Vancouver Courier February 21 2019

12TH & CAMBIE COLD REALITY OF SWIMMING IN FALSE CREEK SINKS IN 4 NEWS CAR BREAK-INS HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED IN EIGHT YEARS 7 OPINION ‘I WAS VERBALLY ATTACKED ON SKYTRAIN’ 8 SHAKEDOWN ENTERTAINMENT VINYL FANATIC PRESSED INTO ACTION 14 THURSDAY

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Will Vancouverites ever get to swim in False Creek?

Mike Howell

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A year ago this month, I wrote a story about the mayor of the day — Gregor Robertson — and some of his city councillors asking city staff whether the long-polluted inlet of False Creek would be swimmable by summer.

The short answer from park board biologist Nick Page was “no.”

Fast forward to Feb. 13, and the question was raised again by some city councillors as they discussed a staff report related to False Creek and its water quality.

The answer again was not encouraging, as council heard from city manager Sadhu Johnston in response to a question from COPE Coun.

Jean Swanson. The rookie councillor asked whether the previous council had a goal to make the Creek swimmable.

“We did have a goal from the previous council to make False Creek swimmable — that remains our goal,” said Johnston, noting the city continues to develop a “hydraulic model” of the creek

to better understand how water and pollution flows in and out of it.

Reaching that goal, as council heard from Margot Davis, the city’s manager of environmental services, continues to be hampered by the complex nature of the creek.

That complexity includes its history as the former industrial heartland of Vancouver (saw mills and ship building lined the shores) and its popularity with boaters, many of whom discharge sewage into the water.

There are so many sources of pollutants that live or feed into the creek — which is tidal and subject to temperature changes — that setting a date on when people can go for a swim is pretty much impossible.

While sewage from boats is a potential source of elevated levels of microbial contamination, others include combined sewer overflows operated by the city and Metro Vancouver, and storm water carrying land-based pollution.

Last year, the city also identified nine cases where sanitary systems were acci-

False Creek was once the city’s industrial heartland until it began to be redeveloped in the late 1960s. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

dentally or illegally connected to storm water systems that flow into False Creek.

“Through conventional water quality testing, we know the amounts and the levels of the concentration [of microbial contamination], but we don’t actually know the source,” said Davis, who noted the city continues to work with Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control to improve water quality.

A city staff report elaborated on Davis’ comment, noting water quality testing is

“limited as it solely provides information from a relatively small sample volume for a specific moment in time.”

The report added: “Given the complexity of the False Creek system, improving water quality necessitates a long-term approach involving multiple stakeholders and jurisdictions, and dependent upon systematic effort across a suite of key action areas.”

In other words, no swimming in the creek this summer.

Also, that idea for a floating pool to be set up somewhere in the creek, as

envisioned in a report the previous council passed two years ago, is still simply an idea. Significant challenges and costs caused the city to give up on the pool for now, according to Johnston.

In the meantime, city council approved another year of a free mobile pumpout service for boaters to deter them from dumping sewage in the creek. Both civic marinas have had pump-out services since 2015 but the mobile service was launched in 2017.

Over the course of two summers, the mobile service provided 730 “pump-outs,” collecting approximately 68,000 litres of sewage.

The service costs the city $75,000 per year and is expected to increase to $90,000 from 2020 to 2024.

If there is some encouraging news from the city’s update on the creek, the report notes water quality has “improved substantially over the past several decades.”

That can be attributed to many factors, including the city’s efforts to capture rainwater more naturally

through the installation of bioswales near the creek, which help trap sediments that cause pollution. The creation of Habitat Island near the Olympic Village has also helped improve water quality.

“Restoring natural shorelines supports ecological processes including temperature regulation, nutrient recycling, sediment trapping and water filtration, while also providing habitat and food for wildlife,” the staff report said. “Other possible initiatives include wrapping marina pilings with a non-toxic material to encourage herring spawning, and using bivalves such as mussels to filter the water.”

Calls for a swimmable False Creek are expected to get louder as the city proceeds with the development of Northeast False Creek.

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The Vancouver Park Board’s bylaw banning the importation and keeping of cetaceans once again applies to the Vancouver Aquarium.

The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the park board Tuesday, Feb. 19, saying the judge erred in his decision that the park board does not have the power to enact the bylaw amendment as it conflicts with the licence agreement with Ocean Wise Conservation Association, which operates the aquarium. The decision overturns the previous Supreme Court decision in favour of the aquarium.

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including that park board commissioners had already made up their minds before the May 15, 2017 vote, the language of the bylaw is unacceptably vague and it renders the remaining phases of the aquarium’s $100-million expansion project obsolete.

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“Despite independent polling, year over year, that clearly shows overwhelming support for our cetacean program, we have made the difficult decision to no longer display cetaceans at Vancouver Aquarium, with the exception of doing what is best for Helen and any need to use the Aquarium for the temporary accommodation of a rescued cetacean,” president and CEO John Nightingale, who announced his retirement last May, said in a statement.

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Vancouver man convicted in 2017 stabbing spree Bradley Michael Mazerolle has been found guilty of three counts of aggravated assault

Jessica Kerr

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The Vancouver man charged in a series of stabbings in March 2017 has been found guilty of three counts of aggravated assault.

Bradley Michael Mazerolle, who is in his 30s, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of assault following a series of random attacks that took place within a seven-block radius between West Broadway and Cambie Street and Main Street and East Second Avenue on the morning of March 2, 2017.

It all started just before 8:30 a.m. when a delivery driver entered the ATM vestibule at the Coast Capital Savings on Broadway near Cambie Street to make a delivery. According to court documents, Mazerolle was sitting on the floor next to a shopping cart and a bag, reading a bible. The driver had to ask him to move, he complied and the driver finished his delivery and left.

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he heard the sound of a shopping cart behind him and then felt several strong blows to the back of his head. He instinctively brought his hand up to his head and his hand was cut, almost severing a finger.

The driver stumbled west across Cambie Street where

he was found by police.

Mazerolle fled east along Broadway toward Yukon where a second victim, who was walking to work, was allegedly punched in the face, however the Judge Reginald Harris found Mazerolle not guilty of that offence saying that “there is minimal

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A second witness, a man who had been standing at the bus stop on Main and East Second, told the court he saw the assailant flee towards East Second. The witness called 911 and followed the man as he headed into an alley on Quebec and East Second. The witness then saw a police officer and pointed out the assailant.

Mazerolle was arrested in the alley just before 9 a.m.

A bloody knife was found by an employee near a ramp into a parking garage for a business in the area.

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sent for DNA testing, and while it was not found to contain any fingerprints or DNA from Mazerolle, it did have DNA from two of the victims as well as “DNA of mixed origin with an unknown contributor.”

Following his arrest in the March 2 attacks, Mazerolle was also charged with assault with a weapon and aggravated assault in an attack on a homeless man, who was sleeping in a wheelchair inside a bank vestibule, a few days earlier on Feb. 26.

The judge found Mazerolle not guilty on those charges, saying he did not match the description of the suspect in that case and there was no forensic evidence or witnesses linking him to the crime.

