Vancouver Courier January 31 2019

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Mayor puts subway extension to UBC on Trudeau’s ‘radar’ Mike Howell

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I just got off the phone with Mayor Kennedy Stewart.

He was in Ottawa where he met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Scoop: The PM promised to pay for the Broadway subway extension from Arbutus to the University of B.C. and provide enough funding to solve homelessness in Vancouver!

Trudeau also promised to pay for this year’s Stanley Cup parade downtown!

I’m kidding, of course.

Apologies for the sarcasm and I shouldn’t be making light of serious housing and transportation issues facing this city. The hockey reference was just to rile up the Oilers fan in the next cubicle.

But this is the kind of nonsense I come up with when I’ve got no specifics to report on the mayor’s visit to Ottawa Sunday and Monday. No specifics on the subway extension to UBC, no specifics on much-needed affordable housing projects.

That’s, unfortunately, how these things go — mayor goes to Ottawa, mayor meets with PM and ministers, mayor holds 15-minute telephone newser for Vancouver reporters, mayor provides no specifics, conference call ends, reporters stare at blank screens.

I wasn’t expecting anything else, frankly.

But I always try to participate in any and all newsers involving the mayor of the day after he makes a trip to Ottawa. As memory serves, I did this with Gregor, Sam and Larry and heard pretty much what you would expect of a mayor who does not want to share specifics, or maybe has none to share.

That’s, after all, what “major announcement” pomp and circumstance news conferences are for.

And I got the sense from the short time on the phone with the mayor that we can expect Trudeau and some of his ministers to be in town sometime this year to show us the money.

It’s an election year, folks, and Trudeau made refer-

Mayor Kennedy Stewart and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shown here in a meeting last year in Vancouver, met again Monday in Ottawa where they discussed transit and affordable housing.

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ence to that in a morning newser he did Monday to launch his talks with Stewart and other mayors attending the Big City Mayors’ Caucus meeting in Ottawa.

“From housing to transit to green infrastructure, we have a lot of great investments, some that have been launched already, some that are poised to be announced,” he said in the broadcast I

watched on the Cable Public Affairs Channel. “I’m looking forward to yet again another great conversation with you all, and a year ahead of lots of positive announcements by your side.”

Ottawa, of course, is where the big money is — your big money, actually.

For example, did you know the feds put up $888 million towards the subway

getting built from the VCCClark SkyTrain station all the way out to Arbutus Street?

Scheduled completion is 2025.

Great, you say, but what’s it going to cost to extend the subway from Arbutus to UBC? Two recent reports — one that went before the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation last week, and one to go before Vancouver city council this week — estimate the cost of the recommended SkyTrain technology to be way north of $3 billion.

So will the feds commit to paying for any it? Did Trudeau make any commitments?

“Specifically from the prime minister — no,” the mayor said. “This is just to put things on his radar. But I feel confident that once we have the business case developed, then the federal government will be very open to our request for funding.”

But, as the mayor explained, Vancouver city council has to first approve SkyTrain as the preferred technology on the route.

Then the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation will vote on the technology and potentially unlock $3 million to begin developing a business case for the extension.

Negotiations with landowners, specifically with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations over a possible route near or through the Jericho Lands, will be part of the exercise.

Then the work of collecting the money from the feds and the provincial governments really begins.

“We don’t really have a specific ask yet because we have to wait for the business case to be developed,” Stewart said. “So my goal here was to kind of seed the ground for those discussions, and I did feel that the reception was very positive.”

What about specifics around affordable housing investments for Vancouver?

“There’s nothing I want to talk about right at the moment, but I think in the coming weeks we would have something to discuss.”

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Here’s your chance to speak one-on-one with mayor Mike Howell

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Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he will offer residents a chance next month and in April to talk to him oneon-one in his office for 15 minutes at a time to discuss what’s on their minds.

Sessions are scheduled for Feb. 5 and sometime in April.

Stewart said he anticipated the Feb. 5 event to run for at least four hours, depending on how many people want to speak to him. No date has been scheduled yet for the session in April.

“We’re just trying it out for the first time,” Stewart told reporters last week at city hall. “People can contact my office [via email or phone] and book a 15-minute period, and they can basically talk about whatever they want.

I imagine we’ll probably do first-come, first-serve for the first time through.”

The mayor said the first session will be a learning experience for him and his

staff, noting he’s aware that translation services could be needed and supports for people with disabilities, including those who are hearing impaired.

Stewart joked that he kind of has a mayor’s office day every day because he takes transit and people often talk to him on the bus and SkyTrain. But, he said, the goal is to see what he can do to address people’s issues that don’t make it to the council chamber.

Stewart said he got the idea from former mayor and premier Mike Harcourt, who used to hold the semiregular sessions at city hall.

That was in the 1980s.

“Mike was explaining to me that, you know sometimes you don’t to get to hear about stop signs that aren’t in the right place, or speed bumps that are needed,” he said. “This really gives regular folks a chance to come in and for me to take direct action on the issues that have concerned them.”

Stewart’s predecessor, Gregor Robertson, who

was in office for a decade, never had a scheduled day where residents could sign up and talk to him. Robertson hosted town halls for audiences on specific topics such as the refugee crisis and held “Twitter town halls” and engaged with residents via Facebook.

Stewart was elected Oct. 20 to a four-year term.

Asked whether he thought some people would sign up to yell at him for 15 minutes, the mayor replied: “Yelling is never the best way to do anything, and I haven’t experienced it yet.

And, again, I’m on transit all the time. I’m not welcoming that, or inviting it — don’t be the first — but it hasn’t happened yet.”

In keeping with his campaign pledge to be transparent with his finances and accessible as mayor, Stewart has posted his office budget on the city’s website. He also recently released his appointment calendar so those interested can see who he has met with since being elected. @Howellings

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News Report calls for walking, cycling path down centre of Granville Bridge Two traffic lanes would be lost to accommodate proposed ‘Granville Bridge Connector’ Mike Howell

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The eight-lane Granville Bridge is “one of the most glaring barriers in Vancouver’s pedestrian and cycling networks,” says a city staff report that was scheduled to go before city council Wednesday.

The report recommends council direct staff to begin a public discussion to finalize a design for the Granville Bridge that would reallocate at least two centre traffic lanes on the 1954-era span to create a path for pedestrians, cyclists and people who require wheelchairs.

City staff says a survey is also underway to determine whether it would be feasible to install an elevator that would take pedestrians, cyclists and others from a bridge deck to Granville Island, and vice-versa. Public seating and art are also anticipated on the path.

