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Turning the blahs away

More outrage needed here’s an irony in knowing that public broadcasting matters to every Canadian — and especially every journalist — no matter how often you tune in, says CBC star Jo-Ann Roberts; it holds governments accountable, keeps citiDANIELLE zens informed and challenges POPE private media organizations to news@ an industry standard. mondaymag.com But while a growing number of young Canadians are giving up radios for iPods and TVs for MacBooks, the CBC has remained part of the country’s national identity for over 75 years. And despite annihilating funding cuts, that “public good� is exactly what Roberts, host of local CBC Radio show All Points West, will be talking about as UVic’s 2013 Harvey S. Southam guest lecturer in journalism and non-fiction. Roberts, with 35 years experience in radio, print and television, is UVic’s sixth Southam Lecturer and, in addition to teaching an advanced journalism class this semester, Roberts will be giving her open talk “Public broadcasting for the public good� on Wed., Jan. 30, 7:30pm at UVic’s Human Social Development building (Room 240). The event is free, and open to the community. “When you consider that 83 per cent of the media is owned privately, and mainly by three big corporations, that necessitates the need for public broadcasting,�

Roberts says. “I worry not that government will get rid of the CBC, but that it will simply underfund it. That makes the CBC just what most governments would rather have — a lapdog, instead of a watchdog.�

Last spring, the federal government announced severe cuts to CBC’s funding, equalling a loss of $115 million over three years. Though the cuts have devastated the corporation, Roberts says CBC is still setting a standard, for better or worse — as the CBC shrinks, so, in turn, do private media outlets. “We need to see Canadians take more responsibility for what they want,� she says. “Governments will listen, but you have to make yourselves heard ... sometimes we do need a little more outrage.�

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CALLING ALL PASSENGERS Attention Victorians and West Shorians: only one day left to have your say in a passenger ferry that may be coming your way.

The WestShore Chamber of Commerce (WSCC) is asking commuters to give feedback on a proposal that is examining the feasibility of a passenger commuter ferry connecting the West Shore with Victoria Harbour. While the WSCC began looking at the possibility last fall, the group is hoping to hear from the public by Jan. 25 through a brief survey. “This passenger ferry could really impact the lives of people who commute back and forth between the West Shore and downtown Victoria,� says Dan Spinner, WSCC CEO. “It is crucial to hear from people who might use the ferry as it could cut down their commute times, as well as reduce the amount of traffic congestion and vehicle emissions that occur in the ‘Colwood Crawl’.�

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Jo-Ann Roberts would like to see Canadians “a little more outraged� about the need for public broadcasting.

WHO DOESN’T LOVE EATING OUT? Victorians still have another month to wait until our city kicks off the dining frenzy better known as “Dine Around & Stay in Town� from Feb. 21 to March 10. But for those impatient foodies willing to hop a ferry, Vancouver kicked off its sister festival this last weekend with “Dine Out Vancouver� tempting Islanders over from Jan. 18 to Feb. 3.

The festival, now in its 11th year, is a city-wide celebration of eating out — approximately 240 restaurants and 24 hotels will partake in the event this year, with 68,000 patrons visiting Vancouver’s showcase in 2012. “This is a very local movement, but it’s also an attrative getaway for people living on the Island — we’re really not that far away,� says Lucas Pavan, festival coordinator for Dine Out Vancouver. “This is a great chance to experience the quality of influences in such a multicultural, culinary city.�

While Victoria’s growing event will turn 10 this year and promises to offer 60 participating downtown restaurants and 21 hotels, Vancouver’s version still holds the title of Canada’s largest restaurant festival, and allows diners to sample menus all for a prix fixe cost (price points are $18, $28 and $38 per person). Dine Out also features special hotel room rates and packages, plus a full menu of unique foodthemed events, seminars and activities.

Learn more or snag tickets in advance at dineoutvancouver.com. To wait and see what’s in store on the Island, visit tourismvictoria.com/dinearound. M

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THE HAYWIRES-Country classics and new chart toppers. 7pm at Eric Martin Theatre (2328 Trent, off Fort).

DEAN BRODY- Canadian country music crooner brings The Dirt Tour to the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121.

SAMPLES- Ben Samples creates and performs electronic dance music, including bass-heavy remixes of club and hip hop favorites, original glitch hop, soulful dub step, funky house or amalgamations of other styles. 8pm at Touch (751 View). $TBA. THE ADULTS-Geoff Lundstrom and Jason Cook provide a high-energy, groove-based party atmosphere at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift). (9-close, $5 after 9pm).

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TWO WORLDS INDIGENOUS MUSIC SHOWCASE -Bluesman (and actor) Gary Farmer, audio-visual collective Skookum Sound System and acoustic rock 'n' roll with Jasper.

8pm at Logan's Pub (1821 Cook). $12.

See story page 10.

THE CAVALEROS-A tribute to the king of rock 'n' roll. 4Unique retro instrumental rockabilly, surf and latin.

9pm at Bartholomew's Pub. No Cover.

ANNUAL CONCERTO CONCERT - Featuring soloists and winners of the UVic School of Music's concerto competition; Jiten Beairtso, violin; Sabrina Sun, flute; Daniel Jordan, piano; and Erin Ronningen, mezzo soprano. 8pm at University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. $17.50/13.50 at 250-721-8480 or auditorium.uvic. ca/tickets.

ALPHA YAYA DIALLO- Threetime Juno winning world beat music star brings his live show to UVic's University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 8pm. $30/15 at 250-7218480 or auditorium.uvic.ca.

MORGAN CHILDS QUARTET- The Victoria Jazz Society presents Morgan Childs with saxophonist Kelly Jefferson, pianist Dave Restivo and bassist Jon Maharaj. $18/15 at Ditch Records, Lyle's Place, Victoria Jazz Society office (no service charge) or rmts.bc.ca.

