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Why another Indigenous man went to jail in Vancouver Mike Howell

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Back in September, former Musqueam Indian Band chief Wendy John went public with her concerns about the drug-fuelled mayhem in the Downtown Eastside and its connection to the band’s reserve in southwest Vancouver. “The young people here are getting caught up in places in the Downtown Eastside, and what they’re doing is they’re bringing the Downtown Eastside here,” John said. John made that comment at the beginning of a Vancouver Police Board meeting held at the band’s cultural pavilion. John is the newest member of the police board. In her speech, John said the band still has high rates of alcoholism, drug addiction and problems with violence. Two hundred band members are also on a waiting list to get housing, she said. It is those comments that came to mind in reading a recent court decision

concerning a 26-year-old Musqueam band member named Thomas Joseph Lloyd Brown. Police arrested him in February 2018 in the Downtown Eastside. He later pleaded guilty to possession of 1.03 grams of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking. He’s now in prison. His story is similar to one I told in this space in August about 37-year-old Michael Richard Rousseau, another Indigenous man caught up in crime in Vancouver. They both had chaotic childhoods. They both have Grade 9 educations. They both have been arrested multiple times. Coincidentally, the same judge — Reginald P. Harris — presided in both cases and made it clear neither man got a great start in life, with their Indigenous heritage a factor in their struggles. Harris on Brown: “In fact, a review of his background and history strongly suggests that he was doomed to face significant struggles even before his birth. Specifically, the

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historical mistreatment of Indigenous persons placed Mr. Brown on the roadway to criminal involvement and even gave him a push.” Brown’s pre-sentencing report notes he was drinking large quantities of alcohol and smoking marijuana on a daily basis with friends and cousins since he was 15 years old. “He indicated that ‘everybody on the reserve drinks’ and he frequently witnessed ﬁghts and violence starting at a young age,” the report said. “Mr. Brown informs that his mother, maternal uncle

and aunt had longstanding issues with drug addiction that resulted in overdoses and his grandmother is a heavy drinker. He adds that his father’s side of the family regularly used alcohol and marijuana.” Brown’s parents separated when he was two years old. His father is a residential school survivor. His mother, who “worked the streets” in the Downtown Eastside, died of a drug overdose in 2014. It is drugs, as mentioned, that put Brown in jail. The Crown wanted

him to serve three to four years in prison, whereas his lawyer argued for a lesser sentence of 24 months, less the time he had already served in jail. Brown was on probation at the time of his arrest, and has four previous convictions for selling drugs. In the end, Harris sentenced Brown to 30 months and credited him with 630 days for time already served. In sentencing, Harris pointed out the effect colonialism has had on Brown and his disconnection to Indigenous culture, despite his family having lived on the Musqueam reserve for generations. “At ﬁrst blush, it may appear that Mr. Brown has a high degree of moral culpability,” he wrote. “However, such a conclusion ignores Mr. Brown’s Indigenous background and the impact of colonialism. In this regard, Mr. Brown, his family and his community have suffered substance abuse, violence, low level of education, poverty and disconnection from culture,

tradition, role models and community.” Harris concluded: “For these reasons, I conclude that Mr. Brown’s level of moral culpability is toward the low end of the spectrum.” He added that such a sentence would minimize the separation of Brown from his family and reserve, where he has helped his cousin operate a ﬁshing boat. “I see this approach as a means to support his connectedness to his culture which, in the long term, would have a rehabilitative beneﬁt,” he wrote, noting he has the support of his father. Harris didn’t mention it in his reasons for sentencing, but it is a fact that Indigenous men are overrepresented in the nation’s prisons and in homeless counts. Why? The stories of Brown and Rousseau — who once lived on the streets, was beaten, raped, burned with cigarettes and has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD — provide a sad glimpse. @Howellings

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Korean War veterans invited to special event On Jan. 15, a group of university students from South Korea will be in Vancouver to thank veterans Jessica Kerr

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A Metro Vancouver military historian is putting the call out for veterans of the Korean War. Guy Black is organizing a special event for Korean War veterans and their families. On Jan. 15, students of Pukyong National University from Busan, South Korea will be in Vancouver to show their appreciation to the people who brought peace to their

country in 1953. “They have said their message is one of gratitude and everlasting thanks and appreciation for the great hardships endured and countless sacriﬁces made by our veterans,” Black said. Black ﬁrst met the students in the spring when he was on a trip to South Korea. He and a friend were visiting a monument in the United Nations cemetery in Busan honouring Canadian soldiers who died in the Korean War where the

students were taking part in a special ceremony. “They told me that every year in January they travel to a different country to meet and thank Korean War veterans and because I met them in June they said, ‘OK, we’re going to come to Canada,’” Black said. This will be the group’s ﬁrst trip to Canada. Black said the students will spend three days here before heading south for events in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The local event will

include performances with traditional costumes, dances and songs, Korean food and drinks, and a video presentation. “It’s going to be a nice Korean experience,” Black said. He added that the students will have gifts for all

