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Flavours imported directly from heaven At Basil’s Gourmet Sandwiches, they believe that at least one thing in your day should make you happy. And that one thing will be their sandwiches.

“We want to bring a fine dining experience into the sandwich,” says Gino Jamali, who owns the three Basil’s locations — with two more on the way — with his wife Danielle Dahdouh and her brother Danny Dahdouh.

They marinate their pulled pork for 72 hours before slow roasting it for 24 hours. The beef brisket is roasted in a red wine sauce for 24 hours while the steak sandwich is marinated top sirloin roasted with red onions and their special sauces. When you order their signature spicy chicken sandwich, they slice the chicken breast that they’ve just pulled out of the oven. All of them are served on freshly baked ciabatta bread baked daily.

“Every day you get a fresh product. There are never any leftovers,” Gino says.

As much care and attention goes into their sauces. They have 34 handcrafted varieties, including many that are non-mayo based for those with food sensitivities.

Favourites include cilantro with jalapeño (green devil), spicy basil, roasted pepper and roasted garlic, creamy pesto and a special gypsy mix with cumin.

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people smile,” says Gino, whose own love of food helps inspire the recipes. As he likes to say, “We import our spices from heaven.”

The three of them started Basil’s Gourmet Sandwiches two years ago but Gino and Danielle have worked on the recipes since 1994.

When they first opened, for two days they offered free sandwiches, prompting a continual line-up outside the store. Those people not only came back, but they told their friends, who told their friends… Word of mouth helped them build a loyal customer base.

Soon, the partners will be opening two more locations. But first, this week they are introducing a new menu, with new sauces — which are also available for sale so you can make your own gourmet sandwiches — and the introduction of flatbread. To give people a taste of how good the flatbread is, when customers order a sandwich this week, they’ll be given free ciabatta bread to take home. There will also be more salad

options.

Gino says that at Basil’s Gourmet Sandwiches, they believe in investing in quality. The pay back?

All those happy customers.

–Martha Perkins

ABOVE: Danny Dahdouh, server Michael Stringer and Danielle Dahdouh display some of their signature dishes in their Denman Street restaurant.

TOP LEFT: Gino Jamali, owner of Basil’s with his wife and brother-in-law.

LEFT: Basil’s Gourmet Sandwiches’ pulled pork sandwich. Rob Newell photos

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Free comic book day — May 4!

Fresh off the superhero-infested Fan Expo Vancou• RX Comics (2418 Main) — A favourite of many, ver, the city’s comic book stores are gearing up for RX is located minutes from downtown and on a the annual Free Comic Book Day. bustling block of Main Street. RX stocks all the This is sort of like Record latest comics as well as Store Day in that FCBD is back issues. The store an initiative to get folks to also has a great selection visit their friendly neighof toys — lots of action bourhood brick-and-mortar figures — and collec(comic book) store. tor’s items (i.e. expensive But it’s also about bringstuff ). Staff is friendly and ing in new readers, not just eager to help. 604- 454the usual Batman fans.

5099 All the major – and some of the minor – comic book • The Comic Shop (3518 publishers will participate W. 4th) – Way out on the by printing thousands of West Side, closer to UBC copies of specially made than to Granville Street, titles and shipping them The Comic Shop stands out to stores all over North like a mighty sentinel of America for giveaways. the spaceways. Oh wait, Free Comic Book Day is that’s the Silver Surfer. especially oriented towards Actually The Comic Shop families, with lots of the is mighty — it’s big books aimed at younger enough to make browsreaders, but you can count ing fun, and it’s organized on all those Comic Book well enough that you can Guy types out there to be easily find that Wonder showing up early to cherry- Best selling digital comic, All New XMen Woman issue you’ve been — photo courtesy Marvel.com pick some of the cooler looking for. 604-738-8122 titles.

But rather than look at some of the comics that • Lucky’s Comics (3972 Main) — More of a are going to be up for grabs, we thought we’d give boutique store for comics enthusiasts than an you a brief rundown on some of Vancouver’s best all-purpose comics emporium, Lucky’s on South comic book stores (i.e. the ones we visit when we Main is more selective in its stock of books and need a fix of Avengers Vs. X-Men). graphic novels. In other words, this isn’t the place you come if you need your weekly dose of Spider-Man, but if you’re looking for a great gift idea (like an Edward Gorey jigsaw puzzle, hint hint) in an easy-to-browse environment, Lucky’s is the comic store for you. 604-875-9858

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Keeping up with Vikram Vij With a new restaurant in the works and another ‘Cooking With’ webcast coming up, June will be a busy month for the Vancouver chef

By Jenn Chic

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rowing up in India, the most cherished moments for Vikram Vij were after dinner. As the plates were scraped clean of the nurturing feast lovingly prepared by his mother and grandmother, his grandfather would scoop him onto his lap, and, drink in hand, tell the future.

“When you grow up, Vikram, you should have a restaurant,” he would declare with a smile. “You can cook the food and I will be the bartender!” It must have sunk in, because his grandson would go on to do just that.

Vij left India to study cooking in Austria, before making his way to Vancouver. Here, as a passionate young chef working for John Bishop, he decided that Indian cooking deserved the same attention and understanding as French and Italian food.

Vij has dedicated his career to bringing an awareness of the diverse culture and cuisine of India to the West ever since. Today, as Vij tells the story of his grandfather’s wishes, he blushes. A tear comes to his eye.

“I loved my grandfather so much. It is for him that I named this restaurant, in his honour. So many people think I’ve named this restaurant for myself, but ‘Vij’ was my grandfather’s family name, too.”

Family is paramount to Vikram Vij. More than anything else, it gives him the strength and inspiration to manage all the projects he is so passionate about.

“People often ask me how I’m able to do everything I do, and I think that if Obama, at 48, can run a whole country, than I, at 47, can surely run a small organization,” he laughs.

Amidst the bustle of owning two very popular restaurants in Vancouver (Vij’s and Rangoli), writing cookbooks, overseeing a food truck, and spearheading innovative

“People often ask me how I’m able to do everything I do, and I think that if Obama, at 48, can run a whole country, than I, at 47, can surely run a small organization,” laughs Vancouver chef Vikram Vij. Rob Newell photo food-related projects here in Vancouver and around North America, he still finds time to pick up his teenage girls from school and spend the afternoon with them.

In the evening, with his wife, Meeru, they meet around the dinner table and catch up over a home cooked meal.

“We hardly ever cook Indian food at home,” he says. “It’s so important to broaden your horizons. There are seven days in a week and seven different chances to explore different cuisines.”

It has been studied that eating a wellbalanced meal together as a family builds

stronger relationships, and improves personal health and well-being. But when that meal is cooked together, the results are not only deeper, but more tasty and nutritious.

In fact, children’s cooking programs have proved, for example, that children who cook kale, eat kale.

Although Vij and his generation were lucky enough to grow up with simple meals made from whole ingredients, prepared by family and shared around the same table, many young people today go without that — something Vij wants to change.

“I think the next big food trend will be

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people cooking at home,” he says. “I can see people having dinner parties where everyone meets in the kitchen and cooks the meal together. Cooking together, rather than just the food, will be the focus.”

A web show, Cook Live With Vikram Vij, will be broadcast on June 6 from Vij’s Kitchen at UBC — a teaching and learning space dedicated to studying food, nutrition, and healthy eating. The culinary lab, originally built in 1982, was in desperate need of an extensive makeover, so Vij donated $250,000 and the space re-opened in January.

Viewers can access the webcast from Vij.ca and a shopping list will be available before hand, published here in WE Vancouver, so you can prepare.

While cooking, Vij will answer questions and comments through tweets using the hashtag #VijCookLive — a rare opportunity to cook along with a world-renowned chef.

“When learning to cook, it’s one step at a time. Make an effort to cook more by starting small. For instance, if you like Thai curry, dice up vegetables to add to an already prepared sauce. Next time, try to make the sauce yourself. It takes time to understand the nuances and the flavours,” he advises.

And while his restaurants continue to have lineups, the buzz and planning has begun for the new, larger Vij’s, at the corner of Cambie and 15th. Bricault Designs (who designed the interior of Vij’s Rangoli and the Vij’s At Home frozen food bags) is envisioning a concept that, Vij says, is modern and welcoming — what he hopes will be one of the most beautiful buildings in Vancouver.

As for the current Vij’s location, it will continue to operate normally. When the new restaurant opens, the current Vij’s location will close, but it will stay in the Vij’s family and will become a new entity at a future date.

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Follow Me Foodie joins WE Mijune Pak brings her food knowledge to the pages of WE Vancouver with an exclusive weekly column

By Martha Perkins

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ijune Pak resents the need for sleep. To her, it’s time that could be better spent eating, or reading about food, or coming up with the perfect way to describe what she ate, or thinking of the perfect question she could ask a chef.

“It drives me nuts that I have to sleep,” says the Follow Me Foodie blogger.

It’s a sunny but cool spring afternoon and she’s enjoying a London Fog at Beaucoup Bakery. A friend walks in, they hug and she can instantly rhyme off her recommendations — the pine nut croissant, peanut butter cookie or cheese scone. She has another coffee date in an hour so she is pacing her caffeine intake, although it’s not the caffeine that keeps her up at night. It’s the need, the drive, the desire to learn more about her favourite subject — food. That’s when she mentions her dislike of sleep. “I’d rather read and write and experience! I’ll read the heck out of a dish.”

Starting this week, Pak will be sharing her passion for and knowledge of food in our pages with a weekly Follow Me Foodie column. She’ll have the freedom to explore whatever subject she wants, and give our readers insights into Vancouver’s food culture, from who’s doing what to where some of her favourite places to eat are.

Pak was born and raised in North Delta, the daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong. Her birthday is in June and her mother’s name is Mimi, hence Mijune. Her sister is Mijon because her dad’s name is John.

“Growing up, I was a visible minority,”

she remembers of a happy childhood on Sunshine Hill. “I would bring Asian food for lunch and people would be, ‘What’s that?’

You’d get shy and embarrassed and want to bring a ham and cheese sandwich or a Mr. Noodles. If I brought congee or last night’s leftover rice, I’d get looks.

the hour after school cooking an afternoon meal, which they’d have before dinner a few hours later.

“I can hold my own and eat, but in high school I could even eat more,” she says with a smile. “Food for [my friend and I] was always the solution for us. If we were bored,

In Hungary I’d follow old men to see where they’d go for lunch. In Italy I had a minimum of four scoops of gelato, and a maximum of eight scoops, every day for eight days.

I wanted a friend from every country so I could talk about food and get them to give me their mother’s recipe.