STARLIGHT POPS CHOIR- Presents Swinging on a Starlight, featuring music from Duke Ellington, Louis Prima, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mercer, George Gershwin and many more. 7:30pm at St. Aidan's United Church (3703 St. Aidans).

Also SUNDAY at 2:30pm. $20/18.

Cash only at the door or online at starlightpopschoir.com.

KOUSKOUS- Gary Cohen and Amber Woods bring exotic Middle Eastern rhythms, amusing parodies and folk songs in French, Landino, Hebrew and English. After open stage at 8pm at James Bay Coffee and Books (143 Menzies). By donation.

TECHCOWS- With Miami Nights 1984 spinning house all night at the Castle VideoBar and Nightclub (1900 Douglas). $10 before 11pm.

GEORGE COLLIGAN- The Art of the Trio presents New York and Portland based pianist George Colligan with bassist Sean Drabitt and drummer Kelby MacNayr. $20/18/15 at Allison Piano and Larsen Music. 8pm at Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View).

THE SARDINES - Mike Hann and Tyler Harvey play happy good-times music. $5 after 9pm at Canoe Brewpub (450 Swift).

SUN. JAN. 27 WHITEHORSE - Rockin' country blues with Danial Romano. 7pm at Upstairs Cabaret. $25.

KATE REID - Acoustic guitar, djembe, stand-The Victoria Folk Music Society presents singer, songwriter and activist Kate Reid. After the open stage at 7:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). $5.

CANUS HOT JAZZ- Hot band with smooth harmonies. 4pm at Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View). $12.

THE PHIL DWYER TRIO- U Jam begins its "Jazz at the Gallery" series with Vancouver Island Jazz genius Phil Dwyer. 2pm at AGGV (1040 Moss) in the Spencer Mansion. $30 at 250-384-4171.

STAGE THURS. JAN. 24 THAT FACE -Hard-hitting drama by Polly Stenham heats up Langham Court Theatre. Previews WED at 8pm (2 for $20), WED to SAT at 8pm and SAT at 2pm. TUESDAY is 2 for $30.

Until Feb. 2 at (805 Langham Court).

Tickets are $21/19 and are available at 250-384-2142 or langhamtheatre.ca.

See review at Mondaymag.com WINTERLAB-Intrepid Theatre presents an all new festival of innovative international theatre with six new works of indie theatre from Portland, Belgium, and the UK to the Metro Studio. Includes UK company Il Pixo Rosso's immersive video goggle theatrical experience, Belgian theatre star Vanessa Van Durme's monologue and the Fringe hit Grim and Fischer: A comedy in full face mask. Internationally renowned visual and performance artist Daniel Barrow presents three new performance works to coincide with an exhibition of his work at the AGGV. Looking for Love in the Hall of Mirrors and Thief of Mirrors, 8pm at Intrepid Theatre Club. $30/23/18. Festival pass $69 at 250-590-3261 or ticketrocket.org.

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SPEAKING IN TONGUES-This fascinating and erotic play from Australia pays homage to film noir.

Nine parallel lives – interlocked by four infidelities, one missing person and a mysterious stiletto – are woven through a series of fragmented confessionals where the lines between right and wrong become dangerously blurred. Runs TUES to SAT at 8pm, WED at 1pm, SAT at 4pm, SUN at 2pm at Belfry Theatre. Tickets $25-40 at 250-385-6815 or belfry.bc.ca.

FRI. JAN. 25 BRAND NEW BOOBIES BURLESQUE -New performers and seasoned performers performing new work starring a cast of Rosie Bitts' most recent graduates from the Learn to Love Your Jiggly Bitts series. 8:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). $15/20 at Garden of Eden or ngrvictoria.eventbrite.com.

SAT. JAN. 26 CONTRA DANCE - Join Victoria Contra Dance for an evening of song and dance featuring caller Doug Patterson and music by The Tradewells. Lesson at 7pm, dance at 7:30pm. Beginners welcome, no partner required. St. Matthias Church (600 Richmond). $8.

SUN. JAN.27 DERWIN BLANSHARD- Wes Borg hosts a talk-show style comedy show featuring special guests. 8pm at Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). $10/8.

NAKED GIRLS READING COMEDYOne of the most provocative literary series in the world starring Jett MaJique, Delilah D'lish and Rosie Bitts. 7:30pm at the Makehouse (833 Fort). $15/20 at Garden of Eden or ngrvictoria.eventbrite.com.

TUES. JAN. 28 SIN CITY -This clever cast of improvisors is back with the third season of the live improvised weekly serial, Bedlam-by-Sea, set in a pub-hotel in a quaint seaside English village. Completely improvised and continues over 21 weekly episodes.

Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad).

Tickets are $15/12, cash only at the door.

FILM SCREENINGS MOVIE MONDAY - Is screening People of a Feather, a portrait of the Inuit of Belcher Island who are challenged by changing environmental conditions affecting their traditional way of life. 6:30pm MONDAY in the 1900-block Fort. By donation. 595-FLIC. moviemonday.ca.

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IMAX FILM FESTIVAL -IMAX is having its second annual film festival through to Feb. 28. On offer are six films, either classics or new to Victoria, and interested patrons can buy single admissions or else a sixpack Festival Pass. The films include Sharks, Everest, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes. ★★★★ EVEREST -(6 pm) FIRES OF KUWAIT -(2 pm) JANE GOODALL'S WILD CHIMPANZEES -(10 am, 3 pm) â˜…â˜…â˜…Â˝ MYSTERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES -(1 pm) See review.

SHARKS -(11 am, 5 pm) ★★★★ SKYFALL -(7 pm) SUPER SPEEDWAY -(noon, 4 pm) OPEN CINEMA -presents In Organic We Trust, a documentary that explores the meaning of "organic" in a world where the truth often gets obscured by slick advertising and outright scams. WEDNESDAY, 7 pm, Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad.

