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Cops ease off DTES jaywalkers NEIGHBOURHOOD REMAINS DANGER FOR PEDESTRIANS MIKE HOWELL Staff writer
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Reservists hope to shake up image ARTILLERY REGIMENT PARTICIPATING IN METRO VANCOUVER EARTHQUAKE DRILL SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer
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ancouver’s civilian soldiers want their upcoming participation in a massive earthquake drill to showcase what they would do for the city in an emergency. While it’s not common knowledge, Vancouver has a substantial military presence, says Honorary Col. Grant Smith of 15th Field Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery. “We want people to understand the Canadian army is in town and it’s made up of citizen soldiers,” said Smith. “These are people who give up evenings, weekends and a
good portion of their summers to fill these roles.” The regiment, part of 39 Canadian Brigade Group of the 3rd Canadian Division, formed in 1920. In the Second World War it manned heavy artillery protective forts once located along the West Coast to protect the Port of Vancouver. Following the end of the war, the brigade turned its attention from the water inland and became a field unit. The regiment was originally based out of the Vancouver Horse Show building near Stanley Park. Today 15th Field is located at the Bessborough Armoury on West 11th Avenue near Arbutus Street. See PUBLIC on page 18
he ticketing of Downtown Eastside residents for jaywalking has dropped dramatically since police launched a blitz in 2008 and the practice has reached its lowest point in seven years. A Vancouver Police Department report going before the Vancouver Police Board Thursday says an average of 17 jaywalking tickets per month was issued in the Downtown Eastside in 2013. That average, which further dropped to nine per month in the last half of 2013, is down from a high of 83 per month in 2008 when police launched a ticketing blitz that targeted jaywalkers. The drop in tickets comes despite the Downtown Eastside still being a dangerous area in the city for injuries and fatalities for pedestrians. The report shows that 189 pedestrians between 2002 and 2012 either died or were injured in the Downtown Eastside after being struck by a vehicle.
The highest number of incidents — 26 — occurred in 2007, the year prior to police launching the blitz in 2008. In the year of the blitz, police recorded 25 injuries or fatalities, dropping to 15 in 2009 and then a surge to 24 in both 2010 and 2011. Incidents dropped again to 16 in 2012. The report pointed out a person is eight times more likely to be struck by a vehicle in the Downtown Eastside that in the whole of downtown. The report is in response to B.C. Police Complaint Commissioner Stan Lowe’s request for a more “meaningful comparison” of statistics on jaywalking and the number of pedestrians struck in the Downtown Eastside. Lowe made the request in November after being dissatisfied with the police board’s decision to dismiss a complaint from Pivot Legal Society and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users that accused officers of unfairly targeting and ticketing Downtown Eastside residents. See VPD on page 7
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K, play along please… Gut check? I think we all know what that means. Mic check? Occupy people are hip to that one. RG check? Uh…? Unless you’ve got an addiction to gambling jargon, which I can honestly say I don’t, you probably have no clue what an “RG check” is. So I found out. I did so because it relates to the Edgewater casino and other gambling facilities in the province, which generate big cash for their owners and governments. This province, as provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall pointed out in his report released last fall, also has a problem with severe gambling addicts. So here it is: RG check is a voluntary accreditation program created by the independent non-profit Responsible Gambling Council in Toronto to assess the quality of a facility’s responsible gambling programs. According to the council’s website, the check is based on eight standards with more than 40 criteria. I won’t get into all 40 criteria but here are the eight “core responsible gambling standards” examined in a check: • Corporate policies. • Self-exclusion programs. • Advertising and promotion. • Informed decision making. • Assisting patrons who may have problems with gambling. • Access to money. • Venue and game features. • Employee training. To get accredited, a facility must achieve an overall score of 70 per cent or more and accreditation is valid for three years. So far, 22 have received RG check accreditation, including Richmond’s River Rock Casino,
Burnaby’s Grand Villa Casino and Edgewater, which got accredited April 27, 2012. Edgewater was audited again in September 2013 and is due for another in May. Edgewater’s owners Paragon Gaming, by the way, are moving ahead with plans to relocate its gaming licence into a new $535-million complex adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium. So what to make of the accreditation and what kind of weight does it hold for those in the industry and the critics? Let’s begin with Tamara Hicks, spokesperson for Paragon. “It is a big deal,” Hicks said. “It’s quite a rigorous process and it’s a third-party endorsement.” Now let’s hear from Jon Kelly, CEO of the Responsible Gambling Council, which was started 30 years ago by problem gamblers. “We decided a few years ago that one way to influence the industry and government to create high standards and a strong social safety net was to set out what we independently think are a strong set of standards,” said Kelly, noting his organization has accredited more than 50 gambling facilities in Canada. “The industry takes it very seriously. So the weight in the industry and on the regulatory side is very strong.” The critics? “I don’t know that the critics are very familiar with this process,” he said. “A lot of critics of gaming are not people who are very knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the way the industry or accreditation process works.” That, apparently, includes Sandy Garossino of Vancouver Not Vegas! “What’s an RG check?” she said in reply to my question of whether she was familiar with the program. I gave Garossino a day to do some research and called her back. Here’s what she said: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating. We’ve more than doubled our gambling addiction since we introduced slot machines and it doesn’t seem like there’s really anything that’s being effective.” I’m running out of space here, so I’ll pick up on more of this issue in my next entry, including who paid for the RG check of B.C.’s 22 gambling facilities. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings
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’m starting this column with a shoutout to my colleague, Courier sports editor Megan Stewart, who heads to Sochi Wednesday to help cover the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Stewart will work as a reporter for the Olympic News Service, which functions as a sports news wire service for all accredited media at the Games. That means Stewart will be one of the first on hand to interview medal winners and unexpected losers. Stewart told me she’s looking forward to witnessing the efforts and achievements of Olympic athletes and is interested to see how they’ll take the opportunity to express their political views, in particular around the controversial LGBT debate. Stewart’s also excited to learn new skills. As for security concerns, despite recent protests and terrorist threats, Stewart believes she’ll be safe in Sochi. Stewart will work with the ONS until March 20. I know I speak on behalf of all Courier staffers when I say they’re lucky to have her.
