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Councillors Louie, Affleck engage in Twitter war Raymond Louie takes umbrage with George Affleck calling Horgan’s government ‘socialists’ Mike Howell

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Me most days: I hate Twitter, I love Twitter.

On Feb.20, I loved Twitter.

Not because it provided me with a great story lead or insight into an issue that I often write about such as housing, homelessness or drug addiction.

No, my interest here was purely for my appreciation of comedy, if you can call it that. Or maybe I was just looking for something to write about on the lighter side of civic life.

Must be the sunshine.

First, some background: Some of you may recall a video that a few of us media types shot back in December that captured Vision Vancouver Coun.

Raymond Louie sparring with NPA Coun. George Affleck over tax hikes.

Verbally sparring that is.

I still chuckle when I watch it because Louie

and Affleck kind of remind me of that old Looney Tunes cartoon I used to watch as a kid about Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf.

This is the cartoon where Sam and Ralph would cordially greet each other in the morning, punch a clock and then go to work. Sam’s job was to protect the sheep while Ralph tried to make them his lunch.

The two would go at each other all day, sometimes using (and diffusing) dynamite, until the shift was over. Then they’d punch the clock, bid each other a pleasant good night and repeat again the next day.

I’ve seen Louie and Affleck do kind of the same, greeting each other as recently as two weeks ago in the council chamber lobby, before going to battle in the chamber.

Sans dynamite, of course.

NPA Coun. George Affleck and Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie were back at it again at Tuesday’s council meeting, torquing up their political battle. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

On Feb. 20, the two went at it again in council, with Louie telling Affleck he shouldn’t be calling Premier John Horgan’s government “socialists” or questioning whether they were “communists.”

Those comments were related to debate around a motion to support small businesses, which by the

way occurred on the same day council promotedPink Shirt Day, when some of the councillors wore pink shirts to symbolize a stand against bullying; neither Louie nor Affleck wore pink.

I tweeted out Louie’s concerns about Affleck’s description of Horgan’s government, and here’s the Twitter thread that

followed: Louie: Name calling on Pink Shirt Day…guess politicking trumps all.

Affleck: Since when did identifying politicians where they sit on a political spectrum become name calling?

Louie: Here is what RationalWiki says: Redbaiting is a dusty old notorious bullshitting tactic, used almost exclusively by the right-wing. It consists of making a false and/or groundless accusation that some person is a communist or fellow traveller.

Vision Vancouver Coun.

Andrea Reimer chimed in: It’s not a new tactic for [Affleck]. He called Adriane Carr a Marxist a while back in council.

It’s kind of funny coming from a guy whose main claim to legislated fame is championing government sponsored “love locks.”

Me: OK need to know, who is Sam Sheepdog,

who is Ralph Wolf?

Affleck: Your age is showing Mike. Can we put in Marvel context?

Me: Go for it.

Affleck: I’ll get my kids on it ASAP. Reimer: Sorry, before my time. Raymond or George may be hip to that scene.

Louie: In the marvel universe, the Banshee is a good fit.

The Banshee? A good fit for whom?

I looked up this Banshee character on Wikipedia.

Here’s the description: “An Irish mutant, Banshee possesses a ‘sonic scream’ capable of harming enemies’ auditory systems and causing physical vibrations. He is named after the banshee, a legendary ghost from Irish mythology said to possess a powerful cry.”

Only eight months to go before the municipal election. Good night Raymond, good night George. @Howellings

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Mayor wants False Creek open to swimming this summer Mike Howell

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Will people be able to swim in False Creek this summer?

That was a question from Mayor Gregor Robertson and some city councillors Feb. 21 in discussing the city’s continued efforts to improve water quality in False Creek and penalize boaters guilty of flushing waste into the popular waterway.

The answer from Nick Page, a park board biologist, was not encouraging.

He said the board and the city continue to work on developing a “hydraulic model” of the creek to better understand how water flows in and out of it, and how pollution moves within and out of the basin.

“I don’t think we can promise that we will have information from that hydraulic model to inform a decision around the swimming season,” Page told the mayor.

But the option of setting up a floating pool somewhere in the creek this summer, as was envisioned in a report council passed last June, has not

been ruled out by city manager Sadhu Johnston.

“I don’t think, at this point, we’re ready to say we’re not meeting that aspirational target,” Johnston said. “It’s still something we’re looking into.”

Last summer, the city used divers to conduct underwater visual inspections of all the major marinas in False Creek. The study found that much of the seabed under the marinas is polluted with sewage from boats.

More recently, a Vancouver Coastal Health water quality report conducted in December showed the eastern part of False Creek near Science World, where there is limited tidal exchange, had an extremely high bacterial count.

The central and western parts of the creek had readings of 10 to 12 times lower, which is where Robertson suggested people might be able to swim this summer, if the health authority deems the area swimmable.

“The western parts of False Creek are swimmable some of the time,” he said, referring to areas off Granville Island, Yale-

False Creek has long been a polluted waterway, partly because of sewage dumped by boaters. A city study conducted last year found that much of the seabed under major marinas in the creek is polluted with sewage from boats. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

town and further west in False Creek.

Margot Davis, the city’s manager of environmental services, acknowledged “there are some areas [of False Creek] based on the data that could support swimmability closer to the ocean.” But Davis said there is more work to do before returning to council with details on whether those areas will be consid-

ered safe for swimming.

“We can work with the health authorities and see if there’s some kind of strategy around a particular area, and then also work to update you on where the floating pool initiative is at this time,” Davis said in response to the mayor.

The health authority’s water testing in December found that parts of Eng-

lish Bay, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Richmond all recorded lower counts than the three areas of False Creek. The creek has long been lined with marinas and served as a popular spot for people to moor boats while vacationing, and others to stay put and live aboard.

To help improve water quality in the creek, last week city council unanimously approved continuing a $75,000-a-year program that provides a mobile pump-out service to recreational and live-aboard boaters in False Creek.

The free service to boaters last year ran from Aug. 11 to Oct. 14. It was available six hours per day, four days a week and serviced 169 boats. An estimated 20,000 litres of waste was pumped out of the boats.

“While it is difficult to predict the fate of this sewage in the absence of the service, user feedback suggests that the pumpout boat service may have prevented the discharge into local marine waters of between one-third and onehalf of this volume,” said a

city staff report that went before council.

Other measures approved included strengthening bylaws to have all marinas — old and new — provide pump-out facilities by Jan. 1, 2019. Council also passed new ticketing provisions under the city’s health bylaw.

“Obviously, this is going to take a while [to clean up],” said Robertson, referring to the creek’s long history as an industrial area and dumping spot for sewage. “That body of water has been trashed for generations, and it’s only fairly recently that we’re collectively turning our attention to cleaning it up and making it safe and health for everyone who uses it.”

Council recently passed the Northeast False Creek plan, which envisions about 12,000 people moving into new homes over the next 20 years on 58 hectares of land that runs between the former Plaza of Nations site and into Chinatown.

Part of the plan calls for a swimmable beach along the False Creek shoreline. @Howellings

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City one step closer to jumping into branded merchandise business Naoibh O’Connor

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Council approved a motion by Vision Coun.

Andrea Reimer Feb. 20 that will see staff look into the viability of launching a cost-neutral retail operation to sell Vancouverbranded products.

The operation could be run by a third party as is the case with TransLink’s online retail store, which opened for business last November.

Reimer, who had been thinking about the idea for a few years, has already spoken with TransLink staff about the process they went through, and she said the city will benefit from the transit authority’s experience with its store.

“They can share their RFP because it’s publicly available. They also have a good business case to understand how to protect the city from any financial exposure on it,” she said.

“Having a local organization like TransLink to be able to draw expertise off of was really the change-maker for me in terms of it seeming

doable in the short term.”

The store could sell products such as the Vancouverbranded gifts handed out to visiting dignitaries, including umbrellas with a map of the city on the inside or specially-designed coasters with Vancouver scenes on them. A store could also be used to help local artists and designers sell their wares.

“If we could get licensing agreements with local artists, why wouldn’t we want to help them get their art out there, and their creativity and expression [out there],” Reimer said.

She added that a lot of “world-class cities with high brand value” like Vancouver are already running retail operations.

“They engage their local design community so it’s not just the City of Vancouver staff’s ideas about what might be interesting on an umbrella or a mug or a shirt or whatever,” she said. “But that you’re actually getting crowd-sourced input from the design community.”

NPA Coun. George Affleck proposed an amendment to the motion to add the words “Made in

City staff are looking into the viability of a cost-neutral retail operation to sell Vancouver-branded products after council unanimously voted in favour of a motion pitched by Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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“I think it’s important we focus on Canadian-made products to help our overall economy in Canada but also to help that third party understand the parameters

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The amendment was adopted unanimously but, before it was voted on, Vision Coun. Kerry Jang noted that a popular retail item is Lego city halls and Lego is only made in Denmark, which could preclude that from being sold. He suggested there might be a need to add

wording such as “conceived or designed in Canada” if a policy for a retail operation is ultimately approved.

Coun. Raymond Louie said a final policy might need to include an exception clause to move outside the policy for a very specific reason such as a Lego city hall and that the definitions of “Made in Canada” or “product of Canada,” would have to be clarified with respect to issues such as what percentage would have to be made in Canada.

(Reimer later told the Courier council already has a policy for ethical and sustainable purchasing, which would require Made in Canada to be a consideration.)

NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova supported Affleck’s amendment and also said the Vancouver Park Board should be consulted. If a retail operation makes a profit, she added, it should be pumped back into something sustainable for the city. She said a portion of the revenue from restaurants that lease space in parks is used for things such as beautifying parks.

Last week, TransLink spokesperson Jill Drews told the Courier that sales in its online store have

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Profits will be added to transit revenue when reported in the annual statutory report released to coincide with TransLink’s March board meeting, but it won’t be a separate item. Reimer told the Courier that TransLink is a provincial Crown agency so its process and disclosure is different than what’s required for a municipal government.

“For our part, we would definitely have to report any financial information related to the city as a direct item, either the specific revenue or any expenses,” she said in an email.

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City weighs options regarding heritage home 3737 Angus Dr., damaged in suspicious fire, now sits exposed to the elements Naoibh O’Connor

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The City of Vancouver is looking into its options after the owner of fire-damaged home in the First Shaughnessy Heritage Conservation Area failed to meet a deadline to install a protective covering to shield the home from the elements.

Located at 3737 Angus Dr., the home was damaged in a suspicious fire last October. The city examined the home on Oct. 27, 2017 and noted the roof structure was extensively damaged, but the lower level openings were all boarded and perimeter fencing and 24-hour security was in place.

Since the house is in the Heritage Conservation Area, and is a protected heritage property, it’s subject to the Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance bylaw.

The city told the Courier a structural engineer representing the property owner determined the building could be salvaged following a site visit in late October — an assessment that was supported by a city district building inspector.

On Nov. 1, the city ordered the owner to install the protective covering over the building to minimize weather and water damage.

Since then, the owner asked for extensions, informing the city that the extent and nature of the damage requires selective demolition of the damaged sections, which will require more time to complete to address WorkSafeBC requirements due to structural and material hazards. The city granted those requests and gave a Feb. 16 deadline to comply with the Nov. 1 order.

The city inspected the home after Feb. 16 and found that the owner had not complied with the order.

But the Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance bylaw doesn’t contain a provision for the city to do the work at the owner’s expense.

Any change to that bylaw would require amendments to the Vancouver Charter. This would need to be approved by the province, according to the city.

“The city is currently reviewing its options which include referring

this matter for prosecution for failure to comply with an order under the Heritage Property Standards of Maintenance Bylaw,” city spokesman Jag Sandhu told the Courier in an email.

The city could also apply for an injunction asking the court to force the owner to do the work.

Meanwhile, under the bylaw, any alteration of a protected heritage property requires a heritage alteration permit (HAP) from the director of planning. Bylaw procedures state the director of planning can refuse to issue a heritage alteration permit if it detracts from the heritage value or heritage character of a protected heritage property.

“So, on this basis, the [director of planning] could refuse a HAP application to significantly alter/demolish/replace the protected heritage building because it would negatively impact the building’s heritage value/ character, but would support a HAP to rebuild/ reconstruct damaged components,” Sandhu wrote. @naoibh

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Controversial climate change activists stick it to trucks and SUVS Members of CO2alitionBC group tag vehicles and street signs with stickers and post photos to social media John Kurucz

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An anonymous group of climate change activists is none too pleased with truck and SUV owners and they’re making a very visual and public point of voicing that disdain.

Known as CO2alitionBC, the group goes around Metro Vancouver tagging large private vehicles with bumper stickers that read “My car doesn’t care about your climate.” Photos of those vehicles, including the licence plate, are then posted to social media channels with hashtags that read #climatechange #climateart #guerillaart #climatejustice #ClimateAction #mycaryourclimate.

Coalition members also target “No stopping” street signs, adding stickers that read “imagining a world without dying ecosystems,” “questioning your complacency” or “imagining a world without species extinction.”

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gest group members are actively tagging vehicles and signs across Metro Vancouver.

The coalition’s online presence dates back to November 2017, and the Courier has requested several interviews with a group spokesperson since that time. None have gone on the record; group members don’t want their names published. A coalition spokesperson instead responded to questions via email, suggesting members are apprehensive to be identified due to safety and career concerns.

“The project is intended to be provocative, but I think we underestimated how provocative it would be. One of our members had a pretty negative interaction with an angry SUV owner. Others are worried about implication to jobs and reputation,” the spokesperson said.

Subsequent questions around the group’s mandate and members were not returned before

Courier deadlines.

The spokesperson said the group operates in a “legal grey area;” however, that’s not the case in Vancouver. Tagging signs, for example, violates two city bylaws around graffiti and traffic control. The graffiti bylaw carries a maximum fine of $500.

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Sandhu said about 2,800 pieces of graffiti are removed around Vancouver each month, of which 415 are stickers.

“The city is committed to removing graffiti quickly from public property and offer free paint to businesses and residents who are victims of graffiti vandalism,” he said in an email.

Sandhu added that no complaints specific to CO2alitionBC have been fielded by the city’s 3-1-1 information line. Ditto for the Vancouver Police Department.

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Opinion

Robin Hood budget designed to take from rich and give to poor Michael Geller

geller@sfu.ca

“To ensure information security… smartphones… will not be permitted in the briefing area and must be checked in at the media registration desk.”

It was with this understanding that I arrived at the Canada Place provincial cabinet offices for last week’s media lock-up budget briefing.

As instructed, I handed over my smartphone, but half way through reading Homes for B.C.: A 30-Point Plan for Housing Affordability in British Columbia, I wished I could have it back. There was so much to tweet about.

Earlier that morning, I had written a Courier column reviewing the NDP and Green Party election promises, government announcements and throne speech related to housing affordability.

Following the briefing, and Finance Minister Carole James’ presentation, I wrote a follow up Courier column headlined “B.C. Budget: A good start to tackling housing affordability crisis.”

My concluding paragraph summarized my sentiments.

“Given the severity of the problem, it is going to take a long time before we will see any significant improvement in the level of housing affordability in the Lower Mainland. However, this budget is a good start, especially for those in greatest need.”

My reasons were as follows:

The NDP’s first provincial budget appears designed to take from the rich and give to the poor. Columnist Michael Geller hopes the plan doesn’t turn out to be fictional with little impact on B.C.’s housing affordability.

Between $6 and $7 billion would fund delivery of 114,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years through partnerships.

A $378 million investment over three years would support 14,000 rental housing units for middle income seniors and families.

An additional 2,500 new homes with 24/7 care would be built for the homeless or those at risk of homelessness.

Rental assistance payments for low-income families would increase

$800 a year and ShelterAid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) payments would increase to $930.

These seemed like good initiatives.

However, as I added up the budget promises to address housing affordability and other social program costs, a question crept into my mind. How was the government going to pay for all of this?

According to the Budget and Fiscal Plan, it would crack down on tax cheaters

and speculators who kept homes vacant. It would increase the foreign buyers tax from 15 per cent to 20 per cent and expand its geographic application. It would also take actions to end hidden ownership and move to stop tax evasion in pre-sale condo assignments.

There would also be a two per cent increase in the Property Transfer Tax for that portion of a new home price above $3 million and increases in the school tax rate on the value of homes over $3 million.

Again, these all seemed like good initiatives.

While I was concerned the budget did not include any real measures to improve municipal approval procedures and the delivery of new housing, I now have new concerns.

The additional Property Transfer Tax will apply not only to $3-million homes, but to most development sites, adding to the cost of all housing.

It appears the Speculation Tax will mimick Vancouver’s unfair Empty Home Tax and

have similar negative consequences by imposing punishing taxes on those who invest in parts of the province by keeping second homes. Imagine if all the second homes in Whistler or Saltspring Island are taxed as “speculative vacant properties.”

The impact of the school tax increase is much greater than first appreciated.

West Side seniors owning properties worth more than $3 million will see their tax bill rise. Already some are complaining.

As a result, there is a growing “empathy gap” between those who cannot afford to rent or buy anything and those complaining about tax increases on their multi-million-dollar homes.

Some analysts now worry that if the culminative effect of the new taxes has the desired effect, the province will not receive the revenues needed to fund the affordable housing.

I worry how the province will fund a likely dramatic increase in deferred property and school taxes.

As children we delighted in the story of Robin Hood, who supposedly took from the rich to give to the poor. Years later, we discovered many parts of that story were fictional.

Budget 2018 also appears designed to take from the rich and give to the poor.

Let’s hope it too doesn’t turn out to be fictional with little impact on B.C.’s housing affordability. @michaelgeller

2018: a year of upheaval in municipal politics?

Mike Klassen

mike@mikeklassen.net

It is time to go out on a limb and make a prediction about the forthcoming municipal elections happening this October: 2018 will be a year of upheaval on city councils in Metro Vancouver.

New campaign finance rules, extended terms in office and a simmering frustration of voters will drive many candidates out of politics, and will result in many new faces in council chambers across B.C. Of all the recent legislative changes in B.C. municipal politics, the decision in 2013 to extend terms of municipal governments from three to four years appears to be having the most immediate impact.

Mayors and councillors across Metro Vancouver are increasingly leaving

their names off the ballot, in part because of the extended time commitment.

Maple Ridge’s Nicole Read, Port Coquitlam’s Greg Moore (also Metro Vancouver Regional District chair), Delta’s Lois Jackson, and Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson are just some of the mayors who have announced they will not seek re-election in October.

