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Brent Granby, Catherine Evans both lose park board nominations Andrew Fleming

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Vision Vancouver has ﬁve new candidates running in the upcoming municipal election and none of them will ever be described as “angry, old white men.” Rookie politicians Trish Kelly, Naveen Girn, Sammie Jo Rumbaua and Coree Tull received the party’s approval to join incumbent Trevor Loke in running for park board after the June 22 nomination vote, while veteran VSB school psychologist Joy Alexander also received the thumbs-up to join Vision’s six incumbent

school board trustees seeking re-election. Much political hay has been made in recent weeks over Mayor Gregor Robertson’s controversial description of NonPartisan Association members as a group of angry, old white men even though he did not, if fact, actually use the word “white” when dismissing his political rivals at the party’s annual general meeting held May 4 at the SFU Segal School of Business. (Courier reporter Mike Howell was there and recorded the mayor’s speech.) Some might argue that ethnicity, not to mention age and/or gender, nonethe-

less played a part in the nominations, in which four young candidates for park board handily beat high-proﬁle contenders Brent Granby, a prominent West End activist and former COPE park board candidate, and Catherine Evans, a lawyer and chair of the Vancouver Public Library Board. “Our new candidates for park board and school board bring experience, energy and diversity to Vancouver politics, and are a big asset to the Vision team,” said party co-chair Maria Dobrinskaya in a prepared statement announcing new nominees. “Vision’s new candidates will

help bolster our team even more, and will provide a clear choice to an out-of-touch NPA in November’s election.” Approximately 1,650 party members voted on the nominations. Kelly, a natural food company employee and self-described LGBTQ community member of Métis and Ukrainian descent, earned the most votes with 1,162. Girn, a member of the City of Vancouver Public Art Committee and project manager for the Komagata Maru 1914-2014: Generations, Geographies and Echoes art exhibits, came in second with 1,125. Continued on page 7

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Because I’m such a dedicated civic affairs scribe, I tend to show up to every Vancouver Police Board meeting. Sometimes, I’m the only media type there. Which was the case last Thursday night when I took a seat in the boardroom on the seventh ﬂoor at the Cambie Street police headquarters. Immediately, I knew something wasn’t right. Well, yes, ﬁrst of all it was an evening meeting, which is something the board is trying out to get more people to show up; didn’t see a noticeable increase in attendance or any new faces, so not sure it worked. Secondly, and more importantly, where was police board member Wade Grant? Or police board member Donna Bridgeman?

Apparently, they resigned. Grant got a new job and Bridgeman had personal matters to deal with, according to the board’s executive director Patti Marfleet. So doing the math, the seven-person board was down two. Then before I could finish that calculation, Mayor Gregor Robertson, who doubles as chairperson of the board, announced Thursday it was board member Sheryl Williamson’s last meeting; her six-year term was up. Down three people on a seven-person board didn’t seem so good for governance. Then I found out the provincial government recently allowed Vancouver to increase the size of its board to nine members. Holy math headache! So that really meant the nine-person board was down five members, which seemed even worse for good governance. But after the meeting, I was assured by the mayor and Marfleet that more mem-

Wade Grant has resigned from the Vancouver Police Board and Sheryl Williamson attended her last meeting June 19. The board plans to have new members in place by its next meeting in July. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

bers were on their way. In fact, the mayor told me city council appointed

former Vision Vancouver co-chairperson Carolyn Askew. The city gets one

appointment to the board while the provincial government decides on the rest of the appointees. Since the meeting, I’ve learned the provincial government appointed Claire Marshall. Marshall is the former manager of aboriginal relations for the B.C. Transmission Corporation and is a director with the Lu’ma Native Housing Society. So that leaves three vacancies. The board requested more members because it says it has a heavy workload. The board oversees the VPD’s budget, sets policy, hears service and policy complaints and is responsible for hiring the chief and evaluating his performance. “We need those positions ﬁlled by the province ASAP,” the mayor told me after the meeting. “We’re hopeful we get new board members for the next meeting and back up to full strength, with an additional two members.” The next meeting is July 24.

••• Just a note to recognize the city’s former longtime homeless advocate Judy Graves, who was given the Freedom of the City award Monday night at the ﬁrst-ever Vancouver Awards of Excellence. The award is the city’s highest honour and was also bestowed upon business tycoon Jim Pattison, who apparently provided some key advice to Mayor Gregor Robertson in handling the Olympic Village mess. “In each case, Vancouver would not be all that it is today without their tireless endeavours to build a stronger city,” Robertson said in a statement released after the ceremony at the Vancouver Playhouse. Graves and Pattison receive a decal that permits free parking at meters, they get their names inscribed in the Book of Freedoms and are entitled to be called … Freeman of the City of Vancouver. twitter.com/Howellings

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Musqueam tell their story through tours Test run showcases nation’s traditional territory Cheryl Rossi

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Musqueam elders have long taught their kin they’re guardians of the Fraser River and don’t have to beat their own drums. But times are changing. “Long ago and still today, our people were very modest,” said Musqueam researcher and outreach coordinatorTerry Point, who led the second of three pilot MusqueamTours June 21. “We were a very large nation, a powerful nation, so if you didn’t know who we were, you’d quickly ﬁnd out.” Referring to the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations, he noted “a lot of other people are beating their drums really hard, so we need to step up to the plate and inform people that this is truly our traditional territory.” The Musqueam Indian Band partnered with the Vancouver Heritage Foundation to test run the Musqueam Tour:Witness It, Remember It,Tell It. “This is actually a very big step for our community to do this type of tour,” Point said. The ﬁrst stop on the bus tour was nothing to look at. But after participants peered through a chain-link fence toward the Fraser River at the foot of the Arthur Laing Bridge, Point spoke of the Musqueam village site, c’ na?em, that

Visitors stroll pass one of the three portals by Musqueam artist Susan Point in Stanley Park. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

has been occupied for 5,000 years. The Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Vancouver and the Musqueam will mount an exhibit about the village in January 2015, called c’ na?em:The City Before the City. “At the same time of some of the major civilizations around the world — Egyptian, Roman — we were here occupying this land and had an extremely wide, diverse network of technology that is extraordinary,” Point said. Up to ﬁve thousand of an

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sity of B.C. Point said his great grandfather spent his summers along the coast in what’s now West Point Grey and endured his grandmother talking from dawn to dusk. Point said his great grandfather ﬁnally understood what the incessant talking was about when he found at age 30 he could recite the names of his family members 25 generations back and the lineage of other families for 16 generations. “You weren’t allowed to tell a story until you could recite it word for word,” Point said. Three Musqueam youth learned about their history and culture from elders to lead tours, which were made possible with money from the Vancouver Foundation and the City of Vancouver. “With today’s tour, we’re not exploring the built history of the last 150 years, but have the opportunity to learn another layer of Vancouver’s history,” said Karen Estrin, a special project coordinator with the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. She said the heritage foundation hopes to incorporate the Musqueam Tour and more aboriginal history into the heritage foundation’s regular programming. The next Musqueam Tour runs July 27. For more information, see vancouverheritagefoundation.org.

