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Note to would-be thieves: Dont messwith Cory Wong.Whos CoryWong?Hes a 13-year-old

boy, who stands ve-foot-two, weighs 80pounds and is not afraid to use the familyshome phone as a weapon to whack a thiefon the head enough times to force a retreat.Thats what the Grade 8 Killarney

secondary student did on the afternoonof Sept. 3, 2013 when a man got halfwayinto a second-oor window before Wonglet him have it. He was home babysittinghis nine-year-old sister at the time.I rushed to him and just smashed him

in the head many times, like right near theeye, said Wong, pointing to his temple.Wong, who was 12 at the time, wal-

loped the intruder with such force thatbatteries dropped from the phone andthe man, believed to be in his early 20s,dropped to the ground and ran off.Wong had phoned his mom before the

man broke into the house. Once he fendedhim off, he and his sister armed themselveswith sticks until police arrived. He gavethem a description and police were ableto obtain DNA evidence from the scene.Police continue to search for theman.The articulate youngster told his story

to reporters Thursday after Police ChiefJim Chu presented Wong with a Certi-cate of Merit for his bravery. The awardwas one of many given to citizens andpolice ofcers at the Vancouver PoliceDepartments annual ceremony held atthe Roundhouse Community Centre.I just felt like I was about to explode with

happiness,Wong said of being notied hewould receive an award. I didnt know thatwhat I did would get this award.Wongs dad, Chuck, stood by as his

son elded questions from a throng ofreporters. He described that day as beingdramatic and scary for a parent.

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Vision Vancouver trustee Mike Lom-bardis motion to extend a moratoriumon school closures until December 2018failed to pass at a school board meetingMonday evening. NPA trustees and theGreen Party of Vancouvers trustee JanetFraser opposed the motion.The NPA said in the lead-up to the

November civic election that it wouldntclose neighbourhood schools. NPAincumbent trustee Fraser Ballantynesaid last April, however, the board couldhave closed ve schools instead of dig-ging so deeply into its reserve fund tobalance its budget.

The parties had campaigned on thatand we thought it was important to send aclear signal to the public and parents, espe-cially, about the position of the VancouverSchool Board, Lombardi said regardingwhy he proposed the motion. It was notenough to have positions of political par-ties. It was now time for the corporate bodyto make it very clear and send a signal.The former Vision-dominated board

pledged not to close schools in 2011.The board had considered closing veschool sites in 2010 to the consternationof many parents. Lombardi says onceparents learned in 2010 that the boardwould save less than $1 million by clos-ing all ve school sites, parents arguedclosing schools would be unacceptable.

Lombardi said the board wouldnt havesaved money on salaries for teachers andother staff, who would have been shiftedelsewhere.The Vancouver School Board faces a

recently revised budget shortfall of $15million for 2015-2016. Overall enrol-ment in Vancouver public schools hadbeen declining for years, although enrol-ment is swiftly increasing in certain partsof the city.Fraser wrote on her Facebook page

that she doesnt want to close any schoolto VSB student enrolment, but she alsodoesnt believe a four-year moratoriumis appropriate at this time of continuedbudget pressures.

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It was a good day for twodistinct Main Street crowdslast Thursday.At an event in the morn-

ing at the RoundhouseCommunity Centre inYaletown and at another inthe evening at the SatelliteGallery on Seymour Street,retired cops, veterans andartists were honoured fortwo very different reasons:policing and art.First, the cop connec-

tionAs part of the Vancouver

Police Departments annualawards ceremony, PoliceChief JimChu bestowed thecoveted Chief ConstablesCitation the chiefs highestaward for civic duty uponthe ArmyNavy and AirforceVeterans Taurus Unit 298 inrecognition of themembersoutstanding commitment tothe community.The club contributes to

housing in the DowntownEastside for veterans andother residents. It also

supports the George DerbyCentre and Brock FahrniCentre, which are residen-tial facilities for veterans.Located at 23rd and

Main, the social club openedin 1948 after then-VPDofcer Roy Slattery, a RoyalCanadian Air Force vet-eran, had an idea to set upa gathering spot for ofcersdischarged from themilitaryafter the SecondWorldWar.The required funding to

purchase the land and buildthe club was raised throughdues paid by VPD ofcers.Today, the building stillserves as a meeting spot forveterans and police, with themost popular day of the yearbeing RemembranceDay.Now, to the artFor anyone who has

dropped in to the club,its quite evident the placeattracts more visitors thancops and veterans. Heck,

even actor Seth Rogen hasbeen there. For decades,its also been a hangout forsome of the citys artists,many of whom grew up inthe neighbourhood and puttheir mark on it.Those artists include Paul

Wong and Charles Rea,who belonged to a collectiveof like-minded locals along with the late KennethFletcher, Deborah Fong,Carol Hackett, Marlene

MacGregor, JeannetteReinhardt and AnnastaciaMcDonald known as theMainstreeters.(Full disclosure: McDon-

ald is my aunt and Wonglmed me in 1983 as I gotready for my high schoolgrad; light grey tux, whitetube socks, feathered hairand an AC/DC necklaceis all the detail you need tosear that unfortunate imagein your brain.)Through the early 1970s

and into the 1980s, myaunt and her friends livedand worked together inwhat was a working-classneighbourhood, where theycreated art on paper, invideo, in photographs andthrough performance.Older and allegedly wiser,

some of that crew showedup last Thursday to the Sat-ellite Gallery and couldnthelp but recall thoseformative/wild/experimen-tal years. Thats becausethey were featured in theexhibit Mainstreeters: Tak-ing Advantage, 1972-1982,curated by Michael Turnerand Allison Collins.The one piece that stood

out for me was a series

of photographs Wongtook Feb. 26, 1976. Thatmorning, he and Reinhardtlooked out their bedroomwindow onWatson Streetto see a shirtless, 22-year-old man lying dead in thesnow. He had been stabbedto death. His name wasEugene Lloyd Pelly.Captivated by the citys

fourth homicide,Wong,along with collaboratorFletcher, embarked on aproject that became MurderResearch, which includes36 photographs and textpanels, video and a voiceperformance by the duo.Some of the photographs

show homicide investiga-tors in trenchcoats and theold black-and-white policecars of the day. Classic stuff.The piece and more of theMainstreeters work can beviewed at the Satellite Gal-lery until March 14.The club, meanwhile, is

celebrating its 67th year.Sounds like a good reason

to stop in for a beverage andtalk art and policing. Ormaybe the art of policing?Or the policing of art? Ornever mind.

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son defended himself andprotected his sister, whowas screaming throughoutthe ordeal. Im glad he didwhat he did and I wouldhope other people woulddo the same to protect theirhome and community, saidChuck, who allowed his sonto be absent from school tocollect the award.Themaster of ceremonies

at the event joked thatWongmight be a future recruit forthe department.Asked by reporters if he

was interested in joining theVPD,Wong replied, Id beOKwith that.Brian Chernoff, 30, joined

the VPD ve years ago. He isa third generationmember ofthe force, with his father andgrandfather serving beforehim. Now a constable,Chernoff was recognizedThursday by the chief for hisbravery on the early morningofMarch 5, 2013.He and partner, Const.