As many as half of Metro Vancouver’s 21 mayors might not run again, and many councillors will also indicate their willingness to run for another four-year term. As I have written about previously, many local politicians exceed their “best before date” after 10 years in office.

The dearth of high-profile names coming forward (so far) to seek the job of Vancouver’s mayor postRobertson also speaks to the diminishing appeal of

municipal office. While the remuneration has become marginally better, the time commitment continues to be grueling both personally and on family members.

A number of local politicians have privately dealt with significant health challenges during their time in office, reflecting the toll public life can often take.

It is also rarely discussed, but it is often difficult for individuals to re-boot a career in the private sector after several years in politics.

If you are okay with the long hours, the middling pay and the disruption to your working life, then municipal politics has more in store for you.

Consider today’s current climate of hostility to politicians around the changes we have seen in our region — specifically,

the precipitous decline in housing affordability.

While no one precisely knows why we have seen house prices far exceed the reach of average income earners in the region, there is a widely held sentiment that the inflation is as a result of criminal activity. Investigative reporting uncovering money-laundering activity with alleged links to real estate transactions supports a toxic narrative, and few politicians are left unscathed by it.

While it is too soon to say that voters want to “throw the bums out” in the next election, there are signs we may be headed there. The number of Vancouver councillors who are not seeking re-election, for example, tells us that some of them doubt their re-election chances.

Then there is the new legislation recently enacted by the B.C. government

on municipal campaign finance. It will undoubtedly have a profound effect on whom we elect.

In a previous column, I argued that the new campaign finance legislation left gaping loopholes that will permit so-called “dark money” to creep into our electoral process.

There are groups on all sides of the political spectrum gearing up to influence election outcomes in the fall. You will likely hear nothing about any of them, nor will you see how much money they spent.

Public sector unions are purportedly attempting to coordinate candidates on the left to join a common slate under one mayoralty candidate. A cynic would justifiably ask whether this is meant to serve the interest of the general public, or only the unions and their membership.

Developers, who have spent millions in recent years supporting candidates, will no longer be able to donate large sums directly to individual candidates or elector organizations. Where will that money go now, and who will be their preferred candidates?

As I noted in another earlier column, the political pendulum often swings according to what party holds office in Victoria. Now that the B.C. NDP is running the province, will voters respond by electing municipal candidates from the centre-right?

Sweeping changes in local government are a rare occurrence. But conditions exist now that could see a tidal wave of change coming to council chambers eight months from now. @MikeKlassen

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Re: “Why chief planner is OK with you losing view of North Shore,” Feb. 22.

How are we going to know which direction north is to get our bearings without the view of our beautiful mountains?

How will we be able to predict what the weather will be like?

Most of this natural view from 10th and Cambie Street will be taken if the proposed towers are allowed to proceed and our city will be further destroyed forever. Let’s tell Gil Kelly, chief planner, we are not concerned about “straight lined skylines” as much as we are about ones with stolen mountain views.

This plan would be sacrilegious.

What is happening to our fair city: bulging bike lanes, VIA docks torn down, family homes becoming little “ticky tacky” condo boxes, inner-city parking curtailed, paid parking at Spanish Banks.

Most of us resident taxpayers like our city the way it was and do not want to be forced into such decisions made by people who are concerned about the “shape of buildings” rather than the feelings of the people who have to live here and wish to maintain this exceptional slice of beautiful B.C Ruth Enns, Vancouver

Re: “Seismic upgrade of Lord Strathcona elementary a Canadian first,” Feb. 16, 2018 I am writing re your recent story about the new isolation method which is going to save Lord Strathcone School from the wrecking ball. I am am sure others were also happy to read this story as Lord Strathcona is such an important part of Vancouver history. I just wish that this solution had been found to save some of our other schools a sad long list that have been lost to the wrecking ball. Students gain a lot from attending school in heritage buildings as they have an opportunity to connect with history of the community....they are already too exposed to a throw away society.

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Going in circles Re: “Rules of the road rile readers,” Letters, Feb 22.

The writer suggests that at a traffic circle, a person approaching from the right never has the right of way. In the interest of safety, it is important to challenge this opinion.

As the writer mentions, the City of Vancouver website states: “If you enter a traffic circle at the same time as another driver, the vehicle to the right has right-of-way”.

I believe that ICBC is providing confusing information. The BC Motor Vehicle Act does not define either roundabouts or traffic circles, so in the absence of any signage to the contrary, the general intersection rules apply — namely that a vehicle already in the intersection has the rightof-way but when two vehicles approach at approximately the same time, then the vehicle on the right has the right-of-way.

In any case, I recommend that everyone slow down when approaching a traffic circle since I have had lots of close calls with drivers who did not know the rules.

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Weeding through VSB’s rules regarding pot and legalization Tracy Sherlock

tracy.sherlock@gmail.com

As Canada is poised to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, readers might wonder how schools will handle the change. Will kids be legally toking up on school grounds? Will skunky smells be wafting down the halls? Definitely not.

First off, it’s important to note that when the recreational use of marijuana is legalized, probably later this year, it will still be illegal for minors to use or possess pot. In that regard, things won’t change in schools.

Secondly, even with a medical marijuana prescription, kids won’t be allowed to smoke on school grounds. Smoking is prohibited on school grounds and it will continue to be prohibited, the Vancouver School Board’s associate superintended Jody Langlois said in a statement.

Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada since the beginning of this century.

“If medical marijuana was prescribed in a way that necessitated it being administered during the school day,

as with all prescribed medications, VSB’s student support services would develop, with families and medical professionals, individualized education plans to determine the best course of action to meet the student’s needs,” Langlois said.

When medically needed during school, support staff or administrators sometimes do give students prescription medications, the VSB’s policy on administering medicines says. Usually, those staff will have been given specific training about the medications and how to administer them. So, it is theoretically possible that school staff could be responsible for administering medical marijuana if it is prescribed and required during school hours.

Last month, the provincial government announced some rules about how it will handle the upcoming legalization of recreational pot use. In general, recreational pot-smoking will be allowed in public spaces where tobacco smoking and vaping are permitted, with the exception of areas frequented by children such

Tracy Sherlock looks at how Canada’s impending legalization of marijuana will affect schools. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

as beaches, parks and playgrounds, where it won’t be allowed. Pot smoking will not be allowed in cars, for passengers or drivers.

If students are caught using marijuana for recreational purposes at a school event after it is legalized in Canada, the same rules as now will apply because recreational marijuana will still be illegal for minors.

The VSB code of conduct says students are responsible for “not attending school or school functions

while in possession of or while under the influence of any intoxicating, banned or controlled substances; (and)…not smoking any substance, nor use vaporizers or e-cigarettes on school and other district property.”

If those rules are broken, the school deals with it according to policies and procedures that are in place, Langlois said.

Vancouver schools try to do proactive drug and alcohol prevention through their SACY (School Age Children

and Youth) program, which aims to “enhance the prevention and brief intervention infrastructure in VSB schools and surrounding community to prevent substance use, delay substance use and reduce substance use related problems.”

The program is a partnership between the VSB and Vancouver Coastal Health, working with the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Police Department, the University of British Columbia and the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C.

Questionable savings

In other VSB news, the district has posted an update to its financial situation for this school year. It shows $1.1 million in savings in the teacher-on-call budget and $6.1 million in savings from hiring less experienced (and therefore less expensive) teachers. Parents and teachers have been complaining all year that when a teacher is sick, they are not being replaced. What happens instead is that a non-enrolling teacher, such as a librarian or a resource teacher, is pulled in to cover

the class instead. But that means the children don’t get their library time, or special needs students don’t get the resource help they need.

The $1.1-million budget savings is the direct result of not replacing teachers when they are away sick.

The VSB’s documents say it’s due to the shortage of teachers on call, but others might question whether the district prefers to have fewer teachers on call so that it saves money.

District administration is up by $2 million, due to staff turnover, the temporary superintendent, increased legal costs and new software. But the cost of benefits fell by $1.1 million, due to the decrease in Medical Services Plan premiums.

The public will find out what’s in store for the 2018-19 school year on April 17, when the district releases its budget. It’s always an interesting process at VSB and this year promises to be no different.

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

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Rape crisis centre calls 18-month waitlist ‘unacceptable’ Organization wants government funding structure restored Jessica Kerr

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Eighteen months can be a long time to wait for help.

That’s how long women seeking help after a sexual assault currently have to wait for counselling through WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre. The organization is calling on the province to increase funding for services for sexual assault survivors.

“The waitlist exists because we don’t have the funding to be able to see the survivors right away,” says Sambriddhi Nepal, manager of fund development.

“The lack of services and the waitlist is not our responsibility; the government at one time took responsibility for that and then shirked their responsibility so it’s really not on us. It’s really on the government to change their funding structure.”

The list is currently at 18 months but last year it was as high as two years.

A fundraising push last fall brought it down to the current level.

WAVAW (Women Against Violence Against Women) has been in operation since 1982 but the waitlist for counselling is a newer phenomenon. Until about a dozen years ago, the centre had enough funding for all its services and the organization could cover all its basic costs — such as rent, heat and electricity. That funding was cut,

Nepal says, adding that the decrease in funds jeopardized the organization.

Since then WAVAW has had to fundraise to keep its doors open.

The organization receives about $360,000 annually through the province’s community safety and crime prevention branch, which funds two counsellor positions and three victim services staff.

