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Approximately 20 per cent of Vancouverdetached-housing sales can be defined asflips — the buying and selling of a propertyin less than 12 months — and Dunbar isthe city’s hottest flipping market.Dunbar, an established West Side

neighbourhood where the typical price of ahouse is now $2.27 million, accounted for

30 of the 328 detached-house flips in thecity during 2014 and the first five monthsof this year, based on exclusive researchdone for Business in Vancouver by NewWestminster’s Landcor Data Corp.Dunbar average house prices rose 9.1 per

cent in the past year, which would equateto a theoretical return of approximately$200,000 for someone who had boughtand sold a typical house in that period.But the Landcor data suggests some

savvy investors did much better than that.Continued on page 7

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The business of investigating and pros-ecuting illegal marijuana dispensaries inVancouver has yet to result in the successfulprosecution of any suspects whom police ar-rested over an 18-month span while execut-ing nine search warrants at city pot shops.In examining court records and conducting

interviews with Vancouver police and the Pub-lic Prosecution Service of Canada, theCourierlearned that only three people were charged inconnection with raids on two pot shops.In the other investigations, prosecutors are

reviewing whether to approve charges in threebusts and police are waiting for analysis ofevidence in another three cases before recom-mending charges to the federal Crown office.Police executed the nine warrants be-

tween October 2013 and April 2015. Threeof the warrants were associated to the RealCompassion Society at 151 East Hastings,which continued to operate this week. Po-lice were there in October 2013, December2013 and August 2014.Warrants were not immediately available

for the Courier to view and believed to besealed. However, the VPD issued a newsrelease Oct. 25, 2013 saying “drug investi-gators do not believe that the operators of

this dispensary were intent on providing anytype of medical service but, instead, wereallegedly trafficking in significant amounts ofmarijuana for financial gain.”Even with that observation almost two

years ago, it wasn’t until April of this yearthat prosecutors approved two counts oftrafficking against David Luke Bauman. Nodate has been set for trial. Prosecutors alsoapproved charges in April against JosephWilliam Fortt and Dayna Christiansen inconnection with a warrant served June 23,2014 at Weeds Glass and Gifts, 2580 King-sway. They’re also awaiting trial.Though it appears the wheels of justice

are moving slowly in the investigations, bothpolice and the prosecution service say thecases are complex, time-consuming, requirea lot of paper work and involve sendingevidence for analysis to Health Canada.“It takes the time it takes,” said Dan

Brien, director of communications for thePublic Prosecution Service of Canada,which is the federal office responsible forprosecuting drug cases on behalf of theGovernment of Canada.“Before charges are approved, there might

be some back and forth between police andCrownwhile we assess a file tomake surethat there’s sufficient evidence.”Brien declined to discuss the specifics of

each case but said prosecutors will only ap-prove a charge if the evidence supports theprospect of a conviction.

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Steve Rai could havetalked about himself whenhe was introduced thisweek as the VancouverPolice Department’s newdeputy chief.After all, he’s been on

the job for 25 years.And he’s got quite an

extensive resume — pa-trol officer, assignmentsin the jail, recruiting,seconded to the Coordi-nated Law EnforcementUnit, managed the DavieStreet community policeoffice, worked 10 years asan emergency responseteam hostage negotiator,spent six years with theVPD’s critical incidentstress management team,a policing district supervi-sor, an inspector in humanresources… it goes on.But when it came

Rai’s turn to speak at themicrophone, he turnedhis thoughts to his father,who moved the fam-

ily from India in the late1960s to Vancouver. Rai,whose Punjabi skills havecomplemented his workand developed connec-tions in the South Asiancommunity, was born inPunjab, India but raised inthe city.“I just grew up down

the street from here,” saidRai at a news conferenceTuesday at the CambieStreet precinct, whereChief Adam Palmer an-nounced the Kitsilanosecondary graduate hasjoined deputy chiefsDoug LePard and WarrenLemcke on the depart-ment’s executive.When the family arrived

from India, Rai’s fathertook on a series of jobsbefore he was hired as abuilding service workerat the VPD, where heworked in the jail.“And he’d come home

and tell stories about policeofficers and how neat andhow respected they wereand how much he lovedworking around them,”recalled Rai, noting someof those officers continue

to work at the department.“I’m proud for my fatherbecause he was anotherunsung hero. As an im-migrant, he encouragedhis kids to stay on the rightpath. And 25 years later,

I’m standing here.”His father’s influence

also extended to Rai’sbrother, Roger, who isan officer assigned to theDowntown Eastside. Raialso credited the influence

of school liaison officersfor his career choice, whichhas gone beyond his firstthoughts of the job.“I just wanted to come

out and catch criminalsand put them in jail andhave fun and do all theexciting stuff that youthink about as a youngperson applying for a ca-reer in policing,” he said.“Never in my mind, didI think 25 years later thatI’d be standing here as thedeputy chief.”Palmer said there were

four applicants for thevacant deputy chief’s job,which was left open afterPalmer was promotedto chief when Jim Churetired. Palmer said he,LePard and a member ofthe police board were onthe selection committee.Palmer also used this

week’s news conference toannounce that LaurenceRankin was promoted frominspector to superinten-dent. Rankin’s name maybe familiar to those whofollowed the Stanley Cupriot investigation; Rankinled the department’s inves-

tigation team.The 27-year veteran of

the VPD is also known lo-cally and nationally for hiswork with polygraph exam-inations, both as someonewho conducts polygraphsand trains officers on howto do them. Most recently,he was the inspector incharge of the department’smajor crime section.And in case some of

you are wondering when awoman will be promotedto deputy chief, I waswondering the same thing.The last time I checked,the VPD had seven femaleinspectors and one super-intendent, with more than300 female officers work-ing in the city. The VPDhas never had a femalechief, although CarolynDaley came close whenshe retired about a decadeago as deputy chief.So I asked Palmer

whether there will comea day during his tenurewhen a woman will bepromoted to deputy chief.His response: “It’s quitepossible.”

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The Grandview-Wood-land Citizens’ Assemblyrecommends mainly mid-and low-rise buildings —not towers — to accom-modate growth around theBroadway-CommercialDrive SkyTrain station.Two years ago, residents

balked at the prospect ofa 36-storey tower on theSafeway site, which wasamong numerous controver-sial “emerging directions”for the neighbourhood’scommunity plan that alsoidentified several sites forhighrises of between 22 and28 storeys in other locationsin the surrounding area.City council formed the

48-member Citizens’ As-sembly to address the back-lash against those proposalsand many others withinthe initial draft policydirections. The assembly,

which has been meetingsince September, releasedits final report online lastFriday. It contains almost270 recommendations onthemes including hous-ing, transportation, localeconomy, arts and culture,public realm, commu-nity well-being and health,heritage and energy andclimate change. There areneighbourhood-wide, aswell as recommendationsfor the seven districts with-in Grandview-Woodland.The recommendations are

not binding on city council.Rachel Magnusson,

the assembly’s chair, saidmembers recommend one12-storey building by theBroadway and Commer-cial SkyTrain station.“In general, the idea was

to move to low and mid-rise for the area and try toget your transit-orienteddensity that way,” she said.“Certainly, my understand-ing is they’ve planned forless people than was in theoriginal emerging direc-tions for that area. But you

can still get a substantialincrease by going with lowand mid-rise form.”Meanwhile, the as-

sembly is calling for somehigher buildings alongHastings Street than wereinitially proposed in the2013 emerging directions.The report proposes

heights of up to 15 storeys,with opportunities for 20storeys, on the north sideof Hastings between Clarkand McLean drives. Be-tween McLean and Com-mercial, it recommends upto 15 storeys on the northside and 12 on the southside. Proposed heightsdecline heading eastwardtowards Nanaimo — therecommendation is forheights up to eight storeysbetween Commercial andTempleton and then upto six storeys betweenTempleton and Nanaimo.Two years ago, some

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Continued from page 1Then the Crown decides

whether it’s in the public’sinterest to proceed with aprosecution, he said.Asked whether the ever-

changing laws related tomarijuana are consideredwhen proceeding withcharges, Brien said “deci-sions of the Supreme Courtare always taken into con-sideration but I can’t speakto specifics.” Last week, theSupreme Court of Canadaruled that prohibition of ed-ible marijuana goods suchas pot-infused cookies vio-lates the Canadian Charterof Rights and Freedoms.Added Brien: “We

prosecute the cases thatare brought before us. Wedefend the law as it is.”Const. Brian Montague,

a VPDmedia liaison officer,said a great deal of timeand resources are involvedin busting a dispensary.Montague said there’s aperception “that we canjust walk into a store that’sselling illegal products, takeeverything, arrest the indi-vidual behind the counterand board up the business.Clearly, that’s not the case.”

