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Why chief planner is OK with you losing view of North Shore Gil Kelley wants a ‘more interesting skyline’ than a ‘straight-line haircut’ Mike Howell

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I need you to do something for me.

On the next sunny day, go stand at the corner of 10th Avenue and Cambie Street and gaze down the sloping strip that connects to the Cambie Bridge and continues in to downtown.

See the snow-capped North Shore mountains in the distance?

Beautiful, right? Most people would think so.

Well you may or may not have heard the view will change sometime within the next 20 years — likely a lot sooner once and if council approves rezoning applications from provincial Crown corporation PavCo and private developer Concord Pacific.

The developers want to build three really tall residential towers — Concord two and PavCo one — that will partially obstruct your view of the mountains from

This view corridor, as seen from 10th Avenue and Cambie Street, is what has been at issue for some city councillors and “hundreds” of citizens worried about losing a partial view of the North Shore mountains. PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF VANCOUVER

that spot at 10th and Cambie, which is what the city refers to as a view corridor.

That spot, by the way, is steps from city hall.

So why is this allowed?

I’ll let Gil Kelley, the city’s director of planning, answer that once I set up why this is worth writing about.

If you followed the debate around the Northeast False Creek plan, you heard that one of city staff’s recommendations was to amend the “general policy for higher buildings” to allow for the consideration of three towers at what will be the new Georgia Street and Pacific

Boulevard intersection.

That’s, of course, once the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts are demolished and a new sloping grade is built to connect Georgia to Pacific. That intersection will be known as the “Georgia Gateway.”

Not everyone, as expected, is pleased with council’s Feb. 13 decision to include the height allowance in the plan. And by increase I mean another 10 to 12 storeys higher than is normally allowed in that part of town.

Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr told me the other day that she and the rest of council received “hundreds” of emails in opposition to having tall towers at that intersection.

Carr voted against staff’s recommendation.

So did NPA councillors George Affleck and Hector Bremner. What was Carr’s rationale?

“It’s a real move down a slippery slope,” she said. “If you allow amendments to the higher buildings policy and the intrusion in to the view corridors once, it sets the ground for other exceptions — and there goes your view corridors.”

Interesting take, but then I guess you could argue the slippery slope theory is irrelevant when using history as a guide: The majestic Marine Building near the foot of Burrard Street was once the tallest building in the city.

That was back in 1930.

Then, as the decades passed, a forest of bland highrises grew up and around it, giving us the skyline we have today. Some would say that’s just the inevitable evolution of a city at work — that buildings get

built, views get taken away.

Anyway, let’s get to Kelley...

He, too, acknowledged “voluminous emails” received from people concerned about the allowable height of the “ensemble” of towers. So then why even consider taller towers?

“We felt this was the best way and the place to achieve the density needed to achieve the financial objectives of the [Northeast False Creek] plan,” Kelley told council.

“That is to say the cost of the infrastructure and amenities, parks and affordable housing that are being delivered as part of the plan.”

He said “bunching the extra height at one point” delivers on three urban design objectives. One, he said, is it limits the incursion of the height to the least intrusive area of Northeast False Creek; second, is it creates “a more interesting skyline from that view, frankly, than a straight-line haircut would do.”

I’m not sure I heard a third objective but Kelley did say the city has protected several view corridors over the years in Northeast False Creek and kept low building heights over Chinatown.

Plus, he added, the three towers may be tall but he noted the ridgeline of the North Shore mountains will still be visible from Cambie and 10th.

One more point he made: This is not the first time the city has allowed extra height for towers downtown. He mentioned the bridge heads at Burrard and the bridge heads at Granville, where developer Westbank is building “Vancouver House,” the futuristic-looking 49-storey twisty tower designed by architect Bjarke Ingels.

I was looking through my notes for a good quote from Kelley to put an exclamation point on his argument to go higher, but nothing he said could compare to how his colleague Kevin McNaney, the city’s project director for Northeast False Creek, sold it to council.

He talked of how the grouping of towers “creates a celebratory moment in the skyline.” He also said the towers would “create a magic moment in the skyline” and help the neighbourhood “sing in terms of urban design.”

Yes, he said all that.

Two days after the vote, I caught up with Mayor Gregor Robertson to ask him why he wants to see taller towers at that intersection.

He echoed what Kelley said about the city already protecting several view corridors at Northeast False Creek.

“I believe that our city planners are making that recommendation based on good planning and following a pattern in Vancouver where we do go with taller, slimmer towers where they fit and don’t have big bulky buildings right on the seawall, on the water, on public spaces as frequently,” Robertson said. “That planning has put Vancouver on the map globally as a well-planned city that has that combination of good views and good public space.”

So there you go — no boring straight-line haircuts, we’re going to create magic celebratory moments in the sky and we continue to just say no to big bulky buildings.

Before I conclude, I should emphasize that council approving the plan Feb. 13 does not guarantee rezoning applications from PavCo and Concord will get the green light for increased height for the towers.

A note I received from a city communications person last week said the city continues to work with PavCo and Concord to get the rezoning applications to the public hearing stage.

I wasn’t told when that will happen.

But it was made clear the Northeast False Creek plan “is a guiding policy framework, but council always has to review rezoning applications with an open mind at public hearing.”

Until then, enjoy the view. @Howellings

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NPA rookie city councillor sets sights on mayor’s chair Mike Howell

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A rookie city councillor elected in a byelection last October has now set his sights on becoming Vancouver’s next mayor.

Hector Bremner, a member of the Non-Partisan Association, confirmed Monday what many city hall watchers predicted would happen when he convincingly won the Oct. 14 byelection. Bremner said his entry into the race is not based on ego, but to make Vancouver more affordable for the average resident.

“It’s certainly not about me,” Bremner told the Courier Monday. “I don’t think that my ego or anything requires me to do this. It’s really quite mission specific.

While my name’s on the ballot, there’s a group of us who feel strongly that Vancouver’s broken, politics is broken and we need to do it better.”

The 37-year-old vice-president of public affairs for the Pace Group will first have to win his party’s mayoral nomination race — tentatively scheduled for April 29 — before he gets a chance to implement his agenda.

Though Bremner is a councillor, the NPA holds only four of 11 seats on a council ruled by Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver. Vision’s majority has made it difficult, if not impossible, for the NPA to implement policy or make radical changes.

So far, Bremner faces a field of potential candidates in his party that includes financial analyst Glen Chernen, urban geographer and film producer Colleen

Hardwick, entrepreneur Chris Hasek-Watt and former Conservative MP Wai Young. Each person has either requested or picked up an application form from the party to seek the NPA’s mayoral position, said Gregory Baker, the NPA’s president.

Kirk LaPointe, who was a likely contender after he won 73,443 votes in the 2014 race, announced last week via Twitter that he wouldn’t compete in the contest. Baker said LaPointe’s withdrawal signaled to him “that it was not enough for the party to sit back and be complacent.”

He said the party continues to look for more potential mayoral candidates.

“Some people don’t know they want to run for mayor, and may make great candidates,” Baker said. “If you’re building a hockey team and you just go ask your hockey buddies to come and join the team, and you don’t realize that Sidney Crosby might be able to play, then you haven’t done your job.”

Whether Bremner is that Sidney Crosby is an open question. His advantage over the others, including potential mayoral candidates from other parties, is an obvious one: He is a sitting councillor who is able to build his profile, name recognition and — if he wins the nomination — effectively campaign at city hall until the October election.

Chernen, who unsuccessfully challenged Bremner in the party’s nomination race to select a council candidate for the Oct. 14 byelection race, acknowledged Bremner’s profile. But, Chernen said, he “comes with a lot of baggage,” referring to

Hector Bremner won the Oct. 14 byelection to increase the NPA’s representation on the 11-member council to four. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

his ties to the provincial Liberals and operating as a registered lobbyist.

“Good luck to him,” said Chernen, who founded the Cedar Party in the 2014 election and ran unsuccessfully as a council candidate, along with his brother Nicholas.

Bremner’s byelection campaign, like the majority of candidates who competed in the Oct. 14 race, was targeted at addressing the housing crisis in Vancouver. He reiterated Monday many of the same planks of the platform he ran on last October.

His plan includes stopping spot rezoning of neighbourhoods, freeing up the building permit process and having the city better utilize its land for affordable housing. More townhouses and other forms of housing are needed, he added.

“We warned everybody that we’re zealots and that we’re very focused on fixing the housing crisis and bringing forward real solutions that’s going to affect middle class people in particular, who have been left behind in the last 10 years,” said Bremner, who made the same point last week in crit-

icizing the Northeast False Creek plan for its perceived lack of affordable housing

for the middle class.

The Edmonton-born Bremner rents a threebedroom condo downtown for $2,750 per month, where he, his wife and two children live. But, as Bremner told the Courier when he campaigned in the byelection, he knows what it’s like not to have a home, telling a story of how his family’s business of selling and servicing satellite dishes went bankrupt in the 1990s and “we lost everything.”

“At one point, in Calgary, we had kind of what you would call a [single-roomoccupancy hotel] almost

and we couldn’t afford to eat and pay rent,” he said last September. “So the guy took mercy on us — the landlord. He would move my father and I from unit to unit as one was available… we had two mattresses on the floor and a red toolbox to sit on. That was my life for a long time.”

Vision Vancouver and the Green Party have yet to indicate whether their parties will run a mayoral candidate.

Robertson, who was first elected in 2008, announced in January that he would not seek a fourth term as mayor. @Howellings

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Yaletown businesses plan rally against removal of parking spaces Jessica Kerr

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Yaletown’s business community is planning to rally against the city’s plan to remove parking spots from two of the neighbourhood’s streets.

The city is hosting a public open house on the plan Thursday at the Roundhouse Community Centre from 2 to 8 p.m., but the Yaletown BIA has other plans.

