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Housing for hundreds of new residents,including towers up to 15 storeys high,is under consideration for the potentialredevelopment of TransLink’s transitcentre near Oakridge mall.Three concepts for the Oakridge

Transit Centre site, which is ownedby TransLink, were unveiled at recentopen houses at the VanDusen Gardenvisitor centre. The city, at the request ofTransLink, is creating a policy statementto guide future redevelopment of the13.8-acre property, which sits betweenOak and Willow streets and West 38thand 41st avenues. The concepts envi-sion mostly residential developmentwith some ground floor retail, a park

ranging from 2.2 to 2.6 acres, a daycareand buildings ranging from three to 15storeys for a potential influx of 1,200 newresidents. That’s a rough estimate at thispoint — the next planning phase will in-clude the estimated number of units andpopulation for the area.The property is located near Oakridge

Centre, which is slated for massiveredevelopment. The site is zoned forsingle-family use but has been used asa transit centre since 1948. Before thetransit centre opened, it was used as anarmy barracks. The site now serves asan operations and maintenance facility,primarily for vehicle maintenance, com-missioning and decommissioning, as wellas for storage of retired buses. TransLinkexpects to redistribute those servicesamong newer facilities in 2016.Preliminary open houses for the site

were held last June as part of the city’splanning process for the policy statement.Concept A features a linear “green

promenade” that leads to a park at thenorth end of the site. It also includesresidential buildings organized aroundcourtyards, a childcare centre and thetallest buildings along West 41st with a“modest amount of local-serving retailfronting 41st.”Concept B features a “mews” street

structure and a greater variety of buildingtypes. The park would sit at the north endof the property, and as with concept A, thetallest buildings would be along 41st whereagain there would be a “modest amount oflocal-serving retail fronting 41st.”Concept C includes a curved street that

goes along the park and the tallest build-ings would also be on 41st.Susan Haid, the city’s assistant direc-

tor of planning for Vancouver South,said these are very earlier concepts butfeedback from the open houses last yearidentified the park and a daycare as criti-cal elements.

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When the provincial government setthe rules for the non-binding plebisciteon a sales tax hike for TransLink ex-pansion, it didn’t include any campaignfundraising or reporting regulations.“We think it’s embarrassing for a

mature democracy like B.C. to not havedisclosure rules,” said Jordan Bateman,leader of the No TransLink Tax cam-paign. “The fact that we may never knowhow much these government agenciesspent in tax dollars on this yes vote is lu-dicrous, it’s a breach of the public trust.”Bateman, who is also the Canadian

Taxpayers’ Federation’s B.C. director, isagainst the proposed 0.5 per cent provin-cial sales tax increase inMetro Vancouver.The TransLinkMayors’ Council wants itto raise $2.5 billion over 10 years towarda $7.5 billion wish list for a subway underBroadway, light rail in Surrey and Lang-ley and a new Pattullo Bridge. Batemansaid his group expects to run a $40,000campaign and would voluntarily disclosedonations before the scheduledMarch 16toMay 29mail-in voting period.Without rules, Bateman said large

multinational engineering and con-struction firms hungry for TransLinkcontracts could spend millions of dol-lars to influence the vote.“There’s no accountability, no one

will ever know,” Bateman said. “It’ssecret money, just the way the provincehas set this up to be.”Coincidentally, the Feb. 12 cabinet

order called Plebiscite 2015 (RegionalTransportation System Funding) Regu-lation came a day before the statutoryFeb. 13 deadline for candidates, electororganizations and third-party sponsorsin last November’s municipal elec-tions to submit their campaign financereports to Elections B.C.IntegrityBC executive director

Dermod Travis said there is nothingto prevent plebiscite campaigners fromvoluntary disclosure. He pointed to the2014 Vancouver civic election, in whichthe four main parties published dona-tion lists before voting day. “Here’s anopportunity to do it again,” Travis said.City councils, like Vancouver’s, are

dedicating public staff and funds topromote the yes campaign. Residentswho vote no, he said, “have a right toknow how much of their dollars are be-ing used to sway them.”

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son was quoted as saying‘we’re willing to put ourmoney where our mouthis,’” Travis said. “Techni-cally speaking, it’s not hismoney and it’s not reallythe City of Vancouver’smoney.”TransLink mayors’

council interim execu-tive director Mike Budareferred the Courier toJustinne Ramirez of theMayors’ Council Secretar-iat, who had no commentand referred questions toElections B.C.Robertson chairs the

council, but the Officeof the Mayor did notrespond to the Courier’s

Feb. 16 interview re-quest. Neither did DeputyMayor Andrea Reimer, acampaign finance reformadvocate. Port CoquitlamMayor Greg Moore saidthe Vote Yes for Bet-ter Transit campaign’sTransLink-funded budgetof $4 million hasn’t beenfinalized, but it would alsorely on in-kind supportfrom municipalities.“The mayors’ council

is not seeking any fundingfrom outside or privateinterests,” said Moore.The Better Transit and

Transportation Coalitionis allied with the Mayors’Council, but is seekingdonations via its website.Co-chairs Iain Black of

the Vancouver Board ofTrade and Bahareh Jokarof the UBC Alma-MaterSociety did not respond tointerview requests.In 2003, the Courier

reported that the winningTeam Yes 2010 coalitionin the civic plebiscite onVancouver’s 2010 Olym-pics bid outspent theNo Games 2010 group$700,000 to $5,000. Realestate marketer Bob Ren-nie bought eight full-pagedaily newspaper ads worth$40,000 in favour of thebid. He eventually got theOlympic Village condomarketing contract.

