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he type of new housing that should be built in the heart of the Downtown Eastside continues to generate debate as the City of Vancouver prepares to release its new community plan for the neighbourhood. The debate has centred on the city’s pre-planning documents that call for a mix of 60 per cent social housing and 40 per cent rental housing in a large area known as the Downtown Eastside Oppenheimer District. The documents do not indicate any potential for developers to build stand-alone market housing in the district, although the 60/40 social-rental mix does allow for some private homes within a complex. The district in question covers 16 full blocks and five partial blocks, which include streets around Oppenheimer Park and a strip that runs west along the East Hastings corridor. The area has the majority of the Downtown Eastside’s assets, including social housing, affordable food stores, social services and gathering places. Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer pointed out the district is one of eight planning areas in the Downtown Eastside. In addition, she said, the majority of new housing being built in Chinatown, Gastown and Victory Square is condominiums. “So if you’re looking at the whole neighbourhood, there’s nothing radical being proposed here,” Reimer told the Courier after a forum on the future of the Downtown Eastside Nov. 21 at Simon Fraser University’s downtown campus. “There’s a concept to secure the low-income tenure in the area, which seems like a very reasonable one to me.” See AFFORDABILITY on page 7

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Mayor Robertson turns town hall into chat line 12TH & CAMBIE with Mike Howell

o the mayor held a “telephone town hall” meeting last night. What the heck is that? Apparently, it was a chance for residents to pose questions to Mayor Gregor Robertson over the phone; it all went down after my deadline, so no idea about the response. I assume it went well. How can I say that? I turn to history. Some of you may recall that Robertson hosted a one-hour “town hall” meeting via telephone in November 2010. Remember that one? That’s the phone-in where the mayor took 15 calls, although — at one point — had a whopping 12,000 people listen in on his responses. That’s right, 12,000! Keep in mind the Paciﬁc Coliseum has a capacity of 16,000 for a sporting event and The Queen Elizabeth Theatre can accommodate 3,000 people. Big numbers. I got those numbers back then from Ian Baillie, who was Vision Vancouver’s executive director at the time. Yep, Vision Vancouver, the party that promoted and paid for the November 2010

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Mayor Gregor Robertson, seen here participating in a “Twitter town hall,” was to lead a “telephone town hall” Tuesday night. Robertson’s party, Vision Vancouver, hosted and paid for the event. yak fest and did the same for last night’s phoner. Call me a journosaur, but my recollection of a town hall is where the mayor of the day shows up to a meeting space and invites residents to praise/criticize him. Apparently, those days are gone. Politicians now resort to Twitter, the telephone and party-controlled forums to take questions. A party strategy to keep the mayor in safe company, maybe? As Baillie acknowledged in November 2010, the majority of listeners to that town hall were

members and donors of Vision, or had contact with the party at some point since elections in 2005 and 2008. The party’s new executive director, Stepan Vdovine, told me last week “screeners” would handle calls in the Nov. 26 phone-in. He acknowledged the event is directed mainly at — but not limited to — fans of Vision. “You could tell a screener you’re going to ask a question about A but then you ask a question about B,” Vdovine said. “So, obviously, there’s a certain risk to that but we’re willing to take that

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risk. We think our agenda is popular, we think the mayor is popular.” But why not take the party out of the mix and have the City of Vancouver host a non-partisan town hall meeting instead of an electronic pep rally? “I suspect if the mayor’s ofﬁce were to host a town hall in the same fashion that we’ve hosted them, I could see the accusation coming that the mayor is politicking on the taxpayers’ dime,” he said. Vdovine pointed out the mayor has taken his licks at public forums this year in Kitsilano and the West End. The topics were transit and affordable housing. Vision promoted and paid for both meetings. “The guy hops on his bike and is late to every meeting by 15 or 20 minutes because he gets stopped on every corner and people talk to him,” he said. “I would argue that you haven’t seen a more accessible mayor than Gregor. He’s always out and about. There’s plenty of ways to engage him — whether it’s through our town halls or whether it’s through council hearings or whether it’s on the street, he is available.” Is he right, Vancouver? ••• I goofed up in my last entry and referred to Vancouver Police Board member Mary Collins as Mary McNeil, who used to be on the board. Sorry about that, Mary — Collins, that is. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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ancouver is blessed with more than 40,000 ﬂowering cherry trees and, as of this week, a book is available for purchase celebrating this city’s bounty of pink and white blossoms. Ornamental Cherries in Vancouver is described as the deﬁnitive guidebook to these trees, which have attracted residents and visitors to celebrate their colourful blossoms for almost 100 years. The guidebook is a project of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and was written by Douglas Justice, associate director and curator of collections at the University of B.C. Botanical Garden. The book includes detailed information, locations and photographs of this city’s 54 varieties of blossoming trees, including 19 new cultivars discovered since a previous guidebook was published just two years ago. The guidebook includes information on how some of the most rare of these cultivators are being successfully micropropagated in the BCIT Biotechnology Program

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Consulate General in Vancouver. Festival organizers hope Ornamental Cherries in Vancouver will play a pivotal role in helping the event’s brigade of volunteer “Cherry Scouts” search for blossoms and provide invaluable feedback to the “What’s Blooming Now?” section of the organization’s website. The book includes indexes in both Chinese and Japanese. For more information and to buy a book, visit vcbf.ca.

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Park Board, which was to have been heard earlier this month, has been postponed until Dec. 9 because there was no judge available then. Just in case you’ve been out of the country or living under a rock for the past several months, here’s a short backgrounder. The six community centres — Hillcrest, Killarney, Hastings, Kerrisdale, Sunset and Kensington — launched a lawsuit in September requesting an injunction of the use of the OneCard, a universal access card that eliminates the need for individual memberships at any community centre in the city. On Oct. 28, Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen ruled against the associations. The argument over the use of the OneCard is a minor component of a much larger lawsuit about what the centres are calling the park board’s continual violations of the decadesold joint-operating agreement. In response to the complaints ﬁled against the park board by the associations in Supreme Court, in August the six associations were given eviction notices by the board dated for Dec. 31, 2013. In October, the associations asked the court for an injunction to stop their eviction from their community centres. In response the court ordered the park board to cease implementing its takeover plans until the matter can be heard in Supreme Court, which was scheduled for Nov. 18 alongside the ﬁght over the joint-operating agreement. Now that court case has also been postponed until Dec. 9. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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hree Vancouver teachers have been honoured with Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence. Thunderbird elementary kindergarten teacher Janey Lee was recognized for developing a partnership with the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) to teach her students about food security. With the help of a high school tech teacher, students built wooden planters for a school garden that serves as an outdoor classroom. Lee also uses technology to teach her students digital literacy and to engage students with special needs. With the help of the media, she compelled Vancouverites to help fund a breakfast program at the school at 2325 Cassiar St. Some students also participate in a program that sees them bring food for their families home on weekends. Lee raised almost $30,000

by presenting teacher workshops over two summers and donated that money to Thunderbird to purchase a playground. Retired teacher Margo Murphy, who taught at Grandview-Woodland’s Templeton secondary, was honoured for turning a cafeteria program into a competitive culinary arts program with more than 160 students and for providing students with opportunities to work with Vancouver’s finest chefs. Kindergarten teacher Gina Wong at Florence Nightingale elementary in Mount Pleasant was recognized as a leader in interactive whiteboard use in the classroom who shares her proficiency and literacy expertise with other teachers and through local and international volunteer work. She and her colleagues invited students from the University of British Columbia to work with her kindergartners to implement a unit on United Nations Rights of a Child. Students learned about the challenges children in developing countries face and raised money to send a child to school in Uganda. Peter Katsionis, law and social justice teacher at Sir Winston Churchill secondary in Oakridge, received a Certificate of Achievement for pioneering online education in B.C., organizing off-site mock trials at a local

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Retired teacher Margo Murphy, who taught at Templeton secondary, was one of three Vancouver teachers honoured with a Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. courthouse, creating an online computer-based course for students to access curriculum when there wasn’t enough money to purchase textbooks, and for designing a course to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities.

