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He was the city’s 13th homicide in 2009. And as the fifth anniversary of Michael Ciro Nestoruk’s death came and went this month, the case appeared to be headed deeper into the Vancouver Police Department’s unsolved files. But last week, police had news to share about the investigation:They deployed one of their emergency response teams Wednesday and arrested a suspect in a car at Renfrew and Hastings. “The arrest went, for the most part, without any complications,” said Const. Brian Montague, a Vancouver police media liaison officer. “We did get a few calls about it because there were flash bangs involved but no one was injured.” Aaron Dale Power, 37, of Vancouver has

been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Nestoruk’s death. As court records show, Power has an extensive criminal history involving burglaries and possession of stolen property. Police are tightlipped about what led them to the suspect, how Nestoruk died or whether a motive was established in what police at the time called “a truly disturbing and heinous crime.” Nestoruk, who had a prosthetic leg and relied on a wheelchair, was a 41-year-old man suffering from drug addiction. At one time, he played wheelchair tennis and basketball. “Homicide investigations are notoriously challenging and many of them can take years to solve — this is a prime example of that,” Montague told the Courier. “It’s little bits of information and little pieces of evidence along the way that we gather to give

us the ability to make an arrest like this.” Nestoruk was known to panhandle outside the 7-Eleven at Joyce and Kingsway. On the morning of April 9, 2009, his body was found across the street from the 7Eleven on the grounds of Sir Guy Carleton elementary school. A parent dropping off her child at the school was the ﬁrst to come across the grim scene. Three weeks before he was murdered, Nestoruk reached out to Ted Emes, who at the time was the rehabilitation manager for the B.C. Paraplegic Association. Emes told the Courier in April 2009 that Nestoruk had “vitality and passion in his voice” and was on an upward swing to get his life back. Emes and Jean Budden, a social worker with Vancouver Coastal Health, ﬁrst met Nestoruk in the fall of 2006. Nestoruk had been living on the streets and injecting

heroin and cocaine. They helped him get a new wheelchair and ﬁnd housing. Reached Tuesday, Emes said he was at a loss for words when told of the arrest but that “it was the best news I’ve heard in a long, long time.” He recalled his last conversation with Nestoruk. “He called me to congratulate me on the birth of my son, and I’ll never forget that phone call,” said Emes, who is now the director of services for the western Canada branch of Muscular Dystrophy Canada. “He was really excited for me. And, again, he just sounded like he was really, really digging down and trying to do his best. And that was the last, unfortunately, that I heard from him.” see Suspecton page 3

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News Suspect known to police Continued from page 1 Emes and Budden were led to Nestoruk after former mayor Sam Sullivan, who is quadriplegic, ran into Nestoruk in the Downtown Eastside and put a call into the paraplegic association to get help for his old friend. Nestoruk played wheelchair basketball when Sullivan was vice-president of the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association. “I’m just pleased that they found somebody and I hope they can bring closure to this,” Sullivan, now B.C. Liberal MLA for Vancouver-False Creek, said Monday. “It’s been very upsetting for everybody.” Nestoruk has two daughters but they have not spoken publicly about their father’s death.The Vancouver Police Board posted a reward of $10,000 in November 2009 to help solve the case. But it’s unclear whether the reward still stands and, if so, whether the arrest of the suspect will lead to someone receiving the money. A call to theVan-

Ted Emes, formerly of the B.C. Paraplegic Association, was at a loss for words when told of the arrest of a suspect in connection with the murder of former client, Michael Nestoruk. He called it the best news he’s heard in a long time. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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The B.C.Teachers’ Federation hopes striking now will mean better times in September. “We want the assurances of small class sizes for our students in September, minimum levels of specialist teachers and class composition guarantees,” Jim Iker, president of the BCTF, told reporters April 17 when he announced job action would start April 23. Job action will be administrative only.Teachers will continue to instruct students, participate in extracurricular activities, write report cards and communicate with parents. Teachers won’t supervise students before and after school or during lunch and recess. Meetings and written communications with administrators will be limited.Teachers are not to be at school more than an

hour before or after class times, except for arranged voluntary activities. Iker said strike action would depend on progress at the bargaining table. He said teachers hope to reach a deal with the province before the end of June. The BCTF wants: • Kindergarten classes capped at a maximum of 20 students. Legislation sets the limit at 22 and kindergarten classrooms inVancouver serve an average of 18 students, as of Oct. 15. • Grade 1 to 3 classes at a maximum of 22 students. Current legislation sets the limit at 24, and classrooms in Vancouver serve an average of 22 students, as of Oct. 15. • Grade 4 to 12 classes at a maximum of between 27 and 30 students. Iker said some classes hold more than 30 students now. Grade 4 to 7 classes in Vancouver serve an average of 26 and Grade 8 to

12 classes an average of 24 students, as of Oct. 15. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Grifﬁn ruled in January that the government must restore collective bargaining provisions that relate to class size and composition and help provided in classes for special needs. The ruling said language would be returned to teachers’ collective agreement retroactively but would likely be the subject of bargaining.The government is appealing the decision. The BCTF wants salary increases of three per cent per year over three years plus a cost of living adjustment. “Compared to our colleagues across Canada, we’re anywhere between sixth and ninth [in terms of salaries],” Iker said. “We’re looking at the three per cent to try to just close that gap a bit.” continued on page 5

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continued from page 4 The government has shifted its offer of a 0.5 per cent increase for the ﬁrst year to a 0.75 per cent increase in the last six weeks, according to the BCTF. The government’s contract with teachers expired last June, so teachers received no pay increase in 2013-2014 and would receive no increase for 2014-2015, with various

one per cent and 0.5 per cent increases until 2019. “They’ve also said there’s another 0.75 per cent available if we were to strip something out of our collective agreement,” Iker said. Education Minister Peter Fassbender was quoted in a government media release as saying last Thursday that the BCTF’s position has moved little. If bargaining doesn’t progress to the BCTF’s

satisfaction, schools could close one day per week in rotating strikes. “We will give government some more time, to avoid school closures,” Iker said. Calls to the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, which negotiates on behalf of school boards, and the Vancouver Elementary Principal and Vice Principals Association were not returned. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Some Kitsilano residents are anxious over concerns that a longtime walk-in youth clinic in their neighbourhood is closing. An online petition demanding thatVancouver Coastal Health provide more information about the closure of Pine FreeYouth Clinic had 389 signatures as of the Courier’s Tuesday print deadline. The petition at Change. org reads: “If the Pine Free is terminated, our community, and speciﬁcally our youths, will experience an increase in drug abuse, suicide, STI’s, depression, eating disorders, and pregnancy.” Bryan LaRochelle started the petition when he found out from people working at Pine Free that Vancouver Coastal Health plans to close the clinic down. Operating for more than 40

years, the clinic is well known to youth as a safe place to go for questions about sexual and mental health. Emelie Peacock, a 26 year-old UBC graduate, went to Pine Free as a student for STI and pregnancy testing. “It was an important resource for me because I was new to Vancouver at the time and I didn’t have a GP,” she said. “It was a very welcoming place and the staff were non-judgmental. If they were to shut down, there would be a gap in services for young people.” At times, the line up to see a heath professional at Pine Free extends out the door and onto the sidewalk. Concerns over funding cuts for Pine Free and other community health centres stem fromVancouver Coastal Health’s plan to restructure primary care services. Salarypaid doctors at clinics such as Pine Free may soon be

paid on a per service basis. Vancouver Coastal Health responded to question from the Courier with an email: “Physicians are currently engaged in working with an independent consultant to pursue transitioning to a fee for service model which would see a clinic remain open at the Pine location,” the email read. Vancouver Coastal Health’s website states that the health care services at Pine Free will be available at the Raven Song clinic, located on the corner of Ontario Street and East Eighth Avenue.There is no mention of whether this will result in any change to services at Pine Free. David Eby, NDP MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, questions the move to cut funding to clinics like Pine Free. “It’s a model that works very well, and to see something like that taken apart for no reason is concerning,” he said. twitter.com/wanyeelii

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Every time Vancouver resident Julio Montero calls his family in Cuba, he feels uneasy about the expensive long distance rate that takes money away from what he otherwise would send to his relatives. He hopes his costs decrease after the Cuban government’s decision over a month ago to relax restrictions for Cuban residents to access their email on mobile phones. Montero says he’s fortunate enough that his mother has some access to the Internet through friends who work in government ofﬁces. “I have the advantage of using email as an alternative. If I weren’t using email as an alternative I would be using way more [money]. We’re talking about lots of money. It limits how much we can help our family. I want to help my family more.”

