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A look at the shape of Vancouver through a VPD lens VPD document reveals more homelessness, drug activity on beaches and arrests under Mental Health Act

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If you had to guess how many fights police responded to last year in the city’s entertainment districts in Gastown and the Granville strip, what number would you settle on? A hundred? Two hundred? A thousand? Try 590. That’s a decrease from 658 in 2016. Keep in mind those are only the fights recorded by the police department and don’t include others that never triggered a 911 call. Nonetheless, an interesting statistic. I found it buried in the VPD’s “strategic business plan” document that went before the Vancouver Police Board April 26. The document is filled with many more statistics and anecdotes that I thought you’d be interested in reading about. So I focused on the info that gives insight into the

shape of our city. No analysis here folks, just facts, stats and a few quotes. Here you go: • Anecdotally, the VPD’s homeless liaison ofﬁcer has observed “a considerable increase in the number of pop-up camping structures continually erected throughout the city.” • Beach patrol ofﬁcers noticed an increase in drug activity in and around the beaches throughout 2017. They found and discarded numerous drug paraphernalia items such as needles. • The number of times police apprehended people under the Mental Health Act increased from 4,552 in 2016 to 4,802 in 2017. • The violent crime rate increased by 1.9 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016. • City-wide, the VPD wrote 1,597 total liquor enforcement tickets in 2017 compared to 1,177 in 2016. Maybe none of this surprises you, maybe it does. But I bet you didn’t

The Vancouver Police Department’s “strategic business plan” shows a decrease in number of fights in the city’s downtown entertainment districts. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

know the VPD is a leading contributor in referring assets of crime — that would be cars, boats, houses and other goods — to the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Agency. Last year, the VPD referred a whopping $21,636,500 in assets to the agency. That was a

huge increase from $13 million in 2015 and $14.1 million in 2016. On the topic of fast cars… A total of 41,467 traffic violation tickets were written by VPD traffic officers in 2017, almost 200 fewer than the previous year. Patrol officers wrote 9,828 violation

tickets in 2017, up from 7,401 in 2016, representing a 33 per cent increase. Serious crime cases of note over the last year included one involving the VPD’s counter exploitation unit. Officers followed up on information regarding two guys robbing female sex trade workers at apartments in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey. The investigation exposed “an international sex trade and human trafficking ‘boss.’” The VPD’s sex industry liaison officer, Const. Linda Malcolm, assisted 260 vulnerable women in obtaining official provincial identification cards. Malcolm also ensured 150 cellphones were given to vulnerable women for safety. On the training side, police and civilian members were trained on LGTBQ2S+ and transgender issues in 2017. All VPD patrol officers completed this training.

Cannabis users beware: As marijuana gets closer to being legalized, more police are being trained on how to identify cannabis-impaired drivers. An additional 120 ofﬁcers are expected to be trained in drug recognition by July 2018, bringing the department total to 180 having completed the “Standard Field Sobriety Testing” course. So there’s a brief snapshot of some of the work the VPD was involved in last year. For some ofﬁcers, the workload has taken a toll. The VPD conducts an employee satisfaction survey every two years. A survey conducted in 2016 showed a 66 per cent overall satisfaction rate among those polled at the department. It was 59 per cent in 2014. I’m not sure why because answers weren’t provided in the VPD document. Another survey is expected this year. @Howellings

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Housing activists shut down Vancouver city hall Protest targeted Mayor Gregor Robertson for not honouring pledge regarding proposed housing development at 58 West Hastings Mike Howell

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About 50 housing activists blocked all the entrances to city hall Tuesday to force an entire shutdown of the building on a day that included disruptions at two other city buildings and saw city council hold a brief meeting in a community garden. Members of the Our Homes Can’t Wait Coalition stood and sat in front of all entrance and exit doors to the building at 12th and Cambie from morning into the early afternoon, despite efforts from police and security to encourage the activists to move on. The coalition, which included a mix of well-known anti-poverty activists, young people and seniors from Chinatown, voluntarily left their posts at about 12:30 p.m., with one of the group’s leaders, Vincent Tao, saying their actions were necessary to bring publicity to the state of the city’s housing problem. “We won today,” Tao

told the Courier. “We took city hall and I think it sends a powerful message both to the city and to the city councillors that we can take power, and we have the power to change the city.” In song and on placards, Tao and others targeted Mayor Gregor Robertson for not honouring a signed pledge he made Aug. 2, 2016 to have a proposed 231-unit building at 58 West Hastings St. rent at pension and welfare rates of $375 per month. At a January council meeting, Robertson recommitted to honouring his pledge, saying at the time he was “very conﬁdent that we’re going to close this gap.” He reiterated his commitment Tuesday following a brief and rare council meeting in a community garden on the grounds of city hall. “I spoke with a number of the protesters this morning and said I was still committed to that, and I’m going to do everything I can while I’m the mayor to make sure we get 100 per cent,” said Robert-

At one point, protester Vincent Tao climbed on a desk to demand social housing. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

son, noting the rezoning was approved for the site but construction hasn’t started. “We still have work to do to make sure we can get to 100 per cent. We’re not done yet.” The provincial government announced Jan. 16

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So far, the funding commitments allow for the project to proceed with 50 per cent of the units to be rented at $375 per month and the other half at 30 per cent of a household’s income level, but not to exceed $1,272 per month. Tuesday’s council meeting lasted less than a minute and included a clerk and several city councillors. It was a formality in order to adjourn a scheduled meeting inside city hall. Council was expected to reconvene later in the afternoon, after the Courier’s print deadline. The ﬁrst item on the agenda was supposed to be an update on what the city was doing to ﬁght homelessness, along with preliminary numbers on the homeless count conducted in March. As Robertson and councillors were leaving the garden, some activists followed chanting “our homes can’t wait” and “Gregor lies, people die.” The activists followed the mayor and others down Cambie Street to a city building on Broadway.

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Most of council got into the building, but activists blocked the doors to keep councillors Adriane Carr and Hector Bremner outside. Activists then began to target Bremner, who took offence and told two of the activists he was an ally in the ﬁght for more housing. Activists then walked back up Cambie Street to another city building at 10th and Cambie that serves as a centre for people to obtain permits and licences. The activists circulated throughout the centre, disrupting meetings between customers and staff, with Tao at one point climbing on top of a desk to demand social housing. Security cleared the building of staff and customers, which prompted activists to leave. At one point, more than 20 police ofﬁcers were on scene at city hall but no arrests were made. The protest occurred on May 1, which is known as International Workers’ Day and meant to celebrate labourers and the working class. @Howellings

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More park board commissioners hoping to make jump to council Vision’s Catherine Evans and Green’s Michael Wiebe latest to announce intention to run for city council Jessica Kerr

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More sitting park board commissioners have announced their intentions to make the jump to city council. Last week, Green commissioner Michael Wiebe announced that he will be seeking the party’s nomination to run for council. Catherine Evans also recently announced she is hoping to get the nod from Vision to run as a council candidate for the party in October’s municipal election. Two-term Non-Partisan Association park board com-

missioner, and former board chair, John Coupar announced last month that he is seeking to be the party’s next mayoral candidate. Green Party commissioner, and current board chair, Stuart Mackinnon previously announced his intentions to run for re-election, announcing on his blog that he will seek the party’s endorsement to run again. Commissioner Erin Shum previously told the Courier that she has been encouraged by “leaders and members in the community” to run for council and will make a decision soon. NPA commissioners

Casey Crawford and Sarah Kirby-Yung have yet to announce a decision on another run. The park board has long served as a starting point for local politicians. Sitting councillors Heather Deal and Melissa De Genova both served as park board commissioners before running for council. Former councillor Suzanne Anton, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2011 and served as MLA for VancouverFraserview and attorney general, was ﬁrst elected as a park board commissioner. The election is on Oct. 20. @JessicaEKerr

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Adriane Carr awaits Vision Vancouver’s nod to run for mayor Mike Howell

