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FEATURE 14Going Green

SPORTS 33Boys volleyball championships

ENTERTAINMENT 31Student artists learn to Crawl

MIDWEEKEDITION

WEDNESDAYNovember 12 2014Vol. 105 No. 91

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THE VOICE of VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOODS since 1908

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“The NPA has moved further andfurther to the right. I will vote GregorRobertson and Vision Vancouver.”

— Michael Davis,Former NPA President

Go Forwardwith Vision

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Vision VancouverLet’s keep Vancouvermoving forward:• Opposing 340 more oil tankers a year

in our harbour

• Making Vancouver the World’s Greenest City• Green jobs up 19%

• Building 4,000 new rental units

NPAKirk LaPointe and the NPAare too big a risk:• Refuses to take a stand against more oil

tankers• Opposed Greenest City Action Plan

• 25 votes against affordable housing• Platform has zero mention of homelessness

Gregor is committedto Vancouver.

Leadership vs. Risk

“Poorly thought out or downright confusing”- Vancouver Courier (10/9/14)

The NPA and Kirk LaPointe:Not Worth the Risk

Their record and policies:• Allow 340 more oil tankers a year in our harbour

• Let Chevron fund programs in our kids’ classrooms• The NPA voted against affordable housing 25 times• No plan for Broadway Subway• Platform has zero mention of homelessness

Kirk LaPointe doesn’t live,work or pay taxes in Vancouver.

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FEATURE 14Going Green

SPORTS 33Boys volleyball championships

ENTERTAINMENT 31Student artists learn to Crawl

MIDWEEKEDITION

WEDNESDAYNovember 12 2014Vol. 105 No. 91

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THE VOICE of VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOODS since 1908

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The big money is again in play in Van-couver’s civic election campaign.The ruling Vision Vancouver has collect-

ed $2.2 million in donations this year andthe NPA raised almost the same amount at$2.1 million. The move for both parties torelease their finances last week prior to anelection is unprecedented since they are notrequired to disclose such information until90 days after the vote.The decision to break with the tradition came

after NPAmayoral candidate Kirk LaPointeannounced last week that his party would re-lease names of contributors and dollar amounts.“To all of those [people] whomade a do-

nation, nomatter how large or small, I wishto extendmy appreciation,” LaPointe said

Friday in releasing the donor list in a room atthe Seasons in the Park restaurant at QueenElizabeth Park. “It shows that they believe inour campaign’s desire for change at city hall,and they also know that I am not beholden tothese funds— that my actions in city hall willbe transparent and fair.”LaPointe’s move sparked a wave of disclo-

sures from theGreens, COPE andOneCity,all of which raised $60,000 or less— paltrysums whenmatched against themulti-milliondollar campaigns of the NPA and Vision.The bulk of donations for the city’s twomain

parties came from corporations, although Vi-sion receivedmore than $300,000 from unions.And like the 2011 campaign, the NPA

received a substantial donation from oneindividual. In 2011, developer and for-mer party vice-president Robert Macdon-ald donated a total of $960,000, which isbelieved to be the biggest single donationto a civic party in Canadian history.

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Fourmore years aheadCivic bodies elected Saturday get an extra year in power

SOAR SPOT An aerial silk performerwowed the crowd at the PNEGarden AuditoriumduringCircusFest’s “A Circus inWonderland” showSaturday afternoon. The performancewas one ofmanypresented by the local performing arts group, alongwithworkshops and forums for those in theindustry. See related story on page 12. PHOTOREBECCA BLISSETT

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If you don’t exercise your right to votein the Nov. 15 civic election, you won’t getanother chance until Oct. 20, 2018.The winners of the race for Vancouver’s

mayoralty, city council, park board andschool board are getting almost an extrayear in power thanks to last May’s provin-cial amendment to laws governing localelections.The four-year-term of office will bring

Vancouver in line with other big Cana-dian cities. The B.C. Liberal governmentclaimed four-year terms would give mu-nicipalities more time to consult, plan andachieve community goals — and manageelection costs.While cost-savings are expected over

the long term, they will not be substantial.Instead of four elections through 2023 forthree-year terms, there will be three elec-tions through 2022. The City of Vancou-ver budgeted $2.1 million for this year’selection, including outsourced contracts

for optical ballot tabulators with ElectionSystems and Software LLC of Omaha,Neb. ($193,975), an electronic voterslist with Comprint/DataFix of Toronto($252,000) and voting station hardwareand support services with Compugen Inc.of Richmond ($344,047.15).In 2010, a joint-Union of B.C. Munici-

palities and B.C. government task forcemade 31 recommendations, includingextending terms. Local elections will hap-pen every four years on the third Saturdayof October, meaning better weather andmore daylight for campaigning and voting.But one watchdog said longer terms will

diminish democracy.Randy Helten of CityHallWatch.ca said

the province gave local politicians the giftof more power without requiring majorchecks and balances in return. Campaignfinance reform was recommended in the2010 report, but the B.C. Liberals choseto study what, if anything, to do for 2018.(The all-party Special Committee onLocal Elections Expense Limits heardtestimony on Nov. 6 and 7 in Vancouverand is receiving written submissions untilNov. 21.)

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Two major parties received $4.3 million in donations

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About 100 people gatheredat the RenfrewCommunityCentre last Thursday to hear18 candidates for Vancou-ver Park Board say how, ifelected onNov. 15, theywould improve the board’srelationship with communitycentre associations.Six associations are suing

city hall, alleging that thepark board’s decision tounilaterally impose a One-Card system for accessingthe centres may violate theirjoint operating agreements(JOAs), in an effort to steermore revenue and controlto the board.Incumbent commissioner

Trevor Loke of VisionVancouver — the partyholding the majority on thepark board— is proud ofthe One-Card, saying it hashelped many thousands ofresidents with low incomes.He wants ongoing effortsto forge a new agreementto continue. “We’ve had 14months of tough negotia-tions. If we stop now, weput all that good work atrisk. Let’s get a new JOA,”he said.Green Party candidate

Stuart Mackinnon urgedthat the board first stopthe court cases and evic-tion notices to the dissidentassociations. “Reboot, andstart over again, with a tableof new commissioners, andwith dignity, generosity andhonesty,” he said. “Youcan’t negotiate in good faithby making threats.”

IDEA Party candidateJamie Lee Hamilton added:“The only way we can moveforward is by getting rid ofthat OneCard.”Erin Shum, Non-Partisan

Association candidate, said:“Our number one priorityis to rebuild relations withcommunity centres. Thesecond is to hold our meet-ings out of the board office,in local areas.”On another matter, last

July the park board voted toban the Vancouver Aquar-ium from breeding captivewhales and dolphins, yetstopping short of demand-ing they all be freed. Theaquarium is now suing theboard over the controversialpolicy, and the panel wasasked what should be doneabout the whale issue.“The way it was handled

was extremely flawedand biased,” the NPA’sSarah Kirby-Yung, a formeraquarium official.Imtiaz Popat of the Coali-

tion of Progressive Electors(COPE) recalled that he hadbeen trying to have all thewhales freed from captivitysince running for election in1996. “We support the banon breeding but it does notgo far enough,” he said.Mackinnon recalled that

Green Coun. Adriane Carrasked council this year toput the whales’ future asa referendum question onthe election ballot, but bothVision and NPA voted itdown. Coree Tull of Vision,a biologist, fully agreed withthe board’s cetacean policy.“It was a very thoughtful

and reasonable decision,”she said. “The mayor decid-ed not to hold a referendumbecause he respected thedecision the independentpark board made.”Loke and NPA com-

missioner John Coupardisputed how much moneyhas been earmarked for newoff-leash dog parks in theboard’s capital plan, withLoke saying $20 million andCoupar estimating about$1 million. Coupar com-plained of a lack of parks’budget transparency andline items. Loke told theCourier: “There are someitems we don’t know whatthe costs will be for yet, anddog parks are one of those.After we do public consulta-tions on dog park locations,then we can make a budgetbased on those plans.”Other subjects of the

debate were the need formore outdoor pools, a newseniors’ centre in Killarney,a covered tennis court, apublic campfire pit, bettergrounds and washroommaintenance, access toplaying fields for girls, andasbestos removal frombuildings.The main concern is the

negotiations with the centreassociations, said debatemoderator Rania Hatzioan-nou. “The candidates areall passionate about parks,and I think we got fair andeducated answers. I thinkthe number one thing weheard tonight is that thepublic wants politics takenout of the parks and the realissues dealt with.”

Candidates heed callat Renfrewdebate

Candidates for park board debated last Thursday how to solve the problemof seven communitycentre associations, including Renfrew, that have dropped out of negotiationswith the board.PHOTODANTOULGOET

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TheCoalition of Vancou-ver Neighbourhoods says it’s“disappointed” by remarksGregor Robertsonmadeduring a recent livestreamedinterview with theCourier.In a series of questions,

Robertson, who’s runningfor a third term as mayor,was asked about numerouslawsuits lodged againstthe city by residents,criticism about the city’sconsultation efforts, aswell as his thoughts aboutthe coalition. The coali-tion, which is composedof 25 resident groups, hasdrafted a principles andgoals document that talksabout a more collaborativerelationship between thecity and neighbourhoodsin terms of planning anddevelopment.When asked about the

coalition, Robertson said inpart: “Again, there is a lot ofpolitics at work in that, and

people have different opin-ions about growth. Quite afew of the, I think, membersand associations are notsupportive of growth. Orthey’re supportive of verylittle growth. Certainly notenough to deal with thepressure that we’re facing.The only way to addressaffordability in Vancouveris to add density and to try

and get savings through us-ing city land or rezonings.”When asked if he thought

the group was politicallymotivated and if he wouldsign its principles and goalsdocument, Robertson said:“Well, I think it’s a mix.Obviously not everyonethere is politically moti-vated. But I certainly knowa number of them who are

regulars at city hall or havebeen— campaigned againstme in the last election underthe Neighbourhoods for[a] Sustainable Vancouver[NSV] party. So there’s amix. I’m not going to sayit’s all political. But there’s amix of politics there.”Larry Benge, a coalition

spokesperson, rejects thenotion that NSV is a driving

force behind the coalition.NSV formed as an advo-

cacy group in 2007 beforebecoming an electoralorganization in 2011. It ranseveral candidates for officethat year — Randy Heltenran for mayor and NicoleBenson, Marie Kerchum,Terry Martin and ElizabethMurphy as council candi-dates. None were elected.Benge said only three

NSVmembers (one whoran for office — ElizabethMurphy) are reps on the25-member coalition.“To kind of imply that

the Coalition of VancouverNeighbourhoods was eitheroriginally organized byNSV or is currently stronglyaffected by NSV is mislead-ing,” he said. “Because itwas not organized by mem-bers of NSV— three of 25reps are members of NSVor were. That’s three outof 25. They certainly don’thave a controlling interestin the group. They certainlydon’t have a dominant abil-ity to steer the group.”Benge also objects to the

suggestion that membersaren’t supportive of growth.