CAFE SIMPATICO -screens The Coca Cola Case, a 2009 documentary that explores alleged cases of murder, abduction, and torture committed by the Coca Cola Company in Colombia and Guatemala in the 1980s and '90s.

FRIDAY, 8 pm, 1923 Fernwood.

COOK ST. ACTIVITY CENTRE -is screening James Russell's Resonance: Beings of Frequency, a documentary detailing the physical harm we suffer by living in a world throbbing with wireless frequencies and electrical pollution. SATURDAY, 7 pm, 380 Cook.

CINECENTA Cinecenta at UVic screens its films in the Student Union Building. Info: 7218365. cinecenta.com.

BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY -(Wed.-Thurs., Jan. 23-24: 6:00/8:00/10:00) This classic comedy series from the 1980s stars Michael J. Fox as a time traveller having some very weird experiences, from the 1950s to the Wild West. â˜…â˜…Â˝ KILLING THEM SOFTLY -(Fri.-Sat., Jan. 25-26: 3:00, 7:10, 9:10) Brad Pitt plays a hitman who gets called in after some dumb guys rob a Mob-protected card game and an example has to be made. Co-starring Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, and James Gandolfini. Despite some fine performances, this is a nasty and overly violent film with a very heavy-handed "message" about how gangsters are just another variant of American business. ★★★ WRECK–IT RALPH -(Sat.Sun., Jan. 26-27: 1:00 matinee) John C. Reilly provides the voice for a video-game villain who tires of being a bad guy and sets out on a quest that throws an entire video arcade into chaos. This occasionally-inspired animation lark includes the voices of Sarah Silverman and Jane Lynch. ★★★ STORIES WE TELL -(Sun., Jan. 27: 3:00, 7:00, 9:10 & Mon.-Thurs., Jan. 28-31: 7:00, 9:10) The latest from actor-turned-director Sarah Polley is an intriguing and much-lauded documentary that explores the repercussions throughout her family when Polley discovers that her "dad" is not her biological father.

Polley's effort to uncover the truth is documented via extensive interviews with family members and friends. I'm not sure this is much more than an intellectualized home movie but it is rarely less than fascinating.

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CONTENTS VOL. 39, NO. 04 Jan. 24 - 30, 2012

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FOOD & DRINK - PAM GRANT

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MONDAY GUIDE

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CITY WATCHDOG

CITYSOMETHING Two Worlds: Indigenous Media and Performance Festival at the Royal BC Museum celebrates the meeting of tradition and technology through the works of First Nations artists.

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“Miracles are simply these tiny shifts in perception,” says author Gabrielle Bernstein.

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STREET SMARTS What is your definition of a miracle?

KIERAN REPORT

Myths plague raw log export dilemma n their ongoing effort to differentiate Premier Christy Clark, the jobs diva, from NDP leader Adrian Dix, the jobs killer, the Liberals have primed the pump for BRIAN a renewed coastal KIERAN resource battle over bkieran@ raw log exports. mondaymag.com The launch pad for this made-forelections gambit was this month’s Truck Loggers Association bun toss where Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced increased harvesting activity on the coast through the auction of an additional 500,000 cubic metres by BC Timber Sales.

Always keen to straddle the fence with both ears on the ground and aware that most coastal voters are upset with the level of raw log exports, the government also announced a 20-per-cent fee increase for raw logs based on the difference between the domestic and export prices of timber.

The Liberals launched the review of the province’s log export policies in July 2011. In the previous year more logs had been shipped to China from B.C.

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than in all of the preceding two decades.

However, when you burrow down into this complex issue it becomes apparent that Thomson’s pre-election fixes barely rise to the level of tinkering.

Like many coastal residents, I have fallen prey to the myth that there is a direct correlation between the volume of logs exported and sawmill jobs lost. This is a myth abetted by the New Democrats, who will significantly curtail log exports if elected, and by their union brothers and sisters and their ENGO partners (environmental non-governmental organizations).

As complex as this issue is, I have seen glimmers of clarity in a 2006 government study conducted by former Forestry Deputy Minister Don Wright and Cobble Hill-based forester Bill Dumont. For reasons that do not escape me this report had been archived while the Liberals embarked on the new review that set the stage for this month’s cosmetics. Simply put, the Wright/Dumont report calls for bold sectoral reforms that challenge the appetite of the Liberals — and the NDP for that matter — to embrace arduous policy reform.

In the study “Generating More Wealth from British Columbia’s Timber: A Review of British Columbia’s Log Export Policies” the two experts stated: “Log exports are primarily a symptom, not a cause, of

Anything that seems unattainable, but turns out to be so.

the economic problems facing the coast industry. The pressure to export logs and the level of log exports, have historically risen and fallen with the fortunes of the coast forest industry.

“The distinction between log exports as a symptom rather than a cause is an important one. A mistaken diagnosis of log exports as the cause of the industry’s problems would lead to prescriptions that are unhelpful, if not outright damaging.”

The key issue in the Coast Forest Region is the economics of processing hemlock and balsam. A very large share of that inventory is uneconomic to harvest under current conditions, the experts said. “Unless some way is found to make the hemlock and balsam resource more valuable, it is inevitable that the Annual Allowable Cut will be reduced significantly and harvesting activity in large parts of the coast and northern transition zone will cease.”

Wright and Dumont called for the reestablishment of a globally competitive coast manufacturing sector that includes establishing a level playing field with competitors in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

Had the government embarked on such an ambitious strategy in December 2006 when the study was submitted, we might not be having such an acrimonious and flawed debate today about raw logs.

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SAMUEL SHUBERTHARBISON, Victoria

It’s looking at something with fresh eyes; it’s surprising and serendipitous.

GERRI THORNSTEINSON, Victoria

It’s when something you wouldn’t think happens, does.

RYANN SALIK, Victoria

I’m not religious, so I don’t really believe in miracles.

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IAN MCCALL, Victoria

It’s time to exorcise our street demons or most of us, walking the streets of The Capital is far from a politically significant experience.

