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Balancing $1-billion-plus budget first major test of new council New mayor and council will be sworn in Nov. 5 at Creekside Community Centre Mike Howell

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Now that the election is over, it’s time for the new gang at city hall to get to work.

They, of course, have to be inaugurated first.

That will occur next Monday, Nov. 5 at Creekside Community Centre.

Then reality hits in a big way — one of the first major files mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart and his 10-member council will have to deal with is balancing the city’s $1-billion-plus operating budget, which city staff is preparing in a proposed form for a final vote in December.

It was $1.4 billion to cover this year, and expected to be higher for next year.

So how will this new group respond?

Well, if the NPA’s positions of the past of arguing that property taxes could be lower if more were cut from proposed budgets, then expect that argument to continue with the four new NPA councillors and incum-

bent Melissa De Genova.

For years, the NPA has targeted the city’s communications department and the mayor’s ever-increasing discretionary fund as areas to cut. The NPA also criticized the ruling Vision Vancouver mayor and councillors for approving the so-called fentanyl tax in 2016.

In last year’s vote, the NPA went after Vision for bringing in a last-minute additional .34 per cent tax bump to pay for a variety of measures, including $975,000 for a “tactical response team” to review regulations and create new policy and zoning changes to increase housing options in low-density neighbourhoods.

We’re also likely to hear the NPA say the city didn’t conduct enough consultation on the budget and should hold off on approving it — to which city staff will respond by outlining the various forums, studies and online feedback done on the budget.

Maybe the NPA will also

to push motions and policy through with a majority vote.

What Stewart and the others will do is difficult to predict, although you can probably bet that COPEelect Coun. Jean Swanson will say something about her wish for a “mansion tax” to pay for an affordable housing fund.

What isn’t difficult to predict is a tax increase.

It’s inevitable.

City staff hasn’t finalized a number, but my reading of the city’s 2019-2023 budget outlook document suggests it will be more than 3.9 per cent. It was 4.24 per cent last year, and 3.9 per cent the previous year.

The city’s rationale for such a tax bump this year is explained in the city’s five-year budget outlook, which identifies a significant gap between expenditure growth and revenue growth, creating a $12-million to $30-million gap.

Some of those drivers of costs include salary and benefit increases for police

One of the first major tasks of mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart and his new council will be to balance the city’s budget, which goes before council for a final vote Dec. 11. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

request the city takes its foot off the gas on the amount of money spent on housing, which the NPA has argued is a primary responsibility of the provincial government.

In 2017, the city spent $80.1 million in capital and $4.5 million in operating

costs “to support housing needs and affordability.”

Whatever happens, the five-member NPA has a lot of pull and negotiating power on this new council, needing to only convince one other person in the chamber to vote with them

officers and firefighters.

This year, public safety wage increases climbed 2.5 per cent, a rate higher than inflation. At the end of this year, the arbitrated settlement between the Vancouver Police Union and the Vancouver Police Board will expire, “adding uncertainty and additional cost pressures for future years.”

Additionally, the provincial government’s changes to Medical Services Plan premiums and the introduction of the new Employer Health Tax represents about a 1.7 per cent increase in property tax. So yep, costs are rising faster than inflation.

More unfortunate news for taxpayers is that regional utility charges are forecast to increase annually between four and eight per cent for water, and between two and eight per cent for sewer from 2019 to 2023.

The new mayor and his council are expected to finalize the budget by Dec. 11. @Howellings

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Councillors get emotional at Vancouver city hall as term expires Mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart and his new council will be sworn in Nov. 5

Mike Howell

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Mayor Gregor Robertson and the council he was elected with in 2014 held their last public meeting as a group Tuesday in what was at times an emotionally charged farewell that left one councillor in tears and others reflecting on their time at city hall.

But before Robertson and some of the departing councillors got to the good-byes, council got mired in a procedural matter involving enacting a bylaw. It involved a vote in September at a public hearing that saw the majority of council allow for the rezoning of duplexes in almost all of the city’s neighbourhoods.

The matter was set off

by Green Party Coun.

Adriane Carr and NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova, who were both re-elected Oct. 20 and are the only two members of the current council about to serve another term. Both of them voted

against the rezoning in September.

Carr and De Genova initially voted against the bylaw at Tuesday’s meeting but changed their votes after the city’s legal department briefed city manager Sadhu Johnston, who said it was the longstanding practice of council to enact bylaws, despite voting in opposition at a public hearing.

“That’s how we would recommend council treats it,” Johnston told council.

“We will go back and do additional research on that and clarify for the incoming council whether they can re-debate and re-hash all of the discussions that came up during the public hearing process around the enactment.

From where I’m sitting that does not sound like a lot of fun.”

Council eventually passed 34 bylaws, seven administrative reports and six administrative motions in what was initially anticipated to be a short meeting without any debate, or

Mayor Gregor Robertson and the 10-member council held their last public meeting Tuesday at city hall. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

controversy. It wasn’t until near the end of the session that reflection and emotion replaced the tediousness of the proceedings.

NPA Coun. Elizabeth Ball, who was first elected to council in 2005 and re-elected in 2011 and 2014, is one of six retiring councillors. She noted she was close to tears as she wrapped up her speech.

“We have been through a lot together as people, we have been through

serious illnesses, the loss of our parents, which we have all shared,” she said. “And also important things that have happened to us, honours that have happened to us that we’ve all been able to celebrate. So I just wanted to thank you all. It has been a great honour to work with all of you.”

Vision Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson said he was thinking about his last council

meeting as he drove to city hall Tuesday. He estimated he attended between 850 and 900 council meetings since first elected to council in 2002.

“It’s kind of bittersweet for me,” he said in his remarks. “So many [of the council meetings] were very, very important to the life of the city… sometimes with unanimous votes and other times where we profoundly disagreed with each other.

But nevertheless, we were all working for the betterment of this city.”

Vision Vancouver Coun.

Raymond Louie, who was elected with Stevenson in 2002 as members of COPE, described his time on council as a “whirlwind,” a term Coun.

Hector Bremner also used to describe his one year on council after winning last year’s byelection.

Louie served with three mayors — Larry Campbell, Sam Sullivan and Gregor Robertson — 24 councillors, three city managers and four

directors of planning.

He thanked his family, friends, city staff, colleagues and his detractors and opponents “who made me think a little quicker on my feet, and tested some of the assumptions I had.”

Vision Coun. Heather Deal, who was not reelected in the Oct. 20 election, did not speak during the meeting but burst into tears as she watched a video produced by city staff. The video, which was projected onto a big screen in the council chamber, listed many of the accomplishments of the council over the last term.

