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Fowl-minded reporter ponders edibility of Vancouver ducks Buffleheads, American wigeons, hooded mergansers — oh my Mike Howell

a narrow margin of time.”

Yes, punctual.

Which means a bufflehead could never be a news photographer.

Little journalism joke, there.

Now to the second part of the question: Are the ducks edible?

Page: “They should all be fairly edible, except that some species [and individuals] will just have more meat on them than others.”

The city never disclosed the identity of the person who posed the question about the ducks, and I’m not sure they even know.

But when thinking about the question, the assumption would be the caller likes duck and may have been planning to shoot or pluck one from the lagoon.

For the record, hunting is not allowed in Stanley Park.

But as a video I came across on the internet showed, at least one person tried to steal a gosling in May 2018 before being shamed on camera.

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Posted a story the other day to our website about some of the head-scratching calls that agents at the City of Vancouver’s 311 contact centre have received over the past 10 years.

One of those questions got some attention on social media, and people wanted to know the answer to this doozy: What species of ducks swim in Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park, and are they edible?

I have an answer, courtesy of park board biologist Nick Page.

In an email, Page said some of the ducks you’ll find today at Lost Lagoon are mallards, wood ducks, gadwalls and greenwinged teals.

Ducks you will find there in the fall or winter are American wigeons, common goldeneyes, surf scoters, hooded mergansers, lesser scaups and — my favourite — buffleheads.

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You’ve probably concluded what I have: Ducks have cool names.

The scientific ones are even more rad. For example, a surf scoter is actually known as a melanitta perspicillata. A bufflehead is known as a bucephala albeola.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, a bufflehead was first described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 as anas albeola.

I’m guessing Mr. Linnaeus came up with that name after a long bike ride on an uncomfortable seat.

That, or he had some bad pasta.

One more fact about buffleheads: They are among the last waterfowl to leave their breeding grounds and are “one of the world’s most punctual migrants, arriving on their wintering grounds within

I reached out to Vancouver police to see if they had ever investigated thefts of ducks or other waterfowl. I’m still waiting for some stats — if any — but I’m guessing they’re probably busy with more important stuff.

I also reached out to Wile E. Coyote and Rocky Raccoon for comment, but neither of them returned calls. The spokesfowl for the ducks, an imposing hooded merganser, would only agree to an interview if bread crumbs were involved.

That, of course, is against Courier policy.

As for the paper’s policy on a reporter writing 500 words of nonsense and allowing it to be posted to our website, there are times when you’ve just got to let it fly.

Sometimes, it just fits the bill.

Regardless of what the piece was initially quacked up to be.

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Vancouver Park Board and the Vancouver Aquarium announced June 25 a new agreement that will allow the aquarium to remain in Stanley Park for the next 35 years.

As part of the agreement, Ocean Wise, which operates the aquarium, has confirmed its 2018 commitment to no longer display cetaceans in the park and has dropped all legal action launched since the park board’s bylaw restricting cetaceans in Vancouver parks.

“The new licence agreement marks the start of an exciting new chapter in Ocean Wise’s evolution and provides the foundation for our ambitious five-year strategic plan,” president and CEO Lasse Gustavsson said in a press release. “We appreciate the park board’s support for Ocean Wise’s evolution and are thrilled that the Vancouver Aquarium is staying in Stanley Park,

which has been its home since 1956.”

In May, Ocean Wise launched a lawsuit for damages and revenue loss stemming from the May 2017 cetacean ban. The lawsuit claimed the ban had resulted in a 13 per cent decline in attendance in 2017 and 2018, and a loss of nearly $4 million in revenues each year.

Gustavsson, who joined Ocean Wise four months ago, taking over for former president and CEO John Nightingale, said he approached the park board about re-negotiating the agreement within his first few weeks on the job.

He said signing a lease that will allow the aquarium to stay in the park until 2054 “will give us a much better opportunity to build an aquarium for the 21st century focusing on conservation.”

“The Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park is a partner for the biodiversity and ecological issues we both champion,” said park board chair Stuart Mackinnon. “We look forward to

a new future with Ocean Wise as leaders in awareness of the vital role of our oceans and sharing the importance of conservation with their visitors.”

With the new agreement in place, Ocean Wise plans to launch a new five-year vision in January 2020 with a focus on conservation, public education, governance and enhancing the visitor experience. Ocean Wise also plans to continue investing in research programs, which have contributed to global knowledge of marine wildlife.

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Tsang’s sentiments were echoed time and again at a June 19 committee meeting and in the days since Reddy’s initial motion two weeks ago.

However, some who attended the school while it still bore the name of Rhodes were opposed to the plaque coming down. Some suggested the plaque’s removal is a mistaken attempt to rewrite history, while others feel a sentimental tie to the name because of their time at the school.

Beverly Bjarnason attended the school from 1956 to 1961. Her written correspondence to trustees suggests Rhodes’ name carries positive memories for her time at the school and for her fellow classmates. “lt is always a slippery slope to try to erase history because if we fail to learn from history we are doomed to repeat it,” Bjarnason wrote. “This history is of a great elementary school, great teachers, great memories and we will be happy to share them with you and speak up for this tiny remnant of our history.

Just because Cecil Rhodes himself is not what we think of now as a role model, our elementary school was.”

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Vancouver school trustees voted unanimously to remove a controversial sign from a West Side school June 24, but not before a generational divide seems to have split current and past school communities.

A sign at L’Ecole Bilingue bearing the name of 19th century mining magnate Cecil Rhodes will be removed immediately after two weeks of discussion among trustees and the neighbouring communities.

Built between 1910 and 1912 near Oak Street and West 14th Avenue, the school was known as Cecil Rhodes School until the mid-1970s.

A tile plaque, made from a portion of the old school, which was demolished several years ago to make way for a new school building, went up near the new school’s basketball court in 2017 to recognize the school’s former name and the former building’s heritage status.

Born in England in the mid-1800s, Rhodes helped found the De Beers diamond trade and was a figure of tense political disdain in South Africa. Rhodes has been quoted in various publications, including the BBC, as having stated that

the English were a master race and therefore entitled to vast wealth and land.

