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If the opportunity presents itself when hevisits the Vatican next week, Mayor GregorRobertson says he will renew a request froma delegation of faith groups to person-ally invite Pope Francis to the DowntownEastside in an effort to bring internationalattention to the city’s mental health, addic-tions and homelessness crises.Robertson will be in Vatican City July

21 as a participant in a two-day workshopwith the Pope in which climate changeand “modern slavery” will be discussedamong city and state leaders, includingthe mayors of Seattle and Portland andCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown.“If I have the opportunity, I’ll certainly be

restating that invitation to come visit Van-

couver and see our challenges with povertyfirsthand, which is surprising for such anaffluent city,” Robertson told the Courierby telephoneMonday. “We have our setof problems that have been tough to solveand he’s demonstrated his commitment totackling poverty in all its forms.”Robertson believes a visit from the

Pope would draw “enormous attention”to poverty and its associated problems inthe Downtown Eastside. Such a visit, headded, would signal the importance ofthe provincial and federal governments tocommit to a second round of investmentsto continue the work of the now-defunctVancouver Agreement, which saw allthree levels of government spend moneyin an effort to improve life for residents.“There’s been slow change in the

neighbourhood and lots more people

housed, but there’s a lot more work to doand it would be great to have that level ofattention from the Pope to catalyze somechange with the B.C. and Canadian gov-ernment,” the mayor said.In February, a group representing a

broad range of faiths, including RomanCatholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim,sent a letter to Pope Francis requestinghe visit Vancouver to walk the Down-town Eastside and “break bread with theresidents and others.”The group, which is led by the city’s

former homeless advocate Judy Graves andlawyer Tom Beasley, also wants the Pope tovisit an urban and remote reserve in Canadato better understand the plight of aboriginalpeople, many of whommove to the Down-town Eastside and end up on the streets.

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CITY LIVING8Brock House of ages

STATEOFTHEARTS 20Frazey Ford does Folk Fest

OPINION 10Kettle concerns boil over

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It wasn’t his bisexuality that estrangedDavid from his family but his father’s drugand alcohol problems andDavid’s ownabuse of these substances as a teenager.“I started living by my own at 16

years old,” the 23-year-old said. “Ihad some help and support from mygrandma at the time, but she unfortu-nately died when I was 18.”He lost his job, his relationship ended

and he found himself homeless, so Davidtravelled fromMontreal to Toronto andthen Vancouver.He stayed at Covenant House and at

RainCity HEAT shelters.He was homeless on and off for six

years until RainCity gave him a roomin January and then helped him securea market apartment in April. That wasmade possible with the help of a rent sub-sidy from B.C. Housing, under RainC-ity’s LGBTQ2S youth housing project.RainCity Housing and Support Society

is operating a housing and support pro-gram specifically for chronically and epi-sodically homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual,trans, queer and two-spirited youth — thefirst program of its kind in Canada. Rain-City has helped 11 such youth, aged 18 to24, secure housing.Research reveals that 25 to 40 per cent

of homeless youth in Canada are LG-BTQ2S, the identity of approximately 10per cent of the general population.David chose to reside on his own while

other youth live with more structure in acommunal house.RainCity first helped David with a

shelter bed, then with referrals to counsel-ling and drug and alcohol abuse recoveryservices. He remained homeless until theygave him a room.“I could go for a date and after that I

can go home instead of going into a shel-ter,” he said of his situation now. “I cango to work because if somebody calls meand wants to give me work tomorrow, I’mable to go to sleep early because I have ahome to go back to.”David collected social assistance when

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Some of you may haveread my story last weekwhere I gave you a heads-up that Vancouver’s home-less count conducted inMarch saw a slight drop inthe number of people livingon the street.I posted the story online

last Monday, the day be-fore city housing directorMukhtar Latif released thefull report on the num-bers. I know, right, whattook them so long to tellus the numbers?Analysis, I’m told.Anyway, Latif confirmed

the accuracy of my story inhis report, which revealedthe overall homelesspopulation counted overtwo days in March totalled1,746, with 488 on thestreet and 1,258 in someform of shelter or temporaryhousing. That’s a drop fromlast year of 48 people on thestreet and nine in shelters.I was able to get the

news out last Mondaybecause I happened to bein the Downtown East-side with a guy who wasbriefed on what was tocome Tuesday. That guywas B.C. Housing CEOShayne Ramsay, who ledme and a few other report-ers on a tour of buildingsand programs funded bythe provincial government.At the end of our walk-

about, Ramsay — wholives in the Downtown

Eastside — told us Latif’sreport would show a slightreduction in the numberof people on the street andthat the shelter populationremained steady. But that’snot all Ramsay said as hetook questions fromme andcolleagues Travis Lupickof theGeorgia Straight andDavid P. Ball of the Tyee.So I thought I’d share

some of what else he said.• On whether he gets

tired of Mayor GregorRobertson and city councildumping on B.C. Housing,saying they’re not buildingenough housing to accom-modate the city’s home-less: “We just go about thework that we do.”• On the current relation-

ship with the city in termsof addressing homelessness:“It’s very good. You know,the remand project [turningthe former jail into housing]is nearing completion andthe city contributed to that.I had a conversation with[Latif] before I came on thetour this morning aroundwhat the presentation [onthe homeless count] is goingto look like tomorrow andthe kind of areas the citywould like to target. So wediscussed those opportuni-ties. And last week, I wasbriefed on the housing num-bers. So [there’s] a gooddegree of cooperation.”• On whether the govern-

ment will fund a secondphase of development ofsocial housing on city prop-erty, as it did previouslywith 14 projects (so far, 13are open): “I won’t rule it

out, but I really see us at aplace where we’re lookingmore and more at arrange-ments like the remandcentre, like 41 East Hast-ings [a 52-unit project], likeTaylor Manor [for tenantswith mental health issues]that become just a differ-ent way of delivering thosekinds of housing units. Noquestion, the 14 sites werea significant commitment,but a very costly one tobring on board, too.”• On whether he sees a

day when no one will beliving on the street in Van-couver: “That’s probablya question you should ask[Housing Minister RichColeman]. We’ve strayedinto some policy areas, andI’m an operations guy.”• On the goal, then, of

B.C. Housing to eradicatehomelessness: “Just con-tinuing to work in a positivedirection, dealing with thehousing issues like single-room-occupancy hotels,like people on the street andcreating opportunities forthem.”• On selling off B.C.

