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The worst kept secret in civic politics wasfinally acknowledged Monday: Longtimemedia executive and former CBC ombuds-man Kirk LaPointe confirmed he will be theNPA’s mayoral candidate in the fall election.
Almost two months after the Courierrevealed LaPointe was interested in seekinga seat with the NPA in this campaign, the56-year-old former managing editor of theVancouver Sun made his intentions knownMonday morning at a Main Street coffeeshop, near the 10th Avenue bike route.
“I’ve spent a career asking questions I thinkthe public wants answers to, and now I think
I’m at an age and stage where I can find thesolutions that the public wants,“ LaPointe tolda select group of civic affairs reporters invitedto Kafka’s Coffee andTea to learn more aboutthe newly minted NPA leader’s transformationfrom a career in media to rookie politician.
LaPointe used his first meeting withreporters to zero in on the need for opengovernment at city hall and to restore publictrust that he believes has soured underVi-sionVancouver’s administration.
“I don’t particularly like the culture thatnow exists in which information [at city hall]is routinely withheld, budget documentationis very opaque, public servants are muzzled— I’d like all of that to change,” he said.
At a press conference later in the morning
at the Jack Poole Plaza on the city’s waterfront,LaPointe gave reporters “a taste” of whatpolicies the NPA will roll out in the comingmonths.The most significant was a freeze ontaxes “so we can examine the books and findways to deliver our services more effectively.”
He challenged Mayor Gregor Robertsonto “open the books” on the budget to letresidents get a line-by-line look at spending— something NPA Coun. George Affleckhas called for in council chambers. Otherpolicies would see freeWiFi in the city,measures to address child poverty, strategiesto reduce burglaries and tackle the ongoingbattles between cyclists and motorists.
In an effort to run a “clean contest aboutideas,” the NPA will have its candidates,
board members and staff sign a code ofconduct to steer clear of personal attacksduring the campaign.
“If they breach that boundary, I will resignas a candidate,” said LaPointe, urging Robert-son andVision to sign the same declaration.
Child poverty and addressing the needsof the city’s disadvantaged appears to beareas LaPointe will focus on in the com-ing months. As a child, he said, he grew upin poverty in westToronto where he neverknew his father. He only met his brotherwhen he was seven or eight, his motherhaving to choose whom she could afford toraise before sending one child to live withrelatives in New Brunswick.
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Kirk LaPointe officially announcedMonday he will be the NPA’s mayoral candidate in the November civic election. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
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Kirk LaPointe is a longtime media executive who officially announcedMonday that he is running as theNPA’s mayoral candidate in the fall election. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
12TH&CAMBIE
Yep, Kirk LaPointe is theNPA’s mayoral candidate.
He made it official Mon-day morning to five civicaffairs reporters, includingyours truly, at a Main Streetcafé.
I recommend you goto our website for a moredetailed version of my storythan appeared on today’sfront page.There, you’llget to read former mayorLarry Campbell’s take onbeing a rookie politician,which he was when he wona landslide victory withCOPE in 2002. (Sadly, Icouldn’t print Campbell’soff-the-record comments— which are always hilari-ous, insightful and pointed— but off the record is offthe record.)
Anyway, a lot of whatLaPointe said Monday isalready out there, but I betsome of you are wonderinghow a longtime media guyis going to be covered byreporters who used to workfor him or were taught byhim.
For the record, I’ve neverworked for LaPointe. Col-leagues Frances Bula of theGlobe and Mail, Jeff Lee ofthe Vancouver Sun and Em-ily Jackson of Metro have;Jackson was also taught byhim.
From what I know of my
colleagues, the coverage willbe as it has always been:fair, balanced and unbiased.Lee weighed in on the issuein a blog post Monday,where he disclosed a refer-ence he gave LaPointe onhis LinkedIn profile whilehe was still managing editorat the Sun.
“Although I stand behindit, no one, least of all him,should interpret that this willmean he gets soft treatment.Journalists naturally eat theircolleagues when they dothings like enter politics.”
LaPointe, who is marriedto a former Sun reporter,was asked by a reporter ata press conference at JackPoole Plaza — after thesit-down at Kafka’s Cof-fee andTea on Main Street— about how he thoughtsuch connections wouldplay out in the campaign.
“I don’t think it’s going tobe an advantage. I know toomany of the practitioners inthis city and their integrity,and I know that they’regoing to want to — in manyways — assert their inde-pendence and make it clearthat they’re not going to beculpable in the same way ofan inside deal in the admin-
istration they’ve covered.So I expect that they’regoing to be pretty difficulton me at times. And I thinkthat’s fair, that’s their job.My commitment is to keepthe dialogue open — that ifsomething is written or saidthat I consider to be grosslyunfair, I’ll mention it topeople. But I’m not going tostop talking to them.”
LaPointe wasn’t in chargeat the Sun when I workedthere in 2000-2001. Myonly previous connection tohim is that we talked a few
times on the phone about ajob years ago in Hamilton.He never hired me. Prob-ably a good thing because,well… have you ever beento Hamilton?
A little joke there, Hamil-tonians.
Seriously.Great city, good steel.Of course, the birthplace
of Neil Peart and EugeneLevy, too.
What else?Of course, yes — go
Ti-Cats!Note: LaPointe says he
will blogging during thecampaign at thevancouveri-want.ca.
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“My commitment is tokeep the dialogue open.”—Kirk LaPointe
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Flowers and veggiessprout from raised bedsin a once empty lot nextto the Cobalt on MainStreet. Non-profit groupHives for Humanity hopesthe community garden willbuzz with activity whenthey host a weekly bee-keeping mentorship pro-gram every Monday from5 to 6:30 p.m. throughNovember.
Sarah Common, a socialworker in the DowntownEastside since 2006, firstinstalled a beehive in thegarden next to the super-vised drug injection siteon East Hastings Streetin 2011. She quickly sawsweet results.
“The garden space thatwe have there is really abeautiful respite wherepeople can come in fromthe chaos of the street andsit under a tree, enjoy theflowers, get their handsin the soil, and bring-ing bees in there justupped that,” Commonsaid. “We have beekeep-ers who are DowntownEastside residents livingwith poverty, some withaddiction, some with men-tal illness, some home-less, street-entrenched,crime-entrenched, there’sa really wide spectrum,and everybody rises to theopportunity to beekeepand to garden and to berespectful of the bees.”