The challenges of high prices and bulging demand still makes the Internet hard to obtain for ordinary citizens in the Caribbean island country. Although Montero’s family has some email access, he says if they have their own email accounts and features like Skype, then he could save more money. For every minute on the phone, Montero pays 90 cents to $1, which he calls “crazy,” compared to rates his friends from Central and South America pay to keep in touch with their families. To keep his bill from growing, he limits his conversation to around 20 minutes. “Internet would simplify things a lot and I’m talking about an easily additional $100 that I could send my mom every month for her to look after herself . . . by using Internet, [it] will help improve the quality of life of our families.” Julio Fonseca, a CubanCanadian professor atYork University in Toronto, says

he’s been following the new changes over email access in Cuba and applauds the government for “taking the right steps.” Although he doesn’t plan to switch over to email to reach his mother who’s incapable of adapting to the technology, Fonseca says it would affect most Cubans living in North America and all over the world. “We have paid dearly for communications with Cuba because of this problem... It is true that it would make our lives easier.” Internet access reforms in Cuba come after an underwater ﬁbre-optic cable was installed from Venezuela to Cuba in 2011. Since then, there have been reports in 2012 of the government stalling to provide access.Then in 2013, it was conﬁrmed by the government’s telecommunications monopoly that the cable was activated but warned residents of limited access. twitterc.com/jennypengnow

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in his job. Those connections have, no doubt, increased since he became president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in September 2012. So it wasn’t a great surprise when he sent out a tweet last week from his Twitter account showing him and the country’s public safety minister, Steven Blaney, in an alley near Main and Hastings. So what was the purpose of the walkabout? I caught up with Chu at last Thursday’s Vancouver Police Board meeting to ask him. Apparently, the chief and Blaney had talked many times in Ottawa and Chu had been on his case to visit Vancouver. “He said he would like to come to the Downtown Eastside,” the chief said. “So, on a first-hand basis, he was able to see the issues with drug addiction, with mental illness, the need for treatment, the need for housing. I think it was an eye-opener for him.” Blaney was also impressed with what he saw of the relationship between Chu’s officers and drug users, according to the chief, who leads a department that officially supports the Insite supervised drug injection. “It’s a very professional, courteous relationship. And he was pleased to see that.” Pivot Legal Society and other police watchdog groups might have something to say about that, but I’ll leave that for another time; besides, aren’t you usually on your best behavior when the big boss is in town? Anyway, Blaney was not

the ﬁrst public safety minister to get a private tour with Chu. Former ministers Vic Toews and Peter Van Loan got the same treatment. But, I wondered, do these visits by federal politicians actually lead to any action taken by Ottawa to tackle drug addiction, homelessness, mental illness and justice issues? “Whenever you are able to brief high-level ofﬁcials on the realities of the front lines, I think it is good to provide him with a sound base to make decisions coming forward,” Chu said. “It’s always important to show the West Coast challenges that we have. Many of those political leaders are based in the east, so I always roll the welcome mat out to show them the challenges we face in public safety in the city of Vancouver.” But, again, have any of those tours resulted in any action? “It’s resulted in greater awareness but it’s not the kind of tour where you say, ‘Bring your chequebook and give me the money afterwards.’ It’s not like that.” The chief made the comment shortly after statistics released at the police board meeting showed an increase in the number of mental health apprehensions by police — and the day after Mayor Gregor Robertson, who doubles as chairperson of the police board, expressed his worry about an increase in homelessness. Which leads to a question I should have asked the chief:When’s the PM getting a tour? twitter.com/Howellings

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News City’s first cohousing project waits for final permits DEVELOPING STORY Naoibh O’Connor

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Neighbours are curious why construction hasn’t started on the cohousing complex destined for East 33rd near Argyle Street in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. The city approved rezoning in March 2013.The complex will be built on three properties, but they’re surrounded by yellow construction fencing, leaving nearby residents to question whether the project has been delayed. Ericka Stephens-Rennie, a spokesperson for the cohousing initiative, says plans are moving forward and construction is expected to start soon. She told the Courier Monday they’re waiting for various permits. (Tuesday, Stephens-Rennie said they have the development permit and are awaiting the building and demolition permits.) The process was held up due to the cohousing covenant that will be placed on the title.The covenant creates requirements for the owners and residents to function as a cohousing community such as maintaining common space at a percentage approved by council, offering common meals, participating in shared goals and making decisions by consensus. “Common covenants approved by council are rental covenants requiring units be rented out, not lived in, by owners. Given there is more interest in cohousing inVancouver, I suspect the city wanted to get it right,” explained Stephens-Rennie, adding one goal is to make sure the covenant’s wording has the ﬂexibility to grow and change with the community. She will be moving into a two-bedroom, 800-squarefoot unit with her husband and 15-month-old son once the building is completed. The move-in date is expected to be late June 2015. “[The cohousing group] made a choice not to undertake Hazmat remediation and demolition before we had a building permit to minimize disruption for neighbours, and to ensure the site remained as secure and tidy as possible,” StephensRennie said. “We check the site every couple days and do our best to keep it looking as tidy as possible behind the fence. I don’t

like the aesthetics of the fence and secured houses, but I do like that they are secured and that construction is imminent.” The complex will include one level of underground parking and ﬁve buildings ranging from two to three storeys above grade. The four residential buildings will be separated from each other, but have a common courtyard in the centre.There will be a 6,510-square-foot common house at the back of the property.There will also be a common deck and garden space outside. The building will be a regular strata development like other condo buildings, but the covenant on the land will ensure it remains a cohousing community in perpetuity. Twenty-six of the 31 units, which range from studios to three-bedrooms, have been sold.Three of the remaining units are unsold but spoken for, and the two covenanted rental units are unsold but negotiations are underway with a local non-proﬁt. Buyers include young couples with no kids, a couple of young singles in their early 30s, a few young families with one or two kids, and couples with babies due in coming months. Most of the kids are under 10, although there is one teenager.There aren’t many owners in their 50s, but there are some of pre-retirement or retirement age. Stephens-Rennie noted one woman bought a unit and a second one for her mother, who is a senior. She said members of the cohousing development are trying to be good neighbours and they plan to do things such as delivering ear plugs and washing neighbouring residents’ cars during the construction period, which she acknowledges will be disruptive, to alleviate some concerns. “We’re hoping the measures we’re taking will help neighbours warm up to us,” she said, adding they’re also looking forward to becoming part of the community. “We’re spread out across the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast, so we can’t wait until we’re together in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. So, yeah, there’s a sense of impatience but there’s a sense of excitement that we’re getting ready to put a hole in the ground.” twitter.com/naoibh

Construction on the cohousing development depicted in this rendering is expected to start soon. IMAGE COURTESY OF ANKENMAN MARCHAND

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Opinion Troubled training agency dissolved