Housing property to non-profits: “No other jurisdic-tion in Canada is engagedin the kind of transfer ofprovincial assets to thenonprofit sector. And this isreally a belief in empoweringthe nonprofit sector. All ofthe value of those transfers,though, will be re-investedby the province back intohousing. That will totalabout $650 million over theperiod 2014 to 2019.”

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Continued from page 1Graves said a return

letter from the Vaticanstated the Pope had noimmediate plans to cometo Vancouver, thoughshe said Robertson beingsingled out as the onlyCanadian politician totravel to Rome and meetwith the Catholic leaderis encouraging news. Ifthe mayor doesn’t get anopportunity to renew thegroup’s invitation directlywith the Pope, Graves saidshe is confident Robert-son could speak to seniorleaders in the Vatican’sadministration.“I’m not giving up,”

Graves told the CourierTuesday morning beforeleading a tour of the Down-town Eastside.Like Robertson, Graves

believes a visit from thePope would bring inter-national attention to theDowntown Eastside, muchthe way the Pope’s presencein a shantytown in Para-guay over the weekend hascaptured the media’s atten-tion. While in Paraguay, thePope characterized the ex-cesses of capitalism as “the

dung of the devil” and howthe greed for money createsa subtle dictatorship that“condemns and enslavesmen and women.”Earlier this month, the

Pope released a documentcalled an encyclical devotedto environmentalism, inwhich he linked how thedeterioration of the environ-ment and society affects poorand vulnerable people more

than those above the povertyline. He has also said thereis a moral imperative for ad-dressing climate change.“He’s connecting the

dots between climatechange and the deplorableconditions of the world’spoor, and he’ll be lookingfor us to support his call forurgent action on climatechange and global poverty,”said Robertson, whose

administration has commit-ted to become the “greenestcity” in the world by 2020.“His convening poweris drawing a great teamof mayors and governorstogether to talk shop and tothen go out and advocatevigorously to our nationalleaders to set significant andbinding targets on reducingclimate pollution.”

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This week, a Grand-view-Woodland petitionopposing the constructionof a tower at CommercialDrive and Venables Streetsurpassed 1,000 names.Barbara Cameron, one of

the organizers behind theNoTower Coalition, said thenames are being collectedonline and door-to-door.The petition aims to

stop a proposal by devel-oper Boffo Properties andthe Kettle Society to rede-velop land at that location.The proposal includes a12- to 15-storey building.The Kettle Society,

which provides housingand support to people withmental illness, needs toexpand its services at 1725Venables St. It couldn’tget government funding soit formed an arrangementwith Boffo Properties.The developer owns

buildings on either sideof the Kettle, while the

city owns the parking lotto the north, which couldbe amalgamated into theproposed redevelopmentthat envisions 150 unitsof market housing, 30supported housing unitsfor the Kettle to own andoperate, and a larger spacefor the society’s otherservices.The proposal is only in

its preliminary stages — ithasn’t been formally filedwith the city because theGrandview-Woodlandcommunity plan isn’tfinalized, so it’s unclearwhat will ultimately bepermitted on the site.Even the Grandview-Woodland Citizens’Assembly wasn’t able toreach consensus on whatheight should be allowed,although 16 memberssigned a “minority re-port” backing the project.Cameron said the coali-

tion supports the KettleSociety, but it can’t sup-port a tower.“This is not about the

Kettle or its services. Thisis about changing thestreetscape of the Drive,”she said.

Cameron, who’s lived inthe neighbourhood for 30years, said the No TowerCoalition came togetherover the past few monthsin an effort to block thehighrise. Its informal steer-ing committee includeslong-time Grandview-Woodland residents PennyStreet and Jak King.

“[The site] is an inap-propriate place for themassive building thatthey’re proposing. I knowthe Kettle has exploredmany options but I thinkthe exploration is notcomplete yet. There areother ways to create sup-portive housing than torely on private developers.

It sets a very dangerousprecedent to rely on pri-vate developers for publichealth and mental healthprograms,” Cameronsaid. “I just think at thispoint we have to speakup as a neighbourhoodabout the actual structure[proposed] and that’sour key focus here — thestructure, the impositionof that on to a four-storeystreetscape that is veryprecious to us.”Cameron maintains the

city and provincial govern-ment should work togetherto enable the Kettle expan-sion and the city-ownedproperty could be a part ofthose discussions.Aside from collecting

petition signatures, thecoalition is also printingup lawn signs as part of itscampaign.When asked if she would

accept any buildings higherthan four storeys on thesite, Cameron said: “Iwould not want to get intoa bargaining game witha developer on height tobegin with. Secondly, weare a low-rise communityhere. That corner is really

not appropriate for a tower.It would very much imposeon the streetscape, so Iwon’t want to say we couldaccept X or we could ac-cept Y. What we say now isany kind of tower configu-ration is not appropriate.”Jim Fraser, a member of

the Grandview-WoodlandArea Council, told theCourier it hasn’t developeda formal position on thesubject yet, but he noted“that virtually everyonesupports the Kettle Soci-ety per se.”“What is contentious

is whether an expansionto the Kettle Society is areasonable trade-off for abuilding at Commercialand Venables that couldbe much larger than manypeople in the communitywant. Affordability and di-versity are important goalsfor the community andthere are concerns that theproject will negatively affectthem. GWAC also agreeswith the Citizens’ Assemblythat the site should be usedas a connector to extend thevibe of Commercial DriveNorth after Venables.”

