Vancouver Courier August 2 2018

NEWS THE SHORT LIFE OF VANCOUVER’S 12TH HOMICIDE VICTIM 5 NEWS THE RIO IS SAVED (AND CORINNE LEA IS ECSTATIC) 7 PASS IT TO BULIS LIFE FOR THE CANUCKS AFTER TREVOR LINDEN 28 OPINION KLASSEN DEMOVICTIONS HAUNT KENNEDY STEWART 10 THURSDAY

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Vancouver city manager responds to reporter’s tale of FOI woe Mike Howell

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Got a lot of feedback on my last piece/rant about my frustrations with getting information from city hall on severance money paid out to employees who left or lost their jobs 2017.

Some of it came from journalists, some of it from readers and I even received a couple of emails from city manager Sadhu Johnston; I’ll get to what he had to say in a few paragraphs.

First, I want to remind readers who didn’t read the first piece that getting names and total dollar amounts from city hall was never a problem in previous years.

Regular readers will recall I reported how much former city manager Penny Ballem ($556,595) and former chief housing officer Mukhtar Latif ($261,170) received when they were dumped from their wellpaid and important gigs.

That was a couple of years ago, which was around the same time the city’s former general manager of com-

munity services, Brenda Prosken, received $238,241.

The trio has all found other jobs.

Anyway, as I reported in my previous piece, the city did eventually send me names and severance amounts for nine of the 13 employees who received payouts in 2017. It took more than three months to get the info.

I knew 13 received severances because that was the number indicated in the city’s Statement of Financial Information for 2017; no names or dollar amounts were listed.

So why did I only receive information for nine of the 13?

I’ll let Johnston answer that. He told me in an email last Wednesday that he looked into the issue.

What he found is there was a change in law in February 2017 that precipitated the city’s move to refer requests like mine to the city’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act office.

He suggested I may be familiar with the B.C. Supreme Court case between the City of Richmond and the Office

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of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C. I wasn’t. He provided me with “the very short version.”

“The BC Supreme Court case of the City of Richmond vs. the OPIC, (Richmond (City) v. Campbell, 2017 BCSC 331), regarding the application of common law settlement privilege, was about release of information regarding legally negotiated severance payments to two former City of Richmond staff members,” he wrote.

“The court ruled in February of 2017, that common law settlement privilege applied to the amount of a legally

negotiated settlement and that settlement information is protected from disclosure under FIPPA.” He finished with this: “Based on that decision, the City must handle requests for severance information, including requests for the detailed list which is summarized in the annual SOFI report, as FOI requests because common law settlement privilege may apply in which case it must be withheld.”

I gave the court decision a quick read. The case concerned two former union employees, Dave Crozier and Mario Ferreira, who alleged they had been harassed and bullied while at work. Settlements were negotiated, with the city incurring legal costs.

The “Campbell” in the case was William Campbell, who was fired by the City of Richmond.

Campbell wanted to find out how much Crozier and Ferreira received in their settlements. Campbell later settled with the city but the case went ahead, anyway.

My reading of the deci-

sion is the City of Richmond won its argument— that allowing Campbell or anyone else to have access to the settlements negotiated for Crozier and Ferreira would result in “potential harm to the city.”

That harm, I imagine, would be a malcontent employee saying, ‘Hey, Dave got this much, so what can’t I get the same amount?”

Whatever. I don’t see how this case prevents the City of Vancouver from releasing what was always public information on what a taxpayerfunded employee received in severance. I don’t see the big deal, said me, who rarely gives an opinion in this space, but what the hell.

Anyway, a couple of other things…As previously mentioned, no police officers or their salaries, severance, etc. are listed in the Statement of Financial Information. It’s a long story but has something to do with a union or association connected to the West Vancouver police department arguing years ago that such information would compromise offi-

cers’ privacy and safety.

Even so, the Vancouver Police Department has provided the salaries of the chief and his executive, when requested. This year, I requested that information April 18 and still hadn’t received it as of writing this sentence.

Finally, some of you asked why Sarah Zaharia, who was identified in my FOI documents as one of the nine people to receive a severance in 2017, received an $11,890.66 payout.

Zaharia worked for one year and two months as one of Mayor Gregor Robertson’s handlers, then left to go work on the NDP provincial campaign. Her Linkedin profile says she’s now the executive director at government communications and public engagement for the provincial government.

So why did she receive a severance?

This was the answer a city staffer provided in an email: “The employment relationship was ended by the city. Due to legal obligation, she was entitled to a severance payout.”

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News Here’s what we know about Vancouver’s 12th murder victim of 2018 Jessica Kerr

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Matthew Navas-Rivas had several run-ins with police over the years before he was gunned down July 25 in a quiet East Van neighbourhood.

Navas-Rivas and a friend were walking their dogs just before 8 p.m. when a suspect approached NavasRivas and shot him on the grass in front of Tillicum Community Annex on Cambridge Street.

He was Vancouver’s 12th homicide victim of 2018.

Like his brother, Jinagh Navas-Rivas, who is the former foster son of Mayor Gregor Robertson, NavasRivas was in the care of the Ministry of Children and Families for some time during his childhood but, according to court documents, he lived with his grandmother for most of his life.

He dropped out of high school in Grade 9 or 10 and, court documents say, he later started taking an auto refinishing course. He dropped out, however, after getting shot in the leg while waiting at a bus stop. He was just 17.

“Family members and others who know him say they observed a change in his personality following that incident,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Nathan Smith said in a 2013 sentencing for a violent home invasion three years earlier.

His first adult conviction was in April 2009 for assault causing bodily harm and unlawful confinement. He was sentenced to 16 months in jail followed by two years of probation.

Following his release from prison, he went to work as a tile setter. However, at the same time he started using the drug ketamine regularly.

In July 2010, Navas-Rivas and another man broke into a home in Vancouver and held a family, including two young children, at gun-point while they rifled through the house. The guns turned out to be fakes.

He was convicted in June 2013 of using an imitation firearm while committing or attempting to commit an indictable offence, robbery, breaking and entering, and possession of an imitation firearm for a purpose dangerous to the public peace.

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He was sentenced to three years and three months.

Navas-Rivas had two more convictions, one for breaching probation in March 2012 and another for assault in May of that year, and received sentences of 30 days and four months respectively.

He was arrested in Richmond in January 2012 following a string of cell phone robberies. During the arrest, Navas-Rivas was punched and face-washed on the asphalt by Richmond Mountie Inderpal Singh Bal. According to court documents, Richmond RCMP officers were conducting

undercover surveillance after a series of thefts in downtown Richmond.

On Jan. 26, 2012, NavasRivas was under surveillance in connection to the robberies when RCMP lost visual contact with him.

Officers caught up with him and a second suspect as they fled the scene of another robbery. Officers pulled over a car driven by Navas-Rivas.

Both men were ordered to stay inside the vehicle but they exited the car with their arms raised.

