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I’ve got some more random facts and stats for you. Last week, it was all about housing. This week, it’s all about the provincial court. The court released its annual report March 28 and it makes for some semi-interesting reading, if you’re into the justice system and the goings-on of what happens in the courtrooms across the province. As a former court reporter in my Richmond days, I can tell you these places are fascinating and ground zero for stories about crime, punishment and the human condition. But today I bring you mostly facts and stats, beginning with this curious category: the number of people who represented themselves in court without a lawyer. Before I get to the stats, a quick story: I once had to testify against a convicted sex offender who defended himself in court. It was related to a story I wrote after
More than 200,000 cases were initiated in the courts during the 2017/2018 fiscal year, according to the provincial court’s annual report. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
I interviewed him in jail. The experience was both nerve-racking and exhilarating. Last I heard the guy was still in prison. Would he still be in the bucket if he had a lawyer acting on his behalf? Hard to say. Anyway, the court’s annual report says in its courtlanguage lexicon that “the number of appearances by litigants without lawyers in 2017/2018 was 126,721.” That seems like a lot,
but apparently it’s a six per cent decrease from the previous year and the lowest number in five years. Self-representation was 18 per cent for criminal matters, 41 per cent for family and 69 per cent for small claims. This all happened before a combined total of 114 full-time judges, 27 senior judges and one part-time judge. If you’re interested, 46 per cent of the full-time
judges were women and 54 per cent were men. In the last five years, 27 of the 50 judges appointed were women. Most of the judges are between 50 and 64 years old, with an average and median age of 60. So how many cases did they hear? More than 200,000 cases were initiated in the courts during the 2017/2018 fiscal year. The bulk — 114,584
— were new adult and youth criminal, family, child protection and small claims cases. Combined, that total represents a six per cent decrease, whereas the 85,990 new traffic and bylaw cases — generally heard by judicial justices — was up 14 per cent from last year. Now to the money, which I should have placed higher up in this piece, but consider this a bonus for those of you who read this far. Total salaries and benefits paid out in 2017/2018 was $56,155,950, which was $6.1 million over budget. Total operating expenses, including $1.5 million in travel was $7.1 million, which was $294,920 over budget. Some other stats: • The Office of the Chief Judge received 352 letters of complaint between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2017. “Most of these complaints were not about judicial conduct, but rather were expressions of concern about the litigation,” the report said. • With the opening of the Nicola Valley and Prince
George Indigenous courts in 2017/2018, there are now six First Nations or Indigenous sentencing courts in B.C. • As of March 31, 2018, there were 51 participants (12 women and 39 men) enrolled in Vancouver’s Drug Treatment Court program. The court celebrated the graduation of 13 participants in the 2017/2018 year. • The use of video technology saved 34,731 prisoner transports over the period of the report. The Chief Judge, by the way, is Melissa Gillespie. She took over last year from Thomas Crabtree, who was appointed to the B.C. Supreme Court. Gillespie described Crabtree in the report as “a fearless innovator with a strong commitment to justice for Indigenous Peoples.” Fun fact about Crabtree: He made history in 2016 as the first Canadian Chief Judge to answer questions via Twitter in a “Twitter Town Hall,” an event he repeated in 2017.
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The former Conservative MP for the riding of Vancouver-South says she is seriously considering a run in the federal election this fall to win back her seat from Liberal MP Harjit Sajjan. Wai Young, who served as MP from 2011 to 2015, said she has discussed her possible candidacy with the party but hasn’t set a date when she will make a decision to run or sit out this year’s campaign. “People have approached me all over — on the street, in a restaurant — to ask me if I’m running again and it’s something I’m considering very seriously,” said Young, who lives in the riding. Young said she hadn’t been notified whether the party had set a nomination date or told if anyone else has shown an interest in representing the Conservatives in the riding. Though she has been out of federal politics since she lost to Sajjan in 2015, Young raised her profile last year in her run for mayor of Vancouver. She ran under the Coalition Vancouver banner and finished fourth with 11,872 votes in the 19-person race. Former Burnaby NDP MP
Kennedy Stewart, whom Young referred to as “socialist” and “radical” during the campaign, won the election with 49,705 votes. Some of the main planks of Young’s campaign were to lower taxes, scrap bike lanes outside Vancouver General Hospital and on the Cambie Bridge, offer free parking on Sundays and reduce the amount of garbage and syringes on city streets. Young’s interest in winning back her federal seat comes after Conservative leader Andrew Scheer was in Vancouver April 12 to speak to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. Scheer told reporters after his speech that he was “very confident” the party will regain the seats lost in 2015. Young’s victory in 2011 over Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh marked the first time since 1993 that the riding was no longer held by a Liberal. If Young decides to run, she will face a high-profile candidate in Sajjan, a former Vancouver police officer and Canadian soldier who serves as minister of defence. Sajjan participated in last weekend’s Vaisakhi parade in the riding and was joined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Scheer also attended the event. The prime minister has
Wai Young campaigned to become mayor of Vancouver in 2018 and is now considering a run with the Conservatives in this fall’s federal election. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
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The equivalent population of a small Canadian city has died in the three years since a public health emergency was declared, and the days of trusting a guy who knows a guy are over. Harm reduction advocates and public health officials time and again say the root cause of the opioid crisis is inextricably linked to a toxic drug supply. A first-of-its-kind pilot project is attempting to mitigate that issue in a neighbourhood removed from ground zero in the Downtown Eastside. A six-week drugchecking program is taking place each Friday afternoon at the Robert and Lily Lee Community Health Centre near Broadway and Commercial Drive. It’s the first time a drugchecking program has taken place in Vancouver outside of the Downtown Eastside. The Courier was invited to the health centre to watch the testing process play out and speak to harm reduction personnel overseeing the program. “People get their drugs checked to make sure that they know what they’re taking — a big issue is not getting the drugs that you think you were sold,” said Jeremy Kalicum, a drug checking operational technician with the B.C. Centre for Substance Use (BCCSU). Kalicum’s job title is a fancy way of saying he’s the person tasked with
examining the chemical makeup of any given sample. He does so using a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) machine, which doesn’t look much different than J your everyday microscope. The FTIR machine shoots lasers at a sample, — which is then cross referenced against 10,000 different chemicals found in the machine’s database. All samples are tested for fentanyl via a fentanyl test strip as well. Once the roughly fiveminute process is done, those bringing in the drugs are linked up with harm reduction staff from the advocacy group Karmik. Sometimes the drugs are disposed of altogether, or the discussion looks ahead to the coming hours: don’t use alone, have a naloxone kit, use smaller amounts and be accompanied by a sober companion. “Stigma has always been a challenge to work with,” said Sebastien Payan, an overdose emergency response nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health. “Listening comes first. You have to understand what someone’s fears are when they aren’t compassionate. You need open dialogue.” LSD, cocaine and MDMA came through the doors in the hour the Courier was on hand April 12. All in, seven people attended the clinic and none of the 19 different samples tested contained fentanyl. Three naloxone kits were also distributed. Vancouver Coastal Health, the Portland Hotel Society, Karmik and BCCSU are all involved in the pilot program. It began in mid-March, and 31 people had used the service as of April 12.
