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Mayor’s private life goes public

Robertson’s marriage breakup news mired in politics Mike Howell

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AIRPLANE FAN Ralph Heldt, an aircraft maintenance instructor at the BCIT Aerospace Campus in Richmond, will coach participants on the aerodynamics of paper airplanes as part of YVR’s second annual Paper Airplane Competition July 11. See related story on page 17. PHOTO ROB NEWELL.

A private decision by Mayor Gregor Robertson and his wife Amy to separate became public over the weekend after the mayor’s office issued a press release Saturday to announce the couple’s marriage breakup. The brief statement, which noted the separation was made amicably, was followed by a news release from the mayor’s party,VisionVancouver, that accused the opposition NPA of spreading false rumours and personal attacks on Robertson and his family. In less than an hour, all forms of media — television, radio, print — were reporting on the private life of a very private mayor, whose wife has never sought the spotlight and shied from reporters. Twitter and Facebook also lit up with news of the breakup and sparked debates on whether the media should have reported the couple’s separation, which led to Robertson moving to a downtown apartment. The unprecedented sharing of personal information from Robertson comes after people close to the mayor have known for at least two weeks about the couple’s breakup. So why did the mayor’s office issue a public statement about a breakup that has nothing to do with public policy or the running of the city? It’s a question the Courier put to the mayor’s office Monday and received an emailed

statement from chief of staff Mike Magee that said the couple went public because of “an escalating series of media inquiries based on hurtful, false and malicious online rumours being spread by the mayor’s political opponents.” Magee didn’t name the mayor’s opponents, but Vision did in its Saturday release.The party pointed to NPA vice-president Rob Macdonald as the source of the rumours and challenged the NPA to “explain the spreading of false rumours and personal attacks” on the mayor and his family. Vision called out Macdonald because of a private email he wrote June 16 to Vision, who had sent him an invitation to attend a forum on Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal. (Vision regularly sends updates via email to anyone who signs up for the party’s announcements about upcoming events and forums). Vision released Macdonald’s email but didn’t clarify whether it was available on the Internet. Nor did the party identify where online the rumours were circulating. (The Courier searched various social media sites but was unable to locate any of these reported rumours.) Macdonald informed Vision he couldn’t attend the forum because “I have been asked to go to a different meeting to discuss some terrible gossip that I ﬁnd very disconcerting, if correct.” Macdonald went on to list the gossip that centred on rumours related to Robertson’s separation with his wife. Continued on page 7

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News City offering $2.5 million to fix Chinatown buildings 12TH & CAMBIE Mike Howell

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One of the ﬁrst feature stories I wrote when I joined the Courier was about Chinatown and how it was in need of revitalization. That was — gulp — 12 years ago. I tell you this because the historic community in the Downtown Eastside is still in need of upgrades and the city is embarking on a new program to help do that. It’s called the Chinese Society Building Grant Program. And as the name says, it’s about making a total of $2.5 million available over the next three years to Chinese societies to ﬁx their buildings in Chinatown and neighbouring districts. In Vancouver, there are about 100 Chinese societies, with the majority located in and around Chinatown. Many societies own property, with more than 50 in the Downtown Eastside (20

Many of Chinatown’s societies have century-old buildings such as the Wong Benevolent Association at 121 East Pender, which are in need of signiﬁcant repairs. PHOTO ROB NEWELL

in Chinatown). As a city staff report that went before city council Tuesday says, “these non-proﬁt organizations

are stewards of important heritage buildings, providers of affordable rental housing and key contributors to the cultural landscape of

Chinatown.” While the city’s plan calls for matching grants that range from $25,000 to $100,000, the staff report

notes at least 12 buildings would need a total of $150 million in renovations. That includes theWong Benevolent Association at 121 East Pender St., the ShonYee Benevolent Association at 254-262 East Pender St., theYee Fung Tong Society at 222-226 East Georgia St. and the Lim Sai Hor Benevolent Association at 525-531 Carrall St. “These estimated costs are over and above potential revenues and ﬁnancing that the societies could achieve, thus there is a considerable funding gap that a society would need to meet through fundraising, partnerships and other sources of equity prior to proceeding with the work,” said the staff report, noting the 12 buildings are each more than a century old. The city is expected to hire a consultant to ﬁnd ways of raising the money to renovate the 12 buildings. That will probably mean hitting up the provincial and federal governments, the private sector and some foundations. The $2.5 million budget for the city’s program breaks

down as follows: $1.2 million from a community amenity contribution achieved in the rezoning of 633 Main St. and $1.2 million from the city’s capital budget portion for Downtown Eastside revitalization. The grant money, however, cannot be applied to deﬁcits, equipment, furniture, standard building repairs and maintenance or work already completed. The city’s interest in creating the grant program also helps its goal to protect existing low-income housing stock, with societies operating about 600 units of housing in the Downtown Eastside. “Continuing to operate with their early benevolent values, many of the societies have afﬁrmed their desire to continue or expand affordable housing in their buildings, some indicating an interest in seniors’ affordable housing,” the report added. As they say in Cantonese, jook nei ho wun. Which I believe means: wishing you good luck. twitter.com/Howellings

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Mayor’s marriage woes illustrate delicate balance between public and private ANALYSIS

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According to a famous maxim, politics makes strange bedfellows. But what happens when the story is about a politician and his ex-bedfellow? As confirmed by the Office of the Mayor on July 5, Mayor Gregor Robertson and wife Amy Robertson have separated.They say the split was mutual and amicable.The “Bicycling Doula” is the mother of his three children and was his closest ally and confidante during his rise from organic farmer and juice tycoon to NDP MLA andVancouver mayor. Amy Robertson has, arguably, the highest-profile of a Vancouver mayor’s wife since Art Phillips was mayor from 1973 to 1977 and his wife Carole Taylor was a broadcast journalist. Amy Robertson chairs the

society that runs Vancouver Farmers Markets and was a director with the Take a HikeYouth At Risk Foundation. She was a key part of the green, down-to-earth image that Vision Vancouver successfully sold voters in 2008 and 2011. Now that the split is public knowledge, we are left to wonder whether the marriage breakdown was job-related and to speculate about how it may impact the performance of the mayor’s duties.Will it harm his chances to win a third term in November’s civic election? All relevant points to ponder, as one media expert says it is unclear what the public interest angle of the story is yet. Sean Holman, assistant professor of journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary, told the Courier that reporters must be aware of a politician’s inﬂuential, personal connections and to “question them when it’s appropriate”

Mayor Gregor Robertson celebrates his 2011 election win with his wife Amy. It was recently announced that the couple have separated. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

before deciding what, if anything, to publish. “It’s too easy to say, ‘Well we don’t want to go down the pathway of the U.K., we don’t want to go down the pathway of the U.S.,’” Holman said. “But we also

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have to ask what not going down that pathway costs us, because there is a cost and the cost is that some things that should be reported on, may end up unreported.” It can be a delicate balance. Public life often means

less privacy and politics can be hazardous to marriages. But some political marriages are stronger than others. Who can forget President Bill Clinton’s 1998 “I did not have sexual relations with that woman... Miss Lewinsky” denial? He later revealed the truth about the tryst with the intern, finished his presidency and remains married to Hillary Clinton, who is gearing up for a run at the White House in 2016. Eliot Spitzer was New York’s governor for just over a year, until 2008 when he was caught in a prostitution scandal. Last January, wife Silda and Spitzer finally filed for divorce. John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 2004, admitted in 2010 that he fathered a child with his mistress. He was cleared of charges that he used campaign donations to cover up his affair. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and wife Margaret

separated in 1977, three months after she famously spent a night partying with the Rolling Stones. Gordon Wilson took the BC Liberals from anonymity to opposition status in the 1991 B.C. election, but was out as leader in 1993 after an affair with fellow caucus member Judi Tyabji. North America’s bestknown mayor is Toronto’s Rob Ford. His wife Renata is often called “rarely seen” by the Toronto media. One of the several videos leaked of Ford’s misbehaviour includes him mentioning a divorce. He was a city councillor in 2008 when he was charged with assault and making threats against her. The charges were dropped. Holman noted that it ultimately took an American website, Gawker, to push the Toronto Star into publishing allegations in 2013 that turned out to be true about Ford’s drug problems. “That does, I think, say something,” Holman said.