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Happy hour has arrived in B.C. and, ironically, comes served with a price increase. The new policy went into effect June 20, allowing licensed establishments to change their prices throughout the course of a day. The government also established a minimum price policy for alcoholic beverages.The lowest a bar or restaurant can charge for a drink is $3 for a cocktail, a ﬁve-ounce glass of wine or a 12-ounce sleeve of beer. The minimum prices are based on the ounces of alcohol sold at a bar.The lowest beer and cider can be sold for is 25 cents per ounce while wine must be sold for at least 60 cents per ounce. Spirits and liqueurs run for $3 an ounce. Adam Chatburn, president of the Vancouver chapter of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) advocacy group, said the decision to introduce a minimum pricing policy is bafﬂing.

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The former headquarters of the Vancouver Police Department on Main Street is expected to open next year as a business development and technology centre. But the cost of renovating the 1954 building that forced the VPD to move out because of its deteriorating state is still being assessed by a design ﬁrm, according to Ian McKay, the CEO of the Vancouver Economic Commission. “The asset itself is well worth whatever it’s going to cost,” McKay told the Courier. “The asset, the location, the building will pay dividends for a long, long time.” A previous estimate to renovate the city-owned building at 312 Main St. was $13.8 million, according to documents obtained by the Courier in June 2012 under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. At the time, the biggest cost was $4 million to meet building code requirements,

The former Vancouver Police Department building on Main Street is expected to open next year as a hub for new business innovation. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

including seismic work and upgrades to elevators, lighting, sprinklers and ﬁre alarm system. Another $3.2 million would be required to upgrade electrical and mechanical systems. Other

costs related to asbestos removal, tearing out building interiors and washroom upgrades. The documents didn’t include a detailed plan for the new operation but McKay said last week it will feature

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NewYork to house innovation centres. “They become — in those models — great environments for entrepreneurs, for innovators to have a collision of ideas, a collaboration of ideas,” he said. “And we’re very much hoping to launch that in Vancouver by bringing in a tenant mix of accelerators, of incubators, of start-up ﬁrms, of service providers and program delivery companies.” TheVPD began moving its ofﬁcers and equipment out of the Main Street building in November 2010 to a seven-storey building at 3585 Graveley St., near East First and Boundary Road. In 2010, the city’s thengeneral manager of business planning and services Ken Bayne said the Main Street building was “at the end of its life.” Reminded of the city’s concerns about the building’s state, Mayor Gregor Robertson said last week: “We decided it’s a lot more cost effective to keep the building and invest in improvements.”

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Superintendent Steve Cardwell is leaving the Vancouver School Board for a new job at UBC. Cardwell started work at the VSB in January 2010. UBC has hired him as professor of teaching and director of executive educational leadership — a newly established position.

Cardwell leaves the district at the end of December and begins working at UBC in January 2015. Cardwell, 56, told the Courier his time with the VSB has been “richly rewarding,” but noted his original commitment with the board was for ﬁve years. He said it’s a natural time to leave with the upcoming election and the opportunity for a new board to hire

his replacement. “This opportunity has come up and I wanted to give them lots of transition time. So it’s a good time. I could have gone longer, of course, but they’re going into an election in the fall, so it makes some sense for the new board, when it takes ofﬁce, to hire a new superintendent. So, it’s just a natural step for me. And the opportunity at UBC is just

fantastic.” Cardwell said working with the people within the district, in all positions, has been a highlight over the years. “My best days are when I’m out in schools, visiting with staff and students. It’s personally rewarding to see the great educational system that we have.The low side — it’s when I see students coming to school who are

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living lives in poverty and are struggling in many respects.The school is really their haven and the place that they come for support,” he said. “So I’m proud of the work that Vancouver does to support students in these circumstances. And that’s what brought me to Vancouver, the diversity and variety of educational opportunities for students.” Cardwell has dealt with a range of challenges during his tenure, including budget cuts, the prospect of closing ﬁve elementary schools, the possibility of introducing a balanced calendar, also known as year-round school (it hasn’t happened but he still supports the concept), labour disputes and the recent controversy surrounding the district’s updated policy budget dealing with transgender students. He said passing the updated policy was a high point as superintendent, as was increasing the graduation rate for aboriginal students, which has risen from 30 per cent to about 43 per cent. “We still have a long way to go, but I’m very pleased to see this focus we’ve put to helping and supporting aboriginal students in being successful.That’s one of the more longer term highlights of my time with the district,” Cardwell said. Cardwell has touted the importance of technology since theVSB hired him and describes improvements in that area as a “huge success.” “It’s never about the technology, but we have vastly improved our capabilities with respect to technology since I arrived.When I ﬁrst arrived there was not one school that was wireless.We

did not have mobile devices anywhere. It was very limited use of technology. Now, throughout the system, every school is wireless and we’re able to utilize technology to support teaching and learning,” he said. Another of Cardwell’s goals was to create a succession plan to replace top managers at the VSB — several left in the past few years, including deputy superintendent Jordan Tinney.Tinney took a job with the Surrey school district, citing Vancouver’s high house prices. Other senior managers left for new positions or to retire. Board chairwoman Patti Bacchus said in a VSB press release that Cardwell will be greatly missed. “We’ve been fortunate and privileged to have Steve at the helm for the past ﬁve years. As Superintendent of Schools, Steve has led the district through the good times and the frequently challenging times. His commitment to supporting equitable access to quality learning opportunities for all students and his leadership in moving the education system forward have beneﬁted our school system in countless ways,” she said. UBC Faculty of Education dean Blye Frank said Cardwell’s experience in educational leadership makes him a perfect choice to lead the new Executive Educational Leadership Program. “Steve has had a long and distinguished career as an educational leader in British Columbia,” he said in the press release. “We are incredibly excited about the fact that Steve will be joining us in the new year.” twitter.com/naoibh

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A plan to build a new Fire Hall No. 5 at 3090 East 45th, which includes 31 supportive housing units for low-income women and their children, is the subject of an open house June 25. The project is a joint initiative between the City of Vancouver,Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and YWCA Metro Vancouver. The total budget is $19.3 million — $10.13 million for the replacement of the ﬁre hall and $9 million to build housing. The city is contributing $5.5 million, while the YWCA is providing $2.2 million and $1.3 million is coming from other fundraising. TheYWCA is also committing to raise $1 million for an endowment fund to

