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I realize by writing againabout Vancouver’s wackyreal estate market that it isnot helpful in quelling thehysteria around the topic.Some of you may have
read my previous postin which I prattled onabout how tiresome theconversation has becomeregarding Vancouverites’obsession with housingprices.I learned two things
from posting my rant:Critics on social mediacan be nasty and neveractually read the full ar-ticle; and everybody needsto take a deep breath andunderstand that politicianshave argued about this fora long time to no reason-able result.So why pile on with
more words?Because Mayor Gregor
Robertson made me do it.He stepped into the frayagain Jan. 5 by issuing astatement on the insanitythat is Vancouver’s hous-ing market.
He said nothing that youhaven’t already heard —we need a speculation taxto help cool the flippingof houses and we needa luxury tax to penalizebuyers purchasing wildlyexpensive properties.Oh, and if you could
better track data oninternational ownership
and absentee ownershipof property, that wouldbe helpful, too, the mayoradded.Robertson said all this
back in May 2015 whenhe conveyed his concernsin a letter to PremierChristy Clark, who in turnthrew cold water on themayor’s demands.
The premier did, how-ever, promise to examine“various options avail-able to the city and theprovince to make hous-ing more affordable inVancouver, especially forfirst-time buyers.”Unless I missed it,
nothing has changed sincethen, except for Robert-
son trying to gain somepolitical leverage with hislatest finger-pointer of astatement directed at theprovince and the feds.The timing of this
comes as homeownersare receiving assessmentsthat show property valuesof the majority of single-family homes across thecity climbed between 15and 25 per cent.Yep, it’s a mad, mad
world.And despite it all, the
mayor, who remindedus in his statement thatthe average price of adetached home sold inVancouver has surpassed$2.5 million, says his ad-ministration is doing all itpossibly can to create so-called affordable housing.That’s apparently not
good enough for prospec-tive home buyers, renterspaying way too much rentand people so stretchedfinancially that it’s time topack up and find a moreaffordable and livable city.Maybe the mayor’s
relationship with PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau,
who has promised move-ment on the housing front,will see some changes.But as long as people
are willing to pay bigdollars for a dilapidatedbungalow, and politicianscontinue to pretend some-thing can actually be doneto turn back the clock to aless expensive, less hysteri-cal time in Vancouver, therich are getting richer andthe rest of us are left tocomplain about the cruelreality of how much itcosts to live under a roof.In my previous post, I
suggested people deal withthat reality, move out orat least change the topic. Iget that not everybody cansimply pack up and leave— finding a job, movingkids from their schoolsand leaving family be-hind are all factors — butsomething has got to give.I know, I know, enough
with the depressing news.But I feel better now –
cleansed, you might say.Next week, I promise to
write about rainbows andkittens.
@Howellings
Real estate rant (part deux): The politics of city’s housing market12TH &CAMBIE
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Vancouver’s hot housingmarket shows no signs of cooling off despite talk by politicians.PHOTODANTOULGOET
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Owner Margie Shep-pard rang in purchasesfrom behind the counterat Ethel’s boutique lastFriday afternoon.They were among the
last sales at her business’slong-time location on WestFourth between Balsamand Vine streets, acrossfrom Safeway.Ethel’s closes its doors
on Jan. 15, although itwill move to another siteat West Broadway andMacdonald where it willreopen, after a brief break,March 1.Ethel’s is relocating be-
cause she says the 1920s-era building in which thestore is currently situatedis being knocked down tomake way for new devel-opment.Five businesses, aside
from Ethel’s, are affected— William Parton Agen-cies, Babes on Fourth,Kate French, Buen Caféand Pirate Joe’s. OnlyBuen Café has closed per-manently. The rest have ei-ther moved or are movingto new locations. WilliamParton Agencies spent 53years on the block.It’s already relocated to
2695 West Broadway, buta note on its old storefronthighlights its history onWest Fourth, thanks cus-tomers and directs them toits new location.“For three generations of
our family William PartonAgencies have served ourneighbourhood. We wish wecould have stayed here evenlonger, but we didn’t havethe opportunity,” it reads.Ethel’s boutique also
has a long history onWest Fourth.Sheppard’s mother,
Ethel Pollock, opened itin 1970.The family moved to
Canada from Dublin, Ire-
land in 1958. Sheppard,who took the shop overabout 20 years ago, saidher mother loved fashionand sewing.“She used to sew
everything. She was aseamstress and she madeeverything that she sold inthe store. And I don’t dothat,” laughed Sheppard.“It was her passion. Shewas great. There are sixkids in our family and shesewed all our stuff.”Ethel’s was originally
located one block east butafter that building burneddown in the 1980s, theshop moved to its 2346West Fourth locationwhere it’s been a fixtureever since.Over the years, Shep-
pard has witnessed manychanges in the neighbour-hood and recalls when thePlimley Chrysler Dodgecar dealership was locatedon Fourth at Vine Street.While the yellow-fronted
building in which Ethel’s islocated appears modest atfirst glance, around the backthe brick exterior facingthe alley gives it an old rowhousing appearance, Shep-pard said.“It’s really quite cool.”The building was sold in
recent years so she assumedit would either be torndown or lease rates woulddouble. Sheppard said she’slooking forward to her newlocation, but will miss theold neighbourhood.“It was great for a long
time so I appreciate that,”she said.Shannon Bradley
Dexter, who stopped inthe boutique for a lookaround on Friday, thinksit’s a shame to see Van-couver’s quaint retailbuildings torn down.She’ll miss the sense of
community, knowing allthe retailers and the styleof the building.
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Regardless of the rhetoricthat may fly in the com-ing weeks, the fight amongthree candidates to becomeVancouver- Mount Pleas-ant’s newMLA will be afair one — at least when itcomes to finances.Pete Fry of the Green
Party, the NDP’s MelanieMark and Gavin Dew ofthe Liberals can each spenda maximum of $75,941between Jan. 5 and Feb. 2,the date of the byelection.The candidates’ parties
can also spend the sameamount — $75,941 — fora total of $155,883 foreach campaign, accord-ing to rules set by Elec-tions B.C. that include acalculation involving theConsumer Price Index.The rules limit a fed-
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in the world can make apolitical contribution ofany amount,” said West-ern, noting the candidatesand their respective par-ties have to disclose theirfinances by May 2.For now, none of the
candidates are sayingexactly who will donate totheir campaigns. His-torically, big business hasbeen the main contributorto the Liberals and unionshave funded the NDP.
The Greens don’t havea rich history of runningcandidates at the provinciallevel. But if donations col-lected by the Green Party ofVancouver in the 2014 civicelection is an indication ofwhere Fry and his party willget its money from, expectmany small donations fromindividuals and some largeramounts from organizations.Some of the Greens’
biggest contributors to its$88,000 civic campaignwere the Vancouver Fire-fighters’ Union ($10,000)
and the Vancouver TaxiAssociation ($5,000).Fry, who ran unsuccess-
fully for council as a Greencandidate in the 2014civic election, said he didn’texpect to spend the full$155,883 in the byelectioncampaign.“Frankly, I’m running on
a far more grassroots level,”he told the Courier. “I’mnot getting donations fromorganized labour or theresource extraction indus-try. I’m picking up smallerdonations. We’re certainly
running a well-financedcampaign but we won’t bemaxing out.”Added Fry, “To be hon-
est, the finance thing is notreally an issue that we’re toofocused on. It’s more aboutgetting boots on the ground.More money would be nicebut it’s not detracting fromour campaign, at all.”The NDP’s Mark said
it was too early to deter-mine whether she and herparty will spend the full$155,883, noting the cam-paign is relying on wide-spread volunteer support toget the vote out.At her campaign launch,
guests included representa-tives from labour and com-munity organizations, aswell as family and friends.“There’s a wide variety of
people who have expressedan interest to support [thecampaign],” said Mark,who worked recently as theassociate deputy to MaryEllen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’srepresentative for childrenand youth. “Campaignscost money. I didn’t growup in money. It’s going totake a lot of work to getthe word out there and getpeople to come by with the
cheques, which they havebeen doing.”Liberal candidate Dew,
who runs a communicationsand public policy consultingfirm, is no stranger to howcampaigns are funded andwhere themoney comesfrom. A former board ofdirector of the civic NPA,Dew also ran Liberal RalphSultan’s successful campaigninWest Vancouver-Capilanoin the last provincial election.“To be honest, my job
is to knock on doors andtalk to voters — and the bigchallenge for me as a formercampaign manager is to nottry to run my own cam-paign,” Dew said. “But myunderstanding is our intentis to run the biggest and thebest campaign that we can.Hopefully, we’re going toraise and spend as muchas we can, within the cap.It’s going to be a seriouscampaign.”The NDP has held the
riding for 82 years. Theriding’s seat became vacantwhen NDPMLA JennyKwan resigned in July 2015.In October, Kwan waselected as the NDPMP forVancouver-East.
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Continued from page 5“It’s part of the little
boutique history that isWest Fourth Avenue.They’ve already built a lotof condo developmentswith retail on the bottomfurther down Fourth andI don’t think it has thissame sort of feeling. It’sanywhere North Americarather than this nice feelingof unique little shops,”Bradley Dexter said.She cited the “one-storey
human scale” of the build-ing, its unique black and
red tiles that frame all thestorefronts, each store’s re-cessed entrance, which cre-ates shelter from the rain,as well as the large showwindows for retail displaysand window shopping.Bradley Dexter also not-
ed the wooden front doorswith large single-panewindows and “properdoor knobs,” which shefeels add to the architec-tural appeal.“I am not sure what is
happening with the build-ing, and if the plans are to
tear it down, I only hopethat some of the originalcharm can be maintainedor incorporated into thenew design to continue tomake this block on FourthAvenue an architecturallyunique place with localbusinesses,” she wrote in afollow-up email.It’s unclear what the
building owners’ plansare. A call to the propertymanagement companywas not returned by theCourier’s deadline.
@naoibh
Face of West Fourth changing
Margie Sheppard’s business Ethel’s boutique onWest Fourth is relocating to Broadway. The businesswas opened by Sheppard’smother Ethel Pollock. PHOTODANTOULGOET
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A former Liberal MP forthe riding of Vancouver-South is welcoming thenews that a former constit-uent now living in Russiawill get a chance to returnto the Lower Mainland tobe with his family.Ujjal Dosanjh, who
served as MP for the rid-ing from 2004 to 2011,
advocated that formerKGB agent MikhailLennikov be allowed toremain in Canada, despitea deportation order issuedfrom the federal govern-ment in 2009.“I believe he should
have never been forced toleave because he lived herefor so long as a peaceful,productive citizen,” saidDosanjh, who was amongmore than 30 Liberal and
NDP MPs in 2011 callingfor a halt to Lennikov’sdeportation.A recent decision by the
Federal Court of Canadaallows Lennikov to havehis application for perma-nent residence reviewedagain by Citizenship andImmigration Canada.Lennikov’s applicationis based on allowing himresidency on humanitar-ian and compassionate
grounds — a request hemade under the previousgovernment, only to berejected and publicly de-nounced by Conservativeministers of immigration.Lennikov, 55, voluntari-
ly returned to Russia lastsummer after living for sixyears in the First LutheranChurch at East 41st andWales, a place he soughtsanctuary in June 2009 toavoid deportation.
