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Will welfare rates ever be raised in B.C.?

NDP and Greens promise increases, Liberals promise jobs

Mike Howell

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So the provincial election campaign is on.

Bored yet?

You shouldn’t be.

Especially if you call Vancouver home.

In case you need to be reminded, more people are dying of a drug overdose than at any time in the city’s history. More people are homeless than ever before, too. That’s just nuts, sad and embarrassing.

We’re supposed to be better than this Vancouver.

But here we are.

And there I was last week listening to city councillors and city staff talk about the increase in homelessness, the ongoing fight to clean up single-room-occupancy hotels and how life in the Downtown Eastside is still a grind for many of the 19,955 residents who live there.

The opioid overdose crisis was also on council’s

An estimated 30,000 people collect welfare in Vancouver, with about 10,000 of those living in the Downtown Eastside. Welfare rates have not been raised in 10 years. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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gency, the morgue is still very much a busy place.

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and gloom was from Mayor Gregor Robertson and his councillors — that the provincial and federal governments have to invest way more in housing and treatment, which are two areas those governments have more cash and latitude to deal with than city governments.

But as I heard from Robertson and anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson after one of the meetings, our city is not so much in the grips of a homeless and drug addiction problem, but in an inequality problem. Both of them contend that a big first step to helping the city’s most vulnerable would be to substantially raise welfare rates.

“It’s the most basic support that the provincial government can offer,” the mayor told me.

Swanson: “Look at Craigslist and see what it would take to rent a place.

That’s what the shelter rate should be.”

As you’ve probably heard, the rates have not been raised in 10 years. The basic welfare rate for a single person is $610 a month. It’s about $1,000 a month for a person with a disability.

In both categories, $375 of that money is dedicated to housing costs.

Any idea where you can get a place to stay in this city on that kind of income?

If you guessed a singleroom-occupancy hotel in the Downtown Eastside, you’re partly right — partly, because the average monthly rent for a room in a privately

owned and operated hotel in the area is $548.

A city staff presentation showed 43 buildings (2,060 rooms) were renting for $375 to $450 per month. Another 25 buildings (995 rooms) cost $450 to $599 per month. At the top end, 22 buildings (860 rooms) were going for $600 and higher, including nine hotels that Swanson and friends determined were renting for an average of $1,101 a month.

Many of the owners have told city staff that maintaining their buildings is difficult, if not impossible, to do when tenants are charged $375 per month for rent. They say they need more rent money to properly operate the hotel, renovate the hotel and complete necessary repairs.

The city understands that and is now looking to increase grants to owners for upgrades from $5,000 per room to $10,000. The city also wants to develop a loan program for owners.

I heard that 30,000 people were on welfare in Vancouver, with about 10,000 living in the Downtown Eastside. I also heard that almost 1,000 people are homeless in the Downtown Eastside and that single-room-occupancy hotels are the last stop before a life on the street.

Both Swanson and Robertson say doubling the shelter rate of $375 is a no-brainer. They say it would go a long way to getting those people on the street into housing,

where they can get stable.

Then treatment and counselling could follow for those who need it.

But that’s up to the next provincial government to decide.

If elected, the NDP promises to immediately raise all income assistance and disability rates by $100 per month, and allow those who go back to work to keep an additional $200 a month in earning exemptions. The Greens say a person collecting $610 in welfare will collect $915 by 2020.

The Liberals?

The party is not interested in raising the rates.

Jobs, jobs, jobs is the Liberals’ answer to reducing the number of people on welfare.

In fact, the party says it has reduced the number of people dependent on income and disability assistance by 59,000 since 2001. B.C. also became the first province to fully exempt child support payments for families on income or disability assistance, and introduce annual earning exemptions of $9,600 per year for persons with disabilities.

As well, Liberal leader Christy Clark said in a letter attached to her party’s platform that, under her government, 4,600 “moms and dads started their path from welfare to work” under an employment program called the Single Parent Employment Initiative.

The party’s platform says the program was created in response to “hearing of a series of practical barriers within the government’s system of supports that created a disincentive to single parents on income or disability assistance who wanted to find work or improve their training for a job.”

In other words, the jobs are out there and the government wants to help you find one.

But how exactly does that approach apply to the majority of 10,000 welfare recipients in the Downtown Eastside who collect welfare and are physically and mentally unable to work?

Or those who can’t afford to work for fear of being penalized for earning a few more bucks on top of their welfare income?

They probably deserve an answer before voting day. @Howellings

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Creating sanctuaries in schools John Kurucz

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A small, but concerted group of Vancouverites is quietly working behind the scenes to help new Canadians who have recently faced their darkest hours.

Sanctuary Health is a collective of volunteers from the fields of nursing, community outreach, childcare and other social services who work alongside new Canadians facing “precarious” settlement status: some are temporary workers, others are refugee applicants or those who have entered the country without being documented.

The group’s work was recently brought to light in New Westminster, when members of the collective helped shape a policy framework that sees that school district officially designated as the first sanctuary district in B.C. That designation formalizes a policy that ensures all school-aged kids are given access to schooling without their personal information or family histories being shared with other government agencies. “One of the main barriers that these families face is

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Sanctuary came to be in 2012, in response to Conservatives’ move to pass Bill C 31. That bill gave the federal government more power to deport refugees, decide who

could enter Canada and deny or delay those with temporary status designations.

The Sanctuary City status was adopted by the City of Vancouver last year. Its intent is generally in line with the sanctuary school policy framework. The park board and Vancouver Public Library have also adopted similar policies. While the Vancouver School Board hasn’t formally adopted the policy, it does support requests to enrol students without status.

“In alignment with the School Act, residency, not citizenship status, determines access to VSB schools,” the VSB said in a statement to the Courier. “If both the child and parent normally reside in B.C., they are entitled to a publicly funded educational program, regardless of immigration status.”

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Coming right up: one sandwich, hold the voter apathy John Kurucz

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Byron Dauncey has found a unique way to cut through partisan politics to appeal to disenfranchised voters.

And it starts with a butter knife.

The Strathcona resident rolled out his “I will make you a sandwich” plan in early April. The concept is as old as peanut butter and jam: appeal to someone’s sensibilities through their stomach.

Dauncey’s culinary pitch is aimed at those who already plan to vote — it’s up to them to get political newbies onboard by promising a sandwich in return for their participation in the democratic process.

“People don’t always vote, but everybody loves a sandwich,” Dauncey said.

Dauncey’s website — iwillmakeyouasandwich.com — was launched April 10 and featured some decidedly unorthodox combos: peanut butter, mayo and onion, or

a grilled cheese topped with blackberry jam.

That’s not to suggest others follow suit with similarly weird recipes. It’s Dauncey’s hope that the sandwiches will be tailored to whatever the new voter wants.

“There’s a bit of a taboo around talking about politics around the dinner table or with friends,” he said. “It bothers me a little bit because it encourages people to be apathetic, in that they’ll consider talking about politics as rude, but they’ll talk at length about a sandwich or a recipe.”

Dauncey insists his sandwich movement is nonpartisan. He’s a professional photographer and typically shoots artists and their art.

The 39-year-old doesn’t care how people vote, as long as they do, whether it be provincially on May 9 or in the next federal election.

The 2015 federal election saw the highest voting numbers since 1993. Trudeau’s win drew a 68.3 per cent voter turnout, as 17.7 million

Canadians cast ballots of the nearly 26 million registered.

Dauncey first launched his campaign in 2015, but it was a decidedly low-key affair. At that time, he turned six people on to all things Reuben or Monte Cristo. He’s hoping at least 25 converts come out the other side of May 9.

Dauncey concedes there’s no way to quantify or track if the transaction gets completed. That point is secondary to the exercise itself. He also wants to emphasize that he won’t be the sandwich artist delivering the goods — the onus is on voters to convert their non-voting friends with the promise of making them a sandwich once the good deed is done. Dauncey is simply facilitating and conveying the idea.

“As an artist and as a creative person, I like to think of new way and subversive techniques of reaching people,” he said.

Inspiration for your sandwich pledge to the province can be found online at iwillmakeyouasandwich.com.

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One-stop shop helps voters get to know their candidates John Kurucz

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Michael Dorsey has parlayed his talents for coding and consolidation into a one-stop shop for voters.

Dorsey recently launched the website electionguidebc.ca to give residents across B.C. a clearer picture of those looking to represent them in the May 9 provincial election.

Created alongside a team of six volunteers from across Metro Vancouver, including West End resident Cheryl McEachern, Dorsey’s site is a database that asks candidates the same questions around who they are, what they represent and their educational and personal backgrounds.

Dorsey’s hope for the site is two-fold: educate the electorate and boost voter turnout. “The idea started from my own frustration of trying to find information about the different candidates in a timely, centralized manner,” he said. “My thinking was to start a website where at least people can start to find

out about the candidates and platforms, and from there you can go out and do more in-depth research.”

As of the April 14, Dorsey had received responses from more than 60 candidates from all political parties in the province, including many in Vancouver.

The questions asked are more personal in nature, so as to avoid candidates deferring to party spokespeople for specific, uniform answers on platforms. Instead, would-be MLAs are asked to provide info around their place of birth, professional and educational history and their accomplishments in life. More general questions are asked around why the candidate is running and why a voter should entrust them with their vote. Candidates must also identify one key issue in their riding and all answers are capped at a specific word count.

