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Sylvester and Stewart praise Greens’ housing platform Mike Howell

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Some of you may be wondering if there will come a time before the Oct. 20 civic election when the Green Party of Vancouver will endorse one of the 21 mayoral candidates. Stop wondering because it’s not going to happen. The party made that clear a few months ago and reafﬁrmed their position last week. But that hasn’t stopped independent mayoral candidates Shauna Sylvester and Kennedy Stewart, who would most beneﬁt from such an endorsement, from saying nice things about the Greens and their housing platform. In fact, Sylvester showed up to the Greens’ news conference Sept. 27 to hear more about the platform. She even shot video of some of it and posted it to Facebook. Here’s part of what she wrote to accompany the video: “Great to hear such a strong focus on affordable rentals, housing authorities, new forms, streamlined permitting, city lands

for affordable rental, property tax waivers and renewing the leases on co-op leases. Excellent platform. Some new ideas.” Sylvester said pretty much the same thing when I asked her what she was doing at the news conference. “I was here to listen,” she said. “I think it’s the best housing platform that’s emerged in the last month. I’ve been looking anxiously to see a platform that really understands the nature of the problem.” Better than your housing platform? “There’s some new things here that I’ve been waiting to hear, and there’s also a number of things in this platform that reinforces what I’ve said — need for housing authorities, renewing the leases on co-ops, a focus on purpose built rental…” Stewart wasn’t there but took to Twitter fairly quickly after the news conference, writing: “Like my housing platform, the @VanGreens plan addresses speculation while building homes for people who live and work here.

Independent mayoral candidates Shauna Sylvester and Kennedy Stewart will not get an endorsement from Coun. Adriane Carr and the Green Party. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Voters deserve a city hall that works together to make #Vancouver affordable for everyone. As Mayor, I would be proud to help deliver on this plan.” He wasn’t done there, sending out another tweet. In this one, he quoted Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr. Her quote: “We need to be bolder but practical, demand more from developers, use every tool within our jurisdiction, and implore senior governments to invest more in housing.”

Stewart wrote: “This is the kind of #progressive leadership we need at #vanpoli city council.” The praise from Sylvester and Stewart is not surprising when considering a Research Co. poll released earlier this month showed 46 per cent of respondents said they would “deﬁnitely” or “probably” consider voting for Green candidates. The party has also emerged as a force in recent elections, with candidates elected to council (Carr),

school board (Janet Fraser, Estrellita Gonzalez and Judy Zaichowsky) and park board (Stuart Mackinnon and Michael Wiebe). So far, Stewart has the backing of OneCity, and he had kind words for Jean Swanson of COPE and Vision when speaking at the recent Courier/Business in Vancouver/Vancouver Is Awesome mayoral debate. He didn’t mention the Greens at the time. Sylvester has yet to receive an endorsement from a party, although NPA Coun. George Affleck is a fan. Yes, an NPA guy, albeit a retiring NPA guy who has shown via Twitter that he is not a fan of Stewart. Here’s what Affleck tweeted: “This isn’t necessarily an endorsement but I can say with confidence that Shauna is no longer a Visionista. I’ve known her for 20 years. She’s an intelligent and strong woman. Please try looking past her brief connections to VV and base your decision on her actual qualifications.” That “brief connection” he referred to was when

Sylvester was a Vision board member, which she said ended in 2011. She was also a co-founder of “Women in Vision.” On the topic of connections, up until a few weeks ago, Stewart was still a serving NDP MP for Burnaby-South. Both candidates really, really want to become Vancouver’s next mayor. But they’ll have to do it without the Greens’ support, although Carr made it clear last week that if re-elected, she and her other council candidates — Pete Fry, Michael Wiebe and David Wong — will work with whomever becomes mayor for the betterment of the city. “We work across all party lines,” Carr said. “Greens are quite well known for not being left or right, but out front and ahead. We draw support from across the political spectrum and recognize that, and value that.” Then she added: “To signal support for any one candidate shuts the door on the starting point of collaboration.” The election is Oct. 20. @Howellings

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Police board orders independent study of VPD ‘street checks’ Mike Howell

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The Vancouver Police Board has ordered an independent study of the Vancouver Police Department’s practice of conducting “street checks” after data posted to the VPD’s website in May showed an overrepresentation of Indigenous and black people being stopped by officers. The board unanimously approved a recommendation Sept. 26 to hire an organization to conduct and complete a study by July 2019. The board also approved other measures, including more training for officers, releasing street check data annually and assigning an officer to improve communication with the Indigenous community. The move came after the board heard from Police Chief Adam Palmer and Deputy Chief Howard Chow about the findings of a 62-page VPD report that concluded the department’s practice of street checks was not discriminatory, as suggested by the BC Civil Liberties Association and the

Union of BC Indian Chiefs. Palmer told reporters after the meeting that he was “open” to an independent study. “I’m a strong believer that our ofﬁcers are doing a great job every day out there and street checks are used very judiciously in this city,” he said from the VPD’s Cambie Street precinct. “I also recognize that some members of the public do have concerns about police, in general, doing street checks. We are an open and transparent organization, and if they want a third party to come in and look at the books, we’re ﬁne with that.” The BC Civil Liberties Association and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs requested in June that an independent analysis of the police’s data be conducted and that people stopped by police be interviewed about their experiences. The request was prompted by data the VPD posted to its website in May on street checks. The data was posted after a Vancouver Island blogger requested the information under the Freedom of Information and

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Chief Bob Chamberlin of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs joined lawyer Dylan Mazur and Josh Paterson of the BC Civil Liberties Association Sept. 26 at the VPD’s Cambie Street precinct to speak to media about the practice of street checks. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Protection of Privacy Act. “It really makes it a difﬁcult thing to rely strictly on the data,” said Chief Bob Chamberlin, vice-president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, after the police board meeting. “They’ve made the right step here in going to an independent review. We’ve had an organizational perspective on this today. So I think getting

a communal perspective on this is going to be helpful.” The data showed police conducted 97,281 street checks between 2008 and 2017. Of those checks, 15 per cent (14,536) were of Indigenous people and more than four per cent (4,365) of black people. Indigenous people make up just over two per cent of the

population in Vancouver, and black people less than one per cent. The VPD’s report said it was “unrealistic and overly simplistic to expect racial and gender population statistics to align uniformly with crime data.” For example, the report continued, women make up about half of the population and men make up the other half.

However, men commit approximately 80 per cent of crime, the report said. In addition, the overrepresentation of speciﬁc groups within street check data is “not unique to visible minority communities,” said the report, noting that white people made up 46 per cent of Vancouver’s population in 2016, but accounted for 57 per cent of street checks. Josh Paterson, executive director of the civil liberties association, said he appreciated the work the VPD put into its report but stressed the need for an independent study that would provide the public with more conﬁdence about the VPD’s use of street checks. “What we really need to understand is what the impact of these practices are on these communities, and until we have that, we’re only going to have one piece of the puzzle with this report from the Vancouver Police Department today,” Paterson said. Note: A longer version of this story appears at vancourier.com @Howellings

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A day in the life of Donna, new resident and songbird After surviving a major car accident, Donna is grateful to be on the mend and is taking hold of everything that an active, independent lifestyle has to offer at Mulberry PARC.

Alliance Française of Vancouver wants to replace its existing 8,500-squarefoot building at 6161 Cambie St. with a new 30,000-square-foot facility. The non-proﬁt organization has ﬁled a rezoning application with the City of Vancouver. Alliance Française, which belongs to an international network of 834 centres in 132 countries, has been operating at the Cambie Street location just south of Oakridge Centre since the early 1960s, but it has deep roots in Vancouver. It’s been promoting French language and culture in the city since 1904 — MarieLouise Kern helped found the Vancouver chapter. The rezoning proposal is for a three-storey building with leased commercial space at street level, as well as 32 parking and 16 bicycle spaces. The new facility, if rezoning is approved, will feature more classrooms, a performance space, an art gallery, a demonstration kitchen, a cafe and a library. An expanded space is needed in order to accommodate growing demand for its educational and cultural programs over the past 15 years, according to a press release issued by Alliance Française of Vancouver.

An open house about Alliance Française’s rezoning application is between 5 and 7 p.m. at Alliance Française, Oct. 23. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

The number of certiﬁcations granted and the number of memberships have climbed by more than 40 per cent. In 2017, Alliance Française had more than 4,500 registrations for French classes. That same year, 1,800 people attended more than 60 cultural events. Alliance Française also houses the largest French library in B.C. — a total of 11,000 items — as well as a digital library that’s accessible online. “[Alliance Française of Vancouver] is now operating at full capacity and is working hard to maintain the quality of teaching environment that AF clients have come to expect. AF needs a larger facility

to meet both its current needs and its anticipated future demand,” executive director Damien Hubert said in the press release. If the rezoning is approved, construction on the new facility could start around the summer of 2020. Alliance Française will then relocate for about a year and a half, likely in the Oarkridge area. McFarland Marceau Architects is the architectural ﬁrm for the project. The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan. An open house about the rezoning application takes place between 5 and 7 p.m. at Alliance Française, Oct. 23. @naoibh

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News ‘The Stack’ will be Vancouver’s tallest ofﬁce building when it’s completed Construction on 36-storey ofﬁce tower expected to begin in early 2019 Naoibh O’Connor

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Construction on what will be the tallest ofﬁce building in downtown Vancouver is expected to start early in the New Year at 1133 Melville St. Dubbed “The Stack,” the 36-storey building will be completed by 2022. Demolition has already started at the site, which is on the north side of Melville Street between Thurlow and Bute. Vancouver city council unanimously approved the Oxford Properties Group project at a public hearing in April of 2017. James KM Cheng Architects designed the building in collaboration with Adamson Associates Architects. It features four stacked and rotated boxes with six outdoor decks and a roof-top patio for ofﬁce tenants. “In speaking with a lot of prospective tenants, there

was a lot of interest in having access to outdoor space and terraces, so by stepping the boxes back and rotating them around, we were able to create five different terraces that are exclusive for tenants’ use and then [create] the shared roof-top terrace,” explained Chuck We, vice president of Oxford Properties in Vancouver. Office workers will also have access to cycling facilities that feature everything from bike stalls to executive lockers, while there will be a publicly accessible pocket park at the base of the building. The 4,300-square-foot park and adjacent public plaza will measure 6,300 square feet in total. Three firms have signed pre-leases to date — Ernst & Young LLP and the Blakes Vancouver and DLA Piper law firms. They will take over space in the upper floors of the building. We said the goal was to build a tower that addressed all the different types of tenants that are in downtown Vancouver -from start-up tech companies to international media companies to traditional

