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The two-person mayoral races that havedominated city politics for more thana decade officially ended Sunday withCOPE overwhelmingly endorsing MeenaWong as its candidate for mayor in theNov. 15 election.The 53-year-old mental health worker
and longtime community organizer willbattle Mayor Gregor Robertson and NPAchallenger Kirk LaPointe for votes in amulticultural city that has never had afemale mayor or one of Chinese descent.“I can’t believe that,” Wong told the
Courier by telephone Monday. “And wecall ourselves a progressive city?”Almost 200 COPE members endorsed
Wong at the party’s nomination meetingheld Sunday at the Japanese Hall in theDowntown Eastside. Party members alsonominated eight council candidates, in-
cluding former councillor Tim Louis andFirst Nations’ activist Audrey Siegl.Though a mayor’s race attracts several
candidates, many of whom are typicallyunknown and members of fringe parties,the contest for the city hall throne in Van-couver has historically been between theNPA and COPE.That changed in the 2005 election when
a split within COPE led to the newlycreated Vision Vancouver, which unsuc-cessfully ran former COPE councillor JimGreen against the NPA’s Sam Sullivan.Despite the split, COPE ran so-called
coordinated campaigns with Vision in2005, 2008 and 2011. But in all threecampaigns, COPE opted not to run amayoral candidate, effectively endorsingRobertson as the party’s choice for mayor.In running Wong, this is COPE’s first
mayoral candidate since 2002 when LarryCampbell and COPE almost annihilatedthe NPA in an election night knockoutthat showed COPE’s political might.Subsequent elections saw COPE’s
standing on the civic scene diminish as
Vision won majorities in 2008 and 2011.The Green Party also elected AdrianeCarr to a council seat in the 2011 election.Wong now has the formidable job of
bringing the party back to its mainstreamstatus by winning seats on council, parkboard and school board. School trusteeAllan Wong was COPE’s lone elected of-ficial until he joined Vision Vancouver inDecember 2013.“One community at a time,” she
replied when asked how she will rebuildthe party.Though Wong believes COPE can
draw votes from people who voted previ-ously for Vision and the NPA, particu-larly those interested in an affordablehousing plan, she pointed to her profilein the Chinese community as a factor inboosting COPE’s vote.Born in Beijing and fluent in Cantonese
and Mandarin, Wong worked as an inter-preter, outreach worker and got her startwith COPE in 2005 as the party’s pointperson to mobilize the Chinese vote.
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URBAN SENIOR 15Community calendar
SPORTS 22Canadians strike out
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THE VOICE of VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOODS since 1908
Mayoral racenowa three-way
NPApromisesrestoredsenior centrefundingSandra [email protected]
NPAmayoral candidate Kirk LaPointesays if elected in the November municipalelection, he’ll restore the full $3.7 millioncommitted by the Vision Vancouver-dominated city council towards a newseniors centre for southeast Vancouver.“It’s an unconscionable claw back,”
said LaPointe. “On so many levels it issuch bad management.”The city recently announced it would
no longer commit $1.2 million of that$3.7 million towards the project due tothe fact the provincial government finallyagreed to a long-awaited contribution.In 2009, the park board committed
land adjacent to the Killarney CommunityCentre for the project, and in 2011 the cityearmarked $2.5 million in capital fundstowards the estimated $7.5 million cost.In 2012, the provincial government
pledged $1.3 million, much less thanthe $2.5 million hoped for by the cityand members of the Seniors’ Arts andCultural Society. When the provincialgovernment continued to drag its feeton the extra funding, city council agreedin February to contribute another $1.2million. That announcement followeda $2.5-million commitment from thefederal government. But then in April theprovincial government made the extra$1.2 million contribution official.Seniors reacted with disappointment in
July when the Courier obtained a memofrom city manager Penny Ballem to coun-cil saying the April commitment from theprovincial government eliminated “theneed for the additional $1.2-million com-mitment by council.”LaPointe said due to labour demands
in the city, Vancouver is an expensiveplace to build. He noted it’s common fordevelopers to expect projects to come in15 to 18 per cent over budget.“They’re using a 2009 budget for this
decision,” said LaPointe. “I’m not aneconomist, but my hunch is that the costwill be much higher [than $7.5 million]by the time they get started on this projectin 2015 or 2016. This to me is atrocious.”In response to the memo, Ainslie
Kwan, president of the Killarney Com-munity Centre Society said in a state-ment, “We were extremely concernedto learn that the current city councilremoved $1.2 million that was previouslycommitted to building the much-neededsoutheast Vancouver seniors centre.”
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WALKTHE LINE Teachers walk the picket line at Kitsilano senior secondary school Monday afternoon. See story page 7.PHOTODANTOULGOET
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This just in: MayorGregor Robertson wantsa subway built along theBroadway corridor!Of course, I’m kidding
— not about the mayor’ssubway campaign but thatit’s breaking news.So why then did Robert-
son hold a press conferenceThursday at the VCC-ClarkSkyTrain station to tell usmedia types what we havereported since 2012?That was the first ques-
tion posed to Robertson.The CBC’s Steve Lus:
“Mr.Mayor, forgive me,maybe I’m a little slow here,but did you just call us hereto reiterate your supportfor a Broadway subway lineand tell us about anNPAflip-flop, or are you telling ussomething new right now?”Robertson: “Well, I’m
basically laying out the casefor the Broadway subway andreinforcingmy support—Vi-sion’s support—which [has
been] very clear for manymonths and contrasting thatto the NPA’s flip-flop.Mr.LaPointe hedged out of thegate, saying hemay support itand he’s flip-flopped to say hedoes support it.”OK, let’s stop right there.A flip-flop?Metro’s Emily Jackson:
“Can you talk a little bitabout how [LaPointe] flip-flopped?”Robertson: “Mr.
LaPointe, on the first dayof his campaign announcedthat he may support theBroadway subway, whichI would call a hedge. It’sdefinitely not clear supportfor a Broadway subway afteryears of the city working onthis, advocating and know-ing full well what my posi-tion is and Vision’s positionhas been. Mr. LaPointecame out hedging on dayone and since that time he’snow said he does support aBroadway subway.”Jackson: “So the flip-flop
is from ‘may’ support to‘does’ support?”Robertson: “Yeah.”According to a quick online
search for the definition of flip-
flop, I found this atMerriam-Webster.com: Tomake anabrupt reversal of policy.So not exactly a flip-flop,
I would say.But let’s look at another
occasion where Vision used“flip-flop” to criticizeLaPointe and the NPA. Ijust happen to have a Visionpress release issued a coupleof days before the subwaypress conference.Here’s the headline:
LaPointe inexperience
leads to NPA flip-flop ontransportation.The release refers to NPA
Coun. George Affleck an-nouncing in January that, ifhis party were to be electedin November, the NPAwould re-open Point GreyRoad. (I listened to theaudio recording of what Af-fleck said on that day and,yes, that’s what he said).LaPointe, however, told
me the NPA would, in fact,review the controversial
road upgrades on PointGrey Road which includeclosures to vehicles andimprovement for cyclistsand pedestrians, includingseparated bike lanes.“My view is we would
examine other options forPoint Grey Road, but ourapproach would involveextensive consultation,a comprehensive look atoptions to share the publicroad and we would also takeinto context the city’s finan-
cial picture, if we decided toproceed,” LaPointe said bytelephone Wednesday. “Wehave a hard time under-standing what was spentto build that, so we don’tknow what any modifica-tions would also cost.”What about Affleck’s
promise to re-open the road?“It’s never been a position
that the project would beripped up,” LaPointe said.Me: I thought Affleck
said that?“No, what I think was
said is that car trafficmightbe brought back to it— butthat’s not ripping it up. Thatagain is Vision’s black andwhite world— a blunt instru-ment world [using] hyperbolefor effect to obviously, emo-tionally, trigger people.”So, ladies and gents, was it:• a flip-flop?• a contradiction?• rhetoric?• more reason for a re-
porter to book an extendedholiday until policy plat-forms are released and thehe-said, he-said stories finda special place in campaignjournalism hell?
