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Public Hearing: October 14

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

1. CD-1 Text Amendment: 3380 Maquinna Drive To amend CD-1 (136) (Comprehensive Development) District for the City-owned property located at 3380 Maquinna Drive.

The amendment would create a sub-area within the CD-1 (136) District with specific local-serving land use provisions, including a child daycare facility.

A. Rezoning: 328-360 West 2nd Avenue To rezone 328-360 West 2nd Avenue from I-1 (Light and Medium Intensity Industry) District to I1C (Light and Medium Intensity Industry) District, to permit an industrial and commercial development with a maximum floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.0 and maximum height of 46.5 metres (152.5 feet). If rezoning is approved, a subsequent development permit process will include a review of a proposed form of development.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue Third Floor, Council Chamber

2. CD-1 Rezoning: 1450 West Georgia Street To rezone 1450 West Georgia Street from DD (Downtown District) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 49 storey mixed-use building, containing 162 secured market rental units, 193 strata-titled residential units, and commercial space at grade. A height of 149.9 metres (497 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 14.14 are proposed.

3. CD-1 Rezoning: 1157 Burrard Street To rezone 1157 Burrard Street from DD (Downtown District) and C-5 (West End Commercial Districts) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 47-storey, mixed-use building, containing 289 strata-titled residential units, a childcare facility, an arts and culture hub, and commercial space at grade. A height of 143.0 metres (469 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 13.37 are proposed.

B. CD-1 Rezoning: 427-477 West 49th Avenue To rezone 427-477 West 49th Avenue from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 14-storey, mixed-use building with a rooftop amenity floor, containing 128 strata-titled residential units, commercial space at grade, and a 37-space childcare facility.

A height of 54.3 metres (178 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.99 are proposed.

C. CD-1 Rezoning: 4575 Granville Street To rezone 4575 Granville Street from RS-5 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a four-storey residential building, containing 24 secured market rental units. A height of 11.9 metres (39 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.23 are recommended.

4. Zoning and Development By-law Amendments to Allow Patios for Liquor Manufacturers To amend the Zoning and Development By-law to allow patios on private property for liquor manufacturers with a lounge endorsement, and extend temporary allowance of outdoor patios for businesses on private property on sites where patios are currently not permitted from October 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

D. Piloting Regulatory Changes to Support Commercial Renovations and Small Business To amend section 4.8 of the Zoning and Development By-law to exempt low-risk, lowimpact changes of use in commercial zones from the requirement to submit a Development Permit for a pilot period of 24 months. The exemption would apply to businesses changing within the following use categories: General Office, Retail Store, Health Care Office, Barber Shop or Beauty Salon and Beauty and Wellness Centre. Related Building By-law and Parking By-law amendments are being considered.

If approved, this amendment would reduce the complexity of the permits and allow new businesses to occupy suites in a shorter time period.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS, VISIT shapeyourcity.ca/rezoning AND REFER TO THE REFERRAL REPORT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES.

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These Public Hearings are to be convened by electronic means, with in-person attendance also available. You may participate in the Public Hearing either by speaking by phone or in person, or submitting comments that will be distributed to the Mayor and Councillors. All spoken and written comments will be publicly accessible on the City of Vancouver’s website with your full name attached.

Due to COVID-19, a Public Health Order currently limits the number of members of the public that can attend the City’s Public Hearings in person.

Members of the public are strongly encouraged to attend remotely. Members of the public can listen and watch the proceedings via the City’s website or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. If attending in person, members of the public must comply with the Public Health Order.

To participate in the Public Hearing process, you can register to speak beginning at 8:30 am on October 1, 2021 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing: • Register to speak online by visiting: vancouver.ca/your-government/speak-at-citycouncil-meetings.aspx. Select the agenda item(s) you wish to speak to; telephone participation is encouraged as it is the most efficient way to speak to Council.

• By calling 604-829-4238 and specifying which meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) you wish to speak to, and indicate whether by telephone or in person.

If you want to participate by telephone then you must have access to a telephone, provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you, and an email address where instructions on when and how to call into the Public Hearing can be provided to you. Speakers can also call in during the Public Hearing. The telephone number and participant code are tweeted out and available on the live stream, while the meeting is in progress. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings.

Send your comments to Council at vancouver.ca/public-hearing-comments or by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4.

Get live updates on the meeting at vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. Watch the meeting live at vancouver.ca/council-video.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be made available for in-person viewing from 8:30 am to 5 pm on weekdays at the City Clerk’s Office on the Third Floor of City Hall from October 1, 2021 until the Public Hearing commences, and for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting October 1, 2021 at 1 pm. See the agenda on the City’s website at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings. Minutes of the Public Hearing will also be available at this location approximately two business days after a meeting.