Common and her masterbeekeeper mother, Julia,founded Hives for Human-ity in 2012.They stew-ard 75 hives throughoutVancouver, including twocolonies at Milross Gar-dens next to the Cobalt.
“Bees —not just honeybees but bumblebees, ma-son bees, other tiny littleinsects, butterflies, hum-mingbirds — they polli-nate close to two-thirds ofour food,” Common said.“And urban landscapeshave traditionally erasedthe foraging and thehabitat of those pollinatinginsects.”
More than 100 gardensgrow beyond the chain-link fence that boundsMilross Gardens. Familiespay $20 a year to lease araised vegetable bed. Hivesfor Humanity planted theperimeters with pollinizersand created living walls.The non-profit will installmason bee houses next
spring and leave groundunturned for bumblebees.
“A lot of bees don’t livein cavities,” Common said.“They live in the ground.”
Wannabe beekeeperscan observe or get hands-on.
“They can feel what it’slike to hold a frame with2,000 bees on it and tastehoney straight out of thehive, warm from comb,”Common said.
Common first heardfrom Amacon, the de-velopment company thatowns the site, after a rep-resentative of the companytasted honey from Hivesfor Humanity and wantedto install a hive on theiroffice’s roof.
But Hives for Humanityspied a broader opportu-nity for hives in MilrossGardens.
“Not only was it a greatidea but we were really im-pressed with the strengthof what they were doing,just how amazing they areat connecting communi-ties and people within thecommunity, and so wewere really inspired bytheir passion,” said Me-lissa Howey, developmentand marketing managerfor Amacon.
Hives for Humanityaims to create pollinatingcorridors east to ClarkDrive, west down EastHastings to Main Streetand then along CambieStreet to CRAB Park.
More bees shouldn’t scareanyone, says Common.
“People hear bee andthey think the thing thathas stung them and beenhorrible to them in thepast is a bee and often itwas a hornet,” said Com-mon, who adds that thereare people who work withHives for Humanity andare allergic to bee stings.
The therapeutic value ofbeekeeping gives Commonthe greatest buzz.
“You have to be in mo-ment and you have to bethinking about what you’redoing, watching whereyou’re putting your hands,breathing slowly,” shesaid. “Not everyone canmeditate but maybe somepeople who can’t meditatecan bee keep.”
Milross Gardens growsat 989 Main St. For moreinformation on the men-torship program, go tohivesforhumanity.com ormilrossgardensonmain.com.
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Programaims to share beekeeping buzzMain Street community garden breaks out in hives
Hives for Humanity beekeeper Sarah Common inspects a honeycomb held by her mother, master beekeeper Julia Common.PHOTO DAN TOULGOET
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Continued from page 1“I have a great deal of
understanding of what thatlife is like to have an emptystomach when you go toschool,” he said, notingsome days he resorted toeating butter and sugarsandwiches. “And those arepeople that I would preferto focus on.”
Though known acrossthe country in media circles,having held senior postsat the Hamilton Spectator,National Post and CTVNews, LaPointe doesn’thave the public profile ofthe NPA’s previous mayoralcandidates.
Now LaPointe will at-tempt to do what PeterLadner and Suzanne Antonfailed to do in the 2008and 2011 elections: beatRobertson and hisVisionVancouver team, which hasdominated city hall sincethe centre-left party waselected in 2008.
“I’ll admit I’m the un-derdog,” he said. “I’m the
outsider. I’m the personwith fewer resources thanmy competitor. I happento have, at this point fourmonths and a day before thevote, a much lower recogni-tion factor.That’s what Ihave to work on, that’s whatthe team will work on.”
Vision Coun. HeatherDeal welcomed LaPointeto the mayoral race but wasquick to point out what shesaid was an NPA recordof voting againstVision’sefforts to reduce home-lessness, build affordablehousing and tackle environ-mental concerns to makeVancouver the greenest cityin the world by 2020.
“Mr. LaPointe says hewants to run this campaignon ideas, we look forwardto hearing what those ideasare,” Deal told reportersMonday on the back stepsof city hall.
As for LaPointe’scriticism about the lack oftransparency at city hall,Deal urged the NPA leader
to visit the city’s websiteand examine the budgetdocuments.
“All of our public consul-tation is done online, in per-son — we have thousands ofpeople giving us input on allof our policies and plans,”she said. “We are very opento the public.”
LaPointe said the NPAplans to run enough can-didates for council, schoolboard and park board towin majorities. Candidatesfor those positions are ex-pected to be rolled out overthe next few weeks.
LaPointe is married toMary LynnYoung, associ-ate dean of the arts facultyat UBC. LaPointe has twoadult children from a previ-ous marriage and a step-daughter withYoung.
The couple lives on theUBC campus.
The election is Nov. 15.Note:A longer version of
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Coding is not somethingthat happens alone in a darkroom.
“Nobody ever talks abouthow creative and collabora-tive it is,” said SandraWear.“You’re thinking up ideasand figuring out how tomake them.You’re creating.”
Wear, along with Jot Kali,are the co-organizers of BeLike Ada, an event namedafter Lord Byron’s daughter,who is considered the firstfemale programmer. OnJuly 19, 500 teen girls willtake part in an eight-hourcoding boot camp withthe hope of inspiring moreyoung women to pursuecoding in engineering andcomputer science.
Coding, in layman’sterms, is writing instructionsfor a computer. Differ-ent coding languages areused for different purposes,whether it’s computer soft-ware, apps or websites.
Only 27 per cent ofuniversity students inmathematics, computerand information sciencesare women, according toStatistics Canada in 2009.Wear and Kali would liketo that number climb to 50per cent female engineeringundergrads with Canadabecoming a technologicalinnovator that can competeglobally.
“I always worked in amale-dominated field,” saidWear. “There are a lot ofgreat men supporting thiscause. Separately, I don’tbelieve we can make the bestproducts, the best compa-nies, the best organizations ifwe only have 50 per cent ofthe minds at the table.”
Wear hopes having allfemale participants atthe event will help themmake friends more easilyand create a comfortableatmosphere for experimen-tation, making mistakes anddiscovery. Women who areprogrammers, designers and
project managers will bepresent at the event as rolemodels as well as men whoare passionate about thecause.