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The black and whitelines of the authenticTudor replica home andblue expanse of the Bur-rard Inlet served as scenicbookends for tea partiesheld on the back lawn ofthe Brock House in themid-1970s.The parties were part of

the Brock House Societyseniors activity centre thattook up residence in thehistoric mansion in 1974,taking over after the lasttenants, the Royal Ca-nadian Mounted Police,vacated. The gatheringswere held, and attended,by women of mostly Brit-

ish heritage who likelyfelt cucumber sandwichesand societal graces were acomfort in a time markedby horrid fashion and anonslaught of crass behav-iour that oozed from popculture at the time.“When I go back and I

look at the history of thesociety, it was tea partiesin the afternoon,” saidSophie Djordjevic, BrockHouse Society adminis-trator, on a break in themakeshift pub at Satur-day’s annual Summer Fairfundraiser. “I saw picturesof white gloves and hats,and they played croquet.”Times change and so

did the society. The focusof programs now rangefrom the physical to themental and include every-thing from hiking excur-

sions, fitness classes andtable tennis to lectures,book talks and writinggroups.Music also makes up a

considerable part of thecentre’s repertoire, indi-cated by the fair’s musicallineup underneath thechandeliers of the gardentent that started withleader Bob Copeman’s ac-complished Brock HouseBig Band and ended withdirector Doug Rogerson’stalented Brock House JazzBand.Goods were also sold by

the Brock House Wood-workers, who had beauti-fully-crafted bowls, tablesand shelving up for grabs.Mittens, hats, gloves andan assortment of other ex-pertly knit items were soldin the next tent over by

the Monday Ladies Craftsgroup. Around the corner,there were more tents withmembers selling jewelry,porcelain and a wide rangeof knick-knacks in thewhite elephant tent as wellas at the silent auction.Inside the house, home-

made baked goods weresold on tables covered inred and white gingham,and much of the art, somecreated by members, haddisappeared by the fair’s3 p.m. end. On the frontlawn, a lush plant sale bygardeners was also well-attended.It was a treasure-hunt-

er’s dream as the priceswere reminiscent of yearsago (for instance, onegorgeous wooden bowlwas $15 and a hat andmitten set went for $25),

and the cooler weatherand wildfire smoke-tingedair didn’t keep shoppersaway. All proceeds went tothe society.Started in the 1980s,

the Summer Fair hasbecome one of its largestfundraisers. Proceeds gotoward maintenance of thebuilding (leased from theVancouver Park Board),programming and helpskeep the annual member-ship fee a reasonable $40.Djordjevic noticed

a shift in membershipduring the 10 years she’sworked for the society.She said “younger ones”between the ages of 55and 65 are joining forthe programming and forthe companionship of acommunity. It’s the samereason some members,

who have since moved toVancouver Island, Ontarioor even to care homeskeep their membershipcurrent.Djordjevic herself is

considering joining whenit’s time for her to retire,and she’s thankful thattime isn’t during the soci-ety’s limited programingof the 1970s.“Now, me, if I wasn’t

continuing to work Iwould probably join theBrock House. But to playcroquet and have tea par-ties? That would not bemy thing,” she said, laugh-ing. “I would do exercisehere, I would do zumba…They even have line-dancing here and I woulddo that. I think it’s a greatplace.”

@rebeccablissett

Times change at BrockHouse but not its Summer Fair

1. The Brock House Jazz Band, under the direction of Doug Rogerson, entertained Summer Fair goers this past Saturday at Brock House. The Brock House Big Band and Orchestra also provided enter-tainment for the annual party and fundraiser for the seniors activity centre on Point Grey Road. 2. Sophie Djordjevic has been the administrator for Brock House Society for the past 10 years. “I enjoyit, I think it’s a great place.” 3. The Tiddley Cove Morris Dancers entertained the crowds during the festivities. Formed in 1986 after Expo 86, the group used to be called the Captain’s Ladies. Two yearslater, the Tiddley Cove Morris name was adopted in honour of the fictional North Shore location mentioned in Len Norris’s Vancouver Sun cartoons. 4. All sorts of treasures were available for purchaseat the white elephant tent as part of the fair. 5. Katerina Von Berg enjoys ice creamwhile some of her peers enjoy a chess game.See photo gallery online at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

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Continued from page 1“I swear to you I tried to

find work, but when yourmain address and phonenumber is a homeless shel-ter… it’s kind of difficult,”he said.(Aaron Munro, commu-

nity development managerfor RainCity, requestedthe Courier not use David’ssurname to prevent himfrom experiencing stigmaat work. David didn’twant to share his last namebecause he didn’t want tohurt his father.)David has recently

worked cutting metal and inwarehouses. RainCity hasnow hired him to be a part-time front desk worker.While David’s fam-

ily didn’t judge him forhis sexual orientation, hestruggled to accept himself,shared little of himself withothers and missed opportu-nities for connection.“I don’t think it’s as

simple as we’re all a chequeaway from being homeless,”Munro said. “The morepeople we have around us,the safer we are in the world.My dream for this projectis to build as many connec-

tions for these young people— safe, good connections—where they can workthrough the trauma of hav-ing not had housing or notbeing accepted in their fam-ily of origin, so that they’llnever be homeless again.”The LGBTQ2S youth

housing project includesweekly community dinnersthat are also attended byrepresentatives from theCatherine White HolmanWellness Centre, which

specializes in providinglow-barrier wellness servicesto trans and gender diversepeople.The social events have

convinced David thatpeople aren’t always judg-ing him. He’s learned toappreciate the struggles thatothers face with their genderidentity.David is in touch with

his family now. His mothervisited him in Vancouver tosee him and his new apart-

ment. She’s happily remar-ried and David’s father is intherapy and recovery.“It was a separation that

lasted years but at the end,everybody worked throughtheir own stuff and we allcame back to be better witheach of ourselves at theend,” he said.RainCity is seeking men-

tors for LGBTQ2S youth.For more information, seeraincityhousing.org.