“This gives people a starting point that allows them to move forward, dig in more and do more research,” Dorsey said.

He maintains that he and his volunteers are doing this from a non-partisan approach.

Currently on leave from his job in the IT world, Dorsey is flanked by those in the fields of communications, analytics, teaching and environmental consulting.

Slow going at first, it had significant uptick — 20 questionnaires in three days — since the writ was dropped and campaign season officially began on April 11.

“I get the sense that people may not know a lot about their individual candidates, but they know a lot about their parties,” Dorsey said.

“These are the people they will end sending to Victoria and these are the people who will be representing them so they should be familiar with who they are.”

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Look for the Courier’s guide to Vancouver candidates, local ridings to watch and top city issues in our April 27 edition and online at vancourier.com.

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People who have lost family and friends to overdoses are sharing messages on a wall erected in the Downtown Eastside to commemorate lives lost from drugs.

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The overdose drug death crisis is getting worse in Vancouver, despite amplified efforts of governments, health professionals and

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The sombre news caused Mayor Gregor Robertson to ask for a moment of silence in the council chambers to recognize all the lives lost from overdoses, 60 per cent of which last year were connected to the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.

“I feel — deep down — incredible frustration and anger,” said the mayor, who directed his comments at the provincial and federal governments for not doing more to reduce deaths, including fast-tracking the opening of supervised injection sites and directing more money at treatment options for drug users.

The new statistics were released almost one year to the date that Kendall declared a public health emergency April 14, 2016, which triggered the provincial government to take the unprecedented step of moving a mobile medical unit into the Downtown Eastside and allowing drug users’ groups and others to open injection rooms in offices and hotels.

“We would have had more deaths if we hadn’t done these things,” said Daly, noting the health authority’s research concluded the death toll would have been 20 per cent higher in the region. “So that’s an important message because people will ask me, ‘You want us to spend millions of dollars, and it doesn’t seem like anything you’ve done has done any good.’”

In addition, clinics such as Connections on Powell Street and the Rapid Access Addiction Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital, which provide treatment and addictions services, have opened recently and are seeing an uptick in patients seeking therapy.

Daly noted many drug users want treatment options. She pointed out that of the 2,500 people who visited the mobile medical unit near Main and Hastings, 2,000 sought treatment. The other 500 were treated for overdoses.

So far, the city has spent

$2.9 million fighting the crisis, including $1.9 million on an additional medical unit for the fire department.

Council heard that firefighters answered 1,850 overdose calls — 1,273 of those in the Downtown Eastside — between Jan. 1 and April 9.

“There’s no way to describe this other than a disaster,” said Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie, who acknowledged the work of all involved but concluded there is “no clear plan” that is properly funded.

As they have done throughout the crisis, Daly and Kendall repeated the need for governments to spend money on more treatment and drug therapy options for drug users, including prescriptions to Suboxone and Hydromorphone to stabilize a person’s addiction.

Both doctors renewed their pleas for the decriminalization of all drugs, with Kendall pointing to the example of Portugal, which decriminalized drugs in 2001. He acknowledged such a move would result in “difficult discussions,” but noted law enforcement officials on a provincial task force agreed the solution to reduce overdose deaths is not by arresting drug users.

Same goes for treatment as the only solution, he added.

“Although I think there’s a lot of opportunity for treatment, I think we’re unlikely to treat our way out of this,” Kendall said.

“So I think it is time for a discussion to look at other alternate regimes that might offer Canada better options than we currently have.”

In the meantime, Kendall said the number of doctors and nurse practitioners qualified to prescribe Suboxone to drug users has increased from 266 last year to more than 800 this year. But Kendall told council that not all doctors are interested in having drug users as patients.

“To be frank, I think because of the stigma and the chaotic lives that many folks have, they’re not the most desirable clientele,” he said. “Many of [the doctors] don’t feel comfortable or capable of taking on people with chronic complex conditions. So it’s going to take time to build that up, unfortunately.” @Howellings

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Purchasing power for the people, by the people.

That’s not some catchy slogan from a recently created nation state, but rather the mission statement behind a co-op grocery business that’s looking to gain traction in Vancouver.

Community Grocer is the brainchild of Michael Menashy, a serial entrepreneur who’s successfully established, refined and flipped businesses over a 20-year period.

The central idea behind Community Grocer is strength in numbers and follows the logic of bulk purchasing for more affordable prices for the consumer. The more members who buy into the concept, the cheaper the products are bought and eventually sold.

The focus is on organic, locally sourced food and other household needs that offer little to no negative environmental footprint.

“I’m really hoping that we can get this model together and prove that it works, so we can publish papers on it,” Menashy said. “Then people in different cities around the world can see what we’re doing and this can hopefully revolutionize how we do groceries and organics will become highly in demand.”

Community Grocer works by way of members buying into a $50 yearly membership. Members then order everything online, and pick up the product at a storefront location within 48 hours.

Delivery services will also be offered, and Menashy is in the process of negotiating a lease for his storefront location near 4th Avenue and

Columbia Street.

Members select all of the items in stock via a taste-test vote, and only one type of a specific item will be carried.

“That way all the buying power is behind that one item rather than being spread out or diffused amongst three different items and making things more expensive,” said Menashy, 43.

On top of the member voting system, extra points are awarded to items that are organic, local to B.C. and sourced from fair trade labour.

Menashy’s business acumen took root when he was 22. He helped build ceramic tile business that reached across North America, Australia, the U.K., and managed warehouse facilities with millions of dollars in inventory. He then founded a subscription-based tea service called Tea Sparrow that’s garnered ink from CTV, Buzzfeed, Global TV and the National Post.

Money aside, the concept of organic food also hits close to home. Menashy has dealt with digestive complications for more than a decade and eats healthily to mitigate those complications.

“I started noticing my values around eating organic, non-GMO and fair-trade products was coming out of our family budget — it was becoming unfeasible,” he said. “I realized that it was a ridiculous situation and I got quite upset. It doesn’t feel good to know something isn’t healthy for you and then act contrary to the knowledge and still buy it because the healthy alternative is too expensive. Something needed to be done.”

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Millennials should be involved in planning and shaping Vancouver Political parties need to think creatively about housing

Alia Dharssi

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Driven by a thirst for exciting career opportunities and a desire to see the world, I left Vancouver in 2010 and spent most of the next six years living in other parts of Canada or abroad. A yearning for my family, friends and the mountains eventually drew me back. But, when I returned last fall, it soon became clear that, unlike me, many 20- and 30-somethings are looking to leave — if they haven’t already.

Housing costs are to blame for driving many out.

They certainly have people I know reconsidering their life in the city. Take Jane, a social worker in her late 20s who is about to get married.

The combined costs of rent, groceries and childcare are so high she believes she’d have to move to raise a family. Having kids in Vancouver “doesn’t even seem like an option,” she says.

Others, like a friend whose landlord hasn’t raised rent on his and his partner’s apart-

ment since 2011, are counting their blessings. They’re “teetering on the edge of affordability,” he explains.

As for me, I’ve managed to dodge the issue mostly because, for now, I’m content living with my parents at home. Even so, I’m dismayed by the lack of long-term vision in the election platforms of the two political parties likely to win the May provincial election.

The B.C. Liberals’ pledge to help the middle class buy homes without offering much in the way of new policy ideas rings hollow when I hear of millennials in supposedly “middle class” fields such as accounting, law and physiotherapy looking to leave the city, in part, because of housing costs.

The NDP talks of building more social and affordable housing, in addition to amping up tenant protections and offering an annual $400 rental rebate.

For many, this is welcome news. The NDP’s pledge to provide $10-a-day childcare would also help millennials.

But putting a bit of cash in tenants’ pockets and making it harder to evict them isn’t a long-term fix for the supplyand-demand dynamics shaping the housing market.

Farah, a friend in her early 30s who works in corporate recruitment, finds it uninspiring. After

she spent six years saving tens of thousands for a down payment. “I would need to make six figures for it to work.”

Some might think millennials are whining, that we’re not working hard enough or that we should be content to head for the burbs.

Setting aside the fact that

Individual decisions to move or put off having children add up to a larger question — what kind of city do we want Vancouver to be? actively looking for a place in Vancouver for two years, she laments that no one is talking about “affordable home ownership.”

“I keep getting out-bidded and it keeps getting more expensive,” she says, noting

Vancouver consistently ranks as one of the world’s most unaffordable cities, such arguments miss the most important point. Individual decisions to move to cheaper pastures or to put off having children add up to a larger

question — what kind of city do we want Vancouver to be?

Right now, for a lot of millennials, it’s a place where they don’t feel like they can viably have kids.

Or a place they love, but don’t feel confident they can call home for years to come. That doesn’t bode well for building community, mental health or economic diversity.

For some, it also comes with hefty short-term costs — like young people giving up on educational opportunities to afford housing, or sticking it out in rat-infested or mouldy apartments because they feel they don’t have a choice, says Tesicca Truong, co-founder of CityHive Vancouver, a group that advocates getting young people actively involved in planning and shaping the city.

“There’s been so much talking about millennials and not a lot of talk with and by millennials,” says Truong, 23. “We felt strongly the need to provide a platform for young people to be able to talk about their challenges

living in the city and, also, about creative solutions.”

