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Vision backs incumbents to run Mike Howell

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Vision Vancouver members did the expected Sunday and endorsed Mayor Gregor Robertson and his seven city council incumbents to represent the party’s core of candidates seeking re-election in November. That means the same city council team —TonyTang,Tim Stevenson, Geoff Meggs, Andrea Reimer, Heather Deal, Kerry Jang and Raymond Louie — that won a majority in the 2011 campaign will again be on the ballot. “I’m honoured to get that high level of support from membership and know how ﬁred up everyone is for the election campaign,” Robertson told the Courier after learning 99 per cent of 279 voting members endorsed

him as the party’s mayoral candidate. Members also gave the nod to park board commissioner Trevor Loke and incumbent school trustees Cherie Payne, Mike Lombardi, Allan Wong, Rob Wynen, Patti Bacchus and Ken Clement. Ballots were cast for the 15 incumbents at the party’s annual general meeting inside the SFU Segal School of Business building on Granville Street, where about 400 people attended. Prior to the vote, Robertson urged members to endorse his colleagues, saying it was “a mayor’s dream” to have so many of Vision’s elected ofﬁcials willing to seek another term.The party won majorities in 2008 and 2011, both with Robertson at the helm. In his speech, in which he uttered a few

moved too fast on some issues. He pointed to the proposed community plan for Grandview-Woodland to have towers built at Commercial and Broadway and how that set off residents. “That was a mistake that was made that immediately got turned around,” he said, noting a so-called citizens’ assembly will now help plan the future look of the neighbourhood. “That’s one example of where we learned from our mistake and we accept that we’re not always right or perfect.” Vision will add an eighth candidate to its city hall roster, one more for school board and four for park board at a June 22 nomination meeting. Once complete, the party will run a 21-person roster, the largest in its history. see AGM on page 6

phrases in different languages, Robertson made it clear the NPA is Vision’s competition in the 2014 campaign. He warned his members not to “take anything for granted” in what is expected to be another multi-million dollar battle for power at city hall. Robertson, however, got a few laughs when he said he’s heard “the armchair commentary” that suggested the NPA are “too old, they’re too angry, they’re too busy holding protests against bike lanes to see the big picture.” While Robertson spoke of achievements including paying off “the NPA’s debt” on the OlympicVillage project, following through on an affordable housing plan and edging towardsVision’s goal to have the “greenest city” in the world by 2020, the mayor acknowledged his party has made mistakes and

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Vision gently reveals its finances 12TH & CAMBIE Mike Howell

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I know you anti-Vision Vancouver types will roll your eyes over this one, but the mayor’s party actually has at least one real gentleman. Surprisingly, it’s not one of the charming elected ofﬁcials. It’s the party’s treasurer. His name? Ross… Gentleman. A rim shot, please! Anyway, never met Gentleman but heard him speak Sunday at Vision’s AGM. I was particularly interested in what he had to say because he was talking about money. As the gentleman treasurer that he is, Gentleman came equipped with “a balance sheet” and “in-

come statement,” which he projected onto a big screen above the stage. Luckily for me, I happened to have one of those handy smartphones and snapped some images of the numbers before they vanished. The documents covered the period from Oct. 1, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2013. According to the balance sheet,Vision was in a deﬁcit of $133,559 at the end of that period. “The good news part of it here is that three months later, that was all wiped out,” said Gentleman, noting the party had carried a debt for a couple of years. “We’re starting the calendar year 2014 in a positive position, which is where we want to be — which is where we intended to be coming into an election year.”

Vision Vancouver’s treasurer Ross Gentleman explains the party’s financial statements at Sunday’s AGM. PHOTO MATT DESOUZA

Switching to the “income statement,” the document showedVision had a total revenue of $728,088 for the period ending Sept. 30, 2013. Almost $600,000 came from “events income,” another $133,000 from “general income,” $2,041 from mem-

berships and $9,262 from in-kind donations. Total party expenses for the same period totaled $557,219, most of which — $303,916 — came from operating an ofﬁce and paying staff expenses. Another $175,703 was spent on

“fundraising and outreach.” The document showed a surplus of $170, 869. What the documents didn’t show was the names of contributors or what Vision took in recently from the widely reported $25,000-a-plate lunch realtor Bob Rennie hosted for the mayor. Don’t worry, the law states us media types and the public will get a full look at what all the parties said they collected and spent once the election is over. It’s a requirement for parties and candidates to disclose names of contributors, expenses, funds raised and all that other stuff, as of Jan. 1, 2014. For now, the ﬁnancial race is on and both Vision and the NPA are each expected to spend upwards of $2 million or more on their

respective campaigns. “The NPA may not be able to find a mayoral candidate yet, but we can be sure they’ll be able to find several million dollars,” warned Maria Dobrinskaya of Vision’s executive during the AGM. The NPA will look to collect some serious cash with a 350-seat fundraiser Wednesday night at the Vancouver Convention Centre. I plan to be there. And I sure hope the party offers up an equal gentleman or gentlewoman to Vision’s money guy. Comparing the financial books of the city’s two mainstream parties before an election would be interesting, don’t you think? I think so. I’m guessing voters would, too. twitter.com/Howellings

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Greens drop candidate over city lawsuit Mike Howell

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The Green Party of Vancouver has decided to drop one of its four nominees for a city council seat in November’s election because of the spectre of a lawsuit being launched against the city regarding the massive Oakridge development. Tracey Moir, who founded the Oakridge-Langara Area Residents Association to ﬁght the development, said she came to a mutual agreement with the party to renounce her candidacy. “Councillors aren’t allowed to be encouraging neighbourhood groups to litigate against the city,” Moir told the Courier after the party announced the news Sunday at its nomination meeting in a building on Richards Street. “Because I’m very supportive of the neighbourhood of Oakridge-Langara, should they decide they want to litigate against the city for the Oakridge Centre mall rezoning, that basically means I’m not able to be

Tracey Moir, who was a nominee for a council seat with the Green Party of Vancouver, has renounced her candidacy. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.

considered for a council position.” In some ways, Moir said, she is disappointed not to run in the campaign. But, she added, “my neighbourhood is super important to me” and that in an ideal

world she would do both. Moir’s decision leaves the Greens with Coun. Adriane Carr and community activists Pete Fry and Cleta Brown as the party’s three council candidates, all of whom were endorsed Sun-

day by about 40 members. Carr acknowledged “it was a stretch” for the party to go from running one candidate for council in 2011 to four this year. Unless “an exceptionally strong candidate” shows interest, the party will

stick to three candidates for council, she said. “I think now the chances of us electing all three are higher,” said Carr, who narrowly won the last council seat in the 2011 election. “It’s going to be tough work and we don’t have the big budgets of the other parties. She was referring to Vision Vancouver and the NPA, which spent more than $1 million each in the 2011 race. Both parties are expected to again run expensive campaigns. The Greens will also run candidates for school board and park board and determine the number of candidates at a June 19 meeting, followed by a nomination contest Sept. 21. The party has yet to decide on whether it will run a mayoral candidate and it appears the Greens will not seek a coalition with other parties on the ballot. “We haven’t voted to say we’re not going to pursue a coalition but the strong feeling expressed at the board level and by the members in meetings is to not pursue a

coalition,” she said. Members debated policy ideas Sunday that could form some of the Greens’ campaign platform. Issues included lowering the voting age, the cost of seniors’ housing, rising rents for small businesses and affordable housing for young families. Members also requested Carr move ahead with a motion or amendment at city hall to call for a plebiscite on Kinder Morgan’s plans to almost triple the amount of oil it processes through its Burnaby terminal, where tankers load up with bitumen before navigating the waters around Vancouver. Carr said she was buoyed by a recent poll conducted by Justason Market Intelligence that showed the Greens’ popularity continues to grow, with one in four voters (24 per cent) in favour of a Green majority. Carr said the Greens now have more than 200 members. The election is Nov. 15. twitter.com/Howellings

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Aquino, who works for a software company downtown and lives in RenfrewCollingwood, said Vision wasn’t a right fit for him and other OneCity backers. “We felt thatVision wasn’t addressing the things that we’re talking about — directly addressing affordability with bold measures and talking about public transit the way we’re talking about public transit… And, we do feel very strongly about the influence that corporations and developers have in municipal politics. Feeling very strongly about that, we’re not accepting donations from developers and we feel very strongly that any new development should be of benefit to public use rather than developers’ profit.” It’s not Aquino’s first run for council — he placed 20th with 39,055 votes when he ran for a seat under COPE in 2011. Aquino said OneCity has no electoral agreements with other political parties and doesn’t intend to make any. Organizers are talking with other potential candidates to run under its banner, but

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RJ Aquino, a former member of COPE’s executive, announced Monday he’ll run for council under a new political party — OneCity. OneCity plans to focus on issues ranging from development and transit to social inequality and childcare. Aquino split with COPE a year ago over concerns about the party’s direction. “We found that it just didn’t feel like a political home that we could thrive in anymore.We wanted to do politics in a certain way where people would be respectful and look at engaging the city as a whole and engaging all the neighbourhoods and engaging all the residents in a positive and meaningful way,” he told the Courier. Aquino is one of several prominent COPE supporters who’ve parted ways with the left-leaning party, including school trustee AllanWong — its only elected politician, who switched toVision Vancouver.

