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It was a bittersweet moment forTerryTay-ler as she stood at a lectern lastThursday in achildcare centre that now bears her name.There she was with Mayor Gregor Rob-

ertson celebrating the news that the city hadsurpassed its three-year target for creatingnew childcare spaces by 99 for a total of599 built or committed since 2012.But beforeTayler showed up to the press

conference, the 68-year-old great grand-mother dropped off two of her granddaugh-ters children at an in-house daycare, whichshe described as not ideal.

Its a home where they dont go outsideto play and they sit in front of the televisionall day, saidTayler as children in an adjoin-ing room participated in a yoga class beforeenjoying the facilitys enclosed playground.And this breaks my heart when I see whatis happening here.AddedTayler: Its ironic, isnt it?The

place is named after me and my own familycant afford to have their kids here.Tayler is the founding president of the

Collingwood Neighbourhood House,which operates the childcare centre onthe former site of the Eldorado Hotel atNanaimo and Kingsway.The centre, whichhas 37 spaces for children 18 months old to

ve years old, was built with $4.6 million incommunity amenity contributions as partof the citys agreement with the developer,who built highrises on the property.Fees are $1,255 a month for a toddler

and $860 a month for three to ve-year-olds. Depending on a parent or parentsincome, government subsidies are availableto offset the cost.At least 71 children areon the waiting list.Collingwood Neighbourhood House has

a total of 410 childcare spaces spread over10 facilities, including six schools.Wait-ing lists range from 200 to more than 300children, depending on time of year.There is a huge demand in the neigh-

bourhood, said Jennifer Gray-Grant, execu-tive director of CollingwoodNeighbourhoodHouse.We love opening new spaces but wealways feel like its a drop in the bucket of thishuge need. So its thrilling to hear the city isexceeding its target with new spaces.Dr. John Carsley ofVancouver Coastal

Health attended the press conference andstressed the need for more quality and af-fordable childcare.In Quebec, fromwhere Carsley moved to

Vancouver seven years ago, the governmentdevised a subsidized childcare programwhereit spendsmore than $2 billion per year.Theresult is childcare costs are $7 per day.

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How far back does a civicpolitical party have to gowhen disclosing names ofcontributors and donationsto their campaigns?I got hung up on this

question after city clerkJanice MacKenzie issued amemo to council April 28in which she acknowledgedshe didnt know when thedate kicks in to declareexpenses.Expenses are, of course,

different than contributions.Anyway, this is what

MacKenzie wrote: Itshould be noted that underthe current and new tabledLocal Elections CampaignFinancing Act, the electionexpense period begins onJan. 1 in the year of a localgovernment election. It isunclear whether this will ap-ply for the 2014 elections.Now to what a commu-

nications staffer inVictoriasent me in reply to myquestion.To answer your question

about disclosure of cam-paign contributions, pleasenote that the rules have not

changed under the newlegislation in that there is nocut-off period for recordingcontributions.The staffer continued:

For example, if a candi-date or elector organiza-tion received a campaigncontribution in 2013 for the2014 election, the requiredinformation must be record-ed and disclosed.Ah-ha, so that means par-

ties and candidates have todisclose everything they col-lected from the day after the2011 election until the bigvote this year on Nov. 15.OK, got it.Nowwhat about expenses?All election expenses

must be recorded and dis-closed during the campaignperiod, which runs fromJan. 1, 2014 to election day,Nov. 15, 2014.To sum up,that means parties onlyclaim expenses for this yearand claim all donations be-tween elections and leadingup to election day.Are we clear on this,

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A rezoning applicationthat would see the JamesResidence, the storybook-style cottage at 587WestKing Edward Ave., restoredand given heritage protec-tion goes before publichearing June 3.The 2,416-square-foot

home is sometimes dubbeda hobbit house.The 50-by-130 foot property sold for$2.25 million in October2013, raising concerns fromconservationists the housemight be torn down.The rezoning proposal

involves a total of fourproperties from 587 to 599West King Edward. It envi-sions preserving the JamesResidence and building 20three-storey townhouses,including ve lane-facinglock-off units. Eighteen ofthe townhouses would beon three of the lots, whiletwo would be lane-frontingtownhouses at the back ofthe hobbit house property.Architect Ross Lort de-

signed the James Residence.Lort also designed CasaMiaat 1920 SouthwestMarineDr. and theMaxines BeautySchool in theWest End.The James Residence was

built in 1942 forWilliam H.James, a CNR foreman, andhis family and constructedby builder Brenton Lea tocreate an Ann Hathawayhouse, according to the cityreport on the application.The design was rst used tobuild a house at 3979WestBroadway known as the LeaResidence, which is now aprotected heritage building.