“Most of what we object tois that density seems to beimposed on neighbourhoodsinstead of discussed withneighbourhoods and it’s anongoing problem,” he said.Benge agrees with one of

Robertson’s points in theinterview.“Basically, [Robertson]

said our principles andgoals [document] doesn’talign with current citypolicy. And we totally agreebecause current city policydoesn’t promote collab-orative relationships withneighbourhoods.”As a non-partisan group,

CVN won’t endorse slates,parties or candidates in thecivic election, Benge said.NSV, however, unveiled

a “suggested ballot card”Nov. 5. For council, it sug-gests nine candidates fromthe NPA, COPE and theGreens. It leaves the 10thspot as optional —suggest-ing a candidate from theCedar Party, COPE or theNPA for that vote.NSV is a registered third-

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LarryBenge, a spokesperson for theCoalitionof VancouverNeighbourhoods, objects to thesuggestion itsmembersareagainst growth. “Mostofwhatweobject to is thatdensity seems tobeimposedonneighbourhoods insteadofdiscussedwithneighbourhoodsand it’s anongoingproblem,”he said.PHOTODANTOULGOET


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ports, mostly by AssociatedEngineering, were finallyreleased to the Courier Oct.27 after a two-year battle.They recommended thecity spend $9 million to$12.22 million on coating,$4.4 million to replace thepedestrian fence, $3.4 mil-lion to widen the roadwayand $2.5 million to widenthe sidewalks.The reports also recom-

mended a major overhaulto the decaying concretedeck, which carries 54,000vehicles daily. By com-parison, an average 1,500cyclists a day plied the newbike lane last June.The Office of the Infor-

mation and Privacy Com-missioner ordered the cityon Sept. 12 to release morethan 700 pages in full. Theprovince’s Freedom ofInformation referee didn’tbuy the city’s speculativefear that the bridge wouldbecome a terrorist target ifthe records were released.Adjudicator Hamish Fla-nagan said release of the

reports would actually helpthe city obtain fair bids forthe repairs.A July 2012 Technical

Memorandum on Pe-destrian Fence Optionsrecommended like-for-likereplacement of the deterio-rating steel-reinforced con-crete fencing. The projectwould incorporate restoredlighting and a long-delayedsuicide barrier. In 2008,the B.C. Coroners Servicerecommended the Burrard,Granville, Ironworkers,Lions Gate and Pattullobridges be retrofitted be-cause they were sites of 50per cent of suicide deathsfrom jumping between1991 and 2007.“There is extensive

spalling and delaminationsthroughout the fence,”according to a LeveltonConsultants inspection.“It appears that spallingon the outside of the fenceis worse than on the sideadjacent to the roadway.It is estimated that thereis some form of corrosionrelated deterioration on atleast 80 per cent of the ver-tical portions of the fence.”AMay 2012 Design

Load Rating report saidthe bridge had “marginalcapacity” to carry the stan-dard 64-tonne gross vehicleweight and required girderstrengthening in order tocontinue supporting busesand fire trucks. City general

manager of engineering ser-vices Peter Judd said workwas completed.“I’m not going to say it

meets that standard,” Juddsaid. “It is adequate to dealwith the loads that are onit, the buses and trucksthat are on it.”Last November, Graham

Infrastructure was con-tracted for $5.12 million toreplace bearings and expan-sion joints and make local-ized concrete repairs. Juddsaid the deck has somecracking and needs work.“It doesn’t need to be

done imminently, butwe’re keeping an eye on itand it’s safe.” Many of therecommendations will befollowed if voters approvethe $235 million, 2015-2018 capital plan on Nov.15. There is $20 millionearmarked for lighting,sidewalks and railing re-placement.“It’s the right amount of

money for the condition ofthe bridge and what needsto be done, I’m comfort-able with that,” Judd said.The OIPC decision

was among a trio in latesummer against City ofVancouver. Details of the$4 million parking meterpayment-by-phone con-tract and documents aboutthe city’s surveillancecamera network were alsoordered released.

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3. Cleta will fight to reduce traffic congestion and offer practical transportationsolutions that are supported by citizens. For example, minimizing lane closuresfor construction and considering locating bike routes off arterial streets.

4. Cleta will fight to increase and improve the city’s response to homelessness,and to the growing dilemma of poverty among children and seniors.

5. As a councillor, Cleta will insist on a return to true democracy and a collaborativecity council that values citizens’ rights and interests. She will fight to changethe public consultation process to one that has actual meaning.

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Continued from page 1In 2014, the NPA’s big

spender at $470,000 isPeter Armstrong, the party’spresident and owner of GreatCanadian Railtour CompanyLtd. Macdonald gave morethan $80,000 in this campaign.“I believe in this city and

I think there’s a lot of thingsthat need to go right in thiscity,” said Armstrong whenasked by reporters about the$470,000 he gave the party.“I am proud to be able tolive in a city that’s givingme the opportunities thatthis city has, and I’m givingback as I have done to othercharities and organizations.”For years, various city

councils that included theNPA, Vision, COPE and,recently, the Greens havecalled for the provincialgovernment to make thechanges necessary to putlimits on howmuch a partycan raise and spend.

When asked to clarify theNPA’s current position onelectoral reform, Armstrongsaid it was “a very complexissue” and deferred to theprovincial government to makethe final decision on whatrules should be in place for the2018 election. (The provincial

government has promisedelectoral reform for years andcontinues to study changes,including expense limits for2018.)“Whatever the senior

government decides is ap-propriate, it’ll be fine with us—we’ll live with the rules,”he said.Two weeks ago, Mayor

Gregor Robertson said ata debate at Christ ChurchCathedral that his party wascurrently abiding by the

campaign finance rules butwasn’t prepared to releasethe party’s list of contribu-tors to the 2014 campaign.Vision released the list to

media Thursday but, unlikethe NPA, did not hold apress conference to discussdetails of the documents,which showDavid Aisenstatof Keg Restaurants gave$100,000, Holborn Hold-ings (currently building theLittle Mountain redevelop-

ment) donated $75,000,Vancouver Canucks ownersAquilini Development(involved in the OlympicVillage deal) contributed$60,000 and Concord Pacif-ic (the developer yet to buildCreekside Park) pitched in$40,000.“I’m proud of the support

Vision Vancouver enjoysfrom an unprecedented arrayof Vancouver residents fromall backgrounds, reflectingthe full diversity of the city

we love,” Robertson said ina release, referring to morethan 8,500 donations frommore than 4,300 individuals.“Today’s release is anotherimportant way we’re dem-onstrating our commitmentto a positive, transparent andopen campaign, and showsthe strong momentum we’rebuilding to keep Vancouvermoving forward.”The election is Nov. 15.

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Continued from page 1“With virtually no public

involvement, the provincialgovernment gave the civicpoliticians 33 per cent morepower by extending theirterm an extra year and thiswas done really under the ra-dar with no significant mediacoverage or public discus-sion,” Helten said. “It seemsto have very murky originstracing back to an unre-corded conference call with asmall number of executive ofthe [Lower Mainland LocalGovernment Association]of June 2013. No recordsexist.”LMLGA’s board includes

Vision Vancouver Coun.Raymond Louie. Mayorand council elections wereheld annually in Vancouveruntil 1926, when votersbegan to choose themayorin even-numbered years. Notuntil 1966 did city council-lors get two-year terms. Thelast extension was in 1990when terms were increasedfrom two years to three.The 2010 report said

four-year terms would boostcitizens’ recognition of localgovernments and reduce po-tential voter fatigue over time.

But, according to Vancouverstatistics, longer terms have co-incided with low voter turnout.Between 1936 and 1988 therewere 16 elections with 40 percent or better turnout. Sinceterms were extended to threeyears in 1990, it happened onlyonce, when half of registeredvoters cast ballots in 2002.

That was the election whenLarry Campbell becomemayorand his COPE party rolled tomajority on city council, parkboard and school board.In the Legislature onMay

1, Community, Sport andCultural DevelopmentMinis-ter Coralee Oakes said underquestioning fromNDP criticSelina Robinson that she con-sulted with VancouverMayorGregor Robertson.“I guess it’s a little bit

disappointing,” Robinsonsaid. “I mean, I’m gratefulthat theminister spoke tothemayor, but Vancouverhas a party system, and thereare several different partiesaround that table. It’s unfor-tunate that not everybodywas consulted, given thatthere’s quite varied opinions

sitting around that table interms of changing their char-ter to a four-year term.”

Other provincial amend-ments include a 90-daydeadline for campaign financestatements, instead of 120, andonline publishing of disclosures.For the Vancouver Charter,city council may decide that aby-election is not to be held if avacancy occurs after June 1 in ageneral election year.

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Within 90 minutes of thepolls closing on Saturday(Nov. 15), Vancouver citi-zens will have a clear idea ofwho will govern the city af-fairs for the next four years.Is “change” in the air, orwill Vision once again sweepinto decisive majorities atcouncil, the park commis-sion and school board?As someone who has

worked onmany politicalcampaigns over the past 30years, I can say that in spiteof millions being spent Ihave never observed such anuneven playing field when itcomes to campaign organi-zations.When it comes toelection campaign technologyand sheer manpower VisionVancouver appears to bebehind the wheel of a newLamborghini, and theNPAis steering a fully decked-outminivan. By comparisonCOPE and theGreen Partyare at the reins of a horse-drawn buggy.Yet for all that elec-

tion machinery and voteridentification, Vision cannotcontrol the decisions ofVancouver voters once theyare at the ballot box. Ourdemocratic system may haveits flaws, but the secret bal-lot is not one of them.Who will Vancouver vot-

ers choose to lead their city? Ihave my fingers crossed thatregardless of who wins thatthey’re sitting across from aneffective and sizable opposi-tion. That would be the big-gest gift citizens could give tothemselves in this election.The last time a city council

was practically split downthemiddle was during theterm of formermayor SamSullivan (2005-2008). Fivecouncillors and themayorgave the NPA a one-vote ma-jority, with Vision andCOPErepresentatives making up therest of council. For all the hy-perbole and political rhetoriceach side threw at each other,it turned out to be an effectivecouncil thanks in part to thestrong opposition voice.Something unheard of

today happened during thatterm. Councillors voted, al-beit rarely, with the opposi-tion on issues of conscience.During the following term itwas striking to see that even

with a single member of theopposition (former NPAcouncillor Suzanne Anton)the Vision-COPE caucusmembers were “whipped”into always voting alongparty lines. It’s a practicethat has continued over thepast six years.Holding governments

to account is critical for ahealthy democratic system.Even though Vancouver CityHall has becomemore of aclosed shop under Robert-son’s leadership, a resoundingvictory onNov. 15 will — inhis eyes— validate everythingVision has done in office.We only need to look

to neighbouring Burnabyto see what democracy onlife-support looks like.MayorDerek Corrigan rules overwhat amounts to a one-partystate there. He shrugs offcritics who question his bigpublic expense accounts forgolf with cronies, and junketswith R&R atMLB baseballgames as a perk. He brazenlydismisses the idea that hisgovernment has any respon-sibility for homeless shelters,saying citizens don’t wantthem in their town.When Richmondmayor

Malcolm Brodie was asked ata recent candidate debate ifterm limits might make localgovernments like his moreaccountable, his responseoverflowed with politicalhubris. “We already haveterm limits,” said themayor.“They’re called elections.”Afterward he left the stagewalking past his opponentrefusing to shake his hand.When governments face

a strong opposition, it keepsthis kind of arrogance incheck. Can you imagine Rob-ertson, Corrigan, Brodie andtheir ilk continuing to thumbtheir noses at voters if theysat across from several peoplegunning for their jobs?Even Vision Vancou-

ver voters who like whereGregor Robertson is takingthe city admit they crave astrong opposition at coun-cil, school and park boards.We all have 10 councilvotes — why not then usefive of them to vote forthose who you think wouldbe strong in opposition?Same thing for school

board— pick four strongopponents, and not someoneincluded in the teachers’union-endorsed slate. On thepark board pick three can-didates from the opposition

whom you knowwill standup for our community centresand green spaces as well asyour first four choices.Getting out to vote, and

voting strategically, is perhapsthe only way all of us canslam the brakes on the one-party rule that puts our city

at risk andmakes us cynicalabout civic government. Allof us have the power to givetheminivans and buggies outthere a strong voice.Mike Klassen is a public

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As I reflect on the 2014 Vancouverelection campaign, I am reminded of ashort story I received during the finaldays of the 2008 municipal election:The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever

had was while teaching third grade this year.The U.S. presidential election was heat-ing up and some of the children showed aninterest.I decided we would have an election for a

class president. We would choose our nomi-nees. They would make a campaign speechand the class would vote.To simplify the process, candidates were

nominated by other class members. Wediscussed what kinds of characteristics thesestudents should have. We got many nomina-tions and from those, Jamie and Olivia werepicked to run for the top spot.The class had done a great job in their

selections. Both candidates were good kids.I thought Jamie might have an advantage

because he got lots of parental support.I had never seen Olivia’s mother.The day arrived when they were to make

their speeches Jamie went first. He hadspecific ideas about how to make our class abetter place. He ended by promising to do hisvery best. Everyone applauded. He sat downand Olivia came to the podium.Her speech was concise. She said, “If you

will vote for me, I will give you ice cream.”She sat down.The class went wild. “Yes! Yes! We want

ice cream.”She surely would say more. She did not

have to. A discussion followed.How did she plan to pay for the ice cream?

