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TUBE TOPPER Linda Dong first dabbled with videos as a child playing with her father's camcorder and has entered the YouTube scene with great success. Her channel totals more than 12 million views with more than 127,950 subscribers and counting. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

YouTube sensation keeps hits coming 12 million views and counting for video channel skewering city’s dating scene, university life, ethnic stereotypes

Christopher Cheung

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When Linda Dong started her YouTube channel, LeendaDProductions, in November 2011, she never thought she’d reach 127,950 subscribers with more than 12 million views. She made her ﬁrst videos just to share with her friends, but two months after starting, her sixth video about women and breakups attracted hundreds of views. Since then it’s received more than 115,000 views. “I thought my mom must be clicking on my channel or my friends spamming it,” said Dong. The passion for storytelling and acting began early for Dong. She played with

her father’s camcorder when she was young and took theatre in high school, acting in many productions. The 21-yearold communications and design student today has also done background acting for locally ﬁlmed shows Mr. Young, Arrow and Continuum. Dong likes to poke fun at awkward experiences from her own life with videos like “What Do Girls Do On Their Periods,” one on overenthusiastic teammates for ultimate Frisbee (“Don’t Be That Guy”) and another based on individuals ogling and pestering her mixed-ethnicity friends with naïve questions (“What Kind of Sexy Half Asian Are You?”). She grabs friends and has even cast her two sisters in her projects.

Other topics include the city’s dating scene, university life and stereotypes of girls from various Vancouver neighbourhoods, taking jabs at Commercial Drive’s preoccupation with the used and vintage as well as “going broke” if a guy was to date a girl who shopped in Yaletown. Many of Dong’s videos are also based on growing up with strict, Vietnamese parents. Dong thought some viewers would relate to or enjoy watching her struggles, such as hiding a boyfriend while attending high school, complete with wary handholding and being dropped off in the alley behind her house. Dong doesn’t think exploring Asian heritage is common in media. “When someone does it it’s very like, oh

gosh, what is this video about?” she said. Dong likes to sneak in the casual consumption of bubble tea in her videos to publicize the Asian community. “You don’t see it in the mainstream,” said Dong, “and people do drink bubble tea.” But being a female comedian isn’t easy, said Dong. She was made fun of growing up for her sense of humour and, in a reality of the Internet, has received negative comments on her channel. Dong learned to accept the feedback (“Haters gonna hate,” she said), but it was important for her to receive the approval of her parents. “I was supposed to go into business and work for some company in a suit,” said Dong, who wants to pursue her passions. Continued on page 21

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Bus riders can surf online for free TransLink and Telus pilot offers free Wi-Fi on marked 99 B-Line bus

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Have you spotted the bus with the ﬂying piglet that delivers free Wi-Fi? With businesses and public spaces increasingly providing free Wi-Fi, TransLink and Telus have launched a pilot project offering riders free Wi-Fi on three Metro Vancouver buses. Due to the popularity of the 99 B-Line route, one bus shuttling to and from Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station and UBC has offered free Wi-Fi since Aug. 11 and will continue doing so for six months. Some riders like Rick Sutter, who uses his mobile device to surf the Internet 80 per cent of the time on transit, says it’s likely he was on that bus but may have missed the signs. The exterior of the buses are wrapped in a white canvas with Telus advertising, ﬂying piglet logos and free Wi-Fi bus labels. Log-in information is available inside the bus.

It’s the first project in Western Canada to provide transit users free wireless, according to Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvé, noting access is available to everyone regardless of their service provider. She added that the project was inspired by a 2014 study by DePaul University in Chicago that concluded at least 60 per cent of transit riders use their mobile devices en route. Jean Pai travels daily on the B-Line, and although she doesn’t use her mobile she said the service would benefit young people and tourists who need information instantly. Jessica Li, who “can’t live without data,” says the time she spends on the 99 BLine would add up to huge savings if the service was a permanent fixture. “Because I use it to go to school like every day for like a year… so probably it’s going to reduce some of my data.” Passenger Adan Uribe agreed. He said free Wi-Fi on the bus means he won’t

Riders on a special 99 B-Line bus have the option of using free Wi-Fi while they commute. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

have to curb his data usage during transit to chatting and email and instead could play online games and watch movies. “It’s a pretty good

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or some stuff that you could not do with your regular Internet phone.” TransLink did not agree to an interview but said in

an email statement it has no plans to expand the number of buses with Wi-Fi. The other two bus routes in the pilot are 351 Bridgeport Station from White Rock to Richmond and the express bus 555 Braid Station/Carvolth Exchange from Surrey to New Westminster. Since launching, news of the project has garnered mixed reviews online at Mobile Syrup, a popular Canadian tech site which covers mobile technology and ﬁrst reported the story. Some commenters at the site argue transit-based Wi-Fi is an attempt by corporate interests to monitor users’ online activities and sell ads to them based on that information. Others said the project demonstrates how Canada is behind other countries which have Wi-Fi on buses. At least one person was alarmed at how many people were already “buried” in their phones while on the bus. twitter.com/JennyPengNow

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New VPL collection opens doors Christopher Cheung

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Betty Nobel used to have to wait up to ﬁve years before she could read the books her friends were reading. Now she’s the one giving them recommendations. Nobel, in her 60s, is blind. She recently retired after teaching the visually impaired at Vancouver Community College for 33 years. For avid readers like Nobel, the new collection at the Vancouver Public Library allows access to over 200,000 items including books and magazines in audio, e-text and braille. The collection is accessed through the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), a nonproﬁt founded in May and governed by a board of public library repre-

scribed video and braille, but less than a tenth of materials published in Canada was available. “Imagine if you and nine friends go to the library and there are 10 books on the shelf,” said Singh. “You have a print disability and your nine friends can read any of the books on the shelf that they want to and you can only read one.” The collection has been a long time coming. The National Library of Canada took action to ﬁnd alternative formatting as early as 1974 but it took the rise of digital technologies to lead to the idea of a nation-wide hub like CELA’s. Singh used to work as a cybrarian at Suite101. com, an online learning community based in Vancouver, and remembered Stephen King saying at

I can sit on a swing in the sunshine and listen to a book. – Betty Nobel sentatives across Canada. It features the nation’s largest alternative format collection. Materials can be mailed or delivered to patrons’ homes by the VPL, as well as downloaded to devices. “I can sit on a swing in the sunshine and listen to a book,” said Nobel. Nobel is even able to read picture books to her grandchildren thanks to volumes that have both print braille and visual images. Recent bestsellers and the latest newspapers can be accessed instantaneously, a huge step from waiting ﬁve years for a book. “It’s important to keep up with what’s in the current,” said Sandra Singh, VPL chief librarian and CELA board member. “They’re important pieces for social inclusion.” “The connection to the community is important,” said Nobel, who delights in writing book reviews. The collection launched in June. For many years, VPL Outreach Services contained alternative formats such as audio, de-

the time that the future of reading was going digital. “I don’t think we’ll ever be done with print,” said Singh. “The response to digital is that it’s convenient, there’s no doubt about it. It’s not free, so you still have the kind of shared purpose of librarians where we pool together our resources so that we can all have access to more than we can afford individually.” The collection is for those who have a print disability, the inability to hold or manipulate a book, a learning disability relating to comprehension or a visual disability. “It’s a human right and not a charitable endeavor,” said Singh. Nobel hopes the collection will help those 65 and over who aren’t particularly tech-savvy to experiment with electronic devices. “I’m probably relatively unique,” she admitted, noting she’s a keen user of tablets, Kindle and audible readers, among other gadgets. twitter.com/chrischeungtogo

