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Discardedjunk triplesinvolume inlast7years ITEMS INCLUDE ABANDONED MATTRESSES, ELECTRONICS MIKE HOWELL Staff writer

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at the 2013 BCSS Provincial Championships, which were held at Richmond’s Watermania Friday and Saturday. See story on page 27. Go to vancourier.com and scan page with Layar to see more photos.

Courier Xmas Drive enters 9th year FUNDRAISER HELPS DIRECTIONS YOUTH SERVICES SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

fﬁce manager June Stafford says it was the love and compassion of strangers she received as a young teen that compelled her to organize the annual Courier Christmas Drive. “When I was only 12 or 13 I was living on my own,” said Stafford. “I was never ofﬁcially homeless, but I was living from house to house. So I want to pay that kindness forward.”

Stafford launched the Christmas Drive on behalf of Directions Youth Services nine years ago by placing an ad in the paper asking for donations. The project has grown substantially since. Earlier this year, as the result of Stafford’s efforts in 2012, the Courier was honoured with gold at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for outstanding community service. “I was really proud because it showed how much the community has gotten behind my project,” said Stafford. See HATS on page 19

he amount of mattresses, electronics and furniture left abandoned around Vancouver has more than tripled in volume over a seven-year period, according to a city staff report that goes before city council next Wednesday. The waste has increased from 6,800 items in 2006 to 21,500 last year, with the report suggesting the spike is related to the city’s lack of recycling depots for the merchandise. Abandoned mattresses have been a major problem, with 7,700 piling up in the city last year. That was a jump of 5,000 from 2006 and that statistic can be attributed to people refusing to pay a $15 recycling fee to dispose of mattresses. The Metro Vancouver agency set the $15 fee in 2011 and implemented a region-wide disposal ban on mattresses to keep them out of the landfill. “The challenge is that it is difficult to catch people in the act,” said the report authored by Albert Shamess, the city’s director of waste management. The Courier requested an interview with Shamess but was told by the city’s communications department that he could not comment until the report, which is on the city’s website, is presented at city council Wednesday. A person caught in Vancouver illegally disposing of items such as a mattress can be asked to remove the item — and restore the area, if necessary — or repay the city if the person refuses to clean up the mess. A person could also be liable to pay a fine of up to $2,000 but the report doesn’t say if or how many people have been dinged with the penalty. The report, however, noted enforcement is “currently limited” and the ability to request identification from a person and issue a ticket rests primarily with police. See DELTA on page 6

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news What’s urinalysis, head hunter Chow? 12TH & CAMBIE with Mike Howell

K, here we go… Last week in this space, I allowed former Vision city councillor George Chow to issue a challenge to readers to name the location of his favourite … urinal? I know, crazy stuff to be writing about. But cut me some slack — every now and then, dear readers, we can all use a break from the heavy stuff going on out there. Apparently, many of you agreed; my email inbox was ﬂush with responses. So thank you for that. The majority said the engineering marvel, which allows two men to simultaneously converse while heeding nature’s call, was located in the basement men’s washroom at the Heritage Hall at 15th and Main. Some others said the same urinal could be found at the former Metropolitan Tabernacle (now the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd) at Columbia and 11th. One reader said he wasn’t entirely certain but recalls using said urinal “in the narthex” of St. Andrews-Wesley United Church at Burrard and Nelson. ,$+&3/'

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Former city councillor George Chow sent Vancouverites on a hunt to ﬁnd this special twin urinal. Can you guess where it is? The majority of respondents to this column knew. That’s right — the narthex! Great word, Stephen Pickett! Some of the responses I received were just one-liners, telling me the location of the socalled Barrhead urinal (apparently, it’s a Scottish design). But others took time to write more than a few sentences and one reader used the subject line “bromance urinal.” Nicely done, Andrew Cheung! Here are some of the responses that made #,3)3/'

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me snort laugh… From Robin Bougie: “I love it, because it’s clearly the vintage urinal that was installed when the building was built. It has, what they call in the antiques business, a ‘beautiful crackle’ on the porcelain glaze. If it wasn’t constantly covered in pee, it would probably get a lot more respect, but I love it all the same. I’ve visited it at least a half dozen times and have always enjoyed the experience.”

From Bonita Jo Magee: “I believe this urinal is in the basement of the Heritage Hall on Main Street. Yes?” Now, how the heck would a woman know where to ﬁnd this gem? Bonita’s reply: “The third time I was ever at the Heritage Hall, my boyfriend-at-the-time used the men’s washroom and promptly came running upstairs telling me I HAD TO go check out the urinals!” And this from John Ross, whose meeting with the porcelain potty occurred at the church at Columbia and 11th: “This building used to host concerts by Early Music Vancouver and the urinal is in the basement men’s room. I’ve used it — mostly alone, however. I haven’t been there in several years. I’m hopeful that it’s still there. By the way, I met George Chow once. He’s much more intelligent than his former Vision colleagues.” As I cover the lid on this piece of journalism gold and go back to writing about that important stuff in our city, I leave the last trickle to Mr. Chow himself, who emailed me from Hong Kong. “I must check out the gem’s close cousin at 11th/Columbia ﬁrst thing when I get home!” Note: He also told me a story about having to use the water closet in the Guangzhou train station. No need to go into detail here but do feel free to use some of his words — mission, squat, pants and the 1960s — to let your mind wander. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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he NPA announced a citywide campaign Friday to seek input from residents and businesses in an effort to shape the party’s policies in the run-up to next fall’s civic election. The campaign is a direct criticism of the ruling Vision Vancouver that the NPA says has not consulted with residents over various issues, including planning of neighbourhoods and controversies over bike lanes and community centres. “We want the policy to come from the grassroots and that’s what we’ll take to the voters in November,” said Afﬂeck, whose party launched its campaign at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue downtown. Afﬂeck was joined at the launch by fellow NPA Coun. Elizabeth Ball and park board commissioners Melissa De Genova and John Coupar. The party represents the minority at city council, school board and park board. Numerous rallies related to bike lanes, community centres and development have been held across

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The NPA and Coun. George Affleck launched a campaign Friday that will include “neighbourhood listening forums” in an effort to shape the party’s policies for the November 2014 civic election. the city and on the steps of city hall since Vision Vancouver was re-elected in November 2011. The NPA’s elected officials, who have been present at many of the rallies, pointed to that unrest, with Affleck saying residents are angry with Vision and believe it’s time the ruling party was replaced by a party that “listens to everyone.” Some of that unrest has been directed at the Vision Vancouver-led

park board’s desire to create a single membership card for all 22 community centres — a tussle that ended up in B.C. Supreme Court. Legal action was also taken by a city resident and activist against the park board and the City of Vancouver over plans to build a three-metre-wide paved bike land through Kitsilano’s Hadden Park. Residents concerned over new community plans set for neighbour-

