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Sadly, another year oftyping has come to a close.That means it’s time

again to raid the brain’sstorage locker and come upwith a list that aims to en-tertain and inform on whatwent down on the civicscene in 2015.It’s also a great way to

fill a page with randomstuff and drop a few searchengine-friendly names tobring some eyeballs to thewebsite.Oh, how I kid.But what the heck, let’s

try it: Donald Trump! JustinTrudeau! Barack Obama!Grumpy Cat! Kerry… Jang?With that nonsense out of

the way, let’s get to a milderform of nonsense. Here’smy list:

Best bromancebetweenamayorandaprimeministerAre you kidding me?

That goes to Mayor GregorRobertson and PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau.Did you see those two at

city hall in December? Justa couple of back-slappingbros doing the good work ofthe people.

Bestway togetdeepvein thrombosis andwonderwhyyoudidn’t followyourfather’s advice tobecomeawelderSit at the media table

in the council chambersat city hall for hours andhours while councillorsmove amendments to theamendments and thenvote on the amendedamendment. That’s un-less, of course, a friendlyamendment is accepted bythe mover of the amend-ment.

City councillormostlikely towearacream-coloured suitVision Coun. Kerry Jang,

who continues to rockthe RicardoMontalban-like threads and bring joyto bored reporters at thecouncil media table lookingfor something to post onTwitter while suffering fromleg pain.

City councillormost likely toperforma “fakie”or “anchorgrind”withaskateboardVision Vancouver Coun.

Raymond Louie, whorevealed in council cham-bers during a debate aboutallowing skateboards inprotected bike lanes thathe once was the owner of avintage Cal240 skateboard.

City councillormost likely tobeshocked, appalledandsurprisedNPA Coun. George

Affleck, who is routinelyshocked, appalled, sur-prised, disappointed,skeptical and challengedby the moves of his VisionVancouver counterparts.Never, though, has he beenbamboozled, flummoxed,

nonplussed or discombobu-lated.

Most surprisingdepartureof acityhall stafferThat goes to longtime

city manager Penny Ballem,who was dumped by thesame Vision Vancouveradministration that hiredher way back in 2008. The“force of nature,” as themayor described her, leftwith a $556,000 severancepackage.

Best speechbyacityhall seniorstafferheading intoretirementHands down, Brian

Jackson, who retired inNovember as the city’shead planner. Taking on hiscritics, he gave a remark-able and refreshing speechto an Urban DevelopmentInstitute audience. He evenused four-letter words.

Best boosterofBMWandKinderMorgan’spipelineproposalFormer co-chairperson of

Vision Vancouver Marcella

Munro, who declared herlove for her BMW and pipe-lines in a conversation withCalgary Herald columnistDon Braid. Vision, in caseyou missed it, has spenta whack of time and cashfighting Kinder Morgan’sproposal, all with the help ofMunro before she jumpedinto her BMW and rocketedup the highway to Alberta,where she now works forPremier Rachel Notley.

BestnewsconferenceWhen then-Liberal leader

Justin Trudeau assembledus media types in Septem-ber at Cambie and Broad-way to talk transit money.Nardwuar the Human Ser-viette showed up with someTrudeau memorabilia andgot Trudeau to do the “hipflip.” Google Nardwuar vs.Justin Trudeau for a goodsnort laugh, or two.

Best reason tofinishtyping this sentenceIt’s late afternoon, I’m

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“Ugh.” That’s all the exec-utive director of theMayors’Council wrote in a July 2email to a TransLink execu-tive vice-president, under thesubject “No 62; yes 38.”Mike Buda’s short 10:06

a.m.message expressedthe agony of defeat to BobPaddon, right after Elec-tions B.C. announcedMetro Vancouver votershad rejected a sales tax hiketo fund a third of the cost ofTransLink’s expansion wishlist. Themail-in plebiscitewas the dominant LowerMainland story in the firsthalf of 2015. Proponentsof the $7.7 billion, 10-yeartransit and transportation-building plan failed to over-come public outrage aboutTransLink governance andmanagement and SkyTrainservice outages. Buda’s emailmessage was amongmanyreleased under Freedomof Information, offering aglimpse behind the scenesof the $6-million, public-funded Yes campaign.OnMay 21, more than

a week before theMay 29voting deadline, Buda wastrying to clarify his contract(capped at $150,000 throughJune 30) while TransLinkplanners were gearing up tocanvass voters at major transithubs during the next day’s

afternoon rush. But, late thatnight, SkyTrain’s Expo Linesuffered another outage. Atrack-grindingmachine’s sparklit an undiscovered bird’s nestand the fire spread to cables.Bob Ransford, who was paid$90,322 tomanage the cam-paign, dreaded the ensuingnegative publicity.“Just the thing we need

for those last few undecidedvoters ready tomail their bal-lots today,” he wrote at 5:27a.m. to Buda andMarnieMcGregor, a Vancouver cityhall bureaucrat seconded tothe campaign.OnMay 28 and 29, with

time running out, Buda wasjuggling a variety of tasks,from email account deactiva-tion and archiving to order-ing catered snacks for anupcomingmeeting atMetroVancouver.“You were THE key

member of the team,” Budawrote at 7:21 p.m.May 29toMcGregor. “More on thatlater… I can’t feel closureand say good byes on this tillwe get those damn resultsand knowwhere things aregoing next. Only 4 shortweeks! Ugh.”Fast forward to the July 2

decision day. Space had beenbooked for Yes campaigners tocelebrate at Simon Fraser Uni-versity’s downtown campus.But, more than an hour beforethe release of results, SFUCentre for Dialogue director

Shauna Sylvester told Budaand others not to bother.“I don’t think we are going

to need it! I understand thatit is a no!” Sylvester wrote.Buda: “Where did you

hear that?”Sylvester: “Peter Robinson

[Better Transit and Trans-portation Coalition co-chair]on Tuesday night. It wouldbe great if it was wrong. I’mbeing contacted bymediathrough SFU. I’d love anykeymessages.”Buda: “Well, we are cer-

tainly expecting a no basedon polls, but no one has yetheard actual results.We havebeen told they will give us aheads up shortly before 10.We will see.”Sylvester: “Any chance

Peter is wrong?”Buda: “I have no idea!

I would be surprised if theBCGovt or the indepen-dent elections commissionerwould share highly confiden-tial results with the [CEO ofthe David Suzuki Founda-tion], though. But anythingis possible on B.C.”The B.C. cabinet ordered

the plebiscite without fun-draising limits or disclosurerequirements. TheMayors’Council claimed it spent$5.8million of its $6-millionbudget. BTTC told donorsit budgeted $835,000, butlater admitted it raised only$261,743. The CanadianTaxpayers’ Federation led the

No campaign and boastedspending just under $40,000.Buda claimed theMay-

ors’ Council had no timeto conduct open, publictendering, so it picked from alist of pre-approved suppliers.The biggest contracts went toadvertising placement agencyMediacom ($1.7million) andStratcom ($1.5million), thepollster, robocaller and tele-phone town hall host behindGregor Robertson’s threeVision Vancouver mayoraltywins. Stratcom employed avariety of sophisticated tech-niques. ItsMay 26 invoicefor $42,242, for example,revealed that it billed forservices such as “appendinggender, ethnicity and dwell-ing type” to phone lists.