GraemeWells, saved a dis-traught woman from deathafter cutting her down froma rope that she tried to hangherself with by the lighthouse at

Brockton Point in Stanley Park.Chernoff said the only

information he andWells hadfrom a police dispatcher wasthat a young woman had calledand said she was going to killherself somewhere in a parkand she could see a bridge.The ofcers rolled up to

Brockton Point around3 a.m. and noticed a carparked obscurely by the light-house. As Chernoff checkedthe licence plate number,Wells left the cruiser to searchthe area and almost immedi-ately found the woman. Shewas hanging from a rope that

she tied to a railing.She wasnt relieved to see

us, she wasmore upset to seeus, he said, noting he cut therope whileWells held up thewoman to displace her weight.The trio then slid off the slopebelow the seawall and into theocean. Fortunately, at thebottom of the seawall, therewas a bit of a step and we gother over to there.Wells established a rapport

with the woman, who was inher early 20s, while waitingfor help. The ofcers con-vinced her that she neededto live, not to struggle with

them and to climb a redepartment ladder to safety.She was a really nice girl

but she had suffered someloss in her family, Chernoffrecalled. It was one of thosethings where things werebuilding up in her life andshe just made her decision.While proud to be recog-

nized for the work he and hispartner did that early morn-ing, Chernoff said ofcers atthe VPD and other depart-ments are performing similaracts, some of which getshighlighted while others dont.But its always great at the

end of the day when you cango home and feel proud ofwhat you did, he said, notinghe and his partner were class-mates during training. Oursergeant trusted us enoughto go out and work with eachother and work hard, andthats what we did.A full list of the awards

can be viewed on the VPDswebsite, including ofcers rec-ognized for solvingmurders,saving lives and communitywork. The chief also recog-nized the Vancouver PolicePipe Band and citizens forhelping others in distress.

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CoryWong, 13,was all smiles last Thursday as he receivedanawardfor fendingoffan intruder in the family home.His father, Chuck,also attended the ceremonyat theRoundhouseCommunity Centre.PHOTODANTOULGOET


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Continued from page 1She said closing a

school doesnt meanboarding it up and sellingthe land for development.Fraser believes schools

should be repurposedto serve children and thelocal community.Lombardi said savings

from closing a school orproceeds from the sale ofa site ow into capital, notoperational, funds. Leas-ing revenue from ShannonPark Annex, buildings atCarleton elementary anda few other school sites

ows to operations.Lombardi says Vision

trustees will continueto call on the provincialgovernment to better fundpublic education in Van-couver. He said Visiontrustees support leasingexcess space at schools.He noted the VSB is con-sidering selling portionsof land at John Oliversecondary and Carletonelementary.None of the trustees

supported selling VSBproperties at a forumorganized by the District

Parent Advisory Councilin October.Shannon Park Annex

was the last school siteclosed to VSB students,following a review ofoperations by a task force,in 2003. The board leasesthe annex to the Van-couver Hebrew Academyelementary school on anannual basis.The Courier was un-

able to reach NPA boardchairperson ChristopherRichardson and Fraser byits print deadline.

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Cops seekwitnesses to sexualassault on bridgePolice are looking for two

men believed to be respon-sible for the sexual assault ofa 23-year-old woman on theBurrard Street Bridge earlySunday morning.Around 2:45 a.m. Jan.

11, a woman was walkingsouth on the east side ofthe Burrard Street Bridgewhen she heard two mencalling her from the westside. The men crossed overthe barricades and lanes oftrafc to the east sidewalkand one of the men pushedher up against the railingand groped her. She foughthim off and was able to runto a nearby taxi where shecalled police.Themen were last seen

running south from thebridge in the area of Bur-rard Street andWest FirstAvenue. The rst man wasdescribed as South Asian inhis mid 30s, six-feet-tall, witha skinny build. He had shortbrown hair with brown eyes,was clean shaven and hada Punjabi accent. He waswearing dark-coloured jeansand a T-shirt. The secondman was described as SouthAsian in his early 30s, 57tall, with a thin build. Healso had short brown hair,brown eyes, was clean-shav-en, had a Punjabi accent,and wore similar clothes.Police are asking for any

witnesses whomay have seenthe twomen on the bridge,before or after the attack,to call police. Anyone withinformation about the assaultis asked to call the Vancou-ver Police Sex Crimes Unitat 604-717-0602.

Perjury case toproceed fromDziekanski inquiryAnRCMP ofcer who

stunned Robert Dziekan-ski with a Taser in October2007 at the Vancouver Inter-national Airport has lost anattempt to dismiss a perjurycharge related to his testi-mony at a public inquiry.Const. KwesiMillington

was one of fourMountieswho confrontedDziekanskiduring his fatal encounterwith police, and all were

later charged with perjuryover their testimony givenat a public inquiry two yearslater.The Crown, which alleges

the police ofcers colludedto lie to investigators andthen perjure themselves atthe inquiry, wrapped up itscase againstMillington latelast year.Millingtons lawyer then

made an application to throwout the charge, claiming theCrown had produced noevidence that could supporta conviction. But B.C. Su-premeCourt JudgeWilliamEhrcke ruled Jan. 12 thatthe Crown had put forwardsome evidence that couldpotentially support a guiltyverdict.Const. Bill Bentley was

acquitted of the same chargelast year, though the Crownis appealing.Former corporal Ben-

jamin (Monty) Robinsonstood trial late last year andis awaiting a verdict. Const.Gerry Rundel is scheduled tostart his trial today (Jan. 14.)

Pot shop robbed atgunpointVancouver police are

investigating after twomen robbed Weeds Glass& Gifts on Main Streetnear East 51st Avenueover the weekend. Shortlybefore 9 p.m. Jan. 9, oneman held staff hostage witha handgun and bearspraywhile the other removedan undisclosed quantityof marijuana. No shotswere red and no one wasinjured during the robbery.The armed suspect was

described as Asian, 25 to30 years old, 56 with anaverage to stocky build anda thin face. He was wearinga black baseball hat, blackjacket and black pants. Hespoke without an accent.The second suspect was

described as South Asian,six-feet-tall, with a slimbuild. He was wearing abalaclava, a grey hoodedsweatshirt, grey sweatpantsand white runners. He wascarrying a large red andblack backpack.Anyone with information

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Cadillac Fairviews pro-posed Waterfront Towerat 555 West Cordova St.,which is now a parking lotbeside Waterfront Station,is capturing attention earlythis year for both its uniquedesign and proposed26-storey height.The application, submit-

ted by B+H Architects andAdrian Smith + Gor-don Gill Architecture, isconditional under existingzoning, so it goes beforethe Development PermitBoard March 9.The city is accepting

comments on the projectuntil Jan. 22 to be consid-ered as part of the applica-tions review. Commentswill also be accepted up tothe date of the decision.Brian Jackson, the citys

manager of planning anddevelopment, said the cur-rent zoning provides for anofce tower like the one be-ing proposed to just underthe view cone.The Waterfront Hub

study, which was com-pleted in 2009 andendorsed by council,envisioned an 11-storeybuilding on the site.[The Waterfront Hub

study] was meant to be away to unlock the ofce andhotel redevelopment poten-tial of the air space over thetracks to the north. As partof this study, which wasnta land use plan, but rather

development guidelines,staff of the day thought thatonly an 11-storey build-ing could be built in thislocation, Jackson told theCourier. But the staff didntanticipate a creative solutionlike that being proposed byCadillac, which is a crystal-line shape which starts outwith an incredibly smallbase and cantilevers overthe historic station. Thiscreative solution allows usto consider a higher build-ing which achieves ourobjective of incentivizing de-velopment over the tracks,respecting the view cones,and providing for jobs in theCentral Business Districtimmediately adjacent to ourbusiest transportation hub.The Vancouver Heritage

Commission supportedthe project at its December2014 meeting, with twocommissioners opposed.

The commission studiedthe application becauseof its potential impact onadjacent heritage buildingsand the historic characterof the area.

