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Taxpayers paid more than $1 million in salaries for city council Mayor Robertson made $168,065, Coun. Stevenson topped out at $102,926 Mike Howell

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Hey taxpayer, guess how much it cost to pay for the salaries of your mayor and 10 city councillors last year?

Try $1,079,826.

That total is according to the city’s latest breakdown of your elected officials’ earnings for 2017.

Mayor Gregor Robertson, as you would expect, pulled in the most dough at $168,065. Second to him was Vision Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson, who collected $102,926.

What makes Stevenson so special?

The communications department at city hall told me Stevenson earned more than his council mates largely because of his responsibilities as deputy mayor in 2017.

He was deputy mayor long enough to earn an extra $15,142. Then he received $3,038 to cover fees as a duty councillor and another

$3,038 to be used to buy health and medical insurance.

Add his “basic remuneration” of $81,708 as a councillor to those numbers and that brings Stevenson’s total to $102,926.

Vision Coun. Raymond Louie was the third highestpaid member of council, topping out at $98,002.

The additional pay was largely because of Louie’s duties as acting mayor.

His Vision mate, Andrea Reimer, collected $90,959 while colleagues Kerry Jang, Heather Deal and NPA Coun. Elizabeth Ball earned $90,821. Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr received $87,784, the same amount as NPA councillors Melissa De Genova and George Affleck.

Former Vision councillor Geoff Meggs, who resigned last summer to become Premier John Horgan’s chief of staff, collected $71,643 before he left. The NPA’s Hector Bremner, who filled the vacancy on council after

Mayor Gregor Robertson earned $168,065 last year, which was considerably less than his counterparts in other Canadian cities.

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winning the October byelection, earned $12,416 in 2017.

I should note — as I do most times when I report on how much city council is paid — the money your local politicians earn does not include the extra cash

they pull in for their duties at Metro Vancouver.

Louie, for example, earns $38,737 as vice-chairperson of Metro. All civic politicians serving on the Metro board and committees earn $387 for each meeting that lasts

up to four hours. The rate climbs to $775, if the meeting extends past four hours.

Enough about salaries.

Thought you might be interested in the mayor’s expenses for 2017, which included travel and conferences ($41,820), local expenses ($19,174) and “discretionary expenses,” which totalled $706,165.

The bulk of the discretionary expenses — $545,393 —was spent on “political staff salaries and benefits.” Another $116, 542 covered consultant services. Office supplies and services totalled $18,437.

Meeting expenses, which included food and entertainment, came in at $8,214.

Transportation expenses for staff, including cabs and car share, totalled $2,383.

Robertson did a lot of travelling last year, visiting the following places: Victoria, Ottawa, Haida Gwaii, Seattle, Toronto, Chicago, Belgium, New York, Australia and China.

At least four of the trips saw organizers of conferences pay for some of the costs, including $5,918 at the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy Board meeting in Belgium and $2,368 at the Big City Mayors’ conference and C40 Summit Awards in Toronto and Chicago.

The mayor’s local expenses were largely for communication and supplies ($9,546) and $7,175 for a transportation allowance. His Board of Trade membership was $699 and business and event expenses were $1,754.

So there you go, I showed you the money.

If you think Robertson and his councillors earn too much, consider that Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson’s salary this year is $200,586 and his councillors make $113,325.

In Calgary, Mayor Naheed Nenshi earns more than $200,000 and his councillors top out at $113,416. @Howellings

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Bagel business co-founder seeks NPA mayoral nomination Mike Howell

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The co-founder of a seniors’ home care service and bagel business announced Monday that he is seeking the mayoral nomination with the NonPartisan Association.

Ken Sim, who helped found Nurse Next Door and Rosemary Rocksalt Bagels, is the fourth person to declare his intention to lead the party in the Oct. 20 municipal election. The others are Coun. Hector Bremner, park board commissioner John Coupar and financial analyst Glen Chernen.

Sim could not be reached before deadline, but a news release he issued indicated that making Vancouver more affordable was one of the main reasons he wants to become the NPA’s mayoral candidate.

“I grew up here and believe my four boys should have the opportunity to raise their families here also,” Sim said. “I believe this generation, and future generations, should be able to afford to live in this city.”

The entrepreneur wants to focus on job creation, saying he was “gravely concerned that countless Vancouverites have been forced to move to other cities for better opportunities.”

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social problems related to mental health, addiction and homelessness are also on Sim’s agenda.

The Vancouver-born Sim graduated in 1988 from Churchill Secondary with Chernen and NPA president Gregory Baker.

Sim is a graduate of the University of B.C.’s Sauder School of Business. He has worked at KPMG and as an investment banker and merchant banker at CIBC World Markets in Vancouver, Toronto and London, England.

Sim will compete against the other declared candidates May 29 at the Hellenic Centre on Arbutus Street. One other person is interested in seeking the mayoral nomination,

but has yet to announce, according to Baker.

Vision Vancouver, meanwhile, which has been in power at city hall since 2008, set April 16 as the deadline for applications from anyone interested in seeking the party’s mayoral nomination.

Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr is still mulling a run for mayor with her party, while former Vision board member Shauna Sylvester declared two weeks ago that she is running as an independent.

The race for mayor became wide open in January after Mayor Gregor Robertson announced he will not seek a fourth term at city hall. @Howellings

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City’s short-term rental regulations go into effect Jessica Kerr

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Vancouver’s short-term rental regulations go into effect April 19 meaning anyone who lists a home, apartment, room or yurt on a home-sharing website will have to get a licence or risk a hefty fine.

Last year, after two nights of public hearing that saw more than 100 speakers, council voted to adopt the new bylaw, which was scheduled to be officially enacted at a meeting on Wednesday, after the Courier’s print deadline.

It allows residents to post their primary residence on short-term rental platforms, such as Airbnb. The regulations allow both homeowners and renters to list their primary residence — renters must have approval from a landlord while homeowners that are part of a strata must ensure that short-term rentals are allowed under the strata bylaws — but they must first obtain a licence.

Starting April 19, hosts can obtain a short-term rental business licence online at vancouver.ca/short-term-

rentals. Kaye Krishna, general manager of development, buildings and licensing, said the online application process should only take about five minutes and hosts are required to print out and display the licence.

However, there are now a few other requirements to hosting a short-term rental in Vancouver. Among other things, hosts must post a fire plan at all entrances and exits, have interconnected smoke detectors on every floor and in every bedroom, have a working and accessible fire extinguisher on every floor and a carbon monoxide detector on every floor if there are gas appliances. As well, if the building includes more than three units, or 10 occupants, the owner must have a working fire alarm.

Hosts are required to include the business licence number in any listing or marketing, and provide access to the short-term rental accommodation for inspection. Licences may also be subject to random audits.

Homeowners who want to rent out a basement suite,

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laneway house or secondary home that is not their primary residence, or those listing more than one rental, will not be able to obtain a licence and will be subject to fines of $1,000 a day. Those listing an eligible short-term rental without a licence will also be subject to the fines.

City staff estimates that

there are currently 6,600 short-term rental listings in Vancouver, a 12 per cent increase over last year.

Krishna said current data suggests 80 per cent of those listing will be allowed under the new regulations.

Licences will be subject to a one-time $56 application fee, which is standard

for all new business licences in the city, as well as a $49 prorated annual fee.

Krishna said for the first few months of the bylaw, city staff will focus on educating the public about the new requirements.

