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Pat Quinn

BC child poverty continues to rise

By CHARLOTTE DREWETT

British Columbia is the only Cana-dian province that doesn’t have a poverty reduction plan, and the

number of children living in poverty in the province has risen over five per cent since 1989, according to one re-port.

Nov. 24 marks the 25-year anniver-sary of the House of Commons commit-ment to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. A report card released by First Call: BC Child and Youth Advoca-cy Coalition revealed the opposite is true; almost 170,000 children live in poverty in B.C.

A 2013 report by Canada Without Poverty, revealed that B.C. and Sas-katchewan were the only provinces that don’t have a poverty reduction strategy in place, but the Saskatche-wan government announced the devel-opment of a poverty reduction plan in October this year.

“We now have the ignominious label of being the only province in Canada

without such a plan,” said Catherine Ludgate, manager of community in-vestment at Vancity.

The report card put forward 19 rec-ommendations for reducing the pover-ty rate to seven per cent or less by 2020. Among the recommendations that were made, increasing the minimum wage was suggested, along with imple-menting a $10-a-day child-care plan.

Scott Graham, associate executive director with the Social Planning and Research Council of BC, said all of the recommendations are “critically im-portant,” and a “coherent strategy that brings together multiple effective mechanisms for reducing child poverty is the way to go forward.”

Graham said the results of the re-port card are “sobering and unset-tling,” and there is a lack of political action.

Viveca Ellis, co-founder of Single Mothers’ Alliance of B.C., called child poverty “a policy failure crisis that vio-lates the fundamental rights of a child.”

She spoke of living on welfare and how the social assistance program per-petuated a cycle that forced her to take minimum wage jobs and trapped her in poverty.

“Raising the welfare rates is crucial to reducing child poverty in B.C.,” she said.

Cambie area businesses launch suit Canada Line construction seems a world away now, but local businesses are claiming lasting damages

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Pat Quinn 1943-2014

GERRY KAHRMANN/The Province photoPat Quinn adjusts his stick tape at GM Place (now Rogers Arena), shortly before the Canucks’ infamous 1994 Stanley Cup finals run.

Player, coach and general manager passes away after lengthy illness at 71

CHARLOTTE DREWETT photoB.C. has the fifth highest rate of child poverty in Canada but is the only province without a poverty reduction plan, according to First Call: BC Child and Youth Advo-cacy Coalition.

Almost 170,000 children in British Columbia live below the poverty line, according to a new report

By ALICE D’EON

Hockey legend Pat Quinn passed away on Sunday night after fighting a long battle with ill-ness. He was 71.

Quinn wore many hats throughout the course of his more than four-de-cade-long hockey career. After playing

for five years right out of high school in minor leagues, he was called to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1968. After retiring from the game as team captain for the Atlanta Flames in 1977 due to an ankle injury, Quinn went on to coach for several franchises. Quinn brought the Canucks to the Stanley Cup play-offs as head coach and general manag-

er in 1994. He is known for coaching Team Canada at the 2002 Winter Olym-pics in Salt Lake City, where they won their first gold medal since 1952.

In his first public address since Quinn’s passing, Canucks president Trevor Linden spoke Monday morning about Quinn’s unique teaching ability.

By SHANNON LYNCH

Today was the first day of a class ac-tion lawsuit filed by Cambie Vil-lage business owners against the

companies involved in the construction of the $2-billion Canada Line.

Over 200 business and property own-ers in the lawsuit are claiming damag-es due to the cut-and-cover method of construction on used along Cambie Street.

Paul Bennett, lawyer for the plain-tiffs, told the court that TransLink and SNC-Lavalin should have used a bored tunnel method in Cambie Village in-stead of cut and cover. He said this method “would have eliminated the in-terference.”

The court heard that the bored tun-nel method would have cost an approxi-mated $34 million more.

“Evidence will show that the incre-mental cost could have been substan-tially lower, even at $34 million,” Ben-nett said.

The defendants have yet to speak in court but have released a statement saying, “a bored tunnel project would have caused a similar degree of inter-ference and disruption.”

“If there was more tunnel, it wouldn’t have the additional impact of the cut and cover,” said Bennett.

Leonard Schein owned the Park Theatre on Cambie Street during con-struction. He has since sold it to the theatre giant Cine-plex Odeon Corpo-ration. Schein said SNC-Lavalin bene-fited from cheaper construction at a cost to businesses in the Cambie Vil-lage.

“A private com-pany has gained fi-nancial benefit to the detriment of small businesses,” Schein said.

Gary Gautam used to own the Cam-bie General Store.

The original 2008 statement of claim says that construction using the cut and cover method “caused the Cambie General Store to suffer loss and dam-age.” Gautam claims his store lost around $154,000 in sales in 2007. The store now sits empty, its windows pa-pered shut.

The businesses are looking for com-pensation for their losses, but have not yet set a specific amount.

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BC Labour predicts new jobs

Shooting now in question

Changing workforce discussed at a BC Federation of Labour event

Concerns have been raised about police preparedness after a fatal shooting on Saturday night.

Public consultation on causeway changes beginsThe cycling community will have a chance to weigh in on Stanley Park causeway changes at an information session on Dec. 2

ORVIS NOEL photoThe safety of the Stanley Park causeway has been in question since a fatal accident occured there in May 2013.

JAMES GOLDIE photoNDP party leader Tom Mulcair delivered a speech to over 2,000 union delegates at a BC Federation of Labour Convention on Nov. 24.

