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A 140-unit social housing tower built forhomeless people with
mental health andaddictions issues that opened downtown onBurrard
Street last May has avoided becom-ing another example of a problem
buildingfor police and emergency personnel.
Unlike the 147-unit Marguerite Fordhousing project on the edge
of the formerOlympic Village, which generated 729 po-lice calls in
its rst 16 months of operationand included regular visits from
paramedicsand reghters, the Kettle at 1134 BurrardSt. required
police to respond 150 timesfrom June 2014 to present.Were down to
the average [police calls]
for any building this size, so that is reallygood news, said
Nancy Keough, executivedirector of the Kettle Friendship
Society,which manages the $32-million complex
built with money from the provincial govern-ment on $4.7 million
worth of city land.Keough said the society had the advan-
tage of learning what worked and didntat other buildings opened
under the part-nership between the province and city,which has led
to 12 of 14 city propertiesdeveloped for social housing.The Kettle
set up an advisory commit-
tee that includes police and communitymembers, installed an
effective securitysystem, ensured access to adequate healthservices
and staff took its time in choos-
ing the right mix of tenants, including53-year-old Ralph
Guitard, who spoke tothe Courier after a ceremony Tuesday
toofcially open the 16-storey highrise.Theres been issues but all
in all its a
pretty well maintained building theydont take any crap here,
said Guitard,who pays $420 per month for a 350-square-foot
self-contained apartment, whichincludes cable and Internet. I
messed uponce since Ive been here and got bannedfrom using the
[community space].
Continued on page 6
CROSSROAD Rev. SallyMcShane, communityminister at
FirstUnitedChurch, holds thewoodencross thatwill be carried through
theDowntownEastsideandChinatownonGoodFridayaspart of thechurchs
annualprocession. Theevent, involvingparticipants
fromacrossVancouver, datesback to1968. Pat Johnson talked toMcShane
forhisweeklyPacific Spirit columnonpage12.PHOTODANTOULGOET
OPINION 10Olson on Bill C-51
SPORTS 23UBCs Nill to succeed
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FRIDAYApril 03 2015Vol. 106 No. 26
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Social housing tower raises barKettle avoids pitfalls
ofMarguerite Ford project
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Wait a sec, here Mayor Gregor Robertsonand Burnaby mayor
DerekCorrigan in the same pressrelease?Say it isnt so.A leftover
April Fools
joke, maybe?Or, perhaps one of them
lost a bet.Ill get to the release in a
few paragraphs.First, some back-
groundFor those who dont pay
close attention to the rela-tionships between mayors,lets just
say Robertson andCorrigan arent backslap-ping buddies when it
comesto policy and politics.Some evidence: Robertson is a
booster
of the regional mayors $7.5billion transit and transpor-tation
plan to cut conges-tion in Metro Vancouver.Corrigan voted against
theplan, saying Vancouversrequest for a subway wastoo costly. Hes
also voting
No in the plebiscite whileRobertson is leading thecampaign for a
Yes vote. Robertson is a sup-
porter of drug injectionsites. Corrigan told me in2007 that
people needto get off drugs, not to besupported while theyre
ondrugs. I think that all of usneed to consider other op-tions
rather than maintain-ing people on drugs. Robertson supports a
regional police force. Cor-rigan believes all of ourresources
would be suckedinto Vancouver, if sucha force were created. TheRCMP
serves Burnaby.I could go on about
Corrigan saying Vancou-ver thinks its the centreof the universe,
that Van-couver gets rid of theirindustrial land and turnsit over
to housing, whichis more remunerative andleads to higher taxes
andthat Vancouver seems tocreate a lot of people thatneed to be in
prison, butI dont see any prisons inVancouver.Instead, Ill get to
that
release featuring Robert-son and Corrigan, which
the centre of the uni-verses communicationsofce issued
Tuesdaywith the headline, May-ors stand together againstKinder
Morgan pipelineproposal.So, yes, the two mayors
actually agree on some-thing.But its not a real big
surprise that Robertsonand Corrigan are op-posed to the
proposal,
since the pipeline wouldrun through Burnaby andmore tankers
would plyVancouver waters. Themayors of New Westmin-ster, North
Vancouver,Victoria, Squamish andBowen Island are onboard with
Robertson andCorrigan.All of them are steamed
and want the feds to putthe pipeline proposal onhold until the
National
Energy Board addressesthe signicant decienciesin its public
hearing andreview process.And I quote: The
current hearing process isdeeply awed and limitscities abilities
to representthe voices of concernedcitizens, businesses
andcommunities in an effec-tive way. The lack of
oralcross-examination is prov-ing to be a real weaknessof the
National EnergyBoards hearing process.Heres what Robertson
said: We want to dem-onstrate to our residentsand businesses
that we aretaking the potential risksseriously, and we wantto work
together withother municipalities in theregion to protect our
econ-omy, our environment andour people.And Corrigan: We
know that our concernsare shared by communitiesthroughout the
prov-ince. This awed hearingprocess disallows reviewof aspects of
the proposalthat could cause the mostsignicant damage. It
iscritical for this project
and for all projects thatcan harm communitiesand the environment
that we have federalreview processes that arerigorous and
transparent.As some guy in some
classic movie once said,maybe this is the begin-ning of a
beautiful friend-ship. Heck, Corriganwas even spotted in
theRobertson-friendly WholeFoods in Vancouver thisweek, according
to myobservant colleague Fran-ces Bula.So there you have it:
Nothing brings politicianstogether like a good battleover oil
pipelines andan expensive kale salad.Or, maybe Corrigan is aburger
guy.Doesnt matter.This Corrigan connec-
tion to Vancouver just gotweirder: I kid you not thatI just
received a notica-tion on my phone thatCorrigans NDP MLAwife,
Kathy, is now follow-ing me on Twitter.Creepy.Is Mercury in
retro-
grade, or something?twitter.com/Howellings
Vancouver, Burnabymayors are pipeline frenemies
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan and Mayor Gregor Robertsonhave been
at odds over several issues facing both cities butjoined together
to battle Kinder Morgans proposal to buildanother pipeline.
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Police Chief Jim Chuhas come to the defenceof one of his ofcers
whowas captured on video lastNovember breaking thewindow of a
motoristsvehicle during an arrest.Chu issued a written
statement Tuesday aftertheNational Post publishedan opinion
piece Mondayby Marni Soupcoff titledCops run amok that criti-cized
the ofcers actions.Soupcoff is the executivedirector of the
CanadianConstitution Foundation.This was not a trafc
stop, it was a drug arrest,Chu wrote. Impaired driv-ing alerted
the ofcer to thedanger the driver posed topublic safety and
marijuanasmoke billowing from thecar made the cause of
thatimpairment obvious. In or-der to make the arrest, forcebecame
necessary when theperson refused to exit thevehicle, which is
under-standable since he allegedly
knew what would be foundin his car if he did.The article is
posted on
the Posts website with avideo of the incident thatwas taken by
the driver, whowas repeatedly told by theofcer to open his door
andthat he smelled marijuana.
