Vancouver Is Awesome #92 - January 6, 2022

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About those car sculptures parked around Vancouver

serving to help with traffic calming along Prior St in front of Strathcona Park, but have since been relocated a couple of blocks to the north.

Why do they even exist, you ask? As explained in their brochure, they're supposed to make you stop and think; "Cars are a paradox of convenience and inconvenience, and carry the concepts of autonomy and individual freedom. Park plays with what the streets permit, provoking a consideration of the short history of our attachment to the automobile and a reconsideration of its future."

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ave you ever seen the thing pictured here and wondered what the heck it even is? If the answer is yes, you're not alone.

It's art, of course.

Unveiled, as it were, in 2008, there are actually two of them. They were commissioned by the City of Vancouver's Public Art Program, and the budget was $180,000 each. They're the work of artist Marko Simcic, and their title is Park.

Constructed of stainless steel and a chassis, they took years to construct. The works are occasionally towed to new locations around the city where they're parked in public spaces.

They had recently become more functional,

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f you read our recent story about a $250,000 real estate listing for an A-frame cabin in northern B.C., you may have found the Easter egg in it - a photo of some cannabis plants growing in the greenhouse on the 1.12-acre property.

Nestled among what look to be tomato plants are two very healthylooking plants which appear to be in the vegetative phase, not yet producing that infamous B.C. bud that we're known for growing here.

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B.C. electricity demand hits an all-time high

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C Hydro says the province set a new record for peak electricity demand as temperatures hit extreme lows.

Between 5 and 6 p.m. on Dec. 27, demand for electricity hit an all-time high of 10,902 megawatts, which is higher than the previous record of 10,577 megawatts set in 2020.

“The record represents a single moment in the hour when demand for electricity was the highest yesterday,” says Simi Heer, BC Hydro spokesperson, in a statement. “Most of the increase is likely due to additional home heating required during this cold snap.”

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BC Hydro has observed on an overall increase in electricity demand since the previous Friday. The Dec. 27 hourly peak demand was 18 per cent higher than Friday’s.

“BC Hydro has enough supply options in place to meet increasing electricity demand,” adds Heer. “However, if British Columbians want to help ease some of the demand on the system during peak times, we encourage shifting activities like doing laundry or running dishwashers to earlier in the day or later in the evening.”

BC Hydro is also offering energy conservation tips for people looking to lower their electricity use and their electricity bills:

Manage your home heating actively by turning the heat down when no one his home or when everyone is sleeping.

Consider installing a programmable thermostat to automatically adjust temperatures at different times based on your family's activities.

BC Hydro recommends the following temperatures:

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• 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.

Tuesday, January 18, 2021 at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these topics:

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.

1. 1369-1381 Kingsway To rezone 1369-1381 Kingsway from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building with 49 secured market rental residential units and commercial space at-grade. A height of 24.1 metres (79 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.80 are proposed.

2. 3304 Kingsway To rezone 3304 Kingsway from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building with 79 secured market rental residential units and commercial space at-grade. A height of 24 metres (78.7 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.93 are proposed.

3. 185-193 Southwest Marine Drive To rezone 185-193 Southwest Marine Drive from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of one six-storey residential building and one three-storey townhouse for a total of 46 secured market rental residential units. A height of 17.4 metres (57 feet) is proposed and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.4 is recommended.

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

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 3rd Floor of City Hall from Friday, January 7, 2022 until the Public Hearing commences, and for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting January 7, 2022 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.

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All spoken and written comments will be publicly accessible on the City of Vancouver’s website with your full name attached.

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Vancouver WAS Awesome Inside the Vancouver Archives: When you could use a 'give-and-take' laundry service

This photograph from around 1945 shows the packaging of freshly laundered clothing at Nelsons Laundries Ltd. These packages were likely destined for the company’s “give-and-take” service where a driver would exchange parcels of freshly laundered items for a bundle of dirty laundry from subscribing households.

Nelsons Laundries Ltd. was established in 1931

by Nels Nelson, a man who was involved with a variety of enterprises including brewing and farming.

Around 1931 the company took over the Mission-style building located on the corner of 7th Avenue and Cambie Street where the Metropolitan Laundry and Dry Cleaners Ltd. had been operating for the previous three years.