hoods such as Marpole and Grandview-Woodland have also told council to put the brakes on development and consult more with people before implementation. The NPA, which rebranded itself with a new logo and colours, posted a short, slick video on its website Friday that focused on a message that will likely be heard many times during next year’s campaign: “Vision Vancouver has stopped listening.” Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs, who was elected in 2008, said the NPA’s criticisms of Vision are unwarranted when considering Affleck’s record of voting against rental housing and a homeless shelter in Yaletown. “He has fought tooth and nail against our efforts to improve the supply of housing for tenants and oppose some of our measures to protect them against exploitation by slumlords,” Meggs said. “I believe those are issues where [the NPA] needs to do some listening.” He pointed out one of then-NPA mayor Sam Sullivan’s first acts in office in 2005 was to wipe out advisory committees to council, which upset manyresidents.Meggsacknowledged

the “dramatic changes” occurring in Vancouver and how they’ve unsettled some neighbourhoods. “What I think has been hard for some people is to understand the attempts made to balance that change with some of the other objectives — voters want us to tackle housing affordability, access to transit and things like that,” he said. The NPA’s “neighbourhood-listeningforums”willbeheldacrossthecity where residents are invited to discuss various issues, including safety, small business and the economy, parks, seniors and issues in the gay community. The ﬁrst forum is set for Dec. 11 at the Museum of Vancouver. The NPA chose to launch its campaign Friday to remind voters the civic election is only one year away. Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver have ruled city hall since November 2008. COPE, which ruled between 2002 and 2005, is also hoping for some gains in next year’s election. And, unlike the previous two votes, COPE plans to run a mayoral candidate. A number of other smaller parties are also expected to ﬁeld candidates. mhowell@vancourier.com

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“The public’s input is a valuable part of this process,” Woodcock wrote in an email. “Beaver Lake is an important part of Stanley Park’s ecology, a popular recreational site and of cultural and spiritual signiﬁcance to Coast Salish First Nations.” The ﬁrst open house is Nov. 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the lobby of the Coal Harbour Community Centre, 480 Broughton St., and the second is scheduled for Nov. 23 upstairs in the West End Community Centre, 870 Denman St.

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The park board is creating a new task force it hopes will bring community members together to advise the board on how to better engage partners, volunteers and neighbourhood groups on environmental education and stewardship opportunities in parks and at community centres. In 2012, the park board endorsed an objective to be a leader in “greening” as part of its new Strategic Plan and this task force is part of that. The board approved the terms of reference for the Environmental Education and Stewardship Task Force at its public meeting Monday night and appointed Vision Vancouver commissioners Sarah Blyth and Niki Sharma as co-chairs. The task force’s membership of 10 to 12 will be comprised of the co-chairs, organizations actively working in parks and at community centres, and city and park board staff. The group, advisory to the Park Board Committee, will start work this month and plan to wrap up recommendations by July 2014. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Delta uses cameras to nab people illegally dumping Continued from page 1 “Enforcement of littering bylaws is challenging and requires signiﬁcant resources,” said the report, adding the city will work with its various departments related to the bylaws and police to recommend options to tackle the problem. In Delta, that municipality has recently installed surveillance cameras in low-volume trafﬁc areas to record an increasing number of people who dump garbage on roads. The city has devised a system where it is able to monitor abandoned waste reports and all 311 calls through what is called “a pilot business intelligence dashboard.” “Through this tool, we are able to determine hot spots for future focus for targeted education or enforcement initiatives for our programs,” the report said. “Where repeat calls are noted, we are able to dispatch one of our street inspectors to work with property owners in the area to identify

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The amount of abandoned waste, especially mattresses, in Vancouver has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a city staff report that goes before city council Wednesday. problems and work towards a resolution.” The report pointed out that even though the number of calls for abandoned waste pick-up has gone up signiﬁcantly, the actual weight of material such as computers and monitors collected has only gone up slightly.

“Even though there is only an increase of approximately 200 tonnes of material since 2011, due to the lighter nature of the materials this represents a signiﬁcant increase in volume,” the report said. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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Students tackle 49thAve.congestion JENNIFER THUNCHER Contributing writer

class project by a group of second year UBC economics students may lead to a faster and safer commute along one of Vancouver’s busiest corridors. The assignment in Robert Gateman’s microeconomics class was for each group to pick a city policy they cared about, research it and come up with solutions to make it better. Thavisha Fernando’s group of ﬁve women picked the parking policy along the predominantly residential section of 49th Avenue between Fraser and Kerr streets, which allows roadside parking in three-hour increments. The area sees some of the worst trafﬁc congestion in the city, Fernando said. Parking takes up one third of the road making the narrow street even more congested, she said. The students’ solution is to restrict parking all day or at least during peak hours — from 7 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. The students recommend the additional lane created by imposing the restrictions be available for cyclists and buses only. The students say when they talked to people in the area, they expected to hear from transit users and vehicle drivers. But they were surprised by the number of cyclists who approached them to say vehicles trying to get from the driving lanes to the parking lanes often cut cyclists off. Because of this feedback, the group included cyclist safety among the reasons to support parking restrictions. According to the group’s proposal, the ben-

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efits of implementing their plan — a reduction in travel times for both transit and vehicle users, less fuel consumption and increased safety for cyclists — far outweigh the possible negative impact on residents who live and park along the corridor. “Restricting parking is an incentive to the residents to park in their own garages,” said group member Rukhsaar Manji, an international student from Tanzania. The students presented their proposal and a petition with 500 signatures to the City of Vancouver engineering services last week. The access granted to them surprised Fernando. “When we first talked with our professor, he said we would be lucky to even get a meeting with the City of Vancouver. They don’t want to listen to you — a lot of people told us that. And you know, the City of Vancouver on the other hand was very nice to us and invited us in and we had a long discussion about it, “she said. The engineer they spoke to was interested in their data and solutions, in particular restricting parking during peak times, but requested the students next target a wider sample of people in different parts of Vancouver and sees if there is another area more in need of attention. The students are in the middle of fulfilling these requests. The class assignment is due Nov. 29 but the students say their activism will continue until the city takes action on the problem. They are continuing to circulate their paper petition and will launch an online petition shortly. The students were not able to say how much implementing their proposals would cost. The City was unavailable for comment.

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s the Christmas season approaches, the pressure to donate to the food bank ramps up with schools, workplaces and retail outlets

requesting cash or non-perishable items to help the approximately 94,000 people a month —almost 30 per cent of whom are children — fed by food banks in B.C. But is reaching into the pantry for that can of beans or packet of pasta really solv-

ing the hunger problem? A growing contingent of academics and food security activists are calling for more stable and long term solutions. Graham Riches, professor emeritus and former director of the UBC school of social

work, argues food banks have become part of the problem rather than the stopgap they were meant to be when they sprang up 30 years ago at the height of a deepening recession. He said they have become a permanent way of dealing with poverty that lets

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multifaceted approach. “There are other groups in Canada that are publicly very vocal about the need for change and about the need for political change to address food security and … we consider ourselves partners with many of them,” he said. Peggalsopointstotherecent successes his organizations has achieved through lobbying of the government including the addition of $2 billion over ﬁve

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years to the federal budget for affordable housing, Other advocacy groups are frustrated with the rate of change, but see the need for food banks to help those hungry today. Seth Klein, B.C. director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, said people need to make charitable contributions to meet immediate need but ultimately those efforts aren’t enough. “We also have to redouble our efforts to go upstream,” he said. thuncher@shaw.ca twitter.com/thuncher

