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Taryn Lencoe plans to swim 12 hours to highlight and raise money for multiple sclerosis on Aug. 16. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Taking the plunge for MS Cheryl Rossi

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Taryn Lencoe plans to swim for 12 hours straight this Saturday. She expects to plunge into the water at Kitsilano Beach at 7 a.m. and emerge pruned but satisﬁed at 7 p.m. to raise awareness and money for multiple sclerosis. MS is a chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord that has affected Lencoe’s cousin for more than 10 years.

“I’ve always been a swimmer,” the 28-year-old Lencoe said. “It just seemed like the natural thing to do.” Lencoe chose to swim during the busy daytime hours when people with MS tend to struggle most. “I wanted to challenge myself beyond what I normally experience for 12 hours as well,” she is quoted as saying in a press release issued by the MS Society of Canada’s B.C. and Yukon division. MS is the most common neurological disease of young adults in Canada. An

estimated 100,000 people in Canada cope with MS. Most people with this disease are diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 40. “I want people to know [MS] is more common than they think,” Lencoe said. “It happens quite quickly and if, unlike my cousin, you end up with a progressive form of MS you could be functioning normally one day and then all of a sudden something weird happens and you could be in a wheelchair less than a year later.” The disease attacks the myelin sheath, the protective covering to the nerves of

the central nervous system. “Tingling in the extremities is usually the very ﬁrst symptom and it was for my cousin,” Lencoe said. “A lot of people don’t know what it is. They might think, ‘Oh my goodness am I having a stroke? What’s happening to me right now?’ It can even be really difﬁcult to diagnose.” Exhaustion is another common symptom of MS. To handle her own exhaustion, Lencoe will take a 10-minute break every three hours. Continued on page 6

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Mike Burdick, spokesperson of the Marpole Residents Coalition and resident of 35 years, said many do not see the Gallery Show Lounge as a problem because the former Fraser Arms Hotel operated a strip club. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Marpole divided on ‘gentlemen’s club’

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The “gentlemen’s club” set to open in Marpole claims it will employ some of the most beautiful women in the country. A large billboard at the site of the future location featuring three scantily clad women has some residents concerned about the Gallery Show Lounge while others are indifferent to it. The issue came up at a July meeting of the Marpole Residents Coalition. About 50 people were in attendance. Mike Burdick, the coalition’s spokesperson and resident of 35 years, said for the most part, the community agreed it wasn’t a big deal, but there were a few residents who were passionately against the strip club. “I know it offends a lot of people and it’s probably abhorrent to some, but the people that own the license have every right to make money on their license until the city says ‘no, you can’t do that,’” said Burdick. The location at 1312 SW Marine Dr. is the former site of the Wild Coyote and Motel nightclubs and near the former site of the Fraser Arms Hotel, which operated a strip bar until 2004. The lounge isn’t a problem for some residents because it isn’t a new issue to them, said Burdick.

Bree Gilroyed, who has worked in Marpole for about a year, recently moved into the area. “It doesn’t really phase me that much, it’s just a business,” said Gilroyed. “Sex is selling over all of our billboards, so to me it’s just another thing that happens when you get more populated… I do think it’s a little bit strange because it’s not like downtown… Are people really going to come travel that far? I guess we’ll ﬁnd out.” Nicola Khan, nearby resident and parent, fears for the neighbourhood’s families due to the club’s clientele. She cited the abundance of family amenities within two blocks of the club including daycares, a Montessori preschool, a learning centre for children with autism and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic elementary school. “Marpole’s kind of like a safe haven,” said Khan. “Obviously [the Gallery Show Lounge is] going to be like the kind of place where the gangsters are going to go. They’re not really welcome downtown in a lot of establishments and want to go somewhere where they can go and have their own private Idaho. It’s like a pedophile’s dream.” She is aware of the previous nightclubs but believes the show lounge will bring a different crowd of “riffraff.” Khan is also

worried about gun violence and suggested a bulletproof barrier be put up in front of the club. Dominko Komnenovic, senior project manager at the B.C. ministry of transportation, is a parent and Marpole resident of 10 years. He doesn’t think the location is worth the worry. “You have to cross two Marine Drives, with the median, and then go under the ramp and it’s only in the corner close to the rail track. It’s secluded.” Komnenovic also doesn’t think parents or children are going to wander there because there is nothing nearby to draw families. “Even if gangsters are going to come at midnight, my kid’s going to be in bed,” he said. “It’s not like they’re going to be dancing in the parking lot.” Last Friday, the club’s Facebook page said it would be opening “within a couple months.” Many residents contacted the Marpole BIA despite the location being out of the association’s area. In response, the BIA contacted the city, which said the business is meeting regulations. “They’re talking about an upscale facility,” said BIA executive director Claudia Laroye. “That will be seen how it plays out on our community perspective.” With ﬁles from Sandra Thomas. twitter.com/chrischeungtogo

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LaPointe promises accountability bylaw Bob Mackin

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If he leads the NPA to victory on Nov. 15, mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe pledges to improve public consultation and the Freedom of Information ofﬁce, enact a bylaw to routinely disclose information and remove the muzzle from bureaucrats. “Vancouver is a great city, badly run,” LaPointe wrote Aug. 12 on his The Vancouver I Want blog. “These efforts on transparency and consultation are ﬁrst steps to restore trust and rebuild the relationship that has steadily separated Gregor Robertson’s city hall from the city it should be serving.” In an interview with the Courier, LaPointe said his plan is modelled in part on Hamburg, Germany’s transparency law passed in 2012. “They’ve enacted a law that creates a legal obligation to disclose information and to put the onus on those that don’t want it released to argue against its release,” LaPointe said. “What it has done culturally is it has turned everything on its head. There was a routine approach to exemption where you had to argue to get it released, now you have to argue to not have it released.” By the end of the year, the

NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe (right) promises a bylaw and an ombudsman he says will provide transparency and openness at city hall. The city under Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has been criticized by citizen groups and journalists over freedom of information policy. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

Hamburg Parliament will publish a vast array of information in an online repository, including contracts worth $100,000 or more, grant awards and construction and demolition permits. The law is intended to protect citizens from corruption and waste, strengthen trust in govern-

ment and increase public participation. LaPointe said the result of genuine openness can be better, more efﬁcient government that fosters public trust and even forgiveness when mistakes are made. “[Citizens] see that the process you engaged in was open

and that you did your best in order to consult,” he said. LaPointe also pledged to create an ombudsperson’s ofﬁce in Vancouver city hall to act on public complaints about government administration, similar to one that exists at Toronto city hall. LaPointe’s 35-year career

in print and broadcast media included a two-year stint as the CBC ombudsman and he is currently executive director of the Organization of News Ombudsmen. “If we’re going to create the most open government in the country this has to be one piece of it,” he said. “In

my experience, it does two things: first, it ensures that some of these complaints are actually looked after. Secondly, it really does change a bit of the culture of the institution if it knows there is a public representative that is going to be there and will be a formidable watchdog. It’s a really healthy development for democracy.” At his 2008 swearing-in, Vision Vancouver leader Robertson made a blanket transparency promise to citizens, pledging: “I will not let you down on making city hall more open and accountable.” Since then, various citizen groups claim their complaints about development and rezoning proposals have been ignored, bureaucrats have been banned from speaking directly with reporters, heavily censored reports about civic contracting by the closed-door bid committee are available only via FOI, and a national lobby group says city hall’s FOI office remains with a C-grade. Newspapers Canada’s 2014 national FOI audit also gave Vancouver an F grade for speed of responses. Kevin Quinlan, director of policy and communications in the mayor’s office, said Robertson was not available for comment. twitter.com/bobmackin

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Mackinnon throws hat back into the ring Andrew Fleming

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Former Green Party park board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon wants to get his old job back. Mackinnon, who lost his seat in 2011 after serving one term, is one of only three Green Party candidates ever elected to ofﬁce in Vancouver. He is joined on the campaign trail by political newcomers Michael Wiebe in running for park board, as well as Janet Fraser and Mischa Oak for school board. Mackinnon said he is disappointed with how the seven-member park board has performed while under the control of a Vision Vancouver majority. “I really think that [it’s] the lack of park maintenance, the lack of respect shown to community centre associations and the lack of attention to what the mandate of the park board is,” he told the Courier. “I’m hoping these are going to be the real issues during this campaign.” Mackinnon, a special education teacher at Killarney secondary school and vice-president of the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association, was known for his outspoken opposition to keeping cetaceans in captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium while in ofﬁce. He said the recent decision

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to ban them from breeding was made by commissioners who aren’t seeking reelection as a way to avoid addressing the emotional issue head on. “I think it is a deferral of any real decision,” said Mackinnon. “What I called for when I was on park board before was a plebiscite to let the people of Vancouver decide what happens on their park land. The aquarium is in a park so it falls under the jurisdiction of the park board and I think the people of Vancouver have a right to say what happens. [Vision] have a very difﬁcult time making those kinds of decisions and so what they’ve done is deferred the real decisionmaking to another board.” He acknowledged that, even if both Green candidates are elected, holding a referendum will be a long shot but pointed out that COPE endorses the

idea as well. Mackinnon was the only incumbent park board commissioner not to be re-elected three years ago, coming in twelfth out of 21 candidates. He also ran unsuccessfully last year for the provincial Green Party in the Vancouver-Fraserview riding, coming in a distant third to Liberal candidate Suzanne Anton and NDP runner-up Gabriel Yiu. Wiebe is the owner of Eight ½ restaurant lounge in Mount Pleasant, which specializes in sustainable food, and is a former lifeguard for the park board. Fraser has a PhD in chemistry and is a cofounder of neighbourhood organization Marpole Matters, who has also spent the past 10 years volunteering for a parent advisory council. Oak, a substitute teacher who claims to have worked in almost every school in the city, is a former NDP electoral district association president for Vancouver Centre and a board member for the Vancouver Pride Society. The four candidates still need to receive ofﬁcial party endorsements at a Sept. 7 nomination meeting. The party’s three candidates for city council are Cleta Brown, Pete Fry and incumbent party leader Adriane Carr. The election is Nov. 15. twitter.com/ﬂematic

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Lencoe hopes to raise $10,000 for the MS Society through her marathon swim on Saturday. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Continued from page 1 She’ll kick and stroke to the 12-hour soundtrack she’s programmed on her waterproofed iPod and will be accompanied by a kayaker. The former competitive swimmer, who raced with the University of B.C. Thunderbirds and for the Canadian National Swim Team, has trained for her 12-hour swim for 15 months, spending between one and three hours a day in the pool. Lencoe moved from an indoor pool to the outdoor pool at Kits Beach, where she swam for six hours in succession in June. “I’m most concerned about the elements,” she said. “I deﬁnitely had a sunburn after [the six-hour swim at Kits… I’m concerned about whether or not the waves are going to tire me out a lot more than the pool.” She’s been gorging on potatoes and proteins to prepare for the cold. Lencoe discovered the U.S.-based sport company Synergy makes a wetsuit with thin shoulders. She contacted Synergy which sent her a free wetsuit, allaying her fears about hypothermia and ruining her shoulders. She’s packing granola bars and bananas for her breaks. “I spoke to someone who runs [extreme marathon] races and he said in the

