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City slaps ticket on backyard chicken owner

Citation levied despite pending chicken bylaw Sandra Thomas Staff writer

Two days before the city was expected to give final approval for keeping backyard chickens in Vancouver, a Charles Street resident was ticketed by a bylaw enforcement officer for doing just that. Ryan Zammit assumed six months ago that since the city was so close to approving backyard chickens, raising a small flock on the property he shares with two roommates would not be a problem. So the roommates were surprised Sunday afternoon when an animal control bylaw enforcement officer showed up and told the men their hens—Fish Sticks,

Chicken McNugget and Baija Bell—were in contravention of the city’s bylaw and that she was responding to a complaint from a resident. A month earlier a fourth hen, Darth Chicken, was killed by an off-leash dog. Zammit was particularly surprised because the city was expected to give its ﬁnal approval of its new chicken bylaw two days later on June 8, after the Courier’s press deadline. “She started off giving us a warning but then when we started arguing with her she called the police,” said Zammit. “After the police showed up she changed the warning to a citation.” The description of the offence under animal control bylaw 9150, reads “Prohibi-

tion against keeping certain domestic animals.” Fine amounts differ from case to case, pending an investigation. Zammit said the bylaw ofﬁcer told them their chickens are not only aggressive, but also dangerous because they could get out onto the street and cause an accident. Zammit said the hens have a large coop as well as a 12.2 metre by six metre secured run, but when he and his roommates are in the yard, they sometimes let the chickens wander. This practice was not a problem in the past, he said, but construction next door removed a section of the fence dividing the two properties. See ACCORDING on page 4

School board gets no more money Education minister holds ‘tense’ meeting with trustees Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

Charles Street resident Ryan Zammit was ticketed last Sunday for wandering backyard chickens. photo Dan Toulgoet

The Vancouver School Board won’t get any short-term funding relief to offset its estimated $17 million budget shortfall, according to Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid. “We’ve been very clear for many months. We have increased funding last year and this year in some of the most difﬁcult times the province has had in decades. There have been increases in funding and there’s not fur-

ther funding for the 2010/11 year for any of the districts,” MacDiarmid told reporters after leaving a 45-minute early morning meeting with trustees at Harbour Centre Tuesday. The meeting, which NPA trustee Ken Denike described as “tense,” came just days after the minister released a damning report by special adviser Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland, which questions the board’s management ability, its focus on advocacy work and its relationship with district management. See SCHOOL on page 4

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School board chair blames minister for ‘horrendous’ cuts

Continued from page 1 Wenezenki-Yolland, the comptroller general, was appointed to look into the board’s ﬁnancial performance after the VSB complained about having to cut millions from its budget for the 2010/11 school year. The VSB delayed passing the budget in hopes the special adviser would recommend additional funding. The VSB’s senior management will reveal the district’s updated shortfall ﬁgure June 14, followed by a school board vote on the budget June 23, at which time the board will also release a list of schools to be considered for closure, board chair Patti Bacchus said Tuesday. “Our short-term problem is still here,” she said. “There’s nothing we can tell Vancouver parents that this report or this minister has done to support us. We are going to have to go out, and courtesy of the minister, make horrendous cuts to our district.” She added that MacDiarmid also rejected her call for an independent auditor to look into trustees’ com-

plaints about inadequate provincial funding for school districts. Parents should expect tough financial times for the VSB with the 2010/11 budget, which proposes staff layoffs and cuts to programs and services. “It’s not going to be pretty. The cuts that people were out rallying against in April are back,” Bacchus said. The special adviser’s report, unveiled June 4, concluded the district’s poor financial position could have been avoided had the board managed its resources properly. On Friday, MacDiarmid said it confirmed that the board is in a strong cash position. But she said trustees failed to heed management advice, which contributed to the budget crisis. She added the report indicated up to $11 million additional revenue and cost savings is possible through such avenues as shared services, and that the VSB could save $5.7 million by closing and consolidating schools. The report said its advocacy has been at the expense of stewardship of the district. The

special adviser questioned the appropriateness of using district resources to fund the advocacy work and noted there were consistent concerns about the ethical and organizational culture at the VSB, as well as a perceived lack of trust between the board and district management. Bacchus argued WenezenkiYolland is not an independent voice and is an employee of the provincial government. She said the report contains errors and that many of its recommendations were already underway. Tuesday morning Bacchus said the board plans to continue lobbying for public education. “We told [MacDiarmid] our deﬁnition of stewardship is standing up for the public education system, making sure it doesn’t get dismantled, that it remains strong, well resourced with a wide range of programs that meet the needs of students. We think as stewards of the system, we of course take care of our ﬁnancial responsibilities. We balance our budgets ever year.” noconnor@vancourier.com

Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid said trustees failed to heed management advice, contributing to the budget crisis. photo Dan Toulgoet

According to city councillor, bylaw officer felt threatened

Continued from page 1 On Sunday, one of the chickens crossed the unprotected property line and wandered onto the next yard over, where according to Zammit, it fell asleep in the shade of a tree. “We could see it from our place,” said Zammit, who added the chickens will come when called.

Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer said the bylaw ofﬁcer called police because she didn’t feel safe. “But it’s hard for me to say because I wasn’t there and this is one of those he said, she-said situations,” said Reimer. “What both sides do agree on is that the chickens weren’t contained.”

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Reimer said that in the absence of a bylaw allowing legal backyard chickens, the enforcement ofﬁcer had no choice but to write the warning and citation. “She could only write it for the bylaw that does exist, and they weren’t complying with that bylaw,” she said. “She was put in an awful position of fully under-

standing chickens will soon be legal, but also that these ones weren’t contained.” Reimer expected the new bylaw surrounding backyard chickens to be passed yesterday. “People are already keeping backyard chickens,” she said. “And whether you like chickens or not, this case demonstrates the need for a bylaw.”

Last week a City of Calgary council committee voted 5 to 2 against a program that would have allowed backyard chickens for a one-year trial. According to the Calgary Herald newspaper, the committee was concerned with problems including fecal contamination and chickens having conﬂict with other house

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pets. As a result of the vote, that city will now pursue charges against residents who were keeping backyard chickens in anticipation of the trial. Reimer said she wasn’t surprised by the decision. “Calgary is a very different city from Vancouver,” she said. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Finally spoke to Housing Minister Rich Coleman about where that $205 million is coming from to pay for eight new social housing buildings in the city. As faithful readers will recall, I wrote a piece a couple weeks back about the provincial government announcing $205 million to construct the buildings. Funding for the eight buildings is in addition to the six the government announced in March 2009. Total cost to construct the 14 buildings, which includes $20 million from the Streetohome Foundation, is $333 million. On the day of the announcement, Coleman said “a major source” of the funding to construct the 14 buildings will come from the “sale and redevelopment” of the Little Mountain public housing project. But, I asked him, how can you use money from the “sale and redevelopment” of the project when the sale has yet to be ﬁnalized or

Housing Minister Rich Coleman says the province doesn’t need Little Mountain money to pay for social housing because “we’ve already done our business plan on it, with or without the money.” photo Dan Toulgoet the redevelopment started? “We have a deal on [the land] but it has to go through zoning processes and development permits and all that stuff to ﬁnal completion,” said Coleman, referring to the deal with developer Holborn Properties. Some of those 14 sites are already under construction, with the ﬁrst one on Station Street expected to be open no later than

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and pay this down.” Are you conﬁdent the return on the sale and redevelopment of Little Mountain will be enough to cover the government’s $313 million investment? “We’re comfortable with the numbers. But if we didn’t get it back, we’re also comfortable we can handle the ﬁnancing. We’ve already done our business plan on it, with or without the money.

So we base it on the worst case scenario and what we get out of Little Mountain will just augment what we’re doing.” In June 2007, the city signed a memorandum of understanding with the government regarding the redevelopment of Little Mountain. The memorandum says the government will invest all of the net proceeds from the sale of the site into the development of social housing throughout B.C. Half the proceeds are to be invested in the city, according to the memorandum, which doesn’t provide dollar values for the land or estimates on returns from the sale of Little Mountain. Before most of it was demolished last fall, the 224-unit housing project was the oldest complex of its kind in Vancouver. The 15-acre site is next to Queen Elizabeth Park and south of Nat Bailey Stadium. The scale of the mixed-use project has not been ﬁnalized but previous city staff reports have considered taller buildings. The redevelopment could take a couple of years to complete. The government said the site is being redeveloped because the buildings were in disrepair and required costly repairs and extensive maintenance. mhowell@vancourier.com

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Grade A, extra large and free-range, Your eggs, you have never to change, But your squawks at daybreak Keep me wide-awake, And your smell has made me deranged OK, so I’m no poet, but now’s your chance to show us your stuff. I’m proud to announce the ﬁrst, and likely last, Central Park poultry poetry contest. The city was to give the ﬁnal approval on its backyard chicken bylaws and guidelines yesterday after the Courier’s press deadline, so as I’m writing this I don’t have the results. But I’m throwing out the challenge. Send us your best poultry prose and the winner, decided by the Courier’s editorial staff, will receive a copy of Raising Chickens for Dummies. I’ll also publish as many poems as I can, which means incredible world-wide exposure for your creative efforts. Well maybe not world wide, though I did once get an email from someone in Australia in response to something I wrote here. I’ll announce the winner June 25.

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In celebration of the city’s backyard chicken plan, readers are invited to pen poultry poems. photo Dan Toulgoet

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On that note, Village Vancouver is bringing its Backyard Chickens 101 workshops to five different neighbourhoods across the city beginning June 13 and continuing through the first week of July, as well as an encore screening of the documentary Mad City Chickens June 18 at Langara College. For dates and times for the workshops, and to register, go to villagevancouver.ning.com.