Following its sale, the planswere used by Lea to con-struct the James Residence,and later an identical houseinWestVancouver, whichstill stands.Donald Luxton of Don-

ald Luxton andAssociatesInc. produced a detailedJames Residence Conserva-tion Plan, which explains itshistorical importance.The James Residence,

built in 1942, is valued forits Storybook Cottagestyle; its association with ar-chitect Ross Anthony Lort;and its association withbuilder BrentonT. Lea, theplan explains. The Story-book Cottage architectureof the James Residence isan illustration of enduring,traditional domestic ideals.The Storybook Cottagestyle derived from pe-riod revival styles that werepopular between the twoWorldWars.Throughoutthe interwar years, a varietyof Storybook style homeswere constructed across thewestside neighbourhoods ofVancouver; the intact JamesResidence is one of the best,surviving examples.Kent Munro, the citys as-

sistant director of planning,

has been dealing with therezoning application.[The house is] identied

as having historical valueand its listed B on the heri-tage inventory, but it has noprotection, so through thisrezoning in exchange forthe rezoning, we would begetting from the owner legaldesignation, which basicallymeans that in perpetuitythey cant alter the exteriorof the house.Twenty-nine people

showed up at an openhouse about the rezoningapplication in February. Sixprovided responses fourin support and two whodidnt indicate whether theysupported it or not.One general concern,

and thats not even about thisparticular project,was aboutwhats going to happen inthe blocks behind that [we]havent done the planningfor yet. But I guess in thisparticular case nobody spe-cically had a concern aboutthe project itself,Munrosaid,while adding people stillmay express concerns at thepublic hearing.The public hearing is at 6

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Thursday morning whetherteachers rotating strikes willcontinue next week.TheB.C.Teachers Federationis required to give 48 hoursnotice and that doesntinclude the weekend.TheBCTF announcedMay 20that four days of rotatingstrikes across the provincewould proceedMay 26 to29.Vancouver teachers pick-eted May 26.As of Monday afternoon,

bargaining sessions re-mained scheduled for May27 and 28.TheVancouver School

Board has consulted alawyer about the govern-ments lockout of teachers,announcedMay 21.VSBchairperson Patti Bacchussays the board, as employer,needed clarication aboutdocking the pay of teacherswho, for example, mightbe leading a eld trip over

lunchtime, and which ac-tivities would be covered byWorkSafeBC.This is really an unprec-

edented kind of lockout inB.C. schools, Bacchus said.Even our senior people onstaff with a lot of experi-ence are really lefttrying to gure out what itall means.It had appeared the B.C.

Public Schools EmployersAssociation was going topressure the BCTF by hav-ing the union pay employeebenet premiums, to thetune of $5 million to $10million a month, accordingto Bacchus. Instead, BCP-SEA said if teachers startedrotating strikes, their workhours were to be curtailedand their pay docked 10 percent.The BCTF referred the

salary reduction to theLabour Relations Board.Bacchus believes the LRBwill consider the matterThursday.Bacchus said theVSB

wouldnt share the legalopinion it receives with thepublic because bargaining

continues.Teachers wantclass size and compositionand minimum levels ofspecialist teachers guar-antees returned to theircollective agreement, andwage and cost of livingincreases.BCTF president Jim Iker

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B.C. teachers place in sixthto ninth place.

Gender policyVSB trustees will hear

from the public about itsdraft sexual orientation andgender identity policy forthe third time this month,May 29.Weve never had this

kind of reaction to a policyrevision before, Bacchussaid. And from what Iunderstand, even when theoriginal policy came in andit was the rst in the prov-ince, there was very little interms of opposition.Bacchus says the opposi-

tion appears well-coordi-nated, with Cheryl Chang,

chairperson of the LordByng secondary parent ad-visory council referenced inmuch of the discussion.Chang wrote an open

letter to trustees to voice herand other parents concernsabout the policy and relatedprocess.Byngs PAC was to meet

Tuesday evening, after theCouriers press deadline, todiscuss the position takenby the PACs executive.Only Byng parents werepermitted to attend. Bac-chus says she has receivedemails from people wantingto change the leadership ofthe PAC.In the meantime, a B.C.

Safer Schools Coalition hassprung up to support thenew guidelines.The coali-tion includes theTrans Clin-ical Care Providers group,the Canadian ProfessionalAssociation forTransgenderHealth and other groupsand individuals that supportthe right of trans children tobe safe in school.The meeting starts at 5

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live by eating out and goto the theatre at full price,he said. We hike almosteach weekend, and we buymany discounted tickets toconcerts and theatres frombox ofces.TheVancouverSymphony Orchestra has$15 tickets for students, thelibrary regularly has freelm screenings and talks,and so on. It may be a cli-ch, but life is indeed whatyou make of it.

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Three weeks ago, devel-oper Robert Macdonaldwas strongly considering arun as the NPAs mayoralcandidate in this years civicelection campaign.He even gave a may-

oral-like speech at a partyfundraiser May 7 at theVancouver ConventionCentre, where he delivereda passionate address toabout 400 guests on theneed for change at cityhall.But Macdonalds recent

visit to his doctor endedany thoughts of challeng-ing Mayor Gregor Robert-son for the top job at cityhall.My cardiologist

doesnt feel Im healthyenough, said Macdonald,who heads MacdonaldDevelopment Corp and isthe NPAs vice-president.He said, Do you wantto have another stroke?When I had the rst one,I tell you it wasnt verypleasant.Macdonald, 57, has had

cancer, heart operationsand a stroke.The stressof a campaign, which hebelieves would involveVi-sionVancouver attemptingto destroy his reputation,would be too much for him,he said.Ive tried to have a good

