Vancouver Courier April 20 2011

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Densely populated riding includes Kitsilano Apartments dominate Vancouver Centre Federal

ELECTION

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Canada votes May 2 Megan Stewart

Staff writer

The Courier continues its weekly profiles of the five federal electoral districts in Vancouver.

Riding name and location: Vancouver Centre encompasses the city’s downtown business core and the residential areas of Mount Pleasant, Fairview Slopes,

the West End and a northeasterly pocket of Kitsilano.

It takes in the urban forest of Stanley Park as well as the Granville entertainment district, Rogers Arena and B.C. Place along with Edgewater and the projected site of a contentious, much-debated casino. City hall is also located in Vancouver Centre.

The riding includes all of False Creek but begins in Burrard Inlet where Cambie Street meets the foreshore.

The boundary branches off Cambie at the Dunsmuir Viaduct until the elevated asphalt meets Main Street, where it pulls in a corner of Chinatown before continuing south to East Second Avenue where it jogs south again along Ontario Street

until 16th Avenue. From the edge of East Van, the riding boundary continues along West 16th to Arbutus Street, where the border then turns north toward Kitsilano Beach. The boundary embraces the mouth of False Creek and with it Granville Island and English Bay. What’s it like: Vancouver Centre has a little of everything and then some: commerce, arts, nightlife, parks, waterfront. A 24-hour pulse and natural escapes within the metropolitan parameter make the city unique in the world. The riding is the city’s—and one of Canada’s—most densely populated according to Statistics Canada.

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Study praises injection site Researchers note decline in overdoses Mike Howell Staff writer

Vancouver Centre includes Stanley Park and the downtown business core. photo Dan Toulgoet

John Graham is feeling optimistic about digging himself out of the depths of drug addiction.

The 45-year-old said Monday he’s been clean and sober for two months and will soon be staying at a treatment centre in Maple Ridge. “I think I am evolving to be the person I was meant to be,” he told the Courier after a press conference Monday at the

Insite drug injection site on East Hastings.

Graham, who is now a client of Insite’s detox program, was at the facility to hear the news he already knew—that Insite, the only legal injection site in North America, saves people like him from dying of drug overdoses.

Researchers from the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS published a study in The Lancet medical journal Monday that showed a 35 per cent decline in the number of overdose deaths since Insite opened in 2003.

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BY MIKE HOWELL NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton remains coy about her mayoral ambitions, but she’ll have to make up her mind soon given the NPA’s May 4 deadline.

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Insite supporters laud study, target the prime minister

Continued from page 1 The study examined overdose deaths two years before the site opened and two years after. The 35 per cent drop occurred within 500 metres of Insite. By contrast, overdose deaths in the rest of the city decreased by less than 10 per cent.

“We knew previously that Insite was reducing public disorder, it was preventing HIV infections, it was also dramatically increasing the number of people who were entering into

addiction treatment,” said Thomas Kerr, a co-author of the study, who attended Monday’s press conference.

“But today, what we’ve found in this study is that Insite is literally the difference between life and death for many people who come here.”

The findings come less than a month before the Supreme Court of Canada is expected to rule on two lower court rulings in B.C. that have allowed Insite to remain open. The federal government initiated

“INSITE IS LITERALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.” Thomas Kerr

the court fight after B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ian Pitfield granted staff and users a constitutional exemption from the country’s drug laws. The B.C. Court

of Appeal upheld Pitfield’s decision.

Graham said Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s drive to close Insite is based on politics and not scientific studies which have repeatedly shown Insite is helping addicts. “Bureaucrats talking about saving money, [Insite] saves money,” he said. “They use the word ‘addict.’ How about human being? How about helping these people stay alive until they can get the medical attention they need—and come clean.”

Mark Townsend of the PHS Community Service Society, which operates Insite in conjunction with Vancouver Coastal Health, pointed out the federal government has previously commissioned studies on the facility “which basically came up with the same conclusions.”

“In fact some of the authors of those reports did a press conference in Ottawa to say, ‘Hey, enough is enough, this is turning in to a bit of a joke,’” Townsend said. “You really just have

one individual [Harper] who is not listening to anyone—not listening to doctors, not listening to nurses, not listening to their own reports.”

Insite records an average of 600 injections per day and is staffed by nurses.

Though people have overdosed in the facility, the operators say no one has died there.

The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling is expected May 12. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

Liberal incumbent Hedy Fry won 35 per cent of vote in ’08

Continued from page 1 That year a striking majority, 95.6 per cent, called an apartment home. Less than one per cent lived in a single-family detached house.

In comparison, 49 per cent of British Columbians and 55 per cent of Canadians live in a house. The median family income in 2005 was $46,101 and $75,054 for couples without children. Only one third of citizens owned their primary residence. The remaining two

thirds were renters. The population in 2005 was slightly greater than 123,000 and nearly 42,000 residents, or roughly one in every three people, were immigrants.

Who’s running: Liberal Hedy Fry is the long-time incumbent.

Adriane Carr is campaigning for a second time as a Green. First-time federal candidate and former NPA mayoral candidate Jennifer Clarke is running as a Conservative. Karen Shillington, who ran for office as a

Green in Nanaimo, is campaigning for the NDP. Michael Huenefeld is running for the Progressive Canadian Party. Michael Hill is on the ballot for the Marxist-Leninists.

Travis McCrea is campaigning with the Pirate Party of Canada.

Who won last time: Hedy Fry first won in 1993 with 31 per cent of the vote. Her support hovered slightly above 40 per cent until the last election when she won 19,506 votes for 35 per cent of

votes. Gay Conservative Lorne Mayencourt came second with 14,188 votes, or 25 per cent. New Democrat Michael Byers garnered 12,047 for 21 per cent. Adriane Carr finished fourth with 18 per cent support or 10,354 votes.

What matters to voters: Affordable housing is a priority in this riding. A two-thirds majority of residents rent and the average real estate costs for condominiums are greater than the average

Canadian cost of a house, according to Statistics Canada. In 2005, the vast majority of Van Centre citizens lived in an apartment and rent averaged $900. Only 20 per cent of Van Centre citizens owned their home, which was valued at an average $491,000 six years ago.

That same year, it cost the average British Columbian $418,000 and the average Canadian $263,000 to purchase a home. mstewart@vancourier.com

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Tick, tick, tick…

The date is quickly approaching for those people wanting to be the NPA’s mayoral candidate to declare their intentions with the party.

The deadline is May 4.

As of Monday, five people were vying for the NPA’s top job, according to party president John Moonen.

Of course, he wouldn’t name names, gender, profession, where they live, height, weight or favourite TV show.

“We won’t really be releasing the names until either they do, or we have not only received their applications but greenlighted them,” said Moonen, noting the NPA board vets each candidate.

The party has always talked about getting a “game changer” to lead the party into the November civic election. Developer Robert Macdonald, park board commissioner Ian Robertson, businessman and one-time Conservative candidate for Vancouver-Quadra Rick Petersen have all been men-

A coy Suzanne Anton wouldn’t say whether she’ll seek re-election as an NPA councillor or set her sights on the mayor’s chair, but she’ll issue an announcement “fairly soon.” photo Dan Toulgoet tioned as possible candidates.

But what about the NPA’s lone voice on city council? Suzanne Anton is still not saying.

Me, on Monday: “Are you seeking re-election as a councillor or taking a shot at the mayor’s chair?”

Anton: “That’s the million-dollar question.”

Me: “Uh-huh.”

Anton: “Obviously, there will

have to be an announcement fairly soon.”

Me: “Right.”

Anton: “My goal is to strategically put forward the most beneficial team. And who is the leader of that team is still not certain, but obviously we’ll have to have an answer to that quite soon.”

Two weeks ago, the Courier spoke briefly to a man at an event who said he was interested in be-

coming the NPA’s mayoral candidate. He told me he even visited Moonen at his house to file his papers. I’m trying to hook up with him this week to learn more.

I know he has previous municipal council experience and likes art but I’m not sure what his favourite TV show is. For the record, it’s not George Puil.

The NPA’s nomination meeting is June 4, one week prior to Vision

Vancouver’s June 12 nomination contest. Both are being held at the Croatian Culture Centre on Commercial Drive.

Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vision will face a leadership review from his party. The review means Robertson won’t have to endure a mayoral nomination battle as he did in 2008 when Coun. Raymond Louie unsuccessfully challenged him to lead the party.

For Robertson to get the nod from his party, the threshold is 50 per cent plus one of votes cast. If he doesn’t garner enough votes, the party would have to conduct a leadership race. Robertson will be the keynote speaker Wednesday night at the party’s annual general meeting at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business on Granville Street. Vision members will elect a new board of directors.

COPE has not announced whether it will run a mayoral candidate in the November civic election. The party supported Robertson in the 2008 vote after running a “coordinated campaign” with Vision.

COPE won’t likely hold its nomination meeting until September—after the federal election, a byelection in Vancouver-Point Grey, an HST referendum and possibly a provincial election.

Good luck voters. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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Keeping cuts away from the classroom may mean an end to free bus passes for some Vancouver students.

One of the staff proposals for the 2011/12 budget suggests slashing the district’s transportation budget to save $250,000 to help deal with the $8.4 million shortfall. The break down of the $250,000 is unclear, but one of the targets to meet that goal, aside from reducing taxi and mileage expenses, is eliminating free bus passes unless the student’s family is in “extreme hardship.”

“Students in catchment, attending their neighbourhood school, or whose parents have gone cross boundary purely by choice and not by necessity should not be eligible for bus services,” according to the budget reduction item. “We will continue to treat each case with individual consideration with respect to parents’ ability to manage transportation for their child and undue financial hardship.”

Secretary treasurer Rick Krowchuk told me that between 10 and 40 bus passes are covered fully for each of the city’s 18 secondary schools. Stu-

dents are identified as students with special needs who are high functioning and can travel on public transit independently. Krowchuk said there will be better screening.

“Bus passes will not be entirely stopped as they are a good option for some students with special needs. We are working with families to determine their ability to provide transportation and working towards an overall target of $250,000 in savings,” he said.

Dawn Steele, a long-time advocate for special education, wasn’t aware passes were handed out, but said the erosion of core services is so dire that she would prefer to live with such a cut versus cutting something else that’s even more critical.

Lawyer leaving

Another staff person is moving on from the Vancouver School Board— Jennifer Duprey, the district’s legal counsel and Freedom of Information coordinator, is taking a job with the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association.

NPA trustee Ken Denike says there won’t be a direct replacement—her duties will be contracted out. Several senior managers have left the district in the past year or two, including several associate superintendents, the secretary treasurer and the assistant secretary-treasurer of facilities. Some retired, but others took positions at different organizations, sparking speculation about morale

problems amidst the district’s ongoing financial troubles.

Eight managers were laid off earlier this month as part of the VSB’s latest cost cutting measures.

They included the two-person communications department, the district’s business analyst, associate superintendent Steve Cardwell’s executive administrative assistant, the purchasing coordinator, the manager of facilities, the coordinator of budget and finances and the supervisor of information technology.

Denike is convinced there is a morale problem.

“Yes I think there is a morale problem, heightened by the recent eight terminations amongst professional staff,” he said. “The solution will take some time and I believe requires the superintendent gaining the trust of management through listening to them and taking the common sense advice they offer. More of the politicizing of staff won’t do it.”

Board chair Patti Bacchus believes Duprey’s departure is unique.