Mazerolle was found guilty of aggravated assault in all three stabbings. In each case, the judge found that witness descriptions and surveillance video footage captured by cameras at several businesses and on the bus matched his appearance at the time of his arrest. @JessicaEKerr

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The number of break-ins to vehicles in Vancouver almost doubled in the last eight years, jumping from 7,266 incidents in 2011 to 14,598 last year, according to year-end statistics for 2018 released by the Vancouver Police Department.

That increase meant police received an average of 40 break-in reports per day in 2018 as compared to an average of 20 per day in 2011, when the crime was at its lowest in the past decade.

In 2009, there were 9,721 incidents and 8,385 in 2010.

The statistics were released in a year-end police report on crime trends for 2018 that goes before the Vancouver Police Board Feb. 21. The report doesn’t explain the increase in thefts from vehicles, although police have previously connected the crime to drugaddicted people looking to steal cash or valuables to exchange for drugs.

“A lot of these are crimes of opportunity,” Police Chief Adam Palmer told the Courier in an interview in 2016. “So people will be walking down the street trying doors, they’ll be looking in cars. If they see anything of value, if they see some loonies and toonies and quarters in your cup holder or something, they’ll break into your car to steal that.”

Palmer and his predecessor, Jim Chu, have repeatedly called for treatment on demand for drug users. Vancouver is not a city “where

if somebody is addicted to drugs and they need help and they come forward to a police officer or just want to self-report and get help, they don’t have anywhere to go,” the chief said.

As the VPD’s 2019 strategic business plan notes, police will continue to run targeted enforcement projects — specifically going after chronic offenders — and campaigns to educate the public on how to deter or prevent vehicles from becoming targets of criminals.

Police have also partnered with health officials, the courts, business associations and government to support ways to reduce the drivers of drug addiction, including mental health, poverty and homelessness.

The work continues to be a challenge as homelessness reached an all-time high in the city last year, with 2,181 people counted as homeless in the city’s count.

Police calls where an officer used the Mental Health Act to arrest a person or take someone to a doctor for examination increased from 2,822 in 2016 to 2,883 last year. Those types of calls reached an all-time high of 3,050 in 2015, but were significantly lower in 2010 at 2,278 calls.

Break-ins to vehicles occur across the city, but the VPD’s most recent “crime heat maps,” which cover the period from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, show the largest concentration of thefts occurred downtown.

It’s a fact that concerns Charles Gauthier, executive

director of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, who said it’s probably time to consider other alternatives to combatting the crime of thefts from vehicles.

Police enforcement, patrols by the DVBIA’s Downtown Ambassadors and education campaigns can only go so far, he said, noting such efforts have seen positive results but pointed out the root of the problem persists: drug addiction and the need for users to feed their habit.

“We may be at the point where we may need to look at other options, which is providing people with access to the drugs that they need and taking the wind out of the sails that’s fuelling the property crime,” Gauthier said of a growing campaign by health officials, Mayor Kennedy Stewart and others in harm reduction fields to push for a clean supply of drugs for users.

Gauthier said the business association is not at the point where it wants to launch a campaign to encourage people to choose transit over a car when travelling into downtown. He noted vehicles are also being broken into in other neighbourhoods, where there isn’t the concentration of cars.

“If you’re a victim of a theft from auto, it really doesn’t matter that there’s proportionally more people parking downtown,” he said. “On an individual basis, it’s an awful experience to go through.” @Howellings

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I was verbally attacked on SkyTrain and it was frightening Do you know what to do when you’re feeling threatened or scared on the SkyTrain?

Elisia Seeber

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“Women are all the same, they are all sluts.

You are one of them.”

This is just one of the sexist slurs a man directed at me while I sat on the SkyTrain recently.

It’s safe to say travelling on public transit in any city isn’t always pretty.

To give you a little perspective, last year, Metro Vancouver Transit Police were the lead agency on 31,913 files. That averages out to about 87 incidents a day where a transit-related disturbance was serious enough to require police to step in and take action.

I have lived in Vancouver for 11 months now, and my experience on the city’s public transit system, up until this point, had always been a pleasant one (aside from the occasional strange smell or overcrowded bus). Unfortunately, that changed on a recent Wednesday evening.

My partner, James, and I had just had an incredible holiday in Whitehorse, Yukon and had stepped off the plane and onto the Canada Line from YVR Airport towards Waterfront.

We were headed home after a great adventure in the wilderness — only to have the good vibes shaken out of us minutes after arriving back.

We sat down and had travelled two stops before a rather dishevelled man boarded the train. He was yelling obscenities as he walked down the train car.

It was as if he was yelling at a woman that wasn’t there.

It was clear the man was either intoxicated by drugs or alcohol, had mental health issues, or all of the above.

The next thing I knew he was sitting across from James. I was on the window seat, keeping my eyes

Last year in Metro Vancouver, there was an average of 87 incidents a day where a transit-related disturbance was serious enough to require police to step in and take action. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

glued to my phone, trying to avoid interaction.

The man was talking loudly so everyone on the train could hear him. He was rambling on about a woman, who he had labelled a “slut” who had ruined his life. He was yelling: “You don’t know what that b**** did to me,” and “From now on it’s not going to be that way.”

It took me a few minutes to realize, but soon the slurs were directed at me. I had done nothing to provoke this man, aside from being a woman.

I was doing my best to ignore the degrading comments he was making.

“All women are the same, they are all sluts.

You’re one of them.”

I looked up when I heard James say, “OK. Maybe

you should calm down.”

This only led to the man getting more agitated.

James turned to me and said, “Don’t make eye contact.” So I continued to look down.

“Does your boyfriend know how you slept with 60 guys last week?” the man went on to say. “Yeah, I bet he doesn’t. You know it’s true.

“I bet you like it. I’m going to do the same to you but I’m going to use a knife.”

When the man started making violent threats, I began to feel uneasy. I didn’t want the situation to escalate.

It was at this point that a TransLink SkyTrain attendant stepped onto the train and asked, “Does anybody need help?”

I put up my hand. The woman came over and asked what was happening.

I didn’t really know what to say. I just pointed at the man and said he had been making threats.

She then asked us, “Would you like to get off the train?” and not knowing what else to do we said yes.

Someone had pushed the on-train passenger silent alarm for us, and I am extremely grateful. The response was swift by the transit attendant and she alerted police about the man.

While the event could have been a lot worse, it was still frightening.

For me, it was also a good wake-up call on what to do in the future if I am ever in this sort of situation again.

Being a newcomer, I didn’t know about the silent alarm safety measure — it’s a yellow strip above every window, which you can

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When you press the yellow strips, the BC Rapid Transit Company and transit attendants respond.

If the matter is serious, it is forwarded to Transit Police.

I’ve also learnt more about Transit Police’s “See something, Say Something” campaign and am happy to report that many Vancouverites aren’t turning a blind eye to unruly transit behaviour.

If they feel uncomfortable, they are telling police.

The campaign was renewed in 2017 — with new posters to better promote the option to text concerns to police on 87-77-77.

Transit Police Sgt. Clint Hampton told the Courier, since then Transit Police have noted a drastic increase in

reports through SMS (short message system).

“In 2018, Transit Police received 5,840 text reports, an 84 per cent increase over 2017,” he said.

Hampton said although a smaller percentage of text reports were converted into police files, there had still been an increase in reports generated from text year over year.