“We need to change the conversation away from one of rights to charity to one of rights to food,” Riches said. He argued everyone should be able to go into a grocery store and buy the food they want with dignity. Shawn Pegg of Food Banks Canada says there are limits to what his organization can do politically as a federally registered charity, but argues Riches and others like him who criticize food banks as being part of the problem don’t see the whole picture. What is needed, he said, is a

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ix East Side secondary schools have banded together to produce A Night to Support Philippines Typhoon Victims. The fundraising concert is Thursday, Nov. 21. “There’s been no shortage of students that are willing and wanting to get involved and they all understand that it’s something much bigger than something they could comprehend,” said Mark Reid, head of the ﬁne arts department at Vancouver Technical secondary. “There’s a really solid turnout of people that already get the idea of connecting with the community and connecting with a community that’s on the other side of the globe.” Students will sing, dance and sell calendars and other goods they’ve created at the event. Donations will be matched by the federal government. Reid hopes many Vancouverites will attend. “When we celebrate a youth contribution here, we remind those performers that there are people who appreciate the positive things that they’re doing in their community and so it spurs a further message of positivity,” he said. Tickets are $10 at the door at Van Tech, 2600 East Broadway. Doors are at 6:30 and the show starts at 7. For more information, call Fenchie Cajiuat, Vancouver School Board Filipino multicultural liaison worker, at 604713-6000, local 2381.

DONATIONS Vancouver schools received $1.52 million in donations between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, the greatest amount in six ﬁscal years. Finance staff reported the amount Nov. 13 to the Vancouver School Board’s ﬁnance and legal committee in response to a request by trustees. The amount includes only donations that have been reported by schools to the district.

Staff report the distribution of donations from east to west can vary from year to year. Donations per student were higher at West Side schools for the last two fiscal years. West Side schools received $23.28 per student in 2011/2012 and $33.79 per student in 2012/2013, whereas East Side schools received $16.04 per student and $26.29 per student, respectively. But staff report the first few months of the current fiscal year indicates more donations per student for East Side schools at $12.24 per East Side student and $5.50 per West Side student. A fundraising survey the board released earlier this month revealed Vancouver schools raised $3.45 million in 2012/2013. Rick Krowchuk, secretary-treasurer for the school board, said the donations report is “somewhat of a subset” of the fundraising report. The memorandum about donations doesn’t include grants and money raised by parent advisory councils. The fundraising survey didn’t include money donated to the board as a whole. Trustees and parents worry disparities between the amounts of money raised and donated to different schools leads to inequity. “Trustees and other stakeholders are concerned about relying too much on fundraising because if you get the government’s grant and then usually everybody is treated equitably, we have a formula per student and it doesn’t matter east or west,” Krowchuk said. “Some schools have a higher percentage of students with special needs or other requirements, then, of course, they’ll get more money because they need more money, but at least it’s done on an equitable basis.” The Vancouver School Board received $430,000 in donations in 2012/2013, the lowest amount in six years. The board received the greatest amount, $1.16 million, in 2011/2012. The Vancouver School Board is registered as a charity and can issue tax-deductible receipts. Donations to the district as a whole are usually for larger amounts and include money provided for breakfast programs, artist in residence and Project CHEF programs. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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y entire Island life, I’ve looked forward to the day I would go up to the ferry terminal, nod my distinguished grey head and ride the boat for free. All those years huddled on the car deck to avoid the temptation to spend money on the Pacific Buffet, I held that thought dear. Sitting miserably in the below-decks dog prison, forsaking all the expensive fleece vests in the gift shop far above, I thought: “Someday, I will lounge on the sundeck, brandish my cane at loud teenagers and it will all be free.” Until Monday, when they took my dream and smashed it. The MondayThursday free ride for seniors will come to an end next April, when the over65 set will start paying half-price on the passenger fare that’s been waived for years. It’s hard to know who to resent more — the baby-faced cabinet minister Todd Stone who made this move or all the seniors who enjoyed for years what most of us boomers will now never get — the free ride. Stone, a 40-something who looks 10 years younger, promised to “look people in the eye” while he’s explaining this decision. There are going to be a lot of stare-downs between now and April, because “no more free rides” goes well beyond what was contemplated when the government started gearing up for the big curtailments announced Monday. All the budgeting and fiscal projections produced a target of $19 million that had to be carved out of B.C. Ferries’ costs when the government started the coast-wide series of consultations. And $19 million in savings is what they produced. There are $14 million worth of cuts to the minor and northern routes up and down the coast, and $5 million more from the major routes over time. But Stone went well past the established target when he announced no more free rides for seniors, as well. It’s expected to produce $6 million more in revenue a year, which is about a third more than the original target. He explained it as a pre-emptive move against the cost crisis that is shaping up in future years, beyond the time frame the other curtailments are designed to fix. The message is: If you think B.C. Ferries is in financial trouble now, you should see what the books will look like in five years, under current trends. About a million passengers a year get the seniors’ break. But the fare isn’t waived. It’s picked up by the government, to the tune of $15 million last year to cover all those rides. The projection is that seniors will pay $6 million at half-fare next year. The working understanding is that the government fare subsidy will continue, and B.C. Ferries will get to retain the expected $6 million in half-fares, as well. Left out of those projections is the baby boom. The first baby boomers started getting their free rides in 2011. The obvious demographic bulge would have seen huge take-up on that mid-week break in coming years, something that likely factored in their thinking. It was first bestowed in 1976. It had a 37-year run, and soon it will be gone. In the spirit of generosity, I will suppress my jealous feelings about all those affluent, Lexus-driving golden-agers who caught the break that will come to an end before my chance comes. Luck of the draw. Not that objecting would have accomplished anything, anyway. There was a lengthy round of consultation before this plan was unveiled and another round of listening is scheduled now that it’s out. But the next round is only about “tweaking” the schedule changes on all the routes that were affected. The seniors’ fare is a done deal, as far as the government is concerned. As for the slot machines, they’re just a bit of flash thrown in to distract people from the grim news. An overall eight per cent reduction in service brings home the new normal for the service. And the previously unthinkable end to the seniors-ride-free policy shows how desperate the struggle has become to keep fare hikes from slipping out of control. lleyne@timescolonist.com twitter.com/LeyneLes

