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thing that would have to be discussed at the provincial level and there would also be some fairly significant budget implications.” Whether anything about teaching hours was part of the tentative agreement wasn’t known by the Courier’s press deadline. The Ministry of Education told the Courier in an email Sept. 15 that it’s “working with school districts on a strategy to reduce the impact on students once school resumes.” “Staff are looking at options on how students can complete the courses they need to advance to the next grade level or post-secondary programs, despite the instructional days lost due to the strike,” the email stated. Bacchus said a handful of parents have suggested the VSB should scrap the school closure days March 9 to 13 that extend spring break, which runs March 16 to 20.
The Vancouver park board plans to move trespassing mature trees off of Arbutus Corridor now that talks have broken down between the Canadian Pacific and the City of Vancouver. “The Park Board has consulted with staff arborists and has identified more than a hundred mature fruit trees along the Arbutus Corridor. They are in varying states of health. The trees will soon be removed to a temporary ‘nursery’ where they will live until their leaves fall off in November,” according to an emailed statement from the city’s media department attributed to director of parks Bill Harding. “Once the trees are dormant they can be safely transplanted to permanent homes. These homes have yet to be determined, but will likely be community gardens and parks throughout the City of Vancouver.” Harding was not made available for a phone interview. Late last week, Canadian Pacific announced it would resume work clearing Arbutus Corridor after negotiations fell through. CP temporarily stopped removing trespassing garden plots and structures along its rail line “to discuss the future of the Arbutus Corridor.” But Friday afternoon, CP said work to return the corridor to operating standards would recommence “in coming days.” An exact date was not specified. CP released this statement: “CP and the City of Vancouver met [Sept. 12] to discuss the future of the Arbutus Corridor. Despite exploring a number of options to reach a fair market settlement, the parties were unable to arrive at an agreement. “CP halted all work on the corridor when it agreed to meet the City of Vancouver to negotiate a resolution. However, after meeting today with senior City representatives, CP remains extremely disappointed that the City of Vancouver continues to significantly undervalue this corridor.” A call to CP on Monday was not returned. On Friday, the Office of the Mayor confirmed talks had broken off, while adding the city would continue to advocate citizens’ interests along the corridor and that it remains opposed to cargo trains being reactivated. “It’s both frustrating and very disappointing that CP rail is unwilling to reach a fair agreement for the future of the Arbutus Corridor.
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TAI CHI-ING ONE ON More than 300 practitioners in Fung Kok Taoist tai chi took part in a 15-minute long set of 108 moves as part of the charitable Taoist Tai Chi Society’s international awareness day at Jack Poole Plaza this past Saturday. See story on page 14.
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Lost school hours an uncertain question Making up time complicated by collective agreements
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Vancouver School Board chairperson Patti Bacchus wasn’t sure Tuesday morning whether missed teaching hours would be made up when students and teachers start school. First teachers and school boards need to ratify the tentative agreement mediator Vince Ready helped the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association reach in the wee hours Sept. 16. Teachers are to vote on the agreement Thursday. Bacchus said Vancouver schools would open Monday at the earliest and that mak-
ing up lost teaching hours hadn’t been formally discussed. The province requires 853 hours of instruction for students in kindergarten, 878 hours of instruction for students in Grades 1 to 7 and 952 hours of instruction for students in Grades 8 to 12. It also requires school boards to set the following year’s calendar by March 30, after a month of consultation. As of Sept. 22, students will have missed 14 days of this school year, and the VSB’s school calendar, as it stands, wouldn’t meet the teaching hour requirements. “It is a collective agreement issue,” Bacchus said. “We know there will be some people who will have already booked things for spring break, for example, so we, generally, are not permitted to change the calendar once it’s set. This is, of course, a very unique circumstance, so that’s some-
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Gardeners concerned about spraying Continued from page 1 “The city has offered to purchase the land at a fair price, and we came to the table with innovative proposals that would address CP Rail’s concerns. We offered to bring in a third party facilitator to reach an agreement and we brought in experienced external professionals to assist with the discussions,” Mayor Gregor Robertson said in a press release. “CP’s attempts to clear the corridor are nothing more than a negotiating tactic. The city will not react to this by spending millions of dollars based on flawed appraisals that do not reflect the permitted land use on the corridor. That would be irresponsible for taxpayers and we will not allow that.” On Monday afternoon, Verena Foxx, chair of Pine Street Community Gardens, which cover two blocks between Fir and Burrard streets at West Sixth, said gardeners recently noticed trees had been “blue tagged,” by the park board although she hadn’t
been told much about city plans. “But it’s exciting because it seems like they want to save the trees, which is what we’re thinking, and re-locate them,” Foxx said. “But our members are curious where they are going to go and whether they will have a say in the matter because some people are attached to their trees. Everybody is glad they’re going to be saved if that’s the case but people are curious what the plan is.” Pine Street gardens sit mostly on city land, but some have strayed on to CP land. Foxx said gardeners are permitted to use property up to 14 feet from the curb on city land, as long as they leave a few feet for public access along the curb. Each gardener pays $30 a year for plot use. PCCG asked CP to put stakes in to mark the boundary between city and CP land. The tracks along the route are covered in blackberry bushes, while the community gardens feature
plants, as well as apple, cherry, plum, kiwi and fig trees — some of the trees are on city land and some are on CP land. Many gardeners have already moved their garden plots back on to the city licensed land. Over the weekend, Foxx moved a fig tree onto the 14 feet of city-licensed land. “I hope I didn’t kill it is all I can say,” she said. “It’s not a good time of year to move them. It’s better to move them later in the fall. So that is why we are very curious about it because the CP talks, as you know have broken down with the city, and they’ve said the will continue their work on their land so I’m curious what the proposal is, what the timeline is, when is the best time to move the trees — we’re waiting for some direction from the park board because I think they have more information than we do about that.” Gardening groups along Arbutus Corridor have been communicating with one another as the story has developed. One of their
Verena Foxx, chair of Pine Street Community Gardens, says gardeners are pleased by the park board’s plans to save mature trees along the Arbutus Corridor. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
key concerns now is if CP starts spraying their property to prevent regrowth of weeds. CP has stated it uses herbicides approved by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency and that the list of herbicides which may be used in B.C. is outlined in its approved Integrated
Vegetation Management Plan. But Foxx and other gardeners are still worried. She said it’s a “huge” concern if CP starts spraying the blackberry bushes and other vegetation growing on the tracks. “Obviously if they start
spraying it’s not going to be healthy for anyone who walks along here. And it will carry over into our gardens because we know it can be airborne. It’s a whole new set of conversations that need to be had at that point.” twitter.com/naoibh
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Continued from page 1 But she said the VSB closed schools these days to save $750,000 in its stretched budget. Bacchus said the government allowed the VSB to retain 20 per cent of the strike savings for May and June, or $3.3 million. She said the government will reclaim strike savings from September. A Sept. 12 letter to the VSB from Deborah Fayad, assistant deputy minister of the Ministry of Education, states the government wants details on strike savings that include teacher wages, utility costs and supplies. The letter stated the ministry would work with districts on a case-by-case basis on any extra strike-related costs. Bacchus expects glitches with getting staff in the right places, classrooms sorted out and timetables firmed up. “I know school principals have been doing much of that work through the summer and this September,” she said. Bacchus said Monday she was concerned about
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The City of Vancouver cannot use a speculative fear of terrorism as an excuse to keep engineering reports about the aging Burrard Street Bridge secret, the province’s Freedom of Information referee ruled Sept. 12. Hamish Flanagan, an adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, ordered city hall to release 11 reports in-full by Oct. 27. The decision comes nearly two years after a Sept. 20, 2012 request for records about the decaying span’s condition and cost estimates to fix or replace it. More than three-quarters of the 510 pages released almost three months later were censored. “The reports include photographs of various parts of the bridge and drawings of proposed modifications to the bridge,” Flanagan wrote. “The reports contain op-
tions and recommendations for work to the bridge, including some cost estimates of various options including the recommended work.” In her submission to the November 2013 inquiry, city hall FOI director Barbara van Fraassen claimed disclosure of records would put the 82-year-old bridge in jeopardy of an attack. Flanagan noted that city hall offered no evidence of a threat to the bridge. “(City hall) refers to previous incidents of terrorism, including an attempted bombing at the B.C. Legislature, the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 and the bombing of an Air India flight in 1985 to support its argument,” Flanagan wrote. “The applicant submits that the city has no history of terrorist attacks and no known threat to its bridges in particular.” Flanagan cited the OIPC’s 2013 order for the Provincial Capital Commission to release CPR
Steamship Terminal Building architectural drawings. While city hall claimed the bridge was more critical infrastructure than the Victoria building, Flanagan concluded: “I cannot see how the information could aid any potential terrorist attack on the bridge, particularly in light of the information about the bridge that is already available simply via a visual inspection of it.” Flanagan also ruled disclosure would not harm the financial interests of the city or the firms that authored the reports: Trans Canada Coating Consultants, Associated Engineering, Buckland and Taylor and Levelton Consultants. None of the four firms filed submissions to the inquiry. “Arguably, the release of the reports will assist in obtaining fair bids, because having multiple informed bidders is the best way to assure the competitiveness of the (request for proposals) bid process,” he wrote.
