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Council given expensive scotch, wine and chocolate houses Surrey realtor and Vancouver developer sent gifts in December to mayor and council

Mike Howell

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Question for city hall watchers: Have you ever heard of a Surrey realtor named Balpreet Bal, or a development company called Modern Green Canada? Neither had I until I made my semi-regular trip to city hall to inspect a set of forms the mayor and councillors are required to ﬁll out when they receive a “gift or personal beneﬁt” worth $50 or more. The requirement is spelled out in the city’s code of conduct policy. What I discovered is Bal gave Mayor Kennedy Stewart a $91.99 bottle of 15-year-old Glenlivet scotch. Bal also gave councillors Sarah Kirby-Yung and Lisa Dominato each a $39 bottle of Amarone wine, or as Dominato wrote it, “Montresor Amarone della Valpolicella.” Coun. Michael Wiebe received a $68 “bottle of whiskey” from Bal. The gifts were received in December. I’ll let you know where all that booze ended up after I tell you about some “chocolate houses” that were sent to certain councillors from Modern Green Canada, which is developing the former Oakridge Transit Centre

property on West 41st Avenue, near Oak Street. Kirby-Yung, along with councillors Dominato, Adriane Carr and Colleen Hardwick each received a chocolate house from Modern Green Canada. KirbyYung noted in her forms the house was worth $23.99. So did Hardwick, but Dominato and Carr listed their houses at $30 each. Carr also received a book, Great Walls of New Zealand, from a visiting cabinet minister from New Zealand. She listed the book’s worth at $70. Kirby-Yung disclosed that she received a $99 ticket to Tourism Vancouver’s annual Christmas luncheon. Ted Lee, CFO of Tourism Vancouver, gave her the ticket. Those are all the gifts the mayor and councillors received, according to the documents I inspected Jan. 16. It’s not clear to me whether other councillors received gifts and have yet to disclose them, or they just weren’t on the gift lists of Bal and Modern Green Canada, or anyone else for that matter. The city’s code of conduct also states that elected ofﬁcials, staff and members of advisory bodies have the option to not accept the gift or personal beneﬁt “and relinquish im-

Mayor Kennedy Stewart received a $91.99 bottle of Glenlivet scotch in December from Surrey realtor Balpreet Bal. Stewart, who says he doesn’t drink scotch, re-gifted the bottle to a friend. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

mediately to the city clerk without disclosure.” Bal told me he wasn’t sure whether he sent booze to all of council and would check with his assistant and get back to me. He was also unsure whether he sent gifts to other Metro Vancouver councils. As of writing this,

I hadn’t heard back from him. I also sent an email to Modern Green Canada’s media relations person, but didn’t get a response. So where did all that booze go? According to the documents, the Glenlivet scotch sent to the mayor

was “disposed of.” Stewart told me in an interview that he re-gifted it to a friend. In fact, he said, he doesn’t drink scotch. Kirby-Yung “kept” her wine, while Dominato told me she donated hers to the United Way for a fundraising event. Wiebe indicated his whiskey went to “charity.” As for the chocolate houses, Kirby-Yung’s form says she donated it, as did Carr, Dominato and Hardwick, whom I spoke to about the gift. Her chocolate house was donated to the Salvation Army. “I have no interest in taking any of these kinds of gifts,” Hardwick said. “I don’t even recall looking at it. I think it was sitting on [a council assistant’s] desk and I just went, ‘Nope.’” Carr kept the book from the New Zealand politician. When I asked Bal why he donated the booze to the mayor and some of the councillors, he replied: “It’s a new council and I just kind of wanted to introduce myself. That’s about it.” He said he didn’t know the mayor or any of the councillors. He also said he doesn’t do business in Vancouver but is considering it. When told the public could perceive any gifts or donations to politicians as buying inﬂuence, Bal said he didn’t

see how his gifts to council would benefit him. “I don’t see how a $90 bottle would do that,” he said, referring to the scotch he sent to the mayor. “It was just a friendly gesture. There’s nothing else really to it.” Dominato told me she disclosed the wine and chocolate house—even though the threshold for filling out a form is $50 or more—out of an abundance of caution and to be transparent. She said she didn’t know Bal or the principals of Modern Green Canada. “I felt it was best to donate it to charity,” she said. Interestingly, when I looked at all the gift disclosures filed for 2018, there was none from the previous council. There was a time when councillors were given more than booze and chocolate, as I reported way back in 2008. That’s when the Sam Sullivan-led council went on yacht rides to watch the fireworks in English Bay, went to Cirque de Soleil shows and attended Canucks games and a Bruce Springsteen concert in private boxes. Concord Pacific, one of the city’s biggest developers and biggest donors to the campaigns of the NPA and Vision Vancouver, picked up the tab for all of it. @Howellings

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Mayor calls for ﬁve-fold boost to councillors’ budgets

Kennedy Stewart to introduce motion to increase councillors’ budgets from $6,000 to $30,000 Mike Howell

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Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he wants to boost city councillors’ “discretionary budgets” from $6,000 to $30,000 to help each of the 10 elected ofﬁcials better engage with residents. Stewart, who will present a motion at next week’s council meeting, said the move is his initiative and not being driven by councillors, the majority of whom are new to the job. The $300,000 would come from a contingency fund. “Councillors in Vancouver are very, very under supported when compared to other councillors across the country,” Stewart told reporters Monday at city hall. “So this is a good ﬁrst step.” The mayor noted councillors work in a city that has an at-large voting system and are accountable to all residents as opposed to a ward system, where councillors represent a smaller constituency but have generous budgets to assist in their work. For example, Edmonton

city councillor Mohinder Banga, who represents ward 12 in his city, will earn a salary of $116,000 this year. A Vancouver councillor’s salary this year is $86,266. Banga’s budget for his ward last year was $188,718, with $100,139 of that spent on staff. “Our councillors have to communicate with 650,000 residents and just the deluge of daily emails and phone calls, this money should go a long way to support their interaction with the public,” Stewart said. At city hall, councillors share assistants and, up until two years ago, did not have discretionary budgets. The city’s website says the budgets can be used for “communications expenses, fees for consulting or other contracted services, costs of research and information gathering and costs of community outreach and events.” Green Coun. Pete Fry, who was elected last October, shares an assistant with NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova. The majority of the assistant’s work for Fry has been scheduling

Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants to boost city councillors’ “discretionary budgets” from $6,000 to $30,000 to help each of the 10 elected officials better engage with residents. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

appointments, he said. Fry said he welcomes the increase in the budget and — if the mayor’s motion passes — may use the money for research, potentially hiring part-time staff or researchers and organizing town hall meetings. “Given the workload and just the sheer volume of emails we have to respond

to, it’s certainly something that we could make use of,” Fry said. “In part, I think the mayor is trying to signal that’s it not the same kind of mayor’s show that it used to be — where the mayor is all powerful and all-consuming of all the resources and we’re sort of background players to his limelight.” He suggested he and the

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two other Green councillors — Adriane Carr and Michael Wiebe — might pool their budgets, but emphasized such a move would not be politically motivated but to better follow up on issues raised by residents. Current rules allow two or more councillors to “jointly incur councillor discretionary expenses.” For example, Fry said, he has received numerous emails from renters and housing advocates that have pointed out concerns with certain rental property owners evicting tenants to conduct renovations. Hiring a researcher or assistant to collect information that’s not available in the city’s database — including best practices of other governments — could help him and other councillors better articulate for policy to reduce or prevent so-called “renovictions.” George Afﬂeck, a former NPA councillor who retired at the end of the last council term, questioned whether councillors needed a boost in their discretionary budgets.

In his seven years on the job, Affleck said, he answered the majority of his emails and phone calls and rarely used an assistant. He said he used his $6,000 discretionary budget mainly to hire freelancers to conduct research so he could prepare his motions to council. Affleck said he wants to see an independent assessment of councillors’ workloads that justifies increasing budgets to $30,000 each. He said council should also call for a review of the budgets of the mayor and the city’s communications department to find savings and transfer it to councillors, if more money is needed to do their jobs. “There needs to be much more assessment of all of the departments’ budgets, given another huge [operating] budget increase we saw [in December],” Affleck said. “I don’t want to see any department’s budget go up, but if there’s a justifiable reason that these councillors think they need this $30,000, I’d like to hear it.” @Howellings

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School district mulls free tampon dispensers East Vancouver’s Selina Tribe wants free tampons and pads at public institutions across Canada

John Kurucz

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Selina Tribe is the selfdescribed queen of pad power. The East Vancouver resident is championing calls for free tampon and pad dispensers in schools across B.C., but that’s merely step one. From there, she wants every public institution — shelters, community centres and even jails — across Canada to provide feminine hygiene products free of charge. Tribe’s efforts have so far begun east of Vancouver, as school districts in Burnaby and New West have heard her pitch and responded favourably. “I intend to go everywhere and beyond but it takes time,” Tribe told the Courier. “If [presenting across B.C.] is what it takes, I’m willing to do that in theory.” A geology instructor at Douglas College, Tribe took it upon herself to in-

stall a coin-free dispenser at her daughter’s school, Sir John Franklin elementary, in September. Tribe says she did so in concert with the school’s PAC and principal. The agreement sees Tribe pay all the up-front costs, which she’s then reimbursed for. The school’s principal has committed to stocking the dispensers after September 2019. A handful of postsecondary institutions across Canada have similar machines, including Centennial College, Humber College and McGill University. Last year Scotland became the ﬁrst county in the world to provide feminine hygiene products to students for free. Currently, there are no coin-operated vending machines in VSB schools. “Generally students go to the ofﬁce/nurse station/counsellor for tampons and pads,” a VSB spokesperson told the Courier via email.

Selina Tribe is hoping this model of tampon dispenser, made by U.S. company Hospeco, will end up in schools across Vancouver. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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cally necessary, they’re not requirements, they’re pure convenience,” Tribe said. “I don’t begrudge [men] over the convenience, but we need convenience as well. The girls need convenience as well.” Tribe has sourced out a brand of dispenser from the U.S.-based

company Hospeco that she says costs $300 and will last upwards of 10 years. Re-stocking and installation costs will inevitably vary from school to school based on student population and the number of washrooms. In presenting to the New Westminster school board two weeks ago, Tribe said installing the machines and one year’s worth supplies would cost $5,600 at New Westminster secondary. Vancouver has 18 high schools and 91 elementary schools. Tribe estimates that in the case of Templeton secondary, $4,000 would be needed to get the project started. Of that ﬁgure, $3,200 would be for one-time purchase costs and installation. “On a school board basis, yes, the number looks a little bit daunting,” Tribe said. “But I would suggest, how much does it cost to put urinals in all the boys’ bathrooms?