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BRITANNIA OPEN HOUSE Britannia Community Centre, elementary and secondary schools are hosting an open house Thursday, Nov. 28 complete with free recreational events, live performances and food. The event runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, see britanniacentre.org. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Coroner investigating death during police interaction MIKE HOWELL Staff writer

he B.C. Coroners Service has announced an inquest into the death of a 28-year-old man who died of an apparent self-inflicted knife wound after an interaction with Vancouver police officers in July 2011. Barb McLintock, spokesperson for the coroners service, said the reason for the inquest into Kyle Martin Vandendberg’s death is because the man allegedly harmed himself at his home while police were on scene. Coroner Liana Wright and a jury will hear evidence from subpoenaed witnesses to determine the facts surroundingVandenberg’sdeath.Hewas taken to Vancouver General Hospital but died shortly after being admitted July 16, 2011. Vancouver police did not issue a public release after the incident. Const. Brian Montague, a VPD media liaison officer, said “we would not normally issue a release for an incident where someone took their own life.” While the jury may not, by law, make any findings of legal responsi-

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A 28-year-old man died from a knife wound after an interaction with Vancouver police ofﬁcers in July 2011. bility, it can make recommendations “aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances in the future,” according to a statement from the coroners service. The inquest is scheduled to begin March 31, 2014. Vandenberg’s death occurred prior to the provincial government setting up the Independent Investigations

Office, which has a mandate in B.C. to investigate incidents related to serious injury or death involving police. Since the office opened in September 2012, it has investigated 15 cases involving the VPD. Of the cases closed by the office, none has resulted in Chief Civilian Director Richard Rosenthal recommending charges to Crown counsel.

Rosenthal released two reports this week in which he cleared the VPD in incidents that occurred July 31 and Aug. 25. The incident in July related to an emergency response team member ﬁring rubber bullets from an Arwen gun that struck the hand and buttocks of a man in distress at a shelter. “The presence of the Arwen device was a clear attempt by ERT members to avoid using lethal force or force that would cause serious or permanent injury to the affected person while attempting to take him into custody,” Rosenthal wrote in his report. “Police ofﬁcers have many different use of force options available to them and they have discretion to determine which tool is the most reasonable to use depending on the totality of the circumstances. I cannot conclude, based on the evidence available to me, that the decision to use the Arwen device was anything other than a legally acceptable use of force.” The incident in August was investigated after a 61-year-old woman complained she suffered a hip injury on a street corner while police arrested a man outside a pub in the Downtown Eastside. The woman, who was using a

walker, told investigators she felt “someone’s weight against her” and fell to the ground. She didn’t know how it happened because her back was turned to the officers. The officers involved told investigators that the woman complained of her injury after an officer pushed a man to the ground. The officer in question said he saw the woman lying on her back on the ground after the push. But, he added, he “did not realizeshewasinvolvedanddidnotknow how she ended up being injured.” The officer said he was pushed by the man, whom he described as “very agitated and very aggressive.” The man also struck the officer, launching his phone into the middle of the road, the report said. “Based on the evidence obtained during the course of this [independent investigations office] investigation, I do not consider that any of the involved police officers may have committed an offence in relation to the injury that was sustained by the affected person,” Rosenthal said. “Therefore, the [office] will take no further action in relation to this case.” mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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Affordability remains a challenge Continued from page 1 That concept is one Michael Geller, an architect-developer and former NPA council candidate, argued against in last week’s forum, which attracted about 50 people including Ray Spaxman, the city’s former planning director. Though Geller recognizes that some market housing could be allowed under the plan, he questioned whether a person would want to buy a condominium in a building where the majority of units are social and rental housing. Geller said he supports replacing “decrepit” singleroom-occupancy hotels with new social housing. But, he added, it is important to incorporate stand-alone market housing in a community plan that wouldn’t force low-income people from the neighbourhood. “It’s that sharing of the area that I think, over time, will result in a healthier neighbourhood,” he said. Spaxman said his reading of the documents would allow, for example, 12 units of market housing, seven units of rental housing and 11 units of social housing in a new 30-unit complex. But Spaxman pointed out the difﬁculty in advancing the discussion on the Downtown Eastside without the full plan in people’s hands. He is wary of statistics being promoted by activists and claims made by people close to the discussion. “We must not go forward with some ideological position,” he said. “We have to get the facts together, we have to

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The City of Vancouver is expected to release its report on a new community plan for the Downtown Eastside before the end of the year. To see a photo gallery, scan this page using the Layar app. look at what ramiﬁcations of all these policies are. We need to do it and take the time to do it properly, otherwise we shall rush into getting a plan done because it’s an election year and we want to get it out of the way.” Pete Fry, the chairperson of the Strathcona Residents’ Association, said home ownership doesn’t dictate whether a person stays in the neighbourhood and participates in the community. “I think tenure is dictated by safe, secure, affordable housing where you’re not going to fear renoviction,” said Fry, who is more concerned that proposed increases in building heights could turn the Downtown Eastside into a real estate speculator’s market. Brian Jackson, the city’s director of planning, responded to Geller’s concerns about the lack of standalone market housing in a letter, which he allowed to

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ixty students and supporters marched through the University of B.C. campus last Friday night to launch a six-month long campaign that will include YouTube and research projects in response to a spate of sexual assaults on female students. The Campaign to Reclaim Consent, a feminist education and advocacy initiative, was sparked by sexual assaults of at least four female students walking at night on campus and on the way the school. Police responded to the attacks by warning women to walk in groups. Campaign organizer Laura Fukumoto, a fourth year theatre student, said these attacks and other incidents at UBC, such as the Sauder Business school chant that gloriﬁed rape, did not occur in a vacuum but instead reﬂect cultural attitudes. “You should be able to walk alone at night… What is the root of these issues?” she said. Fukumoto hopes the march and planned future events, including, educational YouTube videos, a documentary and research project highlighting past feminist activism on campus, will be part of a wider conversation about gender politics. “We want to be really mindful of including all the voices which are the quietest,” she said. Friday’s marchers, a mix of mostly young men and women, chanted, “Hey-hey, ho-ho sexual violence has got to go,” and waved placards that read “Smash Patriarchy” and “Silence Is Not Consent.” As the march wound its way past student residences someone on a balcony yelled “Shut up.” In reply, the group shouted back

in unison, “No!” Arno Rosenfeld, 19, attended the march and described it as a powerful experience. As features editor for the student paper The Ubyssey, Rosenfeld stirred up controversy earlier this month when a column he wrote criticized a campus Take Back the Night, Women Against Violence Against Women rally attended by many of the same people who organized the march. In his column he objected to the ideological purity of the organizers and the link made by others between the assaults and colonialism, a wide brush he argued turned off people new to the debate. “I wanted to see some more effective advocacy,” he said. Rosenfeld said Friday’s march was more organized and the points effectively made. He wished more of UBC’s nearly 50,000 students had taken part, he said. The march ended with poetry readings and speeches in front of the campus Goddess of Democracy statue. Natalie Clark, an instructor in the faculty of social work, spoke of a 12-year-old girl she worked with as a trauma counsellor who had been sexually assaulted and described the assault as her first sexual experience. “I said to her, that is your first experience of violence on your body, and I hope it is the only one, but it is not your first sexual experience. Rape, sexual assault are not about sex, experience or consent,” she said. “There needs to be spaces where you can talk about these things.” Twenty-three year old creative writing student Kyla Jamieson read an open letter to her younger brother about the importance of getting a woman’s consent for any sexual activity. “Things like … how if a girl doesn’t say no, how it can still be rape,” she said. thuncher@shaw.ca twitter.com/Thuncher