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answered, at least for afew months. City hall gavemoney to hire seniors’outreach coordinator JessicaFiddler until April, andnew programs have founda home at St. Augustine’sAnglican Church on 8680Hudson St. at West 71stAvenue.Last week, several

groups met to discuss localseniors’ needs, said Fid-

dler. The groups includedthe Marpole-OakridgeCommunity Centre, theMarpole-Oakridge FamilyPlace, the Jewish SeniorsAlliance, and St. Augus-tine’s. They formed a newpartnership called theHudson Street SeniorsHub, which will be creat-ing a website with Twitterand Facebook accounts.Marpole Place programs

had been running at the oldfirehall on West 70th Av-enue since the mid-1980s,but after a major floodthere in December 2013,they moved to a temporaryresidence in St. Augus-tine’s. (The future of thefirehall is still uncertain.)Many praised these socialcontacts as valuable forisolated seniors, disabled,homeless and others.The provincial and

federal governments haveyet to commit funds forMarpole programs. “Thetrend now is for govern-ments to download theseprograms onto non-profitsand make them compete

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turned away.Stitch in Time, a sewing

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of 73rd and Hudson at9 a.m. On Wednesdaymornings at St. Augus-tine’s, an 11 a.m. churchservice is followed by asocial luncheon at 12 p.m.That evening an organicfarmer’s market is heldfrom 4 to 7 p.m.The Greater Vancouver

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15-storey buildings arebeing envisioned for thesite, both located on 41stAvenue.“It’s really taking three

storeys off of other parts[of the property] and add-ing them to these build-ings in order to provideopportunities for moreground-oriented town-houses and more low-risewood-frame [buildings],so more affordable hous-ing,” she said. “So it’sreally shifting density.”Haid added that public

input last June suggestedthe community supporteda mid-rise district, withany areas for height closerto 41st.The goal is also to in-

clude a 20 per cent targetof affordable housing,which could take manyshapes.“That’s an area we need

to do work on with thecommunity and our hous-ing people and also, in thenext round of concepts,start doing some economictesting on what’s pos-

sible,” she said.Participants in the first

round of open housesindicated a “strong desire”

for senior housing, familyhousing and affordablerental,” Haid said.Diana Herbst, who’s

lived in the neighbour-hood since 1985, toldthe Courier at last Thurs-day’s open house that she

prefers concepts A and C— particularly C becausemore houses would over-look the park.

“I’m interested in thedevelopment and changesin this part of the city,”she said. “You need to dosomething with it obvious-ly and I like that it’s goingto be residential. That’simportant and that’sneeded in Vancouver.”Herbst questions wheth-

er retail space is necessarysince the property is closeto Oakridge Centre andother businesses, but sheaccepts the fact that it willbe redeveloped and agreestaller buildings should bealong 41st Avenue.“I think it’s a fait ac-

compli that we’re gettingtaller buildings. It’s in-evitable. Vancouver is stillgrowing, so it’ll have togrow upwards,” she said.Online input will be ac-

cepted for about anothermonth. Then, staff willsummarize feedbackand identify a preferredconcept or a concept thatcombines some elementsof each one, which will beunveiled to the public forfurther feedback, possiblyby June.

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26ThenumberofpointsChurchillBulldogHarry Liu earned in thefinal against theTrojans towinthe win theAAAAseniorboys

basketball city title.

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Do you think Vancouver is a better citytoday than it was five years ago?I was first asked this question by my

Uncle Dave during a 1991 visit fromLondon, England.Five years earlier, he had attended

Expo 86 and was struck by the changesthat had taken place around the city dur-ing the five years.I recall telling my uncle Vancouver was

a much better city than it was prior toExpo.Vancouverites had been urged to invite

the world for Expo and people came,especially Asian investors like Li Ka-shing who purchased land and started todevelop around the region.The city had become much more

cosmopolitan and new development wascontributing to an improved economicvitality.Unfortunately, my uncle passed away

a few years later and never made it to the2010 Winter Olympics. However, hadhe attended and returned this past weekduring its fifth anniversary, I suspect hewould have again asked is Vancouver bet-ter today than five years ago.I would have again answered yes.The Olympics did not transform

Vancouver as much as Expo 86; howeverthere is no doubt the Games served as acatalyst for increased tourism and infra-structure improvements.While I am the first to acknowledge

Vancouver would have seen an expandedconvention centre, upgraded road toWhistler and Richmond/airport transitline without the Games, the Olympicsaccelerated their construction.The Olympics also gave us popular

new community facilities including theHillcrest Community Centre and theRichmond Oval, and has also generatedan astounding amount of new real estatedevelopment and revenue for the region.Sadly, the same cannot be said for

most of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympicsfacilities I visited just over a year ago.Like many 2008 Beijing Summer Olym-pic venues, today they lie fallow, costingtaxpayers billions.Speaking of money, one of the most

controversial components of the 2010Olympics was the Southeast False CreekAthletes’ Village. Despite a difficult birth,it has grown into an attractive, vibrantnew community. However, there remain

unspoken issues including the futureownership and management of some veryexpensive social housing.The Village at False Creek, as it is

now called, has been the catalyst for asignificant amount of new developmentsouth and east of the site. While the city’sneighbourhood zoning resulted in build-ing designs which appear to me to be tootall to be midrise structures and too shortto be highrises, a once under-utilizedindustrial area is being transformed.While I applaud Expo 86 and the

Olympics for enhancing the city’s cosmo-politan character and serving as catalystsfor new neighbourhood developments,not everyone agrees the city is better thanit was in the past.Many attribute Vancouver’s high house

prices to the foreign investment thatfollowed these international events, eventhough Vancouver has always had higherland and housing prices by virtue of ourgeography and attractiveness as a placeto live.This is not going to change.As we golf and garden while other parts

of the country are shovelling snow andbeing warned to stay indoors because ofdangerous wind-chill factors, expect anincreasing number of baby boomers andseniors to move here. This will put evenmore pressure on house prices and alsothe need for improved transportationinfrastructure.This is why I am both frustrated and

saddened by the forthcoming transpor-tation referendum and those peopleunwilling to pay a 0.5 per cent sales taxincrease because of questionable Trans-Link management.On this, the fifth anniversary of the

2010 Olympics, we need to rememberthe tremendous civic pride and commu-nity spirit that existed during Expo andthe winter Games. We need to remindourselves of how they changed our trans-portation habits and allowed us to enjoya new-found spirit in the city.We need to cast aside negative feelings

towards the premier and TransLink anddecide to vote yes for a sales tax dedicat-ed to transportation improvements.Let’s not forget the classic FRAM oil

filter commercial which warned: “Youcan pay me now … or pay me later”when it will cost much more.Otherwise, five years from now,

Vancouver may not be a better city thantoday.