But many voters were notamused by the robocalls.RichardWalton, Robertson’spredecessor in theMayors’Council chair, said he gladlyparticipated in a telephonetown hall, but he got more than30 angry emails in five days.“Mike, please stop the

robocalls beingmade usingmy recording,” wroteWalton,the North Vancouver Districtmayor, onMarch 22. “I donot believe in this practice andhad no idea when I recordedthe TownHall message, thiswould have been the outcome.This is backfiring on theNorth Shore and I am gettingthe calls personally.”

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producer/director CareElise and a group ofher closest friends andcolleagues from the lo-cal theatre communitywere wandering aroundthe wilderness. “We’vealways been rooted incomedy, I did improvcomedy in high schooland stuff,” says Elise ina coffee shop on Van-couver’s West Side. “Wesaid ‘why not do some-thing that’s kind of like asurvival comedy?’ Fromthere, the idea morphedinto what Elise calls a“love letter to Canada.”How to Canadian airs

a new episode everyweek, with each entryrunning anywhere fromone to four minutes.The series is shown onYouTube where Eliseand her band of 12 westcoasters — everyone wasborn and raised in eitherVancouver or Richmond,

with one exception fromSurrey — post their ad-mittedly bizarre humour.“When we were up inPrince George filming,there was a whole bunchof people up there andwe had a cat hooked upto a little yellow Tonkatruck because he didn’tcare or notice,” recountsElise. “He started pullingit and didn’t even notice,and someone from theback yelled ‘takes a catto pull a Tonka!’ andwe were just like killingourselves laughing.”As with many people

pursuing their dreams inthe creative arts, Elisewears several hats. She’sa copy editor for the filmtrade magazine Reel Westand runs a program thatteaches creative writ-ing to young girls at theRichmond Women’s Re-source Centre. She alsorecently added “magi-cian” to her list of skills.But that doesn’t stop herfrom constantly trying tomove How to Canadianonto the radar. The mostpopular sketch from theseries comes in at justover 2,500 views. It’sthe aptly named “BearAttacks an Outhouse,”where, well, a bear at-tacks an outhouse.Elise thinks the amount

of views is a good sign,as How to Canadian hasonly been in operationfor a little more than

three months. The moretroubling indication isthe low subscriber rate.“What I’ve heard fromother more establishedYouTube users is that ifyou’re doing gaming con-tent, it’s easy — if you’redoing other content,it’s more difficult,” saysElise about her group’sstruggle to gain commit-ted viewers. “Like ‘Nightof the Living Goose’ hasover a thousand views,how many subscribersdid we gain from that? Ithink one.”Of course it only

makes sense that Howto Canadian has a WestCoast feel to it, withall the members hailingfrom B.C. and many,if not all, of the scenestaking place outdoors.“I think the humour isvery West Coast as well,because we try to keep itvery eco-friendly,” Elisesays. “I say try, becausefilmmaking is one ofthose things where unlessyou have a humongousbudget, it’s really dif-ficult to do things thatway. But because we’rein the woods filming andparks and different plac-es like that, it’s like cleanup after yourself, it’s allthe basic courtesies youshow the environment.”Wait, are we sure

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Continued from page 5The dental clinic and

pharmacy are open to thepublic, while other pro-grams have some admis-sions criteria or have aprogram focus. REACHis a registered charity andis governed by an electedboard that consults withthe community.During the renovation,

crews will dig three-and-a-half feet down to createa full medical clinic inthe basement, an extra

floor will be built off oneof the additions and anelevator and new stair-wells will be added.“We’re extending out un-

derneath and creating a bigcourtyard in the back area,which used to be a parkinglot,” Boscoe added.REACH operates

through grants fromVancouver Coastal Health,the provincial and federalgovernments, numerousfoundations, its socialenterprises — the dental

clinic and pharmacy — andcommunity donations.“We’ve spent the last

few months and yearsgetting ourselves in orderfor this new cost andbelieve we’ll be able todo this successfully andwhen we come back tothe Drive we hope tocontribute to the vibran-cy of the Drive again,”Boscoe said.She said in some ways

it’s a relief to be out ofthe failing building. The

group couldn’t find alarge enough space inEast Vancouver to fit allof REACH’s services,so it had to move to twodifferent sites and itsservices are now locatedon several floors of thosebuildings. The moves oc-curred in mid-December.“Given the work that

we do, we felt it impor-tant that we didn’t go toofar away and that we stayon a bus route becausemost of our clients either

walk or bus to us,” Bos-coe explained. “It’s notexactly like being dande-lion seeds, but we’re defi-nitely in different partsof East Vancouver rightnow for the year we’regoing to be out.”The medical clinic,

pharmacy, counsellingdepartment and admin-istration have moved toHastings and Slocan,while the dental clinicand multi-cultural familyprogram are on East 10th

between Commercial andVictoria.Boscoe anticipates

REACH will be back inthe renovated building atthe end of January 2017.Further information can

be found on its website atreachcentre.bc.ca and twoopen houses for the tem-porary locations are beingplanned for January to letthe community see whatthe services look like in thenew locations.

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Political goings on this past year inVancouver were not totally eclipsedby the historic federal election ofthe Liberals and Justin Trudeau.

But that event was intimately connectedwith Mayor Gregor Robertson and hisaspirations for the city.The mayor left little doubt as to whom he

was backing and not just because Trudeauwanted to legalize pot. Early on in the

federal campaign, Robertson was unusu-ally effusive in his applause for a Trudeauannouncement regarding a “significant andmeaningful commitment to meet the urgentneed for major infrastructure investmentin cities and communities across Canada.”This came in spite of the fact that the otherparty leaders were making similar promises.Within a week of the new government

being sworn in in Ottawa, Robertson’s chief

of staff Mike Magee was on his horse andheading to the nation’s capital to grease theways for a trip by his boss.And, wouldn’t you know it, a couple of

weeks ago, Trudeau the Younger becamethe first sitting prime minister to visit Van-couver city hall since his father made thetrip back in 1973 when soon-to-be federalLiberal MP Art Phillips was mayor. It wasthe Justin and Gregor show with promisesof money for infrastructure and housingand, well, it was all very “green” and hugsand smiles. Municipalities and their issueswere back on the federal agenda.That presumably will include the awk-

ward problem of dealing with regulation bythe city of all those dozens of illegal dispens-ers of marijuana, if Trudeau carries out hispromise to have the weed legalized.Federal infrastructure money will not solve