The centre has also received a total of $235,000 in civil forfeiture funding since 2011 for various projects. Getting that funding, however, is not guaranteed, and it must be applied for on an annual basis.

The organization has an annual budget of nearly $1.8 million.

“It’s really important to stress that the amount of money we’ve been given hasn’t changed substantially to reflect the increase in service pressures,” she says.

“More people than ever are seeking our services, and it’s evidenced by our 18-month waitlist for counselling services, and the fact that our victim services staff have about 100 files each that they’re working on.”

WAVAW works to not only offer support for survivors of sexualized violence but to advocate for changes in society.

“We support survivors and we shift society,” Nepal says.

To shift society, the organization has an educational

Sambriddhi Nepal, manager of fund development at WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre, says the centre’s waitlist has grown since funding cuts more than a decade ago. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

outreach program. It works with teachers, students and service providers to “shift cultures,” Nepal says.

“We’re trying to bring to the forefront that we live in rape culture and then ask people to be active participants in changing that.”

To support survivors, WAVAW offers a variety of different services. The most prominent, Nepal says, is the 24-hour crisis and information line where sexual assault victims can get immediate support and information. The organization helps women access the medical and legal systems, and offers both one-on-one and group counselling.

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sions that have a lengthy wait list. Nepal describes the difference between group and one-on-one counselling using the analogy of a backpack.

“The backpack represents that trauma that you’ve experienced or the healing that you need to do,” she says. “At the victim services program, they support you to patch up any tears that are in your backpack for you to really be able to carry that backpack around.

The counselling program really helps you to take the backpack off, open the backpack, look at what’s inside and rearrange the things that are in there for you to be able to carry it

lightly, more efficiently, to the best of your ability.”

The thing about taking off the backpack, she adds, is that it takes time and hiring counsellors adds to WAVAW’s budget.

“In our opinion that’s not an option for us to be able to just suddenly bring volunteers or ask that trained, professional counsellors volunteer their time to provide services that they really should be being paid for,” Nepal says, adding the organization would need to hire five or six counsellors to completely eliminate the wait list.

The list is always in flux, she says. It might go down by five or six clients in one go and then another 10 new clients will come in that same month.

And there is a lot more attention on sexualized violence these days.

Nepal says things such as the Jian Gomeshi and Harvey Weinstein cases, and social media campaigns such as #metoo, #beenrapedneverreported and #yesallwomen have helped increase WAVAW’s visibility meaning more people are calling to ask for help.

As service providers, WAVAW is left wondering, “Ok, what’s next? Is the provincial government going to respond to this wave of survivors coming forward?”

For its part, in November the Ministry of Public

Safety provided $5 million in one-time funding to “enhance front-line services and address waitlists.”

The amount allocated to each service provider that has a contract with the ministry, including WAVAW, was 12.8 per cent of the current contract (which in WAVAW’s case is $360,000) or $5,000, whichever was greater.

“In addition, the ministry is currently exploring options for strategic investments that will build on work underway to strengthen the services and supports currently provided and address service demands,” the ministry said in an email to the Courier.

The provincial budget announced last week included $18 million for services that provide outreach and counselling support for women and children affected by violence.

The organization says this does not address WAVAW’s concerns. It has started an online petition, calling on the provincial government to provide core funding to anti-violence organizations.

The petition is available at www.wavaw.ca/ government-of-bc-supportsurvivors. It’s open until March 7. The organization will send a letter and the petition to Premier John Horgan on March 8 — International Women’s Day. @JessicaEKerr

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 8

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Heritage Vancouver

Naoibh O’Connor

noconnor@vancourier.com

One is already gone.

Another is about to go.

Modernist fire halls, that is.

The city is slowly replacing some of the city’s fire halls because they’re old, in disrepair, in danger of falling in an earthquake, and/or they no longer meet the operational needs of the fire department.

Fire halls categorized as modernist were built between the early 1950s and mid-1970s and feature a streamlined design.

Heritage Vancouver’s Patrick Gunn said through minimizing their design, the architects celebrated the buildings’ utilitarianism. In the fire halls’ case, unique features include huge open bays and massive hose-drying towers.

“The architects from the ’50s on, they looked at this use and, instead of hiding it, they really celebrated it and that’s where you come up with the amazing, strong, visual forms,” Gunn said.

Architectural legacy No. 5 fire hall at 3090

Fire hall No. 17 will be knocked down in the near future to make way for a new energy-efficient fire hall built to Passive House standards. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

East 54th Ave. — one of the earliest of the modernist fire halls — was demolished in 2016. Dating back to 1952, it was designed by Townley and Matheson, the architects of city hall. It’s being replaced with a new building topped with affordable housing. The expected completion date is the end of 2018.

Gunn said while the building needed upgrading there were ways to achieve that without demolishing it.

“It’s a community loss.

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worried about fate of modernist fire halls An energy-efficient building constructed to Passive House standards will take its place. The new building will also be used as a post-disaster hub in the event of an information technology network breakdown during an emergency such as an earthquake.

The old fire hall will be knocked down in coming months, as soon as a temporary fire hall is built at the rear of the site for the department’s use until the new building is ready.

Watch list

Heritage Vancouver raised the alarm that some fire halls could be lost in 2014 when modernist fire halls landed in the sixth position on its annual endangered sites watch list.

The organization argued the buildings represented “an important part of the movement towards modernist civic architecture in Vancouver during the post-war period” and that they should be preserved.

Aside from highlighting fire hall No. 5, and naming No. 17 on the 2014 watch list, Heritage Vancouver also cited concerns about the future of five other modernist fire halls: • No. 2 at 199 Main St. at Powell. Built in 1950, renovated in 1974.

• No. 7 at 1090 Haro St. Built in 1974.

• No. 8 at 895 Hamiliton St. It’s the reverse design of fire hall No. 7. Built in 1973.

• No. 9 at 1805 Victoria Dr. Built in 1959 with a concrete and masonry façade.

• No. 20 at 5402 Victoria Dr. Built in 1962. Heritage Vancouver describes it as an “interesting single-storey structure with a window curtain.”

Fire halls that fall under the “brutalist” subset of modernist buildings include fire halls No. 7 and No. 8.

Gunn describes “brutalist” architecture as using a lot of raw concrete and being even more massive than mid-century ones.

“We’re not saying they should keep the fire halls as they are. Obviously, they have to be repurposed for

contemporary use. They need to be made safe, they need to meet current code requirements, but that character of that modernist structure should still be preserved,” he said.

The organization outlined four recommendations on its 2014 watch list. It wants the city to: 1) update the Vancouver Heritage Register under the Recent Landmarks Program to include the remaining modernist fire halls 2) to investigate and incorporate current best practices in terms of heritage retention and adaptive reuse in updating the fire halls to meet present requirements 3) to consider involving heritage structures in the hybridization of city facilities with community programs and affordable housing 4) if a fire hall can’t be upgraded, the city should consider adapting it for another use and building a new fire hall at another site.

Gunn points to the Edwardian fire hall on East 22nd Avenue at Nootka Street (fire hall No. 15) as a significant Vancouver building that was readapted for modern use.

“Heritage Vancouver pushed the issue for years.

Now it’s completely celebrated. They built a modern fire structure all around it and it’s part of the whole concept,” he said. “It’s completely restored and it’s interesting how the conversation has shifted. Now, everyone champions and celebrates this preservation.”

Gunn maintains that while it’s easier to demolish a building and start from scratch, it’s not always better for the long term due to the loss of character and social history.

He stressed it’s critical for the public to offer feedback when important sites come up for public discussion or are discussed at open houses.

According to the City of Vancouver, fire hall No. 1, which was not the 2014 watch list, is the next in line to be replaced as it’s at the end of its life. It is expected to be replaced in the 2019-2023 capital plan. Others in line

to be replaced include fire halls No. 6, 8, 9 and 20, the latter three being on Heritage Vancouver’s watch list. Exact timelines for their replacement depend on funding capacity and other city priorities. The state of the buildings and functional needs of the fire department are among reasons for their replacement.

Second acts

But not all the exist-

ing fire halls need to be replaced, according to the city. Some can be maintained and upgraded.

The city cites the old fire hall at 70th and Hudson, which now houses Marpole Place neighbourhood house, as well as the old fire hall that’s currently home to the Fire Hall Arts Theatre, as buildings no longer appropriate for Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services,

but were significant from a heritage point of view and re-purposed for another use.

When considering the replacement of any city-owned building, the city says due diligence is exercised in the feasibility study portion of the project at which point the existing building is reviewed for its heritage significance, as well as its seismic risk and its general condition guided by

the functional needs.

As to whether fire halls will be added to the heritage register, the city says a consultant report with a list of potential resources to be considered for addition to the register is being reviewed by staff. A report to council will be presented this summer that outlines an approach to consider possible additions to the heritage register.

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 8

PUBLIC NOTICE

Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, as General Partner of Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P. Trans Mountain Expansion Project Notice of Proposed Detailed Route Pursuant to Paragraph 34(1)(b) of the National Energy Board Act IN THE MATTER OF the National Energy Board Act and the Regulations made thereunder.