Details of all Council meetings can be found at covapp.vancouver.ca/councilMeetingPublic.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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LETTERS:

The 7 o’clock bell

Long gone is the pan pounding we all did at 7:00 every r night, but still at the corner of Comox and Gilf l ord in the West End EVERY night at 7:00 we hear someone hit a bell of some ki k nd. They only hit it one or t o times, but it's distinct and consistent. tw We have no idea who does this but we appreciate the sound and would like them to k ow that it’s a comfort kn r ing constant in our lives. We'd like to tell them thank you.

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The death of Lost Lagoon?

While Vancouver’s Board of Parks and Recreation (V ( BPR) has been focused on an ill-conceived and rather cru ruel plan to euthanize the (verifiable?) thirt rty-five coyotes living in Stanley Park, Lost Lagoon has sunk into a state of decay and death.

Anyone who walks or jogs the trail around An Lost Lagoon with their eyes open cannot help seeing that the once plentifu f l resident populations of ducks, geese and gulls gu are gone; they fled several weeks ago when algae bloom tu t rned the water toxi xic.

A d now, dead carp An r can be seen every rywhere.

Two dozen pictu t res of the floating corp r ses are attached, including those of others gasping for breath around the few drain pipes that were seeping meagre streams of “fresh” water into the polluted pond.

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Normally, seas asonal algae blooms come and go; but, not this year. What start rted as a beautifu f l, bright green summer bloom has lingered and intensified. It has gotten thicker, tu t rned brown and become toxi xically fetid. The opacity t of the once clear lagoon water can be seen in the attached photos.

Part r of the problem stems from the stagnancy of the lagoon. Beavers have dammed the pond’s major inlets of fresh water. That situ t ation has been developing for several years.

A few years ago, a three-inch diameter (!) piper was laid under the most offending damn, by the Stone Bridge. It wasn’t long until the beavers and natu t ral sludge accumulation (fall leaves, etc.) choked off even that exi xigu guous source. An And now there is another formidable dam by the Wood Bridge.

Rain has become the lagoon’s only source of refreshment. By late summer, the water level was the lowest we’ve seen in the last tw t enty t years. Carp r s’ dorsal fins broke the surf r ace maki k ng it seem the lagoon was filled with little sharks.

A though one might think this week’s rain Al was a heavenly salvation – lagoon levels rose a good three or four inches – the deluge was so intense that the muddy bottom was churned, adding to the tu t rbidity t and toxi xicity t of the pond water.

The stated objective of VBPR is to retu t rn

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Lost Lagoon to a more natu t ral state - to let Natu t re do Her thing, so to speak. That sounds noble and makes for good PR; but the result has a been, if anything, ignoble.

What was a once a vangu guard for Vancouver’s effort rts at Natu t re conserv r ancy – Lost Lagoon was one reas a on Vancouver was selected as the world’s greenest city t – will soon tu t rn into a swamp and then a giant bog.

One small remedial step would be to get rid of the offending beaver damns and let flowing waters flush away the toxi x ns, so the fish can breathe again.

A other (better) solution would be to An repair the fountain, which has been out of

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commission for a few years, contributing to the lagoon’s stagnation. Besides being a sight to behold, the fountains aerate and circulate the water.

Maybe, then, water fowl will retu t rn.

Or, maybe, the Parks Board considers that fish and birds are as a expendable as the coyotes, who lived in Stanley Park long before we did. (W ( e haven’t seen the raccoons recently, either.)

Without mitigation, Lost Lagoon will, indeed, live up to its name; and that would be a shame.

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Heart of the City Festival returns

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major cultural celebration is coming back to Vancouver.

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The 18th annual Downtown Eastside (DTES) Heart of the City Festival returns at the end of October. Over 60 community partners are involved and more than 100 events will be taking place throughout the DTES and online.

This year's festival theme is Stories We Need to Hear, a message that resonates deeply with artistic producer Terry Hunter.

"That really emerged from the community and conversation with the residents of the neighbourhood and the feeling that we needed to tell the story of what's happening here in the community, that we needed opportunities for each other to share stories with each other," says Hunter.

There will be 12 days of live and online events, including music, stories, poetry, theatre, films, workshops, discussions, and visual art exhibitions.

One of the featured highlights is We Live Here, a massive outdoor display that will project time--lapse videos of Downtown Eastside artists creating their projects.

