West coast goal Play with the Pros fundraiser Housing debate Studio 58 alumna has a role in In this week's Voice podcast, we the North American premiere \ Sm of The Ridiculous Darkness. PA aims to create training hub to explore recent modular housing support local players. P8 protests. langaravoice.ca PRODUCED BY LANGARA JOURNALISM STUDENTS | WWW.LANGARAVOICE.CA NOVEMBER 16, 2017 * VOL. 49 NO. 6 > VANCOUVER, B.C. Fire hall to go green Environmental goals include net-zero energy By ANA ROSE WALKEY Fe: Hall No. 17 is proposed to become the first net-zero energy fire hall in Canada. Located at Knight Street and East 55th Avenue in South Van- couver, the 62-year-old building is the oldest fire hall in Vancou- ver that has not been renewed or renovated according to its funding application. The fire hall, which is currently seismically unsafe, also doubles as a training facility, and currently doesn't meet department needs according to Tyler Moore, deputy chief of planning and tech- nical services at the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. Moore said this project will be beneficial for the environment. It is being designed to have two en- vironmental certifications: Passive House and Leadership in En- ergy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold. “It’s the first civic facility that you would see as you're entering into the Knight Street gateway into Vancouver, so it's a good opportu- nity to set the tone for City of Van- couver's goals,” Moore said. In order to be net-zero energy, the building will have to create the same amount of energy that the hall would use annually. Which will be achieved with photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of the hall ac- cording to Moore. Net-zero buildings reduce green- house gas emissions and support human health through the distri- bution of filtered air, according to Doug Smith, the director of the sustainability group with the City of Vancouver. “For homes, this improves overall health and for commercial build- ings, like Fire Hall 17, this improves productivity and reduces sick time,” Smith said. Marley Caesar, environmental scientist at Stantec, said net-zero is a good start for sustainability. “Net-zero, the way I understand it, doesn’t take into account all of the materials that go into building a new building over making due with an existing one,” Caesar said. t Fm. vr ea a {= Lal TSORRY BUS FULL sho Reva psTRA TT cHNOBI Le! Passengers at the Knight Street and SE Marine Drive stop wait for a bus that was running late, just for it to arrive and not be able to fit them on Nov. 15. (AURA BROUGHAM PHOTO The 100 bus is among top 10% for crowding By TREVOR NAULT rustrated commuters on the 100 bus route who ex- perience multiple pass ups shouldn't expect changes in service until September 2018, according to a spokesperson for TransLink. Although there was the biggest transportation up- grade in a decade over this summer, the 100 has yet to receive additional ser- vice, according Chris Bry- an, senior media relations advisor for TransLink. In August, the bus had one of its lowest pass up rates in 2017 with 388 pass up events, but then that number grew to 883 in September. Kaysha George, who works at the Lush manufacturing distribution centre, said she experiences pass ups or late buses almost every day. “I don't always get passed up. A lot of the time they just don't show up, or they’re like 25 minutes late,” she said. “Every day, after a long day at work, or groceries, I get to stand for 45 minutes, if I get on the bus.” minutes late.” —KAYSHA GEORGE DISTRIBUTION CENTRE Bryan said TransLink is aware of the problems with the 100, and that it is in the top 10 per cent of buses with overcrowding. “A lot of the time they just don't show up, or they're like 25 EMPLOYEE AT THE LUSH MANUFACTURING “The 100 22nd Street Station [to] Marpole Loop is one of the fastest- growing routes in the region,” said Bryan in an email. “Relief is on the way for the 100. In September 2018, we are adding an additional 1-2 trips per hour during the morn- ing and afternoon peak.” Mohammed Khan, a temporary worker with Labour Unlimited said TransLink needs to do something about service on the 100 before Sep- tember 2018. “That’s too late, we need them now. We need better service,” Khan said. “A lot of us in this area depend on the 100 to use the SkyTrain or to take a link from the Marpole area to continue on. What they need to do is add more buses to the 100 line.” Historic shipyard at risk Advocate group working to save Celtic Shipyards By BECCA CLARKSON ? Ghe birthplace of Vancou- ver’s ship repair and fishing industry is at risk of being sold, redeveloped and forgotten be- cause the industrial site from the 1800s hasn't been granted heritage status, according to local advocates. Celtic Shipyards was put on Heritage Vancouver's 2017 Top10 Watch List, because it’s currently for sale. The City of Vancouver is updating its heritage program for the first time since 1986 and the site's status is among hundreds to be reviewed in 2018. Marco D’Agostini, senior heri- tage planner for the City of Van- couver, said that the Celtic Ship- yards would need designation and protection from a heritage bylaw. “Having heritage status for a building only identifies it and pro- vides opportunities for receiving in- centives, like additional density or different types of uses, to encour- age the retention for the building,” said D’Agostini, who wouldn't say whether there are prospective buy- ers for the Celtic Shipyards. ‘The president of Heritage Van- couver, Javier Campos, advocates for preserving Vancouver's history when the buildings are being de- molished for housing. “They're not going to get as much revenue so [the city is] not going to be happy about it,” Campos said. He worries that the history of the fishing industry, as well as the Japa- nese families who were sent to in- ternment camps “will be forgotten and we'll have condos or something instead and we won't understand what was there in our history.” Roy Uyeda was born in the Celtic Cannery. Before the Second World War he was part of the Japanese community living at the shipyards, until they were sent to internment camps. “Tt was somewhat like the salmon returning to its birthplace,” said Uyeda about returning to the can- nery 12 years after his family was forced to leave in 1946. “To think that the site could be sold off, de- veloped...completely wiping out any vestige of that quaint little fish- ing hamlet of Celtic Cannery, is exasperatingly despairing.”