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Superbaba to open on Main Street soon  A5

City likely to see $124 million decline in revenue this year  A8

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ver the past two months, we’ve managed to raise more than four thousand dollars for the Deaf Children’s Society of BC, and the Vancouver Food Bank, by selling posters featuring Dr. Bonnie Henry’s sign language interpreter, Nigel Howard. Our ‘Listen to Nigel’ messaging was meant to remind people to keep their physical distance from each other, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. It also made for a pretty sweet poster. Today we’re launching a new series of posters - and greeting cards - to beneﬁt the Registered Nurses Foundation of BC. The RNFBC’s mission is to provide bursaries to RNs and RN students to help them obtain degrees, preparing them for entry-level jobs in nursing as well as advanced roles; nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, educators, and researchers. There are 17 nursing programs in our province, and every one of them has a wait list. According to the foundation, the ability to increase enrollment in them is compromised by under-funding and a growing shortage of nurse educators. They

aim to get more people into higher positions in nursing, and with the sales of these posters and cards we hope to pitch in a little bit to help them achieve that. Printed on 100lb stock at a local print shop in East Vancouver, these colourful designs feature Dr. Bonnie Henry’s three-part mantra. Partial proceeds will go to the foundation, the rest will help us continue to employ people that keep you in the know, as well as allow us to continue to publish this free publication in print and online. Cards are three for $15. Posters are $15 each, or you can get one for free by purchasing the set for $30. They’re available now at bcisawesome.com. Once again, thanks for your continued support.

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More baking, less showering: Fortis BC survey looks at pandemic activities

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Fortis BC conducted a pandemic survey that turned up some interesting results. While many areas in question had not changed, Fortis found there was a 19 per cent decrease in using personal styling equipment and a 14 per cent drop in showering. The survey also found there was an increase in people baking bread. Not surprisingly, various screen time activities like watching TV or being on a computer or smart phone topped the list, but that was closely followed by

high-energy use activities like baking and cooking hot meals. In addition to using energy during the cooking process, energy is also used for related activities like washing dishes and laundry. But even with people spending more time at home, there has not been a jump in electricity or natural gas consumption. “In addition to changing their furnace ﬁlter and replacing weatherstripping, people were taking part in a number of energy saving activities,” a statement from FortisBC said. “The energy draw from both the FortisBC natural gas and electric

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Middle Eastern food truck announces ﬁrst permanent Vancouver location

ere's some super news that's been a long time in the works: Superbaba, the Middle Eastern food truck that ﬁrst hit the streets of Vancouver in 2018, has at last revealed their permanent restaurant in the city.

perbaba is op pening g at 24 419 9 Main Sup Street, in the now-remodeled space that had previously been Kam's Bakery ry. y The neighbouring address, 2415 Main, was Kam's restaurant side; it's long been pegged ass where Fayu yuca, u the Yaletown modern Mexi xican i spot that closed down in June 2019, was ass heading to, though it's not clear if or when that's still set to happen. But back to Superbaba: The Middle Eas astern s food biz launched in Victoria in July 2017, and is an ultimate emblem of the power of collaboration. With the culinary ryy talents of unconventional chef The Dallah (Abdallah El Chami), and the long-time

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restaurant acumen from part rtners t Jason Sussman, Ryan Spong of Tacoﬁno and Robbie Kane of Café Medina, and subpart rtners t Josh Carlsen and Mike Dawson, also of Tacoﬁno on Vancouver Island, Superbaba is that dream hybrid of food, aesthetics, and business savv vvy vy. y Their Victoria restaurant (1325 Blanshard St) is a local favourite, to be cert rtain. t In Vancouver, diners have been able to catch both the food tru ruck u ass well as frequent pop-up and collab events with Superbaba and local restaurants and brands. Superbaba's menu focuses on bowls,

wraps, and sides. Look for items like the Sabich Wrap (tempura eggplant, sixminute egg, pickled cucumber, tomato and cucumber salad, tahini, shug, and amba), falafel bowls, and fried cauliflower with a tahini dip. While predominantly vegetarian and vegan-friendly, the menu does feature chicken in a wrap and a bowl. They'rre also serv rving v up fresh-baked pita, fries with a sumac mayo, tumeric tu u cooki kies, i apple pie bakl klava, l and drinks like mint lemonade and iced halva coffee. The aesthetic at the Victoria shop - and the colours of the tru ruck u - offers an airy ryy modern feel with pops of soothing, cool pinks, greens, and blues. No opening date set yet for the Vancouver restaurant, but you can currently order Superbaba tru ruck u eats online for in-person pick-up. Follow @eatsuperbaba on Instagram for restaurant updates. By Lindsay William-Ross

