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Electronic gadgets banned on outdoor excursions

High school adventure program courts dropouts Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

player pops in his ear buds for the ascent, only to be reminded that electronic gadgets are banned.

“You guys are so gay,” he complains as his MP3 player is taken away.

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ae Lae Tin Aung raises an arm to the bright blue sky when she sees a grey and white bird fluttering around the snowy parking lot at the Elfin Lakes trailhead outside Squamish. The bird immediately perches on her fingers.

But the whisky jack won’t do it a second time. An onlooker encourages her to feed the bird, but teacher Tim Gale chastises them for encouraging the wild animal to beg for food.

With that, Tin Aung jokes giving the bird a handout would only encourage it to become dependent, to go on welfare.

The 19-year-old Grade 12 student knows welfare is exactly what Gale wants his students to avoid.

Gale is the co-founder of Take a Hike, an alternative secondary school program that includes therapists, an adventure-based learning specialist and youth and family workers. They hope to provide students who’ve been expelled or are struggling to attend classes with hands-on life skills to shape better lives.

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group of 16 Grade 11 and 12 students on the four-day excursion to Elfin Lakes meet at “the barn” behind John Oliver secondary at Fraser and 41st avenue at 8 a.m. They make sure they’ve packed all the food they’ve budgeted for and bought with their assigned tent-mate, use the bathroom one last time and climb into

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Therapist Pete Prediger (l) accompanies students in the Take a Hike program on a four-day snowphoto Rebecca Blissett shoeing expedition to Elfin Lakes. one of the program’s vans. “It smells like a robot farted in here,” remarks one female student.

As the van heads towards the snow-capped North Shore mountains, this 19-year-old Grade 12 student recalls how she previously lived in an upscale townhouse with her boyfriend until he got arrested.

At a stop in Squamish, two male students do pushups and squats for swearing and for pressing a seatbelt to the neck of a classmate.

A volunteer who uses a week’s vacation each year to accompany youth on this expedition notes, “It’s like going on a reality TV

show as an audience member.”

An hour passes at the trailhead before everyone is ready to tackle the incline to Elfin Lakes in Garibaldi Provincial Park. The students will carry 30-pound packs, snowshoe five kilometres and sleep in tents tonight. They’ll trek the remaining seven kilometers tomorrow.

Natasha Ram, another 19-yearold Grade 12 student, considers whether to pack her Smurf and tries to convince Tin Aung to carry her stove fuel, even though Tin Aung’s already carrying her own.

One teen in stylish plaid outdoor pants says the pot and ciga-

rette smokers in the group start to go “squirrelly” on day three of the trip, which is the day they’ll dig out snow caves.

“A four-day detox from the world and marijuana,” is how a male rugby player in a B.C. Lions jersey describes it.

Gale says he’s concerned about one student wearing clothing made from cotton, which traps moisture to the skin. The group waits for someone to lend the protesting student synthetic layers.

“Holy shit, it’s going to be a long four days,” Ram mutters.

Everyone splits into small groups for the hike and the rugby

he Take a Hike program was born out of a frustration shared by Gale, a youth counsellor, and youth and family worker Conrad Cone over a lack of services to address their clients’ needs. Youth in their charge had behaviour disorders and others were victims of sexual abuse, now abusing others.

“It was almost like a daycare.

We were looking after the kids all day long, breaking up fights but really weren’t improving them,” Gale said. “A lot of the kids were dropping out and hitting the streets and getting themselves into trouble and they weren’t contributing citizens.”

Gale and Cone envisioned a classroom with an in-house therapist. They enlisted friends in the corporate world to establish a foundation to raise money to make this a reality. They also wanted a program that offered experiential learning and exercise. “Getting them out of the city away from all of the enticements of making bad choices and get them into the wilderness and exercising,” Gale said.

In partnership with the Vancouver School Board, the Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation created the Take a Hike alternative education program 11 years ago.

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Continued from page 4 Students in Grades 10 to 12 who struggle with problems that include low self-esteem, depression, substance, physical and mental abuse, criminal activity and trauma learn through adventure, experience, academics, counselling and weekly volunteer work, in classes no larger than 20. They kayak, canoe, rock climb, cross-country ski, swim, skate, run and complete day trips once a week. The Grade 10 students do a three, four and a six-day trip each year. The Grade 11 and 12 students complete two 10day trips and one four-day excursion.

Students are pushed and held accountable, but Take a Hike is more flexible than typical schools. One Take a Hike student was expelled from Kitsilano secondary last year for “attendance and stuff.” He says travelling from various foster homes to school made it difficult to be punctual. But if he’s late to Take a Hike, he simply makes up the time.

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enerous dollops of snow weigh down the branches of the trees that line the five-kilometre trek to the Red Heather shelter where students will erect their tents the first night. But the teens aren’t marvelling at the scenery. They’re wondering how they’re going to complete the 24-kilometre round trip.

Tin Aung, the bird whisperer, collapses on her side, backpack and all, when she reaches the first bend. She hasn’t eaten breakfast and forgot to pack a lunch.

Sweat glistens on the forehead of a male student with blue tinted sunglasses and

T.J. Traverse won scholarships to attend summer camp. He went for two weeks in 2009 and returned for two months in 2010 to be a counsellor in training. “Before, I didn’t really think I could do much,” the former Templeton student says. “But ever since I’ve been to Take a Hike, I’ve realized that I can do a lot.”

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A Take a Hike student warms up inside the Red Heather shelter in Garibaldi Prophoto Rebecca Blissett vincial Park. spiky hair. This is his first overnight trip.

He was kicked out of David Thompson for fighting and attended three other schools before that for “lots of reasons.”

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evin Morin, or Kevlar as he’s affectionately called, scrambles 10 feet down the side of the mountain and reclines to take in the view of Howe Sound. He started Take a Hike last year in Grade 10 because his social worker gave him no choice. The

shy teen dropped out of Killarney in Grade 9 to sell drugs—E, he says softly.

It didn’t go well.

But Morin got addicted to endorphins when a trainer from CrossFit Vancouver school of fitness led Take a Hike students in squats and pushups two hours a week.

Morin was so hooked the trainer gave him a scholarship to train for free last summer.

Morin slimmed down, felt his confidence rise and became motivated to attend school.

tudents shovel deep pits large enough to protect a tent or two near the Red Heather shelter.

Natasha Ram, the Smurf-lover, didn’t pack cigarettes like she did last year. “I know what the consequences are,” says the young woman who smokes a pack and a half a day. “I kind of fiend for it, but then I don’t really fiend for it. If I’m like bored out here then I crave it, but, like, if I’m doing something, then I won’t.”

After attending two high schools and another alternative program, Ram calls Take a Hike her “last resort.”

She ditched her first class, a raft-building session, but returned and completed Grade 10, the third time she’d enrolled in it, with Take a Hike.

The 19-year-old Grade 12 student hates the Elfin Lakes trip.

“I like kayaking. You just put all the stuff in the kayak and paddle,” she says, then breaks into a smoker’s hack.

Therapist Pete Prediger says the reluctant winter camper will have completed almost 70 days of expeditions when she graduates.

“That’s more than some people [who are] into the outdoors have done,” he says.

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Continued from page 5 Ram says her grades have improved and she’s reduced her marijuana consumption. She says having one counsellor for 20 students rather than 200 makes a big difference. She’s poised to graduate, interested in criminology and thinking she’d like to open a daycare one day.

Prediger says being present, particularly on trips where painful blisters can spark a meltdown, is integral to making meaningful connections with students.

He knew something was wrong with one student who wouldn’t open up. But it was only after that student had a breakdown in the woods that Prediger was able to talk to him about what was going on. He and fellow therapist Klaus Klein praise students who have survived bleak times for their resiliency. They try to help them determine what they want to make of their lives and what behaviours they’ll need to change to get there.

They’ve helped teens cope with pregnancy and abortions and Klein has listened to young men sob about their broken hearts. They’ve also increasingly drawn parents into therapy, sometimes with an entire family present for counselling.

Klein says conversations with students about how their before and after school drug use might be a sign of dependence often don’t go far. But on day three of a trip when a student

is irritable and craving a hit, he talks to them about what such sensations might mean.

Klein says alumni who continue to overindulge in drugs or alcohol after high school will at least have the memory of what it was like to feel clear-headed. He hopes the memory will motivate them to make future changes.

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ll but one of eight Take a Hike Grade 12 students completed the 2009-2010 school year. Four received Dogwood diplomas, three received a School of Leaving Certificate that allows them to advance to college and upgrade while taking first year courses, and three made the honour roll.

Twenty-four students completed drug and alcohol counselling and several quit smoking.

A member of Take a Hike’s first graduating class is completing her fourth year of studies at the University of B.C.’s Sauder School of Business.

The foundation needs to raise $350,000 each year to pay the therapists and adventure-based learning specialist, cover activities, expeditions, a breakfast and lunch program and equipment.

Take a Hike got a boost last year when Olympic speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes met with students and donated her $10,000 bronze medal prize money to the foundation.

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tricts are underway to see a second Take a Hike location start in September 2012. The program wants to share its best practices with school districts across North America.

The foundation has raised more than $2 million since the alternative school started in 2000 and more than 250 students have participated. That’s $8,000 per student. “If nothing had changed in those kids’ lives, later on it would cost way more if you’re talking about welfare,” Prediger says. “The government has programs for everything. So if you have these kids, when they’re adults, going through all those programs, that’s a lot of money being pumped into them. And if you can do it now, at some point when they’re an adult, they’ll go ‘I want to live a different life.’”

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am and tent-mate Tin Aung snuggle up to the wood-burning stove inside the Red Heather shelter, snack on strawberries and share them with classmates, while others continue to erect their tents.

Many of the students hope to be in bed by 7 p.m.

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Access denied

John Coupar, president of Friends of the Bloedel, laments the ongoing construction in Queen Elizaphoto Airika Owen beth Park. and surrounding Queen Elizabeth Park are cursed. Which is pretty much the case. Entry to and parking at the park have been cursed by construction since initial work started at the top of the reservoir, which took place in 2002 through 2004. That construction meant fewer parking spaces for tour bus-

es, so while many operators continued to drive through the park, few drivers were able to stop.

The conservatory and nearby Seasons in the Park restaurant barely had time to catch their collective breath before construction of the Canada Line rapid transit system started on Cambie Street

in 2006, blocking access to the park from the west again for several years.

On top of the ongoing construction, the park board cut down 70 mature trees in the park in hopes the improved view would attract more visitors. When the park board proposed closing the

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One of the founders of a group dedicated to saving and maintaining the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park is calling the endless construction there and ongoing road closure a “catastrophe.”

John Coupar, president of Friends of the Bloedel, said the group was optimistic about the future of the aging conservatory when it received permission from the park board last year to take over its operation in partnership with the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association.

But today, as the city’s famous Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is about to swing into full gear and the park’s famous cherry blossom trees are blooming, the main entrance to the west is still closed due to water main construction—work that started in October and was scheduled to be completed in mid-January.

When I mentioned the construction and road closure to my workmates this week, one of them asked if the conservatory

conservatory in 2009, dozens of residents across the city hit the Internet to say they had no idea the dome existed, making it apparent the attraction was also one of Vancouver’s best-kept secrets.

But Friends of the Bloedel and the association planned to change all that and for months have been organizing events as well as attempting to raise the profile of the conservatory. But as Coupar says, it doesn’t matter what the groups plan if access to the park remains limited.

I emailed the park board Wednesday morning looking for answers and later in the day heard from Bill Morrell, spokesperson for Metro Vancouver, which is in charge of the water main work in the park.

Morrell says work has been delayed as the result of an error— the grade of the ground had created an air pocket. That meant the water main had to be relocated and the air pocket eliminated by regrading the ground around it.

Morrell says Metro Vancouver’s work is now expected to be complete in three weeks, at which time the park board can take over and repave the affected areas. According to my calculations, the work should be completed in time to coincide with the end of the Cherry Blossom Festival. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Back in the day, a couple of hippies named Willy Wilson and Richard “The Troll” Schaller lived in squats at the Maplewood Mud Flats in North Vancouver making a fair living by selling building materials liberated from all the Victorian and Edwardian homes being demolished in Vancouver’s downtown core.

Willy and Richard were what might have been called “high graders,” picking only the best doors, banisters and stained glass windows while leaving the rest for the bulldozers.

The Mud Flats along Dollarton Highway had been a squatters retreat for generations, probably made most famous because of the dipsomaniac and renowned author of Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry, who took up residence there during and after the Second World War. In the ’60s, the inter-tidal area on the north shore of Burrard Inlet was home to a small community of counterculture types, artists and nascent environmentalists who, like Willy, Richard and Malcolm before them, lived in hand-built shacks made from recycled lumber and roofing materials.

Willy’s collection was so extensive that he was apparently able to single-handedly supply enough stuff to build the set for filmmaker Robert Altman’s McCabe and Mrs. Miller shot in the North Shore mountains in 1971.

What wasn’t used for the set came in handy as decorations for a Mud Flats “Pleasure Fair,” which featured a variety of homegrown products.

But not long after the local North Shore politicians decided this hippie haven of recycled building materials stood in the way of progress, it was

allengarr ordered bulldozed and burned.