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Park board commissioner wants to put golf courses under the microscope Commissioner Dave Demers asking for ‘deep dive’ into the park board’s golf courses Jessica Kerr
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One park board commissioner wants to take a closer look at Vancouver’s public golf courses, and whether golf is the best use for 15 per cent of the city’s park land. “I’d like staff to draw a comprehensive picture of… those golf courses that are publicly owned, what we get out of them and what we’re missing out on, if anything,” park board commissioner Dave Demers recently told the Courier. Demers’ motion, which would direct staff to “evaluate the full spectrum of realized and unrealized benefits of Park Board land currently used for golf,” was considered at Monday’s park board meeting. The board, however, voted to refer the motion to staff so commissioners could get information about a previous report from 2012 on the state of the city’s golf courses following a motion from former Vision commissioner Aaron Jasper. Demers’ motion also asks staff to compare the past, current and expected demands for golf with that of the rest of the city’s recreation system. “Once we’ve got that, I’m hoping that we can put that into perspective with the rest of the recreation system
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six per cent between 2013 and 2018, and has decreased by more than 31 per cent since the late 1990s. Green fees currently range from $59 to $67 in the peak season to between $28.25 and $36.50 during the off season. The golf courses are the park board’s second largest source of income, bringing in close to $10 million annually in green fees. About $300,000 goes into the golf reserve fund, but the rest is used to fund other parts of the parks and recreation system. Demers said there could be multiple outcomes from the motion and subsequent report. “It could be that we lower our prices so it opens the door to many more people, it could be that the golf course
is open to everybody in the winter for cycling, for just leisure and so on,” he said. Commissioner John Coupar took to Twitter to voice his concerns about Demers’ motion, likening the move to former mayor Gregor Robertson’s motion to council last spring asking staff to approach the park board to discuss turning Langara Golf Course into a park with sports fields. It would have also seen the city partner with Musqueam First Nation, Langara College, the YMCA and the province for future use of the land. The motion passed by council, but park board commissioners later voted against working with the city to look at possible alternate uses for the site. In 2012, then-mayor Robertson told the Vancouver Sun “there is no strong business case” for the course and he was open to the idea of allowing housing on golf course land. Demers maintained that his motion was not in the same vein as Robertson’s. “I’m not talking about any action here, any drastic changes,” he said. “I’m simply talking about imagining how much better we can make the situation for everybody — golfers and everybody else in the city. And this is what the very core of this motion is about.” @JessicaEKerr
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The NDP government doesn’t want to be associated with school closures — that’s clear from a letter Education Minister Rob Fleming sent to all boards April 12. What isn’t exactly clear is what they’re prepared to do about it. In March, David Green, Vancouver School Board’s secretary-treasurer, said the province would only fund seismic upgrades for the number of students actually attending schools in the district and that it is not approving new schools or expansions in Vancouver either. VSB says it has more than 10,000 empty seats in its schools, a number projected to grow in the next eight years to 12,000 or even 17,000 if new schools are built in highgrowth areas. That excess room is mostly found in old, dilapidated schools that are not safe if an earthquake hits and that need millions of dollars in maintenance. The provincial rule that it would only pay for upgrades for the number of students in schools left the VSB with
tough decisions to make about closing schools. In February, it released a draft plan for its $7.6 billion in lands and buildings that analyzed what would happen if up to 28 different schools in the district were to close. But on Friday, Fleming wrote to all school board’s in the province, saying the government is focused on building and expanding schools, not on closing them and is moving twice as fast on seismic investments than the previous government. “The old government presided over mass school closures and cuts to education funding and used the LRFP to overemphasize ‘capacity utilization’ as a means to force those closures,” Fleming said in a statement. “We are changing the guidelines… to give boards more flexibility to lay out a wide-ranging vision for their districts.” Calling it a “new approach” and a “significant revision” to rules set up by the previous Liberal government, Fleming’s letter says the government will no longer need to approve a district’s plan, nor will it use the plan
On Friday, Education Minister Rob Fleming wrote to all school board’s in the province, saying the government is focused on building and expanding schools, not on closing them and is moving twice as fast on seismic investments than the previous government. FILE PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
to justify funding requests. “The changes to the LRFP guidelines are meant to give boards the flexibility and space to lay out a wideranging vision for their districts, rather than a rigid and prescriptive process,” the letter says. Such plans should have a “much broader focus than just enrolment and capacity utilization.” When asked if the ministry will now pay for new schools
and school expansions even if a district overall has low capacity, the ministry replied that it wants to see “robust public consultation, including with First Nations,” and that it wants boards to consider alternative uses — such as childcare? — for school spaces. “Our goal is to get students into safe schools as soon as possible,” the ministry said in an emailed response.
The response doesn’t exactly answer the question. On Monday, VSB chairwoman Janet Fraser said she was still trying to figure out exactly what the letter and new guidelines mean for the VSB. “Staff are reviewing the guidelines and will bring preliminary information to our Facilities Planning Committee meeting this Wednesday, including potential timeline changes for the current draft LRFP,” Fraser said in an email. Shaun Kalley, chair of Vancouver District Parents Association (DPAC) and father of a daughter in Grade 7 at Charles Dickens elementary, said he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the change. Kalley told me last month that parents were extremely anxious about the draft plan, especially after going through a stressful closure process in 2016 that was withdrawn when the Liberal government changed a requirement for school districts to be 95 per cent full. Kalley heard it was Vancouver MLAs who pushed for the change.
“I’m quite pleased if they did because it means they’re listening,” Kalley said. “Advocacy to the ministry is much more effective than advocacy to the school board, because the ministry, at the end of the day, owns all the policies that the school board has to follow.” Several government ministers, including Adrian Dix, George Heyman and Attorney General David Eby, all represent Vancouver ridings. The soonest any schools would close would be June 2020, but Kalley would like to see school closures taken off the table for at least a year, so that less threatening conversations can happen. “I’d like to have the conversation about numbers, capacity and feasibility without scaring school communities,” he said. This all feels eerily similar, and yet also entirely different, from the last go ‘round with school closures in 2016. This time, the government says it wants to keep schools open and let districts be flexible. Let’s hope they put their money where their mouth is.
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It’s been 25 years since Vancouver’s first 4/20 pot protest and, as the controversy surrounding the event continues to grow, organizers think this year’s event will be the biggest one yet. This year, April 20 happens to fall on a Saturday, 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the protest/ festival, it’s the first 4/20 since the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada and last week organizers announced music headliner Cypress Hill. “…We’re expecting a very big crowd but it’s pretty hard to estimate,” organizer Dana Larsen told the Courier, adding that total attendance throughout the day could top 100,000.
Planting a seed
The event had a humble beginning in Vancouver. The first 4/20 was held at Victory Square on Thursday, April 20, 1995. It was the brainchild of Danna O’Donnell (nee Rozek) and Cindy Lassu. O’Donnell is originally from Ontario and moved to Vancouver in early 1994, lured by the city’s cannabis culture. She and Lassu were working at the Hemp BC store, which sold cannabis-related paraphernalia, when the idea for a pot protest was hatched. “I was pretty young at the time and I wanted to get together with likeminded people to do some activism,” said. “I thought we could come up with some kind of group… so I kind of organized a meeting night inviting people to come over and see what we could come up with and we decided to form a group. We came up with the name Hempology 101 and our motto was going to be ‘Legalization through education.’” O’Donnell said the group planned to host events, hand out pamphlets and organize marches advocating for the legalization of marijuana, and came up with the idea to hold an event on April 20 (4/20). The number 420 became synonymous with cannabis in the 1970s. As the story goes, a group of high school students in Califor-
For most of its 25-year history, 4/20 was held downtown at the Vancouver Art Gallery. With crowds increasing every year, it moved to Sunset Beach in 2016. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
nia, who called themselves the Waldos, met every day after school at 4:20 to smoke pot. The term became popular among fans of the Grateful Dead and then was picked up by High Times magazine. Vancouver’s first 4/20 was small. O’Donnell said there was about 100 people, some speeches and, at 4:20, everyone lit up. The entire event lasted no more than a couple hours, O’Donnell said. Larsen was there. “I am the only person who’s been to every single one, all 25. I wasn’t an organizer for the first several years, but I was at the very first one,” he said, adding he remembers people were nervous about openly smoking cannabis as a group in the park. “There were no vendors,” O’Donnell said with a chuckle. “It was just, like, an information table with pamphlets.” Larsen said that first event “planted a seed that has really grown into something that is really quite amazing.” O’Donnell left Vancouver for the Kootenays later in 1995, but 4/20 was here to stay. It was held at Victory Square again in 1996 before moving to Vancouver Art Gallery in ’97. “It really grew at the art gallery and became a real staple of the Vancouver cannabis scene,” Larsen said. “We sort of evolved from smoking cannabis to giving cannabis away at 4:20, [which] became a big tradition at the event, giving out joints at 4:20 and we started raffling
off cannabis and making it available that way.”
Toking care of business
Longtime marijuana activist David Malmo-Levine was one of the main organizers for many years and, Larsen said, was the one who started organizing the selling of cannabis at the event. “He would encourage all the dealers and purchasers to come to the middle of the circle and kind of create a safe space where you could buy and sell cannabis,” Larsen said. The event grew more popular, attracting bigger and bigger crowds every year. By 2007, more than 7,000 people were attending annually and the event started to evolve. Larsen said it was around that time that someone first set up a table to sell cannabis during the festivities. “The next year there were five tables and then there was 20 tables and then we started getting so many tables that we needed to create some order, so we started reserving booth spots at the art gallery and we used the money from that, which was a lot lower than it is now because the money’s gone up, to cover things like staging and security and printing fliers and the costs to go along with having an event,” he said. By 2014, crowds were surpassing 30,000, spilling out from the art gallery and forcing the shutdown of Hornby, Howe, Robson and Georgia streets. “By 2015, which was our last year at the art gallery,
the event was so huge,” Larsen said. “We had multiple first aid stations, we had two stages, [there was] a lot of effort to control and cover all the costs involved. “The selling of booths has always been to raise the money to pay for the event itself,” he said. “Since moving to Sunset Beach, we’ve charged more for booths every year, including substantially more for some of them this year than last year, in an effort to raise money to cover the significant costs involved in this event.” This year, booth spaces range in cost from $550 to $1,000. As well, there are a limited number of free spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis. Larsen said these days it can cost upwards of $100,000 to put on the event, in addition to money paid to the city and park board. “We provide several first aid stations, we have private security, we have fencing and staging… it’s a substantial list of costs,” he said. According to a July 2018 memo from park board general manager Malcolm Bromley and city manager Sadhu Johnston, last year’s 4/20 cost the city and park board more than $300,000, and the park board sent organizers an invoice for $64,870 to cover event-related costs including staffing expenses, sanitation costs, parking and restoring grass areas at Sunset Beach. The city also sent an invoice for $170,796 for additional costs including police and fire services, and emergency management. Larsen said organizers paid
the park board invoice, spent $30,000 on a turf protector in an attempt to mitigate damage to the grass at Sunset Beach and donated $8,000 to local charities. “We’re actually the only unlicensed protest in the city that covers any of these costs and the only bill we don’t pay is the policing bill, which maybe we could if we could raise a lot more money but that requires even more booths and more sales,” he said. “So I find that we’re caught in this bind because the same people who say, ‘They should pay every penny of their costs,’ are the exact same people who are saying, ‘They shouldn’t have booths and raise money, it’s just a trade show.’ And so what do they want from us? Do they want us to raise money and pay for the costs of our event? Or do they want us to stop doing that and to not cover anything and to put even more costs on the taxpayer?”