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Public Hearing: July 21, 2020

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 6 pm, to be convened by electronic means Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

1. 1335 Howe Street To amend CD-1 (643) (Comprehensive Development) District for 1335 Howe Street to increase the permitted floor space ratio (FSR) from 12.12 to 12.29 to allow for the conversion of previously excluded in-suite storage floor area into regular residential floor area to accommodate revised floor layouts for this mixed-use building currently under construction. The changes are contained entirely within the previously approved form of development. 2. 526-528 West 37th Avenue To rezone 526-528 West 37th Avenue from RT-2 (Two-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 22 strata-titled units. A height of 20.2 metres (66.2 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.44 are proposed. 3. 4506 Rupert Street and 3309 Price Street To rezone 4506 Rupert Street and 3309 Price Street from C-1 (Commercial) and RS-1 (Residential) Districts to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a five-storey, mixed-use building with 51 secured market rental residential units, including four live-work units. A height of 15.1 metres (49.5 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.30 are proposed. 4. 1425 and 1451 East 12th Avenue To rezone 1425 and 1451 East 12th Avenue from RM-11N (Medium-Density Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of two residential buildings with a total of 157 social housing units for seniors. A height of 20.7 metres (67.9 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.47 are proposed.

Public Hearing: July 23, 2020

Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 6 pm, to be convened by electronic means Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for this location:

A. 809-889 West 33rd Avenue To rezone 809-889 West 33rd Avenue from RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling) District to RM-8A (Multiple Dwelling) District to permit a townhouse development with a floor space ratio (FSR) of up to 1.2. If rezoning is approved, a subsequent development permit process would entail a review of a proposed form of development.

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B. 2735 East Hastings Street To rezone 2735 East Hastings Street from C-2C1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use building with 63 secured rental residential units. A height of 21.1 metres (69.3 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.68 are proposed. C. Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law to Increase Rental Housing in the C-2, C-2B, C-2C, and C-2C1 Commercial Districts To amend the Zoning and Development By-law to add a definition of “residential rental tenure” to Section 2; and to amend the C-2, C-2B, C-2C, and C-2C1 District Schedules to encourage development of secured rental housing by enabling six-storey, mixed-use development in select areas of the city, if all dwelling units are residential rental tenure. A maximum building height of 22.0 metres (72 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of up to 3.7 are proposed. In combination with the proposed zoning amendments for residential rental tenure, additional amendments are proposed to the C-2, C-2B, C-2C, and C-2C1 District Schedules to simplify regulations for all other development. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES: vancouver.ca/rezapps These Public Hearings are to be convened by electronic means as authorized by Ministerial Order No. M192, “Local Government Meetings and Bylaw Process (COVID-19) Order No. 3”. Members of the public may attend at City Hall to hear and watch the meeting proceedings, but are strongly urged to listen and watch the proceedings via the City’s website or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. Due to COVID-19, it is recommended that speakers participate by telephone or provide written submissions; however, space will be made available at City Hall to accommodate those who are unable to participate by telephone. Protective masks are recommended. To participate in the Public Hearing process, you can register to speak in person or by telephone individually beginning at 8:30 am on July 10 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing: • by going to the Council meeting page on the City’s website and selecting the meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) and specifying whether you will participate in person or by telephone; • by emailing the meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) and specifying whether you will participate in person or by telephone to publichearing@vancouver.ca; or • by calling 604-829-4238 and specifying which meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) you wish to speak to and whether you will address Council by telephone or in person. If you want to participate by telephone then you must have access to a telephone, provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you, and an email address where instructions on when and how to call into the Public Hearing can be provided to you. You can also register by telephone, on the day of the Public Hearing, between 5:30 pm and 6 pm, or 30 minutes before the hearing starts, at City Hall. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings. Send your comments to Council at vancouver.ca/public-hearing-comments or by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. Get live updates on the meeting at vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. Watch the meeting live at vancouver.ca/council-video. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting July 10, 2020 at 1 pm. See the agenda on the City’s website at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings. Minutes of the Public Hearing will also be available at this location approximately two business days after a meeting. Details of all Council meetings can be found at covapp.vancouver.ca/councilMeetingPublic. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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Pandemic heats up Vancouver rental property market

estrictions to limit the COVID-19 pandemic have caused many people to lose their jobs, cancel travel plans and tighten spending.

