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15 I Class Notes: Getting closure BY NAOIBH OCONNORPublic consultations on potential school closures end, and the NPApicks its first school board candidate for 2011.

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Paul Kardynal is a dependablemanquietly so perhaps, butdependable. Born in Stenen, Sask.in 1924, he is today the neigh-bourhood cobbler to a necessarilylimited but loyal clientele. Open-ing his store in 1948after gettingsquared away with demobiliza-tion from the Canadian Navyhehas toiled there for 62 years, andis able to x anything that can gowrong with a shoe. He can alsosell you a new pair, but if youreon his list youd know that.For the uninitiated, Stenen is

about 300 kilometres east of Sas-katoon, and in 1996the lasttime anyone countedthere were110 folks in 65 private dwellings.There were even fewer when theKardynals lived in Stenen dur-ing the Dirty Thirties. Life in asmall farming village was difcultenough, especially during the bru-tally cold winters. Maybe it wasthe loneliness of prairie life; may-be it was the endless hard work.Whatever the cause, his parentsparted company, and life becamea silent worry of where the nexthome would be. Then the war inEurope began, when thousands offamilies split up and the questionof life itself became a constantdoubt on everyones mind.

In 1941, Kardynal graduatedfrom a Regina high school, andwith family structure shattered,he considered joining the ser-vices. Perhaps he reasoned thatmilitary life could provide a senseof belonging, and a dependable

system that would steer youngmen towards satisfying careers.But which force? He wanted morethan just the endless steppe ofSaskatchewan. So what would ateenager in the centre of Canada,far from any body of water largerthan Lost Mountain Lake choose?That was easythe Royal Ca-nadian Navy. And of course, hecouldnt swim.Like many students graduat-

ing during that rst year of war,Kardynal was let into service sixmonths before his 18th birthday,and was soon off to see the world.

The rst stop was Regina, whereRCMP barracks on the never-end-ing plains provided basic training.Then at last: orders to catch a trainfor the three-day trip to Victoria.Kardynal nally saw an oceanand was assigned to His MajestysCanadian Ship (HMCS) Prince Da-vid. He didnt know anyone, butfortunately there were plenty ofmen his age with whom to sharethe new adventureeven thoughthis was the Pacic Ocean, andthe thought had crossed his mindthat the war was on the other sideof the Atlantic. Oh well, life at sea

was all very complex and therewas plenty to do.

The Prince David was one ofthree ships built in 1929 asa passenger liner for the Canadi-an National Steamship line. Theships had three decks, three fun-nels, cruiser sterns, and snug buttasteful accommodation for 300passengers. Their route was Van-couver to Victoria to Seattle onceper day, and their great strengthwas a speed of 22 knots or 41 ki-lometres per hour.In 1941, these ships were the

largest in the RCN. They had beenrecongured at Burrard Dry Dockto enable the loading and launch-ing of Infantry Landing Ships,while providing anti-aircraft es-cort for troops on landing-craft.Accommodation was less taste-ful now as it was re-designed tohouse 600 troops and their equip-ment. There was much to learnbecause, retted for war, PrinceDavid boasted six four-inch,deck-mounted artillery pieces,plus plenty of Pom-Pom machineguns and depth charges. Kardynaland his new friends had to masterthe operation and maintenanceof these weapons quickly as theywere salvaged from before theFirst World War. They would nd,that during battle, their trainingexercises with the antiquated ar-mament would prove vital.Without warning one night at

10:30, they were called from theirEsquimalt Barracks to report toship immediately. They cast off,and soon HMCS Prince David washeading south to the Panama Ca-nal with speed. Kardynal admit-ted, I was surprised to nd that Ireally liked my hammock. It wasmade from tarred canvas. Thetrick, he conded, was to nd agood place out of the way, whereyou didnt get bumped into whenthe lights went out.It also became clear that the

wide-hulled ship, designed for in-land waters, had a disturbing rollin heavy ocean swells, but in thehammock one could ignore thatdiscomfort.They refuelled at Dutch Island,

in the Caribbean, and then spedto New York.

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Canadian navy veteran Paul Kardynal revisited Juno Beach in 2007 with his son Michael, where he added hisname to a brick in a commemorative wall honouring Second World War veterans.

Prairie boy joined war effort to see the worldThough he couldnt swim, Paul Kardynal joined the Royal Canadian Navy

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Sitting in Jack Dempseys baracross Broadway from MadisonSquare Garden, Kardynal felt hehad chosen well by joining theNavy, because in short order hewas certainly getting around.When he recently inquired, IsDempseys Bar still there? I wasreluctant to tell him the New Yorkinstitution closed in 1974.It was January, Kardynal re-

called, and the Prince David tookaboard 600 American engineers.We steamed away from New Yorkto join a convoy across the NorthAtlantic. The sensation of thelights of New Yorks tall build-ings sinking into a black sea waschilling enough to those who hadto make these terrible trips pastwaiting U-Boat wolf packs. But outat sea, making it worse, the windhissed across swells lled withoating winter slush. There werethree sources of protection Kardy-nal had learned: the sheer size ofthe ocean; the slower speed of asubmerged U-Boat; and the pres-ence of battle-ready convoy escortships such as the speedy Corvette.The American navy found that