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For the first time in12 years, the Coalitionof Progressive Electors isrunning a candidate formayor. Meena Wong waschosen Sept. 7 at a partynomination meeting held atthe Japanese Hall, two daysafter a press conference washeld on the steps of city hallto announce her candidacy.COPE is the city’s only
political party where candi-dates are chosen by mem-bers, and it turns out yetanother member, AnthonyGuitar, also wanted to runfor mayor but hit a paper-work filing error.Not that it was close.Wong earned 193 votes
of the 216 ballots cast tobecome the left-wing party’sfirst mayoral candidatesince Larry Campbell wona landslide victory in 2002.It is the Vancouver CoastalHealth mental health recov-ery worker’s second stab atseeking public office afterrunning as the NDP candi-
date for Vancouver Southin the 2011 federal election,where she came in thirdwith 19 per cent of votes. Ifelected, Wong would be thecity’s first female mayor andfirst one of Chinese descent.She also served previouslyas an assistant to formerToronto city councillor andNDPMPOlivia Chow,who is running for mayor ofToronto.Wong, 53, said she wants
to make North America’smost expensive city moreaffordable for non-affluentresidents.“We have a duty to each
other and to this city to rightwhat is wrong,” saidWong.“We have a duty to ourchildren who cannot affordto live in this city, we have aduty to seniors who cannotafford to age with dignity…I think Vancouver housingprices are way too high andas a city government, weneed to look at that.”Seven candidates for city
council were also pickedfrom a total of 12 nominees.Tim Louis, party co-chair
and a former two-timecouncillor, earned the mostvotes overall with 179, fol-lowed by Sid Chow Tan,Audrey Siegl, Gayle Gavin,Lisa Barrett, Keith Higginsand Jennifer O’Keeffe. JohnYano andWilsonMunoztied for the eighth and finalspot and a decision of whichof them will run has not yetbeen announced.
Diana Day, Ilana Shecter,Ralph Fraatz, Heidi Nag-tegaal and Kombii Nanjalahare COPE’s five candidatesfor school board. Fourcandidates for park board— Imtiaz Popat, UroobaJamal, Ezra Bloom andAnita Romaniuk — werealso chosen.The plan was to choose
five park board candidates
but party policy requires atleast one be of aboriginal de-scent. Jamie LeeHamilton,one of two candidates whofit the bill, withdrew from therace last week while TraceyMorrison wasmysteriouslyabsent. According to execu-tive director Sean Antrim,the party’s indigenous equitycaucus will instead decide ona fifth candidate.
The Green Party con-firmed its own candidatesat a special general meet-ing also held Sunday. Parkboard candidates StuartMackinnon andMichaelWiebe and school boardcandidates Mischa Oak andJanet Fraser are now part ofa Green slate that includesPete Fry, Cleta Brown andincumbent councillor Adri-ane Carr running for citycouncil. There will not be aGreen candidate for mayor.“I’m thrilled to have our
whole team in place — andwhat a fabulous team,”said Carr in a press releaseannouncing the decision.“By electing three Greens tocouncil, two Greens to parkboard and two Greens toschool board, Vancouveriteswill get not only incrediblyhard-working representa-tives who will put publicinterest first, but also strongteams that will bring sorelyneeded balance and a col-laborative approach to eachgoverning body.”The election is Nov. 15.
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Sara Yuan spent $450 ontutoring for her son this pastJuly because summer schoolwasn’t in session.Her son usually studies
math and English free ofcharge in summer school.Yuan, a single parent,
wants him to excel in highschool.“The first year of high
school is very important,”she said. “And Killarney’s abig high school.”Yuan, who works as an
esthetician six days a week,could have spent the $450elsewhere.“This year I didn’t get him
a computer. For high schoolyou need a computer, right,”she said. “But that’s OK.Maybe next year I can.”As with 12.5 per cent of
Chinese parents surveyedin June by market researchfirm Social Insights, Yuanisn’t sure she has a solidgrasp on the labour disputebetween the government
and teachers.But she’s certain about
one thing.“I want no strike. I want
to have school, education,”she said. “Of course govern-ment have to do somethingfor the teacher.”Social Insights, formed
in June to focus on Chi-nese consumers, surveyedparents on Chinese socialmedia platformWeChat,which is similar to Twitter,andWeibo, which is similarto Facebook, and releasedits findings Aug. 28.The company found
that 44 per cent of Chineseparents blamed both theB.C. Teachers’ Federationand the government for thelabour dispute, while 39 percent blamed the BCTF andjust four per cent blamedonly the government.Social Insights surveyed
313 Chinese-Canadianresidents and reports seeingconsistent results after sur-veying just 200 respondents.Polling firmAngus Reid
reported in June that B.C.
parents supported teachersover the government two-to-one.“The fact that the results
seemed to contrast withwhat the rest of the popu-lation was thinking wassomething that we thoughtwas noteworthy,” saidSonnyWong, a partner atSocial Insights. “Becausewhen you look at thedemographics of the LowerMainland and BritishColumbia, clearly we areseeing through immigrationand other market forces theincrease in ethnic com-munities with the Chinesecommunity growing thefastest.”He added, “The strike
may very well affect theChinese community a littlebit more because if you’vebeen in B.C. for a shorterperiod of time, your abilityto develop social networksand support for childcare isgoing to be much less.”Wong noted Chinese
families often immigrate toCanada for the clean air,
nature and education.“They may even see
education a little bit in theway of an essential service,”he said.Yuan wants to see her
son concentrating on booksinstead of video games.“If could afford it I would
domore tutoring or sendhim to a private school, butI can’t afford it,” said Yuan,who emigrated fromChinato Canada in 1999 and haslived in Vancouver nineyears.Social Insights hasn’t sur-
veyed Chinese parents sinceJune but Wong believescongruent sentiments wereheard at a rally attendedby many Chinese parentsoutside the Vancouver ArtGallery Sunday.Yuan was unaware of
the survey, but said she’sseen anger at teachers fromChinese parents on socialmedia.
She said the parents don’tunderstand why the teachersare allowed to strike.
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have long advocatedfor a dedicated spacethat will meet theirprogramming needsand will be sustainableover the long term.Removing any com-mitted funds now willjeopardize the quality ofthe centre and demon-strates a lack of com-passion and respect forseniors in Vancouver.“This about-face
is disappointing. Wehave written to [VisionVancouver] MayorRobertson, councillorRaymond Louie andtheir colleagues request-ing that our commu-nity and local seniors
associations be directlyinvolved in planning ac-tivities moving forward.To date, none have ac-knowledged or respond-ed to our requests. Wecall on the current citycouncil to reinstate thepreviously committed$1.2 million.”But Louie told the
Courier the city is abso-lutely not withdrawingfunding and accusedLaPointe of playingpolitics.“He’s using mis-
information to scareseniors,” said Louie.“There is no moneybeing pulled and hiscomments are totallyinexcusable.”Louie said the city is
confident the projectcan be completed withall of the necessaryamenities, including akitchen and elevator,within that initial $7.5million budget.“We have gone to
great efforts to get thisfacility built,” saidLouie. “We’re the onesthat secured the fund-ing and the park boardcommitted the land.It’s clear [LaPointe] isattempting to deflectfrom his inexperience.We’re showing goodvalue for the dollar bynot spending more thanwe need to. We believethe centre can be builtfor the original $7.5million and that’s good
news for the taxpayer.”Seniors advocate
Lorna Gibbs agreedthat Vision Vancouver,and in particular Louie,has worked closelywith the Seniors’ Artsand Cultural Society inmaking the new centrea reality, but she addedthis loss of what was as-sumed to be confirmedfunding is a blow.“I was surprised
and disappointed tohear about this loss offunding,” said Gibbs.“You have no ideahow many times I’veaddressed council orwritten letters andnow I have to wonderwhat was the point.”