“You can’t be what youcan’t see,”Wear explained.
One role model, JessicaWeeres, is the chief operat-ing officer of Mathtoons, acompany that makes appsallowing teachers to createinteractive homework as-signments. A graduate ofapplied mathematics andcomputer science at UBC,Weeres remembers beingthe only girl in some classes.
“There were no real rolemodels. It’s really hard as ateenage girl to look at a fieldfilled with nerdy guys andsay that’s what I want todo,” saidWeeres. “[I hope]they leave recognizing thatthis isn’t some big scarything that only nerdy guysdo, and even if it doesn’tbecome their career, it willbecome a part of their toolset that will allow them toopen doors.”
Wear believes media inrecent years has providedmore positive examples ofcooler techies, such as TheSocial Network,The Big BangTheory and SiliconValley.
“I think coming withchange as a whole in busi-ness is encouraging femalesto do what excites themand do what they wantto do and that there’s noroad blocks,” said Marjo-rieTrithardt, a managerat Microsoft’sVancouverDevelopment Centre.
The theme of the eventis “developing coding as asuperpower,” based on aquote by Drew Houston,creator of file sharing plat-form Dropbox.
Wear envisions an onlinecommunity for girls toengage with one anotherand the possibility of takingit across Canada.
“Coding is as importantas reading and writing,” saidWear. “Girls can do this likeanyone else.”
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Tuesday was a good dayfor Ericka Stephens-Rennie.
It marked the offi-cial groundbreaking forVancouver’s first cohousingcomplex.
The development is be-ing built on three proper-ties on East 33rd nearArgyle Street in Kensing-ton Cedar-Cottage.Thecity approved rezoning inMarch 2013 and the threehouses on the land wereknocked down in May.
Stephens-Rennie willbe moving into a two-bed-room, 800-square-foot unitwith her husband and son.
“What’s neat about thisphase is it’s just so tangiblenow,” she told the Courierbefore the groundbreakingceremony. “The work thatwe’ve been doing this far hasall been on paper, whereaswith this you can go to thesite and watch these bigmachines work and you canwatch the dirt move and itall feels very real now.”
Construction is expectedto take 14 months.Thecomplex will feature fourresidential buildings, whichare separated from eachother, as well as a commoncourtyard in the centre and
a 6,510-square-foot com-mon house at the back ofthe property to encourageand promote interactionbetween residents.
The 31 units range fromstudios to three-bedrooms— two of the three-bed-room suites and a studio arestill up for sale, while nego-tiations are ongoing for twocovenanted rental suites.
VisionVancouver Coun.Kerry Jang said cohousingmakes good use of land andhe expects its popularity togrow.
“When you look at theresearch around the world,even done by theVancou-ver Foundation, one of thebiggest problems we havein our city is loneliness, lackof connections and thingslike that. Nuclear familieshaven’t always worked outthat well, and so for a goodchunk of folks who arelooking for something more,this is an option for them,”he said. “What prevented itbefore was the fact we hadno regulations around it andthat’s one of the reasons Ipushed for it — to say, OK,if this is going to work forsome people, let’s give themchoice.That’s been partof our entire housing andhomelessness plan — tocreate a range of housing tosuit different pocketbooksand different lifestyles.”
Brian Jackson, the city’smanager of planning and
development, attended thegroundbreaking, to ac-knowledge the hard workthat went into the seeing theproject realized.
Jackson said he workedwith planners to findcreative ways to ensurecommunity concerns wereaddressed, he worked withthe applicants to make surethat the city was respondingto the unique circumstancesof this type of develop-
ment, and city staff toureda cohousing complex inBurnaby to get a full under-standing of cohousing andhow it differs from co-op orcondominium living.
“It’s a unique lifestyle, butit is a lifestyle. I don’t knowif it’s going to take off as amajor style of housing — it’sjust another unique housingmodel that we want to addto the toolbox to provideopportunities for people to
live inVancouver.”Stephens-Rennie is op-
timistic about the future ofcohousing.
“We’re really excited tobe taking this step togetheras a community, with theneighbourhood and withthe city,” she said. “We hopethis will be just the first ofmany cohousing communi-ties inVancouver. Our cityreally needs new afford-able and innovative forms
of housing. Cohousing isnot the only answer to that.There are housing co-opsthat already exist and peopleinVancouver are necessarilythinking hard about whatother innovative optionsthere are. I’m excited thatnext year, cohousing will beone of the housing types inthe mix for people to choosefrom.That’s a great stepforward forVancouver.”
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Theweek in num6ers...
7The number of years NPA
mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointespent asmanaging editor of the
Vancouver Sun.
70The number of times underageagents hired by the provincialgovernmentmanaged topurchase alcohol last yearwithout being asked for ID.
27The percentage of universitystudents enrolled inmath orcomputer scienceswho arefemale, according to Stats
Canada.
60The number of acts performingon eight different stages at theVancouver Folk Festival this
weekend.
15The percentage of CanadiansdiagnosedwithHIVwho are
aboriginal, despite onlymakingup five per cent of the overall
population.
5Inmetres, the diameter of a
700-year-oldWestern red cedartree accessible via a four-hourhike from LynnHeadwaters Park.
Michael [email protected]
“You know there is something wrongwhen you need to consume a litre of gasjust to purchase a litre of milk.”
This was one of the many thought-provoking statements I heard at a recentCanadian Institute of Planners conferencein New Brunswick. One of the topics was“Public Health and the Built Environ-ment,” and it focused on the differentways community and neighbourhooddesign can contribute to better health.
Given the original purpose of zoningwas to improve health, it is a sad ironythat in subsequent years it appears to havecontributed to many of the new illnesseswe face today.
Development and building codes werefirst written to combat contagious diseasessuch as tuberculosis, cholera and yellowfever. By separating noxious industrial andresidential uses, and ensuring buildingshad access to clean water, daylight andfresh air, city planners assisted medicalprofessionals in curing these ailments.
Today we are seeing a rising incidencein chronic diseases such as diabetes,hypertension, heart disease, osteoarthri-tis, depression and cancer.Their causesare numerous and complex. However,research is increasingly showing connec-tions between how neighbourhoods andbuildings are designed, and the incidenceof these diseases.