In 1939, Nelson sold the business to A.B. Christopher and his associates. During the 1950s and into the 1960s, Nelson Laundries Ltd. purchased other laundry businesses, including Pioneer Laundry, becoming the largest cleaning company in the Lower Mainland. In 1964, it moved from Cambie Street to Pioneer Laundry’s old location at 5 West 4th Avenue.

Four years later, Nelsons was bought by Steiner Canada Ltd., and became a part of Steiner American Corporation (Alsco), which still operates out of the same West 4th Avenue site.

Interested in finding more archival photographs of Vancouver? Search the City of Vancouver Archives’ online database. For more information about the Archives, its holdings, and how to research, visit the Archives’ website.

By Bronwyn Smyth - City of Vancouver Archives

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 January 7, 2022 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing: • Register to speak online by visiting: vancouver.ca/your-government/speak-at-citycouncil-meetings - 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.

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I am double vaccinated and tested positive for COVID-19

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fter a year of surp r rises and unprecedented challenges, I am not sure why I thought my COVID-19 test would be any different.

To say I was ready or prepared for my test result to come back positive would be an understatement. It happened so quickly and I am thankful to be vaccinated and healthy.

It all started on Dec. 13. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling out of sorts. By 6 a.m., I felt intense body aches and had a pounding headache. I shrugged it off at first as just a bad sleep. I also had a hard workout the day before. But as the day continued and the pain didn’t subside, I worried I might have contracted the virus.

I keep my contacts small, always wash my hands, wear a mask and follow the pandemic orders. The symptoms I experienced in those 24 hours felt mild compared to my symptoms after getting my two COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year (AstraZeneca and Pfizer).

I broke my fever in my sleep the night of Dec. 14 and woke up feeling “normal.” My gargle test was scheduled the following day in Victoria. Because I was feeling “normal,” I felt some reassurance that maybe I didn't have the virus.

Then at 6:02 p.m. I received an automated message from the BC Centre for Disease Control that my COVID-19 test result was positive and to self-isolate immediately.

Frantically, I started cancelling holiday plans. I called all my close contacts and felt immense fear that I could have spread the virus unknowingly to someone close to me.

Over the next few days, my symptoms remained mild: I had a headache every day and was tired. Roughly after five days of the virus, I lost my sense of taste. Since then, I don’t appear to have any long-term symptoms, but my taste has not come back fully.

It took public health three days to contact me; once they did, we determined there was no way of knowing where or how I got the virus. I then learned that contact tracing was to be conducted by me and that I had to alert everyone. All of my close contacts tested negative.

The next step was figuring out how long I needed to isolate for. Two nurses told me over the phone that because I was double vaccinated and had mild symptoms, I only needed to isolate for seven days. People who are not vaccinated or are immune-compromised are supposed to isolate for 10 days.

Following up on this information, Glacier Media contacted the Ministry of Health and was told the different isolation timelines reflect emerging information on how COVID-19 and its variants behave.

"We have learnt that people who are double vaccinated tend to shed [the] virus for a shorter duration of time,” says a spokesperson. "In a vaccinated person, by seven days after symptom onset, they are very unlikely to transmit infection."

In contrast, people who are not vaccinated shed the virus for about 10 days after symptoms start.

"Omicron has been found to spread more easily between people than previous COVID-19 variants. People can spread Omicron to others even if they have been vaccinated,” says the spokesperson. "Current vaccines provide good protection against severe illness and hospitalizations for Omicron."

Meanwhile, the two public health nurses told me I would not be able to get a PCR test once my isolation period finished.

Ministry of Health staff echo this and tell Glacier Media that

people can continue to test positive for weeks.

Ministry r staff say PCR tests will remain positive for 20 days or more, so testing by PCR in a public setting is not helpfu f l.

"Theoretically, this might imply that dead viru rus can be transmitted but it is unclear if this is protective,” says a spokesperson. "The best protection is to be vaccinated.”

Out of an abundance of caution for those closest to me, including an immune-compromised person, I purchased a box of rapid tests online to see if I would continue testing positive.

Thankfully, my results came back negative.

One scroll through social media tells the story of many people coping with COVID-19. I hope my story finds you healthy and safe.