New and current hosts will have until Aug. 31 to obtain a business licence, and the city will begin enforcement on Sept. 1. However, commercial operators or other properties that do not qualify under the new program and who continue to list a short-term rental will be subject to the new fines starting April 19.

A new agreement between Vancouver and Airbnb will help the city promote compliance with the new regulations. Airbnb is the most popular home-sharing platform in Vancouver — 88 per cent of the city’s more than 6,000 short-term rentals are listed on Airbnb.

“Airbnb is proud to have partnered with the City of Vancouver on this landmark agreement for Canada,” Alex Dagg, director of public policy for Airbnb, said last week at a press conference

announcing the agreement.

“This new system will make home sharing easier for Vancouverites and give the city the tools it needs to enforce their regulations.”

As part of the agreement, Airbnb will provide the city with a list of all the business licences and associated addresses that are listed on the company’s website on a quarterly basis. Existing and new Airbnb hosts will be required to give the platform permission to share that information with the city before they can list a rental. As well, Airbnb will require hosts in Vancouver to update listings to display the business licence and new hosts will be required to include a business licence as part of their profile before they can post a listing.

After Aug. 31, Airbnb will deactivate any existing listings that do not include a business licence.

Krishna said the city will launch a public education campaign that will include a social media campaign as well as public information sessions. @JessicaEKerr

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The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is seeking more information on why a police officer from the Vancouver Police Department and an officer from the Port Moody Police Department were arrested by Cuban police while on holiday in Cuba.

Deputy police complaint commissioner Rollie Woods said both male officers have had their travel documents seized by Cuban authorities in relation to a “serious allegation” that occurred last month. Woods would not elaborate on the allegation.

Woods said Vancouver police notified his office March 15 about the allegation.

“The Vancouver Police Department reported this to us because my understanding is the Vancouver police officer was the one that was under arrest,” he told the Courier. “There was an allega-

Roundhouse Radio likely closing

Roundhouse Radio CEO Don Schafer said making Monday’s announcement that the station will likely be closing at the end of the month was probably the most difficult day of his career.

“I thought we had a great idea,” he told the Courier.

“I’m heartbroken that it wasn’t more successful.”

News broke Monday afternoon that the independent station, which started

tion against him. The other officer from Port Moody was being detained because he is potentially a witness.”

The officers spent time in jail but have since been released. They have not been allowed to leave the country.

Vancouver police sent an officer or representative from the department to Cuba.

The department would not provide any details on the case, except to confirm a VPD officer was arrested and released while on vacation.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have further information to provide at this point,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard, a VPD media liaison officer, in an email to the Courier.

Sgt. Travis Carroll, a spokesperson for the Port Moody police department, confirmed their officer was on vacation and was still in Cuba. He, too, would not elaborate on why the officers were arrested, despite media reports that a 17-year-old

girl was allegedly assaulted.

“This is a Cuban police investigation, so I don’t want to speculate on the specific investigation,” Carroll said.

“I don’t want to provide third party information. We’re responsible to the public, we’re responsible to the victim, we’re responsible to our officer and I want to make sure that any information that we release is absolutely correct.”

Carroll said the Port Moody department learned of the allegation after their officer contacted the department’s management team.

He wouldn’t elaborate on the relationship between the two officers but understood they were friends.

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is involved in the case because it has the authority to investigate officers when off-duty, no matter where an incident may have occurred in the world.

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

in October 2015, will have to go off the air at the end of the month. Schafer said the decision was purely financial.

“We’ve not been profitable,” he said, adding that the station’s losses over the last two and a half years have been a challenge.

He said that the board of directors made the call that, unless an outside investor or buyer steps up to save the station, the station will close on April 30.

He said he is proud

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Titled 4/19, the free evening event at Vancouver Technical secondary hosted

by CBC’s Gloria Macarenko is aimed at informing teenagers and their parents about the medical, social and legal impacts of cannabis use for youth, with legalization in sight.

Experts range from youth workers and police officers to lawyers and scientists, covering all aspects of this hazy issue.

“They haven’t rolled out enough information for teenagers and their parents,” said the event’s producer, Anne Penman. She hopes this evening will clear the air — at least a little.

“It’s unreasonable to think that teenagers won’t try it,” said Penman, adding that the panel discussion is about opening a dialogue.

Penman is cautious about impending marijuana legalization this sum-

mer. “It’s going to make it look like it’s harmless,” she said. “Legalization of recreational cannabis is going to socially sanction cannabis like alcohol.”

Indeed, with the federal marijuana legalization bill now passing through the senate, cannabis will soon occupy similar legal ground to alcohol.

According to a 2017 study by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction, after alcohol, cannabis is the most used substance in Canada.

The same study noted that 33 per cent of students in Grade 12 reported use in the past year, and that B.C. has highest prevalence of cannabis use at 17.3 per cent.

One of Penman’s concerns is the effect of cannabis on brain development, something that has garnered a debate among scientists.

UBC professor and researcher for the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, M-J Milloy says the link between cannabis and brain development is still merely by association.

“There’s a great number of scientists worldwide working on this issue, but

there’s been no smoking gun,” Milloy said.

Zach Walsh, a UBC researcher specializing in cannabis, concurs. “The evidence is weaker than the rhetoric.”

According to Walsh, there appears to be a link between schizophrenia and other psychosis and marijuana use, but this could just be an association rather than causal.

He notes that there’s been a dramatic increase in cannabis use in recent years, especially in Canada, but schizophrenia levels have stayed stagnant.

Nonetheless, he says people with underlying mental health conditions or who are at a high risk “should refrain as long as possible.”

Researcher and 4/19 panelist Annie Smith has spoken with kids in schools about cannabis use and finds there’s a lot of misinformation, such as students believing it improves driving or studying ability. “It’s all about having a discourse,” Smith said. “Some kids are really well informed, some kids get their information from their friends.”

The event runs 7:30 to 9 p.m. Seats can be reserved at Eventbrite.

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Woman says goodbye to home that’s been in family for 80 years After five generations, family can’t keep Grandview-Woodland house Naoibh O’Connor

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For almost 80 years, the well-kept home at 2155 William St. in GrandviewWoodland has been in Christine Oviedo’s family.

Her grandfather, Italian immigrant Domenic Liberto, built it in 1939 and it was passed on to her mother, Mary Bosze, who lived in it until she died this past December at age 87.

Oviedo had moved back in with her husband and children about 20 years ago to care for her mother as she aged.

A “beautiful” basement suite was created for Bosze, and the couple fixed up the front and back yards. They paid rent but the home remained under her mom’s ownership.

Even one of Oviedo’s grandchildren lived in the home for five years — meaning five generations of family have lived in the house at various points over the years.

and it’s very hard.”

Although Oviedo and her husband have their sights on a condo in a building meant for residents 60 years and older, she sees the fact she couldn’t find a way to keep the house in the family as another unfortunate side story in a city with a staggeringly expensive real estate market.

“We tried to buy it. We’ve been saving like crazy and, of course, my inheritance on the house would have brought the price down a little bit more, but there’s just no way we can afford a home at that price right now,” Oviedo said. “In our 60s now, we don’t want to consider a big mortgage for a long period of time.”

She suspects it would break her mother’s heart to know the house has been put up for sale rather than being purchased by one of her children who would have loved and cherished it like previous generations.

Bosze was well known in

The house was always a beacon in the neighbourhood… [my mom] just always helped people and it was a place of refuge.

