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SANDRA THOMASStaff writer

Vancouver’s civilian soldiers want their upcom-ing participation in a massive earthquake drill toshowcase what they would do for the city in anemergency.

While it’s not common knowledge, Vancouver has a sub-stantial military presence, says Honorary Col. Grant Smithof 15th Field Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery.

“We want people to understand the Canadian army isin town and it’s made up of citizen soldiers,” said Smith.“These are people who give up evenings, weekends and a

good portion of their summers to fill these roles.”The regiment, part of 39 Canadian Brigade Group of

the 3rd Canadian Division, formed in 1920. In the SecondWorld War it manned heavy artillery protective forts oncelocated along the West Coast to protect the Port of Vancou-ver. Following the end of the war, the brigade turned itsattention from the water inland and became a field unit.The regiment was originally based out of the VancouverHorse Show building near Stanley Park. Today 15th Fieldis located at the Bessborough Armoury on West 11th Av-enue near Arbutus Street.

Reservists hope to shake up image

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Members of 15th Field Artillery including Honorary Lt.-Col. William Rodgers (L) and Honorary Col. Grant Smith arepreparing for a massive earthquake drill.

MIKEHOWELLStaff writer

The ticketing ofDowntown East-side residents forjaywalking has

dropped dramatically sincepolice launched a blitz in2008 and the practice hasreached its lowest point inseven years.

A Vancouver Police De-partment report going be-fore the Vancouver PoliceBoard Thursday says an av-erage of 17 jaywalking tick-ets per month was issued inthe Downtown Eastside in2013.

That average, which fur-ther dropped to nine permonth in the last half of 2013,is down from a high of 83 permonth in 2008 when policelaunched a ticketing blitz thattargeted jaywalkers.

The drop in tickets comesdespite the Downtown East-side still being a dangerousarea in the city for injuriesand fatalities for pedestri-ans.

The report shows that 189pedestrians between 2002and 2012 either died orwere injured in the Down-town Eastside after beingstruck by a vehicle.

The highest number of in-cidents — 26 — occurred in2007, the year prior to policelaunching the blitz in 2008.In the year of the blitz, po-lice recorded 25 injuries orfatalities, dropping to 15 in2009 and then a surge to 24in both 2010 and 2011. Inci-dents dropped again to 16in 2012.

The report pointed out aperson is eight times morelikely to be struck by a ve-hicle in the Downtown East-side that in the whole ofdowntown.

The report is in responseto B.C. Police ComplaintCommissioner Stan Lowe’srequest for a more “mean-ingful comparison” of sta-tistics on jaywalking andthe number of pedestriansstruck in the DowntownEastside.

Lowe made the requestin November after beingdissatisfied with the policeboard’s decision to dismiss acomplaint from Pivot LegalSociety and the VancouverArea Network of Drug Us-ers that accused officers ofunfairly targeting and tick-eting Downtown Eastsideresidents.

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means.Mic check?Occupy people are hip to that one.RG check?Uh…?Unless you’ve got an addiction to gam-

bling jargon, which I can honestly say Idon’t, you probably have no clue what an“RG check” is.

So I found out.I did so because it relates to the Edgewa-

ter casino and other gambling facilities inthe province, which generate big cash fortheir owners and governments.

This province, as provincial health officerDr. Perry Kendall pointed out in his reportreleased last fall, also has a problem withsevere gambling addicts.

So here it is: RG check is a voluntary ac-creditation program created by the inde-pendent non-profit Responsible GamblingCouncil in Toronto to assess the quality of afacility’s responsible gambling programs.

According to the council’s website, thecheck is based on eight standards with morethan 40 criteria. I won’t get into all 40 crite-ria but here are the eight “core responsiblegambling standards” examined in a check:

• Corporate policies.• Self-exclusion programs.• Advertising and promotion.• Informed decision making.• Assisting patrons who may have prob-

lems with gambling.• Access to money.• Venue and game features.• Employee training.To get accredited, a facility must achieve

an overall score of 70 per cent or more andaccreditation is valid for three years. So far,22 have received RG check accreditation,including Richmond’s River Rock Casino,

Burnaby’s Grand Villa Casino and Edgewa-ter, which got accredited April 27, 2012.

Edgewater was audited again in Sep-tember 2013 and is due for another in May.Edgewater’s owners Paragon Gaming, by theway, are moving ahead with plans to relocateits gaming licence into a new $535-millioncomplex adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium.

So what to make of the accreditation andwhat kind of weight does it hold for those inthe industry and the critics?

Let’s begin with Tamara Hicks, spokes-person for Paragon.

“It is a big deal,” Hicks said. “It’s quite arigorous process and it’s a third-party en-dorsement.”

Now let’s hear from Jon Kelly, CEO of theResponsible Gambling Council, which wasstarted 30 years ago by problem gamblers.

“We decided a few years ago that one wayto influence the industry and governmentto create high standards and a strong socialsafety net was to set out what we indepen-dently think are a strong set of standards,”said Kelly, noting his organization has ac-credited more than 50 gambling facilitiesin Canada. “The industry takes it very seri-ously. So the weight in the industry and onthe regulatory side is very strong.”

The critics?“I don’t know that the critics are very famil-

iar with this process,” he said. “A lot of criticsof gaming are not people who are very knowl-edgeable about the ins and outs of the way theindustry or accreditation process works.”

That, apparently, includes Sandy Garossi-no of Vancouver Not Vegas!

“What’s an RG check?” she said in replyto my question of whether she was familiarwith the program.

I gave Garossino a day to do some re-search and called her back. Here’s what shesaid: “The proof of the pudding is in the eat-ing. We’ve more than doubled our gamblingaddiction since we introduced slot machinesand it doesn’t seem like there’s really any-thing that’s being effective.”

I’m running out of space here, so I’ll pickup on more of this issue in my next entry, in-cluding who paid for the RG check of B.C.’s22 gambling facilities.

