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Several Vancouver police officers were disciplined over the last year for a series of incidents that ranged from mistakenly discharging a gun in an office to being banned from a casino to sending pornographic text messages to a person. Most of the penalties resulted in suspensions and ranged from one day for an officer sending “intimidating” texts to a co-worker to 23 days in the case of the officer sending pornographic messages. Other officers received written and verbal reprimands. In one case, an officer was sentenced to a conditional discharge and placed on probation for six months after being convicted on two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm and two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm. A civilian member of the VPD also complained of being bullied by an officer, and a special municipal constable was involved in an impaired driving offence. The incidents are listed in the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner’s annual
report for 2017-2018, which is posted on the agency’s website. The officers’ names and gender were not provided in the report, which provides a summary of all incidents the agency concluded with Vancouver police officers and other B.C. municipal cops between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018. The OPCC is a civilian, independent office of the B.C. legislature which oversees and monitors complaints and investigations involving municipal police in B.C. The agency is responsible for the administration of discipline and proceedings under the Police Act. More details of the Vancouver cases: • On March 16, 2017, an officer was in his/her office preparing for a firearms qualification session later that day. The officer placed a magazine in the firearm and racked the slide, which put a bullet in the chamber. The gun discharged with the bullet piercing a cement wall. No one was injured in the incident. Penalty: Written reprimand. • On Oct. 16, 2015, an offduty officer attempted to enter
The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner’s annual report listed a series of incidents involving Vancouver police officers in which they were disciplined. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW
a casino while intoxicated. The officer was denied entry. The officer flashed a police badge and requested preferential treatment. He “directed offensive and rude language at a security officer.” Penalty: Three-day suspension, including training focused on “biasfee language and policing a diverse community.” • On March 4, 2016, the same officer, whom the casino banned after the Oct. 16 incident, showed up at the casino. The officer identified himself as a police officer and sought preferential treatment. Penalty: Written reprimand. “In this case, the police officer took responsi-
bility for their actions, and at the time of the conduct, it was determined that there were factors that influenced the police officer’s conduct.” • On June 13, 2016, an officer attempted to use his/her position as a police officer to “encourage the complainant to enter into a relationship and sent inappropriate sexual and pornographic text messages to the complainant.” The officer also provided the complainant with a DVD of an interview he/she conducted with a sexual assault suspect. The report didn’t say whether the complainant was a police officer or staff member. Penalty: Twenty-
three day suspension, along with training “specific to the misconduct.” • On Jan. 20, 2017, a civilian employee complained of a police officer making inappropriate comments to him/her in front of other staff members “that caused the civilian employee to feel bullied and harassed… embarrassed and belittled.” The officer told another officer in a phone conversation that the employee “needs to be knocked off their throne.” That officer also said the employee was “replaceable or could be replaced within minutes.” Penalty: Written reprimand, along with training in conflict management skills. • On Feb. 16, 2017, an officer “communicated intimidating comments by way of a text message to a co-worker.” Penalty: One day suspension. • On Dec. 28, 2016, an off-duty officer “was found to be intoxicated in public to the point where it was determined there were grounds for an arrest causing a disturbance.” The officer was driven home and “placed in the care of
their partner.” The officer also produced his/her badge when questioned by responding officers, which is considered using police authority for personal gain. Penalty: One day suspension and written reprimand. • On Aug. 27, 2017, a special municipal constable was the subject of an impaired driving investigation. The constable supplied two breath samples into a breathalyzer, which reported a reading of alcohol that was twice the legal limit. Penalty: Four day suspension without pay. Const. Jason Doucette, a VPD media liaison officer, said in an emailed statement to the Courier that the department values and respects the function of the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. “The VPD does not have anything to add about the individual cases mentioned in their annual report,” Doucette said. “However, it’s important to note that the VPD has more than 1,300 sworn members who serve Vancouver with pride and integrity every day.” @Howellings
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Trio to take part in 2,500-kilometre tuk tuk race across India Snakes, tigers, language barriers and a three-wheeled, three seater car… what could go wrong? John Kurucz
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Most people would agree that establishing an itinerary before flying halfway across the world into remote jungles and vast deserts is important, if not vital. Todd Teigland is not one of those people. Alongside best pals and fellow Vancouverites Lawson Eberhard and Darren Smith, Teigland is taking part in a 2,500-kilometre race across India with little more than a compass, a map and healthy dose of wanderlust. Tigers, snakes, yellow fever and Delhi belly aside, their quest will happen in a three-wheeled, three-seater called a tuk tuk that churns out a heart-stopping seven horsepower. Despite all of this, Teigland characterizes his upcoming quest as “the trip of a lifetime.” “I’m going in a bit blind, but I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Teigland maintains.