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Now it’s just Oviedo and her husband, but much to their dismay, they’re on the verge of moving out.

Bosze willed the home to Oviedo and her five siblings, but the property is worth far too much for any of the siblings to buy it on their own.

It was put up for sale April 11 for almost $1.7 million.

“The sad thing is the home is 80 years old and it’s been in our family from when it was built — it’s the first time selling it since my grandpa built it,” Oviedo said.

Even friends and neighbours are disappointed the house will change hands out of the family after eight decades.

“Friends of [my mom’s] and friends of mine are all calling to say, ‘Can we come and say goodbye to the house?’ — not wanting to buy it, not wanting to come through open houses, just see the family, see me and say goodbye to the house. It’s really touching

Grandview-Woodland. She founded East Side Family Place in 1978, was known as an advocate for seniors, served on the board of the Kettle Friendship Society, was involved with Lord Nelson and Templeton schools when her children were young and she even earned a YWCA Women of Distinction Award in 1985.

Now, Oviedo is grieving the loss of her mother, who was committed to the neighbourhood, as well as the loss of the family home.

“I can face the music but it’s hard. Even people in the community are staring at us when we come and go from the house, [saying] ‘What, you guys aren’t [going to be] here anymore?’ It’s so sad. The home has been in our family for five generations,” Oviedo said.

“The house was always a beacon in the neighbourhood… [My mom] just always helped people and it was a place of refuge.

What I’ll miss about the house is it was just a place that people came to, it was a place where people knew that they could get help and where they knew that they’d be welcome.” @naoibh

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Carr creates a curious conundrum for the left-of-centre crowd Green councillor contemplates throwing hat in mayoral ring

Allen Garr

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It is still early days in the upcoming Vancouver municipal election, but the whole scene has a certain frantic air about it, particularly when it comes to the question: Who will be the next mayor?

What we are witnessing is unlike anything that has happened in the past or what happens in other jurisdictions when a mayor steps down and political allies around the council table express an interest in the job. When Gregor Robertson announced he wasn’t going to seek another term, all the Vision council colleagues who were left appeared to have been struck dumb. In fact, the majority of them are leaving the business altogether.

Three of the four parties on the left of centre (Vision, COPE and OneCity) have been frantically searching for someone, anyone, who wants to give it a shot. (The Greens are supporting their councillor Adriane Carr.

More on her in a moment.)

But they all fear that failure to come up with a candidate who will satisfy their supporters will open the door to the rightof-centre Non Partisan Association and — I can’t believe I’m even thinking this — rookie NPA councillor Hector Bremner.

While Adriane Carr has expressed interest in running for mayor, she says she would only do so as a Green candidate, not as an “independent” — and that could be a problem for some. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Last week a poll conducted by Mario Canseco from his new perch at Research Co. found that 26 per cent of those polled, including Vision and NPA voters, selected Adriane Carr as a “good choice” for mayor.

Jean Swanson, the antipoverty crusader who came second in the byelection, got 16 per cent. And Shauna Sylvester, who increasingly appears to be Vision 2.0, got eight per cent.

By the way, the poll also found 47 per cent hadn’t heard of Bremner and 54 per cent couldn’t identify

park board commissioner, mayoral candidate hopeful and darling the of NPA establishment John Coupar.

But back to the left: Swanson says she won’t be running for mayor although she is considering a run for council. Sylvester has told at least one reliable source that if Adriane Carr jumps in, she will fold up her tent and go away. We’ll see.

As for Carr, she accepted Vision’s invitation in their search for mayor candidates they could support.

That deadline passed on Monday, the very day Carr

penned a letter to the Vision executive expressing her interest. (She also sent the same request to OneCity, COPE and Swanson.)

According to Vision vice-chair Michael Haack, of the few people who have expressed interest by the deadline, Carr is the only one with any public electoral experience.

It is, however, not that simple. Carr will run only as a Green candidate, not as an “independent.”

In the tit-for-tat business of Vancouver politics, OneCity says it has prob-

lems supporting a Green mayoral candidate if for no other reason than what is going on at the school board, which has a Green chair. A recent motion was introduced by Vision trustee Allan Wong to change the name of the new Crosstown elementary school to honour Won Alexander Cumyow, the first person of Chinese ethnicity born in Canada.

It was defeated when the Greens on the board sided with the NPA trustees.

On such details the future of the city hangs.

But there is another

problem. As you may know, we a have a minority NDP government in Victoria propped up by a three-person Green caucus.

That platform afforded to Andrew Weaver and his crew has definitely boosted the Greens’ public profile.

There is chatter undeniably, seasoned with a sprinkling of paranoia, that having a Green mayor in Vancouver would be another blow to the NDP support, particularly in its urban stronghold of the Lower Mainland and may — who knows? — cause them to put pressure on their Vision farm team to put up a candidate to oppose Carr.

Meanwhile negotiations are continuing under the auspices of the Vancouver and District Labour Council to get the left-ofcentre to work together.

The specific task is to figure out a formula for populating the ballot by restricting the number of candidates each faction will agree to run.

Meanwhile the NPA mayoral nominating slug fest is still six week away and yet another person — Ken Sim — announced this week he is throwing his hat into that particular ring.

Like any number of those seeking to be mayor, when it comes to publicly elected experience, Sim apparently has zilch. @allengarr

School board takes a different, ‘balanced’ approach to budget VSB shifts focus from ‘budget cuts’ to ‘budget considerations’ thanks to accumulated surplus Tracy Sherlock

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The Vancouver School Board will be trying out a whole new way of budgeting when it announces its fiscal plan on Wednesday night.

In times past, the district has begun by declaring a shortfall — a difference between what it will cost to run the district as is and what the government will pay. At the same time, the district has proposed cuts to services to balance the budget.

This year, instead, the VSB will present a balanced budget right off the bat — but it’s not balanced because there is extra, new funding. It’s balanced by using an accumulated surplus from previous years.

“It is meant to shift the focus from ‘budget cuts’ to ‘budget considerations,’” an introductory report posted

on the VSB’s website says.

“Starting with a balanced budget position will necessitate discussion of what to remove from the budget if we want to add something.”

Along with the balanced budget will be proposals for things that could be added and other proposals for things that could be taken away.

It remains to be seen how much of a difference this new approach will make — that will depend on how much accumulated surplus money is needed to keep the district in the black.

Two years ago, school trustees refused to pass a budget calling for $21.8 million in cuts. For that, they were fired in October 2016 and replaced by an official trustee appointed by the then-Liberal provincial government.

Last year, the board was able to reduce its shortfall from a projected $14.9

million to just $2.13 million by shuffling existing teaching positions into the fund established to pay for new teaching positions created as a result of the 2016 court victory.

Earlier this year, the VSB projected a deficit of $3.76 million for the 2018-19 school year, which would grow to a deficit of $10.31 million by 2021. No major funding increases have been announced since then, so it seems inevitable that some cuts may still be needed.

You might well ask how a district that has been in such fiscal dire straits has been able to accumulate a surplus. That’s because school districts tend to budget very conservatively to avoid any chance of a deficit at year’s end. School districts are not allowed to end a year in deficit, and when you’re dealing with a $500-million budget,

a small year-end profit or loss can easily happen.

A recent report on education funding found that across the province, there was $300 million in accumulated surpluses last year.

That’s a lot of cash, but not huge in relation to the province’s $6.4-billion education budget. Some of those funds would be committed to special projects, and make no mistake, even if not committed, that money has always gone to education — it’s just that there is a bit of a cash-flow lag.