A copy of any written statement of opposition to this detailed route must be sent to the following addresses:

AND IN THE MATTER OF the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity [OC-064] approving the general route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

National Energy Board Suite 210, 517 Tenth Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2R 0A8 Attention: Sheri Young, Secretary of the Board Phone: 403-292-4800 Toll Free Fax: 1-877-288-8803 Email: TMX.ProcessHelp@ neb-one.gc.ca Website: neb-one.gc.ca

AND IN THE MATTER OF an application by Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, on behalf of Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P., (“Trans Mountain”), respecting the determination and approval of the detailed route for the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, approximately 1179.9 kilometres in length, commencing at Trans Mountain’s Terminal located in Sherwood Park, Alberta to Westridge Marine Terminal located in Burnaby, British Columbia as shown on the adjacent Route Map (Figure 1).

TO:

RICHARD FRANCIS CALCUTTA (“Landowner”) Being the registered owner(s), in so far as they can be ascertained, of the lands required for the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, located at DISTRICT LOT 2966 KAMLOOPS DIVISION YALE DISTRICT EXCEPT: (1) THAT PART SHOWN RED ON PLAN A448 (2) PLAN H8060 Title Number: LA40133 (the “Lands”)

Trans Mountain is seeking to locate the Landowner, or heirs of the Landowner, described above in order to provide them with information and this notice concerning the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

The Individual Ownership Sketch details the route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, specific to the portion of the above Lands included within the permanent easement agreement with Trans Mountain (Figure 2).

If you have a legal right to the Lands described above and wish to oppose the proposed detailed route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, including the method and timing of construction of the pipeline, you may file a written statement of opposition with the National Energy Board (“Board”) within thirty (30) days of the publication of this notice. The written statement of opposition must set out the nature of your interest in the proposed detailed route and the grounds for your opposition to that route.

Figure 1 – Route Map

And to: Trans Mountain 12831 – 163 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5V 1M5 Attention: Elliott Friedrich, Project Land Manager Phone: 1-866-454-4717 Fax: 780-454-6172 Email: tmep@progressland.com

Where a written statement that meets the requirements of the National Energy Board Act (NEB Act) is filed with the Board within thirty (30) days of being served this notice, the Board shall forthwith order, subject to certain exceptions as noted below, that a public hearing be conducted with respect to any grounds of opposition set out in the statement.

The public hearing will be held near to where the lands to which the statement relates are situated.

The Board is not required to give any notice, hold any hearing or take any other action with respect to any written statement of opposition filed with the Board and may at any time disregard any such written statement if the person who filed the statement files a notice of withdrawal, or it appears to the Board that the statement is frivolous, vexatious or is not made in good faith.

If the Board determines it appropriate to hold a public hearing, the Board will fix a suitable time and place for the hearing and will publish a notice of the hearing in at least one issue of a publication in general circulation within the area in which the lands acquired or proposed to be acquired are situated. The Board will also send a notice of the public hearing to each person who has filed a written statement of opposition with the Board.

The Board, or a person authorized by the Board, may make such inspection of the lands acquired or proposed to be acquired for, or affected by, construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, as the deemed necessary by the Board.

At the public hearing, the Board will permit each person who filed a written statement of opposition that met the requirements of the NEB Act, to make representations and may allow any other interested person to make representations before it as the Board deems proper. The Board will take into account all written statements of opposition that have met the requirements of the NEB Act and all representations made at the public hearing in determining the best possible detailed route of the pipeline, and the most appropriate methods and timing of construction for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The Board may impose in any approval such terms and conditions as it considers proper. Where the Board has held a hearing in respect of any section or part of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and has approved or refused to approve the plan, profile and book of reference respecting that section or part, it will forward a copy of its decision and reasons to the Minister and to each person who made representation to the Board at the public hearing.

The Board may fix such amount as it deems reasonable in respect of the actual costs reasonably incurred by any person who makes representations to the Board at such a hearing, and the amount so fixed will be paid forthwith to the person by Trans Mountain. The Board’s Appropriate Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) process is also available to you.

An ADR process could take the form of a meeting between you and Trans Mountain, which may be facilitated by trained Board staff or by another neutral third party. The facilitator would assist you and Trans Mountain to develop a process that may help to resolve outstanding issues.

For more information on the Board’s ADR process or for any other questions, you can contact a National Energy Board Process Advisor at 1-800-899-1265 or TMX.ProcessHelp@neb-one.gc.ca. Information and templates, including a Statement of Opposition form, are also available at www.neb-one.gc.ca/TransMountainExpansion.

Copies of the plan, profile and book of reference for the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is available for inspection by you online at www.transmountain.com, and at the National Energy Board Library, 2nd Floor, 517 Tenth Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2R 0A8, Toll Free Telephone: 1-800-899-1265. You may also call 1-866-454-4717 or email tmep@progressland.com to request a copy of the PPBoR.

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Who’s going to pay for 4/20 at Sunset Beach?

Less than two months out from this year’s rally, it appears the vast majority of the end costs will again be passed on to taxpayers John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

While they still can’t find consensus on a location, it does appear all parties with a stake in the 4/20 smoke-out at Sunset Beach seem to agree on this: organizers will have to foot little, if any, of what could be a six-figure, post-event price tag.

Less than two months out from one of the city’s largest and polarizing public events, the Courier reached out the Vancouver Park Board, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Police Department and rally organizers to assess where the annual April 20 gathering is at in terms of planning, lessons learned and the mechanics involved in the cost-recovery process.

What’s known for certain at this point is that the rally won’t be at the PNE, nor will it move to the southeast corner underneath the Cambie Street Bridge. According to event organizer Dana Larsen, it’s happening

at Sunset Beach, just as it has since 2016.

And he doesn’t see that changing any time soon.

“4/20 is going to continue on for the next 20 years or more; it’s not going anywhere,” Larsen told the Courier in a phone interview. “I think realistically we’re going to be at Sunset Beach for the next few years at least.”

Looked at as part rally and part protest, the inaugural Sunset session ran up a price tag of $150,000 in 2016. Last year that number rose dramatically to $245,000: $170,600 for policing, $34,600 for the park board and $25,000 for engineering were the highest expenditures. About 40,000 people attended.

The park board sent Larsen’s group, known as the Vancouver 4/20 Event Society, a bill for almost $67,000 last year, which covered staffing costs, facility closures and field repairs, among others. Larsen ended up paying about $7,000 to cover damage

PUBLIC NOTICE Figure 2 – Individual Ownership Sketch

Last year’s 4/20 rally at Sunset Beach came with a $245,000 price tag for police and emergency services, and park board and engineering costs. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

done to the grassy areas surrounding the beach.

“I’m hoping the costs are very minimal this year and we don’t have to pay for much at all,” he said.

In an interview Feb. 23, park board chair Stuart MacKinnon characterized Larsen’s payment last year as a “token donation.” He’s not sure what kind of cost-recovery expectations the board can

plan for this year, but he’s firm on his stance that 4/20 events should never happen in city parks.

“The idea that 40,000 people get together to smoke marijuana, I don’t think there is an appropriate place for that ever,” he said. “No matter where you put it within an urban context, you’re going to be impacting people’s homes, people’s businesses, peo-

ple’s right to recreation.”

City spokesperson Jag Sandhu issued the following statement to the Courier in relation to cost-recovery expectations for the city, and by extension, the VPD. “As the marijuana event is unsanctioned and unpermitted, the city’s efforts are solely focused on supporting the Vancouver Police Department and park board to ensure public safety, including traffic management and other planning support. The city has had no indication the 4/20 event is willing to reimburse the city for these efforts,” the statement said.

The 2017 rally saw 18 violation tickets issued to drivers, eight 24-hour driving prohibitions and two charges laid for impaired driving, according to VPD Const. Jason Robillard.

This year’s event will include enforcement around impaired drivers and cannabis sales to minors.

“We are committed to a zero-tolerance approach to selling to minors at this

year’s event,” Robillard said in an email to the Courier. “We are encouraging booth operators to make identifying minors a priority and to post signs in front of each booth that discourages the sale to minors.”

For his part, Larsen says the 4/20 event is unfairly targeted by those in the anti-cannabis lobby and that events where alcohol is served get preferential treatment. Staged since 1995, Larsen argues the rally should be given a Civic Parade Status similar to Pride and Vaisakhi, where cost offsetting measures are granted by the city. Larsen maintains that there’s a large economic boon for the city as well, via tourist dollars spent in hotels, restaurants and retail outlets.

“We’re a part of Vancouver’s culture, we are a part of the city and we should be treated the same as other large events that take place,” Larsen said. @JohnKurucz

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 8

AVIS PUBLIC

Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, à titre de partenaire général de Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P. Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain Avis relatif au tracé détaillé proposé en vertu de l’alinéa 34(1)(b) de la Loi sur l’Office national de l’énergie EN CE QUI CONCERNE la Loi sur l’Office national de l’énergie et les règlements afférents.

Une copie de toute déclaration écrite s’opposant à ce tracé détaillé doit être envoyée aux adresses suivantes :

ET EN CE QUI CONCERNE le Certificat de commodité et de nécessité publiques OC-064 autorisant le tracé général du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain.