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Some items of note include an event June 23 at Spanish Banks, where American artist and surfer Jim Denevan will create one of the world’s largest free-hand sand drawings from 8:30 a.m. to noon, when the tide will come in and wash it away. Denevan is an artist who creates ethereal, temporary drawings on sand, earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather. I see New Line Skateparks Inc. has been busy constructing the new skate park and pool going into the ground at Kensington Park at Knight Street and East 37th Avenue. Now when I say “pool,” I don’t mean a place to go swimming, but rather the rounded sections of a skate park dug into the ground that allows skaters to gain speed, ﬂy in the air and do tricks. The skate park could be completed, and the grand opening held, as soon as the ﬁrst week of July. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Porn awards show fuels misogyny, adds to death culture

Porn is everywhere because computers are everywhere, and kids are everywhere with computers. Gone are the days when young boys squabbled over a Playboy magazine stolen from someone’s older brother. With one mouse click, today’s kids can access graphic hardcore images unimagined by their peers a generation ago. We can’t fully appreciate the consequences of this reality. The measuring sticks don’t exist. But our retail porn culture will undoubtedly impact—to varying degrees—the attitudes of boys and girls, the societal relationship between men and women, and the institutions of marriage and family. Speaking of porn. Tonight the Rio Theatre on East Broadway hosts the Naked Truth Adult Entertainment Awards. According to the event website, the awards “celebrate the positive aspects of the adult entertainment industry” and porn’s “valuable contributions” to society. Like the millions of pornographic websites in cyberspace, porn events have become commonplace as the industry spreads its tentacles over popular culture. Last January at the Vancouver Con-

vention Centre, a three-day porn industry trade show attracted thousands of men who bought T-shirts, DVDs and Polaroids with their favourite porn stars. Shelley Lubben knows that scene intimately. Born in Pasadena, Lubben grew up in Southern California’s sunny climes yet her life was anything but idyllic. At nine years old she was sexually abused by a teenage boy, essentially ending her childhood. Her home life, while unremarkable, lacked love and communication. Feeling detached from her family, Lubben rebelled, partied and left home at 18. Hungry and desperate, she turned to stripping, prostitution, drugs and alcohol. And in 1993, at the age of 25, she appeared in her ﬁrst porn ﬁlm. The industry, with its bright lights and predatory producers, offered a sense of acceptance to the estranged daughter and abuse victim. During a recent phone interview from her California home, Lubben remembered those dark days. “When the porn industry opened their big arms to me,” she said, “I sold what was left of my heart, mind and femininity and the

markhasiuk woman and person in me died completely on the set.” After nearly two years and 40 ﬁlms, Lubben contracted herpes and left the industry, continuing her downward spiral of prostitution and drugs. She embraced crystal meth, attempted suicide and hit rock bottom. Her life seemed over. But it wasn’t. Thanks to an extraordinary tale of grace and redemption, which reads like a New Testament parable, Lubben got clean and sober, married, had children and eventually settled in Bakersﬁeld, Calif. As a wife and mother of three, her involvement in porn seemed over. But it wasn’t. Lubben’s recovery coincided

Lubben’s website features 48 photos of dead porn actresses—victims of overdose, suicide and murder. While the faces boast more makeup and whiter smiles, they resemble in spirit the victim mug shots spawned by serial killer Robert Pickton. Incidentally, in a revealing and outrageous gesture of common philosophy, the WISH Drop-in Centre Society, a taxpayer-funded organization aimed at Downtown Eastside women, will accept a porn award tonight in the “advocacy” category. What’s that old saying? With friends like these… Despite porn’s growing inﬂuence, Lubben soldiers on, secure in the knowledge—gained by experience—of the industry’s grotesque nature. During her countless hours of outreach and advocacy, kids (including her three daughters) are never far from mind. “This whole culture is so sexualized and growing so quickly. Porn does not teach anything about love or kindness. It’s just very, very sad.” For more information about Lubben’s organization visit www. thepinkcross.org. mhasiuk@vancourier.com

with her Christian awakening. Spurred by faith, and aided by private donors, in 2007 she founded the Pink Cross Foundation, an outreach organization for women in porn. Now a beautiful blond 42-yearold, Lubben regularly (and covertly) crashes porn events and parties, connecting with porn actresses and providing fellowship outside the superﬁcial bonds of pornography. With help from other former porn actresses, she’s made countless friendships and helped many women exit the industry. Unlike the caricatured Christian often portrayed in popular culture, Lubben offers love and support, not judgment, to a group of women to whom she once belonged. “The pornography industry lures in a damaged population. Most of these people have a background of child abuse, sexual abuse, and hardly any of them even graduate high school.” Abuse and porn go hand in hand. The industry, ruled by men with a lust for money, perpetuates a misogynistic worldview at ease with prostitution and human trafﬁcking. Porn is the lubricant for many crimes against women.

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You can’t always get what you want. Just ask Mayor Gregor Robertson and his council how they made out with the list of requests they sent to the provincial government task force on local government elections. There were some improvements among the 31 recommendations that came out last week in the task force’s report. What jumped out was the decision to apply the same level of scrutiny to referendums as municipal elections. This is of particular interest for those of us who lived through former mayor Sam Sullivan’s last campaign to defeat the ward system where we have yet to learn how much he spent, what he spent it on and who gave him the money. All that will be reported in the future. There is also some comfort in knowing that whatever financial reporting regulations are passed, there will be a lot more enforcement muscle; it will all come under the ultimate control of the province’s chief electoral officer. And we can say goodbye to that quaint ritual that takes place at city hall 120 days after every election; those of us interested in all the getting and spending in those multimilliondollar campaigns had to line up for a peak at the binders containing the financial disclosure forms that could only be copied by hand. This information will now be online, which means we’ll be able to trace major donors across municipal boundaries with relative ease. Not, however, until well after votes are cast. But that pretty much ends the upside of this report. In Vancouver, we’ll still likely have

allengarr multimillion-dollar campaigns even though the report recommends campaign spending limits. If you apply, for example, the funding formula they use in Ontario, as the clever reporters did at the Vancouver Sun, you will see that all but a small handful of candidates for municipal ofﬁce in B.C. last time out came in under the maximum. The report rejected the notion of giving the vote to corporations. Approving that would have made us one of the few jurisdictions in the democratic world (including, I understand, the City of London, England) to do so. But the task force also rejected one of Vancouver’s major demands, which asked to limit the amount of individual contributions and to ban donations from corporations and unions. You probably realize that federally there are severe restrictions of the size of donations and

none can come from corporations or unions. That still doesn’t stop parties from launching massive campaigns thanks to the generosity of the Canadian taxpayer. Parties are provided with federal grants of about $1.95 for every vote they got in the last election. Vancouver didn’t ask for that kind of public funding for elections. There is one other point. All political donations are tax deductible federally and provincially. Vancouver asked for a similar tax incentive for municipal campaigns, but was rejected. Vancouver also failed to convince the task force to ban donations from foreign sources, an area where Robertson and Vision managed to gather more than a few bucks in 2008. Here’s one bit of curiosity: Bill Bennett, the provincial minister in charge of this task force that rejected donation limits, was under the impression that councillors who were, for example, presented with a development decision regarding a developer who put a huge dollop of dough into their campaign would simply excuse themselves from the vote. Wrong. It doesn’t work that way. Municipal politicians are fond of saying they don’t know who contributed to their campaign or, if they do, it in no way inﬂuences their decision. “Hmmm,” you say. Before I forget, there is one more recommendation. Municipal politicians will have their elected terms extended from three to four years. More time to administer without the distraction of a coming campaign. Or more time to raise money. agarr@vancourier.com

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opinion FRENCH SAY MOST WOMEN WEAR POOR FITS

Maiden bra fitting free of humiliation, haste Hands up ladies if you’ve had a bra fitting. It seems I’m one of the rare women—at least in the Courier newsroom—who hasn’t had the pleasure of another woman sizing up my breasts to find the perfect bra. While I’ve had male doctors perform the über personal pap test, for some reason I won’t let a man fit me for a bra. Could have something to do with the fact that men haven’t a clue about what it’s like to have mammary glands or wear a bra, except for how to take them off—and even then some are not very adept—or they like to dress up in women’s clothing. Then again, I’ve also wondered why men become gynecologists. Are there many female proctologists around? I don’t know. But let’s move on. Until last week, shopping for a bra meant a trip to the Bay during Bay Days except for visit to the States about a decade ago when I purchased three Victoria Secret bras (white, black and orange) and matching underwear. The undies now sag in all the wrong places—I blame the dryer for their destruction—but I still regularly wear two of the three Indonesian-made bras. According to a French website, 80 per cent of women are wearing poorly fitting bras that don’t support their breasts or are too tight in some places and disrupt blood flow in the area. My experience at a lingerie store in the chi chi section of South Granville was a slight disappointment. As I sat waiting for my fitting, the store literally buzzed with happy, smiling saleswomen helping happy, smiling customers. Most of the shoppers were considerably older and looked to have more cash to spare than I, which made me wonder, “How much is a bra going to cost me here?” I attributed the store’s bustling atmosphere to its recent advertising blitz tempting women in with the free gift of a Chantelle makeup case with the purchase of a bra. Even though I wear little makeup and have no need for such a case, I was suckered in. Who says advertising doesn’t work. I’ve never been prone to retail therapy, but walking into such a joyful place took my nitpicking, obsessive mind off the almost $1 billion the Harper government will spend on four days of security for the G8 and G20 meetings in Ontario at the end of the month. As I waited and read a fas-

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ﬁonahughes cinating profile of NowPublic co-founder Leonard Brody, who apparently has never had a drop of alcohol in his life, in the April issue of B.C. Business magazine that was sitting on a table, I overheard a mature staffer—most of the other sales staff looked to be in their early 20s—say into the phone, “Nothing better to cheer you up than the proper fitting of a good bra.” She sounded so kind and genuine I believed every word. She also seemed wise and experienced in breastly matters. After Deborah hung up the phone, she glided over my way and whisked me inside a changing room, where I braced myself for the anticipated humiliation. Or at least that’s what I thought was supposed to happen at a bra fitting. Deborah did not scold me for the bra I had on. Nor did she spin me around like a top to measure my chest, back and mid-40s, post-children breasts. In fact, she did nothing of the kind, but ensured I was happy and found the appropriate undergarment while using terms such as “a work horse bra” and “locked and loaded.” Deborah perfected the combination of grace, humour and no-nonsense attitude. My kind of person. No one has ever accused me of being shy, but it took a boatload of courage and all my reporter experience to ask, “Is there a two-for-one sale?” in a fancy lingerie shop were sports bras go for $100. Alas, no. I get that the lovely, comfortable bras are designed in France, but the one I purchased was made in Tunisia. OK, Tunisia is not Indonesia, Bangladesh or China, but when my bill totalled $103.04, I could have won an Oscar for pretending the amount didn’t sting. All I know is this bra will never see the inside of washing machine or dryer. And it will probably get more tender care than I give my children. fhughes@vancourier.com