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Island wildlife now includes party animals

Urban sanctuary a popular spot for drinking, recycling, music and police Christopher Cheung

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If you wander to the edge of Olympic Village, a small path stretches into False Creek leading to a miniature island crowned with boulders, logs, trees and ﬂowers. Welcome to Habitat Island, an urban sanctuary the Vancouver park board hopes will attract wildlife and vegetation. But in the wake of popularity due to the seclusion and creek’s scenery, the island has been attracting something else: drinking and smoking. Under a warm sunset on the island last week, a jam session with three guitars and a ukulele played “Folsom Prison Blues.” A large group of friends enjoyed cold beers, smoked joints and listened to music on a portable stereo. A welldressed couple had dinner out of a picnic basket and sipped wine from glasses. “There have been individuals from all walks of

life,” said Vancouver Police spokesperson Const. Brian Montague. The park board works with the VPD to keep the island clean and safe. Summer months have seen more island frequenters. Park board vice chair Constance Barnes is not surprised as public drinking and smoking are common issues city parks and beaches face. “I know the young ones want to party and go out there,” said Barnes, “but if you see a few couples sitting there quietly contemplating life or looking at the wildlife and the little critters, I would ask graciously that we all support each other.” May Bosaing, 23, often hangs out on the island with friends and has ideas why it’s attracting this sort of activity. “It’s accessible, close to the liquor store and transit and has an awesome view,” said Bosaing. “It is somewhat secluded. Unless you’re really compelled to go to the island

Habitat Island, just off of the Olympic Village, has gained the nickname “Beer Island” on account of its popularity with partiers. PHOTO ROB NEWELL.

you never see what activities are going on there.” Island frequenters like Bosaing have another name for the hidden hangout spot: Beer Island. Nearby Legacy Liquor Store has many

beverages in its fridges and there are three microbreweries in the neighbourhood. According to Montague, when police encounter individuals who are engaged in public drinking or

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The 10-storey Downtown Eastside apartment building under construction for women and children is almost a year behind schedule and only one of the parties involved would say why. The Budzey Building, at Powell and Princess streets, is one of 14 sites for provincially subsidized social housing and will have 147 non-market units plus commercial lease space on the main ﬂoor. City hall bought the former Drake Hotel property in 2007 for $3.2 million from a numbered company connected to a member of the Hells Angels. Coun. Geoff Meggs and Housing Minister Rich Coleman appeared at a Feb. 5, 2013 news conference to promote the project. At the time, completion was estimated for spring 2014. As of June 26, the website for construction company

Originally scheduled for completion in April 2014, the Budzey Building, one of 14 sites for provincially subsidized social housing, is not slated to open until Feb. 2015. PHOTO ROB NEWELL.

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Stuart Olson Dominion continued to say it was “scheduled for completion in April 2014.” Last week, the Courier confirmed the new estimate for completion is February 2015. RainCity Housing and Support Society will operate the concrete building, which is aiming to be LEED gold environmental and energy certified. The charity’s acting executive director Greg Richmond did not respond to an interview request. Spokesman Bill Briscall said Richmond “is unavailable for an interview” and referred questions to B.C. Housing. B.C. Housing spokesman Fergus McCann said Shayne Ramsay, the Crown corporation’s chief executive, was not available for an interview. “B.C. Housing estimated the building would be complete in spring 2014,” McCann said via email. “There were construction delays and it is now scheduled to open in early 2015.” McCann was asked for further explanation about the delays, but he said, “You have our response.” McCann also claimed the project is “on budget,” but didn’t provide dollar figures or answer who would be liable for cost overruns, if any. In a May 25, 2010 B.C. Housing news release, the estimated project capital cost (excluding the city’s land contribution) was $34.6 million. By February 2013, the province said it would provide $37.1 million in construction financing and pay $891,000 for annual operations. The value of the city’s land donation was $4 million and the city agreed to waive development cost charges, reduce levies and contribute to the site cleanup, worth $902,000. BC Hydro was to provide $19,600 in equity and Streetohome Foundation $2.9 million, including $1.5 million from mining company Silver Wheaton and $500,000 from the Face the World Foundation. Streetohome CEO Rob Turnbull said the Budzey Building had “several contractor-driven delays right from the start,” from concrete forming to elevator installation. “It impacts us because we put out our numbers and we like to be as ac-

curate as we can with our donors,” said Turnbull, whose charity updated its website with the February 2015 estimate after the Courier’s initial query. A request to interview city general manager of community services Brenda Prosken was denied and city hall refused to comment on the delays. “[B.C. Housing] is the lead on this project, so you will need to speak to them about it, we will be declining your interview request on this occasion,” said Tobin Postma of the city hall communications office. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson promised in 2008 that his Vision Vancouver party would end street homelessness by 2015. Robertson is running for re-election in November, but in April he admitted that the promise that defined his first mayoralty campaign is unlikely to be fulfilled. Terra Housing is the project manager, but chief operating officer Simon Davie did not respond to an interview request. Terra co-founder Jim O’Dea was a Portland Hotel Society director from 1993 until 1997 when he was named chair of B.C. Housing by the NDP government. He was replaced when the B.C. Liberals came to power in 2001 and B.C. Housing undertook a special audit of PHS. The April 17, 2002 report by Staley, Okada, Chandler and Scott chartered accountants has never been released in full. In 2003, the Courier appealed to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, which found in favour of B.C. Housing in 2005 because it contained policy advice and third-party business secrets. A heavily censored version of the report said auditors examined “the integrity of the financial and management controls in place at the society.” In March, nearly 12 years after that 2002 audit, PHS’s four top managers and its entire board were forced to resign because of damning July 2013 B.C. Housing and February 2014 Vancouver Coastal Health investigations found widespread misuse of taxpayer funds by PHS. twitter.com/bobmackin

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NPA denies involvement Continued from page 1 In the same email, Macdonald — who was considering a run for mayor with the NPA — accused Magee of planning to destroy his reputation, if he became the party’s mayoral candidate. Magee denied the accusation. Marcella Munro,Vision’s campaign communications director, urged Macdonald to explain his email and requested the NPA’s likely mayoral candidate, Kirk LaPointe, to respond how “personal attacks represents the NPA.” In an email to the Courier Saturday, Macdonald said: “The NPA is not involved in any personal attacks on Gregor Robertson, nor am I. But certainly there are rumours about Gregor ﬂoating around and I have heard them from several sources, including from mutual friends of Gregor’s and mine. I have great respect for Amy Robertson, who has been exceedingly kind to my son, and I wish her all the best.” LaPointe responded on Facebook, saying although he is not the NPA’s declared mayoral candidate, he learned as a journalist that nothing positive comes

“I long ago concluded that, unless there is an impact on duties, those matters are irrelevant.” —Kirk LaPointe from the discussion of personal issues and that respect for public life includes a respect for private lives. “I long ago concluded that, unless there is an impact on duties, those matters are irrelevant,” wrote LaPointe, a former newspaper industry executive who didn’t comment on Macdonald’s email toVision. Terri Evans, program manager of Simon Fraser University’s urban studies program, said she understood the mayor’s need to quell rumours about his marriage. But, Evans said, the brief statement from the mayor’s ofﬁce would have sufﬁced withoutVision issuing a separate release that questioned Macdonald’s comments.

“This also speaks to the maturing that Vision still has to do as a party because they don’t necessarily need to do that,” she said. “In some ways, it further opens a can of worms.” Despite the widespread media coverage of the mayor’s breakup, Evans doubted such news would have any effect at the polls in November. “I think it has no relevance,” she said. Robertson, who was ﬁrst elected in 2008 and won a second majority in 2011, is seeking re-election Nov. 15. He and his wife recently sold their home near 23rd and Oak to move to Kitsilano.The couple, who met in Colorado while attending university, have three adult children and a foster son.