Pop-up music and spoken word activities on sidewalks and small plazas throughout the neighbo ourhood will also be taking place.

The festival's mandate is "to promote, present, and facilitate the development of artists, art formss, diverse cultu tural u traditions, history, activism, people, and great stories about Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside."

"We are humans and humans are social animals and arts and culture and the festival brings us tog gether," adds Hunter.

The DTES Heart of the City Festival runs from October 27 to November 7. Tickets and registrration for events will be available in early October.

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Step inside Vancouver's only Indigenous restaurant Broadway's Salmon n' Bannock is the city's only spot for authentic Indigenous cuisine.

The restaurant was founded in 2010 to provide a gathering place with a focus on people and food.

Current staff members proudly represent various First Nations from across the country.

The modern bistro team carefully selects fresh ingredients that support local Indigenous food providers.

"My first choice is Indigenous, my second choice is local, third choice is Canada, last choice is Turtle Island. That's how I do all of my shopping," explains co-founder and owner Inez Cook.

Menu highlights include Mushrooms on Toasted Bannock (traditional unleavened bread), Bison Pot Roast, and a Smoked Salmon Burger served with lemon aioli and house-made pickles on a bannock bun. The ongoing Broadway Subway Project construction isn't a major concern for the restaurant. The culinary

destination is mostly reservationbased and doesn't rely on local foot traffic; ample parking is also available in the back of the building.

Cook, a member of Bella Coola's Nuxalk Nation, says owning a restaurant that showcases her heritage is a dream come true.

"There's a lot of dialogue and people are starting to understand more about our stories and to actually have a location that people can come and meet us and talk to us and try the food, it's amazing."

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harges have been approved against two women who allegedly vandalized an East Vancouver church with orange paint on Canada Day. The Vancouver Police Department launched an investigation the same day and three months later the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved one count of mischief for $5,000 or under against Emily Luba and Zoe Luba, both 27. The case was one of 13 incidents of vandalism that occurred at religious properties in Vancouver between June 2 and July 20.

In the past, Emily and Zoe have been vocal advocates for anti-demoviction and protecting Vancouver’s homeless population. The pair have a handful of bylines in The Volcano, a publication formerly known as Downtown East, a print newspaper providing news for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

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Vancouver breweries bring home 11 awards from Canadian Brewing Awards

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he year's biggest beer awards show in Canada has come and gone, and nine Vancouver-based breweries have new hardware to display in their taprooms.

The 2021 Canadian Brewing Awards took place in Quebec City in mid-September with over 165 awards handed out.

B.C. breweries collected 40 of the awards, with 20 of them headed to breweries in Metro Vancouver.

For breweries located in Vancouver proper, Strange Fellows and Parallel 49 led the way with a pair of awards each. Strange Fellows picked up a gold for Jongleur their Belgian Wit (if that sounds familiar they also took the gold for the same bear in 2020) and a silver for their Belgian style golden strong ale Goldilocks.

Parallel 49's much loved Ruby Tears took a silver in the North American red or amber ale category and followed that with a bronze in the German-style sour category for their Smoked Salt Gose.

Only one other Vancouver brewery was able to touch gold this year, with East Vancouver Brewing's Unholy One Nitro Stout taking the Oatmeal Stout category.

Outside of the municipal boundaries of the city, Metro Vancouver breweries took two more golds. North Vancouver's Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers got a gold for their self-named lager in the North American Premium Lager category, while Five Roads Brewing

in Langley was one of many BC breweries to get an IPA related award. There's was a gold for Permanent Resident in the American IPA category.

While there was no gold for Burnaby's Dageraad this year, they did double up on the silver, with Antwerpen in second for tripels their Burnabarian coming in second for Belgian style abbey or pale ales. That was a category B.C. swept, with Howe Sound Brewing taking the bronze and Port Alberni's Dog Mountain Brewing claiming gold.

Circling back to the IPAs, B.C. breweries were big winners in the hoppiest of styles. Of the five IPA categories, beers from B.C. won seven awards and was only shut out of one category (Double and Imperial IPAs).

In fact, Vancouver breweries took bronze (Andina's Carreta Session IPA) and silver (Alpha Juicy Lager

by Academy Brewing in the Session IPA category, and B.C. beers swept the American Style IPA, with gold for aforementioned Five Roads, chased by Powell Brewery's Lazy D'Haze IPA and Jet Fuel IPA by Ace Brewing in Courtenay.

