Vancouver Is Awesome #104 - March 31, 2022

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CITY OF VANCOUVER: PUBLIC HEARINGS Public Hearing: April 12, 2022

Public Hearing: April 14, 2022

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:

Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means

1. 5337-5387 Willow Street and 826 West 37th Avenue To rezone 5337-5387 Willow Street and 826 West 37th Avenue from RS-1 (Residential) District to RM-8A (Multiple Dwelling) District to allow for a townhouse or rowhouse development with a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.20.

2. 6409-6461 Cambie Street and 505 West 49th Avenue To rezone 6409-6461 Cambie Street and 505 West 49th Avenue from RT-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 10-storey, mixed-use building, with 48 strata-titled residential units, commercial space, live-work space, and a 37-space childcare facility. A building height of 40.5 metres (133 feet) with additional height for a rooftop amenity and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.68 are proposed.

3. Amendment to Regional Context Statement Official Development Plan By-law for 1325-1333 East Georgia Street To amend the Regional Context Statement Official Development Plan By-law to change the land use designation at 1325-1333 East Georgia Street from Industrial to General Urban, solely for the purpose of facilitating delivery of temporary modular housing (TMH) building.

4. 2406-2484 Renfrew Street To rezone 2406-2484 Renfrew Street from C-1 (Commercial) District and RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 14-storey, mixed-use building, and a six-storey residential building containing a total of 180 secured rental housing units, of which 20 per cent of the residential floor area will be secured as moderate-income units. A building height of 48.6 metres (159 feet) with additional height for a rooftop amenity and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.10 are proposed.

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A. 5-15 West 2nd Avenue and 1751 Ontario Street

To rezone 5-15 West 2nd Avenue and 1751 Ontario Street from M-2 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of an 18-storey, mixed-use building with 122 secured rental housing units, of which 20 per cent of the residential floor area will be secured as below-market rental units. A height of 58.6 metres (192 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 7.91 are proposed.

B. Zoning and Development By-law Amendments to support the Patio Program for Businesses on Private Property

To amend the Zoning and Development By-law Section 10.29A to extend regulations to allow patios for businesses on private property with patio restrictions until October 31, 2022.

C. Regulating Self-Storage Uses in Industrial Districts To amend the Zoning and Development By-law and the Mini-Storage Warehouse Guidelines to continue to allow storage warehouse uses for commercial operations, restrict self-storage uses to upper floors in industrial areas, and remove self-storage as a permitted use in industrial areas in close proximity to rapid transit stations to support employment intensification in industrial areas.

D. 1477 West Broadway To rezone 1477 West Broadway from C-3A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 39-storey, mixed-use building with 223 secured rental housing units, of which 20 per cent of the residential floor area will be secured as below-market rental units. A building height of 124.0 metres (407 feet) with additional height for a rooftop amenity and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 12.30 are proposed.

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.

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, members of the public are strongly encouraged to attend remotely.

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

To participate in the Public Hearing process, you can register to speak beginning at 8:30 am on April 1, 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.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, by e-mail to 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, April 1, 2022 until the Public Hearing commences, and for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting April 1, 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.

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

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two-storey float home in New Westminster has been privately put up for sale by its owner who has lived in it for the past 33 years.

Priced at $849,000, the 1,200 square foot floating house that's located quite literally on the Fraser River was built in 1977.

It's in the neighbourhood of Queensborough, next to a waterfront park, and is part of a 15home floating community.

Zoned as freehold strata, the taxes for 2021 were $2,620.83 and monthly strata fees were $461.

In an email, owners Butch and Carol Boyce Nelson tell Vancouver Is Awesome that each home comes with a boat slip, and that there's

is a true sense of community. They tell us that "living on a float home is typically like going back in time to when everybody knew their neighbours. There is lots of socializing between some homes but if you aren’t so inclined, your privacy is respected."

When asked if one is able to go fishing out the window they note that it's technically possible but that the fishing is better from the dock, which is essentially attached to the house.

The home is located at 1-800 South Dyke Road in New Westminster and more information is available on the website that the couple built in order to sell it at floatinghomeforsale.com.

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beaver was spotted waddling around a residential area in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood March 22.

The semi-aquatic herbivore was caught on video going across a lawn before striding out on the sidewalk in front of a small group of excited onlookers.

Another video shows the critter moving between some cars and then venturing down the street.

Vancouver resident Ryan O’hearn tells Vancouver Is Awesome that he spotted the large rodent travelling south on Blenheim Street and called the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. They told him the department doesn't deal with smaller animals.