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Two days after Educa-tion Minister Peter Fass-bender rejected a call bythe B.C. Teacher’s Federa-tion for binding arbitration,he scorned the BCTF’splan to have teachers voteSept. 10 on suspending thestrike in favour of bindingarbitration.“I’m standing here again
and I feel a little bit likeGroundhog Day, like I’mreliving this discussion timeand time again and havingreal difficulty understand-ing why we’re not seeinga change in position bythe B.C. Teachers’ Fed-eration,” Fassbender saidMonday afternoon.“I believe that the BCTF
executive knewwhen theycalled for [binding arbitra-tion] that this governmentwould not agree to it andthat ploy was tomake themlook like they’re trying to bereasonable.”Fassbender repeated his
call for the BCTF to haveteachers vote on suspendingthe strike in favour of negotia-tion andmediation, to get the
federation’s wage and benefitsproposals into the “affordabil-ity zone” so they could focuson ways to improve class sizeand composition.Veteran mediator Vince
Ready determined the par-ties were too far apart formediation Aug. 30.BCTF president Jim Iker
announced the vote onbinding arbitration Mondaymorning.“The B.C. Liberal
government’s rejection ofbinding arbitration was apolitical knee-jerk reaction,”Iker said. “Binding arbitra-tion remains the fastest andmost effective way to endthe strike, to reach a fairsettlement and get studentsback in classrooms. Todaywe’re giving governmentanother chance.”Iker proposed sending
salary, a proposed contractsigning bonus and dental,
teacher on call, pregnancyleave top-up and prepara-tion time issues to bindingarbitration Friday morning.The BCTF’s framework
for binding arbitrationproposes the parties wouldnegotiate a new fund toaddress learning needsconcurrently to bindingarbitration. If the partiescan’t agree on a new fund,the fund would then go tobinding arbitration.
The BCTF also wants thegovernment and the B.C.Public School Employer’sAssociation to delete theE80 proposal that includes:“Note: These provisionssupersede and replace allprevious Articles that ad-dressed class size, composi-tion and staffing levels.”Fassbender said: “There
is no sinister attempt hereto undermine any processthat’s currently underway.”He believes the BCTF
opposes E80 because itstates staffing recommenda-tions to improve classroomlearning shouldn’t be lim-ited to teachers.The BCTF and BCPSEA
are one per cent and one yearapart on wages. The BCTFwants a $5,000 signing bo-nus for teachers, who haven’tbeen paid since June. Theparties differ on benefits.The government has
proposed $375million overfive years to improve learningconditions in classrooms.The BCTFwants $175in the first year and $225million thereafter to addressproblems the union saysintensified after 2002 whenlanguage about class size and
composition was strippedfrom the teachers’ contract.The BCTF has also pro-
posed a $100-million fund todeal with grievances that couldflow from court decisions.Iker questioned govern-
ment priorities. He said theBCTF’s learning improve-ment fund and improve-ments to teachers’ prepara-tion time would cost anextra $3 a day per studentover a five year term.He said the government
paid California Power $750million to settle a dispute.“Minister [Bill] Bennett
said that’s a good deal forBritish Columbia,” Ikersaid. “$225 million in afund to start addressingsome of the learning needsfor our students is not agood deal for British Co-lumbians? We say it is.”The Vancouver School
Board has been calling forbinding arbitration since Julyand the Vancouver DistrictParent Advisory Councilrenewed its call for bindingarbitration Tuesdaymorning.Fassbender says the
government won’t legislateteachers back to work.
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Continued from page 1Even with that experi-
ence, Wong acknowledged,voting patterns are morecomplex than voters simplycasting a ballot for someoneof the same race or similarbackgrounds.“I don’t think it’s auto-
matic — I don’t believe inautomatic,” said Wong,who previously ran un-successfully for a COPEcouncil nomination in 2008and was the NDP’s candi-date in Vancouver-South inthe 2011 federal election.“I believe that people willlook at who I am and whatI stand for. But there’s asection of the [Chinese]community that doesn’t
participate particularly wellin the electoral process. Wehave to make people morepolitically literate.”Simon Fraser University’s
Terri Evans, who is theprogrammanager of urbanstudies, said she doubtedCOPE would pull votesfrom Vision or the NPA inthe Nov. 15 election. That’sbecause COPE’s politics area lot further left of centrethan Vision and the NPA,Evans said.“I’m not sure that they
can capture sufficient num-bers to make that swing,”she said.But Evans said Wong’s
entrance into the race willbring new ideas and debate
on issues that will challengethe points of view expressedby Vision and the NPA. Shepointed out media atten-tion historically favours themayoral race, so COPE will
gain from that coverage.That coverage, she add-
ed, could hurt the Vancou-ver Greens, which decidednot to run a mayoral candi-date or endorse Robertson,
LaPointe or Wong. TheGreens also decided not toseek an alliance with COPEor other parties.“But COPE has a lot of
work to do to let people
know what they are still arelevant party,” Evans said.“They were pretty much ontheir death bed until this lat-est renewal.”
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VisionVancouver incumbentGregorRobertson,COPE’sMeenaWongandNPAcandidateKirk LaPointeareall hoping tobeVancouver’s nextmayor.PHOTODANTOULGOET
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What are your priorities for the next provincial budget?
The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be holdingprovince-wide public consultations on the next provincial budget. British Columbians areinvited to participate by attending one of 17 public hearings or by making a written submission,sending an audio or video file, or completing an online survey.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 17, 2014. To register to appear at a publichearing or for more information, please visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/finance
or contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224,Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V 1X4;tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337;fax: 250.356.8172; e-mail: [email protected]
Susan Sourial, Committee Clerk
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ONFINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Chair: Dan Ashton, MLA (Penticton)BUDGET 2015 CONSULTATIONS
What are your priorities for the next provincial budget?
The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be holdingprovince-wide public consultations on the next provincial budget. British Columbians areinvited to participate by attending one of 17 public hearings or by making a written submission,sending an audio or video file, or completing an online survey.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 17, 2014. To register to appear at a publichearing or for more information, please visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/finance
or contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224,Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V 1X4;tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337;fax: 250.356.8172; e-mail: [email protected]
Susan Sourial, Committee Clerk
Theweek in num6ers...
4ThepercentageofChinese-Canadianparentswho feeltheB.C. Liberals aremainly toblame for theongoing teachersstrike, according toa recent
survey.
249In thousandsofdollars, thesalarydeputyminister AthanaMentzelopoulos earned in2013after receivinga$30,000pay
raise.
7The total numberofGreen
Party candidates running in theNovember civic election—threefor city council and twoeach for
parkandschoolboard.
2ThenumberofCOPEmemberswho ran tobe the leftwing
party’s candidate formayor intheNovemberelection.
19Thepercentageof voteswonbyCOPEmayoral candidateMeenaWongwhenshe ranas theNDPcandidate for
VancouverSouth in the2011federal election.
3Thenumberof years ina rowtheVancouverCanadianswontheNorthwest League title.TheC’s lost abest-of-three
seriesover theweekend tonewchamps theHillsboroHops.
Michael [email protected]
I will never forget the first time I metSam Davis, a former mayor of SaintJohn, New Brunswick. I had just beenintroduced to him as the new federalgovernment project manager for his city’sMarket Square Project when he looked atme and said “10D.”“I beg your pardon” I replied.“10D, that’s your shoe size. I used to
be in the shoe business.”I have not forgotten the first time I met
Gregor Robertson.He had just won the Vision mayoral
contest and a mutual friend invited us tomeet over breakfast at Paul’s Omeletteryon Granville Street. I have no recollec-tion of what we discussed, but I remem-ber what he ate.While my friend and I ordered om-
elettes, the future mayor ordered pan-cakes with whipped cream and fruit.But first he enquired whether the fruitwas fresh. The server returned to say thefruit had been frozen, but he ordered itanyway.Subsequently, I have run into the
mayor at various occasions and foundhim to be a pleasant person, but cannotsay I have gotten to know him.Media acquaintances who have often
interviewed him over the past six yearshave told me the same thing. Despitetheir interactions, they, too, do not feelthey know him at all.I first met Robertson’s opponent Kirk
LaPointe at his summer NPA mayoralannouncement. We have subsequentlybeen together on a few occasions. I at-tended a session he organized to discusshousing affordability with neighbour-hood planning and housing experts,and one of the many breakfast meetingsbeing arranged so others can get to knowhim.I invited him to speak to a lunchtime
discussion group I belong to — theVancouver Roundtable — which hasbeen meeting every Tuesday since 1926.Yes, 1926! There he did not need to beintroduced. He knew most of the peoplein the room.I greatly enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell’s
book Blink and like many of the char-acters in the book, think I can generallyassess situations and people from firstimpressions. However Kirk LaPointe isnot so easy to typecast.My first impression was of an intel-
ligent, urbane guy who probably grew upin an affluent neighbourhood. I subse-quently learned he is quite cerebral butwas not born with a silver spoon in hismouth. He was raised by a single motherand did not meet a brother who was putup for adoption until later in life.
