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A staff update to citycouncil Tuesday on the stateof homelessness came withmany numbers but the onenumbermissing from thepresentation was howmanypeople are living on the street.In a year thatMayor

Gregor Robertson promisedto end street homelessness,city staff say the street popu-lation is difficult to determinebecause of a variety of factors,

including tracking wherethe 536 people counted lastMarch are today.“We do see properties

closing and other issuescoming forward whichmayincrease the numbers butthat’s quite difficult to quan-tify at themoment,” said thecity’s chief housing officer,Mukhtar Latif, noting thecity won’t know howmanypeople remain on the streetuntil another homeless countis conducted inMarch.Asked by reporters

whether the mayor’s goal ofending street homelessnesswill be achieved this spring,Latif said the city is “work-ing towards that deadlineand doing our best toachieve that. That’s all wecan say at the moment.”Latif acknowledged the

last accurate number for thehomeless population was theone he disclosed in an affida-vit filed last fall as part of thecity’s application to get aninjunction to remove camp-ers in Oppenheimer Park.

In his affidavit, Latif wrotethat about 200 of the 536homeless people had beenhoused in temporary housingat the former Biltmore Hotel,the former Ramada on EastHastings and the KingswayContinental. Some alsomoved into new social hous-ing on Burrard Street.More people were ex-

pected tomove off the streetand into new social housingslated to open before the endof 2014 and into early 2015,including a 139-unit building

at 111 Princess Ave., whichopened inDecember.Taylor Manor, a 56-unit

building at Adanac andBoundary, is scheduled toopen in mid-March and behome to people with mentalillness. That opening will befollowed a month later bythe 146-unit social housingbuilding at 220 PrincessAve., which will housewomen-led families with ap-proximately 50 children.This winter, homeless

people also moved into

shelters and found tempo-rary housing at the formerQuality Inn at 1335 Howe,where 140 tenants now live.City shelters and temporary

winter response shelters havebeen at capacity, staff said intheir presentation, althoughthey couldn’t explain why ex-treme weather response shel-ters—which opened about10 times this winter— onlyhad 50 per cent of a combined160mats occupied when theweather turned bad.

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Howard E. Grantremembers visiting the Mu-seum of Vancouver in the1950s when it was calledthe Vancouver Museumand situated downtown.“It showed things called

artifacts of my people andother people,” said Grant,a Musqueam band coun-cillor. “It was dead, it wasgone. It was as if they nolonger existed.”The case was the same

at the Museum of Anthro-pology and the Royal B.C.Museum.“One-third was personal

regalia that shouldn’t beshown,” he said.He and Leona Sparrow

championed changes atthe Museum of Anthro-pology in the 1970s andnow a new, unprecedentedthree-site exhibition calledc̓əsnaʔəm, the city beforethe city, opens Jan. 25 andaims to further rectify therepresentation of aboriginalpeople in museums.“It’s one of the first

times where Musqueam’sreally been able to tellour own history in ourown words,” said JordanWilson, a member of theMusqueam Nation, co-cu-rator of the exhibit at theMuseum of Anthropology

and part of the curatorialcollective for MOV.The exhibits at the

Museum of Vancouver, theMuseum of Anthropologyand the Musqueam Cul-tural Education ResourceCentre and Gallery high-light historical and contem-porary activities of Mus-queam people, with theirbelongings and multiplevoices presented in written,audio and video form.And they are belongings,

not artifacts, notes Mu-seum of Vancouver curatorViviane Gosselin, whoserved as a member of a cu-ratorial collective. Artifactssounds too lifeless, sterileand scientific, she said.Text layered over scenesof Vancouver in a videowelcomes visitors to thec̓əsnaʔəm exhibit at MOV.Visitors are asked to hangtheir preconceptions aboutnative people on a rustynail outside.Inside, the exhibit is

welcoming and warm,with brick-red accents, alarge video animation andcedar walls reminiscent ofa longhouse.This room precedes

the museum’s history ofVancouver exhibit, whichpreviously started with the1900s. It will remain atMOV for at least five years.

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wanting to get the bigmoney out of politics wereall elected by their partiesblowing through millions,although Green PartyCoun. Adriane Carr wouldargue she wasn’t awash incash with her party spend-ing more than $46,000 inthe 2014 campaign.For the record, Vision

Vancouver and the NPAcollected more than $2million each for last fall’srun. At least that’s whatthe parties reported priorto the election. We’ll findout the final numbers in acouple of months.Anyway, Vision Coun.

Andrea Reimer got thedebate started Wednesdayat city hall by introduc-ing a motion to get hercolleagues to send anothermessage to Victoria thatbig money has no place inVancouver politics.City hall watchers might

be thinking: Hasn’t she andcouncil already talked aboutthis, like, a million times?Maybe not a million

but, as Reimer noted inher motion, the council-of-the day in 2005, 2009,2010, 2012, 2013 and2014 sent formal requeststo the provincial govern-ment requesting changesto the Vancouver Charter

to allow Vancouver tomake its own rules aroundcampaign finance.So why bother again?Because, as Reimer

pointed out, the provin-cial government set upa special committee ofMLAs in October 2014to examine the issue ofcampaign finance reform.But the terms of referencefor the committee do notallow members to considerlimits to contributions orbans on donations fromcorporations or unions.So Reimer’s request was

that council let Victoriaknow it wanted the termsamended to allow the com-mittee to examine limits oncontributions and bans ondonations from corpora-tions or unions.The committee, by the

way, is only looking atexpense limits.“This would be a

significant leap forwardin our advocacy on thiseffort, and I hope thatwe can have unanimoussupport,” said Reimer asshe kicked off the debate.“The single largest issueaffecting public confidencein the electoral process isthe lack of rules aroundcampaign finance. It’s likeJupiter eclipsing every-thing else.”NPA Coun. George Af-

fleck had a problem withReimer’s motion, sayingcouncil should wait untilthe committee completesa report later this year onthe first phase of its work.Affleck described Reimer’smotion as “redundant andpolitically motivated.”

“The province has heardus loud and clear aboutwhat our desires are as acity,” he said. “Let themget their report done so wecan hear back from them.They have all the informa-tion from us. We’ve madeit clear what we want.”NPA Coun. Melissa

De Genova echoed Af-fleck’s concerns, saying“we’re not giving this thetime it needs.” GreenParty Coun. Adriane Carragreed with Reimer, say-ing there is an opportunityto now change the termsof reference of the com-mittee of MLAs.“We need to move now

on this,” Carr said. “It’sall about staying with thegame until the very endof the game and takingadvantage of every playand absolutely not missingany opportunity.”In the end, council

unanimously agreed tosupport Reimer’s motion.Yes, even Affleck and DeGenova voted yes, withAffleck telling me later theNPA has always supportedcampaign finance reform.Reimer got the final

word, saying “I don’tknow how I can make itanymore simple: There’s aspecial committee hap-pening right now. Mymotivation is to changetheir terms of reference sowe can get an issue on theagenda that happens to bewithin their wheelhouse,although not yet properlyarticulated in it.”Over to you, Victoria.Again.

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tion, city manager PennyBallem noted anotherdifficulty in determiningan accurate number ofpeople living on the streetwas where former tenantsof single-room-occupancyhotels under renovationhave ended up.Though B.C. Housing

has an agreement with thecity to relocate tenantsduring renovations, Bal-lem said the city hasn’tbeen able to account for80 to 100 people whoonce lived in the hotels.She said they “appear tohave disappeared.”“If you go to the history

over the last five years of theputs and takes, there’s noquestion that every time weopen [a building] and thenthe province closes [a hotel],we lose capacity,” she toldcouncil, noting the provincehas shifted to supplying rentsubsidies to former hoteltenants to live in apartmentsthroughout the city.But whether those 80 to

100 people found accom-modations is not some-thing the city knows.

Both the mayor andVision Coun. Kerry Jangrepeated their calls to putpressure on the provincialand federal governmentsto build more housing inVancouver. While Jang ac-knowledged the partnershipbetween the city and theprovince to build 14 sup-

portive housing buildingsworth about $300 million,he said the city needs moresocial housing and addedthat provincial HousingMinister Rich Coleman“doesn’t know what he’stalking about sometimes.”“All he looks at is that

it’s cheaper to give some-body a rent supplementso they can go into someprivately owned apartmentsomewhere around thecity,” Jang said. “We areat record low vacancy rates.So we said to the province:‘Where would you put

people with a rent subsidyif there’s no place to rent?’No answer.”In an interview with the

Courier Wednesday, Cole-man said no tenants havebeen displaced from thehotels under renovation.He also said people arefinding accommodation in

the city with rent subsi-dies. The subsidies, headded, allow people to livein neighbourhoods wherethey are not stigmatizedbecause of their socio-economic status.B.C. Housing sent a

statement to the Couriersaying the province hasinvested more than $86.2million in Vancouver inthe last year to support5,800 housing units forpeople who are homelessor at risk of homelessness.That includes fundingfor 750 permanent, year

round shelters and anoth-er 260 extreme weatherspaces.The province also

invested $143-millionin partnership with thefederal government torenovate 13 single roomoccupancy hotels in theDowntown Eastside,“protecting 1,400 units forthose in greatest need,”the statement claimed.“There’s no jurisdiction

that I can find in the coun-try that has received morein funding for supportivehousing than the city ofVancouver has,” saidColeman by telephonefrom Prince George.Asked whether he

thought Vancouver wouldend street homelessnessthis year, Coleman said“in all the counts and inall the figures that I’veseen, I think they’re there.With the numbers [ofunits] coming on stream,they should be very en-couraged by the successwe’ve had with them.”This year’s homeless

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said Gosselin. “For tour-ists and locals who don’tknow much about localhistory, this is the historyof Vancouver starting, notin 1886, but thousands ofyears ago.”Located at the edge of

the Fraser River in theneighbourhood knownas Marpole today, Mus-queam people first oc-cupied c̓əsnaʔəm 5,000years ago, according to theexhibition’s press release.The population of the

community swelled 2,000years ago and was onlyone of Musqueam peo-ple’s villages in the region.Grant says Garry Pointin Steveston is where theprominent Point familygets its name.Grant loves that the

belongings of the exhibithighlight the sophisticat-ed knowledge of Mus-queam society thousandsof years ago.“When I look at these

things, I’m saying to mychildren, who will besaying to their friends,we weren’t savages, weweren’t primitive,” he said.Grant pointed to an

image of a rake used togather herring and intri-cately carved harpoons,and noted his brother,who’s a machinist, saideven today it would bedifficult to fashion imple-ments that are so precise.Indigenous ways of

knowing, colonialism andcontemporary Musqueam

culture are some of thetopics connected at MOV.The exhibit featuresfamily-friendly interactiveexhibits and soundscapesthat blend historical andmodern sounds.Rich with multimedia,

the Museum of Anthro-pology exhibit focuses onMusqueam identity andworldview, highlightinglanguage, oral history andthe community’s morethan 200-day vigil in

2012 that halted a con-dominium developmenton c̓əsnaʔəm land whereancestral remains wereunearthed in Marpole.The exhibition at the

Musqueam Cultural Edu-cation Resource Centreand Gallery focuses onMusqueam knowledgeand technology, past andpresent.The Courier’s visit to the

Museum of VancouverTuesday afternoon fol-lowed a tour for membersof the Musqueam com-

munity. A museum staffersaid it was wonderful tohear Musqueam visi-tors exclaim, “That’s mygrandmother,” or, “That’sme as a child.”Grant says the ances-

tral name he carries hailsfrom his great, great,great, great grandfatherwho met British explorerCapt. Vancouver in 1791,as laid out on a histori-cal timeline, along with aphoto of his great grand-father and his house postin 1884.When Grant “came to

his senses” as a young boyin the 1940s and ’50s,he asked his mother whyfive family fires continuedto burn in Musqueamlonghouses, when theonly longhouse fires hesaw elsewhere were com-munal ones on VancouverIsland.“Yes we were humble.