By ORVIS NOEL

The cycling community and general public are getting a chance to learn more about the changes be-

ing made to the Stanley Park Cause-way at a public information session on Dec. 2.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the Vancouver Park Board have been working together to come up with improvements to the causeway to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians. Talk of change to the route came after a fatal accident that resulted in the death of a 61-year-old cyclist in May 2013.

Cyclists that use the Stanley Park Causeway are very aware of how dan-gerous the route can be.

“With such a high traffic area any mistake will lead to serious cyclist, pe-destrian, and tourist accidents,” said Matt Armstrong, an avid cyclist who uses the causeway regularly. “Right now, it is a recipe for disaster.”

Cyclist Jeremy Wex, feels that peo-

ple riding through Stanley Park could use some extra protection.

“They need a barrier between the cars and bikes to start,” said Wex.

On other bike-frequented areas like the Burrard Bridge and on Hornby

Street, a concrete barrier separates cyclists from other vehicles.

The Ministry of transportation is considering solutions to make the causeway safer for all users. These so-lutions may be small easy to imple-ment solutions to much larger-scale changes. Some of the safety and struc-tural changes projected by ministry staff are wider sidewalks, and a sepa-rate bike lane.

The Provincial Government has re-leased detailed plans for two phases of solutions to the entire Stanley Park causeway problems.

Vancouver Park Board vice-chair Constance Barnes said the first phase will be aimed at preventing future ac-cidents. “Our first priority is figuring out how do we prevent anybody from having a similar type of accident in the future?” said Barnes.

By SABLEEN MINHAS

Whether police officers are effi-ciently trained to handle peo-ple with mental health issues

and to what extent is the use of lethal force justified, are issues that have come up after the fatal shooting of 51-year-old Phung Na (Tony) Du on Sat-urday night.

Police were called in after receiving reports of a person “shouting and wav-ing a two-by-four” at the intersection of East 41st Avenue and Knight Street. When Du failed to follow police direc-tions he was fatally shot by officers.

Kellie Kilpatrick, spokesperson for the Independent Investigations Office of BC said officers have the right to use force.

“Lethal force was used,” she said. “But I am not saying today that it could have been avoided.”

She said since the incident is still be-ing investigated “it is too soon to com-ment on the appropriateness of [the] use of force.” Whether Du was suffer-ing from mental health issues is also under investigation.

Jonathan Morris, director of public policy, research and provincial pro-grams at the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division said

police officers have a challenging job and they need to be aware about symp-toms of mental illness in a person.

“Police need to have these skills and support from both police organizations and health systems,” he said.

Morris said that strategies that could work to disarm someone without men-tal health issues could have the oppo-site effect on a person who does.

He went on to say that municipal and RCMP officers undergo mandatory cri-sis intervention training and de-escala-tion training.

By JAMES GOLDIE

Big changes are underway within the BC Federation of Labour, in terms of the organization’s leadership and how it will work with the next genera-tion of workers.

After 15 years as the federation’s leader, Jim Sinclair is not running for re-election at this week’s convention, which has brought together approxi-mately 2,000 union delegates from across the province.

Aaron Ekman, the Northern Region-al Coordinator of the BC Government and Services Employees Union, is a candidate for secretary-treasurer.

Ekman said he predicts some newer sectors that are currently non-union, such as the video game industry, will change as its workforce ages and has children.

He said it’s important that the feder-

ation is able to change and meet new demands.

“We have to find new ways to ex-tend unionization to those folks as well,” he said. “They’re not able to expect to be on the same shop floor working around the same folks for more than a generation like we’ve had

with more of the traditional manufac-turing sectors.”

Thomas Mulcair, leader of the New Democratic Party, touched on this theme of flexibility and openness to new sectors when he addressed the federation delegates on Monday.

“Over the next few years the market in the world for green renewable ener-gies and their technologies will be a two trillion dollar market.” he said.

“Can you imagine if we used some of the energy that’s being spent right now in Canada on their causes,”

Nicole Jarvis, substitute teacher and delegate for the B.C. Teachers’ Federa-tion, admitted that young worker in-volvement in unions is currently low.

“But I’m optimistic that that’s chang-ing,” she said.

Jarvis said that the union recognizes the strengths of younger members too.

“I teach social media [workshops] because I grew up in it and it’s some-thing that comes very natural to me,” she said. “I have communication skills, I have social media skills.” Other peo-ple might have mediation skills. Other people might have graphic design skills.”

“They’re not able to expect to be on the same shop floor work-ing around the same folks for more than a genera-tion

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EDITOR MIKE HODDER THE DAILY VOICE, TUESDAY, NOV,25, 2014Campus news 3

EDMOND LU photoSFU’s Health and Counselling Services holds “Puppy Therapy” sessions at all three campuses.

Puppies are popularTherapy dogs commonplace at UBC and SFU

KERA SKOCYLAS photoMadhav Aggarwal (right), business management student, said playing air hockey is one of his favourite things to do.

The LSU’sgot a newgroove

New studyon stoned students

Recent additions to student common area promote more socializing

Study aims to compile data on the attitude col-lege students have toward smoking marijuana

NICH JOHANSEN photoFaculty say the study could influ-ence policy changes.

By SABLEEN MINHAS

Langara’s library and learning com-mons has come up with De-Stress Fest, to help students loosen up during the endless days of studying

for exams.Librarian Dan Slessor said, “every

exam period the library extends the hour of operations.”

