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Atthestartof2022Anastiyciia 'Nastya'Shcherbynahadneverleft Ukraine. The27-year-oldmotherand ssionalphotographerwaslivingin esawithherson,husbandanddog;much rfamilydidn'tlivetoofaraway.Herson, six,,hadjuststartedschool,andher and,asailor,wasstartinganewjob. Feb.13heleftfortheship.Shehasn'tseen msince rbrokeoutdayslater,asRussiainvaded UkraineonFeb.24. Lifeinawarzone Shcherbynaandherfamilylivedinasmall apartment,aplacetheyrarelyleftoncethe warstarted "For11dayswefellasleepinthebathroom," shesays."Wedidn'tsleepaswell,becausewe alwaysreadthenews." Sheandhermothertookturnssleeping.By earlyMarchtheydecidedtheycouldn'tstay intheirhomeanymore. "Myson,hecouldhearthealarms,"shesays. "Hewasalwaysscaredandsowemadethe decisiontogoaway." Theymadethedecisiontojoinfamilyin Canada FromOdesatoVancouver Shcherbynaandherson,mother,mother-in lawandthefamilydogsleftOdesainmidMarch Withonlyafewmonth'sexperience behindthewheel,Shcherbynawastasked withdrivingthegroup. va,thecarbrokedown.Luckily,a ceroﬀeredhishomeforthenight aandhersonjoinedrelativesin rbaijantobeginworkingonthe cumentsneededforCanada. thegroupwassplitasthedog gowiththem;hermotherreturned awiththedog.Theyweretomeetin oncethedocumentswereinorder. May,theymadeittoBucharestand toreunitewithhermotherand wastheretherestoftheirtravel tsandvisaswereﬁnished.

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OnJune16,thegroup,whichnowincluded herson,mother,brother,mother-in-lawand father-in-law,ﬁnallylandedinVancouver, morethanthreemonthsafterstartingtheir journey. LifeinVancouver Shcherbynaandherfamilyhavebegunto settleinVancouver. "Wedon'tknowexactlywhenthewarwill stopinUkraineandwhentherewillbe safety,"shesays "OurheartsstayinOdesa,butwemustleave Ukraine,"shesays Herson,Mark,issevenandisenrolledin elementaryschoolinVancouver.Herbrother, Aleksandr,is13andheadedtohighschool. Shenotesthatthey'renottouristshere, butﬂeeingawar.Butthey'reenjoyingthe outdoorsandexploringthearea,including StanleyPark,OlympicVillage,andKits Beach,whereshesaystheyfeeltheseaair andfeelathome. "It'slikehowwefeelinOdesa,wherethesea is,"shesays."It'slikethesameseaairwefeel." Waitingtoreunite Whilemostofthefamilyhasmadeitto Vancouver,Shcherbynaisstillwaitingfor herhusbandtoarrive.Hiscontractonthe shipendedonJuly24andhewenttoBaku, Azerbaijan,tostarthispaperworktogetto Canada Atthesametime,they'reprayingforpeacein theirhomecountry. "WewantallpeoplewholiveinUkraine andwhohadtoleaveUkrainetobeableto wakeupandnotthinkaboutthewar,"she says."Andthattheyknowthewarisover andthere'snokilling,nobleeding,andthe childrenwillbeinapeacefulplace."

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE5 Thecity'sﬁrstBlack-ownedPilates studiohasopeneditsdoors. TheWellbyKunyeisanew mindfulnessandmovementspace andcelebrateditsoﬃcialopeningonAugust 18atthenewstudio(1579GeorgiaSt.).

1. TRANSPORTATION ANDCOREOPERATING TECHNOLOGY

Acapital plan is afour-year investment plan forthe City’samenitiesand infrastructure, whichincludes parks, sidewalks, waterand sewerpipes, communityfacilities suchasrecreation centres and libraries, municipal facilities, public safety facilities and more.

D. SeniorGovernmentPartnership and/orOther Emerging Priorities

To provide foradditional replacement, renewal, or upgrade of infrastructureinresponse to Climate Changeto withstand currentand future risks associatedwith natural hazards; suchasseawall reconstruction, urban canopy otherclimate adaptation projects.

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To provide forrenewal, ongoing capital maintenance, renovations or other upgrades of parks, park buildings and features within parks such as the seawall, pathways, playgrounds, playﬁelds and sport courts. $33,450,000

To provide forrenewaland enhancementofthe City’s core operating information technology systems such as ﬁber,datacentres, servers and appl cations thatare critical to the delivery of and access to Cityservices and programs.

2. COMMUNITY FACILITIES

C. EmergingClimate Adaptation Priorities

To provide forthe City’s shareoffundingtoleverage senior governmentand partnerfunding in the areas of transportation, communityfacilities, parks,civicfacilities and technologyand/orother emerging priorities. $20,000,000 $45,415,000 Total $159,475,000

Apply to become avolunteer scrutineer forCapital Plan borrowing questions

What is the Capital Plan?