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The last time Doug Allen was namedinterim CEO of a transportation outfit,he sold $450 million worth of ferriesfor $19 million and then privatized thehighest-visibility Crown corporation inthe entire provincial government.He accomplished those startling

moves 12 years ago with characteris-tic low-key affability. By that point,he was already a master at diving intoany number of red-flagged files to sortthings out and calm things down.Catherine Holt, his former business

partner at the Sage Group through 10years of special projects for govern-ment, summed him up as an “agent ofchange” who always delivers.Allen is the bureaucratic equiva-

lent of a firefighter. When the alarmsounds, the politicians call him in. Oneway or the other, he puts out the fire.Today, TransLink is smouldering

and threatening to turn into a politicalinferno, depending on which way thereferendum wind blows on a proposednew tax. TransLink announced lastweek it has removed CEO Ian Jarvis.So the call went out again, and Allenanswered it. He has been quietly run-ning the private company InTransitB.C., which will operate the CanadaLine from downtown Vancouver to theairport for the next 30 years, undercontract to TransLink.It’s the latest chapter in a long series

of adventures for the well-regardedfixer.Senior government officials often

frame the official cabinet order namingthem to their post and hang it in theiroffice. A retired deputy recalls drop-ping by Allen’s office once. He had somany framed orders-in-council theylooked like wallpaper.He grew up in Grande Prairie, Alta.,

childhood friend of David Emerson,and worked for the federal governmentearly on before being recruited to Vic-toria by Emerson.He arrived at the senior reaches of

government in 1991 as deputy ministerof government services, after a stintwith the Treasury Board.When a serious problem emerged in

the deputy health minister’s office, hewas named acting deputy minister ofhealth and smoothed things out, laterofficially taking the job.

He was deputy to hard-chargingemployment and investment ministerGlen Clark during the Mike Harcourtgovernment.When Clark became premier, he

decreed that 21,000 new jobs wouldbe created in the forest industry. Al-len was a deputy minister at the time,charged with making it happen.He took a time out to work in Ethio-

pia on governance issues.He later set up the Sage Group with

Holt. Former cabinet minister AndrewPetter picked him to do a detailedreport on ICBC, another assignmentfraught with peril. No-fault insur-ance was considered as an option buteventually rejected. Most of his otherrecommendations were put in ef-fect and some survive today. A fraudcrackdown, aggressive accident preven-tion, a traffic-safety commission, a newlicence-testing system.He also worked on a commission

that looked into problems in licensingcommunity-care facilities.Allen was just as valuable to the B.C.

Liberals after they took over in 2001 ashe was to the previous NDP government.With B.C. Ferries a provincial laugh-

ingstock after the fast ferries failure,the government fired the boss andinstalled Allen as interim CEO.His marching orders were to get rid

of the ferries ASAP, by any methodshort of scuttling them, and then fixthe system as a whole.The three aluminum catamarans

were auctioned off for next-to-nothing.Then Allen helped devise the blueprintstill in effect today, a publicly owned,privately operated company. He startedthe planning for three new ships andurged a new fleet-wide focus on thecustomer. He sat on the board for thefirst few years.The Sage Group also delved into

serious problems with the ministry ofchildren and families, urging delay of aregionalization plan they found wasn’tbeing executed properly.With 25 years of damping down cri-

ses behind him, he’s a good choice forthis new gig.Just so you know: Allen phoned me

by chance an hour or so after his ap-pointment. We chatted briefly, but Icould barely understand anything hesaid. Because he was on the SkyTrain.That’s a good sign.

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Feb. 16, 2010: Twodays aftermoguls racer AlexBilodeaubecame the firstCanadian to claimOlympic gold onhome soil, snowboardcross racerMaelle Rickerbecame the first Canadianwoman toachieve the feat after beating the competitionona course at CypressMountain,where theWest Vancouverwoman first learnedto ride. Ricker led fromstart to finish in adominatingwin that cameafter survivinga crash in qualifying thatwas aneerie reminder of the TurinGames in 2006,whenshe fell in the final,was knockedunconscious and finishedout of themedals. ItwasCanada’s fifthmedal of the 2010WinterGames.

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FalseCreekResidentsAssociationmember saysfacts are falseRe: “VSB settles with reluctant

strata,” Feb. 4.As co-chair of the False Creek

Residents Association, I was saddenedto see the Feb. 5th article conveyill-informed and unverified informa-tion about the situation in the Inter-national Village where our residentshave been actively advocating for thedelivery of the long promised elemen-tary school.Contrary to the information in the

article, at no point did any residentscomplain of negative impacts of theschool on property values. On thecontrary — residents look forwardto the school as an essential part ourgrowing community.The Firenze Strata Council wanted

to ensure that their building couldwithstand the work on the founda-tion that the VSB proposed. How isthis unreasonable? The Firenze StrataCouncil wanted the VSB to assume li-ability for its construction. How is thisunreasonable?These and many other issues were

resolved cooperatively by parties with-out the need for intervention by theSupreme Court.We regret that the VSB official who

was not involved in the negotiationsraised these issues in the media longafter they were resolved.Residents hope that the board will

develop more of a collaborative, goodneighbour policy as construction pro-ceeds.We also hope that in future the Cou-

rier will check facts before publishing.For a complete response by the

Firenze Strata Council see: www.false-creekresidents.org.

Fern Jeffries, Vancouver

OneMan,TwoGuvnorsa farcetobe reckonedwithRe: “British farce frustratingly silly,”

Feb. 6.Sorry, Jo Ledingham, judging by

the sold-out crowd last night and thenonstop laughter, I think One Man,Two Guvnors has scored a hit.Even if you can’t follow all the dia-

logue, you cannot fail to be impressedby the amazing acting, especially An-drew McNee, Ryan Beil and AndrewCownden.Perhaps in an increasingly angry

world, this is just the ticket for a fewhours of pure fun.