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Single-family home assessments see 11 per cent drop However, industrial and commercial assessments on the rise John Kurucz

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After suffering through a long, drunken and dark holiday season in rainy Vancouver last year, I was more determined than ever to somehow, someway, get my family out of town for this year’s holiday break. Wherever we were going to go, it had to be cheaper than Hawaii. Both the savings and the planning began months ago. After much hand-wringing and second-guessing, we finally decided upon a moderately priced open-air cabana, made almost entirely of bamboo, located in a remote coastal section of the Costa Rican rainforest. And we’d bring our kids, who are six and four. Were we crazy? Maybe. But since those kids have been naturetested repeatedly during summers in the coastal B.C. rainforest, we figured we were ready for the jungle. The location we selected is incredibly rich in biodiversity: it is home to five per cent of the planet’s flora and fauna, including more than 200 species of mammals, roughly half of which are bats. The area also offers more than 225 different types of reptiles, more than 800 kinds of birds and more than 300,000 varieties of bugs, many of which we would become intimately acquainted with during our 10-day submersion. A constant word of warning before our trip was to make sure we brought flashlights. In the tropics, after sunset, it gets dark very fast and the last thing you want to do is step on a ferde-lance pit viper because it will indeed be the last thing you do. We equipped our entire family with powerful headlamps, but once we finally arrived to our steamy open-

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Negotiated contract for teachers a worthy goal for 2020 Tracy Sherlock

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Will 2020 bring a teachers’ strike or a negotiated contract? How about a new school for Olympic Village? Will the ’20s end with Vancouver schools all shiny and new and safe in an earthquake? Will the students of today solve climate change? Only time will tell, but every new year, and especially every new decade, brings a new beginning — a space for resolutions, hopes and dreams. Nobody wants a repeat of 2014’s ﬁve-week school strike, but even after six months of bargaining, teachers and their employer remain far apart, particularly on class size and composition. Teachers rejected a mediator’s recommendations in November, but both sides are expected to return to mediation soon. A negotiated contract, even if it freezes class size and composition for the time being, is a worthy goal for 2020. A new school for Olympic Village is another resolution to aim for. Frustrated

parents have been waiting a decade for a neighbourhood school in the thriving, growing area. It’s ridiculous and they should have a school. In order to pay for it, we may have to look in the category of dreams, which is where I would put school closures. Although school closures may seem more the stuff of nightmares, when done right, they don’t necessarily have to be painful. In Richmond, when the land beneath an aging Steveston secondary school was sold for $41 million more than a decade ago, the district decided to merge the 50-year-old school with nearby (and seismically safe) London secondary. Trustees gave three years’ notice, so most students graduated out and those who didn’t had time to adjust to the idea. They kept both names in place, using a hyphen, and honoured the traditions and mascots of both schools in creating the new school community. I suspect there could be opportunities for similar mergers in Vancouver

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schools, in which everyone could beneﬁt from safe, new schools much faster and less expensive than upgrading all of Vancouver’s dilapidated old schools. I don’t advocate selling school lands — they will likely be needed in the future — but long-term leases for alternate uses such as childcare or affordable housing might bring in much needed funds. Abruptly closing a school because another school district wants it, as would have been the case if Queen

Elizabeth Annex had closed, is not wise. But implementing a practical, compassionate plan over time could realize the dream of safe schools before the 2020s are over. It isn’t going to be easy, but realizing dreams rarely is. Reconciliation within education is a resolution worth pursuing, including immersing classrooms with Indigenous culture and history, improving Indigenous graduation rates and recognizing the history and ongoing effects of residential

