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The police described it as a death declaration.It was written on
a small piece of paper thatMike Pehlivanian had in his pocket when
a Van-couver police emergency response team arrest-ed him in July
at his fathers house near East 54th andMain.Pehlivanian made it
clear in his declaration that he
wanted his assets turned over to Princess Patricias Ca-nadian
Light Infantry, a combat battalion he servedwith in
Afghanistan.Pehlivanians plan that day was to kill himself.Court
documents reveal how the 37-year-old Winston
Churchill secondary graduate set six separate fires inthe house
and punched holes in the walls and ceiling.He told his aunt, who
lives in the basement and con-fronted him after smelling smoke,
that he wanted to dieand told her to call police.For six hours,
police negotiated with Pehlivanian be-
fore he surrendered peacefully. Police found a 10-inchkitchen
knife on a dresser in Pehlivanians bedroom.His father, Krikor, and
brother, Ara, were outside on
the street during the ordeal. Krikor was driving a cab atthe
time and Ara, a Vancouver police officer, happenedto be on shift
but did not participate in the arrest.It was difficult for
everybody, said Krikor from the
living room of his house, which still has the faint smellof
smoke.I could have taken my son from his room easily, with-
out a problem, but the police didnt let me do it.
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newsSchool closures oneway to cuthydrobills says
educationministerCHERYL ROSSIStaff writer
TheVancouver SchoolBoard shouldconsider closing schools if it
cantsave enoughmoney by conservingenergy, Education Minister
PeterFassbender told the CourierWednesday.Im sure that one of the
things that [the
VSB] is continuing to do is look at additionalsavings, he said.
But I also know if theyvegot schools that are under capacity,
closinga school will have a signicant savings on anumber of fronts
including energy costs andso on. So Im sure that while they may
notwant to look at those kinds of initiatives, Ithink they have to
look at everything.Hiscommentcameinresponsetocomplaints
by VSB chairperson Patti Bacchus that cash-strappedVancouver
public schools cant
affordB.C.HydroratehikesannouncedTuesday.Bac-chus noted the
Vancouver School BoardmadeB.C.HydrosTop10 list forelectricity
conserva-tion in theprovince in2010and2011.Power Smart is not a
program that be-
gins and ends, Fassbender said in responseto this
observation.Bacchus found Fassbenders Power Smart
saving suggestions a bit disingenuous.He knows the kind of
nancial pressure
were under, she said. He knows thatwere$28 million [short] and
counting and heknows what his governments own nance
committee report has recommended andacknowledged, and that is
that these kindof cost pressures accumulate and have cre-ated a
real challenge for school districts.(The VSB estimated a budget
shortfall of
$24.3 million last December but the short-fall was reduced to
$7.9 million.)The school board considered closing ve el-
ementary schools in 2010. Staff projected clos-ing all ve would
save $1.4 million in facility,utility andofce and custodial stafng
costs.Bacchus said closing schools in a city with
a growing population, where additional res-idential density is
proposed, doesnt makesense over the long term.She said the board is
trying to nd other
uses for underused spaces. What we heardemphatically is that
[nearby communities] de-pendonthoseschools,Bacchussaid. Manyofthose
families dont have cars, they live in pov-erty, they rely on public
housing, they rely onthe childcare that is available
there.Wewouldbe compounding the challenges of the peoplewho are
most at risk in this city if we were to
take away their neighbourhood school.For signicant cost savings,
teachers, ad-
ministrators and school support staff wouldhave to lose their
jobs, Bacchus said.She said the district pays approximately $3
million annually to B.C. Hydro. Increases
havebeenroughlyestimatedatanadditional$50,000to $75,000 this year,
$300,000 for 2014-2015and $450,000 for 2014-2016. Weve
alreadybudgeted for this year and allocated ourmoneyin addition
tohaving to absorb the support staff[wage] increases,Bacchus
said.The all-party Select Standing Committee
on Finance and Government Services recom-mended in a report
released Nov. 14 that theprovincial government: Develop a
compre-hensive capital plan for educational facilitiesthat takes
into account increased mainte-nance and aging school facility
upgrades; andcontinue the seismic upgrading program.Bacchus wants
the government to imple-
ment this recommendation and to increasefunding to the 2014
public schools budgetto prevent staff, service and resource cuts.In
every sector of our economy, everyone
has basically said if you give us moremoneythats going to help
us manage our way for-ward, Fassbender said.He said the government
would consider
the reports recommendationswhile also fo-cusing on balancing the
provincial budget.
[email protected]/Cheryl_Rossi
photoDan Toulgoet
Sir Richard McBride Annex was one of ve schools proposed for
closure in 2010.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2013 THE VANCOUVER COURIER A3
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newsChildpoverty increases inB.C.
MIKEHOWELLStaff writer
The number of chil-dren living in pov-erty in B.C. in 2011could
have lledRogersArenamore thaneighttimes, according to a
reportreleased Tuesday by a childandyouthadvocacy coalition.With
153,000 children
living in poverty whichequates roughly to one in vechildren in
B.C. the FirstCall coalition reiterated itscall for the provincial
govern-ment to adopt a comprehen-sive plan to reduce poverty.When
you look at the
numbers, its stunning, saidLorraine Copas, executive di-rector
of the Social Planningand Research Council of B.C.,at a press
conferenceTuesday.The 77,000 poor children
living in Metro Vancouver,combined with 76,000 oth-ers residing
outside of theregion, means B.C. contin-
ues to have the highest childpoverty rate in Canada.Copas said
34,000 more
children were living in pover-ty in 2011 than in
2010,when119,000 were counted. B.C.schild poverty rate in
2011was18.6 per cent while the na-tional ratewas13.3per cent.First
Call used a common
Statistics Canada measure-ment to establish the pov-
erty rate. The coalitions cal-culations also found that: B.C.
had the worst pover-
ty rateofanyprovince for chil-dren living in single
motherfamilies49.8per cent. B.C. had the worst pov-
erty rate in Canada for chil-dren living in two-parentfamilies
14 per cent. B.C.s poverty rate for
children under six years oldat 20.7 per cent is eight
per-centage points higher thanthe Canadian average.Ted Bruce,
executive di-
rector of population healthfor Vancouver CoastalHealth, said the
failure toaddress child poverty is aprescription for a child to
bemore prone to health prob-lems and a shorter lifespan.The health
impacts are
huge, he said, noting there isa myth that poverty is
strictlyattached to substance abuseandmental health problems.Bruce
pointed out the
working poor dont have
control over their lives thewaymiddle-classandwealthypeople do.