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professional service ﬁrms. Windows will be able to be opened on the second to 11th ﬂoors, the portion of the building designed

to attract tech companies, while the upper ﬂoors were meant to attract professional services ﬁrms. “[That] is exactly what

we’re seeing right now with law firms and accountant firms, who can predict four to five years in the future [signing leases]. They’re really interested in the top of the building,” We said. We explained that tech companies typically like to plan only two to two-anda-half years ahead of time, so Oxford doesn’t expect to talk leases with potential tech tenants until later next year or 2020. “I think the most interesting thing [about this building] is the opportunity it gives for a lot of different tenants. They can all be in one spot and all have something that’s tailored for each of them,” We said. At the public hearing in 2017, both the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and the CBRE, a commercial real estate firm, called attention to the need for new office space in the city. CBRE spokesman Norm Taylor cited statistics at the time to indicate how tight the market was — a point also highlighted by Oxford Properties, which states that the vacancy rate sat at 4.7

per cent in the second quarter of 2018, which is the second lowest of any major market in North America. The developer is seeking LEED Platinum status for the building and it’s one of only two high-rise towers in Canada that is part of the Canadian Green Building Council’s netzero carbon pilot project. “Ten years ago LEED was virtually unheard of but now every building is mandated to have LEED,” We said. “We just see net-zero carbon as the next benchmark that we wanted to strive to achieve — so minimizing the carbon impact of the building by sourcing low-carbon materials, having triple-pane glazing so we reduce any kind of energy usage [and] having an allelectric building. And, despite the opening windows, it’s actually quite an air-tight building, which also helps with your energy usage.” We said he anticipates construction will begin at the end of January. “The Stack” is owned by Oxford and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. @naoibh

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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.

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The union representing Vancouver firefighters is calling on the city’s mayoral and council candidates to state their position on public safety. “There’s a lot of competing issues in this civic election and it’s a strong belief that nothing is more important than public safety, as a city council your number one priority is to provide for a safe community for your citizens to live in,” said Lee Lax, a firefighter and chair of public engagement with IAFF Local 18. “We’re taking this opportunity to talk about the issue of public safety and have some pretty honest conversations with candidates to see where they stand.” Lax said that as election day draws nearer the union will release a list of candidates it is endorsing and will likely make an announcement before advanced voting starts on Oct. 10. “Throughout all of this year we’ve been engaging with candidates seeking office and getting them up to speed on the issues of public safety in Vancouver,” he said. “It is our goal to let the community know who really has their back when it comes to public

Booze at beaches

Next spring and summer you’ll be able to purchase alcohol at two concession operations at a couple of popular Vancouver beaches. On Oct. 1, the Vancouver Park Board approved a proposed alcohol sales pilot program that was part of a broader concession strategy called “A Fresh Approach.” The two-year pilot program is to be carried out at the English Bay and Kitsilano Beach concessions. Those two locations were selected because they each have a restaurant partner operating concessions, which makes adding alcohol sales less uncharted territory. According to a park board report, the pilot program will ﬁnd “a small section of beach at English

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The union representing Vancouver firefighters says “the City of Vancouver has failed to keep pace with the challenges of protecting a world class city.” PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

safety and as we get a little closer to the election day we’ll provide the citizens of Vancouver a snapshot of where the candidates stand and who we believe will champion public safety in the next four years.” In a press release issued Sept. 25, Lax said Vancouver has not kept up with the needs of providing emergency services to a growing city. “Vancouver has grown by more than 200,000 people over the last 30 years,” he said. “Yet, the City of Vancouver has failed to keep pace with the challenges of protecting a world class city. With the rapid redevelopment to a high risk city of high rises, there needs to be an immediate plan to add additional firefighters to Vancouver’s streets.” Lax added that there were 18 more firefighters in the department in the mid-1980s than there is

today, while the population has grown by 200,000 during that same time. The press release notes that a 2017 report looking at the capabilities of the department showed that it’s at “significant risk as far as being able to provide enough firefighters at emergency scenes.” The union also raises concerns around the population growth that will come along with redevelopment plans for the Cambie Corridor and River District. “What we’d like to see from the next city council and mayor is for them to champion public safety in Vancouver and be the voice asking staff to report back to them on what are the needs of public safety in Vancouver and what is our path forward to becoming a world class fire department,” he said. Election day is Oct. 20. @JessicaEKerr

Bay, directly adjacent to the public walkway, would be reserved as an extension to the existing concession where food, non-alcoholic beverages, and a limited selection of beer and wine would be served.” Things would be similar over at Kits Beach, “with a temporary small patio created on the hard surface outside the existing concession that would be open during the concession’s regular hours of operation.” Beach concession stands have been a controversial issue, but the park board undertook a public survey in 2016 and found that a whopping 79 per cent of respondents said they would be in favour of having alcohol sales at the beach. In addition to trying out

alcohol sales, concessions will continue to shift their focus on offering fresh local food, healthier options and on-trend vendors. For the upcoming 2019 beach season, some concession stands will have new operating partners, such as a couple at Spanish Banks whose current contractholders have indicated they will not be renewing. Other stands could see revamping to become full-service cafes down the line, too. The two-year wine and beer trial at English Bay and Kits will help the park board determine if it should implement alcohol sales across the board at concession stands in the next three to ﬁve years. —Lindsay William-Ross, Vancouver Is Awesome

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How B.C. educators can play a role in addressing opioid crisis Tracy Sherlock

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Drug overdoses have killed 972 people in B.C. so far this year, according to the most recent statistics. But what do schools and education have to do with the opioid overdose crisis? A lot, according to a recent event hosted by the University of British Columbia Faculty of Education. Schools can help remove stigma, change the language used about addiction and, most crucially, build resilience and other strengths in students, three noted panellists told the audience at the Frankly Speaking event on Sept. 22. Leslie McBain, who lost her 25-year-old son Jordan to an overdose in 2014, said there are many things she wished she had learned before he died. “I wish I’d known deeply what addiction is — how it looks, how it feels, how it manifests,” McBain said. “Because then I wouldn’t have been so hard on my son at that time… We all need education on addiction.” Changing the language is a powerful tool for changing stigma, she said. Words like “junkie” stigmatize people who use drugs. “Words do change culture and then they change our ideas,” she said. “We need to check our own stigma at every turn.” Brad Baker is the district principal of Aboriginal education and “safe and caring” schools in the North Vancouver School District. He’s a member of the Squamish Nation and the son of a residential school survivor. Three members of his family have died from overdoses in the past two years, he said. Although statistics show opioids are not commonly used by students in the Kindergarten to Grade 12 system, Baker said schools still need to get ahead of the issue. To do that, he said, young people need more knowledge. “It’s our responsibility as educators to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly,” Baker said. The best way to do that is to make sure students have an attachment to their school and feel a sense of belonging there,

he said. “It’s all about relationships. Relationships are key,” Baker said. “We’ve got to be able to tackle the issue head on. We can’t be afraid of this.” Kenneth Tupper, the director of implementation and partnerships at the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, and a UBC adjunct professor, said the opioid crisis is a failure of public policy over the last 150 years and that simply prohibiting drugs doesn’t work. “Drugs are cheaper, more plentiful and more easily available,” Tupper said. His solution is policy change, but he said educators can make a significant difference. “Number one is to promote resilience-based educations. Number one for that is connectedness with a caring adult,” Tupper said. Janet Fraser, chair of the Vancouver School Board, was at the event and asked the speakers how to get parents who might be reluctant to talk about sex and drugs involved in these conversations in schools. Baker said in North Vancouver the consistency of the dialogue between teachers and parents makes a difference. “It’s the teacher… not giving up on the communication piece. It’s not the one-off phone call… it’s the consistency, which may include knocking on the door,” Baker said. “The parents may not feel safe going into the school. Anytime you come to a difficult conversation about your child you don’t want to do it in the four walls of a school. There has to be other opportunities for those conversations.” People in the audience raised other key issues such as poverty, trauma, unaddressed learning differences such as dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and bullying. Educators in the room spoke about efforts, such as the new curriculum or social-emotional learning, designed to address some of those problems. McBain said her son had mild dyslexia and borderline ADHD. “If I were to put my finger on anything, I don’t know, but there was certainly stress there

and his self-esteem was certainly affected by not having those things attended to,” McBain said. Her son was popular, well-connected and strong, she said. “It’s dangerous to generalize that every person who becomes addicted has a mental health problem. I think addiction becomes a mental health problem, but it isn’t across the board,”

she said. So, what’s the takeaway for parents and educators? Good tips are to keep the lines of communication open, check your own stigma and try to teach resiliency, socialemotional health and mental health literacy. Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues for the Courier. Reach her at tracy.sherlock@gmail.com.