Mijune Pak “I can remember one day when the school wanted the parents to cook something from their culture. Everyone wanted to try my mom’s cooking. It was almost like they had to see what the process was.”

Mijune and her best friend used to spend

we’d eat. If we were angry, we’d cook, because we knew we could agree about food.”

By Grade 9, she was taking part in Dine Out Vancouver. But the real dedication to her food education began during the six months she spent in the Netherlands as part

Follow Me Foodie stats • Founded in July 2009 • Internationally recognized as one of the top food blogs in Canada • Named industry’s “Must Follow 2013” at Vancouver’s Social Media Awards (pictured) • Currently ranked Top 5 on the Vancouver Blog Leaderboard and Top 3 in the Worldwide Blog Leaderboard on Urbanspoon.com • Mijune Pak is the youngest and first food blogger to be invited to join the BC Chef’s Association’s Board of Directors (April 2012 – current) • Pak and her Follow Me Foodie articles have appeared on Food Network, Zagat and in OpenRoad Driver, BC Living, The Vancouver Sun, The Now Newspaper, and Westender to name a few • You can also catch Pak at food events, culinary competitions, and on News 1130AM radio every other Friday for “Foodie Fridays”

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Meet our new food columnist Mijune Pak, the award-winning blogger behind Follow Me Foodie. You can read her début column on page 18. Rob Newell photo

of her communications degree at SFU. “I’d do online research and read about food. I would make trips to Paris to find the croissant or brioche — we’d walk eight Paris blocks to eat this one croissant I’d read about. In Hungary I’d follow old men to see where they’d go for lunch. In Italy I had a minimum of four scoops of gelato, and a maximum of eight scoops, every day for eight days. When I went to Marseilles for the first time, I wanted to know what I should try — fish with bone? Fish with head? What broth? I wanted a friend from every country so I could talk about food and get them to give me their mother’s recipe.”

So why didn’t she study to be a chef? “I really admire chefs and what they do,” she says. “That’s why I spend so long researching my posts. I want to show them why I appreciate their food and why I thought what I did.

“But some people say never turn your passion into a job. For me cooking is one of those things I love doing for four to six people. But for 100? That would ruin it for me.”

She almost fell into her career as a full-time food blogger but, like all things she turns her mind to, once she started it became an obsession to do it right and do it well. “It was never meant to be a career,” she says. “My sister encouraged me to start the blog. She did a fashion/makeup blog. She taught me how to set it up and then asked me to think of a name. ‘For the Love of Food?’ That was taken. ‘Follow Me Foodie.’

That was not. She said, ‘Secure your Twitter name and YouTube account.’ I thought I’d never use them. That very first day I hit ‘post’, it was so amazing. I was addicted.

I thought I’d do it once every three days.

Then I started doing it every day, and now I take Saturdays off.”

She’s also emerged as a respected travel writer, a natural evolution of her desire to explore different cultures’ favourite foods.

“You need to travel and have global experience. It helps build your palette and learn what’s happening in other cities.”

Next week Cathay Pacific is flying her to San Francisco where she’ll be one of three judges in the Noodles of Asia competition to come up with a noodle dish that will be served on the airline.

She’s almost as well known for her fashion sense — she has about 60 pairs of highheeled shoes; the only flats she owns are running shoes she bought in high school.

She has a metabolism that allows her to lose weight as easily as she gains it, but adds that she loves wearing dresses (size zero to two) because they are more forgiving than pants when she’s been indulging a bit too much.

“I hate to exercise,” she says with a laugh.

“I may look small on the outside, but my arteries might hate me.”

And when asked if she has any guilty pleasures she says no, not because she has no food pleasures but because she doesn’t feel guilty about anything she eats.

“Honestly, it’s very hard for me to have a guilty pleasure unless it’s just eating too much of one thing.”

We’ll follow this foodie any time!

Turn to page 18 of this week’s WE to read the first column of Follow Me Foodie!

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The art of the muse

By Martha Perkins

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The Muse: Billy, an

hen the Opus Hotel created the concept of muse, the intention was to come up with a series of fictitious guests who would act as the creative inspiration for the rooms’ designers.

But the muses took on a life of their own.

They’re so “real” that their profiles can be found on the hotel’s blog (under Lifestyle Concierges).

Today, you can choose a room at the boutique hotel in Yaletown based on which of the five muses’ personalities best reflects your aesthetic in life.

When asked to revamp four types of rooms (he completed the fifth two years ago), Vancouver designer Robert Bailey and Opus commissioned local artists to create original artwork for each of the muses.

English rock star who drinks Red Bull and vodka but wouldn’t dare trash such a fabulous room.

The Artist: Taizo Yamamoto The Art: Pen and ink drawing of mannequins in a shopping cart.

The Muse: Susan, a Toronto fashionista who unwinds at

The Muse: Pierre, a food critic from Paris who loves the joie de vivre of Granville Island and picks up a bottle from Liberty Wines after visiting the market.

The Artist: Tiko Kerr The Art: What lures the “night creatures” into the “dangerous but seductive” streets.

YYoga and sends photos to her kids using the free iPad the hotel provides.

The Artist: Alana Rothstein The Art: Dynamic, colourful prints. Send her your photos from your trip to Vancouver and she’ll use them to create a personalized montage digitally imprinted on plexiglass.

The Muse: Mike, a young gay doctor from New York who shops at Roden Gray and loves going to dinner at Blue Water Café.

The Artist: Michael Edward Miller.

The Art: Inspired by Miller’s love of Japanese and Russian pop icons.

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Anti-gang police publish first community report

By Jeff Nagel

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C’s anti-gang police unit is taking a step out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) is the integrated team of 400 officers and civ ilians from 14 different

agencies, including RCMP and municipal police forces, that disrupt and suppress organized crime around the province.

Their investigations have cracked big cases, such as the discovery of an audacious crossborder drug-smuggling tunnel in Aldergrove and the unraveling of a massive international money-laundering ring.

The CFSEU is now out to capture a bigger

public profile with the publication of its firstever Community Report.

The report can be read online at BC-AntiGang.com.

Sgt. Lindsey Houghton said the aim is to make more people aware of the CFSEU and what it does.

The initiative comes as the anti-gang force chalks up a major win – the arrest in February

of three men in the murder of notorious gangster Jonathan Bacon, who was shot with four associates in 2011 outside a Kelowna casino.

Houghton said the report pulls together a broader picture of the CFSEU’s work than people see in daily news media coverage.

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month we’ve got an interesting story to tell and this was one way for us to tell it,” he said.

The report includes stories of officers tracking members of the Dhak/Duhre crime group who make up one side of the ongoing bloody gang conflict in B.C. And it also releases intriguing findings on who is most likely to end up a victim of the gang violence that occasionally erupts in B.C. CFSEU researchers found the vast majority of gang-related murder victims over a

four-year period had previous drug charges or convictions, and often violent criminal pasts.

Most were gang members, not just associates or minor players in the drug trade, and a few were girlfriends or an innocent victim, like a Surrey man who was shot after picking up a Bacon brother vehicle to install a car stereo in it.

B.C. gang-related killings peaked at 36 in 2009 before dropping to 18 last year.

Victims are overwhelmingly men and their average age is 30, according to CFSEU stats.

Three-quarters of bodies are found near the

victims’ homes or vehicles.

Most (85 per cent) were shot, but eight per cent were viciously beaten, six per cent were stabbed and one victim was burned to death.

Also included are key risk factors for ending up in a gang and tips for parents on spotting potential signs of gang involvement. Carrying multiple cellphones, having unexplained cash and making frequent brief trips out of the home are among the red flags.

The report details how police try to keep gangsters out of bars and restaurants to keep them from recruiting new blood, as well as

prevent to gang violence.

This month the CFSEU said it will publicly identify suspected gangsters where possible as a new tactic to make it more difficult for organized crime to operate.

After a gang-related shooting outside a gym in South Surrey, senior officers are also pledging backup for businesses that make gangsters feel unwelcome in their premises.

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MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Vancouver-Fairview for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Vancouver-Fairview Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

George Heyman BC NDP

Nolan Hurlburt 1-1365 11th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6H 1K7

Nolan Hurlburt 108 Broadway E, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1V9

Margaret MacDiarmid BC Liberal Party

Daniel Grauer 369 34th Ave E, Vancouver, BC, V5W 1A2

Matthew Pedley Green Party of BC

Lois Pedley 1485 Kitchener St, Vancouver, BC, V5L 2V7

General Voting Places:

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 560-1285 W Broadway Vancouver, BC (604) 775-0520

Canadian Memorial Church 1825 W 16th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre 711 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Simon Fraser Elem School 100 W 15th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Fairview Presbyterian Church 2725 Fir St, Vancouver, BC

Edith Cavell Elem School 500 W 20th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Holy Trinity Anglican Church 1440 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Centre 3150 Ash St, Vancouver, BC

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Centre 3150 Ash St, Vancouver, BC

Emily Carr Elem School 4070 Oak St, Vancouver, BC

L’Ecole Bilingue Elem School 1166 W 14th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium 154 E 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium 154 E 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Fairview Presbyterian Church 2725 Fir St, Vancouver, BC

Lord Tennyson Elem School 1936 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Masonic Centre 1495 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC

General Wolfe Elem School 4251 Ontario St, Vancouver, BC

Park Inn & Suites on Broadway 898 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Grace Vancouver Church 1696 W 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Redeemer Lutheran Church 1499 Laurier Ave, Vancouver, BC

The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Vancouver-False Creek for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Vancouver-False Creek Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

James Filippelli YPP

James Filippelli 313-2040 York Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6J 1E7

Sam Sullivan BC Liberal Party

Michael Leung 305-1428 6th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6H 4H4

Matt Toner BC NDP

Terry Paterson 4153 12th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6R 2P5

Ian James Tootill

Ronald Niven 1687 Broadway W, Vancouver, BC, V6J 1X2

Daniel Tseghay Green Party of BC

Christopher Fjell 1258 Shorepine Walk, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3T8

Sal Vetro BC First

Rechie Alfonso 866 King Edward Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2E1

General Voting Places:

Terry Paterson 3rd Floor 150 Hastings St W, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1G8

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 202-1265 Howe St Vancouver, BC (604) 775-0529

Beatty Street Armoury 620 Beatty St, Vancouver, BC

Granville House 1515 Granville St, Vancouver, BC

Renaissance Hotel Vancouver Harbourside 1133 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC

Creekside Comm Centre 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, BC

Creekside Comm Centre 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, BC

Henry Hudson Elem School 1551 Cypress St, Vancouver, BC

Roundhouse Comm Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC

False Creek Co-Op 1086 Sitka Sq, Vancouver, BC

Elsie Roy Elem School 150 Drake St, Vancouver, BC

Holiday Inn Downtown 1110 Howe St, Vancouver, BC

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC

Roundhouse Comm Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC

False Creek Comm Centre 1318 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC

Jubilee House 508 Helmcken St, Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Public Library Central 320 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC

False Creek Elem School 900 School Green, Vancouver, BC

Museum of Vancouver 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC

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Paperwork oops costs four Conservatives party label on ballot

By Jeff Nagel

Wayne Marklund (Burnaby North), Manuel (Mike) Pratas (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows) and former MP Bill Clarke (Vancouver-Quilchena).