reputation, Ive tried to bea good man but it doesntmean that everybodyagrees with the way I seelife, he told the CourierMonday.He didnt specify what

details might emergeduring the campaign thatwould sully his reputation.But, he said, theres no

question in my mind thattheVision folks would putsome complete all-out as-sault and turn every goodthing Ive done in my lifeto dust.Macdonald has led the

family-owned real estatedevelopment companysince 1985.The companysportfolio of propertiesincludes apartments, hotels,shopping centres and ofcebuildings in Canada andthe United States. It alsoowns more than 10,000acres of land for futuredevelopment.Since the 2011 cam-

paign, variousVisionVancouver politicianshave criticized Macdon-ald for his unprecedented$960,000 donation to theNPA in the last race.Visions executive director

StepanVdovine declined tocomment onMacdonaldsstatements regardingVisionVancouver.The mayor said recently

thatVision planned to runa relentlessly positivecampaign. But Macdonaldnoted Robertson made thatcomment during the samespeech in which he referredto the NPA as a party ofangry, old men.The NPA is expected to

name its mayoral candidatebefore the end of June.Another name that hassurfaced as a possible leaderis longtime journalist andteacher Kirk LaPointe, whois the publisher and edi-tor-in-chief of Self-CounselPress.ReachedTuesday,

LaPointe said he was ap-proached by the NPA buthe wouldnt say whether itwas to become the partysmayoral candidate.I have to weigh whether

I have the capacity to doanything and they haveto weigh whether theyreinterested, he said, notingthe party is still evaluat-ing possible candidates.Its premature for me orfor anyone else, for thatmatter, to say that Im acandidate.But, he said, quite a few

people are interested in hispossible candidacy and he

is keenly interested in thefuture of the city.Added LaPointe: I have

spent my career observing,reporting on the politi-cal process and helping todene issues in communi-ties.And the opportunityto consider how I can giveback to my communitystrikes a chord at my ageand stage.


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Theweek in num6ers...

99The number bywhich the cityhas surpassed its three-year

target for creating new childcarespaces for a total of 599 built or

committed since 2012.

71The number of children on thewaiting list for the childcare

centre at CollingwoodNeighbourhoodHouse.

2Number of goldmedals won byUBC sprinter DevanWiebe at theNAIA championships in Alabama.The T-Birdswomens team came

in third overall.

13The number of homes intheGrandview-Woodland

neighbourhood hosting eventsas part of the 11th annual In theHouse Festival running June 6

to 8.

2The number of Galaxy Tab Progadgets up for grabs in a Couriercontest. Simply email [email protected] and answeringthe question:What do you use

your tablet for?

1The number of operaswritten

by Can Lit iconMargaretAtwood. Pauline, about the half-Mohawk poet and performer

Pauline Johnson, runs at the YorkTheatre until Saturday.

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It is a noble goal. It would be nice toachieve it. But it is so unrealistic I have tosmile every time I think about it.I refer to the mayors proposal to make

Vancouver the greenest city in the world by2020.I have been smiling a lot about the

Greenest City initiative while travellingaround France over the past two weeks. Ithought about it as I shifted the gears of asmall rental car whose GPS system provid-ed relative fuel economy for different routes.I thought about it while looking at local realestate listings and cooling some wine in myapartments small under counter fridge.To be fair, a transformation is taking

place in both Europe and North America.It seems they want to be more like us, andwe want to be more like them. But by 2020we are not going to be living the kind ofsustainable or durable lifestyle the Frenchand other Europeans live today. It is not inour DNA.On the other hand, they are not going to

be living a typical North American lifestyle.Indeed, while we implement new measuresto reduce energy and resource consump-tion, they are adding solar panels to theirroofs.

Look at real estate listings in shopwindows in France and you will noticesomething quite interesting. Every listing isaccompanied by a small coloured bar chart,which indicates the heating/cooling energyconsumption of the property for sale.This is now the law throughout Europe.

Before selling a property, the owner mustretain an independent rm to conduct anenergy audit and include the measurementwith the listing.Property ratings range from AGreen

that use less than 50kWh for heating and

cooling, to GRed that use more than451kWh.On average, the French use abouthalf the energy we use in our homes.Can you imagine a similar law inVancou-

ver?While I would support it, most wouldnot. Just think about the battle over smartmeters or all the strata councils who havevoted not to prepare depreciation reports onthe condition of their property.To be more sustainable than the Europe-

ans,Vancouverites would have to cut theirenergy consumption by about half.Many ofus would need to subdivide our houses intosmaller suites and possibly construct inllunits on the front lawns. (To make newunits more acceptable to neighbours, theycould be designed to look like large hedges!)We would have to give up our large

multi-door refrigerators and trade in olderwashers and dryers for energy efcientmodels.While most of us like European ap-pliances, we want North American sizes. Ona recent tour of laneway houses I noticedmany refrigerators seemed larger than thebathrooms.When it comes to our cars, to achieve the

fuel economy of the average French motor-ist, we would have to give up our automaticSUVs for smaller manual transmissionvehicles, or hybrid or electric models.While some of us are making this shift