Certainly, that money should be used up, but balancing the budget using previous years’ surpluses is not sustainable.

VSB officials have asked various groups in the district — teachers, support staff, principals — about their priorities.

Students, via the Vancou-

ver District Student Council, said they’re concerned about the lack of repairs in schools, the lack of counselling time and poor quality textbooks, which they said contain outdated information. Students said there is sometimes no soap or paper towels in school bathrooms and some bathroom stalls don’t have locks.

Support staff said the top issue is the staffing shortage, including many education assistants who are absent, but who are not replaced.

The teachers’ associations are both worried about the restored contract and how it is being implemented.

They don’t want to see nonenrolling teachers, such as librarians, resource teachers or English as a Second Language teachers, cut. They’re concerned about students with special needs, class size and cuts to adult education.

The principals’ and viceprincipals’ associations had two main points — the need for support to implement the new curriculum and support to schools undergoing seismic upgrades.

It will be interesting to watch and see if any of these concerns get addressed in the actual budget. I note that none of the groups is calling for anything to be taken away from the budget, so it’s unlikely anything will be added.

If there is one thing the Vancouver School Board needs, it’s a bit of healing.

It remains to be seen if this new approach will help or hinder that process.

Public consultation on the budget will start April 24, 5 p.m. at the VSB office.

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues.

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

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Homes have a soul Re: “Letter writer should defer and have a good time,” Letters, April 12.

I feel sorry for Mr. Marc Erickson. He clearly never had a home, just house(s).

Your home has a soul, history, memories. You don’t sell your soul. You plan your exit from your home when the time is right. And selling because of another government imposed tax, which does not resolve the issue it claims to resolve is not what you hope to do with your home.

Mr. Erickson sees only the money flipping. Sell your house, defer taxes, move into smaller space, have a good time???

The property flipping — how is this supposed to resolve affordable living, empty houses (there are five sitting empty across me as I write this) and rental shortage?

Mr. Erickson, I feel sorry for you. I am so glad I can call my house my home.

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Airing opinions on Airbnb editorial Re: “Editorial: Vancouver’s new Airbnb rules are much more onerous than you think,” online only, April 12.

The problem with disqualifying secondary suites and laneway homes is that many homeowners want to be able to use them for guests whenever they want, so shortterm rentals work for these owners, but they won’t rent the suite long term. The Airbnb ban on such suites means that many will therefore be left empty, and all it achieves is decreasing the pool of affordable short-term

places to stay in Vancouver, which is also critically low.

Josef Peng via online comments ••• What a rant. Is this the kind of journalism we can now expect in The Courier?

Babaluu1 via online comments ••• “Similarly, if you are a condo owner, you need permission from your strata council in order to get an Airbnb licence.”

I don’t think that’s true. It only says the strata has to permit short term rentals, and my understanding is that anything not explicitly barred by the strata bylaws is by default permitted, or else any thing approaching a practical control over your own condo would be impossible.

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The first thing you notice in all the photos is the smile — a mischievous, impish grin that makes Ingrid Bates’ eyes light up, a clear indication she’s not just turning on a “happy face” for the camera.

It’s that smile that has inspired countless people, from her family, teaching colleagues, students, students’ parents and friends on the Incredibates Facebook page.

And it’s the spirit behind that smile that will see Bates take to the stage of the Vancouver Conference Centre May 10 to receive the 2018 Courage To Come Back award in the medical category.

“It’s really important to remember that it’s OK to feel bad sometimes but just don’t do it for too long,” the Abbotsford teacher says.

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There’s no denying Bates has had to get through a lot.

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this whirlwind that she felt a lump in her breast. Taking breaks when absolutely required as she underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, Bates successfully pushed through her studies and embarked on a career that gave her intense satisfaction.

Looking back on this first leg of her cancer journey, she too can be amazed she pulled it all off.

“I think for me it’s about moving forward, getting better, being better for my family, myself,” she said of her motivation to juggle treatments and continuing on her quest to become a teacher.

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Her oldest son Sheldon was in university; son Eric was in Grade 12 while daughter Natalie was in Grade 10. On top of her teaching job, she was also teaching night school and, while most teachers embrace the summer break, she spent that July teaching summer school.

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“I couldn’t do the class — and that’s not me,” she says.

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after her breast cancer, she had occasionally worried about it coming back. By this time, however, all thoughts of cancer were out of her head when she went to her doctor’s to see why she was so tired all the time. He looked at how pale she was and ordered blood tests. The results were immediately worrying.

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“I simply looked at the pathologist and asked, ‘Will I have to do chemotherapy again?’”

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Acutely prone to infection, she contracted c-difficile and, with her blood pressure dipping desperately low, she was put in ICU. It was one of the first times she felt fear. She called her husband, telling him she needed him by her side. She also said a prayer: “Please, just let me live. There is so much to live for.”

During her first remission, she and Lloyd lived in an apartment in the West End because Abbotsford was simply too far away from VGH should there be a complication. They’d go for walks along the seawall, albeit very slow walks as she regained strength. Once again, she tapped her inner resources to push through it.

She couldn’t live her life as a constant patient. “I needed to get out and do my thing.”

There were still challenges to come. Bates needed more chemo and a stem cell transplant. Luckily, her sister was not only a perfect match but agreed to be her donor.

This round of chemo was brutal. It affected the lining of her mouth and esophagus, making it impossible to even swallow her own saliva. “It was like someone taking a knife and sliding it down your throat. Not just one knife but five or six.”

The results were worth it though. The transplant itself is a relatively simple procedure, and she just needed time for the cancer-free cells to do their magic. “Our bodies are just so incredible and the medicine we have learned is out of this world.”

Still, her travails weren’t over. Just as there’s a concern your body will reject an organ transplant, Bates developed “graft versus host.”

“These stem cells, your infection fighters, it’s almost like they get dropped behind enemy lines and they shoot at everyone,” she says of her body’s reaction to the transplant. “Sometimes it burns itself out but mine hasn’t.”

Today she’s back on prednisone and will undergo further treatments.

Do you think that stopped her? She’s working on her master’s degree, something she started in the midst of all of this.

She’s thrilled to be a Courage To Come Back recipient, primarily for what the awards represent: “It’s so wondrous to take what you think might be ordinary people and see them in extraordinary ways.”

Although she doesn’t see herself as being extraordinary, she does acknowledge her pragmatic can-do response to all of life’s challenges has inspired others. It’s been a hard journey for her family, but she thinks they’re all better for it. “I think my children are more sensitive to others, more resilient. I hope that, too, when they saw that I hit all of this straight on and accepted it and stayed positive, that they carry through with it in their lives…

“It’s having the ability to put one foot in front of the other and keep going,” she says. “Life is too precious.

There’s so much to learn, so much to do, so many people to love. I can’t imagine stopping.

“I’m just going to live as best I can. I’m not stopping.”

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Renovicted renter gets justice Jessica Kerr

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Tenant advocacy groups are celebrating a recent Supreme Court ruling that overturned one woman’s renoviction that was previously allowed by the Residential Tenancy Branch.

Vivian Baumann, 53, has lived in her West End apartment for 17 years. It’s a small, older building with just 10 units.

“I do pay low rent because I’ve been here a long time,” she said, adding that the previous landlord didn’t increase the rent very often.

She said she and her fellow tenants were “incredibly nervous” when the building was purchased in 2014 and a new landlord took over.

