Vancouver Is Awesome #49 - March 11, 2021

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Student postering campaign encourages use of reusable masks Emily Brook highlights issue of disposable face mask waste  A4

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What’s the real story with Tyler Toffoli?

Parked sculptures continue to raise eyebrows

Two local chefs appear on ‘Top Chef Canada’

Jim Benning tells two tales about not re-signing the winger  A5

Questions about rolling public art project answered  A7

Vancouver chef-testants compete in season 9  A6

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Student encourages others to consider reusable masks

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ow many times in the last year have you looked down, only to notice a dirty, disposable mask dropped or discarded on the ground?

wear, like, two or three masks a day, or, like, two on top of another, and it really bothered me, so I wanted to express that through art, and try and raise awareness about this."

If the sight has left you feeling a pang of chagrin every time (especially since the idea of picking up used masks with a bare hand isn't exactly appealing during a pandemic), know you're not alone.

So, starting in November, she set to work digitally illustrating the effects these discarded masks can have on our environment and the living beings we share it with.

She came up with a series of simple but striking images, some of which show sea creatures floating alongside disposable masks.

It's this exact feeling that prompted Grade 10 student Emily Brook to tackle the issues surrounding this particular form of litter for her personal project at St. John's School this year.

As part of the assignment, students were tasked with selecting a format and topic of their choosing. "It's basically supposed to be apart from academics," Brook explained.

"I wanted to do something along the lines of graphic design or art."

She continued. "I've always been very interested in the environment, and I noticed that a lot of masks were on the ground and I was kind of disappointed. And I know that some people at my school

Her aim? To encourage her classmates to choose reusable masks that won't eventually wind up in a landfill or waterway after a single day of wear, and educate them about the potential consequences of their decision if they don't.

She also created a short video explaining the reasons behind her campaign.

Aside from a digital exhibition, "We only got to present it to the grade below us, instead of the whole school as usual," Brook explained.

Despite the initially limited audience, Brook said the timely topic appeared to

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resonate with a decent proportion of her fellow students and their parents.

"They filled out a survey that I have, and a lot of people [said they] learned a lot of stuff and they said that they would try to not wear disposable masks as much," she explained.

During her own research, Brook learned not only that the polypropylene masks take around 449 years to decompose, but that the attached ear loops create a hazard for wild animals that can get caught or injured by the thin straps.

"I learned that it's very helpful if you cut off the straps before you throw it away, if you want to wear it," she advised.

Her plan was to take the 50 posters she printed on her own accord, and paper them around her neighbourhood.

But since "it's kind of a territorial thing, I guess, in Vancouver because a lot of

people want to be putting up posters," Brook said she first contacted local printing business The Poster Guy for permission to do so.

"His company liked the idea so they offered to print 500, I think, more and then put up the ones that I already printed out for me," she explained.

Thanks to that kind gesture, Vancouverites can now spot hundreds of Brook's posters displayed throughout the city, mostly around Main, Broadway, and Commercial.

"I really hope if anyone sees [the posters], that they kind of think twice about why they're wearing [a disposable mask] and maybe put in a little more research ... and try to look at the impact," said Brook.

Choosing a reusable mask "is a small thing that we can do right now to stay safe at the same time as protecting our environment."

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What’s the real story with Tyler Toffoli?

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eading into the 2020 offseason, Canucks GM Jim Benning had two priorities: find a way to re-sign Jacob Markstrom and Tyler Toffoli.

Sometime before free agency opened, those priiorities shifted. Benning evidently accepted that he wo ouldn’t be able to meet Markstrom’s contract demands and mo oved on, but he also shifted gears from forwards to defence.

Suddenly Benning was intent on fixing the Canucks’ blue linee above all else, first pursuing Oliver Ekman-Larsson via traade, then Tyson Barrie in free agency, and even going back to Chris Tanev at the eleventh hour before he signed with the Caalgary Flames. Eventually, three days into free agency, the Caanucks traded for Nate Schmidt from the Vegas Golden Kn nights to shore up their defence corps.

Byy that point, if the Canucks still wanted to pursue Toffoli, it was too late. He signed with the Montreal Canadiens the mo orning before the Canucks acquired Schmidt.