SENIORS CENTRE CONFLICT Not surprisingly, there’s a divide between Vision Vancouver commissioner Aaron Jasper and the NPA’s Melissa De Genova over the construction of a long-awaited seniors centre in southeast Vancouver. I spoke with De Genova and Jasper last Tuesday at Killarney Community Centre, following an announcement by Conservative MP for Vancouver South Wai Young regarding federal funding of $2.5 million towards the centre. The commitment tops up the $2.5 million promised by the city in 2011 and $1.3 million announced by Liberal Premier Christy Clark the day before the 2013 provincial election. In 2009, the park board agreed to provide land for the project adjacent to the Killarney Community Centre on Killarney Street at East 49th Avenue. Now all eyes are on the province to follow through with its commitment. But De Genova says despite the fact Vision Vancouver has been promising to get the centre built for the past six years, no one contacted the province or feds until recently. Last October, Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louis introduced a motion asking for financial help from the two levels of government. “No one formally asked them until that motion at city hall,” said De Genova. De Genova said the original estimated cost of the centre, $7.5 million, has risen in recent years to $10 million due to delays in construction. She’d like the city to commit cash
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Courier sports editor Megan Stewart heads to Russia this week, where she’ll help cover the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi as a reporter for the Olympic News Service. from community-amenity contributions to ensure the project is completed in a timely manner. CACs are funds paid by developers when land is rezoned for higher density. But Jasper insists money from CACs cannot be used for the centre. “There are no CAC dollars available for this project,” said Jasper. “Those monies have to stay in the neighbourhood or area they came from. I want to make that very clear, there are very strict rules around CACs.”
De Genova argues the rules consider “current and/or future developments.” Not coincidently, Killarney’s River District is in the midst of multiple development projects. Jasper also notes no one at the city or park board has crunched the numbers so he has no idea where De Genova arrived at the $10 million figure she used in a motion about the centre last October. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10
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news Hollywood wins reprieve ICONIC FORMER THEATRE GETS ANOTHER EXTENSION CHERYL ROSSI Staff Writer
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he Hollywood Theatre is not in imminent danger of demolition. While investigating the application to redevelop it as a fitness centre, city staff found an encroachment agreement from 1984 that requires the owner to remove the rear 10 feet from the building if its use is changed from a theatre. The back lane is only 10 feet wide behind the building and the city would prefer it to be the typical 20 feet. The city has put the development permit application on hold. Dino Bonnis, owner of the nearly 80year-old theatre at 3123 West Broadway has “voluntarily” agreed to extend the 75-day protection on the theatre for another 45 days, the end of which will coincide with a council meeting, said Brian Jackson, the city’s general manager of planning and develop-
ment, Monday afternoon. The 75-day protection would have ended Jan. 20. “That’s wonderful news if that’s the case,” Mel Lehan, spokesperson for the Save the Hollywood Coalition, said of the extension Tuesday morning. Jackson said Bonnis wants to cooperate with the city because he owns “quite a bit of property on Broadway. “He wants to signal that he has no intent of moving forward on this property in the coming month until there’s further discussion either with the Save the Hollywood Coalition or others who may be interested in purchasing the property,” Jackson added. Jackson said Bonnis would have been aware of the encroachment agreement when he purchased the property in 2011 because it would have come up in a land title search. Jackson said Bonnis is meeting with the city Wednesday to present a new proposal for the property. Lehan said representatives of the coalition are meeting with the city Thursday. Council passed a heritage action plan Dec. 4 that allows the city to be more flexible with conditional zoning and policy when it comes to saving significant cultural resources, including the Hollywood Theatre. Jackson said Monday city staff will
explore options that could help preserve the theatre before the 45 days are up. Measures that could include bonus density or grants would have to be approved by council after a public hearing. Jackson noted Bonnis owns two properties next to the Hollywood. Under interim rezoning policies Bonnis could build a six-story rental building. “But if we were to come to an agreement on saving the building, then perhaps we could look at six storeys for a market condo building,” Jackson said. The Hollywood is categorized as a “B” building on the city’s heritage register. It’s recognized as a good example of art deco style and for having social and cultural value, but it lacks a designation that protects it from demolition. Jackson stated in a memo that went to mayor and council Jan. 10 that if the coalition wants to save the theatre it must submit a business plan that includes money “to purchase, rehabilitate and operate the building that includes significant community and private commitments and does not rely on the city.” B.C. Assessment values the property at more than $2.9 million. Lehan said the coalition has contacted a couple of potential buyers for the building. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi
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Jackson sat down with the Courier early last week to reflect on 2013 and what’s on the city’s agenda for 2014. Jackson cited the decision to reject the application for a six-storey market condo building on top of a grocery store as his “single toughest decision” in 2013. “Because, do I think it would be the end of the world if there was a six-storey building on that site? Professionally, I don’t think it would be the end of the world, but there was no policy basis for us to consider a sixstorey building on that site,” he said. “So, ironically, if they were to propose affordable housing on top a grocery store, there would have been a policy basis on which we would have considered it.” Jackson expects the proponent to file another application under the existing zoning, which allows for a four-storey building — although because it’s a sloped site it actually allows for five without a rezoning. “[The application] likely will have a grocery store,” he added. Jackson considers the adoption of the Heritage Action Plan, which includes updating the city’s heritage registry, as well as the adoption of the West End Community Plan as two major accomplishments last year. “I’m very pleased with the public process involved with [the West End] plan, as well as the product in terms of allowing for opportunities for increasing density in a neighbourhood immediately adjacent to the downtown while at the same time preserving the bulk of the West End neighbourhood as a very mixed-use, mixed-income community with leafy green trees
and allowing for what I call surgical increases in density through laneway rental housing,” he said. Jackson expects to bring Marpole’s Community Plan, which was granted a short extension for further consultation on significant revisions, before council at the beginning of April. The revised plan had still included proposed changes for a single-family area west of Granville Street encompassing 188 properties, but that’s being dropped. When asked if Marpole is getting off easily in terms of the city’s objectives for densification in light of the revisions to the plan, Jackson said no. “The interesting thing about Marpole is they’re carrying their weight in terms of increasing population in the Cambie corridor and the Marine Gateway area and what’s happening along Granville, so they’re moving more towards the city norm in terms of what’s expected in population as opposed to being significantly above,” he said. City staff was supposed to report back on the Downtown Eastside Community Plan at the beginning of January, but that’s been moved to about mid-March. The draft plan is out for discussion and posted online. Plans to form a Citizen’s Assembly in response to the contentious GrandviewWoodland Community Plan are also moving forward after criticism that it’s been taking too long. The Grandview-Woodland Area Council was set to meet Jan. 14 (after the Courier’s print deadline) to discuss questions from the City of Vancouver about the assembly’s formation. In last week’s sit-down, Jackson said the city is about to hire a consultant to lead the process and staff hope to take a report forward on what the process will look like in February. The Citizen’s Assembly could be up and running by March or April at the latest, he said. Watch for an upcoming “Developing Story” to read about Jackson’s other priorities for 2014. noconnor@vancourier.com twitter.com/naoibh
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news VPD says ticketing done for safety Continued from page 1 Pivot obtained statistics from the police department via the Freedom of Information Act that revealed 76 per cent of 2,699 jaywalking tickets issued in the city between 2008 and 2012 were to people in the Downtown Eastside. Another 17 per cent were issued in downtown while none was handed out in Shaughnessy, Point Grey, Oakridge, Marpole, Killarney and several other neighbourhoods in the city. The police board ordered the police department to investigate the complaint. The board dismissed the complaint in September, saying ticketing was done to change behaviour and reduce injuries and fatalities. Pivot appealed the decision with Lowe, who recommended the police board also implement a policy to ensure the number of tickets issued by police for minor offences such as jaywalking
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According to statistics obtained from an FOI request, 76 per cent of 2,699 jaywalking tickets issued in the city between 2008 and 2012 were to people in the Downtown Eastside. does not prevent vulnerable residents from seeking police protection. As pointed out by Wally Oppal when he was commissioner of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, the concern was residents, particularly vulnerable women, would not seek out police when in danger for fear of being arrested for not paying a bylaw ticket. But the VPD report said it
was “a widely spread misconception” that police officers can arrest someone for unpaid bylaw tickets where a warrant does not exist. “The police do not have the ability to arrest for breaching a bylaw or failure to pay a fine,” the report said. In 2012, police issued 46 jaywalking tickets to women in the Downtown Eastside. That number dropped
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Public can see how first responders react in an emergency Continued from page 1 “In today’s world it’s the role of reservists to aid civil authority,” said Smith, a retired Vancouver Police Department officer. He added that besides raising money for the 15th Field Regimental Trust Society, one of the goals of a large event planned for Jan. 29 in Richmond is to raise awareness about what the regiment does and is prepared to do in case of emergency. The Big Shake, as the event has been dubbed, takes place at the London Aviation Centre at YVR where guests will be greeted and handed a red, yellow, green and black armband before heading to triage, where first responders will assess their mock injuries. “Unfortunately, some guests will receive black armbands because in a real earthquake there would be someone who loses their life,” said Smith. “When guests arrive at the event it will be set up as a postdisaster centre.” The private hangar will be set up as if in response to an actual earthquake. Members of the 15th Field Brigade will assist with triage, inspect the building for damage, assist with communications and logistics, and act as security. On hand will be members of the military, ambulance, fire and police from across Metro Vancouver to demonstrate how first respond-