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David relaxes in an apartment of his own, which RainCity helped him secure under its LGBTQ2S youthhousing project. PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER


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650Inmillionsofdollars, the

approximate valueofprovinciallandbeinghandedover tonon-profit housing societies

between2014-2019.

15In storeys, theproposedmaximumheight for a

controversial newcondo towerat the cornerofCommercialDriveandVenablesStreet.

1Canada’sper capitaworldranking in thenumberof

daily active Facebookusers,according to the latest datareleasedby the socialmedia

giant.

8Thenumberof TonyAwardswonby theoriginalBroadwayproductionofLesMisérables.TheArtsClubTheatre’s ownversion of thehitmusical runs

until Aug. 16.

38Theanniversaryof this year’sVancouver Folk Festival,whichwill see roughly 60acts from14different countriesperformnextweekendat JerichoBeach

Park.

Michael [email protected]

Last Sunday I went for a drive along theDrive. My destination was a triangularproperty at Commercial Drive and VenablesStreet where a controversial developmentis attracting considerable debate within theGrandview-Woodland community.The proposal is a joint initiative by the

Kettle Friendship Society, a highly-regardednon-profit organization, and Boffo Proper-ties, a respected company within the Van-couver development community.Building lots along Venables are owned

by the Kettle and Boffo, while the cityowns a lane and parking lot to the north.Current zoning would allow a four-storeydevelopment up to 45 feet in height anda 3.0 floor space ratio (FSR). FSR is theratio of building size to land area.Preliminary plans illustrate a 12-storey

condominium and five-storey buildingproviding expanded society offices and 30supportive housing units. The FSR is 6.8,which from a community planning perspec-tive is very high for this neighbourhood.However, in the absence of any senior

government funding, the non-profit so-ciety and developer claim this height anddensity is required to make the projectfinancially viable.Boffo and Kettle have been working

on this proposal since 2012, but it wasput on hold pending the outcome of theGrandview-Woodland Community Planand final report from the Grandview-Woodland Citizens’ Assembly.The proposal has garnered recent

media attention since the society and de-veloper would now like to move forward.However, many in the community op-pose the building height and density andhave gone so far as to suggest the projectwould destroy Commercial Drive.This past May, the city organized a com-

munity workshop to discuss the proposal,and from the planning department’s onlinepresentation materials, it seems to me thatcity planners support the design concept.However, I believe this proposal raises

some important planning and develop-ment issues:• Should the city approve a develop-

ment at a greater height and density thanmight otherwise be acceptable from acommunity planning perspective becauseit provides much-needed supportivehousing and community space?• In the absence of senior government

funding, should the community plan

encourage other non-profit societies anddevelopers to partner on affordable housingprojects along the Drive, albeit at greaterheights and densities?• Should a decision on this or any other

project be made prior to final approval ofthe overall community plan?• Given that the project involves the sale

of city-owned lands, does the city have anyspecial obligations to the community?Newspaper stories and social media

accounts of this proposal have generatedconsiderable online commentary andmuch criticism of those opposing thedevelopment as NIMBYs.Fellow Courier columnist Mike Klassen

wrote on Facebook that “a noble non-profitsociety has a good plan that is very sensitiveto the neighbourhood, yet activists opposeit on the principle that no mid-rise buildingsmust get near them. These folks love streetimprovements, commercial activity, servicesand jobs, as long as they don’t have to seethe building which allows it to happen.”Formal B.C. Liberal candidate for

Powell River-Sunshine Coast PatrickMuncaster agrees. “Thoughtless nimby-ism is rife — a major contributor to highhousing costs, slow economic growth, so-cial inequity and shabby neighbourhoods.Resistance to change is perhaps evenmore prevalent on the left of the politicalspectrum than it is on the right.”However, former city alderman and UBC

professor emeritus Dr. Setty Pendakurwrites: “If we classify any disagreement withdevelopment and densification as NIMBY,then we might as well forget about civilizedconversation and serious and positive citizenparticipation. I remember similar outcries inthe mid-sixties and early seventies when wemarched against city centre freeways!”Over the years I have been involved with

many controversial development projects. Inmany cases I did not think the criticism waswarranted. However, in this instance, I thinkwe should listen to the opponents sincethe fact is a development of this size wouldnever be approved if it contained just marketcondominiums.Once again, like Brenhill’s Helmcken

Street and Atira’s East 41 Hastings St.proposals, we have an example of “formfollowing finance” rather than appropriatecommunity planning and design guidelines.I therefore add my voice to those

demanding senior government fund-ing so that the final height and densitywill result in a better fit with the scale ofCommercial Drive.

@michaelgeller

Concerns overKettledevelopmentwarranted

Opinion

Jessica [email protected]

If you read this, hopefully I won’t know.Let me explain. With Wi-Fi now avail-

able even in national parks, one musttake great pains to escape the hypercon-nectivity of our Internet age. For me, thiscomes in the form of a strict and much-needed diet I’ll have embarked on by thetime this column is published.The plan is to cut my online activity

down to the bare essentials. Why not un-plug entirely? Well, I can’t. Not right now.The blessing of the online age is that itallows me to spirit away with my laptop toany Wi-Fi-enabled location, so I can enjoya family vacation and still make good onmy freelance contracts.The curse is, of course, never being free

of the pings, beeps and chirps that irresist-ibly tease my ego every time somebodytweets, retweets or comments on mywords. (You print readers, for the mostpart, remain enigmatic.) And then thereare the endless hours I inevitably lose justby mindlessly following clickbait links intocat video vortexes, BuzzFeed quizzes andindulgently stalking random acquaintances.It’s a problem. I hesitate to use the