A neighbour told O'hearn to call Critter Care Wildlife Society but there was too

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much of a delay from when he spotted the beaver and the organization was unable to help. "[Critter Care] thinks it’s a male beaver who has been kicked out of his dam and is trying to find his own new territory.

Sometimes they end up not finding a new territory and end up at the ocean or other unfavourable habitats," he explained.

"Because there was a time delay from the time I saw the beaver to the time I called Critter Care, they weren’t able to do anything (like finding a needle in a

haystack)."

"Hope someone spots him again."

If you spot the beaver please call Critter Care at (604) 530-2064 immediately.

Known for building large dams, lodges, and canals, you're more likely to see evidence of beavers than you are to spot one of the large rodents.

So, when the first beaver was spotted in Stanley Park's Beaver Lake in over 60 years, it made a considerable splash.

In 2008, the first semi-aquatic herbivore mysteriously appeared in Beaver Lake after an extraordinary hiatus. No one knows how it got there, but a second one joined it in 2011. Afterwards, the pair had kits.

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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donate $500,000 to water charity

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ancouver-born actor Ryan Reynolds and his wife actress Blake Lively have donated half a million dollars to support local hands-on skills training and education for young Indigenous adults in Canada.

The Hollywood A-listers donated to Canadian charity Water First Education & Training Inc. but their specific contribution will go toward providing resources for more "young Indigenous adults to become water treatment plant operators and environmental water science technicians, as well as engage Indigenous school-aged students in water science," explains a news release.

Many Indigenous communities continue to lack access to safe, clean water in Canada. While many governments communicate awareness of the issue, at least 15 per cent — or roughly one in six First Nations communities — are still under a drinking water advisory.

“Access to clean drinking water is a basic human right. Canada is home to over 20% of the planet’s freshwater — an abundance that’s envied around the world. There’s absolutely no reason Indigenous communities should not have access to safe, clean water, " said Reynolds.

"All the individuals involved, whether they are operating water systems or monitoring their local water bodies, are critical. We appreciate Water First’s focus on supporting young, Indigenous adults to become certified water operators and environmental

technicians. These folks are helping to ensure sustainable access to safe, clean water locally, now and for the future.

Blake and I are thrilled to support this important work."

Due to the complexity of water challenges faced by Indigenous communities, Water First states that an integrated approach involving multiple solutions is critical for longterm sustainability — and no one "understands this more than the people who live there."

The charity spoke to many Indigenous communities that cited the need for more young, qualified people who can support solutions for water challenges.

John Millar, executive director and founder at Water First, stated that the charity was moved by Reynolds' "genuine interest" in supporting training

opportunities for young Indigenous adults and youth.

"Ryan and Blake’s tremendous support will significantly increase Water First’s ability to offer hands-on skills training to more Indigenous youth and young adults from coast to coast to coast,” he said.

Spencer Welling, Water First intern from Wasauksing First Nation shares, "I am doing this for myself, my family and community. It’s important to know how things are done and gives you a better appreciation for it. It’s a good career to have, which I’m sure would ease my parents’ minds knowing that.

It also feels good knowing that my community will have a local water treatment operator at the plant for at least a couple of decades.”

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TransLink's Board of Directors approved a motion last Thursday (March 24) for an increase of 2.3 per cent on all fare products. The decision is in alignment with the province's BC Safe Restart Agreement announced in September 2020, which supports lower fare increases.

In 2020, the transportation agency saw its ridership drop significantly and only recover to just over half of its prepandemic levels as of January 2022, notes the public agenda.

The farebox revenue was approximately half of pre-pandemic amounts as a result.

TransLink also cancelled its previously planned July 1, 2020 fare increase and lowered the July 1, 2021 fare increase.

Last year, the board approved a fare increase of 2.1 per cent instead of the originally planned 4.1 per cent increase; it came into effect on July 1, 2021.

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achine Gun Kelly and Avril Lavigne will be playing a show in Vancouver this summer.

The pop-punk rockers will play Rogers Arena on Saturday, July 23 as part of MGK's North American and European "Mainstream Sellout Tour."

Another singer, Willow Smith, will also join MGK and Lavigne at the Vancouver concert.

She is the daughter of popular actor, rapper, and producer Will Smith.

MGK, born Colson Baker, started out as a rapper and gained popularity for catchy anthems such as "Cleveland," which was played at Cleveland Cavaliers' home games.

He also gained significant mainstream

attention following his iconic Eminem diss track, "Rap Devil."

Following his switch to pop-punk, MGK started dating American actress Megan Fox and features Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker on several of his songs.