(pun intended), the vast majority is not.If anything we are buying larger cars to

feel safer on the road since so many othersare driving larger cars. It is a vicious circle.Fortunately, new transit-oriented devel-

opments will make it easier to live without acar. But not all of us want to live in a high-density apartment above a supermarket ona busy street.Moreover, it will be a long time before

Vancouver has a comprehensive publictransit system like those found in mostEuropean cities such as Montpellier wherecolourful trams quietly glide along dedi-cated lanes around the region.To conclude, we should all try to live

more sustainable lifestyles.We should cycleand recycle.We should start converting theremaining garbage to energy, rather thantruck it hundreds of kilometres away.But let us not kid ourselves.Vancouver

will not be the most sustainable city in theworld by 2020.We probably will not achievethat distinction by 2120.More importantly, let us not make deci-

sions in an effort to be the Greenest Citythat might compromise the economichealth of our city and province. That willnot be sustainable.

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The B.C. Liberals long victory lapafter last years upset win may have nallycome to an end at this weekends conven-tion. In a speech on Saturday, PremierChristy Clark fondly reminisced aboutthe Comeback Kid win that virtuallyno one saw coming.She credited everyone in the room for

pulling it off and congratulated them forovercoming the worst odds the party everfaced.She also revealed that party strate-

gists briey considered matching formerNDP Leader Adrian Dixs ip-op onthe Kinder Morgan pipeline, because theNDP actually gained in the polls after hegot off the fence and came out againstturningVancouver into an oil port.But she nixed the idea.I said No.We will not change our

position [it was, and is, non-committal,pending review] We will not let ourbeliefs be determined by pollsters.While the celebration of the win con-

tinued inside the convention, the prob-lems are piling up outside.The education system will start sput-

tering to a halt this week with teacherwalkouts.Various groups are deeplyunhappy with the ALR changes.Theres still nothing denitive to show

the promised LNG bonanza will mate-rialize. And a number of specic moves such as the upcoming closure of theVictoriaYouth Custody Centre havedrawn re.The party was determined to ignore

most of those problems, and anythingelse that got in the way of a good time.Although Clark insisted she likes to see

Liberals arguing important public issues,a number of potentially contentious reso-lutions on issues such as grizzly-bearhunting, ferry fares, addressing povertystrategy were ditched.Only 18 made it to debate stage and

most of them were motherhood calls forthings such as balancing the budget orwriting a northern economic strategy.Some of them were so mundane no

one even bothered to speak against them.They found a few minutes to spend on

housing affordability, mental health andchild care. And all the ideas put forth asresolutions on those topics were rejected.B.C. Liberals are a lot more interestedin keeping taxes down than on hikingspending on social needs.

We are not the party of tax more,spend more, she said later. We premiseall of our beliefs on the fact we need togrow the economy, keep our scal housein order and keep taxes low in order tolook after people.Once weve grown the economy,

landed some LNG jobs thats going tomean were able to act on some of the as-pirational things people are talking aboutat this convention.Off the policy stage, work is getting un-

derway on political strategy.The next election is only three years away

and a number of campaigners within theparty are starting to look forward, ratherthan back.There was talk of a big new social-

media push and a brieng from a U.S.strategist on the science of getting outthe vote. ProminentVancouver realtorBob Rennie was introduced as the newfundraising chairman.And Clark reverted to campaign mode

in taking some shots at the NDP foralways thinking they know how to spendpeoples money better than they do.They dont understand B.C. I think

they still dont understand why they lost:They want to get stuck on No. Peoplewant a government that will get toYes.Liberals will tell and retell themselves

the story of the 2013 win privately untilthe end of time. But they dont have a lotof time to keep dwelling on it in public.This week, the endgame begins in an-

other typically bitter struggle with teach-ers. Clark revealed no strategy on how itwill be dealt with, other than more talk atthe negotiating table.And there are other challenges ahead.

The victory lap is over.twitter.com/leyneles

Thevictory laps overfor the B.C. Liberals

[Clark] also revealedthat party strategistsbriey consideredmatching formerNDP Leader AdrianDixs ip-op onthe Kinder Morganpipeline.

To be moresustainable thanthe Europeans,Vancouverites wouldhave to cut theirenergy consumptionby about half.


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COURIERCOLUMN:VisionVancouvers big tent shelters notable names,May 23.Jim Quail @jim_quail:Apparently Im just @allevatocs arm candy, according to@vancouriernews! I take it as a compliment.Carmela Allevato @allevatoc: Main squeeze as I recall.

COURIERSTORY:City slow to tell its Sochi story,May 23.21Reality_Bites:Anyone that thinks that this trip was planned for anything otherthan some photo ops for us mouth-breathers back at home watching theWinterGames from our La-Z-Boys is truly living in LaLaLand.As per former IOC VP DickPounds prediction, no one gives a flying fig about meeting with small town, small timepoliticians during the event.The fact that Stevenson and this city council werent on thisRussian issue BEFORE the Olys just shows how publicity driven and wholly politicallyopportunistic they are.The fact that a tax-payer PR contractor had to accompany him,ridiculous.And, as usual, sickening.

