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FAMILY CALENDAR 17Children’s Festival
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Cheryl [email protected]
Parents need to make other arrangementsfor their kids asVancouver schoolteachersare set to strike next Monday.
B.C.Teachers’ Federation president JimIker announcedTuesday morning that ro-tating strikes across the province would runMay 26 to 29. Schools will close inVancou-ver May 26.
“Last week, teachers were hopeful whenthey saw the government and BCPSEA[BC Public School Employers’ Association]put out an olive branch by backing off theunrealistic 10-year term,” said Iker, accord-ing to a press release. “But the next day,hope that this government would start ne-gotiating in good faith faded when the em-
ployer announced a series of threats aroundwage rollbacks, lockouts, and attempts todivide teachers, parents, and students.”
Iker said strikes would be undertaken inresponse to unwillingness by the provin-cial government and the BCPSEA to offerimprovements class size, composition andlearning conditions for students, as well asunfair wage demands.
“It’s disappointing but it’s not surprising,”saidVancouver School Board chairperson,Patti Bacchus, of the strike news. “Thegovernment made some fairly provocativeannouncements on Friday afternoon andI anticipated that the BCTF would have aresponse.This is clearly going to be chal-lenging for parents and students as we’re inthe home stretch of the school year.”
The BCPSEA tabled an offer with a six-
year term and a $1,200 signing bonus forteachers last Friday if an agreement couldbe reached by June 30.
But, according to the BCPSEA, theBCTF refused to move on wages, benefits,class size and composition and more.
The BCPSEA noted Friday that theBCTF has applied to the Labour RelationsBoard to challenge government’s decisionto have the union pay the cost of teacherbenefits, which could mean another legalbattle.
BCPSEA also noted Friday that it toldthe BCTF the association would applymore pressure unless the BCTF cancelledits initial stage of strike action, which isadministrative only. (Teachers continue toparticipate in extracurricular activities, writereport cards and communicate with parents.
Teachers are not to be at school more thanan hour before or after class times, exceptfor arranged voluntary activities. Meetingsand written communications with adminis-trators are limited.)
When the BCTF wouldn’t budge, theBCPSEA announced Friday that June 27would remain a cancelled day for teachersacross the province and June 25 and 26would be cancelled days for all secondaryschools across the province.
The BCPSEA announced a five per centreduction in all teacher pay resulting fromcuts in work hours related to the admin-istrative strike action. BCPSEA said therequirement for the union to pay the costof benefits would be tabled, “at least for thetime being.”
Continued on page 7
LASTLAP: Donovan Tildesley, 29 and blind, swamhis first laps at age nine at the Arbutus Club. The Paralympian holds fourworld swimming records andwas Canada’s flag bearer at the 2008 Beijing ParalympicGames. He announced his retirement thismonth. See story on page 26. PHOTODANTOULGOET
FAMILY CALENDAR 17Children’s Festival
THEATRE 25Cirque goes big withTotemwithTotem
SUMMERCAMPS 19Camp roundup
MIDWEEKEDITION
WEDNESDAYMay 21 2014Vol. 105 No. 41
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Teachers prepare forMonday strikeRotating job action rolls out across province
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Climate change is real.How real is it?It’s so real that the hard
working communicationsstaff at the City ofVancou-ver gave up part of theirSaturday to send out a pressrelease about the evils ofclimate change.
So evil, in fact, thatMayor Gregor Robertsonwas quoted throughout therelease, saying quotable stufflike this: “The impacts ofclimate change are real andmust be accounted for.”
The purpose of the releasewas to update the public viaus media types about whatRobertson and his crew atcity hall are doing to scuttleKinder Morgan’s proposal totwin its existing oil pipeline.If the project goes ahead,more tankers will travel inand out of Burrard Inlet andVancouver waters.
But Saturday’s releasewasn’t so much targeted atKinder Morgan as it was at
the National Energy Board,or NEB, and its need to payattention to climate changeas it applies to insurancecompanies.
Say what?Apparently, insurance
companies have begun tofactor climate change intotheir economic risk assess-ments, according to therelease.
More from the mayor: “Itmakes no sense for the NEBto ignore the economicimpacts of climate change,while insurance companiesaround the world are adjust-ing their business modelsbecause of it. Climatechange has significant eco-nomic costs that cannot beswept aside when evaluatinga pipeline project of thismagnitude.”
The city also got MarkJaccard, a professor at Si-mon Fraser University witha PhD in energy and eco-nomics, to weigh in on theenvironmental impacts ofgiving the Kinder Morganproposal the green light.
Jaccard says the projectwould increase greenhousegas emissions by 270 mil-
lion tonnes over 35 years.Which isn’t exactly helpfulin meeting the mayor’sgoal ofVancouver being thegreenest city in the worldby 2020.
Earlier in the week, citycouncil heard a presentationfrom deputy city managerSadhu Johnston who arguedKinder Morgan’s proposalwas flawed and down-plays or ignores the risk toVancouver’s economy and
environment.Johnston’s presentation
came one week after theNEB rejected a requestfor oral public hearingsand cross examination onKinder Morgan’s proposal.
Now the mayor wantsthe city to set up a seriesof “public events” whereresidents can have their sayabout the project. He wantsKinder Morgan to partici-pate, too.
Green Party Coun.Adriane Carr attempted tosway council last week to tiea referendum on the projectto this November’s civicelection.
That failed.However,VisionVancou-
ver Coun.Andrea Reimerurged the feds to hold a voteafter NEB completes thehearings.The mayor alsoworried a referendum tied tothe election would have “no
spending limits, no dona-tion limits and no disclosurerequirements for people orgroups involved in it.”
Coincidentally, thisNovember’s civic electionwill have no spending limitsor donation limits.Thoughparties have to disclosecontributors’ names anddonations, I couldn’t get ananswer before deadline onwhether that applies only tothe election year.
If that’s the case, partieswouldn’t have to disclosecontributors’ names orthe amount of money theyaccepted between the 2011election and Dec. 13. 2013.
“With absolutely nofinancing rules to guideit, tying that in to thecivic election is a danger-ous proposition,” the mayoradded.
To clarify, he was talkingabout a plebiscite — not anelection campaign in whichVisionVancouver and theNPA spent more than $2 mil-lion each in the 2011 race.
No wonder independentcandidates are calling for apolitical climate change.
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The city, KinderMorgan and climate of risk
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The City of Vancouver is urging the National Energy Board to consider how twinning Kinder Morgan’sexisting oil pipeline in Burnaby and adding more tankers to local waters is harmful to the environment.PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 THE VANCOUVER COURIER A3
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Council unanimouslypassed a motion lastweek that Mayor GregorRobertson write a letter toCanadian Pacific on behalfof council that expressesthe city’s opposition “tothe proposed reactivationof cargo trains along theArbutus Corridor, andencourage them to respectthe city and neighbour-hood wishes of maintain-ing the Corridor as agreenway for public use,until a light-rail transit linecan be implemented.”
As reported in the Cou-rier May 8, CP has beencontacting residents alongthe Arbutus Corridor toinform them access will beaffected as CP clears brushand surveys the land alongits 9.5-kilometre rail track,which hasn’t been used formore than a decade.
CP indicated it plans to
use the line “in support ofrail operations.”
VisionVancouver Coun.Heather Deal explained hersupport for the motion.
“The reason we wantedto put this motion forwardwas to reiterate the city’sposition that although CPowns the lands, the city infact was given the right tomake decisions about theuse of that land and rightnow it is an extremely popu-lar and active greenway.That’s the use the neigh-bours have grown to loveand the use that we’d like tosee going forward into thefuture,” she said.
“We think cargo trains[are] not the correct use fora track that no longer goesfrom any industrial site toany other industrial site andgoes through a lot of resi-dential neighbourhoods.”
CP spokesman EdGreenberg told the Courierthe company doesn’t havea direct comment about
city council’s motion, butis open to “continueddialogue.”
“The fact is that this isCP property and the reasonfor the survey is to outlineour property lines onceagain and it is a step-by-stepprocess that our railway hasstarted in exploring opera-tional options for the lineand ensuring the corridorcontinues to meet CanadianTransportation Act require-ments,” he said.
“For many years, ourrailway has been involvedin conversations to convertthe corridor for a number ofcombined public uses suchas a greenway, public trans-portation [and] eco-density.Despite the efforts of ourcompany and other parties,we’re unable to achieve aplan for this asset. CP iscertainly open to furtherdialogue and discussionswith the City ofVancouver.”
