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This new mayor of yours, Vancouver, is doing things a little differently on the transparency front. Sometime this week, you will be able to go to the city’s website and check out Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s previous month’s calendar of appointments. The calendar will list names of people he met with or talked to by telephone, and events he attended since inaugurated Nov. 5. That’s a good thing, said every reporter in the city who has had to previously request such information via the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Why should you care? Because such information can give you a sense of who has the ear of the mayor, and who and what is important to Stewart as he settles in at city hall to serve a four-year term. Of course, it would be
Mayor Kennedy Stewart was expected to post a breakdown of his $1.3 million to the city’s website this week. His appointment calendar was also to be made public. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
naïve to assume politicians put all their appointments in their calendar. But the move by Stewart suggests some early good will on his promise to be more
transparent about his business as mayor. In that spirit, Stewart also plans to post this week an easy-toread breakdown of his
$1.3-million office budget for 2019, something his predecessors never did. Stewart’s budget breakdown will include pie charts. Those charts will show
the bulk of Stewart’s budget — $577,000 — will be spent on salaries of his staff, which includes two cochiefs of staff, a director of communications and policy and at least two “special assistants” to the mayor. Stewart’s salary for 2019 will be $176,000. Memberships and event fees for such organizations as the Vancouver Board of Trade are budgeted at $80,000. A total of $91,000 is being set aside for meeting expenses ($15,000), transportation ($14,000), local expenses ($16,000) and phones ($10,000). Benefits, the employer health tax and “other costs” amount to $99,000. The mayor budgeted for $70,000 in travel expenses next year, although he made it clear in a scrum following his inauguration that he didn’t plan to travel a lot, saying his focus was in Vancouver and addressing the housing crisis. His predecessor, Gregor Robertson, was frequently
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You might be able to legally crack a beer in a park or on a beach in Vancouver sometime in the future but it likely won’t be any time soon. On Dec. 17, Vancouver Park Board commissioners unanimously approved a motion, proposed by Green commissioner Dave Demers, directing staff to “conduct a feasibility study” looking at the legal, logistical, societal, enforcement and financial considerations of allowing people to consume alcohol on beaches and in parks. The motion asks staff to report back to commissioners by the end of 2019. If it goes ahead, it wouldn’t be open season for drinking in all parks and beaches in the city right away. An initial pilot project would allow consumption on select parks and beaches. Under a separate pilot project next spring alcohol will be sold and consumed on two Vancouver beaches. In October, the park board approved the two-year pilot
as part of the broader concession strategy that will see wine and beer sold at on a trial basis at the concession stands at English Bay and Kits beaches. In both cases, the alcohol sold will have to be consumed at the concession stand. At English Bay, a small section of the beach next to the public walkway would be reserved as an extension to the existing concession. At Kits a temporary small patio will be set up on the hard surface outside the existing concession. During public consultation in 2016 as part of the concession strategy, which included an online survey, interviews and focus groups, 79 per cent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the sale of alcoholic beverages at concession stands, 16 per cent noted they disagreed or strongly disagreed, and five per cent didn’t agreed or disagreed. That consultation will be included in the upcoming feasibility study, thanks to an amendment from NonPartisan Association commissioner Tricia Barker. “When that was dis-
cussed at the last board, a lot of alcohol in parks was talked about and the public had a lot of input into that and I think the public is very concerned about what we’re doing now, as we’ve all heard with the feedback over the last week,” she said. Several commissioners noted that they had heard from a number of residents on the idea over the last week and residents seem split 50/50 on the issue. “It’s been quite interesting to see people from different viewpoint discussing their concerns about something like this and also their support…” said Green commissioner Camil Dumont. “Where we are with this motion is very different than rolling something out tomorrow and I think that with a lot of communication that came our way there was a lot of people that were jumping a couple steps ahead seeing where this might lead and commenting on that as opposed to where this actually sits… there’s much work to do before we see action.” @JessicaEKerr
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Prices for market condos in a pair of towers being built as part of the Oakridge Centre redevelopment start at more than $800,000 and soar as high as $4.3 to $5.7 million. Those are among figures listed for suites in the “Piero Lissoni x Oakridge” and “Sergio Castiglia x Oakridge” towers, according to a sales sheet posted on social media in late November. A note at the bottom of the document states that the prices do not constitute an offering of sale and all prices are subject to change. The two towers, named after interior designers, will be constructed on the 41st Avenue portion of the
property. Prices for units vary based on size, floor level, views, amenities and available upgrades. In the Lissoni building, which will be one of the tallest residential towers on the site, three-bedroom condos on the highest floors — 32nd to 41st — range from $4.3 to $5.7 million, according to the listing. Those units, in total area (interior and exterior), measure between 1,780 and 2,237 square feet. The least expensive three-bedrooms, located on the seventh to 16th floors, are listed at between $3 and $5 million. They range in total area between 2,101 and 3,187 square feet. Two-bedrooms are listed from $2 million to $4.1 million, while one-bedrooms are from $1.3 to $2 million. In the Castiglia tower, three-bedroom condos on the 18th floor and above are listed at between $3.7 and $4.7 million, twobedroom units range from $1.4 to $3.5 million, while one-bedrooms range from more than $800,000 to $1.9 million.
Sales started on the first two market towers in November. Some have already sold. Michael Braun of Westbank, which is the developing partner with QuadReal on the Oakridge project, told the Courier via email there has been significant interest in all units, while those in the starting range in most residential projects tend to be the first sold. “We are extremely pleased with sales to date and there is certainly opportunity for interested individuals to purchase,” he wrote. There will be about 2,000 market condo units in the Oakridge redevelopment f project. It will also feature 290 market rental units, as t well as 290 City of Vancou- b ver-owned, below-market a rental housing units in two o of the mid-rise buildings. t The intent, according t f to the City of Vancouver, is that all 290 social a housing units be rented at o rates that are affordable to households with incomes t s below BC Housing’s Housing Income Limits d a (HILs) rates.