The driver refused, sayingthe police didnt smell mari-juana in
his vehicle. Thedriver also told the ofcerhe didnt have his
consentto break the window andthat he wanted to call hislawyer.The
video captures the
window being smashedand ofcers telling thedriver he is under
arrest.The driver says somethingundecipherable about beingexempted
and complainsthat ofcers are hurting hisshoulder during the
arrest.What makes the video
alarming is the police mind-set it conveys: The ser-geants words
and actionsall seem to betray a casualconviction that the personhe
has stopped shouldbe expected to do exactlywhat the sergeant
wantsexactly when he wants it,legal rights and even
basicconsiderations of civil-ity be damned, Soupcoffwrote. Dont
listen to apolice ofcer and give himabsolute deference? Thenexpect
your property to bedestroyed.Soupcoff ended her
article by writing that per-haps the Vancouver policeforce has
forgotten that todo its job effectively andwell, it needs the trust
andrespect of the citizens it ispolicing. At this juncture,Im
starting to wonder if theonly way it can be remindedof that truth
is to be told soby a court of law.Chu said the ofcer
acted proactively whenhe saw the car weaving thatcould at any
minute strikeanother car or pedestrian
causing injury or worse.The chief said the video
shows the driver was evasiveand lying about not havingdrugs in
the car. There wasenough marijuana in thecar for Crown counsel
toapprove a charge of pos-session for the purpose oftrafcking.While
it was neces-
sary to use some force toextract the driver, it is alsoimportant
to rememberthat no one was injured andno complaint was made,Chu
said. Patrol ofcersknow that every arrestthey make and
practicallyevery move they make willbe scrutinized, analyzedand
occasionally criticized.Through it all, they rou-tinely prove that
preservinglife and public safety trumpswhatever slings and
arrowsthey may endure.AddedChu: It would be
ideal if force of any kind wasnever necessary tomake anarrest.
But for those who aretrying desperately to avoidapprehension, it is
not alwaysthe option they choose.
Chief defendswindow-breaking copOfcer caught on video smashing
window of suspects car
Police Chief JimChu released a statement Tuesday in defence of
one of his officers caught on videobreaking thewindowof a vehicle
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Continued from page 1It mademe sit and realize
how important that space isto me while Im living here.Guitard,
who was
homeless for several yearsand says he has kicked acocaine habit,
said having aplace to live has given himsome stability and access
toa doctor for his hepatitis Ctreatment. Guitard notedhaving St.
Pauls Hospitalacross the street is alsoconvenient for tenants.This
building has turned
my life around, its givenmehope, he said during theceremony,
which was attend-ed by Vision Coun. KerryJang, who said he
hasntreceived any complaintsabout the building that is alsohome
toDirections YouthServices Centre, which serveshomeless people
between 13and 24 years old.When the Marguerite
Ford Apartments at 219West Second Ave. openedin May 2013, it
didnt havea proper security systemin place and was designedwhere
tenants could exit outa back door into an alleythat bordered a
condomin-ium complex, where neigh-bours complained of
peopleinjecting drugs, loitering ontheir property and
tossingfurniture from windows.Police calls to the building
involved ghts, drugs, weap-ons, threats, break-ins,
stolenproperty, frauds, suicideattempts, domestic disputes,missing
persons, abandoned911 calls and assisting para-medics and
reghters.TheCourier published a
story in September 2014 thatdetailed the problems with
theMarguerite Ford build-ing and heard fromHousingMinister Rich
Coleman thathe wasnt happy with theoutcomes and effect on
thecommunity.City manager Penny
Ballem said in the articlethat too many people withmental health
and addic-tions issues were movedinto the building too fastand the
honest truth is, wegot behind there.The 150 police calls to the
Kettle since June 2014 in-cluded emergencies, medicalcalls and
follow-ups to inves-tigations, said Const. BrianMontague, a media
liaisonofcer for the VancouverPolice Department.When you look at
the
number of units there andthe individuals they arehousing and
compare it tobuildings that have been
deemed what some havecalled a problem premise ...the number [of
calls] isnt allthat big,Montague said.Rob Turnbull, president
and CEO of the Streeto-home Foundation, whichdonated more than
$2.8million to the Kettle project,said he was glad to hearthe
building was meetingits mandate of providinghousing and services
fortenants who were previouslyhomeless or at risk of beingon the
street withoutcausing problems for policeand the
neighbourhood.Turnbull credited the use
of whats called the vulner-ability assessment tool,which
provides the city, non-prots and B.C. Housingwith a detailed method
ofselecting tenants for housingand determining whethera building is
equipped tomanage a persons mentalhealth and addictions is-sues.
Seattles DowntownEmergency Service Centerdeveloped the tool.
The city applied thismethod retroactively to theMarguerite Ford
buildingand discovered many ten-ants didnt have the mentalhealth
support they needed.There are so many
lessons we have learnedwith Marguerite Ford, andthe Kettle has
been able tocapitalize on those, saidTurnbull, noting the toolcalls
for relationships withprospective tenants to bebuilt with
management be-fore moving into a building.Meanwhile, the Mar-
guerite Ford building hasgenerated 193 police callssince
September 2014to present, accordingto police. Managementupgraded
security, madesome design changes toavoid tenants directly
ac-cessing the alley, addedmore staff, relocated sometenants,
formed a commit-tee with neighbours andarranged more visits
fromhealth care workers.
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Police callsmuch lower
Kettle tenant Ralph Guitard spoke at a ceremony Tuesday to
officially open the 140-unit social hous-ing building downtown on
Burrard Street. PHOTOMIKEHOWELL
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Canadian Pacic has n-ished clearing gardens, brushand other
obstructions on itsproperty along Arbutus Cor-ridor and now its
replacingrailway ties. That replace-ment work, which paves theway
for CP to start using thetrack for its operations again,began this
week.Tie replacement should
be completed in the nexttwo to three weeks. Fol-lowing that, CP
will turn itsattention to any upgradesthat might be required
atcrossings. We do not havea timeline in place for thisphase but
should have a bet-ter idea in the next week orso, spokesmanMartin
Cejtold theCourier in an email.Once all that work is
completed and the corridoris brought up to operationalstandards,
Transport Canadawill be notied and inspectthe line. Once TC signs
off,CPwill renew rail operationsalong the corridor.CP resumed work
on Ar-
butus Corridor in February
after the Supreme Court ofB.C. dismissed, in January,the City of
Vancouversapplication to stop CP fromclearing the corridor.Cej
wouldnt reveal how
much its costing CP to bringthe track back to
operationalstandards. I dont have thatestimate, he said,
adding,Wewouldnt disclose that.CP argued the land is
worth $400million if devel-oped and offered to sell itto the
city for $100million,but the city said it would paynomore than
$20millionfor the property, which isdesignated for transportationor
greenways.There havent been any
further talks about the land formal or informalbetween CP and
the City ofVancouver, according to Cej.Gudrun Langolf, a
Marpole resident 30 years,spotted crews replacing therailway
ties near SouthwestMarine and Barnard Streetfrom the balcony of her
co-op apartment on Tuesday.She maintains its a bad
decision on CPs part.They dont have the
public on their side on thisone, she said.Langolf, whos used
the
corridor for walking andbiking, said she wouldntmind if the city
bought theland but not at any price.I just wish they [CP]
werent so greedy. Impleased that our city govern-ment is looking
out for ourtax dollar interests because Ithink the amount that
CPRwas asking is outrageous.Langolf said she wouldnt
be bothered if trains returnto the tracks.They were here when
I
rst moved here. They weretwo or three times a day.They were
delivering stufftoMolsons. It didnt botherme for a second, she
said.Its a mechanical sound.Its not like jet engines fromthe
airport, which are a hellof a lot worse, especially atthree oclock
in themorning.And it was a welcome sight.Neighbourhood kids
wouldwave at the engineers andthey would wave back. It wasnot an
annoying part of thesoundscape.