“They have the lowest income and the highest poverty rates and many barriers to economic independence,” he said. “They also have great difficulty in finding affordable housing.” As the economic climate has changed, organizations have had to become increasingly creative to build more affordable housing units in B.C., according to Mills. TheYWCA is involved with the city and theVancouver Public Library in another housing project inVancouver at 729-730 East Hastings. A six-storey building is being built on the city-owned site, which will include two floors for the library topped by four floors of social housing, dubbed CauseWe Care House and designated for single mothers. Mills said the last project he was involved with that was entirely paid for by B.C. Housing was in 2003. He opened two projects two years ago, of which B.C. Housing funded the major-

“It’s a great location for families because it’s near elementary schools, grocery stores and a community centre.” – Arthur Mills cover operating expenses for the housing. Arthur Mills, vice president of housing services for YWCA Metro Vancouver, said the six-storey building will include four ﬂoors of housing above the ﬁre hall and will feature two and three-bedroom units. “It’s a great location for families because it’s near elementary schools, grocery stores and a community centre,” he said. “Our work aims to address the systemic causes of poverty and social inequality. Our particular clients are single mothers and their children, so we’re trying to provide some safe and affordable housing for that client group.” Mills said theYWCA will establish an application process six to eight months before the building is completed, which is expected to be in the winter of 2017. Mills said women head about 80 per cent of singleparent families inVancouver.

ity of costs, but municipalities had to provide the land and theYWCA had to kick in operating funds. “If you want to build social housing today, you’ve got to be in with municipalities... So if the city is building the ﬁre hall and the land component is free, that helps to defray some of the costs in making the housing happen,” he said. “But you’ve got to get creative today if you want to be building housing because the days of B.C. Housing having a deep pocket are just not there anymore.They’ve been very, very good supporters of us — they’ve come to the table with some capital grants, but that seemingly unlimited funding that they had in the past is just not there anymore.” The open house runs from 5 to 8 p.m. June 25 at 3090 East 54th Ave. at Kerr Street. twitter.com/naoibh

Supportive housing for low-income women and their children will be built above the new Fire Hall No. 5. This rendering of the proposed design is a view from the corner of 54th Avenue and Kerr Street.

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Opinion Virk shouldn’t try to duck the blame

Vancouver needs to clean up its act

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Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk had a chance to move past the embarrassing revelations last week about how he bypassed the disclosure and compensation rules as a university board member a few years ago. He didn’t quite make it. The retired Mountie could have ’fessed up, acknowledged a lapse in judgment and said sorry. He made an effort in that regard, saying the issue was “humbling” and he could have done better. But then he veered off in the direction of larding the blame elsewhere. “In some ways I feel a little bit let down that I didn’t have the fullest of information at hand, or the fullest training.” There’s at least one email suggesting that’s a cop-out (excuse me). Virk was named to the board of Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey in 2008 and was put on the committee dealing with recruiting new executives. In at least two cases — and possibly more — the university ﬁnagled its way around strict rules about how much they could pay new executives, and equally strict rules about fully disclosing how much they were paying. Virk went on to win the Surrey-Tynehead riding for the B.C. Liberals and was named advanced education minister last summer. The NDP Opposition got wind of the cases and started pestering Virk over the course of the last legislative sitting. He was noticeably disdainful of the questions and never bothered fully answering any of them. But Finance Minister Mike de Jong recognizes a problem when he sees it. It looked like the minister responsible for post-secondary education had a blot on his record from his earlier days in the same sector. So he had the issue checked out by an assistant deputy minister. The report establishes the university broke the rules and Virk was close at hand while the guidelines were being circumvented. It was 2011 when Kwantlen was looking for a new president, had a candidate and felt the need to offer him a lot more money than was allowed under the guidelines. The board — with Virk as vice-chair-

man — contemplated using $100,000 from the university’s foundation to sweeten the pot. The finance department wrote to the B.C. Association of Institutes and Universities inquiring how that idea would go over. It’s an independent organization that advises some postsecondary institutions on policy and government relations. President Ruth Wittenberg wrote back with an emphatic warning against doing any such thing. She told Kwantlen it would bring an “extremely negative reaction from the government.” “It is highly likely that a move like the one being considered would result in the removal of the board chair, and also any other appointed members of the board.” Spelling it out in some detail, she told Kwantlen that they are “obliged to conduct themselves within the government’s fiscal and operational framework.” To be clear, she advised that they must “seek approval for compensation proposals.” And to be abundantly clear, she said: “I strongly recommend that your board chair not proceed down the path of compensation outside the guidelines. It will not work out well, that I can guarantee.” It’s believed that email was forwarded to the board chair, and that the board chair forwarded it to Virk. Nonetheless, the board cooked up a $50,000 signing bonus for the new president and called it a pre-employment contract. And when Virk submitted the paperwork to the government, the signing bonus was not included. That was four months after he presumably read a clear warning from an outfit with long experience in the field that all the rules needed to be followed, and that there was no room to play fast and loose. So his view — expressed twice this week — that he “feels let down that he didn’t have the fullest information” rings hollow. Considering that he wound up as minister responsible for all the rules that his board and his committee flouted, he’d be much better off sticking to contrition, rather than complaining about how he was briefed. Just So You Know: The biggest consequence of the whole issue is that postsecondary executives will have to take an annual, mandatory one-day course in reporting and disclosing salaries.You have to wonder whether the minister will audit the class. twitter.com/leyneles

The week in num6ers...

The number of new Vision Vancouver candidates running in the fall election. Four are running for park board and one for school board after a party nomination vote held last Sunday.

In billions of dollars, the estimated net worth of businessman Jim Pattison, who was given a decal allowing free parking at city meters as part of winning a new Freedom of the City award.

As a child, I was amused whenever my visiting American relatives would comment on how clean Canada was. Really, I thought, who cares? Now, more than 50 years later, I ﬁnd myself caring a great deal. Whenever travelling, I compare the cleanliness of other cities with Vancouver. Perhaps it is my upbringing and memories of a mother scrubbing the sidewalk outside our Lancashire rowhouse, but I am happier in a clean environment. In the past, I was generally proud of how our city was maintained. However, in recent years, I have noticed a general decline.Weeds are growing in street medians and sidewalks. Boulevards and parks appear overgrown, and more cigarette butts, chewing gum and garbage are strewn about. There is also an increase in the number of unkempt properties, presumably slated for redevelopment or unoccupied, which become scars on otherwise beautiful, wellmaintained streetscapes. On a recent visit to C Restaurant at the foot of Howe Street, I was disgusted by the neglect of a once-prized waterfront walkway.Weeds were growing through pavers, under benches and around tree grates. When I mentioned this to a nearby resident, he threw up his hands in despair. Local businesses and condominium owners were tired of complaining to the park board. He reminded me the city cleaned up the area after I posted a photo on Twitter and a radio station picked up the story of the neglected seawalk. So last week I posted another photo of the weeds on Twitter. I soon discovered I was not alone in my concerns. Other tweeters were disgusted with the deterioration in city and park board maintenance and shared their photos. One Twitter follower suggested the weeds were the result of the herbicide ban. Others quickly responded weeds could be controlled with steam, hot water and vinegar. Some people told me not to be so uptight about weeds and overgrown boulevards.They should be viewed as sustainable alternatives to manicured lawns.This was all part the mayor’s goal of becoming the greenest city in the world. While I support sustainable landscapes,

