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Zoology professor dissects Northwestern crow Sandra Thomas Staff writer

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ast summer as we sat around the patio table enjoying cool drinks and snacks, a small rock dropped from above barely missing a glass.

We all glanced skyward but saw nothing until a second small stone fell onto the table a few minutes later. Then we saw Carl, our resident crow, swoop past.

Although Carl’s nest was in the front of the house, the large black bird would get agitated if we entertained more than one or two guests on our back deck. On this particular evening, Carl made his displeasure obvious. Since dropping rocks on us failed to move the crowd indoors, the crow perched just above our heads on the eaves of the house and cawed loud and long.

Courier readers have sent in similar stories about their relationships with the funny, cranky, smart and sometimes friendly birds living around their properties. To better understand crows, the Courier turned to University

of B.C. zoology professor Wayne Goodey, an expert in the behaviour, evolution, conservation and human impact on birds, animals and fish.

Goodey says the Northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus) that populate Vancouver belong to the Corivade family of birds, which also includes jays and rooks.

Northwestern crows are typically between 40 and 45 centimetres in total length, with a 70 to 80-centimetre wingspan. Adult crows typically weigh between 300 and 340 grams. “That family is probably the most intelligent of all birds and are comparable to parrots when it comes to being smart,” says Goodey. “Most birds are not that smart.”

Crows live in extended family groups with complex social orders revolving around a mature breeding pair, much like local Steller’s jays, Goodey explains.

Crow families typically include offspring, siblings and non-mating adults and grandparents. “The non-breeders and hangers-on just congregate around them,” says Goodey.

UBC zoology professor Wayne Goodey says crow families typically photo Rebecca Blissett include offspring and grandparents.

Like cats and dogs, crows can include humans in their social circle. “My cat includes me in its social circle, but that’s pretty much because I’m adjacent to the food

cupboard,” says Goodey. “Those animals by nature have social tendencies.”

Crows are also smart enough to learn and be trained. Goodey

wasn’t surprised to hear that before his death Carl would often come when called.

“They’re sharp and they pick up sounds so they begin to recognize that sound,” says Goodey.

“It’s not even so much about the reward [of food], but the fact they know that when they come nothing negative is going to happen to them.”

According to a University of Washington zoologist who was interviewed in a recent Macleans magazine article, crows have good memories and can remember faces. When they attack, as they’re known to do during fledgling season, individuals should keep moving so the birds can’t remember their face.

Goodey says that might be the case in rural areas where crows come into contact with a limited number of people. “But in the city they could see hundreds of different people in a day,” he says.

“In local cases where they mainly see the same people they might be able to pick a person who’s threatened them.”

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Crows roost during the night at locations in Vancouver and Burnaby

Continued from page 4 Goodey estimates there are about 100,000 crows living in Greater Vancouver. The large number is thanks to the abundance of available food and lack of raptors, such as hawks, which is a crow’s largest predator next to the great horned owl. Breeding pairs can produce two or three sets of babies per season, but their survival rate is low and many will die within their first year.

While crows mate for life, it has nothing to do with love or a sense of commitment, the zoologist says. One Courier reader wrote to say that when one of the crows living near her home was killed, its mate wouldn’t leave the body until dark.

“People have this romantic idea that when birds mate for life it’s a special bond,” he says. “But it’s really just about what works for them. What benefit is it to them to wander if they’re having success with the mate they’re with.”

Locally, crows roost at night in a concentration of large trees near Grandview Highway and Boundary Road, stretches along Still Creek in Burnaby and in Pacific Spirit Park. A large flock of crows is called a murder. Goodey assumes some crows also roost in Stanley and Central parks. Construction is not a deterrent to roosting as heavy machinery typically isn’t operated at night.

“They are quite habituated to human activity anyway,” says Goodey, “so not likely to be driven away just by excavation or new buildings unless trees were removed.”

By day, crows have a defined area or territory where they hunt and eat and eventu-

During nesting season, only birds too young or too old to breed make the trip to photo Rebecca Blissett roost. ally nest and breed. During nesting season, it’s only birds too young or too old to breed that make the trip to roost.

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ot everyone likes crows, and the Courier annually hears from readers calling for a cull of the “nuisance” bird.

Reader Emilie Sion wrote to the city recently complaining about crows and asked if a cull could be an option to control their population.

The Arbutus resident appreciates how intelligent crows are, but says several recent incidents have turned her against them.

This spring, Sion’s daughter had a nest of

robins in her backyard until a crow landed on a nearby utility line and systematically killed and ate each of the babies, much to the family’s horror. Sion says because crows are so smart they’re dominating the landscape and winning out over small song birds.

According to Goodey, despite a crow’s robust defensive behaviour around its own nest, they do eat the young of other birds.

“It would be wrong to say that they are nest predators in any specialized way, better to say they are opportunistic,” says Goodey, who notes squirrels are equally guilty of attacking nests,

something that’s often not reported.

He explains any animal, crow or other bird, includes items in its diet based on availability and abundance, ease of collection and nutritional quality, not human concepts of morality.

“It may seem horrific to your readers when they think of all those eggs and nestlings being torn apart, but many are fed to equally cute and or deserving baby crows.

And very few newborn birds, especially of smaller species on which crows might prey, are going to survive to adulthood,” says Goodey. “Is it worse to have nestlings eaten or for them to starve or freeze to death? Nature isn’t at all a nice place—this is simply the reality of natural selection in action.”

Sion says because of the crow’s appetite for nestlings, instead of small song birds we now have flocks of black birds in Vancouver.

“I wrote to city hall and got a reply to the effect that crows are migratory birds and they have no jurisdiction over them. They refuse to take action,” Sion says. “At one time in Vancouver crows were culled. The mayor is so focused on making Vancouver a ‘green city,’ by way of the bicycle, he cannot see that flocks of crows are a sign of degradation. Mumbai is hooded-over by crows.”

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ccording to Connecticut-based Michael Westerfield, culls are ineffective at controlling crow populations. Westerfield founded the Crows.net Project in 1998 to study the American crow.

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Continued from page 5 The project’s focus is to prove the crow is a highly intelligent species with a fully developed language and culture. Westerfield, who’s also studied anthropology and archeology, is a marine biologist, but told the Courier he found crows much more convenient to study than migratory fish.

Westerfield says except for size, there’s little difference between Northwestern crows and the American species. “The main difference between Northwestern crows and American crows is that yours tend to be more social with each other, more likely to live closer together and hang out in larger groups,” he says. “Crows have a unique reproductive strategy that virtually guarantees that their populations can survive almost any catastrophe, including the continual attempts of humans to reduce their numbers because of perceived harm to agriculture or human health, or simply because they are thought to be a nuisance.”

Some drastic measures were taken to reduce crow numbers in the past in the U.S., including the widespread use of poison and the destruction of winter roosts by a number of means, including dynamite, Westerfield notes.

In one case reported in the March 25, 1940 issue of Life Magazine, the Illinois State Department of Conservation killed 328,000 crows in roosts with the use of “festoons of dynamite bombs.”

“None of this has worked and the population of crows on this continent is perhaps as great as it has ever been,” Westerfield says. “Even populations recently ravaged by West Nile virus seem well on the way to a complete recovery.”

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“CROWS HAVE A UNIQUE REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY.” Michael Westerfield

thing from a few suburban blocks to a fairly sizable area of woodland.

There are far more crows than there are available territories and this results in the majority of crows having to delay breeding until they are fortunate enough to acquire a territory that has for some reason become vacant.

Although most crows are capable of breeding at one year old, most have to delay mating for two or more years.

“And, I expect some must never acquire a nesting area where they can reproduce,” Westerfield says. “Some of the unmated crows may stay with their parents for a year or more helping out around subsequent nests, but the majority of them are ‘floaters’ who travel around and join up with numbers of other unattached crows to form temporary flocks or gangs for feeding and general socialization.”

The result is a vast reserve of unmated crows available to take over and fill the gap left by mated pairs that may be culled, by occupying their vacant territory. Also, since it’s common that the most obvious groups of crows are the unmated “floater” gangs, they are the ones most likely to be killed by municipal exterminators.

“Of course you can kill any number of these non-reproducing birds without making anything but a temporary dent in the area crow population,” says Westerfield.

Finally, since the continent has large crow populations, if one area were to actually succeed in wiping out its crows, the neighbouring populations would simply expand to fill the vacuum. This played out in the case of the West Nile virus, which wiped out

entire crow populations in some areas in the first years of the millennium, only to have them completely repopulated within several years, Westerfield says.

“As far as I can tell from reviewing a number of municipal crow removal efforts, some cities have indeed succeeded in moving large winter roosts from one area to another,” he says.

“But no one ever has succeeded in a planned attempt to significantly reduce the size of a crow population for any length of time in more than a very small geographical area. This being the case, most if not all attempts at culling crows are simply futile exercises in meaningless slaughter.”

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henever the idea of a crow cull is floated in the media, Courier readers vehemently opposed to the bird’s elimination make their views known.

West Side resident Marie Decaire told the Courier earlier this month that she and her family enjoy the company of their resident crows. Despite the crows, small birds thrive in her neighbourhood. “In fact, there is a small flock of chickadees that visits our apple tree every day while Mr. and Mrs. Crow stand watch from our roof top,” she says.

In the fall, Decaire adds, chestnuts fall from the trees lining the family’s street and the crows wait for the nuts to be crushed by cars before flocking to feast on the meat.

“We love to watch them. They are very intelligent and full of funny antics,” says Decaire. “We would certainly raise our voices in protest should anyone try to cull them. I suppose some might think them noisy, but they have never kept us awake.

I would be much more concerned should the neighbourhood lose their resident crows. Remember Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring?” sthomas@vancourier.com

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Summer times

Man, holidays are overrated.

Seriously, who can stand soaking up the sun, swimming in a lake, kayaking, counting stars with the kids, watching baseball, going to rock concerts, sleeping in, etc…

Glad that’s all over.

So what did I miss?

Not much, if my hundreds of emails are any indication.

In no particular order, this is what you need to know if you’ve just awakened from your summer slumber: • The city hired Mairi Welman as the city’s new communications director. Welman comes to the city from the Recycling Council of B.C., where she served as communications director for three years.

She begins her job Sept. 27.

• NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton is after the mayor again. And, amazingly, she is doing it from Germany, where she is travelling by bike. According to Anton’s latest dispatch, she is “troubled” that Mayor Gregor Robertson wants to vacate his office space for larger

If you’ve been on holidays, the bicycle versus car debate continues as the city looks to complete the protected bike lane downtown and link the Dunsmuir viaduct with the Burrard Bridge. file photo Dan Toulgoet digs currently occupied by city manager Penny Ballem. “This has the appearance of focusing power and decision making at city hall with the mayor and I don’t see how it will help council to work better,” Anton wrote.

• The bicycle versus car/business debate continues. The city wants to complete the final piece of the protected bike lane puzzle downtown and link the Dunsmuir viaduct with the Burrard Bridge.

Hornby Street seems to be that

link. An info session was held earlier this month but people can still register their opinion in a survey on the city’s website.

• As my colleague Cheryl Rossi reported, the former Bosman Hotel is now the site of an experi-

ment in mental health. The hotel at 1060 Howe St. was renovated to accommodate 100 homeless people living with mental health issues. It officially opened Aug. 23.

• Alvin Singh is COPE’s new executive director. Read all about it in a separate story I wrote for this issue.

• The Pickton case got a lot of coverage, so I won’t add to it. But I will mention the Vancouver Police Board, which is chaired by Mayor Gregor Robertson, is handing out $100,000 in reward money that was offered for information leading to a conviction in the missing women investigation. The reward is being apportioned to six people. The police board first offered the reward in May 1999.

• In other police news, if you received a police record check or fingerprint services from the VPD between July 1 and Aug. 19, you may be entitled to a reimbursement of the Harmonized Sales Tax. Apparently, 2,514 people were incorrectly charged either three or eight dollars in HST, depending on the service provided to them.

• And, finally, I look forward to everybody I need to interview to get back from holidays. How am I supposed to get any work done, here? Seriously, holidays are overrated. mhowell@vancourier.com

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Last week’s poll question: Who has broken your heart the most?

Vancouver Canucks— 52 per cent B.C. Lions—34 per cent That special barista at Starbucks—14 per cent This is not a scientific poll.

In the past decade, the distinguished souls that run Vancouver have chosen to look beyond the United States for direction. The inspiration for the dedicated bike lanes that have so enraged downtown motorists and sports radio hosts was taken from Denmark (as well as Portland, Ore.), the new plan to bring Bixi public bike rentals to busy street corners comes from France (via Montreal), and our more nuanced, situational stances on soft-drug use and hard-drug addiction are predated by similar policies in Holland.

Why then, in such a progressive, Euro-facing city, do our drinking laws feel spiritually descended from the Temperance movement and the U.S. Prohibition era? Indeed, the rules and regulations that dictate where and when adults can consume alcohol might serve some submerged bureaucratic logic but, in practice, often push drinkers to feeling as though they live in a fire-and-brimstone theocracy.

Whenever I’m in another North American city, be it Toronto, Austin, or Seattle, it’s neither the weather nor the freeways that I envy about these places but the casual, neighbourhood taverns one can walk to and have a grown-up beverage in the evening with the same ease one can have a latte here during the day.

Through zoning restrictions and policies, the city has concentrated the bulk of its nightclubs and watering holes on Granville Street— which is great if you’re 22, wear a bedazzled T-shirt, and like long line-ups.

Outside of this party ghetto, the rest of us make do elsewhere. Often, this includes establishments that tip-toe legality when they serve you a beer

kevinchong without food. At one popular downtown karaoke bar, one is forced to order edamame beans—the cheapest menu item—in order to satisfy the establishment’s restaurant licence. Another Main Street watering hole, situated below-ground and far from any sleeping condo-dwellers, is an ideal setting to tip back an imported lager, but this booze bunker does so-so business as a restaurant serving entrees and desserts.

Nowhere is our city’s retrograde approach to drinking most adversely felt than in the summer. On one night in July for the fireworks, the VPD patted itself vigorously on the back for pouring out “535 containers of alcohol” as though each bottle of beer, liquor and Smirnoff Ice was, in reality, a handgun or pipe bomb.

Why do our liquor policies assume the worst from Vancouverites, as though each of us is a drop away from turning into a seething, bottle-throwing brawler? In countries

like France and Japan, public drinking is allowed but generally conducted in moderation and at suitable occasions, like a glass of wine at a picnic or on the beach. Our own casual attitude towards marijuana hasn’t resulted in widespread reefer madness, with hippies smoking in elementary-school playgrounds, but generally only at appropriate venues like folk festivals and Wreck Beach.

If even one of those 535 containers of booze resulted in a serious accident or brawl in July, then it might be worth the police vigilance. But why shouldn’t Vancouverites be allowed to have a glass of wine, mint julep, or beer on the beach, in the park at a picnic, or during a softball game on a non-event summer evening?

In fact, Vancouverites regularly do all those things and have shown that, with very few exceptions, that we handle our drink responsibly. And yet we are forced to skulk around like, well, latter-day rum-runners because of our antiquated bylaws.

As we model ourselves on the culturally tolerant, open-minded cities of Europe, the time has come for our city to experiment with allowing alcohol to be consumed in public spaces, even if it’s restricted in certain zones and to non-event evenings.

Until then, hard-working, upstanding adults in this city will have to content themselvesselves with drinking bottled water or an iced coffee in English Bay. I wonder if either of those goes well with edamame beans. metaquiche@hotmail.com (Allen Garr is on vacation.)

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Province’s gambling site enabling and destructive Drinking, gambling, and whoring: for centuries, governments have had shifting, ambivalent policies toward this trio of merriment. British Columbia is no exception. In the first category, we’ve long had provincially run liquor stores. In the second category, the B.C. government successfully launched playnow. com, making us the first North American jurisdiction to offer legal, casino-style games online.

In the third category, we have the public perception of the B.C. legislature as a NeoGothic massage parlour for corporate lobbyists.

As most of us know, the initial launch of playnow.com was beset with a security breach that allowed some players to see the account balance and personal information of other players. In one day, Gordo’s gubmint managed to spot-weld privacy issues to public concerns over gambling—a real first. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we were to view the public sectors’ venture into online gambling as a stumble unique to the B.C. Liberal government. A billion dollars leaves Canada every year, via unregulated, offshore gambling sites—and the provinces want to staunch the flow with their own competitive offerings.

The Ontario government plans to introduce Internet gambling in 2012. Alberta and the Atlantic provinces are also considering it. According to statistics from 2008, provincial governments brought in nearly $14 billion from gaming. The temptation is understandable.

Like a drunk slumped on a bar stool who puts his drinks on a tab, Canadian politicians want to keep the spigot flowing, with the long-term costs of addictive behaviour mortgaged into the future.

“Look at the history of civilization, the history of economics, even biblical history, and you will see what it means when a state begins to finance itself by encouraging people to gamble,” observes Canadian writer and philosopher John Ralston Saul.

When governments “set out to use the tools of the public good to corrupt citizens,” our so-called public servants might as well be graduates of the Tony Soprano School of Governance.

This is exactly the kind of thinking that’s fragmenting us as a culture, and threatening us as a species: the lure of quantifiable, short-term gain over the threat of unquantifiable, long-term loss. Policy makers know of the solid links between gambling and depression and suicide. But these social costs are “externalities,” unaccounted for in the ledgers

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geoffolson of government bean counters, and unmentioned in the press releases of politicians jonesing for easy revenue. Some might say the provincial government is just following the people on this one. If there weren’t so many of us gambling online, there would be no incentive to compete with illegal, offshore sites. Funny, I always thought that elected leaders are supposed to follow the majority’s desires on social issues, not defer to the worst impulses of the minority. But that would mean to lead rather than follow, and Campbell’s merry circle of masseuses abdicated that approach long ago to offer Ayurvedic warm oil massages to business clients.

Our leaders in Victoria, and further beyond in Ottawa, abide in the quaint belief that the market is always right—and if the market compels people to narcotize themselves to it with drink, drugs and electronic distraction, then there’s a buck to be made there, too. It’s the circle of life.

“Neurosis is a private religion,” wrote the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, and for many of a true believer, heavenly bliss is only one lucky Lotto ticket away.

And this is where the mindset of public servants and poker players converge. Depending on your point of view, the B.C. Liberals are demonstrating either neurosis or nihilism, by going for the promise of easy money—the same spectre of magical thinking that lures gambling addicts into personal bankruptcy.

I recall standing on a casino floor in Las Vegas a few years back, marvelling at the rows of slot machines receding to a vanishing point, with the polyester crowd working the levers like lab rats. Any civic, state, or federal body that draws revenue from people’s conditioned responses is playing a high-stakes game, not just involving addictive behaviour, but also criminality and corruption. That’s why the U.S. quarantined its national gambling Mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert, unlike the B.C. Liberal government, which is pipelining opportunities for addictive behaviour right into the rubes’ homes. www.geoffolson.com

Nearby resident Dave Peterson questions why squatters are allowed to camp at Thornton Park. file photo Rebecca Blissett To the editor: Re: “Thornton Park squatters anger nearby resident,” Aug. 18.

I also own a condo in the area and have been here eight years. When I moved in, the area was not great but the Thornton Park was totally redone and the vagrants began to move on. However, lately the “street people” or the homeless have taken up residency in the park and caused damage to plants and trees, and leave their garbage all over the park.

I understand that all parks have litter, but in Thornton Park it is excessive. I agree that everyone has a right to use the parks but not anyone has the right to abuse them.

As to the homeless I do not think they should have the right to live in the parks, unless they treat the parks with respect.

The provincial government has disgusted me with the way they treat the mentally ill, by cutting and closing homes. Then again we have drug dealers who use and mix in with the “homeless” and are able to sell their wares without detection.

Thornton Park is a large “gateway” for tourists to Vancouver.

This is the busiest area in all of Vancouver and needs extra care. I am sure if this

area was on the West Side it would not be happening.

Bryan Searle, Vancouver

••• To the editor: I believe we are simply reaping (and the people in the park are suffering from) what has been sown by the distorted values held by our provincial and federal governments.

Canada used to be seen as a country that cared about people; neighbours helped neighbours, whether it was raising barns or giving aid during disasters.

Isn’t that why we pay taxes? To provide for each other as community because we want everyone to thrive? It’s only through co-operation that we can survive.

The results Mr. Peterson does not want are, in my opinion, the tragic consequences of very distorted, (though not ill-intended) values. These values underlie the many provincial and federal policies that are destroying the sense of security and serenity in many of our lives and communities. It’s sad.

Dori Jaffé, Vancouver

Courier demonstrates double standard on brothels

To the editor: Re: “Neighbours shut down so-called Health Enhancement Centre,” Aug. 18.

I am impressed with Mark Hasiuk’s piece and fully agree that “all big fights require small victories.” I commend him for helping to educate the general public about how widespread and pervasive prostitution is in Vancouver. Unfortunately one does not need to go far to find alternatives to the closure of Finezza.

If one continues reading the Aug. 18 edi-

tion of the Courier, they will find an ad for the Amapola Spa (with colour photo), the Kitten Club (“All we wear is lingerie”), and an ad for “Swedish and deep tissue massage, great technique, pretty girl” (also with photo).

Mr. Hasiuk points out the city is paid $226 per brothel annually.

How much is the Courier paid to advertise their locations?

Peter McClung, Vancouver

Provincial Liberals don’t understand arts benefits

To the editor: Re: “Kudos and Kvetches,” Aug. 20.

Thanks for your amusing article. Sometimes we just have to laugh or we would shriek about this government cutting 50 to 70 per cent of the arts budget while blaming “the economic downturn” and “prioritizing” every penny to health care and education—forgetting that art plays a strong and inexpensive support role in health and education.

Nobody gets rich from government grants in art, but don’t imagine that the seed money isn’t crucial to these organizations that create brilliant multiplier effects from the tiny investment.

Oh sorry, was I screaming? I’ll think about the Liberals’ boast about being fiscally responsible. That’s always good for a giggle.

Julie McIntyre, Vancouver

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The city’s labour friendly civic party has put its trust in another 20-something to lead the organization into the 2011 election.

COPE announced Monday that Alvin Singh, 26, will replace Rachel Marcuse, also 26, as the party’s executive director.

Marcuse will stay on until Oct. 1 to bring Singh up to speed on the role.

“I’ve been involved with COPE since I was in high school,” said Singh, who was politically active as a student at Vancouver Technical secondary school, where he lobbied for seismic upgrading of schools.

At 18, Singh unsuccessfully sought a school trustee nomination with COPE in 2002 and ran as a school trustee candidate in the 2008 election. He placed 12th with 43,754 votes.

The party’s executive appointed Singh to a role that he believes is integral to COPE continuing to be relevant to residents and provide an alternative voice to other civic parties.

He is a believer in the power of civic government and how decisions made by local politicians can have a bigger impact on residents than those made by provincial and federal politicians.

“It’s the most important level of government that you can be a part of,” he told the Courier. “It affects people’s lives more intimately and more frequently than any other level of government.”

Singh agreed the move by the party to appoint another young person as executive director can be seen as symbolic. But, he said, the youth movement is strong and growing as is the political experience of its younger members.

“You don’t need to be a retired person in order to have had a lot of political experience in this city.

And there’s more and more younger people getting involved in civic politics.”

Singh works three days a week as a constituency assistant to Vancouver-Kingsway NDP MP Don Davies.

He said he plans to leave that position to focus on his new role with COPE.

“YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A RETIRED PERSON IN ORDER TO HAVE HAD A LOT OF POLITICAL EXPERIENCE.” Alvin Singh

Singh and Marcuse worked closely together in the 2008 campaign. The party boasts more than 1,000 members, according to Marcuse, who is leaving her job to pursue business studies.

“I’ve been thinking about going back to school and the timing seemed right to do it now as opposed to closer to the election so that we give Alvin a chance to get really comfortable in the role,” said Marcuse, who became executive director in January 2008.

Marcuse co-managed COPE’s election campaign with Ivan Bulic in 2008.

She recalled the 2008 vote was a test for the future of the party.

COPE had gone from being the ruling party between 2002 and 2005 to having David Cadman as the party’s lone councillor between 2005 and 2008.

In 2008, voters re-elected Cadman and five COPE candidates to civic office, including Coun. Ellen Woodsworth. The party managed the feat after running a cooperative campaign with Vision Vancouver, which all but toppled the once-strong NPA and its rule at city hall.

COPE will hold its annual general meeting Sept. 19 at the Japanese Language Hall.

The party doesn’t traditionally choose its candidates until a couple months before an election.