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Betrayal, death, elimina-tions and unlikely alliances no, its
not just anotherday at the ofce.Vancouver Theatre-
Sports League is present-ing its take on the wildlysuccessful TV
seriesGame of Thrones, based onGeorge R.R. Martins ASong of Ice and
Fire.Throne and Games is
an elimination comedyimprov created by leagueveteran performer
GraemeDuffy. During each show,three improv families(teams of VTSL
perform-ers putting their spin onGame of Thrones charac-ters) will
descend on theIron Throne of Gamesand attempt to claim it fortheir
own. Each team willdo their best to oust theircompetitors in a
series ofclassic improv games cus-tomized to each family. Atthe end
of the show, onlyone character will remain
to rule the kingdom.Each night, the audience
will play a supporting roleby providing suggestionsto advance
the onstageaction. For Throne andGames, the audience willbe
referred to as The OldGods and The New,and will also decide
whichcharacters are eliminated.Throne and Games runsApril 9 to May
30 at theImprov Centre, 1502Duranleau St., GranvilleIsland. For
more informa-tion, visit vtsl.com.
OakridgeA bonsai master will
demonstrate his skills ata special event at Van-Dusen Botanical
Gardenpresented by the MetroVancouver GardeningSociety April 7.Tak
Yamura, a gradu-
ate of the horticultureprogram at Kyoto Uni-versity in Japan,
studiedunder Toshio Kawamoto,founder of the schoolsplant science
study.Today, Yamura is consid-ered one of the top bonsaiinstructors
in North
America. During theevent, Yamura will pruneand trim a bonsai
plantand demonstrate how todevelop one attached to arock. The
workshop takesplace at 7 p.m. April 7, inthe Floral Hall of
VanDu-sen, 5251 Oak St.
RichmondVancouver job seekers
are asked to attend a careerfair next weekend that hasa goal to
ll 600 retail posi-tions for a new designeroutlet mall under
construc-tion adjacent to VancouverInternational Airport.The
two-day job fair is
being hosted by McAr-thurGlen VancouverAirport, with phase
onescheduled to open thisspring. The openings,many representing
someof the worlds most iconicfashion brands, includepositions for
retail man-agement, operations andsales in both full-time
andpart-time capacity.The career fair takes
place in the Whistler Ball-room at the River RockCasino April 10
from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. and April11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.For more
information,visit mcarthurglen.com.
University of B.C.Test your balance skills
at UBC Botanical Gar-den, which is offering anopportunity to
experienceslacklining in a beauti-ful setting supported byseasoned
guides.
Experienced slacklin-ers, from Slackline UBC,will instruct and
guidebeginners on low-strunglines. Intermediate andadvanced
slackliners cantest their abilities andprogress on higher
slack-lines strung throughoutthe trees of the garden.Slacklining
involveswalking across a piece ofnylon webbing tensionedbetween two
points. Thesport is growing increas-ingly popularity due toits
physical and mentalbenets. This specialslackline event takes
placeApril 11 from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. at the garden,6804 SW Marine
Drive.For more informationvisit botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/events.
DowntownThe Vancouver Public
Library is holding a work-shop organized to helpnewbies wade
throughthe sometimes confusingworld of Craigslist.Buying and
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Theweek in num6ers...
1Thenumberof April FoolsDaypranksbyhigh school studentsthat
resulted inpolicepulling
their gunson them.
150Thenumberof visits Vancouverpolicepaid to theKettle
socialhousing facility onBurrardStreet sinceJune2014.
4Thenumberof charges
facedbya24-year-oldRichmondmanwhopostedvideoofhisarrest
showingapoliceofficersmashinghis carwindow that
went viral online.
30Thenumberof regularwork
days remaininguntil B.C.s nextstatutoryholiday.
182Inmillionsofdollars, theamountofmoney theB.C.
government spentupgradinga thirdof their
targetedagingcomputersbefore runningout
ofmoney.
5Thenumberof citizens seekingtohavea judge
removeMayorGregorRobertsonandCoun.GeoffMeggs
fromofficeoverallegedconflict of interest over
uniondonations.
[email protected]
As of press time, the Tories Anti-ter-rorism Act is going
through a clause-by-clause review in Parliamentary committee.The
feds have been blindsided by criti-
cism of Bill C-51 from media commenta-tors, academics and the
Canadian BarAssociation. Four former prime ministersand ve former
Supreme Court justiceshave expressed deep concern about
variousimplications of the bill.These are some shafts of light in
an
otherwise dark situation, in which theSeptember attack by a
homeless, mentallyill gunman on Parliament Hill has beenleveraged
into a Death Star statute.Polls have shown support for the
legisla-
tion has dropped from 82 to 45 per centof Canadians. After the
lone wolf scarewore off, what lingers for many are yearsof domestic
deceit, international sabre-rattling, dishonour of veterans,
robocallallegations, proroguing of Parliament,Senate scandals,
environmental chicaneryand gagged federal scientists. Harper andhis
inner circle have consistently proventone-deaf to public outrage
until an elec-tion looms.OnMarch 24, SFUs VanCity Ofce
of Community Engagement held a panelon Bill C-51 at the Wosk
Centre. Politicalscience professor Max Cameron, directorfor the
Centre for the Study of DemocraticInstitutions at UBC, said he
believes BillC-51 threatens the very foundations of ourlegal
system.It weakens the rule of law and the
separation of powers, which undergirdsour democracy. It will
make our politicalinstitutions not only less democratic andless
robust in their capacity to guaranteeour fundamental rights and
freedoms,but it will also weaken our capacity torespond to the
threats that we face, Cam-eron said.Whenever the rules are made by
the
same person or group of people that imple-ments and enforces
those rules, we ndourselves in the very denition of tyranny,he
added.The professor argued that constitu-
tional provisions cannot be overturnedby statutory law, that the
CanadianCharter of Rights and Freedoms cannotbe abrogated by the
proposed bill. Theremay be judicial challenges forthcoming,
hepredicted.Wosk Centre panelist Micheal Vonn,
policy director at the B.C. Civil Liberties
Association, noted that even before theAnti-terror Act was being
cobbled together,the federal government operational centrehas
called on all federal departments tocompile information on all
protests in thecountry.Documents provided through Freedom
of Information Act requests give someidea of the kind of
security hazards moni-tored by federal agencies. Vonn quotedone
relevant passage: the healing dancein Kenora, Ontario, the prayer
ceremonyin Edmonton and an Idle NoMore tacofundraising rafe and jam
session.Bear in mind, this sort of security/surveil-
lance overshoot occurs even without leg-islation seemingly
engineered to interpretfree speech as Thoughtcrime.But has the
government blinked? Non-
violent protestors, even those who breakthe law, wont be
targeted under the gov-ernments powerful security bill, a
parlia-mentary committee agreed Tuesday, ac-cording to the Ottawa
Citizen. Three otheramendments were approved, but opposi-tion party
attempts to introduce more than26 amendments of their own were
rebuffedby the committees Conservative majority.A proposed
amendment by the NDP to theSecurity of Canada Information
SharingAct, one of the most contentious aspectsof Bill C-51, went
down in ames.We need only look south of the border
to witness the constitutional and budget-ary black hole that
results when alphabetagencies attain sweeping powers outsideof
public, judicial, and executive oversight.The Anti-terror Act is
our nations PatriotAct. With only four amendments approvedso far,
the Harper cabal might as well sticka giant, aming Eye of Sauron
onto theParliament tower and prorogue the Com-mons chamber into
perpetual darkness.Last week, University of Ottawa law pro-
fessor Craig Forcese noted the governmentwas absolutely
gobsmacked by the levelof public engagement on Bill C-51.Its very
clear that the public is galva-
nized on a very complex matter in a waythat the government did
not expect. Forthose of you working on this problem, keepworking.