Smoke on the water
While the size of the event has grown over the years, so, too, has the controversy that surrounds it. Since 4/20 moved to Sunset Beach in 2016, Vancouver Park Board commissioners have been vocal in their opposition. At the time, the board sent a letter to then mayor Gregor Robertson expressing “grave concerns.” It’s gone ahead year after year without a permit. In 2017, organizers applied for a permit and park board commissioners responded by adopting a resolution to not approve or permit any
future 4/20 and/or cannabis events on any park board property, despite staff recommending that commissioners issue a permit for the annual event. Earlier this year, the park board voted unanimously to ask organizers and city council to find a new location. Additionally, the PNE board has said the event is not welcome there. And, earlier this week, commissioners voted in favour of an emergency motion, introduced by NPA commissioner John Coupar, directing staff to immediately contact 4/20 organizers to ask them to cancel Cypress Hill’s performance “in an effort to control crowd size and possible damage to Sunset Beach Park.” Larsen said organizers have no intention of cancelling Cypress Hill’s appearance, calling the motion a “silly suggestion.” Critics say that 4/20 flouts the park board’s bylaws prohibiting smoking in parks and beaches, disrupts the West End neighbourhood, costs the city and park board too much money and, with recreational cannabis now legal in Canada, many say there is no longer a need for a protest and the event has become more of a commercial venture. Larsen and O’Donnell disagree. “It is needed because the laws aren’t very good yet, they’re not where they need to be. They should be allowing small farmers easier access to be able to produce,” O’Donnell said. “The cannabis industry should be looking at the wine industry and having farm gate sales and tastings and whatnot on farms. And it’s not like that right now. Things still need to progress. “The laws are too tight right now.” “The reality is, for us, the event is a protest of unreasonable cannabis laws,” Larsen said. “The way we protest is to give away cannabis, is to share cannabis, is to sell cannabis and to use cannabis in a stigma-free, open and free environment the way we believe that legalization should look like largely, and so it’s intrinsic to the event.” Larsen also thinks 4/20 deserves a little recognition. “I think Vancouver should be proud of 4/20,” Larsen said. “I think that we should be proud of our cannabis community and the wonderful influence they’ve had on the rest of Canada and on legalization in general.” @JessicaEKerr
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The history of Kitsilano Lutheran Church, which is going to be knocked down to make way for a townhouse development, won’t be evaluated or documented before it’s demolished despite a plea from Heritage Vancouver Society. At an April 2 public hearing, city council approved redevelopment plans for the property located at 2715 West 12th Ave. The development site includes two lots on the northwest corner of West 12th Avenue and Stephens Street. The 1948 Kitsilano Lutheran Church is currently on the property although it’s now occupied by another religious group (City Life Church), which signed a short-term lease knowing redevelopment was being pursued. The plan is to build two three-and-a-half-storey residential stacked townhouse buildings with 14 secured market rentals, including three one-bedroom, five two-bedroom and six threebedroom units. The project was considered under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy. The city’s 10-year Housing Vancouver strategy calls for more townhouses to be built but progress has been slow — the number approved or built since 2017 is 275. The city’s goal is to have 5,000 built by 2027. Most feedback submitted to the city about the West 12th Avenue townhouse development was positive, with 25 pieces of correspondence in favour (several highlighting the need for housing options in Kitsilano), six pieces in opposition (much of which centred on traffic and design of the townhouses) and one item — a
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letter dated April 2 — from Heritage Vancouver Society categorized as “other.” Heritage Vancouver’s letter to the City of Vancouver asked for an independent heritage assessment and evaluation on the existing building and site, and that it be one of the conditions for approval of the project. The city staff report only noted that “the site is occupied by a church building constructed in 1948, which is currently vacant and not a candidate for addition to the Vancouver Heritage Register.” Heritage Vancouver called that “troubling and concerning.” “Unfortunately, the site was not included within the existing Heritage Register resources since many properties’ provenance and importance only come to light when threatened with redevelopment, such as this example,” its letter states. “The Heritage Register also exists as a living document, meant to be added to and updated when properties are identified, then allowing potentially for various bonusing to aid in potential unique redevelopment opportunities.” During the public hearing, NPA Coun. Lisa Dominato asked staff about
Heritage Vancouver’s concerns. Council was told staff hadn’t had any discussions with Heritage Vancouver, that they look to the heritage register and upgrade list to identify resources that may have heritage potential, and that “…we do value heritage but also need to prioritize limited resources.” The City of Vancouver later told the Courier the potential heritage value of the church was not identified as a concern from the public in the feedback it received during the process. Heritage Vancouver, meanwhile, says the building is a prime example of immediate post-war church architecture in the city. Joseph Francis Watson and Harold Nelson Semmens designed the building in 1947 for Kitsilano Lutheran Church. Watson served as president of the Architectural Institute of B.C. in 1945-46 and was a founder of UBC’s School of Architecture, while Semmens is credited with modernist works such as the Vancouver Public Library on Burrard Street and Hycroft Apartments at Granville and West 15th Avenue. “Since Vancouver continues to eradicate its architec-
tural legacies and built form examples of cultural properties without evaluating what is being demolished — at a minimum, a Heritage Assessment and Evaluation then potentially a Statement of Significance (SOS) will serve as a baseline for proper determination, and also document this site for the future,” Heritage Vancouver wrote. Patrick Gunn, a Heritage Vancouver spokesman, said it was unfortunate the process was so far along before the organization heard about the redevelopment of the property and raised concerns, but the organization doesn’t think documenting the site’s history is too much to ask. Gunn acknowledged it’s a complicated issue that involves, on one hand, the loss of undocumented architectural heritage and the loss of a much-needed Kitsilano community meeting space and, on the other hand, the addition of gentle density into an area that needs that type of development. “[But] the ask of doing a proper assessment to document the loss wouldn’t thwart any development — if you’re going to move forward, you also need to see where you’ve been,” he told the Courier. Heritage Vancouver is particularly concerned about the lack of assessment and process for a site that appears to have architectural merit, considering city staff indicated they only looked at whether it was on the register or upgrade list. The upgrade hasn’t been finalized or been subject to public consultation yet, Gunn said. “Demolishing a site without first figuring out any significance is problematic, therefore, at a minimum, documenting what is being lost is key,” he explained. @naoibh
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home entertainment devices, medical
person in BC.
into the manufacturing supply chain. The Return-It Electronics program
devices, musical instruments and more.
We’re also working hard to spread
operates on behalf of the Electronics
Once they’ve been collected at a
the word about other responsible
Products Recycling Association
Return-It Electronics depot or an
uses for old electronics, by connecting
(EPRA), a national not-for-profit
authorized collection site, devices are
businesses that would prefer to have
dedicated to collecting and recycling
sorted and sent to local EPRA approved
their reusable electronics refurbished
end-of-life electronics in a safe and
recycling facilities for processing, where – rather than recycled – through
nor a refundable deposit, the EHF on each new device is used for the costs of the collection, transportation and responsible recycling of the device once it reaches the end of its life. In addition to protecting the environment through the programs
environmentally responsible manner.
their component materials are then
organizations like the BC Technology for
listed above, Return-It Electronics is
For more than a decade we’ve been
separated to recover metals, plastics,
Learning Society. This helps give new
also dedicated to helping protect the privacy and data of British Columbians,
working together to make it easier and
glass, and other natural resources that
life to old electronics by supporting
more convenient for people to drop
are then used to make new products.
the Computers for Schools program in
by providing easy, practical advice on
off their old devices for recycling. The
In addition to saving these materials
BC, and by helping British Columbians
safely and securely wiping devices
program has grown from only a few
from ending up in landfills, this process
to give away electronics items to a
and memory cards before getting rid
depots, in 2007, to now more than 265
also keeps them from being illegally
BC-based refurbisher qualified under
of them. This information – and more
authorized collection sites found in
exported out of Canada.
the comprehensive standards of the
– is available online at the Return-It.ca
communities spread all across BC. The number of categories of eligible
More than 75% of British Columbians are already aware that they can safely
Electronics Reuse & Refurbishing
website.
