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SECURITY CAMERAS DOWN....................................3 Langara College security cameras remain offline after being installed a year ago the Check us out online at langaravoice.ca This week look for special features onVancouver Fashion oice Week and an MS patient’s bid to complete his novel PRODUCED BY LANGARA JOURNALISM STUDENTSVMARCH 17, 2016 • VOL. 48 NO. 16 • VANCOUVER, B.C. Sajjan’s South Van plan Canada’s new defence minister sets goals to serve the people of his home rid- ing, Vancouver South By CHANTELLE DEACON VOICE EXCLUSIVE arjit Sajjan says his major priori- ty as a member of Parliament is to Hinspire the younger generation to become future leaders. Sajjan, the newly appointed defence minister, said South Vancouver is his home and despite a busy schedule, the Vancouver South riding is still his main focus. Sajjan plans to help youth and se- niors in the community. According to Sajjan, looking after se- niors in South Vancouver is important and he said he plans to introduce a new senior centre at Sunset Community Cen- tre. CONTRIBUTED photo “It’s critically important to me, even Voice reporter Chantelle Deacon sat down with Harjit though there is enough senior commu- Sajjan to discuss his plans to stay true to his riding. nity centres in Vancouver, elders can not travel the same distance,” he said in an School, King David High School and exclusive interview with The Voice. “We Saint Patrick Regional Secondary need to take care and thank the elders School. who have given us this wonderful oppor- “I want to figure out a mentorship pro- We have to tunity.” “ gram with them and get them connect- In addition to his focus on South Van- create the ed, and encourage them to answer the couver’s senior population, Sajjan wants question, why?” he said. leaders of to support the younger generation as Sajjan said that as an MP, he would well. tomorrow not forget the people of South Vancou- “We are only temporary and we have ver. HARJIT SAJJAN Rezoning to create the new leaders of tomorrow,” “We want to make sure we support he said. MINISTER OF the people that need it, but at the same Sajjan wants to connect with students DEFENCE time support the parents so they encour- in Grade 8 to 10 at John Oliver Secondary Ryerson age their kids to succeed,” Sajjan said. CHANDLER WALTER photo Arbutus gardens may be at risk Ryerson United Church, on 45th Avenue, stands tall above Debra Bowman. Gardeners are worried have to pay taxes and I’m not looking forward to paying more just so they GARDENS Neighbours voice concern over tower about their plots’ future can take away these gardens,” Tosnadi along the Arbutus Corridor said. in the area By CHANDLER WALTER minister of Ryerson United Church, Last spring, Canadian Pacific Rail- said the church’s main goal is aiding way removed several garden plots for MARPOLE OAKRIDGE By ASHLEY SINGH cross the street from Ryerson the community. In order to do that, she being on private land and community FAMILY PLACE United Church, black and white said, they plan to build a new memorial gardeners held protests against the de- ommunity gardeners worry they “No Ryerson Rezone” signs centre on the west side of the church. construction. Tobin Postma, from the LANGARA COLLEGE may lose their plots after the City pepper front lawns as an act of “We’ve been doing community pro- city’s communications department, A of Vancouver’s $55 million pur- FARMERS ON 57TH defiance against the church’s plans to gramming for 100 years in the neigh- C said that as long as the current plots chase of the Arbutus Corridor last redevelop. bourhood and we want to be able to are on public land, they should be safe. week. The neighbours’ biggest concern is continue it, and to do that we need to “The gardens that were removed SOUTH VANCOUVER According to the Vancouver City the church’s sale of a section of land have a lot more space,” she said. [last year] were encroaching on private FAMILY PLACE Planning Commission, the 320 garden that will be used for a 10 to 12 storey Bowman said the reception from the property and were never permitted by plots along the corridor will remain Source: www.vancouver.ca building. The money from the land deal neighbourhood has not been too kind. the city,” Postma said. where they are, but local gardeners and other redevelopments will go to- “We’ve [been called] cheaters, liars, it’s Tosnadi and Wong are both retired aren’t convinced. The possibility of ad- wards funding improvements to the been pretty brutal,” she said. and garden as a hobby. They each man- ditional gardens won’t be known until 100-year-old