Office national de l’énergie 517, Dixième Avenue S.-O., bureau 210 Calgary (Alberta) T2R 0A8 À l’attention de : Sheri Young, secrétaire de l’Office Téléphone : 403-292-4800 Télécopieur sans frais : 1-877-288-8803 Courriel : TMX.ProcessHelp@neb-one.gc.ca Site Web : www.neb-one.gc.ca

ET EN CE QUI CONCERNE une demande faite par Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, au nom de Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P., (« Trans Mountain »), à l’égard de la détermination et de l’approbation du tracé détaillé prévu pour la construction du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain, dont la longueur est d’environ 1 179,9 km, et ce à partir du terminal de Trans Mountain situé à Sherwood Park, en Alberta, jusqu’au terminal maritime Westbridge situé à Burnaby, en Colombie-Britannique, comme le montre la Carte du tracé (figure 1). À:

RICHARD FRANCIS CALCUTTA (« Propriétaire ») Étant le(s) propriétaire(s) inscrit(s), dans la mesure où ils peuvent être déterminés, des terrains requis pour l’itinéraire détaillé du projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain, situés à LOT DE DISTRICT 2966 DIVISION KAMLOOPS DISTRICT DE YALE À L’EXCEPTION DE : (1) CETTE PARTIE DÉSIGNÉE EN ROUGE SUR LE PLAN A448 (2) PLAN H8060 Numéro de titre: LA40133 (les “Terrains”)

Trans Mountain recherche le Propriétaire foncier, ou encore les héritiers du Propriétaire foncier, décrit ci-dessus afin de leur faire part de renseignements et du présent avis concernant le tracé détaillé du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain.

L’ébauche de propriété individuelle présente en détail le tracé du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain, propre à la partie des Terrains référés ci-dessus et inclus dans l’entente de servitude permanente conclue avec Trans Mountain (figure 2).

Si vous avez des droits légaux envers les Terrains décrits ci-haut et désirez vous opposer au tracé détaillé prévu pour le Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain, notamment la méthode et le calendrier relatifs à la construction de l’oléoduc, vous pouvez déposer une déclaration d’opposition écrite auprès de l’Office national de l’énergie (« Office ») dans les trente (30) jours suivant la publication du présent avis. Dans la déclaration d’opposition écrite, vous devez préciser la nature de votre intérêt dans le tracé détaillé proposé et les motifs de votre opposition au tracé en question.

et : Trans Mountain 12831, rue 163 N.-O. Edmonton (Alberta) T5V 1M5 À l’attention de : Elliott Friedrich Gestionnaire des projets fonciers Téléphone : 1-866-454-4717 Télécopieur : 780-454-6172 Courriel : TMEP@progressland.com

En cas de dépôt d’une déclaration d’opposition écrite qui satisfait aux exigences de la Loi sur l’Office national de l’énergie (Loi sur l’ONE) auprès de l’Office dans les trente (30) jours suivant la réception du présent avis, l’Office ordonnera sans délai, sous réserve de certaines exceptions indiquées ci-dessous, la tenue d’une audience publique concernant les motifs d’opposition énoncés dans la déclaration. L’audience publique se tiendra dans un lieu situé près des terrains auxquels se rapporte la déclaration.

L’Office n’est pas tenu de donner d’avis, ni de tenir d’audience, ni d’entreprendre de démarches à l’égard de toute déclaration d’opposition écrite déposée auprès de l’Office et se réserve le droit, à tout moment, de rejeter ladite déclaration écrite si la personne ayant déposé la déclaration dépose un avis de retrait ou que l’Office juge la déclaration frivole,vexatoire ou présentée de mauvaise foi.

Si l’Office estime qu’il convient de tenir une audience publique, il fixera une date et un lieu convenables pour l’audience et publiera par la suite un avis d’audience dans au moins un numéro d’une publication à grand tirage dans la région où se trouvent les terrains acquis ou que l’on se propose d’acquérir. L’Office fera également parvenir un avis d’audience publique à chacune des personnes qui aura déposé une déclaration d’opposition écrite auprès de l’Office.

L’Office, ou une personne autorisée par l’Office, se réserve le droit d’effectuer une inspection, comme l’Office le juge nécessaire, des terrains acquis ou que l’on se propose d’acquérir ou encore touchés par la construction du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain.

de la Loi sur l’ONE de présenter des observations; l’Office se réserve par ailleurs le droit de permettre à toute autre personne intéressée de présenter des observations devant lui, comme l’Office le juge indiqué. L’Office tiendra compte de l’ensemble des déclarations d’opposition écrites qui satisfont aux exigences de la Loi sur l’ONE et des observations présentées au cours de l’audience publique afin de déterminer le meilleur tracé détaillé possible pour l’oléoduc et les méthodes et le calendrier les plus propices à la construction du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain. L’Office peut assortir toute approbation des conditions qu’il juge indiquées. L’Office transmettra, motifs à l’appui, une copie de toute décision d’approbation ou de refus d’approbation des plan, profil et livre de renvoi relatifs à une section ou partie du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain rendue après l’audience publique, au ministre et à chacune des personnes qui lui y aura présenté des observations.

L’Office peut fixer à la somme qu’il juge raisonnable les frais entraînés par la présentation d’observations au cours d’une pareille audience publique; ce montant sera versé sans délai à la personne par Trans Mountain. Vous pouvez vous prévaloir du mécanisme approprié de règlement des différends (MRD) proposé par l’Office. Le MRD peut prendre la forme d’une réunion entre vous et Trans Mountain, qui pourrait être animée par les membres du personnel de l’Office formés en la matière ou encore par une tierce partie impartiale. L’animateur vous aiderait, vous et Trans Mountain, à élaborer un processus qui pourrait permettre de régler les différends en suspens.

Pour obtenir plus de renseignements sur le mécanisme approprié de règlement des différends (MRD) mis en place par l’Office ou pour toutes autres questions, vous pouvez communiquer avec l’un des conseillers chargés du MRD de l’Office national de l’énergie par téléphone au 1-800-899-1265 ou par courriel à l’adresse TMX.ProcessHelp@neb-one. gc.ca. Vous pouvez aussi obtenir des renseignements et des formulaires, y compris un formulaire de déclaration d’opposition, en vous rendant sur le site www.neb-one.gc.ca/TransMountainExpansion.

Il vous est possible de consulter des copies des plan, profil et livre de renvoi relatifs au tracé détaillé du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain en ligne à l’adresse www.transmountain.com, et auprès de la Bibliothèque de l’Office national de l’énergie, 2e étage, suite 210, 517 Tenth Avenue SW, Calgary (Alberta) T2R 0A8. Numéro sans frais : 1-800-899-1265. Vous pouvez aussi composer le 1-866-454-4717 ou envoyer un courriel à tmep@progressland.com afin de demander une copie des plan, profil et livre de renvoi.

À l’audience publique, l’Office permettra à chacune des personnes qui auront déposé une déclaration d’opposition écrite qui satisfait aux exigences

Figure 1 – Carte du tracé

Carte du tracé du Projet d’expansion de Trans Mountain Bornes de kilomètres proposées pour TMEP Villes et villages Ligne centrale proposée pour TMEP Oléoduc Trans Mountain existant Segments de réactivation

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Arts & Entertainment

Vancouver comics bring variety comedy fest Just For Laughs Northwest Fest runs March 1 to 10

John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Vancouver comic Maddy Kelly is a bit of a case study in contradiction.

She has the confidence to tell jokes in a room full of people but can’t stand listening to her own voicemail message. She’s adaptable but always needs a plan.

Her parents are actors, though other thespians tend to piss her off.

“I have no kinship with actors,” Kelly told the Courier. “Writers want attention for their ideas and actors just want attention. That’s always grated on me.”

That wall of paradox works nicely within Kelly’s variety show All You Can Eat Laundry, which happens March 10 at Little Mountain Gallery as part of the Just For Laughs Northwest Festival. The 10-day festival includes a handful of Vancouver comics on a roster that boasts top-tier talent such as Bill Burr, Trevor Noah and Maria Bamford.

Though Kelly’s shtick

Maddy Kelly’s All You Can Eat Laundry variety show takes place March 10 at Little Mountain Gallery. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

references a laundromat, it’s more akin to a multi-purpose room. Her show lacks a unifying theme and its name has no higher meaning. The moniker came to her while on the bus, pass-

ing by a laundromat and all-you-can-eat sushi joint.

That lack of parameters lends itself nicely to the array of performers and ideas that join in on the ride: drinking games, music,

sketch and improv comedy and even a “vape artist” all find homes at All You Can Eat Laundry.

“I wanted a place where people could do these dumb little bits, where we

would be this catch-all place you could go if you had an idea,” Kelly said.

Like Kelly, fellow Vancouverite Ryan Steele is also sitting on a catch-all cache of ideas that includes cross-

dressing, character bits and video mashups.

Steele has been performing alongside comedic partner Amy Goodmurphy for a decade, riffing on pop culture, sexuality and gender bending through a blend of sketches and videos. The pair’s Instagram page is big on face swaps, cross dressing and poking fun at celebrity culture.

“We really complement each other very well, because I’m not overly a character comic guy,” Steele said. “I’m usually only funny if I play a woman.”

The duo’s penchant for gender nuances gets a refresh March 9 at XY Nightclub via their latest short film, White Wine Boys Club.

“It’s a mockumentary based on this vision I had of a bunch of straight guys watching a football game all with long-stem wine glasses,” Steele explained. @JohnKurucz For more information, go to jflnorthwest.com.

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Cherry Blossom Festival looking for singers Courier Staff vancourier.com The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival now has its own song. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Cambie Corridor Phase 3: Information Sessions on Proposed Plan The proposed plan for Phase 3 of the Cambie Corridor is nearing completion and we want to share it with you.