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The City of Vancouver paid more than $1.6 million to 33 people in its communications department in 2013, according to city hall pay records released via Freedom of Information to CityHallWatch and provided to this reporter. Almost two-dozen employees received less than $75,000, for a total of $798,407.34. Ten communications directors earned $75,000 or more. That list, totalling $845,504.32 was topped by Tracy Vaughan ($97,415.98) and Mairi Welman, who quit in summer 2013 to join District of North Vancouver ($131,354.37). The city releases its list of personnel paid $75,000 and up within its statement of financial information. It does not publish the list of those who earn less than $75,000, a list that includes political appointees in the Office of the Mayor. It took nearly nine months,
including a complaint to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, for CityHallWatch to receive the information. Kevin Quinlan, the mayor’s top policy and communications aide, was paid $66,305.92 in 2012 plus $3,148.19 in expenses. He got a raise in 2013 to $72,655.86 plus $6,324.65 expenses. Joining the Mayor’s office in spring 2012 was Braeden Caley, who was paid $44,111.17 that year. Caley received $68,445.50 salary and $1,149.01 expenses for the full year in 2013. Mayor Gregor Robertson’s now-retired executive secretary, Alison Abu-Arisheh, was paid $69,784.73 and his director of community relations, Lara Honrado, was paid $68,460.45 last year. Also released was the list of 19 people who received more than $1.5 million in severance payments in 2012 and 2013. Ex-planning director Brent Toderian was termi-
nated in late January 2012 and received $211,828. Toderian’s severance was the biggest among the 19 people listed. He was hired six years earlier under the administration of NPA Mayor Sam Sullivan and was paid $201,300 in 2011. Other notables on the severance list include Laurie Best, director of the web renewal program ($71,464.82) and director of emergency management Kevin Wallinger ($42,648). In 2011, Best was paid $129,860 and Wallinger $152,089. The biggest severance in 2013 was $108,215.68 for human resources consultant Suzanne Booker. Meanwhile, a B.C. Public Sector Compensation Review by Ernst and Young for the provincial government found City of Vancouver had the highestpaying strategic leadership category of those for which data was available. In 2013, city manager Penny Ballem was paid $339,219, solicitor Francie
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A trio of Vancouverites are hoping to make street art accessible to the masses thanks to a new mobile app they have developed that they hope will turn the city’s alleyways into art galleries. Torin Kline, Sam Wempe and Gary Yarbrough met at UBC as students and share a common love of art. The trio has spent the past year and a half combining their efforts to create the Curb app, which allows users to find nearby examples of street art on their mobile device. While works of street art exist all over the city, many are tucked in alleys, under bridges and hidden away so they won’t be painted over or covered up, making them hard to find. The Curb app solves that by mapping out nearby public murals, paintings and graffiti, and even includes artist information, turning a stroll through East Vancouver into an art gallery crawl. “These are masterpieces,” says Kline. “The Picassos
Vancouverites Torin Kline (left) and Sam Wempe have developed an app called Curb that maps street art, such as “Growing New Wings” by Steve “The Creative Individual” Hornung behind the Beaumont Studios on West Fifth Avenue. PHOTO ROB NEWELL
of our generation are all in street art. But a lot of artists have a hard time making a name for themselves… And we see [Curb] as a universal platform for [them]. “Not everyone is a Banksy. Not everyone has that marketing push behind them.”
The app’s content is crowdsourced from users and the artists themselves. Users can use the app to snap a photo of a particular piece of street art, and Curb uses the GPS data to plot the artwork on a map. The app also features a newsfeed featuring the newest art that
has been uploaded. The line between vandalism and art can be vague, however, and not everyone shares Kline’s opinion of street art. While some may see it as a way to beautify the cold concrete confines of the city, others consider it a defacement of property.
Since Curb users can share and like their favourite works of street art, it gives legitimate pieces more visibility, while filtering out the garbage. “Terrible art, terrible tags will fall down the list and not get noticed,” says Kline. Users can also flag
a piece if it’s inappropriate. While Kline recognizes art, especially street art, is often intended to provoke, he says Curb draws the line at anything gratuitously offensive, such as blatant racism. The app is basically a prototype right now, but Kline and his team hope to add more features — including augmented reality found by scanning art with smartphones or other devices — and would love to expand the reach of Curb to cities around the world. To take Curb to the next level Kline and Co. are hoping to raise money through a crowdsourcing campaign in the coming months. “This is a passion project for us,” said Kline. “We all have full-time jobs.” Curb has already commissioned one mural by Steve “The Creative Individual” Hornung in the West End to help promote the launch the app last month, and Kline says they hope partner with local community groups to do more murals in the future. For more information, see CurbApp.org.
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Why we need to decriminalize bike helmets Vancouver police disproportionately target cyclists using bike routes on summer days SOAPBOX Chris Bruntlett
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I’ve had the privilege of pedalling around a number of great North American cities in the past few years, including Montreal, Toronto, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Every time I return home, I end up asking myself the exact same question: “What if everything we think we know about bicycle safety in Vancouver is wrong?” Why is it, for example, that Vancouver and Seattle remain the only large cities on the continent where cycling without a helmet is prohibited by law? How is this counterproductive piece of legislation still on the books, despite subsequent studies finding a 30 per cent reduction in cycling rates among people aged 16 to 30, along with no appreciable effect on head injury rates,
in a one-third reduction in the number of car-bike collisions. And as Brent Toderian, a former Vancouver city planner and helmet law critic, stated at an SFU roundtable discussion last month: “There is no doubt that the safest thing for cyclists is more cyclists.” Moreover, the mistaken sense of invincibility provided by safety gear drastically changes the dynamic between road users. Armoured cyclists have been shown to indulge in “risk compensation” by taking additional gambles, riding quicker and more recklessly than they otherwise would. Similarly, motorists have been found to conduct themselves differently around cyclists dressed in protective equipment, leaving noticeably less space when passing and travelling even faster around them. The Vancouver Police Department stubbornly remains one of the few municipal forces in the
and unpunished. The police’s actions become all the more puzzling when you consider the fact that 11,097 of the 13,154 $29 fines issued between 2008 and 2012 remain unpaid. In short — the helmet law provides them with a simple, visually effective means of appearing serious about bicycle safety — without actually indulging in any of the dif-
ficult, more complicated work associated with it. As Vancouver continues to invest in and expand a physically separated bike network, there will be more and more adults who feel perfectly safe cycling without Styrofoam. My wife and I stopped wearing ours a couple of years ago and we know quite a few perfectly intelligent, risk-adverse grown-ups
who recently decided they no longer need theirs because of improved infrastructure or the fact that they switched to a slower, more upright bicycle (or even a cargo bike). It’s the sure-fire sign of a comfortable, mature, sensible cycling city, and the sooner municipal officials and advocacy groups stop acquiescing to the criminalization of these
citizens, the more likely it is we can build a bicycle culture worth bragging to the world about. Chris Bruntlett is the co-founder of Modacity, “a multi-service consultancy focused on inspiring healthier, happier, simpler forms of urban mobility through words, photography and film.” See modacitylife.com and Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @ modacitylife.
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New money needed to curb ferry fares
Do bicycles need to become registered?
Les Leyne Columnist lleyne@timescolonist.com
Michael Geller Columnist
The B.C. Ferry Corporation is a wellrun outfit with a moderate payroll that meets all the world standards for on-time performance and safety. The fleet serves a beautiful part of the world and offers the vast majority of its passengers a positive experience. It should have a balance sheet glowing with good health, but it doesn’t. It is facing a difficult financial crisis. That’s having a chronic negative effect on coastal communities that’s only going to get worse if the government continues its current approach. Those are some observations based on the detailed socio-economic impact study the Union of B.C. Municipalities released this week as part of a campaign that is shaping up to force a rethink of the response to the dilemma. The problem is that fares are too high. They used to be grudgingly accepted by the travelling public. But somewhere along the way, they hit the point where people started balking. (The price “tipping point” was reached in bipartisan fashion, as both NDP and B.C. Liberal governments in the past 24 years jacked them up continually during their terms in office.) The study’s detailed analysis concludes that the cost has prompted millions of people to forgo trips. And the declining ridership has contributed to more fare increases. The classic vicious circle prompted the most recent attempt to tackle the problem — cutting service levels across the board. That move will save costs, but could suppress ridership more. Plus, there will be a couple more years of fare hikes above the inflation rate. What’s needed is an influx of year-in, year-out revenue to take the pressure off fares. The suggestion is to get more money from the province and the federal government. But that looks like a faint hope. It makes the obvious case that the ferries are an “enormous” part of the provincial economy and generate big tax dollars. The overall provincial take equals about what the government contributes to the system. But the federal take is far more than the $27-million subsidy it currently pays. So the premise is that there is an eco-
What’s needed is an influx of year-in, year-out revenue to take the pressure off fares.
nomic case to ask for a huge increase in the federal subsidy. Anyone familiar with federal-provincial relations recognizes that pursuing that dream would take years of campaigning with a relatively low chance at success. But the premise rekindles a concept that ferry commissioner Gord Macatee floated in his 2012 report on the problem. If governments that benefit from the tax revenue generated by ferry-related economic activity should be expected to contribute to running the ships, where does that leave the coastal municipalities? Macatee worked from the same argument that coastal communities might soon be aiming at Ottawa. But he turned it back on the communities. “It could well be in the interests of a local government to invest in reducing ferry fares for their community,” he suggested. “It may also be possible that local residents would be willing to shift some of the cost of ferry travel from fares to municipal taxes, if doing so would produce a net benefit from increased tourism.” He suggested changes that would allow local governments to pay to reduce fares on routes serving their communities. The commission would have the authority to oversee such an arrangement. The advantage would be that dedicated local funding would produce a high-visibility, local result — a specific lower fare. He also suggested surcharges on specific routes to raise money for tourism promotion to the benefit of the communities on the route, as a means of increasing ridership. The ideas got a frosty reception from municipal leaders and went nowhere. Two years on, a fare buy-down is likely the last thing UBCM members would want to discuss. But if the theory is going to be applied to one government, it could be applied to them all. New money is needed from somewhere. Continually sticking it to passengers amounts to throwing them overboard, one by one.
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The number of school days lost so far this semester due to the recently resolved teachers strike.
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The hour on Tuesday morning the announcement was made that the BCTF and the provincial government had reached a tentative agreement for a new contract.
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The number of North American cities that fine citizens for not wearing helmets when cycling.