Acccording to Benning a month ago in an interview with Ben Ku uzma at The Province, the Canucks “ran out of time” to sign To offoli.

“It was our intention to try and get him signed and if we cou uld have had a little more time, we could have tried to work thrrough that,” said Benning. “It got to a point where I know Tyller wanted to come back and we were trying to figure it outt. We kind of ran out of time with him getting offers and onee he needed to take. We would have had to move money outt.”

At Benning’s press conference last Friday, however, he told a diff fferent story.

“I think my comments were oversimplified,” said Benning, tho ough he didn’t explain how “ran out of time” was oveersimplified. Instead, he suggested that the Canucks didn’t

re-sign Toffoli because they had a back-up plan: Nils Höglander.

“We had alternative plans in place.

We wanted to see Nils Höglander get a good opportunity to play this year and I think he’s been excellent for us,” said Benning before lavishing praise on the rookie winger. “I’m really happy with his play. He arrives first on the puck, he wins puck battles — he’s the type of guy that I think we need going forward.”

All that may well be true — Höglander has indeed been excellent in his rookie season — but as an answer to why the team didn’t re-sign Toffoli, it’s outrageous.

Toffoli is a proven top-six winger, who demonstrated exceptional chemistry with Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller, and is challenging for the Rocket Richard this season for the most goals in the NHL. Passing on re-signing a player of Toffoli’s caliber because you want to give an unproven, 20-year-old rookie a spot in the top-six is irrational.

That’s not to mention that Benning and the Canucks traded a second-round pick and a promising prospect in Tyler Madden for Toffoli. Those assets are gone with only 17 games of Toffoli to show for them.

Here’s the truly frustrating part: there was nothing keeping the Canucks from having both Toffoli and Höglander. This

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wasn’t an either/or decision — it could have been both/and.

The Canucks would be a far more dangerous team offensively with Toffoli on the first or second line, pushing other players down the lineup.

Honestly, it might have been better if Benning stuck with his original story. Running out of time to sign what should be a priority player is a mistake. If the Canucks actively decided not to sign Toffoli for such a dubious reason, that’s far more concerning.

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Two Vancouver competitors on 'Top Chef Canada' season 9

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he gloves are coming off - or maybe going on, if they're in the kitchen - as chef-testants from across the naation vie for the glory on Top Chef Canad da, which returns in April for its ninth seas ason s n.

The Food Network show features a diveerse line-up of culinary talent from coast to coast this year. Eleven competitors have made the final cut and will be cooking in intense "Quickfire" and "Elim mination" rounds until there's only one chef leeft standing.

Whilee chefs this season hail from Kentville (Novaa Scotia) to Kelowna, there are two chefs we'll see on the small screen who hail from Vancouver: Andrea Alridge and Kym Nguyyen.

Alridg ge, 30, is the Chef de Cuisine at CinCin, the downtown Vancouver Italian restau urant known for its open flame grill and reefined dishes. "Food was a huge part of my upbringing," says Alridge, who says she's eager to use her time in the Top Chef Canad da kitchen to show she's capable of doin ng more than just Italian dishes.

Alridg ge says her Jamaican and Filipino backg ground is a major influence on her cookin ng, too.

She'll be cooking against 10 others, includ ding Nguyen, 34, who is the Sous Chef at Pidgin in Vancouver's Gastown.

Nguyyen's background is British, French, and Asian, offering as an example when a childhood meal would be their mom'ss Shepherd's Pie made with Asian

ingredients. "I'm known for my weird flavours," says Nguyen, who adds they began their culinary career after working in a pub while studying architecture and graphic design.

For Nguyen, who identifies as non-binary and queer, Top Chef Canada offers an opportunity for multifold self-expression and representation: "I want to show everyone what I can do as a chef, and who I am as a person."

Here's the full list of chef-testants you'll see when Top Chef Canada season 9 debuts: • Galasa Aden, 27 (Calgary, Alta.)

• Andrea Alridge, 30 (Vancouver, B.C.) • Emily Butcher, 30 (Winnipeg, Man.) • Aicia Colacci, 40 (Montreal, Que.) • Siobhan Detkavich, 21 (Kelowna, B.C.) • Jae-Anthony Dougan, 34 (Ottawa, Ont.) • Alex Edmonson, 28 (Calgary, Alta.)