RJ Aquino announced Monday his candidacy for a city council seat under the new OneCity party. PHOTO

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News AGM billed as a leadership review of incumbents continued from page 1 So far, the battle for the remaining council nomination is between outgoing park board commissioner Niki Sharma and lawyer Catherine Evans, who is chairperson of the Vancouver Public Library Board. The most new faces forVision will be on its park board slate.With Sharma seeking a move to city hall, colleagues Aaron Jasper, Sarah Blyth and Constance Barnes (seeking a federal nomination with

the NDP inVancouver-Centre) have said this is their last term on the board. Nominees for park board includeWest End activist Brent Granby, community organizer CoreeTull, food policy adviserTrish Kelly, businessman Mark Mitchell, youth settlement worker Sammie Jo Rumbaua and formerVision board member Naveen Girn. School trustee hopefuls include school psychologist and teacher Joy Alexander and architect Ian Ross McDonald.

Sunday’s meeting was billed as a leadership review of the party’s incumbents. The event was more a formality than a competition, with the lowest approval rating of an incumbent at 90 per cent; the party declined to provide a breakdown of the votes, only to say the mayor received 99 per cent support. Vision’s executive director Stepan Vdovine defended the party’s decision not to hold a nomination meeting for incumbents, a rare occurrence in the party’s

decade-long history. The only time Vision hasn’t held a nomination meeting is when the party ran Jim Green for mayor and a slate of council candidates in the party’s inaugural campaign in 2005. “The party feels very strongly about the slate of incumbents we have and we think they’re doing a fantastic job and this is an opportunity for the membership to say yes or no,”Vdovine said. In previous elections, Vision has run “cooperative

campaigns” with COPE and purposely didn’t run a full slate to allow for what they once called “a progressive voice” at city hall. COPE and Vision have since severed ties. When asked whether leaving two spots open at the 10-person council table was a subtle endorsement of the Green Party,Vdovine replied “no, it’s not.” AddedVdovine: “Look, VisionVancouver is the green party ofVancouver.We are the party that’s committed to mak-

ingVancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020. So we have an incredibly strong commitment to the environment.” The Greens will run Coun. Adriane Carr, Pete Fry and Cleta Brown for council and decide in June how many candidates the party will nominate for school board and park board, or whether it will run a mayoral candidate. COPE’s nomination meeting is scheduled for Sept. 7. The election is Nov.15. twitter.com/Howellings

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Supporters of Pine Free Clinic gathered in Vancouver-Point Grey NDP MLA David Eby’s ofﬁce Friday afternoon to try to save the clinic slated for closure. Vancouver Coastal Health is cutting funding to the walk-in youth clinic. “The quality of care Pine Free provides is above and beyond anything I’ve been able ﬁnd in Vancouver,” said Ryan Caron, a UBC psychology graduate working in mental health. “I turned 25 this year, and I’ve been looking for a GP since then. No clinic I’ve been to has provided the same friendliness, openness, the same attention to care.” Ideas to save Pine Free included letter writing, a rally, strengthening the petition that currently has 863 signatures, and demanding a meeting with Vancouver Coastal Health. The discussion included

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groups.The restructuring of primary care means that some clinics are facing partial funding cuts, forcing them to provide fewer non-primary care services like nursing or counselling. Funding for Pine Free will cease completely. At least one person argued that youth on the West side should not be neglected simply because they live in an afﬂuent neighbourhood. “One of the biggest misunderstandings about [Pine Free] is that Kitsilano youth don’t need help because they’re not poor,” said Holly Janus, a UBC anthropology student. “But when you’re a youth, you don’t have resources and you may be scared to ask for help if you can’t remain anonymous.” Clinics affected by Vancouver Coastal Health’s restructuring of primary care services include: Evergreen, Mid-Main, Paciﬁc Spirit, Pine Free and South Vancouver. twitter.com/wanyeelii

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The City of Vancouver sold more than $62 million of properties that it took over in early 2011 from Millennium Development to help chisel away at the Olympic Village debt. In April 2011, the city an-

nounced Millennium ceded 32 properties that were appraised at $82.2 million, but worth an estimated $45.48 million after mortgages. A list provided to the Courier by city hall this week shows $101.5 million in the sale of properties that carried $34.03 million in mortgages plus $2.3 million for commissions

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remaining 67 condos.While Mayor Gregor Robertson claimed the $630 million debt was retired, he admitted Millennium never paid the $170 million it owed for the land. SEFC was put in receivership in November 2011 and filed for bankruptcy in March 2014. The last remaining property is the $7.05 million-assessed 1327 Marine Dr. inWestVancouver. A sale is pending but not yet final.The sale was delayed because the building was demolished after an Oct. 28, 2012 restaurant fire thatWest Vancouver Police believe was the work of arsonists. “We have identified suspects, but are not in a position to forward a charge recommendation to Crown counsel. Anyone with information regarding this is still encouraged to contact our Criminal Investigation Section,” Const. Jeff Palmer told the Courier. According to B.C. Land Title and Survey, the Shoppers Drug Mart property at 1583 Marine Dr. in West Vancouver sold last year for $8.6 million to 8549737 Canada Inc., whose address

is also the drug store chain’s Toronto headquarters. Also in 2013, the FedEx building at 4270 Dawson St. in Burnaby sold for $15.018 million to 0916038 B.C. Ltd., whose president is HartantoTjoa, developer of the Rafﬂes on Robson tower. The eight ground ﬂoor commercial strata units from 4208 to 4248 Dawson St. sold for $3.6 million in 2012 to DeVita Holdings Ltd. and Sobkow Holdings Ltd., which are connected to the DeVita and Gabrielle families. In 2011, properties at Deer Park in Toronto and three sites in Burnaby sold for a total $1.952 million. The city netted $1.2 million after $742,498 in mortgages were deducted. A company connected to Nature’s Path organic cereal cofounder Ratana Stephens paid $18.01 million in 2012 for the Province Building at 198 West Hastings. The biggest transactions between the city and a single entity were in 2013 when Polygon Development paid $43.02 million for four properties in North Vancouver’s Esplanade

area.The $19.17 million in mortgages meant the city netted $23.86 million. “The amount of money they got was similar to the estimates,” remarked real estate consultant Michael Geller. He said the appraisal reports should be published so citizens can see the experts’ assumptions behind the values. “(Appraisals) can also be works of ﬁction,” he said. “AACI — appraisal according to client’s instructions.” The City of Vancouver could have gained more assets from Millennium and its principals Shahram Malekyazdi and Peter Malek. City manager Penny Ballem signed a Feb. 2, 2011 discharge from a mortgage worth $1 billion and the city opted not to pursue their holdings outside of Canada. Millennium remains highly active with developments like Boheme on East Hastings, Alexandra at Davie and Haro and One Madison Avenue in Burnaby. The company website continues to display theVancouver 2010Winter Olympics “ofﬁcial supplier” status logo. twitter.com/bobmackin

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Briefs Emily Carr receives $7 million donation

Emily Carr University is the recipient of the largest donation in Canada to an arts-only university. Reliance Properties announced a $7-million donation towards Emily Carr University, which is the largest donation the school has ever received.The money will help build the Libby Leshgold Gallery and the Reliance Lecture Theatre at Emily Carr’s new Great Northern Way campus. The university hopes that the new gallery and theatre will facilitate collaborations from local, national and international artists. The spaces will be used to hold events, exhibitions, and programs that will “enhance academic curriculum” and “shape its residents’ urban experience.” The announcement was made May 2 at Emily Carr’s Granville Island campus with speeches from the school’s campaign executives and Kirby Goldstein who spoke on behalf of her late grandmother Libby Leshgold, whose family founded Reliance Properties and whom the gallery is named after. Leshgold was a Vancouver-based interior designer from Winnipeg who imbued her work with “creativity” and “elegant style.” Leshgold also inﬂuenced many of Reliance Properties’ designs. The $7 million donation will cover a portion of Emily Carr’s $25 million fundraising campaign to add to the provincial government’s $113 million contribution towards building the new campus. Construction of the campus is expected to start late fall and be completed by fall 2016. The new campus will accommodate roughly 1,800 students, span 26,600 square metres, and feature four main areas for studio and academic programs, learning support, administration and student services. —Jenny Peng

