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Mayor says Vancouver missing all ‘workforce’ housing targets Mike Howell

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Mayor Kennedy Stewart acknowledged last Thursday in his “state of the city” address to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade that the city continues to lag behind in its goal to build more rental housing for lower to middle-income people.

“Frankly speaking,” he said to the business crowd gathered at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, “we’re behind all our targets when it comes to providing workforce housing.”

The mayor was referring to the income band of households who earn $30,000 to $80,000 per year. His conclusion about missed targets was based on city data collected for the first three quarters of this year.

The city, in fact, failed to meet its targets for all income bands below $80,000.

But the most significant misses were in the $15,000 to $30,000 band and the $50,000 to $80,000 band.

More on those misses in a sec…

I wrote about the mayor’s speech for our online edition.

The comments via Twitter and Facebook were swift and of the critical variety.

Some of you reading this — particularly those in the $15,000 to $80,000 income band — have probably reached the same conclusion about what Stewart said.

And that conclusion is this: duh.

Yep, Vancouver is still very much in a housing crisis and the statistics revealed by the mayor in his speech — and by the City of Vancouver in a separate release — confirm that.

The evidence: At this year’s three-quarter mark, the city’s target for the $50,000 to $80,000 category was 6,463 units, but only 2,702 were built.

A total of 440 units should have been built for the $15,000 to $30,000 category, but only 109 were built.

A total of 872 were built for the $30,000 to $50,000 category, instead of 1,238.

The city was closest to hitting its target for those earning $15,000 or less per year per household.

“But we’re well behind in terms of approving hous-

Mayor Kennedy Stewart delivered his “state of the city” address Nov. 7 to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ing for households led by a single minimum wage worker, two minimum wage workers, or a single living wage worker,” Stewart said.

That’s why the city will continue to promote its incentive programs for developers to attract the necessary investment to build more purpose-built rental homes, Stewart said.

But the mayor acknowledged not all purpose-built rentals are affordable to all renters, who comprise more than 50 per cent of Vancouver residents.

Stewart delivered his speech a few hours after the City of Vancouver released

statistics saying 2,897 units of housing were approved in the first three quarters of 2019.

Those numbers included 649 purpose-built rentals, which is only 32 per cent of the city’s annual target. The majority of those 649 units — 64 per cent — were approved under rental incentive programs for developers.

Other approvals included 601 townhouse units, 364 laneway houses and 529 social and supportive housing units. Overall, more than half of all 2,897 units were two and three bedrooms.

As he has stated repeatedly since he was elected, Stewart stressed the importance of

lobbying the provincial and federal governments to obtain funding to advance housing projects in Vancouver.

He pointed to the $184 million the federal government announced in August towards the construction of 1,100 rental homes targeted to singles and families earning between $30,000 and $80,000 annually.

He also praised the city’s partnership with the provincial government, but didn’t refer to any specific projects, although the Courier reported in March that B.C. Housing said 2,450 units of affordable rentals were in the works in Vancouver.

Stewart said he would have more to announce in the coming weeks about funding from the B.C. government for projects in Vancouver.

He’s also got a plane ticket booked to meet with the feds this month in Ottawa.

The last time — and first time — the mayor spoke to a board of trade audience was in April. That speech, too, was focused mainly on housing, with Stewart telling the crowd “what we have to stop doing is using the word ‘af-

fordable.’ I think that [word] makes people angry.”

“We’ve been trying to dampen that down in council and not to say, ‘We just built a whole bunch of affordable housing,’” he said at the time.

“We’ll just say, ‘No, we’ve just built a whole bunch of market rental housing, and that’s good.’ That’s a good thing. Take ownership and say this is important because it is for a certain group of people we need for the economy [to thrive] in this city.”

The city’s housing strategy calls for 72,000 homes — not the 85,000 Stewart pushed for in his mayoral campaign — to be approved for construction by 2027.

The city says nearly 50 per cent will serve households earning less than $80,000 per year. Two thirds will be available for renters, with 40 per cent with two or three bedrooms.

Much of it is expected to be built by the private sector.

If all that holds true, it should make for a doozy of a “state of the city” address come 2027, whoever delivers it. Mark your calendars.

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Council to expropriate derelict Downtown Eastside hotels Mike Howell

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City council took the rare step last week to expropriate two privately run Downtown Eastside hotels known for decades as buildings with deplorable living conditions and magnets for crime.

The unanimous vote, Nov. 6, means the city will now pay a nominal fee of $1 for each of the Sahota family-owned Regent and Balmoral hotels, which are located across from each other on East Hastings near Main Street.

Two of the Sahota family members — Pal and Gudy — were on the speakers’ list to address council, but failed to show in the chamber when their names were called.

Lawyer Evan Cooke, acting on behalf of the Sahotas, requested council abandon the staff recommendation to expropriate the hotels. Cooke said the family had received multiple private offers ranging from $7 million to $12.5 million for each building.

Representatives from the Heritage Charitable Foundation and the owner of the

Brandiz Hotel at 122 East Hastings also urged council not to expropriate, saying they had made offers to buy the hotels.

But several councillors were skeptical that private buyers could produce the almost $90 million in repairs needed to return the Balmoral and Regent to safe, secure and affordable hotels.

Barring any legal pushback from the Sahotas — which could come in the form of a judicial review — city staff will now work with B.C. Housing on a plan to renovate the hotels.

City staff told council they will also look to the federal government for funding and begin a community consultation process. Staff would not speculate on when the buildings could open again.

“To effect these kinds of renovations — regardless of whether it’s the city or a private buyer — would take a considerable amount of time for permits and the actual construction work,” said Andrew Newman, the city’s associate director of real estate operations.

Vancouver city council agreed with a staff recommendation Nov. 6 to expropriate the Balmoral and Regent hotels on East Hastings Street. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

“I hazard to put a guess on how long that will be, but we’re talking years.”

In explaining staff’s rationale to call for expropriation, Newman said the city made multiple offers on paper and verbally to the Sahota family and its representatives, but received no response.