“The goal of this project would be to create a safe, comfortable, accessible and enjoyable walking, rolling and cycling experience across

A city staff report that was to go before city council Wednesday requests a public discussion begin to finalize a design concept for a path on the Granville Bridge. IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF VANCOUVER.

the bridge, which would seamlessly connect major destinations and link to the city’s broader network,” the report said of the proposed “Granville Bridge Connector,” which would connect to the Arbutus Greenway at the south end of the bridge.

The concept isn’t new and was revealed in 2012 when council adopted the Transportation 2040

Plan, which identified the Granville Bridge and other spans across False Creek as needing upgrades to address gaps in the city’s walking and cycling network.

The Burrard Bridge and Cambie Bridge have both had upgrades — namely removal of traffic lanes, the addition of cycling lanes and redesign of intersections — to accom-

modate pedestrians and cyclists. The staff report noted cycling increased by about 30 per cent between 2013 and 2018 on the Burrard Bridge.

“Southbound motor vehicle times have reduced by over a minute and travel time reliability has improved,” the report added. “Safety for all modes is also expected to have greatly improved.”

On the Cambie Bridge, “early data suggests that conflicts between people walking and cycling on the bridge have decreased [a key driver of the project], and that there has been no significant impact on motor vehicle travel time.”

The report to council comes as work is already underway to rehabilitate and seismically upgrade the Granville Bridge, with $25 million approved in the city’s current capital budget plan. Coordinating the work with a new path for pedestrians and cyclists will reduced the “overall costs and impacts of the projects,” the report said.

The Granville Bridge was built in 1954 and designed to connect to high-speed, high-volume freeways that were never built. The result of that design is the bridge has “significant excess road capacity,” with the report noting “even if each of the streets feeding the bridge were full, the bridge itself would be relatively empty.

It carries a similar traffic

volume to Burrard Bridge, which has half the number of vehicle lanes.”

The city’s renderings of the concept for Granville Bridge show three traffic lanes to remain on both sides of the bridge at mid-span. But the report suggests “up to four motor vehicle lanes could be reallocated towards a pathway, and there would be enough capacity to accommodate motor vehicle traffic. Connections at either end of the bridge would be redesigned to ensure safety and comfort while ensuring reasonable travel times for all modes.”

The report lists “significant challenges” with the current design of the Granville Bridge, including “narrow and uncomfortable” sidewalks, no buffer for high-speed traffic and crosswalks without signals on vehicle ramps and loops that were designed to link with freeways.

City council was to meet Wednesday at city hall to hear staff’s report, after the Courier’s print deadline. @Howellings

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

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Annual reports and election of the Board of Directors of the West Point Grey Community Centre Association Guest presentations by Stuart Mackinnon, Vancouver Park Board chair, and Tricia Barker, Park Board commissioner

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Access to the Rupert Street southbound connection will also revert to transit vehicles only soon after the overpass is re-opened.

The City of Vancouver closed the overpass from Highway 1 to Cassiar temporarily in the spring of last year so drivers wouldn’t use it as a shortcut into and out of the city while Fortis B.C. was upgrading its underground gas line along East First Avenue.

Only buses, cyclists, emergency vehicles and pedestrians were allowed through.

Some residents had also voiced concerns about nonlocal traffic along the route — it’s popular for drivers trying to avoid taking East First or Hastings over the highway — so the city was treating the closure as a

pass to improve connections between the east and west sections of the overpass • some interest in exploring options to reduce traffic volume and speed in the area • positive feelings from residents west of the overpass regarding the temporary removal of personal vehicle restrictions on the Rupert Street southbound connection This spring, the community will be consulted about options to deal with concerns about traffic volumes and speeding in the neighbourhood. More information can be found on the city website .

“The city will be reaching out to the community to more formally consult and weigh a few options.

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City’s first greenlit pot

One month in and business is smoking at Kitsilano’s Evergreen Cannabis Mike Babins’ Evergreen Cannabis shop on Fourth Avenue became Vancouver’s first fully licensed dispensary in early January.

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

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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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.

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

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

has customers lined up 20 people deep as “Love Gun”

by Kiss plays on the turntable. It’s from a rare LP that was only available in Europe for the longest time.

The chorus approaches and Babins goes in for an extended air drum roll as three employees ring up sale after sale.

“The last month has been splendiferous,” Babins proclaims. “It’s exceeded all expectations.

Everyone is so happy, everyone is so positive.”

It wasn’t always so.

Babins’ Evergreen Cannabis shop on Fourth Avenue became Vancouver’s first fully licensed dispensary in early January. Almost a month later, the Courier stopped by his shop on a Friday afternoon to see what life is like in a shop that made Vancouver history on Jan. 5.

“There were three months there where was I was paying my staff and had no income coming in — I just watched the account get low. Now, we’re coming back,” Babins said.

Rewind to Oct. 16, 2018, the day before recreational cannabis became legal in Canada. Babins said he received mixed messages from the city and the province — maybe he could keep selling

weed, maybe he couldn’t.

A $250,000 fine hung in the balance and it was fire sale time. Everything was sold, or disposed of that day. Babins sold pipes and accessories only in the following three months and his shop was making about $200 to $250 a day.

Those dark days go back even further. Babins moved to Vancouver in 2012, after two decades in the radio business in Montreal. The employment market in Vancouver was far bleaker than in La Belle province, and he bounced around from job to job.

Babins’ wife and coowner Maria Petrucci had a cancer scare in 2015, the same year Evergreen opened. It took seven months to find a location and the couple was losing money fast. Both Babins and Petrucci lost grandparents around the same time and were getting by with inheritance money and through cashing in RRSPs. “Because we lost so much money this whole time, when we had to make that first order I remember saying to my wife, ‘Let’s take the money we put aside from our inheritances for a down payment for a house and spend it on weed instead,’” Babins recalls.

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shop gets its groove Evergreen’s first official opening was in September 2015. Babins said three other dispensaries were operating on the same block as his, near Macdonald Street. For two years, it was just Babins and his wife making a go of it without any other staff.

Babins said he went through three board of variance meetings to stay open, all the while keeping track of all payments, transfers and taxes paid.

Meticulous record-keeping proved to be Babins’ masterstroke. Audited by the province during his licensing process, Babins was asked to provide proof for 20 years’ worth of transactions. Whenever police or city officials stopped by, Babins had loads of documentation to show them.

It’s for that reason, coupled with the fact that only two people have a stake in the business, that Babins thinks his business was the first to open — the province and the city didn’t have to comb through extensive background checks for anyone else other than him and his wife.

“It’s just another ridiculous thing that I’ve somehow been able to pull off,” Babins said. “We weren’t aiming to be first.

We followed the rules and we paid our taxes.”

The Courier’s hour-long visit saw people of all ages visiting and not once was the store without customers. Some are longtime cannabis users, others are newbies and others still appeared to be at least in their 70s. They pay between $10 and $15 per gram and upwards of $300 to $400 for an ounce.