He said that during extended hours the library also runs different events to help students relax, including activi-ties like puzzles, board games, and on Friday, free massage therapy for stu-dents to help them relax before the ex-ams.

“We call it De-Stress Fest which is a series of events or activities to help stu-dents unwind during a stressful peri-od.”

While Langara’s De-Stress Fest fo-cuses on board games like chess and puzzles, UBC and SFU provides pet therapy to help students get over the exam stress.

Amber Mann, co-president of the

UBC Mental Health Awareness Club, which provides pet visits on campus, said, “personally going to the pet visits, I remember forgetting about my papers and finals and wanting to just get a chance to hold dogs or pet them.”

Mann said that they always have more students wanting to sign up than available spots.

“The dogs love the attention and its fun to play with them or watch them do tricks,” Mann said.

Although Langara does not have a pet therapy program, Slessor said that the college might have pet visits for April exams.

“We are in discussions with the St. John Ambulance as they are the one that do it,” Slessor said. “So we have to ensure that we can handle that within our building policies.

Although we couldn’t do it this se-mester it might be on the horizon for April exams,” he added.

Sean Fraser, a marketing student said, “universities like UBC have better money.”

By NICH JOHANSEN

Although no Doritos are supplied, a group of six Langara faculty mem-bers are running a study to investi-

gate the attitudes that young people have regarding cannabis use. The study, which was launched Nov.18, con-sists of an anonymous and confidential survey that students can access online.

Janet Douglas, is an instructor in the social service worker program and one of the faculty members involved in the research. She said the study will run until the end of the spring semester, and hopes to get between 400 and 500 participants.

“We started a conversation months ago around some of the changes hap-pening in the United States around the legalization of marijuana,” Douglas said. “Certainly there’s been an in-crease in conversations about marijua-na in Canada an increase in dispensa-ries popping up all over.”

Those conversations led to the six members, all in the health sciences, to put together a survey to compile a wide range of student opinions.

“At this point it’s really exploratory,” Douglas said. “But also to start to look for relationships, to look for correla-tions.”

Jordan Ramos, a student in the so-cial work program at Langara, said that marijuana does not carry the stig-ma it once did.

“I think marijuana is a lot more ac-cepted now,” he said. “It no longer holds a negative connotation.”

Douglas said the research would add to a body of work that can influence policy changes.

“The war on drugs doesn’t work, that’s been played out over the decades in research,” Douglas said. “So I think we need to have more informed drug policy that looks at restricting it like we do alcohol and tobacco.”

As to what she hopes to discover through the research, Douglas isn’t taking any guesses.

“We don’t know what we’re going to find out, that’s part of the excitement,” she said.

The survey can be found at iweb.lan-gara.bc.ca/cannabissurvey.

By KERA SKOCYLAS

Langara students love the new air hockey table in the Langara Stu-dents’ Union building. After adding table tennis and foos-

ball tables at the beginning of this se-mester the LSU has added an air hock-ey table, along with more music. Students have reported decreased stress and stronger bonds with their peers.

“The air hockey table is really a stress reliever,” Jordan Kennedy, Lan-gara nursing student said. “It brings me a lot of joy that I otherwise wouldn’t have due to the stressful requirements of my program.”

Sonia Virdi, nursing student, said she and her friends didn’t know the ta-ble was there until last week when they came to the LSU to play foosball. She said they were excited to see air hockey and she thinks the new table is awesome.

Virdi said it is simple to get the equipment for the games.

“You have to give your student ID up at the LSU office and they give you whatever you ask for – ping pong, foos-ball or air hockey.”

She said so far they have never had to wait for any equipment and that it’s always available when they have want-ed it.

Harman Buttar, finance manage-ment student, said the air hockey table is a great way to be social and meet new people. He said it refreshes him and his friends.

Tiffany Ling, nursing student, said normally they would just be sitting on the chairs doing nothing and having the air hockey is definitely a lot more fun and interactive.

“A lot of the time I go through my day feeling that I can’t really cut loose or have a good time and that makes me want to go and do things like get really wasted, and I feel having this around takes away some of that,” Kennedy said as he took a break from his game of air hockey.

“The dogs love the attention and it’s fun to play with them or watch them do tricks

AMBER MANN

CO-PRESIDENT UBC MENTAL

HEALTH AWARENESS CLUB

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KERA SKOCYLAS photosClockwise from top left, handmade gingerbread cookies are just one of many tasty goods for sale at the Vancouver Christmas Market, the carousel, patrons getting an early start on their shopping, marshmallows and cream puffs await a dipping in the chocolate fountain.

Christmas market wowsThe 5th annual Vancouver Christmas Market kicked off Nov. 22By KERA SKOCYLAS

Rain and cold weather didn’t stop the nearly 50 people who waited for the Vancouver Christmas Mar-ket to open yesterday.

The market has something for every-one – hand made ornaments, chocolate popcorn, Santa photos, vegan grilled cheese, gluten free candy, gingerbread, coffee with liquor, and of course glüh-wein, which market president Malte Kluetz described as warm mulled wine with spices, cloves, cinnamon and or-ange.

Kluetz said the atmosphere is what makes the market so exciting. He said it’s the music, lights, smells, sounds and the company of your friends that com-plete that atmosphere.

“You can go shopping for Christmas gifts or just for yourself with a glass of glühwein in your hand or a beer and a pretzel. It’s just a different kind of shop-

ping experience than you normally have,” Kluetz said.