Video footage, taken from an RCMP cruiser equipped with a dashboard camera, then shows Bal with his ser-

vice gun drawn but pointed downward, approaching the suspect quickly and then aggressively putting a knee to Navas-Riva’s lower back.

Court documents say the video showed the officer placing his weapon on the ground near Navas-Rivas and looking “up and to his right for a brief moment and then with his right hand (striking) Navas-Rivas in the head/face.”

A female police officer also observed Bal grabbing NavasRivas’s hair and pushing “his head into the asphalt.”

Bal pleaded guilty to assault and received a suspended sentence, six months probation and was ordered to work 25 hours of community service.

In an affidavit following the incident, Navas-Rivas said he suffered headaches, dizziness and vision problems as a result of the assault.

He had been completing courses to earn his high school diploma while incarcerated; however, court documents say, he was unable to participate in any programming while he was in custody due to vision problems and headaches.

He stopped taking the high school courses.

Before the 2013 conviction, Navas-Rivas had spent the majority of the preceeding four and a half years in custody.

“Nevertheless, he appears to have the benefit of a family and social support network,” Smith said in his 2013 ruling. “I have been provided with a number of letters of reference, including one from his grandmother and one from his former employer, who says he has told him that there is a full-time job waiting for him when he completes his sentence.”

Navas-Rivas was arrested in January following a months-long investigation by Vancouver Police Department’s organized crime section, dubbed Project Tactic. In addition to making two arrests, officers seized guns, more than 1,200 rounds of ammunition, multiple high-capacity magazines, silencers, balaclavas, zapstraps, a Taser and handcuffs.

Navas-Rivas was facing 39 firearms-related charges.

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A piece of land east of the Dunsmuir viaduct increasingly being used by homeless people to pitch tents and store their belongings has been identified by the city as a future modular housing site for the homeless, the Courier has learned.

The city is expected to announce details this week — after the Courier’s print deadline — on the size of the modular complex and how many tenants it can accommodate when it’s built on the park-like space that runs along the 200-block Union Street between Gore and Main streets.

The Courier learned of the modular housing plan after a resident on Gore Street, which faces the property, said he received a letter last week from the city notifying him of the transformation to come on the heavily-treed land.

Abi Bond, the city’s director of affordable housing projects, confirmed the site is another one of the properties chosen to be among the nine to 10 in Vancouver that will provide a total of 600 units of housing for three to five years for homeless people.

The property, along with other pockets of green space at both ends and both sides of the viaduct, has increasingly become a refuge for homeless people. Many of

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the homeless have carts, several bikes and piles of miscellaneous stuff.

The Courier counted nine tents pitched there Monday morning.

At the west end of the site, Bernie Priestley was packing up his cart full of suitcases, electronic gear and other wares he has collected to sell on the streets.

He was just told by city workers that he had to fold up his tent and move on.

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Priestley, 52, said he has been homeless for one year after being evicted from a single-room-occupancy hotel on Princess Street.

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Corrine Lea is primed and ready for her first vacation of 2018.

Having spent every day of the past six months lobbying, saving and recruiting, Lea’s work appears to be over.

The Rio Theatre has been saved.

Lea is now Albertabound for a family reunion.

“It’s like when you intend to climb a really high mountain and once you get to the top someone asks you if you’re surprised — the answer is no, because I planned to climb that mountain the whole time,” Lea told the Courier Tuesday.

Lea teased the Rio’s fate in Facebook post Monday night and a press release from the city Tuesday all but spelled out the 80-yearold theatre’s future.

A $375,000 conditional grant has been issued to

the Vancouver Art House Society, a non-profit devoted to preserving the city’s cultural landmarks, including the Rio. The grant’s conditions include that the theatre be used as a cinema or live entertainment venue for the next decade. The grant is also dependent on getting the remaining money — roughly another $375,000 — through federal or private investors.

Lea said getting those last dollars is not an if, but a when. Finalizing the transaction will happen by early September. Outside of the city’s grant money, Lea also got a larger mortgage.

The Rio team is launching one last crowdfunding push via FrontFundr that will go through August.

“There’s still room for investors to get on board, and that will help us lower the mortgage,” she said.

“Until the paperwork is done, we’re not done fundraising. We’re just taking a moment to say

the future of the Rio is no longer uncertain.”

Lea got the certainty after a meeting with city staff on July 25 when the grant details were finalized. Only a handful of people knew the theatre would be saved and Lea sat on the news for almost a week.

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By aligning the theatre with the non-profit Vancouver Art House Society, Lea was able to attract minority shareholders in the property and ultimately receive the city’s grant money.

“I always really believed that we would do it — my confidence never wavered,” Lea said. “For sure I would get tired and I would feel stress and there were lots of ups and downs. I kept my eye on that goal.”

A proper celebration for the Rio’s renewed life will happen in early September, though details and exact dates will be finalized in the coming weeks.

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Adventures (and lessons) in living large What a trip to Desolation Sound says about aging Grant Lawrence

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Together, they had braved the double-ferry Cannonball Run drive up the windy Sunshine Coast Highway all the way to Lund.

All four of them were previously married and had lost their lifelong husbands and wives. All four lived on the North Shore and were great friends.

The guys were Jack and Elmer, an incredible 91 and 93 respectively.

The pals still play tennis together and once won a pair of BC Senior Games gold medals when no one else dared to compete in their advanced age category. Both Elmer and Jack are still upwardly mobile and had no problem maneuvering around the tight spaces and steep staircases of the cruise boat.

The women were Billie and Pat, 91 and 87 respectively. They too were very fit and able, and excellent conversationalists. All four of them had children, grandchildren and some great grandchildren. It was

Grant Lawrence, centre, learned a lot from Jack, Billie, Pat and Elmer during a recent cruise.

like being at sea with the cast of Cocoon.

Most of the foursome were born in the 1920s.

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Nearly 80 years later, there were no such perils in sun-soaked Desolation Sound. Instead, we enjoyed visiting places like “Cougar” Nancy Crowther’s log cabin, paying respects to ancient First Nations pictographs painted onto rock walls, and spotting a pod of dolphins, a mama grizzly bear and her cub,

and feeling the invigorating mist of a glacial waterfall on our faces.

Above all of the natural beauty and historic reminders of lives and cultures past, the biggest inspiration of the cruise was in the present: the nonagenarians (and the “baby of the group”, as Billie referred to Pat, the octogenarian).

These four hardy souls have spent almost a century on this planet, and yet they still will take a trip to the middle of nowhere, marvel at our natural world, laugh loud and long, relish a cold beer on a hot day, and offer a humble wisdom and energy that you and I can only wish for if we’re lucky enough to rock into our 90s.

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‘It’s a pretty cool business’ Meet the Courier’s new publisher, Michelle Bhatti Martha Perkins

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Michelle Bhatti believes in newspapers. What’s more, she believes in the future of newspapers.

“I’m so excited about what’s ahead of us,” says the Courier’s new publisher.

She’s not faking it. Nor is she naïve. Although she’s only in her midthirties, she’s been in the newspaper business for almost half her life.