The party chose to endorse Vision’s Gregor Robertson in the 2008 campaign. So far, Singh and Marcuse said, they’re happy with Robertson’s leadership.

Does that mean COPE won’t run a mayoral candidate in the 2011 vote?

“Running a mayoral candidate is not off the table,” Marcuse added. mhowell@vancourier.com

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I’m sure this guy is going to get blisters, but it’s for a good cause.

Injured worker and Paralympic silver medalist Josh Dueck will attempt to break the Guinness World Record this weekend at the PNE for the most high-fives performed in 24 hours by an individual.

Dueck’s efforts are on behalf of WorkSafeBC’s Raise Your Hand campaign, a young worker initiative that encourages youth to stay safe at work. The world record currently stands at 3,131 high-fives.

You can start giving Dueck a big high-five Friday (Aug. 27) at 6:05 p.m. at Empire Field just before the B.C. Lions game, followed by hand slaps across the PNE grounds Saturday and at a wrap party in the Celebration Plaza with Now or Never B-boy Crew from 3 to 5:59 p.m. The final and hopefully record-breaking high-five takes place at the Celebration Plaza at 6 p.m.

Back to nature

COPE park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock, the board’s liaison to the

According to a reader, skunks end up as roadkill because of photo Rebecca Blissett poor vision and a lack of speed.

Stanley Park Ecology Society, is co-sponsoring a free public discussion with the group on the important role nature plays in the health of children.

The public forum entitled, Nurturing the Health of Children through Nature, takes place at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Yaletown this Sunday (Aug. 29) from 2 to 4 p.m.

The featured panelists included in the forum include Becs Hoskins, executive director of Child Nature Alliance; Dr. Randall White, a psychiatrist at St. Paul’s Hospital and at UBC; Dr. Aimee Taylor, a registered horticultural therapist and

soil science expert; Alana Bliss, a student in ecopsychology at Quest University; Kristine Webber, executive director of the Young Naturalists Club and facilitator with Wild B.C., and Roger Keyes, public programs manager for the society, who will speak on wildlife recreational programs for youth in Stanley Park. Parents interested in learning about nature programs available for kids in and around Vancouver are encouraged to attend.

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I wrote about skunks in this column last week and how the city’s sanitation depart-

ment has a special freezer where they store skunk bodies until they’re taken to the landfill.

I also mentioned how sanitation workers have a non-scientific theory that skunks are run over by vehicles so often because they have no natural predators, so in turn have no fear of cars and trucks.

But a reader emailed me to correct that notion.

Tracy Jager notes there are three reasons skunks become road kill more often than other urban wildlife, beginning with the fact they have terrible eyesight and difficulty correctly seeing anything outside of three metres. Jager, who is something of a skunk fan because they eat rats, adds the animals also have incredibly short legs and are significantly slower than other urban animals, such as raccoons, coyotes, cats and dogs. As well, she says, drivers often misjudge how fast skunks can move.

According to Jager, the third reason skunks are run over so often is they respond to threats by stamping their feet and running towards it with their tails raised.

Typically, by the time they actually see a vehicle, it’s too late for them to waddle away.

So the next time you’re driving and see a skunk near the road, slow down.

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Dudley Booth recalls simpler times in 1950, the year he graduated from King George secondary in Vancouver’s West End. “The downtown was mainly rooming houses.

In the ’40s and ’50s almost no new towers had gone into place. I collect photos and I have photos of the downtown area and it was all two and three-storey rooming houses, all on 33-foot lots. The West End was just lined with them… it was a time when life was simple. The summer you’d play tennis and spend time on the beach,” said the 78year-old. “And it was quite common for students to have paper routes and that sort of thing. Very few had cars. It was still recovering from the tough times when nobody dressed very fancy because nobody had any money.”

In those days, the King George was located at the corner of Burrard and Nelson streets across from St. Paul’s Hospital. It’s since moved to 1755 Barclay St. at Denman.

Although the old building no longer exists, memories of school days do, which is why King George secondary alumni are holding a 60th reunion in September. The school was first occupied in 1914, according to the Vancouver School Board, and it closed in 1963. The building was demolished in 1978.

Booth, who now lives in Port Moody, recalls the

school’s squeaky wood floors, its wooden staircase to the second floor and a small gym.

“There’s quite a collection of students still living in Vancouver and a group that keeps in touch pretty regularly,” he said.

Jack Ford, one of the event’s organizers, said about 60 former students who were at the school during the years around 1950 have already signed up and he expects more than 100 will attend.

Many King George students still keep in touch, according to Ford. “It was a very tight-knit community in the downtown area. Everybody knew everybody.

There was a lot of housing even on Hornby and Howe streets. It was quite a residential area,” he said.

“It was a friendly place.

Stanley Park was our playground and English Bay, of course.”

Reunions used to be held every 10 years, but the last one was held five years ago. It attracted about 50 to 60 former students, according to Booth.

Members of the Class of 1950 will meet at the Langara Golf Club for their 60th reunion between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sept. 14, to reminisce about school days. Students who went to the school between 1948 to 1954 are also welcome.

Even those who attended the school, but didn’t graduate, are invited to share their memories, Ford said, pointing out some students entered a trade after Grade 10 or they didn’t finish Grade 12 for other reasons. University attendance was rare.

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Olympic Village apartments to remain empty until November Mike Howell Staff writer

Prospective tenants on waiting lists to rent the 252 affordable housing units at the Olympic Village will likely have to wait until November before moving in, according to a city official.

David McLellan, the city’s general manager of community services, said the city and B.C. Housing have to first choose one or more operators to manage the three buildings.

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by November,” McLellan told the Courier.

Half of the units will be rented at market rates and given priority to workers deemed essential to the city, including police officers, firefighters, public school administrators, teachers, nurses and doctors.

So far, 180 people have applied for the 126 units.

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B.C. Housing and the operator, or operators, will decide which tenants get to move in to the buildings.

It’s not clear how they will be selected and the city is leaving the selection process up to the operator.

The city is also relying on the operator to determine when a tenant is no longer eligible to live in a unit. Tenants of the market rent units will be limited to households with a monthly income less than or equal to five times the market rent.

But if a rookie cop moves into a unit, and then after

five years, gets a pay raise, would he still be eligible to continuing renting the unit?

That’s a question the city is leaving to the successful operator to answer. “We’re waiting to see what sort of responses we get back from the non-profit sector on how they deal with those kinds of issues,” McLellan said.

“And depending on how well they manage them, along with the other factors, then we’ll look at awarding the operator’s agreement on that basis.”

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could range from $1,601 a month for a 640-square-foot one bedroom to $2,368 for a 1,480-square-foot, four-bedroom place.

The rate for a one-bedroom apartment is based on a formula that 30 per cent of the rent comes from an annual household income no greater than $64,040.

The PHS Community Services Society and the Affordable Housing Societies were among the organizations expected to visit the buildings Thursday before deciding whether they would apply for the work. mhowell@vancourier.com

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The City of Seattle recently approved a bylaw banning the exhibition of human remains without proof of consent from the people on display before they died.

Seattle councilman Nick Licata told the Courier last week that the move came after Bodies: The Exhibition toured that city in 2006 and 2009. The Bodies exhibit uses skinless cadavers fixed into life-like positions. They are preserved by a procedure called Plastination during which the body’s fluids are vacuumed out and replaced with reactive plastics, such as silicone rubber, epoxy or polyester resin, which harden when cured with gas, light or heat. Plastination was developed by German physician and anatomist Gunther von Hagens, the creator of Body Worlds, a completely separate yet similar exhibit. Body Worlds has never exhibited in Seattle, but displayed in 2006 at the Science World. A second exhibit, Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds and the Brain opens in September at Science World.

Seattle human rights advocates argued that because the 20 cadavers and 250 specimens used in the Bodies exhibits are taken from unclaimed, unidentified Chinese prisoners, the exhibit is

unethical. Many allege the bodies and specimens are the result of an illegal organ-harvesting ring. Seattle joins San Francisco and the State of Hawaii in regulating or outright banning exhibits that use cadavers.

“It’s a complicated issue,” said Licata, “but we decided that if you’re going to display naked [cadavers] you need to receive permission from the predeceased.

The Bodies exhibition never had that.”

Licata added there are exceptions for bodies more than 100 years old, human teeth and hair. Licata noted the main concern of Seattle’s city council is that displaying bodies for profit could foster an environment of careless attitudes towards the sick and feeble who are unable to provide for themselves. “In the case of a lot of those prisoners who died, their next of kin was never notified,” said Licata.

Pamela Saunders, the Vancouverbased communications manager for Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds, told the Courier in an email she can only comment on exhibitions that bear the Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds name. Saunders said von Hagens has had a body donation program for individuals who are interested in educating the public though donating their bodies since the early 1980s. Since then the pro-

gram has grown drastically, she said, and today is managed by the German-based Institute for Plastination, which maintains a roster of more than 11,000 body donors. The specimens on display in the Body Worlds exhibitions stem from that body donation program. She added some specific specimens in the exhibition that show unusual conditions, as well as the fetal specimens, come from old anatomical collections and morphological institutes.

Sandy Eix, who heads up the science learning and community engagement department for Science World, said the exhibit’s local organizers are convinced von Hagens’ cadavers come from willing donors. “Gunther von Hagens has got everything very well documented,” said Eix. “We’ve scrutinized everything carefully and did a complete review of his donation program. We’re confident his exhibits come from that donor program.”

Body Worlds and the Brain opens at Science World Sept. 16, with more than 200 authentic human specimens with highlights on recent neuroscience findings on brain development, function and disease.

No one from Bodies: The Exhibition, responded to requests from the Courier for an interview. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Parents rally to save annex from chopping block Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

Charles Dickens annex is the latest school mounting a campaign to keeps its doors open. The kindergarten to Grade 3 annex is on the Vancouver School Board’s preliminary list of schools that might close, but parents maintain it deserves to be knocked off that list. They’re organizing a “work party” to rally support for their cause between 6 and 8 p.m. at Glen Park, located at Windsor Street and 23 Ave., Sept. 1. The annex is at 3877 Glen Dr., next to the park.

“We’re calling it a work party because we’re going to be writing letters—children and parents— telling the Vancouver School Board why our school needs to stay open,” said parent Kathryn Sutherland. “[The event] is meant to inform more community members about what possibly could be happening to us.”

Sutherland has a son who graduated from the annex and now attends the Dickens main school

“IT’S A SMALL, KIND ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO START IN.” Kathryn Sutherland

and another son who’s about to enter Grade 2 at the annex. She was shocked to discover it was on the closure list, pointing out its enrolment is high—at 79 per cent of capacity—and many families have moved into the neighbourhood in recent years. “It’s connected to a city park so it’s a real hub. A lot of young families are in this neighbourhood. People are fighting to get in because it’s a neat neighbourhood and then the school is a big draw.”

The annex offers multi-age learning, in which classrooms have various configurations such as kindergarten combined with grades 1 and 2 or grades 1, 2 and 3 grouped together. “It’s a small, kind environment for children to

Kathryn Sutherland’s seven-year-old son Cooper will attend photo Rebecca Blissett Charles Dickens annex on Glen Drive. start in,” said Sutherland, a musician who volunteers at the school to help with students’ musical education. “It also has a childcentred philosophy. They actually have group meetings with all the children in the school. They decide what direction they want to go with their learning… they work as a group to decide what

they want to study—do we want to study dinosaurs or bugs or cloud formations? So they learn all these skills and then they do presentations. The older kids help the younger kids to learn.”

Sutherland believes the main school is full, so she’s not sure where annex students would go if it’s closed.

Amanda Wood, whose son also attends the annex, is equally concerned. She said the annex is a wood-framed, one-storey building that’s seismically sound. “We were surprised we’re on the list because we have a very strong community here and people tend to coalesce around the school and park,” Wood added.

Many trustees blame the provincial government for underfunding public education and downloading costs, which has led to major budget cuts, while the provincial government argues the VSB is getting enough money but is mismanaging its budget.

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Jay says his neighbours have contacted the Residential Tenancy Branch.

Martha Lewis, executive director of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, said going to the branch is the only answer.

“With an aging stock of rental buildings, this is a big problem, and the older the buildings get and their elevators, the harder it might be to get repairs done,” she said.

If the landlord’s doing his best to get the repairs done, the tenants could apply for a rent reduction. If the landlord’s dragging his heels, tenants could apply for additional compensation, she said.

Lewis said tenants should request an order to repair the elevator from the Residential Tenancy Branch and request a rent reduction, and those who can’t function under the circumstances should request compensation to live elsewhere.

According to B.C. Assessment, the building at 1225 Pendrell St. was sold to Maxim Enterprises Ltd., which is listed at a Dunbar address, for $1 in 1990. A cash sale happened in 1980, at $1.44 million. B.C. Assessment valued the land and building at $7.2 million for 2010.

The caretaker did not return the Courier’s calls by press time.

Jay said he and his roommate were informed by the owners they’ll receive a $200 reduction in rent starting next month. They pay $1,400 a month for a 1,200-square-foot two bedroom. crossi@vancourier.com

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“Coming up and down stairs can be a real treat for [Fieberg],” Jay said. “And then he does have to get out quite often for doctors appointments and he has to go weekly for blood tests because of some of the medication he takes.”

The elevator broke down July 5, according to Jay. When the building’s plumbing failed and the building had no running water for the better part of three days near the end of July, Jay says tenants had to lug water for drinking and washing up the stairs.

A month ago, signs outside the elevator said it was going to be replaced, Jay said.

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Jay, who’s lived in the building three and a half years and knows his suite’s previous tenants, says the elevator’s been a problem for 15 years. “The story’s always the same, next week, next month, and then eventual-

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Pacific Salmon Commission estimates 25 million sockeye run

Strait teems with salmon as stock returns in force Megan Stewart

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Steve Johansen hasn’t witnessed a sockeye season so plentiful as this year’s in more than a quarter century. But the fisherman and co-founder of Organic Ocean warns this exceptional run does not mean the salmon fishery’s problems are solved.

This week as he trolled a few kilometres off the coast of West Point Grey, Johansen saw salmon roll and simmer through the salt water, as if pockets of the Strait of Georgia were enormous pots of water heating on a stove.

“Seven miles of solid sockeye—jumping, boiling, finning on the surface of the water,” he said Wednesday morning at Fishermen’s Wharf as he unloaded a catch of 200 salmon caught the previous evening. “I’ve fished all my life and I’ve never seen this.”

He’s not the only one.

This season is the largest sockeye return in almost a century.

On Aug. 24 the Pacific Salmon Commission announced an estimated 25 million sockeye will return to the Fraser River and its

“BUT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR DOES NOT MEAN ALL OUR PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED.” Steve Johansen

tributaries this fall. No larger run has been recorded since 1913.

Johansen, 43, has owned a boat and trolling licence since he was 18 years old and usually seeks sockeye in the waters near Campbell River. Now the 43-year-old Kitsilano resident says, “Fishing three to four miles from my house is bizarre.”

Organic Ocean did not troll for sockeye last year. Less than 1.5 million salmon returned to spawn despite a forecast of 11 million.

Salmon return to fresh water on a four-year cycle, and although 2010 forecasts were higher than previous seasons, this year’s unprecedented run comes as a welcome surprise.

Fishermen are netting huge catches during the largest recorded salmon run since 1913. photo Rebecca Blissett “It’s a great time to make a living,” said Johansen. “But just because this is happening this year does not mean all our problems are solved.”

Since Organic Ocean trolls for salmon using fishing lines and lures instead of gill nets or seines, their quota is averaged over the

sockeye season and their vessels can head out at will through the summer.

This differs from what Frank Keitsch describes as the “shotgun fishery,” which operates non-stop over a period of 12 or more hours as determined by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

On Wednesday at noon, the sockeye fishery opened for a continuous 32 hours.

Johansen and Keitsch, also with Organic Ocean, both bragged that their busy but flexible schedule allows them to get a full night’s sleep and start the morning at a relaxed pace with an iced coffee.

But even for the trollers during such a prolific fishery, patience is required. “You do have to pace yourself,” said Keitsch. “Going that hard, you can burn out really quickly.”

Organic Ocean has several licences that each allow a catch of 3,500 sockeye, but the quota is constantly increasing this year as the government attempts to manage the fishery and ensure healthy returns in the future.

Too many spawning salmon in the rivers can lead to something known as over-spawn, explained Keitsch, which can cause smaller runs four years from now when offspring return. Organic Ocean sells directly to over 40 restaurants in Vancouver and ships wild sockeye salmon to 150 more across Canada. mstewart@vancourier.com

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Why it’s important to get inside your doctor’s head They don’t have to turn a page to peak into the dark recesses of the male mind—the cover says it all.

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STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE, N.L.—“Ya know that 90 per cent of da icebergs is hunder water, don’t ya boyo?” said the captain, leaning out the door of the boat’s cabin with a big grin. “Dat mean de rest is right hunder us.”

Iceberg Alley, as the locals call it, is formally known as the Strait of Belle Isle. It separates the northwest coast of Newfoundland and the eastern shores of southern Labrador.

We were running between Battle Harbour, an outport hidden on a tiny island just off the Labrador coast, on our way to the village of Mary’s Harbour on the Labrador mainland.

Even in mid-summer there were gigantic icebergs drifting down from Greenland, sweating and glistening in the afternoon heat. Up close you can hear them crack and thunder as small pieces—bergy bits, they’re called— broke off and tumbled into the ocean. With even the smaller bits weighing over a hundred tons, the captain was careful not to get any closer.

These two coasts have suffered the same ruinous fate from the meltdown of the commercial cod fishing industry, but thanks to a vigorous government marketing campaign this remote area is starting to build a new industry based on eco-tourism. The fish may be gone but icebergs, whales, lighthouses, fog and old outport villages remain in abundance, and savvy travellers willing to make the effort to reach The Rock can enjoy offthe-beaten track adventures unspoiled by hordes of tourists.

Querpon Island is found off Newfoundland’s extreme northern tip, at least on those summer days when the fog lifts and you can actually find it. You won’t have to listen hard to hear the roar of the Cape Bauld Lighthouse, where a fully restored 1922 lighthouse keeper’s house now welcomes adventurers keen on getting close to whales, fog, big waves, seabirds and icebergs. By midsummer, the ’bergs have melted to the size of small mountains, and it’s a delight sitting by the shore watching them and the families of humpbacks gorging themselves on caplan, a baitfish that swarms these pristine waters.

In the summer months, a rustic ferry plies the Belle Isle strait from St. Barbe in New-

foundland over to Blanc Sablon in Quebec, where a scenic drive up Highway 138 along the southern Labrador coast winds through tiny outports. The Point Amour Lighthouse towers 109 feet, the second tallest in Canada, its foghorn howling in the wind. A guide will take you to the top of the tower, where you can spot humpbacks and minke whales and watch the parade of icebergs drifting by.

Highway 138 ends at Red Bay, an old Basque whaling station so pretty it puts its famous cousin Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia to shame. From your picture window on the wharf of the Whaling Station Inn, you can watch the bergy bits drift by and the whales play in the harbour. At Red Bay, the highway turns to gravel and vehicular traffic falls off, so those who haven’t done their homework may not make it to Mary’s Harbour and the ensuing ferry to Battle Harbour, surely the highlight of any trip to the Labrador coast.

Through the efforts of Battle Harbour Historic Trust, the outport of Battle Harbour is now a living commemoration of life during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Numerous historic structures, walkways and work areas have been restored, and a collection of more than 500 artifacts related to the fishery is on display. It is Canada’s only national historic site where inhabitants still live and where guests may stay. Choices include the original inn, guest cottages and bunkhouses.

Nelson Smith was born on the island and he happily takes visitors on daily tours of the village, pointing out the many historic sites such as the general store and salt packing plant where Commander Robert Peary held a press conference after being the first to reach the North Pole. From the top of the island, Nelson points to a giant iceberg floating by.

Sun, wind, rain, cloud and fog are all part of the daily landscape on Battle Harbour, but so are the whales and icebergs.

“Dis ’ere spring,” says Nelson in an accent so thick you could spread it on toast and have enough left to grease your transmission, “in dat bay right dere, we was all up ’ere takin’ pictures, eh? Dere was over 200 whales down dere, chasing the caplan into cove. Yiz, you shoulda seen dat sight. Hey, look, dere blows one right now!”

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Contributing writer NOTO, Italy—After a splendid morning spent driving through a sunlit landscape spangled with orange groves, lemon trees and palms, I steer our little rental car up a series of narrow, meandering streets. My friend doesn’t say a word as I negotiate hairpin curves— after two days driving in Sicily, we have an unspoken rule not to talk during what could be stressful times.

However, this hilly route to the town of Noto turns out to be rather peaceful.

We see no signs of life, and many of the streets are oneway. For a time, it seems as if we are lost in a maze.

Then we arrive at our destination and gasp in delight at what is surely one of Europe’s prettiest tucked-away baroque treasures.

Noto (pop. 23,000), in the southwestern tip of Sicily, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.

It has a disaster four centuries ago to thank for the designation: in 1693, the town was the epicentre of a massive earthquake, which led to its rebuilding in a lavish style that came to be known as Sicilian baroque. The

result is an architecturally splendid city of flamboyant churches, palaces and civic buildings, decorated with richly carved columns, grotesque masks, towering belfries and elaborate wroughtiron balconies.

A stroll along the old town’s main avenue, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, and connecting streets shows us some of the highlights. As we enjoy the Palazzo Ducezio, once one of Noto’s fine private homes, now the town hall, we can’t get over how quiet everything is. Here we are in the central piazza and we see so few people! (The modern section of Noto, along Viale Marconi, we will later find, is much busier.)

Touring with guidebook in hand we feel a little bit like we’re visiting a deserted movie set. We climb the ornate staircase of San Francesco church and admire the balconies of the Palazzo Nicolaci, festooned with weird faced masks and mythological characters. One of my favourite buildings, among the many memorable sights, is the Palazzo Landolina, once home to the city’s oldest noble family. It was one of this family’s members,

Giovanni Battista Landolina, who planned and laid out the new baroque town.

Noto’s elevation to UNESCO World Heritage status has helped with the restoration of some of its exquisite buildings to their former glory. The best example is the Palazzo Villadorata, aswirl in richly

brocaded walls and sumptuously frescoed ceilings.

As well as enjoying the wonderfully florid baroque architecture, my friend and I have another quest in Noto: to find dessert heaven. My friend had seen a story in the New York Times on the Caffè Sicilia, whose

fourth-generation owner/ chef, Corrado Assenza, is well-known by food lovers, especially those fond of ice cream and pastries.

We easily find the café, then the difficult choices follow: do we go with a Sicilian favourite, the yummy cannoli, or try the unique

basil gelato or a cake that oozes with pistachios and orange peel? Or do we just go baroque and have a helping of everything?

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Artful Sundays Finale and Tea Party runs Sunday, Sept. 5 from noon to 5 p.m. in Napier Square (Napier Street at Commercial Drive).

The finale includes Trudy Ann’s Chai and Cookies by Cookievonster, a flutterbook workshop by Avenue for/des Arts, artists from EWMA, photographs by Rithea Lamarche, jewelry by Carla Berkun, textiles by Jen Hong, tealeaf readings, music by

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Main Street’s family-friendly Autumn Drift Festival will celebrate the shift in seasons as well as a shift in attitude towards sustainability, local eating, responsible living and an increased interest in urban gardening. Hosted by the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Association, the event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 25 from noon until 6 p.m.. Main Street will be a car-free oasis from Broad-

way to 12 Avenue and will feature live music, improv acts and comedy shows, a merchants market as well as a farmers market, local artists, and exciting activities for children.

Washroom battle

The battle for best public restroom in Canada is down to five establishments in Toronto and Vancouver.

The Shangri-La Hotel in Vancouver, with its private washrooms featuring twostorey-high ceilings, crystal chandeliers, hardwood walls and mosaic tile, is a finalist along with bathrooms at the Cactus Club

Café, with their padded furniture, TVs, hardwood walls and smoked glass.

Vancouverites keen to beat The Big Smoke can view the competition and vote online for the first annual awards program until Aug. 31 at www.bestrestroom. com. The Cintas Corporation, which among other things designs and manufactures restroom supplies, will announce the champion can in September.

Synthetic life

The implications of synthetic life will be discussed Sept. 2 on Granville Island.

Now that scientists can cre-

ate life out of a test tube, who has the rights to make it, who “owns” the new life form and how will these developments affect our world? Those are issues to be discussed at the SFU Philosopher’s Café at the False Creek Community Centre at 7 p.m. Dr. Roman Onufrijchuk, a lecturer in the faculty of Canadian Studies and the School of Communication at SFU, will moderate the event. This Philosopher’s Café, which is co-sponsored by the False Creek Community Centre, happens on the first Thursday of the month at 1318 Cartwright St. Admission is $5.