“I really loved doing this job,” she told the Courier after the meeting, still emotional as her fourth term as a Vision Vancouver councillor came to a close.

Mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart and his new council will be sworn in Nov. 5 at Creekside community centre. @Howellings

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Online registry credited with bike theft decline Jessica Kerr

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It’s Bike to Work Week and Vancouver police and volunteers will be out across the city this week encouraging bike owners to register their rides with Project 529.

Launched in Vancouver three years ago, the online bike registration system is being credited with a 30 per cent drop in reported bike thefts in the city. Deputy Police Chief Howard Chow noted at a press conference Monday morning that when the system was first launched in Vancouver, the city was seeing more than 2,000 bikes reported stolen a year and that number was growing by about 20 per cent a year.

In the three years prior to its launch, reported bike thefts were up by 69 per cent. And police returned only about 15 per cent of recovered stolen bikes to their original owners, often because there was no way for officers to know who the owners were, Chow said.

“It’s frustrating for victims but it’s also frustrating

for police,” he said. “Three years ago we really didn’t have an effective bicycle registry that was getting the information out from bike owners and bringing it back to the police so we could use it effectively.”

On Monday, Project 529 founder J Allard, who also co-founded Xbox, estimated that the program has prevented more than 5,000 bicycles from being stolen.

When it was first launched, Project 529 aimed to register 10,000 bikes. Three years later, more than 70,000 bike owners in Vancouver have signed up and registered their bicycle. Since then the program has expanded to 35 municipalities throughout the province and has spread across North America. It now has more than 800,000 searchable bikes.

The cloud-based system allows cyclists, bike shops and organizations to register bikes, either online at project529.com or using the app, including details such as the make, model, colour, serial number and photos.

If the bike is ever stolen, the

victim can use the app to alert the local cycling community and police.

The web-based database is searchable and can be shared among police forces.

Just last week, a bike that was registered in Prince George and stolen while the owner, Remko Schrik, was visiting Penticton, was found in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Schrik and his wife were in Penticton doing some mountain biking when his bike was stolen from the back of his truck — the thieves actually cut the trailer hitch right off the back of the couple’s pickup truck to steal the bikes.

His friend Jon McLuskie was on hand Monday to pick up the bike from Vancouver police. He said this was a replacement bike for one that was stolen previously and his friend was surprised and excited to get his bike back.

Vancouver police Const.

Rob Brunt said that since the launch of Project 529, bikes stolen in Vancouver have been recovered as far away as Portland and San Francisco.

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News Final phase of Fraserview Housing Co-op Naoibh O’Connor

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The third and final phase of Fraserview Housing Co-op in River District will produce 140 new units of co-op housing aimed at families bringing in between $41,000 and $124,000 annually. Thirty per cent will be reserved for households earning less than $68,000 annually.

Officials, including outgoing Mayor Gregor Robertson, marked the groundbreaking at an Oct. 25 press conference.

The project, being built by the Community Land Trust at 3183 and 3245 Pierview Cres. near Kerr Street and Southeast Marine Drive, includes 16 studios, 22 onebedroom, 51 two-bedroom and 31 three-bedroom apartments, as well as 14 two-bedroom and six threebedroom townhomes.

Rents will start at $1,038 a month for studios, $1,200 for one-bedrooms, $1,450 for two-bedrooms and $1,700 for three-bedroom apartments and townhomes.

Thom Armstrong, executive director of Co-op Housing Federation of B.C. and the Community Land Trust

— the federation’s non-profit real estate arm — was also at the press conference, as were Luke Harrison, CEO of the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA); and Tiffany Duzita, director of development for the Community Land Trust.

The City of Vancouver provided the land for the project on a 99-year lease.

“We’re so desperately in need of safe, secure, affordable housing that’s going to be permanently affordable,” Armstrong told the Courier.

“Because this housing is on a 99-year lease from the city, it will be out of the market and immune from speculation and continue to provide affordable homes for families for the next century.”

During the press conference, Armstrong said a turning point for the Community Land Trust was in 2012 when Robertson struck a task force on affordable housing. In its report to council, the task force urged the city to take a look at Community Land Trusts in helping to develop affordable housing. Armstrong credited Robertson for “championing the community housing sector more than anyone else in the country.”

He maintains partnerships such as the one between the Community Land Trust, the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency, are crucial in producing affordable housing.

“No one gets much done in housing these days if they stay in their cozy little silos and pretend it’s 1982. These days, it’s all about partnerships,” Armstrong said.

“In the ’80s, it was so easy to depend on federal co-op or non-profit housing programs that had 100 per cent financing and mortgage insurance. It was relatively easy to develop social housing and community housing, but now the financial landscape has totally shifted.

It does depend on different sources of capital and different sources of equity. If you’re not prepared to embrace partnerships with all levels of government and all housing stakeholders, you’re not going to get any housing done.”

The three phases of Fraserview Housing Co-op will produce a total of 418 homes. When completed, it will be Western Canada’s largest housing co-op.

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

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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.

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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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It only happens once a year.

The annual mowing of the Vancouver Convention Centre’s green roof started last week.

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“All together 400,000 plants and grasses were planted,” said Jinny Wu, communications manager at the convention centre. That includes 350,000 plants, 40,000 bulbs and 10 different species of native grass and herb seeds. Some of the more unique plants include Beach strawberries, Hooker’s onion, native sedges, native potentilla and aster.

The roof is planted over

a membrane, or liner, that protects the building below from water damage.

On top of that the plants and grasses grow in more than 5,000 cubic metres of lava rock, gravel and topsoil — it weighs more than 11 million pounds and is about six inches deep.

Landscapers are up on the roof monthly to maintain and remove any invasive species, like blackberries and dandelions.

“Anything that can grow through that liner ultimately is going to start a leak down the line so we want to nip that in the bud and get it out,” said Mike Rist, Vancouver operations manager for WhiteStar Property Services, which has been maintaining the roof for the past four years.

It’s the first green roof the company has ever worked on. On top of the monthly maintenance, the roof gets mowed once a year in the fall. Work started Oct. 22 and typically takes about two weeks to complete.

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Generations of charity behind $6.5-million St. Paul’s hospital donation Inpatient cardiac centre at new St. Paul’s to be named Tong Louie Cardiac Wing Naoibh O’Connor

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The London Drugs and Tong and Geraldine Louie Foundations have injected $6.5 million into St. Paul’s Foundation for the provincial heart centre at the new St. Paul’s hospital that will be built in False Creek Flats.

The inpatient cardiac centre at the new facility will be called the Tong Louie Cardiac Wing in recognition of the donation.

Brandt Louie, Tong Louie’s son and chairman of London Drugs Ltd., spoke on behalf of the family, which owns London Drugs. Tong Louie died at age 84 in 1998.