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News Casa Mia hearing delayed Residents feel ‘ignored’ by city DEVELOPING STORY Naoibh O’Connor

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The Casa Mia public hearing won’t take place until sometime in 2015. A hearing date was initially set for March 13, but it was cancelled the night before because “staff and the applicant were unable to finalize the legal agreement securing heritage in time for the public hearing.” Brian Jackson, the city’s manager of planning and development, said now it won’t happen until next year. “As we’ve explained to the residents previously, the delay is as a result of the negotiations associated with the Heritage Restoration Agreement (HRA). The negotiations have taken so long because this is an unusual circumstance,” Jackson told the Courier in an emailed statement. “Usually, when we negotiate an HRA it is to protect the outside of the building. In this case, the applicant will not only be preserving a significant component of the inside of the building, but the public will be able to access the main floor of the old house. This hasn’t been done before and so we are working with the applicant to balance the needs of the care facility with the desire to have public access to the main floor of the interior, so all residents of Vancouver can experience this amazing heritage resource.” The Care Group wants the Casa Mia site at 1920 Southwest Marine Dr. rezoned from single-family residential to comprehensive development so it can build a care facility on the property. The Spanish Revivalstyle heritage home, designed by architect Ross Anthony Lort, was built in 1932 for George Reifel, a liquor magnate and rumrunner during the Prohibition era. The 20,700-square-foot mansion includes a ballroom where Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Count Basie performed. The development proposal, submitted on behalf of the Care Group by Stuart Howard Ar-

chitects, would save the house and designate the exterior, while an addition would be built. The facility would house 62 beds — less than an earlier proposal for 92 beds. The building height for the addition is lower than initially proposed. The Southlands Community Association, which is critical of the project, is fed up with the delays, arguing it means the community will have had no access to council for at least 11 months, if not more. The group had also ﬁled a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the development proposal in 2013, but the city asked for a 30-day extension last February, followed by a request for a 120-day extension in March. The Ofﬁce of the Information and Privacy Commissioner issued a deadline of July 14, according to the association, but the city missed that deadline and indicated it won’t respond to the FOI until Aug. 20. The city’s communication department told the Courier it doesn’t comment on ongoing FOI requests but they’re handled within the provisions of the FOI Act. Joe McDermid, a spokesperson for Southlands Community Association, said the city shouldn’t be able to ignore deadlines. The association sent a letter to council and staff Aug. 13 outlining its concerns about Casa Mia, as well as the future neighbourhood, and asked that the hearing be cancelled. If the response to its letter is not “productive,” the group plans review all other options, including legal action. McDermid says the association has asked on least four occasions to meet with council and staff to talk about a more collaborative approach to planning decisions about the neighbourhood, but it either doesn’t get a response or if it does, it simply says there’s a pending public hearing so they can’t discuss the matter. McDermid says their concerns aren’t just about Casa Mia — they’re also about other heritage estates along Southwest Marine Drive, which are vulnerable to development. He said if the city

can’t talk about Casa Mia, it should be able to talk about what else is happening in the community. “We’re just completely disenfranchised, completely ignored. And I know we’re not the only community in the city by far that feels that way, but certainly that’s how we feel about it at this point. There’s just no consultation process.” twitter.com/naoibh

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CP to continue ripping out gardens

Naoibh O’Connor

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Paul Kendal wakes up thinking about gardening every morning. He has a patch in Arbutus Victory Gardens, which are located along East Boulevard between West 50th and 57th Avenues on Arbutus Corridor. The gardens are managed by the City of Vancouver — gardeners receive permits from the city that are renewed annually. Over the years, most gardens have spilled on to CP railway land. Kendal’s garden is about half on city and half on CP territory. He and his wife have been growing everything from beans and peas to onions and potatoes. As of Tuesday morning, Kendal wasn’t sure if or when CP would start clearing along Arbutus Victory Gardens’ particular stretch of Arbutus Corridor. Last week, crews and heavy machinery ripped out gardens and structures on CP property in Marpole. That prompted Kendal

to move some of his herbs, raspberries and arugula off CP land over the weekend in case clearing work resumes. His apple tree was too big to move. “It’s pretty shocking that [CP] would do this at all and we’re disgusted that they’re doing this at all. We’re worried about our own garden, of course, but we’re more worried for the people who have had their gardens already ripped up — it’s just unconscionable. I wake up thinking about it.” While it’s not clear when CP will reach Arbutus Victory Gardens, CP spokeswoman Breanne Feigel told the Courier Tuesday that work would continue later this week. “We have no estimate on how long the work managing the vegetation and clearing the area will take. It depends on a number of factors including crew and equipment availability to complete the work,” she wrote in an email. Members of Arbutus Victory Gardens aren’t sitting back. The group penned a let-

ing herbicides, to help gardeners whose gardens were destroyed find new gardens, and to help gardeners move unwieldy garden and plant material if CP continues its effort to clear the land. Kendal said the group got a response from the mayor’s office reiterating comments Gregor Robertson made to the media last week. It also received a note of “solidarity and support” from Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs. The mayor’s office provided an update to the Courier Tuesday. “The city has offered to take part in a mediated discussion with CP to resolve the issues around the Corridor, and we are hopeful that they will agree. CP owns the right of way, so legal options available to the city to prevent the removal of encroachments are limited,” the email sent by Kevin Quinlan, director of policy and communications, stated. “The city has offered to assist the gardeners in relocating any mature fruit trees

CP crews began clearing gardens from the rail line in Marpole last Thursday. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

ter asking the city to intervene “by any legal means available, such as a stay or a legal suit, to halt the progress of CP’s bulldozers until such a time as it presents a viable business plan that demonstrates intent to spend the millions

of its dollars required to bring the tracks up to operational standard and demonstrates serious intent to run trains for economic beneﬁt along the corridor.” The group also wants the city to stop CP from spray-

that could be impacted by CP. The city’s health bylaw controls the use of pesticides in the city, and staff will be discussing with CP to ensure they are in compliance with our bylaw.” Feigel cited an August letter to residents along Arbutus Corridor, which stated that work will continue through August and September with a goal of having the entire line ready for train operations in the fall. The letter also noted: “To prevent the re-growth of more stubborn weeds on our right of way, we will be spraying herbicide where necessary. In Canada, CP uses herbicides approved by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. The list of herbicides which may be used in B.C. is outlined in our approved Integrated Vegetation Management Plan (IVMP). A copy of this plan is available on our website, cpr.ca.” Feigel told the Courier CP has no updates to share on the status of negotiations with the city. twitter.com/naoibh