Those internal polls will deter-mine if the government climbs down
ornot...the role of the public is to keep theirvoices loud and rm,
he said to applausefrom the Wosk Centre audience.They didnt listen
to witnesses, said
Green Party leader Elizabeth May of thecommittee hearings in a
Wednesday CBCreport. Theyre watching the polls.
geoffolson.com
The fate of Bill C-51lieswith Canadians
Opinion
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Of course a government is going torun into problems when it
comes tocomputer upgrades. The systems are socomplex and vital,
thats just a given.So the audit released Tuesday by
auditor general Carol Bellringer intothe high-profile integrated
case man-agement system (ICM) found all thetrouble youd expect
after all the sus-tained controversy.The more intriguing aspects
were
about how creative the governmentgot in clinging to the idea
that the$182-million upgrade for the systemsused by various social
programs weregoing well.Its a new chapter in the same story
every time governments walk into theminefield of
information-technologyprojects. They often wait until theres
acrisis brought on by delaying upgradesuntil the existing system is
a relic.Then they rush the upgrade becausethe crisis is getting
worse. Then theydiscover huge problems grafting thenew bells and
whistles onto the oldmodel.Then they pay big overtime bills
and extra emergency costs to forcethe changes through various
misseddeadlines, because theres no turningback. Then they try to
finesse their waythrough the period of confusion whenthe conversion
is underway.The ICM version of this never-
ending story includes a twist. After theconversion created a
number of prob-lems including a complete shut-down that had the
representativefor children and youth wringing herhands and the
minister on the hot seatin the legislature, they capped it off
bynominating the project for a PremiersAward for Innovation and
Achieve-ment a few weeks ago.As reported by Vancouver Sun col-
league Rob Shaw, it wasnt actuallyfor the project itself, which
Bellringerconfirmed ran well off the rails.It was for how staff
responded to all
the problems listed above: Dedicated-change teams,
responsiveness, com-munication and staff engagement madethe
significant transition from old tonew a success.The audit delved
into the govern-
ments own assessments of how it wasdoing during the conversion
and dis-
covered a gap between the descriptionsand the reality. The key
communica-tion strategy on the part of governmentwas to just
explain away all the prob-lems, rewrite the history of the
conver-sion and retroactively adjust the factsin order to label the
job a success.Which is how you get to the fact
sheet that was issued Nov. 27, 2014,after the fourth and final
phase wasjudged to have been completed.ICM had a capital budget of
$182
million and the project was deliveredon track, on time and on
budget, saysthe fact sheet.As expected, there have been some
issues and challenges during imple-mentation, but the team has
beenvery diligent in addressing issues asthey arise and making
adjustments asneeded.Those adjustments are one of the
issues Bellringer looked into at length.One of the main reasons
the projectwas launched was the need to replacemore than 50 aging,
inflexible, legacysystems. The government hung thewhole rationale
on those antiquated,fragmented, costly systems. Theywere prone to
failure and consideredobsolete.With all the emphasis on how the
junky old systems had to be replaced,the key measure of success
would behow well the replacement went.But Bellringer found only a
third of
the old systems were replaced. Theproject was on time and on
budget onlybecause they dramatically curtailed thework. The scope
of ICM implementa-tion was not fully completed as initiallyplanned,
she said. Some key func-tions still depend on legacy systems
forfull operation.In other words, they ran out of
money, so they called the job completewhen they were only midway
throughit. Social Development Minister Mi-chelle Stilwell suggested
the findingswere old news, as progress was madeafter it was
completed and most of therecommendations are already in force.She
also said some of the old systemsmight not need replacing after
all.The system now is better than it was.
You cant spend $182 million withoutmaking some improvements.But
the real medal for innovation goes
to the people who dreamed up a way tocall this curtailed effort
a success.
twitter.com/leyneles
ICMupgrademessdeclared a success
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COUR IER ARCH IVES THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
April 2, 1991:Rita JohnstonbecomesCanadas first female premier
after beingchosenby theSocial Credit partys caucus to replaceBill
Vander Zalm,whohadresigned indisgraceover a conflict-of-interest
scandal regarding the sale of hisFantasyGardens attraction to
aTaiwanesebillionaire. Johnston, 55, defeatedAttorney-General Russ
Fraser in a secret 21-17 vote that cameon the fourthballotto become
interim leader. Shewas formally elected leader at aparty
conventionin July after narrowly defeatingGraceMcCarthy. However,
shewasunable toimplementmuch in thewayof newprogramsbefore a
statutoryOctober election inwhich the rulingparty lost by a
landslide to theNDP ledbyMikeHarcourt.
Rita Johnston named new premier
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Good trumps evilRe: Samaritans actions show Strath-
conas spirit, April 1.Wonderful piece about the simplicity
and infectious power of caring. Thankyou for writing it. We will
be passing yourwords along.
Beth Hawkes, Bowen Island
Thank you for a most well-written articlein the Vancouver
Courier.It is heart-warming to see humanity in
the form of donations in the face of suchan evil.
Elly Bach, Delta
Putting a stop to StanleyParkcauseway improvementsRe: Stanley
Park causeway to get
$7M bike lanes, March 25.While spending millions for bike
lanes through the park, how aboutconsideration of a few hundred
thou-sand to signicantly improve access tothe park for transit
users?One bus stop, just south of Lions
Gate Bridge and near the road bridgeover the causeway on the
east sideof the causeway, would make a hugedifference and provide
easy accessto parts of the park now not easilyreached by those
without cars or bikes.And that bus stop would also allow foreasy
pedestrian enjoyment and cross-ing of the Lions Gate Bridge.With
only the one bus stop, a transit
return to Vancouver would require around trip to the North
Shore.The west side of the causeway near
Lions Gate Bridge is less suitable fora bus stop than the east
side but asecond bus stop on the west side of thecauseway could be
installed if demandwarranted.
Jon Petrie, Vancouver
ONLINE COMMENTS
Brewery tomfooleryRe: City hall to convert cafeteria into
craft brewery, April 1.Damnit, totally fooled me. I got
excited
then realized its April Fools Day.madstar, via Reddit
City Hall microbrewery? Mayor Gerry
McGeer is rolling in his grave. #outrage#impeachment.
@mikeklassen, via Twitter
I wish this was real. We need the extrahealth care funding to x
the poor foot-wear choices of this demographic. Theyjoke, but it is
becoming a serious problem.
thetimestheysmell, via Reddit
Holding the citys homelesspopulation to accountRe: The citys
homeless count and
how it works, April 1.This year my partner and I only
counted seven people. We could havecounted more but we ended up
havinglots of long conversations with the folkswe met on the
streets. Everyone wasfriendly and willing to tell their
stories..Lookout Society, via Comments section
Thebattle of evermoreRe: Kudos & Kvetches, Easy of bur-
den, March 25.East Village is truly atrocious. Heres a
suggestion for next inevitable story on thesame subject: The
Battle of Hastings.
Hu Gadarn, via Comments section
Real estate speculation offersa cooperative solutionRe: Co-ops
face tough choice,
March 27.This is exactly the approach that
housing co-ops in urban centres acrossCanada should be looking
at. Other com-munity housing sectors both here andinternationally
are looking at how theymight leverage their assets for the
pur-poses Armstrong describes. Those co-opsthat have the capacity
for new develop-ment on their properties should be givingthe idea
close considerationNicholas Gazzard, via Comments section
StanleyCupfinal couldrepeat itself a century laterRe: Archives:
Millionaires win Stanley
Cup, March 25.It was against Ottawa too. Ottawa and
Vancouver are both in the playoff pictureand it will be the
100-year anniversary. Imnot saying, Im just saying.
Colon-Dee, via Reddit
After reading this I came to one conclu-sion: HBO needs to make
a miniseries onearly 1900s hockey. I dont even care if itcenters
around a ctional team and groupof players. Because I mean, if
Hollywood isgoing to keep making period dramas, theymight as well
make something awesomelike a hockey period drama.