“My understanding is she had a really good opportunity for another position... I don’t like to comment on individuals and their choices but overall we’ve made it clear for some time that the budget savings can’t just happen in the schools and I would say the morale through the district is not as good as we would like it to be.” noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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No Whales in Captivity’s Annelise Sorg says she’s grown tired of battling the park file photo Dan Toulgoet board over the proposed expansion of Vancouver Aquarium. focusing on areas requiring the most attention. According to a six-page park board report, the aquarium wants to enhance some areas, such as the seal and sea lion public viewing pools, and add several new additions, including two new water features and the Arctic Issues Interpretive Centre. It was the NPA-dominated park board of the day that approved the plan in 2006.

Last year, Green Party commissioner Stuart Mackinnon proposed a referendum on keeping whales and dolphins in captivity,

but the Vision Vancouver members of the board voted it down citing legalities.

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It seems like just yesterday Riley Park ice rink was full of laughing children and their adoring parents. But now our worst 21stcentury nightmare has come to life and those smiling faces have been replaced by robots.

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Having an Earth Day celebration on one date just isn’t good enough for green-loving Vancouverites who’ve made a month out of this year’s celebration. There are too many events to mention in one column, but I’ll try and mention them as they happen, beginning with an Earth Day Dawn Chorus Walk April 23, 6 a.m. at the northeast corner of the Hastings Park Sanctuary, near the red barns. Bring binoculars.

The next day, April 24, the Stanley Park Ecology Society hosts a discovery walk with naturalist and expert bird watcher Cathy Aitchison. The two-hour walk explores Stanley Park’s varied and beautiful bird life. The walk begins at 9 a.m. at the Stanley Park Nature House, on the east side of Lost Lagoon. Reserve your spot by emailing programs@stanleyparkecology.ca or phoning 604-7186522. By donation.

Of course, it being Earth Day, participants are encouraged to walk or bike and leave their cars at home. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Last week, I wrote that the park board was expected to approve changes to the Vancouver Aquarium’s expansion, which includes reducing the size of the proposed .61-hectare (about 1.5 acres) expansion by 1,161 square metres and increase green space by 1,415 square metres. The controversial expansion was approved in 2006.

In response, I received an email from Annelise Sorg of No Whales in Captivity, who said no one from the group will be attending the April 18 meeting to argue, once again, against the expansion because they’ve decided it’s a waste of time. In 2006, Sorg and other members of No Whales spoke out publicly and often against the expansion.

“We’re all just so tired of battling the park board for decades now, that no matter what party is in power, they just hand the Vancouver Aquarium Stanley Park on a platter,” says Sorg. “Shameful, but true. It doesn’t matter which party is in power.”

I wonder what she really thinks.

At the time the expansion was approved, the provincial and federal governments pledged to each pay one-third of the anticipated $80-million project. Citing tough economic times, both the province and feds were forced to scale back their contributions, leaving the aquarium with less money for the project. Instead, the aquarium is

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While researching the story, I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing some remarkable seniors, including Daphne Goring who at age 99 in 2006 still instructed hula dance classes at the Kerrisdale Community Centre.

Goring passed away in December at 104.

I’m always interested in hearing about seniors still going strong and, because of my job, I’m fortunate enough to regularly hear about them.

As so it was in the past week I heard about two women who inspired me to write this column, including a 98-year-old who collects bottles and donates the money to cancer and heart and stroke research, and another who launched a swimwear company 30 years ago at age 52.

Nora Parsons began collecting bottles several years ago after walking through Jericho Park and coming across some homeless men who had started a fire in the middle of the woods on a hot summer day. Afraid the fire could get out of control, she asked another passerby to call 911 and soon fire and police were on scene. Upon surveying the garbage left behind by the men, including empty cans and bottles, Parsons decided they could be put to better use. And so began her mission to raise money for medical research. Parsons raised $275 in the first year and aimed for $500 in the next, but she surpassed that and in total turned in $900 worth of cans and bottles, something she’s done each year since.

sandrathomas Parsons, who retired from B.C. Tel more than 30 years ago, donates the money through the Telus Dollars for Doers program that matches charitable contributions.

Parsons is a practical woman who explains she never married because the timing wasn’t right. The Great Depression was followed by the Second World War, which meant eligible men were scarce. Instead, she played tennis for 60 years and took up hiking, a pastime she gave up at age 90.

After retirement, Parsons started travelling and after saving some money, set out on a two-month camping trip by bus across Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India and Kathmundu at age 66. That trip created a decades-long pattern that included saving money for a couple of years and then setting out on marathon trips across Africa and Australia. These days, Par-

sons limits her travel to cruises and last year spent weeks exploring the South Pacific.

Meanwhile, 82-year-old Liz Curell opened her first Just Cruisin’ Swimwear Boutique in Kelowna on May 3, 1981, and in 1987 opened a second shop in Vancouver. Curell managed both stores for a number of years, but eventually closed the Kelowna location. Curell launched her first Vancouver store on Robson Street and then 12 years ago relocated to the corner of Howe and Smithe.

Selling swimwear was a natural move for the former competitive swimmer and instructor who still takes to the water at least twice a week. Curell not only regularly works at the shop, but she also checks out about 60 swimwear lines a year alongside her son and business partner Bob Curell and meets with sales representatives from across North America.

Curell likes to garden and travel and is leaving shortly to visit another son in San Francisco for Mother’s Day. While there, she plans to take some time to shop, but it’s obvious work is never far from her mind.

“I’ll be doing some comparative shopping too,” says Curell, who adds San Francisco and L.A. have nothing on Vancouver when it comes to bathing suit selection.

She says she believes it’s her work that keeps her active. “It keeps my brain going and I get to have contact with people,” says Curell. “Why would I quit?” sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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opinion BUDGET CUTS SPARE ‘DIVERSITY TEAM’

School bureaucrats unleash bizarre theories about race Language matters. The words we put on paper carry more weight than speech. History’s great movements rely to varying degrees on documentation. Where would Christianity be without Paul’s letters? Or America without Jefferson’s independence screed? Without Karl Marx, there’d be no Lenin, Stalin or Mao. They’d be strangers of history, in fur ushankas and sandals.

On Monday night, the Vancouver School Board approved changes to the district’s “Multicultural and Anti-racism Policy.”

The changes, authored by Lisa Pedrini, manager of the district’s so-called Diversity Team, invent a new narrative in public schools, cast white people as villains and elevate political correctness to fantastic heights. And most importantly, create more work for Pedrini’s Diversity Team.

Smart move. In a budget crunch, you better look busy.

Faced with an $8.4 million budget deficit, the school board must cut dozens of fulltime staff positions, including teachers and managers, to balance the district budget for next school year. Earlier this month, the board axed eight managers at the district head office on West Broadway, sending shockwaves throughout the public school bureaucracy.

The Diversity Team, a six-member troop of bureaucrats, was untouched. Formed in 2005, the team enjoys loyal support from the Vision-dominated school board. This school year, the team budget is $762,495. (Citing policy, the district won’t reveal salaries for the current school year but last school year Pedrini made $99,031.)

The team instructs teachers and models lesson plans, injecting a specific brand of politics into public education in Vancouver. Team members target school libraries, concealing activism in euphemism. Last year they launched a book-banning campaign that, if adopted by librarians, would purge libraries of classic children’s literature (Dickens, Dahl, etc.) deemed racist

by Diversity Team standards. The district’s head librarian opposed this campaign.

The team’s most recent maneuver may be it’s most ambitious to date. The school district’s original anti-racism document, drafted in 1995, included common sense declarations of equality. It was standard fare for any public institution, aimed at discrimination and abuse. The new 12-page policy, penned by Pedrini and greenlighted Monday by school board trustees, replaces fact with fantasy. New definitions—parameters, if you will—venture far

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markhasiuk beyond conventional wisdom.

For example: According to Pedrini, race, humanity’s ancestral catalogue of colour and culture, doesn’t exist. “Race is a socially constructed belief that human beings can be divided up into distinct racial groups,” writes Pedrini. “Although science has proven the notion of races and racial differences to be false, the belief has been ingrained into 9 cultural worldviews and is perpetuated despite evidence to the contrary.”

Pedrini doesn’t clearly source her bizarre theory or identify her muse. L. Ron Hubbard perhaps?

A few pages later, Pedrini claims the so-called “Racial Achievement Gap” between “racialised groups in Canada and their fellow White students… is due to systemic racism inherent in educational systems and society.” The solution? Eliminate “Eurocentric bias” from the classroom including “calendars and religious/historical holidays and history” taught from a “European perspective.”

To summarize the Diversity Team’s position now enshrined in the school district canon: There’s no such thing as race, but the public school system is racist.

Educators must be reeducated to reflect new district policy. European culture and tradition, upon which our country was built, must be purged from the classroom.

Pedrini ends her manifesto with an eye on job security. She wants to “implement practices” and compile “annual reports” because “specific staff development in Multicultural, Diversity and AntiRacism Education is crucial to understand and accommodate diverse learning and communication styles.”

Most probably, the prism Pedrini and company peer through does not reflect the views of most Vancouver parents. Their meddling, outside the bounds of democratic accountability, is possible only through continued support from the school board.

In an era of austerity, waste must die first. Is there anything more wasteful, more utterly indefensible, than a team of ideologues waging cultural warfare in public schools on taxpayer time? mhasiuk@vancouver.com Twitter: @MarkHasiuk

Plans to expand the Boathouse restaurant at Kits Beach has one letter writer bemoaning the loss of public outdoor space. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Central Park,” April 6.

Too bad about the Boathouse plans to expand. It’s been sad to see that space being taken over by private property.

People still gather on warm summer nights but they look more like confused

blackbirds who’ve lost their perch.

You used to be able to relax for free in the plastic green chairs outside the old concession but now it’s roped off. Thank you for keeping these stories in the light Leslie Keelty, Vancouver

Casino opinion produces pile of ‘rubbish’

To the editor: Re: “Self-righteous moralists dominate casino debate,” April 13.

Mark Hasiuk’s comments about an adult’s right and freedom to eat, drink and gamble beyond the control of the “Nanny State” show his lack of understanding of the human condition. His deliberately inflammatory piece is rubbish and he may well know it. Reasonable limits on excessive debt, through sensible regulation barely kept Canadians out of epic financial trouble recently. Reasonable limits on the expansion of gambling venues make similar sense.

Perhaps Mr. Hasiuk has never had to deal with the reality of an addict’s behaviour. The cost is very high indeed. The cost destroys families and will surely help hobble our already reeling health care system. Who is paying for the increase in addicted gamblers who have already been added to all the other addicts in Canadian society? After the family’s resources are exhausted, it is the taxpayer, Mr. Hasiuk—you and I. A fight against uncontrolled gambling proliferation is not self-righteousness, it is a matter of dollars and sense.

Paul Baumann, Vancouver

••• To the editor: I was disappointed in Mark Hasiuk’s column skewering the opponents of the proposed casino expansion downtown. His

simplistic response entirely ignores about 80 per cent of the arguments put forward by casino opponents from all walks of life who attended the public hearings.

They expressed concerns, well-supported by research, about the increases in crime, addiction rates, family dysfunction and false economies, which would be attendant on a larger casino. Hasiuk’s column does a disservice to your readers, and to the many citizens who took the time to share their concerns and vision for a better Vancouver with city council.

Hilary Reid, Vancouver

••• To the editor: Your columnist Mark Hasiuk needs to sharpen his thinking about gambling, choice and that cliché of the political right, the Nanny State. Not so long ago gambling was illegal and run by organized crime. Now it is a crime organized by big government with help from the more dubious segment of big business. One of the places where the illegal drug business in Vancouver launders its money is in casinos. By expanding one, the government is helping to expand the other. Is Mr. Hasiuk OK with this?