I’m reminded of all this because of an announcement earlier this week in Vancouver regarding a project that hires street kids and trains them to “deconstruct” houses. The lead in the project is Barry Joneson who’s been deconstructing instead of demolishing houses for the past two decades. He says from the last house he took apart about 90 per cent of the material was saved from going to the landfill.

And he added that most houses produce about 40 tonnes of waste material.

That was why Mayor Gregor Robertson was there to cheer the work; it fits with his greenest city strategy. Aside from providing jobs and sparing our landfill capacity, recycling saves some of the best quality wood ever milled on the coast: all that old growth fir and cedar.

If you think we throw away too much and too

soon, you’re not alone.

Vancouver is hardly leading on this issue but at least we are catching up. Check the web and you will see that Americans have been deconstructing houses on a massive scale from New York City to San Francisco.

In 2007, Americans Robert Falk and Brad Guy wrote Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted Houses. There’s also a Building Material Reuse Association. The organization Habitat for Humanity has two “ReStores” in this neck of the woods. The one in Burnaby is just around the corner from one of my favourite haunts: Jack’s New and Used Building Materials.

So if you ever find yourself poking through piles of flooring or wood beams or bricks or windows or doors or plumbing fixtures or stained glass windows all saved from the landfill, have a thought for those pioneering spirits, Willy Wilson and Richard “The Troll” Schaller.

••• David Eby—the guy who made his name as a Pivot lawyer taking on bad cops while defending the downtrodden and homeless, and then went on to raise the profile of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association when he became its executive director—may soon face a new challenge. He is being seriously courted to seek the NDP nomination in Vancouver Point-Grey, where our newly minted but seat-less Liberal Premier Christy Clark is expected to run in the anticipated provincial byelection now that Gordon Campbell has stepped down. agarr@vancourier.com

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Japanese disasters should kill future nuclear options The Japanese excel at small. In his 1961 travelogue The Lotus and The Robot, writer Arthur Koestler interpreted delicate Japanese watercolours, bonsai trees and rock gardens as examples of a cultural impulse to shrink nature to a comfortable scale. For a people cursed with history of tectonic catastrophes—earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions—there is solace in reducing nature’s terrifying otherness to toy-like scales, he insisted.

The Japanese, with one of the most technically sophisticated societies in the world, have long been masters at miniaturization in the arts and sciences. Yet it was the U.S. that introduced Japan to the smallest device ever exploited by science, the atomic nucleus. After the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender to superior technology wasn’t limited to signing papers on the deck of the battleship Missouri.

It continued in postwar Japanese labs and factories, where the national talent for adopting, improving, and shrinking gave the world futuristically small radios, home stereos, automobiles and microchips.

The adoption of American nuclear reactor technology was another matter. It seemed almost like a national form of Stockholm syndrome, with the government embracing a force that defeated the nation so terribly. Today Japan has a total 54 atomic reactors, although the number working has been reduced by at least four following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Experts now suspect that given the construction of the reactors at Fukushima, a major accident was not a matter of if, but when.

A friend who lived for 10 years in Japan knew people living in close proximity to the Fukushima nuclear facility. He has not spoken with them for over a decade, he says, but he believes they fall within the 20-kilometre exodus radius the national government is now trying to enforce. “What a shame,” he says. “They were always in the forefront of anti-nuclear protests. I have a photo of a long caravan of people marching, anti-nuclear signs held high, down a road somewhere near there.”

As the radiation count increases in northern Japan, the apportioning of blame has spread. “The unfolding disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors follows decades of falsified safety reports, fatal accidents, and underestimated earthquake risk in Japan’s atomic power industry,” writes Jason Clenfeld in Bloomberg News.

Local officials were hardly alone in their fudging, however. Nuclear technology, with its networks of industrial, financial, and political cross-connections, has been ac-

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geoffolson companied by secrecy and spin in almost every nation where it has been installed—along with disasters both publicly acknowledged and officially dismissed.

The new book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, from the New York Academy of Sciences, offers a sobering perspective on the fallout from the 1986 Soviet Union nuclear meltdown. “The book is solidly based—on health data, radiological surveys and scientific reports—some 5,000 in all,” notes journalist Karl Grossman. “It concludes that based on records now available, some 985,000 people died, mainly of cancer, as a result of the Chernobyl accident. That is between when the accident occurred in 1986 and 2004.”

Closer to home in eastern Washington, the decommissioned nuclear production facility at Hanford is said to be the most contaminated atomic site in the U.S. Billions of dollars are required to complete the remediation of the area’s soil and aging nuclear containment vessels, which contain 53 million gallons of radioactive waste.

Can anyone imagine this much of a problem from photovoltaic cells? Solar, wind and geothermal installations may be temporarily compromised by natural disasters, but their failure would hardly result in a decades-long no-man’s land. Sustainable energy resource extraction and production don’t create lethal waste material that will outlive grandchildren for generations to come. Nuclear reactor technology is now more than a half-century old, closer to the horse-and-buggy past than the save-the-planet present. When it comes to the atomic nucleus we humans are like babies in a room full of loaded guns. If we have any smarts worth preserving in evolution’s hall of fame, we’ll stop pulling the trigger, and abandon the nuclear option for both preemptive war and poisoned peace.

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According to one reader, James Johnstone and other opponents of a proposed methadone clinic in Strathcona operate on “stigma and fear.” file photo Airika Owen To the editor: Re: “Residents oppose methadone clinic proposal,” March 23.

Does James Johnstone really think it’s better for the community to keep people in active addiction rather than treating it?

Offering addiction treatment improves a community, it doesn’t detract from it. Employment, crime, costs to the community, and transmitted blood disease all improve with treatment. Allowing stigma and fear

to determine policy and in effect sticking heads in the sand when it comes to the inconvenient realities of addiction is the real tragedy especially for the families and friends of the people suffering from untreated addiction disorders.

The real “recipe for disaster” is pretending addiction doesn’t exist in the community and leaving these patients untreated.

Timothy Lepak, Farmington, Conn., U.S.A.

Parents shouldn’t blow college fund at casino To the editor: Re: “12th and Cambie,” March 18.

I strongly disagree with the idea of building a mega casino in Vancouver. Casinos have a way of sucking the money out of everyone who goes there. The casino itself would make money, but for the family mem-

bers of the customers, it is a disaster waiting to happen. As a Grade 12 student determined to go to university, I’d like my parents to spend their money on a more meaningful cause.

Perhaps they could spend their money on my university tuition; it’s just a thought. If the mega casino

were to be built, my parents would probably go there almost every week.

I would rather not see them constantly lose money since they usually do every time they step foot inside a casino. It’s not a pretty sight.

Jennifer Lui, Vancouver

Park board ‘lunacy’ targets parking and horses

To the editor: Re: “Central Park,” March 18.

Is there some special lunacy in the park board?

Sandra Thomas’ column reports the park board chairman believes the park is losing $50,000 a year as a result of people giving their parking tickets to newcomers if they don’t use up all their time. Excuse me, but

how can this be a loss to the park board when the time is already paid for? Is the park board actually encouraging double-dipping?

I’m also not clear why the carriage owner who wants to park his poor hard-working horses on a flat, level stretch of road instead of on an uphill incline should have to pay for a traffic study. Doesn’t the

park board reap the marketing benefits of thousands of free publicity photos taken of the horse-drawn carriages by visitors to the park?

Perhaps since the commissioners make only $12,000 a year they have brain damage from poor nutrition.

None of this sounds very logical.

Mia Johnson, Vancouver

Dressew story sowed memories of fabric shops To the editor: Re: “Mr. Dressup,” March 18.

Thank you so much for the interesting article. I enjoyed it a lot, as I’ve shopped at Dressew for years and years. I love that store and always wondered about its history. Thank you for the pictures, too. I love learning about Vancouver’s history and the different places and people around town as I’ve lived here all my life and was born here in 1960. I wish I had known

about the 50th anniversary sale. Usually I go there once a month but missed February due to weather and illness. Didn’t that store used to be a Woolworth’s store?

Anyhow, I always enjoy reading your articles but this one especially struck me. I love to sew and many of the fabric shops in Vancouver have gone under. Dressew is always a treat to visit.

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Vancouverites love their trees, so it’s no surprise a 100-year-old giant redwood located in the heart of Kerrisdale is nominated as one of Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s “Places That Matter.”

The Places That Matter project was organized by the foundation to help mark the city’s 125 birthday. It’s a great project in that residents can nominate their own favourite places, people, events and things, including a giant redwood tree, to be celebrated with one of 125 commemorative plaques to be mounted by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation.

Other places and items of interest nominated for the award include Malkin Bowl, Burrard Bridge, Joe Fortes Fountain in Alexandra Park, the Diamond Centre for Living, the Out for Lunch Noon Hour Concert Series hosted by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Fountain Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Strathcona.

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Kerrisdale’s 100-year-old giant redwood may soon be one of photo Airika Owen the “Places That Matter.” sent us a photograph of the redwood, located on West 41st Ave. at Vine, with a brief history. (The Courier decided to take its own photo, too.) According to Rickson, the tree was 10-years-old when planted in 1922, making it almost 100 years old. He says the sight of this magnificent tree thriving in the heart of such a busy commercial district is “spiritually uplifting” and a testament to the “adaptiveness and vitality

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Last year, millions of people in almost 130 countries took part in the energy saving movement. This year the event takes place locally at 8:30 p.m., March 26. And while some participants take advantage of Earth Hour to plan a romantic candlelit dinner for two, others make a block party out of it. For a list of ideas on how to mark the hour, as well as events taking place in Vancouver, go to wwf.ca/earthhour. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Tax fine rankles ‘old-fashioned’ residents Sandra Thomas Staff writer

A West Side woman swears she and her husband mailed a cheque to pay their residential taxes in plenty of time to make the city’s Jan. 31 deadline. So she doesn’t understand why they were fined $130 for a late payment.

Jenny Wright said she and husband Stephen have paid their taxes by mail for more than a decade and have never had a problem before.

“We’re old-fashioned that way,” said Wright. “We always pay our bills by mail because then you have that cancelled cheque in your hand to prove you paid them.”

Wright added the couple’s taxes were mailed even earlier this year because they were heading out of town. But when she asked city staff about appealing the fine, she was told there is no process in place to do that, she said.

“We wrote a letter back telling them we have the proof we paid it on time because we were out of town after it was mailed Jan. 17,” said Wright. “But they said there’s no exception and that if they do it for us, they have to do it for everyone. But you should be able to appeal.”

According to the city, the Wrights’ cheque was received Feb. 7 and processed Feb. 9. Wright noted the couple has never paid their taxes late in more than 10 years, but that argument brought no sympathy from the city. A letter from the city to the Wrights reads in part, “…

Your timely payment history is appreciated, but the penalty has been assessed correctly and cannot be reversed…”

Wright added the postmark on the payment’s envelope would have proven her case, but she was told envelopes are not retained.

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vices for the city, said because the city receives so many payments at the same time, tax payment cheques are stamped with the date received and the envelopes are recycled. She added Canada Post is reliable.

Lee said regardless of whether the payment was delayed because it was mailed late or held up by Canada Post, the taxpayer is responsible for ensuring the payment is received on time.

“We have a very strict process in place and there are many ways to pay your taxes so you don’t attract a penalty,” said Lee. Lee said the city receives payment from more then 195,00 residents annually so its policy must be fair and consistent. She added if a resident can provide absolute proof they paid on time, possibly with a cheque processed prior to the deadline, the fine will be reversed.

Lee said because the rules are strict, an appeal process is not needed.

Residents can pay their taxes in a number of ways besides the mail, including online banking, prepayment and by dropping their payment off at a secure box at city hall. Lee noted the box is emptied at midnight Jan. 31 by a security guard.

“It’s about being fair and consistent,” said Lee. “Where do you draw the line?” sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Mould chases green group from longtime home Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

After 30 years promoting a healthier environment from a building at Maple and West Sixth Avenue, the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation, or SPEC, may have lost its home due to an environmental blight of its own.

Black mould, evidence of structural problems, spurred the non-profit organization to close the doors of its cityowned space in early January.

The society is seeking office space, preferably free, and the city’s considering what to do with the Kitsilano property. “There are a number of city departments discussing the 2150 Maple St. site, but no decisions have been made around the future use of that site,” said city spokesperson Theresa Beer.

Options include rehabilitating, repurposing or demolishing the sustainable demonstration centre that features solar panels, hot water and hot air energy systems.

Michael Levenston, executive director of City Farmer, believes his society and its garden will be able to stay.

Gerry Thorne, a director of SPEC, says city experts initially said fixing the problems would cost $200,000 to $500,000.

But he said a city official recently told him the cost could be $1 million.

SPEC has rented the space for $1 a year. It told the city it has maintained the building to the best of its ability as a non-profit organization, including installing a new roof in the 1990s.

The society is Canada’s oldest environmental organization, founded in

SPEC vice-president Tara Moreau, with her daughter Betsy Mae, and photo Airika Owen Gerry Thorne in the gardens at the SPEC centre.

1969. It has helped incubate other environmental groups including Greenpeace, and more recently Earthsave Canada, one of four groups that had to vacate SPEC’s basement offices.

Thorne hopes if 2150 Maple St. is redeveloped that a new neighbourhood-based sustainability centre would be established there with SPEC’s involvement.