That is many, many times more [expensive] and those are all installed.” Vancouver School Board chair Janet Fraser has spoken with Tribe about the proposal, but next steps weren’t discussed. The initiative may require board approval or be adopted as an operational matter. Should the proposal move ahead in Vancouver, Fraser’s preference is to have a uniform, district-wide policy rather than individual schools or PACs head up their own plans. “Things happen in society that you take for granted,” Fraser said. “Toilet paper is provided and tampons and pads aren’t and you just accept that as normal. And then someone comes along and says ‘hey wait a minute.’ And you realize that makes a lot of sense and so you look at it from an equity lens between boys and girls.” @JohnKurucz

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News School food program for vulnerable kids faces 50 per cent funding cut Council will decide in March whether to reduce program funding from $320,000 to $160,000 John Kurucz

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Should lunch for an elementary school-aged child cost in the neighbourhood of $9? It’s a question city council and staff are bouncing around as they consider slashing grant amounts in half for food programs in 18 schools across the city. The district’s Food4School program had received $320,000 from the city in both the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 school years. The program was established in 2015/2016 and got $222,895 at that time. Between 32,000 and 44,000 lunches were served to vulnerable kids annually during that threeyear span, and school board chair Janet Fraser expects the level of need to be similar this year. That’s where the similarities end, as this year’s grant will likely check in at $160,000. That ﬁnal funding decision will be made by council in March. Should the overall costs remain in

The Food4School program helps pay for lunches for vulnerable kids in 18 elementary schools in Vancouver. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

the ballpark of $320,000, the district will be left to foot the bill or look for other funders. “This was communicated from the city staff to our staff and we asked if they had been given any explanation or understanding of that and the answer is no they haven’t,” Fraser told the Courier. A city statement provided

to the Courier suggests rising costs and a decrease in the number of kids getting those meals is behind the cut. “Other comparable meal programs, including those run through the city, deliver nutritious meals at a lower cost per meal, thus serving more people,” the statement said. A district staff report

notes that meal costs have risen each year since the program’s inception: $6.47 in 2016, $7.59 in 2017 and $7.61 last year. The city says the 2019 number is $8.72 per lunch. Comparable food programs the city subsidizes elsewhere in town check in at $3.54 per breakfast for students and family

members through the Strathcona Community Centre Association, or between $4.30 and $6.20 via the Carnegie Community Centre’s food program. Come July, council will decide whether to renew $80,000 in funding for the Strathcona Community Centre Association’s break-

fast program grant for the 2019/2020 school year. While Fraser and district staff don’t yet have projections for the number of meals needed in 2019, the numbers are likely to remain in the range of 40,000 as in years past. “VSB projects similar needs for subsidized nutrition services in schools currently receiving meals,” a district spokesperson said. “Generally, there is also student need beyond those who are supported through this program.” For its part, city ofﬁcials are suggesting the school district lobby the province to help ﬁll in any gaps. “The city recognizes that school meal programs are a provincial responsibility, and are encouraged by the province’s work on a poverty reduction strategy,” read a statement issued by the city. “We would support a VSB request for additional provincial funding for the VSB meal programs.” @JohnKurucz

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News Housing for aging Chinese seniors could be coming to East Hastings Lee’s Benevolent Association of Canada’s proposal for a six-storey building goes to open house Jan. 29

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Plans to build social housing for aging Chinese seniors on East Hastings Street go to an open house Jan. 29. Lee’s Benevolent Association of Canada owns land at 835-837 East

Hastings, between Hawks and Campbell avenues. It’s proposing to build a six-storey, mixed-use development with 39 social housing units for seniors, which also includes 1,295 square feet of commercial space on the ground level. The national organiza-

tion’s rezoning application, which was submitted to the city last summer, is being considered under the Downtown Eastside Area Plan. Lee’s Benevolent Association of Canada’s board mandated that it pursue affordable housing for elderly Chinese in the Chinatown/

Downtown Eastside Area so it bought the properties at 835 to 837 East Hastings St. as part of those efforts. The association will own, operate and manage the building, according to a letter of intent and design rationale included in the application.

“Lee’s Benevolent believes this project is a great opportunity for aging Chinese seniors in the neighbourhood to remain close to the Chinatown community with its associated sense of community, social opportunities, shopping, groceries, and other

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Simplifying rules for city building Have you had difﬁculty understanding regulations for your renovation, new construction, or new space? Do you feel like your permit process was delayed due to complex requirements? The City of Vancouver is launching Regulation Redesign, a comprehensive review of its land use rules to make them easier to ﬁnd and use. Join us at an open house to share your experiences with land use and development regulations. It will also be a chance learn about what we’ve heard so far and some proposed ideas for changes. You don’t need to have technical expertise to participate – just an interest in improving the City’s land use regulations, policies, and guidelines. Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 5 – 7 pm Saturday, February 2, 2019, 1 – 4 pm BOTH OPEN HOUSES AT: Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Ground Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL LIST: vancouver.ca/RegRedesign

*Please do not bring dogs to this event.

Public Hearing: February 12, 2019

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps or 604-873-7038

Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on February 1 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by phoning 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. You may submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Ofﬁce, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details.

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. 1906-1918 West 4th Avenue To rezone 1906-1918 West 4th Avenue from C-2B (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a five-storey, mixed-use building with commercial at grade and 32 for-profit affordable rental housing units over one level of underground parking. A height of 18.8 metres (62 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.08 are proposed. 2. 815-825 Commercial Drive and 1680 Adanac Street To rezone 815-825 Commercial Drive and 1680 Adanac Street from RM-4N (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building with commercial at grade and 38 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 3.00 are proposed.

3. 441-463 West 59th Avenue To rezone 441-463 West 59th Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of two six-storey residential buildings with a total of 63 market strata housing units, over two levels of underground parking. A height of 21.3 metres (70 feet) and a ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 2.50 are proposed.

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Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting February 1 at the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.