That nancial in-equality leads to lowereduca-tion, poorer quality
food andinadequate housing.Those at the bottom are
twiceas likely tohaveaseriousillness and die prematurelythan
thoseat the top,hesaid.First Call made 16 recom-
mendations to governmentit believes would help
reducethechildpoverty rate to sevenper cent, or less, by 2020.The
recommendations in-
clude adopting a $10 a daychild care plan, increasing
andindexing the minimum wage,welfare rates and federal
childtaxbenets,payinglivingwag-es, enhancing
employmentinsurancebenets andeligibil-ity,
increasingaffordablehous-ing options for families andimproving the
affordability ofpost-secondaryeducation.Children and Family De-
velopment Minister Stepha-nie Cadieux acknowledgedin an email to
the Courierthat families continue tostruggle economically.Thats
why, Cadieux wrote,
the provincial governmentcontinues to focus on grow-ing
theeconomy,creating jobsandprovidingsupportswherethey aremost
needed.She said B.C.s single digit
unemployment rates acrossevery region in the provinceare a
positive sign that gov-ernment is on track for con-tinued economic
growth.That growth allows gov-
ernment to continue pro-viding targeted supports tolow-income
families, saidCadieux, adding that gov-ernment has raised
themini-mumwageand invested$3.6billion over the past decadein
affordable housing.ShesaidtheB.C.EarlyYears
strategy makes childcaremore affordable and acces-sible for
families.Additionally,over the next three years, thegovernment will
open 2,000morechildcarespaces,addingto the existing100,000.But
there will always
be more to do, she said.Thats why we will contin-ue to focus on
growing theeconomy, creating jobs andproviding supports that
tar-get the effects of poverty onlow-income families.
[email protected]/Howellings
photoDan Toulgoet
B.C.s child poverty rateis the highest in Canadaaccording to
LorraineCopas, executive directorof the Social Planning andResearch
Council of B.C.
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The Southlands Community Asso-ciation remains concerned abouta
proposal for a care facility onthe Casa Mia property in south-west
Vancouver even though plans havebeen revised and scaled back.Casa
Mia, at 1920 Southwest Marine Dr.,
is designated a Heritage A building. The20,700-square-foot
mansion was built forGeorgeReifel, a liquormagnate and rumrun-ner
during the Prohibition era who openedthe Commodore Ballroom.The
Care Group, which owns and operates
sevenfacilities includingPointGreyPrivateHos-pital, wants the
site rezoned from single-familyresidential
tocomprehensivedevelopment.The Urban Design Panel and the
Vancouver
HeritageCommission rejected an earlier
propos-al.Citystaffadvisedtheapplicanttomakechang-es and address
issues of scale, form, parking andoperations, explained Kent Munro,
the City ofVancouvers assistantdirectorofplanning.The Care Groups
latest proposal is being
showcased at a Dec. 4 open house.The Spanish Revival-style
heritage home
would be saved and a two-storey additionwould be built. The
community care facilitywould house 62 beds. An earlier
proposalfeatured plans for a 92-bed facility.The building height
for the addition is low-
er than envisioned in the earlier proposal.Parking spaces have
dropped from 23 to 16.It is quite signicant [the revision]. Its
reduced in scale by about a third in terms ofnumber of beds The
height of the proposedadditionhasbeenbroughtdown.Theaddition,if its
approved,would be signicantly lower inheight than even the existing
Casa Mia build-
ing. So were encouraged by the number ofchanges that
theyvemade,Munro said.The mansion is not protected from demo-
lition, so theres an appetite to work withthe applicant to try
and conserve it. The cityalso sees the need for health care
facilitiesthat allow seniors to age in place.Obviously, its a
difcult issue. Weve got a
really well known and loved heritage buildingthat is not
protected right now and weve seenin other areas of the city
property owners com-ing in and wanting to demolish old
buildings,Munrosaid.Sothingslikethisareunderthreat.This is an
opportunity, if it can bedone in a sen-sitive manner, to a achieve
a number of goals to address needs for seniors in
communities,whichwithanagingpopulationis incrediblyim-portant, and
tosaveaheritagebuilding.Joe McDermid, a spokesman for the
Southlands Community Association, seesroom for improvement.Were
still not happy with it. Its still a pri-
vate care facility thats been plunked down
inthemiddleofaresidentialneighbourhood.Thefact that theyve reduced
it to 62 beds downfrom 92 doesnt really make a lot of differenceto
thestructureorhowitsgoing toaffectanytothe concerns
thatwehadoriginally, he said.Is it better? Sure, its better. But
its still
an arbitrary number [of beds] that the cityand the developer
have settled on, probablyfrom an economic viability standpoint.