Other notable winners in B.C. include Victoria's Moon Under Water, which grabbed a gold and a silver, Revelstoke's Mt. Begbie Brewing which also scored a gold and a silver and Twin City in Port Alberni, which scored a pair of bronzes.

In total B.C. breweries won 10 golds, 15 silver and 15 bronze.

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in northern B.C. during the summer months and spend their winters in Hawaii.

Some humpback whales spotted in southern BC have been re-sighted as far south as Mexico.

Lately, marine mammals have made a significant resurgence with some researchers calling it the “humpback comeback.”

Since a humpback was first documented in the Salish Sea in 1997, just over 500 whales have been recorded feeding and frolicking in the

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Michael el Coyle was able to get thee two, possibly three, whaless on video as the ferry stopped ed to let passengers enjoy the he sight. The largest whaless to frequent the Salish Sea, humpbacks range from 22,000 to 36,000 0 kg, feeding mostly

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nutrient-rich waters here from April to October.

Their long road back from near extinction has observers optimistic; they say the humpbacks have developed an affinity for the

Salish Sea Salis sh S ea aass a kkey ey ssummer ummer locattion in their migration cyclee to bring their young, and to feed.

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Property Tax Exemptions for 2022 The City of Vancouver hereby gives notice of the intention of City Council to exempt certain eligible not-for-profit properties used for senior citizens housing from taxation for one year (2022 taxation year).

A bylaw will be brought forward to Council on October 19, 2021 in accordance with Sections 396(1)(g) and 396F of the Vancouver Charter.

The properties to be considered for exemption in 2022, including an estimate of the amount of City taxes that would be imposed without the exemption for 2022 and the following two years, are shown in the table below.

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ESTIMATED TAXES 2023 ($)

ESTIMATED TAXES 2024 ($)

Baptist Foundation of BC

266-772-26-0000

17,700

18,200

18,700

Baptist Foundation of BC

765-266-06-0000

40,200

41,400

42,700

Baptist Housing Society of BC

631-232- 04-0000

119,900

123,500

127,200

Beulah Garden Homes Society

634-300-04-0000

15,600

16,100

16,600

Beulah Garden Homes Society

634-300-52-0000

42,300

43,600

44,900

Beulah Garden Homes Society

634-300-92-0000

37,700

38,800

40,000

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

605 -113- 66 - 000 0

25,300

26,100

26,900

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

638-077-07-0000

15,500

16,000

16,500

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

641-234-20-0000

16,600

17,100

17,700

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

645-194-47- 0000

14,800

15,300

15,700

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

648-078-05-0000

8,900

9,200

9,500

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

665-230-68-0000

12,200

12,600

13,000 30,600

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

670-230-85-0000

28,800

29,700

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

683-230-82-0000

10,600

10,900

11,200

Brightside Community Homes Foundation

722-283-48-0000

43,200

44,500

45,900

Broadway Pentecostal Benevolent Association BC

650-274-27-0000

34,500

35,600

36,600

Calling Ministries

710-072-06-0000

102,800

105,900

109,100

Chau Luen Kon Sol Society of Vancouver

1 92-592-92- 0 0 0 0

30,800

31,700

32,600

Christ Church of China

192-592-04-0000

19,200

19,700

20,300

Columbus Charities Association

306-720-45-0000

34,300

35,300

36,400

Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association

828-251-94- 0000

23,500

24,200

24,900

Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association

828-258-02-0000

3,400

3,500

3,600

King Edward Court Society

710-072-95-0000

55,700

57,400

59,100

Kiwanis Vancouver Senior Citizens' Housing Society

125-832-84- 0000

19,800

20,400

21,000

Kiwanis Vancouver Senior Citizens' Housing Society

300-811-05- 0000

14,100

14,500

14,900

M Kopernik Nicolaus Copernicus Foundation

817-300 -22- 0000

3,000

3,100

3,200

Mennonite Senior Citizens Society of BC

755 -237-5 1 - 0 0 0 0

66,800

68,800

70,900

New Chelsea Society

270-670-95-0000

19,400

20,000

20,600

New Chelsea Society

693-253-64-0000

46,900

48,300

49,800 55,300

Parish of St Paul Vancouver

609 -117-4 4- 0 00 0

52,100

53,700

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver

596-196-49-0000

15,500

16,000

16,500

Society for Christian Care of Elderly

6 1 3 -1 1 9 - 5 4 - 0 0 0 0

129,200

133,000

137,000

Soroptimist International of Vancouver BC

683-165-54-0000

14,000

14,400

14,900

South Amherst Housing Society

244-805-96-0000

8,600

8,900

9,200

THE V E L Housing Society

577-259-06-0000

15,600

16,100

16,600

THE V E L Housing Society

596-250-04-0000

9,800

10,100

10,400

Ukrainian Senior Citizens Housing Society

300-810-95-0000

15,200

15,700

16,200

1,183,500

1,219,300

1,256,200

TOTAL

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labour organization that boasts 50,000 members in Vancouver says it will not endorse any Vision Vancouver council candidates — including a mayoral candidate, if the party runs one — in the 2022 municipal election.