Reverberations from those trends are shaking up the Vancouver’s rental-home market, where the tourism downturn has forced some landlords to stop renting homes via sites such as Airbnb and instead seek long-term tenants. Job losses and reduced wages also play into the mix as many people will look for lower-priced accommodations.

“My general belief is that a long slowdown would be bad for rents and home prices,” said Tom Davidoff, director of the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate. “When I say bad for the market, I mean the price goes down, not that it is bad from a social welfare perspective.” He added that rental demand could rise in pockets of Metro Vancouver. Suburban homes may be more desirable to renters who plan to work from home and do not need to spend a premium to live near downtown Vancouver. Davidoff agreed with Real Estate Investment Network senior adviser Don Campbell, who recently told Business in Vancouver that the pandemic could be a “psychological shock” to over-leveraged homeowners and investors, who may decide to scale back large mortgages and exposure to real estate investments. Small-business owners hammered with forced business disruptions may also decide to sell their homes to provide capital for their businesses, Davidoff suggested. Asking prices for Metro Vancouver rental units have already declined, as competition for tenants has increased and prospective renters, who have been hit with less stable employment, seek lower priced homes. The average asking price for an unfurnished one-bedroom apartment in Metro Vancouver for July ticked up about 1% to $1,657, after four consecutive months of declines, according to Liv.rent, which bases its data on rental-home listings on its website. That average asking price for July rentals is down more than 7.1% compared with December. The shift toward more demand for rentals comes as longtime real estate publication and data source REW launches rentalhome listings that visitors can search. REW has long been known as B.C.’s largest platform for searching properties for sale, and that side of the business will remain, new REW president Simon Bray told BIV. Its shift to include rental properties would likely have occurred even without the pandemic, Bray said, but with the COVID-19 downturn “absolutely” prompting more people to seek rental accommodation, the move made even more sense. He pointed to data from a survey of REW subscribers that showed how much the pandemic is affecting purchasing power. It revealed that 45% of respondents had either lost their job or some income due to the pandemic. About 38% of survey respondents said that the pandemic had negatively or significantly negatively affected their financial ability to buy a home.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the core strengths of Canada’s health-care system while laying bare the shortcomings in the U.S. In this country, we have started to flatten the curve. Ontario and Quebec are not quite as far along as other provinces, but their spread rate of the virus has slowed considerably. If we stick to adhering to protocols, there is every reason to think the curve will continue to flatten. Not so on the other side of the border. The COVID-19 situation in the U.S. is out of control in many places. California, Arizona, Texas and Florida are getting steamrolled. Perhaps the most important difference is Canada’s response is being driven by public health officials, not by politicians. People like B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and federal public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam have been in charge for the most part, and they are being guided by science, not politics. The country’s political leaders have primarily been responsible for devising financial aid packages for the millions of people hit hardest by the virus and have stayed out of the health side of the response. Contrast that to the U.S., where in some cases elected officials (notably President Donald Trump) publicly clash with public health experts and ignore or override their advice. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the respected U.S. infectious disease expert, has almost disappeared from public view. Evidently, that is because the Trump administration does not want him offering the country expert advice.

Can you imagine if the B.C. government tried to muzzle Henry? A pitchfork-waving mob would instantly materialize in the streets. Another key difference is Canadians generally tend to follow rules created for the benefit of the larger community. We don’t chafe as much under state controls and when someone like Henry says, for example, that there will be no mass gatherings of people, there generally is not (the public protests against racism are notable exceptions). Americans, on the other hand, love to boast about their constitutionally protected personal rights and have been thumbing their noses at things like crowd limits since the pandemic began. In fact, the current surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. can be traced back to the Memorial Day long weekend in May, when huge crowds gathered to celebrate. Finally, it cannot be a coincidence that a country with a public health-care system is doing so much better fighting COVID-19. It allows us to take a centralized approach. The U.S., on the other hand, has a private-dominated system that has led to a decentralized approach. The result is a hodge-podge of results (within states, some neighbouring counties have differing “lockdown” rules; some hospitals do not even report case numbers or deaths).