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ruling on one-time KGB agentSince he left, Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau andhis Liberal government wonthe federal election and nowhold themajority of seats inOttawa. The new govern-ment’s position on applica-tions related to humanitarianand compassionate groundsappears to be in contrast tothe Conservatives— at leastin the case of Jose Figueroa,who sought sanctuary in aLangley church for morethan two years after he faceddeportation for his politicalactivism in a revolutionarymovement in his homelandof El Salvador.Canada’s new immigra-
tion minister, JohnMcCal-lum, granted Figueroa anexemption in Decemberto remain here based onhumanitarian and compas-sionate grounds.“I hope that this govern-
ment, regardless of whatthe decision might be ofthe reviewing officer, allowsMr. Lennikov to come intothe country on a minister’spermit,” said Dosanjh,noting McCallum has thepower to grant Lennikov anexemption. “And I wouldurge him to do so.”Asked why he thought
Lennikov left in the sum-mer, knowing there was achance a new governmentwould be in Ottawa by thefall, Dosanjh said Len-nikov could have receivedsome advice that his casewould be looked upon morefavorably if he voluntarilyreturned to Russia.“Sometimes, that’s the ad-
vice people give you,” Dosanjh
said. “I thought hemay havejust gotten fed up with livinginside a building 24/7 and saidto himself that he would justtake his chances.”In May 2006, the Immi-
gration and Refugee Boardfound Lennikov inadmis-sible to Canada becausehe was a member of anorganization — the KGB— that engaged in espio-nage against a democraticgovernment. Lennikov andhis lawyers launched severalcourt challenges but failedto overturn the ruling.Lennikov first came to
Canada in 1997 to com-plete a master’s degree atthe University of B.C. Hehas always denied he was aspy or a threat to Canadabecause his five years in theKGB amounted to littlemore than work as a clerkand interpreter. He lived inBurnaby and once workedin the electronics depart-
ment in the former Searsstore downtown beforeseeking sanctuary.Lawyer Hadayt Nazami,
acting on behalf of Lennikov,said his client was happywith the court’s decision.Nazami wouldn’t say whichcity Lennikov is residing inRussia but said he found ajob teaching English.Lennikov told the Courier
in previous interviews thathe feared he would be per-secuted upon his return toRussia. Asked whether thathad happened, Nazami saidit’s not a conversation he’shad with Lennikov.Nazami said he didn’t
know when a final decisionwould be made on Len-nikov’s case. Lennikov’swife and son were grantedpermanent residency in2011, but the Courier wasunable to reach them be-fore deadline.
@Howellings
Mikhail Lennikov, pictured here in 2007with his wife and son, nowresides in Russia. A recent court decision has opened the doorfor him to possibly return to the LowerMainland as a permanentresident.PHOTO JASON LANG
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Imust say, in spite of voluminous com-mentary to the contrary elsewhere, Ifind no great pleasure in seeing theassessed value of my property escalating
beyond belief this past year.The unintended social consequences
of what is taking place in Vancouver seespeople being priced out of a market ina town where they grew up and wheretheir parents and their grandparentscould afford housing on a modest salary.No joy there. It is just evidence of a
system that is unregulated to the pointof being socially destructive.I am not alone, of course. The little
knot of neighbours that gathered onmy corner a few days ago were hardlyboasting of being Vancouver’s newestmulti-millionaires. Our neighbourhood,Kitsilano, was once working class. Themost recent house to sell on our block,a house on a 33-foot lot my neighbours
note, sold for more than $3 million.Beyond the “holy cows” and the “you’vegot to be kidding,” there was real con-cern expressed about what this is doingto the sociology of our neighbourhood,and for that matter, to the whole city.“Affordability” is just another 13-letterword with no particular meaning when itcomes to Vancouver.I suppose that sale price made the
developer happy. He bought what isreferred to as a “tear-down” just over ayear ago for $1.2 million. According tothe real estate agent who just sold thathouse, he spent about $700,000 build-ing the new house. So he walked awaywith just over a million bucks for histrouble and less than a year’s work.I won’t even speculate as to how the
young single woman who bought thathouse came up with either the cash or theline of credit to make the purchase. Thereal estate agent told me: “I never ask.”My assessment, in case you were curi-
ous, went up 25 per cent. I will un-doubtedly get a tax increase because itwent up well beyond the city average ofabout 15 percent.To add a little more perspective, my
house and land are now assessed at 40times (that’s four zero) than what I origi-nally paid for it. My intention way backthen was not to buy something that wouldbe an investment. It was not some visionaryact of genius. I just didn’t want to move.I actually was a tenant in the house
and the owner felt forced to sell when Ihad him charged under the city’s mini-mum standards of maintenance bylaw.The joint was falling apart. After I talkedseveral prospective buyers out of making
an offer, the owner dropped the askingprice and I bought it.Just to further make a point. My income
has not increased by anywhere near 40times since. The little political gesture, thehomeowners grant, created by WAC Ben-nett back in the day to ease the burden ofproperty tax, is virtually unavailable forany owner of a single-family home in thistown. The additional break given to se-niors, presumably to compensate them forthe fact they have had a decline in income,is also just a distant memory.I suppose you could say that all of this
provides an incentive for people whofind themselves land rich but cash poor,to sell and, um, “downsize.” The trickwould be to stay in the city.And as the followers of Vancouver
Vanishes author Caroline Adderson orGlobe and Mail reporter Kerry Gold will
know, the people who buy those housesare not simply a younger version ofthose who are selling and moving on.Nor is it likely the houses being sold
will be left standing. Gold had a story,perhaps an extreme example, this pastweek of a 14-year-old 8,700-square-footmansion on Southwest Marine Drivethat sold in 2011 for $6.35 million. Itwas flipped two years later for $8.88million and has since been flattened tomake way for a 14,000-square-foot pile.All levels of government are wringing
their hands over what this kind of phe-nomenon means to the very nature ofour city. None, however, has managedto do anything about it except to shrugand point fingers.So, am I happy about assessment values
going through the roof? Why would I be?@allengarr
All levels of governmentarewringing their handsoverwhat this kind ofphenomenonmeans tothe verynature of ourcity. None, however, hasmanaged to do anythingabout it except to shrugandpoint fingers.
Soaring houseassessmentsdestroying city
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A10 THE VANCOUVER COURIER THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016
Pensioners gettingtaxed out of inflatedhousing marketRe: “Vancouver single-family prop-erty assessments skyrocket,” Jan. 7.My home value jumped 30 per cent,
which means that I’ll likely not be able toafford to stay in my home when I retire.The pensioners on my block are the reallosers in this inflated housing market.They are being taxed out of the homesthey paid off decades ago. It was not thecity or province who made my East Vanneighbourhood so desirable. My neigh-bourhood is great thanks to the seniorswho planted the trees 40 years ago, pe-titioned the parks board to create a park25 years ago, forced the school boardto build the playground and expand theschool 20 years ago, and fought for thebuilding of the community centres.The seniors in my ’hood deserve to live
peacefully to the end of their lives withtheir big gardens and fruit trees. The$1.2-million cut off for the seniors taxbreak is useless to them. The politicianshave no motivation to fix the outrageoushousing or tax structure prices. Just thinkhow much money the city and provincewould lose out on if the bubble ever burst!Ilena Lee Cramer, Vancouver
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Real estate rantstrikes a chordRe: “Incessant din of real estate talkhas become tiresome,” Jan. 6.It’s not as simple as deal with it or move
out. Even the suburbs are becoming unaf-fordable. Part of the problem is there’s nopolitical will to find a solution. Do politiciansreally give a s***? The truth is they don’t.This city is a sellout to the highest bidder.Catherine Bussey via Facebook
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Things really are getting worse here inVancouver because so many of us knowOUR days are numbered... being ableto afford living in this city with runawayhousing costs is not rocket science. Iknow without a doubt when retirementcomes I will not be living in Vancouverbecause it’s way too expensive now forthose on fixed incomes!David Parent via Facebook
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An earthquake will change all that it’s justa matter of timeJC Clarke via Facebook
No sympathy for theslumlord millionaireRe: “Time running out for slumlordmillionaire,” Jan. 7.Seems to me he’s had far too much time
with no results or consequences for him.@LinagoGal via Twitter
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This guy knows how to use the system.The city can’t touch him if he doesn’t doanything, and no one wants to throw theresidents on the street.Vera Cameron via Facebook
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This guy’s ugly history notwithstanding,it is impossible to maintain a building whilecharging welfare rates. The alternative is toupgrade, but then you have to raise rents topay for the renos.Norman12 via Online Comments
God debate isin the detailsRe: “Theists and atheists have muchto learn from one another,” Jan. 6.Atheists have to deal with Christianity but
howmuch is there to learn? That a bunch ofpeople deluded themselves about eternal life sothey wouldn’t have to confront their ownmor-tality? That they worshiped amarginally men-tally ill person that thought he was god.Maybewe could learn not to trim the corners of ourbeard or that women should remain silent andnot hold authority over men.We could learnhow to keep slaves.We could learn to apologizeaway the parts of the Bible we don’t like.Christians however have a lot to learn from
the real world, most of which contradicts theBible. Christians can find out that when theylearn about the real world they are not beingpersecuted. They can learn about atheisticscience that cures diseases, inventsMRIs, engi-neers bridges, makes computers and cellphones,makes new crops that Christians rely on everyday. Theymight learn that most of what theythank god for comes from atheistic science.Also — The New Atheists are not
Dawkins and Hitchens, they are Billy andSuzy and Johnny and Betty Anne who areleaving the churches in droves. They arethe kids next door or maybe your kids.They are the ones making up the postChristian era in America.Mark Moore via Online Comments
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It may not be as recog-nizable as the Woodward’sbuilding, laughs ChristineWong, but the CanadianBible Society building atFraser and Kingsway is alocal landmark nonetheless.That’s one of the reasons itwas hard for the organiza-tion to make the decisionto finally close its doors lastNew Year’s Eve.“People in the neighbour-
hood know it is ‘that Bibleplace,’” says Wong, theelected B.C. representativeon the board of the Cana-dian Bible Society.It’s hard to miss, for
anyone who has driven upKingsway in the past fewdecades: a geometricalaquamarine building domi-nating a major intersection,with a sign that is at onceself-explanatory yet beg-ging of questions. CanadianBible Society… a group
dedicated to the Bible,clearly, but what does it do?Wong is quick to insist
that, despite the loss ofthe landmark location, thesociety’s work in B.C. willcontinue. The building isfor sale and they are seekingother space. The bookstore,which was the most visibleaspect of the society’s build-ing, was never intendedas the core of the society’swork, she says.“The purpose of the
Canadian Bible Society isto make the Bible under-standable and accessibleto communities, whetherit’s a local community,nationally or overseas,” shesays. “Mainly this is donethrough translation of theBible to various languagesor publication, distributionof various materials.”For more than a century,
CBS has been part of theglobal United Bibles Societ-ies, which get the Christianholy book into the hands
of people in at least 145countries. An ecumenicalnon-profit — it is not affili-ated with any Catholic orProtestant denomination —the society not only pro-vides Bibles in the diverselanguages of Vancouver’spolyglot Christian com-munities, it also distributestheological resources, reli-gious artefacts and the kindsof things Sunday schoolteachers need.Still, says Wong, its
mission does not require astorefront bookstore andthe old building was justtoo big — and requiredtoo many reparations — tojustify staying, despite thenostalgic pull.“There was a lot of
thought and planning putinto the decision becausethe storefront has been inthe neighbourhood for solong that people recognizeit,” she says.Wong isn’t sure how long
the society has been on the
site, but I can’t rememberit not being there and I’mgetting long in the tooth.“I think that slowed down
the decision process too,because there was so muchemotional attachment to it.”A sale has not yet gone
through andWong doesn’tspeculate, but the stateof the real estate marketsuggests the prime piece ofproperty will let the societyfind a nice, newer, smallerplace for its work.Based in Toronto, the
Canadian Bible Society issupported by individualsand foundations that sup-port its simple mandate ofmaking the Christian Bibleas accessible as possible.They hold events, wherepeople learn about thegroup’s work, and a lot oftheir support comes throughword of mouth. That’s howWong got involved just fouryears ago.“It was mainly through
a friend who works at the
Bible Society,” Wong says.“She asked me to help outon a couple of events andI enjoyed it. The usualstory, I guess. I enjoyedthe work and I found pur-pose and value in the workbeing done.”The ecumenical approach
of the society fits Wong’sown type of Christian faith,which she defines as non-denominational.“I grew up in Vancouver
and my family has moreof a traditional Chinesebackground,” she says. Shetook it upon herself to startattending church while inhigh school, drifted away abit in university and cameback more devotedly in thelast few years.“During high school, I
think the message of hopewas very beautiful to me,”Wong says. “I think thatgrowing up in a home thatwas open to spiritualitybut not religion caused meto think more about, well,
what is it about Christian-ity that is so different fromeverything else? It wasreally the question of hopeand the story of Jesus, whocame to be the saviourof the world. That’s thenutshell of the Christianmessage. Hope, love. Itwas a very good time forme to hear that message.”I ask if she is concerned
that people will noticethe disappearance of thislandmark and see it as asign of the West Coast’scontinued decline intosecularism and away fromChristianity.“The primary work of
the Bible Society isn’t be-ing a bookstore,” she says.“If that is the case thenwe’re in trouble.”True, I suppose, that if
one were to bet on the sur-vival of Christianity aroundhere versus the survival ofbookstores, I know whereI’d put my money.