Initially, the landlord tried to increase Baumann’s rent more than the maximum allowed in a year — her rent would have gone up by more than 60 per cent, she said.

To raise the rent above the permitted amount, a landlord must either have written agreement from the tenant or an order from the Residential Tenancy Branch.

When the landlord’s first attempt to raise the rent failed, Baumann and other tenants were served eviction notices with the landlord claiming the suites needed to be vacated in order to carry out renovations. Baumann said she received her notice last summer.

Unable to find another affordable place to rent, Baumann appealed her eviction

through the Residential Tenancy Branch. She said the landlord did not have all the proper permits in place for the renovations, something that it required under the Residential Tenancy Act. She said the landlord sent people to examine her suite, but they did little more than take photos.

“I could tell they were gathering information to make a case,” she said.

Baumann was represented by a legal advocate from the First United Church who argued that the real reason for the eviction was not the need to carry out renovations, but because the landlord wanted to move in higher-paying tenants.

“Many landlords ‘renovict’ tenants to try to get around the rent increase limitation in the law,” said Didi Dufresne, manager of legal advocacy at First United Church. “The renovation provisions in the Residential Tenancy Act are being used to evict lower paying tenants.”

In the end, after waiting six months for a decision, the eviction was upheld, but Baumann decided not to back down.

She appealed the decision in B.C. Supreme Court and, earlier this month, a judge overturned the decision from the Residential Tenancy Branch.

“The facts of her case were particularly obvious what was happening. That the landlord was trying to get around the rent increase provisions of the act by renovicting her so that

they could raise the rent,” Jonathan Blair, a lawyer with the Community Legal Assistance Society who represented Baumann, told the Courier.

He said there was clear evidence the landlord was acting in bad faith and had an ulterior motive.

“We are happy with the court’s decision, and for Vivian, who has endured a very stressful couple of months,” Blair said. “However, the act and the Residential Tenancy Branch need to do more to protect tenants like her from the inappropriate use of the renovation provisions in the legislation.”

He added that recently announced amendments to the act don’t go far enough.

On April 12, the province announced changes to the Residential Tenancy Act aimed at providing better protection for renters.

“Tenants need stronger protections when a landlord is choosing to renovate or sell their property,” said Selina Robinson, minister of municipal affairs and housing.

“By improving protections, renters, as well as tenants of manufactured home parks, will have better security in these difficult situations.”

The changes include a first right-of-refusal for tenants in multi-unit buildings who are evicted because the landlord needs to renovate or repair suites.

“The requirement to offer units to the original tenant will also help address improper uses of this provision

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by allowing the tenant to confirm that the renovations did occur,” the government press release reads.

“Unfortunately the rightof-first-refusal that has been put in place right now, it’s a right without any real substance because it doesn’t protect them from being evicted and it doesn’t allow them to come back at the rent that they were at before,” Blair said. “We were hoping that the amendments would do more to protect tenants like Vivian from the renoviction provisions being used to basically raise rents.

“The main problem we’re seeing is just this desire by landlords, not all landlords but some, to raise the rents in a city where rents are going out of control and pushing people like Vivian who, if she had lost, probably would have had to leave the city because she couldn’t afford rent.”

Baumann told the Courier her main motivation for fighting her renoviction was that she couldn’t find another place to rent in the city.

“She works full time and it doesn’t matter,” Blair said. “The rents are that expensive now.”

The Supreme Court’s decision doesn’t mean the case is closed on Baumann’s eviction — the landlord could appeal the decision.

Conversely, the court ruling sends the decision back to the Residential Tenancy Branch, which could decide to order a new hearing. @JessicaEKerr

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Year-long Chinatown artist residency launched

Vancouver artist Paul Wong will bring past and present together as he launches a year-long residency, Occupying Chinatown, at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden.

The project starts April 22 to coincide with the City of Vancouver’s formal apology for the historical discrimination against Chinese residents in Vancouver.

Over the year-long residency, Wong will be creating a series of multidisciplinary artworks based on 700 letters in Chinese.

The letters were sent by 90 writers to his mother, Suk-Fong Wong, between 1946 and 2016. Wong’s residency will include exhibitions, screenings, collaborations with other artists, workshops, performances, events a website and a book.

The first featured work will be the screening of Wong’s video, Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade.

The 1988 film, which is in Chinese with English subtitles, explores Wong’s second-generation Chinese-Canadian perspective on the Chinese here in Canada and in China.

The video will be screened in the Scholar’s Study within the garden, and will also be available to view online from April 22 until June 11.

There will be a free public screening of the video during Chinatown Culture Day on April 22. Wong will also be available to discuss the concepts behind his residency at the Occupying Chinatown Studio at BC Artscape — 268 Keefer St., Suite 427 — from 3:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Later this spring, the artist will create a new neon work called Haam Sui Fow Wun Goh Wah. The neon sign will be mounted on the garden’s exterior wall to the south above the Moon Gate. It will demarcate and acknowledge Chinatown’s Toisanese pioneers. In Chinese the sign reads as Saltwater City (Haam Sui Fow) and Vancouver (Wun Goh Wah).

Wong has been creating daring work for more than 40 years, producing large-scale interdisciplinary artworks in unexpected public spaces since the 1970s. Many of his works are bilingual, and trilingual, meshing English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

—Courier staff

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Italian wine meets Coast Salish art SANDRA THOMAS STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

Renowned Musqueam artist Susan Point has collaborated with the Italian Boscaini family to design a piece of art that will grace the label of a special edition Masi Costasera Amarone 2000 wine, as part of an annual contemporary art project.

To celebrate their decades of expertise and cultural heritage passed down from generation to generation, Masi created the Masi Costasera Contemporary Art Project. Every two years an internationally-famous artist is chosen to create an art piece, which is then adapted onto a label of the iconic Costasera Amarone.

Each label becomes an expression of the artist’s interpretation of the wine and its history, culture, and tradition.

Point’s piece, dubbed Traditional Legacy, depicts Coast Salish traditional subjects represented by

pictograms that range from abstract to figurative — an embodiment of the artist’s own journey that led her from the Pacific North-West towards Valpolicella. Coast Salish art is a movement inspired by the history, traditions and symbols of the Musqueam people, who have lived on B.C.’s West Coast for more than 10,000 years. Only 112 bottles from Masi Agricola featuring

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Since the 18th century, the Boscaini family’s expertise in Appassimento winemaking techniques has earned Masi respect as a global leader in the production of Amarone and made Masi Amarone an icon of Italian excellence.

Much like art, culture and wine are constantly evolving and the history, tradition and innovation that shape life in northeast Italy is often summarized by those living there as “Venetian Values.”

It’s those values that shape the Masi Costasera Contemporary Art Project.

The Masi Foundation, the benefactor of the project, extends those values into cultural initiatives. Proceeds from sale of the Costasera Amarone 2000 will be offered as a study bursary and Point will help select a young art student to further their artistic experience in conjunction with Masi.

The limited edition Masi Costasera Amarone 2000 featuring Point’s art will be available at select B.C. liquor stores in May.

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life, but not necessarily the Judeo-Christian organized religion part of it.”

An organizer at heart, Lauren sent out an email to her social circle (my family included), laying out the commandments of her new “Church of Friends” social congregations.

Every Friday night, Lauren sends out an email letting everyone know where “Church” will be held on Sunday morning. Church of Friends is always in a different hang-out location around the city. Since many of Lauren’s friends are parents, the meetup could be at a play gym, Science World, a farmers’ market, or the beach.