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uring the late ’60s and ’70s when I was a child, a milkman pulled up in his truck outside our house almost every day in the wee hours of the morning to leave four quarts of milk by our front door. He repeated this at almost every home on our street. This service wasn’t unique to my neck of the woods in Quebec. Newsroom staffer Naoibh O’Connor remembers arguments with other kids on her Calgary street over who had enough courage to ask the milkman for a chunk of ice from his truck to cool down on a hot summer’s day. New Brunswickraised staffer Andrew Fleming recalls the milkman letting him and his friends ride in the back of the truck around his Saint John neighbourhood for a lark. These memories came flooding back after author John DeMont visited the Courier recently to promote his book A Good Day’s Work: In Pursuit of a Disappearing Canada. As memories were being shared, sports reporter and Gen Yer Megan Stewart piped up and sent us into fits of laughter. “I always thought the milkman was a myth … as in a metaphor for infidelity,” said Stewart. The Halifax-based writer, author of three other books including Citizens Irving: The Irvings of New Brunswick and columnist at the independently owned The Chronicle Herald newspaper, includes a chapter called “The Milkman Cometh” about a milkman who has been delivering milk to Haligonians since the mid-’60s. Bill Bennett, the son of a milkman, is ready to retire, but there is no one willing to take over his route. DeMont calls Bennett’s kind a dying breed. (And yes, DeMont does reference jokes about the milkman coming to the aid of a distressed housewife.) But that’s not the real reason the milkman is vanishing. My mother stopped milk delivery once grocery stores sold milk in large quantities at a lower cost. I’m sure she wasn’t the only one. DeMont is the first person to admit that his book highlighting what he thinks are 10 vanishing professions in Canada may sound as if he is “one of those old coots who believes the past is the only place where anything monumental occurs.” He accepts that “change is a necessity along with a virtue” in the 21st-century global world, but that hasn’t stopped him from thinking about how things used to be. Not surprising really, given generations of his family worked in the coal mines going back to the 18th century. And it’s not hard to agree with his statement that all progress isn’t necessarily good. “And when things go, they are gone forever,” he writes. His book, he says, is a living history of vanishing professions that tells us a lot about ourselves and the country. “It’s the fact that the iconic Canada is disappearing — the close-knit communities and small towns — and it’s told

FIONA HUGHES through these jobs.” Take paperboys. I remember peering out my bedroom window early some mornings and watching our teenage neighbour preparing his morning delivery of the Montreal Gazette (or was it the Montreal Star?). In winter, he’d strap a sled behind his black Labrador retriever who pulled twine-wrapped piles of that day’s edition through the snowy streets — the stillness of the dark winter morning only broken by the roar of a snowplow. One of DeMont’s first jobs was delivering papers. “Now of course there are no paperboys,” he says. “There are paper men and women who drive cars.” He’s right. My daily paper is delivered without fail every morning around 4 a.m. I am a light sleeper and can hear him pull up in his car, open our gate and place the paper by the front door. I don’t hear him make any other stop on my block, which fills me with sadness — as it does DeMont. We both lament the demise of newspapers. Other types of industries are also facing challenges, but the newspaper business, as DeMont writes, “is my business.” Of the 10 vanishing jobs he highlights in his journey across Canada, the one celebrating a weekly newspaper owner/columnist (Paul MacNeil of the Eastern Graphic in P.E.I.) resonated the most. Maybe it’s because DeMont declares his love for community newspapers. “Let me let you in on a little secret,” he writes. “There’s only one place to find out the truth about existence in those rural areas where most of us once lived: in the pages of a weekly paper.” I’m biased of course, but his observation on history should give everyone pause. “A century from now, who will the historians consult? Where will a person turn to learn what these towns were like? A blog? A tweet? A podcast?” Other vanishing jobs DeMont highlights through his journey across Canada include locomotive engineers, lighthouse keepers, doctors who make house calls, blacksmiths, big animal vets, drive-in movie projectionists, travelling salesman, record store owners and an old-school Alberta rancher (I loved that chapter). I’m not as nostalgic as DeMont, but it’s hard not to wonder where our society is heading when our interaction with others diminishes with each click of a mouse. fhughes@vancourier.com

A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COMPLAINT COMMISH

To the editor: Re: “VPD slammed for handling of shoving case,” Nov. 15. How about the way B.C.’s Ofﬁce of the Police Complaint Commissioner handled it? Vancouver Const. Taylor Robinson shoved a disabled woman to the ground on June 9, 2010. But that wasn’t publicly revealed until July 22, 2010, when the media acquired surveillance video, no thanks to police or the OPCC. Only then did the VPD and OPCC each publicly state that they learned about the incident soon after it happened. A few days after July 22, an investigation by an outside police force was ordered and Robinson was transferred to other duties. Until then he had still been walking a beat in the same poverty-stricken neighbourhood where he could encounter his victim again. All that happened during that more than six-week period was the victim received some kind of written apology and a highly dubious excuse from police. The letter wasn’t even signed. The lack of transparency, accountability and repercussions was ﬁne with police complaint commissioner Stan Lowe—until the media found out. Could that indicate how he handles other cases? The only pretence of scrutiny that Lowe and his crew have ever faced was a sham inquiry that ended last March. Then-auditor general John Doyle praised the OPCC but didn’t divulge how he conducted his audit or came to his conclusions. He

did state: “Excluded from the scope of the audit was providing an opinion about the validity of investigation decisions.” Another part of that cynical process was a legislative committee made up of seven B.C. Liberal and NDP MLAs. They heard only from police interests, ﬂatly refusing to consider the written submissions they received from the public. One of those submissions concerned the OPCC’s handling of the Robinson case. It’s vital to scrutinize not only cases of police misconduct, but also the people who run our system of police accountability. Greg Klein, Vancouver

BLAME SKYTRAIN FOR TRANSLINK’S ILLS

To the editor: Re: “Relief from trafﬁc woes a long way off,” Nov. 15. “If you tell a SkyTrain lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The SkyTrain lie can be maintained only for such time as the province and TransLink can shield the people from the political and economic consequences of the SkyTrain lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the province and TransLink to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the SkyTrain lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the province and TransLink.” A reworked quote from the father of modern propaganda, the notorious Joseph Goebbels. The ﬁnancial ills of TransLink can be traced directly to SkyTrain and the massive costs

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of the proprietary mini-metro system. SkyTrain has cost the taxpayer about three times more to build than if we had built with modern light rail instead. With added insult to the taxpayer, the SkyTrain mini-metro, despite being “driverless” costs more to operate, with no added beneﬁt. Despite the hype and hoopla by the SkyTrain lobby, which includes the City of Vancouver, SkyTrain does not have a greater capacity than light rail and never did. The new light rail line being built in Ottawa has easily 50 per cent more capacity potential than our present Expo and Millennium lines and over three times the capacity potential of the Canada Line. The capacity choke point of SkyTrain is the 80 metre station platforms and the 50 metre station platforms on the Canada Line, which are much smaller than the 150 metre station platforms on Ottawa’s Confederation light rail line. Longer platforms, means longer trains can be used, carrying more customers. Former TransLink CEO Tom Prendergast recognized “the cultural embracement of SkyTrain that has existed” and tried to bring light rail oriented transit planning but the SkyTrain cabal, overseeing transit planning at TransLink forced him out. TransLink’s real problem is SkyTrain and the massive costs associated with the mode and putting SkyTrain in a subway will only exacerbate TransLink’s ﬁnancial woes. Endemic gridlock will continue until the present SkyTrain and subway hubris comes to the end at TransLink. Malcolm Johnston, Delta

ON YOUR MIND ONLINE COURIER STORY: “Audit questions Portland Hotel Society spending,” Nov.8 tomservua: It’s quite the cottage industry these people have going down there. Townsend admits to being paid “between $140,000 and $160,000” a year, according to a report on Global TV. He calls himself the Executive Director of PHS. But wait. Townsend is married to Liz Evans. Who is she? She also calls herself the Executive Director of PHS. Apparently she is paid the same amount as the other Executive Director. That’s a lot of money, all from the taxpayer. But wait. PHS also sports a Director of Community Services. Who is he? Dan Small. And who is he married to? Why it’s Jenny Kwan, MLA. Nice work, if you can get it. COURIER STORY: “Victoria-Fraserview: What’s in a name? Whither Bobolink Park,” Nov. 7 CanadaGood: I spent my childhood attending David Oppenheimer Elementary and playing on the nearby fields of Bobolink Park. I don’t remember any birds of any sort flocking there. In fact, Vancouver wildlife seemed much rarer in those days. I don’t remember seeing city raccoons, skunks or coyotes until at least the seventies.