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There are T-shirts, legions of fans and even a short documentary, and now Canuck the crow is the star of his very own children’s book. The creators are a father and daughter duo who spent a year and a half on the project. Nine-year-old Haru Yarmie has always liked creating books, according to her dad Arran Yarmie. “Haru had always really enjoyed writing her own stories at home, even when she was in kindergarten and Grade 1 she started writing her own little books,” he said. She had even started talking about getting a book published. “So then we came up with the idea of Canuck the crow because he’s such a popular bird and we both had some really memorable encounters with Canuck, so we thought it would be a great idea.” The Yarmies live in East Vancouver not far from Canuck’s neighbourhood. About a year and a half ago, Haru had a run-in with Vancouver’s most famous feathered friend during a baseball game at the Hastings Community Little League field. “He came and took my ball while I was playing catch… and then he untied my friend’s shoelace a couple of times,” she said. Arran had a different kind of encounter with Canuck around that same time, but it was one that inspired the idea to create a children’s book. He was riding home from work and saw Canuck and about 10 other crows gathered on a grassy area in the neighbourhood. He stopped for a moment to take in the scene. “I was just on the side of the road on my bike observing them flip over leaves with their beaks and pick at the grass,” Arran said. “It was so quiet, serene and very relaxing to just observe Canuck and his crow friends doing what crows do.” The scene was quickly disturbed when a group of children running along the stretch of grass intentionally ran up to the crows, scaring the birds away. “I asked them, ‘Why did you do that?’” said Arran, who teaches English at
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Burnaby North secondary school. “They just looked at me with very confused expressions as if to say, ‘Why wouldn’t we do that?’ “That experience really made me want to write the book with Haru to spread the message to kids and adults that it is important to respect urban wildlife,” he said. “I feel really strongly that animals we encounter in our daily lives in the city have as much right to live their lives peacefully.” And, with that, father and daughter got to work writing and illustrating A Crow Called Canuck: A Children’s Activity Book, which chronicles Canuck’s early life and rise to fame, as well as highlighting some of the challenges faced by urban wildlife. In the book, Canuck flies around the region visiting other animals. He flies to North Vancouver and talks to the black bears, who tell him they have to look for food in garbage cans because the forest is disappearing and fewer salmon are returning to Capilano River. He flies to Delta and talks to the bald eagles, who tell Canuck about how they are losing trees to nest in because so many are being cut down to make way for houses. “We wanted it to be about Canuck, but also more than that, we wanted a book to also talk about the
other issues that urban wildlife face…” Arran said. “We wanted to give them a voice, too, and raise awareness about some of the problems they’re facing as the population continues to grow in the Lower Mainland.” The book also includes a crossword puzzle, word search and other games and activities. Arran said the book aims to not only entertain but to education youngsters about the importance of peacefully co-existing with urban wildlife. They pitched the book to several publishers, including Hancock House Publishers, which responded right away, he said. The publishing house largely publishes non-fiction regional works with a focus on wildlife, natural history, folklore and Indigenous art and culture. Arran and Haru also decided to donate any profits from the book to the Hancock Wildlife Foundation. “As part of our contract we could have just kept the profits but, you know, it’s a story about Canuck and about wildlife and we really wanted to give back,” he said. @JessicaEKerr A Crow Called Canuck can be ordered online at hancockhouse.com/ products/a-crow-calledcanuck.
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Dates in a story entitled “Longtime Vancouver cycling advocate died doing what he loved,” published in the Dec. 13 edition of the Courier, were incorrect. Arno Schortinghuis died a day after an accident while riding home from a meeting about cycling — not on the same day. The cycling incident took place Nov. 29, and he passed away in hospital on Nov. 30. The headline should also have read: “Longtime Vancouver cycling advocate died after an accident doing what he loved.” The Courier regrets the errors. Jean Matthewson,
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2018 wraps up with our world and city more divided Alarming narrative emerging around geographic, class and cultural differences within Vancouver
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As the eternal optimist I know the sun will always rise tomorrow. But I cannot shake the feeling that during 2018 we witnessed the beginnings of something ominous — the sight of our western society dividing along multiple lines. The uncivil war among liberal Democrats and Tea Party Republicans that has riven U.S. politics has been brewing for decades. Author Robert Hughes discussed the growing tribalism in America in his 1993 book Culture of Complaint. Hughes suggested the Us-versusThem mentality had been inculcated through four decades of the Cold War. Bookstores today are filled with titles analyzing our divided society. In her book White Working Class, law professor Joan C. Williams castigates liberal elites for their “class cluelessness” and attempts to shed light into those parts of U.S. society being left behind. In her view it explains today’s divided America and the rise of Donald Trump.
Though the U.S. president practically embodies the divisiveness within his country, he remains popular among approximately 40 per cent of voters in spite of near daily scandals being reported about his administration. In the U.K., we are witnessing political chaos and a societal divide among the Remainers and the Brexiteers, with deep-seated cultural differences having the potential to tear the country apart. Like with the U.S., the Brexit divide pits educated and urban “elites” against their less advantaged countrymen living in outlying communities. In France, we see the “les gilets jaunes” (the yellow vests) take to the streets, destroying property and clashing with police, triggered apparently by new fuel taxes put in place as a commitment to the international climate change accord. As with Brexit, the roots of the yellow vest protest stem from a resentment over government policies that people feel ignore the underclass. These are merely examples from the world’s leading economies. Imag-
Controversial taxes and proposed electoral reform could make for a divisive year in Vancouver. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
ine what happens where the differences in society are much starker. In Canada, in B.C. and even in Vancouver it is easy to see how the seeds of divi-
sion are being sewn here. The heightening rhetoric in advance of next year’s federal election has focused on hot button topics such as immigration and the proposed
national carbon tax. It can only become more intense as the fall campaign approaches. Here in B.C., it has been disconcerting to watch the occasionally ugly debate over electoral reform and whether to adopt some form of proportional representation. Polling has suggested a dead heat exists between the No and Yes side. With the bar lowered to 50 per cent plus one, I expect the results will exacerbate the split between the province’s urban and rural voters, no matter the outcome. In Vancouver, an alarming narrative is emerging around geographic, class and cultural differences within the city. One of the more heated rows surrounded the Chinatown development at 105 Keefer St. On one side you had the developer and the city. On the opposite side there were activists demanding respect for the community’s social and historical significance. Neither side found common ground, and the project remains in limbo. Thanks to a new provincial property tax on homes valued
over $3 million, a more profound anger is on display between the owners of West Side residences and those struggling in today’s costly housing market. This is classic divide-and-conquer politics, and it never ends well. As with the provincial government, Mayor Kennedy Stewart proposes changing Vancouver’s electoral system, suggesting that dividing the city into wards will make for better politics here. What wards will surely do is give a means to pit communities against each other, and potentially enhance the wedges within the city’s society. How we will buck this trend toward division is anyone’s guess. It will clearly take the kind of leadership that is in short supply today, the kind that listens and brings people together rather than cleaves them apart. With critical elections happening in Canada, Alberta and possibly, as some predict, in British Columbia next year, it is my hope for 2019 that the forces which hold Canadians together can endure their biggest test yet. @MikeKlassen
Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to rental housing in Vancouver Developer of 1296 Broadway wants significant increases in height and number of units Michael Geller geller@sfu.ca
Given the urgent need for more rental housing, can a proposed purposebuilt rental housing development at Broadway and Birch be too large? This question was fervently debated on Twitter last week following my posting of a website created by some nearby residents — 28floors.com. Before offering my answer, I should note that over four decades, I have sought many rezonings for larger buildings. I even contemplated buying the vanity license plate “REZONE” but thought better of it when I realized my car would be constantly vandalized. Many of my rezonings were what planners call “spot rezonings” since they were not in accordance with an approved community plan. In 1985, I upset Point Grey residents by rezoning three blocks between West Seventh and Ninth Avenues and Alma and Highbury Streets from single-family to multi-family for low-rise apartments.