Some have linked his political influence and wealth as contributing to apartheid in South Africa. A scholarship created after Rhodes’ death — known as the Rhodes Scholarship — is given to international students to this day, allowing them access to education at Oxford University.

OneCity trustee Jennifer Reddy’s June 10 notice of motion asking for the plaque to be removed was met with broad support from the current school community and from others with kids in nearby schools. “Cecil Rhodes does not represent the values of our district nor contribute to the wellbeing of students, staff, families, and communities in our district,” Reddy said. “Any further upholding of names like CR in our district make us complicit in his legacy.”

Karen Tsang has three kids enrolled at Lord Byng and Charles Tupper secondary schools, and another at General Brock elementary.

“We are seeing monuments to British imperialism and white supremacy come down all across the globe,” Tsang wrote to trustees.

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Transit fares going up July 1 Artist’s rendering of Centerm following the expansion. A new crane was added to the terminal in spring 2017. No additional cranes will be added.

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The projects include an expansion of Centerm container terminal and updates to port roads on the south shore of Burrard Inlet.

With much of the preparatory work nearing completion, several construction activities are expected to begin July 2, 2019. During construction, nearby residents and businesses can anticipate some noise and temporary lighting to support night work. We will work to reduce noise and minimize excessive lighting during project construction. Please note the schedule is subject to change. Notification to nearby stakeholders will be provided once dates are finalized.

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While you’ll be busy celebrating Canada Day on July 1, TransLink will also be rolling out their annual fare increases.

As of July 1, TransLink fares will increase by five to 10 cents for single-use fares, bringing a one-zone adult fare up to $3, a two-zone adult fare to $4.25 and a three-zone adult fare to $5.75 per ride. Similarly, the concession fare rate per per trip will also go up five cents a ride at all the zone levels.

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“These modest increases are helping to fund the biggest transportation expansion in the region’s history,” says TransLink of its annual fare changes.

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TransLink is also increasing revenues through property taxes, parking sales tax and other measures aimed at being “balanced across Metro Vancouver residents, affecting transit users, drivers, property owners and real estate developers.”

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Vancouver’s oldest bar to close Nov. 30 Lindsay William-Ross

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News of the Cambie Bar & Grill’s impending closure after more than a century in business has stunned Vancouverites, but ownership was fairly tight-lipped last Friday, June 21, when word first got out.

But Sam Yehia, who’s owned and operated the business for 30 years, released a statement June 23 offering further insight into the sudden sale of the legendary watering hole.

“I would never have sold the Cambie,” Yehia wrote in a statement issued by his media rep.

The property was sold as a result of ongoing divorce proceedings, the statement said. It was acquired by Yehia’s ex-wife in mid-April and quickly sold to local developer, Steven Lippman.

Yehia received notification of the sale in May. “There was nothing I could do to stop it,” he wrote.

Assessed at $11,560,000, the sale of the property at 300 Cambie St. was sold May 31 for $14,960,000, according to B.C. Assessment.

Staff were informed last week that the venue would

be shutting down. Among those staff, Yehia’s state,emt said, are people who have worked there for 30 years.

“They are part of the Cambie legacy. They are like family to me and to each other.”

Amidst the outpouring of support and fond memories Yehia has seen in the past few days is the uncertainty of what the new property owner has planned for the location.

“The whole thing is surreal. My first concern is for the staff,” wrote Yehia, adding, “It’s heartbreaking.

It’s an incredible loss to our community.”

The Cambie calls itself the oldest bar in Vancouver, having been in operation since 1897. The bar has remained steadily popular, and continues to win accolades for being one of Vancouver’s best dives.

“It’s been an honour and privilege to own the Cambie,” Yehia wrote.

The statement, however, indicates we aren’t likely to hear more about the Cambie’s sale: “Due to ongoing legal proceedings before the court Mr. Yehia will not be able to comment further beyond this release.”

The Cambie Bar & Grill’s last day of operation is slated for Nov. 30.

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When it comes to reconciliation, much work remains Tracy Sherlock

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What does reconciliation mean?

“Peace, happiness, hope.”

“Coming together, try better.”

“Imagination, truth, respect, relationship, love.”

Those are the some of the words chosen by students, who decorated cedar shavings shaped like feathers, with their ideas of reconciliation.

The cedar shavings came from a reconciliation pole and two welcome poles, unveiled at the Vancouver School Board’s West Broadway office June 21 — National Indigenous Peoples’ Day — in a ceremony live-streamed to the entire district.

William Dan, who carved the male welcome figure, was asked what reconciliation means to him. When he answered, he spoke of being a young boy sent to residential school. Today, nearly 70 years old, he says all he wanted to do was go home to his parents.

“It’s hard for us to get over that. They really beat you to the floor,” Dan said. “But you’ve got to let it out. You’ve

got to lighten your heart.”

Dan’s male welcome figure is matched with a female welcome figure, with a 44-foot reconciliation pole towering behind them.

The hope is that these poles, carved from 300- to 500-year-old cedar logs, will stand 150 years or more, said Chas Desjarlais, VSB’s district vice-principal of Indigenous education, who along with Davita Marsden, an Indigenous education teacher, spearheaded the project.

“It is a dream come true,” said Desjarlais, who is Nehiyaw-Metis and a member of the Cold Lake First Nation.

“We are in a time where people are trying to reconcile the dark history that Indigenous people have experienced. This is a moment of beauty.”

Chrystal and Chris Sparrow carved the female welcome post, which Chrystal said is designed to represent all women, as equals and friends.

The female post, cedar with inlaid copper, includes a killer whale and a female figure.

“Reconciliation to me is healing,” Chris said. “The copper colour is to bring power.”

The male pole, richly coloured in blue and red,

Carvers Xwalacktun and his son James Harry, Chris and Chrystal Sparrow, and William Dan listen to speakers during a ceremony at the Vancouver School Board, June 21. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

includes a male figure holding a salmon to feed people, and a beaver, which builds homes and looks after families.

The centre piece is the reconciliation pole, carved

by Xwalacktun and his son James Harry. The father carved the top, which includes a thunderbird and a frog, while the son carved the bottom, which includes a bear to represent strength, an eagle and a buffalo head to represent all First Nations people. Also in the middle is a woven section,

which is meant to signify unity among people.