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In 1972 Mike Verney travelled to Vancouver from Hamilton, Ont. with a ticket for the Rolling Stones’ tour opener at the PNE. In 1973, Verney, who later decided to extend his stay indeﬁnitely, was invited to shoot some hoops at outdoor basketball courts by a beach his friend had told him about. Forty-one year later, Verney stood on the sidelines of those same courts at Kitsilano beach all weekend long for the ﬁfth annual KitsFest, a celebration of sport — in particular, tennis, beach volleyball and basketball. “This is the nicest venue for an outdoor basketball court in the world. There’s just nothing like it.” he said, opening both arms in the direction of Friday’s sunset over the North Shore mountains. “If you’re not careful, you can throw the

ball and it’ll land in the ocean.” The view is so spectacular that when the courts were overhauled six years ago, there was talk of getting glass backboards before the idea was ruled out because of potential vandalism. KitsFest co-founder, two time Olympian and former national team player Howard Kelse,y along with Ron Putzi, who was named as one of the province’s greatest high school players in the 1980s, are responsible for the much-needed upgrade to what many consider to be the country’s most popular outdoor basketball courts. Both men, board members of the Canada One Foundation, formerly known as the Metro Vancouver Basketball Foundation, have history with the courts dating back to 1972 for Howard and 1980 for Putzi. They played with a slew of athletes ranging in skill from casual to professional. Some were local, others drove in from the States. Verney, who helps run the

Kits beach alumni team, met both Kelsey and Putzi on the courts 40 years ago and ﬁgured Kelsey’s success (being one of four Canadian high school players to be directly selected to the national squad) had a lot to do with the Kitsilano beach courts. “He was down here playing with professionals,” Verney said. It’s a familiar list of names throughout the years, topping with Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash who is also the subject of a documentary that premiered Saturday night on an outdoor screen at Kits Beach. Which is pretty exciting for guys such as Verney who remember the crowds of players who waited to play on the Kits beach challenge court. “I came down on a Thursday when I was 45 years old. This was after I’d played here during my 20s, 30s, and early 40s… There were only a dozen people,” Verney remembered of that day in 1998. “We were on the challenge court, me and seven teenagers. I told this one guy,

‘I’m going to guard you’ and it was Steve Nash.” Verney’s last game was three years ago. Why? “Because I’m 62, are you kidding?” he answered, somewhat indignantly. “Sometimes I’ll pull a muscle when I get out of bed some mornings!” On that note, Verney slow-jogged past his grandson to give some nearby players the loose, friendly handshake of a well-liked teammate. As the last of Friday night’s men’s basketball games went ahead, the beach walkway started ﬁlling with dozens of people with rolled-up yoga mats under their arms for the free, Lululemon-hosted sunset yoga class. The nearby volleyball courts were empty save for a couple warming up for the weekend’s non-stop games. A few stragglers stuck around for the last of the basketball games but those spots on the bleachers were a rare sight come Saturday. twitter.com/rebeccablissett

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Nine days into what’s going to be years of investigation, the provincial government is in a no-win position when it comes to dam safety. There is widespread suspicion at this point that cutbacks years ago set the tone for less stringent regulation which may have contributed to the catastrophic tailings-pond breach in the Cariboo. If that proves true, the BC Liberals will pay a stiff price. But the alternative is even worse. What if inspections and regulations met reasonable expectations? What if the Mount Polley tailings-pond dam was monitored adequately by the company and government and still failed? That would suggest that no one knows what is going on in B.C.’s dams. It’s just as dismaying to contemplate that prospect as it is to wonder about the implications of the huge torrent that washed out of the tailings pond on B.C. Day. The official word at this point — subject to exhaustive scrutiny later — is that the mine was “generally compliant” with permit conditions. The government said Friday the Energy Ministry did 16 geotechnical inspections since the mine opened in 1995. Nothing was identified that required a work order. Officials also inspected in May 2014, after a report that water was spilling over the top. They concluded that was not the case, but that the water level was above the permit requirements. There was less than a metre of freeboard, the distance from the water level to the crest. The level returned to normal and the freeboard was 2.4 metres when last measured, just before the breach. Other data from just before the breach show no change in internal water pressure. That’s company information that was supplied to the government. So the early information suggests the dam was being monitored and assessed by the company and the government, and there were no indications of any problems. Then it abruptly breached. That’s just as big a problem as having government ignore the thing completely. Particularly since the ministries involved had an important lesson just four years ago that prompted a big revamp of the dam-inspection regime. That was the failure of the Testalinden Dam near Oliver in 2010. It was a private, shoddily maintained irrigation dam that failed and created a debris torrent that wreaked havoc on some downstream properties.

Only a handful were damaged, but the government still had to pay $9 million to cover losses. The deputy solicitor general did a review and found a consistent pattern of concerns and warnings about the dam going back 50 years, about which not much of anything was done. More pertinently, he also did a broad analysis of the oversight on B.C.’s 1,636 regulated dams and recommended numerous improvements. The government accepted all of them and promised to implement them.

What if the Mount Polley tailings-pond dam was monitored adequately ... and still failed? The official response to the report cited a fundamental re-emphasis and priority on dam safety. There was a rapid dam-assessment project, an updated dam regulation and database and new policies on recordkeeping and information-sharing. There was additional training of ministry staff and dam operators, and four additional full-time equivalent jobs were added to the department concerned. Also created was an annual dam-safety report. Three have been issued since then, and they all are all reassuring reports about improved monitoring, increased audits, greater public awareness and higher staffing levels. The one filed last year highlighted “improved monitoring, increased audits and dam-owner training.” And now this. A brief history of B.C. dam failures going back more than 100 years on a government website suggests the Mount Polley breach is the worst ever. It happened despite the countless engineering advances over the years. And more currently, it happened after four years of concentrated attention to the issue of dam safety, following the failure near Oliver. That’s what accounts for the prevailing attitude of incomprehension as to how it happened. It will take more than a deputy minister’s review to establish the facts this time around. Any and all probes into the breach will have to be completely independent, given all that’s gone before. twitter.com/leyneles