Rob Baxter, another SPEC director, says the sustainability demonstration centre was the first building in Vancouver to install solar modules that allow excess electricity to be sold back to B.C. Hydro. The centre includes a solar hot water system that has operated for more than 20 years. It’s technology the city promotes and which SPEC has demonstrated to builders, foreign groups and the public. “There’s more

of a need than ever for these kinds of programs and spaces,” Thorne said.

But COPE Coun. and former SPEC president David Cadman suggested sustainable energy education could be incorporated into higher traffic facilities like community centres.

He said the city needs to determine the best uses for all of its land—it owns other properties adjacent to 2150 Maple—and priorities for capital spending. Cadman said SPEC must decide whether it can achieve its educational goals online or whether it needs a physical demonstration space.

SPEC lost provincial grants from gambling two years ago and has relied on revenue from renting spaces in the closed building. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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School workshop targets learning needs of boys Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

When Kal Nahal was helping one of her sons learn geography, she abandoned a traditional pen-andpaper approach for a more creative technique.

“We kind of learned it on the kitchen floor because the kitchen floor is all tiles,” said the mother of three.

Nahal, who has two boys aged 11 and 12 and a four-year-old daughter, has found her sons to be visual learners and has adapted her parenting style to nurture that reality.

She learned tips on how to deal

with boys at a workshop she attended last year by Barry MacDonald, a B.C. author and speaker who wrote Boy Smarts: Mentoring Boys for Success at School, and more recently Boys on Target.

“I know from experience that communicating with [boys] is very different from communicating with my daughter,” she said. “When I went to see [MacDonald] last year it totally changed my perspective on how to communicate with boys.

You learn different strategies that might be a little bit more effective in all areas of communication—like if I’m helping them with homework, my approach is different now.”

It’s one of the reasons Nahal, the treasurer of Dr. H.N. MacCorkindale elementary parent advisory committee, organized a Boy Smarts workshop at the Killarney secondary school auditorium April 5.

She maintains it’s important to learn how to connect with boys at a young age and to understand that the needs of boys are different from those of girls. “It’s all about communicating, I think,” she says.

“Barry MacDonald has actually mentioned a lot of the boys in this day and age are getting left behind when it comes to learning because their needs are not being met. So we [at MacCorkindale) thought this

would be a good opportunity to educate our parents with sons.”

MacDonald couldn’t be reached by the Courier’s deadline, but according to his website, he “envisions an inclusive classroom where boys feel at home; where their rambunctious energy is accepted; where their rebelliousness is channelled into inquiry and exploration.

Without compromising gains made by girls, a Boys Smarts approach to schooling responds empathically to the needs of boys so that they can better realize their learning potential.”

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Canadian couple Stanley and Karen worked hard for over 40 years and had saved diligently for a comfortable and financially stable retirement. They made regular RRSP contributions and diversified their mutual fund portfolio with the help of a financial planner at the bank branch around the corner from their home.

When they both retired some ten years ago, Karen and Stanley’s finances were solid. Their RRSPs had grown in value. The home they bought almost 30 years ago was mortgage free. Their expenses were even lower than the financial projections they based their savings plan on.

When you’re planning for a retirement, you’ve got to expect some bumps along they way. The last couple of years have certainly provided Stanley, Karen and the rest of us with some pretty significant bumps.

With their investment portfolio having lost some of its value and the cost of everything from food to gas and hydro on the way up, Karen and Stanley are now looking at options to increase their monthly cash flow to maintain their modest, but comfortable, standard of living.

For homeowners, tapping into home equity via a secured line of credit or a mortgage has always been a viable option. For seniors aged 60 and over, however, there is another way to access home equity and supplement monthly cash flow – without making ongoing interest payments which might affect the very same cash flow they are trying to increase.

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With the CHIP Home Income Plan, Karen and Stanley are able to continue enjoying their retirement dreams while saving the remainder of their tax-free income for another rainy day.

Details are available online at www.chip.ca or by contacting your financial advisor or mortgage broker.

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A computer consultant, George uses the package that is designed for corporate use. It allows him to keep the history of past returns on the computer (which he’s done for the past five years,) and it also allows for budgeting and splitting of income in several manners.

Developed by QuickBooks, a maker of accounting software, QuickTax allows e-filing, which George likes as it’s quicker than printing out many pages of paper and sending the return to the government by “snail mail.”

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PUERTO IGUAZÚ, Argentina—The 275 cataracts of the Iguazú Falls, spread along the boundary between Argentina and Brazil, come in every shape and size, from the thread-like that plunge through lush cliff-side greenery to the horseshoe of vast, thundering torrents called the Devil’s Throat.

Here, both sides of the Rio Iguaçu, which

form the border between the two countries, are thickly forested national parks with UNESCO World Heritage status. It’s a subject of much debate which side is the better one to visit.

The starting point for a trip to the Argentine falls is Puerto Iguazú, a small and battered town made mostly of hotels, restaurants, cafés and travel agencies from which buses leave regularly for the short trip to the entrance of the Iguazú National Park.

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At the park entrance there’s a carefully arranged walk past gift shops and restaurants to a little railway station where a gaily painted, gas-powered, narrow-gauge train with wooden, open-sided carriages tic-tic-tics away before rattling off through increasingly dense foliage.

Leaving the train at the Garganta del Diablo station, passengers stroll down a long metal walkway, a peaceful promenade connecting a series of crescent-shaped islands where the slow-moving, soupy green river makes a sharp bend. The sound of the falls grows louder, swelling over the birdsong.

The walkway ends abruptly at the edge of the Devil’s Throat, where all thoughts about the comparative merits of the falls at Niagara or Victoria are vapourized by the raw power of such tremendous volumes of tumbling water seen in close proximity.

Neither coffee table books of travel photography nor the whispered commentary of David Attenborough’s wildlife television shows provide adequate preparation. Here, the waters plunge into a long, narrow gorge, with a series of smaller falls on both sides, stretching away into the distance, intermittently obscured by immense clouds of mist and spray.

The total width of the falls is 1.8 kilometres, spread over about 2.7 kilometres of

cliffs, two thirds on the Argentine side, and there are further approaches to them from the Cataratas station, one stop back. An upper route crosses the lips of a majestic curve of falls, and a lower one gives a sense of their height, views of multiple permanent rainbows, and the sight of inflatable boats carrying passengers further upstream for a waterlevel view of the Devil’s Throat.

The Brazilian falls are reached by bus from Foz do Iguaçu, a brief taxi ride across the border. More substantial than the Argentine town, it’s less focused on tourism, but the facilities at its falls are still well-organized.

Here you pass through an information centre to an open-sided, double-decker bus for a 15minute ride to where a path winds down the east flank of the gorge, providing a 1.2-kilometre hike with a constant panorama of falling water on the opposite side. The climax is a walkway built out along a shelf in the plateau, which leaves the visitor feeling insignificant, nearly surrounded by 260 degrees of powerful cataracts. Rainwear is essential.

For more information on the Parque Nacional Iguazú (the Argentina side), visit iguazuargentina.com. For more information on the Parque Nacional do Iguaça (the Brazil side), visit cataratasdoiguacu.com.br.

Peter Neville-Hadley is a member of the Meridian Writers’ Group.

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More info at rickshawtheatre.com.

2. Whether your kayak had a leak, which prevented you from paddling over to the North Shore, or you just like to ogle people wearing MEC raingear, you can check out highlights of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival with Best of the Fest March 27 to 31 at Pacific Cinematheque.

For info and show times, go to vimff.org.

3. The annual Motown Meltdown fundraiser for the Shooting Stars Foundation shimmies its way into the Commodore March 26. The popular event sees more than 30 artists, including Ali Milner, belting out classic R&B tunes backed by a 12-piece band. Soulful Terry David Mulligan emcees.

Tickets at Highlife Records or ticketmaster.ca.

4. Hot on the heels of releasing their fantastic new albums, Baltimore duo Wye Oak and Seattle’s Telekinesis team up for an indie rock one-two punch the likes of which haven’t been felt since Fantasy Island followed Love Boat on Saturday nights. This one’s on Sunday however, as the Merge Records labelmates bring the Media Club to its discerning knees March 27.

Jazzy Brooklyn three-piece Callers round out the bill. Tickets at Red Cat, Scratch and online at ticketweb.ca.

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The microchip in our head started throbbing something fierce when we learned that Yahoo unveiled its newly tweaked Internet search engine on Wednesday. Naturally, our first response was: Yahoo still has a search engine? Then we googled it just to make sure. Apparently it’s true.

According to the Globe and Mail, the new search service displays information in pop-up boxes that appear and then change in real-time as a user types in a search query, which totally doesn’t sound annoying. (It’s also more or less a copy of Google’s Instant search that debuted last year.)

“People are looking for answers—they’re not looking for links,” Yahoo executive Shashi Seth told reporters in San Francisco while demonstrating the new service and, we’re assuming, trying to sound as convincing as possible and not let the sweat gathering on his forehead drip onto the keyboard and short circuit the computer.

More troublesome than the fact that we can’t remember what Yahoo’s last search engine was called, the creative minds at Yahoo have dubbed their new product “Search Direct,” which, if you ask us, sounds like an expensive add-on to our digital TV package that is already nickel

and diming us to death because of our need to watch cricket highlights, Iron Chef: Bangers and Mash Edition, Coronation Street and Britophile Weekly, cuz that’s the way we roll, mate.

Who knows, maybe Search Direct will surprise everyone and, unlike countless others who have tried unsuccessfully, actually chip away at Google’s dominance until one day people use its name as a verb, as in: “You want to know the definition of ‘desperation’? Let me Search Direct that for you.”

Suzuki method

On Thursday, Vancouver’s mystical, lichen-bearded environmentalist David Suzuki turned 75. Not only that, but the award-winning CBC program he’s become synonymous with, The Nature of Things, turns 50. Not bad for a former Nanaimoite who weighed 80 pounds when he was two-years-old and was nicknamed Mount St. Helens in elementary school… wait, that was us. Anyway, Suzuki deserves all the accolades and heartfelt tributes he’s been receiving of late. But there’s a side to Suzuki you may not know, one that the researchers at K&K would like to share with you today.

• Born in Vancouver, Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961

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where he studied the effects of beer bongs on alcoholic badgers. Apparently they really like them.

• In 1963, he began working as a professor in the genetics department at UBC where he formed a band called the Suzuki Method until he learned it was already the name of a technique for teaching children the violin. Disillusioned with the music biz, Suzuki never played the theremin again.

• Suzuki hosted the radio program Quirks and Quarks from 1975 to 1979, until he was replaced

by Jay Ingram and later Bob McDonald as part of a CBC initiative to find jobs for men who never received proper periodontal work as children.

• In 1979, Suzuki took over as host of The Nature of Things with the aim of stimulating interest in the natural world, presenting alternatives for achieving a more sustainable society and helping nerds get laid. Though he’s rarely recognized for it, his achievements in the latter category have been monumental.

• The David Suzuki Foundation officially launched in 1991. At first, people assumed Suzuki had picked up the theremin again and was getting the band back together. Sadly, he was only starting an influential environmental think tank… whose members would get laid like crazy.

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Each year, the Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival, March 28 to April 3 at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, spotlights a region. Next week it’s Spain’s turn to take centre stage as the wine world descends en masse.

The timing couldn’t be better. Spain’s star has been on the rise for a while, getting plenty of attention elsewhere, though not necessarily in Vancouver, which still sees itself as a “New World” wine community. That stems from a number of reasons, such as B.C.’s own successful industry, as well as a close relationship with California and Australia that dates back several decades.

However, especially in tough times, a generation of consumers raised on New World tastes is beginning to discover that the Old World—Spain in particular—increasingly offers value and chance to discover new varieties.

Spain’s range of styles spans the spectrum. Among sparkling wines, Cava has a well-earned reputation for being the “go to” bubble, perfect for celebrations, but also a flexible food wine.

Spain is synonymous with Tempranillo, the red grape whose name changes, chameleon-like—from Cencibel to Tinto Fino—depending on where you are. The driving force behind the success of Spanish wine regions Rioja and Ribero del Duero’s is that early ripening Tempranillo is suited to elevated and cooler regions in the north.

Head southeast to Jumilla and Yecla (near Alicante) and you’ll find that heat-tolerant Monastrel, known as Mouvedre in France, is gaining

The Caseta at the Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival offers sherry-style wines photo Tim Pawsey and tapas. ground. Its durability is crucial in arid areas where afternoon summer temperatures nudge 40 C. And it makes delicious, robust reds. Also not to be forgotten: Garnacha.

Spain’s most unusual region is Galicia, in the northwest, just “above’ Portugal. Here, in Rias Baixas, Albariño is king. It can be wonderfully aromatic, usually with firm acidity and sometimes with a touch of mineral, which makes it the perfect match for the wealth of seafood Galicea has to offer. This fascinating corner of the country, with its rugged, ocean-swept landscapes seems closer to its Gaelic cousins in Ireland and the west of England.

The best way to check them out, glass in hand, is at the festival’s International Tastings, which in addition to featuring leading sherry producers, also offers the Caseta, a separate

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tasting café-style area with chairs and tables. Here you can grab a seat and check out a wide variety of sherrystyle wines from Jerez and neighbouring Montilla and try them with classic tastes that match so well, such as Iberico ham and tapas.

Perhaps that’s the most important message to take away: Spanish wines are all about food. While France and Italy get all the glory, region for region, the Spanish are just as passionate about their cuisine, which, depending on where you are, seems to have a wine for every dish or creature.