Sabine Mabardi, Vancouver

••• To the editor: My guess is that Mark Hasiuk’s strong suit in school was not mathematics. Otherwise he would

understand that in gambling there are always a lot more losers than winners, especially in casinos that make big money, and that makes it an inherently unsustainable economic activity.

Also, he might realize that increased traffic at the base of the Cambie Street Bridge is not a spurious “green” argument against a large complex at that location. It is based on numbers such as the one bandied about of 300 vehicles per hour, which is probably an under-estimate. The fact is, that spot is not easily accessed by public transit— either the Canada Line or bus—so non-local patrons would have to drive there.

But it seems that the only “numbers” that Mr. Hasiuk and the developers are looking at are business profits, most of which it should be noted will go to foreign investors.

Charles Leduc, Vancouver

••• To the editor: Mark Hasiuk’s opinion piece concludes, “We don’t need self-righteous moralists to save us from ourselves.” One response: Neither do we need selfrighteous free-market capitalists to save so-called self-righteous moralists.

Indeed, arguing against self-righteousness is quite the silly circus in itself. The real issue is who can really save us from ourselves?

Andrew Cheung, Vancouver

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The Kitsilano Community Centre is celebrating an Easter Eggstravaganza April 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The centre promises, “Eggciting things will be happening here for Easter.” Fun activities for all ages, including crafts, games, face painting, cookie decorating and much, much more will take place in the gym. And no Easter special event would be complete without a special guest stopping by. Parent participation is required, but only children are required to pay. Infants under 12 months are free. This event sells out each year so pre-registration is required by calling 604-257-6976. The centre is also hosting a family toy and clothing sale May 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a good opportunity to buy and sell used children’s clothing and toys. Registration is in person only.

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Megaphone will launch its 68-page “Voices of the Street” literary issue at The Waldorf Hotel May 3. The event will feature readings of poetry and prose from the marginalized writers featured in the issue. All proceeds from the event flow to Megaphone’s community writing workshop project, which is run in treatment centres, social housing buildings and community centres in the Downtown Eastside and downtown Vancouver. All of the stories and poems were produced in these workshops. This spring, Megaphone needs to raise $5,000 to keep its eight writing workshops running. The PHS Community Services So-

ciety and Poetry is Dead magazine have co-sponsored the “Voices of the Street” issue, which is part of the city’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Those unable to attend can purchase a ticket as a donation.

The launch runs 8 to 10 p.m. at 1489 East Hastings St. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. For more information, see megaphonemagazine.com.

Centennial celebrations

Six Vancouver elementary schools mark their 100-year anniversaries this spring and invite former students and staff to join the festivities. The schools include Sir Walter Moberly (May 5), Lord Nelson (May 6), Lord Selkirk (May 13), Sir William Van Horne (May 26), Sir Richard McBride (May 27) and General Gordon (June 17). For event details and registration information check on the Vancouver School Board website at vsb.bc.ca/schoolcentennials.

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Vancouver’s largest indie craft fair, featuring more than 55 handmade vendors, runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 8 at the Royal Canadian Legion—2205 Commercial Dr. Cost is $3, kids free. Shoppers can expect to find goods including handbags, ceramics, stationery, jewelry, clothing, kid items, body products and more. There will also be a selection of baked items, gluten-free treats and a pakora food truck outside.

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Union denounces proposed cuts to adult education Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

Adult education takes a disproportionate hit in the school board budget proposal, according to the union representing its teachers.

One senior management proposal, designed to help address the district’s $8.4 million shortfall, envisions cutting nine-and-a-half, full-time equivalent adult education teacher assistant and instructor positions to save a projected $929,000. The proposal involves reducing the summer self-paced programming in all centres for July and August 2011, which will limit student choice for six-week summer terms, but have no impact on continuing contracts for teaching staff—summer is optional work. Minimum class size would increase from 18 to 20.

The Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association represents the teachers. Sublocal president Lisa HolmanFyffe argues the proposed cut is too harsh a blow in an area that’s already struggling.

“Currently the board is saying we have just over 100 full-time equivalent [teachers] and they’re saying a 9.5 reduction—that’s 10 per cent of our teachers,” she said. “That’s huge. It’s absolutely incredulous.”

There are six adult education sites in Vancouver, including Roberts Education Centre on Comox Street where Holman-Fyffe teaches math. Students range in age from 19 to senior citizens, who register for myriad rea-

sons. They might be teens who weren’t successful in the kindergarten-to-Grade 12 system, immigrants, or even older adults who are trying to better their job situation.

The provincial government funds the students at about two-thirds the rate of the kindergarten to Grade 12 program—roughly $4,430 per full-time equivalent student.

During the last round of budget cuts, adult education lost its district principal. Centres now report directly to associate superintendent Maureen Ciarnello, who’s new to the district. Minimum class sizes also went from 15 to 18 students for this school year, and the latest budget proposes to raise that to 20, pushing the limit up by five students in only two years. The number of cancellations because minimums haven’t been met has climbed dramatically, according to Holman-Fyffe. A few years ago cancellations were rare, while this year more than 30 were recorded.

“The problem when you start cancelling classes is usually the ones that get hit hardest are the lower level courses.

Well, if you cancel the lower level courses, you decrease the number of students who will feed into our courses later on,” she explained.

The proposed VSB cuts are on top of increasingly stringent provincial government reporting requirements that must be met in order for the VSB to claim the students, Holman-Fyffe said. She maintains required reporting expected for each student

is onerous and complicated for both students and teachers, citing as an example PLOs—prescribed learning outcomes, which are among several documents students must understand, sign and date. She compares some reporting requirements to government paperwork. “If

you have ever learned a new language and were expected to read a government document, the information won’t translate well, so that’s a problem,” she said.

Student information must be kept electronically by snapshot dates—there used to be one and now there are three.

“We’re not funded enough in the first place and secondly we have to go through a huge amount of bureaucracy even just to get that funding,” Holman-Fyffe said. “And these are students who have academic confidence issues. So they’re trying to come back and when they come back,

teachers [tell them] you have to do this, you have to sign this and this, and you have to do this assignment. It creates a barrier for these people who are trying to come back” The board votes on the budget May 5. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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A 26-storey tower proposed for East Broadway and Kingsway has been reduced to 19 storeys.

Developer Rize Alliance and Acton Ostry Architects presented their revised rezoning application at an open house April 12 after the community expressed its displeasure about the development at a related workshop in March.

Nearly half of the 136 people who submitted feedback forms at the workshop— 48 per cent—rated their overall satisfaction with the project as “very poor.” In fact, that’s how the majority of participants who completed forms responded to categories including proposed density, land uses, building character/form and public benefits. The one exception was a majority calling the contribution to the area “poor” instead of very poor.

More than 70 per cent of the approximately 220 workshop participants said six to 12 storeys would be reasonable in this location.

“Most respondents noted that anything above 12 storeys needs unique architecture and an appropriate benefit package,” the city’s summary of the workshop states.

“There were several comments suggesting that 15 to 16 storeys as the maximum they would like to see.”

Chris Vollan, Rize’s vice president of development, said 19 storeys was a balancing act. “It’s a balance between the stakeholders. It’s the number of the people who came out to the meeting on the 20th, which represented a significant group within the community, the 2,100 people who participated in the community plan, which said this site should go higher, and the practice of the city in a rezoning to add amenity space and to contribute to the community, and for that, you have to go higher.”

Brent Toderian, the city’s director of planning, said the Mount Pleasant Community Plan that was adopted last November identified this site as one of three properties that could take taller buildings.

“But it didn’t try to answer how tall,” he

“THERE STILL IS SOME COMMENTARY ABOUT IT BEING TOO TALL.” Brent Toderian

said. “That was always intended to be answered through the rezoning process.”

Approximately 250 people attended the April 12 open house and Toderian said staff are reviewing feedback.

“The general sense that we’re getting is that the reduction in height is seen as an improvement but there still is some commentary about it being too tall,” he said.

The revised rezoning would see nine storeys along Broadway with a two-storey arcade meant to “complement” the arcade at the eight-storey Lee Building on the corner of Main and Broadway. There would be a total of five storeys on Kingsway and Watson with the 19-storey tower rising on East 10th Avenue at Kingsway. The developer and architect shrank the density by approximately 60,000 square feet, reducing the proposed market rental apartments from 62 to 20 units. A 9,200-square-foot artists’ production space remains in the plan.

The top five requested benefits at the March workshop were reduced height of the tower, ensuring a portion of the rental units are geared to income, making the inner courtyard a public space, the guarantee of artist live/work space with affordable rent and subsidized housing units.

David Nicolay of the Evoke International Design firm, co-owner of Main Street restaurants Latitude, The Cascade Room and Habit, and a longtime resident of Mount Pleasant, calls the opposition to higher density in the form of a tall building an “emotional reaction.”

He’s disappointed that market rental units, possibly live/work spaces for artists, have been lost with the reduction in height.

Toderian expects a report to go before council in June, with a public hearing to follow in July. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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Graduation rates for First Nations students are poor. “The completion rate of Grade 12 is around 30 per cent compared to 80 per cent for non-aboriginal students,” Bouey said, adding that the statistic hasn’t moved much in years. “One of the things that Jo-ann, in her report, pointed out is that one third of aboriginal students starting Grade 6 are out of school by Grade 10.”

Bouey said committee members recognized that a school with an aboriginal focus will not solve all the problems and obstacles faced by aboriginal students. “Whatever we do as a school district, we’re dealing with larger social issues,” she said. “[A school with an aboriginal focus is] one thing we can do. It’s one piece and there’s a lot of excitement about the possibilities, so I think it’s incumbent on us to really give it a try.”

Another meeting to discuss the report is planned for May 9 at a location to be announced. If the board adopts the idea, many details still need to be worked out, including a location and how the school might be launched—all at once or through a phased-in approach starting with a couple grades.

Various locations for the school were suggested at the forums including East Side schools such as Templeton, Britannia and Macdonald. “…many did not want the school located in the Downtown Eastside. A few mentioned the West Side such as Point Grey secondary,” the report noted.

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Roughly five years after these assessments of teen driving risk has anything changed?

MADD Canada’s 2010 Annual Report noted that “Road crashes are the leading cause of death among youth between the ages of 15 and 25, and alcohol is a factor in 45% of those deaths.” A 2007 US study reported that while “Most teens are taking notice of warnings on drinking and driving… they are confronted with a host of other behindthe-wheel distractions that contribute to thousands of fatal crashes every year.”

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The Vancouver school board should launch a school with an aboriginal focus, according to a report on aboriginal education forums held earlier this year, which was presented to the education and student services committee Monday.

Committee chair Jane Bouey, a COPE trustee, said there was also strong support for the idea at Monday’s meeting.

“It was clear through questions and comments that people did not feel like waiting even one more school year,” she said.

The report, prepared by UBC professor Jo-ann Archibald and UBC research assistants Allyson Rayner and Ramona Big Head, reflects responses gathered through four forums, which attracted close to 170 participants. Parents, students, community members, school staff and other educators attended.

Archibald found that the prevailing opinion at the forums was support for a new school with an aboriginal focus, that it cater to students from kindergarten to Grade 12, that it should be a school of choice and that it be open to all interested district students, but aboriginal students should be given priority.

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UBC residents determined to get hospice built Sandra Thomas Staff writer

A group of residents living at the University of B.C. wants to ensure its voice is heard in the decision on the location of a proposed hospice in its community.

Linda Redmond, speaking on behalf of the ad hoc group Residents United For Hospice (RUFH), said it appears the concerns of the Asian women protesting the facility are being taken more seriously than supporters of the project.