Microsoft to double Vancouver workforce with new centre

Microsoft Canada plans to double its workforce in Vancouver with the creation of a new training and development centre at the Pacific Centre. The company plans to occupy about 14,000 square metres in Pacific Centre, said Microsoft Canada president Janet Kennedy. Microsoft plans to create 400 new jobs in Vancouver — which will double its current workforce — and will spend about $90 million annually. Microsoft already employs about 400 people in Vancouver, about 300 of whom are employed by the company’s two game studios — Big Park and Black Tusk, which was recently given the Gears of War franchise. The new Microsoft Centre of Excellence is slated to open at Pacific Centre in 2015, but the company is already recruiting interns for its new Foundry Vancouver program, which will draw graduates from universities across Canada for paid internships. “The first 25 interns have been hired and will start on May 5 for the Foundry program,” said Kennedy. The new centre will focus on research and development for Microsoft cloud-based services such as Office 365, SharePoint, Skype, Bing andYammer. Kennedy said the hiring of new employees will coincide with the new office at Pacific Centre. “We’ll start moving people in as we get the construction done,” she said. — Nelson Bennett

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Opinion Horgan plays the copy- NPA down but not out cat in the hard hat for fall election Les Leyne Columnist lleyne@timescolonist.com There was an unmistakable clue in a Friday media advisory from the NDP as to how it’s going to be for the next three years. NDP Leader John Horgan’s first official event was a tour of the Western Stevedoring facility in North Vancouver. The note warned: “Media attending this availability must wear steel-toed boots and safety vests.” Not only that, but: “Steel-toed boots will NOT be provided on site, and must be brought by media attending.” With a jolt that almost knocked my safety glasses off, I realized where the political discourse is going to take place from now until election day 2017. Horgan is going to try to copy-cat Premier Christy Clark’s success last year on job sites around B.C. He’s going to try to out-hard hat her. Then a secondary shock almost knocked me to the ground: We in the media are going to look like dorks for this entire term of government. There’s nothing phonier than someone who clearly hasn’t done a lick of physical labour in years showing up in a hard hat, safety vest and steel-toed boots. I’ve done hard hat visits with politicians. I could feel the derision from all over the plant as the real workers looked at me in my shiny new hat — standing around holding a pen, doing nothing. That’s going to be the cost of doing business for the next while, but in terms of the contest shaping up, it’s a price worth paying. Because the NDP has a lot of catching up and backfilling to do before their leader can stand comfortably with a crowd of hard hats and know the workers are on their side. For all the hard work and intelligence Adrian Dix put into his leadership of the party, he did nothing to stop the party’s drift away from blue-collar workers. In fact, he intensified it dramatically, by abruptly opposing the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Any number of post mortems pin the party’s campaign collapse on that Earth Day moment. Plus, he was weak on hard hat moments. He showed up at the Liberal’s first throne speech after their victory carrying a hard hat. But it was to make a bitter point, while standing in the legislature’s rose garden. “Getting the job done on a jobs plan … on skills training … requires

Horgan is going to try and copy-cat Premier Christy Clark’s success last year on job sites around B.C.

more than wearing a hard hat.” Liberals at that point were still giggling about Dix’s main hat moment of the campaign. He was photographed in Barkerville wearing a bowler hat. Liberal mirth arose from the fact they were stressing the fact he would destroy the economy and drive people out of B.C., and he showed up in a ghost town. The NDP’s drift away from working people has been underway for a while, but it became clear in 2007. The party convention that year became wildly enthused with sustainability as a doctrine. It was an “action agenda” and an “inspiring brand.” A sustainability commissioner would check every decision of government and people would have a new environmental bill of rights under which they could sue to stop just about anything. Sustainability was going to “become a powerful and persuasive central theme of the 2009 campaign.” It became no such thing, and they lost. They downplayed the doctrine in 2013, but it’s still on the party’s books, and seemed to shape Dix’s thinking. They lost again. So starting Horgan off at a work site is a deliberate move, and there will likely be more such visits to come. But he’s going up against a master of hard hat and safety-vest moments in Clark. She staged one virtually every day of the campaign and still shows up at them every chance she gets. Horgan’s job is to start trying to catch up to her — from a long way back — while not unduly alienating that chunk of the NDP that is quite happy to forgo the working people’s vote in favour of standing for some mushy “sustainability” doctrine that doesn’t seem to have much of anything to do with jobs. And he has to conduct that tap dance without leaving room for the Greens to move in. Hard to do, when you’re wearing steeltoed boots.

Michael Geller Columnist geller@sfu.ca

Starting this week, Michael Geller joins us as a columnist. An architect, adjunct professor at SFU, former council candidate in the 2008 election and a force in social media, Geller brings four decades of experience in Vancouver planning and civic affairs.We look forward to his observations in this election year. — Editor Two weeks ago, at a press conference on Olympic Village finances, Mayor Gregor Robertson brushed aside my question following his self-congratulatory remarks with a terse “Hey, you’re not media!” It is therefore with some delight that I can now let Mayor Robertson know I will be offering my perspective on Vancouver civic affairs in the Courier on a weekly basis. Since the Nov. 15 municipal election is just over six months away, it seems only appropriate that we start here. Last month, Barb Justason’s Market Intelligence asked 357 decided voters which party should form a majority on Vancouver city council. The choices were Vision, NPA, COPE and Green, since they were all known to be running candidates. However, at least three other parties, TEAM, NSV (Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver) and the Cedar Party (rooted in democracy) will likely run candidates, just to further confuse things. Justason’s poll revealed 38 per cent support for a Vision Vancouver majority, five points less than in January 2014. Support for a Green party majority increased to 24 per cent while only 18 per cent of poll respondents supported an NPA majority. Justason noted this was the lowest level of support ever recorded by her firm. COPE’s support was also at an all-time low 10 per cent. I found the poll results surprising, and told Justason so on Twitter. She responded that she was sorry about the numbers. I told her not to apologize, adding I was happy to see the Greens doing well, and planning to support incumbent Carr and newcomer Cleta Brown, the daughter of the late Rosemary Brown. Coincidentally, another Green candidate Pete Fry is the son of Liberal MP Hedy Fry. While I am sure the NPA is disappointed with their numbers, if they can put together a slate of good candidates covering a broad political spectrum, they will significantly increase their percentage

The week in num6ers...

12 15 99 71

In thousands, the average number of client visits to the Pine Free clinic per year. The Kitsilano health clinic is changing to a fee-for-service model beginning this month.

The number of incumbent candidates endorsed to run again by Vision Vancouver party members at their Annual General Meeting on Sunday.

Percentage of Vision Vancouver party members who voted to give Mayor Gregor Robertson the thumbs-up to seek re-election in November.

At the Courier’s print deadline, the percentage of readers who voted Yes at our online poll question asking: “Should the Vancouver Park Board reduce the size of the Trout Lake off-leash dog area?”

of the vote. With the right mayoral candidate, they could win. With half a year to go, a lot can happen in politics, as we have seen in many recent elections across Canada. I should add I am not a member of the NPA and my decision to run as an NPA councillor in 2008 was attributable to the fact they asked me first, rather than any particularly strong party allegiance. Indeed, if it was up to me, I would change Vancouver’s political landscape so that good candidates do not have to belong to any party to get elected. That way Sandy Garossino would be elected to council, rather than a lesser candidate who simply belongs to the winning party. Another thing I would change is the ballot. While I support politicians whose names begin with A, B, C and D, listing candidates in alphabetical order is unfair to those whose names begin with K or P. I would like to see multiple ballots with all candidate names equally on top, middle, and bottom. On Sunday Vision held its AGM. Not surprisingly, all incumbents were endorsed and the final slate will be selected June 22. What was surprising, indeed quite shocking, was Mayor Robertson’s reference to the NPA as “a party of angry old white men.” The fact is, there are a lot of people angry with Vision at the moment. While many NPA members are old white men, many are young men and women, and even transsexuals. They are white and of colour. They are as ethnically diverse as those attending the Vision AGM. This will be evident at tonight’s NPA sold-out fundraising event at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. Perhaps the key question for NPA is who will be the mayoral candidate. Sadly, it will not be Carole Taylor. But is anyone talking to Surrey mayor Dianne Watts? After all she has proven herself to be a most capable municipal leader and adept at bringing together people of various political persuasions. Alternatively is the NPA considering former park board commissioner Ian Robertson? While he’s not as handsome, and may not have the name recognition as Gregor Robertson, the confusion over their last names might be sufficient to elect him Mayor Robertson. After all, the late Jim Green was convinced independent candidate James Green cost him his mayoral victory. twitter.com/michaelgeller

From an original four, the number of Green Party candidates running for city council after Tracey Moir was dropped by the party due to her involvement in a potential lawsuit against the city regarding the Oakridge development project.