One more overlooked fact: Spain’s strict production laws require wines to be aged significantly before release.

Three years for Reserva, five years for Gran Reserva, which means more value for the consumer.

The bottom line? If you use the Playhouse Festival to suss out wine bargains and plan your year’s buying, chances are you’ll be busy next week in the International Tastings.

A few Spanish wines not to miss: • Bodegas Faustino. One of the best lineups in the room, with a chance to taste some older Rioja, including the Gran Reserva ’99 ($37.99 at B.C. Liquor Stores).

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• Bodegas Juan Gil. Modern style winery from up-and-coming Jumilla: Old Vine Monastrell ’07 (BCLS $24.99).

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Whinnying combination of equestrian and spectacle

Cavalia more than horse play

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What could possibly be better than a Cirque du Soleil-style show with the addition of 49 horses? Absolutely nothing!

Created in 2003 by Cirque co-founder and former director general Normand Latourelle, Cavalia has delighted 2.5 million spectators from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and all across North America and Europe.

The statistics are staggering: the white, multi-turreted Big Top comprises 6,635 square meters of canvas, spanning more than 2,440 square meters. It takes 150 people 12 days to erect the tent.

And, oh, those horses, those horses.

From the moment the first pair, unbridled and unaccompanied, walk out into the performance area (covered in 2,500 tons of grey and white sand, backgrounded by a 70-metre-wide screen) and begin frolicking together, I held my breath for the beauty of it all. And when eight riderless horses, galloping at top speed, exploded from stage right and disappeared stage left, the adrenalin rush was on. White, grey, dappled, chestnut—a blur of horses, the pounding of hooves, the smell of hay and horse-sweat.

Using an old Arabian proverb that says the horse is God’s gift to man, Cavalia follows a historical line of man’s relationship to horses from innocent discovery, cave paintings, the Greeks, the Romans and the mediaeval period right down to the present. Gorgeous projections fill the huge, curving backdrop.

Cavalia is not all horses, however. Interspersed between the equine acts—and integrated into them—are the human performers. Acrobats, aerialists, tumblers, Faiçal Moulid fast-footing it on an exercise ball, Spencer Litwack spinning and skipping in and out of several lassoes simultaneously—33 artists and riders in all.

Cavalia runs until April 17.

Who knew there were so many ways to ride a horse: sitting, standing, upside down, sideways, kneeling, one knee, one foot in the stirrup. The trick riders do it all and with such gusto and sense of fun. And it’s all at full gallop. Running alongside, popping up and over, they make it looks so easy.

But it’s in its quietest moments that Cavalia thrills the most. Tiny “horse-listener” Sylvia Zerbini controls eight horses simply with her voice and gestures. Sidestepping, backing up, circling, making concentric circles around her, the white and grey horses tower over her yet are obedient to her instruction. Without a whip, a crop or a rope in sight, they obey then move in to nuzzle her as this part of the show, “Grande Liberté,” ends. Breathtaking.

All this and live music, too.

The Calgary Stampede this is not. Here, there is a profound respect for the animals.

Stage time for each individual horse is limited, and even when they’re cheeky, there’s not a harsh word or correction.

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Now playing at International Village At the very least, no one can accuse Hobo with a Shotgun of failing to fulfill the strangely enticing promise of its blunt title. The movie is exactly what it advertises: A grizzled, world-weary hobo, enthusiastically played by Rutger Hauer, finds himself in a society gone to seed and becomes mad as hell until he can’t take it anymore. Cue the pump action shotgun loaded with an endless supply of bullets and a thirst for vigilante justice.

In case you haven’t guessed, Hobo with a Shotgun is pure B-movie schlock where everyone is in on the joke, including, one would hope, the audience. But whereas Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse double-bill, and Rodriguez’s offshoot Machete, paid homage to the stylized violence and look of their blood-splattered 1970s inspirations, Hobo trudges further down grindhouse’s cinematic gutter into the 1980s. That means cheese-ball synthesizers, Wayfarer sunglasses and garbage-strewn streets inhabited by fast cars, skuzzy wasteoids and cartoonish punks seemingly borrowed from half the music videos that aired on Video Hits back in the day.

In Hobo with a Shotgun, Rutger Hauer plays a vigilante hobo... with a shotgun.

As far as plot, Hobo hits all the familiar notes: a mysterious stranger comes to town, only this time he’s riding the rails.

The town, which appears to be nothing more than a wasteland of depravity, violence, crooked cops, pedophile Santas, scum bags and hapless souls, is ruled by a ruthless villain and his two witless sons who carry out his dirty work while laughing with predictable glee.

Our tired hero just wants to be left alone and eventually own a lawnmower.

But when he gets pushed around one too

many times and comes to the rescue of— what else?—a hooker with a heart of gold, Hell hath no fury like a hobo scorned.

Breaking up a few too many scenes of piano ballad-assisted tenderness between Hauer and his damsel in distress, the comically gory violence is administered as a perverse form of class warfare, where the homeless are treated as human garbage by the powers that be.

Women don’t fare much better and are either depicted as preyed-upon prostitutes or scantily clad vixens who writhe around in fountains of blood or seductively hang off the bad guy’s arm.

Throw in some cameos by George Stroumboulopoulos and Ricky from Trailer Park Boys and this Canadianmade flick can be campy, ridiculously over the top, violent fun. And Hauer is particularly enjoyable to watch as an aged avenger stuck in a mad, cruel world that’s gone to Hell in a shopping cart. But, as the title indicates, Hobo with a Shotgun is about as subtle as a bullet to the gut. Perhaps more problematic, it never strives to be more than the clichéridden exploitation film it’s imitating.

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Exhibit features videos by comedians, animator, painter

Weekend Leisure collective turns public access television into art State of the Arts

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The art school grads of Weekend Leisure liked what transpired when they convinced local improv and sketch comedians in late 2008 to produce videos for their cable-access TV show.

So the group is extending its project of creating the Weekend Leisure Network program on Novus Network Channel 4 by curating a multidimensional art exhibit.

“In this case we wanted to have people from the contemporary arts community and then people from the Vancouver comedy community and then see the vibration between the works as they’re shown together,” said Curtis Grahauer, a member of the Weekend Leisure collective.

Public Access: 1999 and Beyond launches tonight (March 25) with a screening of videos by five local artists at the Centre A gallery at 2 West Hastings St. The exhibit will feature videos by local improv and sketch comedians Kaitlin Fontana, Nicole Passmore and Emmett Hall, animator Nicolas Sassoon and painter Angus Ferguson.

“Once we started straddling those two communities, we realized comedy is open to a lot of stuff and the art world can be a

Angus Ferguson’s video contribution riffs on the idea of a pretentious public access TV art film host. little bit limiting,” said Grahauer, who, like his collective-mates, graduated from Emily Carr University of Arts and Design’s integrated media program in 2004. “We saw creative people and lots of talent in both communities and we really liked being a part of both, so it was really nice to bring the two together.”

Those who can’t make the opening can watch the videos nightly on Novus at 11:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. from March 26 to April 30, on the sidewalk outside the new UNIT/

PITT Projects space on Pender at Carrall from April 8 to 23, or on the project’s website. Novus is only available in select condos and apartments in Metro Vancouver.

Grahauer secured a curatorial residency from the Helen Pitt Gallery artist-run centre to mount Public Access. Weekend Leisure instructed the artists to work with the overarching theme of science fiction and to consider the do-it-yourself esthetic of public access television.

Passmore created a video that plays with

the idea of a community access news program and news roundtable with allusions to late-night softcore films.

Ferguson incorporated the image of a wild man that populates his paintings in his video, which riffs off the idea of a pretentious public access TV art film host.

Other works include community theatre, fan fiction and primitive computer animation, and Grahauer said he’s edited them all together to create the sensation of channel surfing.

Members of Weekend Leisure worked with the artists, running Hall’s video about a failed inventor with a faulty teleportation machine through a VCR to lend it the feeling of a found video that was made in a different era. It’s a process the group uses for its TV episodes of segments that vary in style and content and include studio-stylized videos of karaoke performances.

Weekend Leisure plans to release a catalogue for Public Access: 1999 and Beyond at the end of April. Hank Bull and Patrick Ready, who hosted the HP Radio Show on Vancouver Co-operative Radio for eight years starting in 1975, have performed new audio sketches to compliment the catalogue and exhibit, including a segment about a character who only speaks in palindromes.

For more information, see publicaccess. helenpittgallery.org. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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Josefa’s family would like to thank the nursing staff in the ACE Unit at Burnaby Hospital for the wonderful, compassionate care they provided.

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We need the collective strength of like minded people to transform the structure of each and every radiation particle. I know this will work. I have done this on a much smaller scale. My friend was receiving radiation treatments for cancer, the side effects are burning skin and diarrhea, nausea and throwing up. After a week , the symptoms of nausea and burning skin started to show up.

Through a meditation technique, I treated him and the radiation particles that evening. The next day he was fine and for the rest of his 5 week, 5x per week treatments, no side effects showed up.

We need the co-creation of a collective strength to apply a channeled exercise to be done in 3 waves. As a collective we can produce an amazing wave to return the radiation particles to their original meaning. We invite and need your assistance to contact and deliver this important message to everyone that you know. Our plan is to set a time and date to apply this meditation – once a day for 3 consecutive days.

My life partner channels “The Elder”. We asked the Elder if I could replicate the healing that was done with my friend, on a larger scale, specifically to address the nuclear radiation which has occurred in Japan. This is the exercise that was channeled……..

Slowly you must ground your feet …..your physical body. So you may leave it sitting where it sits….so you can merge with snowflake like particles within the currents. The grounding….first your feet, then where you sit then your hands , then your tongue, then your forehead , your eyes….allowing to hold the ball of golden, intense golden LIGHT in front of your heart center or for some it will be in front of your 3rd eye on your forehead. Open the door which you will perceive of this golden globe . Step inside of this golden orb and close the door. Call for all of the others to join you. Call for all of the others to absorb you and for you to absorb them . Whatever is easier for you. Then as you are one, you are a wall of golden interference with each radiation particle, transforming it, gobbling it, give its true form it longs for. Yes. While you are inside this golden orb, open to include and preserve nature’s offspring, be they human, plant or animal. To help protect, you must follow the exercise described and include the brightest, brightest light to each and every living cell by extending that brightest of lights as an extension of your focused wish, your determination, your single pointed attention, to bring conservation, healing and protection.

This brightest of whitest of lights will come through to form this protection, this healing, this conservation. It is not you who is the creator of this light, you are all the muscle, if you will, to open the door to bring this brightest of lights to this situation. It is most easy, most easy.

The muscle is a collective of everyone involved. Not any one individual. The collective is a momentous wave. In other words, you understand as muscle. Not your personal individual muscle.

The door is really not existing. It is our forgetfulness to be linked consciously to this brightest whitest of lights at all times. We like to surround ourselves with reflections, mere trinkets that trigger a far memory of this brightest of whitest of lights to remind us of what we have forgotten. There is no door. It is to break through your walls of forgetfulness to bring about this healing wave, consecutive healing waves, remembering who we are is the most total of transformative cleansing, indescribable of all things and no things, to bring about.

You may want to include in this experience within the gold orb, to allow remembering on your journey towards your path. Include remembering of this, what you call stuff, the world, is really made of the brightest of whitest lights.

Do not allow your mind to make things complicated. Remembering is not part of your mind. It is part of existential breakthrough. Remembering within the gold orb is so easy.

Your body will know when to call you home. Remain breathing gently, deeply perceiving your body in its whole form, welcoming you .

Three waves will be required . One day after the next….after the next. It is applied three consecutive days, once a day for three days. We all need to start this at the same time on Sunday March 27th, 7:00pm PST. Monday Mar 28th @ 7 pm PST. Tuesday Mar 29th, 7pm. PST Thank you, Stephen Chizik northamericanshaman@gmail.com

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Medical/Dental

DENTAL ASSISTANTS needed. $ 21.00 /hr, 40hrs/wk, 1 to 2 yrs. exp. Send resume with covering letter to Dr. G. L. Samosa Inc, Unit 306-4603 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4M4, fax: (604) 568-6348 or email: michaelcayetano@gmail.com on or before April 11, 2011.

DR. SUSAN LEUNG INC, Family Dentistry located in Vancouver Seeks a Dental Assistant. Completion of a 3 mth to 1 year college program or combination of secondary school and 1 year exp. $21−25/hr, 30−35hrs/wk, Fluency in Korean& Basic English Fax: 604-255-0775 or Email: sunnyviewdental@hotmail.com

Office Personnel

Management

LANGUAGE SCHOOL MANAGER for King George International College to oversee and manage its Young Students Department for Korean International Students.

College Diploma required, fluent in Korean, proficiency in English, 2-3 years exp. in related field $20−$23/hr, 37.5 hrs per week Fax: 604-648-8475 or Email: canadakgic1135@gmail.com

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Retail Sales

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Sales

ATTN: Local people to work from home on-line. $1500 - $4500 p/t or f/t. Training. Call 604-875-1000

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.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

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SALES & MARKETING REP Edmonton, Alberta

For over 30 years, ContainerWest has been selling, renting, and leasing new and used shipping containers as well as manufacturing custom enclosures. We currently have an opening for a Sales & Marketing Rep at our Edmonton branch.