word addiction, but it may not be far off.I was in my late teens when the Inter-net became a mainstream thing. I wasin my early 20s when social media firstappeared on my radar. So, although I’malmost a digital native, I can comparemy brain before and after. I used to beable to concentrate on a task for morethan 20 minutes at a time. I used to scoffat people with cellphones, declaring I’dbe among the last of the holdouts. HereI am a decade later, fingers itching toget to my phone upon first waking, myattention span ever winnowing down tognat-like capacity.I am so thankful I wasn’t even younger

when Mark Zuckerberg inadvertentlychanged the world. Mercifully, I got tolive out my teens in relative obscurity. Ican remember a world where, faced witha gorgeous plate of food, you’d neverthink of any other option than to simplytuck in. I remember that world, but I cannever go back to it.I’ve watched dubiously as friends have

announced their departure from socialmedia with much aplomb, only to sheep-ishly return a week or so later. I’ve enviedthose who’ve quietly slipped, and stayed,away. I fantasize about that option, butit isn’t available to me. Here’s the thing

about being under 35 and in any kindof creative, technology or media-relatedfield: employers expect you to be pluggedin all the time, whether it’s integral to thejob or not.I can’t tell you how many job postings

include some trendy variation of “socialmedia wizard” among their listed re-quirements. And by that definition, I amunqualified. Because although I Facebooklike the best of them (which I understandmakes me quite old-fashioned) and canhold up my end of a Twitter debate, I’mnot on Pinterest, Vine, Instagram or Ello. Ilimit my social media reach and attempt tocurb the amount of time I spend cultivat-ing my “personal brand.” I do this partlyto maintain some semblance of a life as anactual person, and partly to maintain somehope of getting any actual work done. Iknow for a fact this choice has affected mycareer — it’s come up in job interviews.It’s not that I don’t like social media,

I’m just not entirely comfortable withthe role it plays in my life. I never couldhave imagined upon creating my firstFacebook account how this thing wouldcome to shape my daily existence. At thetime, I regarded it like the cigarettes Iused to casually smoke at parties or outat the bar (sorry parents). It was a youth-ful indulgence I’d one day grow out of.In actuality, it’s something I’ve grown upwith. Facebook, in particular, has come toform the bedrock of my life. It’s my newsaggregator, my social calendar, a profes-sional tool, a toy and an eerie document ofmy personal history laced with the ghostsof ex-partners and even dead friends. Itderailed my 10-year high school reunionbecause by the time the landmark rolledaround those of us who cared to hadalready satisfied our curiosity online. Itweaves strange tendrils through my sociallife that occasionally dredge up some veryodd surprises. Is it better to know thatthe person you had a nice chat with at acocktail party is a misogynistic conspiracytheorist? Or would you rather be left inblissful ignorance with a pleasant memorylike days of yore? These are the questionsthat are now a regular part of my life.Barring an apocalypse, I’ve been slow torealize, they will be for the rest of it.I figure I’d better learn to make peace

with it now — and learn to summonevery scrap of willpower I have and stepaway from the screen and into the sun-shine whenever I can.Wish me luck.

@jm_barrett

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COUR IER ARCH IVES THIS DAY IN HISTORY

July 15, 1959:While on a royal visit toVancouver, Queen Elizabeth II officiallyopens the 657-metre-long Deas IslandTunnel, which had actually been inoperation sinceMay 23.The $21-million, four-lane tunnel

under the south armof the FraserRiver estruarywas built in a dry dockin six sections, whichwere thenfloated downstreamand lowered byballast to the riverbed. It is the onlyroad tunnel below sea level in thecountry.In 1967, the tunnel was renamed the

GeorgeMassey Tunnel in honour ofthe Social Credit MLAwho had foughtto get it built. In 2013, the B.C. Liberalgovernment announced plans for a 10-lane bridge to replace it.

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FIFA forgot former footballersRe: “Women languish in a league by

themselves,” July 8.I just read your article and wanted to

tell you I really enjoyed it and thoughtyour points were spot on.Thank you for recognizing the lack of

inclusion of former World Cup playersin this event (I was a member of the ’95World Cup team and have also beenhonored in the Canadian Soccer Hall ofFame). It was disappointing, to say theleast, to have experienced this.It’s nice to see how people recognize

the importance and validity of women’ssoccer and women’s sport in general.Thank you for being a voice for us.

Helen Stoumbos, Vancouver

No love for newziplineRe: “QE zipline says yes to the dress,”

July 8.Putting a zip line in Queen Elizabeth

Park is one of the dumbest things elect-ed officials have ever done in this city.It is totally out of character with this

quiet garden park setting. It is alienatinga lot of Vancouverites who have enjoyedrelaxing in this peaceful setting for de-cades. It needs to go.

Bob Loveless, Vancouver

Too cruel for schoolRe: “West Side teens choose East Side

school,” June 26.Having read what others have said

about this article, I felt compelled toexpress my views.I was hoping the article would focus

on the positive experiences the teens hadin public school. Instead, the article hadan air of qualification about it. I wonderif this is because the Bhullars are still“worried about others’ perceptions”of where their children went to highschool?Disappointingly, the article also rein-

forces the concept that money buys favoursand success. Although some would com-mend Sifti for her generosity, it is easy togive away other peoples’ (or your parents’)money, especially for your own cause, asour municipal government reminds us.Here’s to John Oliver secondary

school and all the hard-working studentsthat do not have safety nets of wealthyparents.

James Wishart, Vancouver

Bicycle beefRe: “Different rules of the road apply

to bikes,” July 10.In response to the opinion piece by

Chris Bruntlett that different rules of theroad apply to bikes, most of us wouldhave seen that already because most

Vancouver bikers ignore all of thoseregulations already.Both motorists and pedestrians have

had many close calls caused by theme-first attitude of Gregor’s pet people.I think that because of the poor judge-ment and coordination displayed bymany bikers, the laws of the road shouldbe enforced more vigorously for bikersthan motorists.I also think that cyclists should be

held accountable for the results of theirpoor safety observance by having to havetheir bicycles registered, licensed andinsured in order to make it more difficultto hit and run from accidents they havecaused.