@Pat604Johnson
Canadian Bible Society closes Vancouver bookstorePACIFIC SPIRIT
Mission to make bible accessible doesn’t require storefront
“The primarywork of the Bible Society isn’t being a bookstore. If that is the case thenwe’re in trouble,”says ChristineWong, the B.C. representative on the board of the Canadian Bible Society. PHOTODANTOULGOET
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In the ongoing saga ofVancouver’s affordabilitywoes and relentless develop-ment pressure, I’ve becomeconditioned to expect sadendings for many of the city’sbeloved institutions. But theannouncement last week thattheWestern Front Society,a stalwart in the city’s artsand culture scene since the1970s, has been given $1.5million in developer dol-lars to buy their buildinginMount Pleasant is a plottwist I was not expecting.This is undoubtedly great
news— even if the oddexchange of cash does elicit acrisis in conscience for thosewho are critical of develop-ers’ influence on our city.Wesimply can’t afford to loseanymore of the heart andsoul of our communities tothe creepingmarch of thecondo empire, and if keepingthose cultural hubs in placemeans leveraging developerdollars, then so be it.The deal, brokered by the
city’s Community AmenityContribution (CAC) pro-gram, will also see C-Space/VIVO, Arts Factory and
Grunt Gallery receive cashin hand fromRIZEAlliance,the developer behind theIndependent tower going upat Broadway andKingsway.Straight-up handing out cashis a boldmove for the city,which has traditionally metedout CAC funds for public in-frastructure such as libraries,parks and community cen-tres. But I like it. It denotes abelief that the existing culturalframework of the neighbour-hood, which is gentrifyingfaster than almost any otherarea of the city, must be re-tained rather than replaced by“live/work studios” or othermarket-oriented productsdevelopers often try to sell tothe creative classes who, as arule, cannot afford them.It also serves as a balm for
a community bitterly dividedover the RIZE tower in thefirst place. It’s an acknowl-edgement that good neigh-bourhoods are amixture ofthe old and the new.It also opens the door for
other applications for CAC’sthe city might do well tocontemplate. If we’re nowin the business of handingout cash to organizationsrecognized as integral to acommunity’s lifeblood, why
stop there? Surely if the citycan recognize the value ofgiving long-standing artsgroups a permanent home,why not do the same forlong-standing communitymembers and open the doorfor organized residents topurchase shared property intheir longtime homes?TheWestern Front hap-
pens to sit on the corner ofScotia Street and Eighth Av-enue— home to a rare con-centration of 1960s-era rentalbuildings that, due to theirage, still boast reasonable (byVancouver standards) rents.They are also ripe for thekind of sale and remodellingthat has many residents livingin fear of renoviction.Already, that street has
seen some of the buildingstorn down for amarket-oriented update, and thefeeling is that once the RIZEbuilding goes up and (pleaseGod) a rapid transit line ap-pears along Broadway, thatbastion of affordability, likemany others in the city, willbe gone. So too will be theartists, families and area resi-dents that alsomakeMountPleasant what it is.What if the city used CAC
funds to help organized
residents pool resources, ormatch funds, to buy a few ofthose older rental buildingsand shared houses, and turnthem into a city-supportedco-operative or cohous-ing? Certainly the logisticswould take some figuring,but if we’re going to dole outdeveloper cash to safeguardentities that contribute toneighbourhood character,that should includemaintain-ing housing options for exist-ing community members.The city has long held out
against getting into the realestate business— save for itsinterventions in low-incomeand supportive housing. Butwith property assessmentsjumping exorbitantly year af-ter year, condo prices poisedto follow suit and no end insight to the pressure on rentalstock, it’s time to reassess.In a city whose residents
increasingly languish in thegap between qualifying forlow-income support andthe ability to realistically paymarket housing rates, everyavenue to alleviate pressureon our housing stockmustbe explored. And whileusing CAC’s tomaintainolder buildings might seemantithetical to the developer
interests, it would likely alle-viate some of now knee-jerkopposition to developmentwe see in somany communi-ties throughout the city.The nimble retooling of
the CAC program to accom-modate theWestern Front
and the other arts groupsshows that development anddisplacement needn’t alwaysbe synonymous. It’s proofthat in the tired tale of Van-couver’s affordability crisis,there just might be room forsome happy endings.
Developer dollars can be good for community
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The roster of an adulttournament hockey team isusually a patchwork of reg-ular players and anybodyelse who can stand socializ-ing for all hours, sometimessharing a bed with anotherplayer and then wakingearly by any night owl’sstandards to play a game ofhockey. Then repeat thatschedule for three days.The Ice-O-Topes is
a women’s recreationalhockey team made up ofmostly Vancouver players,including myself, who playin the most competitivewomen’s division of theAdult Safe Hockey Leagueout of Burnaby 8-Rinks.The roster is a good indica-tion of the camaraderie;rarely do players stick
around for only a season,and former players whomove to other parts of theprovince are welcomedback to fill spots for out-of-town tournaments suchas the 17th annual ApexShoot-Out held this pastweek, Jan. 7 to 10.The special thing about
this tournament is thatit’s held on an outdoorrink built near the bottomof a ski run in Penticton.Outdoor ice seems to takeoff the competitive edgeexistent in regular leagueplay, likely due to thecombination of no surfacelines so both the men’sand women’s games aremore like shinny but withreferees.The outsider lineup for
the Topes included a goal-ie who hadn’t played in ayear and required at least
two defencemen to helpher strap on the pads, twobeginners including onewho hadn’t skated for fouryears and a forward forthe Hong Kong nationalwomen’s hockey team.Cecilia Chan told the
story late one night of howshe was selected for theChinese team in Augustwhile the Topes were sit-ting around the farmer’sfamily-sized dining tablein the rented house onthe mountain. Chan, whoeverybody calls C.C., meta couple players on the na-tional team at a rec tourna-ment in her hometown ofToronto a couple monthsearlier who found out shewas eligible by way of herbirth certificate.So, just for fun, because
she was already going toHong Kong for business,
she brought her hockeygear to join in on a practice.“I went on a breakaway
during a scrimmage and Iwas going against this goal-ie who’s one of the coacheswho is supposedly hard tobeat,” she remembered.“I went forehand, triedto go backhand, and lostthe puck! And it just wentthrough the five-hole.”The coaches came to the
dressing room afterwardsand informed her she wason the team. It was unex-pected. Chan, 34, hadn’tplayed hockey for 15 years,having abandoned it fora full-ride NCAA Div. IIbasketball scholarship atthe University of AlaskaFairbanks in 2000. Foursummers ago, she playedsemi-pro basketball inHong Kong only return-ing to hockey in March
as a way of rehabilitatinga torn ACL. Apex is awarmup for playing in anational hockey tourna-ment in China, which sheleft for this past Monday,with enough room in herhockey bag to fit her lucky,careworn basketball.Former Topes defence-
man Angelina LeBlanc,who now plays for theNorth Peace Eagles, flew toVancouver for the tourna-ment along with Chanwho is her teammate fromthe Fort St. John senior Awomen’s team. “The firsttime I saw her, she showedup for practice with a bro-ken finger,” LeBlanc said.“She had one glove on andjust an open hand. And shewas pretty good!”Most of the Topes are
multi-sport people whosomehow fit either la-
crosse, mountain-biking,road-biking, rec basketball,or jiu jitsu into the hockeyschedule. Tournamentcall-up player CatlynMarshall added anotherpastime to the list with log-skidding, which is an oldforestry practice of drag-ging logs by controllinga team of, in Marshall’scase, Belgian horses in aring. She took first placein Armstrong’s InteriorProvincial Exhibition inSeptember with 97 points,which is so impressive thehit count of the onlinevideo of the feat is in thetens of thousands of views.The Topes placed second
in the tournament afterdropping a 7-3 score toanother Vancouver team,Kat Zambo’s Warriors inSunday morning’s final.
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1. Ice-O-Topes captain Shannon Saunders leads the teamwith a pre-game cheer Friday at Apex Mountain Resort’s outdoor hockey rink during the Apex Shoot-Out tournament. The Topes dropped a7-2 game to the Warriors, another women’s recreational hockey team from Vancouver. The Warriors also beat the Topes 7-3 in Sunday’s final. 2. Ice-O-Topes call-up Catlyn Marshall deked around the355 team’s defence during Saturday’s 8-7 win. 3. The Vancouver-based Ice-O-Topes women’s recreational hockey team relied on extra players such as Angelina LeBlanc, left, and Cecilia Chan, whoflew from Fort St. John. Chan is a member of the Hong Kong women’s national team and used the tournament as a warm-up for an upcoming national tournament. 4. Jenna Lee Walker filled in asIce-O-Topes tournament goalie with a little help from her friends. . See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT
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Last December, scientistsannounced the discoveryof an Earth-like world outbeyond our solar system. AHarvard university astrono-mer who helped find theplanet is seeking a bettername than GJ 1214b, itsclunky scientific designa-tion. For a short time,Wiredmagazine solicited readersfor suggestions, but I thinkwe’ve had the right namesinceMonday.“Ziggy” or “Stardust” or
“Ziggy Stardust.”I say the ocean-covered
planet, 1.5 times larger thanours, should be graced withone of the trippy nom deplumes of the late artist DavidBowie, who first rocketedto fame with his 1969 hit“Space Oddity.”In the early ’70s, young
Bowie convinced a few work-ing class Britishmusicians todon platform boots and puton eyeliner for live perfor-mances (they were sold whenthey found out howwomenwent crazy for the look). Ledby a scrawny extraterrestrialnamed Ziggy Stardust, the
Spiders FromMars thun-derously annotated Bowie’sthemes of oddness, otherness,and alienation.Bowie didn’t invent glam
rock— that credit goes toMark Bolan fromT. Rex—but his introduction of highfashion and performanceart gave some gravitas toglitz. He dropped Ziggy fora succession of androgynousfleshsuits: Aladdin Sane, theThinWhite Duke and theblonde dandy of his “Let’sDance” phase. Trained inmime, Bowie was the firstartist of the 20th century toactively play with the persona—Greek for “mask”— in arock ‘n’ roll setting.Even before his Ziggy pe-
riod, the guy was doing somepretty outlandish things, likeposing in a dress for the coverof his 1970 albumTheManWho Sold theWorld. Skatingacross gender boundaries inpublic was about themostalien thing you could do atthe time, short of boardingan actual flying saucer. Thetransgressive singer-song-writer became something ofa patron saint to successivegenerations of kids who feltdifferent, misunderstood,
or left out—LGBTQorotherwise. He forged a newkind of cool from a kiln ofhigh strangeness. The razor-thin performer was cast asan alien in Nicholas Roeg’s1976 science fiction filmTheManWho Fell To Earth. Hewrote a sequel of sorts to“Space Oddity” with the 1980single “Ashes to Ashes,” andcontinued to touch on spaceythemes through the remainderof his career.Of course, none of this
showmanship would haveworked— or been all thatinteresting—without greatmusic to back it up. Bowiewas as much amusical astheatrical chameleon, shiftinggears from acoustic folk tohard rock to Philly soul toelectrofunk.The only time I saw him
perform, at the Plaza of Na-tions site in 1997, he lookedlike he was having the time ofhis life: a man playing (andplaying with) the role of artrock’s elder statesman, relaxedin between reinventions.Theman certainly had his
share of musical missteps(and his mannered singingwas easily lampooned, asin the affectionate sendup
“Bowie’s in Space” by thecomedy troupe Flight of theConchords). But considerthis: few of us will read anygiven bookmore than once.Wemight look at a paintingor sculpture with appre-ciation a few times before itbecomes familiar territory.But most of us will listen to achosen piece of music from
certain performers over andover, for decades.Howmany times have
I heard Bowie’s mid-’70santhem to escape, “Heroes”?Dozens, perhaps hundreds,of times. Yet it still gives megoosebumps. (Walter Paterwas right: “All art constantlyaspires towards the conditionof music.”)