Staff settled on a recommendation to pay $1 each for the buildings based on independent appraisals showing “negative market value” in the valuations of

the properties.

The move by council involves the city spending at least $350,000 on each of the hotels to keep them secure and monitored by on-site and mobile security for at least three years.

The city will also pay $1,000 to the holder of the Regent Pub lease.

The Balmoral has been vacant since June 2017 and the Regent since June 2018.

Both hotels have at least 150 rooms. The city closed both buildings because they were

deemed unsafe to occupy.

At the time, the city cited engineering reports detailing fire hazards, rotting wood, sagging floors, water damage and mould inside the Balmoral. Similar problems were raised by the city in its decision to close the Regent.

The city worked with B.C. Housing and non-profit housing operators to find temporary and permanent homes for the tenants, including moving some into the provincial governmentowned Jubilee Rooms around the block on Main Street.

The unanimous vote last week was emotional for COPE Coun. Jean Swanson, who called on the city for years — before she was elected to council in October 2018 — to force the Sahotas to improve conditions in their hotels.

Swanson waged that campaign with fellow advocate Wendy Pedersen of the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative and many others in the community, including Jack Gates and Sam Dharmapala.

Gates, a former resident of the Regent, was involved in

a lawsuit against the Sahotas related to the conditions of the hotel. Dharmapala, a bookkeeper for the Sahotas at both hotels, went public with his inside knowledge of the family’s business. He told council he was called “a rat” for his decision.

Pedersen, Gates and Dharmapala all spoke in support of expropriation.

“We had such eloquent speakers [to council today],” Swanson said through tears.

“At least three of our speakers have literally risked their lives for this moment — Jack and Sam and Wendy.”

The Regent and Balmoral have made the city’s top-10 list of problem hotels for almost 20 years and have been cited by police in numerous reports for drug activity, violence and other crimes.

The Courier reported in April 2018 that police responded to 845 calls in and outside the Regent between Jan. 1, 2017 and Feb. 22, 2018; the Balmoral generated 248 calls for the same period, although it was closed in June 2017. @Howellings

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City approves rezoning for new St. Paul’s Hospital Naoibh O’Connor

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Vancouver council approved Providence Health Care Society’s rezoning application to build a new $1.9-billion hospital and health care facility on an 18.4-acre site in False Creek Flats in an 8-3 vote Nov. 5.

Only Green Party coun-

cillors Adriane Carr and Pete Fry, as well as NPA Coun. Colleen Hardwick opposed the application.

Plans for the property at 1002 Station St. and 250 to 310 Prior St. are for a new hospital and health care facility to replace the existing century-old St. Paul’s hospital on Burrard Street, as well as institutional, office, research, hotel, retail-

service and Indigenous cultural uses, and limited rental housing for health care workers. The plan also features a new public plaza, two childcare facilities and a new road network through the site to connect existing adjacent streets. Building heights will range between 24 and 61 metres.

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The fact the property is on a flood plain and highrisk seismic and liquefaction zone has sparked concerns from some residents and some councillors.

However, conditions were included in the rezoning application that require comprehensive all-hazard risk and vulnerability assessments to be completed, and seismic resilience measures must be incorporated into the design of the building.

The conditions also require a five-member expert panel be struck to evaluate the resilience of the design, and on the post-disaster functionality of the hospital, although recommendations won’t be binding.

Prior to the debate and council’s vote, Rhonda Lui, Providence Health Care’s associate director for design build, acknowledged the potential for liquefaction exists at the site, but she said PHC has budgeted to remove the fill and the buildings will be supported on glacial till that exists below the fill, which is not liquefiable.

Lui said all site challenges have been studied related to soil conditions, seismic vulnerability and resilience planning. She added hundreds of bore holes have been drilled to inform engineering solutions. Geotechnical, hydro geotechnical and environmental analyses

have also been completed.

The hospital falls within the national building code’s post-disaster category, which means PHC must ensure the hospital will remain operational post disaster.

Lui said while concerns were raised about emergency access, studies have been done on that subject and access routes for different uses have been separated. Some speakers at the public hearing called for an increase in the number of residential units planned for the site, which Lui said PCH is open to, but it would like the footprint for the residential portion of the property to remain as presented.

Those reassurances satisfied most, but not all, councillors, with seven councillors and the mayor ultimately supporting the rezoning application.

NPA Coun. Melissa De Genova said St. Paul’s needs a new home, and the project will make Vancouver a better city. She also pointed out people wouldn’t fare better if St. Paul’s remained at its current location.

NPA Coun. Lisa Dominato agreed St. Paul’s has outgrown its existing home and highlighted the opportunities within the development for research uses, housing and a hotel. She said the project will have a “very positive impact” on the neighbouring community. Dominato also success-

fully introduced an amendment to the main motion, which will see city staff and PHC explore the possibility of integrating mental health and substance use treatment beds into the new hospital and health care campus.

COPE Coun. Jean Swanson voted in favour of rezoning but she expressed fears that the area is being gentrified and the development will push rents up for SROs. Swanson introduced an amendment calling for staff to report back on ways to protect lower-rent housing and SROs in the vicinity of the new hospital from gentrification, but Mayor Kennedy Stewart ruled it out of order.

He told Swanson she could bring it up as a separate motion at another time.

Councillors Carr and Hardwick, meanwhile, were particularly concerned about seismic and environmental issues.

Hardwick said she recognized St. Paul’s is “eager to have larger and new facilities” but questioned the merits of the new location.

After hearing Lui’s explanation about building plans for the hospital, she still raised concerns about the roads and other buildings planned for the site.

“I’ve been watching this property for decades and, as I’ve mentioned before, I’ve seen proposals go through in the mid-’90s that were denied because of concerns about the seismic limitations

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In a statement after the vote, Fiona Dalton, president and CEO of Providence Health Care, praised the rezoning approval.

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Squamish Nation proposing 6,000 units Band members to vote on proposal in December referendum Naoibh O’Connor

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Eleven towers are being proposed for a large development planned on Squamish Nation’s site at the foot of Burrard Bridge.