However, woven into our city’s fabric and reflected on its streets is a history that is anything but neutral. We walk down Begbie Street without thinking of Matthew Begbie’s penchant for sentencing indigenous people to hang, or his role SIMON in the smallpox epidemic that decimated NATTRASS peoples across the province. We forget the snattrass@ namesake of Trutch Street’s unmasked mondaymag.com hatred for indigenous peoples and his crusade to rob them of the few rights left to them by his predecessors. We wander down Sutlej Street without recalling the role of the HMS Sutlej in the 1864 massacre of an entire village in Clayoquot Sound. We happily reduce the act of honouring bigots and thieves to a matter of course.

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lence kept alive in these names, and to lobby municipal governments to change some of those names.

Taking a lead role in the campaign is Kevin Paul, a member of the WSÃ, NEC nation who has dedicated much of his life to studying the language and history attached to this region. For Paul, new street signs are not the end of this story.

“I think there’s a need to start digging into the original history of this place, and these things give that opportunity.”

For Paul, learning our history is one of the first steps toward healing the divide between indigenous and settler communities. “Entire lives have begun and ended in other people’s territories without ever knowing the history of the place. History didn’t start when Europeans landed here, it started a long time before that — it’s still going on for me.”

We remember in painful detail the colonist’s side of history. We remember the names of crew members on the HMS Sutlej, its tours of the Pacific, the details of its construction; we forget the hundreds of innocent people who died at the hands of its crew.

Every day we honour and celebrate our demons by naming streets, mountains, parks, and institutions for the ghosts of our bitter past. M

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Miracle Minded SPEAKER CHALLENGES VICTORIANS TO CLEANSE THEIR FEAR

n 2005, Gabrielle Bernstein reached her turning point. She was running a public relations business out of New York City — hardly a bottom-end gig — but she had bottomed out in her life. For all her “successes” in work and relationships, she was unhappy, unfulfilled and didn’t know what she wasn’t doing right.

“I realized there had to be a better way to perceive things,” Bernstein tells Monday. “And that’s when I really began a very steadfast spiritual practice … that’s when I made a shift.”

Bernstein is now a New York Times bestselling author, world speaker and has been hailed as the new spiritual role model for 30-somethings. She also believes in miracles.

“Miracles are simply these tiny shifts in perception, when we take fear and see it DANIELLE POPE from a loving perspective,” she says. “They’re nothing news@mondaymag.com major, they’re just subtle adjustments, but they change your whole life.”

Bernstein will be bringing her brand of enlightenment to the kickoff of the first-ever Victoria Yoga Conference on Feb. 1, 6pm, at the Victoria Conference Centre. The event was forged this year to feed a growing hunger in the community for greater authenticity and meaning — two things Bernstein has become an expert on in the last eight years of her practice. And through the simple act of “willingness,” Bernstein says anyone can find the same.

“It’s a lot more simple than we make it seem,” Bernstein said recently on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday. “Just be willing, and books will literally fall off the shelf in front of you. The second you say ‘I am willing,’ what you need will be given.”

The trick then, Bernstein says, is to pay attention to the assignments — don’t pretend like nothing happened when that book fell off the shelf — and, show up for the assignment.

“Sometimes when we are waking up to spirituality, that’s when it seems like everything is falling apart. And those are the moments we work. Those are not the moments when we drink, or go back to the addiction. Those are the moments we get to work,” she told Oprah. “Everything comes up so it can be healed.”

In her own effort to heal and help others do the same, Bernstein has just released her newest book, May Cause Miracles: a 40-day guidebook of subtle shifts for radical change and unlimited happiness. The book encourages readers to make tiny moves that will confront their fears and investigate the root causes in order to adjust all aspects of life: relationships, body image, finance and more.

Bernstein’s spunky voice is targeting her core audience — “young professional women working long hours in cubicles for small compensation, suffering from a lack of life/work balance and searching for something more” — yet the book has hit the New York Times bestseller list for two weeks straight, and

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While Bernstein makes inner peace look almost too easy, she’s quick to disagree.

“I’ll be straight up with you: choosing loving thoughts over fearful delusions was a tough transition at first,” she writes in the preface of her newest book. “It seems easy — who doesn’t want to trade in fear for love? But giving up fear is like giving up sugar: they’re both sneaky ingredients that hide out in almost everything.”

The 33-year-old New York native wasn’t always so sublime.

Bernstein struggled with overeating and anxiety through her early years, then morphed into a “party girl” who realized at 25 that “fabulous shoes and the club scene were not enough.”

Bernstein devoted herself to any spiritual book she could get her hands on, and gave up her publicist job for one of life coaching and public speaking. Soon after, she penned her first two bestselling books, Spirit Junkie and Add More ~Ing to Your Life. Next, Bernstein says she is aiming to become a Kundalini yoga teacher, since yoga is what she considers to be one of the best forms of self-care.

“I once was not a very happy girl. I was looking for happiness in all the wrong places. I was afraid to wake up in the morning, I was afraid to start another day. Luckily for me, I had an inner voice that continuously said there has to be a better way. Unconsciously, I was asking for a miracle.”

Bernstein’s miracle came, little by little. Her dedication helped her understand and slowly let go of her addictions to romance, drugs, work and food and start replacing them with forgiveness rather than resentment. In her newest 40-day guidebook, she speaks of the importance of restructuring the brain — while 40 days has mythical and biblical significance, science has shown 40 days is also the time it takes the brain to form neural pathways: one of the reasons habits are so challenging to break.

For a real “fear-cleanse,” Bernstein used her own experience to break each of the six weeks into digestible daily assignments of spiritual progress.

“Fear is what holds us back from everything. It keeps us small and weak, and it takes away our power,” she says.

“Though fear is not something to get rid of either. We just have to learn how to experience it differently. For a lot of people, fear runs the show. But if we learn how to look at that fear with love and compassion, we take our control back.”