The 69-year-old DavidJones exited this world toosoon, just two days after therelease of his albumBlackstar.He had come full circle withthe video for the title track,back to his youthful themes ofsurrealism and space.Name the planet after the
guy, already.We’ll even ac-cept “Major Tom.”
Who’s for planet Ziggy Stardust?Opinion
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At Himalaya Restaurantin Vancouver’s PunjabiMarket, the smell of hotcurry and spices rises fromthe long buffet table.Rivalling it in length is
the impressive sweet case,covered with colourfultreats such as gulab jamun(deep fried orbs of driedmilk dipped in honey),jalebi (chewy, pretzel-shaped, bright orangefrom saffron) and berfe(snowy bars of dense milktopped with nuts).If you’re planning an
Indian wedding today,there are a number ofplaces across Greater Van-couver you could find thetraditional sweets for yourguests. After all, the stripof Main Street called Pun-jabi Market or Little Indiaisn’t the only Little Indiaaround. A neighbourhoodin Surrey has also earnedthat name among locals.But the treats were hard
to come by 40 years ago,and for restaurateur KewalPabla, his sweets had a spe-cial role to play for his busi-ness, his family and the localSouth Asian community.
Corner shopPabla opened Himalaya
on the corner of Main and50th in the early 1970s.
There was little hint any-thing like Punjabi Marketwould exist in the area.“There were hardly
any Indo-Canadian shopshere,” said Pabla. At thetime, the Sunset neigh-bourhood had a large Ger-man population, whichgrew after the SecondWorld War. Wes Jang,a nearby resident of 48years recalls German linenstores, a Chinese grocerand two paper shackswhere youth would collectnews for delivery.However, there has been
a South Asian presence inVancouver since the turnof the century. It experi-enced a spike in the 1960sas Canadian immigrationbecame based on meritrather than criteria such asrace or national origin.The busiest hubs of
community for SouthAsian immigrants were thevarious temples in the city,and that was where somelocals discovered that Pablaknew how to make sweets.At that time, there wasno one around who knewhow to prepare the tradi-tional treats for weddings.Many were willing to payPabla for catering, who hadexperience at his parents’restaurant in Punjab cook-ing and making sweets.And so, on the other side
of the world, more than
10,000 kilometres fromthe hands that taught him,Kewal Pabla was feedingVancouver from his restau-rant on Main Street, andbusiness was good.
Hustle andbustlePabla’s brother, wife,
children and parents joinedhim in Vancouver beforethe end of the decade.Other South Asian busi-
nesses such as fabric shopsand jewellers clustered inthe area. Public celebra-tions for holidays such asVaisakhi and Diwali beganin the 1980s.“People still tell me to
this day there was a lotof hustle and bustle,”said Kewal’s son, Manjit.“People always bumpinginto you... I never reallygot to see that.”There was always work
at Himalaya, and manymembers of the Pablafamily have helped out atthe restaurant. Manjit, thesecond of four siblings,remembers that being hislife after school.“You start picking up
dishes and slowly, you startbussing tables and waitingtables andmaybe somebodytells you to peel onions.That’s how you keep on fit-ting wherever you’re needed,because you’re family.”It was especially chal-
lenging in his 20s and
telling friends that hecouldn’t hang out.“Weekends were a lot
busier, long weekendswere extremely busy andholidays were just crazy,”said Manjit.
SurreycallingSome remember the
1990s as Punjabi Mar-ket’s heyday. But Kewalremembers chatter aboutleaving Vancouver for Sur-rey even before that, in themid-1980s.“The land was so cheap,
the houses were so cheap,”said Kewal. “If you couldsell your house here, youcould buy a brand newhouse in Surrey and havequite a bit of money inyour pocket too!”While it wasn’t just the
South Asian communitythat turned to Surrey as acheaper alternative fromVancouver to live, Kewaladded that the affordabilitymade transitions for familiesexpecting relatives to moveto Canada from overseas.Since 1986, Surrey’s
population has tripled tomore than 460,000, accord-ing to Statistics Canada— 2011 data revealed thatabout 31 per cent are SouthAsian, compared to Van-couver’s six per cent.
Family circusBut as members of the
South Asian communitystarted to buy houses in Sur-rey, that’s whenKewal Pablabuilt a house for his family in1986 in Vancouver.It was a big house about
a block from Himalaya,and neighbours wonderedduring construction if itwas a church. Twenty-twofamily members lived inthe house — uncles andaunts and cousins were ev-erywhere—and sometimeseven more if relativesneeded a room. Manjitsaid it was “like a circus.”“Everybody’s always
in front of you,” he said.“We never locked the doorbecause there was alwayssomebody in and out.”Manjit is 47 today. He
manages the Main StreetHimalaya with one brotherand also helps out at aRichmond Himalaya loca-tion with another. Whilethere were challengesbeing tied to the familyrestaurant growing up,he loves it today. Manjitcooks, but his joy is beingwith the customers.“I love meeting all the
people,” said Manjit.“Back in the kitchen, youonly see your pots andpans. Here you see freshfaces, new faces, and youget to know everybody.It’s like being on stage.Everyone recognizes theperson on stage.”
Neighbourhood intransitionThere are some recent
changes in Punjabi Market.Two marijuana dispensarieshave moved in, along withan engineering consultingfirm and a Chinese wellnesscentre. Some storefrontsare empty. And if a devel-opment application at theintersection of Main and49th goes through, a six-storey mixed-use buildingwill come into the area,adding 75 homes.“Change is universal,”
said Kewal Pabla. After all,there was never a PunjabiMarket here to begin with.He wonders if the area willbecome a more “mixed”market. Regardless, busi-ness at the restaurant hasalways been good, withcustomers of all ethnicities.So Pabla’s sweet case
might not be the onlysweet case in GreaterVancouver. Punjabi Mar-ket might not be the onlycentre of community forlocal South Asians.But despite these
changes, Main Street is stillhome for the Pabla family.Work is just a stroll awayfor Manjit. He works 16hours, seven days a week.“If there was an eighth,”
he said, “I’d be there too.”After all, he has a show
to run.@bychrischeung
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After 40 years, Himalaya Restaurant remains a fixture in Little India
Manjit Pablamanages Himalaya Restaurant, which his father Kewal started in the early 1970s, when therewas little hint anything like Punjabi Market would exist in the area. PHOTODANTOULGOET
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Most Vancouveri-tes knew David Bowiethrough his music andnumerous, dazzlingconcert appearances atthe Pacific Coliseum andB.C. Place Stadium. ButKitsilano’s Colleen Hard-wick got to see anotherside of the legendarymusician and actor, whodied Sunday at age 69 of
cancer.Bowie starred in the
1998-shot, 2000-releasedMr. Rice’s Secret, as a rel-atively youthful-looking395-year-old man whobefriended his neighbour,Owen, a boy strugglingwith cancer (played byBill Switzer). Bowie’scharacter gave Owen adecoder ring and cluesthat led to a magic potionfor one, full life.Producer Hardwick
said in an interview thatshe originally had PeterO’Toole in mind for therole in the family film,which had a $3.2-millionbudget at the time.“Then the financiers
called me up and said,‘We’ve got an idea forsome stunt casting here— David Bowie has readthe script and he wantsto do it,’” Hardwicksaid. “I’d been in lovewith David Bowie since
I was in high school, soI jumped at the chance.I’ll never forget the daywhen my cellphone wentoff and the voice on theother side of the phonesaid, ‘Colleen, this is Da-vid Bowie.’ I’d just aboutdied.”Bowie, then 51, was
on-set for a week, shoot-ing primarily at a housein New Westminster.Hardwick later travelledto New York, where
Bowie did voiceovers.Hardwick said Bowiedid the film “because heloved the script and lovedthe subject matter.”“The whole story was his
journey in addressing thefact that [Owen] had can-cer and the old man whodied at the beginning ofthe movie, played by DavidBowie, it’s his inspirationthat helps the boy come toterms with his own mortal-ity,” Hardwick said.
Hardwick said shewatched the trailer againafter hearing Sundaynight that Bowie haddied, two days afterreleasing his 25th albumon his birthday. “I wasreminded how close thewords that he expressed[in the film] tied towhat we’ve just experi-enced with his passing,”Hardwick said. “Hiswisdom.”
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Continued from page 17In one scene, Bowie
and Switzer paused fromraking in a garden, todiscuss life and death.Bowie: “Let me tell you
one thing. All people,no matter who they are,they all wish they’d ap-preciated life more. It’swhat you do in life that’simportant, not how much
time you have or whatyou wish you’d done.”Switzer: “You know
what I wish? I wish Icould live forever.”Replied Bowie, with a
wry smile: “No, you don’t.”Hardwick said Bowie
was just an ordinary guyon-set, eating cateringtruck meals along with therest of the cast and crew.
“He was truly ap-proachable, he wasn’tsome highfalutin, unap-proachable character,”Hardwick said. “Thatwould be the one thingI’d try to communicate,how down-to-earth hewas despite the fact hewas a genius artist andreinvented himself in allthese different ways.”
Bowie ‘truly approachable’ on setDavidBowiewith the cast andcrewduringhisweek-long filmshoot inNewWestminister.
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While owners of single-family homes in Vancou-ver had the most imme-diate sticker shock fromthis year’s property valueassessments, apartmentbuilding values have alsoincreased sharply, and thatwill likely put even moreupward pressure on rents.Vancouver’s vacancy rate
is currently 0.6 per cent,according to the CanadaMortgage and HousingCorp.’s fall 2015 rentalmarket report. The averagemonthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in thecity’s downtown, includingthe West End, was $1,313compared with $1,239 in2014. In the same area,rates for one-bedroomsin new rental buildingsor condos can easily top$2,000 a month.The heated activity in
multifamily rental wasevident throughout 2015,but Mark Goodman,a principal at HQ RealEstate Services, described2015’s last quarter as“insane,” when normalmethods of appraisal andproperty pricing didn’tseem to apply.“In that market we were
consistently getting pricesover the asking price evenwhen we were aggressive,”Goodman said.According to informa-
tion Goodman providedto Business in Vancouver,total dollar volume forapartment building salesin Greater Vancouverincreased 93 per cent in2015 to $1.51 billion com-pared with $778 million in2014. The average priceper suite increased 17 percent to $243,000.In Vancouver’s upscale
Kerrisdale neighbour-hood, price-per-suite rose38 per cent to $611,000,mostly because of redevel-opment potential, whilein the West End build-ings appreciated 25 percent with prices rising to$380,000 per suite. Othernotable increases wereseen in Marpole (14 percent) and South Granville(29 per cent).Buyers are both local
players, who Goodmandescribed as savvy investorgroups with large hold-ings, and a small but dis-ruptive number of buyersfrom mainland China whoare focused on propertieswhose zoning allows themto be redeveloped.“The money is pouring
in so quickly from Chinaand they’re buying thesesites that they actuallycan’t afford to develop theproperties right away,”Goodman said. “If youpay too much for the land,you can’t build condosand sell them off.”Local buyers are more
focused on existing build-ings, where they plan toupgrade the building andincrease rents, especiallyfor new tenants (for exist-ing tenants, rental increas-es in B.C. are currentlycapped at an annual 2.9per cent increase).The supply of rental
housing is extremely tightin Vancouver, and Good-man doesn’t see the situa-tion improving until moreapartments are built.Tom Durning, a tenantadvocate with the TenantResource and AdvisoryCentre, said Vancouver’srunaway home priceshave put pressure on vul-nerable renters becausethey now have to com-pete with younger people
who have chosen to rentinstead of buy.In Vancouver, it’s dif-
ficult for building ownersto get permission from thecity to tear down existingrental buildings to buildlarger apartment build-ings, which is what manyowners would like to do,Goodman said. Good-man and his father, DavidGoodman, are propo-nents of relaxing the city’scurrent moratorium ondemolishing older rentalbuildings in certain areas.Goodman argued that
displaced renters be givencompensation or the rightto return to the redevel-oped building. But Durn-ing said allowing for massredevelopment wouldhave dire consequencesfor tenants.“Where are people go-
ing to go? There wouldbe mass homelessness,”Durning said.Durning’s organization
supports the CanadianFederation of ApartmentAssociations (CFAA) inits call to restore federaltax incentives to build newrental housing.“It’s the cost of land.