A few years later, I angered many Cambie corridor residents by proposing a fourth 18-storey rental tower at Langara Gardens. While it was approved, a subsequent application for three more rental towers was rejected due to community opposition. Today there are plans for buildings up to 28 storeys on the site. In 1995, many Oak Street area residents opposed my proposal for a four-storey seniors’ apartment at 42nd and Oak. It was eventually approved at three-storeys. Two years later, a Kerrisdale neighbourhood opposed a three-and-a-half storey apartment at West 41st and Balaclava. Despite then-Alderman George Puil’s claim in the Courier that the building would be as obscene as Eaton’s large blank wall, today The Lanesborough sits comfortably in its surroundings. Most recently, I rezoned a property at Capilano and Marine in North Vancouver, next to a Denny’s restaurant. Although the Community Plan called for an 18-storey limit, I requested approval for 23
Columnist Michael Geller says any further density and height increases to a proposed purpose-built rental housing development at Broadway and Birch should only be considered within the context of a new approved Broadway Corridor Plan. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
and 19 storey buildings. They are underway. Which brings us back to the Broadway Denny’s, where the purpose-built rental housing development has been proposed. For decades, building designs along West Broadway have been controlled by the Central Broadway C3-A zoning and guidelines establishing a maximum height of approximately 12 floors and 3.0 FSR limit.
In early 2018, Jameson Development received rezoning approval for a 16-floor Secured Market Rental building containing 158 residential units. An increased 7.07 FSR was allowed. However, given the Millennium Line Broadway extension, the developer now wants rezoning approval for an even higher 28-storey, 10.7 FSR building containing 262 market rental units
under a new Moderate-Income Rental Housing Pilot Program that will come into effect in 2019. On Twitter, I opined that notwithstanding the need for more rental housing, this building proposal appeared too big for its site context and should not be approved, especially in the absence of a new community plan. I was immediately attacked — OK, challenged — by an organization called Abundant Housing and UBC professor Tom Davidoff and others, who questioned how I could possibly think any purposebuilt rental building could be too big given today’s rental housing crisis and the coming subway. Why was I so afraid of tall buildings? As this column’s introduction hopefully demonstrates, I am not afraid of tall buildings. However, I am concerned that too many very tall and dense buildings are being approved in the name of sustainability and affordability. I wrote about this six years ago, which led to an SFU City Conversations debate “Where is big TOO big?”
Rezonings for larger buildings are often justifiable. One higher density building in a lower density neighbourhood might be fine. However, we need to think about the cumulative effect of 20 similar buildings. Or 40. What will be the impact on views? Shadowing? Will the buildings be neighbourly? Are new parks planned? Will there be adequate school and community centre spaces? This is what a good, overall plan will address. Too often I see politicians allowing large Community Amenity Contributions, or developer claims to be responding to the housing crisis, to trump good planning and design. Architects and planners have a responsibility to speak out. The city has already approved a purpose-built rental project at Broadway and Birch at more than twice the previously zoned density. That’s fine. But any further density and height increases should only be considered within the context of a new approved Broadway Corridor Plan. @michaelgeller
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Re: “Dreck the halls with meat socks, sword oil and elegant Canucks steak knives,” Dec. 13. I look forward to “Dreck the Halls” every year… maybe not in the same way I look forward to time with family, turkey dinner and such, but more like the comforting satisfaction of knowing that Santa put an orange in the toe of my stocking. Anyway, this year’s “Dreck the Halls” wasn’t just a regular orange, it was a CHOCOLATE orange! You really nailed it! I started out chuckling, proceeded to laughing and ended up in a serious state of WTF with the Taxidermy Grunge Ducks. Whoa…. Great work… love the paper. I read it every week (and even check out the flyers!) Happy holidays. Jason Brett, Vancouver
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Here’s what’s open on Christmas Day in Vancouver Kathryn Tindale
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While many businesses close their doors for the Christmas holidays, there are still a few spots around Vancouver that are open on Dec. 25. Whether you’re looking for Christmas festivities or just an excuse to get out of the house, here’s a list to make the decisions a little easier.
The great outdoors Mount Seymour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing mtseymour.ca Cypress Mountain 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Skiing, snowboarding, crosscountry skiing, snow shoeing, snow-tube park cypressmountain.com Grouse Mountain Skyride (uphill) 8:15 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lifts 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lupins Cafe 10:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Grouse Grind Coffee Bar 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Noon to 7 p.m.
Altitudes Bistro 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Observatory 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. grousemountain.com
Darby’s Liquor Store 2001 Macdonald St., 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Denman Beer Wine Spirits 1060 Denman St., 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Second Annual Christmas Day Run 9:30 a.m. Starts and ends at Laughing Statues in Morton Park at English Bay with a five-km and 10-km option vancouver.carpe-diem.events
Firefly Fine Wine and Ales 2857 Cambie St, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Ice Skating at Robson Square Noon to 5 p.m. robsonsquare.com Trout Lake Rink Noon to 3 p.m. for a public skate troutlakecc.com
Looking for something to do on Christmas Day? There’s ice skating at Robson Square from noon until 5 p.m. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT
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Sea of Lights at Vancouver Aquarium 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. vanaqua.org Superhero Chanukah on Ice 3 p.m. at Hillcrest Community Centre “Enjoy donuts, dreidels, gelt and Chanukah music. Skate with Superman and Batman.”
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Nightlife/ Entertainment (+19) Christmas at Republic 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Tuesday’s at Celebrities 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. For a longer list, including restaurants that offer Christmas brunches and dinners, go to vancourier.com.