it’s time for a public discussion on public maintenance and how best to keep our city clean. I would like to see more waste receptacles around the city, especially in the Downtown Eastside. To reduce collection costs, we should invest in solar powered “big belly” compacting garbage cans like those found in Chicago. Public and private companies should install more “cigarette posts” and ashtrays, especially outside transit stations, office buildings and venues where smokers gather. While I don’t support a Singapore-like ban on chewing gum, given its unsightliness and cost of removal, we might take a lesson from Croydon England’s “Chew this Over” program. There the Business Improvement District hands out pocket-sized packets for discarded gum and people who throw gum on the ground may face fines.The city has also organized an awareness campaign to deter people from dropping their gum on the streets. England has also instituted a “Love WhereYou Live” program, a multi-sector anti-litter campaign, led by Keep Britain Tidy and funded by companies including Wrigley. It brings together government, voluntary organizations, schools and communities with the aim of encouraging action over the coming years to change littering behaviour and significantly reduce the amount of litter by 2020. In Dublin, residents are being shamed into keeping the city clean. Large posters on buses and transit shelters proclaim: “If you behave like a piece of filth, that’s how the world sees you. Litter is disgusting. So are those responsible.” To keep Vancouver beautiful, we need our own awareness campaign to change behaviour. Developers and builders should know they are expected to properly maintain properties held for redevelopment. Absentee owners should be told to arrange for gardening services. More neighbourhoods, like the Southlands Ratepayers Association, should undertake local area cleanup programs. People should be shamed for tossing cigarette butts and chewing gum on the streets and forgetting to clean up after their dogs. Finally, the park board should be told to clean up its act since it is possible to be both sustainable and tidy. twitter.com/michaelgeller

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In thousands of dollars, an offthe-books signing bonus given to new Kwantlen Polytechnic University president Alan Davis that was approved by current Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk.

In percentage points, the overall increase in so-called “green jobs” in Vancouver over the past four years, according to the city.

In millions of dollars, the most recent estimate of the cost to renovate the abandoned cop shop at 312 Main St. It is expected to open as a new tech business hub next year.

In thousands of years, the amount of time the Musqueam Nation have lived in the Vancouver area. Cultural tours are being offered this summer through the Vancouver Heritage Foundation.

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Vancouver MP becomes prime minister June 25, 1991: UBC graduate and Vancouver Centre Member of Parliament Kim Campbell is sworn in as Canada’s 19th prime minister. Campbell beat chief rival Jean Charest to win the Progressive Conservative party leadership vote after highly unpopular PM Brian Mulroney announced he was stepping down. Canada’s first and only female prime minister ruled for just four months before a landslide loss to Jean Chretien’s Liberals that saw the Conservatives win only two seats. Campbell lost her own seat to Hedy Fry and resigned shortly afterward, returning to teaching political science at Harvard University. Last April, she was appointed principal of the new Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta.

Canucks draft Swedish twins

June 26, 1999: The Vancouver Canucks make three trades on the morning of the NHL Entry Draft in Boston to lock down the second and third overall selections, which team president and general manager Brian Burke uses to pick twin brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin of Modo in the Swedish Elite League. The brothers, now 33, hold the top two team records for regular season points, with 842 and 805, respectively.

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To the editor: Re: “Break with NPA not a surprise,” June 18. Kudos to the NPA and all other major Vancouver political parties for ﬁrmly standing for rights for LGBTQ persons, and indeed all of us. I continue to be perturbed that there are people, including apparently two on the school board, who not only believe but openly state that we should base our school policies on what will supposedly attract and coddle foreign students and their parents; to be clear, not citizens, permanent residents or refugees, and in fact not connected with Canada in any way except as rich consumers of education services. What is next, requiring pictures of the North Korean Kims in each classroom, in hopes of winning the education of the next heir away from Switzerland? Actively banning LGBTQ persons or activities entirely, with the goal of bringing in the scions of Russian oligarchs and Ugandan politicians? Requiring all females to wear burkas, in order to make our schools more comfortable for potential students from the massive Saudi royal family? These ideas are no more absurd than any other proposal to decide what we do or do not implement for our Canadian students based in even the slightest way on the values and megabucks of people who are absolute outsiders. Scott Parker, Vancouver

To the editor: Re: “District gender policy clariﬁed again,” June 11. Cheryl Rossi’s article of June 11th required several readings and still I could not make any sense of it. She writes that it is simply a problem of “wording” with the new VSB transgender policy but it is the content of the policy that is disturbing. Are morals a foreign concept here? Too difﬁcult to grasp that most parents want their children to live by the same traditional values we have all been taught through the generations? Calling it merely “a language issue” is a smokescreen, covering up the deeper implications that will seriously affect our vulnerable and highly impressionable children into the future. These are the concerns that we want the VSB to give time to consider along with a broader consultation — not hurriedly just to get it done before parents are fully aware of what it is all about. Right now parents have too many other distractions like the impending strike for example, and cannot look at it closely as they need to do. Perhaps this is the intention in bringing it on at this time in this way. It certainly looks and feels like it. Dissenting voices are not welcome! Stop using our children as pawns in a social engineering experiment to become “the most progressive sexualized school district” in Canada. Sandra Harmel, Vancouver

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COURIER STORY: “Chang again chosen leader of the PAC,” June 20. Rick Templeton: So much here is so wrong but vis-a-vis needing to bring in a global warming speaker on “the other side of the debate” — what debate? Where? Who’s debating this? The scientific community is overwhelmingly certain that there is no debate so I’m deeply confused by this. Are we now handing input and control over educational content over to people who do not “believe” in facts. Is evolution next? How about gravity? I was unaware that PACs have this much power in regards to curriculum. Therein may lie the root of the problem. Evariste Galois: Well said, Rick, although I am not convinced that you are the one who is confused. I am glad Ms. Chang has her priorities straight: let’s worry about where kids go to the bathroom rather than what kind of planet we leave them. Alex Forbes: I agree with Maureen Fitzgerald and the others troubled by the process here.What is my old high school coming to? COURIER STORY: “Denike plans to seek re-election,” June 20. Sophia Woo @woo_sophia: @ubcken and I considering options.Thanks @flematic for letting Ken address reason we talked to realtors. #vanpoli Carrie Bercic @CarrieBercic: Will you two be running with Chang on the Vancouver Parents Voice or the PACIS ballot? #goodluck Sharon Gregson @sharongregson: I suggest Ken Denike needs to retire from @VSB39 not seek re-election #nodsoffatmeetings #genderissues #bced COURIER COLUMN: “Youth mental-health services fall short,” June 18. Richard Mark Doney:We all know the sad simple truth of the matter is, if there are politicians involved, they will vote to cut services even more yet then vote to give themselves a hefty raise. Politicians don’t give a damn about mental health issues among the young, only lining their own pockets.