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schools. A good beginning is underway, but much more can and should be done. British Columbia should be very proud of its leadership in making postsecondary education free for former foster children. In 2019, more than 800 young people were furthering their education, thanks to these tuition waivers. It’s tough for foster children to graduate from high school, let alone make it to college. They often move house so many times during their childhood they are forced to change schools repeatedly, damaging their education. Just one in three has a high school diploma by the time they turn 19. It’s no surprise, but it is a tragedy, that a high percentage of homeless people report a history in foster care. Over the next decade, I expect those 800 young people, and others who come after them, will achieve great things. Society will beneﬁt from their success. It should be our hope, dream and resolution to

build on the tuition waiver idea, making sure every foster child is supported into a successful adult life, rather than cut off at 19. And ﬁnally, let’s all hope for and dream of a world in which climate change is a fear of the past — a world where we’ve solved it through a scientiﬁc breakthrough or lowered our emissions to a sustainable level. Young people around the world, led by Greta Thunberg, but also by Vancouver teens such as Rebecca Hamilton, who is part of Climate Strike Canada and Sustainabiliteens, are rightly demanding change from the adults. As they themselves grow into adulthood, I expect they will match their words with action and true change will be achieved. The last word goes to Thunberg, who tweeted this on New Year’s Eve: “This coming decade humanity will decide its future. Let’s make it the best one we can. We have to do the impossible. So let’s get started. Happy New Year!”

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Re: “Vancouver author recounts 140 years of real estate horror stories,” Jan. 2. Reading your item on Jesse Donaldson’s timely book, Land of Destiny, I was rather disappointed to ﬁnd out that the book only covers the city’s sordid real estate scene up to the year of Expo 86. I would guesstimate that the amount of monies of various types, some legal others less so, involved in the ugly land speculation business over the past few decades dwarfs everything that came before by a factor of a thousand times easily. I suspect Donaldson had to curtail his investigation of more recent activities over the risk of getting into legal hot waters due to possibly “naming names” and so on. That said, I await the results of the NDP government’s investigation into money laundering via real estate. But if the past is any guide, there will obviously be zero consequences whatever the conclusions are. Charles Leduc, Vancouver

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1-4. Once a major hub of industry — from neon sign manufacturing in the 1920s to shingle factories, welding shops, rail lines and brick warehouses for the mining, construction and shipping industries — False Creek Flats still encompasses 15 per cent the city’s industrial land base. 5. A former feather mattress factory, 1000 Parker St. now contains 110 studios, which serve 227 artists, designers, photographers and woodworkers. To see more photos and a video, go to vancourier.com. PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET

Vancouver’s industrial heritage faces uncertain future

Rampant development in False Creek Flats is erasing city’s industrial past Michael Kissinger

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Industrial buildings are like the Rodney Dangerﬁeld of the heritage world. They’re not the prettiest to look at. They tend to be nondescript and utilitarian in structure. And they’re often built for industries no longer relevant or enmeshed in the community. So they’re easy to ignore, says Javier Campos, president of Heritage Vancouver Society, especially when compared to other forms of heritage ﬂattened in the cogs of development. “Cities tend to develop along paths of least resistance. A house is very simple, it’s very much immediate — one person, a neighbourhood, my kids get displaced,” Campos says. “Whereas industrial heritage is about people working their business, how they contribute to the overall fabric of the neighbourhood,

so it’s a much more subtle and complicated argument.” Still, it’s an argument worth having, he maintains, not only in terms of what should be preserved from Vancouver’s industrial past, but what that preservation should look like. Questions such as these are one of the reasons Heritage Vancouver put False Creek Flats’ industrial heritage on its Top 10 Watch List for 2018. Once a major hub of industry — from neon sign manufacturing in the 1920s to shingle factories, welding shops, rail lines and brick warehouses for the mining, construction and shipping industries — the area still encompasses 15 per cent the city’s industrial land base. But things are rapidly changing. A burgeoning arts and tech hub serviced by rapid transit expansion to the south and plans for a new St. Paul’s hospital and mixed-used development

to the north is putting land at a premium. On top of that, most of the remaining industrial heritage buildings in the Flats haven’t been recognized on the city’s Heritage Register and many are in a rundown state, which makes them all the more vulnerable. But it’s not only the loss of buildings that concerns Campos, it’s also the potential loss of present-day industry. He points to the Landyachtz Factory Store, at 1146 Union St., which produces skateboards, longboards and accessories, in a repurposed industrial building of old. “These people have crafted a business and they are employing people and they are helping the community,” says Campos. “And if this building goes and it’s not considered heritage, then they don’t have a place to go, and then they have to go to Maple Ridge or who knows where, and then we