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Don’t count out NPA’s rookie mayoral candidate Ken Sim Despite trailing in the polls, Sim can depend on West Side’s older homeowners who regularly vote Allen Garr

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I spent a pleasant hour the other day with NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim chatting about, you know, what he would do if he was elected mayor later this month — which is certainly not out of the question. But I will get to that in a bit. Sim is a political rookie. He has never been elected to any public body, let alone governed. This makes him the same as virtually all the other folks — except former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart — who ﬁgure they can do the job. And Stewart, it should be noted, has never governed. Oh yes, there is also Hector Bremner who was on city council for a nano-second before running up against his own NPA party before defecting. And Wai Young, she’s a former one-term Tory MP who powders her nose with a compact that looks remarkably like a cellphone. But what the hell, if Donald Trump can be president

of the United States, who can’t be mayor of Vancouver? The last time I saw Sim, he had just won the NPA nomination with a clear 50 per cent of the members’ vote. Most notably, he beat out park board commissioner John Coupar, a signal I assume that the NPA membership understood this would be a “change” election. Sim’s rookieness — if that is a word – was obvious from the outset. His oratory skills are, well, limited. His subsequent performance in media scrums — the bread and butter of political communications — has him stumbling and resorting to uttering NPA boilerplate. He is also guilty, if that is not too strong, of shifting positions. On the possible extension of the Broadway SkyTrain to UBC, he variously says “doesn’t make economic sense” and “we will do it if it makes sense.” Observers will doubtless note, to quote an old line from Brian Mulroney, that Sim will likely “dance with

The NPA’s Ken Sim might not have political experience, slick oratory skills or firm positions on key issues, says columnist Allen Garr, but he does have one thing going for him — a dependable voter base in a fragmented election. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

the folks who brung him.” And the folks who brung him, who convinced him to step away for a time from his successful private sector ventures and leap into the uncertain abyss of civic politics were Peter Armstrong, owner of the luxury train business Rocky Mountaineer, and money bags Chip Wilson, formerly of Lululemon-fame,

now living in the most expensive home in the city and a former backer of Gregor Robertson and Vision. Everyone needs friends, I suppose. Sim says he owes his unquestionable entrepreneurial success to his mentor, the highly respected Milton Wong. Wong sat on the board of Sim’s Nurse Next Door

Corporation for many years. That company has franchises right across the country More recently, Sim formed a partnership with Parise Siegel, of Siegel’s bagels fame and a couple of others to open up Rosemary Rock Salt Bagels. But, he says, it is his business experience with Nurse Next Door and dealing with the hundreds of franchise holders that will form the template for his success as governing as mayor. He cites the book Getting to Yes as his roadmap when dealing with those franchise holders. But let’s remember, in those situations he is the boss. On council he will just be one vote. And he has clearly never come up against the hurricane force of COPE council candidate and longtime community activist Jean Swanson. That said, Sim, the chartered accountant and Sauder School graduate, is as well aware of the crisis in housing we face as anyone on the ballot.

We need to build more affordable housing on cityowned land. The approval process for new construction is “broken” and simply adding cost to housing. And let’s allow people to have two basements suites, not just one. And while he consistently trails behind Stewart in the polls and lacks political experience, he may well win. This is not simply because the notion of having a successful local lad of Chinese ancestry as the city’s ﬁrst mayor is compelling. But the dizzying plethora of independent candidates and the confusing upstart parties that are “Vancouver this” or “Vancouver that” may well cause people to simply stay home rather than face a ballot “the size of a pillow case.” And in this town, when the turnout is low, older property owners — the West Side bedrock of NPA support — can be the most counted on to come out and vote. And they will vote for Ken Sim.

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Election guide appreciated Re: “2018 municipal election guide,” Sept. 27. I cannot stress enough how happy I was to see the Vancouver municipal election insert in this morning’s Courier. I am a voter in all elections, municipal, provincial and federal. The Oct. 20 municipal election is a time of change, which means so many people are coming forward to serve the citizens of Vancouver, which I hope is their intent, that figuring out who to vote for this year will be difficult. However your detailed insert will help me get started. I encourage all those able to vote to please do so. While municipal elections are the most difficult because of mayor, council, school and park board, it is important to give your voice to and for the areas we live in. So thank you Vancouver Courier for giving me some details to review before voting. Lorraine Beckett, Vancouver Editor’s note: Also see online profiles written by our reporters of mayor, council, park board and school board candidates at vancourier.com.

Where have all the singlefamily neighbourhoods gone? Re: “Vancouver council approves duplexes in most neighbourhoods,” Sept. 19. On Sept. 19, Vancouver’s council approved changes to the zoning bylaw for all one-family dwelling districts to outright allow the construction of two-family dwellings, eligible for strata ownership. This will surely come as a shock to many because this rezoning happened virtually overnight, being rushed through by council ahead of the pending civic election. I believe this will result in outrage in many single-family neighbourhoods and in many influential families. I don’t expect we have heard the end of this. I believe there will be a backlash, at the least from affluent West Side residents of the RS-5 zone. That zone was created under NPA Mayor Gordon Campbell in late 1980s in response to existing residents’ concerns about architectural incursions into to the established character of their neighbourhoods, with particular rules that ensured that alteration or construction of homes did not diverge from the architectural pattern already established on a street. The RS-5 was created to protect the image and status of well-established homes of affluent families. Whether this was elitist, it did protect part of the cultural make-up of the city, albeit for

families who are fortunately influential. In listening to the Mayor Robertson and Vision councillors speak about the importance of creating more choice in housing types for Vancouver, it is clear that they fail to grasp that homeowners regard their home as a reflection of their personal and family identity. That identity is elevated by the prestige of the neighbourhood. It is engrained in our Canadian traditions that a free-standing house represents a right of citizens to obtain tenure over their own plot of land. In reality, very few in this city can attain this, but it remains an ideal. Families who own single-family homes regard it as a sign of their status and stability. The fact that a home has secondary accommodation or a secondary suite doesn’t seem to change the notion that it is the house of the owning family. The RS- zones are now no longer singlefamily zones. With the change to RS- zones, there are no longer any streets in Vancouver that are exclusively single-family tenure. This may not be significant for families that are recently from other cultures or for owners of empty homes. However, for many families it steals away their status in society gained by living on a street that is exclusively singlefamily tenure. For the affluent, the District of West Vancouver has become even more exclusive, having the best neighbourhoods that are exclusively single family. The city of Vancouver has none. Robert Chester, Vancouver

Everyone needs to pay attention on the road Re: “Cyclists need to be educated,” Letters, Sept. 20. As someone who regularly cycles through Vancouver, I’ll admit I’ve seen embarrassing and dangerous behaviour from some of my fellow cyclists. To see them, you’d think they were practising for the Tour de France or some other ofﬁcial race instead of transiting Vancouver’s busy streets. However, I think it’s time we acknowledged that all of us (cyclists, motorists and pedestrians) need to pay better attention to where we’re going. I think a major problem is distraction. Whether it’s cellphones, other electronic devices, food, or just our thoughts, many of us really don’t have our minds on where we at the moment while travelling. I can recall taking a driver’s education course back in 1981, and the teacher telling us students that driving was an activity that required one’s full attention. That advice holds as true today, regardless if you’re driving a car, bike, or walking across an intersection. Watch where you’re going, and don’t assume the other person in your path can see you. Secondly, be gentle. Next time, you might be the one who is in the wrong. Roland Derksen, Vancouver

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Why do so few people vote in Vancouver elections? Federal elections get at least 60 per cent turnout, while provincial elections get around 50. Vancouver’s number is closer to 30 per cent John Kurucz

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Imagine a scenario where you’re in a room with nine other people and dinnertime is approaching. There are varying degrees of hunger and food preferences in the room, but six o’clock is the agreed upon time to eat. Three people put their hands up and vote for Hawaiian pizza, the other seven don’t say anything. The majority in the room is now saddled with pineapple on their pizza. And worse yet, they’ll get nothing but that for four years whether they like it or not. This simplistic and watered down hypothetical is actually a microcosm of almost every municipal election in Vancouver for the last 20 years, as voter turnout rates have hovered around a dismal 30 per cent on average. By comparison, federal elections during the same time period have consistently brought in double that number. Provincial elections, meanwhile, have attracted between 50 and 60 per cent of voters since 2001. Theories abound as to why that chasm exists, particularly given that most everyday services — roads, parks and garbage — are dealt with at the civic level. “It’s very perplexing to me,” longtime electoral reform proponent Shoni Field told the Courier. Field was a member of the Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform back in 2004 and more recently chaired the Independent Election Task Force from 2015 to 2017. The task force ultimately delivered a 140-page report to council in January 2017 that called for a number of changes

Voter turnout in Vancouver elections has only passed the 40 per cent threshold twice since 1996. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

to boost voter turnout and engagement: scrapping donations from corporations, unions and non-profits, piloting an online voting trial and moving to proportional representation. An East Vancouver resident, Field has seen the final vote tally exceed the 40 per cent threshold only twice since 1996. That happened in 2002 with 50 per cent voter turnout and in 2014, when 44 per cent of eligible voters gave Mayor Gregor Robertson another kick at the can. “It’s a whole pile of personal issues that you don’t necessarily have a personal connection to in a city like Vancouver,” Field said. “When you’re voting in a rural area, you’ve probably had a conversation with most of the candidates. You know their neighbour or their aunt. You have to make that personal connection to make it matter.” A personal connection may be more difficult in this

election than ever before, as the ballot has close to 160 names on it for mayor, council, school and park boards. Its randomized order may make it confusing for some, Field said, and overly time-consuming or stressful for others. Her advice is to simplify, prioritize and rely on others to help with that work. “You don’t have to know the entire platform of all the candidates, you have to recognize what’s most important to you, rather than digesting everything,” she said. “And if, say for example, the arts or renters’ rights are important to you, look to those groups who may have already asked those questions of the candidates.”

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Longtime Simon Fraser University political science professor Patrick Smith had a decidedly blunt take on the amount of time the average citizen would put into

that research process. “Zero. If not zero, maybe two or three per cent,” he said. Smith makes a point every semester of asking his ﬁrst-year political science students if they intend to vote, and the answers always come back as a 50/50 split. “I thank them just to piss them off,” he said. “They’re kind of confused, given this is usually only the ﬁrst or second class of the year. Old farts like me get my agenda looked after. It’s partly that they can’t be bothered, and it’s partly that they’re not attuned.” That’s where change needs to occur and it’s a point that Smith, Field and University of B.C. political science professor Max Cameron all agree on — get kids involved early. All three have varying degrees of comfort with lowering the voting age to 16. Short of that, allowing 16-year-olds to be on the voters’ list is a slam dunk

for the trio, as it gets teens aware of the political sphere before they’ve left high school and, in theory, ready to vote two years later. Cameron, Field and Smith all pointed to research suggesting those who don’t vote by their mid-20s will likely never vote at all in their lifetimes. “Kids these days are not going to be told by their parents how to vote, I don’t think,” Cameron said. “They’ve got enough autonomy and intelligence at that age where they can vote.”