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A much anticipated two days of meetings this weekend of the city’s so-called progressive parties could bring Vancouverites closer to learning whether Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr will run for mayor in this October’s municipal election. For several weeks, Carr has been sending letters and speaking to representatives of Vision Vancouver, COPE and OneCity about winning their support for her potential mayoral run. Carr wants to gauge their interest before making a decision whether to run for mayor, or seek reelection as a councillor. So far, she has heard from OneCity, which announced via Twitter April 28 that the party “will not be supporting her at this stage.” COPE said it is open to further discussions with Carr, while Vision Vancouver’s decision is pending. “We appreciate councillor Carr’s interest and her desire to have an answer,” said Michael Haack, a Vision spokesperson, in an email Monday to the Courier. “We

will respond to her request as part of our unfolding process.” Carr requested in her letters to parties that she receive a response before this weekend’s meetings involving members of the Greens, COPE, OneCity, Vision and Team Jean, which supported Jean Swanson’s run for council in last year’s byelection, and is loosely affiliated with COPE. If Vision doesn’t support Carr, then it’s likely the popular city councillor — she topped the polls in the 2014 election — will not make a run to replace the retiring Mayor Gregor Robertson in the Oct. 20 election. “If OneCity is saying ‘not at this time’ and Vision says no, you can pretty reliably guess what my decision will be,” Carr said Monday. Carr’s party and the others will meet over two days beginning Sunday. The Vancouver and District Labour Council, which has historically been an influencing force for centre-left parties, is facilitating the talks with the goal of finalizing a slate of candidates for council, school board and park

Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr could decide this week whether she will run for mayor in this October’s municipal election. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

board. The labour council represents 50,000 union members in Vancouver. Although choosing one mayoral candidate to represent the Greens, Vision, COPE, Team Jean and OneCity is not on this weekend’s agenda, it will certainly be on the minds of many as parties consider possible candidates on the centre-left, including Carr and independent candidate Shauna Sylvester. Transgender trailblazer Morgane Oger, a vice-president of the provincial NDP, and University of B.C. urban planning professor Patrick Condon have also

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von Sychowski said, the parties all have their own democratic processes that involve members voting on their preferred candidates. OneCity, however, has already turned down Carr — for now. Anna Chudnovsky, cochairperson of OneCity, said the party’s decision was based on Carr not providing enough details on her potential campaign. “At this point, we don’t know what she’s running on,” said Chudnovsky, noting the party is still open to further talks with Carr. “We haven’t seen a platform or any policies, as of yet. So, as we’ve said the whole time, we’re not supporting an afﬁliated mayoralty candidate. We’re not supporting anyone else at this point, either.” The NPA, meanwhile, has its mayoral nomination meeting scheduled for May 29. So far, Coun. Hector Bremner, park board commissioner John Coupar, ﬁnancial analyst Glen Chernen, entrepreneur Ken Sim and businessman George Steeves are the party’s candidates. A longer version of this story appears at vancourier.com.

ings could shift to focus on who is the best candidate to replace Robertson. “We want to achieve an idea of what the numbers of candidates would look like for different boards and council,” von Sychowski said. “In terms of mayor, that may end up becoming part of that as well, or it may be something we return to very shortly thereafter.” The goal of the meetings, he said, is to reach common ground among the organizations on various issues facing the city such as housing affordability and homelessness. He emphasized the council doesn’t favour supporting “50 to 60 candidates” for city council for fear of vote siphoning on the centre-left, which would give rise to the Non-Partisan Association. “We’re not trying to merge everyone here into one party,” he said. “That’s clearly not a realistic outcome currently. What’s important is to ﬁnd that common ground and realize it doesn’t make sense to split the vote so many numerous ways.” Even if a tentative agreement is reached this weekend,

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Gas prices hit record high, but analysts disagree on cause Alexander Kurial

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Gas prices soared to record heights in Vancouver this week, and the surge may not be ending anytime soon. Prices reached as high as 161.9 cents per litre in Metro Vancouver as of Monday, April 30, while in Victoria drivers paid as much as 154.9 per litre to ﬁll the tank. On Haida Gwaii there were even reports of a whopping 173.3 cents per litre at local gas stations. And with the summer months approaching, there looks to be little relief on the horizon for consumers. Analysts, however, disagree on the root cause of the problem. Dan McTeague, a senior petroleum analyst at the consumer advocacy site gasbuddy.com, says there are numerous factors contributing to the current rise in gas prices. “[B.C. is] chronically short on gasoline,” said McTeague, adding that the province is currently relying on supply from either the

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“The existing pipeline will go from sending, potentially, 80,000 barrels of fuel a day to 140,000. So that would be like building another reﬁnery,” he said. “Getting this thing built will help Vancouver, Victoria and Vancouver Island, at least mitigate prices.” Jonn Axsen, an associate professor in SFU’s department of Resource and Environmental Management, who teaches a class in ecological economics, disagrees with McTeague’s assessment. Axsen says that the idea that expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline would lead to a drop in fuel prices doesn’t hold water. In fact, he says the opposite is true. “There’s economic reasons why building the pipeline in the long run would actually increase prices,” Axsen said. “If Canadian producers can more easily access a global market, then they can make more money selling it globally. That puts pressure on the price domestically, so the prices will actually go up.” @akurial

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The best in B.C.’s community news business were honoured Saturday night at the 2018 Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards, and the Courier came home with a gold, seven silvers and a bronze. Photographer Dan Toulgoet won gold in the portrait/personality photo category for his photo of Templeton drama teacher Jim Crescenzo. The Courier won silver in newspaper excellence for newspapers with a circulation of 64,000 or more. The North Shore News, which is also owned by Glacier Media, took gold and the Vernon Morning Star won bronze. Silver award winners included: • Reporter Jessica Kerr in the environmental initiative category for her story on the new salt marsh at New Brighton Park. • Reporter Christopher Cheung in business writing for his feature on the comeback of corner stores. • Videographer Dan Toulgoet, video editor Mi-

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Province needs to develop mental health strategy for kids An estimated 84,000 kids between ages four and 17 suffer from mental illness Allen Garr

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This week a 20-something fellow named Aaron Leung announced he was seeking a nomination to run for the Vancouver School Board. If elected, he said he would seek to “improve student access to mental health services.” His bid for school board dropped into my email box the same day 250 students and 40 educators from 18 Vancouver schools attended a summit at Sir Charles Tupper secondary school under the banner “Balancing our Minds.” (Last year, more than 2,000 high school aged kids attended ﬁve such meetings across the province.) A week earlier, at the annual meeting in Richmond of the B.C. School Trustees Association, Vancouver NPA school trustee Lisa Dominato moved a motion calling on the province to develop a “mental health strategy for B.C. schools.” The motion passed unanimously. It had also passed unanimously when it was initially raised at the school board. Two things are clear. First: something is going on. Second: this is not your parents’ school system. I mean, who ever talked about this stuff when you were a kid? But look at these Canadian statistics. In the period from 2008 to 2016, children

In the period from 2008 to 2016, children and youth visits to the emergency ward because of mental disorders increased by 56 per cent. The number of kids who are hospitalized was up by 47 per cent. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

and youth visits to the emergency ward because of mental disorders increased by 56 per cent. The number of kids who are hospitalized was up by 47 per cent. And, by the way, the number of kids generally admitted to hospital over that period for other conditions had declined by 18 per cent. Dominato said that by one estimate, at any one time in British Columbia there are approximately 84,000 kids between ages four and 17 who suffer with mental health issues. If your child or grandchild is popping a pill to

deal with this disability, they are not alone. One in 12 Canadian youth are given mood/anxiety or antipsychotic medication. That would be seven per cent of the kids in B.C. popping a pill to treat a mood or anxiety disorder and close to two per cent were taking at least one antipsychotic medication. The demand for the province to step up is not new. As Dominato pointed out, “Currently there is no education sector strategy in place and stakeholders have repeated called for provincial leadership in this area.”