“We’re rallying the troops,” said Yaletown

BIA executive director Annette O’Shea, adding she expects a large turnout.

There is also a call-out for people in Vancouver’s film and television industry to join the rally.

“This is a serious production issue that will impact our entire industry.

Yaletown is a valuable film location that we cannot afford to lose,” say Kendrie Upton, executive director of the B.C. chapter of the Directors Guild of Canada and DGC locations caucus representative Jina Johnson

in a press release.

Earlier this month, O’Shea spoke out against the city’s plan to remove a large number of parking spots from Mainland and Hamilton streets.

City staff met with O’Shea and the association’s board of directors in mid-January. They advised the association of the plan to remove the parking spots by March to open up those streets to allow easier access for fire trucks.

“We get that. We fully support fire trucks getting

to where they need to go, of course we do,” O’Shea said earlier this month, adding the association has come back with suggestions on other ways to configure the parking, or removing other spots.

She said removing the parallel parking spots on the east side of the streets instead of the diagonal parking on the west side would still open up access and would result in fewer parking spots being lost.

Initially O’Shea said she was told that about 100

spots would be removed, but on Monday she told the Courier that number has increased to 174 with an undetermined number being added to other streets and a parkade.

“We can’t survive losing that many parking spots,” O’Shea said. “It will close Yaletown.”

Paul Storer, manager of transportation design, said the city is planning on removing between 60 and 80 spaces, adding that after discussions with the BIA it will likely be more on the

lower end. He said the city believes it can add around 40 spots at city-owned parking lots and on other streets.

In a previous interview Storer said the city was first approached by the fire department last year with concerns about accessing the area. He said there have been a number of incidents where fire trucks had difficulty getting onto Mainland and Hamilton, and once they were able to get through, there was not enough room to set up to fight a fire. @JessicaEKerr

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The plucky Grade 7 Lord Strathcona elementary student told the Courier as much while he and his classmates showed off research projects delving into different countries and cultures.

“My uncle is from Ireland and he always tells me cool stories and legends and facts from Ireland and he’s been there many times,” Joya said.

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“If there’s a movement or a seismic event, there is an isolation. The ground will move, the upstairs will not move at all,” said Michael Keenan, a project manager with Heatherbrae Builders.

Lord Strathcona is the first building in Canada to use seismic base isolation and the second oldest building in North American built using that method. The project garnered the school the Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence at the 2017 Awards for Engineering Excellence.

Base isolation is commonly employed in Japan on building types with small footprints and large towers.

The more common process of seismic upgrading in Vancouver involves reinforcing the footings and foundation of a school, which inevitably leads to changes in a school’s look and character.

Base isolation was used at Lord Strathcona to preserve the school’s building character — the heritage look wasn’t altered — and because of the lack of mechanical components in the school’s basement.

Opened in 1891, Lord Strathcona is the oldest school in Vancouver still operating on the original site it was built on. About 60 other schools across the city still require seismic upgrades, of which five have project agreements in place and are in the design phase. @JohnKurucz

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766

789

682,000

821

694

739,000

890

917

936,000

1,127

947

895,000

1,078

1,111

1,351,000

1,627

1,402

1,087,000

1,309

1,349

889,000

1,071

952

2,405,000

2,897

2,984

1,438,300

1,732

1,653

3,214,100

3,871

3,989

2,795,700

3,367

3,103

1,217,700

1,467

1,511

634,000

764

625

1,438,000

1,732

1,784

1,151,000

1,386

1,091

1,610,000

1,939

1,998

1,453,100

1,750

1,669

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Prior to adoption of the bylaw, you may speak to Council in person at the City Finance and Services meeting on March 14, 2018.

In the case of an emergency in Yaletown, Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS) do not have room for emergency vehicles to access the street, or set up their ladders and stabilizers. To address this safety issue, we are removing all angled parking stalls on Mainland Street and Hamilton Street and replacing them with parallel parking spaces, taxi stands, and other uses that allow space for emergency equipment.

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Sample properties ABOVE targeting threshold (eligible for averaging)

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203,800

941

1,033

259,100

1,197

1,045

381,200

1,761

1,933

295,700

1,366

1,193

954,000

4,407

4,836

653,000

3,017

2,640

553,000

2,555

2,804

2,049,000

9,466

8,848

802,500

3,707

4,068

4,607,000

21,282

17,871

1,623,000

7,498

8,228

7,422,000

34,287

30,939

581,000

2,684

2,945

1,874,000

8,657

7,013

1,072,000

4,952

5,435

3,251,000

15,018

14,251

1,951,800

9,016

9,895

5,272,000

24,354

21,465

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Development Permit Board Meeting: March 5 Monday, March 5, 2018, 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider the following development permit application: 138 East 8th Avenue To develop a six-storey, mixed-use building with retail on the ground floor and 18 market dwelling units on levels two to six with underground parking accessed from the lane, and also requesting an increase in the Floor Space Ratio using a Heritage Density Transfer from a donor site at 12 Water Street (providing 1,683 square feet).

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Join us at one of our upcoming events and complete the survey online at vancouver.ca/onwater until March 16.

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In light of extensive feedback from the public, including an online petition that has garnered more than 11,000 signatures, Vancouver Park Board is modifying its plan to charge for parking at Spanish Banks.

The amended plan will see pay parking start on the May long weekend, instead of April 1, and end on Labour Day. Additionally, parking will remain free between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. year round.

In November, park board commissioners approved a number of fee increases, including introducing a charge for parking at Spanish Banks.

Commissioner Erin Shum voted against the proposal.

“It shouldn’t take more than 10,000 signatures on a petition to do the right thing, but this is great news,” Shum said in an email following the announcement.

“The park board must respect the people who pay taxes and fees with their hard-earned dollars.”

Response to the plan was largely negative, and an online petition started two weeks ago urging the park board to keep parking free at the beach had almost 11,000 signatures as of Monday afternoon.

David Fine, a local filmmaker and activist, started the petition after seeing the story and comments posted on social media. Many were urging someone to start a petition, so he did.

“Charging for parking at Spanish Banks is the wrong way to compensate for lack of funding and people are very unhappy about this move because it makes a free day out at our beautiful beach cost, which will cause some people to either go less or to limit their time there,” Fine said.

“In one sense, it’s fantastic that the petition has motivated a review,” Fine said in an email following the board’s announcement,

“but at the same time, it amounts to knocking six weeks off, but there are still 3.5 months of peak season being charged.”

As originally planned, Fine submitted the petition to the park board late Monday afternoon.

“I trust you have read some of the comments which express frustration about yet another cost for something which has always been free,” his letter states. “And not an insignificant cost. A visit of just two hours and 10 minutes will cost a visitor $10.50.

This amounts to a user fee because, for most, the only way to visit is by car…

That’s why, while I fully appreciate the gesture, I need to ask that you revisit this matter further and reconsider the installation of parking meters in any form.”

While the amended plan still means beach users will have to pay, in announcing the changes the board said the new, later start date “aligns with season public transit service (42 Alma/ Spanish Banks) and supports transit options during busiest beach times.”

The board also plans to increase promotion of the $87 peak season pass, which works out to about 80 cents a day based on a three-anda-half month peak period, providing frequent users “considerable savings over regular parking rates” of $3.50 an hour or $13 a day.

“During this first year of peak season pay parking at Spanish Banks, staff will monitor the effectiveness of these measures, along with overall impacts on both park usage and the surrounding neighbourhood, to help inform recommendations moving forward,” the board said in a statement.

At the meeting in November, staff told commissioners that the board will be working with transit providers, as well as car and bike-share companies to ensure there are alterna-

tive forms of transportation available to the public.

“More than 40 per cent of the park board’s operating budget is funded by fees and charges,” the statement reads. “Pay parking is a critical source of revenue, providing funding for maintenance, security, and cleanliness of all our parks and facilities.” @JessicaEKerr

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Shame the lack of johns: TransLink crosses legs over public toilets Allen Garr

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This week TransLink concluded an online public opinion survey asking folks if they wanted washrooms at SkyTrain stations and, if they did, did they want them to be single units, multiple units and facilities that required maintenance staff.

As those of you who are regular users of SkyTrain know, there are no such facilities of any description at any of the SkyTrain stations. Yes, there are washrooms for staff, but when it comes to the general public, well, to put it bluntly, you won’t find a pot to piss in.

I frankly cannot imagine the purpose of this survey except to see it as a giant stall, and not the kind that would provide you or your children the kind of relief they may be desperately seeking.

At least three Vancouver council advisory committees — the Persons with Disability committee, the Active Transportation committee and the Seniors committee — have for years been pressing both the city and TransLink to, as it were, get off the pot. The city has been moving on increasing its number of accessible washrooms available for public use and taking the message to TransLink, too.

So far nothing.

And before we get too

Columnist and public washroom aficionado Allen Garr sees TransLink’s recent survey as a giant stall, and not the kind that would provide you or your children the kind of relief they may be desperately seeking.

far into this, I should tell you that, out of more than journalistic interest, I know the location of practically every available washroom between here and Hope.

And, if I may digress a bit further, I am also well aware that when it comes to washrooms in most theatres, the facilities available are more commodious to the needs of men than women. Hard to imagine a toilet design would be sexist. But that is the only way to explain why men rarely have to line up after a movie or during a perfor-

mance intermission while women are often backed up seemingly endlessly.

I recall engaging in an animated exchange of views on this issue with the impresario Garth Drabinsky while I was hosting a radio show on CKNW and before Drabinsky was sent off to prison. It coincided with his opening of the new Ford Centre, now the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts in downtown Vancouver. The subject of our discussion was the fact the toilet allocation for women

was so inadequate, the intermission was not long enough for many to do what they had to do before the performance recommenced.