Louie said every generation of his family, beginning with his grandfather Hok Yat Louie who founded what became the H.Y. Louie Company in 1903, has taken the ideas of charity and giving seriously.

In a series of letters, Hok Yat Louie encouraged his sons to give back.

Columbians well into the future, we are also aware of the impact each of those lives could have,” he said.

“We have no way of knowing the differences one person’s life can make but we do have the ability to create opportunities for that life to flourish. We see this gift as just that, the opportunity for each one of those treated in the Tong Louie Cardiac Wing to reach their potential and to continue their journey in good health.”

The Tong Louie Cardiac Wing will be located on an entire floor of the 11-storey, state-of-the-art acute care hospital.

Dick Vollet, president and CEO of St. Paul’s Foundation called the donation a “transformative gift.”

He said the cardiac wing will support “exceptional cardiac care” and “will allow the provincial heart centre to expand its programs, its research, its recruitment and education.”

Fiona Dalton, president and CEO of Providence

He said, in part, when pursuing prosperity you must follow the laws of heaven. Don’t be afraid to be kind and charitable.

In 2012, the provincial government committed $500 million towards the project.

In 2017, billionaire Jimmy Pattison announced he would contribute $75 million for the new hospital.

The provincial government is currently reviewing the business plan for the project.

couver for the new St. Paul’s Hospital redevelopment.

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PHC will eventually sell the land where St. Paul’s is located on Burrard Street and invest the money into the construction of the new facility.

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Dr. Sean Virani, physician program director for the heart centre, said St. Paul’s is the provincial heart centre and the most complex cases from across B.C. are sent to the hospital.

The new facility, he said, will offer opportunities for innovation and research.

“The infrastructure or the structure that’s created at the new St. Paul’s will harness new technology and allow us, as a result, to provide better care to our patients, whether that be new technologies at the bedside, new technology in terms of how we evaluate and diagnose patients and new technology in terms of our treatment,” Virani said.

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“He said, in part, when pursuing prosperity you must follow the laws of heaven. Don’t be afraid to be kind and charitable. Those words have been a guiding principal for our family company for 115 years and four generations of family leadership,” Louie said.

He said his father, Tong Louie, was a tireless supporter and fundraiser for St. Paul’s who served on the board of the hospital and the foundation. “[My father] believed in the work of this great facility and more importantly, the future of the hospital,” he said, adding many members of the family have received care at the hospital, including his mother Geraldine.

“Like St. Paul’s, we know something about what it means to be firmly rooted in the past but focused on building for tomorrow for all the generations yet to come. While it is our hope that this gift would ensure improved quality of life for many thousands of British

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Opinion At-large system to blame for low voter turnout, lack of diversity on council Allen Garr

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The most remarkable unintended consequence of Vancouver’s city council election results was not that the Green Party scored a historic number of victories nor the presence of a record eight women among the 10 councillors elected — although both are noteworthy. But the result that could be a game changer is the colour of the council that will now represent our city, a city that is roughly made up of 45 per cent people of colour.

Yes, I got it that Green Party candidate Pete Fry, the son of Trinidadian born Liberal MP Hedy Fry, handily won a spot on council. But for the major ethnic groups in our city, people of Chinese, Indian or Filipino heritage, the representation is zero.

Don’t blame the political parties. Right, left and centre included visible minorities on their ballot. A person of Chinese heritage

has run for mayor in the past two elections.

And these are groups — Chinese, Indian and Filipino — whose presence and contribution is undeniably growing. Consider Vancouver of 50 years ago when the main parades that attracted crowds may have been the PNE Parade and the Santa Claus Parade. Today, the two biggest extravaganzas are events celebrating Chinese New Year and Diwali.

Yet, as the Vancouver Sun’s Daphne Bramham pointed out, for the first time in 32 years there is not a person of Chinese ancestry on council, and it has been 46 years since there was a south Asian.

There is another fact worth noting and that is voter turnout. In Vancouver this time around, it declined to 39 per cent, and in the suburbs of Surrey (33 per cent) and Burnaby (32 per cent) it was even lower.

Which brings me to the observation that both the matter of racial inequality and voter turnout can be laid

Columnist Allen Garr says don’t blame the political parties for the lack of diversity on city council, blame the fact Vancouver, unlike most major cities, does not have a ward system.

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squarely at the feet of the at-large electoral system and the need for, you guessed it, a ward system of elections.

British Columbia is the only jurisdiction in Canada where cities with more than 100,000 people do not have a system of civic government where people vote for their representatives by neighbourhoods or wards.

Going back to 1935 there

have been six referenda in this city’s history dealing with the question of wards versus at-large, and each time the electorate was deemed to have given insufficient support to wards to justify a change.

The last effort took place in 2004 when COPE, a party that was founded 40 years earlier in large part with a commitment to bring

in wards, finally assumed the majority on council.

However, by the time they got to a referendum, councillors were so much at war with themselves, they fumbled the opportunity.

On the question of race and wards, look no further than the experience of folks just south of our border, and you will find many cities — cities with significant populations of African Americans and Hispanics — where under the at-large system they were shut out of civic elections. That is until they took councils to court on the grounds the system was racist. When the courts agreed and required councils to change their systems from at-large to wards (or districts), the number of African Americans and Hispanics on councils went up.

There is also a connection between wards and voter turnout, as a chubby cheeked Simon Fraser student by the name of Kennedy Stewart opined in his 1995 MA thesis. With wards and parties competing with

each other, turnout decidedly climbs. Simply put, people aren’t faced with an intimidating ballot the size of a pillow slip; rather they are given a choice of a few people from their ’hood.

Twenty three years later, Stewart is Vancouver’s mayor-elect. And while housing and the opioid crisis were the dominant issues on the campaign trail, and the composition of the current council will be difficult to manoeuvre on any issue, he says he is still determined to bring in a ward system.

Go for it, I say. Seven is a lucky number.

••• And by the way, this is goodbye for me. This is my last column in this space. I have been most fortunate to work with some great journalists and editors at the Courier over the past 19 years and even more fortunate to have you as readers.

I’ve got a book project I’ve neglected for far too long that I must get back to.

Cheers. @allengarr

Another split Vancouver School Board could make for a ‘thorny’ four years Tracy Sherlock

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In a city grappling with sky-high housing costs and a shrinking population of school children, the new Vancouver School Board has its work cut out.

Vancouver voters returned a split board, as has been the case for the past several years. This time, voters chose three Green trustees, three NPA trustees, and one each for Vision, COPE and OneCity.

The Green Party’s Janet Fraser has been the board’s chairwoman and said she is willing to continue in that role. If she does, she will be overseeing four returning and five new trustees, six

women and three men.