This is the ﬁfth year in a row this summit has taken place in communities across the province. The principal sponsor is B.C. Children’s Hospital. Dominato would have us look to Ontario, which has been at the forefront in tackling this issue since 2007. They have a province-wide strategy and solid infrastructure when it comes to helping school kids facing these difﬁculties. As for B.C.’s efforts, the past Liberal government and its ministry of education did little more than twiddle its thumbs.

Hope springs eternal, however. Assuming the minority NDP government in Victoria has a lifespan longer than a fruit ﬂy, they seem willing to take up the challenge. Minister of Education Rob Fleming is making encouraging noises. And Judy Darcy, the minister responsible for the brand spanking new Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction, seems on board. Her comments on the day of the student mental health summit had her thanking “the students behind the summit from the bottom of my heart for breaking down the

walls of silence to talk about mental health.” To which she added: “I applaud these students for helping to create a space so their peers have access to support when they need it.” If Darcy and Fleming are looking for a solution, Dominato says it is there. In 2013, a group calling itself the “B.C. School Based Mental Health Coalition” referred to a concept called “school connectedness.” It is the key, they would argue, to dealing with mental health issues too many children experience. It is “about creating a school community where everyone feels safe, seen, heard, supported, signiﬁcant and cared for.” Healthy Schools B.C. is a not-for-proﬁt that makes this point: “The presence of caring relationships in school — the heart of school connectedness — is increasingly recognized as a vital component of successful schools. The research is strong and consistent; students who feel connected to school do better academically and are heathier.” More school districts around the province are coming to this conclusion. What is needed though is the provincial government to get on board and provide the necessary funding and direction. @allengarr

The good, the bad and the challenging: A breakdown of B.C. class sizes Tracy Sherlock

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Some fascinating numbers about schools in B.C. were quietly released on Friday by the provincial government. The most disappointing and surprising stats show the number of classes in B.C. with more than three students with special needs went up this year, despite the teachers’ court win, which restored rules about class size and makeup. More in line with expectations is the revelation that the number of classes with seven or more special needs students has dropped signiﬁcantly. And in the purely good news department, average class sizes are down and the number of classes with more than 30 students has been cut nearly in half since the court restored the old rules. B.C. Teachers’ Federa-

tion president Glen Hansman says the numbers show the power of collective agreements in creating smaller classes for students. “While the current government, the NDP, has been announcing positive projects, like seismic upgrading and school construction, they haven’t put more operating funding in other than what is needed to implement the restored language,” Hansman said. “Not a cent more has come into the system.” The information was posted to Data BC on Friday. There are provincial standards for class size, but there are no provincial rules about the number of special needs students that can be in any one class, and about 20 of the province’s 60 districts do not have their own rules. Education Minister Rob Fleming was not available Friday for an interview, however the Ministry of Educa-

tion said in part the numbers are due to an increase in the number of students with special needs in the system and more students being diagnosed with special needs. “We believe in inclusive education and that all students should have equitable access to learning opportunities,” the ministry said in a statement. “We are looking at how we support students with diverse learning needs as part of our current review of the public education funding formula.” That review could bring in signiﬁcant changes to how schools are funded, in particular how money is allocated for students with special needs. Recommendations are expected by late summer, with implementation expected by the 201920 school year. The Supreme Court decision and an increase in enrolment resulted in 4,000 more classes throughout

the province. In Vancouver alone, there are 550 more classes this year than last, despite the number of students going down. Across the province, the average kindergarten has 17.8 students, down from 19.1 last year, while the average Grade 1 to 3 classroom has 19.4 students, down from 20.4 students last year. The average Grade 4 to 7 classroom has 23.3 students, down from 24.5 and the average Grade 8 to 12 class has 22 students, down from 22.9. There are 17,466 classes with more than three special needs students, an increase of about 150 classes from last year, a record high year. To put that in perspective, in 2006-07, 14 per cent of all classes had four or more students with special needs. Today, 23 per cent of classes have four or more students with special needs. There are 3,474 classes

with seven or more students with special needs, which is down from 4,186 classes last year, a signiﬁcant drop of nearly 20 per cent. In Vancouver, where the contract places limits on the number of special needs students who can be in a class, 663 classes have seven or more students with special needs and 1,817 classes have four or more such students. There are 9,000 classes in Vancouver, so fully one-ﬁfth of them have four or more students with special needs. The numbers are slightly improved in Vancouver from last year, when there were 770 classes with seven or more students with special needs and 1,965 classes with four or more students with special needs. But a shortage of teachers in B.C. has meant that non-enrolling teachers who normally work with students with special needs

are often called in to cover for classroom teachers who are away sick. A survey done by the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers Association shows that thousands of hours of service to students have been lost because of this practice, VESTA president Chloe McKnight said at a recent public meeting about the Vancouver School Board budget. “We’ve heard over and over again from our members that this is the hardest year they’ve experienced,” McKnight said. Hansman is hopeful that this year, with an elected board and a new, permanent superintendent, the situation in Vancouver will improve. I’m sure students, parents and teachers hope so too. Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues. She can be reached at tracy.sherlock@gmail.com.

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Craig Brumwell remembers a time in the not-toodistant past when Kitsilano was seen as the wrong side of the tracks, a part of town inhabited by ruffians, trouble makers and tough guys. A Magee graduate in the early 1980s, Brumwell’s memories of Blue Demons basketball rivalries are far removed from today’s highend shops and immaculate beach-front homes. “Kits had a bit of a reputation for having some pretty tough dudes around that time — they used to call it the East Side school on the West Side,” Brumwell recalls. “Amongst people from my group from Magee, when our basketball games finished it was a case of, ‘Alright, just stare at the floor when you walk out of the building.’ It had a reputation of being a pretty hard-boiled place and you had to be careful.” The tony West Side neighbourhood has indeed been many things to many people over the last century: a stump-covered

swamp, blue collared, blue and gold, and crowded with counter culture. Saturday, May 12 marks the 100th anniversary of the neighbourhood’s heartbeat, as upwards of four generations will gather at Kitsilano secondary to usher in the school’s second century. The Courier visited the home of the Blue Demons and spoke to teachers and students past and present ranging in age from their late teens to their late 80s. They spoke to cultural norms, communism, cool cars, big hair and cutting a rug to the sounds of Louis Armstrong. But first, some essential facts: • The school’s first iteration came to be in 1917, when it was used to house an influx of students from King Edward high school. The first temporary school was built in 1920 at Trafalgar and 12th Avenue. The bulk of the school structure that remains today opened in 1927. • The school’s first Latin students selected “Fiat Lux” (Let there be light) as the official Kits motto. The school’s colours are royal blue and gold. • Part rallying cry and part point of pride, the school’s official song “Hail Kitsilano” was penned in 1936 by thenband teacher Ivor Parfitt. The jingle is still sung at school events to this day. • The school’s alumni list is chalked full of A-listers

I had visions of a different career for sure. My sports career changed and I went really far with it. But it was later in life, after the age of 24 I got onto the national team and broke records. That was not anticipated. The confidence I gained from being an elite athlete, that was unexpected because I was shy. I gained a whole different level of confidence. Having lived most of your life in Kits, what are the biggest changes you’ve seen? I grew up in a large house with five siblings and now my husband and two kids are squashed into a tiny rental apartment. It’s always kind of on the edge and it’s not the same as it was. The neighbourhood feeling now is changing dramatically. Kits students, in the late ’60s, pose for a promo shot for the Kits Carnival.

and athletes including Ryan Reynolds, Dawson’s Creek star Joshua Jackson and Olympians Donna Gilmore, Kathleen Heddle and George Athans. ••• Caroline Wittrin is a Kits lifer. She grew up in the area, went to Kits Secondary from 1981 to 1986, has taught at the school for 18 years and still lives nearby. She also netted a bronze medal in hammer throw at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

What were the cool cars when you were in school? There were no hot rods; everyone had junkers. The Trans Am was the cool car at the time. A lot of people had beaters. In those days, we didn’t get our cars purchased for us by our parents. We actually had to buy them ourselves. How is your life different now compared to what you envisioned when you graduated?