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the father of the family would say to all the family members, ‘This is how you’re voting,”’ Cameron said. About 20 countries across the globe have mandatory voting in place. In Australia, not voting can cost a resident anywhere from $20 to a few hundred dollars in fines. Field worries about making voting compulsory. For starters, it’s too prescriptive and undermines the notion of civic duty. It also invites a number of spoiled ballots, as those who have no interest in politics simply show up to polling stations, draw a line through the ballot and are done with it. Cameron is a bit warmer to the idea and could see it working. As an example, he suggested trying it federally should voter turnout consistently dip below 50 per cent. The fine could be $20 and tied to tax payments. “We want to be careful about this, particularly at the local level where voter turnout is already low,” he said. “We could get some crazy results municipally. Maybe there the threshold is 20 or 30 per cent, where you start to think of ways of incentivizing people actually voting.” As for the here and now, Field recognizes the task ahead for voters. Even as someone as politically aware as herself, it took Field 90 minutes to whittle through the candidates. She’s hoping others put in the same kind of legwork. “It does require a little bit more from voters and I’m not sure that’s a bad thing,” she said. “We’re asking you to show up and put some thought into it. I’ve never met anyone who has admitted to simply voting for the first 10 names on a ballot.” Election day is Oct. 20. @JohnKurucz

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2018 Vancouver municipal election

Permanent residents who are not yet Canadian citizens cannot vote. If you live in the UBC Lands or University Endowment Lands, and you do not own property in Vancouver, you can only vote for school trustees in the election. If you own property in Vancouver but live elsewhere in BC, you may be entitled to vote in the October election as a non-resident property elector (NRPE).

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The City of Vancouver is holding an election in October 2018 for: 1 mayor 10 city councillors 7 Park Board commissioners 9 school trustees

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Each position is elected at large, meaning each position represents the entire city. Positions are held for a four-year term. Voters will also vote on three questions asking whether the City should borrow funds for some of the major projects outlined in the 2019-2022 Capital Plan. See the full questions at vancouver.ca/capitalplan or pick up a printed voters’ guide at community centres and libraries. Please note: candidates are listed in random order, not alphabetical order on the ballot this year. See next page for the ofﬁcial random order candidate list.

Ì 18 years of age or older on the day of registration, or if an election is in progress, an individual who will be 18 years of age or older on general voting day (October 20, 2018) for the election; and Ì A Canadian citizen; and Ì A resident of BC for at least six months immediately before the day you register to vote; and Ì A resident of Vancouver for at least 30 days immediately before you register to vote, OR a non-resident of Vancouver who has owned real property in Vancouver for at least 30 days immediately before you register to vote; and Ì Not disqualiﬁed by any enactment from voting in an election or are otherwise disqualiﬁed by law.

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Mount Pleasant Community Centre 1 Kingsway Kivan Club 2875 St. George Street Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House 800 East Broadway Creekside Community Recreation Centre 1 Athletes Way St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Centre 3150 Ash Street

Gathering Place Community Centre 609 Helmcken Street

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews

28 29

Ì Credit card or debit card

Park Inn & Suites by Radisson 898 West Broadway False Creek Elementary School 900 School Green L’Ecole Bilingue Elementary School 1166 West 14th Avenue

Crosstown Elementary School 55 Expo Boulevard Carnegie Community Centre 401 Main Street

Before you can vote, you must be registered.

Ì Social Insurance Number card

If you are registered as a Vancouver resident on the most current available Provincial list of voters prepared under the Election Act, then you are automatically on the Vancouver Voters List.

Ì Utility bill

Ì Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard

You can also swear a declaration that counts as one piece of identiﬁcation.

Grace Vancouver Church 1696 West 7th Avenue

Templeton Secondary School 727 Templeton Drive

False Creek Community Centre 1318 Cartwright Street

Tillicum Elementary Annex (Hastings) 2450 Cambridge Street

15 16 17

Vancouver Aquatic Centre 1050 Beach Avenue Best Western Plus Sands Hotel 1755 Davie Street Lord Roberts Elementary School 1100 Bidwell Street

King George Secondary School 1755 Barclay Street

Gordon Neighbourhood House 1019 Broughton Street

20 Roberts Elementary Annex 1150 Nelson Street 21

St. Andrew’s – Wesley United Church 1018 Nelson Street The Listel Hotel 1300 Robson Street

Coal Harbour Community Centre 480 Broughton Street

Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street

42 43

50 George T. Cunningham Elementary School 2330 East 37th Avenue

General Brock Elementary School 4860 Main Street

Collingwood Neighbourhood House 5288 Joyce Street Dr. H. N. MacCorkindale Elementary School 6100 Battison Street

École Anne-Hébert Elementary 7051 Killarney Street

Killarney Community Centre 6260 Killarney Street

Waverley Elementary School 6111 Elliott Street David Oppenheimer Elementary School 2421 Scarboro Avenue David Thompson Secondary School 1755 East 55th Avenue

61 62 63

Trout Lake Community Centre 3360 Victoria Drive

Marpole - Oakridge Community Centre 990 West 59th Avenue Trinity Baptist Church 1460 West 49th Avenue

Langara College 100 West 49th Avenue

Laura Secord Elementary School 2500 Lakewood Drive Queen Alexandra Elementary School 1300 East Broadway

Selkirk Elementary Annex 4444 Dumfries Street

86 87

Renfrew Elementary School 3315 East 22nd Avenue

Charles Dickens Elementary Annex 3877 Glen Drive

69 David Livingstone Elementary School 315 East 23rd Avenue

94 Dr. R. E. McKechnie Elementary School 7455 Maple Street

❍ CASSIDY, Sean ❍ HARDING, Fred (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ BREMNER, Hector (YES Vancouver) ❍ FOGAL, Connie (IDEA Vancouver) ❍ YOUNG, Wai (Coalition Vancouver) ❍ LE ROUGETEL, Katy ❍ KAISER, Sophia Cherryes Kaur ❍ LY, Tim ❍ MASSEY, Lawrence ❍ SIM, Ken (NPA) ❍ ROLLERGIRL ❍ CHAN, Ping ❍ SHOTTHA, Satie

Candidates for Councillors Choose up to 10

❍ FRANSON, Marlo

108 Queen Elizabeth Elementary School 4102 West 16th Avenue

❍ BOYLE, Christine (OneCity)

109 Lord Kitchener Elementary School 3455 West King Edward Avenue

❍ DE GENOVA, Melissa (NPA)

❍ FRY, Pete (GREEN)

111

Maple Grove Elementary School 6199 Cypress Street

❍ STEWART, Kennedy

107 Lord Byng Secondary School 3939 West 16th Avenue

Fairview Baptist Church 1708 West 16th Avenue

❍ BUDAY, Gölök Z

106 St. Helen’s Anglican Church 4405 West 8th Avenue

❍ CHEN, David (ProVancouver) ❍ AUBICHON, Maynard

105 West Point Grey Community Centre 4397 West 2nd Avenue

90 Shaughnessy Elementary School 4250 Marguerite Street

❍ YANO, John ❍ SYLVESTER, Shauna

104 Redemption Church 3512 West 7th Avenue

Kerrisdale Community Centre 5851 West Boulevard

103 General Gordon Elementary School 2268 Bayswater Street

110 Dunbar Community Centre 4747 Dunbar Street

❍ LAMARCHE, Jason ❍ HANSEN, Mike

100 Lord Tennyson Elementary School 1936 West 10th Avenue

Douglas Park Community Centre 801 West 22nd Avenue

Choose up to 1

Carnarvon Elementary School 3400 Balaclava Street

Candidates for Mayor

102 Kitsilano Neighbourhood House 2305 West 7th Avenue

Emily Carr Elementary School 4070 Oak Street

Point Grey Secondary School 5350 East Boulevard

Trafalgar Elementary School 4170 Trafalgar Street

101 Henry Hudson Elementary School 1551 Cypress Street

Eric Hamber Secondary School 5025 Willow Street

46 Renfrew Park Community Centre 2929 East 22nd Avenue

Oakridge Centre 650 West 41st Avenue

66 Kensington Community Centre 5175 Dumfries Street McBride Elementary Annex 4750 St. Catherines Street

Kerrisdale Elementary Annex 3250 West 43rd Avenue

99 Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre 2690 Larch Street

Marpole United Church 1296 West 67th Avenue

44 Thunderbird Elementary School 2325 Cassiar Street Broadway Church 2700 East Broadway

84 Sir William Van Horne Elementary School 5855 Ontario Street

64 Lord Selkirk Elementary School 1750 East 22nd Avenue

Chief Maquinna Elementary School 2684 East 2nd Avenue

Scottish Cultural Centre 8886 Hudson Street

This is the ofﬁcial list of candidates, organized by electoral race, and in the order they will be displayed on the ballot. Elector organization endorsement is shown (in brackets). City of residence is Vancouver unless otherwise shown (in brackets and italic).

96 Prince of Wales Secondary School 2250 Eddington Drive

Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre 7646 Prince Albert Street

Westside Baptist Church 8506 Ash Street

60 Gladstone Secondary School 4105 Gladstone Street

Garibaldi Elementary Annex 1025 Slocan Street

Sunset Community Centre 6810 Main Street

Sir John Franklin Elementary School 250 Skeena Street

54 Captain James Cook Elementary School 3340 East 54th Avenue

Culloden Court Community Hall 1375 East 47th Avenue

Khalsa Diwan Society 8000 Ross Street

Hastings Elementary School 2625 Franklin Street

Champlain Heights Community Centre 3350 Maquinna Drive

John Oliver Secondary School 530 East 41st Avenue

Lord Nelson Elementary School 2235 Kitchener Street

40 Hastings Community Centre 3096 East Hastings Street

Ì West End Community Centre, 870 Denman Street Ì Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue

Vote on election day Saturday, October 20 is the ofﬁcial election day. On this day, Vancouver voters can vote from 8am-8pm at any of the 112 voting places that will be open around Vancouver. All locations are listed in this notice, and you can ﬁnd more details at vancouver.ca/vote.