How can people know when they are in need of a fear cleanse? Bernstein says when you come to a point in your life when you realize: “this isn’t working.”

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“We get in our own way, and so often it’s our belief systems that hold us back: ‘How dare I ask for that raise,’ or ‘How dare I think I’m as good as that person.’ Sometimes, we’re afraid to be great ... But however we got there, these beliefs run so deep that we don’t always know we are thinking them,” she says.

Bernstein is a big promoter of the idea of “unlimited happiness.” While she says many people believe you can’t be happy all the time, she, personally, disagrees.

“Being happy doesn’t mean you don’t have bad experiences — it means you know how to handle those experiences with grace, and you intuitively know how to work through anything,” she says. “Yes, you can have what it is you desire.

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Bring your appetite, because he will demonstrate how quick and simple seafood is to prepare with a menu featuring poached prawns, oysters classic shallot mignonette and fresh mayonnaise, braised crab with tomato, chili and garlic with crostini and mussels steamed in kaffir lime-infused coconut milk, lemon grass, galangal and nam pla. Tickets are $90.

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Zap Thai ap Thai is a postagestamp restaurant in an equally tiny Esquimalt strip mall that you may well have driven past without ever realizing it was there. There’s nothing undersized about the flavours though. er Chef Lek Kitlzer learned her n her craft in Thailand, working in er mother mother’s restaurant — and her taught her well. Step over the threshold aurant festooned into this pleasantly kitchy restaurant BARBEQUE PORK WITH PLUM SAUCE with string lights, curios and pictures of Thai royalty and aromas instantly transport you to the other side of the less about a couple of dollars “Just stick your globe. Thai cuisine at its best is a when it comes to this kind of fork in your fragrant and delicate balancing act food, and portions are genermouth, close your of bitter, hot, sour, sweet and salty ous. Just stick your fork in your eyes, and for a notes. Unlike some Thai restaurants mouth, close your eyes, and moment, you could where many dishes taste much the for a moment, you could be in be in Bangkok.” same, flavours here are carefully Bangkok. crafted, allowing each dish to hold It’s hard to bypass favourites, its own. Further, though she will happily (and and I definitely have some here: barbecued accurately) customize custo heat levels, Lek simply chicken infused with lemongrass, coriander, re refuses to Westernize dishes, so garlic and pepper, tender orange beef with if she s can’t get what she needs to crunchy baby corn, celery, carrots and pepmak make it, you won’t find it on the pers, delicately spiced chicken satay with menu menu. (Perhaps the reason, prices sweetened vinegar dip and peanut sauce, and are a littl little higher here.) I could care Continued on next page

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It’s always worth checking the specials here, which currently feature seafood phad Thai, papaya salads, prawns with mango, Panaeng curries thickened with peanut sauce and a hint of coconut milk with scallops or wild salmon, and one dish that immediately went on the list during our last visit: fried rice with duck and cashews. We picked a few things from the regular menu (divided into soups, salads, noodles, rice dishes, seafood and meat dishes with plenty of choice for vegetarians) devouring skewers of tender grilled pork flavoured with fish sauce, soy sauce, palm and cane sugars; prawns and vermicelli noodles flash fried with yellow curry powder, and chicken and vegetables in a dark caramel and ginger sauce.

If you want a quick lunch for under $10, you can stuff yourself with red chicken curry with rice, ginger chicken, chicken phad Thai or bbq chicken served with spring roll and soup for under $10.

Or drop by Fridays for the popular all-you-can-eat buffet, which recently offered red curry chicken, wonton soup, BBQ chicken, vegetarian phad Thai spring rolls. Try anything really — you won’t be disappointed.

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o, it’s been a few weeks since those New Year’s resolutions, the most popular of which is typically a solemn vow to get in better shape. I’m betting that is a far more successful idea in Australia where it’s summer on Jan. 1. Who wants to go for a walk in this weather, let alone make a commitment to do it every single day?

MATCHA - GREEN TEA Salads with steamed fish? You must be joking. This is the season for which comfort food was invented.

Still, many of us overindulge in any number of gustatory and alcoholic diversions in the month of December, making January as good a time as any to start undoing the damage this causes. One simple thing you can do is buy a bag of matcha tea and add it to your daily routine.

Available in specialty tea shops, Asian grocery stores and the occasional deli, Matcha is powdered green tea the colour of pistachios. Originally imported from China by Zen monks and used in formal tea ceremonies in Japan, it is currently being guzzled by North Americans as well. Why? The antioxidant properties are significant. Oxidation is a normal chemical process for the human body, but when it is disrupted by things like stress, tobacco, alcohol, lack of sleep and more, the development of free radicals (the molecular equivalent of junk mail) results in the potential to damage every cell in your body.

This can lead to the onset of things you don’t want like diabetes and coronary disease. Antioxidants are believed to significantly slow or prevent the oxidative process and may also improve your immune system, thereby lowering your risk of infection and cancer. Anti-aging benefits, elevated moods, increased energy and metabolism, lower LDL cholesterol, lower blood pressure and more have also been attributed to Matcha. No wonder the Zen priest and Matcha fan, Eisai, began his revered tea book with the sentence: “Tea is the ultimate mental and medical remedy and has the ability to make one’s life more full and complete.”

Though a diet rich in whole grains, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables can supply all the antioxidants your body needs, we can all use a little boost from time to time. You’ve probably heard that green tea is better for you than coffee, but that doesn’t mean you have to switch. Just add an espresso-sized cup to your daily routine — a 1/4 tsp of this bright green powder is the equivalent of more than a dozen cups of green tea, which is handy if you don’t care for the taste.

Plus, it has 70 times the anti-oxidants found in oranges, nine times the beta-carotene that spinach offers, vitamins A,B, C, E and K and various minerals. You can cook with it too — ice cream, cakes, mochi and more — but for optimum benefits, stick with the beverage. M

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TWO WORLDS: INDIGENOUS MEDIA AND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL kookum Sound System promises to take you on a unique, danceable journey through First Nations culture this weekend, making its Victoria debut with two shows at two local venues.

