Vancouver Is Awesome #97 - February 10, 2022

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Indigenous women's basketball team fundraising with limited edition ball

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escribed as one of the backbones of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside community and for women coming off reserves, an Indigenous women's basketball team is featuring a limited edition basketball as part of a new fundraising campaign.

As an integral part of many Indigenous communities, basketball has served as a way for people of all generations to gather and connect with each other.

All My Relations Indigenous Women's (AMR) basketball team was founded by Joleen Milton over 19 years ago in Vancouver and she says the limited edition basketball is a representation of more than just the love of the game—although the team really loves to play basketball.

"Through basketball, we have learned to practice how we want to play, and in our lives, we are the change we want to see in our communities," she explains. "This ball and its design represents that, it’s our journey and our story.

"We love this game, and this is our Game Ball!”

In partnership with advertising agency The Local Collective, AMR has launched a fundraising campaign that represents "a rich and often overlooked history of basketball in Indigenous communities across Canada."

For women who are coming off reserves or

who live in the DTES, the team offers a safe and healthy outlet in the community. The 30 Indigenous women in the AMR community come from various nations and backgrounds and the team consists of twelve women ranging in age from 17 to 40 years. Inspired by their stories and the love of the game, the AMR Game Ball was born.

While the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on tournament fundraising, the "drive,

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determination, and dedication to community" continued to push the team to find new ways to rally support.

"We believe the more spaces that are created, nurtured and funded for sport, especially for underrepresented communities, the more we all have to gain from it," says Kaitlin Doherty, Founder & Managing Director, The Local Collective.

“Community is so vital right now. We love

what All My Relations stands for and how they build and lift up their communities."

Proceeds from the sale of AMR Game Balls (priced at $100 each) go directly to supporting the team as they head to the coveted All Native Tournament this April in Prince Rupert, which is located on the traditional territory of the Ts’msyen.

Additionally, funding will go to supporting the AMR Physical Literacy Program, developing programming and clinics, and continuing their advocacy work for representation in sport.

Scan the QR code here to learn more.

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Canucks hiring women is taking advantage of a clear market ineffi f ciency

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he Vancouver Canucks made waves in the hockey world when they hired Émilie Castonguay, making her just the second woman ever to be hired as an assistant general manager in NHL history and the first in 25 years.

The hiring came just a few days after the Canucks hired Rachel Doerrie in an analytics role. In the space of one week, the Canucks drastically increased the diversity of their hockey operations department — specifically, they went from zero women to two.

Castonguay and Doerrie have more than just gender in common; they also boast extremely impressive resumes.

Castonguay played four years in the NCAA for Niagara University, earned her law degree from the University of Montreal, and became the first woman ever to be an NHLPAcertified player agent, representing firstoverall draft pick Alexis Lafrenière, Canadian star Marie-Philip Poulin, and former Canuck Antoine Roussel.

Doerrie has worked for the New Jersey Devils as an analyst, as a video coach for the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves, as the director of analytics and advanced performance for York University while completing her Master of Science in Sport Science and Analytics, and was a senior analyst for BMO Financial Group.

It’s wrong to say that Castonguay and Doerrie are overqualified. It’s just that they’re actually qualified for the jobs for which they’ve been hired, which stands in stark contrast to so many men that get hired by NHL teams.

By opening their hiring practices to more than just the usual white men that get front office roles in the NHL, the Canucks are taking advantage of a massive market inefficiency.

The concept is simple. If an NHL team only hires white men, they’re competing with every other NHL team for the best people. By intentionally targeting a different demographic, an NHL team can get the best of the best from that group. That’s definitely Castonguay and Doerrie.

“There are a lot of very good, qualified women around the League, and I talked to a handful.

All are very capable of having high positions in the National Hockey League. I was very, very impressed,” said Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford. “[Émilie] has such a good background to take this next step.”

NHL teams have primarily hired white men for front office jobs — Castonguay is the only female assistant general manager in the NHL and Brett Peterson with the Florida Panthers is the first and only Black assistant general manager in NHL history.

This isn’t necessarily intentional racism or sexism, but racism and sexism don’t have to be intentional to be real.

Typically speaking, NHL teams have looked to former players or people who have been around the men’s game for years and had the right connections.

It becomes cyclical. When jobs open up, teams frequently hire for those who have done the job before — just look at the Chicago Blackhawks interviewing Peter Chiarelli for their open general manager job, even though Chiarelli did an utterly disastrous job as GM of the Edmonton Oilers. By only looking at a small circle of people for these jobs, so many other qualified and competent people get excluded.

Since the NHL is still predominantly populated by white men, the people it excludes are BIPOC and women. Since it’s so easy to unintentionally exclude, it is essential that inclusion be very intentional.

That’s why it’s so encouraging to see Rutherford intentionally seeking out and interviewing women for front office roles.

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new recreational property opportunity has come up in a remote location three hours from Williams Lake in Northern B.C. An off-grid home on the shores of the oddly-named Scum Lake has been listed for $395,000.

The listing refers to it as a luxury home, which is debatable.