She wasn’t sure. Would her parents buy it orwould the class pay for it. She didn’t know.The class really didn’t care. All they were

thinking about was ice cream.Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a

land slide.All candidates running for office offer ice

cream. Fifty per cent of the people react likenine-year-olds. They want ice cream. Theother fifty per cent know they’re going tohave to feed the cow and clean up the mess.During this past campaign, while no

one promised ice cream, all parties madea lot of other promises.We were promised a subway along

West Broadway even though the May-ors’ Council says Vancouver will have topay for under grounding, if required foraesthetic reasons.We were promised the most open city

hall in Canada.We were promised free swimming les-

sons and more swimming pools.We were promised a $30/month

transit-pass and a tax on vacant foreign-owned properties.We were promised a reduction in

harbour oil tanker traffic and no morepipelines.We were promised counter-flow traffic

lanes and more free parking times.We were promised 4,000 plus units of

rental housing and 1,000 plus childcarespaces.While many voters may be influenced

by these promises, others will wiselyquestion which are realistic given thecity’s limited powers and funding con-straints.Wise voters will also question which

candidates are most likely to deliver ontheir promises.In last week’s column, I urged Courier

readers to learn about the candidatesrunning for council, park and schoolboard. I suggested we choose the bestcandidates, regardless of party affili-ation, and the letter with which theirname begins.With this in mind, and given a desire

for both experience and new ideas, I willbe giving serious consideration to the fol-lowing candidates.Vision’s Geoff Meggs is a very intelli-

gent, experienced politician with much tooffer; as does Heather Deal.NPA’s George Affleck and Ian Robert-

son are two experienced politicians whocould again bring a practical perspectiveto council debates.The Green Party’s Adriane Carr

has proven herself to be a dedicatedpolitician. I would expect the same fromthoughtful newcomer Cleta Brown, whocares very much about social justice.At park board, the Green Party’s

Stuart Mackinnon along with NPA’sJohn Coupar, and newcomer StephaneMouttet could all bring greater balanceto deliberations.For school board, the Green’s Janet

Fraser has a most impressive resume.Fraser Ballantyne, Penny Noble andChris Richardson could also be good ad-ditions.For mayor, I believe Kirk LaPointe is

the best person to manage what could bea very diverse council and hopefully fulfillhis promise to create a more open andtransparent city hall.

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Barry [email protected]

With only a few days before Saturday’scivic election, I’m still trying to figure outwho to vote for.Each of the major civic parties has

inherent weaknesses. Vision is terrified ofspontaneity and run by control freaks. TheNPA lacks coherency and has approachedthe campaign with all the zeal of a charitygolf tournament. COPE is reeling from itsideological purges. The Greens have neverheld any responsibility — in political termsthey’re still living in their parents’ basement.The recent turn to ugly election advertis-

ing has not helped. Attack ads make meless inclined to vote for the attacker than Iwould for the target.So who to vote for?My easiest choices will be for school board.

The incumbent trustees on school boardcan claim a successful term despite difficultfinancial circumstances, which culminated ina teachers strike that was no one’s fault at thelocal level. Board chair Patti Bacchus contin-ued to show leadership with her accessible,candid style— in contrast to her choreo-graphed Vision peers on council. The othertrustees, fromVision’sMike Lombardi andAllanWong to theNPA’s Fraser Ballantyne,thoughtfully earned their keep.The exception is the political diptych of

KenDenike and SophiaWoo. Their push forgreater involvement of non-English speakingparents in our schools is to be encouraged,as are their platform proposals for enhancedAsian studies. But in patronizing oppositionto the district’s revised gender policy theybecame a conduit for fear and ignorance and,at best, unwitting accomplices in the toxicatmosphere that clouded the discussion.Voters have other options among the

contenders, including experienced candi-dates like Janet Fraser of the Greens, andcommitted veterans like PEP’s Jane Bouey.The Vision-dominated park board pat-

ented toxicity with its ridiculously hamfistedapproach to the governance of commu-nity centres. The arrogance with which theboard and its senior staff sought rationalizedgovernance and universal community centreaccess, both laudable goals in a city of ineq-uity, was a disaster. They alsomishandled theVancouver Aquariumwhale question, leavingneither the aquarium nor its critics satisfied.Its ban on cetacean sex was better than satire.It’s telling that decent souls like Vision’s

Sarah Blyth and Aaron Jasper opted not torun again (although Blyth is seeking a federalNDP nomination.) Fortunately, voters have

a fine crop of veterans and noobs as replace-ments, including StuartMackinnon of theGreens, JohnCoupar of the NPA and AnitaRomaniuk of COPE. There are also thededicated Brent Granby of Vision andCeaseWyss of COPE, who will provide a sharp, ifrisky, activist voice.Most voters will find atleast one candidate they like, even COPE’sUrooba Jamal who seeks to bring her “anti-oppressive lens” to the board. That’ll be help-ful in deciding hours for off-leash dog parks.Choices for city council get murkier, if only

because the biggest issue in the city, hous-ing affordability, is the one problem city hallhas not solved. Homes are too expensive inVancouver, and developers, who’vemadebank on this city’s density project, offer fewsolutions except high towers and prices.Affordability might be the problem that

has no solution— perhaps housing is subjectto market conditions and senior governmentpolicies cities can’t control. Council might aswell promise less rain in November.But I have hope. So who will stop the rain?Smart councillors like Vision’s Andrea

Reimer, GeoffMeggs andKerry Jangdeserve another term, on the condition thatthey reform their party. TheNPA’s GeorgeAffleck (full disclosure: I’ve knownAffleckfor two decades) is also smart if impulsive.TheGreen’s Adriane Carr is a no brainer.Her assumed role as a shoulder to cry on forneighbourhoods upset with council is an easyone, but she’s brought decency to council de-liberations. And her party’s ideas for housingaffordability are worth looking at.Among other contenders, most worthy,

consider RJ Aquino fromOneCity Vancou-ver. He’s smart, young and he started hisown party for goodness sake. The same per-haps applies to Glen Chernen of the CedarParty. He’s picky and determined.For mayor, I’m at a loss.Vision Vancouver Gregor Robertson is

not so much a leader as a spokespersonfor a power-obsessed political machine.The NPA’s Kirk LaPointe, having neverrun for office, hasn’t met a question he’sdeclined to answer directly. His promise foran open, transparent city hall is excellent.After that, it’s a steep drop in specifics.COPE’s Meena Wong made things

interesting by promising levies on vacanthomes and cheap transit passes. She alsocan’t stop herself from turning every an-swer to a question into a speech. I’d hate toask her for directions to the men’s room.So there you go. The final choice is up to

you.Good luck.

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COURIER STORY: “Denike, Woo launch platform,”Nov. 7.Esther Wan: This platform is what parents want from a trustee! I do have a lot ofrespect for Ken and Sophia. You can see that they are genuinely working for the bestfor the students. Unlike other trustees, who keep pushing the controversial transgenderpolicy for political gain, these two just want to have the policy clarified. This policy isproblematic: many abstract terms, and “Trans” includes gender nonconforming etc.Yet whoever disagrees with this policy is automatically being attacked as transphobic.These two trustees have been bullied by their colleagues, the NPA party and the Visiontrustees. I’m glad Cheryl Rossi has written a clear and fair report stating their platform.

COURIER STORY: “Cadman renews vows with Vision Vancouver,”Nov. 7.Alan Zisman @azisman: I hope Vision paid their fair share of the mortgage Cadmantook out for the civic election that got Larry Campbell elected.

COURIER STORY: “COPE hopes for a comeback amid historical slide,”Nov. 7.Wat Tyler @WatTyler5:Good article, perhaps a little heavy on the departed? Lack ofunion support no loss; reveals hypocrisy of organized labour.

COURIER STORY: “Mourningandmemoryenshrined inchurchwindows,”Nov. 7.T. Hopps: Thanks for this article. I’ve seen the beautiful stained glass at Christ ChurchCathedral memorializing Harold Heber Owen, so it was fascinating to discover his andhis family’s story. The photos of the young men who died were particularly moving. Itwould be interesting to know if any of the Owen family have any descendants still livingin Vancouver. Thanks.

COURIER STORY: “Candidates address address issues,”Nov. 5.Martin Kendell: “IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis said it is reasonableto wonder who owns the mayor’s apartment and whether he is paying fair market rent.”The key line of this story. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Bob Rennie or one of theother prominent developers in Vancouver is putting up Gregor for free or next tonothing.ACMEsalesrep:No, the key line of the story is that the court upheld Robertson’snomination. Travis’ comment is not in any way reasonable and is a clear attempt tocreate an impression of wrongdoing in the absence of any actual evidence. It’s a smear,nothing more, and should be treated as such.

COURIER STORY: “MeenaWong on the record,”Oct. 31.Shelby Wong: Meena Wong has no clue about business. Imposing a wage hike is notwithin municipalities’ powers to do so. Shifting the burden of proof to small businessesto prove that they are indeed “small” is unfair and arbitrary. How much profit qualifiesas “small business” and how many employees must be employed to remain small? Arethe number of employees included in the definition of “small business”? What aboutnon-profit organizations who service hundreds or thousands of people? Are they exemptfrom this wage hike? Compelling businesses to reveal their financials (especially if theyare not publicly traded organizations) violates their privacy rights. The only governmentagency that all companies must reveal their financial positions to are the CanadaRevenue Agency and they are a federal institution. Will they be compelled to cooperate?lbby: It’s not just about minimum wage. Her proposed tax on vacant homes will takea big chunk of the burden off Vancouver residents who actually live and work in thecity. If you go to any vantage point in Yaletown, you can literally see all the vacantmulti-million dollar homes just sitting there as pretty display cases. That in turn reducessupply of housing, which drives up prices. I was very close to supporting anothercandidate, but her tax plan is the only one I’ve seen that will actually attempt to resolveVancouver’s problems.Rudiger: Some “interesting” comments in her Q&A to say the least.

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Nov. 9, 1949:One of Vancouver’smost notoriousmurder investigations beganafter the discovery of the bruised, partially shaved body of 45-year-old FerneBlanche Fisher in False Creek. A break in the case came amonth later when policediscovered some of her belongings inside thewaterfront shack of FrederickDucharme, who had been arrested for vagrancy after being spottedwearingonly boots and a raincoat. It emerged during his trial that he had a habit of tyinga string aroundwhatwas euphemistically described at the time as his “lowerperson” and then steering himself around by it. Ducharmewas executed thefollowing year.

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AvoteofappreciationTo the editor:I would like to congratulate you on

the excellent edition of the Courier onWednesday devoted to a Voter’s Guide.This was a great example of communityservice. I much appreciated the lists ofcandidates with their affiliations, as wellas the other enlightening articles thatwere in both this and other most recentissues covering the various parties and

their platforms.A couple of weeks ago I attended a

performance of Rebel Women, aboutthe British suffragettes and what thosewomen went through to win the right tovote. I don’t think that anyone who sawthat play will ever “not bother” to voteagain.Thank you for the assistance you have

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Kerrisdale Arena opens its doorsNov. 11, 1949: The Kerrisdale Arena opens to the public with a ribbon-cuttingceremony attended by hockey legend Fred “Cyclone” Taylor of the 1915StanleyCupwinning VancouverMillionaires,whoby thenwaspresident of thePointGreyCommunity Centre Association , aswell as a variety of local dignitaries, includingMayor Charles Thompson, parkboard chair Bert Emery andHarryDuker,whomanaged the raising of funds for thebuilding. The arenawas the site of the city’sfirst rock concert seven years laterwith a sold-out appearancebyBill Haley and theComets.