Japanese vessels travelled alone onthe Pacic and were more vulner-able to Allied submarines becauseany merchant ship was easily ap-proached. The Royal Canadian Navydiscovered that small footprintconvoys were not only very hard

to nd in the vast ocean, but werealso difcult to line up for a kill-ing strike. However, Kardynal and hismates became painfully aware of thesinister truth behind the bar roomslogan Loose Lips Sink Ships.There were supply ships as far

as you could see, Kardynal re-membered soberly. The convoycould travel only as fast as the

slowest. Once we had a Greek coal-burner with us. They could get onlyfour knots out of her. So it took usmore than a week to arrive in Brit-ain. At least the Prince David hadthe speed to hunt down the subma-rines and chase them off.An able seaman, Kardynal was

trained as a lookout for theirsix-inch gun positions. He had

hearing plugs to protect his ears,and binoculars to spot their twobiggest worries: periscopes andmines. Our watch was four hourson and four off while at sea.It was a more civilized four on

and eight off, when tied up. Incombat it was two hours on andtwo hours off, he remembered.Once in England we received

more training to prepare for thedifferent areas we had to movetroops through. There were shoreattacks near the Bay of Biscay. Inthe Mediterranean, there werelots of torpedo boats while webrought troops to France and to It-aly. We steamed through the Adri-atic to Greece with help for them.There were more submarine andairplane attacks we kept busy,Kardynals voiced trailed off as hetrimmed a shoes new sole.I remember once near Greece

we hit a mine, and it blew a hole inthe bow. We were lucky because itdidnt touch our ammunition lock-er. We patched things up by low-ering canvas hatch covers over theside so that water pressure sealedthe hole. Then we limped to Italyand spent Christmas Day in mudand snow. They gave us winterboots and clothes and we spentsome time in a rest camp gettingready for our next voyage. Then itwas off to Tunis for a complete retbefore we headed back to Britain.The invasion of Normandy is

seared into Kardynals memory.D-Day was tough. There were

spring storms in the Channel, sothe swells were big and choppy.We took landing craft in, thentook the wounded and dead backout from the Mulberries theyd setup. It was amazing.

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Able Seaman patrolled Mediterranean and participated in D-Day

Paul Kardynal, whos been a cobbler on the citys West Side for decades, manned a passenger liner that wasrecongured for battle during the Second World War.

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The Mulberry Harbour Kardynalrefers to was an engineering featthat began years before D-Day. War-time British Prime Minister WinstonChurchill knew that any troop land-ing establishing a beach-head wouldimmediately need armament and sup-plies just to hold their positionletalone begin the long march to Ber-lin. A supply route was establishedacross the shallow sandy coves at at-tack points: Omaha, Juno, and Goldbeaches were of great importancebecause, according to military cal-culations, capturing an existing portsuch as Calais or Dieppe could takemonths. Further, the harbour mightbe destroyed by retreating defendersshould defeat be imminent. A secureport had to be created, for as one se-nior ofcer concluded: Well take ourharbour with us.As a result, thousands of workers

in dozens of hidden coves in Wales,England and Scotland were pledgedto secrecy and began building piecesof a oating harbour to be used fol-lowing up the Allied landing of June6, 1944.When the beach-heads were es-

tablished, we were able to use theMulberry Harbour. How they hida oating harbour as big as Dover Idont know, Kardynal said. Thepieces were camouaged and later as-sembled by little tugboats. Thousandstook part. It was amazing.Kardynal shook his head. People

really pulled together. The water wasrough going in with the landing craft,and there were more gales on theway. The Navy had scuttled 70 obso-lete merchant and navy block-shipsand they did their job even though alot of men were seasick.We made four trips to Normandy

and back on that rst day, Kardynalremembered. We lost ve of our crewwhile taking the dead and woundedon board we had medics for the im-mediate cases we took them home.Then came back for more.

Perhaps Kardynal would bepleased to know that this porta-ble harboursunk onto the beachsand but designed to rise with thetidewas created by 20,000 Brit-ish civilians. And the work doneby these workers, who were deter-mined to help the Western Alliessucceed, had put ashore 2.5 mil-lion troops in ships like the one hemanned. Further, more than halfa million vehicles, and 17 milliontons of munitions, weapons andsupplies were safely delivered tosupport the final outcome that wecelebrate today.I let Kardynal gather himself before

asking the obvious question for a non-participant; were you terried?There was no time to be scared.

You just do your work. When westruck that mine I was trying to sleepon a bench. Youre not scared. You justdo as youre toldclose all watertightdoors and plug the hole. I couldnt af-ford to be scared. I was still too youngto get my daily ration of two ouncesof overproof rum. Besides, he said

with a grin, they were paying me 25cents a day to do a good job.

Kardynals final tour of duty wason the West Coast of Canada ona ship named the Moolacha modi-fied fishing boat watching for anyJapanese war vessels. We had noweaponry so maybe it was luckywe saw no Japanese subs, he re-called. If we saw an unidentifiedboat wed demand identification.If they didnt give it, we had ourshore battery fire a shot across theirbow then they were very anxiousto talk to us.As VJ Day mercifully arrived, Able

Seaman Kardynal returned to Reginafor his nal discharge. He workedthere for a while, but it wasnt homeso he transferred to Vancouver as achecker for B.C. Drugs. And then onemagical morning in 1947after allthe murky days of warKardynal meta girl who worked at the Royal Bankat Robson and Granville. Her namewas Mary Jane, and she accepted Kar-dynals marriage proposal.They were partners for 56 years un-

til she passed away in 2004. Together,they brought up Michael and Judy,and were happy to welcome threegrandchildren Jennifer, Jaclyn andKevin. Jennifer later introduced herdad to great-grandson, Sam.With no contemporaries remaining,

Kardynal went back to Normandy inJune 2007 to visit Juno Beach with hisson Michael and daughter-in-law. Headded his name to a brick in the com-memorative wall, as one who wasthere. It reads as follows: Paul Kar-dynal. Able Seaman. Royal CanadianNavy, volunteer. 1942-1945: North At-lantic Convoys, Normandy, Mediter-ranean Duty.For Remembrance Day, Kardynal

visits the Legion at Broadway andAlma, hoists a beer in salute to thosehe remembers and proudly sings OCanada.