About 20 strains of can-

nabis are on offer, along with oils, capsules, vaporizers and rolling papers.

There’s even a “female pleasure spray.”

Business is far better now than it was at any point in the last three years, due almost entirely to the laws changing late last year.

“High is good,” Babins said. “Not that I’m saying to people, ‘Go get high and go to work.’ But we can finally say to people, it’s not such a big deal — try it. And the government is finally on our side.”

Yes, business is booming and yes, the books are returning to the black, but Evergreen isn’t out of the woods yet.

Retail cannabis dispensaries pay far and away the city’s highest business licence fees — $33,000.

To put that number in perspective, the PNE pays about $18,000 for its annual licence, bars pay up to $23,000 and a casino can expect to pay about $13,000. Liquor stores are charged $418.

Kathryn Holm, the city’s chief licence inspector, said that $33,000 figure “has been established to support the costs of new program development and implementation.”

Only two other dispensaries are operating legally in Vancouver — on Robson and Fraser streets. In order to be fully compliant, businesses must have a municipal development permit, provincial licence and municipal business licence. About 60 other dispensaries have been issued development permits.

That means competition is on the horizon, but Babins sees that as a good

Customer shot in pot shop robbery Jessica Kerr

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Vancouver police are investigating a brazen armed robbery at a pot shop Sunday afternoon that left one customer injured.

Just after 5 p.m. Sunday, two masked suspects entered Stepping Stone Holistic Living Store on Kingsway near Clarendon Street and “made demands.”

“One suspect produced a gun and fired it in the store,” media relations

officer Sgt. Jason Robillard said in a press release. “A customer inside the store was struck by a bullet and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.”

The 32-year-old Vancouver man was taken to hospital for treatment.

The suspects fled before police arrived.

Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call VPD’s major crime unit at 604-7172541 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

thing. He doesn’t want to compete with other businesses playing by a different set of rules or paying different fees.

As for the future?

“We’re just going to keep on doing what we’re doing,” Babins said.

“We’re going to keep on listening to records and selling weed.” @JohnKurucz

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Vancouver city council starts showing its true colours Mike Klassen

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There are many shades of green on display at Vancouver city hall with the municipal business being discussed in recent weeks.

Green has multiple connotations, of course. It can be construed as new or unfamiliar — as in a green elected official. Green can mean something natural, such as environmentally friendly or a verdant landscape.

Green can also be interpreted as cold hard cash — as in greenbacks, the nickname for U.S. currency. Green is also the hue of a Canadian $20 bill, the preferred banknote of money launderers.

Then there are the Vancouver Greens, the local elector organization that is strongly in sync with their provincial and federal Green Party counterparts.

There are only two members of council who have sat in the chamber before this year (councillors

Adriane Carr and Melissa De Genova), so it is expected it will take the new councillors some time to get their footing.

Council’s rookies do not lack for ambitious ideas, though the practicalities of implementing them are a whole other matter.

The recent declaration of a climate emergency through a motion from Coun. Christine Boyle, for example, comes while the city struggles to fulfill its ambitious list of Greenest City targets for 2020. But why not shoot for the moon, right?

Coun. Jean Swanson’s #AllOnBoard motion calling for free transit for students was also a stretch goal for the city, given that no one has yet stepped forward with ideas on how to pay for it.

The city’s influential Department of Engineering has big plans to add plenty of green up the spine of the Granville Street Bridge. Its scheme to build a landscaped bike and pedestrian strip down the centre median of

In recent weeks, city council has shown its preference for the colour green, in more ways than one. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

the bridge has resulted in the traditional divide between citizens who think there are better ways to spend tens of millions of tax dollars, and those who embrace bike lanes.

After approving a 4.5 per cent property tax increase in December, you would think the colour of money would be everywhere at city hall. However, this has not deterred Mayor Kennedy Stewart to ask council to triple the Empty Homes Tax.

Critics of this tax rightly ask whether we should first have some evidence that it is actually driving owners to put properties on the market, either for sale or as rentals.

Then there is the question of whether protections are needed to prevent money being laundered through tax payments at city hall — something flagged by Coun. De Genova in her recent council motion. According to De Genova, some ratepayers are

showing up with bag loads of cash to pay their tax bills.

How large those amounts have been is not public knowledge, but staff have confirmed that, yes, the city still accepts cash payments.

Other municipalities have apparently long since ended the practice of allowing cash payments. The fact that so many Vancouver real estate dealings are reported to have involved laundered money for so long, it is quite remarkable that anyone can still walk into city hall with a sack full of banknotes.

Concerns about cost of government were raised after Mayor Stewart announced a motion to give a five-fold increase in discretionary spending for city councillors from the current $60,000 to $300,000 per year.

Stewart said he had run his motion past council before announcing it in a media conference last week.

Councillors Lisa Dominato and Sarah Kirby-Yung followed up that claim by

stating it was the first time they had heard about the proposed council slush fund.

Dominato said the increase sent the wrong message to taxpayers just hit with a big bill, and that the appropriate time to discuss this was during the recent budget debate.

While Stewart claimed the quarter-million-dollar funding increase was his idea alone, there are strong indications that the Greens are the drivers behind having more to spend on their political operations.

They have certainly been fullthroated in their support since Stewart announced it.

Since their provincial counterparts in Victoria now receive ample taxpayer-supported funding for more staff and election campaigning, it is possible that the councillors are green with envy.

The backers of this increase would be wise to be careful about raising their own budgets, as it will not take much before the taxpaying public begins to see red.

Trip to southern China offers lessons for Vancouver

Michael Geller

geller@sfu.ca

I write to you from Nanning in southern China where I have spent the past week. With an administrative area population of seven million, it ranks as the country’s 40th largest city.

That’s not a typo.

I was invited here by a Canadian client to tour housing developments and resort-oriented communities, and not to sell condos as suggested by one internet troll.

While friends and colleagues cautioned me not to visit China at this time, I had no qualms about going, and rightly so. Even though Meng Wanzhou’s Vancouver arrest was on TV and in

the newspapers, at no time did I feel uncomfortable being a Canadian.

On the contrary, I discovered many Chinese have warm feelings towards Canadians as a result of Canadian doctor Norman Bethune who did much for the Chinese people.

It was also noteworthy that the latest China Daily account of Meng Wanzhou’s confinement blamed the Americans, not Canadians.

This was my fifth trip to China. While somewhat familiar with other cities, I did not know what to expect in Nanning. What I found was a surprisingly green, clean, smog-free city.

In the coastal city of Beihai, I enjoyed a sparkling white

sand beach and sunny 20 plus degree Celsius day.

These cities offered some interesting lessons for Vancouver.

Nanning has banned gaspowered motorcycles and scooters. Instead residents get around on electric scooters without the noise and fumes often experienced in Asian cities.