Butbasically most of the objections that wereoriginally in place
are still in place.McDermid said residents would prefer some-
thingsimilartoCanuckHousewhereyouvegotaresidential-appearingstructure
thatts inwiththe community that wouldnt have the level ofin-and-out
trafc that this facilitywouldhave.Theopenhouse is from5
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Mayor Gregor Robertsons so-called telephone town hallmeeting
Tuesday night had upto 10,000 listeners tune in
tothe70-minutequestion-and-answerprogram,according to themayors
political party.Stepan Vdovine, executive director of Vision
Vancouver, said the party counted the numberof listeners via
technology operated by Stra-tegic Communications Inc., a consulting
rmheavily involved inpreviousVision campaigns.It was a good night
for us, said Vdovine,
whosepartypromotedandpaidfortheeventrunoutofVisionsofcesatSeventhandBurrard.Vdovine
said the party relied on a list of
its members and supporters to call in to theprogram but also
used a city phone book torandomly call residents.Participants had
the choice to listen in or
press a number on the phone that wouldtake them to a phone bank
of volunteers,who placed the questions in a queue.Vdovine said the
mayor, who sat with
host Marcella Munro, chose the questionsbased on topic. Vdovine
said he didnt knowwhether any of the 19 callers who posedquestions
were Vision supporters.None of the questioners criticized
themay-
or, although Sandra in theWest End askedRobertson what he will
do to change or cor-rect the perception that he and his ruling
Vi-
sion council arent listening to
residents.Idofeelsomesensitivityaroundthisbecause
Idofeel thatweve tried tokeeppeopleengagedand involved every
step of the way as we try tomake the best decisions at city hall
and westill nd people are saying were not
listening,Robertsonsaid.Butpolitics isalsoaboutleader-ship, setting
those priorities andmaking a clearcall. Sometimes people arent
happy with thatandtheycancrankuptherhetoric
fromthere.Robertsontookquestionsonmanyoftheissues
heiswellversedonandhaspubliclyattemptedtoadvancesincehewaselectedmayor
in2008.Those issues include improving transit
and promoting a subway from the Commer-cial Drive transit hub to
the University ofB.C., getting more services for mentally
illpeople, building affordable housing, ques-tioning Kinder Morgans
oil pipeline pro-posal and strengthening Vancouvers tech-nology and
innovation economy.Apollconductedduringtheprogramreturned
a result of 30 per cent of listeners identifying
af-fordablehousingastheirtoppriority.Theychosefrom a list that
included homelessness, rapidtransit on Broadway, public safety,
arts and cul-ture, theeconomyandagreencity.Another poll found that
Robertson and his
Vision councillors had a 62 per cent approvalrating among
callers and listeners, whowerealso asked during the program to
donatemoney and get involved in the party.The next civic election
is November 2014.
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newsFooddonations soughtContinued from page 1By not just handing
them a bag of food
from a counter it allows clients some choiceand some dignity,
said Morgan, who nowhas her sights set on a much larger event.Each
year AIDS Vancouver hosts a one-
day, holiday grocery event for more than800 clients and their
families. In some cases,the food they receive on that day will be
theclosest these individuals and their familiesand children will
have to a holiday dinner.Morgan is spreading the word that
dona-tions are much needed.At the top of her wish list is peanut
but-
ter, real cheese, canned ham, granola bars,candy, newor gently
used toys and blankets,fresh milk and eggs, and juice. Other
much-needed items include tinned protein, suchas tuna or salmon,
produce, pasta, cannedsauces and chili, and good quality
bread.Morgan became aware of the services of-
fered by AIDS Vancouver after her fatherwas diagnosed with HIV
in 1996. Her fatherpassed away in 2007, but Morgan said dur-ing
that time staff and volunteers fromAIDSVancouver provided constant
support.At one time my mom and dad and my
brother and I were living in a single roomwith two beds, so I
know how important aprogram like this can be, said Morgan.Downtown
resident Joe (JP) Smith
agrees.Smith said when he rst discovered he
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tested positivefor HIV, Smith said during an interview atthe AIDS
Vancouver ofce Wednesday. Atrst I was in complete denial but then I
real-ized the doctor who told me was an expertin HIV and AIDS and
had to be right. Thatswhen I got angry.Smith said after that
initial denial the rst
thing he didwas turn to AIDS Vancouver forsupport.I met a lot of
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Somethings wrong. They tookcare of me for three days and thats when
Irealized that they were my friends and thatthey cared.Smith, today
a volunteer for the organiza-
tion, is also a client of the grocery program.Its great the way
they let people shop
with a basket, said Smith. That means alot.To donate to Holiday
Grocery 2013 call
Morgan at 604-696-4678 or email at [email protected].
There are alsotickets left for AIDS Vancouvers Red Rib-bon
Reception at the Museum of VancouverNov. 30, the night before World
AIDS Day.The event includes a reception, silent auc-tion and the
Red Ribbon Awards.
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Last Tuesday evening during a tele-phone town hall Vancouver
MayorGregor Robertson was asked aboutsaving the Hollywood Theatre.
Hereis what he said about the 77-year-old artdeco structure on West
Broadway: Wereworking on a solution to keep the Holly-wood intact.
We have to make sure we dontlose some of our great heritage sites
that thecommunity values.The key word here is intact. It means
untouched and it is certainly a long wayfrom what we heard about
the developerslatest proposal during a council committeemeeting
Nov. 6. Themeeting was to consid-er a motion proposing a moratorium
on development going ahead on thesite. Themotion, galling for the
Visionmajority to be sure, was introducedby Green Party Coun.
Adriane Carr.The citys heritage staff reported that after two years
of discussion with
owner Dino Bonnis, there was a plan to save the buildings faade.