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Final tour of duty spent on modied shing boat on West CoastD-DAY WAS TOUGH.THERE WERE SPRING

STORMS IN THECHANNEL, SO THESWELLS WERE BIG

AND CHOPPY. WE TOOKLANDING CRAFT IN, THENTOOK THE WOUNDED ANDDEAD BACK OUT FROM

THEMULBERRIES THEYDSET UP.

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NPA nominationsThe NPA is calling its Nov. 20 get-together at the Croatian CulturalCentre a nomination meeting.But according to the partys

dispatch that landed in my inboxover the weekend, three of theve candidates will not have towin the support of its members.Thats because Bill McCreery(council), Jesse Johl (council)and Sophia Woo (school board)will all be acclaimed.That leaves Casey Crawford

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liver more analysis this week onpark board and school board, letme tell you what I know aboutMcCreery and Johl. McCreeryis an architect and former parkboard commissioner with TEAMin the 1970s.He made a bit of media splash

earlier this year when he rec-ommended the NPA name bechanged to Vancouver First.That recommendation was shotdown by members at a meetingin June.We can move forward with ei-

ther name, it was just my opinionthat we would be more effectiveif we had a new name, McCre-ery told me after the vote.Johl denitely has political am-

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Cadmans beard as part of itswhimsical campaign strategy in2008 to get the Burl Ives doppel-ganger re-elected. The COPEstersurged people to vote beard, voteCadman, vote COPE.It worked.So it is with great curiosity that

Ill watch Cadman this month tosee if he will shave off his beard,which is said to be older than An-drea Reimer. Vancouver Sun scribeJeff Lee has challenged Cadman toshave his precious whiskers andgrow a moustache to raise fundsfor prostate cancer.Lee already shaved off his im-

pressive facial hair. (Note to Lee:After viewing your handsomemug on your blog, the ladies inthe ofce are divided over wheth-er you should grow it back).All this craziness can be blamed

on Movember, the month wheremany men grow moustaches forcharity. Even fresh-faced MayorGregor Robertson reluctantlyagreed to grow a lip warmer.Will George Chow be next?

mhowell@vancourier.comTwitter:@Howellings

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COPE Coun. David Cadman has been challenged to shave off hisbeard and only grow back a moustache to raise funds for prostatecancer during the month of Movember.

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In March 2008, former park board commissionerAllan De Genova sat down with me to explain hisplan to create a home away from home for fam-ily members of wounded Canadian Armed Forcespersonnel, as well as injured police, re and am-bulance rst responders, receiving medical treat-ment in Metro Vancouver.It will be called Honour House, De Genova

said excitedly at the time. And I plan to get it upand running before Remembrance Day 2010.De Genova had no land, no building, no ar-

chitectural plans and not much funding. While Iadmired his determination, I had my doubts. Buttoday, the day before Remembrance Day 2010,Honour House celebrates its grand opening at 509St. George St. in NewWestminster.To describe Honour House as a labour of love

would be an understatement. Justmonths after go-ing public with his plan and putting out the wordhe needed help to make Honour House a reality,De Genova was inundated with offers of support.The list of all who stepped up to help is too longto include here, but some of the key players in-clude the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation, theRoyal United Services Institute of Vancouver, theVancouver Regional Construction Association, theNewChelsea Society, B.C. Housing andVancouverarchitectWalter Francl.Despite all the offers of help, De Genova still

had no home for Honour House at the beginningof 2010. He realized Vancouver, home to many ofthe rehabilitation programs and specialized doc-tors so desperately needed by these young vet-erans and emergency workers, was out of reachnancially when it came to buying property. But

even then, De Genovas determination never wa-vered. He had just nished looking at yet anotherproperty in Vancouver that was too expensivewhen his cellphone rang. Out of the blue, NewWestminster Mayor Wayne Wright said to him,Al, I think we have the perfect place for you.Long story short, the once grand home on a qui-

et NewWest street proved to be that perfect place.And mere months later, the now fully accessiblehome has been retrotted to include 10 bedrooms,a four-storey elevator, communal kitchen and din-ing area, quiet room, media centre and a library.Also planned for the property is a childrens playarea. The total cost of the project was $4million.I attended a fundraising gala for Honour House

two weeks ago and it was an emotional eveningthat brought even the most stoic to tears. The Pa-tron General of Honour House, Rick Hillier, hadarranged for the evening to be simulcast to Ca-nadian troops serving in Afghanistan, who along

with those attending the event at the SheratonWall Centre on Burrard Street had the privilegeof watching Sarah McLachlan perform LoveCome, a song she has dedicated to HonourHouse. Her rendition of In the Arms of an An-gel also moved the room to tears, which seemsto be a particular talent of McLachlans, who dur-ing her performance thanked to the paramedicswho saved her life several years ago after shesuffered an ectopic pregnancy and collapsed.Canadian singer Dean Brody performed his songBrothers, about a young man going off to war,and RonnieWay sang his composition Maples ofthe Valley, a song honouring all rst responders.The most moving part of the evening came

when retired Capt. Trevor Green was wheeledacross the stage by his wife Debbie. Green wasperforming peacekeeping duties in Afghanistanin 2005 when a man struck him with a home-made axe, which split his brain in two. Greenwasnever supposed to survive, but through his andDebbies sheer determination, hes speaking. Thissummer, he danced at his own wedding, with as-sistance. There was no Honour House to supportGreens out-of-town family who ew into Van-couver during those dark, early days of his recov-ery. But, as Green pointed out, there is now.The evening was dedicated to the soldiers