Angela Brodkorb, Vancouver

ONLINE COMMENTSMixed responses to yes-or-noplebiscite questionRe: “Soapbox: Saying ‘No’ to TransLink

is the new Canadian way,” Feb. 6.How about generating revenue from tax-

ing those who contribute virtually nothingto Metro Vancouver? Absentee (foreign)home owners who leave their homes va-cant along with other property speculatorsshould be heavily taxed. How about askingthe developers who have long ago boughtup property surrounding the proposedSkyTrain and LRT terminals and whostand to make millions on this plan to con-tribute? Instead, the costs will be largelyborne by middle and low-income familieswho are already struggling.Oh, and can we please STOP the fear-

mongering and apocalyptic spin from theYes side? The world will not come to anend if this plebiscite doesn’t pass. Maybewe’ll actually find a way forward that ismore efficient and wiser.

Stan, via Comments section• • •

Let’s keep the facts straight in publishedarticles, please. This is not “TransLink’sproposed infrastructure” — the whole planand the completely necessary “childishidea” for the new tax were both proposedby the elected Mayors Council, not byTransLink as you claim.Anyone who has problems with Trans-

Link needs to bring it up during the nextprovincial election. It’s an issue that onlythe province is able to fix, and ChristyClark’s B.C. Liberal administration hasdone nothing about it.As for this vote, it’s about building

infrastructure that is much needed. Van-couver has had great success with similarinfrastructure projects like the SkyTrain,the Canada Line and the SeaBus, andeach one has been an enormous boon toour region’s people and economy. Thisnew plan will do the same. The only majorinfrastructure screw-up I can think of isthe compass card system, which is mostlythe fault of the particular contractor,Cubic Systems. This new plan continuesour proud tradition of building toward amore livable region where everyone has thechoice of getting around how and whenthey want to. As a resident, I’m happy topay this totally reasonable tax and enjoy aneven better city.

Braden MacDonald, via Commentssection

• • •It’s also just ridiculous in terms of public

finance policy to be instituting consump-tion taxes (which are regressive, affectingthe poor more than the rich by their verynature) to pay for things that could easilybe paid for by a simple tightening of thepublic belt.

Simon Currie, via Comments section

Linden sets new Canucks recordFeb. 16, 2004: Trevor Linden overtakes Stan Smyl’s record for themost numberof overall games playedwhile wearing a Vancouver Canucks jersey after playingin his 897th, a 1-0win over the Colorado Avalanche in Denver. The NHL team’scurrent president ended his playing career in 2008with 1,138 games in total.Current captain Henrik Sedin is now in second placewith 1,010 games, accordingtoWikipedia, while twin brother Daniel, the goal scorer in the game against theAvs, has just 10 fewer.


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People of the pint-sizedvariety are either too youngto remember or simply didnot even exist when the 2010Winter Olympics rolled intoVancouver. Yet theymadeup the bulk of the crowdthat came to the SoutheastFalse Creek Olympic Plazafor Sunday’sWinter GamesLegacy Celebration.True, the craft stations in-

cluded tables to make yourown Olympic medal (in asparkly gold, naturally) ora torch made from red andorange sheets of paper werefor the young, but the realexcitement came from thosewho had fond memories offirst-hand experiences.Janet Teodosio was preg-

nant with Lucas five yearsago, and wanted both himand his sister, two-year-oldMia, to get a glimpse ofrecent Games history —even if it was a faint echoof the real thing.“This is why we’re here,”

said Teodosio, motioningto her kids who were fixatedon the mini curling gameset up next to a vendor tent.“We wanted them to havea taste of the celebration. Itwas an amazing experiencefor us. The communityspirit, this is what Vancou-ver is all about.”Next to the mini hockey

rink with its foot-high foamboards, Moonwater andWes Withrow watcheddaughter Tayen, aged four-and-a-half, push aroundone of the plastic pucks with

a plastic stick. The familylives in Bellingham, Wash.,and made the trip acrossthe line just for the day’scelebration of Olympicmemories.“We had themost epic

day,” saidMoonwater oftheir visit five years ago. “Iwas eight months pregnantwith Tayen and we wanderedaround for 16 hours. Imaginethe enthusiasm and theexcitement of thousands andthousands of people comingtogether in one place.”The day they visited also

happened to be the sameday it was determinedCanada would be playingthe United States in men’shockey for the gold medal inwhat was called TheMostImportant Hockey Game ofAll Time. There was somefriendly ribbing from theCanadian fans who zeroedin on the American flag onWes’s backpack but it wasall part of the day’s fun, hesaid, adding that they’remore speedskating thanhockey fans but, it was allpart of the experience.“We’re Olympic nerds.”A family of five watched

a flatscreen television cheer-fully blaring a highlight reelof the 2010 Olympic andParalympic events and,going by the joyous expres-sions, it seemed like theywere either experiencing theGames for the first time, orbeing transported back toanother time.It was the latter, it

turned out. “Watchingthe video, I just want tocry. I feel like I’m livingit again. Being here wokeup so many memories forme,” said Rejoice Kry-

zanowski, a volunteer forboth the 2010 opening andclosing ceremonies whowas also picked to carrythe flag for Ghana’s loneathlete Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong as the WestAfrican country is alsoRejoice’s place of birth.Husband Jordan Kryza-

nowski was a camera opera-tor for the Games. One ofhis highlights was shootingthe gold medal curling gamebetween Canada and Nor-way. Jordan spottedMikeBabcock, the head coach forthe 2010 Canadian men’shockey team, in the crowdand asked him if he’d bewilling to appear on thetelevision feed.“We put him up on the

jumbo screen and every-body just went crazy. Hewas all of a sudden full ofhappiness and life, he real-ized all of Canada was be-hind him,” Jordan recalled.“It was in the middle ofcurling for the gold medaland the place went crazy.I’m sure you’re not sup-posed to do that in a curlingmatch, but…”“The next day, we won,”

added Rejoice.The Games meant so

much to the Kryzanowskisthat they moved into theAthlete’s Village HousingCo-operative in 2011. Asfate would have it, the thirdchild of the Olympics-lovingcouple was born in theOlympic Village.“Sequoia was the first

child born here. Third kid,fast labour, came out likea bobsled,” said Jordan,laughing. “I delivered herand, literally, she came outlike a bobsled.”