I was also surprised to learn he coachesgirls’ softball, which did not quite fit withmy first impression. I should add thiswas a pleasant surprise.Just prior to our recent breakfast meet-
ing I heard Bruce Allen ranting aboutbicycle lanes and asked LaPointe if heknew Allen. “Quite well” he replied. “Imet him when I was writing for BillboardMagazine.”It turns out he was Canadian editor
of Billboard in 1983 and stayed for eightyears, reporting weekly on the musicindustry. I did not ask if he played thetuba, but somehow doubt it.While Vancouver media may not feel
they know Gregor Robertson, they knowKirk LaPointe. After all, many workedfor him when he was managing editor ofthe Vancouver Sun.Others know him from CTV where he
was senior vice-president, news or theCBC where he was host on Newsworldin the early ‘90s, and more recently thenetwork’s ombudsman.Given his very impressive background
in Canadian media and other activities,one of the questions LaPointe is oftenasked is why he decided to enter politics.He responds that politicians and themedia have much in common in that theyboth want to change society. They just goabout it in different ways.Moreover, many media personalities
have gone on to be very successful politi-cians including Rene Levesque, RalphKlein and Winston Churchill.I am sure we will all learn much more
about Kirk LaPointe in the comingmonths.Hopefully we will also learn a more
about Gregor Robertson. But first weneed to end the school strike which un-fortunately, but quite rightly, is dominat-ing the news.
twitter.com/michaelgeller
LaPointe easier toknow thanRobertson
Opinion
A TV soap-opera synopsis would coverthe storyline like this: Athana is furiousat Rob, who slagged her in an email toall his friends. Rob was standing on thesidelines of the teachers’ strike desper-ately trying to get noticed. So he tooksome shots at her to get some attention.He got her lawyer’s attention instead.The lawyer filed a claim and Rob filed acounterclaim.Will a judge make Rob apologize? Will
Athana eventually give it up and drop thefight? Will Athana’s friend Christy haveto testify?Stay tuned for the next As the Rockpile
Turns.For newcomers to this show, Athana
is Athana Mentzelopoulos, a powerfuldeputy minister. Rob is Rob Fleming,NDP MLA. Christy is Christy Clark, thepremier of the government that Athanaserves.Longtime watchers will remember that
in a much earlier episode, Athana was abridesmaid at Christy’s wedding.Their relationship lasted longer than
the marriage did, and both women’scareers have progressed beautifully.Mentzelopoulos toiled in the federalgovernment for a time, then signed onwith the province in 2004. She went backto the federal government for a time andbounced back to the provincial scene af-ter Clark, who was also trending upward,as they say, became premier. Mentzelo-poulos’ salary has matched her careertrajectory. It’s now in the stratosphere: aquarter-million a year.Fast forward a bunch of episodes to
the school strike, where Fleming has awalk-on role as the Opposition educationcritic. Casting about for a way to make alame petition calling on the governmentto do something about the shutdown lookinteresting, Fleming seized on the pair’srelationship.He wrote an email that made vari-
ous linkages between Mentzelopoulos’slast pay raise and her alleged “buddy”relationship with the premier and the ac-knowledged stint as bridesmaid in 1996.One of his lines was: “While Christy
Clark can’t find a single new penny tohelp kids … she’s found plenty of ourmoney to give to her friends. It’s outra-geous.”Turns out the NDP people who sign
these sorts of petitions weren’t the only
ones outraged. So was Mentzelopoulos.She filed suit, claiming malicious
defamation.Fleming countered, saying it was all
fair comment on a matter of publicinterest.The legality of all this is obviously up
to the judge. But politically, it’s a bitunusual for the Opposition to attack abureaucrat, even a politically appointeddeputy minister.And by social conventions, Fleming
was just plain rude, although that’s neverbeen much of a consideration at thelegislature.The claims are filed in B.C. Supreme
Court and future episodes will determinehow it all plays out.The plot may not grab too many
people’s attention. (I personally don’twatch soap operas. There are never anycar chases.)But the striking thing about this one —
as reported by Vancouver Sun colleagueRob Shaw — is that taxpayers are cover-ing at least half the production costs.Mentzelopoulos is indemnified by the
government of B.C., meaning taxpayersare paying her legal costs. Fleming’s arebeing covered by his party.The government spent considerable
time agonizing over its indemnificationpolicy in light of the notorious Basi-Virkcase. It was reviewed independently andreported on by the auditor general.Eventually, a new policy was laid out
in a regulation. Mentzelopoulos appliedfor coverage and the Justice Ministry hasdecided she qualifies.Defamation is one of the few instances
where bureaucrats can be covered asplaintiffs, rather than as defendants. Andeligibility is determined after a seniorgovernment lawyer concludes it’s in thepublic interest to file suit.Considerations listed in the regula-
tion include the need to rehabilitate theemployee’s usefulness for employment,restore the integrity of the office orgenerally curb the practice of slaggingbureaucrats.Dropping this argument would save
us all a lot of money. But being an MLAmeans never having to say you’re sorry.And being an aggrieved deputy ministerapparently means you can rely on taxpay-ers to cover the cost of rectifying personalslights.So you might as well watch future epi-
sodes. Because you’re paying for them.twitter.com/leyneles
Political soap operafinancedbypublic
I did not ask if heplayed the tuba butsomehow doubt it.
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LETTERS TOTHE EDITORLetters may be edited by the Courier for reasons of legality, taste, brevity and clarity.Send to: 1574 West Sixth Ave., Vancouver V6J 1R2 or email [email protected]
COURIERSTORY: “Pipeline opponents sabotageChevron pumps,” Sept. 5.JimPook: Jail them.Bear_Code: Jail the corporations that dumpmillions of gallons a year of oil into ourenvironment, and jail the people that blindly support them. It’s just amatter of screwing yourhead on correctly.
COURIERCOLUMN: “A ‘whale of a good time’ prohibited,” Sept. 5.jansumi:Geez, talk about over-complicated red herrings. It’s just about breeding, not sex, incaptivity. Birth controlmedicationmust surely be possible?Does anyone know?Marcus:That is actually not true. The onlymale and female pair are rescued harbourporpoises Jack andDaisy, and contraceptives have never been used for their species anywherein theworld. Surgery on cetaceans is potentially life-threatening (they need to be awake inorder to breath), so separating these two animals would be the only way to prevent them frommating -—and that would just be cruel.
COURIERSTORY: “Premiermumon ending strike,” Sept. 5.jsomm:Lots of smoke andmirrors on the government side. Fassbender keeps saying BCTFrequests for fringe benefits are far too rich.Most people equate that withmedical, dentaland prep time.What he fails tomention is that in the figures he is throwing around includesupport staff: teachers’ aides, librarians, and teacher aides. Don’t know about you, but theseare learning supports for children. Slight of hand by aminister whoworked in PR andwho iswell-practiced in spin.
COURIERCOLUMN: “$30K cycling counter ticks off NPA,” Sept. 5.Jack: Despite the endless spin from theVision crowd, the facts are clear. The number ofpeople cycling towork inVancouver is not increasing. Six years ago 3.2 per cent cycled towork. Today, after tens ofmillions of $ spent on bike lanes that number is around 3.8 per centand that number has been flat for several years. Less than a one per cent increase, and it isn’tgoing higher. Portland— the holy grail of cycling cities inNorthAmerica—called a halt toanymore spending on bike lanes after they found that the number of cyclists plateaued at 6 percent and hasn’t risen in years.ArnoS:TransLink’s TripDiary research shows that cyclingwas themost rapidly increasingmode of transportation, rising from2.9 to 3.8 per cent of trips between 2008 and 2011.During the same period, automobile transportationmode share fell from57.9 to 54.3 per centof trips. Statistics Canada reports that cycling toworkmode share increased from3.7 in 2006to 4.4 per cent in 2011. Investments in cycling are paying off in a big way.Withmore peoplecycling and less people driving, roads aremuch less congested. People who enjoy drivingshould encourage the city to investmore in cycling infrastructure and also in the promotion ofcycling.Withmore people cycling, everybody is better off.
KUDOS&KVETCHES:“Summerhousecleaning,”Sept. 5.GloriaMacarenko@CBCGloria:KKXO
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COUR IER ARCH IVES THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Sept. 8, 1976: The debut album by Vancouver-based band Heart, featuringsisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, is certified gold after selling half a millioncopies. Recorded at Can-Base Studios onWest 6th Avenue (later known asMushroom Studios), Dreamboat Annie featured two hit singles, “Crazy on You”and “Magic Man,” which reached numbers 35 and nine respectively on theBillboard Hot 100. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein 2013, when the original members reunited for the first time inmore than 30years to play “Crazy on You.”