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he blueprint for ferry cuts released on Nov. 18 shows how far into the details the government is reaching to save money. For instance, they want to cancel the 7 a.m. sailing from Alliford Bay on Moresby Island to Skidegate on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii. The blueprint analyzed that route and every single other small ferry run on the coast to build a case for each cut. That particular sailing runs at as low as five per cent capacity. Over the year, the boat runs at an average 20 per cent capacity. It carried 87,000 passengers and cost $4.81 million more than it made in fares last year. With similar profiles for every affected route, it looks like every single part of B.C. Ferries has been scrutinized. But there’s one component that is sailing clear of any curtailments. Predictably enough, it’s at the very top. The board of directors has weathered all the cutting that’s been going on lately. The more you look at the recent history of the corporation, the more you wonder why. It’s obvious to all now that the government has retaken control and authority over B.C. Ferries. And if the government is going to set policy, as it did this week, what’s the point of having a board of directors? It’s a particularly valid question because it’s a fairly expensive board of directors. Board chairman Donald Hayes collected $100,323 for the year ending last March, according to the annual report filed with securities authorities. Eight other directors made between $25,000 and $51,000. The total cost of the board stipends was $442,000. They and their immediate family members also get travel passes. Ifthebudgethawksarefine-tuningtheirtargetstothepointoflookingatthings like cutting the 10 p.m. sailing from Quadra Island to Campbell River, why aren’t they looking at the $442,000 that’s there for the taking? The board no doubt spends its meetings going over high-level policy and setting directions. But it also spends a lot of its time setting executive compensation levels. It was directly responsible for the bonus payments that went to some senior executives last year. Those prompted Transportation Minister Todd Stone to intervene and demand a rollback, which was accomplished to some degree when ferries management replaced bonuses with holdbacks. It goes down as a bad decision by the board. It also goes down as a decision that was overturned by a cabinet minister. That’s become a routine part of the B.C. Ferry decision-making through the last few years of fiscal crises. The B.C. Liberal cabinet waded in to curtail salaries four years ago, then barged in two years later to ease plans for whopping fare hikes. Then it facilitated independent ferry commissioner Gordon Macatee’s idea for a comprehensive review of the financial crunch the fleet is facing. Then it essentially took over the response to those dire findings, conducting the entire process that led to the route reductions announced this week. It wasn’t B.C. Ferries that announced the route reductions, the end of the free midweek rides for seniors and the slot machines that are coming. It was Transportation Minister Todd Stone. That news conference cemented the impression that the redesign made in 2003 to divorce B.C. Ferries from political interference just doesn’t make any sense any more. On paper, the corporation is overseen by a $442,000-a-year board of directors. And that board is overseen by another board, representing the B.C. Ferry Authority, which is the entity that owns the company on behalf of the government. That board cost more than $120,000 last year in stipends and held four meetings. Meanwhile, the fares and service levels and various operational details are overseen by the B.C. Ferry Commission, which ran on a $300,000 budget in its last reported year. And the whole confusing enterprise is overseen by a cabinet that steps in whenever it feels the need. There’s one person who seems to have full authority over B.C. Ferries. It’s whoever happens to be transportation minister. The other two boards of directors should go the way of the 11 p.m. boat to Blubber Bay. lleyne@timescolonist.com

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al-Mart in Canton, Ohio, made headlines when it was revealed, a week before American Thanksgiving last week, that it was holding a food drive. Nope, not for the less fortunate members of its own community. For some of its own staff members. Wal-Mart has defended this, saying it shows how wonderful it is that its associates (as it classily dubs its low-paid employees) care about one another. Yeah, I’m sure it’s not demoralizing at all to work at a company that rewards its CEO with $20.7 million last year, while giving many of its workers so little that they need charity to put food on their tables. McDonald’s, meanwhile, has started offering its employees odd advice, including to eat their food in small bites, so they feel fuller quicker. That’ll help keep their stomachs from rumbling if their only source of income is the Golden Arches. Of course, McDonald’s doesn’t expect you to just work for them. Their own budget calculator, to “help” their employees, includes a second job. The company’s McResources line was also recently recorded advising a 10-year employee — who still makes minimum wage, of course — to apply for food stamps and other government programs to keep her head above water. Studies show that, in the United States, one in five families of fast food workers live below the poverty line, and 52 per cent of them rely on government programs like Medicaid and food stamps. That’s bad compared to the 25 per cent of the workforce that uses government programs — but that simply makes me wonder why 25 per cent of working Americans also can’t make ends meet. The company’s In the past couple of years, there have been rumblings McResources line was from the world of fast food also recently recorded and the frontline retail sector. Low-paid workers have been advising a 10-year trying sporadically to organize into unions, have staged employee — who still walkouts, and are starting makes minimum wage, to demand a living wage. So their demands have been of course — to apply for far, largely ignored. This is stupid. food stamps and other If you’re the CEO of a large government programs company, you should be sharpening your pencil and to keep her head above slashing your own salary and distributing it among your water. employees. Maybe you don’t want to do this unilaterally — maybe you’re worried it will cut into your profits too much if you actually pay your workers a living wage, something that allows them to cover rent and food and save up a little. In that case, millionaires of the world, I would advise you to start lobbying for higher minimum wages and stronger union laws. I’m serious. Because there are a couple of ways this can go, and not all of them are good for the super-rich. About the least-bad scenario (from the perspective of the private jet class) is that eventually, once the middle class has been ground down to a fine powder, the poor will simply vote for new politicians who will cram living wage laws down the throats of the business elite. Most of the other scenarios involve torches and pitchforks, or angry guys with beards and AK-47s. Those don’t tend to end well for anyone, rich or poor. I know that most of the super-wealthy CEOs have their empathy surgically removed around the first time they occupy a corner office, but this is about pure self-interest. What’s going on now is partly about wages, but it’s partly about respect, too. It doesn’t matter if you call your workers associates or partners or friendly-buddies. If you treat them with disdain and foist their problems on the taxpayer, neither the workers nor the other taxpayers will mind one bit if you fall from your great height. mclaxton@langleyadvance.com

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NO BOBOLINKS, BUT PLENTY OF CHILDREN’S VOICES AT SOUTH VAN PARK

To the editor: Re: “What’s in a name? Whither Bobolink Park,” Nov. 8. I read with interest the recent article about Bobolink Park and was surprised to hear it called “sleepy,” which to me meant there was not a lot happening in this park. Bobolink Avenue was also referred to and this is where our Family Place is located. Bobolink Avenue is a closedoff street that divides Bobolink Park and is also where both the South Vancouver Family Place and Kids Care Preschool are located and have been for more than 12 years. Just south of us is David Oppenheimer Elementary, a busy local school with more than 350 children attending and they all use the park. Bobolink Park is a very busy community hub for hundreds of families living in the Victoria/Fraserview community. The Family Place offers a daily drop-in program for families with young children as well as offers parenting programs and ESL classes. The 70 family preschool offers a blend of bilingual (Chinese/English) and English programs to the many families with young children

who live throughout the community. We may not have any Bobolink songbirds but the Park is full of the good noise of children and families connecting and playing together.