Police have to first gatherevidence to obtain a searchwarrant before conductinga raid, he said, adding thatcan involve informants,undercover operators andobservations made aboutoperators and customers.“There’s a whole host of

tactics that we have to use tomake sure the investigationis done properly, so when itdoes go to court, we don’tset bad case law and searchwarrants tossed out,” saidMontague, noting exhibitsin drug cases are sent toHealth Canada for analysis.“That takes a great deal oftime, too. And until we getthose reports back, we don’tforward a report to Crownand, of course, Crown can’ttake it to court without ananalysis certificate.”That said, the VPD is on

record of saying investigat-ing pot shops is not a toppriority for the department’sdrug unit. In March 2014,the VPD issued a publicstatement saying it “hastaken and will continue totake, in the face of amendedmarijuana laws, a prioritybased approach to the en-forcement of those laws.”

The VPD’s drug unit saysits priorities include targetingviolent street andmid-leveldrug dealers, violent gangmembers involved in the drugtrade, dealers who prey onvulnerable people and dealerswho sell heroin, cocaine andmethamphetamine.“For the most part,”

the VPD’s statement said,“medical marijuana dis-pensaries operating todayin Vancouver do not meetthese criteria.”The Courier’s review

of the nine search war-rants comes as city councilconsiders a staff proposalto regulate Vancouver’s potshops. It’s an unprecedent-ed move by a Canadianmunicipality, with the citycalling for a ban on edibles,a $30,000 annual licensingfee, criminal record checksand pot shops restrictedfrom operating within 300metres of a school or com-munity centre.HealthMinister Rona

Ambrose criticized the cityfor proposing the regulationsand pointed the finger at theVPD for not shutting downthe 90-plus dispensaries.None of the dispensaries are

licensed byHealth Canada,endorsed by amedical bodyor associated to any legiti-mate health service provider.The public hearing on the

city’s proposal to regulatepot shops resumes June 22at 6 p.m.(A longer version of

this story, which includescomment from a pot shopoperator, can be viewed atvancourier.com)

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NewsContinued from page 4“OnHastings, they’ve

recommended some tallerbuildings. The aim therewas to try and get socialamenities in that area of theneighbourhood in particu-lar,”Magnusson explained.“There’s lots of interest ina public plaza and spaceswhere youth could congre-gate. So, thinking of heightsas a tool to get themoney forthose kinds of social needs,social housing and things

like that. That was the focusalongHastings.”One assemblymember in-

terviewed about 60 businessowners in the district to as-sess their opinions, accordingtoMagnusson.The assembly also recom-

mends against the develop-ment of townhouses alongNanaimo Street, the easternboundary of Grandview-Woodland, over concernsabout truck traffic. Instead, itproposes the gradual develop-

ment of mixed-use buildings.It supports a separated bike

lane one Commercial DrivefromEast 14th to Graveley

Street, while the group didn’tcome to a conclusion abouta development proposalthat would allow the Kettle

Society to expand its spaceon Venables. The full reportcan be found on the Citizens’Assembly website.

Brian Jackson, the city’shead planner, calls the Citi-zens’ Assembly report “an in-credibly comprehensive look

at their own community.”The report goes before

committee June 24. Jacksonsaid staff will ask council toreceive it and refer it back tostaff for review in the contextof moving forward with thecommunity plan. The finalplan likely won’t go back tocouncil before next spring.“This isn’t the end of a

process,” Jackson said. “It’sre-kickstarting the beginningof the process.”

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Continued from page 1For instance, a 1950-era

house at 4086West 30thAve. was bought, held for217 days and sold last Junefor $2.95 million, generat-ing a $400,000 profit.A house built in 1930 at

3464West 38th Ave. wasbought and sold in 107days. The selling price, atjust over $2 million, nettedthe investor $305,000.And the owner of an

80-year-old house onWest19th Avenue pocketed aprofit of $340,000 afterholding the house for 171days and selling it for $2.34million.For the Dunbar area, the

typical house flip generateda 23 per cent annual return,or an average of $1,360 per

day that the house was held.“A well-backed inves-

tor leveraging 20 per centdown financing [around$400,000] would yield over100 per cent [on their cashinvestment],” said DerekTinney, Landcor Dataoperations manager.Vancouver realtor Ken

Leong, who admits to abrief — and heady — his-tory of flipping condo-miniums for himself andclients, said it takes morenerve and cash to speculateon Vancouver’s detached-house market than duringthe exuberant days of condoflips a decade ago.Leong said that if house

price increases go soft — asin the current condo market— investors could find

themselves financially underwater fast.That was the experi-

ence of at least one EastVancouver speculator, wholost $61,000 in 57 days lastfall flipping a $905,000 de-tached house on East 29thAvenue.Leong is not surprised

there’s not more flippinggoing on, despite the 10per cent increase in aver-age Vancouver house pricesover the past year. He sus-pects some of what mightbe seen as speculation ispeople forced to sell quicklyfor other reasons, such aschanging family or employ-ment situations.Speculation, he said, is

not a guarantee of heftyprofits. As Leong explained,

if an investor bought ahouse for $1 million andflipped it a few months laterfor $1.1 million, he or shewould have to pay $18,000in B.C.’s property purchasetax. Realtor commissions tosell the house would totalaround $33,500. The capi-tal gains tax, likely at thehighest tax bracket, wouldbe roughly $30,000.“So now your $100,000

gain is down to less than$20,000, and you still haveto add in the carrying costsof financing of around$4,000 per month while thehouse is for sale,” he said.“It would be hard to

make a big profit on such aflip,” Leong said. “Actuallythe government would makemore than the investor.”

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B.C.’s spacey politicsdoesn’t get much betterthan “Om the Bridge,”a public relations stuntwhich stretched frompeculiar to Planet Clairein the space of a week.Responding to public

criticism of governmentinvolvement in a schemeto shut down the Burrard

Bridge on InternationalYoga Day (June 21),and the threat of a FirstNations “flash mob” co-opting the event, PremierChristy Clark turned tosocial media last Thurs-day. She tweeted a photoof herself standing infront of the Taoist ThaiChi outlet in Parksville,accompanied with thecaption, “Hey Yoga Hat-ers — bet you can’t waitfor international Tai Chiday.”Online confusion fol-

lowed. Had the premier’saccount been hacked? Orhad one of her handlersreplaced her morningmufffin with a melt-your-face compassion clubedible? (A plan to apply ayoga mat tourniquet to amain traffic artery is notwhat you called a half-baked idea. More likefully-baked.)#Shunthebridge back-

lashers piled on after thepremier’s Yoga Haterscomment, with children’sentertainer Raffi tweet-

ing that she owed B.C.an apology. At a laterpress conference, Clarkdefended the tweet as anattempt at “self-depre-cating humour,” askingreporters: “Did you getit?”The next day the pre-

mier fluttered, moth-like,back into the white-hotfilament of social media.“Yoga Day is a greatopportunity to celebratepeace and harmony —it’s not about politics. Idon’t intend to partici-

pate,” she tweeted.The government was

out. Co-sponsors andB.C. Liberal donorsLululemon Athletica andAltagas promptly fol-lowed suit.June 21 is the first

National AboriginalDay after the release ofthe Truth and Recon-ciliation report. Yet thegovernment championeda traffic-stopping spec-tacle for Vancouver’sstretchware demographic,co-sponsored by a gas

company of all things.The optics were worthyof Mr. Magoo.The planned event

was wrong on so manylevels, why would thegovernment agree to hostit — particularly whenthere was already otherYoga Day events in theworks locally? Thereis an unknown risk forbig bureaucracies to doanything original andinventive, versus zero riskto do nothing.