Ashlynne Koly is a Grade 12 student on the cusp of signing a post-secondary soccer scholarship. She’s attended Kits secondary since Grade 8 and graduates in June. What’s it like growing up in the cellphone, social media generation? You rely on it, especially in school. There are pros and cons to it. When the teachers give you an assignment or you need to ﬁgure something out, the automatic thing to do is just look it up on your phone. The teachers let you most of the

time. It’s just accepted that it plays a role in education, it plays a role in socializing. What world event will you always associate with your time in high school? Trump’s inauguration. There was a lot of talk about that. There’s a lot of cool, intellectual people at this school. And there’s a lot of political people at this school. It was the talk of the town at the time and it still is. Craig Brumwell has taught at Kits since 1988 and is cochair of the Kits 100 anniversary celebrations. What do you remember about your first day teaching at Kits? I was petriﬁed. I remember going to Benny’s Bagels, which had just opened, to pick myself something up. It’s ironic because they’re now closing. Kits has a reputation of giving substitute teachers and visitors a bit of a rough time because they don’t know if you’re staying or if you’re just passing through. But the second they realize you are staying, they just love you. What was the prominent world event you remember from the time you started teaching at Kits? Communism was dissolving. All of a sudden there was no Soviet Union any more.

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100th birthday But I can remember being a History 12 student in high school in 1981 and our teacher telling us there was something like an 87 per cent chance that we were going to die in a thermonuclear war within four years. There wasn’t a lot of positivity around then. What’s been the most profound neighbourhood change over the last 30 years? Wealth. They used to coin the school as a school for everybody’s kid. If you were rich, if you were poor, if you were disabled, if you were First Nations, Asian, you name it, there was a place for you at this school. It wasn’t selective in any way. But you have to keep in mind that any morning at 8:30 there’s a line of Porches, Mercedes, Lexus and all these different cars, and then there’s kids walking up from their basement suites with no lunch. There’s a huge diversity. There’s still that diversity but the proportion is deﬁnitely in the direction of the more wealthy. Erik Butterﬁeld graduates in June and has his sights set on the University of Victoria, where he’ll study history. He wants to be a history teacher and has helped plan events around the 100th birthday.

What do you remember about your first day of school? Coming into the old gym, there was a bunch of people yelling at us. It sounds bad but they were welcoming us to the school. It was very overwhelming. You come in, you meet a few people but there’s all these people you don’t know outside of a couple of friends.

How is your life different now compared to what you envisioned when you graduated? I always knew I wanted to be a teacher so that didn’t change. But life is different. All the rules are different. Some of the social graces are gone: saying please, thank you and politeness. A lot of the things acceptable now wouldn’t be acceptable back then.

What are the cliques at school? There isn’t a lot of hatred between groups. We do a pretty good job of intermingling with one another. A lot of it is just separated by your interests, or if you’re loud or shy.

What’s your favourite memory of your time in school? When we came here in Grade 7, we saw all these other girls here and they were wearing lipstick so we decided we’d wear lipstick. We had a teacher who made us go to the washroom every time we wore it and made us take our lipstick off.

What will you miss most about your time in high school? I’ll miss the friends and people I’ve met. Before being involved with the centennial, I was a shy, stick-to-myself person. But this has really opened me up, and I’ve gotten to know way more people, teachers, staff, kids who go to the school. I’ll miss having that interaction. Ruth Enns is a graduate from the Class of 1946. Like Wittrin, she’s spent most of her life living near Kits secondary. Enns estimates about 25 of her classmates are still alive of the 174 graduates.

To what extent do you keep up with your former classmates? We’re such a tight group, the Class of ’46. We still see each other. I’m coming to the anniversary event with my Grade 1 friend from Bayview elementary. We went to Bayview together, we went to Kits together, we went to normal school together. So it seems appropriate that we continue to waltz down this journey together. Details for the anniversary celebration are online atkits100.org. @JohnKurucz

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Community COURAGE TO COME BACK

Woman’s journey to ﬁnd herself included surprise diagnosis Suzanne Venuta is the 2018 Courage To Come Back recipient in the mental health category Sandra Thomas

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Posing for a photograph while dressed in a pair of black jeans, blue golf shirt and green quilted jacket, Courage To Come Back recipient Suzanne Venuta jokes about her wardrobe choices for the upcoming Courage awards gala. “I’d really like to wear my hiking boots,” says Venuta, ﬂashing her trademark grin. “What if I bedazzle them?” The fact Venuta can joke at all after the atrocities she faced growing up is testament to her inner strength. But Venuta makes it immediately clear she is so much more than the heinous sexual, emotional and physical abuse she suffered as a child, which as a woman led to depression, anxiety and complex posttraumatic stress disorder. Venuta was also eventually diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly called multiple personality disorder, a coping mechanism she used as a child to survive her abuse. “There are years of my life that I have no memory of but, growing up, I thought everyone had a shitty memory,” says Venuta, who admits to having a bit of a potty mouth. “Turns out disassociation was my drug of choice. It’s not like I have a million different characters, but more of a fractured persona.” Venuta’s strength of character and survival instincts are just two of the reasons she’ll be awarded the 2018

award in the mental health category on May 10 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The awards are presented by Coast Mental Health and chaired by Lorne Segal. As a child and teenager living with an undiagnosed learning disability, Venuta simply assumed she wasn’t as smart as her fellow students and turned to alcohol at age 12 to numb the pain of being bullied throughout school. She married young and moved to Ontario with her military husband but, when that marriage fell apart, Venuta found herself supporting her son on her own thousands of miles from home. Moving back to the Comox Valley, Venuta enrolled in a two-year Early Childhood Education program and graduated on the Dean’s List — dispelling any questions about her intelligence. She then opened two successful daycares but it wasn’t long before ﬂashbacks, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, depression and a host of other mental health issues saw her “crash and burn” in 2000 and she lost everything. Venuta also wondered at the time if she was possibly suffering from early-onset dementia due to her sporadic memory. “I’d forget to pay bills or forget to go shopping,” she says. “It wasn’t until I was diagnosed in 2003 with DID that things started to make sense.” Venuta says until then her only experience with DID was from TV or movies, such as the 1957 ﬁlm The Three Faces of Eve about a woman with multiple personalities.

After years of unimaginable abuse as a child, Suzanne Venuta has finally made peace with the past and is on a journey to find herself once again. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

“But once I was diagnosed I got it, and that’s when I joined a psychotherapy group,” says Venuta. “I also found out it’s not as rare as I thought, though some doctors are still reluctant to admit it exists.” Putting a name to what Venuta was suffering from meant she was ﬁnally able to seek help and begin rebuilding her life. And rebuild she did. Today Venuta has remarried and has a close relationship with her adult son. She was also able to

begin setting goals and challenging herself, something she previously would never allow herself to do because it seemed so pointless. One of the ﬁrst challenges Venuta tackled was signing up for an Outward Bound Canada program which, as part of its mandate, offers canoeing, rock climbing, kayaking, backpacking and dogsledding courses for military veterans, youth at risk, Indigenous peoples and female survivors of violence. That lit a spark in