• Erica Karbelnik, 30 (Toronto, Ont.) • Josh Karbelnik, 30 (Toronto, Ont.) • Stéphane Levac, 41 (Kentville, N.S.) • Kym Nguyen, 34 (Vancouver, B.C.) The rest of the on-screen personnel for this new season of the cooking competition show finds all the familiar faces returning: Head judge Mark McEwan; host Eden Grinshpan; and resident judges Mijune Pak, Chris Nuttall-Smith and Janet Zuccarini.

Top Chef Canada's ninth season premiere airs on Food Network April 19.

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A slow zone is a specifically designated area with slower speeds than other streets. The trial kicked off in the GrandviewWoodland area on March 3 and will test an official speed-limit reduction on local streets from 50 km/h (the default speed in the city), explains a news release.

The first slow zone boundaries are Clark Drive, First Avenue, Commercial Drive and Grandview Highway North. Gateway signs, speed limit signs and paint markings will be posted to alert drivers the speed limit is 30 km/h on local streets.

Access and parking in the neighbourhood will not be affected.

The City launched the slow zone pilot in an

effort to advance its "Moving Towards Zero" efforts to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries.

Slower speeds dramatically improve safety for people walking and cycling. According to studies completed by the World Health Organization, higher speeds equal higher probability of fatality. For example, when a vehicle hits a pedestrian at 30 km/h the probability of fatality is 15 per cent. The probability of a fatality increases to 50 per cent when the speed is 50 km/h.

In the fall, staff will report to Council with data results and public feedback received through 311, VanConnect and the towardszero@vancouver.ca email. This pilot will provide information to design other slow zones in the City.

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Human food may be to blame for aggressive urban coyotes

A brief explainer on those car sculptures parked around the city title is Park.

Constructed of stainless steel and a chassis, they took years to construct. The works are occasionally towed to new locations around the city where they're parked in public spaces.

They had recently become more functional, serving to help with traffic calming along Prior St in front of Strathcona Park, but have since been relocated a couple of blocks to the north.

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ask? As explained in their brochure, they're supposed to make you stop and think; "Cars are a paradox of convenience and inconvenience, and carry the concepts of autonomy and individual freedom. Park plays with what the streets permit, provoking a consideration of the short history of our attachment to the automobile and a reconsideration of its future."Now you know.

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It's art, of course.

Unveiled, as it were, in 2008, there are actually two of them.

They were commissioned by the City of Vancouver's Public Art Program back in 2008, and the budget was $180,000 each. They're the work of artist Marko Simcic, and their

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when challenged. What is not common are coyotes chasing after people.

After the attacks in Stanley Park, conservation officers said coyotes only start to lose their wariness of humans when they become comfortable around humans, usually a result of direct or indirect feeding, and Vancouver city council is even now considering a new bylaw ticketing anyone caught feeding wildlife.

They might have more science on their side than they know.

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same way dogs suffer from eating human food rich in carbohydrates. That can leave the animals susceptible to parasites, but also make them more likely to show conflictprone behaviour.

“One urban coyote in our study was lethally managed because it attacked and killed a large domestic dog, an uncharacteristically aggressive behavior for an urban coyote,” write the authors of the study.

Whether jogging along Stanley Park’s seawall or the PoCo Trail, it’s not uncommon to see coyotes.

But the often timid wild animals will usually run away

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Is this natural behaviour or are these wild canines getting more aggressive?

A new study from the University of Alberta has found, once again, humans are to blame. The culprit, according to a study looking at 100 urban coyotes in Edmonton, is a carb-rich diet of human food.

Recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study found human food, like compost and fast food waste, could wreak havoc on the health and behaviour of coyotes, in particular, the microbiomes in their guts.

The potential knock-on effects were found to include diminished nutrition and immune function in the

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Man who flashed Nazi salute at Indigenous protestors 'truly sorry' The protestors were calling for the release of Indigenous elder Stacy Gallagher who was sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating an injunction that bars people from protests at Trans Mountain sites in Burnaby.