If you live in the UBC/UEL area, and do not own property in Vancouver, you are eligible to vote for School Trustees only.

Vote by mail If you are an eligible voter in Vancouver, you may vote by mail if you:

Ì have a disability, illness or injury that affects your ability to vote in person, or

Special voting at care facilities, social service centres, and others Advance mobile voting or special voting will be conducted at many acute care hospitals, larger residential care facilities, social service centres or shelters in Vancouver from October 9-19, 2018. If you are an eligible voter in one of these facilities, check with your facility administrator or phone 3-1-1 to see if voting will be offered in your facility. The special voting opportunity schedule is also available on Vancouver.ca/vote

Ì expect to be absent from the city for advance voting (October 10-17) and election day (October 20).

For full election details, visit vancouver.ca/ vote or pick up a printed voters’ guide at community centres and libraries.

If you meet either of the above criteria, go to vancouver.ca/vote, phone 3-1-1, or apply in person at the Election Ofﬁce at 450 West Broadway to register to Vote by Mail. Mail ballot packages will be mailed out starting October 2. They must be returned to City Hall no later than 8pm on October 20, 2018, to be counted.

Ì Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre, 2690 Larch Street

70 General Wolfe Elementary School 4251 Ontario Street Hillcrest Centre 4575 Clancy Loranger Way

Queen Victoria Secord Annex 1850 East 3rd Avenue

Ì Trout Lake Community Centre, 3360 Victoria Drive

Ì Killarney Community Centre, 6260 Killarney Street

Advance voting location only

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre 1607 E Hastings Street

Ì UBC AMS Student Nest, 6133 University Blvd.

Ì Hastings Community Centre, 3096 East Hastings Street

Not sure? Visit vancouver.ca/vote and use the voter lookup tool.

49 John Norquay Elementary School 4710 Slocan Street

Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre 920 E Hastings Street

Holy Trinity Anglican Church 1440 West 12th Avenue

34 Grandview/¿uuqinak’uuh Elementary School 2055 Woodland Drive 35

Ì Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street

Ì Britannia Community Services Centre, 1661 Napier Street

Ì Canadian passport Ì Property tax notice

48 Windermere Secondary School 3155 East 27th Avenue

Vancouver Public Library – Centre Branch 350 West Georgia Street

Britannia Community Services Centre 1661 Napier Street

Ì Vote by mail (If you are prevented from visiting a voting location due to illness, injury or disability or if you plan to be away from the city from October 10-17 and October 20)

You have two voting locations on election day:

If you prefer, you can arrange to have someone pick up your mail ballot package and return it for you. The person picking up your package will need to bring photo ID.

For more information: Phone: 3-1-1 Email: questions@elections.vancouver.ca Website: vancouver.ca/vote

Random-Order Candidate List

30 Strathcona Community Centre 601 Keefer Street 31

Ì University Hill Secondary, 3228 Ross Drive, and

You can vote between 8 am and 8 pm from October 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 at any of these locations:

Ì Citizenship card

Are you registered?

U UBC Lands and University Endowment Lands voting location only (October 20)

Ì Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews

There are 8 advance voting days and 12 locations where you can cast your vote early.

On Saturday, October 20, vote at any of the following locations between 8am and 8pm. 1

Ì Vote on Election Day (October 20), 8am to 8pm

Vote in advance

Voting places in Vancouver A Advance and election day voting location

Ì Renfrew Park Community Centre, 2929 East 22nd Avenue

Ì BC Services Card

Ì BC CareCard

For more information on voting eligibility and registration, visit vancouver.ca/vote or phone 3-1-1.

If you live in the UBC Lands and University Endowment Lands

Ì Vote in advance (October 10-17), 8am to 8pm

Ì BC driver’s licence

Ì BC identiﬁcation card (BCID)

Ì Marpole - Oakridge Community Centre, 990 West 59th Avenue

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❍ BASRA, Nycki (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ TAYLOR, Elizabeth (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ CROOK, Adrian ❍ SPARK, John ❍ CAUDWELL, Justin

Southlands Elementary School 5351 Camosun Street

❍ RAUNET, Françoise ❍ BUCHANAN, Barbara (Burnaby)

112 Musqueam Community Centre 6777 Salish Drive

❍ KOUTALIANOS, Anastasia

201 West End Community Centre 870 Denman Street (Advance voting only)

❍ NOBLE, Penny

400 University Hill Secondary School 3228 Ross Drive 401 UBC AMS Student Nest 6133 Student Union Boulevard

❍ HARDWICK, Colleen (NPA) ❍ LOW, Ken (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ ROBERTS, Anne (COPE) U

❍ CRELLIN, Breton (ProVancouver) (Pitt Meadows) ❍ PETA, Franco (Coalition Vancouver)

Names listed in random order on the ballot Please note that candidates are listed in random order, NOT alphabetical order on the ballot this year. The random order list can be found below and at vancouver.ca/vote.

❍ ALM, Kelly

How to get ready Plan your vote to make voting easier: use the online Plan Your Vote tool at vancouver.ca/ plan-your-vote, the worksheet in the printed voters’ guide, or the list below.

❍ YAN, Brandon 甄念本 (OneCity)

Get to know the random order list so you can mark your ballot correctly. Leave plenty of time to vote: consider voting in advance on October 10 to 17 as wait times may be shorter.

❍ EVANS, Catherine (Vision Vancouver)

❍ CARR, Adriane (GREEN)

Candidates for School Trustee

❍ MIRZA, Raza (ProVancouver)

❍ OSTLER, Stephanie (YES Vancouver)

Choose up to 9

❍ DOMINATO, Lisa (NPA)

❍ WIEBE, Michael (GREEN)

❍ BLIGH, Rebecca (NPA)

❍ CHAN, Glynnis (YES Vancouver) (Burnaby)

❍ KRISTIANSEN, Lisa (ProVancouver)

❍ REZEL, Rohana (ProVancouver)

❍ XIE, Jason (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ DEAL, Heather (Vision Vancouver)

❍ SHUM, Erin ❍ COOK, Graham

❍ DESCÔTEAUX, Stéphanie (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ REDDY, Jennifer (OneCity) ❍ KINDRID, Tifﬁny (ProVancouver) ❍ PRIETO, Julian (YES Vancouver) ❍ GOODINE, Nadine C (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ MUSSIO, Penny (Coalition Vancouver)

Candidates for Park Board Commissioners

❍ FRASER, Janet (GREEN)

❍ MIEDZYGORSKI, Herschel

Choose up to 7

❍ ALM, Kelly

❍ ZARUDINA, Olga (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ HANSON, Oliver (NPA)

❍ *DEMERS, Dave (GREEN)

❍ GILL, Pratpal Kaur (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ BARKER, Tricia (NPA)

❍ GONZALEZ, Estrellita (GREEN)

❍ HAMILTON, Jamie Lee (IDEA Vancouver)

❍ MRS DOUBTFIRE

❍ ROSSETTI, Massimo (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ KENNEDY, Gordon T

❍ NEMETZ, Steven L

❍ JAAF, Erica (OneCity)

❍ FUOCO, Chris (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ QIU, Chris (NPA)

❍ MALDONADO, Juan Carlos (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ CHO, Carmen (NPA)

❍ GALLOWAY, Jason (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ BARONET, Bruno (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ VIRDI, Jaspreet (YES Vancouver)

❍ HUGHES, Ashley ❍ GOODRICH, Justin P (NPA) ❍ EL-RAYES, Hamdy ❍ QUIMPO, Jojo (NPA) ❍ LIN, James (Coalition Vancouver) ❍ PAZ, Tanya (Vision Vancouver) ❍ BAINS, Brinder (YES Vancouver) ❍ MALUSA, John (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ TANG, Phyllis (YES Vancouver) ❍ KIRBY-YUNG, Sarah (NPA) ❍ GREWAL, David (NPA) ❍ CHARKO, Ken (Coalition Vancouver) ❍ *GRANT, Wade ❍ JOHL, Jesse (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ SWANSON, Jean (COPE) ❍ SPIKE ❍ PEROSA, Elishia (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ FALLS, Larry ❍ BHANDAL, Taqdir Kaur ❍ FU, Hsin-Chen ❍ KENNEDY, Gordon T ❍ MOLLINEAUX, Michelle (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ COPELAND, Cord “Ted” ❍ BLYTH, Sarah ❍ MCDOWELL, Rob ❍ CARDONA, Diego (Vision Vancouver) ❍ CHERNEN, Glen (Coalition Vancouver) ❍ RAMDEEN, Katherine ❍ O’KEEFE, Derrick (COPE) ❍ LI, Morning (Coalition Vancouver) ❍ PORTER, Elke ❍ ZHANG, Wei Qiao (Vision Vancouver) ❍ WONG, David HT (GREEN) ❍ KHAN, Abubakar

❍ BERCIC, Carrie (OneCity) ❍ RICHARDSON, Christopher JK (NPA)

❍ SANGHA, Taran Kaur (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ ANDERSON, BK Barbara (IDEA Vancouver)

❍ COUPAR, John (NPA)

❍ PARROTT, Barb (COPE)

❍ MCGARRIGLE, Kathy (NPA)

❍ LEE, Marco (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ HEBA, Leo (YES Vancouver)

❍ WOO, Sophia (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ RELPH, Cliff

❍ LEUNG, Aaron (Vision Vancouver)

❍ SIU, Winnie (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ ZHOU, Ying (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ BEESLA, Pall (NPA) ❍ CRAWFORD, Casey (NPA)

(Electoral Area A - Metro Vancouver)

❍ DENIKE, Ken (Coalition Vancouver)

❍ SHIVJI, Shamim (Vision Vancouver)

❍ WONG, Allan (Vision Vancouver)

❍ GOLDENCHILD, Ray (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ DONG, Tony (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ YEUNG, Jennifer (VANCOUVER 1st)

❍ CHAN-PEDLEY, Lois (GREEN)

❍ COPPING, Ann-Marie (NPA)

❍ BALLANTYNE, Fraser (NPA)

❍ *KAGIS, Mathew (Work Less Party)

❍ DAY, Diana (COPE)

❍ HURLBUT, Rick (ProVancouver)

❍ ARNOLD, Erin (Vision Vancouver)

❍ CUEVAS, Victor

❍ OGER, Morgane

❍ ZUBKO, Cameron (Vision Vancouver)

❍ FARROKHI, Fairnia

❍ GIESBRECHT, Gwen (COPE) ❍ JOHL, Yogi (VANCOUVER 1st) ❍ IRWIN, John (COPE) ❍ DUMONT, Camil (GREEN) ❍ EDGELOW, Greg (ProVancouver) ❍ HAUGEN, Margaret (IDEA Vancouver) ❍ MACKINNON, Stuart (GREEN)

Capital Plan Questions Please visit vancouver.ca/capitalplan or pick up a printed voters’ guide at community centres and libraries for Capital Plan information and the exact ballot questions.