Earlier this year, the group put together a “pop-up think tank” of 30 people under 30 to brainstorm solutions on housing and affordability.

The ideas they’re working on include a rate-your-landlord website and shared living arrangements where young people can help their landlord — say an elderly person who needs things done around the house or a parent who needs childcare — in exchange for lower rent. Truong hopes it would foster inter-generational connections.

Of course, many more solutions are needed, including more efforts to densify Vancouver, but it’s refreshing to hear the enthusiasm in Truong’s voice and see her drive to think outside of the box.

In contrast, provincial politicians tinker around the edges. We need bigger changes than the ones they’re proposing. We also need leadership with a longterm vision. I worry about where Vancouver will end up without it.

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Vimy Ridge ceremony glosses over reality Geoff Olson

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Last week’s nation-wide media commemoration of the Vimy Ridge battle in France can be summed up in one word: overkill.

There’s been plenty written and said about Canada’s enormous sacrifice at Vimy, but virtually nothing about for what purpose and to what end. The Great War of 1914 to 1918 was essentially a street fight at state level. Through interlocking alliances, the nations of the western world behaved less like rational agents than gang members spiraling into mutually destructive madness.

Supposedly Canada “came of age” at Vimy Ridge. That trope came from author Pierre Berton by way of Stephen Harper’s Tories, who dropped it like a dud grenade into the government citizenship guide.

We weren’t fighting for our democracy, or anyone else’s, in the trenches and battlefields of Europe. As a dominion of the British Empire, Canada was pressed into service like a juvenile shooter recruited by the Crips. We

didn’t “become a nation” at Vimy; but you could say we won our gang colours through participation.

In a three-day span, the casualties at Vimy numbered at 10,602, including 3,598 killed. Yet there’s been little mention that the battle was actually an empty gesture; German forces quickly regrouped after Allied forces failed to capitalize on the Canadian breakthrough. Little mention that Vimy involved 19th Century battle tactics against industrialized warfare, with machine gun fire mowing down young Canadians armed only with bayonets.

The soldiers were extraordinarily brave, but their leaders were pathologically stupid. The Canadian losses at Vimy were pointless.

Pointless at the level of the conscripted men, most from the lower classes and barely out of childhood; sensible at the level of the bankers, industrialists and speculators who slept soundly in their beds at night.

War is not a glorious pursuit; it is organized butchery.

From the time of Agamemnon to Halliburton, it has involved extended periods

of boredom punctuated by moments of terror. Rarely do soldiers euphemistically “fall in battle.” They are usually blown to bits or shot to pieces.

One definition of the state is that it is the largest gang to lay claim to the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force. It is unthinkable to honour the fallout from mass murder — unless it’s done at the state level, when it’s all poppies and pomp afterwards.

What’s most disturbing about last week’s necrophilic ballyhoo over Vimy Ridge is that it coincides with global patterns that echo the months before the Great War. The rhetoric between Washington and Moscow has become increasingly belligerent.

With U.S. President Donald Trump’s cruise missile attack on Russian ally Syria, the Flip-Flopper in Chief is now fully aligned with the neocons who supported Hillary Clinton’s aggressive international brinkmanship.

And what about the sarin gas attack on Syrian civilians that elicited the U.S. military response? More than two dozen former ex-U.S. intelligence operatives recently

signed a document questioning the claim that the incident was a deliberate attack by Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

The latest gas attack story has a stench reminiscent of the Bush administration’s cooked intelligence about Saddam’s “weapons of mass destruction” — a fable that the New York Times and other respectable media outlets peddled to a credulous public prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Except this time we’re peering into the abyss: not just a wider conflagration in the Mideast, but the possibility of thermonuclear war.

“This is a war crime and the international community must stand firmly against such things,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this month of the chemical gas attack. He hinted at future Canadian military involvement, adding, “the long-term future of a peaceful Syria no longer includes Bashar al-Assad.”

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The current provincial election is likely to be hard fought and very close. B.C. elections nearly always are, but this one has some new twists. The B.C. Liberal party has been in power for 16 years. That’s a long time for any government to retain voter support. It’s also a long time for a party to stay fresh. Liberals will argue that the party has only had six years with Christy Clark as premier, and that’s true, but is it a positive?

Clark has done a lot to change the party that Gordon Campbell won three elections with.

Campbell was a builder.

He built the sea-to-sky highway, the Canada Line, the Port Mann Bridge, the Vancouver Convention Centre and oversaw the 2010 Olympic Games. He was also a leader on climate change.

He introduced the carbon tax and tried to build a hydrogen highway.

Clark froze the carbon tax and has showed little interest in climate issues.

She championed liquefied natural gas plants, and made grandiose promises about the riches it would bring. She also claimed the industry would pave the way to a debt-free

B.C. Since then, she has increased the debt by more than $10 billion.

Campbell tried to diversify energy production through controversial independent power projects. Clark has pushed a nearly $10-billion Site C power-producing dam, which many analysts insist won’t be needed for decades. She has also pushed the more than $3

There are some fundamental differences between the parties, but there is another factor at play this time around. The Green Party. billion replacement for the Massey tunnel , a 10-lane bridge project, which most of the metro mayors oppose.

The NDP always has a tough fight in B.C. It’s only won three elections.

And this time it has some big hurdles to overcome.

NDP leader John Horgan is not well known in most of the province. His party is divided over the issue of jobs versus the environment. After some waffling

he has come out against the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which Premier Clark approved. He’s also against Site C, but it’s not clear if he will cancel it if the NDP wins. It may be too far along to stop it.

The Liberals lost a long-standing fight with B.C. teachers over funding when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled they broke the law by gutting the teachers’ contracts back when Christy Clark was education minister.

The NDP is promising to move to $10-a-day childcare, which the Liberals say we can’t afford.

So there are some fundamental differences between the parties, but there is another factor at play this time around. The Green Party could be a major hurdle for the New Democrats. Andrew Weaver has become a fairly high-profile leader with a seat in the legislature and he has been firmly against Site C, LNG, and Kinder Morgan. I think he can win on two fronts.

He can give former Liberal voters not enamoured with Christy Clark an alternative to the NDP and he can give environmentalists an alternative. That could be a real wild card in this election.

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In recent columns, we’ve explored the evolutionary development and potential of the human brain and how new approaches, including mindfulness, can use this knowledge to better manage our emotions and chronic pain.

Clinical hypnosis is a technique used by specially trained health professionals to help an individual engage the subconscious mind to reinforce positive thoughts, emotions and behaviours. It can help you visualize a positive, healthier future. The hypnotic or trance state is an altered state of consciousness we naturally fall in and out of each day. Remember the last time you were in a movie theatre totally engaged in

the characters and story on the screen? Remember awakening from that trance when the credits rolled and you walked out of the theatre? How often have you walked or driven home when your mind was elsewhere and you found yourself at home sooner than you expected without thinking about it?

You were in trance as an impressionable toddler and child, during emotionally charged experiences in the past, in a new place that engaged your senses, when you fell in love for the first time and when you were lost in thought earlier today.

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Mass ‘family-friendly’ bike rides planned for Vancouver this summer City council unanimously approved $250,000 for event organizers Mike Howell

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Organizers of two mass bike rides through downtown Vancouver and Kitsilano this summer are hoping they will become annual events and grow to become cycling’s versions of the popular Sun Run that attracts tens of thousands of participants.

Former competitive athletes Charmaine Crooks and Mark Ernsting of Our City Ride are anticipating more than 5,000 cyclists will get on their bikes Aug. 19 and ride a 15-kilometre route that will begin at David Lam Park in Yaletown and travel through Chinatown, Gastown, Stanley Park and the West End before returning to the park.

Both rides, including HUB Cycling’s “Bike the Night” ride Sept. 16, do not have a race component and are meant to attract cyclists of all ages and abilities. HUB is also anticipating up to 5,000 cyclists at its event that will include a ride over the Burrard Bridge.

Cyclists are invited to decorate and light up their bikes.

Both groups of organizers hosted smaller rides last year that attracted a combined 850 people.

“Our plan is to really bring communities together in an event that’s really going to showcase our beautiful city and be inclusive so that everyone can be involved — we’re really looking forward to it,” Crooks said Wednesday after city council agreed to fund what will largely be an in-kind donation of $250,000 in engineering and policing costs for both events.

Ernsting said a budget is still being finalized for the Aug. 19 ride and he and Crooks are working with charities on a funding arrangement and ways to involve children who don’t own bikes. The cost for adult cyclists will be $20 per person and free to all participants younger than 18. At the night ride, kids under 16 are free. The early bird rate for older participants is $8 and will increase in price closer to the event.

Ernsting has experience in organizing the annual

Gastown cycling race and the “super week” cycling events in the Lower Mainland. He’s a former competitive cyclist and Crooks is a five-time Olympian track athlete and silver medalist.

Both run their own sports management companies but came together to organize the mass ride because they said it was an event lacking in Vancouver, a city that has seen an uptick in cyclists, bike lanes and the launch of a bike-share program.

Other cities, including Montreal, London and Bogota host mass bike rides. Montreal had 17,000 participants last year.

“We’re really excited to join so many other major cities around the world who have embraced events of this nature, where the community comes together and rides together,” said Crooks, adding that the event will be good for tourism and businesses along the route.