In the GreaterToronto area, some doc-tors claim they can often assess someone’shealth from their postal code.
It is not just a question of whether theylive in a poor or affluent neighbourhood.It’s also a question of whether it’s “walk-able” and well served by transit, or asuburban, car-dependent community.
Research carried out by the Heart andStroke Foundation and other organiza-tions is revealing that money spent onpublic transit and active communitydesign will ultimately pay dividends in theform of reduced healthcare costs, all otherthings being equal.
Some conference speakers presentedalarming maps and statistics illustratingthe increase in adult and child obesityacross the country over recent decades us-ing Body Mass Index (BMI) as a measure.
Doctors will tell you there is a correla-tion between BMI and chronic diseases,especially diabetes in adults and children.
While British Columbia has the low-est obesity rate of any province, it still
increased from approximately 15 per centof the population to 20 percent from 2000to 2011.
Moreover, health professionals questionthese statistics since women often un-der-report weight while men over-reportheight.
In NewYork City, former mayor Mi-chael Bloomberg made it a priority to ad-dress community health.While his effortsto restrict the size of sugar-laden drinksare well known, what is less known is howhe has promoted active living throughdesign.
One of his initiatives was to retain Dr.Karen Lee, a Canadian, to work with ar-chitects and planners in the preparation ofnow internationally-recognized Active De-sign Guidelines. He also converted roadsto bike lanes, public spaces and pedestrianareas.Today NewYorkers are amongst thehealthiest Americans.
There is no doubt the layout of aneighourhood determines whether youwalk, bike or drive a car.While somecontributing factors are obvious, such aswhether there are shops or communityfacilities within walking distance, othersare more subtle.
Slightly wider sidewalks separated by alandscape boulevard encourage walking,as do routes that include high degrees ofpedestrian interest.
One planner suggested we should thinkof a sidewalk as a room, with design at-tention given to walls, floor and ceiling.Ideally the ceiling is rain protection or acanopy of trees.
As I listened to the presentations I wasstruck by two sad ironies.
For decades architects and plannershave worked hard to make buildings moreaccessible for those in wheelchairs.Whileadmirable and necessary, this has hadthe unintended consequence of makingit easier for the rest of us to use elevatorsinstead of stairs.
If we try to use the stairs, often thedoors to each floor are locked for securityreasons.
Security concerns also discourage par-ents from allowing their children to walkor ride their bikes to school.
We need to design safer routes to schooland more attractive, well lit stairwells.
Furthermore, just as we now undertakeenvironmental impact assessments of newplans and projects, we should also carryout health impact assessments.
They could help us all live longer.twitter/ @michaelgeller
Well-designed citiescreate better health
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Underage, undercover liquor inspectorsare making busts at an increasing rate,according to the latest report from theliquor control branch.
Their forays into restaurants and barshave been so successful that the overallcompliance rate is dropping compared tothe first year the project was launched.
It has been three years since the lawwas changed to allow the Liquor Controland Licensing Branch to use real minorsduring inspections, rather than youngadults who just looked like minors.
The former system had the disadvan-tage of not allowing any charges to belaid after infractions, since the youngagents were of drinking age.
Over the years the government sentyouthful adults into stores to attemptliquor purchases, the track record ofcompliance was dismal.
The overall compliance rate — thepercentage of times an agent was asked toproduce two pieces of identification — was29 per cent. It “clearly indicated an ongo-ing problem with age verification whenpurchasing alcohol,” said the branch.
So after the law was changed, it startedusing real minors to attempt purchases,and then levying stiff penalties on outletswhen they were successful. The penaltiesrange from a $7,500 fine to a month-longshutdown of the offending establishment.
The branch reported an 86 per centcompliance rate the first year it usedminors, in 2011-12, but that has droppedto 72 per cent in the most recent year,because they are checking pubs and res-taurants regularly, as well, and apparentlyhaving a field day.
Government liquor stores scored 96per cent in year one, but slipped to 82per cent in 2013-14. Private liquor storesscored 83 per cent the first year and 78per cent last year.
They sampled almost four times asmany private stores as government storeslast year, 130 versus 33, reflecting theirshares of the market.The underageagents obtained liquor 28 times at privatestores and six times at government stores.Licensed restaurants and bars faredmuch worse, with compliance rates barelyover 50 per cent. Minors bought booze inrestaurants 22 times out of the 50 timesthey tried, and 12 out of the 26 timesattempted in bars. Most of the infractionsare blamed on inadequate training and
supervision.So overall, the compliance rate is much
better than it used to be when no penaltiescould be imposed even after purported mi-nors found infractions. But it has droppedover three years as they check differentvenues where booze is served.
The branch appears to be enthusiasticabout using minors as agents, saying it’s aneffective and efficient method for enforcingage-of-sale laws. The latest report said aslicensees become more aware that minorsare being used as agents, the expectation ofID checks should increase the rate at whichthey are made.
Based on 70 infractions found by minoragents last year, most of which carried aminimum fine of $7,500, the plan is topress on.
“The LCLB believes that growing aware-ness of the minors program, together witha strong likelihood of apprehension andsignificant penalties, has become an effec-tive strategy in preventing the sale of liquorto minors.”
The branch said the liquor policy reviewover the last year confirmed the usefulnessof the program.That review also led to ageneral relaxation of various restrictions onalcohol sales, including what the branchcalls new points of entry for minors. Fami-lies can eat in some pubs, grocery storeswill soon be selling booze, restaurants canserve drinks only after a certain time, spas,cooking schools and galleries will be able toserve drinks, beer garden fences are comingdown and liquor will be more generallyavailable.
It’s not hard to guess what will happento the general compliance rate. If it wasslipping under the relatively strict old rules,under which 35 inspectors policed morethan 10,000 licensed outlets, it will likelydrop some more once the more relaxedapproach and wider availability come intoplay.
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Minors bringmajorcash for not being IDed
Based on 70infractions found byminor agents last year,most of which carrieda fine of $7,500, theplan is to press on.