❍ CHANG, Ray En-Jui (Coalition Vancouver)

NOTE: This notice has been amended to correct minor errors made on page 24 of the special ‘Vancouver election insert’ published in the September 27, 2018 issue of the Vancouver Courier. Revisions made for the following: *KAGIS, Mathew (previously, KAGIS, Matthew), *GRANT, Wade (removed Electoral Area A – Metro Vancouver), *DEMERS, Dave (previously, DEMERS, David)

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Hey Vancouver lawn owners, it’s time to turf the fake grass Maintaining a lawn is tough in this town, but there are alternatives that aren’t synthetic Grant Lawrence

grantlawrence12@gmail.com

If you try to keep your lawn in order in this town, chances are you’ve had a few headaches. Whether it’s European chafer beetle infestation or the droughtstricken summers that can turn your lawn from shades of Yoda to Trump in a few short weeks, maintaining any sort of quality grass habit in Vancouver can be expensive. My lawn managed to somehow beat out the chafer beetle, until last fall when skunks and raccoons suddenly went Animal House on it by night, while unyielding crows tore at it by day. After a harsh toke of costly maintenance, my grass grew back just in time for the ﬁrst major drought of the summer. I get it. It can be offensively First World to complain about lawn maintenance. I also realize that a lawn is a near point-

Pollinator gardens and rain gardens are environmentally friendly alternatives to maintaining a lawn. PHOTO GRANT LAWRENCE

less, ecologically unsound, age-old status symbol. Manicured lawns have roots to European aristocracy, which over many centuries

eventually became a benchmark of pride in suburban North America. To have a lawn was to have your own private park — luxurious

green space — even if it was the size of a postage stamp. I get all that, but what I will never do is turf my headache of a lawn for a

synthetic facsimile. For a few years, fake lawns became a boom industry in Vancouver — a popular alternative once both chafer beetles and scorching summers seemed like they were here to stay. I understand the appeal. You rip out your grubﬁlled grass that costs you hundreds a year, and for about $12 a foot, you lay down a perfectly trim, plastic replica that forever looks like the putting green at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club. But here’s my point that’s as obvious as a lawn dart landing on your foot: We live in a world infested with plastic by our own design. Our oceans, rivers and lakes are choking on it. Plastics wash up on every shoreline in the world, no matter how remote. A friend recently rowed through the Northwest Passage and was dismayed at the amount of plastic he saw, even in the Arctic Ocean. The plastics we throw away will eventually break down into micro plastics, potentially making their way back into our bodies through the food chain. The last thing we should be doing is removing living plants and replacing them with more plastic. What do you think happens to synthetic lawns when they eventually wear out in about 25 years and get turfed? The City of Vancouver agrees. According to a release dated Aug. 23, 2016, “the Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability, and Development Services,

Building and Licensing departments will not approve artificial turf installations on private property.” The city mowed down on fake grass because of its supposed inability to allow rainwater to pass through it, which could potentially impact surrounding trees and shrubs, and create run-off problems. According to a recent article on the subject from the CBC, “artificial turf does not mesh with the city’s sustainability plans around rainwater, trees and biodiversity.” So far in 2018, the city has apparently ordered five private residences to remove unapproved fake grass. But as David Suzuki has repeatedly suggested, your real lawn (and mine) is a needless water-sucker. So if the only grass you want to invest in is becoming legal on Oct. 17, and you don’t want to add to the global plastic problem, what can you do? There are plenty of alternatives. One is a pollinator garden. You can fill your green space with wild flowers and shrubs that attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other delightful creatures. Another is a rain garden — essentially letting your space go native with waist-high species such as salal and sword ferns. If you have kids and want to keep an open, low-cut green area for play, clover is apparently the best alternative. According to the City of North Vancouver, clover lawns are “resilient, evergreen” and flower in the spring. For those without marauding children, herbs are also a possibility. Plants such as thyme, lavender and oregano are bright and colourful, you can eat them and they are highly tolerant to drought. You can go the Palm Springs route and create a rock garden with a few drought-resident plants. Or, as of this month, you crop up with a legal front yard marijuana patch. Of course, advocates of synthetic grass say the emerald product is actually good for the environment, your wallet and your back: there’s zero watering, you’re not laying down chemical fertilizers that can potentially get washed down storm drains and no weeding. I ain’t buying it. If you could, would you? @grantlawrence

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Arts & Entertainment

How a Romanian pop singer’s quirky ode to Vancouver became a viral hit Eight years and half-a-million views later, Ligia Oancea reﬂects on ‘Vancouver Song’ John Kurucz

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Believe it or not, there was a time in recent history where Vancouver home ownership was within reach and there was reason to cheer about the events playing out on the ice of Rogers Arena. The summer skies didn’t yet resemble the end of days and Sidney Crosby was on the cusp of scoring his once-in-a-generation “golden goal.” Vancouverites celebrated on the streets for almost a month straight, and — gasp — were seen talking to one another and seemingly enjoying themselves. Ah, the magic of February 2010. One song in particular crystallized those halcyon days like few others. Few others sound like it, and likely never will. Enter the unassuming and unexpected YouTube star Ligia Oancea — a Romanian transplant whose deliciously catchy tune “Vancouver Song” has been viewed roughly 400,000 times since it went online at the onset of the 2010 Winter Olympics. She performed her song on local variety show Paul Anthony’s Talent Time, radio stations have played clips of the song, even Seth Rogen retweeted the video to his millions of followers on Canada Day this year. The low-budget video veers between decidedly amateur and a bit campy, and includes Oancea singing and dancing at Stanley Park, Science World, English Bay and at North Vancouver’s Ambleside Park. The lyrics celebrate Vancouver’s natural beauty and are filled with boundless optimism for the future — “This is the place where I want to grow up and fulfill my dreams” is the hook behind the catchy pre-chorus. Eight years later, the Courier caught up with Oancea in Stanley Park where much of the original video was shot. Oancea reflected on how Vancouver has changed since 2010, how she views her viral sensation with the benefit of hindsight and her plans for a revamped version.

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Looking to sell cannabis after October 17? YouTube star Ligia Oancea’s deliciously catchy tune and video “Vancouver Song” has been viewed roughly 400,000 times. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

but lots of people didn’t like the song or didn’t like the video clip,” Oancea said. “It’s tricky when you expose yourself to the public. You have to expect that you’ll get good and bad feedback.” Exposing her music to the public wasn’t part of Oancea’s original game plan at all. An elementary music school teacher in West Vancouver, Oancea wrote the song for her students as a sort of rallying cry when the Olympic torch passed through town. Close to 600 rug-rats from schools across West Vancouver did just that and Oancea thought that was the end of it. A Romanian friend who worked in TV suggested something more for the song. Two hours and few rips across town later, and the video was done. Oancea thought it would be used brieﬂy on Romanian television only. She was mistaken. Oancea’s producer friend uploaded it to YouTube, and it was an instant case of boom goes the dynamite: thousands of views, hundreds of comments, gig offers, radio play and media attention. “I was happy with it, but I didn’t make a big deal out of anything,” Oancea said. “I made a poor choice in my clothes with the fur.

I think that made it more famous. Or infamous.”

moving to New Westminster ﬁve years ago.

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As it turns out, Oancea was pretty famous long before her internet debut. A musician from the word go, who began playing piano at the age of four, Oancea turned pro right after graduating from a music conservatory in her late teens. She spent her 20s bouncing around a handful of bands in the 1980s, and performed all over Europe. “It was absolutely wonderful. Romania was kind of a closed country. We missed all those years where the hippies were talking about peace and love,” Oancea said. “The only thing we had were the fashions, but we missed completely everything else. We kept an innocence. I think you can still see it in our faces.” It wasn’t until Oancea came to Canada in 1990 that there was a brief break from the music world. She worked in a couple East Vancouver restaurants for under a year, before accepting a private music teaching gig in Chilliwack. Already armed with a Master’s degree in music from back home, Oancea attended university in the mid ’90s so she could teach in the public school system. She lived on the North Shore for more than a decade before

Outside of composing “Vancouver Song,” Oancea has steadily written new music every couple years. “Vancouver Song” has seen a few new iterations since it was ﬁrst recorded and plans are afoot for yet another version that Oancea hopes will include input from local Indigenous songwriters. While Oancea’s love for music hasn’t waned, she does see Vancouver through a slightly different lens compared to eight years ago. The city is getting bigger and less affordable. The opioid crisis is everywhere. “I was surprised driving through town and seeing so much garbage in the street. I don’t remember the city like that,” she said. “And it’s so expensive to live here.” That’s not to suggest Oancea’s relationship with her eponymous hit has changed, nor does she have any regrets about the notoriety the video brought upon her. “It was what it was at that time and I did my best,” she said. “The lyrics were written for people who will grow up in this city. I remember my feelings when I came here. It was wonderful. I’m lucky.” @JohnKurucz

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Vancouver ﬁlmmaker focuses on storm’s aftermath in Philippines Climate change and ‘voluntourists’ collide in docu-dramedy When the Storm Fades Sabrina Furminger

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When the Storm Fades stars members of the Pablos family as they reenact moments from their own lives after Typhoon Yolanda destroyed their home and killed their loved ones.

