Basie performed. But the Care Group’s plan to turn it into a seniors care facility initially attracted opposition. Over the years, critics raised myriad concerns about the redevelopment project, including that it was too dense, that it would attract

A redevelopment project will see the mansion retained and an addition built to create a 90-bed facility for seniors. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

too much traffic to an already busy street, that it wasn’t close enough to transit and that it conflicted with the existing community plan. An early concept envisioned a 92-bed facility, but that was scaled back to 62 beds in a rezoning application that was expected to go to public hearing in March 2014. The Southlands Community Association filed an application in B.C. Supreme Court for an injunction to force the City of Vancouver to delay the public hearing for the rezoning. However, an agreement on heritage conservation was never completed, and the city unexpectedly

cancelled the public hearing the evening before it was scheduled to take place. That rezoning application was later withdrawn. Then, last April, a revised rezoning application was submitted for a 90-bed facility, with more than 60 per cent of the beds being subsidized through Vancouver Coastal Health. Feedback at a subsequent open house was generally positive, with supporters citing the need for seniors care facilities in South Vancouver, the importance of the majority of the beds being publicly funded and the fact an important heritage building in the city would be preserved.

John Chapman, a rezoning planner for Vancouver South division, outlined the project at the public hearing. He said it presented an opportunity to gain 90 new beds for seniors, who require 24-hour nursing care, in an area of the city underserved by seniors facilities as well as ensuring a class A heritage building was preserved. Interior details being retained include: • the large central staircase • extensive cast plaster work • period bathroom ﬁxtures • children’s nursery painted by Walt Disney company illustrators, including a scene of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

However, due to privacy and safety concerns, the general public — other than family, friends and staff, won’t have access to the building to see these features. (A Care Group representative later noted that more people will have access to the building than if it remained in private hands.) A signiﬁcant amount of the historic exterior and massing will also be retained, while the rear landscape and the rear yard will be entirely preserved, Chapman said. The new wing, he added, is being built in the front yard, away from the escarpment, so adverse effects are not anticipated. The Urban Design Panel,

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Despite last weekend’s deluge of rain, the month of November has been a dry one. “Believe it or not, it’s been drier than normal,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald, adding that the region experienced an unusual seven-day stretch of dry weather Nov. 3 to 10. “Of anything, that’s been the exceptional story this month — that beautiful week of weather we saw.” Mother Nature made up for it over the weekend, dumping more than 74 millimetres of rain on Vancouver between Saturday evening and Monday morning. . The airport typically sees around 185.8 mm of rain in the month of November. So far this month, it’s recorded 91.8 mm. “I think what was truly exceptional about (Sunday) was the rainfall intensity,” MacDonald said, adding

that the rainfall peaked between noon and 3 p.m. During that time, Vancouver Harbour Centre recorded 10.5 mm of rain in one hour. “Which is truly torrential rainfall,” he said, explaining rain that intense is usually only seen in Vancouver about once every two years. And what can Vancouverites expect this winter, after last year’s seemingly endless weeks of cold temperatures and snowy streets? “Last winter was truly exceptional,” MacDonald said. “It was record-breaking in many regards.” He said two factors came together and resulted in last winter’s run of unusually cold and snowy weather — a strong La Niña front which led to a colder than normal water in the equatorial Paciﬁc combined with a cold “blob” of water closer to home off the West Coast. MacDonald said a weak La Niña is expected this coming winter, so the cold in the waters along the equator won’t be as

pronounced and the frigid “blob” of water is gone. He said La Niña typically brings colder than normal weather and most La Niñas have delivered snowier than normal conditions. “I’d really like to just take the time to clarify and emphasize, seasonal forecasts need to be taken with a grain of salt,” MacDonald said, adding that some weather services can do a disservice by pinpointing major storms or snowfalls weeks in advance. There is an increased likelihood of colder than normal weather in the coming winter, but the difference overall could be just a half to one degree on average. And while last winter seemed like the winter to end all winters, it was the 10th coldest winter on record, dating back to the 1930s, and the 18th snowiest. Vancouver airport recorded 64 centimetres of snow while the snowiest season on record was 1970-’71, which saw 169 cm of snow.

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City’s bike share expands to Strathcona, Commercial Drive Mike Howell

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A bike share company operating in Vancouver since July 2016 is embarking on a $3-million expansion to neighbourhoods such as Strathcona and the Commercial Drive corridor. Vancouver Bike Share Inc., which has an agreement with the city to provide the rental system, will provide $2 million of the cost and TransLink will contribute $1 million to add another 500 bikes and 50 stations by next summer. “We are very pleased with the system, so far,” Scott Edwards, manager of the city’s public bike share branch, told city council Nov. 15. The new area of coverage will run east from Main Street to Victoria Drive and be bounded by 16th Avenue in the south and the waterfront in the north. That area will be an extension of phase one of the system that stretches from Arbutus Street east to Main Street, also bounded by 16th Avenue and north in to Stanley Park. Council heard from

Edwards that a total of 123 stations and 1,214 bikes already exist in neighbourhoods such as Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and the downtown peninsula. That system, which goes by the name of Mobi by Shaw Go, has accounted for about 35,000 locals and tourists taking more than 650,000 cycling trips on the heavy duty bikes. The average ride lasted 18 minutes and travelled four kilometres. As of September, more than 4,700 members signed up to use the service, which costs $9.75 for a 24-hour pass and up to $129 to $159 for an annual pass, depending on the package offered. A 90-day pass is $75. While city council was unanimous in receiving staff’s report for information, the four NPA councillors voted against allowing staff to prepare bylaw amendments to take the bike share system city-wide. The NPA’s vote was based on Coun. George Affleck arguing that staff’s report gave no indication whether Vancouver Bike Share Inc. was financially sound. Affleck noted the agree-

Vancouver Bike Share Inc., which is a subsidiary of CycleHop, will expand the city’s bike share program by 500 bikes and 50 stations. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ment with the company included a $5-million injection of cash from the city to launch the system. The city also estimated it would lose up to $800,000 in lost parking revenue — because of stations replacing metered spots — and spend more than $1 million in staff costs. “We’re a partner in this program — a high-risk partner, in my mind,” Afﬂeck said. “Are there cash ﬂow issues with regards to the bike share program that we need to be worried about? Do we have any idea if they’re making money, at all?”

Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s general manager of engineering services, told Affleck the operator was “doing fine” and he offered to share more information with council in a private meeting. CycleHop Corp. Canada, a private company based in Ottawa, created subsidiary Vancouver Bike Share Inc. to operate the city’s system. “I’ve received no information that they’re in financial trouble,” Dobrovolny said. “In fact, conversely, they’re investing $2 million of the $3 million in this expansion. We’ve worked with them

on their business model and on cash flow. We know the partnership has been successful and we’ve got confidence that they will continue an operation.” The city’s agreement also calls for Vancouver Bike Share Inc. to begin paying the city up to $400,000 per year next year to offset lost parking revenue. If the loss is greater than $400,000, the city has agreed to pick up that cost. But Edwards told the Courier the city was “well below” the original $800,000 loss in estimated parking revenue, saying it was “significantly less” than $400,000. He pointed out the city already gives up parking spots for parklets, bus stops and loading zones that don’t see money returned to the city. “There’s lots of different public services to provide mobility and access to the adjacent land use that have no recovery associated with them,” Edwards said. “So this was seen as a good trade-off.” In his presentation, Edwards said the city’s research showed there is a higher turnover of people using bikes at a station than

had the station remain a parking spot. He said the ratio was, on average, greater than ﬁve interactions of cyclists versus one interaction by a motorist at the same spot. Some stations in the West End have seen a ratio of more than 20 times. Other highlights in the city’s report include: • About 70 per cent of bike share cyclists wear a helmet, 53 per cent of whom choose the operatorprovided helmet. • Sixty-nine per cent of users own a bike. • Sixty-two per cent of users ride one-way or use a combination of walking or transit in making a trip. • Despite a common conclusion that fewer people use the system in the rain, the city’s research said temperature inﬂuences ridership more than precipitation. • Another misconception, the city said, is people wouldn’t use the system because of Vancouver’s hilly geography. Research showed 43 per cent of all trips gained elevation. @Howellings