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It was Saturdaymorning and Jay Nunns,the artistic director of Vancouver’s first circusfestival, took a rare, spare moment to sit inthe stands of the PNEGarden Auditorium.The 74-year-old concrete building with

its wooden floors, curved roof, and wornplush seating hasn’t seen too many modernchanges; it probably did not look that muchdifferent when Pink Floyd and Stevie Won-der played here decades ago.Minus, of course, the trapeze set-up,

aerial silk ribbons dangling from the ceiling,and the stacks of blue gymnastic mats as itis now the regular home of circus arts centreCircusWest, as well as the four-day longCircusFest that wrapped this past Sunday.“Circus is the blending of many worlds. It’s

akin to physical musical theatre where youcan tell stories, have strong narratives throughperformance. Like last night’s ‘TheNew

Conformity’ which was a show about the regi-mentation of society, breaking free and findingacceptance in that,” Nunn said. “This was ajuggling show! And it was brilliant!”While Nunns spoke, he watched a group

on the floor learning hula-hooping fromAriel Amara. Across the auditorium, otherswere putting their upper body strength tothe limit in Colleen Yuen’s aerial silk class.They were just two of several workshopsoffered to the public during CircusFest, at abargain price of $10 each, testament to theorganization’s good-natured accessibility.CircusFest’s catchphrase is “Inspire.

Engage. Celebrate.” Nunns said the peoplebehind the festival, which includes directorAllison Collins, want to let Vancouver— aswell as other places far and wide— know justwhat kind of talent is here through its variousperformances, workshops, and sideshows.“We need to raise our voice as a circus

community and that’s why we’re doing thefestival,” said Nunns. “We have a distinctvoice on the West Coast and we want tolet people know we are viable, competitive,and we do quality work.”

Canadian entertainment companyCirque du Soleil lists Vancouver as one ofthe cities that sells out the quickest in termsof ticket sales for its shows which furtherproves Nunn’s point there’s a local appetitefor the circus arts. Canada Council recog-nized contemporary circus arts as a fund-able discipline in recent years, which movesthe show far away from its roots from longago of big top tents under which tigers weresadly made to jump through rings of fire.“There is that fringe element to it, but

maybe only for people that are older. With25-year-olds, the only thing they knowis the quality of entertainment that is theCirque du Soleil. They were not exposedto three ring, animal circuses. Which, inCanada, is not a huge draw,” said Nunns.“This is called new circus and it focuseson potential, drama, tension, excitement,human potential. It’s very European. InFrance, it’s like what hockey is to Canada.”Circus started in Vancouver 30 years ago

when an Australian circus performed at theVancouver Children’s Festival. A young girlwas at the showwith her mother and asked

why Vancouver didn’t have a circus for kids.That mother, Jacqua Pratt, started Cirkids in1985 which eventually grew into CircusWest.Nunns was an athletic kid so being

pushed towards sports such as footballseemed to be a natural path — at first. “Iplayed soccer, baseball and while it ap-pealed to me at a fun level, it didn’t stimu-late my artistic side.”But the circus did (a 13-year-old

Nunns was part of the first group of kidsto join Cirkids). And, a year later, so didworld fair Expo 86.“I spent my time there just follow-

ing around the street performers — thatwas my college, asking questions. TheOntario Pavilion? Oh, great,” he said.“No, my stamp was watching every streetperformer and watching informal work-shops on the street.“Now that I think about it, that was huge

for me. That was kind of the impetus fordoing this — hopefully this inspires the nextgeneration. Some kid will remember goingto CircusWest and then…”

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1. Performers fromCircusWest’s Centre Stage programs showed off their skills this this past Thursday to Sunday. 2. CircusWest artistic director Jay Nunnswas at the PNEGarden Auditorium asworkshopsstarted its Saturdaymorning sessions as part of CircusFest. 3.One of themanyworkshops that were part of Vancouver’s first circus festival was a hula-hoop class taught by Ariel Amara. 4.Manyworkshops,forums, and performanceswere held every day, including “A Circus inWonderland” at the PNEGarden AuditoriumSaturday afternoon. PHOTOSREBECCA BLISSETT

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couver have filed a lawsuitagainst rideshare servicecompany Uber Canadaand its drivers.The Vancouver Taxi As-

sociation alleges that Uberplans to operate illegally inthe city, saying the servicedoes not intend to obtainthe proper licences fromthe Passenger Transporta-tion Board or the City ofVancouver.“Uber wants to ignore

these regulations to obtainan unfair competitiveadvantage over the Van-couver taxi companies,who have licences from thePassenger TransportationBoard and the City and arecomplying with the existingregulations,” the Van-couver Taxi Associationalleged in a press release.The taxi companies say

they are also seeking aninjunction to prevent therideshare services from op-erating until they complywith the regulations.NDP leader John Hor-

gan and TransportationMinster Todd Stone haveboth reinforced that Uberwill need to comply withthe law before it can oper-

ate. Stone said undercoverofficers will be used tocatch anyone provid-ing the service without alicence. Drivers caughtoperating illegally will facesignificant fines, he said.In a statement in

response to the lawsuit,Uber said it wants to clar-ify that it is not currentlyoperating in the city.“This lawsuit is a prime

example of the Vancouvertaxi industry’s singulargoal: protecting its owncartel, even at the expenseof consumers and its owndrivers,” the companysaid.“Moving beyond their

typical tactics of threaten-ing drivers, paying politi-cians thousands of dollarsin campaign contributions,and lobbying regulatorsfor special protections, theVancouver taxi industryis now venturing intounchartered territoryby suing a business thatdoesn’t even exist in themarket yet.Uber operated in the city,

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fore had to comply withlimo rules, which includecharging a minimum of $75per ride. The service cur-rently operates in Toronto,Montreal and Halifax, aswell as several cities in theUnited States and aroundthe world.

MarilynMonroeprint leftunsoldMore than 50 years

after her death, bombshellMarilyn Monroe can stillgenerate a good buzz, anda rare print of the beautywas expected to net asmuch as $60,000 at amuch-publicized Vancou-ver auction last week.Bidding at the May-

nards Fine Arts and An-tiques auction fell short,however, only reaching$38,000, and so wasn’tsold after all.The photographer,

Richard Avedon, is said tohave captured the imagein New York in 1957 atthe end of a long day; thestar appears tired, lackingher usual verve. Avedonwas an influential Ameri-can photographer who isperhaps best known forhis pictures of celebrities,including The Beatles,Brooke Shields and, more

recently, Charlize Theron.His work has appeared inVogue, Harper’s Bazaar,Rolling Stone and Life.The 12 ¼ by 10 5/8 inch

image is number seven of25 in a series of signed andnumbered gelatin silverprints. A print from thesame series sold in 2011 atChristie’s in Paris for morethan $80,000.A previous owner of the

print, rumoured to be theseller, is an anonymousman from the LowerMainland who is said tohave won it in a raffle afterpurchasing a $5 ticket inthe early 80s.

Dog-beater chargedwithmurderA 28-year-old man

has been charged withsecond-degree murder inthe death of a woman in aVancouver home.Brian Whitlock, who

gained notoriety in 2012after pleading guilty toan animal cruelty chargeafter beating his dog todeath with a baseball bat,was arrested early Nov. 9,several hours after policesay he barricaded himselfin a house located at 3171West 23rd Ave. on thecity’s west side.

Const. Brian Montaguesaid fires were lit in thehome and that police hadto fire a round from anArwen gun, which shootsplastic projectiles, be-cause the suspect was non-compliant. Whitlock wastaken into custody afterbeing cleared by medicalstaff.Montague said the

woman’s body was dis-covered by a relative onSaturday night. Her iden-tity had not been releasedby the Courier’s early print

deadline due to Remem-brance Day.The home is registered

to Barbara Whitlock, thesuspect’s mother.Whitlock was expected

to make his first court ap-pearance on Monday.During Whitlock’s sen-

tencing hearing for killingthe dog, a two-year-oldGerman shepherd namedCaptain, his lawyer toldthe court his client wassuffering from mental ill-ness. He was sentenced to60 days in jail.

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consisting of 11 rental units at the rear of the site.

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Centrist party claimsenvironmental andcommunity-focusedagenda withoutdeveloper baggage

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Former COPE councillorTimLouis knew exactly whathe was doing the day he hada public relations agency senda press release to reporters onthe afternoon of June 19.The headline: “COPE and

Vancouver Green Party lookto join forces.”

Anyone reading the releasewould conclude the two partieswere working on a deal to runa combined slate to “replaceVision Vancouver’s developer-friendly, possessive strangleholdon city hall with a progressive,people-oriented city hall.”Except, there was no talk

of a deal.It was simply Louis being

Louis, looking for a politi-cal edge to sharpen interestamongGreenmembers whowere to vote later that day onwhether to seek an alliancewith another party.With COPE struggling to

regain the power it won in2002 when the Larry Camp-bell-led party won a landslide,Louis’s strategic overture totheGreens was not a surprise;COPE no longer holds a seaton council, school board orpark board, and hitching itselfto the Green brand couldpossibly change that.Seven hours after Louis

issued his release, the Greenscirculated their ownmediastatement. The headline:“Green Party of Vancouver

unanimously decides againstrunning amayoral candidateor entering a coalition withany other party.”Party chairperson Jacquie

Miller and the Greens’ lonecouncillor, Adriane Carr,drafted the release in the base-ment of the UkrainianHall inStrathcona, wheremembershad just voted to go it alone inthe 2014 campaign. Carr readwhat Louis wrote before shegot to work on a laptop.“That’s wishful thinking on

his part,” she told theCourierthat night in June. “Our poll-ing has shown clearly that wehave strong enough publicsupport on our own to winwithout any kind of coalition.Themore important thing iswe really aren’t a party of theright or left. We really are outin front. To run in any kindof coalition with any partyon the political spectrumwould not be respectful to thepeople who support us.”Fivemonths later, the

Greens’ decision to go soloappears prophetic. Or, at least,that’s what an independentpoll released in October fromJustasonMarket Intelligenceconfirmed for the party.The poll found that Carr

receivedmore support, at 52per cent, than any councilloror council candidate in therace. Closest to Carr, at 34per cent, were NPACoun.George Affleck and VisionCoun. Heather Deal.The poll also revealed that

Carr’s council runningmates,Pete Fry andCleta Brown,have a legitimate shot at be-ing elected, with 27 and 25per cent support, respectively.Louis, who wants his old jobback at city hall, received 17per cent support, effectively

putting him and his fellowCOPE council candidates outof the running for a seat.Though it’s only a poll,

and such positive numbersare viewed withmore skepti-cism these days because ofthe NDP’s flameout in thelast provincial election, theGreens’ trio of council candi-dates is buoyed by the results.“You have no idea how

my heart filled with joy,”Carr said prior to a recentall-candidates’ meeting at Bri-tannia secondary school.The party is optimistic its

popularity will also translateto victories for its park boardcandidatesMichaelWiebeand StuartMackinnon andschool board hopefuls JanetFraser andMischa Oak.But then there’s the Vision

factor.The same poll indicates

Mayor Gregor Robertson andhis Vision teamwill likely keeptheir majority on council fora third term, although it maydrop its current eight seats tosix on the 11-member council.But if Vision loses its ma-

jority, the Greens have a plan.Carr made it clear at the

party’s platform launch inSeptember that she wants theGreens to seek “the balanceof power,” meaning she’sopen to alliances with othercandidates who get elected;she wouldn’t predict whothose candidates might be.

That’s confident talk for apolitician who won a seat byonly 92 votes in the 2011 elec-tion, narrowly defeating COPEcandidate EllenWoodsworthfor the final spot on council.In a few days, voters will

decide whether the Greensare for real and answer thisquestion:Was Carr’s victory in

2011 the beginning of a politi-cal shift in this city, or was itsimply a numbers game?