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Tim Louis hung onto his job as the Coalition of Progressive Electors co-chair at the struggling municipal party’s annual general meeting held in a Mount Pleasant church hall on Sunday (July 6) but the party added plenty of new faces to the executive board. The former city councillor faced an internal challenge from the Left Front, a group of COPE members who come to municipal politics with backgrounds in activism. The Left Front ran two candidates — Herb Varley and Heather Gies — against Louis for one of the two co-chair positions. “I am not running against Tim, I am running for myself,” said Varley, an aboriginal youth worker and recent co-chair of the Downtown Eastside Local Area Planning Process. “There is a difference. He’s done a great job and we want him for council.” The long-serving Louis, 55, nonetheless earned the most votes overall with 102, 20 more than runnerup Varley, but the second co-chair position instead went to Gies due to a party policy that prohibits two men from serving as chairs. “I want to push on the executive and as co-chair to be more rooted in the grassroots and to truly reﬂect where the centre of gravity

is for progressive politics in the city and that is from the social movements,” said Gies, who has served previously as the party’s corresponding secretary. Varley instead accepted the position of membership secretary. Other members elected to the executive board were Maria Wallstam as recording secretary and Maureen Bourke as fundraiser. Six members-at-large were also voted in: Kombii Nanjalah, Alex Mierke-Zatwarnick, Karen Gilchrist, Charlene Sayo, Allison Mcdonald, and Anita Romaniuk. Representatives afﬁliated with the Left Front from ﬁve equity caucuses were also elected to voting positions on the executive board: Rosanne Gervais (aboriginal caucus), Stephen Lytton (disability caucus), JohnYano (LGBPQ caucus), Imtiaz Popat (racialized caucus) and Jamie Lee Hamilton (transgender caucus). Members also formally adopted a campaign platform that would see COPE declare a state of emergency on housing if returned to power and create a municipal housing authority to build more affordable housing. “We are challengingVisionVancouver, the developer party, and I’m thrilled to see that COPE, the people’s party, is more united than ever,” said Louis. The election is Nov. 15.

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its 2014-2015 budget, for a savings of $514,410. “Aside from the fact that we thought that this is a really wonderful program that shouldn’t just disappear, this has been part of the fabric of the city for a long time,” said DanielThorpe, dean of continuing studies at Langara College. “We thought there was a natural link there and that it would be a real shame to see that disappear from the city of Vancouver.” Registration for fall

begins July 16.Thorpe said despite the contract dispute between teachers and their employers and continuing education summer courses being cancelled, Langara is “on track” for September. Langara has added the 200 courses previously offered through the VSB to its nearly 600 continuing studies courses and will continue to offer courses at ﬁve VSB locations. TheVSB offered nonacademic and non-credit

courses to the public for a fee. Last year, more than 5,900 people enrolled in courses that included accounting, web design, English language learning, arts classes and cooking. Thorpe says theVSB’s continuing education suffered as it shrunk while course catalogue printing and registration costs stayed “pretty much the same.” Langara is marketing courses through its website and adding pages to its print

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Opinion Submarines’ start was Sounds of silence a a comedy of errors challenge in the city Matthew Claxton Columnist mclaxton@langleyadvance.com In the early 20th century, Canada didn’t have much of a navy. We were still conjoined with Britain, and one of the consuming federal issues of the pre-First World War years was whether to properly fund a real and independent Canadian Navy. Then the war came. And for a brief and strange time, not only did Canada have a navy, but British Columbia had one, made up solely of two submarines. In July 1914, war panic was settling in over the British Empire. The politicians and merchants of Victoria were worried about the vast coast of British Columbia — and about the fact that a pair of German warships were somewhere in the North Pacific. By Aug. 5, Britain would declare war and bring Canada along. B.C. Premier Richard McBride wanted to defend his coast. So he did an end-run around the entire military establishment, and acted on a tip that two submarines were finished and ready to ship out from a dock in Seattle. The subs had been built for the Chilean Navy, ordered in 1911. However, the Chileans had fallen behind on their payments. James Paterson of the Seattle Dry Dock and Construction Company was doing the assembly work on the boats, and he let McBride and others know that they were up for grabs. He forgot to mention that one of the reasons Chile had stopped paying was that the subs had failed to meet performance specifications. With the Germans allegedly approaching, McBride jumped on the deal. The price? Unknown. The capabilities of the subs? Unknown. Torpedoes? Nope, none to be had on the West Coast. But war was approaching, so McBride signed the contracts and Paterson sold the subs for $1.15 million. Which happened to be $332,000 more than Chile had planned to pay. Paterson pocketed about $35,000 in brokerage fees on the deal. Another complication was that the boats had to be smuggled out of Seattle under cover of darkness. The U.S. had just introduced legislation to stay out of the war, including a

ban on sales of warships to either side. Paterson ushered the ships into Canadian waters on Aug. 5, hours before the president would sign the bill. The new subs should have then sailed into Esquimault Harbour to a triumphant crowd. Instead, they were almost shelled by panicky Canadian militia gunners. No one apart from McBride and a few compatriots knew about the purchase. So the batteries at Black Rock loaded shells and prepared to ﬁre, assuming they were under attack by German torpedo boats.

He forgot to mention that one of the reasons Chile had stopped paying was that the subs had failed to meet performance specifications. Fortunately, a second look revealed a white flag, possibly the White Ensign, possibly a pillowcase, flying from the mast of one sub. The Canadian Navy belatedly accepted the subs, and rustled up crews from scratch, including a couple of lads who had never seen the ocean before. They quickly learned that the Chileans had been wise to express reservations. The subs could dive. In fact, they could dive too well, plunging straight down in some cases, far faster than was safe. They had trouble emptying and flooding ballast tanks – opening the tanks revealed planks, rags, and a pair of overalls left during construction. If the early submariners had known more about the boats, they might have been reluctant to even go aboard. “We were endowed with the valour of ignorance,” one later said. The two subs, CC1 and CC2, never fired a shot in anger, but they did train up a number of Canadian submariners. And as for the German warships steaming up the coast? They never even approached British Columbia.

Michael Geller Columnist michaelarthurgeller@gmail.com When crossing at an intersection, have you ever been startled by a loud horn from behind you, only to discover it was someone locking his Explorer? West Side resident Karl Raab has, and he responded to my invitation to Courier readers for ideas from other countries on how to improve Vancouver’s livability. Mr. Raab wrote that after returning from two decades in Europe, he and his wife were appalled at the use of hornbased acoustic vehicle alerts in their formerly quiet neighbourhood. He thought these honks and beeps were not only intrusive — they were potentially unsafe since they could distract drivers and pedestrians. Vehicles in Europe make no such noise, as European Union regulations mandate visual signals. I am told that a vehicle dealer can disable the remote’s horn function in a few minutes since many vehicle security systems have a switch with two positions: “North America” and “Other.” Mr. Raab also introduced me to two initiatives to address urban noise: The Right to Quiet Society (quiet.org) and silencethehorns.org. I share Mr. Raab’s disdain for unnecessary urban noises. In addition to beeping security alarms, I would add excessively noisy automobile mufﬂers, motorcycles and inconsiderate neighbours. I particularly dislike noisy motorcycles. That is why I was pleased to read that Harley Davidson is coming out with an electric motorcycle. As the owner of an electric car, I know ﬁrst-hand how much quieter electric vehicles can be. While I suspect most motorcyclists will scorn electric motorbikes since they like the noise and attention they attract while roaring down a quiet street, in time I expect more and more electric cars, motorbikes and scooters on the road. It is perhaps not just a coincidence that since deciding to write a column about urban noise, the Courier has featured two stories on this topic. Last Wednesday, reporter Naoibh O’Connor wrote how noise topped the list of complaints against Port Metro Vancouver; and on Friday, reporter Christopher Cheung told the story of how Richmond industrial activity is disturbing the residents of Vancouver

communities along the north shore of the Fraser River. As higher density residential development encroaches on industrial land, we can expect many more similar complaints, as well as many concerns associated with condominium living. As an architect and developer of multifamily buildings, I have had a longstanding interest in how best to ensure noise from one townhouse or apartment is not transmitted to adjacent units. While building codes establish minimum sound transmission ratings, they are often insufficient to prevent one household from hearing what is happening next door, or upstairs. Noise separation is not just a question of design; it is also a matter of construction. If walls and pipes are not properly insulated, it is often possible to hear when your neighbour is going to the toilet, let alone playing the piano. As more and more of us are moving from detached single family houses to duplexes, townhouses or apartments, it is especially important that new multi-family buildings incorporate improved sound separation. One way to achieve this is by using special drywall products like QuietRock. It offers the acoustic qualities of eight to 10 sheets of drywall. If you move into an older, noisy multi-family unit, you can even install it over an existing wall. A more challenging problem is reducing noise transmitted between floors and ceilings, especially where hardwood or tile flooring has been installed instead of carpeting. Strata councils should require that anyone replacing carpet with wood flooring in a concrete building install a layer of cork between the new flooring and existing slab. It costs more, but it can help. When I moved into a 15th floor downtown apartment with three glass walls in the master bedroom, I was surprised to discover I could reduce outside noise by replacing the glass in the exterior window frames. The cost was less than I expected, and I was astounded at the difference new glass and seals made. Finally, I have a message for those people who decide to cut their lawns at 7 o’clock on a Saturday night, just as their neighbour’s guests are arriving for an outdoor dinner party. Please cut the lawn in the afternoon. twitter.com/michaelgeller

The week in num6ers...