This new position will provide plenty of flexibility, challenge and variety! Full training will be provided. This will take place at our head office in Richmond, BC, over the course of one month.

The successful candidate will: ● Have excellent people skills & the ability to negotiate effectively ● Have initiative and the ability to work independently ● Be familiar with Alberta and Saskatchewan & willing to travel throughout this area Qualifications include: ● Post secondary degree ● Industrial or farm work experience ● Sales & marketing experience an asset, but not required Compensation: ● Competitive base salary + commission structure ● Car & gas allowance ● Company cell phone, laptop We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Pls send resume & cover letter to jobs@containerwest.com Though we appreciate the interest shown by all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Trades/Technical

ROOFER FOREMAN INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL Top Rates & Benefits Call:604-433-1813

employment@marineroofing.com

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Work Wanted

KNOWLEDGEABLE MATURE seasoned admin assist. requires position. with your Van. office.

Honest, personable, fun, responsible & computer savvy too.

Heather @ 604-685-9446

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Career Services/ Job Search

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL Locations in Alberta & BC. Hands on real world training. Full sized equipment. Job placement assistance. Funding Available.

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Education

FOODSAFE 1 DAY COURSES – ONLY $62 BEST VALUE GUARANTEED Classes Every Sat, Sun & Monday Taught by Certified Public Health Inspectors ADVANCE Hospitality Education BC’s #1 Foodsafe Choice Since 2003!

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Hilltop Academy 604-930-8377 $100 New Balance Shoes Voucher to our Students

Tutoring Services

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★COMPUTERS★

COMPUTER LESSONS FOR 50+ $30/hr Spring Special $210 /8hrs.

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Appliances

BRAND NEW Whirlpool washer& dryer, white, under warranty.

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FREE CATALOGUE 1-800-353-7864 HALFORD’S butcher equipment and supplies, leather, beads, craft kits, animal control equipment + trapping supplies. Order from our new web store and get free shipping until August 31, 2011. www.halfordsmailorder.com HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality.

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Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com

Dogs

FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, each. ready now! 604-817-5957

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School District No. 38 (Richmond)

NOON-HOUR SUPERVISORS

“Helping to make our schools a safe and welcoming environment.”

The Richmond School District is looking for NOON HOUR SUPERVISORS to work five (5) days a week in an Elementary or Secondary school. Duties will involve supervising students in school buildings and grounds during the lunch break plus assisting in the office or school library. The shifts will be for 1.5 hours per day on those days that the students are in attendance.

Incumbents are expected to follow the same vacation schedule as the school. In addition to excellent communication and interpersonal skills, applicants must have experience supervising groups of adolescents and elementary school-aged children. First Aid and other related training, such as conflict resolution or non-violent crisis intervention, would be preferred. The rate of pay is $20.80 per hour, which includes 4% holiday pay. Please quote competition E-NHS-002-11-02.

Applications are available at the School Board office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or online. Please submit a completed application form by 4:00 p.m. on April 8th, 2011 to:

Human Resources, Richmond School Board, 7811 Granville Avenue, Richmond, B.C. V6Y 3E3

If you have submitted an application within the past six months, you need not reapply. We appreciate the interest of all applicants but only those considered for interviews will be contacted. For more information regarding the Richmond School District please visit www.sd38.bc.ca OUR FOCUS IS ON THE LEARNER

SAVING THE WORLD FROM BAD DESIGN

RECRUITER Reporting to the Human Resources Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for assisting and providing the Human Resources Manager with a full range of recruitment support to various mining sites to ensure that the staffing needs of Procon are provided in the most efficient and effective means possible on a day-to-day basis.

Requirements: • Minimum of 3 years of experience in recruiting (experience with Mining recruitment is essential) • Ability to effectively communicate and interact at all levels within the company.

• Proven ability to effectively manage time, deal with a fast-paced environment and prioritize responsibilities.

• Experience in working effectively with peoples from different cultures.

• Excellent knowledge with MS Office along with advanced Excel skills • Mining knowledge an asset • The ability to verbally communicate in both English.

If this position interests you, you have the experience we are looking for, and want to join a dynamic mining group, submit an application to:

Corporate Human Resources Department via e-mail dscott@procongroup.net or fax to: (604) 291-8082 We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

AUCTION CALENDAR 2020

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NEXT AUCTION: March 26, 9am Start!!! CAN-AM AUCTIONS Industrial, Construction, Forklifts, Farm & Turf Equip., Fleet Trucks & Trailers, Lumber, Boats, Cars & Trucks, FEATURING: • 2670 BAYLINER EXPLORER HARD TOP CRUISER BOAT 120 VOLVO Starting @ Lot 1000 (After Cars @ 11am) • 2003 FLEETWOOD 39’ EXCURSION MOTORHOME W/2-SLIDES • 2006 TERRY TRAILER W/4-SLIDES Deli/Ice Cream Shop Eqip.: Like ‘NEW’ Saeco (Idea) Auto Espresso Machine, 3-Ice Cream Freezers, Prep Coolers/Tables + more!

See web for more! www.canamauctions.com • 6780 Glover Rd., Langley, BC • Phone: 604-534-0901

WEDNESDAY – MARCH 30TH @ 3 PM ANTIQUES, ESTATES, COLLECTIBLES & JEWELLERY AUCTION Viewing Times: Tuesday, March 29th; 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 30th; 9:00 am ’Til Auction Time

Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. (no text books/encyclopedia) I pay cash. 604-737-0530

Calling all

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Cats

CATS. Fixed - male and female rescued cats. Free to good, n/s indoor homes only. 604-513-9310

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ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $399+.

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Music/Theatre/ Dance

DESIGN SUPERHEROES Super Powers must include:

- Creative, fun and energetic.

- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills - Must be able to design advertisements and promotional material in a deadline oriented, fast paced, team environment.

- Keen to learn new skills and processes - Completed a post-secondary diploma or degree in graphic design and must have experience working as a Graphic Designer in a business environment. Newspaper experience is an asset.

Super Tech Powers must include:

- Adobe CS4 or higher - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (MAC) - Microsoft programs - Word, Excel, PowerPoint (MAC and PC) - Photo correction skills Our team consists of graphic designers that are flexible with their hours of work and willing to add hours in a crunch. You will join people who share a common goal of doing the best work they can.

If interested, please email a resume and work samples to

communitycareers@postmedia.com

• Victorian & Edwardian Furnishings • Royal Doulton & Hummel Figurines • Several Dinner Sets • China, Crystal & Brassware • Sterling Silver Pieces & Flatware Sets • Approx. 50 Pcs. Artwork • Persian Carpets • Gramophones • Spelter Figures • 2 Stacking Bookcases • Vintage Clock Collection • Avon Bottle Collection • Gold & Sterling Silver Jewellery • Estate Pieces & Much, Much More…

NOTE: HOUSEHOLD AUCTIONS HELD EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 6 PM

FOR MORE DETAILS AND PHOTOS VISIT: www.lovesauctions.com

Cheryl Carruthers Piano Studio Lessons, all levels. 21 yrs exp.

604-732-3602 www.ccpianist.ca IN HOME OR STUDIO LESSONS Piano, Theory & other instruments.

Allegro Music School 604-327-7765

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ANTIQUE: COINS & paper money, silver & gold wanted. Will pay cash & come to you wherever you are. Call Joe 604-564-3564

Become a Registered Personal Trainer

• Earn up to $70/hr.

• Government Financial Aid may be available.

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PUG PUPS fawn m/f, & parents $400 ea. Ph 604-792-6277

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SWEDISH BODY MASSAGE & WAXING

$45/hr $109 Head to toe pkg. $78/2hrs Body+Facial or Waxing pkg. Brazilian Waxing from $35

BLUE NOSE Pit Bulls. 9½ weeks.

Steel blue coats w/white patches.

M/F. $700/each. 778-877-5210

ROTTWEILER PUPPIES Claws/ tails done. 1st shots incl. $650.

Ready Mar22nd. 604-649-3787

GARAGE SALES Friends Of The S.P.C.A. Spring Rummage Sale

1205 East 7th Ave, Vancouver (in board room) April 1st & 2nd, 10 - 2 Clothing, toys, videos, books, bedding, records, jewellery and other great bargains!

VANCOUVER West End Community Centre and King George Secondary School are having a

FLEA MARKET Over 80 tables of

fabulous bargains!

SUNDAY March 27th, 2011 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Admission: $1 1755 Barclay St, entrance off Denman King George Gym Downtown, Vancouver

Call 604-257-8333 for more information

PB ENGLISH Springer Spaniel puppies. 13 weeks old...black and white, liver and white. to 'good' family homes only!!! $750.00 604-505-1620

SHIH TZU BIJON pups, 1st shots, dewormed, ready, family raised, non shed, $575 firm. 588-5195

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G- Garage Sale Sat Mar 26th, 8:30 - noon, Rain or shine!

Plenty of goodies, tools, games, rocking chairs, gas cooktop, mechano, everything including the kitchen sink!

1228 West 38th Ave. enter from rear! Btwn Granville & Oak

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GARAGE SALE

Cat sitting. Dog Walking. Vanc. only. Michele 778-385-7313

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E • Clothing for Women, Men GR ICES PR and Children OPEN EVERYDAY 10am - 5pm incl. SUNDAY 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.

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Vision Laboratory at Children’s Hospital needs volunteers (4-12yrs) with good vision and hearing for a study on visual perception. Study involves computer games. Honorarium paid.

Call Jenn at 875-2345 x 7853

Preschools/Kindergarten COMING SOON SOON!

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Cancer June 21-July 22: Start nothing new before April 23, Cancer. A past career, business or prestige situation, role or relationship (with parent, boss, VIP or authority) might return – and is probably – almost certainly – lucky. A “reluctant situation” or an obstacle to this area of endeavour, will climax early week. The benefit is that after the climax (which might be very subtle) you should be more free to operate ambitiously. (You might be freed from a mortgage, territorial restriction, or domestic holdback.) Mysteries and intimate desires “surface” early week. Wisdom, gentle love Wednesday-Friday.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: A former (or ongoing) legal, international, travel, cultural, love, intellectual or publishing matter might heat up in a lucky way. (Yes, an old flame might appear.) An obstacle to these might be very strong Monday, but weaken after this.

A new project in any area (especially these areas) will tend to fail, if begun before April 23. Even in ongoing things, delays, misunderstandings, indecisions and mistakes can occur, so proceed thoughtfully, alertly.

Tackle chores Sunday. Exciting meetings MondayWednesday. Intimacy, secrecy, desire, research pull you Wednesday to Friday.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: An old flame might return now or soon – and change your life. This could kick off an eight-year affair – or a lifetime love. Or not. The weeks ahead could merely brighten and deepen your love for one you’re with, and/or bring exhilarating joy around kids, or a great creative urge or speculative splurge. Barriers to all these peak Monday (mostly, this barrier has been your own caution, your monetary fears/plans) then slowly dissolve over the next two years. Despite everything herein, do not wed, relocate nor sign contracts now to August 2012. Until April 23, start nothing new.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Re: The estate of Michael George Mercer, deceased, formerly of 1964 West 15th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Michael George Mercer are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Adrian & Co., Barristers and Solicitors, attn: Lara Percy, at 5660 Yew Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 3Y3 on or before May 6, 2011, 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.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Wow, suddenly everything’s going your way! BUT a few glitches: 1) delays occur now (technically Wednesday) to April 23; 2) higher-ups are judgemental, and have the power to alter your deepest circumstances; 3) one of these higher-ups, or someone on your level but slow, careful, conservative, opposes you (but subtly, pretends to retreat). Best course: 1) stick to the past for success; 2) be good; and 3) seek common ground with that “opposer,” rather than fight. All this aside, your energy and charisma are high and handsome, luck touches you, and friends gather, especially Monday-Wednesday!

Taurus April 20-May 20: Don’t look for co-operation Sunday/Monday or Saturday; act alone, especially in areas of communication, law, ethics, culture and travel. All week, lie low, recharge your emotional and physical batteries. Though it might not show in a big way, Monday brings the climax of a long work or health trend. From here on, you’ll be more free to pursue your favoured direction in these. Wednesday through April 22 brings back past involvements with spiritual, charity, government, corporate or institutional situations: clear up neglected work. Start nothing new. Happiness, late week!

Gemini May 21-June 20: Wishes come true over the weeks ahead – old, former wishes, or their fulfillment has something to do with the past. A former friend or old flame might return. Don’t start new projects, ventures or relationships now through April 22. Reprise the past. You might be forced, nudged or tempted to review or recount the past – for whatever reason, this can benefit you, but might also bring a competition or adversary. A stalemate in love/ friendship areas climaxes (though quietly) Monday.

Monday to Wednesday brings intellectual pursuits, love. Be ambitious Wednesday. “Mixed” joy Saturday.

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Start nothing new before April 23. A former partner or spouse might return, play a key role – one that bodes luck or opportunity for you. Do NOT start a new project, situation or relationship, but do reprise the past or work with the ongoing. Your luck is high in partnership, relationship, relocation, litigation, negotiation, public dealings, fame, and co-operation – IF these relate to the past or are not brand new. Don’t drag your feet any longer: Monday is decision time, and your best decision is to drop the opposition. Romance early week. Tackle chores Wednesday-Friday.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Work, work, work – and tasks are growing weekly. The good news: 1) this expansion of chores ends in early June, and 2) it is likely to bring a very satisfying uptick in earnings – try to make it permanent. Be alert and careful, as mistakes, delays, supply disruptions, missed meetings and indecision haunt the weeks ahead, to April 23. Until then, DO NOT start any new projects, nor let anyone assign you to a new task.