Canadian singer and songwriter Avril Lavigne's 2002 song "Complicated" was a massive hit at home and around the world.

Her first studio album, Let go, has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, according to MTV News.

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pair of childhood friends have found Vancouver the perfect place to launch a unique business.

The Backcountry Hut Company's (BHC) niche is fairly specific; they've created cabins that can be put together quickly and easily, and delivered virtually anywhere in the world.

Wilson Edgar, who brings experience outdoors (and was notably president of the BC Mountaineering Club), and Michael Leckie, an architect, founded the company.

They saw how difficult it was to build a cabin away from normal infrastructure, like roads.

"I thought if someone could put together a kit of a unique set of parts and pieces that went together kind of like Lego and at the same time had an IKEA-like instruction book, it would make the process easier to execute some sort of cabin project," Edgar says.

And because of the simple assembly and package, they can be sent anywhere.

"They've been assembled on top of mountains, at the end of lakes, on islands," Edgar says.

There are three traditional cabin platforms and a sauna. They range from the simple (an A-frame) to a more complex two-storey structure. The A-frame can be put together within a week by a handful of people using just hand tools.

While the pieces are unique, the materials aren't difficult to get a hold of, meaning repairs are easy enough, Edgar notes. The intricate design that's simple enough for people to put together is the key.

"We designed a kit using pretty much standard building materials you could get at any lumber store," he says. That said, the design gives it a much more modern and sleek look than something that looks like it came from a hardware store.

"They look and see a cabin, but it's also this magnificently detailed and refined modern structure," Edgar says.

He notes that part of the design ethos is to create structures that work in the context of their environment, instead of standing out as some cabins and chalets have in the past.

"They don't hinder on nature."

The pair worked with a Vancouver Islandbased crew to create the pieces.

"We worked together to figure out the requirements and to develop out the system," Edgar says. "We brought in different parties to look at the engineering, the enveloping of the structure and to make sure it all worked."

That simplicity includes delivery. A smaller system shows up on a single 53-foot flatbed trailer. If a truck and trailer can't get to the final destination, there are other options.

On occasion, that means a barge or helicopter is brought in to get the materials where they have to go. Since no heavy equipment is needed, it doesn't require many trips. And it takes a fraction of the time to go from concept to build.

"An average cottage takes two years to build because of the short build seasons and tight timelines and the back and forth," Edgar says.

"Instead, (with BHC), you just ship out the package."

Once the package arrives it takes between a week and a month to put together. It also means budgets are easier to estimate since

many of the costs are already known.

"We're trying to control some of that cost and you know as a client what it's going to look like before you even start," Edgar says.

Thanks to their system, they've put more than 40 cabins in place in the last few years.

"We get to build in some incredible places," he says. "BCH structures are in Tahoe, the Catskills, Shuswap Lake, the Gulf and San Juan Islands."

The pandemic has meant more people are looking for ways to escape the city, Edgar says, and the cabin-kit option is something he expects to keep growing.

He notes the business idea owes a piece of its existence to the city the two live in.

"Michael and I have both found a home in this city and we find it's a place where there's a tremendous amount of innovation and creativity across all industries," he says of Vancouver. "Therefore, it's a great place to have a company like the BCH."

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The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) has created several emergency response campaigns in its retail stores to support people in need, both at home and abroad. They have raised nearly $2.5 million for the Canadian Red Cross in the last two years.

The Red Cross offers countries in humanitarian crises with support through immediate and ongoing relief efforts, and long-term recovery.

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he provincial government is raiding the surplus at ICBC to provide rebates to drivers to offset skyrocketing gas prices.

One-time rebates of $110 for personal drivers and $165 for commercial drivers will start to go out to drivers starting in May. In total, $395 million worth of rebates are being distributed.

Premier John Horgan said the “robust” financial position of ICBC, following the shift to no-fault insurance, has made the driver kick-back possible.

“We brought in legislation to prevent future governments from dipping into reserves at ICBC to pad their budgets. What we're doing here and … for the two previous COVID benefits, is giving money back to the policyholders, to people who finance ICBC,” he said.

Horgan said the rapid rise in gas prices is directly the result of the war in Ukraine.

The premier said they opted for a rebate rather than direct tax relief at the pumps due to the advice of “UBC economists” that said tax relief would be replaced by a price increase by retailers.

He claimed Alberta’s reduction in gas taxes would equate to just $5 in savings a week for drivers.

Prior to the rise in gas prices there was already a discussion taking place about what the government should do with ICBC’s profits. Horgan was asked if that means the insurance provider is overcharging.