Squamish Nation Coun. Khelsilem spoke to the Courier a few hours after Frances Bula broke news in the Globe and Mail that the Nation’s proposal for its 11-acre property now involves producing 6,000

housing units in 11 towers — double the number of units initially proposed for the project last spring.

“We’ve followed the city’s existing guidelines around spacing between the towers, in terms of the number of square feet. Everybody thinks it’s a small piece of land, but if you actually go down there and look at it

and see what the size of it is, it’s a bit bigger than people realize,” he said Nov. 5.

Khelsilem said the project would also help the city with some of its own goals around sustainability, climate change and building rentals.

The unusually shaped property, adjacent to the Molson Brewery on Bur-

rard Street, was the ancestral village of the Squamish Nation. Squamish band members were forcibly removed in 1913 and transported to the North Shore and Squamish Valley.

Their homes were burned.

The Nation reclaimed the land in 2003 after the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled, in 2002, that Canadian Pacific, which had been granted the land for the railway, should return it to the band.

While the prospect of high towers and increased density in neighbourhoods has often generated pushback from Vancouver residents, Khelsilem sees Squamish Nation’s project, known as Senakw, as contributing to the overall evolution of the city. He pointed out that 30 years ago False Creek looked completely different than it does now.

“It’s an understandable conversation, but it’s also part of the evolution of the city that we’re in and we welcome it. I think there’s an opportunity for that conversation but the main point is, for our members from the Squamish Nation, we’ve lived here for thousands of years and over the last hundred we saw this massive

city get built on our land with very little benefit given back to our community.

Now that we’re entering into the game on our own lands, I think our members have a reasonable expectation that our community should benefit as well.”

The current proposal would see a 50-50 profitsharing agreement between the Squamish Nation and developer Westbank.

Squamish Nation members vote in a Dec. 10 referendum on two questions related to the proposal — permission for the particular type of land use and a question on the proposed partnership with Westbank.

Approval requires 50 per cent plus one in support.

If that happens, they’ll be able to move forward on negotiating service agreements, securing financing, developing the design and engaging with other stakeholders on the project.

The towers, based on the proposal, would range between 56 and 30 storeys, according to Khelsilem, who said the initial estimate of 3,000 housing units was a rough estimate, but subsequent design work revealed 6,000 units are possible.

“Most of it’s going to be

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in 11 towers near Burrard Bridge rental. We haven’t decided on the exact mix of strata — if we are going to include it and how much, that’s still to be determined — but we are looking at numbers around 10 to 20 per cent, possibly 30. But right now that’s going to depend on market conditions and financing,” he said.

Although the development, if it moves forward, is expected to feature market and some below-market rental units, the mix will depend on market conditions, financing and partners that can be brought in.

Khelsilem said there’s also an interest in earmarking some units for Squamish Nation tenants.

“There’s a strong desire by our Nation to bring some of our families that want to live in that area back home and build a Squamish community there again,” he said.

It promises to be a significant development for band members.

“It’s in many ways a new era for the Squamish Nation, if we get support from our community to move forward, because, in the past, most of our revenue was generated passively through a landlord type of relationship where we were just passively obtaining revenue off of our lands and somebody else develops it,” Khelsilem said.

“Now we are, for the first

time, having a developer or a private developer recognize the value of our land and the contribution we’re bringing to the partnership, as well as the significant power that we have as a regional player. It’s going to open up a huge amount of opportunity for us for future investment into our lands and future development, as well as investment into the community socially.”

The hope is to start construction on the project in 2021 and finish by 2026 — an aggressive timeline when compared to what’s been possible for development projects governed by the City of Vancouver.

“Because the development process is coming from the Squamish Nation, we’re able to move a lot quicker [than the city],” Khelsilem said. “The other part of it is that because we’re contemplating mostly rental and there’s a vacancy crisis going on in the city, we see getting a lot of rental into the market sooner rather than later as a huge benefit… I think [the city’s rental construction] goal over the next 10 years is 20,000 units and we’re going to be providing almost a quarter of that.”

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Why do so few women run for Parliament?

Despite great strides, more needs to be done Tracy Sherlock

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Women have come a long way, but recent events show it’s not far enough.

First, there was the federal election, which saw just 98 women elected of 338 Members of Parliament.

That’s a record number, but still less than one-third.

After the election, I saw Beverley McLachlin speak at the Vancouver Writers’ Fest. She’s written a new memoir, Truth Be Told, about her path to become the first woman named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. She said she felt like she was never quite “enough” when she was teaching law. The friend I went with nodded at me, saying, “said no woman ever,” because of course we both know many women who feel this way. McLachlin got past that feeling by deciding to always do her best.

McLachlin reflected on her husband’s death, saying she once sought advice from another judge about wheth-

er it was OK that his death might affect her rulings on euthanasia and medical assistance in dying. The other judge told her that human experience would make her decisions stronger. I agree.

After decades, McLachlin was key in the court decision legalizing assisted dying. Her influence on our Canadian world is undeniable.

The same week, the tiny, but mighty, Greta Thunberg visited Vancouver. Thunberg is the 16-year-old girl from Sweden who started the school strike for climate movement that has grown to become a global protest involving millions. She told thousands of Vancouverites that her group will rise to the challenge, hold those responsible accountable and make world leaders act on climate change.

“We can and we will,” Thunberg said. “If you feel threatened by that, I have some very bad news for you.

This is just the beginning, we will continue, because change is coming whether you like it or not.”

Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould was re-elected in October.

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All of this girl power got me thinking. Why are women reluctant to run for Parliament? What is it about our system that turns them off?

But then I remembered the vandalism of Liberal MP Catherine McKenna’s Ottawa office, which was spray painted with a sexist slur.

I remembered Jody Wilson-Raybould, who has stood up alone against Justin Trudeau, who the country’s ethics watchdog said violated

our ethics code by pressuring Wilson-Raybould to intervene to help a corporation avoid criminal prosecution. “[A] lack of accommodation for caregiving, a hostile and combative political culture, entrenched sexism and stereotypes, [and] disparaging media coverage” are some of the factors that deter women from running, says Unfinished Business, a report released in late October by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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It also perpetuates things such as the gender pay gap — Canadian women are paid only 82 cents for every dollar a man makes — because men outnumber women in government and management positions two to one, says the report, prepared by a network of more than 50 women’s rights organizations, trade unions and independent experts.