72 2.5 15 100 2

In thousands of dollars, the amount of donations reported for 2013 by COPE at their annual general meeting on Sunday.

In millions of dollars, the amount of money the city is making available through the Chinese Society Building Grant Program to upgrade aging properties.

The number of galleries and artist co-ops near Great Northern Way participating in the second annual Flats Block Party on Saturday.

In dollars, the cost of a membership to the Jericho Sailing Centre, which celebrated its 40th anniversary on Sunday.

The number of times Argentina has won the FIFA World Cup, most recently in 1986 with a 3-2 win over West Germany.

The number of months the completion of the Budzey Building, a 10-storey social housing unit being built in the Downtown Eastside, is behind schedule.

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July 8, 1934: More than 10,000 people turn out to hear the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra give the first performance inside Malkin Bowl, a new live venue in Stanley Park paid for by businessman W.H. Malkin. Unfortunately, rain forced the concert to end midway through. The outdoor facility, a smaller replica of the Hollywood Bowl, was built after lobbying by VSO conductor Allard de Ridder over the need for a place for summer concert series. In 2011, extensive renovations in order to winterize the facility were added, including adding new heating systems, a new floor, weatherproofed orchestra pit, retractable stage door and other improvements.

Seaforth Highlanders land in Sicily July 10, 1943: Eighty Vancouver infantry soldiers of the Seaforth Highlanders, including 30-year-old Ernest “Smokey” Smith, land in Sicily as part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division to push the Nazis out of Italy. It was the largest beach landing prior to D-Day. Smith later earned the Victoria Cross, the highest Commonwealth award for valour “in the face of the enemy,” for his actions securing the River Savio, which included single-handedly taking out two tanks while keeping a wounded comrade alive. Smith died at his Vancouver home in 2005 at age 91.

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To the editor: Re: “Strip club planned for Marpole,” July 4. In all of our [Marpole] community planning events I never heard anyone saying that what we really needed was a “gentlemen’s club.” I heard mentioned: skateboard park for the kids, swimming pool, more park space, bigger library among other things but never that we needed a strip club — but then, I wasn’t at ALL of the meetings.... Gudrun Langolf, Vancouver ••• I’m quite disheartened about this proposal. A strip club is not what our neighbourhood needs. It’s like bringing the grotty Fraser Arms back again. I thought we had advanced as a civilization — women as sex objects is so regressive. Calling it a “gentleman’s club” doesn’t give it any legitimacy or sheen. As a [board] member of Marpole Place and the Joy Kogawa Historical Society and as a Marpole resident, I’d rather we had an improved café life, an improved library, a renewed Marpole Place, a swimming pool, riverside walk areas, etcetera.This strip club is not needed and not welcomed. Sure, build it and they will come, but is that really going to improve the neighbourhood. It will be one and one-half blocks from my front door.Yuck.The money it “earns” will line the pockets of people who don’t care about Marpole. Patsi Longmire, Vancouver LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Senior project is way overdue To the editor: Re: “Shut up and start shovelling,” June 25. I was at the AGM for the South Vancouver Seniors Arts and Cultural Society. It was a very long tiring meeting for seniors sitting on hard chairs, listening to politicians bickering. Many of those seniors have been working hard for more than 12 years. Now that we are close to achieving our goal, we have the City of Vancouver telling us it will be “possibly” another two years. It is just not good enough.We need the City of Vancouver to get going, get the work done, get the “shovels in the ground” NOW. Use the money already in the bank and get started. Donna Davies, Vancouver ••• In the last AGM meeting of South Vancouver Seniors Arts and Cultural Society, it had been established that the funding for the seniors centre for Southeast Vancouver had already been provided by the three levels of government. Why has the City of Vancouver not started the project yet? We should be SHOVELLING THE GROUND NOW. With the civic election coming this November and the federal election forthcoming, I am concerned that this project to build the seniors centre will be again buried and forgotten. As a senior and a taxpayer, I would like to keep my life a bit longer; the existence of this centre would help. Please, let us move forward. Nelson Didulo, Vancouver

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COURIER STORY: “Strip club planned for Marpole,” July 4. Little Observations @LilObserver: Great because that is EXACTLY what Marpole needs (note the sarcasm). Good grief. Dudes, go home to your wives and girlfriends. Gölök ZLF Buday @gzlfb: This city has gotten ultra prudish in last few years in regards to strip clubs, more than with hookers strangely. Jacqueline @_Cuddlefish: Awesome! I was looking for another job! COURIER STORY: “Richmond noise robs Vancouverites of sleep,” July 4. blueadept1: Good on them for not being NIMBYs and trying to work together with industry. A lot of other people would declare the noise to be a public nuisance and demand that all industrial activity stop. Nice, balanced approach. COURIER STORY: “CP wants Arbutus Corridor cleared,” July 4. mtnbvan @mtnbvan: CP is making strong political/investment move to try to force City of Vancouver to buy its land. At market price. Rhona Raskin @RhonaRaskin: This should be a transportation corridor as it once was — not overflow tomato gardens for local residents COURIER STORY: “Port racket rankles residents,” July 2. ACMEsalesrep: I can appreciate why Canada’s ports should fall under federal jurisdiction. I cannot for the life of me understand why that should excuse them from local laws and regulations. Of course the Port should abide byVancouver’s noise by-laws.That’s common sense, and part and parcel of being the good neighbour the Port would like us to believe they are. On a related note: Has anyone else noticed the sudden plethora of sponsored posts by Port MetroVancouver on social media now that news of the plan to give them control of Granville Island has leaked? It’s amazing how transparent attempts at damage control have become. .

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Modernist firehalls on Heritage Vancouver’s endangered list DEVELOPING STORY

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Naoibh O’Connor

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Writing about development in Vancouver often means touching on heritage concerns. In a June 24 column entitled “Firehall to include social housing,” I wrote about the plans to build a new Firehall No. 5 at 3090 East 54th and add 31 units of supportive housing units for low-income women and their children. I failed to mention that Firehall No. 5 is on Heritage Vancouver’s 2014 Top 10 Endangered Sites list, along with six other modernist ﬁrehalls — Numbers 2, 7, 8, 9, 17 and 20. Firehall No. 5 was built in 1952 and designed by city hall architects Townley & Matheson. The Top 10 list states that the plan to replace the ﬁrehall “is symptomatic of a general lack of consideration for the heritage value of postwar modernist architecture. It is important to give consideration to adapting No. 5 and other modern-

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Built in 1952, Firehall No. 5 is on Heritage Vancouver’s 2014 Top 10 Endangered Sites list, along with six other modernist ﬁrehalls. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.

ist ﬁrehalls to modern use or repurposing for another use rather than demolishing them,” the organization argues. Heritage Vancouver noted that Firehall No. 5 is one of the oldest of the seven midcentury modernist ﬁrehalls in the city and that it “represents an important part of the movement towards modernist civic architecture in Vancouver during the

post-war period.” Other such examples it mentions are the former central public library at Robson and Burrard, smaller neighbourhood library branches and the soon-to-be-demolished East Wing of City Hall. While the organization acknowledges that the Firehall No. 5 site is a desirable location for affordable housing, it points out that the city has

a history of hybridization, and has already successfully formed a hybrid structure out of a ﬁrehall and community facility: Firehall No.4, at 1475West 10th, which includes a public library. “It is perfectly reasonable to meet affordable housing goals by constructing non-market housing around Firehall No. 5. It is entirely possible to do so without demolishing the original