While the ban was to reduce pollution and GHGs, the local authorities also care about noise levels. This was apparent in Nanhu Park, Nanning’s version of Stanley Park, where an electronic display constantly monitored nearby noise levels in decibels.

I would like to see Vancouver ban excessively loud motorcycles.

While I only saw a small part of the city, the streets were exceptionally clean and often lined with manicured hedges and street trees. In comparison, with a few exceptions, Vancouver streets often have weed-strewn medians and need a good cleaning.

Some commercial streets resembled Vancouver’s leafy residential streets with a solid, continuous tree canopy. They were particularly beautiful because the wiring was underground. While Vancouverites take overhead wires for granted, we shouldn’t.

Too many of our streets and lanes look like they belong in a developing country.

When my host took me to a major new shopping centre, I was shocked to discover

we didn’t have to stop to get a ticket or pay at a machine.

Instead, a transponder in our vehicle automatically registered when we entered and when we left. Each month a bill is sent to the owner. The transponder also calculates tolls on certain roads, while on other tolled roads you stop and pay.

Along some major roads, I was astonished to see large, colourful overhead digital displays that monitor traffic congestion and advise on the best routes to take. At night, surrounding office towers were lit up like TV screens.

While many Chinese love to visit Vancouver, I can recommend China as a tourist destination. Don’t worry about not speaking the lan-

guage. In many places English signs can be found, although sometimes they are more comical than informative.

If you use a “Roam like Home” phone program, despite claims to the contrary, Google is available. You can also download Google Translate to read menus or enjoy a conversation. If you are not familiar with this app, check it out. It’s marvelous.

My visa was relatively easy to obtain and allows multiple entries for up to 60 days, for five years.

Notwithstanding the high-level political tensions between our countries, I found China to be most friendly and welcoming. I am sure you would too. @michaelgeller

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Top: The 111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron shown here in 1939. Bottom: The current batch of cadets at the 111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron.

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Canada’s oldest air cadet squadron celebrates 80th birthday 111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron was the country’s first batch of co-ed cadets John Kurucz

jkurucz@vancourier.com

Over the course of eight decades, a cadet troop on Vancouver’s West Side has witnessed events that changed the face of history.

Troop members have made some history over that time as well.

Based out of the Bessborough Armoury near Arbutus and 11th, the 111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron is in the midst of celebrating its 80th year in operation.

It’s the oldest squadron in Canada, and was the first in the nation to integrate women into the program back in the mid-1970s.

“We really try to impart a sense of community on them and a sense of their place in Canada,” said Paul Strangway, chair of the squadron’s sponsoring committee. “Go out there and be proud that you’re Canadian and use some of the skills and knowledge we taught you to improve your lot in wherever your career is going to take you.

I think that’s a skill that’s

sorely lacking in a lot of areas in our society.”

The troop first got off the ground thanks to a pair of First World War fighter aces, Alan Duncan Bell-Irving and A.W. (Nick) Carter, who were credited with close to 30 aerial victories between them during the war.

What was first referred to as 1601 Air Force Cadet Wing morphed into 111 Pegasus Squadron on Jan. 25 1939. Roughly 1,000 young men showed up and 200 made the cut.

The boys’ first big days out fell on May 29 and 30, when they lined the city streets for the royal visit of King George VI and his royal consort, Queen Elizabeth.

Less than four months later, Canada declared war on Germany and the Second World War was in full swing.

Building character

That’s not to suggest the cadets are a type of feeder system for the Canadian Armed Forces, despite the fact that parts of the cadet curriculum are drafted by the Department of National Defence.

Instead, one of the primary goals is getting airborne. Cadets are taught basic aviation skills and get to try their hands at flying small aircraft and gliders across the region. First aid, fitness training and civic involvement are also stressed in the program.

“I definitely want to learn how to fly planes, but I don’t really know if I want that as my job,” said Howie Wang, who entered the program in September. “I also want to learn about the military aspects, how the ranks work and the drills that we do.”

At 12, Wang is at the entry level age for cadets. Eighteen-year-old Emma Chu represents the tail end of the cadet program and graduates in May. Over the course of six years, Chu has learned to play three instruments — clarinet, bass clarinet and euphonium — and gained a heightened appreciation for health and fitness.

She’s now studying computer science at the University of B.C. Outside of everyday lessons around marching, drills and flying, Chu has gleaned

some intangibles that she’ll carry with her for life.

“I’ve been able to recognize what my weaknesses and strengths are,” she said. “I’m able to work in a group where there are so many leadership styles and mindsets. I’m able to adapt to those things and overcome situations together as a group, rather than as an individual.”

Discipline and leadership are two constant calling cards for cadets, particularly the older set. Senior cadets are specifically tasked with mentoring younger recruits, and help them with everything from marching cadence to first aid.

“You look at the kids who joined five years ago, some of them were shy, quiet 12 year olds who, when they would stand up in a room, could barely say their names,” Strangway said.

“They’re now confident young men and women.

That confidence they develop is amazing to watch.”

‘A sense of purpose’

Sandy Gilberstad is proof positive of that character development. She was a

member of the all-female troop known as 5 Squadron from 1961 to 1964, and trained out of the former Royal Canadian Air Force base in Kits that closed the year of her graduation.

At 72, Gilberstad counts her time in the cadets as some of the most formative years of her young life. “We were young women who were into something that gave us a sense of belonging and a sense of purpose,” she said.

Now residing in White Rock, Gilberstad grew up in south Vancouver and went to John Oliver secondary school. She joined the cadets alongside four of her classmates at a time when Elvis was still the king and John F. Kennedy led social change down south.

The 20-plus women in 5 Squadron trained separately from their male counterparts at that time but at the same location.

“Cadets was how we branched out and got to meet young women and young men from other high schools,” Gilberstad said. “Almost all of us, our first boyfriends were members of 111.”

Parliamentary change in 1975 paved the way for co-ed cadets and 5 Squadron merged with their 111 Pegasus counterparts.

It was the first troop in Canada to consist of both men and women.

Gilberstad aged out of the cadet program in 1964, the same year she graduated from high school. One of the four women she joined the program with went on to marry a fellow from the 111 Pegasus Squadron.

Gilberstad is now retired after a 40-year career in banking.

“Where else would I have learned how to take apart a rifle, discipline or teamwork? If you’re not into sports, especially for young women, it was a whole different world,” Gilberstad said. “I look back at this as one of the best times of my young life. It broadened our horizons greatly.”

The 111 Pegasus Squadron will celebrate its 80th birthday with a parade and cadet alumni dinner Feb. 9 at the HMCS Discovery in Stanley Park. For details, go to 111air.ca. @JohnKurucz

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Vancouver’s park board will start looking into greening its fleet of landscaping equipment.