who serve overseas keeping the peace and hereat home saving lives. But it was also a tributeto the everyday heroes who pulled together tomake Honour House a home for those in need.For a related story and photo gallery, see

vancourier.com.sthomas@vancourier.com

De Genova makes good on Honour House promise

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To the Editor:Re: Central Park, Oct. 29The 83 per cent of survey respondents

who want a pool at Mount Pleasant Parkrepresents less than one per cent of allMount Pleasant residents and despite thatlow number the park board approved a re-development plan that sets aside land forthe possibility of a pool in the future. Theredevelopment plan should have included asoftball diamond and half playing eld thatwould be used to offset demand for bothsomething the park board routinely claimsto have a shortage of. This is another de-cision by the park board that puts peopleinto vehicles as they drive to other neigh-

bourhoods for their recreation demands andcontinues to displace inner-city residentsfrom their neighbourhood parks. It extendsthe park boards practice of shifting usergroups from the wealthiest postal codes intothe poorest neighbourhoods denying thosewho live next to inner-city parks their rightto equal access to park space for their activeor passive recreation needs, in particular thepoor, elderly, First Nations and inner-cityyouth, who all have a lesser ability to travelto other parks. Once again those thathave more get more while those whoneed get less.George Brissette,Vancouver

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HOMEOWNER SUPPRESSION TAX HURTS

Citys tax burden policycould be the new HSTFacing yet another year of un-fair tax shifting, homeownersin Vancouver might want toemulate the recent victory ofthe province-wide anti-HSTcampaign. Call the ongoingshifts of the tax burden offlocal business and onto ho-meowners a Homeowner-ship Suppression Tax andthe new activists could evenre-use a lot of their picketsigns and bumper stickers.Down with the civic HSThas a nice ring to it.In a stunning victory for

grassroots organizing, themovement against the Har-monized Sales Tax recentlyplayed an important role inthe political demise of Gor-don Campbell. After nineyears as B.C.s premier andthree back to back electoralvictories, Campbell, whocan read poll numbers (and,reportedly, indications of im-pending caucus revolt) aswell as anyone, decided itwas time for him to go lastweek, pushed in part by theanti-HST movement.Despite the odd and some-

what unsavoury cabal ofpolitical operatives who ledthe anti-HST campaigns,those campaigns were fedby a clear and passionatelyfelt recognition at the grass-roots level that it was simplyunfair to shift the tax bur-den from business to con-sumers. By the same ethicalstandard, the ongoing policyat 12th and Cambie to shifttaxes off business payers andonto homeowners fails thesmell test.The proposed 2011 bud-

get for Vancouver will markthe fourth year of residentialtaxpayers bearing a heavierburden in order to help busi-ness. This occurs under apolicy rst created in 2008under the NPA and repeat-edly endorsed by the currentVision-dominated council.In 2011, the proposed civ-

ic budget will cut businessproperty taxes by anothertwo per cent, thus increasingthe tax burden on homeown-ers by four per cent. But evenwith that increase, taxpayersmay not be getting the sameservices provided last year.COPE councillors Ellen

Woodsworth and David Cad-man have led opposition tothis regressive policy.Woodsworth cannot be

simply dismissed as a foe ofbusiness. She is, after all, theauthor of a recent resolutiondesigned to streamline andfacilitate support for smallbusiness in the city, and ofan earlier proposal to createmulti-level business prop-

erty taxes designed to reduceimpact on small businesses.Woodsworth told the Courierrecently that when all levelsof taxation are taken into ac-count, Vancouver businessespay some of the lowest taxesin the country.A city-sponsored online

survey on the new budgetseems to suggest that moretaxes for big business are noteven an option. The surveyclearly assumes that therewill be no increase in busi-ness taxes, and asks respon-dents to choose betweendraconian cuts to services oreven higher residential prop-erty taxes. There is no box totick if you think that prot-making business propertiesought to bear more of theburden.Cadman told another Van-

couver paper recently thatthe tax shift actually hurtssmall businesses by reducingthe disposable income thathomeowners have to spendlocally. So this may well beone of those policies that isboth unfair and ineffective.However, Vision Coun.

Raymond Louie, chair of thecouncil committee on cityservices and budgets told thesame paper that the tax shiftwas an attempt to protectsmall businesses during hardtimes. Louie did not returnrequests for an interview be-fore this column was led.Surely many of the Van-

couver residents who cam-paigned so actively againstthe provincial HST could bemobilized to oppose our civicHomeownership SuppressionTax. A revised city taxationsystem that was properly cali-brated to place more of thetax burden on large and prof-itable businesses (and reducethe burden on small start-upbusinesses and xed incomehomeowners) could gener-ate the revenues necessaryto maintain vital city serviceswithout gouging homeown-ers yet again. Sequels are bigbusiness in Hollywood thesedays. Maybe its time for NoHST-the Civic Sequel.

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Cant park board surplus pay for programmers?

Affordable housing better term than social housing

To the editor:Re: Letters, Oct. 27It is with great antici-

pation that I await an an-nouncement from Vancou-ver park board chair AaronJasper that the funding forthe eight recreation pro-grammers has once againbeen restored. Jasper choseto correct the record andoutline once again that Vi-sion Vancouver council andpark board have chosen to

cut our recreation staff andexpect others to nd newfunding to maintain whathas long been park board-funded positions.Much to my surprise, in

the same edition of the Cou-rier tucked away is a smallnote that the park board willshow a surplus of between$700,000 and $1 millionthis past scal year. Usingmy calculations, those eightprogrammers are going to

keep their jobs at a cost of$600,000 and the board willhave between $100,000 and$400,000 to perhaps fundother thingsperhaps evenreinstate out-of-school carein Champlain Heights.I cant wait for the of-

cial announcement, butI just know you are goingto do the right thing. RightAaron?Rick Evans,Vancouver

To the editor:Re: Soapbox with Michael Geller, Oct. 27Michael Geller has written a good,

thoughtful column (New and old thinkingrequired in social housing debate). I agreewith most of it. But Im disappointed that hehangs onto that old and confusing term So-

cial housing. Social is a very broad word.One might ask, What housing is not social?Thats why, I think, the more acceptable termhas long been affordable housing, whichbetter describes what Geller is talking about.Linda Ironside,Vancouver

The park boards plan to set aside land for the possibility of a pool at Mount Pleasant Parkshould be scrapped in favour of a softball diamond, says a reader.