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LETTERS TOTHE EDITORLetters may be edited by the Courier for reasons of legality, taste, brevity and clarity.Send to: 1574West Sixth Ave.,VancouverV6J 1R2 or email [email protected]
COURIER COLUMN: “Mayor’s marital mess dirties the NPA,” July 11.Chris Childs:This is par for the course for the NPA/Socred/BC Liberal ilk.They’re inthe game for keeps and absolutely no tactic is too underhanded, devious or off limits tothem.They run to destroy.It’s good to be King @Jason_E_King: I still say no one but a few “insiders” wouldhave even heard about this if not forVision PR.themsteri @teririch: I agree with you.Vision screwed up and are trying to spin as“bad” NPA, again.What I find more disturbing the “alleged” threats Magee madeagainst Macdonald.Adele Chow @adele_chow: Handled badly by both parties. Let’s move on. Notimportant to be discussing anymore.
COURIER STORY: “Ending street homelessness by 2015 ‘not magical thinking’:city manager,” July 11.lrothney:The city is catering to the homeless at the expense of residents.Mount Pleasanthas taken on too much social housing and our neighbourhood is now riddled with crime.Numerous break-ins, residential and vehicles, syringes are being found everywhere, and wehave numerous dumpster divers running around with their stolen shopping carts.They aredrinking and doing drugs in“Dude Chilling”park (Guelph Park).Mount Pleasant is lookinglike part DTES and partYaletown.
COURIER STORY: “Dive group aims to hit the bottom,” July 11.Gary MacDonald:Want to know how theARSBC put the health of hundreds of volunteersat risk by having them work unknowingly with toxic materials? See ChristineWood’s story inthe Coast Reporter about how the Canadian government just spent almost a million dollarscleaning a ship the [Artificial Reef Society of B.C.] has sworn for five years is clean.Who canbelieve what theARSBC says?And why did the Underwater Council of B.C. recently pull itssupport for this project?
COURIER COLUMN: “Sounds of silence a challenge in the city,” July 9.airden @deg:When the ouzo starts to flow,my old Greek neighbours are louder than any leafblower or motorcycle.
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July 16, 1978:Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer headline the inaugural VancouverFolk Festival in Stanley Park, put on in part by organizers of theWinnipeg FolkFest. Despite the rain, the concert was deemed a success and moved to JerichoBeach the following year, where the free-spirited, volunteer-driven music festivalhas called home the third weekend of July ever since. This year’s diverse lineup of60 artists includes such acts as Joan Baez, Amos Lee, Great Lake Swimmers, BornRuffians, Ozomatli, Brasstronaut andWintersleep.
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ParkplanningprocesspurelypoliticalTo the editor:
Re: “Promised park nowhere in sight,”June 13.
Nobody should be surprised thatVancouver city council is stonewallingon delivering any False Creek parkspaceuntil theVision-led initiative to implodethe viaducts finally comes to fruition.
Any parkspace created west of MainStreet will be accompanied by eliminatingacres of an inner city park and communitygardens east of Main along the south sideof Strathcona Park with the full approval ofthe park board, not the first time the cityand park board will have removed EastSide parkspace to pursue personal agendas.
The city’s desire to demolish the bestaccess to downtown started years agowith the unanimous council decision toextendThornton Street south combinedwith the re-alignment of Scotia Street justnorth of Great NorthernWay. Half of theoverpass transversing the BNSF rail yardshas already been built and when completethey will add thousands of more rat-run-ning vehicles to East Side streets and bikeroutes.The city has already adopted reportsand applied for federal funding to fast trackconstruction of overpasses on Prior andMalkin, which will be widened in order toaccommodate increased truck volumes.
It’s all part ofVision’s ongoing plans to
densify and carve up East Side neigh-bourhoods with more vehicle traffic androads not less. In typical city councilbungling, construction of theThorntonStreet overpass began before a deal wasfinalized with the landowners.
But hey, at least there’s a fake island atthe sinkhole OlympicVillage.
George Brissette,Vancouver
Habitatnot forall humanityTo the editor:
Re: “Habitat Island wildlife now in-cludes party animals,” July 9.
I am glad Christopher Cheung broughtthis to the attention of your readers.
I have been taking our grandchildrento Habitat Island for many years and theycalled it “Treasurer Island” where theypicked up shells and pebbles and occasion-ally coins.They also loved to throw rocksinto the water and make big splashes!
In recent years, we saw people drink-ing and smoking on the island which hasbecome a “beer garden” and “smokinglounge.” Luckily we haven’t seen anyneedles, so far!
I hope theVPD will enforce the nodrinking law in public spaces and fine theoffenders $230. Let’s keep Habitat Islanda tranquil place for non-party animals toenjoy.
Kelly Ip,Vancouver
Orca captured in Strait of GeorgiaJuly 17, 1964: A sculptor hired to kill a killer whale for research purposes by thedirector of the Vancouver Aquarium botches the job after hitting a five-metre longmale orca with a harpoon launched from Saturna Island. After the whale refused todie, it was dragged to a makeshift pen at Burrard dry docks. NicknamedMoby Dollby staff who mistook him for female, he was the first member of his species everexhibited in captivity and became an instant international media sensation. MobyDoll died 87 days later after developing a skin disease from the low salinity in theharbour water and a fungal disease of the lungs. A moratorium on capturing orcaswas implemented in 1976.
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The servicesYouthCOprovides to HIV-posi-tive youth have changedover the last 20 years asprognoses for people withAIDS have improved, butthe non-profit’s principleof providing youth-to-youth education remainsunaltered.
“We did a move recentlyand I threw away a bookthat was called PlanningYourWill because it’s justnot the case for youngpeople anymore,” saidJesse Brown, the 27-year-old executive director of
YouthCO. “It’s obviously amore manageable illness.”
But youth continue tocontract HIV andYouthCObelieves rates can be re-duced with peer education.
Only people aged 30and younger staff thegrassroots organizationand provide peer educa-tion for youth living withor at risk of contractingHIV and hepatitis C.
“The founders ofYouthCO felt that creat-ing a space for that youthvoice, the whole ‘nothingabout us without us’ at-titude, they thought thatwas lacking and wantedto fill the need by creatinga safe place where theycould have their voice beheard,” Brown said.
According to the PublicHealth Agency of Canada,youth between the agesof 15 and 29 years oldaccount for approximately26 per cent of all HIV-positive cases. In 2007, 55per cent of new hepatitis Cinfections in Canada wereamong youth.