Butthe interior of the 650-seat movie theatre would be gutted,
another oorwould be added and it would all be opened as a health
club.Throughout
themeetingVisioncouncillorsHeatherDeal,AndreaReimerand
Geoff Meggs spent time attempting to shift the blame for their
dilemma awayfrom themselves. They pointed to provincial legislation
requiring compensationfor developers should their rights be
curtailed; the developers need to supporttheir families; and the
community in this case the recently assembled
SavetheHollywoodCoalitionfornotblowing thewhistleon this
issuesooner.This is the third time in recentmonthswehavewatched
this council scram-
ble in the face of threats to heritage structures that the
community values.Last summer itwas theWaldorfHotel
onEastHastings.By the timeVisiongot
itsact ingear
thevaluedculturalcomponentshaddecampedtootherpartsof thecity
leavingonly thebuilding.Thentherewas
theRidgeTheatreandthebowlingalley on Arbutus north of 16th. Vision
simply threw up its hands. The buildinghousing
thosevaluedcommunityvenueshas sincebeenreduced to rubble.Now the
Hollywood and we are no closer to having effective tools to
preserve some of our great heritage sites.There have been a
number of factors at play that have left council so
frequently feckless in matters of heritage conservation.The
heritage registry, an assessment and listing of valued
structures,
hasnt been updated since it was created in 1986. The Waldorf,
for ex-ample, was not on the register.The tools available to staff
to protect heritage sites are quite limited.One tool, a
densitybank,designed to rewarddevelopers for restoringher-
itage buildings by giving them extra density, has proven
ineffective becausedevelopers have found they cant sell that
density to recover their costs.There has also been a dramatic
acceleration of development in the past
several years putting pressure on potential heritage sites.And
there is one more point. Heritage assessments are based on the
building itself. There is no measure that reects the community
value orthe social value of a building.Nextweek a council
committeewill consider a staff report they asked for six
monthsago titled HeritageActionPlanUpdate. Itwill propose
several Quickstart Actions including regulatory changes, process
improvements, proactiveoutreach to senior
levelsofgovernmentandupdates to theCitysHeritageReg-ister.Wedonot
knowwhether thatwill help save theHollywood.As for long
term-solutions, theywill have towait for a report backnext
year.Meanwhile the coalition spokesperson Mel Lehan says people are
trip-
ping over themselves in a rush to come forward with money and
propos-als to buy the building from Bonnis. Bonnis bought the
theatre in 2011from the Farleigh family, which built it and owned
and operated it fromthe very beginning. He paid a reported $2.85
million.Lehan says the proposals all include keeping the theatre as
a multi-use
cultural space, possibly run by a non-prot society. But they
also includeadding a second oor to house for-prot enterprises.Lehan
and his crew have yet to speak with Bonnis. Given Robertsons
pledge, you would think Vision has an interest in helping that
happen.Although Bonnis last reported saying he has no interest in
selling.
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COURIER BLOG THE BOOMER BEAT: White Spot Cookbook a walk down
memory lane, Nov. 22Nancy Daniels: Sandra, great post! My mom grew
up in Canada before marrying and moving toHawaii. Each year we
returned to Vancouver to visit family and we ALWAYS made at least
one visit(often multiple visits) to a White Spot to have the Fish
& Chips! Happy childhood memories!Jeremy Twigg: A star-studded
event indeed!
COURIER BLOG VAN MAN: Outstanding Inline, Nov. 24Lydon: So
stoked this video has become popular. He is a brilliant skater and
this is an awesome edit.Best of all, this is just the tip of the
iceberg, there are plenty of even sicker blading edits out therefor
people to see who dont really know rollerblading.
COURIER COLUMN: BC Hydros $35 opt-out fee extortion by energy
monopoly, Nov. 20EnergyGreen: : Geoff Olson the columnist should
replace his tinfoil hat with a better model. Heforgot to mention
that the sky will fall down.
COURIER BLOG VAN MAN: Blue-eyed Jack Daniels, Nov. 22Gustavius:
Maybe the JD marketing nerds will take your idea and run with it.
Theres plenty ofhistory between musicians and Jack Daniels. Im
surprised that Wild Turkey hasnt tried a similarthing with Hunter
Thompson. I can almost see the Steadman illustrated bottle now...
Oh look thereare two bottles now. Mmm, brain-damage.
COURIER STORY: Vancouver shops fight back against Black Friday,
Nov. 22Mass Abedi: All year everything is overpriced, but for Black
Friday normal price level, now thats thereality in Vancouver. Way
too overpriced and unnecessarily expensive. Therefore, Black Friday
U.S. isdefinitely a must because they offer really heavy discounts
and dont make fun of the customer.
SMARTMETERSARENOTASTUPIDIDEATo the editor:Re: BC Hydros $35
opt-out
fee extortion by energy monopo-ly, Nov. 22.I had to roll my eyes
when I
read Geoff Olsons repetitionof tendentious and
misleadingobservations on the subject ofsmart meters. It just seems
asif common sense is lacking andemotions run wild. Lets look atthe
objections logically.
1. Smart meters have notreduced electricity consump-tion in
other jurisdictions. Butwhy should they be expectedto? Would we
expect a simi-lar water meter to save waterconsumption? What
smartmeters will save are multi-mil-lions of dollars in meter
readingcosts. I dont know BC Hydrospay rates for meter readers.Lets
assume a union wage of$35 -40, plus pension, CPP, EI,WorkSafe
premiums, vacation,statutory holidays, special leave,a 35-hour work
week, time al-lowance for non-meter readingresponsibilities. With
this payrate and overhead, I would bevery surprised if the loaded
costrate worked was much less than$60 per hour.2. Time-of-day
billing. All
the objectors Ive heard fromfear that smart meters are
a sneaky way of increasingrevenue by charging more forpeak hour
electricity usage. ButBC Hydro doesnt need to go tothe expense when
in the pasttheyve always raised rates with-out such subterfuge. The
mainpurpose of time-of-day billingis to shift demand from peakto
off-peak periods by mak-ing off peak use cheaper thanpeak use.