On the recordThis time though, Carr has

the advantage of incumbency.She also has a public recordthat she can sell to voters. Ifshe has developed amantraover the past three years, it’sthis: more public input equalsmore positive output.Almost from the beginning

of her term, Carr has sup-ported neighbourhood groupsacross the city in their battleswith Vision over development,community plans and criti-cisms of the ruling party’s ap-proach to public consultation.She seized on the upset

feelings of residents whoshowed up at city hall toprotest Rize Alliance’s condoproject at Kingsway andBroadway. She did the samefor residents opposed to themassive redevelopment ofOakridge. Shutting downPoint Grey Road to improveconditions for cyclists andpedestrians was another issuethat saw her rise many timesin the council chambers tocall for more public feedback.Those fights have trans-

lated to largely positive newsstories featuring Carr as acheerleader for residents,although she didn’t farewell in a public spat withcity manager Penny Ballemthat ended with an apologyfromCarr; she accused Bal-lem of resorting to bullyingtactics to prevent her fromintroducing amotion tiedto the park board’s plan totake over management ofcommunity centre associa-tions. Themayor and VisionCoun. GeoffMeggs vilified

Carr for challenging Ballemand threatened to launch aninvestigation under the city’scode of conduct.Vision also sank Carr’s

call for a plebiscite to hearwhether the public wantedto keep whales and dolphinsin captivity at the VancouverAquarium. Carr’s motion for aplebiscite onKinderMor-gan’s pipeline proposal, whichwould see a huge spike in oiltankers to Vancouver waters,also died on the council floor.On an issue that has

garnered attention in thiscampaign, Carr tried earlierthis year to get council to vol-untarily adopt a set of guide-lines to get the big money outof civic politics.Vision Coun. Tim Ste-

venson called Carr’s motion“naive” and “dangerous,”pointing to a staff report thatoutlined concerns about cor-ruption and nomechanismto enforce rules. Interestingly,Vision, the NPA, the Greens,COPE andOneCity all vol-untarily released their donorlists over the past two weeks.Asked about her relation-

ship with Vision, she is blunt.“Vision is a tight group,

they’re testy,” she said.“We do have a professionalrelationship. But is there anywarmth fromVision? Zip.They are very cold tome,except for Tony Tang. He’s avery friendly person.”

People planningCarr believes the ruling Vi-

sion council has it backwardsin its attempts tomeaning-fully engage the public onthemajor development andrezoning issues of the day.Her assessment: The

present system, where plans

are drafted before presentedto the public, creates an un-necessary tension betweenresidents and council. Thattension is only exacerbatedwhen it appears the Visioncaucusmakes up its collectivemind before a proposal goesto public hearing; Vision, ofcourse, denies this.Regardless, Carr doesn’t be-

lieve the system offers genuinefeedback from residents butinstead frustrates and angersthem. She addressed this atan Oct. 30 all-candidates’meeting at Britannia second-ary school in the heart ofGrandview-Woodland, whereresidents there forced councilto pull back on the plan tobuild towers in the neighbour-hood. Council instead set up aso-called citizens’ assembly torecommend a better plan.“One party, when it holds

themajority of seats on coun-cil, can honestly ram throughwhatever it wants to withouthaving to listen to even othercouncillors, let alone you thepublic, and that’s what I’d liketo see changed,” she said to ap-plause from about 100 peoplein the school’s auditorium.The Greens want what

they call “people-centredplanning,” a conceptrookie candidate Pete Frydiscussed over tea at hiskitchen table in Strathcona.And the concept is just asit sounds, putting people incharge of planning.He wants neighbourhood

councils, much like theyhave in Portland, set upacross the city to provide avenue where residents cancollaboratively work onwhat’s good and bad fortheir area before city councilweighs in.

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Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr (centre) is buoyed by the results of a recent poll that shows her to be themost popular councillor in a race that includes NPAmayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe andMayorGregor Robertson. The Greens are running a seven-person slatewhich includes council candidate Cleta Brown and school trustee hopefuls Janet Fraser andMischaOak, seen here campaigning last week.PHOTOSDANTOULGOET


“It really empowerscommunity,” said Fry, whoresigned as chairperson ofthe Strathcona Residents’Association to run with theGreens. Fry also helpedfound the Coalition ofVancouver Neighbourhoods,which brought 25 neighbour-hood associations together.Fry’s involvement with

both associations came as aresult of his concerns aroundthe city’s ongoing plans topossibly demolish the Geor-gia andDunsmuir viaducts.Fry’s reading of the initial

plan was that large volumesof traffic would be reroutedthrough Strathcona. He tellsa story of attending an openhouse on the proposal andchallenging a city plannerabout a six-lane route alongPacific that linked to Priorand seemed to end at Gore.“People behindme were

saying, ‘Go Pete, go,” he re-called. “That’s kind of whenthe penny dropped and I real-ized this was something I wasarticulate about and willing tostand up for.”Stepping up his activism to

a run for city hall was a logicalnext step if he wanted “tochange the system,” he said,adding that his attraction tothe Greens was inspired byCarr’s willingness to “showup and pay attention” toresidents’ concerns in Strath-cona.“Unfortunately, agitating

from the outside is only ef-fective when you have willingpartners who are going tolisten,” he said of his decisionto run. “I don’t think the cityis a willing partner.”Fry and the Greens want

to produce a new officialcommunity plan. As outlinedon the party’s website, theplan “must include growthmanagement and afford-able housing strategies thatare tied to a transportationstrategy that serves all areas ofthe city equitably and sustain-ably.” The plan also calls foran updated zoningmap tocurtail spot rezoning whichthe Greens say is fuellingspeculative investment anddevelopment.“I’m not naive, I knowwe

have to work with develop-ers,” Fry said. “That said,there needs to be a profes-sional relationship betweenthe city and developers, notlike it is nowwhere there arethese cozy relationships.”Across town in Kerrisdale,

Fry’s runningmate CletaBrown is in her living roomtalking politics. She pausesbefore answering the questionof why she decided to run

with the Greens. She jokesshe should have rehearsed herresponse.The retired lawyer and

longtime activist devoted towomen’s issues and humanrights said she noticed a sud-den rise in new neighbour-hood groups and a spike inlawsuits against the city andwent to find out why.“This whole city is now

bubbling over with peoplepissed off and upset aboutone thing or another andfeeling they need to protectsomething or prevent some-thing, or protest something,”Brown said.She can’t recall a more

rapid pace of development inVancouver and didn’t expectthat pace to be set by Vision,which won its first majorityin 2008.“I thought they were col-

laborative and consultativeand they wantedmoderategrowth, not growth at thespeed of light,” she said. “Ididn’t expect that fromVisionand I didn’t realize their reli-ance on developers.”Added Brown: “I couldn’t

care less if we become thegreenest city in the world, ifthe city is not affordable forpeople to live in.We don’thave enough schools andparks. Green in what way?A city full of towers? There’snothing green about towers.”TheGreens’ plan tomake

housingmore affordable isambitious and creative, tak-ing elements and ideas fromother parties andmunici-palities. It includes protectingexisting affordable housing byputting an annual limit on de-molitions, have the newVan-couver Affordable HousingAgency “build, own, manage,rent and sell housing on itsown” and penalize developers

of rental housing if proposedrents are jacked up.Other policies include

exacting a levy on large newcommercial developments,as is done inWhistler, anduse the funds to build orbuy affordable housing. TheGreens want to examine theemerging “tiny house”move-ment and how other NorthAmerican cities develop solu-tions to housing affordabilitythrough small footprint hous-ing and “micro-communi-ties,” particularly for single-ortwo-person households.Incidentally, Brown and

Fry running for office isn’t abig surprise when consideringwho their parents are: Brownis the daughter of the lateRosemary Brown, a longtimeNDPMLA for Vancouver-Burrard, and Fry’s mother isHedy Fry, the LiberalMP forVancouver-Centre.Will name recognition give

them a boost at the polls?Brown: “I see it as a plus.

I don’t see it as a minus.People who would see it as aminus wouldn’t vote for me,anyway.”Fry isn’t sure but said

his mother “totally respectsthe fact that I’m not afraidto speakmymind and thatI’m that kind of guy becausethat’s who she is, as well.”

GreenVision?As was evident in the

Courier’s interviews with Carr,Fry and Brown, the Greens’fight is clearly with Vision.But howmarkedly different

are the two parties?Fry’s answer: “For all

intents and purposes, theGreens stand for a lot of thesame things that Vision doesexcept we’re not cozy withdevelopers. So there’s littlepolitical advantage in attacking

us and appearing to be bullieswhen, in fact, wemake a lotmore sense to a lot of people.”Vision shares the Greens’

environmental concerns,wants a more affordablecity and has a former GreenParty member in Coun.Andrea Reimer, who leadsVision’s so-called GreenestCity Action Plan. Reimerworks closely with deputy citymanager Sadhu Johnston toachieve the plan’s ultimategoal of making Vancouver thegreenest city in the world by2020. Vision hired JohnstonfromChicago, where he wasthat city’s formermayor’schief environmental officer.He recently put his expertiseon paper, co-authoring abook entitledThe Guide toGreening Cities.Since Robertson and

Vision won amajority in2008, the party brought inseparated bike lanes, installedelectric car charging stations,expanded farmer’s markets,held car-free days, addedmore childcare spaces, estab-lished relationships with FirstNations communities and ral-lied against KinderMorgan’spipeline proposal.“Vision has well exceeded

on every platform area that Iwas fighting for in the GreenParty,” said Reimer, whomade history in 2002 whenshe became the first Greencandidate in Canada electedto a school board. She losther seat in 2005 and joinedVision three years later withthe aim of bringing theGreens, COPE and Visiontogether to work towardsprogressive policies.Robertson, she said, was

the leader to do that.“There was no universe

that I could imagine amayorgreener thanGregor,” she

said. “He really seemed to bethe one that all three partiesseemed to agree on.”

Reimer has knownCarrfor 20 years, once lived in herhouse but the two had whatshe said was a falling out overpolitical strategy in the 2005provincial election; Reimer wasinvolved at both themunicipaland provincial levels of theGreens when she was a trustee.Reimer spoke to theCourier

in June after attending a pressconference at dPoint Tech-nologies, a company operat-ing out of a building at Clarkand Venables. It sells andmanufactures membranesand heat and humidity ex-changers for energy recoveryin buildings.Reimer was there to hear

Robertson announce thatthe city saw a 19 per centincrease in the number of“green” and local food jobssince 2010, growing from16,700 to 20,000.Reimer is proud of that

achievement and her workon the green front but she’sheard the criticisms from theGreens about consultation.She referred to previous NPAadministrations in prefacingher response.“I don’t even have an

adjective to describe betweenwhat was getting done andwhere it’s at now,” she said ofpublic consultation and thework of a task force aimed atgettingmore people involvedin shaping the city. “Wewereat the hundreds level andnowwe’re into the hundredsof thousands level of peoplewho are engaged in some wayin being able tomeaningfullyprovide input to the city.”But Reimer qualified her

comment with this: “But ifpeople aren’t feeling engaged,then that’s a problem.”

That ongoing criticism ofVision’s approach to consul-tation has not been lost onthemayor or Vision Coun.GeoffMeggs, who haveacknowledged the pushbackin parts of the city.At a Vision annual general

meeting inMay, Robertsonpointed to the proposed com-munity plan for Grandview-Woodland to have towersbuilt at Commercial andBroadway and how that setoff residents.“That was amistake that

wasmade that immediatelygot turned around,” he said,noting the citizens’ assem-bly will help plan the futurelook of the neighbourhood.“That’s one example of wherewe learned from ourmistakeand we accept that we’re notalways right or perfect.”Near the end of last

year, as more neighbour-hoods banded together overconcerns of developmentand new community plans,Meggs recognized the unrestwhen questioned by theCou-rier in December 2013.“The city is going through

dramatic changes and thoseare unsettling neighbour-hoods a lot,” he said. “Iunderstand that and I agreethat the changes are dra-matic.What I think has beenhard for some people is tounderstand the attemptsmade to balance that changewith some of the other objec-tives voters want us to tackle,including housing and afford-ability, access to rapid transitand things like that.”

Survey saysVision’s campaign team

claimed last week thatinternal polling shows therace between Robertson andNPAmayoral candidateKirk LaPointe has tightenedto only a four-point lead fortheir leader.An InsightsWest survey

published in theVancouverSunMonday confirmed thefour-point spread. If accurate,it’s inconclusive what’s drivingthat, although LaPointe hasalso criticized Vision for whathe believes is a broken publicconsultation system that hasalienated neighbourhoods.So where does that leave

the Greens? That answerwill come Saturday. Untilthen, here’s some insightfrom Reimer to consider.