Lauren was quick to point out that her non-parent friends are welcome at Church of Friends, too. So are pets.

“The most important part about Church of Friends,” Lauren says, “is that you do not have to RSVP... That’s the key.”

In a direct strike against the B.C. Bail, Lauren preaches that with Church

of Friends, there is no obligation and, unlike what often comes hand in hand with both the B.C. Bail and church, there’s no guilt.

“I might bail,” admitted Lauren. “There could be 50 friends or zero any given Sunday. It’s the possibility of connection and enlightenment every week that is the key… just like, in theory, actual church.”

She hopes the gospel of her new non-religious social practice will spread to other groups of friends around the city. “It could be a really cool thing. It already is for us.”

Lauren lives in the Mount Pleasant area and pledged in her initial email that Church of Friends will not have a Main Street bias. There have been four Church of Friends so far, and all have been in the Main Street area. “OK, I lied about that part”, Lauren confessed.

“But next week is at the Hastings Farmers’ Market, I swear to God!” That’s in my neighbourhood! Hallelujah!

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Kent Lins and Sally Buck were pretty stoked to have their work in any way associated with the Vancouver Art Gallery.

It’s safe to say most parttime artists would as well.

Their work, however, wasn’t actually in the gallery, nor part of a gallery exhibit. Instead, their art — photos and videos — was rolled out to the public adjacent to the gallery through the side door of a rented van.

Their travelling exhibit will continue to operate in that way for the foreseeable future.

That’s because the cash needed to house the couple’s art was so far out of reach, they had to get creative beyond filters, colours and angles.

Enter Van Galleries.

“A lot of people are talking about leaving the city,” Lins told the Courier. “A lot of people are looking at this as having potential for this to become a bigger thing where there are more van galleries showing art locally. But is it really a solution to the problem? I don’t think so.”

Lins and Buck are

taking part in the this month’s Capture Photography Festival, which features works from scores of photographers at dozens of galleries across Vancouver and the region.

The pair scoured spaces last fall to find a home for their current exhibit but couldn’t find any viable options. The dwindling amount of art space was one thing, but the costs were altogether prohibitive: $800 a night in some cases.

“We have a lot of artists friends of different generations who when we’re on walks with them around the city, they’ll say, ‘That used to be my studio up there,’” Buck said. “What they’re pointing at is now a luxury condo. With each year, the change is exponential.”

The duo approached Capture organizers with their plight and were given the blessing to go the roving route.

They’ve since displayed each weekend this month outside the Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, near the Equinox and Monte Clark galleries and at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Where they end up this weekend depends on the

weather.

The irony is not lost on the pair that they’ve previously found affordable display space in more populated locales — New York City, Toronto and Montreal — but are stymied in their hometown.

“Other artists in the city are experiencing similar things,” Buck said.

“They’re great people, they have great ideas, they think with a lot of imagination about solving every problem that they encounter. That’s their approach to life, but this is a tricky one.”

The pair reached out to the city’s bylaw department to make sure what they’re doing is above board and were given the green light.

So with friends leaving for cheaper cities and a squeeze on arts space, why not leave Vancouver altogether like so many of their contemporaries have?

“We are urban people,” Lins said. “We just love being in a big city and having all the culture, so to move to someplace else, it has to be a big city. All big cities are struggling with the same thing. Housing is a commodity, investors are taking over the cities and

playing around with the numbers. People are just struggling.”

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Your wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of others.

The “me against the world” and “us versus them” story disconnects us from others and dehumanizes them, they become objects in the way objects are used. In reality, we have more in common with every other being on this planet than we realize.

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Vancouver’s inaugural Sacred Sexual Music Festival is coming No shame, all love at this sex-positive event John Kurucz

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Wendy Cobina DeMos is organizing Vancouver’s first Sacred Sexual Music Festival, which runs April 22 at Venables Hall.

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Hug patrols, “Netflix and chill” and the Wheel of Consent have all been in Wendy Cobina DeMos’s wheelhouse for decades.

She’s now bringing those aspects of sexuality and spirituality to Vancouver with the inaugural Sacred Sexual Music Festival.

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DeMos’s end game is three-fold: destigmatize sexuality, celebrate the birds and bees in a normalized way and stress the need for consent.

“In some ways I’ve been blessed because I come from a European background,” DeMos told the Courier. “My parents are from Holland. It’s a little bit more liberal. You’re more open with your body. It’s not like ‘Oh my God, I showed a nipple.’

It’s more open and I feel much more healthy.”

Music is the straw that will stir the drink come April 22, with performances

by DeMos, Eric Bowers and Delhi 2 Dublin’s Andrew Kim. Billed as a “cosmic throat singer,” Matthew Kocel will also perform, as will the group Lover’s Caress and the Mystiques.

It’s going to be a delightful day where you get nourished and pampered and you get beautiful affirmations whispered in your ear

Wendy Cobina DeMos

The bumping and grinding won’t be confined to music alone, as belly dancing, massages and chair dancing tutorials will also be in the offing.

“I think music and sound are the great unifiers,” DeMos said. “Sound is a vibration, vibration is energy. Music is sacred and sensual. It helps us go deeper and relaxes us.

It invites healing and supports sensory and sexual experiences.”

The educational component includes workshops and talks on sexual liberation, sexual healing and even pleasure tolerance.

The hug patrol — it’s precisely what it sounds like — will be making the rounds and participants will be invited to take a spin with the Wheel of Consent.

“It’s just a really profound device that allows people to learn that whether they are receiving, taking or giving. None of these aspects have any judgement. There’s no right or wrong,” DeMos said. “It’s beautiful to be taking, as long you have somebody who is allowing, consent wise. It’s beautiful to be serving someone as long as you have someone on the other end accepting.”

A yoga teacher, musician and writer by trade, DeMos’s desire to bring sexual healing to the masses came by way of happenstance. A relative in her 50s recently denounced sex, suggesting physical intimacy was of no use to her anymore.

“She made it sound like she was more mature by making that choice, so I thought I need to help women like her,” DeMos said.

DeMos’s event is all-inclusive and all-encompassing, save for one major no no. Shame has no place in the Sacred Sexual Music Festival game. The event is open to any gender, sexual preference, race, singles or couples.

“The demographic that I would love to touch are women and men who might be a little intimidated by sex who might come and get new information and start to feel their sexuality is really normal, beautiful and to be honoured.”

DeMos wanted the Sacred Sexual Music Festival to be an all-ages affair, though some vendors will be selling sex toys.

Alas, it’s ages 18 and up only.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $40 at the door.

A $150 VIP package is also being offered.

“It’s going to be a delightful day where you get nourished and pampered and you get beautiful affirmations whispered in your ear,” said DeMos of the VIP package. “And one of the musicians will be creating a song for you. He’ll observe your energy, pick up your vibe and create a song on the spot.” @JohnKurucz Tickets are available via Eventbrite. For more info, see juicymejuicyyou.com.

(Fear not, the link not NSFW.)

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Arts & Entertainment

Convention centre gets its art on

And four other events that make Vancouver awesome this week Lindsay William-Ross

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Art! Vancouver

Artists from around the globe will have their work on display and for sale this weekend as Art! Vancouver returns for its fourth year. This multi-day event takes place at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where contemporary artists from Canada and abroad will convene to show their work in a variety of disciplines. Meet, mingle and maybe make a few purchases.