Olympics still shinebright for fansFamilies at Legacy Celebration recall their 2010 excitement

1. Rejoice Kryzanowski and daughter Sequoia Jordan, 3, attended Sunday’sWinter Games LegacyCelebration at the Southeast False Creek Olympic Plaza. Sequoiawas the first child born in the Olym-pic Village. 2.Moonwater plays a little hockeywith daughter TayenWithrow, 4, while NylaWithrow, 1,has a comfortable seat. The family drove fromWashington State for the sole purpose of attending theevent. 3. Kyson Chuang, 3, holds the Olympic torch in front of the 2010 Vancouver Olympicmascots.4. Amini curling gamewas one of themany activities popular with children.See photo gallery online at vancourier.com. PHOTOSREBECCA BLISSETT


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Q:How long do I needto dry the seeds from aThai chili before planting?

Mi Vuong,Vancouver

A: Dry them until theyresist when you try to bendthem. If they do bend, theyneed drying evenmore. Butnot all Thai chili pepper seedis suitable for sprouting.Seed from some grocery

store chili peppers maynot grow at all depend-ing on their handling. Ifthey’ve been subjected tohigh heat to make themmature artificially, or per-haps were sprayed or givena gas process, the seedcould be damaged.The best kind of grocery

store source for Thai chilipeppers is an organic store,or perhaps an ethnic storewhere people know howtheir chili peppers havebeen treated.These chili peppers need

to be completely ripe beforethe seeds are close to beingready for harvesting. Themature colour of the pep-pers may vary. It’s usuallyred but could be purple,orange, brown or black.After cleaning the seeds

with water, you need tostore them in a gentlywarm place. The top ofa refrigerator or waterheater should be OK. Theyshouldn’t be in direct sun-light, not above a heat ventand not in an oven. Shakeor stir the seeds a little bitas they dry.

Q: I’ve tried sproutingsome camellia cuttingsin a bucket of water sinceSeptember. I put someothers deep in root hor-mone before I stuck themin pots. But all those withgrowth hormone died.After three months, oneof the camellia cuttingshas two sprouts that arestill alive but it looks likethey’re stagnant. I reallywant to save them.

Addy, Vancouver

A: It’s very rare to suc-ceed in rooting a camelliain water. Virtually all needrooting in soil. An acidicsand-peat mix is best withmodest amounts of rootinghormone. Huge amounts ofrooting hormone are veryhard on plants.For rooting plants that

do succeed in water, rainwater is much healthierthan city water or well wa-ter. Tap water can containadditions such as chlorinewhile well water may con-

tain various minerals.Camellias love humid,

moist conditions but doneed to be rooted in soil.About three, four or fivestem nodes is a good lengthfor cuttings, but stems thislong won’t contain enoughnourishment to supportwhole leaves and makeroots as well. So the leavesshould be snipped in halfto reduce the drain on thecutting’s energy.Once the cuttings are

planted in soil, they should

bemisted and placed in alarge plastic bag (or propaga-tor) to hold in themoisture.It would be useful to placethem on a greenhouse heatmat. Camellias love bottomheat but it should come froma plant mat that’s manufac-tured especially for plants.Heat mats for people are toohot for plants.Your camellia pots are

best in a warm shady-but-bright place that’s keptgently misted and moist butnot drenching wet.Youmight experiment by

taking one potted cutting andstanding it outside againstthe north or east side of yourhouse wall. The temperaturesand humidity at this time ofyear are very like camelliasnatural habitat. Be sure totake it in if frost threatens.Anne Marrison is happy to

answer garden questions [email protected].

Root your camellia cuttings in soil

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Come and discuss community issues, reviewproposed neighbourhood policy options,and help plan the future of the followingareas in Grandview-Woodland:

Broadway/Commercial (between Clark,Nanaimo and East 12th Avenue)Saturday, February 21, 2015, 10 am -4 pm

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1819 West 5th Avenue: To develop the site with asix-storey, mixed-use building; retail on the first floor;25 dwelling units on the second to sixth storeys overtwo levels underground parking (61 parking spacesand seven commercial parking spaces plus oneClass B loading) accessed from the lane.

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Former Vancouver highschool counsellor RodrickLal had a previous Asianmale student attempt sui-cide by walking into theFraser River.“He hindered on

maybe bringing shameto the family,” Lal said.“It’s funny, isn’t it? If hecommitted suicide it’sOK… But to say that hehad a mental illness andneeded psychiatric help,that would have broughtshame on the family.”As a PhD student at

Simon Fraser Universityand co-investigator with acommunity-based researchproject called Strength inUnity: Men Speaking OutAgainst Stigma, whichaims to reduce the stigmaassociated with mental ill-ness among men and youthin Asian communities,Lal hopes to prevent suchincidents.Sepali Guruge, a

Toronto-based doctorof nursing, initiated theStrength in Unity project.“That’s a key point,”

Lal said. “Not a male, buta female that saw in thecommunity that even themale professionals are notdiscussing this matter.”While stigma about

mental illness crosses cul-tures and backgrounds,evidence suggests Asianimmigrants are among thegroups least likely to seekhelp for mental health

problems — a summaryabout the project statesthis has been attributedto stigma and saving face.Moreover, as asking forhelp is often characterized

as a feminine trait or asign of weakness, men areless likely to seek mentalhealth services.Other times, a man

might want to get helpbut doing so might beconsidered shameful byhis family.“Coming from Asian

or South Asian families,it’s interdependent, it’snot independent, sotheir family comes firstand whatever the familydictates you have to abideby that,” Lal said. “Theman may want to [seekhelp] but he’s caught in adouble-bind.”Movember Canada, a

group dedicated to men’shealth, granted the three-year project $3.3 millionto train Asian men, age17 and older, who have

direct experience withmental illness, to reduceinternalized stigma and tobecome community men-tal health ambassadors.“We just want dia-

logue,” Lal said. “If wecan do this in Canada,in British Columbia, wecan change maybe backin India, China, Taiwan,Japan.”Ambassadors will be

encouraged to speak tobusiness leaders, clergy,grandparents and par-ents about how mentalhealth problems affect anestimated seven millionpeople in Canada, or 20per cent of the popula-tion, and how stigma thatprevents someone who’ssuffering from seekinghelp often leads to socialisolation, more severe

symptoms and servesas barrier to success inwork, school and socialsituations. The projectwants to see ambassadorscommunicate that seekinghelp takes strength.“The vast majority of