Sharon Babu, South Vancouver Family Place

MORE LEFT-HAND TURN SIGNALS NEEDED AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS To the editor:

Re: “Knight Street Bridge offramp city’s worst,” Nov. 8 I was glad to read the city has made many improvements by implementing a series of left hand turns from the Fraser River to the Burrard Inlet on Knight Street. Why doesn’t the Vancouver have more left-hand turn signals at busy intersections? I am also stunned by the fact there are trafﬁc signals that have a left-hand turn signal but are not being activated at certain times of the day. One important intersection is Knight (north) and Kingsway. On a recent trip in busy trafﬁc, the left-hand turn signal wasn’t activated. Why is that happening? A person waits like what seems forever and then two cars may make a left on a yellow light. To me, left-hand turn signals are a

no brainer and I am sure ICBC would agree. We need more of them in this city. I also agree with letter writer Don MacKay (Letters, Nov. 15) to get rid of shrubs/trees at off-ramps for proper vision. We don’t need greenery when safety is more important. Any continuing improvements made to Knight Street and its dangerous off-ramp at the north end would be in the best interests of all drivers in this recently named “most congested city.” Joanne Gagan, Vancouver

CITY DOES NOT FUND BIAS

To the editor: Re: “City shops ﬁght back against Black Friday,” Nov. 22. A point in your story requires correction: The BIAs are not funded by the city. They are funded and governed by the building and business owners within a very speciﬁc geographic area. The city does collect the BIA levy through the property tax system, similar to how the independently governed Vancouver School Board funds are collected, and remits the full amount to the respective 22 BIAs in the City of Vancouver.

Charles Gauthier, President/CEO Downtown BIA

ON YOUR MIND ONLINE COURIER COLUMN: “Canada’s vanishing jobs include milkmen,” Nov. 19 Patti Bacchus @pattibacchus: We had an “egg man” who walked right into our kitchen & put the eggs in the fridge. (60s out by UBC). Keith Baldrey @keithbaldrey: I was a paperboy. Kelly Fisher @kfisher60: I remember mom leaving the money in the milk bottle on the front porch! JLThomson @nannylula: I remember having a horse drawn milk delivery. Hockey pucks left behind in winter Philomena Hanson @VicArtsMrktg: Ike, the milkman delivered with horse drawn wagon up to late 50’s. #yeg Kids fed horse grass ... COURIER STORY: “Arbutus Ridge: St. George’s is centre of Greek life in Vancouver,” Nov. 22 Vangelis Catevatis: The Hellenic Community of Vancouver, should recognize the long time (40 years) services of Rev. Demetrios S. Partsafas and create a scholarship in his name for the The Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy for young Greek people of Vancouver willing to enter priesthood. COURIER STORY: “Vancouver shops fight back against Black Friday ,” Nov. 22 BCTBC: It’s great to hear that they are fighting... unfortunately they are fighting a losing battle. Their suppliers charge 10 to 40 per cent more for the goods they sell into Canada. Even 60 per cent off a 30 per cent off higher price isn’t enough to beat U.S. pricing. For me, the discounts I receive in the U.S. more than make up for a two-night hotel stay.... just sayin. Follow us on Facebook: The VancouverCourierNewspaper and Twitter: @VanCourierNews

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COAL HARBOUR For many Vancouverites, checking out the Christmas-themed windows at the Woodward’s department store on Hastings Street was a much-loved tradition. But when Woodward’s closed almost 20 years ago, those holiday windows became a thing of the past and the tiny toy trains and animated snowmen were packed away apparently for good. But then 10 years ago the iconic windows were resurrected and put back on display at Canada Place, where they’ll be again from Dec. 1 to 31. Christmas at Canada Place, presented by Port Metro Vancouver, is celebrating everyone’s favourite Canadian Christmas memories with the Woodward’s Windows, skating under the Northern Lights, a chance to ride the holiday train and more. Visit the Canada Place cruise ship terminal with a food bank donation dropped in the giant “present” located on the front plaza. Christmas at Canada Place is free, family fun and part of the Winter Waterfront District. For detailed hours and performance schedule, visit canadaplace.ca.

MOUNT PLEASANT The 20th annual Women’s Winter Faire takes place from Friday Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St., and launches with a concert to celebrate the anniversary. Celebrating Women’s Voices includes performers such as Kate Reid, Sandy Scoﬁeld (who performed during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics), Clara Shandler: Sidewalk cellist, and JB the First Lady. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For the past 19 years, the Women’s Win-

ter Faire, formerly known as the Women’s Winter Arts & Crafts Faire, has presented many of B.C.’s most talented female artisans and craftswomen. This year shoppers can browse through more than 50 booths of “creative, funky, beautiful, ecologicallysound and diverse gifts.” The faire is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Entrance is by a suggested $3 to $5 donation to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. For more information, visit soundsandfuries.com.

CITYWIDE The Vancouver Rock Climbing Group has organized the Climb for Kids Christmas fundraising project, with proceeds divided equally between with the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Climb and Conquer Society of Canada. The non-proﬁt group provides affordable access to climbing for low-income youth from Vancouver and their parents or guardians. With the support from three climbing gyms, and donations, 137 children or youth, as well as 75 parents or guardians have enjoyed 56 drop-in sessions since 2011. As well, more than 100 climbers are volunteer mentors and have introduced climbing to youth. The Christmas Climb for Kids fundraiser asks all climbers and non-climbers to challenge their limits, have some fun along the way and raise money for a good cause. The project week begins Dec. 16 and is followed by the Cliffhanger and Hive parties Dec. 20 and 21 respectively. Visit vrcg.ca/Christmas for more details.

MOUNT PLEASANT The Vancouver Welsh Society presents Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Dec. 12 and 13 at the Cambrian Hall, 215 East 17th Ave. The holiday-themed evenings include live original music and favourite Christmas carols, but patrons must be 19 years of age or older. A Child’s Christmas in Wales features Russell Roberts, Brian Tate, Colleen Winton

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GRANDVIEW-WOODLAND Got Craft? Vancouver’s largest indie craft fair has found a new home, just in time for its 14th show, which is an opportunity to shop from a wide variety of handmade goods ranging from jewelry, clothing, ceramics, stationery, housewares, plush toys and more. Enjoy tasty treats including homemade baked goods and artisan choco-

late, while making your own craft project to take home with one of the do-it-yourself workshops being offered. Be one of the ﬁrst 50 people each day to receive a free swag bag ﬁlled with goodies from the show’s vendors and sponsors. Got Craft? takes place Saturday, Dec. 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St. For more information visit gotcraft.com. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakhstan. Images from the cameras — one shoots still photos and other streams video — are expected to be available online by early next year. They will be installed on the Zvezda service module, the Russian segment of the space station, during two space walks in mid-December

and are expected to start shooting a few months later. Company officials say there will be about a one-hour delay before the images taken by the cameras show up on Urthecast’s website. The cameras were packed in among three tons of food, fuel and supplies that will be delivered to the space station in about four days.