ers would react in case of a real emergency. Guests will be served food on tin plates, but shouldn’t expect ration packs. The Scottish-themed menu, in honour of poet Robbie Burns, includes haggis. Honour House founder and former park board commissioner Allan De Genova said 15th Field Brigade is ready to deploy at any time. “People across the country should be proud and thankful of what reservists do every day,” said De Genova, who’s been working with 15th Field Brigade as a volunteer. As president of Honour House, De Genova sees firsthand the sacrifices citizen soldiers make for their country. Honour House is a New Westminster-based home-awayfrom-home for Canadian Forces personnel, emergency services personnel and their families while they’re receiving medical care and treatment in Metro Vancouver. De Genova used the devastating floods in and around Calgary last year as an example of when reservists help at home in times of emergency. “They do so much every day, but a lot of people don’t realize it,” said De Genova. The City of Vancouver is not taking part in the Big Shake, but offers free workshops through the Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program. The workshops are two hours long and held regularly in community centres across
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Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel William Rodgers (L) and Colonel Grant Smith will attend an event called the Big Shake, Jan. 29 at the London Aviation Centre at YVR.
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Don’t raise your glass to supermarket booze yet
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here’s a development in the liquor world that is overshadowed by all the news about happy hour and kids being allowed in pubs. Major lenders have frozen new loans and financing to private liquor-store owners until the outcome of the booze-in-groceries discussion becomes clear. Sources around B.C. have reported that credit has dried up for numerous operators. It’s a measure of how uncertain the future of that industry has become since the government tasked Liberal MLA John Yap with conducting a liquor-policy review. Yap waded into the complicated file with gusto and has stirred up huge public interest in some revolutionary — for B.C. — ideas. The website for the review has been visited 76,000 times. With not much else going on, it’s been one of the dominant public-policy issues. And one of the most eye-catching ideas involved allowing sale of liquor in grocery stores. Yap was publicly enthusiastic about it even before the review was complete. When he finished it and delivered it to Attorney General Suzanne Anton in November, he held a news conference to say it included a thumbs-up to booze in grocery stores. Fuming private liquor-store owners are still lobbying to quash the idea, but it looks like it’s a go. The target is to introduce legislation to accomplish all the changes this year. The association of private liquor stores warned in a brief to the review that the move is a lot more complicated than it appears. The main driver for the concept is the idea of convenience. But there are a number of questions about whether that will prove out. Yap said it was strongly favoured by people during the review. But that may be based on a hazy notion that it will be just like the U.S., where customers go to a Fred Meyer and put liquor in their grocery carts at a fraction of the B.C. price. Travellers who recall that experience and think it’s going to happen here are mistaken. Prices will stay the same because they were off limits during the review. The government needs the billion dollars a year in revenue brought in by the high markups. So there will be no price-cutting. And if the idea proceeds, it will be a store-within-store model, so customers will go through two checkouts, not one. There’s also the suggestion the idea tackles a problem that doesn’t exist. The one thing you can’t accuse the B.C. Liberal government of doing is making booze purchases inconvenient. Hundreds of private stores have opened in the last decade. And more than 90 per cent are adjacent to a grocery store. Under the original vision, they were to take over the retail market completely once all the government stores were shut down. That plan ran off the rails. Since the moratorium on new liquor stores will remain in effect, the only way grocery stores will sell booze is if a current store operator moves in or the licence moves. And that raises the question of where grocery stores would find room. Some of the private stores have developed into sizable retail shops with a wide selection. There’s no room for that in most jam-packed grocery stores. Under the standard configuration, the most a consumer could expect would be a few hundred square feet of floor space carved out of the store to carry a few mainstream beer and wine brands. The association of private stores says it is a big seller of B.C. wines and the thriving craft-beer segment. It’s hard to see where groceries could find room to continue stocking all those brands. Contrary to assumptions, there’s no evidence of a concerted push by the big grocery stores to get into the booze business. The idea came up during the government’s hearings and Yap decided to run with it. He’s generated a lot of excitement so far, much of it with the grocerystore idea. The question is whether the change will amount to much once implemented.