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B.C. casinos undergovoluntary check

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The Responsible Gambling Council has accredited 22 gambling facilities in B.C.,including Edgewater Casino at the former Plaza of Nations site.

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I’m starting this column with a shout-out to my colleague, Courier sports edi-tor Megan Stewart, who heads to SochiWednesday to help cover the 2014 Win-

ter Olympic and Paralympic Games.Stewart will work as a reporter for the

Olympic News Service, which functionsas a sports news wire service for all ac-credited media at the Games. That meansStewart will be one of the first on hand tointerview medal winners and unexpectedlosers.

Stewart told me she’s looking forward towitnessing the efforts and achievements ofOlympic athletes and is interested to seehow they’ll take the opportunity to expresstheir political views, in particular aroundthe controversial LGBT debate. Stewart’salso excited to learn new skills.

As for security concerns, despite re-cent protests and terrorist threats, Stew-art believes she’ll be safe in Sochi. Stew-art will work with the ONS until March20. I know I speak on behalf of all Cou-rier staffers when I say they’re lucky tohave her.

SENIORS CENTRE CONFLICTNot surprisingly, there’s a divide betweenVision Vancouver commissioner Aaron Jas-per and the NPA’s Melissa De Genova overthe construction of a long-awaited seniorscentre in southeast Vancouver.

I spoke with De Genova and Jasper last Tues-day at Killarney Community Centre, follow-ing an announcement by Conservative MP forVancouver South Wai Young regarding federalfunding of $2.5 million towards the centre.

The commitment tops up the $2.5 millionpromised by the city in 2011 and $1.3 millionannounced by Liberal Premier Christy Clarkthe day before the 2013 provincial election.In 2009, the park board agreed to provideland for the project adjacent to the KillarneyCommunity Centre on Killarney Street at East49th Avenue. Now all eyes are on the prov-ince to follow through with its commitment.

But De Genova says despite the fact Vi-sion Vancouver has been promising to get thecentre built for the past six years, no one con-tacted the province or feds until recently. LastOctober, Vision Vancouver Coun. RaymondLouis introduced a motion asking for finan-cial help from the two levels of government.

“No one formally asked them until thatmotion at city hall,” said De Genova.

De Genova said the original estimated costof the centre, $7.5 million, has risen in recentyears to $10 million due to delays in con-struction. She’d like the city to commit cash

from community-amenity contributions toensure the project is completed in a timelymanner. CACs are funds paid by developerswhen land is rezoned for higher density.

But Jasper insists money from CACs can-not be used for the centre.

“There are no CAC dollars available for thisproject,” said Jasper. “Those monies have tostay in the neighbourhood or area they camefrom. I want to make that very clear, thereare very strict rules around CACs.”

De Genova argues the rules consider “cur-rent and/or future developments.” Not co-incidently, Killarney’s River District is in themidst of multiple development projects.

Jasper also notes no one at the city or parkboard has crunched the numbers so he hasno idea where De Genova arrived at the $10million figure she used in a motion aboutthe centre last October.

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photoDan Toulgoet

Courier sports editor Megan Stewart heads to Russia this week, where she’ll help coverthe 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi as a reporter for the OlympicNews Service.

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CHERYL ROSSIStaff Writer

The Hollywood Theatre is notin imminent danger of de-molition.

While investigating the ap-plication to redevelop it as a fitness centre,city staff found an encroachment agree-mentfrom1984thatrequirestheownertoremove the rear 10 feet from the buildingif its use is changed from a theatre.

The back lane is only 10 feet widebehind the building and the citywould prefer it to be the typical 20feet. The city has put the developmentpermit application on hold.

Dino Bonnis, owner of the nearly 80-year-old theatre at 3123 West Broad-way has “voluntarily” agreed to extendthe 75-day protection on the theatrefor another 45 days, the end of whichwill coincide with a council meeting,said Brian Jackson, the city’s generalmanager of planning and develop-

ment, Monday afternoon.The 75-day protection would have

ended Jan. 20.“That’s wonderful news if that’s the

case,” Mel Lehan, spokesperson for theSave the Hollywood Coalition, said ofthe extension Tuesday morning.

Jackson said Bonnis wants to coop-erate with the city because he owns“quite a bit of property on Broadway.

“He wants to signal that he has nointent of moving forward on this prop-erty in the coming month until there’sfurther discussion either with the Savethe Hollywood Coalition or otherswho may be interested in purchasingthe property,” Jackson added.

Jackson said Bonnis would havebeen aware of the encroachmentagreement when he purchased theproperty in 2011 because it wouldhave come up in a land title search.

Jackson said Bonnis is meeting withthe city Wednesday to present a newproposal for the property.

Lehan said representatives of the coali-tion are meeting with the city Thursday.

Council passed a heritage action planDec. 4 that allows the city to be more flex-ible with conditional zoning and policywhenitcomestosavingsignificantculturalresources, including the Hollywood The-atre. Jackson said Monday city staff will

explore options that could help preservethe theatre before the 45 days are up.

Measures that could include bonusdensity or grants would have to be ap-proved by council after a public hearing.

Jackson noted Bonnis owns twoproperties next to the Hollywood. Un-der interim rezoning policies Bonniscould build a six-story rental building.

“But if we were to come to an agree-ment on saving the building, then per-haps we could look at six storeys for amarket condo building,” Jackson said.

The Hollywood is categorized as a“B” building on the city’s heritage regis-ter. It’s recognized as a good example ofart deco style and for having social andcultural value, but it lacks a designationthat protects it from demolition.

Jackson stated in a memo that wentto mayor and council Jan. 10 that ifthe coalition wants to save the theatreit must submit a business plan that in-cludes money “to purchase, rehabilitateand operate the building that includessignificant community and private com-mitments and does not rely on the city.”