CrispyLardon, via Reddit
Spreadsheets are the solutionRe: The faint of heart need not
apply,
March 27.What we need is the spreadsheet that
marks up every dollar coming in and listsexpenses going out in
chronological order.The expenses that are newest in type needto be
cut until the numbers coming inmatch the numbers going out.The
latest expense types are most likely
the least needed since some leaderdecided tax money needed to be
spent onstuff it wasnt spent on before.
sidneyspit, via Comments section
Grizzlies end record losing streakApril 3, 1996: The Vancouver
Grizzlies snapped anNBA season record 23-gamelosing streakwith a
105-103 victory over theMinnesota Timberwolves at GMPlace.The home
teamwent ahead 103-101 on an EricMurdock basketwith 56 secondsleft.
TwoTerry Porter free throws then tied it but, with 6.8 seconds
remaining,Blue Edwards launched a game-winning 16-foot jumper for
thewin. However, theteamswinning streakwas short-lived and theywere
beaten 104-94 twodays laterby the L.A. Lakers. The record has since
been extended to 24 losses and is sharedby both the
ClevelandCavaliers andPhiladelphia 76ers.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3 , 2015 THE VANCOUVER COURIER A11
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CROSSWALK Themessage is: God is love, God is love, God is
loveand unconditional love, says Rev. Sally McShane,
communityminister at First United Church, about the churchs annual
GoodFriday procession of the cross. So themessagewhenwewalkwith the
cross is its a sign of that unconditional love, even unto death.
PHOTODANTOULGOET
Community
PACIFIC SPIRIT
Pat [email protected]
At noon this Good Fri-day, a cluster of peoplewill gather on the
steps ofFirst United Church inthe Downtown Eastsideand begin a
processionreminiscent of Jesussnal footsteps.In the Christian
nar-
rative of Easter, Jesusbore the cross on whichhe was to be
cruciedthrough the streets ofJerusalem. Pilgrims stillfollow what
tradition saysis that path through thestations of the cross orthe
way of the cross.Here in Vancouver,
congregants of FirstUnited, a hub of socialjustice and
poverty-allevi-ation work, will be joinedby others in what has
be-come an annual pilgrim-age in its own right.
Rev. Sally McShane,who has been communityminister at First
Unitedfor three years, says thetradition began in 1968.Each year is
differ-
ent, with reections andBible readings intendedto spark
connectionsbetween todays realitiesand the ancient story ofJesuss
crucixion andresurrection. This yearstheme is light in thedarkness.
The group,which numbered about100 last year, will carrywith them a
large cross,and the procession willbegin with First Na-tions
drummers and anacknowledgement ofthe native territory onwhich the
service is tak-ing place. McShane willsay a few words aboutpoverty
and the personalrelationship betweenJesus and believers. Asthey
move throughoutthe Downtown Eastsideand Chinatown, they will
chant and at each stopdifferent individuals willoffer thoughts.
Includedin the stations is thesalad bowl, a dumpsterbehind a market
wherepast-prime fruits andvegetables are reclaimedby those who live
in thearea. The walk will takein the courthouse andend at
OppenheimerPark.There is a personal,
spiritual intent for theparticipants, McShanesays, but there is
also anoutward message to thecommunities throughwhich they walk
thatGod loves you no mat-ter what your circum-stances are.Its a
sign of the
presence of God seek-ing to let people knowthat God loves them
thismuch, even to death ona cross, she says. TheChristology around
it isthat Jesus died on thecross and his walk is
toward the cross, ratherthan to run away. Themessage is: God is
love,God is love, God is love and unconditionallove. So the
messagewhen we walk with thecross is its a sign of
thatunconditional love, evenunto death.First United has always
been a centre of activism,of social gospel and com-munity
action.Its a place where
people can come andlearn about povertybut also nd a way tohelp
other people, saysMcShane. So its a mis-sion for many people
feeding the poor, liftingup the poor, empoweringthe poor, giving
dignityto the poor.The annual Good
Friday walk draws peoplefrom all over the LowerMainland.Last
year there were
people there I didntknow, she says. People
who know about it cometo it.There is a dichotomy
in the neighbourhood,she acknowledges, be-tween those with
power-ful faith in God and thosewho feel forsaken.Its such a
hard
thing to say, McShaneexplains, acknowledg-ing that there are
thosewho do not feel Godslove in their lives. WhatI normally do, I
just sitand I listen, and I askthem why. And I hearwhy they feel
that way.I dont preach. I dontgive advice. I dont try tox. I just
listen. Give thedignity of listening. AndI always nd that
peoplehave their answers insideand if youre a loving,listening
presence, it is ahuge healing moment formany people.On the other
hand,
faith is often very evidentamong residents of theneighbourhood,
she says.
A lot of people havevery deep faith. Therelationship with God
isdesperate in many ways.God, you really love methat much. Can I
believein myself as much as youbelieve in me, that I canget through
poverty, orget through addiction orget through this mentalillness
or live through aphysical disability?In a place that is seen,
at least by many onthe outside, as one ofdesperate bleakness,
theGood Friday proces-sion is intended to bringhopefulness.I know
the word hope
is overdone a lot, saysMcShane. But it reallyis about hope. Its
aboutbelieving that you canhope in a God that is thatpowerful and
that loving.For many people, theyhold onto that with bothhands,
grasping it. Themessage is so
important.twitter.com/Pat604Johnson
Bearing amessage of hope onGoodFriday
A12 THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, APRIL 3 , 2015
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News
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A lawyer for ve citizenswanting a judge to throwMayor Gregor
RobertsonandCoun. GeoffMeggs outof ofce for conict of interestsaid
Vision Vancouver shouldhave returned a $34,000campaign donation to
thecitys outside workers union.DavidWotherspoon told
B.C. SupremeCourt JusticeElliottMyers thatMeggs
knew he was at the Oct. 14,2014CUPELocal 1004meeting to raise
funds whenhe promised, on behalf ofRobertson, to not contractout
work. CUPE nationaland B.C. headquartersmatched the donation fora
total $102,000. A leakedaudio recording of themeet-ing was rst
reported by theCourier last October.Heres the specic benet
were going to confer uponyou in the future,Wother-
spoon said April 1 in court.Vision should not haveaccepted
themoney.Later in themeeting, Kyla
Epstein of Local 1004s po-litical action committee saidour
support is not uncondi-tional and the donation wasmeant to carry
favour atthe bargaining table.The petitioners, led by
RandyHelten, wantMy-ers to replace RobertsonandMeggs with the
2014elections next-highest vote-
getters or to ban RobertsonandMeggs from voting onLocal 1004s
contract.Myersreserved judgment after theMarch 31-April 1
hearing.Robertson did not attend
court, butMeggs did. Hisafdavit said he was only re-peating
party policy and wasnot in themeeting when Lo-cal 1004members voted
onthe donation. Vision lawyerBryan Baynham toldMyersthe petition
was ill-conceivedand improper and there is
no evidence his clients didanything wrong.When you look at the
two
speakers that can be identi-ed, the one speaker, themale
speaker, to accept thecommittees recommenda-tion, hemakes
nomentionofMeggs, hemakes nomen-tion of there being a deal,Baynham
toldMyers.Baynham originally
sought to have the record-ing deemed inadmissible ashearsay.
Conflict of interest case awaits decision
FRIDAY, APRIL 3 , 2015 THE VANCOUVER COURIER A13
Public Hearing: April 14Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 6 pmCity
Hall, 453 West 12 Avenue, Third Floor, Council Chamber
Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider
azoning amendment for this location:
508 Helmcken StreetTo rezone 508 Helmcken Street from DD
(Downtown) Districtto CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to
permit thedevelopment of a 36-storey mixed-use building with 448
residentialunits of which 110 are secured market rental housing.