[Asian] people who go touniversity are middle classand they know [about]getting counselling,” Lalsaid. “And yet they can’tgo three blocks [to gethelp] because no one hastold them it’s OK.”Ambassadors will raise

awareness about thesupports and servicesavailable and encouragecommunities to take upanti-stigma initiatives.Participants will receive

$50 for attending aninformation session andthose who participate on ahandful of Saturdays overthree years will receive a$500 stipend.Study sites include

Toronto, Calgary andVancouver and research-ers are seeking close to800 participant in B.C.Nearly 100 men in MetroVancouver have signedup for an informationsession, but Lal saysthe project needs moreteenaged males and menaged 60 to 66. Interestedparticipants should signup by March 15.Researchers are to com-

municate their findingsabout what approacheswork best and wheremoney needs to go toprovincial and federalgovernments at the con-clusion of the project.Lal said researchers

might learn, for example,that it’s helpful to providecounselling in malls.“This way here, when

you tell people, ‘I’m justgoing to the mall,’ theydon’t suspect anything,right,” Lal said.For more information,

see strength-in-unity.ca.twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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Formerhigh school counsellorRodrick Lal, a co-investigatorwitha community-based researchproject calledStrength inUnity:MenSpeakingOutAgainst Stigma,wantsAsianmen to shed internalized stigmaaboutmental illness andshare their awarenesswith theircommunities.PHOTODANTOULGOET


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regress and aggress. Wedon’t think clearly orlogically. We can’t see anyother point of view but ourown. An adult will act likea child, a ten-year-old likea toddler. A teenager . . .may still act like a teen-ager. We say and do thingswe may later regret.When depressed, we

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• Meditative practice:Prayer, yoga, formal medi-tation and mindfulnessare all effective ways ofcalming the mind, centringthoughts and reflecting.By deliberately pausing,breathing and slowing yourthoughts and actions, youbecome less reactive.Begin each day with a

prayer of thankfulness.Count your blessingsbefore you even get out ofbed. This can prime thepump to allow you to seethe good that you have and

your ability to make a posi-tive difference in your life.You’ll be more likely to

see the positive through-out the day, and as eachday unfolds, you may feelmore empowered to seizeopportunities to make adifference. As you retire atthe end of the day, reflecton its blessing (how youhelped others and howothers helped you) andlessons. You may not endthe day any younger orricher, but perhaps a littlewiser and with memoriesof some positive experi-ences. What is the measureof your days?

•Choose yourthoughts:Thoughts arepowerful. If we don’t takecare, they can provoke anxi-ety, fuel anger and prolongdepression. You can’t controlthe weather, traffic lights, thebehaviour of others or luck,but you can choose yourthoughts.Cognitive therapy is one

method of becoming awareof your thoughts, recogniz-ing how they affect yourmood or anxiety level andgaining control over youremotions by choosing moreefficacious thoughts.The next time you feel

angry, irritated, sad or

anxious, reflect on thethoughts that may havetriggered your emotions.Is there another way tolook at the situation?With time, you’ll gain

facility in recognizing theunderlying assumptionsand beliefs behind un-healthy thinking.

• Turn your prob-lems into goals: Insteadof replaying the past orruminating on the nega-tive, think about what youwant. When you are mostrelaxed, visualize yourselfhaving achieved your goal,experiencing a sense ofpeace and living a life richwith purpose and meaning.How do you feel? What doyou see? What do you hear?Make it real.If the effects of stress, anx-

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2. Although it doesn’t feel too wintry inthese parts, the 10th annual Winter-ruption Festival is back to combat anypotential winter blahs with a hefty doseof music, dance, theatre, film, familyfun, gastronomy and outdoor celebrationon Granville Island, including CharlieRoss’s One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, dancetroupe Aché Brasil and screenings ofthe documentary Grey City (CidadeCinza), about Brazilian artists Os Ge-meos who are responsible for Giants,the largest outdoor mural ever created bythe spray- painting twin brothers that canbe seen decorating Ocean Concrete’s sixmassive silos on Granville Island. Detailsat winterruption.com.

3. With his laid-back, slightly stoner-ishdemeanour, Hannibal Buress is onefunny dude as evidenced by his appear-ances on Louie, Broad City and numerouscomedy specials. The former staff writerfor SNL and 30 Rock brings his standupact to the Vogue Theatre Feb. 18 as partof the Northwest Comedy Festival. De-tails at northwestcomedyfest.com.

4. Presented by Ballet BC, theMiami CityBallet visits Vancouver for the first timeto perform Balanchine— a triple bill ofacclaimed choreographerGeorge Bal-anchine works: Serenade, Symphonyin Three Movements and Ballo dellaRegina. The show runs Feb. 19 to 21 atQueen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at ticket-master.ca. Details at balletbc.com.

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Arts&EntertainmentKUDOS&KVETCHESMission impossibleApparently 100 question-

ably adventurous dream-ers have been shortlistedto take part in a one-waycivilian mission to Marsin 2024. Dutch non-profitorganization Mars Oneis heading up the fairlyunrealistic crowd-fundedtrip, which aims to estab-lish a permanent humancolony on the red planet by2025. Those who success-fully made the cut from202,500 candidates includea 42 year-old high schoolteacher fromWhistler and a42-year-old volunteer Scoutleader from Vancouver.We realize that turning

the inauspicious age of42 is no great shakes, andthe fantasy of leaving yourtroubles behind and startinganew in some far off exoticlocale where nobody knowsyou has a certain allure. Butthis is Mars, people. Youthink being stuck on Earthsurrounded by crummyhumans is bad? Imaginebeing stuck with a higherconcentration of themunder a geo-dome and onlyhaving Clif Bars to eat forthe rest of your sweaty life.It’s not like you could pulla Cheryl Strayed and hikeyour troubles away.Even more curious is how

local media have chosen tocover this quasi-news story.