Kathy Heisler said she loves the mar-ket but there was never anything she could eat. Heisler said she decided to create a vegan booth, called the Berlin Vegan Eatery.

She said the opening weekend was very busy. “There are lots of people who are interested, either they’re vegetarian or vegan or just want to eat healthy,” she said.

Heisler said coconut dhal is a very popular dish, “It’s a nice warm soup on a cold rainy day.”

Kluetz said they changed the layout of the market from last year, and they were able to add more booths.

He mentioned the vegan booth as be-ing a good fit for Vancouverites, but also listed Turkish pizza and crepes from Ukraine as two other new booths to check out this year.

Jordan MacDonald, who said he is “a

representative of Santa” wore a Santa suit, and posed in a photo booth. The pu-lic can come into the booth and wear funny hats and use props to take four photo booth style photos with ‘Santa.’

Partial proceeds from each photo go to the Children’s Wish Foundation and the Now That’s Ugly Society.

Kluetz said the market is very similar to those in Germany.

“We try to recreate this kind of medi-eval market place you expect from Eu-ropean cities, that’s why it’s all wooden huts and all the décor makes it kind of unique,” he said.

The most popular booth is probably the glühwein hut, Kluetz said. “It’s such a big tradition at every Christmas mar-ket around the world. It’s very tasty and perfect for this type of weather.”

Market entrance fee for adults is $7, youth is $3, seniors are $6 and kids are free. Kluetz said tickets are good for the season.

1 Maples’ Sugar

Shack

(Squamish, B.C.)

2Chef Ismail’s

Turkish Gourmet

(Turkey)

3 Bretzelhaus

(Canada)

4 Black Forest

Delicatessen

(North Van. B.C)

5 Ukrainian Crepes

and Borsh

(Canada)

Source: Vancouver Christmas

Market website

SOMEvendorsthis year

DAVID COOPER submitted photoKirk Smith, Bill Pozzobon, and Diana Frances play the ghosts who haunt the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, played by Gary Jones, in the upcoming production.

A twisted Christmas playA new take on the classic Dicken’s holiday story

By JAMES GOLDIE

From Disney to Dr. Who, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is con-stantly being re-imagined and adapt-

ed in new ways. It’s hard to imagine that after all these years, the popular holi-day tale could offer up any surprises. Yet A Twisted Christmas Carol by the Arts Club Theatre Company manages to come up with new surprises every night — for the cast as much as the audience.

The show is a mix of scripted and im-provised comedy, with cast members taking audience suggestions on signifi-

cant plot twists. Is Ebenezer Scrooge a banker or a male stripper? The crowd decides!

“I just came back from a massive shopping spree in which I had to buy wigs and hats and moustaches, guess-ing what I think people might yell out for the ghost of Christmas past,” said cast member Diana Frances in a phone interview.

Frances has been an improv comedy performer for over 20 years and said one thing that stands out about this show for her is the production value. While most improv shows use a blank stage with chairs and a door, relying predominant-ly on the audience’s imagination, Twist-ed is the opposite.

“It’s amazing to be able to do these

characters with full costumes. And to have special effects. And to have a set that has multiple functions,” she said.

After playing Scrooge in the 2005 Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Twisted, John Murphy is returning to direct this time. He has been working with the cast to increase the pacing of the play’s scripted portions, as well as working in greater audience participa-tion.

“I want to make [the audience] feel physically a part of the show as well,” he said. “Good improv should have that feeling of a party you’re throwing for people.”

A Twisted Christmas Carol runs from Nov. 27 to Dec. 27 at the Revue Stage on Granville Island.

EU Film Festival underway

By MARY BEACH

The 17th annual European Union Film Festival is competing with hol-iday blockbusters at the Cinema-

theque in downtown Vancouver this week.

The festival opened on Nov. 21 and runs through to Dec. 4. It’s showcasing films from 27 of the 28 members of the European Union.

“Each country in the European Union chooses their own film. So it’s a very different way of putting a pro-gram together,” said Jim Sinclair, artis-tic director of the Cinematheque. “So some of them choose festival films, art films, some of them choose popular hits in the home country that seldom travel abroad. It’s a real mix,” he said.

Sinclair said his primary audiences are cinephiles and various ethnic com-munities. Initially the festival also had showings at UBC in cooperation with the institute of European Studies, but students don’t seem to be among the moviegoers.

Diodora Bucur, press officer for the European Union Delegation to Canada, said the festival is for people curious about “what life is like in Europe through the camera lens.”

Laura Marks of Simon Fraser Uni-versity said, “Hollywood’s repertoire is pretty starkly limited, especially when it comes to well-crafted, small-scale narratives.” She added, “each film gives a focused view of a country where both the similarities to and differences from North American life are fascinat-ing.”

Sinclair highlighted some of the up-coming films in the festival.

“Little Black Spiders, the Belgian film, is coming up. It actually played the Vancouver Women and Film festi-val last year, won three awards there, and has been compared to Sofia Cop-pola’s Virgin Suicides.”

He also mentioned Flowers from the Mount of Olives, “a very interesting documentary from Estonia about an Orthodox nun living in Jerusalem.”

The Cinematheque plays a double bill most nights. Tickets run $11 for single bill adults and $14 double bill for adults while for students it’s $9 for a single bill, and $11 for double bill.