According to an industry spokesperson, VESTA vice president Glen Hansman is wrong about a lack of regulation for bottled water. file photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Elementary teachers target bottled water in schools, June 2. Vancouver Elementary School Teachers Association (VESTA) vice president Glen Hansman incorrectly infers that money spent on bottled water represents an investment that is not being made in water and sewer infrastructure. Canadians pay taxes partly so that government at all levels will invest in water and sewer infrastructure repair. They spend their after-tax or disposable income on many consumer items, including bottled water. They do not spend money on bottled water at the expense of tap water. VESTA also states that “bottled water uses vast amounts of energy and resources

to produce and transport and its disposal in landﬁlls pollutes the ground and atmosphere.” This is incorrect. According to independent research ﬁrm Quantis International, bottled water has the smallest carbon footprint of any bottled beverage. VESTA further states that “another worrisome fact is that bottled water is less stringently regulated than tap water and is 10,000 times more expensive.” This is also incorrect. Bottled water is held to the same scrutiny as tap water. By law, Health Canada regulations for bottled water must be as strong and protective of public health as provincial regulations for tap water. John B. Challinor II, Nestlé Waters Canada

Social housing scheme ignores city strategy We want

To the editor: Re: “Province providing $205 million for social housing,” May 26. In their haste to take full advantage of the funds offered up by B.C. Housing, Vancouver city council and staff are putting the goal of getting roofs over as many heads as possible, as quickly as possible, above the long-term well-being of the people they are trying to house, or the neighbourhoods in which they are trying to house them. The city’s 2007 supportive housing strategy outlines plans for small developments, geographically balanced, and designed with input from the community. In contrast, all but two of the current 14 sites will contain over 100 units and are either downtown or east of

Cambie Street, and despite the many meetings that city staff have held with neighbourhood residents, never have the key features of the developments—their size, and the number and nature of the prospective residents—been negotiable. The development at Fraser and Broadway is a particularly stark example of a project designed with little regard to its impact on the surrounding neighbourhood. Rising to 11 storeys at the top of a hill, surrounded by two-storey buildings on a struggling commercial strip, this building will dominate the area, further concentrating poverty in an area desperately in need of commercial revitalization. Vancouver’s residents— all of them—need the city to build supportive housing

wisely, not in haste. Megan Reiter, Vancouver

••• To the editor: It seems the government has now set a realistic goal and initiated a great plan to deal with homelessness. Since the plan will require the awareness and cooperation of our everyday citizens, this is a great opportunity for everyone to reach out and make a difference as a community. In recent years, the sense of community in this city has been lost in our individual busy lives, but with the encouragement of non-proﬁt organizations and other social groups, we could resolve the issue of homelessness and other important issues. Sam Liao, Vancouver

Accusatory ‘aboriginal’ letter not worth the ink

To the editor: Re: “Letters of the week,” June 2. I am wondering why you bothered to print James A. Craig’s letter. He accuses aboriginal people of not working for a living like the rest of us. I know lots of aboriginal people who work and none who don’t except for those afﬂicted with illness.

His unsubstantiated allegation contributes nothing of interest to the discussion that needs to take place concerning the future of British Columbia. This is certainly a case where you should have edited for reasons of taste... unless it is your taste to bully “Injuns,” that is. Grace Woo, Vancouver

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Allan Wong Allan Wong, COPE It is important to note that numerous long-term plans that the board is already discussing are the basis of many recommendations. Most are already Vancouver Board of Education initiatives… What I want to see is a commitment from the minister and the board to sit down and collaboratively produce a long-term plan for public education that addresses the improvement of student achievement and facilities. noconnor@vancourier.com

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Police department refuted own press release, chief apologized to Wu family

Cops deny beating, dragging man from home Mike Howell Staff writer

Two Vancouver police officers involved in the beating of an East Side man in January “deny each and every allegation” set out in a lawsuit launched against them by the victim. Constables Nicholas Florkow and Bryan London say in a statement of defence document filed in B.C. Supreme Court that use of force against Yao Wei Wu was “legally justified in the circumstances.” At no time, the statement continued, did the officers’ use of force consist of dragging Wu from his home, repeatedly beat-

ing him or keeping him in handcuffs for a lengthy period of time, or at all. “The police defendants were acting in good faith in the lawful performance of their municipal police duties and that no direct action for damages lies against [them],” the statement said. The document was ﬁled in defence of a lawsuit launched by Wu and his wife in March against Florkow and London. The City of Vancouver and Corporation of Delta, whose police force is investigating the beating, are also named in the suit. The court documents from both sides are allegations. No trial date has been set to hear the case.

The statement of claim in the suit alleges the officers unlawfully forced their way into Wu’s house Jan. 21 in the 6200-block Lanark Street without consent. The officers grabbed him, dragged him outside and assaulted and repeatedly beat him “without provocation or justification, thereby causing him to sustain serious and disabling physical and psychiatric injuries,” the claim said. Wu suffered bruises, contusions, internal injuries, head injuries, fractured facial bones, loss of vision and psychological trauma, the claim added. On the night of the incident, the officers in question respond-

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Arborist defends swing removal, notes city liability concerns

City axes tire swing, prompts resident indignation Cheryl Rossi

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Vancouver residents at Quebec Street and East 30th Avenue say the city’s no fun police have struck again, this time cutting out play for kids. A city worker cut down a tire swing suspended from a city boulevard tree June 3 and let parents know it violated the city’s street tree bylaw. “It’s ridiculous,” resident John Freeman said. “This city is trying to build community and create a sense of place and kids taking ownership of these sorts of places is so important. Honestly, there will be tears shed over the loss of the swing… It has been used every day, rain or shine.” Two and a half months ago, Freeman’s ﬁve-year-old daughter Delphine told him she wanted a tire swing after she played on a similar swing in a Toronto park. He noted a tire swing had hung from a tree branch in the city park for years. Her suggestion came at the perfect time. A city truck had inadvertently destroyed a basketball hoop mounted by residents on the same northeast corner of Quebec and East 30th. Freeman had a rope, and another neighbour had a tire they’d been planning

“MAYBE IT’S A LIABILITY ISSUE, MAYBE IT’S A BIG NO FUN ISSUE.” Clay Yandle

to bring to the landﬁll. The two items were combined and by early April the neighbourhood spot was revived on a block that teems with children who like to play street hockey and erect lemonade stands. Clay Yandle, a resident and father of two small boys, said Friday morning he and two other neighbours had phoned the city to complain about the swing’s removal. He said the swing attached to the mature ornamental cherry tree was in clear view. “Maybe it’s a liability issue, maybe it’s a big no fun issue,” he said. Freeman believes city staff should focus on more dangerous bylaw infractions and “turn a blind eye” to less serious offences such as the tree swing. Mac Stairs, supervisor of parks, reported the rope swing to the arboriculture department. Turning a blind eye to such bylaw violations would be like telling a police ofﬁcer it isn’t dan-

gerous to speed, Stairs said “No person shall attach a wire, rope, nail, poster, or any contrivance to any street tree,” the city’s street tree bylaw states. Fines under the bylaw range from $50 to $2,000. Drew Gilchrist, acting city arborist, said the bylaw is meant to protect the health of trees and to protect the city from litigation. He didn’t know whether “contrivances” on street trees had led to litigation in the past. “They’re simply not permitted,” Gilchrist said. A rope can harm bark, he said, but workers wouldn’t have inspected the tree at 30th and Quebec for damage before removing the rope. He said the parents who hung the swing may have been vigilant, but anyone could use the swing when they’re not around and get hurt. He conceded the action may make the city seem like a “scrooge.” “When the buck stops, its stops in the lap of the city and it’s just one of those costs that they don’t want to bear,” he said. Jessica White, Delphine’s mother, called the Courier to report that on a four-kilometre run Friday morning, she saw ﬁve more tire swings on boulevard trees. crossi@vancourier.com

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Artists such as painter Eri Ishii will hone their craft at Portside Studios on McLean Street. photo Dan Toulgoet

Artists celebrate new studio home Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

They lost their original studios, but thanks to support from non-proﬁt organizations, city councillors and staff and each other, a group of Vancouver artists have a new home. Formerly from 901 Main St., nearly two dozen artists will celebrate Portside Studios at the corner of McLean and Powell, with open houses June 11 and 12. “The key message we have is that sticking together as a group is a good idea,” said Dennis Brown, one of the artists that went from the Save 901 Campaign to the 901 Artists Co-operative. “The lease we’ve got now, which is a long-term lease, we couldn’t have got it as individuals.” In 2007, 30 artists on month-to-month leases in the tall, narrow building at 901 Main near the Georgia Viaduct learned a development had been proposed for their space. While the artists unsuccessfully appealed to the city to halt development until its arts facilities review was complete, one of the artists found a building with ample windows on the sec-

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ond storey at McLean and Powell. Upon the recommendation of Vancity credit union, the group became a co-op. With grants from the B.C. Co-operative Association and Building Opportunities with Business, they hired a consultant to set up their organization and paid for building drawings to secure the proper permits. Fifteen members, including 13 artists from 901 Main, make up the 901 Artists Cooperative. They pay $1.15 per square foot for studio space at Portside and commit to volunteer work. Eight non-members pay $1.35 per square foot. These are good rates with most artists paying $1.50 to $2 a square foot in the Eastside Culture Crawl area, according to Eri Ishii, a longtime tenant of 901 Main. She says Vision councillors Heather Deal and Geoff Meggs provided the artists

with helpful advice. The co-op negotiated a ﬁve-year lease and a no demolition clause with their landlord Lane Oseen. They moved into their space Dec. 1. All but one of the 23 artists at Portside Studios are painters. As a result of the arts and culture facilities review in 2008, a city planner now guides arts and cultural applicants through its regulatory systems. The city is also reviewing its regulations on live performance spaces. A review of regulations concerning studio spaces is to start in late fall. Jacquie Gijssen, senior cultural planner with the city, says more co-ops need to form to ﬁnd affordable and suitable space with longer tenure. Gijssen said Amacon is required to provide 5,000 square feet of art production space in its District development at East Seventh Avenue and Scotia for a minimum of 10 years. Artists from 901 Main negotiated with Amacon for tenancy in the space, but the two parties differed on rental rates. The open house runs at 150 McLean Dr. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday night and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. crossi@vancourier.com