Yes we were strong. Andour old people, to havemaintained something ofwho we are, who we were,right next to the largestcity in Western Canada…”Grant trailed off.“It’s striking,” Gosselin

pitched in.“We created a renais-

sance in the 1960s into theSquamish Nation, into theFraser Valley — they nowhave longhouses,” Grantcontinued. “In the winterceremony, we were downto 300, 400 people whoparticipated. Now youhave about three or fourthousand.”

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a joint initiative betweenthe City of Vancouver,Vancouver Public Li-brary and YWCA MetroVancouver. The build-ing, designed by the firmDialog, is being built ona city-owned site and willfeature two floors for the

library topped by fourfloors of social housingcalled Cause We CareHouse, designated forsingle mothers.The library, which will

serve the DowntownEastside, Chinatown andStrathcona community, isnamed nə́c̓a?mat ct Strath-cona library branch and isthe first major civic build-ing in Vancouver to havean official aboriginal name.The word nə́c̓a?mat

ct encompasses the ideaof “we are one” in thehən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Musqueam)language, according to theVPL. It was inspired bythe community suggestion“Namwayut” — the themeof the City of Vancouver’sYear of Reconciliation

activities. The VPL boardconsulted with local FirstNations and selected thesame concept but in a localCoast Salish language. (Seethe online version of thisstory for the pronunciationof nə́c̓a?mat ct.)The VPL says the

library’s name is meantto honour Coast Salishpeoples and their tradi-tional unceded territories,while also reflecting theneighbourhood’s historiccity name, Strathcona.The ground break-

ing was preceded by aCoast Salish brushing-off

ceremony led by Chief IanCampbell.Chantelle Krish, a

spokesperson for YWCAMetro Vancouver, saidthe building is expected toopen in the spring of 2016.The Cause We Care

House will feature 21 units— 10 two-bedrooms, 10three-bedrooms and onefour-bedroom. A commu-nity family program spacewill offer medical services,employment services anda mom and tot program.Rent will be 30 per cent oftenants’ income.“The housing is long-

term housing for low in-come single mothers in thecommunity,” Krish said,explaining tenants will beinterviewed and selected

closer to when the build-ing is completed.“This project has been a

long time coming. There’sbeen a lot of project part-ners involved in this, soit’s complex and it’s takensome time, but it’s comingto fruition. And to actuallysee this today and see ev-erybody in the communitygathered here was reallyspecial. We’re very muchlooking forward to spring2016 when we can open.”Sandra Singh, the city’s

chief librarian, said thelibrary, which will mea-sure about 11,000 squarefeet, will be among thelargest branches in theVPL system.“This is the last city

neighbourhood with-out a full-service librarybranch,” she said, addingalong with housing books,magazines and newspa-pers, it will include spacesfor children and teens, adigital creation space androom for a variety of com-munity programming.Mayor Gregor Rob-

ertson and provincialand federal politicians,including VancouverSouth Conservative MPWai Young and NorthVancouver-SeymourLiberal MLA Jane Thorn-thwaite, attended theground breaking event,as did VPL board chairMary Lynn Baum, YWCAMetro Vancouver CEOJanet Austin, Cause WeCare Foundation chairAndrea Thomas Hill,Streetohome Foundationpresident and CEO RobTurnbull, Ismaili Councilfor B.C. president SamiraAlibhai and First Nations

representatives.The YWCA’s capital

contribution is $10 mil-lion, which includes a$700,000 endowment tooffset operating costs. It’sraised $9 million so far.The City of Vancouver’scontribution is the landvalued at $2.6 million,the federal governmentcontributed, $1.2 million,the provincial governmentcontributed $2 million,and the Cause we CareFoundation donated $1.5million. The StreetohomeFoundation and the Is-maili Council of B.C. arealso key donors.

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Out-of-catchmentparents of Dickens Annexstudents must be relieved.

Their 40 children, inGrades 1 to 3, will beguaranteed placement inGrade 4 at the main Dick-ens elementary school overthe next three years.Trustees on the Vancou-

ver School Board’s planningand facilities committee

unanimously approvedNPA trustee Penny Noble’srelated motion Wednesdayevening. The full board oftrustees will vote on the mo-tion Jan. 26.“We’ve seen a high

level of anxiety in thatparent community and we

needed to bring that anxi-ety level down,” said ScottRobinson, VSB associatesuperintendent.VSB director of in-

struction David Nelsonpreviously told the Courierout-of-catchment studentsat the annex have alwayshad to apply to attend themain school. But the mainschool has historicallyoffered ample space andparents say they were pre-viously told their childrenwould definitely be able toattend Dickens Elemen-tary starting in Grade 4.Now the main school, for

kindergarten to Grade 7 stu-dents, is filling up, and theschool board accommodatesin-catchment kids first.Robinson says the com-

mittee agreed the boardshould revisit enrolmentat Dickens main schoolevery January to deter-mine whether additionalclassroom space will beneeded.“We’re very confident

we will not need an extraenrolling classroom for theupcoming school year, butthere is a good possibility

that we would need onefor either 2016-2017 or2017-2018,” he said.The board will discuss

options for additionalclassroom space with thecommunity over the nextfew months. Feedback is

to flow back to the com-mittee “so that at suchtime when the board doesneed to make a decision,they’ll have that informa-tion available to them,”Robinson said.According to Robin-

son’s Dickens CatchmentEnrolment Update report,the main school’s librarycould be reconfigured tocreate a small classroomto house the ExtendedLearning AssistanceClassroom, a district

special education programfor students with learn-ing disabilities that has asmaller class size, for anestimated cost of $60,000.Conversely, ELAC couldbe relocated to anotherschool. But families withchildren in the programhave already expressedsignificant concern aboutthis option, according toRobinson’s report.Portables could be

added to the annex ormain school, for a cost of$275,000 per portable.Out-of-catchment par-

ent Robert Macdonelltold the Courier beforethe meeting that he andother out-of-catchmentparents want trustees toconsider their family’s bestinterests. Their childrenare already immersedin the Dickens schoolcommunity and enjoyingDickens’s unique multi-age approach to classroomlearning and parents havemade important decisionsbased on the expectationtheir children would carryon to the main school.


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Canadian Pacific saysit will take a fewweeks toreview a SupremeCourt ofB.C. decision in its favourthat dismissed aCity ofVancouver application foran injunction to halt clearinggardens and other obstruc-tions alongArbutusCorridor.The decision came down

Tuesday morning.The city filed a civil suit

in an effort to halt furtherconstruction, demolition andclearing of gardens alongthe corridor after talks brokedown between the two par-ties about the sale of the land.The city maintains the

land is worth $20 million,while CP claims it’s worth$100 million.CP agreed to stop

working on the corridor inNovember until the courtreached a decision on thecivil suit.Chief Justice Christo-

pher Hinkson ruled in partthat, “The city will sufferno irreparable harm if thetrains do not run until therequired statutory approvalis forthcoming. In contrast,

CPRwill suffer irreparableharm if it is unable to evenbegin preparations for theresumption of rail use inthe Corridor because it isenjoined from any ‘works ofconstruction, reconstruction,deviation, change and altera-tion to theMarpole Spur’before statutory approval isobtained for the use of theCorridor for rail purposes.”“We’re very happy to hear

that the court dismissed theinjunction and it has alwaysbeen our contention thatit is our right-of-way,” CPspokesmanMartin Cej toldthe CourierTuesday. “Sowe are going to take a closerlook at the decision from thecourt and over the next fewweeks, we’re going to decideon the next course of ac-tion and at that time adviseall the residents along thecorridor of what our planshappen to be.”CP ripped out about 150

metres of gardens at thesouth end of the corridorbefore work was halted.The court decision states

that “the gardeners, pedes-trians, cyclists, and motorvehicle operators who havebeen using the corridor have

no right to such use.”“That’s definitive and it’s

what we have said right fromthe beginning,” Cej said.Mayor Gregor Robertson

told reporters in a post-council scrum Tuesdaythat he was disappointed bythe court decision.“It’s disappointing to see

that ruling but the city willcontinue to use all of ourtools to ensure the federalgovernment and the regula-tors address this issue. Wedo have ongoing safetyconcerns in the Corridorand we want to be sure theCanadian TransportationAgency, the Minister ofTransportation, understandour opposition to reactiva-tion of the Arbutus Corri-dor,” Robertson said. “Thatwe have safety concerns andwe want to keep pressingour case with the CTA,in particular, noting thatthe judge identified thereis a real question whetherthis line has in fact beenabandoned. So there’s stillbig questions that remainand we’ll, as a city, continueto use the tools we have topursue this.”

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By Jim DoyleCFP, CLU, TEP, CDFA, CIWM

Making smart choicesaround how we save andinvest is not always sosimple or straight-forward,but the process can geta little easier if you’reconsistent with the way youtreat your money - make ita priority - and if you workwith an advisor.

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Just because you’re retireddoesn’t mean you shouldoverlook ongoing savings,particularly if you haveconcerns about makingyour investments last aslong as you will.

Howmuch should a personsave? 10-15%?Whatmay serve the needs of aMillennial who has years tosave, may be insufficient fora late-career worker with

limited savings. Findinga lump sum to putaside can be difficult.Using a systematicmonthly withdrawal maymake sense - creating aconsistent money habit.To enhance your outcome,consider making monthlycontributions part of yourfinancial plan.

Once you’ve decidedhowmuch you’re willingto commit to saving, youcan look at additionalconsiderations, includingcontributing to an RRSP,TFSA (Tax Free SavingsAccount), RESP (RegisteredEducation Savings Plan) orpaying down debt.