Park board commissioners Monday night approved a motion directing staff to, in consultation with unions and WorkSafeBC, develop a plan to replace and retrofit its gas-powered landscape maintenance equipment with emission-free equivalents.

The motion was brought forward by Green commissioner Dave Demers.

“It’s no secret that I’m a landscaper by trade. I’ve done this all of my life,” he said. “As a company owner [who] started this transition three years ago I would never go back.”

Demers said that he knew that using the gas-powered equipment was bad for the environment but didn’t know how bad it was until he started looking into it more.

“Gas-powered outdoor equipment such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers and hedge trimmers are some of the worst polluters out there,” Demers previously told the Courier.

“The pollution is terrible for our environment but also poses serious health risks to our park staff,” he said last week. “It’s completely unnecessary and Vancouver deserves better.”

Commissioner Camil Dumont, who is a former park board employee, said he has experience spending an entire shift working with a leaf blower.

Park board commissioners Monday night approved a motion directing staff to develop a plan to replace and retrofit its gas-powered landscape maintenance equipment with emission-free equivalents. PHOTO iSTOCK

“It’s a real hard day.”

Demers said that while battery-operated or electric equipment typically costs between 20 and 40 per cent more than the gas-powered counterparts, ongoing operating and maintenance costs are much lower, adding that within two or three years the equipment pays for itself.

Commissioner John Coupar, who is president of a courier company that made the switch to using electric, hybrid and ultra-low emission vehicles, said the benefits outweigh the costs.

“It’s a lot of infrastructure and a lot of cost around it but I think it’s worth it.”

Demers’s motion, with several amendments, received unanimous support from his fellow commissioners and also appears to have struck a chord with residents.

As of Monday afternoon, the

park board had received 135 emails in support of the motion, and one that suggested switching to using rakes and push mowers.

The consideration of Monday’s motion coincided with commissioners receiving a report from the University of B.C.’s Greenest City Scholars program. The program was established in 2010 in collaboration with the City of Vancouver to sponsor UBC grad students to work on sustainability projects supporting the city’s Greenest City 2020 Action Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city operations by 50 per of 2007 levels.

The report only looked at the park board’s fleet of small gas-powered equipment — leaf blowers, line and hedge trimmers, and chainsaws — and did not

consider the larger pieces of equipment. However it found that those machines alone consume on average about 96,000 litres of fuel a year and produce almost 600 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, which is the equivalent to the total carbon dioxide emissions for 230 cars.

The report went on to say that, taking battery production and recycling into consideration, greenhouse gas emissions from the battery-operated machines is less than two percent of what is produced by gaspowered equipment.

“The electric equipment proved to be an excellent option to invest to reduce carbon intensity, noise level and heath effect of the operators exposed directly to the gas exhaust,” the report reads. @JessicaEKerr

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Popular Vancouver YouTube personality chosen to represent The first Mr. Gay Canada in South Africa at annual competition SANDRA THOMAS STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

It’s a long way from small town Alberta to being asked to represent your home country at an international competition to name Mr. Gay World, but Vancouver resident Josh Rimer is excited about what the future holds.

It was in 2008, when Eric Butter and Dean Nelson decided to create a global competition with a mission to demonstrate that both inward beauty and physical appearance are equally important as leadership and confidence. Butter and Nelson hoped that by bringing these men together they could raise

awareness to the fact that being gay is a challenge and a fight for basic human rights. The first Mr. Gay World Competition took place in 2008 during the annual WinterPRIDE celebrations in Whistler.

The Courier had some questions for Rimer about his journey to Mr. Gay Canada: You’re from a small city in Alberta, was that difficult coming out there?

At the time it was quite difficult. Alberta has come a long way, but back in the ’90s it wasn’t known as being very open and accepting to the LGBT+ community. Our premier was even considering using the notwithstanding clause to keep sexual orientation out of the Alberta Individual Rights Protection Act at the time. I did still come out shortly after that though, quite a while before I moved to Vancouver.

I didn’t want to feel like I had some sort of dirty secret or was living a lie.

When did you move to Vancouver?

I moved here in 2007, so it’s been 11 years and I still love it!

When did you start your YouTube channel?

I started that in 2007, as well. I had “the most discussed video of all time” that year and moved to Vancouver shortly after that happened.

When did you start volunteering and who do you volunteer for?

I’ve been volunteering off and on probably since near the beginning of my time in Vancouver. I’ve volunteered with the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation/Centre, the LOUD Foundation, A Loving Spoonful, AIDS Vancouver and Foundation of Hope.

How did you become Mr. Gay Canada?

Dean Nelson, who is also Canadian is in charge of delegating someone from our community to take on that role.

As a gay man, do you have any concerns about travelling to South Africa?

South Africa actually became the first jurisdiction in the world to provide constitutional protection to LGBT+ people, more

World Competition took place in 2008 during the annual WinterPRIDE celebrations in Whistler

than 20 years ago and they legalized same-sex marriage 10 years after that. So while there are some issues with it actually being accepted and respected, things are still better there than in many other places in the world.

This is actually the third time the MGW competition has taken place in South Africa — they previously had it in Johannesburg and in Knysna without any problems and so I don’t anticipate feeling unsafe or uncomfortable this time around in Cape Town.

If you did win Mr. Gay World, besides “world peace,” what would your goals be?

I’m hoping that throughout this process I can shine a light on some of the amazing people, organizations, events and charities that are making great things happen in the LGBT+ community. There is a lot of focus on the negative things that are taking place around the world and I’d love to put more of a spotlight on all of the positive things that are actually happening too!

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This year’s stamps were designed by Albert Ng and Seung Jai Paek. IMAGE: CANADA POST

Canada Post stamps mark Year of the Pig STAFF WRITER RICHMOND NEWS

Canada Post has released its Year of the Pig stamp in honour of the upcoming Lunar New Year, and some have already added it to their collections.

The 2019 design features Zhu Bajie, or Pigsy, a character from the 16thcentury Chinese novel A Journey to the West.

“Canada Post is proud to join Canadians of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other East Asian heritage celebrating the Lunar New Year,” said Jo-Anne Polak with Canada Post.

The annual tradition of releasing special-edition stamps to mark the Lunar New Year started in 1997 for the Year of the Ox. Joyce Ang, a sales administrator with the Courier’s sister paper the Richmond News, has been collecting the colourful stamps for more than 15 years. She started when a friend in Malaysia asked her to send him one, and she’s been keeping up the tradition every year.

She buys one set of stamps to keep as a memento for herself, and another set or two to send as a gift.

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She was born in the Year of the Rooster, and is fond of those stamps, but also pointed to others over the years she’s liked. A couple of her favourites designs include a green ram from the year her second grandson was born, and a wrinkly shar pei.