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Community

Greek Day and Point Grey Fiesta

Two of the West Side’s busiest communities hit the streets this past weekend for fun and food and to take advantage of the warm weather.

The annual Point Grey Fiesta from June 20 to 22 featured carnival rides and entertainment in Trimble Park and a pancake breakfast and parade down West

10th Avenue on Saturday. Activities included a community stage, a silent auction, a kids and dads race and an ecumenical church service on Sunday.

Greek Day celebrated its 40th anniversary Sunday with its usual legendary combination of food and entertainment. Focused on Broadway between

Blenheim and Macdonald, thousands of participants enjoyed dancers, music, a kid’s zone, herb garden demonstration, cooking demonstrations, and shop-

ping for trinkets at the Athenian Agora marketplace. Beverages, souvlaki and a lot of loukoumades were consumed in abundance.

GREEK DAY. 1. If looks could grill. Christos Papagianis glowers over his souvlaki grill. 2. The Philhellenic Dance Group perform on the mainstage. 3. Dad Stavros Kyriakou, mom Rebecca Kyriakou, Joey Cordukes (12) and Hannah-Maria Kyriakou (4). 4. Dora Paterson (left) and Anna Angelis prepare thousands of sweet Loukoumades for the Hellenic Canadian Seniors of Metro Vancouver. See photo gallery at vancourier.com or scan this page with the Layar app. PHOTOS ROB NEWELL

POINT GREY FIESTA. 1. Pedestrians rule 10th Ave in the wake of a parade. 2. Van Grey powers his homebuilt 1917 Sopwith Camel biplane - sponsored by the Diner. 3. Kevin Johnson takes in opening ceremonies at Trimble Park. 4. Zoe (4) and Philip (3) take ﬂight at the carnival. 5. Rob Elliot recovers after his costumed march for the Point Grey Veterinary Hospital. See photo gallery at vancourier.com or scan this page with the Layar app. PHOTOS ROB NEWELL

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The Courier presentsVancouver’s Elite Graduating Athletes of 2014

Michelle Liaw

ichelle Liaw has risen to the top ranks of Canadian table tennis by pursuing a game of slow destruction. She is the relentless drop of water that erodes her opponent’s resolve, wearing them away until they break. “Instead of winning the point as quickly as possible, she likes to play the point a bit longer and outlast her opponent,” said Andre Ho, a 22-yearold Olympian and Liaw’s coach at the Bridgeport Sports Club in Richmond. “This is an ability not everyone has and with her, she can play fast but she can change it up if she has to. It’s a distinction compared to most girls her age.” Liaw, 17, ranked second in the country for her age and in the top ﬁve of all Canadian women, adds a strong backhand to her stamina, resolve and ability to create variations on spin and speed — all while staying stable and forcing her competitor into an extended rapid-ﬁre exchange. Sponsored by CIBC and Stiga, a clothing and paddle company, Liaw is one of the country’s strongest contenders for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and will start on that path by aiming for a medal at the 2015Toronto Pan Am Games. She

enrolled at McMaster University because of the school’s recreational table tennis club and will continue to train under national women’s coach Junya Chan. For three years beginning at age six,Vancouverborn Liaw developed her table tennis skills in China, the country that manufactures the most world champions and Olympians in the sport. It wasn’t easy. “They knew I’m Chinese but not from China, so they treated me a different way,” she said. Her peers there specialized in the sport at the cost of their education. “They play full time and they don’t go to school,” Liaw remembered. “It would help me improve if I played full time, but I think education is also important.” Her father insisted she play a net sport and her mother wanted Liaw to identify with her Chinese heritage, so she lived with her maternal grandparents and now speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. (She also plays the 21-string gu zheng.) But because of her relative limited experience with table tennis, she was shown-up by younger talents and made to feel inadequate. She also described the coaches’ “harsh” treatment, punishments she saw inﬂicted on other students but from which she

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was spared. Liaw turned the difficult experience to her advantage. “It motivated me to train even harder and be the best in Canada,” she said. “When I play table tennis, I can forget about everything else. It’s something I really enjoy.” Her coach Ho described Liaw as a “fighter,” but away from competition she isn’t known for her intensity. “She’s not exactly the one who talks a lot,” he said. “She’s very shy on the outside but she’s also very fiery on the inside.” At Hamber secondary where Liaw led the Griffins to the 2013 B.C. table tennis championship, the future kinesiology student is known as modest and even mild, said athletic director Inderpal Sehmbi. “She doesn’t talk about her success. She’s softspoken but when you see her play table tennis, she changes into this fierce competitor. She just comes alive,” he said. “She is the kind of kid who doesn’t get a lot of recognition but she’s playing at the highest level. As someone who is so driven, she doesn’t need to tell people what she’s done. She knows how good she is and she knows where she wants to go.” — MEGAN STEWART

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GROUP Brazil* mexico* Croatia Cameroon CMR

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A 7 7 3 0 b 9 6 3 0

GROUP netherlands* chile* spain ESP australia

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c GROUP 6 france ivory coast CIV 3 ecuador japan 1 switzerland SUI greece 1 honduras GROUP

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GROUP costa rica* CRC uruguay* italy england

e GROUP 6 germany 3 usa 3 ghana 0 portugal

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f GROUP d GROUP 6 belgium 7 argentina 6 nigeria NGA 4 algeria 1 russia 3 iran IRN 1 bosnia-herz BIH 0 south korea

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Taylor Shim and Linna Song of the Team Korea Support Committee rented the South Hall Palace during the FIFA World Cup and watched their side tie Russia 1-1 on June 17. Korea plays Belgium on Thursday. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

SÃO PAULO Arena de São Paulo

NATAL Arena das Dunas SALVADOR Arena Fonte Nova

BRASILIA Estádio Nacional

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PORTO ALEGRE Estádio Beira-Rio