church that currently suf- Bowman was resentful of the accusa- age plots and grow various vegetables the design of the transportation green- fers from water damage and is in need tions. “If we were greedy, we wouldn’t such as spinach, garlic and tomatoes. way is completed. of seismic upgrades. do this. This has been a painful, long, “I love working on these plots and “We don’t feel too happy about the Brian Robertson lives on 48th Ave- heartbreaking process,” she said. getting to watch these plants grow. I’d deal because they’re saying it’s going nue, and has a “No Ryerson Rezone” Kerrisdale is home to mainly single- hate to have it taken away from us,” to be public land. We put hard work sign on his front lawn. Robertson said family residences. Beth Walters, a resi- Tosnadi said. into these plots, I’d hate to lose it,” said that many of the neighbours do not dent of 48th Avenue, is worried the den- Betty Wong, a local volunteer garden- trust the developers on the project, sification creeping further south from er. Wall Financial Corporation. 41st Avenue will eventually eliminate Alex Tosnadi, another local garden- “The development as we’ve seen it any sense of community. er agreed with Wong, but for different has just completely been a case of zone “There’s a lot of concerns that it may reasons. busting, and it does not fit with the just be the catalyst that ruins Kerris- “I’m all for the city trying to modern- neighbourhood at all,” Robertson said. dale,” she said. ASHLEY SINGH photo ize this land, but I’m a senior, I already Debra Bowman, the coordinating Continued on langaravoice.ca Community garden plots along the Arbutus Corridor. Printed on recycled paper Check out our web exclusives at http://langaravoice.ca 2 THE VOICE, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 EDITOR MARK STUART At large Pundits disagree on marijuana testing In the wake of rejected dispensary applications, debate over pot testing methods rages on By JAKE WRAY proposed medical marijuana test- ing lab and storefront dispensary Ain South Vancouver has been re- jected by Vancouver’s Board of Vari- ance as medical marijuana pundits continue to dispute the safest and most accurate testing methods. The board is currently conducting JENNA TYTGAT photo appeals for dispensaries that have ap- Jarrod Cook (left) and Trevor Mills (right) in Cook’s room at the George Pearson Centre. Mills has been helping Cook transcribe his book plied for business licences and been since September. rejected. During the most recent round of ap- peals on March 2, the BC Medical Mari- huana Research Society was denied permission to open a combined mari- juana testing lab and storefront dis- Strangers step up to type book pensary at 610 SE Marine Dr. The Voice made a number of inqui- ries attempting to determine whether Jarrod Cook, an MS patient, crowdsourced help to finish his novel medical pot is being properly tested. Pamela McColl, a Vancouver-based spokesperson for anti-pot legislation By JENNA TYTGAT Mills described Cook’s book, Ponder- Heather Morrison, a friend of Cook’s group Smart Approaches to Marijua- ations, as philosophical. and member of the Community and na, said storefront dispensaries aren’t man with multiple sclerosis “It’s really fun stuff that [Cook is] Residents Mentors Association at safe. (MS) who is trying to finish his talking about,” said Mills, “It’s accessi- George Pearson Centre, said Cook is “These entities that are selling on I“ am not novel has received an outpour- ble [and] I think refreshing language.” determined to publish the book he’s the streets are, I consider, a public as dumb ing of support after his friend Cook agreed that Mills’ description been working on since 1999. A health threat. They’re being run by as I look. made an open call on Facebook for was close. “He is entirely stubborn,” Morrison people who don’t have the credentials help. “I want people to think,” Cook said. said. “That’s what keeps him going.” to be administering a drug product, When you Trevor Mills, a close friend of Jarrod “Many people have opinions, however, “He has a very strong will and I they aren’t being tested, they are being talk to Cook, reached out to people on Face- they don’t think about their opinions don’t know many people who could go supplied by the book in a bid to help Cook finish his or ponder.” through what [Cook] has and survive black market,” she me, you book. Cook is a resident at the George Cook has had six people help him as well as he has.” said. SOUTH VAN can’t tell Pearson Centre, a long-term residen- transcribe so far, including Mills.

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