In January, upset Chinese and Korean residents of the high-end Promontory high-rise building went to the media to protest the 15-bed St. John Hospice planned for next door. According to the Asian residents, it’s a cultural taboo to live close to the dying. Once the story went viral, however, many in the Asian community disagreed with the condo residents and expressed concern about how their comments may reflect badly on the wider community.

The residents are also concerned their million-dollar property values would decline if a hospice was built next door. The project is a joint effort between UBC, the Vancouver

Hospice Foundation, the Order of St. John and Vancouver Coastal Health.

“Some of the neighbours from Hampton Place [housing complex] have started a petition in support of the hospice because it looks like the University Neighbourhood Association has sided with those upset women,” said Redmond. “These women’s objections are based on a superstition that they can’t live near dying people.”

Redmond and other RUFH members support the facility because they believe a hospice should be close to the residential complexes at UBC so residents can visit their family and friends there and that locating a hospice in an isolated location is like “burying the sick and dying before they are dead.”

In a press release, RUFH members stated: “If UBC allows 30 rich Asians to control the use of property that affects about 7,500 other campus residents and the rest of Vancouver, it means sacrificing mainstream Canadian values of care and respect for sick elderly for the financial gains of a few.”

RUFH has started a petition in favour of the hospice and so far has collected 258 signatures and will be collecting more until May 31. The

UBC Board of Governors meets in early June to decide on the issue.

In an email to the Courier, UBC public affairs spokesperson Scott Macrae said the university is considering the concerns of all parties involved. He added RUFH’s petition will be considered along with other consultation feedback.

As to the accusation UBC is considering concerns based on superstitions, Macrae said the university is dedicated to hearing all views on the issue.

He noted the Order of St. John, in consultation with the faculty of medicine and other organizations familiar with hospice needs, provided criteria to the university that includes a residential setting with reasonable access, so isolating the sick and dying is not an option.

Macrae explained the hospice is an academic project of the Faculty of Medicine to enable the expansion of its Palliative Care Education and Research Program, which is why it’s being located on lands designated for academic uses.

No further public meetings are scheduled regarding the hospice. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Cops may see red if Canucks enter seventh heaven Mike Howell Staff writer

The Vancouver Police Department could be forced to run a deficit for the first time in six years if the Vancouver Canucks make it to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

The policing tab for four rounds of playoff games, all going to a Game 7, is estimated at $648,271, according to a VPD report that went before council April 19.

“Both in 2009 and 2010, the VPD was able to cover costs of the playoffs within

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The estimates for each round are: • Round One: $32,884 • Round Two: $42,254 • Round Three: $145,202 • Round Four (finals): $427,931 All costs are based on a five-hour shift. One factor that would influence shift length is having games on Friday or Saturday, when downtown bars and restaurants remain open late.

Fan reaction will be monitored each game and may mean an increase in more officers on the streets, said the report, adding that more police presence is required in rounds three and four.

The tab includes an estimate for, if required, the assistance of neighbouring police agencies. The Canucks cover policing costs for VPD officers working inside Rogers Arena.

In 1994, the year of the infamous riot after the Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 in New York, an estimated 70,000 people descended on Robson and Granville streets and the surrounding area after each game.

So far, the VPD hasn’t experienced any major problems with the crowds or incidents related to the playoffs, according to Const.

Lindsey Houghton, a VPD media relations officer.

Houghton said the VPD’s “meet-and-greet” approach to policing, where officers interact with people on the street proved effective during the 2010 Winter Games.

Shutting down the Granville Mall during games has also helped curb overcrowding, he added.

“Crowd demeanour has changed through the Olympics,” Houghton said. “People seem to be a lot more positive. Last year, even though [the Canucks] made it through the first round, they lost in the second round to Chicago. People were great. We didn’t have any problems last year.”

Also, Canucks revellers are choosing to stay in their own cities to celebrate the team’s victories. The intersection of Scott Road and 72nd Avenue in Surrey and Fraser Way in Abbotsford have been popular areas for fans. “Vancouver is no longer the single destination for people who want to celebrate the Canucks,” Houghton said.

City council was to review the VPD’s report at its April 19 meeting, after the Courier’s print deadline. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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We are unhappy because we’re having car troubles or we’re so broke that we can’t afford a car, we’ve got relationship problems or we’re between relationships, we’re out of work or we don’t like our work, we don’t seem to have any choice in life or we have too many choices and we can’t decide.

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Rick Foster and Greg Hicks studied the characteristics of ordinary people who enjoyed a consistently high level of happiness

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We all want to be happy, but most of the time, we go about it the wrong way. We consume a lot of time and energy pursuing things we think will bring us happiness: the dream job, a perfect mate, more money, more things.

When we don’t get them, we remain frustrated.

When we do get them, we can be disappointed to discover that our happiness is fleeting.

Foster and Hicks discovered two overarching themes in their research with extremely happy people. The first was that happiness comes from within. It doesn’t come from something outside of yourself. The second was that you can choose to be happy. You don’t have to wait for the bluebird of happiness to land on your windowsill.

That’s not to say that we are responsible for misfortune, ill health or the catastrophes in our lives. In fact, Foster and Hicks’ book is filled with examples of people who chose to be happy in spite of terrible circumstances.

We can’t choose what life throws at us, but with awareness and courage, we can choose how we will catch and respond to whatever we get.

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This week on my website at davidicuswong. wordpress.com, facebook. com/davidicus.wong, and twitter.com/drdavidicuswong, I’ll elaborate on each of these attitudes and how we all can apply them in our daily lives to enjoy greater personal happiness. It all begins with intention, which Foster and Hicks defines as “the active desire and commitment to be happy, and the fully conscious decision to choose happiness over unhappiness.”

Choose to be happy today.

Dr. Davidicus Wong works at PrimeCare Medical Clinic in Burnaby. His column appears regularly in this paper. His internet radio show, Positive Potential Medicine can be found at pwrnradio.com.

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Earth Day Parade

Join the Wilderness Committee and Youth for Climate Justice April 22 at 11 a.m. for an Earth Day parade starting at Broadway SkyTrain Station and heading north along Commercial Drive to Britannia secondary. Organizers are promising a “fun and colourful celebration of positive change with a focus on global warming and social justice.” The festival will feature activities such as school/art competitions, music, a family tent, hands on activities, and guest speakers. Bring costumes, art, bikes, strollers, friends, grandmothers and others.

The event is organized by Youth for Climate Justice Now (Y4CJN) and the Wilderness Committee. Go to EarthDayParade.ca for more information.

Musical memories

The Kerrisdale Seniors Choir is having a spring concert May 5 at the Kerrisdale Seniors Centre at 1:30 p.m. is Cost $1 at the door.

The program is titled Musical Memories and will feature music from Broadway musicals throughout the decades, the Beatles, and songs that recall the 125 years of Vancouver’s history. There will also be a sing-along as well.

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Care to change

United Way of the Lower Mainland is encouraging the public to submit their videos for the 2011 Care to Change Video Competition.

B.C. youth (19 and under) and adults (20 plus) are invited to create and enter short films (maximum five minutes) that will educate viewers on topics such as bullying, poverty, vulnerability and isolation, and then inspire them to care for others. The film must answer the question: What does this issue mean to me and how do I care to change it? Winners of the competition will win prizes, gain experience, and receive exposure for their work.

Videos must be burned to a disc and mailed to the United Way by June 15.

More details can be found at caretochange.ca.

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WANT TO RECYCLE YOUR UNWANTED ELECTRONICS? Here’s where you can recycle them safely and free of charge in Vancouver:

Powell Street Return-It Bottle Depot 1856 Powell Street, Vancouver (604) 253-4987

Regional Recycling 960 Evans Avenue, Vancouver (604) 689-4722

South Van Bottle Depot 34 East 69th Avenue, Vancouver (604) 325-3370

Vancouver Central Return-It Depot 2639 Kingsway, Vancouver (604) 434-0707

WHAT IS THE ELECTRONICS STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (ESABC) PROGRAM? ESABC is a not-for-profit extended producer responsibility program set up by the producers and retailers of electronics in British Columbia to provide a province wide recycling system for unwanted electronics.

Salvation Army – E. 12th Avenue 261 E. 12th Avenue, Vancouver (604) 874-4721

WHAT ARE THE ACCEPTABLE ELECTRONIC ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM? Effective July 1, 2010, the following items can be recycled free of charge at any Encorp Return-It Electronics™ Collection Site: display devices, desktop computers, portable computers, computer peripherals, computer scanners, printers and fax machines, non-cellular phones and answering machines, vehicle audio and video systems (aftermarket), home audio and video systems, and personal or portable audio and video systems.

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Plant Sale Saturd 24th l ay April 2 i r p A y 3rd and Sunda

BY SHONA WERCHOLUK, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University of British Columbia is well known for the initiatives it takes to create a sustainable and green campus, using some of the most innovative techniques in the world. Plus, the campus is filled with extraordinary students, with a passion for saving the planet, and they demonstrate this ambition by making UBC a better place.

The university not only has countless green mandates already in place, but faculty and students alike are constantly researching new ways to create a sustainable planet. One of the most important aspects of the campus itself is its many green buildings.

UBC has created green buildings to help considerably lower the campus’s carbon footprint. It started with the C.K. Choi building in 1997, and they continue to create more buildings modeled after this one. About fifty per cent of the materials used to make the building were recycled or renewed (www.sustain. ubc.ca for details). They have also created compostable toilets, so that the waste products are not sent to an offsite sewage centre. These are just a few features of the groundbreaking green buildings UBC has established.

Eat Your Veggies, Mate!

Graham Kerr, formerly known as the Galloping Gourmet, will be appearing on the Food Network celebrity cooking stage at the EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival, (www.eat-vancouver.com) June 10 through 12 at the new Vancouver Convention Centre.

Fresh from his recent appearance on the Rachael Ray show promoting his brand new book Growing at the Speed of Life: A Year in the Life of My First Kitchen Garden, Australian Kerr has joined the burgeoning ranks of health-conscious people who grow and eat their own fresh vegetables, while making less of a footprint on the environment.

But all of the steps that the university is taking to be sustainable would not mean nearly as much without all the efforts of its students. There are countless faculty run and student run clubs that aim to be environmentally friendly. The fact that so many students make this an essential part of the clubs demonstrates just how much the campus citizens are concerned about the environment, and are doing their part to save it.

The students have even made a business of being green. Sprouts is one of these organizations at UBC, and they play a huge role in the success of environmentalism at the campus.

Sprouts is a student and volunteer-run store, which provides students with sustainable options for their food needs. They boast, “through our many initiatives we endeavour to make healthy, affordable and sustainably produced food accessible to everyone on campus.”

This is something that is so important to students, and the fact that it is all sustainable and on a volunteer basis is another illustration of how important the environment is to UBC students.

Multi-tasking Courier writer Shona Wercholuk is also a fourth-year student at UBC.

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Giving Your Investments the Green Light YOUR THIRD TELEVISION GETS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE SMALL PRINT BELOW OUR LOGO.

BY KIM INGLIS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On Earth Day we hear a powerful message that heightens awareness of all things sustainable, causing us to scrutinize our lifestyles and assess our ecological footprints. For investors, “green” analysis means examining portfolios to ensure they meet sustainability goals.

Individual views determine the degree to which investors judge their portfolios to be green. For some, their objectives are met with a few alternative energy holdings. For others, a portfolio is only deemed green when every holding fits a sustainability theme. Examining investment options can help you decide on an approach.

One way of incorporating green exposure is through sustainability-oriented mutual funds. They construct their portfolios to include corporations with a positive impact in a range of areas including environmental stewardship. These funds avoid companies that are environmentally unfriendly, that invest in undesirable sectors, or have sub-par human rights standards.