“As Greens, we’ve always said we will work with whoever is elected,” Fraser said.

Fraser Ballantyne, the lone returning NPA trustee, said working with the new board will be challenging because of the “thorny issues” ahead, but that debating the varying viewpoints will be positive for the community.

Voters stayed away from trustee candidates who were against Vancouver’s sexual orientation and gender policy.

This year the board sold the land underneath Lord Roberts Annex in the West End to B.C. Hydro for up to $75 million, which will be used to pay for two new schools. Fraser says she doesn’t know of any more

land deals on the horizon, but this fall, trustees will consider providing workforce housing for people who work in schools.

The district has had a challenge keeping teachers, who have said it’s too expensive to live in Vancouver.

Ballantyne said revenue to support schools could be generated through staff housing, specifically by using developers’ community amenity contributions.

The new board faces a controversial catchment boundary review, which is inextricably linked to both seismic upgrades and possible school closures. A review was launched last year, but it didn’t include a plan to keep siblings together

and parents were not impressed. It’s been sent back to staff for a second look.

Fraser is pleased with the progress being made to upgrade the city’s schools to be safe in earthquakes — 44 are at risk with no plan in place, another 20 are at some stage of planning or construction — but says trustees are hearing from parents who are very upset.

They’re upset that the new schools are as much as 30 per cent smaller, and they’re upset about students being moved to far away schools during construction.

Speaking only as a trustee, not as board chair, she says the board appears to have very little decision-making ability on these projects.

“It seems as though we can approve the project office’s choice or not have a project,” Fraser said.

Ballantyne said the city, park board and school board could work together to speed up seismic upgrades. “[I would] encourage the city to prioritize seismic upgrades for schools, just as we have for affordable housing and for homelessness,” Ballantyne said.

Fraser said the Green caucus across Vancouver, which elected nine of 10 candidates, will work together to share ideas to tackle subjects such as affordable housing.

The province is doing a review of education funding and Fraser says she

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worries that Vancouver will get less funding once the review is complete. This year the board will create a needs budget — an expression by a school board about the funding it would actually need to provide a proper education to all students — which could also prove contentious.

Fraser is hoping to put more of an emphasis on reconciliation with Indigenous people, and says she would like the district to have a formal plan.

With disparate perspectives and contentious issues at stake, the next four years promise an interesting ride at VSB. A longer version of this story is at vancourier.com.

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Excellent municipal election coverage Re: Oct. 25 issue Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your edition this week, with the excellent coverage of our recent municipal election.

I have cut out the summary of the three types of PR by Jessica Kerr (“These are the three types of proportional representation B.C. is considering”) for study, and the little bios of all the elected councillors for future reference (“Get to know your newly elected councillors”).

I also particularly enjoyed the snapshot of who didn’t vote by John Kurucz (“Here’s a snapshot of who didn’t vote”) and Kudos & Kvetches’ “shame on all 61 per cent of you who didn’t vote” (“I watched the Vancouver election and all I got was this dumb button”). Right on!!

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Leaf lovers bring life to the street Re: “Autumn leaves turn Van East street into international attraction,” Oct. 25.

I’ve lived on one of those blocks for seven years and look forward each fall to that incredible display. I contribute

to it by having two smaller maples in the front of my house. I feel somewhat at odds with the slight negativity towards the many visitors we get. I’ve had only pleasant experiences with the many people, mainly of Asian descent, who bring their children, mothers, girlfriends, etc. to pose for pictures or just admire the spectacle. They bring some life to a street that is mainly dominated by cars.

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Now that the election is over we can ponder housing affordability in earnest.

If land value in Vancouver is so high and the building trade wages are also high, I don’t see a good solution to the house affordability issue, especially for new constructions.

The house taxes are also high, so if the rent control becomes stricter yet, then there would not be any opportunity to earn fair profit from rental units. There would be no incentive to acquire units (at high prices) to rent out.

Mixed housing in West Side neighbourhoods? Where would the people who live in the social housing units shop? There would not be any stores they could afford to shop at. The business rental costs often dictate the type of stores that are there. Unless someone other than the buyer or seller or landlord pays for all the above, the housing crisis will not end soon.

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Acton Ostry Architects marks 25 years

Vancouver firm known for ‘always striving for the simplest essence of things’ Naoibh O’Connor

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Apartment doors produce pops of colour in the whiteness of the atrium inside “The Duke” mixed-use residential highrise on Kingsway.

Twelve colours, taken from a palette created by Swiss-French architect/ designer Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, also known as Le Corbusier, brighten the open-air space. It’s covered 14 storeys above by a Teflon canopy, which allows light and fresh air in.

Acton Ostry Architects Inc. designed The Duke, which was completed last summer.

Russell Acton and Mark Ostry, the Vancouver firm’s principals, say the finished product went beyond their expectations.

Acton describes the atrium as an “exciting and dynamic” space that contributes to social interaction and community-building among tenants.

“This is a great experiment in social sustainability,” adds Ostry, pointing to the rental building’s common amenities such as the rooftop deck with its 360-degree view of the city, gardening

(Left) Door colours used in The Duke on Kingsway were taken from a palette created by Swiss-French architect/designer CharlesÉdouard Jeanneret, also known as Le Corbusier. (Right) Acton Ostry Architects have also worked on a number of heritage buildings, including the restoration of the City of Vancouver’s 1930s-era Salt building in Olympic Village. Now home to Craft Beer Market, it was completed in 2009 just before the 2010 Olympic Games. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

beds, children’s playground, grassy space, casual seating area and outdoor kitchen.

Early on, Ostry says, the developer — Edgar Development — wanted to create something distinct from other rental buildings.

But “The Duke” is just one of the firm’s most recent projects — its mixeduse developments, restaurants, synagogues, churches and institutional buildings dot the city’s landscape.

While not as attentiongrabbing as some of the city’s flashy “starchitecture,” they’re not meant to be.

Acton Ostry Architects favours simple, streamlined design.

The firm’s work includes King David High School, York House Senior School, the Salt building in Olympic Village, Cactus Club at English Bay, Killarney Community Centre Ice Rink, UBC Aquatic Centre, the Sauder School of Business, Brock Commons Tallwood House at UBC, Congregation Beth Israel and Vancouver Talmud Torah.

Sitting in their office on East Eighth at Quebec, Acton and Ostry are in a reflective mood. The firm marked its quarter-century anniversary in October, prompting them to look back at career highlights.

“We like to think of our buildings as extraordinarily ordinary… We work with

regular building typologies.

We haven’t done museums and galleries and libraries and things like that,” Acton says. “They’re just very, very ordinary, basic buildings that we try to take to the next level. We imbue them with a sense of presence.”