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2. Celebrating the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 1957 concert at Empire Stadium, Red Robinson hosts Evening with Elvis Aug. 31, 8 p.m. at the PNE. The annual trip down memory lane features Robinson reminiscing about the legendary concert he emceed 53 years ago, an appearance by Elvis’s longtime road manager and bodyguard Joe Esposito and a performance by Elvis tribute artist Stephen Kabakos. Thank you, thank you very much. More info at www.pne.ca.

3. New York’s favourite world beat-loving preppies Vampire Weekend headline two sold out shows at Stanley Park’s picturesque Malkin Bowl in support of their fine sophomore album Contra Aug. 27 and 28. Opening acts Beach House and Dum Dum Girls are worth catching as well. Doors 5:30 p.m., show 6 p.m.

4. Entourage’s Adrian Grenier steps behind the camera but still manages to hog the spotlight in his new documentary Teenage Paparazzo, which profiles 13-year-old celebrity hunter Austin Visschedyk. Apparently fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… or something like that. The movie opens Aug. 27 at Tinseltown.

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In case you haven’t heard, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his environmentally minded crew have decided one of the best ways to make Vancouver a greener city is not solar power, wind power or even goat dung power but by tapping into the seemingly endless supply of star power.

The city announced recently it would be sponsoring a speaker series in October titled Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around— not to be confused with K&K’s upcoming series Slurpees, Badgers and Our Faint Chance of Taking Gloria “The Gossamer of Loveliness” Macarenko Out For a Hotdog Dinner at Costco.

Panelists of the feel-good forum include a biking magazine publisher, educators, academics, lifelong cyclists and the piece de resistance, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. Apparently, the dude has a thing not only for oversized suits but pedal power, and his recently published book Bicycle Diaries “chronicles his travels around the globe and his many adventures on his bike in some of the world’s most famous cities.” What fun.

Naturally, our helmeted mayor has taken some flack for bringing Byrne in, although the singer

agreed to waive his usual fees because he’s that passionate about making cities more bike-friendly.

Personally, we have no problem with bringing a semi-famous performer to town to raise the profile of a worthy cause such as increasing bicycle ridership along Vancouver’s car-clogged streets.

In fact, we think the city should go further and look at bringing more celebrities to town to grease the polls of public opinion. Just think of the possibilities. To promote the issue of backyard chickens, the city could invite increasingly incomprehensible singer Ozzy Osbourne whose intimacy with our feathered friends surely must go beyond biting their heads off and ordering audiences to tear them apart. On the issue of recycling, who better to weigh in on the topic than local rockers Loverboy or Bryan Adams, who’ve been coasting on their back catalogues since the 1980s. Oh snap. And to discuss the importance of air quality, how about Australian soft-rock shlock-meisters Air Supply. Talk about synergy.

It’s a win-win situation. Celebrity hungry citizens get a chance to see famous people and city officials get to bask in the glow of their radiance, hoping some of it will rub off on them.

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Sleek design, killer cocktails and tasty food like the crab brioche make L’Abattoir a Gastown go-to spot.

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There’s no doubt that recently unveiled L’Abattoir (217 Carrall St., 604568-1701) continues to raise Gastown’s game. This sleek, exposed red brick, wood, steel and original tile-trimmed space offers further amplification of the neighbourhood’s growing dining repertoire, which now rivals that of Yaletown.

So far, L’Abattoir’s prime lure is its busy bar—we love the stainless steel stools—that puts out stellar cocktails, under the increasingly seasoned hand of Shaun Layton (ex-George). Still savouring our recent trip to Spain, we couldn’t resist his Fino sour—an intelligent balance of Fino and Cognac, tuned up with fresh lemon and grapefruit zest. It’s hard to just sip this one, but we did.

The business end of the place is teasingly concealed behind a threequarter wall, which gives a hint of the open kitchen—and we found ourselves peaking in more than once.

Owner Paul Grunberg brings pretty

good smarts, following stints at Market

by Jean-Georges, Chambar and more recently Bao Bei. His best move was lassoing chef Lee Cooper (also ex-Market) into coming along with him.

Some worthy tastes at our initial foray ranged from a confit of Albacore tuna with smoky pork morsels to velvety crab custard in “brioche” with chick pea toast and Mostaccioli pasta with mozzarella. Overall the plates are inventive, ingredients well sourced (local as much as possible) and presentation thoughtful and detail driven—although some tweaks are in order. The bread plate yielded one of the better selections seen in some time, and wines are well chosen, with some interesting labels and moderately priced.

If previous tenants the Irish Heather ever suffered, it was the upstairs space always seemed less appealing. It’s fair to say, despite the wholesale refit and all the bells and whistles downstairs, especially in the soaring foyer and bar, the new incarnation’s layout isn’t that different. Proof in point, we snuck off a couple of times to peer over the rear balcony at the diners below, ensconced in the more interesting airy atrium adjacent to Gaoler’s Mews.

With such a vociferous nod to the neighbourhood’s supposed slaughter-

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house heritage, we’d expected more grilled and carnivorous choices. Then again, maybe these will be in place come fall, when we’ll head back for a more extensive tasting.

Overall though, with great vibe and no shortage of depth in the kitchen, L’Abattoir has promise aplenty.

••• The vanguard of Gastown’s dining revolution, Boneta has announced it will finally up stakes and move into the Garage building, adjacent to L’Abattoir, come February. Boneta’s original home was always intended to be temporary, so the move is past due by a couple of years. By all accounts the new space, which includes a small courtyard patio, should be impressive.

••• No better way to celebrate VQA’s (Vintners Quality Alliance’s) 20th anniversary than to head out to ChefmeetsGrape Sept. 23, 7 p.m to 9:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The sixth annual event features fall releases from over 60 B.C. VQA wineries, along with some of the best tastes from area restos. For ticket info, got to www. winebc.com/chefmeetsgrape.php. Partial proceeds go to Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program. info@hiredbelly.com

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Long have the Chinese been said to be inscrutable, but there’s nothing inscrutable about The China Tea Deal 3. If anything, in Seven Tyrants Theatre’s effort to make this third in the series of fictionalized historical plays both entertaining and accessible to young and old, they use the broadest of strokes: Captain Bispin Woodfellow (David Newham), sword at his side, is swashbuckling and condescending to us, his imagined “lowlife, scallywag” crew. And actor Elwin Xie plays heavily into the stereotypical, pigtailed Chinese as Ching Mu, consultant to scholar Sun Jia Shi (Doralynn Mui).

But a stroll through the Dr. Sun YatSen Chinese Garden on a late summer evening is a quiet pleasure especially since, along the way, we’re treated to explanations of the Daoist principles of yin (the dark and turbulent “feminine”) and yang (the light and serene “masculine”) in all matters. Seated between the Heaven Gate and the Earth Gate with the pools on either side reflecting the shimmering trees and ancient rocks of

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this classical Chinese garden, we hear the strains of the guzheng (Chinese harp), played by Helen He from atop the Garden’s “ting” or pavilion.

Possibly the best part of The China Tea Deal series is the curiosity writers Daniel Deorksen and David Newham spark into the actual events of history surrounding the British East India Company (EIC) and its 18th-century trade with China. In order to stop the outflow of silver—the only payment the Emperor would previously accept in exchange for oolong tea (by this time an obsession with the British)—the EIC was now trading tobacco, lead and “premium grade Indian opium” for China’s tea, silk and porcelain. As a consequence, opium addiction was skyrocketing amongst the Chinese, and huge fortunes were made by the EIC and Chinese merchants. Eventually, the Emperor forbade the trade and threatened severe punishment for those involved at every level. “Small amounts,” however, were allowed to be imported for “medicinal” purposes. In fact, the trade continued unabated, increasing exponentially.

Deorksen and Newham set The China Tea Deal 3 in the port city of Souzhou where the EIC has previously dealt with Sun Zheng Ming, a scholar and merchant of considerable intelligence. Woodfellow, upon invitation, has returned to Souzhou after a mutually lucrative deal several years ago only to find the scholar has died and

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been replaced by his equally clever daughter Sun Jia Shi. Also involved now is wealthy merchant Lady Li Yue Yin (Andrea Yu) who is happy to trade in opium if Sun Jia Shi is not.

As with the two previous China Tea Deals, we (as crew) are asked to vote on what Woodfellow should do: back out now that the Emperor has forbidden the opium trade or trust the combined forces of Sun Jia Shi and Lady Li Yue Yin to find a way around the prohibition. The play, therefore, has two possible endings.

However, history tells us that the trade flourished and led ultimately to the Opium Wars of the mid-1800s, the consequent humiliation of the Chinese and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain.

The First Opium War (basically, a war to ensure Britain’s continued opium trade) was attacked in the House of Commons by a newly elected young Member of Parliament, William Ewart Gladstone, who claimed if there had ever been “a war more unjust in its origin, a war more calculated to cover this country with permanent disgrace, I do not know.”

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International tap dance artists shuffle into Vancouver

Fancy footwork festival taps into dance form’s growing popularity State of the Arts with Cheryl Rossi

Tap dancers who have performed with Gregory Hines, in a Spike Lee movie and on So You Think You Can Dance will tap their heels and toes to dizzying syncopated rhythms at the 2010 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival, Sept. 3 to 5.

Sas Selfjord, executive director of the Vancouver Tap Dance Society, which presents the festival, says the 11th annual event is one of the top four tap festivals in North America, sharing the stage with New York, Chicago and L.A. All shows sold out at last year’s 10th anniversary event, the first Canadian conference for tap artists, with tap class enrolment up 35 per cent from the previous year.

Selfjord credits TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance with making tap more accessible to a broader audience. But, she adds, on some levels tap has always been commercially marketable, which can distract from its artistry.

“Those barriers are breaking down because you’ve got these young dancers,” she said.

“It’s not just all flash and grin and make ’em laugh. We’re past the sequins and the feathers and we’re not doing unison. And these are people coming up who are musicians and they tell a story with their feet, with the tones and the accents and complex rhythms.”

Jason Samuels Smith, whose choreography and performing credits include So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars, will teach classes on rhythm, perform with Jason Janas, a charter member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, and take on host duties at the Hot Feet: Showcase and Cutting Contest.

Non-professional and professional dancers will show off what they’ve been perfect-

ing all year in the Hot Feet portion of the Sept. 5 show, then Samuels Smith will host a contest that harkens back to tap masters egging one another on with foot-to-foot combat. The dancer who doesn’t cut it in each round will be eliminated by a panel of judges until one victorious dancer is left.

“It’s like watching jazz musicians jam with each other,” Selfjord said. “This is what these guys are doing, but with taps on their shoes, and you really see the art form.”

Portland’s Terry Brock, who has performed with Gregory Hines, will be one of many internationally renowned artists to perform in the Tap Grace show Sept. 4. He’ll perform alongside the legendary Harold Cromer, who created his masterpiece Opus One in 1943 while hanging out with Gene Kelly, and tap royalty Dianne “Lady Di” Walker who’s considered the Ella Fitzgerald of tap.

In addition to a Sept. 1 performance on Gabriola Island, a dine with the masters harbour cruise Sept. 3, the Tap Grace show at the Norman Rothstein Theatre Sept. 4 and the Hot Feet showcase and contest Sept. 5, top tap dancers will teach classes to 200 local dancers and keen students visiting from California, Oregon and Washington Sept. 3 to 5.

The Vancouver Tap Dance Society strives to be a leader in the promotion and preservation of tap dance and includes a tap academy, a youth performance ensemble and an outreach program that provides classes to hundreds of children each year.

On Nov. 4 and 5, Savion Glover, a bearded, dreadlocked master of tap dance who’s worked on P. Diddy videos, won a Tony Award and starred in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, will perform Bare Soundz atop wooden platforms in a co-presentation with North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre.

“We would have never in our wildest dreams have thought we would be able to present an artist of his calibre, but here we are 11 years later,” Selfjord said.

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Hotel Restaurant

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TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

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Health care jobs on the rise Canada is on the cusp of a major change. The first wave of our country’s aging baby boomers is about to turn 65. With this milestone birthday comes retirement, of course, along with a host of challenges that will dramatically transform the country. Most significantly, mass retirement will have a striking impact upon employment and health care in Canada.

As Canadians enter their golden years, they will be turning to the medical community to keep them healthy. In fact, over the next twenty five years, the passage of about 10 million boomers into retirement will present both major challenges and opportunities for our country’s medical system. From dental work to x-rays to in-home support, these new Canadian seniors will be creating a significant demand for health care across the board.

In addition to the increased need for health care, as older workers retire, the mass retirement will create openings for advancement and entry into jobs previously held by boomers. In short, the swell in the senior population spells out security for workers in the health care industry and opportunity for students seeking a future with good prospects. According to Jobfutures.ca, Canada’s National Career and Education planning tool, a number of occupations in the health care industry have been given the “Good Prospect” stamp of approval. By “Good”, the government of Canada is indicating that new entrants into that particular field have “a relatively easy time finding permanent employment in targeted occupations with relatively high pay or attractive labour market conditions.”

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Of the 40 or so occupations listed as “Good” prospects for 2010, over half are in the health care industry. As the country prepares for the upcoming 25 years of boomer retirement and its accompanying need for increased health care, this number can only be expected to rise-good news for current and potential health care workers.

So what are some of the careers that stand to prosper from this mass retirement? We’ll take a look at three of these rising star careers to learn more about the nature of the work, the education required and what one can expect to earn while contributing to this booming field.

Dental Assistant Dental assistants can perform a number of duties in support of a dentist.

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Strong problem solving and analytical skills, supervisory experience and relationship building skills are required. Post secondary education and technical skills related to a marine environment would be an asset.

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Pharmacy Assistant Pharmacy assistants assist pharmacists by preparing, packaging & labeling pharmaceutical products. They also verify prescriptions, maintain patient records and monitor inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products. Pharmacy assistants require completion of secondary school & a college program in Pharmacy Assistant or Pharmacy Technician training. Once completed, a Pharmacy Assistant can expect to earn an hourly wage of about $14.51.

Nurse (Nurse Aide) Nurse Aides attend to the needs of patients in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities. They may be involved in answering call signals, serving meals, taking patient’s blood pressure, collecting fluid specimens, maintaining inventory of supplies and performing maintenance tasks such as cleaning and sterilizing equipment. A Nurse Aide usually requires a college program with practical, on-the-job training.

Once graduated, a Nurse Aide can expect to earn about $14.77 per hour.

The next few years will bring many changes with them.

For those Canadians thinking about jobs and what education or training they need for a prosperous future, it’s important to consider the effects of phenomena like the baby boomers. A growing and aging population that requires more health services coupled with new vacancies in these fields present a positive outlook for health care jobs.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of ARNE HERLUF CHRISTIANSEN, formerly of 1600 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6G 1Y8, Deceased, who died on February 25, 2010, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, Don Woods, Executive Trust Officer, The Canada Trust Company, Private Trust Department, Pacific Centre, PO Box 10083, 700 West Georgia Street, 18th Floor, Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1B6, on or before October 3, 2010 after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Don woods, Executive Trust Officer.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of Harry Harvey Lavalee, deceased, formerly of 2010 Harrison Drive, Vancouver, BC. Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Harry Harvey Lavalee are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Administratrix, Sandra Ann Davies, care-of Cherrington Easingwood Kearl, Barristers & Solicitors, P.O. Box 580, 9067 Church Street, Fort Langley, BC, V1M 2R9, (Attention: Timothy N. Grier) before September 30, 2010, after which dates the Administratrix will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Administratrix then has notice.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: ESTATE OF DAVID STEPHEN JAMES ALLEN late of #2408 -930 Seymour St. Vancouver, BC V6B 1B4 (the 'Estate') NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the Administrator, The Canada Trust Company, at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before September 21, 2010, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Tackle those piles of work. It’s nit-picky, detailed work, and all the details are rife with mistakes, camouflaged instructions, missing pieces. But you gotta do it – so march ahead. Important relationships – friends, enemies, lovers, partners, competitors, counsellors – remain unusually favourable. You might give or receive attention. One who is attracted, or attracts, is a “door” to worldly success. (E.g., that sexy person might also bring career luck.) Better if you met some time ago. Start nothing major before Sept. 12. Chase money Sunday/Monday. Be home Friday/Saturday.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Romance wafts happily on the breeze! An old flame could grow hotter, especially if a co-worker is involved. Beauty, pleasure and a nice winning streak accompany you. A former recreational or creative venture might return. There’s still plenty of work to do, though. One chore, which might involve education, travel, cultural or media work, will take about two more years to complete.

Your energy and charisma soar Sunday to Tuesday – tackle things that usually intimidate you, and see how easily you achieve! Money’s lucky Thursday.

Be a friend Friday/Saturday. Career intuition is accurate.

Gemini May 21-June 20: The weeks ahead accent your domestic situation, kids, security, real estate, gardening, nutrition and “the end of matters.” Usually this is a good time to decide who and what belongs in your life, and who/what should be left behind. But make no big decisions (in any of the areas listed) before Sept. 12. Your romantic prospects remain high, but attraction might compete with a natural physical lethargy – or, romance and co-habitation make a natural “pair.” You’re weary but lucky Sunday/Monday. Your charisma’s obvious midweek. You’re discovering love’s “other benefits.”

Cancer June 21-July 22: Communications, travel, paperwork, details, errands, casual acquaintances and “daily business” are accented now—and all are delayed or prone to mistakes. Check addresses on mail, figures on cheques, etc. Don’t start anything important before Sept. 12, particularly in these zones. (E.g., avoid a new advertising “mail out.”) You might hear long-lost news, receive a “lost letter,” hear from an old friend, etc. Your home remains sweet’n’sour, but ends “inspired.” Optimism, popularity and social joys bless you Sunday to Tuesday! Lie low mid-week. Your energy, charisma return Friday/Saturday.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Your money (and career) luck rises, but more from past efforts, contacts, than new ones. Don’t launch any ventures before Sept.

12, especially in money areas. If you absolutely need a job, seek and land it (Sunday to Tuesday are good for this) – but realize that you will want to, will benefit, if you seek a new one within a year. (You’re headed for great career luck June 2011-June 2012, but that’s then.) Mid-week brings happiness, good friends, popularity, flirtations – with a Gemini? But retreat, lie low and contemplate (don’t plan) Friday/ Saturday. The best partner is a friend.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness reach a yearly high – but that effectiveness is confined to ongoing and “returning” projects (and people – a former attraction might be rekindled). Beware starting important new things before Sept. 12. Intellectual, far travel, educational, publishing, religious or cultural affairs flow very well Sunday to Tuesday afternoon. Love is gentle, wide.

Your career and relations with higher-ups (including parents, police) are emphasized mid-week. All’s well, but don’t act unpredictably Thursday night. Hopes and friends make a good combo Friday/Saturday!

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Body Work

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Dogs

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Corporate Tax Returns $225 +up $20 and up for personal tax.

Monthly bookkeeping $20 hr +.

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LOVE! MONEY! LIFE! #1 Psychics!

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3508

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5035

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3507

Tarot Readings - $65 Astrology Readings - $125

5005

ACADEMY

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MINIATURE SCHNAUZERS Male. Ready to go! $650 firm.

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4060

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Moving Sale Sat Sun Aug 28th & 29th 10am - 4pm 2203 West 20th Ave in lane Toys, furniture, camping, sporting goods, electronics, household.

F WHITE ELEPHANT GARAGE SALE! Sat. Aug 28, 10am - 12 noon 900 W 12 Ave - across VGH Hosted by residents & staff of the Windermere Care Centre.

Funds raised will go to the Resident Council Fund

65 West 49th Ave.

Lots of designer clothing, household items, some garden tools & misc etc.

NO EARLYBIRDS!!

H BIG FAMILY GARAGE SALE Sat & Sun, Aug 28th &29th 9:30 am - 3:00 pm, 5468 Inverness Street Dishes, furniture,clothing, electronics, books and more.

Rain or Shine • No Early Birds

KILLARNEY GARAGE SALE Saturday, Aug 28 10-3pm 6625 Clarendon st (2 blocks East of Nanaimo, between 49th & 51st ave) House & garden items, sports equipment, tools and more

TAPESTRY THRIFT SHOP

1369 Kingsway (just west of Knight St) • Furniture • Houseware ING TH E • Books • Knick Knacks SOM FOR NE! O RY • Jewellery • Accessories VE EAT !

E • Clothing for Women, Men GR ICES PR and Children OPEN TUES.-SAT. 10am-5pm SUNDAY 10am to 4pm Proceeds to the Tapestry Foundation in support of residential & elder care at Mount St. Joseph, Holy Family, St. Vincent’s Langara, Brock Farhni, Youville Residence & Marion Hospice.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Start nothing new before Sept. 12. Secrets, mysteries, financial plums, intimate clinches, subconscious desires surfacing – these fill Sunday through Tuesday. (Best Sunday, Monday morning.) Work in the background all week, especially these three days – a government agency, institution, large corporation or charitable organization could be your ally. Wisdom, a mellow mood, and matters of law, culture, education, thought, love and “meaning” arise mid-week – with misunderstandings Wednesday, sweet understandings Thursday. Don’t push anyone Friday/Saturday. All week, conserve energy.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Wishes can come true this week and next – especially former wishes, events you wanted to occur in the past, then gave up on. (E.g., a sweet or flirtatious friend returning.)

(You might be tempted by a clandestine romance August and September.) Remember, start nothing new – projects nor important links – before Sept. 12.

Relationships fill Sunday to Tuesday – open, exciting, sometimes challenging relationships. Be diplomatic, eager to join. Sex, secrets, intimate commitments, “big” finances arise mid-week. (All’s well.) Avoid ethical, educational, publishing commitments late week.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Delay major initiatives until Sept. 12. Stick with the old or ongoing – and protect these from mistakes and “no shows,” especially in business and career zones. This is a fairly easy, mellow week. You’ll have to work hard – your performance is being watched. But friends, light flirtations, entertainment and happy hopes lighten every day! Tackle work Sunday to Tuesday – success awaits. Relationships, opportunities and challenges fill Tuesday eve to Thursday. Be open, honest, receptive: love’s “around.” Careful with finances, sex, commitments (no pregnancies!) Friday/Saturday.

August 29 - Sept. 4 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Sweet, mellow thoughts, solutions, dreams, revisions float through your head – but if you actually sit down to write them out, you’ll discover they were “gossamer on the breeze” – insubstantial, impractical, even nonsensical. This gossamer is the “chatter” as your lower mind sorts out the past two years. The true results are substantial and beneficial – and sub-conscious. Do events since 2008 seem grim? No worries: you are coming into your power. Your career efforts need pruning: encourage growth by ending/clipping some involvements. Early week, love, pleasure. Mid: work. Late: caution.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Secrets, mysteries, dreams, subconscious desires (and fears) research, diagnosis, health, investments, debts, large finances, lifestyle choices, commitments, sexual intimacy – these are emphasized, and in all, mistakes run rife. However, these are also mines filled with rich veins running through the past – there might be an old investment, a former intimate partner, an old piece of research that holds deep benefits for you! (Most likely to appear Sunday to Tuesday.) But make NO new investments (etc.) before Sept. 12. Romance calls mid-week. Careful with health, chores Friday/Saturday.

Pisces Feb.19-March 20:The past is alive; the present, as if scared, dithers around, circling uncertainties. So deal with the past – former agreements, opportunities, negotiations, relationships. These yield benefits. Every relationship holds something in its hands: money, love, sex, commitment, the future: especially now.

The deeper you plunge, the more you will find, most of it gratifying. You could get hooked on someone, August September! Sunday to Tuesday accent travel, communications. Mid-week draws you toward home, foundations. Friday/Saturday bring romantic, pleasure urges: be honest, cautious. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010

HOME SERVICES Blinds & Draperies

8020

WINDOW BLINDS SALES & SERVICES All Blinds up to 75% Off 1” & 2” Venetians, Verticals & Rollers • Repairs & Cleaning Free Estimates & Installation

Call Joseph @ Metro Decor

778-995-0295

8035

Carpet Cleaning

ROYAL STEAM CLEANING CO. Carpet & Upholstery. Move in & out cleaning. Call 604-765-8054

8055

Cleaning

Butterfly Cleaning Inc. ‘‘Moving out, Home & Office’’ Bonded, Prof & Affordable. 604-781-4374 ENVIRO MAID INSURED and BONDED. Residential. Available on a regular basis. Excellent refs.