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rime Minister Stephen Harper was in the Lower Mainland last week, being his usual communicative self. I got the call a few hours before his 4 p.m. appearance in Langley that we would be allowed to send a photographer — no reporters allowed — to capture images of the great man. No questions to be asked, at all. No communication with the PM. At the appointed time, I dutifully went down with my photographer hat on and was pointed to a railing, behind which I could stand and photograph the PM from the safe distance of about 20 feet. Apparently this is close enough to bask in the presence of the PM, but not so close that he actually has to acknowledge your existence. Harper’s attempts to manage his public image have become farcical over the last few years. It’s not that we begrudge him his lack of charisma — far from it! Please, let us have more boring leaders, as it forces us to think about their policies, rather than their hairstyles and broad white grins. Let’s have Justin Trudeau wear only dull, rumpled grey suits and a bag on his head from now on. The NDP’s Thomas Mulcair is only marginally more approachable than Harper, and often seems as prickly as a hedgehog. The problem with Harper isn’t that he’s boring, it’s that he thinks we’re all boring. Too boring to speak to, at any rate. Ever since he was first elected, Harper has steadily reduced his exposure to anyone who might want to ask him a question, in public, in front of a hot mic. Instead, we get heavily stage-managed events like this one. The theme is Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday (just three years away!) so let’s have him in Fort Langley, with some HBC trade goods and blankets in the background. When he does answer questions, they’re often softball queries tossed by reliable allies. It was at an event like that in Vancouver that a couple of protesters managed to get close to Harper. Of course, in the grand Canadian tradition, all they did was hold up signs to bring attention to global warming. They didn’t even try to pie him. Most of these appearances could be simulated from Ottawa with a greenscreen and a copy of Photoshop. This would also save on the travel costs for the federal government, and who would mind that? Harper can expect a lot more attempts to disrupt his schedule if he maintains his present course. There’s simply no better way to get some attention for your cause than by getting it in front of the PM. And if the PM won’t talk or engage with Canadians outside of scripted and controlled moments, you disrupt the script, you make the moment a little less controlled. I know there are a lot of areas where I don’t agree with Harper, but I’d respect him more if he’d explain himself honestly and take tough questions now and again. Heck, “I don’t know” and “That’s a tough one” are legitimate answers, and ones we should hear more often from out politicians (of all parties) rather than pat answers that dodge the questions. There are reasons for Harper to change his ways of dealing with the press and public beyond the fact that it’s the right thing to do. He’s on the campaign trail for 2015 in a low-key way already. He’ll be trying to either defend his first majority government, or shore it up for his successor. And he’ll be trying to do that under the looming shadow of the Senate expenses scandal. What he needs right now is practise at talking to actual Canadians, and debating people who hold different values and ideas. Because come the real campaign, he’s going to have to do a bit of that. And if he’s rusty, things won’t go well for him.
MATTHEW CLAXTON
DIALOGUE KEY TO PROJECT’S SUCCESS
To the editor: Re: “Biltmore to house homeless,” Jan. 8. Vancouver has long prided itself on the inclusion of diverse communities, where people from various backgrounds learn how to co-exist in neighbourhoods throughout our city. This is exactly what projects like the Biltmore in Mount Pleasant are hoping to achieve — the development of safe, secure and dignified housing that is integrated into the community — leading to happier, healthier residents who are aware, informed and engaged. The key to this project and others like it, is providing options for the homeless in the communities they know or have a history in, setting them up for success by allowing them continued access to friends, family and support networks. There is a real need for housing outside of the Downtown Eastside of the city. Many homeless have never lived in that area and don’t identify with that community. Above all else, it is important for existing communities to be involved in dialogue about the projects, the options and the benefits. Whether that be participation in open houses, information sessions, being members of community advisory committees, or simply by voicing support through a letter or email; being an advocate for ending homelessness is a first step that will also lead to broader understanding and acceptance and in the long-term, stronger more vibrant
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COUN. LOUIE HIGH?
To the editor: Re: “Mayor, councillors get pay raise.” If I read your article correctly, Councillor Louie said that the average full-time employee in Vancouver earns $65,860. The 2011 National Household Survey states that the median employment income in Vancouver was $49,842 and the median after tax family income was $69,271. However, even these numbers may be skewed to the high side. Perhaps Louie is looking at the city hall payroll? Let’s hope he has a better grasp of numbers when he reviews the operating budget. Bill Campbell, Vancouver
OLSON BACKWARDS ON SCIENCE CARTOON To the editor: Olson’s (Jan. 8) cartoon about the Conservative government burning a “science” book is a good one. Problem is that he has it the wrong way around. The success of science has depended upon skepticism and there are two glaring examples of when an authoritarian government has condemned scientists who denied “government” science. In the early 1600s the Vatican insisted that the solar system revolved around the Earth. This involved complicated “models”
of crystal spheres with physically impossible motions. The only other example is recent when those that question the “warming” mania are severely condemned as “deniers.” As a “denier,” Galileo risked political murder. And as Kepler was discovering that the planets revolved in elliptical orbits, he made some money on the side by contriving horoscopes. The latter is the problem as many researchers found that writing anything about mancaused warming was profitable. The assumption that only CO2 influences climate has always been limited and impractical. The theory has been unable to explain the Medieval Warm Period when temperatures were warmer than the highs recorded in the last century. It also did not predict the end of warming some 16 years ago. It is not coincidental that the Little Ice Age occurred during a lengthy period of low solar output. Nor is it coincidental that high temperatures that have so inspired activists occurred during the highest solar activity in over a thousand years. What makes science real has always been predictability. In the mid 1990s, solar physicists, Livingston and Penn, published their work that solar activity would decline significantly and with this global temps would decline. So far, so good. Olson’s cartoon treats with Harper’s “silencing” of researchers working for government. As a taxpayer I find it highly offensive to be forced to pay my civil servants to promote authoritarian garbage about global warming.