In the clip, the man in question can be seen driving through the intersection of Clark and Hastings uttering profanities, flashing his middle finger out the window of his vehicle, then making three consecutive “Sieg Heil” motions - the gesture that the Nazis used at rallies in Germany.

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man who flashed a Nazi salute at a group of Indigenous youth involved in a protest in Vancouver last week has been identified as a local contractor.

The New Westminster resident says his use of the offensive gesture was a “knee-jerk reaction” to what he describes as a “traffic tie-up.”

The incident was captured on video by Vancouver Is Awesome at roughly 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3, when protestors had blocked the intersection to vehicle traffic.

We are not revealing the identity of the man in order to protect his personal safety, and we are not revealing the name of his employer.

The man in the video is an employee of a contracting company whose current client list includes Trans Mountain, the crown corporation working on the pipeline expansion in Burnaby.

Trans Mountain tells us that the company is indeed a contractor of theirs, but that the man "has not been on a... worksite for Trans Mountain."

In an emailed statement sent to V.I.A., the president of the company says they were “appalled” and “extremely disappointed” when they saw the video and that the employee is now on personal leave. They tell us they “want to investigate [the incident] thoroughly and weigh all options prior to making any final decision regarding actions to be taken.”

The man himself also provided V.I.A. with an emailed response to inquiries about the incident. In his statement, he denies being a member of any white nationalist organization such as the Proud Boys.

Explaining why he threw a Nazi salute, he says: “I lost my mind in the moment and did what I did in a knee-jerk, stupid way to express my frustration over the traffic tie-up.”

He says he regrets what he did “more than anyone can ever know,” does not explain why his immediate instinct was to turn to racism, but that he “will work hard on myself to become a better person,” partially by taking counselling.

Michelle Silongan is a lawyer at ST Law and a steering committee member of the Law Union of BC, who provided legal support to the arrestees and organizers. She wasn’t surprised to see the man acting the way he did.

In an email, Silongan tells V.I.A. that “White supremacy is endemic to the response of counterprotesters and institutions towards Indigenous land defenders and people of colour. A white man giving a Nazi salute is just an overt example of this, and a form of violence which is already commonplace for my clients.”

Further, she notes that “Unless we name and confront systemic racism in all its forms, overt and covert, reconciliation and racial justice will continue to be unrealized.”

The Vancouver Police Department arrested four protesters at the scene on Wednesday evening. They have not yet confirmed if the man is the subject of any investigation connected to the incident.

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The city launched its temporary expedited patio program last year, and issued more than 400 patio permits, after industry ry’s y calls for help to be able to safely welcome customers while maintaining physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ast month, the BC Coroners Service published its report on Illicit Drug Toxicity Deaths in BC revealing that 324 women died of drug overdose in British Columbia in 2020. This devastating all-time high h number requires the Province to take urgent action.

From m our frontline work, we know that women often turn n to drugs and alcohol to cope with the violation of theirr bodily autonomy and the intense feelings of blame and shame that are heaped on women in the aftermath of sexu ual violence.

Furtther, we see that men use drugs and alcohol to faciliitate attacks or as part of gaining and maintaining conttrol over women. This relationship is evident in our callss with women in the sex trade, 65% of whom disclose a depeendency on alcohol and/or drugs.

Som me women told us that they were first dependent on drug gs (most often as a coping response to past sexual violeence) and turned to prostitution as a means to pay for the drugs. Other women told us that they started using drug gs or alcohol frequently as a way to cope with the

experience of prostitution.

Last summer, the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions announced a $16 million investment toward new treatment beds in British Columbia stating that “Treatment and recovery beds are an important part of the substance use continuum of care available for people in British Columbia.

They provide safe living environments where people can focus on their recovery journey.

Over the past decade, investments in bed-based care did not keep up with demand, resulting in long waitlists and lack of service in rural and remote communities.”

This is consistent with our own experience. When we call on behalf of women trying to access detox services, we are told that the waitlist to get a detox bed is 4 days long and wait times for residential treatment centres are routinely between 4-12 weeks. As detox is a prerequisite to get into a residential treatment centre, calling for space represents the first of many steps that a woman seeking support for addiction must take.