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Talks may resume in teachers’ strike

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation and B.C. Public Service Employers’ Association announced Thursday they’ve been talking to veteran mediator Vince Ready. The statement says BCTF president Jim Iker and BCPSEA’s chief negotiator Peter Cameron met Aug. 8 and then asked Ready “to engage with them in exploratory talks.” Ready met separately with each party Aug. 13. “Mr. Ready agreed to monitor the situation, and to resume exploratory talks

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Food supplier Sysco Canada Inc. is suing Mark Brand and the muchhyped Save On Meats restaurant for allegedly failing to pay for more than $324,000 worth of food products. Sysco Canada, doing business as Sysco Vancouver, filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on July 25 against Mark Brand Inc., doing business as Save On Meats, and Brand as a guarantor. According to the lawsuit, Brand opened an account in May 2011, and, between May 2011 and April 2013, cheques provided to Sysco were “occasionally” returned by the defendants’ financial institution. Sysco also created another account for the defendants’ location on the campus of Vancouver Community College, but the account eventually racked up an unpaid balance of more than $92,000, according to the claim. By July 16, 2014, Sysco claims, Brand and Save On Meats owed $324,688 for food products and $38,757 in accrued interest. The allegations have not been tested in court and the defendants had not filed a response by press time.

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Opinion

Gardens rooted in local communities

Everyone is an expert minus the expertise

David Berner Guest columnist dantemore@gmail.com

Michael Geller Columnist

Community gardens are all the rage in our town. Of course, there’s the whole political battle between CPR and the City of Vancouver regarding the Arbutus Corridor on the southwest side. $200 million? $80 million? $20 million? Nobody’s talking. Everything’s a big hairy secret, even if it is taxpayers’ money that’s being bandied about like we’re anteing up for the Friday night poker game at Bernie’s house. For the moment, let’s leave all the arguments aside and just enjoy what we’ve got for as long as we’ve got it, kids. There is something basic, elemental and ancient about this joy. It’s probably in our DNA. We muck about in the dirt and then a month or two or five later — surprise — green, yellow and red stuff we can eat! Some are purple and some are tiny. Others are gigantic. These little guys we can eat just as they are; these other characters are even better after they spend a few minutes in boiling water. I add a swab of butter to these and she likes just a pinch of salt on those. Our neighbour puts Dijon mustard on practically everything he grows. Go figure. One could argue (but who would want to listen?) that so much land mass has been seized by agriculture that there is barely a square inch left to enjoy. Or that more carbon dioxide and methane and other killer pollutants flow forth into our besieged environment as a result of our efforts to keep the food supply chain going. Still, at any given moment, 850 million human beings are hungry. Yes, you could point out these and other unsavoury and disturbing facts (that land not given to agriculture is more often than not used for grazing, which geometrically increases the polluting strains on our air and oxygen), but none of these points will stop those of us in cities and towns from the desire to grow something and eat something fresh as a result of our own sweaty, backaching toil. There is a particular stretch of several blocks right in the centre of the city where such gardens are not only flourishing; one can confidently say they are downright beautiful, gorgeous. People (I think most are apartment

dwellers) are growing tomatoes, several varieties of lettuce and kale, carrots, rhubarb and raspberries, and the widest possible range of ﬂowers, exotic and otherwise. On top of that, each warden of every modest plot seems to have created little, green outdoor “rooms,” replete with Adirondacks, benches, striped sling backs or plastic beach chairs. There appears to be an unspoken, unwritten open invitation herein: “Take a load off, friend. Sit a moment. Smell, breathe. Close your eyes. Open them and see anew. If you have a sweetheart in hand, even a little old-fashioned spooning will be deemed acceptable. Put your child on your knee. Speak softly. Point out the explosion of the sunﬂower or the determination of the vine. You may have a cellphone in your pocket or bag, but for these few moments, pay it no mind.” What random acts of kindness! What sweet reasonableness. What forethought for the weary stranger. It would be too easy to drive or hurry by these community gardens and dismiss them as some leftover hippy-dippy conceit. Oh, these nuts are just living out some rural fantasy that we’ll never see again. That kind of life is over; it’s done. What are they trying to be, my grandmother? Can’t they buy their eats at the supermarket like the rest of us? They never heard of division of labour? But make no mistake. The guardians of these domains come from every age and belief system and demographic and style of dress and speech. They are at once casual and dedicated, busy and committed. As you absorb the homespun beauty of these gardens, remember the lyrics of Tom Jones set to the music of Harvey Schmidt in their 1960 musical hit The Fantastiks. The show only ran for 42 years off-Broadway. “Plant a radish; get a radish, never any doubt. That’s why I love vegetables; you know what they’re about. “Plant a turnip, get a turnip. Maybe you’ll get two. That’s why I love vegetables; you know that they’ll come through!” ••• David Berner’s book on addictions, All the Way Home, is available at Amazon and davidberner.com. His new book of 365 inspirational tales is called Pick up the Pickle and will be published in early 2015.

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The approximate number of community garden plots built along the abandoned Arbutus Corridor rail line being removed by CP.

The number of buses operating on the 99 B-Line between Commercial Drive and UBC currently offering free Wi-Fi.

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Last week, the City of Vancouver announced the names of 48 individuals randomly selected to form a Citizens’ Assembly on the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. They have each volunteered to devote a significant amount of personal time over the next eight months to listen, learn and deliberate on community planning issues affecting Grandview-Woodland. As I read the announcement, I was reminded of a recent article in Planetizen, an online public-interest information exchange for the urban planning, design and development community. The article was titled “The Fall of Planning Expertise” and describes how we seem to have lost respect for “experts” — those who have knowledge and/or experience in a particular field — and replaced it with a kind of “expertise egalitarianism” whereby everyone’s opinion is given equal weight. For example, the advice and recommendations of planners are frequently overridden by neighbourhood residents who know very little about the range of topics that underline the profession, but feel they know better because they have lived in a community for so many years. In the face of such conflicts, the author suggests planners should ask: Are the powers and politics now vested in “community participation” undermining the planning profession? Planners receive a broad education and experience in a range of disciplines including urban design, regulatory processes, technical modelling, economic analysis, environmental issues, and how to engage with a community. Armed with this knowledge, in many instances they are attacked for being arrogant and elitist for insisting they know something the ordinary citizen does not. Increasingly, residents believe their personal opinions should trump not only the planner’s individual expertise, but the collective expertise of the planning profession. Most planners acknowledge that the community has every right to participate in the planning process. However too often they hear objections to proposals from neighbourhood residents who simply do not like what is being proposed. Objectors believe that should be sufficient justification for the city to reject the proposal or neighbourhood plan. The situation is exacerbated since there