B.C. Assessment values the propertyat more than $2.9 million. Lehan saidthe coalition has contacted a couple ofpotential buyers for the building.

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Last year marked Brian Jackson’sfirst full year as the City of Vancou-ver’s manager of planning and de-velopment after starting the job in

August 2012.Jackson sat down with the Courier early

last week to reflect on 2013 and what’s onthe city’s agenda for 2014.

Jackson cited the decision to reject theapplication for a six-storey market condobuilding on top of a grocery store as his“single toughest decision” in 2013.

“Because, do I think it would be the endof the world if there was a six-storey build-ing on that site? Professionally, I don’t thinkit would be the end of the world, but therewas no policy basis for us to consider a six-storey building on that site,” he said. “So,ironically, if they were to propose afford-able housing on top a grocery store, therewould have been a policy basis on which wewould have considered it.”

Jackson expects the proponent to file an-other application under the existing zon-ing, which allows for a four-storey building— although because it’s a sloped site it actu-ally allows for five without a rezoning.

“[The application] likely will have a gro-cery store,” he added.

Jackson considers the adoption of theHeritage Action Plan, which includes up-dating the city’s heritage registry, as wellas the adoption of the West End Commu-nity Plan as two major accomplishmentslast year.

“I’m very pleased with the public pro-cess involved with [the West End] plan,as well as the product in terms of allowingfor opportunities for increasing density ina neighbourhood immediately adjacentto the downtown while at the same timepreserving the bulk of the West End neigh-bourhood as a very mixed-use, mixed-in-come community with leafy green trees

and allowing for what I call surgical in-creases in density through laneway rentalhousing,” he said.

Jackson expects to bring Marpole’s Com-munity Plan, which was granted a shortextension for further consultation on sig-nificant revisions, before council at the be-ginning of April.

The revised plan had still included pro-posed changes for a single-family area westof Granville Street encompassing 188 prop-erties, but that’s being dropped.

When asked if Marpole is getting off eas-ily in terms of the city’s objectives for densi-fication in light of the revisions to the plan,Jackson said no.

“The interesting thing about Marpole isthey’re carrying their weight in terms of in-creasing population in the Cambie corridorand the Marine Gateway area and what’shappening along Granville, so they’re mov-ing more towards the city norm in terms ofwhat’s expected in population as opposedto being significantly above,” he said.

City staff was supposed to report back onthe Downtown Eastside Community Plan atthe beginning of January, but that’s beenmoved to about mid-March. The draft planis out for discussion and posted online.

Plans to form a Citizen’s Assembly inresponse to the contentious Grandview-Woodland Community Plan are also movingforward after criticism that it’s been takingtoo long.

The Grandview-Woodland Area Councilwas set to meet Jan. 14 (after the Courier’sprint deadline) to discuss questions fromthe City of Vancouver about the assembly’sformation.

In last week’s sit-down, Jackson said thecity is about to hire a consultant to lead theprocess and staff hope to take a report for-ward on what the process will look like inFebruary.

The Citizen’s Assembly could be up andrunning by March or April at the latest, hesaid.

Watch for an upcoming “Developing Sto-ry” to read about Jackson’s other prioritiesfor 2014.

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newsVPD says ticketing done for safetyContinued from page 1

Pivot obtained statisticsfrom the police departmentvia the Freedom of Informa-tion Act that revealed 76 percent of 2,699 jaywalkingtickets issued in the city be-tween 2008 and 2012 wereto people in the DowntownEastside.

Another 17 per cent wereissued in downtown whilenone was handed out inShaughnessy, Point Grey,Oakridge, Marpole, Killar-ney and several other neigh-bourhoods in the city.

The police board orderedthe police department toinvestigate the complaint.The board dismissed thecomplaint in September,saying ticketing was doneto change behaviour and re-duce injuries and fatalities.

Pivot appealed the deci-sion with Lowe, who recom-mended the police boardalso implement a policy toensure the number of ticketsissued by police for minoroffences such as jaywalking

does not prevent vulnerableresidents from seeking po-lice protection.

As pointed out by WallyOppal when he was com-missioner of the MissingWomen Commission of In-quiry, the concern was resi-dents, particularly vulnera-ble women, would not seekout police when in dangerfor fear of being arrested fornot paying a bylaw ticket.

But the VPD report said it

was “a widely spread mis-conception” that police offi-cers can arrest someone forunpaid bylaw tickets wherea warrant does not exist.

“The police do not havethe ability to arrest forbreaching a bylaw or fail-ure to pay a fine,” the reportsaid.

In 2012, police issued 46jaywalking tickets to wom-en in the Downtown East-side. That number dropped

to 26 last year, with the lastticket to a woman in theneighbourhood issued Aug.7, 2013, said the report, not-ing the challenge of policingthe area.

“The lines between so-cial issues, health issuesand criminal behaviour areblurred and at times can-not be completely disentan-gled,” the report said. “Po-lice officers working in the[Downtown Eastside] usetheir discretion to navigateand balance the require-ments of the law, publicinterest and the safety andwell-being of the person be-fore them.”

Since the ticketing blitz in2008, the City of Vancouverhas lowered the speed limitto 30 km/h along a stretchof East Hastings, addedcountdown timers at cross-walks, improved lighting atintersections and installeda mid-block crosswalk justwest of Main and Hastings.

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According to statistics obtained from an FOI request, 76 percent of 2,699 jaywalking tickets issued in the city between2008 and 2012 were to people in the Downtown Eastside.

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“In today’s world it’s therole of reservists to aid civilauthority,” said Smith, a re-tired Vancouver Police De-partment officer.

He added that besidesraising money for the 15thField Regimental Trust So-ciety, one of the goals ofa large event planned forJan. 29 in Richmond is toraise awareness about whatthe regiment does and isprepared to do in case ofemergency.