“You don’t lose an electionbecause themedia is wrongor because your opponent iswrong. You lose an election be-cause you have not sufficientlyconnected with community.”

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power onnext council

Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer, seen here during her days as a Green Party school trustee, joined Vision Vancouver to run for council in2008. Green Party council candidate Pete Fry says Vision is too cozywith developers and advocates for “people-centred planning.”PHOTOSDANTOULGOET


Robertson receivesendorsement fromformer premierVision Vancouver

Mayor Gregor Robertsonreceived the thumbs-upon Sunday to serve a thirdterm from former B.C.premier Ujjal Dosanjh.The ex-NDP pre-

mier, Vancouver SouthMP and federal HealthMinister, led the NDPto its worst-ever electiondefeat in 2001, said hefelt compelled to speak upover concerns of an NPAresurgence.“Vancouver is a pro-

gressive city, and it needsprogressive leadership at

City Hall,” said Dosanjh,in a prepared statement.“The NPA has taken ahard and negative turn tothe right, and no longerrepresents the priorities ofthis remarkable city. Withso much at stake in thiselection, I’m encourag-ing voters to support theinclusive, compassionate,and forward-looking lead-ership of Mayor GregorRobertson and the VisionVancouver team.”With four days remain-

ing before the Nov. 15election, a new InsightsWest survey suggestsRobertson has a four-point lead over NPA

mayoral challenger KirkLaPointe, 46 per centto 41 per cent, amongstdecided voters. Coalitionof Progressive Electors(COPE) mayoral candi-date Meena Wong camein a distant third withnine per cent.The online poll of 505

eligible Vancouver voterswas conducted last weekand has a margin of errorof plus or minus 4.5 per-centage points. More thana quarter of residents (27per cent) said they intendto take part in the elec-tion, but have not settledon a mayoral candidate tovote for yet.


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ning the lawnmower overthem to shred them. Thisproceduremakes the leavesvisually palatable to thediscerning eye. Don’t bothershredding small leaves.Spread the leaves onto thebed three to four inches thickup close to the base of allplants. Do not bury peren-nial crowns but mulch close.Don’t forget to weed. Leveland fluff as you go to get thebest presentation.Water thenew leaf mulch into place orlet the rain do it.2) I gotta move that

plant.Transplanting isone of the most basic skillsevery gardener shouldhave. Dig a root ball thatis proportionately sized tosupport the growth needsof the transplant. A generalguideline for digging size issix inches of root ball radiusfor every one inch of stemdiameter. Dig down into thesoil uniformly around theroot ball to attain a roundshape. Dig to the bottomof the roots, then dig underthe root ball, cutting offroots as you go with an oldpair of pruners. Once theentire ball is cut free fromthe earth, slide burlap or anequivalent material underit. Lift the plant out of theearth and tie up the burlaptightly to hold the root balltogether. Balled and bur-lapped plants can be storeduntil final planting butthey must be watered andprotected during storage.Covering the root ball withtemporary protection, suchas leaves or bark mulch, isrecommended.3) The perennials are

falling down. As theydo during fall, perennialsbegin to look tired. For the

healthiest perennials, keepthe foliage growing until allor most of the green energyhas been retracted fromthe leaves into root stor-age for winter. This givesthe plant a good energyreserve for winter and nextspring’s growth. Once theleaves have turned colour,then cut back all foliage tothe ground. Try to leavesome flower heads stand-ing for winter. Perennialseed heads are among themost beautiful in the plantkingdom and add interest toany garden in winter. Muchdepends on what perennialsyou grow. Beyond the visu-al, standing perennial seedheads also provide food forsome birds and homes forbeneficial insects.4)Keeping up with the

lawn. If you ask profession-al turf managers they willtell you that fall is fertilizertime. Only fertilize if yourlawn is unhealthy and use arecommended fall fertilizer.But I think fall fertilizationof lawns is generally a wasteof money and environmen-tally damaging. For thehome garden I do not rec-ommend fall aeration unless

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House is celebrating thecompletion of a major resto-ration project this weekend(Nov. 14 to 16) with house-warming events for all ages.The celebration kicks

off Nov. 14 with the KitsHouse Review featuring aMusqueam blessing withDebra Sparrow, Musqueamhip hop with Christie Lee,storytellers, Zach Grey ofthe Zolas and “his old dadJohn” (as JohnMaclachlanGray, composer, performerand playwright likes to bebilled), and Barbara Jacksonand Friends. VIP guests in-clude Bill Duncan, the firstexecutive director of KitsHouse, and Kico Gonzalez-Risso, who ran the KitsilanoTheatre Company andcoordinated many cultural

events in the community,including the annual Kitsi-lano Folk Festival. The89-year-old Duncan, whonow lives in QualicumBeach, has been a socialactivist all of his life. Born inMemphis, Tenn., Duncangraduated with a master’sdegree in social work fromthe University of Michiganin 1955 as only the secondAfrican-American studentto do so. Mary Bennett,celebration planner at KitsHouse, describes the eventas a “Kitsilano-style love-in.” Tickets are $30/$15.Other weekend highlights

include free site tours—Nov.14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Nov.15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.andNov. 16 from noon to 5p.m.— and an open houseSaturday from 10 a.m. to3 p.m. offering storytellingcircles, performances, work-shops, presentations and ayouth evening of art featuringa speed-painting workshop.As well, Artists in OurMidstis hosting the Retrospective

Art Show in the Kits Househall fromNov. 14 to 21 witha receptionNov. 16 from 2 to4 p.m. For a complete sched-ule andmore informationvisit kitshouse.org/celebrationor call 604-736-3588. KitsHouse is located at 2305West Seventh at Vine.

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Productions at ScotiabankDance Centre Nov. 14, foran evening of raw, unfilteredperformances by emergingyoung talent.The performances are part

of an open rehearsal processfor Haunted House, a newsite-specific project sched-uled for November 2015.This is not your typical“haunted house.” Instead,this house is inhabited byperformers who use artis-tic expression to uncoverwhat haunts them. Theperformers are 10 culturallyand socially diverse youthfrom the LowerMainlandand Fraser Valley between

the ages of 15-24. Theirbackgrounds include copingwith and overcoming brutalviolence, child abuse, tragicloss andmental wellness is-sues. Miscellaneous Produc-tions is a community-based,charitable arts organizationdedicated to engagementand education through vari-ous artistic works.In Haunted House, these

brave young performers re-veal excerpts from their per-sonal stories. At the openrehearsal, audience mem-bers have a chance to seeearly versions of the work,to ask questions of the castmembers during a Q&Aand to further explore ideasand issues in a communityforum. Diversity consultantEric D. Wong will moderatethe Q&A. With Wong act-ing as mediator, youth andadults will also be invited todiscuss issues that arise dur-ing the performances.The open rehearsal,

which will provide valuablefeedback to the perform-

ers and professional artisticteam, is a crucial step in theprocess of bringing Haunt-ed House to completefruition. In 2015, HauntedHouse will be staged in andaround an old house in theWest End. For more infor-mation visit facebook.com/miscellaneousproductions.

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Instrumental Music Societypresents a public workshopon Chinese music andinstruments Saturday, Nov.15 with composer Alan Lau.The workshop is de-

signed to provide compos-ers with the tools necessaryto write effectively for theVancouver ChineseMusicEnsemble. The character-istics of each instrumentwill be introduced as well asthe techniques required toplay them. Formed in 1989,the ensemble is the firstprofessional Chinese musicorganization established inCanada. The workshop takes

place Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. atthe Chinese Cultural CentreMuseum, 555Columbia St.Entrance is by donation.

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leader of the Irish Rovers folkband, has returned to his firstcreative love of painting.Millar’s paintings portray

Ireland as it was in the1950s, at a time before hesays glass supermarketsand traffic jams clogged upsmall villages.Ireland in the Rare Oul

times: The art of Will Millaropens at the Petley JonesGallery, 1554West SixthAve., Nov. 13 and runsto Nov. 27. An openingreception takes place Nov.15 from 3 to 5 p.m. Mil-lar has a couple of Celticmusicians lined up for theopening, but also invites thepublic to “bring your mouthorgans and Irish grannie.”For more information visitpetleyjones.com.

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With the mayoral race inthis weekend’s civic elec-tion becoming too close tocall, both Vision Vancou-ver and the NPA are someof the parties ensuring vot-ers have the opportunityto cast their ballot.That is particularly true

when it comes to seniors.Both Vision and the NPApromise to provide trans-portation to anyone withouta ride, including seniors,who contacts them.But when it comes to

campaigning to seniors,access depends on howwelcome they are. TheCourier contacted severalseniors centres, includingKerrisdale and the 411 onTerminal Avenue, and wastold for the sake of fairnesspoliticians aren’t allowedto campaign there or leavepamphlets for residents.Publicist Ann Gibbon,

speaking on behalf of theNPA, said some of that par-ty’s candidates have gottenpermission to visit seniorscentres to say hello, answerquestions and provide any

information needed to helpthemmake their choice onelection day Nov. 15.Vision Vancouver incum-

bent Tony Tang said, asthe liaison councillor to theVancouver Seniors AdvisoryCommittee, he is a regularvisitor to seniors centres andcare homes across the city.“Most of the seniors

already know about me,”said Tang. “But about sixmonths ago I started re-minding them, ‘Remember,this is an election year.’”Tang added he knows

many seniors have alreadytaken advantage of advancedvoting opportunities to casttheir ballot. He said VisionVancouver will give rides toseniors who request it.Tang said he’s noticed

younger seniors have astrong interest in the issuesand the upcoming election,while older seniors are keento vote but tend to cast theirballot for individuals ratherthan along party lines.OnNov. 15, Vancouver

residents have the opportu-nity to elect onemayor, 10councillors, seven park boardcommissioners and nineschool board trustees. And

while the City of Vancouversays it’s never been easier tovote, a blog posted on theVancouver Seniors AdvisoryCommittee website Oct. 24,says that’s not the case whenit comes to seniors.“Full participation in-

cludes the ability of all resi-dents to vote in the Nov. 15civic election, but we haveheard frommany residentsthat a significant barrier isposed by the absence of ad-

vance polling stations in thenortheast quadrant of thecity,” writes Eddy Elmer.“This quadrant includesthe Grandview-Woodland,Downtown Eastside andRenfrew areas, all of whichhave a sizable population ofolder adults, especially thosewith low incomes.”He added the commu-

nity centres designated asadvance polling stationsfrom Nov. 4 to 12 are a

significant distance fromthose areas, “presenting apossible obstacle for olderadults who cannot vote onNov. 15. This is of particu-lar concern for older adultswith physical disabilitiesand/or those who must relyon public transit.”The last day of advanced

voting is today (Nov. 12).For the first time ever, resi-dents can cast their ballotat any voting location in thecity on election day. Thatmeans whether anyone run-ning errands, spending theday with their family, or atwork, can vote at the loca-tion that’s most convenient.In a recent change legislatedby the provincial govern-ment, the people electedto city council, park boardand school board will be inpower for four years, almosthalf a decade. Voters willalso help decide whether toauthorize the city to borrowmoney for major projectsincluding parks, roads, af-fordable housing, childcareand transportation.If you’ve registered for the

voter’s list in the past, you’relikely registered for this year’selection. A voter information

card should have arrive in themail by now, but if not visitelections.bc.ca.If you’re not on the voter’s

list, you can register on theday you vote with two piecesof identification that indicatename, signature and residen-tial address. If you have onlyone piece of ID, you can stillvote if you swear a declara-tion of residence.The polls will be open

Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 8p.m. at nearly 120 high-traffic locations acrossVancouver, includingOakridge Mall, Interna-tional Village Mall and theVancouver Art Gallery.Multilingual staff and

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It’s only human to suffer the pains of age.

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Many people may be suffering inpain needlessly according to RowanHamilton, Research Director of HumnPharmaceuticals of Winnipeg. “Despitethe fact that lidocaine is on the WorldHealth Organization’s list of EssentialMedicines [a list of the most importantmedications needed in a basic healthcaresystem] most people are unaware ofhow well it relieves a wide range of painconditions,” says Hamilton.