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CAPACITY: 56,000

CUIABÁ Arena Pantanal

BELO HORIZONTE Estádio Mineirão

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CAPACITY: 62,000

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FORTALEZA Estádio Castelão

MANAUS Arena da Amazônia

CAPACITY: 67,000

RIO DE JANIERO Estádio do Maracanã CAPACITY: 79,000

CAPACITY: 46,000

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CURITIBA Arena da Baixada CAPACITY: 44,000

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24.6 9am D CRC 0 v 0 ENG 3

13.6 9am A MEX 1 v 0 CMR 2

9am D ITA 0 v 1 URU 2

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COL 4

3pm B CHI 3 v 1 AUS 12

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CIV 12

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GER 3

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BEL 4

16.6 9am G GER 4 v 0 POR 12

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RUS 12

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The Courier introduces Vancouverites who are devoted to theWorld Cup and following their national team from afar in coffee shops on Commercial Drive, pubs in Strathcona and convenience stores on Robson Street. The accompanying schedule is set toVancouver time. ••• South Hall Palace usually hosts wedding banquets and ceremonies that cater to an Indian clientele. But during the World Cup, fans of the South Korean national side are ﬁlling the spacious hall with every shade of red and the sound of traditional drums and chants. “There are so many Korean people living in Van-

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couver,” said Taylor Shim, who helped the South Korea supporters’ committee draw fans together. “Around 50 per cent are students, 50 per cent immigrants. So many Korean people really like to play soccer and really like to see the soccer games.” The committee rented South Hall for the ﬁrst time to watch South Korea take on Russia June 17. Projectors displayed the game on four large screens, and food stations sold spicy toppoki rice cakes, kimbap and shaved ice topped with red beans and peanuts. To pull together to watch the 1-1 draw, Shim said it took coordination and donations. “It wasn’t easy. We had so much support,” he said during the match. “There are a lot of sponsors who support the Korean team

and they donated money, which is why there are so many ﬂags and red tees.” Shim came to Vancouver in 2009 as an English student and said he appreciates the chance, which this time was created by the international soccer tournament on now in Brazil, to celebrate his heritage and culture. He told us what it’s like to support the Reds. What do Korean fans drink? TS: Soju or makkoli. What do Korean fans eat? TS: Bibimbap, kimchi, kimbap. What is your favourite World Cup memory? TS: 2002 [against Spain]. I was in Seoul in Korea. The Korean team played over 120 minutes and then it was a tie so there were

penalty kicks and we won 5 to 3.Then we got into the semi-ﬁnals. Who is your favourite player? TS: Ki Sung-Yueng.

What other teams do you follow? TS: FC Seoul in Korea. How do fans celebrate in Korea? TS: After the game we usually grab some beer or some soju and go downtown. Or we stay at home with family. If not Korea, who will win? TS: It’s so hard.There are lots of good teams. Belgium, they’re going to make it to the semi-ﬁnals I think. Brazil, Netherlands, Germany. South Hall Palace is located at 8273 Ross St.The Team Korea Support Committee viewings are free.

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DylanWykes grabbed the lead from the first five kilometres of the Scotiabank Half-Marathon on June 22 and won the 21.1 km race in 63 minutes and 52 seconds. The Vancouver-based runner is back on track after two years of fatigue and injury following a tremendous 2012 season that included four challenging marathons, one of them at the London Olympic Games where Wykes finished 20th in the world for Canada. “It felt great today — at least for about 15k,”Wykes said in a news release. “The second half was tough, with no one to push me, but I’m pleased with the win.” The 31-year-old Wykes, who trains with the B.C. Endurance Project, ran the fastest pace at 3:02 minutes per kilometre and out-paced defending winner Kip Kangogo who finished in 65:14.

Vancouver’s Rob Watson finished fourth. Lanni Marchant, the No. 1 female marathoner in Canada, continued her dominance of the national race scene before she heads to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games next month. She finished 15th overall and won the women’s race in 73:41. She called the win a “confidence-booster” following inconsistent results since finishing 14th at the Boston Marathon. “I’m very happy with today,” said Marchant, a 28year-old Ontario lawyer who trains in Kenya. “I wasn’t sure exactly where I was fitness- and long-distance racing-wise. I feel I’m in a good place for Glasgow.” BMO Vancouver Marathon winner Kim Doerksen, who trains in Vancouver, finished fourth in 77:01. Four thousand racers ran the half-marathon, which began at UBC on Sunday morning and finished in Stanley Park. More than $830,000 was raised for charity. twitter.com/MHStewart

More than 6,100 runners from 29 countries entered the Scotiabank half-marathon and ﬁve-kilometre race on June 22. PHOTO CHRIS RELKE/CANADA RUNNING SERIES

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The Vancouver Public Library is hosting a Twitter for Beginners workshop with a focus on seniors at the Central Library Tuesday, July 5, from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. The session will demonstrate how to get started on Twitter, find and follow sources and use account features in this hands-on course. Learn how to set-up an account, begin following updates from other Twitter users and customize your profile and privacy settings. The workshop takes place in the computer training room on level seven at theVPL, 350 West Georgia St.TheVPL is also offering workshops called Ebook Basics forTablets and Smartphones. These sessions will show users how to find, check out and download ebooks from the VPL’s To Go collection. As well, participants will learn how to use a computer to transfer titles and download directly to an ebook or mobile device. The workshops take place Tuesday July 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and July 15 from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. also at the Central Library. Both the Twitter and ebook workshops are free, but registration is required by calling 604-331-3603.

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an ocean festival. Check out sailing, paddling and rowing programs available through the centre. The cake will be cut and prizes, including Harbour Air ﬂights and gift cards from Mountain Equipment Co-op, will be drawn at 1 p.m. Guest speakers include Vision Vancouver park board vice chair Constance Barnes and commissioner Trevor Loke, as well as West Point Grey Liberal MP Joyce Murray. Liberal MLA for Vancouver-False Creek Sam Sullivan, founder of the Disabled Sailing Association and former Vancouver mayor, will also be on hand to help dedicate one of two new Jericho rescue boats purchased with the assistance of a provincial gaming grant. The barbecue and live music will take place in the picnic area on the lawn located just east of the main building located at 1300 Discovery St. Visit jsca.bc.ca for more information.

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This is not one particular event, but rather a public art movement ongoing in Marpole that’s worth checking out. The latest installations in an ongoing collaboration between the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Marpole BIA and the city’s VIVA Vancouver program, include a new mural, two mini libraries and a “Duck Abacus.” The new Leaves and Fishes mural atWest 67th Avenue at Granville Street was painted on the street rather than a wall using nontoxic paint. More than 15 Emily Carr students worked on the mural. As well, what’s called the new “Little Free Library” was created at Bean Around the World coffee shop at 8099 Granville St. at West Sixth Avenue. A second small library is open at St. Augustine s Anglican Church at 8680 Hudson Street at West 71st. Meanwhile the Duck Abacus can be found at Kiddy Junction Academy, 8860 Hudson St.