“We want to see that healing grow all around the world,” Xwalacktun said.

“We all have to pull together and work together… There is a lot of work to be done yet.”

The artists represent the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

VSB superintendent Suzanne Hoffman said the poles show the important role that Indigenous culture plays in the district.

She said she is hopeful the

poles will serve as a reminder of the wrongs of the past, such as residential schools and the missing and murdered Indigenous women.

“I am hopeful we can help those people who have been harmed by those acts to heal,” Hoffman said.

Larry Grant, an elder from the Musqueam Nation, said he went to Strathcona elementary in the 1940s, when he said there was “complete denial” of Aboriginal history.

“We have a long, long way to go to move beyond that 1940s mind set,” Grant said.

“Finally, the school district is giving recognition to Aboriginal people’s history.”

Even if there has been progress, there are still gaps for Indigenous students, B.C.’s auditor general Carol Bellringer said in a report released this week. She called it a “racism of low expectations,” in an earlier report.

Seventy per cent of Indigenous students now graduate in B.C., versus 86 per cent of non-Indigenous students, Bellringer found. Indigenous students are also more likely to feel bullied, teased or picked on, data from the Student Learning Survey shows.

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Cali Pelletier, a Grade 7 student from Strathcona elementary, said she doesn’t believe reconciliation is happening yet, because she still sees a lot of pain. She hopes it will happen one day, so that “we would live with pride without fear for our lives.”

Desjarlais, who was a social studies and drama teacher for 14 years at Gladstone secondary, said she agrees there is much more work to do.

Graduation rates for Indigenous students in Vancouver have improved over the past five years, she said.

“We’re not satisfied with 56 per cent [in Vancouver].

We’re going to continue to push to make sure our students get to graduation, they graduate with dignity and purpose and that they can go on in life to do whatever they wish to do,” Desjarlais said. “I won’t rest until I see equity and parity in the Indigenous grad rate with the non-Indigenous grad rate.”

Although this is meant to be an opinion column, for today, I’m going to let the words of those involved speak for themselves.

A longer version of this story is at vancourier.com.

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Re: “Vancouver’s record-breaking homeless population at 2,223 people,” June 12.

I have been reading about this subject for decades.

My question is, why are the taxpayers of Vancouver expected to provide housing for the perpetual migration of other British Columbians, Canadians and other nationals fleeing cold winters, job and housing loss?

West Coast cities in North America have always been the “go to” places for people seeking relief, but at what cost?

This should be a federal not city financial problem.

I am obviously not an expert, but the saying “Like putting lipstick on a pig” comes to mind with some of the current solutions.

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Re: “City awards $2.5-million contract to design two sections of Arbutus Greenway,” May 29.

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I am not in the landscaping business, but my breakdown of the $2.5 million approved expenses is as follows: $500,000 in overhead including rental costs of office space, amortization of computer equipment, travel, paper, pens and pencils etc. and $2,000,000 in salaries for 10 full-time specialists for a year.

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Completing musician’s album cathartic for those he left behind Saki Kaskas’s overdose death came as surprise to family and friends

John Kurucz

loved travelling, cycling, reading about the world and watching sports with his pals.

“It’s a big mystery. We don’t know why he was using drugs or why he used them for so long,” Kaskamanidis said. “He said he was using heroin not to get high, but to relieve pain or to feel normal.”

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His full name was Theodosius Kaskamanidis, but most knew him as Saki Kaskas.

Everyone knew Kaskas for his unfailingly positive attitude and encyclopedic knowledge of capital cities.

Millions knew Kaskas as the musician responsible for soundtracks that accompany some of the most iconic video game franchises ever released.

The side of Kaskas no one knew became clear Nov. 16, 2016, when his lifeless body was discovered by his ex-girlfriend, police and his sister.

Kaskas had died of a fentanyl overdose five days earlier, on Remembrance Day, in his Gastown apartment.

It was only after reading his private journals and the coroner’s report that his loved ones learned Kaskas had battled heroin addiction for a decade.

“There were signs, there were red flags. Today, I know that,” his sister, Sia Kaskamanidis, told the Courier. “The nodding off especially. I didn’t even know what that was about.

When I asked him, he said it was because he was working so hard all night. I believed him.”

Kaskas was working on a solo album more than a half decade in the making at the time of his death. He quit his lucrative job in the tech sector, sold his condo and moved downtown to devote, at most, two years to creating what would be his first album after decades of making music for and with others.

The album was totally in flux at the time of Kaskas’s death. Some songs were done, others weren’t even close. It needed other musicians to round out the sound, finish the lyrics and take care of mixing and mastering.

That process comes full circle June 28 at the ANZA Club, when Kaskas’s album Theodosius will be released.

It took 22 musicians from across the world to finish what the 45-year-old started.

Former co-worker and longtime friend, Jeff van Dyck, has been the catalyst behind all those moving parts. The pair had known each other since the early 1990s, first as bandmates and then as coworkers with Electronic Arts (EA).

Finishing the album was a process that took almost three years and began in the months before Kaskas’s death. Now residing in Aus-

Catharsis and celebration

Sia Kaskamanidis with a photo of her late brother Saki Kaskas, whose original album Theodosius will be posthumously released June 28 at the ANZA Club. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

tralia, van Dyck connected with the Courier via email in early June, just days after completing the album.

Van Dyck uses words such as “relieved” and “bittersweet” when describing the first listen.

The term “brilliant functioning heroin addict” also enters the conversation, both with van Dyck and Kaskamanidis.

“I suppose in retrospect I can start to see the signs, but I was pretty clueless and had no idea what he was up to,” van Dyck said.

“I had attributed his lack of finishing his album to being burned out on it, which can happen to anyone who works hard on something for a long time.”

Musical upbringing

The Kaskamanidis family lived in Dunbar, and all four kids went to Prince of Wales secondary. Kaskas was drawn to music in his early teens — Led Zeppelin and the Who were the bands that lit the initial spark.