The Vancouver and District Labour Council announced its decision last week in a news release saying the “progressive political spectrum” in the city is already well represented by an array of parties, including OneCity, the Greens and COPE. “We don’t see an attempted return from Vision being constructive to our objective of ensuring a strong, cohesive progressive majority,” said council president Stephen von Sychowski in the release.

The council’s decision comes one week after Vision issued a public call for city council, school board and park board candidates for the 2022 race.

The party hasn’t decided whether it will run a mayoral candidate.

In an interview this week, von Sychowski said the labour council’s decision leaves open the possibility of endorsing Vision candidates for park board and school board, noting Vision trustee Allan Wong is likely to get an endorsement, as he did in the 2018 race.

“I don't think anyone's got anything against Allan,” he said of the longtime trustee, who was originally elected with COPE. “ So we'll certainly consider him, if he’s running again.”

In 2018, the labour council endorsed two other Vision school board candidates, four Vision council candidates and two Vision park board candidates; only Wong was

elected, with Vision unable to elect anyone to council for the first time since the party was created in 2005.

For its mayoral candidate, the council chose to support former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart over independent candidate Shauna Sylvester and Vision’s Ian Campbell, who later withdrew from the race for personal reasons.

That shift was a departure from the council endorsing a Vision mayoral candidate in every election dating back to when Jim Green ran in 2005. Vision’s Gregor Robertson got the council’s endorsement in elections from 2008 to 2014.

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Our city's mostly-forgotten mascot, Tillicum the sea otter birt r hday celebrations that took place in 1986, and which Expo 86 was as a large part r of. They were the official mascot for the festivities that took place that year.

According to the Museum of Vancouver, the design for Tillicum was unveiled by the commission's co-chairman Michael G. Francis on April 6th, 1984.

It's not kn k own if Tillicum is male or female, but going through the more

than 1,700 pho otos of Tillicum available on the City t of Vaancouver Archives' web Ar bsite, one thing is cert r ain n; they weere every rywhere in n 1986.

Cutting ribbo ons, holdin ng babies, huggin ng children n, hanging out at the PNE E and at the sidee of thenmayor Mike Harcourt (a lot), this costu tumed otterr made the roun nds.

A d though th An hey spent a lot of time in the councill chamber at citty hall, a

representative from the City t of Vancouver tells us they can't find any record of Tillicum being discussed in any city t council meeting minutes.

The costu t me was constru r cted mostly of fake f r, cardboard, metal wire, fu foam, mesh, and plastic, and is currently held in the basement of the Museum of Vancouver, deep in the collection.

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its residents are working to save what they say is a valued piece of greenery from being removed as part of a proposed development.

The saga has been recounted in detail by City Hall Watch, a volunteer-run civic watchdog in Vancouver. It started in June of this year when the City of Vancouver received an application to develop a five-storey, mixeduse building at 2120 10th Avenue in Kitsilano. The application was submitted by Stephane Laroye Architect Inc. with plans for the construction to be carried out by Bastion Development Corporation.

In the plans submitted to the city by Bastion, one page points to two trees slated for removal as per an arborist report which was not attached. The building was designed for certification under the city’s Passive House building standards, essentially guidelines for a net-zero emissions building.

Upon learning the tree’s days appeared to be numbered, locals put up signs around one of the tree’s trunks in an attempt to raise attention and save it. City Hall Watch documented this, estimating the elm tree has been standing in the same spot for the last 90 years.

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hen thinki k ng back on 1986 in Vancouver, Expo Ernie is the mascot that comes to mind for most people, but the official mas ascot of our city t, introduced at the same time, has mostly been forgotten.

Tillicum the sea otter was a product of the Vancouver Centennial Commission, which was formed in order to organize the city t 's 100th

study to spotlight how the stakeholders handle a matter such as this,” City Hall Watch writes. “It reveals the tensions between various interests in Vancouver, including development and profit versus ecology, climate, and urban forest policies.”

Still, the public has a chance to have their say. The City of Vancouver’s original deadline for public input was set for Aug. 10 but currently the city’s website still appears to be taking submissions and no dates for a final decision have been given.