YouthCO recentlyended its weekday drop-in program where youngpeople received individualsupport from staff becauseof funding changes fromthe provincial government
and Vancouver CoastalHealth.
But VCH recentlyprovided funding for afull-time HIV supportworker who will helpyouth with difficulties thatinclude housing, addictionor engaging in a relation-ship with an HIV-positiveperson.
YouthCO aims to reachcommunities most af-fected by HIV.
It provides an educationand leadership programfor young, gay and transmen.
“Historically, there’smore HIV in the gaycommunity, so gay menmake up over 50 per centof new diagnoses of HIV,”Brown said.
YouthCO also offersa workshop by and forindigenous youth through-out B.C.
“The stat is aboriginalpeople make up five percent of the population butapproximately 15 per centof new HIV diagnoses,”Brown said.
The workshop consid-ers colonization as a factorin health problems foraboriginal people and aimsto help aboriginal youthfeel more confident and totake responsibility for their
health and the health oftheir community.
YouthCO reaches5,000 young people eachyear with workshops onsexual health and harmreduction. It trains youthleaders as peer educatorsfor their communities andfriend networks.YouthCOalso provides scholarshipto HIV-positive youth.
B.C. excels as one of thefew provinces where HIVinfection rates are drop-ping. Brown attributes thissuccess to good govern-ment support.
“I really hope that B.C.can be the first place inthe world that has anAIDS-free generation,” hesaid. “That’s not necessar-ily HIV-free, but throughincreased education andsupport we feel that youcan get to zero with AIDSdiagnoses.”
Fundraising is moreimportant than ever asmoney from the PublicHealth Agency of CanadaandVCH has dwindled.YouthCO raised nearly$20,000 at its 20th anni-versary celebration July 10.
For more informationaboutYouthCO, its volun-teering opportunities andworkshop, see youthco.org.
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Non-profit provides help forHIV-positive youth
YouthCO’s executive director Jesse Brown (foreground) stands with the organization’s youth team of Christopher Yue, Daniella Barreto,Carly Glanzberg and Claire O’Gorman. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET.
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Woodland Park was fullof girls lateThursday morn-ing. Some sat cross-leggedaround their drums, intentlywatching Joy Mullen — bet-ter known in the local musicscene as “Joy on Drums”— hit her snare. Over by theshade of the trees, anothergroup pumped the air withtheir fists, mic in oppositehand, and mouthed wordsto faint music coming fromtheir instructor’s smart-phone as they learned aboutstage presence.
As Sarah Cordingley, oneof the organizers of GirlsRock CampVancouver,watched, she rememberedher first experience with anall-girl musical group whenshe joined theVernon GirlsTrumpet Band at age 11.
“It was a really, really posi-tive thing for me,” she said.“It didn’t have any politicsbehind it, it was a very old-fashioned, military drum-ming band but it was just sofun to play with other girls.”
Even still, it never oc-
curred to Cordingley afew years later that she, amusic lover, could actuallybe in a rock band herself,instead resorting to playingsupporting roles such asphotographer/girlfriend. “Ifelt really on the outside,”she remembered.
Evidently it wasn’t justCordingley who felt therewas a wall to climb as awoman wanting to playrock ’n’ roll.The first GirlsRock Camp started inPortland, Ore. in 200, acity where embers of thePacific Northwest femi-nist punk rock movementof the 1990s still glowed.Other cities across the U.S.soon followed suit and, in2007, the Girls Rock CampAlliance network becameofficial at a Portland-basedconference that includedrepresentatives from fiveAmerican camps along withtwo European ones.The fo-cus of the camps, now alsoheld in Iceland and SouthAmerica, is to help girlsbuild self-esteem throughmusical creation.
It’s the sixth year for theVancouver version and whileit may seem North Ameri-can society has flung doors
open to women in the musicindustry, Cordingley saysthere’s still much work to do.
“There are so many morewomen musicians now thanthere was five or 10 yearsago, but there’s still not a lotof female audio engineersor female sound techs,” shesaid, adding that finding awoman to work the boardat the camp’s wrap-upshowcase every year at theRioTheatre is a challenge.“We want to open up theseavenues for girls and stop thiskind of nonsense that stopsthem from doing it.When Iwalk down the street with a
couple of snare drums thatI’m going to fix, some peoplelook at me like it’s a novelty— ‘Oh, there’s a girl withdrums, isn’t that something.’I don’t understand why,or what the difference isbetween a woman carry-ing drums or a man. I don’twant to be a novelty, I justwant to play the drums.”
Cordingley, who is also themusic director at Universityof B.C. radio station CiTR,said she finds it frustratingto continually witness theover-sexualization of femalemusicians.
“Why does it have to be a
‘hot chick drummer’ ratherthan ‘oh, that person is agood drummer’? If you’rea woman who’s playing aninstrument, are you going tobe judged differently than aman? I think so,” Cordingleysaid.“It’s really a big thingbecause Rock Camp is notabout proving anything. It’sabout expressing yourselfand the whole idea here isnot to create little virtuosicsolo machines, it’s moreabout taking up space, beingloud, feeling confident.”
Thirty-two girls betweenthe ages of eight and 17attend Rock Camp every
year in the space donatedby the Urban NativeYouthAssociation (in return, camporganizers reserve 10 spotsfor First Nations girls) andthe instruments are eitherbrought from home by thecampers, provided by thecamp organizers and theirfriends, or donated by orga-nizations such as Music B.C.
Between learning aninstrument to perform atthe wrap showcase concertat the RioTheatre Saturdaynight, the week-long campis jammed with workshopsthat range from songwritingto self-defense.
Cordingley doesn’t seeGirls Rock Camp goingaway any time soon.
“Maybe one day therewon’t be the need to havea rock camp, when womenand minorities and peopleof colour and people ofdifferent sexual or genderidentities are not excludedfrom rock music in sucha complete way in the bigmainstream picture,” shesaid. “We don’t want to boxpeople into stereotypicalroles where you need to looka certain way. It’s unattain-able and ridiculous andboring.”