Venuta, which convinced her to attempt the North Coast Trail, considered one of the most challenging hikes in Canada. “It taught me to dig down deep,” says Venuta. With a new sense of confidence she’d never experienced before, Venuta continued to challenge herself and set new goals. She’s an accomplished dragon boat rower and three-time team captain, learned to skate at 40 and became a master ringette player, learned to golf, is an accomplished public speaker and offers peer support to participants of Outward Bound Women of Courage. Venuta also mentors youth and adults and works with doctors and interns to educate them about mental health, including dissociative identity disorder. Venuta has come so far out of the black hole she once found herself drowning in, she now speaks to students about abuse and mental health. “I tell them no matter what happens to you, you can come out the other side,” says Venuta. “Everyone was born with an essence. In a good family that flourishes but in a family like mine it gets hidden away. I tell them no matter what happens they can’t touch your essence because that’s a core part of who you are.” Venuta also wants anyone struggling with mental health issues to hang in there and to persist in seeking help. A new goal she has is to one day take part in a TED talk. TED is a non-profit organiza-

tion devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks either live or by video. “I want people suffering to know there is help and it can be a kind world,” says Venuta. “There is somebody out there who understands so keep asking. You’re worth it. There are times I still have shit days, but it really does get better.” These days, Venuta is adding travel blogger to her resume and has planned a seven-week hiking/walking trip to Ireland for May 12, two days after the Courage to Come Back Awards dinner. And while Venuta will be joined by a friend for part of the trip, she’ll be on her own for much of the time and is not the least bit concerned about travelling solo. Venuta feels a strong connection to Ireland, a place she calls “home of my ancestors.” “It’s my ancestors who have given me the strength and resiliency to carry on and I planned this trip to honour them and me and my journey,” says Venuta, who plans to perform a ceremony for her ancestors in Ireland using a shaman’s pot and smudge. “I need to show my gratitude. I feel like this trip is kind of like salmon returning to the stream. I lost myself because of the trauma I went through but this trip will be my return to self.” @sthomas10 The Courage To Come Back awards dinner a major fundraiser for Coast Mental Health. More information and tickets to the May 10 awards ceremony are available at CourageToComeBack.ca.

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Why Vancouver’s soaring gas prices are a good thing Grant Lawrence

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It’s official. As of this past weekend, Vancouver and Victoria registered the highest gas prices in Canadian history. Our gas is also currently the most expensive on the continent of North America. If you drive a gas-guzzler in this town, you likely noticed prices at the pump tipping into the $1.60-plus range. Dare I suggest these outrageous prices could be a good thing? Car-dependent critics will screech that our soaring cost of gas is a direct result of the pipeline dispute and is part of Alberta’s reactionary chokehold to limit fuel in order to piss off B.C. consumers enough to sway public opinion into demanding the pipeline punch-through. Our premier strongly denies this. Yes, there’s a shortage of fuel getting to Vancouver and Victoria but, no, it doesn’t have anything to do with the current pipeline battle. Rather, we don’t have enough refineries to supply enough gas to customers. Also, two out of the five refineries we depend on in Washington state are going through spring maintenance, which is slowing our supply down even more. Besides waiting on maintenance or building a new refinery, what’s the solution? Dan McTeague, a senior petroleum analyst at Gasbuddy.com, recently told Global News one remedy would be to keep building pipelines to increase supply. There are of course other options. These historically out-of-sight gas prices could be a tipping point for Vancouver — the kind that

Drivers of gas-fueled vehicles woke up to a startling discovery this weekend — the highest prices at in pumps in Canadian history. PHOTO GRANT LAWRENCE

finally gets you out of your oil-industry-driven, fossilfuel-burning automobile and into some kind of healthier societal alternative, whether that be public transit, your bike or your own two feet. And while that may be a major point of contention for the SUV-set, especially those in outlying neighbourhoods such as the North Shore, East Van and the West Side, life does not have to be lived through the windshield of a gas-guzzler. Many people who reside in some of the world’s greatest cities, such as New York, London or Tokyo, would never dream of owning a car, simply because it’s an expensive hassle. For one thing, there’s nowhere to put it. Life is easier without a car. That’s a lifestyle path Vancouverites should attempt to follow, and record-high gas prices are a reason to embrace it. But hey, if your job or your hockey bag or your kids or your disability demands that a vehicle is an absolute must, there’s another option more and more Vancouverites are finally flipping onto: an electric vehicle. With the average price of a Nissan Leaf and other electric cars starting at $35,000 (and much cheaper for used

ones), there’s now a large range of gas-free vehicles for sale in Vancouver. Imagine the satisfaction of never having to pull into another gas station again, and saving the $1,500 to $2,000 you currently spend on gas in a year. Then there’s the lack of old-school car maintenance: there’s no oil, muffler system, gears or coolant in electric cars. They’re quieter and obviously much better for the environment with zero exhaust emissions. And, yes, they’re fast, and a charge can generally last from 100 to 450 kilometres, which will get you to Whistler or the Okanagan. Of course it takes just five minutes to fill your gas tank, but it takes on average about five hours to fully charge an electric vehicle, which is a major drawback for many. But with more and more Vancouver arteries clogged with carbon-spewing traffic jams, pipeline battles raging across provincial and federal lines, and gas prices hitting all-time highs, could this be the time for Vancouverites to put their money where their mouths are, to lead by example, and ditch the oil industry for good? Maybe it really is time to turn over a new Leaf.

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This year’s contest will be judged by Ceri Marsh, bestselling cookbook author of How to Feed a Family and The School Year Survival Cookbook, and host of the web series Love Your Lunch on Food Network.ca, and Sydney Massey, director of nutrition education for B.C.’s Dairy Association. The Courier had some questions for Massey about eating as a family.

Why is it so important for families to eat together? The benefits are numerous. Families who eat together eat better. Almost 20 years of research continues to bear out the nutritional benefits. And what’s fascinating is that these benefits seem to transfer across the generations. Teenagers who grow up eating together with their families will continue the tradition when they become parents themselves, according to the most recent research. How can families encourage teenagers to take part? Make food and cooking pleasurable. Start with small steps such as making pizza together on Friday night or mixing together a random salad. These activities generate positive emotions and memories that can contribute to more meals together. This was one of the most important insights we learned when doing the research to establish Better Together B.C. and are strategies that work for families with children of any age. Visit bettertogether.ca for more tips. Do you have any tips or shortcuts for easy weekday dinners? A well-stocked pantry! One of my favourite meals to cook when I don’t feel like making an elaborate meal is to prepare bean

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enchiladas. I always keep canned beans and tomatoes in my pantry and usually stock cheese and tortillas in my fridge. It’s pretty easy to layer some tomato at the bottom of a Pyrex dish, roll up tortillas with beans and grated cheese and snuggle them side-by-side on top of the tomato layer. I add another layer of tomato on top of the tortillas with a bit more grated cheese. After 15 minutes in the oven, the house will fill with a wonderful aroma and bring good appetites to the table. Another shortcut I learned from my mother from the years she was busiest with five young children was to

establish a pattern for the weekday meals to relieve the angst of deciding what to have for dinner each day. Monday was a soup, with leftovers from our big Sunday meal, Tuesday was a pasta dish, Wednesday featured chicken, and so on. This also ensured we had a good variety of food throughout the week. Some people prefer a more structured plan, building a plan that names specific dishes, and that’s fine too.

earliest Hands-on Cookoff videos some years ago featured a mother making a lasagna, while her child was facing forward in a carrier. You could just watch that child’s eyes track every movement. Another contest entry featured a two-yearold who industriously cracked egg after egg to help out in the preparation of a frittata. No doubt this toddler became so adept at cracking eggs because she was given a chance to practise. And that’s the thing: while you may need to invest a bit of extra time when you begin to involve children in the kitchen, the payoff comes soon enough when children can truly be willing and able to help.

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A NEW PARK AT OAKRIDGE CENTRE The Vancouver Park Board is planning a new 9 acre park as part of the redevelopment of Oakridge Centre. The new public park will be the ﬁrst of its kind in Vancouver, located partially on the roof of the mall and partially at ground level. We are looking for your input to help inform the preferred park concept to be considered by the Vancouver Park Board for decision in Summer 2018. Join us at an upcoming community open house and help shape the future park!