lose the business and the people and we don’t have this infrastructure for people to be here.” Ironically, what makes industrial buildings easy to ignore is often what makes them well-suited for repurposing. “I think 1000 Parker Street is a great example,” says Campos of the centuryold former Restmore feather mattress factory. Although the 152,000-square-foot building gives new meaning to the word “ramshackle,” behind its creaky, wooden, grafﬁti-adorned exterior are 110 studios, which serve 227 artists, designers, photographers and woodworkers, and is ground zero for the annual Eastside Culture Crawl. “To me that’s successful. They kept the building and it has a use that reﬂects making in a way that’s local and at the same time going towards a future that maintains these people and their

space and being able to stay in Vancouver.” Further aﬁeld, Campos points to the creation of Granville Island in the 1970s as a larger example of how Vancouver has been able to preserve a tiny slice of its industrial heritage. “[Granville Island] really brought this idea that we could repurpose these industrial buildings and keep this idea that the waterfront had a past that was rooted in industry. And that’s become more and more important as all of False Creek and Coal Harbour was industrial, and now you wouldn’t know it. If you go down there, you see parks and things, and all those buildings are gone — this kind of wholesale erasure of how our city was born.” Campos acknowledges that preserving buildings that are unspectacular in appearance and no longer serve their intended purposes can be a hard sell. But that doesn’t

make it any less important. “Imagine your collection of things of your family. You don’t need to carry all of your grandfather’s possessions. But you might want to have a picture of him or a watch or something that might remind you or be part of the family that will help you understand where you came from, what was at stake, what people had, and gives you a broader understanding. “Heritage is about that. For me personally, it’s to understand a shared history that we have. But it also needs to allow things to evolve and develop. Industrial heritage is part of our history. It’s part of why Vancouver is here. It’s about how it developed. It’s about how we became Vancouver. So it’s very important to preserve some of that and to help people remember and understand where we came from.” @Midlifeman1

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Public Hearing: January 21, 2020

Public Hearing: January 23, 2020

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

Thursday, January 23, 2020, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

1. Miscellaneous Amendments - Zoning and Development By-law and Sign Fee By-law To make miscellaneous amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law and the Sign Fee By-law to improve clarity, update references and correct inadvertent errors or omissions.

A. 505 Smithe Street To amend CD-1 (442) (Comprehensive Development) District to increase the maximum permitted ﬂoor area by 50.2 square metres to allow for the addition of mezzanines in a ground-ﬂoor retail unit.

2. 188 East 6th Avenue To amend CD-1 (719) (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the addition of a social service centre (the Mid-Main Community Health Clinic) as well as a structural change to the roof slab. An increase in the maximum building height by 0.14 metres (0.5 feet) to 30.94 metres and an increase in floor space ratio (FSR) of 0.13 to 3.43 are proposed. 3. 1956-1990 Stainsbury Avenue To rezone 1956-1990 Stainsbury Avenue (including a portion of a City laneway) from RS-1A (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a five-storey residential building, with 80 secured rental housing units with 20 per cent of the residential floor area being secured as moderate income units. A building height of 18 metres (59.2 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.67 are proposed. 4. 3600 East Hastings Street To rezone 3600 East Hastings Street from C-2C (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 14-storey mixed-use building with commercial uses at grade and 94 secured rental housing units, with 20 per cent of the residential floor area being secured as moderate income units. A building height of 46.6 metres (152.9 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 7.14 are proposed. 5. 3680 East Hastings Street To rezone 3680 East Hastings Street from C-2C (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 14-storey mixed-use building with commercial uses at grade and 118 secured rental housing units, with 20 per cent of the residential floor area being secured as moderate income units. A building height of 48.8 metres (160.2 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.96 are proposed. 6. Rezoning of Certain Properties in the Nanaimo Sub-area of the GrandviewWoodland Community Plan and Related Plan Amendments To rezone portions of the 2300-block of Charles Street and the 2300-block of Kitchener Street from RT-5 and RT-5N (Duplex and Multiple Dwellings) Districts to C-2 (Commercial) and RM-8A (Multiple Dwellings) Districts, and to rezone portions of the 2400-block of East 12th Avenue, the 2800-block of Nanaimo Street and the 2400-block of North Grandview Highway from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) and RT-5N Districts to RM-8A and RM-12N Districts. And to make related policy amendments to the Grandview, Broadway-Commercial and Nanaimo Sub-areas of the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