“It isn’t about too many policy dollars in the pot,” Horgan said. “It was about having a positive year end as a result of investments that the corporation makes on behalf of policyholders.”

It was also suggested ICBC could afford a rebate as large as $125, but Horgan says the government is moving cautiously due to the massive drag the corporation previously had on the province’s bottom line.

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As of March 17, BC Liquor and BC Cannabis stores collected a combined total of $538,074, money that will go toward the Canadian Red Cross’s Ukraine humanitarian crisis appeal. The appeal launched on Feb. 28, a few days after Russia invaded the European country.

"It is clear from the remarkable response to this campaign that what is happening in Ukraine has touched people all across the province," said Minister of Finance Selina Robinson in a prepared statement Tuesday.

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ancouver Pride has announced this year's theme as the annual festival returns to in-person activities after a hiatus due to the COVID-19

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The 44th annual festival in July will be called Together Again as people are able to gather again after years separated by concerns about the pandemic.

"It is meant to highlight the excitement and

importance around gathering for in-person, community-focused events again in 2022," states the society in a press release.

The plan is for the festival to return as it was prepandemic with in-person events, activities and more. That includes the Sunset Beach Festival and Pride Parade, which has drawn upwards of 400,000 spectators in the past.

However, in the spirit of inclusivity, there will be online events as well.

“For the past two Pride seasons, we’ve had to adapt the festival in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, curating and delivering virtual and athome programming," says the society's interim director Lee Keple.

In advance of the festival, the society's Unicorn Ball is coming up in May. It acts as a fundraiser for their bursary program.

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Vancouver police superintendent who was considered an ally in the fight for drug policy reform in Canada and equally respected by his peers for his commitment to take down major illegal narcotic operations lost his battle with cancer.

Bill Spearn, 54, leaves behind a wife and two daughters and a career in which he evolved from an anti-drug injection site hardliner to an officer who believed the city’s lone prescription heroin program should be expanded across the province.

“I felt really alone in this world of law enforcement, but I can tell you that over the years as this [overdose] crisis has spread across North America, I'm not the only policeman that feels this way,” said Spearn in a video produced a few years ago by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition.

His death has consequently left a deep hole in drug policy expertise at the Vancouver Police Department and deflated harm reduction advocates engaged in the fight to decriminalize drugs and bring widespread medical-grade substances to users.

Condolences and kind words from workmates, community members and officers across the globe have poured in for Spearn, who only last summer was involved in the B.C. government’s application to the federal government to decriminalize drugs. The year before, as officer in charge of the VPD’s organized crime section, he was in front of media cameras announcing a $3 million drug bust.

Twenty kilograms of fentanyl — the synthetic opioid that has been linked to more than 80 per cent of the province’s overdose deaths — was seized in the operation.

“This is probably the most fentanyl I’ve seen in one spot in my 24 years of drug enforcement,” he told reporters at the time.

It was only three weeks ago that Spearn was posing for a photograph in his driveway with 15 of his police colleagues, many of them on bicycles and there to give their friend a lift from his months-long battle with cancer.

Standing strong, arms at his side and eyes focused on the camera, he looked happy.

“What a group — love ‘em all,” he wrote later on Twitter.

The gesture, which Spearn described as wonderful, was a continuation of the steady procession of visitors to his home in the Fraser Valley since he was diagnosed in August 2021 with stage four glioblastoma cancer.

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video that has surfaced online (which you can view by scanning the QR code here) may be nostalgic for some readers. Others might find it a bit cheesy by today's standards.

While it may not feel like it to everyone, the early 80s were 40 years ago, and a lot has changed over that time. To see that, check out this tourism video, capturing the vibe of the city before Expo 86 came to town.

"Probably the key to appreciating Vancouver is being aware of that intangible element of change," says narrator Art Hives. "In seasons, in events, in styles of architecture, in people and their pursuits, at work and seeking leisure."

"Life is very full in this city, a unique blending of outdoor freedom and naturalness with civilized sophistication," he continues. "A seaport and crossroads between North America and the Pacific Rim. Always

cosmopolitan, yet a city with its own distinct identity. Its own sense of being."

Perhaps the most notable change, aside from some of the fashion choices, is the skyline, with far fewer skyscrapers.

Made just before Expo 86 (it even offers a glimpse into the future with shots of what is now Science World and other sites), perhaps the most interesting part of the video is how 80s it feels, from the music, to the narration, to the fashion on screen.

It was produced for the Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau to promote the city as a destination, focusing on attractions and experiences people would find in the city as the tourism industry grew.

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f you look at this map and think, 'This isn't the Vancouver I know!' there are a few reasons for that.