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news Carnival planned to help sell Kingsway condos

hat does it take to sell condos these days? Maybe a carnival. That’s what’s planned to attract potential buyers to a preview for a new Vancouver development called Kensington Gardens at 2220 Kingsway on the old Canadian Tire site. Magnum Projects Ltd. is marketing the Westbank project designed by Henriquez Partners Architects. The development, which will cover one

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The Native Daughters of B.C. Post One is hosting a Christmas fundraising fair for the Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, complete with a children’s holiday choir, vintage Christmas decorations, bake sale and tea and sweets service. All proceeds will beneﬁt the ongoing maintenance of the museum and artifact collection. The museum is located within Vancouver’s oldest building, circa 1865, at 1575 Alma Rd. The Christmas party runs from 1:30 to 4 p.m., Dec 1. For more information visit hastings-mill-museum.ca.

DOWNTOWN Besides the vintage-style carousel, mulled wine and thousands of twinkling lights, there’s one more really great reason to stop by the Vancouver Christmas Market this Saturday, Nov. 23. Dal Richards, the King of Christmas Swing, will perform popular carols and other favourites from 7 to 9 p.m. in the bandstand of the market, located on the plaza of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 650 Hamilton St. The annual bazaar, modelled after a traditional outdoor German Christmas market, is made up of brightly decorated wooden huts offering handmade gifts and tempting treats. Wandering throughout the market will be strolling carollers, trumpeters and an over-sized gingerbread man who will gladly pause for photos. (I have the proof on my phone from last year’s market.) The entertainment varies each day with some dates dedicated to countries from around the world, including Great Britain Nation Day Dec. 7, and Estonian Nation Day Dec. 17. The X-Mass Factor singing competition takes place each Friday from 6 to 6:30 p.m. to give contestants an opportunity to belt out their interpretation of Christmas classics. The 2013 Vancouver Christmas Market opens at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22 and closes Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. Regular daily hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas with a twist as the Vancouver TheatreSports League presents its less traditional version of the holidays. Christmas Queen: Improv Comedy Fairytale is described as a regal pomp and far-

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Do you like rocking out? Do you like supporting a good cause? Megaphone Magazine has the perfect event for you as it hosts its ﬁfth-annual Night of Joyful Voices Friday, Dec. 6 at the Anza Club. Headlining this year’s event are the peppy, power pop sounds of Movieland and the soulful yearnings of roots musician David Newberry. The night will be capped off with “some sweaty dancing” with DJ That’s so Raven. There will be prizes. The fundraising shindig will beneﬁt Megaphone’s vendor program, which provides an economic opportunity to homeless and low-income residents of Vancouver. For ticket information visit megaphonemag.eventbrite.com.

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The Vancouver Christmas Market opens for the season Nov. 22 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza. ﬂung fantasy, which along with audience participation puts some of the city’s most spirited comedians to the test this holiday season. The mirthful team of comedians weaves a fresh tale that like all good fairytales, fea-

tures a villain (in this case the Christmas Queen who is out to ruin the holiday for the townsfolk), a gallant but reluctant hero and a love story. The Improv Centre on Granville Island is located at 1502 Duranleau Street.

The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association has launched its 18th Annual Coats for Kids campaign in support of the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, a nonproﬁt group that helps provide a brighter Christmas for families in need. In addition to the GVHBA ofﬁce, 33 member companies at 46 locations in 13 municipalities will serve as coat drop-off sites from November 18 to Dec. 6. For Vancouver locations visit gvhba.org. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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he owners of a busy East Side coffee shop donated their proﬁts from last Monday for relief efforts to help people hit by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Wayne Bertrand, who

runs the Laughing Bean Café in Hastings-Sunrise with his wife Rebecca, did the same thing after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 and the Haiti earthquake three years ago, and said they want to make it as easy as possible for their customers to help out those in desperate need. “We just felt like we

needed to do something,” he said. “I find that people are often looking for a focal point to do something and instead of oh, I should go to the Red Cross or I should go to a website and click, we just figured this is a way for people not to have to do anything different. Just have your coffee and maybe have an extra muffin or some-

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many examples of Metro Vancouver residents, which includes approximately 75,000 people of Filipino descent, doing what they can to help survivors of the Nov. 8 typhoon, which killed at least 3,976 people and left nearly 1,600 missing. Laughing Bean customers J.R. Guerrero and Catherine Luk were working on their laptops planning their own personal fundraising events when the Courier stopped by. Luk said she was trying to conﬁrm a venue to host an art exhibit and live performances Nov. 27 while Guerrero, a lifeguard who immigrated from the Philippines two decades ago and returns each year, is helping to put on a concert tonight (Nov. 20) at the Libra Room on Commercial Drive featuring musicians Jun Clement, Speakerbox and Groove n Tonic. “It’s amazing that there has been this massive outpouring of concern and support for what happened,” said Guerrero. “The implications of the typhoon are so great it leads to conversa-

tions about what our responsibilities are from wealthier nations and how we need to help developing nations and how much we wealthier nations consume.” On the other side of the city the same night, the Dunbar Theatre is donating its revenue from screenings of How I Live Now and Gravity. Additional donations will be accepted on site and donations of more than $20 will be issued tax receipts. For those who prefer not to make donations online, the non-profit social service group SUCCESS is accepting money at its 28 W. Pender St. office and other locations across the Lower Mainland, as are all City of Vancouver community centres. “A tragedy on this scale is unimaginable,” said Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Trevor Loke in a release announcing the donation drive. “We urge residents to give what they can to help emergency response efforts and bring hope to the region.” afleming@vancourier.com twitter.com/flematic

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Vancouver’s problem with homelessness is at an all time high, with many of those with no home of their own being under the age of 24. At the Courier, we decided to provide an opportunity to our readers to give a little cheer and kindness to the youth on our streets this holiday season.

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When out shopping for those stocking stuffers this holiday season, see what’s on special and grab an extra something on top of your usual purchase.

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Simply drop your items off in the big box situated in the Courier lobby at 1574 West 6th Ave., near Fir St. between November 13th and December 18th. Hours are Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 4:30pm.

C found in citrus fruits is involved in the production of collagen, which helps keep your skin firm and reduces wrinkling. By adding these top stress-busting foods to your diet, you can calm your nerves and reduce your stress levels without having to pop a pill. That should help keep your holidays merry and bright, and start the New Year off with a regimen that really works.

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On Nov. 21, the owners of The Pie Hole, Jennell and Carla Parsons, are supplying the yummy nibblies (vancouverpiehole.com for info.) to raise funds. So please come out to Windsor Plywood this Thursday between 10am and 4pm to indulge and show your support. Call Thane at 604-738-9717 if you would like to make an even more substantial donation.