Neil Benner, Vancouver

ONLINE COMMENTS

Lamenting lack of LittleMountain progressRe: “Little Mountain project mired in

politics,” July 10.I find it quite pathetic that city of

Vancouver ALWAYS points finger atothers for its own failures. Another pointsomeone brought on Twitter is thatHolborn Group gave over a $100K toVision Vancouver and almost as muchto the B.C. Liberals No wonder nothingis happening.

AlexB, via Comments section• • •

Don’t you just love a conversationwhere a lot of words were used butnothing was said? Polito-speak.

Al Newman, via Comments section

Shooting backover ‘hiredguns’ label for Yes volunteersRe: “Why the Yes side lost,” July 8.An interesting piece, however the

“hired guns” label certainly does notdescribe the leaders of the Better Transitand Transportation Coalition. The genu-ine passion and commitment to the causewas undeniable among BTTC leaderslike Bahareh Jokar, Iain Black, PeterRobinson and Peter Ladner. I wouldalso argue that commitment to the causeran much deeper and much more widelyamong Yes side volunteers, who vastlyoutnumbered any on the No side (obvi-ously not quite enough to win, however).On another note, as much as I’ve en-

joyed reading [Mike Klassen’s] ongoingcommentary on the vote, I must expressmy disappointment that he could nevermuster the courage to actually take a po-sition on one side or the other (in spiteof the fact that he obviously had one),opting instead to write about everythingthe Yes side was doing wrong. His is arespected voice in Metro Vancouver’scivic discourse, and would have been awelcome one in this debate as well.

John Kendler, via Comments section

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West Point GreyBucket? Check. Shovel?

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registration fee, are allthat’s required for kidsto take part in the 24thannual sandcastle eventat Spanish Banks July 24from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.organized by the WestPoint Grey CommunityCentre in partnershipwith Science World, PortMetro Vancouver andmore.Families and day

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WestEnd/MountPleasantA writing workshop for

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July 27 from 4 to 5 p.m.Meet other writers,

discuss writing projectsand exchange ideas in thismonthly Teen CreativeWriting Lab. Prompts andexercises will be suppliedto help get the creativejuices flowing. The JoeFortes branch is locatedat 870 Denman St. andMount Pleasant is at 1Kingsway. The event isfree, but registration isrequired by calling 604-331-3690.

DowntownThe Teen Video

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FraserLandsFraser Lands Church

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The Fiveuvus Band 63rd Ave. & Granville St. 12 PM – 3 PMEmily Carr University: chARTmarpole Public Art 66th Ave. and Granville St. 11 AM – 3 PMMarpole Literacy Village Circle 66th Ave. and Granville St. 11 AM – 3 PMThe Sand Northrup One Woman Circus & Juggling Workshop Entertainment Stage - 67th Ave. and Granville St. 1 PM, 2:30 PMThe Cocktail Pilots Band Entertainment Stage - 67th Ave. and Granville St. 11 AM, 1:45 PMMarpole Familly Place Dancers Entertainment Stage - 67th Ave. and Granville St. 11:45 AMMidnight Cheer Performance Entertainment Stage - 67th Ave. and Granville St. 12 PMDrum Syndicate World Music Group Entertainment Stage - 67th Ave. and Granville St. 12:10 PMBC Golf Association Tent Kids Fun Zone - 67th Ave. at Granville St. 11 AM – 3 PMMetro Theatre Performers Roving 63rd to 71st Ave. 12 - 1 PM

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Rachel Chatoor: Songstress 8482 Granville St. 11 AM - 3 PMYVR Airport Community Outreach 67th Ave. and Granville St. 11 AM – 3 PMWhistles the Clown Roving 63rd to 71st Ave. 11 AM – 3 PMThe Riverboat Ramblers Dixieland Band Vancity Credit Union – 70th & Granville 12 PM – 3 PMVirgin Radio 94.5 Community Crew Marpole Safeway on Granville St. 12 PM – 2 PMAngie Faith: Songstress 66th Ave. and Granville St. 11 AM – 3 PMFabulous Food | Carts & Restaurants Everywhere - Along Granville St. between 63rd & 71st Ave. 11 AM – 3 PMArtisan Tables Along Granville St. between 63rd and 71st Ave. 11 AM – 3 PM


1.Things get industrial over at the Cinema-theque with a music-themed double bill fea-turing two documentaries that explore thescope, origins, and influence of industrialmusic. Amélie Ravalec and Travis Collins’Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay isbilled as a fan-friendly exploration of theroots of the industrial-music artistic move-ment of the 1970s, which included such actsas Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire andTest Department. Marie Losier’s 2011 filmThe Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye isa fascinating portrait of Throbbing Gristle’sGenesis P-Orridge and his controversialbody-modification project with wife Jacque-line “Lady Jaye” Beyer, where the coupleunderwent plastic surgery to more closelyresemble one another. Both films screenJuly 16 to 17. Details: thecinematheque.ca.

2. Amjad Ali Khan, master of the sarod,a lute-like instrument, performs along-side his sons in concert with VancouverSymphony Orchestra violinist JeanetteBernal-Singh. It all goes down July 15, 8p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre as part ofthe Indian Summer festival. Details atindiansummerfest.ca.

3. It doesn’t get more punk rock thanWednesday night’s bill at Fortune SoundClub. Local whippersnappers NervousTalk and the Vicious Cycles open up forlegendary, underground Seattle-by-way-of-Michigan spazzes the Spits for an eveningof snotty, old school punk rock noise andmayhem, July 15, 8 p.m. The band’s latestalbum is called, appropriately enough,Kill the Kool. Tickets at Zulu, Red CatRecords and bplive.ca.

4. OperaWeek continues at Vancity The-atre with the colourful production ofTheRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,performed live at London’s Royal OperaHouse, July 15, 7 p.m. Details at viff.org.