Free est. $20 p/hr. 604-685-1344

8055

Cleaning

EXP CLEANING ladies avail 7 days/wk. Bonded. Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond 604-928-0025 LIDIA’S EUROPEAN Cleaning.

Res/Com. Specializing in detail cleaning. Bonded. 604-541-9255 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

8060

Concrete

CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

8060

Concrete Specialist. Driveways, sidewalks, exposed aggregate & patios. Santino 604.254.5551 CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726 DRIVEWAY / CONCRETE REMOVAL. Free estimates.

Disposal King, 604-889-2085 L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

8065

Agents

NEED A MORTGAGE 1st and 2nd Mortgages, Self Employed, Refinancing, Forclosures, Low Rates.

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Real Estate Services

6005

★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

6007

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

GAS STATION & Garage. Well established, very successful. Serious inquiries only . 604-724-4848

253-0049

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. We also do all types of block, & stone work. Free ests. Basile 604-617-5813 Tom 604-690-3316

6008

SALE BUBBLE Tea Lounge $33,000. Prime location 1,248SF 40 seats, 2 washrms. 5854 Fraser Lia Lee 778.898.6655 Remax ridgemeadows rlty 604.466.2838

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-30

Surrey

2 BR, 875 sf, spac open condo in concrete high rise in the heart of Surrey’s future. Patio, s/s appls, new w/d, recently updated, storage locker, full gym, sauna, u/g prkg & more. Save your downpayment and assume my mortgage! $208,500. Danny 778-840-2971

6008-36

Vancouver West Side

TOP FLOOR, South Granville Co-Op, Character 2 br corner ste. Oak Hardwd flrs, lots of windows, priv sec pkg & storage.

Only $279,000. 35% Downpayment req’d. Call Joel, Sutton 604-726-1939

6020 Own Your Own Retail Business!

Prime White Rock location. Low rent. $5900 incls $3000+ stock, fixtures. Turn Key. 604-541-9898

Houses - Sale

6020-01

BUILDING ENVELOPE - Home Inspection - Moisture Assessment - Scheduled Home Maintenance - Quality Repair Serviceservices 6 0 4 2 9 4 6 7 0 0 www.pomeroyconstruction.com

Apartments & Condos

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2 BR 950 sq ft Bsmt apt. Avail Sept.1. Arbutus &29th. w/d. gas f/p. 9 ft ceiling. v. bright. new carpet and paint. $1200/mth. 604 230-7660.

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR, in Woodcroft, large, incl all util, Pool, Exercise Rm, Ocean/ City View, $1250. 778-231-5833 LARGE 1BR apt quiet bldg. w/d + util included $1200/mo call 604 904-4759

6508

Apt/Condos

1 & 2 BR Condos West Side 5 appl heat, gas incl. Sept 1, $1,295-$1,795 n/p n/s www.regiussuites.ca 604-873-5402 1 BACH $495 Immed, Cambie & SW Marine Dr. hardwood, incl & hw, 1 yr lse. np, ns, 604-988-4692 1 BR + den in Coal Harbour, marina view - $2800. 927 sf, gourmet kitchen, 1 sec. prkg space & 1 storage locker, great ameneties. www.vlr1.com Vancouver Luxury Rentals 604-899-0220, Ref. prop 2417 2 BD + den bright corner suite in Yaletown, $2800. 872 sf, solarium & balcony, bamboo flooring, 1 sec. prkg space, located in Bentley bldg. www.vlr1.com Vancouver Luxury Rentals 604-899-0220, Ref. prop 2415

6508

6020

Apt/Condos

BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR available. Special rates. Call 604-327-9419 for appt. to view.

BURNABY CENTRE Metrotown Area - Bby

Updated Studio & 1 BR Apts.

Rental Incentives Offered.

Rent includes heat and hot water.

CALL (604) 438-4544 leasing@burnabycentre.com

Langara Gardens

601 West 57th Ave, Van Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments and Townhouses located in the Oakridge area at West 57th Ave and Cambie St. This landmark property is clean and very well maintained by friendly on-site staff. Quiet and tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry facilities, parking and 16 shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School, Langara Golf Course and much more.

For more information: 604-327-1178 info-vnc@langaragardens.com www.langaragardens.com

Drainage

DRAIN TILES, sewer lines, water lines & sumps. Mini excavation 604-230-1472 or 604-327-0885 Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-739-2000 Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

Drywall

ALWAYS DONE right with integrity.. complete drywall services, boarding, taping, painting & texture, Steve 604-613-4861 CITY LINK DRYWALL LTD WCB, liability insured. 20 yrs exp.

Call Indy. Free Est. 604-780-5302

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

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6020-08

Coquitlam

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Apt/Condos

6535

Homestay

HOMESTAY STUDENT wanted to share 3 bdrm house. Nr Knight/ Marine, cls to Langara, skytrain & all other amens. 604-765-3377 GINGER Crosstown, Science World! Deluxe 1 BR condo, all appls, strge, bike locker, sec’d prkg, Media/amenties rm & more.

NS/NP. $1195. 604-861-6303 OAK & 70 Ave, new reno, 1 br $685, 2 br $870, furnished, 3 br $1250., h/w flr, incl heat/hotwater, near transit, N/P, N/S, refs, lease, 604-518-0438 or 778-892-0438

6510

Co-ops

STILL CREEK Co-op 2 bdrm handicapped unit, Oct. 1st. Share purchase is $2100.Wheelchairs, scooters & walkers need only apply. 604-436-4060. 2765 Cooperative Way, Vcr.

6515

Drywall

8080

Electrical

6540

Houses - Rent

180° VIEWS 4 br, upper Delbrook 3300 sf. cul de sac, garage. priv, city/ocean views, 2 f/p, Avail Now. $2900. 518 Alpine Crt. Text or call 604-617-7383 2 BR up 1 Br. down, 2 bath, fp, Killarney, old timer reno’d home, deck, np, ns, $1500+utils, 1 yr lease, refs. now, 604-671-1378 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

Duplexes - Rent

3BD 2BATH 1/2 duplex. New paint, updated kitchen. W/D D/W gas FP, FAB city views. Mins. to seabus, n/s. $1950, Oct. 1st.

North Vanc. 604-221-0194

NEW WEST. Modern 2 BR. Quiet bldg. Prkg. $995 incl util. Now or Oct 1. Nr Skytrain. 604-618-7766

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6565

Office/Retail Rent

Offices: 2nd floor 2000 sq.ft. Main floor $200 per month and up.

Ground floor 4000sf. 2163 Kingsway.. 604-454-1617..812-8188

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BDRM bsmt $800 incl util. n/laundry Avail now. N/S, N/P. 750 sq ft. call 778-320-4834

8105

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall finishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925 VICTORIA DRYWALL LTD. 25 yrs exp. Reno’s & New Constr.

Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763 VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Wayne The Drywaller

Quality Drywall Finishing. Textured Ceilings & Repair. Renov Specialist.

No job too small. 837-1785

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-40

Vancouver West Side

BEAUTIFUL custom home by award winning builder. Featuring 5 Bdrms, 5 Baths, & legal suite.

Only the finest materials throughout. Offering 2800 sf of luxury living. Close to park & schools, Asking $2,450,000. No GST/HST Drive by 3574 West 11th Ave. Call Joel, Sutton 604-726-1939

6030

Lots & Acreage

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. New Westminster. No HST! $325,888. Call 604-726-0677.

6065

Recreation Property

MT. BAKER SKI AREA. 2 cabins, 1 property. Rent one, use one.

Gated community w/ amenities.

35 min. from border $399,500 U.S. Maryann Angus 360-224-6704 www.mymtbakerhome.com

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BR bright, reno’d, grnd lvl, Fraser & 53rd, big yard, w/d, Sept 1, $790+hydro. 604-264-1683 2 BR bsmnt suite, nr bus & Super Store. Avail Now. np, ns, Between Fraser & Main st. 604-324-7475 2 BR main flr, $1000. 3 Br upper suite, $1200, Canada Way & Edmonds. nr amen, bus & schls, now & Sept 1. 604-431-5512

Dust Free.

Affordable Rates!

Free Estimates.

A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only.

604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319 A Lic’d. Electrician #30582. Rewiring & Reno, Appliance/Plumbing. Rotor Rooter & Hydro Pressure Jetting Service, 604-255-9026 - 778-998-9026 Free Estimates / 24 Hr Service

Call: 604-240-3344

CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS LTD.

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Refinishing • Installation • New & Old Floors

Free Estimates Ph. 604 293.0057 Cel. 604 657.8931

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Contr 97222. 40 yrs exp. 1 stop!

Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493.

ELECTRIC AVE Installations.

Electrian lic# 99207, Res/comm, www.electric-ave.ca 604-215-0562 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Exp, friendly, reliable. Specializing in replacing old nob & tube wiring. Lic.#50084. 604-725-4535

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal.

Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158 KB METAL PRODUCTS LTD. FENCE & GATES : CHAIN LINK & ALUMINUM ORNAMENTAL. ✫Free Estimate: 604-619-8434 West Coast Cedar Installations Custom fencing, decking & more 604-244-8824, Cell: 604-788-6458

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6605

Townhouses Rent

$2200 / 2br Townhouse.

Beautiful home! Ideal for working professionals or small family.

Freshly painted in modern colours & new oak flooring. No smokers/ pets please. Approx 1620 sq ft.,2 1/2 bathrooms, raised diningroom, 7 appliances, sm deck off kitchen. Master bdrm has small deck, soaker tub, large 2nd bdrm, pool, exercise and party facilities available, 5 minute walk to canada line Contact Atira Property Management at 604-439-8848 or 604-215-7228 for showing and/or application.

Manitoba Street at 39th Street.

4795 JOYCE St. 2 BR bsmt new ste, bright,priv entry, np, ns, nr Joyce Skytrain Stn, $1,000 +utils + wd, avail now. 604-325-4949

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40% OFF ALL OVERSTOCK ITEMS FREE grout on all tile work

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Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless 604-219-6944 We cover the HST Golden Hardwood & Laminate Prof intall, refinishing, sanding, and repairs. 778-858-7263 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8120

Glass Mirrors

Commercial/Residential

Store Fronts • Windows & Doors Broken Glass • Foggy Glass Patio Doors • Mirrors • Etc. 2837 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: 604-603-9655

8125

Gutters

Alliance

Windows & Gutter Cleaning • Professional Power Washing • Gutter Cleaning • Window Cleaning done by hand Work Done by Professionals

Call Steve

604-723-2526 References Available

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Soffits All jobs Guaranteed.

Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417

Townhouses Rent

VANCOUVER, YALETOWN. 2 BR, 2.5 baths, granite counters, f/p, S.S. applis, in-suite w/d. Big storage area. Private courtyard.

Also, private patio, off master BR. Huge landing - ideal for office!

N/s, pets negotiable. $2,550/mo + util. Immed. Nr Cda Line (Homer/ Helmcken). Call 604-417-3619 headsupactivecare@gmail.com

Installations Refinishing & Repairs

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

372 E 64th Ave, new suite, 2 BR hardwood, radiant heating, alarm, $1250 ns np, walking distance to Canada Line, bus route 1 blk, nr Langara College 604-725-3724

6605

Flooring/ Refinishing

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6508

8075

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

2 BR, W.Georgia @ Bute, new reno, w/d, ns, np, $1900 incl net.

Avail Now. call 604-922-4344 BACH & 1 BR, nicely done, cls to shop & transit, secured, incls heat, h/w, prkg, Start @ $675.

604-325-1385 www.remirealty.ca

8073

8075

Real Estate

RENTALS 6505

Contracting

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

REAL ESTATE 6002

Concrete

EDGEMONT GUTTERS

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604-420-4800 Established 1963

DYNAMIC GUTTERS & Exteriors. Full seamless gutters.

Installation repairs & soffits. All jobs guaranteed. Fully insured, bonded, WCB. Will beat any competitors price. 604-439-9417

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Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949 PRP GUTTER CLEANING & GUTTER REPAIRS. Free estimates 604-764-0399 Waters Home Maintenance Gutter Cleaning, repairs, windows Free estimate 604-738-6606

8130

Handyperson

TRUSTED HOME IMPROVEMENTS

8160

Lawn & Garden

AFFORDABLE MOVING

Colin Malcolm, Insured

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

Northwest Arboriculture

Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certified Trained Pros.

For that small job.

Rates you can afford.

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Tree Topping, Clean-Up, Planting, Trimming, Power Raking, Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside

TOTAL LAWN CARE • Lawn Maintenance • Chafer Beetle Treatment • Aeration • Fertilization & Weed Control • Hedge Trimming Fully Insured, Free Estimates

WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Spring Clean Up Chaffer Control & Lawn Restoration. Comm/Strata/Res Aerating & Power Raking.

Free Estimates.

604-893-5745

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

8150

Kitchens/Baths

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing • In business 50 years

604-879-9191 Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets #3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

8155

Landscaping

Able Boys Landscaping Ltd. bobcat/lawn/cedar fence/paving stones, trim trees. 604-377-3107 Landscape/Dirt Removal, Yard Grading. Free estimates Disposal King, 604-889-2085

8160

FREE ESTIMATE INSURED

224-3669 Chau Le Gardening Tree cutting & topping, shrubs, yard cleanup, trimming, hedging, 604-782-5288

B&Y MOVING Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~ • Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

604-708-8850

EZ GO MOVERS Quick & Reliable Movers

604-524-2177

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LAWN MOWING, summer cleanup trim hedges, power wash Will beat any price! 604-961-0278

LAWNS CUT, yard and garden clean-up, hedge trim, rubbish removal & gutters. 604-773-0075

8175

Masonry

MASONRY REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys & more. George • 604-365-7672

8180

Home Services

BE COOL! Talk to Someone You Trust.

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING Sears also installs ROOFING, WINDOWS, WINDOW COVERINGS & CARPETING

Lawn & Garden

HEDGE SHRUB TREE & STUMP REMOVAL

(604) 875-9072 873-5292

EXP. RELIABLE gardener spring clean up, new turf & soil, pruning, planting, aerating, 604-783-2627

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2010 MAZDA 3 Purchase From

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From

$

15,390*

*see dealer for details.

60

mths

With $0 Down.

On finance price from $18,470. Includes freight & PDI. Taxes extra.

Cash Purchase Price

16,390*

$

From

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Continued from page 41 engine, delivering power smoothly and quietly—exactly what you’d want from the 750Li. The big sedan never feels like it’s in a rush or straining to accelerate, conveying a sense of competence and control to all occupants.

Handling is on the softer side, even when the car is in Sport mode, but the 750Li is still supremely confident and steady. For balanced comfort and performance it can’t be beat, proving surprisingly manoeuvrable for such a large vehicle and offering great road feedback to the driver. Driving this vehicle on busy California freeways posed no issues, allowing me to pass other cars with ease. Passengers will have little reason to complain when the 750Li is in Sport mode, but in Comfort mode it’s even better, delivering unbelievable ride quality and completely soaking up bumps and potholes.

Environment—As noted previously, the 750Li adds 14cm to the wheelbase, all of which benefits rear passengers. The only downside is the large drivetrain tunnel that prevents a flat floor, compromising legroom for the middle passenger.

BMW’s iDrive all-in-one controller gets better with every redesign and now includes dedicated buttons for oft-used functions, but the benefits are still debatable. GPS worked great, and even re-routed me when the traffic was busy using “real time” traffic info.

There are too many cool features to mention, but some of the most notable include adaptive LED brakelights that glow brighter when more braking force is applied, and options such as airplane-like reading lamps for the

rear seats, the Night Vision system, massaging front and rear seats, and heads-up display with integrated navigation prompts.

Self-adjusting cruise-control systems are becoming commonplace, using lasers to manage the distance from the vehicle directly ahead, but the 750Li’s optional Active Cruise Control takes things a step further. The system is able to start and stop the car without driver input, greatly easing the frustration of stop-and-go traffic.

Features—The long-wheelbase 750Li starts at $116,600, rising to $132,300 for the ActiveHybrid 7 and $186,000 for the 760Li. Notable standard features include automatic climate control, heated front and rear seats, heated steering wheel, navigation system, adaptive headlamps, backup sensors, and adaptive headlamps.

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The 750Li’s Fuel efficiency is rated at 15.4L/100km in the city and 10.0L/100km on the highway.

Thumbs up—Superb balance of performance and comfort; extensive list of standard and optional features.

Thumbs down—Not for the average consumer.

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seafoods LION’S GATE FISHERIES Halibut Steaks $

1298

FRESH........................................$28.62/kg.....lb.

Fresh Deli Specials Festive Ham $ 29 ....................................................PER 100g 1 Turkey Breast

2 Summer Sausage $ 19 ....................................................PER 100g 1 Pizza Pepperoni Sausage $ 19 ....................................................PER 100g 1 $ 19

SMOKED HONEY..................PER 100g

TOP SIRLOIN

STEAKS

$19.80/kg

8

$ 98 lb.

LAMB

SIRLOIN $ 98 12 $28.62/kg

AUSTRALIAN BONELESS

lb.

Centennial Meats

RIB EYE STEAKS

NEW ZEALAND $17.59/kg

7

lb.

BACON WRAPPED CANADIAN

4 PACK

.....................................................PER 100g

Sesmark Thins

3 Rubschlager Rye-Ola $ 29 .................................................450g EACH 3

10

98 EACH

Bavarian Smokies

CHUNKY TO GO

1

420mL BOWL

1

$ 99

ASSORTED.................................................................540mLTIN

DINNER FLAVOURS 4

Kraft Shake ‘N Bake

6 COUNTRY HARVEST $ 99 6 BREAD $ 59 $ 89 2 5 $ 99 12 Grain Bagels 2 8 $ 99

2

$ 49

ASSORTED...........................................................140-192g BOX

12 GRAIN, SUNFLOWER FLAX, FLAX, ANCIENT GRAINS

GRIMM’S • REGULAR, ALL BEEF, or CHEDDAR........................450g PKG. EACH

Harvest Bacon

675g LOAF

$ 59

COUNTRY HARVEST.....................6’s PKG.

GRIMM’S...............................500g PKG. EACH

Ocean’s TUNA & SALMON

OLIVIERI

ALL PASTAS & SAUCES THE REGULAR ¢ ARE 50 OFF PRICE Dove Shampoo or Conditioner

SALADS ASSORTED

HOT 170g PRICE! TIN

1

$ 99

Ocean’s Crabmeat

.................................................170gTIN

4 $ 99 4

$ 99

ASSORTED................................355mL BTL.

Dove Deodorant ULTIMATE CLEAR • ASSORTED..45g STICK

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2

$ 49

LATTE

7’s & 8’s

3

$ 99

2 Piave Cheese 0% OFF ITALY..............RANDOMWEIGHTS......1

$ 99

Paillot de Chevre Cheese $

339 Bresse Bleu Cheese $ 79 FRANCE.............................PER 100g 4 QUEBEC.................................PER 100g

Tree of Life

Double Gloucester Cheese

3

$ 29

ENGLAND...................................PER 100g

FRUIT PLUS VEGGIES

2

1.36L BTLS.

4

$ 99

Sun-Rype Apple Juice

5 $ 00 ASSORTED........................................................4 14g STRIPS 1 Sun-Rype Fruit To Go $ 49 SQUIGGLES or FUNBITES • ASSORTED...............108g BOX 2 Sun-Rype Fruitsource Plus Veggie Mini Bites ASSORTED............170g BAG$249 $ 99

Sun-Rype Fruit To Go

GRIMM’S...............................500g PKG. EACH

Sizzling Smokies

Danish Fortina Cheese

............................................................PER 100g

PURE UNSWEETENED............................................3.78L BTL.

$ 99

200g BOXES

3

$ 99

WHOLEWHEAT.....................600g PKG.

STRAWBERRY BANANA, BLUEBERRY, MANGO PINEAPPLE

Campbell’s Healthy Request Soup

4

10” Tortillas

JUICE

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SHARP CHEDDAR, SPIRALS, THREE CHEESE, WHITE CHEDDAR, EXTRA CREAMY

GRIMM’S • REGULAR/CHEESE or JALAPENO/CHEESE......600g PKG. EACH

European Wieners

$ 29

ASSORTED..............................90g EACH

ASSORTED

BEEF TENDERLOIN $

1 Cori’s Beef Lasagna $ 99 ...........................................................PIECE 4 Cori’s Chicken Pot Pie $ 49 ...........................................................EACH 4 Cori’s Short Rib Pot Pie $ 79 ...........................................................EACH 4 $ 69

SOUP

$ 98

9

Cori’s Greek Salad

$ 99 10” Tortillas .................................................600g PKG. 3

Nesquik

CHOCOLATE $ 99 MILK 2 3 x 200mL TETRA PK.

Ruffles

POTATO CHIPS CHEETOS CRUNCHY CHEESE SNACKS ASSORTED

260-275g BAG

ASSORTED

285-310g BAG

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4

$ 49

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1L CTN.

ASSORTED FLAVOURS

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L’IL ONES YOGURT PEACH/BANANA/VANILLA/APPLE $ 89 PEAR/BLUEBERRY/GRAPE/APRICOT SHAPE MULTI-PAK

YOGURT

STRAWBERRY/BANANA/VANILLA/PEACH/CITRUS STRAWBERRY/VANILLA/PEACH/RASPBERRY EACH 12 x 100g PAK

LOW FAT, PLAIN • 750g TUB FAT FREE, BIOBEST, ORGANIC, SMOOTH & FRUITY • 650g TUB

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SIGNATURE

648mL JAR

600g LOAF

NATURE’S PATH

Dempster Pita Snackers $

APPLE, FLAX................................375g PKG.

Dempster Bagels

269

INSTANT

2

ORIGINAL, SESAME, EVERYTHING, $ CINNAMON RAISIN, BLUEBERRY.........................6’s PKG.

99

CEREALS

2

$ 99

ASSORTED

2 V8 JUICE

4

6

$ 99

Peek Freans

100g PKGS.

HEINZ

ASSORTED

REGULAR 350g, LIFESTYLE 275-350g

EACH BTL.

EACH BOX

Better Life

2

$ 99

SAHALE

COFFEE $ 99 7 ASSORTED 340g BAG

NUT SNACKS $ 49 3

ASSORTED

199

MILK CHOCOLATE-Y, NICE & NUTTY, $ DARK & DECADENT,TOUCH OF ZEST.................65g BAR

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2

KETCHUP

5

$ 99

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1.89L BTL.

$ 29

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R.W. KNUDSEN

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$ 49

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BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY, POMEGRANATE

946mL BTL.

4

$ 99

GRILLED HALIBUT SKEWERS

From

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$ 99

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NOODLES

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LUCKY CHARMS, NESQUIK, REESE, CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH, GOLDEN GRAHAMS

330-360g BOX

SALSA $ 49 3

ASSORTED

SESAME WHITE, 100% WHOLE WHEAT

Five Alive

ICED TEA ASSORTED VARIETIES

7

$ 00 Pace

BREAD $ 99 2

3

$ 99 IMPORTED CHEESE 3 200g PKG. ASSORTEDVARIETIES

BLACK DIAMOND

2 168g PKGS.

200g PKG.

$ 99

COOMBE CASTLE

4

MOZZARELLA, CHEDDAR, MARBLE

4

KERRYGOLD Imported

$ 89

CHEESTRINGS

2

$ 00

TUBS

CHEESE ASSORTED VARIETIES

3

EACH 8 x 100g PAK

3

$ 29

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2%, CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, STRAWBERRY 325mL BTL.

B3

142g BAG

½ cup dry white wine (chicken broth can be substituted).

2 tbsp. lime juice.

2 tbsp. finely chopped onion.

4 tsp. olive oil. ½ tsp. salt. ½ tsp. dried thyme, crushed.

1 tsp. soya sauce. ½ tsp. ground cumin.

1 /8 tsp. pepper.

2 Royal Gala apples, cored and cut into 1 inch cubes.

16 or so white mushrooms, cleaned and stems trimmed.

1 medium sweet red pepper, cored, seeded and cut into 1 inch pieces.

1 small onion, cut in 1 inch squares and separated.

1 pound halibut, cut in 1 to 1½ inch cubes Metal skewers or bamboo.

If using bamboo soak them in water for ½ hour before using.

Combine wine, oil, lime juice, chopped onion, salt, thyme, soya sauce, cumin and pepper and mix well.

Marinate remaining ingredients in mixture 1 to 2 hours.

Threadapple,pepper,mushroom, onion and halibut on long metal or bamboo skewers; repeat five times on each skewer, ending with apple.

Broil or grill 4 to 5 inches from heat 6 to 8 minutes or until fish flakes when tested with a fork.