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CBC’s Coroner cuts deep into mental illness Sabrina Furminger

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Jenny Cooper isn’t a real person, but you wouldn’t know it from the way Serinda Swan talks about her.

“I love Jenny’s strength,” Swan says. “I love her weakness. I love her exploration of who she is.”

The Vancouver-born actress portrays Dr. Jenny Cooper on Coroner, the CBC’s Toronto-shot crime procedural based on the series of books by British novelist Matthew Hall.

Coroner — which premiered earlier this month — follows the personal and professional exploits of Dr. Cooper in the aftermath of her husband’s unexpected death.

Swan’s filmography includes plum roles in Marvel’s Inhumans, Ballers, Smallville and Graceland.

But she’s breaking new ground and having the time of her life in Jenny’s coroner scrubs — and in lifting the character beyond the usual crime procedural clichés.

“This is one of the first jobs that actually lets me explore my artistry, as opposed to just being a commodity,” Swan says. “A lot of my roles in the past have been very shiny — ‘You can be as good of an actor as you want, but make sure you’re pretty’ — and this was the first one where I was like, ‘Yeah, OK, so I’m going to do a really ugly cry

Vancouver-born actress Serinda Swan stars in the CBC drama Coroner.

face, or you know what’s not going to be cute? This angle of my face, because I put on weight for the show and I feel frumpy and weird and that’s her life right now, that’s how she is.’”

What Swan loves most about Jenny is the fact that — unlike most on-screen characters but exactly like living, breathing human beings — she contains multitudes. Jenny’s a recent widow, an ER doctor turned coroner, a mom and a trauma survivor who relies on Ativan and therapy to manage her panic attacks.

Jenny’s panic attacks often rear themselves during inopportune moments, like in Monday’s episode, when she’s newly arrived at the scene of a homicide.

“In that scene, I’m completely incapacitated,

and then I’m completely capable, because I get on a phone call and talk to my colleague,” Swan says.

“There’s still capability, and there’s still a human being that can have all these emotions and one doesn’t cancel out the other. She can still be a coroner and be professional while her personal life is falling apart. She can still be very strong in her personal life while her professional life is falling apart. It’s not one or the other.”

We’ve heard that representation matters with regards to cultural identity, sexual orientation and gender — and it matters in the realm of mental health, too. Coroner’s nuanced depiction of mental illness is already impacting a lot of viewers, according to Swan, who notes that she’s received feedback from fans who appreciate her accurate portrayal of panic attacks and PTSD. “We’re not making it melodramatic, or putting Sarah McLachlan music behind it,” she says.

Swan’s time in Jenny’s shoes has taught her a lot about her own flesh and bones. “I think I could be a coroner,” she says. “Apparently internal organs and the workings of the body are very intriguing to me. I saw an actual autopsy to prepare myself for this role, and I was enthralled with the body and it made me realize,

for 34 years I’ve been in this body but I really have no idea what’s going on in it, and how the interior is so much more important than the exterior.”

Coroners perform a beautiful service in society, Swan says. “They’re the undertakers, but they’re also the dignity-holders.

They give dignity to these deceased beings.”

“I also learned that I really hate maggots, so that was fun,” she adds.

Coroner also stars Vancouver actor Roger Cross (Continuum, Dark Matter) as a detective who works with Jenny to solve murders; Ehren Kassam (Degrassi: Next Class) as Jenny’s teenaged son; and Quebec actor Éric Bruneau as Jenny’s lover, a war vet who lives in a tree house and, like the coroner, wrestles with the effects of past trauma.

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Arts & Entertainment VANCOUVER SHAKEDOWN

City slicker charmed by the wilds of Port Renfrew Grant Lawrence

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When my wife and I planned a weekend winter getaway to Port Renfrew on the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island, we received a lot of confused reaction.

“Port Renfrew? Um… dare to dream?” one friend questioned sarcastically.

“Well, have a great weekend in Port Alberni,” replied another.

We ran into friends on the ferry who wished us well on our journey to Port Hardy.

No one really knew where Port Renfrew was, or why we wanted to go there, including our children.

We were simply looking for a quick retreat to somewhere coastal, relatively easy to get to and where we had never been. Port Renfrew checked all those boxes.

Many of the “Port” and “River” cities along our coast have long been considered working class towns, but the reality is that stunning natural beauty surrounds all of these resourcebased locations (Port Renfrew has traditionally been a logging town).

Experienced hikers will know Port Renfrew as the

key junction between the world-famous West Coast Trail to the north and the lesser-known Juan de Fuca Marine Trail to the south.

To get to and from Port Renfrew, we decided on the Pacific Marine Circle Route, which meant never having to backtrack. We hopped the morning boat from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, swung by Victoria for some vintage Miniature World action with the kids, then embarked on the easy two-hour drive up the Juan De Fuca Highway (also known as West Coast Highway 14), which wound through Sooke and the small, year-round surfing village of Jordan River.

As the road led us up the ridge, we were treated to glorious views of the setting sun over the Olympic Peninsula and the Juan de Fuca Strait thanks to some admittedly well-placed clear-cuts.

With mildly complaining kids in the backseat, we rolled into tiny Port Renfrew at twilight and quickly scouted out the scene.

The town is located on the southern shore of a huge bay called Port San Juan, into which the San Juan and Gordon rivers empty.

Things get gnarly in Avatar Grove. PHOTO GRANT LAWRENCE

In Port Renfrew, which has recently rebranded itself “Canada’s Tall Tree Capital” (more on that in a bit), you’ll find a somewhat spartan general store, a gas station offering only regular and diesel and a few restaurants. And that’s about it.

We stayed at one of the teeny, tidy and relatively new cabins that were part of Handsome Dan’s vacation rentals, a local success story that started with one seaside cabin and has now expanded to several dozen, on a property that’s something like a cross between a suburban subdivision and a wilderness camp. Our cabin was cozy and suited our

needs well, but was pricey for the off-season.

We woke up early the next day to check out the nearby Botany Bay and Botanical Beach, a threekilometre looped trail that leads you down through a picturesque coastal rainforest. Our kids both got excited when they realized they could soon hear the roar of the ocean.

Emerging from the forest onto sunny, gorgeous Botany Bay was a sight to behold: we watched in awe as giant waves from the open Pacific Ocean exploded into white sea foam, pouring over black rocks as the rush of water rearranged

the smooth, flat pebbles on the beach with each earthly push and pull.

The trail then led us through a spectacular shoreline forest to the wide and fascinating Botanical Beach, which kept the kids interested for hours as they explored the tidal pools, rock formations, giant kelp vines and driftwood that had washed ashore.

The next day, we decided to check out the much talked about Avatar Grove, a remarkable stand of some of the oldest, biggest and gnarliest trees in the entire country, which are located just a short drive from Port Renfrew, up a hard scrabble gravel road that was slowgoing for our city vehicle.