Program.
Give new life to your old electronics. Learn more at Return-It.ca/Electronics
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The best of Vancouver
Our annual Stars of Vancouver Readers’ Choice Awards gives us the chance to vote for the best in service, products and people our beautiful city offers. Best of all, we at the Vancouver Courier get to recognize and celebrate the businesses that showcase excellence in the city we call home. We encourage all our readers to use these businesses and see what makes a city favourite. Thank you to all of those who voted and congratulations to the businesses listed in the following pages for showing us the best of Vancouver. Michelle Bhatti PUBLISHER, VANCOUVER COURIER
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Arts Culture
BC LIONS PLAYER ! Jonathon Jennings ! Geroy Simon ! Travis Lulay CANUCK PLAYER ! Bo Horvat ! The Sedin Twins –
DANIEL & HENRIK SEDIN
! Brock Boeser
CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT ! Granville Island ! Vancouver International Children Festival Science World !
CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE ! Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ! Vetta Chamber Music ! Turning Point Ensemble COMEDY CLUB ! Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver Comedy Club ! The Comedy Mix ! Vancouver TheatreSports™ League COMMUNITY FESTIVAL ! Italian Day on the Drive Car ! Free Day ! Vancouver International Children’s Festival CRAFT FAIR ! Circle Craft ! Make It Vancouver! ! Eastside Culture Crawl
OPERA/CHORAL GROUP ! Vancouver Opera ! Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir ! UBC Opera
DANCE/THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY ! Bard on the Beach ! Arts Club Theatre ! The Dance Centre FARMERS MARKET
! Trout Lake ! Kitsilano ! West End
GALLERY/MUSEUM ! Museum of Vancouver ! Vancouver Art Gallery ! Museum of Anthropology INDEPENDENT CINEMA ! Rio Theatre ! Vancity Theatre ! Dunbar Theatre JAZZ VENUE ! Libra Room ! The Revel Room Supper and Music Club Blue Martini ! Cafe & Jazz
OVER 20 LOCATIONS - NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS - VISIT CEFA.CA
LIVE MUSIC VENUE ! Commodore Ballroom ! Vogue Theatre ! The Orpheum LOCAL BLOGGER ! Miss 604 –
REBECCA BOLLWITT
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LOCAL POLITICAN ! Kennedy Stewart ! David Eby ! Jody Wilson-Raybould NEIGHBOURHOOD ! Yaletown ! Kitsilano ! Commercial Drive
SPORTING VENUE ! Rogers Arena ! BC Place ! Nat Bailey Stadium WHITECAPS PLAYER ! Alphonso Davies ! Russell Teibert ! Stefan Marinovic SPORTS TEAM MASCOT ! Finn the Whale – CANUCKS ! Spike – WHITECAPS
! Leo the Lion – BC LIONS
TOURIST ATTRACTION NIGHTCLUB ! Stanley Park ! Celebrities Nightclub ! Vancouver Aquarium ! The Roxy Cabaret Fortune Sound Club ! Granville Island !
Thank
you
to our members, clients, customers and volunteers for voting us
Best Senior Care Support Services. We are a star for you and because of you! www.wesn.ca info@wesn.ca 604-669-5051
WE ARE HONOURED TO BE CHOSEN AS THE
BEST PRESCHOOL
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best OF THE best Mary Lee Newnham
Emelle’s Catering
FIRST PLACE FOR CATERER
Favourite thing to do in Vancouver: Bard on the Beach. What’s one thing you’d change about Vancouver if you could? Keep bike lanes, but take them off main drags such as Nelson and Smithe. What’s one thing you’d like everyone to shut up about in Vancouver?
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Best patio:
Favourite place for people watching:
Robba da Matti.
Science World.
Favourite local restaurant: If not us, Robba da Matti.
Favourite coffee shop: Melriches on Davie.
Favourite local grocery store:
Favourite brewery:
No Frills.
Red Truck.
Favourite Vancouver neighbourhood and why:
Favourite Vancouver building: Marine Building.
Bike lanes.
West End. I live there, everything is close by and easy to get to.
You’ve been given $100, where are you spending it?
Best local venue to see live music:
Granville Island.
The Orpheum.
Favourite spot in the city to walk:
Favourite local musician or band:
Where’s one place you’d recommend in Vancouver that feels nothing like Vancouver?
Sunset Beach seawall.
Andrew Allen.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden.
Favourite Canuck of all time: Trevor Linden.
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Favourite thing to do in Vancouver:
Favourite Vancouver neighbourhood:
Taking a stroll on the seawall.
Commercial Drive because of authentic people/families and Fairview because of beautiful trees and seawall.
What’s one thing you’d change about Vancouver if you could? Housing prices.
Cafe Deux Soleil.
What’s one thing you’d like everyone to shut up about in Vancouver?
Favourite local musician or band:
The rain.
Thank you for Voting us #1 Dentist/Dental Clinic in Vancouver!
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You’ve been given $100, where are you spending it?
The Boom Booms. Favourite place for people watching: Granville Island.
Mintage.
Favourite coffee shop:
Favourite spot in the city to walk:
Spade.
Seawall.
Favourite Vancouver building:
Best patio:
The one downtown that’s wide on the top and narrow on the bottom.
Lift. Favourite local restaurant:
Favourite local grocery store:
Where’s one place you’d recommend in Vancouver that feels nothing like Vancouver?
The Persian Market on Commercial Drive.
Everything feels like Vancouver.
Siddhartha.
We are truly grateful that you honour us with another award.
Best local venue to see live music:
Thank you Vancouver!
2019
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Exhibition Co-producers
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Partners in Reconciliation
Nature Vancouver
Institutional Partners
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Eat Drink ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI ! Kyo Korean BBQ & Sushi House ! Kingsway Sushi ! Tomokazu Japanese Restaurant BEST AVOCADO TOAST ! Nelson the Seagull ! Prado Cafe ! Jam Cafe BAKERY ! COBS Bread Bakery ! Breka Bakery & Café ! Purebread
BAR ! The Pint - Public House ! The Charles Bar ! Bells and Whistles BRUNCH ! Earls Kitchen + Bars Restaurants Jam Cafe ! Yolks ! BEST BURGER ! Burger Heaven ! Vera’s Burger Shack ! White Spot BEST CAESAR ! Score ! The Keg Steakhouse + Bar ! Chewies Oyster Bar CHEF ! Ned Bell ! David Hawksworth ! Vikram Vij
2019
CHINESE RESTAURANT ! Golden Swan Restaurant Kirin Restaurant ! ! Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
COCKTAIL ! The Diamond ! The Keefer Bar ! Odd Society Spirits
FINE DINING ! Five Sails Restaurant ! YEW seafood + bar ! Hawksworth Restaurant
COFFEE SHOP ! JJ Bean Coffee Roasters ! Starbucks ! 49th Parallel Coffee
FOOD TRUCK ! Tacofino ! Japadog ! Mom’s Grilled Cheese Truck
CRAFT BREWERY ! Red Truck Beer Company ! 33 Acres Brewing Company ! Strange Fellows Brewing
GELATO ! Mario’s Gelati ! La Casa Gelato ! Bella Gelateria
DESSERTS ! Thierry ! Sweet Revenge Patisserie ! True Confections
GREEK RESTAURANT ! Stepho’s Souvlaki Greek Taverna ! Olympia Souvlaki ! Nammos Estiatorio
Thank you for your votes Dedicated to excellence. Dedicated to your smile.
Please visit our newly renovated location: 370 East Broadway, Vancouver 2019
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ICE CREAM ! Earnest Ice Cream ! Rain or Shine Ice Cream ! Mister – Artisan Ice Cream INDIAN/SOUTH ASIAN RESTAURANT ! House of Dosa ! Agra Tandoori Express ! Sula Indian Restaurant
ITALIAN RESTAURANT
PIZZA ! Via Tevere ! Pizzeria Bufala ! Pizzeria Farina
! Robba da Matti ! Ask for Luigi ! Savio Volpe
JAPANESE RESTAURANT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT ! Miku Restaurant ! The Sandbar ! Minami Restaurant Seafood Restaurant ! Kishimoto Japanese ! Joe Fortes Restaurant Seafood & Chop House ! YEW seafood + bar LATIN AMERICAN RESTAURANT ! Chicha Restaurant ! La Taqueria ! Sal y Limón
SPANISH/ TAPA RESTAURANT ! Bodega on Main ! Cabrito – Tapas Bebidas ! España Restaurant BEST TACO ! Tacofino ! La Taquería ! Sal y Limón
THAI RESTAURANT ! Pink Elephant Thai ! Thai House Restaurant ! Maenam VEGAN/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT ! The Naam ! The Acorn ! MeeT
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WORKING LUNCH ! Banana Leaf ! Robba Da Matti ! Earls 24/7 EATS ! Gold Train Express ! Breka Bakery & Cafe ! Duffin’s Donuts
MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT ! Nuba ! East is East ! Jamjar NEW RESTAURANT (2018) ! Pepino’s Spaghetti House ! Dachi Vancouver ! Elisa Steakhouse PATIO ! Robba da Matti ! Dockside Restaurant ! Cactus Club Cafe
Thank you for voting us The Number One Comedy Club In Vancouver! Join us for Live Stand Up Comedy all week! Tuesday 8pm Wednesday 8pm Thursday 8pm
2019
Thank you to all of my patients for voting for me in the category of
BEST OPTOMETRIST I am humbled by your support.