the problem of local funding created by theprovince that we sawwith the disastroustransit referendum this year. Premier ChristyClark, of course, can commit billions for anew bridge to span the Fraser and replacethe GeorgeMassey Tunnel. But the premiercontinues to insist that no new taxes can becollected in this region for the purpose oftransit unless it is approved by the electorate.That costly action earlier this year failed

miserably largely because of an equallyproblematic insistence by the Liberals inVictoria, which is to keep the much criti-cized undemocratic governance structure ofTransLink.And TransLink this past year was just

one spot where we saw a dramatic shiftin leadership following complaints by the“stakeholders.” CEO Ian Jarvis got a goldenparachute send-off that resulted in himreduced to an advisory role on full pay whileanother CEO took his place.There were a number of senior depar-

tures at Vancouver city hall as well, al-though it could be debated as to whetherthey jumped or were pushed. Most promi-nent was controversial city manager PennyBallem, thought to be an impediment toRobertson keeping his election promise tolisten more to the people.Ahead of her leaving, Brenda Prosken,

manager of community services got nudgedout, viewed as over her head in the job.Engineering head Peter Judd’s departurewas announced in the samememo, althoughthere was no question of his competence.The head of planning, Brian Jackson,

however, had become a pariah among hispeers during his short three years on thejob. With his departure announcement,there wasn’t a wet eye in the house.There was much grumbling, which

continues, about housing affordability ingeneral and, in particular, the continued de-struction with city hall approval of perfectlylivable pre-1940s houses, which are being

crunched and carried off to the landfill at asteady clip. (The exceptions are the man-sions in First Shaughnessy, which are nowprotected.)The city’s insistence, by the way, that

the much larger replacement houses havegarages, has also led to our “greenest city”seeing the steady mowing down of maturetrees to make way for these structures.Structures council has approved removal

for that will be less lamented, although notwithout some controversy, will be thoseviaducts, remnants of a 1970s aborted planfor a cross town freeway.And controversy combined with some

doubt still surrounds the new art galleryplanned for Larwill Park just east of the oldpost office on Georgia. Like those viaducts,we will have a better idea of what will hap-pen there in the coming year.And then there is the seemingly unresolv-

able problem of street homelessness.@allengarr

And,wouldn’t youknow it, a couple ofweeks ago, TrudeautheYounger becamethe first sitting primeminister to visitVancouver city hallsince his fathermadethe trip back in 1973when soon-to-befederal LiberalMPArtPhillipswasmayor.

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Coffee reservationsRe: “Vibrant communities need morethan cute cafes,” Dec. 17.I have been to the LeMarché a couple of

times and find the place just a wee bit tweefor my liking. They also seem to cater to anichemarket so I don’t think this establish-ment nor its various clones in other hoodswould qualify as a community builder.You are absolutely right about a real

neighbourhood being a place where every-one belongs and feels included.I do have to take mild and friendly ex-

ception to the suggestion that we should allinvite each other over for coffee. Some ofus do because we have time and energy tospare and already feel somewhat compat-ible with the folks next door.Where I live it isn’t that easy. I live in a

social housing building downtown that has40 per cent mental health consumers fortenants. I work in the mental health field asa support worker. Some of my clients arealso my neighbours. When I come homeI am tired. I need time to rest, take careof myself and keep myself fit for anotherday’s work with clients who sometimes canbe very needy and challenging. The otherday when a former client of mine, who isalso a tenant in my building, started tellingme in the elevator all about her toe fungus,I was reminded of just why I don’t like toinvite my neighbours for coffee.This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t

look out for one another, and I always tryto be on hand if one of my neighbours is inneed and I am able to help out.Thanks for your great article.

Aaron Zacharias, Vancouver

Cross at crossword creatorRe: “Crossword,” Dec. 3.The Courier’s crossword puzzle creator

should have enough candour to sign hisname to his work. Many of the clues inthis week’s crossword gave me the feelingI was being messed with, in an annoying,not an amusing, way. Apart from being thekid in the class with the biggest thesaurus,I wonder if his other career is prank caller?His anonymity seems to confirm it.Ted Slater, Vancouver

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What I don’t understand is why the Prot-estants would have taken issue with anyof those 12 points. None of those seemparticularly “Roman Catholic” to me.Would all of this not have been part of theProtestant teaching as well?Lindsey Gallant via Comments

Blurred linesRe: “Le Marché St. George: Much adoabout a grocery store,” Dec. 18.Great articleMegan. Good to see at least

one journalist sorting out fact from spin.Vancouver is Awesome andVancity Buzzblur the lines between content and advertis-ing so thoroughly that I would look out thewindow if they said the sun was going to rise,wondering whose corporate logo would bediscreetly placed in a corner of the sky.Chris Keam via Comments

Standing up for HarperRe: “Federal election provided Canadi-answith earlyChristmas gift,”Dec. 21.OMG I am so sick of the degredation

of the effort Harper and his cabinet madeto serve his and their country. Allen Garr,you will be spewing the same sh** whenTrudeau is drummed out of office.Jane Beausoleil via Facebook

• • •It’s a tad early to be making such pro-

phetic statements, especially when 1) Mr.“evidence-based” decisions has alreadymade a series of non-evidence-based deci-sions, and 2) transparency apparently has adifferent meaning for Liberals. I will reservethinking anything positive until somethingpositive actually happens.Alison Malis via Facebook

Trudeau maniaand the mediaRe: “Cheers for Trudeau but no newson projects,” Dec. 17.I think maybe the media should be using

the word ‘yet’ a lot more at this point intime... or just leave out the ‘but’ for now...I’ll be happy to know this govt’s decisionshave been thoroughly researched whenthey announce them. “Evidence-based...”Janet S Miller via Facebook

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We talked with a lot of peoplein 2015 — politicians, healthcareworkers, athletes, musicians, bodybuilders, even a piñata maker. Here’sa small sampling of the most compel-ling things people told us in the pagesof the Courier this past year.

Seeking refugeIt’s like drinking from a fire

hydrant of humanity.Chris Friesen of the Immigrant

Services Society of B.C. on the out-pouring of donations and offers frompeople wanting to help refugees.

It’s just so horrible to be in asafe place but thinking about yourfamily and your parents every singleday and knowing that someday youmight wake up one day knowingyoumight not be able to talk tothem. I feel homesick every day.MajdAgha, a 22-year-old govern-

ment-sponsored refugee from Syria.

Civic affairsI don’t look at it as some kind of

crown, or whatever. For me, it’sjust something that if I can be ofhelp, then I will do something tohelp the NPA. That’s all.Former NPA city councillor

B.C. Lee on becoming the NPA’spresident.

They’ve been very receptive andwant to hear that independenthealth viewpoint on a lot of theirdecisions, but not all governmentsdo that. But they’re still makingthe decisions.Dr. Patricia Daly of Vancou-

ver Coastal Health on the agency’sinfluence on city council in formingpublic policy.