Not all theatre operators are insensitive to this, by the way. City councillor Elizabeth Ball, the council liaison to the city’s Seniors’ committee, reminded me of one notable exception. When Rae Ackerman took over management of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre some time back, one of his first acts was to expand the women’s washrooms. If that didn’t improve atten-

dance, it certainly provided a relief to many.

As for TransLink, their failure, their refusal, their apparent indifference to this basic human need has meant that parents with small kids who need to go are left with nowhere to go. As for seniors, the city’s seniors committee chair, Colleen McGuiness, makes the point that uncertainly on this issue for seniors leads to them just staying home and isolated rather than venturing out and getting stuck.

What TransLink has done

is what many other companies in their business have done: they assume that there are washrooms available nearby that their customers can make a dash to. Actually in Frankfurt, Germany, the public transit folks pay businesses nearby for the right of the general public to use their toilets. And if you feel a bit awkward slinking into a restaurant for the sole purpose of using the loo, several people have mentioned that Starbucks, as a matter of policy, makes its facilities available to anybody to cares to ask even without ordering a Mocha Grande.

Yet it does seem odd that in a city that wants to cast itself as seniors-friendly and wants to encourage people to use public transit, that TransLink remains intransigent. Meanwhile you can find washrooms in department stores, lumber yards, gas stations, grocery stores and coffee shops — all to meet one of our most basic of human needs.

TransLink’s communications person did get back to me to about that survey to say they were just curious about whether “washrooms would improve the customer experience.” As for the results: “We may do something, we may not.”

Don’t hold, well, whatever it is you have to hold while you wait. @allengarr

Ambitious budget puts emphasis on kids rather than schools Tracy Sherlock

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Although education funding is going up in B.C.’s new budget, there’s not a lot extra in it, beyond covering the requirements of the teachers’ contract and rising enrolment. But other measures — such as affordable childcare and housing — should help the province attract and retain new teachers.

The $238-million rise in education funding in the balanced budget is eclipsed by the $1 billion invested in childcare, which Finance Minister Carole James said is the first step in a universal child care program.

Investing in children means investing in our future, James said.

“Our children deserve the best education from dedicated teachers and teaching assistants throughout the province,” James said in her budget

speech. “These are the professionals who help shape the young minds of tomorrow. They get kids excited about science, athletics and literacy and teach them how to be good global citizens.”

BCTF president Glen Hansman applauded the childcare and housing initiatives, saying they will benefit many of B.C.’s teachers.

The government has added an extra $24 million a year to the education budget to boost the $376 million that was already added in September, to cover the costs of hiring 3,700 new teachers. Enrolment is also expected to increase in the province, bringing the total education budget — the second largest in the province after health — to nearly $6.4 billion by 2020-21, up from today’s $6.1 billion.

Teachers won a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case in 2016, restoring contract terms

that were stripped in 2002 that cover class size, class composition and specialist teachers. That court win has caused a provincewide teacher hiring spree, as well as a shortage of teachers.

“B.C. has several thousand young teachers who were hired following our Supreme Court of Canada win,” Hansman said.

“This budget’s overall focus on affordability will help recruit qualified teachers from other provinces to B.C. to help address our province’s ongoing teacher shortage.”

Parent Jen Mezie, who is president of the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, said parents are very happy to see the investment in early childhood education and childcare. In particular, they think it could bring about a “dramatic change” for vulnerable learners, who will be able to be assessed and get services

earlier than they would if they waited until entering the K to 12 system. She said parents are also happy to see funding for playgrounds, because it will take pressure off of parent fundraising.

Hansman said he is concerned that the budget doesn’t explicitly include any new operational money for schools, which he said are still fettered by years of funding cuts and administrative savings implemented by the previous Liberal government.

He’s particularly concerned about new money to implement the new curriculum, both for equipment and for teacher training.

The NDP has launched a funding formula review and said in its election platform that “a per-pupil funding model doesn’t work for our diverse education system in B.C.” That review is in the information-gathering phase,

with results expected by this summer, to be implemented for the 2019-2020 school year.

On the capital side, over the next three years, $2 billion will be spent on maintaining or replacing schools.

One wrinkle introduced in the new budget will see some savings for school boards evaporate.

This year, the Vancouver School Board projected a $1.1-million savings in the first six months of this year in the cost of benefits, due to the Medical Services Plan premiums being cut in half on Jan. 1, 2018. For a full year, that would likely have been about $2.2 million.

However, to replace lost revenue from MSP premiums, the new budget brings in an employer health tax of 1.95 per cent of payroll each year.

Smaller employers will pay a reduced or nil tax rate.

Public entities like the VSB, however, now they will be expected to cough up the new tax.

As far as childcare goes, the new funding contains both a fee reduction plan and increased subsidies for low-income families. It also includes 22,000 new spaces, some of which could be built in schools. The budget introduces a new speculation tax, an increase to the foreign buyers’ tax and many other measures designed to moderate the housing market.

The NDP’s first full budget is nothing if not ambitious. It may not be as rich as some would have hoped for schools, but the significant investment in childcare should go a long way towards helping the most vulnerable students.

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues. She can be reached at tracy.sherlock@gmail.com

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Rules of the road rile readers Re: “It’s time to rethink how we enforce the rules of the road,” Feb. 15.

Michael Geller missed the mark when he tried to educate readers on how to use traffic circles. The vehicle on the right never has the right of way at any traffic circle.

The vehicle with the right of way is the one that entered the circle first. You must never push your way in front of a vehicle approaching on your left at any traffic circle, large or small. If two drivers arrive at the exact same time, they can both go at the same time, since neither is impeding the other. Under no circumstances does the vehicle on the right have the right of way.

I am guessing Mr. Geller got his incorrect information from the City of Vancouver website, where it also appears. The correct information on how to use roundabouts may be found at ICBC’s website.

Gavin Grandish, Vancouver ••• The idea that Vancouver, a city that already counts far too heavily on nitpicking traffic rules to grab cash, should use more sneaky tricks like red light cameras and photo radar is sickening. Of course accidents are up as well as insurance. The city no longer safety checks vehicles, drivers are stuck 12 hours a day in heavy traffic and training must be abysmal, judging by the number of outright awful drivers in the city.

I watch the police hand out tickets in front of my building at least twice a week at the corner of 71st and Oak. They must write 100 tickets each time they show up. Horns honk from 7 a.m. till after 7 p.m. every day. Everyone is angry and shouting at what are illegal turns in the first place. Too many cars, too many poor drivers, side streets all in awful condition, bike lanes everywhere for cyclists who obey NO rules of the road. I doubt getting sneakier collecting fines will do anything but make things worse.

Terry McKinney, Vancouver

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Road rage against the machine Re: “It’s time to rethink how we enforce the rules of the road,” Feb. 15.

Guaranteed a high proportion of current drivers would fail the road test today, regardless of their driving record and experience. A Provincial Highway Patrol would go a long way to targeting bad drivAlvin Brouwer PUBLISHER

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ing behaviour. @Free_Rider7 via Twitter ••• I totally support driver retesting with reoccurrence based on driving record and age groups most responsible for accidents.

Don’t just talk about it, Do It! It will reduce traffic accidents and injuries!

Marla Gilsig via Facebook ••• You mean the traffic cameras that we already had in BC, and that were removed after thousands were sent fines for offences they did not commit, and that clogged up courts with people contesting them? The traffic cameras that were put to use in other provinces, who all removed them? Now we have people, who once again suggest that they will reduce accidents, and we should use them again, as though we never tried them in past.

Scott Henderson via Facebook ••• Yes Xenon high intensity discharge headlights are dangerously bright. Their glare is blinding for drivers in oncoming traffic.

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Keep Burrard Inlet free Re: “A fence in Burrard Inlet?”

Letter, online only, Feb. 20.

I suspect the potential for enviro-terrorism has played a role in erection of barriers like this. I guess you reap what you sow.

Alison Malis via Facebook ••• Welcome to the privatization of public resources and amenities. We own them but are increasingly being denied access to them because of “national interest”. What is this “national interest”? Seems its the bank accounts of the Kinder and Morgan families and of course their kin in Houston - The Koch Bros. Any further proof needed that Canadian sovereignty is being sold to the highest bidder?

Rob Thomson via Facebook ••• That is Public space, another encroachment on a constitutional issue...Unfortunately back during the Olympics it was city of Vancouver who broached the issue. The cat is out of the bag, Victoria has done the same with tidal areas. The law has now been changed forever. The line in the sand has been erased and now it can be moved to suit ones own needs.

Stephen John Letts via Facebook ••• .@KM_Canada is harassing kayakers from behind their razor wire fence, using it to take away the Burrard Inlet from the people of BC. @sc0ttelliott via Twitter

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Meet the realtor transforming the city one block at a time Navigating the tricky world of land assemblies can be highly profitable and controversial

Christopher Cheung

condo buildings that require expensive repair but are on hot land (like near transit) have begun to cash in. Like land assembly, it can be more profitable in some cases to sell as a set than to sell a condo unit individually.

“On a block I might have to touch 10 homeowners, but now I have to touch the whole building,” said Yu. That’s homeowners in the hundreds.

Yu’s also planning to expand her business to help market new developments.

From residential sales to land assembly to condo marketing, she says her team will be a “one-stop shop.” Since she already has realtors standing by, she thought why not help developers presell?

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There are three Vancouver Specials near the old Little Mountain social housing complex on Main Street.

The specials were built in 1979 and were assessed at about $1.4 million each. But as a set, they sold for more than $10 million, according to Western Investor in December. That’s more than double what they would’ve fetched if sold separately.

Land assembly is kind of like the board game Monopoly: assemble a bunch of adjacent properties to get more profit. In Vancouver, it’s usually the lots of detached houses that are assembled and developed into condo apartments.