You can’t build any sortof affordable housing un-less there’s a subsidy, andthe federal governmentgot out of that 20 yearsago,” he said.The federal Liberals
have promised to removeGST on new capitalinvestments in rentalhousing. The CFAAhas proposed eliminat-ing the GST or HST onrental housing operations,increasing the rate of capi-tal cost allowances andinstituting a tax deferral ifbuilding owners are rein-vesting in rental housing.
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1An inclusive communityWith its relatively affordable housing,considering its central location, and
substantial percentage of rental units,the West End has long been a naturallanding place for those new to Canada.It’s also known worldwide as the centre ofVancouver’s LGBTQ community, the largestin Western Canada. The neighbourhoodis the site of one of the largest LGBT eventsin the world, the annual Vancouver PrideParade and Festival, which attracts up to650,000 attendees.
“The West End’s density is evenly matchedby its diversity of residents and by astrong commitment to creating an inclusivecommunity that prioritizes affordablehousing,” contest juror Jaspal Marwahsaid in the statement announcing theneighbourhood’s win.
2Stunning parksand public spacesFrom the sprawling Stanley Park to
the seawall to the beaches, the West Endhas plenty of spectacular public spaces,providing a natural backyard for all ofthe neighbourhood’s apartment dwellers(more than 99 percent of West Enderslive in apartments or condo buildings).The Great Places jurors named the WestEnd’s “traffic calming, street furniture, treedpromenades, pocket parks and publicspaces” as important elements of theneighbourhood’s appeal.
3Prime shoppingand diningThe West End has three unique
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Denman streets. Robson is home to someof the city’s top high-end shopping on oneend and Vancouver’s developing “RamenDistrict” on the other. Davie featuresplenty of restaurants and bars and is theepicentre of the city’s LGBTQ nightlifescene. Denman blends tourist-friendlytakeout joints and bike rental shops withlocal eateries and businesses to create atrue community feel with plenty of activityat any time of day.
4Car free livingSure, navigating the one-way streetsand finding a parking spot can be
a challenge. All the more reason to leavethe car at home (or eschew owning one atall), as many West End residents do. “TheWest End makes it easy, safe and invitingfor residents to walk and bike to work, to
access thriving local businesses and toexplore Vancouver’s beaches, trails andStanley Park,” Marwah said.
5An oasis in the cityThose tree-lined streets and easybeach access make it easy to
forget the West End is one of the densest
neighbourhoods in the third-largestmetropolitan area in Canada. Watchingthe sun set over the A-Maze-ing Laughtersculptures and English Bay beyond, one feelsworlds apart from the hustle and bustle of thedowntown core — and a long stroll throughStanley Park is good for anyone’s soul.
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Like any year, 2015had its share of goodand bad, tragedy
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It’s difficult not to getdiscouraged by events likethe Syrian war and refugeecrisis, violent outbreaks inBeirut, Paris, Burundi, theU.S. and so many otherplaces, and the ongoingclimate catastrophe. Butresponses to these tragediesand disasters offer hope. Itbecame clear during 2015,that when those who believein protecting people andthe planet, treating eachother with fairness, respectand kindness and seekingsolutions stand up, speak
out and act for what is rightand just, we will be heard.
And in 2015, voters hereand elsewhere rejected fear-based election campaignsthat promoted continuedreliance on climate-alteringcoal, oil and gas. Thefossil fuel industry and itssupporters continued tosow doubt and confusionabout the overwhelmingevidence for human-causedclimate change and torail against solutions, butmany more peoplemarched,signedpetitions,sentletters,talked
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solutions.The publicappetite for aconstructiveapproach to
global warming led Canadato shift course in 2015,taking global warmingseriously enough to makepositive contributionsat the Paris climateconference in December.The resulting agreementwon’t lower emissionsenough to preventcatastrophic warming, but
it’s a significant leap fromprevious attempts, and itincludes commitments toimprove targets
We can andmust speaklouder than those whowould keep us on adestructive path despite theoverwhelming evidence thatit’s past time to shift course.
Events in 2015 taught usthat when those of us whocare about humanity andthe planet’s future stand upand speak out, we can makethis small, blue world and itsmiraculous life and naturalsystems a better place for all.
To read this column in itsentirety visit westender.com.
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“Do you hear that?” I askedmy partner the morningafter we arrived at ourresort in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico, in December.
His answer, “I don’t hearanything except waves.”
Which was my pointexactly.
This was the first timevisitingMexico that wehadn’t been kept up allnight by crowing roostersand barking dogs. I canattest to the fact Mexicanroosters do not simply crowat sunrise, as myth wouldhave you believe, but ratherevery two minutes, 24 hoursa day, seven days a week.And when it comes to resortdiscos, one of the reasonswe chose the adults-onlyGrand Fiesta AmericanaPuerto Vallarta was its lackof an all-night party space.In the past we’vespent waytoo manynightsawakelisteningto partierscomingand goingto and from(insert name ofresort here) discothèqueto be concerned about a lackof late-night entertainment.
That’s just us, and therewere some guests at theresort who thought it was
too quiet at night. But astravelling baby boomerswe were looking for someserious rest and relaxation,two things promised by theGrand Fiesta Americana.That’s not to say thereweren’t options — weenjoyed award-winningcocktails in the martini bar,avoided the tequila in thetequila bar (been there,done that) and (carefully)hung out on the swings inthe mojito bar.
Another draw of the resortfor us was the killer dealwe found through TransatHolidays. I actually stoppedtelling fellow travellers atthe resort what we paid forour trip because I didn’twant to ruin anyone’svacation. Let’s just saywe easily paid a quarterof what many others had,including travellers from
the U.S. Grantedwhen we arrived
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The pools were chilly, partlydue to the fact the sundoesn’t hit that side of thehotel until after noon, butsun worshippers could alsomake their way up to therooftop Sky Bar deck wheretwo hot tubs awaited. Thisarea also has a bar and issupposed to cost about $70US per couple, but while we
were there over Christmasthere was no charge.
With 24-hour room service,we sometimes avoided themorning buffet and sat onour balcony sipping coffeeand enjoying fresh fruit andwhatever else we felt likeordering off the menu thatday. As for the Mexican,Italian andAsian restaurants,the food exceeded ourexpectations, which werehigh due to glowing reviewswe had read previously onTripAdvisor.ca. A smallcoffee bar serves muffins
and pastries in the morningand desserts at night, soif you didn’t have roomfor the chocolate souffléin Guilietta, the Italianrestaurant, you could pickup something sweet lateron your way back to yourroom. Overall, our entireexperience was a greatone and we’re alreadykeeping an eye out fordeals to go back.
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• There’s a bus stop rightacross the road, which iseasy to use and costs about80-cents per person to getinto Puerto Vallarta. Ataxi ride cost us 90 pesos(approximately $8-$9) toget to Steve’s Sports Bar towatch the Canucks games.
• We also read onTripAdvisor that thehigher rooms had the
better views, so when wearrived we asked about anupgrade. We were initiallyquoted $30 per day, butwhen we protested theclerk said because we werethere for two weeks he’dmake it $15. We thenspoke to a couple the nextday who paid $10 a nightfor their seven day stayfor the same upgrade, sodon’t be afraid to barter.
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On the subject of olderseniors renewing theirdriver’s licence, I regularlyhear from two groups:Those who feel they havebeen treated unfairlybecause of their age andthose who breathe a hugesigh of relief when theirpartner or elderly parent hashad their licence revoked.In B.C. all driver’s licenceholders over the age of80 must have a Driver’sMedical ExaminationReport completed everytwo years. Senior driversmay also be required toundergo further assessmentssuch as a road test, aDriveABLE assessmentor a SIMARD-MD test.DriveABLE is a functionaltool using a touchscreenand SIMARD-MD (anacronym for Screen for theIdentification of CognitivelyImpairedMedically At-RiskDrivers, aModification ofthe DemTect) is a screeningtool used to identifycognitively impaired drivers.Most of the seniors I hearfrom are fine with having amedical exam and they’renot opposed to screeningtests if those tests areaccurate and fair.The evidencesuggeststhey’renot.
It’s notjust thosetests.Researchersat McMasterUniversity haveconcluded, “there is nosingle cognitive screening
test that can solelydetermine with absolutecertainty whether an olderperson is fit to drive.” Ina web page designed formedical professionals, theB.C. Ministry of Justiceposes the question: “Whydoes RoadSafetyBC requirea DMER when a driverturns 80.” Their answer:drivers aged 80 and olderare involved in morecrashes per kilometre driventhan almost any age groupand are more likely to die inthose crashes. That’s true.
But seniors don’t have thehighest crash rates, teenagedrivers do. We don’t saythey can’t drive. I’m infavour of screening olderdrivers and clearly weneed to adequately assesswhen there are potentialproblems that might placepeople at risk when theyare driving. I think we aremaking two errors here.First we are using screeningtests that are unproven,at best, to determinedriver competency. Andsomehow, inexplicably,we’ve made the road testthe last step to determinethe competency of olderdrivers. Most older seniordrivers are competent andmany have never been inan accident. Let’s get themout of the doctor’s office,away from the computer
screens and tests withalphabet soup
names, andback on theroad wherethey belong.
For completecolumn visitwestender.com
Tom Carney is theformer executive director
of the Lionsview Seniors’Planning Society.
OLDER&WISER:Screening testsunfair to older drivers
...seniorsdon’t havethe highestcrash rates...
A26 THE VANCOUVER COURIER THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016
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If B.C. Liberals really want to cut red tape,they should chopMSP:MLA
R eforming B.C.’shealth carepremium system
could save residents, theprovincial governmentand businesses money,according to MLAAndrew Weaver.
Currently B.C. is the onlyprovince to levy a stand-alone medical servicesplan (MSP) premium.Following a four per centincrease that took effect inJanuary, a single person willpay $75 a month, a couple— $136 and a family ofthree or more will pay $150.A subsidy is only availablefor residents who make lessthan $30,000 a year.
“Yet again, we have peoplegetting another MSPincrease,” Weaver said,adding that the premium
weighs most heavily onlow-income people or thosewith fixed incomes.
In response to a request forcomment, the Ministry ofFinance sent a statementto Business in Vancouversaying the province has putin place measures to makesure that those alreadyreceiving the subsidyare not affected by thepremium increase.
Most other provinces fundhealth care through general
taxation revenues. Ontariohas a health care premiumthat is embedded within theincome tax system.
Weaver, who is B.C.’s soleGreen Party MLA, hasbeen lobbying to change thesystem since last February,when the party started anonline petition. It gained2,000 signatures after theparty revived it yesterdaywith a new promise to makereformingMSP the firstthing a Green governmentwould do if elected in the
next provincial election in2017. The petition is nowat over 7,000 signatures.
The Green Party favoursadopting Ontario’s system,where residents pay apremium through theincome tax system. Peoplepay nothing if they makebelow $20,000 a year— thepremium increases based onincome with a cap of $900.For example, residents whomake $260,000 a year pay amaximum of $900 a year or$75 per month.
There are many problemswith B.C.’s MSP premium,said Lindsay Tedds, aprofessor of economics atthe University of Victoria.It’s not means-tested,meaning that a personmaking $31,000 a year paysthe same as someone with
an income of $250,000.The province contractswith a third-party companyto administer the systemand pursue unpaid bills,but Tedds said it would becheaper for the provincialgovernment to sign a taxcollection agreement withCanada Revenue Agency.
Weaver said his party isadvocating designing thesystem to bring in thesame amount of revenue,but without the addedbureaucracy of the currentsystem.
As for the subsidy availableto people whomake lessthan $30,000, 26 per cent ofthose who are eligible don’tapply, according to researchby RebeccaWarburton,an associate professor ofpublic administration at theUniversity of Victoria. That’sa higher rate than for othersubsidies offered by thegovernment, Tedds said.