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Joe Konkin is not your typical Santa Claus Jolly old elf lives in a teepee in the Downtown Eastside
safe place for Downtown Eastside residents to take part in workshops and for vendors to sell goods. But now it has been transformed into a Santa’s workshop. All ages are welcome to step inside and warm up by the fire, visit the jolly old elf, make a Christmas wish, have a photo taken and enjoy a cookie and some hot chocolate for free. When the Courier visited last week, there was a slight panic as rain had flooded the inside of the teepee, but workers stacked more sand bags, swept out the water and had it up and running with festive cheer in no time. The inside has been decked out with trees, lights, stockings, ornaments and wreaths. Hard work and heartfelt community donations made it all possible. Sitting in a big red chair, Konkin certainly looks the part, but the 59-year-old isn’t your average Santa. On top of being the Santa’s workshop, the teepee is also Konkin’s current home. He describes his past in two words — “rough and classified.” Originally born in
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Joe Konkin describes his past as “rough and classified,” but playing Santa Claus at the Downtown Eastside Market fills him with joy. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
Castlegar, in the Kootenays, Konkin said he later moved to the United States where life became “difficult.” After a “snafu” with a neighbour, he was deported back to Canada in 2015 and wound up in jail. When he was released, he started selling at the DTES market and began to get his life back on track. But, after a string of housing bad luck and rental evictions, he found himself homeless and
tenting in a garden on East Hastings. Before long, he was moved on by police and had nowhere to go. He said he was grateful to have been given refuge at the DTES market, where the teepee has been his home since late August. He spends his days as a vendor at the market and occasionally works as market security. He said having the opportunity to dress up as Santa a few days a week was
putting a spring in his step. “It is actually improving my spirit,” Konkin said. “I have been really despondent lately because we have been trying to pull this together and the rains came in and flooded everything out and problems have been happening. “But no matter what devastation happens, we have been managing to adapt and keep it going.” Konkin said he had fond memories of visiting Santa as a child himself and was happy to be able to offer the same opportunity to kids in the Downtown Eastside. While he spoke, a little girl wandered into the teepee and cautiously looked up at him as Santa. She was sure not to stray too far from her father, but gave a little smile before deciding to run back out. Konkin smiled and said moments like that made it all worthwhile. “Christmas is really important for a lot of people because it breaks up the monotony of winter,” he said. “Any amount of positivity, it is a real relief from all
the seriousness — because this is a serious area with all the drug use and all the stuff that goes on. “If I can get a little amusement going, make someone’s day or maybe even inspire them to do something, that’d be great, I’d be really happy with that.” Having worked at the market over the past couple of years, he said he’d realized how important forgiveness was, and Christmas was the perfect time to make amends. “We all have conflicts here, but forgiveness is really important for us to be able to function properly,” Konkin said. “We might bang heads one day but the next day we will go about doing our business and it will be forgotten. “If we held on to grudges, we wouldn’t have anything left.” And while everything may not be exactly how he might like it yet, he has high hopes for the future. “I just appreciate being alive, I wake up in the morning and wiggle my toes and think ‘this is cool, this is good.’”
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Mayor Kennedy Stewart is seemingly not a man of superstition. In a lead-up to the first game at the World Junior Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Stewart did what many in the sports world consider unthinkable and bordering on blasphemy — he touched the trophy. Noting Canada’s three previous gold medal hockey wins in Vancou-
ver — 2006 World Juniors and double gold during the 2010 Olympics — Stewart’s hoping history repeats itself come Jan. 5 at Rogers Arena. “We like to think of Vancouver as a gold medal city for Hockey Canada,” Stewart said. Flanked by tournament officials, city staff and Vancouver Giants owner Ron Toigo, Stewart was presented with a Team Canada jersey and posed for photos alongside the 10 flags representing each
nation competing in the annual winter rite of passage. All of Canada’s round robin games will be played at Rogers Arena and Game One is Boxing Day against Denmark. Other round robin games are being played in Victoria, and the gold medal game goes Jan. 5 at 5 p.m. “Vancouver, we’re ready,” proclaimed tournament director Riley Wiwchar. About $80 million in economic activity was kicked up the last time the
tournament was in town and Toigo expects to meet, if not exceed, those numbers this time out. Canada’s round robin grouping includes the Czech Republic, Russia, Switzerland and Denmark. Group B includes Finland, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Slovakia and the U.S. Game time for each Canadian contest during round robin play is 5 p.m., with the exception of a 1 p.m. matinee against the Swiss on Dec. 29. @JohnKurucz
7:30pm Wednesday, December 19 The holidays are often magical but for some bring out the melancholy. Join us for Blue Christmas where we acknowledge and release grief and begin a journey towards joy.
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Late Night Movie: Die Hard
Yippie ki-yay, merry Christmas-ers! If you prefer your holiday flicks to be of the smash ’em up, strong language and beating the bad guys style, then you probably already love the Bruce Willis 1988 action classic. See it on the big screen in a late night showing at Vancouver’s venerable Rio. Dec. 21 at 11 p.m. Rio Theatre,1660 East Broadway riotheatre.ca
Winter Solstice Lantern Festival
Mark the changing of the seasons and the longest night of the year with a dazzling and soul-satisfying evening that will find you winding your way through a labyrinth of lights (made of 600 beeswax candles). Build your own lantern and watch it illuminate the winter-dark sky. Processions leave from Leg-In-Boot Square and Vanier Park and head to Granville Island; a procession leaves from Helmcken Street and heads to Yaletown. Dec. 21 Various locations in Vancouver secretlantern.org
Sea of Lights at Vancouver Aquarium
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festive programming is underway. Take a deep dive into the magic of the season thanks to some cheery additions to the venue, from an “electric eel” powering a sparkling tree to a new hands-on exhibit that’s all about bubbles. Scuba Claus will take daily dives into the Strait of Georgia exhibit through Dec. 24. And, yes, the aquarium is open on Christmas Day. Until Jan. 6 (Scuba Claus onsite until Dec. 24) Vancouver Aquarium, 845 Avison Way vanaqua.org
Cirque Musica: Wonderland
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Star Wars Boxing Day Brunch and Marathon
Cure your post-Christmas blues with a day in a galaxy far, far, away, complete with food and drink. Storm Crow Alehouse is holding a Boxing Day Brunch with marathon screenings of the Star Wars OG trilogy. Use the force and get yourself out of the house and enjoy some time with your fellow SW nerds. Fans. We mean fans. Dec. 26, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Storm Crow Alehouse, 1619 West Broadway facebook.com
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December 24th, 5:00PM Christmas Eve Mass, mass with guitars for families with children December 24th, 9:00PM Christmas Eve Mass, traditional music with chamber orchestra and parish choir Guest soloists Marcus Mosely & Gisele Fredette Carol Service begins at 8:30PM December 24th, midnight Christmas Eve Mass, mass with guitars Carol Service begins at 11:30 PM December 25th, 9:00AM Christmas Morning Mass Traditional music with organ & soloist December 25th, 11:00AM Christmas Morning Mass Traditional music with organ & parish choir All masses Father Andrew Stenzina presiding
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Gia Tran, 62, has been collecting empties and recyclables for more than two decades and donating much of her hard-earned cash to various Vancouver charities and people in her neighbourhood. PHOTOS GRANT LAWRENCE
VANCOUVER SHAKEDOWN
Meet ‘the angel of East Hastings’ who collects empties for those in need
Vancouver charities have 62-year-old Gia Tran to thank for thousands of dollars in donations over the past two decades Grant Lawrence
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Imagine being in the throws of high school, trying your best to fit in and be cool, when a couple of your friends point across the playing field to a woman digging through a garbage can. She’s bent over the can, pulling out discarded bottles, placing them in a plastic bag. One of the kids says, “Johnny, isn’t that your mom?” That exact scenario happened to Johnny Tran when he was attending Sir Charles Tupper secondary in East Vancouver. It was indeed Johnny’s mom, Gia. At that moment, Tran wanted to curl up and die from embarrassment. He was 16 years old and aware that his mom did this every day: she sifted through garbage cans, climbed into dumpsters and poked through recycling bins, searching for refundable bottles and cans. When Tran got home
that day, he was angry with his mom. He begged her to stop binning near his school, to stop binning altogether. Besides the social embarrassment, Tran and his two sisters were worried that their single mother, a Vietnamese immigrant who came to Canada in 1980, would get hurt. Back then, their mom would start her quest near Main and 28th, walking all the way to Hastings and back, a distance of about 70 blocks, round trip, every day. Tran offered to get a job and give his mom his pay if she would stop binning. She refused, and told her son to keep his money — that she was going to do what she wanted, and that in Vietnamese culture, a child does not tell a parent what to do. That was more 15 years ago, and Tran’s mother has never stopped. Gia is now 62, and still hits the streets at all hours of the day and night, 365 days a year, much to the constant consternation of her now-adult children.