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HISTORYMAKER: FormerMusqueam chief Delbert V. Guerinwas rememberedMay 16 during amorningmemorial at theMusqueamCommunity Centre. Father Paul Smith led the Catholic service for Guerin, a former log salvager, commercial fisherman, longshoreman andaboriginal rights activist whowas known nationwide for a precedent-setting legal challenge over leasing land to the ShaugnessyGolf andCountry Club. The decision in the SupremeCourt of Canada held the federal government accountable for failing to protect the interestsof theMusqueam, and helped establish aboriginal rights and title in Canada. Guerin, who diedMay 11, is survived by his wife Frances, fivechildren, two adopted nephews and three grand-children. See the online gallery at vancourier.com.PHOTODANTOULGOET
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Continued from page 1The BCSPSEA and the
BCTF are scheduled tocontinue bargaining May 22and 23.
When askedTuesdaymorning whether agree-ments at the table this weekcould see rotating strikescancelled, “anything’s pos-sible,” was Iker’s reply.
Education Minister PeterFassbender was to speak tothe media after the Courier’s
Tuesday print deadline.B.C. Supreme Court
Justice Susan Griffin ruledin January that the govern-ment must restore collectivebargaining provisions thatrelate to class size and com-position and the number ofsupports provided in classesfor special needs. Languagewas to be returned to theircollective agreement retro-actively but was expectedto be the subject of ongoing
collective bargaining.Thegovernment is appealing thedecision.
Bacchus said theVancou-ver School Board’s websitewill include a section withup-to-date informationabout the strike. For moreinformation, see vsb.bc.ca.
The BCTF says any ad-ditional school closure datesdepend on progress at thebargaining table.
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‘Anything’s possible’ says BCTFBCTF president Jim Iker isn’t ruling out the cancellation of rotating strikes. PHOTODANTOULGOET
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The battle to preserveVancouver’s heritage homescontinues this week in frontof the Legg Residence inVancouver’sWest End.
Conservationists plan tohold a demonstration at theproperty at 1241 Harwood St.at 3 p.m., May 25 to call at-tention to concerns that heri-tage homes are being knockeddown at an alarming rate.
The Legg Residence isslated for demolition tomake way for a 17-storeytower unless someone paysto move it to another loca-tion — a costly endeavor,which would need to hap-pen quickly to accommo-date construction timelines.
Caroline Adderson, who’sbehind the popularVancou-verVanishes Facebook page,is one of the people involvedin the protest.
The City ofVancouver is-sued more than 1,000 demo-lition permits in 2013. Mostof them were for single-fam-ily homes, and many of thosepre-1940s houses built witha high level of craftsman-ship and quality materials,including first growth wood,according to a press releasefrom organizers.
“The majority of thesehomes are already adapted,or adaptable, to modernliving requirements andare a more affordable andecologically sustainableoption than the houses thatcurrently replace them,” itstated. “Each demolitionsends more than 50 tonnesof waste to the landfill, tak-ing with it the history andcharacter of the streetscapeand the mature gardensthat grace our establishedneighbourhoods.”
Demonstrators plan tobring messages for coun-
cil, as well as pictures andmementoes of “vanishingVancouver” to attach to theorange construction fences.The images will be pho-tographed and sent to themayor and council.
The possibility thatsomeone might pay to movethe Legg Residence offsitedoesn’t affect the protestplans, Adderson said.
“We’re using the Legghouse to symbolize all thedemolitions happening inthe city.We’ll be thrilled ifthe Legg house is spared,but what of the more than900 other houses?” Adder-son told the Courier.
She pointed to a home at1722West 37th Ave., whichwas demolished last week.
“Moving houses is won-derful, but obviously quiteexpensive and arduous.Themore sensible option is tooffer protection of our pre-1940s heritage and charac-ter houses through zoningchanges, incentives forretention and disincentivesfor demolitions. People whowish to build their dreamhome might then chooseother houses to demol-ish. Better yet, they mightrecognize the inherent valueof these beautifully craftedhomes made of natural ma-terials, including old growthwood, and opt for restora-tion,” she added.
Heritage house tourSpeaking of heritage,
theVancouver HeritageFoundation Heritage HouseTour takes place from 10 to5 p.m., June 1.
Eleven homes are in-cluded in the tour.
A late and interesting ad-dition is Casa Mia at 1920Southwest Marine Dr.,which has been mentionedoften in this column.
In March, the city de-layed a public hearing ona rezoning proposal for theproperty.The hearing hasyet to be rescheduled.
The Care Group wantsthe site rezoned fromsingle-family residential tocomprehensive develop-ment so it can build a carefacility on the property.The 20,700 square footSpanish Revival-styleheritage home, designedby architect Ross AnthonyLort, was built in 1932for George Reifel, a liquormagnate and rumrunnerduring the Prohibition era.
The HeritageVancouverFoundation notes that thehome has never been openon this scale before and willonly be open for one dayduring the Heritage HouseTour. For information andticket prices for the tour, seevancouverheritagefounda-tion.org
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This house onWest 37thwas torn down last week.
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The UBC pool has seenbetter days.
The aquatic centre’ssauna, weight room, twosteam rooms and bath-rooms are closed untilJune due to a chlorine leakthat was discovered April29.The changing roomsand pool remain open, butaccording to longtime us-ers of the university pool,the closures are no sur-prise given what they sayis the lack of maintenancethe facility has seen in thepast eight years.
“I swim five to six timesa week but I go to Hillcrestor Vancouver Aquatic Cen-tre now because the UBCpool is in such bad shape,”said Ivan Szasz, a mem-ber of the UBC MastersSwimming Club.
Before the university’sathletics department tookover responsibility of theaquatic centre in 2006,“it was in pristine shape,”according to Szasz. Sincethen, there have beenmultiple unscheduledshutdowns of the pool andother facilities such as theshowers and steam roomshave gradually degraded.The men’s steam roomand sauna has been outof operation for morethan five years, althoughthe women’s (now co-ed)sauna has only been closedfor six months.
Chris Neale was thefacilities manager at the
UBC Aquatic Centre for16 years until 2006. UBCAthletics consulted withhim last month when amain valve in the aquaticcentre broke.
He called the state of thefacilities “unsightly.”
The main valve neededto be replaced and as aresult the pool was closedfrom April 2 to 22. Ac-cording to Linda Finch,the senior manager ofprograms and operationsfor UBC Athletics andRecreation, general main-tenance was done duringthat time as well. Finch,who was hired in Decem-ber 2013, recognizes thatthe pool has not been wellmaintained in recent years.
“Those annual shut-downs should occur everyone to two years. My un-derstanding was that therehadn’t been a shutdownfor a few years,” she said.She told the Courier thatfrom now on, pool mainte-nance would be done everyone to two years.
UBC’s facilities depart-ment is optimistic aboutthe pool’s future. “Clearlywe’ve had a lot of issues inthe past few months butthere’s been a lot of effortput in to make sure theseissues don’t keep reoccur-ring,” said director KavieToor.
According to Toor, thepool’s repair and main-tenance budget last yearwas $590,000. However,Neale said that while hewas pool manager, when
the student union ownedthe aquatic centre, it tookabout $800,000 per yearto maintain the facilities.That amount includedthe upkeep of the outdoorpool, which was shut downpermanently in February.
Neale questions the thor-oughness of last month’spool maintenance. Regularannual pool maintenance,like the one Hillcrest Com-munity Centre preformedlast month, takes on aver-
age four to five weeks tocomplete.The UBC poolhad not had annual main-tenance for eight years.TheUBC pool’s maintenanceand valve replacement took20 days.
The pool’s woes are notcaused by old age or poordesign.
“It’s a tragedy be-cause this facility is oneof the best built facili-ties around,” said Neale,who has managed sev-
eral aquatic centres in theLower Mainland includingWatermania in Richmond.
Szasz compares thesituation with his experi-ence in Hungary, wherehe was raised. “I swamin the pool I grew up inlast May, which was builtin 1936 and it’s still inperfectly good condition,”he said. “It’s just a matterof maintenance.”
UBC is planning tobuild a new aquatic centre
that will include a 50-me-tre competition pool, a25-metre recreational pooland a hot tub. Construc-tion was scheduled tobegin in the spring but hasnow been delayed untilearly July, according toFinch.The new facility’scompletion date is antici-pated to be in 2016.
UBC Athletics intendsto keep the aquatic centreopen until then.
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17In storeys, the height of a
proposed condo tower for asite currently home to the LeggResidence heritage building in
theWest End.
0The number of city councillorswho opposed amotion for themayor towrite CP expressingthe city’s opposition to themre-activating the railway along
the Arbutus Corridor.
13The number of years that havepassed since the last train
trundled down theArbutus line.
73The number of shows beingperformed in fiveGranville
Island venues as part of the 37thannual International Children’sFestival runningMay 27 to June 1.