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A number of Vancouver area patients had their long-awaited surgeries postponed earlier this month. Their surgeon was hit by a cyclist as he crossed the road and was unable to work. He suffered three broken ribs, a black eye and other scrapes and bruises. Fortunately, he is now back at work and will not likely experience any lasting physical effects from the accident. But as a small group gathered around him at a recent dinner party where he displayed his wounds, the question came up as to what would have happened had he not been able to return to work? Had he been hit by a motorist, ICBC would have likely compensated him for his injuries and loss of income. However, since he was hit by an uninsured cyclist, although he could sue, he would likely be out of luck. This prompted a question that is frequently voiced in cities around the world: “Should bicycles be registered?” I promised to do some research on the pros and cons of registration. However, having once proposed the idea myself to former city councillor Gordon Price following a personal incident involving a cyclist, I knew the cons would likely outweigh the pros. In my case, I was driving at the time and not injured. What made the accident remarkable was that I did not hit a cyclist; a cyclist hit me as I was waiting for someone to vacate a parking space. As the cyclist lay motionless on the pavement, I feared he was seriously injured. I also feared that no one would ever believe that a well-dressed middleaged real estate developer driving a large Lexus SUV was somehow not responsible for his injuries. Fortunately a witness came forward and told the police he saw the whole thing. The cyclist was a courier and apparently had been “bunny-hopping” down the sidewalk before hitting my car. Fortunately he recovered. However, I had to pay to repair the damage he did to my car. As a child growing up in Toronto, I had a licence plate on my bicycle because it was a legal requirement from
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1935 to 1957. However, the law was discontinued because, according to Toronto authorities, “it often resulted in an unconscious contravention by young children and poor public relations with police officers.” Toronto considered bringing back bicycle registration in 1984, 1992 and 1996 to address bike theft, riding on sidewalks and traffic law compliance, and couriers. However, each time registration was rejected since the costs were estimated to be far greater than the revenues. Other countries around the world have either implemented bicycle registration programs or considered doing so. Until recently, it was compulsory to register a bicycle in Switzerland as a way of getting cyclists to purchase third party liability insurance. However, earlier this decade, the Swiss parliament abolished the licences since the costs far outstripped the revenues. Japan is one country that does require all new and resale bicycles to be registered with the local government. This is done as an anti-theft measure. New bicycles are registered at the time of purchase. Resale bicycles are registered at a neighbourhood police station with appropriate documentation to prove they have not been stolen. In Vancouver, arguments in favour of bicycle registration are: it will help ensure cyclists pay their fair share towards road improvements; licensing and registration programs will make cyclists more lawful; bicycle registration will reduce theft; and as the surgeon pointed out, increase the likelihood that third-party insurance is in place. Arguments against a registration program are: rather than raise money, it would cost money; it would discourage people from cycling at a time when we want to do the opposite; and it would be difficult to enforce. For these reasons, I do not expect bicycle registration in Vancouver’s immediate future. However, we do need to do a better job of preventing bike theft and discouraging reckless and unlawful behaviour by cyclists. After all, none of us wants to have our surgery cancelled because our doctor has been hit by a cyclist and is lying in a nearby hospital bed. twitter.com/michaelgeller
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In billions of dollars, the estimated reduction in the provincial GDP caused by increased B.C. Ferries fares over the past 10 years, according to the UBCM.
In millions of dollars, the amount of combined salaries earned by 33 employees working in the city’s corporate communications department last year.
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Greenpeace sets sail for the first time
Sept. 15, 1971: Twelve young environmental activists depart from Burrard Inlet aboard a 24-metre fishing boat bound for Alaska to try and prevent the U.S. government from detonating nuclear bombs underwater. Worried the testing would trigger devastating tsunamis, the motley crew initially called themselves the Don’t Make a Wave Foundation but soon ended up making waves of their own under their new nom de guerre, Greenpeace. Forced back by rough seas, the group never actually made it to the test zone in the Aleutian Islands to stop the explosions. However, they nonetheless caused enough global outrage to force the Americans to finally put a stop to the practice.
Baby Face regains welterweight title
Sept. 17, 1934: Jimmy “Baby Face” McLarnin beats Chicago’s Barney Ross to regain the world welterweight boxing championship in New York. The Strathcona resident first won the belt a year earlier after knocking out former champ Young Corbett III in only two minutes and 37 seconds. McLarnin lost his first title defense to Ross four months earlier and went on to lose a final rubber match to him the following year by a narrow decision. McLarnin retired in 1936 at age 29 with a record of 55 wins (KO 21), 11 loses and three draws. In 1994, Ring Magazine voted him the fifth-greatest welterweight of all time. ADVERTISING
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To the editor: Re: “Nothing ‘great’ about the First World War,” Aug. 29. The Courier’s faux Cassandra Geoff Olson has unearthed another bone to chew on — how we describe and remember World War One. The mere mention of war sets him, like all limp pacifist lefties, to frothing at the mouth. Out of the dog fight of his heated imagination and far-fetched analogies, four items can be dealt with summarily. 1. The Great War: Great means big, not wonderful. That’s all. 2. The 1914-1915 Conflict: Major media sources are currently honouring neither the beginning of the war nor the end. They are honouring the courageous men and women who answered the call to serve and the 60,000 who died in unimaginable filth and carnage. 3. Gwynne Dyer: Dyer is to military affairs what Fruit Fly Suzuki is to factual science. If you are looking for authoritative analysis of war try looking up John Keegan, Jack Granatstein, Desmond Morton, Barbara W. Tuchman, Corelli Barnett, A.J.P. Taylor, etc. Oh, and young men die on motorcycles, but warriors fall in combat. This is a fact, not poetry. 4. Embedded media who aid and abet regime change spin: Olson has the temerity to sneer at such distinguished Canadian journalists as the inimitable Christie Blatchford (National Post) and the gutsy Scott Taylor (Esprit de Corps) who’ve been there, done that. Any number of combat correspondents and photographers have been killed on the job. Olson has, um… Soldiers are reliably resolute in commemorating military campaigns and honouring their fallen comrades. So are most thoughtful Canadians even if their knowledge of the details is sketchy.
But none of them would be so egregiously craven and stupid as to equate the significance of the Great War with Snoop Dogg. Major (retired) Peter E. Jarvis, Vancouver
Challenger team had a ball To the editor:
Re: “Little Mountain invited to World Series,” Aug. 8. I am honoured to have been able to travel with the Little Mountain Baseball Challenger team to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA as a volunteer buddy. We traveled together and played a game against the Clinton Valley Challenger team from Detroit. On the field we were thrilled to have Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar as our first base coach as well as all the umpires from the World Series. It was very exciting for all of us to be both on the field and in the stands at this international event broadcast around the world. Volunteering for Challenger baseball has been a very rewarding experience for me. As a buddy I’ve worked on the field with young players with cognitive and physical limitations and we’ve all gained so much from our experiences playing baseball together. On behalf of our team, I would like to thank everyone involved in Challenger Baseball (especially our coordinator Kris Gustavson) for making this experience possible for the players, their families, coaches and the buddies. We would also like thank everyone who has donated to our campaign to help cover our travel costs to Williamsport. Without you, this experience of a lifetime would not have been possible. We’re very close to reaching our fundraising goal of $43,000. You can still donate by going to our crowdsourcing site at fundaid.ca. Thank you for all of your support! Jalem Gosal, Vancouver
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in 2011, self-published a book she co-wrote with a gynecologist called A Smart Woman’s Guide to Hormones. Vanderhaeghe, who has degrees in nutrition and biochemistry, is presenting a free lecture on women and hormones at the Holiday Inn on West Broadway, Sept. 22. In a talk co-presented by Finlandia Pharmacy and Natural Health Centre and Vanderhaeghe’s product line, Vanderhaeghe will discuss hot flashes and night sweats, how stress affects weight gain, endometriosis, PMS, fibroids, breast lumps, ovarian cysts, sleep, incontinence, hair loss and bioidentical hormones. “If you have any of these conditions: endometriosis,
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Lorna Vanderhaeghe knows what it’s like to suffer with unbalanced hormones. Thirteen years ago, she developed fibroids. “Fibroids cause terrible heavy flooding periods,” she said. “Two heavy periods in a row and you become anemic and as soon as your iron is low you bleed more, so it’s a vicious cycle.” Instead of agreeing to a recommended hysterectomy, Vanderhaeghe studied how women could tweak their diets and reduce the estrogen that feeds fibroids. She created a supplement to help balance hormones and,
which is very common in younger women, fibroids, heavy periods, breast lumps, PMS, these are all signs your hormones are out of balance,” she said. She says North Americans are experiencing estrogen overload from our diets, water and environment.
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“If weight loss was as easy as reducing calories and running on the treadmill, we’d all be thin,” Vanderhaeghe said about her most commonly heard concern. She tells women to get their thyroid checked. She says women need a thyroid-stimulating hormone, or TSH, number below two to lose weight.
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Vanderhaeghe says severe PMS, or premenstrual dysmorphic disorder, is related to fluctuations in serotonin, the “happy hormone.” Fluctuations translate into rage, crying jags and feeling out of control. She says many women with PMDD have problems with cortisol, or the stress hormone, and serotonin. Difficulties can be alleviated through nutrition and with the supplement 5HTP. Women with intense mood swings should eat every three hours, down protein and “green stuff” and avoid alcohol, fruit juice and sugar. “People with mood swings will often have sugar cravings,” Vanderhaeghe said. “[You eat sugar and] then your serotonin goes up like a rocket ship, but it drops just as fast, and that’s what causes mood swings.”
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Vanderhaeghe says the average age of menopause, that’s one year without menstruating, is 52, and perimenopause is the 10 years that precede it. The 40s are often a difficult time for women because that’s when estrogen levels surge. She says once the ovaries shut down the adrenals kick in to produce hormones. “Women who have exhausted adrenals and low thyroid, they have a nightmare of menopause,” Vanderhaeghe said. She tells women to
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Though the recent stress for many parents has been arranging daycare and keeping kids productively occupied until our schools reopen, September is normally a month of anticipation, relief and anxiety. It depends on who you are (student, parent or teacher) and where you fall in the spectrum of introversion and extroversion. An introverted child may find new teachers, group activities and speaking out in class incredibly uncomfortable and daunting. In fact, some parents choose to homeschool because of this. Our place along the continuum of introversion and extroversion seems to be a hardwired aspect of personality and physiology. Although many are somewhere between the extremes of introversion and extroversion, at least a third of the people you know are introverted. If you’re introverted, you may prefer reading a book at home to going out to a party. You need to reflect before you speak and you may find social interactions with multiple people emo-
tionally draining. You need time alone to recharge your batteries. Extroverts on the other hand thrive on social interaction and in fact are energized by people. They may need to express themselves in order to figure out what they’re thinking. In her bestseller, Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain outlines the neuroscience, psychology and sociology that explains the differences and relative strengths and gifts of introverts and extroverts. She describes how our western society is biased towards an Extrovert Ideal. We favour charismatic leaders, people who speak out and control meetings, and the gregarious and outgoing. Our classrooms and workplaces often favour extroverts who feel more comfortable working in groups and shouting out the answers to the teacher’s questions. Beautifully written and researched, Cain’s book is a must read for teachers, employers, parents and partners of introverts. It will change the way you see and value introverts,
and if you’re an introvert, it will change how you see yourself. In workplaces with an open office design without privacy, introverted employees will be more uncomfortable and less productive. If an organization relies on group brainstorming meetings, they may not hear the creative insights of the more introverted, who do some of their best work alone. In the classroom, group activities do not bring the best out of more introverted students. The brightest are not always the first to press the buzzer. Susan Cain’s book offers practical advice for introverts on self-acceptance and appreciation, understanding extroverts with whom they live and work, when to act more extroverted, and the importance of finding restorative niches to recharge themselves. The marriage of an introvert and extrovert can be both challenging and rewarding. Extroverts may say things they don’t mean and thrive on conflict; introverts can be more sensitive to their words. Each partner needs to understand how the other needs solitude or social engagement. Cain
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Introverted children may find it very daunting to speak out in class.
offers insights to improve mutual understanding and honouring one another’s natures. Our society is enriched by a variety of cultures, temperaments and personalities. Introverts have great ideas, feelings and insights to share, and with better understanding, we can nurture their strengths at school, at work and at home. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.