Starting as a sales representative in the Lower Mainland when she was 19, more recently she led the Courier’s sales team as the director of marketing, overseeing its growth in the digital market.

She’s well aware of the challenges that newspapers face but she’s fuelled by the side of the business that matters most to her — providing people with the stories that give shape to their lives.

“I really love telling the community stories and that we’re engaged with what’s happening locally.”

With a weekly circulation of 103,000 copies, “print readership is extremely strong,” she says. “We are the only paper in Vancouver that delivers door to door every week for free.

That’s pretty amazing.

“And it’s because we see the benefit of that. It’s great for our advertisers but it’s to make sure that people are informed about what’s going on in their backyard. I’m so proud of that. It’s pretty powerful.”

The power of newspapers really struck home when she was living in India for several months.

Her only link with the rest of the world came bundled in the pages of The Times of India, which she read cover to cover every day.

It’s not that reading a newspaper was a new experience for her but, for the first time, she really realized their ability to create connections that can only happen through shared awareness.

As a teenager growing up in South Surrey, Bhatti had dismissed the idea of working in newspapers.

That’s what her parents did and, of course, every teenager thinks that whatever their parents do must be boring.

But being so far from home really helped her

understand why they were willing to dedicate their lives to the business.

Her family’s involvement with newspapers as a business began the day her maternal grandfather walked into the office of the Drayton Valley Western Review in rural Alberta to post a classified. He walked out as the paper’s new owner.

Her mother and father — Barbara and Barry Baniulis — met at a newspaper conference.

They split the cost of a raffle ticket and ended up winning a trip together. A year later, they decided to forego a formal wedding and got married in their living room. The money they saved was used as a down payment to buy the Whitecourt Star, a newspaper in a small town outside Edmonton.

“I said I’d never do this,” Bhatti says with a laugh, sitting in her office that looks onto West Fifth Avenue.

When she was 19, she accepted the offer of a part-time sales job at the Aldergrove Star, thinking it would only be temporary, and hasn’t looked back since.

“I do deeply love it,” she says. “I love the history, I love the smell of the press. There’s such beauty in the stories we’re able to tell. We’re this amazing resource for the community and the way we’re able to connect with people.

Having the digital presence allows us to expand our reach, our audience, and the information we provide. We’re not limited by page counts. To me, digital is not in a competition with print. It complements what we do.

“It’s a pretty cool business.”

Bhatti is taking over as publisher from Alvin Brouwer, who continues to be the president of Lower Mainland Publishing LP and Glacier Community Media Digital.

The company has been steadily growing both its newspaper staff and its various digital marketing teams and the move allows him to focus on the opportunities that this side of the business present.

And as proud as Bhatti is to be chosen as publisher at a young age, the fact that her name is on

the masthead of the Vancouver Courier is deeply important to her.

“This is my place; this is my work family,” she says. “I’m really proud to be with Glacier Media and I love our team at the Vancouver Courier. What we’re

doing is really powerful and we’re with a company that’s embracing digital but understanding the strength of what print does.

“It’s not that I get to be publisher that excites me. It’s that I get to be publisher here.”

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Conserving our past should be our future Michael Geller

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Last month I received a telephone call from the CBC regarding two houses designed by renowned Vancouver architects Arthur Erickson and Ron Thom. Located in South Vancouver near one another, they both had recently been put up for sale.

Since neither was on the city’s heritage registry, the CBC was concerned “they may not live long after they sold”, which is a gentle way of saying they would be demolished to make way for larger new houses.

I suggested they speak to Donald Luxton, the province’s premier heritage consultant. As expected, Mr. Luxton told the CBC it would be a loss in terms of our cultural and architectural history if these houses were demolished.

He hoped the houses would be purchased by individuals who appreciated their architectural significance and would in turn seek heritage designation.

Regular readers of this column will know I am generally supportive of government policies to encourage heritage conservation.

Five years ago, I opposed the Vision Vancouver proposal to allow highrises in Chinatown since I worried they would threaten the neighbourhood character.

With its beamed ceiling, wainscoting and decorative glass, Vinson House seems more like a house out of Shaughnessy than West Vancouver. The heritage property was conserved in exchange for additional density rights.

I was right, and thankfully, the mayor and Vision councillors recently reversed their zoning changes to reduce permitted building heights.

Three years ago, I wrote a Courier column about the designation of Shaughnessy as a Heritage Conservation Area (HCA).

While I shared the city’s desire to enhance Shaughnessy as an HCA, I thought the city should offer more equitable compensation to those with smaller houses on smaller lots and establish a reasonable appeal process since not all Shaughnessy houses had significant architectural character.

At the time, I mentioned I was heading off to St. Petersburg to give a presentation on how Vancouver encourages property owners and the development community to conserve heritage properties.

Those of you who have been to St. Petersburg might well wonder what a young city such as Vancouver could teach one of the world’s great cultural centres about conserving heritage.

As it happens, Vancouver has much to share.

On a panel with the deputy mayor, local architects and heritage experts, I spoke about our Heritage Revitalization Agreement

program which offers additional density and other zoning relaxations in return for heritage designation.

I also discussed our heritage density transfer program and buying and selling transferable heritage density.

I’ll never forget the deputy mayor’s response.

He told the large audience that he thought I had offered some very creative suggestions to preserve a city’s heritage buildings.

“Of course,” he added, “they would never work in a corrupt country like ours.”

In my September 2015 column I also reported that a partner and I had just pur-

chased a heritage property in West Vancouver that we were proposing to conserve in return for additional density rights. The partner was Trasolini Chetner who at the time was undertaking the Two Dorothies heritage project on West 41st Avenue.

The West Vancouver property was the Vinson House, a grand Craftsmanstyle house built by Valient Vivian Vinson in 1913, one year after the municipality was incorporated. Our plan was to move the house approximately 30 feet and add a single level suite below, four new garages and two detached infill homes.

We named the proposal Vinson House Cottages.

Last week, we finally completed the development and Mayor Michael Smith helped celebrate the occasion at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Somewhat ironically, the mayor remarked that restoring older houses with additional infill homes is the future of West Vancouver.

Many question whether conservation of older homes will be Vancouver’s future.

A recent UBC study says that in the past 30 years, 26,700 detached houses, or 40 per cent of all Vancouver houses, have been demolished and replaced. The study further estimates that 32,000 detached houses will be torn down in Vancouver by 2050. This represents almost half the detached housing stock.

While many of these homes should be replaced, it will be a shame to lose others, especially fine Victorian and Edwardian heritage and character houses, and mid-century modern designs by the likes of Arthur Erickson and Ron Thom.

Last month Vancouver approved the Making Room Housing Program.

It remains to be seen whether it will help conserve older houses or lead to even more demolitions.

Let’s hope it is the former, not the latter. @michaelgeller

Demovictions issue could dog Kennedy Stewart candidacy Mike Klassen

mike@mikeklassen.net

A funny thing happened to Derek Corrigan on the run up to the 2018 municipal election. The famously stubborn Burnaby mayor changed his mind.