Fear not, I am an above average driver

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Advanced Education Minister AmrikVirk had nothing but kind words at first for the agency that regulates and oversees private career-training outfits, during the news conference where he announced he’s dissolving it. But the longer he talked, the more problems he disclosed about the Private Career Training Institutions Agency. By the end of a half-hour conference call, the thing was clearly portrayed as dysfunctional leftover, an outfit with a compromised board of directors presiding over a sky-high student loan default rate, and something that needs to be snuffed out as soon as possible. He and Core Review Minister Bill Bennett made the move onThursday, naming a deputy minister to be the public administrator that winds down the 10-year-old agency. They started out gently. “While the PCTIA has served hundreds of institutions and thousands of students very well for 10 years, changes are required to keep up with the sector’s ongoing evolution.” The changes entail shutting the $2.7million-a-year operation down and folding its function into the Advanced Education Ministry. The statement said that will “allow government to provide more support to the sector” and be more consistent with the rest of Canada. But asVirk started explaining the shutdown, it became clear that providing more support to the private outfits wasn’t exactly top of mind with him. One of the first things on his mind was that 70 per cent of board members that run the Crown corporation are appointed from the industry itself. He said over the last decade, there were cases where complaints about private academies were filed and the owners of those businesses were on the board overseeing the agency that dealt with the complaints. Virk said there were concerns the relationship was “no longer arm’s length.” Not that it ever was. It was set up that way from the outset and over time, enough problems developed that NDP MLA Michelle Mungall tried to introduce a private-member’s bill that would require government to pick all the directors and toughen up enforcement. Virk and Bennett could have just made that change. But another problem apparently prompted them to go well beyond that sort of tinkering. That’s the sky-high default rate on student loans made to students in the

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I am not a great driver. I think I am getting better, though. I am trying, and working on a few things. For example, when I make right-hand turns, I am forcing myself to do a quick shoulder check. Those of us who grew up learning to drive in rural Lower Mainland are used to being able to just whip around corners. However, in urban areas, there are often pedestrians waiting to cross the road, and obviously, my lack of shoulder checking could crush them into pink paste. This little confession is odd for two reasons. First, very few people, when asked, will tell you they are bad drivers, or indeed that they are anything less than excellent. Surveys since the 1980s have revealed that drivers consistently rate themselves good to excellent. A 1981 survey found 93 per cent of Americans rated themselves in the top 50 per cent. A 2011 Allstate survey found similar results, with 64 per cent of Americans rating themselves “excellent” or “very good.” Mathematically, that’s impossible. This type of self-ranking is known as the Lake Wobegon Effect, after the ﬁctional town in which Garrison Keillor noted that “all the children are above average.” There’s also probably some link to the Dunning-Kruger Effect, in which people who are very, very bad at something mistakenly think they are amazing. So the worst drivers among us are more likely to rank themselves at the top end! The second reason it’s odd that I can say I’m not a perfect driver is that we allow that confession in our society, with no repercussions. Imagine if I was a heart surgeon and I casually mentioned to you that I’m pretty good, but sometimes I have a little trouble with the left ventricle. I’m working on it, but I’m not going to stop operating just because I need a little more practice! Would you let me near an operating room? Of course not! Nor would you trust an engineer who guesstimated on a bridge’s carrying capacity, a nuclear power plant technician who was a bit fuzzy on meltdown prevention, or a bomb squad member who chose which wire to cut with a coin ﬂip? We treat driving differently from most other dangerous activities. I’m allowed behind the wheel, despite my admission that I’m one bad day away from running

call, the thing was clearly portrayed as dysfunctional leftover. private training colleges. Virk said it was double the rate in public institutions. He said 17 to 18 per cent of people enrolled in the various private training colleges default on student loans, compared to seven to eight per cent in the public schools. He said about $40 million in loans is outstanding over the past few years. The rate and the amount is disturbing, he said, and he wants a look at whether the training schools are offering programs the labour market can’t support. “We want to have to have a good hard look at that.” He questioned whether it’s the schools, their programs or a missing link between the courses and the job market that prompts the high number of defaults. The problem hasn’t been looked at with the appropriate rigour and “bringing it back into government will apply the additional rigour we can only do from our level.” He said the government won’t be blocking training schools from offering courses. But if the courses don’t ﬁnd favour with the ministry, “I may not offer a student loan for that program.” So the additional “support” to the industry promised at the outset of the announcement could well turn out to be encouragement to upgrade their course selection or see their students cut off from student loans. Student loans are already under review by Virk’s ministry, so it’s unclear how PCTIA factors into that problem. It’s mandate is to set standards and provide consumer protection for students. Just four months ago,Virk delivered a letter of expectation to the agency that demanded it do a comprehensive engagement strategy, develop a communications plan and implement a ﬁnancial stability plan. It also made various references to the mid-term future. It’s safe to assume the expectations weren’t met.

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over a baby stroller in a crosswalk. I think the main reason I have for being suspicious of my own driving ability is my father’s good example of self-assessment. He worked as a bus driver, and came to it relatively late in life.When I turned 16, he announced that he would teach me the basics, and then I was going to be enrolled in a driving school. He was aware he still had a few bad habits, and he had no intention of passing any along to me, he said.

Maybe driving skill is a big bell curve, with lots of us in the middle, at least close to average, a little scattering of highly skilled, safe drivers, and a few idiots on the left hand side of the graph. I should note that, in a 10-year bus driving career, he caused one accident — he clipped a lamp post with his bus’s side mirror. He was also rammed twice by people driving compact cars who apparently didn’t notice either a) the red lights they were running, or b) the giant freakin’ bus in the middle of the intersection. Dunning-Kruger strikes again. I hope that when most people say they’re above average, they aren’t exaggerating much. Maybe driving skill is a big bell curve, with lots of us in the middle, at least close to average, a little scattering of highly skilled, safe drivers, and a few idiots on the left hand side of the graph. But even if that’s true, and those drivers admit they’re garbage, we won’t make them give up their licences. Cars are so vital to so many, that we tolerate even obvious ﬂaws, at least until they turn tragic.

The week in num6ers...

1970 6 1,084 35 50 Year the ﬁrst annual Earth Day was celebrated. While April 22 is ofﬁcially considered Earth Day, numerous communities around the world, including Vancouver, celebrate Earth Week with activities focused on environmental issues.

Number of years remaining on Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver’s “Greenest City 2020 Action Plan,” which aims to make Vancouver “the greenest city in the world.”

The number of demolition permits issued last year, according to the city — the majority of which were for double- and single-family dwellings.

According to a 2011 B.C. Business article, the number of million tonnes of waste that end up in the landfill from the construction, demolition and renovation sector in Metro Vancouver — one-third of the region’s total waste.

Disposal rate, in dollars, per tonne of construction and demolition waste headed to the Vancouver landfill.

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Mailbox Anton’s inaction City redefines inexplicable affordability

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Trial begins in Air India bombing April 23, 2003: The trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, two Sikh militants charged in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people, begins in Vancouver. Two years later and after the most expensive trial in Canadian history, Justice Ian Josephson found the two men not guilty because of inadequate evidence. A third suspect, Inderjit Singh Reyat, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of manslaughter and aiding in the construction of a bomb. Reyat was also later charged with perjury for his testimony in the trial and sentenced to nine years.