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Some of Vancouver’s parks and recreation services will soon cost a little bit more. Vancouver Park Board commissioners voted Nov. 14 to make changes to some of the fees the board charges for various services and activities. One big change coming next year is pay parking at Spanish Banks. Pay parking is currently in place at all the city’s destination parks and beaches, except Spanish Banks. “Pay parking is a critical source of revenue for the Park Board, providing funding for necessary enhancements to the safety, security and cleanliness of our parks,” staff said in a report. Starting in 2018, pay parking will be in effect at Spanish Banks from April 1 until Sept. 30. Parking rates have been set at $3.50 an hour; the daily rate is $13 and a season’s pass is $87. Staff told commissioners that the board will be working with transit providers, as well as car and bike-share companies to ensure there are alternative forms of transportation available to the public. Parking rates will remain the same at most other parking lots under the park board’s jurisdiction. One exception is Vanier Park — the daily rate at the gravel lot will see a $0.50 increase and the daily rate for the paved lot will see a $1 increase. Many fees, such as pool and arena admissions, swimming lessons, racquet and tennis courts, as well as ﬂexi and 10-visit passes, and admission to VanDusen Botanical Garden, will go up by two per cent or less. Fees for golf, pitch and putt, the Stanley Park train, Bloedel

Conservatory and fitness group personal training will remain at 2017 levels. Pool rentals for all indoor and outdoor pools, including fees for swim clubs and programs, will go up by five per cent. Admission charges for Maple Grove outdoor pool will increase by $0.50. A staff report says prices there have been significantly lower than comparable pools. Arena rentals will go up by between two and five per cent, and sports field rental rates will increase by two per cent for youth and adult non-profits. The rate will increase by five per cent for all other rentals “as current prices are significantly lower than other municipalities.” Moorage costs at Burrard Marina are also on the rise. Board staff say the marina’s moorage and land storage rates are roughly 30 per cent lower than comparable local marinas, which has resulted in a growing waitlist. To minimize the pricing gap, the board will gradually increase the rates over the next four to five years with an eight per cent increase planned for 2018. Permit fees for special events and filming will also see an increase between two and 5.9 per cent. Board policy states that fees are levied to recover all or a portion of overall operating costs. Fees may be reduced for people with accessibility issues and their attendants, families, groups, frequent users and during low priority times. More than half of the park board’s operating budget is funded by fees and charges collected for services, and a large part of the expenditures are staffing costs. The annual cost increase for staffing costs is expected to be about two per cent, based on the board’s collective agreement.

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What the B.C. government should do about the housing crisis Michael Geller

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Two weeks ago, I wrote about the audible gasps and expressions of shock heard throughout a packed downtown hotel ballroom during an Urban Development Institute (UDI) luncheon talk on escalating housing prices around the region. Last week, I returned to another packed downtown hotel ballroom for another UDI luncheon talk. However, this time, there were no audible gasps or expressions of shock. The guest speakers were two very important people in the lives of the developers, bankers and real estate professionals gathered in the room: Minister Selina Robinson, responsible for housing, municipal affairs and TransLink, and Premier John Horgan. While I am a UDI member and even served as president 30 years ago, I decided to forgo the glazed salmon and dessert to join the many journalists and reporters at a media table where we were served water. Prior to the speeches, there was considerable speculation as to what might be announced, especially since

Premier Horgan had earlier met with Justin Trudeau. Given the development community’s increasing exasperation with excessive delays in obtaining municipal approvals, I whispered to Postmedia’s Joanne Lee-Young that if there was going to be any announcement, it would likely be a provincial strategy to reduce approval times. I was wrong. As Lee-Young subsequently wrote in the Vancouver Sun, Horgan described the luncheon as the development industry’s ﬁrst chance to “kick the tires” and “see his government as being willing to work together with municipalities and developers.” As to how Ottawa and B.C. might get involved with addressing the housing crisis in Metro Vancouver, “there were more questions than answers.” That was it. As we left the room disappointed with the speeches, I announced I would devote this column to outlining what Minister Robinson and the Premier should have told the audience. Since both acknowledged the province’s need to help developers and municipalities streamline project approval processes, they

Columnist Michael Geller says Premier John Horgan should do what Liberal leadership candidate Mike DeJong said he’d do if elected — legislate faster municipal permitting times for those seeking to build new homes, while offering more funding to planning departments to fix a “logjam” of 120,000 existing housing applications in and around Vancouver. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

could have echoed a recent announcement by Liberal leadership candidate Mike DeJong. If elected, he promises to legislate faster municipal permitting times for those seeking to build new homes, while offering more funding to planning departments to ﬁx a “logjam” of 120,000 existing

housing applications in and around Vancouver. Alternatively, since the Premier told the crowd he did not want to be too heavy-handed with municipalities, he could have stolen a page from Todd Stone’s campaign book. Stone recently announced he would help with hous-

ing affordability by giving municipalities funding to clear planning delays. If there isn’t enough space to accommodate more planners and plan checkers, one of my colleagues suggested they could be set up in temporary modular offices on parking lots. In fact, city hall may not need to hire more planners. Instead, they could allow qualified “certified professionals” knowledgeable about zoning and building bylaws, to sort through the backlog of projects and determine which are worthy of proceeding. Another major UDI concern is the uncertainty and excessive costs related to “voluntary” community amenity contributions. I say voluntary since it is not entirely clear whether municipalities have the legal authority to demand cash and other benefits from developers seeking rezonings. Initially, these payments were extracted whenever a developer wanted to rezone for new condos. However, now they are being requested for purposebuilt rental projects, too, thus inhibiting supply. I have a solution. In March 2014, the B.C.

government completed a report titled, “Community Amenity Contributions: Balancing Community Planning, Public Benefits and Housing Affordability.” It contains many excellent recommendations, but now sits on a shelf gathering dust. I urge Premier Horgan and Robinson to read it, and agree to make the necessary administrative and legislative changes to end what has become a most uncertain and oftentimes unsavoury approach to financing growth. Finally, Horgan should terminate the province’s universal homeowner grant program that gives money to wealthy homeowners in Castlegar or Prince George living in luxurious $1.6 million houses. He should also end the universal property tax deferral program, which offers extremely low-interest loans to people like me, regardless of income or assets. Keep the program, but target it to those in need. Money saved from these two programs could be redirected to non-profit organizations desperately seeking funds to build affordable homes for lowincome households. @michaelgeller

When “aging in place” has an impact on housing affordability Mike Klassen

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In a recent column, I weighed in on the public health threat posed by social isolation, particularly among seniors living alone. It would be very bold of me to suggest there was a simple solution for the complex challenges of having so many socially isolated seniors. As our cities and towns evolve, there are, however, measures that help to promote more connectedness — especially among seniors — that the public can get behind. They involve the dreaded “D” word — we know it as density. The term “aging in place” has been interpreted by many as living in the same house you grew up in until, in many cases, health, mobility issues or even mortality require you to leave. Government policy-makers, daunted by the growing costs of an aging society needing more subsidized housing and elder care, have been heavily promoting the idea of staying at home as long as possible.

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Where a “home” means detached housing, this approach has had the net effect of limiting the supply of family housing in many communities, which in turn decreases housing affordability. In the case of neighbourhoods such as those in Vancouver’s southwest corner, it has even led to a surprising decline in population while it rises in surrounding communities. Vancouver’s own “Agefriendly Action Plan” (2013) notes that nearly one-third of seniors are living alone; more than onehalf of those are women, and a substantial number

of those people (24 per cent) do not understand the English language. With conditions like these, it is no wonder that the issue of social isolation — and the profound health impacts that come from it — is escalating in the public consciousness. As a result, some are rethinking the so-called “better-at-home” approach. An alternative strategy would be to encourage the development of more ageappropriate housing and pairing it with community and culturally appropriate amenities — something that both small and larger cities have been slow to do.