Customizing your financialplan becomes important,allowing you to explore theoutcomes of trade-offsyou may need to make.

With credit cards oftencharging more thanyou can make on yourinvestments, it’s hard not toconsider paying off creditcard debt to get the bestreturn.With mortgage debtnear 3%, you might be ableto invest and make muchmore. If mortgage costs areconstraining your currentor anticipated retirementlifestyle, then paying offdebt wins again.

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Overcoming hurdles on thepath to financial securitystarts with a written planand consistent habitsto make sound moneychoices.

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reportedly since foundplaces intemporaryhousing facilities.

150Inmetres, the lengthof

community gardensalong theArbutusCorridor toreupbyCanadianPacificworkers in

2014. A judge ruledTuesday thedemolitionwork cancontinue.

45Inmillionsofdollars, the totalamountof fineshanded toformernotarypublicRashidaSamji for defraudingmore than200 investors inaPonzi scheme.

0The level of tolerance forcertain immigrant culturalpractices in the federal

government’s newlyproposedZeroTolerance forBarbaricCultural PracticesAct.

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A friend recently expressed disappoint-ment in his stock market portfolio. Ithadn’t performed appreciably better thanchance over a significant stretch of time,he told me.Welcome to the world of chance.If you take 300 students, ask them to

correctly call 10 coin toss flips and graphthe results, the result is a nice, fat bellcurve, visually representing correct versusincorrect guesses.With the above result in mind, financial

researchers tabulated the performance of300 mutual fund managers for a 10 yearperiod, from 1987 to 1996. “In this case,the horizontal axis represents not cor-rect guesses of coin flips but the num-ber of years (out of 10) that a managerperformed above the group average,”observed physicist Leonard Mlodinow inhis 2008 book The Drunkard’s Walk: HowRandomness Rules Our Lives. The result:a nice, fat bell curve that sits snugly overthe graph from 300 students tossingcoins 10 times.In other words, if you’re seeking the

best among financial advisers, you mightas well stick some names on a dartboard. Worse yet, Mlodinow notes thatin a study of 153 financial newsletters,a researcher at the Harvard Institute ofEconomic Research found “no significantevidence of stock-picking ability.”For centuries, human beings have

sought predictable outcomes throughdivination, witchcraft, prayer, politicalideologies, marketing systems, financialspeculation, and scientific models. Ourkludged nervous systems have taken ourspecies from the savannah to the spacestation in a geological blink of the eye.But our gift of pattern detection can rungently amok at times.For example, if you dump a bunch of

coloured jellybeans into a glass jar andshake them, you will see a pattern on theinside wall of the jar traced by contigu-ous jelly beans of the same colour. Thisperceptual glitch usually isn’t problem-atic, unless emotional processing fromthe brains limbic system kicks in. Hencethe occasional reports from the AmericanSouth of Christ’s face on toast, window-panes and barn doors.Consider that bane of our best-laid

plans, the weather. On its website, Envi-ronment Canada attaches a probabilityfigure to its predictions. However, long-

range predictions come the proviso thatsome “results are not significantly betterthan chance.”“It’s like saying flip a coin, throw a

dart,” explained senior climatologist Da-vid Phillips in the 2012 CBC documen-tary The Trouble With Experts. “We haveto say something; we can’t just sort ofput a blank map saying the weather thismonth has been cancelled, so the bestway to communicate is to give somethingbut then say ‘user beware.’”Weather is one thing; wine is some-

thing else entirely. Researchers havelong known that the average oenophileis hopeless at judging wine quality. Nowit turns out that wine experts are alsolargely without a clue.Vintner and oceanographer Robert

Hodgson regularly selects the best winesfrom his small California winery to enterinto local competitions. He began towonder why the results were so inconsis-tent over time for different brands. Draw-ing on his experience in statistics, heorganized an experiment at the CaliforniaState Fair wine competition.He found through his label-concealed

taste tests that accomplished palates areno better than untutored tongues. “Theresults are disturbing,” Hodgson told TheObserver in 2013. “Only about 10 peryear of judges are consistent and thosejudges who were consistent one year wereordinary the next year.”It’s not the wine that’s wonky. It’s

the linkage between our ancient olfac-tory sense and a linguistic faculty that isevolutionarily recent. Pompous wine-trade descriptors (“wet stone,” “springhedgerows” and “nervy” for example) areverbal camouflage used by wine snobsto disguise an inability to communicatetheir own subjective states. (You mightsay they’re full of shiraz. In 2007, Princ-eton economics professor Richard E.Quandt created an algorithm to generateimpressive-sounding reviews of imagi-nary wines, employing his “vocabulary ofbullshit.”)Inaccurate or fictitious assessments of

wine, weather and stock funds are hardlyenough on their own to take our speciesover the cliff. But when it comes to otherareas of high complexity — economics,neuroscience, artificial intelligence, geo-politics, and climate science — expertswould do the rest of us a favour by look-ing out for the jellybean factor in theirown assessments.

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At this point, with little more thanseven weeks before voting begins on theTransLink plebiscite to approve a 0.5per cent regional sales tax, the Yes side iscertain of one thing: Unless the channelchanges, unless the debate moves off ofTransLink and allegations of its incom-petence and wasteful ways, unless focusis brought to bear on the crying need fortransit improvements throughout theregion, the plebiscite will fail.This week one event made that inevi-

tability abundantly clear. Insights West’slatest poll was released that shows thatbetween polling in early December whenthe TransLink mayors committee finallycrafted the plebiscite question and mid-December when the provincial govern-ment revised and re-issued it, supportfor the Yes side had slipped. Within themargin of error the sides are close todead even.Pollster Mario Canseco used the

mayors’ question for his first poll and theprovince’s revision for the most recentone.And he says there was significant

increased public concern and uncertaintyabout the initiative in part because thequestion was changed by Victoria.The wording of the mayors’ proposed

question was anything but arbitrary.It was constructed based on what wasfound in successful referenda questionsacross the continent.Their question made it quite clear that

the money to be collected would notsimply be tossed into TransLink’s piggybank. It would be accounted for sepa-rately protected “by independent auditsand public reporting.”That assurance in the province’s ver-

sion is pushed up into the preamble butis missing from the actual question.The mayors were given no explanation

as to why the change. Nor was there anyexplanation as to why the province madea few other key revisions in the question’spre-amble.The mayors wanted Vancouver’s

Broadway line to be described as” tun-neled.” That was changed to “rapid tran-sit.” Surrey’s improvements were pro-posed as “light rail” that became “rapidtransit” too. And the mayors wanted toassure the money would be spent to “im-prove safety for pedestrians and cyclists.”Those assurances were removed in the

provincial version of the ballot.Finally, there was no explanation as to

why what was once proposed as a bindingreferendum was changed by Victoria intoa non-binding plebiscite.Meanwhile Transportation Minister

Todd Stone had to be prodded into say-ing he would support the Yes side, afterhis ministry issued a release saying thegovernment would remain neutral.And while he says he will implement

the tax should the plebiscite pass, thegovernment now has the wriggle roomto significantly amend the transportationplan put forward by the mayors or toback out entirely and blame the econom-ic uncertainties we all now face.There is one other point, one that is

obviously concerning to businesses andwas raised in a debate that took place inLangley earlier this week.We still do not know what items will be

exempt for the tax. That decision is beingworked on in the bowels of the provincialtreasury offices.All we know for now is that in a let-

ter sent more than a month ago to theMetro mayors council, Stone said thenew tax would apply to “the majority ofgoods and services that are subject to thePST and are sold or delivered within theregion.”That vagueness has been enough to

give business groups a severe case ofnerves, concerned customers will avoidthe new tax and jump across their bound-ary and do their shopping in Abbotsfordor south in Washington. That’s why theyare planning to vote No.Admittedly some of these points may

have little impact on the electorate. Thelatest poll notes “only 36 per cent of resi-dents have enough information on exactlywhich projects will take place in theircommunity if the vote is successful.”So here’s where we are today. The Yes

side is still in the process of marshallingits extensive and therefore more cumber-some forces and developing its relativelycomplex strategy.The majority of the oxygen in the room

is being taken up by a much smaller andfar less diverse No campaign which con-tinues to benefit from a simpler message.It ignores the need and benefits of thetransportation plan and focuses almostexclusively on TransLink’s failings askingthis: “Why throw good money after bad?”None of which should give the Yes side

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COUR IER ARCH IVES THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Jan. 22, 1918:Mary Ellen Smith became the first woman elected to the B.C.Legislature after a byelectionwas held in the Vancouver riding to replace herhusband, Liberal FinanceMinister Ralph Smith, who died the year before. Runningwith “Women and children first” as her campaign slogan, Smith defeated heropponentWalter Drinnan by a solid 3,500 votes. She later became, as amember ofthe Liberal party, the first female cabinetminister in the British Empire, althoughshe resigned from the position after just eightmonths. Smith helped enact lawsestablishingminimumwages for women, juvenile court systems and socialwelfare support for families in need.

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Don’t vote ‘no’due toangeratTransLinkTo the editor:Re: “Robertson in charge as mayors

push plebiscite,” Jan. 16.“You can’t get there from here” will

be a common cry from underservedcommuters in Langley if the upcomingreferendum fails.My family found having two cars a fi-

nancial burden. I decided that, as I workin Cloverdale, that riding the bus wouldbe an affordable alternative. The peopleI see on the bus need reliable transit toget to work.It would be difficult for most small

businesses to rely on a workforce thatcould not afford to get to work.

Underfunding public transit would bea devastating blow for the little guy.Elder and disabled people have been

devastated by a HandyDART fundingfreeze. Without adequate funding, Han-dyDART riders will be robbed of theirhealth and quality of life.My 91 and 92-year-old mother and

father who rely on HandyDART wouldbe devastated by further erosion ofHandyDART. If people vote no, theymay be expressing their anger at Trans-Link mismanagement. Anger should beexpressed at those truly responsible fordebacles past and present.The provincial government dumped

the responsibility of building megabridges on TransLink and created asham of governance by removing may-ors and appointing corporate shills tothe TransLink board. The provincialgovernment pours money into LNGdevelopment despite all advice to thecontrary. The provincial governmentrobs working people of the democraticright to resist power giveaways with SiteC Dam.TransLink’s strings are controlled by a

cruel puppet master.A vote in favor of transit funding is

a vote to provide working people, agrowing aging population and disabledpeople dignity. The real vote againstineptitude is a vote against the Liberalgovernment in the next election.