I don’t believe she had inten-tions to retire. Refreshing lead-ership is necessary and I think— without pointing specifically tochanges that need to happen— Ithink there’s an opportunity withnew leadership to address some ofthose concerns around a more col-laborative approach as a city.Mayor Gregor Robertson

on dumping city manager PennyBallem, who was hired by VisionVancouver in 2008.

She obviously played an im-portant role in the Vision com-munications team, but I had noknowledge of her personal beliefson fossil fuels. She was a greatresource on our campaign but shehas her own personal views and isworking in Alberta now and feltcompelled to express those.Mayor Gregor Robertson on

former Vision co-chairperson Mar-cella Munro declaring her support forthe Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal.

I just wish they [CP] weren’tso greedy. I’m pleased thatour city government is lookingout for our tax dollar interestsbecause I think the amount thatCPR was asking is outrageous.Gudrun Langolf, a long-time

Marpole resident, saying she wouldn’tmind if the city bought the ArbutusCorridor land— but not at any price.

The park board did not giveus any assurance about program-ming. But I thought it was impor-tant to get the project going. It’s aleap of faith and our way of sayingto the park board we’re willing towork with you.Ainslie Kwan, president of the

Killarney Community Centre As-sociation, on signing an agreementwith the park board determining thegroup has no claim to ownership ofthe centre or the land it sits on.

I’m not at liberty as a trusteeto confirm or deny anything thatmay have occurred or didn’t occurin camera. I just thought it in thebest interest of the board, for thegood governance of the board,that my stepping aside would bethe right thing to do.Vancouver School Board chair

Christopher Richardson abouthis surprise decision to resign.

This is your chance to notonly acknowledge past disloca-tion and exclusion but to see toit that the black community thatwas displaced and the subse-quent generations who have beenimpacted by that loss are thought-fully consulted with the purpose ofre-establishing a place for Vancou-ver’s black community.Stephanie Allen, an urban

studies master’s student at SimonFraser University in a presentation tocity council about the removal of theGeorgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.

Right now, the drug dealers,the pimps and the exploitershave more command of the so-cial system than does the socialcare system.Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond,

B.C.’s Representative for Childrenand Youth on the need for betterservices for aboriginal children.

HousecallsWe’re just seeing our city dis-

appear, so it’s my small attemptto capture some of this beforeit’s all gone.Caroline Adderson before

the release of the book VancouverVanishes: Narratives of Demolitionand Removal.

Vinyl windows. I continue tocall them the spawn of the devil.They are a horrible thing todo to a building. Just awful formany, many, many reasons. Justdon’t do it. Please.Donald Luxton on one of his

pet peeves about what people do toheritage buildings.

I guess my feeling is that if thiswas happening in Shaughnessy orPoint Grey on a regular basis —the two or three times a year thatthese people seem to surface — Ithink there’d be a plan to say, ‘No,this is not appropriate.’TomMacDonald, a Grand-

view-Woodland resident, on anunsanctioned street party going aheadin his neighbourhood.

You tell me where the hell isaffordability. Things have gone in-sane. So when they’re talking rowhouses etc., I don’t know wherethey’re going to get affordablehomes when the new developmentat 25th and Ash where the HobbitHouse is — [those] townhousesare going to go for a million plus.Allan Biuim, of the Riley Park

South Cambie Community VisionGroup, on references to affordabilityin the staff report on phase three ofthe Cambie Corridor plan.

What’s missing is [people’s]realization that if you don’t haveInternet at home or at work or youdon’t work, then you are almosthelpless in today’s society. It’s likeyou’re set back 50 years in termsof your capabilities compared tothe average person.Roland Clarke, one of the

coordinators for the DowntownEastside Street Market, on howdifficult life is for people who don’thave access to Wi-Fi.

So, so far I’ve been very po-litically correct. I kept my mouthshut. I kept my head down. But Ikind of think there’s a very inter-esting book here, one that I call,‘Don’t be so f***ing hypocritical.’Brian Jackson, the city’s head

planner before he retired in Novem-

ber, on planners and academicswho’ve been critical.

I guess we think homes shouldbe lived in by people and ifpeople do want to speculate,which happens globally now, it’sup to the government to get apublic benefit out of that.JamesMacdonald, a contribu-

tor to the popular Beautiful EmptyHomes Tumblr site, urging penaltieson vacant homes.

I’m a third generation Canadi-an, born and raised in Vancouver,and somebody sent me an emailsaying, ‘I think this house is emptyand I see an Asian guy in a suitin there and he must be the realestate agent or a foreign investor.’And it was my house.Coun. Kerry Jang on not

jumping to a conclusion that ahome is vacant.

Co-housing is the oppositeof [a lonely existence]. It allowspeople to enter into a communityof like-minded people where theycan share all kinds of activi-ties and they can be involved inevents and [they] are able to cre-ate a family of their own.Jack Brondwin, 68, on the ap-

peal of co-housing.

We’re not against heritage,but in this particular case [we]have the sense that heritage isbeing used as a way to densifyand get a more profitable out-come for the builder.Dale Leibel, a Douglas Park

resident, on a proposal for a multi-family development that would savea 1920s-era church.

You know, there’s referencehere to climate change and so inaiming to be the greenest city,how are they embracing howwe’re going to be the bluest city?Shahira Sakiyama at a City

of Vancouver open house about theplanning process for False CreekFlats, commenting on how the cityshould incorporate or honour thehistoric site of the creek.

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I thought this was going to be one of those places where I was going to getuncomfortable. I don’t like people in authority. Whether they shake my handor not, or smile, I have a hard time with it. I’ve been that way since I was a kid.But my emotions today are more different than they used to be. I can shakea [police officer’s] hand now and feel comfortable around them and not feellike they’re going to arrest me.Jasper Joseph, a guest at the Vancouver police’s “Lunch with the chief” lun-

cheon at the Carnegie Centre.

The pigs are the hard part. They run around and knock you over, especiallythe mom.16-year-old Noah MacMurchy about his summer job as a farmhand at the

Pacific National Exhibition. PHOTOREBECCA BLISSETT


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Sporting lifeThere’s only one champion.

We take the silver, and I amincredibly proud of these boys.We’re back at it Wednesday tostart the next season.Jeff Gourley, head coach of

the Tupper Tigers, speaking after acrushing loss at the AAA B.C. seniorboys basketball championship final.

We will race the last stage of theTour de France alongside the menon the Champs Elysees, in Paris.The women finally have one racealongside the men. That’s the nextbig goal for me.ShelleyOlds, U.S. national team

racer who finished on the podium inevery B.C. Superweek event, discuss-ing her future plans after finishing thirdin the GastownGrand Prix.

That woman doesn’t deserve totake that stick. International foot-ball ain’t easy, and Sinclair is givingeverything, every single game.John Herdman, Canada’s

national soccer coach speaking aboutteam captain Christine Sinclair andthe criticism she received in the GroupStage of the FIFAWomen’s WorldCup in June. In the first three games,she scored one goal on a penalty shot.