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STRAWBERRIES

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CALIFORNIA GROWN

1lb. BASKET

ITALIAN PRUNE PLUMS

CALIFORNIA GROWN

BC GROWN

$2.18/kg

PACK

99

¢

lb.

FRESH GREEN BEANS

ONTHEVINE

TOMATOES

BC GROWN

$2.18/kg

B.C. GROWN

99¢

lb.

Fresh Mushrooms $249 Minneola Tangelos 89¢

$2.18 kg

99

1

$ 99

¢

B.C. GROWN...............................................................$5.49/kg.....lb.

lb.

PERU GROWN..............................................................$1.96/kg.....lb.

Royal Gala Apples Bunch Carrots

NEW ZEALAND GROWN............................................$2.18/kg.....lb.

FRESH • B.C. GROWN.................................................EACH BUNCH

99 ¢ 79 ¢

HAPPY PLANET

JUICE $199

325mL BTL.

ASSORTED

FROZEN FOODS

LIFE CHOICES

ICE CREAM BARS REGULAR or MINIATURE $ 49 5 3 or 4 PACK

CHICKEN & FISH $ 99 7 500-600g BAG

ASSORTED NUGGETS, STRIPS AND FILLETS

ASSORTED

DOUBLE CHURNED

ICE CREAM ASSORTED

1.89L CONT.

6

$ 99

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For the past seven weeks, the elevator in a 10-storey apartment building at Pendrell Street and Bute has worked for only two days, according to resident Ervin Jay. That means 62-year-old 10th floor resident Jay and his 63-year-old roommate Marc Fieberg, who has had a quadruple bypass, suffers dizzy spells and problems with depth perception, have been forced to use the stairs.

“Coming up and down stairs can be a real treat for [Fieberg],” Jay said. “And then he does have to get out quite often for doctors appointments and he has to go weekly for blood tests because of some of the medication he takes.”

The elevator broke down July 5, according to Jay. When the building’s plumbing failed and the building had no running water for the better part of three days near the end of July, Jay says tenants had to lug water for drinking and washing up the stairs.

A month ago, signs outside the elevator said it was going to be replaced, Jay said.

But those signs disappeared two weeks ago. As long as there’s a way out of the building, the fire department can’t take action. The city’s standards of maintenance bylaw states: “every elevator in any building used for residential purposes shall be maintained in an operational condition at all times.”

Tom Hammel, acting director of licenses and inspections with the city, said the city received a complaint about the building in late July. A city inspector visited the building Aug. 9 and confirmed with Otis Elevator Company that repairs were underway.

Jay, who’s lived in the building three and a half years and knows his suite’s previous tenants, says the elevator’s been a problem for 15 years. “The story’s always the same, next week, next month, and then eventual-

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ly it gets scotch taped and band-aided back together but never for very long before it breaks down again,” he said.

Jay says his neighbours have contacted the Residential Tenancy Branch.

Martha Lewis, executive director of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, said going to the branch is the only answer.

“With an aging stock of rental buildings, this is a big problem, and the older the buildings get and their elevators, the harder it might be to get repairs done,” she said.

If the landlord’s doing his best to get the repairs done, the tenants could apply for a rent reduction. If the landlord’s dragging his heels, tenants could apply for additional compensation, she said.

Lewis said tenants should request an order to repair the elevator from the Residential Tenancy Branch and request a rent reduction, and those who can’t function under the circumstances should request compensation to live elsewhere.

According to B.C. Assessment, the building at 1225 Pendrell St. was sold to Maxim Enterprises Ltd., which is listed at a Dunbar address, for $1 in 1990. A cash sale happened in 1980, at $1.44 million. B.C. Assessment valued the land and building at $7.2 million for 2010.

The caretaker did not return the Courier’s calls by press time.

Jay said he and his roommate were informed by the owners they’ll receive a $200 reduction in rent starting next month. They pay $1,400 a month for a 1,200-square-foot two bedroom. crossi@vancourier.com

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STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE, N.L.—“Ya know that 90 per cent of da icebergs is hunder water, don’t ya boyo?” said the captain, leaning out the door of the boat’s cabin with a big grin. “Dat mean de rest is right hunder us.”

Iceberg Alley, as the locals call it, is formally known as the Strait of Belle Isle. It separates the northwest coast of Newfoundland and the eastern shores of southern Labrador.

We were running between Battle Harbour, an outport hidden on a tiny island just off the Labrador coast, on our way to the village of Mary’s Harbour on the Labrador mainland.

Even in mid-summer there were gigantic icebergs drifting down from Greenland, sweating and glistening in the afternoon heat. Up close you can hear them crack and thunder as small pieces—bergy bits, they’re called— broke off and tumbled into the ocean. With even the smaller bits weighing over a hundred tons, the captain was careful not to get any closer.

These two coasts have suffered the same ruinous fate from the meltdown of the commercial cod fishing industry, but thanks to a vigorous government marketing campaign this remote area is starting to build a new industry based on eco-tourism. The fish may be gone but icebergs, whales, lighthouses, fog and old outport villages remain in abundance, and savvy travellers willing to make the effort to reach The Rock can enjoy offthe-beaten track adventures unspoiled by hordes of tourists.

Querpon Island is found off Newfoundland’s extreme northern tip, at least on those summer days when the fog lifts and you can actually find it. You won’t have to listen hard to hear the roar of the Cape Bauld Lighthouse, where a fully restored 1922 lighthouse keeper’s house now welcomes adventurers keen on getting close to whales, fog, big waves, seabirds and icebergs. By midsummer, the ’bergs have melted to the size of small mountains, and it’s a delight sitting by the shore watching them and the families of humpbacks gorging themselves on caplan, a baitfish that swarms these pristine waters.

In the summer months, a rustic ferry plies the Belle Isle strait from St. Barbe in New-

foundland over to Blanc Sablon in Quebec, where a scenic drive up Highway 138 along the southern Labrador coast winds through tiny outports. The Point Amour Lighthouse towers 109 feet, the second tallest in Canada, its foghorn howling in the wind. A guide will take you to the top of the tower, where you can spot humpbacks and minke whales and watch the parade of icebergs drifting by.

Highway 138 ends at Red Bay, an old Basque whaling station so pretty it puts its famous cousin Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia to shame. From your picture window on the wharf of the Whaling Station Inn, you can watch the bergy bits drift by and the whales play in the harbour. At Red Bay, the highway turns to gravel and vehicular traffic falls off, so those who haven’t done their homework may not make it to Mary’s Harbour and the ensuing ferry to Battle Harbour, surely the highlight of any trip to the Labrador coast.

Through the efforts of Battle Harbour Historic Trust, the outport of Battle Harbour is now a living commemoration of life during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Numerous historic structures, walkways and work areas have been restored, and a collection of more than 500 artifacts related to the fishery is on display. It is Canada’s only national historic site where inhabitants still live and where guests may stay. Choices include the original inn, guest cottages and bunkhouses.

Nelson Smith was born on the island and he happily takes visitors on daily tours of the village, pointing out the many historic sites such as the general store and salt packing plant where Commander Robert Peary held a press conference after being the first to reach the North Pole. From the top of the island, Nelson points to a giant iceberg floating by.

Sun, wind, rain, cloud and fog are all part of the daily landscape on Battle Harbour, but so are the whales and icebergs.

“Dis ’ere spring,” says Nelson in an accent so thick you could spread it on toast and have enough left to grease your transmission, “in dat bay right dere, we was all up ’ere takin’ pictures, eh? Dere was over 200 whales down dere, chasing the caplan into cove. Yiz, you shoulda seen dat sight. Hey, look, dere blows one right now!”

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BY CHERYL ROSSI Tenant Ervin Jay says the elevator in the 10-storey West End building where he lives with a roommate has worked for only two days in the past seven weeks.

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Zoology professor dissects Northwestern crow Sandra Thomas Staff writer

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ast summer as we sat around the patio table enjoying cool drinks and snacks, a small rock dropped from above barely missing a glass.

We all glanced skyward but saw nothing until a second small stone fell onto the table a few minutes later. Then we saw Carl, our resident crow, swoop past.

Although Carl’s nest was in the front of the house, the large black bird would get agitated if we entertained more than one or two guests on our back deck. On this particular evening, Carl made his displeasure obvious. Since dropping rocks on us failed to move the crowd indoors, the crow perched just above our heads on the eaves of the house and cawed loud and long.

Courier readers have sent in similar stories about their relationships with the funny, cranky, smart and sometimes friendly birds living around their properties. To better understand crows, the Courier turned to University

of B.C. zoology professor Wayne Goodey, an expert in the behaviour, evolution, conservation and human impact on birds, animals and fish.

Goodey says the Northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus) that populate Vancouver belong to the Corivade family of birds, which also includes jays and rooks.

Northwestern crows are typically between 40 and 45 centimetres in total length, with a 70 to 80-centimetre wingspan. Adult crows typically weigh between 300 and 340 grams. “That family is probably the most intelligent of all birds and are comparable to parrots when it comes to being smart,” says Goodey. “Most birds are not that smart.”

Crows live in extended family groups with complex social orders revolving around a mature breeding pair, much like local Steller’s jays, Goodey explains.

Crow families typically include offspring, siblings and non-mating adults and grandparents. “The non-breeders and hangers-on just congregate around them,” says Goodey.

UBC zoology professor Wayne Goodey says crow families typically photo Rebecca Blissett include offspring and grandparents.

Like cats and dogs, crows can include humans in their social circle. “My cat includes me in its social circle, but that’s pretty much because I’m adjacent to the food

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cupboard,” says Goodey. “Those animals by nature have social tendencies.”

Crows are also smart enough to learn and be trained. Goodey

wasn’t surprised to hear that before his death Carl would often come when called.

“They’re sharp and they pick up sounds so they begin to recognize that sound,” says Goodey.

“It’s not even so much about the reward [of food], but the fact they know that when they come nothing negative is going to happen to them.”

According to a University of Washington zoologist who was interviewed in a recent Macleans magazine article, crows have good memories and can remember faces. When they attack, as they’re known to do during fledgling season, individuals should keep moving so the birds can’t remember their face.

Goodey says that might be the case in rural areas where crows come into contact with a limited number of people. “But in the city they could see hundreds of different people in a day,” he says.

“In local cases where they mainly see the same people they might be able to pick a person who’s threatened them.”

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Crows roost during the night at locations in Vancouver and Burnaby

Continued from page 4 Goodey estimates there are about 100,000 crows living in Greater Vancouver. The large number is thanks to the abundance of available food and lack of raptors, such as hawks, which is a crow’s largest predator next to the great horned owl. Breeding pairs can produce two or three sets of babies per season, but their survival rate is low and many will die within their first year.

While crows mate for life, it has nothing to do with love or a sense of commitment, the zoologist says. One Courier reader wrote to say that when one of the crows living near her home was killed, its mate wouldn’t leave the body until dark.

“People have this romantic idea that when birds mate for life it’s a special bond,” he says. “But it’s really just about what works for them. What benefit is it to them to wander if they’re having success with the mate they’re with.”

Locally, crows roost at night in a concentration of large trees near Grandview Highway and Boundary Road, stretches along Still Creek in Burnaby and in Pacific Spirit Park. A large flock of crows is called a murder. Goodey assumes some crows also roost in Stanley and Central parks. Construction is not a deterrent to roosting as heavy machinery typically isn’t operated at night.

“They are quite habituated to human activity anyway,” says Goodey, “so not likely to be driven away just by excavation or new buildings unless trees were removed.”

By day, crows have a defined area or territory where they hunt and eat and eventu-

During nesting season, only birds too young or too old to breed make the trip to photo Rebecca Blissett roost. ally nest and breed. During nesting season, it’s only birds too young or too old to breed that make the trip to roost.

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ot everyone likes crows, and the Courier annually hears from readers calling for a cull of the “nuisance” bird.

Reader Emilie Sion wrote to the city recently complaining about crows and asked if a cull could be an option to control their population.

The Arbutus resident appreciates how intelligent crows are, but says several recent incidents have turned her against them.

This spring, Sion’s daughter had a nest of

robins in her backyard until a crow landed on a nearby utility line and systematically killed and ate each of the babies, much to the family’s horror. Sion says because crows are so smart they’re dominating the landscape and winning out over small song birds.

According to Goodey, despite a crow’s robust defensive behaviour around its own nest, they do eat the young of other birds.

“It would be wrong to say that they are nest predators in any specialized way, better to say they are opportunistic,” says Goodey, who notes squirrels are equally guilty of attacking nests,

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something that’s often not reported.

He explains any animal, crow or other bird, includes items in its diet based on availability and abundance, ease of collection and nutritional quality, not human concepts of morality.

“It may seem horrific to your readers when they think of all those eggs and nestlings being torn apart, but many are fed to equally cute and or deserving baby crows.

And very few newborn birds, especially of smaller species on which crows might prey, are going to survive to adulthood,” says Goodey. “Is it worse to have nestlings eaten or for them to starve or freeze to death? Nature isn’t at all a nice place—this is simply the reality of natural selection in action.”

Sion says because of the crow’s appetite for nestlings, instead of small song birds we now have flocks of black birds in Vancouver.

“I wrote to city hall and got a reply to the effect that crows are migratory birds and they have no jurisdiction over them. They refuse to take action,” Sion says. “At one time in Vancouver crows were culled. The mayor is so focused on making Vancouver a ‘green city,’ by way of the bicycle, he cannot see that flocks of crows are a sign of degradation. Mumbai is hooded-over by crows.”

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ccording to Connecticut-based Michael Westerfield, culls are ineffective at controlling crow populations. Westerfield founded the Crows.net Project in 1998 to study the American crow.

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Dynamite and poison have been used to kill crows

Continued from page 5 The project’s focus is to prove the crow is a highly intelligent species with a fully developed language and culture. Westerfield, who’s also studied anthropology and archeology, is a marine biologist, but told the Courier he found crows much more convenient to study than migratory fish.

Westerfield says except for size, there’s little difference between Northwestern crows and the American species. “The main difference between Northwestern crows and American crows is that yours tend to be more social with each other, more likely to live closer together and hang out in larger groups,” he says. “Crows have a unique reproductive strategy that virtually guarantees that their populations can survive almost any catastrophe, including the continual attempts of humans to reduce their numbers because of perceived harm to agriculture or human health, or simply because they are thought to be a nuisance.”

Some drastic measures were taken to reduce crow numbers in the past in the U.S., including the widespread use of poison and the destruction of winter roosts by a number of means, including dynamite, Westerfield notes.

In one case reported in the March 25, 1940 issue of Life Magazine, the Illinois State Department of Conservation killed 328,000 crows in roosts with the use of “festoons of dynamite bombs.”

“None of this has worked and the population of crows on this continent is perhaps as great as it has ever been,” Westerfield says. “Even populations recently ravaged by West Nile virus seem well on the way to a complete recovery.”

Crows are successful in overcoming major lethal events because, in general, they only reproduce when a mated pair successfully finds and occupies a territory, which may represent any-

“CROWS HAVE A UNIQUE REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY.” Michael Westerfield

thing from a few suburban blocks to a fairly sizable area of woodland.

There are far more crows than there are available territories and this results in the majority of crows having to delay breeding until they are fortunate enough to acquire a territory that has for some reason become vacant.

Although most crows are capable of breeding at one year old, most have to delay mating for two or more years.

“And, I expect some must never acquire a nesting area where they can reproduce,” Westerfield says. “Some of the unmated crows may stay with their parents for a year or more helping out around subsequent nests, but the majority of them are ‘floaters’ who travel around and join up with numbers of other unattached crows to form temporary flocks or gangs for feeding and general socialization.”

The result is a vast reserve of unmated crows available to take over and fill the gap left by mated pairs that may be culled, by occupying their vacant territory. Also, since it’s common that the most obvious groups of crows are the unmated “floater” gangs, they are the ones most likely to be killed by municipal exterminators.

“Of course you can kill any number of these non-reproducing birds without making anything but a temporary dent in the area crow population,” says Westerfield.

Finally, since the continent has large crow populations, if one area were to actually succeed in wiping out its crows, the neighbouring populations would simply expand to fill the vacuum. This played out in the case of the West Nile virus, which wiped out

entire crow populations in some areas in the first years of the millennium, only to have them completely repopulated within several years, Westerfield says.

“As far as I can tell from reviewing a number of municipal crow removal efforts, some cities have indeed succeeded in moving large winter roosts from one area to another,” he says.

“But no one ever has succeeded in a planned attempt to significantly reduce the size of a crow population for any length of time in more than a very small geographical area. This being the case, most if not all attempts at culling crows are simply futile exercises in meaningless slaughter.”

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henever the idea of a crow cull is floated in the media, Courier readers vehemently opposed to the bird’s elimination make their views known.

West Side resident Marie Decaire told the Courier earlier this month that she and her family enjoy the company of their resident crows. Despite the crows, small birds thrive in her neighbourhood. “In fact, there is a small flock of chickadees that visits our apple tree every day while Mr. and Mrs. Crow stand watch from our roof top,” she says.

In the fall, Decaire adds, chestnuts fall from the trees lining the family’s street and the crows wait for the nuts to be crushed by cars before flocking to feast on the meat.

“We love to watch them. They are very intelligent and full of funny antics,” says Decaire. “We would certainly raise our voices in protest should anyone try to cull them. I suppose some might think them noisy, but they have never kept us awake.

I would be much more concerned should the neighbourhood lose their resident crows. Remember Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring?” sthomas@vancourier.com

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Summer times

Man, holidays are overrated.

Seriously, who can stand soaking up the sun, swimming in a lake, kayaking, counting stars with the kids, watching baseball, going to rock concerts, sleeping in, etc…

Glad that’s all over.

So what did I miss?

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In no particular order, this is what you need to know if you’ve just awakened from your summer slumber: • The city hired Mairi Welman as the city’s new communications director. Welman comes to the city from the Recycling Council of B.C., where she served as communications director for three years.

She begins her job Sept. 27.

• NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton is after the mayor again. And, amazingly, she is doing it from Germany, where she is travelling by bike. According to Anton’s latest dispatch, she is “troubled” that Mayor Gregor Robertson wants to vacate his office space for larger

If you’ve been on holidays, the bicycle versus car debate continues as the city looks to complete the protected bike lane downtown and link the Dunsmuir viaduct with the Burrard Bridge. file photo Dan Toulgoet digs currently occupied by city manager Penny Ballem. “This has the appearance of focusing power and decision making at city hall with the mayor and I don’t see how it will help council to work better,” Anton wrote.

• The bicycle versus car/business debate continues. The city wants to complete the final piece of the protected bike lane puzzle downtown and link the Dunsmuir viaduct with the Burrard Bridge.

Hornby Street seems to be that

link. An info session was held earlier this month but people can still register their opinion in a survey on the city’s website.

• As my colleague Cheryl Rossi reported, the former Bosman Hotel is now the site of an experi-

ment in mental health. The hotel at 1060 Howe St. was renovated to accommodate 100 homeless people living with mental health issues. It officially opened Aug. 23.

• Alvin Singh is COPE’s new executive director. Read all about it in a separate story I wrote for this issue.

• The Pickton case got a lot of coverage, so I won’t add to it. But I will mention the Vancouver Police Board, which is chaired by Mayor Gregor Robertson, is handing out $100,000 in reward money that was offered for information leading to a conviction in the missing women investigation. The reward is being apportioned to six people. The police board first offered the reward in May 1999.

• In other police news, if you received a police record check or fingerprint services from the VPD between July 1 and Aug. 19, you may be entitled to a reimbursement of the Harmonized Sales Tax. Apparently, 2,514 people were incorrectly charged either three or eight dollars in HST, depending on the service provided to them.

• And, finally, I look forward to everybody I need to interview to get back from holidays. How am I supposed to get any work done, here? Seriously, holidays are overrated. mhowell@vancourier.com

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In the past decade, the distinguished souls that run Vancouver have chosen to look beyond the United States for direction. The inspiration for the dedicated bike lanes that have so enraged downtown motorists and sports radio hosts was taken from Denmark (as well as Portland, Ore.), the new plan to bring Bixi public bike rentals to busy street corners comes from France (via Montreal), and our more nuanced, situational stances on soft-drug use and hard-drug addiction are predated by similar policies in Holland.

Why then, in such a progressive, Euro-facing city, do our drinking laws feel spiritually descended from the Temperance movement and the U.S. Prohibition era? Indeed, the rules and regulations that dictate where and when adults can consume alcohol might serve some submerged bureaucratic logic but, in practice, often push drinkers to feeling as though they live in a fire-and-brimstone theocracy.

Whenever I’m in another North American city, be it Toronto, Austin, or Seattle, it’s neither the weather nor the freeways that I envy about these places but the casual, neighbourhood taverns one can walk to and have a grown-up beverage in the evening with the same ease one can have a latte here during the day.

Through zoning restrictions and policies, the city has concentrated the bulk of its nightclubs and watering holes on Granville Street— which is great if you’re 22, wear a bedazzled T-shirt, and like long line-ups.

Outside of this party ghetto, the rest of us make do elsewhere. Often, this includes establishments that tip-toe legality when they serve you a beer

kevinchong without food. At one popular downtown karaoke bar, one is forced to order edamame beans—the cheapest menu item—in order to satisfy the establishment’s restaurant licence. Another Main Street watering hole, situated below-ground and far from any sleeping condo-dwellers, is an ideal setting to tip back an imported lager, but this booze bunker does so-so business as a restaurant serving entrees and desserts.

Nowhere is our city’s retrograde approach to drinking most adversely felt than in the summer. On one night in July for the fireworks, the VPD patted itself vigorously on the back for pouring out “535 containers of alcohol” as though each bottle of beer, liquor and Smirnoff Ice was, in reality, a handgun or pipe bomb.

Why do our liquor policies assume the worst from Vancouverites, as though each of us is a drop away from turning into a seething, bottle-throwing brawler? In countries

like France and Japan, public drinking is allowed but generally conducted in moderation and at suitable occasions, like a glass of wine at a picnic or on the beach. Our own casual attitude towards marijuana hasn’t resulted in widespread reefer madness, with hippies smoking in elementary-school playgrounds, but generally only at appropriate venues like folk festivals and Wreck Beach.

If even one of those 535 containers of booze resulted in a serious accident or brawl in July, then it might be worth the police vigilance. But why shouldn’t Vancouverites be allowed to have a glass of wine, mint julep, or beer on the beach, in the park at a picnic, or during a softball game on a non-event summer evening?

In fact, Vancouverites regularly do all those things and have shown that, with very few exceptions, that we handle our drink responsibly. And yet we are forced to skulk around like, well, latter-day rum-runners because of our antiquated bylaws.

As we model ourselves on the culturally tolerant, open-minded cities of Europe, the time has come for our city to experiment with allowing alcohol to be consumed in public spaces, even if it’s restricted in certain zones and to non-event evenings.

Until then, hard-working, upstanding adults in this city will have to content themselvesselves with drinking bottled water or an iced coffee in English Bay. I wonder if either of those goes well with edamame beans. metaquiche@hotmail.com (Allen Garr is on vacation.)

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Province’s gambling site enabling and destructive Drinking, gambling, and whoring: for centuries, governments have had shifting, ambivalent policies toward this trio of merriment. British Columbia is no exception. In the first category, we’ve long had provincially run liquor stores. In the second category, the B.C. government successfully launched playnow. com, making us the first North American jurisdiction to offer legal, casino-style games online.

In the third category, we have the public perception of the B.C. legislature as a NeoGothic massage parlour for corporate lobbyists.

As most of us know, the initial launch of playnow.com was beset with a security breach that allowed some players to see the account balance and personal information of other players. In one day, Gordo’s gubmint managed to spot-weld privacy issues to public concerns over gambling—a real first. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we were to view the public sectors’ venture into online gambling as a stumble unique to the B.C. Liberal government. A billion dollars leaves Canada every year, via unregulated, offshore gambling sites—and the provinces want to staunch the flow with their own competitive offerings.

The Ontario government plans to introduce Internet gambling in 2012. Alberta and the Atlantic provinces are also considering it. According to statistics from 2008, provincial governments brought in nearly $14 billion from gaming. The temptation is understandable.

Like a drunk slumped on a bar stool who puts his drinks on a tab, Canadian politicians want to keep the spigot flowing, with the long-term costs of addictive behaviour mortgaged into the future.

“Look at the history of civilization, the history of economics, even biblical history, and you will see what it means when a state begins to finance itself by encouraging people to gamble,” observes Canadian writer and philosopher John Ralston Saul.

When governments “set out to use the tools of the public good to corrupt citizens,” our so-called public servants might as well be graduates of the Tony Soprano School of Governance.