Or, more likely, the specter of political defeat opened his eyes to new ideas such as not kicking so many poor people out of their affordable homes.

Burnaby council announced a sudden about face last week that will slow the destruction of affordable rental apartments.

It has been said that years of so-called “demovictions” (where residents are kicked out of older apartments that are knocked down to make way for new condo towers) in Burnaby could end Corrigan’s political career this fall.

But could that issue also

end up hurting the Vancouver mayoral candidacy of Burnaby South MP Kennedy Stewart?

Corrigan represents a paradox in B.C. politics.

As mayor, he has been a union-backed, selfdescribed socialist who embraces big condo developments apparently over the needs of low-income residents. His city is dotted with new 45- to 50-storey tower developments.

It is predicted that thousands of Burnaby’s poorest citizens will lose the roos over their heads while the city government — flush with a billion dollars of development levies in its bank account — charges ahead with its plans to turn Metrotown into the region’s new downtown.

Over the years I have been one of the only media commentators to call it for what it is — a disgrace.

But Corrigan could not

have achieved this without a complicit council. Nor could he have razed so many three-storey apartment blocks without the tacit approval from other levels of government.

Ground zero for the demovictions is the federal riding of Burnaby South, where Stewart has been the Member of Parliament while all this destruction has taken place. He plans to step down from his current job in September, having campaigned for mayor since May while sitting as an MP. Stewart would not have missed what was happening in his backyard. He could probably see the wrecking balls swinging through the front window of his constituency office, located mere blocks from where condo towers pop up like mushrooms.

Though running as an “independent” in Van-

couver, there is nothing to indicate that Stewart plans to shed his credentials as an NDP partisan. Stewart also recently received the endorsement of the Vancouver District Labour Council (VDLC).

By contrast, the New Westminster & District Labour Council has endorsed Corrigan’s competitor for mayor, firefighter Mike Hurley.

The NWDLC went even further by choosing not to endorse Corrigan’s council colleagues — incumbent members of BCA Team. As their secretary treasurer Janet Andrews told Burnaby Now, “We elect people who represent our values.”

In Vancouver, we also want to elect people who represent our values.

Which begs the question, where has Stewart been while his most disadvantaged constituents were

kicked to the curb?

My searches show no indications he has spoken up against the demovictions, nor to my knowledge has Stewart attended any rallies in defense of these residents. As for making Corrigan accountable for his actions, Stewart has been missing in action. He even told Burnaby Now that Corrigan was “doing a good job.”

Similarly, Stewart also told CBC News that Gregor Robertson’s Vision party “did try to do their best” in running our city.

Homelessness and affordable housing have been central to Vancouver’s political debate since before Robertson became mayor. Our current mayor was elected on a promise to end homelessness outright by 2015 and it was his failure to make a dent in the homeless numbers that cut into his credibility

with voters.

By expressing his high regard for the work of Corrigan and Robertson in the face of the failures on affordable housing and homelessness, Stewart gives us a glimpse of how he would lead Vancouver. It is a continuation of partisan politics as we have come to know it in our city.

A complicating factor for Stewart is that he has been endorsed as one of a group that includes council candidates from Vision Vancouver, COPE, OneCity and the Vancouver Greens.

As the October 20 election day draws nearer, some of those candidates might ask themselves if they will run alongside someone who remained silent as the apartments came crashing down. @MikeKlassen

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It’s about time Re: “City seeks to expropriate Balmoral and Regent hotels. “ July 30th. Online I would like to know how much has been paid to the Sahotas [who own the buildings] over the past several decades to incentivize improvements: grants, cash, lower taxes, etc. We want all that money back, plus, all the penalties with interest. By my calculations, these two buildings would then be close to free for the taxpayers of Vancouver.

Sandra Gibbs, Vancouver ••• It’s about frigging time! too bad the city is still gonna have to pay any $$ to this family for the buildings. imo the Sahota family should lose the property and still have to pay the outstanding fines!

Christine Jorgensen, Vancouver ••• The people who own them now have let them turn into something that would fit right into a 3rd world country. its shameful!!

Vera Cameron, Vancouver Michelle Bhatti PUBLISHER

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••• If Vision was the party they pretended to be this would have happened five or six years ago.

Peter Lahay, Vancouver

Doo-doo at the beach Re: “Trout Lake beach closed because of high e.coli levels”, July 26 Yes, Trout lake is closed to swimming, probably for the rest of the summer. Of course the lake isn’t closed to dogs at the north end of the lake (they do their share of polluting the water), nor to Canada geese at the south/beach end of the lake and picnic area. There are more geese each year. They breed at Trout Lake and they are oblivious to humans, and defecate everywhere. The lifeguards try to collect the feces, but can’t keep up, nor is it their job to do so. The park board refuses to limit the number of geese by breaking their eggs or moving them. So the geese get the beach and lawn above the beach, and the humans? Well, we pay our taxes (and park board salaries) but our presence (of lack of) and the loss of business at the food stand are deemed irrelevant. ’nough said, eh.

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PRIDE:‘The biggest clap back

The Courier asked prominent members of Vancouver’s LGBTQAI2S+ community what Pride and inclusion mean to them on this 40th anniversary SANDRA THOMAS STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

Should VPD members be allowed to march in the Pride Parade if they don’t wear their uniforms?

Should Black Lives Matter be allowed to influence the Vancouver Pride Society?

Is Pride too white?

Has the Pride Parade become“too corporate?”

Is the city’s“Year of the Queer”more of an insult than an accolade?

If comments on social media are any indication, when it comes to the politics of Pride, this has been a tough couple of years for the Vancouver Pride Society. In response, some long-time parade-goers are stating publically that they will not be participating or even watching the event this year.

The issue of whether the VPD would be allowed to take part prompted much of the discussion.

It was the organization Black Lives Matter that questioned the VPD’s

decades-long involvement in the parade. Lines were drawn between many“elders”in the community who had enjoyed good relationships with the police and younger members who feel members in uniform are symbols of violence and oppression. In response to the lengthy Q&A posted on the Vancouver Pride Society’s website about its decision, the comments are often critical.

request to participate in this story. To read the full version, visit vancourier.com.

VPD media spokesperson Sgt. Jason Robillard confirmed some members of the VPD will be walking in the parade this year but as part of the city’s contingent — and not in uniform.

Instead, VPD members will wear T-shirts similar to ones worn by volunteers and civilian members in previous years.

BARB SNELGROVE Community activist, media personality All humans possess the ability to feel Pride. Just not all of us have had to fear for our safety because of it. Within the LGBTQ2+ community, Pride is a well-worn word, wrapped up in far more meaning than it may to the average heterosexual. Our Pride started in anger, yet now in many places around the world it is a day, week or even month of celebration.

But any way it is looked at, it is still at its core a call to action. So when I think of Pride as a gay woman — my preferred“label”— PRIDE is in capital letters.