Tedds added businessesthat offer to cover MSPas an employee benefitmight also save moneyas it’s an extra cost thatemployers outside of theprovince don’t have to pay.However, employers withunionized staff would likelyhave to bargain to reallocatethe benefit.
Weaver said rolling theMSP into the incometax system would alsostreamline bureaucracy foremployers who want to keepoffering the benefit, becausethey would be submittinginformation about thehealth care premium,Canada Pension Plan andEmployment Insurance tothe same place.
Weaver plans to keeppressing the issue asthe provincial budgetapproaches in February.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 THE VANCOUVER COURIER A27
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CEO Dick Vollet and foundation board mem-ber Stuart Louie announced a record $3.15million raised from this year’s Lights of HopeCampaign, which concluded earlier this month.Proceeds will support St. Paul’s Hospital’sgreatest needs.
Italian consul generalMassimiliano Iacchiniand Italian Cultural Centre executive directorMauro Vescara fronted the Italian Film Festivalopening night reception at the Vancity Theatre.The third running features 14 classic and con-temporary films.
Austen Renaud popped the question to his girlfriend of 10 years Joc-elyne Bonneau under St. Paul’s Lights of Hope.
CAPTAIN COURAGE: Lorne Segal,the philanthropist, community builder andpresident of Kingswood Capital, will steerhis 11th Courage to Come Back Awards.The annual awards program dedicated tocelebrate British Columbians who have over-come adversity or illness and who inspire andgive to others has raised millions for CoastMental Health since its first staging in 1999.Wendy St. Marie and JimMandelin, two of102 Courage recipients feted, were on handfor the launch of this year’s campaign, heldat the corporate offices of Scotiabank, theawards presenting sponsor. Nominations forsix categories — addiction, medical, mentalillness, physical rehabilitation, social adversityand youth — will be accepted at courageto-comeback.ca until Feb. 12. The recipientswill be feted at a gala dinner onMay 5 at theVancouver Convention Centre.
BRIGHT LIGHTS:With support from thecommunity, sponsors, staff and volunteers,the 18th annual Lights of Hope fundraisingcampaign for St. Paul’s Hospital generateda record-setting $3.15 million, surpassingits $3-million goal to support the hospital’sgreatest needs. Featuring over 10 km oflights, 100,000 bulbs, hundreds of spon-sored stars, and built entirely by volunteersusing donated materials, the Burrard Streetspectacle has been a seasonal tradition raisingmore than $28.7 million, funding life sav-ing equipment and priority programs. Thisyear’s display shined a little brighter for onelocal couple. After contacting the foundation,Ontario-native Austen Renaud arranged tobring his girlfriend of 10 years Jocelyne Bon-neau to the display where one special starposed a very important question under thetwinkly lights. She said yes.
DINNER IS ON:Canada’s largest food anddrink festival continues to push the menu onways to enjoy the flavours of our city. DineOut Vancouver returns for its 14th running,17-days of culinary events, food-themedexperiences, Dine and Stay packages andspecial hotel rate. A reported 288 restaurantswill tempt foodies with their $20, $30 and$40 three-course prix fix menus. In 2003, thefestival launched with just 57 restaurants. Aswell, this year will see 102 special culinaryevents to satisfy our palettes; fromMasterClasses with celebrated barkeep LaurenMote, to Wines of B.C.’s Grape Debate andthe festival’s first Winter Beer Hall. Tour-ism Vancouver CEO Ty Speer and festivalorganizer Lucas Pavan hosted the festivallaunch and Dine Around preview at the FourSeasons’s YEWRestaurant + Bar. Morethan 100,000 diners are expected to partici-pate this year.
DineOut Vancouver organizer Lucas Pavanprepares to dish out some 17-days of culinaryevents, food themed experiences, Dine and Staypackages and special hotel rates at the 14th DineOut Vancouver Festival, the country’s biggestfood fete!
Bella Gelateria’s James Coleridge served uphis award-winning gelato at the Italian FilmFestival opening. Among the luminaries spot-ted was Vancouver International Film Festival’sMelanie Friesen, producer of long running filmseries Cinema Salon.
SaiWoo executive chefKeevMah and generalmanagerKatherine Barneswill serve up a spe-cial $40menu at their Chinatown hot spot duringthe annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival.
Fight director Gabriel Carter and director Da-vid C Jones at the opening night reception ofAndy Fickman’s Heathers, The Musical, a homi-cidal dark comedy which made its Vanhattandebut at the York Theatre.
Lorne Segalwill steer his 11th Courage to Come Back Awards. The an-nual program, which raises funds for Coast Mental Health, celebratesindividuals who have overcome adversity or illness and who inspireothers. Winners will be feted May 5 at a gala benefit.
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BY S T EPHEN THORNE
North Vancouver’s Toma-hawk Barbecue has sur-vived the Great Depres-sion, a world war, the
fast-food revolution, the dietcraze, progress, regress, life,death and dry rot.
More than survived, it’sthrived.
Generations of custom-ers keep coming back forthe “Yukon-style” bacon andeggs (Yukon-style means“big”), the fresh turkey sand-wiches (turkeys cooked on-site nightly), the SkookumChief Burger (that’s organicbeef from a ranch in SalmonArm, B.C.) and a selectionof freshly baked pies madefrom 100-year-old family re-cipes.
But an institution like theTomahawk doesn’t rest onits laurels. For a home-stylerestaurant to work for nearly100 years, it has to constant-ly adapt and evolve withtastes and the times.
So these days you’ll alsofind on the Tomahawk menua Granola Yogurt Medley, a
selection of green salads anda veggie burger comprisingmushrooms, brown rice andlow-fat cheeses – along withfresh tomato and lettuce.
“We really are a dinosaur,”says a grinning CharlesChamberlain, whose dadChick opened the Capilano-area diner in 1926.
It was the region’s firstdrive-in – before burgers, itoffered “sandwiches in thecar,” a novelty in 1920s-eraVancouver.
But Chick Chamberlain’stiming couldn’t have beenmuch worse. The stock mar-ket crashed and the Depres-sion kicked in just threeyears later. Still, the familypersevered.
Those principles of perse-verance, adaptability and pa-tience to do things right havestayed with the businessthrough thick and thin.
“We’re definitely notcomplacent about it,” saysCharles – Chuck to hisfamily, friends and cus-tomers. “As with anything,you’ve got to stay on top ofthings.”
The Tomahawk is part-
museum, and features animpressive collection ofWest Coast native artifactsdonated or traded by localSquamish and other FirstNations with whom ChickChamberlain, the son of Brit-ish immigrants, had close re-lationships.
Chick fell in love with thecoastal peoples and culture.In tough times, he’d providemeals on barter, or less, col-lecting the odd piece alongthe way.
“During the Depression,everybody had to help oneanother – it didn’t mattercolour, race, creed, any-thing,” says his son.
Eventually, Chick startedserving on the local bandcouncil — the first whiteman to do so — and the onlyone for years. Now descend-ants of those First Nationsfriends bring their grand-children into the restaurantto see the work of their fore-bears.
Charles (Chuck) Cham-berlain started his appren-ticeship at the Tomahawkwhen he was just seven yearsold, clearing carhop trays on
weekends.He’s 71 now and still
works 17-hour days, sevendays a week except Christ-mas and Boxing Day, whenthe place closes and he andhis 24 staff – some of whomhave been there more than20 years – take a much-de-served break.
By 1960, dry rot was get-ting the best of the originallog building, so the familymoved the business to a newbuilding across the street.
Business took a nosedivein the 1980s with the rise ofvarious diet crazes.
“That was just horren-dous,” says Chamberlain.“Not just for me, but otherrestaurants, too. Nobody waseating any bacon or toast,the mainstays of the busi-ness. But we carried on. Wedidn’t change toomuch.”
These days, the Toma-hawk goes through a tonne-and-a-half of bacon amonth.
The Mixed Grill, a menuitem spawned by a cus-tomer who’d bring in a bak-ing sheet after his Sundaysoccer game and ask ChickChamberlain to “load ’er up”
with whatever was avail-able, serves up nine slicesof bacon along with twofree-range eggs, two slices ofKlondike toast, an organichamburger patty, aged ched-dar cheese, a wiener, onionsand fresh sautéed mush-rooms.
In an era of cheap fastfood, never-ending deadlinesand a relentless demand forinstant gratification, thealcohol-free Tomahawk justkeeps chugging along like it’sin some sort of time warp.On weekends, customers
queue for more than 30 min-utes to enjoy servings thatcost from $8 to $15 a plate.
Robert Mackay is 83 yearsold and he’s been coming tothe Tomahawk since 1950.He’s down to once a monthnow, but the Yukon-stylebreakfast remains his fa-vourite.
“We love the novelty ofthe place,” he says. “We enjoythe atmosphere. It hasn’tchanged much. They’vemodernized the restaurant. . . but the food is still justgreat. It’s always been great.”
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Chuck Chamberlain, owner of North Vancouver’sTomahawkBarbecue, jokes with servers LeonaDe LangeBoom andKylaMajeau. The iconic restaurant has reliedon sterling customer service to thrive for nearly a century.
Tomahawk Barbecue evolves with the times
Carol Todd rememberswhen teenagers’ insults werewritten on the bathroomwallor on paper and could bewashedawayor tornup.
Then, bullying was aschoolyard event. The trialsof adolescence stopped at thebedroom door, and that roomwas a refuge from the outsideworld.
Now, bullying is a wider,more enduring problemthrough the use of technologyand socialmedia, saysTodd.
“Something physical orface-to-face could happen atschool and they come home,turn on their devices and,boom, it’s right there — pic-tures, videos, words, the story.And it isn’t just one-to-oneanymore. It’s one-to-100,000.”
Todd knows how difficultgrowing up in the digital agecanbe.Her daughterAmandatook her life on Oct. 10, 2012— just before her 16th birth-day — after relentless online
bullying by a suspectedperpe-trator in theNetherlands.
Todd, a teacher, has chan-nelled her grief and skills intoeducating the public aboutonline safety and securitythrough her foundation, theAmanda Todd Legacy Society,and through her involvementin a free education programoffered through Telus calledWise Internet and Smart-
phone Education, or TelusWISE.
Cyberbullying, says Todd,can affect anyone. Nearly 75per cent of American adultshave witnessed online harass-ment and 40 per cent haveexperienced it, according toa survey by the Pew ResearchCenter.
Cyberbullying amongkids is intensifying. Recently,Telus, with partners MediaS-marts and PREVNet, sur-veyed 800 Canadian youth.Forty-two per cent said theyhad been cyberbullied in theprevious four weeks; 60 percent had witnessed cyber-bullying in thatperiod.
What’s more, 33 per cent ofyouth said they do not reportcyberbullying because theydon’t believe adults give ad-vice that helps – suggestingadults must educate them-selves on the issue and how toequip youth with methods tointervene.
Early on, Carol Todd rec-ognized where the changewould have to begin. Speak-ing in 2013 at a Winnipegroundtable sponsored bythe Canadian Centre forChild Protection, Todd saidit couldn’t be left to policeand governments to preventcyberbullying; social mediaand organizations like tele-coms needed to take a leadingrole.
Telus WISE hadn’t beencreated, but as a long-timecustomer, Todd knew thecompany and its reputationwell, and admired its pres-ence and practices. When itlaunched Telus WISE, shesays, “It was really good tohear that a telecom was tak-ing control and doing some-thingpositive.”
Todd signed on as a pro-gram partner and ambassa-dor.
Telus WISE is the brain-child of Darren Entwistle,companypresident/CEO,whobelieves social responsibil-ity is both a duty and a soundbusiness practice. Entwistlerecognized that creating aneducational, actionable and
free resource to help all Can-adians, not just Telus custom-ers, would be critical to help-ing people adopt the mostcurrent Internet and smart-phone safetypractices.
Program director ShellySmith, who has been withTelusWISE since its inceptionnearly three years ago, saysthe multilingual effort hasreached hundreds of thou-sands of Canadians throughworkshops, seminars and on-line resources.
“We’re all aware of thebenefits that connected tech-nologies bring to our workand personal lives, but wealso have to be aware of andprepared for the risks,” saysSmith.