And absolutely do not buy any machine, computer, appliance, etc. Oddly enough, work delays (due to administrative caution) now end. Romance or beauty, Wednesday on!

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: The month ahead is one of the most important – and luckiest – in a decade, maybe many decades. You might experience a big, obvious event, or a less marked but significant “turn” that heads you in a new, exciting direction, in creative, speculative, risk-taking, romantic, pleasure or beauty zones. Two secondary elements play an important role: 1) communications or travel, and 2) your personality. Relationships will be sober, or deal with a realistic environment. Through March 28, obstacles exist; be patient, then leap! Avoid brand new projects/people: reprise the past.

RE: ESTATE OF HELENE MATHILDE EVELINE SCHALKWYK, ALSO KNOWN AS HELENE MATHILDE EVELINE SCHALKWIJK AND LENI H. SCHALKWYK late of Brock Farhni Pavilion, Providence Health Care, 4650 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 4J4 (the 'Estate') NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the executrix, Johanna Schalkwyk, at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 -1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before April 20, 2011, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.

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Mar. 27 - April 2 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: A security-versusambition dilemma peaks (though subtly and without fanfare) Monday, then slowly dissolves. Here’s my timing advice: now through early June, increase your security. (As mightily as you can: buy a home, warehouse, expand sales territory, have a child – pretty good work for 2 months! – invest in retirement, etc.)

Then, June 4 onward to October 2012, turn 180 degrees and concentrate on ambition, career, the outside world. In chasing security for the next 27 days, focus on situations, projects and opportunities from the past. Start nothing new. Fortune awaits!

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Follow your curiosity this week and the next few – what you find can make a dream come true.Don’t peer into the future (unavailable at the moment) or even the present (too confusing) but into the past. There the gems, ideas, revelations exist. Short trips, errands, mail, casual friends, siblings, media, paperwork and communications are accented – and will contain some delays, mistakes and secondguessing to April 23. Until then, don’t start anything new, especially in these areas. E.g., a mail campaign begun now would be an expensive failure. You shine Monday to Wednesday!

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Chase money – but chase it from the past, or continue with ongoing money projects. DON’T begin new earnings, spending projects. (Lemons abound, and you would head right for one.) If you follow this simple advice, your reward could be large, even immense. One more hint: even if it’s from the past, don’t rent, lease or buy real estate (okay, rent if you’re homeless, of course) and go slow with anything domestic: kitchen utensils, etc. Do NOT begin renovation projects. All this applies before April 23, but to some degree right to August 30, 2012. You rule, midweek to Friday! timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Re: The estate of John Roger Jones, also known as J.R. Jones and Jay Jones, deceased, formerly of 3372 Church Street, Vancouver, BC, V5R 4W6 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of John Roger Jones, also known as J.R. Jones and Jay Jones are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Adrian & Co., Barristers and Solicitors, attn: Quentin J. Adrian, at 5660 Yew Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 3Y3 on or before May 6, 2011, 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.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE OF INGRID MARIA CLAYDON, DECEASED NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Ingrid Maria Claydon, late of 3994 West 36th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, who died on August 7, 2010 are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor c/o 700 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 5A1, on or before April 16, 2011 after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which he has notice.

Colin Alan Millar Executor By: Richards Buell Sutton LLP Attention: Patrick (Rick) Montens NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE OF KATALINA BARTOK, DECEASED NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Katalina Bartok, late of 4519 West 9th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, who died on April 18, 2010 are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor c/o 700 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 5A1, on or before April 16, 2011 after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which she has notice.

Teresa Rose Mitchell Executor By: Richards Buell Sutton LLP Attention: Angela M. Spanjers

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The Estate of William Lodge Wilson oka William L. Wilson, William Wilson and Bill Wilson, deceased formerly of St. Vincent’s Hospital, 255 West 62nd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 4V4.

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of William Lodge Wilson oka William L. Wilson, William Wilson and Bill Wilson, deceased, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executors, Ian Ewart Davidson and Dawn Elaine Malcolm at 320 - 1501 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4Z6 on or before April 18, 2011, after which date the executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executors then have notice.

Law Office of David J. Macfarlane 320 - 1501 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4Z6 Solicitor for the estate NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: PEGGY BURNETT, otherwise known as PEGGY M. BURNETT, Deceased, formerly of #302 - 2803 West 41st Ave., Vancouver, B.C. Creditors and other having claims against the Deceased, who died on September 20, 2010, at Vancouver, B.C. are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor at #2700 - 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1B8, on or before, May 2, 2011, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims received.

Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, Executor.

Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Solicitors.

www.househunting.ca

7005

Body Work

Beautiful Asian girls

Deep tissue and smooth relaxing massage amazing hands !

DOWNTOWN OUTCALL

778 833 0039 12pm -2am (HIRING)

RELAXING MASSAGE very clean/private. 9am-11pm, 7days, D/town & Kits. Anie 604-684-8773

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604-739-3998

7010

Personals

CRIMINAL RECORD? Canadian pardon seals record.

American waiver allows legal entry.

Why risk employment, business, travel, licensing, deportation?

All CANADIAN / AMERICAN Work & Travel Visa’s.

604-282-6668 or 1-800-347-2540 GENTLEMEN! Attractive discreet, European lady is available for company 604-451-0175

7015

Escort Services

Carman & Fox friends

Appliance Repairs

8015

8060

VAN APPLIANCE SERVICES Repair home appl. Low rate guar.

Permit/Lic. Tom 604-323-8063

CONCRETE SPECIALIST

Blinds & Draperies

8020

BLACKOUT DRAPES. Cut light 100%. Save energy. Dampen sound. Innovative fabric in 42 colors. Free est. 604-506-6230 VENETIAN, VERTICALS, Rollers, Top Quality. Up to 70% off. Cleaning, Repair, Installation.

Free Est. Joseph 778-995-0295

8030

Carpentry

CARPENTER AVAIL for general work, clean & fast service. 40 yrs exp. 604-961-5906 or 732-0533.

8055

Cleaning

DAILY HAPPY CLEANER

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. Free ests. Call Basile 604-617-5813 Concrete Specialist. Garages, sidewalks, exposed aggregate & patios. Santino 604.254.5551 L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

EXP CLEANING ladies avail 7 days/wk. Bonded. Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond 604-928-0025

6007

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

SUCCESSFUL WINEMAKING Store, Many customers, wellestablished. $79,000. South Vancouver. Call 778-378-7092

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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6020-22

New Westminster

BY OWNER Queensboro 7 BR hse, low bsmt, lrg lot 66 x 120, all renos, nr schools. $499,000.

604-515-7875 or 778-829-7675

6035

604-916-7729 JEFF

CITY LINK DRYWALL LTD WCB, liability insured. 20 yrs exp.

Call Indy. Free Est. 604-780-5302

Wayne The Drywaller

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

No job too small. 837-1785

6065

Mobile Homes

#1 - 7850 King George Blvd, Sry. 55+ year old seniors’ park.

Dbl wide 2 BR + den. 1 pet ok! $79,500. Lorraine Cauley, Royal Lepage North Star, 604-889-4874

6002

Drywall

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

REAL ESTATE BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Drainage

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

CarmanFox.com

604-630-3300

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

604.669.9475

One call does it all...

253-0049

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

8075

call Tom 604-307-5998 Lic. Insured & WCB Free Est

Drywall

★ COMPLETE DRYWALL ★ By certified tradesman.

Small jobs pref. 604-762-4024 COMPLETE DRYWALL Service, steel stud framing, t-bar ceiling, textured. Sunny 778-891-5466

Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

Home & Office Cleaning

Janitor Service Ceiling & wall washing, Floor Waxing House Cleaning Restaurant Cleaning Window Cleaning ★ And many more things! ★ 3yr contract includes Free Snow shoveling, free paint labour, free light bulb changes!

8075

Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

8073

A.S.B.A. ENTERPRISE. Comm/ Res. Free Est. $20/hour includes supplies. Insured. 604-723-0162

The Fox Den at Metrotown out-call Escorts Vancouver

Concrete

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

8080

FCE ELECTRIC

Residential & Comm. Wiring Renos & Panel Changes Service Upgrade Laneway House Specialists

604-861-2647 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 ABACUS ELECTRIC.ca Lic Elect Contr 97222. 40 years exp. 1 stop!

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

MISSION - LAKE FRONT starting from $78,800. 60 mins from Vancouver. Park Georgia Rlty Lisa Hughes • 604-931-7227

Agents

6505

Apartments & Condos

1 BR Main/51st Ave, no pets, no smoking $750. incl util. laundry, cable, internet. 604-339-6864

Apt/Condos

MOVE-IN BONUS

GEORGIAN TOWERS 1450 WEST GEORGIA ST.

1 & 2 bedrooms

starting from $1150 Heart of Downtown, easy transit access. Large gym, laundry on every floor, dishwashers in all suites, in/outdoor parking.

RENTALS 604-669-4185

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★ Complementary Market Analysis of your home ★ 26 Years Sales Experience C Peter A L 604-290-1002 L Amex Broadway West Realty

rentals@capreit.net www.caprent.com

990 BROUGHTON OCEAN PARK PLACE VANCOUVER

1 & 2 bdrms starting at $1050

Water & heat incl. Trendy area off Robson Street.

Minutes to the beach.

Move in bonus. Call for details.

RENTALS 604-682 8422

www.caprent.com

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-26

6020

Houses - Sale

North Vancouver

OPEN HOUSE Mar 26 & 27th SAT & SUN 1: 30 - 4:30pm

833 Lynn Valley Road

Gorgeous home 4 bedroom, 2.5bath, 3020sqft/8763sqft, close to schools, rec centre, amens & transit.

NEW price $899,900 by appt 778-881-5776 Mo eCo Realty Inc. MLS V873673

Electrical

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 LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934.

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

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

LANGARA GARDENS 601 West 57th Ave, Van Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments & Townhouses.

Heat, hot water & lrg storage locker included. Many units have spacious patios & balconies with gorgeous views. Tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry, gated parking, plus shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School & more.

Sorry no pets. www.langaragardens.com Call 604-327-1178 info@langaragardens.com Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158 DECKS & FENCES, gates, front steps etc. John 778-998-5591 tarasoffconstruction.com KB METAL PRODUCTS LTD. FENCE & GATES : CHAIN LINK & ALUMINUM ORNAMENTAL. ✫Free Estimate: 604-619-8434

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

AFFORDABLE

CARPET/VINYL INSTALLER Repairs & restretches.

17 yrs exp.

Call for free estimates DAVID

604-505-4735

BACKHOE, drainage, excavation, concrete driveway, sidewalk, pavers, retaining walls, bob cat, landscape trucking 604-833-2103

8090

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Fencing/Gates

CEDAR WORKS ❏ 778-882-0676 Fencing, decks, sheds 3 year warranty. Free Estimates

RENTALS 6508

Recreation Property

Electrical

8080

EW29

6508

Apt/Condos

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944

Ads

cont. on next page

6540

Houses - Rent

1 BR +Den 786sf, newly reno’d, hardwood, open kitchen, mtn view. UBC, indoor pool, gym, 2 prkg, ns np, $1850, 604-828-2268

3 BR, View, 1.5 ba, gas f/p, deck, 5 appl. incl utils, ns np, $2250, 1365 E 36th. 604-321-9578

1 BR UBC Hampton Pl. 4th flr, Deluxe, view, wd, ug prkg. carpet, balcony, ns, no pets, 1-888-892-3502 1-604-892-0262

Abbotsford- 3262 Clearbrook Rd. HOUSE with 5 bedrooms, 2 baths.

Mortgage helper. Only $1,598/m.

Low Down. Flexible Terms.

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

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

6510

Co-ops

NORTH BURNABY:

Pine Ridge Housing Co-op has opened its wait list for 2 BR & 3 BR Townhouses, $913 & $1072 with a $2,800 and $3,300 share purchase.

Located in quiet forest setting on Burnaby Mnt. Close to SFU, schools, transit & shopping. Enjoy the feel of country living within minutes of the city. Sorry, no subsidies available. Community involvement expected.

Download our appl form @ www.pineridgeco-op.bc.ca or send SASE to: #89, 8763 Ash Grove Cres., Burnaby, BC, V5A 4B8 Attn: Membership Ctee.

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6565

Office/Retail Rent

LADNER CORE Comm 400-4000 sqft. Short/long term. lancemcc@eastlink.ca 604-240-9340

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BR grnd lvl clean, bright, close to all ammens, ns, np, reno’d suite, nr schools, nr transit, $950 incl now or Apr 1 604-325-1990 2 BR main flr, reno’d older home, shar’d ldry, nr transit, parks & ammenities. N/P. Apr 1st $1350 includes utils Rob 778-908-0954

WIT’S END HOUSING CO-OP 1592 S.W. Marine Dr, Vanc.

Now accepting applications for APTS; 2 BR - $916.

By all amens.

Sorry no dogs allowed.