“In 2018, 3,427 police files were generated from text reports, a 45 per cent increase over 2017,” he said.

“On average, this works out to nine to 10 police files generated from text per day.”

And that’s just a small chunk of what Transit Police handle.

Hampton said roughly 25 per cent of all files are generated based on phone calls from transit employees, 25 per cent are from police witnessing the situation and 25 per cent are from 911 calls. The remainder comes from a combination of SMS text reports, phone calls from the public and walkups to police.

He said the most common situations to arise on public transit are disorder offences, where individuals are acting in ways that cause concern for fellow passengers.

“This could be due to yelling, public intoxication, panhandling on transit property, following passengers through the fare gates or acting in an otherwise untoward manner that causes overt concern from those around them,” Hampton said.

I’ll have to admit that I had become blasé about safety measures on transit because I’d never been in an intimidating situation — and that’s a terrible excuse.

If there’s one tip I have, it’s read the safety advice below.

You never know when you might need it.

Safety Tips SkyTrain Security Features

cation with SkyTrain control operators for urgent assistance.

• The on-train Passenger Silent Alarm is a yellow strip above every window, which allows passengers to silently alert SkyTrain control operators in the event of a security concern. Help will be on the scene as soon as possible.

• The in-station Designated Waiting Areas are located on all platforms. These areas have enhanced lighting, red emergency telephones and a bench, and are monitored by closed-circuit television.

• The on-train Speakerphone is located inside each car near the doors.

Speakerphones provide two-way voice communi-

• The in-station Emergency Cabinets are located on SkyTrain platforms and are equipped with a red emergency telephone, fire

extinguisher and emergency train stop buttons.

• Closed-circuit TV monitors platforms, elevators, escalators and ticket concourse areas. This provides effective station surveillance and the opportunity to record suspicious activity or crime in progress, and to respond to system emergencies.

When to contact Transit Police Text, call or use the SeeSay

app to notify Transit Police of non-emergency issues.

In an emergency, always call 911.

Contact if: • You have witnessed an incident or observed suspicious behaviour • There is an issue on transit that makes you feel uncomfortable

for you to discreetly report non-emergency police issues from your mobile device: 1. Download the SeeSay app for iPhone or Android 2. Text 87-77-77 3. Call 604-515-8300.

When to call 911

• Or if you have other Transit Police-related concerns.

Dial 911 if you witness or are involved in emergencies such as:

There are three easy ways

• A crime in progress

• Threatening, dangerous or violent behaviour • Or if someone is in need of immediate medical attention If you are in need of urgent emergency response or if your safety is threatened always call 911.

Visit Ecomm 911 to learn more about 911 services in Metro Vancouver.

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Number of measles cases in Vancouver reaches nine Eight new cases identified last week Jessica Kerr

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A total of eight measles infections were identified in Vancouver last week, bringing the total number of cases of the virus in the city this month to nine.

Vancouver Coastal Health was warning the public late Friday (Feb. 15) that one of the infected individuals visited the emergency room at B.C. Children’s Hospital while they were infectious.

The dates and times are: • Jan. 21 between 10 a.m. and 6:10 p.m.

• Jan. 23 between 4:45 p.m. and 11:10 p.m.

• Jan. 24 between 8:13 a.m. and 11:40 a.m.

• Feb. 1 between 2:05 p.m. and 6:55 p.m.

“Since a number of cases have now been confirmed, there is an increased chance of unidentified exposures in the community,” VCH said in a statement. “Those who are unimmunized or incompletely immunized are at highest risk.”

The first case was reported by Vancouver Coastal Health on Feb. 9. In that case, the infected person picked up the virus while travelling outside North America, said spokesperson Tiffany Akins.

She added that the local cases are not linked to the recent measles outbreaks in Washington state and Europe.

At least three of the cases reported last week have been linked to three local French-language schools — elementary schools École Anna-Hébert and École Rose-Des-Vents, and high school École Jules-Verne.

Akins could not comment on the ages of the infected individuals, or whether they had been vaccinated.

“Many families have children in two of the schools (high school and elementary),” Akins said in an email, adding that the schools share a bus company.

“This is a developing situation and for VCH as we are collecting information from people including parents and kids from the affected schools,” she said.

The measles virus is highly infectious and can spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes and you do not

have to be in close contact with an infected individual to catch the virus. According to VCH, “You could spend just a few minutes in the same room as someone and get it, though, the closer the contact, the higher the risk.”

The virus can survive in a closed area, such as a bathroom, for up to two hours after an infected person was there. It can also be spread through sharing food, drinks or cigarettes, and kissing.

Someone infected with measles is contagious for four days before they even start showing symptoms and for four days after the onset of the rash.

Symptoms include: fever, red eyes, which may be sensitive to light, cough, a runny nose and rash.

Complications from the virus include pneumonia, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), seizures, deafness, brain damage and death.

If you think you might have the measles, or have a fever and rash, Vancouver Coastal Health recommends isolating yourself by staying home and seeing a doctor.

But call ahead so the doctor’s office can take precautions to protect other patients.

The measles vaccine is 99 per cent effective in preventing the virus when two doses have been administered. Children born in B.C. in or after 1994 routinely get two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine — one at 12 months old and a second dose before starting kindergarten.

Vancouver Coastal Health warns that anyone born after 1970 and before 1994, or grew up outside of B.C., may have received only one dose of the vaccine.

The World Health Organization last month included vaccine hesitancy, the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines, as one of its top 10 global threats to global health for 2019.

“Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease — it currently prevents 2-3 million deaths a year, and a further 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved,” the WHO said.

The organization notes that measles has seen a 30 per cent increase in cases globally.

“The reasons for this rise are complex, and not all of these cases are due to

vaccine hesitancy. However, some countries that were close to eliminating the disease have seen a resurgence.”

The vaccine is available free of charge at public health units or the City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre (1290 Hornby St.). @JessicaEKerr

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Opinion Young families, student loan holders big winners in B.C.’s 2019 budget Finance Minister Carole James announces elimination of interest on B.C. student loans and implementation of a Child Opportunity Benefit Tracy Sherlock

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Families with children and young adults with student loans were big winners in B.C.’s 2019 budget announcement, but regular classrooms didn’t get a whole lot of love.

B.C.’s Finance Minister Carole James announced, on Feb. 19, the $380-million B.C. Child Opportunity Benefit, which will give families with children up to age 18 as much as $3,400 a year. The new benefit, which kicks in October 2020, will be combined with the early childhood tax benefit, which is only paid for kids up to age six. Families earning up to $97,487 a year will be eligible for the benefit.

The budget is balanced and does not bring in any no new tax measures.

Families earning $80,000 a year will pay nearly $2,000 less in taxes by the time the measures are fully implemented, compared to what they paid in 2016, a chart in the budget shows.

B.C. finance minister Carole James delivers the 2019 provincial budget Feb. 19. PHOTO PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/FLICKR

James called the new child tax credit a “historic investment,” saying the benefit will help both the

middle class and people living in poverty.

“For anyone who has raised a child, they know

how transformational that kind of support will be,” James said. “From the ability to put healthy meals on

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the dinner table, to being able to buy your child a good winter coat, that kind of support is going to make an incredible difference.”