Much can change between that initial call and a bed becoming available. British Columbia must ensure that detox beds are available on demand and provide immediate entry into long-term treatment centres.

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also stress the necessity of women-only detox and treatment centres. Women frequently report to us being targeted by men in mixed-sex treatment centres and in AA/NA groups. Women must be afforded a safe place to focus on building a life free from addiction and male violence.

And lastly, of course detox and recovery services available on demand are crucial but they cannot replace an adequate response to women’s poverty, the scarcity of safe and affordable housing, and men’s violence against women. We expect the Province to implement an immediate, effective and comprehensive response to all of these issues. British Columbia can and must do better for women.

Laurel McBride is a front line worker at Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter

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The increase in demand was

most significant last March when 133 requests for financial aid were filed over 11 days.

That volume compares to 41 for the entire month of March in 2019.

The demand has continued into 2021, with 15 enquiries

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The company also works to support family members in their grief, offering compassion helplines that provide access to professional grief counsellors for 13 months following the death of a loved one.

To give their families peace of mind, more and more people are opting to prepay their funerals so those left behind can focus on remembering and healing instead of worrying about whether or not they’re getting the details right.

“The thing that people don’t realize is that when you come to a funeral home, there are over 80 questions you have to answer about arrangement.

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For families who are left to make funeral arrangements on their own, they have to ask themselves difficult questions about what their loved one would have wanted and how they will pay for it all.

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Dignity Memorial prides itself on honouring your loved ones by getting every detail right on its memorial services.

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Cameron speaks from her own personal experience when it comes to pre-planning funerals. When her mother passed away, she had pre-planned her own celebration of life, even leaving behind a letter to be read at the ceremony that had special messages in it for guests including Cameron and her sister.

“The message was so powerful and moving because it was her words,” Cameron says.

“I was extremely grateful for that. She took it upon herself to make the plans so we could just come together to remember and celebrate her.”

Pre-arrangement also eases the financial burden on families during a difficult time. There is no need to worry about how the arrangements will be paid for. Pre-paying has the advantage of inflation-proofing the service. Dignity Memorial also offers flexible payment options that will fit any budget.

Twice annually, Dignity Memorial offers a discounted rate for its prepaid services.

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The Forest Lawn Cemetery & Funeral Home and Ocean View Burial Park & Funeral Home have both been recently renovated to be modern and beautiful locations. But prepaid plans can easily be transferred to any one of the many Dignity locations throughout North America.

“It’s a huge benefit to pre-arrange with a Dignity provider,” Cameron says.

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Artist transforms patterns in Vancouver’s streets into art patterns and how they differ across neighbourhoods and cities. That fascination, coupled with a healthy dose of pandemic boredom, led Harlos to experiment with how to represent those patterns in early 2020. In January of 2021, she landed on shadow boxes as the best way

to showcase her art.

Harlos starts a piece by first choosing a neighbourhood and figuring out where she thinks the heart of it is.

She centres the piece on that spot then uses Google Maps to help cut a paper overlay. The overlay sits atop a watercolour underlay, the

colours for which depend on the neighbourhood.

“When I think of the West End I think of the beach and how colourful Davie Street is, so I use a lot of blues, yellows, and pinks,” Harlos says.

“Every piece is unique because the watercolours flow a bit differently every time.”

So far she has created 12 shadow boxes for Vancouver neighbourhoods but she has received requests for custom maps from Summerland, B.C., and Madrid, Spain.

Harlos says the response to the shadow boxes has been very positive which she says is due to people’s natural pride in where they live.

“They like to see a part of their identity expressed in art. I also noticed that my art often generates a debate about whether a grid pattern or a suburban pattern is better. From a purely artistic viewpoint, I think they both create beautiful pieces of art!” she tells Vancouver Is Awesome.

Harlos does take commissions but she has already amassed a variety of pieces for sale on her Etsy page, DevilleDesignStore. Her pieces can also be found at The Nooks in Gastown.

For updates on her artwork check out her Instagram account @deville.abstract.

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The Penthouse marks anniversary of COVID-19

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A marquee for a downtown Vancouver nightclub offers a clever joke based on remarks made by health officials during the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic in British Columbia.