Mark Beeching, via email

Parentshosedbycourt rulingTo the editor:Re: “Sprinkler ruling douses parents’

hopes,’ Jan. 14I, like many others, am having a hard

time swallowing this situation. WhileI have no direct information from thecourtroom discussions and only have the

info I have read about from the paper andwebsite, I am certainly no expert on all ofthe facts.I am however, somewhat familiar with

fixed fire suppression systems and havean understanding on the series of eventswhich happen.I understand that a student dislodged a

fusible plug from a sprinkler head with apadlock. Once this is done, the pressur-ized water in the system (via an buffer oraccumulator tank) starts to flow from theaffected head. This will normally triggera flap or flow switch, which will set off analarm, and in some cases start a pump tokeep the water at the delivery pressure.These sprinklers are usually set in firezones and can be isolated zone by zonevia an isolation valve at each said zone.The main issues I am curious about are

how long was the water flowing before itwas stopped? Was it stopped by the firedepartment once they mustered? Was itstopped by an on-site person such as thecustodian? Have school budgets beenreduced to a point where custodians arenot on the premise until after schoolhours?I feel that while this student did act inap-

propriate and should be punished for his orher action, this was an unfair and excessivepunishment aimed more at the student’sparents than the student directly. The stu-dent would have no knowledge of the waythis system operates.I would suspect for the courts to come

down on this case so heavily it sends afairly clear message that they also have noidea how these systems operate either.I am bothered by the way this situation

was handled. Accidents happen. I wouldreally be curious to know how long thesprinklers ran without being isolated.

Rick, via Comments section

General lamentTo the editor:Re: “Hopes for heritage schools

shaky,’ Jan. 9.Thank you for the article about the de-

molition news regarding General Gordonelementary school.It was a shock to take a shortcut this

week and drive by the initial demolitionof such a large heritage building. What ashame it couldn’t have been repurposed, ifnot reinforced.My daughter and son, now in their 30s,

went to this school for their immersionprogram and are fluent in French.We lose our brief and valuable heritage

built structures daily. I have had manyvaluable heritage tours of Vancouverneighbourhoods with John Atkin, andenjoy membership with the VancouverHistorical Society. Time for Lisa Smed-man to bring us up to date on the historyof this school and namesake

Robert Holden, via email

Robbers choose death over surrenderJan. 23, 1936: After being cornered by police in a Downtown Eastside roominghouse, two bank robbers died after choosing to simultaneously shoot each otherin the headwith their .38-calibre revolvers rather than give themselves up. JackHyslop, 21, and George Lawson, 35, were alsowanted formurder after a bankteller was killed in a holdup of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Powell Streetand Victoria Drive aweek earlier. Another bank employeewas also shot, and twoother suspects in the crime had already been arrested.


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Forced marriages of chil-dren, so-called “honour”killings and female genitalmutilation are about asbarbaric as human actionscan be. So it should hardlyhave raised eyebrows whenthe federal governmentintroduced the Zero Toler-ance for Barbaric CulturalPractices Act in Parliamentlast year, right?Well, no.More than

eyebrows have been raised.Voices and tempers have alsobeen elevated in responseto what some advocates forimmigrants and women call“racist” legislation.“This particular legisla-

tion targets immigrantcommunities,” says NinuKang, director of commu-

nications and developmentfor MOSAIC, a non-profitthat addresses the settle-ment and integration ofimmigrants and refugees.“It targets individuals thatcome from other parts ofthe world into this coun-try. It creates the phe-nomena of us and them— ‘us’ being Canadians— and somehow that weas Canadians are humansand have good values andpractices, and those whocome from other parts ofthe world are barbaric.”I think that Canada

should bend over back-ward to welcome immi-grants. But I also thinkthat there are lines thatmust not be crossed andthat newcomers should beaware of them. Certainly,if the legislation werearbitrarily defining funda-mental characteristics ofparticular cultural groups“barbaric,” it could befaulted. Instead, it is iden-tifying behaviours that weare assured are practisedby small numbers and de-claring them incompatiblewith our values.

But Kang makes thecase that entire communi-ties are being tarred withsuspicion even thoughsuch practices are rare.“It targets communities,

rather than addressingparticular behaviours of asmall group of individu-als, which obviously is anissue,” she says. “Further-more, there is legislationthat already addressesissues in this legislationaround polygamy and soon, so I guess the ques-tion is: What is the needfor this legislation? Whatis the purpose of call-ing this zero-tolerance tobarbaric practices and towhat cultural group is thistargeted?”Not being an immigrant

myself, I am perhaps notadequately sensitive tothe subtle unwelcomingmessages our society cansend to newcomers. ButI’m not really onside withthe sweeping criticismthat the legislation impliesthat “all” immigrants of aparticular type are beingaccused of barbarism.That seems like overreach

to me. I am more sympa-thetic to some of Kang’sother criticisms.“Historically, Canada

has been plagued withhaving a history of rac-ist policies that impactmarginalized groups,” shesays.The most barbaric fig-

ures in our recent history— Clifford Olson, MarcLepine, Paul Bernardo —were natural-born Canadi-ans, remember.Kang argues that edu-

cation in relevant com-munities and support forvictims is the way to go,rather than high-profile,“macro level” hysteria.But I can’t help making

an inconvenient compari-son. Some who opposethis legislation havesupported hate-crimeslegislation in decades past,when jurisdictions includ-ing B.C. and Canada wereconsidering such laws.At the time, opposing

voices piped up arguingthat we already have lawsagainst violence. Why dowe need more laws againstviolence motivated by at-

titudes toward a particularrace, religion, sexual ori-entation, gender or otherimmutable characteristic?The answer, simply, is

that society expresses itselfpartly through legisla-tion and we have soughtto specifically identifyhate-motivated violenceas a particularly egregiousaffront to our values.On “barbaric practices,”

though, Kang says thatexisting laws are adequatefor the issues the bill seeksto address. But, address-ing the comparison withhate crimes, she returnsto what seems to be thebiggest affront in the bill:its name.Hate crime laws were

not given hyperbolicnames or cloaked in ladenterminology, she argues.“It’s not named as the

‘White Barbaric CulturePerpetrating Hate on Im-migrant or MarginalizedGroups,’ right?” she says.Frankly, I’m less con-

cerned about sendinga mildly unwelcomingmessage to some extremelywell-informed immigrants

(because this is actually stilla pretty obscure piece oflegislation) than that a sin-gle girl suffer so-called “fe-male circumcision” in thiscountry because her parentsdidn’t get the memo whenthey immigrated.Still, perhaps because I

work in words, the thingthat most bothers meabout the bill also centreson its title, but it is thequalitative, relative natureof the adjective “barbaric”that bothers me morethan the message it mightsend.Define barbaric. The

term is almost Victorianin its certainty that we allunderstand what con-stitutes barbarity. Yet intoday’s world, hyperbolicterms like barbaric arethrown around to describeanything we don’t like.In the end, I can’t really

object to the intent of thebill though maybe, likeKang suggests, educationis more appropriate thanprovocatively titled andpossibly redundant laws toaddress the problem.twitter.com/Pat604Johnson

‘Barbaric practices’ legislation called racistCritics say billtargets entireimmigrantcommunities

Ninu Kang, director of communications and development for MOSAIC, says the federal government’s proposed act against “barbaric cultural practices” sends themessage that “Canadians are humans andhave good values and practices and thosewho come fromother parts of theworld are barbaric.” PHOTODANTOULGOET


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PlaymoneyThe Vancouver School

Board has informed LordRoberts Annex that itswooden play structure at thenorthwest corner of its schoolgrounds will be demolishedthis summer as the structurewill no longer meet safetycodes. Neither the VSBnor the provincialMinistryof Education will providemoney to replace it, so theschool aims to raise $35,000by the end of this school yearto replace and install newplayground equipment andgroundcover. A press releaseissue by Lord Roberts An-nex’s parent advisory councilnotes the playground is wellused by students and alsoserves the broaderWest Endcommunity. Danny Laufer,PAC playground committeemember, is quoted as sayingmany families in the schoolcommunity can’t afford toenrol their children in extra-curricular activities, so theydepend on the playgroundfor physical developmentand social interaction. Youcan help by sharing your

fundraising ideas or volun-teer time and by donating.For more information and todonate, see gofundme.com/Annexplayground, or maila cheque to Lord RobertsAnnex school, 1150NelsonSt., V6E 1J2 and write “play-ground” in thememo. Taxreceipts are to be issued forall donations more than $20.

CitywideDPACThe Vancouver District

Parent Advisory Council willhost its citywide advocacyworkshop Jan. 29. AdrienneMontani, provincial coor-dinator for First Call: B.C.Child and Youth AdvocacyCoalition, will be the keynote

speaker. DPAC vice-chairsandMarlene Rodgers fromthe citizen’s group ProtectPublic EducationNowwillhold breakout sessions. Theworkshop starts at 6:30 p.m. inthe Vancouver School Boardbuilding onWest BroadwaybetweenGranville and Firstreets. Childcare, free under-ground parking and healthysnacks will be provided.

Science runRegistration is open for the

16th annual PMCScienceFair Fun Run, which will takeplaceMay 31 at the Athlete’sVillage Plaza. The event ismeant to attract participantsfrom the technology com-

munity, industry, academiaand kindergarten to Grade12 students. All participantsare eligible for prizes and willreceive free admission to theTELUSWorld of Science onrace day. Families canmeetscience fair participants, viewscience fair projects and enjoysponsored activities as theyawait the results of the awardceremony. Adults 19 andolder may register before theearly bird deadline of April 30for $35. Registration for par-ticipants aged 18 and youngeris $20. Registrants can par-ticipate in the one-kilometremini fun run for childrenwith an accompanying adult,with an entry fee of $15 each.The day is organized by theScience Fair Foundation ofBritish Columbia, a not-for-profit charitable society com-mitted to the promotion anddevelopment of science fairprograms in the province. Allproceeds from the event goto theDr.Michael SmithScience Fair Endowment tohelp promote and develop thescience fair program through-out the province. For moreinformation, see sciencefairs.ca/funrun.


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Fraudster fined $45millionAn ex-notary public has

been fined $33 million forrunning a Ponzi schemethat defrauded hundredsof investors of at least $100million.The B.C. Securities Com-

mission (BCSC) announcedJan. 21 that Rashida Samjihas also been ordered to payan additional $10.8 millionon top of the $33 millionfine, for a total of $45 mil-lion in penalties. The $10.8million covers the differ-ence between the amountdeposited by the minimum200 investors she defraudedand the amount paid out tothem.The BCSC determined

that, in July 2014, Samjihad perpetrated fraudagainst at least 200 inves-tors, who were told shewould hold their money intrust and it would only beused to help secure financ-ing for a winery.“What makes it even

more egregious is that thefraud involved a Ponzischeme in which theentire investment waspremised on a lie,” BCSCpanel wrote in its deci-sion. “Samji created andcontrolled this scheme over

a period of more than nineyears. This misconduct isat the highest end of thescale of seriousness.”The BCSC also handed

Samji a lifetime ban fromever participating in theprovince’s capital markets.Samji is also currently

facing multiple criminalcharges of fraud and theftover $5,000. She’s nextscheduled to appear incourt in March.