COURIERSTORY:School aims for accessible playground,May 23.Play for EveryBody@play4everybody:Thank you for your support. So happy to bringuniversally accessible play toVancouver!Chris Chanter@chrischanter:Long overdue for Carnarvon.Much deserved!

COURIERSTORY:Rally to support heritage homes,May 21.Sarah: Apparently the Legg house most recently had eight apartments, and the towerthat will replace it will only have 23 (and luxury units at that). It doesnt seem worth itfor the loss of what few heritage buildings we have left in this city.Amazed100:The new condo will have 23 units that will likely be owned by overseasinvestors (Vancouverites with normal jobs cant afford the new luxury condos). LikeCoal Harbour, many of them will be left empty. So as far asVancouver residents areconcerned this is simply the loss of eight rental apartments, rareWest End green spaceand the appalling loss of a Class A Heritage building.All to the cause of developerprofit.There will be no community benefit, none, zero, zip.This is a microcosm of whatis happening all overVancouver underVisionVancouver. If you are not angry about thisyou arent paying attention. It is urgent thatVision, the NPA and their developer friendsbe sent a undeniable message in the next election. Encourage your friends, neighbours,coworkers to get out and vote.

KUDOS&KVETCHES:Youwont believewhatK&Ks griping about now,May 23.Vancouver Shogi Club: Remain cheeky. :)

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VANCOUVER THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

May 28, 1999: A popular waterfront Tiki bar and restaurant closes its doors inorder to make way for a new public park. Featuring bamboo walls, a thatched roofceiling, totem poles, skull-shaped cups, tiki lights and outrigger canoes, Trader Vicsoperated for decades next to the Bayshore Hotel (now theWestin Bayshore) butclosed due to rezoning regulations that require developers to set aside park spacefor large projects. Rather than be demolished, the kitchy building was moved bybarge to a private vineyard near Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.

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Restore, renovateand re-inhabit oldhomesTo the editor:Re: Developing Story: Rally to support

heritage homes,May 21.Call me simple, but I just dont know

how to teach children to green-bin theirfood waste when a developer sends all themature landscaping on a property to thelandll.Call me simple, but I just dont know

how to teach children not to be waste-ful when they see perfectly good housessmashed and taken to the landll.Call me simple, but isnt the city

government that issues all the demolitionpermits complicit in contributing to thenon-affordability of housing inVancouver.I wish someone would tell me how to

respond when the kids ask: Why is thathouse going down?Virtually every For Sale sign on a

West Side property that is not a new-build (regardless of condition or size)is a guarantee the surveyor pickets andorange netting will soon follow.The wasteis astounding and should not be allowed

to continue.Remember the 3 Rs for consumer

goods?The landll is no place for homes.Why not Restore, Renovate and Re-in-habit homes.It is done, you know, just not inVan-

couver a city that claims to be well onthe way to becoming the Greenest City inthe world.

Alison Bealy,Vancouver

Sports storymadeultimatemistakeTo the editor:Re: Contenders rise in a crowded eld,

May 23.I enjoyed reading your article about high

school ultimate. However I would like topoint out one small correction.The 2011provincial champion was Kitsilano andnot St. Georges/York House as you listed.The past results from the British Colum-bia Ultimate Society can be found here:bcultimate.ca.

Erin Broatch,Vancouver

Fonyo completes cross-Canada runMay 29, 1985: Steve Fonyo, a 19-year-old who lost his left leg to cancer as a child,completes his 7,924 km cross-Canada marathon by dipping his artificial left leginto the Pacific at Mile Zero of the Trans-Canada Highway in Victoria. Inspired bythe late Terry Foxs Marathon of Hope, Fonyos Journey for Lives raised $14 millionin donations for cancer research and he became the youngest person named anOfficer of the Order of Canada the same year. He later had numerous brusheswith the law, including convictions for assault with a weapon and fraud, and wasstripped of the award in 2009.


Fire chief the citystop earnerFire Chief JohnMcKear-

ney was the top earner atCity ofVancouver in 2013,bringing in $347,762, ac-cording to the Statementof Financial Information(SOFI) released May 22.McKearney was also

reimbursed for the mostexpenses at $10,654.At city hall, city man-

ager Penny Ballem waspaid $339,219 and sheexpensed $5,513, almost$3,000 less thanMayorGregor Robertsons chief ofstaff,Mike Magee.Mageecharged $8,414 and was

paid $128,004.Among the dozen ofcials

paid in excess of $200,000,the top earners includedcity solicitor Francie Con-nell ($301,117), chief nan-cial ofcer Patrice Impey($271,708) and deputy citymanager Sadhu Johnston($263,329).Police Chief Jim Chus

salary ($313,653 in 2012plus $12,276 expenses) isreported elsewhere.Overall, 2,000 people

were paid $75,000 or morebyVancouver taxpayers.Ac-cording to a data analysis byCityHallWatch, the numberof staffers earning $100,000

or more for the period end-ing Dec. 31, 2013 was 588.Robertson was the high-

est-paid elected ofcial at$148,849 plus $20,982in expenses.The expensesincluded $7,175 for a trans-portation allowance, eventhough he prefers to use abicycle.The city brought in