Surely were all awarethat we see the equivalent oftime-of-day
billing all the time.Just look at cheap off-seasonholidays, red-eye
ight fares,cheaper hotel rooms at week-ends, and, in some
provinces,the institution of happy hour.Do we complain about
these?
3. Privacy concerns. Dopeople really believe that
con-sumer-level smart products willtell the grid where and when
youshower, re up your computer,turn on your coffee pot, etc.?Are
manufacturers in Asia goingto be commissioned to do thatby BC
Hydro? I think they haveenough on their plate withoutsetting up a
whole new busi-ness marketing intelligence ofdoubtful value. Id
like someoneto explain how this could becommercially viable
4. Radio frequency eld ex-posure. All I can say to peoplewho
fear this is that they shouldgive up mobile phones andtelevision
which generate far
stronger radio elds.And for the record neither
I, members of my family norfriends work directly or indi-rectly
for BC Hydro.James Pammenter,Vancouver
BARBERSTORYCUTTHEMUSTARDTo the editor:Re: Music part of
barbers
charms, Nov. 22.Thank you so much for the
great article on Chris thebarber! I am so proud of beinga
neighbour of his business atMacKenzie Heights.We are kind of a new
kid on
the block in this very friendlycommunity. When [my
business]SpiRe Wellness rst openedtwo doors down of Chris
barbershop three years ago, he wasone of the very rst people inthe
neighbourhood whommadeus so welcomed there and hasbeen very
supportive ever since.We are very honoured to be in
such a cozy and warm com-munity with such great history,heritage
and memories. MacK-enzie Heights is a wonderfularea to be in.Thank
you again for a great
feature.Danny Lau,Vancouver
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AnabsurdNovemberto forever remember
For those who take their humourblack, this November turned outto
be Trovember as in treasuretrove. The misadventures of To-ronto
mayor Rob Ford and the implodingDeath Star of Toronto city hall
momen-tarily blocked out other news transmis-sions while bestowing
The Farce on latenight comics. As of months end, the chiefexports
of Greater Toronto are said to bejokes and puns.In between Fords
collisions with council-
lors and theEnglish language, therewas Jus-tin Trudeaus
confession of admiration forRed Chinas dictatorship suggesting the
Liberal leader has all the gravitasof a Spongebob Squarepants
lunchbox. But this faux pas had nothing on thefederal follies in
the Senate, what with Duffy and company running aroundslamming
doors and orating like characters in a bedroom farce.Its been ages
since the cultural coalface has promised somany gems at
least not since themid-80s,when aB.C. premier chose to live in a
plastic cas-tle in a biblical theme park in Richmond called
FantasyGardenWorld.Its been an embarrassment of riches accent on
embarrassment but
Im not one to look a line of prize stallions in the mouth. JP
Morgans epicTwitter fail; Gordon Wilsons about-face on liquid
natural gas; B.C. Ferriesscal shell games; B.C.Hydros strong-arming
on rates and smartmeters, theDuffy/Wright/Harper clusterfund:
Trovember kept disgorging foolishnesslike a circus car full of
clowns.As an editorial cartoonist, Ive never hadmorematerial at one
time, but by
mid-month the creative possibilities were outpacing my editorial
opportuni-ties. Andas the swill and swinery rose toAnimal
Farmpitch,my satiric enthu-siasmwas temperedwith dark thoughts
about the fate of our nation.Luckily, the hijinx from Hogtown saved
me from a funk. The Daily Show
host Jon Stewart pleaded to the bumptious mayor to get help,
saying hethought of him as a long-term investment. The late-night
oracleswelcomedFords ready-madeabsurdismbut serious
journalistswithnotepads andmi-crophones had a spot of trouble.
Nothing in J-school prepared them for thatinfamous press
conference, which ended with Mayoralty Dumpty insistinghe had
plenty of something gender-specic to eat at home. The
gobsmackednewsunits struggled to parse the bleeped quote without
waking the gnomesat the CRTC.Ford has two tribes of apologists,
from opposite sides of the political spec-
trum. On the left, there are those who insist the man deserves
our empathybecause of his supposed multiple addictions. Really?
Certainly every livinghuman being is a work in progress, but the
label-and-sticker heir is a pub-lic gure. If his misdeeds warrant
it, he is entirely worthy of being laughedno, shamedoutof
ofce.Whenaguy serially lies, doesharddrugs in thecompany of
gangmembers, is charged with assault, threatens to kill his wifeand
parades around in a drunken stupour at public events, he is in
trouble.When a guy does the above while holding elected ofce, his
constituents arein trouble.Meanwhile on the right, 25 per cent of
Torontonians continue to support
their stripped-of-powers mayor, according to polls. Back in
2010, Ford lever-aged exurb disdain for the wealthy, inner city
demographic into a mayoraltywin. So whats a little crack? It seems
many in Ford Nation interpreted theirleaders substance abuse as
further evidence of his commonman touch.The larger context
hasmostly gone unremarked in themainstreammedia,
startingwith theoptics of apoliticianwhocouldhave set himself up
for black-mail by criminal networks accessing the crack-smoking
video. Andwhat doesit say when a signicant fraction of voters in
Canadas biggest city have em-braced civic leadershipworthy of a
failed statemegaslum?Its completely absurd, like everything else
this month, but imagine the ul-
timate absurdity: Fordexiting themayors ofce, doinga tearful
tell-all beforeDr. Phil or Dr. Drew and, with the help of his
trainer (a guy convicted of traf-cking steroids), reinventing
himself as reformed, ripped representative ofthe little guy, before
slouching towards 24SussexDrive for all the populismhe can eat.The
Canadian in me homesick for a nation thats gone missing con-
soles himself that this is impossible, while the caricaturist
inmewishes everymonthwas Trovember.