For years, her kids assumed their mom collected to help make ends meet as a single parent of three. You can imagine their collective shock when they finally found out the truth. Their mom was only keeping a small portion of the money she received for the thousands of bottles and cans she cashed in. In fact, Gia has faithfully donated the majority of her hardearned cash to a string of Vancouver charities for more than 20 years. It’s estimated that Gia, a devout Buddhist, has contributed more than $15,000 to the B.C. Cancer Foundation alone. She visits the society office daily, handing over $5, $10, $15, whatever she managed to collect that day. Gia has also contributed sums over long periods of time to the Union Gospel Mission, the Red Cross, the SPCA and BC Children’s Hospital. She has the stacks of receipts to prove it. In November, Gia was awarded the Terry Biggar Award from the B.C.
Bottle Depot Association, given to those whose work positively impacts the environment. Representatives from the B.C. Cancer Foundation presented the award to Gia. It’s one of several awards and citations she’s received for her work, many of which are framed on the wall of her modest Hastings-Sunrise home. Over steaming green tea, I asked Gia why she does what she does, day in, day out. With a smile wider than East Broadway, she told me that she simply wants to help people. “I see people, no food, no money, sleep outside, they need money, I give them money.” I asked her about the dangers of sticking her hands into garbage cans or climbing into dumpsters. “I don’t care,” she laughs. “I do what I want! Nobody tell me what to do. I start at 4 a.m., come back 9 a.m. for breakfast, go out again.” Once, she was hit by a car while doing her rounds. Miraculously, she suffered
only minor bruising and was back in the bins within days. She received a settlement of $3,000. “And she gave it away,” her son told me with a sigh. “She donated all of it.” Johnny Tran is now 32 and an education assistant in the school system, as well as a group home and special needs worker. And while and he and his sisters still worry about their mom, the embarrassment is long gone. They are now very proud of their mother’s achievements and selflessness. “Our mom has always taught us that it is very important to help others, and to never judge,” he said. “And she’s right.” I had the pleasure of accompanying Gia on one of her rounds earlier this month. With bare hands, she unflinchingly dug through a garbage can on East Hastings, looking for the recyclable, refundable containers that we throw away. She instantly found several beer cans. “Oh, wow!” she ex-
claimed. She led me around back, into the alley, and flipped open the lid of a dumpster. After peering over the rim, she hopped into it with the dexterity of a teenager. She emerged in two seconds clutching two more beer cans. In no time she was weighted down with bags stuffed with refundables. Pretty soon I was carrying a couple of full bags as well. They were heavy. Gia, who is barely five feet tall, powered on towards the Powell Street Bottle Depot. It was all I could do to keep up with her. Her morning’s haul totalled just over $15. Gia also stopped to chat with every person asking for change. Each time, she dug through her pocket and handed them a loonie or a toonie. I asked one guy, a down-on-his-luck Yukoner, if he knew Gia. “Oh yeah,” he replied. “I see her every day. That there’s the angel of East Hastings Street.” @grantlawrence
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The 60th annivesary of Playland’s Wooden Rollercoaster, Vancouver mayoral candidate Wai Young’s disdain for bike lanes and a very rare and stinky “corpse flower” at the Bloedel Conservatory made headlines in the Courier this past year. PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET
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It was an exhausting and busy year in Vancouver — from elections to wild fires to blood thirsty river otters with an insatiable taste for koi. How much did your frazzled memory retain? Test your knowledge of the news that made its way into the Courier, either in print or online. Good luck. 1. Long before Kennedy Stewart become mayor of Vancouver, he had a shaggy mane, favoured paisley shirts and played in a band called State of Mind, which won at least three West Coast Music Awards. What instrument did Stewart play in the band? a. The Zadar Sea Organ b. The Double Contrabass flute c. The bass guitar d. The Chapman Stick 2. Former city councillor Hector Bremner was elected to council last year in a byelection. At the time, he was a proud member of the Non Partisan Association. Then he had a falling out with the party, formed his own party and ran for mayor in the Oct. 20 election. What was the name of Bremner’s party? a. Hector and the Defectors b. Yes Vancouver c. Harland Bartholomew and the City Wide Planners d. The Mark Marissen Project 3. Former Vision Vancouver city councillor and model boat builder enthusiast Kerry Jang has
a new book being released next year. What is the title of his book? a. The Man in the Cream Suit Who Likes to Build Model Boats b. The Man in the Fedora Who Likes to Build Model Boats c. The Man in the Mazda Miata Who Likes to Build Model Boats d. Large Scale Model Warships
discriminate against seniors, they discriminate against single moms and many other groups.” b. Because “they are the dividing lines of a city controlled by the socialists at city hall whose manifesto doesn’t include the majority of people in Vancouver, including motorists who want to make Vancouver great again.” c. Because “they are never used.” d. Because “they promote anarchy on the roads and anarchy is not what this city needs. This city needs a transportation plan that is 100 per cent for the people! We need to take back our streets! We need to flatten the bicycle tires of the elite that has run this city for far too long! We need a city that is friendly to combustion engines! Let’s hear it for combustion engines! ”
8. In May, TransLink started the process of replacing the three long escalators at the Granville SkyTrain station, which were originally from when the SkyTrain opened in… a. 1976 b. 1986 c. 2002 d. 1992 9. According to a survey conducted by Justason Market Intelligence and Elevator Strategy, what is the top concern for more than 60 per cent of Vancouver millennials? a. cost of living and housing affordability b. finding a job c. getting an Insta-worthy shot of their organic, artisanal avocado toast d. finding decent rental accommodations
4. Courier reporter Mike Howell has been called many things in his career, but never what a tenant at a rental building in Kitsilano called him at a news conference during the civic election campaign. Howell was challenging COPE candidates on their promise to end homelessness within a year, when a tenant chimed in and said: a. “You’re a very, very rude person and you should be very, very ashamed of yourself and don’t deserve to be working at the Courier or any other publication, for that matter. Who do you think you are — Jim Acosta from CNN?” b. “You’re one bad hombre.” c. “You’re kind of like the fairy that brings the poison at the end of the wedding.” d. All of the above.