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Community/Opinion

PACIFIC SPIRIT

Pat [email protected]

Last year, 3,157 for-eign vessels docked atPort Metro Vancouver.In addition to the morethan 139 million tonnes ofcargo, those ships carriedtens of thousands of crew,doing sometimes danger-ous work, most of themfar from home, many inneed of assistance materialand spiritual.With the exception of

cruise ships, it is a rare ves-sel that sails into BurrardInlet (or Roberts Bank) thatdoes not receive a visit froma clergyperson or volunteerassociated with Vancouver’sMission to Seafarers.More than 150 years

ago, priests in the Churchof England recognized thatsailors had a particular needfor pastoral care, says Rev.Nick Parker, an Anglicanpriest andMission to Sea-farers’ senior port chaplainin Vancouver. The churchfounded what was thencalled Mission to Seamen“in about 1857, give ortake,” Parker says, and aVancouver chapter emergedout of St. James AnglicanChurch on East Cordova atthe end of the 19th century,officially joining the interna-tional group in 1903.Since then, the Anglicans

have opened the door toshare the task of reachingout to crew members withrepresentatives of the Ro-man Catholic and ChristianReformed churches, mostlybecause those two denomi-nations already had activeseafaring ministries. But thetwo locations out of whichthe mission operates areAnglican facilities and the

president of the organiza-tion is always the bishop ofthe local Anglican diocese.Despite its overtly reli-

gious underpinnings, many,if not most, of the interac-tions the mission has are notrelated to religion at all.“It can range from sports

and weather to where tofind things, to spiritual,pastoral matters to admin-istrative things like banking,doing money transfers,”says Parker. “It’s just reallya friendly chat. We welcomethem, we give them direc-tions, let them know whatservices are provided for

them or what they can ac-cess …We are often, otherthan maybe the longshore-men, one of the first groupof people that they meet.”Canadians might be

willing to wait months fora doctor’s appointment,he notes, but a sailormight have a window offour hours to get a medicalcondition checked out.Parker is perfectly happyto help out and to serve asVancouver’s concierge tothe seafaring world.“I think it was Francis of

Assisi who said, ‘Preach thegospel always and, if you

must, use words.’ I thinkit’s by our caring action, ourwillingness to be present forthem, that is the hallmark ofthe mission,” he says.Caring for the people who

bring foreign goods to ourshores is part of Parker’s ef-fort to recognize the work ofthose who are critical to oureveryday life in Canada.“Most people never

realize that the clothesthey wear on their backcame in a container fromsome country somewhereand that there are realpeople who are helpingin the transportation of

those goods, carrying 90-odd per cent of the goodsback and forth across theoceans of this world in thisglobal economy,” he says.“The mission is one of thebest kept secrets. We havea very quiet ministry thatfor about 112, 113 years,we’ve been quietly work-ing on the waterfront, gen-eration after generation,looking after the needs ofthe seafarers, whateverthey may be.”That goes for people of

all religions (or none), too,he says.“Our raison d’être for

being is because we are aChristian mission, but thatbeing said … if someonewere to come here andsay I need an imam or ifsomeone wanted a Bud-dhist priest, we would findone,” says Parker. “In thatsense, we engage all faiths,all cultures, sexual orienta-tions, you name it. We arehere for them. If they havea specific need from eithertheir cultural or their reli-gious stance or language forthat matter, we will attemptto meet that need.”Parker’s Catholic col-

league Father John Easonoperates out of Holy RosaryCathedral and has beengreeting sailors for 17 years.“I board the vessels, go

up the gangway, visit themen, whoever is available,and give them reading ma-terial like National Geo-graphic magazines, givethem a spiritual bouquetof a rosary, MiraculousMedal [a medallion of St.Mary], a picture of Jesusand Mary, a confessionguide so they can have anexamination of conscienceand some spiritual mate-rial they can keep in theirroom,” says Eason.He gets a crew list and

especially targets namesthat sound Polish orCroatian, because they arehighly likely to be Catho-lic. But, like Parker, he’sopen to all.“It’s interesting with the

Hindus,” he says. “Theyhave all these gods and god-desses. Another God? Sure,why not? More protection.The more powers above meto look after me, fine, that’sall the better for me.“How could you go

against that thinking?” hesays laughing. “It’s greatthinking.”

@Pat604Johnson

Sailors find safe harbour of helpMission to Seafarers assists thousands of cargo ship sailors entering Vancouver waters

Rev. Nick Parker, an Anglican priest andMission to Seafarers’ senior port chaplain in Vancouver, says the service helps foreign sailorswith all kinds of needs: “It can range from sports andweather towhere to find things, to spiritual, pastoralmatters to administrativethings like banking, doingmoney transfers.” PHOTODANTOULGOET


Theweek in num6ers...

3Thenumberofpeoplewho’vebeenchargedwithoffencesafter police raidedninepot

dispensariesover an18-monthperiod.

23Thepercentageof annualreturngeneratedbyhousesflipped in theDunbararea, oranaverageof $1,360perdaythat thehousewasheld.

10Thepercentagebywhich thepriceof theaverageVancouverhousehasgoneup in thepast

year.

270Thenumberof

recommendationsmadebytheGrandview-WoodlandCitizens’ Assembly for the

neighbourhood’s communityplan.

3.2In thousands, theapproximatenumberof foreignvesselsthatdockedatPortMetroVancouver last year, carryinga total of 139million tonnesof

cargo.

0Indollars, the cost toattendmanyof the liveperformancesacross the city that arepart oftheTD Vancouver International

Jazz Festival.

Mike [email protected]

You have to give realtor Keith Roypoints for originality. Knowing a thing ortwo about marketing and self-promotionin today’s sizzling Vancouver real estatemarket is how you will break into the tinycircle of top-sellers of detached homes.Roy’s latest brainchild may have just

raised the bar among his peers. It is awebsite called buildinginvancouver.com,a blog diary of building a new home on atypical East Vancouver lot just off MainStreet.One of his stated objectives is to know

“how much the new 2015 City of Van-couver building bylaw really costs.”What readers will discover, however, is

how frustrating, stressful and incrediblycostly it is for a citizen to keep with thedemands of Vancouver city hall.At times Roy’s experiences sound posi-

tively Kafkaesque — like, for example,when he describes in his blog figuringout the city’s requirement for a showerinstallation on his new home’s mainfloor: “[The clerk] walked about threedesks away and starting chatting withanother guy. After about a minute, thetwo of them got up and walked over toa third guy. Now, Clerk, Code Guy andThird Guy are standing around my plansmaking marks and debating the showerrequirements.”Confounded by the delays, Roy writes

he called over to them. “Am I the firstperson to build a house in the City ofVancouver this year?”Vancouver’s new bylaws surrounding

tree removals take red tape to even morebizarre levels, according to Roy’s blog.“It is going to cost me between $561

to $650 to get permission to remove astump and a dead pear tree from theland that I own. This is not the cost ofremoving the trees. That is a separatebill. This is just the permission to removethe trees.”At this point most of us will be am-

bivalent about Roy’s experiences. It costsmoney to build a house and navigatingthe city’s requirements goes with the ter-ritory, after all.However, should we ask how these

kinds of experiences affect the rest of uswho rent, renovate our property, or dobusiness in Vancouver?Thanks to the persistence of some

advocacy groups and the political leaderswho listen to them, some of Canada’s

governments at the federal, provincialand municipal levels are attempting tostreamline regulations, while puttingmore onus on good customer service.The City of Vancouver seems to signal

that this is not a political or organiza-tional priority. An aide in the Mayor’soffice often uses his Twitter account tomock calls for cutting municipal red tape,although it is not clear if his boss is simi-larly hostile to the idea.The U.S. Office of Management and