The pay gap is not for lack of education. Nearly two-thirds of women aged 25 and older now have some sort of post-secondary education, compared to just less than half of men.

Speaking of education, it would be pertinent to point out that the Vancouver School Board has both a female superintendent and a female board chair. Five of the eight trustees are women. On Vancouver city council, eight of 10 councillors are women, led by a male mayor. But that’s not the norm. Just 18 per cent of Canada’s mayors and 28 per

cent of our city councillors are women, the report says.

Just six years ago, Canada had six female premiers, but that number is now zero.

What can be done?

Unfinished Business calls for a national action plan with strategies to reduce harassment and make politics less dirty, to create family-friendly workplaces, including childcare, and to implement measures such as proxy voting to make remote participation in politics possible.

I’m hoping against hope that our new minority federal government might encourage cooperation and collaboration rather than a zero-sum game of us versus them. If that’s the case, perhaps more women might run for office.

As a woman myself, I know I intend to promote and encourage other women in their roles, rather than competing with them. And when it comes to women like Beverley McLachlin or Greta Thunberg, very real people, ready to take on the world, I will share their stories and sing their praises.

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Examining skateboarding’s impact on mental All Aboard runs Nov. 16 and 17 on Granville Island John Kurucz

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Despite its many social, physical and mental benefits, the sands of time have revealed some ugly truths in skateboard culture.

Whether misguided odes to punk rock or the outlaw motorcycle gang ethos, countless skaters have risen to prominence over the last 30 years not for their exploits on a board, but for their exploits off of one.

Rampant drug abuse and alcoholism, trouble with the law and a total disregard for mental and physical health were cool.

See the Jackass phenomenon for proof. More locally, the Whiskey skateboard videos from the 1990s were case studies in complete debauchery.

But what’s cool when you’re 21, isn’t so cool at 41.

Vancouver’s Joe Buffalo is proof positive of that point.

Buffalo is two years removed from overdosing three times in one summer.

“There were times where I’d get woken up in a bathroom, I’d be high and nod off and someone would come in and say, ‘Are you OK?’” Buffalo recalled.

“The next one was going to be too late. I didn’t want to be a statistic.”

Buffalo, 43, is now a pro skater and actor. He’s one of a handful of featured speakers who will present at a Vancouver Skateboard Coalition (VSBC) event called All Aboard, a two-day celebration of skateboarding culture running Nov. 16 and 17 on Granville Island.

Buffalo is one of five panellists taking part in a discussion called SWITCH, short for Skateboarding With the Intent to Change.

He’ll be flanked by members of the LGBTQ community, educators, youth mentors and counsellors.

Together they’ll examine skateboarding’s impact on mental health, social awareness and education.

It’s a stark departure for a culture that once celebrated skaters breaking beer bottles over one another’s heads or lighting firecrackers in orifices.

“Selling that as an image to the kids is probably the stupidest thing ever,” Buffalo said. “They’re barely figuring out the birds and the bees and how to budget money.

Throw 40s and blunts in the mix, they’ll get distanced from skateboarding.”

Rose Archie will curate the panel discussion and, like Buffalo, comes from a small First Nations reserve.

They both share stories of isolation, carving their own

Michelle Pezel, Rose Archie and Joe Buffalo are helping organize this weekend’s All Aboard event on Granville Island. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

destinies and how skateboarding changed their lives.

“Growing up, I never had a chance to look up to anyone,” said Archie, 37.

“Getting magazines and seeing videos, it was few and far between. Young girls growing up now can look up to a whole bunch of athletes who are getting paid to do what they love.”

And while heady topics such as mental health and addiction will enter the fray over two days, so too will

politics. Specifically, Vancouver’s need for a covered skatepark.

With the recent closure of SBC Restaurant, there’s now one covered, indoor park in all of Metro Vancouver that’s located in Tsawwassen.

The Plaza, located under the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts on Quebec Street, offers some overhead cover, but not much.

Skies opening up for months on end during the fall and winter also puts

a formidable kink in the plans for most new skaters, according to VSBC vicepresident Michelle Pezel.

Pezel recalls a specific example where a kid’s board goes away in September, and once spring rolls in, that same kid is busy with soccer or other activities.

“As skateboarders for 20 and 30 years, we know how to navigate through finding places to skate,” Pezel said.

“But when you’re six, and whoever’s taking care of you

doesn’t understand skateboarding, where do you go?

There’s nowhere to grow that enthusiasm.”

A co-owner of Antisocial Skateboard Shop, Pezel admits the coalition doesn’t really have a business plan, potential location or funding streams for a covered park.

That’s not by accident.

Pezel said the turnover at the park board and on council every four years makes getting sympathetic ears a tough go. Couple that changing of the guard with the rapidly disappearing industrial space in Vancouver and skaters are quite literally left out in the cold.

It’s for that reason everyone involved hopes huge numbers show up to the Granville Island event — if nothing else, it shows politicians that the critical mass is there.

“People would travel here just for skateboarding,” Pezel said. “Vancouver used to be the hot, hot, hot spot for skateboarding in North America, and now it’s fallen way off.”

All Aboard kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 and will include free lessons and demos for all ages and abilities. For info, see vancouverskateboardcoalition.ca. @JohnKurucz

Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret (SBC) announces sudden closure

Clamp down not related to recent vehicle accident outside club, according to VPD John Kurucz

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Another Vancouver music venue has gone silent.

On Oct. 30, the Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret (SBC) Restaurant announced its closure effective immediately.

The Facebook post noted the venue may re-open strictly as a skateramp at some point in the future, though no timeline was given.

Musicians were forced to scramble to find alternatives for gigs scheduled within days of the closure.

The venue was booked solid on weekends through until early 2020, as are many downtown venues, exacerbating any plans to relocate shows on short notice.