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Resident of SRO owned by notorious slumlords speaks out after spending holiday without heat

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he worst Christmas as I've had in 36 years,” says David Brabner, a resident of the Regal Hotel on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, who says he spent the holiday freezing in his room after the heat went out on Christmas Eve. Owned by the notorious Sahota family, the Regal is a single-roomoccupancy building located at 1046 Granville Street that came under fire this year for being in an ”unsafe condition." A report that went before city council stated that it represented “an ongoing risk to the life safety of the residents of the building.”

Brabner, 36, told Vancouver Is Awesome in a phone interview on Dec. 29 that he moved into the building in July 2021 but hopes to find other accommodation as soon as possible.

"Today alone the power has blown three times," he said. "It was off for about a half-an-hour each time."

While the heat was back on Boxing Day, Brabner notes that he never feels warm in his room.

For one, he says the window in his room has never been fixed, so cold air is always blowing in.

"I'm paying like almost $700 a month to live in a cockr k oachinfested hellhole where the sink never works. There's one shower worki k ng in the whole building.

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Brabner added that there are mice in his unit, rats on the stairs, and his girlfriend has been bitten, although she doesn't know what bit her.

Over Christmas, Brabner slept with "three jackets on under two sleeping bags" and was "still shivering." Now, he says he has a sore throat and other tenants have complained of new coughs.

The City t of Vancouver tells V.I.A. in an emailed statement that staff visited the Regal Hotel on Monday Dec. 27 and that the building was getting warmer when they visited.

"We were informed that additional work is happening on the heating system this morning,

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and are following up today to ensure that work is completed and ffull heating has been restored," reads the statement.

The city t also stated that staff monitor SRO buildings "closely

and facilitate compliance" through inspections and by responding to complaints.

Enforcement action is taken if a violation is noted during an inspection.

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The city t says it became aware of the heat issue on Dec. 17 and immediately took action. "Our understanding is there was an issue earlier over the holidays which building management attempted to resolve, but the problem had reoccurred."

The city’s rental property standards database, which lists previous and current violations, shows the Regal has records dating back to April 2014 for contravening one or more bylaws related to building, fire and standards of maintenance.

Problems included issues with fire alarms, fire exit doors, fire extinguishers, fire connection, housekeeping, plumbing and “lodging house room number and records.” The database indicates 46 “completed issues” and five “current issues.”

The Sahotas will be familiar to readers who followed the city’s fight to expropriate and eventually buy the Balmoral and Regent hotels on East Hastings, near Main Street.

The Balmoral has been vacant since June 20177 and the Reg gent since June 2018. Both hotels have at leas ast 150 rooms. The city t closed both buildings because they were deemed unsafe to occupy.

Vancouver Is Awesome made several attempts to reach members of the Sahota family on Wednesday.

By Elana Shepert with files from Mike Howell.

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Trump name removed from Police seize 150,000 downtown Vancouver hotel potentially fatal fentanyl doses

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he Trump name has officially been removed from its resting place on a statuesque Vancouver hotel for roughly the past four years The sign for the Trump Vancouver tower was unveiled just in time for the inauguration of

the former U.S. president on Jan. 20, 2017.

But the unveiling was not welcome news to some Vancouverites. There were multiple protests against the use of Trump’s name on a Vancouver building, with many people citing his racist and hateful remarks.

Now, however, the divisive former president's name has been removed from the hotel, which officially closed in August 2020.

The Holborn Group is the parent company that owns the former Trump International Hotel.

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver accounted for almost one-third of police calls to luxury downtown hotels in 2017-18, Vancouver Police Department statistics show.

By Elana Shepert with files from Jeremy Hainsworth

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urrey RCM MP recently seized enough fentanyl to kill everyone in a sold-out arena like BC Place three times over.

In Septemb ber, the Surrey RCMP Dru rug Unit start r ed an investigation into a dru r g trafficki k ng nettwork in Surrey. On Nov. 25, police executed a search warrant at a residence in the 124 400-block of 99 Avenue, according to a presss release.

Police seized $90,0 000 in cash, 225 grams of fentanyl, 16 grams of cocaine, 24 grams of methamphetaminee and 67 fake oxycodone pills. The drugs weere prepackaged for streetlevel sale.

Two Surrey men in n their late 20s were arrested and later released pending charge approval. Both men n are known to police and are linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict. On Dec. 122, a separate investigation

led to a search warrant being executed at a residence in the 7000-block of 150A St. Police seized 1.5 kg of bulk fentanyl, 775 grams of bulk methamphetamine, $60,000 in cash, one assault rifle and one tactical shotgun.