Budget, in its 2014 Information Collec-tion Budget of the U.S. Government, es-timates that in 2013 it took citizens 9.453billion hours to complete the paperworkrequirements of a selection of govern-ment agencies. That amounts to morethan 13,000 average human lifetimes!In Canada, regulatory burden is esti-

mated to be even greater on a per capitabasis.Reducing red tape is neither a right

nor a left wing hobbyhorse. The evi-dence shows the issue transcends politics,though the ideas on how to resolve it aresplit.Some call for more private sector

involvement, others call for more trainingand incentives to help public servants.Either way, at least there is an admis-

sion of a problem elsewhere, if not inVancouver itself.But you know the issue of red tape

is critical at Vancouver city hall whenthe manager in charge of it loses her$137,000 annual salary position after do-ing minor renovations on her home with-out a building permit. Carli Edwards,whose job was to uphold Vancouver’sbuilding bylaw, resigned under a cloudlast December.Her boss, city manager Penny Ballem,

sent a strong signal to staff that bend-ing the rules would not stand. Instead, itshould have been an aha! moment thatreforms are desperately needed.For whatever reason, a January 2012

motion passed unanimously by citycouncil to “Improve the Efficiency of thePermit Process at City Hall,” has neverbeen fully acted upon.Even the Mayor’s 2012 Housing Af-

fordability Task Force report paid lip ser-vice to the need to streamline decision-making at city hall.Perhaps a realtor’s humble blog will be

the catalyst for city hall reforms that willgo a long way to make Vancouver hous-ing more affordable.

@MikeKlassen

City hall’s red tapeinflating housing prices

Opinion

Allen [email protected]

(This is the second in an occasionalseries regarding the goofy goings onrelated to the governance of PremierChristy Clark.)I may not be able to tell you the

difference between a downward fac-ing dog and a salutation to the sun. Ican however tell you when somethingon the political landscape is totallywhacky.But before I get to the once-on, now-

off yoga thingy on the Burrard Bridgeand the city’s involvement in all of this,let me update you on a matter raised inthe first of this series.It dealt primarily with the goofy

election campaign whim by our Pre-mier Clark insisting that, if we wantedmore money for regional transportationinfrastructure, we first had to have aregional transit plebiscite to raise taxes.While the plebiscite vote ended

almost three weeks ago, we are stillawaiting the results. Meanwhile themayors’ council has reported theyspent just shy of $6 million on the VoteYes campaign.Since then our whimsical premier has

said that, no matter the result of theplebiscite, money would have to be in-vested in transit infrastructure anyway,which makes you wonder why we wentthrough this costly divisive exercise inthe first place.Clark’s most recent moment of

whimsy was her plan to shut down theBurrard Bridge for seven hours thiscoming Sunday morning. She wouldhave hosted a massive 60 minute “yogaclass” in celebration of InternationalYoga Day.And I bet you thought it was a joke.On June 12, along with the bridge

closure, she also announced the eventsponsors: they included two of herparty’s political supporters Lululemonand Altagas, an LNG outfit that wasgoing to throw $10,000 into the pot.Taxpayers would pick up the other

$150,000 this little bit of stretchingand deep breathing would cost.Of course, all of that has been well

canvassed elsewhere. But what has notbeen explained is this: How did Clarkget the authority to completely closedown a bridge in Vancouver?So here’s how it happened. Here’s

how the city and Mayor Gregor Rob-

ertson’s council buddies helped Clarkout. Namaste.The formal application for the event

was filed with the city’s FEST commit-tee on behalf of the premier by Nor-man Stowe’s Pace Communications.The committee is usually the samebunch of faceless bureaucrats, includ-ing engineering, police and fire folks,who would approve everything from ablock party to a fan zone.In this case though, deputy city man-

ager Sadhu Johnston was put in chargeof the file.To help grease the wheels on the

application, the premier had one of hersenior staffers call the mayor’s chief ofstaff Mike Magee to make it clear thiswas a high priority.In fairness to Johnston and Magee,

they tried to wave off the proposal bysuggesting less disruptive and less po-litically sensitive venues than the Bur-rard Bridge. After all, the city had justannounced it was planning to perma-nently eliminate another traffic lane onthe bridge and turn it over to (Yikes!)cyclists. No luck.Vision councillors were apprised of

the request before the decision wasmade. In a word, they thought the planwas nuts. This is not just because ofthe disruption to traffic this extraordi-nary shut down would cause.The premier made a big deal of

this event “building on the province’spriority of strengthening economicand cultural ties with India.” Check-ing their own calendars, councillorsquickly realized Christy was endorsingthe wrong Indians. The day she chosewas also National Aboriginal Day, andbesides, we had just received the stir-ring report from the Truth and Recon-ciliation Commission.Councillors were well aware there

would be serious blowback from thecitizenry and First Nations (one nativeleader called the idea “flakey” and “po-litical opportunism.”)Nonetheless, Vision council and the

mayor chose not to block the eventwhile making sure that Robertson dis-tanced himself from it by saying he wasgoing to honour the other Indians.Of course the premier would bail

out, too, claiming her intent to “cele-brate peace and harmony” had “driftedtowards politics.”Really.

@allengarr

City stretched credibilityto allow yoga on bridge


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June 19, 1983: Theworld’s largest air-supported domed stadiumopens besideFalse Creek. Built in advance of Expo 86 at a cost of $126million (roughly $267million in today’s dollars), B.C. Place is able to seat 60,000 people. Covering 10acres in total, with a circumference of 760metres (2,500 feet), the roof was heldaloft by air pumped by 16 giant fans.The venuewas the brainchild of Erwin Swangard, president of the Pacific

National Exhibition, who proposed an open-airmultiplex in 1978 to succeedEmpire Stadium, the aging legacy of the 1954 British Empire Games. Premier BillBennett had another idea after hearing recommendations for a downtown sitenear the Cambie Street Bridge, and plans for “Bennett’s Bubble”were unveiledin early 1980. The provincial government bought the site fromCanadian PacificRailway’s Marathon Realty for $60million andwent towork on the concrete donutthat was eventually topped by a puffy white roof when it was first inflated inNovember 1982.B.C. Place opened on-timewith a televised pageant. Bennett presided at the

11 a.m. opening ceremony and paid special tribute to Alvin Narod, the project’smaster builder, who had died earlier that year.The VancouverWhitecaps played the first sporting event in the province’s

biggest venue the following day, defeating the Seattle Sounders 2-1 in a NorthAmerican Soccer League game.

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Teachyour childrenwellRe: “Paige’s story highlights govern-

ment inaction,” May 20.One of the results of the residential

schools is said to be a loss of parentingskills in the aboriginal population. It maygo a long way toward explaining the dis-proportion of aboriginal children in care.There are many problems with this

as documented by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, but the answer is not only toimprove the government service but toprevent children being taken into care inthe first place.A great deal of money is spent to

support the aboriginal community, butit is not improving things. Much ofthe money goes to the people who arethemselves suffering and unable to cope.A program to attack the fundamentalproblem is needed.Research has shown the importance of

early childhood development in raisingpeople who are able to cope, and this isan area that should be addressed. Sup-port for families on parenting, and tokeep children safe and healthy in theirown homes, would go a long way toovercoming the dire effects of the resi-dential school system. Done properly, itcould create a new beginning.

Marguerite Ford, Vancouver

RiverDistrict developmentstorywasunderdevelopedRe: “Instant town seeks a centre,”

June 10.This article is about the ongoing

development at Boundary Road andMarine Way. When I started readingit, I thought this was going to be somehard-hitting journalism about problemswith this area. For example:• as part of preparation for this devel-

opment, hundreds, if not thousands, oftrees were removed, in seeming con-tradiction to everything “green” thatVancouver city hall stands for.• the area is built on alluvial land, so if

there is an earthquake or resulting tidalwave, people living this area can kisstheir homes, if not their lives, goodbye.• public transportation is available

only on the east side and to the north,and is very limited, especially for a pro-posed community of 17,000 peopleThe article does talk about how com-

mercial merchants seem hesitant so farto set up shop in this area, but this is incontradiction to various birds-eye viewsof the development that you can find byGoogling, which suggest there originallywere lots of stores and other facilitiesgoing to be part of the “plan.”Overall, this article (and the accompa-

nying one about Marpole) are just puffpieces. Next time if you want to printsuch drivel, why don’t you put the word“Advertisement”at the top?