A study published by the Gerontologist Society of America (GSA) argues we have to broaden our meaning of “place” from an individual home to mean a neighbourhood. “Although most discussions on aging in place focus on home, there is growing recognition… that beyond the home, neighbourhoods and communities are crucial factors in people’s ability to stay put,” the GSA study states. “Neighbourhoods may have an effect on health and may be an environment to which older people have greater sensitivity due to longevity of residence and

changing levels of functioning…. To assist aging in place, consideration needs to be given not only to housing options but also to transportation, recreational opportunities, and amenities that facilitate physical activity, social interaction, cultural engagement, and ongoing education.” The strong public support for Vancouver city council’s decision last week to rezone the Casa Mia heritage property — which will soon feature care residences for seniors and for those struggling with dementia — reﬂects a pent-up demand for more age-friendly accommodations in our cities. The partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health will bring some publicly subsidized long-term care to a community that sorely lacks it. Full disclosure: I work for a seniors care advocacy organization, although I have been calling for integrating more agefriendly housing in our city as far back as 2011 when I ran for city council. I spoke in favour of the Casa Mia rezoning.

While city council deserves credit for supporting the imaginative Casa Mia plan, which also extends the life of the heritage home built by George C. Reifel in the 1930s, this decision only scratches the surface in terms of the need for housing options. As the GSA paper says, “Home is a refuge, but it is as much the background of the home, the familiarity with the places and contacts around it that provide security as any emotional attachment to the home itself.” In other words, we risk exacerbating the isolation when people are “trapped” in their homes, alone and disconnected from their surroundings and social circle. Allowing more age-appropriate housing to be built within existing neighbourhoods, with good comprehensive health facilities available nearby, allows seniors to maintain social relationships with friends and family. That is how we can really promote “aging in place.” Our municipal governments should be pulling out the stops to make it happen. @MikeKlassen

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Renovicted senior urges changes Re: Vancouver housing crisis What I can’t understand is how some developers can get permits in no time at all and yet I know a man who’s waiting six years for a permit to build a new house on his property. In my neighbourhood there were three fires in the span of three weeks. Now there are highrises being built on every one of those properties. My building was first owned by two doctors and was sold to a company. They came with permits to do plumbing and electrical work on the building. We were given two months’ notice to vacate. I took the first place I could find in a different part of town. It costs more money and was run by notorious landlords. When I signed up they didn’t tell me I was signing up for a lease. I was in my eighties and couldn’t afford the rent any more so I gave my notice. I had found a less expensive place subsidized by the Kiwanis Club. My old landlords kept delaying giving me back my damage deposit; I needed the money for my new apartment. The average one-bedroom rent is $2,050 a month. Who can afford that? I know governments move slower than molasses in January but surely they could speed things up if necessary. There’s only one alderman I trust and that’s George Affleck. He’s trying to make a difference. Paul Fraser, Vancouver

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ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR HEART HEALTH? St. Paul’s Hospital Healthy Heart Program is looking for study volunteers for a 3 year study of 50 people which will take place in Vancouver. A large group of residents gathered at Lord Byng pool Oct. 31. The group is upset the current draft of the park board’s plan for aquatic facilities includes demolishing the West Side pool. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Community pool the perfect size Re: “Swimmers rally to save Lord Byng pool,” Nov. 2 I’ve been swimming at Byng pool for more than 10 years now, ﬁve days a week. As a person with chronic health issues, I appreciate that this pool offers a warm environment that is quiet and pleasant and easily accessible for regular exercise, which makes life better. Many people who swim here regularly have formed a community of sorts, that a small neighbourhood facility has, that a large regional one does not. I’ve been to the Aquatic Centre, UBC pool and Hillcrest and they are all too big, noisy, and messy for me. If the city of Vancouver wants more big noisy pools, then build them. Please just keep the small community pool at Lord Byng open. We value it greatly. Janice Pillman, Vancouver

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Manager Ivan Ackery welcomed Marilyn Monroe to the storied Orpheum theatre in July 1953. This Friday, Vancouver’s beloved performance space is celebrating its 90th anniversary.

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Orpheum celebrates 90 years of cutting a rug Birthday party slated for Nov. 24 will include silent ﬁlms, vaudeville acts, live music and more

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Low ticket sales just wouldn’t do in Ivan Ackery’s world.

The principal manager of the Orpheum back when it was a movie theatre, Ackery worried about a 1940s-era ﬁlm about cattle rustling that wasn’t putting bums in seats.

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It’s since been designated National Heritage Site. Renovations in the late 1970s moved the Orpheum into the area it primarily serves today — live music. The venue hosts about 150 performances per year, on top of TV, film and commercial work. MacGyver and The X Files have filmed there, along with a music video for crooner Michael Bublé. Given that diversity, controversy has come calling on more than a few occasions, though Haynes says no act has ever been banned from performing. “There are definitely topics occasionally that are over the top,” he said. “But you can’t legislate that. You have to be very careful.” The guts of the venue includes 2,672 theatre seats, along with 16 wheelchair accessible spaces and a Wurlitzer pipe organ that can re-create musical sounds and percussive elements. Purchased for $45,000 in the 1920s and now worth millions, the organ can even mimic cow sounds, bird calls and just about anything else. Massive baffles were installed above the stage and along the roof in 1977 to ensure sound bounces in all directions: towards the crowd, the performers and the symphony conductor. Speaking of the roof, the artwork along the cabled, dome ceiling isn’t what most perceive it to be. Far be it a biblical scene — the characters depicted are actually family members of architects, decorators and restoration experts tasked

with breathing new life into the place in the late ’70s. The venue’s namesake, Orpheus, a mythological Greek ﬁgure of profound musical skill, is also on the roof playing a lute-like instrument called a lyre. “Orpheus had the power of music: he could move trees, he could move mountains, he could tame wild animals,” Haynes said. “The belief is that he was the god of music. And as long as Orpheus is in this building, we will always be able to attract people with the music.” Orpheus isn’t the only otherworldly being said to inhabit the Orpheum. Depending on who you talk to — and who you believe — the Orpheum is home to somewhere between three and six ghosts. The most commonly reported apparition is an attendant in the downstairs men’s washroom. A ﬂoating ball of light has been seen near the stage, and is thought to the spirit of an acrobat who fell to his death in the venue’s early days. The dress circle is apparently home to a well-dressed woman who gives a standing ovation to a phantom performance and then disappears. “Are they really real? One never knows,” Haynes said. “But I think there are one or two ghosts around here.” @JohnKurucz The 90th birthday shindig runs from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 24. Tickets cost $19.27 and are available online at vancouvercivictheatres. com/events/orpheum-90.

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Public Hearing: December 6, 2017

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. Removing Regulatory Barriers to Passive House Buildings To create more flexibility in development regulations, amendments are proposed to the Zoning and Development By-law to allow floor area, height, setback, yard and building depth relaxations to support applications that meet the Passive House standard and achieve certification. As well, amendments are proposed to the Building and Encroachment By-laws to make the process of providing solar shading easier for applicants by removing the requirement to obtain a legal encroachment agreement in cases where solar shades protrude over City property. 2. Report Back on Energy Efficiency Updates to Vancouver’s Building By-Law for Low-Rise Multi-family Residential Buildings To amend the Zoning and Development By-law to create a new floor area exclusion for exterior wall thickness in residential buildings of six storeys or less, and to add discretion to the existing exclusion for high-performance walls, both to enable greater energy efficiency in the construction of low-rise multi-family buildings. 3. 177 West Pender Street To rezone 177 West Pender Street from DD (Downtown) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 10-storey residential building containing a total of 90 social housing units. A height of 33.3 metres (109 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.98 are proposed. 4. Joyce Collingwood Station Precinct Plan Sub-Area Amendments and Proposed Six-Storey District Schedule To amend the Zoning and Development By-law and Joyce-Collingwood Station Precinct Plan to bring forward zoning changes, consequential amendments, and accompanying development policies and guidelines to manage future development. The proposed provisions include: a new J4 sub-area, including a six-storey District Schedule to facilitate the delivery of multi-family housing; mixed-use rezoning policies for Joyce and Euclid; revisions to the T2 subarea boundary to allow townhouses and four-storey buildings; new ownership and rental opportunities; expanded commercial and live-work opportunities along Joyce Street; and public realm improvements. 5. Miscellaneous Amendments - Zoning and Development, Sign and Sign Fee Bylaws To make miscellaneous amendments to Section 2 of the Zoning and Development By-law, Section 3.2.M in the M-1A District Schedule, Section 4.7.9(c) in the RM-8 and RM-8N Districts Schedule, Sections 2.2.DW, 3.2.DW, 4.1.2, 4.7.15(c), 4.16 and 4.19.1 in the RM-9, RM-9A, RM-9N, RM-9AN and RM-9BN Districts Schedule, and Section 4.7.2 in the RT-6 District Schedule; miscellaneous amendments to the Sign By-law, including Section 5.1, Parts 9 through 14 to clarify regulations on awning, canopy, first-storey fascia and projecting signs, and to update Schedule A; and miscellaneous amendments to the Sign Fee By-law to correct the re-inspection fee and to clarify fees for revisions to sign permits and for Sign By-law amendment applications. The amendments improve clarity, update terminology, address inadvertent omissions and help to streamline the development review process.