The Penthouse Nightclub has provided comic relief via its signage over the past few months, with a previous offering stating that it has "Better security than the US Capitol."

The comment pointed to the apparent ease with which insurrectionists under the banners of "MAGA," QAnon, Proud Boys, and other extremist movements, were able to crash the barriers and gain access to the capitol building and disrupt the U.S. Congress as they debated certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.

In its latest incantation, the sign pokes fun at how the provincial health orders related to COVID-19 continued to be extended over the past year, despite health officials initially stating that it was just "for a while" and later that we just had to get through these "two weeks."

The Penthouse has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic.

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There will be 16 in the Vancouver/North Vancouver/ West Vancouver/Richmond area and one on Bowen Island. Others will be located in Powell River, Squamish, Gibsons, Sechelt, Madeira Park, Whistler, Pemberton, and Bella Coola. During Phase 2 anyone 80 or older and indigenous people 65 or older can be vaccinated for free.

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residents of Burnaby, Surrey, and Delta.

The Fraser Health region has 22 including two in Burnaby, four in Surrey, two in Coquitlam, and one in Delta.

Both health regions note there will be dedicated, culturally sensitive locations for Indigenous peoples.

VCH says the following groups are encouraged to call:

• Seniors born in 1931 or earlier (90 years of age and older) who live in Richmond, Vancouver, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver.

• Seniors born in 1941 or earlier (80 years of age and older) who live on the Sunshine Coast, or in Powell River, Whistler, Squamish, and Pemberton.

• Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) born in 1956 or earlier (65 years

of age and older) and Elders.

The phone number to make appointments is 1-877-587-5767.

Before calling, VCH asks people to have a pen and paper on hand, along with their personal health number, full name, date of birth, postal code, and phone number.

More information about the process can be found on their website at vch.ca.

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he Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is back for its 15th year with nearly a dozen programs to celebrate the city’s most flowery spring event.

The festival is an annual celebration of cherry blossoms inspired by the age-old Japanese cultural tradition of hanami or flower viewing. This year’s event offers several ways to safely take part in interactive and artful ways using

drone footage as well as photography and haiku contests.

“We’re all longing for a change of scene here,” reads a release from the festival. “More than ever this spring, when billions of cherry blossoms burst into bloom spreading joy and uplifting spirits in every neighbourhood, our city will be transformed into a fairyland and we will be reminded of the hopeful spirit of spring.”

Among the virtual events offered by the festival is a new cinema experience called In Full Bloom created in partnership with Peacemaker Filmworks and drone pilot Patrick Weir. The short film, expected to be available by April 26, will offer a chance to feel and live this year’s cherry blossom bloom through devices and TV screens.

“With all the added stress of the pandemic, Weir feels we need calm now and to be reminded of the beauty that’s out there,” the release reads.

Also included in the festival is the Soundwalk Dance, created by artistic producer, Desiree Dunbar, and presented by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. The VCBF invites you to put in your earbuds and discover the beauty of cherry trees in a whole new way with prompts and music.

Then there’s the new online virtual BC Blossom Photo Watch where photographers can see their photos come to life in a virtual mosaic photo collage. As well, poetry enthusiasts can check out the winners of the 2020 Haiku Invitationals.

The 2021 contest is now open for submissions.

The festival also has its own virtual fundraiser called Sakura at Home to be held on April 25. According to the release the event will showcase local restaurants and top chefs who will curate an exclusive take-out menu. During the meal, guests will be the first to view In Full Bloom drone film project. Sakura at Home tickets available for sale as of March 5th from the festival’s website at vcbf.ca.

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"Taking into consideration the happiness of the nation can be a useful tool to assess satisfaction in a city."

Helsinki in Finland was ranked the happiest city with a score of 7.8. Wellington and Aarhus followed with scores of 7.6 and 7.5.

Canadian cities Vancouver and Toronto take both 11th and 12th place in the happiest city ranking. The report's authors note that this indicates that Canada is a prime location for young adults who prioritize happiness in their new location.

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ancouverites have long had a love affair with the bicycle. Early machines were called ordinaries, also known as penny farthings with their large front wheel, and were first spotted in Vancouver around 1888.