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The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in Canadian seniors is predicted to increase dramatically over the next 30 years, but the task of primary caregiver will likely still fall on close relatives.

The Alzheimer’s Society of Canada projects that the number of Alzheimer’s disease cases will nearly double in this time, putting long-term care beds in nursing facilities and hospitals in high demand. Experts note that, with the proper support, living at home and with relatives can help keep individuals affected by dementia in the best mental and physical health possible.

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Hats, socks, boots needed Continued from page 1 “Last year the lobby was completely ﬁlled and in some places was stacked four-feet high with gifts.” During a tour of Directions Youth Services last year, team leader John Kehler told the Courier how staff try to forge bonds with the teenagers who frequent the centre. Helping youth meet immediate needs through hot meals, showers and laundry facilities encourages them to seek support through education, recreation and artistic programs. The centre also offers locker space and pet kennels. Directions operates under a harm reduction model so staff wait until the youth ask for help before working to get their housing and health needs met. Kehler added allowing youth to shower and clean up before a job interview, a family meeting or for their own sake is vital to making those connections. That’s why the cen-

tre places a premium on carrying essential toiletries such as disposable razors, shampoo, tampons, bars of soap and hair clippers. Stafford said one generous donor has already dropped off family-sized packs of toothbrushes and toothpaste, but added more is needed. Otheritemsincludedonthecentre’swishlistinclude gift cards — particularly for fast-food restaurants and coffee shops, and new items such as underwear, sneakers and boots, warm jackets, gloves, hats, socks, rain pants and jackets, and any teen-appropriate clothing. Homeless youth are always in need of sleeping bags, backpacks, tarps, sheets, blankets and ﬁrst aid items. For more information about Directions, visit fsgv.ca. Donations of new goods can be dropped off at the Courier ofﬁce, 1574 West Sixth Ave., between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday before Dec. 18. sthomas@vancourier.com

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2014 Vancity Board of Directors’ Election The Nominations and Election Committee is seeking Vancity members to fill three director positions in the 2014 election. Each position is for a three-year term, commencing after the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Prospective candidates are strongly advised to attend an information session which will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Vancity Centre, 183 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver. Please contact the Governance Department by no later than 12 noon, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 to register for this session. Prospective candidates are required to submit confirmation of their intention to run by no later than 12 noon on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Interviews will be scheduled shortly thereafter. Specific details about running for election can be found in the Candidates’ Package posted on our website, vancity.com. If you require a hard copy of this information, please contact the Governance Department at 604.877.7595.

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The Scotiabank Dance Centre hosts its ninth biennial DANCE IN VANCOUVER Nov. 20 to 23, showcasing local contemporary dance. This year’s edition features eight companies performing excerpts of new works and recent hits in four mixed programs, including WEN WEI DANCE, Tara Cheyenne Performance, Joe Ink, Sarah Chase with Andrea Nann, dumb instrument Dance/ Ziyian Kwan, Vision Impure with Nova Dance, the plastic orchid factory and battery opera performance. For tickets, call 604-684-2787 or go to ticketstonight.ca. More details at thedancecentre.ca. An organic coffee shop and hipsters in the midst of an identity crisis sounds like the makings for a new Mount Pleasant condo development, but it’s actually the premise of a new romantic musical comedy by Solo Collective Theatre. Written by Anton Lipovetsky and Rachel Peake, COOL BEANS — get it? — runs Nov. 21 to Dec. 1 at Granville Island’s Performance Works. Tickets at vancouvertix.com. More info at solocollective.ca.

Genus Theatre marks its 10th anniversary with WAITING FOR GHOSTBUSTERS, a wacky musical about a group of theatre artists who set out to stage a faithful musical recreation of the 1984 Bill Murray comedy. Personality clashes, sabotage, legal problems and ghosts ensue Nov. 21 to 30 at Renegade Studios (125 East Second Ave). Tickets at brownpapertickets.com. More info at genustheatre.com. Portland indie pop duo QUASI brings a sizable amount of musical cred to the table. Drummer JANET WEISS has bashed the skins for Sleater Kinney, Wild Flag and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, while Weiss’s ex-husband and QUASI bandmate SAM COOMES used to play in Heatmiser with the late great Elliot Smith. Celebrating 20 years as a band, QUASI plays the Biltmore Nov. 21 is support of its eighth album, Mole City, a sprawling 24-song, double album full of fuzzed-out pop goodness right up there with the band’s fantastic 1998 album Featuring “Birds.” Blues Control opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu and ticketweb.ca.

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arts&entertainment KUDOS& KVETCHES STAYING AFLOAT As frequent travellers on the floating Kirkland stonewash denim barge that is B.C. Ferries, K&K is well acquainted with the corporation’s ever-changing flights of fancy: the frequent fare increases, the breakdowns, vessels’s shaky relationship with docks, the hard to predict schedules, the inconsistent video game selection. However, the latest round of changes, which were announced by Transportation Minister Todd Stone on Monday, caught us a little off guard. Apparently it’s costly to run a ferry system that isn’t considered an extension of the province’s highways as it once was. Increased fuel and labour costs, replacing an aging fleet and playing a shell game with millions of dollars in executive and management bonuses are not cheap. Thus, Stone’s announced sea change includes cuts to services, particularly the number of sailings to smaller communities (in your face, Haida Gwaii!), increases in seniors’ fares (cuz eff them), and the implementation of slot machines (because putting your life in the hands of the rusty Queen of Surrey and praying that it won’t run aground isn’t enough of a gamble). We say B.C. Ferries is going about it all wrong. If it really wants to make some sweet

and delicious cash, here’s what it should do: • Sell booze. Wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy a barely edible meal with a barely drinkable glass of wine or light beer? Plus all that noise, snot and tears coming from the kids play area make Mommy and Daddy thirsty. • Real life onboard masseuses. Anyone in their right mind knows that coin-operated massage chairs are strictly for amateurs and pervs. They’re like the Maroon 5 of the health and wellness world. Let’s get some fully licensed massage technicians who are covered by MSP working out those tired, achy muscles of yours. We’d even suggest onboard saunas if B.C. Ferries’ clientele were a little less, how should we say, from Nanaimo. • Steep ﬁnes for parents of unruly children. Same goes for dirty hippies noodling on their acoustic guitars and teenagers talking too loudly about how Nathan and Becca should tooooooootally get together. • More nautical themed clothing in the gift shops. Currently B.C. Ferries’ gift shops sell an array of ﬂeece and retiree-friendly outdoor wear with the occasional token nod to tourist-friendly First Nations iconography. But to tap into the irony-loving 20 to 40 something demographic, and all of their disposable income, B.C. Ferries should really go full-on hipster seafarer with captain hats, pirate paraphernalia, red Jacques Cousteau toques and Love Boat DVDs. • Booze. Did we mention it? B.C. Ferries should really sell booze. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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Asian lit festival gets graphic STATE OF THE ARTS