6. Crown Preschool in Dunbar recently celebrated a milestone this year. How many years has the preschool been around? a. 30 years b. 50 years c. 70 years d. 100 years
10. In the spring, University of B.C. professor Janet Werker was awarded the Killam Prize for her research examining… a. the effect of regular computer gaming on math skills in teens b. the foundations of language acquisition in infants c. a species of wasp that transforms spiders into zombie-like drones d. how “heading” a ball in soccer affects the brain
5. Coalition Vancouver mayoral candidate Wai Young made it quite clear in her bid to become the city’s next mayor that she wasn’t a fan of bike lanes. Why did she have such a hate on for the lanes championed by former mayor Gregor Robertson? a. Because “they
7. The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland marked its 60th anniversary this year. How much does the PNE/ Playland spend on annual maintenance? a. $1,000 b. $10,000 c. $100,000 d. $1,000,000
11. Held in Vancouver in July, what was the name of Western Canada’s first cat festival? a. Cat-astrophe b. Cats Rule Everything Around Me c. Meowfest d. The Fantastic and Unfathomable Feline Fetish Festival
12. The Californiabased arts collective known as Everything is Terrible performed at the Rickshaw in February. What collectibles do members covet above all else? a. Human organs b. VHS copies of the film Jerry Maguire c. Bongo drums used at Third Beach during the summer solstice d. Screenshots of chips from The Big Bang Theory set 13. The short-lived climate change activism group CO2alitionBC tagged cars and signs with stickers that read “My car doesn’t care about your climate” and “questioning your complacency.” Had members been caught, what penalties would they have faced? a. $500 fine b. Mischief charges c. Vandalism charges d. All of the above 14. Which band headlined the Modified Ghost festival on May 26? a. Carcass b. Putrescence c. Rotten Sound d. Hoopsnake 15. Vancouver doctor Jack Chang travelled to Haiti in March to offer education around reproductive health and free vasectomies. Approximately how many vasectomies did Chang perform in one week? a. 69 b. 420 c. 250 d. 13,000
16. How many of Vancouver’s 40 mayors have been women? a. three b. zero c. No women have run for the mayoral seat d. 20 17. Which of these is one of the eight character zones described in design concepts for Arbutus Greenway? a. Marpole Madness b. Arbutus Avenue c. Electric Alley d. Treasure Trail 18. For the first time since 1993, this year’s civic election ballot was… a. scratch and sniff b. printed on papyrus c. in randomized order d. also written in Esperanto 19. What’s the name of the group seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in a case involving the development permit process for the Marpole temporary modular housing complex? a. Caring Citizens of Vancouver Society b. Loving People of Vancouver Society c. Considerate Citizens of Vancouver Society d. Not In My Back Yard Society 20. What type of housing did the out-going city council approve for most single-family neighbourhoods in its final weeks of power? a. Rowhouses b. Four-storey rental apartment buildings c. Yurts d. Duplexes
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Canada’s legalization of marijuana and the election of Mayor Kennedy Stewart made for a lively year in Vancouver. PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET
news with our 2018 year-end quiz 21. How much does the City of Vancouver expect to collect through the empty homes tax in its first year? a. $30 million b. $38 million c. $48 million d. $1 billion 22. CiTR FM’s annual battle of the bands celebrated its 35th anniversary this year. What is the name of the contest? a. Indie-a-go-go b. Band aid c. Shindig d. Noise-a-palooza 23. Reporter John Kurucz’s metal band Gross Misconduct released its third album this year. What is the name of the album? a. Deathalyzer b. Equinox c. Testicular Hamster d. Reach for the Sky and Dare to Dream 24. What Vancouver punk legend won a seat on Burnaby city council this year? a. Art Bergmann b. Joe Keithley c. I Braineater d. Gerry Hannah 25. What Canadian singing sensation once shot a music video at Killarney Market? a. Celine Dion b. Mitsou c. Michael Buble d. Carly Rae Jepsen 26. Which country won this year’s Celebration of Light fireworks competition? a. South Korea b. Canada
c. Sweden d. China 27. Who won this year’s FIFA World Cup? a. France b. Italy c. Brazil d. Germany 28. What band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at this year’s Juno Awards? a. Bootsauce b. Barenaked Ladies c. Rush d. Rainbow Butt Monkeys 29. Vancouver Convention Centre’s grass roof is the largest in Canada. How big is it? a. Six acres b. One acre c. 12 acres d. 33 acres 30. How many candidates ran for Vancouver city council this election? a. 71 b. 20 c. 18 d. 103 31. Whose name landed on the top of the mayoral candidate list on this year’s randomized election ballot? a. Kennedy Stewart b. Gregor Robertson c. Roller Girl d. Jason Lamarche 32. How is Playland’s Wooden Rollercoaster powered? a. By its original 1923 Westinghouse electric motor b. Coal c. Wind power generated by other rides d. Natural gas
33. Thousands lined up to smell the Bloedel Conservatory’s corpse flower, which emitted a rancid odor when it bloomed. What nickname did the park board give the flower? a. Johnny Rotten b. Patti La Smell c. Uncle Fester d. Rick Stinkfield 34. A rogue river otter ate most of the koi at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, including a beloved fish which was more than 50 years old. What was the name of the fish? a. Koi B. Bryant b. Madonna c. Shakira d. Phish 35. A member of Vancouver’s Chor Leoni Men’s Choir is related to the author of what classic Christmas song? a. “Reggae Christmas” b. “Christmas in Hollis” c. “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” d. “Silent Night” 36. What holiday song did a number of radio stations pull from the airwaves citing inappropriate lyrics in the wake of the #MeToo movement? a. “Santa Baby” b. “Back Door Santa” c. “Baby It’s Cold Outside” d. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 37. The Vancouver Park Board teamed up with Native Shoes to turn worn-out footwear into what? a. Flooring for new playgrounds