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1. More than 300 practitioners in Fung Loy Kok Taoist tai chi took place in a 15-minute long set of 108 moves as part of the charitable Taoist Tai Chi Society’s international awareness day at Jack Poole Plaza this past Saturday. The society has groups all across Canada, including the Northwest Territories. 2. Bill Boei, former newspaper editor and reporter, said he began practicing tai chi after seeing the health benefits it provided for his wife who suffers from multiple sclerosis. Boei is now a tai chi instructor. 3. Participants marched down the seawall through Coal Harbour during the festivities at Jack Poole Plaza. 4. Verity Rolfe, Pacific Region president of the Taoist Tai Chi Society, directs instructors through their moves on the seawall. See photo gallery of the event at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT
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As an army of 300 or so people in red Tshirts at Jack Poole Plaza moved their bodies in a slow and deliberate motion, almost like they were pushing and pulling through an imaginary force field, Wayne Yee stepped up to the podium to talk about tai chi as part of Saturday’s international awareness day for the Taoist Tai Chi Society. If you knew nothing about the exercise other than seeing it listed in the seniors’ activities pages of your local community centre brochure, you might have been surprised to hear a testimonial from a fit-looking man who looked to be nowhere near retirement age. Not to mention from somebody who is also a recreational hockey player. Yee said he received a concussion during a game, and that injury led to headaches and debilitating vertigo attacks.
“When you have that kind of impact to your brain, usually good things don’t happen,” he said. “It’s the kind of injury that really takes the energy out of you and it’s also very easy with that kind of brain injury to stay in bed, keep the blinds closed, and heavily medicate yourself to deal with the pain.” Yee instead turned to tai chi, which he credits with helping him to the point of being virtually symptom-free. A simple description of tai chi is that it’s a mind-body exercise of Chinese origin that dates back centuries. It is also described as an exercise that is meditation in motion, which has led to various, mostly-Western led studies about the healing effects of this specific meditation. Yee said he found tai chi an important part of his recovery because the stillness of movement calmed his brain. Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Pacific Region president and instructor Verity Rolfe explained further. “It has big effects on our minds as it calms, reduces stress
and, as those things happen, the mind becomes clearer,” she said. “And physically, there’s a powerful effect, too, as it’s very strengthening even though it kind of looks lightweight. I think one of the most amazing things about tai chi is that it helps the body become more elastic.” While the practice is gentle and is hugely beneficial for seniors, those with mobility issues, or those recovering from injury, Rolfe added young bodies and minds can also benefit. Rod Edwards, a mathematician professor at the University of Victoria who showed up for the day along with others from across the province, said he started tai chi decades ago, when he was 21, as he found it offered good balance to his academic (read: sitdown) lifestyle. “Even though I was 21, I wasn’t as healthy as I thought I was,” he said. “When you see tai chi, it’s graceful and beautiful to watch but it’s surprisingly thorough as an exercise. It takes every part of your body,
your tendons, ligaments, joints and even internal organs, and stretches and works them. It keeps everything vibrant and alive.” Rolfe was also in her 20s when she started as part of the first Taoist Tai Chi Society class in Vancouver November 1982, 12 years after Taoist monk Moy Lin Shin founded this style in Canada. While both Rolfe and Edwards said they were also drawn to the spiritual aspect of the practice as Taoist is also a blend of Buddhist and Confucian traditions (after all both spent their impressionable youth during the era of Age of Aquarius), they see the spiritual side perhaps being a draw once again. Rolfe said she sometimes sees some frustration with the commercialization of spirituality with the young people she knows. “I think there’s a lot of people looking for a different kind of depth, or something that hasn’t lost its depth. In tai chi, there’s an ancient lineage and for us, in our particular organization, we really trace that back. We’re not making it up.”
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Legacy Senior Living Welcomes Seniors to ‘Experience the Difference’ The opening of a new luxury seniors’ residence across from Oakridge Centre this July has created quite an impact on the community. The Leo Wertman Residence, as it is aptly named, was conceived in 2006 when Founder and CEO, Joseph (Joe) Wertman, began his vision for Legacy Senior Living. ”I wanted to create a special tribute to my father that would live on through generations, a legacy,” he says. “Our vision was to create a place where seniors would be inspired to stay active and involved.” Centrally located and within a short ride to VanDusen Gardens and Queen Elizabeth Park, this architectural marvel appeals to a broad age demographic of discerning seniors looking to downsize their square footage but upsize their lifestyle. Recently, the Courier conducted a site visit, to get a feel for this place that everyone is talking about…
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A core necessity for senior living is a suite where comfort and security are matched by attractive design and modern touches that make life easier. Barbara Arseneault, marketing manager, explains all of the residence’s 91 suites feature keyless entry, automatic blind controls, in-suite air conditioning controls, TV messaging, emergency call system and full kitchens.
for the senses. “We have a gorgeous state of the art theatre for movies and presentations, a library / games room, creative arts, fitness and wellness centre and Hair Salon & Spa for residents to utilize,” says Arseneault. “A special touch is our complimentary chauffeured Bentley and Town Car service that takes our seniors to appointments.”
Many senior-friendly upgrades, like under cabinet floor lighting in the bathroom, walk-in showers, non-slip floors and easyopen closets and cabinetry create spaces that are geared for optimal aging-inplace, says Arseneault. Many suites also contain private washer/dryers and ensuite bathrooms, some with walk-in tubs. Suite layouts include junior, 1 bedroom, 1 bedroom/den and 2 bedrooms over five of the six floors.
A Wellness Nurse Navigator is available through Legacy’s LiveSmart Health and Wellness program, to assist residents in tailoring a wellness or Assisted Living service plan. As well, Resident Program Manager, Julie Demers, keeps the youngat-heart active with an array of activities, like Annette Wertman’s exhilarating yoga sessions.
Spacious double glazed windows provide an effective noise barrier while providing bright airy living spaces with spectacular views. A tour of Legacy’s amenities is a feast
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Legacy’s General Manager, Walter Downey, takes great pride in Legacy’s Exceptional Dining program. “Our signature menu ensures that healthy choices will also be flavourful and delicious,” he says. “We are mindful that older adults’ nutritional status can have an impact on their overall health.
“We also offer “dine at your pleasure” times – come to the dining room when you feel like it,” says Downey, also pointing out the Chef’s table where invitees can see cooking demos. “And our residents are welcome to sip on Giorgio’s fabulous cappuccinos in the bar/lounge!” The best recommendation of all comes from a current happy resident, Hazel Stevens, who hails from the Oakridge community. “As soon as I entered this place, it was so bright and welcoming and cheerful,” she says. “The décor is spectacular, and I feel very much at home here. Most of all, everyone is so pleasant!” Legacy offers Independent Living and Assisted Living Services. To book your Discovery Tour Appointment, call Barbara or Kathleen at 604-240-8550 or visit legacyseniorliving.com. Readers: See page B6 of the paper for Legacy’s Open Doors event details! — HELEN PETERSON, contributing writer
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When seniors are dining at their residence, it’s an integral part of their day - one that should not only be memorable, but also provide a bounty of fresh and nutritious offerings that sate the palate and keep their bodies thriving. Fortunately, long gone are any signs of the three-squares-a-day trifecta of porridge-sandwich-meatloaf. Dull and bland previously frozen foods, served up at the expense of taste and satisfaction, have been relegated to the scrap heap.
As a certified Master Chef, Schmelcher established his career in the management of luxury hotels and restaurants, according to his bio. Over the span of more than 25 years, he has worked in famous Michelin-
non-seasonal, imported food from far away, and we listened,“ he says. “We create as much from ‘scratch’ as possible.”
“We’ve turned over a new leaf, so to speak,” says Schmelcher, “by both supporting local farmers in B.C. and buying their delicious produce and meats, but also by enabling Terraces to serve up meals reflecting fine restaurant quality.
Each and every day, Terraces’ discerning seniors can choose from three lunch and dinner options, with seasonal choices a mainstay of the menu. The kitchen receives bread daily from La Baguette and seafood from Blundell Seafood, plus fresh herbs from Barnston Island Herbs.
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At Terraces on 7th in Kitsilano (a Retirement Concepts property), Corporate Executive Chef, Wolfgang Schmelcher (along with protégé, Chef David Smith), has devised a series of menus, and an accompanying positive musical atmosphere, that rivals any fine dining establishment.
starred restaurants in Europe as well as in prestigious hotels throughout the Asia Pacific area.
Wendy Walker, centre, marketing manager of Terraces on 7th, joins diners in anticipation of the Farm to Table Menu du jour.
“For example, I’ve just sourced quality hormone- and antibiotic-free lamb from a Kamloops farmer. Why import from New Zealand, when we have fantastic, honest food grown right here in B.C.?” he says. Schmelcher is adamant that ‘seasonal is feasible.’ You won’t find imported strawberries in the winter on his luxurious dinner plates. “Food that has traveled or has been kept stored for a long time lacks adequate nutritional value,” he explains. “We’re embracing the goodness of local fare to keep our residents happy and enjoying a mouth-watering meal at every sitting!”
includes an appetizer, main course and dessert, with a different offering Friday to Sunday. For a surcharge (details available on-site,) residents and their guests, including family members, can partake in Dungeness crab, Fraser Valley free range chicken and crème brulee one night, and return for Nicoise salad, rack of lamb and lemon tart on another. Toss in an elegant wine pairing, and Schmelcher’s menus have all the makings of a five-star restaurant. Bon appetite! Visit http://www.retirementconcepts.com/ homes/terraces/ or call 604-738-8380 for more info. or a tour of the property.