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Campaign notes citizens vote in community centres

Park board greenlights anti-HST protest, commissioner cries foul Sandra Thomas Staff writer

The lone NPA commissioner on the park board says it’s unfair to allow protesters to set up in community centre lobbies to collect names on petitions against the harmonized sales tax (HST) proposed by the provincial government. Ian Robertson, who said

he opposes the new combined sales tax, said he’s concerned the board can’t allow one group to set up for free within a community centre and refuse other groups the same right. “The park board has a very clear policy about not allowing any kind of group to set up for free in community centres,” he said. “I think we should be debat-

ing the whole policy, not whether or not to allow this group into community centres. How can you allow one group and not others?” The HST combines the provincial sales tax of seven per cent and the goods and services tax of ﬁve per cent, for a total rate of 12 per cent. That means some goods and services that until now were taxed only by

the ﬁve or seven per cent, will include the full 12 per cent rate. If introduced as planned July 1, fees at park board facilities will increase. At Monday night’s park board meeting, the Vision Vancouver majority, as well as COPE commissioner Loretta Woodcock, voted to allow HST petitioners to set up in centres across the city.

“COMMUNITY CENTRES THEMSELVES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NEUTRAL AND FREE OF POLITICS.” Ian Robertson

The park board ofﬁcially opposes the tax. City council was to debate yesterday whether anti-HST petitioners should be allowed to set

up at city hall, since council is also ofﬁcially against the tax. Council’s discussion took place after the Courier’s press deadline. Robertson argued community centres should be free of political activity, despite often being used as polling stations during federal, provincial and municipal elections. “We often rent out rooms to people to express their political views, but community centres themselves are supposed to be neutral and free of politics,” he said. “The number of names needed for the petition has already been reached, so I can only assume this move is because Vision Vancouver wants to support its NDP backers.” Anti-HST canvasser Joseph Lin said because residents use community centres to vote, they should have access to community centres to have a say on the new tax. He said the petition is the ﬁrst step towards a referendum and noted the anti-HST campaign is a legitimate initiative recognized by Elections B.C. “During the municipal election people voted at community centres about what they want or not,” said Lin, referring to the fact that during municipal election residents vote on the city’s capital plan. “It’s like a referendum and they vote on that at community centres, so that’s why we want people to be able to have the same opportunity on the HST. We need to hear the real voice of the people.” Lin is president of the Green Club, which crosscultural understanding between Vancouver and Taiwan. Lin said he was concerned that the government would introduce the HST just as the province is recovering from a recession. He also said that prior to the last provincial election in 2009, the Liberals promised the tax wouldn’t be introduced. “This is almost equal to a constitutional rights challenge,” he said. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Fraserview, YMCA partner with U.S. youth development program

Golf courses open doors to low-income families Megan Stewart Staff writer

From tee to green, the discipline demanded of golfers stays long after the end of a round. In the experience of James Presnail and Muncie Booth, two Vancouver golf professionals who coach children and teens, golf skills can also be life skills. The coaches are countering the sport’s reputation of elitism by opening two of the city’s courses to kids who might never otherwise know how it feels to drive a ball hundreds of yards down a fairway. “Golf seems to be the only game where you’re not allowed to play until you’re good enough—we want to change that,” said Presnail, the assistant instructor for the Golf Institute at Fraserview. Courage, conﬁdence, courtesy and simple math are some of the skills that translate off the course, he said. On Friday, Fraserview and the Robert Lee YMCA at Burrard and Barclay Street became the ﬁrst organizations in Western Canada to offer golf lessons in association with the largest youth development

program in the U.S. The First Tee has introduced golf to more than 3.6 million young Americans since 1997 and operates 205 programs in ﬁve countries, including Canadian chapters in Montreal and now Vancouver, where organizers hope to teach the game to 1,000 kids a year. Financial assistance is available for low-income families. “Our goal is to bring as many people into the game of golf as possible,” said Mike Carroll, a Vancouver lawyer who sits on the boards of the Royal Canadian Golf Association and The First Tee of Vancouver. Kris Jonassen, the executive director of Golf British Columbia and also a volunteer board member for The First Tee, which is occupied with raising approximately $100,000 a year to operate the program, said golf contributes to kids’ physical and mental development. “If we can get them waking the golf course, carrying their own clubs, socializing with others—not texting or messaging others—then we’re on the right track,” said Jonassen. The Fraserview Golf Course is one of three pub-

lic courses operated by the Vancouver parks board. Another is the McCleery Golf Academy in South Vancouver where Murcie Booth, in his second year as the director of golf, began teaching some of the city’s most disadvantaged residents. Each year since 1999, about 30 new and returning Downtown Eastside kids aged eight to 18 have taken

lessons through the McCleery inner city golf program. Golf is often reserved for those who can afford the green fees and the leisure time. Booth, the former director of the B.C. Professional Golfers’ Association, said the McCleery Golf Academy is just like other courses across Canada. “A parent would usually drop off the children for

the day, and most of them were already in possession of top-line equipment,” he wrote about his goals for the program. “Teeing it up on a sunny afternoon, on a beautifully manicured golf course, would never even enter the realm of possibility for children living in the inner city.” The McCleery inner city golf academy is free for all

participants and open to residents of the Downtown Eastside. Registration for August is through the Strathcona, Thunderbird and RayCam community centres. Summer sessions of The First Tee run in August and September. More information and registration is available through the Robert Lee YMCA. mstewart@vancourier.com

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Jack Volrich died of kidney failure at 82

Former mayor credited with urban development legacy Megan Stewart

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As mayor, Jack Volrich (left) welcomed then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to Vancouver in 1977.

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LOCAL THEATRE COMPANY PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON ENERGY SAVINGS. When Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre Company considered shifting to energy-efficient lighting, it faced a common hurdle. While efficient lighting will save money every month on your electricity bill, the bulbs do have a higher sticker price than old-fashioned incandescents. Kate Bethell, Rentals Manager at the Arts Club was ready for a big act, “We replaced 230 light bulbs on the Stanley’s marquee. And the sign is on 24 hours a day.” To help with the cost, the Arts Club qualified for a rebate of $4,600 through the Product Incentive Program. Bethell said that made the difference between doing the project—or not. “We might have done it eventually but it’s a big expense the first time you do it. The incentive definitely was the main reason we could do the switch.” To find out more about this story or how your business can save money on energy costs, visit bchydro.com/incentives or call 1 866 522 4713.

A former mayor who presided over Vancouver during a lively political era, Jack Volrich today is remembered for his work on key landmarks of the city’s urban landscape. Jack Volrich died May 31 of kidney failure. He was 82. A memorial was held yesterday at Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club. The two-term mayor began his career in civic politics as a social and urban reformer. First elected as an alderman in 1972 and 1974, he was an inﬂuential and founding member of TEAM, The Electors Action Movement. He was twice elected mayor and campaigned for his second term as an independent candidate endorsed by the NPA. He lost a third election in 1980, conceding a close race to future New Democrat premier Mike Harcourt. Volrich may have shifted to the right, but he maintained a core TEAM principle that neighbourhoods should have more inﬂuence over city hall. Mayor Gregor Robertson said Volrich was instrumental in Vancouver’s city planning, crediting him with “what we’re now celebrating as urban best practices.” “He championed planning for Expo ’86, including our city’s rapid transit system,” Robertson said in a release. The longwinded title of a 1980 political biography by Stan Persky, The House (convention centre, stadium, rapid transit system, etc.) That Jack Built, captures the accomplishments of Volrich’s tenure. His family life and career as a politician and lawyer was not untouched by tragedy or scandal. His son died of cancer in 1984, and Volrich later attributed to the death his distracted state-of-mind and part of the reason he was suspended from the Law Society of B.C. in 1987 and 1995. This week his daughter remembered how the family was able to negotiate the demands of politics and personal life. “He never let work or

“HE CHAMPIONED PLANNING FOR EXPO ’86, INCLUDING OUR CITY’S RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM.” Gregor Robertson

public life interfere with our relationships and the time he’d spend with us,” Dana Volrich said. As a child she liked to go wherever her father went. “I was in every parade the city had during that time, and they had a lot in those days,” she said. “I was always up for a photo-op with him, which he loved. I was kind of like Dad’s little sidekick for a lot of it.” Resident and business owner Doreen Braverman credits Volrich for the hospitable shopping district in Kerrisdale. She said his leadership with the Arbutus Homeowners Association marked his entry on the civic scene. “You may remember back in the ’70s that they wanted to put an Oakridge-size shopping centre on that property,” she told the Courier. “The neighbourhood was totally opposed. The neighbours were so appreciative that he listened, cared and acted.” Braverman is also a family friend of Volrich and her husband knew the would-be mayor since they were students at King Edward secondary school in the ’40s. He went on to earn a law degree from UBC. The son of immigrants from Montenegro, Volrich was born in Anyox, B.C. in 1928. After the mine closed, the family moved to Vancouver. His father died of scoliosis when Volrich was 13 and he spent the better part of the year in hospital with tuberculosis. His mother worked at a laundry. “Because he values what he has won at such great cost,” wrote one reporter in 1977, “Volrich also values the social system which made it all possible.” mstewart@vancourier.com