The four-member audio-visual collective will be in Victoria to take part in Two Worlds: Indigenous Media and Performance Festival at the Royal BC Museum Jan. 26 and 27. The festival celebrates the meeting of tradition and technology through the works of First Nations artists.

Fronted by singer Csetkwe (Meaghan Fortier), Skookum Sound System has a team of DJs/producers (Deano [Dean Hunt] and Impossible Nothing), accompanied by video artist Amphibian 14 (Braken Hanuse Corlett) presenting a “Skookum� light show that projects images of beautiful First Nations artwork on the walls of their performance spaces.

Skookum Sound System was birthed when DJ Deano was asked to spin at the inaugural Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival. He approached the other members suggesting they appear together. That was almost two years ago and the System is enthusiastically looking forward to a schedule that will see it perform around B.C. this year and lead workshops with youth on how to create and record electronic music.

Working with youth is something Dean never thought of doing until they were asked. He says he is looking forward to the opportunity and hopes to inspire First Nations youth in a positive way.

If you listen carefully, you may recognize the sounds of nature expertly dropped on a track — a raven, an eagle or even crickets add to the finished product. It is when creating music that DJ Deano feels the influence of his

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ancestors the most — almost as if they are giving him a nod of approval. His DJ mixes are a blend of contemporary mainstream music complementing traditional aboriginal voices and drums.

These soundscapes, he says, can start off with “a little trip hop, peppered with some big bass then amped up to a dance sound.�

Chris O’Connor, the schools and family team leader at the Royal BC Museum, sees the festival as an opportunity to “highlight the vibrancy of The First Peoples Gallery at the RBCM and of contemporary First Nations culture in B.C. The First Peoples Gallery is a large component of the RBCM and this is part of a new and exciting approach to that gallery space.�

The festival kicks off Fri., Jan. 25 at Logan’s Pub (1821 Cook) with performances by actor and bluesman Gary Farmer (New Mexico), Skookum Sound System, and accoustic rock with Jasper (Six Nations, Ont.). 9pm. $12 at the door.

Throughout the afternoon of Sat., Jan. 26, MediaNet and the Royal BC Museum team up to present a film festival featuring seven video works

by Canadian Indigenous artists screening in the First Nations Gallery from 1-5pm (free with admission).

The main event features dance, spoken word, music and video projection with Victoria’s poet laureate Janet Marie Rogers, Peter Morin, Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Skookum Sound System) and Robyn Kruger. $20.15 (members), $22.40 (non-members) at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

As part of RBCM’s Wonder Sunday, films by Indigenous youth will be screened in the First Nations Gallery from 1-3pm, Sun., Jan 27 (included with admission).

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IMAX pulls on the hip waders FILM FEST EXPLORES THE GREAT LAKES, SHARKS AND MORE

By Robert Moyes arts@mondaymag.com

he Great Lakes and their 10,000 miles of coastline comprise 20 per cent of the world’s fresh water and are one of the Earth’s most important ecosystems. And with so much natural and human history attached to this unique area it was inevitable that IMAX would pull on its hip waders and go exploring. The resulting Mysteries of the Great Lakes combines spectacular wildlife and underwater photography with CGI geological reenactments to tell a fascinating tale 160 million years in the making.

The main storyline focuses on a marine biologist who has devoted the last 20 years to studying the sturgeon. Once the dominant species in the Lakes, these massive, dinosaur-era fish are now nearly extinct and the biologist is part of an elaborate program to save them. That effort is movingly contrasted with archival footage that details our sad history of polluting these immense inland seas with shocking quantities of industrial poisons.

Alongside affecting portraits of nesting eagles, and rare footage of the woodland caribou who populated the remote Slate Islands by swimming there a century ago, Mysteries also shows human interaction with the Great Lakes. Aside from providing drinking water for millions of people, the Lakes generate immense amounts of electricity and also serve as an invaluable commercial shipping conduit (referred to by some mariners as “Highway H2O”). Narrated by Gordon Pinsent and featuring music by Gordon Lightfoot, Mysteries is a fascinating and touching reminder of nature’s greatness . . . and its vulnerability.

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ARNOLD SAID HE’D BE BACK ecently terminated as both governor and husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in front of the cameras doing what he does best: grinding his vowels with a teutonic growl and blowing holes in bad guys. Welcome to The Last Stand, a western-style shootem-up where Arnie plays Ray Owens, the past-his-prime sheriff of Summerton Junction, a pokey town on the Arizona-Mexico border.

Although he used to be an elite drug-squad cop in L.A., for years Ray has done nothing more than hand out parking tickets. Suddenly, he finds himself in the path of Gabriel Cortez, the murderous boss of a Mexican drug cartel who has just escaped custody in Las Vegas and is barreling towards Summerton at 200 miles an hour with plans to hightail it across the border to freedom.

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around the outskirts of Summerton and building an “assault bridge” that will help Cortez breach the narrow canyon that marks the border, and the small crew of inexperienced deputies huddled behind Ray and worrying how nasty it will get.

Although Arnie takes a stand, the movie itself doesn’t: the tone shifts like Jell-O in an earthquake, with the somber acknowledgement of the death of a young deputy quickly followed

by Yee-ha! antics and jokey violence. Even the direction by Korean action stylist Jee-woon Kim wobbles, ranging from slick and inventive car chases to badly orchestrated gun battles. And the scene where the FBI boss (Forest Whitaker) finally meets the sheriff he so patronizingly underestimated is a fizzle. Still, gruff old Arnie, nicely aged and weathered, has enough gravitas to make this a ride worth taking. M

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As Charles Schultz once said, “Life is like a 10 speed bicycle – most of us have gears we never use.”

about everything (including sex). It will also make you much more assertive about claiming your rights, especially regarding shared property, inheritances and anything you own jointly with others. When you consider that this energy hasn’t been available to you for about two years, you might get a better idea of how strong it’s going to be. This is also why conflicts with others about shared property are likely. It’s also why you might be considerably friendlier with your main squeeze. (“Tonight I’ll be the maid.”)