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News

Park board commissioner wants city parks emission free Green commissioner Dave Demers proposes replacing gas-powered equipment with electric alternatives Jessica Kerr

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One Vancouver Park Board commissioner is hoping to green the city’s ﬂeet of landscaping equipment. “Gas-powered outdoor equipment such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers and hedge trimmers are some of the worst polluters out there,” said commissioner Dave Demers. Demers has a motion on notice for next Monday’s park board meeting that, if adopted, would ask staff to develop a transition plan to replace gas-powered equipment with battery-operated equivalents where possible. Demers is a landscaper by trade and transitioned his own equipment to battery-operated a few years ago. He admits the upfront cost of the batteryoperated equipment is usually between 20 and 40 per cent more than the gas-powered counterparts — a commercial-grade electric ride-on mower will cost $20,000 instead of $12,000 for one that runs on gas. However, ongoing operating costs are lower.

“Using those machines costs you much less,” Demers said. “We have electricity, it’s pretty cheap here and gas is quite expensive so within two or three years with that ride-on mower you save money… The engines are much simpler. So it means you have no carburetor to change, you have no air ﬁlters to change, you have no oil and gas to mix. All those costs adds up and in two to three years, usually, this equipment pays for itself.” He adds that the pollution from gas-powered equipment also puts staff at risk. “The pollution is terrible for our environment but also poses serious health risks to our park staff,” he said. “It’s completely unnecessary and Vancouver deserves better.” The practice of using electric and battery-powered landscaping equipment at a municipal level does not appear to be widespread. “I know in the U.S. there’s a handful of California cities, smaller to medium sized, that are

Vancouver couple snags Oscar nomination It may have been drizzling in Vancouver when the Oscar nominations were announced Jan. 22, but the next month looks very bright for a local couple nominated for an Academy Award. Directors Alison Snowden and David Fine have just landed their ﬁrst Oscar nomination in 24 years, this time for the animated short Animal Behaviour. The short was produced for the National Film Board’s (NFB) Englishlanguage Animation Studio in Montreal. “We are so touched and honoured that Animal Behaviour has been recognized this way by Acad emy voters,” the couple said in a statement. “We are grateful for the fantastic support the ﬁlm has had from everyone who worked on it in Vancouver, Montreal and at the NFB. It’s wonderful to come back to making a

short ﬁlm with the NFB after so long and have this recognition. Humbling, to say the least.” Animal Behaviour follows a group therapy session for animals dealing with issues more than a few of human viewers could relate to. Snowden was born in the U.K. and Fine grew up in Toronto, but they both now call Vancouver home. The couple won an Oscar in 1995 for the animated short Bob’s Birthday, which went on to be developed into the Bob and Margaret TV series. This is the third time Snowden and Fine have been nominated together for the Academy Awards, while Snowden was nominated on her own in 1984 for her student ﬁlm Second Class Mail. The 91st Academy Awards air Feb. 24. —Tyler Orton, Business in Vancouver

accredited with an organization that helps you move away from gas-powered equipment,” he said. Demers’s motion will be discussed at the next park board meeting on Jan. 28. @JessicaEKerr

A motion on notice going before Vancouver Park Board next week would direct staff to develop a plan to transition the city’s landscaping equipment from gas-powered machines to emission-free alternatives. PHOTO iSTOCK

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School board faces big questions, tough decisions Secondary school amenities, French immersion programs among the challenging issues facing trustees

Tracy Sherlock

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Should all secondary schools have auditoriums and running tracks? Should siblings be able to go to the same schools? Should French immersion programs be moved to schools with excess space? Those are just a few of the questions the new Vancouver School Board is wrestling with. They’re fundamental, but they’re also doozies. The ﬁrst question — what amenities are necessary in a high school — relates to the replacement of Eric Hamber, a 58-year-old secondary school that is home to 1,700 students near West 33rd and Oak. The ministry has agreed to replace it, to make sure it’s safe in an earthquake. Trouble is, parents and alumni say the $79.3-million new school will not include some things they think are essential, such as an auditorium for band, choir and dance performances and musical theatre productions or space in the

school for a lauded fashion program. The plan also calls for a reduction in gym space and the loss of a running track for the next 10 years. The Eric Hamber Alumni Association and Parent Advisory Council have started a petition, which already has 3,175 signatures. They’re asking school trustees to consult with them before moving forward and to advocate on their behalf with the province. “A replacement school should not be a downgrade,” the petition says. “If we lose the programs that make Eric Hamber the special school it is, we are effectively getting a safer school, but are doing so at the expense of our children’s education.” Regarding the second question, about siblings attending the same school, it seems like a no-brainer. But last year, VSB staff came out with a plan to revise school boundaries that did not protect siblings. Parents howled loudly — and it appears VSB has listened. Siblings will now get priority registration if school

A plan to replace 58-year-old Eric Hamber secondary also calls for a reduction in gym space and the loss of a running track for the next 10 years. The Eric Hamber Alumni Association and Parent Advisory Council are not happy. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

boundaries are changed, a VSB memo says. About one-quarter of kindergarten students have siblings attending the same school, so this policy change will come with a big sigh of relief from parents. Also likely to provide relief — the district says in a budgetplanning document it is not planning any school closures for the next school year. However, the same document lists “cost of continuing to operate underutilized schools” as a challenge. The third question, about