Sports store toreplace book storeCalgary-based FGL

Sports will replace theChapters outlet on Rob-son Street when the bookstore’s lease expires June30. Indigo announced Jan.19 that it will leave theprime location it has oc-cupied for 17 years due tohigh rents.FGL Sports operates

brands such as SportChek,Atmosphere and SportsExperts, although it isn’tyet known what brand willoccupy the space.Indigo CEOHeather Re-

isman said Chapters intendsto relocate to another loca-tion in the “Robson tradearea” in 2015, althoughthe size and location of thatfuture store remain unclear.

The prime blocks of retailon Robson Between Bur-rard and Bute streets areconsidered to be the secondhighest priced strip of retailspace in Canada, after To-ronto’s Bloor Street.

Criminal caughtinside couchA 36-year-old Alberta

man is now behind barsafter he was found hidinginside a sofa in an EastVancouver home.The Vancouver Police

Fugitive Unit visited theresidence Jan. 20 afterreceiving a tip a felon, onthe run after being or-dered to serve a three-and-a-half year sentence fordrug offences, was livingthere. After scouring thehome to no avail, policewere about to depart thebuilding when a policedog focussed his attentionon a living room sofa. Thesuspect was subsequentlyfound hiding inside it.“In my 24 years of police

service, I have never in mycareer seen a suspect hideinside the body of the sofa,”said VPD Inspector IanUpton in a press release.Adam Harlock is now

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“I have a very largewitch hazel Pallida.Mine produces two dif-ferent kinds of flowers.The showy large, yellowflowers are presenton about half of thebranches all on oneside. On the other sidethere are much smaller,rust-coloured flowersthat are virtually invis-ible. Does witch hazelhave separate male andfemale flowers? If prun-ing is advised, when canit be done?”

Ruth Foster, Belcarra

Your witch hazel issuckering from the root-stock. Usually the root-stock chosen for floweringwitch hazels is the medici-nal Hamamelis virginiana,which is still used today byherbalists. It’s also popularwith commercial growersbecause it’s far more vig-orous than the floweringornamental version.Used as a rootstock, H.

virginiana makes floweringwitch hazels grow faster sothat commercial growers

can keep their prices downand produce good-sizedtrees available for salesooner.Suckering problems

arise later when peopleprune branches of theflowering witch hazel.This stimulates therootstock to use its excessenergy by thrusting up itsown stems.You’ll need to prune

away the rootstockbranches. You can recog-nize them in fall or winterbecause they emerge be-low the graft and usuallyhang onto more of theirleaves than the ornamen-tal branches. Pruning isbest done in the dormantseason.Unfortunately pruned

suckers usually recur.But it’s possible to avoidmajor pruning of suckeringbranches by checking thetree often and pulling (notcutting) any new below-graftbuds away from the stem.This usually removes

the growth node the suck-ers sprang from. Thesenodes are tough so it’sbest to pull with pliers orsome other grabbing tool.Many other grafted

shrubs and trees cansucker. This is more likelyafter heavy pruning orwinter dieback of the topgrowth. Contorted hazel,tree peonies and roses areamong susceptible species.

“Will you please tellme what vegetableseeds I can sow indoorsfor the coming fewmonths?”

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“How can I keep myorchid re-blooming? Ihave followed instruc-tions carefully but noth-ing has happened.”

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I wonder how long it’sbeen since your orchidlast bloomed. Few orchidsbloom continuously. Inthe wild most bloom oncea year and then rest whilethey build up strength fora second flowering. Grownin pots in the house,orchids tend to follow thesame habits.The other issue is that

orchids grown com-mercially for sale may beforced into bloom at atime that’s unnatural forthem. Orchids that havegone through that processwill need a longer thannormal period to regaintheir strength.I’d recommend pa-

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to get out of the cold andenjoy Honu by the Sea,a fantasy musical aboutKainoa, a teenage Ha-waiian surfer who findsa magical sea star thatmakes his wish to spenda day underwater cometrue. The production ispresented in partnershipwith the Oahu VisitorsBureau. (Honu is theHawaiian word for “greensea turtle.)Writer-composer

Johnson Enos created thefamily-friendly show withtunes depicting a happyunder-the-sea communityfaced with a contempo-rary environmental reality— humans are makinga mess of the ocean andthreatening life beneaththe waves.Performed by a sea-

soned island cast, theproduction focuses onthe value of friendship,partnership and the virtueof protecting and savingthe ocean landscape —every bit of litter removedmakes the sea a safer andcleaner place.Visitors to the Vancou-

ver Aquarium this week-end can enjoy the Honuby the Sea performancesin the Teck Engagementgallery as part of theregular cost of admission.Guests can also enjoyHawaiian-themed familyactivities throughout theweekend and Island-stylespecials at the AquariumCafé. A list of perfor-mance times can be foundat vanaqua.org/experi-ence/events.

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is opening its doors thisweekend to hundreds offamilies to celebrate Fam-ily Literacy Week in B.C.In partnership with

Decoda Literacy Solu-tions, Science World ishosting a special week-end dedicated to familylearning activities. Thetwo-day exhibit will focuson STEAM education,which is a hands-on ap-proach to learning thatintegrates science, tech-nology, engineering, artand mathematics. To thatend there will be plenty ofspecial exhibits, interac-tive displays and liveperformances organizedto encourage informalfamily learning. Theevent is just one of manyliteracy events takingplace across B.C. duringFamily Literacy Week,Jan. 24 to 31. The goal isto raise awareness aboutthe importance of familyliteracy and the impact ithas on children, parentsand society as a whole.Special events celebrat-

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from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.at 1455 Quebec St. Visitscienceworld.ca.

DowntownandGranville IslandFans of the National

Geographic Channel’sreality TV show WickedTuna are in for a treat thisweekend as star “TrickyDave” Carraro, captainof the FV-Tuna.com andheavyweight in the NorthAtlantic waters, visitsthe Vancouver Interna-tional Boat Show. Car-raro, described as one ofthe most respected andtalented tuna fishermen ofthe Gloucester fleet, willbe available for photosand meet-and-greets atB.C. Place throughoutthe show, which runs nowthrough Jan. 25.Also taking part in the

boat show is Prop For-mula1 racer and nationalchampion in the personalwatercraft category, B.C.local Mike McLellan. PropFormula1 is a premierNorth American racingseries, and McLellan isone of only three driverslicensed at this level inCanada. As well, celebritywake boarder and surferJosh Palma will be on handto meet with fans andspeak about his gravity-de-fying stunts on the water.Another highlight of

this year’s show, SailFest,was organized to delightsailors with the mostextensive and state-of-the-art display of boatmodels, nautical prod-ucts, sailing services andmaritime destinations onthe West Coast.

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Continued from page 17SailFest features many

speakers, including EricHolden of the ClipperAround the World Raceand the ground-breakingtechnologies of the UBCSailBot team.This award-winning

team hopes to be the firstto win the MicroTransat,an ambitious challengethat requires a fully au-tonomous, wind-poweredvessel cross the AtlanticOcean.Visit the team and see

some of their impressivecreations at Space 631on the main floor of B.C.Place. And don’t forget tocheck out the largest num-ber of new sailboats ondisplay anywhere on theWest Coast at the FloatingShow on Granville Island.Meanwhile, students

from Nakusp Secondary’soutdoor education classreturns for the secondtime and will be showcas-ing their tri-flasher fishinglure, the Rollyblade. Thisone-of-a-kind fishing lurecan be used with any baitat any boat speed to flashtrailing fish.

With more than 100seminars taking placethis weekend, the BoatShow promises inspir-ing sessions from lead-ing international boatingindustry experts. For allthe sport fishing fans outthere, the show also offers

seminars on topics rang-ing from deep-sea fishingoff the coast of VancouverIsland, freshwater lakefishing, fishing the riversof B.C. and an opportuni-ty to meet Mike Mitchell,host of Sport Fishing.The 2015 Vancouver

International Boat Showruns until Jan. 25 with freeshuttle buses and waterferries operating continu-ously between B.C. Placeand Granville Island. Fora complete schedule, visitVancouverBoatShow.ca.

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1.New York-based, all-male ballet com-pany Les Ballets Trockadero deMonteCarlo appears for the first time in Van-couver since 1985. Their Jan. 24, 8 p.m.performance at the Queen Elizabeth The-atre promises an evening of saucily skewed,loving parodies of ballet classics, includingSwan Lake and Paquita. Tickets at ticket-stonight.ca or call 1-877-840-0457. Detailsat showoneproductions.ca.

2. First off, we’re really digging the titleof Lisbeth Gruwez’s latest dance per-formance It’s Going to Get Worse andWorse andWorse, My Friend. Second,we’re more than a little intrigued by thepress bumph’s description: “A bravuradisplay of skill, an ecstasy of movement,dancer Lisbeth Gruwez reminds us of thepower of language as she brings gesture tothe words of preacher Jimmy Swaggart.”What more needs to be said? Oh yeah, itruns until Jan. 24 at the Scotiabank DanceCentre as part of the PuSh InternationalPerforming Arts Centre. Details atpushfestival.ca.

3. Coming Soon, Cem Yilmaz’s love letterto the golden days of Turkish cinema and“homage to all those earning their liveli-hoods in the film industry,” kicks off theTurkish Film Festival, Jan. 23 to 25 atVancity Theatre. For a full list of films andshow times, go to viff.org.

4. Venerable Scottish indie rock outfit theVaselines are probably best known aroundthese parts for their songs “Molly’s Lips”and “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam,”which Nirvana covered. Founded in 1986byEugene Kelly and FrancesMcKee,the long-serving Scots play the ElectricOwl Jan. 23 in support of their latest, V forVaselines. Loch Lomond opens. Tickets atRed Cat, Zulu, Highlife and ticketweb.ca.