- Dr. Jessica Chang, BSC, OD
(followed by late night open mic at 10pm)
Friday 8pm and Saturday 7pm and 9:30pm
(8pm only show during the Summer)
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WE’VE ALWAYS PUT OUR CUSTOMERS FIRST. NOW, IT SEEMS, IT’S MUTUAL. At Craftsman Collision, we’re grateful and humbled that the people have voted us best bodyshop in the Courier’s Stars of Vancouver. This amazing honour will only strengthen our ongoing commitment to leading the way in service, quality and customer satisfaction. Thanks, Vancouver!
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ARTS & CRAFT SUPPLIES BUTCHER SHOP ! Opus Art Supplies ! Windsor Ethical Butchery & ! Michaels Provisions ! DeSerres ! Pasture to Plate Whole AUTO REPAIR SHOP Animal Butcher Shop ! Pawlik Automotive ! Columbus Meat Market ! Art’s Automotive BULK FOOD Service Centre ! Famous Foods ! Craftsman Collision ! Bulk Barn BABY/CHILDRENS ! Real Canadian Superstore STORE ! Gap CAR DEALER ! West Coast Kids ! Lotus Vancouver ! Babies”R”Us ! Toyota – VARIOUS LOCATIONS ! Honda – VARIOUS LOCATIONS BARBERSHOP ! Azzi Hair Studio ! Big Bro’s Barbershop ! ICE KOL KUT Barber Shop BIKE SHOP ! Sidesaddle Bike Shop ! West Point Cycles ! Ride On Bike Shop
CAR SHARE
COBBLER ! The Quick Cobbler ! West 57th Shoe Repair ! Varsity Shoe Repair
ELECTRICIAN ! Wicks Electric ! Mott Electric GP ! Hall Electric
CAR WASH ! Shine Auto Wash ! M & J Car Wash ! Four Seasons Oasis Automatic Car Wash
COMMUNITY CENTRE ! False Creek Community Centre ! Trout Lake Community Centre ! Kerrisdale Community Centre
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBILE BUSINESS ! Vancity ! MRD Landscaping ! Green Coast Rubbish
! Evo Car Share ! Car2go ! Modo
CATERER ! Emelle’s Catering ! The Butler Did It Catering ! The Lazy Gourmet CHARITY ! AutismBC ! Vancouver International Children’s Festival ! The Salvation Army
CONTINUING STUDIES INSTITUTION ! The University of British Columbia ! Vancouver Community College ! Langara College
ETHNIC FOOD STORE ! Persia Foods Ethic Market ! T & T Supermarket ! Fujiya Japanese Foods
COOKING CLASSES ! The Dirty Apron ! Vancouver Community College ! Cook Culture DRY CLEANER ! Busy Bee Gold ! Pressed & Proper ! Kerrisdale Cleaners
BRIDAL SHOP ! Bisou Bridal ! Blush Bridal ! Vimo Wedding
Vancouver, we love you (and your pets) too! Thank you for voting us BEST VETERINARY HOSPITAL in Vancouver.
Contact us at 604-738-5683 1788 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 1Y1 Located at the corner of West Broadway & Burrard
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Thank you to everyone who voted to make Kearney Funeral Services the Vancouver Courier 2019 readers' choice as the #1 funeral home. It’s an honour to carry forward our 111 year legacy of care from our four lower mainland locations. We’re here to help.
best OF THE best
Paul Toffoli
TRG – The Residential Group Realty
FIRST PLACE REALTOR
Favourite thing to do in Vancouver:
Favourite spot in the city to walk:
Favourite local musician or band:
Watch baseball — my kids or the Canadians.
Spanish Banks and UBC trails with my dog.
The Odds.
What’s one thing you’d change about Vancouver if you could?
Best patio: Robba da Matti Favourite local restaurant:
Housing prices. What’s one thing you’d like everyone to shut up about in Vancouver?
Robba da Matti
How expensive everything is.
Main Street. It’s where I live, and it has everything.
Favourite Vancouver neighbourhood:
Favourite place for people watching: Granville Island. Favourite Vancouver building: Marine Building. Favourite Canuck of all time: Trevor Linden and Hendrik Sedin.
You’ve been given $100, where are you spending it?
Best local venue to see live music:
Where’s one place you’d recommend in Vancouver that feels nothing like Vancouver?
Nat Bailey Stadium.
Commodore.
The racetrack at Hastings Park.
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Enjoy a well maintained vehicle
Are you a denture wearer who: n Has loose dentures? n Cannot enjoy a meal? n Has a sore mouth? n Has stopped smiling? n All of the above
Friedrich H.G. Brumm D.D., B.A. Denturist
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HOTEL ! Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Fairmount ! Vancouver ! The Sylvia Hotel INSURANCE BROKER ! Central Agencies ! BCAA ! Jack Chow Insurance EYEWEAR STORE ! Hi-Care Vision Centre ! Bruce Eyewear ! Galaxy Eyewear
FURNITURE + DECOR STORE ! Montauk Sofa ! EQ3 ! Moe’s Home Collection
FLORIST ! The Flower Factory ! Safeway ! Nicola Adams Floral
! Figaro’s Garden ! Hunters Garden Centre ! GardenWorks
GARDEN STORE
GIFT SHOP
HAIR SALON
! Giving Gifts ! Suki’s Hair Salon ! The Doctor Vigari Gallery ! TÓC Salon & Esthetics ! Bird On A Wire Creations ! Hype Hair Studio GROCERY STORE ! T & T Supermarket ! Choices Market ! Donald’s Market
HARDWARE STORE ! Home Hardware ! The Home Depot ! RONA
FOOD ON DEMAND ! Skip the Dishes ! Foodora ! Door Dash
HEARING AID ! Nexgen Hearing ! Sound idEARS Clinic ! Connect Hearing
FUNERAL HOME ! Kearney Funeral Services ! Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services ! First Memorial Funeral Services
HOME APPLIANCE STORE ! Trail Appliances ! The Home Depot ! Best Buy HOME RENOVATIONS ! Refine & Design ! The Home Depot ! Alair Homes Vancouver
In appreciation of being voted #1 Real Estate Agent in the STARS of Vancouver Readers’ Choice Awards, I have made a donation to the Zajac Foundation. Thanks to all my clients & friends for their support. For information on the Zajac Ranch Foundation, please visit zajacranch.com
JEWELLERY ! Maharani Jewels ! Maison Birks ! Blundell Centre KITCHENWARE STORE ! Ming Wo ! The Gourmet Warehouse ! Cook Culture LANDSCAPING ! Elemental Gardens ! MRD Landscaping Inc ! Meridian Landscaping LASER + SKIN CLINIC
! CüR Laser and Skin
! Dr. Monam
Cosmetic Clinic
! Vancouver Laser
& Skin Care Centre
Thanks for voting us BEST BUTCHER in Vancouver! Nothing goes better with our delicious ethically sourced meats than good neighbours! Come visit so that we can say thanks
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We dry age in-house select beef cuts for an uncompromised flavour and texture. We invite you to visit the shop to try our great selection of hard to find cuts and in-house sausages. Our friendly staff will be happy to help you pick out the best options for you and your friends.
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HAMMERBERG LAWYERS
! Mary Richter
Law Office ! Russell G. Lew LIQUOR/WINE STORE ! BC Liqour Stores ! Legacy Liqour Store ! Liberty Wine Merchants
NAIL SALON ! Pure Nail Bar ! Absolute Spa ! Soho Beauty & Nail Boutique PET STORE ! Tisol Pet Nutrition & Supply Stores ! Bosley’s by Pet Valu ! PetSmart
PLUMBER ! Perfect Fit Plumbing & Heating ! Milani Plumbing, Drainage & Heating ! Hillcrest Plumbing & Heating
PRESCHOOL ! CEFA Early Learning ! Oakridge Montessori School ! Jellybean Park Childcare and Education PRIVATE SCHOOL ! York House School ! St. George’s School ! Little Flower Academy
MEAL KIT DELIVERY SERVICE ! Fresh Prep ! Goodfood ! HelloFresh MENS CLOTHING ! ZARA ! Harry Rosen ! Moores Clothing MORTAGE BROKER ! Birgit Holm –
MORTGAGE ALLIANCE
! The Chatam ! Jerry Jackman –
VERICO VERSA MORTGAGES
Thank you for your votes Vancouver!