OpenhouseA proposal by Atira

Womens Resource Societyto build a seven-storeyresidential building at 420Hawks Ave. constructedwith shipping containers isthe subject of a communityopen house Jan. 26.The non-prot society

has already completed a 12-unit social housing complexout of shipping containers at502 Alexander St.Its latest project would

feature 26 social housingunits 20 studio units andsix two-bedroom units.The site needs to be

rezoned from industrial tocomprehensive develop-

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If playing hockey on out-door ice wasnt enough of areminder not to take a gametoo seriously, then skatingover Cheetos in the cornerthat the referee spilled outof his leather jacket was.Novelty outweighed com-

petitiveness in other ways,too, at this past weekendsApex Shootout tournament.Slap shots werent allowedand there were no offsidesor face-offs. In addition, theice surface became so snowySaturdaymorning playerssometimes ended up shootingan accumulated ball of snowoff their sticks while leavingthe puck in front of them.

The refswhen notsnacking almost alwayshad a beer in one hand,whistle in the other. Theykept the games clean, butthe hard work was shovelingsnow from the ice during pe-riods. The National HockeyLeague-sized rink, whichonce belonged to the Van-couver Voodoo roller hockeyteam, sits at the bottom of aski run on the mountain lo-cated just outside Penticton.This means that if yourefrom temperate Vancouver,it is the best time and placeto play the rst game of icehockey in your life.ColleenGrifn is in her

mid-40s and decided shewanted to play. She startedskating a fewmonths ago forthe rst time in years andjoined this writers womenshockey team, the Vancouver-

based Ice-O-Topes, for theweekend. Even though thetournament is fun to thepoint hardly anybody butorganizerMarc Tougaskeeps track of scores, its stillan effort to get used to someaspects of the game likebeing yelled at.Its my rst time playing

on a team, really. And itsmy rst tournament experi-ence, too, Grifn said whilewatching one of the mensafternoon games. Its beenfun and, luckily, theyre sup-portive girls. I think one ofthe hardest things is that, forme, I take things person-ally. Its been a real lesson toleave things on the ice, notlet it stick to you.Next on the ice was a

womens match-up be-tween the Vancouver-basedHatchicks and the South

Okanagan Ice Dragons.A good indication of

which team to lay the bets oncame by way of Hatchicksgoalie Keira Gunn, whoappeared over the snowbankwearing a T-shirt in zerodegree weather with a bottleof Fireball whiskey tuckedinto her hockey pants.The Hatchicks had

played earlier at the 9 a.m.game time dreaded byanybody who was at themountains bar. They werebeaten 8-0 by a team calledMoonshine, Gunn relayedwith a big grin.That green team is really

good! They killed us! Wehad ve shots all game!The rest of the Hatchicks

poured out of an enormoustruck from their nearbycabin, gear ready. OrganizerWendy Denis said she got

lucky with the team as thewomen came from differentplaces with different skilllevels, and everybody justhappened to t together.To play on a hockey

team, youve got to be withpeople you really want tospend time with, to laughwith, added Hatchickteammate Tanya Durman.The whole team is

made up of all these diversepeople that wed never evernormally hang out with, orgo dancing with ever,said Denis. The range ofpeople can be identied byprofession everybodyfrom students to teachers,to a doctor to a chemist.Most of the women agree

their weekend experiencemight be a bit different fromthat of the mens teams.Grifn, part of team conver-

sations that ranged fromsuch light topics as vasec-tomies to mental illness,noticed: Women get to theguts pretty quickly. WhileDenis pointed out: I dontthink any of the guys wouldcome running down thehill to ask if anybody has anemergency tampon!However, as hockey play-

ers regardless of gen-der they all say its theexperience of skating on icein the great outdoors.I mean the ice isnt

great. Its one step up fromshinny, right? Nobodyscoming here for the qualityof the hockey, said Dur-man. Its the Canadianexperience. We have ourwhole hockey team comingto the games in one truck,were like little kids.

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1. A combination of exercise and alcohol keeps a bodywarm, asmost regulars of the Apex hockey tournaments have learned over the years. 2. The Vancouver-basedHatchicks start the game against theSouth Okanagan Ice Dragonswith one of their creative cheers. Its the Hatchicks fourth time at the tournament. 3. Vancouver-basedHatchicks goalie Keira Gunnmakes a save during her teams 6-2 loss tothe Ice Dragons. 4. Saturdays snow kept the referees busy. See photo gallery online at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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PUBLIC NOTICELower Mainland intermediate pipeline system upgrade

On December 19, 2014, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British ColumbiaUtilities Commission (Commission) for a Certificate of Public Convenience andNecessity (CPCN), pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act, toreplace two intermediate pressure (IP) pipeline segments in the Lower Mainland ofBritish Columbia with an estimated construction cost of $264 million. FEI proposesto begin construction activities in the spring of 2018 and complete the in-service datebefore the end of 2018. Final restoration would complete in the summer of 2019.

The larger of the two replacement segments consists of replacing approximately 20 kmof an existing 20 pipeline operating at 1200 kPa between Coquitlam Gate Station andEast 2nd &Woodland Station that is showing evidence of nearing the end of its usefullife with a new 30 pipeline operating at 2070 kPa. The second replacement consists ofreplacing a short 0.5 km section of 30 pipeline operating at 1200 kPa with equivalentsize and operating pressure between Fraser Gate Station and East Kent Avenue &Elliott Street in Vancouver to upgrade this segment to meet FEIs seismic criteria forcritical facilities with the majority of FEIs 210,000 customers in the Metro Vancouvercommunities of Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, WestVancouver and the District of North Vancouver served through the Fraser Gate Station.

HOW TO GET INVOLVEDPersons wishing to actively participate in the proceeding must register as an intervenerthrough the Commissions website at www.bcuc.com or in writing by January 26,2015. In their registration, interveners must identify the issues they intend to pur-sue and indicate the extent of their anticipated involvement in the review process.Interveners will each receive a copy of all non-confidential correspondence and fileddocumentation, and must provide an email address if available.

Persons not expecting to actively participate, but who have an interest in theproceeding, should register as an interested party through the Commissions websiteor in writing, by January 26, 2015, identifying their interest in the proceeding.Interested parties receive a copy of the Decision when it is released.

Letters of comment on the Application will also be accepted. All submissions and/orcorrespondence received relating to the Application are provided to the Panel andall participants in the proceeding. Submissions are placed on the public record and

posted to the Commissions website. By participating and/or providing comment onthe Application, you agree that all submissions will be placed on the public recordand posted on the Commissions website.

If you wish to attend theWorkshop or the Procedural Conference please register with theCommission Secretary using the contact information provided at the end of this notice.

TuesdayFeb. 3, 20159:00 a.m.

WorkshopFortisBC Energy Inc. will explain theApplication and answer questions.

Location:Commission Hearing Room12th Floor,1125 Howe StreetVancouver, B.C.

TuesdayFeb. 10, 20159:00 a.m.

Procedural ConferenceThe Commission will consider theprocess to review the Application.

VIEW THE APPLICATIONThe Application and all supporting documentation are available on the Commissions web-site under Current Applications. If you would like to review thematerial in hard copy, itis available to be viewed at the locations below:

British Columbia Utilities CommissionSixth Floor, 900 Howe StreetVancouver, BC V6Z [email protected]: 604-660-4700Toll Free: 1-800-663-1385

FortisBC Energy Inc.16705 Fraser HighwaySurrey, BC V4N 0E8

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTERFor more information or to register please contact Ms. Erica Hamilton, CommissionSecretary, using the contact information above.

Theweek in num6ers...

36In kilos, theweightof a12-year-

oldboywho foughtoff aburglarwithhisphone in2013,anaction that earnedhimaCertificateofMerit for braveryfrom theVancouverpolice.