The Big Shake, as theevent has been dubbed,takes place at the LondonAviation Centre at YVRwhere guests will be greetedand handed a red, yellow,green and black armbandbefore heading to triage,where first responders willassess their mock injuries.

“Unfortunately, some guestswill receive black armbandsbecause in a real earthquakethere would be someone wholoses their life,” said Smith.“When guests arrive at theevent it will be set up as a post-disaster centre.”

The private hangar will beset up as if in response to anactual earthquake.

Members of the 15th FieldBrigade will assist with tri-age, inspect the building fordamage, assist with com-munications and logistics,and act as security.

On hand will be membersof the military, ambulance,fire and police from acrossMetro Vancouver to dem-onstrate how first respond-

ers would react in case of areal emergency. Guests willbe served food on tin plates,but shouldn’t expect rationpacks. The Scottish-themedmenu, in honour of poet Rob-bie Burns, includes haggis.

Honour House founderand former park board com-missioner Allan De Genovasaid 15th Field Brigade isready to deploy at any time.

“People across the coun-try should be proud andthankful of what reserv-ists do every day,” said DeGenova, who’s been work-ing with 15th Field Brigadeas a volunteer.

As president of HonourHouse, De Genova sees first-hand the sacrifices citizen sol-diers make for their country.Honour House is a New West-minster-based home-away-from-home for CanadianForces personnel, emergencyservices personnel and theirfamilies while they’re receiv-ing medical care and treat-ment in Metro Vancouver.

De Genova used the devas-tating floods in and aroundCalgary last year as an exam-ple of when reservists help athome in times of emergency.

“They do so much everyday, but a lot of people don’trealize it,” said De Genova.

The City of Vancouver isnot taking part in the BigShake, but offers free work-shops through the Neigh-bourhood Emergency Pre-paredness Program. Theworkshops are two hourslong and held regularly incommunity centres across

Vancouver. The city alsocontinues to develop busi-ness programs to supportpreparedness in small andmedium-sized businesses.

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There’s a development in the liquorworld that is overshadowed by allthe news about happy hour andkids being allowed in pubs.

Major lenders have frozen new loansand financing to private liquor-store own-ers until the outcome of the booze-in-gro-ceries discussion becomes clear. Sourcesaround B.C. have reported that credit hasdried up for numerous operators.

It’s a measure of how uncertain the fu-ture of that industry has become since thegovernment tasked Liberal MLA John Yapwith conducting a liquor-policy review.

Yap waded into the complicated file withgusto and has stirred up huge public interest in some revolutionary — forB.C. — ideas. The website for the review has been visited 76,000 times.With not much else going on, it’s been one of the dominant public-policyissues.

And one of the most eye-catching ideas involved allowing sale of liquorin grocery stores.

Yap was publicly enthusiastic about it even before the review wascomplete. When he finished it and delivered it to Attorney General Su-zanne Anton in November, he held a news conference to say it included athumbs-up to booze in grocery stores.

Fuming private liquor-store owners are still lobbying to quash the idea,but it looks like it’s a go. The target is to introduce legislation to accom-plish all the changes this year.

The association of private liquor stores warned in a brief to the reviewthat the move is a lot more complicated than it appears.

The main driver for the concept is the idea of convenience. But there area number of questions about whether that will prove out.

Yap said it was strongly favoured by people during the review. But thatmay be based on a hazy notion that it will be just like the U.S., wherecustomers go to a Fred Meyer and put liquor in their grocery carts at afraction of the B.C. price.

Travellers who recall that experience and think it’s going to happenhere are mistaken.

Prices will stay the same because they were off limits during the review.The government needs the billion dollars a year in revenue brought in bythe high markups. So there will be no price-cutting. And if the idea pro-ceeds, it will be a store-within-store model, so customers will go throughtwo checkouts, not one.

There’s also the suggestion the idea tackles a problem that doesn’t ex-ist. The one thing you can’t accuse the B.C. Liberal government of doingis making booze purchases inconvenient. Hundreds of private stores haveopened in the last decade. And more than 90 per cent are adjacent to agrocery store. Under the original vision, they were to take over the retailmarket completely once all the government stores were shut down. Thatplan ran off the rails.

Since the moratorium on new liquor stores will remain in effect, theonly way grocery stores will sell booze is if a current store operator movesin or the licence moves.

And that raises the question of where grocery stores would find room.Some of the private stores have developed into sizable retail shops with awide selection.

There’s no room for that in most jam-packed grocery stores. Under thestandard configuration, the most a consumer could expect would be a fewhundred square feet of floor space carved out of the store to carry a fewmainstream beer and wine brands. The association of private stores says itis a big seller of B.C. wines and the thriving craft-beer segment. It’s hard tosee where groceries could find room to continue stocking all those brands.

Contrary to assumptions, there’s no evidence of a concerted push by thebig grocery stores to get into the booze business. The idea came up duringthe government’s hearings and Yap decided to run with it.

He’s generated a lot of excitement so far, much of it with the grocery-store idea. The question is whether the change will amount to much onceimplemented.

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COURIER STORY: “Central Park: South Vancouver to get long-awaited seniors centre,” Jan. 7.Nadim Kara: This is great news. Physical infrastructure such as this helps communities build socialcapital and strengthen their connection to a city. This centre will help seniors continue making activecontributions to civic life, and also help them stay healthy. Everyone wins! Congrats to all the folksin south van, and across the city, who’ve worked tirelessly to bring this centre to life.

COURIER STORY: “West End Fitness World closes women’s-only space,” Jan. 9Xtrnl: The thing I find hilarious about this is that society puts pressure on men to be muscular, sothey lift weights. Lifting weights is hard work, and when you do heavy lifting, you grunt. And yousweat. What the heck does she expect men to do? BTW, I guess females don’t sweat on the planetshe’s from.gwallan: “Lots of women don’t want to work out in the company of men, their sweat and theirgrunting,” she wrote. Yeah, what filthy animals men are. Lady, if you’re in the gym to dictateetiquette you’re there for the wrong reasons.

