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UBC Lot 6 Wesbrook Pl. development

16 Wednesday Feb 2022

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UPDATED: FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A development permit application has been received for a 16, 810 sq. m market housing development on Lot 6 at the corner of Birney Avenue and Ross Drive in Wesbrook Place. The application proposes a 16-storey apartment high-rise and 3-storey townhouses with 231 residential units….

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Another UBC development destroying our precious environment!!!

Public Engagement

A virtual public open house for this project is scheduled for February 17, 2022 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM. To register for this event please follow the link below. On the date of the event an email link to the meeting will be sent out. 

Registration Form

Please provide your comments or concerns using the online feedback form until February 24, 2022.

Feedback form

Development Permit Board

This project will be reviewed by the UBC Development Permit Board on March 9, 2022 at 5:00 PM. Details on attending the virtual meeting will be found here closer to the date.

Contact

Karen Russell

Manager, Development Services
(604) 822-1586

Chris Rarinca,June 1, 1953-May 3, 2021

05 Thursday Aug 2021

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Chris was the brilliant son of his parents in Bucarest,Romania, was an avid sailor and earned a degree inmicrobiology before moving to Ontario, Canada wherehe served as an IT expert for a large banking company.

He was also a fierce advocate for Democracy havingbeen raised in a Totalitarian country. While in Ontario,he observed the Wreck Beach battles to preserve notonly the beach, but the naturist life style there.

Thus, in1992, he re-located to Vancouver in order to help theWreck Beach Preservation Society (WBPS) in its effortsto save the beach physically from the many developmentthreats which included efforts to build a highway aroundPoint Grey and to ban nudity there, although one of theRCMP staffsergeants said that“trying to stopnudity at WreckBeach would havebeen like trying tostop the Titanicfrom sinking.

From 1992 to his death in 2021, Chris was a strongadvocate for the naturist life style and for preservingWreck Beach in as nearly a natural state as possible.

Chris served on many committees and workedassiduously with Judy Williams and the WBPS to lowerand alter the high rise student towers at UBC whichwould have destroyed the wilderness-like ambience ofWreck Beach had they been built as UBC originallyplanned!

Wreckers will perhaps best remember Chrisplaying dice in Billy’s “casino” wearing his trademarkTilly’s hat, listening to his music via headphones underhis blue umbrella.

Chris kept his battle with vertebralcancer private but he fought it quietly, with greatbravery. He was a smart, kind, loving and a close friendwho will be forever missed by Lisandre, Denise, Judy,and his Wreck Beach family. As requested, his asheswill be scattered at sea off Wreck Beach from GeoffGodding’s yacht on June 5, 2021.

LISTEN TO THE STILL(By Judy Williams for Chris ‘52nd Birthday)

Listen to the still when the tide is out low,The waves are quietly ebbing,The wind is softly sighing,And it will whisper secrets only you can hear.Listen to the still of early mornings, Of muted days when the sun just warms thegrey,When fog tendrils ghost over wet sandsWeekend crowds are far removed,And it will call to you.Listen to the still and it will weave you rainbowspells,Wrap you in gossamer wings,Sing you bird songs

And it will warm you as surely As the sun dissolves the fog.Listen to the still and years,And tears hence,It will enfold you as eternallyAs the sea…Years and Tears hence…Arms around you, Judy”Prepared by Judy and Denise

W.B.P.S. Annual meeting!

22 Thursday Apr 2021

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W.B.P.S. annual meeting is held on ZOOM due to pandemic.

Next date is May 20(The.) 6:00PM

Meeting ID: 885 6398 4423
Passcode: 616420

Please join as many people as possible.

Vernon Keith Hale

24 Tuesday Nov 2020

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Vernon Keith Hale
(April 28, 1948  to November 15, 2020)

Wreck Beach has lost another devoted naturist who valued Wreck Beach and its natural beauty, greatly. 

He often could be found in Billy’s “Casino” where he brought his young daughter, Naomi, whenever they had the time. 

Vern’s dry  sense of humour always shone through, but he was always there in times of trouble for the beach, his family and friends. 

Vern and his wife, Linda, were avid kayakers and combined their love of nature through their kayaking. 