To the editor:Re: Cops cleared despite

repeated blows to wrongman, Nov. 5.OK, let me work this out:

Two Vancouver cops beatup a guy and cant giveVPD Chief Jim Chu intel-ligent answers for their ac-tions, so Chu apologizes to

his mens victim.Victim hires lawyer.So Chu asks Deltas po-

lice chief, Jim Cessford, toinvestigate.Chief Cessford agrees to

do soin his own sweettime. His nding, eventu-ally: Chief Chus men actedcorrectly by beating up a

guy whom they couldntunderstand.Eh? Is it also police policy

to shoot rst and ask ques-tions later?Criminal lawyers should

be hired to investigate po-lice.Greg J. Edwards,Delta

Criminal lawyers should investigate police wrongdoing

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Jim Cessfords department investigated VPD cops in Wu beating case

Delta chief calls for independent agency to investigate copsMike HowellStaff writer

The police chief who decidedtwo Vancouver police constablesshould not be disciplined in acase where an innocent man suf-fered injuries during an arrest hasrenewed his call for an indepen-dent agency to investigate police.Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford,

whose department investigated thecase involving Yao Wei Wu, said heunderstood his decision Nov. 3 thatcleared constables Nicholas Florkowand Bryan London of any wrongdo-ing would be controversial.Ive spoken publicly on more

than one occasion in support ofthe independent investigativebody to investigate the police,Cessford said at the end of a newsconference Nov. 3 at the Delta Po-lice Department. If this is whatBritish Columbians want, thenthey should get it.The Wu investigation took nine

months to complete and requiredtwo extensions from the Ofceof the Police Complaint Com-missioner. Though Cessford saidpolice ofcers are best suited to

conduct investigations of miscon-duct or criminal activity, he real-izes police investigating police iscontroversial.Many people, clearly, are not

satised with this practice, hesaid. So I do support an inde-pendent investigation unit and itsclear today by the response that Ihear from [reporters] and the pub-lic that people are not satised with

my nding. Thats unfortunate.Vancouver Police Chief Jim

Chu, who also supports an in-dependent agency to investigatepolice, transferred his duty asthe disciplinary authority in theWu case to Cessford Feb. 18. Thetransfer occurred almost a monthafter Wu suffered serious injuriesin the arrest, including a brokenorbital bone on his left eye.

A senior member of Delta po-lices major crimes section con-ducted the investigation, whichincluded interviewing Wu and theconstables and reviewing medicalrecords and audio tapes such asthe 911 call.Lawyer Cameron Ward, acting

on behalf of Wu, has repeatedlycalled for an independent agencyto investigate police. Ward reit-erated his call in a statement heposted on his website after Cess-ford delivered his ruling.The investigation was a farce,

said Ward, adding the police com-plaints system in B.C. does a dis-service to law-abiding citizenssuch as Wu. It provides yet an-other example why police shouldnot be investigating other police.Wu, in a separate statement,

called the Delta polices conclu-sion of what happened Jan. 21 adistortion of the facts and saidthe police version is completelyfalse. In Wus lawsuit against theVPD, he alleges the constablesgrabbed him from the entranceto his house, dragged him outsideand repeatedly beat him.Cessford said Florkow and Lon-

don acted in the course of theirduties and in good faith. They hadreasonable grounds to believe Wuwas the suspect and that an as-sault had occurred and may stillbe occurring, he said.The constables were told the

911 caller was a woman with a10-month-old baby and was beingassaulted by her drunk husband.Florkow and London arrived atthe right address but knocked onthe wrong door.When the constables attempted

to enter Wus home, Wu physical-ly resisted Florkow and London,who were in plain clothes with po-lice badges hanging from a chainaround their necks, according tothe Delta police investigation.The constables struck Wu ve

times with a close-handed striketo his upper shoulder area in atakedown that resulted in Wu hit-ting his face on a concrete side-walk outside his house, the inves-tigation concluded. Police laterarrested a man in connection withthe domestic assault, which wasrelated to Wus basement suite.

mhowell@vancourier.comTwitter: @Howellings

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Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford knew his decision exonerating the two VPDcops in the Yao Wei Wu case would be controversial.

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Researching women talk a fundraiser for important Matthews collection