The 17th annual European Union Film Festival began Nov. 21

EDITOR MEGAN BOBETSIS THE DAILY VOICE, TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 2014Lifestyles 5

How to dress hot when it gets coldStylish Vancouverites recommend where to get the winter fashion essentials this season

By NICH JOHANSEN

As the snow begins to cap the mountains and malls begin the onslaught of Jingle Bells, holiday

parties are in full swing. As the party invites fill your Face-

book feed, it’s important to not fall vic-tim to the vodka-fuelled, tearful

voicemails or table-dancing while blowing liquor flamethrowers from your mouth. While the term

party etiquette may bring up

thoughts of English folk holding their pinkie

finger out whilst drinking tea, adding a touch of class to the drunken debauchery

might just convince friends and family not to hold that interven-

tion they’ve been planning.Diane Gordon is the founder of Eti-

quette Essentials, a program that teaches how to “socialize with grace and sophistication,” according to their website. She had some simple party tips to secure another invite for next year.

“Arrive to the event on time, “ Gor-don said. “A good guest will bring a hostess [a] gift.”

Gordon also said it’s important to keep the topics of conversation civil.

“A party is not the place to bring up your personal problems or political is-sues,” she said.

Some Langara students said alcohol intake could be a contributing problem

when it comes to eti-quette at holiday gatherings.

“If you drink to the point where you start crying then that’s proba-bly a bad thing, es-pecially if it’s a work Christmas party,” said Halie Miller, a student at Langara.

Gordon agreed alcohol could lead to some unwanted reactions or actions from people.

“People make a fool of themselves … s o m e of them get

p h y s i c a l l y hurt,” Gordon said.

N a d e e n W h i t c u t t ,

L a n g a r a family sciences student, said she has had to babysit her friends before when they drank too much.

“I’m usually the one tak-ing care of everybody so I usu-ally see a lot of that kind of stuff.”

Moderation seems to be the key to avoid being the topic of gossip at the water cooler.

Don’t be the drunk holiday party loserHoliday gatherings may mean time to relax with friends, but being a good guest is a responsibility

Fly away from the winter blues

Travel Best Bets advertises seven-night all-inclusive trips to PuertoVallarta for about $800.

LAUREN COLLINSphoto

Travel Best Bets offers roundtrip

airfare to New York City and four nights in

hotel go for about $1,500.

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Green jacket $169.00

Black shirt$79.90

Black skirt$59.90

All items from Zara.

Brown and black boots $159.90

All items from Zara.

SANDY POWLIKphotos

HALIE MILLERLangara student

1 Don’t forget a hat

and sunscreen for a

sun destination

2 Pack efficiently by

rolling clothes and

jackets for cold

destinations

3 Dress warm for the

flight; it can get

cold on the plane

and some flights

don’t have blankets

Source: Travel Cuts

Travel Tips

Planning a winter get-away doesn’t need to be as stressful as final exams By VIVIAN CHUI

School is almost over, winter break is here, but you haven’t booked your trip yet.

Different possibilities are available, however, and affordable deals are still offered for your escape from Raincou-ver.

“Booking last minute travel means you have to be flexible in where and when you travel,” said Tiffany Chan, employee of the Canadian based stu-dent and budget travel company, Travel Cuts. Students can still book all-inclu-sive packages for popular locations such as Cuba and Dominican Republic, said Chan.

Claire Newell, owner of Vancouver-based travel agency Travel Best Bets, echoed the sentiment. “Flexibility is key,” said Newell. “Overnight flights can save an extra $50.”

For those who finish exams early, ac-commodation and flight packages can be purchased at some of the lowest rates of the year between Dec. 9 to Dec. 11, added Newell, citing three-night va-cation deals to Las Vegas for about $240.

Health sciences student Sandy Hsu will be travelling to Seattle for four days with her family in December and the key to their trip was flexibility. “We booked cheap hotels, and we’ll be driv-ing.”

With travel insurance automatically covered by the Langara Students’ Union Health & Dental Plan, for up to $5-mil-lion per incident, full-time students who are members of the LSU can enjoy a safe and stress-free holiday.

By SANDY POWLIK

Oxblood and navy, camo green and deep purple - this is 2014’s winter palette.

“As you know, navy blue is the new black,” according to Aris De-castro, manager at The Men’s Club.

Langara marketing student and Guess employee, Rui Cardoso, agreed dark colours are this winter’s trend. Guess is also showcasing emerald green and sequins.

Boys’ Co employee Emery Cheung said opting for grey over camo green wouldn’t be a bad idea as some colours stay hip longer.

According to Decastro, “It’s all about the vest right now and the big heavy duffle jackets, military-inspired and re-ally big puffy vests.”

Lumberjack-style vests, parkas and big heavy boots, “with the wool socks, of course, will be perfect for menswear,” Decastro said.

On Robson Street, plaids are plenti-ful, whether black and red or purple and grey. There are also knits, boots and fur-trimmed duffle coats as far as the eye can see.

For lips and nails, it’s the time to go deep with dark reds, purples and plums.

All the wine colours are in and “It’s all about the bitten lip,” Decastro said.

Mac cosmetics brought out a blue-red lipstick called “Just a Bite” this season too.

Can students be hip and stay warm this winter though?

“There are some good pieces at Zara,” Decastro said. “And 8th + Main on Main Street is an amazing store, very Gastown-ish.”

Zara is popular among Vancouverites and a few local fashion bloggers alike.

Other suggestions include: Asos, H&M, Aritzia, TNA and Club Monaco.

Brands such as Phillip Lim, Calvin Klein and Guess are also sold at Target, Winners and Hudson’s Bay.