The four can still campaign as Conservatives and they’re featured on the party’s website, but Elections BC won’t label them as B.C. Conservatives on the ballot.

Cummins said the error happened because the party had to resubmit its entire list of endorsed candidates to Elections BC after removing the names of other can-

A

n error in submitting the final list of candidates is to blame for the fact four B.C. Conservative Party candidates will appear on the ballot without the party’s name, according to leader John Cummins.

The four candidates who will be listed without party affiliation are Christine Clark (Burnaby-Lougheed),

didates who have been dumped for making offensive remarks.

“My understanding is the list we submitted was not a complete list,” Cummins said.

“At this point, Elections BC is not recognizing that an honest error was made and there should be a correction.”

The Conservatives are now officially fielding 56 candidates, well short of a target of all 85 districts.

MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Vancouver-Langara for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Vancouver-Langara Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

Gurjinder Bains BC Conservative Party

Laura Moffat PO Box 42037 Rpo Champlain Mall, Vancouver, BC, V5S 4R5

George Chow BC NDP

Anita Romaniuk 797 24th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2B9

Anita Romaniuk 797 24th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2B9

Espavo Sozo The Platinum Party

Espavo Sozo 29146-1535 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6A 0A6

Espavo Sozo 29146-1535 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6A 0A6

Moira Stilwell BC Liberal Party

Brian Hanna PO Box 10426 Van Lcd Pacific Centre, Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1K3

Kimanda Jarzebiak 3322 Deering Island Pl, Vancouver, BC, V6N 4H9

Regan-Heng Zhang Green Party of BC

Jianing Li 3370 41st Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6N 3E4

General Voting Places:

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 203-8268 Granville St Vancouver, BC (604) 713-0313

Annie B. Jamieson Elem School 6350 Tisdall St, Vancouver, BC

Oakridge Seventh Day Adventist Church 5350 Baillie St, Vancouver, BC

Sir William Osler Elem School 5970 Selkirk St, Vancouver, BC

Langara College 100 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Coast Vancouver Airport Hotel 1041 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC

Oakridge United Church 305 W 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC

Sir William Van Horne Elem School 5855 Ontario St, Vancouver, BC

Marpole Place for Seniors 1305 W 70th Ave, Vancouver, BC

David Lloyd George Elem School 8370 Cartier St, Vancouver, BC

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elem School 449 E 62nd Ave, Vancouver, BC

Sir Winston Churchill School 7055 Heather St, Vancouver, BC

Sunset Comm Centre 6810 Main St, Vancouver, BC

John Henderson Elem School 451 E 53rd Ave, Vancouver, BC

Sexsmith Comm Elem School 7455 Ontario St, Vancouver, BC

St. Augustine Anglican Church 8680 Hudson St, Vancouver, BC

Langara College 100 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Sir Wilfred Laurier Annex School 590 W 65th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Hebrew Academy 1545 W 62nd Ave, Vancouver, BC

Marpole Place for Seniors 1305 W 70th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Sir Wilfred Laurier Elem School 7350 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC

The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Vancouver-Quilchena for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Vancouver-Quilchena Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

Bill Clarke

John Friesen 4333 Baker View St, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 1B4

Damian Kettlewell Green Party of BC

Laura-Leah Shaw 3622 30th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6S 1W8

Nicholas Scapillati BC NDP

Joel Gorham PO Box 45508 Rpo Westside, Vancouver, BC, V6S 2N5

Andrew Franklin Wilkinson BC Liberal Party

Hugh Woolley 1610-1055 Hastings St W, Vancouver, BC, V6E 2E9

General Voting Places:

Joel Gorham 3456 Dunbar St, Vancouver, BC, V6S 2C2

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 203-4255 Arbutus St Vancouver, BC (604) 660-2521

Carnarvon Elem School 3400 Balaclava St, Vancouver, BC

Kerrisdale Elem School 5555 Carnarvon St, Vancouver, BC

Shaughnessy Elem School 4250 Marguerite St, Vancouver, BC

Dunbar Comm Centre 4747 Dunbar St, Vancouver, BC

Dr. R.E. McKechnie School 7455 Maple St, Vancouver, BC

Maple Grove Elem School 6199 Cypress St, Vancouver, BC

Southlands Elem School 5351 Camosun St, Vancouver, BC

Kerrisdale Comm Centre 5851 West Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Dunbar Comm Centre 4747 Dunbar St, Vancouver, BC

Musqueam Comm Centre 6777 Salish Dr, Vancouver, BC

St. Chad’s Anglican Church 3874 Trafalgar St, Vancouver, BC

Dunbar Heights United Church 3525 W 24th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Point Grey Sec School 5350 East Blvd, Vancouver, BC

St. Mary’s Kerrisdale Anglican Church 2490 W 37th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Kerrisdale Annex School 3250 W 43rd Ave, Vancouver, BC

Prince of Wales Mini School 4750 Haggart St, Vancouver, BC

St. Stephen’s United Church 7025 Granville St, Vancouver, BC

Kerrisdale Comm Centre 5851 West Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Queen Elizabeth Elem School 4102 W 16th Ave, Vancouver, BC

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Sophia Danai gets her wish The Vancouver musician ties her tracks to Grammy-winning producer Chin Injeti’s star. The result is the ‘Wishing Well’ EP

By Kelsey Klassen

L

ike a penny tossed into the pool of our collective subconscious, Sophia Danai’s highly-anticipated Wishing Well EP drops and immediately begins making waves.

Handpicked by two-time Grammy-winning Vancouver producer Chin Injeti to join his stable of artists at The Hastings Set, Danai, like her album, is hard to pin. A genre-bending cocktail of vintage soul, a splash of reggae, and a twist of 007, you’re left with nine seductive songs that duck around corners and beg to be followed.

“I still remember when Sophia and her father came to the studio lugging a huge Electone organ to play me songs,” Injeti wrote, by way of introduction, to his Facebook followers last week. “Of course I was [so] instantly sold by the maturity of her songwriting and her beautiful voice, that we started working right away.”

With co-production by LA powerhouse and

two-time Grammy winner DJ Khalil, as well as DJ mastermind Skratch Bastid, Wishing Well blends an eclectic mix of sounds, eras and instruments into a well-stacked summer jukebox.

The result of a solid year of songwriting and collaborating for Danai, Wishing Well also brings features by hip-hop legend Talib Kweli, acclaimed Canadian emcee Shad and guitar master Mark Whitfield.

As multi-faceted as she is tall (the singer is almost 6’), Danai made appearances in WE last year as a fashion muse for Lifetime Collective, and is the hands, eyes and ears behind her self-published magazine, also entitled Wishing Well.

Showcasing an eclectic mix of what inspires her, each magazine issue coincides with a newly released song. The most recent issue, ‘Money’, ties in with Track 3 and is our ‘sunny days’ song of the album.

“If I had money, I’d be so fly. I’d have a gold cummerbund and a gold bow tie. A parrot on my shoulder repeatin’ my lines, just makin’ sure that you heard me right,” the slow jam slinks along.

‘Falling’, featuring Shad (with one of the only raps we’ve heard to reference casserole), triggers so many nostalgic references it’s impossible to classify what, exactly, it reminds us of.

The song begins cheekily reminiscent of Snow White’s ‘I’m Wishing’ (minus the ‘50s falsetto). But it could also be the opening credit theme to any B&W neighbourhood sitcom, rolling as the camera

Music video grant program announced The first of its kind in Western Canada, Public Records launched their music video grant program last Friday at an industry party at the Cobalt.

Founders Tony Yacowar and Dan Costello, supported by TELUS Optik Local, announced that $5,000 grants will be available to emerging artists in BC and Alberta to support the creation of independent music videos.

pans over perfectly mowed lawns and waving housewives in neatly pressed skirts. Shad completes the nuclear family feel, evoking thoughts of collars buttoned to the top with every word pronounced just-so.

By ‘The End’, Kweli is scorching the last track of the album with a rap so tight, that, if you flipped the disc over, you’d see his fingerprint burned into it at the 26-minute mark.

You can get your digital fingerprints all over Wishing Well ($8) on iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon and GooglePlay.

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The ‘Summer ‘13 Music Video Fund’ will primarily benefit artists who are unsigned and living or originating in Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, Penticton, Prince George, Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops in BC, and Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray and Grand Prairie Alberta.

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MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Vancouver-Point Grey for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Vancouver-Point Grey Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Christy Clark BC Liberal Party

Donald Miller 6 Deerwood Pl, Port Moody, BC, V3H 4N2

Official Agent:

David Eby BC NDP

Marcel LeHouillier 401-73 Water St, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1A1

William Gibbens Independent

William Gibbens 4438 10th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6R 4R8

Hollis Jacob Linschoten Work Less Party

Conrad Schmidt 2118 Graveley St, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3B9

Duane Nickull BC Conservative Party

Timothy Plommer 3775 Windsor St, Vancouver, BC, V5V 4N6

Marisa Palmer Libertarian

Marisa Palmer 4740 Vanguard Rd, Richmond, BC, V6X 2P8

Françoise Raunet Green Party of BC

David Van Berckel 1677 2nd Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6J 1H3

Bernard Bedu Yankson The Platinum Party

Bernard Yankson PO Box 8068 Stn Central, Victoria, BC, V8W 3R7

General Voting Places:

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 2146 W Broadway Vancouver, BC (604) 775-0538

Bayview Comm School 2251 Collingwood St, Vancouver, BC

Point Grey Comm Church 3512 W 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC

UBC-Student Union Bldg 6138 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Jericho Hill Centre 4196 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC

General Gordon Elem School 2896 W 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Queen Mary Elem School 2000 Trimble St, Vancouver, BC

University Hill Elem School 5395 Chancellor Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Kitsilano Comm Centre 2690 Larch St, Vancouver, BC

Kitsilano Comm Centre 2690 Larch St, Vancouver, BC

St. Helen’s Anglican Church 4405 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC

University Hill Sec School 3228 Ross Dr, Vancouver, BC

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church 5210 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Kitsilano Sec School 2550 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC

St. James Comm Square 3214 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC

West Point Grey United Church 4595 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC

Lord Byng Sec School 3939 W 16th Ave, Vancouver, BC

St. Marks Anglican Church 1805 Larch St, Vancouver, BC

Old Barn Comm Centre 6308 Thunderbird Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Steeves Manor 1985 Wallace St, Vancouver, BC

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Celebrate mom with afternoon tea

T

here are few hours more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” said author Henry

James.