Erin O’Melinn, HUB’s executive director, said the goal of the night ride is for people to first have fun but also to conquer those cyclists’ fears of riding through city streets, and in the evening. O’Melinn noted that a TransLink study showed 41 per cent of people polled in Metro Vancouver said they are held back by a combination of those fears.

“One of the goals of ‘Bike the Night’ is not only to get all ages and abilities out, but to help remove the barrier that some people have about cycling at night,” she said.

“Maybe they’re not sure what to do with their bike — what kind of lights do I need on here? What will it feel like? So this is a really safe way for them to try that out.”

City engineer Jerry Dobrovolny said the public should not be confused that the two rides in any way are similar to the “critical mass” rides, where cyclists disrupt traffic and take over city streets. Dobrovolny said those rides are not on pre-scheduled routes or managed by city staff.

“This is the exact opposite; this is intended to be more like a run – that we have a route that’s well marked, well publicized,

well managed and we’ll be doing everything we can to minimize impacts,” Dobrovolny said.

Mayor Gregor Robertson noted the two rides organized by HUB and Our City Ride last year in August and September but said Vancouver has never had a mass “signature” ride for all ages and abilities.

“I fully expect these [rides] will be big successes and will grow over the years to come,” the mayor said. “I won’t be surprised if they become very big and popular rides that bring people from all over to cycle through Vancouver, which is a real treat.”

City council unanimously approved the $250,000, with NPA Coun. George Affleck joking with Vision Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang that they could ride a tandem bike together at the front of the pack. Af-

fleck said that “contrary to public opinion,” he supports cycling and he and his children own bicycles.

(The NPA has long been a critic of Vision Vancouver’s decision to build separated bike lanes).

“In fact, I was at Canadian Tire last year with my kids and I was buying some bikes, and three different people came up to me and said, ‘Whoa, wow, George Affleck in the bike section — what the heck is going on?’” he told council to laughter from Vision councillors. “I own a bike, I ride a bike, it’s true.”

Added Affleck: “I think these kind of events, if they’re controlled and they’re friendly and family-friendly, are very positive for our city on so many levels. So I will support this and look forward to attending them.”

Jang’s response: “Wow, holy moly.” @Howellings

Cyclists at the start of last year’s “Bike the Night” ride in Vancouver hosted by HUB Cycling. About 700 cyclists participated in the event. HUB is anticipating up to 5,000 cyclists will attend this year’s event. PHOTO COURTESY HUB CYCLING

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NACAC is committed to maintaining high standards that foster ethical and social responsibility among those involved in the transition process, as outlined in the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice (SPGP).

A member-directed organization, NACAC is governed by its voting members; an Assembly of delegates elected by voting members in NACAC’s state and regional affiliates and by an elected Board of Directors.

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Vancouver International Universities Fair Information Sessions, April 30, 2017 What International and Canadian Students Should Know When Applying to US Universities DR. DOUGLAS L. CHRISTIANSEN, Vanderbilt University Applying to colleges and universities in the United States may seem daunting. While the Common Application has simplified the process, there are still critical components that need extra attention. Grades and test scores are important and speak for themselves. Even more important in the holistic admissions process are the essays, recommendation letters, and extracurricular activities. This workshop will help students with the application process by clarifying what US institutions are looking for.

Studying at the University of Cambridge CLAIRE EDGE, University of Cambridge This session will be an overview on everything that prospective students need to know about studying in one of the UKs top universities, what we look for in students and how to apply. If you are considering Cambridge, this session is for you.

How to Write a Winning Essay SIMON NASCIMENTO, University of Chicago A college essay can be a stressful task, and students often feel that choosing a topic is next to impossible. The reality is that the “what” of an essay is much less important than the “how.” The approach of the writer takes communicates much more about themselves than the general topic itself.

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Navigating the Scholarship Process: Build Your Foundation and Maximize Your Scholarship Potential BRITTANY PALMER, Unlock your Future: The Key to Scholarships Students do not need 95% averages or international achievements to win scholarships. Join Brittany Palmer of Unlock your Future as she debunks common scholarship myths and breaks down the complex process into a manageable form. From building your foundation to finding scholarships, this seminar outlines a step-by-step program that will help you maximize your potential.

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Demystifying the Admission Process DR. STEVEN CALDWELL, Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta, Universities St. Andrews & Edinburgh GPA , MCAT scores, interviews, extra curricular activities, personal statements, required courses, resident versus nonresidents, research projects, type of undergraduate degree; what really matters when you apply to a Canadian medical school? Should you consider applying directly to a UK school right from high school and could you come back to Canada to practise? This session will provide insight into how Canadian Medical schools make admission decisions and what to consider if you are thinking of studying in the UK.

Connecting the Dots: the Relationship Between a Degree and a Career TONY BOTELHO, Simon Fraser University In this fun and engaging session, the value of traditional career planning approaches in today’s ever changing and complex world will be questioned. Dynamic and flexible approaches to preparing for the future will be argued for as will the need to get students to just do stuff.

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FERDI BULMER, St George’s, University of London, England PETE RYAN, University of East Anglia, England IVAR MOLLER, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Studying in the UK offers students an opportunity to travel abroad and attend some of the world best universities at the same time. Whatever degree you are interested in studying the UK has something for everyone. However, applying to a university in the UK can be a daunting experience at first glance and so through this workshop we aim to expel the myths and provide applicants with a robust toolkit to successfully navigate the UCAS application form and hopefully gain admittance to their first choice university!

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ANDREW ARIDA, University of British Columbia ADAM ROBERTSON, Dalhousie University DAN SENEKER, Bishop’s University Grade 11 and 12 grades, self-reporting, personal statements, short answer questions, extra-curricular activities, and applicant interviews; there is a great deal of information that can go into admission decisions. This begs a question: how do Canadian universities use all this information to determine who gets in? This presentation will provide an overview of the rationales and decision-making process Canadian universities often use to make admission decisions. We will also dispel the myths and rumours that often surround the admission process; expect an interactive and lively discussion!

Beyond Academics: How to Navigate NCAA and the Student-Athletic Recruitment Process CORY MILLER, NACAC’s Student Athletes Advisory Committee More than any other citizens in the world, Canadian students register with NCAA to become prospective studentathletes in the United States. When embarking upon the college athletic recruitment process, it is important to understand unique terminology, procedures and timelines which go beyond academic admission a US school. This presentation will provide straightforward information about how to navigate the athletic recruitment process.

American Standardized Testing, What Canadians Should Consider KENTON PAULS, ACT Director of Higher Education Partnerships This session is geared for Canadian students considering post-secondary education in the States. We’ll answer the most common questions about standardized testing requirements.

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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SKEMA Business School (France, USA, China, Brazil)

816

FRANCE

SASKATCHEWAN University of Regina

115

University of Saskatchewan

303

917

916

SKEMA Business School (France, USA, China, Brazil)

816

Hult International Business School

413

Imperial College London

307

Manchester Metropolitan University

108

Newcastle University

200

GERMANY Jacobs University Bremen

103

Trinity College Dublin

517

University College Dublin

507

University of Limerick

106

Università Bocconi

217

816

SEG Swiss Education Group

Durham University

AUSTRALIA

SKEMA Business School (France, USA, China, Brazil)

202

216

301

207

Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne

Sciences Po

John Cabot University

The University of Sydney

SWITZERLAND

UNITED KINGDOM

ITALY

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410

INTERNATIONAL Monash University

IE University

ESSEC Business School

IRELAND

BRAZIL

Dalhousie University

SPAIN

JAPAN International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA), YGU

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Norwich University of the Arts

1004

Plymouth University

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Queen Margaret University

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Richmond, The American International University in London

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SOAS University of London

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St. George’s University of London

814

UCL, University College London

616

University of Cambridge

117

University of Central Lancashire

107

University of East Anglia

203

University of Essex

807

POLAND

University of Glasgow

914

Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS) 201

University of Kent

713

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University of Southampton

900

MASSACHUSETTS

University of St. Andrews

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Boston University

University of Stirling

1011

University of Warwick

314

The University of York

1007

617

Emerson College

412

Hult International Business School

413

Northeastern University

902

UNITED STATES

Simmons College

701

Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Troy University

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Pima Community College

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Saint Louis University

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University of Central Missouri

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NEW JERSEY Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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NEW YORK AMDA College & Conservatory of the Performing Arts

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California State – San Jose State University

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Binghamton University (SUNY)

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Chapman University

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Buffalo State College (SUNY)

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Cogswell Polytechnical College

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LIM College

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Dominican University of California

912

LIU – Long Island University

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FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

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New York Film Academy

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Foothill College

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New York Institute of Technology

910

Hult International Business School

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New York University

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Loyola Marymount University

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Mills College

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Relativity School - Los Angeles, CA

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Santa Clara University

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Santa Rosa Junior College

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University of California-Berkeley

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University of California-Irvine

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University of California-Los Angeles

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University of California-Riverside

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University of California-San Diego

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University of California Santa Barbara

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University of California-Santa Cruz

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University of Redlands

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University of Southern California

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University of Colorado Boulder

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University of Colorado Denver

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CONNECTICUT University of New Haven

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Nova Southeastern University

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Saint Leo University

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University of Florida

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HAWAII 901

University of Hawaii at Manoa

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ILLINOIS North Park University

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INDIANA Purdue University

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University of Notre Dame

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LOUISIANA Loyola University New Orleans

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MARYLAND Loyola University Maryland

University of Rochester

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OREGON Linfield College

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Pacific Northwest College of Art

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Portland State University

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Southwestern Oregon Community College

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University of Oregon

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University of Portland

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Willamette University

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PENNSYLVANIA Villanova University

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RHODE ISLAND Bryant University

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University of Rhode Island

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TENNESSEE Lipscomb University

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Vanderbilt University

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UTAH Utah State University

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VERMONT Norwich University

Hawaii Pacific University

Columbia College Chicago

815 614

University of South Carolina

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Savannah College of Art and Design

Syracuse University University at Buffalo (SUNY)

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WASHINGTON Cornish College of the Arts

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Eastern Washington University

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Seattle Central College

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Seattle Pacific University

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Seattle University

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University of Puget Sound

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University of Washington

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Washington State University

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Washington State University Tri-Cities

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Western Washington University

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Using High School Courses and Activities to Prepare for College or University Your post-high school years hold tremendous promise.