“He got a guitar in Grade 8 and everyday he would practice his scales,” Kaskamanidis said. “His buddies would come over and say, ‘Hey let’s go out and have some fun.’ No, he would just practice.”

Kaskas’s time at EA began in the early 1990s.

He met van Dyck around the same time, and the two played in bands before they ended up working together at EA. Kaskas was surrounded by musical talent and excelled as a sound engineer and composer. The work hours were insufferably long in those early days of EA, but Kaskas’s output can be heard on video game titles such as The Need for Speed, Mass Effect 2 and several of the NHL hockey games released in the mid to late ’90s. Kaskas later went to work for the Vancouver tech firm United Front Games, and his compositions have been aired on TV and radio.

One of his jingles was used by Oprah Winfrey, for which the royalty cheques keep rolling in to this day.

Simply put, Kaskas’s music has been heard by tens of millions of people the world over.

As satisfying as that was, Kaskas spent his entire adult life making music for others rather than what he heard inside his head.

That changed in 2014.

Sudden shift

Kaskas left the working world in 2014 at the age of

42 and opted to live off savings and royalties.

He bought a condo not far from the Downtown Eastside and equipped it with a $50,000 home studio.

Kaskamanidis describes her dad as being “crushed” by the seemingly sudden shift. The family matriarch was supportive and wanted to see her son realize his dream of making an album by himself, for himself.

Kaskas told his family he would give himself two years to finish the album and that he’d re-enter the workforce once it was done.

“I was little bit concerned. I thought ‘Hmm… that’s weird,’ but he did reassure us,” Kaskamanidis recalled. “I was very supportive of his music. I felt him hurting all these years.

He was struggling working in a corporate environment.

I saw the artist in him, so I said, ‘OK, finally you did it.

That’s great.’ I was naïve.”

Van Dyck visited Kaskas in his home studio a month before his death for what was supposed to be a preview of the completed album. Being a fellow musician, friend and trusted ear, van Dyck offered some advice: more live drums, less drum machines and an emphasis on vocals — up

until that point, the 12-track album was all instrumental.

Kaskas agreed but couldn’t figure out how to get there. Van Dyck planned to come to Vancouver at some point the following year to help his friend realize the album’s completion. It was to be the first time the pair would collaborate on original music in roughly 25 years.

Kaskamanidis reflects on her brother’s death as an accidental tragedy, but one clouded by shame and guarded secrecy. The coroner who attended Kaskas’s condo after his death found rehab pamphlets everywhere.

Kaskamanidis later found her brother’s private journals, in which he wrote about the nightmarish withdrawals experienced by a heroin user.

One journal entry suggested there are two types of people in this world: those who try drugs and don’t go any further because they love their lives, and others who try drugs and keep using them because of self-loathing.

Kaskamanidis isn’t sure if either holds true as it relates to her brother’s fate. Kaskas had social anxiety but was described by both his sister and van Dyck as an outgoing, gregarious person. He

Theodosius was finished in early June after van Dyck tracked down EA alumni, Kaskas’s friends and anyone else who could complete the vision.

Only two of the 14 songs were finished at the time of Kaskas’s death. Though the rest were in varying stages of completion, van Dyck had the benefit of knowing Kaskas’s ear and taste such that becoming a makeshift producer wasn’t overly daunting or difficult.

The end result is a complete hybrid of an album that’s all over the map: heavy metal, industrial, jazz, disco and funk.

The end game is catharsis and celebration for van Dyck and the musicians involved.

Kaskamanidis’s head is in a slightly different place.

She was hesitant to contact the Courier about her brother’s album. She had a hard time reconciling the same stigma that ultimately consumed her brother — saying nothing, rather than saying everything.

There was a time when Kaskamanidis thought everyone living in the Downtown Eastside was there by choice. She also believed addiction was a choice.

“I used to be ignorant about addiction,” Kaskamanidis said. “My brother’s overdose opened my heart to the whys and hows of an addict. I have changed from an apathetic, judgmental person to a sympathetic and caring one.”’

Those attending the Theodosius album release show will be encouraged to donate to the Providence Crosstown Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital. Crosstown is the only clinic in North America to offer medical-grade heroin (diacetylmorphine) and the legal analgesic hydromorphone within a supervised clinical setting to chronic substance use patients. @JohnKurucz The Theodosius album release party is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the ANZA Club on June 28.

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Close to half of Vancouver condos aren’t occupied by owners Naoibh O’Connor

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Forty-six per cent of Vancouver condos are “not-owner occupied,” according to the latest analysis

by Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s city program. Yan looked at new figures from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program published June 11.

The percentage of notowner occupied condos hits 49 per cent in Electoral Area A where the University of B.C. is located.

A property is deemed “not-owner occupied” when none of the owners on the property title declare it as their usual residence, according to tax data or other administration data.

The property may be rented out or used as a secondary property by its owners, such as a pied-a-terre or a cottage, or it may be vacant.

A property is classified as “owner-occupied” when at least one owner on the property title declares the property as their usual residence.

“The big take on this [data] is the role of units that are not owner-occupied — a.k.a. investments,” Yan said. “[And] how much that drives, particularly the condominium market, in Metropolitan Vancouver.”

While the percentages are particularly notable in Vancouver and Electoral Area A/UBC, Yan said they also reveal how important condos-as-investment-units are in other municipalities throughout the region.

In Richmond, 37 per cent of condos are not-owner occupied, in Pitt Meadows it’s 37 per cent, in Coquitlam it’s 36 per cent, in Surrey it’s 35 per cent and in Burnaby it’s 33 per cent.

In Toronto, the figure sits at 38 per cent.

While some of the condos may be seasonally occupied or empty, Yan said the good news is that some are rented out.

The statistics, he added, also point to the importance of regulating shortterm rentals.

Yan was surprised Vancouver’s city-wide figure for not-owner occupied condos has grown to 46 per cent.

He noted it’s the 10th anniversary of the emptycondo study he did with BTAworks in 2009, which found that about 52 per cent of downtown condos were investor-owned. A City of Vancouver report, which was published a couple months after that study, revealed the citywide figure at that time was

about 35 per cent.

“So things became progressively worse, and we knew [about it] 10 years ago,” he said.