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Many years ago, my then 82-year-old father and I took a cruise around the Black Sea. Each day he enjoyed an array of activities and made new friends. He could walk everywhere — there was no need to drive and no dishes to wash or other housekeeping chores. As we were disembarking, he turned to me and said, “I think I could get used to living like this all year round.” I think about my late father’s statement whenever I stay at a resort. As I enjoy the extensive nearby facilities, activities, dining and shopping, I often wonder what it would be like to live like this all the time. While some wealthy individuals can live year round on cruise ships or in sunny resorts, most of us do not have these options. However, we often seek neighbourhoods and housing forms offering the features that make cruising and resort living so attractive. We seek “village-like” environments where we feel safe with friends and strangers alike. We want to be close to community facilities where we can enjoy yoga and bridge classes. We like the idea of occasionally sharing meals and not having to drive everywhere. We would like someone else to take care of us and do the things we prefer not to do like picking up, cleaning or weeding the garden. Many seniors are now moving into “lifestyle” retirement communities that offer these attributes. They own or rent self-contained suites, but enjoy meals in communal and private dining rooms. They participate in planned outings, cultural, sports and recreation activities. They and their families have a greater sense of security and peace of mind. At the other end of the age spectrum, students and twenty-somethings enjoy university residences or other shared living arrangements. At the end of the day there is always someone to have a meal with, see a movie or head out for an evening on the town. Unfortunately, most of us past our student days but not yet ready for a retirement home have very limited options when it comes to these kinds of friendlier, communal living arrangements. The few exceptions are those living in older market or government-subsidized

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housing cooperatives, or newer co-housing developments. However, I think this is about to change. Retirement community operators will tell you that while many seniors are still reluctant to move into their complexes, their children are often the opposite. They are attracted to carefree living environments and wonder how soon they can move in. Many “empty nesters” would gladly sell their larger single family houses if they could move into well-designed smaller homes in a nearby clustered single-family or multi-family complex. They like the idea of what architect Ross Chapin calls “pocket neighbourhoods” which cluster a number of smaller houses together, close to amenities, but not on busy streets. Sadly, this type of housing is generally not being built in Vancouver because zoning bylaws prevent it. We cannot have small townhouse complexes mixed in with single family homes. We cannot even have duplexes or small lot houses mixed in with large lot houses. With few exceptions, new apartments are kept away in downtown locations or along busy streets. While many empty nesters have happily moved into apartments, others say they are not yet ready for apartment living. They worry about the loss of indoor and outdoor space, and the potential of being somewhat isolated. In Antwerp, Belgium, a 24-storey apartment building has recently been designed to address these concerns and help residents make friends. Individual apartments are grouped into mini-communities opening onto communal balconies and winter gardens. Residents also share an inner courtyard and dining room for those times when they may not want to eat alone in their apartment. There is a bike-repair facility, roof terrace and other amenities. I suspect many Vancouver residents would ﬁnd this appealing. As aging baby boomers seek alternative housing choices, I am hopeful it will become easier for planners to convince neighbourhoods and politicians to make the necessary zoning changes to permit these friendlier forms of housing throughout the city. After all, most of us will never live on cruise ships or resorts. twitter.com/michaelgeller

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To the editor: Re: “Better solutions for ending homelessness,” Aug. 6. Gee, I wish I was as powerful as Michael Geller suggests: “It is worth noting that [the welfare shelter allowance] was ﬁxed at $325 in part because Downtown Eastside activist Jean Swanson ‘did not want to put more money in landlords’ pockets.’” I actually worked for many years to get welfare rates raised, both the shelter and support portions which total a mere $610 a month today. I am still working to get them raised. If I were the government, I wouldn’t set up welfare shelter rates as they are set up now, with people getting a maximum of $375 per month and less than that if their rent is less, because then tenants have no incentive to look for a place that is less than $375 and slumlords charge couples $375 each for one lousy room with the tenants having no reason to object because the only way they can get the $375 is if they give it to their landlord. However, since the $375 has been frozen for seven years, virtually no places exist for $375. This amount needs to be increases substantially if people are to be able to eat, pay rent, look for work and buy necessities. Jean Swanson, Vancouver

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Aug. 13, 2005: A full military funeral is held for Ernest "Smokey" Smith, the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, who passed away 10 days before in his Vancouver home at the age of 91. Smith was given the award for valour "in the face of the enemy" for his actions in the Second World War securing the River Savio, which included single-handedly taking out two tanks while keeping a wounded comrade alive. His remains were initially placed in the foyer of the House of Commons to lie in state before being returned home to Vancouver's Seaforth Armoury on Aug. 12. His ashes were then scattered at sea.

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To the editor: Re: “Is Putin demonization really about gas?” Aug. 8. Geoff Olson’s article ends with: “We don’t have a Missile gap, we have a reality gap.” Perhaps it is Mr. Olson who suffers from reality gap. The USSR’s nuclear superiority was best demonstrated after 1990 when Russian occupying forces in Czechoslovakia were leaving with thousands of nuclear warheads no one even knew existed. Perhaps it is Mr. Olson who should dial down a bit on his anti-Western demagoguery, the very system he grew up in complete freedom, that his counterparts in USSR-occupied Europe did not even dream of. Western sanctions target Putin’s oligarchs, not ordinary Russians. It is Mr. Putin who last week stopped imports of western food, directly hurting his own people. Mr. Putin is a product of the system he grew up in as a high-ranking KGB ofﬁcer in Berlin during the Cold War. There is no need to “demonize” Mr. Putin. With his own cold war tactics, he does well on his own. George Vytasek, Vancouver