does not appear to be any agreement on who should be the final authority on decisions related to planning and development — the local residents or the planning profession. In the case of rezonings and other complex development approvals, the city manager’s office, the mayor’s office or council believe they should have the final say. I initially studied architecture, not planning. When I told my professor I intended to study planning he told me it wasn’t necessary since “planning is simply good architecture side by side.” After working as a planner for many decades, I disagree. Good planning provides the necessary framework for orderly and sustainable growth. Unfortunately, one of the reasons we may be having so many debates in our neighbourhoods over individual development projects is due to the fact we often do not have overall neighbourhood plans. And if we do, we do not always stick to them. Too many residents believe this is because certain developers, architects, and marketing firms have too much influence in our city. As a result, properties are rezoned in the absence of any supporting planning framework or justification. I believe another problem is that too often planners forget what they learned in planning school. Instead of applying their professional judgement, they become pollsters. Their reports to council set out how many letters were received in opposition to an application, compared to the number in support, without adequate commentary as to the validity of the letters from a professional planning perspective. For these reasons, I am looking forward to the results of the Citizens’ Assembly. I believe it could result in a better planning process compared to what we have now. However, I am not overly optimistic, since notwithstanding the time and effort to be devoted by the 48 assembly members, most will never know as much as the planners who earned a university degree, and worked in the field. Furthermore, too often planning decisions are made not by planners, but rather by politicians who allow political considerations, along with words like sustainability and affordability, to trump good planning and urban design. If you do not believe me, just ask some planners who have recently left the city. twitter.com/michaelgeller

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The number of years in a row the 17-day Pacific National Exhibition has been held at Hastings Park.

In seconds, the amount of time three riders on horseback have to corral cows as part of cattlepenning contests running Aug. 20 to 24 at the PNE.

The number of new members randomly chosen to be part of a new citizens' assembly group on the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

In thousands of dollars, the amount Save On Meats owner Mark Brand is accused in a lawsuit of owing in outstanding bills.

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Mailbox Stewed by nude entertainment To the editor:

Re: “Marpole divided on ‘gentlemen’s club,’” Aug. 13. In the ten years since Marpole’s Fraser Arms Hotel strip bar closed in 2004, the world has changed. For example, Iceland has banned all strip clubs, based on the belief that it is not acceptable that women or people in general are a product to be sold. I agree, and do not want this “product” in our neighbourhood. The Gallery Show Lounge “gentlemen’s club” has an existing City C-2 zoning, which allows cabaret use. However, the primary liquor license, as well as the presence of exotic dancers, is regulated and managed by the Province. These rules can be changed, but I am also hoping that there is no longer a market for this “product” and the “gentlemen’s club” will never open. Janet Fraser, Vancouver

Holding NPA to account on accountability

To the editor: Re: “ LaPointe promises accountability

COURIER ARCHIVES THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Denman Arena burns to the ground

Aug. 20, 1936: The 10,500-seat Denman Arena, the second largest venue in North America after Madison Square Gardens, is destroyed by a fire that spread from a nearby shipyard in Coal Harbour. The 25-year-old wooden arena was home to the Vancouver Millionaires, who won the Stanley Cup inside the rink in 1915, and the first artificial ice surface in Canada. Seven industrial buildings, two houses and 58 boats were also destroyed in the blaze, although the arena's concrete floor survived and was eventually turned into an outdoor dancefloor named the Starlight. The arena's former location at the corner of Georgia and Denman is now part of Devonian Harbour Park.

Premier Clark resigns over new deck

Aug. 21, 1999: NDP Premier Glen Clark resigns one day after RCMP raided his Vancouver home as part of an investigation into possible breach of trust. Clark was suspected of accepting favours in the form of a free home renovations worth $10,000 from Dimitrios Pilarinos in return for approving a casino licence application. A conflict of interest commissioner inquiry concluded in 2001 that Clark had violated conflict of interest laws but he was later acquitted of all criminal charges. Clark is currently president of the Jim Pattison Group.

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bylaw,” Aug. 13. Perhaps the want-to-be mayor Kirk LaPointe could highlight his pursuit of greater accountability by shedding light on the secret backroom process that produced himself and the rest of the NPA slate who will contest this fall’s municipal election. A process in which the NPA membership were excluded from nominating their candidates. Or is it that the grand old party is now the sole preserve of Peter Armstrong and Rob Macdonald? Les Martlew, Vancouver

Searching for innovation To the editor:

Re: “Kudos & Kvetches: Goodwill tweeting,’” Aug. 13. Much as I like the mysterious duo Kudos and Kvetches, some of their asides puzzle me. For example in this Wednesday issue, their joke about Mayor Robertson happy that Vancouver is making the list of innovative cities. Was the list published by local papers? Did local TV stations boast about it? But then I read mostly foreign papers, the Seattle Times and its always-entertaining list of crimes being more uplifting than the staid Vancouver Sun. J.L. Brussac, Coquitlam

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COURIER STORY: “CP starts taking down gardens and structures on Arbutus Corridor,” online only. Sugarlarry: Public relations fail of the year. Nelson Duarte: I don’t get these people that are screaming victim. The land was never yours to begin with, it is private property and you have no entitlement to it. Do you pay taxes on it? NO! As far as I’m concerned, this is the city’s fault. This city needs to have proper authorities (bylaw officers) assigned to deal with issues like this. Citizens should have never ever been aloud to grow gardens or anything else for that matter. I can’t go onto someone else’s property and just say, ‘oh I’m going to plant my garden here today.’ Move on, buy a bigger property and grow all the greens you want. Don’t trespass on someone else’s property and expect a pity party when they come to retrieve what is rightfully theirs. I have no sympathy for you at all COURIER STORY: “Marpole divided on Gallery Show Lounge ‘gentlemen’s club,’” Aug. 13. Rick Templeton: I love the Courier but please, inventing community conflict by quoting one deranged person (“It’s like a pedophile’s dream.”) is no more journalism than interviewing a single gravity denier and claiming “World’s population uncertain that things will fall.” COURIER STORY: “Ken Denike and Sophia Woo to run under Vancouver First,” Aug. 15. John Hughes: Frankly, I am disgusted by this pair. First, their suggestion of a “power base” in the “Chinese community” that shares their homophobia and narrow-mindedness is a grotesque exaggeration. Second, shame on them for encouraging race or ethnic based politics for any purpose, especially for their bigoted and crass views. I hope that Vancouver First and its vile ideas is the shortest-lived blight on the Vancouver political landscape — ever! It is precisely this kind of fear mongering and playing the race card we don’t need in a cosmopolitan city or anywhere for that matter. Having formerly lived in a country wracked by extremism, racism and homophobia I know too well where their brand of self-serving cynical extremism leads. Esther Wan: It is good news that they are no longer with the NPA as I can’t get myself to vote for such a corrupt party. These two trustees work close with parents and had so many good proposals for schools such as drugs prevention programs, computer addiction prevention programs, etc.

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Prepare now to stay healthy for fall Cheryl Rossi

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Summer sees most of us more active outdoors and snacking on antioxidantrich berries. So how can you sustain these healthy habits moving forward into fall? The Courier spoke to a local personal trainer turned dietician for her top tips.