Treat your mom to a special cup of tea this Mothers Day, on Sunday, May 12.

Various spots in the Vancouver area are once

again hosting Mother’s Day tea services.

Prices are per person unless otherwise noted and exclude tax and tip.

Menus can be found online. It is recom-

Celebrate Mom...

at the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown

Join us for Mother’s Day Buffet on Sunday, May 12, from 11am-2pm

A fabulous selection of breakfast, hot lunch and desserts complete with a chocolate fountain.

(Includes salad bar, shrimp cocktail and smoked salmon, as well as butter chicken, quiche and pot stickers.)

$25 per person.

Kids 12 & under: 50% off • Seniors: 15% off Reservations recommended: 604-623-6862 Unwind West Coast Social at the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown | 1110 Howe St. | 604-623-6862

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mended to reserve well in advance.

Wedgewood Afternoon Tea room

• Fairmont Hotel’s old-world Afternoon Tea at the Castle — $42 for adults and $25 for children (12 and under).

This year the tea service will include different cakes than featured on the regular tea menus as well as small gifts for mothers. Reservations are required, call 604-662-1900; 900 W. Georgia. Daily.

• If you have a mum that’s into jazz you can take her to the Cellar Jazz Club. $35. Featuring Lorraine Foster and band, the show is noon to 2 pm, with doors at 11:15am. Call 604-7381959 for details; 3611 W. Broadway.

• The Urban Tea Merchant’s signature store is ideal for high tea with mom — $48. They boast a selection of over 200 teas and tea gifts, tea equipage, exotic home décor and lifestyle accessories can add to mom’s tea ritual experience at home. Mother’s Day services will take place May 11 and 12. Urban-

Tea.com or call 604-6920071; 1070 W. Georgia.

Reservations required.

• Along with their traditional tea, Sutton Place Hotel is offering Mother’s Day brunch this year — $55 per adult and $27 for children. Phone 604-6422900 or see Vancouver.

SuttonPlace.com; 845 Burrard. Daily.

• Adonia Tea House offers an English Inn-style experience — afternoon tea is $30, kids $17. Sunday May 12th. Call 604-261-0049

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to reserve. There is a two hour time slot for all reservations so that every mom can have an opportunity to enjoy the services. AdoniaTea.com; 2057 W. 41st.

• Xi Shi Lounge and the CHI spa at Shangri-La Hotel are offering a royal treat: Eighty-minute West Coast wave massage, afternoon tea for one, complimentary valet parking for one vehicle and a $25 welcome back voucher; $200. Call 604-689-1120 or visit Shangri-La.com/vancouver; 1128 W. Georgia • Afternoon Tea at Hycroft with the University Women’s Club — general $30, members $25, children (aged 5-12) $15. 1:30-3:30pm with the view of the beautiful gardens, and paired with special finger sandwiches and scones. 1489 McRae; UWCVancouver.ca.

• The Wedgewood Hotel’s acclaimed high tea is $35 per person Saturday and Sunday from 2-4 pm. For something extra, on Mother’s Day the Wedgewood is offering a special brunch and dinner service; $59 for

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brunch. Call 604-6897777. Wedgewoodhotel. com; 845 Hornby • The Secret Garden Tea Company (5559 W. Boulevard) is completely booked for Mother’s Day, but if you remember roughly six weeks in advance next year, you can book by calling 604-261-3070.

They offer daily high tea — $27.95 for adults, $18.95 for children; SecretGardenTea.com.

• The Fur Elise patisserie in Yaletown offers French pastry and afternoon and various treats for a little retreat from the busy downtown life. Afternoon tea is $30 (2-hour seating from 1 to 8pm). 847 Hamilton. 604-684-1025 or PatisserieFurElise.com.

• If you’re up for a drive, you can have Mother’s Day tea at Rowena’s Inn on the River, an English-style manor on a secluded 160acre waterfront estate — $19.95. The Rivers Edge restaurant is also serving brunch this year. More info at RowenasInnOnTheRiver.ca; 14282 Morris Valley Rd, Harrison Mills. Daily.

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MAY HOT TICKETS — THEATRE — THE ARTS CLUB | 604-687-1644 | ARTSCLUB.COM • MY TURQUOISE YEARS: A comic

coming-of-age story set in 1960. To May 4 at Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston). $10.

• DO YOU WANT WHAT I HAVE? A CRAIGSLIST CANTATA: Back by popular

demand, the musical by Veda Hille, Bill Richardson and Amiel Gladstone. To May 18, Revue Stage (1601 Johnstone). $25-$35

• DREAMGIRLS: The rags-to-riches tale of a 1960s girl group. May 9-July 7 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2750 Granville). $29.

THE CULTCH | 1895 VENABLES | 604-251-1363 | THECULTCH.COM • HIGHGATE: A morbid romp through

Victorian funerary culture. To May 4. $15$32.

• IGNITE! YOUTH FESTIVAL:

Vancouver’s largest youth-driven arts festival showcases music and dance, the world premieres of three one-act plays, a visual arts exhibit, variety shows featuring improv, drag, circus arts, and much more.

May 6-11. $2-$40.

• 2013 REVOLVER THEATRE FESTIVAL: Seven mainstage shows, 6

staged readings, and a series of talk-show style talkbacks. May 14-26. $14-$65.

• MUMP & SMOOT: “Clowns of horror” Michael Kennard and John Turner. Not for children! May 22-June 2. $15-$41.

JERICHO ARTS CENTRE | 1675 DISCOVERY | 604-224-8007 | JERICHOARTSCENTRE.COM • SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE: A moving Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the enigmatic painter Georges Seurat. May 2-18.

• A NIGHT ON BROADWAY: Classics plus new shows. May 9-18 with previews May 7 & 8.

• 1/4 LIFE CRISIS: A hilarious, energetic one-woman show about the challenges and disappointments faced by twentysomethings (and up). May 23-25.

****************** HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE: The story of an aging

mother’s peculiarities and a son’s flawed devotion. To May 25 at Pacific Theatre (1440 West 12). $15 at pacifictheatre.org.

PERFORMANCE ART TRAP: Latest

installment of the Micro Performance Series features three giant custom-built boxes, each propped up with a stick.

The performance begins once the trap is released. May 1-4 at Studio 1398 (1398

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Cartwright). $10 at www.bocadellupo.com.

(181 Roundhouse Mews). $15-$25 at brownpapertickets.com.

NEVER SHOOT A STAMPEDE QUEEN: The story of a big-city boy who

MISTER DOWLAND’S MIDNIGHT:

— OPERA —

PIANO TRIOS: Vetta Chamber Music

Music by John Dowland is performed by Finnish voice and lute duo, White Sparrow.

May 25. Visual Space Gallery (2075 Alberta). $20 at www.brownpapertickets. com.

becomes a reporter in small-town BC’s real-life Wild West. May 9-25 at Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston). $18-$45 at www.vancouvertix.com.

presents a trio of classical trios performed by pianist Arthur Rowe, violinist Joan Blackman, and cellist Eugene Osadchy.

May 30 & 31 at West Point Grey United Church (4595 West 8). $15-$28 at www. vettamusic.com.

TEA: A MIRROR OF THE SOUL: Com-

bining sounds of water, paper, ceramic and stone with a traditional western orchestra, Tan Dun’s haunting score is trance-like and beautiful. Presented by Vancouver Opera.

May 4-11 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. $35$190 at vancouveropera.ca.

— EVENTS —

— DANCE —

2013 DOXA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL: DOXA returns with a program

focused on visions of the future. May 3-12 at Vancouver Playhouse, VIFF’s Vancity Theatre, The Cinematheque, and Rio Theatre. $6-$20 at www.doxafestival.ca.

CAFÉ DE CHINITAS: Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre dances the story of a jealous rivalry between two matador brothers. Featuring guest dancers Ricardo Lopez and Emilio Ochando. May 3 & 4 at Norman Rothstein Theatre (950 West 41). $26-55 at www.vtixonline.com.

AS SEEN HERE: Exhibition of work by the 2013 graduates of UBC’s Master of Fine Arts program. May 3-June 2 (opening reception on May 2). Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (1825 Main Mall).

SLEEPING BEAUTY: The classic fairytale

about a beautiful princess and a wicked sorceress is given a flamenco twist in Karen Flamenco’s Sleeping Beauty. June 1 & 2 at the Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton). $20-$32.50 at www.karenflamenco.com.

Highgate, a morbid romp through Victorian funerary culture, opens May 1 at The Cultch. Wendy D photo TWENTIETH CENTURY: VSO Chamber Players perform works by Prokofiev, Bartok, and Shostakovich. May 23 & 26 at Pyatt Hall (VSO School of Music, 843 Seymour). $35.

— CLASSICAL & FOLK —

• TINY TOTS: MUSICAL ZOO FOR ME AND YOU!: Children’s classics partnered

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with “Carnival of the Animals” and other move-along, sing-along favourites. May 24 at the Vancouver Playhouse. $2-$15.

• THE MERRY PRANKS OF TILL EULENSPIEGEL: Repertoire by Berliox,

Mendelssohn, Bartok and Strauss performed by the VSO and pianist Ingrid Fliter. May 4-6.

• DANCING WITH THE STARS’ BALLROOM WITH A TWIST:

• SYMPHONIC DANCES: THE MUSIC OF RADHMANINOFF AND GERSWIN: Piano prodigy Ian Parker

cellist Christian Poltera, English horn player Beth Orson and the VSO perform work by Schubert, Brahms, and Sibelius. May 11 & 13.

• THE EMPEROR: Pianist Barry Douglas

• LUDOVICO EINAUDI & BAND:

Echoes of baroque and Italian folk music, romantic string textures and a wide variety of percussive and electronic tones. May 25. $40-$80.

****************** TO MUSIC: Elektra Women’s Choir and guest soprano Nancy Argenta perform a tribute to the art of music. May 11 at Ryerson United Church (2195 West 45). $22-$28 at brownpapertickets.com.

• TEA & TRUMPETS: MUSICAL FAIRY TALES: Magical music inspired by fairy

KERESHMEH ENSEMBLE: Canada’s

• MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS:

• THE LEGENDS: Violinist Karen Gomyo,

performs in an anniversary concert presented by the Vancouver Chopin Society. May 12. $44.75.

returns to the VSO to perform Gershwin and Rachmaninoff. May 25. $17-$62.

tales and plays. Hosted by Christopher Gaze. May 30. $21-$38.