DIALOGUEKEYTOPROJECT’SSUCCESSTo the editor:Re: “Biltmore to house home-less,” Jan. 8.Vancouver has long prideditself on the inclusion of diversecommunities, where people fromvarious backgrounds learn howto co-exist in neighbourhoodsthroughout our city. This is exactlywhat projects like the BiltmoreinMount Pleasant are hoping toachieve— the development ofsafe, secure and dignified hous-ing that is integrated into thecommunity— leading to hap-pier, healthier residentswho areaware, informed and engaged.The key to this project andothers like it, is providing op-tions for the homeless in thecommunities they know or havea history in, setting them up forsuccess by allowing them con-tinued access to friends, familyand support networks. There isa real need for housing outsideof the Downtown Eastside of thecity. Many homeless have neverlived in that area and don’t iden-tify with that community.Above all else, it is importantfor existing communities to beinvolved in dialogue about theprojects, the options and thebenefits. Whether that be partici-pation in open houses, informa-tion sessions, beingmembers ofcommunity advisory committees,or simply by voicing supportthrough a letter or email; beingan advocate for ending home-lessness is a first step that willalso lead to broader understand-ing and acceptance and in thelong-term, strongermore vibrant

and supportive communities.Chris Taulu, Executive DirectorCollingwood Community Polic-ing Centre

COUN.LOUIEHIGH?To the editor:Re: “Mayor, councillors getpay raise.”If I read your article correctly,Councillor Louie said that theaverage full-time employee inVancouver earns $65,860. The2011 National Household Surveystates that the median employ-ment income in Vancouver was$49,842 and the median aftertax family income was $69,271.However, even these numbersmay be skewed to the high side.Perhaps Louie is looking at thecity hall payroll? Let’s hope he hasa better grasp of numberswhenhe reviews the operating budget.Bill Campbell,Vancouver

OLSONBACKWARDSONSCIENCECARTOONTo the editor:Olson’s (Jan. 8) cartoon aboutthe Conservative governmentburning a “science” book is agood one. Problem is that he hasit the wrong way around. Thesuccess of science has dependedupon skepticism and there aretwo glaring examples of whenan authoritarian governmenthas condemned scientists whodenied “government” science.In the early 1600s theVaticaninsisted that the solar systemrevolved around theEarth. Thisinvolved complicated “models”

of crystal sphereswith physicallyimpossiblemotions. Theonly otherexample is recentwhen those thatquestion the “warming”mania areseverely condemnedas “deniers.”As a “denier,” Galileo riskedpolitical murder. And as Keplerwas discovering that the planetsrevolved in elliptical orbits, hemade somemoney on the sideby contriving horoscopes.The latter is the problem asmany researchers found thatwriting anything about man-caused warming was profitable.The assumption that only CO2influences climate has alwaysbeen limited and impractical.The theoryhasbeenunable toexplain theMedievalWarmPeriodwhen temperatureswerewarmerthan thehighsrecorded in the lastcentury. It alsodidnotpredict theendofwarmingsome16yearsago.It is not coincidental that theLittle Ice Age occurred during alengthy period of low solar out-put. Nor is it coincidental thathigh temperatures that have soinspired activists occurred dur-ing the highest solar activity inover a thousand years.Whatmakes science real hasalways been predictability. In themid 1990s, solar physicists, Liv-ingston and Penn, published theirwork that solar activity woulddecline significantly andwith thisglobal tempswould decline.So far, sogood.Olson’scartoontreatswithHarper’s “silencing”ofresearchersworking forgovern-ment.Asa taxpayer Ifind ithighlyoffensive tobe forced topaymycivilservants topromoteauthoritariangarbageaboutglobalwarming.Bob Hoye,Vancouver

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Protective Prime Ministerneeds to get off scriptand engage with public

Prime Minister Stephen Harperwas in the Lower Mainlandlast week, being his usualcommunicative self.

I got the call a few hours before his 4p.m. appearance in Langley that we wouldbe allowed to send a photographer — noreporters allowed — to capture images ofthe great man.

No questions to be asked, at all.No communication with the PM.At the appointed time, I dutifully

went down with my photographer haton and was pointed to a railing, behindwhich I could stand and photograph thePM from the safe distance of about 20 feet. Apparently this is closeenough to bask in the presence of the PM, but not so close that heactually has to acknowledge your existence.

Harper’s attempts to manage his public image have become farcical overthe last few years.

It’s not that we begrudge him his lack of charisma — far from it! Please,let us have more boring leaders, as it forces us to think about their poli-cies, rather than their hairstyles and broad white grins.

Let’s have Justin Trudeau wear only dull, rumpled grey suits and a bagon his head from now on.

The NDP’s Thomas Mulcair is only marginally more approachable thanHarper, and often seems as prickly as a hedgehog.

The problem with Harper isn’t that he’s boring, it’s that he thinks we’reall boring. Too boring to speak to, at any rate.

Ever since he was first elected, Harper has steadily reduced his exposureto anyone who might want to ask him a question, in public, in front of ahot mic.

Instead, we get heavily stage-managed events like this one. The themeis Canada’s upcoming 150th birthday (just three years away!) so let’s havehim in Fort Langley, with some HBC trade goods and blankets in the back-ground. When he does answer questions, they’re often softball queriestossed by reliable allies.

It was at an event like that in Vancouver that a couple of protesters man-aged to get close to Harper. Of course, in the grand Canadian tradition,all they did was hold up signs to bring attention to global warming. Theydidn’t even try to pie him.

Most of these appearances could be simulated from Ottawa with agreenscreen and a copy of Photoshop. This would also save on the travelcosts for the federal government, and who would mind that?

Harper can expect a lot more attempts to disrupt his schedule if hemaintains his present course. There’s simply no better way to get someattention for your cause than by getting it in front of the PM.