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For those who crave salt, Verbowski recommends eating nuts, unsalted or lightly salted, for a somewhat crunchy snack. She recommends pre-portioning quarter cups of nuts in little baggies. Crackers with humus, vegetable with humus or oil and vinegar dressing can satisfy a salt craving along with salsa and 15 to 30 lowsodium tortilla chips. “Pre-portioning it, that’s the key,” she said. “If you sit there in front of a really large bag then it’s harder to control yourself whereas if you take a bowl, put a

handful of chips in the bowl and then pack the bag away it’s ﬁne to have them.” Verbowski recommends checking the percentage of daily value of sodium on food labels and choosing foods that contain 15 per cent or less sodium.

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“Prevent [sugar cravings] before they start,” Verbowski said. “Eat regular meals to keep yourself well fed throughout the day… If you skip meals, your body will crave energy, which usually comes in the form of sweet cravings.” People with a sweet tooth should choose naturally sweet foods first, such as fresh fruit or sweet red bell peppers. “If you’re really craving chocolate, ice cream… keep the portion size in check, like one or two squares of dark chocolate (dark chocolate because it is more flavourful and a smaller amount can be more satisfying),” she said. “I have special dishes for ice cream that only fit half a cup so that makes it easier to portion control.” Those watching their weight should choose a snack of 100 calories.

Your mood and food

As daylight hours wane, so can buoyant moods. Eating breakfast and a meal every four to six hours is key. “Anyone who feels a bit of a slump in the fall with their mood, one thing they can do is be consistent with their own [food] intake,” she said.

Kids and snacks

Involve kids in making their own meals and snacks. “They’re more likely to eat it and they’re more likely to enjoy it if they had a part

in making it,” Verbowski said. Healthy options include: • A cheese and veggie wrap. • Humus or chickpeas roasted in the oven with olive oil and a little salt and pepper. • Yogurt and fresh fruit or Greek yogurt with a sprinkling of cereal and fruit.

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Chopped fruits and vegetables can be bought for a premium by the cash-rich but time-strapped. “If time is short, that’s all the more reason to get the kids involved,” she said. “Soon enough, as they get older, they can do it themselves.” Verbowski recommends choosing a speciﬁc time to prepare multiple lunches and snacks.

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Plan the physical activity you’ll continue once the weather turns. “Some research shows that some people don’t necessarily reduce how much they eat when they decrease their exercise,” Verbowski said. Lunchtime walkers can stash an umbrella and an extra pair of shoes at work, new cyclists can invest in a rain jacket and others might want to join a gym for the winter months. “Take advantage that you have some healthy habits from the summer,” she said. “If it’s become part of your daily lifestyle, don’t lose it.” twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Is today just another day? And tonight after it has passed, will it be forgotten? Is it a day in the way? That’s a countdown day that you just want to get through because it stands between you and what you anticipate — a special day in the future, a holiday or the weekend. In the trance of everyday life, we can get caught up with nonstop activity, endless goals and distractions. We lose sight of what matters most and we can forget a simple truth. Every moment is precious and every day a gift. When they were young, I taught my children to frame each day. Before they rolled out of bed, I asked them to say a prayer of thanks, considering all the good in their lives, especially the people they loved. By beginning the day with their cups half full, they would be more inclined to see the positive throughout each day, and when their cups were full, they would be more likely to share and give. Again at the end of each day, at suppertime and at bedtime, they would recall the gifts of the day: what they enjoyed, what they received and what they gave.

The measure of each day is like the measure of our lives, and the unit of measure is love.

This summer, my kids are asleep when I leave the house and they’re awake when I go to bed. I no longer keep track of their prayers and I wonder if they, like most grownups and teens, have become too busy to frame their days and measure their moments day by day. Most physicians experience a nearly constant pressure of time. While looking after our patients, there are always competing demands on our time. And outside of clinical time, we may be on call, attending endless committee meetings or manag-

ing a perpetual pile of forms and reports. I must confess that every one of my days — like an overstuffed suitcase — is packed with activity. I sometimes judge the day by how much I have accomplished: A good day is a productive day. But none of us should wait until the next holiday, retirement or the end of life to wake up and live each day. We should begin — and continue — with the end in mind. To not waste a day does

not mean to pack it full of activity. We waste this day by not being fully awake. What gives your life meaning? Are you awake to the experience of being alive — tasting, touching, breathing, feeling? What are your greatest goals? What are you doing with your time? What are you doing this day to take one small step in the direction of your dreams? Today are you talking to the people who matter most? Are you fully present in the presence of others? The measure of each day is like the measure of our lives, and the unit of measure is love. How have you shared love this day? Be gracious when receiving it. Be generous in expressing it. How were you helped in big and small ways, and how are you helping others? Don’t let this day slip by as another blur of time, another square on the calendar or another countdown day. Make it count. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician at the PrimeCare Medical Centre. His Healthwise column appears regularly in the Courier. You can read more about achieving your positive potential at davidicuswong. wordpress.com.

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1. A Backyard Vineyards player attempted to ride-off his Polo Ralph Lauren Fragrance opposition during Sunday's consolation final of the Southlands Cup. The Backyard Vineyards (in green) took the 7-6 win. The horses, traditionally called ponies, have cut manes so the hair can't interfere with play. 2, 3. Many spent this past afternoon on the grounds of the Southlands Riding Club in Vancouver. Fancy dress, picnics, and (leashed) dogs were welcome to the sidelines of Vancouver's first polo game in more than 15 years. 4. Patrick Oswald, past Southlands polo player and Brooke Saunders, president of the Southlands Riding Club's board of directors, were one of the many present this past Sunday. See photo gallery of the event at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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An older gentleman watching the exhibition polo game from the southeast side of the field at Southlands Riding Club Sunday afternoon was audibly excited when the ponies thundered by. He nodded when a foul was called and cheered with each goal. Clearly, he wasn’t watching with the eye of a rank novice. Who was he? “Oh, that’s Patrick Oswald,” said Suzanne Warner out from under her large brown hat where the VIP tent was filled with similar large hats and fancy dress in attendance for the Southlands Cup. “He’s infamous and famous.” Oswald, as it turned out, is one of the original polo players of Southlands. He played on the same field, albeit a larger version back in the ’50s and ’60s before the nearby riding arenas were built for dressage, and he played on Canada’s national team in the 1970s. The sport of kings, as polo is often called, and Oswald looked the part with his navy blazer, crème Panama hat, with both shirt and tie adorned with classic

polo motifs. A kerchief with a tiny mallet imprinted on it poked out of the jacket’s breast pocket. The love of horses runs in the family — Oswald’s brother managed the Royal Stud farms and was racing manager for the late Queen Mother. “No, I didn’t expect to see it here again, that’s why it’s so wonderful,” said Oswald, now 78. “I have a lot of memories, and they’re all very special.” He remembered the camaraderie of visiting teams, the after-match parties he described as being “wonderful” and exercising his horses every morning — riding one and walking two at the same time (each player is required to have at least two or three so tired mounts can be traded for fresh legs between each chukka, which is, to borrow a hockey term, a period). He also remembers how tough a sport it is. His front false teeth are evidence as they were knocked out by a swinging mallet on the Southlands field years ago. The field is also one of memories for Warner. Twenty-five years ago to the day she and her husband Gery married at the club and a polo game was part of the day’s celebration. Ten years later, in 1999, they had an anniversary party at the club and another game was played, which, until this past Sunday, was the last time organized