In millions of dollars, the amount donated to Emily Carr University by Reliance Properties. The money will help build the Libby Leshgold Gallery and the Reliance Lecture Theatre at the art school’s new Great Northern Way campus.

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Vancouver’s ﬁrst shopping mall opens May 6, 1959: Vancouver gets its first shopping mall when Oakridge Centre opens its doors at the corner of Cambie Street and West 41st Avenue. A Woodward’s outlet was the original anchor tenant until it was sold to The Bay in 1993. The mall drew international attention for being both the starting and ending point for wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion world tour in 1985. The site is now the location of a controversial new development that is poised to turn the sleepy retail centre into a miniature city with four new high-rise condo towers.

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May 8, 1982: A dozen years after joining the NHL as an expansion team, the Vancouver Canucks make their first appearance in the Stanley Cup finals playing in Long Island against the New York Islanders. The team loses the game 6-5 in overtime after a goal by future Hall of Famer Mike Bossy. Swedish forward Thomas Gradin ties a Canucks team playoffs record with two goals and an assist. The Islanders went on the sweep the series as part of a four-year dynasty as Stanley Cup champions.

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To the editor: Re: “Pine Free clinic soon won’t be free,” May 2. Pine Clinic was originally known — and is still often referred to — as the “Pine Free Clinic.” Since the early 1970s, Pine has provided free health care and contraception to a young and transient population that lived in Kitsilano. But Kits has changed dramatically and today the majority of youth who require these services come to Pine from outside the neighbourhood. A full 30 per cent of Pine’s clients are from Vancouver’s east and southeast neighbourhoods while another 30 per cent are from outsideVancouver. Another 29 per cent of Pine’s clients are adults despite its mandate to serve youth. After careful consideration and analysis,Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has decided to better meet the needs of vulnerable and medically complex youth by providing primary care at a new high needs and stabilization primary care clinic at Raven Song Community Health Centre, 2450 Ontario St.We are also increasing resources for the inner-city youth clinic at Three Bridges and at the East VancouverYouth Clinic. In addition to primary care, vulnerable youth who attend these clinics will have direct access to public health, mental health and addictions services. There is no room to offer these important services at Pine Clinic due to its small

and aging infrastructure. As with allVCH owned and operated primary care services, youth need not be enrolled in MSP to receive better care at Raven Song, so it is untrue to say services are no longer “free” or suggest that clients will no longer have access to the care they require. Rather, Raven Song will be open sevendays-a-week, 12-hours-per day, making it more accessible to youth at times that are more convenient for them. We acknowledge that change is difﬁcult for some and that is why we are working towards a smooth transition towards better care for our clients. Dr. Rolando Barrios, senior medical director, Vancouver Coastal Health

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To the editor: Re: “Black Dog Video ﬁghts to keep on barking,” May 2. The piece mentions that Black Dog is one of the last DVD rental places inVancouver and that it is not doing well. There could be two reasons.There are two other and very good places to ﬁnd DVDs. One is ourVancouver Public Library and the other place is LimelightVideo on Alma and Broadway. Both LimelightVideo and theVPL have online catalogue search. As far as I can see with Black DogVideo you have to phone to ask or go in person. AlexWaterhouse-Hayward, Vancouver

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COURIER STORY: “Dogs of war unleashed atTrout Lake,” April 30. Andrea Smith: Not sure why you’d slash a well-used facility by 80 per cent.The cut was never mentioned anywhere in the “consultation” materials, so there’s really no mandate for it. It’s a very insensitive thing to propose when people rely on the space so much. Lisa Eatmonhollandshoare:Wow, talk about your sense of in entitlement! It’s NOT owed to you and it is NOT YOUR park. Be happy with what is offered to you. COURIER COLUMN: “Vancouver Aquarium holds high environmental standards,” May 2. DanielTanner: Qila was never “SUBJECTED to the ocean”? Of all the nonsense I’ve heard in this whole debate, that one takes the cake.This, FROM AN AQUARIUM STAFFER! It really goes to the heart of the issue -- these are not domestic animals.They are wild animals whose instincts are the result of millions of years of evolution in a natural environment.You did not breed that out in one generation my friend. But to pretend that you are doing them a favour by saving them from NATURE?? Incredible. Arrogant. And insulting to the rest of us thinking humans. Monty:Why is it that people who claim to be a “voice for the voiceless” mostly seem to be foulmouthed and abusive? Pretty sure the animals they say they’re speaking for wouldn’t treat others of their species the same way. Mind you, the nasty comments and fabrications are a huge turn-off for many of the mainstream — those who value the work the aquarium does, but haven’t made their minds up about the whales there. So there’s that. COURIER STORY: “Vancouver School Board gassed hefty Chevron donation,” May 2. Ubuntu Port Alberni: Do not allow corporate donations to permeate the education system. Next thing you know oil will be dictating school curriculum as they do in Alberta now!

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When we get out into the spring garden, we find all kinds of multi-legged aliens got there first — that’s where wasps, bees, crawling insects, spiders, larvae and miscellaneous flies are living busy lives that aren’t always understood. For instance, lots of us have a routine spring tour outside the house walls knocking down tiny wasps nests that are just getting started. But even the detested yellow-jackets that invade picnic spreads are garden friends that feed on caterpillars, flies and many other pests. Others are parasitic wasps that lay eggs in other insects. When these hatch, the wasp larvae eat and soon kill their insect hosts. Wasp nests high up on trees or far away from contact with people should be left wherever possible. But nests above windows or doors definitely need to be removed.Wasp nests in holes in the ground are especially dangerous because when disturbed the wasps can emerge in thick, angry swarms. Other garden friends include Lacewings that emerge from voracious pesteating larvae, ladybug larvae that have a much fiercer appetite for pests than their parents and spiders that eat anything they can catch. Mason bees are wonder-

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ful fruit pollinators but they’re sometimes misunderstood because they look like fat, black blowﬂies (or, from a distance, black hornets). But mason bees don’t sting.These native bees buzz around houses and old sheds looking for cracks to deposit their eggs. Any old wood such as siding, shingles or rough bark of trees will do. Another good, wild pollinator is the leaf-cutter bee. It’s considered a nuisance because it cuts semi-circular holes out of rose leaves but as a pollinator it’s superb because it keeps working through mid-summer and fall after mason bees have died off for the year. Bumblebees are likely the best pollinators of any. Unlike mason bees, they work from spring to frost. Unlike honeybees, they almost never sting and unlike leafcutting bees they don’t munch holes in leaves

of ornamental plants.Their favourite sites for their small nests include holes in the ground, under discarded wood and in heaps of leaves. For most beneﬁcial insects it’s very important to provide some shallow water: the edge of a pond or a birdbath or saucer with a small rock in the middle for a landing site. Renewing the water every day or so is important because in summer water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Fish can keep ponds clear of mosquito larvae, but other standing water must be kept fresh. Mosquitoes can quickly make a garden unusable or force one to use various kinds of protection. Most crawling garden pests also have a winged stage that ultimately lays the eggs that later hatch into maddeningly destructive progeny.This applies to aphids, ants, carrot ﬂies and many of the destructive apple pests including the codling moth — the eggs overwinter after being laid after the growing season. Cleaning up where the eggs are likely to be (leaf litter, soil, debris) is an organic way of reducing the problem. On trees, pruning branches with bands of eggs or spraying with dormant oil can help. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@ shaw.ca. It helps if you add the name of your city or region.

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Cub Scout leader and proud mom Leeann Froese says when it comes to camp there are many ways to help a child prepare. Froese, who’s nine-yearold son Nate is enjoying his second year as a Cub Scout, advises gathering as much information as possible prior to your child leaving for camp. “They need to know how and what to pack and what size pack they’ll need,” said Froese, who’s also co-owner of marketing and design agency Town Hall. “If they’re prepared, that will help them feel independent when they go away.” Froese said once a child is prepared, they can confidently attend camp. She noted once at camp, children are often too busy to suffer from homesickness. “They’re up at seven for breakfast and then they’re busy until late. If there’s a campfire they’ll be up past their usual bedtime,” said Froese. “They just don’t have time to get homesick.” Froese said skills kids learn at camp add to their self-confidence and bolster self-esteem. She added besides outdoor skills, such as archery and canoeing, kids learn life lessons like basic cooking. Froese said even young children are taught how to light a camp stove and cook an egg. “We teach them the difference between toys and tools so they know things like matches are not to be played with,” said Froese. Froese said one way to

Besides outdoor activities, kids at Scout Camp learn practical skills such as cooking. (Right) Nate Froese, 9, shows off the badges he’s earned as a Cub Scout. PHOTO SUBMITTED

ensure your child is gaining the most from a program such as Scouts is to volunteer as a leader. Scouts Canada has been considered one of the country’s leading youth organizations for more than 100 years. “As a parent I wanted to know what was going on,” said Froese. “So I decided to get involved.” To volunteer with Scouts Canada, Froese had to ﬁrst complete vigorous training in everything from camping to working with children with special needs. “I didn’t even know how to pitch a

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bags or shoes at camp. Most directors advise not to pack anything of value. • Pack well-worn clothes the child is about to outgrow. Campers do not need the stress of keeping good clothes free of stains and pine gum. Include a list of all items to increase the odds of everything returning home. • Attend to medical matters. If your child is taking a prescription medicine, send an adequate supply in the original container. • Involve your child every step of the way so there are no surprises.