1. 6829-6869 Cambie Street To rezone 6829-6869 Cambie Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey residential building and four two-storey townhouses containing 65 market residential units. A height of 21.0 metres (69 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.53 are proposed. 2. 8599 Oak Street To rezone 8599 Oak Street from RM-3A (Multiple Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey residential building containing a total of 36 for-profit affordable rental housing units. A height of 20.0 metres (66 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.50 are proposed. 3. 3281-3295 East 22nd Avenue To rezone 3281-3295 East 22nd Avenue from C-1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building with commercial uses at grade and 55 secured forprofit affordable rental housing units. A height of 21.3 metres (70 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.00 are proposed. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038 Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on May 4 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting May 4 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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Numerous walks on myriad subjects planned for throughout city May, 4, 5 and 6 Naoibh O’Connor

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The family-like atmosphere is what Erik Paulsson enjoyed most about living in a so-called “collective house” on Marine Drive. For three years, he shared a more-than-7,000-squarefoot, six-bedroom house dubbed the “Inspiral Community Mansion” in Kerrisdale with seven other likeminded people, splitting the $3,900 monthly rent. Affordable rent was a major attraction, but it was the relationships he really appreciated. He recalls going down for breakfast where housemates would share stories about their days or their future plans, and sometimes their troubles. “Eating a meal together was terrific — that was always what I loved most about living collectively,” he told the Courier. “I’m also into gardening, so [I liked] having a place where you all worked together — building a garden was one of my favourite aspects.” While Paulsson no longer lives in that home, he remains a collective living proponent and is one of the founders of the Collective Housing Society, which formed in 2017. This weekend, he’s leading a walking tour called “Collective Housing as an Ownership Model” as part of Jane’s Walk. Jane’s Walks, named after urban activist Jane Jacobs who authored the influential 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, take place in urban areas around the world on the first weekend in May. The citizen-led walks are designed to “make space for people to observe, reflect, share, question and collectively reimagine the places in which they live, work and play.” Paulsson’s tour on Sunday is one of two centred on collective houses — another one taking place on the West Side is called “Collective Housing as a Sustainable Living Model in Shaughnessy” featuring visits to the Beanstalk Collective, a zero-waste community, and Osler House, a collective and urban garden. The two walks are among numerous Jane’s Walks planned in Vancouver May 4, 5 and 6 that focus on

myriad subjects ranging from urban agriculture and Wreck Beach to public art on the SkyTrain system and Vancouver’s changing industrial land. Paulsson, a local documentary ﬁlmmaker, historian and tour guide, decided to lead a walk because he wants people to learn more about collective houses, which he says differ from simply having roommates in that they are intentional communities of people who usually live in large single-family homes. Residents have a similar ethos and share meals, resources, decision-making and household duties. The homes typically have names — the three East Vancouver houses on his tour are called the Zulla, the Dreamhaus t V and the Villa Thrilla. While residents in most p b collective houses live in rental homes, the ones he’s a featuring are owned and are b in the Commercial Drive l neighbourhood between East Second and Trout p Lake. n In two of the cases, the h owners had a vision for theira houses and found people c to move in, although each b home functions differently. s In the third case, people living collectively in a V rental home decided to l buy the house when it t went up for sale. b Paulsson said the tour ﬁts w Jane’s Walk’s mandate be- I cause the annual event centreso on ideas around city living t and creating community. a “The collective housing p movement is growing. We want to see more collective houses happening for a bunch of reasons, but it does create a sense of community. A lot of the houses end up being community hubs, so they’re not just living spaces,” he said, explaining residents may host concerts or other gatherings. “It promotes a happier living situation… A lot of people are feeling quite lonely these days, especially if they’re not in a relationship or have a family. Effectively, you have a family [where] you share things.” He helped form the Collective House Society to give collective houses around Vancouver a voice in the housing conversation and to lobby the government for changes to bylaws. The society also wants grants to help promote collective living as an affordable housing model and to foster the idea of a sharing economy. Another objective is to create a social network between all of the collective houses in the city.

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Erik Paulsson. pictured in “the Zulla,” is leading a Jane’s Walk this weekend, in which participants will visit three East Vancouver “collective houses.” PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Paulsson estimates there are more than 50 in Vancouver — it’s difficult to pin down an exact number because it likely fluctuates and some operate quietly because they don’t want the landlord to know. Aside from offering people a sense of community, Paulsson said collective houses are a great option, as renting and owning becomes increasingly difficult, because expenses can be shared among many. “We have a situation in Vancouver where we have lots of large houses and there are people that are buying these large houses who aren’t living in them. It’s hard to rent a five-, sixor seven-bedroom place to single families. So more and more of these larger places are renting out to

groups of people,” he said. “It’s amazing. There are people living in mansions and there’s one collective that’s in a penthouse apartment at Denman and Davie — a complete top ﬂoor. It’s a ﬁve-bedroom penthouse with views of the ocean. There are pretty spectacular places and you can live in style.” Paulsson encourages anyone who is interested in living in a collective house to join one of the tours this weekend to learn more, but he’s also encouraging property managers and landlords to participate. He wants to dispel myths about how they operate, so landlords might consider allowing their house to be rented to a collective. “It’s not like a frat house where there are a bunch of kids partying. A lot of the

people living in these houses are older… 30s, 40s or 50s. They are people who are good neighbours, good local citizens. They tend to keep the properties really well maintained,” he said. “They’re people who want to make sure they have a nice living space, a nice yard. For a property manager, there’s also security because, in terms of rent, everybody is pitching in. If one person can’t afford it, the rest sort of pitch in and help.” @naoibh More information, including dates, times and meeting places, about both collective housing tours, as well as all of the Jane’s Walks taking place in Vancouver, can be found at janeswalkvancouver. wordpress.com.

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Friends of the VPL: Spring Used Book Sale

Books, books, books, and more books… and a few other multimedia items, too. It’s all available as part of the Friends of the Vancouver Public Library’s Spring Used Book Sale. You’ll find this bonanza of gently used books, CDs and DVDs at the VPL’s Central Library in the heart of downtown. BYO bag and load up with great deals with proceeds going to the Friends of the VPL to support special services. Check it out. May 3, 4, and 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St. vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/

May the 4th Be With You at the Space Centre

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…OK, just kidding. This is something going on in Vancouver this week, but it’s 100 per cent for Star Wars fans. The H.R. Macmillan Space Centre is holding its first Family Night event on May 4, and what better way to say “May the 4th be with you” than with a Star Wars-themed evening for kids seven and up and their families. The event will include “droid

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trivia,” the chance to make your own lightsaber, the show “The Science of Light Sabers Fact vs Fiction and the planetarium show “Star Worlds – A look at planets in a galaxy near you.” Costumes encouraged. May 4, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. HR Macmillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut St. spacecentre.ca/may-4th-be-youfamily-night

Vancouver Design Week

Take part in a week-long celebration of Vancouver’s world-class design talent in multiple disciplines when Vancouver Design Week returns. This dynamic event will feature workshops, gatherings, activities, showcases and many more opportunities to engage with the city’s incredible design community. VDW features an array of programming, including panel talks, screenings such as the premiere of the Dutch film Why We Cycle, cocktail parties for creatives and tours of key venues such as the MEC headquarters. May 7 to 13 | Various venues vancouverdesignwk.com

Food Talks Vol. 16: Crushing it in our Food Community Vancouver, we need to talk. Specifically, we need to talk about some women who are absolutely

rocking it in the food industry. An upcoming Food Talks event puts the spotlight on some of the city’s women who are totally “crushing it” in the biz. The event, which kicks off with appetizers and a welcome cocktail, is centred on the speakers talking about their experiences in the food business, followed by a Q&A session. May 8, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Dockside Lounge in the Granville Island Hotel, 1253 Johnston St. eventbrite.ca/e/food-talks-volume16-tickets-44454940925?aff=es2

Crafted Vancouver

A new kind of craft festival is happening this month. Crafted Vancouver will introduce multiple craft disciplines through several events, including workshops, self-guided tours, presentations, tastings, talks and more. During the course of the month, participants can do anything from going behind the scenes at the Vancouver Opera to learning the “joy of gin.” There will be traditional weaving demonstrations, tours of galleries and studio spaces, a course in hand-sewn tote bag making and more, including a free opening night reception May 9. May 4 to 28, opening night reception is May 9 Various venues craftedvancouver.com