134In kilos, theweightof 63

defensiveendandVancouverCollegeproductChristian

Covington,who is expected tobepickedhighat the2015NFL

Draft.

7Thebirthdaybeing celebratedJan. 15by thenewBiltmoreCabaret. TheMountPleasanthotspotwillmark theoccasionThursdaynightwitha showbyindie rockers YukonBlonde.

49In thousandsofdollars, theamountaNanaimo familyis being forced topayafter ajudge ruled theyare liable foraccidental vandalismcaused

by their teen son.

50Thepercentageofprofits

several hair salonsacross thecitywill donate Jan. 18 to theVancouver Friends for LifeSociety inhonourof the late

Virginia Leeming.

30Thenumberof years since

BryanAdams releasedhishitalbumReckless,which the

formerVancouver residentwillbeperforming in its entiretytonight atRogersArena.

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The pen is mightier than thesword.So wrote English author Edward

Bulwer-Lytton in his 1839 play Riche-lieu: Or the Conspiracy, although seventhcentury BC Assyrian sage Ahigar isreported to have written The word ismightier than the sword.I have been thinking about these quo-

tations over the past week as a result ofthe tragic Charlie Hebdo shootings inParis and other related events. I can-not help but admire the bravery of thejournalists who were murdered andthe phenomenal response by peoplearound the world. On Sunday, the sightof world leaders marching arm in armin front of more than a million peoplethrough the streets of Paris is some-thing I will never forget.We can only hope that this tragedy

will lead to a better understanding ofthe concerns of Muslims, Christiansand Jews in France and greater worldharmony. However, I am not overlyoptimistic that this will happen in mylifetime.Last week we lost another great jour-

nalist. Vancouver writer Sean Rossiterdied after a decade-long battle withParkinsons disease.As repeatedly noted in other obituar-

ies, Sean was universally regarded as agreat writer, but more importantly, atrue gentleman.He authored 26 books on various top-

ics but was best known to many of us inthe architectural, planning and develop-ment community as the author of theTwelfth and Cambie column, whichappeared monthly in Vancouver Maga-zine from summer 1975 until fall 1991.In one of his last columns in June

1991, City Hall Wins One For TheBureaucrats, he wrote about the Bay-shore project and my failed attempt toget permission to develop a residentialtower on piers in the marina in returnfor extending a public pier at the end ofDenman Street, linking it to the shore-line with an Amsterdam bridge.As he wrote, One reason the planner

gave for turning thumbs-down on thetower-in-the-water was that there arenta lot of examples of towers on water-front in Vancouver. No wonder! It isnoteworthy that the only alderman whovoted for it was the only newcomer to

civic politics, the only truly open-mindon council, Tung Chan.Twenty four years later, I still think

it is a shame Vancouver does not havea lively public pier and more places togather along the waterfront.During the 70s and 80s, Sean was

the only Vancouver journalist regularlywriting about architecture and urbanissues. Each month, architects aroundthe city would eagerly await the next is-sue of Vancouver Magazine to see whattopic he was tackling. He often wroteabout the importance of protectingolder buildings while saluting visionaryarchitects and planners.In 2007, in one of his last books, Sean

collaborated with Mike Harcourt andKen Cameron on City Making in Para-dise: Nine Decisions that Saved Vancouver.For those who have not yet read it, thebook describes, amongst other things,the efforts to save Strathcona, the cre-ation of the Agricultural Land Reserve,Expo 86 and the remaking of FalseCreek, and the important role played bythe GVRD and Regional Planning.Sean was one of the founding direc-

tors of Vancouvers Urbanarium So-ciety, along with former chief plannerRay Spaxman, architects Richard Hen-riquez and Frank Musson, landscapearchitect Jane Durante and others.The goal of the society was to create aspecial museum similar to those foundin Singapore and Shanghai, housinga large model of the city and otherdisplays. It would be a place where onecould discuss future projects and plansand important urban topics.With Seans help, the Urbanarium

Society launched the Builders of Van-couver series, which proled architects,engineers and other personalities whohelped create our city.Today, former Urbanarium directors,

along with Leslie Van Duzer, head ofthe UBC School of Architecture andLandscape Architecture, are continuingto explore the feasibility of creating anUrbanarium for Vancouver.I hope they succeed so we can one

day wander through the Sean RossiterGallery.Sean Rossiter leaves behind his wife,

Terri Wershler, and other family mem-bers. A memorial service is being heldtomorrow (Jan. 15) at 4:30 p.m. at Dr.Sun Yat Sen Garden.Rest in peace, Sean.

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The $48,630 bill handed to a Nanai-mo students parents last week soundsa bit steep. It arises from a SupremeCourt judgment that they are legallyresponsible for the damage that flowedfrom their sons foolishness.Even the judge who delivered the

verdict remarked on how unfortunatethe result is, noting it could be un-fortunate for others in the future. Butthe law is the law and Justice ShelleyFitzpatrick worked through a numberof precedents before concluding theparents have to pay the bill, plus inter-est and assorted costs.The consequences from the silly

stunt are obviously more dire thanwere intended, she said.As reported Friday, the 14-year-old

jumped up and hooked a classmatespadlock to a sprinkler head as a prankthree years ago. The sprinkler andmany others activated and there waswidespread damage to Wellington Sec-ondary School.The law that came into play was the

School Act. Specifically, the sectionreading: If property of a board isdestroyed, damaged, lost by theintentional or negligent act of a stu-dent, that student and that studentsparents are jointly and severally liableto the board in respect of the act ofthat student.The judge noted: If there is to be

any change to this provision of theSchool Act, that is a matter for thelegislature, not the courts.The government said no changes are

planned. Its been in force since the1950s, but the judge said its receivedscant attention from the courts overthe years. No court has yet wrestledwith the interpretation issue that arisesin this case.Seeing the effect probably startled a

lot of parents this week.It is agreed by the parties that he

had no intention to activate the sprin-kler head and that his sole intentionwas to lock the padlock to the metalring surrounding the sprinkler head,said the judge.The boy immediately confessed dur-

ing the subsequent evacuation of theschool about what hed done.Steven Rae, the new chairman of the

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school board, said

Friday it was the districts insurancecompany that pursued the case.Although the district is listed as

the plaintiff and referred to as suchthroughout the judgment, he saidit was the insurance company thatprompted the action, after paying outthe school districts claim for damages.The family might also be insured,

depending on their coverage.Rae said he wasnt aware of the case

or the decision until the afternoon itwas released.Just as startling as the bill is the idea

an insurance company can apparentlyforce the issue. The judge agreed thesection appears to be draconian, forthe disastrous financial effect it couldhave on a family.She cited an earlier judgment in a

different case that said the section caninflict a harsh and perhaps unjust bur-den of potentially ruinous dimensionson parents quite irrespective of fault.The Nanaimo case revolved around

what intentional act means and thelegal interpretation of negligence. Thefamilys legal argument was that anintentional act must be accompaniedby an intention to cause damage, whichwasnt present in the case.The judge rejected that argument

and noted negligence can come aboutfrom circumstances beyond a purely in-tentional act and may arise from an actor a failure to act.The boy knew he couldnt attach the

lock anywhere he wanted and it wasreasonably foreseeable that if he actedinappropriately, he could cause dam-age, she found.She also ruled out all arguments that

the school district was negligent by notprotecting the sprinklers better, or su-pervising the boy more closely. So thefamily is on the hook for a considerablebill, based on the first real legal test ofa section of the School Act.Its reminiscent of a Langford case

in 2011, when the municipality pur-sued the parents after a case of outrightvandalism by their child. It won a judg-ment in what was considered a ground-breaking case.A full apology and some restitution

might have satisfied many in the Na-naimo case. But the School Act allowsfor a lot more than that if the board or its insurance company wantspayback.