In 2009, Vancouver launched a three-phase planning program to guide long-term growth in the Cambie Corridor. The first two phases produced the Cambie Corridor Plan (2011), which set the vision for change around transit stations and along major streets.

Phase 3 planning began in 2015 and focuses on creating opportunities for townhouses, affordable rental housing, exploring options for larger, unique sites and creating a detailed Public Benefits Strategy and Public Realm Plan.

Drop by one of our information sessions to learn more about the proposed plan, which will be presented to Council in Spring 2018.

INFO SESSIONS Information sessions will be held at 5750 Cambie Street on these dates (all sessions will provide the same information): • Thursday, March 8,2018, 4-8 pm • Friday, March 9, 2018, 10-1 pm • Saturday, March 10, 2018, 12-4pm • Monday, March 12, 2018, 4-8 pm • Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10-1 pm • Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 4-8 pm The proposed plan and a feedback form will also be available online prior to the events at vancouver.ca/cambiecorridor.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/cambiecorridor cambiecorridor@vancouver.ca 604-873-7038 (ext. 3) #cambiecorridor

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).

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

After a dozen years of celebrating the city’s

Public Hearing: March 13, 2018 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 6 pm Vancouver City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. 5130-5170 Cambie Street To rezone 5130-5170 Cambie Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to a CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 65 market residential units. A height of 20.1 metres (66 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.44 are proposed.

2. 5190-5226 Cambie Street To rezone 5190-5226 Cambie Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to a CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building with 59 market residential units and a privately operated childcare. A height of 20.2 metres (66 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.43 are proposed.

3. 61-95 West Hastings Street To rezone 61-95 West Hastings Street from DD (Downtown) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 10-storey, mixed-use building with 132 units of secured market rental housing and commercial space on the ground floor. A height of 32 metres (105 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 7.62 are proposed.

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INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing.

Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on March 2 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 604-829-4238.

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You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City's website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting March 2 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

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Festival now has an official song.

“Cherry Blossoms For You & Me” was written

by Juno award-winning artist Tom Landa and Robin Layne.

To celebrate, the festival has invited singers from across the Lower Mainland to be a part of its first public performance at a special event, Vancouver Sings One Song, at Christ Church Cathedral on April 3.

More than 300 singers from more than 30 choirs have signed up to sing at the event, which will be co-presented by the Canadian Music Centre and led by choral director Kathryn Nicholson and her vocal ensemble Sound Electric.

Nicholson will teach four songs that will be sung in unison to welcome the arrival of the cherry blossoms to the Lower Mainland — “Cherry Blossoms For You & Me,” Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” the Navajo chant “Now I walk in Beauty” and Japanese folk song “Sakura Sakura.”

The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is also planning several other events: • Cherry Jam Downtown Concert, April 5 at noon at the Burrard SkyTrain Station • Sakura Days Japan Fair, April 14 and 15 at VanDusen Botanical Garden • The Big Picnic, date TBD at Queen Elizabeth Park —Courier staff

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Douglas Park slated to get new playground

Jessica Kerr

jkerr@vancourier.com

Two Vancouver parks are getting a new lease on life.

Park board commissioners this week approved a new playground at Douglas Park.

The playground was slated for renewal due to its age — many of the components are more than 25 years old.

A 2015 assessment of play spaces included a number of recommendations around playground renewals, including making the spaces accessible, inclusive, challenging, inspired by nature and useable year round.

The design for the new Douglas Park playground includes a new zip line, sand and water play areas, a tree platform and restoration of the existing climbing boulder. The design, which was developed by park board staff in collaboration with the Douglas Park Playground Committee, includes a focus on making the playground as welcoming as possible for children with autism with a quiet area, nature themes and tones, and fencing to help caregivers monitor children.

“The history of the park site is symbolically woven into the design of the new playground,” staff said in a report. “A sand play area is bordered by a low fence and a rubberized berm with log climbing structure. The logs and berm represents the beaver dam that began the evolution of the Douglas Park landscape following the last ice age.”

The cost of the $759,056 playground is partly covered by a $480,000 donation from the Douglas Park Community Centre Association.

Amanda Murphy, a teacher at Douglas Park Preschool, told the board the park is her outdoor classroom and emphasized the need to have natural spaces in the city where children can play and explore.

“It’s so important to bring those spaces into the community,” she said.

Construction of the new playground is slated to start next month and be substantially completed in July.

Park board commissioners also unanimously approved a $700,000-renewal project for Renfrew Ravine Park and Renfrew Commu-

nity Park, which includes Still Creek, the longest of the few visible creeks remaining in the city.

The creek runs through both parks with almost one kilometre still visible. Alex Man-Bourdon, a park board landscape architect and arborist, told commissioners that 65 per cent of the creek is day lit and salmon have been seen in some areas.

The project includes accessible connections to ravine trails, building an elevated boardwalk into the Still Creek ecosystem, new stairs and a creek crossing, and a small off-leash dog park.

While he voted in favour of the upgrades, Non-Partisan Association commissioner John Coupar voiced some concerns over the safety of making the creek and the ravine easier to access.

“It’s great to get people down to the water and into nature and I think that’s one of the things we really try to do but we want to make sure that we’re doing it so that people are being safe, especially young adults. So I would like to see some discussion with VPD and Vancouver Fire Rescue

around accessibility down to that area,” Coupar said.

Construction will begin in May. Because the work, especially in the ravine, is

within the floodplain there is a short window for work, Man-Bourdon told commissioners.

The instream work has to

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LAST DANCE: After 18 years, maestro Bramwell Tovey presided over his final Vancouver Symphony Ball. The celebrated orchestra leader has seen the company’s signature soiree evolve in size, scale and name. This year’s staging saw 650 VSO fans dressed to the nines for a night of dancing and fundraising at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Karin Smith, Alexandra Mauler-Steinman and Lauren Armstrong handled chair duties while a champagne reception and music

by Sinfonietta — VSO School of Music students — greeted partygoers. Following a royal repast, and after a memorable piece featuring Tovey’s talented daughter Jessica on the violin, attendees would strike up some noise of their own, raising $790,000 through various fundraising games for the symphony’s education initiatives. After the impressive haul, guests kicked up their heels, including Tovey, leaving conductor William Rowson to carry on for the rest of the evening.

Dutch conductor Otto Tausk will replace Tovey starting July 1.

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

Alexandra Mauler-Steinmann, Lauren Armstrong and Karin Smith were this year’s Symphony Ball leading ladies who guided attendees through an exquisite evening of music, dance and fundraising.

Dutch conductor Otto Tausk will replace outgoing Vancouver Symphony music director Bramwell Tovey starting July 1.

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The hockey blog that knows who needs the puck

Canucks are handcuffing themselves for the future by not acquiring draft picks The prospects picked at the draft have value beyond their NHL potential

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Canucks fans hoping for a home run at the 2018 trade deadline were guaranteed to be disappointed. Jim Benning wasn’t even swinging for the fences. Even fans hoping for a double or a solid single had reason to be upset. The Canucks’ moves on deadline day could be likened to a bunt single and a sacrifice fly, at best.

Acquiring Brendan Leipsic, a 5’9” sparkplug with some offensive upside, for Philip Holm is a bunt single; a decent move, but with limited potential. On the other hand, getting Tyler Motte, whose potential seems even more limited than that of Leipsic, for Thomas Vanek, who was second on the Canucks in scoring, feels like a big miss.

The bigger issue is that the rebuilding Canucks are either unwilling or unable to acquire draft picks with which to rebuild.

While Benning and Trevor Linden pay lip service to building through the draft, they repeatedly limit their building materials.

The Canucks have made just 28 picks in the last four years, the same number of picks with which every team starts. Heading into the 2018 draft, they have just six picks, one short of the seven they are granted every year.

Every pick acquired is another chance at drafting the next key member of the core of the team. Under Benning, the Canucks have repeatedly foregone draft picks in favour of players further along in their development, which gives them a little more certainty but significantly less possibility.

To paraphrase one Canucks fan on Twitter, I would rather have an unscratched Lotto ticket that still has a chance to win a jackpot than an alreadyscratched one-dollar winner.

In addition, the Canucks’ refusal or inability to acquire more draft picks limits their chances of making an impact move in the future. Look to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who made the biggest move at the trade deadline, acquiring Ryan

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A farewell stick-tap to Thomas Vanek, who was full value for his one-year, $2 million contract. It is unfathomable to me that other teams weren’t willing to give up a good draft pick for what he brings to the lineup, but here’s wishing him all the best in Columbus with the Blue Jackets.

Thomas Vanek is leaving the Canucks to play for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He’ll be a big miss. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

McDonagh and J.T. Miller from the New York Rangers.

To get McDonagh, they packaged up Vladislav Namestnikov, who has 20 goals this season, with a first-round pick and a conditional second-round pick that becomes a first if the Lightning win the Stanley Cup within the next two seasons.

Along with Namestnikov and the two picks, the Lightning added two prospects: Brett Howden and Libor Hajek, their first two picks in the 2016 draft. The Lightning felt comfortable moving them, not only because of the value of McDonagh for their playoff run, but also because of their prospect pool, widely considered one of the best and deepest in the NHL. In the 2016 draft, the Lightning had 10 draft picks, including three in the second round. They had nine draft picks the year before that. The wealth of prospects that resulted from those picks gave them the

freedom to trade two of them for what they believe was the missing component in getting them to the Stanley Cup. Every draft pick has three potential results: an impact NHL player, an NHL player that fails to live up to expectations, or a bust. A savvy general manager can turn prospects in the latter two categories into trade assets.