Top ballroom dancers join the VSO for an evening of music and dance choreographed by veteran DWTS pro Louis van Amstel. May 8.

PERFORMANCE: Pianist Rafal Blechacz

Spectacular trumpet player, singer, and show-stopping performer Byron Stripling teams up with the VSO for two nights of New Orleans jazz. May 31 & June 1.

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conducts and performs with the VSO. May 17 & 18 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Road).

• JUDY COLLINS: Legendary folk singer

• STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS:

• SPIRIT ALIVE! GALA CHOIR CONCERT: St. Patrick’s two choirs present

and Grammy Award winner performs audience favourites. May 9. $46.

Musical stream of consciousness performed in the Orpheum Annex. May 18. $23-$30.

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“I’d studied social movements pretty extensively at UBC when I got my degree in Sociology.

That base knowledge allowed me to understand Occupy a little bit better than most,” explains Ogilvie, speaking from Toronto where Occupy: The Movie is playing the Hot Docs film festival.

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the past 40 years. Not a single protest movement in 40 years.

So, this is something that comes around once in a generation.”

Once he’d committed himself to the project, he realized that the movement was a documentarian’s playground.

“You have all the pieces of an entertaining film: You have violence, injustice, blood, love, hatred, conspiracy, corruption...”

The difficulty was zeroing in on “the core essence of the movement.” As Ogilvie explains, “It took four months of research, at about 60 hours a week, to really synthesize a storyline I could make this film with.” Perhaps taking cues from philosopher Cornel West’s apt comparison of the Occupy movement to jazz, Ogilvie adopted a slightly improvisational approach to his filmmaking. As he says, “I went in half-prepared. I wanted a loose structure so that I could still be spontaneous but not get lost.”

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detailed assessment of Occupy, calling on Noam Chomsky and other familiar voices of the left, that nevertheless has the capacity to surprise with its twists and revelations.

After Hot Docs, Occupy: The Movie next opens Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival on May 3. Making the rounds on the festival circuit has only reinforced Ogilvie’s belief in the value of investigative docs.

“The mainstream media is not designed to cover the Occupy movement properly,” he asserts.

“It’s just structurally incapable of covering a dynamic social movement with multiple facets.”

“It is a movement that deserves a two-hour film. Heck, it deserves a 10-hour film,” he concludes. “In some way, I hope this film can be used as a utility that future social movements can use to learn what to do and what not to do.”

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Vancouver dancer Sarah Carver has been under Chan Hon Goh’s wing since she was five. Carver will be performing solos in Balanchine’s Walpurgiesnacht and Bournonville’s Napoli at the Goh Ballet’s 35th anniversary gala June 1.

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oh Ballet has been producing some of Canada’s most talented and exquisite dancers for 35 years.

In celebration of their success and influence in Vancouver’s arts community, the Goh will be hosting an anniversary gala “Dance my Dreams” on June 1, showcasing pieces from Balanchine and Bournonville as well as a world premier by choreographer Sasha Evtimova.

Sarah Carver, 15, is a quiet and reserved young woman. Her complex emotional focus and energy expressed through movement rather than words.

As such, it’s no surprise that the Vancouver dancer is performing the challenging and energetic solos in Balanchine’s Walpurgiesnacht and Bournonville’s Napoli.

Carver has been training with the Goh ballet since she was five. Her years of dedication led her to compete in Bejiing and Korea last year alongside her mentor, Chan Hon Goh. “It’s rare to be able to groom somebody from when they are five or six years old, right up to graduation,” says Goh, whose parents started the ballet school.

“Sarah puts in the time and the determination, and the dedication, and we are here to support that and to give her all of the tools and all of the components necessary to build the type of career we feel that she can have.”

Sarah has set her sights high, with hopes of one day joining the UK’s prestigious Royal Ballet.

“Goh Ballet is a great school, and we get a lot of opportunities here,” Carver says The elegant Chan Hon Goh is not only the school’s director, but also a former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, an icon in Canadian arts, and a mentor to young dancers.

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mentorship is so much more allinvolving. It has to do with not only the physical aspect of coaching of their dancing, or teaching them how to do a step properly but goes further to mentor their intellect, their perception, their emotional intelligence as well, and to be a support system.

“I see it to be beyond a teacher and something that brings a closer bond.”

Many graduates from the Goh ballet have gone onto reputable careers

on world stages and their success continues to give a name for Vancouver arts.

“A lot of wonderful training, and amazing talent comes from this city and Goh Ballet plays such a vital role in that,” said Goh.

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on until Oct. 13 at the Maritime Museum, explains that: • an anchor tattoo means that the sailor has crossed the Atlantic or was in the Merchant Marines • a tattoo of a fully rigged ship means the sailor has been around Cape Horn • every swallow tattoo represents 5,000 nautical miles on board a ship • tattoos of a rooster or pig are done on feet to prevent a sailor from drowning. (Roosters and pigs were kept in crates which could float to shore after a shipwreck. They were often the only survivors of the wreck.)

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This 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo is just one of many beauties finding a new home thanks to Autoform, a luxury pre-owned dealership on Clark. Sadly, this particular car just sold. Autoform photo

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t’s hard to tell where Aaron Van Pykstra the car guy stops and Aaron Van Pykstra the car salesman starts.

See that 1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV in the Autoform sales room? He loves telling you all about it. The 2000 Aston Martin Vantage DB7? What would you like to know about its supercharged straight-6 engine? There’s also the 2007 Rolls Royce Phantom with its retractable Spirit of Ecstasy?

Sure, he’d love to sell you one of the cars at Autoform, which he opened several months ago with his partner Mike Wood, but he also simply enjoys talking about what makes them special and fun to drive.

The same can be said about many of the people who drop by the new business on Clark Drive. They are, in general, car guys, who know the difference between the 1969 GTO with the ignition on the steering column and the 1968 GTO which still had the ignition on the dashboard. Sometimes they’re in the mood to buy; sometimes they’re just looking to see what’s new in the showroom. Autoform is one of those places where no detail is too small to squeeze into a conversation.

“We’re a boutique auto dealership,” says Van Pykstra. “It’s like a woman buying clothing — you want to see the cars, sit in them, smell them.”

Two months ago, Autoform was in the Burrard Street neighbourhood shared by the likes of Lexus, Ferrari and Bentley. It’s a go-to destination for luxury cars. Audi is building a new dealership at Burrard and W. 2nd and Wood’s Auto One dealership was at W. 3rd and Burrard before he and Van Pykstra, who also owns Vancouver Cigar Store, decided to team up as Autoform.

But the neighbourhood also has a rich pricetag when it comes to rent. Autoform decided to make the move to the western edge of East Vancouver, where rents are not only cheaper but there’s also an existing car culture. It’s in this neighbourhood that you can get a car serviced or detailed. MCL Motor Cars is building a huge Porsche centre a few blocks away, with Mercedes doing the same; Lexus, Ford and GM dealerships are already nearby.

And now that Autoform has moved in, two other pre-owned car dealerships are scoping out the street.

This ebb and flow of retail traffic is part of Vancouver’s ongoing evolution. The city seems to be constantly morphing itself.

Commercial Drive became popular as a less expensive, funky version of Kitsilano — many newcomers are called Kitsilano transplants — but now it’s becoming so popular that rents are increasing. Clark Drive is positioned to take some of the spillover and, in doing so, enhance East Van’s appeal.

“All of our friends in the West Side started in the East Side and now want to be back,” Van Pykstra smiles. “It’s really interesting to see what’s happening in the neighbourhood.

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Election 2013: Apathy is Boring

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e’re doing the sort of kitschy newspaper thing where we want to know, like, “Five Ways for Youth to Get More Involved,” so Ilona Dougherty, executive director and co-founder of Apathy is Boring has humoured us with some simple steps with the 40th British Columbia general election looming:

3) Stay connected to your representative Democracy doesn’t stop after election day.

Keep our politicians accountable by phoning, writing, and emailing them on the issues that you care about.

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FIVE WAYS FOR YOUTH TO GET MORE INVOLVED 1) Register to vote These days, with all the information available online, it’s easier than ever before to register as a voter. No excuses! Elections.bc.ca

2) Vote on May 14 Sounds simple, but only 38 per cent of Canadians aged 18-24 voted in the May 2011 election. Exercise your right to participate in who leads our city,

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It’s within these parties that policy decisions often get made. If you really want to be involved in our democracy, this is a great way to do it.

5) Get informed The more you know, the more likely you are to have an impact. Educate yourself on the issues that matter to you, and you’ll be surprised just how much of a difference you can make.

“It’s all about connecting young people with the government and helping them understand that things that they care about in their lives can be effected.”

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No Facebook. No Twitter. No website. It is hard to imagine any business operating without any of these, but this mobile creperie is one of a kind. Owner and operator Bruno Dehier is originally from France and he brings to Vancouver his savoury and sweet buckwheat crêpes called Galettes de Sarrasin or “galettes”. Fresh, healthy and made with local ingredients, Dehier has been making them here since 2005.

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It is easily missed but it has been around since 2006. Husband-andwife team Vera Eftovska-Ivanova and Ziggy Ivanov own and operate this casual 15-seat eatery. Both are professionally trained chefs and they bring to Vancouver flavours from their native Bulgaria.

They specialize in sweet and saAcacia voury fillo pastries and baked goods. It is the only place you can find banitsa — a traditional Bulgarian pastry stuffed with a mixture of whisked eggs and cheese. Try the spinach version and grab a Morning Glory muffin.

I just adore these ladies! Chef and owner Katia Kefalogianni opened the restaurant in 1974 and still runs it with her sister and daughter, Tania. My Greek friend introduced me to it and so far it is my benchmark for Greek food in the city.

The grilled and stuffed calamari with feta, kefalograviera (Greek cheese), celery, bell peppers, and zucchini is classic to traditional Greek cuisine. In a deep fried calamari infatuated city, this one is worth trying, too.

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La Bohème Crêperie is one of those Vancouver food stops that flies under the radar. Mijune Pak photos You can catch up with Mijune next at National Sustainable Seafood Day with David Suzuki at The Four Seasons on May 3 (tickets $25 at FourSeasons. com/Vancouver.) She will also be judging Cathay Pacific’s Noodles of Asia contest in San Francisco with celebrity chef Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook!

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s summer tumbles our way, it’s probably a safe bet that you’ll find yourself strolling Vancouver’s Olympic Village, the little neighbourhood that could, on some idle sunny afternoon. After poking around Habitat Island, enjoying the seaside furniture, and perhaps picking up a couple things at Urban Fare, you’ll be getting mighty thirsty and end up on the sunny patio at the Daniel Group’s Tap & Barrel with a hankering for a glass of wine (or two). Trust me. I’ve been there.