To the editor: Re: “NDP drags Anton into civic eletion spending debate,” 12th & Cambie, April 11. Thank you for your coverage of the legislative debate on the out-of-control municipal election campaign donation system inVancouver.Vancouver city council has formally asked the B.C. Liberal government six times since 2008 for the power to restrict election campaign donations and spending, and yet the B.C. Liberal government still refuses to act. Your article properly notes the absence of Vancouver Fraserview MLA, and current Attorney General, Suzanne Anton from this debate. Strangely though, it suggests that my colleague MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert and I “dragged” Ms. Anton into the debate in a way that “wasn’t related to her current job.” Ms. Anton is a B.C. Liberal MLA elected in Vancouver. She is the chief law ofﬁcer for the province, and one of just two Vancouver MLAs in the B.C. Liberal cabinet that has refused to ﬁx this problem. Ms. Anton also has the distinction of having received the largest single municipal campaign election donation in provincial history: $960,000. As a former mayoral candidate, she knows this issue personally, and now is uniquely positioned to do something about it. Aside from the B.C. Liberal government dragging their feet, there’s no other dragging going on — the inexplicable inaction of Ms. Anton and her cabinet colleagues are already at the heart of this debate. David Eby, NDP MLA,Vancouver Point Grey

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To the editor: Re: “Our Picks,” April 18. The tone of incredulity concerning Latin jazz stylist Eliana Cuevas’s appearance at Pat’s Pub “of all places” (sic) is entirely misplaced. Over the past few years, and especially since the demise of Cory Weeds’ Jazz Cellar, Pat’s Pub has become a mecca for jazz and blues in this city and anyone reporting on arts and entertainment for your newspaper ought to be aware of this. Neil McBurney, Vancouver

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Burr makes television debut

April 24, 1952: Vancouver screen legend Raymond Burr makes his television acting debut on the ABC show The Gruen Playhouse in an episode called “The Tiger.” He would later rise to fame on the hit shows Perry Mason (1957-66) and Ironside (196775). Burr, who died in 1993, is also widely remembered for his role as the killer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rear Window and now has the distinction of being the actor with the greatest number of dedicated Netflix micro-genres. Ed note: Gordon Campbell was first elected May 16, 2001, not April 16, 2001 as stated in our April 16 edition.

To the editor: Re: “West End Neighbours society wonders what is affordable,” April 11. Here we go again! The city’s lawyer says housing affordability is “nebulous” and “relativistic.”Wrong. Housing is affordable when it costs less than 30 per cent of income at every income level. That’s the Canada Mortgage and Housing deﬁnition and it’s been accepted in Canada for decades. Increasingly, city council tries to redeﬁne affordability. According to them an apartment is affordable if somebody, anybody, can manage to pay the rent — no matter how high it is. So we subsidize developers to build rental units that very few people can afford to live in.This is unacceptable, and we certainly can — and must — do better. RJ Aquino, Vancouver

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COURIER STORY: “Mayor says homeless headed for ‘worst case scenario,’” April 18. Gerald Dobronov: It was a noble goal, but one that was illogical. Vancouver can’t control

homeless or low-income people from moving to the city to take advantage of the heavily subsidized housing. It is one of the most expensive places to live in the world so the amount being spent is totally out of proportion to what is being supplied. It’s time for other communities in the lower mainland, BC and the rest of Canada to help shoulder the burden. Michael Geller: It was ridiculous for the Mayor to say he was going to end homelessness. Thanks for this comprehensive report on the current situation. Now it’s time to look at what’s happening at Marguerite Ford House, one of the 14 city projects. COURIER STORY: “Monterey Bay makes splash as captive-free model,’” April 18. Lisa Brown: Stanley Park does NOT need any further development. Stanley Park is a PARK,

not to be developed for money. Leave the PARK alone. Empty the tanks and begin a program to rehabilitate the tortured cetaceans in captivity to retire to a seapen and/or the ocean where they belong. The Vancouver Aquarium president can dream up a different business model that doesn’t involve denying intelligent cetaceans their right to freedom. In addition, the Vancouver Aquarium president needs to stop planning on using taxpayers money to line his own pockets. Nick Vaughan: Not sure why keeping turtles is ﬁne but not whales? @SeaShephereVANC: : Great article on a captive-free model COURIER STORY: “Picks of the Week: April 16 - 18, 2014,’” April 16. Stephen Rees: The picture does not look like anything I saw on the Arts Club revue stage

last weekend. Only go to this show if you can tolerate nearly two hours of rap “music” and crudity. The show appeals to a very different demographic than the one that has been buying Arts Club season tickets for many years.

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3 1. Neptoon Records is Vancouver’s oldest independent record store, having been around since 1981. The store celebrated Record Store Day this past Saturday with an 8 a.m. opening and live music all day long along with releasing 300 Record Store Day titles. The aim of the day is to celebrate the culture of the independent record store. 2. Red Cat Records, owned by Dave Gowans and Lasse Lutick (both of whom used to play together in indie rock band The Buttless Chaps), also hosted live music to celebrate international Record Store Day this past Saturday, but until the mid-afternoon when Mode Modern kicked things off, the store was reserved for buyers and browsers. 3. Neptoon Records’ manager Ben Firth worked at the shop until 1 a.m. the previous evening and was back before opening at 8 a.m. to get Neptoon Record Store Day ready this past Saturday. To see more photos, go to vancourier.com or scan this page with the Layar app. PHOTOS

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A Record Day for vinyl music lovers Main Street features indie record store community Rebecca Blissett

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The shelves stuffed with vinyl in Neptoon Records’ basement couldn’t even begin to mufﬂe War Baby who played upstairs in a small corner of the city’s oldest independent record store during Saturday’s Record Store Day celebration. Kids thrashed about like Charlie Brown’s Christmas gang on speed while shoppers grabbed free earplugs out of a box by the cashier to continue their cramped browsing of the store’s regular inventory plus Record Store Day’s 300 special releases. “This is the busiest Record Store Day yet and it would be even crazier if it weren’t raining,” said Neptoon manager Ben Firth while sticking his head into the store’s basement where a keg of beer attracted a

good selection of local musicians. “It’s the best day of the year, it really is.” Firth is responsible for Neptoon’s buying which means hours of sorting through releases for the seventh annual internationally celebrated day of vinyl — a task only for those with a ﬁle cabinet of a brain and iron-gut instinct. Neptoon’s clientele scooped Nirvana’s “Pennyroyal Tea” 7-inch single (the original release date was cancelled after Kurt Cobain’s death, likely due to the B-side title “I Hate Myself and Want to Die”) as well as the limited edition Ghostbusters 30th anniversary glow-in-the-dark 10-inch. One of the biggest surprises, Firth added, were requests for Kylie Minogue’s 7-inch single of “Golden Boy” which sits on eBay now for $200 — a shining

example of why some argue Record Store Day and its growing limited releases sets up a battle between music lover and money lover. A handful of blocks south from Neptoon on Main Street is Red Cat Records where co-owner Dave Gowans was happy the store’s streamlined system to deal with the day’s mayhem worked. Red Cat arranged its Record Store Day releases alphabetically this year, rather than clumping them together, and clerks had access to inventory in the back, rather than under the front counter. Gowans, like Firth, spent a good amount of time stressing about what releases to bring in. “I think it’s good when it’s actually a limited release. It’s disappointing for customers when they line up for two hours and get

something, then come in a week later and we have it in stock,” he said. “There are also more releases every year and no independent store can purchase all of them unless you’re really big. So you’ve got to be really selective because we want to try and please everybody that comes in.” Red Cat’s shoppers came in to hunt for the Muppet Movie soundtrack, which made its return to vinyl for the ﬁrst time in 35 years, along with LCD Soundsystem’s Live at Madison Square Garden. Gowans also sought labels Death Waltz for its horror movie soundtracks, along with Seattle’s Light in the Attic. “Light in the Attic always makes beautiful releases and you know they’re not doing it because they’re lining their coffers.They’re doing

it because they want to release a really cool artisan record in a really beautiful package and that’s what Record Store Day is all about, not re-issuing a ton of things you can ﬁnd for ﬁve bucks, used,” said Gowans. Judging by the different types of record store bags people were carrying into the store, the day wasn’t about one-shop shopping. “I know a lot of the customers who are coming in here are going to all the stores,” added Gowans. “Main Street has an interesting quality to it.There’s Dandelion Records, Neptoon Records, Red Cat Records… It’s much more spread out but it reminds me of the development of record row that used to exist on Seymour Street. It’s never going to be like that again but there are three independents here on one

strip so it makes for a great Saturday to walk up and ﬁnd some music and grab a coffee and have a beer on a patio somewhere.” Over on the west side, Rob Butterﬁeld and band were setting up to kick off Zulu Records’ community party that night for Record Store Day. Zulu Records announced it would be hosting a sale and party but would not be bringing in any Record Store Day releases. “We felt Record Store Day is more about celebrating music culture,” said clerk Sam Beatch. “We wanted to focus more on the community that surrounds music that’s inherently social so it’s nice to have everybody come down and have a party.” And that is really what Record Store Day is all about.