“It illustrates the types of demands that are in Vancouver housing and really goes into the question of what’s the priority in demand that our housing system needs to meet — investments versus, say, someone who’s trying to set their roots in the city, not to mention the importance of actually having an affordable purpose-built rental stock as opposed to one that’s dependant on this kind of fragmented, precarious condominium-as-rental

system.”

Meanwhile, the median assessment value of owneroccupied condominiums in Vancouver is $696,000 compared to $650,000 for not-owner occupied condos.

When it comes to singledetached homes in Vancouver, 19 per cent are notowner occupied, a figure that jumps to 47 per cent in Electoral Area A/UBC. The median assessment value of owner-occupied single-detached houses is $2,250,000 compared to $2,370,000 for not-owner occupied houses.

A longer version of this story is at vancourier.com.

Graph courtesy of Andy Yan, director of SFU’s city program

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5. 686-688 East 22nd Avenue, 3811-3891 Fraser Street and 679 East 23rd Avenue To rezone 686-688 East 22nd Avenue, 3811-3891 Fraser Street and 679 East 23rd Avenue from RT-2 (Two-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building with commercial uses at grade and 121 secured market rental housing units. A height of 21.8 metres (71.5 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.28 are proposed.

Tuesday, July 9, 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. Miscellaneous Text Amendments To amend the RT-5 and RT-5N, RT-6, RM-3, RM-8, RM-8A, RM-8N, and RM-8AN, RM-12N, FC-2, HA-1 and HA-1A District Schedules and amend Section 9.25 of the Sign By-law to correct inadvertent errors and omissions.

2. 4727 West 2nd Avenue (Edith and Pat McGeer Residence) To designate as protected heritage property the exterior of the existing building at 4727 West 2nd Avenue known as the Edith and Pat McGeer Residence which is listed on the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘A’ evaluation category.

3. 1462 Granville Street To amend CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (579) for 1462 Granville Street to add “Manufacturing - Brewing or Distilling” as an allowable use limited to 650 square metres.

4. 1166 West Pender Street To rezone 1166 West Pender Street from Downtown District (DD) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 32-storey office building. A height of 120 metres (393.55 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 19.4 are proposed.

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BARB SNELGROVE SHOWS OFF THE “ALL HAIL BARB’S CAESAR” NAMED AFTER HER AT MARY’S ON DAVIE. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Vancouverite honours the nation’s cocktail — and her dad — as part of a new book commemorating the Caesar, just in time for Canada Day SANDRA THOMAS | STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM Barb Snelgrove has long been famous (infamous) locally for her Caesars.

One only has to look as far as Snelgrove’s Facebook page to see photos of her inventive creations, which are topped with everything from salami to prawns and cheese to beans, depending on her mood — or the season.

And now, Snelgrove’s Caesars have been recognized nationally in a new book titled The Caesar.

50 Years. 50 Stories:

Celebrating a Half-Century of Canada’s National Cocktail.

Snelgrove is in good company — also included in the book are Canadian actors Dan Aykroyd and Jason Priestley, comedian Colin Mochrie, former NHLer Doug Gilmour and chef Lynn Johnston. As well, the “All Hail Barb’s Caesar” is a featured cocktail at Mary’s on Davie, with partial proceeds dedicated to charity. The beloved Caesar, which differentiates itself from its American cousin the

Bloody Mary by the use of clam juice as an ingredient, was invented 50 years ago in Calgary by hotel restaurant manager Walter Chell. The rest, as they say, is history.

The Courier had a few questions for Snelgrove about her love of Caesars.

“Out of 2,500 entries, my story was chosen...”

time would be when I was on vacation in San Francisco and Clamato juice had just been imported. I made a round for all the people in the apartment building I was staying at. The next morning I woke up to the sound WHEN DID YOU MAKE of the neighbours yelling YOUR FIRST CAESAR? out their windows, asking I do believe it was late teens, when I was getting up and early twenties, making them making another round of for my Dad. I had grown up “that Canadian drink” for watching him make them and everyone. I was pretty much one day he passed the baton. the “Caesar Slave” for the He liked it so much it became rest of the weekend! a regular thing.

HOW DID YOU WHEN DID YOU GET INVOLVED REALIZE YOUR CAESAR IN THE BOOK? RECIPE WAS SO GOOD? A friend saw a contest asking The first time would be when I Canadians to share their received the seal of approval favourite Caesar story for from my Dad, who was the potential inclusion in a Motts king of Caesars. The second Clamato book that was

being created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the Caesar.

And, as I am well known for my love of all things Caesar and my Caesarmaking skills, she told me, “You have to enter, this is you!” The deadline to enter was an hour away, so I stopped everything and wrote them the story of how my Caesar skills came about learning from my Dad and how much fun I have creating them for people both at home and abroad, becoming an unofficial roving Caesar Ambassador.

And out of 2,500 entries, my story was chosen. It is an honour I think my Dad would have loved and got a real kick out of.

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YOU MAKE YOUR CAESARS FOR ALL KINDS OF SPECIAL OCCASIONS, CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLES? Most recently I was honoured to spend an afternoon making them for guests at a celebration of life for someone who had passed who had loved drinking Caesars. But pretty much any time Caesars are featured it’s a special occasion. I truly believe that Caesars are the definitive happy hour drink and that’s the time to load up the condiment element so it’s a meal in a glass.

I think the name of the last day of the week should be changed to #CaesarSunday.

The Caesar is perfect at any time of year and, depending on the celebration, change up the garnishes to fit the mood.

“Half the fun of drinking a Caesar is taking a bite of the condiment, then taking a sip, the flavours complement each other so well.”

are going to two wonderful organizations in Vancouver, A Loving Spoonful and Friends For Life. Both of these organizations do amazing work in the community. Kudos to Mary’s on Davie for paying it forward.

ANY CANADA DAY TIPS? For Canada Day, I would go with baby bocconcini, a chunk of Canadian back HOW DID YOUR bacon and cherry tomato CAESAR END UP garnish.

For summertime AS A DRINK SPECIAL Caesars, make sure to throw AT MARY’S? some salami or pepperoni Mary’s on Davie decided to sticks in there.