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Is a five per cent property tax cap in Vancouver realistic for 2021? Those bills, of course, don’t include increas ases s in utility tyy fees, which are forecas ast s to go up by six to 10 per cent, according to the staff report rt. t For a five per cent scenario to unf nfold, f it would mean a $17 million gap would have to be filled. That $17 million, by the way, is equivalent to a two tw w per cent tax hike. So that’s why staff has as, s so far, said a seven per cent increase is what makes more sense at this time, when considering fixed costs, collective agreements and inf nfras f astru s ructu u ture u work for 2021. Staff makes it clear that any budget adjustments must come from serv rvice v areas ass that are funded fu u by tax. And An n the biggest serv rvice v areas ass are the police and fire depart rtments. t A total of 78 per cent of their budgets is funded fu u by taxpayers. So it’s no surp rprise p that cuts or delays to those depart rtments’ t budgets play a major part in arriving at the five per cent tax hike scenario. The police department would be hardest hit, with a $6 million budget decrease that would mean a delay in hiring 20 officers and 10 staff. The department would also have to hold off on replacing up to 55 positions left vacant from retirements. The effect? “Reductions would lead to slower response times to emergency calls, reduced service levels to citizens and businesses, limited ability to respond to non-emergency calls, greater risk of unsolved crimes and cases being lost in court and increased rate of officer burnout,” the report said. The hit to fire and rescue services would be $3 million and mean no new hiring and a delay in hiring 25 new firefighters, which would “reduce the ability of the department to effectively respond to all incident types and lead to potential increased risk of delayed fire response.” It would also mean a delay in hiring two new fire prevention staff, which would slow down the department’s efforts “to reduce the volume and severity of fire calls through targeted community risk reduction activities, especially in more marginalized communities in the Downtown Eastside and at single-

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hile many Canadians celebrated the ﬁrst of July with pride, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Downtown Vancouver last Wednesday to protest the national holiday. The rally was organized by Idle No More - an organization that aims to protect Indigenous rights and the protection of land, water, and sky. It kicked oﬀ at 3 p.m. outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery, as well as in many other cities Canada-wide.

On its Facebook page, the organization stated: "We will not celebrate the ongoing genocide within Canada against Indigenous people. Instead we will gather to honour all of the lives lost to the Canadian State. We will use our voices for MMIWG2S, Child Welfare, Birth Alerts, Forced Sterilization, Police/RCMP brutality and all of the injustices we face.” Protestors held signs that stated that there is, "No pride in genocide," while other signs implored people to, "Decolonize KKKLanada!" A number of musicians, dancers, poets, and community members performed and gave speeches. By Elana Shepert

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That in itself, Bray said, is likely to keep many people renting instead of buying. About 52% of respondents to the REW survey said that in early 2020 they were planning to move into a new home this year. Only 44% said that such a move is likely now. For some, the ability to have short-term rentals made aﬀording a new home possible, and that market has crashed. “[Pre-pandemic] if you were a landlord, you could get more money renting out your property on a platform like Airbnb than you could having a long-term tenant,” Bray said. “That took a lot of inventory out of the long-term rental market and was bad for the aﬀordability of rentals, generally, because tenants would have to pay more to get into a diminishing pool of stock.” The result now, he added, is that anybody with a short-termrental property is likely seeking longer term tenants to add stability. By Glen Korstrom

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But then countries began to seal themselves off as COVID-19 spread. Worried, Cheema paid $875 to move his mother’s return Air Canada flight from April 28 to March 30, the earliest date he could book. Unfortunately, that flight got cancelled when India imposed a nationwide lockdown in late March. Cheema spent $600 rebooking the ticket to April 30 but that flight was cancelled, too. So, with regularly scheduled airline service to Canada suspended, he tried Air India, which was staging some relief flights to Vancouver. No luck. The tickets were gone the moment they were offered. It has been like that ever since, the seats on those rare repatriation flights seemingly snapped up before they go on sale. Cheema says he doesn’t care about the lost money. With the temperature rising to a dangerous 45 degrees and the virus spreading in India, he just wants his elderly mother safe at home.

In any case, there aren’t enough ﬂights to meet demand. Advocates estimate 20,000 people are waiting. (Global Aﬀairs says 22,658 Canadians have signed up with the Registration of Canadians Abroad in India, but cautions that because registration is voluntary, “this is not a complete picture of Canadians outside the country, nor an indication of the number of Canadians abroad that wish to stay or leave.”) Some of those waiting are in desperate circumstances. In Langley, a woman named Gina Takhar, volunteering for a group called Bring Canadians Back Home, has turned her living room into a call centre where she tries to sort out the problems of people trying to come home. She knows of a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who could die if he doesn’t get the treatment he needs here. Takhar gets calls every day from the distraught father of a four-year-old girl who, in constant pain, has an appointment at B.C. Children’s Hospital but no way to get there. She knows of 14 people who have died while waiting to come home, including a couple who were murdered.