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Charko’s machine faces off against Johl CENTRAL PARK

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The phrase, “It’s complicated,” is typically used to best describe a person’s dating status on Facebook. But it’s also the best term I can think of to describe the dysfunctional relationships between the executive of the board of the Riley Park/ Hillcrest Community Centre Association and its directors. Last week four of those directors, Ken Charko, Jennifer Palma, Jaimini Thakore and Eli Zbar, were in B.C. Supreme Court with a litany of complaints against the Riley Park/Hillcrest Community Association and its president Jesse Johl. Charko told the Courier taking legal action was the last thing he wanted but he felt he had no choice. Charko says it was so important to pursue the case he’s funding the challenge for the

four of them on his own. He says he attempted to meet with Johl on numerous occasions to speak about their concerns but was refused. “Then we got a lawyer to send a letter and he still refused,” said Charko. “Even after we filed the documents we said, come, sit down and talk, but got no response.” Affidavits filed in court include accusations of everything from financial mismanagement to wrongful dismissal from the board to sexual harassment. Charko says the real concern is the fact Johl was redirecting membership funds from the association to a charity called Way to Give Foundation, of which he’s listed as director. Zbar told the Courier after he purchased a membership to the community centre, his credit card statement showed the $10 was billed to the foundation. But last week Johl told

me the problem stemmed from a computer glitch that took place when the centre’s website was recently redesigned. He said the glitch has been ﬁxed. He noted the problem affected about 60 people and $800 and the money was redirected back to Hillcrest. Charko says a technical problem could be the case. “But we can’t take his word for it that it was a mistake and even if it was that shows poor management.

On that alone he should be turfed,” said Charko. “But he’s got to explain that to us.” Johl also told the Courier Zbar was removed from the board because he missed three consecutive meetings, which is sanctioned under the association’s bylaw. But Zbar says he had no opportunity to address the board to explain those absences, which is also allowed under the bylaw. “If you miss three meetings in a row then can resign

you, but they also have to give you an opportunity to speak your piece,” said Zbar. Vision Vancouver commissioner Niki Sharma says park board general manager Malcolm Bromley sent a letter to the Riley/Hillcrest board last week demanding to see its ﬁnancial records. “They’re effectively running with a $1 million budget,” said Sharma. “And that money is supposed to go to the public and that centre.We’re hearing a lot of

concerns from the community and members.” Sharma says the inﬁghting has gotten so bad the park board had to step in to save the popular annual Easter egg hunt.While not sure of the ﬁnal cost, Sharma says it’s an event paid for annually by the Hillcrest association. “So for now we’re telling the public don’t take out a membership until we know what’s going on,” said Sharma.

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The recent Sochi Winter Olympic Games saw remarkable online availability of event coverage in Canada by the CBC.The Mother Corp provided not only its live broadcasts online but also raw feeds of multiple events and on demand coverage of taped competitions, all through apps available on just about every computing platform available: Windows and Mac PCs, Android phones and tablets, iPhones and iPads, and even Windows Phone and Blackberry devices. The apps had ﬂaws, but the CBC’s effort was unprecedented and generated record online viewership. It was a great example of what unfettered online access to network broadcast content can be like. Too bad it lasted only a few weeks. Post-Sochi, Canadian online viewers have been boot-

ed off the content podium and are back to the inconsistent, and aggravating, approach by ourTV networks to distribute their shows online. All the major Canadian networks have apps on some or most of the device platforms out there. And most of these apps work for some people some of the time if they have patience and a dash of sadomachism. Don’t expect a Netﬂix-like experience with any of them. Let’s look at Canada’s four major English-language broadcasters and the apps they provide.

CBC:

Apps available on: Windows 8, iOS, Android. Video available on the CBC website. Good: You can watch Heartland on your Surface at Starbucks.TheWindows 8 and iOS apps seem to include all CBCTV shows, including The National, with back catalogues of previous seasons and cancelled shows.Video quality is good. Bad: The apps are buggy. User reviews on all the plat-

form app stores complain about stoppages in play and ads interrupting shows at the wrong time.The ads are mindnumbingly repetitive and loud and can’t be skipped. Users on the iOS App Store are hammering the app for recently breaking Airplay, which allows users to stream video to an Apple TV.The similar PlayTo feature streaming video from Windows 8 to Xbox has never worked. (I’ve tried.) Offerings across platforms are inconsistent.The CBC’s TV presence on Android is limited to its Hockey Night in Canada app, which is also found on iOS and with fewer features on Windows. iOS is the only platform with a dedicated CBC kids TV app. Only Apple users loves their children, according to the CBC. Local news shows are absent.

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Apps available on: iOS, Android.Videos available through the CTV website. Good: You can watch The Big Bang Theory in bed. Live broadcast stream available (but see below). Bad: Episodes are available for only seven days after

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through the CityTV website. Good: You can watch The Mindy Project curled up in bed. Live broadcast stream available of morning and evening news shows, such as they are. Bad: Episodes are available for only a limited period of time. Airplay on iOS disabled by app. Users complain about the app on app stores. My test on the Android app with the How I MetYour Mother ﬁnale gave me smooth video but the same dumb, loud ads played repeatedly and could not be skipped. It then crashed half way through the episode. Did Ted ﬁnally marry Robin? I’ll never know. twitter.com/trueblinkit

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Rhododendrons are the shrubs most likely to make gardeners happy in the Pacific Northwest — that’s because rhodos love our acidic soil, mild temperatures, large number of canopy trees and our (usually) high rainfall. Even better, the shallow roots of rhodos make them easy to transplant. Also, weeds are reluctant to grow underneath them because the heavy, evergreen leaves block light.Then there are the spectacular flower clusters in spring. As well, it’s easy to find a rhododendron to suit your garden because there are over 1,000 species and innumerable cultivars.They’re popular with plant breeders because they hybridize very easily. Breeders also like rhodendrons that are easy to work with.These selections will root easily, resist rhododendron diseases and flower early. Especially for people in smaller space it’s important to choose varieties that they love the look of now and that won’t annoy them

later by excessive growth. Some rhododendrons can stretch far and wide as they get older.This means that pruning may be necessary if they’re planted near a door or under a window. Hybrid rhodos with rough bark usually respond well to pruning. Smooth bark rhodos may have trouble — and both kinds are unlikely to ﬂower on the new shoots for a few years The dryness under roof overhangs and alkalinity from concrete foundations can also cause problems for rhododendrons. People with very small space would do best with extremely compact rhododendrons.These include some nice purple-blues such as “Blue Bird” or “Blue Diamond” or the paler “Ramapo.”The small-leaf rhodos handle sun and moderate drying better than larger-leaf kinds. Large-leaf rhodos do best in fairly moist dappled shade. Small-leaf rhodos tend to grow to about one metre high in 10 years according to nursery labels.These never mention subsequent height.

But very old compact rhodos can be two metres and more. Many rhododendrons never stop growing. Somewhat less compact but still small and shapely is the very popular “PJM” rhodo, which has very bright pink ﬂowers. “PJM,” is densely branched, has leaves that are aromatic (when crushed) and turn a reddish-brown through winter. It usually reaches up to 2.4 metres and about 1.3 metres wide. Another hugely loved and easily available rhodo family is theYakushimanums (Yaks).These have compactly branched rounded bushes, which produce pink buds opening to pink or white ﬂowers.These plants are very hardy and tolerant of harsh conditions. Rhodos need to be planted in airy and acidic soil where bark and/or peat and compost has been added. Bark mulch is especially useful because it holds in moisture, adds acidity and helps to aerate the soil. It’s also very useful as a top dressing. Anne Marrison is at amarrison@shaw.ca.