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D. 2209-2249 East Broadway To rezone 2209-2249 East Broadway from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building containing 87 market strata housing units. A building height of 21.5 metres (70.5 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.65 are proposed. E. 8420 Kerr Street and 3104-3130 Southeast Marine Drive To rezone 8420 Kerr Street and 3104-3130 Southeast Marine Drive from M-1B (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a seven-storey residential building containing 83 market strata units on the northern portion of the site, and to transfer the southern portion of the site to the City for social housing purposes, to be developed by the City in the future as townhomes. A maximum building height of 24.9 metres (81.7 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.28 are proposed on the northern portion of the site. F. 1980 Foley Street To amend CD-1 (402) (Comprehensive Development) District for 1980 Foley Street to increase the maximum building height from 36.6 metres to 65.6 metres (120.1 feet to 215.2 feet) to permit the development of a 13-storey office building. The proposal includes ground-floor retail and restaurant space and a floor area of 48,158 square metres (518,369 square feet). G. 878-898 West Broadway To rezone 878-898 West Broadway from C-3A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of two mid-rise commercial towers at 11 storeys and 13 storeys with hotel use and commercialretail use at grade. A maximum building height of 42.3 metres (138.8 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 8.96 are proposed.

You may participate in the Public Hearing either by speaking or submitting comments that will be distributed to the Mayor and Councillors. All spoken and written comments will be publically accessible on the city of Vancouver’s website with your full name attached. Submit your comments by email to publichearing@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Ofﬁce, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. To speak, please register individually beginning at 8:30 am on January 10 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238. You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting January 10 at the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted approximately two business days after a meeting). For real time information on the progress of City Council meetings, visit vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.

C. 514 West 61st Avenue To rezone 514 West 61st Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to RM-8A (Multiple Dwelling) District to permit a townhouse development with a ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) up to 1.2. If the rezoning is approved, a subsequent development permit process will be undertaken and entail a review of the proposed form of development.

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B. 916-926 West 32nd Avenue To rezone 916-926 West 32nd Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to RM-8A (Multiple Dwelling) District to permit a townhouse development with a ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) up to 1.2. If the rezoning is approved, a subsequent development permit process will be undertaken and entail a review of the proposed form of development.

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Granville Gardens: It feels like home

This boutique-style retirement community offers an ‘all-inclusive’ approach to life Life at Granville Gardens Retirement Residence can best be described as an opportunity “to explore a lifestyle of enriching opportunities,” says Jennifer Juarez, General Manager of Granville Gardens. “Whether through our variety of stimulating programs, our exclusive fine dining experience, and options for additional care within the independent and assisted living scope,” says Juarez. “We are a welcoming senior living community where professional and experienced staff and certified wellness attendants care about our residents and encourage a lifestyle of independence and exclusivity. A retirement residence where your physical needs and sense of belonging are met, but most importantly a place to call home.” Juarez describes the retirement community concept as similar to an all-inclusive retreat. At Granville Gardens, residents can enjoy upscale and fine dining three-meals a day or help themselves to the complimentary 24-hour bistro. Multicultural offerings are

also an important part of the daily menus at Granville Gardens. As well, residents can order a bagged lunch to-go if they have an event or appointment. “Our food is inclusive and diverse and freshly made every day to accommodate all cultural preferences,” says Juarez. “We thrive on healthy living and a lifestyle of fresh ingredients with an emphasis on excellence. From continental breakfast items available at any time in our bistro or an alternative of a full hot breakfast buffet, the choices are endless. Our certiﬁed chefs understand quality and expertise for an excellent senior living lifestyle.” Juarez says Granville Gardens includes a fresh, open concept with contemporary details used to create a warm, West Coast look and feel. And, when it comes to getting residents moving and motivated, the team at Granville Gardens goes out of its way to ensure there’s something for everyone. Spearheaded by the Life Enrichment Services Manager, Life Enrichment attendants, volunteers and even

the residents themselves, the Gardens offers numerous programs, activities and outings. Programs and opportunities offered at the Gardens include everything from art to exercise, to music, games, community outings, lectures and presentations to themed and seasonal parties. “We offer plenty of options that cater to the emotional, physical, purposeful, social and spiritual needs of our existing community,” says Juarez. “Our residents are encouraged to have purpose, be involved and bring their own talents, creativity, ideas and suggestions to make this the most enriching, long-lasting exclusive home living they deserve.” The Gardens is home to 62 suites over three ﬂoors, with two elevators and short hallways, which allow residents to feel at home in their own private apartments. And, with the option for prolonged living, it also offers personalized services — at an additional cost — including help with bathing, dressing, companionship, medication administration and more.