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Driving by the familyoriented area at 49th and Granville surrounded by stately homes and reverent churches, one might hardly imagine a prestigious seniors’ accommodation cropping up. But lo and behold, A rendering of Granvi lle Gardens’ new buildin gs and grounds. photo supplied a beautiful sanctuary, nestled amongst oldgrowth trees, has staked its claim on the families) are able to use Drop in for tea and armed southwest corner. Due the services of a health with questions, gaze at for completion end of navigator to determine renderings of site plans November, the three“where they are at” at any and suite layouts, and take storey Granville Gardens given time, for optimum home an elegant brochure. will begin occupancy in mental and physical Located at #107January, 2015. health. 2096 West 41st Ave. Wilma Atchison of “We’re happy to introduce at E. Boulevard. Call Diversicare (operators a variety of amenities 604-563-3540; web: of the facility) is the at Granville Gardens, granvillegardens.net. general manager of this including our elegant blossoming entity. She has dining room, Bistro been excited since day one, Lounge, Club lounge, watching it take shape: reading areas, and a fine art studio, among many “I meet so many seniors others,” she says. The list who are looking for just of social and recreation that right fit when downoptions abound, plus sizing or even moving from our 24-hour emergency another residence,” she response and on-site says. “With an average age of 85, the residents coming security will provide complete peace of mind. to Granville Gardens are looking for a peaceful yet stimulating environment, with lots of access to the outside, and fittingly, a signature red Maple tree will be the focal point of our beautiful garden design,” says Atchison.
The packages offered for the 62 studio and one-bedroom units will encompass independent living and basic assisted living, with enhanced assisted living or private care available as an addon. Residents who are aging in place (and their
“Another asset is our APPEALing program by Diversicare, which reflects our unique ability to provide a personalized experience for everyone in residence. We also have an Ambassador program in place where a Council of Elders will help us shape this community; it’s going to be very exciting!” says Atchison.
OPEN HOUSE! As the building is not currently accessible to the public, Granville Gardens is hosting a “meet and Wi greet” with Wilma Atchison at its temporary office on Friday Friday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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and much more. (Kindly confirm your attendance by Sept. 19 at 604-240-8550.)
Legacy Senior Living welcomes seniors and their families to visit the Leo Wertman Residence between 1 and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, at 611 West 41st Ave., main floor.
IT’S A DATE: LET’S GET SOCIAL
“We look forward to showcasing our new residence and informing seniors and their families about ‘the Legacy difference’,” says Downey. “We’ll be featuring live entertainment, a prize draw, refreshments and a multicultural food fest reflecting our resident community,” he says. There will be informative previews of Legacy’s LiveSmart Health and Wellness program, tours through the Residence,
Oakridge Seniors’ Centre, conveniently located near the Oakridge and Langara49th Canada Line Stations, has a brand new and fun line-up for Fall 2014. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.: NEW MEMBER SOCIAL. For all members who joined in 2014, register free at front desk. Monday, Sept. 22, 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.: COFFEE HOUR. Library E-Readers - come and learn how they work, and how to borrow them free from the Public Library. The Centre is centrally located at #513, Retail level of Oakridge Centre - 650 West 41st Ave. (Ph: 604-263-1883; web: oakridgeseniors.com.)
Meet the culinary ‘dream team’ at Legacy, L to R: Walter Downey, general manager; Jackielyn Jabien, dining room server; Robert Cleland, executive chef; Giorgio Castiglioni, dining room server; Chris Lee, second cook.
You can feel confident about your choice to live at Blenheim Manor. Our new ground floor suites are secure, accessible and affordable. Everything you need is here. Call today to arrange a tour.
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program, and we are the only retirement home in Canada with Dakim Brain Fitness – computer games that keep seniors mentally sharp,” says Andrew.
Many of the spacious suites have a patio or balcony with a courtyard view and all have kitchenettes, roomy closets and private bathrooms. Residents love bringing in their own furniture and setting their place up the way they like it.
Fabulous food Like all Revera kitchens, Crofton Manor features top-quality ingredients, prepared fresh and served at the correct temperature. Andrew adds, “Revera is full of active, “Fresh food tastes better and puts smiles independent people who like doing on people’s faces,” says Julie Leroux, things for themselves. They pick the Director of Culinary Services. Menus movies and parties they want, such as identify dishes with reduced salt, fat special holiday events and week ly and sugar. Happy Hour gatherings. It’s all about understanding people’s needs.” Amenities abound in a Shawn Ouellette, Executive Director at charming setting Independent seniors at Revera – Crofton Manor thrive on choice. Crofton Manor is a luxurious, full- Crofton Manor, sums it up: “Here, At Revera, it’s a familiar refrain: “I excursions, and educational seminars and service retirement residence designed for recreation is simply a part of daily life – comfort just steps from public transit, we make it fun to stay active and meet should have come sooner – there’s lectures. They’re also free to simply relax! unique shops, seniors’ centre, and more. new friends. That’s the key to enjoying so much to do!” Seniors who expect Six domains of wellness Residents love to gather in the bright life!” to find themselves bored at a Revera feeds people’s six needs for amenity spaces and elegant landscaped retirement residence are surprised wellbeing: physical, social, intellectual, courtyard gardens. to find that, at Revera, they end up emotional, vocational, and spiritual. “We having fun – doing what they love. tailor activities to residents’ preferences,” explains Andrew. “We have a ‘conversation Lunch or Dinner is on us! of favourites’ to learn their interests, Full, rich lives Join us for a complimentary meal, look for emerging trends and then Crofton Manor “It all centres on choice,” says Andrew organize programs around those.” at a time and day of your choosing. 2803 West 41st Ave Ebbers, Crofton Manor’s Director of Bring a friend or family member. See Vancouver Recreation. “ We have at least seven Life—the way you shape it for yourself how fresh and delicious 604-263-0921 offerings per day, five days a week.” Revera’s priority is to make resident meals are, every day of the week! reveraliving.com Residents select independently between experiences exceptional through a variety Call Crofton Manor at creative workshops; fitness classes in of programs and activities. “We promote 604-263-0921 to book modern facilities; events like movie physical, cognitive and nutritional Working together to overcome ageism. nights, shopping trips, gardening groups, wellness through Revera’s Rev It Up your free lunch or dinner. Visit AgeIsMore.com
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TRANSITIONS MADE EASY John Verster, managing director of Changing Places, is at the ready to help seniors who are changing their lifestyle, by assisting with sort and packing, de-cluttering and organizing, moving and house emptying, house rearranging and, afterwards – unpacking and settling in. On Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. at Kerrisdale Seniors Centre on W. 42nd, Verster will be hosting a free information session on down-sizing, co-hosted by Granville Gardens. Call 778-628-0725 for more details or go to vancouvermoves.ca. When deliberating the option of downsizing to a seniors residence from your family home, many questions will come to mind. Stephanie Chan, founder of Home to Home Advisory Services (who liaises with Legacy Senior Living and its prospective residents,) can offer knowledgeable advice in several areas of service: eldercare planning, moving and downsizing assistance, care management, and executor support. For a complimentary initial consultation, call Chan at 604-7398080, or go to home-to-home-ca.
improve patient quality of life, reduce falls, and ultimately, fractures. s. It offers fall risk assessment, comprehensive assessment by a geriatrician, and evidence-based home exercise. A referral from your physician is required. Located at Vancouver General Hospital Research Pavilion, 828 W. 10th Ave., ph: 604-875-4111, ext, 69611.
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FALL HEALTH CHECKLIST Hearing Test: Hearing loss creates estrangement from family and diminishes enjoyment of life. Seniors are advised to visit any of Vancouver’s reputable hearing clinics (check the Courier for ads) if they or a loved one have concerns. Today’s hearing aids are small, light and nearly invisible – but they pack a punch in enhancing one’s life. Vision Exam: Ensuring that vision is good and eyes are healthy is an important part of growing older. From glaucoma to presbyopia and other issues – like not being able to see the label on medications, for example – ignoring symptoms can be deadly. Visiting the eye doctor annually (free for seniors) is a good preventative step.
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all is here, and there are all kinds of open houses, tours and lunch and dinner samplings going on at fine residences in the local area. Here are some tasty options to take note of: Think outside the boundaries, for a level of retirement living that the parc properties can deliver. There’s Westerleigh in West Van, Summerhill and Cedar Springs in North Van, as well as Mulberry in Burnaby included in its diverse portfolio. At Westerleigh parc for example, you’ll enjoy luxuriously appointed mountain or oceanview suite, with access to everything you love and a private chauffeur to take you where you choose. Indoors, amenities include award-winning cuisine, a wellness and fitness program and socialization at every turn. RSVP for your personal complimentary tour of Westerleigh parc by calling 604-922-9888, or on the web: parcliving.ca/ westerleigh. Crofton Manor has been a staple on the West Side for many decades, but it’s always reinventing itself to make seniors feel ‘right at home.’ Located at 2803 W. 41st at Mackenzie, the Manor is opening its doors on an individual family basis. Join this Revera
retirement residence to see how great retirement living can be, with a lunch or dinner ‘on the house’. Simply complete the form found on the website: reveraliving.com or call Crofton Manor’s friendly staff directly, at 604-2630921. Seniors seeking a private studio unit with the convenience of meals and housekeeping provided now have a new option. Eight units have recently been constructed at Blenheim Manor (part of the Blenheim Lodge at 3263 Blenheim St. near W. 16th). Starting at an affordable monthly rate, each new unit consists of a private suite with a bedroom area and day living space as well as a kitchenette, bathroom and closet. To arrange a tour, phone Terry at 604-8032493 or go to the website at callingministries.org. Congratulations! This year, Baptist Housing recognizes 50 years of commitment to seniors, providing exceptional, holistic care, thereby enabling them to live well in supportive communities. The Baptist Housing ministry has grown from its first residence at Clarendon Court to now 16 communities in BC, serving 2,000 residents. Shannon Oaks, an allinclusive Independent Living retirement community in southeast Vancouver, was built in 2001. Baptist Housing’s proudly management p come and invite you to co retirement experience retir living at its finest! Visit shannonoaks.com or shannono 604-324-6257. call 604
Sh Shannon Oaks at 252 2526 Waverley Avenue is a Baptist Housing property. photo supplied.