Vivica Ellis, from the Single Mothers’ Alliance of B.C., said the new benefit is a “powerful new tool to combat child poverty,” which the government has pledged to reduce by 50 per cent over five years.

“Unfortunately, the full power of this tool is eroded by setting the threshold for the maximum benefit at $25,000, which means many single mothers and other families will see their benefit reduced while they are still below the poverty line,” Ellis said in a news release.

James also eliminated interest on provincial student loans, effective now.

“Students and young families with loans will save an average of $2,300 after graduation, so they can start their careers off on the right foot,” James said.

The kindergarten to Grade 12 budget gets an increase of $550 million over three years to cover growing enrolment and the extra teachers and support staff required to meet the 2016 Supreme Court of Canada decision on class size and composition. Education funding to school districts is now $5.97 billion a year.

Beyond those basics and $2.7 billion to maintain and replace schools, there was little in the budget for public schools.

Clint Johnston, second vice-president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation who was filling in for president Glen Hansman, said teachers are happy to see the social spending on childcare and housing, but the operational funding for schools could fall short of addressing the teacher shortage.

“It’s a bit concerning with the current situation with recruitment and retention and we know we need teachers still,” Johnston said. “What’s there is money that is pretty much all spent.”

He said the nearly 4,000 new teaching positions funded by the government are all a result of the teachers’ Supreme Court win in 2016 and that is what is driving the reduction in class sizes and the increases in supports for students with special needs.

“After 16 years of cuts under the previous government, those caps and ratios now need to be improved,” he said.

A controversial report with plans to drastically change how schools are funded, particularly when it comes to students with special needs, was released in December, but changes are on hold pending consultation. Another looming event is the expiry of the teachers’ contract this June and the costs that could accompany a significant teacher wage increase or other contract changes.

Nonetheless, the government did commit to continue its $1.3-billion investment in child care and its plan to make housing more affordable, both announced last year. The budget also allows for enhanced mental health care for children and youth and increased payments to foster parents and extended family members caring for children in care.

The budget also increases income and disability assistance rates by $50 a month, but details of the complete poverty reduction plan won’t be announced until the spring. As previously announced, Medical Services Plan premiums will be completely eliminated as of January 2020.

It’s mostly a hold-steady budget, with a couple of spending announcements.

Pending the outcome of both the teachers’ contract negotiations and the funding model consultations, next year the education budget could see a significant increase.

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More art, less station Re: “Vancouver artists stage protest, art show as tribute to disappearing gallery space,” Feb. 13.

It is sadly clear that decisions made by TransLink, developers and the City of Vancouver will ultimately destroy two important art galleries to make way for the Broadway SkyTrain.

But, as this property was originally (and generously) “gifted to the arts and academia sectors,” surely it is the responsibility of these civic planners to respect this “established art land,” which is in such short supply in this city.

Given that development in the proximity will generate millions in revenue, would it be too much to ask that the SkyTrain station built on or near that site be allowed to overcome the typical mausoleum school of architecture and be designed in such a way to incorporate a proper art gallery space within it?

Better yet, with respectful imagination (and the cash from zoning regulations for example), upon the ruins of its predecessors, a beautiful, new gallery (for local artists) could be reborn that just so happened to have a SkyTrain stop within it.

Scott MacEachern, Vancouver

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Join us on Tuesday, February 26 to view and comment on a new student housing project to be located adjacent to the existing Gage Residences along Wesbrook Mall and Student Union Boulevard.

Date: Tuesday, February26,2019 Times: 11:30am - 1:00pm 4:30pm - 6:30pm Place: Concourse, UBC Life Building, 6138 Student Union Blvd.

Plans will be displayed for five student housing buildings totalling approximately 34,500m2. The project will comprise up to 970 student beds; office space for Student Housing and Hospitality Services; and associated amenity and service spaces.

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Proposed 28-storey South Granville project predictably polarizing Naoibh O’Connor

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A would-be construction site on West Broadway at Birch is becoming the latest flashpoint in the polarizing debate surrounding development in Vancouver. Controversy about its future touches on the usual suspects — height, density, scale, consultation, planning processes, affordability, the housing crisis, the dismal vacancy rate and the push for the construction of more rental apartments.

The property at 2538 Birch St. (formerly 1296 West Broadway) is currently vacant. It was home to an old Denny’s until it was knocked down to make way for redevelopment.

Early last year, city council approved Jameson Development Corp’s rezoning application for a 16-storey building with 153 secured market rental units for the site, but Jameson has since submitted an expression of interest for a new rezoning application for a much higher tower — a 28-storey building with additional rental units and commercial space under the city’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program (MIRHPP).

The pilot program aims to deliver new rental units across Vancouver geared toward households earning between $30,000 and $80,000 a year.

It’s limited to 20 rezoning applications for new buildings that provide 100 per cent of the residential floor area as secured market rental housing with a minimum of 20 per cent secured for households in that earning bracket.

Jameson held a pre-application open house for its proposal for a taller building with 262 residential rental units that would meet the requirements of the MIPHPP on Nov. 29 of last

An empty lot at West Broadway and Birch is the subject of another battle over the scale of a potential development. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

year. The city has not yet received a rezoning application for the new proposal but, if one is submitted, the details will be posted on the city’s website, and the project would need to be approved by council.

Doug Purdy, a president of LPA Development, a consultant firm working on the project, described the November open house as “the beginning of a good conversation with the city and the community at large,” in a recent email to the Courier.

“We are still in the midst of those conversations, particularly with city staff and are collecting as much feedback as possible. As such, we don’t have any updated information at this time until we receive more feedback from city staff that will inform refinements to the proposal,” he wrote.

But critics of the higher tower proposal, including Ann Coombs, haven’t waited for an official application to be submitted to raise concerns.

They’ve already launched a petition and a website at 28floors.com opposing

the proposal.

Coombs, who rented for 30 years in South Granville but now owns, said those against the tower include renters, owners, students, seniors and young families.

She told the Courier more than 500 have voiced concerns on the website.

For her part, she maintains a 28-storey building is inappropriate and it would set a precedent in South Granville where a community plan isn’t in place.

Last summer, meanwhile, the city approved the Broadway planning process, which covers the area along Broadway between Clark Drive and Vine Street, centring on “opportunities to integrate new housing, jobs and amenities with future transit and around the Broadway subway.” It’s expected to take two years.

Staff anticipate presenting the plan for council to consider in late 2020.

The 28floors group argues a higher building shouldn’t be considered before that process is completed.

One of their main objections to the tower is it

would be twice the height of the tallest neighbouring building and, from the group’s understanding, it would be the tallest building with the greatest density of any on Broadway.

They argue it’s incongruent with the character of the surrounding neighbourhood, which is largely low and midrise buildings, rentals and heritage buildings, and that existing senior renters fear if the project is approved, other older low-rise rental buildings will be at risk of redevelopment and they’ll end up being evicted and won’t be able to age in place.

Other opponents worry about the “downtownification” of the neighbourhood, that shadows from the tower will extend as far as Molson Brewery, and that excessive density won’t create liveability over the long-term.

They also maintain infrastructure such as parks, schools, utilities, emergency services and transportation need to be addressed before the city approves such a project.