The trip is staged by an Indian adventure travel company that offers little in the way of oversight as a few dozen teams wind their way across a 2,500 kilometre path from the rainy, southern portions of the country to the deserts of the north. Teigland’s trio heads out in early January and only have three days’ worth of travel planned in advance of their arrival. Most of the trip will hug the country’s west coast along rural routes, through some forays into the cities will happen when time permits. No one among the group speaks a lick of any of the Indian dialects they’ll need to negotiate the most basic necessities such as food, drink or shelter. “Maybe Google translate becomes our friend,” Teigland said. “If not, it’s going to be smiles and a good attitude that hopefully gets us by.” One thing Teigland is sure of is that no camping will happen. Even if it means sleeping in a rustic
no less — on the lookout for a meal.
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shanty with barely four walls and roof, there will be no tents ever. Why? For starters, snakes. Specifically king cobras. “I just re-watched The Jungle Book the other day and it reminded me of the reason I’ve been afraid of snakes my whole life,”
Teigland said. “The idea of them hanging down from a tree and grabbing me haunted me as a little kid.” It’s not only serpents, though. Teigland recently watched an episode of BBC’s Planet Earth 2 that showed a healthy and hungry leopard walking into Mumbai — at night,
This was no forest setting, but rather on the doorstep of one of the world’s most populated cities. “I love to camp, don’t get me wrong,” Teigland said. “I’m a good Canadian kid and I love to get into the woods. But there is absolutely no way I’m going to camp my way across India with that kind of stuff roaming around.” What sounds like a bit of insanity to most will be offset by some mitigating factors. Teigland and crew are all in their early 30s and play sports regu-
larly, so fitness isn’t much of a concern. Between the three of them, they’ve travelled to Australia, Thailand, Burma and Laos — being in the bush isn’t entirely foreign. If and when the boonies become too much, they’ll have satellite phones and GPS in the event of an emergency. They all work together in the film industry and so, naturally, documenting their trek will be a focal point. Philanthropy is another overarching theme. The fellas successfully raised $8,000 and counting for a pair of charities devoted to female education and empowerment in India, as well as rainforest conservation. And while there’s no prize for finishing first, Teigland wouldn’t want it that way anyhow. “At the end of the day I’m travelling with my best friends on a crazy adventure,” he said. “You can’t do anything but smile and be happy at the opportunity that we have.” @JohnKurucz
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Vancouver pets Hana, a Great Dane, and Winston, a golden retriever, have given their owners official “I have the cutest dog” bragging rights. The pooches will soon be pin ups in hundreds of thousands of homes across Canada. Pictures of Hana, who won’t go to bed unless her parents make it for her, and Winston, who isn’t very good at retrieving, were selected from nearly 50,000 entries to star in the 2019 Pet Valu calendar to support the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. The print calendar features 15 Canadian pets, including dogs, cats, a ferret, chameleon and even a pot-bellied pig. Alison Preiss, from Pet Valu, said judging the photo contest was one of the toughest and best jobs. “I think what really put Hana and Winston over the top was they look so happy and serene and they are both in beautiful natural settings,” she said. Winston’s owner, Jamie McDowell, said he is always
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taking pictures of Winston and thought he’d submit a favourite photo and see what happened. “He just so happens to be the cutest golden retriever on the planet — OK sure, we are a little biased,” he said. “We know there are a lot of cute pets across the country so we were thrilled when we found out that he had been chosen from thousands of entries. “The icing on the cake was when we found out that the proceeds go to such a fantastic cause.” McDowell said Winston brings joy to everyone he meets, and his smile always
brightens up a room. And that’s pretty easy to see from his winning photo. “His personality and stubbornness can be quite comedic and his welcome home snuggles are the best part of our day,” he said. Hana’s owner, Jakob Schmidt, said he often takes pictures when out hiking with Hana and chose to submit a photo of her in the beautiful West Coast landscape. “We always get comments when out walking, although most of the time, I think it’s just because of her size... And yes, the horse comparison gets old real quick,” he said.