969 Burrard Street Proposal: To develop the site with a 57-storey, mixeduse 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 building with 61 secured non-market rental units, and seismic upgrading and heritage restoration of the First Baptist Church, all over seven levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM: 604-873-7469 or camilla.lade@vancouver.ca

6. 798 Granville Street – Electronic Video Sign – Sign By-law Amendment To amend the Sign By-law to allow two 9.2 m x 6.1 m (56 sq. m) electronic video signs on the second and third floors of the existing building at 798 Granville Street (at the corner of Granville and Robson), replacing two smaller electronic video signs currently located on the third floor. As the proposed signs are larger, the financial contribution and airtime public benefits associated with video signs at this location would also increase. 7. Amendments to Official Development Plans to Add Temporary Modular Housing as a Permitted Use To introduce new language to add Temporary Modular Housing (TMH) as a permitted use in Official Development Plan (ODP) areas, subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 11.31 of the Zoning and Development By-law which stipulate additional regulations for TMH. Including similar enabling language in ODPs across the city will allow for the consideration of TMH more widely across communities, as another means to effectively and efficiently address Vancouver’s homelessness crisis. 8. Amendments to the Regional Context Statement Official Development Plan By-law To Facilitate the Development of Temporary Modular Housing To amend the Regional Context Statement Official Development Plan By-law to adjust the boundaries of the “General Urban” regional land use designation. This would allow a site located at 1115, 1131 and 1141 Franklin Street to be considered as a location for a Temporary Modular Housing project.

Public Hearing: December 12, 2017

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. 5471 Wales St (Cantone Residence) (see A on the map) To designate as protected heritage property the exterior of the existing building at 5471 Wales Street, known as the Cantone Residence, which is listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category. 2. Miscellaneous Amendments - Zoning & Development By-law and various CD-1 By-laws (see B on the map) To make amendments to CD-1 (674) By-law for 3205-3221 West 41st Avenue and 5590 Balaclava Street, to CD-1 (642) By-law for 2133 Nanton Street, to CD-1 (158) By-law for 2657-2693 West 10th Avenue and 2676-2696 West Broadway, and to the C-3A and C-5, C-5A and C-6, and FC-2 Districts Schedules. The amendments would achieve the intent of the initial rezoning approvals, and correct inadvertent errors. 3. 55-79 Southwest Marine Drive (see C on the map) To rezone 55-79 Southwest Marine Drive from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 53 social housing units over one level of underground parking. A height of 20.7 metres (68 feet) and a ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 2.40 are proposed. 4. 87-115 Southwest Marine Drive (see D on the map) To rezone 87-115 Southwest Marine Drive from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 48 social housing units over one level of underground parking. A height of 20.7 metres (68 feet) and a ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 2.26 are proposed.

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DC 5. 478-496 West 48th Avenue (see E on the map) To rezone 478-496 West 48th Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 10-storey mixed-use building with 59 secured market rental housing units, and commercial uses at grade. A height of 33 metres (108 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.91 are proposed. 6. 2075 West 12th Avenue (see F on the map) To rezone 2075 West 12th Avenue from C-7 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 48 secured market rental housing units over two levels of underground parking. A height of 20 metres (65.7 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.5 are proposed. 7. 1715 Cook Street (see G on the map) To rezone 1715 Cook Street from M-2 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 10-storey residential building with 104 secured market rental housing units over two levels of underground parking. A height of 31.6 metres (103.7 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 5.03 are proposed. 8. 4238-4262 Cambie Street (see H on the map) To rezone 4238-4262 Cambie Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 57 dwelling units including five townhomes over two levels of underground parking. A height of 19.5 metres (64 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.75 are proposed. 9. 3030-3038 Commercial Drive (see I on the map) To rezone 3030–3038 Commercial Drive from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building with 43 secured market rental housing units, and commercial uses at grade. A height of 22.7 metres (74.5 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.10 are proposed. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on November 24 for the December 6 Public Hearing and December 1 for the December 12 Public Hearing until 5 pm on the day of the respective Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting November 24 for the December 6 Public Hearing and December 1 for the December 12 Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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CALIFORNIA

Ventura more than a surf town Sandra Thomas sthomas@vancourier.com

A BURGEONING FOOD, COCKTAIL AND ART SCENE IS MADE EVEN BETTER BY WATERFRONT VIEWS Walking along the paved path circling San Buenaventura State Park in Ventura, CA., it wasn’t hard to spot the Jolly Oyster shuck shack from a distance. The distinctive blue trailer was in sharp contrast to the champagne-coloured sand dunes that act as backdrop to the park’s green space. Picnic tables dot the sparse grass and an ever-growing, knee-high pile of grey and white oyster shells creates a natural barrier delineating the area from the rest of the park. On the waterside of the sand dunes, surfers paddled out in search of the perfect wave. The setting was only made more perfect by the iconic California scene unfolding in front of the shuck shack and the mobile Jolly Oyster kitchen. Just like a scene straight out of a movie, casually dressed couples,

families and groups of friends gathered around picnic tables enjoying steaming oyster dishes and fish tacos while children and dogs played and growlers of craft beer and bottles of good California wine were opened and shared amongst friends. (Customers are welcome to bring their own beer and wine to the Jolly Oyster.) An amplified mix of classic rock tunes created a soundtrack just loud

enough to make you want to sing along and quiet enough that no shouting was needed. As we chatted with Jolly Oyster co-owner Mark Reynolds, he said the scene reflects his goal to bring people together for good food and fun while respecting the environment by harvesting oysters in a sustainable method. Fittingly, as Reynolds spoke, the Beatles’

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News

Bathtub races set for return Park board hires reconciliation planner Jessica Kerr

jkerr@vancourier.com

Those infamous bathtub races are returning to Vancouver in 2018, but with a bit of a twist. Vancouver Park Board Monday night unanimously approved adding a bathtub race to the annual KitsFest in 2018. The organizers of the festival, which has been running since 2009, in conjunction with the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society

Jessica Kerr

jkerr@vancourier.com

Vancouver’s park board announced last week the hiring of its ﬁrst reconciliation planner. “We are thrilled to formalize the work begun in the early days of this park board’s tenure at a historic meeting with Coast Salish First Nations,” board chair Michael Wiebe said in a press release. The board approved the position Nov. 14 in its 2018 budget with the aim of supporting an ambitious reconciliation agenda. “We’ve continued to support this work, and the reconciliation planner will lay the permanent groundwork for an authentic and respectful government to government relationship with the nations,” Wiebe said. The new reconciliation planner, Rena Soutar, will work with the park board and City of Vancouver to advance mutual goals and create relationships between municipal government and Indigenous communities. “I think this goes back to reconciliation as a whole and why we need it in Canada…. We need to have a better understanding of the land we’re on,” she said. “We don’t know what’s underneath it.” Since January 2016, Soutar has worked with the board contributing to arts, culture and reconciliation initiatives.