Mike Quigley, Vancouver

ONLINE COMMENTS

Public education should be agovernment priorityRe: “Closing schools bad form, says

mom,” June 12.The Vancouver School Board has to

make cuts somewhere. No one wantstheir children or their school impacted.I get that, but something has to give orB.C. has to show up en masse in thenext election to get rid of Christy Clarkand elect a government willing to putmore money into public education.

Nadia, via Comments section• • •

Given that the same number of peoplewould still be required to educate thesame number of students affected in aclosed school and — as with any venture— the bulk of the costs are in humanbeings, the net savings for closing a facil-ity are pretty darned minimal. Seems tome that the province is pushing the VSBto actually shed these schools, not justshutter them.Gonzo Henson, via Comments section

Good locks are the key topreventing bike theftRe: “Bike theft denies us more than

our property,” June 5.Hey Chris: Please buy a better lock

because I’d like to never read anotherwhiny note like this again.I’ve been riding bikes for over 30

years, pretty much daily, locking themup at many different locations. Neverhad one stolen. Should police do more?I’d rather they spend more time enforc-ing drug laws than tracking down thetheft of a bike someone bought for $200off Craigslist and then locked carelessly.

Mark Notfler, via Comments section• • •

Rampant property crime in Vancouver,including bike theft, seem to be just conve-niently ignored.

DonMäncha, via Facebook

The sixmilliondollar planRe: “Yes campaign finance report shy on

details,” online only.Six million vs. $40,000— going to be

pretty sad if Yes side loses — and a lot offinger-pointing.

@Jason_E_King via Twitter• • •

A sleazy, dishonest campaign benefit-ing insiders with OURmoney. In simplertimes, a lynch mob would be forming.

WaskesiuT, via Comments section

RECONMISSION FirstNationspeopleand their supportersprepare tohead throughdowntownVancouver aspart of the2013TruthandReconciliationWalk. LetterwriterMargueriteFord, a former city councillor, says supportingearly childhooddevelopmentwouldhelpaddress thedisproportionatenumberof aboriginal children ingovernment care. PHOTOREBECCABLISSETT


Community

The Robert L Conconi Foundation’s SanjaSimic, left, and Victoria Conconi pledged tomatch up to $200,000 of donations received byJuly 31 to support the hospice’s 20th anniver-sary fundraising efforts.

Ann Sacks president Ted ChappellwelcomedEast India Carpets’Ravi Sidhoo to the openingof the high-end tile and stone company’s firstCanadian showroom, located in the Armourydesign district.

Canuck Place Children’s Hospice CEOMargaret McNeil unveiled TikoKerr’s painting of the palliative care residence to commemorate thehome’s 20th anniversary.

HOUSEOF LOVE:Canuck Place Chil-dren’s Hospice hosted aMagical GardenParty to mark two decades of providingmedical care to newborns, children and teenswith life-threatening illnesses. CEOMarga-ret McNeil welcomed guests to the outdoorfestivities that celebrated the hospice found-ers, donors, staff, volunteers and communitywho have supported the 12-bedMatthewsStreet facility through the years. Today, morethan 600 children receive care from CanuckPlace through outreach programs and twoprovincial hospice locations — Vancouverand Abbotsford. Marking the occasion, Mc-Neil unveiled a new painting by Tiko Kerr.Attendees joined in the fun by lighting giantsparklers. Adding more shine, the Robert L.Conconi Foundation pledged to match upto $200,000 of donations received by July31 to support the hospice’s 20th anniversaryfundraising campaign.

HIGHART:The Vancouver Art Gallerycelebrated its major summer exhibition inglamour and style. Staged at the Four SeasonsHotel, the OfHeaven and Earth Gala hon-oured the 500 years of Italian painting fromthe late 14th century to the late 19th century,showcasing works by artists who helpedachieve international acclaim for Italian art,including Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Bellini,Titian and other masters. Fronted by PamelaRichardson andCatherine Guadagnuolo, thesold-out back tie affair featured a sumptuousfour-course dinner created by celebrity chefUmbertoMenghi, an art auction and reprisalofMaxMara’s 2015 fall/winterMilan runwayshow. A painting donated by distinguishedVancouver artist Gordon Smith headlined thelive auction. Fetching nearly $100,000, thework of art contributed to a reported $700,000to support the gallery’s programming efforts.

HAPPYFACE: Jacqui Cohen’s Face theWorld gala has always attracted A-listers,society darlings and the city’s who’s who. Thetoniest ticket on the gala circuit at $1,500-per-person, the party still had no problems sellingout. Big things were expected for her 25thedition, and the philanthropist and Army andNavy CEO did not disappoint. Under brilliantsunny skies, Cohen, along with her daughterKasondra andmother,Marlene, greetedguests at Jacqui’s posh Point Grey Road wa-terfront home where Veuve Clicquot flowedall night long, as well as themoney on covetedsilent and live auction items. Among themostdesired: a sleek BMW i8 hybrid and luxe stayat Langara Island Lodge. By evening’s end,Cohen was all smiles as $1million was raised,bringing the total to more than $16millionraised for local charities supporting women,children and the city’s most vulnerable.

Gala chairsPamela Richardson andCatherineGuadagnuolo, founder and president of VestisFashion Group, fronted theOf Heaven and EarthGala held at the Four Seasons Hotel.

JacquiCohenandherdaughterKasondrawel-comedthecity’smostaffluent to theirPointGreyRoadfamilyhomeforanightofphilanthropy.Over$1millionwasraisedtosupport localcharitieshelp-ingwomen,childrenandthecity’smostvulnerable.

Vancouver Art Gallery’s seniormanagementteamKathleen Bartels andPaul Larocquewel-comed art enthusiasts to an evening of glamourand style, inspired by the centuries old paintingsby Italianmasters.

Television host Fiona Forbes kibitzed with theudderly talentedMilk at the Face the Worldfete. The celebrity drag queen headlined thefoundation’s silver anniversary celebrations.

UBCwas one of 17 teams that participated in the UPS Plane Pull for UnitedWay. Teams competed to seewho could pull the 128,000-pound plane fast-est 20 feet down the YVR tarmac. In all, more than $35,000was raised forthe social service agency.

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Continued from page 8Considering the scan-

dals dropping on Clarkand her minions like car-toon anvils, this down-ward-facing demagogueryseemed like a magic trickof misdirection.“Om the Bridge” went

sideways rather than sa-madhi, but even that wasbetter than renewed focuson the culture of neglect atthe B.C. Ministry of Chil-dren and Family Develop-ment, denied FOI requestsfor government documentsthat turned out to exist,allegations of deleted gov-ernment emails involvingB.C.’s Highway of Tears,and the long-running Ag-atha Christie play involv-ing a supposed RCMPinvestigation into firedhealth ministry employeesthat never occurred.It’s the latter mystery

is looking like the biggestheadache for the Libs.The RCMP was blind-

sided by Victoria’s 2012claim that police were in-volved in an investigationinto the seven fired healthministry employees, yetinformation on wrongdo-ing had never reachedRCMP offices.PhD student Roderick

MacIsaac was one of theseven terminated. Hisstudy of an anti-smokingprogram had “uncoveredevidence that the twopharmaceutical drugscovered by the provincialsmoking cessation pro-gram, launched in 2011,can cause severe adversereactions in patients,including death,” noteda report in the VancouverSun. MacIsaac’s researchwent down the memoryhole, and he committedsuicide in the months thatfollowed (the governmenthas since apologized for its“very heavy-handed” ap-proach in firing MacIsaac).The provincial govern-

ment also cancelled thecontract of health econo-mist William Warburtonin 2012. This March hetold the Tyee that datafrom his research indi-cates that approximately60,000 people prescribedon anti-psychotic drugswill die prematurely, dueto side effects. Two yearsago, Warburton launcheda lawsuit alleging that theProvince of British Co-lumbia halted drug safetyresearch to protect donorsto the B.C. Liberal Party.According to drug-policy

researcher Alan Cassels,pharmaceutical companiescollectively gave more than$546,000 to the Liberalsfrom 2005 to 2012.But why meditate on

social policy buzzkills?Certain parties wouldmuch prefer you and mesit in the lotus position,shut our eyes, and go om-mmmmm.