Now, I know that the Group’s Corporate Sommelier David Stansfield has a zillion excellent BC wines on tap, the freshest way to enjoy a glass of the good stuff.

Whether you’re tucking into mussels, pizzas, burgers or (Why not?) a little brunch, here are a few exclusives they’re drawing from their taps, wines you won’t find anywhere else, that will leave your palate singin’.

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no matter the weather. A blend of Riesling from Osoyoos, Pinot Gris from the winery’s Fraser Valley region, and Summerland Gewürztraminer. While there’s less Gewürztraminer in the blend than the other two grapes, those lychee and lavender notes just jump out of the glass, followed by peaches and a good stream of citrus cheer.

Meyer Family Vineyards 2012 Cask Chardonnay | $11/glass I’ve written ad nauseum of winemaker Chris Carson’s knack for Burgundian varieties like Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and this super-fresh version that adds an extra dose from his Naramata Chardonnay vineyard tells me there’s no end in sight to my singing his praises. Tropical pineapple-driven fruit, but not cloyingly so, is lifted by a nice little touch of lemon verbena. The steady hand he gained while training in Burgundy lends a golden touch to our local juice. Well done.

Stoneboat Vineyards 2012 Faux Pas Rosé | $10/glass A blend of Pinot Noir and Pinotage from Oliver, this isn’t your simple berry-fruit-and– nothing-else glass of pink. Nope, you’ll take note of black plum, nutmeg, strawberry leaf and the juiciest, drippiest bites of watermelon you could imagine.

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By Martha Perkins Every Thursday, a truck from the Greater Vancouver Food Bank pulls up to the loading dock at the Kitsilano Marketplace IGA. When it pulls away, it will be filled with food that will be distributed to dozens of community food kitchens.

By that night, some of it will be dinner for people who find it hard to make a paycheque stretch far enough to include a healthy meal.

Some of the food has been donated by store owners John and Joanne Gendron.

Every day they go through the store looking for food products that are three days away from their best-before date.

They pull those items from the shelves and, depending on the time of the week, either freeze them or put them aside for the Thursday pick up.

As well, whenever a customer at the store purchases an IGA brand product with a loyalty card, a percentage of the sale is set aside.

The Gendrons let that build for a year and then give the money to the food bank which, in turn, buys custom-sized frozen hamburger packages from the IGA. Last year it amounted to $5,000 worth of fresh or frozen food and $7,600 for the purchase of hamburger.

“You should always be giving back,” says John Gendron, noting that they also support local churches’ and schools’ food programs with donations of bananas and yogurt.

“You should be thankful that people are shopping at your store because they have the choice to go elsewhere.”

In the grand scheme of things — each week the GVFB helps feed 25,000 people — such donations might seem small but that’s not how the food bank views them.

“It truly doesn’t take much to have a significant impact,” says Kay Thody, the food bank’s communications director.

The Gendrons are part of a network of 429 food businesses, including restaurants, Rogers Arena, and other grocery stores that take part in the Community Angels Food Runner program.

Last year, through everyone’s combined efforts, the program diverted 870,000 pounds of food which otherwise would be wasted.

That food, which was distributed to 25 community kitchens provided 108,000 meals every month.

“From our perspective,” says the program’s manager Will Shields, “that’s anything but small.”

To find out how you can help, go to Foodbank.BC.ca

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A little drop’ll do you — Welcome to Lauren Mote’s world of bitters

By Martha Perkins

with making things and Jonathan’s the same way. We remastered my bitters with a chef’s perspective.” ho knew that such a tiny drop of Don’t be surprised to see Choliquid could contain such a burst vancek add bitters to what he’s of flavours? cooking for their other company, And who knew that such an exKale & Nori. plosion of taste could be so nuanced that you can Bitters have been around for detect slight hints of a myriad of ingredients? centuries but prohibition squeezed Who knew? many companies dry.

Well, Lauren Mote for one.

Modern pioneers such as Mote She is the high priestess of bitters, the are sparking curiosity about bitters’ bartender turned entrepreneur who, with her power. partner in life and business, chef Jonathan “It’s not to add to the taste; it’s Chovancek, has created to make the flavours Bittered Sling. of what’s in the glass Their line of bitwhat they’re supWhat bitters are to taste ters — concentrated posed to be,” she says. concoctions of botanicocktails, IMAX is to VHS; it Her definition of cal and organic food bitters is a “high- have ingredients — is adding changes the complexity the same ingredients creativity to dozens of in a tea or tisane.

Lauren Mote bar lists across the city.

Alcohol is the only But it’s not just cockmedium you can tail lovers who are delighting in the discovery use to extract the flavours of the of how bitters enhance their drink’s flavours. ingredients. “You wouldn’t have Put a few drops in sparkling water and you the flavours without the alcohol,” have a refreshingly natural spritzer.

Mote says.

And it’s not a coincidence that Mote has creLauren Mote is very much in deated her year-old line of 14 bitters (six of which mand as a speaker and presenter. are available all the time) with Chovancek in Notes for this story were taken their kitchen. at a bitters seminar at the Modern “Jonathan is an incredibly gifted chef,” she Bartender in Gastown. says.

She and Chovancek also host “He operates with food and flavours the way monthly cocktail competitions at I operate with booze and flavours. I’m obsessed the Legacy Liquor Store in Olympic Village.

Check out Kaleandnori.com, BitteredSling.com and legacyliquorVancouver’s favourite breakfast store.com to find out more about destination for over 10 years. what she’s up to, where you can purchase Bittered Sling bitters, and some delicious recipes.

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Lauren Mote of Bittered Sling gives seminars about bitters throughout Vancouver. Earlier this year she was part of a workshop at The Modern Bartender in Gastown (a store that sells everything a bartender or mixologist could dream of needing) with owner Rod Moore and bartender Don Wheeler. Martha Perkins photo

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érida Anderson’s Vegan Secret Supper Club started in Vancouver but has since travelled to Montreal and

Brooklyn.

Now she’s done a cookbook for those foodies — not just vegans — who want to try some of her imaginative recipes at home. In advance of her June 21 book launch in Vancouver, we reached her by email to ask her a few questions about her inspirations and ideas.

Q: What’s the biggest challenge to vegan cooking?

Because more than half of the people I cook for at VSS aren’t vegan, or even vegetarian, the biggest challenge is to cook a supper so unique and satisfying that even the most skeptical diner doesn’t think anything is “missing”.

I choose not to cook with soy and common “meat replacers” for this reason.

Instead I rely on natural ingredients and their flavours and textures.

Q: What ingredients did you miss the most at first?

I think cheese would have been the biggest one. For most vegetarian cooking, cheese is the part that will give a dish the most flavour.

At VSS, I use nut cheeses, which lend a rich flavour to most any dish, and can

be prepared in many ways from being fermented and aged, to a quick blend with simply lemon and salt.

Q: How have you learned to compensate for the ingredients you can’t use?

I think compensate would be the wrong way to look at it. I carefully consider the vegetable itself and cook to bring that flavour to the forefront, instead of relying on “instant” flavour like cheese or meat, respectively.

I think of the vegetable as the root or heart of the dish, as opposed to a side dish (the way they are thought of when meat/cheese are in the picture).

Q: What is your newest food discovery or inspiration?

Mérida Anderson started the Vegan Secret Supper Club, and is now preparing to launch her cookbook this Juna at the ARTBANK, 1897 Powell. Danny Rico photo Q: Any upcoming events in Vancouver?

I would have to say sumac. I have used it a few times, but fresh sumac, which can be foraged in certain areas in the summer, can been used to make beverages.

It has a lemony tart flavor and is a beautiful reddish pink.

It’s a great spice and flower that can be used for sweet and savory dishes alike.

• Coconut oil. (My baking essential) • Raw cashews, for desserts and fermenting.

• Good quality dark chocolate • Coconut milk • Balsamic vinegar • Nutritional yeast • Garam masala

Q: What are your 10 must-have pantry items?

Q: Where are your favourite vegan restaurants in Vancouver?

I will be in Vancouver for the Vancouver book launch on June 21 at ARTBANK (1897 Powell) as well as a few pop-up suppers in early summer.

Those interested in hearing about upcoming Vancouver VSS suppers and events can join our email list by contacting vancouver@vegansecretsupper.com.

We’re also on Facebook as Vegan Secret Supper.

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Vancouver recently hosted Canada’s largest 10k run (the Sun Run, which attracted 48,000 runners) and is home to the upcoming BMO Vancouver Marathon (expecting 17,000 runners on May 5).

Registered Holistic Nutritionist Emma Cutfield, whose 2013 schedule includes 15 events, knows that what we eat, and drink, plays a vital role in a runner’s health.

Here are some of her tips to ensure Vancouver’s running community — from beginners to avid marathoners — can sustain themselves for this race season, and through a lifetime of running.

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aking time for yourself to breathe and get centered — whether you can make it to the yoga studio or not — is the intention behind a new EA Sports app and the philosophy of the guru who voices it.

The app came to fruition when its producer, EA’s Jen Riley, was on Hornby Island on maternity leave. She soon started missing the connection she found while at yoga class.

After searching for an app that would allow her to do yoga from home, and failing to find anything, the idea for Yogify was born.

Through word of mouth, Alex Mazerolle was contacted to become the voice behind the download.

As the ‘Yogify guru,’ Mazerolle narrates each pose, while Riley plays the role of the student in “class”.

“You can do it any-

Alex Mazerolle is the voice behind EA’s Yogify app, available on iOS devices where — in your hotel room, on the grass — and just get your flow on,” says Mazerolle, a popular Vancouver yoga teacher, with classes at YYoga Yaletown on Sundays and a dinner/yoga experience on Wednesday evening at Gastown’s Nelson the Seagull.

She’s also the founder of Girlvana — an initiative to empower teen girls through yoga and meditation, which is hosting its first urban retreat in the city this weekend.

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was recently released in March, the project started in early September. Mazerolle created the yoga sequences, which include 15, 30, 45, and 60 minute sessions. The app is a collection of images that guide the viewer through the postures, even breaking down the proper alignment to reap the most benefits.

In addition to different levels, there are diverse programs. ‘Strength’ works to build power and stamina, ‘flexibility’ aids in opening tight spots, while ‘balance’ helps to center one’s mind.

The iOS app contains more than 30 hours of yoga across 50 classes.

Within the app, Mazerolle narrates over 275 poses.

“Overall, I think it’s just the anytime, anywhere convenience,” says Mazerolle.