This is exactly the kind of thinking that’s fragmenting us as a culture, and threatening us as a species: the lure of quantifiable, short-term gain over the threat of unquantifiable, long-term loss. Policy makers know of the solid links between gambling and depression and suicide. But these social costs are “externalities,” unaccounted for in the ledgers

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geoffolson of government bean counters, and unmentioned in the press releases of politicians jonesing for easy revenue. Some might say the provincial government is just following the people on this one. If there weren’t so many of us gambling online, there would be no incentive to compete with illegal, offshore sites. Funny, I always thought that elected leaders are supposed to follow the majority’s desires on social issues, not defer to the worst impulses of the minority. But that would mean to lead rather than follow, and Campbell’s merry circle of masseuses abdicated that approach long ago to offer Ayurvedic warm oil massages to business clients.

Our leaders in Victoria, and further beyond in Ottawa, abide in the quaint belief that the market is always right—and if the market compels people to narcotize themselves to it with drink, drugs and electronic distraction, then there’s a buck to be made there, too. It’s the circle of life.

“Neurosis is a private religion,” wrote the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, and for many of a true believer, heavenly bliss is only one lucky Lotto ticket away.

And this is where the mindset of public servants and poker players converge. Depending on your point of view, the B.C. Liberals are demonstrating either neurosis or nihilism, by going for the promise of easy money—the same spectre of magical thinking that lures gambling addicts into personal bankruptcy.

I recall standing on a casino floor in Las Vegas a few years back, marvelling at the rows of slot machines receding to a vanishing point, with the polyester crowd working the levers like lab rats. Any civic, state, or federal body that draws revenue from people’s conditioned responses is playing a high-stakes game, not just involving addictive behaviour, but also criminality and corruption. That’s why the U.S. quarantined its national gambling Mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert, unlike the B.C. Liberal government, which is pipelining opportunities for addictive behaviour right into the rubes’ homes. www.geoffolson.com

Nearby resident Dave Peterson questions why squatters are allowed to camp at Thornton Park. file photo Rebecca Blissett To the editor: Re: “Thornton Park squatters anger nearby resident,” Aug. 18.

I also own a condo in the area and have been here eight years. When I moved in, the area was not great but the Thornton Park was totally redone and the vagrants began to move on. However, lately the “street people” or the homeless have taken up residency in the park and caused damage to plants and trees, and leave their garbage all over the park.

I understand that all parks have litter, but in Thornton Park it is excessive. I agree that everyone has a right to use the parks but not anyone has the right to abuse them.

As to the homeless I do not think they should have the right to live in the parks, unless they treat the parks with respect.

The provincial government has disgusted me with the way they treat the mentally ill, by cutting and closing homes. Then again we have drug dealers who use and mix in with the “homeless” and are able to sell their wares without detection.

Thornton Park is a large “gateway” for tourists to Vancouver.

This is the busiest area in all of Vancouver and needs extra care. I am sure if this

area was on the West Side it would not be happening.

Bryan Searle, Vancouver

••• To the editor: I believe we are simply reaping (and the people in the park are suffering from) what has been sown by the distorted values held by our provincial and federal governments.

Canada used to be seen as a country that cared about people; neighbours helped neighbours, whether it was raising barns or giving aid during disasters.

Isn’t that why we pay taxes? To provide for each other as community because we want everyone to thrive? It’s only through co-operation that we can survive.

The results Mr. Peterson does not want are, in my opinion, the tragic consequences of very distorted, (though not ill-intended) values. These values underlie the many provincial and federal policies that are destroying the sense of security and serenity in many of our lives and communities. It’s sad.

Dori Jaffé, Vancouver

Courier demonstrates double standard on brothels

To the editor: Re: “Neighbours shut down so-called Health Enhancement Centre,” Aug. 18.

I am impressed with Mark Hasiuk’s piece and fully agree that “all big fights require small victories.” I commend him for helping to educate the general public about how widespread and pervasive prostitution is in Vancouver. Unfortunately one does not need to go far to find alternatives to the closure of Finezza.

If one continues reading the Aug. 18 edi-

tion of the Courier, they will find an ad for the Amapola Spa (with colour photo), the Kitten Club (“All we wear is lingerie”), and an ad for “Swedish and deep tissue massage, great technique, pretty girl” (also with photo).

Mr. Hasiuk points out the city is paid $226 per brothel annually.

How much is the Courier paid to advertise their locations?

Peter McClung, Vancouver

Provincial Liberals don’t understand arts benefits

To the editor: Re: “Kudos and Kvetches,” Aug. 20.

Thanks for your amusing article. Sometimes we just have to laugh or we would shriek about this government cutting 50 to 70 per cent of the arts budget while blaming “the economic downturn” and “prioritizing” every penny to health care and education—forgetting that art plays a strong and inexpensive support role in health and education.

Nobody gets rich from government grants in art, but don’t imagine that the seed money isn’t crucial to these organizations that create brilliant multiplier effects from the tiny investment.

Oh sorry, was I screaming? I’ll think about the Liberals’ boast about being fiscally responsible. That’s always good for a giggle.

Julie McIntyre, Vancouver

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Elevator problems tax tenants Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

Moscow: Smog and Traffic-jams in Moscow

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ussia’s unprecedented summer heat wave has been much in the news.

Acrid smog with concentrations of carbon monoxide and other poisonous substances two to three times higher than what is considered safe blanketed Moscow for at least a week during early August.

The smog is said to have Cedric Hughes been caused by the thousands of wildfires burning around Moscow and throughout western Russia.

Moscow’s top health official said that deaths in Moscow doubled to an average of 700 people a day. At the time of writing, relief appears to be on the way from a northwestern cold front expected to bring heavy rains and colder temperatures.

Moderating weather, however, will not wholly relieve Moscow of its smog problem. In 1991, Moscow had 60 cars per thousand residents; in 2009, 350 cars per thousand, and the number continues to climb. As Keith Gessen in his Letter from Moscow, “Stuck” in the August 2nd issue of the New Yorker magazine noted, “The first great post-Soviet fortune, after all, was made not from oil or gas or nickel: that came later. It was made when Boris Berezovsky, a mathematician and game theorist, started selling cars.”

While 350 vehicles per thousand still compares favourably to North America’s 800 per thousand, Moscow’s capacity for handling the resulting traffic is already overwhelmed. So much so that Mr. Gessen’s ‘letter’ begins by describing Moscow’s traffic as “an existential threat,” and then supporting this assertion with chilling anecdotes: an ambulance driver lazily throwing snowballs off an embankment, in traffic so long that reportedly his patient had died en route; subway bombings during rush hour that resulted in helicopter rescue for the injured—no ambulances could make it through traffic—and continuing service because, said a metro spokesperson,

“You have no idea what would have happened if we’d closed down an entire branch of the system.” Mikhail Blinkin, a traffic expert is quoted: “The city is on the brink of transportational collapse.”

Moscow was built as a series of walled forts with the Kremlin at the centre. Avant-garde Barrister & Solicitor Bolsheviks envisioned a “socialist Moscow of clean right angles” but the mediaeval radial structure worked (not surprisingly) for Joseph Stalin, who merely widened the streets into avenues that provided “a fine, broad line of sight for Soviet leaders during military parades.”

While grid cities tend to function more efficiently than radial cities, Kiichiro Hatoyama, a Japanese traffic engineer who teaches at the Moscow State University, says this need not be decisive. In Moscow’s case, in addition to the road organization, are two critical determining factors: driver behaviour and the “the social system which is always reflected on the roads.” Russian drivers are described as “impatient” and “angry” seizing “whatever inch of road is offered them” at however inappropriate the time.

Not surprisingly, some relief is provided for the rulers. Mr. Hatoyama also describes a traffic system that accords special privileges for the Russian elite reflective of its age-old feudal structure. This he says “causes many problems.” When asked if he knew of any other place with different rules for different drivers, he answered with a single word, “China.”

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For the past seven weeks, the elevator in a 10-storey apartment building at Pendrell Street and Bute has worked for only two days, according to resident Ervin Jay. That means 62-year-old 10th floor resident Jay and his 63-year-old roommate Marc Fieberg, who has had a quadruple bypass, suffers dizzy spells and problems with depth perception, have been forced to use the stairs.

“Coming up and down stairs can be a real treat for [Fieberg],” Jay said. “And then he does have to get out quite often for doctors appointments and he has to go weekly for blood tests because of some of the medication he takes.”

The elevator broke down July 5, according to Jay. When the building’s plumbing failed and the building had no running water for the better part of three days near the end of July, Jay says tenants had to lug water for drinking and washing up the stairs.

A month ago, signs outside the elevator said it was going to be replaced, Jay said.

But those signs disappeared two weeks ago. As long as there’s a way out of the building, the fire department can’t take action. The city’s standards of maintenance bylaw states: “every elevator in any building used for residential purposes shall be maintained in an operational condition at all times.”

Tom Hammel, acting director of licenses and inspections with the city, said the city received a complaint about the building in late July. A city inspector visited the building Aug. 9 and confirmed with Otis Elevator Company that repairs were underway.

Jay, who’s lived in the building three and a half years and knows his suite’s previous tenants, says the elevator’s been a problem for 15 years. “The story’s always the same, next week, next month, and then eventual-

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ly it gets scotch taped and band-aided back together but never for very long before it breaks down again,” he said.

Jay says his neighbours have contacted the Residential Tenancy Branch.

Martha Lewis, executive director of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, said going to the branch is the only answer.

“With an aging stock of rental buildings, this is a big problem, and the older the buildings get and their elevators, the harder it might be to get repairs done,” she said.

If the landlord’s doing his best to get the repairs done, the tenants could apply for a rent reduction. If the landlord’s dragging his heels, tenants could apply for additional compensation, she said.

Lewis said tenants should request an order to repair the elevator from the Residential Tenancy Branch and request a rent reduction, and those who can’t function under the circumstances should request compensation to live elsewhere.

According to B.C. Assessment, the building at 1225 Pendrell St. was sold to Maxim Enterprises Ltd., which is listed at a Dunbar address, for $1 in 1990. A cash sale happened in 1980, at $1.44 million. B.C. Assessment valued the land and building at $7.2 million for 2010.

The caretaker did not return the Courier’s calls by press time.

Jay said he and his roommate were informed by the owners they’ll receive a $200 reduction in rent starting next month. They pay $1,400 a month for a 1,200-square-foot two bedroom. crossi@vancourier.com

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I’m sure this guy is going to get blisters, but it’s for a good cause.

Injured worker and Paralympic silver medalist Josh Dueck will attempt to break the Guinness World Record this weekend at the PNE for the most high-fives performed in 24 hours by an individual.

Dueck’s efforts are on behalf of WorkSafeBC’s Raise Your Hand campaign, a young worker initiative that encourages youth to stay safe at work. The world record currently stands at 3,131 high-fives.

You can start giving Dueck a big high-five Friday (Aug. 27) at 6:05 p.m. at Empire Field just before the B.C. Lions game, followed by hand slaps across the PNE grounds Saturday and at a wrap party in the Celebration Plaza with Now or Never B-boy Crew from 3 to 5:59 p.m. The final and hopefully record-breaking high-five takes place at the Celebration Plaza at 6 p.m.

Back to nature

COPE park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock, the board’s liaison to the

According to a reader, skunks end up as roadkill because of photo Rebecca Blissett poor vision and a lack of speed.

Stanley Park Ecology Society, is co-sponsoring a free public discussion with the group on the important role nature plays in the health of children.

The public forum entitled, Nurturing the Health of Children through Nature, takes place at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Yaletown this Sunday (Aug. 29) from 2 to 4 p.m.

The featured panelists included in the forum include Becs Hoskins, executive director of Child Nature Alliance; Dr. Randall White, a psychiatrist at St. Paul’s Hospital and at UBC; Dr. Aimee Taylor, a registered horticultural therapist and

soil science expert; Alana Bliss, a student in ecopsychology at Quest University; Kristine Webber, executive director of the Young Naturalists Club and facilitator with Wild B.C., and Roger Keyes, public programs manager for the society, who will speak on wildlife recreational programs for youth in Stanley Park. Parents interested in learning about nature programs available for kids in and around Vancouver are encouraged to attend.

Skunked

I wrote about skunks in this column last week and how the city’s sanitation depart-

ment has a special freezer where they store skunk bodies until they’re taken to the landfill.

I also mentioned how sanitation workers have a non-scientific theory that skunks are run over by vehicles so often because they have no natural predators, so in turn have no fear of cars and trucks.

But a reader emailed me to correct that notion.

Tracy Jager notes there are three reasons skunks become road kill more often than other urban wildlife, beginning with the fact they have terrible eyesight and difficulty correctly seeing anything outside of three metres. Jager, who is something of a skunk fan because they eat rats, adds the animals also have incredibly short legs and are significantly slower than other urban animals, such as raccoons, coyotes, cats and dogs. As well, she says, drivers often misjudge how fast skunks can move.

According to Jager, the third reason skunks are run over so often is they respond to threats by stamping their feet and running towards it with their tails raised.

Typically, by the time they actually see a vehicle, it’s too late for them to waddle away.

So the next time you’re driving and see a skunk near the road, slow down.

It could save you a massive cleaning bill. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Strait teems with salmon as stock returns in force Megan Stewart

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Steve Johansen hasn’t witnessed a sockeye season so plentiful as this year’s in more than a quarter century. But the fisherman and co-founder of Organic Ocean warns this exceptional run does not mean the salmon fishery’s problems are solved.

This week as he trolled a few kilometres off the coast of West Point Grey, Johansen saw salmon roll and simmer through the salt water, as if pockets of the Strait of Georgia were enormous pots of water heating on a stove.

“Seven miles of solid sockeye—jumping, boiling, finning on the surface of the water,” he said Wednesday morning at Fishermen’s Wharf as he unloaded a catch of 200 salmon caught the previous evening. “I’ve fished all my life and I’ve never seen this.”

He’s not the only one.

This season is the largest sockeye return in almost a century.

On Aug. 24 the Pacific Salmon Commission announced an estimated 25 million sockeye will return to the Fraser River and its tributaries this fall. No larger run has been recorded since 1913.

Johansen, 43, has owned a boat and trolling licence since he was 18 years old and usually seeks sockeye in the waters near Campbell River. Now the 43-year-old Kitsilano resident says, “Fishing three to four miles from my house is bizarre.”

Organic Ocean did not troll for sockeye last year. Less than 1.5 million salmon returned to spawn despite a forecast of 11 million.

Salmon return to fresh water on a fouryear cycle, and although 2010 forecasts were higher than previous seasons, this year’s unprecedented run comes as a welcome surprise.

“It’s a great time to make a living,” said Johansen. “But just because this is happening this year does not mean all our problems are solved.”

Since Organic Ocean trolls for salmon

Fishermen are netting huge catches during the largest recorded salmon run since 1913. using fishing lines and lures instead of gill nets or seines, their quota is averaged over the sockeye season and their vessels can head out at will through the summer.

This differs from what Frank Keitsch describes as the “shotgun fishery,” which operates non-stop over a period of 12 or more hours as determined by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

On Wednesday at noon, the sockeye fishery opened for a continuous 32 hours.

Johansen and Keitsch, also with Organic

Ocean, both bragged that their busy but flexible schedule allows them to get a full night’s sleep and start the morning at a relaxed pace with an iced coffee.

But even for the trollers during such a prolific fishery, patience is required. “You do have to pace yourself,” said Keitsch.

“Going that hard, you can burn out really quickly.”

Organic Ocean has several licences that each allow a catch of 3,500 sockeye, but the quota is constantly increasing this year

photo Rebecca Blissett

as the government attempts to manage the fishery and ensure healthy returns in the future.

Too many spawning salmon in the rivers can lead to something known as overspawn, explained Keitsch, which can cause smaller runs four years from now when offspring return. Organic Ocean sells directly to over 40 restaurants in Vancouver and ships wild sockeye salmon to 150 more across Canada. mstewart@vancourier.com

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Parents rally to save annex from chopping block Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

Charles Dickens annex is the latest school mounting a campaign to keeps its doors open. The kindergarten to Grade 3 annex is on the Vancouver School Board’s preliminary list of schools that might close, but parents maintain it deserves to be knocked off that list. They’re organizing a “work party” to rally support for their cause between 6 and 8 p.m. at Glen Park, located at Windsor Street and 23 Ave., Sept. 1. The annex is at 3877 Glen Dr., next to the park.

“We’re calling it a work party because we’re going to be writing letters—children and parents— telling the Vancouver School Board why our school needs to stay open,” said parent Kathryn Sutherland. “[The event] is meant to inform more community members about what possibly could be happening to us.”

Sutherland has a son who graduated from the annex and now attends the Dickens main school

“IT’S A SMALL, KIND ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO START IN.” Kathryn Sutherland

and another son who’s about to enter Grade 2 at the annex. She was shocked to discover it was on the closure list, pointing out its enrolment is high—at 79 per cent of capacity—and many families have moved into the neighbourhood in recent years. “It’s connected to a city park so it’s a real hub. A lot of young families are in this neighbourhood. People are fighting to get in because it’s a neat neighbourhood and then the school is a big draw.”

The annex offers multi-age learning, in which classrooms have various configurations such as kindergarten combined with grades 1 and 2 or grades 1, 2 and 3 grouped together. “It’s a small, kind environment for children to

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they want to study—do we want to study dinosaurs or bugs or cloud formations? So they learn all these skills and then they do presentations. The older kids help the younger kids to learn.”

Sutherland believes the main school is full, so she’s not sure where annex students would go if it’s closed.

Amanda Wood, whose son also attends the annex, is equally concerned. She said the annex is a wood-framed, one-storey building that’s seismically sound. “We were surprised we’re on the list because we have a very strong community here and people tend to coalesce around the school and park,” Wood added.

Many trustees blame the provincial government for underfunding public education and downloading costs, which has led to major budget cuts, while the provincial government argues the VSB is getting enough money but is mismanaging its budget.

Sutherland sides with the VSB and she resents being pitted against other schools fighting to remain open—11 elementary schools are on the closure list.

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A forum called Nurturing Our Children’s Health through Nature is being held at the Roundhouse Community Centre between 2 and 4 p.m., Aug. 29. It’s hosted by the Stanley Park Ecology Society and will be moderated by park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock. Contact with nature is believed to help with depression and

to aid in children’s creativity and cognitive development. The unveiling of the Stanley Park Nature House community quilt will launch the forum. The community quilt is a project designed by the society to engage in nature 20 East Side youth who otherwise would have few opportunities to visit a large park.

A number of young participants will be on hand

to talk about the benefits of the project, which was funded by the Collette Foundation. Participants explored the ecology of Stanley Park with a society educator and then worked with an artist to sketch, paint and stitch their favourite trees or creatures into quilt squares. After the quilt’s unveiling, a panel of medical and educational practitioners will speak on

the health benefits children get from interacting with nature. Panelists include Becs Hoskins, executive director of the Child Nature Alliance, psychiatrist Dr. Randall White, horticultural therapist Dr. Aimee Taylor, Alana Bliss, a student in Ecopsychology at Quest University, Kristine Webber, executive director of the Young Naturalists Club, and Roger Keyes, Stan-

ley Park Ecology Society’s public programs manager.

There will be a question and answer period.

Pie for Pakistan

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co.’s Kitsilano location hosts a sweet and savoury pie auction Aug. 31 from 5 p.m. onwards to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross in support of Pakistan’s 20 million flood victims in need of food, water, shelter

and medical supplies. Local businesses involved in donating pies include Aphrodites Café, Tomato Fresh Café, Daily, Pacific Culinary Arts, Farm Folk City Folk and Greens Market with other businesses welcome to participate. Rocky Mountain Flatbread team is also donating 10 per cent of the day’s sales and staff 100 per cent of their tips to the disaster relief. The restaurant’s Kits location is at 1876 West First Ave.

Your BC Lions — In Their Own Words Justin Sorensen - 68 I’m a small town B.C. guy – born and raised in Parksville on Vancouver Island. I began playing football while attending high school at Ballenas Secondary and because of my size I was a natural fit on the offensive line. In fact, I did so well that I was named my team’s Most Valuable Player in my senior season.

Following my high school graduation, I had an opportunity to head south to continue my education and play football for the University of South Carolina in the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference, which features some of the most competitive college football in the United States.

After playing four years on the Gamecocks’ offensive line, I had a newfound appreciation for my adopted home but was nonetheless excited to return to British Columbia to don the black and orange as the Lions’ first-round selection in the 2008 CFL draft. I’d seen firsthand what playing in front of some of the most passionate football fans is all about and I knew I’d see similar support from Lions fans back home in B.C. Now in my second season on the Leos’ offensive line, I feel privileged to come to work every day and play the game I love. Nothing would make me happier than to bring the Grey Cup home to British Columbia and share that experience with my family and friends. Through thick and thin, the guys on the offensive line have become family to me and I’m proud of the contributions we make on and off the field.

As a kid who dreamed of playing professional football from a young age, I remember looking up to athletes for inspiration. For that reason, I enjoy taking part in the Lions’ community programs throughout the year, particularly the Terasen Gas Energy Champions initiative. It gives me a feeling of pride to give back to the local community and know that in some small way I could be having a positive influence on the younger generation.

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Cops, teachers, doctors get first dibs on units

Olympic Village apartments to remain empty until November Staff writer

Prospective tenants on waiting lists to rent the 252 affordable housing units at the Olympic Village will likely have to wait until November before moving in, according to a city official.

David McLellan, the city’s general manager of community services, said the city and B.C. Housing have to first choose one or more operators to manage the three buildings.

The deadline for interested operators to apply is Sept. 10. The city and B.C. Housing will then spend several weeks reviewing the applications. Once an operator is chosen, tenants will be notified. “We’ll probably be able to move people in

by November,” McLellan told the Courier.

Half of the units will be rented at market rates and given priority to workers deemed essential to the city, including police officers, firefighters, public school administrators, teachers, nurses and doctors.

So far, 180 people have applied for the 126 units.

The other 126 units will be available for people who require subsidized housing, including low-income families and people with mental or physical disabilities.

Prospective tenants for those units are on a separate waiting list managed

by B.C. Housing. The number of people on that list wasn’t available before the Courier’s deadline.

B.C. Housing and the operator, or operators, will decide which tenants get to move in to the buildings.

It’s not clear how they will be selected and the city is leaving the selection process up to the operator.

The city is also relying on the operator to determine when a tenant is no longer eligible to live in a unit. Tenants of the market rent units will be limited to households with a monthly income less than or equal to five times the market rent.

But if a rookie cop moves into a unit, and then after five years, gets a pay raise, would he still be eligible to continuing renting the unit?

That’s a question the city is leaving to the successful operator to answer. “We’re waiting to see what sort of responses we get back from the non-profit sector on how they deal with those kinds

of issues,” McLellan said.

“And depending on how well they manage them, along with the other factors, then we’ll look at awarding the operator’s agreement on that basis.”

A city report that went before city council in April estimated the market rents

could range from $1,601 a month for a 640-square-foot one bedroom to $2,368 for a 1,480-square-foot, four-bedroom place.

The rate for a one-bedroom apartment is based on a formula that 30 per cent of the rent comes from an annual household income

no greater than $64,040.

The PHS Community Services Society and the Affordable Housing Societies were among the organizations expected to visit the buildings Thursday before deciding whether they would apply for the work. mhowell@vancourier.com

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Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co.’s Kitsilano location hosts a sweet and savoury pie auction Aug. 31 from 5 p.m. onwards to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross in support of Pakistan’s 20 million flood victims in need of food, water, shelter and medical supplies. Local businesses involved in donating pies include Aphrodites Café, Tomato Fresh Café, Daily, Pacific Culinary Arts, Farm Folk City Folk and Greens Market with other businesses welcome to participate. Rocky Mountain Flatbread team is also donating 10 per cent of the day’s sales and staff 100 per cent of their tips to the disaster relief. The restaurant’s Kits location is at 1876 West First Ave.

Healthy living

A forum called Nurturing Our Children’s Health through Nature is being held at the Roundhouse Community Centre between 2 and 4 p.m., Aug. 29. It’s hosted by the Stanley Park Ecology Society and will be moderated by park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock. Contact with nature is believed to help with depression and to aid in children’s creativity and cognitive development. The unveiling of the Stanley Park Nature House community quilt will launch the forum. The community quilt is a project designed by the society to engage in nature 20 East Side youth who otherwise would have few opportunities to visit a large park. A number of young participants will be on hand to talk about the benefits of the project, which was funded by the Collette Foundation. Participants explored the ecology of Stanley Park with a society educator and then worked with an artist to sketch, paint and stitch their favourite trees or creatures into quilt squares. After the quilt’s unveiling, a panel of medical and educational practitioners will speak on the health benefits children get from interacting with nature.