On Friday, Cheema saw a ray of light, with the Times of India reporting that Canada and India are in talks to create a “travel bubble” in which the airlines of both countries would resume ﬂights between the two. That would be welcome news to a son who just wants to see his elderly mother come home.

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Ottawa has barred entry to foreign nationals, but still has four airports, including Vancouver, accepting international flights so that people can return home to Canada. Global Affairs Canada says that as of July 2, just over 50,000 Canadians will have returned on 583 flights from 109 countries. A total of 154 flights have ferried 19,183 citizens and permanent residents back to Canada from India. The problem is that thousands more remain in India, mostly in Punjab, with no way to get home. Qatar Airways offered relief flights to Vancouver in the early days of the pandemic, but now it’s just Air India with a couple of trips a month (as well as several to Toronto). Other Canadians have made their way out of India on unscheduled KLM, Air France and Lufthansa planes to Europe, making connections to Canada from there, but often those flights are limited to Canadian citizens, accepting permanent residents like Cheema’s mother, Mahinder Kaur Cheema, only if they’re travelling with young children.

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Lifetime talks + tables ‘Popo Project’ helps seniors at residence with COVID-19 isolation

rs. Wai Yee Ho’s husband used to visit her every single day at Mount Saint Joseph (MSJ) Residence. But that was abruptly halted in March, when COVID-19 changed everything. Mrs. Ho’s children live in the United States so they haven’t been able to come either. The 82-year old is disappointed she can’t see her family faceto-face. She says her husband used to bring things for her regularly, but he is elderly too and doesn’t feel safe using the bus right now. Mrs. Ho, who speaks Cantonese, is also worried about what’s happening outside her home, “It feels like a more tense environment everyw ywhere. w I read about ‘racial attacks’ in the community tyy and it is scary.” But one thing has been helping her get through the isolation. She has a new friend she regularly chats with via video call, Winston Jin, a medical student. She and Winston, complete strangers until just a few weeks ago, talk about daily life, Mrs. Ho’s medical issues, and world events. UBC project uses technology to connect families The so-called “Popo Project” – popo is Chinese for ‘grandma’ – is part of the new Connecting with Compassion initiative launched by UBC faculty tyy and students. The team is using technology to help families stay connected with seniors living in long-term care homes across B.C. The ﬁrst part is delivering iPads to sites around the province, including MSJ. MSJ received 12 iPads, pre-loaded with videoconferencing programs, like FaceTime, Zoom and Sky kype, y as well as a host of other apps designed to keep seniors engaged. But it’s not just about keeping in touch with old connections. It’s also about making new ones, says the initiative’s co-lead, Dr. Mark Fok, a geriatrician at MSJ, who has been working on the front-lines of the COVID-19 outbreak. That’s where medical students, including Winston, come in, volunteering their time for weekly virtual visits with residents in long-term care homes.

So far, more than 30 students, speaking eight languages collectively, have volunteered with that part of the program, which UBC calls “Big Grandkids”. Riaya Suleman, a third-year UBC medical student, has been coordinating the roll-out. She says, “We have heard stories about students singing to their senior, seniors sharing photos, and pairs finding connections such as sharing the same favourite band or living in the same city tyy previously.” Finding ways to make a difference during the pandemic Winston Jin’s second year of medical school wrapped up abruptly when COVID-19 shut down classrooms around the world. He started looking for any way to help, eventually finding the Connecting with Compassion team. “It’s nice for me to be able to learn from these elders and hear their life stories,” says Winston. “They can give me insight on life and how they got to where they are. I’ve really enjoyed it, and glad I can make a difference.” The 25-year old “Big Grandkid” meets with Mrs. Ho on weekly calls, all conducted in Cantonese. He emphasizes that it’s not just a one-way street. He’s getting a lot out of it too, especially as a future doctor, “With elders, especially if they have some sort of underlying cognitive impairment, it may be difficult to express what they are feeling. It’s important to listen and be patient and solve the issues together. Having this experience really helps. At the end of the day, you realize they need the most help compared to other patient populations. “ Two of the Providence staff who have been essential in getting the Popo Project off the ground at MSJ have never actually worked at a long-term care home before this. And technically, they still don’t. Jason Deo and Dana Pollard are actually part of the medical transcription department of HIM (Health Information Management). They have been redeployed to MSJ tw twice w a week until the end of June to help out in the COVID-19 response, and are loving their time with the staff, residents and students. “It’s a really nice feeling, and it’s really obvious that we are