If the measure of a man can be determined by the way he treats others, his family, friends and animals,  then Vern was a man for all seasons. 

Vernon would caution sun lovers to take protective measures against melanoma because his turned out to be a particularly aggressive kind which stole his life far too early. 

From Colorado to Nevada’s Burning Man to Hotsprings Cove and the Oregon Country Fair, Vern and his brother, Derek explored Naturist locations across North America.  

They were in the midst of restoring a homebuilt aircraft at Boundary Bay. He will be missed and we will hold a wreath-laying ceremony in the Spring.  Rest in peace, Vernon.

Wreck Beach during COVID-19 pandemic

27 Monday Apr 2020

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2020 season, Canada, COVID-19, Naturism, nudism, Vancouver, Wreck Beach

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Wreck Beach during COVID-19 pandemic

Wreck Beach is OPEN during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To keep our precious beach open, everybody needs to follow the rules below.

–  Maintaining social distance (2m/ 6ft.) is the most important thing to remember!

  • Trail 6 is only for Going Down.
  • Trail 4 and 7 are only for Going UP.

Metro Vancouver will monitor and manage visitor’s behaviour.
Inappropriate behaviour may course closuer of the beach.

–  Swim events are all cancelled at this stage.

–  We won’t have any legal venders during 2020 season.
Bring your foods and drinks… then, take your trash up the hill!

–  No summer events for 2020 season… unfortunately…

Always keep your social distance, then, enjoy the summer!!

 

Annual General Meeting of The Wreck Beach Preservation Society!

01 Monday Apr 2019

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Annual General Meeting of The Wreck Beach Preservation Society!

DATE: Thursday, May 23, 2019
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00P.M.

LOCATION: WEST AREA PARKS HEADQUARTERS Room130

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If you don’t find the place, please contact Judy @604 308 6336

Make Third Beach CLOTHING OPTIONAL!

20 Sunday Jan 2019

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Make Third Beach CLOTHING OPTIONAL!

Make Third-Beach Clothing Optional!

Make Third Beach CLOTHING OPTIONAL!

Many world-class cities accommodate clothing optional beach and park spaces for nude enjoyment.

Natural freedom and liberation from body-shaming are just two of the benefits.

Third Beach in Vancouver’s huge Stanley Park is the ideal spot.

If you agree, kindly sign the petition!

Sign here>>
 

WBPS agenda January 17(The.)

17 Thursday Jan 2019

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Meeting starts at 6PM.

Jamie and Darcy Strachan’s Passing

15 Tuesday Jan 2019

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The WBPS extends its condolences to not only Jamie and Darcy Strachan’s family but also to Jamie’s fiancee, Janine Poper, and to the entire beach community who knew and loved Jamie.

We couldn’t believe it on Moday, January 7 that both brothers had died of complications from the A-strain flu.

We were first notified of Jamie’s passing long distance by Stormin’ Norman and then from Presh the evening following his death.

(At the time, we weren’t aware that his brother, Darcy, had also died the same day. from the same flu)  We are all heartbroken.

A famous painter not yet having reached his pinnacle of perfection Jamie left us with so many reminders of his greatness as a beach person, loyal friend, father, dedicated, fun-loving musician, poet and artist.

He often volunteered his drumming for beach jams and celebrations of life as well as providing some of his equipment for the Wreck Beach Christmas party fundraisers.

Judy was so honoured to have had him paint her portrait and to have presented it to her as we were demonstrating to keep our bus stop at the top of Marine Drive and University Boulevard.

Each painting was better than the one before. It’s not often that a painter can teach himself to reach our innermost hearts.

It only goes to show that we must savour the beauty of life while we have it because, like a candle in the wind, it can blow out with even the slightest puff of breath. Be at peace, Jamie  as you re-unite with your  beloved little black and white bunny, Bun Bun, whom you loved so much.  The Family will announce celebration of life plans later and we will post them on the website.

Judy Williams and the WBPS

Juan Battistini’s Beach celebration of life!

26 Sunday Aug 2018

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We are going to have  Juan’s celebration of life tomorrow!

August 27(Mon.) 3 to 7:00PM

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