$1.488 billion and spent$1.3 billion, leaving a$180.6 million surplus.Theaccumulated surplus in-creased to $6.13 billion.Thecity also reported $789.1million in long-term debt.Vancouver Economic

Commission received

$4,014,735 in transfers.The22 area business associa-tions were paid $9,429,274,of which DowntownVancouver BusinessImprovement Associationreceived the biggest slice($2,410,733).The report attached to

the SOFI from nancialservices general managerEsther Lee was dated April25 three days beforeRobertson announcedAquilini Investment Grouppaid $91 million to takeover the citys interest assecured creditor of South-east False Creek Properties,the company that developed

the OlympicVillage.TheAquilini deal included the67 remaining units in thewaterfront Canada Housesection of what is nowbranded theVillage on FalseCreek.The report refers to the

deal, but the numbers arenot included.The estimated net

proceeds are expected toexceed the value of the as-sets sold and along with thecash proceeds from priorsales will completely repaythe citys borrowing for themarket project, said theSOFI.The nancial report said

that at the end of 2013, thecity had $79.4 million incash set aside in a reservefor the repayment of the$150 million debenture dueJune 2014.Robertson claimed on

April 28 that the city wouldend up with a $70 millionsurplus, but later admit-ted that didnt include the$170 million that developerMillennium failed to pay forthe land.

BobMackin

Legal ice stormThe ice and snow that

rained down on driverscrossing the Port MannBridge shortly after itopened nearly two years agohave resulted in a pair oflawsuits.According to a notice of

civil claim led inVancouverSupreme Court, Caryl-Lee Obrecht is suing theTransportation InvestmentCorp. (TI Corp.), the com-pany that operates the PortMann/Highway 1 project,over an incident on Dec. 19,2012 that shut the bridgedown for several hours.Court documents state

Obrecht was a passenger ina car travelling across thebridge when large sheetsof ice falling from supportcables struck the vehicle.The suit claims Obrechtsuffered injuries including aconcussion, laceration to thescalp, headaches, injuries tothe neck and shoulder, post-traumatic stress disorderand nightmares.The suit claims the inci-

dent and resulting injurieswere caused solely by thenegligence ofTI Corp.Obrecht is seeking generaland special damages, andreimbursement for all pastand future health-care costs.A second and separate

notice of claim was ledby Roberta Lessard, whois suingTI Corp. as wellas three other companiesinvolved in the constructionor operation of the bridgeKiewit/Flatiron Gen-eral Partnership, FlatironConstructors Canada andPeter Kiewit Infrastructure

over a similar incidentthe same day.Court documents, also

led last week, state Lessardwas injured when ice andsnow plummeted onto theroof of her car. The incidentcaused the cars windshieldto shatter and Lessard toslam on her brakes, result-ing in injury.The suit claimsLessard, an employee of theVancouver Police Depart-ment, suffered physicalinjuries and shock, as well astrauma and nervousness.None of the allegations

have been proven in courtand the other parties haveyet to le a response.

Jeremy Deutsch

Design awardsThe City ofVancouver

invites nominations for itsinaugural Urban DesignAwards which will cel-ebrate design excellence inVancouver.Submissions are now be-

ing accepted in the follow-ing categories for designsthat reect the highest stan-dards in architecture andurban design and contributetoVancouvers vibrancyand livability: residentialbuildings (small, mediumor large scale), commer-cial buildings, governmentand institutional buildings,urban elements, innovation,outstanding sustainabledesign, landscape, publicspace and infrastructure.There will also be a SpecialJury Award.To be eligible, projects

must have received an oc-cupancy permit after Jan.1, 2012 and be located inVancouver.Entry details are available

at vancouver.ca Deadlinefor applications is July 14.

On the beachSunset Beach matters to

Vancouverites and visitorsalike. Its historical impor-tance was to be honouredwith aVancouver HeritageFoundation Places thatMatter plaque May 27.Sunset Beach Park, estab-lished in 1959, completedthe dream of a continuousstrip of public waterfrontbetween Stanley Park andthe head of False Creek.Cottages and apartmentbuildings had lined thewater edge of Beach Avenuesince the citys early years.In 1941, businessmanGeorge C. Reifel tradeda crucial strip of propertyat the foot of Bute Streetto the city for propertyelsewhere, enabling thebeach development plan toproceed.Reifels Spanish Colonial

Revival home, Casa Mia,will be open on the heritagefoundations 2014 HeritageHouseTour, June 1.

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Swells of rainwater randown chrome and theperfect paintjobs of the fewcars and bikes parked forSundays EastVan Showand Shine.The row of tireson East SixthAvenue endedwith a 1947Chrysler with awooden frame that lookedlike a termite vacation resort.The soaking likely had thecar going home a few poundsheavier than at its arrival.Erv Salvador, the event

organizer and owner ofTheWhip Restaurant andGallery, said having his owncar show is something hes

always wanted to do and thefun of doing so hasnt wornoff after seven years.Ever since taking over

TheWhip, Ive wanted todo this. Im a car guy.Wedont do a lot of specialevents but we wanted to dosomething every year to getpeople from the neighbour-hood out, he said. Lastyear, by far, was the biggestone yet.This year, well, itsthe rainBut where theres a vintage

car, theres a tale and thincrowds just meant more timefor story-telling which, as anyshow and shine regular willtell you, is an essential part ofcar culture.