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Grandview-Woodland park is going to the off-leash dogs Other improvements include a basketball court and a picnic area Jessica Kerr
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Man’s best friend will soon have a new place to play in one East Vancouver neighbourhood. On Dec. 17, Vancouver Park Board commissioners unanimously approved a new, fenced off-leash dog area at Pandora Park in the Grandview-Woodland area. The space, which is about a quarter of a hectare in the northwest corner of the park, will be fenced so dogs will be able to run free and will also include a looped path, access to drinking water, shade trees and seating areas. The new off-leash area is part of a number of changes planned for the park including upgraded paths, new seating and picnic areas, and a new entrance at Franklin Street. The project will see two of the existing four tennis courts removed and replaced by a basketball court. The remaining
two tennis courts will be resurfaced. The total cost of the project is estimated at around $800,000, with approximately $200,000 of that going to the offleash area. Grandview-Woodland was one of six areas in the city identified as being underserved by the current network of off-leash areas. There are currently 37 off-leash dog parks in the city, including a new one opened this fall at Renfrew Community Park. A total of four new off-leash areas are planned for parks across the city as part of the park board’s People, Parks and Dogs plan, which was approved by commissioners in October 2017. The plan is an overarching strategy aimed at improving existing off-leash areas, creating new ones and promoting a more positive experience for all park users by clarifying rules, boundaries and etiquette in leash-free
areas, over the next 10 years and into the future. “The number of people and dogs in Vancouver is growing and so it’s more important than ever to balance different uses of parks and public spaces,” said park board chair Stuart Mackinnon. Additionally, this year the park board launched an initiative aimed at recognizing and encouraging stewardship in the off-leash areas. “Dog ambassadors” held pop up events at parks and community centres in an effort to consult with dog owners on how they would like to get more involved. The ambassadors also hosted a speaker series on dog behaviour to help build a community amongst dog owners and start a discussion to encourage stewardship in the off-leash areas. Interested residents can sign up to receive stewardship updates by emailing parkstewards@vancouver.ca. @JessicaEKerr
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To rezone a site located at 2542-2570 Garden Drive and 2309-2369 East 10th Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, strata-titled residential building containing 68 units over two levels of underground parking. The site is located in the Commercial-Broadway Station Precinct sub-area of the Grandview Woodland Community Plan. A height of 20.8 metres (68 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.65 are proposed.
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3. 1860 Barclay Street (Mason Residence) To add the existing heritage building at 1860 Barclay St (Mason Residence) to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category. This will include rehabilitation and conversion to two residential units and construction of a new six-storey infill building at the rear of the site containing five residential units. 4. 2130-2288 Harrison Drive (Replacement Seniors Housing at 2230 Harrison Drive) To amend CD-1 (13A) District to create sub-areas for each of the three properties
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To designate as protected heritage property the exterior of 1290 Homer Street, which is listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘C’ evaluation category.