SBC owner Malcolm Hassin told the Courier Oct. 29 the closure happened as a result of trying to move into licensing compliance

with Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch specs.

The East Hastings venue has a food primary license, along with a 50-person capacity and a requirement to end shows by 1 a.m. Hassin could have faced thousands of dollars in fines if found in contravention of those licensing conditions.

A representative from the liquor and cannabis branch confirmed with the Courier that the licence for SBC hadn’t been suspended.

Hassin and two business partners took over the space in 2013, though it opened in 1952 as the Smilin’ Buddha Dine and Dance nightclub.

It remained a live music venue for soul and punk rock through the following four decades. Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, 54-40, DOA, Subhumans and the Young Canadians performed at SBC over the years.

“I’m trying to make it work, but it’s been a long

The Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret closed Oct. 30. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

time coming,” Hassin said.

“It’s been the only positive thing [in the neighbourhood] for a long time.”

There was online speculation that the sudden end was tied to a horrific accident outside the venue on Oct. 12. Burnaby resident Desiree Evancio was dragged several blocks underneath a tour van belonging to American band

Off With Their Heads, and she’s since undergone four major surgeries.

More than $200,000 has been raised to aid in Evancio’s recovery effort, which will take years.

“I think there was a lot of heat from that,” Hassin said. “Whether it brought this, I don’t know.”

Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Const.

Steve Addison told the Courier that SBC’s announcement had nothing to do with the incident involving Evancio.

He noted the investigation will take weeks, if not months, before next steps are taken. The band member alleged to have been behind the wheel hasn’t been detained by police and has left Vancouver, given that charges haven’t been laid against him.

“We believe the driver had alcohol in his system,” Addison said. “We believe that alcohol did affect his system.

We’re working to determine what role, if any, that played in the circumstances that led to the crash.”

The VPD announced in late October that surveillance footage had emerged showing Evancio walking between the band’s trailer and van while it was at a stoplight.

“I understand there’s all

kinds of speculation out there and with the news that came out last week about the fact that we now know that she did, for an unknown reason, walk between the van and the cargo trailer,” Addison said. “There’s a lot of speculation out there about what happened and why that happened, we don’t have all the answers to that yet and that’s what we’re trying to figure out.”

What happens next is in the hands of case investigators. Once all evidence is gathered, those investigators will consult with Crown Counsel to determine the charge assessment and approval process.

The investigation could end without any charges at all.

“I don’t think there’s going to be anything imminent on this,” Addison said. “It’s going to take some time.”

—with files from Jessica Kerr @JohnKurucz

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Another rehearsal space bites the dust John Kurucz

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Musicians are scrambling as one of Vancouver’s largest rehearsal facilities recently announced its sudden closure.

Located at Broadway and Renfrew Street, Renegade Studios closed its doors on Oct. 30. About 50 musicians are out of a space, along with numerous visual artists and dance and theatre groups.

The affected artists were given little more than a few days to get their gear out and find new rehearsal space.

Owner Jim Buckshon said the closure comes as a result of a protracted battle with the property owner over promised repairs that never materialized.

Buckshon took over the 16,000-square-foot space in December 2016 and counted more than 100 leaks in the roof that he was led to believe would be fixed.

Buckshon suggests he

was owed some rent abatement as a result of those ongoing issues, but wasn’t given any financial breaks.

Negotiations broke down, according to Buckshon, to the point that his lease was terminated.

The affected artists got the word on Oct. 28 and the locks were changed on the morning of Oct. 30.

Buckshon promised all of the affected artists they’d get their security deposits back in the coming weeks.

It’s the eighth location Buckshon has tried to make a go of since 1983.

He’s hoping to open a new location in Vancouver by January, but land costs and property taxes are proving extremely prohibitive.

“We sincerely tried to make this building work,” Buckshon said. “We charged people less because there were problems in [the building], but it’s always a tough grind. We had eightyear-old girls in our dance theatre with ceiling tiles that were soggy.” @JohnKurucz

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Public hearing ordered over cops’ alleged abuse of authority Jessica Kerr

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B.C.’s police complaint commissioner has ordered a public hearing to look into allegations of police misconduct against two Vancouver police officers.

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner announced Nov. 7 the hearing has been called as a result of a complaint of excessive use of force and improper entry into a private residence by constables Neil Logan and Eric Ludeman.

Vladimir Tchaikoun launched the complaint against the two officers in March 2017, a year after the alleged incident. According to the notice of public hearing, Tchaikoun alleges that on March 13, 2016, he opened his door and the two officers forced their way in.

He alleges that he was punched, kicked and hit several times with a baton.

The complaint was initially investigated by the Victoria Police Department, which did not substantiate the allegations of abuse of authority.

However, police complaint commissioner Clayton Pecknold appointed a retired judge to review the matter.

Retired B.C. provincial court judge Brian Neal concluded the evidence “appeared sufficient to substantiate” the complaint that the officers committed abuse of authority when they entered Tchaikoun’s home but did not substantiate the use of force allegations.

A discipline proceeding

was held and the retired judge ultimately determined that none of the allegations against the officers was substantiated. However, no witnesses were called during the proceeding and, as a result, “Mr. Tchaikoun and other members of his family who were witnesses to the events did not have the opportunity to give testimony relating to the complaint,” Pecknold said in the notice of public hearing.

Following the retired judge’s decision, as is allowed under the regulations, Tchaikoun filed a formal request to have the police complaint commissioner arrange a public hearing or review on the record.

“Having reviewed the investigation ... I have determined that a public hearing is required and necessary in the public interest,” Pecknold wrote.

A retired provincial court judge has been appointed to preside at the yet-to-be scheduled hearing.

Deputy police complaint commissioner Andrea Spindler said police did not have a warrant to enter the residence, where significant use of excessive force resulted in multiple injuries to the complainant.

“They included a diagnosis from a medical doctor of a probable concussion, damaged teeth, severe bruising of his body including his face, his arms, his legs and his abdomen and also multiple lacerations on his head, his face and lips and nose,” she said.