Telus WISE addressesissues such as cyberbully-ing, identity theft and smart-phone safety in classroom vis-its, adult education programs,information guides and on-line at telus.com/wise.
“We need to make surethere are safety nets in place,and those include education,”says Todd. “It needs to be on-going, and we need to edu-cate adults just asmuch aswe
need to educate thekids.”Solving issues confronting
smartphone users is a three-pronged effort requiring pre-vention, intervention and re-action, says Todd. She believesTelus is doing an outstandingjob on prevention, particu-larly through its WISE work-shops.
Most youths have anInternet-connected deviceand multiple social mediaaccounts. Kids today may betech savvy, says Todd, but theyare as naive and vulnerable asever.
“When your child turns 16,you don’t give the car keys tothemand tell them to go driveto their heart’s content. Yougive them lessons. You makesure they’re safe. We shouldbe doing the same thing withmobile devices like smart-phones and tablets.”
Don’t lecture, she urgesparents. And don’t be quick topunishmistakes.
“The keys are communi-cation and trust,” she says.“Parents and their kids needto have open conversations –conversations without judg-ment.”
How working together can helpkeep kids safe from digital dangers
Carol Todd
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Remember, Aries, start nothing beforeJanuary 25. Chase money and pay bills Sun./Mon. – great luck accompanies you! Errands,communications, paperwork, short travel,details and casual acquaintances fill Tues./Wed. Now your luck does a 180 – be cautiouswith governmental, hidden, legal, travel, careermatters, driving/traffic, and (over)exertion. If youtake care, you’ll be fine.
Sunday/Monday brings secrets, rewards investigation.Finances, crucial health matters, lifestyle, sexualintimacy, all are highlighted. Remember, don’t start anew project nor relationship before January 25. (E.g.,don’t invest in unfamiliar products/stocks, nor bed astranger.) These two days, especially Monday, pourluck on these and similar zones. Midweek (Tues./Wed.) brings intellectual pursuits, travel, legal, cultural orinternational affairs, wisdom, andmellow, gentle love.
Your energy and charisma soar Sun./Mon., andyour luck is superb. Remember, don’t start anynew projects nor relationships – so use your greateffectiveness these two days to further ongoingprojects or to reprise the past – for example, toattract an old flame (who, by the way, is interested).Chase money, collect on old debts, and payneglected bills Tues./Wed. Both days need care – abad time to ask the boss for a raise.
Start nothing new, ventures nor relationships,before January 25. This week you shift gearsdownward, from hectic activity to relative rest.Sunday/Monday bless relationships with luckand affection. Almost everything succeedsif it touches on relationships, negotiation,relocation, or dealing with the public. Life’shidden side emerges Tues./Wed. – and nowluck deserts you.
Lie low, recuperate, contemplate and deal withconfidential matters Sun./Mon. – both days (butmostly Monday) are filled with luck in dealing withgovernment, institutions, charities and spiritualmatters/organizations. Home AND career arefine! Your energy and charisma soar Tues./Wed.– but remember, don’t start new projects norrelationships before January 25. Use these twodays to conquer long-standing problems.
The emphasis continues onmoney, earnings,shopping, clients, your possessions, and sensualattractions – but only until Wed., when a new trend(travel and friends) arrives. Remember, start no newprojects not relationships (and especially not moneyventures) before January 25. Tackle chores and protectyour daily health Sunday/Monday. Monday is superb– you can impress the boss, get a huge job organizedand/or done, even learn a valuable secret.
Remember, Cancer, start no brand new projectsnor relationships before January 25. Wishes cancome true Sun./Mon. Your popularity soars, friendlyromance winks at you (an old flame might be readyto re-visit the past) you feel optimistic, and life’sgrand! Splendid luck accompanies you, especiallyin relationships – light and serious. But retreat, restand contemplate Tues./Wed. – hour energy’s low,and luck walks out the door.
Your energy and charisma remain high, but still, avoidstarting new projects or relationships before January25. Sunday/Monday bring romance, creative andspeculative urges, beauty and pleasure. Your luckis high, especially Monday. You could fall in love, ormake someone love you. Remember, stick to old,past or ongoing flames. Tackle chores Tues./Wed.,but carefully: hidden factors, confusion, accidents andstress or upset digestion take all the fun out.
Be a homebody Sun./Mon., Leo. Money,repairs, children, security, affection, retirementdreams – all meet splendid luck. An odd Tues./Wed. – events are terrible, but nothing dentsyour optimism and good mood. Expect friends,flirtations, entertainment, and happiness. Butdon’t do anything practical. Remember, too,that you should not start any new projects norrelationships before January 25.
You’re still held back by low energy and aquiescent charisma. But your month of setbacksand quietude ends Wed., when a month of“Aquarius First!” starts. Remember, though, startno new relationships nor projects before the25th. Head for home Sunday/Monday. Your luckis high, especially in career-money, investment/debt, research and detective work, and, despiteyour lowered charisma, intimacy.
Remember, start nothing new before January 25.An old flame might re-appear. A mellow, wisemood flows through you Sun./Mon., Virgo. Yourluck soars, especially in love, intellectual pursuits,education, far travel, international affairs, publishingand cultural venues – and in communicating with aspouse or associate. But don’t argue Sunday pm –avoid politics, religion. Your career, social standingand prestige relations are highlighted Tues./Wed.– and in a problematic way.
Have fun Sunday/Monday, Pisces, talk, visit,re-establish friendly contacts and any semi-romantic ties. (Remember, though, don’t startnew relationships nor projects before January25.) Your luck’s high, and any travel, errands orfriendly meetings will go splendidly. (However,check figures, and don’t put anything inwriting.) Your home seems all topsy-turvy Tues./Wed. – advance cautiously, avoid arguments,and don’t stick any forks in the electric outlet.
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1. The PuSh International Perform-ing Arts Festival returns for three weeksof ground-breaking, boundary-pushingtheatre, music and live performance artfrom around the world and close to home,including Jack Charles V. the Crown fea-turing Australian tribal elder Jack Charlesas he recounts his colourful life as residen-tial school survivor, addict, petty thief andactor, while backed by a three piece band.The festival runs Jan. 19 to Feb. 7 at vari-ous venues. Details at pushfestival.ca.
2. Vancouver singer-songwriter Jeff Pace,a.k.a.OldMan Canyon, brings his folk-rock stylings to the Fox Cabaret in supportof his debut full-length releaseDelirium,Jan. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets at Red Cat Recordsand ticketweb.ca.
3. Stephen Adly Guirgis’s funny, poignantand already controversial play about love,addiction and honour, TheMotherf**kerwith the Hat opens Jan. 16 at the FirehallArts Centre and runs until Jan. 30. Ticketsand details at firehallartscentre.ca.
4.David C. Jones directsHeathers theMusical, based on the 1988 cult classicabout high school cliques and carnage.It runs until Jan. 17 at the York Theatre.Tickets and details at the thecultch.com.
5. The Vancouver Sketch ComedyFestival brings the laughs to GranvilleIsland’s Studio 1938 and the WaterfrontTheatre for three days of scripted comedyfrom across North America, June 14 to 16.Performers include Peter n’ Chris, Gos-samer Obsessions, H.U.N.K.S., Ladies &Gentlemen and local talents such as theSunday Service, the Hero Show, InstantTheatre Company, Hip.Bang! and the all-female powerhouse Strapless. Details atvancouversketchfest.com.
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It felt like everyone hadjust gotten up and left.Having jumped at an op-
portunity to photograph theMcKenzie shipyard, locatedjust west of North Van’sCates Park, a day prior to itsdemolition to make way fora new condo development,mixed-media artist TracyMcMenemy was completelytaken by what she saw.Things were sitting still.
There was clothing hangingon hooks, open notebookson tables, blueprints lyingaround and a chair sittingout on the dock as if some-one had just had lunch on it.“It felt almost apocalyp-
tic,” says the North Van-couver artist who maintainsa studio in East Vancouver.“I got goosebumps a cou-
ple of times when I walkedthrough some of the spaces.You could certainly feel theenergy of the people thatworked there. That’s whatyou’re looking for as an artistis that connection and it wasthere in spades,” she says.McKenzie Barge andMa-
rineWays was launched in1932. Bustling in its heydaybuilding ships and tug boats,operations were downsizedin the late 1970s and thecompany was primarilyfocused on repairs and paint-ing. The shipyard remainedoperational until the day inAugust 2014 whenMcMen-emy went in to conduct herself-described “material inves-tigation,” photographing,documenting, archiving andcollecting various objects. To-day, waterfront townhomesand apartment residences arebeing built on the site.McMenemy spent a
year on a series of mixed-media works inspired by theshipyard with the resultingpieces showcased in a newexhibition at the VancouverMaritimeMuseum calledGhost Passages of theMcKenzie Shipyard.
“It’s exciting to talk aboutthe shipyard— as anotherplace that’s disappearing,”McMenemy says. “If wedon’t notice these places,the energy, they will be gonethe next time we drive by.It’s a reminder to stop andtake note, look closer andtake time to see what is inour backyard and commu-nity.My artist’s resurrectionbrings the colour back.”There were a “couple of
strange, serendipitous situ-ations” that led to McMen-emy’s McKenzie shipyardproject coming to fruition.Her initial introduction
was the result of driving pastthe site for the last decade,alongDollartonHighway.“It was striking because it
was this very beautiful settingwith this building on thewater. I always wonderedwhat was happening there.Once I started painting, Iwould imaginemyself hav-ing a gallery in the front ofthe building and a studio inthe back looking out at thewater. I saw there was lots ofparking and thought aboutit very rationally as well asin my imagination. It hadalways been inmymind as abeautiful spot,” she says.McMenemy was pleased
when, out of nowhere, shereceived a phone call froma family friend whose wife,unbeknownst to her, was amember of the McKenziefamily. The wife’s fatherand uncle had been theshipyard’s two owners.The family friend had long
been a supporter ofMcMen-emy’s art, having attendedher shows over the years, andhad a proposition for her.“He said, ‘They’re
demolishing it tomorrow,can you come in today anddo your thing and make apiece for my wife as sort ofa memory of her father whohad recently passed away?’”she recalls.The next day,McMenemy
grabbed her gear and headedover, spending five intensivehours photographing intricatedetails of the site.“I thought I was going to
do a piece, but I was just soblown away by everythingthat I found there and thefeelings that I had there. Itwas really serene with thesetting on the water but theactual shipyard was quiteghostly,” she says.In fact, she had heard
rumours of actual haunt-ings, having been told abouta number of employeeswho’d over the years seen“an old man down at the
dock,” yet the man neveractually materialized.“I had a lot of feelings
about it so it blew up intoa year of my life, workingaway at it,” she says.McMenemy will exhibit
38 pieces for the exhibition,blurring the lines betweenphotography and painting.“I basically start with
a photograph and then Ieither use that as inspirationor I actually transfer partof the photograph onto mypanel and then I paint afterthat,” she says.She’ll also have some
three-dimensional works ondisplay, including a 17-foot-tall water line marker anda tool box with art on theinside of it.The show’s title, Ghost
Passages, is a reference to acommon theme in McMen-emy’s art.“A lot of the work that I’ve
done with abandoned placeshave something to do withthe passage of time, and so Iknew that I wanted to havepassages in the title and it hadthat ghostly feel,” she says.An added significance to
the title is that passages canalso refer to waterways.“I grew up as a sailor, so
I’ve always been connectedto the water... and I thinkthat’s probably why theshipyard caught my atten-tion when we first movedout to Deep Cove and I’dalways wondered what hadhappened there behind thosedoors. It’s funny you know,you get a phone call and itchanges your life. I had noidea I’d spend the last year ofmy life working on this.”
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TracyMcMenemy documented, archived and collected objectsfrom theMcKenzie shipyard in North Vancouver before the sitewas demolished in August 2014. Her resultingmixed-mediaartworks are on display at the Vancouver MaritimeMuseumuntilApril 3. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD
Ghost Passages of theMcKenzie Shipyard:AnExhibitionbyTracyMcMenemy runsuntil April3 at theVancouverMaritimeMuseum,with anopeningreceptionThursday, Jan.14, 6 to 9p.m.