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COURIER COLUMN: Taxpayers Federation tax their credibility, Jan. 9.Ken Ohrn: Big Oil --> Koch Brothers --> Fraser Institute --> CTF -- > defeat transitreferendum -- > more cars -- > Big Oil.Karin Litzcke: I look forward to a similar article about who is the Canadian Centrefor Policy Alternatives tracking their political connections. It is nice to put some facesand stories to the people inside these influential think tanks. If you could do the Councilof Canadians too, that would be great.Mel: Its curious that the first characteristic of theCTFs board that AllenGarr notes is thatthey arewhite.He then notes that they are predominantlymale. Arewe to reject the publicpolicy positions of theCTFdue to the skin colour of its boardmembers? Based on his bylinephoto,Mr.Garr appears to be awhitemale. Are his views similarly suspect? Are there anyother racial groupswhose political viewswe should discount on the basis of their ethnicity?Or doesMr.Garr just want to silence thosewho have different political views fromhim andthinks pointing out their racial characteristics is a goodway to do that?ACMEsalesrep:No,we are not to reject the positions of theCTFon the grounds that itsboardmembers are all white and overwhelminglymale.We are to reject themon the groundsthat they dont reflect the interests of Canada beyondwealthy, conservative whites, andwealthy, conservative whitemales in particular. There is a subtle, but important, differencebetween that and your reflexive defensiveness. (And Iwrite this as a whitemalemyself.)

COURIER STORY: Full school leaves Dickens annex kids in limbo, Jan. 9.Andrea Shilling ton: Im friends with a some of the parents whose children willbe affected by this and it will be very disruptive for their kids because they love theschool. Unfortunately, this displacement is happening at a very formative time in thesechildrens lives. Children are our future, but it seems that the B.C. government doesntthink so.

COURIER STORY: Hopes for Vancouver heritage schools shaky, Jan. 9.Christopher Pryde @XphrP: Bummer. We need them to deconstruct the schoolsystem not the school.Andrew Ferris @andyferris: I hope youre not suggesting kids learn in earthquakedeathtraps.Baaaah @_Sheepster_:Get real. Kids need an education in best/tech advancedschools NOT old barns that pull at boomer heartstrings.

KUDOS & KVETCHES: Hey, Girl Scouts, Jan. 9.richmondite01:Uh, yeah you know that the Girl Scouts (from the U.S.) andGirl Guides (Canada) are completely separate organizations, with completelydifferent cookie campaigns, right?

COURIER STORY: Taxing March expected for taxpayers, Jan. 7.TaraSundberg: Its absurd that the provincial government is insisting on a plebiscite fortransit expansion. It is obviously needed.What happens in the case of a no vote?SyBorWong:MaybeVision should have hadmore vision to savemoney and invest in publictransportation instead of wasting it on all the stupid bike lanes.ShabnamJessa:Wow. I guess they thinkwe dont pay enough taxes.

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Jan. 13, 1991: BryanAdamsopens theNorth American legof aworld tour inSydney,N.S. by calling for the abolishment of theCanadianRadio-televisionandTelecommunicationsCommission (CRTC) after they ruled songs fromhislatest album,WakingUp theNeighbours, couldonly beplayedby radio stationsamaximumof 18 times aweekunder its CanCon rules due tohiswritingpartner,Robert Mutt Lange, beingBritish. Instead, the regulatingbody eventually opted tochange its rules so that aCanadianartistwhowrites 50per cent of a songsmusic orlyrics is nowcreditedwith a full point under its grading system.

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Burnabymayorcalls outcolumnistTo the editor:Re: Taxpayers Federation tax their

credibility, Jan. 9.As usual, Allen Garr makes up for a

lack of thoughtful analysis by callingpeople names. He sits on a board him-self and I imagine he always votes withthe majority out of fear that he will becalled a curmudgeon or a contrarian fortaking a different view.I opposed the referendum because I

believe that it is a fundamentally badway to make public policy. It got Pre-mier Clark off the hook on transit issuesduring the election campaign, becauseso-called journalists were dazzled by theavoidance maneuver. In addition, the

$7.5 billion vision is not a plan. It is awish list of projects that cant be fundedby the tax. Garr should know this.Finally, I have steadfastly opposed the

governance structure of TransLink andI have made this clear dozens of times. Iwont ask people for more money whenI have no control over how it will bespent. This is particularly true given theTransLink history of mismanagement.As far as being contrary, Burnaby has

become one of the most successful citiesin Canada during my terms on counciland, as chair of regional Planning forMetro Vancouver, I was responsible forattaining unanimous approval of theregional growth strategy.Get off your high horse, Garr, and try

talking about the issues, instead of call-ing people names and impugning theirmotives.

Mayor Derek Corrigan,Burnaby

The Beast of B.C. sentenced to lifeJan. 14., 1982: Clifford Olson, a 42-year-old constructionworker, is sentenced tolife in prison for themurder of three boys and eight girls, aged between 9 and 18,across theMetro Vancouver area, to be served in the Kingston Penitentiary. Olson,to the surprise of his lawyers, had recanted his original plea of not guilty and, inan infamous cash for bodies deal with the RCMP and attorney general AllanWilliams, agreed to provide the location of 10 of his victims bodies in exchangefor $10,000 each paid into a trust for his wife, Joan, and then-infant son. He diedof cancer on Sept. 30, 2011, at the age of 71, after being transferred to the super-maximum security Special Handling Unit in Sainte-Anne-des- Plaines, PQ.


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VariousLocationsThe rst annual Beauty

for Life event takes placethis Sunday, Jan. 18, atparticipating salons acrossthe city.This new fundraising

initiative was organized inhonour of Virginia Leem-ing, former fashion edi-tor at the Vancouver Sun,who died in 2012 at age70. Leeming is fondlyremembered as an inspira-tional friend, loving mother,respected journalist, mentorand dedicated supporter ofcommunity charities.For one day only, partici-

pating hair salons, spas andbeauty service businesseswill come together to raisefunds in support of Vancou-ver Friends for Life Society,

Staying connectedUpcoming community events

which offers services to cli-ents living with HIV/AIDS,cancer and other seriousillnesses. Friends for Life isa registered charity operat-ing the Diamond Centrefor Living, where volunteersprovide complementarytherapies, nutritious mealsand social support services.Book a haircut, manicureor massage at a participat-ing salon and at least 50 per

cent of the cost willbe donated

to

Friends for Life. To putthat into perspective, that$150 spent on a cut andcolour translates into mealsfor 25 clients struggling withserious illness. For a list ofparticipating salons, visitbeautycouncil.ca.

RenfrewThe Vancouver Public

Library is offering an op-portunity to improve yourconversational English in afun and casual setting.The ESL Conversation

Club meets Jan. 31 from2:30 to 4 p.m. at Renfrew

Branch, 2969 East 22ndAve. Suitable for in-

termediate andadvanced lev-

els. Light

refreshments will be served.This event is free. For moreinformation and a completelist of VPL events, visit vpl.ca/events or call 604-257-8705.

Riley ParkVinyl Caf regular Reid

Jamieson doesnt want yourValentines weekend tosuck, which is why hellbe singing the bitter and thesweet at a special afternoonshow, Afternoon Delight,Feb. 15 at the Cottage Bis-tro, 4468Main St. at 4 p.m.with doors open at 3 p.m.Jamieson specically

booked an early afternoonshow the day after Val-entines Day to ensure asmany music lovers as pos-sible can attend, includingemployees in the serviceindustry. The event is insupport of the VancouverRape Relief andWomensShelter. Couples, singlesand sad sacks are welcome,with chocolate for everyone.Tickets are $10 at reidja-mieson.com.