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Epic, historically interest-ing — it’s not the FrenchRevolution but the falloutof that earlier, guillotine-ridden confrontation — anddirector Bill Millerd doesnovelist Victor Hugo andAlain Boublil, Claude-Mi-chel Schönberg and HerbertKretzmer, the creators ofthe musical Les Misérables—proud.Production values are

epic, too, with set designerTed Roberts’ faux stonearches dramatically lit byMarsha Sibthorpe. Spectac-ular on the shallow Stanleystage are the Act 2 battle-ments: bedsteads, wheelsand assorted found objectsform a huge pile frombehind which the studentrevolutionaries fire theirmuskets amidst explosionsof cannon fire. Costumes byAlison Green for this castof two dozen range fromshabby rags to satin finery,but Green outdoes herself

with the Act 2 costumes forNicola Lipman and AndrewWheeler, the conniving,bloodsucking M. andMme.Thénardier: layers upon lay-ers of absurd combinationsof gaudy, tasteless glad rags.Lipman andWheeler

are entertainingly welcomerelief from all of Hugo’smelodrama. Thénardier isthe proprietor of a tavern

and whilst pouring drinkshe picks pockets while hisnasty little wife waters downthe drinks forcing the pa-trons to drink even more. Inthe rousing, rowdy “Masterof the House” featuringThénardier and the entireensemble choreographedby Valerie Easton, Wheelerreminds us that as wellas being a fine dramatic

actor, he can also sing. Asfor Lipman, you can’t takeyour eyes off her becauseshe is so completely “in themoment” — every ges-ture, every word and everyline. Watch her watchingWheeler, for example. Andthat scratchy voice of hers isjust so compelling. Betweenthem, Wheeler and Lipmanbring the house down.But of course the story is

not about the Thénardiers— it’s about Jean Valjean(KieranMartin Murphy), agiant of a man imprisonedfor 19 years for stealing aloaf of bread for his sister’schild. Murphy is larger thanlife — with a voice to match— in the role. For all his im-pressive size and powerfulstage presence he still deliv-ers the hauntingly beautiful“Bring HimHome” and“Who Am I?” with gentlepassion.Matching him in terms ofa large presence and solid,note-perfect voice is WarrenKimmel as Valjean’s doggedpursuer, the archconserva-tive Javert.Although Cosette (Kaylee

Harwood) is the main love

interest and the plot pointaround which Les Mis turns,our hearts truly go out toÉponine (Jennie Neumann)who adores Marius (SayerRoberts) who, in turn, lovesCosette. Rebecca Talbotis a winsome Fantine whogets killed off in Act 1.Young Cosette is played byLindberg Academy studentJaime Olivia MacLean, atiny, sweet-voiced youngsterwho appears to be about sixbut is, in fact, a few yearsolder. Making his Arts Clubdebut as Gavroche, thestreet-smart boy who sees,hears and tells everything, isCameron Andres.With a six-piece orchestra

under the direction of BruceKellett and a company of24, this is a blockbuster

of a show and a remountof the hugely successful2009 production. It’s abig heart-wrenching novelmade accessible — but notfrivolous — with the addi-tion of song. It’s melodramaat its most forgivable. Theopening night audienceloved it and, in additionto taking your visitors toBard on the Beach, takingthem to Les Mis will impressthem. Even better, it’s notfrom New York althoughit looks and sounds like it.Hundred mile theatre — it’shomegrown.For more reviews, go to

joledingham.ca.Les Misérables is at the

Stanley until Aug. 16. Fortickets, call 604-687-1644 orgo to artsclub.com.

Melodramaticmusical not to be ‘Mis’-ed

Nicola LipmanandAndrewWheelerbring thehousedownas theconnivingM. andMme.Thénardier in theArtsClubproductionofLesMisérables, at theStanleyuntil Aug. 16.


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Frazey Ford strutsdown the back lanes ofEast Vancouver in sequinsand dances on the streetin lamé in her video for“Done,” which immedi-ately went viral this spring.“I’m sorry that you don’t

like your life,” she croonslanguidly, adding, “My joytakes nothing from you.”The co-founder of the

Be Good Tanyas-turned-solo artist plans to bringstories of pain and strengthto the Vancouver FolkMusic Festival, which runsJuly 17 to 19. She’s sewnherself a gold lamé dressfor her first solo appear-ance at the festival.While the Be Good

Tanyas are often filedunder alt-country, Ford’smost recent album, IndianOcean, combines a moresoulful feel with the sing-er’s silky voice and hornsfrom the Deep South.Obadiah, Ford’s 2010

album, focused on herfamily history and recentbreakups, while her newalbum was influenced byher collaboration with theHi Rhythm Section inMemphis.Music historian, author

and documentarian RobertGordon heard Ford’s Oba-diah song “If You GonnaGo” on the radio and itreminded him of Al Green.He phoned the station tolearn the name of the song’sartist, looked Ford up onWikipedia and then con-tacted her, matchmakingFord with the Hi RhythmSection, which worked onGreen’s 1974 hit “Take MeTo the River.”Her connection with the

music veterans who expe-rienced highs in the 1970sand personal struggles inthe 1980s and have so-journed on was powerful.“I’m bringing forward

some songs about abuse

or it’s about death… Nomatter what you play, theybring this level of joy toit,” she said. “That’s justkind of a bottom line ofeverything that they do.Music is here to uplift.It’s not there to take youdown even if it’s very sadand you’re talking aboutreally difficult things. It’sgoing to be uplifting andhealing. Part of me knewthat, but it was really kindof driven home in myexperience with them.”Indian Ocean’s “Season