But land assembly is a tricky game to play because it involves many players and takes a lot of patience. Neighbouring homeowners not only have to collaborate, but be in consensus when selling their properties as a set to developers.

“It’s a long journey,” said Michelle Yu, “and they need to work together.”

If you recognize Yu’s name, it’s probably because you’ve seen it repeated on “for sale” signs in front of rows of detached houses on major Vancouver streets. Yu is a Re/Max specialist in land assemblies, and her team of 13 is behind deals that are transforming the residential landscape of Vancouver. To date, Yu and her team have sold 17 assembled sites in Vancouver.

Yu’s worked in Vancouver real estate since 1994, but decided to specialize in

To date, Michelle Yu and her team have sold 17 assembled sites in Vancouver, and field more than 150 queries a year about possible land assembly. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

land assembly in 2010 when she realized its potential.

Yu’s team gets more than 150 queries a year about possible land assembly.

“It’s not by what a seller might expect,” said Yu. “Making a house nicer doesn’t affect the value…

The power to increase the value is not in their hands.

It’s in the developers’ hands and the city.”

The right zoning and the right set of properties will entice a developer to pay top dollar for a site with development potential.

“Long, long time ago, people bought lots to make them smaller,” said Yu. “It’s kind of funny, now it’s the opposite.”

Developers used to build nearly identical houses, to save money, on large lots before dividing them.

That’s why there are adjacent Vancouver Specials in pairs around the city.

The business of people

Land assembly requires a range of expertise, which is why Yu has a lawyer, an engineer and an architect on her team to figure out what can be built where before selling to a developer.

Aside from the technicalities of properties and community plans, there’s the business of people.

“Some don’t want to leave the neighbourhood.

They’re 90 something.

Then what can you do?” said Yu. “You need to be patient and listen carefully about their concerns and why they don’t want to sell.

It could be a tax reason or a tenancy reason or ‘I don’t know where to go.’”

Sometimes there’s nothing she can do to convince them. “I may just drop the deal,” she said.

Sometimes she’ll have to literally work around the

problem. Yu was trying to assemble 10 properties near King Edward station, but one homeowner was absent. “Nobody ever found them,” said Yu. “Even the neighbours tried to go in to see if something was wrong inside. They even tried to make a block watch to see if anybody ever went inside but nobody came.”

So Yu ignored that house and assembled the remaining properties separately.

“So you may see this block with new townhomes with maybe the old house there.”

It’s not the only time Yu’s had to assemble the properties of interested homeowners and ignore the others.

“Once I decided to cut a parcel of land to sell to one developer,” said Yu. “But then, the rest of the neighbours decided, ‘Oh, this is really serious business now!’

And they wanted to sell.”

Sometimes it’s not too

late to add properties to a set; it depends on who the buyer is, said Yu. If it’s a developer who’s already submitted an application to city hall, it might be too late. But if an investor is just holding a set, they’re usually happy to add to it.

The entire process of gathering neighbours and selling can take as long as two years per site.

Cashing in on condos

Yu is about to add a new dimension to her business: selling assembled condos.

A strata corporation (the collective of condo owners in a building) used to require the approval of 100 per cent of its residents before it could be sold, also known as a strata wind-up or liquidation. But new legislation in November 2015 brought that requirement of willing owners down to 80 per cent.

Strata corporations of old

Criticism, context and change

There are some urban design criticisms of land assembly policies, saying that it compels massive projects that make people feel small and alienated because they’re not often designed with the human scale in mind.

Specifically, lacking visual complexity, lacking harmony with existing neighbourhood buildings and lacking the ability to provide an intimate pedestrian experience. It’s not that these critics hate density or development; they just want it to be introduced with thoughtful, contextual design.

“Some people [who]have lived in Vancouver for so many years might not be used to the change, but there’s a need,” said Yu. “That’s why the city’s spending so much energy and time… trying to make high-density in certain areas or making use of the SkyTrain. Personally, I like a city with more energy.” @bychrischeung

What it’s like for a family to lose its home in a land assembly Michael Kissinger

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Karen Nicolay learned her family’s rental home had been sold for $6 million as part of a land assembly. PHOTO GOOGLE STREET VIEW

For the second time in two years, Karen Nicolay and her family find themselves in search of a home. “So for the second time in less than two years, Nigel and I have been told that we have to move,” she posted to Facebook on Friday, noting their rental property had been sold in a land assembly. “Here we go again. You’ll never guess what this sold for…”

Nicolay and her husband, Nigel Pike, are co-owners

of the family-run Cascade Company, which owns and operates Main Street restaurants the Cascade Room, the Union and El Camino’s.

Pike is also a co-owner of Main Street Brewing Co. So it’s particularly sobering to consider that a couple who are part of three successful restaurants, with a share in a brewery and deep roots in the community can’t even get a secure foothold in Vancouver’s out- ofcontrol housing market.

A year-and-a-half ago, Nicolay, Pike and their

two high school-aged sons had to move because the townhouse they were renting for the past seven years had been sold. Now, the modest 1950 house they’ve been renting on West 49th has been snapped up as part of a land assembly. Nicolay learned the purchase price was a breath-taking $6 million for the property, which B.C. Assessment valued at $3,629,800 last July.

“We rented this house thinking it was great,” Nicolay told the Courier.

“The owners of the house,

a brother and sister — it was their parents’ house since the 1950s — had no interest in selling it. We figured we’d have a few years, while we figured out what we were doing as well. So we felt fairly secure coming into it.”

But Nicolay started to suspect their days were numbered a few months ago when the two houses beside them sold and men driving Land Rovers and Mercedes began “sniffing around” one day.

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$6 million hard to resist Continued from page 12 “And I was like, ‘Hmm, I’m not digging that.’ So I contacted our landlady and she said, ‘Oh don’t worry, we’ve had loads of people contacting us, so unless they’re offering us $11 million we’re not going to sell.’”

In the end, however, $6 million and the ongoing pressure to sell was too hard to turn down.

I just think it’s very unfair and unnecessary to continue to put up these condo developments that aren’t even going to be accessible to the average person.

Karen Nicolay

Nicolay says she doesn’t begrudge her landlords for selling, but she does worry about the tenuous state of housing in the city.

“Obviously it’s super upsetting for us. This is one house we’ve really loved.

But I get it — I understand completely. But it’s just outrageous. What bothers me is what happens to the next generation... Yeah it’s a pain in the ass because we have to move, but I worry about the next time and the time after that. I worry about the family down the street.”

Situated across from Lan-

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in the spirited seniors who call a Verve residence home.

gara College and near the Cambie corridor, Nicolay’s single-family home is red meat for developers, same goes for the 1944-built house next door swept up in the same land assembly.

But what’s more alarming, says Nicolay, is the other house that’s part of the three-house package was only built in 2010 and has an assessed value of $4,268,000.

“I understand we’re on a great bus route and we’re right across from the college… I just think it’s very unfair and unnecessary to continue to put up these condo developments that aren’t even going to be accessible to the average person.”

She added, “I wouldn’t be surprised if they have their eye on the whole block. There’s a sweet old 90-year-old woman down the block and I want to make sure she knows how much these people are getting to make sure she gets her money’s worth.”

In the meantime, Nicolay and family have a year to find new digs. And although she’s noticed a number of rental homes in nearby neighbourhoods, Nicolay is hesitant.

“This isn’t my dream neighbourhood by any stretch, but there are nice little homes and you can see that their days are numbered. Anything in the Oakridge area? Forget it, it’s going to go…

They’re just offering more and more money.” @MidlifeMan1

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Growing tiny house company builds a village at B.C. Home Show Busy builders discuss the finer detail of tiny homes Naoibh O’Connor

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Shannon and Brian Persse have been busy the past few weeks. They’re scrambling to finish up tiny homes that will be showcased at this year’s B.C. Home and Garden Show, which runs Feb. 21 to 25.

The couple, who founded Mint Tiny House Company out of Delta in 2014, are creating a “tiny home village” with three homes of different styles, ranging in size from 150 to 280 square feet.

The Courier talked to Shannon Persse about the business and the growing popularity of living small.

How many tiny homes have you built since you founded your company?

I haven’t counted them up but I’d say we’re at 100 at this point. Right now, we’re finishing one every other week or so.

How long does it take to build one?

The build itself is between eight to 10 weeks.

That would be from start to finish… from when the trailer comes in and when it goes out as a home basically. All the homes

get built on the flat-deck trailer. They’re typically two-by-four construction, wood or metal frame.

What’s the smallest and largest tiny house your company has built?

The smallest home is typically about 210 square feet. That square footage includes a loft. The largest is just under 400.

What would be the cost range?

The smallest would start around $50,500 and they go up to $100,000 or so.

Obviously, at that end, you’ve got yourself a gorgeous tiny home.

What’s the most expensive one you’ve built?

I think $120,000 including tax.

What would that include to make it so pricey?

That would include granite counter tops. I think it had a wood-burning fireplace. Having said that, we don’t offer [wood-burning fireplaces] as much anymore. That one had all sorts of stuff in it. It actually had a [hydraulic] slide-out.

What would a basic model include?

That would include everything you’d need in the home. That would have a little shower, your kitchen cabinetry, your kitchen sink and a little fridge. It would have a traditional flush toilet that you’d hook up to septic, all your heating, your lighting and ladders to your loft. The only thing you’d probably want to put in at that point is your appliances… if you want a cook top or an oven, that sort of thing.

What’s the most unusual request you’ve had for a custom tiny house?

Probably the most interesting thing that we did recently was for a lady who practised her yoga silks — we put in reinforced steel beams in the ceiling so she could practise that. We also had a lady, although we didn’t end up building it for her, but she requested we put in a trapeze.