April 19 to 23 artvancouver.net

After Hours at the Vancouver Aquarium

This is not your average trip to the aquarium.

Dive deep into the caverns of your mind for trivia night at Vancouver Aquarium’s After Hours. This adults-only event is the perfect night out for both ocean lovers and anyone craving a unique night out in the city. Oh, and there will be (sea)weed brownies.

April 20, 6 to 10 p.m.

Vancouver Aquarium, 845 Avison Way ocean.org

Motown Meltdown

They won’t be dancing in the streets... they’ll be dancing in the Commodore Ballroom for a night of Motown madness and great tunes for a great cause. Twenty-five dynamic performers, accompanied by a scorching 12-piece band of seasoned session musicians, will bring the Motown songbook to life, and you can get up and groove until your feet ache. The 15th annual event supports Seva Canada’s eye care programs in low-income countries, giving sight to those in need, through the power of song.

April 21, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville St. seva.ca/motownmeltdown2018

40th Annual Vancouver Greek Food Festival

Get ready to eat, eat, eat, and say “opa!” to all the delicious food from Vancouver’s vibrant Greek community. It’s the 40th annual go-round for this popular event, which also features displays and live entertainment. Fill up on phyllo (filled with spinach and cheese, of course) or stuff yourself silly with souvlaki.

April 20 to 23 Hellenic Community of Vancouver, 4500 Arbutus St. facebook.com/events/237290080011964/

The Greasy Spoon Supper Series Vol. 38

Royal Dinette’s executive chef Eva Chin, wine director Claire Saksun and Savio Volpe’s sous chef Melanie Witt team up to present an island vibes-inspired volume 38 of the Greasy Spoon Supper Series Diner, benefitting A Better Life Foundation. The four-course, family-style menu features Hawaiian dishes based on Chin’s childhood memories interpreted by Witt.

April 23, two seatings (5 to 7:30 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.)

Save On Meats, 43 West Hastings St. eventbrite.ca

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Arts & Entertainment THE SHOWBIZ

Film community unites to address mental health and addiction ‘There are no performances’ in film industry PSA

Sabrina Furminger

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Enid-Raye Adams’ dad was an addict for most of his adult life. And, like many people who love an addict, at a certain point Adams reached her own rock bottom with her dad’s addiction. She cut him out of her life.

“I thought it was the right decision, and it might have been for a time,” recalls the Vancouver-based actress and producer in a recent interview. “I didn’t realize how much I would regret the decision I made to cut him out of my life until the day after he died [in his sleep, of natural causes].”

That day after, Adams experienced what she describes now as a “moment of revelation: I realized instantly that I could have found the balance between my own wellness and staying connected to him, and I didn’t know until it was too late.”

This gut-punch of a revelation and the ensuing regret are the reasons why

Adams stepped forward to write and co-produce We Can Help, a public service announcement that addresses mental health and addiction issues within the film and television industry.

Hollywood North might seem glamorous from the outside but it isn’t immune from mental health struggles and substance abuse. In the last year alone, the local community has been devastated by a spate of suicides, as well as overdoses related to the opioid crisis.

Which is why several film and television industry unions — including DGC BC, Teamsters 155, IATSE 891, ICG IATSE 669, UBCP/ ACTRA, FSEAP and the BCCFU — banded together to form a working group.

“Many of our members were affected by mental illness-related issues, and the fentanyl issue was affecting so many people. So, rather than working individually as individual unions, we got together to find solutions and ways to help,”

Director Jason Bourque, right, talks over a scene with Duane Howard. PHOTO DAVID DOLSEN

says Adams, who joined the working group in January after being elected to the UBCP/ACTRA board of directors last fall.

The multi-union working group is currently gearing

up to launch a website.

Call Time Mental Health’s tagline is “No call time has ever been more important,” a reference to film industry parlance for the time cast and crew are expected to

arrive on set. “It’s not a password-protected site, so people can go there and they can find resources through their own union, and they’ll be some general resources as well,” she says.

Adams began writing We Can Help to spread the word about the website but what began as a 30-second promotional spot evolved into something infinitely more profound: a threeminute short in which makeup artists, directors, transport drivers, set decorators, actors, and writers speak about their own struggles with anxiety, drug addiction, depression, and suicide ideation.

“There are no performances here,” says Adams, after describing the PSA as a love letter from and to the community. “These are our colleagues generously and graciously putting their faces on camera to talk about things that are scary to talk about. The end product is a mix of scripted dialogue and organic moments, but every

single word in that piece is someone’s truth.”

The PSA features what Adams describes as “a mix of familiar faces that people will recognize from their work on television, and faces that people won’t recognize, who work with us behind the scenes. It’s such a gorgeous mix of humanity from across all facets of our industry.”

It was directed by celebrated filmmaker Jason Bourque (Drone) and coproduced by Robyn Wiener (Black Fly).

“I have carried around in me a mountain of regret because I didn’t pick up the phone one more time to say, ‘I love you, Dad,’ and so for me, this PSA is my picking up the phone and saying, ‘I love you, Dad,’” Adams says.

We Can Help and the Call Time Mental Health web site are scheduled to launch next week. Follow @UBCP_ACTRA and @ enidrayeadams for updates.

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The hockey blog that knows who needs the puck

The Boston Bruins’ retool succeeded where the Canucks’ didn’t Most important element of Bruins’ success has come on defence

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

It’s been seven years, but the Boston Bruins are still a sore point in Vancouver. Like 1982 and 1994 before it, 2011 will live long in the memories of Canucks fans.

It’s particularly grating to see the Bruins back in the playoffs, with Brad Marchand leading the way. His ascension to becoming one of the best players in the NHL — he had 34 goals and 85 points in just 68 games this season — is almost as aggravating as his style of play on the ice.

The question for Canucks fans, as they watch Boston and equally hated Toronto battle in the first round, is how have the Bruins bounced back? A couple years ago, the Bruins missed the playoffs in two straight seasons but, where general manager Jim Benning and the Canucks have failed to retool on the fly, the Bruins have succeeded, boasting the fourth-best record in the NHL this season.

It certainly helps that core pieces from the 2011 cup run are still in place: the 41-yearold Zdeno Chara is somehow still playing 23 minutes per game, while Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci are still among the leading scorers for the Bruins.

The Canucks, on the other hand, are now down to just two players who were with the team in 2011 and only one that played a significant role: Alex Edler.

But the presence of those veterans doesn’t explain everything about the Bruins, whose best players have been much younger. As I write this, David Pastrnak is leading the playoffs in scoring with four goals and nine points through three games. Rookie forwards Danton Heinen, Jake DeBrusk and Ryan Donato have played a big role.

All four forwards were drafted by the Bruins in 2014 and 2015, an impressive haul that has helped enable the quick turnaround.

The Canucks, meanwhile, produced as many NHL-calibre players in the 2014 draft but haven’t seen the benefit on their own roster. Jake Virtanen saw improvement this season but will seemingly always suffer

Stick-taps & Glove-drops

Alex Edler is one of only two Canucks left from the team’s 2011 Stanley Cup run. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

in comparison to William Nylander and Nikolay Ehlers; Jared McCann was taken one pick before Pastrnak, then traded for Erik Gudbranson; Nikita Tryamkin bolted for the KHL; Gustav Forsling was traded for Adam Clendening in an ill-fated attempt to accelerate the rebuild.