And if the PM won’t talk or engage with Canadians outside of scriptedand controlled moments, you disrupt the script, you make the moment alittle less controlled.

I know there are a lot of areas where I don’t agree with Harper, butI’d respect him more if he’d explain himself honestly and take toughquestions now and again. Heck, “I don’t know” and “That’s a toughone” are legitimate answers, and ones we should hear more often fromout politicians (of all parties) rather than pat answers that dodge thequestions.

There are reasons for Harper to change his ways of dealing with thepress and public beyond the fact that it’s the right thing to do. He’s onthe campaign trail for 2015 in a low-key way already. He’ll be trying toeither defend his first majority government, or shore it up for his succes-sor. And he’ll be trying to do that under the looming shadow of the Senateexpenses scandal.

What he needs right now is practise at talking to actual Canadians, anddebating people who hold different values and ideas.

Because come the real campaign, he’s going to have to do a bit of that.And if he’s rusty, things won’t go well for him.

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STANLEY PARKThe Vancouver location for the province-wide Investors Group Walk for Memoriestakes place Jan. 26, starting from the Stan-ley Park Pavilion, 610 Pipeline Rd.

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KERRISDALEThe Magee Market Fair takes place Friday, Feb.7, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Magee secondaryschool, 6360 Maple St. at West 49th Avenue.

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Washing handskey to fighting flu

CHERYL ROSSIStaff Writer

T humbs are key to avoidingcolds or flu.

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mouth, eyes or nose, you need to washyour hands with soap and water for 30seconds, covering not only your palmsbut also the webs between your fingersand the backs of your hands, says BruceGamage, manager of the provincial in-fection control network at the CDC.

“People often forget their thumbsaltogether,” he said. “They just tend towash the palms of their hands.”

Cover the same area with a quarter-sized dollop of hand sanitizer, he says,and rub it in for 15 seconds.

The latest influenza surveillancebulletin from the CDC reveals an up-swing in influenza, mainly the H1N1strain, from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4.

Parents often lament how their chil-dren and then they face a constantbarrage of germs.

Gamage said sick students shouldstay home.

Kids attending classes should be re-minded about the importance of prop-

erly washing their hands and coughing orsneezing into their sleeves. When studentseat lunch in a classroom without visitingthe bathroom first, teachers should getstudents to use a hand sanitizer.

Gamage says potential preventionmeasures or cures of vitamin C or copiousamounts of garlic haven’t been proveneffective. The ailing should dose them-selves with plentiful fluids and rest.

“One of the things we suffer fromin our society is called ‘presenteeism,’which basically [is] if you can get up anddrag yourself to work, you do,” Gamagesaid. “And you’re not doing yourself anyfavour and you’re not doing your co-workers any favour because you’re justbringing your germs to work.”

Post-viral coughs can linger for amonth. Chronically ill people, thosewith asthma and the elderly should seetheir doctors if cold symptoms persists.

“For most people, unless you’re run-ning a fever, you probably don’t need togo and see your doctor,” Gamage said.

“If you’ve got the cold or the flu and yougo and see your doctor all you’re doingis exposing more people, so stay home,stay in bed, keep it to yourself.”

The provincial government recom-mends calling 811 for professionalmedical advice about symptoms.

Colds and flu are most contagiouswhen the bearer is experiencing the mostacute symptoms, but people who have aflu virus can be contagious up to 24 hoursbefore they experience symptoms.

Gamage noted the B.C. Centre for Dis-ease Control ordered more than a mil-lion doses of the flu vaccine and morepeople are choosing to have the shot.

Those who’ve already had a flushould get the vaccine because it pro-tects against three strains, one of whichisn’t usually seen until the spring.

Those seeking the vaccine should callahead to their GP, clinic or pharmacy tomake sure they have a supply becauseit’s predicted they will run out.

As for concerns about the H5N1 virusthat felled a Canadian woman, Gam-age says the chances of contacting thisflu, even for those who were aboard thesame plane from China or Vancouver, are“really low” because it’s typically passedfrom infected chickens to people.

Since the outbreak of the avian fluvirus in the late 1990s Gamage saysthere have been 650 cases reportedworldwide.

“It’s just not easily passed betweenpeople,” he said.

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1 THE PUSH INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL hits its stride this weekwith the GOB SQUAD’S KITCHEN Jan. 16 to 18 at Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre,SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. The ambitious art collective travels back to the undergroundcinemas of New York City in the 1960s and deploys live video and performance to celebrate the

culture-bending heyday of Andy Warhol’s Factory. THE PUSH FESTIVAL runs until Feb. 2. For tickets anddetails, go to pushfestival.ca.

2 Catch the final days of Vancity Theatre’s ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL with Federico Fellini’s 1973masterpiece AMACORD. It screens Jan. 15, 8:10 p.m. along with the short film Federico of theSpirits. Details at viff.org.

3 Real life mother and son Asha and Ravi Jain share the Arts Club’s Revue stage in theheartwarming comedy A BRIMFUL OF ASHA. The true story of generational and culture clashruns Jan. 15 to Feb. 8 as part of the PUSH FESTIVAL. More info at artsclub.com.

4 Legendary DJ GRANDMASTER FLASH drops the needle at Fortune Soundclub Jan. 16, wherehe’ll be partaking in the club’s crowd-pleaser HIP HOP KARAOKE, along with DJ Seko andFlipout. Details at fortunesoundclub.com.

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Charles Wilkinson’s Oil Sands Karaoke follows the lives of an eclectic crew of karaokecontestants in the Alberta oil town of Fort McMurray.

Voices carry in karaoke doc

Charles Wilkinson hates karaoke.“It’s like drunk people singing

out of key, ripping off somebodyelse who’s famous, just horrible,”

the resident of Deep Cove said. “I’ve been amusician all my life and it’s just like finger-nails on the blackboard for me.”