For those who know Hamilton, a herbalist,wholistic dermatologist, student ofTraditional Chinese Medicine and agraduate of the School of Herbal Medicinein England, it may come as a bit of asurprise to hear him speaking of thebenefits of a synthetic drug. Hamiltonnotes, however, that while some peoplealmost always prefer ‘natural’ alternatives,the only naturally occurring LocalAnesthetic is cocaine.

In the late 1880s cocaine was in fact thevery first local anesthetic used in dentistryand an improvement on the previousapproach: copious amounts of alcohol.

People liked it because it acted quicklyand didn’t last too long; they also noticedthe feeling of euphoria that went withcocaine use and many dentists developeda dependence on the substance. In theearly 1900s, Procaine / Novocaine wasintroduced with all the desired benefits ofcocaine but without its addictive and heartracing side effects. Lidocaine, however,became the dentist drug of choice whenit was made commercially available in thelate 1940s.

Lidocaine was first synthesized underthe name xylocaine by Swedish chemistNils Löfgren in 1943. A major differencebetween lidocaine and earlier localanesthetics was its stability in water. Inpractical terms this meant that lidocaine,unlike procaine, did not need to beprepared freshly before each injection.Further, lidocaine was the first aminoamide-type local anesthetic; until itsdiscovery local anesthetics were all“esters”. Amide-type anesthetics have amajor patient care advantage Hamiltonsays. “Ester type anesthetics are muchmore likely to cause allergic reaction

compared to the amide type localanesthetic.”

In the search for ever-improving painrelievers, though, the benefits of lidocaineseem to have been largely forgotten. Themedical marketplace for pain treatmentsince lidocaine’s creation has beendominated by pills delivering Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs)and Opiates. Consumers, however, areincreasingly concerned and aware of thedangers and limitations of these drugs.As Hamilton puts it, “All that, is a long wayof saying that lidocaine works very wellto locally prevent pain signals not onlyfrom travelling to the brain, but from beinginitiated at all. And it does that withoutaddiction, fewer unwanted side effectsand much fewer allergic reactions.”

Humn Pharmaceuticals believes that newisn’t always better when it comes to painmedication. They have chosen to re-introduce lidocaine to the consumer in atopical cream formulation along with othercomplementary ingredients includingmenthol. “TPR stands for Topical Pain

Relief,” says Hamilton. “As a medicatedcream, it goes where it is needed, when itis needed. It is applied on the skin, at thepoint where pain is felt, that way it doesn’tgo through the stomach, or the liver or thekidneys, where many drugs leave a trail ofdamage.”

The American Geriatrics Society Panelon the Pharmacological Management ofPersistent Pain in Older Persons has alsorecognized the value of Lidocaine. Intheir 2009 Clinical Practice Guideline, theystrongly recommended that “all patientswith localized neuropathic pain arecandidates for topical lidocaine.”

“I’m very happy to be associated withHumn Pharmaceuticals,” says Hamilton.“Humn created TPR20 topical lidocainecream to ensure people have accessto this proven, safe and effective painreliever. Go Humn!”

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The medical healthofficer with Vancou-ver Coastal Health saysdespite the fact flu seasondoesn’t typically beginuntil December, therehave already been sevenoutbreaks of influenza inMetro Vancouver carehomes.“And five of those have

been in Vancouver CoastalHealth,” Dr. MeenaDawar told the Courier.Dawar said since seniors

are so vulnerable to theflu, alongside people withexisting health conditions,it’s important to talk abouthow we can all help themfrom catching the bug.According to the PublicHealth Agency of Canada,approximately 3,500 Ca-nadians die each year fromflu-related complications.“Seniors can suffer from

severe complications and agreater risk of death,” saidDawar.Dawar added because of

that, it’s vital for seniors toget a flu shot.“But there are other

pieces to that. Householdcontacts should also getthe flu shot,” said Dawar.“If a senior lives in amultigenerational fam-ily, especially with littlechildren, the entire familyneeds to get a flu shot.”Dawar noted regular

hand-washing is alsoimportant for all familymembers as another wayto help prevent spreadingthe flu.According to Vancouver

Coastal Health, this year’sflu shot will offer protec-tion against three strains

of influenza viruses speci-fied by the World HealthOrganization, includingH1N1, H3N2 and B/Mas-sachusetts/2/2012. Flumist,the nasal spray vaccinefor children aged two to17 years, also containsprotection against a fourthstrain of influenza, the B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.The flu vaccine is

available at your familydoctor’s office, walk-inclinics, many pharmaciesand Vancouver CoastalHealth clinics. As with lastyear, supplies are limitedso it’s advised to get yourflu shot earlier rather thanlater. The worst of fluseason typically occursbetween December andMarch, which is why mostflu clinics run in Novem-ber. A Care Card is neces-sary to receive a flu shot ata clinic.Those eligible to receive

a free flu shot includeseniors, healthy childrenaged six months to fiveyears, household contacts

and caregivers of infantsup to 59 months, aborigi-nal people, all pregnantwomen and their house-hold contacts, health careand other care providersin facilities and commu-nity settings, workers whoprovide essential servicesincluding first respondersand correction officers andpeople who work with livepoultry. Anyone planningto visit loved ones in ahealth care facility or whowill take family membersto outpatient appoint-ments are also eligible fora free flu shot.Dawar said as of Dec.

1 through March 31,2015, all staff and visitorsto care homes must haveeither had a flu shot orwear a mask. Dawar notedregular hand-washingis also important for allfamily members visitinga care home, as is propercold etiquette, includingcoughing or sneezing intoan elbow and using tissuesto blow your nose.

Dawar suggestedanother option for sickfamily members is to stayhome and not spread theircold or flu.“They can arrange for

someone else to visit theirloved one or stay con-nected by phone untilthey’re feeling better,”said Dawar.Dawar said it’s impor-

tant seniors seek medicalattention as soon as theybegin to show flu-likesymptoms.“Seniors should be

taken to their family doc-tor fairly quickly,” saidDawar. “They can reallybenefit from anti-virals.”For more information

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2. Showcasing emerging directors, stagemanagers, designers, technicians and actorsunder the guidance of local theatre profes-sionals, the Tremors Festival stagesthree productions (Trainspotting, This isWar and The 4th Graders Present an Un-named Love-Suicide) simultaneously eachnight in different spaces in the Russian Hall(600 Campbell St.) And when the night’sover, they let off a little steam with a partythat includes, depending on the evening,slam poetry, a drag show, burlesque orlive music. It all goes down Nov. 12 to 15.Details at rumble.org.

3. After a sold-out premiere at the Cultchin 2013, the Virtual Stage’s Broken SexDoll brings its futuristic shenanigans to theYork Theatre for another round of singing,sex and robots. The sci-fi musical courtesyof Andy Thompson (director, book, lyrics)and composer Anton Lipovetsky runs Nov.12 to 22. For tickets and details, call 604-251-1363 or go to thecultch.com.

4. For her new, appropriately titled album,Namedropper, Suzie Ungerleider, a.k.a.OhSusanna, recorded a collection ofsongs written specifically for her by a who’swho of Canadian songwriters including JoelPlaskett, Ron Sexsmith, Amelia Curran andJimCuddy. Hear the folky results whenOhSusanna performs at St. JamesHall Nov. 13.Tickets at Highlife, Red Cat Records, Rufus’Guitars, PrussinMusic and roguefolk.bc.ca.

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bent Gregor Robertsonplays tuba. The tuba is theleast sexy instrument nextto something called a rustytrombone, even when playedby someone whom theGlobe

andMail refers to as a “mov-ie star handsomemayor.”Fun fact: Anyone conceivedwhile tubamusic was play-ing in the background hasa 90 per cent chance of notgraduating from high school.• When NPAmayoral

candidate Kirk LaPointewas managing editor of theVancouver Sun, he wrotea seemingly never-endingseries of columns about hisvisits to the foot doctor lead-ing up to participating in theSun Run. He also tweetedpictures and updatesthroughout his 67-minuterun, which somehowmadethe prospect of taking partin such a physical endeavourfeel even more tedious.• COPEmayoral candi-

dateMeenaWong wearsBatman cufflinks.We haveno idea why.We once sawher campaigning onMainStreet, talking to peoplewaiting for a bus, which ifyou ask us doesn’t seem likethemost captive of audiencessince hardly anyone is goingtomiss their bus just so theycan listen to a woman in Bat-man cufflinks talk at them.• Independent mayoral

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It’s the reaction she seesfrom young students thathas the executive directorof the Eastside CultureCrawl so enthusiastic abouta component of the eventdubbed Studio 101.“I was there last year and

just the joy they exuded,it was great,” said EstherRausenberg. “These stu-dents are so foreign to it,even the freight elevators inthe studios are new to themand they get so excited.”Studio 101 was launched

as part of the EastsideCulture Crawl eight yearsago by longtime participantsMiraMalatestinic and Rich-ard Tetrault.Since then the Culture

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Studio 101 is their first timelooking at art and meetingartists. The program is de-signed to help the studentsto not only gain an under-standing of how professionalartists work but also an ap-preciation of the visual arts.

The goal of the CultureCrawl, which this year runsNov. 20 through 23, is toeducate and increase thepublic’s appreciation of thevisual arts through exhibi-tions, presentations anddisplays.This year it’s expected

more than 20,000 art enthu-siasts will visit artists in theirpersonal studios, garages andhomes located in the areabounded byMain and Vic-toria streets to the east andwest and East First Avenuenorth to the waterfront.The Crawl includes

painters, jewellers, sculptors,furniture makers, weavers,potters, printmakers, pho-tographers, glassblowers—from emerging artists to theinternationally renowned.The Culture Crawl

launched in 1997 with 45visual artists in three Strath-cona area studio buildingsand was attended by a fewhundred people.Since then the event has

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400 artists, craftspeople anddesigners and evolved to rep-resent the heart of the EastVan creative community.Rausenberg said while

there are many programsand support in place tohelp East Side kids survive,there’s not a lot available toencourage their inner artist.“There’s so much focus

on just getting food on aplate when it comes downto providing for theireveryday challenges,” saidRausenberg. “Not many ofthem have done a lot of artclasses. Every one of themwho participates loves it.Their faces just light up.”The students don’t just

meet and work with a num-ber of artists, but also get tochoose amongst themselvesone piece of art to purchasefor their school thanks to asmall budget supplied bythe Eastside Culture Crawl.The artwork then hangs atthe students’ school andbecomes part of its perma-nent collection. This year

students from four classesat Strathcona elementaryschool will work with artiststo create textiles, prints,hand-tint photos and leatherand jewelry items to takehome.“Christmas is coming

and this gives the studentsa chance to make somegifts to tuck away,” saidRausenberg.She added cuts to educa-

tion have not been lost onthe many artists who workand live near inner cityschools. “Studio 101 cameout of that,” said Rausen-berg. “That’s why it’s soimportant to us.”For more information on

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Ever since she was a childand her father introduced herto Irish playwright GeorgeBernard Shaw and his 1924work Saint Joan, Meg Roehas had her sights set on therole of Joan of Arc.“It’s sort of one of those

roles that you’re meant toplay if you think you’re anactress,” says the actor/director.Published just four years

after Joan of Arc was canon-ized, Shaw’s play dramatizesthe life and trial of the piouspeasant girl who claimedthat voices and visions fromGod commanded her torally the French army andlead the troops to vic-tory against the English inthe Hundred Years War.Ultimately, though, she wascaptured by the English, puton trial for heresy and burntat the stake.Fulfilling a lifelong acting

ambition, Roe is taking onthe part of the legendary“Maid of Orleans” in theArts Club’s production ofSaint Joan, directed by Kim