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News of David Bowie’sdeath Sunday night tookmost people by surprise. Butthat didn’t stopmillions offans with an Internet con-nection and a tinkle in theirheart from quickly bashingout a status update to expresstheir loss, surprise, a videolink, listicle, insightful articleor animatedGIF of Bowie’smany looks over the decadesto share in the Internet’scollective grieving process.Besides voicing said grief orsurprise, it’s important to postsomething that also reflectsyour own inner coolness,in hopes that some of thatprecious Bowie stardust willrub off on you. Here’s a list ofways to publicly mournDa-vid Bowie’s death and howyou can improve upon it.• Express your loss in a
way that makes people knowBowie’s death is waymoreearth-shattering and impor-tant to you than the loss of acast member fromCelebrityRehab, a family member orpet. Hint: Instead of RIP, usevague phrases or words like
“speechless,” “no words” oreven better “gutted,” since itsoundsmore British.• Post a video of a Bowie
song or interview where hechastises anMTV host fornot playing enough black art-ists. The deeper the cut, thebetter. Sure, “Let’s Dance”and “Modern Love”mightbe when Bowie first hit yourLG73 listening radar, but themore obscure the song, themore of a true fan you are.Basically anything off Lodgerand you’re gold. You cangain cred points for post-ing Bowie’s cameo in RickyGervais’s ExtrasTV show,the Christmas duet with BingCrosby or ironically postingthat redubbed “Dancing inthe Streets” video withMickJagger, because it tells peopleyou don’t take holding Bowiein high regard too seriously,which really means you totallyhold Bowie in high regard.• Post a quote fromBowie
or another person’s quoteabout Bowie to show peopleyou have a deep under-standing of Bowie’s cultural
significance. If you have thetime, really go down theInternet rabbit hole and findsome long lost quote whereBowie praises the complex-ity of nachos, themusicalcontributions of DegrassiHigh’s in-house band theZit Remedy, or how he oncesubsisted on gourds and athimble of Lou Reed’s bloodfor fivemonths.We’ve neverseen such quotes, but we’resure they’re out there.• Change your Facebook
photo to a picture of DavidBowie from a distinct era inhis career. Ziggy Stardust, forexample, or the ThinWhiteDuke, or even his role asJareth the Goblin King fromthemovie Labyrinth. Bonuspoints for going to work inface paint a la hisAladdinSane album cover. It willcreep everyone out and youwon’t get that promotion,but it will be awesome.•Make sure tomen-
tion to coworkers, friends(Facebook or otherwise),your barista, and strangerson public transit that you’ve
been listening to your Bowiealbums all week. Stressalbums overMP3s or Spotifyplaylists. Once again, big upsif youmention Lodger, evenif the only reason you heardabout it in the first place waswhen Built to Spill refer-enced it in a song.• Listen to your Bowie
albums all week. Most ofthem really are fantastic.Even Lodger. But do soprivately, while smuglyjudging everyone else fordoing so publicly. Howcrass. You might even wantto write a blog post or shortarticle about it because insome, small, petty way itfeels good. Or at least bet-ter. And it helps you ignorethe fact that you are notgood with expressing yourfeelings and woefully out oftouch with your emotions.But what if you’re more
of a self-described “Dylanperson”? Rest assured.Your time will come. Andsooner than you think.Nooooooooooo!
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In the second half of thisyear’s Vanier Cup betweenthe UBC Thunderbirdsand the Université deMontréal Carabins foot-ball teams, UBC runningback Brandon Deschampstook the football. He im-mediately found space,juked right and thenran around Montreal’sdefence. It went into thebooks as a 44-yard touch-down run, a highlight in a26-23 win for the under-dog Thunderbirds. Lessthan a month later, rightaround Christmas, Des-champs signed a contractwith the CFL’s Saskatch-ewan Roughriders.The season didn’t start
so promisingly, however,as Deschamps suffered aconcussion in the first gameof the year against rival Cal-gary. He was pulled fromthe contest and had to missthe next start.“I knew right away it
wasn’t good,” Deschampsrecalls. “I didn’t feel right.”Deschamps had been
wearing a concussionsensor behind his earsince the start of the 2014season; a decision that hesays was tough at first.“At first, I was ap-
prehensive,” he says, ina soft voice not expectedfrom someone nicknamed“Banger.”“You don’t really want
to know what’s happening.The more I thought aboutit, I decided that the bestwe can do, anything wecan to help younger play-ers and educate them, itshould be done.”
Field testOf course, Deschamps
wouldn’t have the op-tion of wearing a sensorif it weren’t for HarrisonBrown. Currently a PhDcandidate, Brown was do-ing his Masters of Scienceat UBC when he and hislab partners developedthe sensors. “Basically weknow the number of hitseach of the players take,and the magnitude of thehits,” Brown says in aKitsilano coffee shop. “Ifsomebody gets concussed
during the game, we testthem on 10 different tests.But we’re also lookingfor things where peoplemaybe aren’t diagnosedas concussed, but theytake really big hits or alot of hits and we can seesomething through datathat maybe gives us somemore information.”While he was working
on the sensors, Brownwas also taking a gradu-ate business class. Theclass demanded thatthe students break intogroups and start their ownbusiness. Brown doubleddown on the concussionissue, and he and groupmember Kerry Costellostarted HeadCheck Healthin 2013 with the help ofthe Entrepreneurship@UBC program. But it wasonly recently, to coincidewith the release of theHollywood film Concussionstarring Will Smith, thatHeadCheck announced acellphone app designed tohelp doctors and trainersbetter diagnose concus-sions on the sidelines.The traditional method
of testing concussions has,according to Brown, somefaults. “One of the thingswe figured out was there’sthis balance test that theycurrently use to assessconcussions, which is verypoorly graded — it’s cur-rently graded by humans,”says Brown. “For exam-ple, if you were concussed,I, as a trainer or doctor,would say, ‘Can you standon one foot?’”With Brown’s research,
combined with the Head-Check Health app, sensorstest the athletes and pro-vide baseline and post-injury results, which canthen be easily uploaded tothe app on the go, elimi-nating the previous systemof human testing and car-rying around two pieces ofpaper — one of the base-line test and one to test fora concussion — constant-ly. “What happens withthat, is that the athletictrainer doesn’t have aneasy experience,” saysCostello, sitting acrossfrom Brown. “They’rejumping from a piece ofpaper to a computer, to a
mobile app back to a pieceof paper, they’re trying totrack it all and keep it allin one place. That camethrough loud and clear inour initial interviews withcustomers — they didn’twant that, they wantedone tool that made theirlives easier.”
No-brainerFor Thunderbirds foot-
ball head coach Blake Nill,the decision to allow theresearch to be a factor inthe lives of his players wasa no-brainer.“I agree to allow it to
continue because we haveto know as much as pos-sible,” Nill says. “This issomething I think is veryimportant. UBC is a veryprogressive school, andit’s good that these thingsare happening, it helps allsports, not just football.As coaches we have to stepup and be leaders.”As much as the issue
has presented Brown andCostello with a businessopportunity, it’s also apersonal story for the two.Brown, while born in
Canada, moved to HongKong at the age of nineand ended up playing forHong Kong’s nationalrugby team and sufferingthree concussions, includ-ing a particularly bad one.Costello balances the busi-ness with coaching girls’basketball at Magee sec-ondary school, a task thatBrown also helps with.With 31 sports teams
across the country us-ing the HeadCheck app,including two WesternHockey League teams —the Victoria Royals andthe Edmonton Oil Kings— the two seem destinedfor the big leagues. Andthey’ll go there, but it’snot their main priority.“The end goal is to
take it to the kids,” saysCostello. “That is a hugeopportunity for us becausewe have the ability to stepin there that could actuallyprevent a lot of the deathsand serious injuries thatcould happen as a result ofathletes going back in thesport too soon, so that’sthe dream.”
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you wend your way towardsthe California border arehuge sand dunes, some ofthem engulfing entire pinetrees. These are the shiftingsands of Oregon DunesNational Recreation Area,and you can stop to get in alittle off-roading.
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the state are McMenaminsbreweries, little pubs andrestaurants often builtinside heritage build-ings. The company has atendency to hire folk artiststo decorate the inside withlots of hidden artworks,and the crown jewel isfound East of Portland atMcMenamins Edgefield.Booking a place here takessome advance planning,but with lots of little snugs,croquet, Frisbee golf, andeven a weird tribute statue
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Troutdale, you’ll soon findyourself with the optionto jump off the highway atExit 22 towards Corbett.Take the leap and you’llfind yourself in a green andwoody wonderland, theroad leading past water-fall after waterfall. Some,like Multnomah Falls, areworth stopping off for aquick hike.
MaryhillStonehengeFurther east, you’ll come
across a full-size model ofStonehenge, cast in con-crete on the banks of theHood River. Technically,this monument is in thestate of Washington, butas it’s just a stone’s throwfrom the Oregon side, itshould be claimed as partof any road trip.
ThelostcityofRajneeshpuramSouthwards along the
97, you’ll have the op-tion of making your waytowards the tiny town ofAntelope. Site of one of theoddest tales in Oregon’spast, it was near here thata huge commune of morethan 5,000 people gatheredto create a utopian para-dise. It lasted just a fewyears, thanks to paranoia,conflict with the locals,and the eventual poison-ing of hundreds of peoplewith salmonella sprayedin restaurant foods. The
story is a crazy one — theguru at the head of the cultamassed nearly a hundredRolls-Royces and woulddrive them around the lo-cal highways.
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The largest livingthing in theworldEven further east,
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The reversegravityhillBacktrack through
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OPENROAD TOYOTAPORT MOODY
3166 St. John’s Street(604) 461-3656
7826
PEACE ARCH TOYOTASOUTH SURREY
3174 King George Highway(604) 531-2916
30377
REGENCY TOYOTAVANCOUVER401 Kingsway(604) 879-8411
8507
VALLEY TOYOTACHILLIWACK
8750 Young Road(604) 792-1167
8176
WESTMINSTER TOYOTANEWWESTMINSTER
210 - 12th Street(604) 520-3333
8531
A40 THE VANCOUVER COURIER THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016
OPEN 7 DAYS AWEEK8 am-9 pm • Sale Dates: Thursday, January 14th - Wednesday, January 20th, 2016.
1595 Kingsway • 604-872-3019 • www.famousfoods.ca
$299 $299 $399 $599/lb13.21/kg
/lb8.80/kg
/lb6.59/kg
$399/lb8.80/kg
$249 /100 g
$5793lb bag
$459
We carry a Huge Selection of Organic ProductsNON-MEDICATED
BonelessPork Butt Roasts
NON-MEDICATED
Boneless PorkLoin Chops
NON-MEDICATED
Boneless & SkinlessChicken Thighs
EXTRA LEAN
StewingBeef
FROM THE DELI
HoneyHam
ECUADOR GROWN
Certified Organic
Tommy Atkins Mangoes
B.C. GROWN
Certified Organic
Russet Potatoes
CLIF
EnergyBars
JOHN GREEK
Extra VirginOlive Oil
NON- ORGANIC
PrunesX-Large size
NON-MEDICATED
PorkSide Ribs
AAA Italy GrownCanadianEye of Round Steaks
or RoastsKiwiFruit
AAA
CanadianInside Round
Roasts or Steaks
5lb bag
$498 39¢ $498/lb10.98/kg
$129 99¢ $149
$799
B.C. GROWN
AmbrosiaApples
B.C. GROWN
Certified Organic
Ambrosia Apples
B.C. GROWN
FAMOUS FOODS WEEKLY FLYER UPDATE
/lb10.98/kg
each
/lb6.59/kg
/lb2.18/kg
NON-MEDICATED
ChickenDrumsticks
Your OriginalNatural Food Store
/lb3.29/kg
500ml 1kg
AnjouPears
$11968g
/lb5.49/kg
*Pricing guaranteed during sale dates only.
$249
$1199each
Starting January 21st, the weekly flyerwill now be located on page 9of the Vancouver Courier.
Every Second Thursday of each monththe flyer will be located on the back page.
Excluding Builder Bars