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Arts&EntertainmentKUDOS&KVETCHESTo serve andprojectIt’s been a gruelling week

for Canadian tennis phenomEugenie Bouchard. Sadly ithas nothing to do with herimpressive play on the courtas she continued to advancein the Australian Open.OnWednesday, the

Canadian Press news servicereported that a male an-nouncer conducting an on-court interview with Boucha-rd asked theNo. 7-rankedplayer, “Can you give usa twirl?” Apparently theinterviewer had never seen atennis player wearing a pinktop with yellow straps before.An embarrassed Bouchardeventually relented.This comes after Global

News ran an online photogallery titled “Even EugenieBouchard’s ugly faces arecute at Australian Open,”featuring 16 shots ofBouchard grimacing in vari-ous stages of athleticism.For those of you who

don’t know or have problemsextrapolating, Bouchard isconsidered bymany to bean attractive person. She’salso an elite athlete and hasdedicated tens of thousandsof hours in her brief lifespan

to be one of the best tennisplayers in the world, some-thing that sadly and far toooften takes a back seat to herphysical appearance.We’re not against ad-

miring a person’s physicalbeauty, but it’s problematicwhen it overshadows theirmore relevant and newswor-thy accomplishments or ifthat standard isn’t the sameonemale athletes are held to.Sure, people have been

known to ogle soccer su-perstar Cristiano Ronaldo’sphysique, but it would berefreshing if someone askedhim to perform a shirtlesspushup on the field once in awhile. Same goes for SidneyCrosby. The PittsburghPenguins captain is a looker.So why isn’t there a picturegallery celebrating the waterydepths of Crosby’s dream-boat eyes while he leadsTeamCanada to Olympicgold. And why oh why aren’tOlympic men’s beach vol-leyball players required towear buttock-revealing short-shorts? Come on, give us aserving of sand-dusted hindquarters with that spike.

Soft launchThis weekMicrosoft

revealed some of the bells,whistles and celibacy en-

hancers that will be part of itsnewWindows 10 operatingsystem, which updatesWin-dows 8 and completely by-passesWindows 9…becausethat’s the way these 9-hatingthugs roll, mofo.While thenimble minds at K&K arethe furthest thing from “tech-nologically proficient” oreven literate, here are threethings we can tell you:• Cortana. Actually, we

have no idea what that is.It sounds like somethingyou’d order at a Mexicanrestaurant. If that’s the case,then two big thumbs up.• HolographicHead-

set. Sounds like a wickedband name, but it’s actuallyMicrosoft’s latest attempt at“wearable tech.” Somehowit looks nerdier thanGoogleGlass, if that’s possible.• Spartan.Once again,

we couldn’t be bothered todecipher all the computerlingo to figure this one out.We think it means cleanerlines or zero carbon emis-sions or maybe a way todeclutter your desktop butstill make you look interest-ing and eclectic to cowork-ers. Oh wait, apparently it’sa new browser to replaceExplorer.Maybe if we stillweren’t usingNetscape, wemight know that. Sorry.


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Sitting in Boulevard’sdramatic dining room, Iwatch as the server ap-proaches me. He places arectangular plate on the ta-ble — on it, a petite copperpot enclosing a gently quiv-ering chocolate soufflé. Thetop of it is branded with theBoulevard logo, renderedin chocolate. Beside it sits atiny pot of crème anglaise,lightly scented with vanillaand orange blossom water.He punctures the soufflé’sdelicate top and pours inthe custard. With a nod, heleaves.The chocolate soufflé has

quickly established itselfas the signature dessert atBoulevard Kitchen andOyster Bar, located in theSutton Place Hotel (845Burrard St.). Maybe it’s thedramatic presentation, theold-school appeal or theapparent contradiction of adish so deeply flavourful yetlight in texture. Whateverit is, we can thank JasonPitschke, Boulevard’s pastrychef.Pitschke got his start with

Cioppino’s Pino Posteraroin the late 1990s. “As ayoung boy coming fromWhistler, it was my firstreal restaurant. Pino’s not apastry chef, but he knows alot about pastry.”On his days off, Pitschke

helped Thomas Haas —who was still the pastry

chef at Senses — withhis burgeoning chocolateenterprise. It was Haas whomade the phone call thatled Pitschke to New York in2004. He spent three yearsas pastry sous chef at DanielBoulud’s eponymous res-taurant in New York Citybefore heading to Toronto.Pitschke’s next big move

was to Beijing, to help openMaison Boulud one monthbefore the 2008 SummerOlympics. He had a teamof eight pastry cooks (onlytwo spoke English) whomhe had to train in Frenchpastry and North American

kitchen practices. “Youget very creative when youhave a language barrier. Itwas very challenging, and Ilearned to be very patient.”Since moving back to

Vancouver, Pitschke hasworked with the GlowbalGroup, the Fairmont Pa-cific Rim and Cioppino’s.Last spring, he was hand-picked to join the openingteam at Boulevard in theSutton Place Hotel, whichlaunched in July.While Pitschke’s menu

is rooted in the classics, hisdesserts are lighter thanmost and decidedly less

sweet. “I try to have a moresavoury approach to des-sert. [In Beijing], things Ithought were super savourywere considered sweet. Ihad to accent everythingwith seasoning. It kind ofchanged me forever.”He’s learned to consider

each ingredient carefully,especially chocolate. “I’llstart with the chocolateand taste it,” he says, andinvolves executive chef AlexChen and chef de cuisineRoger Ma. “We’ll start withthe flavour profile of thechocolate. It’s about whatnotes we’re tasting. Would

pears work well, fruit,spices… It sort of buildsfrom there.”And then there’s pre-

sentation. Pitschke’s platesare as beautiful as theyare delicious — a logicalextension of his backgroundas a graffiti artist. “Daniel[Boulud] caught wind ofthis and he let me paint hiswine cellar. There were afew Sundays in a row I’d bedoing my artwork and Dan-iel would come down in flipflops and shorts, bring mea Red Stripe and hang outon a quiet Sunday with me.That was a neat thing for

him to do.”Boulud’s wine cellar has

since been painted over,as has Pitschke’s longest-standing graffiti piece: a 110x 10 foot long mural just offGranville Street. The latter,a commission from the Cityof Vancouver, lasted sevenyears before disappearingshortly before the 2010Olympics.Of course, seven years is

an eternity compared to thelifespan of his art now: asoufflé in a copper pot thatdisappears in minutes —every minute a pleasure.

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Jennifer Aniston plays a pill-addictedwoman battling chronic-pain in the film Cake.

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Headlining the yearly listof Oscar snubs was DavidOyelowo, in a highly com-petitive Best Actor category,and Jennifer Aniston, in aBest Actress lineup withsome definite wiggle room.The absence of Aniston’s

name was a surprise be-

cause the Academy loves atransformation, and in Cakethey get it twofold. On-screen, Aniston goes fromred carpet-ready to dowdyin order to play Claire, apill-addicted, chronic-painsufferer. And her career seg-ues from hair messiah androm-com star to bona fideactress in one fell swoop.We feel her pain from

the very first scene, when acloyingly I’m-OK-you’re-OK therapist (Felicity Huff-man) asks members of achronic-pain self-help groupto voice their feelings aboutNina (Anna Kendrick), amember who has commit-ted suicide.Claire feigns annoyance

but she’s more than a littleobsessed, visiting the sitewhere the suicide happenedand even touring Nina’shome. That visit involvesa run-in with the woman’shunky husband Roy (SamWorthington), grievingfather of a young son, andthe two develop an unlikely,unhealthy relationship.

Claire sees hallucinationsof Nina everywhere thanksto the truckloads of medsshe pops on a daily basis.Some of these prescriptionsare legal but most — likethe bottles she stashes be-hind picture frames — arenot. In desperation Claireeven convinces her house-keeper Silvana (AdrianaBarraza, excellent) to crossthe border into Mexico toprocure more painkillers.Silvana is as long-suffer-

ing as her employer: Claire’sill temper has alienatedher husband (Chris Mes-sina), her physical therapist(Mamie Gummer), herfriends and everyone else.She works long hours forlittle money, drives Claire— who has to lie pronebecause of the pain — onall sorts of semi-legal jaunts,and has to sit mum whileClaire makes questionablelife choices. (Like screwingher handyman, in a scenecringe-worthy both for thecliché and the amount ofdiscomfort that it causes.)

Silvana is Claire’s saviour,her only friend in the world,and the film excels when itfocuses on the relationshipbetween the women. (Bar-raza’s name would’ve beenon the Best Supporting list,if I had a golden wand.)It’s easy to see why

Claire would contemplatesuicide herself, as her pastis slowly revealed. Weguess at the sad historyearly on, but it takes solong to unspool that wenearly lose interest in theinterim. When all is finallyrevealed in writer PatrickTobin’s screenplay, it feelslike too little, too late, toofew risks taken.Aniston is convincing

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Wishes can come true in the weeks ahead, Aries –perhaps even Sunday, when a “romantic friend” mightshow. Mostly, these will be old wishes. Your energy andcharisma are high so get out, be seen, ask favours,impress people, speak up! You’re not really shy, it’snot in your bones but recent events might have madeyou cautious. Don’t be so now, as your popularity risesbeautifully right into late February.

Romance, creative and speculative urges, beauty,pleasure pursuits, children and self-expression fill thedays to late February. You’ll ride a winning streak! Aformer love might return. If it was right then, it’s rightnow, so plunge in. But if it was once toxic, it will remainso. This “plunge in” does not mean get married; itmeans have fun – you should not marry before lateNovember.

The general accent lies on your career situation,prestige relationships, community status andall-round reputation now to late February. A formercareer role or ambition might return. If it willimprove your position, go ahead. But for most, it’sa chore, not a promotion. Beware of volunteeringfor new projects or roles, or promoting any, beforeFeb. 11.

Pay attention to the foundations of your life for thenext few weeks: diet, nutrition, family, kids, realestate, retirement preparations/savings, security.Check the basement. At work, watch essentials:premises/lease, sales territory, supply chain, etc.Though you are greatly favoured in career this year(to August) the present time nudges you to buildyour launch pad rather than launch anything.

A sweet, mellow mood encases you now tolate February. DON’T start new projects norrelationships before Feb. 11. Instead, protectongoing ventures from delays, supply shortages,mistaken calculations, etc. or reprise a pastproject or relationship. A former lover, mate, legalmatter, travel invitation, school contact, teacher orreligious instructor might return.

This week and the next two are busy but not important –errands, details, paperwork, trips, communications andcasual acquaintances. Still, these are the very things thatcan be screwed up until Feb. 11. Double-check addresses,calculations, supplies, store open hours, etc. Before Feb.11, DON’T start new projects nor relationships. An exor former flamemight get in touch—perhaps fromadistant area—and suggest a travel adventure.

Life’s mysteries confront you for the few weeksahead, Cancer. You actually enjoy a mystery, sothe unbidden urges you have to be intimate withsomeone, to build a castle of investments, to starta business, should keep you happily investigating,researching possibilities. However, DON’T begin anew project, investment, business, or relationshipbefore Feb. 11.

Chase money, but without chasing anything new(new product, project, client, etc.). And spend, butdon’t buy anything on impulse—only what youneed, no more, until Feb. 11. Try selling unwanteditems that have lain around. Your relations withothers are friendly, active, humorous, challengingyet affectionate, until late February — that’s animprovement.