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davidicuswong Last week, approximately 80 of my high school classmates came together for a reunion at Anducci’s. Decades (I’ll let you guess how many) have passed since I graduated from Burnaby North secondary yet memories of those days seem as fresh as if they happened last month. Of course, they were recently refreshed by my oldest son’s grad dinner and dance a few weeks ago. Burnaby North had always been a big school. The graduating class was too large for everyone to know everyone else, and less than 20 per cent was able to attend this reunion. Yet I expected that I would recognize most faces. I was the editor of all my high school yearbooks from grades 9 to 12. I still have vivid memories of the fun I had with my friends, including Stew, Stan, Peter and Ron, staying at school hours after classes ended, developing photos, designing layouts and writing. It kept us from getting into trouble. My summers were even preoccupied with the planning of the next year’s book. Each production was a 365-day-a-year job, so

we objected to people calling them annuals as if they were thrown together once a year. In fact, last week I caught myself correcting a classmate who referred to our yearbook as the annual as if it really makes a difference now. I saw every photo that did or didn’t make it to publication and I realized the responsibility we had in creating the time capsule for our teachers and classmates. Each yearbook would form a core of the memories of individual lives and our lives together. At Anducci’s, a slide show of old yearbook photos was projected above the bar, and we each wore a name tag with our graduating photo. Over the years, those candid snapshots, group photos, team pictures and portraits have become icons that may or may not have reﬂected the reality of the moment. True or false, they solidiﬁed core memories suddenly challenged when we meet again years later. It is an odd thing these days to be in a room full of people the same age. When you’re fresh out of school, the rest of the world is older, but when you pass the median age of the population, the rest of the world

seems younger—unless you hang out at hospitals and nursing homes. Though we all should have been about the same age, many of the faces were hardly recognizable. Some looked as young as their early 30s; some could be in their 50s. Few looked like the 17 or 18 year olds depicted on their name tags. Thank goodness our names were in large print. Most of us would need reading glasses. Even so, we couldn’t believe our eyes, matching name tags to faces. So many factors can alter our apparent age: the effects of easy or hard times, the accelerated aging caused by smoking and hard drugs, the stress of illness and chronic health conditions, and, of course, genetics. Yet we shouldn’t judge one another by appearances; that’s what everyone did in high school. We’re all a lot older and deeper than that. Right? In next week’s column: what I learned about my classmates and myself at my reunion. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His column appears regularly in this paper and his Internet radio show can be heard on PositiveWorldRadioNetwork.WeEarth.com.

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The days when climbing roses were for walls and all others were segregated in rose beds are almost gone. Today, roses are free to snuggle up with diverse companions in a variety of different settings. For instance, climbing and rambling roses can wind around obelisks, posts covered with wire mesh and teepees, provide a prickly warning around vulnerable house windows and double the value of space in small gardens by teaming up with flowering shrubs. The main limiting factors are sunshine and moisture. Most roses need six hours of sun daily, though there are a few that bloom in semishade. One is the purplish-blue Wedding Veil (Veilchenblau), a rambler with fewer blooms in semishade, but with a reputation for enhanced flower colour. Some others (such as the climber New Dawn) can be started in semi-shade and will flower abundantly once they’ve escaped by climbing up into the sunshine. Climbers tend to have stiff canes and some develop significant trunks so they can stand alone. Also, climbers may flower repeatedly. Ramblers have malleable canes that make winding easier. But most ramblers are old roses, fragrant, but only Juneflowering. Since both kinds climb, I’ll use the word climbers. But bear in mind their differences when choosing a rose for a specific purpose. For instance, when choosing a tree or shrub as a support for climbers, a rambler will wind through the branches better and be easier to re-position if necessary. It’s also important to match the size of the tree or shrub and the rose. The living supports must be strong enough to hold the climber when it’s mature and the rose mustn’t grow so abundantly it smothers and weakens its support. Roses are often grown up west or south walls and this is a great, warm, sheltered place for them. There’s likely to be a lot of watering at first because soil by walls can be dry, especially in summer. Eventually the rose roots grow out into more hospitable places. This also happens with other large wall plants such as fig trees and passion vines. Painting walls that host roses can be a challenge even if they’re on detachable trellises because old, woody rose

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Looking for a unique gift for Father’s Day? Give the greatest gift of all and spend some quality time with dad at the Habitat for Humanity build site on Saturday, June 26. Not only will you have a great day together, you will also be helping Habitat families. A minimum $50 donation per person (must be over 16), is required to register. Once they have received your completed registration and donation, you’ll be mailed a Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver greeting card so that you can present your gift to your dad on Father’s Day. For more info. or to secure a spot for you and your father, contact Michelle at 604-681-5618, ext. 23, or email volunteer@vancouverhabitat.bc.ca.

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HEALTHY GIFT IDEAS FOR DAD

ather’s Day, the third Sunday in June, was established in 1910 by Sonora Dodd, whose mother had died in childbirth. She and her five siblings were raised by her father. One Mother’s Day, Sonora decided she wanted to honour her father. Because he was born in June, she encouraged local churches to celebrate “Father’s Day” in that month, and so it began. Recognize your father this year with gifts that will help him stay healthy. A health and wellness gift basket for Dad wouldn’t be complete without some heart healthy omega-3 fish oil for heart and mind, SuperProstate Formula mens’ supplement, vitamin E, green tea extract for disease prevention, and CoQ10 for energy and heart support. Throw in some glucosamine sulfate if his joints are getting stiff, and some appropriate exercise gear to inspire him and let him know you care about his health. And be sure to get out with him to walk or run around the block. Tips courtesy www.newscanada.com.

Kids 12 and under are free. Free T-shirt, barbeque lunch and 100’s of prizes. Meet Jack the Giant and hear Norman Foote and the So Tight Band. Make a free gift for Dad in the kid zone and play some awesome games. ® MC

FATHER KNOWS BEST

Father’s Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer: Prostate Cancer Foundation B.C. is proud to present the Father’s Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer, celebrating the 12th Anniversary of Do it for Dad. This year’s Metro Vancouver event is Sunday June 20th. To date it has raised over $1.1 million and last year was their best ever with a total of $220,000 raised in the Metro Vancouver area. For more information, visit www.fathersdayrun.ca or call 604-574-4012.

Celebrate

DAD at YEW restaurant + bar

Three-course Father’s Day Brunch for only $27. Choose from a selection of sweet and savoury brunch dishes that offer something for everyone.

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If Dad is an oyster fan he will love our new Half Shell Special. Dive in to a dozen oysters from our daily local selection for only $12!

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Make a toast to Dear Old Dad. Stop by in the evening for Wine Down Sundays. Where each and every bottle on our extensive wine list is 50 percent off from Bubble to Burgundy, Old World to New. Every Sunday.

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Celebrate

DAD at YEW restaurant + bar

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Canucks legend Trevor Linden’s signed jersey fetched $1,600 at the Pamela Martin-emceed Women’s Media Golf Classic and gala dinner.

(r-l) Artist Gabryel Harrison’s braille text painting fetched $14,000 at Alison Lawton’s Unite with Art fundraiser held at Maynards Fine Art & Antiques.

Fred Jacqui Cohen welcomed Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger to her Face the World Foundation fete that raised a record-breaking $1.5 million for local charities.

UNLEESHED

Architect James Cheng (left) helped unlock the secrets of new home buying in Intracorp developer Don Forsgren’s new book Show and Tell.

About Face: Jacqui Cohen welcomed 220 guests including Elvis Costello, Diana Krall and Nickleback’s Chad Kroeger to her 20th Face the World Foundation fete. Attendees shelled out $1,500-a-ticket for the sit down dinner and auction at Cohen’s beautiful Point Grey waterfront home. Vicki Gabereau emceed, pianist Michael Kaeshammer performed and Umberto Menghi fed the well-heeled group that coughed up a whopping $1.5 million and change for local charities. United for kids: At the third annual Unite with Art gala organized by Julie Lee and held at Maynards, Alison Lawton chaired and donated $100,000 as 90-plus works of art, fashion and design were auctioned off to benefit UNICEF Canada’s Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign. Gabryel Harrison’s braille piece fetched the night’s top bid of $14,000 contributing to the record $460,000 raised. Fore kids: Over 200 women hit the links at Vancouver’s Musqueam Golf and Learning Academy for the 23rd edition of the Women’s Media Golf Classic and dinner at Beyond Restaurant hosted by event founder Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia. A signed jersey donated by Canucks legend Trevor Linden garnered $1,600. The hoi poloi generated $85,000 for The Pacific Autism Family Centre and Mediated Learning Academy Therapy School. Hear Fred Monday morning on CBC Radio One’s The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; Email Fred at yvrflee@ hotmail.com; Follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown.

Cultch executive director Heather Redfern (left) and Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society CEO Cheryl Prepchuk schmoozed at the YWCA awards.

(l-r) Producers Damian Kindler, Amanda Tapping and Martin Wood of the TV series Sanctuary led all LEO Award nods with 17.

Singer Sarah McLachlan, ﬂanked by artists Brent Comber and Athena Bax, attended Unite with Art UNICEF beneﬁt for children living with HIV/AIDS.

Organizer Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia (left) feted CBC’s Ann Luu at her golf gala, which netted $85,000 for special kids and autism therapy.

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Jewell heist

Rogue Folk Club presents Bostonbased roots performer Eilen Jewell pickin’, grinnin’ and croonin’ it up with her band at CBC Studio 700 (700 Hamilton St.) June 10, 8 p.m. Her latest album, Sea of Tears, is a heartfelt and folksy mix of torch songs, rockabilly, old school R&B and some Byrdsy ’60s twang. Time to dust off that buckskin jacket. Tickets at Highlife Records and Rufus’ Guitar Shop, online at www.roguefolk.bc.ca or by calling 604-736-3022.

Skank-a-rific

Remember ska? Apparently it’s still going strong in Newfoundland. And to prove it, the hopefully ﬁddleless 11-piece “ska-dance” band The Idlers are bringing its East Coast party machine all the way to Vancouver for a lesson in skanking June 10 at the Yale Hotel, located at the tail end of the Granville Mall—an area of town that knows a thing or two about skanking. But seriously…. Tickets at Zulu, Highlife, online at www.theyale.com or at the door.

Animated evening Movie cycle

The City of Vancouver Archives celebrates the animated accomplishments of Studio B with a special event June 10, 7:30 p.m. at Vancity Theatre, chronicling the legacy of the local company that has become a leader in children’s entertainment with popular animated series such as Kid vs Kat, Martha Speaks, George of the Jungle and Class of the Titans, among others. For tickets and info, call 604-683-FILM (3456) or go to www.viff.org.