To apply please email: witsendcoop@shawbiz.ca Or mail: Box 409 - 1592 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver V6P 6M1

6520

Farms/Acreage

FOR LEASE - Delta, BC. Large Equestrian Facility - 40 plus stalls, indoor ring - outdoor track & paddocks. Incls operators living quarters. Bruce Lawrie - Home LIfe Titus Realty 604-575-5262

6522

Furnished Accommodation

2BR BSMT, $750+util; shrd ldry; nr Kllny Com Ctr; 778-229-7993 aft 4pm wkday, anytime wkend FRASERVIEW 2BR Bsmt suite h/w flrs. stor. high bright & clean 600 sqft. $950 call 604-916-3329

HERITAGE HOME avail now, 2 BR, f/p, main flr, hardwood flrs, w/d, 28th & Windsor, np ns, $1375 + 1/2 utils 604-261-3999 KITS, 1 bdrm garden level suite, h/w flrs, incl storage, utils, cable.

N/S, N/P, Available Now. $1295 Lease required. 604-734-0512.

6615

Wanted To Rent

BACH, NR 41st/Cambie, own entry, wd, ns, np. $600 incl utils, net, TV & cable. 604-327-2909

Female Gardener to trade prof gardening services for 1br ste.

Quiet, NS, 1 cat. 604-215-0232 www.aliveandwellorganic.ca

HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom in the Westend Vancouver at reas rates. call 604-684-7811 or visit www.homawayinns.com

MATURE LADY seeks 2 br (or 1 br+den) condo, 5 appl, prkg, balcony, May 1st. Vcr West side & West End. ns, np 604-684-0177

THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011

HOME SERVICES cont. from previous page

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS LTD.

•

Refinishing Installation • New & Old Floors •

Ph. 604 293.0057 Cel. 604 657.8931 www.celtichardwoodfloors.ca

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates

Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224 www.centuryhardwood.com

HENRY’S

HARDWOOD FLOOR SERVICES Sanding & Refinishing Installation Quality Workmanship Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured

604-771-8885

ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing.

Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275 CARPET, VINYL & HARDWOOD Repair & Replace. Material sales Dwight, 778-322-6048 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8120

Glass Mirrors

Commercial/Residential

8130

Handyperson

BEST PRICE! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc.

Call Mic, 604-725-3127 BOGI House Maintenance Fencing, painting , flooring, plumbing.

All repairs & renos. 778-865-0846 DUSTTIN’S HANDYMAN Service All jobs Large and Small.

Competitive Rates 604-873-5990

HANDYMAN - framing, decks, tiles, hardwood, drywall. Total additions & basements. Ken 778-773-6251 or 604-455-0740

8140

Heating

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

8150

Kitchens/Baths

Plywood Kitchen Cabinets & Refacing, Counter Tops • In business 50 years 604-879-9191

Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

8155

Landscaping

YOUR HOME GUTTER SERVICES

Vancouver Division Since 1985

NO HST! til Mar. 31

• Gutter Installation Cleaning & Repairs • Roofing & Roof Repairs • Moss Control, Removal & Prevention 25 year Warranteed Leaf & Needle Guard

WCB – Fully Insured 100% Money Back Guarantee

604-340-7189 EDGEMONT GUTTERS

• Sales & Installation of 5’’ Continuous Gutter • Minor Repairs • Cleaning

604-420-4800 Established 1963

A1 Steve’s Gutter Cleaning & Repair from $98. Gutters vacuumed/hand clean. 604-524-0667 Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949 Waters Home Maintenance Gutter Cleaning, repairs, windows Free estimate 604-738-6606

8130

Handyperson

Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certified Trained Pros.

For that small job.

Rates you can afford.

RJR Small Projects Division Part of RJR group

604-202-6118

2 Very Experienced Movers $77.00/hr + hst

604-618-9741

(Recommended for offices + 2 bedrooms & up)

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

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Hardscaping & Landscaping.

Hedges, Pavers, Ponds & Walls, Returfing, Demos, Drainage, Jackhammering. 604 782-4322

TREES • HEDGES • SHRUBS Pruning.Shaping.Removal. Fruit Topiary. Wolfgang 604-738-4016

8160

604-347-7888 WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Spring Up Chaffer Control & Lawn Restoration. Comm/Strata/Res Aerating & Power Raking.

Free Estimates.

604-893-5745 604-723-2468; T. TRAN, New lawns, grass cuts, p/raking, aerating, hedging, pruning. Reliable

BARAKA GARDENING Spring clean-up, lawn prep & pruning. Steve 778-231-4433

EXP. RELIABLE gardener spring clean up, new turf, lawn, pruning, planting, aerating, 604-783-2627 Gardening Services 21 yrs exp.

Tree topping, West & Eastside & Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881 GREAT LOOKING Landscapes Full service landscape & garden maint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220

DUNBAR LAWN & GARDENS Free Estimates

REASONABLE RATES Expert lawn,hedge & garden care Free est.. Greg 604-267-0373

604-266-1681

★ SD ENTERPRISES ★ Gardening, power raking, lawncare, pruning, cedar fencing. Free est. Call Terry at 604-726-1931

WCB • FULLY INSURED

EST. 41 YEARS

HEDGE SHRUB TREE & STUMP REMOVAL FREE ESTIMATE INSURED

224-3669 Royal Garden Lawn cut, edging, power raking, pruning, tree/hedge trimming WCB Ins. 604-754-8407

YARD CLEAN-UP, lawns cut, hedges pruned, trees trimmed, power raking, aerating, rubbish removal, gutters. 604-773-0075

8175

Masonry

CUSTOM BRICK & ROCK WORK

Chimney / Fireplace Repair, Retaining Walls, Restoration Work.

FREE ESTIMATES

604-323-2083

AVANTI GARDEN SERVICES Spring cleanup, new design, planting, etc. Laura 604-264-0775 Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

SPRING PROMO: $65.. Lawn aeration or power rake. Book now & we will fertilize your lawn free. www.luluislandlandscaping maintenance.ca or 778-223-6687

MASONRY and REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Slate Patio/Sidewalk •Fireplaces & more. George • 604-365-7672

Since 1989

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

8195

Serving West Side since 1987

Painting/ Wallpaper

732-8453

9129 Shaughnessy St. ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑

For Free Estimates Call

Off: 604-266-2120 Cell: 604-290-8592

.com

Renovations and Repairs Bathroom & Kitchen Renos Odd Jobs – get out the list!

All Painting & Drywall Repairs Plumbing/Electrical Repairs Roofing/Concrete Work

• Warranty • References • Fully Insured

PTV Home Renovations

• Bath • Kitchen • Decks • Paving • Retaining Walls • Drainage

Since 2000

Tile 20% off

778-235-1772 Est 1995

• Fully Insured • References • Green Products

ALMA

45 We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

ADVANCE MOVING LTD

PAINTING

Call Today!

604-338-2339 FREE ESTIMATES

MOVING & DELIVERY EXPERTS!!

Licensed, Bonded & Insured Single item to full house moves We Guarantee the Cost of Every Move Flat Rates always available A+ (604) 861-8885 BBB www.advancemovingltd.com Rating

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AJK MOVING LTD.

Vancouver’s West Side Painting Company

Moving. Storage. Deliveries Local & Long Distance MOVERS.... Residential.

Commercial. Industrial.

Truck for Clean-ups garage, basement, backyard.

(604) 875-9072 873-5292

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

604-708-8850

604-580-2171 www.ezgomovers.com

Rakes & Ladders.. Lawns, trees, gardens, shrubs. Certified, Ins. & WCB, 604-737-0170

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

Renovations & Home Improvement

VANCOUVER LTD.

Quick & Reliable Movers from$48 per hour

Ny Ton Gardening yard & lawn maint. trimming, shrubs, hedging, power raking etc. 604-782-5288

8240

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming.

Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126

LAWN MAINTENANCE 20 yrs exp. power rake, aerating. Free est. Reliable Reas. 604-649-9965

Oil Tank Removal

PRICELESS

EZ GO MOVERS

KAWA GARDEN SERVICES Res/comm. Organic lawn care & quality compost. 604-831-0140

8193

AFFORDABLE MOVING

GREENSTAR GARDEN Complete Lawn & garden care.

Free estimates. 604-736-5791

Lawn & Garden

HEDGING GARDENING CLEAN-UPS PRUNING POWER RAKING AERATION

778.322.2462

Minimum Travel Fare Fully Insured • Free Estimates

1 to 3 Men

• Lawn Mowing • Aeration • Spring Cleanups • Hedging Visa / MC / Debit Accepted

EXP. GARDENER. Spring clean ups, weeding, pruning, planting, new soil. Ron 604-202-2176

greenwavelandscapes.ca

Quality Trucks Í &Top Í Moving Equipment

3 Very Experienced Movers $97.00/hr + hst

★ COMPLETE ★

Gutters

@

Colin Malcolm, Insured

Northwest Arboriculture

DAISY’S LANDSCAPING - Lawn Specialist. Free Est. 778-855-3743 www.daisyslandscaping.ca

604-317-3037

Moving & Storage

ASH RELOCATION SERVICES

GREENWAVE LANDSCAPES

Tel: 604-603-9655

8185

Expert Pruning ISA

By Certified Arborist Ornamental & Fruit Trees, Shrubs & Hedges

HOME IMPROVEMENT: Res repairs, restorations, decks, fences. Walter 778-837-2518

Store Fronts • Windows & Doors Broken Glass • Foggy Glass Patio Doors • Mirrors • Etc.

8125

Lawn & Garden

EXP’D HANDYMAN offering high quality affordable services. Drain cleaning, plumbing, tiling, drywall, painting etc. Call: 604-839-5353

Garden Maintance & Installation Edible Landscape Solutions

2837 Kingsway, Vancouver

8160

MOVERS.CA 604.682.2232 $35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020

15% OFF All Moving

Booked by April 2nd 604-377-2503 www.popeyesmovingbc.com A. Z. MOVING $50/hr, 2 Men & 1 Ton Truck. Exp, Lic. Available on short notice.

7 days a wk. 604-837-7785 ABBA MOVERS bsmt clean 1-4 ton Lic, ins’d from $35/hr, 2 men $45 hr honest 26 yrs est 506-7576.

(604) 228-4272

Tony@Alma-BuildingAndRenovation.com

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

8220

Plumbing

A Better

Painting & Decorating Ltd. Interior and Exterior Painting For Free Estimate Please Call:

604-730-1566

www.carefulpainting.ca derek@carefulpainting.ca

BARWICK PAINTING Professional Painters with Guaranteed Results – in partnership with –

604-263-2530

CONFIDENT PAINTING LTD.

Int. & Ext. Specialist, 20 yrs exp. * Reas. Rates, High Quality * Fast, clean, with ref’s Licensed, Insured & WCB

Jean-Guy Bottin

Cell 604.626.1975

CANSTAR PAINTING Quality Work You Can Trust!

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

Insured/WCB

778-997-9582

NO JOB TOO SMALL Quality work est. 1973

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Porsche gets its priorities straight davidchao

The Cayenne’s practicality has increased, but it’s not ever going to be the most family-oriented SUV, and that’s the point. It’s a Porsche first, SUV second. addresses virtually all of the criticisms levelled against the original model, beginning with the styling. Gone is the odd, half-coupe-halfSUV exterior, replaced with a design that does far more justice to Porsche tradition and character.

With respect to what’s underneath, some people will be disappointed to learn the chassis is still shared with the Touareg. However, considerable effort has been made to differentiate the two vehicles, with the Cayenne appropriately taking a more performance-oriented stance.

It’s lighter and nimbler than before, with more power, improved fuel efficiency, and—in a sure sign of the times—an optional hybrid powertrain.

The Cayenne’s practicality

has also increased, but it’s not ever going to be the most family-oriented SUV, and that’s the point. Unlike its indecisive predecessor, the 2011 Cayenne knows exactly what it’s supposed to be: a Porsche first and an SUV second.

Design—Although it’s slightly bigger than before, the Cayenne’s redesigned exterior is sleeker and smoother, giving the impression of a smaller vehicle. It’s more muscular and athletic, fitting in with its sports-car siblings in a way that the original version never did.

The sharp hood creases and sculpted headlamps look fantastic and tie the Cayenne closely to the Panamera, essentially creating a shared design language for Porsche’s four-door vehicles. However, Porsche hasn’t quite figured

out the rear end on either vehicle, leaving something to be desired when viewed from behind.

Inside, the Cayenne puts its own spin on the Panamera’s excellent dashboard, with a layout that arrays many of the buttons and switches on a rising console around the shifter, with grab handles on both the doors and console.

The overall effect is quite striking.

Performance—Depending on the model, the Cayenne comes with a 3.6L V6 producing 300-hp and 295 lb-ft of torque, a 4.8L V8 with 400hp and 369 lb-ft of torque, a hybrid drivetrain with 380-hp and 428 lb-ft of torque, or a turbocharged 4.8L V8 generating 500-hp and 516 lb-ft of torque, Porsche’s first hybrid vehi-

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Every Cayenne—not just the hybrid—features the Automatic Start Stop system first seen on the Panamera, which cuts the engine when the vehicle is stopped to save gas. The SUV is also 180 kilograms lighter than before, improving both efficiency and handling.

Steering is solid and heavy, offering great road feedback and quick response. Despite continuing to share its chassis with the Touareg, the Cayenne’s handling and ride quality are more distinctly Porsche-like.