A couple enjoys a complimentary meal at one of the Lower Mainland’s prestigious residences as they ponder moving in. photo stock image
The parc Westerleigh exterior lounge area is showcased. photo supplied
Celebrate Active Aging Week Aging is something to be embraced and celebrated. Staying active and social is the key. Join us at PARC Retirement Living to celebrate Active Aging Week, and participate in a PARC FIT yoga class, or a seniors’ Zumba class. Discover how wellness and fitness can be an ongoing way of life, no matter your age. > Attend a complimentary yoga or Zumba class for seniors > Tour a display suite > Sample nutritious foods prepared by our Executive Chefs
Sept. 21 2:30 – 4:30 PM Cedar Springs PARC | North Vancouver RSVP by September 19, 604.986.3633 Sept. 23 9:45 AM – 12 PM Mulberry PARC | Burnaby RSVP by September 20, 604.526.2248 Sept. 24 10 AM – 12 PM Summerhill PARC | North Vancouver RSVP by September 21, 604.980.6525 Sept. 25 9:45 AM – 12 PM Westerleigh PARC | West Vancouver RSVP by September 22, 604.922.9888
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Get diverse Culture in the Days ahead winner will receive $50 gift certificates to both the Blackbird and Campagnolo restaurants. Teams will be required to use three main ingredients in their dishes and will have 10 minutes to discuss what they should prepare and compile a shopping list. Teams will have 20 minutes to shop the market to get all the ingredients they need and then have 30 minutes to prepare a dish large enough for five samples. For more information, visit eatlocal.org/category/ markets.
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The last weekend of September marks Culture Days across the province and there are more than 200 free, interactive activities planned across Metro Vancouver alone to encourage residents to get involved with culture, heritage, the arts and artists in their communities. The fifth annual Culture Days will be celebrated in hundreds of cities and towns across Canada with events in more than 50 communities across B.C., from rural towns to major urban hubs. To make it official, many B.C. mayors and councils will officially proclaim Culture Days celebrations to support this growing cultural phenomenon. Programming represents all disciplines and cultural interests, including visual arts, music, dance, theatre, architecture, heritage, film and video, literature, culinary arts and new media. In Vancouver there are too many events and activities planned to name here, but some familyfocused highlights include Hapa-palooza Festival 2014 at various locations, featuring the works of talented hapa artists; Mixed Voices Raised: Stories that Shape Us with speakers including CBC’s Margaret Gallagher and Delhi2Dublin’s Tarun Nayar; Mixed Flicks with Kip Fulbeck and Jeff Chiba Stearns;
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Culture Days: British Columbia, which runs Sept. 26 to 28, includes more than 200 events across Metro Vancouver. PHOTO TIMOTHY MATHESON
and the Hapa Pop-up Party. (“Hapa” is a word used to describe a person of mixed ethnic heritage.) Visit hapapalooza.com. Meanwhile, MetamorFest takes place at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House with installations and performances for the whole family featuring Sonic Playground, which includes an instrumentbuilding table for kids and demonstrations showcasing analogue synthesizers built by students from Burnaby North secondary school. Visit metamorfest. tumblr.com. For a full Culture Days: British Columbia schedule of events and ticket information, visit bc.culturedays.ca. Many events are free of charge.
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Who needs MasterChef? A new Vancouver cooking competition is offering home cooks an opportunity to compete head-to-head alongside a couple of the best chefs in town. Chef Alvin Pillay of Blackbird Public House and Oyster Bar and chef Nathan Lowey of Campagnolo are inviting aspiring chefs to partner with them in a friendly pro-am competition at the Main Street Station Farmers Market, Sept. 24. To enter for a chance to join either Team Pillay or Team Lowey, submit an image featuring a dish you’ve created using local ingredients, along with a comment detailing why you want to compete, on
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social media using the hashtag #VFMProAm. Deadline to enter is this Friday, Sept. 19 and final selections will be made by Pillay and Lowey. The
This Thursday, Sept. 18, a fundraising event for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and the 60 Minute Kids Club takes place at the Vancouver Fan Club nightclub on Granville Street. The party includes performances by Abandon Paris, the Jardines and Franklins Dealers, a silent auction, 50-50 draws, a raffle, mystery events,
games of chance and special guests. Exercise Your Therapy and Rock for Kids is presented by the Exercise is Therapy Foundation. For more information, visit exercise-is-therapy.ca.
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On Death’s Door: Plague of the Zombie Syndrome is a Virtual Stage production presenting Andy Thompson’s all-new ghoulish, interactive, roving theatre Oct. 7 to Nov. 2 at a topsecret location somewhere in the city. Armed with only their wits and a smartphone, teams of audience members must race against the clock and elude the undead while unravelling a nefarious plot to flood Vancouver’s streets with zombies. Shows run Tuesday through Sunday, with performances beginning every 30 minutes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12.50 to $50 at thevirtualstage.org/tickets. Don’t miss Two-forOne Tuesdays. For more information, visit zombiesyndrome.com. twitter.com/sthomas10
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Millions of small acts.
One big win for our environment. By Scott Fraser President & CEO of Encorp Pacific (Canada)
The success of our system for recycling beverage containers proves that millions of small acts can add up to a big win for the environment. Whether it s aluminum cans, juice boxes, cartons, or glass and plastic bottles, if you are a typical BC resident, you probably generate four or Xve empty beverage containers a week. That doesn t sound like a lot, but do the math and it adds up to hundreds of millions of empty beverage containers a year that would end up in the landXll, if British Columbians like you hadn t returned those containers for recycling. In fact, last year almost 1 billion used beverage containers were returned for deposit and processed into new products. That includes more than 360 million aluminum cans, 338 million plastic bottles, 195 million glass bottles and 71 million drink boxes and cartons. In total nearly 100,000 metric tons of material was kept out of BC s landXlls. If you Xnd it hard to imagine what that means, then consider that it is the equivalent weight of 60,000 midsized cars. That s right, the equivalent of 60,000 cars was removed from BC s landXlls, a few cans, bottles and cartons at a time. But that s not the only beneXt for BC. Recycling empty containers uses less energy than producing new ones.
The equivalent of 60,000 cars was removed from BC’s landfills, a few cans, bottles and cartons at a time. For example, used aluminum cans are turned into new cans, a process that uses only 5% of the energy it takes to make new aluminum. Drink boxes and cartons are pulped and made into tissue and cardboard, saving 17 trees for every ton of paper Xber produced. Plastic bottles are 100 percent recyclable for use in new plastic containers, and glass bottles are made into new bottles and sandblasting material. As a result, the recycling of beverage containers contributed to a reduction of 135,000 tons of carbon dioxide that otherwise would have gone into BC s atmosphere. Keeping with the driving theme, that s the equivalent of taking 39,000 cars off the road in BC every year. BC has one of the highest beverage container recycling rates in North America last year 80
Nearly 100,000 metric tons of material was kept out of BC’s landfills. percent of all beverage containers sold in BC were returned and recycled. One reason for the high recovery rate is the many options that British Columbians have for returning their containers. The Return-It network of over 170 depots across the province is the heart of the system, collecting over 90 percent of recycled containers. Their share of returns continues to grow, in part because today s depots are consumer friendly, clean, bright and open with large sorting tables. It is also because today many depots accept a wide range of products for recycling, making them a convenient one-stop location for your recycling needs. For example, over 90 percent of Return-It Depots accept consumer electronics, like computers, TVs and printers, for recycling. Many also accept small appliances, paint, light bulbs and more. For hotels, ofXces, restaurants and multi-family buildings, many Return-It Depots and specialized mobile collectors offer a pick-up program, primarily in the Metro Vancouver area. If you live in a townhouse, condominium or apartment, look for the Encorp or Return-It branded collection bins in the garbage or recycling area of your building. ADVERTORIAL
For recycling on the go , you may have noticed blue beverage container bins in various neighbourhoods in the City of Vancouver. These bins are non-locking and designed to be self-serviced by residents or people wanting to receive the deposit refund attached to the containers deposited in the bins. This successful program is now expanding to other Metro Vancouver areas and to towns around BC. Even with this extensive system, though, BC would not have one of the highest recycling rates in North America without consumers making the decision to do the right thing for the environment. That amounts to almost 3 million containers a day diverted from landXlls to be made into new products a lot of small acts adding up to a lot of good for BC.
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Travel A wet and wonderful visit to Haida Gwaii Trip included visits to historic and contemporary attractions and locals
Kevin Chong
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“Why are we on a boat in the rain?” my wife asked me. We were on a 20-foot Zodiac in open water near Moresby Island, the second largest island on Haida Gwaii. Our tour operators, Moresby Explorers, had saddled us in rain gear, gumboots and life jackets. We had set out through Cumshewa Bay, past abandoned logging operations that once harvested spruce trees used to manufacture mosquito bombers in the Second World War. In Vancouver, visitors speak about Haida Gwaii as a sanctuary of nature and First Nations culture. In reality, that idealized vision, reinforced by vocal opposition against the Enbridge pipeline, co-exists with the blue-collar realities of depending on natural resources to make a living. This was apparent in the clear-cut forests we saw as we drove to our boat’s launch site. The clouds were grey but had yet to pour until our guide and skipper, James, led us into Gwaii Haanas (“island of wonder”) in the Haida language), the National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site. Heading into the open waters of the Hecate Strait, the boat began to hop in the water and our faces were spritzed with saltwater. That’s when the rain started to sting our
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The village of Tanu in Gwaii Haanas is named after the eel grass in its nearby waters. PHOTO KEVIN CHONG
faces. At that point, I had no reply for my wife. The answer would come moments later when we arrived in Tanu Village. This reserve was abandoned in the 1890s after a smallpox epidemic eviscerated the Haida population from up to 30,000 people to only 600 survivors. Waiting by the beach as we disembarked was Walter, a member of the Haida Watchmen who oversee the village sites in the area. In traditional times, the watchmen guarded villages from attacks and were represented on totem poles as three hatted men. Today they serve as guides for these cultural relics. Walter took us through the site, which has been left
The Pesuta shipwreck can be found in Tlell near the Haida House.
Moresby Explorers takes travellers on Gwaii Haanas expeditions in 20-foot Zodiacs that travel 25 miles per hour.
to decompose in accordance to Haida tradition, pointing out cedar beams that once formed the foundation of the village’s home and fallen mortuary poles commemorating significant members of the village. Newer trees and vegetation cover the remaining structures. Afterward, Walter’s wife, Mary, led us on a bonus tour that saw us visit the grave of world-renowned Haida carver Bill Reid, whose lineage was traced to this village. She then guided us along a spongy forest floor path, through a creek, and up the side of a muddy hill to a waterfall and swimming hole that served as the source of water for the watchmen cabin. “Best hike ever,” my wife declared on our way back. After a couple of more stops in quiet bays to see harbour seals, bald eagles and ocelots, we spent the night on a floating lodge in Crescent Inlet. The next day we suited up in our rainwear again for the second half of our expedition. One stop was Windy Bay on Lyell Island, the site of the Legacy Pole, which in August 2013, became the first totem pole erected in the area since the 19th century. In 1985, Lyell Island was a battleground between environmentalists and the commercial logging industry. Protests and logging road blockades captured worldwide media attention and led to the creation of Gwaii Haanas. Carver Jaalen Edenshaw commemorated their efforts with a section on the Legacy Pole featuring the image of five linked men in gumboots entitled “Five Good People Standing Together.”