2.6In billions of U.S. dollars, theestimatedworth of Cirque duSoleil founder Guy Laliberté.
Theworld-renowned company’slatest showTotem runs inVancouver until July 6.
66Jordan Lu’s five-under-par roundatMcCleeryGolf Course onMay 15. The Prince ofWalessenior led theWalesmen totheir second straight city title.
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What happens when an irresistible forcemeets an immovable object?
When I was a child, my father oftenchallenged me to think about this classicparadox.Today, I continue to think about itas I travel aroundVancouver.
The irresistible force is the need forchange and regeneration.The immovableobject is the desire to protect the past andkeep things the way they are.
I think about this paradox when drivingalong Southwest Marine Drive where heri-tage mansions are being demolished andreplaced with large houses often appearingto belong to another time and place. Nearbyis a questionable proposal to build a seniorscare facility in return for heritage designa-tion of Casa Mia.
I think about this paradox when drivingthrough Shaughnessy where more than 20applications have been submitted to demol-ish what many of us would consider impor-tant heritage structures. I think about thisparadox every time I see orange protectivefencing being installed around boulevardstreet trees in my neighbourhood. It gener-ally means an older home and its maturelandscaping is to be demolished to makeway for a new house I probably will not likeas much as what was there before.
An example can be found on BlenheimStreet betweenWest 41st andWest 49thwhere a lovely old house forming part of aspecial streetscape was demolished and alarge boxy house with a red clay tile roof isunder construction.
When finished and landscaped, it willprobably look better than it does right now.But it may never look as good as the olderhouse it replaced. Furthermore, based onwhat has happened elsewhere around thecity, without a change in zoning, it is inevi-table that the remaining character houses inthe block will one day be replaced by similarboxy houses with red clay tile roofs.
These older houses are being demolishedfor a number of reasons.The most signifi-
cant is they do not take advantage of themaximum floor area permitted under thezoning. Also, they are often energy ineffi-cient and not likely to last without expensiveupgrading.
Ironically, while it is often said the mostsustainable building is an existing building,these houses are also being demolished inthe name of sustainability.The city wants togently densify single-family neighbourhoodsand create affordable housing choices.Consequently, these older houses are oftenreplaced by three new units: a principaldwelling, a basement suite and a lanewaysuite. Unfortunately, the zoning does notalways require the degree of design reviewto ensure new structures fit in. Moreover,it does not result in smaller, more afford-able ownership choices many households,especially empty nesters, are seeking inestablished neighbourhoods.
There is a solution.We could take lessonsfrom zoning changes implemented 20 yearsago that encouraged builders to retain andrenovate older homes by allowing construc-tion and sale of an adjacent coach house,along with subdivision of older houses intosmaller suites.We could do the same thingin single-family zones. Builders could beencouraged to retain older character housesby allowing them to build and sell a coachhouse equal in size to the “unused density.”Alternatively, in return for taking specialcare to design a development that fits inwith neighbouring properties, they mightbe permitted to build smaller duplex homeswith or without a coach house.
These proposals were included in reportsprepared as part of the Mayor’s 2012 Af-fordable HousingTask Force; including theRoundtable on Building Form and Designwhich I was pleased to chair. The city hasmade good on one of these recommenda-tions by appointing a chief housing officer,Mukhtar Latif, an international propertyconsultant from the U.K.
The city also initiated an interim rezoningpolicy to encourage more affordable hous-ing choices close to transit and commercialareas. Sadly, given the program’s ill-con-ceived regulations, not one new affordableownership unit has proceeded to date.
Hopefully Mukhtar and the planning de-partment will now take another look at thetask force’s findings and recommendationsand follow up with innovative zoning chang-es to both encourage protection of oldercharacter houses, and offer much neededaffordable ownership housing choices.Thisis not a paradox.
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The B.C. legislature tried to makeamends last week for the racist provin-cial policies and attitude that led to theChinese head tax.
I wonder what all the long-gone news-paper hacks — my professional ancestors— would make of the day’s events. Be-cause they put in years of work whippingup the hysteria on which the policies werebased and egging on the politicians to gofurther in excluding Chinese from BritishColumbia and curbing the lives of thosealready here.
Press gallery group photos stretchingback a century grace a stairwell at thelegislature.They show a shifting collec-tion of white men, most of whom helpedkeep readers outraged at the prospect ofChinese people coming to B.C. to makelives for their families, exactly as Europe-ans did.They are the working stiffs whofiled copy as directed to keep the storygoing.
They reported to editors who re-sponded to the public appetite and wroteraving commentaries about the horrorsrepresented by Asian immigrants, thendemanded that politicians react.
When it comes to making a judgmenton a public issue, it’s pretty clear — ret-rospectively — the media of the day blewthe call.The only saving grace is that al-most the entire society of the day was onthe same wavelength. Pretty much everygroup ended up on what turned out to bethe wrong side of the issue. But as some-one who watches history go by from thesame seats, it’s fascinating for me to thinkabout how comprehensively wrong thosegenerations of newspapermen were.
Historian Patricia Roy has spent yearsreading their copy in researching herbooks on the topic. In The Oriental Ques-tion, she made observations about therole of newspapers.
Whether they make or reflect publicopinion, is always debatable. “Had theyfollowed lines of argument incompatiblewith the majority opinion of their readersand advertisers, they were unlikely tosurvive.”
Maybe that’s what led to observationslike this, from the Prince George Herald:“If you believe in the superiority of thewhite race, do your duty (by not patron-izing Asian-run businesses).”
TheVancouverWorld was one of the mostvehement anti-Asian papers. After some
laundries in Vancouver closed, the papersuggested that Chinese-run businessesdidn’t contribute to the economy becauseowners sent their money “home to theFlowery Kingdom to await the exigenciesof pleasant old age.”
After a Chinese student came secondin a school scholastic event, the DailyColonist in Victoria opined: “We hold nobrief for Chinese children, nor to themixture of the Orient and the Occidentin the schools.”The writer concluded thatif white children were spurred to furtherstudy, the Chinese may be “a blessing indisguise.”
Over the run of the anti-Asian chapter,it was a rare example of (back-handed)tolerance. A year later an Asian studentwon the contest outright. TheVancouverSun responded with this: “The yellowperil is not yellow battleships or yellowsettlers, but yellow intelligence.”
Linking Chinese immigrants to drugs,gambling and squalor was a standardstory in those years. The Nanaimo FreePress observed: “Individually we like andadmire them. But those foreign charac-teristics we find interesting … lead toa veritable Chinese puzzle when thesepeople are placed in the same socialconditions as ourselves … by reason oftheir divergent standards of living andconduct.”
TheWestern Methodist Recorder said in1921 that B.C. should teach respect forlaws, “remembering that if we fail toCanadianize the Oriental, he will not failto Orientalise us.”
It’s just a scant sampling of appallingcoverage. It’s not for me to apologize forhow media long ago reflected or ampli-fied the world as it was.
But it’s for all of us to remember howthe prevailing view of the day doesn’talways turn out to be the right one.
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Appalling head taxreflected the times
When it comes tomaking a judgmenton a public issue,it’s pretty clear —retrospectively — themedia of the day blewthe call.
Moreover, [zoning]does not resultin smaller,moreaffordable ownershipchoices
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COURIER COLUMN: “A modest proposal for the UFC,” May 16.Menkar:Ticket prices are simply insane for this event.Nosebleed seats are going for close to$100.That far away you’ll be able to make out next to nothing.That price buys you the PPV.Philequal: Unfortunately, it’s pretty standard that main events below 170lbs don’t garnernearly the same attention as the heavier guys.Barao vs.Faber at UFC 169 was the emptiestI’ve ever seen the sports bar near my place, and those guys are total warriors. It’s the nature ofthe beast, sadly.Sinky13: I agree. If this was aVelasquez or Jones fight the tickets would be snapped up.
COURIER COLUMN: “Report challenges some Site C concepts,” May 14.BitCoinBuyer:The only catastrophically wrong energy“investments”have been thosein solar and wind.Many many examples, as recent as Solyndra, thanks to [Obama] andhis demoncrats, to the antiquated broken down windmill farms in the CoachellaValley ofCalifornia.Hydroelectric power has long been the smartest of all energy producers.Look atthe Bennett dam.50 years of reliable power.There will be nothing but growth int his province,and as long as everybody wants multiple computers and flatscreenTVs in their homes,morepower is a necessity.Bring on Site C and get on it already.