b. One giant shoe to be displayed at the 2019 Vancouver Shoe Expo c. Rubber boots for park staff d. Fencing to keep otters out of local ponds 38. When Canada legalized marijuana on Oct. 17, there was only one store in British Columbia where you could buy legal cannabis. What town was it in? a. Nanaimo b. Kamloops c. Vancouver d. Spuzzum 39. Which Canadian celebrity recorded a number of transit announcements for SkyTrain passengers? a. Ryan Reynolds b. Kiefer Sutherland c. Seth Rogen d. Alan Thicke 40. In June, the B.C. government raised the minimum wage by $1.30. What is the current minimum wage? a. $15.25 b. $12.65 c. $11.35 d. $10.75 41. In a campaign video, NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim was shown wearing a heavy metal shirt in a childhood photo. What was the band? a. Judas Priest b. Slayer c. Iron Maiden d. Cannibal Corpse 42. What beloved Vancouver restaurant closed down this year? a. Elbow Room b. Campagnolo Roma
c. Pronto d. all of the above 43. The inaugural Sacred Sexual Music Festival included which of the following selling points? a. the Wheel of Consent b. a cosmic throat singer c. a hug patrol d. all of the above 44. Who did Orland Kurtenbach, the first captain in Canucks history, list as the most talented player he played against? a. Bobby Hull b. Gordie Howe c. Bobby Orr d. Terry Sawchuk 45. Dumb Answers to Kids’ Questions author Pierre Chan said the thought of having kids made him want to do what? a. Throw away his life savings b. Stand next to a microwave and burn all his sperm c. Move to Bowser and live the life of a hermit d. Join the priesthood and become celibate 46. What is the name of Ligia Oancea’s viral hit song from 2010? a. “Vancouver Song” b. “Burnaby is Great Now that Corrigan is Gone” c. “New West is the Only Affordable Place to Live” d. “Central Nanaimo isn’t that Bad” 47. The largest rehearsal space in Canada west of Toronto opened on Clark Street in May. What’s it called? a. Kennedy Stewart’s Bass Tone Sucks b. Jamnasium
c. Gregor Robertson’s 45-minute Drum Solo d. Hollabalooza 48. What’s the name of a city study looking at the state of live music in Vancouver? a. Vancouver Music Strategy b. Chords not Condos c. Build Next to a Venue, then Complain d. Brown’s Social House 49. Where does 4/20 protest organizer Dana Larsen say the 2019 smokeout will take place? a. Courier reporter John Kurucz’s apartment b. Outside of city hall c. Kits Beach d. Sunset Beach 50. In a televised debate with Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson, what word did Premier John Horgan use to describe Proportional Representation? a. Gucci b. Supreme c. Lit d. Triggered
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Sick kids on a mission to find Santa, bring him back to Vancouver JESSICA KERR jkerr@vancourier.com
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And with that the 14th annual Flight with Santa Claus took off earlier this month from Vancouver International Airport. A partnership between Air Transat and the Children’s Wish Foundation, Flight with Santa gives children with high-risk, life-threatening illnesses, or serious genetic and neurological conditions, a chance to take to the sky on a special mission — find Santa Claus and bring him back to Vancouver to visit all the children there. The holiday festivities start on the ground with some pre-flight fun, including a cookie bar, crafts, face painting, magic with Maestro the Elf, a photo booth and a visit from Tinkerbell and Rapunzel. Christmas music fills the air and the flight staff is decked out in festive gear. Eight-year-old Maya Ahuja excitedly shows dad Gary the Christmas tree she made out of popsicle sticks.
Diagnosed with tetralogy of fallot — a congenital heart condition that is comprised of four heart defects — shortly after birth, Maya had her first open heart surgery at just four months old. Two years ago doctors discovered a second hole in her heart, which meant a second open heart surgery. In all, Maya has had seven surgeries so far in her eight short years. “She’s been through a lot,” said her dad, adding there is more on the horizon. “She needs her pulmonary valve replaced. We go to cardiology [at B.C. Children’s Hospital] every year, we just went, and we’ll just wait and see how her heart is doing... You look at her now and you wouldn’t know how sick she was.” Events like Flight with Santa Claus and the wishes granted by Children’s Wish Foundation give families going through stressful medical treatments and appointments, and life
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threatening diagnoses, something to look forward to. “It’s nice that there are things like this,” Gary said. Nathalie Legault, director of in-flight service with Air Transat, said staff looks forward to the Flight with Santa all year long. The event takes place in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal every year and is funded through the company’s Small Change, Big Hearts program — at the end of each flight passengers are asked to donate any small change they might have — as well as other staff fundraisers throughout the year.
“Every year all the employees are just waiting for this day... they are so into it,” she said. Ten-year-old Blake Devisser smiles up at dad Erik as he gets a snowflake painted on his cheek as he waits to board the plane. Blake has Down Syndrome, a congenital heart defect and pulmonary hypertension, but you wouldn’t know it as he gets up and runs off to the next attraction when his snowflake is done. “It’s a great organization,” Erik said of Children’s Wish Foundation.
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The excitement is palpable as everyone boards the plane and gets ready for takeoff. After everyone gets a snack and sings some Christmas carols, the pilot announces that he’s spotted something unusual, and red, on the radar. It’s Santa’s sleigh! A few minutes later, the plane is filled with a chorus of excited screams and cheers as the big man in red emerges from the cockpit.
Santa walks down the aisle greeting everyone. He stops to talk to each child and hands them a red stocking containing a gift (a toy plane), as the flight heads back to Vancouver. “It’s kind of the perfect embodiment of what we do with wishes. We create magic and joy and excitement for kids and that’s what today is about too and it’s a really great way to kick
off the holidays,” said Hannah Smith, interim provincial director with the Children’s Wish Foundation’s B.C. and Yukon chapter. “We say we put a lot of care and love into each and every wish and it’s really nice to be able to express that through an extra experience making memories over the holidays with Air Transat and the families.”