I feel like I blacked out in thefirst 30 minutes of the game. I wason a mission today.Carli Lloyd, FIFAWorld Cup

MVP and U.S. captain scored thefastest hat trick in the tournament’shistory to lift her side 5-2 over Japanat B.C. Place July 5. The U.S. led4-0 by the 16th minute.

Turn ’em loose, boys!MikeReno, lead rocker from Lov-

erboy, had this advice after he sangthe Canadian anthem with CatherineSt Germain before the opening of theLittle League B.C. Championship atMemorial Park South.

I wore Wranglers and cowboyboots and a cowboy hat every-

where.JonathanDieleman, a para-

swimmer who grew up on a farmin Quick, B.C. and now lives inVancouver, competed at the TorontoPara-PanAmGames in July. He callshimself the “prototypical cowboy.”

Best money I ever spent. Itwasn’t that hard, and he sold itpretty good so I’m laughing on thebench afterwards so I don’t thinkhe’s too hurt. I wasn’t trying toinjure him […]When I swing by, Igot my stick active.Brandon Prust, Vancouver

Canucks winger fined $5,000 forspearing Boston Bruin Brad March-and between the legs at Rogers Arenain early December.

HumansofVancouverIt’s difficult to sell a one-hour

documentary about somethingthat happened 70 years ago thatdoesn’t include a Kardashian.MorganElliott, executive pro-

ducer of a documentary about the lasttwo airworthy Lancaster bombers thatserved in the SecondWorldWar.

After all of my work with Hon-our House, I am proud to wearthis uniform. I want those menand women to know I am here toserve them.AllanDeGenova, Honourary

Lieutenant-Colonel to 15th FieldRegiment, who founded HonourHouse, a home away from home forCanadian Forces personnel, veterans,first-responders and their families whilereceiving medical care and treatment intheMetro Vancouver area.

He’s all I’ve got.Tellier Tower residentRobDu-

mas speaking to the Courier about hismulti-coloured Shih Tzu named Chicofor a story about the importance of therelationships between residents from theDowntown Eastside and their pets.

I like how he tells the story of thewar. And the part whenHitler dies.

Grade 4 studentRoshin Sandhufollowing a presentation as part of theMemory Project at the VancouverAboriginal Friendship Centre onHastings Street during which Ernest“Peter” Bone spoke of his time serv-ing with the Royal Air Force duringthe SecondWorld War.

It’s going to be like BoxingDay at Wal-Mart. I’ll probably bepushing down old people who getin my way.Negroni cocktail enthusiastColin

Bradley discussing the eventual endof Vancouver’s months-long Camparishortage.

The language is filthy. It’s amaz-ing, many of the actors have youngchildren and they’re like, ‘It’s sohard to turn it off when you leavethe rehearsal hall.’Rachel Peake on directing

David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer-PrizeGlengarry Glen Ross with an all-female cast.

Their influence is really ev-erywhere and even if you don’tlike them, what they did is bringattention to Canada and Canada’smusic machine. They don’t evenget that credit, which is crazy tome. If four dudes had done that,they’d be on our f***ing dollarbills — if we had dollar bills.AuthorAndreaWarner on

Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, Sha-nia Twain and SarahMcLachlan,the subjects of her bookWe OughtaKnow: How Four Women Ruled the’90s and Changed CanadianMusic.

People have an unadmitted sa-distic feeling towards puppets, theywant to see them suffer.Old Trout Puppet Workshop co-

founder Judd Palmer on the popu-larity of his troupe’s show, FamousPuppet Death Scenes.

I see them as neighbours thatjust don’t happen to be humans.How we treat these cats can tell us

a lot about ourselves.Writer and photographer Jordan

Matthew Yerman who’s taken2,500 photos of feral felines in citiesaround the world.

[I had] to dress up as Tour-ismNanaimo mascot ‘NanaimoBarney’ — literally a huge, fuzzyNanaimo Bar that smelled ofdespair and broken dreams— andendure occasional gut punches bysome jerky little kid.Local actressElizabeth Bowen

on her most humbling acting gig of hercareer thus far.

If I do continue to compete, itwill be a consideration, which issomething I never thought I’d sayout loud. When I was fatter, I hadgreat boobs. I miss my boobs. Istill have the bags they came in…Writer-turned-bodybuilder Jenn

Farrell discussing the possibility ofgetting plastic surgery.

It’s made my experience betterbecause I know now that it hasnothing to do with me… and thatother people are experiencing ittoo, and also that it’s going tomake good material for my blog,too, if I respond in a funny way.HannahMaté who started the

blog Hey Sup Girl?: Celebrating theReal S*** Dudes Say on OnlineDating.

What pays my rent is business-men. I make a lot of the CEO of acompany, like white, bald dudes insuits… If your boss already ownshis Rolex, he owns his yacht, whatdo you buy a guy that has every-thing? A custom piñata of them.Custom piñata makerMeaghan

Kennedy

Not wanting to miss out on abig celebration, I decided to makemy 99th the ‘Big One.’ You neverknow at this stage whether you willreach 100.Centenarian Janet Shier, a

resident of Cavell Gardens retirementcommunity who was recently awardedthe 2015 Let’s Embrace Aging Pas-sionately (LEAP) Award from theB.C. Seniors Living Association.

I feel very lucky to be at mystage in life and to be able to dovery good, sophisticated dancingwith good choreography. Some-times I pinch myself and just thinkI’m going to be performing in theRothstein Theatre — that’s prettycool — with 28 of my good friendsand family there to watch.Retired B.C. Supreme Court Jus-

ticeDonnaMartinson, who joinedthe Razzmatap dance troupe in 2002when she was 52 and her 17-year-oldson told her to get a life.

My brother-in-law worked nearthere at a gas station, and he heardit was closing. So he went by andthey were pulling up the woodendance floor in long slats and goingto throw it all out. He bought itall off it. He took some of it for hiscabin in Point Roberts and we gotthe rest of it for $35. We did ourwhole basement floor with it.Mildred Henderson, 92, who out-

fitted her basement with floorboards ofthe Danceland Ballroom before it wasdemolished in 1965.

You get up and say, ‘This is it,this is the last day.’ And to have allthis, with family and friends andthe luncheon, it’s quite a way togo out. I didn’t think this manypeople liked me.Rick Caulfield on retiring after

47 years as a barber in Kitsilano.

I still sing and I’m still blowingmy horn, playing the saxophoneand clarinet, which is good for thediaphragm. And I lead a prettyhealthy lifestyle. I walk a mile everyday and I still take singing lessons.The soon-to-be 98-year-old

bandleaderDal Richards speakingon his longevity.Read more quotes at vancourier.com.

I really like the idea of workingwith this dark humour, workingwith a different way of viewing the Holocaust and usinglaughter and confidence as aweapon…so you can seemywomen are smiling, they’re enjoying themselves, they’re confi-dent, they’re absurd. It’s a crazy revenge fantasy.ArtistHindaAvery discussing her large scale paintings of fun-loving, foul-mouthed women freedom fighters taking on the Nazis.