COURIER STORY: “Arbutus Corridor: One track minds,” May 14.Gerald Dobronov: Please don’t pave it and invite everyone to use it.A ‘Greenway’ shouldbe for greenery and the animals that live in it.The number of people using it right now isn’thaving a major negative impact and plants are free to grow wherever they can.Even thoughmost of the vegetation is non-native at least it’s flourishing and creating its own ecosystem.Assoon as you pave it and increase usage by people and their dogs (who do the most damage)it’ll become sterile and less productive. I wish we could get away from the stone age thinkingthat a piece of land not being altered for human use is evil. If you want to bring nature in to thecity (greening) then you have to let nature take its own course. I hope that the huge number ofneighbourhoods that this line crosses through make their wishes known.
COURIER STORY: “CP ‘explores options’ on Arbutus line,” May 9.Nati Herron: If Vancouver is really thinking about the future and a green city they wouldseriously include this vital piece of rail for a green rail commuting option, linking various citiesand neighbourhoods.Vancouver should be looking at this as a perfect smart city project!
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May 21, 1998: Federal fisheries minister David Anderson shuts down the B.C. Cohosalmon fishery, saying there was scientific evidence that some wild stocks wereclose to extinction, including runs on the Skeena and Thompson rivers. The bancame amid tense negotiations with the U.S. over Pacific salmon fishing rights, withAlaska fishermen being accused of catching too many fish returning to B.C. rivers tospawn.
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RCMPatWreck‘unacceptableanddumb’To the editor:
Re: “All hands onWreck,” Kudos &Kvetches, May 14.
The UBC RCMP decision to place atent full time for several hours a day is bothunacceptable and dumb.
As a long time resident ofVancouver, anearby the beach resident and someonewho has both observed and appreciated theuniqueness of that beach over time, I canonly shake a head in disbelief at an actionthat will infuriate those who value the beachand likely prove a blunder from a PR per-spective for the UBC RCMP detachment...and maybe even the BC RCMP.
What makes this particular beach likeno other in the Lower Mainland is both itsnatural beauty and atmosphere.The natu-ral beauty is under constant attack frompollution and development, however it’satmosphere is also threatened by the pres-ence of armed and uniformed individuals.
That’s where both the RCMP andGVRD come in.Why is it necessary fortwo administrations to be patrolling thebeach? Especially that beach?
The battle overWreck Beach and whohas the right to use it was won decades ago.It’s a clothing-optional beach and therefore
attracts a particular demographic. Some, itseems, just can’t get over it.
Among other things, providing lawenforcement is a matter of prioritizing. It’sdoubtful that too many users of that beachsupport the level of attention by police tothe degree it has been, let alone settingup virtually a full time presence there forseveral hours a day.
MLA Harry Bains was on the radio thisweek lamenting lack of RCMP manpowerfor serious crime in Surrey.There areserious crimes, including the murder ofWendy Ladner-Beaudry which took placein UBC RCMP’s jurisdiction, that remainunsolved. Unwanted and unnecessarypresence in a location that is essentiallyself-policing looks bad for the RCMP andits members.
An action like this can only add fuel tothe fire for those who will inevitably ask:“Have the RCMP nothing better to do?”
Few are unaware of what goes on downat that beach. Nothing’s changed andnothing will change... except some officerin charge of an RCMP detachment haschosen to draw the line in the sand.
The result of this action will be beach-goers who are upset, bad media publicityand yet again more public attention to badmanagement and misallocation of police /taxpayer resources by the RCMP.
Like I said, unacceptable and dumb.IanTootill,Vancouver
Man in Motion returns homeMay 22, 1987: Rick Hansen completes the first world tour by wheelchair and isgreeted by cheering crowds at B.C. Place 792 days after departing Oakridge Mall onhis Man in Motion tour. Hansen, 29, raised $20 million for spinal cord research aftertravelling more than 40,000 kilometres through 34 countries on four continents,during which he wore out a total of 117 tires and 11 pairs of gloves.
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CITY LIVING
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Bramble bushes with stemsthe size of a child’s wriststrangle the old railway tracksunderneath the south sideof the Burrard Street bridgenow, but up until 1982 theymet the Kitsilano trestle overwhich the B.C. Electric Rail-way once trundled.
The trestle was torndown just four years shy ofits 100th birthday and whilethe slip of land where thetracks lead out is overgrownand unremarkable, evidenceofVancouver’s railway his-tory pokes out here andthere on the gravel accessroad under the bridge.
It’s a good place to start awalk along the Arbutus railline heading north to south.
The line crossesWest
First Avenue with thelong-silent crossing signals— markers perhaps pur-posefully kept by CanadianPacific Railway as a remind-er of who really owns thiscorridor of land.
The scenery changesfrom one side of the road tothe other; wild growth andsomebody’s camp gives wayto orderly gardening witha sign warning not to stealanything or risk makingEsme, a young gardener,upset.
The tracks cut acrossWest Fourth and thetrimmed grass betweenmetal and wood is theonly greenery, otherwisethe space is a backyardfor car lots and garbagebins. Across the tracks atthe entrance to the lushgarden at Fir Avenue sits abeat-up Chevy cargo van, abookend between industryand persistent nature.The
garden atWest Sixth hasreached park proportionswith a subdivision of planterboxes with edibles, flow-ers and apple trees.Weedsstuffed into gardening bagslean against CPR’s fadedand rusty NoTrespassingsign, cheerfully ignored likechildren no longer avoidingthe neighbourhood crank’shouse because he’s movedinto a care home.
The track cuts overWestSeventh and up Arbu-tus Street for the longeststraightaway of the ArbutusCorridor line’s journey.The ragged stretch of trackbetweenWest BroadwayandWest 12th is known asa “party zone” according toa woman who sniffed herdisapproval during her walkto work. A few steps downthe line, to prove her point,a couple of guys were crack-ing open beer and sitting ona concrete box.
Oddly out of place arethe rail crossing signs atWest 14th.The posts havea new coat of paint and theX is sparkly clean, interest-ing considering the last timeengine 1237 dropped off itsmalt and barley at the Mol-son Brewery was May 2001.
AbeVan Oeveren, whotends to his trackside gardennearby the crossing, is a bitof a train buff. He’s lived inthe neighbourhood since1984 and remembers howDave the engineer used towave, sometimes blowinghis horn, when they saw oneanother. “I miss the trains,”he said. “I used to have tostraighten all the picturesin the house after it wouldrumble by.”
Down the slight valleyand up the tracks turn nearQuilchena Park where aview of the ocean is seenover the tops of the houses.The tracks have plenty of
cow-catching room atWest42nd so the extra spaceseems to lend itself to afeeling of more permanencyfor gardens as sheds havebeen built complete withcottage fencing, not to men-tion a scarecrow dressedas a cyclist.The closenessof theVancouver Interna-tional Airport is evident bylow-flying aircraft nearWest60th Avenue. Just past RandAvenue there’s a typed pleaby the exasperated-sound-ingWits End Co-Op notto build a garden near thetracks because an endan-gered bird species likes tohide in the underbrush.
A few metres down theway, young Ben and broth-ers Lars and Rainier hungout with their “attack”tabby cat named Barney intheir hang-out they carvedout of the bushes, completewith a couple of abandonedoffice chairs.The cat ran
off, and Rainer, while play-ing the guitar, mentionedthere was a secret tunnelnearby but it meant crawl-ing through blackberrybushes to find it.The boysdidn’t seem to care muchfor the idea of their hideoutbeing ruined by a train.
“The train wouldprobably take out all thegardens, too,” said Lars.“That’s bull!”
The temperature feltabout 10 degrees warmer bySouthwest Marine Drive’srush hour. Here the trackspass by warehouse, car lots,and concrete piping makers.Yet in the middle of all thenoise and industry of theriverside there was a smallgarden with a bathtub offlowers.The Arbutus line,and the five-hour walk,ended with a padlock attwo gate doors leading to aswing bridge over the riverto Richmond.
Awalkdown theArbutus Corridor
1 & 2. Before the service came to an end in 2001, the Molson Brewery was Canadian Pacific’sonly customer along the Arbutus Corridor rail line. PHOTOS ABE VANOEVEREN
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Tracking the Arbutus line’s history• The Arbutus Corridor linewas built in 1902 after theprovince granted the landto Canadian Pacific.
• The Kitsilano Trestle, whichspanned False Creek nearwhere the current BurrardStreet Bridge is today, wasbuilt by Canadian Pacific in1886 and torn down in 1982.It was said to be a navigation-al hazard for passing boats.
• The last passenger train ranalong the Arbutus Corridorin 1954 and the last freighttrain in 2001.
• Canadian Pacific’s only cus-tomer on the Arbutus linewas Molson Brewery whenit stopped running.