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COURIER COLUMN: “Better solutions for ending homelessness,” Aug. 6. Tamara Herman: Please tell me this is a joke. The welfare shelter rate is fixed at only $375 because housing advocate Jean Swanson didn’t want to put more money in landlords’ pockets?! Either Michael Geller is hugely misinformed or has an absurd sense of humour. Jean Swanson has been advocating tirelessly for higher welfare rates for decades, while Mr. Geller certainly has not. What I imagine Jean said is that without rent control, higher shelter rates will mean that landlords can raise rents proportionally, leaving people with just as little to spend on basic necessities. Michael Geller routinely misconstrues arguments to advocate for policies that keep poor people poor and make wealthy people wealthier. But this one takes the cake. KUDOS & KVETCHES: “Vancouver Aquarium put in checkmate,” Aug. 8. Sandy Garossino: This morning I contacted Prof. Dave Duffus, head of UVic’s Whale Research Lab, who advises that a breeding ban is easily achieved by a competent aquarium. Notably, the US National Aquarium halted breeding amongst their eight dolphins two years ago. Trevor Boudreau: Re: the note about the NPA’s conspicuous absence. John Coupar recused himself because of a possible conflict as his company has business dealings with the aquarium. Melissa De Genova was on vacation and the Vision commissioners refused to wait until she had returned. COURIER STORY: “City cyclists dodging helmet laws,” Aug. 8. Chris Bruntlett: British Columbia passed an all-ages bicycle helmet law in 1995, based on pressure from one worried suburban mom and a single erroneous study provided by helmet manufacturers. Two decades later, it is difficult to overstate how our unnatural preoccupation with head protection stifles the growth of our bike culture. It has achieved little except deterring the most casual, slowest and safest cyclists from getting on the road. As a provincial leader on active transportation issues, Vancouver staff must take a stand and push for an evidence-based review of the law, including their own city bylaw that covers parks, pathways, and seawalls. The viability of our public bike-sharing scheme — and the continued growth of utility cycling — depends on it. Richard Johns: The focus on safety when talking about cycling is just as silly as focusing on the adverse side effects of vaccines. The big picture is that both vaccines and cycling are proven to be very good for public health. “Your hair or your brain ... safety or freedom.” There’s no need to choose between these!

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John Sloan is a Vancouver-based doctor who has worked for decades to devise a way of practising medicine that is better adapted to the special needs of the fragile elderly than the methodologies he was taught in medical school — the methods still employed by most B.C. doctors. He believes his home-visit based approach is better for the patient and better for the health system’s bottom line. The Courier met with Sloan recently at a West End coffee shop to learn more. Sloan is a lean, energetic, open-faced and affable man in his late sixties. He decided 20 years ago to close his office and work with fragile elderly patients entirely through home visits, reduction of unnecessary overmedication and promotion of better quality of life. He is currently associated with a Vancouver Coastal Health program called Home VIVE that provides home-visit care for nearly 400 fragile elderly patients. “If you listen to my patients,” Sloan said, “you find out what they want and need is fairly simple. They want to be comfortable, they want to stay at home and they do not want to be abandoned. Once we get them off unnecessary medications and figure out how to support their ongoing functioning at home, consultation and help available 24/7 and the prior discussions done with patients and caregivers about what options we’ll have when there is a crisis mean that we’re

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better prepared to respond without panic.” So what does it mean to talk about the “fragile elderly? They are older patients who suffer from multiple pathologies and are dependent on others for activities of daily living. According to Dr. Martha Donnelly, director of the community geriatrics division at UBC Medical School’s department of family practice, who spoke to the Courier in 2010 for an earlier story, approximately 10 per cent of those over 65 are among the frail elderly. By the time Canadians reach 90, she said, as many as 30 per cent fall into that category.

Hollywood icon Bette Davis said it best: “Old age is not for sissies.” And if you are old enough to remember her movies, you probably have some painful personal data to support her position. The bad news is that there are going to be more and more Canadians living with the multiple diseases and failing capacities of old age. Canadians over 65, who numbered 3.92 million in 2001, will amount to more than nine million in 2041. Close to a quarter of the population will be on social insurance then, and many of us will be very ill. The costs of health care spike upward dramatically as

we age, and are very high indeed for the fragile. The good news is that Sloan and his colleagues at Home VIVE are implementing an approach designed to keep the fragile elderly at home, minimally medicated and able to enjoy a better quality of life In the next installment of this coverage, we’ll look in more detail at how this approach plays out in practice, and what its implications might be for the ongoing health care needs of B.C. seniors. Tom Sandborn is aging in place in Vancouver, where he has lived and worked since 1967. He welcomes feedback and story tips at tos65@telus.net

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piano with his renditions of sing-alongs and love songs while leaning against the post ordained as “Bert’s Post” on his 80th birthday. There he found the camaraderie he loved, said longtime friend Eric Mold. Born on Nov. 27, 1919 in Bristol, England, Bert grew up during the Depression and left school at 14 to help support his family, followed by six years in the 40 Royal Marine Commando unit in Italy and Yugoslavia during the war. In The Memory Project, which recorded oral histories of veterans, Bert recalled his toughest battle at Anzio on the western coast of Italy where he was on the front line facing bombardment from the