Portland filmmakers Mary DeFreese and Nick Peterson made their fulllength film Field Guide To November Days entirely with bicycles, meaning everyone working on the film biked to the set and everything (including furniture) was pulled by bike. In keeping with the two-wheeled theme, the filmmakers are launching their Epic Bicycle Film Tour, riding from Vancouver to L.A., screening the film in cities along the way. It all starts, ahem, rolling June 10, 8 p.m. at BLIM Gallery (115 East Pender). Rumour has it their next project will be a documentary on treating saddle soars. For more info on the indie film, go to www. sampofilms.com.

Say yes to Drugs

Studio B gets animated June 10 at Vancity Theatre.

East Van band with a plan Hard Drugs brings its alt country ﬁx back to Vancouver after a gritty stint in New York. The homecoming takes place June 10 at the Biltmore with guests Lord Beginner and Edmonton’s The Whitsundays. Tickets $8 at the door.

kudos & kvetches We bid you adieu, kind sirs

First they came for the grizzled-looking Klondike prospectors, but we did not speak up because we were not grizzled-looking Klondike prospectors. Then they came for the passably authentic representations of homesteaders, but we didn’t say anything because we were not passably authentic representations of homesteaders. Then they came for Queen Victoria and Amor De Cosmos…. Yes, times are tough at the provincial legislature. In an effort to chip away at the province’s $2.8 billion deficit and projected $1.7 billion shortfall this year, the killjoys in the Liberal government have decided to kill off the live action historical figures who have greeted tourists and provided interactive, albeit cheesy, tours of the legislature since 1998. As part of the “Parliamentary Players” acting program, costumed thespians enthusiastically portrayed colourful figures in the province’s history, posed for countless photos with easily entertained travellers and given rise to K&K’s yet-to-beproperly-treated petticoat and mutton chop fetish. But with the closing of Gastown’s multi-million dollar tourist trap Storyeum and now the demise

arts & entertainment

East Coast ska, East Van Drugs

Local playwright Sally Stubbs’ Herr Beckmann’s People runs June 10 to 19 at PTC Studio at Festival House on Granville Island.

Chakra the monkey Bend it like Beckmann

Local musician Mark Fenster and his young daughter Zoe perform songs from their new CD, Cantoria, June 10, 7:30 p.m. at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. The CD is described as “a father and daughter’s sacred musical journey through seven multi-faith prayers and their connection with seven chakras.” Oddly enough, Fenster has previously written and produced songs for April Wine, Luba, the Vancouver Grizzlies and the TV show Wok with Yan. We don’t write this stuff. Tickets at www.autumnstudios.ca or at the VECC box ofﬁce by calling 604-251-1363.

of the Parliamentary Players, we’re a little worried about the fate of the historical acting profession. Besides whoring yourself to Barkerville, where can a re-enactor find work these days? Which is why, pending approval from the Courier’s new owners, K&K plans on launching the historical theme park Newspaper Land this summer. The interactive tour of the once thriving newspaper industry will include such historical figures as Lorna, the Classified Advertising Section manager. Lorna will smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, sit at a desk adorned with Tom Selleck memorabilia and say things like, “Get a load of this, Marlene. Some schmuck named Craig wants us to team up with him in launching a free online ‘list’ that he says will transform the way people sell and purchase things. Yeah, nice try...” Visitors of Newspaper Land will also be able to chat up Bruce, the heavy drinking labour reporter who doesn’t know how to take photographs, set up a blog, use Facebook, shoot interactive videos or quote Twitter users’ vapid, grammar-challenged tweets as if they were actual sources. And let’s not forget Inky, the once popular and prominent vat of black ink used in something called a printing press used in transferring

Art, war and the politics of culture collide in local playwright Sally Stubbs’ latest Herr Beckmann’s People, described as “a poetic and moving account of a family’s legacy of beauty and brutality.” The play is the latest installment of Flying Start, a partnership of Playwrights Theatre Centre and Touchstone Theatre that gives a stage to new professional playwrights, and the ﬁnal production of Touchstone’s Made in B.C. season. The Katrina Dunn-directed production runs June 10 to 19 at the PTC Studio at Festival House on Granville Island. Tickets at ticketstonight.ticketforce. com or by calling 604-684-2787.

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iPhoning it in

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s much-anticipated new iPhone 4 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference Monday. Besides the faint hope of one day ending decades of celibacy, delegates at the conference were also stoked about the iPhone 4’s new sleeker design, longer lasting battery, front-facing camera and adjustable narcissism levels that can be set to “sort of into myself,” “totally into myself” and “what was that? I wasn’t listening. Ohmigawd, look at this totally hot photo I just took of myself. That’s so going to be my new proﬁle picture.” To date, more than 50 million iPhones have been sold worldwide since its introduction three years ago. In that time, 20 million people have ceased making eye contact with strangers in public; another 20 million can’t go out to dinner with others without checking their Facebook status, the time or sports score every 15 minutes; while the remaining 10 million owners can get aroused only if their partner is wearing blue jeans and a black turtleneck.

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Artistic director discusses storied career

An avid storyteller and story “listener,” Naomi Steinberg has been telling stories professionally since 2001. She is a member of the Vancouver Society of Storytelling, the Storytellers of Canada and the Healing Stories Alliance. She has spun tales around the world, including Vancouver’s In the House Festival, the “Science Meets Dharma” project in India and various events in Zurich, Switzerland. She has developed workshops for Vancouver schools through the Vancouver School Board’s Artist in Residence program as well as facilitating workshops for schools in Morocco, Switzerland and for the Cortona conference in Italy. Lately, however, she’s been focused on her duties as artistic director of the 18th annual Vancouver International Storytelling Festival, which runs June 11 to 13 at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Steinberg took time from her busy schedule to chew the fat with the Courier and discuss what makes a good story, the challenges of Twitter and whether there’s a difference between a storyteller and someone who just likes to talk a lot.

For the uninitiated, what is the Vancouver International Storytelling Festival?

One of many international festivals that celebrate the ancient contemporary art of storytelling. A three day event where storytellers come from all over to tell a diversity of stories with a diversity of styles; traditional, folk and fairytale, spoken word, personal narrative. An opportunity for folks to be within a shared listening space and come back to that feeling they had as a child...

2. How does a storytelling festival dif-

fer from a writer’s festival?

Performers tend to read at a writer’s festival. A storytelling festival is all about oral literature, i.e. no reading.

3. What makes a good story?

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Structurally: a beginning, a middle and an end. Emotionally: depth and authenticity, courage, willingness and vulnerability. Linguistically: ﬂights of fancy, intelligent prose and evocative poetry and/or simple, accessible, down to earth, well cadenced,

Vancouver International Storytelling Festival artistic director Naomi Steinberg probably has a good story about her bike, although she didn’t share it with us. common sensical language—with a straight forward twist. Personally: contact between the listener(s) and the teller, intimacy and a reciprocal experience.

4. What makes a good storyteller?

An act of imagination and the courage to share it as an antidote to sterile learning environments, fractured families, apathy and sor-

row. The use of rhythm, song, c-cc-onsanants vowowowowels, tone, cadence, inflection, dynamics and modulation as means for celebrating wonder, sharing, guidance and joy. Story is the making of the world. Image a good one, tell it into being, gift your heart and breath to the world and the return is instantaneous. Continued on next page

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Conversely, what makes a bad storyteller?

Uhm....shuffle....uhm....erh...so... uhm. yeah well.... whatever I didn’t even really care to share my point with you anyways so...well....whatever....uhm… was that OK?

6. What appeals to you, personally, about

storytelling?

Human to human, heart to heart, breath to breath, presence to presence, instantaneous, scary, vulnerable, willing and reciprocal EXPERIENCE of the storied moment.

7. Do you worry that the art of storytelling

is being lost in our hyper-technologically advanced society?

The art of storytelling is not lost in our hyper-technological society. Anyone who works for an advertising company knows that well... However, skillful story-listening may be in danger. That being said, what I have noticed is that there is a dramatic increase in the number of people telling their stories and ﬁnding public venues at which to do so. There is a deep deep thirst to be heard out there, and storytelling organizations and events are cropping up around the world. I ﬁnd this very exciting! I like feeling like I am standing together with more and more people who agree that the narrative which states that we must consume more

and hoard everything because there is an impending scarcity does not serve us (nor has it ever). Fun! We get to weave together our communities with words, fairytales and wonder!

What’s your opinion of Twitter and the idea of communicating via 140 characters or less?

I was just saying to someone that Twitter is a form, like the Haiku, which is very challenging but a whole lotta fun.

9. Is there a difference between a storyteller and someone who just likes to talk a lot?

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10. Why should people check out the Vancouver International Storytelling Festival?