Have you ever thought, ‘Why can’t I go tomy local bar not to only to drink beerand eat saucyMexican food, but also to sketch or shyly glance atmodern nudesin various poseswhile listening to dramatic classicalmusic by the greats?

NikkiHebertwho organizes a regular art event at theAstoriaHotel pub calledGetNude.


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New Year’s Eve will seesome of us engaged in ahedonistic bacchanal. Themore laid-back among usmight spend hour after hourwatching Anderson Coopergiggle his way into the newyear. For quite a numberof Buddhists in Vancouver,the evening will be far morequiet and reflective.New Year’s Eve doesn’t

have a particular religioussignificance in Buddhism.But because Japanesecustoms follow the Westerncalendar, it is the end ofthe year and a good time toreflect, according to Rev.Tatsuya Aoki, residentminister at Vancouver Bud-dhist Temple in what wastraditionally Japantown. Heand roughly 100 others willgather at UBC’s Asian Cen-tre and strike a four-sidedbell that was a gift from thegovernment of Japan.Buddhism teaches imper-

manence, that everythingchanges, he says.“So Dec. 31, we take

our busy schedule aside

and we hit a bell more than108 times,” Aoki says. Thesignificance of the number,he says, is the teaching thatthere are 108 worldly pas-sions that Buddhists striveto master or overcome.The fading sounds of the

bell’s peal is also intended torecall the transitory natureof life. The late Dr. ShotaroIida, a UBC professor ofreligious studies, explainedthe significance of ringing thebell at the NewYear.“In Buddhist philoso-

phy, there are 108 mentaldefilements,” Iida said. “Itis believed that by ringingthe bell 108 times on NewYear’s Eve — 54 timesbefore midnight, 54 timesafter — one can erase thepast mental impurities andstart the year new.”Across town, at the Kad-

ampaMeditation Centre onthe East Side, resident teach-er GenKelsang Thekchenwill lead a candle-lightingandmeditation service.“Lighting a candle flame

generally symbolizes wis-dom, wisdom fire, so we’rekind of moving towardthe next year with the

determination to increaseour wisdom and be moreunderstanding in the yearto come,” he says. “Afterwe’ve lit all the candles,then I’m going to give ashort talk on compassion…Compassion is feeling thesuffering of others and find-ing it unbearable… a wishto protect others from thesuffering, to liberate others

from their suffering andrealizing the only way to dothat is to free ourselves fromour suffering, otherwise it’sone drowning person help-ing another.”This will be followed by

visualization.“We spend some time

visualizing our family,our friends, the people ofCanada, the people of the

world and all living beings,not only humans, and justreflect on how we all wish tobe happy all the time, we allwish to be free from suffer-ing. We all wish to be equalbased on these simple wish-es,” he says. “We’ll visualizethe Buddha of compassion,mentally make offerings tothat Buddha, make requestsfor all suffering to cease andfor inspiration and blessingsto help heal the world, healour minds.”If he times it just right,

Thekchen laughs, the groupwill chant in the new yearwith a beautiful, commonBuddhist mantra.For Thekchen, whose

tradition is a fairly modernWestern Buddhist traditionbased in Tibetan roots, NewYear’s is a time of reflection.“In our practice of moral

discipline, at the beginningof the day, in the morning,we take certain vows andwe make certain determina-tions, certain promises, tobe more compassionate,more patient, to abandoncertain negative actions, andthen we try to be mindful ofthat throughout the day,”he says. The beginning of anew year is similar. “NewYear’s seems to have, formany, a stronger powerbecause you’re spending alittle more time reflectingon your year and makingsome determinations. Alot of people make NewYear’s resolutions, that sortof thing. Generally, I try toemphasize a determinationto be more compassionate

over the next year.”At another local centre,

Triratna Vancouver, ordermembers and anyone whocares to join them will makea conscious decision toavoid the alcohol-fuelledhighjinks of the night.Dharmacharini Vimala-

sara, also called ValerieMason-John, is the chair-person of the local orderand also the author ofseveral books, includingEight Step Recovery Usingthe Buddha’s teachings toOvercome Addiction.“There are many people

who struggle at this time,”she says. “We’re creating asafe space for people to comeand the opportunity to reflecton their lives without beingunder the influence of anintoxicant.” Lots of peoplechoose tomedicate onNewYear’s Eve, she says, whileshe and those around herprefer to meditate.“Wewill also do a ritual

looking at what people wouldlike to leave behind and whatthey would like to cultivate in2016,” she says. Even so, shedownplays the relevance ofDec. 31 or Jan. 1.“New Year’s Eve isn’t

significant in our tradition,because every day is a newyear,” she says. “But weare living in the West, we’reliving in a Christian countrywhere many people areaffected by the new year.”She and other Buddhists intown want people to havethe opportunity to experi-ence it in a different way.

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Rev. Tatsuya Aoki of Vancouver Buddhist Temple says Buddhistsset aside time onDec. 31 to hit a bell more than 108 times to rep-resent the 108worldly passions that Buddhists strive tomaster orovercome. PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER


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You people sure get up tointeresting things on week-ends. And that is great forthe Courier, otherwise thisCity Living feature, whichventures out to explore yourworlds almost every Satur-day and Sunday throughoutthe year, would not exist.As another year closes, we

opened the archives to lookat some of the highlights ofthe weekends of 2015.

HavingaballMarch 21 marked the

second time an officialsnowball fight happened inVancouver. A game of yuki-gassen is described as beinga mix of capture the flag,dodgeball, hide and seekand touch football wheretwo teams huck syntheticsnowballs at one another ona court, or in this case, thebare concrete of the RobsonSquare skating rink. Yuki-gassen started in Japan 20years ago and has its owninternational federation.“It’s a game that feels veryCanadian,” said NathaniaLo, a member of the 2014championship team Snow-ball Patrol. “It brings backthe kid in a person, too.”

Zip itThe most-read City

Living feature covered thetemporary Queen Elizabethzipline, which officiallyopened July 4. The ziplinewas controversial; someloved the idea of flying over

the gardens while others didnot want to see the privati-zation of public space. Oth-ers, such as Rob Hicks, anemployee with GreenheartInternational DevelopmentCorp. — the companyresponsible for building andrunning the zipline — weremore concerned aboutensuring brides did not flashthose down below. “Lots ofexperience with the wed-ding dresses, maybe 100 ofthem,” said Hicks. “Youknow, you just got marriedand you have a beautifulwoman and you don’t wantto be giving everybody elsea peep show.” The ziplineraised $47,175 for the parkboard, which helped fundmaintenance of parks acrossthe city.