At college you’ll have the opportunity to make new friends, follow your interests and — hopefully— find a satisfying career.

However, nearly half of all students who enter college fail to graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years.

“There are two reasons why kids flunk out,” said Amy Thompson, a counselor at York Community High School (IL). “They are either academically unprepared or they are emotionally unprepared.”

Increase your chances for success by making the most out of your high school years.

Buckle down in classroom.

Taking rigorous classes in high school doesn’t only help you get into college, the knowledge and skills you acquire work double-duty, preparing you to be successful in your pursuit of a degree.

Seek out honors, Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in subjects that interest you.

“You want to take the most demanding courses you can while maintaining your sanity and still achieving good grades,” Thompson said.

Look for courses that require lots of writing and critical thinking—two skills you’ll be asked to use in almost every college class. Don’t panic if the material seems difficult at first.

Developing good study habits and time-management skills in high school can help you persevere in college, even when times get tough.

Some rigorous courses actually allow you to jumpstart your postsecondary education. Students who do well on AP tests, for example, can earn college credit. Some high schools also partner with local colleges to offer dual-credit courses for high school students.

Get involved.

From athletics to theater to volunteer work—there’s a whole world of extracurricular activities open to high school students.

“It can be overwhelming,” Thompson said. “But the one piece of advice I give students is don’t just join something to pad your resume. Pick something you’re genuinely interested in.”

Your goal: By senior year, “be in a position that shows not only your devotion to the group, but also some level of initiative or leadership on your part,” she said.

“Admission officers can see through the applicant who joins a million different clubs in their junior or senior year,” Thompson noted. “Use your activities to show colleges who you are.”

Universities are looking for students who will make the most of the opportunities available to them.

A high school record that includes extracurricular activities helps show admission officers that you’ll be a valuable part of their campus community.

Finish strong.

Your senior year of high school will be hectic.

In addition to applying for colleges, you may find yourself leading a student organization or sports team.

It can be tempting to sluff off in the classroom, but stay focused. Senior year grades and courses still count.

“You need to maintain your academic performance, and do at least as well — if not better — because you don’t want to have your admission offer rescinded,” Thompson said.

When planning out your schedule, make sure that you’re on-track to meet college entrance requirements, including at least two years of a foreign language and four years of math, science and English courses.

“Colleges want to see that you know how to work hard, and that you have taken advantage of the courses and activities your high school has to offer,” Thompson said. “A strong finish in your senior year helps make you a more attractive candidate.”

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Making the Most of Your Visit to a College and University Fair Ready to take the next step in your education? There’s no better place to explore your options than at a NACAC National College Fair.

Admission representatives from schools across the country are all gathered in one place. Their goal: To encourage you to learn more about their institutions, and help you sort through the qualities you’re looking for in a college.

Take advantage of their expertise, and make the most of your time by following these simple steps.

interested in small, private schools, or large, public universities? Which of the institutions in attendance offer your projected major?

“Planning ahead can help you stay focused,” said Cynthia Kaan, a Ferris State University (MI) admission officer. “If you have certain schools you know you are interested in, don’t limit yourself, but make learning about those schools your priority.”

Make your questions count.

Be prepared.

Like so many other things in life, a successful visit to a National College Fair is marked by quality, not quantity.

Before the big day, visit nationalcollegefairs. org and scan through the list of colleges and universities that will be represented. Make a note of the schools that interest you the most, and plan to visit their booths at the fair.

In other words: Rather than focusing on collecting a brochure from every college booth, make it your goal to have in-depth conversations with a few of the college reps on hand.

Are you looking for colleges that are close to home, or those that are far away? Are you

“I encourage students to not just stop by the table and pick up a brochure, but

rather engage the representative with a few questions,” said Valencia Hamman, codirector of college counseling at La Jolla Country Day School (CA). “That means you want to come into the fair with a list of questions so you’re ready for that opportunity.”

But each fair draws representatives from 175 to 400 campuses. The schools are located throughout the US, and from around the globe.

Don’t waste time on softball queries, such as “Is your nursing program good?”

“Do your research, but also have an open mind,” Hamman said. “Sometimes students take time to talk with a representative from a school that they really hadn’t considered before and it becomes a part of their list.”

“That’s not a good question because it gets you nowhere … no one is going to tell you that their program is terrible, or that it is struggling,” Kaan said. “If you’re interested in a specific program, like nursing, ask college reps what sets their program apart from other colleges, or ask them to compare their nursing program with one at another college that you’re considering.”

Keep an open mind.

You owe it to yourself to follow-up with colleges that catch your eye.

Chatting with representatives from a variety of colleges can also help you cement your own preferences, Kaan noted.

“It’s just as important to figure out what you don’t want as it is to figure out what is really attractive to you,” she said.

Take time to do a little exploring.

Learn about the process

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Tips for Attending a NACAC International Universities Fair Before the Fair... college essay? How can I find out if I’m eligible for financial aid?

No matter where you end up enrolling, you’ll likely encounter at least one of these questions during the college application process.

Use your visit to a National College Fair to get a head start. Check out the fair’s education sessions, covering topics ranging from college costs, to student athlete eligibility and college selectivity.

Each fair also includes a counseling center, oftentimes an invaluable resource for students with specialized interests.

Do you love hands-on learning? Counselors can help you pinpoint colleges that provide research opportunities for undergraduates.

“There are resources available and there are people available who can help answer very individualized questions about the college search process,” said Dana Lambert, a counselor at West Milford Township High School (NJ).

“Take advantage of their expertise.”

Answer the following questions to help determine what kind of school would be best for you:

Follow up.

Ask college reps for their contact information and be sure to follow up.

“Not always, but often, the representative that is attending the college fair is the representative that will end up reading your application,” Hamman said. “Keep in touch with them; reach out with thoughtful, intelligent questions. That demonstrates interest.”

For the colleges you want to know more about, schedule campus visits.

! Do you want to attend a two- or fouryear institution? Co-ed or single sex? ! What size school do you want to attend? ! What programs of study are you considering? ! How far from home do you want to go? ! Do you wish to participate in any specific extra-curricular activities or athletics? ! Do you want to attend a school in an urban, suburban or rural environment?

remember: Your trip to a college fair is the beginning — not the end — of your college search.

! Do you require any special services (i.e. tutoring, note takers, readers, TDD or interpreters)?

“Visiting a campus is by far the most important aspect of looking for a college,” Kaan said. “There’s no other experience like it.

It’s the best way to find your perfect fit.”

1 Discuss your college plans with your guidance counselor, family, teachers and friends.

2 Research your colleges of interest on the Internet and in your guidance office/ library.

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3 Check dates and registration deadlines for college entrance examinations.

4 Register before heading to the fair! Visit www.nacacfairs.org/ ncfstudentregistration for more information.

5 Download and print the checklist to take with you to the Fair.

At the Fair...

1 Pick up a bag and a fair directory.

2 Visit with colleges and universities which you feel meet your criteria.

3 Talk with a college counselor at the Counseling Center if you have any questions or need help with your college search.

4 Attend a workshop.

After the Fair...

Be sure to learn more about preparing for college and financial aid options at www.nacacfairs.org.

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Community FAIRYTALE ENDING: PALS Autism School is the only elementary and secondary school in B.C providing year-round schooling for children and adolescents with autism. Founded by Allison Arai, Katy Harandi, Tammy Kalla and Cindy Maltman, PALS opened a decade ago when the foursome converted a post office space into a school that would support the needs of their children and others with autism.

The women recently marked PALS’ 10th anniversary at their Imagine Gala. Once Upon a Time was the theme of this year’s party. The Convention Centre-do drew 400 guests to the dinner and auction. While Lady Gaga concert tickets garnered $14,000, the biggest moment came when guests were simply invited to give. Donations from $100 to $10,000 flooded in, contributing to a $300,000 storybook ending.

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NEW KIDS IN THE HALL: Since 1966, the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 374 individuals and 59 teams. Last week, the hall

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welcomed its newest members, nine outstanding individuals, a husband and wife duo, and one team as part of its Class of 2017 Inductees.