As mentioned in the July 4 edition of the Courier, CP’s plans to begin using the Arbutus Corridor rail line again are well underway. On Monday, a Twitter user operating under the handle @streetsandparks tweeted that three workers, accompanied by a uniformed member of the CP police service, were putting up signs along the corridor, including one at Southwest Marine Drive and East Boulevard, which reads: “Danger. Private Property. No Trespassing.Violators will be Prosecuted.” CP spokesman Ed Greenberg told the Courier there have always been “No Trespassing” signs on the property, but CP is now putting up additional signs as part of the process to prepare the line for operations. “As for our police being present, it is normal for them to be with the crews

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to ensure the signs are put up in appropriate locations along the property and it gives our ofﬁcers a chance to re-orient themselves in terms of trespass sign locations should enforcement become necessary in the future,” he explained. On June 5, Mayor Gregor Robertson sent a letter to CP on behalf of city council outlining their concerns, but CP has not responded, according to the city’s communication department. The Courier asked the city if it had been in contact with CP about the Arbutus Corridor — formally or informally, and if it has entered or if it will enter negotiations about purchasing the land. The response via email: “Yes, the City has been in discussions, however, any discussions that may have taken place between the City and CP Rail are conﬁdential, other than the Supreme Court’s 2006 decision which supported the City’s vision that the corridor be maintained as a greenway for residents of Vancouver until there is a viable case to use the rail for transit purposes.” twitter.com/naoibh

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1. Jericho Sailing Centre general manager Mike Cotter welcomed members and visitors alike to celebrate the centre’s 40th anniversary last Saturday. 2. Several natural-powered craft organizations operate out of the Jericho Sailing Centre. See photo gallery at vancourier.com or scan this page with the Layar app. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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Building 13 was in a sorry state in 1974. It was already 34 years old, every window of the castle-like structure was smashed and there was no running water aside from when the rain dripped through holes in the roof. A wrecking ball had already seen to the demise of the other old Royal Canadian Air Force buildings on

Jericho Beach, but some dinghy sailors, mostly from the nearby University of British Columbia andVikings Sailing clubs, thought that, with its sandy beaches where wind was a frequent guest, it would be a perfect place to have an ocean-based recreation centre for naturallypowered craft. The Jericho Sailing Centre celebrated its 40th anniversary this past Saturday — a day that had its fair share of wind and pouring rain, the latter of which seemed to never touch general manager Mike Cot-

ter in his shorts, sandals and shirt printed with surfboards. Cotter was never in one place too long, dashing about from announcing the bands on the stage to christening one of the new rescue boats used by the Jericho RescueTeam Program (“With sparking B.C. apple juice.We don’t break the rules here,” he said with a laugh). Cotter’s favourite story of the day actually had to do with breaking the rules. He pointed to a blue ﬂag with a white symbol waving in the wind. It was one of two

flags flown at the Habitat Forum in 1976 at Jericho Beach until two 12-year-old boys scooted up the poles and stole them. Cotter found this out when one of them dropped by the centre 10 years ago to confess and return one of the flags. “He said, ‘I’m going to keep one for myself but here’s the other, you should have it.’ So this is the first time it’s been hoisted since 1976,” said Cotter. Thousands launch their paddles and sails at the Jericho Sailing Centre every

year; impressive numbers considering only half-a-dozen kayaks were stored there 30 years ago. Vancouver’s ﬁrst airport, the Jericho Beach Air Station, once occupied the area nine years before the city bought land at Sea Island to build Vancouver International. Before that, it was home to the Jericho Beach Golf and Country Club which, built in 1892, was the province’s ﬁrst golf course. Prior to that, it was an old-growth forest that was cleared by businessman Jeremiah Rogers.The cove

was known as Jerry’s Cove and, over time, shortened to its current name of “Jericho.” Forty years after its birth, the Jericho Sailing Centre maintains the goals of its founders: giving people an affordable and accessible way to enjoy the ocean. A single membership is less than $100 for the year and includes such beneﬁts as unlimited launching, a members only lounge, along with change rooms and — one of the most important perks if you’re on and in Canadian waters — “endless hot showers.”

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Photographer, writer and stroke survivor Dannielle Hayes continues to work with her archival photographs. PHOTO ROB NEWELL.

improved after the stroke, enabling her to recall past events and people’s names easier than she could before, a skill that comes in handy. “You get better service when you can remember people’s names,” she said. Her life is different than it was, but she is still active and productive. Hayes gets around town on her electric scooter, which she calls her “babemobile,” and has continued working, but for herself this time. She wrote a book, Traveling Light: Photographic Memories of a Global Nomad, has aYouTube channel and takes pictures with her iPhone or her new digital camera, which she can operate with her right hand. Hayes has come a long way from the early days af-

ter the stroke when she was airlifted back to Vancouver and woke up in hospital, unable to walk. Recovery has been an ongoing journey Hayes works hard at. She goes to physiotherapy once a week, water therapy twice a week, exercises often (she enjoys adaptive yoga and kayaking) and she’s cut coffee and red meat out of her diet. She also maintains a social life and sits on the communications committee of the notfor-proﬁt Stroke Recovery Association of B.C. Hayes’ advice for recent stroke sufferers is simple. “Don’t give up on yourself,” she said. According to Tim Readman, executive director of the association, Hayes demonstrates there is life

after stroke. “But you have to do the right things,” he said. Readman said science has shown the brain has neuroplasticity, meaning given the right stimulation, it can heal itself.The association promotes seven steps to recovery.These include, physical and mental exercise, communicating, socializing, getting support from others or a group, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and accessing resources in the community. “The things that we see show us that if a person keeps on trying and keeps on working and keeps a good routine going with all of these activities in their day, that they are able to live healthy, rewarding, productive lives.” twitter.com/thuncher

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The Jericho Stewardship Group is looking for volunteers to work with the park board to replace invasive plants with native ones. Volunteer work parties are held the second Sunday of each month starting at 9 a.m. at the wooden bridge over the pond. Each session lasts about three hours. For more information, contact jerichostewardshipgroup@ gmail.com.

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Imaginative gardeners don’t see tough terrain quite the way other people do. Where others see a swamp, they see future fishponds, boardwalks and bog gardens — and where their chosen site is almost vertical, they visualize viewpoints, flower-filled alpine cliffs and excellent drainage. To a husband-and-wife gardening team in Chilliwack, the raw subdivision moonscape around them was a source of rough soil they could use to terrace the steep dropoff behind their newly constructed home. Contractors who had been paying to truck soil miles away were glad to dump a few loads in a nearby lot. Once the soil was waiting in the front yard, the gardeners rigged up a wooden chute, which stretched from the front yard down into the

rear. She shoveled soil into the chute where it slid downhill. Meanwhile, far below, he shoveled the soil from the chute into a wheelbarrow and distributed it around. Today, the upper terrace is a green lawn bordered with compact shrubs where people can sit under a patio roof and view the distant mountains.The lower terrace is a mini woodland where a pea gravel floor meanders around raised rock-ringed beds.Water in the nearby fish pool has high levels of oxygen after its swift journey downhill via a little stream. The bottom of a slope is a natural spot for fishponds and the freshening of the water doesn’t have to be done by a simple stream. Where the slope is very steep and faces the house, a rock wall plus water can be quite spectacular. This is what two Surrey gardeners did with their rugged, weedy front yard. Most of it is now a large fishpond backed by a rock wall where water seeps and

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trickles and is punctuated by two waterfalls. These don’t have to be large. Most gardeners with streams running down to a pond manage to add a large rock or two or a couple of steps over which water cascades. Rocky cliffsides have other uses too. A Kamloops gardener couldn’t plant the bare rock cliff that stretched across the far end of his back garden. But he enjoyed the way it prolonged his garden season by storing the sun’s heat and then releasing it during cold nights. Where slopes are formed by clay or sand, stability can be a huge issue. Steps can be one solution. Some of the most effective stabilizing trees are oaks, lirodendrons and walnuts. But these need care in placement because they ultimately grow so large they dominate and shade small gardens. Send your garden questions to amarrison@shaw.ca. It helps if you add the name of your city or region.