Empire loyalistsSpeaking of parks, City

Living also went to thegrand re-opening of theEmpire Fields July 18.The city did a beautifuljob of the park, with itstwo synthetic turf-playingfields, a running track,basketball and beach vol-leyball courts, a parkourpark, ping pong tables,gym and children’s playarea. Nice to see espe-cially given the grounds’storied history; whenEmpire Stadium openedfor the British Empire andCommonwealth GamesJuly 30, 1954, it was thelargest sports facility in thecountry. The stadium’sglory years included RogerBannister and John Landy

breaking the four-minutemile at the ’54 Games inthe first televised sportsevent broadcast live to allof North America, as wellas a tour stop for Elvis in’57 and the Beatles in ’64.

Grizzlies sightingHistory was very much

present when the TorontoRaptors rolled into Rog-ers Arena to take on theLos Angeles Clippers in apreseason NBA stop, Oct.

4. Hordes of Vancouverfans wore the teal greenjerseys of the VancouverGrizzlies, a team that lastedsix years here before movingto Memphis, Tenn. for the2001-02 season.

“We want to show Van-couver can support anotherteam,” said fan Vishal Lekhiwho rounded up 20 friendsto attend the game. “We areready! Vancouver is ready!”

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Ziplines, snowball fights highlight year of weekendsCITY LIVING

Left: First-time visitors to Queen Elizabeth Park Karen andNateWhistler with daughters Hazel and Fiona, wanted a family photographtaken in front of the park’s temporary zipline. Right: Siblings Teri andMike Parker picked up their NBA excitementwhere they left off byattending a preseason Raptors vs. Clippers game at Rogers ArenaOct. 4, 2015. Both attended Vancouver Grizzlies games years ago.See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTOSREBECCA BLISSETT


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Start nothing new before January 25, Aries– projects, ventures, relationships, majorpurchases. A new friend or contact, just met,might not remain. Ah, well – there are reasons.This person might return in February, but eventhen the relationship might not “cement.” Aformer job, boss, or career role might return –but there’s more talk than action.

Start no brand new projects, ventures, investments,relationships – nor make major purchases – beforeJanuary 25. Until then, mistakes, indecision and falsestarts rule. There are two good ways to go: 1) repriseprojects, etc. from the past; 2) protect ongoingprojects from mistakes, delays, supply shortages, etc.Double check figures, addresses, schedules. In yourcase, most of the snafus will occur in home, property,security and related zones.

The general accent lies on intellect, learning,far travel, legal affairs, culture and gentle love.But deep physical intimacy, secrets, financesand health matters pull you, also – in a sweet,mildly lucky way, until late month. Relationshipssimmer with intensity Sunday noon (PST) toTuesday night – and all January and February.Make friends, not enemies – but don’t let over-assertive types try to cow you, either.

Start no new projects, ventures nor relationships beforeJanuary 25, Scorpio. Don’t makemajor purchases(car, computer, software, clothes – or bigger). In yourcase, errands, mail, phones, paperwork and filing –these need special attention. Double check addresses,figures, times, instructions, stock on hand, etc. A friendfrom long agomight re-appear. This is probably meantto make you re-examine your personal ties, rather thanmeant to add a friend.

Start nothing new – relationships, projects, majorpurchases – before January 25, Gemini. Instead,protect ongoing ventures, jobs andmeetings fromdelays, missed appointments, supply shortages,confused thinking, false starts and indecision. You alsocan profitably reprise the past. An old flamemightappear this month, but chances are he/she is marriedor otherwise unavailable for a “whole love” – you canreap physical intimacy, but little else.

Start nothing new before January 25, Sage –especially in money matters, purchases, andrelationships. (You could be tempted to start an easy,polite sensual affair, but will later wish you were free.)Instead, protect ongoing projects from loss, mistakes,delays, shortages, wrong instructions, etc. You canalso reprise the past – e.g., collect on an old debt,or return to a former source of income. (These arehighlighted Friday/Sat. – see below.)

Relationships outweigh everything else thismonth. Sunday noon (PST) to Tues. night bringsromance, passion, creative and risk-taking urges– and the pleasure of winning, or the poetry oflove. Be a little careful with sex, investmentsand legal matters – it almost looks like aconversation tempts you into, or to argue about,these things. Otherwise, all is idyllic – plunge inwhere the heart leads.

Your energy, charisma and clout stand at a yearlyhigh, Cap. Usually I’d urge you to get out and startbig new projects. But you should avoid startinganything brand new before January 25. Projects,ventures, relationships, even purchases entered intobefore then will chase their tails, and eventually dieon the vine. Purchases will be lemons, so stick togroceries, reject new cars, etc. Happiness wafts inSunday noon (PST) to Tues. night.

January’s main accent lies on work and health, Leo.Eat, dress sensibly. Don’t start anything new beforeJanuary 25. That includes relationships, projects,ventures, investments andmajor purchases. (All these,however, could be viable, even nicely successful, ifthey return from the past – e.g., a former job.) Strive toprotect ongoing projects (especially at the work place)from delays, supply shortages, missed appointments,mistakes, false starts and indecision.

Steer away, until January 25, from brand newprojects, relationships and major purchases,Aquarius. (Minor purchase: bread. Major: clothes,and on up.) You were just about to start somethingrecently: if it (or your enthusiasm) fades, let it.Sunday noon (PST) to Tues. night features career,worldly standing, prestige relations and yourambition – mostly beneficially. (Avoid a smallargument, especially with a boss or VIP.)

Start nothing important, no new relationship, nomajor purchase, no significant project, beforeJanuary 25, Virgo. In general, this is a beautiful,affectionate, romantic and winning month. Anold flame might appear – and might belongin your life once again, perhaps forever. (Aslong as it wasn’t toxic before!) Sunday noon(PST) to Tues. night brings errands, talk, travel,casual acquaintances, details, paperwork andcommunications.

The general accent lies on wishes coming true,Pisces – and an old or former wish very wellmight be fulfilled this month, especially if itinvolves a legal, cultural, travel, publishingor intellectual matter. A former friend, socialcircle, or “happy lover” could appear in theweeks ahead. This might be a significantperson, and good luck could flow if/when youbecome involved again. This can also apply toa practical or business relationship.