According to City Hall Watch, the public has requested a copy of the arborist report to find the justification to remove the tree. However, City Hall Watch writes that according to the project coordinator, any third-party report -- like an arborist report -- can contain confidential, proprietary information and as such could only be obtained through an FOI request.

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ravity-defying feats are on full display inside one Vancouver gym.

Main Street's Origins Parkour is located in the heart of Mount Pleasant, in a large space above the bingo hall between 10th Ave and 11th Ave. The sprawling gym was one of the first of its kind when it opened nine years ago.

So what exactly is parkour?

"Parkour is all about moving freely amongst structures and engaging with them in a way that would be intuitive to you as a kid," explains Origins owner René Scavington.

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Origins even offers introductory classes for kids as young as five.But it's not all child's play.

"We spend a lot of time focusing with beginners on how to land and how to actually approach challenges is the most important thing.

So a lot of the stuff that you see in parkour videos isn't done first try," says Scavington.

The fitness activity has evolved from viral videos in back alleys into a legitimate training discipline.

International parkour organizations are now all over the world. It's even permeated pop culture in the form of film action sequences

(remember that famous Casino Royale scene?) and video games.

While elements of parkour influence some sports competitions, its roots eschew rivalry.

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f you are a fan of Korean fried chicken, this news will have you shouting "cluck yeah!"

NeNe Chicken, which is considered "one of the best Fried Chicken franchised companies from South Korea" is poised to open its second Vancouver location.

Launched in May 1999 in South Korean, NeNe has since grown to over 900 restaurants globally to include outp t osts ts in Australia, the United Ar A ab Emirates, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Now the franchise is slinging fried chicken in Canada; this spri r ng, NeNe opened up its ts first Vancouver outpost at 1070 Ki Kingsway.

The word "ne ne" translates as "yes yes," and the chicken franchise is hoping that's just what you'll be thinki k ng as they've launch at 1231 Davie St. NeNe is occupying the West End space that had previously been home to Ramen Koika. (This was as the original location of

Ramen Koika; their second location, which debuted in 2018, shuttered in 2020.)

The NeNe Chicken menu centres on fried chicken, available in pieces and in loaded burgers.

NeNe's fried chicken pieces come in an array of flavours, from the straightf t orw r ard original to what they call "Freaki k ng Hot" for heat-seekers. They also do "snowing cheese" and "snowing chili" where the hot fried chicken is topped with cheese powder. NeNe also has a soy garlic and green onion flavours for the fried

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Cycling Vancouver: Riding to Horseshoe Bay means ups and downs, and beautiful views

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his installation of our new series of guides to Metro Vancouver cycling destinations features a challenging ride from Vancouver to West Vancouver's picturesque Horseshoe Bay. This one is for confident riders with good overall fitness - it's a big ride!

Where: Horseshoe Bay Why: An effortful (but conquerable) ride to beautiful views.

Difficulty: The terrain to and from Horseshoe Bay is rolling; that is, it is a series of up and downs. Technically, the net grade into Horseshoe Bay from West Vancouver is slightly positive (uphill), and the return from Horseshoe Bay to West Vancouver is negative (downhill). This ride is best done on a bike with gears as there are frequent hills, none of which being very long. I would recommend that your general fitness is good because it can be at least a two-hour return to Vancouver. I would also recommend you are

comfortable on your bike as you share the road with cars quite frequently. That being said, I have seen an incredible diversity of riders and bikes successfully find their way to Horseshoe Bay from Vancouver.

How to get there: Living in Vancouver, I usually take the Lions Gate Bridge to the North Shore. The road that gets you to Horseshoe Bay is Marine Drive in West Vancouver. Among my friends, the two most popular ways to access Marine Drive are: • Going through Park Royal Mall and taking Marine Drive straight to Horseshoe Bay, and Taking the Spirit Trail through Ambleside Park then taking Bellevue then cutting up onto Marine around 25th Street.

• Taking Marine all the way down means you’re sharing the road with cars all the way west from Park Royal, which can be quite nerve-racking.

The alternative can be safer and quieter, albeit slower.

Important notes: • As stated, the entirety of Marine Drive is shared with cars. There are no shoulders to ride on, and often the

lane narrows significantly.

West of 25th Street in West Vancouver, Marine Drive can be so narrow that cars will have to drive by you in the

oncoming lane. Drivers can often be frustrated and angry.

• Many fitness cyclists stop at the Horseshoe Bay roundabout and do not enter

Horseshoe Bay village. It is your choice whether to venture down into the village, but I recommend you do.