Bob Hoye, Vancouver
ON YOUR MIND ONLINE COURIER STORY: “Central Park: South Vancouver to get long-awaited seniors centre,” Jan. 7. Nadim Kara: This is great news. Physical infrastructure such as this helps communities build social capital and strengthen their connection to a city. This centre will help seniors continue making active contributions to civic life, and also help them stay healthy. Everyone wins! Congrats to all the folks in south van, and across the city, who’ve worked tirelessly to bring this centre to life. COURIER STORY: “West End Fitness World closes women’s-only space,” Jan. 9 Xtrnl: The thing I find hilarious about this is that society puts pressure on men to be muscular, so they lift weights. Lifting weights is hard work, and when you do heavy lifting, you grunt. And you sweat. What the heck does she expect men to do? BTW, I guess females don’t sweat on the planet she’s from. gwallan: “Lots of women don’t want to work out in the company of men, their sweat and their grunting,” she wrote. Yeah, what filthy animals men are. Lady, if you’re in the gym to dictate etiquette you’re there for the wrong reasons. Follow us on Facebook: The VancouverCourierNewspaper and Twitter: @VanCourierNews
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From the creative minds that brought you Star Wars: A Nude Hope, Geekenders is back with a burlesque and variety show inspired by the works of Tim Burton. Nightmare After Christmas is described as a “swirly, weird, Halloween-in-January-ish variety show and dance with a spooky, Burton-y twist,” featuring eerie magic, music, belly dancing and burlesque performances by Aleister Crane, Jessica Mayhew, Riannaconda, Velvet Von Doff and Busty Summers. Geekenders runs events for geeks by geeks
and the group’s main event is a monthly club night, which features a burlesque and variety show, costume, trivia contests and geeky dancing. Costumes are strongly encouraged at club nights and each show has a theme with all outlandish garb welcome. Nightmare After Christmas takes place Jan. 18, at the Cellar, 1006 Granville St. For more information visit geekenders.ca.
SOUTH HILL Naomi Steinberg, artistic director of the Vancouver Society of Storytelling, will tell bird tales Feb. 1, at the South Hill Branch of the Vancouver Public Library. Storytelling for the Birds is part of the Greenest City Series created to awaken the imagination and celebrate the city’s “natural environment, diverse communities and Vancouver’s Greenest City goals.” The free event, ideal for children aged four and older — accompanied by a caregiver — takes
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STANLEY PARK The Vancouver location for the provincewide Investors Group Walk for Memories takes place Jan. 26, starting from the Stanley Park Pavilion, 610 Pipeline Rd. The walks are in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and, considering one in three Canadians knows someone with the disease, the fundraising is vital. Registration for the eight-kilometre walk begins at noon for a 1 p.m. start at the pavilion, next to Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. For more information or to register visit walkformemories.com or call 604-681-6530.
KERRISDALE The Magee Market Fair takes place Friday, Feb. 7, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Magee secondary school, 6360 Maple St. at West 49th Avenue.
The fair is a family-friendly event, benefiting Magee’smusicdepartmentsoliveentertainment, including jazz performances, are a big part of the evening. Also look for a variety of international foods, more than 40 merchants selling clothing, used books and CDs, a photo booth, games and silent auction. Admission is by donation.
WEST POINT GREY The Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild is hosting a free lecture about Musqueam weaving Thursday, Jan. 16, at West Point Grey Community Centre, located on West Second Avenue and Trimble. Debra Sparrow, born and raised on the Musqueam Indian Reserve, hopes to educate others about the beauty and integrity of her people’s historythroughherweavings.Thelecturetakesplace at 8:30 p.m. following the guild’s business meeting at 7:30 pm. For more information visit gvwsg. com or email grace@super-awesome.com. sthomas@vancourier.com
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Real life mother and son Asha and Ravi Jain share the Arts Club’s Revue stage in the heartwarming comedy A BRIMFUL OF ASHA. The true story of generational and culture clash runs Jan. 15 to Feb. 8 as part of the PUSH FESTIVAL. More info at artsclub.com.