Coombs, meanwhile, isn’t convinced there’s

a supply problem in the neighbourhood, pointing out she spotted more than 15 rental opportunities during a recent walk through South Granville.

She also insists residents support affordable housing being built and that they aren’t opposed to rental buildings.

“South Granville is predominantly a rental area, but it’s lowrise. There is nobody in this community that is against rental housing for obvious reasons… so the concern comes from the scale and the height and the fact it has not been included in the citywide plan,” she said, while echoing concerns that it would be precedent setting.

“The fact that now that the Broadway line has been confirmed — I was at that public hearing — from Arbutus through to UBC, [there is a concern] that it’s precedent setting not only for here but right along the corridor based on density.”

Coombs further questions how affordable units would be.

“Addressing the affordable housing crisis does not mean that bigger means affordable based on market rates. The community most certainly supports affordable housing and continue to emphasize the concerns for liveability given this monumental structure.”

Reilly Wood, a member of the pro-housing group Abundant Housing Vancouver, considers the revised proposal for 28 storeys a “win-win” because it would produce more homes for renters who can’t afford market rent and more homes for renters in the private market.

Wood isn’t convinced 16 storeys is much different than 28 storeys from street level. He also suspects most renters would support the revised proposal.

“In this housing crisis, I don’t know many renters who would choose a shorter building over 12 extra floors of purpose-built rental,” he told the Courier in an email.

When asked if there’s a height or density that AHV would ever consider too excessive, Wood responded: “I think it’s important to look at neighbourhoods like the West End and Yaletown, where there are plenty of towers and the neighbourhoods are still liveable and desirable.

“If 28 storeys is fine in the West End, it’s hard to see why it would be inappropriate just steps from a future subway station at Granville and Broadway.”

While some critics complain that rents for new apartments are often far too high for typical households, even when they’re 20 per cent below market, Wood said: “I think it’s important to look at buildings over their entire lifespan, instead of the first few years when they are newer than average and therefore more expensive than average. It would be great if we’d allowed apartments like this 20 years ago so we could have more cheap older apartments today, but better late than never. It’s like that saying: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second best time is now.”

Coombs, however, is not prepared to accept the proposal without a battle.

“We’re going to be fighting very hard. We’ve got a community that has united and we’ve got a strong committee. This is the beginning because it does set a precedent. Everybody in all the communities along the Broadway corridor are very, very concerned, so it isn’t just us, it’s West Kits. The list is long and we’ve now all joined forces.” @naoibh

35-storey tower proposed for Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver Cultural amenity space included in the project would be owned by city Naoibh O’Connor

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A 35-storey mixed-use residential tower is being considered for 1290 Hornby St. at Drake.

A rezoning application has been filed for the project, which would feature 159 market residential units as well as 10,000 square feet of cultural amenity space on the main and second levels to be owned by the City of Vancouver.

The tower would replace an existing low-rise building that currently houses Vancouver Coastal Health’s City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre on the ground floor. The Seymour Health Centre is on the second and third floors.

“We are aware of the rezoning application for 1290 Hornby Street and understand this process can take several years. The City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre is open for

business and will continue to provide health care services to residents during that time. We have a lease in place at the current location until at least 2021 and are committed to having UPPC in Downtown Vancouver beyond that,” Matt Kieltyka, a spokesperson for VCH, wrote in an email to the Courier.

On Feb. 15, VancouverWest End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert noted how important the centre is

to the community by posting this message: “Toured our new Urgent Care centre just off Davie Street on Hornby recently. No lineups, great improvement to local care.”

The rezoning application is being considered under the Downtown Potential Benefit Capacity Policy, which grants additional density to site-specific rezonings downtown in exchange for public benefits such as childcare, park

space, social, cultural or recreational facilities, heritage preservation, public art or affordable housing.

Any additional density granted under the policy is subject to current downtown view corridor height limits.

According to the City of Vancouver, specific requirements and programming for the cultural amenity space proposed for the building haven’t been determined yet. The project is under review and is subject to

council approval.

If it’s approved, the cultural amenity space would be turned over to the city when the building is completed. Possible uses may include artist production studios, rehearsal space, gallery space, and associated offices for cultural groups.

There is an open house 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Executive Hotel Vintage Park in the Portofino room at 1379 Howe St., March 14.

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The Jericho Lands are changing and you can help shape its future. The City and the owners of the site, Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, and Tsleil-Waututh Nation (MST Nations) and Canada Lands Company, are co-hosting events to launch the planning process.

The events will provide the chance to learn about the planning program, talk to City staff and the proponents, and find out how you can stay involved in the process.

The planning program will create a Policy Statement to guide future redevelopment of the site and establish policy on: reconciliation, affordable housing, land use, density, height, public benefits, transportation, built form, character, sustainability, infrastructure, and phases of development.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/jericho-lands jericholands@vancouver.ca

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

Plans for the Oakridge Centre redevelopment will be presented at an open house March 7.

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Henriquez Partners Architects has filed a development application for three more buildings planned for the sprawling Oakridge Centre redevelopment.

They include a 32-storey tower (building six) and a 17-storey tower (building seven), which will face Cambie Street between West 43rd and West 45th avenues. The buildings would house 329 residential units and would sit atop a podium with retail and office spaces.

A third building, a 34-storey tower (building eight) with 286 units, would also sit atop a podium with retail spaces.

In addition, the development application features a portion of the future nine-acre park and a two-storey “accessory” building with retail uses.

The plans will be presented at an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Oakridge presentation centre, where Zellers used to

be located, March 7. The application is currently scheduled to go before the Development Permit Board on May 13.

Comments on the development application can be submitted before April 5.

Oakridge Centre is among Canada’s top three most profitable malls.

QuadReal and Westbank are partners on the redevelopment project, which, once completed, will feature 10 towers of varying heights up to 44 storeys, as well as midrise buildings.

Plans include 2,000 market condo units, 290 market rental units, 290 City of Vancouver-owned below-market rental units, the redevelopment of the shopping centre, commercial and office space, a community centre, a library, a seniors’ centre, performance spaces, a daycare and a nine-acre park.

Pricing for market residential units in buildings three and four, which face 41st Avenue, range from upwards of $800,000 to $5.7 million.

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. 4118-4138 Cambie Street To rezone 4118-4138 Cambie Street from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey development containing 66 strata residential units.

A height of 22.0 metres and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.94 are proposed.

3. 103-127 West 2nd Avenue and 1753-1791 Manitoba Street, and 165-195 West 2nd Avenue and 1778 Columbia Avenue To amend the text of CD-1 (531) (Comprehensive Development) District at 103-127 West 2nd Avenue and 1753-1791 Manitoba Street, and 165-195 West 2nd Avenue and 1778 Columbia Avenue, to add Fitness Centre and Animal Clinic as allowable uses.

4. 333 Seymour Street To amend the text of CD-1 (164) (Comprehensive Development) District at 333 Seymour Street to increase the permitted maximum floor area from 16,194.3 square metres to 18,442.4 square metres.

5. 1768 Cook Street To amend the text of CD-1 (582) (Comprehensive Development) District at 1768 Cook Street, to permit additional floor area on levels 16 and 17 and the

addition of a penthouse level.

An increase in the maximum building height from 47.0 metres to 53.3 metres, the number of storeys from 17 to 18 storeys, and the floor space ratio (FSR) from 3.5 to 3.7 are proposed.