Making their mark

Carving out a place in the competitive architectural industry wasn’t easy in the early days when they had to earn the trust of potential clients.

“That’s why architectural practices build up slowly. It takes a lot of experience over time. Each completed project reinforces or positions you for the next one,” Ostry says.

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tion. Projects that kickstarted their practice, which was then known as Acton Johnson Ostry Architects, include Chief Matthews primary school in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, completed in 1995, and the Har-El Synagogue in West Vancouver, completed in 1998.

“Practices that are young tend to get houses, house renovations, retail projects.

It’s really hard to start a practice doing institutional work, which is what we wanted to do. So we were very lucky to have our first few projects be institutional projects,” Ostry says.

Institutional buildings appealed to them because they consider them an aspect of city building,

according to Acton.

By the early 2000s, they’d built a strong reputation among their peers and were asked to participate in a design competition for a contemporary art museum in Calgary.

“When we looked at the invitation list, we were invited along with preeminent architects across Canada.

What a wake-up call that we were invited along with these very established firms,” Acton says.

They didn’t win the competition, and the project was ultimately cancelled, but the fact they were considered inspired them to build their practice further and set their sights on larger-scale projects.

“It was a first moment of reflection because we had never seen ourselves in that kind of company with these nationally renowned architects. It gave us a confidence boost to say, let’s now take our practice to the next level…” Ostry says.

They went on to complete complex, mixed-use projects involving rezonings, several buildings at UBC, as well as heritage rehabilitation and restoration work in Gastown and Olympic Village.

The firm’s current work includes a multi-phase redevelopment project for Vancouver College, the Independent mixed-use building under construction in Mount Pleasant, and the redevelopment of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver campus, for which rezoning was recently approved.

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making the ordinary extraordinary The latter project features a new state-of-the-art community centre and rental housing.

Acton Ostry Architects is also involved in the design of two Vancouver elementary schools — Sir Sandford Fleming and Lord Tennyson — both of which will include childcare facilities, as well as the Gastown Childcare Centre, in which two childcare facilities are being placed atop existing Gastown parkades. Construction is expected to start early in the new year.

The City of Vancouver, meanwhile, selected the firm for one of the first projects for the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program. Outside of Vancouver, the firm is involved in a collaboration with Moriyama and Teshima Architects on a 10-storey exposed tall wood building called The Arbour for George Brown College in Toronto.

Over the years, the office of Acton Ostry Architects has grown from seven to about 40 employees.

Both Acton and Ostry say they’re inspired by Vancouver’s well-crafted, “modest background buildings” that create the basic fabric of the city.

“They stand out from the crowd because the architects have given them some love and attention instead of just following a formula,” Acton says. “We’re very modest background building type of

guys but they have to have a real sense of playfulness or surprise in some aspects.”

Buildings that make you feel human

Scot Hein, an adjunct professor of urban design at UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture, holds Acton Ostry Architects in high regard. Hein was the senior urban designer and development planner with the City of Vancouver for about 20 years before leaving the position in 2014. In that capacity, he worked with the firm on seven or eight projects.

More recently, when Hein was UBC’s campus urban designer, he worked with them on another four projects.

“I actually think they’re world class because of the way they approach their work — the timeless values they bring to their work.

When I say that, I mean not just form but the creation of space, both within and outside of their buildings, materiality, texture, particularly a deep appreciation for how natural light works within buildings, symbolism and then colour — just to start,” he told the Courier.

“Those are elements of design that any good architect has at their disposal and they’re masters at it going way back to their early buildings. As understated as they might seem on the local stage, I think they’re world-class talent.”

While the firm has worked on residential projects

Photographs of their projects line the walls of Acton Ostry Architects on East Eighth at Quebec.

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such as The Duke, Hein says “they’ve really made their mark doing excellent institutional work, including religious institutions.

“They’ve contributed [to] and really elevated everyone’s awareness of how institutional, recreational, religious buildings can be beautiful.”

Hein is particularly fond of the Har-El Synagogue at the intersection of Taylor Way and the Upper Levels highway in West Vancouver, which he says strikes a chord on many levels with its attention to site, ecology, interior spaces, natural light and symbolism.

He calls the firm’s work at UBC “wonderful,” naming buildings such as the Aquatic Centre, Sauder School of Business and Brock Commons Tallwood House — an 18-storey student residence

at UBC. Completed in 2017, it captured headlines for being the world’s tallest residential wood building.

The firm is also noteworthy for its work involving heritage buildings, according to Hein, such as the restoration of the City of Vancouver’s 1930s-era Salt building in Olympic Village.

Now home to Craft Beer Market, it was completed in 2009 just before the 2010 Olympic Games.

“It had to be lifted and the entire interior had to be cleaned up. [It’s] just a beautiful heritage response and very simple, too,” he says. “The thing I would say about the firm is they are always striving for the simplest essence of things. They’re not adorning or they’re not creating complexities just for the sake of it. They’re architects’ architects.”

“Artful” is how he describes the firm’s work for Robert Fung and the Salient Group on the Water Street revitalization in Gastown. It involved the adaptive reuse and revitalization of the Alhambra Hotel (1886), Cordage building (1911), Garage building (1930), Terminus Hotel (1901) and the Grand Hotel (1889). Hein says the project showed a way to “delicately, maybe surgically” insert new housing in the Gastown context while working with existing heritage buildings.

When asked if Hein thinks architects, in general, get enough recognition for their role in shaping the look and feel of the city, he says, “absolutely not.” “[Architects] have many masters including budget and the regulatory challeng-

es that they all face getting projects to conform. They’re definitely underappreciated and those that are producing buildings based on these timeless architectural values are the ones who, I think, are the most courageous because they are not playing to the thematic marketing of the moment, where projects are looking to have some sort of name or identity just to sell product. They’re in service to the citizens by taking on these institutional projects,” he says. “[Such architects have] to figure out how to be pragmatic and disciplined and rigorous while at the same time producing poetry. And that’s just not an easy thing to do. All architects have those challenges and, in addition to Mark and Russell, we have many good architects that are more than capable of that locally. I think we don’t appreciate the quality of the profession and we instead default to these fancy, twisty, provocative buildings, which are great in their own right, I would say, but for me that’s not what’s most important about the Vancouver scene.”

Acton Ostry Architects, he says, is creating “substantive works” with “really challenging institutional programs with real clients and real users.”

“Not only do their buildings work, they’re just lovely buildings to be in and they make you feel human.” @naoibh

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“I called the police and I called the ambulance,” he told the Courier Friday afternoon. “And when I smelled the smoke, I went downstairs and then I told my [grandma] to go outside. She went down the stairs, and then after she came outside. But my [grandfather] was stuck in the fire. My neighbour went inside to go get him.”