Areyou in favour of Council having the authority, without further assentofthe electors, to passby-laws between January 1, 2023 and December 31,2026toborrow an aggregate $159,475,000 forthe following purposes?

B. Renewaland Upgrades of CommunityFacilities To provide forreplacement, renewalorrehabilitation of community facilities, includingRayCam Community Centreand Childcare and/orother community facility projects. $59,075,000 Total $162,075,000

A. Renewal, Maintenanceand Upgrades of Parks

If this questionreceives the assentofthe electors,Council has thepower,without further assent of theelectors, to pass bylaws,asand when Councilconsidersappropriate,toborrow moneyfor theprojectsdescribedupto$159,475,000. Candidaterepresentatives andscrutineersmay be present to observe the mail ballot countingand processing starting on September12, 2022 at the Election Office located at 305 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver,between 9amand 4pm, MondaytoFriday except statutory holidays

Areyou in favour of Council having the authority, without further assentofthe electors, to pass by-lawsbetween January 1, 2023 and December 31,2026toborrow an aggregate $162,075,000 forthe followingpurposes?

Areyou in favour of Councilhaving the authority, without further assent of the electors, to passby-laws between January1,2023and December31, 2026 to borrow an aggregate $173,450,000 forthe following purposes?

A. Street and BridgeInfrastructure To provide formajor maintenance, reconstruction and enhancement of the arterial and neighbourhood transportationnetworks, sidewalks, greenwaysand cycle routes and to undertakemajor maintenanceof bridges and other structures, including repairsand structural work on the Granville Bridge and Cambie Bridge. $94,250,000 B. TrafficSignals andStreetLighting

To provide formajor maintenance, replacementand enhancement of trafficsignals and street lighting thatare beyond economical repair or no longermeet operational requirements. $54,300,000 C. Electrical Services in Public Spaces

B. Renewaland UpgradesofPublic Safety andOther Civic Facilities

To provide forreplacement, renewalorrehabilitation of public safetyand other civicfacilities, including the Downtown South FireHall, Animal Shelter,and/or other civicfacility projects. $60,610,000

To provide forincreasedavailabilityofelectrical services in public spaces including uses such as electrical vehicle and bikecharging, electrical kiosks forfoodtrucks, ﬁlmingand events, and lighting in public gathering spaces.

D. Core Operating Technology

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$8,500,000

A. RenewalofVancouver Aquatic Centre To provide forreplacement, renewalorrehabilitation of the VancouverAquatic Centre $103,000,000

Howtoapply Apply to become avolunteer scrutineer by submitting a complete application to the Election Office at 305 West 8th Avenue starting Monday, September 12 at 9amuntil Friday, September 23, 2022 at 4pm. Applications areavailable at vancouver.ca/vote and at the Election Office,MondaytoFriday, 8:30 am to 5pm. Successful applicants will then be advised of the voting place(s)assigned to them.

EXPLANATORY NOTE FORQUESTIONS 2AND 3: Communityfacilities include buildings such as community centres,pools, rinks, libraries, childcarefacilities, cultural facilities, social facilities and affordable housing.

$16,400,000 If this questionreceives the assentofthe electors, Council has the power, withoutfurther assent of theelectors,to passby-laws,asand whenCouncil considersappropriate, to borrow money forthe projectsdescribed up to $173,450,000

If thisquestion receives the assentofthe electors, Council has the power, without further assentofthe electors,to pass by-laws,asand when Council considersappropriate, to borrow moneyfor the projectsdescribed up to $162,075,000

TheCityofVancouver invites eligible voters to become avolunteer scrutineer forthe CapitalPlan borrowing questions in the upcoming election,with voting happening on October 1, 5, 8, 11,13, and 15, 2022. Aportion of the fundingfor the 2023-2026 CapitalPlan is proposed to come from borrowing thatrequires voter approval. If youare eligible to be aVancouver voter, you can apply to volunteer as ascrutineer foreitherthe “yes” or “no”side of the questions on the ballot forthe City’s 2023-2026CapitalPlan.

Formoreinformation: •Call3-1-1 •Visitvancouver.ca/vote

3. PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETYAND OTHERCIVIC FACILITIES, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, AND OTHER EMERGING PRIORITIES

Civic facilities include buildings such as ﬁrehalls, police buildings, administrativefacilities and serviceyards. Total $173,450,000

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5.Theyonlyhadone phonetocallforhelp Thetelephonewasa relativelynewinventionin 1886;AlexanderGrahamBell gothispatentin1876,onlya decadeprior. Assuch,therewasonlyone inVancouver.HughKeefer, whohadbeencontracted tobuildaroadfromPort MoodytoCoalHarbour, wasabletocalltheoutside worldtoletthemknowwhat hadhappened. Thiswasimportantsincethe citywassuddenlywithout anysuppliesandaround 1,000peoplelefthungryby thedestruction LuckilywordreachedNew Westminster(alsoknownas theRoyalCity)quickly;at thetimeitwasamuchlarger townwithseveralthousand residents.Suppliesweresent immediately. BrendanKergin