1555 Robson Street To develop a 28-storey, mixed-use building consisting of residential (market and nonmarket units), office and retail uses, all over five levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. The proposed floor space ratio (FSR) is 9.63, including 10 per cent additional heritage density, and the building height is approximately 91.44 metres (300 feet).
and 45 secured for-profit affordable rental housing units over one level of underground parking. A height of 22.6 metres (74 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.18 are proposed.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber
2. 1290 Homer Street (MacPherson and Teetzel Co. Building)
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To make miscellaneous amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law, the Downtown Eastside/Oppenheimer Official Development Plan By-law and the Sign By-law in order to improve clarity, update terminology or address inadvertent errors or omissions, and to better streamline the development review process. Among the amendments are corrections to section references and the addition of sitespecific sign regulations for 1412-1480 Howe Street, 1429 Granville Street and 710 Pacific Street (Vancouver House), for 1229-1281 Hornby Street (Burrard Gateway), and for 1133-1155 Melville Street.
Development Permit Board Meeting: January 7, 2019
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in the district and to allow redevelopment on the middle property (2230 Harrison Drive) for a new six-storey building containing 72 units of social housing for seniors, at a height of 21.4 metres (70 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.92. No changes to the other properties are proposed. 5. 3532 East Hastings Street To rezone 3532 East Hastings Street from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building, with commercial at grade and 34 secured for-profit affordable rental housing units, over one level of underground parking. A height of 22.0 metres (72 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.97 are proposed. 6. 3435 East Hastings Street To rezone 3435 East Hastings Street from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building, with commercial at grade,
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Five Vancouver indie filmmakers who’ve got us excited about #BCFilm Sabrina Furminger
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shit, and he makes us give a shit about Vancouver film. What McCarthy’s working on for 2019: A documentary called The Honesty Project and a feature film called For Your Protection.
The Vancouver film and television industry isn’t an industry, singular — it’s not a monolith. It’s actually comprised of two distinct spheres of activity that share space and people and some resources but are otherwise separate and unequal. The more robust of the two is the service side: the American feature films and television series that employ thousands of Vancouver actors and technicians and inject the local economy with boatloads of cash. Equally important (but not always equally valued) are the independent productions: narrative and documentary films and web series that are fueled by passion, ingenuity, tiny budgets and goodwill. While they may not be moneymakers in the vein of the service productions, indie films are no less #BCFilm. If anything, the indie scene is the beating heart of #BCFilm, because this is where Vancouver stories are told — and those stories are crafted by never-say-die filmmakers who hold up a mirror to our city and reflect back our truths, warts and all. Here are five all-star indie filmmakers who’ve got us excited about #BCFilm heading into 2019.
Films: Akashi, Tokyo Lovers, The Day We Met. Mayumi Yoshida was making films about Asians in North America long before #AsianAugust was trending on social media. Her films are mostly about people who live in the space between cultures: like the multi-award-winning Akashi, about a millennial who returns to Japan for her grandmother’s funeral while in the midst of an identity crisis. Yoshida wants to arm artists of colour with the tools and confidence they need to tell their own stories, and this year she’s worked towards that goal as an event organizer (co-producing MAMM’s Diversity in Filmmaking Panels) and advocate (participating in UBCP/ACTRA’s Diversity Roundtables). What Yoshida’s working on for 2019: A collaboration with Diana Bang (The Interview), Andrea Bang (Kim’s Convenience) and Nach Dudsmeethaya; five screenings of Tokyo Lovers, including one at the 2019 Vancouver Short Film Festival on Jan. 26.