• The Arbutus Corridorline starts near GranvilleIsland and passes throughKitsilano, Arbutus Ridge/Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale andMarpole before crossing aswing bridge into Richmond.
• The Arbutus Corridor sits oncombined land roughly thesize of 45-acres.
• After pubic hearings in2000, the city passed the
Arbutus Corridor OfficialDevelopment Plan that des-ignated the land for trans-portation, parks, and/orgreenways even though theland is private property. TheCPR took the city to courtsaying that the city hadtaken its property for whichcompensation was due.
• Suggestions were made thecity should buy the land ormake a deal with CPR butformal discussions fadedduring years of contentiouscourt battles.
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filled with garden pots and planters.7. East Boulevard near West 55th Avenue.8. South of West 1st Avenue. The first garden, tended to by locals, along the Arbutus Line
uses one side of the metal railway as a garden bed. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETTSee photo gallery at vancourier.com or scan this page with the Layar app.
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On a recent Saturdaymorning, I met with 15 ofmy patients each of whomsuffered from chronic pain.The group medical visit isa relatively new way for aphysician to provide careto patients suffering from acommon condition.Theyare more commonly used forconditions such as diabetes,congestive heart failure orchronic lung disease.
I chose to use this specialtype of visit for my patientsto allow sufficient time toexplain new concepts in theapproach to chronic pain,discuss how pain affects ourlives and introduce themto new evidence-basedself-management tools toimprove function and enjoy-ment of life.
Pain itself plays an impor-tant physiological role.Whenit is acute and caused byharm or injury to the body, itprovides useful informationto us so that we can take im-mediate steps to attend to theaffected area and remove itfrom danger. If you could feelno pain, you wouldn’t knowthat you had stepped on anail or that you were develop-ing a serious foot infection.
The central nervous sys-tem is very efficient.Whencertain patterns of thoughtand behaviour are repeated,particular patterns of neuralconnections become moreentrenched. If we take thesame way home each day,it becomes so automaticthat we don’t have to thinkabout it. If we think the
same good or bad thoughtsday in and day out, theybecome patterns of thoughtand limit our ability to per-ceive anything else.
When pain becomeschronic, it can affect everyaspect of our lives — theactivities of daily living, ourrelationships, our enjoy-ment of life — how we seeourselves and our future.Because pain is at the rootof these negative changes, itcan become the focus of ourattention and our daily lives.Pain can shade our emotionsand shape our thoughts.
When we are anxious, wecatastrophize (imagining theworse), we overestimate thechallenges before us and weunderestimate our ability tomanage them.When we aredepressed, we think negativethoughts about ourselves,our world and our future.
We can get stuck in a vortexof negative thinking and emo-tion, and this cognitive stateactually worsens the pain.
There is no single paingenerator in the human ner-vous system.The pain weexperience is the product ofthe interplay of the originalinjury, the nervous system’sability to modulate sensa-tions, and how we cope.
Even if the original injuryhas resolved, we can be-come stuck in a maladaptivereaction to pain, and thenervous system becomesvery efficient in signalingpain. In fact, less of a stimu-lus (perhaps just a lighttouch) can trigger a greaterpain response.
We now know that weneed not remain stuck.
Through functional MRI,we know that meditation,cognitive therapy andhypnosis can change howour brains process sensa-tions and perceive pain.The relatively new field ofneuroplasticity has shownus how we can retrain andchange our own brains.
The first key to masteringchronic pain and enhanc-ing our levels of comfortis to recognize how ourthoughts, emotions andbehaviours influence ourexperience of pain. Byadopting and practicingmore adaptive approaches,we can increase our com-fort, be more functional andagain enjoy the activities wevalue most in our lives.
After ensuring that apatient’s condition has beensufficiently investigatedand appropriate medica-tion and physical therapiesapplied, I now offer mypatients three self-manage-ment tools. Mindfulnessmeditation helps us tocentre our minds, increaseour awareness and calm ournervous systems. Cognitivetherapy trains us to uncoverour underlying beliefs andassumptions, control ourconscious thoughts, reframeour situation and shape ouremotions. Self-hypnosisengages our subconsciousminds to reinforce positivethoughts, emotions andbehaviours and allows us tovisualize a healthier future.
With these three tools, wecan regain our sense of con-trol, transforming helplessnessand hopelessness to engage-ment and empowerment.
Mastering chronic pain
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For six months, Kim Jangknew something was wrongwith her six-year-old son.
Various doctors attributedNate’s headaches and vom-iting to anxiety because Janghad started a job outside thehome.
But an MRI she insisted onshowed a brain tumour restingon his optic nerve. He wentimmediately to B.C. Chil-dren’s Hospital for surgery.
Dr. Arjun Sahgal, deputychief of the departmentof radiation oncology atSunnybrook Odette CancerCentre inToronto, sayssigns of a brain tumour areoften non-specific and canbe difficult to diagnose.
He advises parents tomake multiple visits to theemergency room when theirchild is not receiving theattention they believe theyneed.
“That also triggers the factthat hey something’s wronghere, we’ve got to look a littlebit further,” Sahgal said.
Nate’s tumour grew twocentimetres within twoweeks of his first surgery, soNate faced a year of chemo-therapy. In three years, Nateunderwent eight surgeriesand chemotherapy.
Now nine years old, hecopes with left-side weak-ness and wears a brace onhis left leg but is otherwisefine. His six-month MRIalso looked good.
“The chemo shrunk [thetumour] significantly but hestill has a piece of it there,”Jang said. “There’s always,obviously, the chance that itcould grow.”
Six months after Natewas diagnosed with a braintumour, his classmate,Adam, was diagnosed withthe same type of tumour.Adam’s grew in a differentspot in his brain and was
immediately removed.Sahgal says children tend
to grow less aggressive braintumours than adults. Doc-tors avoid using radiation onchildren because the treatmentcan damage their brains orcause cancer to reoccur.
Every day, 27 Canadiansare diagnosed with a braintumour. It’s estimated theaverage patient will make52 visits to their healthcareteam in the first year afterdiagnosis.
The most common type
of malignant brain tumourin adults is glioblastomamultiforme. Average sur-vival, even with aggressivetreatment, is less than ayear. Brain tumours arethe leading cause of solidcancer death (as opposedto blood- or lymph-basedcancers) in children underage 20. Brain tumours arethe third leading cause ofsolid cancer death in thoseaged 20 to 39.
Brain tumours require quick action
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Brain tumour survivors Nate (left) and Adam (right) helped raisethousands of dollars in Vancouver Spring Sprint for the Brain Tu-mour Foundation last year.
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Sahgal says quick deci-sions typically must bemade following diagnosisof a brain tumour. A boardmember of the BrainTumour Foundation ofCanada, he suggests thefoundation’s website as a re-source.Visitors can submitmedical questions that areanswered by specialists andwatch videos about varioustreatments.
Jang likes that the founda-tion organizes events forchildren who’ve had braintumours.
“Nathan feels that thesekids are kind of the same asme,” she said.
For the third year in arow, Nate and Adam’s fami-lies, friends and neighbours
will participate as team Nate‘n’ Adams Peeps in theVan-couver Spring Sprint, May25, which raises money forthe BrainTumour Founda-tion of Canada. Participantscan walk or run 2.5 or fivekilometres.
There’s no registrationfee or minimum amountone must raise. Every dollarraised supports the pro-duction of BrainTumourHandbooks for adults andchildren, a national networkof support groups, educa-tion events and the provi-sion of information online.Donations help ensurehealth care professionalsacross the country are edu-cated about brain tumoursand patients needs and sup-ports research projects.
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Spring Sprint:• Spring Sprint happens
at Burnaby Lake RugbyClub, 3760 Sperling Ave.in Burnaby. Registrationopens at 10 a.m., butpre-registration online isencouraged.
•The sprint starts at 11a.m. and wraps up at 1 p.m.
• For more information,see springsprint.ca.
Common symptomsof a brain tumour:• Behavioural changes• Cognitive changes• Dizziness or unsteadiness• Double or blurred vision• Frequent headaches• Hearing impairment• Morning nauseaand vomiting
• Seizures•Weakness or paralysis
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Back by Popular Demand!The 2014 Hearing Health Fair,a FREE workshop open to the general public.
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Granville IslandThe 37th AnnualVancou-
ver International Children’sFestival takes place May 27to June 1 on Granville Islandwith programs that travel fromprehistoric to present day.
Ten professional per-forming artists from as faraway as Australia, Israeland Germany will perform73 shows in five GranvilleIsland venues, includingfour indoor and one BigToptent.The festival’s ActivityVillage makes it easy for thewhole family to be creativelyadventurous together withactivities such as maskmaking, bicycle spin-art,origami, circus skills, theTwist &Toddle play areaand much more.The festi-val expects 30,000 childrenand adults in attendancenext weekend.