Mine & Yours and Front & Company are two luxury-meets-consignment stores that might endow you with the gift of the garb without emptying your wallet.

This winter, infuse your wardrobe with military and late 1920s to early 40s style, maybe a plum-shade of lipstick and some warm socks and boots.

And don’t forget your umbrella.

SANDY POWLIK photoEmerald green and sequins are one of the winter trends at Guess this season.

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OPINIONALI CRANE

GUESTOPINIONROY DAYKIN

Protest or bust

ALI CRANE comic

OPINIONALICE D’EON

There is more than one way to be an unforgettable party guest. Advice about proper

party etiquette typically warns revellers against drinking too much, and encourages guests to bring a gift for the host, especially around Christmas time. The idea is to leave a lasting impression, but not for the wrong reasons. I am personally a fan of bringing a gift or some form of entertainment to a party that will add to the atmosphere and create conversation. But how far should party guests go to get a reaction?

Every year on Christmas Eve my parents host an open house party. They invite everyone they know, and

people stop in and out throughout the evening as part of their Christmas Eve circuit. People generally bring wine, chocolate, crackers and all the things people really need more of at Christmas time.

But last year, one of my dad’s colleagues brought a gift that pretty much stole the show for the rest of the night.

He came through the door holding a large box draped with a towel, hiding the contents. He made a rather big show of bringing it right into the middle of the kitchen, where several little cliques were engaged in civilized conversation. When he placed the box down on the counter

and lifted the towel with a “Ta da!” the kitchen erupted in gasps and shrieks, some of laughter, some of horror.

Inside the box was a huge smoked pig’s head, complete with eyes, ears, and hideous snout. It appeared to be smiling at all the attention it was getting. The room quickly filled with the smell of smoked bacon, and not in the good way.

While some of the guests moved into the living room out of sheer disgust, others spent the evening cracking jokes about the unorthodox offering. It’s amazing how many porky puns people can come up with when the opportunity arises. Wheth-

er they objected to the pig or not, everyone was talking about it.

The man who brought the pig’s head didn’t know anyone else who was at the party when he arrived, but he certainly did when he left. He faced criticism and incredulity from some, but for my part, I congrat-ulated him on being the most memorable guest

my parents’ annual Christmas party had ever attracted. I hope he comes

In last Thursday’s Langara Voice, I was misquoted in a story about the budget deficit. I am very disap-

pointed by the offensive way in which my comments were represented, and am writing in part to correct the record. I would also like to clarify that I was avail-able for comment, but was never asked.

Apart from these errors, the story itself raised important issues about the financial

challenges Langara is facing. We have forecast a budget gap over the next few years, and by provincial law no post-secondary institution,

including Langara, can have a deficit. Revenues must be greater than expenses. The gap is due to inflation-ary cost pressures; costs are increas-ing at a faster rate than our revenues are growing. Our revenues come primarily from two sources – tuition fees and government grants. The grant we receive from the provincial government to run the college now makes up only 38 per cent of our total budget – a much lower rate than when I was a post-secondary student years ago.

For the upcoming fiscal year, to balance the books we need to cut about 4 per cent of our overall budget. These reductions will likely come largely from administrative and support services, but some student services may be impacted. Langara is well known for our high-quality academic programs and

we are doing everything possible to protect them and preserve the supports that lead to our students’ academic success.

Langara’s senior leadership team has been working with our employ-ees to identify ways to balance the budget. We are also consulting with groups impacted by this situation, including your representatives in the Langara Students’ Union. Students make an important investment in their future by attending Langara College. I encourage you to provide your input to budget2015@langara.bc.ca.

Roy Daykin is Langara College’s chief financial officer and vice-presi-dent, administration and community engagement.

The Voice stands by its story in the Thursday, Nov. 20, edition.

Input essential for tough budget year

The Burnaby Mountain protests have been covered in the media extensively in recent

weeks and it has been shown that among the multitudes of protesters, children have been thrust into the mix. How ethical is it to use children in these protests?

Two 11-year-old girls attended the Burnaby Mountain protests on Sunday amongst hundreds of other protesters. One of the girls illegally crossed police lines with her mother. Her mom was arrested but she was not.

I am all for having people stand up and protest their beliefs but bringing children to a protest crosses the line, literally.

Parents have the right tofight for what they believe in, but to push their political, social, or environmental beliefs on a child is wrong. A child should play no role in a protest and should not be used as a political pawn.

It is no secret that in certain protests, someitimes fights, arrests and even shootings can occur. Protests can be dangerous and unpredictable and sending a minor in to hold up a sign like a puppet is just plain bad parenting.

It seems to me like children that are participating in these protests are merely props to garner attention for the cause.

EDITOR LAUREN COLLINS THE DAILY VOICE, TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 2014 7Issues & ideas

Here’s the deal on Burnaby Mountain

Protester Brett Rhyno said the community organizes food and supplies on the mountain

Burnaby RCMP said children are welcome at the protests as long as the atmosphere stays calm

For students, being in-volved with the protests can be difficult with final exams and busy lives

Low Langara protest involvement

Anti-Kinder Morgan activists describe life at campVIVIAN CHUI photo

At Burnaby Mountain there’s a woman from Vancouver who has brought in hot soup for the protesters five days a week. People also bring food, firewood and coffee.

Kids picket expansionof pipeline

“You can have a 40-year-old who’s very immature

SARAMA

B.C. FILMMAKER

VIVIAN CHUI photoProtesters made signs against the pipeline expansion.