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The fund managers perform extensive due diligence and file shareholder proposals to address a company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. NEI’s Ethical Funds are the largest and most popular sustainability-oriented mutual funds in Canada, offering a variety of mandates.

STARRING: Will Stroet & The Backyard Band, Los Memories, Lindsey Long Legs, Bunky The Clown and much more!

Help plant 1,000 native trees. FREE! Visit earthdayvancouver.org for details.

Organized by the Everett Crowley Park Committee. Hosted by Champlain Heights Community Centre. Presented by ParkLane Homes & Wesgroup.

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Detractors of sustainable ETFs argue that they don’t have active engagement with the companies and therefore aren’t effecting enough change on an ESG scale. Opponents of sustainability-oriented mutual funds claim that the funds do not have enough focus on purely green companies. They argue that a green portfolio shouldn’t hold oil and gas companies because the sector does not constitute renewable energy.

By way of example, they point out that many Canadian-based funds hold oil and gas company, Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX: SU). However, Suncor is a leading advocate of environmental sustainability, one of our most active companies promoting responsible operations, and a founding member of the Integrated Carbon Dioxide Network. In fact, from an ESG standpoint, Suncor fills the bill.

Those seeking something other than mutual funds or ETFs can invest directly in companies focused on areas like renewable energy or energy efficiency.

Canaccord Genuity analysts’ top sustainability picks are TS03 Inc. (TSX: TOS) and Newalta Corporation (TSX: NAL). TS03 Inc. is involved with sustainable medical instrument sterilization and Newalta Corp. helps reduce the environmental impact of industrial waste.

Investors should note there is a much higher degree of risk when investing in individual sustainability stocks, as many are smaller capitalization companies still in their early growth stages.

Investors preferring a more passive approach may opt for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). There are many available and all have different mandates, however most will track a sustainability-themed index. In Canada, the iShares Jantzi Social Index ETF (TSX: XEN) comprises 60 Canadian companies that meet specific ESG rating criteria as determined by the Jantzi-Sustainalytics group. It is a popular ETF recognized for the high quality of its research.

When choosing sustainable investments, investors must first determine where their values lie and then make investment decisions within their respective risk tolerance levels. There are many choices available, so those wishing to colour their portfolio “green” should be able to find a match.

The US-based PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio ETF (AMEX: PZD) tracks the Cleantech Index, comprised of companies deemed to be global leaders in clean technology products like alternative energy, energy efficiency, advanced materials, air and water purification, eco-friendly agriculture and nutrition, and power transmission.

KIM INGLIS IS AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR, CIM WITH CANACCORD WEALTH MANAGEMENT, A DIVISION OF CANACCORD GENUITY CORP., MEMBER – CANADIAN INVESTOR PROTECTION FUND. KIM CAN BE REACHED AT WWW. REYNOLDSINGLIS.CA. THE VIEWS IN THIS COLUMN ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHOR.

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On The Home Front

Young ‘CEO’s’ are Leafing Their Footprint Many Canadians are empowering their kids to develop and oversee eco– friendly household habits by teaching children to have a ‘green’ conscience around the home.

From planting organic backyard gardens to harvesting rainwater, young ‘Chief Environment Officers’ are sprouting up across the country and working with their parents to reduce the size and impact of their household’s carbon footprint.

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April 28 + 29

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“Going green as a family can be easy and fun. Even small things like switching to energy–saving light bulbs and non– toxic cleaning products can make a big difference to your local environment and your wallet,” says Mary Desjardins, Executive Director, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.

“Why not hold a family meeting to elect your own Chief Environment Officer and brainstorm some creative ways your whole family can improve your household’s carbon footprint.”

Your carbon footprint refers to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon dioxide, produced as a result of your lifestyle. For example, every time you use your air conditioner or drive to the grocery store, you emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

One of Canada’s longest–serving environmental charities, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF), offers six simple ways to lower your household’s carbon footprint: • Complete an audit of toxic cleaning products, dispose of them safely and replace them with environmentally friendly ones; • Take shorter showers and turn off the tap when you're brushing your teeth; • Avoid using the dryer and only wash full loads of laundry and dishes, preferably with cold water; • Make sure everyone in the family understands which household products can be recycled and which cannot; • Start a compost pile for food waste, and use it to nourish the soil in your vegetable and flower gardens; • Unplug appliances when you're not using them to avoid 'phantom' energy use.

Each year, TD FEF supports hundreds of grassroots projects dedicated to preserving Canada's environment. For more information, visit www.tdfef.com.

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Are Parents ‘Greening’ Their Babies?

BY HELEN PETERSON

One hot topic is companies centring products around the green concept for babies and kids.

The issue is, is this necessary? Is it really making a difference?

Moms want the best for their babies; and they should trust their instincts re green products.

Businesses may be attempting to ‘cash in’ on the fears of new parents, who are genuinely concerned about providing the best for their babies.

But it seems a parent’s instincts are usually the driving force behind purchases.

A local mom, Darcy, weighs in on the subject. “I can tell you that it’s very important to me that my kids have bottles and sippy cups that are BPA and PVC free,” she says. “I use the glass bottles for my youngest daughter, which has the bonus of allowing me to warm up the milk in the microwave (even though they tell you not to warm milk this way!).”

She says, however, that the drawback to glass is that it breaks. “We have already broken four bottles and they are very expensive. Good thing that she is almost finished with them.”

“Aside from the bottles, I think it’s a good idea to buy organic milk and organic produce if you can afford it,” she says. “Due to the hefty price tag, I usually don’t buy organic even though I know I should.

“And I don’t necessarily go in search of wooden toys and organic cottons,” she continues, “just because they are marketed as better options. But I do want what’s best for my children.”

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AT OAKRIDGE CENTRE APRIL 18-23, 2011

Resource: My Little Green Shop on Nelson St. carries a broad range of envirofriendly goods for babies and kids – www. mylittlegreenshop.com for online shopping The world’s first stainless steel baby bottles were produced by organicKidz.

They’re 100 per cent recyclable, from $14.99 to $24.99 (various sizes).

BYE-BYE BAGS, HELLO GREEN

Darcy feels the downfall to using stainless steel is that you can’t put it in the microwave and you can’t see through the bottle to make sure it’s been properly cleaned.

APRIL 20-22, 2011 Bring in a minimum of 20 plastic grocery bags to the Concierge Desk and enter to win a $250 Oakridge Gift Card*. For every bag collected, Oakridge will donate $1 to the World Wildlife Federation**.

LET’S GET UNTECHNICAL I 10AM-4PM

COMING UP:

APRIL 21-23, 2011 Cascades Recovery Inc. will be on-site in the Southwest Parking Lot (near Kin’s Farm Market) collecting end of life electronics, small appliances and batteries. For every contribution, enter to win a $250 Oakridge Gift Card*.

• Eco Affordable: Going green around the home needn’t be exhorbitant. Three great decor products, from bamboo to reclaimed glass.

• Pure & Simple: It’s time for spring cleaning; when daffodils appear, so do the dusters. Clean and purge your place to perfection, with our tips!

• Planting Seeds: All you need to know on where to buy blooms, just in time for the warm weather.

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Feature publishes in full colour on Wed. April 27, east and west.

THE STRAIGHT PATH TO REDUCTION APRIL 18-23, 2011 Take the Canada Line to Oakridge and show your same day transfer at the Concierge Desk. Your green pursuit enters you to win a $250 Oakridge Gift Card*.

GLOBALWARMING CONCERNS?

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BC recycles an astounding 80% of its beverage containers

Youth Organize Historic Earth Day Parade and Event “These students are showing great leadership on an issue that many politicians are not paying enough attention to,” said West. “The fact that a federal election is happening less than a week after Earth Day provides a great opportunity to increase youth participation in democracy.”

Encorp Pacific (Canada) believes we can still do better Their School Recycling Program helps elementary and high schools raise money, while promoting environmental action. Now in its ninth year, the school program continues to grow. In the 2010 school year, Encorp beverage container bins were in 365 schools across BC. That means 151,000 students participated in the annual competition to collect the Encorp Pacific aims to improve most containers. The schools raised BC’s already high recovery rate over $291,000 in deposit refunds and for beverage containers. As one of the winning schools shared $13,500 BC’s largest Product Stewardship in prizes.

Corporation, Encorp’s mandate is to develop and manage a consumer friendly and cost effective system to recover end-of-life consumer products and packaging for recycling.

You probably know them best through the Return-It™ Depot system.

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There are more than 175 independently owned and operated Return-It™ Depots and mobile collectors across BC. This system recovers and recycles approximately 80% of the beverage containers sold in the province.

That’s over one billion containers kept out of our landfills. But, there’s always room for improvement. To continuously increase the recovery of containers, Encorp develops specialty programs.

Bear-proof bins keep BC Parks clean Encorp has been busy keeping our parks free of littered containers. In the summer of 2009, they tested 57 bear-proof beverage recycling bins in three BC Parks: Rathtrevor Beach, Goldstream and Alice Lake. In 2010, Cultus Lake Park received bins as well.

The parks receive the deposit refunds and most are given to their favourite charities. So far 235,800 containers have been collected, refunding over $16,000 back to BC Parks.

Another way Encorp reaches kids is through its school tour and presentation. Last year, the Return-It Man team gave 33 presentations to nearly 6,000 elementary school students. The fun and entertaining presentations feature interactive sorting games, full audience participation and a “Recyclator” that shows kids what recycled containers turn into in their next life. Plus every kid gets to learn what it takes to become a recycling hero.

More containers recycled, less in our landfills The BC Parks and school programs arejustsomeofthetargetedinitiatives Encorp has in the works. It’s all part of their vision to divert even more containers from our landfills so they can be recycled into useful products.

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The parade will go down Commercial Drive, culminating in a festival at the oval field at Britannia Secondary at William and Woodland. The festival will feature guest speakers including Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a First Nations woman from northern Alberta campaigning against the tar sands, as well as youth spoken word poets and music from local artists including funky East Van favourites Maria in the Shower.

Young people from across the Vancouver area have joined forces to organize an historic Earth Day parade and festival scheduled to get under way at 11am on Friday, Apr. 22, starting at Commercial and Broadway.

“Our goal is to hold Vancouver’s first Earth Day Celebration organized by youth for all youth and the families of Metro Vancouver,” said Cassandra Ly, a grade 12 student from the organizing group Youth For Climate Justice Now (Y4CJN).

“We hope to raise awareness and show our concern towards climate change, as youth are inheriting the world and we feel the need to take action to make both Vancouver and the global community a healthier and better place to live in,” said Ly. Wisely, the students have enlisted the support of mentors to help make their event a success. Ben West, Healthy Communities campaigner for the Wilderness Committee, and Andrea Curtis, an events organizer and founder of Transformation Projects, have played an active role in the organizing.

“We hope to recapture the original spirit of Earth Day as a celebration of the Earth as it should be and a vehicle for environmental action,” said Ly. “We are bringing back the peace sign as the symbol for our event because we want people to think about being at peace with the Earth, but more specifically we want people to focus on the goal of keeping global temperature from going up another two degrees, which is the tipping point for run-away climate change,” said Chan.

The youth organizers have sought the assistance of celebrity endorsements.

350.org founder Bill McKibben has recorded an event promo video that has been retreated by Vancouver rocker Bif Naked. George Stroumboulopoulos also recently posed for a promotional picture for the event, and more special guests have expressed interest in helping out.

“This is going to be an Earth Day to remember in Vancouver,” said West.

“These young people are so inspiring; they give me hope that a better world truly is possible.”