Panelists include Becs Hoskins, executive director of the Child Nature Alliance, psychiatrist Dr. Randall White, horticultural therapist Dr. Aimee Taylor, Alana Bliss, a student in Ecopsychology at Quest University, Kristine Webber, executive director of the Young Naturalists Club, and Roger Keyes, Stanley Park Ecology Society’s public programs manager.

There will be a question and answer period.

Inter-religious dialogue

Bonnie Thurston, an author, poet and expert on interfaith engagement and the legacy of American thinker and social critic Thomas Merton, speaks Friday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, 1825 West 16 Ave. Thurston will discuss Merton’s Principles of InterReligious Dialogue aimed at removing barriers between faiths. The event is sponsored by Thomas Merton Society of Canada and the Canadian Memorial Church and Centre for Peace. Contact 604-669-2546 or tmsc@telus.net. All welcome, admission by donation.

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Reel Causes hosts a screening of the film Amal Sept. 2 as a benefit for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. The film will be followed by a Q&A session with director Richie Mehta from Toronto via Skype. The event takes place at Langara College, room A130. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Langara College is accessible by TransLink through Canada Line (stop at Langara/49th Avenue station). Free parking is available in the area as well as paid parking lots. Tickets can be purchased in advance for a minimum donation of $10 at pincgiving.com/campaign/amal.

Reel Causes, at reelcauses.org, hosts film screenings as fundraisers for different Vancouver non-profit organizations.

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Local Volkssport club is hosting a non-competitive 5km/ 10km walk in Stanley Park on Sunday, Sept. 5. The event is free for new participants. For more info, contact Verni at 604-682-8390.

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More sparkle: With a $5,000 gift from its host Scotiabank, McLaren Housing Society’s fourth Sparkle Soiree surpassed $18,000 in money raised. Providing homes for people living with HIV/AIDS, the critical funds will finance three additional annual rental subsidies for a full year.

Belly up: Opus Bar’s annual summer soiree drew 300 guests into the streets. Now in its eighth year, the event saw Moroccan-themed cocktails and canapés doled out at the Arabian Nights-themed wingding. While Luciterra belly-dancing troupe performed, hotelier John Evans bellied up $10,000 to UNICEF Canada’s Martha Spear.

Happy endings: Covers have doubled with the intro of Four Seasons pastry wizard Wayne Kozinko’s dessert tapas menu. With lunch-only inspired miniature sweets at $3 each, sales are way up with waistlines holding steady.

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Although the old building no longer exists, memories of school days do, which is why King George secondary alumni are holding a 60th reunion in September. The school was first occupied in 1914, according to the Vancouver School Board, and it closed in 1963. The building was demolished in 1978.

Booth, who now lives in Port Moody, recalls the school’s squeaky wood floors, its wooden staircase to the second floor and a small gym.

“There’s quite a collection of students still living in Vancouver and a group that keeps in touch pretty regularly,” he said.

Jack Ford, one of the event’s organizers, said about 60 former students who were at the school during the years around 1950 have already signed up and he expects more than 100 will attend.

Many King George students still keep in touch, according to Ford. “It was a very tight-knit community in the downtown area. Everybody knew everybody.

There was a lot of housing even on Hornby and Howe streets. It was quite a residential area,” he said.

“It was a friendly place.

Stanley Park was our playground and English Bay, of course.”

Reunions used to be held every 10 years, but the last one was held five years ago. It attracted about 50 to 60 former students, according to Booth.

Members of the Class of 1950 will meet at the Langara Golf Club for their 60th reunion between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sept. 14, to reminisce about school days. Students who went to the school between 1948 to 1954 are also welcome.

Even those who attended the school, but didn’t graduate, are invited to share their memories, Ford said, pointing out some students entered a trade after Grade 10 or they didn’t finish Grade 12 for other reasons. University attendance was rare.

Registration is required.

The cost is $40, which includes lunch. For information call Jack Ford at 604521-7485. noconnor@vancourier.com

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Nelson Smith (above) takes visitors on tours of Battle Harbour while the author (R) enjoys a photo Michael McCarthy close encounter with an iceberg off the Labrador coast.

Iceberg Alley offers unspoiled adventure Michael McCarthy

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STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE, N.L.—“Ya know that 90 per cent of da icebergs is hunder water, don’t ya boyo?” said the captain, leaning out the door of the boat’s cabin with a big grin. “Dat mean de rest is right hunder us.”

Iceberg Alley, as the locals call it, is formally known as the Strait of Belle Isle. It separates the northwest coast of Newfoundland and the eastern shores of southern Labrador.

We were running between Battle Harbour, an outport hidden on a tiny island just off the Labrador coast, on our way to the village of Mary’s Harbour on the Labrador mainland.

Even in mid-summer there were gigantic icebergs drifting down from Greenland, sweating and glistening in the afternoon heat. Up close you can hear them crack and thunder as small pieces—bergy bits, they’re called— broke off and tumbled into the ocean. With even the smaller bits weighing over a hundred tons, the captain was careful not to get any closer.

These two coasts have suffered the same ruinous fate from the meltdown of the commercial cod fishing industry, but thanks to a vigorous government marketing campaign this remote area is starting to build a new industry based on eco-tourism. The fish may be gone but icebergs, whales, lighthouses, fog and old outport villages remain in abundance, and savvy travellers willing to make the effort to reach The Rock can enjoy offthe-beaten track adventures unspoiled by hordes of tourists.

Querpon Island is found off Newfoundland’s extreme northern tip, at least on those summer days when the fog lifts and you can actually find it. You won’t have to listen hard to hear the roar of the Cape Bauld Lighthouse, where a fully restored 1922 lighthouse keeper’s house now welcomes adventurers keen on getting close to whales, fog, big waves, seabirds and icebergs. By midsummer, the ’bergs have melted to the size of small mountains, and it’s a delight sitting by the shore watching them and the families of humpbacks gorging themselves on caplan, a baitfish that swarms these pristine waters.

In the summer months, a rustic ferry plies the Belle Isle strait from St. Barbe in New-

foundland over to Blanc Sablon in Quebec, where a scenic drive up Highway 138 along the southern Labrador coast winds through tiny outports. The Point Amour Lighthouse towers 109 feet, the second tallest in Canada, its foghorn howling in the wind. A guide will take you to the top of the tower, where you can spot humpbacks and minke whales and watch the parade of icebergs drifting by.

Highway 138 ends at Red Bay, an old Basque whaling station so pretty it puts its famous cousin Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia to shame. From your picture window on the wharf of the Whaling Station Inn, you can watch the bergy bits drift by and the whales play in the harbour. At Red Bay, the highway turns to gravel and vehicular traffic falls off, so those who haven’t done their homework may not make it to Mary’s Harbour and the ensuing ferry to Battle Harbour, surely the highlight of any trip to the Labrador coast.

Through the efforts of Battle Harbour Historic Trust, the outport of Battle Harbour is now a living commemoration of life during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Numerous historic structures, walkways and work areas have been restored, and a collection of more than 500 artifacts related to the fishery is on display. It is Canada’s only national historic site where inhabitants still live and where guests may stay. Choices include the original inn, guest cottages and bunkhouses.

Nelson Smith was born on the island and he happily takes visitors on daily tours of the village, pointing out the many historic sites such as the general store and salt packing plant where Commander Robert Peary held a press conference after being the first to reach the North Pole. From the top of the island, Nelson points to a giant iceberg floating by.

Sun, wind, rain, cloud and fog are all part of the daily landscape on Battle Harbour, but so are the whales and icebergs.

“Dis ’ere spring,” says Nelson in an accent so thick you could spread it on toast and have enough left to grease your transmission, “in dat bay right dere, we was all up ’ere takin’ pictures, eh? Dere was over 200 whales down dere, chasing the caplan into cove. Yiz, you shoulda seen dat sight. Hey, look, dere blows one right now!”

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2. Celebrating the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 1957 concert at Empire Stadium, Red Robinson hosts Evening with Elvis Aug. 31, 8 p.m. at the PNE. The annual trip down memory lane features Robinson reminiscing about the legendary concert he emceed 53 years ago, an appearance by Elvis’s longtime road manager and bodyguard Joe Esposito and a performance by Elvis tribute artist Stephen Kabakos. Thank you, thank you very much. More info at www.pne.ca.

3. New York’s favourite world beat-loving preppies Vampire Weekend headline two sold out shows at Stanley Park’s picturesque Malkin Bowl in support of their fine sophomore album Contra Aug. 27 and 28. Opening acts Beach House and Dum Dum Girls are worth catching as well. Doors 5:30 p.m., show 6 p.m.

4. Entourage’s Adrian Grenier steps behind the camera but still manages to hog the spotlight in his new documentary Teenage Paparazzo, which profiles 13-year-old celebrity hunter Austin Visschedyk. Apparently fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… or something like that. The movie opens Aug. 27 at Tinseltown.

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In case you haven’t heard, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his environmentally minded crew have decided one of the best ways to make Vancouver a greener city is not solar power, wind power or even goat dung power but by tapping into the seemingly endless supply of star power.

The city announced recently it would be sponsoring a speaker series in October titled Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around— not to be confused with K&K’s upcoming series Slurpees, Badgers and Our Faint Chance of Taking Gloria “The Gossamer of Loveliness” Macarenko Out For a Hotdog Dinner at Costco.

Panelists of the feel-good forum include a biking magazine publisher, educators, academics, lifelong cyclists and the piece de resistance, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. Apparently, the dude has a thing not only for oversized suits but pedal power, and his recently published book Bicycle Diaries “chronicles his travels around the globe and his many adventures on his bike in some of the world’s most famous cities.” What fun.

Naturally, our helmeted mayor has taken some flack for bringing Byrne in, although the singer

agreed to waive his usual fees because he’s that passionate about making cities more bike-friendly.

Personally, we have no problem with bringing a semi-famous performer to town to raise the profile of a worthy cause such as increasing bicycle ridership along Vancouver’s car-clogged streets.

In fact, we think the city should go further and look at bringing more celebrities to town to grease the polls of public opinion. Just think of the possibilities. To promote the issue of backyard chickens, the city could invite increasingly incomprehensible singer Ozzy Osbourne whose intimacy with our feathered friends surely must go beyond biting their heads off and ordering audiences to tear them apart. On the issue of recycling, who better to weigh in on the topic than local rockers Loverboy or Bryan Adams, who’ve been coasting on their back catalogues since the 1980s. Oh snap. And to discuss the importance of air quality, how about Australian soft-rock shlock-meisters Air Supply. Talk about synergy.

It’s a win-win situation. Celebrity hungry citizens get a chance to see famous people and city officials get to bask in the glow of their radiance, hoping some of it will rub off on them.

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It’s been months since K&K stretched its poetic muscles. But the recent sockeye salmon run on the Fraser River, in which an estimated 25 million of the slippery suckers—that’s a Pretty Woman reference, in case you didn’t recognize it—are expected to swim up river, into awaiting gillnets and eventually into our bellies, has tickled K&K’s inner muse something fierce. Thus, the lyrical acrobats at K&K have been toiling away on their language looms, weaving together verse after salmon-inspired verse. Here’s an excerpt from our upcoming poetry book, Me, Myself and Sockeye:

Flop all you want, but you will me mine, silvery friend, bonked on the head or netted with 600 of your fishy brethren.

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There’s no doubt that recently unveiled L’Abattoir (217 Carrall St., 604568-1701) continues to raise Gastown’s game. This sleek, exposed red brick, wood, steel and original tile-trimmed space offers further amplification of the neighbourhood’s growing dining repertoire, which now rivals that of Yaletown.

So far, L’Abattoir’s prime lure is its busy bar—we love the stainless steel stools—that puts out stellar cocktails, under the increasingly seasoned hand of Shaun Layton (ex-George). Still savouring our recent trip to Spain, we couldn’t resist his Fino sour—an intelligent balance of Fino and Cognac, tuned up with fresh lemon and grapefruit zest. It’s hard to just sip this one, but we did.

The business end of the place is teasingly concealed behind a threequarter wall, which gives a hint of the open kitchen—and we found ourselves peaking in more than once.

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by Jean-Georges, Chambar and more recently Bao Bei. His best move was lassoing chef Lee Cooper (also ex-Market) into coming along with him.

Some worthy tastes at our initial foray ranged from a confit of Albacore tuna with smoky pork morsels to velvety crab custard in “brioche” with chick pea toast and Mostaccioli pasta with mozzarella. Overall the plates are inventive, ingredients well sourced (local as much as possible) and presentation thoughtful and detail driven—although some tweaks are in order. The bread plate yielded one of the better selections seen in some time, and wines are well chosen, with some interesting labels and moderately priced.

If previous tenants the Irish Heather ever suffered, it was the upstairs space always seemed less appealing. It’s fair to say, despite the wholesale refit and all the bells and whistles downstairs, especially in the soaring foyer and bar, the new incarnation’s layout isn’t that different. Proof in point, we snuck off a couple of times to peer over the rear balcony at the diners below, ensconced in the more interesting airy atrium adjacent to Gaoler’s Mews.

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••• The vanguard of Gastown’s dining revolution, Boneta has announced it will finally up stakes and move into the Garage building, adjacent to L’Abattoir, come February. Boneta’s original home was always intended to be temporary, so the move is past due by a couple of years. By all accounts the new space, which includes a small courtyard patio, should be impressive.

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Chinese Garden setting a ‘quiet pleasure’

Historical tale of tea and opium trade hits close to home The China Tea Deal 3

yin (the dark and turbulent “feminine”) and yang (the light and serene “masculine”) in all matters.

Seated between the Heaven Gate and the Earth Gate with the pools on either side reflecting the shimmering trees and ancient rocks of this classical Chinese garden, we hear the strains of the guzheng (Chinese harp), played by Helen He from atop the Garden’s “ting” or pavilion.

Possibly the best part of The China Tea Deal series is the curiosity writers Daniel Deorksen and David Newham spark into the actual events of history surrounding the British East India Company (EIC) and its 18th-century trade with China. In order to stop the outflow of silver—the only payment the Emperor would previously accept in exchange for oolong tea (by this time an obsession with the British)—the EIC was now trading tobacco, lead and “premium grade Indian opium” for China’s tea, silk and porcelain. As a consequence, opium addiction was skyrocketing amongst the Chinese, and huge fortunes were made by the EIC and Chinese merchants. Even-

At Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden, Aug. 28-29 Tickets: 604.662-3207 www.seventyrants.com Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

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Long have the Chinese been said to be inscrutable, but there’s nothing inscrutable about The China Tea Deal 3. If anything, in Seven Tyrants Theatre’s effort to make this third in the series of fictionalized historical plays both entertaining and accessible to young and old, they use the broadest of strokes: Captain Bispin Woodfellow (David Newham), sword at his side, is swashbuckling and condescending to us, his imagined “lowlife, scallywag” crew. And actor Elwin Xie plays heavily into the stereotypical, pigtailed Chinese as Ching Mu, consultant to scholar Sun Jia Shi (Doralynn Mui).

But a stroll through the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden on a late summer evening is a quiet pleasure especially since, along the way, we’re treated to explanations of the Daoist principles of

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Left to right: Andrea Yu, Jenny Duffy and David Newham appear in The China Tea Deal 3. tually, the Emperor forbade the trade and threatened severe punishment for those involved at every level. “Small amounts,” however, were allowed to be imported for “medicinal” purposes. In fact, the trade continued unabated, increasing exponentially.

Deorksen and Newham set The China Tea Deal 3 in the port city of Souzhou where the EIC has previously dealt with Sun Zheng Ming, a scholar and merchant of consid-

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erable intelligence. Woodfellow, upon invitation, has returned to Souzhou after a mutually lucrative deal several years ago only to find the scholar has died and been replaced by his equally clever daughter Sun Jia Shi. Also involved now is wealthy merchant Lady Li Yue Yin (Andrea Yu) who is happy to trade in opium if Sun Jia Shi is not.

As with the two previous China Tea Deals, we (as crew) are asked to vote on what Woodfellow

should do: back out now that the Emperor has forbidden the opium trade or trust the combined forces of Sun Jia Shi and Lady Li Yue Yin to find a way around the prohibition. The play, therefore, has two possible endings.

However, history tells us that the trade flourished and led ultimately to the Opium Wars of the mid-1800s, the consequent humiliation of the Chinese and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain.

The First Opium War (basically, a war to ensure Britain’s continued opium trade) was attacked in the House of Commons by a newly elected young Member of Parliament, William Ewart Gladstone, who claimed if there had ever been “a war more unjust in its origin, a war more calculated to cover this country with permanent disgrace, I do not know.”

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International tap dance artists shuffle into Vancouver

Fancy footwork festival taps into dance form’s growing popularity State of the Arts with Cheryl Rossi

Tap dancers who have performed with Gregory Hines, in a Spike Lee movie and on So You Think You Can Dance will tap their heels and toes to dizzying syncopated rhythms at the 2010 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival, Sept. 3 to 5.

Sas Selfjord, executive director of the Vancouver Tap Dance Society, which presents the festival, says the 11th annual event is one of the top four tap festivals in North America, sharing the stage with New York, Chicago and L.A. All shows sold out at last year’s 10th anniversary event, the first Canadian conference for tap artists, with tap class enrolment up 35 per cent from the previous year.

Selfjord credits TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance with making tap more accessible to a broader audience. But, she adds, on some levels tap has always been commercially marketable, which can distract from its artistry.

“Those barriers are breaking down because you’ve got these young dancers,” she said.

“It’s not just all flash and grin and make ’em laugh. We’re past the sequins and the feathers and we’re not doing unison. And these are people coming up who are musicians and they tell a story with their feet, with the tones and the accents and complex rhythms.”

Jason Samuels Smith, whose choreography and performing credits include So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars, will teach classes on rhythm, perform with Jason Janas, a charter member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, and take on host duties at the Hot Feet: Showcase and Cutting Contest.

Non-professional and professional dancers will show off what they’ve been perfect-

ing all year in the Hot Feet portion of the Sept. 5 show, then Samuels Smith will host a contest that harkens back to tap masters egging one another on with foot-to-foot combat. The dancer who doesn’t cut it in each round will be eliminated by a panel of judges until one victorious dancer is left.

“It’s like watching jazz musicians jam with each other,” Selfjord said. “This is what these guys are doing, but with taps on their shoes, and you really see the art form.”

Portland’s Terry Brock, who has performed with Gregory Hines, will be one of many internationally renowned artists to perform in the Tap Grace show Sept. 4. He’ll perform alongside the legendary Harold Cromer, who created his masterpiece Opus One in 1943 while hanging out with Gene Kelly, and tap royalty Dianne “Lady Di” Walker who’s considered the Ella Fitzgerald of tap.

In addition to a Sept. 1 performance on Gabriola Island, a dine with the masters harbour cruise Sept. 3, the Tap Grace show at the Norman Rothstein Theatre Sept. 4 and the Hot Feet showcase and contest Sept. 5, top tap dancers will teach classes to 200 local dancers and keen students visiting from California, Oregon and Washington Sept. 3 to 5.

The Vancouver Tap Dance Society strives to be a leader in the promotion and preservation of tap dance and includes a tap academy, a youth performance ensemble and an outreach program that provides classes to hundreds of children each year.

On Nov. 4 and 5, Savion Glover, a bearded, dreadlocked master of tap dance who’s worked on P. Diddy videos, won a Tony Award and starred in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, will perform Bare Soundz atop wooden platforms in a co-presentation with North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre.

“We would have never in our wildest dreams have thought we would be able to present an artist of his calibre, but here we are 11 years later,” Selfjord said.

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BROKEN PROMISES - UBC Psychology Study

We are looking for healthy adults to participate in a 21/2 hour study exploring reasons we tend to give when other people break promises. You will receive $25 for participating.

To participate or for more information call Ashleigh at:

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If you’ve been looking for a home-based opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work.

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Job Listings, From A-Z

Amazing Opportunity!

Up to $800/week, no commission, benefits available. Promotion company is gearing up for its busiest time of year. We offer full paid training, and a fast paced environment. Tons of advancement and travel opportunities! Must like music & work well with the opposite sex. Call today for an interview.

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Personal Trainer Certification Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be avail. 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education.

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Hotel Restaurant

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From advertising executive or banker to x-ray technician or zookeeper, you'll find it in the Employment Section.

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TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

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Environmental Consulting Firm www.novatec.ca seeking full-time employee to manage ongoing cruise ship wastewater sampling program starting mid fall. Duties include coordinating sampling programs for cruise ships in ports in the US, Europe and Asia including communication with port agents and labs in those countries, coordination, reviewing lab report, preparing Client reports, and communicating with environmental officers aboard ships. Good English written and verbal skills are essential as work involves direct contact with the Client’s representatives. Science degree an asset. Send resume to 101 - 2415 Columbia Street, Vancouver V5Y 3E7 or oturk@novatec.ca.

GASFITTER / SERVICEMAN Required immediately. Gasfitter Furnace Serviceman. Fax resume to 250-787-1320. Call 250-787-1361. This is a full time position with excellent future for the right person.

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Health care jobs on the rise Canada is on the cusp of a major change. The first wave of our country’s aging baby boomers is about to turn 65. With this milestone birthday comes retirement, of course, along with a host of challenges that will dramatically transform the country. Most significantly, mass retirement will have a striking impact upon employment and health care in Canada.

As Canadians enter their golden years, they will be turning to the medical community to keep them healthy. In fact, over the next twenty five years, the passage of about 10 million boomers into retirement will present both major challenges and opportunities for our country’s medical system. From dental work to x-rays to in-home support, these new Canadian seniors will be creating a significant demand for health care across the board.

In addition to the increased need for health care, as older workers retire, the mass retirement will create openings for advancement and entry into jobs previously held by boomers. In short, the swell in the senior population spells out security for workers in the health care industry and opportunity for students seeking a future with good prospects. According to Jobfutures.ca, Canada’s National Career and Education planning tool, a number of occupations in the health care industry have been given the “Good Prospect” stamp of approval. By “Good”, the government of Canada is indicating that new entrants into that particular field have “a relatively easy time finding permanent employment in targeted occupations with relatively high pay or attractive labour market conditions.”

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Of the 40 or so occupations listed as “Good” prospects for 2010, over half are in the health care industry. As the country prepares for the upcoming 25 years of boomer retirement and its accompanying need for increased health care, this number can only be expected to rise-good news for current and potential health care workers.

So what are some of the careers that stand to prosper from this mass retirement? We’ll take a look at three of these rising star careers to learn more about the nature of the work, the education required and what one can expect to earn while contributing to this booming field.

Dental Assistant Dental assistants can perform a number of duties in support of a dentist.

These can include polishing teeth, applying fluoride, preparing patients for dental examinations, preparing dental instruments and taking x-rays. Dental assistants require training in a college program and, in all provinces but Quebec, licensing is mandatory. Once YWCA graduated, Dental assistants can expect to earn about $16.51 per Employment hour. The growth of employment for this field is above average Resource Centre and expected to remain as such due, not only to the aging population, but also to the increase in Canadians with insurance 5th Floor coverage and improvements in dental technology.

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The Kelowna Yacht Club requires an organized leader to manage all aspects of our moorage operations. The Manager will be required to administer the Moorage Regulations, ensure compliance with the Regulations, maintain wait lists, assign slips to maximize use of the marina, develop a plan and oversee maintenance and expansion of the marina, interact with members and outside suppliers and agencies, and prepare and administer annual budget.

The incumbent must have a good understanding of boating practices and dock construction, be an accomplished leader and have the ability to work in a team atmosphere. Good oral and written skills are required and a thorough working knowledge of MS Office is a must and will be tested.

Strong problem solving and analytical skills, supervisory experience and relationship building skills are required. Post secondary education and technical skills related to a marine environment would be an asset.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please send your resume to: gm@kelownayachtclub.com For more information go to www.kelownayachtclub.com

Pharmacy Assistant Pharmacy assistants assist pharmacists by preparing, packaging & labeling pharmaceutical products. They also verify prescriptions, maintain patient records and monitor inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products. Pharmacy assistants require completion of secondary school & a college program in Pharmacy Assistant or Pharmacy Technician training. Once completed, a Pharmacy Assistant can expect to earn an hourly wage of about $14.51.

Nurse (Nurse Aide) Nurse Aides attend to the needs of patients in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities. They may be involved in answering call signals, serving meals, taking patient’s blood pressure, collecting fluid specimens, maintaining inventory of supplies and performing maintenance tasks such as cleaning and sterilizing equipment. A Nurse Aide usually requires a college program with practical, on-the-job training.