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Director captures impact of oil sands Continued from page 21 There’s Brandy Willier who is trying to reconcile her love of the wilderness with the love of her job — operating the largest haul truck in the world, Massey Whiteknife, who has been out as gay in Fort McMurray for 15 years and escapes a horrendously abusive past by performing in drag as Iceis Rain, and former farm boy Dan Debrabandere who recorded a six-song CD in Nashville before family obligations halted his musical career. Among stunning vast panoramas of stripped and pitted land near Fort McMurray, Oil Sands Karaoke unearths the pasts, motivations and dreams of each of its subjects and the loneliness they feel. With the wide vistas, Wilkinson wanted audiences to see the scale of the oil sands. “And the magnitude of our impact on our natural world so we can keep driving cars,” he said. With so many people concerned about the oil
In Oil Sands Karaoke, Brandy Willier tries reconcile her love of the wilderness with the love of her job — operating the largest haul truck in the world. sands, Wilkinson wanted to explore why Canadians aren’t doing more to stop their expansion and make sure they will be reclaimed to their natural setting once the work there is done. “And the answer that comes pretty clearly in Oil Sands Karaoke is because we all have a karaoke contest to win,” Wilkinson said. “We’re all so busy with our
own stuff.” Oil Sands Karaoke is the second documentary of a trilogy. The first was Peace Out, which explores the pros and cons of four major energy projects on the Peace River. Peace Out won the award for Most Popular Canadian Documentary at the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize for best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs
International Documentary Festival in Toronto. Wilkinson and his co-producer Tina Schliessler are focusing on Haida Gwaii in their next film. The Knowledge Network commissioned Oil Sands Karaoke. Wilkinson’s work includes dramatic features (Max, A Breach of Trust), a TV movie (Heart of the Storm) and episodic series TV (The Highlander). He was also a child entertainer on a variety TV show in Calgary. Wilkinson hopes, like in the karaoke bar, Oil Sands Karaoke connects people with all sorts of views to share respectful conversations. “People feel very, very strongly about this and we really hoped that by injecting an element of humanity into the question, that it would cause people on both sides to stop and think,” Wilkinson said. For more information, see viff.org. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi
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Impact of new tier felt JENNIFER THUNCHER Contributing writer
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Tupper Tigers players Taylor Ross (#!5) and Patrick Smythe battle Byrne Creek for the ball on the second day of the Chancellor high school boys basketball tournament at St. Thomas More in Burnaby.
he impact of the new AAAA tier is being felt throughout senior boys basketball as the city’s public league begins this month. This past weekend at the 47th Chancellor Tournament, held on the shiny new hardwood at St. Thomas More in Burnaby, the new basketball world order was evident. One of the big changes caused by this year’s new fourth tier, according to veteran Tupper Tigers’ coach Jeff Gourley, is that the Chancellor is now a marquee tournament for AAA teams — with eight of the province’s top 15 AAA teams represented — rivaling the esteemed Terry Fox Legal Beagle invitational. “Any tournament that has two ranked teams in it is a major tournament,” said Gourley. “To have eight ranked teams? Oh my goodness. That is big stuff.” As the only Vancouver school at the tournament, the Tupper Tigers — ranked in the top five in the province — fought hard in two competitive games but ultimately lost to the AAAA Delta Pacers 71-63 for a fourth place finish. The Tigers are an AAA school and are also playing at that same level, marking a change from past seasons when they were technically AA but playing up at AAA, then the highest tier.
In coming years, the tournament will be even better and include more Vancouver teams, said the coach. Tupper is already registered for next year. Because of larger populations, larger schools typically have more choices and can count on taller and stronger players. But those AAAA schools now have a distinct tier, meaning AAA schools like Tupper are on a level playing field and play more competitive and exciting games, said Gourley. A few vocal Tupper parents in the stands at the Chancellor tourney agreed. “Gives a better chance to all the teams,” said Surender Gangar, father to Grade 12 Tupper forward Sumit Gangar. “More equal footing for sure … I am really enjoying it this year.” Most importantly, said Gourley, the additional tier means an additional B.C. championship, which means more players can compete at provincials. “There are only so many champions,” he said, “but the experience for a high school player, sitting at the end of the bench to go to the Langley Event Centre and see their picture up on the Jumbotron, when they go into the game or to play on the big court… forget about the best player in the province, how about the worst player at the tournament? That is an amazing experience for that kid that they will cherish and remember for the rest of their lives.”