The weeks ahead confront you with crucial relationships—partners, enemies, spouse, close friends, etc. Theseare more likely to wage love than war with you, as you’rein one of the luckiest, most cheerful years of your lifeuntil August. Only about six or seven such years occur inone lifetime. So you’re going to attract others— friendsand great partners if you’re married, very marriage-ablelife mates if you’re unattached.

Your energy, charm and clout stand at a yearly high,Aquarius. Remember, on a broader canvas, thatyour luck (until August) is painted with strokes ofcooperation, compassion and jumping on others’bandwagons. Maybe that’s why three weeks of thisheightened energy and charisma are “blocked” witha Mercury retrograde, a period (until Feb. 11) of falsestarts, missed appointments, confusion and delay.

The few weeks ahead emphasize work andminor healthissues. Eat and dress sensibly. You might return toa former job or job role. Protect ongoing tasks frommistakes, delays, supply shortages, etc. DON’T start anynew project nor relationship before Feb. 11. A usually shyperson might surprise you with a flirty come-on anytimemid-January to mid-February. Sunday’s sexy, mysterious;an investment might “call to you.” Go slow, though, keepan eye on the far distance and on your deeper motives.

Rest, lie low for three more weeks. Contemplate,reconnect with your spiritual half, etc. Fulfillneglected duties/chores – especially government-related ones, such as your tax returns. You mightreceive a bonus or some benefit from governmentalbeneficence or a behind-scenes connection. Venusand Mars are lighting up your romantic, passionateside, attracting people to you despite Jan./Feb.’s“solitude” influence.

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Teenage hockey officialsin B.C. could soon be fol-lowing the lead of refereesand linesmen calling gamesfor the Vancouver Thun-derbirds Minor HockeyAssociation.Since 2011, the decades-

old amateur sports organiza-tion has developed a systemto mentor novice referees,the youngest who are 12and who are stepping on theice for the first time in theblack and white stripes ofthe game’s authority.Developed largely by

three teenage officials andplayers, one of whom is nowthe assistant referee in chieffor the Thunderbirds, theprogram aims to bolster theconfidence of maturing ref-erees through supervision,assessment, feedback andreassurance in a sport thatcan detonate hot-headedpassion from otherwise coolspectators.“Honestly, the younger

the children that are play-ing, oftentimes the worse

the behaviour of the par-ent,” said Dan Hanooman-singh, who helped create thereferee mentoring systemfor the association.“We want to build a

program in Vancouverthat gives the officials thatsupport so they enjoy it asmuch as they enjoyed itplaying as kids.”

Parent trapEjection. Bans. Police.

Shutting the lights off at theice rink. To calm over-heated hockey parents andspectators, Vancouver ref-erees have resorted to thesestrategies and more.Last week, the Van-

couver Island AmateurMinor Hockey Associationannounced a “drastic” mea-sure of its own that wouldaffect hockey arenas fromSooke to Campbell River toPort Alberni.“The problem of specta-

tors abusing on-ice officialsand players during minorhockey games has becomesuch a serious issue that VI-AHA Executive Committeemembers are considering a

‘Spectator Free Weekend,’”wrote the association presi-dent on Jan. 16.“… the vast majority of

parents and other fans aresupportive and positivetoward players and gameofficials however, a verysmall minority feel theyhave the right to verballyabuse and harass youngmen and women, frequentlylittle older than the playersin the games they are of-ficiating. The vindictivenessis resulting in a loss of bothpromising young officialsand senior officials alike,as well as making the gamedifficult for the players tohave fun.”The proposed ban would

limit spectators to the “dry”areas of an arena away fromthe ice.Paul Willing, the referee

development coordina-tor and an assignor for thePacific Coast AmateurHockey Association — theequivalent to VIAHA butfor southwest B.C. includ-ing Vancouver — said whatall Canadians know. Frompeewee through bantam

and beyond, the behaviourof hockey spectators isn’tgetting worse. It’s just notgetting better.“I don’t really think it’s

too different than it hasbeen for many, many, manyyears,” said Wiling, who isalso a longtime volunteerand past president of theThunderbirds organization.“It hits a high point and wesay we need to do some-thing about it and we talkabout it but we don’t doanything about it.”Willing’s wife Pat is also

a referee and coach. Theirthree children grew up play-ing, coaching and refereeingthe sport that 68-year-oldWilling only learned oncehe was an adult. (“I neverthought I’d skate back-wards,” said the man whosefamily has been recognizedin Canada’s Hockey Hall ofFame.)One of the worst flare-ups

he remembers in this cityhappened “about the late’80s or early ’90s” at TroutLake— then the Grandviewcommunity centre, he said.

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Ryan Kondo, 14, drops the puck in a peewee rep hockey game Jan. 20 at Kitsilano community centre. The Thunderbirds beat the NorthShore Hawks 4-1. PHOTODANTOULGOET

The Terry Fox Ravens are holding tight to their No. 1 spotatop the senior boys AAAA basketball rankings. Oak Bay sec-ondary climbs to No. 2 and theVancouver College FightingIrish also rise from fourth to third while the Burnaby SouthRebels drop two spots to No. 4. TheChurchill Bulldogsrise one spot from last week to reach No. 5 after debuting onthe chart at No. 1 in December.Kitsilano Blue Demonsclimb fromNo. 8 to No. 7 and the Kelowna Owls dropped thefarthest from fifth last week to ninth.In AAA, theCharles Tupper Tigers continue their climb

up the rankings to reach No. 2 this week. The AbbotsfordPanthers cling to No. 1 and the Fleetwood Park Dragons are atNo. 3. In A senior boys, St. Patrick’s Celtics switched withKelowna’s Immaculata Mustangs to reach No. 1 while the St.John’s Eagles sit tight another week at No. 3.West PointGrey Academy slipped out of the top 10 to be an honourablemention.Senior girls AA rankings are led by Prince George’s Duch-

ess Park Condors and followed by Immaculata and the HolyCross Crusaders. Notre Dame Jugglers hang on to No. 4and so do the Little Flower Academy Angels at No. 5. TheSt. Thomas More Knights fell from second to fifth. Comingof a win at their host invitational, the Britannia Bruins remainan honourable mention.

WorldCup ticket pricesA ticket to B.C. Place to see a World Cup group match will

cost between $20.15 and $50, FIFA announced this week.Tickets for a same-day double header in Vancouver will costbetween $30 and $80, in addition to fees. Tickets prices,which vary at the six stadiums across the country, go on saleto the general public 9 a.m. Feb. 26. The tournament runsJune 6 to July 5, when the World Cup final will be played inVancouver.

Vancouver hosts groupmatches for world reigning championJapan as well as Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador, Nigeria and theU.S.A. Round of 16matches and a quarterfinal will also be playedat B.C. Place on June 21 and 23, respectively. Tickets for theRound of 16 cost $40 to $90 while the quarterfinal is $45 to $95.Tickets for theWorld Cup final at B.C. Place on July 5 are themost expensive and range from $50 to $165.CEO of the national host committee, PeterMontopoli, said

the $20.15 fare is one of themost affordable for elite internationalsport. “In less than 20 weeks, Canada will host themost impor-tant event in women’s soccer,” he said in a prepared statement.Stadium Passports remain on sale until 9 p.m. Feb. 5. Thesegroup ticket passes include access to each match at B.C. Placeand cost $185 to $395.

WorldCup turfwar endsThe elite international soccer players suing over artificial turf

fields at the 2015 Canada Women’s World Cup announcedthis week they will stop their legal action.“On behalf of the players, I want to thank all who aided our

fight for natural grass fields at the 2015World Cup, includingour volunteer lawyers from Canada and the United States,”said U.S. captain AbbyWambach in a prepared statement.“Our legal action has ended. But I am hopeful that the players’willingness to contest the unequal playing fields — and thetremendous public support we received during the effort —marks the start of even greater activism to ensure fair treatmentwhen it comes to women’s sports.”Lead lawyer HamptonDellinger said FIFA and the Canadian

Soccer Association were “oblivious” to the women’s requestfor equality. Themen’s tournament has always been played ongrass. A statement read, “Since a coalition of the world’s best fe-male soccer players initiated legal action, the tactics of FIFA andCSA have included: threatening protesting players with suspen-sion, doing everything possible to delay a final court ruling de-spite the players’ need to knowwhat surface the tournament willbe held on so they can train accordingly, suggesting they wouldeither defy an adverse court ruling or cancel the tournament and,most recently, rejecting the players’ undeniably fair settlementoffer. The players are doing what FIFA andCSA have provenincapable of: putting the sport of soccer first.”

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said this game is too out ofcontrol. It won’t continueuntil everybody is out. Allthe parents filed out intothe waiting area and thegame went on.” The play-ers were about 16 yearsold. The ref about 20.In a country that sup-

plies roughly half of allactive NHL players, manyCanadians hold tight tothe belief their son will beone of those professionalathletes, maybe even amillion-dollar star, maybeeven a national team gold-medal game-winning goal-scorer. The expectationsare as unreasonable as thepressure.“They have no patience

for their own kid so whywould they have patiencefor somebody else’s kid whois calling a penalty,” saidWilling. “In every hockeygame, my contention hasalways been that there aregames you do during theyear that you enjoy. Thosegames you would do forfree. Other games, I con-tend, you would not do itfor $2,000.”

MyshadowThe PCAHA counts

about 2,050 referees. Morethan half — roughly 1,200— are 15 years old andworking as a Level 1 official,the lowest of six certificationtiers. A Level 6 referee willdo international games andthe Olympics, but is notnecessarily equipped for theNHL. There are approxi-mately 70 active Level 6referees working in Canadaat any given time.In addition to strong skating

skills and an exceptional abilityto assess and apply rules onthe fly, a good official is confi-dent and thick-skinned. Theyare effective communicatorsbecause the right word at theright time can dampen theerupting explosion of a benchboss, maybe even a Tortorella.Maybe not.The Vancouver Thunder-

birds are investing time andresources to develop youngreferees. Even if the major-ity won’t continue intoadulthood, their experiencemay be better because theirtraining is more thorough,their skills sharper and theirconfidence higher.Dan Hanoomansingh, the

T-Birds assistant referee inchief and one of the creatorsof the association’s three-year-old officiating mentor-ship program, said whatthey do is rare in B.C. andhopes other hockey clubswill follow suit.Young referees are trained

in two ways. For the newestofficials ages 12 to 15 whoare calling games for atomteams and players under10, a “shadow” joins themon the ice. The shadow is amore experienced albeit stillteenage referee who dressesin black and does not havea whistle because he or sheis not an active part of thegame. Formore experiencedteenage referees, a supervisorwill watch from the standsto provide the necessaryconstructive criticism it takesto improve.“The idea is not to inter-

fere or overrule what theydo,” saidHanoomansingh.“The shadowwill followthe new official around theice and help with the littlethings, like where to stand,what signals they need to bemaking. It’s the sort of thingthe official has learned inclass but in a game situa-

tion, it’s tough to rememberall that stuff as you’re beingforced to recall it all at once.The shadow helps remindthem andmakes them feelmore comfortable.”Ryan Kondo, 14, refs

about three games a weekfor the Thunderbirds andonWednesday night he wasone of two linesmen on apeewee rep game at Kitsi-lano community centre.Kieran Evans, 17, was thesecond linesman, officiat-ing players who were barelytaller than the goal’s cross-bar. They were paid $16,and the 28-year-old refereemade $27 for the game.“When I first started,

I wasn’t very good,” saidEvans. “I blew a lot of calls.Parents would yell at me— Idon’t blame them. But now Idon’t yell at refs myself.”Working the bantam

game afterwards, veteranreferee Tim Dodds is oneof a dozen supervisors inthe T-Birds’ mentorshipprogram.“If the officiating isn’t as

good as it can be,” he said,“then the game isn’t asgood as it can be.”