polo had been played in Vancouver where, incidentally, Gery was playing in the final. While the field used for Sunday’s games was roughly the same size as a soccer pitch, it is nowhere near the size of fields used for traditional polo where the field is 10 acres, roughly eight times the size of a soccer field. Even so, the fact that there is even an equestrian centre within city limits makes Vancouver special, said Cup social coordinator Kimberley St. Pierre who is also on the board of directors for the Southlands Riding Club. “This property is the only Agricultural Land Reserve that’s dedicated to equestrian sports in city limits in North America,” she said, pointing out that while she lives downtown, her horse, a retiree from the Hastings Racecourse, is stabled only 20 minutes away in bucolic Southlands. Naturally, not everybody has the time or the money to stable polo ponies. And that’s where George Dill comes in. Dill, who owns a ranch in La Conner, Wash., is in the business of renting out his 59 horses for polo games. “People don’t want the overhead of carrying ponies, they want to put on their gloves and helmet and then go directly to the bar when they’re done. We take care of everything else,” said Dill before don-

ning the No. 1 jersey to wear in the final for Team West Coast Equine Clinic. Dill started playing polo in 1995 when “a guy bought me a mallet and I already had a horse” and now, almost 20 years later, he is on the board of governors for the United States Polo Association. He brought 16 of his “quiet” horses to Southlands for the beginner’s clinic as he, along with other players, is keen for more people to play. “It’s competitive, it’s flowing, you’re moving 35 to 40 miles per hour hitting a ball with other guys moving that fast. It’s a pretty adrenalin-rich experience,” he said. But foremost: “You gotta like the horse. Like I say, most of my horses, we’ve raised them from babies and I don’t have any kids so I know all their names, remember when they were born...” When asked to predict Vancouver’s interest in the sport, Dill surveyed the nearby crowd in their finery and glittery movement of champagne glasses as he might when inspecting the potential of a galloping polo pony. “I think this market’s in,” he said. “They’re in the deal. There’s too many British magazines with the Royals playing polo so we’re just giving them the opportunity to be royal.” twitter.com/rebeccablissett

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Preparation for the inevitable return of school can be expensive. There are the school supplies, haircuts and the biggest expenditure of all — back to school clothes. Big name retailers, from Costco to Old Navy to Superstore, undoubtedly offer inexpensive deals for kids of all ages, but for parents who want to frequent unique but affordable shops, there are Vancouver options with clothes cool enough to pass the test of young, urban fashionistas. For those heading to preschool or kindergarten there is Beansprouts at 4305 Main St. The clothes are built to last and ecofriendly. The store caters to kids up to eight-years old. (They have a few things for big kids, too.) There is also a “pre-loved” section, which has the least expensive options in the store. Speaking of unique, Angel Vancouver at 2 Powell

Dressing kids for school can get pricey. Some Vancouver shops offer both bargains and unique finds. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

St. in Gastown has a good selection of kids clothes. For those who really want to stand out this year, order a one-of-a-kind hand painted item. Prices are a little higher than off-the-rack clothes but are affordable for wearable art by a Vancouver artist. Because it is a national company, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), at 130 West Broadway, may not be entirely a unique option, but it still merits a mention

for its reasonably priced and comfy clothes for kids of all ages. In particular check out MEC kids’ T-shirts, sturdy outerwear and tights that stand up to even the most active outdoorsy child. (There is a one-time $5 membership fee to join the co-op.) Often a thrift store is the best option yet for outﬁtting young scholars on a dime. MacGillycuddy’s For Little People is a Dunbar favourite that has been around for

30 years. This upscale kids’ consignment store at 4881 MacKenzie St. carries a good selection of quality and brand named school clothes up to size 10. Items are often 50 per cent off original prices. Value Village at 6415 Victoria Dr. also deserves a thrift store mention. With the right patience, kids and parents can ﬁnd hidden gems at very affordable pieces. Value Village’s selection of jeans, in particular, is worth a look. Often there are designer jeans for at least 25 per cent off the cost of new. Just don’t wait until the day before school to start shopping. A productive “VV” haul requires at least one long visit or several return visits to get the best deals.

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Aug. 20 to 22, 2014 1. The Cinematheque continues its Film Noir summer series with Joseph H. Lewis’s 1949 B-movie classic Gun Crazy, Aug. 20, 6:30 p.m. Described as “a manic tour-deforce of technique and deadly eroticism,” which coincidentally is the Vancouver Courier’s tagline, the film stars John Dall as a gun-obsessed sap and Peggy Cummins as a predatory femme fatale, and is considered an influential forerunner of such “fugitive couple” films as Bonnie and Clyde, Badlands and Natural Born Killers. Details at thecinematheque.ca. 2. Last year Jacques Lalonde’s streak of performing at every Vancouver Fringe Festival since its inception in 1985 came to an end after he suffered a stroke that left him without the use of his right arm and right side of his face. The 51-year-old performer will be back at this year’s Fringe Fest with the autobiographical Stroke of Luck. Before that, however, the irrepressible storyteller gives a preview performance of his one-man show August 20 at the Orpheum Annex. Tickets at northerntickets.com. Details at railtownce.ca. 3. Shift Theatre presents The Dudes of My Life, a one-woman comedy performed by Christina Andreol about family, dating and growing up. According to the press bumph, the show is a “tongue-in-cheek examination of dating in the modern world” with nods to ’90s rom-coms, sexting and Tinder. I can’t believe Second Life isn’t in there. The Dudes of My Life runs until Aug. 23 at the Shop Theatre (125 East Second). Details at shifttheatre.ca/dudes. 4. The Rosebuds’ last proper album, 2011’s Loud Planes Fly Low, came in the wake of founders Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp’s divorce. Not surprising, the band’s latest, Sand+Silence, co-produced by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver fame, is a little more upbeat, but is still a far cry from the buoyant indie pop of early albums. Hear for yourself when the Rosebuds drop by the Media Club Aug. 21. Tickets at Red Cat and Zulu.

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Under cover pt. 2 KUDOS & KVETCHES In May, K&K’s creative department launched the ﬁrst of what it thought would be many mock album covers inspired by municipal politicians leading up to the Nov. 15 civic election. The debut was an homage to 1970s singersongwriters by The Aaron Jasper Experience, with a whimsical shot of the park board commissioner gazing into the distance surrounded by foliage. After three months of recharging our bureaucratic batteries and waiting for just the right picture from Courier photographer Dan Toulgoet, we have our second album cover — this time for Coun. Kerry Jang’s late ’60s/early ’70s cult-like family jam band. It’s a trip, man.