This year’s honourees included Roland Green (Cycling), Mark Recchi (Ice Hockey), Geroy Simon (Football), Michelle Stilwell (Wheelchair Basketball), Mark Wyatt (Rugby) and the 1969-70 UBC Women’s Basketball. The 51st Induction Class was formally inducted at the annual Banquet of Champions, held at the Vancouver Convention Centre West. The event was fronted by gala chairs Dale Saip, Gina Iandiorio and Marvin Storrow, while Global TV’s Chris Gailus and Squire Barnes served as masters of ceremonies. A party with a purpose, the awards dinner also generated $150,000 towards the hall’s Hero In You Youth Education Programs.

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Ballerinas Catherine Chen and Ireland Guppy from the Goh Ballet welcomed 400 guests to PALS Once Upon a Time-themed Imagine Gala.

Radio personality Nat Hunter and committee members Sarah Davallou and Shila Kamrani Ghajar contributed to the recordsetting $300,000 night, a storybook ending to the PALS Gala.

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Mundane meets marvel in urban mandala series Artist creates highly detailed photo collage of Vancouver John Kurucz

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Neal Peterson has created urban mandalas based on his travels to seven cities across the world, including Vancouver.

In Neal Peterson’s world, obscure graffiti on a downtown street corner has just

as much cultural significance as vaunted Vancouver landmarks such as Stanley Park and Science World.

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cornerstone of his latest artist offerings referred to as urban mandalas, a type of graphic art that falls somewhere between collage and kaleidoscope.

Vancouver is among seven locales chosen for Peterson’s series, which also includes cityscapes from Mexico City, Chicago, New Orleans, Pyongyang, North Korea, Reykjavik, Iceland and from his current home base in Minneapolis, Minn.

“I’ve always been a traveller and I’ve always loved the concept of cities, both from the perspective of how they’re built and how everything’s connected through the infrastructure,” he told the Courier. “But there’s also another level of connection through the people, how they connect with one another and how they connect with their city.”

Peterson’s work reflects centuries-old traditions found in East Asia, specifically the principles of dharma used in Tibetan and Indian cultures.

“The principle there is to represent the cosmos or the universe in a state of harmony or idealism,” Peterson said.

The mandalas are circular in form and hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs are used in the composition. Once the photos are selected, each piece is built from the middle to the outer edges and varying levels of detail are used depending on where those images are situated in the piece.

Peterson’s visit to Vancouver last year was his first, and the shots he used, at first glance, appear to be selected at random: waves at Stanley Park, the Lion’s Gate bridge, graffiti in Gastown or flowers in Yaletown. Happenstance be damned, there is method to the madness in Peterson’s work.

“To me, Vancouver has always been the holy grail of the juxtaposition between urban and natural landscapes,” he said. “I want to hit iconic spots like sculptures and buildings but I don’t want it to be a tourist map. I want the true variety and depth of a city present. I try intentionally to put unrecognizable stuff in there.”

Peterson’s long history as a touring musician and trained graphic artist allows him the freedom to travel and work at the same time. To that end, he’s got Europe on his mind for his next batch of mandalas, which he leaves completely open to interpretation for the viewer.

“You can’t go wrong with simply having pretty pictures in the world,” he said. “If that’s what a person takes away from my work, then I’ve succeeded.

But I also believe in art philosophically to really dive into subjects in search of a deeper meaning. In this case it’s that idea that we’re all connected.”

Peterson’s work can be viewed online at nealpeterson.com. @JohnKurucz

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Vaisakhi parade attracts a crowd CITY LIVING

Politicians, LGBTQ+ groups take part in annual Sikh festival Rebecca Blissett

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If the first block of the Vaisakhi parade was any indication, participants and observers of Saturday’s Sikh festival had their stomachs stuffed full by the end of the route.

Women handed out homemade chickpea and rice balls from steel bowls along Marine Drive as the floats exited the Ross Street Gurdwara. Men offered bags of potato chips while endless slices of pizza were consumed out of take-out boxes emblazoned with, appropriately enough, the restaurant name Non Stop Pizza.

Further along the route, which wound its way up Main Street to East 49th then to Fraser and East 57th before heading back to the temple, were more

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free offerings of pizza, ice cream, along with samplings of traditional food to the thousands in attendance.

Food is a huge part of Vancouver Vaisakhi, which pays tribute to India’s ancient harvest celebration. Vaisakhi also marks the Punjab New Year as well as the anniversary of when the Khalsa was created in 1699, a military order that fought oppression and tyranny.

Taran Singha has lived near the Ross Street Gurdwara all her life and she, along with a cousin, decided to make food to offer for the first time as part of the Sikh community’s commitment to selflessness and service, she said. The pair spent two hours making cream cheese sandwiches, using 36 loaves of bread and six large tubes of cheese.

“I usually walk the parade; I don’t usually make food,” Singha said after handing out sandwiches to people on one of the floats from Abbotsford.

“Every year we’re here.

It’s a day that brings the community together.”

In addition to the usual floats, dancing, music and politicians — both B.C.

Liberal leader Christy Clark and B.C. NDP leader John Horgan gave speeches and marched — this year’s Vaisakhi parade had a new entry: Sher Vancouver, an LGBTQ+ group of people of South Asian ancestry.

Sher Vancouver isn’t the first LGBTQ+ group to be included in the parade, however. That distinction goes to UNIFOR’s LGBTQ+ committee, which marched last year.

For the 15th year, Kulwant Johal had possibly the best seat in the house for the parade. Johal, a bus driver for Translink, was one of the drivers of the two busses the transit company had as part of the celebration. The busses, meant for the elderly and disabled, operate on a hop on-hop-off system for the day.

“For me, I enjoy being part of the parade,” Johal said. “I mean, look how much food there is.”

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1. Saturday’s Vaisakhi parade was the 15th time Translink driver Kulwant Johal (in the driver’s seat) donated his services.

2. Worshippers follow the float containing the Sikh holy book the Guru Granth Sahib during Saturday’s Vancouver Vaisakhi parade.

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Five BC Parks Campgrounds for Escaping the Crowds

Pitching a tent in one of British Columbia’s many provincial parks is the perfect way to get out of town.

Here are five lesser-known provincial parks where you are more likely to enjoy a quiet night (or several) in a vehicleaccessible or walk-in campsite.

INLAND LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK Located in Powell River on the Sunshine Coast, Inland Lake Provincial Park features a scenic 13-km (8-mi) wheelchair-accessible loop trail that’s perfect for hiking and cycling. The 2,757-hectare (6812-acre) park attracts both day and overnight visitors with its canoeing, kayaking, swimming, trout fishing, and wildlife-viewing opportunities.

As a stop on the Sunshine Coast Trail, Inland Lake might even inspire you to backpack all or part of this 180-km (111-mi) path maintained by volunteers with the Powell River Parks and Wilderness Society. (Another multi-day challenge of similarly epic proportions is the Powell Forest Canoe Route, with its multiple portages.)

The campground near the south end of the lake offers 22 drive-in campsites and pit toilets. If you need a break from camp fare, a craft brewery (Townsite Brewing) and restaurants serving up Mexican, Indian, and other cuisines are just 10 km (6 mi) away in Powell River.

SILVER BEACH PROVINCIAL PARK Does camping on the site of a historical gold-rush town appeal to you? Ogden City is now called Seymour Arm, but some of its 19th-century remains, including a graveyard, lie in Silver Beach Provincial Park.

Covering 130 hectares (321 acres) along Shuswap Lake, this park hosts 35 vehicle-accessible campsites and pit toilets. From Highway 1 near Chase, it’s a 83-km (52-mi) drive northeast on paved and gravel roads.

The Shuswap Lake location means a plethora of water activities are available. Silver Beach can serve as your base for canoeing, scuba diving, waterskiing, windsurfing, swimming, and fishing (19 species, such as rainbow trout and burbot).

KINASKAN LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK Found along Highway 37 between two much larger parks— Mount Edziza and Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness—Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park in northwestern BC offers a remote but still drive-in camping experience. The 1,800-hectare (4,447-acre) park, 100 km (62 mi) south of Dease Lake, has 50 vehicle-accessible campsites and pit toilets.

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The latter drains into the Iskut River, which flows over a staircase of Jurassic sedimentary rocks at Cascade Falls.

For the adventurous backpacker, an overgrown trail leads from Kinaskan Lake to Mowdade Lake in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

NEWCASTLE ISLAND MARINE PROVINCIAL PARK Access to Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park is by boat only, so its 18 campsites are of the walk-in variety.

Conveniently, the campground is just five minutes on foot from where the passenger ferry from Nanaimo docks.

Designated a provincial park in 1961, Newcastle Island lies in the territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and has a storied history. Middens point to at least two historic village sites in the 363-hectare (897-acre) park. Starting in the 1800s, coal mining and sandstone quarrying took place on the island before it was turned into a resort.

The Newcastle Island of today boasts 22 km (14 mi) of easy hiking trails. The park has both flush and pit toilets as well as coin-operated showers and a playground.

KOOTENAY LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK There are two vehicle-accessible campgrounds in Kootenay Lake Provincial Park, and one of them even has wi-fi available for a fee. Located 25 km (16 mi) north of Kaslo on Highway 31, both the Davis Creek and Lost Ledge campgrounds offer shady sites and beach access.