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raphic novels are linked to the past and the future say participants in Vancouver’s inaugural literASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing, which runs in Chinatown Nov. 21 to 24. “In China, the comic book form became really popular in the Qing dynasty [in the] 1860s, 1870s,” said Colleen Leong, a documentary filmmaker who’s moderating a Nov. 23 evening session called Storytelling and the Graphic Novel. She said stories that were passed on orally and morality tales were written and illustrated in comic books in the late 1800s for the largely uneducated population. Leong, who was the first ChineseCanadian on-air news reporter for BCTV Vancouver in 1987, first became interested in comics as a kid. She read her father’s large-format Second World War comics about fighter pilots “and those nasty Germans” and her mother’s comic books from 1960s China that sometimes depicted gruesome morality tales akin to Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. “And then we just kind of pooh poohed [the form] because what do we get after that? Archie comics, very light, fluffy kind of stuff. And then it just became a niche market, if you wanted to collect superheroes you could do that.” Now Leong reads “emotion-packed” graphic novels by Chris Ware and Canadians Chester Brown and Seth. She’s pleased Asian-Canadians are exploring the form. The free Storytelling and the Graphic Novel event includes: • award-winning independent filmmaker and storyteller Ann Marie Fleming, who animated the story of her famous magician great-grandfather and

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Ann Marie Fleming, author of the illustrated memoir The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, takes part in Storytelling and the Graphic Novel at literASIAN: A Festival of Paciﬁc Rim Asian Canadian Writing. then depicted the tale in an full-colour illustrated memoir called The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam; • actor Laara Ong, who’s selling her graphic novel Shanghai Blues 1939 on iTunes to raise money for and interest in a pair of related plays she wants to produce; • architect David Wong, who’s written a graphic novel called Escape to Gold Mountain about the history of Chinese people in North America based on historical documents and interviews with elders; and • writer Terry Watada, who’s Nikkei Manga-gatari is a historical recollection of memories, with one of the stories following a Japanese soldier who fought for Canada in the First World War and then returns and struggles to feel validated. “I want to know how all these people are going to interact,” Leong said. “They’re all using the graphic novel and yeah they’re Asian, or they have Chinese or Japanese in their background, but they have different approaches... they have different reasons for writing these.” Leong says the form demands a strong story and carefully considered dialogue and images. She also notes

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graphic novels are accessible to children with learning disabilities, those disinterested in reading, new immigrants and elderly people. She wants to hear “more voices from more diverse communities” in graphic novels. Jim Wong-Chu, a founding member of the decades-old Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop, which publishes Ricepaper magazine, said its members recognized the society’s need to nurture a new generation of more diverse Asian-Canadian writers, including refugees, mixed-race scribes and fantasy and science ﬁction authors. The hope is that sessions on graphic novels will attract younger writers. The festival includes readings, workshops, panels and the book launch for Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate and Circumstance by Denise Chong, author of The Concubine’s Children. There’s also a book fair of Asianthemed writing. “Some of [the books] are quite rare,” Wong-Chu said. “When I was younger, 30-odd years ago, every time I’d come across an Asian book of any kind I’d buy it, so my library is very cluttered and a lot of people are now de-cluttering so they’re donating the books to us.” The fair will include ﬁrst editions and rare books, DVDs and memorabilia of Asian-North American hockey players. The festival closes with a 10-course banquet at the Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant, where a Community Builder Award will be presented to publisher Brian Lam of Arsenal Pulp Press. Most of the festivities happen in Chinatown at the UBC Learning Exchange and the festival includes a literary walking tour of the area. Leong is particularly passionate about the festival’s focus on graphic novels. “It’s great the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop [which is mounting the literASIAN festival] is promoting [the graphic novel],” she said. “They recognize it’s growing in popularity and it’s a heck of a good way to tell a story.” For more information, see literasian. ricepapermagazine.ca. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Artists open up for Crawl REBECCA BLISSETT Contributing writer

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he Eastside Culture Crawl is like having a party and having no idea who’s going to show up. It’s not so weird a concept for artists in buildings housing many studios, but the intimacy factor shoots up when walking into somebody’s house. “But there’s no intimidation,” said artist John Dann, a ﬁrst time participant in the Crawl whose enthusiasm shows in his preparation alone. The living room of the Strathcona home (which actually belongs to daughter Cristina) resembled an actual gallery with black sheets of paper carefully covering every inch of wall and window, with Dann’s detailed and layered paintings created by aging with a grinder which viewers were encouraged to touch if they wanted. “I really like people but not the pretension of art,” said Dann who handed out information sheets to Crawlers outlining his disdain for traditional galleries and museums: how entrance fees, security guards, and surveillance cameras are not conducive to one’s “spiritual artistic encounter” and how the Eastside Culture Crawl is a good thing for art as it provides accessibility and community. Safe to say, both daughter and father had no qualms about opening the doors to strangers during the annual Crawl this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but for others such as Kathleen Murphy it took some time to get used to. Up steep concrete stairs, Murphy’s Union Street character home living room was set up to showcase her classic ceramics made with high ﬁre stoneware and porcelain clays. It’s the 17th year for the Crawl, and Murphy has opened her front door for 14 of those years. “It can get overwhelming because it is your home,” she said while tallying up a sale of a small red vase. “I’m used to it now but once in a while people bring their dogs in and it gets a little hectic.” Resident studio dogs don’t tend to love the Crawl so much. Photographer and artist Ross Den Otter of Pink Monkey Studios, which he runs with his wife Sarolta Dobi, had to dash to a relative’s to drop off Macchi, a shiba inu, whose brain was evidently going to explode from not being able to defend his territory from the onslaught of Crawlers. Pink Monkey is a converted garage with

polished concrete ﬂoors and white walls, separate from the couple’s living space so Den Otter says the Crawl is no intrusion. In fact, he prefers it to a traditional gallery show for the simple reason that he’s able to converse with people all day long about his processes. “I like the fact that I get to talk more.” The Eastside Culture Crawl not only gives sculptor Sandra Bilawich a deadline, but also relief from the hours of isolation toiling in her studio located in an lonely industrial neighbourhood. “I make a lot of dust and noise so I’m wearing ear protection, eye protection — I’m in a little cocoon,” she said while two people in two minutes interrupted to ask about an owl sculpture made out of Remington typewriter parts perched on a shelf in her living room (it had sold hours previous). Going from weeks of isolation to three days of thick crowds in her house is a welcome extreme for Bilawich who said she enjoys witnessing reactions to her art. “It can be an overwhelming amount of people but I enjoy people and I enjoy seeing how my work affects people. Sometimes there are these wonderful experiences that happen by opening your door and letting somebody come through, there are these wonderful stories. “When I sell a piece in a gallery I don’t actually get to see why somebody bought it. Did it buy them because it moved them? When I sell things in my house, I hear things like a sculpture of mine reminding somebody of their grandmother who had passed away.”