Fortunately, the Canucks still have goalie Thatcher Demko from that draft.

Most importantly, the Bruins have been able to revitalize their defence. Torey Krug, a college free agent signing in 2012, has been prolific, posting 14 goals and 59 points this past season. Charlie McAvoy, a first-round pick in 2016, plays more than 22 minutes per game on the Bruins top pairing. Kevan Miller, another college find, plays with Krug on the second pairing, while Brandon Carlo and Matt Grzelcyk are both examples of the Bruins finding NHL defencemen at the draft outside of the first round.

As for the Canucks, they signed Troy Stecher as a college FA, but the only drafted defenceman on the roster apart from Edler is Ben Hutton. The defence is a patchwork of reclamation projects and mediocre free agents. The team has not prioritized fixing their defence through the

draft, with only Olli Juolevi showing topfour potential among their prospect pool.

When Don Sweeney replaced Peter Chiarelli as general manager of the Bruins in 2015, he made it clear the rebuild was on when he traded away Dougie Hamilton and Milan Lucic, netting a wealth of draft picks in return. Even if he didn’t use those picks as well as they could have — notably missing Mathew Barzal, Kyle Connor and Brock Boeser — there was a clarity around what Sweeney was doing: a rebuild that traded early suffering for a better future.

Instead of pushing for the playoffs, Sweeney focused on draft picks and prospects.

They missed the playoffs again in his first year, squeaked in and got bounced in the first round in his second year, then finished among the best teams in the NHL in his third year. It’s the kind of quick retool that Benning and Trevor Linden have said isn’t possible, while emphasizing their plan to stay competitive every year.

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• I’m dropping the gloves with Corey Perry, who has been at peak Perryness for the Ducks this postseason.

He’s taken out his frustrations with the team’s struggles against the Sharks by throwing dirty hits, seemingly in an attempt to injure other players. It’s garbage, but sadly not surprising for Perry.

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in the playoffs as well. Teams averaged 2.9 goals-per-game in the regular season and have averaged 3.2 goals-per-game in the playoffs. I guess getting rid of the low-scoring teams in the NHL basement helps a little.

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Salary - $ 17.00 per/h Skills requirements: Customer/client focus, English.

No experience requirement, training will be provided by employer.

Main duties: • Tidying up rooms and public areas; • Dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures; • Cleaning and sanitizing toilets, showers/bathtubs, countertops, and sinks; • Maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen area; • Making beds and changing linens; • Vacuuming and cleaning carpets and rugs; • Sweeping/vacuuming, polishing, and mopping hard floors; • Keeping bathrooms stocked with clean linens, toiletries, and other suppliers; • Cleaning mirrors and other glass surfaces; • Emptying trash receptacles and disposing of waste; • Washing windows, blinds, draperies; • Monitoring cleaning supplies and ordering more as needed; • Reporting any necessary repairs or replacements.

Company’s business address and job location: 837 West Hastings St., Vancouver BC V6C 1B6 Please apply by e-mail: aubergevancouverhotel@gmail.com

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GENERAL EMPLOYMENT GENERAL LABOURER Richmond manufacturer of marine exterior covers is looking for a Helper.

Indoor & outdoor work.

40 hrs/week; 4 days/week First 3 weeks at $15/hr then $18/hr.

Driving licence required.

Must be flexible, able to carry and lift 50 lbs, reliable, organized, and selfmotivated.

Training provided.

Please email resume to mc.bc@telus.net

Cleaning Business is looking for RELIABLE HOUSE CLEANERS. 604.987.9970 EXP’D HOUSECLEANER four hours a week. Wages negotiable. 604-253-4746

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Odessa Cleaning o/a Five Star System Cleaning Services

Is looking for Cleaning supervisor Greater Vancouver, BC. Permanent, full-time job (35 hours per week).

Salary - $ 23.00 per/h When needed, commuting to job locations is paid for by employer.

Skills requirements: good English, customer service oriented.

Previous experience as a cleaner or similar position is required. Previous experience as a cleaning supervisor is an asset.

Education: secondary school.

Main duties: • Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of cleaners; • Establish work schedules and procedures; • Hire and train new staff; • Resolve work-related problems and customer complaints; • Occasionally inspect job locations before and after the cleaning; • Follow the rules and guidelines of our company.

Company’s business address: 18935 69 Ave, Surrey BC V4N 5K1

Please apply by e-mail: hrodessacleaning@gmail.com

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Still, Mazda maintains a rather holistic approach to their defining drop-top, and made considerable effort with the current generation to both cut weight and not focus on the horsepower too much.

As a result, the new NDchassis car was quicker than the model it replaced, but the engine got smaller and a little less powerful (but more efficient).

In the North American market, we get one engine choice for the MX-5, a 2.0-litre fourcylinder. Overseas, you can also get a 1.5-litre that makes a little less power, but revs higher.

In instrumented testing, sometimes cars with the smaller motor seem to be quicker, indicating that it might be underrated.

Now, it would appear that Mazda’s taken the lessons learned from its fierce little 1.5-litre and applied them to the 2.0-litre. Unconfirmed reports generated by leaked documents indicate that the 2019 MX-5 will have the same torque levels, but now get up to 181 horsepower, a 26 h.p. increase.

As the power will be mostly higher up in the rev range, the MX-5 might not feel all that much faster at first. However, until Honda brings back a successor to the glorious S2000, this might be the sportiest roadster we’ve seen out of Japan in a while.

Porsche unleashes 919 Evo endurance racer

Formula One racing cars should be the fastest things on the planet. It would appear that they aren’t.

Instead, at the historic Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the track record now belongs to a retiree: the decommissioned Porsche 919 endurance racer. A reworked version of their champion at Le Mans, the 919 is basically a spaceship on wheels, combining hybrid power and a turbocharged V-4 for some 1,200 h.p.

Because of various competition restrictions, the 919 used to be limited by fuel flow and battery

power. This Evo version throws all that out the window, including the headlights. Built specifically to set lap records on a world tour, the 919 is brain-bending to watch.

The cornering speeds alone don’t make any sense: if it was a slot car, it’d have long ago flipped off into the forest.

At Spa, the 919 was nearly a second faster than Lewis Hamilton’s former pole-setting lap in his Mercedes F1 car. At F1 speeds, a second might as well be an eternity.

As a publicity stunt, and a measure of what engineering can do, all this is pretty great. However, Porsche isn’t actually racing the 919 any more: here’s hoping we haven’t seen the last of something like this monster in actual competition.

Mercedes-AMG to eliminate V-12

Is there any engine more endangered than the V-12? Once a musthave for any exotic, now turbocharging and proper engine balancing have made the V-12 seem like an extravagance. Almost every manufacturer finds it easier to just offer a smalldisplacement V-8 instead, and use turbos to make up the power deficit.

AMG, so it seems, is about to follow suit. While the V-12 will stick around for Mercedes’ more luxury-oriented offerings — the Maybach range, for instance — their performance wing won’t be bothering with 12s anymore.

Head of AMG Tobias Moers told reporters in New York that the lighter V-8 was the way forward.

AMGs now handle very well, and you could easily argue that their history started with V-8 power. Eight is great, and focusing on one engine offering makes a great deal of sense.

But if we’re talking about making a great deal of sense, we’d be talking about the Toyota Camry, not a fire-breathing Teutonic luxury coupe with autobahn afterburners. Even if you weren’t going to park one in your driveway, the AMG V-12 was pretty neat.

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