Retail and aprivate pre-school/kindergarten space are at grade. An
increase inheight from 21.3 metres (70 feet) to 97.5 metres (320
feet) and anincrease in oor space ratio (FSR) from 3.0 to 17.19 are
proposed.
As a public benet associated with this rezoning application,
theapplicant proposes to provide social housing at 1099
RichardsStreet, including replacement housing for the residents of
JubileeHouse presently located at 508 Helmcken Street. The site
at1099 Richards Street is currently following a separate
developmentpermit application process.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
APPLICATION:vancouver.ca/508helmcken or 604-873-7038Anyone who
considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments
mayspeak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually by 5
pm on Tuesday, April 14,2015 by emailing [email protected]
or by calling 604-829-4238. You mayalso register in person at the
door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the PublicHearing. You may
submit your comments by email to [email protected],or by
mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerks Ofce, 453 West 12th Avenue,
Third Floor,Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. All submitted comments will be
distributed to Council andposted on the City's website. Please
visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for importantdetails.
Copies of the draft by-laws are available for viewing at the
City Clerks Ofce in CityHall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor,
Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.All meetings of Council
are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes ofPublic
Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings (posted
approximatelytwo business days after a meeting). For real time
information on the progress of CityCouncil meetings, visit
vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or @VanCityClerk on Twitter.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDINGREGISTERING TO
SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings
Water MainCleaning in VancouverAs part of ongoing maintenance,
the City will clean water mainsin several areas of Vancouver (see
shaded areas on map) betweenTuesday, April 7, 2015 and Friday, May
29, 2015.
Flushing water mains is necessary to remove sediment
thatgradually deposits in the pipes. Cleaning will take place from7
am to 3:30 pm for most neighbourhoods.
During this period, there may be temporary discolourationand/or
cloudiness of the water. Safety of drinking water will not
beaffected. Cloudy water can be cleared by running your cold
waterfor 10-20 minutes after the crew has nished ushing.
In preparation for potentially cloudy drinking water, you may
wishto refrigerate tap water ahead of time.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Phone 3-1-1
Development Permit BoardMeeting: April 7The Development Permit
Board and Advisory Panel will meet:
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 3 pmVancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th
AvenueGround Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room
to consider the following development permit application:
1099 Richards Street
To develop a 13-storey building containing 162 units of
social/lowcost housing and two and a half levels of underground
parking withvehicle access from the rear lane. This development
application(1099 Richards Street) is associated with the rezoning
application at508 Helmcken Street. As part of the public benets
component torezone the 508 Helmcken Street site, the applicant has
proposed toprovide social/low cost housing at 1099 Richard
Street.
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I have an espalier ap-ple tree with three dif-ferent varieties
of applesin a pot near two appletrees growing in theground. Last
year I hadmany apple blossomsbut only a few apples.If I move the
espalierapple away from theother two apple trees,do I need another
appletree to plant alongsidefor pollination?
Sally Wong, Vancouver
It sounds like a pollina-tion problem from lack ofbees.
Insufcient cross-pollination problems otherapple trees is also a
possibil-ity. But with ve apple va-rieties in your yard, I
dontthink all are incompatible.I wonder how many bees
you have in your neighbor-hood. Honeybees are inshort supply
everywhere,but in densely populatedareas (small
lots/townhousesetc.) wild bees are also hardto nd. Wild bees are
vitalfor pollination and diefrom pesticides just likehoneybees.I
recommend you start
to keep mason bees. Theirnesting tubes need verylittle space on
house or shedwalls, they never sting andare easy to keep. Its too
latethis year to get kits of masonbee houses/egg-laying
tubes/cocoons, etc. but its some-thing to keep in mind fornext
year.Because the cocoons
contain little living crea-tures, it would be best toorder from
a garden centrein very early spring. Usu-ally when you buy a
kit,you are given instructionswith it. Mason bees makea big
improvement in fruit
tree and berry crops andonce you begin caring forthem, you dont
have tobuy a kit again.Theres also a very good
book called Pollinationwith Mason Bees by Dr.Margriet Dogterom.
Its agardeners guide to manag-ing mason bees for fruitproduction.I
doubt that adding
another apple tree to youryard would help. Somevarieties of
apples areself-fertile, others pollinateonly certain varieties,
anda few dont cross-pollinateany other apples. Trying tomatch ve
apple varietiesisnt practical.But did you know that
crab apple trees are greatpollinators for all appletrees? Id
suggest addinga crab apple tree to youryard. The fruit is small
andacidic but makes deliciousjelly and is quite decorativeand so
are the owers.A third possibility with
your low fruit productionis that the in-ground treesare just too
young to bearmuch fruit. They may beconcentrating on
vegetativegrowth. Your espalier tree
may also be young, but italso could be the pot hasntbeen big
enough. Plantingthis in the ground is a goodidea.
How can I plant pep-pers from seeds insoil and in pots or in
theground?
Florence, Vancouver
Peppers need to be startedin sterilized potting soil inpots.
This can be done on awindowsill or under a plantlight in your house
or in agreenhouse or cold frame.Now is the best time to
do this because peppers arevery slow-growing and cantbe put out
until frost seasonis well over. The end ofMay is the very earliest
itssafe to plant peppers in theoutside garden.The Alpine Garden
Club of
B.C. Spring show and sale willhappen 12 -4 p.m. Apr. 4
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Pollinating themapplesFinding alternatives to disappearing
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Garden
A lackof honeybeesareone
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Id have called himthe bartender, but J.F.Harrisons ofcial title
islearning coordinator.Well, okay, but hell stillpour you a
drink.Harrisons domain is
the Park Car, the lastunit on the Ocean anda marvel of
early-1950sstainless-steel design andendurance.It has a lounge and
a
step-up bar and itll behere long after Im gone,says Harrison. As
will,with luck, the Ocean, theoldest continuously run-ning named
passengertrain in North America, inbusiness since 1904.In fact, it
follows a
route laid down in 1876that was built to connectthe Maritimes to
the restof Canada. Like the Ca-nadian, the trans-conti-nental train
to Vancouver,it helped cement Cana-dian confederation.
Thatachievement is subtlynoted on the wall of thePark Car, where
six clockstell the hour in each ofCanadas time zones.The travel
time between
Halifax and Montrealhasnt changed muchover the years of-cially,
21 hours but in2012 service was reducedfrom six times a week
tothree, raising concerns thehistoric train may be onits last legs,
despite thefact that, while admittedlypopular with tourists,
itsalso still used by locals.Nine of the 17 places
it stops en route are agstops, meaning would-bepassengers wave
the traindown.On todays run, Har-
rison estimates, about 150of the 190 passengers arelocals,
including all 100 inthe coach seats.Harrison provides those
of us who begin our tripin the Park Car whichis highly
recommendedwith a glass of champagneand, later, with a framedphoto
showing us relaxingin the cars mid-centuryleather chairs. Later,
hellhost a tasting of two NovaScotia wines, one red, one
white, paired with cheesesfrom the province, demon-strate how a
lobster trapworks and point out vari-ous scenic highlights alongthe
1,346-kilometre route thus earning his titlelearning coordinator.We
in the sleeping-cars
section (the only oneswith access to the ParkCar), besides
having pri-vate compartments whoseseats transform intobunk beds at
night, get a
second, mid-train loungecar (today with entertain-ment by a Nova
Scotiafolk duo, Acres & Acres)and a dining carriage
withlinen-topped tables.The Oceans country-
side isnt as awesome asis the Rocky Mountainsportion of the
Canadianroute, but there are avariety of vistas well-ordered farms,
untamedwildernesses, dramaticseascapes and distinctive-
ly Maritime and Quebectowns to keep the eyesoccupied.Theres also
a booklet
Via Rail produces thatgoes into more depthabout the passing
placesand terrain. Shortlybefore midnight, for in-stance, we stop
at Mata-pdia (pop. 700). Thebooklet explains werenear the site of
the 1760Battle of Restigouche.Id never heard of it, but
it is, I read, signicant:the defeat of the Frencheet here by the
Eng-lish marked the end ofFrances military inter-ventions in
Canada.With this knowledge
I drift off, awakening toporridge, cereal, fruitand yogurt and
our 9:50a.m. arrival in downtownMontreal just 45 min-utes late.More
travel stories at
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Travelling via theOcean is a breezeNorth Americas oldest
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In thebullet loungeof theOceansParkCar,
teaandcoffeenow,drinksany time, andademonstrationofhowa lobster
trapworks later.PHOTO JOHNMASTERS/MERIDIANWRITERSGROUP
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over the VancouverConvention Centre for three days of super-heroes,
comics, sci-, horror, anime, gamingand celebrity nerd Viagra i.e.