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Here are some of the ﬁnalists, and others that you may want to visit for their rad sales during the Carnival Days and beyond:

It’s an iconic business — the Avenue’s Hills of Kerrisdale has been fashion-forward and right on trend serving generations of shoppers. It captured ﬁrst place in store window design, as well as men’s and women’s clothing. For designer and imported goods, Hills is your primary stop. Check the outdoor racks on the Carnival weekend for amazing bargains. For the yummy mummy’s of the area, Gap Kids on 41st was their fave baby store. It’s no wonder — with beautiful duds at

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It may have moved locations temporarily, but customers of The Optical Boutique (on 41st east of the Boulevard) know that fashionable eyewear, fitted to suit, is what Sue, licensed optician, and her staff can provide at this first place retail location. It’s a beautiful feeling to know that Thomas Hobbs Florist on 41st is the number one flower store on the West Side. Gorgeous spring arrangements are in store, and the team can design any type of custom floral display for your special occasion. Stop by and ‘smell the roses!’ Buchans, a legend on the Avenue, placed third in the favourite gift store category. One visit to this stationery and gift shop, and you’ll see why it has stood the test of time. It’s more than a hardware store, but Kerrisdale Lumber certainly nabbed those honours. Gorgeous spring and summer

Tread lightly — into Ronsons Shoes, where comfort is king (or queen). The sidewalk sale is brimming with name brand spring and summer footwear at knock-down prices. Be a sole survivor and visit the legendary store on 41st. Special mentions: Visit Call the Kettle Black’s store and 4 Cats Art Studio — for ceramics to bake in, and kiddies to make ‘em! HELEN K. PETERSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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welcomes from merchants and community organizations throughout the day. Colin Holyk of the KBA, and owner of Kerrisdale Pharmacy, is on the organizing committee (he’s a graduate from the class of 1983!) and promises that the neighbourhood will be pulling out all the stops to make this a day to remember for alumni, current students, faculty and their families. And ageless alumnus Bill Harvey (‘59), and his team of tireless fundraisers (the Lion kings?), helped make the exciting 100th come to life. There are a number of excellent events planned for this day, including: • Tours of the school, an Alumni/Student basketball game, and music and drama performances are just some of the highlights. • A variety of Vancouver’s gourmet food trucks will be available on the Magee

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The Magee Music Department, under the leadership of Chris Haas and Greg Quan, present a Closing Cabaret to wind up Magee Centennial Celebrations, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in the atrium of the school. It will feature the Magee Jazz Band and invited musicians, including esteemed alumnus Dal Richards and others. Entry fee: $10 (donation) to the Magee Jazz Band (with complimentary admission and a Molson Canadian beverage ticket for Magee Centennial Passport holders.) Don’t miss a beat! Support your Magee Centennial by buying a passport (ticket) today. Go to mageecentennial.ca for full details.

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Marching to the tunes of The Carnival Band, the Windermere Grade 11 leadership class led a troop of students and community members down Commercial Drive for Earth Day. For a few minutes on Monday, business operators and café goers paused their conversations to gaze from shop windows at roughly 100 people marching from the base of the Drive to Grandview Park.The parade was a four-month project organized by 22 students from the leadership class at Windermere secondary school who invited speakers like Ta’Kaiya Blaney and David Suzuki. Student Brendan Tong, who is also a member of Youth for Climate Justice Now, towed a windmill made out of pop cans strewn with chicken wire. “We’re participating in Earth Day to get out the message that there is global climate change happening, pretty much you can see around that there is things that are not really right with the world.You can see that we’re pretty much in spring but it’s still raining, and really cold.” Under the guidance of instructor Vagner Castillo, the Grade 11 students study sustainability and are continuing the Earth Day tradition that started four years ago. Kyle Fong was one of the three helpers who dressed in dinosaur costumes and rode

Windermere students led a parade along Commercial Drive Monday. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

bicycles with banners reading, “Dinosaurs against fossil fuels.” Before helping out the Grade 11 class, Fong, who is in Grade 10 was a skeptic of climate change. “I didn’t really believe in it actually, because it doesn’t seem real. But now, through Earth Day, I can learn a lot through the booths and everyone around me.” For another leadership class student, Mark Manangan, the recent disaster left byTyphoon Haiyan hit close to home and prompted him to help organize the parade. “The third world countries deﬁnitely are getting affected by the ﬁrst world countries which is not fair. For example, the Philippines — the big typhoon that happened there — I don’t think the Philippines [did] anything to cause this big typhoon but it’s more countries that cause it.” One of the guest speakers at the rally was 13-year-old NorthVan residentTa’Kaiya Blaney, originally from Silammon First Nation north

of Powell River. She highlighted some of the challenges she’s seen in her community. “Growing up with my nation and knowing of the salmon runs, where the salmon don’t return and seeing the environmental impact in my nation that’s preventing my generation from learning our language and practising our own culture.” Looking out from her booth at the crowd, Leanne Toderian, a member of Canadian Union of Public Employees B.C., reminisced about her own efforts to participate in environmental campaigns. “I was that young activist when I was 15, 16, 17 years old. I was the one out there at Carmanah Valley and Stein Valley.These are people who take a look around themselves and they’re not on their laptops, they’re not on their iPads, looking around and they’re saying this is our future, this is our home, this is our planet, so we need to take care of it.” twitter.com/jennypengnow

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Grandparents, parents and expectant moms will want to check out this community consignment sale organized to help save money on maternity wear and kids clothes — while keeping used clothing out of the landﬁll. The Just Between Friends children’s and maternity summer consignment sale takes place April 25 to 27 at the Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Dr. The focus of the sale is to recycle gently-used children’s clothing and maternity items instead of throwing them away.There’s still room available for parents who want to make a little cash while cleaning out their family’s closets. Visit vancouverbc.jbfsale. com.

While Earth Day ofﬁcially falls on April 22, it typically includes events and celebrations spread over more than a week. On Tuesday, Earth Day, a tree planting ceremony was held at a site residents hope will eventually become a 10acre, riverfront park. Marpole residents (and busy activists and seniors) Terry Slack and Don Larson planted the tree on the property, located at the south end of Heather Street at Kent Avenue, as an indication of their commitment to work with the city to ensure the park and an adjacent walkway are completed.

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Vancouver’s longest running Earth Day celebration continues at Everett Crowley Park on Kerr Road at East 65th Ave., April 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hosted by the Everett Crowley Park Committee, the free event includes the planting of 1,000 native trees and shrubs supplied by the park board, educational games and exhibits and kids’ activities, including geo-caching sessions with the Red Fox Healthy Living Society.The day’s entertainment includes appearances by stilt-walking Lindsey Long Legs and Bunkie the Clown.