The park board’s new reconciliation planner, Rena Soutar, will work with the board and City of Vancouver to advance mutual goals and create relationships between municipal government and Indigenous communities.

She previously worked with the three local First Nations during the 2010 Winter Olympics and is the author of the book Songees. In her reconciliation role, Soutar will focus on implementing the park board’s 11 reconciliation strategies and advancing the work of the Stanley Park Intergovernmental Working Group. The group was formed three years ago when the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations expressed a desire to work with the board to create a long-term stewardship plan for the park and to address concerns about archeological practices in parks. Some of the projects she will work on include a review of all the plaques in Vancouver parks, as well as the proposal to change the

name of Siwash Rock. Last month, the park board voted to consult with the three First Nations on changing the name of the well-known Stanley Park landmark. Soutar said the three First Nations support the idea and work will begin on developing a process for renaming the rock. Last year, the board also hired the ﬁrst municipal archeologist in Canada, Geordie Howe, to work exclusively on Indigenous issues, reviewing current archeological practices and ensuring that aboriginal protocols are respected in all park developments. Howe and Soutar both sit on the working group, which is composed on staff and representatives from the three First Nations.

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and the Pitblado Group, proposed adding the race to next year’s event. The original bathtub races, which ran from 1967 to 1996, featured a race across the Strait of Georgia from Nanaimo to Vancouver. The new local incarnation will feature a race circuit in English Bay at the north end of Kits Beach. The preliminary plan includes several race heats and category ﬁnals. An area will be set up

where spectators can meet the racers, watch the racers set up their bathtubs, take photos and observe the races. KitsFest started in 2009 as a two-day sports and healthy living community festival featuring basketball, volleyball and tennis. It was expanded to three days in 2010 and has continued to grow over the years to include other activities, such as sunset yoga, touch football, water polo and Zumba.

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Arts & Entertainment

New podcast shines light on some of life’s darkness Mark Hughes has interviewed a sex trade worker, prison guard and a convicted murderer on his Pulling the Trigger podcast John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Mark Hughes’ weekly calendar looks something like this: sell ﬁre alarms, attend support groups, read about friends dying and tell dick jokes in a room full of people. When you run in disparate circles like that, people will inevitably ask questions. Hughes is now answering those questions with the debut of his podcast, Pulling the Trigger. In four episodes this month, the Vancouver comic has interviewed a sex trade worker, a prison guard, a convicted murderer and a fentanyl dealer. The hour-long conversations are simultaneously macabre, hilarious and surreal. “I don’t want to sound patronizing or condescending by simply saying, ‘These are people, too,’ because it’s about not that,” Hughes said. “I know they’re looked at as ‘weirdos.’ But I’m hoping through the interviews people can look at them and say, ‘I didn’t know about

that kind of thing.’” Released in mid-November, Hughes’ second interview is with Mission resident Glenn Flett. Softspoken, yet frank, Flett was convicted of second-degree murder and handed a life sentence after killing a Hudson’s Bay employee during a robbery in Toronto in the late 1970s. Paroled in 1992, Flett has since become an advocate for restorative justice and is the founder of LINC (Long-term Inmates Now in the Community). His conversation with Hughes sounds like old pen pals catching up. They talk about life in institutional settings and other nastiness that few others have experienced. Hughes bridges that gap because he’s also been “in the joint.” Hughes spent roughly a decade in and out of prison, addicted and living on the Downtown Eastside. “A lot of this stuff is nothing new to me. Knowing a convicted murderer is not weird to me. It’s pretty normal,” Hughes said.

Vancouver comedian Mark Hughes releases new interviews each Thursday via his Pulling the Trigger podcast, which is available on Soundcloud or iTunes. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Hughes has been sober for 11 years and now performs weekly stand-up

bits across Metro Vancouver. Since his story was ﬁrst featured in the Courier, he’s

been proﬁled by the CBC, Vancouver Sun and Vice. Being in the gutter, on stage, or at recovery meetings is how he’s cast such a wide social net. In turn, he’s got access to people and stories that most don’t. He chooses interview subjects based on how candid they’ll be and the interest found in their backstory. Though he’s still in active recovery, Hughes says he’s well enough equipped emotionally not to fall off the wagon when hearing about the pain others have experienced. “I’ve been in prison with rapists, I’ve been in prison with killers, I’ve been in prison with child molesters,” he said. “I’m not saying I approve of any of those things and if I heard the graphic details it would gross me out. But I can understand for the most part how people get into situations.” Released today (Thursday, Nov. 23), Hughes’ latest podcast hits close to

home. “Kyle” — not his real name – is a fentanyl dealer in Vancouver. He admits to killing people during their conversation. Hughes estimates at least 60 people he’s known have died from drug overdoses attributed to fentanyl in the last three years. Despite that, he relates to Kyle over their shared experiences in prison and the conversation never veers into the realm of judgment. “My role is not to be confrontational — this isn’t Geraldo or Maury Povich,” Hughes said. “This is where the listeners can draw their own conclusions if they want. I don’t want to be judgemental because I know that sometimes getting out of the [criminal lifestyle] is really hard. It’s hard for me to say ‘I got a suit and a tie, cut my hair and got my shit together, why didn’t you?’” Pulling the Trigger can be heard online at https:// soundcloud.com/pullingthetrigger. @JohnKurucz

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Community

The hug that turned a foster child into a son Martha Perkins vancourier.com

The ﬁve-year-old boy tugged on Sandy Teel’s sleeve. Why, he asked, did she give a hug to other children in his kindergarten class every morning? Teel had noticed him before, standing by himself in the school’s morning lineup, and smiled at his curiosity. She explained that she ran a daycare and that, when she dropped the older children off at school each morning, she gave them a hug because their moms and dads were at work. She wanted them to know they were loved and cared for. “Could I have a hug, too,” the boy asked. One year later, that little boy became Sandy and Mark Teel’s son. Andrew Teel entered the foster care system early in his life. He was moved from foster home to foster home, sometimes as many as three times a month. He wanted what all the kids around him had — someone to not only give

him a hug every morning but also to hug him when he got home. Sandy didn’t know any of that, not at ﬁrst. She just thought he was a shy kid whose parents weren’t able to be there for him. Every morning she gave Andrew a hug and every night she spent the dinner hour telling her husband and 17-year-old son Darren about this sweet little boy at school who, she had learned, was in foster care. “You talk about this kid all the time,” Darren said after a couple of months. “Why don’t you adopt him?” Sandy and Mark were ﬂoored. Ever since they had learned that Andrew was in foster care, they’d had the same idea. But they had worried how Darren, after 17 years of being an only child, would react. Darren, they discovered, thought it was a no-brainer. “If Andrew doesn’t have a family,” he said, “we should bring him into ours.” It took everything that Sandy had not to tell Andrew that they had started the adoption process. It

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Teel, centre, was surrounded by family and fellow Covenant House supporters Nov. 16 when he was presented with an Outstanding Youth Philanthropy award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals at the Vancouver Convention Centre. His father Mark is third from left; Jennifer Hall, who nominated him on behalf of Covenant House, is sixth from left; his mother Sandy is at right; and his grandmother, Louise Ward, is fifth from right.

was even awkward to arrange a chance for Mark to meet Andrew. In no way did the Teels want to raise Andrew’s hopes in case the adoption didn’t go through. When Mark did get a chance to observe — just observe — Andrew, he had an instant afﬁnity for him. “This little boy is part of us,” he told Sandy. Gradually, family services allowed Andrew to visit the family at their home. On the

night of his ﬁrst sleepover, Andrew became very distraught at the thought of having to leave. “He was just heartbroken,” Sandy says, “and I thought, ‘Enough trauma.’” She called family services that night to say Andrew was staying. “From that day on it felt as if he has always been here.”