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If you’re ﬁlling in your holiday calendar, there are several festive displays you won’t want to miss. Holiday lights have been installed at three Vancouver parks. They’ll be turned on daily from Dec.1 to Jan. 7 between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. until midnight. • Lost Lagoon Fountain in

Stanley Park, which is visible from the Georgia Street causeway, is strung with 6,000 multi-coloured SLED lights (seasonal light emitting diodes). • Elm Grove at English Bay (Beach Avenue at Bidwell Street) features more than 12,000 energy efﬁcient SLED lights. The lights will be left on for 24 hours on Dec. 1 to mark

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Weather Network’s winter forecast a little flaky ‘LA NADA’ SYSTEM DIFFICULT TO PREDICT SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

ancouverites can expect less Pineapple Express and more arctic air this winter. “Vancouver will experience variable weather patterns where it will rain for a few weeks before it changes to a different pattern for a few weeks,” said Elena Lappo, a meteorologist with the Weather Network, during a phone interview from Oakville Ont., Tuesday morning. “The B.C. Coast will experience more arctic outbreaks, but over time it will average out to seasonal or slightly below seasonal amounts of precipitation.” Lappo said meteorologists from the Weather Network examine a number of factors while compiling a winter forecast for December, January and February for Canada. The team compares long-range computer models of patterns across the world, looks for signs of weather systems such as El Niño or La Niña and considers the atmospheric conditions of the world’s oceans. “It’s very important to look at these patterns

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The Weather Network has released its winter forecast, which could mean ﬂurries like Vancouver received last December as early as next week. together and compare them to computer models of previous years with similar conditions,” said Lappo. “But because this year there is no indication of El Niño or La Niña, there is no strong signal to indicate patterns, making a forecast much more difﬁcult to predict.” According to the network, this neutral weather system dubbed “La Nada” typically means a less predictable, highly variable pattern, while storm tracks are less established but persistent. The network predicts a major storm will affect

all of Eastern Canada over the next several days followed by bitter arctic air in much of the interior of B.C. with a possibility of heavy snow. “In Vancouver, you can probably expect ﬂurries as early as next week,” said Lappo, who added Vancouver typically sees 32 centimetres of snow each winter. Murray Wightman, streets operations manager for the city, said he has heard there is a possibility of snow next week and his department is ready. “I’ve heard several different stories about

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what’s going to happen next week,” said Wightman. “But no matter what, we’re good to go.” Wightman’s annual budget for snow removal is $750,000 and while some years, such as in 2008, the budget is exceeded, at most times the city stays within that number. Wightman added his snow plan make a priority of 14 major snow routes to which he immediately dispatches 14 trucks. Wightman said while until two years ago bike routes were something of an afterthought, they are now a priority. “What’s evolved in the City of Vancouver is that instead of trying to do bike routes off the side of my desk, there is now an automatic response to get them cleared,” said Wightman. “I asked the city for the top 15 most heavily used and prioritized them into three groups.” Wightman also ensures parts of the seawall are cleared immediately and coordinates with organizations such B.C. Ambulance, Coast Mountain Bus Company and the Vancouver School Board. He noted Vancouver Fire and Rescue and the Vancouver Police Department typically use chains to get around the city. Wightman said once a snowfall is predicted, crews salt streets the night before because the salt works only it has been ground into asphalt by vehicle tires. He added that’s why the city now often uses a salt brine, which is sprayed onto streets. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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lot of Canadians will be heading over the border to Washington State this weekend for Black Friday sales. A big part of those sales will involve consumer electronics and gadgets. Will these shoppers save money? Not necessarily. The disparity in prices for tech between Canadian and U.S. retailers for the same products was long a sore spot for shoppers north of the 49th. Prices ﬁnally levelled out, more or less, when the Canadian dollar reached parity with its American counterpart and Canadian consumers complained. In general, Canadians still pay more for the exact same device. Apple, for example, has consistently charged more for its products in Canada than in the U.S. no matter what the currency exchange rates have been. The second generation iPad mini costs $399 from Apple in the U.S. but $419 in Canada. The

Apple TV is $99 for Americans and $109 for Canadians. The latest Macbook pro starts at $1,299 in the U.S. and $1,349 for Canucks. Apple is not alone. Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch tablet is $229 in the U.S., $254 in Canada. The Fire, while considered a good tablet, is a sour example of paying more for less since the Canadian version does not have access to Amazon’s music or video stores, two key services which the Fire was designed to showcase. Often the differences in pricing make no sense. Dell sells its Venue 8 Pro tablet, an apparent sleeper hit, for $299 on both sides of the border. But its larger sibling, the Venue 11 Pro, starts at $499 in the U.S. and $549 in Canada. Why? In other cases, the prices for the same products are exactly the same. Want to buy an Xbox One? Save gas and get it at home because it’s $499 on both sides of the border. The same goes for the PlayStation 4 at $399. Microsoft, by the way, seems to be one of the most Canada-friendly of tech brands. Its Surface tablets cost exactly the same in both Richmond and Redmond. You can see a pattern here. For the major brands, few of the differences in price between north and south are enough to make

you jump into the car to Bellingham, unless you’re buying in bulk. At most the differences are enough to be annoying, as if the Americans are reminding us they’re still peeved we didn’t join their republic. One other point: as far as I know, only the Dell tablets among the devices I’ve mentioned here are being discounted for Black Friday. So why cross the border at all for consumer tech? The reason is much greater choice and a range of cheap, no-name products and accessories you’ll never ﬁnd at home. Look at the websites for both Amazon in the U.S. and here in Canada and you’ll wonder if you’re dealing with the same retailer when it comes to inventory. The same goes for brick and mortar stores like Best Buy. Americans simply have more stuff to sell. Televisions are a good example. The Canadian Best Buy site offers products from eight manufacturers. The American Best Buy offers more than 50 brands. A lot of them are small, no-name knockoffs, but in an era when most modern TVs are good enough for the great majority of consumers, these smaller brands are where savings are found. Vizio, for example, is a U.S.-based manufacturer that makes cheap but well-regarded televisions and home theatre accessories. But they

are for sale only in America. Moving to another popular category, the disparity is worse. Best Buy in Canada offers tablets from 15 manufacturers. For Best Buy U.S., that number is 87. There are a couple of other points to consider before you decide if you’ll head south. On Black Friday, real savings will be found in Washington State, but you’ll have to rely on smarts, luck and (in true American style) aggression against other shoppers in finding bargains. A lot of the sales seem to work exactly the same as Boxing Day, that is deeply discounting a few, often obsolete items to attract hordes of shoppers into the stores where, once the discounted items are gone, they’ll find regular prices for everything else. Another consideration involves returns and servicing. Products you buy at an American Best Buy must be returned to an American Best Buy if you want a refund or need servicing. Best Buy Canada won’t do it, so be prepared to make additional trips south if you want to return that iPad or get it replaced if it doesn’t work. You might save money. You might also do a lot of driving. Weigh the benefits of sovereignty. blink@vancourier.com twitter:com/trueblinkit

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In-home services, for eligible clients, include home care nursing, rehabilitation, home support and palliative care. Community-based services include adult day programs, meal programs, as well as assisted living, residential care services and hospice care. Case management services are provided in both the home and community.

y 2026, one in five British Columbians will be a senior, according to B.C. Health Services. This growing sector of the population needs to be “taken notice of” and their specific needs addressed.

Vancouver seniors will no doubt have to deal with the typical health issues, both mental and physical, of aging. While not everyone loses their independence as they grow older, a significant number of men and women will need some assistance as they get into their 80’s and 90’s. And it’s more complex than that. Seniors can be a target of break and enter, purse snatching, assault and fraudulent activity by criminals who know that the more frail of society will put up little resistance. A senior (home alone, without many visitors), is easy pickin’s for drug addicts or burglars seeking a quick buck. WHERE TO TURN? Ideally, family members help out as much as possible, but with their own busy lives and responsibilities, and a lack of skills in personal care and/or nursing expertise, this is oftentimes inadequate to serve the full needs of an aging senior with limitations.

Home and community care services covered by the B.C. Ministry of Health provide a range of health care and support services for eligible residents who have acute, chronic, palliative or rehabilitative health care needs. These services are designed to complement and supplement, but not replace, the efforts of individuals to care for themselves with the assistance of family, friends and community.

HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES: • support clients to remain independent and in their own homes for as long as possible; • provide services at home to clients who would otherwise require admission to hospital or would stay longer in hospital; • provide assisted living and residential care services to clients who can no longer be supported in their homes; and • provide services that support people who are nearing the end of their life, and their families, at home or in a hospice. More information is available through Vancouver Coastal Health’s public and professional referral line at 604-263-7377.