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Projects: Shooting the Musical, I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them, Inconceivable, Auto/Mate. On June 4, 2017, Joel McCarthy won two Leo Awards for his comedyhorror romp I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them, and he used his acceptance speeches to implore the crowd of industry stakeholders to “give a shit about Canadian film, to amplify the good shit, and put Canadian film on the map.” McCarthy’s films and web series are the good shit: at once unapologetic and audacious and woke — like Shooting the Musical, a feature film about a group of film school grads making a movie musical about a school shooting; Inconceivable, a web series about a straight dude and a queer woman who end up pregnant; the short film Auto/ Mate, a sci-fi LGBT love story. McCarthy teaches directing at VFS and produces two 48-hour film competitions. He makes good shit, he amplifies good
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Projects: UNIT Brian, The Switch, Android Employed. Jem Garrard came to film through music — she made music videos for Ringo Starr and Linkin Park. These days, she’s an in-demand director who moves between the service and indie worlds. In 2018 alone, she directed the entire fourth season of You Me Her, and a horror comedy for SYFY called Killer High — which might be why her indie projects have the luster and polish of service productions. Her sci-fi comedy web series Android Employed imagines a future where robots join the workforce, and it’s at once hilarious, revealing and slickly produced. Garrard shows us that something created on a strict budget doesn’t have to look budget. What Garrard’s working on for 2019: A sci-fi feature that will shoot in fall 2019 and the second season of Android Employed (this time starring Van Helsing actress Rukiya Bernard).
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cəsnaʔəm, the city before the city, which delved into the 9,000-year history of the GVRD, and Hepburn’s was Never Steady, Never Still, a poignant drama about a woman wrestling with Parkinson’s disease in northern B.C. Fast-forward one year, and the filmmakers are preparing to launch their first co-
Films: cəsnaʔəm, the city before the city (Tailfeathers) and Never Steady, Never Still (Hepburn) Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn each had a feature film in the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival: Tailfeathers’ was
directed project: a feature-length drama called The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, about the strength, pain, beauty and love of Indigenous women. What happens when these two remarkable filmmakers join forces to tell one important story? Hopefully Vancouver audiences won’t have to
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British Columbians voted ‘No’ to pro rep, but not to reform Don’t mistake referendum results as an endorsement of the status quo Mike Klassen
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If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone comment their “faith in democracy” was restored and/or undermined after proportional representation was resoundingly defeated in the recent mail-in referendum vote, I could have bought myself a decent restaurant meal. Now that the “No” side has taken its victory lap, could we reflect upon whether democracy in B.C. was well-served by the outcome of that vote? I have mixed feelings notwithstanding my support of keeping our first-pastthe-post voting system. We keep hearing how grumpy the electorate is today. Yet, after spending $15 million to conduct a vote to allegedly address the concerns of many of those voters, we are already interpreting the results of the vote as an endorsement of the status quo. This, I believe, misreads the message voters sent. While party leaders John Horgan or Andrew Wilkinson probably do not have a huge appetite at the
moment for further maneuvers to reform B.C.’s legislature, dismissing the results as an endorsement of more of the same could be politically perilous for either of them. In fact, I think it is safe to say the public expects more from those they elect, and one or both of them should acknowledge this fact. My view about the “pro rep” vote is that electoral reform was the wrong solution for what really ails politics in Canada at all three levels of government — that is, the concentration of power in the leader’s office and often, too, the mayor’s office in local government. In our system, once a party forms a majority government, they can rule as though the Official Opposition does not exist at all (and many try). The principal purpose of opposition members — and even those on the government’s backbench — is reduced to voting the way they are told to by party whips. Proponents of pro rep tried to convince voters that by changing elections it would suddenly
While the majority of voters opted to maintain the first-past-thepost electoral system in B.C., there is clearly an appetite to change the way governments operate says columnist Mike Klassen.