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OnJune13,1886,twoofthe clearingfireswestofthecity, inwhatisnowdowntown Vancouvergotoutofcontrol asa"fiercewind"blewacross thepeninsula,movingwest toeast. Whileinitiallysometried tofightthefiretheywere overwhelmed.Allbuta handfulofbuildingswere completelydestroyed,leaving thecity'searliestsettlers withoutfood,shelterorany belongings.

orthosenotfamiliar withtheCityof Vancouver'searliest days,there'sadefining eventthatdrasticallychanged thecourseofthecity. OftencalledtheGreat VancouverFire,itutterly destroyed(upto1,000 buildingsburnedtothe ground)theyoungcity onJune13,1886;thecity wasmeremonthsoldat thetime,havingofficially beenincorporatedinApril. Systemsweconsider commonplaceandessential todayhadn'tbeenbuilt.For example,therewasnoreal firefightingequipmentor waytopumpwateraround thecity. Thecitywassmall,aswell. Settlershadbuiltupthearea aroundGastownsomewhat, butbeyondthatmuchof thelandwasstillforested. However,therewereplans forgrowth,andthat'swhat ledtothefire. Muchofthelandwasowned byCanadianPacificRailway andwasbeingcleared sothecitycouldexpand. Oftenthatmeanttwovery destructiveprocesses; explosiveswereusedto removestumpsandfirewas usedtoremoveanythingelse thatwasn'tdeemedvaluable (Vancouver'smainexportat thetimewaslumber).

1.Itspreadfasterthan peoplecouldrun Decadesafterthefire accountsofthefirewere collected;inoneofthem WilliamHenryGallagher, whosecompanywasbuilding aroadbed,describedthefire, whichsawatitsbeginning. Hedescribesreturning tohisofficetosecurethe company'smoneyandseeing peoplerunningfromthe centreoftownatWaterand Carrallstreets.Hewentto investigate. "Iwentoutintheroad, walkeduptowards'Gassy Jack's'butbythetimeIgot theretheSunnysideHotel acrossthestreet,builtpartly overtheinlet,wasamassof flame,and,beforeIcould getbacktotheofficeIhad justleft—amereblock away—thatwasonfire, too,"herecountedinarchival interviews. Hegoesontodescribehow fastthefiremovesthrough thecity.Thecityhad woodensidewalkspeople wererunningdown,toget awayfromtheflames,but theflamesmovedfaster,and peoplehadtoleapintothe dirtstreet.

ofmetals,withtheboltsstill distinguishable,ispartof theMuseumofVancouver's collection.

Forthosewhomadeitto FalseCreektherewassome helptobefound.Gallagher saysagroupofIndigenous peoplewerecampedonthe southbankandcameacross intheircanoes.Theyhelped rescuemanyofthemen workingforhimandtook thembacktotheircamp.

3.Theyhadtobuildan impromptumorgue Aftertheflamesdiedback thecity'sresidentsreturned totheirtownnowinashes. Itwaslaterintheevening, accordingtoGallagher,and agruesometaskneededto bedone.Survivorswentout intothecitytoseetheextent ofthedamage;alongtheway theydiscoveredbodiesof thosethathadn'tmadeitout. Oneofthebuildingsthat survivedwastheBridge Hotel;itwasn'tactuallyin thecitybutlocatedafair distanceawaybesidethe bridgethatcrossedover FalseCreekatitsnarrowest point.Asmalladjoining buildingwasturnedintoan improvisedmorguelitwith candlesandonetablearound 30feetlong. InGallagher'saccountbefore themorningatleast21bodies hadbeenbroughtin,though manycouldn'tbeidentified. Infact,there'sneverbeenan officialdeathtoll.While21 istheminimum,Gallagher notesthatremainscontinued tobefoundwellafterthe breakofdawn.Helistsoff atleastthreemorespecific victimsthatwerefoundthe nextdaybringing.Another wasfoundtwoweekslater bringingtheminimumdeath tollto25. "Itwasneverknown,and neverwillbe,howmany losttheirlives.Ofallthe remainsfoundthreeonly wererecognizableby theirfeatures,"Gallagher recounted. 4.Itcompletelymelted achurchbell StJamesChurchstoodalong theshorenearAlexander andMainstreets.Whenthe firearrivedthebellwasused towarnpeopleaboutthe incomingflames.Itwasthe lastthingitdid. Whenthefirearrivedit burnedthechurchwith suchanintenseheatthe bellmeltedandfellfromthe tower.Itsolidifiedandwas laterrecovered.Thehunk

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2.Indigenousfolks helpedwiththe evacuation Aspeoplefledthefirethere werefewplacestogo.To thesouthFalseCreekhadn't beenfilledinasitisnow(120 yearsagoScienceWorld wouldbeinthemiddleofa boggywetland,depending onthetide),tothenorth BurrardInletcreateda barrierandthehugefirewas movingfromthesouthwest ofthecitytotheeast.

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