RonWoywitka stood byhis 1966 Dodge Chargerwith towel in hand to mopup water every 15 min-utes more just to passthe time as hopes for dryskies faded by the minute.The greyness of the skyand pavement made theChargers sunset orangepaint seem all the brighterasWoywitka explainedhow he found the musclecar four years ago in LosAngeles after a long hunt.Its a true California

muscle car, hard to nd. Ithad been in the family foralmost 40 years, he said.I go to car shows nowand then but this one is

where I nd the people tobe knowledgeable. Its EastVan, right? Still blue-collar.Even still.Next toWoywitkas Char-

ger was Gerry Grameks1952 ChryslerWindsorDeluxe which just reached35,000 original miles theSaturday before the showand shine. Part of the secretto the cars preservation wasits being kept in the PettitBrothers Chrysler MuseuminVirginia from 1969 to1991, where a whole sevenmiles was logged on theodometer.One of the bikes a soft

yellow 1965 Chang Jiang is owned by Salvador

who bought it from amilitary junkyard during amotorcycle trip in Chinathat took him from BejingtoTibet ve years ago.We stopped in at the

old military base and allthe stuff was there from thePeoples Liberation Army.These bikes were built inthe 60s, crated and sent towarehouses, said Salvador,who is often seen ridingalong with Beau, his goggle-wearing dog, in the sidecar.When the war ended the

bikes, jeeps, everything ithad not been used so whenI got it, it was all original, allin the box.Parked next to the Chang

Jiang was arguably oneof the most-recognizedhotrods styles in pop culture a FordT-bucket.This1923 model is owned byJohnny Lopez, who usu-ally shows up to the annualevent with one of his chop-per motorcycles, if youdont count that year hisEconoline work van was thecrowd favourite.These kinds of shows,

they happen once in ablue moon so I like thembecause it brings out all thepeople I would normally seein the hotrod scene, Lopezsaid. Its the only time wereally get to see each other.

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he goes to the store everyday is because of the peoplewho work there. They ndmy inner soul, he said,chuckling.Clothes and Collectibles

rst opened 14 years agoand has been providingtheWest End communitywith affordable and unique

items ever since.All of itsproceeds go toward theWest End Seniors Net-work, which runs programsincluding at-home care,support for LGBT seniorsand language classes.Clothes and Collectibles

is run by three managersand about 20 volunteers. Itaccepts donations, whichworks well because of theneighbourhood.ManyWest End residents

are mobile, according tostore manager DarleneDraneld.When they moveapartments, they often giveitems that dont t in theirnew home to Clothes andCollectibles. Draneld alsocites rising rent as a causeof downsizing, which tendsto result in donations to the

thrift store.Ninety-nine per cent

of our stuff is from localpeople, mobile families, andthrough family memberspassing on, said Draneld.Veronica Cranstonsmith

visits the store at least once aday whether she needs to buysomething or not.I need theexercise, otherwise my kneeswill lock up. Ive got terriblearthritis, she said.Likemany seniors, she enjoys thesocial aspect of going out toshop.I always enjoy goingto themall because Ive metsomany of my friends there,and somany of them are atthe store.The thrift store makes

sense to her from a practicalstandpoint, too. She ex-plained that she can afford

to not try the clothes on if she doesnt like it shecan simply donate it back tothe store.Besides the exercise and

practicality of Clothes andCollectibles, Cranstonsmithhas a soft spot for the store.I try to support them asmuch as possible.The storedoes a very good job ofgreeting everyone and mak-ing them feel good. Quiteoften its jammed withpeople because its socialexercise for them, saidthe 83-year-old pancreaticcancer survivor.For seniors who may live

alone and have limited mo-bility, socializing with othersis extremely important,according to Draneld.Part of the philosophy of

the store is that yes we area business and were tryingto make money to supportour seniors. But were alsoa support system for thecommunity.We have peoplewho come in just to have achat.We have people whocome in for a hug.They geta smile.We remember theirnames.We remember theirchildren,Draneld said.The store is so well

known in the communitythat receiving enough dona-tions to keep the store run-ning is not a problem, ac-cording to Draneld. Evenitems that the store uses forpackaging like wrappingpaper and shopping bagsare donated. In fact, Clothesand Collectibles receiveso many donations that it

cannot sell all of the itemsat the store. Some items aretransferred to other thriftstores or to auctions if theitem is a high-value antiqueor collectable.Draneld noted amazing

items have been broughtin, including 100-year-olddish sets from France andpenny banks fromAmericanbanks in the early 1920s.The penny banks are worththousands of dollars now,according to Draneld.For Malo, the store is full

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Seniors Centre is puttingon its annual Spring Bazaar.This market is perfect forbargain hunters, collectors andbookworms. People can ndbargains for everything fromvintage purses to small kitchenappliances. Lunch is available11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will fea-ture homemade jam and freshbaking for $7.All proceeds gotoward programs and servicesat the SouthGranville SeniorsCentre.