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According to TSN, an out-of-court settlement has been reached in Steve Moore’s lawsuit against former Canuck Todd Bertuzzi for the infamous mauling incident that ended Moore’s career more than 10 years ago. Details have not been disclosed, and as of K&K’s press deadline (yes, we actually have one of those) paperwork on the settlement had not been signed. But if the settlement

does in fact go through, it likely means we’ll only have to endure watching the slow-motion replay of Bertuzzi sucker punching Moore from behind and the subsequent dogpile on the ice about a hundred more times. For the next week, sports highlight shows, news broadcasts and online media will trot out the tiresome footage for another goround and, hopefully, that will be it. Sweet relief. We’re not exaggerating when we say we’ve seen Bertuzzi’s on-ice attack more times than any other video or piece of media on the planet — more times than the Mitsou’s “Bye

Bye Mon Cowboy,” more times than the ﬁlm Booty Call, more times than we’ve seen home movies of family and loved ones. For several months after the incident, we couldn’t turn on the television or computer without someone replaying the clip. Eventually the wall-towall coverage died down, but we fear the lull we’ve enjoyed is coming to a brutal end… almost as if someone is about to come up behind us, unsuccessfully attempt to get us to engage with them and then club us repeatedly before driving our head into the ice. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

12 million YouTubers can’t be wrong Continued from page 1 The turning point was March 2013 when Dong won the award for best student video channel at the Vancouver Social Media Awards. “Them seeing me on stage winning that award and talking in front of everyone, that’s when they believed in something I liked doing.” Her father, Nha Dong, likes to repeat “good job and high ﬁve” whenever she reaches a milestone. “We like that she’s doing OK and she’s very happy,” said Nha. Her channel hit 100,000 subscribers earlier this summer, with the number still climbing. Last month,

In 2013, Linda Dong won best student video channel at the Vancouver Social Media Awards. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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ISAtv, WongFuProductions, FungBrosComedy and AnnaAkana – all with massive followings nearing four million subscribers combined. Dong has a few ideas for her future, inspired by YouTubers who have become entrepreneurs after building a brand online. She believes the connectivity and ease of uploading content allows anyone to dream big. “I love the fact that I’m able to imagine something in my mind and bring it to life,” said Dong. To see Dong’s YouTube channel, visit youtube.com/user/LeendaDProductions. twitter.com/chrischeungtogo

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Mr. Marmalade full of twisted imagination STATE OF THE ARTS Cheryl Rossi

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Little Lucy has an imaginary friend, the likes of which you’ve never seen before. The four-year-old’s companion, Mr. Marmalade, is a frequently abusive cocaine addict with a personal assistant. “He’s kind of a collage of the sort of dream man and alpha male in all his good and bad qualities,” said Christine Quintana, who plays Lucy in Latchkey Coop’s upcoming production Mr. Marmalade. “He’s like Romeo and [Mad Men’s] Don Draper and all kinds of bad people… Depending on how Lucy’s feeling he changes. Sometimes he’s charming, sometimes he’s dangerous.” Quintana, co-artistic producer of Delinquent Theatre, and Chelsea Haberlin, Mr. Marmalade’s director and co-artistic

director of ITSAZOO Productions, formed the Latchkey Co-op speciﬁcally to present Mr. Marmalade at Little Mountain Gallery, Aug. 20 to 30. “It’s such a pleasure to have a dark, dark comedy that really has something to say,” Quintana said. Written by Detroit-based playwright Noah Haidle a decade ago, Mr. Marmalade focuses on Lucy who has a wild imagination and is often left alone. “Like a lot of kids, her imagination is fed by the things she sees in real life, but unfortunately, not all of the things that she’s seen in her real life are things that a four-year-old should have to see,” Quintana said. “Her imagination is a crazy mix of kids’ TV and adult TV and real life as a kid and real life as an adult.” Lucy and Mr. Marmalade play out relationship tropes such as the abusive partner, the enabling partner and the ideal housewife. “When you put them on a four-year-old child it seems bizarre and really

Jay Clift and Christine Quintana star in Mr. Marmalade.

grotesque and upsetting and makes you kind of realize how saturated we are with some really perverse gender roles and just roles in general,” Quintana said. “I was just in a Toys‘R’Us… there’s still a pink section and a blue section. There’s guns and armour for the boys and tea sets and purses and fake makeup for girls,” she continued. “So you wonder where does it start and how

early do these impressions get made, especially in a culture now where when you gave a kid a book, you knew what book they had. When you give a kid an iPad, you don’t know what they’re seeing out there.” Mr. Marmalade highlights how children form impressions of the world through watching adults interact, pop music and TV. “Their brains are little sponges. They take in every-

thing that surrounds them. And when you consider you take a growing mind like that and you put it in a toxic environment what that can create,” Quintana said. “All of us can list some formative experiences that were maybe unremarkable to our parents or our caregivers, but to us they leave a big stamp on you and it shapes who you become… so a lot of it is how to let go of those things and go back to the real you, or ﬁnding the real you.” But Quintana doesn’t want the darkness to deter theatregoers from seeing what she says is a hilarious comedy. “It’s a lot of fun going into the imagination of a four-year-old because we’re not talking always about realistic drama here,” Quintana said. “We’ve got some wild props, some music numbers are hilarious. There’s a couple of other invisible friends that come in that have costumes that we only just recently managed to be able to look at without laughing.”

Jay Clift (Bug, Cool Beans, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me), who won the Sam Payne Award for the most promising newcomer this year at the Jessie Awards, plays Mr. Marmalade. Cast members include Amitai Marmorstein (Of Mice and Men, Trespassers, Nelly Boy); Kayla Dunbar (Avenue Q, Busytown); Brett Harris (Mojo), Sebastien Archibald (Killer Joe, Clybourne Park); and new University of B.C. bachelor of ﬁne arts acting graduate Sarah Canero. “Just a really amazing group of emerging artists,” Quintana said. “This is kind of like our summer camp as we’re all working to try to get gigs for the year to come, our summer camp to stay sharp and have some fun doing what we love together.” Mr. Marmalade starts at 7 p.m. at 195 East 26th Ave., just off Main Street. Tickets are $10 for the preview on Aug. 20, $15 at brownpapertickets.com or phone 1-800-838-3006, or $18 at the door, cash only. twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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High school star faces national giants Drew Urquhart averaged ﬁve points a game with Canada’s junior basketball team BASKETBALL Megan Stewart