THANK YOU FORVOTING! This officially brings us to 90 awards over 20+ years of business in Vancouver!
“I appreciate this recognition and the voters’ confidence in me. I strongly believe in giving everyone a voice, and ensuring they are treated fairly and with dignity.”
Krista Simon, Injury and Dispute Resolution Lawyer Partner, Hammerberg Lawyers LLP
2018
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best OF THE best Miles Hunter Hunters Garden Centre
SECOND PLACE FOR GARDEN STORE
Favourite thing to do in Vancouver:
Best local venue to see live music:
Gardening.
Commodore Ballroom.
What’s one thing you’d change about Vancouver if you could?
Favourite local musician or band:
Lower commercial property taxes to support small businesses.
Favourite place for people watching:
What’s one thing you’d like everyone to shut up about in Vancouver?
Favourite brewery:
Housing prices. Favourite spot in the city to walk: VanDusen Botanical Garden. Best patio: Local Kitsilano.
Granville Island.
Four Winds. Favourite Vancouver building: Hotel Vancouver. Favourite Canuck of all time: Trevor Linden.
White Spot.
Where’s one place you’d recommend in Vancouver that feels nothing like Vancouver?
Favourite Vancouver neighbourhood:
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.
Favourite local restaurant:
PHO PH PHO OTO T S SUP SU UP U PPL PLI P LIED L E
The Town Pants.
Kitsilano, because you can walk everywhere.
2019
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AARM Dental Group
nd place WINNER
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best OF THE best Chef Ernst Dorfler and Gerry Sayers Five Sails Restaurant
FIRST PLACE FINE DINING
Favourite thing to do in Vancouver: Cycle the Stanley Park seawall in the fall. What’s one thing you’d change about Vancouver if you could? Improve the subway system and add a tunnel to the North Shore. What’s one thing you’d like everyone to shut up about in Vancouver? The rain... what rain?! You’ve been given $100, where are you spending it?
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Go skiing on Grouse Mountain on a sunny weekday afternoon. Favourite spot in the city to walk: Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach.
Best patio: Our own garden terrace!
Favourite place for people watching: YVR.
Favourite local restaurant: L’Abattoir — best brunch in the city. Favourite local grocery store: Apple Farm on West Fourth Avenue and Vine. They call Ernst the “mango man.” Favourite Vancouver neighbourhood: Kitsilano. Mature trees, character houses, close to the beaches and Les Amis du Fromage! Best local venue to see live music: Christ Church Cathedral on West Georgia Street.
Favourite coffee shop: Thomas Haas on West Broadway. Favourite brewery: Red Truck. Favourite Vancouver building: Downtown Vancouver Public Library. Favourite Canuck of all time: Trevor Linden and his big heart.
Favourite local musician or band:
Where’s one place you’d recommend in Vancouver that feels nothing like Vancouver?
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.
Nibobe Garden at UBC.
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for voting
us Vancouver’s #1 Laser & Skin Clinic!
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Tennessee Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout by BNA Brewing Rob Mangelsdorf editor@thegrowler.ca
It was another lovely beer-soaked weekend at the 24th annual Okanagan Fest of Ale on April 13 and 14 with a record 75 breweries and cideries participating in the event, pouring more than 225 craft beers and ciders. Somehow I made it home with my pants still on, so I’ll chalk it up as a win. I was lucky enough to be on the judging panel for the festival, selflessly sacrificing my sobriety in order to sample more than 55 different beers to help whittle down the field to the eventual winners. So this week I thought I’d highlight one of the winning beers, which happened to be from the Okanagan’s own BNA Brewing. BNA’s Tennessee Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout won for Best Stout/Porter at the festival, and for good reason. This rich, luxuri-
BNA’s Tennessee Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout won for Best Stout/Porter at the Okanagan Fest of Ale, and for good reason.
ous milk stout is a boozy beast of a beer. Bourbon and oak notes domi-
nate, supported by dark fruit and molasses malt character. The sweetness of the lactose (a.k.a. milk sugar, which is what makes a milk stout a milk stout) is apparent but not cloying, balanced somewhat by the astringency of the oak. There is perhaps a touch too much alcoholic warmth and tannic notes at the moment, but this is a beer that’s made to be cellared. I have no doubt that in a year-or-two’s time, the edges will be smoothed out and this beer will really shine. Assuming you have the self-restraint not to drink it all right away.
Tennessee Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout by BNA Brewing 8.2 per cent ABV • 500 mL bottles Appearance: Black with ruby brown highlights and a persistent light brown head. Aroma: Bourbon, molasses, oak, dark fruit, vanilla. Flavour: Bourbon, oak, vanilla, molasses, dark fruit, roasted barley, toast, lactose sweetness, some alcoholic warmth, quite tannic. Body/finish: Full bodied with a lingering sweet finish. Pairs with: Pecan pie, oatmeal cookies and overalls (pro tip: they’re harder to lose).
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When Bojan Bodružić was evacuated from Sarajevo in 1992, he thought he’d only be gone for a couple of weeks. “It was one of those things where we thought, ‘This is just a skirmish, there’s no chance a war in Bosnia will happen, it’s impossible,’” says Bodružić. “It didn’t pan out that way.” Bodružić did not know that the violence would explode into the Bosnian War and a four-year battle now known as the Siege of Sarajevo, the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. In 1992, that kind of prolonged violence was unimaginable to Bodružić, then a teenager. “Sarajevo was a buzzing place, and very culturally rich,” he recalls. “Everybody was so incredibly intermixed, so for there to be a long conflict seemed entirely implausible.” Bodružić and his sister were separated from their parents for nearly two years. Once reunited, the parents and siblings made their way to Vancouver as refugees, and they built new lives for themselves in that lonely space between safety and heartache. “Coming to Canada on the one hand was wonderful,” says Bodružić. “You have this great sense of freedom. Finally you’re free of these political pressures and national labels, all these things that brought about the war. So it was a very liberating experience, but there’s still this absence in your life, this feeling of loss, because you didn’t choose to come. We chose to come to Canada, but we didn’t choose to leave our country.” Bodružić never forgot where he came from. He
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Over the course of 15 years, documentary filmmaker Bojan Bodružić returned to his home in Sarajevo several times to interview his grandparents who remained there after the Bosnian War.
couldn’t. He’d left too many people behind — including his grandparents. He’d glimpse images of Sarajevo in films such as Welcome to Sarajevo, “And it would tear me up,” he says. “It’s like something from deep inside would suddenly well up. You carry that absence with you.” When Bodružić finally returned to Sarajevo in 2000 and reunited with his grandparents, he did so with a camcorder in hand. Thus began a 15-year journey in documentary filmmaking that culminates in The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs. Bodružić’s featurelength film won the award for Best Canadian Documentary at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival, and it screens at Vancity Theatre April 21 and 23. Bodružić returned to Sarajevo on several occasions between 2000 and 2012, and, each time, he filmed his grandparents at home in their small flat. In some scenes, they share stories from their lives, seated together on the couch; in others, they playfully bicker over dinner. They reminisce about the wars and each other. They ruminate on the future of their family and their country. The Museum of Forgotten
Triumphs is edited together from footage collected during those trips. It’s a poignant but unsentimental tale of war, recovery, aging, love and loss through the story of Bodružić’s grandparents Although The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs includes 12 years of footage, the bulk was shot in 2011, when Bodružić returned to Sarajevo at his grandfather’s insistence. Less than a year later, Bodružić’s grandmother died. He returned for the funeral, and he and his grandfather ended up filming again. His grandfather passed away two weeks later. Bodružić has been travelling with The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs as it screens at festivals. “I’ve had a lot of people talk to me about their deeply emotional response to the film and how unexpected it feels, and how they didn’t expect to see something like this on film because it seems so familiar,” says Bodružić. A longer version of this story is at vancourier.com.