geoffolson.com
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newsMakeyour choice for 2013Newsmaker of theYearBARRY
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Home le s sne s s ,the bicycle andsocial media.The lead-up tothe
2010 Winter Olympics.Civic dissent.All have been past choices
for the Vancouver CouriersNewsmaker of the Year.Were preparing
tomake ourselection for 2013, and onceagain the Courier wants
tohear from you about yourchoice.Weve identied ve top
candidates for Newsmaker.These are the stories and is-sues that
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Boards controversial year. The pushback by resi-
dents against the citys com-munity plans. The landmark win
by
the Musqueam over disput-ed property. The surprise results
of
the provincial election. Drug policy, from In-
sites 10th anniversary tomarijuana activism.Well be explaining
these
choices in this and the nexttwo issues before announc-ing our
Newsmaker of theYear Dec. 11. ReporterSandra Thomas kicks itoff on
page 13 with a lookback at the Vancouver ParkBoards contentious
year inoffice.How can you participate?
Vote and comment.You can vote right now
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writer
The Vancouver ParkBoard is a key con-tender for the Cou-riers
2013 News-maker of the Year.Inanunprecedentedmove,
Hastings,RileyPark-Hillcrest,Killarney, Kensington, Ker-risdale
and Sunset commu-nity centre associations ledthree separate
complaintsagainst theparkboard inB.C.SupremeCourt, twoofwhichare
still to be heard.The associations were not
alone in takingtheparkboardto court in 2013. Faster thanyou can
say, Youve beenserved, the B.C. SupremeCourt recently halted
con-struction of a 12-foot wide,pavedbikepaththroughHad-den Beach
Park, approved bythe park boardOct. 7.On Nov. 4, resident Me-
gan Carvell Davis led a caseagainst both the city andpark board
arguing the bikeviolates the conditions underwhich the land was
donated
85 years ago by land specu-lator Harvey Hadden.The following is
a brief
timeline of some of themostnewsworthy moves by theboard in 2013.
Feb. 4: A nine-hour
meeting at the West EndCommunity Centre regard-ing the proposed
operat-ing agreement between thepark board and the cityscommunity
centre associa-tions continued until 3:30a.m., despite numerous
callsfor it to be adjourned. Afterthe park board approved thenew
agreement, police werecalled because the remain-ing members of the
initiallylarge crowd demanded theresignation of the VisionVancouver
commissioners. June 14: Killarney Com-
munity Centre Associationpresident Ainslie Kwancomplained the
universalOneCard was announced to
the press before it was ap-proved by the associations. July 10:
A negotiator
hired to help the associationswith theproposedagreementwas let
go by the park board. Aug. 20: The six associa-
tions launched their rst law-suit accusing the park boardof
breaching numerous sec-tions of the current joint op-erating
agreement.Aug.29:Theparkboardan-
nounced it will take control ofthe six community centres
andissued themevictionnotices. Oct. 7: Vision park board
commissionersapproveda12-foot wide bike path throughKits
andHaddenBeachparks. Oct. 20: Residents and
park users held a rally toprotest the bike path. Oct. 22: The
six commu-
nity centres successfully re-quested an injunction againstthe
park board to stop the ter-mination of their joint-oper-
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Continued from page 1The standoff was the climax of a
culmination
of incidents in which Pehlivanians mental healthdeteriorated
since returning to Vancouver in2009 from Afghanistan.Twodays prior
to the standoff, he got into a heat-
ed disputewith his father after he smashedholes inhis
bedroomwalls and set re to hismattress.Police werent notied.Last
year, Pehlivanian jumped from the third
oor of a downtown hotel and suffered seriousinjuries. He has
talked to his father and aunt nu-merous times about committing
suicide.So what happened to Mike Pehlivanian?He was, as his father
described, a normal per-
son before hewent overseas. He had a steady jobat a government
liquor store and played hockeywith friends.Nowhe is in a treatment
centre inBurnabywhich
caters to people suffering from mental illness andaddictions.
Throughhis lawyer Patti Stark, Pehliva-nianwrote in an email that
he voluntarilymoved into the centrebecause
therearenomilitaryhospitalsand hewanted long-term care.
I want to feel healthy and I am working on iteach day, he wrote
this month. I have the scarsthat forever remindme of my suicidal
path. I havememories of pride,memories of death andmemo-ries of how
it was before my injuries. Its hard onme. Almost everyday, I break
down in tears.Pehlivanian learned earlier this month that
he wont be going to jail for the incident at hisfathers house
because Crown counsel decided itwasnt in the public interest to
prosecute him.Pehlivanians troubles began after a roadside
bomb exploded under his armoured vehiclewhile on a security
patrol in the Panjwaii districtin Kandahar province.The blast on
Sept. 7, 2008 killed his sergeant,
Prescott Shipway, and left Pehlivanian with a se-rious brain
injury that his father believes set offhis erratic behaviour and
drug addiction.He has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic
StressDisorder, or PTSD, and carries extremeguiltabout the loss
of Shipway, whom he idolized.Research suggests Pehlivanian is not
alone in
his struggle: A 2011 Parliamentary report notedan estimated
4,000 veterans were enrolled in re-habilitation programs, with half
suffering froma service-related psychiatric disability and morethan
70 per cent with mental health needs.The same report said up to
35,000 soldiers
were expected to be discharged over the next veyears and that an
estimate of 2,750 will sufferfrom a severe form of PTSD.Another
6,500 will be diagnosed with a men-
tal health problem, according to the report thatwarned how the
increase in mental health caseswill test services for
veterans.Despite the considerable effortsmade over the
past 10 years, in particular the establishment of anetwork of
specialized external clinics, as well asa group of afliated
professionals to whom vet-erans can be referred to as required, the
depart-ment is having trouble meeting the demand,the report said.