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One such regulation was the maximum allowable speed of a cyclist – eight miles an hour, unless at an intersection at which point the maximum dropped to six.

Later amendments to this bylaw included mandatory registration and licensing of bicycles, prohibition of learning to ride on paved streets, and the use of bicycle lights in the dark from October to May.

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In a video shared online this week, despite being able to fly, a group of geese opt to carefully follow a crosswalk on Beach Avenue.

The group gets across in less than 30

seconds, which seems like an achievement given that some geese really don't seem concerned with moving with purpose.

They successfully navigate a couple who walk in their midst and refrain from freaking out about a nearby dog being walked.

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Vancouver coffee shop close to opening its 'next-level' third cafe

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o break the dark monotony of a winter spent in quarantine, Tourism Vancouver has created a series of exhibits intended to spread love and joy around the city.

The campaign, dubbed #LoveVancouver Dance Bubbles was created in partnership with the Downtown Vancouver BIA, Robson BIA and the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel.

Described in a recent press release as a unique passive outdoor experience, the campaign will include light and dance performances projected and at a distance at various sites around the downtown core.

“We’re doing our part to restore vibrancy to our much-loved city,” says Royce Chwin, president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver. “We’re creating a safe and physically distanced outdoor art and light experience that we hope will bring smiles to residents and create another reason for people to get out and enjoy what downtown Vancouver has to offer.”

Residents can walk by the outdoor light and dance installation experience this March every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the following locations:

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Thursdays: Lot 19, 855 W Hastings St. (between W Hastings St. and W Cordova St. at the foot of Hornby St.) Fridays: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Courtyard, 1000 Burrard St. Saturdays: Bute and Alberni Plaza The dancers inside the bubbles are from Small Stage, a local dance production and creation company in partnership with Tourism Vancouver. The performances will showcase a variety of styles, genres and cultures. Some of the dance styles on display will include Indigenous dance performance and Indigenous futurism, ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, hip hop, flamenco, Spanish and Egyptian oriental belly dance.

Teri Smith, executive director of the Robson Business Improvement Association is happy to see the pop-up installations coming to Bute Street Plazas.

“Providing innovative outdoor experiences during this challenging time contributes to community and mental wellness, economic recovery, as well as supports our local arts and culture organizations,” Smith said.

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Additionally, this location of Nemesis will have a full kitchen in addition to coffee and pastries.

"Serving as our flagship store, we had to find a way to include all the elements that make Nemesis special, from the standard and integrity of the food we serve, to the service you are accustomed to. Along with our new direction of coffee roasting, it has been a huge challenge to unify all our different programs in a functional yet visually stunning way," said Nemesis in late January.

Nemesis Coffee began a few years ago with their more modest Gastown digs.

The coffee shop drew acclaim for its brunch-centric eats and baked goods.

At the end of 2019, Nemesis opened up on the North Shore as part of The Polygon Gallery near the Lonsdale Quay; there they have their "Dope Bakehouse" production facility.

In addition to their food and pastries, the cafe is known for its single-origin coffee program, as well as its music and artsfuelled vibes. The brand's connection to facilities so rooted in arts and culture, like Polygon and Emily Carr University, suit the cafe-restaurant - with their "Coffee Creating Culture" motto - quite well.

No opening date has been set just yet, but Nemesis says launch time is soon.

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offee lovers in Vancouver have had their eye on this one for just about a year now: Nemesis Coffee is opening a stunner of a location inside an eye-catching red flower-shaped building in a growing east-side area.

Announced back in March 2020, Nemesis has been working toward what they're calling its "next-level" build-out of the location that's part of the "South Flatz" development adjacent to Emily Carr University. Nemesis' new home is inside that red 'petal' pavilion, a 2,000-square foot space contained beneath an exterior of overlapping, cascading deep red panels.

The building was designed by Vancouver's Perkins+Will for PCI Group. Aptly, among the many local and international projects with the Will+Perkins touch include the visitor centre at VanDusen Botanical Garden, which also has a flower-like exterior shell.

In recent weeks, Nemesis has been sharing glimpses into the building's interior as they make marked progress on creating their roastery and cafe space.

Great Northern Way will be the new flagship location for the Vancouver-based coffee shop.