Thatcher, who lives two doors down from the home, was in his backyard painting when he noticed the flames and made his move.

R.J. Pena and Landon Thatcher outside city hall Oct. 26. They were recognized for their bravery in the face of an East Vancouver house fire. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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“Within a few minutes after, the house was fully engulfed,” Thatcher said.

Thatcher and Pena were among a dozen people celebrated at city hall Oct. 26 as part of the Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services’ annual Citizen Commendation Ceremony. Now in its fourth year, the ceremony recognizes Vancouverites who go above and beyond in myriad scenarios: on-the-spot emergencies where immediate action is needed or through more long-term efforts.

More than 100 people crammed into a room at city hall for the proceedings, including dozens of Pena’s classmates from St. Mary’s elementary school.

“For him to see that he’s so capable of doing something for other people, I think it was a confidence boost for him,” his teacher Jennifer Caldwell told the Courier.

“His classmates are really proud of him right now.”

Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services’ information officer Jonathan Gormick was pretty black and white when assessing Thatcher’s actions.

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And, had it not been for Pena’s quick call to 911, what is now a feel-good story would have been a tragedy four months ago.

“What prevented this from being another tragic statistic was the quick thinking of a seven year old,” Gormick said. “Instead of panicking, this young man had the clarity, calmness and courage to get one of the occupants out and to call 911.”

Other Vancouverites to receive awards: • Molly Coldwell is a Vancouver homeless outreach worker who has dedicated years to locating and connecting the city’s homeless with services and housing.

• John Norton is a city homeless outreach worker who has spent 20 years helping homeless citizens with complex problems access services and find help. Norton was key in relocating tenants displaced by the Balmoral and Regent hotel closures.

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• Jasmine Prasad is a community and healthcare advocate. She is a former caregiver for Wilson Liu, a child the fire department befriended who died in 2015 Prasad has since helped Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services when a firefighter’s daughter became ill, by connecting members with the daughter’s favourite celebrity, Tiera Skovbye from the TV show Riverdale.

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Much-loved Campagnolo Roma says ciao to East Vancouver Grant Lawrence

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So long and thanks for all the pizza.

After seven busy, community-building years, one of the only upscale eateries in Hastings-Sunrise is closing the lid on its last pizza box.

Campagnolo Roma opened at the corner of East Hastings and Garden Street in 2011 as a satellite of chef Robert Belcham’s popular Main Street Campagnolo location. Both restaurants take inspiration from rustic northern Italian cuisine, while Roma focused on the specialties of the Italian capital.

When Roma opened its doors at 2297 East Hastings, it helped kick start a restaurant boom in the area, along with Tacofino, What’s Up? Hot Dog, Trans Am, Jackalope’s, Red Café, Yolks and Wagon Rouge.

Over the course of Roma’s run, the cozy restaurant with the sweet patio became the local eatery of choice for special occasions, whether it was an anniversary, birthday, homecoming or graduation.

“We’ve seen it all in here over the years,” Roma’s general manager Sarah Jensen told me. “I remember one time a family moved to this neighbourhood sight unseen from the U.K. On their first night, they were walking around and spotted our restaurant. We served them their first dinner in Canada. That was years ago and they’ve been coming ever since. Every time they get visitors from out of town, this would be the first place they come for a meal.”

My family has a very personal memory connected to Roma and its oh-sodelicious food. On the night our first child was born, my wife went into labour in a planned home birth. Our midwife told me my wife would likely be extremely hungry after the birth and to be sure to have some good food on hand. I headed to Campagnolo Roma for some pasta to go. At around midnight, our son was born. At about 1 a.m., my wife devoured that pasta like a hungry wolf.

Jensen was working

Campagnolo Roma general manager Sarah Jensen: “A neighbourhood restaurant like this is about community on a certain level, and I will really miss that.” PHOTO GRANT LAWRENCE

that rainy night in August, wished us luck, and has since seen my son grow up to devour Roma’s topselling margherita pizzas like a hungry wolf cub.

“I had another moment like that the other night,” said Jensen. “The restaurant was full and a mother and daughter were sitting at the bar. I realized that I had met that little girl when she was three and now here she is at 10, and I’ve watched her grow up. Every day is like

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that in here. It’s made me realize that it’s not just about your money for our food. A neighbourhood restaurant like this is about community on a certain level, and I will really miss that.”

No concrete reason has been given from the ownership group to Jensen or the restaurant’s staff for the closure, but lack of diners wasn’t the problem. The reason is likely financial.

There were rumours the restaurant had fallen into

the red, but staff had been working hard trying to put it back in black. I reached out to Campagnolo Roma’s co-owner, executive chef Robert Belcham, who sent me this reply via email: “I feel heartbroken for the staff and customers that made Roma so amazing.

The one constant in life is change, and either you go with the proverbial flow or you drown. Roma had an absolutely amazing run. I cannot say enough good things about the staff and the vibrant neighbourhood. We look forward to continuing what we do at Campagnolo Main Street and hope our Roma regulars join us there.”

Belcham told Scout Magazine that “staffing was getting more difficult and food costs weren’t very helpful.”

Customer reaction to the polished family restaurant’s impending closure has been emotional.

“Last week we had a man actually get angry about it,” Jensen told me. “Roma is part of their family routine.

Every Friday night he and his

wife and kids come in for dinner. For them, Friday night at Roma was a thread of stability within their family.”

Most of the kitchen staff at Roma will be absorbed by the Main Street location. The eight to 10 frontof-house staff, including Jensen, are being laid off, but Jensen was quick to point out that there is no shortage of work for quality servers in Vancouver.

Campagnolo Roma’s final night is Thursday, Nov. 8.

As to what might open in Roma’s place at Hastings and Garden, Jensen offered a challenge. “What I want is this — whatever new restaurant that opens here needs to be better than Roma. The bar is high.”

Over the course of its time in the neighbourhood, through fine food and atmosphere, this little restaurant reminded us that there is nothing more communal than breaking bread with friends, visitors and loved ones. Roma, you will be missed in our tummies and our hearts. Grazie. @grantlawrence

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Full metal racket: Courier reporter drums up publicity for his band’s new album Michael Kissinger

I still play shirtless from time to time. Not so much anymore since I switched to using in-ear monitors three years ago. The cord tends to get stuck to me due to the excessive amounts of sweat running down my neck and back. You’re welcome for that visual.

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When reporter John Kurucz isn’t crafting heartwarming community newspaper stories or nursing a debilitating nicotine habit in the back alley of the Vancouver Courier, he bangs the drums for local death metal outfit Gross Misconduct.