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Make L.A. a family affair

Three-generation visit to Hollywood and Universal Studios was one to remember SANDRA THOMAS sthomas@vancourier.com

Driving into a tunnel leading an attack on the trolley to “Skull Island,” our trolley and I could hear other slowed almost to a stop. passengers seated behind us begin to scream. Suddenly, Considering we had just with a ﬂip of its ponderous driven past a deserted tail, the T-Rex turned away trolley that looked to have from us, halting what was been almost completely sure to have been a full-on crushed, this unscheduled assault. delay to our tour was slightly disconcerting. Things got That’s when King Kong even scarier when a herd showed up and an epic of horse-sized, lightningbattle of brute force ensued. quick dinosaurs turned As the two beasts battled their attention towards us to the death, they hit the before awaking a massive trolley rocking us from side Tyrannosaurus Rex to side and, at times, landed hidden amongst the jungle on the roof. That’s when undergrowth. the screams from our fellow passengers really picked With an earthshaking roar, the gargantuan T-Rex began up. I won’t give away the

Universal Studios in Hollywood is the ideal location for a multi-generational family vacation. PHOTO SANDRA THOMAS

ending, but let’s just say I was never sure if King Kong was actually trying to save us or just wanted us for himself.

The King Kong 3-D experience was one of the highlights of the famous Studio Tour at Universal Studios, which I recently

enjoyed as part of a threegeneration trip to California with my son Ted and grandson Carter — for Carter’s 10th birthday. The

studio tour was a not only a highlight of our day at Universal, but of our entire trip — at least for me. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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But it was the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter that had Carter most enthralled. To be truthful, considering Universal Studios is the place that makes movie magic happen, it makes sense that they’re masters at what they do, so we were pretty much enthralled with everything. I was also a big fan of the virtual reality roller coasters. For the record, I hate roller coasters so I was happy to experience the thrill of rides such as Transformers 3-D and the Simpsons Ride in Krustyland without the risk and went on a couple of them more than once. Universal Studios also has real roller coasters, but I left those up to Ted and Carter. One new ride we all enjoyed together, and rode a couple of times, was Jurassic World: The Ride. This water ride begins in a raft

meandering past Predator Cove, but a security breach means the T-Rex has escaped and all kinds of panic ensues. Near the end of the ride, just as we thought we had escaped unscathed, a second T-Rex appeared right in front of us. With its massive head — and jaws wide open — it initially looked like we were doomed, but seconds before we ﬂoated into its jaws, our raft plunged down an 85-ﬂoor waterfall and, of course, that’s when they took our photo. NOTE: This ride is not for the little ones. We saw some pretty traumatized toddlers screaming hysterically and shaking at the end of the ride. The night before we headed to the park, we took the free trolley from The Garland, the mid-century modern hotel we used as base camp for our two days in Hollywood, to Universal

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was saying goodbye to them after we got home.

Where to stay We can’t say enough about The Garland, which even the 10-year-old in our group dubbed “cool,” especially when he saw that the bedroom TV had the YouTube channel, and we enjoyed the milk and cookies delivered to our room after we checked in.

The writer’s son Ted and grandson Carter at Universal Studios Hollywood. PHOTO SANDRA THOMAS

CityWalk, which is basically attached to Universal Studios. Besides in Vegas, it’s unlikely you’ll ﬁnd more neon in one spot and we went full-on tourist, staring up at the lights with our mouths hanging open. We spent three hours at Universal CityWalk, which is where you’ll want to buy any Universal Studios souvenirs because it saves you from carrying bags around when you hit the park. It was in the Harry Potter shop that we bought Carter an interactive wand he used the next day wandering the streets of Hogwarts. When we’d see a gold medallion embedded into the cobblestone, Carter was able to use his wand to cast magic spells and bring inanimate objects to life.

CityWalk also has more than 30 places to eat and a 19-screen theatre with stateof-the-art IMAX. I really had no idea what to expect from Universal Studios, beyond the videos I watched before we left, and had been concerned about keeping up with a 10-year-old. Luckily, with the way Universal Studios is laid out, while we did a lot of walking, nothing seemed too far away and we were able to move back and forth across the park without my feet giving out.