French immersion, entails a potentially controversial plan to move one program from Kitsilano to the Downtown Eastside. French immersion is a popular choice program, known for waitlists and entrance lotteries. There are more than 200 students on waitlists across B.C., Canadian Parents for French B.C. and Yukon said. But in Vancouver, the program was reduced in size due to a shortage of qualiﬁed teachers. “We call on all school districts to sit down with educators and parents to map

out a strategy for growth,” said Glyn Lewis, executive director of the parents’ group. “It is simply unacceptable for some children to be enriched and for others to be turned away in our public education system.” Henry Hudson elementary on Cornwall, near Maple, is a jam-packed school, with both English and French streams. Because schools downtown are overﬂowing, many students travel from there to Hudson every day. In fact, the majority of the French immersion students at Hudson live downtown. The school is slated for seismic upgrades, meaning upheaval in the near future. But Strathcona elementary, at East Pender and Princess, has excess space and most of the school is seismically upgraded, so Hudson’s French students could move there. Of course, families who live in Kitsilano may be shocked by the proposal. No decisions have been made. The VSB is going to consult with the commu-

nity and another report is expected in the spring. Underpinning all of these issues is the changing face of Vancouver, where families are ﬂocking into areas where they can live in condos. Schools in those areas are bursting, while schools in traditional single-family neighbourhoods have excess space. More than $800 million in repairs are needed in Vancouver schools, and 77 of them are deemed unsafe in an earthquake. These challenges drive the need to move French immersion programs, replace schools like Hamber and change school boundaries. All of this should be addressed in the district’s long-range facilities plan. Although a draft was expected this month, it has now been put off to sometime in the future. It isn’t going to be easy for VSB’s trustees to navigate these waters, but by breaking down the tough decisions into smaller, incremental choices, taking it slow and consulting with communities, calmer seas may prevail.

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Join us on Tuesday, January 29 to view and comment on the proposed child care addition on the west side of the existing Wesbrook Community Centre at 3335 Webber Lane.

Date: Tuesday, January29,2019 Time: 4:30 - 6:00PM Place: Lobby, Wesbrook Community Centre, 3335 Webber Lane

Acadia Modular Child Care Buildings

Join us on Tuesday, February 5 to view and comment on the proposed addition of three prefabricated modular classrooms with outdoor playspaces north of the existing UBC Child Care Services.

Date: Tuesday, February5,2019 Time: 4:30 - 6:00PM Place: Activity Room 147, Child Care Services Administration Building, 2881 Acadia Road

Plans will be displayed for a one storey, 629m2 addition for 49 licensed child care spaces.

Plans will be displayed for three prefabricated classrooms, totalling 929m2, with outdoor playspaces to support up to 100 new child care spaces in Acadia Park.

Representatives from the project team and Campus + Community Planning will be available to provide information and respond to inquiries about this project.

The public is also invited to attend the upcoming Development Permit Board Meeting for this project: Date/Time: February 13, 5:00 - 7:00PM Location: Wesbrook Community Centre

This event is wheelchair accessible.

For further information: Please direct questions to Karen Russell Manager, Development Services karen.russell@ubc.ca 604-822-1586

Can’t attend in person? Online feedback will be accepted until February 05, 2019. To learn more or to comment on this project, please visit: planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations

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For further information: Please direct questions to Karen Russell Manager, Development Services karen.russell@ubc.ca 604-822-1586

Can’t attend in person? Online feedback will be accepted until February 12, 2019. To learn more or to comment on this project, please visit: planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations

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Is the current location of the East Van cross on shaky ground? Nature’s Path’s 10-storey head ofﬁce approved as city considers relocating iconic monument

Naoibh O’Connor

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Nature’s Path’s new head office, a 10-storey building with a honeycomb-like exterior, will be constructed near the city’s iconic East Van cross, but one question remains — will the East Van cross remain near the building? At its Jan. 21 meeting, the Development Permit Board voted unanimously in favour of the development application for the project. The building will be constructed on vacant property at 2102 Keith Dr. between Keith and Clark drives along East Sixth Avenue. The cross is located on city-owned land just east of the building site. Although the building’s design by architectural firm Dialog takes sightlines to the landmark cross into consideration, the City of Vancouver is in the early stages of assessing whether it should be relocated. The city commissioned artist Ken Lum to design the artwork, officially called Monument for East Vancouver, in 2009 as part of the Olympic and Paralympic Art Program. Dialog’s Martin Nielsen, who presented the development application to the Development Permit Board, thinks the cross should stay. “I think everybody on the team — we love the cross. It’s an important icon for Vancouver. We think it’s in the right place. We’d be sad to see it move, however if that’s deemed necessary, so be it.” Nielsen noted the building has been sculpted to preserve as many views of the cross as possible, including those from the SkyTrain. The building will also be situated 125 feet away from the cross. The staff report on the development application noted the City of Vancouver and Lum were aware that the vacant land would be developed at the time the public art was installed. Eric Fredericksen, public art program manager at the City of Vancouver, wouldn’t specify what other locations are being considered for the cross but said staff are looking at options where the cross would enjoy “very good” long-range views, where it would maintain a relationship to East Vancouver and where future development wouldn’t be likely to change the view relationship to it over time. A decision about whether

On Jan. 21, the Development Permit Board voted unanimously in favour of a 10-storey building that would house Nature’s Path’s new head office. Although the architects took into consideration the building’s proximity to the East Van cross, relocation of the public art piece is not out of the question. RENDERING DIALOG, MODEL PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

the East Van cross remains in place or is moved is expected to be made in the next few months. If the city moves forward with a new site, neighbours and the public would be notiﬁed prior to the work being moved.