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It’s hard to be a grownup in Vancouver Sabrina Furminger
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There’s a poignant moment in The Age of Adulting when the film demonstrates why local screen stories are must-see viewing. It happens near the beginning of the film. Two of the main characters — wannabe filmmaker Doug (played by Scott Patey) and disillusioned actor Jason (James Pizzinato) — are lounging on a hillside, surveying Vancouver’s skyline. Doug had just finished describing the kinds of films he’d make were he to ever get his career off the ground when he snorts in disgust. “No one watches Canadian movies anymore, especially Vancouver ones,” he sighs. “The city kind of sucks for that sort of thing,” agrees Jason. It’s an audacious move — inserting brutally honest dialogue about local film in a perfect example of a local film that definitely does not suck. If anything, the film holds up a mirror and reflects back our ugly truths, and it’s a move that works. The Age of Adulting is about flawed 29-year-olds grappling with existential crises in a flawed city that is itself in a perpetual state of flux. Besides Jason and Doug, there’s Seth, who recently quit his job as a day trader to do yoga and aggressively pursue clean living; Blake, who stocks shelves at the Home Depot, sleeps in a tent in Seth’s living room and is developing a taste for crack; Sue, who yearns to raise goats and have babies; Jill, who’s looking for something dirtier than her boyfriend’s aggressively clean lifestyle. The cast includes some of the biggest names in the Vancouver film and TV
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industry: Jessica Harmon, Andrew Francis, Tyler Johnston, Aliyah O’Brien, Jordana Largy, Diana Bang, Leanne Lapp, Ali Liebert, Elysia Rotaru and Van Helsing star Aleks Paunovic in a scene-stealing turn as Woodrow, a moody thug with a volcanic temper. Filmmaker Mark A. Lewis set out to tell a story “that reflected a time in my life and the lives of friends in my late 20s,” he says. It’s a time in life when many people experience a wave of pressure to grow up, have families and build something meaningful. “For a lot of people, that pressure means heavier drinking and heavier partying,” says Lewis. “They go deeper into it, and it’s no longer fun, and they recognize that it’s no longer fun. Sure, there are moments of fun, but the party is a bit thinner and the feeling of the drugs and the alcohol are heavier.” We’ve seen this kind of existential angst play out on screen in other films before, but for the most part, these films haven’t been set in Vancouver. The city is an important player in The Age of Adulting; the film’s tagline is “Sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the city of rain.” “Vancouver is a little bit
lost in its identity, like the characters,” says Lewis. “It’s searching for meaning, searching for identity, searching for a history that gives it a sense of belonging. There’s a lot of loneliness in this city. But it’s also a beautiful city. It can get bumpy and ugly, but so many people are going through the same experience that there’s a collective experience of the city trying to find its identity while the people go through the same thing.” Michael Khazen was 30 when he joined the project as a producer. “[Lewis’s script] absolutely spoke to me,” says Khazen. “I’ve never seen Vancouver explored in any creative narrative that raw and honestly. It’s this sordid tale of so many wonderfully flawed characters and it felt so real.” The Age of Adulting was conceived and filmed as a six-part web series. The team made the decision to edit and distribute it as a feature film shortly after they’d finished filming in summer 2015. It screened at the Vancity Theatre in April and hit digital streaming platforms earlier this month. The episodic version will hit the ’net next year.
Khazen hopes Vancouverites who watch The Age of Adulting will recognize these kind of Canadian stories can work. “We don’t need to shy away from showing the underbelly of our world. It’s captivating and it’s flawed and it’s real,” he says. “Canadian cinema has the ability to tackle these types of subjects and do it in a manner that’s entertaining and true to our society.” The Age of Adulting is available for purchase and rental on iTunes. Amazon, Vimeo, and Google Play. Details at theageofadulting.com.
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It’s easy to forget now, but there were some serious concerns about Brock Boeser to start the season. It began in the preseason, when the Canucks’ young sniper failed to score a goal in five games, a far cry from the four goals in five preseason games he scored heading into his rookie year. While preseason is largely meaningless, something looked a little off about Boeser’s game, particularly the released on his rightly feared shot. Then he failed to register a point in the first two games of the regular season, which led to speculation about what might be wrong — perhaps his late season back injury was making him tentative, the missed training time from recuperating was affecting him, or the eight pounds he gained in the summer were slowing him down? It was all a bit much, an overreaction to a few underwhelming games, and Boeser quickly rattled off a four-game point streak that silenced some of the questions. Still, something didn’t seem quite right. Boeser was slower to loose pucks, lacked some explosiveness in his skating stride, and wasn’t getting shots off with as much speed and power. While he still picked up points, he had just two goals through his first 12 games. It turned out something was wrong: Boeser had a nagging groin injury that he was playing through. While it was gradually getting better, he suffered a setback after what appeared to a breakout game, when he scored two goals and added two assists against the Colorado Avalanche in early November. The tweak to his injury might have been the best thing that could have happened to Boeser, as it forced him to sit out and fully recuperate. Now back at 100 per cent — or as close to 100 per cent as professional hockey players ever get — Boeser is playing like the player that captured Canucks fans’ hearts in his rookie season.
Big Numbers • .937 Heading into Tuesday’s game, Jacob Markstrom boasted a .937 save percentage in his last five starts, all wins. While his save percentage for the season is still a lackluster .904, it’s hoped that he’s turned the corner.
Having healed from a nagging groin injury early in the season, Brock Boeser is back to his goal-scoring self. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
After returning, Boeser had eight goals and 12 points in 10 games and found some burgeoning chemistry with the Canucks’ new superstar rookie, Elias Pettersson. Heading into Tuesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boeser was on pace for 36 goals despite missing 13 games. Certainly there’s been some luck involved. For instance, his hat trick against the St. Louis Blues included a goal that banked off the glass behind the net and in off Jake Allen’s pad, as well as a goal that deflected in off a Blues’ player. At the same time, Boeser’s shot looks back to being unstoppable: his one-timer on the power play against the Nashville Predators was a rocket, while he simply overpowered Mikko Koskinen with a wrist shot for his goal against the Edmonton Oilers. While Boeser admitted that he wasn’t feeling like himself to start the season, he seemed uncertain whether his injury affected his shot. If it did, the change could
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have been so gradual over time that he didn’t notice. “It’s hard to say, because I have to shoot like that every day,” he said. “So if I’m sniping in practice, I don’t know if it’s still the same or not. I’m sure it affects it in some way.” Playing without pain likely has Boeser feeling a lot more confident about himself and his shot. He’s averaging an extra shot attempt per game, which has resulted in more shots on goal. It doesn’t hurt having Pettersson feeding him the puck: eight of Boeser’s 12 goals this season have been assisted by Pettersson. With both of the Canucks’ young stars at the top of their games, offence has become the least of the Canucks’ worries.
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