Throwing all skepticismand common sense to thewind, the Sun, the Province,CTV News and VancityBuzz all fail to question thelegitimacy of the so-calledmission with even the slight-est mention of how incred-ibly naïve and unlikely it isthat there will be a humancolony onMars, let aloneone in 10 years. CTV Newswent so far as to call thelocal winners of the Marsfantasy camp sweepstakes“brave,” kind of like howit’s brave of us to volunteerto go on a safari huntingunicorns with only our barehands. And Vancity Buzz,which has never met a pressrelease it didn’t like, treatsthe Mars One press bumphas gospel, which isn’t toosurprising. You may recallwhen the website ran theerroneous headline “1,000Foot Long Slip and SideComing to Vancouver,”essentially echoing an online

petition trying to drum upsupport for a massive waterslide downMain Streeton Car Free Day, withoutdoing the slightest bit ofdiligence, such as callingthe city or the organizers ofCar Free Day, which wouldhave revealed that neitherhad even been contactedby the slide fantasizers and,in fact, the city wouldn’tsupport such an endeavouranyway because of safetyconcerns. But why let factsget in the way of thousandsof people sharing your inac-curate story?Mostly, however, we just

feel bad for the 202,400applicants who didn’t getaccepted to potentiallygo to Mars in 2024. Thathas to be a bit of a kick toan already fragile, slightlywarped ego. But if it’s anyconsolation, those whomake the final cut won’t begoing to Mars either.

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Queer youth, aged 13 to22, and queer elders, aged55 to 86, have posed ques-tions over the past year andexchanged personal storiesthey’ve shaped to be pre-sented at Call and Response:An LGBTQ Intergenera-tional Performance Eveningin Surrey on Feb. 19 and inVancouver Feb. 22.Former COPE city coun-

sellor Ellen Woodsworthwrote about what it was liketo be a dyke in the 1960sand ’70s.“How, when you stood

out then, you were vilifiednot just by straight ho-mophobes but within thefeminist community,” saidClaire Robson, co-lead artistfor Queer Imaging and Rit-ing Kollective for Elders, orQuirk-e, a group to whichWoodsworth belongs.Woodsworth forwarded

her work to members ofYouth For a Change, agroup of advocates, activistsand educators that is facili-tated by Sylvia Traphan andJenMarchbank, a professorin gender, sexuality andwomen’s studies at SFU,and meets in Surrey.“And [the teens] were

like, ‘Wow. This is amazing.What a history,’” Robsonsaid.Youth providedWood-

sworth with feedback on herwork and she will read herpolished piece at the event,which will include digitalmedia, spoken word, poetryand stories that are typicallyrelegated to the margins.Tyler Cogwell-Shears,

a 14-year-old transgenderboy, will outline what it hasbeen like to explore his maleidentity in a difficult schoolsituation with an audiorecording and images. An-other queer teen will shareher story of being bootedfrom her family home andthen rejecting placement ina group home that wouldn’taccommodate her homeless14-year-old girlfriend.Quirk-e’s other lead

artist, Kelsey Blair, helpedQuirk-e couple Bridget Colland Chris Morrissey fashiona film, which includesdancers, from their inter-views that were woven intopoetry about dealing withhomophobia while one ofthem lives in a residentialcare home with dementia.“To have those two ends

of the spectrum is quitesomething,” Robson said.“Both groups tend to be

marginalized in the queercommunity, which is reallyfocused somuch on 25- to35-year-old[’s] issues. If youlook atXtra! that’s what yousee,” Robson added. “I knewthat these were cool kids. Iknew that they were doingimportant work, but I’vebeen so impressed by theirwisdom andmaturity andstrength. It sounds sappy butreally, they’re amazing.”The Call and Response

project has been a genuineexchange with elders learn-ing as much as youth.“They’ve taught us a lot

about being gender fluid,”Robson added. “We havea transsexual presence inQuirk-e… [but] it’s beenan education for us to haveto think carefully aboutpronouns and to have tocheck about pronouns… It’sso much more complicatedthan when we grew up and

what we’re used to.”The groups joined forces

after the elders provideda workshop to the youthgroup, told them aboutQuirk-e’s launch of itsanthology, The BridgeGeneration: A Queer Elders’Chronicle from No Rights toCivil Rights, which coversthe institutionalization andelectronic shock therapyqueer people faced in the1940s in Canada to person-al and creative expressiontoday, and youth attended.“I thought that’s initiative

that needs to be reward-ed,” Robson said. “Whyshouldn’t they get to dosome art?”During the process, the

two groups learned theyshare more similarities thandifferences.“A lot of people think

that kids need to be pro-vided for, particularly at-risk youth, and people thinkthe same of seniors,” saidRobson, a 65-year-old post-doctorate fellow in the samedepartment as Marchbankat SFU. “And the phi-losophy of all four facilita-tors [for the two groups]is really f*** that. Theseyouth and these seniors area resource. Nobody reallylikes to have stuff done forthem. We need to challengethem and get them doingfor themselves.”The Feb. 19 show runs 7

to 9 p.m. at Kwantlen Poly-technic University, roomFir 128 at 12666 72nd Ave.in Surrey. The Feb. 22show runs 5 to 7:30 p.m. atBritannia Services Centre,Canucks Family Educa-tion Centre, 1001 CottonDr. For more information,search for Call and Re-sponse on Facebook.