The long-serving band, which originated in mighty Nanaimo 20 years ago, will release its third album on Friday. In between ciggies, Kurucz was kind enough to answer our questions about the dark arts, grooming habits and how often he plays the drums shirtless.

This is your first album in seven years, why so long?

The easy answer is because we are all from Nanaimo. We operate on Island time. The more involved explanation is because it took us almost three years to find a bass player. Most of the songs were written, but there was no one to tickle the four strings.

Calling yourself Gross Misconduct, one might assume you guys are a hockey themed band. How much does hockey inform your music?

Hockey helps me stay in shape to be able to perform, but otherwise has next to no influence. I’m the only hockey fan in the band. We settled on the name when we were unoriginal and uninspired teenagers. Now we are old and adverse to change.

There are lots of drummer jokes out there. What is the best one you’ve heard?

I resent this question.

Please refer to the numerous studies (all scientific and peer reviewed, of course) that conclusively point out that drummers are geniuses in mind, body and spirit.

That said, This is Spinal Tap perfected drummer jokes.

What is going to give you carpal tunnel first, drumming in a metal band or working for a community newspaper?

Drumming. I have hurt my

Courier reporter John Kurucz, second from left, is the only member of Gross Misconduct who still harnesses the power of leave-in conditioner. The band celebrates the release of its new album, Equinox, Nov. 2 at the Astoria.

wrists while drumming countless times. Twice this week so far and it’s only Monday.

What kind of musical injuries have you had?

Pieces of drum sticks breaking off and flying into my eyes. Bandmates inadvertently spitting on me. Beers thrown at me while on stage. Attacked by overzealous promoters/ security. Both ankles and wrists have stopped working at various times, as have my upper and lower back. The only thing to come out unscathed has been my hair.

In your band promo photo, your hair flows like a cascading river of gold.

What is your hair “routine”?

Thankfully the photo in question was taken before Vancouver’s humidity levels went through the roof. Fall and spring are nightmare territory. Frizz galore. I recommend a good leave-in conditioner but sometimes even that is not enough.

This is your band’s first vinyl release. Why vinyl? I thought metal was impervious to trends.

Vinyl didn’t seem to be a big draw when our first two albums came out in 2007 and 2011. I’d go to shows and see CDs and download cards on all the merch tables, but not so much vinyl. Now it’s the opposite.

Why did you call your new

album Equinox instead of Solstice?

When I think solstice, I picture drum circles at Third Beach. We are not affiliated in any way with those turds.

Your press bumph says this is your “most sprawling and concise” album to date.

How can something be both sprawling and concise? Isn’t that like saying something is both wet and dry?

Point taken. Sprawling referred to the amount of overall musical territory covered, concise was in reference to the all killer, no filler nature of each song itself.

How does one age gracefully while still devoted to the dark arts?

Naps. I love naps. A day doesn’t go by without a nap in my life. I nap twice on Saturdays.

What’s the biggest misconception about metal that you’d like to clear up?

That metalheads are unintelligent people drowning in negativity. Metal shows are arguably the most inclusive gigs a person can ever attend.

I understand how our music can be jarring or unsettling to the uninitiated and maybe that’s part of the point. But at the same time, we have hearts of gold and love our moms.

There are photos on the internet — most of them circulated by you — of you playing drums shirtless in the past. Do you still play shirtless?

When you are interviewing school board trustees, or anyone for that matter, have they ever recognized you or acknowledged your metal pedigree?

I was riding my bike around the Seawall in the summer of 2016. It was a beautiful summer evening and I thought my day couldn’t get any better. As I flew by Sunset Beach I heard someone say, ‘That guy’s in Gross Misconduct.’

I was wrong. My day could get better and it did.

What can audiences expect when they come out to see Gross Misconduct play?

We’ve been together for 20 years and genuinely enjoy performing together. It really shows in the live setting.

There will be no “Do you guys like beer?” or “I want to see a mosh pit in here!” We get up there, play the songs and be done with it. The music does all the talking for us.

What’s the most “metal” thing you’ve done this week?

We are going to release a kickass album that I’m super proud of.

What level of success would Gross Misconduct have to achieve for you to quit the Courier?

Death metal is often referred to as debt metal.

You pay lots of money for a rehearsal space and gear maintenance while receiving very little money in return. I foresee many school trustee interviews and visits to community gardens in my future. @Midlifeman1 Gross Misconduct celebrates the release of its new album, Equinox, Nov. 2 at the Astoria.

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Nearly 75 per cent of British Columbia is mountainous, and most Vancouverites have some kind of relationship with the sky-high hills in our backyard. We ski, we hike, we marvel — we’re disoriented when the North Shore Mountains are obscured by fog or smoke.

But for some people, the mountains aren’t just some weekend retreat or pictureperfect backdrop. Alone in the vastness of B.C.’s mountain ranges, breathing thin air and subsisting on rehydrated rations — this is where these diehards truly come alive.

Vancouver filmmaker Grant Baldwin provides an unfettered look into the lives of a handful of B.C. mountaineers in This Mountain Life.

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This Mountain Life introduces audiences to Tania and Martina Halik, a mother and daughter team who embark on a 2,300-kilometre trek through the Coast Mountain Range from Squamish to Skagway, Alaska; Janina and Ian, who share a horrifying

In This Mountain Life, mother and daughter Tania and Martina Halik embark on a 2,300-km trek through the Coast Mountain Range.

avalanche experience; Simon, an artist who “paints” with his skis; Mary and Bernhard, who have lived off the grid for more than 50 years; and Sisters Marie and Claire, who contemplate God in the Queen of Peace Monastery in the Garibaldi Highlands.

Director Baldwin seems to gravitate to filmmaking that places him in extreme situations. His previous feature-length documentary, Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story, detailed how he and his wife Jenny Rustemeyer lived off discarded food for six months. The film won the Audience Must See Award at VIFF 2014 and drew the attention of major broadcasters who wanted him to follow it up with something similar.

But Baldwin didn’t want to experiment on himself again for cinema’s sake,

and he didn’t want to be on camera. “I believed if we did a follow-up to Just Eat It with similar people, people would see right through it as being a cash grab,” says Baldwin.

And so Baldwin turned to the mountains. He’d spent much of his career filming professional skiers, and he recalled being intrigued by “these interesting people in the mountains who were never featured in those stories, who don’t get to be the ones selling skis or jackets,” says Baldwin. “They’re usually just the ones in the background, but they’re literally living the mountain life.”

Although there’s plenty to differentiate the real-life mountaineers who populate This Mountain Life, Baldwin noted a thread that ran between them. “You see it particularly in Tania, the

mom from the ski tour trip, that she’s really uncomfortable in the city around a lot of people,” says Baldwin. “They all really seem to feel that [the mountains are] where they shine and where the confidence comes out for them.”