To feel in solidarity with the deep current of listeners out there in the world. To be with friends and family. Because it feels good, is entertaining, and frankly, if I dare say so, hot. Because Little Woo, RC Weslowski, Jaques Lalonde and Roberta Kennedy are worth it! Also, because I have lost track of the number of times that someone comes up to me after a storytelling event and says, “Wow... thank you... I haven’t felt like that since my mom told me stories when i was a kid... thank you that felt SO good.” For more information on the festival, call 604-876-2272 or email the VSOS at info@ vancouverstorytelling.org or go to www. vancouverstorytelling.org. —Michael Kissinger

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Misanthropic Molière would love play’s modern cheekiness

Revamped French classic retains its edge, rhyming couplets The Misanthrope

At Jericho Arts Centre until June 27 Tickets: 604.224.8007 www.unitedplayers.com Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

It’s odd to hear rhyming couplets in a play set in modern times. But Molière’s Le Misanthrope, the source material for Tony Harrison’s new version of this French classic, was written in rhyming couplets so the challenge was there. Molière’s original opened in Paris June 4, 1666. Under C.W. Marshall’s direction, Harrison’s The Misanthrope had its world premiere June 4, 2010 at the Jericho Arts Centre. So how is the old sourpuss—the misanthrope—doing? Once you get over the strangeness of hearing two American guys in suits conversing in verse, it’s very entertaining. Harrison sets the play in Washington, DC in 2006 at the time when George W. Bush was president and the French had refused to join the U.S. invasion of Iraq so there’s lots of cheeky trashing of all things French. Molière would love it. Kyla Gardiner’s set is sleekly

contemporary with its faux hardwood floors, abstract paintings and its black and white furnishings. The play opens with Al and Phil in an apartment, helping themselves to the bar. People come and go—most don’t knock—so I was initially confused about whose place it is. Eventually I figured out it belongs to Sally Mann, the unlikely object of Al’s desire. Al, an outspoken journalist, poses as a paradigm of honesty while beautiful, flirtatious Sally is a gossip that, for the amusement of others, wittily disses all her friends. Human nature being what it is, though, Al remains smitten by her. The play turns on who, of the many suitors, will win the luscious Sally. This sets up a little problem for the contemporary treatment, however: it’s 2006 and surely Sally is doing more than flirting. She’s 20, she’s sexy. Obviously she’s not between the sheets with Senator Dawe (Trevor Hinton) or Clint (Greg Hamilton), who in this production is stereotypically gay. Nor is she getting it on with Alan (Jay Lewyn), cocky advisor to vice-president. Is Sally is saving herself for marriage? Not likely—not this foxy babe with her

Stephanie Dyck, Shannon Christopher and Lara Isaacson appear in Tony Harrison’s adaptation of Molière’s The Misanthrope. cherry-red lips and plunging décolletage. Not all situations 17th century translate into the 21st. Apart from some wonderful rhymes like “get fried” and “verbicide” (which I take to be the mangling of language), the real pleasure—and it’s considerable—in this production is in performance. Molière himself could not have asked for a hotter, more tantaliz-

ing Sally than Lara Isaacson who doesn’t merely walk, she sashays. She plays the cat and mouse game with the male characters like a true feline: purring, then clawing. In gowns (especially the ﬁrst one, a rufﬂed confection in purple) designed by Jenny Lang, she’d drive any guy wild. And wild is where Sally has driven Al, played by Shannon Christopher

who almost manages to convince us that Al is the voice of honesty and sincerity before showing us that Al is self-absorbed and adolescent when it comes to love. The foil for Al is Phil, portrayed by the always-splendid James Gill. No matter what the play or the period, Gill always looks like he was born for the role. His character’s admiration and respect for Sally’s cousin Elena (Helen Martin) is the only real-feeling emotion in the play. Martin’s is a quiet but firm portrayal of the one character who actually is virtuous; a pity that the director chose to make her unnecessarily plain. Totally but hilariously over the top is Hinton as Senator Dawe. In tight jeans and Stetson, he drawls his way through those couplets Texas-style: big and hearty. Winner of the nasty award is Cynthia (Stephanie Dyck) who has her heart—if she had one—set on Al. Marshall has marshalled very fine talent for Harrison’s adaptation that, in less skilled hands, might not be so airborne. Although it has retained much of Molière’s original edge, there’s still plenty of air in this soufflé. joled@telus.net

BC Lions give back to the community A

Lions Pride is a new program designed for youth in grades 8 to 12 and combines school visits by BC Lions players with the creation of a ﬂag football program. Photo courtesy BC Lions

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s the BC Lions get set to tackle another season at this year’s training camp in Kamloops, many players have wrapped up another round of community and school appearances. These off-season endeavours are a big part of the Lions’ community relations program, and players and staff log hundreds of hours each year speaking to students, making special appearances and spreading positive messages to young people. Lions centre and Lower Mainland native Dean Valli says participating in these programs can be as fulfilling as putting points on the board at a game. “I’ve been involved with several of the club’s community programs for a few years now and it’s a great feeling to know you’re setting a positive example for kids while having fun at the same time!” Some of the Lions programs include: Lions in the House The Lions in the House program is designed specifically for students in grades 8 to 12 and emphasizes the importance of positive life skills development for students and their schools. This year, Lions defensive assistant Barron Miles and centre Angus Reid traveled to secondary schools and engaged students in an interactive assembly with physical activity and motivational speeches on fitness and nutrition, bullying, continuing education, and maintaining a positive attitude. In all, Lions visited 30 schools across the Lower Mainland, speaking to more than 3,000 students as part of the program. Lions Pride This new addition to the BC Lions school program was launched this year. In partnership with the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, the BC Lions are inspiring youth to be active, make positive choices and excel. Lions Pride is designed for youth in grades 8 to 12 and combines school visits with the creation of a flag football program. BC Lions Terasen Gas Energy Champions This program is designed specifically for children in

kindergarten through Grade 7, emphasizing the importance of environmental responsibility and being an “Energy Champion.” In 2010, the BC Lions Terasen Gas Energy Champions program has visited 75 elementary schools throughout the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Interior and northern B.C. Read, Write & Roar The 2010 season marks the ninth year of this BC Lions’ literacy program in partnership with Literacy BC, the Vancouver Public Library, the Vancouver School Board and participating elementary schools. The program reached 15 school districts and more than 25,000 elementary school students, stressing the importance of literacy through a fun and captivating journal. Courage for Kids In 2009, the BC Lions continued their partnership with United Way of the Lower Mainland in support of this program. More than 6,000 children were given the opportunity to attend a BC Lions home game during the season thanks to the generosity of Courage For Kids sponsors and the United Way of the Lower Mainland. Every Yard Counts In 2010, the BC Lions will continue to partner with BC Children’s Hospital for the Every Yard Counts program. This initiative provides an opportunity for children to attend a BC Lions home game, allowing them to get away from their treatment schedules and the everyday battles they ﬁght. While the children get an opportunity to experience the excitement and emotion of a CFL game, they also have a chance to meet some of the BC Lions players. The interactions have far-reaching effects by creating feelings of hope and happiness, making it an enjoyable and rewarding program for everyone involved. For more information on any of these BC Lions programs, please contact the Lions’ director of community relations, Jamie Taras, at jtaras@bclions.com.

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Although Pamela Masik’s days are consumed with painting a series of childhood memories, working on massive scrolls, turning out environmentally conscious paintings, shaping life-size sculptures and preparing to speak at a conference in Amsterdam, she didn’t hesitate to sign on when asked to participate in project to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. “Always ask a busy person, because you know they’ll get the job done,” Masik told the Courier in an interview via email. Masik is working with the Be Part of the Bigger Picture campaign to raise money for breast cancer research through the B.C. and Yukon chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The foundation aims to eradicate breast cancer by 2020, so it’s collecting 2,020 photographs of women, with an accompanying donation of $20 each. Donors can send a photo of a loved one, someone who inspired them or themselves. The pixilated photos will be transferred to a large canvas that will be manipulated by Masik and unveiled at the fifth annual PretA-Pour Tea high tea and high fashion fundraiser at the Terminal City Club, Oct. 27. Masik has long contributed to causes she believes in. When she was younger, her best friend’s mother and her aunt died of breast cancer so she’s keen to contribute to finding a cure. Masik is also well known for her series The Forgotten—69 massive close-up portraits of women missing from the Downtown Eastside. “I thought it was a great social injustice that the women from the Downtown Eastside were ignored and considered disposable

in the eyes of society,” Masik said. “I created the work with the intention that the collection would be a catalyst for creating awareness and a dialogue toward social change.” The Forgotten series will be shown at the Museum of Anthropology next February, and Masik says the project will be discussed in lectures and in Women’s Studies programs at the University of B.C. Masik will visit several high schools, and youth will be challenged to write essays on social change. Women who Masik works with in a shelter in the Downtown Eastside will be hired as gallery guides. Masik used income from the sale of her lush landscape paintings to fund her fouryear forgotten women project. She’s working on creating a foundation that would own The Forgotten series and would hopefully sell it to a public institution, with proceeds going toward a social rehabilitation program for the Downtown Eastside. During the Olympics, she opened her Second Avenue studio to visitors to view some of The Forgotten works. Masik hopes to publish her book about painting missing women such as Mona Wilson, who Robert (Willie) Pickton was convicted of killing. She expects that a documentary on creating The Forgotten called The Exhibition will be released within the next two years. The former volleyball jock and fashion model continues to don a silk gown and smear paint on 33-foot long works in live performances. From choosing painting over a “real” job, Masik has long followed her own heart. She switched from painting at art school to working in the corner of her kitchen while raising her son. Later, when she was experiencing self doubt, Masik went to the New York Art Academy for private training. “What it taught me the most was how to believe in myself and my work,” she said. For more information about Be Part of the Bigger Picture, see www.pretapourtea.com. crossi@vancourier.com

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Condos/ Townhouses

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Houses - Sale

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Real Estate

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Business Services

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Abbotsford beautifully updated end unit 1250sf 3br 2ba thse $239,900 504-1551 id5107 Aldergrove spotless 1800sf 4br 2ba w/suite 8260sf lot nr school $429K 329-7886 id5127 Delta Kennedy Hts updated 920sf 2br condo, laundry, pool, $172,900 306-0406 id5121 Langley Price Reduced 1280sf 3br 2ba rancher, 7200sf lot, $479,900 514-0608 id5129 Langley immaculate 1770sf 3br 2ba rancher 7016sf lot culdesac $600K 532-8434 id5141 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $465Kobo 722-3996 id4694 Maple Ridge immaculate 1200sf 4br log home .37ac lot $549,800 778-240-1196 id5118 Mission, Lake Front Deeded Lot with 38’ Park Model Home $159,900 289-1100 id5140 New West Investor Alert! 638sf 1br condo nr Royal Cent Mall $164,900 525-8577 id5142 Richmond Open House Sun 2-4 #326, 7295 Moffatt, Completely reno’d 674sf 1br condo, pool, $224,900 345-3915 id5148 Surrey Newton completely reno’d 1100sf 2 br townhouse $169,900 562-2977 id4773 Sry Fleetwood huge 1801sf 5br 3.5ba rancher, 7184sf lot $438K 778-240-1196 id5117 Sry Fleetwood immaculate 1573sf 3br 2.5ba tnhse, sxs garage $385K 512-3629 id5144