The investigation is ongoing to obtain charge approval against one man who has associations with the Lower Mainland gang conflict.

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SO NICE OR EARTH’S OWN NON-DAIRY BEVERAGES SELECTED VARIETIES 1.75/1.89 L

3

$ 29

LB

KRAFT SINGLES OR VELVEETA SLICES SELECTED VARIETIES 410 G

2

$ 99 CAULIFLOWER

PRODUCT OF U.S.A., NO. 1 GRADE EACH

3

$ 49

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Antique and Collectibles Show Sunday, January 16th Come and enjoy yourself with a variety of dealers specializing in all sorts of Antiques & Collectibles and hard to find items.

Books, postcards, china, paintings, radios, old tools, linens and much more.

Admission price: $4.00 (10:00 am – 4:00 pm) Early Birds: $15.00 (8:00 am)

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MARKETPLACE BURIAL PLOTS Ocean View Burial Park South Mausoleum.

2 Tandem Exterior Crypts, 2 openings, 5th row above ground level.

WANTED Old Books Wanted. also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. no text books or encyclopedias. I pay cash.

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WEEKLY SPECIALS MEATS

Prices valid from Thursday, January 6th to Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

5.88

/LB

1.28

/LB

$

$

GROCERY

PRODUCE

FRESH BEEF SHANK BONELESS

$

PACIFIC ROSE APPLE USA

$

5.98

FRESH BEEF OUTSIDE ROUND ROAST AA

78

$

/LB

2.68

$

10.98

1.98

2/$

DAN D PAK INSTANT OATS 1KG

PRINGLES POTATO CHIPS 165G

KEWPIE JAPANESE MAYONAISE 450G

1.98

$

/EA

EMMA STRAINED TOMATO 660ML

$

/EA

5.98

$

GREEN GIANT NIBLETS CORN 341ML

4.98

$

/EA

5.48

/EA

1.28

JARRITO MEXICAN DRINKS 370ML

$

2.98

1.98

$

/EA

LA COSTENA REFRIED BEAN 546ML

3.48

/EA

www.88supermarket.ca Every Tuesday, all year round, shop and you’ll be rewarded, instantly!

EULONG PALMIER COOKIES 120G

MAGNOLIA CHEEZEE BLOCK 165G

5.98

$

/EA

1.98

4.28

$

2.98

/EA

5.98

/EA

TALLEY’S GREENSHELL MUISSELS 454G

5.48

$

/EA

HAITAI HONEY BUTTER CHIPS 60G

MILANO CROISSANTS ASSORTED 300G

2611 E 49th Ave, Vancouver • 604-438-0869 4801 Victoria Dr, Vancouver • 604-876-2128

$

/EA

BRAGG APPLE CIDER VINEGAR 946ML

$

/EA

EVERLAND PITTED DATES 454G

RED GLOBE GRAPES PERU

$

/EA

DONA ELSITA CORN TORTILLAS 90’S

$

PIETRO CORICELLI GRAPESEED OIL

$

/LB

1.98

$

CAFÉ DU MONDE 425G

/EA

2.98

ROMA TOMATO MEXICO

/EA

/LB

LIVE SMALL CRAB

$

/EA

7.98

1.18

$

HOLIDAY LUNCHEON MEAT 340G

4.00

1.28

$

/EA

11.98

$

/LB

FRESH BONELESS PORK LOIN ROAST

$

/EA

TROPICO YOUNG COCONUT WATER 1L

4.00

2/$

3.98

2.88

NESCAFE INSTANT COFFEE 475G

/EA

FRESH PORK LOIN & RIB END CHOPS

$

EA

2.38

$

/LB

CLEMENTINE MANDARIN 2LB BAG USA

CELERY BUNCH USA

/EA

2.18

$

/LB

¢

SUNLIGHT LEMON DISH LIQUID 800ML

$

KILLARNEY LOCATION ONLY (E 49TH AVE)

3FRI, SATDAYS ONLY & SUN

3 DAYS ONLY

/PK

MINI STRUDEL 6PK 450G

/EA

WE LOVE BC HONEY BEAR 375G

1.68

$

/100G

HONEY HAM

OPEN 8:30AM–10:00PM

EVERYDAY

While quantities last. We reserve the right to correct pricing errors.