6. 1229-1289 Hornby Street To amend the text of CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (588) at 1229-1289 Hornby Street, to decrease the permitted floor area for subarea A by 429.8 square metres and to increase the permitted floor area for sub-area B by the same amount, allowing for revisions to the floor plans on levels 34 and 35.

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 March 1 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 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.

2. Miscellaneous Amendments to Various CD-1 By-Laws To make amendments to CD-1 (696) (Comprehensive Development) District at 500-650 West 57th Avenue (Pearson Dogwood) and to CD-1 (624) District at 3819 Boundary Road, to allow for an exclusion in the computation of floor area to facilitate enhanced accessibility, and to amend for a minor adjustment to the percentage of dwelling units.

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 March 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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The needle is about to drop for local musicians, bands and record labels yearning to do something they haven’t been able to in Vancouver for almost 30 years: press their own vinyl records.

Ever since Praise Records in Burnaby closed its doors in 1991, vinyl purists have had to look beyond our borders in order to manufacture records. In the early 1990s, even though the format was pretty much declared dead by the major labels, vinyl was the preferred format for independent bands like mine, the Smugglers. We had to search far and wide to make it a reality, and our first few records were manufactured at United Records Pressing in Nashville, Tenn.

The imminent return of vinyl pressing to Vancouver is thanks to East Van rocker and entrepreneur Billy Bones, lead singer of the Vicious Cycles and former owner of Sparrow Guitars. Clampdown Record Pressing Inc. is set to begin production this spring and is already taking orders.

“I’ve always wanted to own a record press,” Bones told me over the phone from Toronto, where he was getting a crash course in making records courtesy of Viryl Technologies.

“I’m a record nerd.

I probably have 3,000 records in my living room alone. So I tried tracking down an old record press, but a lot of them were machines with parts that would be impossible to replace if they broke down,” Bones said. “Then I discovered Viryl.”

Viryl Technologies was founded in 2015 with a plan to modernize the vinyl pressing industry. Their concept was to create a modern

Billy Bones is fulfilling a lifelong dream of owning his very own record press. PHOTO NORM ANDERSON

record press while providing consulting and tech support for start-up plants. According to Bones, what Viryl is selling is “the most technologically and ecologically advanced record pressing machines ever built.”

Along with his partner and bandmate Norm Anderson, Bones bought in.

Together, they are investing in modern technology for a vintage format.

“There’s a huge demand for vinyl records right now,” Bones said. “Every record press in the world is completely slammed with backorders.”

Historically, vinyl sales hit an all-time high in 1977, but the market took a nosedive in 1988 with the dominance of cassette and CD sales and continued to decline until it hit an all-time low in 2006. Then, in 2008, Record Store Day was founded. It was initially an attempt to support independent brick-and-mortal music retailers. The initiative received widespread support specifically via exclusive, limited edition, highly collectable vinyl re-

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leases from musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Arcade Fire, Paul McCartney, Neko Case, David Bowie and Jack White. Thus, vinyl began its remarkable comeback, and in 2018, for the first time since 1985, vinyl sales topped $1 billion.

“When major retailers like Urban Outfitters and London Drugs started selling vinyl, that’s when the plants really started getting busy, because all the classics were getting re-pressed.

The waits were becoming very long to get records made,” said Bones, noting that even Ikea is making its own record player for 2019.

The pressure for platters remains so great that brokers have emerged, acting much like a mortgage broker or real estate agent — people you can pay who will use their connections to get your records pressed faster.

And since no record pressing plant currently exists in B.C. or Washington State, Bones hopes to spin the demand for the bornagain format to support the B.C. music industry.

Thanks in part to a grant

from Amplify, the government funding program from Creative B.C., Bones has recently signed a lease on a 3,000 square foot industrial warehouse in Burnaby that will be home base for Clampdown Record Pressing Inc. “Once the machines are up and running, we’ll be able to press a record about every 40 seconds,” Bones said. “At Clampdown we’ll be able to handle everything from your classic black record to fancy, fun records, like coloured vinyl, splatter vinyl and picture discs, in the seven-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch formats.”

The plant’s staffing will be modest at first, with three or four employees.

And that Clampdown moniker? It’s a tribute to the Clash song of the same name, found on London Calling, the band’s classic double gatefold LP that has sold five million copies since its release in 1979.

Here’s hoping Clampdown will soon be pressing up future Canadian classics on hot wax. @grantlawrence

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Entertainment group and developer make music together First-of-its-kind building to include rehearsal rooms, art spaces, live music venue and food vendors John Kurucz

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As a drummer, Rob Stewart naturally has to have his finger on the pulse.

It’s proving to be an ideal quality outside of the rehearsal space as well.

Stewart is the co-founder of the arts collective known as Suna Entertainment Group, which owns and operates four rehearsal spaces across Vancouver and New Westminster.

The group effectively has a coup on the rehearsal space marketplace in Metro Vancouver and opened the largest facility of its kind west of Toronto last year.

Stewart’s next feather in his cap also appears to be a Vancouver first. He’s partnered with developer PortLiving to put rehearsal rooms, art spaces, a live venue and a food location into what will otherwise be a six-storey building used for storage and other industrial uses.

Called Gateway, the project broke ground late last year on Bridgeway Street near the PNE and is expected to open in early 2021.

“I don’t think this has ever been done before in Vancouver,” Stewart said.

Stewart’s newest acquisition will encompass 17,000 square feet spread across the entirety of the building’s second floor. Stewart will lease the space from PortLiving

Above: Suna Entertainment Group co-founder Rob Stewart (shovel) and business partner Chris Drinkwater (guitar) at the site of the new project at 3333 Bridgeway St. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET Right: This architectural rendering shows what Gateway will look like upon completion in early 2021.

who owns the property.

Though he has yet to finalize the floorplan, art studios in the range of 500 square feet and rehearsal rooms up to 200 square feet will make up the private portion of the space. The remaining footprint will include an all-ages music venue and space for a rotating cast of kitchen commissaries, food truck operations and other food vendors.

The venue is costing Stewart’s group around $1 million in up-front costs and he’s secured a five-year lease with options to renew.

“The beautiful thing about this setup is that it’s a self-contained facility and it’s in an industrial zone — there are no residential

condos or houses anywhere very close,” Stewart said.

“There will be no NIMBY people around there.”

Getting out of old warehouses and into new buildings has been a process that’s two years in the making. It was then that Stewart and Suna partner Amrit Maharaj met PortLiving execs, gave them a tour of their rehearsal facilities off Clark Drive and introduced them to the scope of the Suna staff makeup: Stewart used to work in commercial insurance and other members of his team include lawyers, architects, realtors and contractors.

“When you’re trying to put a business together, that [staffing complement]

makes even more sense for us,” PortLiving senior vice president Brad Berry told the Courier. “It’s not just an open idea, they’re thinking through this and they’re turning real estate into active art and music space that is going to have some longevity and some life to it.”

Once the development opens, Stewart also plans to employ a few other firsts.

Rooms schedules will be figured out entirely via an app that tracks times and usage.

Prime-time users, those who rehearse or create in the evening, will pay more than those during the day or later into the evening.