Highlights of this year’s
festival include: Fred Penner,one of Canada’s best-lovedchildren’s singers; the NorthAmerican premiere ofInvisi’BALL — a show thatcombines dance, theatreand pantomime in a gameof soccer, the eye-poppingperformance of the Erth’sDinosaur Zoo — large-scaledinosaur puppets kids get tosee, feel and touch up close;the English-language pre-miere of Where I Live, a playthat invites small childrento explore their place in theworld; and five special eve-ning performances includingPajama Nights.
Tickets for featured per-formances are on sale now.Visit childrensfestival.ca formore information.
Various locationsFor all of June some of
this city’s restaurants willbe adding $1 to a popularmenu item to help fundGrowing Chefs ClassroomGardening Program.
Over the course of athree-month GrowingChefs classroom program,
more than 1,000 childrenwill grow, harvest, and tastea variety of organic and deli-cious greens. Students plantwindowsill gardens n thechefs’ first visit to a class-
room.The chefs then returnevery two weeks to give les-sons on plant growth, nutri-tion, urban agriculture andsustainability. At the endof the program, the chefs
help students harvest theirgardens and give cookinglessons with the vegetablesthey grew.
Last year the non-profit’sEat, Give, Grow campaignraised $8,000 towards theprogram, which teacheschildren about urbanagriculture, local food,healthy cooking and propernutrition.
With programs in 34classrooms across the prov-ince, Growing Chefs has a$10,000 goal for this year’sevent. Just some of the res-taurants taking part includeTableau Bar Bistro, HomerSt. Cafe, MARKET byJean-Georges and Cham-bar. For a complete list visitgrowingchefs.ca.
DowntownParents might want to get
in on these two workshopstaking place at theVancou-ver Public Library’s CentralBranch in June.
The first, Getting toKnow Facebook, is de-signed to teach the basics ofthe social media site.
Learn how to stay con-nected with friends andfamily by sharing on Face-book. Parents with kids ac-tive on Facebook might alsofind this session informative.The free sessions takes placeJune 3, 13 and 25 in thecomputer training room ofthe library.
On June 2, the library ishosting a workshop calledRaising Financially Respon-sibleTeens.
Parents will learn strate-gies to help their teenagerbecome a financially re-sponsible adult by planningfor school, buying a vehicleand even saving for a home.
This session is beingpresented in partnershipwith the Credit CounsellingSociety of B.C. in the AlmaVanDusen Room on thelower level of the CentralLibrary, 350West GeorgiaSt.This session is free butregistration is required.
For more informationand times on all of thesesessions, call 604-331-3603or visit vpl.ca/events.
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The Growing Chef’s Program sees chefs visit classrooms to teachkids about urban agriculture, local food, healthy cooking andproper nutrition.
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The 2014 SouthHill Festivalwill provide youwith foodfor thought. Aswe celebrate sustenance that is local,sustainable, healthy andburstingwithworld flavours,we alsowant to explore howahealthy communityprovides nourishment for the body,mindand soul.The festival takes place on Saturday,May 24th from12:00-4:00pm in the parking lotswest of Fraser Streetfrom46th to 48thAvenue. Formore information anda complete list of activities, visit southhillbia.ca.See you there!
What todoat theSouthHill Festival:■ Enjoy dance,music and demoson themain stage and at variousstreet level locations
■Help create the FoodMandala
■Climb the 24’wall
■Visit theMakermobile
■Check out the Fire truckandVPDDog Squad
■Carry out your city hall businessat themobile city hall
■Get involved in theSunset Ice RinkMural Project
■Make a new friend in the ball tank
■ Learn about growing vegetables
■Make a gardenmarker
■Visit themulti-cultural food fair
■Get active in the sports area
■Try a smoothie blended bybike power
■Make a face in the photo booth
■Create aVPL Button
■ Spin towin prizes
■Clamber through thePolice Officer Physical Activity Test
■Check out howpower smart you are
■Have your bike inspected& engrave your ID on it
■ Share your ideas about the JO rebuildand South Hill Neighbourhood
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When it comes to choos-ing a summer camp forchildren and youth, expertsadvise parents and guard-ians to keep their child’sinterests in mind. And withsummer camps designedfor literally every interest,there’s a lot to choose from.This is the second instal-ment in a roundup of sum-mer camps.
MacSailingMacSailing’s popular
summer camps run Mon-day to Friday at the JerichoSailing Centre and KitsilanoYacht Club for kids agedfive to 14.
Programs offered include:Beach Kids: For young
children five to seven yearsold who want to learn aboutsailing and water safety.
Sail Optis:These coursesare for beginner and inter-mediate sailors aged sevento 10 years old.
Sail Escapes: Coursesare for beginner and inter-mediate sailors aged 10 to14 years old.
CampOUT!Craving a canoe ride?
Yearning for a good camp-fire sing-a-long? Dreamingof queer and trans friendly
arts and crafts sessions andspending time with 90 otherlike-minded folks and sup-portive allies? CampOUT!is for you.
CampOUT! is a commu-nity-based, outdoor summercamp for queer, transgen-dered, questioning andallied youth age 14 to 21.And thanks to the supportof donors, the camp is free.
Organized in conjunctionwith the University of B.C.,the camp provides oppor-tunities for these youth to
develop leadership skills,build self-esteem, inspireeach other, foster hopeand resilience and connectwith resources to supporttheir health and well being— physical, mental, social,sexual, educational and spir-itual. CampOUT! providesa supportive space for youthto be themselves.
UBC’sYouth SexualHealthTeam organized thepilot camp, but it’s now aprogram that falls under theuniversity’s Equity Office.
There are only a limitednumber of spaces avail-able for this July’s camp,but it’s also a good time tobe thinking about 2015.For more information visitcampout.ubc.ca.
YMCAovernightandday camps
TheYMCA offers nu-merous summer programsfor boys and girls, includingovernight camps.Throughthese overnight camps,kids work together with
their cabinmates to buildindependence and life-longfriendships. Fun-filleddays of physical activityin the outdoors promotehealthy habits and envi-ronmental stewardship tolast a lifetime.Whether it’slearning interdependence ina cabin group or masteringthe art of archery, theY’sovernight camps offer kidsa chance to gain new skillsand friendships in the greatoutdoors. Meanwhile theYMCA’s day camps are a
time for kids to be kids byoffering an opportunity forthem to run, play and befree from their busy schoolschedules.Through funphysical activities, kids learnabout themselves, increasetheir self-confidence andmake new friends in a safeand caring environment.
To register for allYMCAcamps visit myymca.ca,call 604-939-9622 or dropby in person to your localYMCA.
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More camps,more choices for your kidsPart two of our roundup of summer camps
MacSailing, a summer camp operated out of the Jericho Sailing Cen-tre, has a focus on water safety and sailing for kids ages five to 14.
CampOUT! is a free summer camp for queer, transgender, questioning and allied youth ages 14 to 21.
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Camp Pringle on Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island offers numerous themed camps for kids.
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Teen Summer LabImprovCamp
TheVancouverTheatre-Sports League offers twodaily sessions of itsTeenSummer Lab Improv Camp— mornings for Grade 7 to9 and afternoons for Grade10 to 12.
During these two-weekimprov-intensive workshopsin July, teachings consistof quick-witted workoutswith a focus on creativity,openness, humour, valuingthe ideas of others, self-confidence and the art oflistening. At the end of theworkshop is the Graduates’
Performance for family andfriends. For more informa-tion visit vtsl.com.Vancou-verTheatreSports League islocated on Granville Island.
Vancouver PhoenixGymnastics
Phoenix Gymnastics offerssummer camps and classesbeginning July 3, with ac-tion-packed full and half-daycamps and weekly classeswith a focus on gymnasticsskills and activities with cre-ative arts and crafts projects,as well as fun in the gym.
Camps run Monday toFriday. For more informa-tion visit phoenixgymnas-tics.com.
KidCity CampEmerging Generations
presents Kid City DayCamp at theVancou-ver Chinese PentecostalChurch on East 18thAvenue beginning June30 through Aug. 22.Thiscamp is a summer programfor all kids entering kin-dergarten through Grade 7this coming fall. Each weekhas its own theme withlots of activities, swim-ming, field trips, music andmore. Sign up for one weekor for all eight. For moreinformation visit egmin.ca/daycamp.
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CampPringleLocated on Shawnigan
Lake on Vancouver Island,this summer camp offersa variety of programs,including cycling, science,watersports, family, girls,theatre, ultimate adventurecamp and more.The Wil-derness Camp is anotheroption with a programdedicated to fostering aconnection between youngpeople and the naturalworld with a goal to inspirekids to appreciate and re-spect the environment andtheir communities.