Under the most optimistic sce-narios, these needs will double over
the next veyears. Furthermore, because health services areinvolved,
coordination with provincial resourceswill be crucial to prepare
health professionals todeal with this specic problem. Veterans
Affairscapacity to meet the growing demand for ser-vices over the
coming years will be a major chal-lenge for the Government of
Canada.WhatPehlivanians fatherhas learned is that gov-
ernment isnt equipped to deal with his son, whomhe has refused
to visit in the treatment centre.He is worried that, as a father,
he will break
down and agree to have his son move back in thehouse. Its
better, he said, that they stay apart forthe time being.Everybody
wants to blame government for
this, Krikor said. But I dont think governmentknows how to deal
with my son. I dont thinkanybody knows.
THE FAILURE of government to treat Pehliva-nian when he returned
from Afghanistan wasacknowledged by his case worker at Veterans
Af-fairs Canada.After the standoff, Helen Benes met with po-
lice to provide background about Pehlivaniansmental state. Benes
told police hewas extremelyviolent when he returned to Canada as he
didnot receive adequate resources.In court documents, police
summarized the in-
formation provided by Benes, who outlined howPehlivanian
transformed from that normal per-son his father once knew.She noted
the PTSD diagnosis along with ma-
jor depressive disorders, adjustment disorderand he commonly
suffers from psychosis.She also provided these details: He has
auditory and visual hallucinations
that aremanaged throughmedications, althoughhe does not
consistently take his medications. He is unpredictable and cannot
control his
impulses. He has a history of drug use which includes
cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. His hallucinations are
exacerbated by his use
of illegal drugs. He tried to quit drugs with Veterans
Affairs
placing him in a rehabilitation program severaltimes on the
Sunshine Coast. He has remorse about surviving the bomb
blast and tried to kill himself several times sincethe
attack.The documents indicate that at one point Pe-
hlivanian started to stabilizewith several setbacksalong
theway.VeteransAffairs helpedPehlivanianrelocate to Powell River,
where he lived last year.But he became unhappy and his father
agreed to
let himmove inhishouse in January. Sixmonths lat-er, the
standoff with police occurred an incidentPehlivaniandiscussed inhis
email to theCourier.There were no active res, he said. I asked
my aunt to phone the police for help but theytreated me as a
threat because of being an ex-soldier. Instead, they cordoned off
the area andcame in with ries. It became so unreal to theway it
should have played out. I tried to be as co-operative as I could to
not get shot.The day he was injured in Afghanistan, Pe-
hlivanian was riding in the back of an armouredvehicle commonly
referred to as a LAV3. He wasthinking about the end of his tour.
Suddenly, thevehicle launched 30 feet in the air, returned to
theground upside down and rolled several times.It was shocking. I
am still in shock today. My
helmet was on but it took a hard hit upside downon themetal oor.
And the concussionwasbig. Thehole in the roadwas huge like
150metres. Therewere gunshots. I lost my rie. I lost my
sergeant.Seven of uswere crawling out a small hole.Pehlivanian took
shrapnel to the face through
his gums. He broke his nose, suffered a head in-jury. He could
not smile for months upon his re-turn to Canada.
HISREHABILITATION began at the IntegratedPersonnel Support
Centre at the Jericho garrisonin Vancouver, one of several across
the countryfor Canadian Forces personnel.Pehlivanian said staff at
the centre was sup-
posed to nd my problem and then return himto Shilo, Man. to
re-join the 2nd Battalion ofPrincess Patricias Canadian Light
Infantry.They did not meet their mandate, he said.
I got worse and worse. All they really did wasBand-Aid efforts
like paying for blackout blindsto help me sleep. I was so sleep
deprived becauseof the trauma.He resided in aplacewhere an
improvised explo-
sive device cannon was going off every night andI thought it was
the Taliban. He said he was pre-scribed six medications, which
impaired his judg-ment. To this day, he is triggered all the
time.
photo submitted
Mike Pehlivanian served in Afghanistan with the 2nd Battalion of
PrincessPatricias Canadian Light Infantry. His tour began in
January 2008 and ended inSeptember of that same year when he was
seriously injured in a bomb blast.
NumberofPTSDcasesAFGHANISTANVETERANSMENTALHEALTH ISSUES LED
TO
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2013
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In the infantry, we are drilled and yelledat while we eat, walk,
march, jog, run, in aclassroomeverywhere tomake the per-fect
soldier for Afghanistan. We are trainedto hear and see what normal
people dont.They forever imprinted thesememories.Pehlivanian said
he experienced ghting
almost every day of his tour, which began inJanuary 2008 and
ended nine months laterwhen the bomb exploded.Life lostmeaning
tohimafterhewas injured.The pride of being a good soldier and
go-
ing into war for my country starts to slowlygo awaywith each
day, month and year thatpasses from when I left my battalion.
Ourfriends and family go away.Before he joined themilitary,
Pehlivanian
worked at Canada Post and numerous gov-ernment liquor stores in
Vancouver, includ-ing branches on Main Street, Cambie Streetand at
Kingsgate Mall.Outside of work, he played hockey and
helped his father maintain his house.But he wanted more out of
life. He joined
themilitary in 2005 to ght for Canada andthe human race in
Afghanistan and fulll a
desire to be more physically and mentallychallenged.He was
posted to the 2nd Battalion of
Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantryand was trained in
seven specialities. In Af-ghanistan, he was a LAV3 driver,
communi-cations specialist, machine gunner, rocketlauncher, rieman
and was used in manyvital roles in Afghanistan for our country.
WHEN HE RETURNED to Vancouver,one of the medical professionals
he reliedon to understand his situation was Dr. GregPassey, a
psychiatrist and former soldier.Pehlivanian described him as a good
manwho advocates for veterans.Passey works out of the B.C.