Mount PleasantStaircase Theatre pres-

ents Love Letters, the storyof a 50-year correspon-dence betweenMelissaGardner and herchildhood-friend-turned-love-interest, AndrewMakepeace LaddIII. This Pulitzer

Prize nalisthas been

per-

formed in theatre spacesacross the globe, from theNew York Public Library toBroadway to Carnegie Halland back again. This lim-ited Valentines engagementincludes appearances by realcouples of the Vancouvertheatre scene. To that end,Andrew andMelissas storywill be told by a differentcouple every night. LoveLetters runs Feb. 11 to 14 atThe Shop, 125 East SecondAve. For more information,visit staircasetheatre.com.

FairviewSingles Travel Club has

organized an informationdinner/meeting Jan. 20 at 6p.m. at Cactus Club, 1530West Broadway. Meet newfriends, enjoy the securityof traveling in a group andavoid the costly singlesupplement. RSVP toVal at 604-669-6607extension 304. Visitsinglestravelclub.ca.

OakridgeThe second session of this

seasons Jewish Seniors Alli-ance Snider EmpowermentSeries takes place from 1to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 21, at theJCCWosk Auditorium onWest 41st Ave. This yearstheme, A Smile on YourFace, a Song in Your Heart,will continue with a sessiondubbed Stories that Sing.Shoshana Litman, Can-

adas rst ordainedMag-gidah (Jewish inspirationalspeaker, storyteller, teacherand preacher), will sharetransformative personal nar-ratives, engaging folk talesand inspirational songs thatinvite audience participa-tion. Light refreshments will

be served, but a bag lunch issuggested. Parking is freeat the Wosk Auditorium,940West 41st Ave. Formore information call604-732-1555.

OakridgeThe Jewish Seniors Al-

liance has also organized asupport group dedicatedto helping anyone griev-ing the loss of a loved one.While grief is a difcult and


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ing and grief are universaland are experienced bypeople from all walks of life,whether its in response totheir own terminal illness,the loss of a close rela-tive, or due to the death ofa loved one or pet. Thegroup, facilitated by RitaAkselrod and Ruth Wolo-chow, meets every secondand fourth Tuesday of themonth from 2 to 4 p.m.These sessions take place atthe Jewish Seniors Alliance,949 West 49th Ave. Call604-732-1555 for moreinformation.

KillarneyChamplain Heights

Community Centre, 3350Maquinna Dr., hosts a Rob-bie Burns-themed dinnerparty Jan. 29 from 3:30 to5:50 p.m. The afternoonwill include entertainmentand Robbie Burns triviafollowed by an early dinnerconsisting of shepherds pie,salad and dessert. Comedressed in tartan or plaid tocelebrate the beloved Scot-tish poet. Tickets are $12.The Killarney Commu-

nity Centre hosts an eventorganized to promote hearthealth.The Happy Healthy

Hearts High Tea wasorganized to show olderadults how lifestyle choicescan have a major impacton heart health. JoinBonnie McCoy as shedemonstrates how to havea happy, healthy heart. Aselection of delicious after-noon tea delights will alsoaccompany this fun andinformative session Feb. 5,from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. atthe centre, 6260 Killarney.Tickets are $15.

CitywideFor a limited time, the

Vancouver Art Gallery haspartnered with TransLinkto create a unique offerto visitors. Between Jan.12 and Feb. 13, anyonetaking TransLink to seeexhibitions at the gallery willreceive special discounts onadmission.Show your validated

TransLink ticket, includ-ing single fare transfers,FareSaver or monthly Fare-Card, as well as West CoastExpress tickets and passes,at the gallery admissiondesk and the cost of thatfare will be discounted fromthe price of admission. Inaddition, visitors who travelby TransLink will receive alimited edition Emily Carrprint when purchasing agallery admission. Thatworks out to a savings of$2.75 for a regular one-zoneticket, $4 for two zonesand $5.50 for three zonesor day pass. Monthly passandWest Coast Expressticket holders will receivea discount of $3 off ad-mission. The discountwill only be applied totickets purchased theday of the visit.Two dynamic

exhibitions willbe on view atthe VancouverArt Galleryduring thispromo-tional period,includingUnscrolled:ReframingTraditionin ChineseContemporaryArt; and EmilyCarr and LandonMackenzie: WoodChopper and theMonkey. Un-scrolled highlights thework of ten contempo-rary Chinese artists whoexamine the inuence

of traditional aesthetics onvisual culture in present-day China. Wood Chop-per and the Monkey is aninter-generational dialoguebetween the work of iconicB.C. artist Emily Carrand acclaimed Vancouverpainter LandonMackenzie,featuring fty artworks thatcollectively span more thanone hundred years.

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Take the MillenniumLine or the Expo Line toGranville Station Bus.

Take the # 4, 6, 7, 10,14, 16, 50, 240, 241,242, 246, 247, 250,253, 254, or the 257to the bus stop atHowe and Georgia.

For information ongallery hours andexhibitions, visitvanartgallery.bc.ca.


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Time ies! Before we gettoo far into the New Year,here are my picks, in inverse

order, for the top ve newsstories for seniors in 2014.

The treatmentofCanadasVeteransThe nod for the most

puzzling story of 2014 isour governments mis-treatment of veterans. TheVeterans Affairs Depart-ment is under constantcuts and clawbacks. Manyvets wait months or yearsto access mental healthdisability benets. Theformer Minister of Veter-ans Affairs, Julian Fantino,was constantly in trouble.Why? What is the govern-ments strategy here? Vet-erans are well respectedin Canada. Politicians lessso. Canadians arent stu-pid. When a governmentpicks a ght with veterans,they lose. Always.

Theappointmentof aSeniorsAdvocateLast March, the B.C.

Government appointedIsobel Mackenzie asCanadas rst Seniors Ad-vocate. The ofce of theadvocate will not investi-gate the individual circum-stances of B.C.s seniors.Instead it will work toidentify systemic issuesthat affect seniors andmake recommendationsto government. Heres thechallenge for Mackenzie:The cases the public aremost likely to care aboutare the tragic individualcases, like seniors withdementia wandering away

from their homes, beingfound malnourished inhotels, or choking to deathwhile being fed by a care-giver. For the most partwe know what the prob-lems are and how to xthem. As an example, onlyapproximately 10 per centof the 176 recommenda-tions made in 2012 bythe B.C. Ombudspersonto the health ministry toimprove seniors care in theprovince have been actedupon. We need more ac-tion, not more studies.

PensionTensionComprehensive pension

reform had been a bit ofa bust. That changed in2014 with the introductionof the Ontario RetirementPension Plan, a denedbenet, mandatory contri-bution plan to supplementthe CPP. Its not perfectbut it might act as a stimu-lus for other provinces to

act. Meanwhile some ofthe most thoughtful ideason pension reform, likeencouraging more savingfor personal use and loos-ening the RRSP regula-tions, are coming fromseniors groups, not fromgovernment, the nancialindustry or the so-calledthink tanks.

Doesanyonecare?Almost a year ago, a re

at a seniors residence inQuebec killed 32 residentsand severely injured 12others. Even after a relast April at a seniorshome in Langley, whichleft one resident dead and12 others hospitalized,B.C. has yet to requirethat care homes lackingsprinklers install them.Our National Fire Codeisnt much help ithas no provision requir-ing sprinklers in seniorshomes either. A federal

election will be held thisyear. When the partycandidates come knockingon your door, ask themwhy not.