Prawns, cheese, add a charitable promotion pepperoncinis, beans. The sky to their drink menu by highlighting “community icons” is the limit with the condiments, have fun with it. Or if you with a drink named after them. When they approached really want to impress your me to be one of their featured guests, infuse your vodka with bacon (it’s easier to do drinks, the obvious choice than you think) because who was a Caesar. The “All Hail Barb’s Caesar” is the featured doesn’t love bacon? Half the drink for June (and will slurp its fun of drinking a Caesar is way into July). Partial proceeds taking a bite of the condiment,

then taking a sip. The flavours complement each other so well.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS ON CANADA’S FAVOURITE COCKTAIL? It’s a drink and a meal and everyone has their own take on it. How many cocktails can you think of that stir up so many memories to so many different people? It perfectly represents Canada, where we are made up of many different cultures and the Caesar is adaptable to all of them. Whatever your background, make your Caesar with Clamato juice and add your fave flavours. I have enjoyed them with sake, vodka, tequila and even Guinness beer. And don’t forget to garnish with your favourite regional cuisine. Caesars (to me) are all about gathering together and celebrating good company and laughs. What more could you ask for in a drink?

THE “ALL HAIL BARB’S CAESAR” IS A FEATURED COCKTAIL AT MARY’S ON DAVIE, WITH PARTIAL PROCEEDS DEDICATED TO CHARITY. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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DIY Caesars

Make these fancy Caesars with recipes from Fairmont Hotels SANDRA THOMAS | STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM For more inspiration when making your own “perfect patio sipper,” Jetside Bar at Fairmont Vancouver Airport shared its Lemon Beer Caesar recipe, which uses local lemon pale ale from Four Winds Brewing in Delta, B.C. For a very West Coast take on this Canadian treasure, try this recipe at home.

Lemon Beer Caesar

The Coastline Caesar was created by Jeff Savage, head bartender at Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim, who describes this Caesar as the perfect recipe for the home mixologist.

Savage used local ingredients and suppliers, as well as scents and flavours specific to the Pacific Northwest.

Coastline Caesar INGREDIENTS

1 oz. Sheringham Vodka

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1.5 oz. Absolute Citron

¾ oz. Smoked cedar tisane

.5 oz. Grand Marnier

3 oz. Walter’s Caesar mix

.5 oz. lemon juice

1 dash Bittered Sling Cascade celery bitters

Tabasco to taste Worcester sauce to taste

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Motts Caesar mix

Rim glass with Old Bay Seasoning. Garnish with a dill frond and small piece of smoked salmon and serve on a small cedar plank.

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Garnish with dill and smoked salmon.

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Five Canada Day 2019 events in Vancouver you won’t want to miss

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Whether it’s packing a picnic for the beach, drinking some brews with the buds, hitting a Canadians game at the Nat or taking in a free parade or fireworks, the options for celebrating Canada Day in Vancouver are endless.

Here are just five ideas for celebrating this great nation.

CANADA DAY AT CANADA PLACE Waterfront Party: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

PARADE: 7 p.m.

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Canada Place, the largest Canada Day celebration in Western Canada, takes place on the waterfront, covers five city blocks and includes the indoor and outdoor spaces at Canada Place, Jack Poole Plaza and surrounding city streets. Highlights include

a traditional citizenship ceremony (9:30 a.m.), music and dance performances, the Coast Capital Savings Youth Zone, Kids Zone, Canadian Forces Zone, Picnic Plaza, food trucks, fireworks and more. canadaplace.ca CANADA DAY AT GRANVILLE ISLAND July 1, 8 a.m. to midnight The 20th annual Canada Day parade on Granville Island takes place July 1 starting from Ocean Construction at 1:30 p.m. The parade is just one of dozens of events and activities taking place on Granville Island on Canada Day, including a bike decorating workshop, cake, lobster cook out, roving performers, music, a street party, print making and dragon boat rides. Seriously,

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LOUD Scholarship Awards The annual awards honour students who have contributed to LGBTQ+ communities across Canada SANDRA THOMAS STHOMAS@VANCOURIER.COM

For the 10th year in a row, the LOUD Foundation has invested in the future of deserving students by way of cash scholarships.

On May 16, 19 individuals were recognized for their contributions and achievements in LGBTQ+ communities across Canada at the 10th annual LOUD Scholarship Awards Gala.

Each recipient received a cheque for $2,000 to be dedicated to future education.

LOUD board member Blair Smith said the awards are not just about the money.

“Many of our younger students have shared their experience that receiving the award changed their sense of self-worth and, in turn, changed their relationships with their families,” said Smith.

“Students have reported that by listing their award on their resumes, interesting conversations opened up during job interviews increasing their success rate and [opening] further doors.”

Smith said the LOUD Foundation is always open to collaborations for named scholarships with individuals, organizations, academic institutions and businesses.

New this year is LOUD’s partnership with the Rainbow Foundation of Hope, which resulted in an ongoing scholarship specifically for refugee students.

“But any of our scholarships have always been open to conventional refugees and

refugee claimants,” said Smith, who added LOUD believes that by supporting youth in smaller towns, it contributes to healthier communities for LGBTQ+ students.

“We do not ask [about] sexuality in our applications, recognizing that gender and sexuality are fluid,” said Smith.

“Besides, we need to support our allies, too. Many allies are the founding members of [gaystraight alliance clubs] in high schools and are also doing important work in fields of study benefitting the LGBTQ+ community in Canada.”

Smith said the late Jim Deva called the awards day his favourite of the year.

“We all echo that sentiment and know that Jim is with us in spirit,” said Smith “The Jim Deva Memorial fund has awarded $38,000 since inception in 2015.”

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Trudeau, Michael J. Fox, Chris Hadfield lend voices to Corner Gas Animated Brent Butt and the gang return for a second season on Canada Day Sabrina Furminger

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Brent Butt says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was very open to direction when his character appeared on the second season of Corner Gas Animated.

Brent Butt had to be convinced to make Corner Gas Animated.

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But the 2014 Corner Gas film had been a box office hit (which, considering how hard it is to get Canadians to watch Canadian films, is really saying something), and the network wanted more Corner Gas content.