Note: In the Dec. 11 edition of Seniors, we’ll cover “Pay as you go” home care options.

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o you know about the benefit payments, tax credits and discounts available specifically for seniors? The majority of Canadian seniors are entitled to receive income from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), and Old Age Security (OAS). The age at which you begin to receive these benefits affects the amount you receive. Canadians with low incomes may also qualify for the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) but must apply through Service Canada to receive it.

It is worth comparing discounted accounts with others not specifically for seniors. To make this task easier, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) has an online Banking Package Selector Tool that lists more than 200 bank accounts offered by financial institutions across the country to help Canadians find the bank account that best meets their needs. Information courtesy.newscanada.com.

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This bazaar has something to offer everyone and the prices are fantastic! For the bargain hunter: books, jewellery, dishes and kitchen items, hand-knitted toques, scarves, baby clothing, purses and accessories, household goods, and much more.

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Christmas Luncheon (55+yrs) Wed. Dec. 11, 12 pm to 3 pm There will be a full meal with entertainment and door prizes (with instructor, Fatima Kheraj). Renfrew Park Community Centre 2929 E. 22nd Ave., Room 110 Phone: 604-257-8388, ext 3 to register.

Christmas Sing-a-long (55+yrs) Fri. Dec. 20, 11 am to 12 pm Music and singing! Spend a fun filled hour singing and after treat yourself & friend to lunch at this Friday Community Lunch Program. (With no instructor). Renfrew Park Community Centre 2929 E. 22nd Ave., Room 112 Phone: 604-257-8388, ext 3, to register.

For the collector of vintage finds: vintage jewellery, handbags and purses, hats and scarves, retro dishes and glassware, original artwork and collectibles. For the person who is starting out and is looking for some nice things to outfit your place: dishes, mugs, pots and pans, small appliances. Find this and many more household essentials including artwork and decorative items. For the avid reader: Books of all types sorted into categories for easy browsing. Arrive early for the best selection. You’ll feel like you’ve walked away with the best deal ever when you purchase your books for the amazing price of 50 cents per soft-cover and $1 for a hardcover. *NOTE – We are still accepting donations of books, jewellery, household goods, artwork, dishes & kitchen items, purses, luggage & accessories and more! But we do not take furniture, large appliances/electronics, clothing or bedding. Please drop off items at our centre at 1420 W.12th Ave from Mon-Fri 9 to 4. submitted by Merrily Tan, Programs & Volunteer Coordinator

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The Arts Club’s stage adaptation of David Sedaris’s THE SANTALAND DIARIES is back for another season of yuletide charm, only this time there’s a new elf in town. TOBY BERNER puts on the striped tights in Sedaris’s humourous tale of his tour of duty as an elf at Macy’s Santaland. It’s at Granville Island’s Revue Stage until Dec. 21. For tickets and more info, go to artsclub.com.

When they’re not busy performing their dank duties for Black Mountain, AMBER WEBBER and JOSHUA WELLS keep the lava light burning as LIGHTNING DUST. The duo performs its Wurlitzer and acoustic guitar-fueled minimalism at the Biltmore Nov. 27 in support of their latest album, FANTASY, which is said to have found its inspiration in skeletal synth pop, modern R&B beats and the ﬁlms of John Carpenter. Louise Burns opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu and ticketweb.ca. More details at biltmorecabaret.com.

Fans of offbeat documentaries about Finnish dudes who can’t stay in one place too long and attempt to restore broken-down trucks and drive 4,000 miles from Alaska to B.C., you’re in luck. Aleksi Salmenperä’s doc ALASKAN HIGHWAY screens Nov. 27, 6:30 p.m. at the Cinematheque as part of the EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL. Details at thecinematheque.ca/ euﬁlmfestival. Vancouver indie-folk collective THE FUGITIVES featuring Adrian Glynn and Brendan McLeod at the helm return from a cross-Canada tour in support of their album EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN. They’ll be at the Biltmore Nov. 28 with guests White Ash Falls and Johnny 99. Tickets at Redcat, Zulu and ticketweb.ca.

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Not since the early ’90s when we were svelte, limber and performed mating dances to Ned’s Atomic Dustbin have we felt as wanted as we do now. Earlier this month, Coun. George Afﬂeck and the NPA announced a city-wide campaign 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. Dubbed “neighbourhood-listening forums,” these feelgood sounding NPA rebranding efforts will be held across the city where, according to Courier scribe Mike Howell, “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. If that weren’t enough, Vision Vancouver and its resident DJ/mayor Gregor Robertson have also decided to reach out and offer a soft shoulder to cry on. On Tuesday, Robertson and his crew held a “telephone town hall” meeting, which supposedly offered residents a chance to pose questions to Mayor Robertson over the phone. We were even left an invitation to the event on our answering machine. And although it would have been tempting to phone up and ask the mayor if his fridge was running, Tuesday was

our night to horde hay and make our fellow Settlers of Catan wish they never crossed us in their underhanded livestock dealings. That said, it’s nice to know the city’s two major civic parties really want to get to know us. Or at least appear like they really want to get to know us. Which is why we’ve decided to hold our own feel-good forums. • As the name suggests, K&K’s Cuddle Camp is a more touchy-feely information session where participants express themselves not with words but gentle rubs and squeezes. • Talk to the Hand is not as dismissive and dated as it sounds. #TTTH is K&K’s new street-wise effort to “rap” with the kids about what’s buggin’ them, via their dope hand-held devices, yo. Just don’t tell mom and dad. Just like our homies DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince like to say, parents just don’t understand. Word. Hashtag! LOL! • Mouth to Mouth Mondays is a weekly provocative social experiment involving either hot make out sessions with strangers or passing questions on folded-up pieces of paper between your mouth and ours like a mother robin would feed its babies. We haven’t decided yet. • Rage in the Cage mixes the physicality of mixed martial arts with the incessant whining of ad hoc community groups who don’t like change. Get in the K&K Grievance Octagon and let your emotions and self-serving arguments ﬂy as you grapple with Randy Red Tape, Municipal Mayhem and Dr. Bureaucracy. Two bitterly frustrated men or women enter, and two bitterly frustrated men or women leave. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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Live music, dance showcased on an even smaller stage STATE OF THE ARTS with Cheryl Rossi

n intimate back room, eight-footby-eight-foot stage and dancers performing to live music are the key ingredients in the next installment of Dances for a Small Stage. Small Stage point 5 takes place at the Emerald, Vancouver’s newest supper club and lounge in Chinatown Nov. 29 and 30. Julie-anne Saroyan, artistic producer of dance society MovEnt, which produces Dances for a Small Stage, couldn’t say no when Ryan Guldemond, lead singer of indie rock band Mother Mother, and choreographer and contemporary dance artist Jen Mcleash Lewis approached her wanting to collaborate for a Small Stage show. Saroyan had been missing the melding of live music and dance that she recalls gaining prominence in the 1980s when David Bowie took Montreal’s La La La Human Steps on tour. “I don’t know where we would be without that collaboration, actually,” Saroyan said. “It proved that you could popularize it and you could make it ﬁt with rock stars and that rock stars were actually interested in dance.” Guldemond’s touring dates didn’t coincide with scheduled Small Stage events, so Saroyan produced Small Stage point 5 as a focus for live music and contemporary dance. Dances for a Small Stage typically happens on a 10-foot-by-13-foot stage. For this event the stage is even smaller.