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When the Cayenne debuted back in 2002, auto enthusiasts were polarized. Some loved it, applauding the automaker’s efforts to diversify and broaden its appeal, while purists felt that no Porsche should have more than two doors. Others didn’t mind the idea of a Porsche SUV, but criticized the Cayenne for sharing a platform with the Volkswagen Touareg—a move that reduced costs, but diluted the final product. A Porsche SUV was a fine idea in their minds, but this one was too much of an SUV and not enough of a Porsche.

Despite the varying public opinion, the Cayenne has done well for itself, becoming Porsche’s top-selling vehicle in North America. It’s not the most practical SUV on the road, but it is the most practical Porsche, and that’s a key selling feature for fans of the brand who can’t justify a Boxster or 911.

Redesigned for 2011, the second-generation Cayenne

With performance features such as an active AWD system that primarily drives the rear wheels (pushing power to the front as needed), Dynamic Chassis Control, Torque Vectoring Plus, and an eight-speed Tiptronic S transmission, the Cayenne boasts some impressive technology.

Interior—A bigger wheelbase and better packaging result in an interior that feels much bigger, though the Cayenne won’t win any medals in this regard. Still, the redesigned SUV has sufficient storage space for most purposes, and gains sliding/ reclining rear seats for added passenger comfort and enhanced cargo versatility.

The many controls surrounding the shifter may seem a bit daunting at first, but fall easily to hand without requiring too long of a glance away from the road.

The only issues are the buttons set directly in front of the shifter, which can be hard to reach at times.

The traditional, five-gauge instrument cluster includes a 4.8-inch, circular LCD screen that provides quick access to the stereo, vehicle settings, and navigation system. Some manufacturers get carried away, creating displays that can overwhelm and distract drivers, but the Cayenne strikes a good balance.

Headlamps that swivel in corners and self-level on inclines are becoming standard fare in luxury vehicles, so Porsche has introduced a new twist with its Dynamic Lighting System: speed-sensitive lights with separate settings for roads and highways. The value is debatable, but it’s certainly an interesting idea.

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One drawback is huge price jump on trim levels

Features—The Cayenne sells for $55,300 to $118,700, in base, S, S Hybrid, and Turbo trim levels, stepping up considerably with each trim level.

Features and equipment vary widely across the trim levels, and include notable items such as Porsche Communication Management with seven-inch LCD touchscreen and GPS, voice recognition, 14speaker Bose® or 16-speaker Burmester® sound system, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitors, rear-seat entertainment system, Bluetooth, four-zone automatic climate control, panoramic sunroof, air suspension, and Porsche Dynamic

Chassis Control.

Fuel efficiency for the base V6 with the Tiptronic S transmission is rated at 13.2L/100km in the city and 8.0L/100km on the highway. The hybrid model is rated at 8.7L/100km and 7.9L/100km, respectively.

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22,553 KMS, LEATHER, MOONROOF

BFL2206

$37,995

$19,990

59,065 KMS, PANORAMIC ROOF

$

BEX1594

BES6254

BES6238

PLI9989

BED8893

BEX1675

Vancouver

Burnaby

5750 Lougheed Hwy. at Holdom. Dealer #8573 TOLL FREE:

46,239

PMU7658

18,747 MILES, SUPERCHARGED

10 FORD FUSION SE

11,689 KMS, POWER ROOF, HTD SEATS, SYNC

PFO9079

53,067 KMS, ONE OWNER, LEATHER PKG 50,243 KMS, SPECIAL FX4, LEATHER

ECOBOOST ENGINE!

SAL ALE PRICE PRIC CE SALE

BES6255

17,334 KMS, BLACK ON BLACK

$18,995

40 7 KMS, 5.4L TRITON V8 POWER 40,716

IN STOCK NOW:

$

PFO1630

13,595 KMS, 4.0 LTR V6, POWER ROOF

09 FORD ESCAPE XLT 4WD

BFC5048

28,502 KMS, 5-SPD, LEATHER, POWER ACCESSORIES 1RA3347A 28,5

MSRP

$27,990

10 FORD SPORT TRAC 4X4

VEHICLE MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN.

1.6 LTR • 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC • BLIND SPOT POWER MIRRORS • SYNC WITH 6 SPEAKERS • 2 WOOFERS AND 2 TWEETERS • CRUISE/SPEED CONTROL • 15" DROP ALUMINUM WHEELS • FRONT LED MARKERS • FRONT • KNEE,SIDE AND AIR BAG CURTAINS • TIRE PRESSURE •WARNING SYSTEM • TILT WHEEL WITH TELESCOPING STEERING WHEEL

1MU1973A

139,256 MILES, RED, AUTO

$17,998

40,3 40,385 KMS, 6.5" BOX, POWER PKG

1FI1175

$24,995

66 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE

10 FFORD FOCUS 4DR SES

07 FORD F150 XLT SUPER CREW 4WD $19,995

PFO8453

36,963 KMS, 5.4 LTR V8, ONE OWNER

$16,990

3,79 KMS, VOTED #1 BY MOTOR TREND 2010 3,796

PFO3149

159,267 MILES, A CODE 289 V8, AUTO

10 FFORD FOCUS 4DR SES

48,192 KMS, WELL EQUIPPED, FULLY CERTIFIED 48,1

$15,980

08 FORD ESCAPE XLT

78,978 KMS, POWER GROUP, ONE OWNER

$9,995

17,798 KMS, SUNROOF, SYNC, HTD SEATS 17,79

4,000 4,00 000 00 0 DOWN DOWN OR TRADE TRADE

$

05 FORD ESCAPE XLS

1FC3219A

10,246 KMS, AUTO, UPGRADED ALLOYS, MOONROOF BFC5076 10,24

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OR

$

NOW $8,995

113,157 KMS, 5-SPD,POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS 1RA9592A

2,000 2 ,00 000 00 0 DOWN OR TRADE

$14,995

07 FORD FOCU 4DR SE

25,061 KMS KMS, 5-SPD, A/C, CD

‡

OR

$

PFC8064

57,933 KMS, ONE OWNER, SUNROOF

VANCOUVER VANC COUVER P PRE-OWNED

2011 FORD FIESTA SE HATCHBACK SPORT†

PFO9651

$14,995

08 FORD FOCUS SES SEDAN

1,000 ON SELECTED VEHICLES

PFO7326

78,566 KMS, ONE OWNER

$

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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: *Cash purchase or lease a new 2011 FORD FIESTA SE HATCHBACK SPORT for $19,980. ‡$7,789 Option to Purchase 80,000 Kms Lease. *Cash purchase or lease a new 2011 FORD F150 SUPERCAB XLT 4x4 a MSRP of $46,239 sale price $35,980 Offer ends March 31st 2011. Offers include freight and Air Tax but exclude license, fuel fill charge, insurance, PDI, PPSA, administration fees, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. The new vehicle must be delivered or factory ordered from your participating Ford Dealer during the Program Period. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. This offer is only valid at participating Canadian dealers. Only Ford lets you recycle your 2003 or older vehicle and get $ 2,300 towards a new Ford. This offer is in addition to incentives currently offered when combined with the $300 available from the Retire Your Ride program, funded by the Government of Canada on qualifying vehicles of model year 1995 or older. Visit ford.ca for details. This offer may be cancelled at any time without notice. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. – P.O. Box 2000, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5E4 Ad #56_11-03-18.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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ALL VEHICLES INCLUDE:

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180 hp @ 6,800 rpm

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PLUS

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**0% purchase financing available on all 2011 models on approved credit (OAC). Term varies by model and trim. 0% purchase financing available on 2011 Kia Soul (SO55OB) for up to 60 months on approved credit (OAC). “Don’t Pay for 90 Days” on select models (90-day payment deferral) applies to purchase financing offers on 2011 Forte, 2011 Forte Koup, 2011 Forte5, 2011 Rio, 2011 Rio5, 2011 Magentis, 2011 Rondo and 2011 Soul models on approved credit (OAC). No interest will accrue during the first 60 days of the finance contract. After this period interest starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal interest monthly over the term of the contract. ‡Cash purchase price for 2011 Kia Sportage (SP55AB)/2011 Sorento (SR540B) is $21,645/$21,545 and includes a cash credit of $2,000/$4,100 based on the MSRP of $23,645/$25,645. Includes delivery and destination fees of $1,650/$1,650. Loan credit (cash savings) for 2011 Soul (SO550B) is $500 and is available on purchase financing only on approved credit (OAC). Loan credit varies by model and trim. All offers exclude licensing, registration, insurance, other taxes, down payment and dealer administration fees. Other dealer charges may be required at the time of purchase. Other lease and financing options also available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Prices subject to change without notice. Certain restrictions may apply. Vehicle images shown may include optional accessories and upgrades. Highway/city fuel consumption for 2011 Soul (SO55OB) is 6.3L (45 MPG)/7.7L (37 MPG); 2011 Sportage (SP55AB) is 6.9L (41 MPG)/10.0L (28 MPG); 2011 Sorento (SR540B) is 7.4L (38 MPG)/10.6L (27 MPG). The actual fuel consumption of these vehicles may vary. These estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the Government of Canada publication EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. ^2011 Kia Soul/2011 Kia Sportage/2011 Kia Sorento awarded the Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The award is applicable to all 2011 Sorento/2011 Sportage models manufactured after March 2010. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. 2011 Kia Sportage awarded Car of the Year by Motoring 2011 for Best SUV/CUV (under $40,000) and overall Car of the Year. Visit www.motoringtv.com for full details. °The Bluetooth® word mark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Some conditions apply to the $500 Grad Rebate Program and $750 Kia Mobility Program. See dealer for details. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of print. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Offers end March 31, 2011. KIA is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation. §© 2011 Kia Canada Inc. Reproduction of the contents of this material without the expressed written approval of Kia Canada Inc. is prohibited. All information is believed to be accurate, based on information available at the time of printing. Information sourced from independent third-party research.

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011

s ’ t s e r C Choices at the

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Jordan’s Morning Cereals

assorted varieties

3.99

assorted varieties

500-550g

5.49lb/ 12.10kg

113g • product of USA

So Delicious Organic Dairy Free Frozen Desserts

assorted varieties

9.99

454g • product of Canada

946ml • product of USA

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

3.49

Tree of Life Organic Fruit Spreads

3/7.98

Specialty Roasted Chickens

assorted varieties

2.99

Dairyland Sour Cream

175-200g • product of Canada

regular, light or fat free

From Our Bakery

2/4.00

2/7.98

4.99

454g

Rice Bakery 6" Frozen Pizzas with rice flour crust pepperoni, vegetarian and no cheese

5.99

946ml • product of USA

20% off

A super energy booster, containing 1000mg of vitamin C, 32 mineral complexes and B vitamins.

Several delicious flavours to choose from.

17.99 .69

Udo’s Choice 3•6•9 Oil Blend An ideal 2:1 ratio of omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids, proven by research to benefit cardiovascular health, enhance stamina and energy. Certified organic.

18.99

2/3.98

Salus Floradix Formula Shrink Packs

Di Martino Italian Pasta assorted varieties

2/3.00

A highly absorbable liquid iron formula to give your energy levels an added boost.

45.99

454g • product of Italy

500ml + 250ml • Product of Germany

Eco Max Dish Liquids three varieties

Classico Pasta Sauces and Pestos

2/7.00

2.99 740ml

assorted varieties 85g • product of USA

500ml

170-216g • product of Canada

115g • product of USA

assorted varieties

30 pack

individual packets

3/5.49

Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks

Skinny Sticks Snacks

regular retail price

Alacer Emergen-C

assorted varieties

Berry or Strawberry

2/7.98

3lb Bag

Bulk Department

Life Choices Organic Macaroni and Cheese

assorted varieties

Lemon Poppy Pineapple Pound Cake

2.98

regular retail price

Seventh Generation Household Cleaners

575g

Certified Organic

save 1.00/100g off

500ml • product of Canada

Wholesome Country Sourdough Bread

Red Fingerling Potatoes from Prince Edward Island

Bleu Benedictine, Bleu Ermite, Le Noble, Frere Jacques, Le Baluchon or Le Moutier

200g • product of Canada

assorted varieties

170g package

Last of the season!

Celebrating Quebec Cheese

4.49

Nature’s Path Organic Granola Bars

2.99

regular retail price

L’Ancetre Organic Cheese

235ml

2.98

All bulk food bins

save 2.00 off

125g • product of Canada

assorted varieties

Certified Fair Trade, Organic, Chilean Grown

From the Deli

Glutino Gluten-Free Crackers

570-600g • product of B.C.

Blueberries from Green Tribe

5.99lb/ 13.21kg

4.99

2/7.00

1.48lb/3.26kg

Canadian Top Sirloin Steaks Grade A

assorted varieties

Healthy Way Breads

B.C. Grown, Certified Organic

Whole Organic Chickens

2/3.98

Kicking Horse Organic Fair Trade Coffee

Sweet Orin Apples from Harvest Moon

Meat Department

Kettle Baked Potato Chips

product of Canada 218-650ml

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Kerrisdale

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. 1202 Richards St. Vancouver Vancouver 604.263.4600 604.633.2392

Yaletown

Prices Effective March 24 to March 30, 2011.

Choices in the Park

Rice Bakery South Surrey

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 6855 Station Hill Dr. 604.736.0301 Burnaby 604.522.6441

3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey 604.541.3902

Choices at the Crest 8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna 1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna

250.862.4864 Note Area Code

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