WilliamShatner, Carrie Fisher, killed offWalkingDead characters,
and more. The colourfulpop culture convention runs April 3 to
5.Details at fanexpovancouver.com.
2. Ruby Slippers Theatre brings LindaGrifths playTheDuchess
a.k.a.WallisSimpson to the Cultch. The epic, scandal-ous, true tale
ofWallis Simpson, the notori-ous, convention-smashing American
divorceefor whomEdward VIII gave up the throne,runs April 7 to 18.
Details at thecultch.com.
3. If you havent guessed from the pressphoto or name,Cobra
Ramone and herband play music of the hard rock variety.They rock
hard, they riff hard, they livehard. They probably even do their
laundryhard. Need more proof? In addition tosinging,Cobra plays an
axe. And theresa dude in the band whose name is TrevorSnakedust.
Now thats hard. The gritty,bluesy local outt rocks the ANZA
Club,hard, April 3, 8 p.m. in support ofCobraRamones new release
Bang Bang. Hy-brahma and Mother Upduff open. Ticketsat
cobraramone.brownpaperticket.com.
4.Get your dose of 80s teen nostalgia whenthe Rio screens a
double bill of classic, andarguably the best, JohnHughes
comedies,Sixteen Candles andThe Breakfast Club,April 3, 7 p.m.
ApparentlyThe BreakfastClub is celebrating its 30th anniversary
thisyear, which means we are ofcially old andpart of the problem.
Details at riotheatre.ca.
5. A hit at last months SXSW, AustraliasTwerps bring their indie
pop jangle tothe Fox Cabaret in support of their debutMerge Records
release, Range Anxi-ety. Check em out April 3, 8 p.m. PinkLincolns,
consisting of members of theShilohs, open. Details at
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KUDOS&KVETCHES
Were going to come rightout and say it. We dont likeEaster.
Sure, we enjoy theextra day off (or two if youwork for the
government orsome other socialist employ-er). But as far as
holidays go,Easter is the worst. Its evenlamer than the totally
madeup, shameless voter pander-ing Family Day. Heres why:
Toomuch religionto rememberAdmittedly we are not
remotely religious eventhough we gladly enjoy thespoils of
Christmas andEaster. But Easter actuallymakes us feel guilty
aboutour ignorance. Consideringthe holidaymarks Christscrucixion,
resurrection andthe downfall ofMel Gibsonscareer, we should really
dosome research and learn thesignicance and differencebetween Palm
Sunday, HolyThursday, Good Friday,Easter Sunday and EasterMonday
besides one of thosedays being an awesome dayoff fromwork. But we
dont.And that is another reasonwhy were going toHell if itexists.
Even though it prob-ably doesnt.
Easter egg huntsIf there is another child-
hood tradition that requiresso much effort with so littlein
return, let us know. ForChristmas you basicallyhave to make a list
of thingsyou want, go to sleep and
wake up to a pile of gifts thatare hopefully based on
thosethings you demanded. ForEaster you have to wasteyour precious
time search-ing your house or yard for ahandful of tiny,
turd-shapedchocolate eggs that youwould never buy. Even onHalloween
the only huntingyoure required to do is walkdoor to door. Plus
theresa variety of candy, even ifsome of its crappy boxes ofraisins
andWagonWheels.
BunniesSure they look cool on T-
shirts and as taxidermy, butrabbits are crap pets. Everhave one
as a kid? They dobasically nothing cool besideseat, crap and shiver
when-ever you try to pick them upor wrestle with them. Andthey
usually get killed by theneighbours dog or die fromeating a crayon.
So why arethey associated with Easter?Were so unimpressed bythemwe
cant even be both-ered to google it.
HamWe dig ham for all of three
bites. After that were done.But for some reason, hamhas become
synonymouswith Easter dinner, insteadof cooler food like
turkey,nachos or manwhiches.Wedont even know a single per-son,
other than our parentsor grandparents, whos everpurchased a ham.
Its kind oflike life insurance or orthope-dic shoes. Ham is a
symbolof our mortality. Ameatybeacon in the distance signal-ling
our inevitable demise.
General confusionEvery year when Easter
arrives, we ask our exasper-ated boss the same question.Exactly
which day do we getoff, Friday orMonday? Andwhen we are told it is
Friday,as always, we then inevitablyinquire why we also dont
getMonday off like other peopledo. And we never rememberthe answer
to that question,although were pretty sureits never satisfying.
Easter is theworst
Ham...huh!What is itgoodfor?Absolutelynothing...huh!Say
itagain.
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Sharon Crandall hasmade a career out of sing-ing and dancing,
but shedidnt actually know what amusical was until she was inGrade
7.Her family moved to
Canada from Jakarta,Indonesia when she was10 years old, and she,
hertwo sisters and one brotherhardly spoke English whenthey
arrived. So when aclassmate suggested theyboth audition for the
annualmusical, she responded withcurious enthusiasm.Im like, OK!