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change how the legislature would work. Critics of PR derided the idea as pie-in-the-sky “Kumbaya politics” — where everyone would miraculously see eye-to-eye. In fact, nothing about proportional representation itself would prevent each elected official from
going into their respective corners and voting along partisan lines, or forming power blocks within Parliament, the legislative assembly or at city hall. In our country we use the Westminster parliamentary model, as does the U.K., Australia and other countries. What
distinguishes parliaments in Canada (and in her provincial legislatures) from these other countries, is the level of power the party leaders hold here. It is said we are unique among Westminster model governments in concentrating so much power in the hands of so few. Instead of leaders needing to be accountable to their caucus members, the political fortunes of individual parliamentarians here remain squarely in the hands of the leader. Conservative Party MP Michael Chong sought to change this imbalance with a private member’s bill that received royal ascent in 2015. Under the Reform Act, each party caucus can vote at the beginning of each parliament on whether or not it will adopt the act’s procedures, which can ultimately test the power of the leader. There are many research papers that explore the use of party discipline to “whip” caucus votes. In the U.K., where party discipline is less stringent, there are a significantly higher number of votes
that go against the will of the party leader. However, it is not clear that this results in better legislation or more effective government. And it cannot be said that Britons are more enamored with their politicians than Canadians are, despite giving them more opportunities to vote their conscience. In other words, there is no simple solution to reforming these legislative bodies. But that is no reason to stop trying. In Vancouver, we watched how the Vision government voted consistently as a block for nearly a decade. This behaviour frustrated voters, who sent them into political oblivion in 2018. The new council must avoid repeating this mistake. Whether NPA, Green, OneCity, COPE or independent, all should find opportunities where their vote may not necessarily align with those of the same political persuasion. It is a small step that might give us more faith in who we elect. @MikeKlassen
Don’t expect big changes in housing market, except maybe your tax bill Speculation taxes, empty homes taxes and school taxes could pile up for some homeowners Michael Geller geller@sfu.ca
What’s going to happen to the housing market next year? Hardly a day goes by when I’m not asked this question, whether in the grocery store or my club’s hot tub. The fact is, there is no one housing market. There are many different markets. They include high-end single-family properties, entry level condominiums and new townhouse and apartment developments catering to move-down buyers ready to move out of their singlefamily homes. Another fact is none of us knows what is really going to happen. Just look at the 2019 outlooks from the national and local real estate associations. While the BCREA reports the downward trend in B.C. home sales is largely behind us and starting to trend upwards, the CREA contradicts this by predicting a further decline in sales. I am not expecting any significant increase in
house prices, especially for single-family properties in the coming year. However, I am also not expecting a major crash in prices. What I do believe is that housing affordability will remain a serious problem for both Vancouver buyers and renters one year from now. There’s another thing about which I am quite certain. Many of us will be taking a much closer look at our property assessment notices when they arrive in early January. That’s because for the first time, “high-valued properties” will now be subject to the province’s socalled School Tax. This is not to be confused with the school tax that has appeared on your regular annual property tax notice and charged to every property in B.C. regardless of whether you or your family use the public or private school system. That tax remains. However, starting in 2019, an additional school tax applies to residential properties’ more than $3 million in assessed value.
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The additional tax rate is 0.2 per cent on the assessed value between $3 million and $4 million, and 0.4 per cent on the residential portion assessed over $4 million. For those of you for whom math was not your best subject and fortunate enough to own a $4.5-million home, this translates into an additional $4,000 on top of your regular property
taxes which last year would have been just over $11,000. Now, if you own a home that is not your principal residence and not rented for at least six months of the year, you will be in for even more dramatic tax increases. That’s because you’ll have to pay the city’s so-called Empty Home Tax and the province’s so-called Speculation Tax.