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Houndssettingupaseasonhigh MEGAN STEWART Staff writer

he senior girls volleyball team at Point Grey has the tallest two setters in Vancouver. Saya Engleson is five-foot-eight, like several others around the city, and at five-foot-eleven, Taeya Page even towers over some of the tallest players on other teams. TheGreyHoundsruna6-2offence, meaning either Engleson or Page will set from the back row, and both athletes come to the role from their posts as power hitters, a position that demands explosive strength and precision — and often rewards height. On last year’s roster, setter Megan Chan was the only Grade 12 player and the Grey Hounds finished eighth overall at the B.C. AAA championships. But when Chan graduated, she left a gap on the court that had to be filled. Engleson and Page adapted. “Setters pretty much control the flow of the game so it was a big change for me when I started to set,”

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The Point Grey senior girls volleyball squad takes a break from practice Monday afternoon. From left to right: Mara Westendorp, Natalie McCann, Eve Westcott, Katie Ketchum and Saya Engleson. Engleson said in an email to the Courier. “Setting has changed my whole perspective of the game. There’s a lot more to think about on the court, so I have a whole new respect for the position.” “I actually really enjoy setting because I love running the offence and

how it brings my mind into the game a little bit more,” added Page, a Grade 11 starter who captained Team B.C. this summer as well as the regional team that won gold at the 2012 B.C. Summer Games. The adjustment, orchestrated by head coach Zack Mason, has so far

brought rewards. The eventual city champions didn’t drop a set through regular season league action and finally appeared on provincial rankings in mid-October at No. 6. Four weeks later, they’d held their ground. At Lower Mainlands, Point Grey maintaineditshigh-percentagerecord and went undefeated in six matches, conceding one set to Crofton House in the final. Its goal at AAA provincials next week in Delta is a top-five finish, said Page. “I felt really satisfied with our win [at Lower Mainlands] and how we finally reached our potential,” she said. “We seem to be peaking as a team at the right time.” The team is bolstered by Grade 12 attackers like Ali L’Heureux and Carolin Hicks, another provincial team player albeit a year older than Page. Hicks played “exceptionally well” during the Lower Mainlands, said Mason. Needing just one point to eliminate No. 9 Crofton House in the final, Hicks “had the guts to take a huge swing and put away a ball […] to win the match for us.”

A six-foot-one left hitter, Hicks said the Hounds proved themselves and defied expectations. “We went in to the tournament as underdogs, but managed to work our way up to a first place finish. As a team we have learned that we play our best when the results do not matter. So our goal for provincials is to play the best game we possibly can,” she said. On a team primarily composed of seniors, the Grey Hounds are hitting a season high at the right time, said Hicks. “Our strongest competitors will be the teams that are ready to leave it all on the court. We need to focus on our game and use these next two weeks to work out the kinks in our play. We are a very cohesive group on and off the court, which has greatly contributed to our success throughout the season.” Added Engleson: “Now that we’ve made it to the provincials, our goal is to continue our strong play and finish the season on a high note.” It’s within their reach. The AAA B.C. Championships run Nov. 28 to 30 at Seaquam secondary. mstewart@vancourier.com

Dramatic defeat for Fighting Irish

n a seesaw game that finally seemed to sway in their favour, the Fighting Irish relinquished a late, one-point lead to No. 3 Lord Tweedsmuir in the closing minutes of the AAA quarterfinal Nov. 16 in Langley. Vancouver College ultimately lost 34-29 to the Panthers at McLeod Athletic Park, but the defeat delivered a promise for the future. One of the bright spots for the No. 5 Irish was the performance of their rookie quarterback, Grade 10 Giordy Belfiore who connected on 20 of 34 attempts and threw for 266 yards and one touchdown, setting a modern day school record for most passing yards and completions in a game.

The Panthers were knocked out of last year’s playoffs by the Irish, who advanced to the championship final. In this meeting, Tweedsmuir built a 21-7 lead before half time, thanks to the churning power of running back Jamel Lyles. Robbie Welch opened scoring on a two-yard run but Tweedsmuir scored three times in the first two quarters. Before the half ended, Vancouver College recovered the ball on its own 22 and drove down the field. Belfiore put the ball in the hands of Matt Legge for what appeared to be a 19-yard TD, but the refs called it down on the one-yard line with 0.3 seconds on the clock. The Irish running back was stopped short.

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After the kick-off, Vancouver’s impenetrable defence held the Panthers to three plays but rather than punt, the Irish conceded a safety and two points. They took over and Caisip scored to make it 21-16. Tweedsmuir scored again to widen the margin 28-16. Early in the ﬁnal frame, Belﬁore found Manny Khun-Khun for a three-yard pass and then Welch followed late in the quarter with his second touchdown. With 3:32 remaining in the game, Vancouver College led 29-28. The Panthers began a long drive built around Lyles and with 1:08 remaining, they punched it in to score and end the Fighting Irish season. —Megan Stewart

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St. George’s slays at B.C. swim meet MEGAN STEWART Staff writer

he swimmers from St. George’s are again the kings of the pool. Powered by competitive relays and record-setting individual swims, the Saints stroked their way to a 13th consecutive B.C. championship Nov. 16 at Watermania in Richmond. They won five relays, piling up 40 points for each first place finish, and reached the top six in six different events with 25 different swimmers. “The boys made it a baker’s dozen and did so convincingly,” said head coach Dustin Hersee. The Saints stacked the podium in both the “B” 400 and 200 metre freestyle relays. In the shorter sprint distance, Michael Zhang, Andrew Lai, Leo Shen and Tyler Chiu outtouched the school’s second team by nearly four seconds, winning in one minute and 55.06 seconds. The combined one-two finish delivered 76 team points. In the longer distance almost the same team — Lai,

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Brandon Tsang swims the opening leg for St. George’s in the boys “B” 400 metre freestyle relay at the B.C. championships Nov. 16 at Watermania. Shen and Chiu plus Harvey Lee — raced to a 3:52.39 minutefinish,almosteightseconds ahead of their second-place teammates. They again raked in 76 team points. St. George’s also finished first and fourth in the “B” 200m medly and first and fifth in both the open 200m medly relay and the open 400m freestyle relay. They also came second and sixth in the open 200m freestyle relay. Shen, a breastroker, won the 50m “B” event and set a new school record but his 31.41 time was .12 seconds short of a

new provincial record. Brandon De Costa, a Saints swimmer who also trains with the Richmond Rapids, came second in the open 50m backstroke in 56.52, finishing 44 seconds behind the winner from Argyle secondary. He broke his own school record in the 100m backstroke and finished third overall. The private boys school finished with 629 team points, more than 200 points ahead of the second-place finishers from West Point Grey Academy that included male and female swimmers.

WPGA had 489 combined points for second place. York House finished 11th with 243 and Lord Byng also crackedthetop15in13thplace with207points.LordByngouttouched the otherwise dominant Saints to win the open 200m freestyle relay. The Grey Ghosts tookgoldin1:38.17and slowly built a slim lead with each leg to defeat St. George’s by a mere .34 seconds. Grade 10 Eric Hamber sprinter Serena Xue won the open girls 100m breaststroke in 1:12.24, defeating her Earl Marriott opponent by nearly one second. Elizabeth Suen of York House won the “B” 100m individual medly in 1:12.44, motoring ahead of the closest finisher by more than nine seconds. West Point Grey Academy breaststroker Kevin Ye finished first in the open 100m race in 1:05.78. Windermere’s Gaelan Patterson finished first in the “B” 100m freestyle in 52.85, nearly three seconds ahead of the second-place contender. mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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