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A newly formed ensemble is taking aim at the glass ceiling in the music industry.

Vancouver-based Sister Jazz Orchestra is the only all-female professional jazz orchestra in the country, and the group is making its debut Nov. 17 at the WestCoast Big Band Festival at the Croatian Cultural Centre.

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said, it was discouraging to see so few women playing on stage in jazz orchestras.

That discouragement turned to disappointment as over the years she continued to see mostly men on stage.

“I finally decided it was the time to change things up and do something about it,” Morrison said.

The Sister Jazz Orchestra was born with a mission to provide visible role models for girls and young women interested in playing jazz.

“My school jazz programs have always attracted primarily boys,” said Natalie Prichard, a trombonist who has been teaching music for 25 years. “It’s absolutely critical for young female instrumentalists to see women playing in what has been a maledominated field, and for boys to see this as normal too.

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Magkasama — a Modern Filipino Market

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Encompassing the region bounded by Columbia Street, East First Avenue, Victoria Drive and the waterfront, the Eastside Arts District is home to the highest concentration of visual artists, designers and craft makers in Canada. Take yourself on a tour and discover more than 500 visual artists in their art studios, collaborative work spaces, garages and homes. You’ll see the work of painters, jewelers, sculptors, furniture makers, weavers, potters, printmakers, photographers, glassblowers and more.

When: Nov. 14 to 17 Where: Various venues in East Vancouver

Magkasama (“together” in Tagalog) will feature over two dozen artisans and vendors and other talent from a spectrum of Vancouver-based Filipino talent. The free, familyfriendly market aims to not only bring together businesses run by members of Vancouver’s Filipino community, but also to give locals the chance to get to know more about the community. On tap are 25 vendors, live musical and dance performances, along with DJ sets from some of the city’s top Filipino DJs. And, of course, there will be Filipino-inspired cocktails, Filipino-inspired beer and

mountains, slides over ice fields and teeters across mile-high bridges. This is a world-premiere event.

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The Polar Express in concert with the VSO Vancouver Symphony

Orchestra kicks off the festive season with an enchanting screening of the 2004 animated holiday classic The Polar Express, with the score performed live. Hear composer Alan Silvestri’s unforgettable score and watch as The Polar Express ventures up and down

One of Vancouver’s much-loved shopping malls will twinkle with festive cheer as a stunning 42-foottall Christmas tree is lit up to mark the start of the holiday season. KiSS RADiO personality Tara Jean will lead the interactive tree lighting that’s set to “delight the senses and warm the heart.” Christmas vibes will be in the air with live music from Top Line Vocal Collective choir and DJ Raven Landry. Plus you can start

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Mark Ratzlaff is one of only a handful of people on the planet who has ventured into Oscar the Grouch’s trashcan (and lived to tell the tale).

The Vancouver filmmaker had already directed two segments for Sesame Street when he was invited to visit the actual Sesame Street, which is located in the iconic Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York.

“Being in Vancouver, you’re used to going to a coffee shop and seeing a celebrity getting a coffee, but I think the most star struck I’ve ever been is walking into that studio,” recalls Ratzlaff.

Sesame Street is actually a full square, he adds. “Every direction you point is a different part of the street.

They have some pieces on wheels so that they can move them around.”

According to Ratzlaff — a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s film production program and Norman Jewison’s prestigious Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre — his eyes initially lingered on Big Bird’s nest. But when he saw Oscar’s trashcan, he made a beeline for it, stepped inside and sheepishly asked one of the crew members to snap his photo.

“One of the most surprising and yet unsurprising things about working with people who work on Sesame Street is that they’re exactly how you would want them to be or hope they would be,” he says. “Everyone is so kind and generous. We run into all kinds of people in our industry, especially in adult television. But at Sesame Street, everyone behind the scenes is as awesome as the Muppets are on camera.”

Mark Ratzlaff admits he was star struck when he visited the set of Sesame Street.

Last week, Sesame Street celebrated its 50th birthday, and the stats of the iconic children’s program are staggering: 4,500 episodes, 35 television specials, 200 home videos and 180 albums.

“They’re not afraid to tackle issues that kids are actually dealing with, like poverty and homelessness and incarceration,” says Ratzlaff, who has contributed work to three episodes of Sesame Street, including one that will premiere as part of season 50. “There are a lot of kids who have parents who are incarcerated, and even if your parent isn’t in jail, you might be in school with someone whose parent is, and so how do you talk to them?” “[Sesame Street has] no other motive than to just promote the best of something, like kindness and empathy,” he adds. “It’s kind of crazy to think that they’re five decades in and they’re still ahead of the curve with a lot of issues.”

Ratzlaff won the opportunity to pitch a segment idea to Sesame Street through an initiative offered by TIFF Kids. His first official Sesame Street segment was 2017’s “H is for Hair,” which used hair as a medium to showcase diversity.

His second Sesame Street

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segment — “H is for Holiday” — aired as part of the PBS Holiday Special in 2017.

It featured Vancouver kids talking about the holidays they celebrate, including the Korean Harvest Moon Festival, Diwali, Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Eid, Christmas and New Year’s.

“It’s interesting when you’re making something for kids, because you want to put that stuff out there in a way that doesn’t even address that what they’re seeing is different,” says Ratzlaff.

“You don’t want to put a flag up and go, ‘This kind of person is OK, and this belief is OK.’ It’s just putting it out there in a way so that kids just absorb it and only have a positive association.”

Ratzlaff’s latest segment for Sesame Street will premiere in early 2020 and will leave kids with positive associations about, well, chickens.

“The theme was chickens, and so we took a page out of the old Homeward Bound movie and had one chicken who was narrating the whole time and introducing us to her family,” says Ratzlaff.

It was his first time working with animals — and nearly as fun as hopping into Oscar’s trashcan.

“One of the chickens laid an egg right on camera,” he laughs. “It was perfect.

Right time, right place.”

Ratzlaff says he’s found his happy place and a profound sense of responsibility in the realm of children’s entertainment.