What do you think are the most important things to include in a tiny house?

I get to know the clients first to see what they need, what their lifestyle is. A lot of it comes down to where they like to spend a lot of time. So we try to focus on that. One of the things

that’s important is to make the best use out of storage.

Sometimes you don’t realize how much stuff you’re actually bringing. Storage is key — hidden closets.

We try and make hidden storage in the staircases, wherever we can.

What are the most common questions you get from people who are interested in buying one?

A lot of it is where to park it. You have to move out towards the more rural areas. We get a lot of people heading out to Maple Ridge, Langley, Abbotsford. A lot of people are also going to Vancouver Island.

I don’t recommend that they do because I don’t want them to have this beautiful home and nowhere to park it. We steer them towards finding land first.

You must hope Vancouver will allow it.

I do, I do. Definitely.

But I also see why they have to regulate things. I understand as much as we do want them in the city, there has to be some accountability, too.

Do you have buyers from Vancouver even though the city’s regulations don’t yet allow them?

We do, but a lot of them are living in the city and have bought or rented land outside of the city.

They make their way there on the weekend or a few days a week. Then, they’ll probably be selling their homes.

What would you like people to know about tiny houses?

They’re not as small as you think. That’s one of the reasons we’re excited for the show because people will get the chance to walk through them and [hear] them say, “This is not as small as I thought it would be” and “I can envision myself living in it.” For some people that might not be a full-time thing, but for a lot of people, they come through and they can see themselves living in them.

Do any of them call to build a tiny house in the hopes that the city regulations will change?

It’s one thing to envision living in it and it’s another thing to actually live in it. Do you ever hear

feedback from people who’ve bought a tiny house from you?

We keep in touch with quite a few of our clients.

A lot of them have a social media presence and they talk to our up-and-coming customers. It’s nice because they’re getting feedback from people living in the homes. Sometimes that’s good and bad feedback on what they would do differently. But most people, if they’ve planned it correctly and gotten into the mindset, they’re generally happy. Obviously there’s going to be some growing pains, but generally they’re happy.

How has your business grown since you started it in 2014?

It’s grown quite a bit.

We started off with my husband Brian building them. Then we had another full-time carpenter with us. We’ve now got 14 carpenters and a few other labourers. And we contract in all the trades.

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A Scout troop with nine decades of history in Kitsilano is the latest to fall victim to Vancouver’s everchanging real estate crisis.

Consisting of more than 40 young people spanning the ages of five to 18, the 47th St. Mark’s Scouts have been meeting at St. Mark’s Anglican Church on Larch Street for 86 years. That’s expected to change within the next few months — the property is up for sale and expected to change ownership this spring.

The church is viewed as the lone alternative in Kits due to its low cost — in the scouts’ case, they meet for free — and available storage space.

“The parents are shocked that this is happening,” scout leader Neil Seedhouse told the Courier. “The church is such a valuable resource for the community and there’s nothing like it.

Once it’s gone, it’s gone.”

Between the three groups — beavers, scouts and cubs — and their leaders, about 55 people are affected by the potential sale and that’s not including parents. Smaller groups consisting of six members or less can make

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Neil Seedhouse has been a volunteer scout leader for 21 years. His 47th Scout troop is in danger of losing its meeting space due to the pending sale of St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Kitsilano.

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due meeting at members’ homes, but larger groups don’t have that luxury.

A scout leader for 21 years, Seedhouse was the church’s building manager until last summer. It was around that time he heard rumblings of a potential sale and was fired from the position.

Prior to his dismissal, Seedhouse booked several groups into the facility — strata councils, a Buddhist meditation group, a Montessori school and musicians, among others — who all relied on the church for its low cost, available space and location.

“A lot the renters who rented our space were so thrilled to find St. Mark’s because there’s nothing else,” Seedhouse said.

“Now that St. Mark’s is gone, we’re discovering, ‘Yeah, they’re right, there is nothing else.’”

St. Mark’s isn’t technically gone just yet. The site is owned by the Diocese of New Westminster and spokesperson Randy Murray was short on details when contacted by the Courier.

“It’s currently under contract for sale,” he said.

“The sale does not close until late in the spring.

There is no public information coming out until after the sale is complete.”

Murray wouldn’t comment on terms of the pending sale, a purchase price, or when the property went on the market. He wasn’t sure how many, if any, groups still use the space.

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BC Assessment records peg the property’s 2018 assessed value at $11.2 million. A listing on the Colliers Canada website has the property’s sale price at $12 million. The church is spread over three lots and encompasses 17,700 square feet.

The property is zoned as RT-8, which emphasizes the retention of nearby architectural styles, building forms and neighbourhood character.

“For renovations and additions, emphasis is placed on maintaining existing external architectural character; for new development, on compatibility in external character,” the bylaw states.

“In all cases, neighbourly building scale and placement is emphasized.”

This isn’t the first time St. Mark’s has had the sales spectre looming over it, as similar concerns came to the fore in early 2013. At that time, the congregation had diminished in size to the point that parishioners were moved to St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church on Laurel Street and 14th Avenue.

Scout troop treasurer Juanita Low was around for that initial sales scare and now sees the process coming full circle. She’s been with the group for 14 years and, like Seedhouse, her kids went through cubs, beavers and scouts from the ages of five to 18.

Given their free use of the site, St. Mark’s made for virtually no overhead costs for the 47th Scouts: rental fees were waived, free storage was provided and scout leaders are all volunteers. That allowed for registration costs to go back into programming such as rock climbing, sailing, hiking, scuba diving and other activities.

Most troop members and their families are located in Kits and the group’s preference is to stay there. Low has looked at a small handful of other spaces in the neighbourhood, but none offer the deal the group gets now.

“We’re working towards finding a viable and permanent solution,” she said. “We can’t do a couple months in one location and then have to move somewhere else, we need continuity.” @JohnKurucz

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New Positive Ticket program empowers youth Free passes to pools, rinks and fitness centres being handed out SANDRA THOMAS STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

Vancouver youth doing good deeds could be rewarded with passes to park board-operated pools, skating rinks and fitness centres participating in a new initiative dubbed Positive Ticket.

The park board and Vancouver Police Department have partnered on the pilot program. Park board community youth workers, VPD school liaison officers and youth services officers will hand out tickets to young people as a reward for good behaviour such as returning a lost wallet, being a positive role model for a friend or creating an inclusive space by inviting youth to join a sport.

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VANCOUVER YOUTH CAN EARN PASSES TO CITY POOLS, SKATING RINKS AND FITNESS CENTRES FOR BEING POSITIVE ROLE MODELS.

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ATTEND PROGRAMS WHERE BARRIERS EXIST: Show up for a program despite anxiety meeting new people.

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Each ticket is redeemable for four free drop-in visits to participating park board facilities and is transferrable so recipients can bring along a friend or family member.

“The Positive Ticket program is a way to engage and recognize youth with free passes to community centres where they can work out, make social connections and

find a safe and supportive environment,” said park board chair Stuart Mackinnon.

The goal of the program is to empower and value young people, build positive relationships with youth, create positive changes in behaviour, recognize contributions to the community and welcome youth at park board facilities as valued participants.

opportunities to break the ice with youth who may otherwise not be interested in speaking with the police.

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The Positive Ticket pilot program will run until July 31, 2018, when it will be evaluated. Variations of this program have been established in communities

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Red Gate Arts Society director Jim Carrico and his daughter Ana Rose Carrico at the artist space at 855 East Hastings. The facility closes on May 31, displacing about 80 artists and musicians.

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Whether he knew it at the time, musician Adrian Teacher seemed to have seen the writing on the wall when his band, Adrian Teacher and the Subs, penned the title track to its 2016 album, Terminal City.

“The woman smiled at me and said: ‘Is there anything you’d like to know about the neighbourhood?’” the song goes. “I told her that I’d lived here for 10 years./We all know that/I cannot save it!”

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The Red Gate Arts Society has to be out of its current location at 855 East Hastings by May 31.

A development application is currently before the city to change the land’s designation from manufacturing to retail.

Teacher has rehearsed at various Red Gate facilities since 2003. About 80 musicians and artists are affected by the impending closure.

“It may even force me into thinking about giving up the idea of music — not necessarily the idea of playing music, but the idea of being in a rock band and playing loud music,” Teacher told the Courier Monday. “It’s pushed me to the brink. We’ve had to move so many times and been in so many terrible jam spaces. It’s like I don’t want to do this anymore.”

Society director Jim Carrico told the Courier the building has been under a month-to-month agreement with Low Tide Properties — the real estate company headed up by Lululemon founder Chip Wilson — for about two years since the previous lease expired.

With an expired lease and monthly arrangement, Carrico isn’t necessarily surprised he’s losing what will be his fourth arts space in the last three decades.

“Each time was a very similar situation, this isn’t new,” Carrico said. “The building was bought by a developer and we were given notice to leave and all the people and all their stuff moved to another building. It’s been more or less continuous going back to the 1980s.”

What has surprised Carrico in his current situation, however, is the going rate for another spot in Vancouver and the dearth of options he’s facing. He pays

about $7,600 monthly for 7,000 square feet, outside of more than $5,000 in other yearly licensing fees.

Carrico is looking around the Clark Drive area and other points east, where costs are double that regardless of location or building quality. An older building on Main Street and Third Avenue had an asking price of $38,000 monthly for 19,000 square feet.

“It’s very expensive, so the young musicians, they’re not going to pay that rent — they’re going to go to Montreal and that’s a tragedy,” Carrico said.

“The people that you really want to stay, they’re not going to complain, they’re not going to write letters to city hall or protest. They’re just going to leave and that’s what they are doing.”