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The property at 2102 Keith Dr. was bought for $17.5 million in 2016. The land was assessed at $23.7 million on the 2019 B.C. Assessment roll. The site is owned by a numbered company, 1077333 BC Ltd., which is subsequently owned by another company and a trust. An ofﬁcer and director of these entities is connected to Nature’s Path, an organic food company currently headquartered in Richmond, which employs 150 people. When completed, a portion of the building will serve as Nature’s Path’s new head ofﬁce. Other space would be leased out. In an email to the Courier prior to the DPB meeting, Tony Astles, president of real estate for Bentall Kennedy and a spokesman

for the project, said a large portion of the new building’s structure would be made of renewable mass timber, while the internal structure is supported by an exoskeleton structure, which will also, in part, be made of timber. “The exoskeleton has additional shading beneﬁts which mitigate solar impact on the south and west side of the building. This passive mechanism reduces heat gain and [therefore] lowers energy costs to cool the building,” he wrote. In its report, city staff concluded the building will provide “a great deal of desired job space and creativity near major transit routes” and that the proposal was consistent with the intents of existing zoning. Most speakers at the DPB meeting spoke strongly in favour of the building. Ted Morgan, a homeowner who lives across from China Creek North Park, which is close to the building site, supported the application, explaining he welcomed development along Great Northern Way. He maintains an increase in activity in the

area would improve safety and security at Vancouver Community College SkyTrain Station, which is fairly quiet, especially after hours. “In addition to what this building will bring in beautifying the neighbourhood, it will bring much-needed and desired vibrance and traffic to the area…” he said. Another speaker, an engineer who lives in Mount Pleasant and is part owner of a business across the street whose employees have worked on mass timber projects, called the building a good improvement to the area. He said it will showcase timber construction and innovation in general. David Labistour, CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op, whose head office is at 1077 Great Northern Way by Glen Drive, also said the building will be a great addition to the street, to the future of Vancouver and to the economy. Several who spoke in support of the application work for Nature’s Path, including one man who said the building will enhance the neighbourhood and that it can co-exist with the East Van cross. But not everyone was in favour of the project. Marc Lindy, who owns the residence closest to the development, was chief critic. He argued the building was out of character for the neighbourhood and “absolutely conflicts and in-

terferes with one of Vancouver’s most recognized and important public artworks.” Lindy maintains it will create a major obstruction to the sightlines of the cross. “Monument for East Vancouver occupies far more than just the small corner at Clark Drive and East Sixth Avenue. The artist’s intention is for this work of art to be a monument and a beacon, visible from a great distance. Likewise that was also the city’s intention when they accepted and erected this public artwork. The sightlines of this monument or beacon comprise as much, or more, of the artwork’s capacity as the physical portion of the work — the metal, LED lights and concrete,” he told the DPB. “Unlike a public artwork that might exist in a park, plaza, or on a wall, the scope of Monument for East Vancouver is extensive; seen from as far as the west side and downtown it signals the gateway to East Vancouver’s vitality. Any change to its capacity as a monument or beacon diminishes the work’s integrity and meaning. It disregards the artist’s intention. It disregards Lum’s intention for the work to be ‘an expression of hope and deﬁance’ for a neighbourhood that has historically been in stark contrast to neighbourhoods to the west.” When the city’s chief planner Gil Kelley, a member of the DPB, asked if Lindy had

any solution in mind, Lindy responded: “The horse is already out of the gate. I just want to be the person who comes here and says, ‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself for not having better stewardship over public art.’ Public art — they’re not Lego pieces with Velcro that you move around. This is important work and it’s not being taken seriously. This is not about the work versus developer. It’s too late for that. You just haven’t thought it through and you haven’t respected the work. This isn’t a minor artist… whatever you do, think twice about moving it.” Before the ﬁnal vote, Ryan Rohani, a member of the DPB’s advisory panel, voiced support for the project, praising the development team for approaching it in a unique way on a constrained site, as well as its contribution to the creation of job space, its location near a SkyTrain station, and its innovation in design and architecture. “I do agree that moving the artwork would be a bad idea... I really don’t believe the building’s design takes away from the artwork. I think it adds to it in that it’s such a unique, well-designed building,” he said. Fredericksen told the DPB that staff have been in touch with Lum and have kept him updated about potential alternative sites but he has not taken an active role in such considerations. Fredericksen also told the board that the city sometimes considers re-positioning public artwork because the site conditions change over time and artwork can be given new life by adjusting its location. Meanwhile Arran Stephens, Nature’s Path CEO, told the Courier he was “very pleased” the development application was approved. “I’d prefer to have [the cross] stay because I don’t think [the building] is impeding it. You can see it from the SkyTrain and you can see it coming up and going down Great Northern Way. We shaped the building in such a way you’d have maximum visibility of the cross.” The applicant team for the new building plans to apply for a staged building permit, with the stage one application in the spring of 2019. Site clearing and excavation would start in late summer or early fall with occupancy for the building targeted for late 2021. @naoibh

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VPL’s Indigenous Storyteller in Residence: Launch Event

Celebrate and get to know the Vancouver Public Library’s 2019 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, Joseph A. Dandurand. Discover how he will support cross-cultural communication and honour storytelling in its many forms through exciting events, workshops and more at this free event. Jan. 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m. VPL Central Branch, 350 West Georgia St. facebook.com

Storytelling with Drag Queens for Adults

Sit right back and enjoy a few tall tales for grownups as told by Vancouver drag queens. Stories, sassiness, hilarity, songs and probably even more games await you for this eclectic evening of entertainment. Performers include Tommi Horror, Gay Sha, Maiden China, and Candie and friends. The theme: The Simpsons and Tommi Horror’s birthday. Admission by donation, seating firstcome, first-served. Jan. 25, 9 to 11:30 p.m. Cafe Deux Soleils, 2096 Commercial Dr. facebook.com

Hot Chocolate Festival

This year there are an impressive 74 unique beverages that will be served up as part of the annual fest, which is now in