There is good food a-plenty, coffee stops and public washrooms. Plus, you can take a picture of your bike with the bay and the ferries in the background.

Brian Lim likes to ride bikes (sometimes with his camera). He's a complete and consummate amateur - both in cycling and in photography, and says he doesn't take himself seriously - and neither should you. Lim wants to share his love of cycling, so please reach out if you want to talk! You'll find him on Instagram at @wheelsandwhisky.

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Hybridized: Vancouver City Council now meeting in person

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ancouver City Council has voted in favour of bringing a hybrid model to council meetings, even after some members (including the mayor) recently said that they would not likely be returning to the chamber for some time due to the current number of COVID-19 cases.

Six City staffers joined Mayor Kennedy Stewart along with Green councillor Adriane Carr and formerNPA councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung in the chamber as they debated and voted on an amendment to a procedure by-law Sept 21, while the remainder of council (save for Rebecca Bligh, who was absent) and the City Manager were beamed in using WebEx

online meeting software.

The City's authority to hold electronic meetings under a Ministerial Order was set to expire Sept 28, meaning that without any action being taken they would then all have had to return to work in-person.

What they voted on will allow those who want to return to chamber to do so, as well as allowing others to attend the meetings digitally.

All of the standard COVID-19 protocols are in place at City Hall, with maskwearing being mandatory and physical distancing encouraged, however, people attending council meetings do not need to prove their vaccination status.

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COPE Councillor Jean Swanson seemed to disagree, following Kirby-Yung in the speaker lineup by saying that she has “a different idea what leadership is,” because cases continue to rise and they should "do everything they can" to keep transmission low. She voted in favour of the amendment.

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n incredibly specific Instagram account has taken on the task of tastefully documenting the resting places of the city’s least desired resting places.

Kenny Slater runs

@mattressesofvancouver which, as the name suggests, dutifully shows the mattresses that have been dumped on street corners, front lawns, and sometimes even rooftops across the city.

Over 400 people follow Slater’s daily posts.

Two and a half years ago Slater created the account after being inspired by the simple randomness of the concept: an Instagram account completely dedicated to… mattresses.

Since then Slater suspects he has featured well over 500 mattresses on the page.

In college, Slater took a photography course which helped him take the initial

pictures for the account but these days new photos are mostly submitted by followers. Over the years Slater has found there are certain neighbourhoods like East Vancouver that are better for finding new content.

"Initially, I didn't think I was making a statement,” Slater said in a recent interview with Vancouver

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While the problem of mattress dumping is well documented by

Slater’s channel, the City of Vancouver does have solutions in place. Not only is dumping old mattresses illegal, but it's also free to dispose of them at a transfer location or landfill.

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City Council decides patio program is here to stay

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he increased number of outdoor patios at Vancouver bars and restaurants is here

to stay.

In June 2020, the City of Vancouver launched the Temporary Expedited Patio program (TEPP), which this summer issued nearly 700 permits to Vancouver restaurants. The program was a roaring success, with one Vancouver-based study finding patio dining was much preferred over the indoor alternative. With the program’s success in mind, the City approved the program to run again in 2022 and thereafter.

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success with a new annual summer patio program and ensuring residents and visitors can look forward to this new summer tradition for years to come,” said Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart at a recent council meeting.

The new program will be for both private and public property and will run from April 1 to October 31 annually. It will allow for increased occupancy for restaurants during the summer and continued use of curbside patios on city streets. Breweries and distilleries will also be eligible to apply.

Applications for patio spaces will be completed on

a case-by-case basis but, a word of warning, the City may no longer be able to support some of the existing temporary patios. Some restaurants without public washrooms may be restricted from summer patios given their capacity or patios on some arterial streets may not be viable as traffic volumes resume, a release explains.

Requirements and layout drawings will be available on the City of Vancouver’s website in the coming weeks as will application materials and guides. It is expected that application reviews by the City will be completed within weeks.

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Green councillor Pete Fry attended digitally and shared that City staff weren't able to install plexiglass between his desk and Adriane Carr's, so they were advised not to attend on the same day. taff recommended a game of musical chairs where Fry would attend in-person one day, then Carr the next.

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By signing up to speak on an issue you won't have to take the afternoon off of work and hang out in the chamber with a few politicians, staffers, and members of the media, who are getting paid to do that.

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Another possible side effect that you may see is better news coverage of city hall, as having reporters in the room not only lets our elected officials know that we're keeping an eye on them, but it also facilitates better conversations between reporters and our leaders, who often make themselves available for comment after meetings.