having an impact,” remarks Jason. Even though neither of them can understand the conversations in Chinese, Dana remarks about how there is usually a “lot of laughter.” Finding common interests A long-time resident of MSJ and the site’s ‘karaoke king’, Mr. Duong Tang says he really enjoys talking to a “young person”. Prior to COVID-19, his two tw w sisters would visit him regularly, and he’d entertain his fellow residents on the communal karaoke machine in the main lounge. Now on his video calls with Imelda, they discuss his keen interest in music from all over the world. The 64-year old even has his own karaoke machine in his room, which he has proudly showed off to Imelda. Mr. Tang also loves sharing song lyrics, interesting new apps he has discovered, and the latest cellphone technology. Next step: expanding the project Dr. Fok says the plan is to keep expanding this successful initiative to more long-term care sites, with more student volunteers and more iPads. It will be rolled out in phases through the fall, and continue for one year, after which it will be reassessed. But Suzana Philip, social worker at MSJ, says it’s already a huge success at their home. She is especially excited about how staff have been so quick to adopt the new technology to help residents, especially those without family, stay socially connected, “I have not seen so many staff using iPads before. It’s amazing!” While the visitation restrictions at long-term care sites remain in place, the new friends will be limited to socializing online. But MSJ occupational therapist Faye Arnaly is already looking forward to the next step, “I hope one day when we do open, the students can come visit the residents in person.” By Providence Health Care

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t. Paul's Foundation and Vancouver is Awesome are proud to host a virt rtu tual u Talks + Tables event, with a focus on seniors staying healthy during challenging times. This event is free and open to the public on July 15, 2020 at 9:30 am. This session will replace our annual Spring Talks + Tables event previously held at VanDusen Botanical Garden. We will be hosting two tw w morning sessions, each designed to help seniors and their loved ones navigate import rtant t health issues faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. This event includes a discussion around approaches to self lf-care, f caregiving ski kills, i a Q&A session to answer your questions, and a senior-friendly exercise session led by a Providence Health Care physiotherapist.

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In sharing her truth, Amanda Staller is following her calling for helping others in treatment and recovery

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“I’m at this place where I want to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfort. I’m fearless when I sit at tables with service providers and community initiatives, speaking about overdose and the sex trade. I get to share my lived experiences and talk about what needs to be addressed in order to help people in recovery get well.”

As a child, Amanda Staller saw and experienced horriﬁc traumas she never should have, and she would continue to face unimaginable challenges in her later years. By age 17, she was a high school dropout, addicted to cocaine and hard drugs, working the sex trade, and living on the streets. In her adult years, Amanda had gone through being incarcerated, facing and eventually escaping an abusive partner, overdosing and near death experiences, and enduring a lifetime’s worth of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.

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signiﬁcant adversity, injury or illness and who inspire and give back to others. For the past 20 years, the Courage To Come Back Awards have raised more than $18.5 million for Coast Mental Health to support people recovering from mental illness in the Lower Mainland, through housing, support services and employment. The awards celebration is a major fundraiser for Coast Mental Health, which believes that, through compassionate care and support, everyone can recover. This year, instead of the in-person gala, Coast Mental Health is celebrating Courage To Come Back Month in July. Find more inspirational stories and to ﬁnd out how you can support, visit: couragetocomeback.ca.

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local wildlife living at the interf rface f with humans. Photographs will be judged on originality ty, y technical excellence, composition, overall impact and art rtistic t merit. First prize - one photo from each category ryy - will be published in a futu fu uture u issue of AnimalSense An n magazine, plus winners will receive a gift item. First, second and third prizes will be featu tured u on a pack of greeting cards available for purchas ase s after the close of the contest. The photo with the most votes will be awarded the People's Choice Award. The top 12 photos with the most votes will be featu tured u on an exclusive pack of greeting cards. Winners will receive a complementary ryy pack of cards, and additional decks will be available for purchas ase. s Enter your photos at spca.bc.ca/wildlife-iin-ffocus By Darren Handschuh

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Dr. Bonnie Henry honoured at mural exhibition, picks up Fluevog shoes in Gastown

usinesses in Gastown honoured the provincial health oﬃcer last Friday with a sneak peek at a mural exhibition featuring her image.

is over, he added.