Giving back

When he was 12, An-

drew came to his parents with an idea: he wanted to collect items for a really big stocking to donate to Christmas Inside Out, an initiative for homeless people in the Downtown Eastside. He started a simple fundraising drive among his classmates and gathered enough toiletries, small gifts and treats to ﬁll eight stockings. On a cold and dark Christmas Eve, the Teels

helped distribute the stockings. Andrew was moved by the people he met, and the compassion they showed each other. The next year, Andrew’s school collected enough items for 30 stockings. When he called the organizer, however, he learned that Christmas Inside Out had been cancelled. Who would he give the stockings to? Continued on page 18

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Community

Teenager wants homeless kids to know they’re not alone

Continued from page 17 Jennifer Hall, the development ofﬁcer at Covenant House Vancouver, answered the phone when the

Teels called. She told them that many of the teens it serves had aged out of foster care or run away from abusive homes. Andrew

wanted to help. As well as donating the stockings, he started Twoonies for Teens, adding $308.

Last year, Andrew started a fundraising page on Covenant House’s website. The media picked up the story and, together with his new schoolmates at Inquiry Hub secondary school in Coquitlam, Andrew’s Twoonies for Kids raised an astounding $49,451. Andrew has set a modest goal of $1,000 for this year’s campaign. On Nov. 16, Hall was one of 900 people who gave Andrew a spontaneous standing ovation when he was presented with

an Outstanding Youth Philanthropy award at the Vancouver Convention Centre. On behalf of Covenant House, she had nominated him for the award, presented by the Vancouver chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. “Andrew has had some pretty terrible experiences in his young life,” she says. “Sometimes people go dark and he’s got something in him that makes him want to overcome it by doing some-

thing positive.” Andrew knows that if it wasn’t for Sandy, Mark and Darren, he could easily be one of the young people that Covenant House supports. Echoing the words of his mother when he asked why she gave each of the children in her care a hug every morning, he says, “I want them to know people care about them and they’re not alone.” If you would like to support Andrew’s campaign go to CovenantHouseBC.org.

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REVITALIZING CHINATOWN: In 2009, Carol Lee established the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation to honour a culture and community established more than 100 years ago and to build a stronger, more resilient and inclusive community by promoting the wellbeing of those in need, while also preserving the iconic neighbourhood’s cultural heritage. Lee once again enlisted Carole Taylor and Leslie Diamond to chair the foundation’s second annual Chinatown Foundation Gala. It’s quickly becoming a leading date on the charitable circuit. More than 600 business and community leaders ﬁled into the Hotel Vancouver ballroom to lend their support to the foundation’s revitalization effort, which includes the purchase of the storied May Wah Hotel, a 120-room SRO building. Following a royal repast, yours truly called the auction of one-of-akind items and experiences. A dinner for 20 at Lee’s soon-to-open Ho Ho Restaurant — her second restaurant venture — fetched $27,000 and sold twice. The pricey dinner and outright call for cash contributed to a $1-million night. Among the heavyweights lending their support: Robert H.N. Ho, Jacqui Cohen, Wallace Chung, Phil Lind, Ben Yeung, and Paul Lee. For a longer version of this column see vancourier.com.

Celebrating charitable people and businesses, Grace Kim’s Scotiabank sponsored the annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Giving Hearts Awards, which was chaired by Vancouver chapter president David Love.

Reza Nasooti, director of TWG Tea’s corporate sales, poured one of the salon’s coveted champagne of teas, the 24ct gold Yin Zhen Tea, which retails for more than $2,000 for 100 grams.

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Singing sensation Ty Waters headlined Carol Lee’s Chinatown Foundation Gala. The second-annual dinner and auction brought in another $1 million to help revitalize the storied neighbourhood.

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Almost 18 per cent of Vancouverites are living in housing that is considered unsuitable, inadequate or unaffordable. Statistics Canada released another batch of census data this week, including a report on the country’s core housing need indicators, produced in collaboration with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. A household in core housing need is one that is considered unsuitable, inadequate or unaffordable and the residents’ income levels are such that they could not afford alternative suitable housing in the community. Adequate housing is described as not requiring any major repairs; affordable housing costs less than 30 per cent of the total before-tax household income; and suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the num-

ber, and make up, of the people living there based on National Occupancy Standard requirements. Those requirements state that there must be one bedroom for each cohabitating couple, single person 18 or older, samesex pair of children under age 18, and additional boy or girl in the family. Two opposite-sex children under ﬁve years of age can share a bedroom. According to the 2016 census, Vancouver has a core housing need rate of 17.6 per cent. The city comes in second amongst the country’s major metropolitan areas to Toronto, which has a rate of 19.1 per cent. The national average is 12.7 and the provincial average is 14.9. Nunavut has the highest rate in Canada at 36.5 per cent. Vancouver’s core housing need has made only incremental changes since the 2006 census, which saw a rate of 17 per cent. The rate was 17.7 per cent in 2011.

There are 960,895 occupied private dwellings in the city and 156,810 are considered to be in core housing need, with 24,170 falling below two or more housing standards. The rate of unaffordable housing in Vancouver has remained mostly static over the last nine years — it was 32 per cent in 2006, 33.5 per cent in 2011 and 32 per cent again in 2016. Interestingly, the rate of unaffordable housing for owner households is 25.4 per cent, while the rate for renters is 43.5 per cent. Non-family households with at least one person aged 15 to 29 attending school are not considered to be in core housing need, regardless of the housing circumstances. According to Statistics Canada: “Attending school is considered a transitional phase, and low incomes earned by student households are viewed as being a temporary condition.” @JessicaEKerr

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“Dear Parents and Caregivers, we need your help.” Those two lines are the beginning of a prescient letter issued in late June by Vancouver Police Department Chief Adam Palmer. It’s addressed to the thousands of parents and countless others who have kids in the Vancouver School District. In the letter, Palmer is asking for attentiveness and open dialogue around fentanyl. “We are starting to see an increase in fentanyl use and overdoses in our youth, and we are very concerned,” Palmer wrote. “Fentanyl can be 40 to 50 times more toxic than heroin. Many teens seem to feel invincible and believe terrible things only happen to other people, which can make it a challenge for them to hear the safety message we’re trying to share.” That dialogue continues Nov. 28, when the VPD, Vancouver School District and Vancouver Coastal Health host a fentanyl and naloxone FAQ at Britannia Secondary. Aimed at both parents and students, the meeting

The Vancouver Police Department is concerned about the increased use of fentanyl amongst young people.

will include guest speakers, learning stations and a question-and-answer period. The guest speakers from Vancouver Coastal Health include medical health ofﬁcer Dr. Reka Gustafson, Sally Kupp, a clinical educator in illicit drug overdose response and prevention, and Jen Donovan, who works in youth addictions services. They’ll be joined by a VPD spokesperson and Art Steinmann, who manages the district’s SACY (School Age Children and Youth) Substance Use Health Promotion initiative. The three learning stations will be centred around speciﬁc themes: How to

Talk with Your Kids or Friends; Tools for Overdose Response; and Prevention and Role Modeling “The opioid poisoning epidemic is impacting our community; the number of deaths is not abating,” Steinmann told the Courier in an email. “Like others in the community, many VSB students, parents and staff have questions and seek accurate information. Being able to discuss key issues and hear current information are important ways to ease anxiety and equip people to take effective action.” Next week’s forum is the third instalment in a series that began in June. Those

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One of the ﬁrst tasks of Vancouver’s newly elected school board is complete. On Nov. 20, the district announced the hiring of Suzanne Hoffman as the new superintendent effective Jan. 8, 2018. Hoffman was Langley’s superintendent from 2012 until last year, when she was seconded to the Ministry of Education as superintendent of learning transformation. “Given my experience in the Langley School District and within the Ministry of Education, and as a parent,

teacher, and administrator, I feel I bring a balanced, inspired and informed sense of perspective, and I am excited to work with everyone in Vancouver to make a difference for students,” Hoffman said in a news release. Hoffman’s three-plus decades in the education sector began in Mission. She was a teacher there before moving to Langley where she took on district administration roles beginning in 2005, ﬁrst as a district principal and then as an assistant superintendent. “The Vancouver School Board is very fortunate that our new trustees, staff

and all our stakeholder groups will be working with Suzanne Hoffman, an excellent educator and administrator, to build on our district’s successes and continue to improve student outcomes here in Vancouver,” VSB chairperson Janet Fraser said in a news release. Retired North Vancouver superintendent John Lewis has served in the superintendent’s role since June. He replaced Scott Robinson, who resigned just before the school year ended. “I am conﬁdent that Suzanne’s positive, optimistic approach and her ability to build and maintain relation-

ships make her an ideal choice to lead the district and build a positive culture going forward,” Lewis said in a news release. Trustees took to Twitter to welcome their newest hire. “Pleased with the selection of our new Superintendent Suzanne Hoffman. We can start the year off strong,” said Green Party trustee Estrellita Gonzalez. NPA trustee Lisa Dominato added this: “I’m incredibly pleased that we are welcoming [SAHoffman] as our new [VSB39] superintendent. She brings a wealth of experience, passion and authenticity.”