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Soaking up the sights in Canada’s soggiest city — Prince Rupert Grant Lawrence
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I’ve always been drawn to places at the end of the road, and something about the little soggy city of Prince Rupert has forever intrigued me. Located at the continental terminus of the Yellowhead Highway 16 in northern B.C., “the City of Rainbows” is reportedly Canada’s wettest town. It lived up to its reputation when I recently had a chance to visit both Prince Rupert and nearby Terrace for the first time. Here’s my first tip if you choose to check out this gorgeous area of the province: it’s much cheaper to fly into Terrace, located two hours inland, than it is to fly into Prince Rupert. That was OK by me, because it meant that I could check out Terrace and take in the spectacular drive alongside the Skeena River to the coast. Terrace is located in a huge temperate valley of fertile farmlands and distant snowcapped mountains, in the traditional territory of the
Kitselas and Kitsumkalum people. The town is backed by glacial deposits that form flat benches or terraces, which the First Nations refer as Ganeeks Laxha, or “Stairway to Heaven.” Terrace is a busy northern hub with some great places to visit, such as Misty River Books, an excellent independent bookstore that has been in operation for more than 30 years, and Sherwood Mountain Brewhouse, a newly opened microbrew. Before I left for Rupert, I stocked up on books for the kids and a full flat of beer for me. The winding road from Terrace to Prince Rupert is lined with epic mountain vistas and foaming waterfalls cascading hundreds of feet into the mighty Skeena River. It’s as spectacular as everyone says it is, but it’s an emotional trip. This otherwise beautiful road is part of the Highway of Tears, where dozens of women have gone missing over a near 50-year period, with little resolution. Notices for missing women are posted
Billy Murray Drive is named after a former city councillor, not the eternally cool and laid back actor. PHOTO GRANT LAWRENCE
at many of the rest stops along the way — a heartbreaking reminder of far too many unsolved disappearances along Highway 16. As if on cue, when I pulled into quirky Prince Rupert, it began to pour. Like highest-levelwindshield-wiper-full-onsideways-deluge-type rain, which I kind of loved. I crested a hill and looked down upon the little misty
town and the calm green waters of Prince Rupert Harbour beyond, the deepest natural harbour in all of North America. The quaint shops of the Cow Bay neighbourhood were first on my list. After a hearty lunch in the cozy Cowpuccinos Café, I picked up some smoked cod nuggets at Dolly’s Fish Market and walked up the hill to Wheelhouse Brewery, Prince Rupert’s entry into B.C.’s ale trail sweepstakes. It was International Record Store Day when I was there, but since Prince Rupert doesn’t have a record store anymore, the brewery hosted a record swap. I scored some ridiculously great early ’70s Tex-Mex freedom rock from the bins set up in their rustic
many boarded up downtown storefronts, but you get the solid sense this town is turning things around. Like many smaller to mid-sized Canadian towns, Prince Rupert hit the skids in the 1990s, and they’ve been pulling themselves out of their economic downturn ever since. Fortunes began to sway back into Rupert’s favour around 2005, with the opening of a cruise ship dock and various other industry upswings. Up on the ridge overlooking the town and sea, there are grand mansions from the early 1900s, built from old growth timber, that are now attainable for middle class families. At the south end of town, ferries wait to take you to adventurous ports of call in Haida Gwaii, Alaska and Vancouver Island. When it was time for me to head back to Terrace for my flight home, it was a sunny, breezy and beautiful morning. The air was fresh and clean, and tasted like the ocean. An eagle with a fish in its beak soared overhead. And then, in an instant, it started to pour again. A few moments later, a beautiful rainbow arced out over the harbour. Everyone I met in Prince Rupert seemed to love where they live, as if they were guarding a well-kept secret — that they have all found a special place in the City of Rainbows. @grantlawrence
tasting room, and when I approached the counter to make my purchase, I was slipped a little baggie filled with salmon jerky by brewery co-owner Craig Outhet. It felt like the ultimate Prince Rupert welcome. From there, I explored the waterfront, which is mostly blocked off by CN rail yards, save for the recently opened Rushbrook Trail, an easy two-kilometre waterfront hike along the edge of the rainforest, which is perfect for wildlife watching. You can find the trailhead just past the shops in Cow Bay near the marina. A few blocks away from the brewery, I stumbled upon what could be the coolest, most laid-back street name in all of Canada: Billy Murray Drive. After asking around, I discovered that it was in fact not named after The Life Aquatic star, but instead for a former city councillor. And even though Prince Rupert has enjoyed one of its sunniest spring seasons on record, you know when you’re in a wet part of the world when you spot Slickers, an entire store dedicated solely to raingear. I also came across a sad relic of the city’s past: the boarded up building formally occupied by the Prince Rupert Daily News, which ceased production almost a decade ago (Prince Rupert’s Northern View still publishes once a week). There are a few too
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14 brain surgeries and still smiling: teenager refuses to give up Taylin McGill is the 2019 Courage To Come Back award recipient in the youth category Martha Perkins
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Taylin McGill was only 10 days old when her mother’s intuition kicked in. Something was seriously wrong. What Erin McGill didn’t realize as she anxiously drove her listless baby to B.C. Children’s Hospital was that this was about to become the family’s new normal. Taylin’s illness, and the illnesses and challenges to come, would upend all of their lives. They would spend months sitting by Taylin’s hospital bed, stare down death numerous times and find strengths they didn’t know they had. But together the Tsawwassen family would also discover gratitude for the simplest of life’s joys and be awed by the community of support that’s been built around them. Sixteen years after Taylin was diagnosed with salmonella bacterial meningitis — a life-threatening infection followed by swelling in her brain that resulted in hydro-
cephalus and, later, brain damage and epilepsy — she gave a speech about her years in and out of hospital. In it, she poked good-natured fun at the Vancouver Canucks who were in the audience. “I’ve had 14 brain surgeries, five lumbar punctures and seizures that have lasted as long as 90 minutes,” Taylin told the hockey players before she delivered her punchline. “And you think you’re tough?” When Taylin tells this story a year later, her smile not only reaches her eyes, it consumes them. Her entire face beams the way it does in photos of her in her hospital bed, her right eye covered in a bandage because of permanent damage to an optical nerve, her scalp a criss-cross of sutures after having spent hours in the operating room just a day earlier. She’s an imp. A family can never be prepared for all the traumas that the McGills have been through, but if ever there was a family with the ability to
Taylin McGill, the 2019 youth recipient of the Courage To Come Back award, has been in and out of hospital since she contracted salmonella when she was 10 days old. PHOTO MARTHA PERKINS
endure, it’s this one. On April 24, when Taylin takes to the stage to receive the 2019
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Courage To Come Back award in the youth category, she’ll share the accomplishment with her mom, dad Sean and 20-year-old sister, Kheya, just as they’ve shared all the ups and downs that have earned Taylin such a prestigious distinction. It won’t be the first public recognition of Taylin’s resilience and remarkable, happiness-filled spirit. In 2018, she was chosen as the Air Canada/Canucks Mark Maker. She was the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation and Children’s Miracle Network Champion Child in 2017. In addition to earning the Canucks’ respect, she was the Vancouver Whitecaps’ inaugural kid captain. Delta Rotary gave her the Inner Strength award in 2015, and her speech at Tsawwassen’s Me to We event was just one of the ways she’s spread her message of hope and gratitude. But it’s in her day-to-day interactions that Taylin really shines. She’s unfailingly cheerful as she accepts and copes with whatever comes her way. She understandably showed frustration when a surgery left her mute for a few weeks and had a meltdown when the nurses needed to shave off her hair in preparation for yet another surgery — Taylin convinced them to leave enough for a comb over — but those are tiny blips in her demeanour. However, the family does not make light of
how Taylin’s challenges have affected them. Because of brain damage, Taylin has difficulties with such things as short-term memory, executive planning and spatial awareness. “For example,” says her nomination by the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation, “asking Taylin to go get her shirt from her room is difficult for her, as she cannot put a picture in her head as to what she needs to do.” As well as having a oneon-one educational assistant, Taylin’s family spends a lot of time teaching her skills to manage her challenges. For instance, her mom broke down a day’s to-do list into simple, individual tasks, which she printed on popsicle sticks. Taylin took a stick from the jar, did the task and then put the popsicle stick into the “done” jar. A lack of fine motor coordination requires someone to help her with many of those tasks, but it’s turned into a fun time together. Since Taylin gets lost easily and can’t take a bus on her own — she’d forget her stop and could easily be taken advantage of — the McGills carefully coordinate each day. They want Taylin to be as independent as possible while also recognizing the dangers. “Trust me, it scares the heck out of us,” Erin says, who regularly gets anxiety attacks, “but you just push through it.” Luckily, Sean and Erin, who have been together since high school, keep each other in balance. “Erin is more emotional in the time,” Sean says, “and lets things out. When things are going sideways it doesn’t bother me, and I get almost stronger and don’t need much sleep and feel positive. Then six months later when things are good and Erin’s fine, I feel all whacked out and terrible and anxious. I realize it’s because I’ve had everything bottled up. I can feel the layers unwinding and that doesn’t feel good.” They’ve done everything in their power to always be cheerful in Taylin’s presence. They’ve also tried to keep life as normal as possible for both daughters. At an early age, Kheya accepted the extraordinary responsibilities of being an older sister to someone with special needs. When Kheya was five, she revealed to a child psychologist that she
wanted her parents to have another baby; she worried she couldn’t take care of Taylin by herself should something happen to her parents and thought a sibling would help. “Kheya came out of the womb mature and thoughtful,” says her mother who, like Kheya, is an empath, almost to their detriment during the tough times. Kheya’s now in her second year of kinesiology at UBC, focusing on becoming a doctor, and fully expects and wants to one day assume her parents’ role of keeping Taylin safe and happy. “Taylin and I have a pact,” Kheya says. “When we grow up, Taylin gets to live with me. She gets sushi once a week, Maui ribs twice a month and in return she takes care of my kids.” They’ve been buoyed by their close-knit families, their faith and the support of friends, neighbours and co-workers — Erin is a part-time Grade 4 teacher, Sean is Delta’s city manager — who, unbidden, always step in to ease the demands of family life. As for B.C. Children’s Hospital, the family agrees with Taylin’s assessment that “it’s the greatest place ever.” The McGills know there are challenges ahead. Taylin’s seizures are once again more frequent, setting off Erin’s intuition that something is wrong. It could be a blockage in one of Taylin’s shunts, which will require the family to buttress their strength to undergo another brain surgery. But as they face down whatever is to come, they too will find strength from Taylin’s upcoming Courage To Come Back speech. “I have a motto,” Taylin says. It’s the words on the necklace her parents gave her. With a smile, the teen repeats its mantra. “Never give up.” For the past 20 years, the Courage To Come Back Awards have raised more than $16 million for Coast Mental Health to support people recovering from mental illness in the Lower Mainland, through housing, support services and employment. The awards celebration is a major fundraiser for Coast Mental Health, which believes that, through compassionate care and support, everyone can recover. More information at couragetocomeback.ca.