Covering 343 hectares (847 acres), the park consists of five sites along 100-km-long Kootenay Lake. The Purcell and Selkirk mountains rise on opposite sides of the water, which invites canoeing, kayaking, fishing, swimming, and windsurfing. (South of Kaslo, Cody Caves Provincial Park is open for guided tours.)

Davis Creek is the campground with the wi-fi. It has 32 drive-in campsites, while Lost Ledge offers 14. Pit toilets are on site for taking care of business.

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Five stages of grief while watching Nardwuar’s Christy Clark interview Recently, guerrilla journalist and media personality Nardwuar the Human Serviette subjected Premier Christy Clark to one of his patented videotaped interviews. He also jawed with provincial NDP leader John Horgan and Green Party leader Andrew Weaver.

But it was Nardwuar’s Q&A with our effervescent premier that sent us into an emotional tailspin as the two talked about punk rock concerts, cool bands and the difference between B.C. Liberals and the Socreds.

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Denial

Surely no one is going to be swayed by Clark’s easygoing smile, infectious laugh and supposed punk rock cred.

And being able to riff on various underground bands does not excuse her government’s appalling record on child poverty, increased homelessness, public education, campaign finances… the list goes on.

And are we expected forgive all that just because she claims to have seen DOA and Pointed Sticks back in the

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day? We bet she also listened to Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac while narcing on her classmates for underage drinking. Though in retrospect, listening to Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac sounds pretty cool, too. Damn.

Anger

This is such a blatant attempt to appeal to voters.

How crass. We’ve never felt more disgusted in our entire lives. Except for that time one of our friends posted some video on Facebook that we can’t quite remember and we gave it a thumbs down emoji AND a burning-with-anger-face emoji. And why isn’t Nardwuar asking her the tough questions, like how is she able to sleep at night?

Bargaining

She saw the Replacements at the Town Pump?

And did she just mention Stiff Little Fingers? You know, politics aside, she’d probably be an alright person to have a beer with. We could talk music and maybe casually suggest to her that it’s time her government raised welfare rates and stopped being d-bags

about public education.

She’d listen to us, wouldn’t she? She likes the Specials and the Clash, after all. She can’t be that bad.

Depression

We hate ourselves so much right now. How could we have been so easily seduced? We’re just as bad as the people who voted for Trump. Maybe we shouldn’t have watched Nardwuar’s interview with NDP leader John Horgan.

That dude thinks it’s cool to own a Greatest Speeches of Tommy Douglas album.

Acceptance

It is what it is. Clark is a former broadcaster who is exceedingly comfortable in front of a camera and microphone.

She grew up in Metro Vancouver and was savvy enough to see some decent bands in her youth. These things have nothing to do with her politics. Voters can separate the two — can’t they? — and base their decision on policy rather than personality? And if not, it’s not the end of the world. At least the Canucks can’t break our hearts until next year. Namaste. @KudosKvetches

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Depending on her mood, Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire, wind and lightning, goes by several nicknames.

When erupting from a volcano in a rage, Pele is known as Kawahineokalua, woman of the pit. Flowing through a forest, she’s called Kawahine‘aihonua, eater of the land. And finally, because she also forged the foundation for what’s now called the Island of Hawaii, the youngest of the Hawaiian Islands, she’s known as Pelehonuamea or Pele, creator of the land.

Hiking along the Kilauea Iki Trail meandering through Hawaii Volcanoes National Park during a recent visit to the Island of Hawaii, I spotted thin brown strands of an unrecognizable material caught up in many of the bushes and trees we passed.

Our guide from Hawaii Outdoor Guides explained the threads are made from volcanic glass, thought to be strands of Pele’s hair.

As we continued walking the trail, it wasn’t until we came to a spot with steam visibly rising from the ground that it finally sunk in — we were actually standing on the slope of an active volcano.

These sulphur-spewing, volcanic steam vents dot the trails around the Kilauea Iki Crater, located in the heart of the park. And even though I was aware Kilauea is the most active volcano in the world, erupting continuously since 1983, there’s a huge difference between reading about it and actually seeing it in action.

Our volcano eco-adventures had begun much earlier in the day, when our guide picked us up at Fifth Street Ohana, a charming bed and breakfast surrounded by jungle where we stayed for two nights. Well prepared, our guide brought along cookies, water and most importantly, umbrellas. Did I mention it rains almost continuously on that side of the Island of Hawaii? Truth be told, it’s more like a warm mist, but it’s constant.

We started our day at the National Park Visitor Cen-

ter, where we read about the devastation of nearly 30 years of volcanic eruptions and saw the timeline of the volcano’s history. I recommend starting any tour of Volcanoes National Park and surrounding attractions as early as possible because they’re popular spots for tourists and tour buses — and rightly so. A live volcano is not something you get to see every day.

After completing our hike and a stop at the Halema’uma’u Crater overlook, our guide took us to the Jaggar Museum located within the park where we were able to watch red-hot lava bubbling up and over the side of the crater. Strategically placed telescopes allow visitors to see the lava up close. Not only is the site impressive, it’s also a reminder of just how fragile life could be should Pele choose to vent her wrath once again. It was in 1959, when Pele last flew into a rage and shattered the quiet of the island with an eruption that began when a curtain of lava burst from an 808-metres-long fissure in the crater wall.

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Three days before the eruption ended, lava surged as high as 580 metres above the vent — the highest fountain ever recorded in Hawaii.

We left the Jaggar Museum and headed to the Thurston Lava Tube, a 500-year-old cave located within the national park. It’s one of many caves formed when rivers of lava from Kilauea Iki gradually built solid walls and a ceiling.

The caves were created when the lava flow stopped and the last of it passed downhill. The section of the Thurston Lava Tube we explored is tall enough in the middle to walk through comfortably, is illuminated and has a flat

rock bottom, making it accessible to most tourists.

As we emerged from the dimly lit cave, we were greeted by an unexpected glimpse of the sun as we headed back Fifth Street Ohana.

After several days staying in hotels and eating in restaurants, it was great to retreat to our little cottage in the jungle, which came complete with a full kitchen and laundry. (Yeah!). The day before, we shopped in nearby Hilo, just a short drive down the highway, and stocked up on enough groceries for two days — and enough wine for a week. (Even paying the exchange on our Canadian dollar, liquor is still a bargain in Hawaii.)

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The south slopes of Grouse Mountain, including the areas surrounding the Grouse Grind, Baden Powell and BCMC trails will soon be officially designated as a regional park.

Metro Vancouver announced the change on April 12. It takes effect on May 1.

For 85 years, the 75-hectare area has been owned by the Greater Vancouver Water District, an arm of Metro Vancouver, but not the division responsible for parks.

“Our water services staff have been managing the Grind very capably over the last few years but it’s not their core business.

It is our core business to manage recreational activity so we’re very pleased to be trusted to take it over.

We’re looking forward to the challenge,” said Frieda Schade, division manager of parks and planning.

“We’ll be putting up a kiosk, having some maps.

It will look more park-like with a park entrance sign —

just like any other regional park.”

The Grind will stay a seasonal trail, park patrollers will remain on the trail and Metro will still pay for the upkeep and upgrades.

Beyond that, Metro is planning public consultations to collect ideas for what to do with the other trails on the land, including possible upgrades.

“If this is what’s decided the people want and we want and we’re willing to fund it, it gives us an opportunity to fix up that trail or other trails in the area. On the other hand, we might close some trials that are of lesser significance,” she said. “There will be people who do don’t want any trails fixed up and they like things the way they are. But, anyway, we want to get out there and hear what people have to say and we put together our plans accordingly.”

Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd., which is in the process of selling its operations and 485 hectares of property, will remain the leaseholder for the parking lots, ski resort and

gondolas, and revenues collected from parking and the Skyride down will still go to Grouse.

“That’s a little bit different than most regional parks, and that’s not something we can do anything about,” Schade said. “With any new operators or owners, we look forward to establishing a working relationship.”

Local blogger and parks advocate Steve Jones said the change will probably be a good move for park users.

Jones said he’d like to see a review of the issue of public parking and the flow of funds.

“Metro Vancouver now has a park without really any good way for people to access it,” he said, “unless they’re taking transit, which is a good option for sure. But I think there may be some reasonable questions there. Are we just maintaining a trail for the resort?”

Jones said he’d also like to see Metro consider allowing experienced backcountry users onto the trails during off-hours or in the winter, rather than shutting them out entirely.

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Remember, Libra, start no new projects or relationships before May 3. The general accent, now to late June (but especially this Wed./Thurs.) lies on mysteries, intuition and subconscious promptings, sexual and financial urges, lifestyle choices (make none now) and research, whether it’s done by you or to you (e.g., medical). This is usually a time of commitment and consequence — make no promises, sign nothing, before May 3. A former spouse might appear this week or next (or has, recently).

Your energy and charisma soar now to late May, Taurus. Usually this would be the time to launch new projects, make valuable contacts, and impress important people. But we’re in the midst of a delay cycle, so don’t start anything before May 3. Meanwhile, use that extra clout and energy to “ rescue” abandoned projects, or to help ongoing situations function well. This is an easy, lovely week. Some secrets exist — one you had almost forgotten about.

Start nothing new, including relationships, before May 3. That said, the weeks ahead feature relationships, fresh horizons, allies and enemies, cooperation and challenge. Sunday’s mildly romantic, but gives little.