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Even by typhoon standards, Yolanda was a monster. By the time Typhoon Yolanda made landfall on the Filipino island of Leyte at 4:40 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2013, its winds were clocking in at 315 kilometres per hour. The storm surge that followed devastated the coastal city of Tacloban. Thousands drowned in their homes and in evacuation centres; thousands more were swept out to sea. Yolanda was stronger than Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy combined. Its death toll — still undetermined five years later — is believed to be upwards of 10,000. Immediately after the storm, international news crews arrived in Tacloban and trained their cameras on the flattened, debrisstrewn neighbourhoods and traumatized survivors. Filmmaker Sean Devlin watched the typhoon coverage from his home in Vancouver. His mother was born and raised on the island of Leyte — both of his parents worked in international development. Devlin knew that one day soon the international news crews would leave, and the arduous process of healing — and navigating corruption and exploitation — would begin in earnest. And this process is what Devlin’s docu-dramedy, When the Storm Fades, unpacks with audacious authenticity. “I find that these storms and similar disasters, they’re in the news for a few days, and we get images of huge swathes of people, and then the story disappears,” says Devlin. “To me, it always felt really detached and statistical, and part of the impetus for making this film was to render something that was more sensual and emotional to give people a chance to experience some of what it’s like to live on the frontlines of climate change at a very personal, intimate level.” When the Storm Fades screens this week at the 2018 Vancouver Inter-

national Film Festival. Filmed on location in Tacloban in 2016, it’s ﬁction in as much as actors are presented playing out scenes, but for the most part, those actors are members of an actual Tacloban family — the Pablos — and they’re reenacting moments from their own lives, from the months and years after Yolanda destroyed their home and killed their loved ones. For Devlin — an artistactivist who co-founded the website Shit Harper Did — it was critical that the Pablo family had a say in how their story was told. Devlin had participated in workshops led by Filipino artist Merlinda Bobis in which she argued that stories should be handled “in the same way that we handle the remains of a human.” “Stories need to be treated with that respect, and when someone passes away, there’s a certain

ence as an aid worker in Western Africa 12 years ago. Those characters, he says, are present in the film to “provoke thought, especially among white audiences, because in most films where we see characters travelling overseas, the white folks are often framed as saviors. I wanted to poke holes in that myth.” Devlin ran an IndieGoGo campaign for When the Storm Fades before filming began in early 2016. Half of the funds went directly to the Pablos — to rebuild their house, open a market stall and finance Lovely Pablo’s education. “We were interested in making a film that wasn’t simply going to raise awareness about the struggles this family was encountering but was also going to provide some support in overcoming them,” says Devlin. But his main goal with When the Storm Fades was

I think people don’t necessarily think about the socio-economic conditions of people in the Philippines as being connected to pollution we create here. Filmmaker Sean Devlin

logic and hierarchy to who has the right to speak on that person’s behalf to tell their story,” says Devlin. Which is why Devlin asked the Pablo family to script their own dialogue. “I really didn’t feel comfortable putting words in these people’s mouths, and so the script was developed based on them sharing their own experiences and interactions that they had,” says Devlin. When the Storm Fades includes a darkly comic subplot about a couple of young Canadian “voluntourists” (comedians Kayla Lorette and Aaron Read) in the Philippines purportedly to help the Pablos but who seem more intent on crafting the perfect Instagram shot. Devlin drew inspiration for the Canadian characters from his own experi-

to give a human face to the climate crisis. “I think here, we tend to think of a lot of melting ice caps and polar bears, but the fact of the matter is that people in communities like Tacloban have been dealing with the impacts of this for decades and it’s only getting worse,” says Devlin. “I think people don’t necessarily think about the socio-economic conditions of people in the Philippines as being connected to pollution we create here,” he adds. “There’s a debt of sorts that needs to be repaid one way or another.” When the Storm Fades screens Oct. 4 and 7 at SFU Goldcorp as part of the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival. More info at viff.org.

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Arts & Entertainment THE GROWLER: DRINK THIS

Quinceotica by Longwood Brewery Rob Mangelsdorf editor@thegrowler.ca

I gotta say, I love it when I discover something I like and ﬁnd out there’s a crazy story behind it. Case in point: Longwood’s Quinceotica. Although ostensibly categorized as a beer, Quinceotica is actually an obscure kind of beer/ cider hybrid called a graf/ graff. Unlike snakebite, that staple of English university pubs and backpacker bars, graf isn’t just cider and beer mixed together in a pint glass — it’s actually fermented from a mixture of juice and wort (unfermented beer). The history of graf is where things get interesting because, as I discovered, graf is a fairly new drink. I had always assumed graf, like most alcoholic beverages, went back centuries, perhaps as a way for cider makers to stretch out their juice in years of poor harvest with the addition of cheap wort as an adjunct. But I was way off. WAY off. As it turns out, graf was

Longwood Brewery’s Quinceotica is a cider/beer hybrid called a graf, which was invented by author Stephen King. Yes, that Stephen King.

invented by author Stephen King. Yes, you read that correctly. The ﬁrst known mention of graf was in King’s Dark Tower series where the apple beer was the preferred refreshment of those living in the In-World, the innermost part of the All-World. King never gave any speciﬁcs about the drink or how it was made, other than it was made from apple and malt. But that was enough for legions of King-inspired home-

brewers to popularize the style by creating their own versions of the drink. And guess what? It’s pretty dang tasty!

Longwood’s take is made with quince instead of apple. Like everything the Nanaimo brewery makes, the ingredients are all local, with the quince coming from the Quinceotica Farm orchard in Ladysmith (hence the name). The result is light and cider-like, both slightly tart and slightly malty. The fruity ﬂavours of apple and pear are complemented by the grainy malt character, and followed by a refreshingly crisp ﬁnish. Like so many of Mr. King’s creations, graf seems to have taken on a life of its own, but there’s nothing scary about this refreshing beer.

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Some of the more unusual election guide mistakes Last week, the City of Vancouver Chief Election Officer sent out an email expressing regret for a number of errors that had been identified in the city’s newspaper elections insert in Star Metro Vancouver and the Vancouver Courier. In the election inserts, several candidates’ names were misspelled and incorrect information was given regarding the number of candidates voters can choose. However, the eagle eyes at K&K have uncovered a few harder-to-find but no less egregious mistakes that we’d like to correct for the city. You’re welcome. • On Page 24, under Councillors, “MINTER, Seth” is described as a Cleric/Magic User whose preferred weapon is a Staff of Wizardry. However his preferred weapon is really a Longsword and Shield. • On Page 12, the essay explaining the underlying meaning of Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 hit “She Bop” made

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a blanket statement that the song was about “female masturbation” when in fact the lyrics “I bop, you bop, they bop” clearly indicate that the song is about self-pleasuring in general, regardless of gender. • On page 29, leprosy is not “a cool new metal band from Marpole.” It’s a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. • On Page 22, council candidate Glen Chernen did not invent the dance move

“the electric slide.” Nor is he made of a meat-based dairy product called Pork Milk. • Lust, Envy, Regret, Free Range Crotch Chickens, The Penile Hydra and Monsieur Pamplemousse are not running for city council. They are candidates for park board. • The information regarding how to vote in advance polls was mistakenly replaced with the lyrics to Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It.” Sorry about that. • On Page 39, Glass Houses is wrongly described as Billy Joel’s “best album,” when in fact it is The Stranger. • Outgoing councillor George Afﬂeck will not be giving consensual backrubs at “mystery spots” across the city on election day located by using the downloadable app “Luxurious George.” • There is no longer a voting station in the Seventh Circle of Hell. @KudosKvetches

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High-end pet urns offer solace and style to animal afterlife Customized vessels range between $60 and $300 John Kurucz

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It was in the basement of a funeral home in rural Nova Scotia that Shay Lhea reconciled her feelings around the great unknown. Her grandmother laid before her, moments away from being cremated. Lhea’s relatives were reeling and couldn’t be in the room with the recently deceased for more than a few minutes. “I stayed down there for 20 minutes or longer. I studied her and I touched her,” Lhea said. “It started there and I remember this intense feeling within me to want to ﬁnd ways to portray death in a really, really beautiful light.” That transformative moment happened eight years ago and was the beginning of the build-up towards Lhea’s recently-launched business called Sacred Shelter Urns. Made speciﬁcally for pets, the urns range in size between the equivalent of a teacup or Mason jar and are wrapped in bamboo. Each one is hand painted and features varying designs and bells and whistles. Making the urns — or “vessels” as Lhea calls them — ornate, colourful and decorative is what she banks on being her primary selling point. Adding liveliness to the urn takes away the stigma and sting of death. “It’s not just creating the urns and selling

Artist Shay Lhea designs high-end, customized pet urns out of her West End apartment. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

them to people,” Lhea said. “It’s about wanting to change the way that people think about what happens behind your person or your pet passing away and the feelings that we have surrounding that.”

The death of Lhea’s grandmother was the impetus behind her change in thinking, but it’s the impending departure of her 16-year-old dog Kahvey that compelled Lhea into action.

Lhea has squared the pooch’s deteriorating health — he suffers from Cushing’s Disease — but won’t accept his final resting place to be blasé. It’s the same frustrating scenario Lhea’s family went through when saying goodbye to their grandmother. “We already had a plan to scatter her ashes in the ocean, so why do we need a vessel?” Lhea said “The funeral home started to feel like an upsell and then it started to feel like a one-stop shop. I got so uncomfortable with it. It felt so weird and so wrong.” Having only launched the business two months ago, Lhea is curious to see who her demographic will be. Many of Lhea’s friends have elderly pets and are of the belief that death can only be terrible. It’s within that sphere that Lhea wants to carve a niche — to get people thinking about death long before it happens, and an urn befitting of their dearly departed. “I want people to find something that they can bond with, a vessel, long before their pet passes away,” Lhea said. “I want them to be prepared that absolutely your pet is going to pass way before you die. That’s just a part of getting a pet and everybody knows it.” Lhea’s urns range in price between $60 and $300 are available online at sacredshelterurns.com. @JohnKurucz

Halloween comes early as Playland hosts its annual horror hubbub Fright Nights Oct. 5 to 31. Courtney Barnett plays the Vogue Oct. 9 and 10. Oktoberfest at Vancouver Alpen Club, Oct. 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20.