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StandardsauthoritybadlyneededTo the editor:Re: “Premier mum on ending strike,”
Sept. 5.The current impasse between the
teachers and the province reminds meof my experiences during the 1990s andearly 2000s advocating for adults withsevere mental illnesses — two outwardlyappearing as rational parties taking whatare plainly out-of-touch-with-realitybargaining positions, made worse byboth sides not basing their objectiveson neutrally established service-deliverycriteria.The establishment of an impartial,
permanent, provincial public educationstandards authority (PPESA) for B.C.’sK-12 public schools is badly needed.Terms of reference would include set-ting standards for class sizes, the numberof special-needs students and classroomassistants per class, paid prep-work time
for teachers, et cetera...In order to insulate a PPESA from
improper interference, it would best beestablished under the impartial aegis ofB.C.’s lieutenant governor.Once established, a PPESA’s educa-
tion standards should be evaluated andupdated on a regular basis through atransparent and inclusive consultativeprocess involving representatives of themain stakeholders: teachers, the educa-tion ministry and parents, with avenuesfor taxpayer-input as well.B.C.’s auditor general or a similar finan-
cial watchdog should be tasked with pro-jecting the annual costs of delivering K-12education— based upon the PPESA’sstandards — while factoring in potentialsalary levels for teachers and other provin-cial school districts’ employees.Then, during future contract talks,
both sides would know the potentialcosts, so they would, hopefully, beobliged to act responsibly and come toagreements before putting the interestsof B.C.’s children at risk.
Roderick V. Louis,White Rock
Lam sworn in as lieutenant-governorSept. 9, 1988:Hong Kong immigrant andmillionaire Vancouver real estateentrepreneur David Lam is sworn in as British Columbia’s 25th lieutenant-governor, the first Chinese-Canadian to hold the position and only second non-white one. Three different premiers—Bill Vander Zalm, Rita Johnston andMikeHarcourt— served under Lamduring his seven years in office. Hewas also anoted philanthropist who fundedmany public projects that nowbear his nameand founded Vancouver’s annual dragon boat festival. Lamdied in 2010 fromprostate cancer at the age of 87.
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Community
CITY LIVING
Rebecca [email protected]
If streets are the arteries that connect aneighbourhood, then the community centreis the neighbourhood’s heart.The Renfrew Community Centre cel-
ebrated its 50th birthday this past Saturdaywith a seemingly endless amount of activi-ties that included guided tours, a free Greeklunch, zumba and yoga demonstrations, alion dance performance by the Shung YingKung Fu Club, a pet pageant, and— inthe spirit of Sept. 11, 1964, when Canadianswimming world championMary Stewartopened the centre and pool — a free swimin the recently rebuilt pool.“We’re not a flashy centre but we have
a lot of heart,” said Renfrew Park Com-
munity Association president Hazel Hol-lingdale. “Renfrew is different in that allcommunity centres are different from eachother, they’re very much built from theircommunity. For us, we have a lot of Chi-nese seniors programming, multi-lingualprogramming, food programming…Wehave an incredible grassroots communityengagement at Renfrew.”The spirit of the Renfrew Community
Centre goes back even beyond the halfcentury mark as the association, duringinformation-gathering for Saturday’s popu-lar history room where photographs andnews clippings of the centre during the pastdecades were on display, learned that neigh-bourhood residents decided they wanted ameeting place 70 years ago. The owner ofthe corner store that once stood at Rupertand 26th got together with his friends everyday after work and built a one-room centrewith donated materials.
“Looking through the pictures, it has givenus a real sense of continuity,” said Holling-dale, who grew up in the neighbourhood.“How that heart, which is the same of whatwe see today, is about amazing communitymembers who are willing to give somuch oftheir time and talent and skills.”One of the items on display in the history
room was a dusted-off crown once wornby winners of the Miss Renfrew pageant.While beauty contests don’t meet today’spolitically correct standards, at least forVancouver’s community centres, there arestaffers at Renfrew who remember compet-ing during the 1970s. And though pastassociation president David Sexton nevershowed interest in beauty pageants, theonce-coveted crown by the neighbourhoodgirls sparked inspiration for a different kindof contest — one for animals.Sexton introduced big dogs, little dogs and
rabbits to the crowd on the field behind the
centre to vie for one of themany titles (bald-est, grumpiest, best behaved, cuddliest, etc.)that ensured that, unlike a human pageant,almost everybody went home with a prize.Proving Renfrew does indeed pride
itself on acceptance and diversity, Sex-ton mused out loud about some of thecontestants.“We have many entries for the ‘top
other’ category and here we have petshrimp,” he said. “I wasn’t sure about petshrimps being pets but it looks legitimate,we have a video!”In the same category was Myrtle, a rescue
rabbit that had 217 likes on the centre’sFacebook page. Owner Marina Hebert wascautiously optimistic.“We’re up against a shrimp, a turtle, a
gecko and another bunny,” she said whilecradling Myrtle across her shoulder. “It’sgoing to be a tough race.”
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Renfrewcelebrates the big 50
1. Saheed Khan and his border collie Moti wait for their turn to compete in Saturday’s pet pageant as part of Renfrew Community Centre’s 50th anniversary party. 2.RenfrewPark Community Associationpresident Hazel Hollingdale stands near the ravine that runs through the community centre property. 3. Peoplewere encouraged to add to the community centre’s time capsule during Saturday’s celebra-tion. Photographs of the pet pageantwinners were also included. 4. The festivities kicked offwith a performance from the Shung Ying Kung Fu Club.See photo gallery of the event at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT
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Ninety-four-year-oldLore Wiener hopes to live inher own home until the endof her life, but with the im-pending closure of primarycare at three VancouverCoastal Health clinics, herdaughter says she faces anuncertain future.Lore Wiener lives five
minutes from Pacific SpiritCommunity Health Centrein Kerrisdale and has reliedon its primary care for atleast 10 years for basicneeds like getting prescrip-tions, referrals, flu shots,and general consultation.The centre has enabled
her to live in her ownhome instead of a seniors’home. Her daughter, NorthVancouver resident ClaudiaCornwall, says the care haslightened the burden on her.By the end of October,
Vancouver Coastal Healthwill end primary care servicein three of its clinics —Ev-ergreen, South Vancouverand Pacific Spirit — andwill consolidate thoseservices at Raven SongCommunity Health Centre
in Mount Pleasant.Aside from the “bureau-
cratic letter” she’s received,Cornwall is uncertainwhether her mother will beassigned to a new physicianin the Kerrisdale neighbour-hood or to Raven Song.“The nurse that I was
talking to who was responsi-ble for finding primary carephysicians for the peopleaffected by this move, shetold me it was a daunting
task,” said Cornwall. “[Thenurse] hasn’t got anotherprimary care physicianyet. I’ve made some callsaround Kerrisdale andnobody, no other physicianis taking new patients.”WhenWiener broke
her hip, Cornwall says hermother’s care from the cen-tre “saved taxpayers a lot ofmoney” because it enabledher to recover at homerather than at the hospitalfor two to three weeks.“The thing about the
clinic is that they had allthese other services so thatmy mom could have phys-iotherapy in her home, oc-cupational therapist in herhome, nurse in her home,she could have a visit fromthe doctor at her home. Sojust getting another familydoctor doesn’t even substi-tute for all of that.”Wiener is among the
“minority” of clients whoVCH spokeswoman AnnaMarie D’Angelo says don’tmeet the criteria for service atRaven Song.More than 70per cent of patients, or about
10,000 patients that do notmeet the VCHPrimary Carecriteria, will be receiving carewith their regular doctor ora doctor they know. VCH’s“redesign” will target a newclient group.“We believe this rede-
sign is going to providebetter access and care to aclient group that is mar-ginalized, that has complexcare needs, mental healthchallenges … It’s absolutelynot about cutting costs. It’sabout having capacity andmeeting the needs of the cli-ent group,” D’Angelo said.D’Angelo added in an
email statement to theCourier that, “there are 900patients who meet VCHprimary care criteria whohave or are being trans-ferred for care at RavenSong. We will be adding sixphysicians, five registerednurses, two social workersand one nurse practitionerto Raven Song to our exist-ing team for primary careclients to accommodate thetransferred patients.”