Sayingourfinal goodbyesThere are few argu-

ments as divisive as towhether or not peopleshould have the right todie when they choose.In 2014, we saw GillianBennett from BowenIsland and others chooseto end their own life ina very public way partlyto protest the currentlaws around having oneswishes heard at the endof life. Still, others areseeking relief from theSupreme Court. Twosenators, one Conserva-tive and the other Liberal,are introducing a bill onphysician-assisted suicidein the upper chamber afterit stalled in the House ofCommons. Quebecs Bill52, which allows peopleto request assisted deathfrom a physician if theymeet a number of require-ments, will take effectshortly. At least Canadasdoctors have decided thatits better to get out infront of this issue ratherthan to hide behind it, andCanadians seem muchmore willing to have aconversation about end-of-life issues than theirelected ofcials. Whoexactly is in charge of thelife and death le? Appar-ently, no one. Do we havethe right to die? Not yet.Tom Carney is the former

executive director of theLionsview Seniors PlanningSociety.

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1. Grizzled road warriors and potentialbeer avour Yukon Blonde bring theirvintage pop stylings to the Biltmore Jan.15 for an all-too-rare hometown show tohelp the venerable Mount Pleasant musicvenue celebrate its seventh anniver-sary. Expect to hear the band road test afew new tunes considering theyve beenholed-up in the studio as of late and theirlast album, Tiger Talk, was released wayback in 2011. Did the Internet even existback then? Fountain opens. Tickets atRed Cat, Zulu and ticketweb.ca.

2. Considered one of the greatest lmsabout lm ever made, Federico Fellinis8 (Otto e mezzo) turns one mansartistic crisis into a grand epic of thecinema. The 1963 lm, starringMar-cello Mastroianni in glorious black andwhite, screens Jan. 14, 8:15 p.m. at Van-city Theatre as part of the Italian FilmFestival. Details at viff.org.

3. Paul Anthonys Talent Time kicksoff the new year with a Get Fit! themededition of the monthly live variety show,Jan. 15, 8 p.m. at the Rio Theatre. Inaddition to onsite tness machines,highlights include 11-year-old dancesensation Dante Arias, comedians KevinBanner and David MacLean, 15-pieceyouth choir Teen Angels singing mu-sic by the Smiths, an excerpt from CRAverys new rock opera Some Birds WalkFor The Hell Of It, co-host Ryan Beil, alive house band and prizes for audienceparticipation. Details at riotheatre.ca.

4.When Tennis rst made a splash in2011, they were primarily known as theBoulder, Colo. indie pop band consistingof husband and wife duo Alaina Mooreand Patrick Riley who sailed the easternU.S. and Caribbean for nearly a year andwrote a sunny, 60s pop-tinged albumabout it. Their latest, Ritual in Repeat,continues the bands enjoyable evolutiontowards 70s West Coast pop and 80sgrooves, in a good way. Hear for yourselfwhen Tennis and guests the Shilohs andHimalayan Bear play Fortune SoundClub Jan. 15. Tickets at Zulu, Red Catand bplive.ca.

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Its worth remember-ing that long before BryanAdams began writingterrible love songs for thesoundtracks of a bunchof equally badHollywoodmovies, he put out one of thecatchiest albums of the 80s.Reckless, the fourth studioalbum by the raspy-voicedsinger, came out 30 yearsago and quickly turned theacne-scarred, 24-year-oldformer dishwasher into ahuge international star. Re-corded here in Vancouver atLittleMountain Studios andco-produced by BobClear-mountain,Reckless not onlywent straight to the top of theBillboard record charts butalso boasts the distinction ofhaving six singles crack thetop 15, a feat previously ac-complished only byMichaelJacksonsThriller and BruceSpringsteensBorn in theU.S.A.In light of Adams

concert tonight at RogersArena where hell play hisbreakthrough album in itsentirety, heres a look backat some of the hits that rstbrought our boy Bryan tothe worlds attention.1. Run to YouThe rst single from the

album, this arena rawkanthem was originally writ-ten by Adams and writingpartner Jim Vallance for

Blue yster Cult but thehard rock band turned themdown, possibly becausethey already had a hit songcalled Burnin for Youand didnt want to confusepeople. Instead, Adamsheartfelt, hook-lled odeto indelity became histhen-biggest hit. AdamsCanadian roots are alsoadmirably on full display inthe video, where he spendsmuch of the time rockingout in a snowstorm. Or atleast in a sound stage full offake snow. And just who isthis lucky girl in the videoBryan Adams wants to runto all night when the feelingis right? Turns out its Brit-ish actress Lysette Anthony,best remembered today forplaying Princess Lyssa inthe fantasy ickKrull.2. SomebodyThe second single is not

only an enduring singalongclassic with a killer chorus,but the music video wasalso shot here at home. Ourhero strolls the street andalleys of Vancouver sing-ing about his need to ndsomebody before mak-ing his way to B.C. Place,where he wanders onto anempty playing eld in frontof a huge crowd while beingbeamed onto the Jumbo-tron. However, it turnsout he isnt just looking forany somebody but rathera particular one. LysetteAnthony, to be precise, whois among the crowd3. HeavenThis power ballad was

Adams rst number one

hit. Recorded at the PowerStation in New York City,its the only track on Reck-less not recorded in Vancou-ver although the video wasshot here and, as you mightexpect, featured a guestappearance by none otherthan British actress LysetteAnthony.4. Summer of 69Bryan Adams was only

nine-years-old back in thesummer of 1969 and itseems unlikely he wouldvebeen in a band with someguys from school. Its almostas if he might be waxingnostalgic about somethingelse entirely. The lyric Meand my baby in a 69 offersa hint. And the womanplaying his girlfriend in thevideo? That would be Ly-sette Anthony. Obviously.5. One Night Love AffairOne thing immediately

jumps out when watchingthe video for the fth singlefrom Reckless: the glaring,inexplicable absence ofLysette Anthony.6. Its Only LoveThe nal single from

Reckless is a duet with thegreat Tina Turner, andLysette Anthony is onceagain nowhere to be found,although Adams andTurner seem to have someserious chemistry togetherin the video for the Gram-my-nominated song. DidAdams dump his formerparamour in favour of awoman 20 years his senior?If so, there is only one wordto describe the decision.Reckless.

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When quadriplegicdrummer Dave Symingtonwas asked to play a quad-riplegic character in anintimate one-person play,his initial response was nof***ing way.Not a chance, said

Symington, who wasmorecomfortable as a backgroundperformer. Not a chance.But I really knew that I want-ed to be able to say yes.So he memorized a para-

graph from his longtimefriends play.The then-director said,

I think I see something,which was enough for Sym-ington to commit.It was a disability aware-

ness play written by award-winning playwright, poetand performer Lucas Foss,which was performed forstudents, faculty and staff atpost-secondary institutionsaround the province.The award-winning

Realwheels Theatre, whichcreates and producesperformances that deepenaudiences understandingof the disability experience,caught a show in early2014 and moved to furtherdevelop the work.Now Symington will

perform the play, Re-Calcu-lating, at CBC Studio 700,Jan. 22 to 24.Re-calculating takes audi-

ences on character JonathanBishops personal journey ashe wrestles with identity andrelationships, his drum kithis constant companion.