Once graduated, a Nurse Aide can expect to earn about $14.77 per hour.

The next few years will bring many changes with them.

For those Canadians thinking about jobs and what education or training they need for a prosperous future, it’s important to consider the effects of phenomena like the baby boomers. A growing and aging population that requires more health services coupled with new vacancies in these fields present a positive outlook for health care jobs.

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MALTESE PUPS, 2 m’s, trained, 3.5 mths, vet ✔ 1st shots, fam raised, ready to go. 604-464-5077 MAREMMA PUPS for sale; working parents; 5 males, 3 females; $450 ph. 604-823-4797

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of ARNE HERLUF CHRISTIANSEN, formerly of 1600 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6G 1Y8, Deceased, who died on February 25, 2010, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, Don Woods, Executive Trust Officer, The Canada Trust Company, Private Trust Department, Pacific Centre, PO Box 10083, 700 West Georgia Street, 18th Floor, Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1B6, on or before October 3, 2010 after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Don woods, Executive Trust Officer.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of Harry Harvey Lavalee, deceased, formerly of 2010 Harrison Drive, Vancouver, BC. Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Harry Harvey Lavalee are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Administratrix, Sandra Ann Davies, care-of Cherrington Easingwood Kearl, Barristers & Solicitors, P.O. Box 580, 9067 Church Street, Fort Langley, BC, V1M 2R9, (Attention: Timothy N. Grier) before September 30, 2010, after which dates the Administratrix will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Administratrix then has notice.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: ESTATE OF DAVID STEPHEN JAMES ALLEN late of #2408 -930 Seymour St. Vancouver, BC V6B 1B4 (the 'Estate') NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the Administrator, The Canada Trust Company, at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before September 21, 2010, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.

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RE: THE ESTATE OF ROBERT ARTHUR FORREST, deceased, formerly of 3807 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6R 1M5 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of ROBERT ARTHUR FORREST, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned Executor, c/oKMK LAW CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors, Park Place, Suite 600, 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2X8 on or before September 24, 2010, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice BMO TRUST COMPANY, Executor.

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Tackle those piles of work. It’s nit-picky, detailed work, and all the details are rife with mistakes, camouflaged instructions, missing pieces. But you gotta do it – so march ahead. Important relationships – friends, enemies, lovers, partners, competitors, counsellors – remain unusually favourable. You might give or receive attention. One who is attracted, or attracts, is a “door” to worldly success. (E.g., that sexy person might also bring career luck.) Better if you met some time ago. Start nothing major before Sept. 12. Chase money Sunday/Monday. Be home Friday/Saturday.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Romance wafts happily on the breeze! An old flame could grow hotter, especially if a co-worker is involved. Beauty, pleasure and a nice winning streak accompany you. A former recreational or creative venture might return. There’s still plenty of work to do, though. One chore, which might involve education, travel, cultural or media work, will take about two more years to complete.

Your energy and charisma soar Sunday to Tuesday – tackle things that usually intimidate you, and see how easily you achieve! Money’s lucky Thursday.

Be a friend Friday/Saturday. Career intuition is accurate.

Gemini May 21-June 20: The weeks ahead accent your domestic situation, kids, security, real estate, gardening, nutrition and “the end of matters.” Usually this is a good time to decide who and what belongs in your life, and who/what should be left behind. But make no big decisions (in any of the areas listed) before Sept. 12. Your romantic prospects remain high, but attraction might compete with a natural physical lethargy – or, romance and co-habitation make a natural “pair.” You’re weary but lucky Sunday/Monday. Your charisma’s obvious midweek. You’re discovering love’s “other benefits.”

Cancer June 21-July 22: Communications, travel, paperwork, details, errands, casual acquaintances and “daily business” are accented now—and all are delayed or prone to mistakes. Check addresses on mail, figures on cheques, etc. Don’t start anything important before Sept. 12, particularly in these zones. (E.g., avoid a new advertising “mail out.”) You might hear long-lost news, receive a “lost letter,” hear from an old friend, etc. Your home remains sweet’n’sour, but ends “inspired.” Optimism, popularity and social joys bless you Sunday to Tuesday! Lie low mid-week. Your energy, charisma return Friday/Saturday.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Your money (and career) luck rises, but more from past efforts, contacts, than new ones. Don’t launch any ventures before Sept.

12, especially in money areas. If you absolutely need a job, seek and land it (Sunday to Tuesday are good for this) – but realize that you will want to, will benefit, if you seek a new one within a year. (You’re headed for great career luck June 2011-June 2012, but that’s then.) Mid-week brings happiness, good friends, popularity, flirtations – with a Gemini? But retreat, lie low and contemplate (don’t plan) Friday/ Saturday. The best partner is a friend.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness reach a yearly high – but that effectiveness is confined to ongoing and “returning” projects (and people – a former attraction might be rekindled). Beware starting important new things before Sept. 12. Intellectual, far travel, educational, publishing, religious or cultural affairs flow very well Sunday to Tuesday afternoon. Love is gentle, wide.

Your career and relations with higher-ups (including parents, police) are emphasized mid-week. All’s well, but don’t act unpredictably Thursday night. Hopes and friends make a good combo Friday/Saturday!

GARAGE SALES

2 FAMILY SALE Sunday, Aug 29th 9am-3:30pm Laneway behind 2185 West 37th Years of collecting to go.

Something for everyone!

Personals

B-GARAGE SALE Sat Sun Aug 28th & 29th 10 am - 2pm In the lane behind 4454 6th Ave. World War II Memorabilia, china, some furn, knick knacks, garden supplies.

HUGE YARD SALE

Sat Aug 28th 10 am - 3pm

(Southwest corner of Victory & Willingdon) No Early Birds Please

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Estate Sale!

Sat. Aug 28th 10am - 3pm Corner Carnarvon @ S.W. Marine Dr. (follow signs) 93 yr old estate: antiques, art, furn. books & tools. No earlies.

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Saturday, August 28th 10:00 - 2:00 4064 West 31 Ave. Lots of quality furniture retro clothing -$1ea collectibles, kitchenware & much more.

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Dogs

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Monthly bookkeeping $20 hr +.

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Accounting/ Bookkeeping

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5035

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5005

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4060

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Moving Sale Sat Sun Aug 28th & 29th 10am - 4pm 2203 West 20th Ave in lane Toys, furniture, camping, sporting goods, electronics, household.

F WHITE ELEPHANT GARAGE SALE! Sat. Aug 28, 10am - 12 noon 900 W 12 Ave - across VGH Hosted by residents & staff of the Windermere Care Centre.

Funds raised will go to the Resident Council Fund

65 West 49th Ave.

Lots of designer clothing, household items, some garden tools & misc etc.

NO EARLYBIRDS!!

H BIG FAMILY GARAGE SALE Sat & Sun, Aug 28th &29th 9:30 am - 3:00 pm, 5468 Inverness Street Dishes, furniture,clothing, electronics, books and more.

Rain or Shine • No Early Birds

KILLARNEY GARAGE SALE Saturday, Aug 28 10-3pm 6625 Clarendon st (2 blocks East of Nanaimo, between 49th & 51st ave) House & garden items, sports equipment, tools and more

TAPESTRY THRIFT SHOP

1369 Kingsway (just west of Knight St) • Furniture • Houseware ING TH E • Books • Knick Knacks SOM FOR NE! O RY • Jewellery • Accessories VE EAT !

E • Clothing for Women, Men GR ICES PR and Children OPEN TUES.-SAT. 10am-5pm SUNDAY 10am to 4pm Proceeds to the Tapestry Foundation in support of residential & elder care at Mount St. Joseph, Holy Family, St. Vincent’s Langara, Brock Farhni, Youville Residence & Marion Hospice.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Start nothing new before Sept. 12. Secrets, mysteries, financial plums, intimate clinches, subconscious desires surfacing – these fill Sunday through Tuesday. (Best Sunday, Monday morning.) Work in the background all week, especially these three days – a government agency, institution, large corporation or charitable organization could be your ally. Wisdom, a mellow mood, and matters of law, culture, education, thought, love and “meaning” arise mid-week – with misunderstandings Wednesday, sweet understandings Thursday. Don’t push anyone Friday/Saturday. All week, conserve energy.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Wishes can come true this week and next – especially former wishes, events you wanted to occur in the past, then gave up on. (E.g., a sweet or flirtatious friend returning.)

(You might be tempted by a clandestine romance August and September.) Remember, start nothing new – projects nor important links – before Sept. 12.

Relationships fill Sunday to Tuesday – open, exciting, sometimes challenging relationships. Be diplomatic, eager to join. Sex, secrets, intimate commitments, “big” finances arise mid-week. (All’s well.) Avoid ethical, educational, publishing commitments late week.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Delay major initiatives until Sept. 12. Stick with the old or ongoing – and protect these from mistakes and “no shows,” especially in business and career zones. This is a fairly easy, mellow week. You’ll have to work hard – your performance is being watched. But friends, light flirtations, entertainment and happy hopes lighten every day! Tackle work Sunday to Tuesday – success awaits. Relationships, opportunities and challenges fill Tuesday eve to Thursday. Be open, honest, receptive: love’s “around.” Careful with finances, sex, commitments (no pregnancies!) Friday/Saturday.

August 29 - Sept. 4 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Sweet, mellow thoughts, solutions, dreams, revisions float through your head – but if you actually sit down to write them out, you’ll discover they were “gossamer on the breeze” – insubstantial, impractical, even nonsensical. This gossamer is the “chatter” as your lower mind sorts out the past two years. The true results are substantial and beneficial – and sub-conscious. Do events since 2008 seem grim? No worries: you are coming into your power. Your career efforts need pruning: encourage growth by ending/clipping some involvements. Early week, love, pleasure. Mid: work. Late: caution.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Secrets, mysteries, dreams, subconscious desires (and fears) research, diagnosis, health, investments, debts, large finances, lifestyle choices, commitments, sexual intimacy – these are emphasized, and in all, mistakes run rife. However, these are also mines filled with rich veins running through the past – there might be an old investment, a former intimate partner, an old piece of research that holds deep benefits for you! (Most likely to appear Sunday to Tuesday.) But make NO new investments (etc.) before Sept. 12. Romance calls mid-week. Careful with health, chores Friday/Saturday.

Pisces Feb.19-March 20:The past is alive; the present, as if scared, dithers around, circling uncertainties. So deal with the past – former agreements, opportunities, negotiations, relationships. These yield benefits. Every relationship holds something in its hands: money, love, sex, commitment, the future: especially now.

The deeper you plunge, the more you will find, most of it gratifying. You could get hooked on someone, August September! Sunday to Tuesday accent travel, communications. Mid-week draws you toward home, foundations. Friday/Saturday bring romantic, pleasure urges: be honest, cautious. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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HOME SERVICES Blinds & Draperies

8020

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Call Joseph @ Metro Decor

778-995-0295

8035

Carpet Cleaning

ROYAL STEAM CLEANING CO. Carpet & Upholstery. Move in & out cleaning. Call 604-765-8054

8055

Cleaning

Butterfly Cleaning Inc. ‘‘Moving out, Home & Office’’ Bonded, Prof & Affordable. 604-781-4374 ENVIRO MAID INSURED and BONDED. Residential. Available on a regular basis. Excellent refs.

Free est. $20 p/hr. 604-685-1344

8055

Cleaning

EXP CLEANING ladies avail 7 days/wk. Bonded. Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond 604-928-0025 LIDIA’S EUROPEAN Cleaning.

Res/Com. Specializing in detail cleaning. Bonded. 604-541-9255 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

8060

Concrete

CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

8060

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Disposal King, 604-889-2085 L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

8065

Agents

NEED A MORTGAGE 1st and 2nd Mortgages, Self Employed, Refinancing, Forclosures, Low Rates.

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Real Estate Services

6005

★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

6007

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

GAS STATION & Garage. Well established, very successful. Serious inquiries only . 604-724-4848

253-0049

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. We also do all types of block, & stone work. Free ests. Basile 604-617-5813 Tom 604-690-3316

6008

SALE BUBBLE Tea Lounge $33,000. Prime location 1,248SF 40 seats, 2 washrms. 5854 Fraser Lia Lee 778.898.6655 Remax ridgemeadows rlty 604.466.2838

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-30

Surrey

2 BR, 875 sf, spac open condo in concrete high rise in the heart of Surrey’s future. Patio, s/s appls, new w/d, recently updated, storage locker, full gym, sauna, u/g prkg & more. Save your downpayment and assume my mortgage! $208,500. Danny 778-840-2971

6008-36

Vancouver West Side

TOP FLOOR, South Granville Co-Op, Character 2 br corner ste. Oak Hardwd flrs, lots of windows, priv sec pkg & storage.

Only $279,000. 35% Downpayment req’d. Call Joel, Sutton 604-726-1939

6020 Own Your Own Retail Business!

Prime White Rock location. Low rent. $5900 incls $3000+ stock, fixtures. Turn Key. 604-541-9898

Houses - Sale

6020-01

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Apartments & Condos

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2 BR 950 sq ft Bsmt apt. Avail Sept.1. Arbutus &29th. w/d. gas f/p. 9 ft ceiling. v. bright. new carpet and paint. $1200/mth. 604 230-7660.

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR, in Woodcroft, large, incl all util, Pool, Exercise Rm, Ocean/ City View, $1250. 778-231-5833 LARGE 1BR apt quiet bldg. w/d + util included $1200/mo call 604 904-4759

6508

Apt/Condos

1 & 2 BR Condos West Side 5 appl heat, gas incl. Sept 1, $1,295-$1,795 n/p n/s www.regiussuites.ca 604-873-5402 1 BACH $495 Immed, Cambie & SW Marine Dr. hardwood, incl & hw, 1 yr lse. np, ns, 604-988-4692 1 BR + den in Coal Harbour, marina view - $2800. 927 sf, gourmet kitchen, 1 sec. prkg space & 1 storage locker, great ameneties. www.vlr1.com Vancouver Luxury Rentals 604-899-0220, Ref. prop 2417 2 BD + den bright corner suite in Yaletown, $2800. 872 sf, solarium & balcony, bamboo flooring, 1 sec. prkg space, located in Bentley bldg. www.vlr1.com Vancouver Luxury Rentals 604-899-0220, Ref. prop 2415

6508

6020

Apt/Condos

BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR available. Special rates. Call 604-327-9419 for appt. to view.

BURNABY CENTRE Metrotown Area - Bby

Updated Studio & 1 BR Apts.

Rental Incentives Offered.

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Langara Gardens

601 West 57th Ave, Van Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments and Townhouses located in the Oakridge area at West 57th Ave and Cambie St. This landmark property is clean and very well maintained by friendly on-site staff. Quiet and tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry facilities, parking and 16 shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School, Langara Golf Course and much more.

For more information: 604-327-1178 info-vnc@langaragardens.com www.langaragardens.com

Drainage

DRAIN TILES, sewer lines, water lines & sumps. Mini excavation 604-230-1472 or 604-327-0885 Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-739-2000 Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

Drywall

ALWAYS DONE right with integrity.. complete drywall services, boarding, taping, painting & texture, Steve 604-613-4861 CITY LINK DRYWALL LTD WCB, liability insured. 20 yrs exp.

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Houses - Sale

6020-01

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6020

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6020-01

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6020-08

Coquitlam

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Apt/Condos

6535

Homestay

HOMESTAY STUDENT wanted to share 3 bdrm house. Nr Knight/ Marine, cls to Langara, skytrain & all other amens. 604-765-3377 GINGER Crosstown, Science World! Deluxe 1 BR condo, all appls, strge, bike locker, sec’d prkg, Media/amenties rm & more.

NS/NP. $1195. 604-861-6303 OAK & 70 Ave, new reno, 1 br $685, 2 br $870, furnished, 3 br $1250., h/w flr, incl heat/hotwater, near transit, N/P, N/S, refs, lease, 604-518-0438 or 778-892-0438

6510

Co-ops

STILL CREEK Co-op 2 bdrm handicapped unit, Oct. 1st. Share purchase is $2100.Wheelchairs, scooters & walkers need only apply. 604-436-4060. 2765 Cooperative Way, Vcr.

6515

Drywall

8080

Electrical

6540

Houses - Rent

180° VIEWS 4 br, upper Delbrook 3300 sf. cul de sac, garage. priv, city/ocean views, 2 f/p, Avail Now. $2900. 518 Alpine Crt. Text or call 604-617-7383 2 BR up 1 Br. down, 2 bath, fp, Killarney, old timer reno’d home, deck, np, ns, $1500+utils, 1 yr lease, refs. now, 604-671-1378 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

Duplexes - Rent

3BD 2BATH 1/2 duplex. New paint, updated kitchen. W/D D/W gas FP, FAB city views. Mins. to seabus, n/s. $1950, Oct. 1st.

North Vanc. 604-221-0194

NEW WEST. Modern 2 BR. Quiet bldg. Prkg. $995 incl util. Now or Oct 1. Nr Skytrain. 604-618-7766

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6565

Office/Retail Rent

Offices: 2nd floor 2000 sq.ft. Main floor $200 per month and up.

Ground floor 4000sf. 2163 Kingsway.. 604-454-1617..812-8188

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BDRM bsmt $800 incl util. n/laundry Avail now. N/S, N/P. 750 sq ft. call 778-320-4834

8105

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall finishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925 VICTORIA DRYWALL LTD. 25 yrs exp. Reno’s & New Constr.

Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763 VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Wayne The Drywaller

Quality Drywall Finishing. Textured Ceilings & Repair. Renov Specialist.

No job too small. 837-1785

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-40

Vancouver West Side

BEAUTIFUL custom home by award winning builder. Featuring 5 Bdrms, 5 Baths, & legal suite.

Only the finest materials throughout. Offering 2800 sf of luxury living. Close to park & schools, Asking $2,450,000. No GST/HST Drive by 3574 West 11th Ave. Call Joel, Sutton 604-726-1939

6030

Lots & Acreage

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. New Westminster. No HST! $325,888. Call 604-726-0677.

6065

Recreation Property

MT. BAKER SKI AREA. 2 cabins, 1 property. Rent one, use one.

Gated community w/ amenities.

35 min. from border $399,500 U.S. Maryann Angus 360-224-6704 www.mymtbakerhome.com

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BR bright, reno’d, grnd lvl, Fraser & 53rd, big yard, w/d, Sept 1, $790+hydro. 604-264-1683 2 BR bsmnt suite, nr bus & Super Store. Avail Now. np, ns, Between Fraser & Main st. 604-324-7475 2 BR main flr, $1000. 3 Br upper suite, $1200, Canada Way & Edmonds. nr amen, bus & schls, now & Sept 1. 604-431-5512

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8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal.

Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158 KB METAL PRODUCTS LTD. FENCE & GATES : CHAIN LINK & ALUMINUM ORNAMENTAL. ✫Free Estimate: 604-619-8434 West Coast Cedar Installations Custom fencing, decking & more 604-244-8824, Cell: 604-788-6458

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6605

Townhouses Rent

$2200 / 2br Townhouse.

Beautiful home! Ideal for working professionals or small family.

Freshly painted in modern colours & new oak flooring. No smokers/ pets please. Approx 1620 sq ft.,2 1/2 bathrooms, raised diningroom, 7 appliances, sm deck off kitchen. Master bdrm has small deck, soaker tub, large 2nd bdrm, pool, exercise and party facilities available, 5 minute walk to canada line Contact Atira Property Management at 604-439-8848 or 604-215-7228 for showing and/or application.

Manitoba Street at 39th Street.

4795 JOYCE St. 2 BR bsmt new ste, bright,priv entry, np, ns, nr Joyce Skytrain Stn, $1,000 +utils + wd, avail now. 604-325-4949

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Refinish, sanding, install, dustless 604-219-6944 We cover the HST Golden Hardwood & Laminate Prof intall, refinishing, sanding, and repairs. 778-858-7263 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

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8120

Glass Mirrors

Commercial/Residential

Store Fronts • Windows & Doors Broken Glass • Foggy Glass Patio Doors • Mirrors • Etc. 2837 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: 604-603-9655

8125

Gutters

Alliance

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604-723-2526 References Available

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604-439-9417

Townhouses Rent

VANCOUVER, YALETOWN. 2 BR, 2.5 baths, granite counters, f/p, S.S. applis, in-suite w/d. Big storage area. Private courtyard.

Also, private patio, off master BR. Huge landing - ideal for office!

N/s, pets negotiable. $2,550/mo + util. Immed. Nr Cda Line (Homer/ Helmcken). Call 604-417-3619 headsupactivecare@gmail.com

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#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

372 E 64th Ave, new suite, 2 BR hardwood, radiant heating, alarm, $1250 ns np, walking distance to Canada Line, bus route 1 blk, nr Langara College 604-725-3724

6605

Flooring/ Refinishing

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8075

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

2 BR, W.Georgia @ Bute, new reno, w/d, ns, np, $1900 incl net.

Avail Now. call 604-922-4344 BACH & 1 BR, nicely done, cls to shop & transit, secured, incls heat, h/w, prkg, Start @ $675.

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8073

8075

Real Estate

RENTALS 6505

Contracting

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

REAL ESTATE 6002

Concrete

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Can you do better than the 750Li? Possibly, if you’re willing to spend a lot more.

For an extra $15,700, the ActiveHybrid 7 brings fuelsaving hybrid technology to the 7-Series, whereas the $186,000 760Li swaps in a 6.0L V12 engine for staggering performance. But the question remains: where are you sitting? While the environmentally conscious will appreciate the hybrid’s 10.2L/100km fuel efficiency (combined city and highway), the V12 seems a bit unnecessary for a chauffeured vehicle. It makes more sense to stick with the 750Li and also pick up a Z4 roadster, or—if you’re so inclined—donate the extra $70,000 to a worthy cause.

I drove the latest 750Li across Los Angeles and San Diego, and came away impressed. It’s one of the greatest luxury sedans on the market—bar none.

Design—The 750Li maintains the curves of its muchmaligned predecessor, but steps back from the odd and unsettling proportions to take on a shape and profile more in line with past 7-Series designs. You can still see elements of the criticized Chris

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Continued from page 33 engine, delivering power smoothly and quietly—exactly what you’d want from the 750Li. The big sedan never feels like it’s in a rush or straining to accelerate, conveying a sense of competence and control to all occupants.

Handling is on the softer side, even when the car is in Sport mode, but the 750Li is still supremely confident and steady. For balanced comfort and performance it can’t be beat, proving surprisingly manoeuvrable for such a large vehicle and offering great road feedback to the driver. Driving this vehicle on busy California freeways posed no issues, allowing me to pass other cars with ease. Passengers will have little reason to complain when the 750Li is in Sport mode, but in Comfort mode it’s even better, delivering unbelievable ride quality and completely soaking up bumps and potholes.

Environment—As noted previously, the 750Li adds 14cm to the wheelbase, all of which benefits rear passengers. The only downside is the large drivetrain tunnel that prevents a flat floor, compromising legroom for the middle passenger.

BMW’s iDrive all-in-one controller gets better with every redesign and now includes dedicated buttons for oft-used functions, but the benefits are still debatable. GPS worked great, and even re-routed me when the traffic was busy using “real time” traffic info.

There are too many cool features to mention, but some of the most notable include adaptive LED brakelights that glow brighter when more braking force is applied, and options such as airplane-like reading lamps for the

rear seats, the Night Vision system, massaging front and rear seats, and heads-up display with integrated navigation prompts.

Self-adjusting cruise-control systems are becoming commonplace, using lasers to manage the distance from the vehicle directly ahead, but the 750Li’s optional Active Cruise Control takes things a step further. The system is able to start and stop the car without driver input, greatly easing the frustration of stop-and-go traffic.

Features—The long-wheelbase 750Li starts at $116,600, rising to $132,300 for the ActiveHybrid 7 and $186,000 for the 760Li. Notable standard features include automatic climate control, heated front and rear seats, heated steering wheel, navigation system, adaptive headlamps, backup sensors, and adaptive headlamps.

Your 750Li can be personalized with a wide variety of options (found mostly in packages) such as Active Blind Spot Detection, Active Cruise Control, massaging front and rear seats, auto open/close trunk, heads-up display, Night Vision system, rearview camera, rear entertainment system, and an M Sport package with aerodynamics and Dynamic Drive.

The 750Li’s Fuel efficiency is rated at 15.4L/100km in the city and 10.0L/100km on the highway.

Thumbs up—Superb balance of performance and comfort; extensive list of standard and optional features.

Thumbs down—Not for the average consumer.

The bottom line: As good as it gets—the benchmark in this class. david.chao@leansensei.com

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