twitter.com/jennypengnow
Patient transfer leavessenior uncertain
Kerrisdale’s LoreWiener doesn’t knowwhere shewill receive primary care after those services end atPacific Spirit Community Health Centre in October. PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER
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Coast Modern architecturalstyle is based on a deliberaterelationship to the outdoorsand natural landscape. Ac-cording to the foundation,the design embraces ourunique climate, works withthe West Coast’s challeng-ing natural landscape andshowcases local materials.On Sept. 20, the founda-
tion is offering a self-guidedtour from 1 to 5 p.m. show-casing five examples of thisregional style, including anopportunity to visit a homeby DuncanMcNab withlandscaping by internation-ally-renowned landscapearchitect Cornelia HahnOberlander. This home sitsatop a massive natural rockOberlander had to fight toretain because it protrudesthree feet onto city property.Every ticket includes an
invitation to the post-tourreception at the Vancou-ver MaritimeMuseum,designed by CBK Van Nor-man & Associates, whereUniversity of B.C. associate-professor Sherry McKaywill give a short talk on thehistory of modernism inVancouver. The receptionruns from 5 to 7 p.m. Tick-ets will only be sold until
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Riley ParkMen aged 55 and older
have an opportunity to joina recreational curling leaguebased out of Hillcrest Cen-tre, adjacent to Nat BaileyStadium.The Vancouver Men’s
Curling League is lookingfor members who want toget healthy and stay activewhile making new friends.Learn the basics of deliv-ery, sweeping and scoringwhile having fun. Gamestake place Tuesdays andThursdays from 12:45 to3:30 p.m. and the 45-gameseason runs Oct. 1 to April10. The league also offersfree curling instruction be-fore or after games. To join,contact John Reid at 604-224-1127 or visit vancurl.com/leagues/senior-men.There is also a women’sleague.
DowntownA Spanish reading circle
takes place at the mainbranch of the VancouverPublic Library, Sept. 29from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.This free session,
conducted in Spanish, isan opportunity to discussbooks in a friendly settingwith others in the samelanguage. The library is lo-cated at 350 West GeorgiaSt. and the session takesplace in the Morris J. Woskboard room on level seven.For a complete list ofevents, visit vpl.ca/events.Canadian Women Vot-
ers Congress is hostinga forum Friday, Oct. 3,at SFU Harbour Cen-tre called “Let Us In:A Forum on Sexism inPolitics.”Taking part in the
discussion is activist andpolitician Trish Kelly, whorecently withdrew fromseeking a Vision Vancou-
ver nomination for parkboard after an old perfor-mance art video discussingmasturbation was spreadvia social media.Joining Kelly will be
former park board com-missioner Lyndsay Poaps,curator of engagement atthe Museum of VancouverHanna Cho, and transfilmmaker and activistGwen Haworth. The pre-senters will discuss from6:30 to 9 p.m. the barrierswomen face when consid-ering a career in politics.Tickets are free but pre-
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ProvincewideFrom Sept. 13 to 20,
Earle’s Restaurants in B.C.will donate all sales fromthe Santé Fe Salad in sup-port of the Breakfast Clubof Canada.According to the non-
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For extra convenience,depending on the service,you can remove a primarymachine — for example,a home PC only you haveaccess to — from needingtwo-factor authentica-tion. Do that when you’rethe only person using thatcomputer or if you reallytrust your children. (Final
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1. Josh Dolgin a.k.a. Socalled kicksoff the seventh annualAccordion NoirFestival with style. The eclectic Montreal-based musician brings his puppet-infusedmix of turbo-folk, hip hop and klezmerfunk to Fox Theatre Sept. 11, 8 p.m. alongwith local 14-piece chamber rock ensemblePathetic Fallacy. Other acts performingat the festival include friend of the CourierGeoff Berner, Miss Murgatroid, Lone-some Leash, Wintermitts, Ol’ Crocodile,Robyn Carrigan, Demon Squadron and theCreaking Planks, among others. Details ataccordionnoirfest.com.
2. As part of the Vancouver edition of theAcoustic Guitar Project, 10 musicianshad one week each to write and record asong using the guitar before signing theinstrument and passing it on to the nextmusician — kind of like a songwriting chainletter. See and hear the results when JasperSloan Yip, Daniel McBurnie (Good forGrapes), Jenny Ritter, Melissa Bandura(Familiar Wild), Adrian Glynn (The Fugi-tives), David Newberry, Lydia Hol, NeilHammond (Cleia, Thereafter), WinstonHauschild and Sarah Wheeler perform theirnew songs at WISE Hall Sept. 10, 8 p.m.Tickets at Zulu, Red Cat and northern-tickets.com. Proceeds go to MusicHeals.Details at theacousticguitarproject.com.
3. Stand-up comedian, stubble model andHot Pockets aficionado Jim Gaffiganbrings the funny to the Orpheum TheatreSept. 11, 7 p.m. as part of his White Breadtour. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca.
4. The Cinematheque screens the Van-couver premiere of Jonathan Demme’slatest,AMaster Builder, Sept. 11 to 14.Not only is the film a modern adaptation ofHenrik Ibsen’s play about an egomaniacalarchitect seeking solace during his twilightyears, it reunites the players from LouisMalle’s 1981 filmMy Dinner with André,also screening at the Cinematheque Sept.12 to 14. Details at thecinematheque.ca.
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Arts&EntertainmentKUDOS&KVETCHES
Swimmers pitchLast week, Olympic
swimmer Brent Haydenjumped into the politicalpool, so to speak, and an-nounced his candidacy forpark board commissionerunder the flag of fledglingparty Vancouver First.We don’t know much
about Hayden, apart fromthe fact he won bronze inthe 100 metre freestyle atthe London 2012 Olym-pics, he rocks a chromedome and is practicallya human dolphin, whichwould make us a manatee.But we still wonder whyhe’d hitch his wagon to aparty whose other notablecandidates include schooltrustees Ken Denike andSophia Woo. As you mayknow, Denike and Woo,or Woonike as we like tocall them, were expelled inJune from the NPA overa controversy regardingthe school board’s revisedsexual orientation andgender identities policy.Hint: they’re not fans of it.Hayden, on the other hand,says he is a supporter ofLGBTQ rights.
Still, having a highprofile figure and quasicelebrity such as Haydenrunning makes the parkboard race more interest-ing than it’s been in years,if not forever. Even moreentertaining is Hayden’sInstagram account, whichlists his many accomplish-ments in the pool as wellas the fun fact he’s marriedto Lebanese pop artist Na-dina. However, the photosare the real meat in thesandwich. Or beefcake, weshould say. Hayden’s mostrecent Instagram pics indi-cate he visited the Scandi-nave Spa in Whistler wherehe apparently spent mostof the time either shirt-less or relaxing in a whiteterrycloth robe. Honestly,when was the last time yousaw a Vancouver politicalcandidate lounging spreadeagle in a sauna or washinghis glistening six-pack absunder a hand-pull shower.Former NPA councillorGeorge Puil, perhaps. Butwe’re pretty sure it was aTurkish mud bath, and itwas the free-spirited 1980s,after all.The strangest image on
Hayden’s Instagram site,however, is a short video ofa couple lounging in a pool
at the spa, staring wistfullyat a waterfall, when all ofsudden out from underthe surface jumps Hayden,flopping like a fish towardsthe cascading water. Underthe video Hayden writes, “Ihear getting into city hall islike swimming upstream.Challenge accepted!!!”A couple things. First off,
good on Hayden for havingthe wherewithal and onlinesavviness to have an actualInstagram account. To thebest of our knowledge,Mayor Gregor Robertsonor the social media teamposing as him, doesn’t evenhave an Instagram account,though he’d probably justpost pictures of himself rid-ing a bike and DJ-ing withcaptions like “Had totallycool time spinning mad waxwith the 19 to 34-year-olddemographic that I dig somuch #YOLO #VOTE-GREGOR.” But we hateto break it to Hayden, thepark board isn’t locatedat city hall. It’s actually at2099 Beach Ave. in theWest End, technicallydownstream from city hall.Then again, Hayden wouldhave known that if he hadever attended a park boardmeeting.
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THEATREREVIEW
The Vancouver FringeFestival runs until Sept. 14.Details at vancouverfringe.com.