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Marpole residents Terry Slack (l) and Don Larson took part in an Earth Day tree planting ceremony at the south end of Heather Street and Kent Avenue, where they hope the city will develop a 10-acre riverfront park. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

a panel discussion dubbed Hearing Aid Costs and Services:What Consumers Need, April 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. The keynote speaker is Gael Hannan, considered one of North America’s foremost speakers when it comes to hearing loss issues. Hannon, who grew up with a severe hearing loss, uses humour to deliver her workshops on hearing aids.The free event is co-sponsored by the B.C.,Vancouver and North Vancouver branches of the Canadian Hard of

Hearing Association. I know @streetcrow won’t want to miss Crow Night at the library May 9. The evening is dedicated to crow stories from Dr. Rob Butler, president of the Pacific WildLife Foundation. (That’s how it’s spelled.) The acclaimed film Crows, by filmmaker Mike McKinlay, will also be shown. Black attire is encouraged for the event, which takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. followed the next day with Why Birds Matter. Based on the theme for

World Migratory Bird Day 2014, this May 10 lecture features author, biologist and birder Dick Cannings. As well, the long-awaited winner of Vancouver’s first city bird competition will be announced. For the record, I’m an Anna’s Hummingbird fan all the way. I know first hand those Northern flickers can be bad news, especially during chafer beetle season.Why Birds Matter runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. All of the events are free and take place in the Alice MacKay Room on the

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Mainland Hearing Kitsilano is kicking off Speech and Hearing Awareness Month, May 1, with a celebration organized with the Paciﬁc Assistance Dogs Society. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., PADS puppies will be at the audiology and hearing clinic, located at 2083 Alma St., where adults can also

Seniors and their caregivers will want to check out a series of sessions being held at noon Mondays and Tuesdays at the Sunset Community Centre now through June 30. HelpingYou Navigate the B.C. Healthcare System will offer seniors information on how to be proactive by asking the right questions, creating their own health plans, organizing patient care team meetings, asking for a second and third opinion, and being accountable for their own care and bodies.The centre is located at 6810 Main St.Visit theseniorshub.org twitter.com/sthomas10

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You’re never too old to ask a question or to learn something new. Here are six questions that I think every senior should ask themselves today. 1. Is my estate plan up to date? The government estimates that almost half of adults in B.C. don’t have a will. People without a will must think that they’re going to live forever. I’m an optimist but that’s not a bet that I would make. Estate planning and death are difﬁcult subjects to discuss, let alone plan for. I get that. But everyone needs an estate plan. 2. Am I with the right person? When it comes to your relationship are you exactly where you want to be? More and more seniors are answering no to that question and as a result grey divorce is on the rise. Does the decision to

divorce during the later years really offer a better life? The research is mixed but it seems that despite the challenges, later life divorce does leave many feeling happier and emotionally healthier than they might have expected. 3. How committed am I to the public health care system? It’s easy to champion a publicly funded health care system when you are well.What if you become ill? Would you wait several months for treatment through the public system or would you seek quicker access to care through the private system? If you’re tempted by the latter option you wouldn’t be alone. Approximately 50,000 patients a year in B.C. are believed to use private surgery centres. 4. Should I have a bucket list? A bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you die. As we age some of us are reluctant to

try new things.This is exactly the wrong thing to do. As we age we should strive to be more engaged not less engaged in life. I’d argue that anything that holds us accountable for action is usually a good thing. 5. How can I mend a relationship with an estranged son or daughter? Do you have an adult son or daughter who refuses to speak to you? This situation is more common than you might think. Obviously I can’t tell you how to mend a broken relationship in a few sentences. The experts suggest you can keep the door open to reconciliation by accepting responsibility for past mistakes and consistently conveying a desire to resolve differences and repair relationships.

No matter your age, it’s important to ask yourself if you are where you want to be in your relationship.

6. How do I want to be remembered? As we age we begin to think about our legacy. Most of what we leave our children and grandchildren are memories of who we

are and what mattered to us. So, for instance, if you want to be remembered as a loving and caring person then be a loving and caring person.

It doesn’t get much simpler than that. Do you have a question to add to this list? If so contact me with your suggestions. If there is enough interest, I’ll

feature a selection of your responses in a future column. Tom Carney is the former executive director of the Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society.

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1 April 23 - 25, 2014 1. Ballet BC closes out its 2013/14 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre April 24 to 26. UN/A features world premieres by Montreal choreographer Gioconda Barbuto, rising star of the dance world Gustavo Ramirez Sansano and Spanish born choreographer Cayetano Soto.Tickets at ticketmaster.ca. Details at balletbc.com. 2. From the people behind the hugely popular Improv Against Humanity comes Throne of Games.The Fictionals Comedy Co. production brings to life your favourite Game of Thrones characters and puts them through an unscripted theatrical epic that will decide who sits atop the Iron Improv Throne ofWesteros. It all goes down April 23, 7 p.m. at the Rio Theatre. Details at riotheatre.ca. 3.Two authors for the price of one. Miriam Toews reads from her semi-autographical new novel All My Puny Sorrows and local dude Steven Galloway ďŹ&#x201A;ips through his latest The Confabulist April 24, 7:30 p.m. at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. The event is presented by the Vancouver Writers Fest. For tickets, go to vancouvertix.com or call 604-629-8849. Details at writersfest.bc.ca. 4. Sadly, Howler is not the new solo electronic music project from Courier civic affairs reporter Mike Howell (that would be Erotic Tent City). Instead, Howler is an indie rock band from Minneapolis that is playing the Cobalt April 24 in support of its new album World of Joy. Soft Serve opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records and ticketweb.ca.

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Although April 22nd’s Earth Day came and went like a Styrofoam cup thrown onto a pile of burning tires, we’re still smack dab in the middle of Earth Week. And the tree huggers, gropers and part-time lovers at K&K couldn’t be happier. EarthWeek not only allows us to recalibrate our chakras to the internal rhythms of Mother Earth like a ﬁnely tuned Joan Armatrading acoustic guitar solo, it ups our chances of getting it on with a free-spirited druid or urban wood nymph tenfold. Needless to say, we’ve been eating a lot of falafel and Baba ghanoush on Commercial Drive these last few days.We don’t even know what that means. So what are we doing to lessen our impact on the world’s depleting resources? First off, we’re only going buy Apple products now that the consumer electronics giant has announced it’s offering free recycling of all its used products and “vowing to power all of its stores, ofﬁces and data centers with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its

devices and online services.” Speaking from personal experience, it is going to be so nice to replace our outdated iPhones, iPads, MacBook Pros and subsequently outdated power chords and power adaptors every two years knowing that it will be someone else’s responsibility. Second, we’re only going to buy an LEED certiﬁed condo inVancouver. Sure, said condo will probably replace a swath of perfectly good single-dwelling homes, with most of the demolition waste headed for the landﬁll, but it’s all about eco-density — another thing we haven’t grasped completely but totally

like the sound of. And lastly, two words: Whole Foods.You want only half food? Go to No Frills. But if socially conscious, totally-over-priced-but-so-worth-it food is what you’re after, then Whole Fools is where it’s at. Plus when you remember to bring a cloth bag, you can either get a 10-cent discount or donate it to a charity of your choice. Usually, we’ve never heard of the charities, but if the cashier is cute, we’ll totally donate to a women’s health or animal charity. Unless of course we need money for the meter because we want to go shopping for Apple products at Best Buy afterwards.

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Asked to submit a monologue about an issue that concerned her, 15-year-old Emily White wrote about society’s contradictory reactions to teenaged girls and boys having sex. She wanted to give girls being “slut shamed” a voice. “What I see a lot in my classroom is words like slut, whore and skank being thrown around loosely,” said White, a Grade 9 student at Prince of Wales Mini School. “Rape jokes are very prominent… and just a general sort of discrimination against women who choose to do what they want with their body in a more sexual way and how they’re being

insulted because of this, meanwhile boys are being congratulated.” In the new play Dream Catchers,White plays Michelle who is ridiculed for having sex with a character named Edward. The play, which runs April 30 to May 3 at the Roundhouse Community Centre, follows nine teenagers trying to overcome challenges and “catch their dreams” in the lead up to high school graduation. Vancouver teens in the RoundhouseYouth Theatre Action Group Project wrote the storylines in collaboration with Some Assembly Theatre Company. Dream Catchers includes a girl who’s thinking about cutting herself and a valedictorian who’s anxious about not knowing what she wants to do after high school. Valerie Methot co-founded

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Dream Catchers follows nine teenagers trying to overcome challenges and “catch their dreams” in the lead up to graduation.

the professional theatre company Some Assembly in 2002 to produce new plays in collaboration with youth and other community members. “Teenagers have such a tough time in the teenage years and it’s really important that what they’re going through, that they express it and that they’re heard so that they can become leaders for our future,” said Methot, who also directs Dream Catchers.