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he Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has approved fines for feeding wild animals in the city's parks.

Two new fines were green-lit during a parks board meeting on Sept. 27: one for directly feeding wild animals and one for leaving attractants out to draw wild animals out.

People feeding coyotes and leaving food for other animals have been blamed for the more than 40 coyote attacks that have happened since winter 2020. Amit Gandha, the acting director with the parks board, told board members about how conservation officers rustled a bag of chips at a coyote to draw it near. In the report, photos were also shared of someone using food to draw raccoons close for photos.

The fines have been set at $500 for now and staff are writing the revised by-law this week for the board to give final approval of at the next meeting, Oct. 4.

Enforcement with the new fines could start directly after.

"Once we have this [bylaw amendment] completed then staff will have to look at next steps on what that looks like as far as the enforcement component," Gandha told board members at the meeting.

Currently, the only fines regarding feeding wildlife in Stanley Park are handed out by the BC Conservation Officers Service under the wildlife act; park rangers don't have the authority to issue those fines.

Board members discussed adding fish to the bylaw and upping how much fines

were but decided to stick with the current $500 fines.

The fines drew support from those calling in to share their opinions on the fines. Lesley Fox, executive director of the Fur-Bearers, said the organization was concerned with the practice of feeding animals for social media posts and supported the fines.

"We would support an increase in the fine," she said "We believe a strong deterrent is needed to prevent wildlife feeding."

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The conflict stems from a 2015 “Heads of Agreement” signed in Hong Kong between Oei and current Concord president and CEO Terry Hui, in which

the two sides agreed on the sale and development of the Expo lands. The deal for the property, valued by Oei at $500 million at the time, has since fallen apart, and both Oei and Concord have sued the other party over a variety of grievances.

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he legal battle over the Expo lands continued this month, when developer Concord Pacific Group appealed a court decision that awarded “special costs” in the $5 million range to a Singaporean billionaire.

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In BC Supreme Court Justice Peter Voith’s January 29 decision, the court ordered Concord to pay 80% of special costs demanded

by Oei. In its latest appeal, Concord’s main grievance was outlined in March 29 court documents. Concord challenged both the 2019 and the January decisions, maintaining that the agreement was enforceable, and claimed the judge “misapplied the law on essential terms” and “failed to apply the duty to negotiate outstanding matters in good faith in the context of an existing agreement.”

Concord also challenged the court’s decision to award Oei 80% of the legal costs he was seeking, saying that if Concord succeeds in its appeal of the original 2019 decision, then it “is generally entitled to its costs throughout the proceedings at both the trial and appeal level.”

The main point of contention in the appeal, as it was in the main trial, remains the Heads of Agreement. In 2019 and in January, the judge noted that both Oei and Hui intended the “Heads” to be a binding contract at the time of its signing in 2015. However, the court added that the

agreement lacked several elements that are considered essential to a contract, and without them, it was not possible to enforce the agreement as such.

In his January decision, Voith also said the that the testimony of David Ju – a vice-president with Concord who was central in negotiating the deal between Hui and Oei – in the civil trial was problematic enough to satisfy the conditions under which the court would award “special costs.”

“There is a significant distinction between, on the one hand, evidence that is given by a witness and is merely rejected by the court and, on the other hand, evidence that is intended or designed to mislead or is otherwise put forth for an improper purpose,” Voith said in the January decision.

“Only the latter form of conduct warrants the court’s rebuke ….

“On dozens of occasions during the course of his evidence and, in particular, his cross-examination, Mr. Ju testified that he had no memory of any of the circumstances of an event, or meeting, or conversation,” the decision continued. “He did not recall, even in general terms, what had been said….

Notwithstanding this lack of memory, he often purported,

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however, to recall some agreement or concession that he said [Oei representative Chu Yow-Lin] had made with him or to him.

“The specific recollections almost always sought to advance one of Concord’s various positions,” the court decision concluded.

Concord, in its appeal, remained focused on the fundamentals of the case: that there was a breach of

contract that took place.

“While the Heads did not – and could not – settle all aspects of the redevelopment, that did not mean they were a legal nothing,” Concord lawyers argued in its factum. “The law is more pragmatic than that….

“The trial judge’s approach runs afoul of the commercially sound approach to enforceability

that this Court has consistently endorsed for decades – one that fosters commercial certainty and upholds, rather than thwarts, the reasonable expectations of sophisticated and experienced businesspeople,” Concord’s argument concluded.

The Court of Appeal has not indicated when it will release its decision in the case.

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