By trading those prospects before they lose value, a team on the brink of Cup contention can provide a big boost to the lineup.

The Canucks are essentially banking on all of their top prospects making the NHL, with no margin for error. That will leave them with minimal assets to use in trades if the team does move into playoff contention.

• Dropping the gloves with Jim Benning for this quote: “I think defencemen today held their value and you got picks for depth defencemen. I think that’s something we are going to study going forward and keep in mind for future trade deadlines.”

Teams overpay for defencemen at the trade deadline every single season. This should not have come as a surprise.

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35 – A whopping 35 draft picks

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41 – Vanek’s 41 points in 61

exchanged hands in the week leading up to the trade deadline and on deadline day, including multiple first-round picks. This after Benning suggested they would be hard to come by: “picks and prospects are going to be like gold.”

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wake of #MeToo was to host town hall meetings — separate ones for women and men — in which film industry workers could speak about their experiences of sexual violence and harassment in a safe space. UBCP/ ACTRA ensured there would be counsellors at subsequent ones due to “the can of worms that it opened up emotionally,” says Horsdal.

According to the Globe and Mail, allegations against Coleman were made at one of UBCP/ACTRA’s town halls.

UBCP/ACTRA has noted a slight increase in reports of sexual harassment and violence since October, as well as changes in how employers are reacting, says Sue Brouse, the union’s director of Member Services and Human Resources.

“I’ve heard of reports that have been put forward since where the employers are taking it very seriously.”

That’s a significant gain, because #MeToo highlighted that workers haven’t been reporting sexual harassment and abuse due to fear of

reprisals, including job loss and blackballing.“Reprisals are real and feared, so we’re working on some solutions with our industry partners, because our members are particularly vulnerable,” Brouse says.

The union has begun offering empowerment sessions that lay out laws and reporting protocols. It’s also seeking stronger legislative protection for film industry workers, and is exploring the idea of consent workshops and a code of conduct for acting schools.

“We know that having quality stories with women in decision-making roles and featuring women is really how we change the entire culture,” says Brouse.

Change can be as simple as a regular reminder that sexual harassment won’t be tolerated. That’s what’s happening on Horsdal’s current film project, where the daily call sheet is accompanied by a three-page document that runs down what actions to take should any worker experience sexual harassment or bullying on set.

As for the impact of the Coleman allegations on the local community, Horsdal describes it as is “incredibly polarizing. It’s one thing for all of us to read about something that’s happening in another city or country, and be able to see it as a black and white issue, but it’s another thing when it’s in your own backyard, and we’re seeing a lot of resistance, which is fair.”

What has buoyed Horsdal during this time of community upheaval is “a lot of men standing up as allies to women, and being willing to stand arm and arm with women and say, ‘I believe you.’”

“The power of that unity is not to be underestimated,” adds Horsdal. “That’s activism, and it’s affected massive change.”

name Joop Cousteau.

After two decades on the lam, what eventually did ol’ Joop in was a cherry pit.

After ordering a Cherry Coke with eight maraschino cherries — no red flag there — he claimed that he had broken his tooth on a cherry pit. Bears Den staff were immediately suspicious since the type of maraschino cherries they served didn’t come with pits. When Stroup brought dental work

papers in the next day, they had his real name and birthday on it. Somewhat leery, the Bears Den’s general manager googled Stroup’s name to discover he was wanted by U.S. authorities, who were then notified.

If all this bungling, smalltown criminal behaviour sounds like a plot from Fargo, you’ll be happy to know that the Bears Den was featured in the most recent season of the TV show.

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When the #MeToo moment became a movement in October 2017, Hollywood North braced for a reckoning of its own.

It came in the form of a Westender cover article, in which five industry veterans — Chelah Horsdal, Jacquie Gould, Lisa Ovies, Sarah Deakins and Enid-Raye Adams — shared stories of sexual harassment and violence and cast a light on cultural and reporting failures within the Vancouver film and television industry.

The story – Hollywood North: ‘This is an abusive industry for women’ – and high-profile allegations out of America sparked a chain of events within the local industry that led to its current state: well past acknowledging that sexual harassment and violence exist within it, but short of eradicating either altogether.

There have been recent reports concerning Vancouver actor and teacher Michael Coleman (who recurs as Happy the dwarf on ABC’S Once Upon a Time). According to CBC and Globe and Mail articles, Coleman stepped down from his role at SchoolCreative Institute of the Arts amid allegations against him. Coleman has denied the allegations and said his decision to leave the school was part of an “ongoing” dispute with shareholders, not as a result of the “recent unfounded allegations.”

He adamantly denied any wrongdoing in a Facebook post about his decision to withdraw from the upcoming Once Upon a Time convention in Vancouver.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Meanwhile, the gains made in the industry since October are staggering to

“We will never go back,” says Chelah Horsdal of the chain of events that unfolded in Vancouver’s #MeToo movement.

Horsdal. “I sit in the knowledge and the assurity that we will never go back,” said Horsdal in a recent interview.

“I could weep when I talk about it because I’m a 44-year-old woman and I have never seen a seismic shift like this in the way that women are taking up space in this world. We are being heard, and I know that this is going to redefine the way that women are valued.”

Horsdal first felt the winds of change on the set of The Man in the High Castle, which was in the midst of filming when the Westender #MeToo article was published in mid-October. She describes a steady stream of men and women approaching her to quietly share their own stories and offer support. “It was profound to see the immediate impact that it had on this seasoned, incredible crew.”

Horsdal is a member of UBCP/ACTRA, and sits on the union’s newly formed Sexual Harassment Task Force. One of the first actions the union took in the

KUDOS AND KVETCHES First off, after eluding Story of world’s most deadbeat dad ends authorities for 20 years, and with a cherry on top $560,000 US in child supThe story of America’s most wanted deadbeat dad getting caught and arrested in Calgary after 20 years on the run was burning up the Internet. And for good reason. At every twist and turn in the story, there’s a new level of “this is amazing” -- apart from the whole avoiding child support thing.

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port, Joseph Stroup was apprehended in Calgary of all places. Specifically a community called Bearspaw, in a now-defunct restaurant called the Bears Den. The only way this could sound more poetic would be if it were a bar called Douchebag’s Hideaway in the town of Deadbeat, Saskatchewan.

The dude went by the

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International Dance Festival puts its best feet forward

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week Lindsay William-Ross

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Vancouver International Dance Festival

Sit down and see some incredible and diverse dance performances that will have you on your feet. The Vancouver International Dance Festival features internationally celebrated artists and local favourites taking part in three weeks of performances, workshops and other dance activities. Highlights include three Canadian premieres from New York’s acclaimed contemporary company White Wave Dance, Mexico’s Compañía de Danza Experimental de Lola Lince, Hungary’s Ferenc Fehér, a Western Canadian premiere of New York’s Shen Wei Dance Arts and a West Coast premiere from Montreal’s Lucie Grégoire Danse, among others.

March 1-24 | Various venues vidf.ca

The Growler’s B.C. Craft Beer Tap Takeover

Help celebrate the new issue of the Growler with a curated lineup of beers from some of the craft beer guide’s favourite breweries across the province. They’ll be pouring exclusive and hard-to-find beers from Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks, Moody Ales, Twin Sails Brewing, Steel & Oak Brewing Co., Fernie Brewing Company, Crannóg Ales, Category 12 Brewing, Strange Fellows Brewing, Cannery Brewing and Red Collar Brewing. They’ll also be launching the first beer in the Growler’s B.C. Brewer Collaboration Series, the Experimental Belgian Ale from Category 12 Brewing and Faculty Brewing Co. March 1 from 5 to 9 p.m.

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It’s time to guffaw, chortle, snicker and yuk: The 2018 Just for Laughs NorthWest Festival of high-profile funny folks in town for nearly two weeks of chuckleworthy events. This year’s stand-up lineup includes comedians Bill Burr, Trevor Noah, Maria Bamford, and much more, including a film festival and exciting events such as This Is That, the Vancouver Comedy Awards and Tinder Tales.

March 1 to 10 | Various venues jflnorthwest.com

New York’s acclaimed contemporary company White Wave Dance shows off some sweet moves as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival running March 1 to 21.

Ghostly Vancouver Tours: Gastown This 90-minute guided walking tour takes you to all of the haunts (get it?) of Gastown of yesteryear. Get to know this historic Vancouver area through its stories and spirits as you visit haunted places. Maybe you’ll spot a famous ghost. The tour starts at the angel statue in front of Waterfront station just before 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays and Thursdays (starting March 3) at 7:30 p.m. | Gastown ghostlyvancouvertours.com/gastown-tour

Women in Film Festival

Featuring several days of dynamic programming, the annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWIFF) will shine a light on the work of women working in the screen biz. Panel talks, Q&A sessions, parties and, of course, multiple screenings, are the cornerstone of this annual celebration and discussion of women working in the film industry. The programming includes several free events (registration required), as well as unique opportunities to speak with women working in the industry. There’s even a party one night that’s an evening “Summer Camp” complete with s’mores and campfire songs.

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