By MARY BEACH

The protests in Burnaby have drawn the support of Langara students and faculty, but other priorities

such as exams, deadlines, weather and geography, can get in the way of actual participation.

Bradley Hughes, instructor in the de-partment of physics & astronomy, said “It’s a matter of location. If the protest were out here [at Langara’s] golf course, I’m sure they would be taking part.”

Hughes said there is student interest in environmental issues. He is involved with the International Socialists Club here at Langara, and last fall he met dozens of like-minded Langara students and faculty at a weekend conference in Victoria.

“People really wanted to see change happen . . . longer-term solutions, how can we build a society that the priorities of people drive the system, not the pri-orities of profit,” he said.

Robin Macqueen, the division chair of the health sciences department and a physics and astronomy instructor, was

at Burnaby Mountain yesterday and was unaware of any Langara students there.

Scott Campbell, an individual coun-sellor visiting Langara, said, “I might be interested in going if it becomes a big movement.”

Campbell speculates that students may not be involved directly due to busy schedules. “You’re dealing with all kinds of stuff when you’re that young. I don’t know if it’s apathy, but it’s not top of priority list for younger people.”

Matthew Quiring, an engineering transfer student at Langara, said there should be a “reassessment of the condi-tions and justifications of the pipeline.” Quiring has never participated in an en-vironmental protest, but he sees it as something that will happen more often in the future.

“Life doesn’t end because you miss an examination. But life may end if we over-pollute the planet and don’t take diligent care of its natural resources,” he said.

Soheib Ghrebi, a student in the Bach-elor of Business Administration pro-gram, has not considered going to join the protests at Burnaby Mountain, even though he believes in it. He said he’s busy with life. “Plus, Kinder already won the injunction. I wish them the best of luck,” he said.

By LENA ALSAYEGH

Two child protesters made news for being escorted back to their father by RCMP after crossing police tape

at the Kinder Morgan protests on Burn-aby Mountain, yesterday.

Burnaby RCMP said the incident was contained and stable. The children were with their mother when they crossed the tape, and were not arrested. RCMP also stated that children are welcome so long as the atmosphere remains calm.

Protester Brett Rhyno, who has been camping on the mountain since the in-junction, thinks children’s voices should be heard.

“It’s their future that’s at stake,” Rhy-no said.

Karen Heaps, who brings the protest-ers food said, “[Children] need to know what’s happening just like everybody else.”

Filmmaker Sarama, who was there capturing footage for his documentary This Living Salish Sea, cited Ta’Kaiya Blaney, Sliammon First Nation member in Powell River, as someone who was taking child activism to the next level.

At just 13, Blaney has already spoken at the United Nations three times. She is heavily involved in fossil fuel issues in-cluding Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipeline opposition.

Sarama said it doesn’t come down to age, but maturity. “You can have a 40-year-old who’s very immature, and some of these children, they under-stand,” Sarama said.

By VIVIAN CHUI

Community support is sustaining the fight against energy giant Kinder Morgan, said protestors on Burnaby Mountain.

Protected from the rain by ponchos and umbrellas, some protestors hud-dled, while others knelt by the yellow police tape. Police officers stood ready behind the barrier to keep protestors out of Kinder Morgan’s survey work

area for its proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.

Blue tarpaulin shelters behind the protestors housed supplies contributed by various members of the protest com-munity.

“People bring food, they bring fire-wood, they bring hot soup, they bring coffee,” said filmmaker Sarama, who has been on site protesting and filming for eight days. “People come in shifts and there are people here 24 hours a

day.”Some protestors huddled around a

blazing campfire in assorted canvas camping chairs, nursing mugs of hot tea, as raindrops splattered onto the makeshift shelters overhead.

Provisions, including sandwiches, cookies, pastries and granola bars, were housed in two shelters with a sign en-couraging participants to “help yo’ self.”

“I have a tent set up,” said Brett Rhy-no, who has been at the protests since

the injunction. “The campers are build-ing structures to facilitate a safe space for everyone to come and demonstrate their opposition to the Kinder Morgan project.”

Protestors were seen maintaining an improvised trail, made with branches, over the muddy trek for individuals hik-ing from the road closure on Burnaby Mountain Parkway to the protestor campsite.

“We are not isolated,” said Rhyno.

“We are not isolated

BRETT RHYNO

PROTESTER

8 portssTHE DAILY VOICE, TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 2014 EDITOR ERIN BOE

Experts advise students to use common sense such as wearing helmets while playing winter sports to avoid injuries

MEL EDGAR photoStaff at Cyclone Taylor Sports model an ice hockey version of the power rangers. From left to right: Assistant manager Brian Tran with sales associates Mike Hsiang, Andrew Okuma, and Gregory Ma. Okuma is a third year arts transfer student at Langara College.

Say bye-bye to the YMCA, LangaraAthletes will need to find a new workout space with the Langara facility moving to Pearson Dogwood Redevelopment

By NATASHA CHANG

Looks like Langara students will have to trek further down the road to get their workouts in or take a

swim.Unfortunately the YMCA will be

moving away from the Langara-49th skytrain station to join Pearson Dog-wood Redevelopment community be-tween 57th and 59th Avenue on Cam-bie. The problem is that Langara College lacks facilities to train its own athletes and is dependant on the YMCA.

Graham Smith, Langara’s manager of building operations and major con-struction projects, hasn’t heard of any plans to build a workout space or pool for Langara. “We have a gym, but I don’t know why we don’t have a pool.” Smith said.