For more information on the event and climate initiatives, go to www.earthdayparade.ca or www. wildernesscommittee.org.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

,'(%$ )'"+-$ $*- .!!-" #(-& Many people are unaware of the best way to recycle milk, cream and milk substitute containers.

Bringing them to the Return-It Depot guarantees they’ll be turned into something useful like cardboard boxes and tissue paper. So why not change your good habits. Return your milk containers with your refundable beverage containers. It’s easy. Quickly rinse them out and crush them.

Remove any caps and bring them too, because they get recycled separately. There’s no refund on milk empties because there’s no deposit when you buy, but you’ll be doing the right thing. So on your next trip to Return-It, bring the udder ones too.

NOW YOU KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD GO.

For locations: return-it.ca/milk 1-800-330-9767

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011

HOLY WEEK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 7:00pm Holy Week Communion in the Chapel MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 21 7:00pm Maundy Thursday Holy Communion with Foot Washing

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“Come .... to Life” Maundy WEDNESDAY April 20 Evening meal, Eucharist & foot washing at 6:00 pm Thursday, April 21 Community Meal at 11:45 am Contemplative Eucharist at 7:00 pm Vigil of the Passion 8 pm till Friday noon

Good Friday April 22 Liturgy at 10:00 am Easter Vigil April 23 Easter Vigil with Eucharist and Feast at 9:00 pm Easter Day April 24 Resurrection Eucharist at 9:30 am

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Thursday, April 21st, Maundy Thursday 6 p.m. Simple Supper in Parish Hall 7 p.m. Washing of feet, Eucharist, & Stripping of the Altar Friday, April 22nd, Good Friday 11 a.m. Stations of the Cross in Church Saturday, April 23rd, Easter Eve (Holy Saturday) 8 p.m. Great Vigil of Easter: New Fire in Garden, Paschal Candle Sunday, April 24th, Easter Day 8 a.m. BCP Eucharist in Chapel 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist Easter Home Communions: If you are unable to attend church & would like to receive communion at home, please call the church office (604-224-0212) to arrange a convenient time for us to come to you.

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Maundy Thursday Good Friday

Holy Thursday, April 21st Remember the Last Supper 5:30pm, a simple supper; 6:15 quiet worship

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West Point Grey United Church April 21, 6:00 pm

April 22, 10:30 am WPG Choir and Solosit April 23, 8:00 am Sunrise Service in Trimble Park 8th and Trimble with the WPG Ecumenical Youth Group from St. Helen’s Anglican, WPG Presbyterian and WPG United Churches

Easter Service, 10:30 am Brass Group from VCC Tone Chimes Choir Adult and Children’s Choir

West Point Grey United Church 4595 W. 8th at Tolmie www.wpguc.com 604-244-4388

Messiah, April 23rd, 7pm choir, orchestra, soloists Admission by donation All are Welcome Easter Sunday, April 24th, 10am Remember the Resurrection parade to flower the Easter Cross selections from Messiah All ages, all questioners welcome every Sunday 3525 West 24th Avenue, at Collingwood 604-731-6420 Email: office@dunbarheightsuc.ca Website: www.dunbarheightsuc.ca

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Palm Sunday Service April 17 @ 10:30 am Good Friday Service Please join us April 22nd @ 10 am Easter Sunday Service Celebrating Resurrection!

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Fish-tailed beauties sing again at Weeki Wachee Springs

Florida state park alive with the sound of mermaids Mitchell Smyth Contributing writer

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla.—The mermaids are singing again at Weeki Wachee Springs.

But for a while it looked as if a legal dispute would silence the fish-tailed beauties that Elvis Presley, and millions of other people, loved.

It’s one of the last surviving tourist gems of old Florida, the era of roadside attractions that were so much a part of the state’s lure before Disney and Universal and the like took over.

At heart, it’s an underwater theatre where the audience, behind a glass wall, watches comely young women in co-

lourful fishtails and bikini bras, as they perform choreographed dance sequences, lip-synching to a soundtrack, and breathing every couple of minutes through a tiny air-hose. It came into being in 1947 when Newton Perry, a retired U.S. Navy frogman, first visited the gigantic, crystal-clear spring. He noted that

the town of Weeki Wachee was—and is—on Route 19, the main highway to Gulf Coast resort areas like Tampa Bay and Fort Myers in the days before Interstate 75.

Peary knew that America was becoming mobile—make that auto-mobile—and he knew a lot of them would stop here if he gave them some-

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Attendance was topping a million a year. Elvis, filming Follow That Dream up the road in Yankeetown in 1962, dropped in again and again.

“The mermaids who were here then tell me how polite and charming he was,” says Springs’ publicity director John Athanason.

By the start of the 21st century, however, the big theme parks had killed lots of smaller attractions. And then a state agency called the Water Management District, which owns the spring and surrounding land, but not the business, did a survey and came up with a list of improvements that were needed.

Otherwise, the lease wouldn’t be renewed. Closure seemed imminent. “We didn’t want that to happen here. After all, this is the world’s only ‘city of mermaids,’” says Athanason.

A complicated legal battle

followed, with the owners claiming the state wanted to close the place down. Unable to find a buyer, the business was donated to the City of Weeki Wachee, population nine. (That’s right, nine.)

And, spearheaded by Mayor Robyn Anderson, herself a former mermaid, and Athanason, a publicity campaign, “Save Our Tails,” was launched. It got international publicity and $250,000 was raised. Big-box stores and contractors donated materials and workers got going to bring Weeki Wachee Springs back up to par. When that happened, Florida State Parks took it over, guaranteeing its future. “In 2003 we were operating in the red. Now we’re making a profit,” says Athanason. “We’re seeing 250,000 people a year, and growing.”

As well as the 400-seat theatre, Weeki Wachee includes the Buccaneer Bay water park, concession stands, boat rides and kayak rentals.

For more information, visit weekiwachee.com.

Mitchell Smyth is a member of the Meridian Writers’ Group.

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Cut down all the canes to the ground when fruiting dwindles in fall to have a late-summer and fall harvest. If you cut only the old canes and leave the new ones alone, Tulameen will produce fruit in June and

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Register online at www.elections.bc.ca or by phone at 1-800-661-8683 (toll-free). The registration deadline is Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

If you are not registered by the deadline you can register when you vote. You will need identification that proves both your identity and residential address.

A complete list of acceptable identification is available from Elections BC.

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A candidate must be nominated in writing by 75 eligible voters of the electoral district. Nomination kits are available from your District Electoral Officer or online at www.elections.bc.ca.

Deadlines for Nominations

Nominations can be delivered to the Chief Electoral Officer up to the end of the day on Monday, April 18, 2011. Nominations can also be delivered to the District Electoral Officer between 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 and 1 p.m. (Pacific time) on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

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To vote in the Vancouver-Point Grey by-election on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, make sure you are on the voters list now.

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Picks of the week

1. Yes, Mrs. Robinson is trying to seduce you. The Arts Club Theatre Company brings the classic 1967 Buck Henry comedy The Graduate to the Granville Island Stage until May 14, with Kayvon Khoshkam in the role of Benjamin Braddock, made famous by a young Dustin Hoffman, and Camille Mitchell as the enchanting Mrs. Robinson. Lois Anderson directs.

For tickets, call 604-687-1644 or go to artsclub.com.

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2. Bollywood Shenanigans and South Asian Arts reheats its ethnically flavoured live sketch comedy show I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Chicken! The Butter Chicken Is Back…Alright! Talk about a mouthful. The whackiness runs April 21 to 23 and 28 to 30 at Studio 700, Hamilton St. Tickets at the door or in advance at Main Video, Kamal’s Video and ticketweb.ca. For more information, go to bollywoodshenanigans.com.

3. Alley Theatre remounts its site-specific, Fringe Festival hit TAPE inside a cramped hotel room at The Waldorf Hotel (1489 East Hastings). Things get tense and up-close-and-personal as a 28-year-old dope dealer invites his high-school pals to his room to rehash their dark and gritty past. Sounds like my high school reunion in Nanaimo. Seating is limited. To reserve tickets, call 604-671-9776. More info at tapetheplay.ca.

4. Seattle’s plaid-wearing, porch-rocking, glacier-fed-stream-sipping Cave Singers play the Biltmore April 21 in support of its latest album No Witch, which finds the normally acoustic and folky dudes getting their rock on. Lord Beginner opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu and all Ticketmaster locations.

kudos & kvetches Haiku night in Canada: part trois

K&K continues its series of Basho-inspired haiku in honour of the Canucks playoff run.

A slice of Hamhuis Or a fillet of Blackhawk Two meaty delights

There’s a Light that will never go out

It is with deep regret K&K has learned that for the first time in many years, organizers of this year’s Celebration of Light fireworks showcase will not be issuing any dire statements to the media or holding any last minute press conferences predicting the event’s imminent demise due to lack of sponsorship or funding.

The popular fireworks extravaganza held at English Bay has become an annual tradition in Vancouver. It’s beloved not just for its littering spectators, knife fights and drunken yahoos punching police horses, but for organizers crying wolf with their yearly threats that the fireworks show was on the verge of being snuffed out, or some other fire dampening metaphor, if extra funding wasn’t found, which inevitably would be followed by an 11th hour cash infusion from some generous corporate sponsor.

Sadly, that won’t be the case this year. No longer will Vancouverites enjoy headlines such as 2010’s heartfelt “Fireworks fund fizzling;

Annual Celebration of Light could be cancelled” or this little gem from 2007: “Last-minute sponsors reignite sputtering fireworks festival.”

Instead, organizers are now saying the event is on solid ground. “This is now a permanent event in the city of Vancouver,” said John Reynolds, the fireworks society’s incoming chairman and former Conservative MP, at a recent press conference.

He added: “We’re setting it up now so that the sponsors that are there are good community people who want it to go on forever and ever. Some of those might have to change over the years because of economics change.

But right now, we’ve got sponsors that are happy to be with us and are looking forward to doing it on a long-term basis.”

Although K&K has yet to receive a list of these tantric sponsors who “are looking forward to doing it on a long term basis,” their stable funding has local media scrambling for fireworks filler after years of relying on stories about the event’s tenuous future and last ditch rescue efforts.

Whether the Celebration of Light will ever return to its uncertain, on-the-verge-of-yearlycollapse roots is anyone’s guess. What is certain, however, it that this year’s event, which runs July 30, Aug. 3 and 6, will certainly go ahead. Enjoy the litter.

Provinced up: the all-Dix edition

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K&K interrupts its regularly scheduled “Fed up” federal election series to spread our pithy comments and jaded insights on the province’s political front.

In case you missed it, Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix became the new leader of the provincial NDP Sunday night, beating out Mike Farnsworth, John Horgan and some dude with a girl’s first name who likes to smoke pot and reinforce stereotypes that the NDP are a bunch of lefty whack-jobs.

News footage of Dix’s first day on the job Monday didn’t prove any more inspiring as we witnessed him awkwardly hug, handshake and high-five his way down a receiving line of well wishers and NDP brass. How about some fist pumps—it’s 2011.

Not that we should be surprised. The NDP has proven acutely adept at sabotaging itself, first by turning on its leader during the height of public animosity towards then-premier Gordon Campbell, then by giving newly minted premier Christy Clark a wide berth to garner fawning press and groom her public image, then by staging its own lackluster leadership convention on the day of the Sun Run and a Canucks playoff game. Apparently, “strategy” is not the NDP’s strong suit.

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Mamma mia, what a big-a laugh! Director Donna Spencer was really on the mark when she cast Susan Bertoia (as Maria Barberini) and Gina Chiarelli (Lina Paventi) as a pair of Italian mammas in Steve Galluccio’s Mambo Italiano (which isn’t, by the way, a musical, although it sounds like it might be.) Wait ’til you see Bertoia, in prim headscarf and sensible shoes, go

mano-a-mano with Chiarelli, decked out in a chic suit and spike heels.