Peter ‘n Chris andtheKindaOKCorralPerformanceWorksSept. 10-12These guys — Peter
Carlone and Chris Wilson— are Best of Fest award-winningly funny. This isan all-new show with somehilarious physical comedy:imagine Peter “milking”Chris who masquerades— sometimes— as cow-poke Pete Erp’s belovedcowWinifred. Throw ina wicked oil baron (Peteragain) and his upper-crustyEnglish hired killer (Chrisagain) and you have a recipefor a gun-totin’, cowmilkin’,citrus fruit destroyin’ rompsomewhere in Alberta.Heck, there’s even sage-brush rolling around as thegang of two set out to shootthe bad guy in “cold blood”or “C.B.” Yep, they’retough, more than a bit clue-less and very, very funny.
... Didn’t SeeThatComingPerformanceWorksSept. 10, 12 and 14Beverley Elliott disparages
her big-boned body but letme tell you, it’s all heart in-side. On a cold winter nightyou could warm your handson this show. “Aunt Bev”is, undoubtedly, everyone inthe family’s favourite auntbut her luck with men, sheadmits, is “crappy.”Witha teenaged daughter butnever married, Elliott goeslooking online for love butdidn’t see what was coming:47 (!) coffee dates lookingfor “Mr. Right.” Not all thematerial is about findingromance, however; one sce-nario relates falling in loveas a teenager with the GuessWho and discovering there’smore to the world than herPresbyterian parents hadled her to believe. With ashow created from epi-sodes, it’s tough to build anever-increasing arc and thisshow feels as if it has severalendings. Elliott is at her bestwhen she’s in a rage; she canlift the finish off a laminatefloor when she gets going—all that curly red hair ablaze.And although it’s clear she’strying for some balance, the
quieter bits feel somewhatsentimental by compari-son. But it’s a terrific showby an amazingly generousperformer. Icing on this cakeis her gorgeous voice.
JesusMadeMeFunnyToast Collective (Fra-
ser and Kingsway)Sept. 10, 12 and 13Writer/performer Craig
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TheDark FantasticWaterfront TheatreSept. 11, 13 and 14Mesmerizing. Storyteller
Martin Dockery begins inthe dark, his deep voicebreaking the silence: “Imag-ine. Imagine.” And then hetakes you on amysteriousjourney across the desertto a house with an oldmansitting on the front porch.Backwards and forwardsthrough time. It’s a bewilder-ing yet somehow fascinatingtale. Lines like, “I’m nottheman you think I am,”“I am not the woman youthink I am” and her son,“half man, half child, two
hearts” repeat and repeatlike amournful tolling bell.And just when you begin tofeel you, too, are lost in thedesert, Dockery wraps it upin amoment so poignant it’salmost painful. I’m not surewhere Dockery intends us togo but I went tomymother’sstory: abandoned as an infantby her mother, she spent herentire adult life wonderingwhy. InDockery’s tale, thehalf man/half boy, “a childwithout a name” who neverknew his mother, is given toviolence and vomiting as anart form— surely a referenceto compulsive storytelling.With his hands flying like pi-geons on speed, Dockery is ariveting spinner of tales. Thisone feels painfully, catharti-cally personal.
MoonlightAfterMidnightWaterfront TheatreSept. 12 and 14Back-to-backMartin
Dockery for me. A surrealexperience. But he’s notalone in this show. Billedas a “puzzle piece,” Dock-ery shares the stage withVanessa Quesnelle. As withThe Dark Fantastic, Dockerywraps it all up in a surpriseending. Along the way,however, there’s lots of parryand thrust between the twocharacters. It appears themale character has phonedfor “a brunette” to come tohis hotel room. She’s beeninstructed to pretend tobe his wife. He denies thephonecall but is preparedto go along with her, to “gowith the flow,” an expres-sion he says he’s never usedbut, later, uses. He also sayshe never “riffs,” but does.There’s terrific chemistryhere; Quesnelle’s charactergets feisty, Dockery’s getsdefensive. There’s huge painburied here somewhere andwe don’t find out why untilthe very end. It all makessense is a crazy, fantasticalsort of way.
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per cent water —most of itin glaciers. Written by Nico-las Billon,Greenland beginsand ends on the bow of SSMaster with 14-year-oldTanyaMorrisey (KirstenSlenning) preparing a fact-filled report for school. Weget lots of information butwhat’s even more interestingis the mystery at the heartof the play: Tanya’s twinbrother has died and anisland— emerging as a con-sequence of global warming— has been named for himin Kalaallisut, the languageof Greenland. In Part 2, onthe stern of the boat, wemeet Tanya’s Aunt Judith(Lindsay Drummond), un-happily married to glaciolo-gist Jonathan (Billy March-enski). His first love is ice;Judith doesn’t even comeclose. In the wheelhouse inPart 3, Jonathan— heav-ily into his scotch on, whatelse, “rocks”— describeshis love of glaciers and howthe history of the planet canbe read in them. Back onthe bow for the epilogue. Allis not exactly revealed butwhat we do, finally, discoveris how young Tanya learnsto cope with the tragedy oflosing her sibling.
NoTweedTooTight: AnotherGrant CanyonMysteryWaterfront TheatreSept. 11 and 13
There’s no mystery here:writer/performer RyanGladstone is super-skilled ashe takes us along with GrantCanyon (an insurance fraudinvestigator for the DesMoines Trust InsuranceCompany) who’s hot on thetrail of the recently stolenBombay Sapphire. Tied toa chair, he’s being beatenwhen we first meet him.With each blackout, Canyonremembers more of howhe ended up where he is.Imaginary bodies eventuallylitter the stage as Canyonfumblingly solves the mys-tery and pockets the Bom-bay Sapphire in his tweedsuit jacket. Film noir-ish, thecast includes the obligatoryfemmes fatales, a Mexicandrug lord, crooked insur-ance company president anda host of others — all playedby Gladstone. There’s lotsof goofy wordplay: “bloodpouring outta me like jelly atan all-night café,” “wrappedtighter than a burrito at aGrateful Dead Concert.”Terrific performance andlots of fun. Can-yon!
DirtyOldWomanStudio 16Sept. 11, 13 and 14And here I thought actor
Susinn McFarlen was spill-ing the beans. But play-wright Loretta Seto reallyexists and she really wroteDirty Old Woman. McFar-len, however, so completelyembraces this 50-somethingmother of two grown kids,you’d swear it was her ownstory. And congratulateher on her good fortune.In the play, Nina (recentlydumped by her husbandof 27 years for a youngerwoman) goes looking on-line for Mr. Right Enough.It’s a bust and she ends uptaking a course in expres-sive dance. She “jumpsthe bones” of the 20-yearyounger teacher (RobertSalvador) and ends upin a relationship fraughtwith the disapproval of herkids, her ex and even somefriends. This is rich territoryfor McFarlen who not onlyhas great comedic chopsbut an air of wry wisdomabout her.