After Season” deals withabuse Ford experienced asa child.“Maybe there’s no one

to blame, but I wouldlike to give you back yourshame,” she sings in theslow number.Ford felt anxiety about

including the ballad on thealbum, but she did so tospark an honest conversa-tion about something that’sall too common to girls andwomen. She’s not inter-ested wallowing in pain orbroadcasting anger, but inlearning how to let go.“It’s about reclaiming

these aspects of yourselfso that you don’t carryforward with the confu-sion and the haze and thefog that allows you to bea victim or vulnerable,”Ford said. “Until you ownthat rage, you never haveyour body back.”She came up with the

album’s title while lookingout to the Indian Oceanfrom a porch in Indonesiaand feeling a longing ache.Making the album,

released by Nettwerk, gaveher solace.“When the album was

done there was just thiswarmth and soothing

quality that came throughto me,” she said. “Thatoverall message of theocean and the time it takesfor things to wash over youand change and the thingsthat you can let go of thatyou never could imaginethat you could let go of.”Ford has engaged in art

therapy for years and con-siders becoming a therapistas a potential career option.Being a musician wasn’t

what a teenaged Forddreamt of. At 16, shewanted to be a doctor.“I was a bit of a Type A

character and I acciden-tally got put into [a music]class,” she said. “I keptgoing back and doing sci-ences and then I’d take ayear and just write songs.It was just always a strongforce.”

“I feel lucky that I didn’tneed it as an ego thing,”she continued. “It wasjust a part of my almostspiritual life.”The Hi Rhythm Section

won’t join Ford in Van-couver — one of the threeHodges brothers in thegroup has died since theyrecorded with her — butshe’ll be backed by othermusician buddies, repletewith horns and lamé.The 38th annual Folk

Fest features roughly 60acts from more than 14countries performing onmultiple day and eveningstages at Jericho BeachPark. Other performersinclude Angélique Kidjo,Richard Thompson andHawksley Workman.Admission for children 12and younger is free whenaccompanied by an adult.For more information, seethefestival.bc.ca.

@Cheryl_Rossi

Folk Fest-boundFrazeyFordfinds solace in song

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BeGood Tanyas co-founder Frazey Ford performs at the Vancouver FolkMusic Festival for the firsttime as a solo artist. The festival runs July 17 to 19 at Jericho Beach Park.

“Music is here to uplift. It’snot there to take you downeven if it’s very sad.”— Frazey Ford


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Michel Ibrahim has until July 22 to raise enough money topay the custom fees on a shipment of donated soccer equip-ment destined for Syrian children living in refugee camps inLebanan. He’s offering several perks to donors including a freehaircut at his West Vancouver Barber Shop, registration in anAugust 9 soccer workshop and an extensive soccer camp foran entire team of young players. To contribute, go to

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9The number of points — fourgrabs, five assists — scoredby Furious George ultimateplayer Gagan Chatha throughthe first two games in theopen division at the WorldU23 Ultimate Championshipsin London July 13. The open,women’s andmixed teams,were all 2-0 after the first day.

#BCEG7sThe short form of B.C. EliteGirls 7s, the newest provincialteam launched by B.C. Rugby.The new U16-U18 female

rugby program is sponsored byOnni Group and will be mod-elled after the youth boys sidethat was established in 2011.Former UBC T-Bird and provin-cial player Darcy Patterson is

the head coach.

13The number of cities, endingwith Vancouver July 18, thatwill be visited by Five Hole ForFood, an 18-day cross-Canadastreet hockey tournament

and food bank fundraiser. Thecharity games begin down-town on Granville Street onSaturday, 12 to 6 p.m.Bring a donation.

“I’mbeyonddisappointed to notbe able to play this tie.”—Vancouver tennis player Vasek Pospisil said last week whenannouncing a wrist injury will prevent him from playing for Canadain the Davis Cup against Belgium July 17 to 19. He will be outfor three weeks and added, “I believe in this team and I will bewatching and cheering them on as they compete next weekend.”

SKATEBOARDING

Megan [email protected]

The Vancouver crowdwas loud and proud forhometown skaters JamesClarke and Adam Hopkinsduring the second-annualVan Doren Invitationalskateboard competition atHastings Skatepark July10 and 11.Clarke, an indie skater

sans sponsors, whipped upthe energy on fast high-flying tours around thebowls, and Hopkins, whois part of the Vans teamand grew up in ThunderBay, Ont., wore a fluores-cent orange hat through-out the finals on Saturday.Hopkins, the oldest

skater in the competitionat 25, finished fifth overalland pocketed $5,000 forhis efforts. Clarke didn’tcrack the top six out of 21skaters. The purse for the

free skate jam was $75,000.Held over two days, the

mops and blow torchescame out before Saturday’sfinals to dry the rain offMother Hastings, as the14-year-old park is affec-tionately called. Graffitiartists, under the directionof designers Virus and BenTour, transformed thebowls with a black, oil-slickbottom and pool-blue walls.A feature of the park knownas the hip was painted blackwith a hammer and sickle

in memory of Josh Evin, apro skater and owner of theBlack Russian Skate Shop inCastlegar who died in 2010.Dalton Dern, a 22-year-

old from Orlando, Fla.pocketed $1,500 when heconquered the notoriousHastings transfer, a trickthat has never been landedbefore at the skatepark.Alex Sorgente, 17, alsofrom Florida, won theinvite-only session and tookhome $15,000.

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2The number of undefeatedteams — Little Mountain

(2-0) and White Rock (3-0) —remaining at the U10 LittleLeague Provincial Champion-ships after two days of compe-tition at Carnarvon Park.Hosts Jericho Little Leagueare 1-2. Games continue allweek with the championship

set for 12 p.m. July 19.

1. Vancouver’s AdamHopkins plants on the side of the Hastings bowl on his way to finishing fifth and pocketing a $5,000 cash prize inthe Van Doren Invitational at Hastings Skatepark July 11. 2. Vancouver skater James Clarke landed his big air stalefishmultiple timesduring the finals. 3.Roaming about the bowl’s edge during the second annual Vans-sponsored summer jamwas this friendly bulldog.4. Californian Tristan Rennie, thewinner of the 2014 Vans Pool Party, placed sixth andwon $4,000 in the Van Doren Invitational.PHOTOSREBECCA BLISSETT

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