Dr. Bonnie Henry visited the new Murals of Gratitude exhibition, which is organized in an alleyway by the area's business improvement association and opens to the public on Monday.

Local designer John Fluevog dubbed the twotone pink leather heels "The Dr. Henry."

There's at least one portrait of Henry alongside paintings of health-care workers, said Walley Wargolet, a board member with the business improvement association. "It really started with thanking our healthcare heroes who are getting us through the pandemic," said Wargolet, who owns Dutil Denim. About 40 local artists created more than 60 murals when businesses boarded up their storefronts after the COVID-19 pandemic forced B.C. into a state of emergency in March, he said.

As the province has eased restrictions and businesses have reopened, Wargolet said the Museum of Vancouver helped curate a selection of the murals. They're set to be on display throughout the summer and the museum plans to keep some in its collection once the exhibition

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While in Gastown, Henry also donned a new pair of shoes she inspired in the wake of the pandemic.

The province's top doctor has gained scores of fans for her calm demeanour during frequent media appearances, as well as her flair for colourful shoes. The inner soles of the limited edition Fluevog shoes are stamped with a reminder from Henry to "be kind, be calm and be safe," a phrase she has repeated often. The designer's web page for the shoe says Henry has been "an outstanding source of knowledge and reassurance during the current fight against COVID-19." It says all profits from the sale of the shoe will support Food Banks BC. Gastown is a hot spot for tourists and Wargolet said business has slowed while more people are staying home because of COVID-19. But he's hopeful that new patio spaces will encourage people to visit the neighbourhood.

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OPINION: Department of Fisheries and Oceans putting politics before salmon stocks As a member of the Public Fishery Alliance and a long-time angler I am writing today to express my extreme disappointment with the Chinook Management Measures that were put in place recently by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

that involved real actions such as addressing water extraction, habitat degradation, pinniped predation, hatchery enhancement, enforcement of illegal in-river gillnets and promoting selective ﬁshing such as ﬁsh traps.

Recreational anglers encounter Chinook stocks of concern 1% or less and yet here we are, closed to Chinook fishing. The extreme closures put in place on June 19 of this year were never proposed to or discussed with the public. These measures have resulted in loss of access to Chinook salmon fishing for even catch and release in all of the Vancouver area and the majority of Howe Sound from April 1 to September 1, again with no consultation on this with the public. This is disgraceful and totally unacceptable. Both, the lack of consideration and unjustified policies DFO continues to impose on the public sector are destroying an important social and economic component of Canadian society.

DFO was also presented with proposals for selective ﬁsheries for Chinook salmon in areas of the South Coast that had a less than 1% encounter rate with the Chinook stocks of concern. This would have created retention opportunities for the many healthy Chinook salmon stocks that are in the South Coast waters. At the same time it would have protected critical social and

economic opportunities for all Canadians, especially those on the south coast of this province. None of these proposals were accepted. If proposals built on DFO’s own science and data are clearly not acceptable at a 1% encounter rate, then we need to be asking what is? It seems that we are working in a politically driven two-tier management system without consultation or scientific basis that is built to pander to the Marine Conservation Caucus and other groups in opposition to the Public Fishery. This unacceptable, politicallydriven decision will not be taken lightly by the Public Fishery. Many anglers fishing the South Coast, specifically the Howe Sound and Vancouver area, have never seen so many Chinook salmon in our local waters. There are abundant numbers of Chinook from the Chilliwack/Vedder River, Puget Sound, Summer 4-1 Chinook and East coast of Vancouver Island rivers such as the Cowichan and Puntledge, along with significant improvements in Squamish Chinook as a result of hatchery enhancement and improved habitat work done by DFO themselves.

The current measures are nothing more than smoke and mirrors. History has shown us that massive closures fail. Just look at closures related to other salmon species such as early Stuart Sockeye, Thompson Coho and Steelhead.

Access to the public ﬁshery must be restored and real recovery measures for Chinook stocks of concern must be put in place immediately!

Over the past year, the Sport Fish Advisory Board (SFAB) worked very hard and provided recommendations to DFO on recovery measures for Chinook stocks of concern. As a member of this board I can attest that we asked for a recovery program

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Aussie filmmaker documents her COVID-era journey to Vancouver for love

ave you ever spent weeks seeking permission from the government to leave your country to travel across the globe during a pandemic to be reunited with your signiﬁcant other? Australian ﬁlmmaker Cassie De Colling never thought she'd do anything for love, but she did do that.