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ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19 It’s a popular time hanging out with creative types, as well as younger people. And during this time, fiery Mars is “hiding” in your chart.

Verrrry interesting. Mars is your ruler and Mars is aggressive, even militant. If Mars is hiding in your chart, it’s stirring up something within you that is subconscious. Whatever you do now might be undermined by strange behaviour patterns that come out of nowhere. (“Whaaaat?”)

Actually, this is an opportunity to observe those little self-defeating acts that plague us all. You don’t have to confront others; you have to confront yourself. “On guard! Who goes there?” (“It is I, your subconscious, the trickster!”)

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20 Although you’re high viz., fiery Mars now compels you to define your goals and decide how to go after them. It’s forward thinking, i.e. what do you do today for the dream you want to achieve tomorrow? It urges you to embrace teamwork, but this will be tricky. Why? Mars is strongly associated with your ego, which means you want the credit for everything you do. But this is not always easy when you lend your efforts to a group.

Teamwork is about getting things done together and not analyzing how much each person is helping. Physical activities with others, especially competitive, will be personally gratifying. In the next six weeks, you will best achieve your goals by working with others.

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 20 It’s been two years since Mars was at the top of your chart. Feels good, doesn’t it? Mars likes to ride high because Mars is an ambitious planet, which is why it arouses your ambition. You will easily take the initiative and work independently to achieve what you want. If you are coming on strong with parents, bosses and authority figures, they’ll feel threatened. (This could also create conflict with co-workers.) Just do your own thing unless something important is at stake. One of the things you want to do is travel and explore opportunities in publishing, the media, medicine, the law and higher education because you want to expand your world.

CANCER JUNE 21-JULY 22 In the next six weeks, fiery Mars will stimulate your desire for creative, intellectual work. You’ll love discussing profound subjects. You might meet a teacher who influences you or you might embrace a new way of looking at life. You might also defend your beliefs. (Be careful about coercing others into agreeing with you.) A fun expression of this Mars energy will be increased travel and a chance to learn something new and different. You might also pursue opportunities in publishing, the media, medicine and the law. If you have a chance to study a language or ethnic cooking or learn about a foreign country, you’ll love it.

SCORPIO OCT 23-NOV 21 In the next six weeks, things couldn’t be better if you play hockey. Fiery Mars will rev your sense of competition to make you want to win, win, win! If you don’t have skates in your closet, fear not because Mars will also make you want to have fun, fun, fun! The next six weeks are not about self-denial. Oh no. They’re about romance, vacations, fun social diversions, sports events, playful times with children, the arts, the theatre and amusing pleasure. The only downside is it could promote conflict with children. Try to be lighter when dealing with your kids because after all, you’re having all this fun anyway. Right?

SAGITTARIUS NOV 22- DEC 21 The fiery energy of Mars will virtually (and perhaps literally) sweep your home with increased activity and chaos. The likelihood of renovations and redecorating projects will be high because you’re on a mission.

You want to transform your digs into something exciting, fresh and original. Some of this whirlwind activity could be due to visiting guests.

Therefore, stock the fridge with good food and drink for the next two months. Regretfully, some of this energy could translate into conflict with family members. Well, you can either be part of the problem or part of the solution. What’s it going to be?

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19 In the next few months, all your communications with others will be unusually assertive, direct and persuasive. You will mean what you say and say what you mean. (And others will have no doubt about it.)

Naturally, this bodes well if you need to be an aggressive communicator.

If you act, teach, market, sell or perhaps train animals, this is wonderful!

But do keep in mind that you might be coming on a bit strong with everyday contacts and friends because you easily identify with your beliefs now. (Which makes it easy to go off half-cocked.) To put it mildly, you have no trouble defending your ideas. Just be gentle with the little people.

AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Mars rules aggression, assertiveness and your muscles. It is also strongly linked with your ego. In the next two months, it will be highlighting and juicing everything to do with finances for your sign. We’re talking how you earn your money, how you spend your money and the activity of your cash flow in general. Certainly, you will work very hard to earn money, and you will work equally as hard to spend it. You will also identify strongly with whatever you own and will talk up the advantages of your particular possessions, convincing others that they should own something similar. Or if someone wants to borrow what you own, you won’t want to part with it. Get the picture?

PISCES FEB 19-MARCH 20 Well, it’s all about you, dear Pisces, because Mars is now in your sign for the first time since March 2011, super-energizing you for the next two months. (Of course, you can use this infusion of energy.) To begin with, it’s an indicator there will be more activity in your life. As you work harder and make more contacts around you it generates an accelerated pace with everything. Because your physical level of energy is high, not only will you accomplish more than usual, you will assert yourself with others. Oops. Yes, if you’re insensitive, problems will ensue. But who could be more sensitive than a Pisces? That’s why there is probably no cause for concern. Consider the next few months a chance to show the world what you can really do..

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VIRGO AUG 23-SEPT 22 When Mars moves through the 12 signs, it can be easy or tough. I’m not going to sugarcoat it: This placement of Mars is challenging because it’s opposite your sign. So what happens when a fiery warrior confronts you head on? Exactly.

Your guard is up. You are distrustful and wary. Hey, you’re not exactly laid back with smiles and open arms. So yes, you can expect confrontations with friends and partners but know this — in large measure, you are generating the friction because you feel impatient with others. So if you can rein in your value judgments, and act kindly to others, and be patient and tolerant, this is not such a big deal.

(Forewarned is forearmed.)