The Sunset Community Centre is hosting Taste of the World luncheons for seniors offering samples of some of the ﬁnest cuisines from across the globe. A different culinary adventure and country is featured each month along with an opportunity to socialize with friends aged 55 and older. The next two luncheons take place July 15 with Indian cuisine and Aug. 19 with a Mexican ﬁesta. All lunches take place from noon to 2 p.m. and cost $7. Sunset Community Centre is also holding a free Canada Day celebration July 1 from noon until 4 p.m. with live music, a petting zoo, face painting, a bouncy castle, food trucks and cupcakes. Sunset Community Centre is located at 6810 Main St.Visit mysunset.net for more information.

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The Killarney Community Centre is hosting an afternoon of live bluegrass music Saturday, July 26, from noon until 2 p.m. The Highrise Lonesome band will entertain the crowd with not only the classic sounds of bluegrass, but also some old-time and roots music.This program is provided free through funding by the Killarney Community Centre Society. Everyone is welcome to the centre, located at 6260 Killarney St. atWest 49th Avenue.

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But now there’s concern in the community that at least one level of government is dragging its feet on the project and so far the ﬁngers are pointed squarely at the city. To date, between the municipal, provincial and federal governments, almost $10 million has been dedicated for the much-needed space for seniors to gather. In April, Attorney General

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meeting, what should have been a time to celebrate quickly deteriorated into a political squabble complete with ﬁnger pointing. And I can believe it.When I sat through a meeting at city council in February to hear what was supposed to be good news regarding additional funding for the project, the grandstanding between the Vision Vancouver and NPA councillors overshadowed any good will intended that day. Seniors shifted uncomfortably in their chairs during that debacle, while I was told that at last week’s meeting many simply left because no one would answer the big question: “When will shovels hit the ground?” One reader told me at the meeting that Louie blamed the delay on the federal government, but in response Young jumped up clutching a handful of letters, which supposedly proved that wasn’t the case. (Young did not respond to an interview request before the Courier’s press deadline.) Louie sent me a copy

of a letter from Federal Minister of Infrastructure Denis Lebel, dated May 15, 2014, which clearly states that the expenses for any work started prior to the city receiving the document would not be included within the federal funding. Louie says in order to take full advantage of that money, the city waited until it received an agreement in writing.The feds also suggest a start date of 2016 with completion scheduled for 2018. But with a federal election scheduled for 2015, you can imagine why so many seniors are not only worried but also skeptical the work will proceed at all. Throw in a municipal election in November and we could be looking at the perfect storm of shifting responsibilities and short memories. Which is why now is the time for all politicians involved to set aside their political differences and get this project started, even if that means picking up that shovel themselves. twitter.com/sthomas10

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1 June 25 to 27, 20141. 1. Actor, comedian and Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue volunteer Morgan Brayton hosts the Cat’s Ass Comedy Show at the WISE Hall June 25, 7 p.m. The feline-friendly evening of comedy and burlesque features the talents of Assaulted Fish, Paul Bae, Graham Clark, April O’Peel, Ovarian Sisters, Erica Sigurdson and Alicia Tobin in support of Vancouver’s most in-need cats and kittens. For advance tickets or to donate to the cause, go to gofundme.com/Help-Morgan-Save-Kittens. 2. Make Music Vancouver once again takes over Gastown as singers, bands and the odd orchestra perform for free on the streets, sidewalks, storefronts and city squares along Water Street between Cordova and Carrall June 25, 5 to 10 p.m. Details at makemusicvancouver.ca. 3. Answering the age-old question “Who’s got the funk?” Maceo Parker would have to be near the top of the list.The legendary saxophonist best known for his work with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic (not to mention Dee-Lite, De La Soul, Prince, Ray Charles, Dave Matthews Band and the Red Hot Chili Peppers) plays the Vogue Theatre June 25, 8 p.m. as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Details and tickets at coastaljazz.ca. 4. East Van rock ‘n’ roll choirs the Kingsgate Chorus and the Mount Pleasant Institute of Sound belt out contemporary tunes by the likes of Bjork, Sufjan Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, the Pixies and Neil Young, among others. Hear for yourself when the two groups, along with DJ Ruggedly Handsome, team up for Hot Choir in the City, an evening of singing, sweating and celebrating the arrival of summer, June 26 at the Biltmore Cabaret.Tickets at ticketweb.ca. Details at biltmorecabaret.com.

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•What makes this guy tick? Where does he eat his steak? What’s with the stache? Find out in our exclusive profile “View to aWillie.” • Maybe, just maybe, the Canucks and their two-game winning streak have… “A case of theWillies.” Boom! • For that sensitive story that attempts to attract the Canucks fan who also listens to the Smiths: “William, it was really nothing.” • If the players could just adapt to Desjardins’ “system,” they’d be winning. Right? What better way to express this than with “Where there’s a Willie there’s a way.” • Faced with injuries, another Sedins scoring drought and the DUI arrest of Fin the mascot, Canucks fans and headline writers find themselves in a familiar scenario.What else is there to do but pull out this gem of a headline: “Desjardins vu.” • “Willie or won’t he?” For the inevitable speculation of whether the Canucks will fire their underperforming coach, if not this year then the next year, or the next. • “FreeWillie.” Desjardins is cut loose, rumoured to be partying in Hawaii withTortorella.

• What happened? Where did everything go wrong? How did the Oilers get so good? Is it true Garth Butcher will be the next coach and the Canucks will change their name to the Creepers? Find out in our exclusive 15-page aftermath pullout section “Last Willie and testament.”

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Earlier this month we ran a series of Father’s Day inspired haikus. Some explored the mysteries of soap-on-a-rope while others aired out grievances over student loan debt and lack of parental assistance in our post-secondary education. But as one reader kindly pointed out, we occasionally fudged the strict rules of haiku writing in order to accommodate such words as “vasectomy” and “Bruce Hornsby and the Range.” And for that we are sorry.To help us in our ongoing pursuit of haiku perfection, the poetically named W. Baird Blackstone of Tsawwassen provided us with the following haiku to help us out: Haiku poetry Has seventeen syllables In three lines, that’s it!