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Vancouver Art and Leisure rises from the ashes in Mount Pleasant DJs, electronic music, LGBTQ culture ﬁnd a home at VAL events John Kurucz

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Planning, party pooping and perseverance have been constants in Matt Troy’s life over the past five years. As artistic director and founder of Vancouver Art and Leisure (VAL) arts collective, Troy is poised to open his fourth venue is as many years after facing a spate of renovictions, gentrification and even an arson. VAL’s return gets the official opening treatment at Manitoba and Sixth Avenue on May 5, in a 6,000 square-foot space that’s billed as part labyrinth, part laboratory. “To me a labyrinth is something to be lost in. I would love to create a space where people can come and lose themselves and then find themselves again in a different way,” Troy said. “I don’t want this to be a space to come and just talk to your friends. I want to create genuine human connections between different people who might not otherwise know each other.” Established in 2014, the non-profit is one of Vancouver’s larger groups catering

VAL artistic director Matt Troy will celebrate the opening of the new VAL art space at Manitoba Street and Sixth Avenue May 5. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

to DJ and electronic dance music (EDM) culture, while providing welcoming spaces for the LGBTQ+ community. But it’s not just about music, says Troy. Fashion, visual arts, dance and discussion panels have all found a home at previous VAL locations. Troy leaves the parameters open for pretty much anyone looking to use the VAL space, regardless if the project has legs in the future. “It’s all about letting artists lead on the programming,” he said. “It’s

space to create and succeed but also to potentially fail and to learn.” Troy has done plenty of learning himself since 2013, speciﬁcally in the areas of bureaucracy, red tape and real estate. His four previous spaces have been near the northern section of Main Street and in Railtown, though none of them have lasted more than two years. His most recent location in Railtown, known as the Villa, closed in January after being targeted by suspected arsonists.

Pounding the pavement anew began right away as Troy and the larger VAL community secured the new space in March. Troy wouldn’t disclose any ﬁnancials associated with the new space, other than to suggest commercial and industrial rents have

doubled since 2013. When asked how his group can afford 6,000 square feet of prime real estate space in Mount Pleasant, Troy offered this: “We produce really good events that people pay money for,” he said. “We’re not immune to

gentriﬁcation or commercial prices. We try to do programming that can facilitate that demand.” The May 5 kickoff will combine DJs, EDM and drag queens. Info is online at facebook.com/vancouverartandleisure. @JohnKurucz

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Film shot secretly in China screens at DOXA festival Says Vancouver director: ‘If I return [to China], I may not be able to come out again’

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Sun Yi wrote his letters to the outside world in secret. His drawings are incorporated in the documentary about how his bravery put an end to the Masanjia Labour Camp.

tered on truthfulness and compassion; the practice is banned in China). Sun Yi was no longer imprisoned by the time he connected with Lee, but he lived in constant fear of retaliation from the Chinese government. Despite this, he didn’t hesitate when Lee suggested they collaborate on a documentary. “He understood that, because of the discovery of the letter and how it contributed to the abolition of the labour camps in China, if he comes out and tells his full story, it could be very powerful,” recalls Lee. There were production challenges from the get-go, beginning with the fact that Lee felt unable to visit China to shoot the film. “There is no official ban but I know if I return, I may not be able to come out again,” he says. And so Lee provided Sun Yi with a list of camera gear to purchase and then trained him over encrypted Skype sessions. Eventually, Sun Yi “would shoot something and compress the file, send it to me in a secure way, I would review the footage, give feedback and plan for the next day of filming,” says Lee. In order to illustrate the horrors of daily life in the camp — and show how Sun Yi had risked his life writing his SOS letters in secret and slipping them into the boxes of decorations destined for America — Lee and his team created animation that was based on Sun Yi’s own sketches.

“When we started the project, he sent me some sketches that he did and I was blown away,” says Lee. “After he came out of Masanjia, he wanted to

in Masanjia. Lee asked Sun Yi how he survived a situation where others routinely chose suicide as a means of escape. “Sun Yi said, ‘People gave

remember the scenes that happened there, so he started doing all of these sketches.” Sun Yi was tortured repeatedly during his years

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up because they believe there’s no alternative and I basically asked myself the question, Am I dead yet? The answer is no. I will hold on one second more. One second at a time is how I dealt with it.’” “I was really moved by his statement,” Lee says. Letter from Masanjia doesn’t have a happy ending, which we won’t spoil here. Lee hopes that Sun Yi’s story will inspire people to be bold and brave in seemingly hopeless situations. Says Lee: “Whatever injustice that you see, take some action. No matter how small it seems at the time, do something about it. You never know where that will lead.”

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What would Vancouver look like today had Harry Rankin won the mayor’s race in 1986? Maybe it’s naïve (or sciﬁ) to believe that the impact of a single election could still be felt more than 30 years in the future. But that 1986 election — a race between bombastic, left-leaning political activist Harry Rankin and a young NPA upstart named Gordon Campbell — embodied the choice that a post-Expo ’86 Vancouver faced: do we serve the needs of the

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with Rankin that were conducted as part of an unfinished documentary by filmmaker Peter Smilsky and left to languish in Phil Rankin’s basement. “I didn’t know too much about Harry Rankin when I first got my hands on the film, but as I watched more and more, I came to learn this amazing story of this absolutely passionate, hilarious as hell and completely politically convicted individual and what he was trying to do with the city back in the ’80s, and so I realized, ‘Oh my god, I have to keep going with this,’” recalls Alfeld. She did, and seven years later, the result is The Rankin File, which shines a spotlight on a man whose dire warnings about Vancouver’s future have arguably come to pass. Rankin had been on local council for years — and was considered the most popular politician in Vancouver — by the time he announced his candidacy for the mayor’s race in 1986. He’d been waiting until COPE had a stronger presence on council before he ran, and when they did, he was ready with a platform that spoke to his long-held socialist beliefs. Rankin believed in protections for tenants. He believed in affordable housing. He believed that 35 per cent of all new dwellings should be social housing. In one campaign rally shown in the film, the late social activist Jim Green calls Rankin “the best friend the Downtown Eastside ever had” (Rankin’s people called Campbell “the marathon man” because he was

so closely associated with Marathon Realty). This is how Rankin describes himself in the documentary: “I have a great capacity to be indignant about other people’s problems.” But Rankin could also be rude and irritable. He’d verbally lash out at audience members during Q&As. In one debate with Campbell, he interrupted him and called him a twerp. Thus, Rankin’s message was often lost, buried beneath the bombast (as well as incessant insinuations that he was a communist — which, during the Cold War, could and did cast a pall). The Rankin File includes present-day interviews with Rankin colleagues and foes who enjoyed a front-row seat to the campaign, including Libby Davies, Mike Harcourt, documentarian Smilsky (who expresses gratitude to Alfeld for ﬁnishing what he started), and Campbell himself. “None of my peers knew who Harry was,” says Alfeld, who grew up in East Vancouver. “It’s hard now in 2018 to even begin to think that the city was different. There’s a polarization of wealth, and people my age can’t ﬁnd places to live. Now that it’s an election year, it maybe could be different if we have the right folks in the right roles making the right decisions.” The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical screens May 3 and 8 at the 2018 DOXA Documentary Festival. For tickets and schedule information, visit DOXAFestival.ca.

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Craft brewery tasting room dos and don’ts Rob Mangelsdorf editor@thegrowler.ca

All over this ﬁne province, the craft brewery tasting room has quickly become a community hub. It’s a place where people of all ages can come together over a common love for the ﬁner things in life. The vast majority of tasting room patrons are incredibly wellbehaved, but then there are some who need a lesson in etiquette. Naturally, The Growler is happy to oblige.

Do…

Return your empties! You’re going to the bar anyway, so take your empties with you. Full hands in, full hands out, right? After all, if you make more work for the staff, that just means it’ll take longer for them to get to your drinks.

Don’t…

Jump the queue! There’s clearly a line-up here, so don’t try to ﬂag down the bartender over the heads of everyone seated at the bar. It’s a sureﬁre way to get served last.