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Honeymooning solo in South Africa Kevin Chong

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It was an awkward coincidence that I left for South Africa two weeks after getting married. Our wedding date was settled several weeks after I’d confirmed the press trip sponsored by South Africa Airways.Thanks to my hosts, I would fly business class, coddled with champagne and hot towels on a 16-hour flight fromVancouver to Johannesburg. My new wife termed it my “solo honeymoon.” In truth, I wasn’t going alone. I was teamed with nine other journalists from North America from various trade and consumer publications as we trekked by plane, bus, van, ATV, electric bike, and even helicopter. Notepads were almost as omnipresent as the smartphones we used to tweet pictures of our hotel rooms and sunrises. What we discovered was a country that confounded our expectations as the postApartheid home of beaches and safaris — though there is plenty of that. In our first

stop, Durban, we discovered the sizeable ethnic Indian population, which at one point included among its ranks, Mohandas Gandhi, who practised law in the country from 1893 to 1914. Durban’s signature dish, Bunny Chow, is a curry served in a hollowed out quarter-loaf of white bread. The name reputedly derives from the word “bania,” the merchant caste of the Indian family who created the dish. At the city’s spice market, one can acquire the spicy local rendition of curry, the colourfully named “mother-in-law’s tongue,” as well as ﬁgurines of safari animals and Nelson Mandela T-shirts. While only tourists wear Mandela paraphernalia, South Africans speak freely about their experiences during Apartheid, from the Afrikaner tour guide who talked about the overnight desegregation of his high school to the black driver who matter-of-factly related his past imprisonment for sedition. They speak not with bitterness, but with a kind of relief that comes from

The Mandela Capture Site features a memorial likeness made from 50 iron rods. PHOTO KEVIN CHONG

the two decades of relative stability that followed after Mandela was elected president in the country’s ﬁrst free election in 1994. South Africa is populated with memorials and museums that allow visitors to examine its past with schoolchildren who know only one kind of country.The most striking was a visit to the site where Mandela was arrested in 1962. (Convicted in 1963, he would serve 27 years in prison.) Located in Howick, about 90 minutes from Durban, what’s known as the Mandela Capture Site has a museum stuffed with blown-up photographs, video and text.

But what captivates visitors comes after walking a long path — symbolizing Mandela’s winding road to liberation from prison and his country’s history of oppression — toward a site designed by artist Marco Cianfanelli and architect Jeremy Rose. More than 50 iron rods between 6.5 and 9.5-metres tall are arranged, three dimensionally, to form a proﬁle image of Mandela when viewed, head on, from 35 metres away. These reﬂective moments from history are counter-balanced with colonial glamour as we arrive in CapeTown. Nestled betweenTable Bay

and the flat-toppedTable Mountain, CapeTown is the country’s second-largest and most picturesque city. Founded in 1652, the city boasts the national legislative buildings, the provincial park and a lush city park.We stayed at the Mount Nelson Hotel, a sprawling candy floss-pink property. Built in 1899, the “Nelly” maintains its throwback swank but also sports modern touches such as the Nespresso coffee machine and two flat-screen TVs in my room. My solo honeymoon feels too real then and there. We board a nine-seat plane to our final stop, the Madikwe Game Reserve, located on the southern edge of the Kalahari Desert. Created from reclaimed cattle grazing land in 1993, Madikwe is a fledgling vacation spot that’s home to the “Big Five” safari animals (lions, leopards, elephants, water buffalo and rhinoceroses) and free of malaria. Our guides at the Madikwe Safari Lodge, where we stay in thatched-roof cottages with plunge pools and outdoor showers, drive us along red

dirt roads between low-slung hills and past scrubby, arid landscape in search of wildlife.We come within throwing distance of cheetahs, rhinos and wild dogs. On our afternoon rides, after high tea in the lodge’s al fresco sitting area, we drive past sunset.We swaddle ourselves in blankets and hot water bottles in the open-air jeep as our guide points out moonlit pachyderms and giraffes while using a detached headlight. Back at the lodge for dinner, we sample the sommelier’s pairings to our three-course dinner. On our last night, our group toasts each other while we attempt to upload photos on the shakyWi-ﬁ. Many of us have relationships that we need to attend to, back home. I depart early from dinner to my room to ﬁnd that the maid had created a bubble bath with candles and rose petals. It would’ve capped a perfect night for a honeymooning couple. As it is, I step into the tub sheepishly, glad to be starting the long journey back to married life the next day.

Public Workshop – July 10

SUMMER RUNWAY OPERATIONS AT YVR SOUTH RUNWAY MAINTENANCE

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Starting July 4th, the south runway will be closed nightly at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) for annual runway maintenance and repairs. The north runway will be used for departures and arrivals during these closures. Up-to-date information about the closures will be available at www.yvr.ca/noise. We appreciate your support and thank you for your ongoing patience as we continue to maintain the highest safety standards at YVR. For more information email community_relations@yvr.ca or phone 604.207.7097.

Thunderbird Park Precinct Plan

Please join us at a public workshop to learn about and discuss planned changes to the Thunderbird Park Precinct. UBC is upgrading the facilities at Thunderbird Park. The upcoming changes will include both new facilities and the relocation and improvement to existing facilities. A precinct plan for Thunderbird Park is being prepared to provide design guidance for these upcoming changes to the area.

Date: Thursday, July 10, 2014 Time: 5:00 – 7:00pm Place: MBA House Commons Room, 3385 Wesbrook Mall Refreshments will be served. For additional information, contact: Kavie Toor, Associate Director – Facilities & Business Development at 604.822.1688 or go to planning.ubc.ca To learn more about Thunderbird Park go to: sportfacilities.ubc.ca/thunderbird-park

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1 July 9 to 11, 2014 1. Last chance to see Lara Kramer’s NGS (“Native Girl Syndrome”) July 9, 8 p.m. at the Firehall Arts Centre as part of the Dancing on the Edge festival. Featuring raw theatrical performances by Angie Cheng and Karina Iraola, the contemporary dance piece, inspired by Kramer’s grandmother who migrated from a remote First Nations community to an unfamiliar urban environment, takes audiences “on a dynamic journey of addiction, loss and alienation.” For tickets and info, go to dancingontheedge.org. 2. Bad movies and funny people combine for another edition of the Gentleman Hecklers as comedians Eric Fell, Patrick Maliha and Shaun Stewart provide live commentary to the 1984 stinker The Dungeonmaster. Changed from its original title Ragewar to capitalize on the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons, the movie concerns a demonic wizard who challenges a modern-day computer programmer to a battle of technology vs. sorcery, with the programmer’s girlfriend as the prize. Not only that, Blackie Lawless from the metal band W.A.S.P. is one of the actors in the ﬁlm. Sweet. It all goes down July 9, 7 p.m. at the Rio Theatre. Details at riotheatre.ca. 3. Like a circa-1989 Toyota Tercel or a case of herpes, the Cult seems hell-bent on sticking around.We’ve lost track of how many times Ian Astbury and Bill Duffy have reunited the hard-rocking band behind such head-banging hits as “Love Removal Machine” and “She Sells Sanctuary.”Word is they’re working on a new album, which will hopefully only make a brief appearance when the group plays the Commodore Ballroom, July 10.Tickets at ticketmaster.ca. For video and web content, scan page using the Layar app.