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Megan [email protected]

The Britannia Bruinsmade B.C.’s No. 1 AAAsenior boys basketball teamprove they were worthy oftheir top rank Friday nightin the city championship atChurchill secondary.The Bruins held the

Tupper Tigers to one oftheir lowest first half out-puts of the season, keepingthe score close at 36-35.Muscling through on 21second-half points fromforward Chris Schneller,the defending AA/AAA citychamps outpaced the Bru-ins down the stretch to winthe 2015 title by 11 points.“We know we’re a bet-

ter second half team and ifwe kept it close, we weregoing to do well,” saidSchneller, who scored halfof Tupper’s 42 points afterthe half and totalled 23when the night was done.He was also named the

tournamentMVP. “They’rea hard team to play against,

they play tough and theyhave some really goodshooters,” he said.Britannia’s Dylan Joe

led all scorers with 27points before he came offin the fourth quarter witha leg cramp. His mid-court steals interruptedthe Tigers’ offence and ledto numerous fast-breakcounterpunches.“Because we’re a run-

ning team, my teammatesget me the ball and I justgo,” said Joe. “We’re afast team, we work hard.”It was also an emotional

night for the Bruins. For oneof the few games this season,coach Eric Ming was on thebench with his team.Mingwas in remission from leu-kemia but earlier this year,cancer returned.“We all wanted to dedi-

cate it to our coach,” saidJoe. “He told us to leaveeverything on the floor. Itwas really motivating see-ing him on the court.”Britannia coach Wayne

Hoang said the unrankedAA Bruins were ready totake it to the No. 1 AAAranked team in B.C.“Our team is really un-

der the radar. I don’t thinkmany schools or teamsknow who we are,” he

said. “These kids are reallygritty and they always give100 per cent.”“These are two really

good East Side schoolsclashing,” said Hoang,adding that Joe has been aleader all season and aver-ages 30 points a night.“Dylan’s been our heart

and soul,” saidHoang. “He’sa really gritty tough kid.”In 2014, the first time for

a AA/AAA city champion-ship bracket, Tupper beatBritannia 68-52 in the finaland continued to finish fifthin the province at AAA.Tupper will advance to

the AAA Lower Mainlandtournament as the No. 1seed from Vancouver. Bri-tannia advances to the AAregional tournament as thecity’s top seed.Schneller was the

tournament MPV. Joewas named a first-team allstar along with Tupper’sSanti Ubial Taylor Rossand Niko Mottus andJohn Oliver’s Devin Johal.Britannia’s Andrew Fang,Point Grey’s Evan Urqu-hart, Lord Byng’s JensPerrson-Thomas andJ.O.’s Oghosa Abonmwan-dolor were named to thesecond all-star team.

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Britannia’s Dylan Joe (No. 10) soars to the hoop, avoiding Tupper’s NikoMottus (No. 22) and theoutreached hand of Chris Schneller (No. 7) in the AA/AAA city final at Churchill secondary Feb. 13.PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER

Trojan Harry Brar (No. 14) holds the ball out of the reach of Churchill’s Handel Ochieng (No. 12) in theAAAA city final at Churchill secondary Feb. 15. PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER

BASKETBALL

Megan [email protected]

The defending AAAAB.C. senior boys basket-ball champion ChurchillBulldogs ran away with thecity title on a string of earlythree-point shots, winningin their home gym overunexpected finalist DavidThompson Friday night.Churchill’s first 12

points all came from deep(nine from the hands ofsenior Gary Minhas) andtheir first two-point bucketalmost became a three-point play when a foul wascalled on the shot. Thefree throw rimmed out butthe string of three-pointersgot longer.For good measure,

Churchill sunk three moretreys to end the openingquarter with a 27-5 lead. Bythe half, the Bulldogs wereup 56-21.“We felt we had a few

shots at the beginning, theykept going in so we just kept

shooting,” said Minhas,who finished with 13 pointsand the MVP hardware,which his brother Mindyclaimed the previous year.“We were trying to push

the ball and anything thatwe had opened, we feltgood and we were just hit-ting shots. We were tryingto push the ball the wholetime. We didn’t want tooverlook DT because un-derdogs always come outreally hard.”“They blitzed us,” said

David Thompson coachJimmy Choi. “Playing ontheir home floor, defendingchamps — they were ready.We still lost by a large mar-gin, but the second half wasbetter. Win or lose, we werenot supposed to be here.“I’m enjoying the ride

and maybe there is still aCinderella story for us.”The Trojans knocked

off the Kitsilano Blue De-mons in a semi-final. Kitsfinished fourth overall,coming behind Winder-mere after a 92-91 loss inthe consolation final.In the second half,

Churchill coach Rick Lo-pez turned to his bench.The Trojans’ zone defencekicked up the ball and the

visitors outscored the Bull-dogs 28-20 in the thirdquarter by hustling fast-break layups and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it no-lookpasses.Churchill is ranked sixth

in B.C. this week but theBulldogs have nothing ontheir minds other thanrepeating.“If we keep on playing

the way we do and keepon working hard, we canachieve anything we want,”said Minhas.Bulldog Harry Liu had

26 points in the win andTrojan Harry Brar led allscorers with 27.Six-foot-three Brar said

the Trojans honed theirfocus for the final.“Yesterday at practice

we made sure we workedhard, we focused on get-ting through our sets. Weknew they were going toplay man-to-man full-court[defence] and we had toprotect the ball. The finalresult doesn’t show we putin the preparation, but wedid,” he said.The Lower Mainland

tournament begins nextweek. The top three teamsadvance to provincials.

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WRESTLING

Vancouver College tiedwith the North Shore’sCarsonGraham secondaryfor top place in the regionalwrestling championship Feb.

13 at JohnOliver second-ary. Both boys teams had 87points. The host Jokers werenext with 86 points.In the girls flight, St.

Thomas Aquinas came outon top with 37 points, fol-lowed by J.O. with 25.

Jokers Torrey Toribio wonhis 57kg class and Earl Lagoshis 51kg class. Tupper’s RioSui won 38kg andGlad-stone’s Jonathan Guerverawon 54kg. Paul Oeda won48kg for Vancouver College,and teammates Ian Vackart

took 74kg, Russelx Fernan-dez 110kg, and Aidan Lunny110kg-plus class. Joker JeninaPascua won her 43kg class.The top five wrestlers

advance to provincialsnext week.

— Megan Stewart

Close finish at regionalmeet

PINNINGWHEEL St. Patrick’s wrestler Anna Victoria Chow (in red) fights to flip and pin her St. Thomas Aquinas competitor in agirls 51kg semi-final at John Oliver secondary Feb. 13. Chow finished third in her class and advanced to the provincial championship.PHOTODAN TOULGOET


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