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Fairy-fuelled Dream is truly dreamy THEATRE REVIEW

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What a dream of A Midsummer Night’s Dream!Take your teenagers.Take your out-of-town guests. Directed by Dean Paul Gibson, it’s a summertime frolic in a land of fairies. And it’s beautiful. Kevin McAllister’s arching, concentric half-circles frame the rear opening of the tent; with the addition of a few long-poled white umbrellas, McAllister takes us into a magical forest outside Athens where fairies dwell, where lovers meet and are set upon by the mischievous Puck, servant to Oberon, King of the Fairies. Gibson directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream back in 2006 and it was a huge hit. I couldn’t imagine how he would take the earlier production and make it even bigger and better. He called it back then “a fusion of fantasy, wrapped in a collision of style and humour.” Collision now meets explo-

Kyle Rideout strikes a pose as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bard on the Beach.

sion of style and humour in this 2014 production. Costume designer Mara Gottler fuses past and present in her outrageous costumes. In many of them, the top half is “period” — leg o’ mutton sleeves, silk and brocade bodices — while the bottom is “contemporary” — tights and stiletto heels. Puck, for example, appears in a black leather, sleeveless waistcoat on top, frothy, multi-coloured tutu

in the middle and striped socks and silver high top runners on the feet. Gottler goes for — and gets it — all. Adding to the collision of style is the sound design by Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe. From “I Put A Spell OnYou” to “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” and “La Vie En Rose” it’s a mixed musical bag. But when Titania awakens, sets eyes upon the ass and immediately falls in love, the musical cue is hilarious: “At Last My Love Has Come Along.” The story involves pairs of lovers:Theseus, Duke of Athens (JohnVoth), and Hippolyta (Adele Noronha); Oberon (Ian Butcher) and Titania (NaomiWright); Hermia (Claire Hesselgrave) and Lysander (Chirag Naik); Helena (Sereana Malani) and Demetrius (Daniel Doheny). And, in the play-within-the-play, there’s Pyramus (Scott Bellis) and Thisby (Haig Sutherland). But this effervescent confection is really bookended by Puck (Kyle Rideout) and Bottom (Scott Bellis). Rideout and Bellis take this

show to the moon.When Rideout shimmies his tutued butt at the audience, there are howls of laughter. His performance is athletic, full of attitude, cheeky and, in an androgynous sort of way, sexy.We can only hope that his huge talent as a filmmaker doesn’t keep him from performing. Rideout is a huge emerging talent. Scott Bellis, on the other hand, has “emerged.” A founding member of Bard on the Beach, Bellis has been around for a while but everything he touches turns to gold and his range is huge. And here he is, a buck-toothed character who has the audience in fits of laughter when he awakens to find himself transformed into an ass. My daughter, who lives and teaches inWhistler, brought her Grade 7 class down for a preview performance.The students were well-prepared: they had turned their classroom into a magical forest, taken turns reading parts, discussed famous love stories, talked about arranged marriages

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Priscila Uppal’s father drank contaminated water in Antigua in 1977 and within 48 hours became quadriplegic. Uppal was two years old at the time. Five years later, Uppal’s mother abandoned the family and returned to her native Brazil. After 20 years of estrangement, Uppal stumbled upon her mother’s website, which included a photo of Uppal and her brother. She summoned the courage to contact her mother and the university professor and writer applied for funding to write a book and flew to Brazil. “She thanked a number of her cancer doctors [on her website],” Uppal said. “I thought I’m being told this is the time to go.” Uppal always had it in the back of her mind that she’d write a book about trying to find her mother. “I’m fascinated about how people grieve and mourn,” she said. “I wrote my PhD on that subject, on poetry about grief, but I’m particularly fascinated by how do you grieve for things that are still alive? How do you grieve for people who are absent?” Their reunion didn’t go so well. Uppal lays her experience bare in her 2013 memoir Projection: Encounters with my Runaway Mother, which was a finalist for both the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the HilaryWeston Prize for Non-Fiction. She has written poetry about her mother and a play, 6 Essential Questions, which is loosely based on her memoir. Uppal returns to Vancouver from Toronto next month to appear at the

Priscila Uppal, author of the memoir Projection: Encounters with my Runaway Mother, takes part in the Indian Summer Festival July 3 to 12.

Indian Summer Festival, in an event called One Life Isn’t Enough, July 4. Alongside poet Renee Saklikar, who wrote a book-length “docu poem,” titled “children of air india,” Uppal will discuss families, adaptation and loss and how one medium or one life may not be enough to gather it all. Sirish Roa, artistic director of the festival, which runs July 3 to 12, said he wanted to include Uppal because “she’s a brilliant thinker and writer.” Uppal approaches her reunion with her estranged mother like an analytical researcher in her memoir. She says this incensed a few reviewers, but mostly drew positive responses from readers. “Everyone seems to have mother issues out there,” she said. “There are a number of people out there who’ve been abandoned by their mothers and it’s something that doesn’t get discussed very much… So there end up being a lot of people in the audience who are just grateful that there’s a book out there for them.” Uppal adopts voices of various relatives in her poetry about her mother. Her memoir is unsentimental and her play expresses what the reunion felt like. Uppal will appear at the

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Your phone communicates with the world by using on-board radios, but you seldom need all of them running at once. Unless you are using a mapping app or want the world to know exactly where you are when you post to Facebook, turn off the GPS or “location services” as it’s often called. (On the iPhone, it’s found under the Privacy setting.) Location is useful for apps like Yelp, so remember to turn it on again when you need it. You can also individually disable location services for speciﬁc apps. Unless you’re one of those guys with one of those stupid-looking earpieces, turn the Bluetooth radio off. Most people don’t even know this radio is running because most people never use it. But

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it’s sucking up energy (and is coincidentally a security risk for hackers). Again, you can turn it on when you need it through the settings menu. Finally, turn off the WiFi receiver when you’re away from home or a ﬁxed Wi-Fi source. On the road your phone will default to your carrier’s signal, and the Wi-Fi radio will use up power scanning for new Wi-Fi transmissions. But when you come across a Wi-Fi signal you trust, or are back at home, turn it on. It’s more efﬁcient than the carrier signal. One of the biggest uses of power on your device is the screen. Turn off auto brightness and choose a lower brightness level. Limit screen time as much as possible. Darker wallpapers and background menus on your device screen are also said to use up less power than bright ones. Continued on next page

Avoid charging your phone to 100 per cent battery life and don’t leave it plugged in overnight. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Drain batteries regularly Continued from previous page Always remember:The more you use your phone and the more ways you use it, the more power it uses. Taking pictures, especially with the ﬂash, will drain your device quickly. So will long voice calls to your peeps. So, too, will apps like Facebook and Twitter if they’re enabled to push notiﬁcations non-stop. Apps can sometimes be the source of mystery power drains. Often it’s because of a bug or an update that went awry.

If you suspect an app of being an energy hog, turn it off or reinstall it and see if that ﬁxes the drain. “Free” apps that bombard you with ads are also big power eaters because of all those ads pushed to your phone. Get the paid version of the app to save energy and sanity.

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Before charging your device, turn it off ﬁrst. (Confession: I didn’t know this until I researched this column.)

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