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Vancouver ofﬁce tower sells out at $2,000 per square foot Bosa Waterfront Centre strata sale blitz launches city’s downtown ofﬁce market into a whole new stratosphere

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When word started swirling in Vancouver that the Bosa Waterfront Centre office tower had sold in less than a week, at prices topping $2,000 per square foot, the news was greeted with incredulity. “I simply don’t believe it,” said Ozzie Jurock, a noted Vancouver real estate consultant and investor. Turns out the original rumours were a bit off, but the facts remain mind-boggling, as confirmed by Bosa Development executive vicepresident Richard Weir. Even Bosa executive were among the doubters when the Class AAA tower was being planned across from Waterfront station. “If anyone would have presented this [performance] in the original pro forma, we would have thought they were crazy,” one Bosa executive confided. The original plan, in fact, had been to lease the tower out, but then the marketing agency, Magnum Proj-

ects, began receiving queries about purchasing strata space. Bosa confirmed that half of the 355,000 square foot, 30-storey tower at 320 Granville sold out, with Bosa retaining the remaining the top 15 floors for future office leasing. The majority sold in three days, though a few remaining spaces took a couple of extra days to finalize. Office sizes ranged from 598 square feet to full floors. Bosa dismissed rumours that most of the space was sold to foreign buyers. After pulling purchaser data, the company confirmed that 95 per cent were local purchasers. One West Vancouver investor bought an entire floor, 9,000 square feet. Bosa has confirmed that the office space sold for an average of “just over $2,000 per square foot.” The tower will complete in 2021. The sky-high prices have stunned Vancouver’s commercial market. “These prices are recordbreaking, even recordshattering,” said Aaron Ulinder, a senior partner

Bosa Waterfront Centre office tower sold out in less than a week with prices topping $2,000 per square foot.

in CBRE commercial real estate. The previous record was $1,300 per square foot but the average strata office space in Vancouver since 2016 has sold for around $700 per square foot. As is common in office strata, the owner is responsible for finishing the concrete shell of the space, which can cost up to $180 per square foot for Class AAA offices. It is believed the sales success of Bosa Waterfront Centre will have other office developers re-

writing their pro-forma. Weir said the Waterfront Centre simply represents unique market value. “When you have an AAA office building at a prime location directly across from the transit hub for Metro Vancouver, waterfront views, world-class architecture and amenities – the project and demand for it are truly unique in the market. You literally will not find another site like it,” he said Vancouver’s downtown office vacancy has dropped

to five per cent, the lowest it has been since 2013 and half what it was at the start of 2016, according to CBRE. In the third quarter, Vancouver had 1.6 million square feet of office space under construction. However, with the recent announcement that construction has begun on two towers speculatively without pre-leases in place, the starting gun has been fired on the city’s next development cycle. It is expected that five new office towers will be announced soon. “While relief for tenants is on the horizon in terms of these new buildings, in the short term, businesses seeking office space in Vancouver will see an upwards pressure on rents,” said Norm Taylor, executive vice-president of CBRE.

Industrial prices

In a CBRE report, Taylor noted that Vancouver’s industrial sector is also posting record-level rental rates, the largest increase in 30 years. This year, industrial rental rates have risen by 12 per cent in the city from a year

earlier to $9.99 per square foot, prompted by a severe lack of supply. But even with this limited supply, CBRE has noted record-setting absorption, the commercial real estate industry’s measure of tenant demand. “Usually, in a market with so little available space, you would expect to see a slowdown in leasing activity as tenants increasingly opt to renew and stay put as finding space becomes harder. So, it’s been a surprise to see that absorption is keeping pace in such a supply-constrained market,” said Taylor, who called the leasing rate increase “staggering.” “We now have the highest industrial lease rates in Canada, prompted by the tight supply. It’s indicative of what we predict will happen in the office market. But with Vancouver’s economy continuing to fire on all cylinders and next year’s GDP growth forecasted to lead the nation at 2.4 per cent, we will continue to attract top companies looking to locate [here],” Taylor said.

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Police shooting of Vancouver man goes to inquest Phuong Na (Tony) Du died Nov. 22, 2014 after he was shot by police at Knight and 41st Avenue Mike Howell

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The BC Coroners Service has announced that a public inquest will be held in February to examine the circumstances that led to the death of a 51-year-old Vancouver man who was shot by police in 2014 in the

southeast part of the city. Phuong Na (Tony) Du died Nov. 22, 2014 after he was shot while in the intersection of 41st Avenue and Knight Street. Witnesses told investigators Du was waving a two-by-four at ofﬁcers before they ﬁred rounds from a beanbag shotgun and pistol at the

man, who had a history of mental illness. The incident occurred just before 5 p.m. in the late afternoon rush hour. The Criminal Justice Branch of the B.C. government announced in February that it would not approve charges against two of the ofﬁcers involved in the

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relating to the police use of force in this incident such as charges of assault with a weapon or assault causing bodily harm,” said the justice branch’s report, which prompted a rally outside the Vancouver Police Department to protest the Crown’s decision. The inquest, which is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2018, is mandatory under the Coroners Act. A jury will hear evidence from witnesses under oath to determine facts surrounding Du’s death. The jury can make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths but it cannot make “any finding of legal responsibility or express any conclusion of law,” according to a news release the Coroners Service issued Nov. 17. The justice branch determined that use of force by the officer who fired “several” beanbag rounds from a shotgun at Du was “reasonable

and not excessive.” The report concluded the ofﬁcer who ﬁred three rounds from his pistol at Du did so to protect his partner, and that it was “objectively reasonable in all the circumstances.” The justice branch said Du had “a reported history of mental illness dating back to 1988.” Hospital records indicated he was hospitalized “on more than one occasion for auditory hallucinations telling him to kill himself.” In 1999, Du was diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. “The suspect’s sister saw him on the day of the incident, while she was visiting their mother,” the report said. “The suspect was ‘talking lots and was angry.’ He said he wanted to die, but he had said things like that before. The suspect would yell sometimes, but he was never violent.” @Howellings

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Grading the Canucks at the quarter mark With a quarter of the season in the books, who is passing and who is failing on the Canucks?

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We’re a little more than a quarter of the way through the season, so it’s time to assess the Canucks and hand out some ﬁrstquarter grades. Team Grade: C. The Canucks have exceeded expectations to start the 2017-18 season, but only because those expectations were so low to begin with.

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Sven Baertschi: A-. Hard to complain about a 28-goal, 60-point pace from what some thought would be the weak link on the top line. Brock Boeser: A+. I was tempted to give Boeser an “A” to give him room to improve, but really, the point-per-game rookie has done everything expected of him and more. Alexander Burmistrov: C-. Burmistrov has had his moments, but they’ve been too few and too far between. Derek Dorsett: C+. While Dorsett has undoubtedly been lucky to start the season, seven goals is seven goals. Loui Eriksson: C. Expectations are too high for Eriksson because of his contract, but he also needs to step up his game. Sam Gagner: C-. Signed to a three-year deal to provide secondary scoring, Gagner has been snakebit to start the season.

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Daniel Sedin: C. While solid in limited minutes at even-strength, the Sedins haven’t been able to do enough on the power play. Henrik Sedin: C. Ditto.