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Six benefits of summer camp Sandra Thomas

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A 2011 research project conducted by Dr.Troy Glover and his team at the University of Waterloo discovered, not surprisingly, that attending summer camp is good for kids and youth. The Canadian Summer Camp Research Project, funded by the Canadian Camping Association, explored the outcomes of summer camp participation and concluded it helps kids in five key areas of development, including social integration and citizenship, environmental awareness, attitudes towards physical activity, emotional intelligence, and self-confidence and personal development. Just some of the benefits of attending camp found in the report include: • Camp increases social connections. Many camp friends remain so for life and young people befriend individuals sometimes

A recent research project says one of the many beneﬁts of attending camp is making long-lasting friendships. PHOTO COURTESY CAMP QWANOES

perceived as different from themselves.They also learn to resolve conﬂicts in a positive manner. • Campers have a sense of belonging and develop a sense of pride in their camp.

• Camp exposes children to the natural world. Current research shows that time spent in a natural environment is as essential to a child’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual

development as eating and sleeping. Campers learn to respect and appreciate the world around them, how to protect the environment, and develop environmentally friendly attitudes.

• Camp allows children to live simply. Simple routines in a camp environment allow children to both anticipate and enjoy the day.When life is stripped of cellphones, television

and computer-based social networking, children can focus on essentials such as core values. • Camp provides a safe, secure, supportive and healthy environment. After participating in a full day of activity, often outside, and enjoying regular, nutritious meals, campers are ready for a good night’s sleep whether in their camp cabin, tent or at home after a busy day.The research also showed 61 per cent of campers showed improved attitudes towards physical activity by the end of their camp session. • Camp builds character and self-esteem because children and youth emulate the example of camp leaders through cooperation and consideration of the camp community.They also acquire new skills and learn how to cope independently away from home. Returning campers develop leadership skills. The entire report is available at healthycommunities. uwaterloo.ca/camp.

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A campfire classic, s’mores invariably involve graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows. STOCK PHOTOS

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Campﬁre treat dates back nine decades

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The ﬁrst known printed recipe for what today is known as s’mores — short for “some more” — appeared in the 1927 hand book Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. Since that time there have been numerous variations of the campﬁre favourite, but the classic recipe includes graham crackers, milk chocolate and marshmallows. Gourmet s’mores tend to be more exotic with ingredients ranging from peanut butter and banana to coconut, salted caramel and Nutella — while true

gourmands will also want to make their own ingredients. But there’s really no replacement for the real deal, factory-made marshmallows and graham cracker version made popular over the past nine decades. In fact, the traditional recipe is so iconic Aug. 10 is celebrated as National S’mores Day in the U.S. It was also popular with a former college roommate who, after a night out, would pull a chair up to our stove, turn on the broiler and pull out the marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers. But for the less medicinally inclined, here’s a traditional s’mores recipe. twitter.com/sthomas10

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Top 11 movies about summer camp Sandra Thomas

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Movies about summer camp have been around almost as long as summer camping, but a quick search of the Internet and straw poll of the Courier’s newsroom show it’s obvious some have endured the decades better than others to become classics.Whether it’s coming-of-age, persevering against all odds or standing up to bullies or axe murderers, there’s a movie for everyone. But it’s a newer movie that almost all agree is a top contender as a summer camp fave, which is where this list begins. 1. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Actor Bill Murray has the distinction of starring in both this relative newcomer to the summer camp genre as well as the ﬁrst

instalment of the Meatballs series of movies. In this coming-of-age movie, director/co-writer Wes Anderson teamed with screenwriter Roman Coppola to create this comedy-drama set in the 1960s.When a pair of young lovers from the New England coast runs away, it throws the adults in their life into a frenzy. 2. Meatballs (1979) In this original Meatballs movie, Bill Murray plays Tripper, the head counsellor at a low-end summer camp. When an 11-year-old boy suffering from depression accidently causes his team to lose a soccer game and becomes an outcast, Murray takes him under his wing. 3. Little Darlings (1980) Starring Tatum O’Neal and Kristy McNichol, the plot of Little Darlings follows a group of teenaged girls at a summer camp who

start a contest to see who will lose their virginity first. Much hilarity ensues and that’s about all I’m going to say about that. Look for a young Cynthia Nixon from Sex and the City. 4. Wet Hot American Summer (2001) This box-office flop has since become a cult classic, partially for its early 80’s soundtrack, but also for its cast, many which have since moved onto much bigger and better things. Look for Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and Elizabeth Banks. 5. The Parent Trap (1961 and 1998) The original movie starred Haley Mills playing identical twins, separated at an early age by their parents’ divorce, who reunite accidently at summer camp.

The movie follows the twin teens as they work to reunite their parents — at one point switching places at home with a plan to disrupt their mom and dad’s current relationships.The movie was remade in 1998 to star Lindsay Lohan. 6. Band Camp (2005) When a teenaged boy gets “sentenced” to Band Camp after a high school prank goes seriously wrong, he plans to make the best of it by dreaming up outrageous pranks. Throw in some blossoming romance and you have Band Camp. 7. Sleepaway Camp (1983 Rated R) The plot to this horror movie is too grisly to go into much detail here, but it’s included on this list because of its cult following. continued on next page

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8. Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) Ernest P.Worrell, played by the late comedian Jim Varney, was a fictional character who first appeared in a series of TV commercials and later in a TV series and feature films. In Ernest Goes to Camp, the awkward Ernest is put in charge of a group of law-breaking youth sent to camp to serve out their sentences.The characters all come together when a rich land developer threatens the camp.

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1. A young Bill Murray stars as a counsellor at a sub-par summer camp in the classic comedy Meatballs. 2. Tatum O’Neal (left) and Kristy McNichol compete to see who can lose their virginity ﬁrst in the 1980 ﬁlm Little Darlings

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9. SpaceCamp (1986) A group of teenagers with little in common are forced into the same shuttle group at space camp and things go from bad to worse when they accidently blast off. The teens learn they need to work together if they want to get back to Earth safely. 10. Addams Family Values (1993) When a new baby joins the goth-centric Addams Family, daughter Wednesday and son Pugsley are shipped off to summer camp to prevent their

growing sibling rivalry from escalating into fratricide. The new baby’s nanny is also a suspected gold digger and the family must ﬁght to save Uncle Fester. 11. Dirty Dancing (1987) This coming-of-age romantic comedy has become a cult classic spanning generations of fans who’ve fallen in love with not only stars Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, but also the iconic soundtrack featuring “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” twitter.com/sthomas10

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Enjoy a Mother’s Day stroll this weekend at UBC Botanical Garden on Southwest Marine Drive. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Celebrate mom all weekend with events across the city Sandra Thomas

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While Sunday, May 11, is the ofﬁcial date for Mother’s Day, there’s lots going on all weekend to celebrate Mom.

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The University of B.C. Botanical Garden is open all weekend from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and, if you’ve never been, it’s well worth checking out. One of the highlights is the David C. Lam Asian Garden, a coastal native second-growth forest under-planted with Asian trees, shrubs, woody vines, evergreen and herbaceous perennials.The Food Garden is a formal space where visitors are encouraged to explore our connection to food through displays and demonstrations. Partially enclosing the garden are espalier trained apple and pear trees.Within the

espalier screen, soft fruits are grown in ground-level beds surrounding a series of raised beds where vegetables and culinary herbs are cultivated.The raised beds allow the soil to heat up earlier in the spring, provide needed drainage and are easier to work than ground-level beds. And as featured in a recent Courier article, the garden is also home to the Greenheart Canopy Walkway made up of 10 suspension bridges connected by eight lightweight platforms harnessed to towering Douglas ﬁrs and western red cedars. The garden is located at 6804 Southwest Marine Dr. For more information visit botanicalgarden.ubc. ca/food-garden.