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Drew Urquhart now knows what it means to fight for minutes. It wasn’t something the six-foot-eight basketball talent learned until he was no longer the head-aboveshoulders best player on his team, and with the national men’s junior program this summer, Urquhart was not only among equals but, for the first time, also with players who out-shone him. “I never had to try out for a team,” said Urquhart on Monday during a visit to his family home in Point Grey. “I’ve never really not known if I was going to make it before. It was really stressful but a great experience.” Coming off the bench for Canada at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Colorado Springs, Co. in June, Urquhart, in five games, clocked an average 13 minutes, scored five points each outing and sank half the shots he took. The forward said his output was “decent,” but what the former St. George’s Saint picked up was more important than putting down baskets. “Before, at Saints, I could shoot 30-plus shots and not have any consequences if I missed 20. After [playing for] Canada, you can’t take any poor shots. If you want to help the team win, you have to make the best of every possession. If you made a mistake, [head coach Roy Rana] would pull you off next possession. It was good but stressful. You don’t really get to play your game under that kind of pressure.” As a big man who would occasionally bring the ball up the floor for St. George’s

in the one season he played there as a Grade 11 student, Urquhart had to readjust more than his game with Team Canada. “I wasn’t really playing my style, what I was used to. I played a different role. I had to really lock down on defence. I tried to rebound all I could and always give it that extra, every time something extra,” he said. A player whose talent allows a certain amount of coasting should reach the level where he’s challenged, said Urquhart. When that ﬁnally happens, the player develops, and that’s what happened to him. “If you’re the best player, that comes later or whenever you’re pushed.” On the road, Urquhart was rooming with Tristan Etienne, a W.J. Mouat graduate who will play for the University of Washington Huskies in the NCAA Pac-12 Conference. The pair, often compared to each other although they’d never met on the court as high schoolers, became good friends, “having heartfelt conversations every night about stuff.” Jadon Cohee, a Walnut Grove alum, was selected to the national team as an alternate. Canada lost to the U.S. in the FIBA championship ﬁnal. Urquhart, along with all players, will have to win back their roster spot before the U19 World Championship held next summer in Greece. Urquhart’s senior year of high school didn’t see him play a single minute for the Eastside Catholic Crusaders at the private Seattle school where he transferred for Grade 12. One of the hardest parts was sitting on the bench during games despite practising hard with his teammates. “When the ball went up for the tip and I wasn’t in the game,

that part was hard,” said Urquhart. The school ruled he was ineligible to play because he was boarding with a member of the school’s board of directors. But in a decision following a legal hearing, the Urquhart family was absolved of blame and the school compelled to issue a formal apology. “I put it in the back of my mind,” said the athlete. “It was a lot of long nights. In the back of my head, I knew I didn’t do anything wrong.” Urquhart transferred to the U.S. school to prepare for his freshman season in the NCAA. He committed to the University of Vermont last summer and for the past two months has been training with the Catamounts. In Vancouver for only a few days, he returns to Vermont today and starts classes Aug. 25. On an international tour — to Canada — Urquhart said the Catamounts came together in a game against Queen’s. “We really gelled,” he said. Again, he is finding his role on another new team and is comfortable slotted in as a small or power forward or as the centre. “The coach played a lot of different players. If they play big, I might play at three. I feel like I can play anywhere from three to four to five.” The coach, John Becker, runs a system Urquhart believes will work very well for him. “He’s a guy who will play anyone who deserves to play. He’ll start five freshman if that’s what it takes. He’s a coach who trusts his players,” he said. As with the national team, practice can no longer be taken lightly. “Practice used to be a place where I would just learn plays. Now in college, a team can’t do that. Practice is the place where you earn your minutes.”

Drew Urquhart begins his freshman season with the University of Vermont Catamounts in the NCAA America East Conference. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

South Vancouver heads home from World Series

The All-Stars from South Vancouver Little League are on their way home to B.C. after falling 0-3 at the World Series in Williamsport, Pa. The team touches down Aug. 26 after catching a Blue Jays game at Fenway

Park in Boston. Representing Canada at the international baseball championship for 11-, 12and 13-year-olds, South Vancouver lost its opening game 4-3 to Mexico Aug. 15 and fell again, losing 10-0 the next day to

Venezuela. The Vancouverites met their ﬁrst and only U.S team yesterday in an elimination game against the Southeast, a Little League from Nashville. Canada rallied but lost 12-9. — Megan Stewart

SANS ARRET Team Canada winger Brittany Waters dodged tackles in an 18-16 semi-final win over France at the Rugby World Cup in Paris on Aug. 13. The upset shocked the host nation and propelled Canada further than it had ever gone before in international rugby. In the championship final, Canada lost 21-9 to England on Aug. 17. Before the loss, Waters, a Meraloma Athletic Club member and York House graduate, tweeted, "Big day today. Thanks to my team for inspiring me. I've never wanted to fight this hard for anyone before."

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Crank it up at Whistler

Pay to play in the bike park or explore free terrain WHEEL WORLD Kay Cahill

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When you hear the words Whistler and biking, what’s the ﬁrst thing you think of? Most likely the big drops and hair-raising stunts of the mountain bike park, as showcased every August in the Crankworx bike festival. But as I was reminded on a recent trip, Whistler’s simply one of the best places you can go with a bike no matter your skill level or riding preference. There is an abundance of family-friendly rides and cross-country trails suitable for all abilities and ages. And they’re free.

Easy Riders

The Valley Trail, for example, is a wonderful option to start exploring Whistler on two wheels if you don’t have the taste or the right bike to head out onto rougher ground. It comprises 40 kilometres

look at magazine photos and imagine the Whistler Mountain Bike Park is only for the most highly skilled riders, but in fact it has a wide variety of terrain. The double blacks contain steep drops and technical features that will challenge even the most experienced mountain biker, but in the Fitzsimmons Zone on the lower part of the mountain, there are green trails suitable for the newest off-road riders. Every time I’ve been there I’ve seen kids on tiny hardtails learning their ﬁrst downhill riding skills on the low-angle berms of EZ Does It. And this is Whistler, so at the end of the day — no matter where you’ve been riding — there’s no better place to enjoy a beer than the Garibaldi Lift Company patio, where watching the really skilled riders ﬂy off the drops is more entertaining than any movie. Kay Cahill is a cyclist and librarian who believes bikes are for life, not just for commuting.

The individual trails of Lost Lake Park are quite short but can easily be linked together for longer rides suitable for most riding abilities. Climbing to the trailheads can also be an excellent workout.

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Brett Rheeder pulled off a backflip at the Whistler Mountain Bike Park in the Red Bull Joyride on Aug. 16. PHOTO SVEN MARTIN/RED BULL CONTENT POOL

of smooth, wide pavement that takes you from one end of the village to the other. From Function Junction, the trail passes on both sides of Alta Lake before continuing all the way to Emerald Estates, with detours en route to attractions like the Scandinave Spa, the Whistler Disc Golf Course and Spruce Grove Park. The Valley Trail is more

than just a transportation route. It’s managed by the municipality of Whistler and is a fantastic way to explore the village, get to know areas that are slightly off the beaten track, or just enjoy a relaxing ride in beautiful scenery.

Get your feet wet

For those who want to sample some dirt without getting too far into the steep

and technical terrain, Lost Lake Park is a great introduction to cross-country riding. There is an assortment of easy green trails, including the lovely Lost Lake Loop, that aren’t intimidating for those not used to offroad riding. And there’s a good selection of somewhat rougher blue trails that offer opportunities to step things up in a manageable way.

Once you’re ready to move along from the easier Lost Lake trails, head west to the far side of Alta Lake and check out the sprawling network of singletrack trails that winds, unseen, under the trees. Save the cost of a ticket for the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and try classic runs that range from intermediate blue like Bob’s Rebob to tough and technical double blacks like Billy Epic. For ﬁtness fanatics, the Flank trail that runs along the side of Rainbow Mountain is a must.

Not just for pros

Then, of course, there’s the lift-served bike park, which costs $63 for an adult day pass. It’s easy to

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