“It’s helping you take

the time out of your day to do something for yourself — breathing, calming yourself down, and quieting the mind.

You’re getting that time to yourself to connect.”

So far, Mazerolle has been receiving positive feedback from students, friends, and strangers who message her on social media thanking her for her guidance.

She encourages people of all yoga levels to try the app, and grow with it.

“I know people love that feeling of being in class and part of a community, but we’re busy people so we can’t always get to the mat,” said Mazerolle. “This is all about doing something quick — doing a sun salutation, breathing, getting into your body, and going on with your day.”

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Dignity in aging: A universal love story STILL MINE

Written by Michael McGowan After making his mark with character-based dramedies Saint Ralph and One Week, Michael McGowan saw his broader Score: A Hockey Musical fall on deaf ears.

The writer-director’s frustration over Score’s inability to find an audience perhaps explains the subject he settled on for its follow-up.

“I was really trying to write a film about ‘When do you give up?’” he shares. “Then I read this article and it encapsulated everything that I was trying to write.”

That article concerned Craig Morrison, an 88-year-old building a more accessible home for his ailing wife — by hand, no less — and incurring the wrath of bureaucrats in the process.

“The story had a filmic structure,” suggests McGowan.

After meeting with Morrison, he commenced work on Still Mine, warning his real-life inspiration that some artistic license would be

taken. Oddly enough: “The stuff that I thought I was making up, I actually got right.”

McGowan’s instincts proved similarly strong with the casting of James Cromwell as Craig and Geneviève Bujold as his Alzheimer’safflicted wife.

“With both of them, it was just tuning instruments,” he marvels.

“They’re two actors that you can just keep the camera on their faces.

It’s (a testament to) the brilliance of their acting that you can watch so long.”

Routinely lauded for telling “specifically Canadian” stories, McGowan doesn’t believe that designation applies to Still Mine.

“Samuel Goldwyn Films is going to release it in the States. We’ve been picked up for distribution internationally,” he cites.

“I think that, if you get it right with the love story... I don’t think it’s Canadian. I think it’s universal.

We all need a home. We all need dignity in aging.”

— Curtis Woloschuk

Real facts about gangs and crime in BC. 1. GanG members likely to die before aGe 30: In B.C., if you are 30, a male and have a violent criminal past, your probability of becoming a victim of a gang-related murder increases substantially.

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A comedy of errors with an all-star cast THE BIG WEDDING

Starring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton Directed by Justin Zackham When former That ‘70s Show star Topher Grace is the best thing about a comedy featuring four Oscar winners, it’s a very bad sign.

The Big Wedding assembles a talented cast of newcomers and veterans but gives their characters little to do and crams an endless barrage of clichés and stereotypes into a lazy, hackneyed script.

The film is a remake of the original 2006 French version that portrays a divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) pretending to still be married for their adopted son’s (Ben Barnes) wedding after his conservative mother unexpectedly decides to attend.

The rest of the players result in completely superficial roles – Susan Sarandon as De Niro’s new squeeze, Amanda Seyfried as the bride-to-be and,

perhaps most disappointing, comic legend Robin Williams is relegated to the thankless and unfunny role of the local priest (one that oddly mirrors his performance in License to Wed).

Virtually nothing about the movie works — the actors drift aimlessly through one attempted gag after another, sometimes coming off as downright bored or indifferent.

The story unfolds in a predictable Thor and contrived fashion, offers no Diakow surprises and hampers the talents of a formidable cast.

The very nature of some of the jokes range from inappropriate, we see De Niro attempting oral sex within the first five minutes, to downright stupid.

Aside from a handful of laughs courtesy of Topher Grace, The Big Wedding is nothing more than a cash grab and only serves to add more cynicism to the Hollywood comedy machine.

Setting the bar for summer blockbusters IRON MAN 3

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley Directed by Shane Black “We create our own demons,” intones Robert Downey Jr. at the outset of his fourth go-around as the armoured Iron Man. It’s a theme that both the star and writerdirector Shane Black know well, having proven to be their own worst enemies in the past.

The collaborators’ experiences with confronting their mistakes and rediscovering their mojo lends some welcome heft to this entertaining story of a super hero seemingly on top the world – he helped fend off an alien invasion in The Avengers – and yet at a loss as to what to do next.

Puttering around his technologically advanced workshop, Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) fends off anxiety attacks and watches as a sleazy biotech whiz (Guy Pearce) makes moves on his frustrated girlfriend (Gwyneth Paltrow).

Shaken from his stupor when a terrorist known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) strikes Los Angeles, Stark quickly learns the consequences of calling out a heavily-armed madman (and giving him your home address). Stripped of his bells and whistles, he’s left to rely on his wits and resourcefulness to survive.

Even though Black’s uproarious directorial debut Kiss Kiss Bang Bang helped launch Downey Jr.’s second act back in 2005, the writer of Lethal Weapon has waited eight years for another chance to direct.

Working from a script he cowrote with Drew Pearce, Black bursts from the gates here and maintains that velocity, hurling hilarious oneliners with impunity, unfurling plot twists, and infusing his thrilling action sequences with charming playfulness.

Summer’s not yet arrived but the bar for blockbuster season has already been set exceptionally high. — Curtis Woloschuk

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They will both be done without text — simply through image and expressive physicality.

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sondra Cohen and JJ Wilson gave a short but heartfelt speech at the annual CampOUT fundraiser on April 24, held at hotelier John Evans’ private residence.

2 CBC’s Fred Lee co-hosted

home in the Pacific Rim Residences. 3 On April 23 at the Granville Island Hotel, the Shooting Stars Foundation donated $100,000 to 15 Direct Service HIV/AIDS organizations. Bottom Row L-R: Emma Garrod, Diane Campbell (Vancouver Native Health), Carol White (Heart of Richmond AIDS Society), Mairin Pybus Keane (Western Canadian Pediatric AIDS), Carly Daoust (Positive Women’s Network). Middle Row L-R: Bonnie Cyre (Chair - Shooting Stars Foundation), Kristy Kerr (McLaren Housing), Brian Chittock (AIDS Vancouver), Patience Nyoni (Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC), Carl Bailey (Heart of Richmond AIDS Society), Marina Stamboulieh (WISH Drop-In Centre), Lisa Martella (A Loving Spoonful), Sponsor - Tina Coon (Aptus Benefits Inc) Back Row L-R: John Andru (McLaren Housing), Daniel Grace (CRBC), Brett O’Reilly (AIDS Vancouver), Wenda Nairn (Dr.

Free Will Astrology

By Rob Brezsny • Week of May 2 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Are you afraid that you lack a crucial skill or aptitude? Do you have a goal that you’re worried might be impossible to achieve because of this inadequacy?

If so, now is a good time to make plans to fill in the gap. If you formulate such an intention, you will attract a benevolent push from the cosmos. Why spend another minute fretting about the consequences of your ignorance when you have more power than usual to correct that ignorance?

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Imagine you’re in a large room full of costumes. It’s like a masquerade store at Halloween plus a storage area where a theater troupe keeps the apparel its actors use to stage a wide variety of historical plays. You have free reign here. You can try on different masks and wigs and disguises and getups. You can envision yourself living in different eras as various characters. If you like, you can even go out into the world wearing your alternate identities. Try this exercise, Taurus.

It’ll stimulate good ideas about some new selfimages you might want to play with in real life.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Ray LaMontagne sings these lyrics in his tune ‘Empty’: “I looked my demons in the eyes. Laid bare my chest and said, ‘Do your best to destroy me. I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.’” I wouldn’t be opposed to you delivering a message like that to your own demons, Gemini — with one caveat: Leave out the “Do your best to destroy me” part. Simply peer into the glazed gaze of those shabby demons and say, “You bore me and I’m done with you. Bye-bye.” And then walk away from them for good.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): I know a devotee of Tibetan Buddhism who got an unexpected message from her teacher. He told her she has

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Life and Positive Living North. 4 Interior designer Robert Bailey with local artists Taizo Yamamoto, Tiko Kerr, Michael Miller and Alana Rothstein (top left to bottom right) at the OPUS Hotel revamp launch on April 24. 5 Vancouver Aquarium’s BeeBop the Beluga Whale greeted Ann-Marie Copping, manager of Vancouver

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Three landmark losses The retirement of Umberto Menghi, renowned bon vivant restaurateur and international culinary icon, and closing of Il Giardino, with its unique fine Italian cuisine and elegant dining, marks the end of two landmarks in Vancouver’s modern era. But their loss will soon be followed by yet a third landmark loss. The home at 1376 Hornby, that gave Il Giardino its rare natural momma and poppa atmosphere for some 40 years, will also soon disappear from the scene forever. Built in 1885, one year before Vancouver’s incorporation as a city, it represents perhaps the last of its kind in the heart of downtown Vancouver. In Vancouver, money, expansion and density are always the bottom lines. Why preserve the birth place of fine al fresco dining and one mere tiny cottage that represents the way life once was before Vancouver was still only a gleam in the eyes of its beholders?

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the annual CampOUT fundraiser with UBC’s Janet Mee and hotelier John Evans (left to right), raising $75,000 for the UBC summer camp for LGBT kids at Evans’

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Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program; Tina Baird, marketing director, Naramata Bench Wineries; and Dolf DeJong, Vancouver Aquarium’s vice president of conservation and education at the Wine for Waves event, presented by Vancouver Aquarium and Naramata Bench Wineries Association. benefiting Ocean Wise at the Four Seasons Hotel April 26.

made such exemplary progress in her quest for enlightenment that she has earned the ultimate reward. When she dies many years from now, the teacher said, she will enter nirvana!

She will have no further karmic obligation to reincarnate into a new body in the future, and will be forever excused from the struggle of living in the material world. Although her teacher meant this to be good news, she was heartbroken. She wants to keep reincarnating. Her joyous passion is to help relieve the suffering of her fellow humans. Can you guess what sign she is? Yes: a Cancerian. Like her, many of you are flirting with an odd and challenging choice between selfishness and selflessness.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): A lawyer named John Keogh filed an application with the Australian Patent Office. It was for a “circular transportation facilitation device.” His claim was approved. He thus became the owner of the world’s first and only patent for the wheel. So far, he has not tried to collect royalties from anyone who’s using wheels. I nominate him to be your role model, Leo. May he inspire you to stamp your personal mark on a universal archetype or put your unique spin on something everyone knows and loves.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): This may be the best week in a long time to practice the art of crazy wisdom. And what is crazy wisdom? Here’s how novelist Tom Robbins described it to Shambhala Sun: It’s “a philosophical worldview that recommends swimming against the tide, cheerfully seizing the short end of the stick, embracing insecurity, honoring paradox, courting the unexpected, celebrating the unfamiliar, shunning orthodoxy, volunteering for tasks nobody else wants or dares to do, and breaking taboos in order to destroy their power.