We had arrived after spending three actionpacked days at a very busy resort so I could feel the calm the moment we arrived at The Garland and grabbed seats by the pool. This vintage oasis is an orange, brick and wood-grained throwback to the 1970s, when it was ﬁrst built by legendary Hollywood actress Beverly Garland and her husband Fillmore Crank. The pair wanted to create a hideaway for family, celebrity friends and guests and, with Las Vegas hotel impresario John Kell Houssels Jr., they built one of the most stunning hotels

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living their lives, putting so much pressure on what choices they make, what they’re allowed to do and how that affects their ability to actually have a place where they actually feel safe,” director Donna Spencer told the Courier. There is an air of familiarity as it relates to Griffin’s life, though the longtime Vancouverite says the play isn’t so much autobiographical as it is a patchwork of characters and scenarios she’s encountered. “I’ve been in so many different socioeconomic statuses: I’ve been on welfare, I’ve been homeless, I’ve been with really bad, inappropriate landlords,” Griffin said. “Throughout my earlier life, there were lots of hardships and lots of rocky periods with housing.” Of the roughly 20 cast and crew members involved in the play, only four own homes. All of the actors and crew hold down two, three or four jobs. Griffin and Spencer are the outliers. Both own single-family homes and rather than it being a point of pride, both live with a mild case of survivor’s guilt. “The cultural scene is drifting out to New Westminster — people are living there because they can live there,” Griffin said. “Many of my friends have migrated out there because there is still affordable rent. The questions become ‘Where are our values, what do we want our city to be?’”

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Loui Eriksson could be the winger Bo Horvat has been waiting for

Much-maligned six-million-dollar man has been a ﬁt on the second line

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Bo Horvat was supposed to have better and more consistent wingers this season. The Canucks added J.T. Miller and Micheal Ferland in the summer with the intention of providing their top-two centres, Horvat and Elias Pettersson, with some solid wingers. That’s worked out well for Pettersson, who has found chemistry with Miller and Brock Boeser to form what fans call the Lotto Line. Pettersson leads the Canucks in scoring with 44 points through 42 games, while Miller is right behind him with 40 points, on pace to obliterate his career high of 56 points. Horvat hasn’t quite seen the same benefit. Twelve different forwards have played at least 20 minutes with Horvat at five on five this season, echoing the inconsistency of his linemates last season. Horvat talked about the importance of consistent linemates back in September, before the season began. “It’d be great, I’m not gonna lie,” he said. “Last year with injuries and stuff, playing with pretty much everybody and every combination you can think of, it’s tough to get chemistry.” Horvat has had one fairly consistent linemate this season: Tanner Pearson, who sits fifth in Canucks scoring behind Horvat. On the other wing, however, he’s seen a wide variety of players, none of whom have stuck longterm. That’s partly because of injuries. Antoine Roussel missed the first two months of the season recovering from knee surgery, Ferland suffered a concussion a month into the season and Josh Leivo fractured his knee cap a few weeks ago. Beyond those injury issues, it’s been hard to find the right fit for Horvat, which has led to some struggles at five on five this season for the Canucks captain. While he’s still put up points on the power play, Horvat has just four goals at five on five. Two of those goals, however, have come since one particular winger has joined his line. The duo of Horvat and Pearson have been at their best with one particular linemate: the much-maligned Loui Eriksson. The Canucks’ highest-paid forward has never lived up to his hefty contract and has spent much of this season in the press box as a healthy scratch. When he has played, he’s primarily been in a fourth-line role and has been invisible on the scoresheet. In this last stretch of games on the secondline with Horvat, however, Eriksson has looked comfortable and been productive.

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • A tap of the stick to Chris Gear, who the Canucks promoted to assistant general manager this week. Gear has been a key player in hockey operations for the Canucks for four years, handling legal issues, contract negotiations and business operations.

• A stick-tap to Team Canada, who came through with the gold medal at the 2020 World Junior Championship. They shook off the worst loss in Canadian World Junior history — a 6-0 thumping by Russia in the preliminary round — to defeat Russia 4-3 in a thrilling gold medal game.

Big Numbers Loui Eriksson’s simplified go-to-the-net strategy in the offensive zone seems to be exactly what Bo Horvat needs, but more importantly, Eriksson is solid defensively. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Sure, in his case that just means three points in his last five games, but the impact he’s had on Horvat and Pearson is noticeable. In Saturday’s tight-checking game against the New York Rangers, for instance, the Horvat line provided both Canucks goals and Eriksson played a key role. On the first, he set up in front of the net and tipped Horvat’s centring pass back between his legs, creating the rebound; on the second, he set a perfect screen in front of goaltender Alexandar Gieorgiev. Eriksson’s simplified go-to-the-net strategy in the offensive zone seems to be exactly what Horvat needs, but more importantly, Eriksson is solid defensively. With Adam Gaudette centring a more offensive-minded third line, Horvat has had to take on the match-up role against opposing top lines, which has been a tough ask for some of the wingers on his line. Eriksson, however, is up for that particular task. Looking at the underlying numbers of the