The fact that Avatar Grove actually exists is thanks to the Ancient Forest Alliance, a group that formed to protect this area, which was marked for logging as recently as 2009. When the Alliance made their old-growth findings public, interest in Avatar Grove (yes, named after the fantasy forest in the James Cameron movie) exploded internationally, which pressured the provincial government to officially declare a 57-hectare parcel above Port Renfrew as

off-limits for logging.

Some of the gigantic cedars and spruces are estimated to be 1,000 years old. The trails to the trees on either side of the logging road offer stairs and boardwalks, but it is a wilderness terrain that is steep, rugged and constantly wet.

Also nearby is Pacific Rim National Park, the Carmanah Valley and Big Lonely Doug, Canada’s secondlargest Douglas fir that stands alone in the middle of a clear-cut.

Our last stop during our Renfrew retreat was at the sprawling and sandy San Juan Beach, part of the local Pacheedaht First Nation territory. Surfers dotted the break while others bundled up to stroll several kilometres of sand, filled with sun bleached driftwood sculptures backed by a wall of towering Sitka spruce.

When it was time to head home, we continued on the Pacific Marine Circle Route, which took us inland to Lake Cowichan, eventually meeting up with the Island Highway in Duncan. We made our ferry reservation in Nanaimo with three minutes to spare, fully satisfied with having taken a chance on Port Renfrew.

KUDOS AND KVETCHES

Pantone’s 2019 Colour of the Year reminds us of our mom when she started dating again

Feel the reaffirming glow of Pantone’s Living Coral.

We’re a little late to the party on this one, but when the party is this hard, it can last a long time.

The Pantone Colour Institute announced its official colour for 2019. Sadly, Middle Aged Father Who’s Basically Given Up on Looking Good Beige didn’t

make the cut… again.

This year’s trend-setting colour, according to the tastemakers at Pantone is… Living Coral.

Described as an “animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer

edge,” Living Coral is a bold choice considering the fact that actual living coral is dying off thanks to global warming. But we digress.

Living Coral takes the baton from 2018’s official Pantone colour Ultra Violet, which took over for 2017’s Raw Chicken Wing

Ecru and 2016’s Unlanced Boil Amber. We may have made a few of those up.

That said, Living Coral is not a bad colour. It could just use a more fitting name — such as Mom’s Got a New Boyfriend, or Retired and Loving It, or our personal favourite, Pink But

More Nuanced and Complex… Just Like the Strong and Independent Woman Who’s Wearing It While She Watches Under the Tuscan Sun for the Umpteenth Time and Sips on her Third Glass of Chablis.

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Arts & Entertainment

Poutine on the ritz

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week

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La Poutine Week

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Pass It to Bulis

The hockey blog that knows who needs the puck

Canucks are in same place as two years ago, but the direction is different

If last season was the valley, the 2018-19 season is a trek up a new mountain

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

Two years ago, the Canucks went into the 2017 All-Star break with a 23-20-6 record, giving them 52 points — just one point out of a playoff spot. A young forward led the team in goals and points and represented them at that All-Star Game.

Two years later, not much has changed. The Canucks once again had 52 points heading into the All-Star break with a 23-21-6 record and once again sit on the cusp of a playoff spot, tied in points with two teams ahead of them that have games in hand. They’re even led in goals and points by another young forward, who represented the team at the All-Star Game.

In other words, the Canucks are exactly where they were two years ago, before they slid down the standings to finish 29th in the NHL. Nothing has changed; yet, at the same time, everything has changed.

The 2016-17 Canucks were a team in decline, stumbling down from a mountain peak that included two Presidents’ Trophies in the previous years. Bo Horvat led the team in scoring at the All-Star break, but he had just 32 points in 50 games, an indicator of just how much the Canucks struggled to score. By the end of the season, they set a new franchise low for goal scoring.

If last season was the valley, the 201819 season is a trek up a new mountain.

They may be at the same altitude as two years ago, but instead of stumbling downward, they’re climbing. The Canucks used the fifth overall pick they got following their dismal 2016-17 season to draft Elias Pettersson, who leads the Canucks this season with 23 goals and 45 points in 40 games.

A crop of young players, including Elias Pettersson, gives Canucks fans a reason to be optimistic. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

It’s not just Pettersson, however, that has the Canucks looking like they’re on the way up. The 2016-17 team didn’t have much youth beyond Horvat. Of the Canucks’ top-10 forwards in scoring at the All-Star break, only Horvat, Sven Baertschi and Markus Granlund were under 25.

This season, the Canucks’ top-four scorers are all under 25 — Pettersson, Horvat, Brock Boeser and Nikolay Goldobin — and not far behind is Jake Virtanen, as well as Granlund and Baertschi, who are now 25 and 26, respectively. It’s a lot easier to be optimistic when fans can see the shape of the Canucks’ new core coming together.

That’s not to say the Canucks are in

good shape for the future and can now rest on their laurels. A team that has fallen short of the playoffs in four of the last five seasons should have a core group of young players making an impact in the NHL. There’s still a lot of work to be done.

Many teams get to this point — a collection of young stars that, given the right circumstances, could battle for the playoffs — and falter, failing to propel themselves beyond that into true contention for the Stanley Cup. The Canucks need to supplement their offensive depth, but their biggest need is on defence.

While Pettersson, Boeser and Horvat have emerged as the new leaders of the Canucks at forward, the same hasn’t happened on defence. The Canucks are still led by the longest-tenured players on the team, Alex Edler and Chris Tanev.

Ben Hutton and Troy Stecher are fine defencemen, but not the type of top-pairing defencemen needed for a new core.

Twenty-year-old prospect Olli Juolevi has potential, but his rocky development path and knee surgery suggest he’ll be more of a second-pairing guy.

All hope lies in Quinn Hughes. The Canucks’ first-round pick from 2018 has number-one potential thanks to his stellar skating, high-end hockey sense and sublime skill. At 19, he’s leading his NCAA team in scoring as a defenceman, which is unusual, to say the least.

If Hughes can have a similar impact on defence as Pettersson, Horvat and Boeser had at forward, the Canucks should continue in their upward trajectory. Like all hikes up a mountain, however, it will take patience and perseverance to reach the peak.

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Big Numbers • 11, 19 Elias Pettersson is the obvious favourite for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year.

Despite missing games to injuries, he’s put significant distance — 11 goals and 19 points — between himself and the next best rookies.

• 41 Defenceman Jett Woo, drafted in the second round in 2018, has 10 goals and 41 points in 42 games for the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL, which leads all Canucks’ prospects in points this season.