It’s OK to ask for a sample.

Do…

Ask lots of questions! Want to know what kind of hops were used in your favourite IPA, or how a kettle sour is made? Ask away! Beerfolk love talking about the beer they make and are happy to share their passion with you.

Don’t…

Ask lots of questions… if the place is packed! If the lineup is stretching out the front door and down the block, then don’t waste everyone’s time by trying to strike up a conversation with the bartender. Order your beers, pay, and sit down. Save the small talk for when it’s slow.

Do…

Bring the kids! Most craft beer tasting rooms are kidfriendly and have toys and other fun stuff to keep the little ones occupied. The more the merrier!

appears to be an alien life form. Wash, rinse, repeat. And don’t get pissy if the brewery refuses to ﬁll your nasty growler. That just means they care more about you then you do.

Don’t…

Abandon the kids! If the little ones are having a meltdown, then it’s time to go. The tasting room is not a daycare, nor is it an open range for feral children.

Be a jerk! I could have sworn we learned this in kindergarten, but apparently not. Treat the staff kindly, and if you don’t like a beer, don’t be an ass about it.

Do…

Tip your bartender/ server! You might think that everybody’s getting rich off of craft beer, but you are very, very wrong.

Don’t…

Get wasted! The tasting room is a place to imbibe responsibly over good conversation with good company. If you want to get s***-faced, do it at the club.

Do…

Wash out that growler! Seriously. It’s been sitting in your closet for the last month, slowly growing what

Ask for a sample! It’s OK to be hesitant about ordering a beer style you’ve never tried before, or a beer with triple-digit IBUs. The bar staff ishappy to give you a taste so you can order a beer that you know you’re going to like.

Don’t…

Drive! Automobiles and alcohol don’t mix. Duh.

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For this week’s daily double, Courier readers, this emotion describes Jessica Tracy’s reaction when she learned that her book was mentioned in a Jeopardy! question. What is “blown away”? Last week, the UBC psychology professor was riding in a taxi from the Los Angeles airport to her hotel room when she got a text from one of her graduate students, Eric Mercadante. Mercadante’s mother is an avid Jeopardy! fan and tapes the nightly show. While the night in particular’s question might not have excited the contestants — none of whom came up with the right question — she was thrilled to see a book by her son’s professor used as a question. She told her son about his professor’s 15 seconds of fame and he immediately texted Dr. Tracy, who is in L.A. for a conference. In 2016, Dr. Tracy had written a book called Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success. It explores pride’s dual personality. There’s

the bad, narcissistic pride that’s based on a false sense of self but there’s also the positive, authentic achievement-oriented pride. “Why did Paul Gauguin abandon middle-class life to follow the path of a starving artist? What explains the massive success of Steve Jobs, a man with great ideas but weak programming skills and a questionable managerial style? How did Dean Karnazes — the famed ‘Ultramarathon Man’ — transform himself from a directionless desk jockey into an extreme athlete who once ran fifty marathons in fifty days? As the renowned emotion researcher Jessica Tracy reveals in Take Pride, each of these superachievers has been motivated by an often maligned emotion: pride,” says UBC’s Emotion Lab when describing the book. “By making us care about how others see us and how we see ourselves, pride makes us strive for excellence.” LinkedIn influencer Adam Grant mentioned the book on his blog. Shopify chose the book as one of its “2017 books to read by Women for Entrepre-

neurs.” More recently, in January it was named one of “12 Books for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs by StartUp Mindset.” Maybe one of the writers on Jeopardy! is an ambitious woman entrepreneur who liked the book because there it was under “Emotions” on the show: “In the book ‘Take’ this, Jessica Tracy says this sense of self-worth has led to many great accomplishments.” Sixteen-hundred-dollars rode on the right answer. “What is conﬁdence,” the contestant asks. Wrong, host Alex Trebek replies. The other two contestants were equally stumped. The buzzer sounds. “It’s pride, Take Pride,” Trebek says. As for Dr. Tracy, “it was pretty cool” to watch her 15 seconds of fame. And, along with her surprise and delight in having her book mentioned in a show watched by 10 million people a night, she too is entitled to feeling proud that her hard work and dedication have been acknowledged.

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Canucks picked the worst possible time to bottom out Team’s terrible three-year stretch came just as NHL changed draft lottery rules

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It was a wholly expected kick in the teeth, but that didn’t make it hurt any less for Canucks fans. With just a 7.5 per cent chance of picking ﬁrst overall, the Canucks’ odds of winning the draft were low. Instead, fans saw the most likely result come to pass: the Canucks will be picking seventh overall. It’s a frustrating result for fans who have seen three of the worst seasons in franchise history, but have only been rewarded with the team picking ﬁfth twice, and now seventh. Over the past three seasons, the Canucks have literally been the worst team in the NHL. No other team has won fewer games and collected fewer points than the Canucks over the last three sea-

sons, and the highest they have picked in the draft is fifth. There is someone to blame, however: the Edmonton Oilers, with a side-order of blame for the Buffalo Sabres. Simply put, the NHL hates tanking. They don’t want to see any of their teams trying to lose so that they can get a higher draft pick. One of the biggest reasons this became a topic of conversation in the NHL is that the Oilers got the first overall pick in three straight seasons. Gary Bettman and the NHL announced some changes heading into the 2014-15 season, which would culminate in a draft with Connor McDavid as the clear first overall favourite and Jack Eichel as an excellent consolation prize. The Sabres had all-but announced their intentions of tanking the entire season, so they justifiably felt targeted when the NHL announced that the teams finishing lowest in the standings would have reduced odds at winning the first overall pick.

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Woodley and Stojanov were busts, though Stojanov at least netted Markus Naslund in one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history.

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The Sabres still finished last, barely beating out the Arizona Coyotes for the bottom spot, but the NHL’s new draft lottery rules backfired, with the thirdto-last Oilers getting their fourth firstoverall pick in six years. But the draft lottery rule change that really impacted the Canucks was first implemented in 2016, just when the Canucks first bottomed out. Instead of all the teams that missed the playoffs having a chance of first overall, the NHL opened up the lottery to include the top-three picks. Now, any team that missed the playoffs, even if they were just one point out of a playoff spot, could jump into first, second or third overall in the draft. The kicker for Canucks fans is that the teams finishing at the bottom of the standings, the ones that really needed a top-tier prospect, could move down as many as three spots in the draft. So, of course, the Canucks moved down. They dropped two spots in 2016, Fame career. All but one season came with the St. Louis Blues.

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to the second round of the NHL playoffs, which have been fantastic after an unexpectedly lacklustre ﬁrst round. Every single series

from third to ﬁfth. They dropped three spots in 2017, once again picking ﬁfth. This year, only one team jumped ahead of them in the queue, as they dropped from sixth to seventh. Thank heaven for small mercies. It seems like the NHL has forgotten the entire point of the draft: allowing the worst teams in the league to get better to maintain competitive balance. Or, more importantly, rewarding the fans that have put up with a terrible season by giving them some hope for the future. The Canucks certainly have a chance to draft an impact player seventh overall and have been able to steadily improve their prospect pool despite not picking in the top-three, but the NHL’s new draft lottery rules hurt the fans the most.

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frasercommons.com | 778 737 3178

NOW SELLING Fraser Street

Buyers have quickly recognized the value that Fraser Commons provides in this accessible Vancouver neighbourhood. With shops and services lining the street front, parks, shopping, schools and more a short walk away, and the Canada Line connecting you directly to downtown and all of Metro Vancouver, the city is at your ﬁngertips.

Metro Vancouver’s Best Value, Best Location

SE Marine Drive

Chester Street

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3 BED • 2 BATH

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The developer reserves the right to make changes and modiﬁcations. Illustrations and renderings are representational and may not be accurate. E&OE.

725 SE Marine Drive (on the corner of Fraser & SE Marine) Open Daily from 12-5PM, except Friday, or by appointment

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