“When you present artists with parameters, they take on the challenge and exceed your expectations,” Saroyan said. Small Stage point 5 will feature ﬁve pairings of a dancer with a musician in front of an audience of up to 80. “I didn’t imagine that Corbin [Murdoch of The Nautical Miles] would write a piece for three men singing a cappella. And Lina [Fitzner’s] dancing in front of these three guys — didn’t know that would happen,” she said. “I also didn’t imagine that Ryan [Guldemond] would be so bold and grab his guitar and sing with no band behind him and Jen climbing all over him. I don’t know how he’s keeping his hands on his guitar.” Mcleash Lewis, one of the founders of Brief Encounters, which pairs people from a vast range of disciplines to create short performances, has co-curated Small Stage point 5 with Saroyan. When they corralled experimental electric pop artist Stefana Fratila, Fratila told them she wanted to dance, too. So Karissa Barry, whose choreography credits include the Dancing on the Edge Festival and Dances for a Small Stage, created phrases of movement the two can perform together. Hayden Fong will perform to music by CR Avery and Julie Chapple will dance to the cello sounds of Michelle Faehrmann, who will perform on a long, skinny instrument because her regular cello is too bulky for the small stage. Rachel Zottenberg, co-owner of the Emerald, will emcee the event and patrons can come early for a prix ﬁxe three-course meal. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Karissa Barry choreographs a segment of Small Stage point 5, the latest instalment of Dances for a Small Stage, at the Emerald Nov. 29 and 30.

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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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Except in the Unlikely Event of a War takes a satirical look at how’s there’s big money to be made during wartime. to do this show. We follow Wolfe (as himself), Moloney, Lucia Frangione, Josette Jorge and Sean Devine (yes, he’s in there too,playinghimself—theplaywright—as well as the bad guy). We see video clips of rehearsals with the actors getting frustrated, improvising, telling Devine to back off and, in the case of Frangione, complaining she’s not getting enough exposure in this play. The meta-theatrics are messy and funny — and some of it is probably true! In short: there’s a lot going on. Butit’sdisturbinglypossiblethattherich continental shelf of the Arctic — claimed by Canada, Russia, the U.S., Norway and Denmark — could initiate a full-scale dispute. Throw in rumours of an armed Chinese submarine, and the possibility that the Canadian Arctic could be the next arena of war doesn’t seem so farfetched. Produced by Pi Theatre and Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Theatre, this is a very slick production. Yvan Morissette’s set is multi-levelled, military grey-ongrey with a large video screen stage left

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Theatre for Living continues a 32-year legacy of innovation with a project about the corporate messages that live within our collective psyche.

What we need is a war.” We hear it said but no one ever really means it. However, in Except in the Unlikely Event of War, a group of thinktank scientists attending a 1965 summit meeting in Resolute Bay, NWT, agree that, contrary to public opinion, “the organizing principle of society is war, not peace.” And later in the play, a nasty NeoConservative claims that starting a war is a simple three-step procedure beginning with “manufacture it.” In this world premiere of Sean Devine’s play there are several time frames all operatingatonceandthere’smulti-casting,too, so it’s easy to get lost. And I did, occasionally. But I was so entertained and intrigued by the possible/probable scenarios Devine creates that being lost was invigorating. Billed as a satire, the play ﬂirts with agitprop and that’s OK because both Except in the Unlikely Event of War and Naomi Klein’s book TheShockDoctrine get it right: there’s big money to be made in wartime. If wars don’t happen naturally, someone will manufacture one; follow the money. Devine’splaybeginsin1965beforeitleapfrogs forward to 2015 and a Resolute Bay radio station and host Tommy Bane (Robert Moloney). Rumours of a large unidentiﬁed object lurking under Canadian Arctic waters are spreading. It could be a Chinese nuclear attack submarine. Or it could be that the Canadian public is being played. Another layer in the play is the metatheatrical one in which real time director Richard Wolfe auditions actor Moloney who says he has given up some real money

Theatre without a net. No actors. No play. No script. Joked by: David Diamond The event takes 2.5 to 3 hours.

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on which video designer Candelario Andrade projects the rehearsal scenes and backstage video clips that make for most of the laughs. All five actors keep all the balls in the air although in Act 2, Devine overplays the out-of-control, right-wing manipulator and undercuts a certain kind of ‘reality’ that he has created. The inspiration for Except in the Unlikely Event of War is Leonard C. Lewin’s non-fiction book Report From Iron Mountain, which was, initially, taken for truth and on the New York Times’ bestseller list before Lewin confessed it was all a hoax. Satire or agit-prop? From Devine’s Playwright’s Note: “There is an ideological movement within the Conservative Party that goes beyond libertarian politics, beyond fiscal conservatism. It’s all about control... Turf them out in 2015.” Is Devine trying to open our eyes, provoke us into action or entertain us? Yes, yes and yes. Very smart guy. —reviewed by Jo Ledingham For more reviews, go to joledingham.ca.

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celebrate Theatre Replacement’s Jack and The Beanstalk: An East Van Panto features words by comedian and author Charles Demers, music by Veda Hille and direction by Amiel Gladstone. Wackiness ensues.

Festive days ahead CHERYL ROSSI Staff writer

f you’ve yet to feel dazzled by the coming of Christmas there are plenty of festive events to immerse you in the holiday spirit. Here’s the first of two non-exhaustive lists of entertainment happenings.

NOW UNTIL DEC. 21 • Christmas Queen: Improv Comedy Fairytale Vancouver TheatreSports League’s latest show features a Christmas Queen who is out to ruin Christmas for the townsfolk, a gallant but reluctant hero and a love story. Every night the tale will take a different turn based on audience suggestions. It’s an allages show that fuses musical theatre with comedy. Christmas Queen runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Improv Centre on Granville Island, 1502 Duranleau St., at 7:30 p.m. Tickets.vtsl.com.

NOV. 28 TO DEC. 28 • It’s Snowing on Saltspring It’s Christmas Eve, the stockings are not hung by the chimney with care and disenchanted Bill Bannister (Andrew McNee) hopes that St. Nick won’t be there. What will it take for him to rediscover the spirit of Christmas? Nicola Cavendish’s holiday classic returns to the Arts Club Theatre with a contemporary touch. The script, written in 1985, has been updated to reflect Cavendish’s artistic growth and current sensibilities. Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston St. Tickets are $29 to $49. Phone 604-687-1644 or visit artsclub.com for more details.

DEC. 3 TO 7

• A Christmas Carol in Gay Apparel This parody of the classic A Christmas Carol tells the tale of Eleanor Crooge, who must come out of the closet as well as give up her selﬁsh ways. Crooge works at her yoga clothing company that’s staffed by a quartet of eccentrics. They try their best to share Christmas cheer despite their employer’s tight control and eye on proﬁt. High school student Tina Timmins, who faces homophobic bullying, has the audacity to ask Crooge for a donation for her high school’s Gay Straight Alliance. Marley is a college girlfriend who visits Crooge as a ghost. Marley’s warning is followed by visits from the Ghosts of Lesbians Past, Present and Future. This mix of songs and sketches runs at the Culture Lab, 1895 Venables St. Tickets are $20. Call 604251-1363 or go to tickets.thecultch.com.

The Courier’s got all the info you’ll need to entertain, shop, celebrate and enjoy all Vancouver has to offer. Bookmark these dates! HOLIDAY GUIDES Nov. 15 - Dec. 24, Wed & Fri FESTIVE HOMES: Fri. Nov. 22 / Dec. 13 KERRISDALE CHRISTMAS: Wed. Dec. 4

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DEC. 4 TO 29 • Jack and The Beanstalk: An East Van Panto This all-ages show by Theatre Replacement features words by comedian and author Charles Demers, music by Veda Hille and direction by Amiel Gladstone. Tickets from $18. A family pack for four for $94. Tickets $20, 604251-1363, or online tickets.thecultch.com.