On a $4.5-million home, the city’s tax will be $45,000 (that’s not a typo) and the Speculation Tax will be an additional $22,500 to $90,000 depending on whether you are a B.C. resident, a Canadian citizen who does not live in B.C., or someone who lives outside of Canada. While many are applauding these additional taxes, I am not. For one thing, they are going to impact new housing supply in the coming years. This in turn will reduce the number of jobs in the construction industry as well as furniture and decorating sales, and so on. Ironically, a housing slowdown will also reduce the permit fees, Development Cost Levies and Community Amenity Contributions to which the city has become addicted in recent years. While on the topic of property taxes, I would like to remind readers of something from my Courier column of a year ago. Homeowners facing dramatic tax increases due
to Community Plan or zoning changes can often qualify for much lower taxes under Section 19(8) of the Assessment Act, which allows residential land to be assessed at less than market value where the owner occupied the property as their principal residence continuously for 10 years. For some Marpole or Cambie Corridor bungalows, the reduced assessment and taxes may be less than half of what an investor would pay for an identical property. To qualify for this tax relief, the owner should have submitted a completed application form to B.C. Assessment by Nov. 30. However, if you didn’t take my advice last year, contact the local B.C. Assessment area office as applications received until March 15 may qualify for processing through the assessment review process. Email me if you want more details. Best wishes for an affordable 2019. @michaelgeller
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Going booze free in January? Don’t fear the near beer Rob Mangelsdorf editor@thegrowler.ca
I think we can all agree that beer is awesome, otherwise why would you be reading this right now. However, there are times when you might want something to drink without any alcohol in it. Maybe you’re the designated driver, maybe you have health issues or, maybe, if you’re like Dogwood Brewing owner/ brewer Claire Wilson, you’re pregnant or breastfeeding. Whatever the reason, just because you can’t have alcohol doesn’t mean you can’t have beer, right? Non-alcoholic beer is a thing, after all. Except that “near beer” doesn’t exactly have the greatest reputation. For years, there were only one or two options available at the grocery store — and they all tasted like watery garbage. That’s changing, however. In recent years, craft alternatives have been popping up, domestic macro brands have been reformulating their recipes and European import brands have entered the market. There are more alcohol-free beer options available than ever, and with so many choices, where do you even begin? With that in mind, Wilson and I sat down at Dogwood with seven of the most popular near beers available in B.C. to figure out which one was best (or least worst, anyways). .
Beer No. 1: Clausthaler Classic
(0.49 per cent ABV) The Growler: This one is clearly German, which I have high hopes for. Germans, as you know, take
their beer pretty seriously. They take everything pretty seriously, actually. Let’s take a look at the ingredients… water, barley malt, hop extract, 0.49 per cent alcohol. Wilson: That’s the threshold. 0.5 per cent is the most alcohol you can have [in a non-alcoholic beer], so they are right on the threshold. It’s nice and clear, it smells like straw and wort. Growler: Yeah, it smells very sweet, very grainy. It looks like beer, at least. It does not smell like it, though. It smells like beer that hasn’t been fermented yet. Wilson: Yeah, that does taste quite sweet. It’s not terrible, but it doesn’t really taste like beer. It’s a lager style, but there’s no noticeable hop aroma. There is a tiny bit of hop bitterness to it. Growler: Yeah, it’s so cloyingly sweet that the hop bitterness that is there isn’t enough to dry it out. The sweetness really lingers, it’s like a soda pop. Wilson: It’s refreshing, but it’s not very reminiscent of a German lager. • Score: 5/10
Beer No. 2: MADD Virgin Craft Brewed Lager (0.0 per cent ABV) Wilson: So this is brewed at Niagara College. They’ve had a brewing school there for ages. Growler: Oh interesting. So this a lager made by MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, clearly to encourage people not to drink. And I guess they’ve teamed up with Niagara College to brew this. And 10 per cent of net sales go to MADD Canada. Wilson: This definitely smells oxidized, the aroma’s
is to say, like not much of anything. Faint grainy cereal, a bit rice-y. Nice head retention. Actually, that’s not terrible. Wilson: I haven’t had a Budweiser for a while, but it tastes like a Budweiser. It’s clean, it’s not flawed. • Score: 8.5/10
Beer No. 5: O’Doul’s
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not as appealing as the other one. But it’s not as sweet. Growler: Yeah, it’s definitely drier. To be honest, I don’t know how long this was sitting on the shelf. I feel like this is an old beer, and I’m getting a bit of that wet cardboard flavour. But beyond that, I really prefer this beer to the previous one. It’s not overly sweet, it’s got a bit of hop bitterness to it, it has a nice, dry finish. Wilson: Yeah, it’s not that bad. Niagara is a teaching brewery, so they know what they’re doing. It would be interesting to try one that was in perfect condition. But even the off flavours are beer off flavours. • Score: 6.5/10
Beer No. 3: Partake IPA
(0.3 per cent ABV) Growler: So this is interesting. This is definitely a craft take on non-alcoholic beer, it being an IPA. Brewed in Toronto. I hope there’s some hops in this. Wilson: Yeah, that smells like an IPA. It’s got those Cascade hops, maybe some Citra. Growler: Grapefruit, citrus, fruity. Definitely the best smelling of the beers we’ve tried so far.