“Adults aren’t going to change,” he says. “I think that the best bet is to bet on the kids. As a filmmaker, I realized that and asked myself, ‘What is the best version of ourselves and the world you want to see?’ Put that on screen so that kids are learning from that.”

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Fireworks ban is right thing to do Grant Lawrence

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Vancouver’s century-plus relationship with fireworks has finally been doused. In case you missed it, on Nov. 5, your city council made history by voting in favour of banning consumer fireworks.

Exempt are sanctioned traditional celebrations such as Chinese New Year, Diwali and, surely for economic reasons, whatever the English Bay fireworks competition is called these days.

According to council, we, the public, were overwhelmingly in favour of the ban. It means Vancouver will soon join other nearby, civilized and empathetic cities such as Victoria, Surrey and Seattle, which have permanently stubbed out consumer fireworks. Green Party councillor Pete Fry was the man behind the motion.

“I had a dog many years ago that was a basket case around fireworks,” Fry told me. “So when a dog named Maggie was killed at Trout Lake three years ago as a direct result of fireworks in an off-leash park, I was able to empathize with their particular situation.”

I, too, was snapped out of the allure of all things fiery and explosive during Expo 86, when I was 13 years old. From May to October, every night for six months, the world’s fair had a nightly fireworks show. Our beloved family dog Aggie, a magnificent and smart shepherd-collie

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cross, freaked out over the nightly barrage. She died of a fear-induced heart attack in June 1986, leaving our family heartbroken. I’ve been a staunch opponent of fireworks ever since.

But, as Fry explained, it’s not just about pets.

“The more I looked into it, and the literal terror that overindulgence around fireworks brings for so many in our city — dog owners, people with PTSD, wildlife, Alzheimer’s patients, refugees from wars, people with autism — it became impossible to ignore.”

The motion passed 6-3.

Chris Baisley is an engineer, who, three years ago, started a petition to ban fireworks. He has since col-

lected more than 3,400 signatures, including my own.

He’s obviously pleased with council’s decision. Baisley has always wondered why some should have to suffer for others’ enjoyment.

“Fireworks and firecrackers are massive public disruptors,” he told me. “Civil respect and responsibility are much more important than a small private thrill.”

Many Vancouver dads and their teenage sons appear to be outraged at the ban. How can “No Fun City” take away their Godgiven right to blow s*** up, just like their dads taught them? And that’s what it boils down to: There’s a certain slice of our adolescent population that simply loves to be entertained by loud explosions and fire in the sky, to hell with anyone or anything that might negatively be impacted.

Vancouver’s history with fireworks is relatively unique and dates back at least 120 years. Our fall weather firestorm has developed over the decades as a result of West Coast multiculturalism.

According to Vancouver historian Christine Hagemoen, early immigrants from Great Britain brought with them traditions of jack o’lanterns, bonfires, costumes and Guy Fawkes Day. Chinese immigrants brought with them the lunar celebrations, and their invention from around 200 BC, firecrackers. The Brits wondered why the Chinese should have all the loud fun in January. Slowly, the hand-

held pyrotechnics made their way to Halloween, and the result is more than a century of relative mayhem in our dark streets every October.

Growing up in Vancouver, almost everyone knew a kid rumoured to have been blasted in the face by the blazing balls of a Roman candle.

Many boasted to have blown up a mailbox with a pounded down Screecheroo.

But just because we did it then, should we be allowed to do it now? Using that logic, should my uncle still be allowed to smoke his way through a pack of Camels on his flight to Hawaii?

My neighbours on Trinity Street, otherwise know as Vancouver’s Halloween hot spot, won’t be happy with this column. Walter Lemmo, who lives across the street, is a great guy.

He does a fireworks display every Halloween.

“I told my daughter Viviana, whose birthday is Oct. 29, that I will always blow off fireworks in celebration of her, and now I won’t be able to,” Walter lamented. “I understand there are idiots out there, but there are also good, responsible people using them. I’m upset. It’s going to be hard to swallow the ban. It’s disappointing.”

Walter will have one more year to celebrate before the ban takes effect in 2021. I have a feeling he’s going to go out with a very, very big bang.

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

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Boeser’s well-rounded game leading the way Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

Brock Boeser took the pass from Elias Pettersson down the left wing. The Winnipeg Jets’ defenceman, Neal Pionk, closed quickly, knowing that if Boeser got room to shoot, he could pick a corner and give the Vancouver Canucks the lead.

Then Boeser did something unexpected: he lowered his shoulder into Pionk, knocking the defenceman off stride. Boeser spun off the contact with the puck, then cut back, sending Pionk flailing wildly past him. That opened up a passing lane to Troy Stecher, who was trailing the play. A moment later, Stecher sent a back door pass to J.T. Miller for a tap-in goal.

Boeser is known primarily for his deadly wrist shot, but as the 2019-20 season has progressed, he’s proven that he’s more than just a one-trick pony. He rarely gets credit for how well-rounded his game is but, over the past couple weeks, he’s arguably been the Canucks’ best skater.

What has stood out the most, is what he did against Pionk: he engaged physically, throwing his weight around in a manner more akin to a power forward than a sniper.

“The last three or four games I’ve noticed, even in practice I’ve noticed, he’s just working a little bit harder and he’s getting on pucks more, and competing a little harder with the puck,” said Brandon Sutter on Tuesday before the Canucks’ game against the Nashville Predators. “He’s moving his feet better, he seems to have more jump, more energy.”

It’s not that Boeser had a bad start to the season — he was a big part of the Canucks’ success in October — but he’s taken a step forward in November, despite the team struggling to score goals and win games.

He would have had plenty of excuses if he did have a slow start: a tough offseason with his father’s health, a delayed start in training camp thanks to contract negotiations and even a concussion in the preseason.

Instead, he hit the ground running on opening night and has only gotten better since. A big reason why is that he’s added

more dimensions to his game beyond just his elite shot.

“I think sometimes when you’re a guy that has a good shot, if you get caught standing around looking for shots, it usually never works out for you,” said Sutter. “When he gets in the corner and digs and works for it, all of a sudden he’s open and he’s shooting all the time.