In Gwaii Haanas, we saw the remnants of traditional Haida life. Leaving the area, we found ourselves in the community of Tlell, where we were given a more contemporary view of Haida life and their efforts to create a sustainable economy from tourism. Located between the Tlell River and the ocean, Haida House is part of an effort to end the bear trade on the islands. The trophy-bear hunting operation that once occupied the lodge, with its log and stone veneer facade, has been replaced by a Haida-owned business specializing in cultural tourism. Packages include visits to the Haida Heritage Centre in Skidegate and traditional feasts. In the hotel restaurant, appointed in Haida art, chef Peter Bowen offers simple, thoughtfully executed fourcourse dinners, including a smoked salmon pizzette, which makes the most out of local ingredients. Near the lodge, I embarked on a three-hour hike to see the Pesuta Shipwreck, the stunningly decayed remnants of a log barge that washed up onto Tlell’s beach in 1928. The hike itself should have been easy. A Haida Gwaii visitors blog recommended taking the inland east beach trail, which was better maintained, but I craved novelty on my walk back and ended on the muddy riverside trail, climbing over felled tree trunks and through forehead-poking branches. “Why am I traipsing through mud?” I asked myself miserably, moments before the trailhead appeared. I was glad my wife had opted out of this particular adventure. Worst. Hiker. Ever.
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“In my house great food always meant good company.” At Tapestry Retirement Communities, we respect your independence as well as the personal choices you make. In fact, we believe they’re what keep you feeling positive and enjoying life to the fullest. Whether it’s dining in the restaurant, cooking in your own kitchen or making new friends, Tapestry can provide you with the resources and support to do it. Call us today and see what kind of individualized programs we can offer to help keep your body, mind and spirit healthy, vibrant and young at heart.
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1 Sept. 17 to 19, 2014 1. Missed out on this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival? Don’t get your shawl in a knot. Performance Works on Granville Island hosts the Picks of the Fringe Sept. 17 to 21, showcasing some of the most popular productions at this year’s festival including Peter n’ Chris and the Kinda OK Corral, … didn’t see that coming, Caws & Effect, Dirty Old Woman, No Tweed Too Tight: Another Grant Canyon Mystery and Roller Derby Saved My Soul. Details at vancouverfringe.com. 2. From “Refugee,” “American Girl” and “Breakdown” to “Don’t Do Me Like That,” “The Waiting” and “Free Fallin’,” local singer-songwriters face an embarrassment of riches when they gather at the Biltmore Cabaret, Sept. 18, to play the Songs of Tom Petty. Performers tasked with taking on the greatest hits and rarities of rock ’n’ roll’s favourite Floridian include JP Maurice, Rolla Olak, the Wild North, Jenny Ritter, Johnny 99, Bob Sumner and others. Details at biltmorecabaret.com. 3. The 14th annual New Forms Festival takes over the appropriately futuristic looking Science World dome Sept. 18 to 21. Highlights of this year’s festival showcasing the best in cutting edge media art and electronic music include Los Angeles hiphop artist Madlib, Cloudface, Cuthead, Helena Hauff, Oneohtrix Point Never and 22:22 among others. Details at newformsfestival.com. 4. The Cellar Jazz Society presents the George Cables Trio, Sept. 18 and 19 at Pyatt Hall at the VSO School of Music (843 Seymour St.) The veteran pianist from New York, who’s collaborated with such jazz luminaries as Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Freddie Hubbard and Max Roach among others, will be joined by drummer Victor Lewis and Chuck Deardorf on bass. Tickets and details at cellarjazzsociety.com.
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Arts&Entertainment KUDOS & KVETCHES What to obsess about post-strike
Since nature abhors a vacuum, K&K looks ahead at what will replace the wallto-wall media coverage of the teachers’ strike now that it appears to be over. • Vancouver Canucks How bad are they going to be? When they lose three games in a row, should Trevor Linden be fired? When they win three games in a row, should Linden take a run at politics? Of course he should. Look at that face, that chiselled jawline, hair that shimmers in the moonlight like phosphorescence on kelp. Are tickets too expensive compared to other hockey markets? Of course they are. What kind of name is Radim Vrabata? What has Luongo been tweeting ? We really should have been nicer to Luongo. Kevin Bieksa… lovable grump or grumpy douche? Is there a goalie controversy? There has to be a goalie controversy. It’s our lifeblood, our mother’s milk, our light that will never go out. • Rob Ford Tumour. Sad. What does
it mean? What is his legacy? Can his brother win in his place? How much more of a soap opera can this get? Do I dare eat a peach? • The civic election We’re having one. It’s Nov. 15. Many of you didn’t know that, sadly. It’s a race between handsome Mayor Gregor Robertson and handsome challenger Kirk LaPointe and to a lesser extent someone from COPE, a once mighty party inching closer to irrelevance. What are the issues? Can one party be more pro-developer than the other when their campaigns both receive a whack of money from developers? Why don’t more people vote in civic elections? Whose fault is it? Wouldn’t a ward system help and engage more voters? Of course it would, but electoral reform... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. • The Middle East What a total mess. • Christmas It’s almost Christmas. Not really, but you get the idea... Retailers really want you to start thinking about Christmas. Oh no, retailers say sales are down from last year. Online shopping is really cutting into the bottom line. Oh that dastardly Internet with
all of its conveniences. Remember when people owned stores and people shopped at stores instead of using a machine that they also use to watch pornography in the darkened recesses of their shame rooms? It was grand. • Boxing Day Why aren’t more people lining up for Boxing Day sales? Remember when more people lined up for Boxing Day sales? Maybe Boxing Day sales aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. An expert will tell us why Boxing Day sales aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Wasn’t that expert a news anchor back in the day? Oh never mind, let’s listen to that expert tell us how Boxing Day shopping habits have changed. Oh that dastardly Internet with all of its conveniences. • New Year’s 2015 is going to be a new year. Let’s look back at the old year. Wasn’t it topical? Remember when things happened? The new-look Canucks. The teachers’ strike. Rob Ford. The civic election. The Middle East… what a total mess. Hey, look at what Beyonce and Jay Z are doing now. Oh that dastardly Internet with all of its conveniences.
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School for Scandal gets top marks Strong performances, handsome set, colourful costumes make United Players’ season opener sparkle THEATRE REVIEW Jo Ledingham
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Directed and designed by Matthew Bissett for United Players, The School for Scandal is one of the handsomest productions mounted at the Jericho Arts Centre. And it goes to prove once again that less is often more: a couple of dainty period furniture pieces, a writing table and seven very large empty gilt frames elegantly lit by lighting designer Graham Ockley. The play begins beautifully: all the characters, in period costumes, step into the frames — some singly, some in groups — and the lights come up on each frame in turn. So pretty a “gallery” it is that there was some spontaneous applause the night I saw the show. And then the play, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1777, begins. The School for Scandal must have been an oddity in its day. Inspired by the ribald Restoration comedies of almost 100 years earlier but out of step with the socalled Sentimental comedies of its own time, The School for Scandal foreshadows the plays of Oscar Wilde with their amorality and clever repartee. Bissett’s director’s notes are well worth reading (at unitedplayers.com) in which he draws the parallels between the power of media — then and now — to affect our lives. In the 18th century, print media
included “gossip” in its coverage. Bissett projects headlines above the stage as the play progresses to keep us up to date on the latest juicy tidbits. Today, we have Facebook and Twitter. But either way, our attitudes can be shaped by what we’re saying about each other or what’s being said about us. In The School for Scandal, the gossipmongers, chief amongst them Lady Sneerwell (Joan Koebel), hold London in their tattle-telling grip. A convoluted plot, it pays to keep your wits about you: rich, old Sir Peter Teazle (Linden Banks) has recently married a much younger, previously guileless country girl. But once married, Lady Teazle (Caitlin Clugston), who only married Sir Peter for his money and who harbored hopes of being made a rich widow quite quickly, becomes a terrible spendthrift. Worse, she falls into the habit of gossiping with a notorious bunch of tattlers. There are various wards of Sir Peter and other hangerson to mix things up but the intrigues really ramp up when Sir Peter’s old friend Sir Oliver (Paul Kloegman) turns up. It’s all very silly and it goes on too long. Once all the plots are revealed, we just want it to wrap up quickly. Two directorial choices are questionable: firstly, the “gaying up” of Sir Benjamin Backbite (Bruce Hill). We get it that Backbite’s a nitwit and a dandy but must he also appear to be a clichéd homosexual? And secondly, there’s a fine line between a
ne’er do well who’s redeemable and one who’s a good-for-nothing swaggerer. Bissett might have helped Matt Loop find that delicate balance in the character of Charles Surface. However, Bissett shows real inspiration in the scene in which good-for-nothing Charles sells off the family portraits in order to pay off debts incurred by drinking and idleness. Stepping into those frames once again — but with a wig here, a couple of mustaches there — the characters appear to be Charles’ illustrious ancestors. Beautifully executed. Costume designer Catherine E. Carr’s finest costume is Lady Teazle’s gown and plumed hat. Sound design by Neil Griffiths is an interesting combination of classical music that, on occasion, is “rocked” up. But what keeps us really engaged over two and a half hours is a trio of very fine performances: Linden Banks as hapless, lovelorn Sir Peter; Michael Wild as Sir Peter’s plotting, twofaced ward Joseph Surface; and especially Caitlin Clugston as Lady Teazle. She absolutely sparkles and has terrific comedic flair for pouting and plotting her character’s way to wealthy widowhood. Clugston provides the bubbly for this United Players’ season opener. The School for Scandal runs until Sept. 28 at Jericho Arts Centre. For tickets, call 604-224-8007 or go to unitedplayers.com. More reviews at joledingham.ca.
(Left to right) Sarah Arnold, Bruce Hill, Joan Koebel and Dick Pugh appear in The School for Scandal.