The music venue, meanwhile, will be run entirely on a subscription model. While

Stewart hasn’t figured out prices yet, he offered an example whereby $10 would get you into a month’s worth of shows. The venue won’t be licensed, save for the odd special event, and the plan is to take liquor sales out of the discussion when sizing up an act’s potential or draw.

“We feel that the reliance on liquor sales to prove a band’s worth is denying the public the opportunity to experience many of the new acts and arts out there,” Stewart said. “When I was a kid, I had access to places where I could watch music when I was 15 and 16. There’s nothing like that out there right now and there should be.”

And while shovels are

barely in the ground for Gateway, both Stewart and Berry see more for the model they’ve established.

Industrial vacancies hover near two per cent and Stewart said the type of old warehouses traditionally used for rehearsal spaces simply don’t exist anymore, or are out of range financially.

Other spaces still are operating on a hush-hush basis.

“Most of them are doing it illegally, they’re doing it until they get kicked out, until the neighbours complain or they realize the zoning isn’t right,” Berry said. “What Rob and Amrit are doing is they’re legitimizing it. That’s the biggest thing for me. They’re legitimizing a real need.” @JohnKurucz

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Taking place at the aquarium — our Ocean Wise HQ in Vancouver — this adults-only evening of food, drink and fun is all about celebrating seafood chowder. Chefs from across the city and province come up with special chowders, served up with craft beer, and guests get to sip, spoon, savour and select their favourite soup.

Feb. 21, 7-10 p.m.

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Your one-stop shop for expert advice on everything to do with your home zone, from the kitchen to the garden to the roof or the floors. Enjoy live demos, panels and speakers, vendor displays and tons of interactive exhibits aimed at making the most of your home space.

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Hopwired

This unique Vancouver festival mashes up the brews with the beans, via carefully curated collaborations that have been in the works since the glasses were packed up after last year’s event. Hopwired will feature an espresso bar, tasting panels, speakers and food from Cartems and the Downlown Chicken Shack. Yep, that’s right, you get to pair your coffee, beer and coffeebeer with doughnuts and fried chicken.

Feb. 23, doors at 1 p.m.

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Beirut at the Orpheum

Blending global sounds with indie-rock, Beirut will hit the stage at the historic Orpheum for an exciting performance. At its heart, Beirut is the solo effort of Santa Fe-native Zach Condon, and the tour is in support of his current release, Gallipoli.

Feb. 26, 8 p.m.

Orpheum, 601 Smithe St. vancouvercivictheatres.com

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This new dinner series aimed at bringing great people together over great food for an even greater cause kicks off at the Garden.

It’s an evening featuring Aurora View Farms from Prince George and the Local Farm in Ladner, with a menu by Dan Larsen. The dinner is in support of Growing Chefs, which connects Vancouver kids with hands-on experience in the garden and kitchen for improved nutrition and food education.

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When Shannon Kohli graduated from UBC’s film production program in 2002, she wanted to be a camera operator and a director of photography — and she was subsequently mocked for her goals.

The mocking — not to mention the patronizing and the flagrant sexism — came mainly from men in the industry who, given their status and experience, could’ve helped her out, had they not been so mired in caveman thinking.

“I was told that women can’t be directors of photography, they can’t be camera operators, the cameras are too heavy, and I was too pretty to be behind the camera,” Kohli says. “I was told there are no women DPs.” That last objection wasn’t really up for debate: there weren’t many women directors of photography in the Vancouver screen scene at that time.

But Kohli fought for

her place in the industry.

“When I got into the [camera operators’] union, I was the first female DP member in Western Canada,” she says. “It’s getting better, but it’s still a struggle.”

Which is why Kohli — now a director of episodic television (Supergirl, The Magicians, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) and an award-winning director of short films — knew she wanted to direct James Pickering’s script titled All Joking Aside for her first feature-length dramatic film.

The film stars Raylene Harewood as Charlene, a stand-up comedian who is cruelly heckled during her first time at the mic by a man named Bob (played

by Mad Men’s Brian Markinson). Bob used to be a successful comic but is now a broken, alcoholic mess who lost his family and his career — and he’s offered a chance at redemption when Charlene begs him to be her mentor.

Kohli felt a connection to the character of Charlene.

Richard Glen Lett, you’re not far from the truth.

Lett was something of an inspiration for Bob, and he appears in All Joking Aside as Dennis, a comedy club bartender and friend to Bob. The role is much more a reflection of where Lett is now in his life versus where he was seven years ago, according to Kohli.

“Richard joked, ‘You gave my part away, I’m Bob,’ and I said, ‘You used to be that character, but now you’re the older, wiser, old soul who understands what Bob is going through,’” says Kohli.

“Dennis is who Richard is now but Bob is who he used to be. He’s the one who is helping Bob. And Richard loves that.”

Incidentally, the documentary Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story, about Lett’s addiction battle and comeback, screens this week at the Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival.

All Joking Aside went to camera last week and is currently filming at locations around Vancouver.

Once told she couldn’t be a director of photography because cameras were too heavy for women, Shannon Kohli (left) takes the reins of All Joking Aside, a film about a female stand-up comedian in a male-dominated industry.

“She’s trying to make it in a male-dominated industry, and she’s up against a lot of barriers and stereotypes and the pre-conceived ideas,” Kohli says.

Like the character of Charlene, Kohli recognized the value of a mentor early in her career.

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never would have thought that he would have taken a chance on a young female camera operator, but he did,” Kohli says. “I saw that parallel between Charlene and Bob. I thought, ‘This is so similar that sometimes you just find unlikely champions.’”

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At least 50 per cent of the crew is female. “[Producer] Jon Ornoy said up top he wanted parity, and he’s been strong in getting that,” says Kohli, adding, “[We’re] not favouring women. We’re finding the best people for the jobs.”

As for the character with whom Kohli most identifies — the young female comic fighting for space in a maledominated industry — the director says she admires Charlene’s drive.

“For me, it was very important that Charlene earn her way, that it not be handed to her, and that she fought for it,” says Kohli.

“If she ran off stage crying and wasn’t ready to pick herself up and dust herself off every time it went horrible, then I wasn’t going to be sympathetic to her journey. You have to keep trying and not see failure as a negative. Turn it around and use it.”

Stay up to date on All Joking Aside at alljokingasidemovie.com.

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When I heard Vancouver Island Brewing was going to be doing a Nanaimo bar porter, my first thought was, “How has no one else thought of this yet?”

Because, like most great ideas, it seems really obvious. Pastry stouts and dessert beers are all the rage right now, and the Nanaimo bar is an iconic B.C. confection. Put them together and it’s a slam dunk.

So kudos to VIB for being the first (as far as I know) to pull this off. I have a feeling in a couple years time, a lot of B.C. breweries are going to be doing Nanaimo bar porters and stouts — and I, for one, welcome our new provincial beer style.

I’ll be honest though, I’m not a huge fan of the actual dessert. I find Nanaimo bars to be too rich, too sickly sweet and just altogether too much.

Thankfully, VIB’s take on the Nanaimo bar avoids

Thankfully, Vancouver Island Brewing’s take on the Nanaimo bar avoids the nauseating extremes of its inspiration, instead focusing on the flavour profile: chocolate, vanilla, roasted coconut and graham cracker.

the nauseating extremes of its inspiration, instead focusing on the flavour profile. And the Nanaimo bar flavour notes are present and accounted for: chocolate, vanilla, roasted coconut, graham cracker; the whole gang is here.