Collier. It’s been more than500 years since the contro-versial trial that condemnedJoan of Arc to death, andyet she remains a heroine inFrance and a popular figurein literature, art and popculture. Roe isn’t surprisedthat the legacy of this 15thcentury martyr has enduredthe ages.“It’s her fierce determi-

nation to stick to what shebelieved in against all odds.She’s one of the best-record-edmedieval female figures.We don’t know that muchabout medieval women—no one wrote about them—but Joan was written abouta lot,” Roe says, noting thatdetailed records from the

condemnation trial havesurvived the centuries. “Shejust had this incredible tenac-ity. She really stuck true toherself, which is just inspir-ing. I think that’s why we stillwant to talk about her.”Roe adds, “[Shaw] was

writing it in the context ofthe First World War andnationalism and the rise ofnationalism and how thoseideas were damaging orpowerful.”A year after Saint Joan

was published, Shawwasawarded theNobel Prize inLiterature. Although his playwas written with theatre-goers of the 1920s inmind,Roe expects the story willresonate with audiencestoday just as powerfully as itdid then.“People are getting up

and fighting in the nameof God all over the world.It’s extremely frightening,”she says of the modern era.“So I think the play speaksto us maybe in a differentway than Shaw intended insome respects, but we hearourselves in it still, I think.It rattles us.”Saint Joanmarks Roe’s

return to acting after twoand a half years off thestage and it’s been a joy toperform again, she says.But Joan of Arc is also an

inherently challenging role—one that has presented Roewith tough questions abouther character, about powerand destiny that don’t haveblack-and-white answers.“I hope it’s that way for

the audience too. I thinkShaw can be challengingbecause he asks big ques-tions with lots of words. Hewants you to listen and notjust receive. He wants youto engage with him, with hisideas,” she says. “But I thinkit’s a pleasure when you findyourself understanding andfollowing and enjoying whathe’s positing, what he’s put-ting out there.”In any case, Roe believes

Saint Joan is “a play forour time.” It deals withviolence, war, God, human-ity, the self — “and howall those things combineto hopefully create a gentleand loving civilization, andhow often they do not.”Saint Joan is at the Stanley

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Weekend ScoresheetAAAvarsity football,WeekTen:With a 48-27 win over Belmont Nov. 8, Vancou-

ver College took lone possession of third place inthe Western Conference and will play Mouat in thefirst round of the playoffs Nov. 15. The Fighting Irishscored in all four quarters, starting with a nine-yardrun by Javier Sanchez-Mejorada and a 12-yard runby Chris Ellis. Richard Jarin scored on a 42-yard passfrom Giordy Belfiore and added a second TD on a42-yard run. Ovie Odjegba ran the ball for a 53-yardscore, Matt Legge caught a 26-yard TD pass and Joel-son delRosario rushed for an eight-yard touchdown.The Notre Dame Jugglers defeated Handsworth

24-21 to clinch the final playoff berth out of the West-ern Conference. They travel to Kelowna to play at theCapital News Centre on Nov. 15.

LMISSAAsenior girls volleyball:Undefeated through the regular league season, the

York House Tigers suffered a substantial loss in theplayoffs and relinquished their chance to play for theLMISSAA senior girls championship.The week didn’t start well for the Tigers. In their

first playoff match to establish seeding Nov. 3, YorkHouse lost in straight sets to the St. Patrick’s Celt-ics. The 27-25, 25-20, 25-20 loss knocked them outof contention for the championship but the Tigerspulled off a 3-1 win over Notre Dame to finish third.St. Thomas More defeated St. Pat’s to reach the

championship final where the 2012 B.C. championsfrom Little Flower Academy shut them out to winthe league title 3-0.Crofton House and LFA advance to the AAA Lower

Mainland tournament. St. Thomas More, St. Patrick’sand York House will play in the AA Lower Mainlandtournament while Notre Dame will compete for a wildcard berth.

VOLLEYBALL

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The Gladstone Gladi-ators showed up at VanTech secondary for thesenior boys city volleyballchampionship and stolehome court advantagefrom the host Talismen.On the back of a raucouscrowd, Gladstone alsostole the VSSAA title 22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-16.The second-level stands

overlooking the court werepacked with screamingGladstone fans wavinghand-drawn signs. Onesaid, “Every day I’mHuynhing,” as if the bestway to cheer for middlehitter Vu Huynh was tocelebrate his hustle in hiphop sing-along style.For two years in a row,

Gladstone lost the juniorchampionship to Van Tech.Gladiator coach Jeff Youngsaid the win was a gift forthe graduating seniors.“Second every finals,

we’re always second,” hesaid. “Finally. This yearwe got it. Winning thisone, it finally broke the

curse. I’m happy to behere with them.”Young said Van Tech

had stronger outside hit-ters but his side was betterin the middle. That’swhere the Gladiatorsaimed their attack.In the championship

fourth set, five differenthitters recorded strikes,including captain andsetter Steven Trinh. AllenWong, Adam Wu and VuHuynh capitalized.“They were the people

we needed the most to winthe game,” said Young.Gladstone also had

essential help from anunexpected addition.L.J. Cayas won twojunior titles with the VanTech team that defeatedGladstone. Then, at thestart of his Grade 11year, Cayas transferred toGladstone for an academicprogram. He was chosenas the starting libero andhis presence on the courtis can’t be missed. Moresquare than long, Cayaslooks the part of a rugbyprop and plays the role —with feverish enthusiasm— like each point calledfor the haka, the Maori

ritual of tongue-sticking,screaming, stompingexpression often seenbefore international rugbymatches. Dressed in thestand-out red shirt ofGladstone’s libero, Cayaswas all intimidation andexcitement.“We needed a strong lib

and we got one,” said Young.“The lib has to be there andthey always have to be hyper.You need that person tobring the energy up.”The coach remembered

Cayas and the two juniorlosses that came at thehands of Van Tech.“At one of the first

practices, I asked, why isthis guy here? This guystole championships fromme! He came out and wehad other players whocould have taken the posi-tion, but he proved he wasbest,” said Young.Cayas, who stood out in

the libero’s red shirt, said heembraced the energetic role.“I love being loud for

them. Me being on thecourt as a lib gives mea chance for them toget success,” he said.“They’re amazing team-mates. These guys boost

up my game and I feel Ican play 100 times betterbecause these guys are soencouraging and so open.”Gladstone lost the first

set but bounced backto edge the Talismen inthree close sets. Van Techcoach Alex Pappas saidthe visitors were tough op-ponents.“Gladstone came out

with a lot of fire, theyplayed really good vol-leyball and we were withthem pretty much thewhole way. The fourthset, we took our feet of thepedal and we let them runaway with it a little bit,”said Pappas.“The difference was

a little bit of their desireand their having a hugefan base come to our gym.It was tough to com-municate being drownedout by a bunch of visitingfans. They had a greatatmosphere. It shows a lotof good things from theirschool.”Gladstone, Van Tech

and David Thompsonadvance to the LowerMainland volleyball cham-pionship.

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Gladiators’ energy theirbestweapon

1. Vancouver Tech blockers James Huynh and Terry Tea hang above the net in a 3-1 loss for the senior boys volleyball championship atVan TechNov. 7. 2.Gladstone Gladiators cheering section. 3. L.J. Cayas pumps up his Gladiator teammates. PHOTOSREBECCA BLISSETT

— Kevin Bieksa, seen in a YouTube clip textingoutside the Canucks locker room, said to Sully andForce after the green-suited super fans announcedthis will be their last season.

The Green Men are Adam Forsyth and Ryan Sulli-van. Inducted to ESPN’s hall of fame for their goadingantics beside the visitor’s penalty box at Rogers Arena,the Green Men rose to dominance the same year theCanucks almost won the Stanley Cup. Heady times.They announced their retirement on YouTube Nov. 7.

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After dropping the firstset against David Thomp-son, the Prince of WalesWalesmen won threestraight sets to clinch thesenior girls volleyball citychampionship at DavidThompson Nov. 6.Playing on the home

court of the Trojans, theWalesmen fell 18-25 thenrolled to the win 25-20,25-7, 25-22.Prince of Wales finished

the season 6-1, comingsecond in the West Divi-sion behind undefeatedWinston Churchill. TheTrojans, who also finishedsecond in the East Divi-sion with a 7-1 record,knocked off the ChurchillBulldogs in a semi-finalthat went to five sets on

Nov. 4. The Walesmendefeated defending cham-pion Point Grey in theother semi-final to reachthe championship.Five AAAA schools

advance to the LowerMainland tournament:David Thompson, EricHamber, Killarney, Kitsi-lano and Churchill. ThreeAAA teams advance totheir tournament: Princeof Wales, Point Grey andGladstone.

Walesmenon topPrince of Wales wins girls city championship

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Prince ofWalesWalesmanHannah Peck celebrates the senior girls volleyball city championship overtournament hosts David Thompson onNov. 6. PHOTOREBECCA BLISSETT


The Nominations and Election Committee is seeking Vancitymembers to fill three director positions in the 2015 election.Each position is for a three-year term, commencing after theAnnual General Meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2015.

Prospective candidates are strongly advised to attend aninformation session which will be held at 6:00 pm onWednesday, December 3, 2014 at Vancity Centre, 183 TerminalAvenue, Vancouver. Please contact the Governance Departmentby no later than 12 noon, Tuesday, December 2, 2014 to registerfor this session.

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At the start of his 18thseason as the head coach ofthe Thunderbirds women’svolleyball program, DougReimer had a win percentageof .792. He had won a re-cord six consecutive nationalchampionships between2008 and 2013 but lost lastyear’s final toManitoba.Under his guidance, a UBCathlete has been named thebest female university vol-leyball player in the countryfor the past five years.At the annual B.C. Sport

Conference in January, Re-imer, a five-time CIS coachof the year, will discuss hiscoaching philosophy andhow team chemistry createsconfidence, a factor impor-tant at all levels of sport.Before Reimer and the T-

birds hit the roadNov. 6, theCourier caught up with himby phone. He was at YVR.

You appear on thewebsite The Art ofCoaching Volleyball,showing simple and ef-fective improvements tobasic drills. Aren’t youafraid of giving up allyour secrets?Doug Reimer: Definitely

not. You can add that I’mlaughing here! The only waythe sport grows and the levelof skill grows is if you share.To be honest, I don’t thinkthere are many secrets out

there. I do this as a profession.There are a lot of coaches thatdo this as a part-time hobbyand, in the long run, this isbetter if certain philosophiesare shared.

You’ll be talking aboutteam chemistry at the SportB.C. Conference. How doyou get a team to bond?Reimer: To me it’s a

fascinating topic. There’sa number of components:you’ve got to start withattracting good people tothe program because everyteam, they are going togo through adversity, sosometimes it’s not alwaysjust about talent or Xs andOs. In a team sport, oursfor sure, the ability of thegroup to push each otherbut also support each otheris important and, I think, tofeel almost a kind of faith.

What have you learnedfrom other coaches?Reimer: I’m stoked with

the presenters who are there[at the Sport B.C. Confer-ence]. I am humbled to bein the same group as them.To me, you need thesethings because coaching,it’s a constant. It doesn’t goaway, it’s not a nine-to-fivekind of job. Being able tolisten to Rick Hansen talkabout leadership is verymotivating. I think the otherthing it does is it makesyou look at the big picture,not just your own groupor some of the technical ortactical problems you’re

having. It’s a great reminderthat being a coach extendsabove and beyond wins andlosses. You cannot get intocoaching and ignore that.If you do, you are in thewrong profession.

Besides raw talent,what characteristics doyou assess when you’rerecruiting?Reimer: I think it links

back to the culture that youwant to create. I’ve learnedover time not to get tooexcited over talent alone. Ireally think that being opento not being the best rightaway is important becausevery few players come in touniversity and dominate theway they have in their highschool or club experience.

Do you pass on rawtalent if you fear otherkey traits won’t develop?Reimer: Oh yeah. We

have. It could have beenthat individual but it couldalso be that once we’vemade a commitment to ath-letes that are older, and wetry and honour that and notover-recruit in a particularposition. It’s a very finebalance. I really want tostress, it is hard to predicthow that is going to go.It’s inexact and every weekand every year it’s is a freshchallenge.This interview has been

condensed. Reimer will pres-ent at the B.C. Sport Con-ference Jan. 10 in Burnaby.

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On its own, talent isn’t always enough tomake the cut, says UBC Thunderbirdswomen’s volleyballcoach Doug Reimer. Team chemistry is essential to building a championship team.PHOTOBOB FRID / UBC THUNDERBIRDS


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