Campers learn funda-mental backcountry skillsand outdoor leadershipappropriate to age andability.They will undertakea group challenge such asbuilding a raft and pad-dling to Mosquito Island.For a complete list ofcamps and schedules visitcamppringle.com.
CampQwanoesQwanoes is a youth-
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This summer camp of-fers more than 75 activi-ties, including everythingfrom wakeboarding andarchery to mountainboarding, the Sky Stationand outdoor laser tag. Formore information visitqwanoes.ca/summer.
West Point GreyAcademy
The summer campsoffered at West Point GreyAcademy include every-thing from Lego to pho-
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Junior camps for kidsaged four to six includecamps with a focus onastronauts, dinosaurs,Mini Olympics, Piratesand Mermaids, PrincessTea Party, the rainforest,and undersea explora-tion. Hands on Campfor kids aged six to 10,offers programs includingArt Venture, ComputerCreations, Diamonds &Rubies jewellery design, ILove Lego, Knitting Pow-er, Makers’ and Inventors’Bootcamp, Photography,Rainbow Loom,VideoGame Creator and WeirdScience.
Meanwhile, activecamps for the six to 10crowd include All Sports,Cheerleading, Mega Funand Skimboarding atSpanish Banks.
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Since 1920, Maplewood Farm has been athriving, working agricultural enterprise.Now owned by the District of NorthVancouver Parks Department, MaplewoodFarm has become one of the North Shore’spremier family outing destinations anda place where kids can learn about farmanimals and farm life.
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If you find yourself there at 3:30 in theafternoon, you can also catch the dailyrunning of the goats’ when the goats go fromthe paddock to the barn for their supper.
You can buy seed to feed the ducks andchickens, or bring your own fresh veggies tofeed to the rabbits.
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1. Taking a break from keeping LeonardoDiCaprio gainfully employed, directorMartin Scorsese has organized and cu-rated a series of 21 newly restored classicfilms from some of Poland’s most accom-plished and lauded filmmakers, spanningthe period 1957 to 1987. Scorsese’sMasterpieces of Polish Cinema, in-cluding AndreiWajda’s medieval block-buster Black Cross, runs May 22 to June23 at the Cinematheque. For info andshow times, go to thecinematheque.ca.
2. The sixth edition of Next Musicfrom Tokyo — a non-profit cross-Cana-da tour showcasing the best independentand underground music from Japan —rolls into the Biltmore Cabaret May 21.Performers include shoegazers KinokoTeikoku, geeky emo outfit Happy!Mari,“math pop” band Uchu Conbini andpost-rock instrumental act Jizue. Detailsat nextmusicfromtokyo.com.
3. Giller Prize-winning author LynnCoady (Hellgoing) heads up a trifecta ofCanadian literary talent at the latest edi-tion of theVancouverWriters Fest’s InciteReading series, May 21, 7:30 p.m.at the Central Library’s Alice MacKayroom. Coady will be joined by EufemiaFantetti, who’ll be reading from hernew short fiction collection A Recipe forDisaster & Other UnlikelyTales of Love, andNancy Lee, whose new novel, The Age,is described as “a heartbreaking journeythrough adolescent recklessness and desireand a portrait of a generation shaped bynuclear anxiety.” Admission is free. Detailsat writersfest.bc.ca.
4. Boca del Lupo’s latest site-specific “mi-cro performance” is one for the tastebuds.Described as a “wacky and fun culinaryexploration of global food domination andthe conquest for our appetites,” ATasteEmpire features writer and performerJovanni Sy crafting a Filipino fish dishcalled Rellenong Bangus in 90 minutes,all while taking the audience through thehistory of food. Dig in May 22 to 25 at theGranville Island Public Market Courtyard.Details at bocadellupo.com.
5. The lovely and talented Sara Bynoe isputting her monthly SayWha?! Readingsof Deliciously RottenWriting on hiatusfor the summer, but not before she cele-brates the fourth anniversary of the literarycringe show, where funny people read fromterribly written books. It all goes downMay 21, 8 p.m. at the Cottage Bistro withcomic readings courtesy of John Cullen,Brent Constantine, Riel Hahn, CameronMacleod and Lauren McGibbon. Detailsat sarabynoe.com/shows/say-wha.
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Arts&EntertainmentKUDOS&KVETCHESSelfie reflection
Good news, smartphone-addicted narcissists. Atlong last, “selfie” has beenadded to the 11th edition ofMerriam-Webster’s CollegiateDictionary, having alreadybeen declared 2013’s inter-national word of the yearby Oxford Dictionary andresponsible for breaking theInternet thanks to Oscarhost Ellen and her crew ofcelebrity photo whores atthe last Academy Awards.We’re looking at you, KevinSpacey.
Selfie joins an esteemedlist of 149 other wordsadded to the lexicon log,including hashtag, babybump and Auto-Tune,which makes us suspect the11th edition of the Mer-riam-Webster’s CollegiateDictionary was supposed tobe published five years agobut got delayed consider-ing how long some of thesewords have been around.Other new entries includetweep, unfriend, paywall,crowdfunding and big data.
Yes, that’s a lot of com-puter-savvy words, you andyour Google Glass-adornedhead are probably saying.
But there’s other less techybut equally annoying wordson the list such as steam-punk, freegan and dubstep,which coincidentally are alsothe top three ingredients tothe worst house party ever.
And while we’re all forexpanding our vocabularyand enriching the Englishlanguage with new words,K&K still feels snubbed thatour yearly submissions tothe clearly uptight panel atMerriam-Webster continue toget ignored, namely free-range crotch chicken, penilehydra, man-gina and bwanff(the sound a HostessTwinkiemakes when you’re underthe influence and hold it upto your ear and squeeze it inyour bare hand).
WingsofdemocracyIn case you missed it, the
Black-capped Chickadeehas been namedVancou-ver’s “official” City Bird for2015 BirdWeek. In yoursmug little pointed face,Northern Flicker.
The avian crown wasplaced atop the Black-cappedChickadee’s oversized roundhead after four weeks ofintense competition, socialmedia shenanigans thatincludedTwitter accounts setup for all six bird entries and
a whopping 704,000 votescast, eclipsing the voter turn-out at the 2011Vancouvercivic election, which garnereda scant 144,823 votes out of418,878 registered voters,which we’ll remind you iseven less than the number of“eligible” voters. So hoorayfor democracy.
Of course, those whopartook inVancouver’s birdelection could vote for theirfavourite winged crusaderrepeatedly, likely while stillwearing their bathrobe at 3in the afternoon.And the citymaintains the exercise wasa “lighthearted competitionaimed to raise awarenessabout the importance of birdsinVancouver, as they arevisible markers of a healthyecosystem and an experien-tial link between people andlocal biodiversity.”
But that still doesn’texcuse the fact that a goodchunk of those who votedfor the Black-capped Chick-adee probably won’t bothervoting in the upcomingmunicipal election on Nov.15 because it’s not as “fun”as voting for birds that youcan follow onTwitter.To saynothing of the fact that thePileatedWoodpecker wastotally robbed. Just saying.
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Ah, there’s somethingabout pushing aside thetent flap and entering thebig blue-and-yellow Cirquedu Soleil tent: the smell ofpopcorn, the anticipation offearless high-flying aerial-ists, the clowns working thecrowd before the show, themusic, the lights. It’s thewhole circus package sanselephants, lions and tigers.
And, as always, Cirque isa big, big package fabulous-ly wrapped and explosivelypresented. Although thetitle Totem, conceived andwritten by Canadian theatreicon Robert Lepage, sug-gests either a First Nationsfocus or, perhaps, totemicimages from other cultures,it’s really an imaginativetracing of humankind’sevolution from primordialswamps — complete withhuman “frogs” — to a brief-case-toting business manrushing off to work.Thefrogs certainly look happierand they are definitely moreexuberant than “the suit” inthe act called “Carapace”where the performers — in
fantastic, body-clinging,green spandex — hop andwhirl within an open, tor-toise-shell framework.
Frogs give way to apesand a couple of cavemenor early Homo sapiens.Threaded through is anoutrageous dude calledValentino: an Italian would-be ladies man with slickedback hair and tight yellowtrousers. (Not sure wherehe is on the evolutionaryladder.) Another continuingcharacter amidst all the hightech razzle-dazzle is a fisher-man whose re-occurrencethroughout Totem harkensback to our early circusexperience when a haplessclown in a rowboat couldkeep us in gales of laughter.