Being Italian (or, in this case, Italian-Canadian) and gay (or, in Italian, omosessuale) is like olive oil and acqua, so Angelo Barberini (Joseph Gallaccio) and Nino Paventi (Francisco Trujillo) have kept their year-long relationship a secret from their parents, Maria and Gino (David Adams), and Lina. When Angelo’s sister Anna (Suzanne Ristic) persuades him to come out to his parents, all Hell breaks loose. And when the secret gets leaked to Nino’s widowed mother, she’s convinced it can’t be true because, she says, “Nino’s a banger.” When the mammas finally stop blaming each

other and Gino stops blaming Maria, the women hatch a plan that involves a couple of nice Italian girls.

A nice girl Pina (Irene Karas) is not; she was known as Pina La Putana in high school. But she is Italian. Karas is absolutely all tits-and-ass hilarious in the part. Her entry into the bar where Nino is drowning his sorrows is ragingly funny; boobs pushed up and out, she literally vibrates with sexual energy.

Mambo Italiano is not the best-written play in town, but it’s absolutely the funniest. It feels so Italian that when you’ve stopped laughing you’ll find yourself jonesing for cannelloni and something red and dry that comes in a glass. joled@telus.net

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Urban Rush hosts Fiona Forbes and Michael Eckford hammed it up prior to emceeing the VanMag Restaurant Awards held at the Sheraton Wall Centre.

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Going all Haywire, wine consultant Chris Coletta poured the Okanagan crush pad wines at VanMag’s annual food celebration.

Fred Whistler’s Sidecut Restaurant’s Kelly Hitchcock wore a meaty dress to Vancouver Magazine’s Restaurant Awards.

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Authentic Wines’ Sarah Hirjee and Linzi Baran uncorked their newest Lucky Penny wines at the VanMag Restaurant Awards.

Cook off: Variety’s second annual Food Fight: the Battle for Brunch brought together B.C.’s finest chefs in a battle for our taste buds. Yours truly emceed and was auctioneer at the afternoon luau sponsored by IGA Marketplace. Chefs Karin Gin (Market), Eric Edwards (Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa), Oliver Beckert (Yew), Ben Pernosky (Terminal City Club), Chris Whittaker (O’Douls), Jeremy McKinnon (EBO) and Vijay Tigura (Abercorn) served up a delicious morning feast to win votes from gala-goers. By one vote, Beckert, last year’s runner up, was declared Food Fight champ!

Food fete: Celebrating the best in food, Vancouver Magazine presented its 22nd annual restaurant awards at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Food enthusiasts and industry insiders gathered for the food and hospitality celebration.

Serving up tasty northern Italian fare, La Quercia on West Fourth was named Resto of the Year; Bao Bei, Best New Restaurant; Chambar’s Nico Schuermans, Chef of the Year; Thomas Haas, Pastry Chef of the Year; and Simon Kaulback Bartender of the Year.

Schools OUT: Out On Screen’s executive director Drew Dennis welcomed early risers to its annual breakfast benefit.

Guests gathered for the free breakfast and presentation of OOS’s Out in Schools program.

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Flexing his muscle, Yew Restaurant executive chef Oliver Beckert delivered the knockout brunch at this year’s Food Fight competition.

Food hypsters Shannon Heth and Kate MacDougall flanked Chef of the Year Nico Schuermans of Chambar at the VanMag ceremonies.

L-R: VanMag publisher Kim Peacock welcomed Liz Bell model Jenny Murphy and Joey’s Ashley Cox to the premiere restaurant awards celebration.

UBC’s Darran Fernandez and Liberal MP Hedy Fry (R) helped raise funds for Jennifer Sung’s Out in School’s program.

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Hairpieces for lower extremities fashioned into art and social commentary

MERKINtile exhibit puts pubic art on display State of the Arts

with Cheryl Rossi Rows of playful, triangle-shaped designs deck the back wall of a show window clad with baroque wallpaper across from the Phnom Penh Restaurant on East Georgia Street near Main.

Immediate eye-catchers include a modified Quatchi plush toy, a triangle of suede sprouting long shoots of straight hair and the vivid image of the Virgin Mary folded into a pyramid shape.

Step closer and you’ll see the texture of hair carved into wax, a sprig of moss decorated with a miniature cork landscape and the negative cast of one of the contributing artist’s vulvas on sale for “best offer.”

Artist-curator Kevin Hubbard created the MERKINtile exhibit, which runs until May 8, to raise a multitude of questions about fashion design, the female body and gentrification. Passersby are meant to view the window display that fronts the 221A Artist Run Centre as a high-

end boutique encroaching on a shabby Chinatown street.

Instead of lingerie or yoga wear, the “boutique” sells modern-day merkins, or pubic wigs originally worn by sex trade workers in the 15th century to cover disease sores and by women who shaved their pubic hair to combat lice.

“The high-end designer boutique in our mind is trying to be as ridiculous as possible—that’s where the merkins come in—because if Lululemon went in there, it probably wouldn’t surprise people,” Hubbard said.

The recent graduate of Emily Carr University and The Cooper Union for the Advancement in Science and Art in Manhattan, broadcast an international call for artist-made merkins. Once 36 were mounted, Hubbard issued a fake press release announcing “North America’s first luxury intimate designer hairpiece store.”

He says he received a couple of immediate calls, one from CKNW radio trying to politely ascertain if MERKINtile was a real shop.

“The main thing for me, which I kind of knew going in, is however much you want to create

MERKINtile is both an art exhibit and fake boutique that sells modern-day merkins. outreach or be controversial, it is so hard to get people to get angry anymore, which feeds into what the show is about, that no matter how disgusting or ridiculous [something] is, we tend to turn it into a product or just become apathetic,” Hubbard said.

With the sexual connotations of the merkin, Quebecois and Emily Carr artist Magali HebertHuot suggests the impossibility of virginity for the Virgin Mary.

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Her Holy Mother merkin features Mary prominently while Jesus is somewhat hidden on the side of the paper pyramid.

Hebert-Huot also created a pubic hair covering made of wax, the material often used to remove hair that’s perceived as unattractive.

Local artist Lydia Fu called her Quatchi merkin Quutchi. She made it to reflect how Olympic organizers attempted to cover up social issues in the Downtown Eastside.

“It’s in the same way that the merkin comes from prostitution, if you slap on something cute and adorable, it trivializes it and empties out the original,” Hubbard said.

Fu’s CootChink merkin of moss and miniature Asian cork temples and trees is a nod to Vancouver’s and Chinatown’s landscape, which is perpetually being groomed, shaped, excavated and cultivated.

Hubbard has purchased Monique Motut-Firth’s Raggedy Ann and Andy merkins along with her Barbie, The Girl Who Has (Almost) Everything pubic covering, a tiny Barbie merkin fashioned from Barbie hair.

“She’s saying it’s so weird that Barbie has secondary sexual characteristics of breasts, hips and a waist, which most dolls don’t, yet what does that say about what we’re teaching our children when the primary sexual characteristics of genitals aren’t there,” Hubbard said.

The merkins will be featured in an online catalogue that includes essays about related topics once the exhibit closes.

For more info, see 221a.ca. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

Jock and Jill

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Skiing pride

Halfway up Whistler’s Harmony chairlift two weeks ago, I got the backhanded compliment of a lifetime. This stranger’s remark was the dream of any casual jock who makes do with out-of-date gear, the kind of kit so past its prime it really is embarrassing (and neither ironic or hip). “Are those crosscountry skis? No? You must be an excellent skier.”

She was looking at my Rossignol junior series 3TA from 1994. Skinny, almost zero sidecut. From tip to tail, my skis were as thin as one half of hers and as straight as vertical rock. They stand a foot over my head.

At best, I’m an average skier. But having these sticks mean I get to the slopes. If there’s anything I wear from a finite moment in time, it’s the O’Neill snowboard pants and men’s sage-green Concept jacket, baggy and boyish as if I were a 14-year-old punk. Pretty much. (My skis? They have my grandmother’s Kimberley phone number written on a white sticky label in case I get lost.)

I was a pre-teen the last time I stepped into these Rossignols.

Touring the hill during the recent 2011 Whistler Cup, I was the same age as the competitive, international high schoolers from 23 countries who reach top speed on the Dave Murray Downhill.

Me? I took a picture at the top of the run.

A tourist in tacky skis.

An alpine ski racer famed (and infamous) for his fearless, oft reckless racing style, Murray was a Canadian legend—a Crazy Canuck. At 37, he died in 1990. His daughter Julia competed at the 2010 Winter Games, and his wife, Stephanie Sloan, who I liken to ski royalty, held a clinic I was lucky enough to be part of.

A three-time World Cup champion, freestyle pioneer (who rocked ski ballet, too) and Whistler municipal councillor, Sloan also leads ski programs exclusive to women.

She’s rad. Like the stranger from the lift, she also mocked my skis. It was a privilege.

Runner celebrates volunteers by running

Megan Stewart

Staff writer

For 40 days this winter, Jordan Myers found 80 different reasons to run.

Beginning Jan. 1 and each day until mid-February, the course operations manager for the Vancouver International Marathon dedicated 40 runs—the longest one stretching more than 42 kilometres and the shortest ending just shy of five km with his daughter in a stroller—to 40 Canadian charities and 40 individual Vancouver volunteers.

“There is this massive Vancouver contingent of people who volunteer,” Myers said.

“They just don’t identify it with Vancouver, but it goes back to being connected with each other first and then the city, too.”

He detailed the winter epic on his blog at 40project.wordpress.com, choosing 40 for the 40th anniversary of the Vancouver International Marathon.

The 40 Project started as a way to draw attention to different international and local charities, such as the food bank, KidSport and Habitat for Humanity as well as the Vancouver Pride Society, Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition and the Stanley Park Ecology Society. But at its heart, the 40 Project is an ode to volunteers and to Myers’s adopted city.

In addition to LiveStrong,

Jordan Myers ran to draw attention to organizations such as photo Dan Toulgoet KidSport and to highlight volunteerism. which first motivated the Oregon-born ultra-marathoner after family and friends were diagnosed with cancer, two charities may speak loudest to the achievement of the 40 Project: Vancouver Is Awesome and the Vancouver Historical Society. Why? Each of Myers’s 40 runs takes him to a different corner of Vancouver, where he details a brief history and offers an ode to everything that’s awesome about the neighbourhood.

On a 5.1-km run in Mount

Pleasant, Myers traces the neighbourhood’s origins to a small stream, which in turn attracted breweries and gave the area its earliest name. “Brewery Creek, in conjunction with the connecting routes of Main and Kingsway, became the centre of industry and commercialism for the district of Mt. Pleasant,” he writes.

By 1897, homes and residences were crowding around Broadway and Main. “The ability to commute to the city centre and the industries

Volunteering tips from the experts New to volunteering at sports events?

Jordan Myers sought words of advice and wisdom from the most experienced.

Here’s what they said: • Jackie Byrn: Carry food and water to stay hydrated and properly nourished as if you were an athlete doing the event.

Outdoor volunteer shifts can be challenging in foul weather! Plan your gear and wardrobe needs carefully.

• Ashley Kroeing: Set two alarms on race day. Be on time.

• Erik Graf: Stay committed once offering to volunteer. But if unable to do so, then have the courtesy to phone (not just email).

• Bob Ferguson: Only take on those challenges that you plan on completing in a timely fashion because others rely on you.

Be committed to your fellow volunteers.