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This brand-new “dine out”-style fest will offer fixed family-style menus, encouraging you to get out and enjoy meals with friends and family. That means pricing for groups of two, four, six and eight. Participating restaurants include Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Taiwanese, Thai and Vietnamese establishments. Get out of your comfort zone and check out some great eats in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey and elsewhere. Oct. 10 to 21 Participating restaurants asianfeast.ca

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where grown-ups go to get spooked silly. Enjoy more than 20 stomach-dropping rides, ripping live shows, eight haunted houses and plenty more freaky action at this popular annual Halloween-themed event. Oh, and be warned: Some creepy characters will be roaming the grounds, dressed up and ready to give you a fright. You, however, need to leave your costumes at home for this one. Oct. 5 to 31 Playland at the PNE, East Hastings Street at Windermere Street frightnights.ca

Oktoberfest at Vancouver Alpen Club

This is the granddaddy of all Vancouver Oktoberfests! Held at the historic Alpen Club, they’ve got three October weekends of beer, food, music and fun. Dress up, dance and raise a few glasses in the German tradition. Regular tickets include

admission to the Oktoberfest, while VIP tickets include admission and access to a designated area that provides a delicious German buffet and a server who takes care of your drinks all night long (drinks not included in the prices). Oct. 5 to 6, 12 to 13 and 19 to 20 Vancouver Alpen Club, 4875 Victoria Dr. vacbc.yapsody.com

Courtney Barnett at the Vogue Theatre

Check out one of indie rock’s most talkedabout rising stars when Courtney Barnett plays two shows at the Vogue Theatre. The Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist is on tour to support her spring release Tell Me How You Really Feel. Opening for Barnett is Waxahatchee. All ages. Oct. 9 and 10. Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Vogue Theatre, 918 Granville St. voguetheatre.com

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Ola Volo’s Russian folklore-inspired art gets the luxury treatment Vancouver-raised artist tapped to design three classic Louis Vuitton trunks

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When you look at Ola Volo’s artwork, you’re instantly swept up into an enchanting world of characters and patterns. Her Russian folkloreinspired art is symbolic, fun and whimsical, all at the same time. Each time you glance at a painting you see something new. You’ve probably seen the 29-year-old’s work around town. She has created designs for Starbucks, Lululemon and Telus, to name a few. While the Kazakhstanborn, Vancouver-raised artist is used to other people getting lost in her original visual language, last month she was immersed into a new world herself. The luxurious world of Louis Vuitton. The muralist was chosen to paint a set of three classic Louis Vuitton trunks as part of the brand’s celebration of its 35th year in Canada. Like all of her work, the trunks tell a story.

Each piece is painted with a delicate one-of-akind design that shares a tale about Canada’s beauty. With blues, yellows, greys and gold tones, the paintings look like they always belonged on the timeless bags. Having moved to Montreal a year-and-a-half ago, Volo says she’ll always be a Vancouver girl at heart, and that’s represented in her designs. “What we wanted to do was produce an experience, not just customize the pieces,” Volo explains. “I decided to go back to what I knew best, which is the West Coast… One piece is based on the ocean, the sunsets, the sailboats — the iconic Vancouver Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach.” The second trunk symbolizes the season of fall, with ﬂowing trees and birds. And the third trunk shows off the province’s adventurous side. “I did the big trunk based on the West Coast wolf and adventure, with mountain scenes,” Volo says. “I think

Ola Volo was chosen to paint a set of three classic Louis Vuitton trunks as part of the brand’s celebration of its 35th year in Canada.

together they really become a collection.” Swapping to tiny brushes, the detailed works took Volo a week to complete. Her work was displayed

as part of an exclusive Louis Vuitton auction at Integral House in Toronto in early September. “They ﬂew out top buyers from North America to To-

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ronto for the private event… they wanted to bring the most exclusive one-of-akind bags to this exhibition so buyers had a chance to own them,” Volo says. The auction coincided with Louis Vuitton’s Time Capsule exhibition at Union Station, which gave the public an inside look at the history of the brand. Stepping into Integral House was an experience in itself for Volo, who describes it as a house that “had to be Googled.” “This place was crazy,” she says. “I’m used to being constantly dirty and messy in the studio so when I got there it deﬁnitely felt like a different world and yet still very creative. Everyone was dressed head to toe in Louis Vuitton as well — so that is pretty different from what my daily lifestyle is like.” Volo had the chance to wine and dine with the brand’s most loyal customers. “I have so much more appreciation for these luxury brands now, what

they stand for and why people are so obsessed with them,” she says. “It’s not just about the bag, it is about the whole package. It’s a lifestyle. ” As for the trunks, they were snapped up within 20 minutes of the event opening. “I got to meet this 80-year-old lady, who was one of their most loyal customers. She was so receptive to the work and loved it,” Volo says. “She ended up buying the entire collection.” Since then, Volo has been working on canvas paintings for her ﬁrst solo exhibition in more than four years, which opens in Vancouver this weekend. The exhibit is inspired by Volo’s experience of having her tarot cards read. “The pieces explore taro cards and how they intertwine with folklore and everyday life,” Volo says. Curated by Art Rapture, the exhibition King. Queen. Lovers. Fool. runs Oct. 5 and 6 at the Settlement Building in Railtown.

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Positive predictions for 2018-19 Vancouver Canucks

Big Numbers • 2:51 In seven pre-season games, the Canucks held the lead for just two minutes and 51 seconds. For the rest of the time, they were either tied or trailing.

Team won’t be good, but several young Canucks could excel

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

The pre-season could not have gone much worse for the Canucks. They won just one out of seven games, and that came in a shootout. They were outscored 30 to 11. At even-strength, they scored the fewest pre-season goals in the NHL, managing just ﬁve. Most of the Canucks’ prized prospects demonstrated they weren’t ready for the NHL, while newly-signed veterans Jay Beagle and Tim Schaller were largely invisible. Fellow free agent signee Antoine Roussel didn’t even play in the pre-season after setbacks in his recovery from a concussion. All of that amounted to one of the most disappointing Canucks pre-seasons in recent memory. Fortunately, all of that was wiped clean with the start of the regular season on Wednesday, after the Courier’s print deadline. Unfortunately, the Canucks’ regular season is unlikely to be much better than the pre-season. That’s not to say the season will be all doom and gloom. So, in an attempt to stay positive, here are some bold predictions for the coming season with an optimistic bent.

1. Brock Boeser will score 40 goals

The Canucks haven’t had a 40-goal scorer since the 2010-11 season, when both Daniel Sedin and Ryan Kesler managed the feat. In his rookie year, Boeser was on pace for 38 goals over a full 82 games, before a freak injury ended his season. Though he didn’t score in the preseason, Boeser will hit the ground run-

Bo Horvat might not be the Canucks’ official captain, but he is very much the team’s leader, and there’s a good chance he’ll also lead the team in points this season. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ning in 2018-19 and, with a power play focused on creating scoring chances for him, will reach 40 goals.

2. Troy Stecher will bounce back

In his rookie year, Stecher surprised everyone by leading Canucks’ defencemen in scoring with 24 points. With a new coach last season, Stecher found himself starting from the bottom once again, working his way up from the third pairing. He managed just 11 points in 68 games. Now, however, Stecher is sure to play big minutes right from day one. He came into training camp with new determination and confidence and looks poised to breakout. Thirty-five points seems within his reach, particularly if he gets a chance to play the point on the first power play unit.

3. Elias Pettersson will win the Calder Trophy

There’s a reason Pettersson is the odds-on favourite to win the Calder Trophy as the rookie of the year. He’s just that good. Pettersson led the Canucks in scoring in the pre-season with a goal and

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five assists in five games, and silenced any concerns with his ability to play centre in the NHL with a surprisingly refined twoway game. While he may not top a point-per-game like Calder-winner Mathew Barzal last season, he’ll get plenty of opportunities at evenstrength and the power play for the goal-starved Canucks. Thirty-plus goals and 60-plus points is not an unreasonable expectation for the slick Swede who teammates have dubbed “Alien” for his otherworldly skill. He’ll have plenty of competition from the likes of Rasmus Dahlin, Andrei Svechnikov and Eeli Tolvanen, but Pettersson has what it takes to wrestle the rookie of the year title away from them all.

• 1,465 The Canucks went 1,465 games with at least one Sedin twin in the lineup. That streak was broken on Wednesday night.

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to Jim Benning for following through on his words. Tyler Motte was one of the standout players for the Canucks in the pre-season, so Benning waived veteran Sam Gagner to make room for the younger player.

4. Bo Horvat will lead the Canucks in scoring

While Horvat was not named captain heading into this season — the team chose to go with no captain and four alternates — he is undoubtedly the team’s leader on the ice. In 2018-19, he will prove it, once again leading the team in scoring after Boeser did so last season. The addition of Beagle may not help the Canucks win more games, but it will divest Horvat of most of his defensive and penalty killing duties, allowing him to focus solely on offence. In addition, the power play will depend on his ability to play down low and in front of the net. He’ll chip in points setting up Pettersson and Boeser, as well as banging in their rebounds. Thirty goals and 70 points is a bold prediction for Horvat, but it’s not out of reach.

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• I’m dropping the gloves with the Canucks for not naming a captain this season. Instead, Horvat, Alex Edler, Chris Tanev and Brandon Sutter will all be alternate captains. Really, everyone already treats Horvat like the captain, so it seems silly not to make it ofﬁcial. Perhaps they’ll sell more jerseys if they give him an “A” before giving him the “C” next season.

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