@geoffolson

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tival in Emery BarnesPark on June 20 will seeJim Byrnes performingat 2 p.m. and the TomLavin and the LegendaryPowder Blues celebrat-ing their 37th anniversarywith two sets beginning at6:30 p.m. The CarnegieJazz Band, Jack Gar-ton’s Demon Squadron,Tishomingo String Band

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Ivana Kupala wreath mak-ing will begin in the parkat Seymour and Daviestreets at 6 p.m., with aprocession to False Creekat 8 p.m. Participantswill celebrate the settingsun with the wreaths andspecial performances byZeelia.All events are free and

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Community Centre of-fers free and low-costprograms and services tomarginalized and vulner-able people on low andfixed incomes, people withdisabilities, the homeless,seniors, LGBTQ, at-riskyouth and other disadvan-taged people.For more information,

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mercial Drive runs fromVenables to Grandviewwith roller disco, paradingdrummers, healing gardensand DJs spinning beats fromnoon to 7 p.m.Car Free Day onMain

Street will see mini festivals,multiple bands and kidszones, artisan markets, rollerderby, skateboarding andparkour from Broadway toEast 30th Avenue, noon to7 p.m.The Vancouver FIFA Fan

Zone will celebrate Na-tional Aboriginal Day with aFirst Nations welcome andperformances by the EagleSong Dancers and Is’kwe,starting at 12:30 p.m. TheFan Zone will host original1995World Cup Teammembers including Char-maine Hooper, AndreaNeil and Helen Stoumbos.B.C. Place will host its firstRound of 16’s match at 4:30p.m. which will also air onthe Fan Zone big screens atCambie and Georgia streets.For more information, seevancouver.ca/fanzone.

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1. The poorest high school student in Tai-pei devises a seemingly fool-proof plan tosteal an abandoned Dr. Sun Yat-Sen statueand sell it for scrap metal in Yee Chih-yen’s madcap comedyMeeting Dr. Sun.It’s one of seven films and documentariesscreening at the Vancouver TaiwaneseFilm Festival June 19 to 21 at Vancity.Details at viff.org.

2. First Nations DJ crew fromOttawaATribe Called Red brings its hypnotic blendof hip hop, reggae and dubstep toMalkinBowl, June 20. Blondtron +Waspy, GitHayetsk Dancers and Klash Akt round outthe bill. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca.

3. Centro Flamenco Rosario celebratesits 25th anniversary with a new show,La Cosecha. The evening of live singers,musicians and flamenco dancers heats upthe Vancouver Playhouse June 20, 8 p.m.Details at centroflamenco.com.

4.Grammy-nominated Cuban-CanadiansingerAdonis Puentes and the Voice ofCubaOrchestra deliver a soulful tribute tothe legendary travadore, María Teresa Vera,June 23, 7 p.m. at PerformanceWorks aspart of theVancouver International JazzFestival. Details at coastaljazz.ca.

5. Just when you thought it was safe to goback into the water, the Rio Theatre hostsa 40th anniversary screening of StevenSpielberg’s original summer blockbusterJaws. The feeding frenzy begins 6:30 p.m.on June 23. Details at riotheatre.ca.

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cannoli,” says Sam Pero,owner of Italia Bakery(2828 Hastings St.) and theCannoli King food truck.In some ways, he’s right.

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flecked with miniaturechocolate chips. Best of all,they are filled to order, en-suring the optimal contrastbetween crisp shell andcreamy filling.If anyone should know a

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ravel. Like you have a loosethread and you pull it and itkeeps coming,” says Pero.“There are so many layersyou can unravel it.”

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about the cannoli. There arefancy flavours that riff onthe traditional, plain ricottaversion, including pistachioand raspberry— the latteran invention of Pero’s, basedon the raspberry and ricottasandwiches his grandmotherused tomake him. Because

the ricotta cream containsnuts, there are also nut-free,pastry-cream-filled cannoli,in vanilla, chocolate andhazelnut.(Note: the flavoured can-

noli are filled in the morn-ing and displayed in thepastry case. They’re fine ifeaten the same day, but notquite the same as the plain,filled-to-order version.)In 2012, Pero started the

Cannoli King food truckand has since exhibited atItalianDay and the PNE.At last year’s PNE,many ofhis customers tried cannolifor the first time. “I basicallytold them, save yourmoney.Don’t go to Italy. Buy acannoli for $5 and you’ll save$3,000 on the ticket,” he says.You’ll know the Cannoli

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In her new book,MeetMein Venice, Vancouver-basedauthor SuzanneMa exam-ines the Chinese immigrationexperience through the eyesof a teenaged girl who travelsto Italy in search of fortune,adventure and her mother.Ma’s own journey started

in 2007 when the writer lefther reporting job at theOt-tawa Citizen to improve herMandarin in Beijing.There, the Toronto-born

woman encountered aplethora of second-genera-tion Chinese students likeherself. They hailed fromthe U.S., Australia, Britain,France, Sweden, Germanyand the Netherlands.“We all came from dif-

ferent corners of the worldbut we all had a similarnarrative. Our parents hadsent us to Chinese schoolas children. We rebelledand didn’t pay attention orsome didn’t even go, somerefused to get out of bedon Saturday morning,” Masaid. “And then in our 20s,we regretted that.”The “nosy journalist”

quizzed one of her Dutch

classmates about why somany Chinese people hadmigrated to his small country.A few years later, after she

was awarded the PulitzerTravelling Fellowship asone of the top five studentsfrom Columbia University’sGraduate School of Journal-ism, Ma set out to answerthis question herself.The journalist was

inspired by Peter Hesslerand Leslie Chang, who’vewritten about China for theNew Yorker andNationalGeographic, following peoplein real time, over years.“The time and effort in-

vested in that is a lot, but thereward is amazing,”Ma said.She expected her research

would take two or threeyears. But the first-timeauthor spent closer to five

onMeet Me in Venice.Ma lived in Qingtian,

near Wenzhou in China, theancestral hometown of theDutch student who becameher husband, and learnedthe town has a 300-year his-tory of migration.That’s where shemet

Ye Pei, a teenaged girl whofollowed her mother, who’dleft five years earlier, to Italy.Pei expected to reunite withher mother in Venice, onlyto learn she worked on afarm hours from the city.Mavisited Pei and Europe overthe course of three years,documenting Pei’s struggleswith work, her determinationand devotion to her familyand exploring why peopleimmigrate to nations wherethey endure hardship, sus-picion, manual labour and

familial separation.May says the main point

of her book is to humanizethe migrant experience.“When you hear about

refugees washing up insouthern Italy, escapingAfrica or the Middle East,they just become numbersand headlines and youforget that these are people,they’re daughters or moth-ers or sisters,” she said.”Ma reveals that a gar-

ment that’s “made in Italy”may mean it designed byan Italian fashion house butconstructed in a Chinese-run factory where migrantslive and work. She visitsFlanders Fields in Franceand learns Chinese labour-ers dug trenches thereduring the First World War.Ma reports children born toChinese immigrants in Italycan only apply to becomeItalian citizens once theyturn 18, despite being bornand raised on Italian soil.“Migrants are somisun-

derstood... The first thingthat happens when there’san economic crisis is that thenewcomers are blamed for allthe problems, so there’s verylittle empathy,”Ma said.She believes reading

about intolerance andproblems elsewhere allowsone to more freely reflect onthe state of affairs in one’sbackyard, where Chinese in-vestors are routinely blamedfor the high cost of housing.Although her book

focuses on the Chineseimmigration experience inItaly, Ma says the story is auniversal one.“There are lessons to be

learned. We see history re-peating itself and the morevoice and spotlight that wegive to untold migrant sto-ries, the more understand-ing there is in all societies,”she said.Ma will visit Italy to

launch the Italian version ofher book in the fall.