The body is rich and creamy, but not overly chewy, and there’s a kiss of alcoholic warmth on the back end. The finish

is sweet — after all, it was brewed with maltodextrin, a vegan substitute for the lactose often found in dessert stouts and milkshake IPAs. But the finish stops short of cloying.

The result is exceptionally smooth and delicious, with all the decadence of a Nanaimo bar and none of the excess.

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City’s valentine to itself is bunk The City of Vancouver got all lovey-dovey with a recent press release timed especially for Valentine’s Day last week.

Apparently the city’s been asking residents what their favourite thing about their neighbourhood is, and the answers seem suspiciously self-serving.

According to the press release, the top kiss on residents’ list was “the diversity and multiculturalism that exists,” followed by the ability to get around on foot. “Locals also expressed their love for all the independent stores and restaurants in their areas, as well as the community centres, libraries and parks that provide free resources and services to residents.”

All fine things, we might add, but we’re going to go out on a limb and call B.S. on the answers. People might say they love “all the independent stores and restaurants,” but apparently not enough to keep a good chunk of them in business. And who has ever uttered the words “I

Shot through the heart, and the city’s to blame — its new survey gives love a bad name.

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just love parks that provide free resources and services to residents”?

So we’re going to keep it real and list the results of our own survey on what we and other residents love about Vancouver.

• Getting the last available seat on the B-line and seeing that an elderly person without a seat is far enough away that someone else is going to have to give up their seat for them.

• Posing for a photo with the bear mascot at Vancouver Canadians games to show people you still have a

little joy in your heart. And because bears.

• Inhaling second-hand pot smoke from strangers walking in front of you and convincing yourself you’ve accidently gotten a contact high. For free.

• People posting photos on Twitter of long taxi queues at the airport followed by all caps WE NEED UBER NOW! and knowing these Twitter people will be the first to die in an apocalypse.

• Seeing typos in the stories of newspapers you don’t work for.

• Food sample day at T&T Market.

• Finding a sweet pair of shoes at Winners that are attractive on their own and not just attractive because they’re on sale.

• Letting go of the indignation felt towards people at city hall who are getting paid, probably a lot more than you, to conduct surveys for Valentine’s Day about all the woke things residents supposedly love about Vancouver. Namaste. @KudosKvetches

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to keep her son from throwing blocks at the other babies.

Reliability: Next to none. You can’t trust people who spell “Carly” with a “K” and an “ie,” but there are no secrets in baby playgroup, so there’s always a chance that her rumours could be on the up-and-up.

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A shocking trade report showed up in my Twitter feed this week: the Canucks sent embattled 23-year-old winger Nikolay Goldobin to the Edmonton Oilers for former fourth-overall pick Jesse Puljujarvi, who has struggled this season but is just 20 years old and still has significant potential.

If that trade sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. Though the tweet, on the surface, appeared to be from the official Vancouver Canucks Twitter account, it was a blatant fake. It looked real enough to fool some people, however, before it was reported and deleted.

The NHL trade deadline is on Monday, Feb. 25. In the days leading up to the deadline, it can be tough to avoid being fooled by false reports and rumours. How can you tell which one are reliable and which ones are bupkis?

The best way to avoid being fooled is to consider the source.

Source: A reliable beat reporter or the team itself, directly reporting on a trade.

Only the trade looks weirdly familiar, like you’ve seen it before.

Source: The ever-reliable Bob McKenzie on Twitter, but no one else seems to be talking about it. This should be a huge deal! Why isn’t this everywhere by now?

Reliability: Zilch. The reason it’s not everywhere is because Bob McKenzie’s Twitter handle is @TSNBobMcKenzie, not @TSNBorbMckenzle, @ RobertMcKenzie, or @TSNBeerMcKoozie. The trade deadline brings fake accounts purporting to be McKenzie, Pierre LeBrun, or Nick Kypreos, but it’s easy to tell the difference: those three all have hundreds of thousands of followers, not 12.

A recent tweet that Canuck winger Nikolay Goldobin had been traded to Edmonton was a textbook example of how false information gets spread leading up to the NHL’s trade deadline.

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Reliability: Suspect. Check the date of the report: people will have a little fun heading into the deadline retweeting and sharing trades from the past that could plausibly take place today. If you see any

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reports that the Canucks have acquired Brendan Leipsic, for instance, be suspicious and check the date.

Source: A Twitter account that has to be an NHL insider, because it says “insider” in their Twitter name. They also claim to be a former player and scout, with contacts throughout the league, so they have to be trustworthy, despite their mysteriously blank profile picture and complete anonymity.

Reliability: None whatsoever. These “insider” accounts are all about throwing as many made-up rumours at the wall as possible and hoping something sticks for which they can take credit.

At best, their rumours are educated guesses — I, too, suspect that basementdwelling teams will trade their pending unrestricted free agents to contenders for prospects and/or draft picks. They’re not trade deadline reports; they’re trade deadline fan fiction.

Source: Your cousin Karlie, who is in a baby playgroup with a woman whose other child goes to elementary school with the child of one of the Canucks and claims to hear all sorts of juicy — and totally reliable! — rumours while trying

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Source: A beat reporter for one of the teams involved.

Reliability: Fairly reliable. If it’s a trade report, take it to the bank, but if it’s just a rumour, keep in mind that reporters sometimes get intentional leaks from organizations looking to affect the trade market. The rumour itself may very well be true, if incomplete, missing key information like retained salary, another player involved, or which team was actually making the offer in question.

Source: A real NHL insider working for TSN, Sportsnet, CBC, or ESPN. Reliability: As reliable as rumours and reports can get. They suffer from some of the same issues as beat reporters, getting intentional leaks from teams, but they have sources throughout the league and the best of them can pretty quickly sort out fact from fiction. Their reputations rely on accuracy, with a mistake haunting them for years.

TSN’s Bob McKenzie is the gold standard, favouring caution when he’s unsure of a rumour’s reliability. You could do far worse on trade deadline day than just following McKenzie on Twitter and ignoring the rest.

For daily Canucks news and views, go to Pass It to Bulis at vancourier.com.

Stick-taps & Glove-drops

Big Numbers

• I’m dropping the gloves with Ryan Getzlaf, who managed to injure two Canucks in their game against the Ducks last week. Getzlaf accidentally landed on Chris Tanev’s foot, tweaking his ankle, and he “accidentally” collided with Jake Virtanen, fracturing a rib.

• 48 With the trade for Marek Mazanec, the signing of Michael Leighton, and the expected signing of Quinn Hughes, the Canucks are up to 48 professional contracts. That leaves them just two more before they reach the limit of 50.

• A tap of the stick to Jim Benning for the Ryan Spooner/Sam Gagner trade.

The deal gives both Spooner and Gagner a chance to revitalize their NHL careers considering they were both in the AHL. Spooner will likely get a top-six opportunity right away.

• 49 Canucks prospect Jett Woo currently has 49 points in 49 games for the Moose Jaw Warriors, good for fourth in points-per-game among WHL defencemen.

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