Discourse aside, the Courier turned to prominent members of Vancouver’s LGBTQAI2S+ community to ask two questions,“What does Pride mean to you?”

And,“What has life taught you about inclusion?”No one from Black Lives Matter or the Vancouver Pride Society responded to a

In my opinion, PRIDE celebrations aren’t so much about being proud of the fact that we happen to be queer. PRIDE to me is about NOT being made to feel shame for who we are. Our PRIDE is about not letting others dictate to us our self-worth based on our sexual preferences. PRIDE is

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about standing up to those who would downplay our love and relationships as somehow less valuable.

PRIDE is taking ownership of ourselves as equal to those who would belittle us, loving unapologetically, and celebrating our gloriously diverse community.

PRIDE is a badge of honour for those who fought (physically or verbally) and marched so that we can enjoy the most basic of human rights and equalities.

PRIDE is the bravery it takes to put on even the smallest parade in a location where doing so may get you brutally attacked, jailed, or even killed and yet they still march, defiant and PROUD. PRIDE is empowering and continuing to work to

end ALL violence against ALL LGBTQ2+ peoples — EVERWHERE. Our PRIDE envelops us in celebration of our chosen family and a community of acceptance and love. Our PRIDE unites us against the hypocrisy and hate and it fuels the need to rise up and show the world why we are PROUD. So we don’t hide our PRIDE, indeed (to many) on parade day it may seem like we revel in it. We do so in recognition of where we have come from so that we can have a Pride Day celebration. We rejoice in PRIDE publicly because we FINALLY CAN. And we celebrate PRIDE in the hope that those who can’t do so, no matter where they are, may read or see the masses celebrating diversity and

inclusiveness — so that one day maybe their PRIDE will be able to shine as it should. In my world PRIDE is not a noun or a verb, it is a MOVEMENT. COLIN MCKENNA President of the Vancouver branch of PFLAG (formerly Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) To me, Pride means three things: Education, advocacy and activism. Pride means educating others, helping them understand we did not simply make a choice to be LGBTQ. It has nothing to do with one’s religion, with one’s upbringing or with one’s mental state. Pride is an opportunity to ensure that others understand this simple thing. Pride means advocating for those who

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to the haters’ may not be able to advocate for themselves.

There are a great many who are marginalized within the LGBTQ community and without voices to support them; their stories are never heard. A rare few understand the significance of Stonewall, arguably the birthplace of the modern Pride movement and an even rarer few understand that transgender [persons of colour] were at the forefront of the event.

Pride means activism, in that we have an obligation to ensure that human rights are not stripped from those who can easily be labelled as inhumane. We march for those who need our voices.

We are the ones who can do something to change policy. Life’s lessons about inclusion run deep within my own family. I have a mother who fully embraced me for me and has become a well-known face for others in the community who don’t have that support at home.

I’ve also been saddened by some within my own family

who decided I was no longer welcome. I have seen the power of inclusion through the example of a loving parent, which is something I want to ensure everyone is able to experience.

“I’ll be participating in the Pride Parade this year because the police are not part of it,” says Fuller, adding most people have no idea what persons of colour go through every day of their lives.“[The police] have a long history of harassing people and not just of colour.”

Jubilee for volunteer work PRIDE MEANS: Protest, “I grew up watching police pioneers, heroes, advocacy, harassing people of colour,” power, equality, freedom, says Fuller.“People think the sexuality, gender, reality of the U.S. is not the celebration, expression, same here, but we need to tradition, commemoration, look at what’s happening unification, diversity — in JANINE FULLER because inclusion is important all its forms, family, friends, Former manager of Little and Pride without inclusion is allies, colleagues, seniors, Sister’s Book & Art Emporium, kids, arts, sport, faith, health, not worth celebrating.” anti-censorship warrior, Fuller says growing up in charities, healing, harmony, ROBERT KAISER author and playwright and Toronto she witnessed belonging and passing aka JOAN-E member of the Q Hall of Fame firsthand the infamous the torch to our leaders of Community activist, performer, tomorrow. Inclusivity at Canada — among her many bathhouse raids by police in awards and accolades 1981, a pivotal moment in the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Pride means that the most marginalized person who shows up, one who not only THE OVERSIZED MEGAPHONE AT SPEAKER’S CORNER IN THE JIM DEVA PLAZA ON BUTE STREET INCLUDES feels like an outsider, but THIS MESSAGE OF HOPE. PHOTO: DAN TOULGOET arrives knowing no one, is welcomed, befriended and made to feel valuable and appreciated. gay-rights history of that city.

ASTRID O. LALONDE Educator, queer rights advocate — and an owner of Mary’s on Davie When I first moved to Vancouver, Pride — or the fight for inclusivity — wasn’t yet embedded in my world.

But as my life has unfolded, Vancouver’s LGBTQ2+ communities have become

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The Davie Village taught me the meaning of Pride.

It is fearless individuals who come together to boldly live their truth.

This has fuelled my philosophy that all individuals have the unequivocal right to be who they are. We all share the desire to be loved, to belong and to be seen — and that is immensely greater than all our differences combined.

This Pride, I am more inspired than ever to march in solidarity and gratitude with queers from Vancouver and around the world. I could not imagine my life any other way. I do the work I do because I am forever grateful to this community for shaping me into the person I am today.

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University hearing study seeks participants.

Connect Hearing, with hearing researcher Professor Kathy Pichora-Fuller at the University of Toronto, seeks participants who are over 50 years of age and have never worn hearing aids for a hearing study investigating factors that can influence better hearing. All participants will have a hearing test provided at no charge and if appropriate, the clinician may discuss hearing rehabilitation options including hearing aids. Qualifying participants may also receive a demo of the latest hearing technology. The data collected from this study will be used to further our understanding of hearing loss and improve life-changing hearing healthcare across Canada.

Why participate in the hearing study?

Hearing problems typically result from damage to the ear and researchers have spent decades trying to understand the biology behind hearing loss. More importantly, researchers now realize the need to better understand how hearing

loss affects your everyday life*. In this new hearing study, Professor Pichora-Fuller and her team are trying to find out how people learn to live with hearing loss and how new solutions could help these people take action sooner and live life more fully.

It is estimated that 46% of people aged 45 to 87 have some degree of hearing loss1, but most do not seek treatment right away.

In fact, the average person with hearing loss will wait ten years before seeking help2.

This is because at the beginning stages of hearing loss people often find they can “get by” without help, however as the problem worsens this becomes increasingly harder to do. For some people this loss of clarity is only a problem at noisy restaurants or in the car, but for others it makes listening a struggle throughout the entire day.

By studying people who have difficulty hearing in noise or with television, we hope to identify key factors impacting these difficulties and further understand their influence on the treatment process.

If you are over 50 years of age and have never worn hearing aids, you can register to be a part of this new hearing study† by calling: 1.888.242.4892 or visiting connecthearing.ca/hearing-study.