But as Wilkinson relaxed in the back ofa karaoke bar in a northern oil sands townduring a film tour, he noticed something

interesting.“Both from a musical point of view, but also

from a socio-economic point of view,” he said.“Everybody was getting along and yet the peo-pleinthebarweresodifferent…Oneguygotupand sang [Culture Club’s] ‘Do You Really Wantto Hurt Me’ in this high falsetto voice. I thoughtdude, you’re going to get killed up here. You justdon’t do that in an oil patch bar with a bunch ofguys sitting around with tats and shaved heads,and yet they were cheering him.”

In his documentary Oil Sands Karaoke,which screens at Vancity Theatre Jan. 17 to21, Wilkinson follows five folks akin to Jen-nifer Beals’ character in Flashdance. They’retruck drivers and scaffolders by day, singersand performers by night.

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There’s Brandy Willier whois trying to reconcile her loveof the wilderness with thelove of her job — operatingthe largest haul truck in theworld, Massey Whiteknife,who has been out as gay inFort McMurray for 15 yearsand escapes a horrendouslyabusive past by performingin drag as Iceis Rain, and for-mer farm boy Dan Debraban-dere who recorded a six-songCD in Nashville before familyobligations halted his musicalcareer.

Among stunning vast pan-oramas of stripped and pittedland near Fort McMurray,Oil Sands Karaoke unearthsthe pasts, motivations anddreams of each of its subjectsand the loneliness they feel.

With the wide vistas,Wilkinson wanted audienc-es to see the scale of the oilsands. “And the magnitudeof our impact on our naturalworld so we can keep driv-ing cars,” he said.

With so many peopleconcerned about the oil

sands, Wilkinson wantedto explore why Canadiansaren’t doing more to stoptheir expansion and makesure they will be reclaimedto their natural setting oncethe work there is done.

“And the answer thatcomes pretty clearly in OilSands Karaoke is becausewe all have a karaoke con-test to win,” Wilkinson said.“We’re all so busy with our

own stuff.”Oil Sands Karaoke is the sec-

ond documentary of a trilogy.The first was Peace Out, whichexplores the pros and cons offour major energy projectson the Peace River. Peace Outwon the award for Most Popu-lar Canadian Documentary atthe 2011 Vancouver Interna-tional Film Festival and a Spe-cial Jury Prize for best Canadi-an Documentary at Hot Docs

International DocumentaryFestival in Toronto.

Wilkinson and his co-pro-ducer Tina Schliessler arefocusing on Haida Gwaii intheir next film.

The Knowledge Networkcommissioned Oil SandsKaraoke. Wilkinson’s workincludes dramatic features(Max, A Breach of Trust), a TVmovie (Heart of the Storm)and episodic series TV (TheHighlander). He was also achild entertainer on a varietyTV show in Calgary.

Wilkinson hopes, like inthe karaoke bar, Oil Sands Ka-raoke connects people withall sorts of views to share re-spectful conversations.

“People feel very, verystrongly about this and wereally hoped that by inject-ing an element of human-ity into the question, that itwould cause people on bothsides to stop and think,”Wilkinson said.

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The impact of the new AAAA tieris being felt throughout seniorboys basketball as the city’s pub-lic league begins this month.

This past weekend at the 47th Chan-cellor Tournament, held on the shinynew hardwood at St. Thomas More inBurnaby, the new basketball world or-der was evident.

One of the big changes caused by thisyear’s new fourth tier, according to vet-eran Tupper Tigers’ coach Jeff Gourley,is that the Chancellor is now a marqueetournament for AAA teams — with eightof the province’s top 15 AAA teams rep-resented — rivaling the esteemed TerryFox Legal Beagle invitational.

“Any tournament that has two rankedteams in it is a major tournament,” saidGourley. “To have eight ranked teams?Oh my goodness. That is big stuff.”

As the only Vancouver school atthe tournament, the Tupper Tigers —ranked in the top five in the province —fought hard in two competitive gamesbut ultimately lost to the AAAA DeltaPacers 71-63 for a fourth place finish.The Tigers are an AAA school and arealso playing at that same level, markinga change from past seasons when theywere technically AA but playing up atAAA, then the highest tier.

In coming years, the tournament willbe even better and include more Van-couver teams, said the coach. Tupperis already registered for next year.

Because of larger populations, larg-er schools typically have more choicesand can count on taller and strongerplayers. But those AAAA schools nowhave a distinct tier, meaning AAAschools like Tupper are on a level play-ing field and play more competitiveand exciting games, said Gourley.

A few vocal Tupper parents in thestands at the Chancellor tourney agreed.

“Gives a better chance to all theteams,” said Surender Gangar, fatherto Grade 12 Tupper forward SumitGangar. “More equal footing for sure… I am really enjoying it this year.”

Most importantly, said Gourley, theadditional tier means an additionalB.C. championship, which means moreplayers can compete at provincials.

“There are only so many champions,”he said, “but the experience for a highschool player, sitting at the end of thebench to go to the Langley Event Centreand see their picture up on the Jumbo-tron, when they go into the game or toplay on the big court… forget about thebest player in the province, how aboutthe worst player at the tournament?That is an amazing experience for thatkid that they will cherish and remem-ber for the rest of their lives.”

Gladstone Gladiators’ coach SteveAnderson agrees that the benefits ofthe new tier system are felt by morethan just the top-ranked teams.

While Tupper is at the top end of theAAA spectrum, the Gladiators are re-building and find themselves near thebottom. In previous years, Andersonexplained, weaker teams would oftenhave to play top teams a few times a sea-son — and get beat by 50 to 100 points,which is something that doesn’t do kidson either side of the court any good.

“[Now] it is split really nicely for thetwo- and three-A schools to play leaguegames against each other,” he said.