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Continued from page 13 “Until he got to Vancouver, he hadn’t seen anything that was going to entice him to stay, but he pulled into Vancouver and he just loved it the moment he saw it, he felt ‘this is the place for me,’” added Valerie. After settling in Vancouver, Bert worked as a truck driver until retirement and never steered far from his military roots. Each November, during some of the toughest weather in Vancouver, the gritty veteran was a familiar ﬁgure on Granville Island dressed in his uniform with a tray of poppies to raise money for the Vancouver Poppy Fund. He’d beat his own fundraising record consecutively with a total contribution of over $50,000. “It’s my aftershave,” he’d say with a laugh when asked why he was so successful. “When I lean in to pin the poppy on the ladies, they’d just swoon and they just keep putting money in the box.” In 1990, Bert relived some of his memories as a commando while spending

three months in Europe visiting Commonwealth graves for the places he was in battle and where he had lost friends. Those wartime years spent were pivotal in shaping Bert’s tenacious character. “He had a stamina about him. If something needed to be done, he would just keep at it until it was done,” said Valerie, referring to Bert’s triumphant ﬁnish of the Vancouver Sun Run at 91. He’d plant 50 tomato plants and other produce in the summer and give them away to his neighbours, according to Mold, who said Bert was one of those genuinely nice guys who aren’t around anymore. True to his character, when the West Point Grey adult soccer team needed a manager, it was natural that Bert stepped up to ﬁll the role. Bert was diagnosed with dementia in 2003 and was admitted to hospital in April. Friends are invited to join a memorial service on Saturday, Aug. 30 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Billy Bishop Legion at 1407 Laburnum St.

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Aug. 13 to 15, 2014 1. Do you have a hankering for crime, two-bit hoods from Palookaville or double-crossing dames? The Cinematheque continues its summertime Film Noir series with Niagara, Henry Hathaway’s 1953 steamy thriller, shot in Technicolor film and starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotton as a murderously mismatched couple vacationing in Niagara Falls. Check it out Aug. 14, 8:30 p.m. More info at thecinematheque.ca. 2. He might not have the crowd-massaging showmanship of Bruce Springsteen or the mystique of Bob Dylan, but Tom Petty is an American classic through and through. We defy you to listen to 1979’s Damn the Torpedoes and not want to put on a pair of scuffed-up jeans and pound a beer afterwards. Petty and his band the Heartbreakers play Rogers Arena Aug. 14 in support of the group’s first studio album in four years, Hypnotic Eye. Fellow classic rock legend Steve Winwood opens the show. Tickets at all Ticketmaster outlets. 3. It’s been a good summer for “Weird Al” Yankovic. The musical spoofer’s latest album, Mandatory Fun, topped the Billboard 200 charts for the first time in his long career, he released a video a day for an entire week with viral hit success and there’s a growing online campaign to have Yankovic perform the halftime show at the next Super Bowl. And on top of that the Rio Theatre screens his zany 1989 comedy UHF, co-starring a pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards, as part of its Throw Back Thursday programming, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Details at riotheatre.ca. 4. With Tommy Ramone, the original drummer for the Ramones and the band’s last surviving original member passing away this July at the age of 65, what better way to say “Hey ho, let’s go” than with a Ramones tribute show. The Ramores, Slow Learners and Desolation Sound bring the “Gabba Gabba Hey” to the Biltmore Aug. 14. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Details at biltmorecabaret.com.

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News that actor/comedian Robin Williams died by apparent suicide earlier this week came as a shock to many, despite his welldocumented struggles with addiction and depression. Still it was interesting to witness how the death of a celebrity seemed to deeply affect so many and inspire a collective grieving across the Internet. The dude was well liked. However what we found particularly telling was how political ﬁgures expressed their grief and/or condolences, especially when you consider that anything a politician tweets is by nature a political act and thus an extension of the values, messages and core beliefs they want to project to their constituents or potential voters. Here’s a sampling of what politicians had to say about Williams: • Always the diplomat, U.S. President Barack Obama didn’t single out any movies by name in his tweet, which strangely was written in the third person, but POTUS, or at least whoever runs his Twitter feed, proved to be reasonably familiar with the actor’s work. The underlying message: I am an everyman who has seen more Robin Williams movies than Tyler Perry movies. @BarackObama: “Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.” — President Obama • Surprisingly, Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed what could almost be considered a real emotion in his simple and quasi

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What’s it like to be a queer teen in Russia? That’s the premise of the documentary film Children 404. “The camera is attached to the main subject of the film as he spends his morning in school,” said the Vancouver Queer Film Festival’s programmer, Shana Myara. “And for those moments where we’re physically connected with him through the camera we see what it’s like to face the derision, harassment, bullying, all that is now statesanctioned in Russia.” This centerpiece gala film is one of more than 80 selections from 11 countries appearing at the festival that runs Aug. 14 to 24. Activist Elena Klimova created the online forum Children 404 for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer teens after Russian leader Vladimir Putin outlawed “gay propaganda” in 2013. The film focuses on an 18-year-old forum user who’s faced harassment and intimidation. “It’s such a small and gentle act, in its own way, creating an online forum,” Myara said. “But it’s been a lifeline for many teenag-

Children 404 and Love is Strange screen at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, which runs Aug. 14 to 24.

ers who’ve been driven to suicidal ideation.” Russia’s suicide rates last year ranked the highest in Europe. The film’s director will attend the centerpiece gala at the Vancouver Playhouse, Aug. 21. Another film Myara is keen to screen features not oppressed Russian teens but Hollywood stars. John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun, Footloose) and Alfred Molina (Spiderman 2, Frida) star in Love is Strange, the story of a couple of 39 years who marry, honeymoon and then see the life they’ve created in New York City crumble. “It’s kind of a love note to a disappearing New York City,” Myara said. “It’s a really rare film in that it looks to a long-term, settled

gay couple’s relationship, and that’s rare to see in film anyway, just what does endurance look like in a relationship as opposed to just those early moments or the moments where they crack.” Another of her top picks is a fictional film, Drunktown’s Finest, that director Sydney Freeland wrote to more accurately represent her New Mexico hometown after ABC’s 20/20 aired a piece about it called “Drunktown, USA.” The film, which premiered at Sundance and was executive produced by Robert Redford, takes a nuanced look at life in a Navajo community. It follows a character who begins to question what her adoptive Christian parents have told her about the reservation, a guy who’s trying to avoid trouble with