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Want to really impress Mom? Surprise her with a visit to False Creek Fisherman’s

Wharf from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, May 10, for the annual Spot Prawn Festival presented by the Chefs’Table Society of B.C. Tickets are on sale now for the Spot Prawn Boil while several restaurants, includingYew Seafood and Bar in the Four Seasons Hotel, have created special, seasonal menus celebrating this local and sustainable crustacean. Wild B.C. spot prawns are a delicacy known around the world for their sweet, delicate flavour and firm texture. The prawns are reddish brown in colour and turn bright pink with defining white spots on their tail and white horizontal bars on the carapace when cooked. In B.C., approximately 2,450 metric tonnes of spot prawns are harvested annually, with about 65 per cent plucked from the

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waters between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Each year, Chefs’ Table Society members from across the Lower Mainland serve visitors fresh-from-the-boat spot prawns. The society is a non-proﬁt group comprised of the province’s leading chefs and culinary professionals. Tickets to the Spot Prawn Boil are $15 each — or purchase the Brine and Dine combo for a special day out. All proceeds support the Chefs’ Table Society of BC. For more information visit spotprawnfestival. com. False Creek Fisherman’s Wharf is located at 1505 West First Ave., adjacent to Granville Island.

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Pr Spot Prawn Festival sure to please all moms The evening offers an pportunity to dine on o opportunity uisitely creamy oysters exquisitely Forte and caviar from Joe Fortes Chophous Seafood and Chophouse hile sipping a full-bodied full-bodi while Cabernet Franc and Viogni wine from Perseus nier Winery, not to mention the sou soulful stylings of Vancouve couver-based Kokosoul, azing photography and amazing butterﬂ a chance to win a butterﬂy diamond pendant from Birkss — all in support of ritis research. For more arthritis rmation visit arthritisarth information arch.ca. research.ca.

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The Trout Lake Farmers Market reopens for the season this Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Just some of the vendors returning for the season include Arila Apiary, G & K Garden, Gloucester Green Nursery, South Grove Nursery and Hannah Brook Farm.The bell to ofﬁcially open the market rings at 9 a.m. in the north parking lot of John Hendry Park.

Remem Remember to bring your n bags ba and walk, bike or own ke transit t take if possible. Al Also in Grandview Woodland is the 10th AnSee nual Sunflower Seedling fund Sale and HIV fundraiser for ephen Lewis Le the Stephen Foundation offering mo more than 25 g varieties of locally grown wers. sunflowers. The sale takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May M 10 at 2133 East Seventh Ave. And again in Grandview Gr Woodland is the Blim Mother’s Day M Market at Astorino’s Ballroom Sunday, May 11, from noon to 6 p.m. Enjoy hot food created and sold by independent food vendors, while checking out the work of 50 artisans showcasing vintage-inspired designs, baked goods, crafts, chocolates and more.The first 20 moms through the door will receive a swag bag. Astorino’s is located at 1739 Venables.

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takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, at the Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St. Got Craft? aims to bring together a community that fosters a handmade and doit-yourself culture. Founded in 2007, Got Craft? is held twice a year — in May and December — and features more than 75 handmade designers, craft workshops, tasty treats, music, free swag bags and an average attendance of 6000 annually. For more information visit gotcraft.com. twitter.com/sthomas10

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It’s that time of year again when the ﬂowers in Vancouver’s parks are blooming and the sun honours us with its presence, encouraging us to go out for a stroll. At a time where we’re always told that we need to exercise more, the longer days and warmer temperatures can be a blessing. People are more likely to go outside for a stroll if it’s not pouring rain. Convenience also plays a big role in encouraging people to walk, according to Rand Clement, hiking enthusiast and owner of The Right Shoe. “I think walking is a great form of exercise because it’s convenient. It’s gets people outside and it’s accessible to pretty much everybody, whether it’s walking around your block

once or if it’s walking in the park,” he said. An added beneﬁt is that walking is easier on the joints compared to running. “It’s something that’s low impact on your body, as opposed to running, which is generating a lot more force,” said Clement. This way, walking can be a social activity as well as a physical one. Clement pointed out that walking can be a serious activity, too. More people are using urban walking poles when they go on their strolls.The poles essentially look like ski poles. This ensures that people are engaging their torsos and arms when they walk. “It’s a great way to expand to exercise your upper body as well,” he said. No matter what level of walking you choose to do, having the right footwear and apparel is essential.

“What you choose to put on your feet has a big impact on your comfort and giving your body some protection,” said Clement. Having a stable base and cushioning are the two most important things, according to him. For walking or light hiking, he recommends an athletic walking shoe that ﬁts properly. Ensure that you have enough room to wiggle your toes when you’re standing, he advised. And for those hot summer days, sandals are ﬁne too, as long as they have good cushion and support. The other thing to keep in mind if you’re starting a new walking program is to not do too much too soon. Easing into a routine of walking and gradually increasing the duration and frequency will reduce the risk of injury. Clement recommends starting off with

no more than three days a week for 10 to 20 minutes at a time if you don’t walk on a regular basis. He was quick to add that everyone should check with their physician for any health issues if they are worried. The park board also recognizes the importance of walking because of its health beneﬁts and accessibility. “We’re all about getting people out, getting people active, making sure we’re doing our part in getting people healthy,” said Constance Barnes, the board’s vice chair. “Health and wellness is very important, and it’s affordable — it’s something that everyone can do.” For Clement, walking is simply a good way to relax. “Any time you get off the hard pavement it’s a nice escape to refresh your body and mind.” twitter.com/wanyeelii

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Walking can increase creativity Davidicus Wong, M.D.

dow to new possibilities. In B.C., doctors are connecting with their patients in creative new ways. Last Saturday, I had a 90minute group medical visit with 15 of my long-time patients, all living with chronic pain.This alternative way of serving my patients allowed me the time to share new approaches to the challenges of their conditions. I introduced the concept of neuroplasticity – how the function of different areas of the brain and the connections between neurons can change and adapt to new learning. I was able to teach them mindfulness meditation, the principles of cognitive therapy (how we can change both our emotional states and our perception of pain by changing our thoughts) and the practice of self-hypnosis. Dr.DavidicusWong is a family physician and Physician Lead of the Burnaby Division of Family Practice.His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper.You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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I recently wrote of the many beneﬁts of regular physical activity.These include improvements in cardiovascular ﬁtness, sleep quality, mood and anxiety levels and reductions in the risks for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and osteoporosis. So you won’t be surprised when your doctor writes you a prescription for exercise. But you might be if your teacher or boss tells you to take a hike – all for the sake of creativity. A recent study from Stanford University shows we’re more creative while walking than when sitting. In their study published last week in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, coauthors Marily Oppezzo and Daniel Schwartz looked at the immediate effect of walking on performance in standardized tests of divergent thinking. They tested 176 college students and other adults in four experiments after they

A recent study from Stanford University shows we’re more creative while walking than when sitting. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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worth that featured two barley-inspired appetizers: barley with fermented cabbage, green chick peas and sidestripe shrimp that he’d pounded with a mortar; and then barley with pork belly and watercress. The barley has a perfect Goldilocks consistency — neither too crunchy nor too mushy. (Posteraro suggests blanching the barley in vegetable stock ﬁrst.) Whether it is providing the foundation for the more reﬁned nuances of the shrimp or the comfort-food heartiness of the pork belly, the barley somehow manages to both meld into the background and play a starring role. In Italian cuisine, barley is called orzo, not to be confused with the rice-shaped orzo pasta, and parents who don’t want caffeinated children often offer them caffeine-free caffe d’orzo made with roasted barley. When Posteraro suggests barley with maple syrup, cinnamon and applesauce as a breakfast option, Whitworth adds that for sweet dishes you can cook

the barley with fruit juice instead of water. Joining Whitworth at the dinner was Craig Stowe, the founder of the Chinese Restaurant Awards.Whitworth’s goal is to introduce more Alberta barley into Chinese cuisine and they talked about the possibility of using barley instead of rice to make congee. Barley has the lowest glycemic index of all the cereal grains and, as a result, “you don’t get those insulin spikes,” saysWhitworth, a trained home economist. Not only is it a healthier choice for diabetics, it lowers cholesterol, too, and because of its higher ﬁbre content keeps you feeling full longer. As China becomes a more afﬂuent country, problems with diabetes and obesity are on the rise, making Alberta’s barley growers feeling optimistic that they can make more inroads into Asian cuisine. “Barley’s always been the bridesmaid,”Whitworth says. Her quest is to make everyone realize it’s time to say, “I do.”