LIBRA SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 This particular visit of Mars for the next six weeks will help you because it revs up your energy to work. Suddenly, you’re gung ho to get organized at work and at home. You’ll want everything in its place and you’ll love developing organizational systems – catalogues, cupboards, or reorganizing your kitchen or your computer. You will definitely take pride in your work. And Lord knows you’ve got the energy! The only downside is you won’t be a team player. Mars always wants credit for what it does because Mars is associated with one’s ego. Best to work alone if you can.

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WED. JAN. 30

WINTER BIRDS OF ISLAND VIEW BEACH - Island View Beach is one of the premiere winter birding locations in the region. Join a CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist to look for hawks, owls, sea ducks, loons and more. Wear warm clothes and bring binoculars if you have them. 9-11am at Island View Beach Regional Park (picnic shelter). Free. 250-478-3344.

ELVIS THE ELK IS BACK - See the command performance as Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary celebrates all things deer related. In addition to Elvis performing his new hit, ‘Don’t Mess Around with an Elk in Rut’, partake in Deer Bingo, deer crafts, deer games, a bunch of touchable deer stuff and a chance to learn which of BC’s deer make it Vancouver Island and which ones don’t. Noon-3pm at the Swan Lake Nature House (3873 Swan Lake).

By donation. 250-479-0211.

PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLIC GOOD - Making the case for the CBC. Join "All Points West" host and journalist veteran Jo-Ann Roberts for a public talk on public broadcasting. 7:30pm at UVic's Human & Social Development Building (Room A240). Free, parking $2.25. 250-721-6222.

TUES. JAN. 29 SCRABBLE NIGHT - Bring a board game and a friend, or play on the in-house boards and find an opponent there. TUESDAYS 6:30-9pm at James Bay Coffee & Books. Free.

250-386-4700.

WORDS THURS. JAN. 24 NEIL BURTON AND THE HISTORIC DEBATE ON CHINA'S FUTURE - Hear Echoes from the Past to the Present with Canadian teacher, editor and activist Neil Burton. 7-9pm at UVic's Fraser Building (Room 159, 3800 Finnerty). Free. 250-721-7020.

WRITER'S GROUP - Weekly drop-in with sessions including peer support, story sharing, guest speakers and more. THURSDAYS 10am-noon at Esquimalt Recreation Centre (527 Fraser). $2/free with rec membership.

250-412-8500, esquimalt.ca.

FRI. JAN. 25 STITCHING PARLOUR - Learn more about the craft you love. 4pm-8pm at The MakeHouse (833 1/2 Fort). Drop in $10 per hour. 778-432-2294.

PLANET EARTH POETRY Celebrate the launch of two chapbooks out of Ocean Wilderness retreats with Patrick Lane, after open mic. 7pm at The Moka House (1633 Hillside). $3. planetearthpoetry@ gmail.com.

SUN. JAN. 27 FREESKOOL - From re-wilding to animal liberation and eco-defense, what is Green Anarchy in practice?

Learn it all. 6:30pm at Camas Books and Infoshop (2620 Quadra). Free.

250-381-0585.

MON. JAN. 28 THINK, SPEAK, ACT TO INSPIRE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION - Explore language literacy that will create ease in your connections and expand your understanding of how to take the power out of bullying experiences.

Become your own spontaneous mediator in difficult situations. Second of six sessions. To Feb. 18 MONDAYS 7-9pm at Monterey Activity Centre (1442 Monterey). $90. 250-370-7300.

WED. JAN. 30 CITIZENSHIP 101 - Victoria Immigrant Refugee Centre Society (VIRCS) will launch Citizenship 101, a free and interactive learning experience that prepares newcomers for Canadian citizenship. We are also looking for mentors and participants for the program. WEDNESDAYS to April 10, 6-7pm at Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre (637 Bay). Free.

250-361-9433, keri@vircs.bc.ca.

SCRIPTURE STUDIES - Join Catholic Chaplain Fr Dean Henderson for guided study. All welcome.

WEDNESDAYS 4:30-6pm at UVic Multifaith Services Centre (Ring Road, next to UVic Bookstore and bus terminal). Free. 250-721-8339, catholic@uvic.ca.

LEARN TO MEDITATE THE ROSARY - Experience the power of the ancient Catholic tradition of the Rosary: and you don’t have to be Catholic to meditate or pray the Rosary. Free distribution of rosaries with pamphlets to explain the practice. All welcome. WEDNESDAYS 5-6pm at UVic Interfaith Chapel (Ring Road). Free. 250-721-8339, catholic@ uvic.ca.

GALLERIES FRI. JAN. 25 DELUGE CONTEMPORARY ART - See Crystal Palace Blue Republic from Peter Sloterdijk’s Im Weltinennenraum des Kapitals.

Opening reception 7-10pm. To March 2 at 636 Yates.

THE AVENUE GALLERY - New Wood sculpture by Douglas Fisher. To Feb. 1 at 2184 Oak Bay. WEST END GALLERY - A new painting has arrived by Fraser Brinsmead. To Jan. 31 at 1203 Broad.

COMMUNITY CRD ARTS ADVISORY COUNCIL - The Capital Regional District is seeking individuals to serve on the CRD Arts Advisory Council, a volunteer committee that adjudicates CRD funding programs and provides advice and policy recommendations on issues relating to the arts in the capital region.

Submit a cover letter and a resume or written submission noting contact information, occupation, background and experience in the arts, special expertise and reasons for seeking an appointment by Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 to the CRD Arts Development Office.

More: 250-360-3215, crd.bc.ca/arts.

SCREENING SISTERS - Join the new program due to launch in October. Make a difference and provide support to women during screening for cervical cancer by attending appointments with clients and providing telephone support in between appointments. Call Sue Dakers 250-661-4413.

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY SOCIETY OF BC - Weekly support group. Friends, partners and family also welcome. WEDNESDAY, 7pm at Capital Mental Health Association (125 Skinner). Free. 250-383-5144 ext 2127, bpdsocietyofbc@gmail.com.

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