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The record books —and that made-up but stillmomentous word “four-peat” — were on the mindsof the Vancouver Canadiansplayers and staff before thefirst pitch of the NorthwestLeague Championship wasthrown Saturday night atNat Bailey Stadium.Just don’t mistake it
for pressure they couldn’thandle.“The guys did great. I
don’t think the moment wastoo big for anyone of them,”said C’s manager JohnSchneider.“The biggest thing for
me and Jeff [Ware, pitchingcoach] and Dave [Pano,batting coach] was wedidn’t want to lose sight ofthe fact it’s hard to get towhere we got to. We didn’twant for the guys to takethat for granted and say,OK, we’re back here andlet’s go win it.”The C’s had gone seven
playoff games without losingat home, a streak that datedto 2011 when Vancouver
won the first of their threechampionships by eliminat-ing Eugene on the roadin the division series andthen beating the Tri-CityDust Devils at home for theNorthwest League title. Itwas their first season as aBlue Jays affiliate and theywon both seasons after that.As in the past, this year
the C’s squeaked into thepost-season with threemust-win games againstSpokane and then, play-ing for the North Divisionpennant, swept them toadvance to the champion-ship against the HillsboroHops.In their second year in
the Northwest League asthe Diamondbacks’ affili-ate, the Hops had the bestoverall record (48-28) andalso won both the first andsecond halves of the short,single-A season’s SouthDivision. Vancouver camesecond with a 46-31 overallrecord, finished the firsthalf in second and won thesecond half of the NorthDivision two games aheadof the Eugene Emeralds.Hosting Hillsboro on Sat-
urday night, history was inthe making (so it seemed) asthe C’s leapt to a three-runlead in the first inning and
then added two more runsin their next at-bat. But theHops dug out of the holein unforgettable fashion byhitting two home runs, bothover the fence along nearidentical trajectories overright field.Hillsboro, which had the
lowest ERA in the league(3.64) during the regularseason, kept Vancouverfrom scoring again as theycame back with four runsin the third inning, took thelead in the sixth with tworuns and then added insur-ance in the seventh withtheir seventh run to go up7-5 and win Game 1.In Game 2, the Hops got
right to the point. OutsidePortland at Ron TonkinField in front of 3,328 fans,they went up 4-0 in the firsttwo innings and then heldtheir breath as Vancouverscored three runs on 11hits before the ninth inningwhen the league-leadingcloser, Hops’ Zac Curtiswho had 14 saves in 15 at-tempts, finally shut the dooron Vancouver.The championship loss
was laced with just a littleadded grief, said Schneider,who joined the C’s in 2011for the start of the season.“Everyone was very
aware of what the teamhad done the past threeyears. You never want tobe the manger that endsthat run. Sometimes, andwe talked about it amongstourselves, sometimes werealised more about whatwe accomplished. Insteadof jumping up and down,you get to really reflect onthe effort and improve-ment we made. It wasreally tough in the changeroom for a lot of guys. Itwasn’t fun at all. It madeyou realise just how muchthe guys wanted to win itand how much we enjoyedcoming to the park eachday. It was not what youwanted to see but it wasnice to see because it alsohad that much passion andthat much emotion.”Schneider, who was
reached at the Dallas airportafter leaving Oregon for hishome in Florida, said heexpected to see the majorityof players moving up theBlue Jays system.“The group that was here
this summer was awesome.They loved going to workevery day and our goal wasto try and make it a funatmosphere every day forthem.”
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Almost one year to the day...“The surgerywhichwasperformedonTravis’shoulder lastwinter hasessentially beenundone.”
—B.C. Lions team physician Dr. Bob McCormack ina statement, released Sept. 8 after Lions quarterback
Travis Lulay dislocated his right shoulder Sept. 5 in Ottawa.Lulay first injured his shoulder Sept. 15, 2013 and returned
to action in the final week of the regular season. The QB took toTwitter Sept. 6 to say: “It was an absolute joy to be back out there andearn a win with my teammates last night. As tough as it is to get re-in-jured, my sincere thanks goes out to all CFL players, coaches, chaplains,fans and everyone who reached out with encouraging words of support.I’m humbled by your kind words, thoughts, and prayers. God bless!”
GOLDEN MERALOMAS
Building on their bronzemedal from last year, theVancouver Meralomamen’s fastpitch team returned fromKelowna as the Senior “D” provincial champions. TheLomas scored five runs in the sixth inning to blow open ascoreless championship game against Ladner on Aug. 17.MurrayMargolis pitched a complete game in thewin andallowed only one run in the final inning. In the photo, leftto right back row: Curtis Ballard, Eric Orton, Ryan Austin,Marshall Shields, Ryan Shields, Dillon Finskars, SergeHache, Lance Finskars. Bottom row:MurrayMargolis, MattMcCann, Ken Godfrey, AdamTuck.
The pre-season opening weekend for the AA and AAAvarsity football seasons was short seven games, all can-celled because of the province-wide teachers’ strike. Theleague otherwise lumbered on as public school coachesdecided to either lead their team or allow communityvolunteers to manage the program off-campus in theirabsence.Vancouver’s two AAA varsity teams (both from private
schools) kicked into action on Sept. 5. The VancouverCollege Fighting Irish (0-1, 0-0) travelled south of theborder to play fellow Catholic boys school, O’Dea. TheAmericans won 44-7 on their own turf. Vancouver Collegehosts St. Thomas More at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 13.Notre Dame (0-1, 0-0) was shutout by St. Thomas More
34-0 at Burnaby Lakes. The Jugglers play Mt. Boucherieat 5 p.m. Sept. 12 at Burnaby Lakes.
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1. RyanMcBroom,who is called out at second base in Game 1 of theNorthwest League championship, led the leaguewith 11 home runs.2. Starter ChaseMallard began Game 1with a 0.53 ERA at home. Hegave up six hits and four runs, including a home run, in five inningsagainst Hillsboro in the last home game of the seasons Sept. 6.PHOTOS JENNIFERGAUTHIER
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The GTU standing of Vancou-ver’s Carlos Tesler-Mabe, who willdrive the No. 8 Honda Civic Si atthe Mission Raceway road course atthe Sports Car Club of B.C.’s “Sep-tember Sizzle” race Sept. 13 and 14.Scott Cameron, also of Vancouver,sits at No. 3 in the IP3 class and willrace the No. 32 Honda Civic.
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Public high school sportsleagues are on hold for theseason until the teachers’strike comes to an end andthe labour dispute is re-solved. At least two picketingteachers are, to differing de-grees, finding ways for theirfall sports programs to con-tinue. Others are concernedfor the long-term viabilityof their programs while stillothers are discussing the lo-gistics of a shortened season,depending when teachersreturn to classrooms andvolunteering as coaches.At Hamber secondary
where the Griffins play TierII varsity football, head coachBobbyGibson is not train-ing the team but is allow-ing community coaches toaccess equipment and holdpractices off school groundsatMontgomery Park.At Van Tech, Mike Allina
said he is making the diffi-cult and unpopular decisionto cross picket lines. He willcoach the senior boys soccerteam and register with B.C.School Sports although hedoesn’t know what teamsthe Talismen will play.No school is running
cross-country practices,but coaches are preparinga contingency plan for thelast-possible date a city meetcould be held in order forstudent-athletes to attendthe B.C. Championship inVictoria on Nov. 1.Fall sports include volley-
ball, cross-country, swim-ming, girls field hockey,boys soccer and rugby, andfootball. Schools have untilOct. 6 to register teams withB.C. School Sports.The time teachers put into
extra-curricular activities likesports is considered volun-teer work, but themajorityof teachers who coach andsponsor teams view this workas integral to their profes-sional life as an educator.“Inmy view, crossing
picket lines and continuingextra-curricular activitieswould go against achievingthe best results in bargainingand getting back to schoolsquickly,” said David Lopez,a teacher and volleyballcoach at Killarney secondary.The boys and girls volleyballseason is on hold.“There is some leverage
in withholding extra-curric-ulars during this bargain-ing process, but since it isvolunteer work each teacher
continues to do what theyview is right.”Gibson, the football
coach at Hamber, has theopening day of the seasonetched in his mind. But ifSept. 26 comes along andteachers are still striking,he will leave the team inthe hands of communitycoaches and parents.“I will potentially go as
a fan as long as I’m notcrossing the picket line. ButI won’t go as a coach.”It will be “extremely”
difficult, he said, “Espe-cially when there are otherteachers coaching at other[public] schools. That’stheir choice.”In previous week, seven
AA and AAA varsity foot-ball games were cancelled.Doing more than volun-
teering to coach the seniorboys soccer team at VanTech, Allina is crossingpicket lines.“I let my union rep know
in June that I would notpicket in September, so I’mnot picketing. Basically,I’m not picketing because Idon’t agree with the unionleadership,” said Allina, whois the athletic director at VanTech. For the soccer team toplay, he will have to registerthe school with B.C. SchoolSports at a cost of $2,600.As the governing body
for all high school sports inthe province, B.C. SchoolSports is not beholden tothe government, unions orany public or private school.All competitive seasons arescheduled to begin, even if nopublic school teams register.Sport commissioners, includ-ing those who teach at publicschools, have been talkingwith B.C. School Sportsbefore the start of competi-tion, said the organization’sdirector Christine Bradstock.“Right now I don’t think
there is anything that needsto change with regardsto location or timing [ofprovincial championships]in time for November,”she said. “If you look at thecalendar, we’ve got a littlebit of time before that.”At Lord Byng secondary,
Ian MacPhee has helpedgrow the program by devel-oping a competitive teamand a pre-season tour toAustralia and New Zealand.A teacher for 21 years, hesaid it’s a struggle to stayoptimistic.“I think that how the
provincial governmentchooses to end this dispute
could have an impact onextra-curricular activities inthe public schools,” he said.“Teachers might start toquestion why they are vol-unteering countless hours oftheir own time.”
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