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I’ve been helping somenew commuter cycliststhrough the onset of winterriding, plying them with allthe essential advice.Such as: find a thin toque

to put under your helmet toprotect your ears. And: weargood hiking boots, if youhave a pair, with ski socks tokeep your feet warm. Also:gloves, never leave homewithout them.Riding through the winter

isn’t impossible, especiallyin Vancouver where there’srarely snow or ice to contendwith, but it does require astrategic approach to clothing.My biggest problem in

the winter, and one I’veheard echoed by manyfellow cyclists, has alwaysbeen cold hands. I have ter-rible circulation, and on the

handlebars where there’snothing to protect yourskin from wind, fingerscan chill to the bone oncethe temperature falls pasta certain point. Once yourhands are truly chilled, it’shard to be comfortable on

a bike even if you’re warmeverywhere else.I tried lobster gloves,

which cushion two fingerstogether, but I found themawkward for gearing andbraking and disliked beingunable to move my fin-

gers independently. I triedputting hot pockets in myregular gloves, but they onlywarmed my palms or theback of my hand and didn’tdo anything for my poorfrozen fingers. I tried reallyexpensive cycling gloves,

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tion. Depending how muchyou feel the cold and howmuch you mind being cold,it may not be a route youwant to pursue. But forme, it was a game-changer.I wore them through theearly December cold snapand for the first time ever,breezed through subzerorides quite happily.I tried the Chaval XRT

Response gloves, which sellfor $390 US. Unlike somemodels, they don’t havean adjustable temperaturegauge but deliver heatbased on the temperatureof your hands and the airoutside the gloves.I will confess to being

a little sceptical to beginwith, but the results werenear perfect. They providedsteady warmth throughthe fingers and kept myhands from getting coldwithout overheating onceI was warmed up. I used

them skiing, and the gloveskept my hands and fingersat an ideal warmth as thetemperatures went down toroughly minus 7 °C.I would caution that these

gloves definitely aren’t aslim or trim package— thebiggest downside is that theyare bulky. I still had enoughdexterity to work the gearsand brakes since the ChavalXRTs were less awkwardoverall than a lobster glove.Charging is very easy.

Slender interior cableshook together to plug intoa wall charger. They’re alsosimple to turn on and off,thanks to large buttons onthe exterior of the glove.The cost is definitely the

biggest downside of this op-tion. But if you weigh thatagainst what you’d pay forgas and downtown parkingthis winter, pricey heatedgloves that work for you areworth it if they make thedifference between ridingand not riding.Kay Cahill is a cyclist

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Portland, Oreg. thinktank City Observatory is-sued a report last monthpointing to persistentpoverty rather thangentrification as the keychallenge cities face.City Observatory takes

a particular interestin the proliferation ofneighbourhoods wheremore than 30 per cent ofthe households are livingin poverty and the moreprosperous precinctswhere just 15 per cent ofhouseholds or fewer arebelow the poverty line.Canada’s closest equiv-

alent are households withlow income after tax.“The glare of media

attention falls on thoseplaces that are gentrify-ing – previously poorneighbourhoods thathave experienced invest-ment and which havegained wealthier newresidents,” the reportstates. “While such

instances of change arestriking, this study showsthey are rare.”With some activists

critiquing the effect newdevelopments have onproperty values and af-fordability, and otherslamenting the loss of vin-tage homes to new man-sions, the report raisesthe question: Is a similarphenomenon at play inMetro Vancouver?Statistics Canada

census data from 1999to 2012 indicates thatpoverty in the Vancouvercensus metropolitan areais indeed both persistentand growing.While gentrification

transformed some neigh-bourhoods between 1999and 2012, the propor-tion of census tractswith 30 per cent or moreof tax filers living inlow-income householdsincreased to seven percent from five per cent.Moreover, the numberof prosperous censustracts – those where 15

per cent of tax filers orfewer are low-income —dropped to 25.5 per centfrom 32 per cent overthe period.In addition, three key

Metro Vancouver areasremain hubs for low-in-come tax filers: Vancou-ver’s Downtown Eastsideas far east as NanaimoStreet; downtown NewWestminster; and thetracts along Garden CityRoad in Richmond, fromthe Fraser River to West-minster Highway.Yet if poverty is qui-

etly spreading across theregion, creating moretracts with high concen-trations of low-incomehouseholds, many tractsthat formerly had highrates of low-incomehouseholds are now far-ing better.In fact, 20.8 per cent

of families were deemedlow-income in 2012, onlyslightly higher than the20.2 per cent rate postedin 1999.twitter.com/bizinvancouver

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The announcement, inOctober 2010 that the JimPattison Group was joiningforces with Reliance Proper-ties Ltd. to redevelop anassembly of 27 parcels atBurrard andDavie streets inVancouver came as pro-posals for office propertieswere surging.With the cityentertaining or anticipatingproposals for five sites inthe downtown core, BrentToderian, the city’s directorof planning at the time, waspleased with what was con-sidered a rebound in activity.“We’re quite pleased

with the very strong interestwe’re seeing in stand-aloneoffice projects as well asmixed-use projects that in-clude office. Both of whichare telling us that officeconstruction is very viableright now,” he said.Today, tenants are pre-

paring to occupy the firstof 2.1 million square feet ofdowntown office construc-tion that followed.But the Pattison-Reliance

project – to be known asBurrard Place – only re-cently applied for a develop-ment permit, three yearsafter beginning its journeythrough civic processes.The proposal calls for

three towers including 826residential units, 224,200square feet of office space,and 75,719 square feet ofretail space (a three-levelToyota dealership, tem-porarily relocated to theformer Mercedes-Benzdealership that YuanhengHoldings Ltd. owns onBroadway at Hemlock, willanchor the office tower).Refinements to Burrard

Place since it was initiallyannounced include a maxi-mum height of 55 storeysfor one of the two residen-tial towers, the third-tallestin Vancouver at a site thatensures the project willbecome a landmark.

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The B.C. housingmarket shows no sign ofcontracting after its strong2014, with sales and pricesexpected to rise againin 2015, according to aCentral 1 Credit Unionforecast issued Jan. 20.

However, the creditunion said that the in-creases would be “relative-ly modest, with sales upfive per cent compared to18 per cent last year, whilethe median provincialhome price will climb 2.5per cent to $414,000.”The B.C. Housing

Outlook also doesn’t

anticipate any price dropsany time soon in 2016 orbeyond, saying that thegrowing economy wouldkeep sales on a “posi-tive trend through 2018with average annual priceincreases above two percent.”“Regional variations will

persist over the next few

years, particularly givenrecent gyrations in oil pric-es,” said Central 1 senioreconomist Bryan Yu.The credit union trade

association also predictedthat the Bank of Canadawould not increase interestrates until early 2016, thatthe high Vancouver priceswill continue to rise due

to the lack of developableland, and that northernB.C. will see even biggerprice increases.“I think sky-high prices

in Greater Vancouver havemore room to grow withlittle risk of a significantdownturn,” said Yu.“A key characteristic

of the market has been

the divergence betweendetached and multi-family prices. While condomarkets have been soft,with median home valuesflat since 2010, detachedvalues have surged.Single-family housing isincreasingly a luxury gooddetached from incomedrivers.”

Averagehomeprices to continue goingup in 2015

Aproposal calls for 826newresidential units tobebuilt at the cornerofBurrardandDavie streets.PHOTODANTOULGOET



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FeaturesRanging in price from $25,990 to $35,790, the CR-V

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ThumbsUpThe peppy engine is also more efficient and torquey.

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ThumbsDownThere is very little to complain about but the CR-V

but its overall design is somewhat boring and it isn’t thesportiest compact SUV on the market.

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compact SUV market back in 1997. It is also a marqueevehicle for Toyota and this latest generation maintainshigh standards. Not resting on its laurels, Toyota hasjust recently gave the RAV4 a make-over.Prices start at $24,005 and there are three models to

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Ford EscapeThe Ford Escape has been a bestseller in this segment

for a few years now. Like most in this class, it receiveda major overhaul last year. The new package has greatstyling, good fuel efficiency and nice technology.The Escape starts at $23,499 and ranges up to

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broken clock is right twicea day. Recent photographsfrom Car and Driver (theyappear to be taken using adrone) show a pickup-truck-looking test vehicle, clad all

in black, with the cabin of acurrent Corvette, the frontclip of an Australian Holdenand an undoubtedly mid-ship engine mounting. It’sgot a huge wing and looksriveted together, so thisthing’s a long way fromproduction yet, but it lookslike the rumours of a mid-engined next-generationCorvette are real this time.Those rumours indicate

that the C8 (eighth-gen‘Vette) will be shorter,smaller, lighter and have asmaller engine. It’s report-

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Dodge launches one-of-one custompaintoption forViperWith the supercharged

Z06 currently kickingheads all over the track,

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nice to see more of it in thefuture.

Lower speed limitscause fewer pedes-trian deaths inNYCNew York, the Big

Apple. “Hey, I’m walkin’heah!” delivered in a strongBrooklyn accent. That sortof thing.In a well-of-course-it-did

report, looks like NYC’splan to reduce pedestrianfatalities by dropping thespeed limit five miles perhour actually worked, withfatalities dropping from 180in 2013 to 132 in 2014That’s still a long way

to the zero deaths claimedas a goal for 2024, but it’scertainly an improvement.There are other factors

at play here, includingincreased police presenceat crosswalks and moretickets for failing to yield topedestrians, but it looks likethe plan is working.You have to wonder if

lessons learned in one of thedensest cities in the worldmight be applied to our ownarea.twitter.com/ brendan_mcaleer

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