When he’s engaged like that, he’s so dangerous.”

When asked if Boeser gets enough credit for his all-around game, head coach Travis Green smiled and said, “Gotta be careful here on how I answer this or Brock’s going to hold it against me.”

“I think if you ask any high-end offensive guy that’s won a Stanley Cup, he’s learned to play in certain areas of the rink,” he added, “and those are things that we’ve tried to install in our young guys and not take away from their offense.”

When asked specifically about Boeser being harder on the puck and showing a more physical side to his game, Green beamed.

“These are things that we’ve talked about in this room... for a couple years now,” said Green. “To hear someone say it from the outside that a young player’s doing that, that’s what you want to hear.”

That physical element, combined with the strong play of his linemates, Elias Pettersson and Miller, has led to puck possession dominance from Boeser. When he’s on the ice, the Canucks have the puck. The other team simply does not create scoring chances against Boeser and his line. When he’s on the ice at five on five, his defensive heat map from HockeyViz.com tells the tale: an ocean of blue in front of the Canucks’ net, as their opponents rarely get shots from the most dangerous areas on the ice.

Meanwhile, Boeser continues to rack up points. Heading into Tuesday’s game against the Predators, Boeser had 18 points in 18 games, a point-per-game pace that would see him smash his career high of 56 points in a season. It’s a welcome development for a Canucks team with eyes on making the playoffs.

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, NOV. 17TH, 1 TO 3 PM Evergreen Hall is a well maintained and

updated private home (4400sf), presently known as Evergreen Guest House and Events Hall. Located in Deep Bay, with a short walk to Snug Cove Village and the Ferry. Easy walk to Pebbly and Sandy Beaches, with stunning ocean and mountain views of Howe Sound. This property is a popular destination for both Bowen Islanders and off Island tourists, hosting many special occasions, business meetings, workshops and retreats. A truly special, one-of-a-kind find on Bowen Island, with historical charm and many options for the creative mind.

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

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2 DAY GUN SHOW Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, 8:30am-3pm Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, 8:30am-1pm 9291 Corbould Street Chilliwack, BC (Exit 116 off Highway 1) WE SUPPORT THE CANADIAN CANCER “KID’S CAMP” AND CKNW KID’S FUND Admission: $5 • FREE Parking • No ATM on site United Voices in Concert − Vivaldi, Poulenc, Haydn United Voices Choir, Soloists and Chamber Orchestra will present two concerts of Vivaldi, Poulenc, and Haydn on November 29 at 7 pm and November 30 at 2 pm. A third concert is a Sing−along Messiah with choir, soloists, and orchestra on December 1 at 2 pm. All three concerts will be at Pacific Spirit United Church, West 45th Avenue and Yew. $20 at door or online. www.voiceschoir.ca

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We are accepting applications for auxiliary sales associate positions in our Liquor Stores.

To be eligible, applicants must meet the following qualification requirements: o Be at least 19 years of age o Be able to work shift work and weekends o Be able to perform physically demanding work including lifting 20-25 kg boxes o Have a valid Serving it Right Certificate Rate of Pay: Seasonal Sales Associate - $17.37 per hour Auxiliary Sales Associate - $18.69 per hour For exciting and challenging retail Seasonal and Auxiliary opportunities, please apply in person at the following location: 3150 E Broadway, Vancouver BC

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Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes wil be made in the next available issue.

The Vancouver Courier wil be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

Glacier Media Group makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the: Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711 Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email: inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

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We are dedicated to the highest quality of customer service, delivered with friendliness, individual pride, initiative, and retail passion!

If you fit this description and you are prepared to work in a fast paced environment, we encourage you to apply to become a part of BC Liquor Stores.

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Yue Shan Society SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING Sunday, November 24, 2019, at 2:00 pm, 37 East Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6A 1S9

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VanNet Distribution - a division of Lower Mainland Publishing LP and Glacier Media — is seeking to add to our Distribution team.

We are looking for a Distribution Service Representative who is self-motivated, has a positive attitude and enjoys working with the public.

Responsibilities: • Handling customer service telephone calls and emails from the general public regarding delivery of the newspaper and any associated products.

Forwarding customer service issues to the appropriate field personnel.

• Following up with residents to ensure resolution of specific issues.

• Compiling weekly service reports for distribution to field personnel and managers.

• Adjusting delivery route quantities when required.

• Generate bi-weekly pay statements including adjustments for delivery contractors before forwarding to payroll.

• Filling in/back — up for Order Entry position.

Qualifications: • Grade 12 or equivalent.

• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced work environment.

• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

This is a full time position, Monday to Friday and is located at our Grandview Highway location in Vancouver.

Compensation is commensurate with skills and experience. We offer a competitive lineup of health and welfare benefits and RRSP matching.

Please email your cover letter and resume to: Jamie Grant (jgrant©van.net) We thank all applicants for their submissions, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. If you are not contacted, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities.

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Sylvan offers an exceptional teaching experience in a professional environment. As a part-time teacher, you will receive training to deliver Sylvan’s proven, personalized approach to learning. Educational resources and lesson plans will also be provided. Currently, we are seeking dedicated and caring teachers to work with our students on a permanent, part-time basis.

Successful applicants must: • possess a Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) degree (teacher certification preferred) • be available to work a minimum of twice a week • have strong skills in teaching reading, writing and/or math • strong communication skills (written & verbal) in English • have a positive attitude and love working with children Shifts: Monday - Friday 3:45pm-8:00pm Saturday 8:45am-1:00pm or 12:45pm-5:00pm Hourly rate: $17.00 - $19.00 If interested, please email resume with a cover letter to barb@sylvanvancouver.ca.

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Deck the Hall Craft Fair Saturday, Dec. 7th Sunday, Dec. 8th 11:00am - 5:00pm

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49. Title given to a monk 50. Partner to “oohed” 55. “Luther” actor Idris 56. Supporting pin (nautical) 57. Golden peas plant 59. One point north of northeast 60. Unit of measurement 61. Where clothes hang 62. Opposite of night 63. A way to change color 64. Korean independence proponent Syngman

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