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Mary’s on Davie is a commitment to community Sandra Thomas

sthomas@vancourier.com

The future of the popular diner Hamburger Mary’s on the corner of Bute and Davie streets had been a topic of conversation within Davie Village for more than three years.

The bad news is there will never be another Hamburger Mary’s.

The good news is that there is now a new restaurant called Mary’s on Davie at the same spot as the iconic diner.

Co-owner Astrid O Lalonde says that while the new name is a nod to the past, it also sends a message about the future.

“To be honest, we need more safe spaces in the Davie Village,” says Lalonde, who is also co-owner of the Fountainhead Pub just down the road from Mary’s. “The village needs more places to meet and the city did an amazing job of the Jim Deva Plaza, so we wanted this to become an extension of that.”

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Other flavours include the rum-laced Frozen Pirate and the tequila-based, margaritaflavoured shake. Meanwhile the food menu offers updated takes on old diner favourites, including chicken and waffles, a mac-andcheese stuffed grilled cheese sandwich, late-night snacks, burgers and Tater-tot-chos, which have replaced traditional natchos.

Catch phrases posted on the restaurant’s website include, “Mary is back,” and “She thinks you’re fabulous.”

Following an extensive renovation, Mary’s still has the booths at the back but wooden tables, blue banquettes and pink and blue vintage-inspired chairs give the room a mid-century modern look that’s half upscale diner and part “sassy brunch spot.”

“We kept a little of the old and brought in the new with a fresh look,” says Lalonde.

“And we kept part of the old name. After all, I think we’re all a little bit Mary.” @sthomas10

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“We want to make Davie Village the best it can be,” says Lalonde. “Just like with the Fountainhead, we truly believe the philosophy to give where you live. It’s what the community deserves.”

Lalonde is hoping that besides their commitment to community, the food will also draw in the crowds, particularly during Pride Week now through Aug. 6, when Mary’s on Davie will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Lalonde says popular menu items at Mary’s, which officially opened July 26 after a seven-week renovation, are the alcoholinfused boozy milkshakes.

“The Frosted Nuts milkshake has turned out to be a popular one,” says Lalonde, with a laugh, “especially in this heatwave.”

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Social sUNdays at vanduSen featurINg vSo chaMber pLAyers Sundays in August 4 to 6pm

Enjoy a beautiful series of VSO chamber concerts at a most exquisite outdoor garden setting. Live music included free with garden admission, and signature cocktails and delicious fare available for purchase.

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CELEBRATE

B.C. Day! Fireworks, Pride Parade highlightsof SANDRA THOMAS | STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

THE VANCOUVER PRIDE PARADE TAKES PLACE AUG. 5.

PHOTO: JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Whether you’re looking for family-friendly fun, an Instagram-worthy festival or a parade fit for a queen, you can find it in Vancouver this summer.

HONDA CELEBRATION OF LIGHT August 4 The best vantage points to enjoy the last night of this annual fireworks festivities are Second Beach, English Bay and Kitsilano/Vanier parks. You’ll want to leave the car at home and get there early to score the perfect spot. This year’s theme is“love”and the team from North Korea will be doing its best to express that by lighting up the sky, starting at about 10 p.m.

Festivities actually get going

at about 2 p.m. every day at the Park Stage at Second Beach and at English Bay with music, food trucks and the Redbull Airshow. Visit hondacelebrationoflight.com for a full schedule.

VANCOUVER PRIDE PARADE August 5 | Noon – 3 p.m.

Grab your Toonies and head down to the West End for one of the largest events to hit the city annually. The parade starts on Robson Street at Burrard and turns down Denman to Beach

Avenue where it continues on to Pacific. Watch for road closures and the rerouting of transit to take place between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visit the City of Vancouver’s vancouver.ca/vanconnect app for more information about road closures.

WANDERLUST YOGA FESTIVAL Whistler | Now – August 5 Whether savasana is your spirit pose or you like your asana strong and sweaty, Wanderlust promises to have you covered. This

Happy BC Day! F RO M YOUR VAN CO UV ER ML A s

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B.C. Day!

of August events yoga festival has classes for all levels and styles to appeal to everyone from first-timers to seasoned yogis. Where else could you pick and choose between invigorating vinyasa flow, relaxing yin classes or branching out to try yoga on a stand up paddleboard or aloft in the hammocks of an aerial yoga class? (I have no idea.)

Wanderlust brings together a remarkable group of yoga and meditation instructors, musical performers, speakers, artists and chefs for a transformational retreat that takes place in and around Whistler. Visit wanderlust.com.

POWELL STREET FESTIVAL August 4 and 5 The Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese Canadian festival in the country and the longest running community arts celebration in Vancouver.

Enjoy traditional and contemporary Japanese Canadian performances and demonstrations, including taiko drumming, sumo wrestling, martial arts, bonsai and ikebana, folk and modern dance, alternative pop/rock/ urban music, visual arts, film/video, as well as historical walking tours, tea ceremonies, and a fantastic array of Japanese food,

crafts, and displays. For a complete schedule visit powellstreetfestival.com.

CHANGE THE LIGHTS AT SCIENCE WORLD Science World at Telus World of Science August 3, 10, 17 and 24 9:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Tangible Interaction is once again teaming up with Science World to bring OH! back to Olympic Village every Friday night in August (except the 31st). This free interactive art installation allows participants to control Vancouver’s night skyline by changing the lights on Science World. The scale model of the geodesic dome is covered with 240 sensors and LEDs and can sense the movement of people’s hands, altering the lights on the iconic building in real time. There are six different animations that have variations in colours and patterns, including sparkles, bands, waves and more. The installation opens Aug. 3 at 9:30 p.m.

Visit scienceworld.ca.

VANCOUVER MURAL FESTIVAL — AND CONCERT East Vancouver, Mount Pleasant (Main Street) and Strathcona August 6 to 11 Touted as the city’s largest

free public art celebration, the Vancouver Mural Festival takes place every August in Mount Pleasant.

And this year, the park board approved an outdoor concert at Jonathan Rogers Park, which has a capacity for 5,500 people. Tickets are $36.15 for adults; admission for kids under 12 is free. The concert isAug. 11 from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

The festival highlights the work of local and regional artists from backgrounds including gallery-centric fine art, tattoo, street art, graffiti, traditional and contemporary Indigenous design and more.

CONTROL THE LIGHTS AT SCIENCE WORLD. PHOTO: SCIENCE WORLD

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Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks @ The Rickshaw

The Pavement frontman hits the stage at The Rickshaw this Friday with his band The Jicks for a night of indie alt-rock. It’s the west coast branch of Malkmus’ 2018 North American tour and he’s got Soccer Mommy An exhibition curated opening for the Vancouver

by Kimberly Phillips stop. 19+ only.

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Sunset Beach Festival

One of the most popular public events during Vancouver’s always colourful Pride celebration, the Sunset Beach Festival beckons everyone to the shore at English

Bay for a day of vibrant family-friendly fun. This event brings together thousands of individuals in the LGBTQ2+ community and their allies to enjoy live music and performances, shopping in the Vendor Village, a Family Fun Zone, the new Community Zone, and a beer garden with live DJs for some serious dancing. Go show your colours!