Friends of Archives want help saving VancouverSandra ThomasStaff writer

Historian James Johnstone says thefoundation of the Vancouver Ar-chives is the Major James Skitt Mat-thews collection.Johnstone, who chairs Friends

of the Vancouver City Archives, ex-plained even before Matthews be-came the citys rst ofcial archivistin the 1930s, the former army ofcerand tugboat operator began collect-ing photographs and memorabiliaof Vancouvers past. Matthews alsointerviewed pioneers about the earlydays of the city on his own time.That whole Major Matthews col-

lection is slowly being transcribed anddigitized, said Johnstone, includingthose original interviews type-writtenon rice paper in bound copies.Johnstone said the citys archives

needs nancial help to completesuch vital projects, but recent citybudget and provincial gaming grantcuts means theres not a lot of mon-ey to go around.TheMajorMatthews collection is lit-

erally the rst thing you see when youenter the archives, but those photos inbinders are still just a small amount ofthe thousands of images left to be pre-served, said Johnstone. There are still

so many more to be processed.And thats where Friends of the Van-

couver City Archives comes in. John-stone said the group formed in 1993to assist the archives with its impor-tant work. Other projects the grouphas helped pay for in the past includethe purchase of a 1,600 cubic-footcold-storage facility where more than113,000 negatives are stored, web pub-lishing software to help researcherssearch the archives database, a dye-sublimation printer and the facilitysReading Room photocopier.Now the group is asking Vancou-

ver residents, organizations andbusinesses to Help Save Vancouverby attending an illustrated talk thisweekend dubbed Researching Wom-en in the Archives and in the Family,presented by Diane Rogers, presidentof the B.C. Genealogical Society.Johnstone said while researching a

familys history has become a popu-lar pastime, nding information onfemale ancestors presents challenges.When people start researching

their familys history the rst placethey typically go is the archives,but many of them dont have a cluewhere to start, said Johnstone. Andwomens history is often obscured,so its even more difcult to nd.Johnstone said Rogers will give

participants tips on how best to re-search the women in their families.The goal of this event is to raisefunds towards the crucial descriptionand digitization of a backlog of oldphotographs donated to the archivescollection.Johnstone said despite its backlog,

the archives still appreciates dona-tions of photographs or lm fromindividuals and companies. An ex-ample is archival lm footage donat-ed by Friends board member JoleneCumming. Taken by her grandfatherin 1944, the footage shows the Cal-lister Exhibition Park Rodeo held onthe PNE grounds that year. In thebackground, the old wooden rollercoaster is clearly visible.Even old family photographsmake

a huge contribution because many ofthem include lost streetscapes in thebackground, for example the old EastEnd or downtown, said Johnstone.People are still nding amazing im-ages and their proper home is theVancouver Archives.Researching Women in the Ar-

chives and in the Family takes placeNov. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the ar-chives, 1150 Chestnut St. in VanierPark. To register call 604-736-8561.

sthomas@vancourier.comTwitter: @sthomas10photo Dan Toulgoet

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The Vancouver Archives has friends in James Johnstone andJolene Cumming who are trying to raise money to preserve theMajor Matthews collection.

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252 units set aside for social and market housing

Tenants to move into Olympic Village by years endCheryl RossiStaff writer

The Co-operative Housing Fed-eration of B.C. expects tenants tostart moving into the citys 252social and market housing unitsat the Olympic Village at the endof December, nine months afterthe buildings were returned to thecity by Olympic organizers.The city selected the federation

to run one of the three buildings asa co-op, in the wee hours of Nov. 5.COHO Management Services Soci-ety, an arm of the federation, willoperate the two rental buildings fortwo years. Afterward, the city willseek permanent operators.The decision came a month af-

ter then minister of housing RichColeman rejected managementproposals submitted by the hous-ing federation and two other non-prots. The rejections came lessthan 48 hours after the applica-tions were received.NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton

balked at councils last-minutedecision on the matter upon sub-mission of a late report Nov. 4.She wants the city to sell the cost-ly Olympic Village units and usethe money to provide more socialhousing elsewhere.But Thom Armstrong, executive

director of the Co-operative Hous-ing Federation of B.C., said the citydidnt want to delay a decision.Everybodys concerned, the

city is concerned, primarily, to hur-ry up and get people moved intothose [units] so they just thoughtwhy wait another two weeks whenwe can get it done now, he said.Council decided in April that half

of the 252 unitswould be at least par-tially subsidized and the other halfwould be rented atmarket rates,withpriority given to workers deemed es-sential to the city, including police of-

cers, teachers and nurses.The co-op federation will op-

erate the 84-unit building with a60-year pre-paid lease. Tenantsfor 21 units will be chosen fromB.C. Housings Housing Regis-try, which the city says includesabout 3,000 names from Vancou-ver. As the non-prot co-op seessurpluses, the co-operative hous-ing federation expects the number

of subsidized suites to increase.Other units will be offered to the

250 people on the citys essentialworker waiting list, people waitingon co-op housing lists and the gener-al public throughwebsitesArmstrongexpects to see online this week.Having COHO operate two of

the buildings for two years willallow the city to collect detaileddata on the performance of theenergy-saving and sustainabil-ity features in the buildings. Thecosts of operating and maintain-ing those sustainability featuresspurred many questions fromthe 22 non-prots that initiallyexpressed interest in submittingmanagement proposals.

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Manufacturers have some discretion on thenature of the lighting technology. Central fila-ment bulbs are used, along with LEDs and morerecently, neon tubes. Making a virtue out ofa necessity, some manufactures have by nowintroduced elegantly designed CHMSLs that arean adornment rather than an eyesore, and this

progression is rapidlybecoming the norm.

The idea is that theCHMSL will attractthe attention of fol-lowing drivers whenthe view of the rightand left brake lightsmay be blockedby other vehicles.Assuming all vehiclesare the same height,the CHMSL lightwhen active will beseen by the drivers ofa line of traffic sev-

eral vehicles following the vehicle displayingthe active CHMSL.

Recent studies suggest that the universal useof CHMSL results in about a 5% reduction incollisions. 5% is a big number in the overallcontext of traffic accidents. If the number iseven close to being correct, the CHMSL is anoteworthy success.

One troubling development in relation to theCHMSL is the use of the frame of the lamp as amounting bracket or support for the N stickerrequired under the graduated licensing program.It is not unusual to see an N sticker insertedbetween the CHMSL and the rear window of avehicle, obscuring partially or entirely, the lamp.The driver, in disabling the proper functioning ofan important stop lamp, demonstrates a seriouslack of what we might call safety conscious-ness.