Carrico charges about $1.70 per square foot in rooms ranging in size between 100 and 350 square feet. Other rehearsal spaces in Vancouver are charging two to three times that price.

Like Carrico, Teacher is also witnessing an exodus of artistic talent.

“You’re seeing it all the time. I’m seeing kids who are 22 and 23 who are saying, ‘Well, I’ve given up here. I’m going to Oakland or to Montreal.’ They leave because they can’t even afford living in an apartment let alone having a jam space.”

Wes Regan is acutely aware of that pinch. Now a social planner with the city, Regan moved to Vancouver 20 years ago to pursue a career in music. He recorded an album at the previous Red Gate location near Victory Square.

The first red flags he saw for artists was the closure of popular indie — and sometimes dingy — haunts such as Richards on Richards, the Starfish Room, the Columbia, the Brickyard and the Picadilly Pub. Outside of the Starfish Room, all of those venues closed in the last 10 years.

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“It makes it next to impossible if you don’t have the money to buy a place or pay for regular rentals at rehearsal spots for young people who are just starting out,” said Regan, 38. “They need these dirt cheap types of spaces.”

Regan said city staff spanning several departments are trying to reverse that trend: planning staff are reviewing commercial land use policies, small business and retail regulations are being examined and social planners are looking to San Francisco, England, Rome and Paris for best practices in those locales.

Some of the ideas turned up so far include: • Establishing “legacy businesses.” Cities give that designation to long-standing bars, restaurants and venues to protect their place in a neighbourhood when subsequent development moves in.

• Hybrid businesses that combine non- and for-profit models to allow more flexibility for venues to receive outside funding and protections.

• Putting the onus on developers, rather than venue owners, when covering soundproofing costs.

“This is not to stop new businesses from coming into an area… it’s more about the cultural practices in neighbourhoods that are important,” Regan said.

Carrico has some ideas too, and he’s in the process of lobbying for them. He wants property taxes waived for culturally significant properties and zoning protections — similar to what the Agricultural Land Reserve does for farm land — in place for the arts sector.

“When you take a space and fill it with interesting people and let them go do what they want it improves the overall quality of life in a city — it’s endlessly rewarding,” Carrico said. @JohnKurucz

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That’s not a tower blocking your view, it’s a ‘celebratory moment in the skyline’ And that shadow putting your condo in perpetual darkness is a ‘sunlight siesta’

You’ve probably heard by now the city has approved some big changes to Northeast False Creek — the removal of Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, housing for up to 12,000 people, new park space, a massive waterfront plaza and a wharf lined with restaurants and pubs where wait staff will say things to us like “How’s your first few bites?” and “No, for the last time, we do not sell potato skins.”

But the thing that really caught our attention, as well as the attention of our colleague Mike Howell, was the recommendation to allow several highrises be 10 to 12 storeys higher than normally allowed, effectively blocking the view of the North Shore mountains for many in Vancouver’s

growing serfdom.

However, residents shouldn’t think of it as the loss of a majestic view.

According to Kevin McNaney, project director for Northeast False Creek, the towers will add variation to the skyline. “It also creates a celebratory moment in the skyline, where we can celebrate one of our biggest entertainment districts in the province of British Columbia,” he told council at a Jan. 31 meeting.

We’ve never thought of highrises that exceed normal limits by 10 to 12 storeys as “a celebratory moment in the skyline” before, but maybe McNaney’s onto something.

How much happier would our lives be if we could reframe annoyances such as giant towers

blocking our view as celebratory moments in the skyline?

The yearly rental increase from our landlord who never ever really fixes or improves anything in the building would be “economic athleticism that will make us more resilient and build stamina in the Olympian housing market.”

The garbage strewn across our back alley because our dumb neighbours don’t understand how to recycle and not overflow the garbage bin would be “an urban street canvas, inspired by Jackson Pollock and showcasing the unexpected beauty of chaos.”

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When South Korean organizers failed to raise enough money to build a Pride House at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the Canadian Olympic Committee stepped in to help.

The first Pride House was created in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics as a safe place for LGBTQ+ athletes, fans and their allies from across the globe to gather.

And from photos available online, it looks like Pride House in PyeongChang is a big hit.

Team Canada’s Eric Radford posted a selfie of himself and fiancé Spanish ice dancer Luis Fenero on Twitter Feb. 10 with the caption, “Was so nice to spend some time with this man at #canadahouse and #PrideHouse. #Olympics

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Also frequenting Pride House is Adam Rippon, who became the first openly gay man from the U.S. to win a Winter Olympic medal when he was awarded the bronze in the men’s free skate Feb. 11.

English figure skater John Curry won the gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, but was outed by the media after having what he thought was an off-the-record conversation. Following that public outing, Curry faced more questions about his personal life than any of his athletic accomplishments. U.S. figure skater Brian Boitano won the gold in 1988, but didn’t publicly confirm he was gay for 25 years. Even the always over-the-top Jonny Weir didn’t officially come out until the year after he charmed the world at the 2010 Olympics.

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But in 2018, there are 15 openly gay and lesbian athletes competing at the Winter Games — and they’re winning medals. Canadian figure skater Eric Radford became the first openly gay Winter Olympian to win a gold medal, while Dutch skater Ireen Wust won a gold in the 1,500 metres and a silver medal in the 3,000 metres, making her the most decorated Dutch Olympic athlete ever. Wust has eight medals and is openly bisexual.

It was freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy who broke the ice on opening day of the 2018 Olympic Games by posting a photo on Twitter stating, “We’re here. We’re queer. Get used to it.” But it was Rippon’s response to a question about what it’s like to be a gay athlete, that quickly made him an Olympic favourite.

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GAME CHANGERS: KidSport Richmond hosted the fifth edition of its sports dinner and auction at the Hilton Airport Hotel. KidSport chair Bob Jackson and party founder Kathy Nakhleh welcomed a capacity crowd to the Creating Community Champions Gala to help Richmond children access a variety of sports and pursue their Olympic dreams. Olympians and professional athletes such as B.C. Lions QB Travis Lulay, Vancouver Canucks alumni Kirk McLean and featured keynote, five-time Olympian Charmaine Crooks, served as tables hosts. Emceed

by Rob Fai, the voice of the Vancouver Canadians, the celebration of sport scored $50,000 to help 300 sidelined kids get into the game. The result would not be possible without the generous support of the hotel and general manager Gary Collinge, said Jackson.

The hotel covers all the costs — from the food to the venue, and the kitchen and serving staff, all volunteering their time, Jackson added.

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

Indigenous artists Shane Sable and Tyler Alan Jacobs performed at the Queer Arts Festival’s Bleeding Hearts Valentine’s Day benefit.

Art philanthropist Bruce Munro Wright opened his home for SD Holman’s Queer Arts Festival fundraiser. Proceeds supported DECADEnce, the 10th staging of the multidisciplinary queer arts celebration in June.

Olympians Alexa Loo, Robert Esmie and Charmaine Crooks were on hand to raise funds to ensure Richmond kids have access to sports to pursue their Olympic dreams.

Mentors Tracey McVicar (managing partner of CAI Private Equity) and John Montalbano (principal of Tower Beach Capital Ltd.) helped finalists reach their potential at the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs’ Pitch for the Purse.

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Story Story Lie: Smooth Criminal

Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale... actually, you’ll hear a few tales at the live stage show Story Story Lie at the Rio, and it’s up to you to decide who is telling the truth. The storytelling game show, hosted by Jo Dworschak, is themed “Smooth Criminal” this month, and you can expect to hear some high-stakes, near-impossible, unique tall tales.

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Did you know there are rarely used private rooms above Vancouver’s storied Penthouse Nightclub? They were once where you could find exclusive parties and live performances from visiting legends such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra. For Seven Tyrants’ production of the Broadway play A Steady Rain, those rooms have been converted into a venue for the gritty show set in Chicago.

Now through March 3, 7 p.m., Saturday matinee Feb. 24, 4 p.m.

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The Anti-Fascist Children’s Hour

Despite its name, this is one night you have to leave the kids with a sitter. This 18-plus evening will meld together the seemingly disparate worlds of parenthood, antiNazism and puppets. For one night only, the 604 Records studio will be transformed into the home of “Auntie Fa,” a kindly old fascistpuncher who spins a world of song, magic,

Storytelling and drinking are on the menu this week.

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Badass Film Festival

Looking for cutting edge and pioneering filmmaking? The fourth annual Vancouver Badass Film Festival is just the ticket. The programming offers film fans a melange of “new films from maverick film legends old and new” and live shows and interactive sessions — and a party to kick things off — perfect for indie cinema buffs.

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Spanning multiple days and featuring numerous events from gala tastings to intimate dinners, the Vancouver International Wine Festival is considered one of the best of its kind in the world. This is a rare opportunity for wine lovers to meet owners, winemakers and winery reps from around the globe. Oh, and did we mention you get to taste all sorts of wine? Cheers!

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Canucks can’t keep using injuries as an excuse Lack of depth to deal with injuries is an ongoing issue

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

Somewhat lost in all the hubbub surrounding Jim Benning’s contract extension last week was a letter sent to Canucks season-ticket holders by Trevor Linden.

In it, he hyped up the future of the franchise, praising young stars such as Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser, and extolling young prospects such as Elias Pettersson, Olli Juolevi and Thatcher Demko.

After three seasons of missing the playoffs, it’s understandable that some seasonticket holders might want to move on, so Linden sold hard on the future, encouraging everyone to renew their tickets.

Linden skirted the issue of missing the playoffs, dismissing the Canucks’ struggles with one line.

“In the shorter term, we have faced some challenges with injuries and inconsistency,” said Linden in the letter, and that was the lone nod to three of the worst seasons in franchise history.