You can not abandon your responsibilities simply because you are not being paid.

• Dave Lewthwaite: Interact with the runners and fellow volunteers in a way that you have fun.

• Vincent Doyle: Dress warm (and layer), cheer, smile and understand that you are part of one of the premiere events in the city. Enjoy it, be proud and make sure you return next year!

• Andrew Durham: Jump in with both feet. The more you immerse yourself in the project or event the greater a time you’ll have while giving back, and nothing is quite so rewarding.

• Lynn Thompson: Make sure you talk to the runners. They need it, it means a lot to them, and they remember it.

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Jordan Myers dedicated 40 runs in 40 days

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of Brewery Creek and False Creek provided the draw for many working families that now populated the area below Broadway. Hence Mt. Pleasant can be called Vancouver’s ‘first burb.’”

He outlines the links between the Lions Gate Bridge (otherwise known as the First Narrows Bridge), the 1933 plebiscite to build it and the Guinness family magnate.

“On January 20, 1955, the Guinness family sold the bridge to the province for $5,959,060 and in 1963, the tolls were dropped... My enjoyment of Guinness—like countless other people— helped landmark a reality.

Pretty cool.”

Myers, 35, wore a black Tshirt with the names of a half dozen Vancouver locales listed in bold, block print (with a crown in the lettering of Kingsway) to our interview.

He settled in on the city’s East Side in 2002 and says the spirit of volunteerism is electric across the city.

He oversees volunteer and medical teams at major events, including venues at the 2010 Games and the Pemberton music festival.

The Olympics last winter cemented his impression that the city’s volunteers are dedicated, enthusiastic and seriously effective.

“All an event needs to be successful are three things: participants, volunteers, the community. That’s it at the end of the day,” he said.

The 40 volunteers he’s singled out are mostly connected to the BMO Vancouver International Marathon.

Among them is Leo Lam, a member of the Lions Gate Road Runners, the club that shaped the city’s inaugural marathon 40 years ago when it first formed in 1971.

Volunteers, said Lam, contribute time, knowledge, resources and whatever else they can give of themselves.

“We make things happen,” he said.

The BMO Vancouver International Marathon begins early morning May 1. Racers and volunteers can register at bmovanmarathon.ca. mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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Top: Brian Murphy runs the ball up field for the Tupper Tigers. The Tigers didn’t score in a 24-0 semi-final loss to Cowichan. Right: St. George’s Saints sprinter Alex Wu pushes ahead of a Prince of Wales defender during the 2011 provincial Rugby Union Sevens. Playing on home turf, St. George’s Saints defeated the Walesmen in a semi-final and went on to claim the Bowl championship in a 22-12 victory over Kelowna. For full results, go online to bcssru.com.

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6522

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6595

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6595-75

Vancouver West Side

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6602

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8075

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8105

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8140

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8155

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8120

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8125

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8160

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8160

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8130

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J.A. CONSTRUCTION

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BEAUTIFUL SUITES Marpole area. Bach, 1 & 2 BRs. Newer kitchens & baths. H/W flrs, balcony/patio. $800 & up. Incl heat, h/water, 2 appl. 604-327-9419. or 778-855-8666

Electrical

CHARLIE’S ELECTRIC Co. #94835 all electric needs, reas rates bonded WCB 778-888-4528

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR +big den, newly reno’d, hardwood, open kitchen, mtn view. UBC, indoor pool, gym, 2 prkg, ns np, $1800, 604-828-2268

8080

*RENT TO OWN*

1 BR apt 750sf, garden level, inste w/d, ug prkg,store room, community lounge, for 55+,nr bus/shops. 2740 W. King Edward, $1295/mo, ns np, Phone 10 am 4pm Mon -Fri . 604-671-0965

6508

Blinds & Draperies

Abbotsford- 3262 Clearbrook Rd. HOUSE with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths.

Mortgage helper. Walk to all Schools and other amenities. Only $1,598/m.

Low Down. Flexible Terms.

(604) 626-9647 or (604) 657-9422 www.wesellhomesbc.com

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

8020

Houses - Rent

MOVING? 6505

HOME SERVICES

Furnished Accommodation

Surrey

PANORAMA RIDGE. Sun. 2 4pm, at #113 - 6363 121st St. Spac 2 BR. 2 f/baths, gas f/p, inste w/d, priv patio, 2 u/g prkg, lots of storage. 1072 sf. Near bus, parks & shops. $247,500. Call Sean Thompson, Re/Max Colonial Pacific Realty. 604-862-5370

6020

6020-01

Real Estate

Personals

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Houses - Sale

Lawn & Garden

Spring Services

FREE ESTIMATES

• Lawn Maintenance • Fertilizing • Yard Clean-ups • Aeration • Pruning/Hedges • Power Raking • Rubbish Removal • Odd jobs •Yearly Maintenance Programs •

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Masonry

MASONRY and REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Slate Patio/Sidewalk •Fireplaces & more. George • 604-365-7672 NORTHLAND MASONRY. Rock, slate, brick, granite, pavers.

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8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

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Moving & Storage

B&Y MOVING Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~

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Painting/ Wallpaper

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BATHROOMS • KITCHENS ELECTRICAL • PLUMBING PAINTING • REPAIRS REFERRAL SERVICES RENOVATIONS

604-263-2530 3 ROOMS FOR $299. walls, w/2 coats of top Cloverdale Paint.

20 yrs exp. Larry 604-961-4391 AAA Professional int/ext painter & wall paperer. Guar work. Free est. John 604-318-2059 (Kits) Barwick Painting Prof. painters, exp. painters, in partnership with Benjamin Moore. 604-263-2530 DJ PAINTING •Int/Ext •Com/Resid •Top Quality 604-258-7300 cell: 604-417-5917

SOUTH VAN. Mini Public Storage, bus/res. vehicle, motorcyle, furn. Eco Friendly, 604-321-0213

8193

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

• Oil Tank Removal • Work complies with city bylaws BC Mainland • Always fair & reasonable rates • Excellent references

8200

Patios/Decks/ Railings

www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

8220

Plumbing

For Free Estimate Please Call:

604-730-1566

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PLUMBERS

Quality Work You Can Trust!

Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000

Insured/WCB

Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters

778-997-9582

Additions. Kitchens Bathrooms. Landscape Const.

Design & Build Renovations

Roofing

POINT GREY ROOFING

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Established 1946

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

Cell: 604-839-7881

Reasonable rates - Free Est. Pat 604-224-2112, anytime

THE FAMILY MAN Big or Small we do it all.

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A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd Re-Roof, Repair. Ins. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 or 604-961-0324 A Eastwest Roofing & Siding Re-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437

8300

Call for a free estimate:

1.877.602.7346

PTV HOME RENOVATIONS All types of reno’s, big or small.

20% off Tile. Call 778-235-1772 Advantage Building Maintenance: •Roof •Chimney •Skylight Repairs •FREE Estimate 604-802-1918 Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

8255

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Visit us online to receive a special discount:

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Rubbish Removal

8335

Window Cleaning

White Rose Window Cleaning Windows Cleaned Inside & Outside Gutters Cleared & Cleaned FREE ESTIMATES

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604-630-3300

Tree Services

Wildwood Tree Services, Exp Hedge Trimming and Removal & Tree Pruning. Free Est. 604-893-5745

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Tiling

A to Z CERAMIC TILES Installation, Repairs, Fair Prices Free Est. 444-4715 cel 805-4319

ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs Tried & True Since 1902

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small.

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$35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020

Waters Home Maintenance Window Cleaning, also gutters.

Free est. 604-738-6606

Andy: 604-719-8689 #158-11782 River Rd., RMD

★ BATHROOM SPECIALIST★ Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paint framing. From start to finish. Over 20 yrs exp. Peter 604-715-0030 Complete Bathroom Reno’s Suites, Kitchens,Tiling, Skylights, Windows, Doors, 604 521-1567

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Auto Miscellaneous

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

9110

Are you looking for a builder who can take care of your home projects, honestly & professionally?

Call Rae 604-323-3922 www.rgfinehomes.com

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Interior & Exterior ★ UNBEATABLE PRICES ★ Free Est. / Written Guarantee

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Complete Renovations Plumbing, Electrical Master Carpenter, Painting Wallpapering Kitchen/ Bathroom designer & installer. floors Ceramic Tiles Drywall, 25 yrs. exp. $35/hr Mark Local Cell: 778-889-9918

Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter

Interior and Exterior Painting

EURO STYLE DESIGNING Reliable & Professional

8250

#1 Roofing Company in BC

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www.dpdconstruction.com Renos, repairs, character home specialty. Dean @ 604-908-4813

Serving Vancouver for over 25 years

• TAR & GRAVEL •TORCH-ON MEMBRANE •FIBREGLASS / ASPHALT SHINGLES, RESIDENTIAL, and COMMERCIAL 35 years experience

Rubbish Removal

ACE OF TRADES:

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Painting/ Wallpaper

SMALL JOBS WELCOME RENO Kitchen/Bath, Crown Mouldings, Drywall, Painting, Flooring, 604-771-2201, 771-5197

604-880-6407

8255

Roofing

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

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8195

8250

Since 1989

STORMWORKS 604-724-3670

Roofing

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METRO BLACKTOP CO. LTD Custom work for Driveways & new lane Aprons. Repairs/resurfacing. Call Gino 604-657-9936

Serving West Side since 1987

● Oil Tank Removal ● Recommended ● Insured ● Reasonable Rates

22-BUILD (222-8453) Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

NORM, 604-466-9733 Cell: 604-841-1855

• Sunrooms • Aluminum patio/deck covers • Aluminum railings • Glass railings • Aluminum fencing • Auto gates Free Estimates 604-521-2688

ROOFING/ FRAMING/ Flooring/ Renos or new construction. Acom Construction. Call: 604-240-1850 Acombc@gmail.com

RENOVATIONS

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For Free Estimates Call

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Reasonable rates. 604-221-4900

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8250

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Renovations & Home Improvement

McNabb Roofing

Professional Painters with Guaranteed Results

604-708-8850

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8240

BARWICK PAINTING

• Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

Quick & Reliable Movers from$48 per hour

Renovations & Home Improvement

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

Collectibles & Classics

BATH/KITCHEN Renos, decks, fencing, home repairs. Home Improvment Centre. 604-240-9081 KITCHEN & BATHS Home renovations, 30+ years experience. Call 604-731-7709 Mozaik Handyman Services Ltd Reno painting, electrical, plumb tiling, 604-739-8786..716-8687

Scrap Car Removal

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2010 TOYOTA FJ, loaded, 9, 000km, silver blue, $29,500.

604-825-3845

Cash for junk cars! $100 to $1000 Ask about our $500 Credit!

Visit our website @ www.surreyscrap.com Free tow, no wheels, no papers no problem! Hassle free friendly service. 2 hr service in most areas.

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9160

1999 MAZDA B3000 ext cab, 85,000 k, 5 spd, canopy, $6,700.

Exc cond, no accid 604-802-6888

Sports & Imports

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200

1991 ASTON Martin, 1-owner, all orig., only 27,000 km, immac. $45,000. 604-987-3876. D24627 HANDYMAN; Reasonable rates.

You name it - we DO it!

Call Peder • 604-339-2419

9145

9125

Domestic

2006 LINCOLN Zephyr 32,600 kms, excellent cond, lady driven $15,000 obo 604-929-1184

FREE SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Top $$ for complete cars.

Flat Rate Towing Service avail.

Call ★ 604-720-0067

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2002 LAND Rover Discovery SE7 98,000 km, Sand/tan int. Exc cond. $11,750 604.687.2146

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We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products Canadian Beef

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Prime Rib Roast

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