the law before his army deployment and a two-spirit, or gender variant, woman who dreams of becoming a model and also yearns to be respected by her community, played by transgender actress Carmen Moore. “It’s [Freeland’s] own take on her own Navajo community,” Myara said. “Warts and all, but from an insiders’ perspective.” When it comes to locally made ﬁlms, “POWER’s pretty amazing,” Myara said. POWER is an edgy hip-hop cabaret show that follows refugee, immigrant and indigenous youth from East Vancouver as they work to craft their intimate stories of awaiting deportation, dealing with bad boyfriends and living with Asperger’s Syndrome

into slam poetry, song and theatre. Another event for youth and adults is the new and free family-friendly Sunday FUNday, Aug. 17 on Granville Island. Festivities include age-appropriate ﬁlm screenings, a picnic, teen slam poetry workshop and performances by workshop participants. “We wanted to have something really celebratory, outdoor fun, light, especially following many of the discussions and hard work that have gone into the Vancouver School Board [gender identities and sexual orientation] policy this year,” Myara said. “We wanted to acknowledge that there are many families in our midst and create a celebratory day for them.” Also better represented

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excellent ﬂavours. These are the squash that kept North American pioneers alive through long, cold winters. But they’re not perfect. Heritage squash bare fruit later in the year, often the skin is very ribbed or bumpy and that skin can

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A spinach that’s especially good at overwintering is “Avon.” This has large, tender leaves and grows fast. Another spinach that gets through most of our winters is “Samish.” This spinach has thick leaves and doesn’t hug the ground as much as some so stays a little cleaner. Both these should be available locally because they’re sold by West Coast Seeds (westcoastseeds. com) Most garden centres carry West Coast Seeds. The company is based in the Ladner area where they have a store and test garden. You can also order online. Q: “Most years I leave my dianthus plants in the pots and store them in our shed and in the spring new growth starts again. But this year I am moving to Vancouver Island and would like to

collect dianthus seed. Is it the brown, old ﬂower heads that should be collected for seed?” Jo-Anne Harrison, Abbotsford

The capsule holding the seeds is directly behind the old petals. Usually the last trace of dried petals has to vanish before the seed is ripe enough to harvest. You can test a couple of seed heads by shaking the seed into your hand. When the seed flows freely it’s ready to harvest. But if your pots are out where rain could attack them, it might be best to cut a few stalks of your oldest flower heads and dry them inside. Rain-soaked flower heads can rot. Also, do take at least one of your pots of dianthus with you when you move. Odd things can happen in moves and this way your dianthus will be doubly safe. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca and tell her what community you live in.

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After winning the Canadian Championship Sunday, the South Vancouver AllStars arrived in Williamsport, Pa. for the World Series. “It’s like Christmas here,” said manager Brian Perry. But one only a few kids gets to experience, he added. “Very few clubs get to do this, so we’re very fortunate.” The team has been outﬁtted with new uniforms, trading in its navy blue for red. “We’re not just South Vancouver now — we’re Canada,” said Perry. The athletes are being photographed and interviewed and treated to sponsorship swag from baseball companies like Easton in the form of new bats, gloves and cleats. The boys stay together in a dorm with two chaperones named Willy and Dick, one a retired police ofﬁcer, who volunteer at the annual World Series, now in its 75th year. Emma March, only the 17th girl to qualify for the tournament since girls were welcomed in 1974, is in a separate room with the 18th girl in that special lineage, Mo’ne Davis, a Pennsylva-

South Vancouver Little League posed with the championship banner following a 4-1 win over Ontario's High Park at the Little League Canadian Championship in Valleyfield Que. on Aug. 10.

nia pitcher who throws a 70 mph fastball. In the Canadian championship ﬁnal, the depth of South Vancouver’s pitching talent carried the All-Stars to national victory on Aug. 10 with a 4-1 win over Ontario, an undefeated team that beat them earlier in the national tournament round-robin. Representing B.C. at the Little League National Championship, the 11- and 12-year-old baseball players from Vancouver won the right to wear the Maple Leaf at the World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Aug. 14 to 24. They may still be elated

from the national win, but Perry said they’re focusing on the next task. “They’re still on a high but they’ve moved on now, since we’ve got another challenge.” South Vancouver begins its World Series on Aug. 15 with a game against Mexico’s Linda Vista Little League from Guadalupe. The game begins at 10 a.m. Pacific time. In the Canadian final, Madjik Mackenzie pitched in the championship win, holding the undefeated High Park Braves to four hits and one run at Roland-Boyer Stadium in Valleyfield, Que.

He struck out seven batters and walked two in 5.2 innings’ work, allowing the only run of the game to come on a homer in the bottom of the fifth. Josh Matsui came in and retired the final batter to end the game. B.C’s big inning came in the fifth when the Braves couldn’t seem to get their gloves on the ball. Ontario committed four errors in the inning and South Vancouver scored three unearned runs to take the lead. Ontario answered with its solo shot but it was its only run of the game. Nico Cole scored the All-Stars’ fourth

run in the sixth and ﬁnal inning on yet another High Park error. In the semi-ﬁnal the previous day against Alberta, All-Stars manager Brian Perry went with ace starter Joseph Sinclair who had 21 strikeouts and, after the win, added 10 more to lead all pitchers at the tournament with 31. Sinclair shut out Alberta 2-0. In the win over Alberta, Emma March brought home Matsui on a single RBI to lead 1-0 in the third, then Rod Betonio hit a double and rounded the bases to score when Mackenzie put the ball in play for a single.