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1 May 7 - 9, 2014 1. More than 20 artists transform the Firehall Arts Centre into a giant site-specific arts factory for the annul BC Buds Festival, showcasing new theatre, dance and music performance May 7 to 11. Highlights include Glory by Tracey Power, Travelling Light by Jordan Hall,TJ Dawe’s newest work Marathon and Nicole Dupuis’ Rain Collector, a dance installation celebrating the ritual of the water cycle and contemporary Aboriginal dance. Details at firehallartscentre.ca 2. Those creative kids at Simon Fraser’s School for the Contemporary Arts MFA program show off their stuff at a five-day festival featuring groundbreaking performance, theatre, dance, music, visual art and hybrid forms.Titled Neither Here Nor There, the event runs May 7 to 11 at SFU Woodward’s and includes a nine-piece chamber rock band curated alongside a new theatre work featuring the sexual lives of giant dancing objects, while a border-hopping aerialist shares a night with an improvised dance ensemble. Naturally. Details at sfu. ca/sca/events. 3. Montreal writer, music critic and founder of the blog Said the Gramophone, Sean Michaels reads from his latest book as part of the Vancouver Writers Fest’s Incite reading series May 7, 7:30 p.m at Central Library’s Alice MacKay Room. According to the press bumph, Michaels’ Us Conductors is a novel about Lev Termen — the Russian scientist, spy and inventor of the theremin. Michaels will share the reading podium with Angolan writer Ondjaki and short story writer Claire Battershill. Admission is free, but you’ll need to reserve a seat at writersfest.bc.ca. 4. The last time Devin the Dude played the Fortune Sound Club we got a contact high in our Mount Pleasant living room. The Houston rapper behind such weedfriendly tunes as “Doobie Ashtray” and “Herb the Nation” returns to town May 8 as part of his Buds and Suds tour with fellow rappers Berner, Potluck, Cool Nutz and J. Horny.Tickets at Highlife, Zulu, Dipt, Redcat, Beatstreet an Ticketzone. Details at fortunesoundclub.com. 5. The 21st edition of Brief Encounters once again pairs artists and performers from widely different backgrounds to create a “disciplinary mash-up.”The results of which can be seen May 8 to 10 at Guilt & Co. (1 Alexander St.). Unlikely pairings include visual artist Laiwan and theatre artist Georgina Beaty, singer-songwriter David Newberry and powwow dancer Nyla Carpentier, spoken word artist Madhushani Ramaraju and contemporary dance artist Ralph Escamillan, beverage alchemist Taylor Partel and composer Marguerite Witvoet and slam poet Floyd VB and puppeteer Shizuka Kai. Details at briefencounters.ca.

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host and karaoke ninja Stephen Quinn made the following sobering observations via his Twitter account: “Gregor Robertson won the 2011 Civic Elxn with 77,005 votes.The Varied Thrush 132,003 votes so far” and “114,823 people voted in Vancouver’s last civic election. 394,077 people have so far voted for Vancouver’s civic bird.” However, as one person pointed out, 394,077 is the number of votes, not necessarily the number of voters, since some people have a lot of time on their hands and will vote for their bird of choice repeatedly. How else do you explain the Black-Capped Chickadee’s strong showing? We’ve seen more personality in a molting Pied-billed Grebe. Are we right? Still, it is revealing, if not a little depressing, that people will get more excited and involved in voting for a bird than who will sit on city council. Mind you, there are rumours that the winner of the inaugural City Bird Competition will be put in charge of the mayor’s newly appointed Citizen Engagement, Empathy and DJ committee. And do you really want someone like the Paciﬁc Wren in charge of spinning records and setting the agenda for the city’s danceﬂoors? That bird is a total drag, and apparently likes Bruno Mars. Voting ends May 10 at vancouver.ca. And, in case you’re feeling extra adventurous, in the fall you can vote for actual people who

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It’s no secret there’s been some friction between K&K and the Province newspaper over the years, what with their condemnation of bike lanes, car accidents that aren’t tragic and Bill LaForge’s coaching record for the Canucks during the 1984-85 season. But lately we’ve been feeling a lot of love towards the Province’s front page headline writers and their tenacious pursuit of a good pun. We ﬁrst took note last week when they ran “Watts next?” for the story on Surrey mayor Diane Watts announcing she would not be running for reelection.Then on Monday, for a story about a former pharmacist and slumlord linked to a drugstore in Surrey, the Province pulled “Pharma-Scare” out of its pun-satchel. Boo-ya! And this past Tuesday, the Province cleverly went with “Whitecaps noise” for a story about neighbours of Vancouver Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit complaining about his partying ways. They could have gone with “Sound waves,” “Shin dig” or even “Red card,” but we think they made the right choice, especially for a front page story as relevant and important to readers as a professional soccer player who throws loud parties in his Gastown condo. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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Lan Tung wants to redefine Chinese music. “Whenever I play concerts people always [say], ‘Oh yeah, we’re looking forward to this meditating [music.] It’s going to be very beautiful,’” she said. “And I’m thinking, is all we do meditative?” The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre will be abuzz with traditional, contemporary, world, improvised, experimental and jazz music May 9 to 11 with the Sound of Dragon Music Festival. Tung wantsVancouver’s first Chinese music festival to reflect multiculturalism and open people’s minds. “We want to show the variety and the possibility of the instruments and also to reflect the real practice out there,” said Tung, founder, producer and artistic director of the festival and a

member of four ensembles, three of which play the festival: the Vancouver InterCultural Orchestra, Orchid Ensemble and Proliferasian. Chinese melodies fused with African choral response, a pianist improvising and recalling the Chinese pop songs her late mother taught actors in Hong Kong from the 1950s to the 1980s, and a seniors’ choir potentially singing about sexuality will contribute to the celebration. The Vancouver InterCultural Orchestra, one of the ﬁrst such ensembles in the world, kicks off the festival Friday night with its mix of Chinese, Persian, African,Western and Central American instruments and musical ideas. “People will see how the instruments from different countries ﬁt together very cohesively in larger ensembles,”Tung said. The Big World Band and Improviser’s Playland follow VICO. The Roundhouse will host performances Saturday afternoon, and DB Boyko’s

Lan Tung (second from right) and a Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra small ensemble perform at the Sound of Dragon Festival, which showcases diverse styles of Chinese music.

ExpressYour Voice Choir, comprised of seniors who live around the Roundhouse and meet weekly to create music inspired by their life experience, start the evening show. “DB told me lately they’ve been discussing about sexuality,”Tung said. The seniors will be followed by the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra from Taiwan and a small

ensemble from VICO. Proliferasian, which features JP Carter on trumpet, will play Tung’s compositions and improvise, with a guest from the Little Giant Orchestra. Tung expects some festivalgoers to be surprised by the improvised music Friday and Saturday nights, different approaches to instruments and how they’re used to play different styles. She says the daytime

shows are more traditional than the evening performances and notes the festival is premiering works by Canadian composers. Following afternoon performances on Mother’s Day, pianist Lee Pui Ming returns to Vancouver from Toronto to improvise and dedicate a portion of her performance to the memory of her late mother, Hui Pui or Xu Pei.The B.C.

Chinese Music Ensemble and Nu:BC closes the festival with new and selected works. Ticket prices have been kept low,Tung said, to enable fans of one type of music to experience another for the same cost. Sound of the Dragon includes an instrument petting zoo so visitors can give them a whirl. “Kids don’t necessarily need to take violin and piano lessons,”Tung said. “There are other choices as well and maybe something else they will like.” The event also includes Taiwanese street food. Outreach and educational programs precede the festival with a workshop with Pui Ming at Western Front, May 8 and an educational day for school children at the Roundhouse, May 9. “Come and be surprised and enjoy,”Tung said. “We try to give educational value at the same time of entertaining and also bringing a high quality of art.” Details at soundofdragon. com. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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The late 19th century was not a good time to be a teenager in small-town Germany; strict religious and social codes of behaviour kept young adults straight-jacketed while puberty raged within them. While no one advocates 13- or 14-year-olds having sex all over the place, at least what’s happening to their bodies needs to be explained and acknowledged. Failure to do so has dire consequences including suicide. German playwright Frank Wedekind wrote Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awaken-

ing) in 1891 but the content — sex, rape, masturbation, abortion, child abuse and homosexuality — kept the play from being produced until 1906 when it was directed by Max Reinhardt in the Deutsches Theatre in Berlin. Even in the U.S., Spring Awakening had a rude awakening in 1917 when it was threatened with closure because of its “pornographic” nature. As late as 1963 a production in England ran for only two nights and only in a censored form. The 2006 American musical adaptation (Steven Slater, book and lyrics; Duncan Sheik, music) has had an easier ride, winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. This Fighting Chance production of the musi-