De Colling, 34, who has spent the last few years working in a variety of international locations, had been in lockdown in Melbourne, Australia this spring when she launched the lengthy and complicated journey to fly to Vancouver during the COVID-19 crisis in order to be with her boyfriend, Canadian Chris Harris. As a means of communicating with her mother back in Australia and Harris in Vancouver, De Cooling did what comes naturally to her - she documented the process of flying to Vancouver via video snippets she sent to them, as well as posted to her social media accounts. Then, however, she realized she could turn her experience into a short 10-minute film. De Cooling tells V.I.A. that she was struck with the idea to share her story more broadly as she embarked on the first airport leg of the multi-day trip. "When I arrived at the airport in Melbourne I was blown away as to how dead it was - that's when I thought holy shit this moment in time is never going to happen again," says De Colling.Of course, getting to the airport, ticket in hand, wasn't an easy feat. De Colling says the process actually began quite some time before her first flight took off, as Australians were not permitted to leave the country, period. "I needed to apply for an exemption to travel which I did so on the grounds of compassionate cause," explains De Colling, adding that she went to some atypical lengths to plead her case: "To prove my relationship I made a private Facebook page and had my friends comment on how they know Chris and I. I printed this wall of testimonials and sent it to the Australian

Border Force." It took three weeks for De Colling to receive permission to travel. She found a set of flights that would take her from Melbourne to Sydney to Tokyo to Vancouver. But even with the tickets and the Working Holiday Visa, it wasn't a guarantee she'd be let into Canada, and it wasn't looking like smooth sailing ahead. "One of the things I wasn't able to do was get any form of travel insurance," says De Colling. "I called about 10 places and no one could grant me anything."Despite the first leg of her 45-hour route going well, things got a little dicey in Sydney. "At Sydney airport, the airline hostess ripped up my boarding pass as they didn't think I would be able to get into Canada on a Working Holiday Visa. It took a lot of time and convincing them to let me fly," says De Colling. But that wasn't all. "Then when I went to clear customs in Australia they had a glitch with something on my paperwork and I had to fill in a bunch of forms twice so that was really stressful." But she continued to make it, portion by portion, documenting each step, like the shockingly empty airport terminals and boards showing heaps of cancelled flights, along the way. Once she landed at YVR in Vancouver, De Colling says the border officials "were surprisingly welcoming." She was required to fill in her 14-day self-isolation plan along with contact information for the period, and then was free to go. And of course, Harris was there to welcome her. While the video De Colling made ends with her safe arrival in Vancouver, as it turns out, the filmmaker is opting to keep the city as her home base for now.De Colling says she adhered to the 14-day self-isolation requirement, but at no time was she contacted by anyone for a follow-up or check-in. "The first time I went outside [in Vancouver] was so bizarre, seeing people in the parks blew my mind. It was very different to

Australia where the only allowed social activity was going for a walk with one other person," says De Colling. Her first outing in Vancouver? She and Harris took a skateboard ride along False Creek to Kitsilano. Things still feel not quite the same for De Colling when it comes to living in Vancouver during COVID-19 and how it had been up until late April when she was in Australia. "Australia is being much more strict and careful. They have a fraction of the numbers than Canada. In Australia, there were advertising campaigns across print, radio, and TV to call-out people disobeying the restriction rules. Recently Melbourne had an outbreak of 37 new cases and as a reaction, the local government is enforcing isolation of post/zip code with anyone who breaks this is up for $5000 fine," explains De Cooling. "Here in Vancouver, it feels very different. People are allowed to gather, people are going camping, bars are starting to open. It was and still is quite a shock for me to see a large group of people together," adds the ex-pat. Though the trip itself was a physical ordeal, for De Colling the concerns about the trip were more personal. "The biggest battle for me wasn't the flying, it was deciding whether to go or not. My network is in Australia and I felt like if I had stayed it would be easier for me to get up and working again, whereas here I am only starting to get to know people in my industry." But love is, after all, universal. And there are a lot of people living far from their partners who have wondered how they would keep making it work. De Colling is hoping her experience of crossing the oceans amidst all the red tape and COVID-19 will strike a chord. "I feel like this is something long-distance couples can relate to so I wanted to capture that story." Watch her short film at www.bit.ly/aussievanfilm By Lindsay William-Ross

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