Ben Hutton: C+. Formed a solid top pairing with Chris Tanev at one point, but hasn’t produced much-needed offence.

Brandon Sutter: C. The extent to which he and his line have shut down their opponents is overstated, but Sutter has settled into a deﬁned defensive role.

Derrick Pouliot: B. Leading all Canucks defencemen in shot-attempt differential, Pouliot has been this season’s most pleasant surprise.

Thomas Vanek: B. Vanek has done exactly what was expected: provide secondary scoring while mostly being completely invisible.

Troy Stecher: B-. In a lesser role than last season, Stecher was quietly quite good before getting injured.

Jake Virtanen: C+. Virtanen has shown ﬂashes of the player he could be, but a lack of ice time hasn’t helped him establish a rhythm.

Brendan Gaunce: Incomplete. With his injury recovery to start the season, we just haven’t seen enough to judge Gaunce.

DEFENCE

Markus Granlund: C-. Playing on a checking line doesn’t help, but Granlund will be hard pressed to match his 32 points from last season given his slow start.

Michael Del Zotto: C+. Del Zotto is being asked to do too much and is leading the Canucks in ice time. He’d likely produce better results from fewer minutes.

Bo Horvat: A-. Horvat has stepped up as the Canucks’ ﬁrst-line centre, meshing well with Boeser. Needs to improve on the penalty kill.

seriously struggled this season, but has been trending upward recently.

Alex Biega: C+. Biega has held his own with injuries to the Canucks’ blue line.

Alex Edler: C+. Consistency has been an issue this season, with wide gaps between his good game and bad games. Erik Gudbranson: D. Gudbranson has

• A tap of the stick to Elias Pettersson, who continues to get Canucks fans excited for when he eventually makes his way to Vancouver. The 19-year-old wunderkind is scoring at historic levels in the Swedish Hockey League, moving into ﬁrst place in scoring this past week.

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Chris Tanev: A. Tanev’s importance to the Canucks became particularly evident while he was out with an injury.

GOALTENDERS

Jacob Markstrom: B-. On some nights, Markstrom has been the Canucks’ best player, but a few too many soft goals hurts his overall grade. Anders Nilsson: A. You can’t ask for much more from a backup/1B than two shutouts and a top-10 save percentage.

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• There’s no one to drop the gloves with, but it’s still disappointing to see Anton Rodin’s time with the Canucks end. His issues with injuries prevented him from ever getting a real chance to break through in the NHL and a veteranheavy roster in Utica meant he bounced in and out of the lineup in the AHL. He has been released from his contract and signed with HC Davos in Switzerland.

• 9 – Heading into Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Brock Boeser had 17 points in 17 games. Pavel Bure, who holds the franchise record for most points as a rookie, had just nine points in the ﬁrst 17 games of his rookie season. This isn’t to say that Boeser is better than Bure, but it puts into perspective just how good Boeser’s start has been. • 11.01 – According to hockey statistics site Natural Stat Trick, Jake Virtanen has the highest rate of scoring chances on the Canucks, with 11.01 scoring chances per hour at 5-on-5. That stands in stark contrast to his team-low ice-time of 9:41 per game.

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I was shopping in the Liquor Barn on Cambie Street one recent Saturday night when a young couple appeared in front of me. Smooching with a girl in front of the craft beer cooler was a guy who looked an awful lot like the familiar, smiling face we’ve come to know during the Olympics. Their lips unlocked. As they made their way to the front of the store, I was free to grab my Four Winds Nectarous sour and make my way towards the cash register as well.

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“Are you Patrick Chan?” I asked as we both approached the front. “Yes, I am!” he declared, smiling as we know him to smile. “Okay, thanks. I won’t bug you any more. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t imagining Patrick Chan hanging out in the Liquor Barn.” His lady friend put their bottle of wine down on the counter and the woman behind the till asked if she had ID. The lady friend provided it. The clerk then asked Patrick if he had any ID, to which he said no, sorry, he didn’t. So the lady told him he was going to have to leave the store.

LEAVE THE STORE! They kicked Patrick Chan out of the Liquor Barn. I’m laughing, his girlfriend is laughing, looking at me with a look of disbelief as I seem to be the only other person to know that you could simply Google the guy and his age (26) would come up. We were also probably the only ones there who knew that the guy has his own signature wine, Flat Rock Cellar’s Patrick Chan sparkling wine, which may very well have been available in the store. Bob Kronbauer is editor-in-chief of VancouverIsAwesome.com.

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Five Vancouverites were in Victoria this week to receive awards for their volunteerism. Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon handed out the awards at Government House Tuesday afternoon. The Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers honours the exceptional volunteer achievements of citizens across the country. Eight British Columbians received the award this week, including four Vancouver residents. Steven Hanuse has served as the liaison between the Vancouver Police Department and Musqueam First Nation. He has established a good rapport between the two groups, which has led to a reduction in crime and a safer community.

Rick Lavallee is an Aboriginal liaison officer in the VPD’s diversity and aboriginal policing section. He is dedicated to ensuring safety and a positive connection with members of the urban Indigenous population, working as a youth mentor and communicating the needs of the community to the department. Vancouver police officer Desiree Sparrow is one of the few Indigenous officers representing the department in the Aboriginal Employment Initiative. With her endearing nature and wisdom, she has gained the trust of First Nations community members and liaises with the department to make sure their needs are met. For nearly a decade, Collin van Uchelen was worked with the Heart of Belonging

workshop, Vancouver’s Collective House Network and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House to empower citizens and promote community engagement in the city. He strives to connect people in a profound and productive capacity, and constantly works to build bonds and remove barriers between individuals. At the same ceremony, Vancouver’s Karen Joseph was awarded the Meritorious Service Decoration (civil division). Joseph founded Reconciliation Canada to promote meaningful dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians about our shared past and a uniﬁed nation. Her initiatives include the city’s Walk for Reconciliation, history courses on residential schools and workshops for multicultural communities.

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Dodge Charger has a lot of character Brendan McAleer

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When the Dodge Charger ﬁrst arrived as a fourdoor, full-sized sedan, the Mopar faithful weren’t too impressed. The original Charger was a coupe, and this new machine, which shared a platform with the Chrysler 300, seemed like a cynical attempt to cash in on nostalgia with a morepractical offering. Just when they’d got used to it, Dodge changed the recipe again, with a facelift that blacked out the front grilles. Not everyone liked the updates. Mopar fans are a traditional lot. I think it looks great. This is a vehicle with heft and presence.

Further, unlike more conservative mid-size offerings, Dodge will also sell you a Charger in some pretty wild colours. No, you can’t get a big “01” decal on the door from the factory, but the Charger is a machine with all the charisma of a TV star.

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The Charger isn’t really a competitor to Ford and GM’s pony cars, but it could give them lessons on how to integrate modern features like a central touchscreen with an old-schoollook ﬂowing dash. A big American sedan like this should feel like a rocketpropelled couch, and while the rocket part is there (we’ll get to that in a minute), the couch is not.

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little more punch than the usual-suspects V-6 family sedan, the R/T model hits the nail on the head. With a sledgehammer. Yes, the 5.7-litre Hemi V-8 doesn’t have the absolute punch of the larger 6.4 and supercharged 6.2-litre offerings. However, its 370 h.p. output is backed up by 395 foot-pounds of torque, most of which is available early in the rev range. With

The Charger has four main engine options, stretching from a 292 horsepower V-6, right through to the 707 h.p. supercharged V-8 of the Hellcat. That’s more choice than you’ll ﬁnd most places. Let’s say you’re looking for the sweet spot between price and V-8 muscle. If drag-racing supremacy isn’t your thing, but you want a

a 5.0-litre Mustang, just for contrast, you have to rev it up. The Charger R/T is a stump-puller; just like muscle cars used to be. Paired with an eight-speed automatic that’s as good as you’d ﬁnd in most luxury cars, the big engine adds a dose of thrill to even mundane tasks. Kicking it into sport mode and stomping the throttle brings a titanic bellow from the engine.

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