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Arts&Entertainment KUDOS & KVETCHES We confess…

In wake of the recent “news” that Mayor Gregor Robertson and his wife Amy have split up and press releases issued by the Mayor’s Ofﬁce and Vision Vancouver to quash “false rumours being spread online,” K&K feels it’s necessary to come clean as well. As readers of this esteemed column know, we guard our private lives like a mother badger protects her young as they suckle on her tender teats for milky nourishment. But the time comes when you have to stand up to the online gossipmongers and haters and tell it like it is in order to get past it. • K&K would like to formerly announce that we have decided to take a break from watching Orange is the New Black. Sure it’s easy to quit after we’ve already watched the second season, but we feel that there is so little conﬂict heading into the third season, which is probably years away anyway, that we really don’t care what happens to Piper, Red

or Crazy Eyes.This could change in a few months once withdrawal kicks in, but for now it’s over. And contrary to rumours being spread on the Internet by our colleagues, it has nothing to do with the longawaited, upcoming season of Nurse Jackie.We stopped watching that after she got clean. • We regrettably admit that on occasion when buying bulk food items at Whole Foods we have written the code for a cheaper non-organic product when in fact we were getting the more expensive organic product. However it was for chocolate covered almonds, not quinoa as some people would want you to believe. Organic quinoa.What are we, Communists? • Despite suggestions to the contrary, members of K&K are not Communists, nor do they belong to any Communist-afﬁliated parties. Granted, we would attend a party hosted by a Communist in a heartbeat if said party included free alcohol and was full of sexylooking Communists, but that speaks more to our love of free things, alcohol and politically-minded people

who are sexy rather than our own political leanings, which if anyone cares are ﬁrmly on the same mind realm as the yogic-based Natural Law Party. • Occasionally, when we are feeling lazy, we will order a burrito from Chronic Tacos for dinner.The name alone would normally prevent us from stepping foot in such an establishment, to say nothing of the douchey music, crappy beer selection and TVs constantly playing MMA matches. But we have a soft spot for extralarge burritos, even when they’re made by 20-year-old snowboarders who we’re pretty sure are high.We will do our best to stop this unfortunate habit, but we’re not making any promises. That would be irresponsible. • We have never listened to Captain Beefheart’s 1969 avant-garde classic Trout Mask Replica.There, we said it. Are you happy? While we pride ourselves in our breadth of musical knowledge and discerning tastes, the album cover has always freaked us out a little. Sorry, we’re not perfect like some of you. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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Burgeoning arts district throws itself a party Second annual Block Party hopes to draw contemporary art lovers to ‘the Flats’ STATE OF THE ARTS Cheryl Rossi

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While the masses tromp down Fourth Avenue Saturday for the fourth annual Khatsahlano Street Party, gallery owners around Main Street and Second Avenue hope to draw appreciators of contemporary art to the second annual Flats Block Party. Fifteen galleries and artist co-ops, east of Main Street and near Great Northern Way, will ﬂing open their doors with openings, summery cocktails, live music and speakers. Los Angeles-based artist Etienne Zack will talk about his paintings at the Equinox Gallery on the Great Northern Way Campus at noon. Evan Lee, who riffs on found news media images depicting protests and migration, will talk about his sculpture, mixed media and paintings at 1 p.m. at the Monte Clark Gallery. Monte Clark will also launch the gallery’s satellite container space with an exhibition by Jonathan Syme, who previously saw the FIT Goethe-Institut present his shipping container work in the parking lot of the Waldorf Hotel on East

Hastings. Macaulay and Co. will exhibit work by Vancouverbased artist Shawn Hunt. “I’ve done a couple of shows with Shawn and they always get huge, huge attendance,” said gallery owner Sarah Macaulay. “And so I thought it would be a great show for people who maybe aren’t familiar with his work or even with contemporary art. It’s a great intro for them.” Jennifer Winsor, owner and director of the neighbouring Winsor Gallery, also expects Hunt’s work to entice crowds. “He has done these totem poles out of stuffed animals,”Winsor said, while admiring a photo of one of Hunt’s works. “It’s an eight-foot totem and it’s got this super cranky bear with an eagle perched on its head and it’s all kind of ﬂoppy. It’s hilarious. Shawn is European and indigenous native Canadian and he’s constantly looking at that culture mix.” Winsor moved her South Granville gallery to what’s being promoted as the Flats District in December 2012 around the same time South Granville Galleries Equinox and Monte Clark relocated there. “It was almost immediate that we had a good por-

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visitors than we did.” Gallery owners are enjoying lower rents in the area that’s ﬂush with artist live/work studios.

“The local artist scene is incredibly important to us,”Winsor said. “You’ve got Emily Carr [University of Art + Design] moving in here.You’ve got all those professors and the mentors and peers — super important.When it comes to people who are interested in collecting art, they make the journey.They want to be where the art is… On Granville Street, our experience was that we might have had more foot trafﬁc, which was wonderful, a lot of people who might appreciate art but may not be necessarily in the market for it.” BBC Travel has written about the Flats District and the area has received attention from arts publications. Lonely Planet and a Japanese blog have recently been in touch as well. With the microbreweries that have opened in the area and more to come,Winsor notes the once industrial area has become a great place to while away an afternoon. Visitors to Winsor Gallery on Saturday will see a twoperson exhibit of ﬁgurative sculpture by David Robinson and Angela Grossmann’s Swagger series. “It features boys,”Winsor said. “Her collage work is often females but these are boys and they’re gorgeous.”

Winsor Gallery will also present an exhibition of paintings by Alessandro Papetti, and Grossman and Robinson will speak at 3 p.m. Winsor says Emily Carr University of Art + Design announced it would move from Granville Island to the neighbouring Great Northern Way Campus when she was in the midst of considering her move. “I would have done it anyway, but it certainly was good news while making the decision,” she said. “We’re pretty involved with them on several different levels.We’re showing their award-winning artists right now, a twoweek show.We have all these mentors and people who add so much to our community. If you’re in the same area you tend to darken each other’s door much more often and that’s where the good stuff happens.” A 21,000-square-foot arts hub called the Arts Factory is set to open nearby soon at 281 Industrial Ave. Emily Carr University is expected to open in at Great Northern Way Campus in early 2017. The Flats Block Party runs from noon to 7 p.m., July 12. For more information, see theﬂatsvancouver. tumblr.com. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Tempest whips up stormy and sunny delights THEATRE REVIEW Jo Ledingham

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The Tempest is like a storm at sea: a calm ocean suddenly whipped by wind into ﬁerce whitecaps. But, once past, the towering waves, their fury spent, become a smooth and sparkling expanse. The Tempest begins with a storm brought on by the magical powers of Prospero (Allan Morgan), the usurped Duke of Milan, who for many years has lived in exile on a tiny island with his daughter Miranda (Lili Beaudoin), his slave Caliban (Todd Thomson) and a host of magical creatures including Ariel (Jennifer Lines). Aboard the ship that Prospero causes to founder are Antonio, Prospero’s brother (Ian Butcher), who seized power when Prospero’s attention turned to matters metaphysical.With Antonio are Alonso, King of Naples (Scott Bellis); his young son Ferdinand (Daniel Doheny); old Gonzalo (Bernard Cufﬂing); and Sebastian, Alonso’s treacherous brother (Andrew

McNee). Along for the ride are Trinculo, a jester, and Stephano, a butler. However, under the brilliant direction of Meg Roe, Trinculo becomes Trincula, and Stephano becomes Stephana — two ladies of the court. Portrayed by Luisa Jojic and Naomi Wright, these two steal the show right out from under the noses of lovers Miranda (blushingly, girlishly played by Beaudoin) and Ferdinand (handsome, earnest Doheny). Saved by clinging to a cask of wine, these two tipplers get squiffy and rapidly deteriorate from well-dressed, well-coiffed ladies to ﬁlthy, ragged tarts. Wright goes into paroxysms of orgasmic delight every time Thomson, as Caliban, licks her foot.Trincula and Stephana are the lovely light side of The Tempest. The dark side is, of course, Prospero.Will bitterness or forgiveness prevail? Morgan’s Prospero is everything one could ask for: strong, powerful, commanding — ﬁerce as Caliban’s master, softhearted as Miranda’s father, exacting as Ariel’s rescuer. And eventually wise — the tide turned by witnessing the young love that springs

Lili Beaudoin plays Miranda in Bard on the Beach’s Meg Roe-directed production of The Tempest.

up between Miranda and Ferdinand and the recognition that there’s something like love between himself and Ariel. “Do you love me, master?” asks Ariel, played by the incomparable Lines. Constantly in motion throughout the rest of the play — taloned-ﬁngers twitching, nimbly shifting, birdlike, from foot to foot — she stops at this point and is completely still.The

question hangs for a moment before Morgan replies, “Dearly.” A pause, a glance, and she darts away. At the end of the play, Prospero and Ariel come together once again in a moment so hesitatingly lovely, it’s breathtaking. “Ariel, my chick, my dainty Ariel. I shall miss thee but thou shalt have freedom.” Director Roe, Morgan and Lines make these lines ring with a poignancy so

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— but even dirt-smeared, half-naked and at the end of a rope leash,Thomson brings surprising humanity to the role. When Ariel accosts Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian, costume designer Christine Reimer attaches a pair of magniﬁcent threemeter gossamer wings to Lines that she spreads wide and beats haughtily. In Prospero’s masque, designed for the entertainment of the lovers, Reimer cross-dresses three of the men — another delightful bit of business. A four-piece string quartet sits stage right, adding a sometimes merry, often haunting note, perfectly in keeping with both the sunny and stormy elements of the play. As with A Midsummer Night’s Dream — also enjoying a remount this season at Bard — this Tempest surpasses its earlier production, Roe’s impressive Bard debut six years ago. Both lighter and darker than the ﬁrst time around, it’s well worth seeing again. For more reviews, go to joledingham.ca. The Tempest runs until Sept. 18 at Bard on the Beach. For tickets, call 604-739-0559 or go to bardonthebeach.org.

