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GREATER HAMILTON’S INDEPENDENT VOICE JUNE 20 — 26, 2019 VOL. 25 NO. 25 Keep Walking THE DEAD DON’T DIE • WE THE NORTH • EDIBLE CANNABIS RULES FALL SHORT • CITY PLANNING UPENDED • ASTROLOGY 2 JUNE 20 — 26, 2019 VIEW VIEW JUNE 20 — 26, 2019 3 PATIO GUIDE 10 SUSAN AGLUKRAK at the Westdale Theatre INSIDE THIS ISSUE JUNE 20 — 26, 2019 08 COVER HAMID DRAKE COVER PHOTO: JIM NEWBERRY FORUM MOVIES 05 PERSPECTIVE We The North 20 REVIEW The Dead Don’t Die 05 CATCH 21 Movie Reviews 07 PERSPECTIVE Edible Cannabis 22 REAL ESTATE MUSIC 08 Hamilton Music Notes FOOD 14 Live Music Listing 12 Dining Guide ETC. 22 General Classifieds SCENE 23 Free Will Astrology 10 PATIO GUIDE 23 Adult Classifieds 370 MAIN STREET WEST, HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8P 1K2 HAMILTON 905.527.3343 FAX 905.527.3721 VIEW FOR ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: 905.527.3343 X102 EDITOR IN CHIEF Ron Kilpatrick x109 [email protected] OPERATIONS DIRECTOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ACCOUNTING PUBLISHER Marcus Rosen x101 Liz Kay x100 Roxanne Green x103 Sean Rosen x102 [email protected] 1.866.527.3343 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ADVERTISING DEPT DISTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTORS LISTINGS EDITOR RandA distribution Rob Breszny • Gregory SENIOR CORPORATE Alison Kilpatrick x100 Owner:Alissa Ann latour Cruikshank • Sara Cymbalisty • REPRESENTATIVE [email protected] Manager:Luc Hetu Maxie Dara • Albert DeSantis • Ian Wallace x107 905-531-5564 Darrin DeRoches • Daniel [email protected] HAMILTON MUSIC NOTES [email protected] Gariépy • Allison M. 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HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8P 1K2 HAMILTON’S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE SINCE JANUARY 5, 1995, VIEW IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER USING VEGETABLE OIL-BASED INKS 4 JUNE 20 — 26, 2019 VIEW [PERSPECTIVE] by MICHAEL TERRY PHOTO: DAVE PIJUAN-NOMURA league. From its goofy beginnings, the best basketball player in the last Raptors run to the title was a welcome where it was all kicked off by strangely two decades at least. Always competi- reminder that there’s a sort of together- naming the team after a breed of tive, but always ending up trounced by ness still possible in this country that dinosaur from the Jurassic Park movies, Lebron James. Toronto became Le- can evade bigger places like the U.S. almost up to the end of Game 6 last Bronto, as he absolutely dominated a Then, the parade, and we were Thursday, the Raptors history was one Raptors team that never did get tragically reminded that pain is possi- of struggle, and often ridicule. The enough credit for being willing to field ble even in these remarkable and pow- team had its share of awful years after a team to try to take down James, while erful shared moments. As millions its creation, but more than that, it was most other Eastern Conference coun- gathered in downtown Toronto, four seen by many basketball fans, players, terparts were rebuilding, waiting James people were shot and injured, dozens and commentators to the south, as an out. Through it all, the Toronto fan more hurt in the panicked stampede afterthought. Even when the team was base held firm, something it too that followed. At the time of writing, competitive, it was routinely ignored, deserves great credit for. Routinely pro- nothing is known as to why this hap- barely being televised in the States. ducing attendance numbers near the pened. An investigation is underway, The Vince Carter years feel now almost top of the league, this hockey town has and likely we will have news shortly. In like a blip, and the enduring memory spent many years proving it wants this the meantime, it’s important to for non–Raptors fans (beyond Vince’s team. Last week, the team gave the remember the good in all of this. These WE THE NORTH famous Dunk Contest performance) town everything it could ask for. They communal moments do far more good was the superstar demanding to move may not have bested James this time, than harm, even though it can feel so away, forcing a trade, and taking with but that’s because he wasn’t even there hopeless to watch the frightened crowd him a real chunk of the Raptors’ credi- to be beaten. Instead, they took down running in fear. The victims, deserve bility. After the team found itself with the