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Girls RockCamp turns the empowerment up to 11
211. Girls Rock Camp Vancouver organizer Sarah Cordingley (second from left) hangs out Thursdayafternoon with campers Harriet Dykstra, JazzyWij and Myriam Dykstra. 2 AinsleyWatts, 11, workson her shredding.. See more photos at vancourier.com or scan this page with the Layar app.PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT
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1. Described by some as “the Jimi Hendrixof violin,” Jaron Freeman-Fox at leasthasn’t been called “theYngwie Malmsteenof violin.” Unfortunately his press peoplefelt the need to use the term “violinovator,”which we cannot get behind. Anyway…Freeman-Fox will bring his strings to theEmerald July 16, 8:30 p.m. along with hisband the Opposite of Everything for anevening that promises to mix ethereal folkmusic with Indian ragas, klezmer punk andlatin-infused funk.
2. Standup comedian SuzanneWesten-hoefer and singer-songwriter Kate Reidjoin forces for “an evening of queer songand humour” July 17, 7:30 p.m. at theWISE Hall. For more info and advancedtickets, go to soundandfuries.com/concerts.
3. Baltimore musical duo Wye Oak shakesthings up on its latest album, Shriek.Drummer Andy Stack adds more key-boards to his repertoire, while singer-guitar-ist JennWasner mostly drops her six-stringin favour of bass.The enchanting result isless indie rock, more synth pop. Hear foryourself when Wye Oak playsVenue July16 with guests Pattern is Movement.Tick-ets at Red Cat Records and ticketmaster.ca.
4. Billed as “an immersive site-specificjourney filled with musical and theatri-cal intrigue,” The Orpheus Project isa multi-disciplinary look at the Orpheusstories, where audience members explorethe nooks and crannies of the Cultch touncover “secret rooms, mysterious mu-sic, interactive vignettes and moments ofsurprising beauty.” Sounds like a typicalday at the Courier. Presented by Music onMain, The Orpheus Project runs July 17to 20 at the Cultch.Tickets and details atthe cultch.com.
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While the emergence ofa new candidate can be anexciting time for civic affairsreporters who often toil awayin dark rooms wearing tanchinos trying to make theminutiae of municipal poli-tics appear slightly more sexythan an egg salad sandwichleft in a hot car for an after-noon, it can be a windfallof inspiration for headlinewriters.A new candidaterepresents an opportunity toemploy a slew of new punsand sly pop culture refer-ences into headlines, whichis often the only glimmer oflight at the end of the darktunnel of page layout. In aword, a new candidate repre-sents hope.
Which is why we’restoked about Kirk LaPointeofficially announcing he’srunning as the NPA mayoralcandidate in the Nov. 15election againstVisionVan-couver incumbent GregorRobertson, and not justbecause the two candidatesare certifiable manthers whoare pretty easy on the eyes.
LaPointe brings with hima wealth of media experi-ence but also a fairly mal-leable name when it comesto headlines.
We expect to see a few“Kirk gives the mayor afew LaPointers” headlinesafter a particularly heateddebate. On the other hand,if LaPointe fumbles inthe debate, you might see“LaPointe blank range” or“Grosse LaPointe blank” or“LaPointe break.”
“LaPointe and shoot” isanother no-brainer. As is“Power LaPointe presenta-tion.”
And while we’d adviseheadline writers againstpicking the low hanging
fruit that is “Captain Kirk,”they should by all meansutilize such gems as “Kirkin’for the weekend,” “Menat Kirk” and “Kirk hard,play harder.”We don’t evenknow what that means.
Needless to say, it’s goingto be an exciting run-up tothe election.And we can’twait until the likes of LarryBagina,Turds Macdonald,AbigailTaint and Crusty Slatsannounce their candidacy.
Age-old questionsTruth be told, the
daily grind of enrichingthe lives ofVancouveritesand informing them aboutoff-leash dog laws, urbandensification and the latestlawsuit against city hall isnot all it’s cracked up to be.Sometimes it can be tiring.Sometimes our souls wiltunder the heat of commu-nity news. So to spice upthe work place, Courier staffoccasionally resort to mo-ments of whimsy, which gobeyond the cheap thrill ofusing the word “whimsy” ina sentence (how meta!).
Our latest endeavour
involves another commonoccurrence at the Cou-rier — feeling woefully oldcompared to our young andvibrant interns who oftendon’t get our ’70s- and ’80s-based pop culture referenc-es because they are youngenough to have emergedfrom our wombs (as one co-worker sensitively noted).
So, beginning last Fridaywe launched an interactivephoto series called “OlderorYounger than Our InternChris Cheung,” where wetake pictures of our youth-ful scribe holding variousobjects — aVHS tape of themovie Speed, a Morrisseysingle, a Nirvana CD, etc.— and ask readers to weighin on whether they thinksaid cultural artifact is olderor younger than Chris. Ifyou want to get in on thesoul-searching, possiblydepressing exercise, followthe Courier on instagramorTwitter (@VanCouri-erNews) or on Facebook(facebook.com/thevancou-vercouriernewsaper) forregular updates. Good luck.
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Tariq Hussain saw adocumentary about AndrewBird a couple of years ago,so he’s excited Brasstronaut,theVancouver-based bandHussain plays lap steel andelectric guitar in, will playa workshop with Bird thisweekend at theVancouverFolk Music Festival.
“I’m super excited,”Hussain said. “And just thewhole vibe of it is so muchfun because you get to bearound all your friends.”
It’s Brasstronaut’s firstgig at Folk Fest, althoughthe band has been mak-ing music for seven years.Pianist and vocalist EdoVan Breemen and trum-peter Bryan Davies playedaround town as a duo,added Brennan Saul ondrums and JohnWalshon bass.Then for a showat the Biltmore in 2009,they asked Hussain andSam Davidson, who playsclarinet and electronic windsynthesizer, to join them.
“We did that one [gig]and I think everyone waslike, ‘Hey that’s pretty cool.Maybe you should keep go-ing in that direction,’” Hus-sain said. “Over the years
it’s really become more andmore of a collaboration. It’sbeen a nice evolution.”
LindaTanaka, artisticdirector of Folk Fest, is abig fan. “I’ve been listening
to their music for a whilebut the more I listen to itthe more I feel it’s so freshand unique,” said “Just theinstrumentation, the nicemelodies, the jazz influence
in there. It’s refreshing. Ijust like their textured andlayered sounds.”