The staging is fantasticwith a wide (maybe 12 to15 metre) sloping perform-ers’ entrance on the surfaceof which is projected “wa-tery” light — dappled, mov-ing, rippled. It’s like a slow,gently moving waterfall onwhich boats float and frogscavort and under whichfigures appear to swim.
Music is always a hugepart of Cirque: percussiveand blood-stirring.
But apart from staging,music and costumes, it’salways about the various acts:
beautiful, strong bodies per-forming amazing, gravity-de-fying stunts: four young girls.,none of which appear to bemore than 1.5 meters tall,on five tall unicycles. Littlebrass bowls are tossed fromtoe to head in neat stacks allthe while pedaling back andforth, back and forth to keepthe unicycle balanced. Orthe hand-balancing act atopa fused set of metal rings— the performer on onehand cantilevered out andstriking seemingly impossibleposes.The Crystal Ladiesturn spinning a cushioncover on your hands and toesinto high art and the two on
roller skates — especiallywhen he spins her around byher neck — make you holdyour breath (and hope shehas a good physiotherapist).
The big closing number— 10 guys on flexible Rus-sian bars — is spectacularwith aerialists flying throughthe air and miraculouslylanding on their feet on thenarrow bar.
As with everything Cirquedoes, the attention to detailis phenomenal: every sequin,ribbon and feather; exqui-site makeup; and everyoneeither in motion or watchingwith rapt attention.
What started small is now
huge — 100 million peoplehave seen a Cirque show.It’s an unmatched Canadiansuccess story in the enter-tainment industry.
Is it getting too big?Thisyear, Cirque did not hirethe local marketing outfitArtsbiz Public Relations, a“boutique”Vancouver com-pany specializing in publiciz-ing arts and entertainmentevents.Another companywith offices fromVancouverto Montreal and with clientsfromThe Gap to FutureShop and Best Buy to Bayer,got the nod. If the co-found-er of Cirque, Guy Laliberté(whose worth is estimated at
US$2.6 billion), can rockethimself into space aboard aRussian spacecraft, I thinkhe could have kept his feetfirmly planted onVancou-ver soil and stayed with alocal, hands-on PR firm likeArtsbiz who has successfullypromoted Cirque in thistown for the past eight years.
Cirque du Soleil is a big,big show, but sometimessmaller is better.
For more reviews go tojoledingham.ca
Cirque du Soleil:Totem runsuntil July 6,under the BigTopat Concord Pacific Place.Fortickets, call 1-800-450-1480or go to cirquedusoleil.com.
Cirque continues to evolvewithTotem
Cirque du Soleil’s latest spectacle, Totem, includes humankind’s evolution fromprimordial swamps, “Crystal Ladies” who turn spinning a cushion cover into high art, and an assortment of gravity-defying acrobats,trapeze artists and unicyclists.
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Deciding to retire isnever an easy decision foran athlete.
For the last two years,DonovanTildesley, one ofCanada’s most successfulParalympic athletes and thenational record holder infour events, watched the restof the world get faster.
The 29-year-old blindswimmer managed to keeppace but finally decided hewanted to leave the sport onhis own terms.
During his career,Tildesley, who attendedSt. George’s and gradu-ated from the University ofBritish Columbia, won fivemedals at four Paralympics.He was Canada’s flag-bearer at the 2008 BeijingParalympic Games.
A career highlight wasthe 2002 swimming worldchampionships in which hewon five gold and a silvermedal. He retires holdingthe world record in fourdistances and having quali-fied to compete at the 2014Para Pan-Pacific SwimmingChampionships this Augustin Pasadena, Calif.
But the competitiondidn’t lure him any more.
“I thought, ‘Do I reallywant to be in a hotel fora swim meet on my 30thbirthday?’ As much as I stilllove the sport, I think I needto move on,” saidTildesley.
“Maybe it’s time to get
off the train while I’mstill ahead rather than bepushed. Step aside withhead held high.”
Like many people aroundthe world,Tildesley hasfollowed the trial of OscarPistorius, maybe the world’smost prominent Paralym-pic athlete, who is accusedof murder in the shootingdeath of his girlfriend.
Tildesley can see thepositive side of the tragedybecause the publicity sur-rounds a Paralympic athlete.
“It shows they face thesame demons,” he said.“They are human.They arenot perfect.”
Paralympic athletes, hesaid, may also be emotional-ly or socially stunted like somany athletes who dedicatethemselves to one specialtyat a young age.
“They had adversity toovercome but there mightbe aspects of their person-alities that, because theyhave focused 110 per centof their effort on sport, theyhaven’t developed in otherways. I have seen that samekind of […] delayed growthin other athletes that I havetrained with.”
Over the last several yearsthere have been ques-tions about people with animpairment competing onthe same playing field asable-bodied athletes.
Blind cross-country skierBrian McKeever of Can-more, Alta., earned a spoton the Canadian team at
the 2010Winter OlympicsinVancouver. South Africanswimmer Natalie duToit,who lost her left leg after shewas hit by a car, competedat both the 2008 Paralym-pic and Olympic Games.Pistorius, who had both hislegs amputated below theknee, battled for the right torun at the Olympics on hiscarbon fibre blades.
Tildesley supports para-athletes competing againstthe able-bodied, but saidthere are some grey areas.
At the 2012 LondonParalympics,Tildesley racedagainst Bradley Snyder, aU.S. navy officer who losthis eyesight from an explo-sion while serving in Af-ghanistan. Snyder, who wontwo gold and a silver medalin London, swam competi-tively in high school and wascaptain of the swim teamat the U.S. Naval Academyprior to his accident.
“I take my hat of toBradley Snyder for who he isand want he stands for,” saidTildesley.“But you can argueit is cheating in some ways.”
The International Paralym-pic Committee classifies allathletes based on the severityof their impairment and hasextensive guidelines for estab-lishing each one because theydraw doubters and thereforefrequent revision.
McKeever, the cross-coun-try skier, for example, is classi-fied S13.Tildesley is classifiedS11, which means his visualimpairment is complete.
“An S12 can see a handin front of their face, andan S13 is legally blind butoften can see quite a bit,”Tildesley said.
In an email to the Courier,he expanded his point aboutthe U.S. swimmer.
“Having had sight for thefirst 20-some years of his life,there’s no question that Bradhas an advantage over me.
“He was taught how toswim as a sighted person andhe’s competed at a high levelas a sighted person prior tolosing his vision.Yet despitethis advantage, he’s now justas blind as me and compet-ing at an elite level.Where do
you change that and how doyou draw the line?”
Tildesley was born witha condition called Leiber’scongenital amaurosis, whichleft him without retinas.Growing up he took pianoand drum lessons, skiedand ran cross-country inelementary school. Hisparents introduced him tothe pool when he was sixmonths old. By age nine hehad joined the swim team atthe Arbutus Club.
Water became a secondhome forTildesley, whoworks as an insurance brokerand inspirational speaker.
“Just being in the water
was very therapeutic, a veryfreeing feeling,” he said.“You feel this sense of noth-ing that is all around you.You can splash around, youcan flip around. It’s just thiswide-open body that youcan take on.”
Leaving competitiveswimming won’t keepTil-desley out of the pool.
“If I don’t swim, I gocrazy. I’m still in the pooltwo or three times a week,”he said.
“That for me has alwaysbeen a form of relaxation.”
Jim Morris is a veteranreporter who has covered sportsfor 30 years.
World recordholder retires
Prince ofWales seniorJordan Lu shot the lowestscore of the single-roundcity golf championship atMcCleery Golf Courseon May 15 to lead theWalesmen to their secondconsecutive title.
The five-memberWales-men outshot Point Grey by33 strokes. Lu finished with a5-under 66 and played whatschool coachVirginia Lamcalled a “blistering” game.
Grade 10 prospect JamesKim posted an even-par
71, while Ashley Cai,also in Grade 10, was sixstrokes back. PatrickTanshot 78 and Natalie Chu,who is in Grade 9, was 10over par at 81.
Point Grey finished secondbut forfeited their regionalplayoff to third-place Kitsi-lano.The Blue Demons losttoVancouver College, whichadvances with Prince ofWalesto provincials at the SquamishValley Golf and CountryClub from May 26 to 28.
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Lu’s ‘blistering’5-under 66pins city titlePrince ofWales andVancouverCollege advance to golf provincials
TheWalesmen’s Jordan Lu tees off on the par-three third hole atMcCleeryGolf Course. He led the fieldwith a five-under-par 66 at the citygolf championship onMay 15. See photo gallery at vancourier.com PHOTODANTOULGOET
DonovanTildesley ends his swimming career on top
Paralympian Donovan Tildesley, 29, announced his retirement earlier this month. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
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