What is
that? Crandall recalls witha laugh.After doing a bit of re-
search, she tried out for theschool production of Greaseand
ended up landing a partin the junior chorus. Theexperience ignited
her life-long passion for the stage.I kind of fell in love with
it right away, she says.Fast forward to the pres-
ent and Crandall has a longlist of theatre credits to hername
and has just launcheda musical theatre companycalled TwoMonkeys
Pro-ductions, a reference to herown two monkeys, her six-and
eight-year-old sons. Thecompanys inaugural show,Edges, a
coming-of-age songcycle by writing team BenjPasek and Justin Paul,
runsuntil April 11 at Studio1398 on Granville Island.The mandate of
Cran-
dalls company is to giveherself and others in theindustry
another avenue todemonstrate their talent andhone their craft.The
whole reasoning be-
hind it was I was tired of get-ting the bit parts and wantedto
have a little bit more of asubstantial part to showwhatI can do,
she admits.TwoMonkeys will focus
on small productions withcasts of no more than 10 soall of the
actors get time inthe spotlight. The companyalso plans to present
lesser-known shows, giving musi-cal theatre fans an alterna-tive to
the often-performedBroadway hits.Crandall discovered Edges
last year when she partici-pated in a master class in-structed
by Pasek and Paul.The songwriting duo visitedVancouver in
Decemberwhen Carousel Theatre forYoung People presentedtheir
musical adaptation ofJames and the Giant Peach.In preparation for
the class,Crandall had to choose andprepare a song to workshop.I
started researching
their songs and totally fellin the love with the song,which is
in Edges, its calledReady to be Loved.A departure from typical
musical theatre fare, the songhas a more poppy sound,Crandall
explains, and yet itstill follows a narrative arc.A lot of their
writing is
like that every piece ofmusic is a story in its own.Originally
written when
Pasek and Paul were sopho-mores at the University of
Michigan, Edges speaks to ageneration standing on theprecipice
of adulthood.Theyre trying to gure
out what this whole lifething is about, Crandallsays of the
characters.The show features a cast
of four, including Crandall,Adam Charles, BrandynEddy and Devon
Buss-wood, whom Crandall rstmet on the set of TheatreUnder the
Stars LegallyBlonde. In fact, the wholecast and much of crew
aremade up of theatre profes-sionals Crandall has workedwith
previously.For this rst [show]
especially, I wanted to sur-round myself with peoplewho I trust,
people who Iknow are capable of doingthe job and who want to doit,
she says. I dont wantany of the politics of egosand things like
that to comeinto it because I think thatdeters from having
goodproduct.At this stage, Crandall
is not yet sure how manyshows TwoMonkeys willproduce each year,
thoughshe is planning at leastone more before the endof 2015. As
for her other
two monkeys, who havegrown up in greenroomsand rehearsal halls,
it seemsCrandalls passion for the-atre might be rubbing off onat
least one of them.My six year old, hes got
stage fright, as his brothersays. Her eight year old,however, is
a buddingperformer and will appearin Oliver! this summer atTheatre
Under the Stars.Its his rst foray into the
musical theatre professionalworld, so Im super proudof him,
Crandall says. Hiswish is to do a show withme one day, so well
makethat happen.Edges runs until April 11
at Studio 1398 on GranvilleIsland. Tickets and details
attwomonkeysproductions.com.
Newmusical theatre companynot afraid tomonkey around
Left to right: Devon Busswood, Sharon Crandall, Brandyn Eddy and
AdamCharles appear themusicalEdges until April 11 at Studio 1398 on
Granville Island.
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Ingledews storemanager IlenaWarczakwelcomed billionaire
JimmyPattison to thecompanys centennial celebrations at its
flagshipstore onWest Hastings Street.
BalletB.C. continues
toreachnewartisticheights.EmilyMolnarannounceda lineupthatwill
includecollaborationswithvisualartistsandchoirs.Molnarsharedthenewswith
fans, includingRosedaleonRobsonsGillianFrancis,
acorporatesponsor.
From left, Looking Glass Foundation director Joanne Gordon,
foundersDeborah Grimm andDelores Elliot, and gala
emceePamelaMartinwelcomed guests to their fundraiser at
RockyMountaineer Station. Theannual affair raises funds to support
those seeking care from eating disor-ders of every kind.
SHOEBUSINESS:Despite an economicslump, WilliamWright Ingledew,
with a pen-chant for shoes, founded Ingledews Shoe in1915 next to
the Hudsons Bay Company. Acentury later, the family-owned and
operatedbusiness continues to sell shoes for both menand women
across the province. Now in itsthird generation, the retailer has
grown fromone store on Granville Street to six outletsacross B.C.
The largest location, its newlyrenovated agship store onWest
HastingsStreet in the former Chanel space, opened intime for the
companys centennial celebra-tions. CEO Bill Ingledew, grandson of
thestore founder, welcomed shoe enthusiasts,media personalities and
longtime customers,including billionaire Jimmy Pattison, to
thestores anniversary party.
MIRROR,MIRROR: Looking GlassFoundation hosted its 11th annual
heart-warming gala at Rocky Mountaineer Station.The event, which
brings together clini-cians, doctors, families and friends to
helpmake life brighter for individuals in BritishColumbia who
suffer with eating disorders,attracted 500 guests to the
foundationsLight TheWay dinner and auction. Emceedby Pamela Martin,
attendees lled the stationfor a lavish evening of fun and
philanthropy.Cofounded in 2002 by dedicated parentsseeking improved
care for their loved onessuffering from eating disorders of every
kind,the event has become the charitys singlelargest fundraiser
supporting life-saving treat-ment at their 14-bed Looking Glass
recoverycentre at Ronald McDonald House inVancouver. More than
$430,000 was raisedfrom the night.
MORE SUCCESS:The Bridge to SUC-CESS gala is always a leading
date on theChinese social calendar. This years run-ning in the
Grand Ballroom of the WestinBayshore Hotel was no exception.
Co-chairsDoug Chiu, Jonathan Lai, Grant Lin andLinda Wong welcomed
back Bianca Wu,Hong Kongs Queen of Jazz, for an encoreperformance
as the headliner of this yearssignature soiree. More than 800
supporters shelling out up to $800-a-ticket attend-ed the marathon
event, which began witha champagne reception, followed by a hostof
speeches before a three-course dinner,auction and mini concert. The
annual effortaimed to once again generate $500,000 tobenet SUCCESSs
many social services andsettlement programs for new residents
andthose in need, particularly seniors and youth.
Checking out themany stylish offerings atIngledews newly
renovated flagship storewasmagazine publisherKimMah. Ingledews
hasendured as one of the longest standing shoestores in Canada.
Following the success of their Kitsilano establish-ment, Steven
andMeghan Clarke opened theirsecond Tractor Foods, a
cafeteria-style healthy-food-focused eatery in the iconic art
decoMarineBuilding.
Ballet B.C. executive directorBranislavHenselmannwelcomed Judith
Guichon, B.C.sLieutenant Governor, to the companys openingnight of
Trace, three beautiful works performedby the companys impressive
roster of youngdance talent.
SUCCESS co-founderMaggie Ip andColonelHowe Lee, a war veteran,
were honoured at thegala dinner and fundraiser. Since its
inception,close to $10million has been raised for the socialservice
agency.
Gala chairs, from left,Doug Chiu, LindaWong and Jonathan Lai
frontedthe annual SUCCESS gala. A reported $482,000was generated to
supportthe agencysmany social services and settlement programs for
new resi-dents and those in need.
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You continue energized, condent, charismatic andon top of your
game. The month ahead (and a bit ofMay 11 days) will bring more
money. It will alsonudge you into spending more than usual. If
youarent conservative, if you dont stem the outow, youcould end up
poorer despite increased income. Love,candy, luxury items, jewelry
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Ive repeated my advice not to wed nor co-habit before
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February 2014 andmid-November 2015. Realize that anyother kind of
love is good friends, fun, friends with benets,lovers, deep, heavy
romance, pure sex, etc. This week, socialand romantic developments
on hold since last December nowleap forward,and will until
August.
Continue to lie low, contemplate and plan. Your charismaand
determination are strong. Youll attract others. Becareful,
thoughdont overload yourself. Youre a littlemore weary than is
apparent. Pamper yourself,and dontrise to every occasion. Avoid
competitive situations,andabsolutely avoid collusion with unsavory
characters.Taurus athletes tend to win for the next 11
days.Relationships loom large Sunday noon to Tuesday night.
You might face two doors this week and next: onemarked
work/health can lead to defeat if youoverdo it; the other marked
career/prestige leadsto success. Work smart, not hard. Delegate,
manage,avoid hands-on. Your career, held back since lastDecember,
leaps forward now through August. Be alertfor your chance, be
opportunistic. Youre very likely tobe promoted this year; if not,
then next year.
In general, love is not high on your agenda nowthrough August
(unless youre obsessed withsomeone, which a few Gems are, but this
is notreally love). Instead, youre in a lovely friendshipzone.
Youve probably noticed that the clerk in thestore or the casual
acquaintance you meet on thesidewalk are unusually friend