Vancouver Public Library’s 2019 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, Joseph A. Dandurand, shares what he has in store this year, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. at VPL Central Branch. PHOTO COURTESY VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY

its ninth year. There are 29 restaurants, cafes, bakeries and chocolatiers in Vancouver, Burnaby and North Vancouver who will be pouring the sweet stuff during the festival. The stakes are always high with each Hot Chocolate Festival for fanciful, outrageous, or simply sweet tooth-satisfying concoctions. Some venues are offering boozy hot chocolates, while others are making sure dairy free customers have something to sip on. Now until Feb. 14 Various locations in Metro Vancouver hotchocolatefest.com

for all. Performances include large ensembles and renowned soloists to intimate chamber music, world music and Vancouver’s best and brightest emerging talent — there are more than 100 musical acts plugged into the programming. Plus there will be trial lessons, workshops, instrument petting zoos, food trucks, activities for kids and families, and opportunities to interact with incredible musicians at this onceevery-100-years kind of event. Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Orpheum Theatre, the Annex Theatre, the VSO School of Music and Tom Lee Music Granville vancouversymphony.ca

Divers Weekend at Vancouver Aquarium

The Vancouver Aquarium has two days full of programming any oceans enthusiast could dive right into at their 20th annual Divers Weekend. From riveting dive shows to compelling exhibits to informative presentations, divers and non-divers alike will be inspired. Events include panel talks, demos and presentations, and kids’ activities, and it’s all included with your admission. Jan. 26 to 27 Vancouver Aquarium, 845 Avison Way vanaqua.org

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A few days ago, I received an email from an old friend, inviting me to a party at a fieldhouse. You know those little buildings in the corner of Vancouver parks that usually house the public washrooms? Well, there’s often a lot of space in those fieldhouses besides clammy cans. Many of those buildings had full time caretakers living in them for decades up until a few years ago. After the caretakers were mostly phased out, the park board had a dilemma on its hands: How could they reinvigorate that dormant indoor space — essentially small apartments — in more than 20 fieldhouses throughout the city? About eight years ago, the park board came up with the Fieldhouse Activation Program, the goal of which was to provide space for community focused projects based in arts and culture, sports, food, indigenous awareness and environmental issues. Depending on whom you ask, the program has either been wildly successful or mildly confusing. This year, 10 new projects have launched in fieldhouses across the city, joining another 12 already in progress. They range from Indigenous food at the Strathcona Park fieldhouse on Prior Street to Girls Rock Camp at the Falaise Park fieldhouse near Grandview and Rupert. The fieldhouse open house invitation I received was from Vancouver indie-rock legend Lisa Marr. For five fleeting and glorious years in the mid-1990s, Lisa was the singer, songwriter and bassist in Cub, an all-women twee-

Left to right: Andrew Kim, Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo have taken over the Moberly Park fieldhouse to bring old school film appreciation to the community. PHOTO GRANT LAWRENCE

pop phenomenon that took campus, college and even commercial radio by storm. After Cub broke up in 1997, Lisa Marr moved to Los Angeles where she became heavily involved in the Echo Park Film Centre, a non-profit that provides affordable and often free access to anyone wanting to learn how to work with film — from developing and editing to making their own movies and documentaries on old-school formats such as Super 8 and 16 mm. Marr, along with her partner and Echo Park Film Centre founder Paolo Davanzo, have brought Echo Park north to the Moberly Park fieldhouse for Marr’s first long-term Vancouver project in more than 20 years (she also just released a new EP of classic Cub songs with Vancouver band the Tranzmitors, with proceeds going to Girls Rock Camp). Located in the Sunset neighbourhood of South Vancouver at 7646 Prince Albert St. at East 60th Ave-

nue, Marr and Davanzo will be at Moberly for a threeyear residency (though caretakers used to live in the fieldhouses, participants in the program do not; nor are they paid). I had never heard of Moberly Park, nor did I even realize that Vancouver’s avenues went up that high (they actually top out at 75th Avenue, trivia fans), but I made the trek into deepest southeast Vancouver on the weekend to find the cute and tidy little Moberly Park fieldhouse overlooking the winding Fraser River and Mitchell Island (yeah, that far). “What we’re hoping to do is to combine filmmaking, food and gardening during our time here, and show how they can complement each other,” Marr explained to me over the phone in advance of her packed open house on Saturday. “We want to teach people how to create eco-friendly ways to develop film in darkrooms using certain

kinds of plants, fruits and flowers, which can replace the toxic chemicals of old.” “By using locally available plants from right in the park, like lavender, rosemary and blackberry, you can mash that up and use it as a base to make a natural developing agent for film,” she continued. “It’s keeping old fashioned film alive in an environmentally positive way.” Marr, Davanzo and colleague Andrew Kim hope to engage the local community in all aspects of filmmaking during their three years at Moberly fieldhouse, which they are dubbing Echo Park Film Centre North. In an interesting twist, Cub’s former drummer Lisa G is also involved in a fieldhouse residency involving film called the Iris Film Collective at Burrardview Park in Hastings-Sunrise. “Working with film is so tactile in nature,” Marr said. “People of all ages love the process, and we want to invite everyone to try things they’ve maybe never done before.” One of the confusing aspects of the fieldhouse program is when you can actually find the artists in the fieldhouses. Marr has sent up a Facebook group and Tumblr page where a schedule will emerge for visits, workshops, screenings and more. “I’m really happy to finally be back in Vancouver, so come by and say hi if you want to learn how to make a Super 8 movie processed with organic ingredients.” More info at: vancouver.ca/parksrecreation-culture/ fieldhouse-programs.aspx epfcmoberlyfieldhouse. tumblr.com/ facebook.comgroups/ 437905323700432/