Dramaturge Liesl Lafferty(Canary, A Town CalledHockey), who co-wrote thisrendering of Re-Calculatingwith Foss, says the story isanchored on the death ofJonathans father.Its basically just your

standard coming to termswith who you are, she said.To a lesser extent, in thisparticular production, theinjury is very important inthat he didnt use to have adisability and he has grownto be a different person withthat, as well as just growingup.Jonathans various

struggles resonated withSymington.Symingtons mother had

recently died when Fossasked him to tackle the roleof Jonathan. The loss of hismother had provoked anidentity crisis, panic attacksand intensied frictionwithin his family.What I relate to is the

journey, parts of his experi-ence with disability andhis awareness of, gee, youknow, Ive got a disabil-ity and I dont treat otherpeople with disabilities theway I want to be treated,Symington said.Like Symington, Jona-

than is nearing age 50. ButJonathan was injured at 35,whereas Symington becamequadriplegic as the result ofa diving accident at age 19.Symington is a longtime

disability advocate andco-founded VAMS, theVancouver AdaptedMusicSociety, which supports andpromotes musicians withphysical disabilities inMetroVancouver. He plays elec-tronic drums and designed

a Velcro glove to hold hissticks. Symington played inthe poppy 80s-style synthband Spinal Cord, whichfeatured future mayor SamSullivan, and drums aroundtown with other musicians,including Rolf Kempf, whowrote a song that Alice Coo-per covered.Symington hopes Re-

Calculating will promptaudience members toreconsider stale beliefs.Before he was quadriple-

gic, Symington thoughthed rather be dead thanlive with such a disability.You have these extreme

opinions about things, butyou realize its got no pos-sible bearing on the qualityof your life, Symington said.Ive had just as many strug-gles before I had a disabilityas I did after... Therere stillthese core issues we deal withas humans and so sometimesthese kinds of stories help toawaken some other deeperunderstanding.But Re-Calculating,

directed by Jeffrey Renn,interim co-artistic directorof Realwheels, is no therapysession.Music helps tell the story,

and for all its probing, Re-Calculating is a comedy.You get the message but

youre entertained, saidLafferty.Re-Calculating has become

a reason for Symington to getout of bed in themorning.Hes pondering what chal-lenge hell undertake next.Like memorizing fa-

mous poetry or something,he said. Learn a secondlanguage.Details at realwheels.ca.

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Imagine a range of sto-rytellers from lanky, slowlydrawling Stuart McLean onone end to lanky, hectic Na-than Schmidt on the other.Frenzy or joy is whereplaywright Glen Bergerattempts to take us in thisRosebud Theatre produc-tion ofUnderneath the Lintelin which obsessive-compul-sive disorder is taken to anextreme that is sometimesfunny, often quirky and forthose who, like director PaulF. Muir, think that we areeither running toward Godor railing against Him, pos-sibly inspirational.Schmidt, referred to in the

play as Librarian, portraysa fussy, Dutch library workerfromHoofddorp whose jobit is to check books back in.Appalled at the audacity of aborrower who would returna bookBaedekers TravelGuide113 years overdue(and, worse, dumping it inthe overnight bin even whenthe library was open), the Li-

brarian is determined to ndthe culprit and collect whatwill be a sizeable ne.The book, he discovers in

the little pocket in the back(remember those?), waschecked out by A but Atook the book to London, asevidenced by a receipt issuedby a Chinese laundry for thecleaning of a pair of trousers.Off he goes to London wherethe Librarian discovers thetrousers, too tattered towithstand laundering, havenever been claimed. Back totheBaedekers Travel Guide:in its pages is a 1912 tramticket issued in Bonn, Ger-many. You guessed it: Hesoff again and in SherlockHolmesian fashion, he dis-covers in the transit recordsforMarch 1912 an incidentreport on a tram regardinga smelly, dirty Jew and a

mangy dog named Sabrina.The journey continues

China, New York, Australia,England again, Jerusalem,sort of. The Librarian putsthe pieces together andout pops the story of theWandering Jew (Trades-cantia zebrina) or, if not thehouseplant, then Ahasu-erus (A?), the mythologicalWandering Jew, foreverdoomed to travel the world.Leaping lizards have nothingon this Librarians abil-ity to leap from one scrapof evidence to another.These carefully labelled andduly stored evidences arewaved in our faces as hepursues the miscreant.Underneath the Lintel

is rich in offbeat ideas,my favourite being thestamper that the Librar-ian, in a t of bravado, stealsfrom the library upon hisforced retirement fromthe library. The stamper isof the old-fashioned kindwith the revolving numbersthat contains not only allthe dates there ever were orwill be (by simply revolvingthe gears) but also, as theLibrarian points out, thebirthdates of everyone in thetheatre. And the dates of our

death. Now theres some-thing to ponder: the stamperas The Grim Reaper.Schmidt addresses

all of us as if this were aone-night, slide-illustratedlecture by the Librarian no doubt to raise funds forall that travelling. Schmidtis indefatigable, and, asthe Librarian closes in onthe mystery, his agitationreaches dizzying heights.What began as a strange,

funny story about a strange,funny Librarianmakes anabrupt turn and strives togo deep as the charactercomes to believe that if theWandering Jew exists andis still amongst us thenso does God and he is stillamongst us. For believers,his discovery is a given; fornon-believers, its just odd.The playmay not be the

thing here but the per-formance, direction andproduction cant be faulted.I came close to envying theLibrarians eventual, excited,optimistic, I am here.For more reviews, go to

joledingham.ca.Underneath the Lintel runs

until Jan. 31 at Pacic The-atre. For details, call 604-731-5518 or go to pacictheatre.org.

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In a brief, online assess-ment, the SecondDivision BSpanish football club Coruxodescribes Vancouvers BenFisk as desborde y gol.For Anglophones in Fisks

home town, the meaning ofgol should be obvious. Itsalso literal and applicableto a natural goal-scorer likethe 21-year-old winger whocame of age in theWhite-caps Residency Programand signed his rst profes-sional contract with CoruxoFC last summer.Desborde, on the

other hand, slides into thelanguage of sport metaphor.It describes a river burstingits banks, overowing anduncontainable. For a play-making shooter, its onewho overwhelms the backline to push ahead.I would love to score so

many goals that they wereoverowing, said Fisk, whonetted his one goal for theclub in a 1-0 Federation Cupwin in September to advanceto the Galician nal.Known as el canadiense

and the only English speakeron a team of Spaniards andan Argentinian, Fisk is tak-ing Spanish lessons and, atrst, wasnt certain how hisscouting report translated.He consulted a teammateand said, It would be simi-lar to saying, He burst pasthis defender.The rest of the concise

write-up describes thequick-footed Fisk as havingexplosive power suited tothe wings. But the younginternational is slightly putout that he hasnt burst thebanks of his potential, notyet anyway.Im just trying to work

hard in training and earnmore playing time, thenwhen I do get my chancesI have to perform, he saidMonday over the phonefromVigo, a city in thenortheastern region of Gali-cia that he said has beautifulbeaches, good transportationand an attractive downtown.Ive been playing

primarily as a winger andI set up a few more goalsthan I score but should be

able to put in a few morethis season, he said.In a few more than three

words, the Coruxo clubpresident said in a newspa-per interview with the Voiceof Galicia that they see Fiskas a player who has to pow-er to make things happen.He praised Fisks strengthand versatility on attack plushis ability to work his skillsin tight spaces.Fisk appreciates the

master tacticians of Spanishtiki-taka since hes recog-nized for his skilled footworkand visionary passing.A lot of people regard

Spain as one of the bestcountries in the world foryoung players to develop. Ithink Ill come out a betterplayer, he said. Here thegame is a lot more tactical.Ive always been a playerwho plays on instinct, andplaying here, Ive had to tinto the tactics more thanI was used to. To go alongwith that, in training, a lotof the work we do is tactical.Thats been a big learningcurve for me and one thatwill benet me.Coruxo, a small club

with a big heart, according

to Fisk, that seats roughly2,500 at Campo do Vao,started the season on a tearbut has since lost four ofits last ve games and tiedthe fth, dropping them to11th out of 20 teams with are

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