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Before Japan beat Cam-eroon 2-1 to take an earlylead in Group C, the 2011FIFA female player of theyear said she’d score a goalfor the nine-year-old girlholding her hand.Homare Sawa, making

her sixthWorld Cup appear-ance as the captain of thedefending champions fromJapan, asked GabrielaMac-Farlane if the U11 playerwas nervous for the walk tocentre field at B.C. Placebefore the June 12match.“She’s my favourite

player,” saidMacFarlane,who told the veteran shewas excited to be one of thethousands of children aroundthe world chosen as a FIFAyouth ambassador. “Thenshe asked, ‘Do you want meto score a goal for you?’”Including MacFarlane,

22 girls from the VancouverAthletics Football Club

were player escorts for theWorld Cup double-header,which started with the Swisstrouncing Ecuador 10-1.On other days, players

from theNorth Shore, PortMoody, Penticton, BurnabyandWest Vancouver soccerclubs took on the job. AcrossCanada, players aged six to17 from 50 youth leagues es-

corted players, joined the ballcrew and also carried teamflags at the world’s largestwomen’s sporting event.FIFAmarketing director

ThierryWeil said the goal toinvolve young local players“underscores the importanceFIFA places on enablingchildren to connect withfootball, from an early age

and regardless of gender.”The FIFA youth program

as it’s called, started in 1998for the men’s World Cupheld in France, and morethan 10,000 children havesince participated. Theescorts are especially visible,their tiny hands cupped inthe fingers of the sport’s su-perstars, their faces flashedon global television screensbefore kick-off.“My cheeks hurt from

so much smiling,” saidSeraphina Crema Black.“It’s really, really excit-

ing and your mouth hurtsbecause they tell youto smile for 30 minutesstraight, you’re just smilingand listening to unknownanthems but it was so fun,”said Kyra Heaps. “If youtry not to smile, it’s kind ofhard because you’re so ex-cited, anxious, nervous, andyou’re happy so you kind ofhave to smile.”Heaps was paired with

Cameroon’s Gaelle Enga-namouit, the 23-year-oldstriker who scored herteam’s goal against Japan.

Since both of them spokeFrench, Heaps talked to theinternational footballer inher own language.The girls were outfitted

with FIFA soccer kits andhave been wearing the redAdidas shorts and yellowjerseys to their first practicesas a newly formed gold team.Vancouver Athletics FC runsassessments for nine- and10-year-old players as theyreach the U11 age group andwill be separated for the firsttime into competitive tierswith gold at the top.“We don’t have a name

yet. We want to be calledthe soccer machines,” saidMacFarlane. “Our team is

really good and we think wecan just be the best.”The club’s head coach

and technical director, SteveWeston, said children con-tinue to play sports as longas it remains fun, especiallyas the levels of competitionand skill increase.“You’ve got to want to

come to practice, you’vegot to want to come out forthe game,” said Weston. “Ifyou work on basic skills atan early age and continue toreinforce them and prog-ress, they keep a fun an ele-ment and they will alwayscome and they will progressand they will enjoy it.”

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Continued from page 19Part of enjoying the

game is knowing there aremeaningful opportuni-ties to advance. HoldingSawa’s hand at the WorldCup is more than smilingfor the cameras — it cancement a girl’s ambition.“The hardest thing

when it comes to soccer,compared to hockey inCanada, is that playersdon’t necessarily haveheroes,” said Weston,pointing to the MLS andVancouver Whitecaps asinspiration for boys.Girls have individual

idols to admire, but thatdoesn’t always leave themwith a full sense of theopportunities or a roadmap to reaching theirgoals. And they don’t seethemselves in Whitecapsuniforms, not since theSpartan women’s leaguefolded four years ago.They must look elsewhereto find their role modelsor forge new paths andbecome the example.Christine Sinclair is a

celebrated and deservingCanadian icon, but youngplayers need opportunities

and examples that extendbeyond Team Canada,said Leanne Nicolle, aboard member of theCanadian Association forAdvancement of Womenand Sport (CAAWS).“Girls play sports for

different reasons thanboys, and they have aunique sports culture all

their own,” she said inApril to promote a govern-ment initiative called Fuel-ling Women Champions,which seeks to understandwhat holds girls andwomen back from playingsports.Girls drop out of sports

at six times the rate ofboys and only 19 per cent

of adult Canadian womenplay sports, according toresearch cited by CAAWS.“[Girls] place greater

emphasis on the socialaspect of sports andtheir aspirations are notabout making it to thebig leagues, becauseoften, they don’t exist.As a result, more womenplay purely for the love ofsport,” said Nicolle.MacFarlane, the

pre-teen player on thestill-unnamed U11 goldteam, was inspired by theJapanese captain whenshe saw her score a goalin a televised game. Sheaspires to play the sameforward position as Sawa.“I’ve learned from other

strikers that a pass is agood key to getting goalsand to just go all in andtry your hardest,” saidMacFarlane.“I want to have role mod-

els because I want to be aprofessional soccer playerlike them. I want to play forthe Team Canada.”If not that team, her

next choice: “I’ll play forJapan.”

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hen he’s sailing EnglishBay in his15-and-a-half-foot dinghy, LloydLyall alwayswears a flotationjacket and has a towline tucked in acompartment. The required piecesof safety equipment aren’t the

only life-preserving tools the 18-year-old has onboard.He also packs a bottle of highly concen-trated sugarwater, usuallyGatorade.It’s a lot better than drinking rancid orange

juice that’s been spoiled in the heat. And herisks disqualification if he carries any liquid ina backpack.Lyall, the defending 29er national champion

and back-to-back national high school debatewinner, has type 1 diabetes, a disease hemustmanage every day on and off the water. Hewears an insulin pump in case his blood sugarlevel is too high. If it’s too low out on the water,he has Gatorade.But doing either of those things during compe-

tition is an arduous and one-of-a-kind challengethat, ifmistimed ormishandled, can evaporateany advantage the teamhas earned. “We’vebeenworking for awhile to figure out a solutionwithout stopping to pull out of a race,” he said.In addition to reading weather conditions,

picking their line, tacking and jibing, Lyalland his sailing partner AndrewMoreno havetrained for the hand-off.“While we’re sailing, he can handme the

bottle and I can drink it,” said Lyall. The bestsolution was also the simplest. But that doesn’tmean it’s not complicated when the windwhips up and the rain slashes their faces.If they don’t pull it off and his blood sugar

levels fall off or spike, Lyall immediately loseshis edge. He’s tired, hemakes poor decisions,his eyesight blurs.“My coaches will see it right away,” he said.

“If I wasn’t able to respond fast enough, you getreally low and it’s never happened tome, butyou can pass out.”Lyall was diagnosed two days before his sev-

enth birthday and didn’t stop skiing or sailing.His mom is also a doctor and together the fam-ily learned he didn’t need to hold himself back.“I’ve learned to feel a lotmore comfortable

over time,” he said, acknowledging he’s not typ-ical for pursuing physically demanding sportsthat often have him battling the elements.Before he was 16, Lyall competed for

Canada in the optimist class as a solo sailor.He started racing the 29er class in 2012 andhas since finished second at the CanadianYouth Sailing Championships and the CanadaSummer Games. He andMoreno won the 29erNorth American Championships in Kingston,Ont. last summer.Lyall will study at StanfordUniversity next

year, keeping him close to the Pacific so he canracewith theCardinals if he chooses. But theWest PointGreyAcademy graduate isn’t com-mitted to a full competitive sailing schedule be-cause he also intends to represent the universityin debate. Lyall is one of fiveCanadians selectedto represent the country at theWorld SchoolsDebatingChampionships in Singapore.Sailing and debate, he said, “are probably the

twomost wildly opposite things you could getinvolved in. They could not bemore different.”What they have in common is Lyall.

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Until late July, the emphasis lies on mysteries,life’s depths, subconscious promptings, largefinances, sexual desires, health diagnoses,lifestyle changes, commitment and consequence.This zone will intensify Wednesday onward to earlyAugust. You could bond with someone sexually,financially or in a project. One relationship mightend, another start.

Your energy, clout, effectiveness, charisma andsense of timing rise now, to stay high for weeks.In addition, Mars enters your sign Wednesday tobring seven weeks of heightened determination,ambitions and sex appeal. You’re ready to go!Sunday to Tuesday brings errands, friends,communications, travel, curiosity, paperwork anddetails.