WithVan Breemen cur-rently based in NewYorkCity and Saul inWinnipeg,band members have beenemailing tracks for thesextet’s forthcoming thirdalbum back and forth.
Hussain says the newsongs advance Brasstro-naut’s flavour with more ofa dance beat.The band willbust out three new songsat its four appearances onFolk Fest stages throughoutthe weekend, including aSaturday evening slot.
Brasstronaut’s first release,Mount Chimaera, was long-listed for the 2010 PolarisMusic Prize and “HeartsTrompet” from that albumgarnered a 2010 SOCANEcho Songwriting Prize.The band’s 2012 follow-up,Mean Sun, includes dreamy,lush, orchestral pop songs.Brasstronaut has touredNorth America and Europeand received acclaim frommusic critics at the BBC, theU.K.’s Independent newspa-per and the Toronto Star.
As for other acts perform-ing at this year’s Folk Fest,Hussain says he’s lookingforward to seeing his friendsCorbin Murdoch and JennyRitter. Hussain once openedup for Alejandro Escovedoin Calgary and wants to seewhat the singer/songwriter
is up to now. Also on his listare Mokoomba, the Zimba-bwean band Brasstronautwill share a workshop stagewith, as well as Born Ruf-fians, Great Lake Swimmersand Jay Malinowski and theDeadcoast.
More than 60 artists willperform at the 37th annualfestival, including folk god-dess Joan Baez for the firsttime.
Ferron and First Nationsgrandmothers dressed inwoven cedar bark robeswill welcome festivalgoersat 4:30 p.m. Friday afterthe traditional Musqueamgreeting.
Tanaka says the festivalwill include more art thanin previous years, withLoco Moto Arts projectingimages onto Jericho BeachPark’s trees, and moreinteractive activities for kids.Tanaka noted children aged12 and under enter free ofcharge when accompaniedby an adult.
She also emphasized thatthe festival features a specialviewing platform for peoplewith disabilities at the mainstage and caregivers forpeople with disabilities alsoget in free.
TheVancouver FolkMusic Festival runs July 18to 20 at Jericho Beach Park.For more information, seethefestival.bc.ca.
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Brasstronaut touches downat Folk FestOther acts performing at 37th annual event include Joan Baez,Andrew Bird,Alejandro Escovedo
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Summer may be glorious,but rain can fall any time ofyear inVancouver.The nexttime the wet weather getsyou down, thank it for therainforests we have here insouthwestern B.C.
This climate has producedsome of the largest trees onEarth, and the rainforestaround the city is blessedwith numerous giants — thebiggest of which still standalong a little-used trail on thewest side of Lynn Creek.
For the price (none) of afour-hour hike, you can givea cedar colossus a hug somefuture rainy day. Or even ona sunny day this week. Butkeep in mind you’ll needat least a few people toget your arms completelyaround these giants.
The west side of LynnCreek used to be morepopular for hiking beforeLynn Headwaters RegionalPark on the east side wasopened to the public in1985.These days, the baseof Mt. Fromme has beentaken over by numerousmountain bike trails. But theold hiking trail remains; it’sfairly well marked, though alittle grown-over in spots anda little sketchy at some creekcrossings.This is not a hikefor novices.
The trailhead for this hikeis the Baden-PowellTrailentrance on the west side ofthe Lynn Headwaters Parkroad.The hike begins witha series of staircases thatascend a cliff, with a totalof 210 steps by my count.Once this lung-buster iscompleted, you emerge inthe rainforest.
There are numerousroutes to get you to thelargest of the giant trees.The simplest route is to takethe Baden-PowellTrail westto the Mountain Highwaygravel road, turn right, andfollow the road uphill untilyou see a sign on the rightfor the CedarTreeTrail.
However, you can alsotake a more interesting seriesof multi-use trails popularwith bikers (Lower GriffenSwitchbacks, Lower Griffenand Upper Griffen) to get tothe same spot. Just remem-ber to stay right at everyintersection.Also, be on thelookout for mountain bikers,some of whom helped buildand maintain these trails.
Along the way you’ll see
huge cedar stumps that offera hint of what this forestused to look like beforethe clear-cut logging of theearly 1900s.There are alsoremnants of a few old logcabins and campsites hiddenin the trees.
The CedarTreeTrail startsas a wide gravel path butquickly narrows to dirt, rocks,roots and cedar planks thatroughly follow the remains ofa century-old logging road.Follow the yellow tree markersto avoid losing the trail.
At the first major creekcrossing (on a sturdy newbridge), you can see the de-struction caused by a rockand mudslide that washedout the trail a few years ago.Look to the right for piecesof the previous plank bridge.
Two more creeks (neitherwith a bridge) require care-ful rock-hopping. Shortlyafter climbing out of thegully of the second bridge-less creek, look for a rockcairn on the right.
Turn right and followorange flagging tape alonga downhill trail, which takesyou over, under and aroundfallen trees for 10 minutesuntil you reach the biggesttree you might ever see inyour lifetime.
This monstrous old-growthwestern red cedar is close tofive metres in diameter andapproximately 700 years old.It’s truly an awe-inspiring and
majestic specimen worthy ofthe dozens of photos you’lllikely take.
However, it is not perfect,and this is the only reasonthe cedar is still standing.Look up about 20 metres tothe cleft where the tree twistsand splits into two spires,each with broken tops. Log-ging crews spared split treeslike this because their woodwas not deemed the samequality as un-split cedars.
The cedar is surroundedby second growth treesmore than 100 years oldthat all look like twigs incomparison. About 25metres downhill, a giantDouglas fir is perched onthe edge of a cliff. It’s alsoworth a look before return-ing back uphill.
Retracing your steps to themain trail, you can turn leftand head back home. Or youcan turn right and follow theCedarTreeTrail for anotherhour (over 1.5 kilometres)to visit a second, slightlysmaller giant cedar. To thispoint, the trail is already forconfident hikers but the nextportion of the hike, shouldyou continue, is only recom-mended for experienced andproperly equipped hikers.And never do it alone. Manysections of the trail are steepand treacherous.
Mike Hanafin is an avidbackcountry hiker who can seethe forest and the trees. twitter.
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