We do not necessarily need more laws andregulations at the moment to deal with the dis-abling of the CHMSL, just an enforcement ofcommon sense in this regard.

See also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_lighting

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Two benches will look out over water in Crab Park

Park board OKs care ofmissing womens memorialSandra ThomasStaff writer

The sister of one of the women alleged tohave been murdered by serial killer Rob-ert Willie Pickton says a new park boardmemorial in Crab Park for missing andmurdered women of the Downtown East-side couldnt be timelier.Maggie de Vries told the Courier families

of the missing and murdered women weretold actual details of their deaths just thispast August, after Picktons appeal for anew trial was denied.De Vriess sister, Sarah de Vries, van-

ished from the Downtown Eastside in 1998and her DNA was later found at Picktonspig farm.In 2007, Pickton was convicted of six

counts of second-degree murder in thedeaths of Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson,Andrea Joesbury, Georgina Papin, MarnieFrey and Brenda Wolfe. Pickton was origi-nally charged with 26 counts of rst-degreemurder, including that of Sarah de Vries,but the judge in the case ruled to dropthe other 20 cases from the trial. De Vriessaid immediately following the rejection ofPicktons appeal, teams of police ofcersand victims service counsellors acrossCanada visited members of the 20 familiesto nally share the information they hadabout their loved ones fate.All we ever knew was that Sarahs

DNA was found at the farm in 2002, saidde Vries, who wrote a book about her sis-ters life. They didnt tell us until Augustwhere exactly her DNA was found. It alsomeans we can apply for a death certi-cate. People think this all happened a longtime ago, but for the families its happen-ing now.She was delighted when what started out

as a stressful phone call from a park board

staff member two weeks ago evolved intoa good news story. A decade ago, she andfamily members of 15 of the other missingwomen contributed money for a memorialbench at Crab Park, located at the northend of Main Street. Distraught at the time,none of the family members realized themoney they paid in 2000 only covered 10years of maintenance for the bench.When de Vries received the recent phone

call, a staff member told her if another$1,000 wasnt paid towards future mainte-nance, the plaque would be removed fromthe bench and the spot made available toanother user. De Vries emailed the parkboard commissioners asking if an excep-tion could be made. She also requestedthe bench be moved to a more appropri-ate location, rededicated to the missingand murdered women, and cared for bythe board in perpetuity. De Vries met withTerry Walton, acting director of VancouverEast District for the park board, at the parkto discuss her proposal.Just eight days later I received a phone

call that the park board is going to put in twobenches and have them facing the memo-rial stone in Crab Park, so people can sit fac-ing the stone and look out over the water,said de Vries. Usually when someone diestheyre buried or cremated and their ashesare spread somewhere special. With themissing women there are no bodies or ashesbecause a predator destroyed them all.Vision Vancouver park board commis-

sioner Constance Barnes said she wasmoved by the appeal from de Vries andcalled parks staff immediately.When I read her email, honestly I was

quite horried, said Barnes. I thoughtthis needs to be addressed right away sothe work that Maggie has done isnt lost.

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Maggie de Vries, whose sisters DNA was found on the Pickton farm, is happy that the parkboard will care for two benches in perpetuity at Crab Park to remember the missing and mur-dered women of the Downtown Eastside.

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Curtis Ralph Bricks accidental death could have been prevented

Soaring temperatures blamed for homeless mans deathMike HowellStaff writer

Hyperthermia due to prolongedexposure to high temperatureskilled a 46-year-old homeless ab-original man in Grandview Parkon one of the hottest days of thesummer of 2009.Curtis Ralph Brick did not die as

a result of inaction or lack of carefrom paramedics and reghters,as alleged by witnesses and mem-bers of the aboriginal community,according to B.C. coroner ScottFlemings report, released to theCourier Nov. 4.Based upon my investigation

of Mr. Bricks death, I have con-cluded that the alleged actions ofperceived insensitivity or lack ofcare, even assuming that they didin fact occur, did not in any waycause or contribute to Mr. Bricksdeath, Fleming said in his re-port. Further, I have found noevidence to suggest that Mr. Brickreceived anything other than ap-

propriate and timely medical careupon his arrival at VGH and dur-ing the course of his hospitaliza-tion prior to death. Mr. Brickscondition was extremely criticalat the time of the call to 911, anddespite all reasonable emergencymeasures, his life could not havebeen saved.However, Fleming said, Bricks

accidental death could have beenprevented by earlier interven-tion by bystanders who rst sawBrick lying on his stomach inGrandview Park at 10:30 a.m. onJuly 29.Brick was dressed in shorts

and his shirt was pulled overhis head. One man, who onceworked as an aboriginal outreachworker for 10 years, did not haveany immediate concern for Brick,the report said.A number of people were ob-

served milling about GrandviewPark and on the adjacent streetin the immediate vicinity of Brickbut did not intervene. The morn-

ing temperature was warm andwould soon rise higher than 30 Cto make it one of the hottest daysof the summer.Later that day, at about 4:15

p.m., the same man from themorning was walking through thepark and noticed Brick, this timelying on his back, knees bent up-wards and in apparent medicaldistress.His hands were observed to be

shaking and convulsing and hewas making what was describedby the witness as semi-chokingsounds, the report said. Thewitness reported that Mr. Brickwas breathing but otherwise

quite unresponsive. He attemptedunsuccessfully to help him to hisfeet. He then rolled Mr. Brick ontohis side and continued to attemptto engage him in conversation.Brick responded yes when