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B.C. man who gained over half a million YouTube followers is facing several charges after he allegedly crossed into Banff National Park to hunt, fish and light fires during a 30-day survival challenge.

Gregory Ovens is next scheduled to appear in a Calgary court on Feb. 9, 2022. He faces six charges connected to illegal fishing, hunting in a park, discharging a firearm in a park, lighting an illegal fire, and damaging or destroying a natural object. He is also alleged to have breached the Canada National Park Act for flying a drone without a permit, said a spokesperson for Parks Canada.

The court appearances come following a joint Parks Canada and BC Conservation Officer Service investigation against Ovens, triggered after a public report in July 2019.

Ovens, who lives in the village of Canal Flats near the headwaters of the Columbia River, is alleged to have crossed into Banff National Park during a '30 Day Survival Challenge in the Canadian Rockies' with fellow survivalist Zachary Fowler, an American citizen. Fowler has an outstanding arrest warrant against him for seven related charges.

In a series of popular YouTube videos, Ovens and Fowler forage for mushrooms, build a raft, and pan for gold. Most of the videos show the men catching and smoking fish, but by day 30, Ovens is seen roasting a wild gopher in a tree fort several metres off the forest floor.

The survival challenge launched Ovens's YouTube channel in 2019, which to date has received over 45 million views. Glacier Media reached out to Ovens and Fowler, but neither was immediately available for comment.

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Canadian Navigable Waters Act The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (Metro Vancouver) hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of the work described below and its site and plans.

Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the Act, Metro Vancouver has submitted to the Minister of Transport, on the on-line Navigable Waters Registry (http://cps.canada.ca/) and under Navigation Protection Program File Number 1997-500321, a description of the following work, its site and plans: Metro Vancouver proposes to conduct in-water and on-land geotechnical investigations to support the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade in the City of Richmond. The geotechnical investigations program is expected to start in March 2022 and the in-water investigations are expected to begin in mid-July 2022. The timing for the in-water investigations will take into consideration the surrounding environmental constraints and marine user groups and works will be undertaken outside of the fisheries window.

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Month-long seafood festival underway

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or the month of February restaurants and food businesses across Canada will be taking part in the Ocean Wise Seafood Festival, aimed at celebrating sustainable seafood and fisheries.

While seafood fans in Vancouver would gather annually at the Vancouver Aquarium to enjoy the Chowder Chowdown and spoon up delicious tastes of chowder created by local restaurant chefs, the event has shifted to be a nation-wide month-long fundraising dining festival instead, and there are several local businesses taking part.

During the Seafood Festival, Ocean Wise partners across the country sell sustainable seafood chowders, dishes, fillets or packaged products, with partial proceeds donated to the Ocean Wise Seafood program.

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The following Vancouver restaurants will have a special dish on the menu this month as part of the Seafood Festival:

• 1931 Gallery Bistro - Vancouver Art Gallery: Chef Gleb Podshibyakin's Salmon Risotto (Steelhead, Arborio, Cauliflower Puree, Edamame, Fennel Salad, Fried Garlic) • Hello Nori: Chef Jay Pugong's Spicy Shrimp Roll • Holts Café Vancouver: Chef Aaron Hoffman's Kyuquot Sound Miso Chowdown (Sable Fish and White miso chowder,

Smoked sable terrine, Pickled potato, Brussels sprout, Mustard seeds, Fennel oil) • Minami: Chef Alan Ferrer's Albacore Tuna and Kaiso Seaweed Tartar (Avocado, red onion, celery, cucumber, chili garlic tamari soy, wasabi crème fraîche, microgreens, edible flower, sesame rice cracker) • ShuckShuck: Chef Shannon Boyle's Keep Clam and Ocean Wise On (Manila Clams, Pernod, White Wine, lop cheong, Shaved Fennel and Red Pepper) Additionally, North Vancouver's Cantina Norte and Mamas Fish and Chips are taking part, as is Sailors Seafoods, which has its Honey Mussels from Lasqueti Island which you can purchase online, and Organic Ocean, which has its Chef Select Smoked Sablefish Chowder for sale online.

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hree children stand next to the metal rolls of reinforcing material, watching men engrossed in their task in this 1913 photograph.

The photograph taken at 11th Avenue and Woodland Drive shows men mixing and pouring concrete into forms, creating pipe segments for the City’s sewerage scheme.

The City’s first sewer was built in 1888, two years after Vancouver’s incorporation.

However, two and a half decades of population growth combined with lack of standardized design and construction methods of sewers led to typhoid outbreaks, and, in the summer of 1911, beach closures due to pollution.

As a way to address the problems, the municipalities of Vancouver, South Vancouver, Point Grey, and Burnaby formed the Burrard Peninsula Joint Sewerage Committee. The Committee hired the Montreal- based sanitary engineer R.S. Lea to study the issue.

Lea’s report, submitted in February 1913, laid out the infrastructure framework for sewerage and surface water disposal. The report also projected what the needs of the region might be for the following 37 years.

In his letter of transmittal that accompanied the report, Lea praised the municipalities for their “attempt at united action in an undertaking of such magnitude in advance of pressing necessity.”

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