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Car FreeDayFashion ShowSunday, June 151 p.m.Back by popular demand,

the Car Free Day Fash-ion Show by Clothes andCollectibles is happeningJune 15 outside the Den-manMall entrance.All themodels will be customersof theWest End thrift store,Clothes and Collectibles, orvolunteers who work there.See the potential of thrift

fashion for yourself at thispopular neighbourhoodevent.Clothes modelled will

be for sale after the show.Proceeds from Clothes andCollectibles go toward theWest End Seniors Network.

Strawberry FestivalSaturday, June 211-4 p.m.TheWest End Seniors

Network is hosting its 24thannual Strawberry Festivalat the BarclayManor.Therewill be a bazaar with thriftitems as well as supplies forcraft lovers.There will be a

craft workshop for seniors,as well as face painting anda bouncy castle for kids.Strawberry shortcake willbe served in biodegradabledishware for $5.There willbe live music throughout theafternoon provided by BlackGardenia andWESNs Heri-tage Harmonies Choir.

Rose ShowandRoseCare ClinicsSunday, June 221 p.m.-4:30 p.m.TheVancouver Rose Soci-

ety is hosting its annual roseshow atVanDusenGardenJune 22.Contestants will becompeting for one of six tro-phies.The public can see allthe arrangements starting at1 p.m.Rose care clinics willbe held at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.,where people can pick up es-sential skills like pruning andlearnmore about the rosespecies native to the LowerMainland.Roses judged in the show

will be sold individually for50 cents a stem at 4:30 p.m.If you feel inspired, you canalso buy a rose plant andstart your own rose garden.Admission is free.


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the same sort of supportiveenvironment that she foundatWard OneWest, she wasable to convince politiciansat all levels of governmentto draft legislation for anddedicate funds to co-hous-ing initiatives.The rstbuilding welcomed formerlyhospitalized residents in1974. InVancouver, thereare now close to 1,000 resi-dents in supportive housing,with staff on hand to helpthem when and if they needit. One of those buildings intheWest End now bears hername as a sign of gratitude.Was it courage that has

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If you visit a Sikh templeyou may be lucky enoughto attend a wedding whileyoure there.Families who host Sikh

weddings must be ready tofeed more people than theyactually invite because Sikhtemples are open to thepublic and it is not uncom-mon for strangers to join thecelebration.This is just one of many

customs that non-Sikhs maybe unaware of.Arvinder Grewals book,

Weddings AroundTheWorld:SikhWeddings, is a guide-book inspired by her ownexperiences with weddingsgrowing up inVancouver.She wrote the book for theSikh-Canadian communitywhen she realized that somecustoms were being lost.I intended it for the

generation who have lostthis information, whodont have this informa-tion passed down to them,said Grewal. But she addedthat the book is for anyonewho is interested in Punjabculture or the Sikh religion.I hope that it gives peoplean idea of the beauty of a

Sikh wedding, the richness,the culture, she said.She noted a distinction

must be made betweenSikhism and Punjab. Sikh-ism is a religion, whereasPunjab is a region in north-ern India that extends intoeastern Pakistan.According to a 2011

Statistics Canada report, 11per cent ofVancouveritesself-identify as South Asian,10 per cent speak Punjabiat home and 6.5 per centfollow the Sikh religion.Grewal commented

that the newer generationsof Indo-Canadians mayactually know more aboutIndian culture than she didas a kid because the com-munity is much bigger thanbefore.Growing up, there

wasnt a lot of Indianpeople here, she said. Butweddings always broughtthe family together andreminded everyone of theties they shared. It was whatinspired Grewal to write thisbook.The wedding is a

standard thing in my life.Whether its my sister orniece getting married,theres always a wedding. Iknow that its always going

to be there. Its somethingthat brings a communitytogether, said Grewal.Colourful Punjabi wed-

ding festivities that stretchfor an entire city block are acommon sight inVancouver.However, even though wed-dings are such iconic cel-ebrations in Punjabi culture,most people dont questionthe traditions, nor do theyunderstand the meaningbehind all of the customs.When I was doing my

research and I asked people

why they did certain rituals,they would say we just doit. So I wanted to writedown the meaning of someof these customs, saidGrewal.Things can get even more

confusing when people fromdifferent cultures marryeach other.The good news is you

can mix western inu-ences with the pre and postmarriage celebrations,according to Grewal. Butthe ceremony itself is set

and there are certain prayersthat need to be recited.The Sikh wedding

ceremony itself only takesabout 20 minutes, but theweeklong Punjabi-basedwedding festivities can easilyincorporateWestern inu-ences. For example, bridalshowers and receptions arestaples in most South Asianweddings now, according toGrewal.Grewal wroteWeddings

AroundTheWorld: SikhWeddings while work-

ing full time as a clinicalyouth counsellor at B.C.Childrens Hospital. Shealso provides pre-maritalcounselling for South Asiancouples.Grewal was raised in

Vancouver by parents whoemigrated here from Pun-jab, India.More similar themed

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