DEC. 6 • Baroque Christmas The Vancouver Chamber Choir will present pieces by Bach, Monteverdi and Handel with the help of the Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and Paciﬁca Singers at the Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $20.50 to $50. Ticketmaster.ca or 1855-985-ARTS (2787). Student rush tickets are $10 one hour before the concert. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Mixed showing for Griffins and Ghosts HAMBER FINISHES 10TH, LORD BYNG 12TH AT B.C. CHAMPIONSHIPS MEGAN STEWART Staff writer

he head coach of Hamber’s senior boys soccer team dug through the history books to find out the last time the Griffins went to the B.C. championships. His guess: 37 years ago when Hamber won the 1976 city title. “They don’t even have the record for this,” said Pino Scaglione. Their road back to the B.C.’s was anything but smooth, said the coach, given the incredible parity in the city league this season. “Every day was a different story,” he said. Hamber finished third in the city league with four wins and two losses, one point behind both Kitsilano (4-1) and Point Grey (4-1). The Hounds topped the table but didn’t advance to Lower Mainlands while Lord Byng (1-4) finished sixth and rose to win the city championship and become the only other Vancouver team to reach provincials. At Lower Mainlands, Hamber eliminated Kitsilano, Churchill and St. George’s in three straight do-ordie games. “They were all must-win games,”

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Hamber’s Emis Weinstein-Wright, in maroon, handles the ball in an elimination game against Surrey’s Elgin Park Nov. 23 at Burnaby Lake Parks. Scan this page with Layar to see more photos. said Scaglione, who’s known around the Oak Street school as Scagz. Hamber lost its ﬁrst game of the double-knock tournament to Lord

Byng in overtime but avenged itself in provincials with a 1-0 win. But at provincials, held Nov. 21 to 23 at Burnaby Lake Park, the

Griffins drew the “group of death” and were placed with the defending 2012 champions from Charles Best, a team stacked with High Performance League athletes, and the eventual 2013 champions from Sutherland. Hamber played Charles Best to a 1-1 draw. “That was a big shocker,” said Scaglione. The success caused the Griffins to relax and in the second game against Sutherland, they allowed three goals in the first 15 minutes. “We took them too lightly,” said the coach. “If we’d started the game a little bit better, it would have been a better game.” Hamber was bolstered on the backline by captain Garrett Robinson and in the midfield by Emis Weinstein-Wright. Goaltender Edgar Duran, a Grade 11 standout from Mexico, kept the Griffins competitive as did Grade 10 midfielder Rocky Ojaji. Key goals came from Jake Chaisson and Duva Karunakaran, who had four at provincials. Hamber finished third in its group and 10th overall in the 16-team tournament. LordByngfinished12thaftercracking the top 10 last year and the results

also sent head coach Andy Johnston to the record books in search of his team’s history. In his 22-year coaching career, Johnston has taken a team to provincials nine times in 18 seasons at AAA. They reached their high point in 1994 when they finished third, and in an email he told the Courier, “Since then we have come fifth, sixth, seventh, eight twice (once last year), 12th (this year), 13th and 15th — never last!” The Grey Ghosts lacked depth to contend at the more competitive level and although they controlled the tempo in their group stage games, they were unable to score. Fatigue set in and so did injuries. Goaltender Mikey Lee was named a tournament all-star and the team was unexpectedly supported by Luc Hansen-Boucher who was hospitalized for a severe cut but returned to cheer on the sidelines. “It was an inspiring show of support and showed his leadership,” said Johnston. “I wasn’t happy with the team’s final standing but all of the guys gave everything they had and in the end, that’s all a coach can ask for.” mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

Canada’s effort ‘sparked’ by teenageYekka JENNIFER THUNCHER Contributing writer

anadian women’s soccer team head coach John Herdman used Sunday afternoon’s international friendly against Mexico to assess some fresh faces in his lineup. The teams played a scoreless draw at B.C. Place before a boisterous hometown crowd of 21,217 that included many girls and young women in their own team colours and a red-bannered section of Voyageurs, the national team booster club. Sixteen-year-old midﬁelder Sura Yekka was a standout for the Canadians and she took advantage of her second-ever cap to show she belongs on the senior national side, the hosts for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Moments after she stepped on the pitch, the tenacious Yekka nearly split the defence down the right wing to open up space for striker Christine Sinclair. She drew several penalties and corner kicks and also covered for Canada in the defensive end.

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Sura Yekka, 16, was singled-out and praised by the national team coach in her second appearance for Canada Nov. 24 at B.C. Place. For Herdman, the ﬁve-foot-six, 135pound Yekka was a rare bright spot in what was an otherwise lackluster effort. “She brought a real spark,” he said in a frank post-game interview. “If anything, she pretty much showed the way in terms of a

positive attitude to really take it to Mexico and I think a couple players fed off her energy.” Yekka said she has always been passionate about the game and knew from a very young age she wanted to play at the highest

possible level. “Sometimes I just take a second and think, ‘Wow, am I really here?’ It is crazy, but it is really good and hopefully I stay,” said Yekka, who began playing soccer when she was six and entered the Canadian youth program just last year at the age of 15. Sinclair’s only smile during post-match interviews came when queried about Yekka. “Sura stepped in and did tremendous,” she said. The pressure will only continue to rise for the Canadians, and Herdman said players are competing to establish themselves and secure a roster position. “I hate coming away from a football match when you’ve got nil-nil on the score line, but it tells you a bit of a story on what we need to add to this team,” he said. Failing to produce the desired result against Mexico was frustrating for the Canadian head coach. The seventh-ranked hosts should have beaten a team currently ranked 24th in the world. thuncher@shaw.ca twitter.com/Thuncher

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sports&recreation Vanier Cup ends too soon for Simonise MEGAN STEWART Staff Writer

n a single play, Rashaun Simonise hit the high point of his rookie football season with the University of Calgary Dinos. Soon after, his season was

over. Simonise, a freshman receiver named the 2013 Canada West rookie of the year, and the Dinos were in Quebec City Nov. 23 to compete for the Vanier Cup against the dominant Rouge et Or of Université Laval. Despite freezing temperatures and blowing snow, 18,543 faithful crammed into the 12,000-seat Telus Stadium to show their support for the hosts and defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport champions. “That was probably the most hostile environment I’ve ever been in,” said Simonise, a 2013 Vancouver College graduate. Laval won 25-14, earning its third Vanier Cup in four years and its eighth since the well-funded program launched in 1996. The Dinos trailed 9-0 in the third quarter when they took a ﬁve-yard penalty and then on the rush were pushed back for a loss of four yards. Calgary was at second and 19 when quarterback Andrew Buckley went deep and found Simonise on the sideline for a 42-yard pass. The catch quieted the raucous crowed, if only brieﬂy.

“I felt like it was very important, and my coach told me early that we were going to take a shot deep,” Simonise said Monday from Calgary. The Dinos returned to Alberta late Sunday night, and Simonise was at an economics class by 9 a.m. the next morning. “I had no choice but to catch it. Buckley made an awesome pass. It’s pretty much a blur to me — right off the start, I just gave it all I could because I knew we had to go deep,” he said. The Dinos drove to Laval’s six-yard line and on the touchdown run, Simonise threw a block for Jake Harty and damaged the meniscus in his right knee. He left the game and didn’t return. “I was pretty upset. I wanted to be able to go back,” he said. “I was blocking and took one step back and I guess I had bad weight on the step and it was a tear. It’s not that serious. I should be about six weeks.” Simonise expects to run track once the indoor season begins in January. The six-footﬁve, 190-pound receiver was nominated for the Peter Gorman Trophy as the rookie of the year for a combined 593 yards in the air plus two touchdowns. On kick and punt returns, he stacked up 578 yards and one 80yard touchdown. mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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