Sun., Aug. 6 at 11 a.m.

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Strathcona Artisan Market

If you’re sticking around for the BC Day long weekend, head out to East Vancouver with the family to enjoy all the Strathcona Artisan Market has to offer. There will be live music, kids activities, tons to eat and drink, workshops, live demos and vendor booths showcasing talented local artisans. Admission is free.

Aug. 4 to 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Vines Art Festival

This roving, innovative, free family-friendly arts event takes over multiple venues throughout the city during its nearly two-week run. The fest creates platforms for local artists and performers to create with, expressing a connection to subjects such as nature, sustainability or climate justice.

All of the performances and artwork can be found in pedestrian, open-air settings so the public can essentially stumble into the festival and its creations.

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Gender non-conforming kids let their light shine in Beauty Sabrina Furminger

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At first glance, the five kids featured in Beauty don’t have a lot in common.

They’re all different ages.

They have different interests. Some have no siblings; one is a twin.

But Beauty – a documentary short from local director Christina Willings that makes its hometown debut at the 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival – demonstrates that first glances can be misleading, if not downright harmful.

Beauty’s five young subjects share a fierce determination to live their true gender identities, even if that means rejecting how the cisgender, patriarchal, binary-or-bust society tells them they should exist.

And that determination in the face of a society that needs to catch up is where Beauty’s beauty lies.

Beauty – which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada – invites its viewers into the lives of Bex, Lili, Fox, Tru and

Milo. These five gender creative kids are each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human in a culture that has long viewed gender in rigid, binary terms: male or female, with no room to maneuver beyond the identity we’re assigned at birth.

Of course, as Beauty illustrates, the gender identity we’re assigned at birth doesn’t always reflect who we actually are.

Typically, the process of living one’s true gender begins with the child themselves, says Willings in a recent phone interview – sometimes as young as two or three years old.

This was the case for most of the kids in the film.

“That they had such clarity so early, when most of us struggle for that kind of clarity about who we know ourselves to be internally, was incredibly impressive to me, and that they were supported by their families to truly be who they were, even though that was not always easy, and the families in the film have not found it

Milo is one of five kids profiled in a documentary short that will be screened August 17 at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.

easy, but they have showed up with love at the centre of all their decisions, I just really wanted to amplify that,” says Willings.

The filmmaker found her subjects with assistance from Vancouver psychologist Dr. Wallace Wong, as well as an organization serving gender creative kids in Montreal.

The process was slow and evolved organically, says Willings; once she’d been introduced to a family, she worked hard to earn their trust before there could be any possibility of filming.

“Some would say that documentary filmmaking is by its nature exploitative, [because] you’re capturing somebody’s story and exhibiting it, and [the families] wanted to understand what my perspective was, and I wholly respect that,” says Willings. “My process is very collaborative, and it’s important to me that the people who engage with me also benefit from the process.”

Which illustrates another commonality between the children in Beauty: each one wanted to be heard. “All of the kids in the film wanted

to be witnessed on this level, to exist in this way in a larger sphere,” says Willings.

Thus, in Beauty, the kids drive the conversation, while their families keep to the sidelines.

They talk about bullies, and the anxiety that can come from using public bathrooms and going to school.

They talk about the fluid nature of gender, and how gender identity can ebb and flow. As Vancouver-based transgender youth advocate Tru Wilson explains in the film, the process of accepting her identity came in stages – from 30 per cent girl, to half and half, and finally, as she states, “Okay, I am 100 per cent girl… But I identify as a transgender girl.”

They expound on their hobbies, their dreams, and their deepest fears.

For Willings, the process of making Beauty “deepened my understanding of how important it is to allow kids to tell you who they are, and to really receive them,” she says.

“Kids rarely really feel attended to in that way: where they can say, ‘This is who I

am, this is how I experience myself,’ and for someone on the other side to be able to attend to them and say, ‘I hear you. You’re the expert on your experience; how can I support you to become more of who you are?’”

Beauty has been riding the festival circuit since premiering at the TIFF Kids International Film Festival.

“I had kids coming up to me and the message they had was, ‘I didn’t really know what was happening and I didn’t have any language for what I was experiencing before I saw your film, and now I have a sense of who I am and I have a way to talk about it, and I might even have a way forward,’” says Willings.

“It’s the best response one could hope for.”

Beauty screens August 17 as part of The Coast is Genderqueer, VQFF’s first shorts program dedicated to local transgender, genderfluid, and nonbinary stories. Details at queerfilmfestival.ca/film/ the-coast-is-genderqueer/

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Wheels in motion for Bike the Night ‘slow roll’ through Vancouver Organizers of this September’s mass bike ride expect more than 5,000 cyclists Naoibh O’Connor

noconnor@vancourier.com

HUB Cycling is gearing up for this year’s Bike the Night ride and organizers anticipate the Sept.

15 event will attract more than 5,000 cyclists.

Last year, about 3,500 participated.

It’s modelled on Montreal’s “Tour la Nuit,” which has run for two decades.

That event, put on by Vélo Québec, is so popular it boasts 15,000 participants, including cyclists from around the globe.

Tracy Wilkins, special events manager for HUB Cycling, said the hope is that the Vancouver ride will eventually become as successful.

Bike the Night, presented

by MEC, involves a 10-kilometre route starting at Concord Pacific Place. It winds its way through city streets, including Burrard Bridge.

Billed as a “slow roll” through the city, it’s

meant for cyclists of all ages and abilities, who are encouraged to wear costumes and decorate their bikes with lights.

Wilkins said it’s not a race. It’s designed to help people become more comfortable with riding at night since one of the known barriers to cycling is a fear of travelling on the streets after it gets dark.

The City of Vancouver has helped make the event possible.

On March 14, council approved a total of $200,000 worth of funding and in-kind services for two mass bike rides — Bike the Night and another cycling event called Our City Ride, which is being held in August. Our City Ride festival takes place from 1 to 8 p.m., Aug. 18, at David Lam Park, with the ride starting at 5 p.m.

It’s free for those under 18, and $20 for those over 18.)

When the funding was approved, Mayor Gregor

Robertson said he expected the popularity of such events to increase over time in light of the growth of cycling in the Vancouver.

“I think we’ve seen good success out of the gate with these big bike rides and there’s obviously a real appetite [for them],” he said. “The

education piece, I think, is really critical here. And, if you compare us to many other big cities around the world, we’re still not at the [same] level in terms of big public bike rides that are available to citizens.”

HUB said its surveys have found that people who take part in Bike the Night use their bikes more

often after the ride.

Bike the Night’s preparty starts at 6 p.m., Sept. 15, while the ride gets underway at 8 p.m.