greatest dynasty since Jordan’s all the care we can muster, the perpe- another franchise player, Chris Bosh, Chicago Bulls, the Golden State trators deserve justice, but we cannot LAST WEEK, THE Toronto Raptors been one that has seen the organiza- well they lost him to greener pastures as Warriors. lose sight of the fact that we deserve become NBA Champions. You can for- tion rightfully described as a laughing- well. The less said about Andrea By the time the NBA Finals start- things like this, that do more bringing give any long time Raptors fans for re- stock, unfairly described as a laughing- Bargnani the better. Perhaps most hurt- ed, both Toronto and Canada were together than tearing apart. There is a reading that piece of news. For those stock, but never as a true NBA power- ful, was the way the team was perceived more than ready to show both the type of violence that runs around this who have been with the team since day house, even over the past few years over the last few years. Instead of facing NBA and its U.S. fans just how far bas- modern world of ours that sets out to one, it’s truly amazing to see. The short when they’ve occupied a legitimate ridicule for being absolutely terrible, it ketball had come up here. We The sow discord precisely in these shared history of Toronto’s NBA franchise has place in the upper echelon of the was criticized for not being able to beat North had long been the Raptors’ rally- social moments. It seeks to have people ing cry, but it felt like it took on even become further entrenched, isolated, [CATCH] by DON MCLEAN more meaning during the champi- fearful. We must do what we can to onship round. And, while it could get a show the strength required to make little tiresome hearing ESPN pundits sure this violence never wins. This CITY PLANNING UPENDED tell its audience roughly a thousand hardly means to forget the shooting, times that this franchise represented but rather to remember everything that more than just a city, but rather a coun- brought people together in the first BY PROVINCE try, there was some truth to it. The place and to find meaning in that. V IT “CAME OUT of nowhere”, changed thirteen statutes, and city departments and commenting agencies, consult with was pushed through the provincial legislature so fast that the public and then make a recommendation to council city staff could only tell councillors after the fact about the within the timeframes. And multiple developer proposals multiple problems it imposes. Dubbed by the Ford govern- will likely arrive at the same time. ment “the more homes, more choice act”, Bill 108 upends “We could have multiple 39.5 hectare applications all Hamilton’s downtown secondary plan, imposes severe chal- being submitted more or less simultaneously and then try- lenges for municipal efforts to rationally plan growth, and ing to figure out how to deal with all of those applications,” makes it more difficult to challenge new development. warned Hamilton’s chief planner Steve Robichaud. “We The winners appear to be land developers and speculators could have everybody applying individually and I think who have been given new rights to push for urban bound- that is what will happen. As soon as the first person comes ary expansions. Burlington’s mayor describes it as “welfare in, the rest will want to start piling on.” for developers” and an analysis by Environmental Defence Among many other changes “it means the matters that found it largely aligns with the requests made to the were worked out with community in terms of the down- province by the Ontario Home Builders Association. town secondary plan bonusing — that’s gone by the way- The legislation was introduced on May 2, with a com- side,” Robichaud told councillors. That’s partly because of ment deadline of June 1. It was finalized two days later and severe limits now placed on the inclusionary zoning that will likely be imposing planning nightmares by early July allows cities to require affordable units in new residential when city staff expect to be inundated with developer developments. These were demanded by citizens last year attempts to expand the urban boundary. and acceded to for the full downtown, but now will be lim- The legislation tears up the long–standing rule that ited to near LRT transit stops. only municipal governments can propose an urban bound- Councillor Whitehead asked staff if the province had ary expansion and only with detailed justifications.