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Best sports photography of the yearCourtside, curbside and outside, Courier photographers get the shot

SLIP N SLIDE A downpour at Jericho Beach Park onNov. 7 during the B.C. high school cross-country championships soaked theterrain, and the sodden, slippery course lead to a few spills out of the gate, like this one during the senior girls race. A downed runner in asea of legs shows how the event became an obstacle course as racers fought to keep their footing.PHOTOREBECCA BLISSETT

MUDRUN After Kieran Lumb slogged three very fast laps ofamuddy course at Jericho Beach Park onNov. 7, the Vancouvercross-country city champion crossed the finish line towin thesenior boys provincial crown. The exertion needed towin againstthe toughest B.C. competitors and conditions is written on Lumb’sface. PHOTOREBECCA BLISSETT

TALEOFTWORACESAs theyapproached the finish lineinanearly-season race, seniorboys LordByng’sKieranLumbandKitsilano’s ThomsonHarris lap competitors in the senior girls raceatQuilchenaParkonSept. 29. Thisphoto says somuch: the twowalk-ers enjoya stroll, seemingly indifferent tobeingpassed,while thetwo runnerspush their limits inoneof themost competitive fieldsever seen inVancouver’s public school league.PHOTODANTOULGOET

GETAFTERITCelebratingabigpoint in the first set,ChurchillBulldogsEloiseFaehndrich (No.10)cheeredasshecheckedthescoreduring theseniorgirlscityvolleyball championshipatVanTechsecondaryNov.5.Churchilldefeatedthehosts instraightsetsandfin-ishedseventhoverallatprovincials. I’mmovedevery time Iseeyoungwomenexpressambitionandpride insports.PHOTODANTOULGOET

HIT THEMAT Fifteen-year-old J.O. Jokers wrestler ChantelWacchan (in red) fought for position during the regional cham-pionship at JohnOliver secondary Feb. 12. Shewon bronze inthe girls 54-kilogram class, and I chose this photo because of theclaustrophobic composition and thewillpower showing on herface. Her determined expression inspiresme andmakesme gritmy teeth. PHOTODANTOULGOET

GET IN LINE Named theMVP for thesenior boys city basketball championship,David Thompson forward Harry Brar (No.14) scored 43 points in one game and 58in another as the Trojans finished secondat the February tournament on their wayto reaching provincials for the first timein four decades. In addition to the focuson the players’ faces, this photo is strikingbecause all the out-stretched arms align.PHOTODANTOULGOET

ROADRASHEamon Lucaswith iRT Racing clutchedhis ribs and avoided the peloton after hecrashed on a turn during the Global RelayGastownGrand Prix on July 15.PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER


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HAIR TOTHERE Lord Byng Grey Ghosts Daniel Hurt (inred andwhite) hauled down a Lord Tweedsmuir Panther in theopening round of the B.C. AAA senior boys rugby championshipsat St. George’s secondary onMay 23. The dynamic action, lackof padding or helmets and sheer physicality of rugbymakes foroutstanding sports action photographs. In this one, the hair winsthe day. PHOTOREBECCA BLISSETT

RAISE THEROOF Crowded in the key, these three defend-ers with the Eric Hamber Griffins (in blue) all keep their armsperfectly straight to avoid fouling the J.O. Jokers shooter in an af-ternoon game at Britannia Secondary on Feb. 3. This photo speaksto patient players who execute the fundamental instruction ofgood coaching. And it cracksme up. PHOTODANTOULGOET

AGAPEWhite Rock Little League base-runner Nathan “NattyBoy” Kirkpatrick (No. 2) timed his steal with the pitcher’s wind-up—and showed us all what he thought of his chances during theLittle League B.C. Championship at Memorial Park South on July22. Little Mountain’s second baseman Keegan Lott (No. 33) casu-ally watched the drama unfold. PHOTODANTOULGOET

AWWWSOME Toronto Raptors forward Bruno Cabocloshowed nine-year-old Valeria the expansive size of his palm andfingers during a basketball charity clinic at the Kimount Boys andGirls ClubOct. 2. PHOTODANTOULGOET


Chris Wanlass and Karen McKibbin’s much-anticipated Nordstrom arrival was one of thebiggest occasions of the year. The RobsonSquare runway romp and after party at thestore were showstoppers.

Growing Chefs founderMerri Schwartz andCBC’sMargaret Gallagher toasted the char-ity’s 10 years of teaching kids about growingand cooking healthy foods. The kitchen party isan annual sellout.

For her first outing, Cecilia Tse’s Asia Pacific-themed Time to Shine Galabenefitting Barbara Grantham and Vivian Eliopoulos VGH HospitalFoundation raised a whopping $1.65 million.

OH,WHAT A YEAR! As 2015 draws to aclose, here’s a final look back at the year thatwas — from the most notable to the mostbuzzworthy and epic events. Once again,Vancouverites demonstrated their incrediblecapacity to give by opening their hearts, theirwallets and even their homes to support in-dividuals and organizations in times of need.Here’s to them and a stellar new year!

BEST LARGE GALA: Society darlingArya Eshghi steered her third Crystal Ball,B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation’spremier gala. Always one of the most ritzymust-attend affairs on the social calendar,Eshghi’s Midas touch helped generate an-other $1.4 million for pediatric healthcare.More than $6.1 million has been raisedunder her leadership.

BEST SMALL GALA:Growing Chefsbrings together some of the city’s mostprominent chefs and mixologists and theregion’s best growers and producers for oneof the city’s best kitchen parties. Fronted byfounder Merri Schwartz, the Farms to ForksHarvest Party held through the classroomkitchens at the Pacific Institute of CulinaryArts celebrate the best of the season.

BEST NEW GALA: At the behest ofevent chair Cecilia Tse, A-listers fromB.C.’s Chinese community arrived enmasse for her first ever VGH HospitalFoundation benefit. The social influenc-er’s Time to Shine Gala, a Fairmont Pa-cific Rim and DeBeers Diamond collabo-ration, was a dazzling affair that fetched anequally brilliant $1.65 million, making itone of the year’s top earners.

TOP RETAIL GALA: The arrival ofSeattle-based department high-end storeNordstrom marked a retail renaissance inthe city. Store brass Chris Wanlass andKaren McKibbin welcomed the city’swho’s who to the Nordstrom fashion showand gala, one of the year’s hottest ticketsand most lavish. Four charities — B.C.Women’s Hospital, B.C. Children’s Hos-pital, Covenant House and the VancouverArt Gallery — also benefitted, each receiv-ing $100,000 from the opening festivities.

BEST SUMMER PARTY: Also thedressiest affair where everyone arriveslooking their sartorial best. Tyson Vil-leneuve, Jordan Kallman and CrystalCarson continue to elevate their Deigh-ton Cup-do at Hastings Racecourse. Weappreciated the new trackside concourse,expanded grandstand area and viewingplatform for the yearly style stakes.

AryaEshghl converted the Four Seasonsball-room into aPersianparty palace. Her third effortsteering theCrystal Ball further generatedanotherimpressive $1.4million for theChildren’sHealingExperienceProject at B.C. Children’sHospital.

Style stakes are high at the Deighton Cup.Stylist Crystal Carson and her boyfriend ChrisViolettewere among the stylish set enjoying aday at Hastings Racecourse.

Vancouver Aquarium CEO Dr. John Nightin-gale and his wife, Jacqueline Gjissen, wel-comed guests to the organization’s marqueefundraiser. The pool party netted $362,000 tosupport the conservation of our oceans.

Former police chief Jim Chu and his wife Vickiwere feted for their combined 65 years of ser-vice at the Night Patrol Gala. More than 1,400gala-goers piled into the convention centre forthe $1.4-million black tie benefit.

Jacqui Cohen greeted her former Point Grey Road neighbour,MayorGregor Robertson, to her $1.5 million Face the World House Party. Itwas the ninth consecutive time the fundraiser has generated more than$1 million.

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