Time and time again, Linden and Benning have turned to injuries to explain away the team’s poor record. To be fair, the Canucks have had some significant injuries, particularly this season. Chris Tanev, Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi, Brandon Sutter and Erik Gudbranson have all missed significant time.

Injuries are a reality for every NHL team, however, and it’s up to the management to prepare for those issues. Every year, Linden and Benning assure the fanbase that this year will be different.

This is the year that they are prepared and have enough depth.

At the start of this season, Benning said, “I think this year, when we do have injuries, we’re going to be calling up real players that we want to develop into longterm players. We’re at that point now.”

It echoed exactly what he said heading into the 2016-17 season: “We’ll send people down who are ready for the NHL. We’ll run into injuries, but we’ll call up players who can help us win.”

At the end of the 2016-17 season, Benning lamented that it was “tough because we had so many injuries and we didn’t have a lot of depth.”

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The Canucks re-signed Erik Gudbranson this week to a threeyear, $12-million contract, taking him out of the running to be traded for future assets at the trade deadline on Monday.

contract extension, his corsi percentage was 43.2 per cent, worst among Canucks defencemen. With Gudbranson on the ice at five-on-five this season, shot attempts have been 640 to 487 for the opposition.

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • I’m dropping the gloves with Jim Benning on the Erik Gudbranson contract. It may have been tough for the team to move on from Gudbranson given the high price they paid to get him in the first place, but $4 million per year for a third-pairing defenceman will be tough to swallow for the next three years.

They badly need him to suddenly develop into a top-four guy.

• Stick-tap to Erik Gudbranson, who isn’t at all to blame for any of this and doesn’t deserve any vitriol aimed his way. Also, he just won the hardest shot competition at the Canucks Superskills event, hitting 103.4 miles per hour.

The Canucks suffered mightily this year, losing players for significant amounts of time to injury, including defenceman Erik Gudbranson, who was rewarded this week with a head-scratching, three-year $12-million contract. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

At other times, they pointed to their free-agent signings, including Sam Gagner, Michael Del Zotto and Thomas Vanek, as improving their depth enough to deal with injuries. And yet, when injuries hit, the team crashed and burned.

The Canucks are twice as far from the playoffs as they are from last place. That can’t be explained away by injuries, even significant ones. The team doesn’t have the depth to deal with injuries and that is a failure of management. Benning and Linden have admitted as much in the past — that building team depth is their job and they need to do better.

At the end of the 2015-16 season, Ben-

ning said on TSN 1040, “We didn’t have the depth... and that’s on me.”

At the end of the 2016-17 season, Benning said in the Province, “I know we didn’t have a lot of depth and when you have injuries to your best players, it’s tough. That’s another area we’re going to look at.”

What will he say at the end of this season?

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When was the last time you settled into a theatre seat with a bag of popcorn to watch a Canadian film?

I don’t mean Deadpool or Star Trek Beyond or any of the Hollywood productions that film up here only to transform our iconic bridges and parks into battlegrounds and alien planets during post-production.

I mean a Bloody-Caesarchugging, ketchup-chipeating, polite-as-the-dayis-long Canadian film: cinematic stories that are written, directed, performed and otherwise brought to the screen entirely by our fellow Canadians — films such as The Road Forward, Black Fly, Hello Destroyer, Vancouver: No Fixed Address and Window Horses.

My educated (after many years covering the homegrown film industry) guess is that the majority of Canadians aren’t actively making Canadian feature films a significant part of their entertainment diets, but with good reason: Canadian films are harder to find in local multiplexes than the Hollywood films that shoot here.

And this is no shade to Hollywood films. The service side of the Vancouver industry feeds thousands of local families (including mine) and is an essential part of our economy.

But homegrown cinema — feature films reflecting the complex, fractured, challenging, profound, effed-up and beautiful narrative of the people who inhabit this land — should be considered just as essential, if not to the economy, then to the culture.

Luckily for the culture, there are individuals who are committed to building that bridge between Canadians and Canadian films.

They don’t get more committed than Anita Adams.

It’s been 15 years since a single movie-going experience spurred Adams to found the First Weekend Club.

It began, when Adams learned a Vancouver-shot film starring Gabrielle Rose, one of her favourite actresses (“In my opinion, she’s the Meryl Streep of Canada”) was premiering at a local theatre. She excitedly bought tickets for opening night and arrived early, expecting a packed house buzzing with excitement.

What she encountered was something far less festive.

“By the time the curtains

Anita Adams started First Weekend Club to ensure Canadian films have big opening weekends in order to keep them in theatres longer.

pulled back and the lights went down, there was me, my mom and three other people. I was so surprised and disappointed and I thought, ‘What the heck’s going on?’”

Adams (who’d worked as an actor and ran a monthly script-reading series out of the Alibi Room) began asking questions and was shocked by what she discovered. Most Canadian films disappeared from theatres within a few days because of low ticket sales during that critical first weekend.

“I thought, ‘Maybe I could do something about this,’” Adams says.

And what she did was form First Weekend Club, now a national non-profit organization dedicated to spreading the word about Canadian films and the talent behind them.

There’s no single reason why Canadian films don’t perform well and no villain, but a lack of marketing funds is a biggie. “Exhibitors aren’t charities — they want to know that the films they’re going to be programming will have money behind them to get audiences into the house to buy their popcorn, and Canadian films don’t have the marketing money,” Adams says.

Thus, First Weekend Club’s original aim: to promote Canadian films in advance of that critical first weekend so that they’ll have a shot at longer runs.

To date, the organization has promoted more than 750 films (including 250 sold-out or near sold-out opening nights), hosted upwards of 300 special events and grown to reach more than two million people annually via its mailing list, social media channels and community partners.

First Weekend Club is also the driving force behind Canada Screens, a curated VOD service that currently has 240 films, including 38 shorts, 37 French language

films and 34 films directed by women.

There have been commercial successes in the Canadian screen scene in the last 15 years, including The Delicate Art of Parking, which Adams says ran in theatres for an eye-popping 16 weeks, and most recently, Entanglement, an inventive rom-com from local filmmaker Jason James that turns the manic pixie dream girl trope upside down and sideways. The Vancouver-shot dramedy — which stars Silicon Valley’s Thomas Middleditch — entered wide release (12 theatres in Canada and 12 in the U.S.) Feb. 9.

That’s success worth celebrating. Still, more work needs to be done to combat the stigma associated with Canadian films, says Adams.

“If you say ‘Canadian film,’ some people automatically assume that it’s not going to be a high quality,” says Adams. “You and I know that’s so wrong, but we have work ahead of us to change that attitude and get people excited about Canadian films.”

Let’s get to work.

First Weekend Club celebrates its 15 birthday this month by encouraging audiences to celebrate with a great Canadian film, either in a theatre or via CanadaScreens.ca. Sign up to receive updates from First Weekend Club at firstweekendclub.ca.

••• What are your favourite Canadian films? Where and how do you watch homegrown cinema? And, if you make a point of avoiding Canadian films, why? Tweet your thoughts to @sabrinarmf.

Sabrina Furminger is an award-winning entertainment columnist and editor-in-chief of YVR Screen Scene, a digital magazine celebrating the Vancouver film and television industry. @yvrscreenscene

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2162 - Yanick Racine, 3240 E 49 Ave, Vancouver, BC 3488 - Kevin Muir-Wells 3136 50th Ave E, Vancouver, BC AA8075E - Corey Lance Marte 3122 Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC 1532 - Richard Kingston 356 E Hastings, Vancouver, BC 3484 - James Dubois 2149 Waterside St, Vancouver, BC 0859 - Kirplas Manj 3367 Fieldsone Ave, Vancouver, BC 1113 - Stan Johnson 506-1530 W 8th, Vancouver, BC 1101 - Vicky Ped 904-850 Royal Ave, Vancouver, BC 3348 - Ohayon Binyamin 310-1675 12th Ave W, Vancouver, BC 2076 - Jodi Nicole Schonfeld 5952 Elm St, Vancouver, BC 2176 - Jeremy Mooney 1300 Granville St, Vancouver, BC 2727 - Taylor Halaburda 1815 Moore Ave, Vancouver, BC AA4240C - Sarah Kiran 708 W 27th Ave, Vancouver, BC 3021 - Hanna Wheale 10-133 7th Ave E, Vancouver, BC 2620 - Michael James 6925 Knight St, Vancouver, BC 3181 - Matthew James 112 Water St, Vancouver, BC 0853 - Emmalea Goodman 5821 Boundary Rd, Vancouver, BC 1344 - Tatenda Melusi Hatugari 4744 Nanaimo St, Vancouver, BC 2266 - Van Hayes 302-315 Agnes St, Valemount, BC 3343 - Eliza Sherret 74 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC 3654 - Dustin Ferguson 308/451 Flamingo St, Quesnel, BC 3144 - Russell Sampson 113-1415 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC 3217 - Savka Epp 6077 Knight St, Vancouver, BC 2233 - Eliza Sherret 74 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC 2477 - Russell Sampson 113-1415 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC 1165 - Paul Debbieson 304-1872 Nelson St, Vancouver, BC 2655 - Julia Johnston 3-3743 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC 0322 - Carolyn Newcombe 1703-7575 Alderbridge Way, Richmond, BC 1302 - William Douglas-Kowal 428-310 Alexander St, Vancouver, BC 3171 - Paul Smith 37-686 Warden Ave, Scarborough, ON 2507 - Richard Johnstone 1824 140th St, Surrey, BC A sale will take place online at www.ibid4storage.com starting at 10AM on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 till 10AM Thursday, March 1st, 2018. Winners will be contacted by email at the end of the auction. Room contents are personal/household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for the entire contents of each locker unit.