“We didn’t want to do the same thing, and we started kicking around the animation idea, and that scared me, too,” recalls the Vancouver-based writer, actor, producer, director and comedian. “It could be something that people don’t like and we run the risk of hurting the legacy of the show.”

Butt and his team made a short animated demo, and they liked enough to run with it. The result of that leap of faith — Corner Gas Animated — premiered in April 2018, and proceeded to smash audience records for the Comedy Network and win awards (most recently, a Leo Award for Best Animation in a Program or Series).

Ratings and awards are just the cherry on the top for Butt. “The thing that’s really satisfying for me is when people say, ‘It just feels like more episodes of Corner Gas,’” says Butt.

Thus, these iconic, flawed and zany characters from Dog River, Saskatchewan — Brent, Lacey, Wanda, Hank, Davis, Karen, Oscar and Emma — continue to exist in their gas stationcentric world, albeit in animated form.

On Canada Day, Corner Gas Animated returns for its second season. Like its first season, the second season features a mix of Dog River antics interspersed with fantasy and dream sequences.

“These little fantasy sequences we do, they’re really fun to break the mould of our show and play with the reality of it,” says Butt. “Within our real show world, I want to keep things pretty real, but then when we have these fantasy sequences and dreams, that’s where you can really cut loose.”

In the season premiere, Brent is terrorized in his nightmares by a murderous Michael J. Fox, and Fox voices his animated alter ego himself.

“I got myself in a pickle

because normally the way cameos come together is you write an episode and you get an idea for a quick, funny joke and we approach the person we want to give the cameo to and if they say no, we just get rid of the cameo,” says Butt. “But I foolishly wrote this whole episode with Michael J. Fox specifically in three big scenes, and then it was like, ‘Oh man, what if he doesn’t do it? We’re screwed.’”

But Fox read the material and thought it was funny, and Butt and co. flew to Fox’s office in New York to record him.

Fox is one of a handful of high-profile Canadians who can be heard in the second season of Corner Gas Animated. Butt recorded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill.

“With the Prime Minister, the first thing he said was, ‘I’m very open to direction, I don’t want to screw this up, so make sure I do it the way you want me to do it,’” recalls Butt. “He was very natural and no problem.”

Butt was similarly impressed with the voice talents and quick thinking of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

“Part of his line he says with his space helmet on, and you don’t hear what he says, and then he takes it off and delivers the rest of his line. But that first part, I said, ‘I want to make sure that we don’t understand anything you’re saying, and he said, ‘Do you want me to do it in Russian?’ And I said, ‘Yes, absolutely, I do, read it in Russian,’” laughs Butt. “And then we played it backwards, so when you watch the episode and he’s got his head in the space helmet saying his line, what you hear is him saying the line in Russian and it being played backwards.”

Corner Gas Animated features the voice talents of Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson, Lorne Cardinal, Tara Spencer-Nain, Nancy Robertson and Corrine Koslo.

Corner Gas Animated returns to the Comedy Network with two back-toback episodes on July 1.

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Now in its third year, this event is music to the ears of Vancouver’s guitar enthusiasts. If you’re feeling plucky, both days of this weekend-long public event will feature live music, master classes, special events and the opportunity to see, hear and play some of the world’s finest handmade stringed instruments.

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Gastown Thursday Nights features roaming live musical performances and sales at local retail spots, with a very “open house” vibe. Catch this free party that will feature all sorts of fun bonuses, including a pop-up tattoo artist, belly dancer, Thai dance class, kissing booth, DJs, food and drink, and more.

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Sunday Seafood Boil at Boulevard

It’s baaaaack! Time to welcome in those lazy, hazy, crazy summer Sunday suppers starring fresh-caught seafood expertly prepared and served up in style. Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar is bringing back their Seafood Boil dinners, which feature jumbo prawns, clams, mussels, lobster and Dungeness crab, done up as an East Coast-inspired communal seafood spread piled high on butcher’s paper and served with all the fixings, right down to dessert.

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This weekend, columnist Grant Lawrence had a tough choice on his hands: See his all-time favourite band or supervise the trampoline at his neighbourhood block party. PHOTOS GRANT LAWRENCE

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This past weekend, I had a major life choice to make: I could bear witness to the Pointed Sticks, one of my all-time favourite bands and Vancouver pop-punk originals, performing at the legendary Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret alongside Jerry Hannah from the equally iconic Subhumans, or I could attend our neighbourhood block party with my family.

Maybe I could do both?

Just last week, a reader of this column, who calls himself “Stephen Coldbeer,” went out of his way to refer to me as a navel-gazing, out of touch, “punk-come-yuppie.”

The name-calling was in reference to my opinions on Vancouver living that I share in this space which, to him, run contrary to my decades fronting the Smugglers, an independent touring garage-punk band.

He also noted that I should crawl back into my “sheltered bubble,” which, I suppose, is East Vancouver.

As the beloved East Van band the Boom Booms discovered when they started their “Boom Boom Block Party,” East Vancouverites love to party close to home.

That bash quickly became a summer blockbuster for years, raising more than $20,000 for charities, until the event became too huge to manage.

When my wife and I moved to East Van, it was after years of living in the West End. We were used to being

slammed by major events that took over the entire neighbourhood: massive gatherings such as the Sun Run, the fireworks and the Pride Parade (luckily we moved out before 4/20 billowed in).

The logistics for those festivities were staggering — everything from the road closures to the police presence, the live entertainment, the food truck village, garbage cleanup and crowd control, not to mention the impact on local residents.

We left all of that behind when we relocated to a quiet street in East Van, which we quickly discovered was still pretty festive, but on a completely different grassroots community level.

You never really get used to the novelties of 1,000 kids showing up at your door on Halloween (the coolest costume to date is still the kid wearing the Residents’ eyeball mask and tuxedo), or the parade of winter walkers checking out the holiday light displays, or the annual block party that has happened every summer on our street for more than 20 years.

As far as that punk-cumyuppie comment, I have to admit it: When I performed on stage at CBGB in New York to a sea of slam-dancing gutter punks, I thought I had arrived.