Gladstone Gladiators’ coach Steve Anderson agrees that the benefits of the new tier system are felt by more than just the top-ranked teams. While Tupper is at the top end of the AAA spectrum, the Gladiators are rebuilding and find themselves near the bottom. In previous years, Anderson explained, weaker teams would often have to play top teams a few times a season — and get beat by 50 to 100 points, which is something that doesn’t do kids on either side of the court any good. “[Now] it is split really nicely for the two- and three-A schools to play league games against each other,” he said. In Vancouver, AAAA public schools will have their own league and championship while AA and AAA teams will compete in a separate league for a distinct city title. The downside is that there isn’t going to be a true city championship that represents the whole city, but the upside is smaller AA and AAA schools will have a better chance of winning a city championship, Anderson said. As a coach it is easier to motivate his players because they know they can compete and possibly win a championship, Anderson added. He said he is hopeful Gladstone will make the playoffs, which will only mean winning two or three league games. That’s something he is confident his boys can do. Thuncher@shaw.ca
B-ball Bulldogs bolstered by youth MEGAN STEWART Staff writer
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he Churchill Bulldogs are making a name for themselves in the senior girls city basketball league as they protect a 4-0 record in the middle of a very competitive season. They won their own Bulldog Classic for the first time since the tournament launched in 2005 and have so far lost only one exhibition game, bringing their overall record to 14-1. Their one loss came at the hands of Rick Hansen secondary, an unranked team. Despite their winning record, the Bulldogs aren’t in the B.C. AAA top 10. Shikha Kumar and Hannah Pimentel are Churchill’s leadership core since the Bulldogs lost five graduates, including Bronte Stark
and Marinel Santiago who now compete with the Langara Falcons. Incredibly, the starting lineup is bolstered by three younger players: Cecilia Bao and Tova Rae, both in Grade 10, and Alexa Leynes who is in Grade 9. “I am impressed with how quickly they were able to adapt to this level of play and they continue to improve game by game, contributing in every way possible to this team,” said the team’s coach and Churchill alumna Sabrina Chan, who graduated in 2005 and runs the show with another grad, Louise Chien. “We have a strong and solid team with strong combo guards, thus creating a lot of scoring opportunities,” she said. “If we continue to work on our defence, we will be a tough team to beat.” The Bulldogs sit atop the city’s
Tier I table with eight points, but Britannia and Killarney are right behind with six points. Britannia held a 7-0 record through the 2013 regular season and eventually won the city title for the third year in a row, defeating Kitsilano both times. The Bruins are currently 3-1 and their only loss came early in the season against Magee, also 3-1. Churchill beat Kitsilano 52-50 in early December but haven’t yet been tested by Britannia. That match will be the biggest of their city season. They played Tuesday but results weren’t known before the Courier’s print deadline. Kitsilano sits alone in fifth place overall with four points, two wins and two losses. mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart
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Bruin Amanda Young cuts to the hoop past Kitsilano’s Chiara Bostock at Britannia Jan. 7. The Bruins won 76-65.
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Gyms see flood of NewYear hopefuls KEY TO SUCCESS DEPENDS ON MOTIVATION JENNIFER THUNCHER Contributing writer
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ancouver School Board employee Dana Mason is one of the many Vancouverites who are using the start of the New Year to get re-motivated at city gyms. About 18 months ago Mason, 40, said she noticed she was lacking energy and felt unhappy with her body. She hired a trainer to set up a personalized meal plan and to work out with her twice a week at the gym in her East Vancouver condo complex. She said her initial enthusiasm paid off. She lost 15 pounds in the first few months and ran her first 10k— a feat she never imagined she would accomplish. Last May, the well-travelled Mason went on vacation to Cuba and for the first time in her life felt proud of her more athletic body. “Self-esteem is probably the biggest thing,” she said. Back at home though, as the months
wore on and 2014 approached, Mason said she started to slack off, and noticed five pounds had returned. On her next trip, to Mexico, she felt self-conscious and covered up once again. For the new year, she has vowed to redouble her efforts by hitting the gym harder, entering more runs and to be more diligent in watching what she eats. When contacted by the Courier, three of Vancouver’s fitness centres, said they see a definite New Year’s resolution boost to memberships in January. According to Chris Smith, vice-president of sales and fitness at the Steve Nash Sports Clubs, the six Nash gyms in Vancouver see a 20 to 25 per cent uptick in January. Each of the Nash clubs offers 250 classes a month and memberships are from $35-$70 a month. She’s Fit!, which is located within the Club16 Trevor Linden Fitness club at Canada Place, caters to an all female customer base. President and CEO Chuck Lawson said the club sees a 10 per cent increase at the start of the year. Business is steady throughout the year, unlike in co-ed clubs where the new year sees a greater influx of new members, he said. The club offers four or five classes a day, circuit training, and weights room. The downtown location has a
bike rental business as well so members can leave the gym to workout when the weather improves. Memberships at She’s Fit! are approximately $15-$25 a month. Chris Rumary, program manager at the Robert Lee location of the not-forprofit YMCA, said they also see about a 10 per cent increase in memberships at this time of year. All of the YMCA locations have a January promotion, which he said encourages people to follow through on their resolutions. The Robert Lee location offers 110 classes a week taught by volunteers, a weight room and pool. The all-inclusive adult membership is about $60 a month. None of the club representatives said how many of the new memberships are sustained throughout the year, but a University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology report found less than 50 per cent of people ultimately keep their New Year’s resolutions. The key to sticking with fitness plans depends on the reason people start in the first place, Rumary said. People who are doing it to meet people and enjoy their bodies more are likely to be successful. “Those people get addicted and keep coming back,” he said. Thuncher@shaw.ca Twitter.com/thuncher
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