PUBLIC NOTICE The property known as MICHAEL SPENCER MILLAR, Province of British Columbia Department of Health and Welfare Division of Vital Statistics Number 61-09-016140, a registered organization, has been Accepted for Value and exchanged into private Lumen Trust under private contract agreement by and between the Executor of the MICHAEL SPENCER MILLAR Estate, Michael-Spencer: Millar, and Lumen Trust upon consent of the Board of Trustees on the 25th day of February 2017.

Any and all interested parties including legatees, Trustees, creditors, beneficiaries claiming any rights title and interest in or against the property described herein above may contact: Lumen Trust, c/o 5647 Gulf Drive, New Port Richey, Florida All title rights and interest are held by the Trustees of Lumen Trust. The Trustees and officers of Lumen Trust have no personal profit or liability in the property exchanged.

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Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the: Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711 Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email: inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTORS REQUIRED

Notice of Landlords Contractual Lien

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Female Caregiver Needed In Vancouver Seeking an experienced female CAREGIVER for 6 - 9 am and 2 - 6:30 pm shifts for client in Mount Pleasant Area. Must have reliable transportation.

Training provided. Please Call 604-428-9977

for Gymnastic Classes in Schools. Must be hardworking, athletic & energetic. Email resume to: gymsense@gmail.com

To advertise call

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SKILLED HELP ARTEBUZ HOLDINGS INC (http://www.artebuz.ca) IS LOOKING FOR CARPENTERS. Greater Vancouver, BC. Permanent, Full time. Wage - $ 27.80 per/h Skills requirements: Experience 3-4 years, Good English.

Education: Secondary school Main duties: • Read and interpret construction blueprints, drawings and specifications.

• Measure, cut, shape, assemble, and join lumber and wood materials.

• Layout and framing of buildings wall structures; Cut, fit and install different trim items as required.

• Build decks, flooring, fences and other wooden structures.

• Operate measuring, hand and power tools.

• Supervise helpers and apprentices.

Company’s business address: 111-625 Como Lake Ave, Coquitlam BC, V3J 3M5 Please apply by email artebuzgroup@gmail.com

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT Ultra Shine Hand Car Wash & Auto Detailing Inc. is looking for Carwash Supervisors. 2 positions available. Permanent, full-time job (36 hours per week). Salary - $23.00 per/hour.

Skills requirements: good English, customer service oriented. Previous experience as a vehicle cleaner or similar position is required. Previous experience as a carwash supervisor is an asset. Education: secondary school. Main duties: • Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of vehicle cleaners; • Establish work schedules and procedures; • Hire and train car wash staff; • Resolve work-related problems and customer complaints; • Authorize payments and returns; • Perform auto detailing duties if needed; • Follow the rules and guidelines of our company.

Company’s business address and job location: 160 E 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1B5.

Please apply by email: ultrashine10@gmail.com

EDUCATION

LOOKING FOR A NEW CAREER IN EDUCATION? Richmond Continuing Education is offering a Full Time Richmond Education Assistant Program (REAP) from July 2018 to November 2018. REAP is designed for professional and caring adults who wish to work with K-12 school age learners with physical, behavioural, sensory and learning needs in schools.

Courses will be from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday as well as one 3-week and one 4-week practica in Richmond schools. Exact start and end times of your practica will depend on your school placement.

Joining REAP will open the door to job opportunities in this challenging and fulfilling career field in education.

Deadline for applications is Friday, April 6, 2018.

For more information, please visit: www.RichmondCE.ca or phone 604.668.6123

MUSIC / THEATRE / DANCE

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

GARAGE SALES

MARKETPLACE

PETS

WEST END

Community Centre YOUTH PROGRAMS FUNDRAISER .

FLEA MARKET

Over 30 Tables Fabulous Bargains! .

SUNDAY

February 25th 10:00am to 3:00pm .

WEST END CC AUDITORIUM 870 DENMAN ST VANCOUVER • Admission $1 • for more info call • .

.

604-257-8333

Vancouver Flea Market 604.605.0666 Sell all your unwanted things. Start your own business for $27.50/day.

Free storage during the week. Open every Sat & Sun and most holidays.

Over 300 tables. www.vancouverfleamarket .com

MARKETPLACE

ART & COLLECTIBLES '*1# ) $73 /%*! , 3%/37 $-39 + *9/"5-% "@?60 $*"3 + 3%;"*(;% +"()!' *%)$#,& &?2?8 .<=:==>:><44

FOR SALE - MISC COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE: $0.99/each for a box of 180 ($178.20). Also full range of tree, shrub, and berry seedlings. Free shipping most of Canada. Growth guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 or TreeTime.ca

OLD, VINTAGE & NEW COLLECTIBLE SALE Friday, March 2 9:30am - 7:00pm Saturday, March 3 9:30am - 5:00pm Exceptional furniture, housewares, silver, china, crystal, jewelry, wood, art pieces, tools, cameras, trains, toys,dolls, games, comic books, record players, sports memorabilia, radios, musical instruments, clothing, old books & stamps, First Nation, Asian, knickknacks and more.

Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe 1521 - 56 Street, Tsawwassen STEEL BUILDING SALE...

“Really Big SALE is back-extra Winter Discount on now!!”

20x23 $5,798, 25x27 $6,356 30x31 $8,494, 32x33 $8,728 35x35 $11,670. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www. pioneersteel.ca

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 Make money & save money with your own band mill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

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

778-872-8163 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

WANTED: Fixer-Upper houses and properties incl. condos/ townhouses in any condition (private investor) Please call Ali @ 604-833-2103

RENTALS

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

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APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

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Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes wil be made in the next available issue.

The Vancouver Courier wil be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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FINANCIAL SERVICES HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Arthritic Conditions, COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For Assistance 1-844-453-5372

HEALTH & BEAUTY Facial & Body Reshaping, Acupuncture & TCM treatment, Venus Versa, Viva laser treatment, 6D Microblading, East West Beauty & TCM School.

210 - 1610 Robson St. Cell & WeChat: 1.778.893.3422

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Think: Criminal Pardon. US Entry Waiver. Record Purge.

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

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

**SWEDISH MASSAGE** 604-739-3998 Broadway & Oak St.

One call does it all...

HOME SERVICES

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE WANTED

FOR SALE - MISC

GARDEN VILLA

1010 6th Ave. New West.

Suites Available.

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CLEANING

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Large Deluxe 1 BR w/ den, 604-524-5494

All Electrical, Low Cost.

LANGARA GARDENS

Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos, Panel changes. (604)374-0062

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

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

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References required.

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BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

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Ken’s Power Washing Plus WINTER SPECIALS

VILLA MARGARETA

320-9th St, New West Suites Available.

All suites have balconies, Underground parking avail.

Refs. req. Small Pet OK. CALL 604-715-7764

EXCAVATING

SUITES FOR RENT BEAUTIFUL GARDEN LEVEL 1 br suite in Kits home, furn or unfurn. Inc storage, suits 1. N/s, n/p. $1700 incl utils. 604-734-2505

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HOUSES FOR RENT Brand New Home Basement Suite, 2 BR, 1 Bath, Laundry included, close to all amen. Infront of Sun God Rec Centre 11222 78A Avenue, Delta Avail Now 778-552-0502

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Drainage, Video Inspection, Landscaping, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating, Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

604-341-4446

• House Demolition & • House Stripping.

• Excavation & Drainage.

• Demo Trailer & • End Dump Services.

Disposal King Ltd.

MASONRY AND REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Fireplaces •Pavers •Asphalt •All Concrete Work •20+ yrs exp

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WILDWOOD LANDSCAPE Spring Clean-Up

MASONRY

FLOORING

604.782.4322

ELECTRICAL

LAWN & GARDEN

West Coast Cedar Installations New, Repaired, Rebuilt since 1991. Fences & Decks.

604-788-6458 cedarinstall@hotmail.com

CONCRETE

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

604-630-3300

FENCING

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PRP PLUMBING

CONCRETE FORMING framing, siding crew available 604.218.3064 D & M Renovations.

Flooring, tiling, finishing.

Fully Insured. Top quality, quick work, 604-724-3832 !BATHROOM SPECIALIST! Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paint, framing, From start to finish. Over 20 years exp.

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ROOFING

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Study finds road fatalities go way up on 4/20 Brendan McAleer

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Why 4/20 has become such an inside joke with marijuana consumers is something of a mystery.

The date supposedly traces its roots to a group of California high school students in the 1970s, who would meet up in the afternoon to go hunt for pot plants in the surrounding area.

Whatever the case, it’s become an international day of celebration for cannabis. Don’t even walk past Vancouver’s Sunset Beach on April 20 unless you want to accidentally get caught up in a cloud of skunk-smelling smoke and arrive home with a vague craving for Doritos, a new appreciation for Seth Rogen films, and, like, have you ever really looked at your hands, man?

However, as much as marijuana advocates would point out the medicinal possibilities for cannabinoids to be used in place of opioids, and the tax revenue implications for a recreational drug that thousands use regardless of legality, pot does have a problem where driving is concerned.

Driving while intoxicated by alcohol is relatively well understood, with guidelines already broadcast to the public in regards to acceptable

blood-alcohol levels, how the police will screen for them, and how little you should imbibe to be on the safe side. Marijuana use is less well understood, especially as it varies in potency and in effect from person to person.

Now, a new 25-year study shows a significant increase in road fatalities after April 20 celebrations.

According to the study, recently released in the Journal of the American Medical Association, traffic deaths increased by 12 per cent after 4:20 p.m. on April 20, as opposed to the weeks before or after.

Further, road fatalities among those under 21 increased by 38 per cent.

That’s roughly the same as the spike after the Super Bowl, when foolhardy fans sometimes drive home before letting the festivities wear off. As we slowly move towards legalized marijuana, the evidence seems to show that driving under the influence is dangerous, whether it’s Bud Light, or just bud.

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