Nemesis says the location is "shaping up to be a next-level build-out," adding that "the equipment [they] have sourced will blow your mind."

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rguably Vancouver's most popular former resident (at least the past few years), Ryan Reynolds is likely preparing to leave again.

That's because The Adam Project is wrapping up filming, according to the A-lister's Instagram.

"Normally, at the end of a film, I’m outta there so fast, there’s a Ryan-sized hole in the wall," Reynolds writes. "But not this time... as #TheAdamProject winds down, we had our final Q&A last week."

The Q&A was for the Group Effort Initiative, a project Reynolds founded and funded to help Black, Indigenous and other people of colour (BIPOC) find jobs in the film industry, as those demographics are underrepresented.

"The goal of The Group Effort Initiative is to not only increase inclusion behind the scenes, but to create sustained careers beyond this initiative. It’s designed to make a stronger and more creative film industry," writes Reynolds in the post.

The Adam Project started production in the Vancouver area in mid-November and took over a

variety of locations around the city including the Vancouver Convention Centre. Starring alongside Reynolds in the film are Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer

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According to Creative BC production is due to wrap up this week in B.C., but it doesn't state who will be involved in the last few days of shooting.

This was the first film for the Group Effort Initiative.

"Huge thanks to the @inclusionists for the guiding hand and thank you to the entire crew in Vancouver for supporting this program’s inaugural run," writes Reynolds.

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n the heels of the federal government introducing Bill C-21, Mayor Kennedy Stewart took no time to weaponize the news, laying the groundwork for using it to his political advantage in the run-up to the next municipal election.

In a press release announcing his intention to introduce a motion which would ultimately make handguns illegal in the City of Vancouver, he was quoted as saying "[F]or cities like Vancouver, the greatest threat to public safety is the proliferation of handguns, deadly weapons that have no place in cities, and this bill would give us new tools to get them off our streets.”

The bill itself will show the feds using very little political capital of their own, avoiding a countrywide ban but allowing individual city mayors to ban handguns using bylaws that will restrict their possession, storage, and transportation in their respective municipalities.

Stewart's progressive contemporary in Calgary, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, has signaled that he won't be taking the same path, saying that he prefers "one law for the country," as opposed to a patchwork of gun laws as cities see fit to make them.

Illegal handguns—the ones mostly used by criminals—are already banned everywhere. Obviously.

So I reached out to the VPD to see if they could supply us with the data that the mayor certainly must have been looking at prior to pronouncing that they are our greatest threat to public safety. I'm not aware of an uptick in handgun crime, nor do I view legal handgun ownership as an issue our elected City officials should be tackling. I must have a blind spot which some very basic information could help me fill in.

I requested that they supply us with recent data showing handgun crimes (murder and otherwise) committed by people who have their RPAL (Restricted Possession and Acquisition License), which is issued by the RCMP and is needed to obtain a handgun in Canada.

The VPD did not supply us with that information and suggested that I contact the mayor's office.

I responded by asking how many crimes had recently been committed using any type of handgun, illegal or not. Surely they would have that information readily available, or they could spend half an hour cobbling it together so that the public might better understand the issue.

They did not supply us with that information either. In fact I got no response. Crickets.

No data from the mayor’s office or B.C.'s Ministry of Public Safety when I reached out to them either.

In fact the latter referred me back to

the VPD, at which point I threw my hands up in the air, much like I would if a bad guy were somehow pointing a legally-obtained handgun at me.

Mayor Stewart wants us to believe that the "greatest threat to public safety" in Vancouver is the proliferation of handguns, but I can think of many things that are more of a threat.

COVID-19 and people who flout public health orders. Unprovoked, random machete attacks. Heck, more innocent people died while crossing the street here last year than by handgun violence brought on by legal handgun owners.

I'm not saying handguns aren't a danger. However, serious questions need to be answered when politicians make bold statements but show literally nothing to back them up with.

A danger also lies in waiting for every member of council; political peril.

At a glance, it will look as though the mayor’s motion will make people safer, and even if it may not achieve that his campaign will use it against councillors in the upcoming election if they oppose it.

Make no mistake, this is political positioning—some might call it pandering—ahead of election day, coming up in October of 2022.

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