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The Big Leb owski (A Dud e Chi lli ng Park Fun draise r) at the Rio
This fundrai ser screen ing brings two wor lds together: The Dud e him sel f and the “Du de” of Dud e Chilli ng Park . Take in a big -sc reen sho win g of the Coe n brothe rs’ cla ssi c, and sup por t a great cause. The Rio Theatre and the Vancouver Art Hou se Soc iety wil l don ate 20 per cent of proceeds to hel p retu rn the beloved “Dude” sculpture to East Vancouver’s Dud e Chilli ng Park . Apr il 18. Doo rs at 6 p.m ., mov ie at 6:3 0 p.m . The Rio The atr e, 166 0 Eas t Bro adw ay rio the atr e.c a
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Takea deep dive intothe immersiveand excitingexperience of catchingDelhi 2 Dublin live on stage,with openingsupport fromTonye and Kid Kang.D2D is describedas a bandthat “connectsroots to future,” makinguse of a meld of traditionalIndian instruments,fiddle, electricguitar and electronica,with PunjabiEnglishvocals. 19+ only. April 20. Doors 8 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. The Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville St. ticketmaster.ca
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This fundraiser screening brings two worlds together: The Dude himself and the “Dude” of Dude Chilling Park. Take in a big-screen showing of the Coen brothers’ classic, and support a great cause. The Rio Theatre and the Vancouver Art House Society will donate 20 per cent of proceeds to help return the beloved “Dude” sculpture to East Vancouver’s Dude Chilling Park. April 18. Doors at 6 p.m., movie at 6:30 p.m. The Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway riotheatre.ca
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The Rio Theatres screens the Coen brothers’ classic The Big Lebowski to help bring back “the dude” statue at Dude Chilling Park.
Delhi 2 Dublin at the Commodore Ballroom
Take a deep dive into the immersive and exciting experience of catching Delhi 2 Dublin live on stage, with opening support from Tonye and Kid Kang. D2D is described as a band that “connects roots to future,” making use of a meld of traditional Indian instruments, fiddle, electric guitar and electronica, with PunjabiEnglish vocals. 19+ only. April 20. Doors 8 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. The Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville St. ticketmaster.ca
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Will this photo come back to haunt mayor or are we just turds? If you haven’t guessed by now, the bon vivants at K&K are fans of irony, whether it’s rain on our wedding day, a fly in our chardonnay or winning a free pair of slacks on International Pants Free Day. (We may have misheard some of those lyrics.) So when our colleague Bob Kronbauer at Vancouver Is Awesome snapped this photo of Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s former campaign office at Main and 12th, it stirred something deep inside of us like a dog rubbing its genitalia on the carpet. Of course, the plight of this city’s homeless is no laughing matter, and a photo of someone camped out in the doorway of an abandoned storefront is a sad indictment of government inaction on all levels. And yet, for someone who successfully campaigned on housing as his number one issue, and who continues to make strides in increasing the number of new housing units in the city, it’s got
Last year, 34 B.C. workers died as a result of a construction-related incident. When you lose a loved one, the pain never goes away. The optics are not good at Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s former campaign office. PHOTO BOB KRONBAUER
to hurt your brand when your former campaign office perfectly illustrates the problem that you’ve made your raison d’être. Of course, fretting over optics is a tad shallow compared to the dire situation many in Vancouver find themselves. But knowing a thing or two about the mindset of those in the media, we can tell you that this is the exact kind of photo reporters and editors drool over. It’s the
kind of photo that they will trot out anytime there’s a story about homelessness in Vancouver or the mayor’s efforts (failed or otherwise) to curb homelessness. And no amount of chardonnay will dull that sting. On the other hand, maybe take down your campaign office signs instead of leaving them up for six months after the fact. It’s what’s expected when you advertise a garage sale. Just a thought. @KudosKvetches
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Injury-free Brock Boeser hopes to use long offseason to take ‘huge step’ Canucks need even more from their young sniper in his third season
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Brock Boeser had a strong finish to the 2018-19 season in more ways than one. He led the Canucks in scoring in the back half of the season, including 13 points in his final 16 games. He was regularly playing 20-plus minutes per game. Most importantly, he was healthy. Boeser’s standout rookie season ended on a sour note when he suffered a brutal back injury in early March. That ended any hope of challenging Mathew Barzal for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, but also delayed his offseason training, which made it tougher to hit the ground running in his sophomore season. This year, that’s not an issue. “It’s a lot different than last year because I couldn’t do anything until about mid-July,” said Boeser. “[I’m] talking with the strength guys, getting a whole program set up to make sure that I’m feeling good and getting my back strong again and my abs and stuff to support the back. It’s exciting.” Boeser got off to a rocky start in 201819, as he was slowed not only by his delayed offseason training, but also by a nagging groin injury that caused him to miss a couple games. While he picked up points, he lacked explosiveness in his skating stride and struggled to find the time and space to release his shot. Just when things seemed to click into place in early November with a four-point night against the Colorado Avalanche, he tweaked his groin injury and was out for 11 games. “Last summer was tough and obviously it carried into earlier in the season,” said Boeser. “I already had a long offseason and then to miss another 13 games right off the start was tough, but I felt I’ve learned a lot throughout this whole year and I’ve taken steps as a player, and I personally feel I can take a huge step.” A huge step forward would be welcome for a Canucks team that badly needs more offence. The Canucks finished 26th in the NHL in goals this season. With 29 goals as a rookie and 26 goals this season, Boeser feels he has a lot more to give and compared himself to Bo Horvat. “Bo took that huge step going into his third year,” he said. “I think I can take that step for next year.” It’s an interesting comparison, as Horvat didn’t take a massive leap forward offensively in his third year.
Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to the first round of the NHL playoffs, which always manages to be wildly unpredictable. At press time, the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning were down 3-0 in their series with the Columbus Blue Jackets and the powerhouse Pittsburgh Penguins were down 3-0 to the upstart New York Islanders. • I’m dropping the gloves with playoff reffing, which is an annual tradition. In an effort to “let the players play,” NHL refs accomplish the opposite, as uncalled hooks, holds and interference prevent the players from playing to the best of their ability. That’s not to mention the dangerous, injury-inducing plays that somehow escape their notice.
Canucks forward Brock Boeser heads into the offseason healthy and hopeful. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
He had four more goals and 12 more points than his sophomore season, hitting both the 20-goal and 50-point marks, but took more significant steps forward as a complete player. He averaged a minute more per game, and saw significant improvements in his underlying possession statistics, showing the growth in his defensive game. For Boeser, improving his defensive game and scoring at a higher rate would indeed represent a huge step forward. He has it in him to be a 40-goal scorer, up there with the best snipers in the NHL. If his step forward is matched by Elias Pettersson, who also seems capable of scoring 40 goals, the Canucks will be a much more dangerous team next season. “He wants to be good,” said head coach Travis Green. “That’s important. I don’t think he’s a kid who’s going to rest on what he’s done and we’re not in a position as a team to think that way. I have
a lot of faith Brock’s going to get better as we move on.” Apart from training, however, there’s one more thing for Boeser to take care of this summer: a new contract. Boeser is a restricted free agent and does not yet have arbitration rights, so has little leverage in negotiations, apart from his excellent on-ice play and the Canucks’ likely desire to get a long-term deal done. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Boeser’s new deal come in at upwards of $7 million over five or six years, making him the highest paid player on the Canucks. With that kind of pay day, a huge step forward won’t just be the hope, but the expectation.
For daily Canucks news and views, go to Pass It to Bulis at vancourier.com.
Big Numbers • 6 Boeser’s biggest struggles came on the power play. What had been a strength in his rookie year, when he scored 10 power play goals, became an issue when he managed just six power play goals in 2018-19. • 33 Boeser has missed 33 games over his first two seasons; the biggest thing that could help him take a huge step forward next year is staying healthy.
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