It’s the wisdom of those who turn the tables on despair by lampooning it, and who neither seek authority nor submit to it.” And why should you do any of that weird stuff? Robbins: “To enlarge the soul, light up the brain, and liberate the spirit.”

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): “Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle?”

To “Waiting in the rain” rant. For some bus drivers, [it’s] just having piece and quiet with no passengers on the board the bus coughing, chatting on their cell phones and many other annoying things that they have to deal with when the door opens. Lighten up! We have some of the nicest, most professional drivers than many other cities experience. They deserve their well deserved breaks and quiet times (when they can get them) as much as you do. Uninterrupted.

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asked Irish poet William Butler Yeats. “A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.” A woman may show similar bravery, of course. In my astrological opinion, that’s the noble adventure beckoning to you, Libra: a dive into the depths of your inner workings. I hope that’s the direction you go; I hope you don’t take your stouthearted struggle out into the world around you. All the best action will be happening in that fertile hub known as your “soul.”

center, there’s a 45-square-mile national park teeming with wildlife. Against a backdrop of skyscrapers, rhinos and giraffes graze. Lions and cheetahs pounce. Wildebeests roam and hyenas skulk. I suggest you borrow the spirit of that arrangement and invoke it in your own life. In other words, be highly civilized and smartly sophisticated part of the time; be wild and free the rest of the time. And be ready to go back and forth between the two modes with grace and ease.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Historical records suggest that ancient Greek philosopher Democritus went blind late in his life. There are different stories about why. According to one account, he intentionally did it to himself by gazing too long into the sun. That was his perverse way of solving a vexing problem: It freed him from the torment of having to look upon gorgeous women who were no longer interested in or available to him because of his advanced age. I hope you won’t do anything like that, Scorpio. In fact, I suggest you take the opposite approach: Keep your attention focused on things that stir your deep attraction, even if you think you can’t have them for your own. Valuable lessons and unexpected rewards will emerge from such efforts.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): In the wild, a tiger’s diet consists entirely of meat. The big cat loves to feast on deer and wild boar, and eats a variety of other animals, too. The hunt is always solitary, never done in collaborative groups. That’s why the creature’s success rate is so low. A tiger snags the prey it’s seeking only about five per cent of the time. It sometimes has to wait two weeks between meals. Nevertheless, a tiger rarely starves. When it gets what it’s after, it can devour 75 pounds of food in one sitting. According to my astrological analysis, Aquarius, you’re like a tiger these days. You haven’t had a lot of lucky strikes lately, but I suspect you will soon hit the jackpot.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Search your memory, Sagittarius, and recall a time when you pushed yourself to your limits as you labored over a task you cared about very much.

At that time, you worked with extreme focus and intensity. You were rarely bored and never resentful about the enormous effort you had to expend. You loved throwing yourself into this test of willpower, which stretched your resourcefulness and compelled you to grow new capacities. What was that epic breakthrough in your past? Once you know, move on to your next exercise: Imagine a new assignment that fits this description, and make plans to bring it into your life in the near future.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Nairobi is Kenya’s capital and home of over three million urbanites. A few minutes’ drive from the city

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): The French word flâneur is a meme that refers to a person who strolls around the city at a leisurely pace, exploring whatever captivates her imagination.

To the casual observer, the flâneur may seem to be a lazy time-waster with nothing important to do. But she is in fact motivated by one of the noblest emotions — pure curiosity — and is engaged in a quest to attract novel experiences, arouse fresh insights, and seek new meaning. Sound fun? Well, congratulations, Pisces, because you have been selected as the Flaming Flâneur of the Zodiac for the next two weeks. Get out there and meander!

HOMEWORK: What’s the single most important question you have to find an answer for in the next five years? Deliver your best guess to me at Freewillastrology.com.

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Re: The estate of NORMAN DANIEL KENDALL otherwise known as NORMAN KENDALL and NORM KENDALL, deceased, formerly of #305-1809 Frances Street, in the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia V5L 1Z2

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ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN $1000 604-308-5665

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Waterfront Lots for Sale Excellent Climate Near the Atlantic Ocean.

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LAB PUPS, Chocolate, $700. vet ch, dew-claws rem. 1st shots, dewormed. qual. lines (604)702-0217 MULTI-POO Miniature, brown 4-5lb Hypo aller, non-shed, family raised, vet cert $1250. 604-341-1445.

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He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered. ALSO GOLDEN RETRIEVER (not reg.) available for stud (OFA hips and cert eyes).

Mission 604-820-4827 PURE MASTIFF X AFRICAN BORBAL puppies, have first shots, $400 each. Call (604)869-5502 SHELTIES: 6/mo male, 4/yr male, 3/yr fem, 2/yr fem. Sable,ready now Shots / dewormed. 604-826-6311.

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www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of NORMAN DANIEL KENDALL otherwise known as NORMAN KENDALL and NORM KENDALL are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the administratrix KARIN ELISABETH KENDALL c/o Wilson Rasmussen LLP, at #30015127 100th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, on or before June 3, 2013, after which date the administratrix will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the administratrix then has notice.

RENTALS 700

RENT TO OWN

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FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 708sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo.

Option Fee Req. 604-626-9647

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APARTMENT/CONDO

MOVE-IN ALLOWANCE KERRISDALE 1 bd. $1250 / 2 bd. $1600

Incls. Heat & Hot Water

923

N/S N/P, No BBQ’s. Parking Extra. 1 Year Lease Minimum.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

MISC. FOR SALE

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MOVE-IN ALLOWANCE Kerrisdale Highrise 2 Bdrm. starting $1675 Large Bright Unit w/ Balcony.

Incls. Heat & Hot Water.

Parking Extra. Available Now!

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1250sf. 3 bdrm. 1.5 bath, 5 appli.

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Avail. Now. $1450 + utils. Refs.

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TENDERS

Land Parcel Sale By Tender SW 17-28-29W1 RM of Shell River, MB. 80 acres. Hay/Pasture/Bush For Farm/Recreation/Acreage.

Highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Closes 05/17/2013 204937-7054 (Roy).

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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S & S FENCING & LANDSCAPING

604-275-3158

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CEDAR FENCE PANELS for Sale & Installation.

AUTO FINANCING

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Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

PAINT SPECIAL • ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

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604.220.JUNK(5865)

Running this ad for 8yrs

C & C Electrical Mechanical

625

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GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161.

REAL ESTATE

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

LEGAL SERVICES

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

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C & C Electrical Mechanical

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WEEKLY SPECIALS 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective May 2 to May 8, 2013.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department

Meat Department

Jordan’s Morning Cereal or Muesli

Blue Sky Natural Sodas

assorted varieties

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37%

250ml

33%

product of France

Level Ground Organic Direct Fair Trade Coffee

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30%

300g product of Columbia/Tanzania

Artisana Organic Raw Almond Butter

Deli Department

3/4.98

45%

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Baby Gourmet Organic Baby Food

37%

2.29

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30%

3/6.99

2.99

assorted varieties

pocket pack

3/3.33

3.29

45-51g • product of USA

regular or w/pineapple

assorted varieties

3.99

from 2.19

1L • +deposit +eco fee product of USA

PRICING

530g

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product of Canada

Omega Nutrition’s Cold Milled Flax is a convenient source of Omega-3, high in fiber and gluten.

New Roots Strong Bones

16.99

90 capsules

Strong Bones features microcrystalline hydroxyapatite – the most readily absorbable form of calcium, plus 21 synergistic bone-building nutrients.

44.99

2.00 off

946ml

Enhances energy, appearance and overall health by supplying high levels of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, antioxidants and more.

regular retail price 425-450g

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International FAIR TRADE DAY May 11, 2013.

PRICING

Choices has been the proud recipient of local and national Fair Trade awards since 2010. What is Fair Trade?

According to Fair Trade Canada Fair Trade is a different way of doing business. It is about making principles of fairness and decency mean something in the marketplace. It seeks to change the terms of trade for the products we buy – to ensure the farmers and artisans behind those products get a better deal. Most often this is understood to mean better prices for producers, but it often means longer-term and more meaningful trading relationships as well. Visit www.fairtrade.canada.ca 2010, 2013 Awards.

Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards.

Thank you!

500g

Genesis Today Organic Acai 100™ Pure Acai Juice

Rice Bakery regular or sandwich

340-454g

7.99

1.00 off regular retail price package of 6

Brown Rice Bread

Rizopia Pasta

Omega Nutrition Organic Cold Milled Flax Seeds

regular or mini

8 pack • product of Canada

Coco Libre Organic Coconut Water

Health Care Department

Oatmeal Carrot Walnut or Banana Chocolate Chips Muffins

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Cascades Enviro Facial Tissue

each

Organic Sourdough Bread Levain Style

398-454g product of USA

Larabar Energy Bars Gluten-Free

bins or bags

Bakery Department

510g product of USA

assorted varieties

128ml product of Canada

Roasted Salted Jumbo Peanuts

11.99

Casa Fiesta Beans

assorted varieties

PRICING

1.98lb/ 4.37kg

Bulk Department

370g • reg 12.99

3.29

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20% off regular retail price

assorted varieties

3.49

PRICING

each 32 oz • reg 9.99

355ml

+deposit +eco fee product of USA

1.89L product of Canada

2/4.00

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7.99

Alexis De Portneuf Brie and Camembert Cheese

Food Merchants Organic Polenta

assorted varieties

Organic Fair Trade Passion Fruit from La Grama in Peru

assorted varieties

10g • product of USA

3/2.97

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227g

3/3.00

Organic Fair Trade Packham Pears from Interrupcione in Argentina

Choices’ Own Soup

assorted varieties

Earth's Own Almond Fresh Beverages

23%

100g • product of E.U.

Reed’s Ginger Brew and Virgil’s Cream Soda or Root Beer

8.49

SAVE

6.99lb/ 15.41kg

2/5.00

assorted varieties

30% 7.99

24%

Spring Creek Sirloin Tip Steaks

Annie Chun’s Roasted Seaweed Snacks

assorted varieties

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product of USA

assorted varieties

3.99

SAVE

37%

PRICING

Green & Black's Organic Chocolate Bars

assorted varieties

Organic Fair Trade Large Size Hass Avocados from Pragor Co-op in Mexico

WOW!

354ml +deposit +eco fee

41%

Bonne Maman Jams

SAVE

6/3.48

SAVE

500g product of U.K.

37%

5.49lb/ 12.10kg

assorted varieties

4.79

Produce Department

Extra Lean Ground Turkey

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