Operational
Stress Injury Clinic on Broadway. The clinicis one of 10 across
Canada funded by Vet-erans Affairs to offer assessment and
treat-ment services to serving Canadian Forcesmembers and veterans,
as well as RCMP of-cers past and present.Passey served 22 years as
a medical of-
cer in Canada, Norway, the United Statesand Rwanda. He has a
patient list of 80 peo-
ple at the clinic, including Pehlivanian andother Afghanistan
veterans. He wouldntdiscuss Pehlivanians case for
privacyreasons.While counselling and treatment are
available for veterans suffering from amen-tal health issue,
Passey said there is a lack ofresources devoted to overseeing a
soldierstransition from the battleeld.Hes blunt in his assessment
of Veterans
Affairs commitment to ensuring veteransof battle zones are being
trained to re-inte-grate into Canadian society.How much time has
our government
spent on training them to be civiliansagain? he said from his
ofce. He held uphis right hand and cupped it tomake a smallcircle.
Zero. There isnt a program thatdoes that, and thats a problem.The
New Veterans Charter, which was in-
troduced in 2006, aimed to provide veteranswith the help they
need, for as long as theyneed it, according to information postedon
the website of Veterans Affairs.The charter promised rehabilitation
pro-
grams to stabilize physical and psychiatricconditions. Thosewho
aremost injured getthe most help, the charter added.Passeys reading
of the charter is that it
is used to determine whether a soldier hasa medical diagnosis
related to military ser-vice that entitles that soldier to
nancialcompensation, treatment or education.Thats all the charter
is about, he said,
adding that long-term help for veteranssuffering from severe
mental health issuesis not consistent across the country. It
de-pends on where the veteran wishes to settleas to whether or not
they have access toprograms. A lot of the veterans with men-tal
health issues, particularly PTSD, dontwant to be in the big cities.
They typicallywill go off into either small towns or evenisolate
out in the bush and farmland. So itsdifcult for them to obtain
consistent, long-term treatment.Pehlivanians father agreed with
Passeys
assessment of the charter, saying themoneyhis son received from
Veterans Affairs wentto drug dealers. Pehlivanian said himselfthat
Veterans Affairs is set up mostly to -nancially reimburse us.Passey
pointed to the Veterans Transition
Program at the University of B.C. as provid-ing some pieces to
the puzzle of re-inte-grating soldiers to civilian life.But the
reality is, if youve got severe PTSD
or some sort of other condition, then theytypicallywont put you
through theprogram,Passey said. So its got its limitations.Passey
recently testied at the coroners
inquest into the death of veteran Greg Mat-ters, who served as a
peacekeeper in Bosniaand was diagnosed with PTSD.RCMP shot and
killed Matters at a rural
farmnear PrinceGeorge in September 2012.Police responded to the
farm over allega-tions that Matters assaulted his brother.Passey
said Veterans Affairs didnt begin
to provide services for Matters until Passeydiagnosed the
veteranwith PTSD after a jailvisit in early 2012. Matters was in
jail for al-legedly uttering threats.His research has shown that
allowing
mental health issues for veterans to festeronly makes life more
difcult for the personand those trying to help.Unfortunately, the
longer you wait, the
harder it is to treat and the more negativeeffect it has on your
life. Often, individu-als can lose their job, they can lose
theirfriends, their family, their marriage.The chances of a veteran
with PTSD com-
mitting suicide is also greater than a veteranwithout the
diagnosis, said Passey, point-ing to research published in the
Journal ofClinical Psychiatry that showed 19 per centof veterans in
the United States with PTSDhad killed themselves.Veterans Affairs
Canada doesnt track
suicides.Passey said it would be a helpful statistic
to give context to the type of suffering veter-ans endure when
they return from duty. Hespoke to a peacekeeper who served in
Sara-jevo who knew of 12 soldiers from his tourwho committed
suicide.So thats just him and hes aware of 12,
he said. Theres 12 people who probablydied as a result of their
military service andtheres no recognition at all for those peo-ple.
Theyre what I like to call the unknownfallen.The Courier made
repeated requests over
ve dayswith Veterans Affairs to speakwith arepresentative to
answer questions related tothis story. The department failed to
respond.
THIS MONTH marked Pehlivanians fthRemembrance Day since the bomb
blast.Four years ago, he thought it important to
spendNov. 11 in Saskatchewanwith the par-ents of his fallen
sergeant, Prescott Shipway.It was nice because you dont want
your
son forgotten, said Susan Shipway by tele-phone from Saskatoon,
recalling the visit byPehlivanian and a fellow soldier. I think
heidolized my son, the way he talked abouthim. He has a lot of
guilt, saying he shouldhave died instead of Prescott.Shipway said
she knew during the visit
that Pehlivanian wasnt well, often lost inhis thoughts. She was
saddened to hear ofhis struggles.I hope that he can get xed because
hes
a nice boy and I hope it works out for him,she said.Prescott
Shipway and Terry Street, an-
other member of the 2nd Battalion killedin Afghanistan, were on
Pehlivanians mindthis Remembrance Day.So was the rest of his
platoon.In addition, he said in his email a few
days before Remembrance Day, all the sol-diers, their families
and friends that sufferfrom their traumatic experiences in
the-atres like Afghanistan. You need a big heartfor this. I accept
it like a mission.To his father, who doesnt know when he
will next see his son, Pehlivanian had thisto say: Thanks for
ghting for me. I couldhave been another unknown soldier. But,most
importantly, Im sorry for the way itturned out. However, be happy
that I amalive. I could have died in Afghanistanmanytimes, almost
every day.
[email protected]/Howellings
photoDan Toulgoet
Krikor Pehlivanian holds a photograph with images of his son,
Mike Pehlivanian, who wasinjured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in
September 2008. He suffered a serious braininjury and now resides
in a treatment centre for people suffering frommental health
andaddiction issues.
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