First, and simplest, is the orientation.

The view is from the north, looking south over the Burrard Inlet, as if the map were drawn by a giant standing at the Port of Vancouver in North Vancouver.

Second, it's from 1898. A lot has changed since then. And by a lot, we mean virtually everything. Cars were new and rare, with most people relying on horses, tall ships with huge masts were still a common sight as a working ship (not a novelty), and electricity was just being added to

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In 1898 the centre of town was more Water and Carrall streets and while Granville Street is built up, areas further west are quite sparse. Coal Harbour isn't even worth putting on the map at the time. To the south, Kingsway is still just the road to New Westminster, with a forest running alongside a good chunk of it.

The furthest street to the south is 21st Avenue and roads heading directly south disappear into the forest; in one case Steveston is the destination.

Road names are a bit confusing, too. In

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some cases, the current names are still years off. You won't see Main Street, Kingsway and or Broadway on this map.

Smaller streets are also different, like Princess Street running perpendicular to its current version (Carl Street is gone now, and East Pender took the roadway that was Princess).

Few buildings remain from this time. The most prominent on the map is the CP station, down at the waterfront which was replaced. While there is a Hotel Vancouver on the map, that's not the current one (we're on the third Hotel Vancouver).

The Alhambra Hotel should be on there, though it's not particularly recognizable

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on Water Street. The Christ Church Cathedral is on there but it doesn't stand out too much.

The map was a supplement in a Vancouver newspaper called the Daily World. A legend at the bottom matches numbers on buildings with local places of importance, including yacht clubs, slaughterhouses and hotels.

Some may recognize the map from a book cover. Historian Chuck Davis used it on the front of his final book, The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver.

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Pettersson’s reemergence means Canucks still have playoff hopes Instead, just Travis Hamonic and Tyler Motte were removed from the roster, traded to the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers, respectively. In their places, the Canucks traded for Travis Dermott from the Toronto Maple Leafs and claimed Brad Richardson off waivers. Even if Richardson is a downgrade on Motte, Dermott is an upgrade on Hamonic, and the Canucks’ core group remained the same.

In response to that seeming vote of confidence, the

Canucks went out and beat the best team in the NHL, the Colorado Avalanche, pushed another top team in the Minnesota Wild to overtime on the second night of back-to-back games, then followed that up with a massive win over the team directly ahead of them in the standings, the Dallas Stars.

It’s clear that the Canucks still believe they can make the playoffs, even if the math isn’t in their favour.

“We’re in it. We have something to really play for,” said J.T. Miller after the win over the Avalanche. “Right when you start to think you’re out of it, you’re going to put yourself out of it, but there’s none of that in our room. We believe in here.”

What helps immensely is that their franchise forward is finally playing like one.

No, not Miller, though he has been outstanding all season, leading the Canucks in scoring and flirting with a 100-point pace. What has been key for the Canucks is the reemergence of Elias Pettersson as a dominant two-way player after a dreadful start to the season.

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he Vancouver Canucks’ quiet trade deadline almost felt like a vote of confidence for the team’s chances of making the playoffs.

New Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin, along with president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford and their management team, made a grand total of four moves. None of those moves touched the team’s top players, pushing some difficult decisions down the road to the offseason.

toughest road trip of the season, a five-game swing that saw them facing some of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

The Vancouver Canucks had already fallen to the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Carolina Hurricanes and their initial seven-game winning streak under new head coach Bruce Boudreau was starting to seem like a distant memory.

Pettersson was coming off a game against the Hurricanes where everything went wrong. He had some terrible giveaways, accidentally blocked what looked like a sure goal, took a skate to the face, hit the post on his best

scoring chance, and snapped his stick in half on another chance, after which he got tripped by the goaltender and went crashing into the boards with no penalty call.

There was nowhere to go but up — way up. Pettersson followed up that dismal performance with his first two-goal game of the season, leading the way as the Canucks rescued the road trip with a win over the Washington Capitals.

Since that game, Pettersson has been back to his old self, with 30 points in 28 games and seems to be just hitting his offensive groove. Beyond the points, Pettersson has found a home on the defensive

side of special teams, becoming arguably the Canucks’ best penalty killer.

The penalty kill has been one of the Canucks’ biggest issues this season, Pettersson becoming a key penalty killer has been extremely important. Since midFebruary, when Pettersson’s ice time on the penalty kill increased, the Canucks’ penalty kill percentage has been top-10 in the NHL. The Canucks still face long odds to make the playoffs but Pettersson finding his game on both ends of the ice makes those odds a little bit better.

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