From his personal point of view, Smith said pools are key pieces to ath-letic and fitness education at universi-ties and colleges.

YMCA’s statement on their website said, “the YMCA hopes to be the centre of community for the South Vancouver area.”

They are “working with Vancouver Co[a]stal Health and the City of Van-couver to determine the feasibility of a new facility as part of the Pearson Dog-wood development,” according to the statement.

Langara’s department assistant of the athletics and intramurals depart-ment Carly Scarr said, “I think it would be quite a loss for us. Obviously there’s no workout space on campus.”

According to Pearson Dogwood’s policy statement, there is a potential future Canada Line station stop on W 57th Street. It makes it a desirable spot for the YMCA to relocate to.

YMCA of Greater Vancouver’s main contact for the project Vinh Truong could not be reached for comment.

With winter sports comes great caution

NATASHA CHANG photoThe current sign of Langara Family YMCA located on W 49th Avenue and Alberta, which is near the Langara-49th Canada Line sta-tion on Cambie Street and W 49th Avenue. Langara Family YMCA sits next to Langara College.

By MEL EDGAR

Winter break doesn’t have to mean broken bones if you follow expert safety advice, before you slide

into trouble.The right gear and a good dose of

common sense can keep winter activi-ties fun and injury free.

A report from the BC Injury Re-search and Prevention Unit said wear-ing a helmet is a good way to stay safe.

Kieran James, a first year engineer-ing student agrees.

Although B.C. has the second lowest helmet use in Canada, he has been wearing one since he took up skiing 14 years ago.

“People should wear helmets,” said James, “if they fall down, it’s going to hurt them a lot more.”

According to data collected by the Canadian Institute for Health Informa-

tion, young men are more than twice as likely to be hospitalized because of a skiing or snowboarding accident.

Even so, Brandon Lipinski, a first year Langara criminal justice student, doesn’t wear a helmet.

“It’s peer pressure,” Lapinski said. “I don’t see anyone wearing helmets.

Besides, I don’t board fast or take risks.”

“Wearing a helmet is just a smart thing to do,” said Erin Wilkins, secre-tary-treasurer of BC Snowboard Asso-ciation and a Langara recreation in-structor.

“Accidents happen,” said Wilkins, who started wearing a helmet when she took up snowboarding.

“You are sharing a hill with lots of different people at different levels skills, different ages, different comfort levels . . . anything can happen.”

Mike Hsiang, a skating teacher at

Richmond’s Minoru Arenas, said that this year all rink staff have to wear hel-mets.

“Members of the public don’t have to wear them yet,” said Hsiang, “but they should think about it anyway. Either way, take it slow and steady out there.”

Wearing a helmet can help, but knowing how to fall correctly can also keep you skating safe, said Brian Tran, former skating instructor at Sunset Ice Rink in Vancouver. “Bend your knees and fall to the side, this way your bum won’t take the full force of your fall.”

Skating is probably the most unusu-al winter activity people do, said Greg-ory Ma, a skating teacher, at several Vancouver ice rinks.

“Your first steps on the ice can feel weird and strange,” said Ma.

“Make sure you have a friend who knows what they are doing, to lend you a helping hand.”

“I don’t see anyone wearing helmets. Besides, I don’t board fast or take risks

BRANDON LIPINSKI

LANGARA CRIMINAL

JUSTICE STUDENT

Linden also spoke about Quinn’s commitment to his players.

“He was a great man because he cared. He loved his players and he cared about people. He had an outer ex-terior of gruff and tough, but he loved his players and I think people saw that,” Linden said. “I would not be the man I am today if it weren’t for Pat,” he said.

Stan Smyl, now the senior advisor to the Canucks’ general manager, played his eighteenth and final year with the Canucks with Quinn as coach.

Smyl said Quinn was known for hold-ing especially long practices and bring-ing out the best in his players.

“Pat Quinn was the gentleman that

changed this organization around,” Smyl said. He said Quinn was respon-sible for bringing in players that would work hard, to the effect that at the end of the night, fans would respect the work ethic of the players whether the Canucks won or lost.

“He stood up for his teammates, he stood up for the organization and he stood up for the people of B.C., the fans here. That was Pat.”

Hockey great and former Canuck, Orland Kurtenbach, was there to re-flect on his experience with his ex-teammate.

To convey the kind of caring individ-ual that Quinn was, Kurtenbach told a story of a visit he made to Toronto in 1999 to see family. He called Quinn, who was then the head coach and general

manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, to ask about getting some tickets for him-self and his two grandchildren. Quinn came through with the tickets and treated the kids with a visit to the Ma-ple Leafs’ locker room. After the game, Quinn asked if Kurtenbach would be in town for the playoffs. Although they both knew it would be next to impossi-ble to obtain tickets, Kurtenbach left a home number just in case.

“On the day of the game, this is what really shakes me up now, he chased me down on the golf course and had two tickets for me for the game,” Kurten-bach said.

“On a day like that, he’s the coach and general manager, and makes the time to look after an old friend. So God bless him.”

QUINN, continued from page 1

“Pat Quinn was the gentle-man that changed this orga-nization around

STAN SMYL

FORMER CANUCKS CAPTAIN

Remembering Pat Quinn

PHOTO COURTESY OF CANUCKS.COMThe legendary NHL player, coach and general manager spent much of his career with the Vancouver Canucks in the ‘80s and ‘90s.