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to Elias Pettersson, who opened some eyes with his solid performance in the Fastest Skater event at the 2019 All-Star Skills Competition. Not known for his skating, Pettersson finished in fifth, close behind some of the fastest skaters in the league.

• I’m dropping the gloves with whomever decided not to put Pettersson in the Shooting Accuracy event, however.

Pettersson leads the NHL in shooting percentage and had a chance to give the Canucks backto-back rookie winners after Brock Boeser won the event last year.

Elias Pettersson. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

THE GROWLER: DRINK THIS

Double Barrel Death Blow by Twin Sails Brewing Rob Mangelsdorf editor@thegrowler.ca

Barley wine is a fickle beast and, sadly, it’s often done poorly. My first encounter with this strong, syrupy ale was back when I was a bartender in London (the important one, not the one in Ontario) almost 20 years ago, and I must admit, I absolutely hated it. As a Canadian kid raised on watery lagers, I was still trying to wrap my head around hand-pulled cask ales. Barley wine, as far as I was concerned, was pure insanity.

Firstly, it was well over 10 per cent ABV, and it tasted like it — hot, malty and sickly sweet. Literally the only people I ever saw

Aged in both bourbon and port barrels (hence, “Double Barrel”), Twin Sail’s Double Barrel Death Blow is incredibly rich, but also shockingly balanced (for a barley wine) and deceptively smooth.

drinking the stuff were the lovable street urchins in front of the council flats with their cans of Whitbread’s Gold Label. When I asked one of my regulars

about the stuff, he said it was beer that was made so strong they couldn’t legally call it beer anymore. Hardly a pub in London sold any, for fear of what it would

do to those who drank it.

I’ve since had many attempts at barley wine, and the vast majority just aren’t that good. They come across as either too syrupy, too harsh, too tannic, or just too much of everything.

They’re a hot mess.

That being said, local craft breweries are increasingly getting it right. Central City’s Thor’s Hammer was one of the first B.C. examples that really nailed the rich, smooth and endlessly flavourful profile of a proper barley wine.

More recently, Steamworks’ Scarlet Red Rye Ale has seriously impressed me.

I’m adding Twin Sails’ Double Barrel Death Blow to that list, as well. Aged in both bourbon and port bar-

rels (hence, “Double Barrel”), it’s incredibly rich, but also shockingly balanced (for a barley wine) and deceptively smooth. The nose is thick with dark jammy fruit, molasses and alcoholic heat. But that booziness is barely noticeable once you take a sip. Instead, you’re treated to a cornucopia of

raisin, dates and cherries, all smothered in caramel and vanilla. And yet, it’s not cloying — a slight tannic bitterness takes the edge off the malty sweetness.

Pro tip: make sure you pick up a couple of extra cans for the cellar — this one’s only going to get better with age.

Double Barrel Death Blow by Twin Sails Brewing

11.8 per cent ABV, 473 mL tall cans

Appearance: Dark brown with ruby highlights and a thin tan head.

Aroma: Raisin, dates, molasses, port, oak.

Flavour: Dates, raisin, caramel, molasses, oak, brandied cherries, vanilla, graham cracker, minimal alcoholic warmth.

Body/Finish: Full bodied with a semi-sweet, tannic finish.

Pairs with: Fruit cake, bread pudding, Stilton cheese, shitty hand-rolled cigarettes and fist fights over soccer games.

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Deadline: March 4, 2019 Business in Vancouver and the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC have once again partnered to recognize and celebrate the top CFOs in British Columbia. Winning CFOs will be profiled in Business in Vancouver on May 8th and honoured at a gala dinner in June where each winner will share their leadership lessons to an audience of Vancouver’s business community.

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Business in Vancouver is once again recognizing BC’s most outstanding business women in private or public sector companies. Honourees have risen through the ranks to become senior executives or entrepreneurs. Through corporate board placements they help influence and shape policy at some of Canada’s largest companies. Winners will be profiled in the February 12th issue of Business in Vancouver.

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, JA N UA RY 3 1 , 2 0 1 9 SPONSORED CONTENT

Downtown Vancouver is Getting a Health Boost Vitasave, the recognized leader for natural health products and supplements online, is giving downtown Vancouver a reason to celebrate. On Monday, February 4th, the leading vitamin retailer will open a stunning 2,100 square foot flagship store packed with health products and supplements, featuring a beautiful plant-based superfood smoothie bar, and is located at 551 Robson Street (between Seymour and Richards St.).

to get natural health products and vitamins to our customers fast – offering 1-2 day shipping to the majority of Canada.” With a major focus on customer experience, the company has become the fastest growing in its category.

Since 2013, Vitasave has offered natural health products and supplements through their website, serving all of Canada from their distribution hubs in Vancouver and Toronto.

“Many Canadians live in ‘health food store deserts’ and don’t have access to the health products they need,” said Ali Assadkhan, founder of Vitasave. “At Vitasave, we’re able

“Our mission at Vitasave is simple – we’re making health more accessible and affordable for all Canadians. Being an online company first allowed us to look at ‘the health food store’ from a totally different perspective.

We quickly realized that the health industry is lagging, and people are simply demanding more.”

To celebrate the opening of the flagship store, anyone who visits Vitasave’s new location between February 8th - 10th and who follows them on Instagram will receive a FREE superfood smoothie of their choice.

WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE?

“There’s a lot of room to improve the shopping experience in the Natural Health Product category, and we’re on a mission to do that by constantly raising the bar. The vision for the Vitasave retail store was to create something totally new that would increase health awareness and help build healthier communities. Taking care of yourself is important. After all, we’re all only one of one.”

“It’s our responsibility to create a place where people look forward to improving their health, both physically and mentally, through natural health products.”

Vitasave’s keen attention to detail extends well beyond selling supplements. Driven by its commitment to constantly improving the customer experience and making health accessible and affordable, the company offers a VIP program, giving their customers access to even more savings on all purchases, both in-store or online. In addition, a portion of proceeds goes towards feeding children in need thanks to their partnership with the Canadian Feed The Children Foundation.

Vitasave is looking forward to building strong roots within the downtown Vancouver community. The new flagship location will be partnering with local sports clubs and other organizations to host fundraising events, as well as fun and exciting educational health seminars with the goal of creating a healthier community.

ABOUT VITASAVE.CA

Vitasave is an e-commerce and bricks and mortar retailer that carries a huge variety of natural health products and supplements that are affordable. The innovative company has quickly become the go-to place for natural health. Each retail store features a large smoothie bar for guests to order one of the menu’s delicious signature plant-based smoothies made with ‘clean’ ingredients (all organic when possible) and packed with superfoods – all for about $8. In addition to their delicious smoothies, Vitasave carries something for everyone, with over 6000 natural health products across more than 200 brands, including vitamins, supplements, food, pet care and lifestyle products.

For more information visit www.vitasave.ca