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Competitive kitties do battle in new series Locally made Battle Cats capitalizes on online cat craze Michael Kissinger
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The once mighty cat. Felis catus. Carnivorous predator by nature, worshipped by ancient Egyptians, feared for its ties to the occult in medieval times, declawed by centuries of domestication, cute YouTube videos and the unfortunate Internet trend known as “breading.” Look it up — it’s not pretty. A new reality series aims to help cats reclaim their rightful perch atop the carpeted scratching post of the animal kingdom. Battle Cats, created by Vancouver-based production company Soshefeigh (pronounced SO-she-fy), pits cat against cat, pet owner against pet owner, in a hair-raising skills competition that’s part reality TV, part Best in Show. Events include the Catapult, the Hammer Paw, Obstacle Course, High Hump and
the Smash. In each episode, four “cathletes” enter the Battle Cats Arena to test their agility, strength, reflexes, speed, intelligence and dexterity — only one leaves with the title of Battle Cats Champion. According to the show’s creators Matt O’Brien and René Brar, the series was initially conceived as an obstacle course competition for babies and toddlers until they learned ABC had just picked up a program based on a similar concept. “So we quickly pivoted and said, ‘What about cats?’” says O’Brien, on the phone from London after meeting with TV executives in Ireland. “And it was a blessing in disguise because as soon as we started to flesh out the concept, we realized [cats] have such a great following online and people just seem to love cats so we were off to the races. And cats are obviPainting “Stalking Leopard” by Karen Lawrence-Rowe.
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ously much more agile than babies.” He adds, “Though they both urinate everywhere and are very ill-tempered.” Needless to say, the timing for such a show couldn’t be better, with the Internet littered with dozens of cat memes and celebrikitties from I Can Haz Cheezburger? and lolcats to Grumpy Cat, Keyboard Cat, Lil Bub, Henri “Le Chat Noir” and Japan’s Maru, whose box-loving antics have been viewed more than 200 million times on YouTube. However the cat craze currently clawing up the Internet is more than a feline fad, maintains Brar. “Humans, going back to caveman days, we’re just hardwired to pay attention to cats because big cats were our main predator,” says Brar who ironically, like his colleague, is allergic to cats. “There’s something instinctive that just makes us focus on them. And when you shoot them in slow motion, there’s something about them that’s hypnotic and beautiful.” While the cat competition is real, the show’s play-by-play and colour commentary is scripted and deliberately over-the-top in its reverence for the supposedly hallowed sport.
“We really used the script to augment the colourful characters and the crazy cats,” O’Brien says. “So we really wanted to match that tone, almost like an homage to Best in Show with a dollop of Wipe Out… some of the forefathers of Battle Cats that really inspired the style and tone of this comedy.” Cat owners also share screen time with their competitive pets, though Brar concedes not everyone was prepared for the spotlight. “We definitely saw a lot of stage mom types during the casting process who were very assured about the ability of their cats and how they were going to tear the competition apart,” he says. “There were certainly a lot of people who talked a big game but when it came to game time they weren’t quite ready for the big league.” Then there are competitors like Katelyn Garrity and her one-year-old Manx named Navii who were born ready. “[Navii] is a very high jumper,” says an enthusiastic Garrity, who owns three cats and can often be seen walking them on leashes around her Burnaby neighbourhood. “She can go really far and fast. She’s quick on her feet. The Manx breed are known to have long back legs and
shorter front legs like a rabbit so that was really a benefit towards the show.” Although she’s unable to disclose how Navii fared in her episode of Battle Cats, Garrity admits the competition was fierce. “They asked me what breed I was most nervous about, and at the time I was really nervous about Bengals because they’re really high jumpers as well, and [the crew] told me to actually watch out for the Hairless Sphinx… They’re the ones to look out for.” As with most sports, however, there is a dark side. Namely doping. While Garrity and clean-living Navii fall firmly in the anti-catnip camp, other competitors have no problem spiking their performances. The issue is so divisive, Battle Cats dedicated an episode to the controversial topic, going so far as to interview outspoken pot advocate Jody Emery. “I don’t think it’s a good idea to have [catnip] in this competition, only because it can go two ways. They ei-
ther eat it or roll in it… It’s kind of like smoking weed,” Garrity says. The bigwigs behind Battle Cats, however, have more of a laissez-faire attitude towards the uncontrolled substance. “Ultimately we left it up to the owners,” O’Brien says. “It’s a double-edged sword. It either gets them really excited and amped or it knocks them out and makes them comatose. But we think that cats should have the freedom to choose how they live their lives.” With six half-hour episodes already in the can, clips of the show began appearing online in the summer. Full episodes will air this October on speciality channel Bite TV and there are talks about taking Battle Cats to other countries. Despite such prospects, Brar says his aspirations for Battle Cats are much more modest than world domination. “Really our goal is for people to turn on the show and say, ‘What the f***? Is this real? Is this a joke?’” twitter.com/MidlifeMan1
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Vancouver College also evened their pre-season record to 1-1 with a momentous 50-32 win over St. Thomas More at O’Hagan Field on Sept. 13. Ovie Odjegba ran for three touchdowns, including a 90-yard dash to break the 86-yard record set in 2003 by Brad Robles.
Ovie Odjegba (No. 4) set an all-time single carry rushing record for Vancouver College. PHOTO REBECCA BLISSET
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Full Count The number of Vancouver Giants who are among the 131 Western Hockey League players invited to attend NHL training camps this month. Brent Kulak, who signed an entry-level contract with the Calgary Flames in 2012, is the only one committed to an NHL team so far. Matt Bellerive will skate with the Canucks, Mason Geertsen with the Colorado Avalanche and Jackson Houck with the Edmonton Oilers. All will play this season with the Giants. Their season begins Friday at home against Victoria. The puck drops at 7 p.m. at Pacific Coliseum.
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Tuesday, Sept. 16 marked the beginning of South Vancouver Little League Canadian Champions Week in Vancouver. Mayor Gregor Robertson met with the Little League players at city hall.
B.C. Provincial Championship tournament director Leanne Fulton at the Little Mountain Disc Golf Course in Queen Elizabeth Park. The tournament runs Sept. 19 to 21 in Vancouver and on Grouse Mountain. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
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For two rounds and one day only, the Little Mountain Disc Golf Course at Queen Elizabeth Park will burst its seams. Seventy-two professional disc golfers from across Canada will play one of the oldest courses in the province this weekend for the B.C. Championship on 18 holes that will spill from the existing fairways to the further corners of Queen Elizabeth Park, including the arboretum which is home to exotic and native trees. “It’s a new layout that no one has ever played before,” said tournament director Leanne Fulton. “The existing course is small. It’s lovely because it is so contained but it’s too easy for the top pros. We have to stretch it out, all the way up Midlothian [Avenue].” The extended championship course was designed by Craig Sheather, and the B.C. Disc Sports Society will install temporary baskets for two rounds on Saturday, Sept.
20. A doubles tournament will run Friday evening. The fairways and targets are being kept under wraps until this week because of the unique environment and gardens. “It’s an incredible privilege to be able to use it,” said Fulton, noting the Little Mountain course was the first in B.C. to have a supportive city install permanent metal baskets, which disc golfers use as both flag and hole. The course was built in 1983 and is free to use. The championship round on Sunday is held at Grouse Mountain. Saturday’s tee times at Queen Elizabeth Park are 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Spectator access is free. Coquitlam’s Doug Ross, who made the cut on the final day of the World Championship masters flight earlier this summer in Portland, Ore., will vie for a B.C. title. So will Stephen Crichton, a Mount Pleasant disc golfer who frequents Quilchena Park and occasionally the shorter Queen Elizabeth course. Crichton finished in the top 100 the first time he competed as a pro in the open division at the World
Championships. “My goal is to win the tournament,” he said. “Nothing less than a win will satisfy. We’ve got some really tough competition and I think on any given day, there is a handful of guys who if they bring their A game, they can win this tournament. We’re lucky to have a really strong group of open players.” Excited to play new terrain so close to home for the provincial tournament, Crichton said disc golf is at an all-time highpoint and promising to go higher still. “We’re at a bit of a pinnacle in the sport because growth is so huge all over the world. It’s a matter of how we manage it and how we use the resources at hand to move forward and generate new sponsorship,” he said, noting few players can live off the proceeds of their disc golf winnings but some elite players do. Technology and design have changed the distance discs can travel, and eventually prize money will grow once sponsors donate more than products. In Vancouver, the sport will expand with the creation or expansion of new courses.
“I’m really glad the city is on board right now [for the B.C. Championship.] If the city and park board are ready to give us access to new space, we could really do some great things,” said Crichton. “It’s nice to have options so things don’t get stagnate. In my opinion, Q.E. is a great park, it’s one of the originals and disc golf wouldn’t be what it is in Vancouver without it, but I do think it needs to be updated. The technology now has pushed the sport and people are throwing farther. For a player like myself, it’s a little outdated. It’s good for recreational play or beginners who want to have fun and play casual golf.” For a weekend, the expanded course will test veteran golfers said Crichton. “There’s potential,” he said. “If we can do a good job with this, then […] hopefully we can build some new holes. I’ve been playing for several years and I think that’s one of the greatest joys of disc golf: finding new courses and playing something you’ve never played before.” twitter.com/MHStewart
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Add one more line to Franklin Barreto’s list of accomplishments but write this one in neon lights on the marquee. The Vancouver Canadians shortstop was named the Baseball America Player of the Year for the class-A short-season for his recordsetting season that helped propel the club to its fourth consecutive appearance in the Northwest League championship series. Barreto, an 18-year-old Venezuelan in his second
year with the Blue Jays franchise, set C’s records with 99 runs, 87 RBIs and 153 hits. He also set a club record with 44 doubles and ranked in the top three of four other statistical categories for the Northwest League. “We asked a lot of Frankie this past summer and yet he achieved success beyond our expectations,” said Canadians manager John Schneider in a prepared statement. “We couldn’t be prouder of how he handled himself on the diamond all season long and this acknowledgement by Baseball America is very well deserved.” Barreto, a five-foot-nine
right-hander, also had hits in each of the Canadians four playoff games. He went 5-for-18 (batting .278) with one RBI in two Vancouver wins and two losses. Barreto was named the 2014 Vancouver Canadians MVP and, to add to the accolades, he shared the clubs honour as the offensive player of the year with Ryan McBroom. Canadians left-handed pitcher, six-foot-four Dominican Jairo Labourt was also recognized by Baseball America as an All-Star after going 5-3 and leading the Northwest League with a 1.77 ERA in 15 starts for Vancouver. twitter.com/MHStewart
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