Wilson: This really does taste like beer. It’s enjoyable, the hops are lovely. Growler: I quite like this, I’m shocked. If someone poured me this and didn’t tell me it was non-alcoholic, I’d never know. Wilson: Without having the alcohol or having more body to balance it, they’ve done a great job with the hops, because the hops are lovely... If I had known this was on the shelf when I was pregnant, I would have drank it. • Score: 9/10
Beer No. 4: Budweiser Prohibition Lager
Growler: This is one that I’m most interested about, because I have a friend who doesn’t drink anymore and he swears by it. Which makes sense, because I feel like Bud would have the technology to do it right. Wilson: Yeah, there’s two ways to make it, really. You brew it and don’t ferment it so it doesn’t have any alcohol, or you ferment the beer fully and vacuum distill the alcohol out of the beer. But it’s not cheap, that technology. Growler: It smells a lot like a Budweiser, which
(0.5 per cent ABV) Wilson: When I think non-alcoholic beer, I think O’Doul’s. Growler: Totally, I think it’s kind of become shorthand for non-alcoholic beer. For years it was the only option available. Wilson: It’s the classic, for sure. Growler: Again, a very boring, slightly grainy hopless nose. Wilson: Almost no character. It’s very easy to drink, though. There’s a tiny bit of bitterness to it, a tiny bit. But it doesn’t really feel like beer. It’s very balanced and it goes down like nothing, but that malty character isn’t really there. • Score: 7.5/10
Beer No. 6: Molson Exel
(0.5% ABV) Wilson: Two years ago, a friend of mine was pregnant and she asked me what non-alcoholic beers were any good, and I had no idea because I hadn’t tried any. So it’s good we’re doing this. Growler: Have you ever tried to brew a non-alcoholic beer? Wilson: When I was at Big River Brewing, they changed the drunk driving rules and that really hurt our beer sales, so management encouraged me to brew a
low alcohol beer. I used dark malts to give it a bit of colour and a bit of malty flavour. It fermented out to about 1.5 per cent, but it was so thin and so watery that it wasn’t that enjoyable to drink. Growler: So Molson Exel. This one has been around for a while, as you can tell by its branding. Wilson: It’s a “classic” look for sure. This one smells a lot like Canadian, actually. • Score: 7/10
Beer No. 7: Grolsch
(0.5 per cent ABV) Wilson: There’s a good head on this, it’s very clear. Growler: Yeah, the others had very little head retention. Wilson: This is very much in the same vein as the first one. It’s a very sweet and malty. Growler: Considering the can says it’s fully fermented, it sure doesn’t taste like it. Wilson: But look at the lacing! Growler: That’s what’s most impressive about this beer, the head they’ve managed to get on it. It’s not as watery as some of the other examples. Wilson: Yeah, the carbonation is good, you’re getting that kind of sharpness on your tongue, but it’s just way too sweet. It’s very soda-like. It’s a malt soda, basically. It’s similar to the Clausthaler, so maybe that’s what Europeans expect in a non-alcoholic beer. • Score: 6/10
The Verdict
Gold: Partake IPA Silver: Budweiser Prohibition Bronze: O’Doul’s
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