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about peer-to-peer education because the plays are written by youth, they are for youth and the youth in the audience actually listen,” Methot said. Talkback sessions are scheduled after each performance and clinicians will be on hand for anyone who needs extra support. Teenage angst may riddle productions by Some Assembly and the Roundhouse youth group, but in a good way, Methot says. “I’ve had the opportunity to hear from ‘the cool kids’ in high school who say that these plays are not what they expected,” she said. “They’re not amateur and they’re not your typical after-school special cheesy kind of play that are written by adults.” Admission is free. For more information, see someassembly.ca. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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White has participated in the Roundhouse youth group that works with Some Assembly for three years. “When I came into this project I was 12 and I really liked acting but I didn’t do it very often because I was nervous to be up on stage and I was very quiet,” she said. “I’ve personally become much more comfortable in my own skin over the past three years.” Theatre-goers will see

what happens when Edward snaps a photo of Michelle’s bra, posts it on Facebook and brags about having sex with her, resulting in Michelle becoming a subject of scorn. Michelle’s mother gives her a few feminist texts and the knowledge she’s not alone. “Through this she [does] eventually stand up to Edward and calls him out on all of his actions,” White said. “And through this, she also becomes more conﬁdent in herself.” Methot notes sexual education sessions in schools typically teach students how not to get pregnant “and basically not to have sex at all.” Dream Catchers accepts adolescents will have sex and emphasizes the importance of safe sex and the potential emotional consequences of engaging in sexual activity. “This project is a lot

The windstorm howling around the trailer on opening night of Killer Joe was nothing compared to the maelstrom going on inside as Chris Smith (Sebastien Archibald) persuades the rest of the family to hire a hit man to get rid of his

estranged mother.The Smith family — Chris, his father Ansel (Ted Cole), stepmother Sharla (Emma Slipp) and sister Dottie (Meaghan Chenosky) — are everything you’ve ever imagined about Texas trailer park trash.The place is a mess (thanks to set designer Lauchlin Johnston): garbage, beer cans, crappy furniture and wonky lampshades. Outside, a dog barks all the time. Chris has got himself into

trouble over a dope deal gone wrong and the only way out that he can see is to collect on his alcoholic mother’s $50,000 life insurance policy. Nice family. Aren’t you glad they don’t live near you. There’s so much squalor in this ITSAZOO Production, directed by Chelsea Haberlin, you feel like standing in a hot shower for a very long time afterwards. It’s sordid and scuzzy and when the psychological

brutality hits its peak, the 30-odd audience members packed into the trailer hold their breath. But apart from being a vehicle for some very colourful performances, I don’t know why a theatre company would choose to doTracy Letts’ Killer Joe.There’s always something suspiciously voyeuristic and “superior” about a play that focuses on a marginalized group; it’s like shooting ﬁsh in a bucket. Continued next page

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Arts&Entertainment Performances full of menace Continued from page 28 Killer Joe is often billed as a “dark comedy”: dark, I get. Comedy, not so much. If this entertains us, we have to question whether as a society we’ve risen much above bear baiting. What is, however, completely entertaining are the performances. Seldom have I felt so much menace coming from an actor on stage.True, the intimacy of the space contributes to the effect ColbyWilson (as Killer Joe, a cop-by-day, hired-killer-bynight) has on us but when he says very, very quietly to Dottie, “Take off your brassiere” then “Take off your panties,” he made my skin crawl.Wilson’s well-modulated, “gentlemanly” voice is so much more terrifying than had he been yelling. Slipp is so raunchy and sleazy as Sharla you imagine

the smell of the cheap perfume and wonder at the cleanliness of Sharla’s underwear. Slipp is brash, she brays like a mule when she laughs and she’s just falling out of her low-cut blouses. Cole and Archibald make a great pair of lowlifes; scruffy, beer drinking, dope smoking Chris and Ansell are hopelessly stupid. Meaghan Chenosky plays the most faceted, most sympathetic character. Seemingly “slow,” Dottie is sometimes the quickest of the bunch. She knows what’s going on and right in the middle of a conversation Dottie says something that cuts through the crap. It’s for Dottie that we weep: manipulated, betrayed, bought and sold: a “retainer” for services rendered. Chenosky takes us sensitively through Dottie’s twists and turns.

ITSAZOO Productions is noted for its site-specific work and included in its vision is the presentation of theatre to a younger, more diverse audience. Raised on TV and film sex and violence, this younger audience might well find Killer Joe funnier than I did. It’s undoubtedly an adventure: buying a beer and a hotdog outside the trailer, taking it inside and sitting within the “K Fried Chicken” spatter zone. Warning: this is not for kids. Intermission is outside so dress appropriately. Simulated kinky sex is so well simulated I guarantee you won’t look at a chicken drumstick the same way ever again. Killer Joe runs until May 4 at the Italian Cultural Centre parking lot.Tickets at brownpapertickets.com or at the door.

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Burrard Bridge partly closed for Sun Run Two lanes closed to 50,000 runners for construction

What to do 24 hours before the Sun Run In preparation for completing the 10km Sun Run, you can do a few things to ensure you’re ready Sunday morning. We asked long-time runner David Firman for his advice. The 58 year old has been running for 20 years has lost count of the number of marathons he’s run but knows for sure he’s run the Sun Run six times. Training The day before the race, don’t run at all or just go for a short run for 15 to 20 minutes. Typically, you’d start tapering two weeks before the race. Run a shorter distance, but at a brisk pace. You can get faster, but you won’t get fitter. If something hurts, the best thing to do is rest. Eating A lot of research suggests the most important meal is the one you eat two nights before the race. Eat complex carbs. Stay away from food that doesn’t digest easily, such as greasy red meat and dairy. Drink water. Drink more water. Water is your wine on the eve of such an event. Resting The day before the Sun Run, lay out everything you’re going to wear and take to the event. You don’t want the distraction of searching for your shoes the morning before the race. Pin your number to the shirt you will wear. Try to get eight to 10 hours of sleep and wake up early so you can eat a good breakfast a few hours before the event. — Wanyee Li

Going over the Burrard Street bridge in the Sun Run 2013. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

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The 50,000 runners partake in the Sun Run this weekend, the will be blocked from 40 per cent of the Burrard Bridge.Two lanes are under construction and closed to runners. The bridge has been undergoing safety and structural upgrades since March. All construction on the bridge

will be stopped on April 27 for the 30th annual Sun Run, but participants will be limited to three lanes instead of the usual ﬁve. Sun Run race directorTim Hopkins is conﬁdent participants will have a safe experience despite construction on the Burrard Bridge. “Ideally, we’d like to see open space on the bridge,” said Hopkins.The city has

assured him the bridge is safe for runners. This is not the first time the bridge has been under construction during the Sun Run, but it is the first time participants will be restricted to three lanes. Lane restrictions could make passing people on the bridge tougher than previous years, said Hopkins. “In past years, there has been five lanes so it gave par-

ticipants more room to pass. But overall I don’t think it will be a problem because there are other parts of the race that only have two lanes and it’s normal,” he said. Runners should be careful regardless of construction since tripping is a real possibility, especially in places where the route narrows. “The whole race is crowded, so people should be aware throughout the entire race,”

said Lori Paton, the manager at the Running Room’s Cambie Street location who leads Sun Run training groups on Saturday mornings. “When you’re running with that many people, you never know what someone else is going to do,” she said. When 50,000 participants travel the same 10 kilometres in one morning, it can be difﬁcult to ﬁnish with a good time or a personal best.

Veteran marathon runner David Firman encouraged participants to be more cautious, rather than competitive. “Run in the Sun Run for inspiration and fun, not for time,” he said. “Seeing 50,000 people waiting at the starting line, it’s the kind of sight that brings you to tears.” Construction on Burrard Bridge is expected to continue until July. twitter.com/wanyeelii

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