On one occasion, after getting the footage they needed, Baldwin and his colleague were stranded on a glacier for two days. “The weather came in and we couldn’t get off the glacier and we were low on fuel from making water, and it was a bit scary and I was like, ‘Is this really worth it?’”

But Baldwin learned how to deal with this kind of danger from his film’s subjects. “I’m so inspired by the idea of when you think you’re at your limit, you’re not,” says Baldwin, who is now shooting a four-part series for the Knowledge Network about North Shore Rescue. “I felt like my threshold was lower, but I feel like I met that, and got past that sometimes, making this, and I think that’s what’s going to stick with me.”

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

The Mountain Life screens Nov. 2 to 12 at Vancity Theatre. Tickets at viff.org.

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

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Vancouver Tea Festival

Lose yourself in the land of loose leaf at the fifth annual Vancouver Tea Festival. This year’s fest promises a realm of exhibitors, including those offering tipsy tea spirits (for the 19-plus set), as well as a Chinese tea tasting bar, a matcha bar and a retail area. Free, non-ticketed presentations include Matcha 101, an Herbal TeaMaking Workshop, musical performances, insights into tea-related travel and health and more. Additional premium tasting experiences are also available, linking tea lovers with some special sipping opportunities.

Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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ebration of all things food in Vancouver spans several days and offers multiple ways to engage with some of the city’s — and country’s — biggest culinary stars. Collaboration dinners match visiting talent with top local chefs, while the Grand Tasting offers a taste of it all. There’s even a special day just for those with a sweet tooth — the EAT! Pastry event.

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Circle Craft

More than 300 vendors will gather with their wares for one of Vancouver’s longest-running craft fairs.

Timed just right to help you get a jump start on your holiday shopping, Circle Craft is a multi-day artisanal bonanza that will have something for everyone on your list. Or treat yourself to something new — you deserve it.

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Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

“Expect the Unexpected” is the motto of the 30th annual Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, which puts a spotlight on Jewish culture, heritage and diversity through film.

The longest-running Jewish film festival in Canada, VJFF will this year screen in venues across Metro Vancouver, featuring films from around the world, including a number of exciting biopics about luminaries such as Gilda Radner, Sammy Davis Jr. and Itzhak Perlman.

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Heart of the City Festival

There are a few days left of programming to enjoy at the annual Heart of the City Festival before it wraps up. With a focus on the rich and diverse communities of the Downtown Eastside, the 15th annual festival

celebrates the creative and committed artists and activists who thrive in the heart of Vancouver. Music, poetry, exhibits, workshops, tours and more await at venues across the DTES, with many events being free or by donation.

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Canucks rookie Adam Gaudette is quietly growing his game With Brandon Sutter injured, Gaudette may need to take on larger role

Big Numbers • 30 The Canucks’ win on Monday over the Minnesota Wild was the first time this season they had more than 30 shots in a game. As noted by Sportsnet’s Dimitri Filipovic, 23 teams in the NHL have averaged more than 30 shots per game this season.

• 3 According to NHL PR, Elias Pettersson is just the third player to score at least seven goals in his first seven games with the Canucks. The other two? Greg Adams and Alex Mogilny.

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

A little over a year ago, Adam Gaudette took a little bit of the spotlight away from one of his fellow Canucks prospects at the team’s annual summer showcase. That prospect was the team’s latest first-round draft pick, a Swedish wunderkind who wowed the crowd with two highlight reel goals.

Gaudette wouldn’t let himself be overshadowed then, matching that blue-chip prospect goal for goal and sitting him down with a big hit.

These days, it’s a lot harder to avoid being overshadowed by Elias Pettersson, who has swiftly moved from being a prospect full of potential to the Canucks’ best player.

Pettersson isn’t the only rookie in the Canucks lineup, however. Though Gaudette isn’t bursting out of the gate, an NHL career is a marathon, not a sprint, and Gaudette is gradually growing his game.

Gaudette was a late cut from the Canucks in the preseason, but he quickly made an impression with the Utica Comets.

Even though he was held off the scoresheet in his first two games, he had seven shots on goal in his season debut. Four points in his next two games made him an easy call-up when Jay Beagle fractured his arm.

“After training camp, I spent some time in Utica and got the confidence level back up with the puck,” said Gaudette on Monday. “Just every game, more and more confidence, just playing better and better.”

He’s made that same improvement in his games in the NHL and Canucks head coach Travis Green has noticed.

“I think he’s just getting better,” said Green. “He’s feeling more confident, I’ve seen some subtle things in his game that you might not pick up from the outside.

Like, simple things as pushing back on a guy and winning a puck battle, learning how to win a puck battle, be ready for the strength of the players. His faceoffs are getting better. I think he’s taken some steps.”

He may need to take some more steps

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • I’m dropping the gloves with the hockey god of injuries for taking such a heavy-handed approach with the Canucks. Taking Sven Baertschi, Alex Edler, Chris Tanev, Brandon Sutter, Jay Beagle and Anders Nilsson out of the lineup all at the same time is a bit much.

• A tap of the stick to Ben Hutton, who has become the workhorse of the Canucks’ defence with Edler and Tanev injured. He logged nearly 28 minutes of ice time and scored an empty net goal in the Canucks’ Monday win over Minnesota.

With injuries to some key Canucks forwards, Adam Gaudette might be ready to play some more difficult minutes and take on a larger role with the team. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

in a hurry. On Monday, Brandon Sutter suffered a separated shoulder that could keep him out of the lineup for at least four to six weeks. With Beagle expected to be out until the end of November, that’s two bottom-six, defensive-minded centres gone for the Canucks.

Gaudette, who is a fierce competitor and played in all situations for Northeastern University, including on the penalty kill, could be an option to pick up some of those minutes. So far, Gaudette has been largely sheltered from defensive zone deployment. Of the 54 faceoffs he’s taken this season, just eight have come in the defensive zone. He’s gone five for eight in that situation.

In his deployment chart from HockeyViz.com, it’s clear that Gaudette has mainly played against third and fourth line forwards and has been sheltered from opposition first lines.

In that sheltered role, Gaudette has quietly excelled. He boasts the best shot attempt and scoring chance differential on the team, just ahead of Pettersson, who has admittedly played tougher minutes. It’s an indication, at least, that Gaudette might be ready to play some more difficult minutes and take on a larger role.

“I think I’ve been holding my own out there,” said Gaudette. “I’ve been playing a strong, physical game and making plays when I have the chance to and keeping the puck on my stick a lot more often.

“I’m just feeling a lot more comfortable out there.”

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