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GROUP Brazil**

Argentina fans fuelled by passion and maté Argentina and the Netherlands play in aWorld Cup semi-ﬁnal at 1 p.m. July 9 WORLD CUP

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GROUPS . FIXTURES . RESULTS Updated 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8

c GROUP 9 france greece 4 switzerland SUI ivory coast CIV 3 ecuador japan 1 honduras GROUP

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e GROUP 7 germany** 6 usa 4 portugal 0 ghana

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f GROUP d GROUP 9 belgium 7 argentina** 6 nigeria NGA 4 algeria 3 bosnia-herz BIH 3 russia 1 south korea 1 iran IRN

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Megan Stewart

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The Courier introduces Vancouverites who are devoted to theWorld Cup and following their 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. ••• When Argentina kicked off against Belgium in theWorld Cup quarter-ﬁnal on Saturday, Gustavo Zadunaisky was in Richmond, far from a television but very close to the game. He was coaching his son Rodrigo in a U15 “gold” provincial tournament at Hugh Boyd Park, his mind on two matches. “We have a very early game,” Zadunaisky said before the busy morning. “I have no choice, I am the only coach. It’s OK — last time watching Argentina, I suffered too much against Switzerland. “If we win, I will go to Commercial Drive to celebrate.We will be waiting for the news.”

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Gustavo Zadunaisky coached his son’s soccer team during Argentina’s quarter-ﬁnal on July 5 and still showed his allegiance to La Albicelestes. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSETT

Argentina eliminated Belgium and plays the Netherlands today (July 9) for a crack at the ﬁnal. Argentina has appeared in four World Cup ﬁnals and won in 1978 and 1986. Zadunaisky, whose Russian last name comes from a grandfather who moved to Argentina, emigrated himself 10 years ago, choosing Canada as the country to raise his children. He heads to the Drive for a seat at the World Cup and likes Caffe Roma in particular. We asked him what it

means to be a fan of La Albicelestes. What does a typical Argentina fan drink? GZ: It depends where you are. Beer in Canada. I don’t drink too much alcohol, but I drink maté. [pronounced MAH-tey] It’s a typical drink we take. You put hot water and you pass the same maté to each person, one at a time. Do you bring your own mug to Caffe Roma? GZ:They don’t allow me!

I have a latte.When you are home, you have a maté, especially when it’s the middle of the afternoon. Breakfast, I’ll have a latte and toast. In the afternoon, it’s maté. What food does an Argentina fan eat? GZ: Barbecue. Beef. It’s typical for us to get together to watch a game and have a barbecue with good beef. What is your favourite World Cup memory? GZ: I can remember almost all theWorld Cups and where I was.The last time Argentina won was 1986 with Maradona. I was 15 years old at the time.We ran away from school to watch... you couldn’t miss any game. In school they decided to make a recess and bring everybody to the gym to watch on a big screen. I remember that celebration. Why is soccer said to be like a tragedy in Argentina? GZ: Soccer is almost everything. It’s dramatic. People like soccer with a lot of passion, with a lot of heart. It’s a religion.There are passionate teams around the world but for Argentinians, football is our passion. Even people are moving here for a better life but when you see the national team, you love Argentina.You change your country — I am Canadian, too — but I am Argentinian, especially when they play. If not Argentina, who will win? GZ: First, I’m going to be so depressed if they don’t win. I believe Brazil. Caffe Roma is located at 1510 Commercial Dr.

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CAPACITY: 62,000 2

CAPACITY: 46,000

NATAL Arena das Dunas

BRASILIA Estádio Nacional

PORTO ALEGRE Estádio Beira-Rio

FORTALEZA Estádio Castelão

RIO DE JANIERO Estádio do Maracanã

MANAUS Arena da Amazônia

CURITIBA Arena da Baixada

CAPACITY: 45,000

SALVADOR Arena Fonte Nova

CUIABÁ Arena Pantanal

BELO HORIZONTE Estádio Mineirão

CAPACITY: 73,000

CAPACITY: 55,000

CAPACITY: 56,000

CAPACITY: 39,000 5

CAPACITY: 62,000

GROUP MATCHES DATE GROUP

RECIFE Arena Pernambuco

CAPACITY: 67,000

CAPACITY: 79,000

CAPACITY: 46,000

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CAPACITY: 44,000

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VENUE

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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

12pm B ESP 1 v 5 NED 4

1pm C JPN 1 v 4 COL 4

3pm B CHI 3 v 1 AUS 12

1pm C GRE 2 v 1 CIV 12

14.6 9am C COL 3 v 0 GRE 3

25.6 9am F NGA 2 v 3 ARG 3

12pm D URU 1 v 3 CRC 2

9am F BIH 3 v 1 IRN 2

3pm D ENG 1 v 2 ITA 4

1pm E HON 0 v 3 SUI 4

6pm C CIV 2 v 1 JPN 12

1pm E ECU 0 v 0 FRA 12

15.6 9am E SUI 2 v 1 ECU 3

26.6 9am G USA 0 v 1 GER 3

12pm E FRA 3 v 0 HON 2

9am G POR 2 v 1 GHA 2

3pm F ARG 2 v 1 BIH 4

1pm H KOR 0 v 1 BEL 4

16.6 9am G GER 4 v 0 POR 12

1pm H ALG 1 v 1 RUS 12

12pm F IRN 0 v 0 NGA 3 3pm G GHA 1 v 2 USA 2 12pm A BRA 0 v 0 MEX 12

SECOND STAGE ROUND of 16 DATE GAME

3pm H RUS 1 v 1 KOR 3

28.6 9am 1 BRA 1 v 1 CHI 5

17.6 9am H BEL 2 v 1 ALG 4

VENUE

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1pm 2 COL 2 v 0 URU 11

12pm B ESP 0 v 2 CHI 4

29.6 9am 3 NED 2 v 1 MEX 6

3pm A CMR 0 v 4 CRO 12

1pm 4 CRC 1 v 1 GRE 8

19.6 9am C COL 2 v 1 CIV 3

30.6 9am 5 FRA 2 v 0 NGA 9

12pm D URU 2 v 1 ENG 2

1pm 6 GER 2 v 1 ALG 10

3pm C JPN 0 v 0 GRE 4

01.7 9am 7 ARG 1 v 0 SUI 1 1pm 8 BEL 2 v 1 USA 3

20.6 9am D ITA 0 v 1 CRC 12 12pm E SUI 2 v 5 FRA 3

QUARTER FINALS

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04.7 9am 1 FRA 0 v 1 GER 11

21.6 9am F ARG 1 v 0 IRN 4

1pm 2 BRA 2 v 1 COL 6

12pm G GER 2 v 2 GHA 12

05.7 9am 3 ARG 1 v 0 BEL 9 1pm 4 NED 4 v 3 CRC 3

3pm F NGA 1 v 0 BIH 3 22.6 9am H BEL 1 v 0 RUS 2

SEMI FINALS

12pm H KOR 2 v 4 ALG 4

08.7 1pm 1 BRA

GER 5

3pm G USA 2 v 2 POR 12

09.7 1pm 2 NED

ARG 1

23.6 9am B NED 2 v 0 CHI 3

THIRD/FOURTH PLAY-OFF

9am B AUS 0 v 3 ESP 2

12.7 1pm

1pm A CMR 1 v 4 BRA 4

WORLD CUP FINAL

1pm A CRO 1 v 3 MEX 12

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