asked if he had been drinking Ly-sol. The man called a friend, whoarrived with wet towels and putthem on Brick. They declined tocall 911, saying Brick needed to behandled with more respect anddignity than they believed wouldhave been the case if paramedicsand reghters responded, the re-port said.Bricks two helpers called Re-

covery House to have a SafeRide

van dispatched so Brick could betaken to a detox centre. Miscom-munication between the helpersand SafeRide resulted in no vanarriving or emergency crews.Bricks helpers eventually

called 911 at 5:04 p.m. Fireght-ers arrived at the park at 5:10p.m. and paramedics at 5:20 p.m.An ambulance crew, along witha reghter, transported Brick tohospital.A urine screen of Brick at hos-

pital tested positive for cocaineand ethanol.An emergency doctor record-

ed Bricks body temperature at42.8 degrees. Body temperaturesabove 40 degrees are consideredlife threatening, with brain deathbeginning at 41 degrees.Bricks condition deteriorated

and he died at 2 a.m. the nextmorning.For an extended version of

this story, see vancourier.com.mhowell@vancourier.com

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... THE ALLEGED ACTIONS OF PERCEIVEDINSENSITIVITY OR LACK OF CARE, EVEN ASSUMINGTHAT THEY DID IN FACT OCCUR, DID NOT IN ANY WAYCAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO MR. BRICKS DEATH.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010 THE VANCOUVER COURIER EW15

Its a wrapSchool closure consultation meetingswrapped up Tuesday. A staff report onfeedback is anticipated Dec. 3, whichwill be posted on the school boardswebsite, according to board chair PattiBacchus.Trustees expect to make a nal deci-

sion on which, if any, schools shouldclose Dec. 13. District policy requiresa decision be made by the end of De-cember to shut schools down at theend of the school year.Aside from hosting 10 consulta-

tion meetingstwo for each of theve schools eyed for closure, theVSB also met with organizationsincluding employee groups, the Dis-trict Parent Advisory Council, andstudent council representatives lastweek. Formal responses came fromthe Vancouver Elementary SchoolTeachers Association, CUPE 15 andthe parent group.The board hasnt met new edu-

cation minister George Abbott, butBacchus is concerned if he seeksthe Liberal party leadership it couldbe a major distraction from his cab-inet job.NDP MLAs, meanwhile, have been

lobbying hard against school closures,

particularly Adrian Dix, MLA forVancouver-Kingsway, whos helpedmount a well-organized campaign tosave Carleton elementary. He spoke atthe consultation meeting for Carleton,while Shane Simpson (Vancouver-Hasting), Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant) and Mabel Elmore(Vancouver-Kensington) spoke forschools in their constituenciessomemore effectively and with greaterknowledge of the school system thanothers.Dix points out Carletons 376 stu-

dents would be dispersed among sev-eral schools in the area and break upthe school community too profound-ly. He argues the annual savings aretoo minimal$468,120 in Carletonscaseto make that decision.Simpson delivered a similar mes-

sage at the Macdonald meeting.This cant simply be about num-bers. This has to be about the rolethis school plays in the community,he said.Even MPs, such as Ujjal Dosanjh

Liberal MP for Vancouver South,have weighed inDosanjh wrotea letter in support of ChamplainHeights annex.NPA trustee Ken Denike maintains

provincial politicians are using the is-sue to attack their Liberal opponents.I think its touching on impropri-

ety reallyusing it as a device to getat their oppositionthe Liberals, hesaid.Denike said school closures are

being considered because of the

high number of empty seats in thedistrict and the VSB cant get ap-proval for new schools in areassuch as the downtown under thiscircumstance.The board has also pointed out if

schools arent closed, cuts will haveto made to programs or services todeal with an anticipated shortfall innext years budget.Dix doesnt buy that argument. Its

profoundly unfair to say to a neigh-bourhood that were going to take anaction that would be pretty devastat-ing to the neighbourhood unless youcome up with a more desirable resolu-tion, he said.

Wooing the electorateThe 2011 civic election is more thana year away, but the NPA has namedone of its candidates for a schoolboard seatSophia Woo, who ranunsuccessfully in the last race. Shedid relatively well, garnering 43,538votes, but landed in 13th place in thebattle for nine seats.A graduate of Simon Fraser Uni-

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Group to lobby against education cuts

Parents have APPLE for AbbottNaoibh OConnorStaff writer

A new education lobbygroup has emerged inthe midst of consultationthat could shut down veVancouver elementaryschools.APPLE BCAlliance

of Parents and Partnersto Lobby for EducationBCformed following atownhall meeting stagedby NDP MLA Jenny Kwanin August and its poised tohold a rally in support ofpublic education Nov. 12.Parent and aboriginal

activist Scott Clark, QueenAlexandra parent advisorycouncil chair Chrystal To-bobandung and formerCOPE trustee Noel Herronare behind the group.Ever since I went to that

townhall meeting Ive donenothing but learn and or-ganize and get involved,said Clark, a single fatherwith a son in the pub-lic system. Because thisyear theyre looking at veschools. Next year it couldbe 15.Clark, a member of

Beecher Bay First Nations,has attended all the schoolclosure consultation meet-ings and spoke at length atseveral of them about hisconcerns, particularly aboutthe plight of urban aborigi-nal students who have poorgraduation rates.This is really about the

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Tobobandung is PAC chair,is one of the ve elemen-tary schools that could beclosed as early as June.The school board decidestheir fates Dec. 13.The Nov. 12 rally was

planned for outside formereducation minister Marga-ret MacDiarmids constitu-ency ofce on Broadway,but she was replaced byGeorge Abbott in a recentcabinet shufe. The rallyis now planned for thepremiers ofce on WestFourth. Although GordonCampbell announced lastweek hes stepping down,hell remain MLA for Van-couver-Point Grey.APPLE BC joins a host

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