Twenty-five years later, I’m now shepherding slamdancing toddlers on and off a trampoline at the neighbourhood block party, which I dutifully attended — though I’m happy to say the punk spirit in me still flickers like a candle in the wind. (The posted trampoline rules stated only two kids were allowed on at a time. I upped it to four. Oi!) This I also have to admit: There’s something pleasant about getting drunk in the middle of your street, meeting those weird artsy neighbours you always won-

dered about, hearing about some quirky local history and having the pleasure to simply stumble half a block home on a warm summer night into your own bed, instead of, say, stumbling around downtown trying to flag down a cab at 1 a.m.

At our block party this year, one of our rocker neighbours stepped up with a full stage and P.A. for the four bands that performed.

Another neighbour outfitted all of the tables with freshly picked flowers from her garden. The local church donated tables and chairs.

We awarded our local corner store with a community service trophy for their friendliness and longevity. Everyone came out of their homes, bearing dishes of food to share with their neighbours.

My wife played guitar while a nine-year-old neighbour girl sang Ruth B’s pop ballad “Lost Boy” to thunderous applause.

I also discovered a cool neighbour living five doors down who not only likes the Gruesomes, one of my most formative bands of yore, but also showed me his Tiki bar complete with bamboo thatched walls and working eight-track stereo, his gokart (also working) and his totally mint 1963 convertible Pontiac Parisenne (also working), all tucked inside one of those unassuming East Van garages.

Back at the block party, between refereeing the ball hockey game and lightsaber fights, I stole a glance at my phone to see if the Pointed Sticks had taken the stage yet, down at the Smilin’ Buddha. Maybe there was still a chance?

When I looked up, I noticed a group of young punks over on the fringe of the block party. They were sprawled out on the grass in their skinny black jeans and worn-out Chuck Taylors in

the last rays of the setting sun, enjoying cans of beer in the street unchallenged, but clearly too cool to join in the domestic fray.

As a lightsaber smacked me across the back, swung by my own feral, barefoot son, I put my phone away and turned back to the block party in full swing.

I cracked a beer and felt that punk candle within me flicker again, melting away like my daughter’s unsanctioned third purple popsicle.

Maybe Stephen Coldbeer is right. It turns out all of my worrying didn’t matter. I’m so out of touch I didn’t realize until later the Pointed Sticks’ gig had occurred the night before. I had completely missed it.

See you next year at the block party? @grantlawrence

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With J.T. Miller trade, Jim Benning has made a risky bet on making the playoffs Trading away a first-round pick is a clear sign Canucks think rebuild is over Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

If you only look at the number of draft picks the Canucks made at last weekend’s NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, they look like a rebuilding team.

Canucks GM Jim Benning made nine picks in all, including Russian power forward Vasili Podkolzin at 10th and first-round talent Nils Hoglander early in the second round with the 40th overall pick. Nine picks is what you would expect from a rebuild, with most rebuilding teams acquiring those picks by trading away veterans on expiring deals.

The Canucks’ biggest move at the draft, however, said something else entirely.

Early on the second day of the draft, the Canucks sent waves through the Rogers Arena crowd when it was announced they had traded for J.T. Miller of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The cost? A conditional firstround pick in 2020 and a third-round pick in 2019.

That’s not the move of a rebuilding team. Miller, a versatile forward who can play up and down the lineup, is a solid complementary piece for a team looking to the playoffs and hoping to contend. He’s likely to get a chance in the Canucks’ top six alongside Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser and seems a safe bet to score 20 goals and 40-50 points.

No one has any issue with Miller as a player; the issue is the price.

The condition on the firstround pick is simple: if the Canucks make the playoffs

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Pass It to Bulis Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to the Canucks for a great job hosting the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. There were a few hiccups during the weekend, but it mostly went off without a hitch.

• I’m dropping the gloves with the Canucks’ rumoured interest in signing Tyler Myers in free agency. The tall defencemen is likely to get a contract befitting a first-pairing defenceman that he’ll never live up to and could cause problems for the Canucks’ salary cap in the future.

Big Numbers • 10 The Canucks drafting a Russian forward with the 10th overall pick just feels right. There’s just something about a Russian wearing number 10.

• 2/12/2020 The Sedins’ numbers will rise to the rafters Feb. 12 prior to the Canucks’ game against the Chicago Blackhawks, which seems fitting.

GM Jim Benning’s trade for Tampa Bay forward J.T. Miller comes at a cost — a risky one at that.

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in the 2019-20 season, the Lightning get the 2020 pick. If the Canucks miss the playoffs, thereby ending up in the draft lottery, the pick moves to 2021. If the Canucks miss the playoffs in 2020-21, there’s no protection. The Canucks could win the draft lottery that year, and the Lightning would get the first ever first-overall pick in Canucks history.

It’s a big gamble for Benning: the Canucks have to make the playoffs in one of the next two years or the Lightning get a pick that is, at the very least, in the top15 picks of the draft.

The Canucks’ core four have come exclusively from the first round: Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes.

Benning is taking the chance of missing out on a player of that calibre to get a player to help them win immediately.

The frustration for many fans is not only that it was a high price to pay — it’s that it was higher than seemed necessary. The Lightning needed to shed a contract to clear room under the salary cap so they can re-sign Brayden Point, who had 41 goals and 92 points last season. Therefore, the Canucks were doing the Lightning a big favour, even if they got a good player in the process.

The Canucks didn’t get a discount for that favour.

A report came out from Sportsnet’s John Shannon that not many other teams were in on J.T. Miller, so that wouldn’t have driven the price up. Then Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre reported that Benning avoided haggling on the Miller deal: the Lightning

asked for a first and a third, so that’s what they got.

It’s understandable Benning would push to make the playoffs this season.

The Canucks have missed the playoffs in four-straight seasons. Elias Pettersson’s quick emergence as a franchise forward has provided hope for a quick turnaround from the Sedin era. And, perhaps most importantly, Benning’s on the last year of his contract.

That means, if the Canucks miss the playoffs next season, that conditional pick might no longer be his problem. Canucks ownership has been patient with Benning so far, but that patience could quickly run out if the Canucks miss the playoffs for a fifth straight season.

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