Graham Randell, the president of South Vancouver Little League, was on his way south from rural Quebec to Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning when he called the Courier with an update. The players and three coaches left Sunday night by bus, arriving in Williamsport around 4:30 a.m. "By all accounts, they are having a great time doing the things that kids do," he said. Teams are housed in a type of athletes' village while parents and supporters are on their own to book hotels, stay with family or secure billets. "The parents and myself are caravanning down in different cars. Some had to go home for work, some have gone home to tie some things up and are coming back to Williamsport. Some of us are driving straight down and some are off to see families," said Randell. Since launching in 1956, South Vancouver had never won its district title, never played at a provincial tournament it didn't host and had never represented B.C. at the Canadian Championship. This cohort of players won the B.C. Championship at the lower age group and are now charting new territory for the club and taking their supporters along for the ride. "It's been a dream come true for these children and for the coaches and even for the parents and myself," said Randell. "It's a very exciting time for the league."

Pitch counts tally more than strikes Little League hurlers limited to 85 pitches

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South Vancouver starter Joseph Sinclair threw 84 pitches in a shutout win for the B.C. Championship on July 28. Little League International strictly limits athletes' pitch count. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW

In baseball, through a series and down the stretch in the playoffs, the team with the best pitching will almost always come out on top. In Little League, it’s no different. “The old adage is we don’t save the best pitcher for the game we’d never play,” said South Vancouver Little League manager Brian Perry. Strategizing how to prolong the All-Stars’ season at the Canadian Championship this past week, Perry went with his ace, Joseph Sinclair, in the semi-ﬁnal, not saving him for the championship game they wouldn’t get to without a win. Managers like Perry plan beyond a predictable, gameto-game pitching rotation

because Little League International enforces strict pitch counts. The machines are visible at every game, and the formula is simple and designed to protect developing arms from overuse. The number of days rest increases as the pitch total climbs, and 11- and 12-year-olds are prohibited from taking more than 85 pitches in a single game. If they reach pitch 85, they are allowed to continue until the batter is retired, put out or reaches base. Then they must rest for four days. Too much competitive pitching and pitching when fatigued are two reasons the American Sports Medicine Institute declared an “epidemic” because of the “rise in the number of professional pitchers requiring ulnar collateral ligament

reconstruction,” more commonly known as Tommy John surgery. According to research by the Bleacher Report, one third of pitchers active in the MLB today have had the surgery. The link to Little League and amateur divisions like the B.C. Premier Baseball League are stated in the research: “… today’s pro pitcher in his 20s was an adolescent pitcher a dozen years ago. Thus in many cases, the injury leading to Tommy John surgery in today’s young pro pitchers actually began while they were adolescent amateurs.” The Premier Baseball League president Ted Hotzak said, as far as he knows, no former athletes of the B.C. league who has played in the MLB has had the surgery, including Bos-

ton Red Sox hurler Ryan Dempster. Other amateur and college leagues may put different pressure on pitchers and winter baseball adds a complication, but Hotzak said players and coaches in the Premier League are motivated by bigger goals than the league’s own championship. “These coaches pride themselves on how many kids move on to college ball or get looked at in the draft and the one thing you can’t do is overuse your pitcher in a meaningless game,” he said. “You don’t want to destroy a kid’s potential arm because you threw 150 pitches in March, and for what? Our coaches, their whole purpose in life is to develop boys for the next level.”

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Athletes crowded Kitsilano Beach Park on the weekend for the sixth annual KitsFest, a seaside sport festival the organizers hope to make the biggest in Canada and attract international competitors. Tennis returned to the festival for the ﬁrst time since the inaugural year in 2009. Men’s pair Mark Harrison and Simon Harvie

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tournament is a staple of the festival and included girls, boys and men’s teams. The volleyball tournament counted doubles, four-onfour and six-on-six action. To view the photo gallery of competitive basketball, tennis and volleyball plus yoga on the beach, visit vancourier.com/sports. — Megan Stewart

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©2014 Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. Shown above is 2014 B250 Sports Tourer/2014 C300 4MATICTM Sedan. National MSRP $30,500/$42,250. *Total price of $33,560/$45,310, including freight/PDI of $2,295, dealer admin fee of $595, air-conditioning levy of $100, PPSA up to $45.48 and a $25.00 fee covering EHF tires, filters and batteries. **Vehicle options, fees and taxes extra. Lease offer based on the 2014 B250 Sports Tourer/2014 C300 4MATICTM Sedan. Available only through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services on approved credit for a limited time. 1Lease example based on $298/$349 (excluding taxes) per month for 45/27 months (STK#V1424903/#1411406). Due on delivery includes down payment or equivalent trade of $4,247/$7,297, plus first month lease payment, security deposit, and applicable fees and taxes. Lease APR of 1.9%/2.9% applies. Total cost of borrowing is $1,383/$2,144, total obligation is $17,237/$18,745. 12,000 km/year allowance ($0.20/km for excess kilometres applies). 2 Please note the $2,500/$3,500 delivery credit have been applied/included in the calculation of the monthly lease payment, it is a one time delivery credit for deals closed before August 31, 2014. †Three (3) month payment waivers are only valid on 2014 B-Class/2014 C-Class (Excluding AMG) for deals closed before August 31, 2014. First, second, and third month payment waivers are capped at $400/$450 per month. Valid only for Lease programs on approved credit only through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Additional options, fees and taxes are extra. Vehicle license, insurance, and registration are extra. Dealer may lease or finance for less. Offers may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers. See your authorized Mercedes-Benz Vancouver dealer for details or call the Mercedes-Benz Vancouver Customer Care at 604-331-BENZ. Offer valid until August 31, 2014.

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Raw, Vegan, GF, Dairy & Soya free

Green Peppers

29 2

Surya Brasil

Henna Hair Cream Paraben & Ammonia Free Assorted Colours

+ tax 70ml

35g

Dried Cranberries

$199 230g

Non-Organic

Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks

$499

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/lb 5.05/kg

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455g