cal (in association with Renegade Arts Company), directed by Ryan Mooney, is fairly sexually explicit. Friends of friends walked out at intermission a couple of nights before I attended with my 16-year-old guest who was completely at ease with the material and presentation. There was nothing she hadn’t seen before on ﬁlm or on TV. Of course, the story is dated and Spring Awakening, a rock musical, is a bit of an anomaly: old story/ new music. Young Wendla (Sarah Smith), about to become an aunt for the second time, asks her mother (Nancy von Euw) how babies are born. Her mother tells her that for a woman to conceive a child, “she must love her

husband with her whole heart.” Not enough info and, disastrously, suggests a “husband” is a requirement. In segregated schools, the girls fantasize about the boys — especially handsome, clever Melchior (Chris Carson) — while the boys rage against their nightly wet dreams and sing “The Bitch of Living.” Melchior’s schoolmate, the highly nervous Moritz (Myles MJ McCarthy), fears he is going crazy with his nightly sexual fantasies and he asks help from the much more knowledgeable Melchior. Melchior writes him an essay, complete with illustrations: a paper trail that will come back to ruin him. The obvious happens: Melchior andWendla hook up.While it was rape in the original play, it’s much more ambiguous in the musical. In this production it looks

hesitantly consensual. Mooney’s in-the-round set design is very effective with lanterns and paper blossoms hanging from overhead. Cedar branches litter the ﬂoor. It looks and smells like Spring. Under Clare Wyatt’s musical direction, there’s a six-piece orchestra just offstage. Ciara Dixon’s cottony frocks and boy’s school uniforms turn the clock back to an earlier time.The choreography feels self-conscious but this might relax over the run. And there are some very ﬁne voices and new faces here. Smith and Carson make a charismatic pair of lovers and both have beautiful voices. McCarthy does a hauntingly beautiful job of “Don’t Do Sadness” and Adriana Ravalli, as Ilse, almost brings tears to your eyes when she sings “Blue Wind.”

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Connor Louie, 15, is one of three Grade 10 players on the Van Tech senior badminton team. They play the Hamber Griffins tonight in an East Division playoff game. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Young Talismen challenge veteran Griffins Eric Hamber hostsVan Tech in badminton playoff tonight BADMINTON Wanyee Li

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Eric Hamber’s badminton veterans will meet the fresh faces of Van Tech’s young team tonight when the two square off in the first round of the city playoffs at Van Tech. The Griffins finished their strong season with a 57 record, and the Talismen did even better, having lost only once to the undefeated powerhouse from David Thompson. These two teams took markedly different journeys to the playoffs but both are confident that they can win and advance to the semi-finals against defending champions

Prince ofWales on May 8. A lot rides on the city championship final May 9: not only bragging rights but a guaranteed spot at provincials, held in Richmond May 30 to June 1.The secondand third-place teams will battle regional contenders at the Lower Mainland playoffs. The playoff game will be the first time the two teams meet this season.The Griffins feel good about their chances. “We’ve won in the past with basically the same team and players that we have now, so I feel pretty confident,” said co-captain Erin Wong. But Van Tech can’t be counted out. “Our team sees it as a challenge but a challenge that we can win,” said Connor Louie, 15, one of three Grade 10 players

competing for the senior team, which is usually reserved for Grade 11 and 12 players. It’s his ﬁrst time playing for the school team. VanTech’s coach,William Go, allowed the up-and-comers to play because he wanted them to absorb on-court and leadership skills from their more experienced teammates. He said the key to beating Hamber is conﬁdence. “[Our players] are all much better than they give themselves credit for,” said Go. “I just think that they allow the pressure during the game to get in their heads too much.” Both teams are stacked with club players who train through the year for elite competitions, including international meets. Numerous players competed at nation-

als last week, and a Grade 8 student at DavidThompson is ranked second in B.C. High school teams draw athletes who train every day, sometimes twice a day, and travel for tournaments as well as recreational players who only attend practices in their school gym and travel no further than a nearby school gym. JanetYee, the Grifﬁn’s cocaptain, warns elite athletes should not dismiss those who do not train like they do. “I personally see myself as a recreational player but I can deﬁnitely play at a higher level and more competitively,” she said. “My name is not out there. They’ll probably underestimate my level and think they’re the better player.” Because she doesn’t train a

t a badminton club or centre, Yee said she has a unique technique and style, making it difﬁcult for opponents to guess what her next shot will be. But there is merit in formal coaching. For example,Van Tech’s Louie just started playing competitively but he’s already taken steps to learn the correct technique. He took several private lessons at Badminton Vancouver with Anna Rice, once ranked 18th in the world — a ranking no Canadian has ever topped. Louie started taking badminton more seriously a couple of years ago. “It takes a lot of agility and stamina and skill to play,” he said, adding he intends to play more club tournaments and eventually compete at nationals. For

now, his focus is on helping the Talismen earn a spot at provincials, which means beating Hamber before challenging Prince of Wales, a team that has gone 20-1 over the last three seasons and has qualiﬁed for six consecutive provincial championships, “If we just focus and try hard and don’t make unnecessary mistakes, then I think we can win,” said Louie. TheWalesmen and David ThompsonTrojans both advance directly to the west and east division semi-ﬁnals, which each respective team hosts 4 p.m. May 8.The winner of Point Grey and Killarney play theWalesmen. The city championship is 4 p.m. May 9 at a still undetermined location. twitter.com/wanyeelii

Ghosts win junior and senior city titles RUGBY LORD BYNG MAGEE

Lord Byng captain Curtis Delmonico powers ahead with support from teammates Alex Kurschener, Lucas McComb and Tom Kemp in the senior boys city championship May 1 at Camosun Park. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Junior and senior boys rugby banners.The Lord Byng Grey Ghosts will hang both in their gymnasium as the 2014 city champions. The junior squad, coached by Scott McKeen, defeated Kitsilano 24-19 in overtime at Camosun Park April 30.The next day at the same ﬁeld in Dunbar,

the seniors trounced the Magee Lions 59-14. The Grey Ghosts led 21-0 at half time but didn’t easily roll over the Lions. “Magee are well coached and their boys are well drilled and were resilient,” said Lord Byng coach Ian MacPhee. Magee played strong defence and forced the Ghosts to cough up the ball. “This caused a lot of mistakes and turnovers from our guys,” said MacPhee. In 2013, the Grey Ghosts

tied Kitsilano for the championship and in 2012 defeated the Blue Demons outright. They competed for the B.C. senior boys sevens championship but lost the ﬁnal to another West Side powerhouse, the St. George’s Saints. Coaches MacPhee and Michael Mallette are building a tremendously successful program that, this year, included a pre-season tour to Australia and New Zealand. — Megan Stewart

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Vancouver Falcons harrier Kimberley Doerksen of Gibsons established herself as one of Canada’s fastest marathoners Sunday when she won the women’s BMO Vancouver Marathon in two hours and 37 minutes ﬂat. The 23-year-old outpaced North Van’s Ellie Greenwood by more than six minutes to win the $3,500 prize in addition to $1,000 as the

fastest Canadian woman. Berhanu Mekonnen of Ethiopia was the fastest racer on the cold, rainy morning and ran the 42.2 kilometres in 2:21:08. Kenya’s Gilbert Kiptoo followed in 2:27:20 and Sweden’s David Nilsson was third in 2:27:46. Kate Bazeley of Newfoundland won the women’s half-marathon in 1:15:18 with fellow Canadian Allison Macsas on her heels just three seconds behind. Vancouver’s Catherine Watkins ﬁnished third in 1:16:48.

Paul Kimugul defended his 2013 win in the halfmarathon and shaved nearly two minutes off his time to ﬁnish in 1:02:36. Morocco’s Aissa Dghoughi was second in 1:03:38 and 2012 winner Kip Kangogo ﬁnished third in 1:04:59. Vancouver-via-Ontario runner Rob Watson was fourth in the men’s halfmarathon and claimed $400 as the second-fastest Canadian in the 21.1 km distance. Kangogo, who was born in Kenya, recently became a Canadian citizen. “I was happy with it as a

hard training run leading up to my goal marathon in three week,”Watson wrote in an email to the Courier. “My time was not great, but I can certainly live with it.” He ﬁnished in 1:06:01. “The weather was less than ideal, but this is Vancouver and a little rain never hurt anyone.This was my ﬁrst time racing the BMO event, and the organization and experience was fantastic. I loved the enthusiasm and support from all involved, and of course the volunteers were awesome.” twitter.com/MHStewart

1. Kimberley Doerksen, a Gibsons runner who trains with the Vancouver Falcons, won the women’s BMO Vancouver Marathon on May 4. 2. Berhanu Mekonnen (left), Thomas Omwenga, and Gilbert Kiptoo were neck and neck as they led the marathon at the halfway point. Mekonnen ultimately won, outpacing second-place Kiptoo by six minutes and 12 seconds. 3. Vancouver was at its rainiest for the 43rd annual springtime race. PHOTOS GORD GOBLE

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