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The Day Don Died is a difficult film to write about, despite the fact that the conceit of the film is explicitly laid out in its title. It really is about the day jazz singer Don Stewart died — or rather, the day everyone at Vancouver’s Performing Arts Lodge came to believe that Stewart, one of its residents, had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. Am I giving too much away? That’s the challenge in writing about this cleverly crafted short documentary that has its world premiere on Saturday at the Vancouver Short Film Festival. I want people to experience a critical moment in the film as I did: wide-eyed and gasping and desperate to talk to everyone I know all about it. So I’m not going to tell you how Stewart died. Or didn’t die. Or did he? You’ll have to discover that for yourself at the VSFF screening, or when the film eventually hits the web and Telus Optik. What’s important is that the residents of PAL — a retirement community in Coal Harbour for retired and disabled artists — believed that he died. And The Day Don Died is about how the news travelled through the community and how the story changed as it passed from one distraught resident to another. Filmmakers Sean Horlor and Steve Adams had a front row seat to the spectacle. They were origi-

Short film The Day Don Died details how residents of Vancouver’s Performing Arts Lodge came to believe that jazz singer Don Stewart, one of its residents, had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away.

nally in the building — an eight-story structure at the foot of Georgia Street — to shoot footage for a National Film Board of Canada documentary about unique retirement communities for queer artists. “We pitched it as a ‘gay Golden Girls,’” says Horlor. They had seven interviews lined up that day. “From the very ﬁrst interview they’re like, ‘Have you heard the story? Have you heard about Don Stewart?’” recalls Adams. “And we’re like, ‘No — who is Don Stewart? What story?’ And they’re like, ‘No, no, we can’t tell you, it’s too sensitive, it’s too fresh.’” But then the residents would proceed to tell the story — about how they’d learned that Stewart had died the weekend before. “And as they’re telling us the story, everyone had their own version of it. We can tell, as we’re talking to different groups of people that the story has com-

pletely shifted as people are retelling it.” “One side of the building had one story, the other side had a completely different story, and we were interviewing people in twos and one person would say, ‘It didn’t happen that way, it happened this way,’” adds Horlor. When Horlor and Adams left that day, they realized they had a different story to tell, and it wasn’t “gay Golden Girls.” It was about how news — possibly fake news — can spread throughout a tight-knit community. They reached out to Storyhive, and a year later, they received funding for the project. But in the interim, the residents had grown unwilling to talk about Stewart. “Everybody was on board at ﬁrst, but then we said, ‘We’ve got the funding for the ﬁlm,’ and then they said, ‘Well, I don’t know if I want to be on camera, and who else have you talked

to? Who said yes?’” says Horlor. “There was a building group mentality.” But, ultimately, everyone agreed to participate in the film, which weaves interviews together with recreations and musical performances to create something that is at once deeply moving and wildly entertaining. “We learn better when we laugh,” says Adams. “We always try to find humour in the situations. We really like toying with that line between hybrid and documentary, and creating our own scenes and seeing what we can do with that.” One lesson that The Day Don Died offers up relates to one of the American President’s favourite phrases: “fake news.” “As we were hearing this story, we were realizing that people were reacting based on their emotions and not using logic at all,” Adams says. “It was interesting to see how fake news could unfold on a small scale.” The Day Don Died is the Jan. 26 closing night film for the 2019 Vancouver Short Film Festival. The filmmakers and PAL residents — including, just maybe, the titular resident — will be in attendance. “I think it will be beautiful for them because they get to hear the crowd’s reaction to their performance,” says Adams. “No matter what, a lot of them are still performing. As soon as the camera goes on, they turn into a character.” Tickets and details at vsff.com.

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Jacob Markstrom is quick to defend Alexander Edler. When it’s suggested Edler’s playing better this season compared to the last couple of seasons, Markstrom doesn’t hesitate to slap back. “He’s always been playing that good,” said Markstrom. “It’s just that you guys don’t acknowledge it.” Markstrom has a reputation for being prickly with the media at times, but the prickles are well-deserved in this case. Edler has been undeservedly raked over the coals over the past few seasons, as he continues to rack up signiﬁcant minutes for the Canucks. “When a goalie wins, he’s asked, ‘What did you change?’” said Markstrom. “And it’s the same, now that Edler is putting up big numbers, he’s playing good defence, he’s been doing that for 10 years.” “There’s a lot of talk from reporters, from people that write and talk in sports, ‘We should get rid of him, he’s getting old,’ that don’t see him every day in practice,” he added. “Obviously, he’s a good friend of mine too. That’s frustrating when you know that’s somebody that will be missed a lot, both on and off the ice.” With Edler on an expiring contract, trade

Defenceman Alex Edler has been undeservedly raked over the coals over the past few seasons. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Canuck has helped ease the transition to North America for Pettersson, the latest in a long line of Swedish stars for the Canucks. Someone like Edler, who was brought into the NHL by previous Swedish stars like Mattias Ohlund and the Sedin twins, has made things a lot smoother for Pettersson. Along with the other two Swedes, Markstrom and Loui Eriksson, Edler stayed up with Pettersson after he had his concussion earlier in the season, showing the care they have for their young teammate.

“They stayed up and made sure I was alright and I really appreciate that,” said Pettersson. All of his off-ice leadership would only go so far without excellent on-ice play, and Edler has been playing at a high level all season. He leads the Canucks in average ice time by more than two minutes per game, while playing in a shutdown role with Chris Tanev at even-strength and on the top power play unit. He’s also second behind Tanev in short-handed ice time among Canucks defencemen. Despite his shutdown role — starting the majority of his shifts in the defensive zone against the best players in the NHL — Edler leads the Canucks in goals against per 60 minutes of ice time. When he’s on the ice, the opposition rarely scores. When you look at a heat map of opponent’s shots when he’s on the ice at ﬁve-on-ﬁve, it becomes evident why: shots rarely come from the front of the net or the dangerous slot areas. Everything comes from the outside. “Alex comes into the rink every day and he works his bag off, both in the gym and on the ice,” said Markstrom. “I don’t know what more you can ask for, then a guy who does pretty much everything right.”

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