In Vancouver, AAAA public schools willhave their own league and championshipwhile AA and AAA teams will compete ina separate league for a distinct city title.

The downside is that there isn’t go-ing to be a true city championshipthat represents the whole city, but theupside is smaller AA and AAA schoolswill have a better chance of winning acity championship, Anderson said.

As a coach it is easier to motivate hisplayers because they know they cancompete and possibly win a champion-ship, Anderson added.

He said he is hopeful Gladstone willmake the playoffs, which will only meanwinningtwoorthreeleaguegames.That’ssomething he is confident his boys can do.

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Impact of new tier felt

MEGANSTEWARTStaff writer

The Churchill Bulldogsare making a name forthemselves in the se-nior girls city basketball

league as they protect a 4-0 recordin the middle of a very competi-tive season.

They won their own BulldogClassic for the first time since thetournament launched in 2005 andhave so far lost only one exhibitiongame, bringing their overall recordto 14-1. Their one loss came at thehands of Rick Hansen secondary,an unranked team.

Despite their winning record,the Bulldogs aren’t in the B.C. AAAtop 10.

Shikha Kumar and Hannah Pi-mentel are Churchill’s leadershipcore since the Bulldogs lost fivegraduates, including Bronte Stark

and Marinel Santiago who nowcompete with the Langara Fal-cons.

Incredibly, the starting lineupis bolstered by three youngerplayers: Cecilia Bao and TovaRae, both in Grade 10, and AlexaLeynes who is in Grade 9.

“I am impressed with how quick-ly they were able to adapt to thislevel of play and they continue toimprove game by game, contribut-ing in every way possible to thisteam,” said the team’s coach andChurchill alumna Sabrina Chan,who graduated in 2005 and runsthe show with another grad, Lou-ise Chien.

“We have a strong and solidteam with strong combo guards,thus creating a lot of scoring op-portunities,” she said. “If we con-tinue to work on our defence, wewill be a tough team to beat.”

The Bulldogs sit atop the city’s

Tier I table with eight points, butBritannia and Killarney are rightbehind with six points.

Britannia held a 7-0 recordthrough the 2013 regular sea-son and eventually won the citytitle for the third year in a row,defeating Kitsilano both times.The Bruins are currently 3-1and their only loss came earlyin the season against Magee,also 3-1.

Churchill beat Kitsilano 52-50in early December but haven’tyet been tested by Britannia.That match will be the biggestof their city season. They playedTuesday but results weren’tknown before the Courier’s printdeadline.

Kitsilano sits alone in fifth placeoverall with four points, two winsand two losses.

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B-ball Bulldogs bolstered by youth

photo Jason Lang

Tupper Tigers players Taylor Ross (#!5) and PatrickSmythe battle Byrne Creek for the ball on the second dayof the Chancellor high school boys basketball tournamentat St. Thomas More in Burnaby.

photoDan Toulgoet

Bruin Amanda Young cuts to the hoop past Kitsilano’s Chiara Bostockat Britannia Jan. 7. The Bruins won 76-65.

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sports&recreationGyms see flood of NewYear hopefuls

JENNIFER THUNCHERContributing writer

Vancouver School Board em-ployee Dana Mason is oneof the many Vancouveriteswho are using the start of

the New Year to get re-motivated atcity gyms.

About 18 months ago Mason, 40,said she noticed she was lacking en-ergy and felt unhappy with her body.She hired a trainer to set up a person-alized meal plan and to work out withher twice a week at the gym in her EastVancouver condo complex.

She said her initial enthusiasm paidoff. She lost 15 pounds in the first fewmonths and ran her first 10k— a featshe never imagined she would accom-plish. Last May, the well-travelled Ma-son went on vacation to Cuba and forthe first time in her life felt proud ofher more athletic body.

“Self-esteem is probably the biggestthing,” she said.

Back at home though, as the months

wore on and 2014 approached, Masonsaid she started to slack off, and no-ticed five pounds had returned. On hernext trip, to Mexico, she felt self-con-scious and covered up once again.

For the new year, she has vowed toredouble her efforts by hitting the gymharder, entering more runs and to bemore diligent in watching what she eats.

When contacted by the Courier, threeof Vancouver’s fitness centres, said theysee a definite New Year’s resolutionboost to memberships in January.

According to Chris Smith, vice-pres-ident of sales and fitness at the SteveNash Sports Clubs, the six Nash gymsin Vancouver see a 20 to 25 per centuptick in January.

Each of the Nash clubs offers 250classes a month and memberships arefrom $35-$70 a month.

She’s Fit!, which is located within theClub16 Trevor Linden Fitness club atCanada Place, caters to an all female cus-tomer base. President and CEO ChuckLawson said the club sees a 10 per centincrease at the start of the year. Businessis steady throughout the year, unlike inco-ed clubs where the new year sees agreater influx of new members, he said.

The club offers four or five classesa day, circuit training, and weightsroom. The downtown location has a

bike rental business as well so mem-bers can leave the gym to workoutwhen the weather improves.

Memberships at She’s Fit! are ap-proximately $15-$25 a month.

Chris Rumary, program manager atthe Robert Lee location of the not-for-profit YMCA, said they also see about a10 per cent increase in memberships atthis time of year. All of the YMCA loca-tions have a January promotion, whichhe said encourages people to followthrough on their resolutions. The Rob-ert Lee location offers 110 classes aweek taught by volunteers, a weightroom and pool. The all-inclusive adultmembership is about $60 a month.

None of the club representatives saidhow many of the new membershipsare sustained throughout the year, buta University of Scranton, Journal ofClinical Psychology report found lessthan 50 per cent of people ultimatelykeep their New Year’s resolutions.

The key to sticking with fitness plansdepends on the reason people start inthe first place, Rumary said.

People who are doing it to meet peopleand enjoy their bodies more are likely tobe successful. “Those people get addict-ed and keep coming back,” he said.

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