Horvat line via analytics site NaturalStatTrick.com, the difference with and without Eriksson is stark. The Canucks control 54.22 per cent of the shot attempts (corsi) with Eriksson, compared to 50.53 per cent without him, but scoring chances are even more tilted: 55.29 per cent with Eriksson; 45.73 per cent without Eriksson. In other words, the Canucks significantly out-chance their opposition with Horvat, Pearson and Eriksson on the ice at five on five; they get significantly out-chanced when Horvat and Pearson are on the ice with other wingers. While Eriksson is unlikely to play up to his high-priced contract, perhaps he can at least help Horvat live up to his.

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CANDY’S STORY

“After the ultrasound, she went home and the moment she went to take her coat off she heard the phone ring. ‘It was ovarian cancer’”

“I would just see that face, that little smiling Buddha,” says Candy. “That’s really what got me through it.”

medication. This knowledge fast-tracked Candy into a clinical trial and saved her life.

“Lachlan would pull in and say, Granny! What are you doing? Let’s have fun,” says Courtenay. “So it immediately took my mom’s mind off the dark stuff.”

“Candy has a somatic mutation in her tumour which confers the sensitivity to the drug,” says Dr. Miller. “About one-in-ﬁve of the women with the worst type of ovarian cancer would have the potential to respond to this drug based on an inherited predisposition. Candy’s not one of those. She’s not somebody that we would’ve expected to respond based on her genetic testing, but her tumour was sensitive. So, in that sense, she was lucky.”

On a cold winter’s day in 2014, Candy Woodworth was warming up in her Pilates class when she twisted her body and felt a discomfort in her abdomen, so she made a doctor’s appointment.

7 in 10 women with ovarian cancer die within ﬁve years of diagnosis

After the ultrasound, she went home and the moment she went to take her coat off she heard the phone ring.

The OVCARE team’s goal is to decrease cancer mortality from all gynecological cancers by 50% in 20 years

“It was ovarian cancer, and it was the most aggressive kind,” says Candy. “A tumour was growing and I needed surgery. So I did some research and found out about Dr. Dianne Miller and learned she was one of the best ovarian cancer surgeons and researchers in the world. That’s who I wanted to help me.”

Different types of ovarian cancer require their own prevention and therapy needs

Dr. Miller led Candy’s surgery at Vancouver General Hospital on March 4, 2015. The tumour was extracted, and three days later Candy was discharged from the hospital. However, her long and difﬁcult road to recovery had just begun. WORKING THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY WITH FAMILY Candy underwent 18 sessions of chemotherapy. Every third session consisted of a heavier dose of drugs, which took a difﬁcult toll on Candy’s body.

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FACING RECURRENCE, BUT FINDING ANSWERS On one of her routine check-ups a year later, the medical team discovered the cancer had spread to Candy’s colon and would require another surgery. She had her second surgery in April 2016. Six months later the cancer recurred again, and Candy underwent what would be her third and ﬁnal surgery — all of them led by Dr. Miller. Dr. Miller extracted the tumour and gave it to Dr. Blake Gilks, Pathologist and co-founder of OVCARE, to further test the tissue.

“I was literally crawling on my hands and knees on my third go-around,” says Candy.

“Rather than hanging your hat on a blood test to ﬁnd out if you have an inherited predisposition, OVCARE has helped move it towards what we call tumour testing, where you actually test the tumour ﬁrst,” says Dr. Miller.

The experience was hellish, but every session Candy’s daughter Courtenay would arrive and bring her daughter Lachlan, whose face always lit up the room.

The tumour had a mutant BRCA gene, a marker which thanks to OVCARE research has shown success for patients like Candy with a particular trial

REGAINING HER LIFE THANKS TO WORLDCLASS RESEARCH AND CARE Two and a half years later, Candy has had no recurrences with her cancer and she continues to use the trial medication. “Candy’s a force of nature,” says Dr. Miller. “She was determined to do everything possible and has done very well.” Today, Candy is able to live her best life. She is a present and active mother and wife, and always willing to play with her grandchildren. “I owe so much of this to Dr. Miller and her team,” says Candy. “We’re so very blessed. My youngest daughter’s expecting a little girl in September. I have so many things to look forward to now.” Dr. Miller was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work with OVCARE. Read more about their discoveries.

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