Registration is $15 until Sept. 1, after which the fee increases. The $15 includes access to the ride, one entry to win a grand prize from MEC as well as other prizes, and an ad-

mission to the kick-off party with live music, free bike tune-ups and decorating, relay races, free snacks, giveaways and entertainment. Youth 16 and under can ride for free. @naoibh Go to bikethenight.ca for details.

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Birders without borders: Bird Fest

Jessica Kerr

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Vancouver is hosting the 27th International Ornithological Congress and the inaugural Vancouver International Bird Festival Aug. 19 to 26. Along with a myriad of events, the organizing committee has also lined up special guest speakers.

Birds and culture

Dr. Rob Butler, who is also bird festival chair, will kick things off Aug. 19 with his presentation Flyways to Culture: How birds give rise to a cultural awakening. It looks at how the growing interest in birds in particular, and nature in general, is a foundation for a new nature culture in which nature becomes embedded into a West Coast culture.

Butler, an ornithologist, has worked for the federal government and non-government organizations, and is an adjunct professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. For more than 40 years he watched, listened and lived among birds in the Salish Sea. He followed birds into marsh-

lands and along beaches of the Salish Sea and distant tropical lands. He met people of many different cultures and wrote and spoke about his discoveries.

What emerges, bird festival organizers say, is a new view of nature.

Butler’s lecture is Aug. 19 from 9 to 10 a.m. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested).

Birds as peacemakers

Three senior representatives from the Middle East, Yossi Lesham, Alexandre Roulin and Mansour Abu Rashid, will present Birds Know No Boundaries, an overview of their work over the last two decades to advance projects for the conservation of bird species and their habitats, joint research and extensive educational activities. The work has also provided a connection between nations.

“They’ve had Palestinian youth and Bedouin youth and Israeli youth coming together in basically conflict zones and working on bird conservation,” says event organizer Bob Elner.

The work has used bird

and conservation as a tool for cooperation with a focus on people-to-people activities.

Birds Know No Boundaries takes place on Aug. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Stork Conservation

Purnima Barman, the 2017 winner of the Whitley Award, also known as the Green Oscars, and the 2018 winner of Nari Shakti Purakar, the highest civilian award for women in India, will talk about her work as an advocate working with women and their communities for stork conservation.

Barman, who works with Aaranyak, a non-governmental organization, rallied the people of Assam’s Brahmaputra valley to work to restore greater adjutant storks in India. She formed a grassroots women’s group known as the Hargila Brigade to work with landowners, successfully reversing the trend of nesting storks.

Barman’s lecture is set for Aug. 24 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Birds’ Brains

Jennifer Ackerman, an American science writer

and author of The Genius of Birds, explores the intelligence of birds.

Ackerman’s work looks at how birds make and use sophisticated tools, solve complex problems, navigate to places they have never been, demonstrate astonishing feats of memory, craft artistic creations, negotiate their social world and communicate in ways that resemble language.

The Genius of Birds is an international best seller and has been published in 20 languages. It was named one of the 10 best non-fiction books of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal, Nature Book of the Year by the London Sunday Times and Best Science Book of 2016

by NPR’s Science Friday.

Ackerman’s presentation is set for Aug. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m.

All of the Stars of the Bird World presentations will take place in the Bird Theatre in the Vancouver Convention Centre West ballroom.

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The Canucks can’t expect a quick return to the playoffs Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini may have his hopes set too high for next season

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

Late July is not supposed to be a prime time for hockey news but the Canucks clearly didn’t get the memo. Last week, Jake Virtanen re-signed, top prospect Quinn Hughes declared that he’s going back to the University of Michigan for his sophomore season and, oh yeah, Trevor Linden left the Canucks.

That last one was the biggest surprise.

The Canucks were quick to call his departure an amicable parting of ways but reports that came out soon after suggested it wasn’t quite as amicable as it seemed.

TSN’s Farhan Lalji said there was a “growing frustration” between Linden and Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini and that Linden saw a different path forward: “Linden wasn’t prepared to continue to put his name on their vision.”

Both his report and others pointed to a meeting between the two that proved to be a breaking point. Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun painted an even more acrimonious picture of Jim Benning selling out Linden for his own personal gain.

The true story may not be that sordid but the root of their disagreement seems clear: Benning and Aquilini evidently think the Canucks are close to contention, while Linden thinks they’re further away.

Aquilini would love to see the Canucks get back to the playoffs, both because he’s a longtime fan of the team and because of the playoff revenue that would bring. At the end of last season, he made a statement on Twitter that suggested a quick turnaround was in his sights.

“We’ll be a younger team, but a wellcoached, well-managed young team can mature and come together quickly,” he said, then specifically referenced the Colorado Avalanche and New Jersey Devils making the playoffs, as well as the Canucks’ final 10 games.

The Canucks were 5-4-1 over their final 10 games of 2017-18, a 90-point pace over a full

Jake Virtanen. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to Jim Benning for re-signing Jake Virtanen to a reasonable, two-year contract at $1.25 million per year. It’s now on Virtanen to prove he can be a true top-six forward over the next two years.

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82-game season. That would have still been five points out of the playoffs last season.

The Avalanche and Devils, however, did make the playoffs and both teams were very young. Can the 2018-19 Canucks follow in their footsteps like Aquilini hopes?

Keep in mind that, before 2017-18, the Devils missed the playoffs in five straight seasons, while the Avalanche missed the playoffs in six of their previous seven seasons. Bottoming out for that long gave both teams the high draft picks and prospect pools that helped their turnaround. The Canucks have missed the playoffs in three straight seasons and four of the last five, but could still use at least one more top-10 pick from another season in the basement.

More importantly, the Avalanche and Devils just barely made the playoffs. Both finished in the second wildcard spot in their respective conferences, one point clear of the teams behind them, despite MVP-caliber seasons by their leading scorers, Nathan MacKinnon and Taylor Hall.

Hall won the Hart Trophy for almost

single-handedly willing the Devils to the playoffs, while MacKinnon was a close runner-up for doing the same with the Avalanche. Hall had 93 points — 41 more than the next best Devil — while MacKinnon led the Avalanche with 97 points.

It took incredible seasons by two of the best young players in the NHL for the Devils and Avalanche to sneak into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth and get knocked out in the first round. A comparable for the Canucks would be Brock Boeser putting up 40 goals and 90 points, which is just a little bit optimistic.

Making the playoffs next season isn’t impossible for the Canucks, but it would take an incredible confluence of good fortune. If Aquilini is banking on it happening, Trevor Linden was right to get out when he did.

For daily Canucks news and views, go to Pass It to Bulis at vancourier.com.

• A sympathetic stick-tap to the Canucks marketing team. The announcement that Quinn Hughes would return to the University of Michigan instead of jumping directly to the NHL removed one clear selling point for next season.

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1 – Aquilini’s comparison to Colorado brings up an interesting fact. The Avalanche have just one player older than 30 signed for next season. Thirty-two-year-old Carl Söderberg has two years left on his contract.

four years as president of hockey operations, the Canucks had a points percentage of 48.5 per cent, better than just four other teams.

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