The month ahead features relationships, relocationideas, negotiation, litigation, contracts andinterfacing with the public. Be diplomatic, co-operative, and to win, emphasize another person’sideas/desires/needs as others hold the aces now.This interactive month can cut both ways: it mightmake you very passionate about someone or it mightnudge you into ending a fairly major link.

You’ve been enjoying a lot of “good hair days” andpopularity, social joys, optimism, etc. But that all(almost all) changes now, as life shunts you into aquiet background role for a few weeks. I said “almostall” because 1) your good hair days (i.e., physicalcharms) last right into early October, and 2) yourluck continues (until early August) in romantic,creative and speculative zones.

The weeks ahead feature work, health, dependentsand machinery — in other words, drudgery!Ah, well, just plod along until it’s done (lateJuly). There’s one twist: work now will tend to beintense and heated. So take care with safety, hotimplements, electricity, etc. In general, it’s not thebest time to buy machinery or tools, so purchaseonly what’s necessary.

The focus, for the weeks ahead, lies on popularity,social delights, optimism and wish fulfilment,flirtations and friendly romance, and groupmembership/activities. Your career will continueto grab your attention with announcements, plans,meetings, etc. until early July. But the heat, theimpatience and temperament that bosses andparents have shown toward you since mid-May, willend Wednesday (for two years).

The weeks ahead will please you. They holdpassion, creativity, speculation, beauty, pleasure,charming kids and romance. You might, if single,meet someone with whom you’ll become much moreserious this autumn into late 2016. One thing: youmight find love relationships develop very quickly,and, perhaps, have a money angle. If this moneytempts you, or if you charge impulsively into anaffair, the results could disappoint.

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A half-dozen isletsjoined to Venice by anumbilical cord made ofbridges, the region ofMurano is best-known fornarrow streets and expertglass-makers. It’s a placeof brittle beauty, a gather-ing of craftsmen who areexpert in creating crystal-line excellence.In other words: a bit

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san Murano, totallyredesigned for the 2015model year. Yes, it has aworkaday V6 and under-pinnings shared with theseven-seater Pathfinder,a Continuously VariableTransmission. No, it isn’tall that ordinary.I mean, just look at it!

DesignEvery manufacturer has

its own design language,and Nissan’s current ef-forts could well be called“Say What Now?” Nevermind the plump littledumpling that bowed in2003 with a chrome-ladengrin, this new one’s alledges and angles, sharpdetails and creased surfac-es. It looks like somebodypressed Pause halfwaythrough the previousgeneration transforming itinto a space-robot.The front end is domi-

nated by a huge V-shapedgrille bearing the Nissanbadge. On either side ofthis, the L-shaped head-lights appear to be smear-ing down the sides of thevehicle with eye-wateringspeed.The front and rear

haunches are hunchedand muscular, and theroof appears to be floatingin space out back thanksto a blacked-out C-pillar.Walking around to theback is a surprise, simplybecause it’s so conven-tional by comparison:LED-ringed taillights, butotherwise reserved.If you’re looking for a

dollop of style for youreveryday driver, theMurano gives you two-scoops of Japanese gelatoand then smothers that inwalnut fudge sauce. It’snutty, and I like it.

EnvironmentInside, my Platinum-

trim tester seemed to begthe question, “So why ex-actly would you consideran Infiniti?” The Murano

has always felt like its top-level editions overlappedheavily with Nissan’sluxury car wing, and thisone is no different.Designed for five pas-

sengers only — and thebetter for it — the Mura-no provides a comfortableplace to be for all passen-gers. Usually, natteringon about collaborationswith NASA and the likecan be strictly marketingmumbo-jumbo, but theso-called “zero-gravity”seats are actually quiteexcellent. Mind you, theolder versions of the carwere similarly cushy.The central screen is 20

centimetres in diameter,and most touchscreenduties are backed up bybuttons. Acura could takenote here at how relativelyunfussy Nissan has man-aged to make their controllayout. A quite large in-formation display betweenthe gauges supplementsthe dash display.Cargo room is very

good, slightly aheadof the Ford Edge andToyota Venza. Naturally,the seats all fold flat, soif this is your antiquingtransportation, there’smore than enough roomfor that colossal armoire.(Full confession: I’mnot really sure what anarmoire actually is.)

PerformanceThe Murano is avail-

able in both front- andall-wheel-drive versions,with the basic modelfront-drive only, and thetop two trims all-wheelonly. Power comes from afamiliar 3.5L V6 making260hp at 6000rpm and240lb/ft at 4400rpm.The only available

transmission is Nissan’sContinuously VariableTransmission (CVT),something the first Mu-rano championed as aunique feature for bothsmoothing out the rideand improving fuel-econ-omy. These days the onlyNissan with a non-CVTtransmission is eithergoing to be a sportscar ora truck, and other manu-facturers like Subaru havealso adopted the technol-ogy range wide.The main impression

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The steering is light andeffortless, and even thoughthis Platinum version comeswith large, 20” alloys, thesuspension was quite com-posed. Very rough pave-ment might unsettle thingsa little, but for day-to-daydriving, the Murano makesfor a good wafter.It’s not particularly

sporty but instead com-petent and polished.All-wheel-drive versionsof this comfy crossoverwould make the ideal ve-hicle for apres-ski: simplylower your aching quadsinto the seat, dial up theactive cruise-control andslide on down the Sea-to-Sky highway withouteffort. A note: if you dointend to participate inwinter sports with yourMurano, 18” wheels willclear the brakes and makefor a less-expensive set ofsnow tires.

FeaturesEverything that might

be expected is standardon the Murano, fromBluetooth to heated seats.Less expected, perhaps, isthe inclusion of standardsatellite navigation on thebasic front-wheel-drive Smodel.So why should you

move up the range? Well,the Platinum spec iscrammed full of tech. All

four seating positions areheated and the fronts arecooled as well, daytimerunning lights are LEDs,you get Nissan’s excellent360-degree camera sys-tem, and there’s a sono-rous BOSE audio systemwith eleven speakers anddual subwoofers.Official ratings for

all-wheel-drive mod-els are very good and11.2L/100kms city and8.3L/100kms highway.Front-wheel-drive savesnearly nothing (just0.2L/100kms on thehighway), so it’s worthspringing for the AWDversion for better tractionand resale down the line.

GreenLightComfortable seats;

smooth ride; feature-packed base model; high-tech top models.

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izing; not much sportingperformance; some inte-rior plastics don’t matchoverall upscale feel.

TheCheckeredFlagBeautiful without being

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14.99 100 capsules

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Inno-ViteMagnesiumCitrate 250mg

assorted varieties, 20ml - 50gexcludes Rescue Remedy

assorted varieties 840g

Progressive WheyEssentials All in OneProtein Shakeassorted varieties 840g 64.99

2.19 2.99-3.29

2/6.48

2/5.98

assorted varieties150g • product of BC

Simply NaturalOrganic Salsa

assorted varieties470ml • product of USA

McVitie's Cookiesassorted varieties200-400g • product of UK

Old DutchRestauranteTortilla Chipsassorted varieties300-384gproduct of Canada

Simply NaturalOrganic Barbecue Saucesassorted varieties303ml • product of USA

50%SAVE 2/4.98

Sunpic Mayonnaiseand Saucesassorted varieties450ml • product of Canada

31%SAVE

Faith Farms Cheeseassorted varieties400g • product of Canada

1.79-2.99

32%SAVE

38%SAVE

5.49

4.59

Rogers Granolaassorted varieties700-750g • product of BC

23%SAVE

27%SAVE

Hardbite Gluten FreePotato Chips

Olympic KremaOrganic Yogurtassorted varieties500g • product of BC

27%SAVE

3.99

1.99-4.99

Let's Do OrganicsIce Cream Conesassorted varieties28-144g • product of Israel/Peru

21%SAVE

5.49

29%SAVE

FROM

Maple Hill Organic FreeRange Extra Large Eggs

1 dozenproduct of Canada

vancouver courier june 19 2015

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