This eve (5:30 PM PDT) to Tues. eve brings work, minor health issues, and machinery needs. You’ll accomplish chores in a steady, careful way. A lucky run of relationships and opportunities fills Tues. night to Thurs. suppertime — but remember, no one new.

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Remember, Sage, don’t start any new projects or relationships before May 3. The general accent lies, now to late June, on chores, employment, daily health, machinery and service personnel — especially this Wed./Thurs. Spend Sunday daytime quietly at home or in the ‘hood. This eve (5:30 PM PDT) to Tues. suppertime highlights romance, pleasure, beauty, creative and risk-taking urges. These generally meet success, but — no one new.

Remember, Cancer, start nothing new before May 3.

A former career role or project might return (or did recently) — and Fri. starts a whole month of favour from bosses, parents and authorities (e.g., the judge is on your side). Now through May, avoid belligerent people and potential danger-places (dark alleys, etc.). Same time, you might find your career veers into management or admin tasks for a month — or permanently, if you wish it, and perform well.

Start nothing new before May 3, Cap. It’s a good time to study the past (your own, or history). This week, you might deal with a long-lost relative, or needed home repairs, especially Mon./Tues. The month ahead is great for decorating the home, and for domestic affection. Your work will be intense, so grab power naps and eat sensibly. The weeks ahead emphasize romance, creative and risk-taking urges, pleasure, beauty, charming kids and sports/games.

The accent, now to late May, lies on ambition, career, dealings with bosses, parents and authorities, worldly standing and reputation, and prestige relations. Remember, start nothing new before May 3, so focus on impressing higher-ups and “diligent performance.” Your social life will start popping with lively, assertive people — some, more travelled, thoughtful or intellectual than the rest, might form a sweet bond with you. Sunday daytime’s mysterious, sexy — but little of note occurs.

Remember, Aquarius, start nothing new before May 3. Do chase people/projects from the past, or work to save ongoing ventures from mistakes and misunderstandings. The weeks ahead emphasize your home, family, security, retirement, nature, gardening, nutrition — and soul. Simultaneously, your romantic urges are intense now into June.

If you’re young, the Q becomes: do I obey my parents or go for love?

Remember, Virgo, start nothing new before May 3.

A sexual, investment or research opportunity might return from the past; it’s likely a successful one. Your ambitions might be fired up now through June. Through May, these ambitions could open a door to equity in your employer’s company, or to starting your own business. (But don’t even look for that doorway until May 3 onward.) The same trend can make bosses impatient, temperamental — if so, grin and bear it.

The general accent lies on errands, easy chores, communications, paperwork, details, and local (in the nation) travel. Remember, Pisces, avoid new starts before May 3. Until then, double-check addresses, phone numbers, information, schedules, etc. Make a list of errands before you go out — better, keep a “running list.” A former money source might appear this week or next. Your money picture looks lucky and very ample for the next five weeks.

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55+ theatre group The Oakridge Seniors Centre is looking for seniors 55+ to join us in building a theatre group.

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Part Time Housekeeper required for house cleaning, laundry, ironing.

(604)321-1780

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WAREHOUSEMAN LIEN

By virtue of Warehouseman’s Lien, for and on behalf of Kitsilano Mini Storage, we will dispose of goods, namely: 1) 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier (vin: 3G1JC52F84S110098), debtor “Donivin Wain” to recover $2,908.50 plus accruing storage and any/all other expenses related. These goods will be made available for sale after May 5, 2017.

Goods are currently being stored at 4508 Beedie Street, Burnaby, BC. Contact 604.434.2448 for further information.

U-Haul Moving Center Vancouver claims a Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at 1070 SE Marine Dr., Vancouver, BC, Tel: 604-325-6526.

Auction is subject to cancellation at anytime without notice.

2081 YANA TEPLITSKY 8740 CARTIER APT. 208, VANCOUVER, BC 3603 MYRNA BIAGTAN 281-6363, VANCOUVER, BC 3157 EDITHA VERDADERO DE CHAVEZ 4223 VICTORY ST, BURNABY, BC 0129 MIA MILLER 184 BELVUE DR, LAS GATOS, CA 0817 MICHAEL MORROW PO BOX 435, ASHCROFT, BC 0217 HANNAH HARSANYI 3325 51ST ST SW, CALGARY, AB 3461 XINYIN SHAO 9388 MCKINWAY #343, RICHMOND, BC 2619 NARCISA VINLUAN 155 26TH AVE E, VANCOUVER, BC 0882 ZACHARY PIET VANGENNE 2512 KALUM ST, TERRACE, BC 1530 IAN MACKAY 703-2633 BROADWAY E, VANCOUVER, BC 0961 YALE KUSSIN 201-1366 WEST 13TH AVE, VANCOUVER, BC 0219 SHAMEET KUMAR 28-2885 KENT AVE, VANCOUVER, BC 3417 CHEUK PANG 6839 ARGYLE ST, VANCOUVER, BC 0190 ROBERT PRIVETT 7-8644 CARTIER ST, VANCOUVER, BC 0353JASON ARTHUR KAISER 207-2908 OAK ST, VANCOUVER, BC A sale will take place at the storage location on Thursday, May 4th, 2017. Viewing 9:00AM-11:00AM. Sealed bids will be opened at 11 AM. Room contents are personal/household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

MARKETPLACE

ANTIQUES ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE 24th Annual Show & Sale Hosted by Fraser Valley Antique & Collectible Club SAT • April 29 • 9 - 4 SUN • April 30 • 10 - 3 General Admission $5.00 Dealer Set up - Early Bird Admission $20 - 3 day pass.

FRI • April 28 • 5:00pm *200 plus Tables QUEENS PARK ARENA (1st Street & 3rd Ave) New Westminster Visit: www.FVACC.ca

ART & COLLECTIBLES CASH $ for TEAK / RETRO FURN & ANTIQUE Items FAIR & RELIABLE

Local...Thanks!

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GARAGE SALES

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE - MISC HARDY TREE, Shrub and berry seedlings delivered.

Order online at www.treetime.ca or call 1-866-8733846. New growth guaranteed.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 Make money & save money with your own band mill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

WANTED Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. no text books or encyclopedias. I pay cash.

604-737-0530 VINYL RECORDS Always Buying LP, 12”,& 45 RPM 1950s-80s, best prices

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BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FREE Vending Machines, Free Countertop Profit Centers. Generates Hugh Cash Income. Work 1 day per Month. Supports Breast Cancer Research. Locations Provided. Full Details Call 1866-668-6629 Web Site www.vendingforhope.com MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer trusted program.Visit:CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-athome career today!

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Think: Criminal Pardon. US Entry Waiver. Record Purge.

File Destruction. Free Consultation 1-800-347-2540

PERSONALS GENTLEMEN! Attractive, discreet European lady offers companionship. 604-451-0175

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ACCOUNTING/BOOKKEEPING

PROPERTY FOR SALE GET DISCOUNT on all kind of properties in Vancouver + Burnaby by group of retirees.

604-836-6098 or 778-828-2862

LOTS & ACREAGES FOR SALE 1 PARCEL OF Recreational /Grassland - Francois Lake, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George.

229.8 +/- title acres on two titles. Jerry Hodge: 780-7066652. Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) - Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/realestate.

SINGLE FAMILY and duplex lots available in Vancouver.

Starting $1M and up.

604-836-6098

OUT OF TOWN PROPERTY 1 HOME Parcel - Prince George, BC. Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George. 344.742 +/- title acres. 165 +/- cultivated acres. 980 +/- sq. ft. mobile home plus additions. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/realestate.

GULF ISLAND FARM. 4 BR/3 BA, 2 Sunrooms, 2 Car Garage, 5 Ac. Ocean view fully serviced GABRIOLA Island, BC. Orchard, Horse Stables, Paddocks, Riding Ring. $850,000 www.explorethemaples.ca

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GARDEN VILLA

1010 6th Ave. New West.

Suites Available.

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Pets negotiable. Ref req.

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1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area. Gated underground parking available.

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Drainage, Video Inspection, Landscaping, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating, Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

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FINANCIAL BACKER wanted by experienced realtor and developer to share professional office at 6526 Victoria Drive, Vancouver. Office is fully furnished for people such as architects, brokers, and etc.

• House Demolition & • House Stripping.

• Excavation & Drainage.

• Demo Trailer & • End Dump Services.

Disposal King Ltd.

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West Coast Cedar Installations New, Repaired, Rebuilt since 1991. Fences & Decks.

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MESSY HOUSE OR OFFICE? The most thorough cleaning or its FREE! Single Parent & Senior’s disc. (604) 945-0004

S&S CEDAR FENCE INSTALLATIONS Call 604-275-3158

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Ken’s Power Washing Plus Spring SPECIALS Gutter & window cleaning " Power washing " WCB, Insured, Free est.

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New Lawns. 604-782-5288

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WILDWOOD LANSCAPING •Lawn Restoration •Chaffer Control Res • Comm • Strata Free Estimate 604-893-5745

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• Power Rake, Plant, Prune • Tree Topping, Trimming • CLEANUP & MORE!

Lawn cutting person would like a place to store his equipment overnight in Eastside.

Will cut your lawn in exchange.

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RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT FRASERVIEW RENO’S

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