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Houses - Sale

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Langley/ Aldergrove

LANGLEY, 8258 211th St. Sat/ Sun, 2 - 4pm. Brand new 7 BR (3,425 sf) house, 3 lvl, 5 baths, granite, h/wd flrs, 2 f/ps, rec rm, dbl garage, incl 2 BR s/c bsmt ste. On greenbelt. $629,000. Rupe Mann, United Rlty, 778-240-7914

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Port Coquitlam

PORT COQUITLAM

1935 Jacana Ave,

Sunday June 13th, 1-4pm

8 BR & 4 f/baths, incls 4 BR inlaw ste, 2 lvls, CDS. Upr Mstr BR w/win closet, lg ensuite, kitchen w/pantry. Elegant living rm, formal dining, vaulted ceilings, newer paint, lam flrs. Family rm patio drs to back deck. Bright, modern self contained 4 BR in-law ste, 2f/baths, w/priv ent. newly reno’d, w/walkout to fenced backyrd, Mstr BR w/walk-in closet & enste. Asking: $698,800 Kerry Sandrin, Royal LePage - Coronation West. Cell: 604-763-4638 http://www.sandrin.com

6020-46

S. Surrey/ White Rock

OWN your own Custom Blt 6 BR, 5 bath, Coach Home in Summerfield for $1000/mo. Sutton WC. Michelle Perreault 604-728-2817

6025

Industrial/ Commercial

SURREY, Central City. Only $725,000! Rare high exposure commercial with high density “Downtown” designation. Floor Area Ratio is 3.5. Approx. 15,790 sq ft. 2 lots 123’ x 128’. Only $13.12 per buildable sq ft. Recent appraisal for $828,000. Call Ben Gauer, Royal LePage Ben Gauer & Associates, 604-644-0273 or 604-581-3838.

6030

Lots & Acreage

1 ACRE gd - Mission All usable building lot, room for shop, pool & lrg home. High end homes built in this prestigious cul de sac subdivision. 10 mins to downtown. Drive by lot #7 - 8732 Jones Terrace, near the Abby on Dewdney Trunk Rd. $330,000. Call Len 604-763-4118

N. WEST. All services paid, inclds u/grd electrical, DCC’s, survey & eng’ng report. 33’ x 130’ lot. No GST. $337,000. 604-726-0677. usellahome.com ● ID # 4711

6052

Real Estate Investment

★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Pat 778-783-0872

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HOME SERVICES 8040

Carpet/Flooring Installation

CURLYS CARPET REPAIR Repair/Re-Stretching www.curlyscarpetrepair.com 604-282-6630

8055

Cleaning

8058

Computer Services

$45 / Hour

Computer Home Repair Service ✔ Virus removal • 15 yrs exp ✔ Increase computer speed ✔ Open wknds/eves, 24/7

778-384-2019

8060

Concrete

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

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp. For free estimates call Mario

253-0049

2 FILIPINO exp’d. cleaning ladies, houses, apts, offices, $18/hr 604-537-8375 / 294-9223 EXP HOME detail cleaners, move in/move out, homes, offices, Free metal p/u. etc Call 604-327-1219 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

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. We also do all types of block, & stone work. Free ests. Basile 604-617-5813 Tom 604-690-3316 ALL KINDS of Concrete Work, Tile & Brick. Free Estimate. 604-767-5915 Call Rocky CONCRETE Removal / Replace Small jobs welcome ● Fence repair. Free est. Mario 254-0148 CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726

8073

Drainage

Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Drainage installation & repair. 604-327-3086

Find an electrician under Home Services

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

2 B/R furn or unfurn new bsmt ste in upscale neighborhood base of Seymour mtn, steps to Parkgate Mall, steps to Old Buck trail head hiking/biking,skiing golfcourse and Deep Cove. N/S, in-ste w/d/ dishwasher, util/cable/internet+internet lcl phn # all incl $1550/mo 604-904-9428 LUXURY 1 bdrm condo avail now. Atrium At The Pier. Pool & gym incl. f/p, w/d, Stainless steel appl. n/s, $1900m 604-947-9425 miansampath@gmail.com

6508

Apt/Condos

1 BR $675 immed, Cambie & SW Marine Dr. hardwood, incl & hw, 1 yr lease. np, ns, 604-988-4692 1 BR deluxe condo. UBC Hampton Pl. 4th flr, view, wd, ug prkg. carpet, balc. ns, np, $1500, 1-888-892-3502 1-604-892-0262

Don’t Miss THIS! 1323 W. 71st Ave (MARPOLE). Studio $740. Incl. Hot Water, N/P. 1 Year Lease. Avail July 1. www.apt4rent.ca, 604-727-9022

609-1333 W. Georgia St. 2 br, 2 connected bath, hardwood, stainless, 940sf, lease, np, ns, now, $1900, Eric K. 604-723-7368

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

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

604-916-7729 JEFF

★ COMPLETE DRYWALL ★ By certified tradesman. Small jobs pref. 604-762-4024 *Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925 GOLD STAR DRYWALL Boarding, taping & textures. Also wall and floor tiles. 604-418-8516 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

Electrical

The current choice serving the Lower Mainland for more than 15 years. All Kinds of Work and Reasonable Rates.

Max: 604-341-6059 Licensed & Bonded

Lic. 22308

#1 A-CERTIFIED Lic. Electrician. New or old wiring. Reasonable rates. Lic #11967. 604-879-9394 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

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

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

6508

Apt/Condos

BACH & 1 BR, Newly Reno’d, cls to shop & transit, secured, incls heat, h/w, prkg, Start @ $675. 604-325-1385 www.remirealty.ca

6508

Apt/Condos

GINGER Crosstown, Deluxe! 718 Main St. 1 BR condo, all appls, storage, bike locker, sec’d prkg, Media/amenties rm & more. NS/NP. Avail now. 604-861-6303

CALL (604) 438-4544

OAK & 72Ave, 1 br $685, 2 br $870 & furnished $970, h/w flr, incl heat/hotwater, near transit, no pets, N/S, lease, 778-688-3721

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Langara Gardens

601 West 57th Ave, Van Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments and Townhouses located in the Oakridge area at West 57th Ave and Cambie St. This landmark property is clean and very well maintained by friendly on-site staff. Quiet and tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry facilities, parking and 16 shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School, Langara Golf Course and much more. For more information: 604-327-1178 info-vnc@langaragardens.com www.langaragardens.com

Need a New Place?

6522

Furnished Accommodation

5 BR, 3.5 bath, patio, 2 car prkg, jacuzzi, sleeps 7, Kingsway/ Rupert, pet ok, utils, net & cable incld, avail July & Aug. $3500/mo or $1200/wk, 604-569-0598

6540

Houses - Rent

1069 W. 32nd Ave. Shaughnessy, 3 bdrm main, 2 bath, hardwood floors, prkg, stor, avail July 1, $2500, 604-729-5298 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools................

PITT MEADOWS -11860 Springdale Dr. 4 Bdrm, 2½ baths, inside freshly painted family HOUSE, 5 appl, huge family room, gas f/p, fenced yard, garage, close to WC Express, Schools & shops................$1988/M

Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

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6580 Find one in the Classiﬁeds To advertise call 604-630-3300

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090

Fencing/Gates

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❏ Cedar Fence Installation Call 604-275-3158 THE FENCE GUY Insured B.C.T.Q Tradesmen 1994 Call Dave 604-781-9110

8105

Floor Covering

ALL FLOOR COVERINGS Repair & Replace. Material sales Dwight, 604-732-3057 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca

8110

Floor Refinishing

8120

Glass Mirrors

ANGEL GLASS, Comm/Residential, store fronts, windows & doors, custom shower & tub enclosures, patio doors, mirrors etc. 2837 Kingsway, Vancouver. 604-603-9655

8125

Gutters

ALLIANCE GUTTER cleaning, windows by hand/power washing 15 yrs exp. Steven 604-723-2526 DYNAMIC GUTTERS & Exteriors. Full seamless gutters. Installation repairs & soffits. All jobs guaranteed. Fully insured, bonded, WCB. Will beat any competitors price. 604-439-9417 Edgemont Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-420-4800 Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949

8130

Handyperson

AaronR CONST Repairs & Renos, small repairs welcome. Insured, WCB, Licensed. 604-318-4390 aaronrconstruction.com

ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing. Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275

AALL EXT REPAIRS/REPLACE Fencing, stairs, decks, porches, siding. Call 604-325-4674

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

HANDY 'D' Home Services, General maintenance, Carpentry, Decks, Fences, Renovations. Whatever you need! Call 604-722-5684

Prof. refinish, sanding from $2. installs. Dustless 604-219-6944 CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS Installations & refinishing. Quality work. Reas rates. 604-293-0057 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

HOME REPAIRS - No job too small. Carpentry, painting, fencing, drywall, baseboards, lam flooring, deck repairs, p/washing, gutters. Brian, 604-266-2547 / 785-4184

8140

8150

Metrotown Area - Bby

Updated Studio & 1 BR Apts. Rental Incentives Offered. Rent includes heat and hot water.

Excavating

Heating

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

MARPOLE - Jody Lynn Apts. – 1175 W 71st Ave, Clean, quiet, cls to shopping, bus, 1 br/$730 & 2 br/$1070. Heat/hw. incl, No Smoking, np, 1 year lease, Dorset Realty Manuel 604-781-5520

BURNABY CENTRE

BBY, 4575 Grange, 1 or 2 BR Apt, nice & spac, hardwood flrs, parking, across fr Metrotown, N/s, N/p. Call Ariana 604-616-2824 BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR avail. Special rates. Open House FRI & SAT @ 8665 Shaughnessy Call 604-327-9419

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Exp, friendly, reliable. Specializing in replacing old nob & tube wiring. Lic.#50084. 604-725-4535

MARPOLE, 70TH & Granville area, 2 Bdr. apt. $995. Adult building. Available immediately. Call 604-263-9038.

North Van Apt. Rentals

8087

Drywall

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-739-2000

RENTALS 6505

8075

Rental Services

1BR $950 UP 450sqt 1549 Barclay. 1yr Lease Incl. Hot water & Heat. Pet OK Now 778-288-8925 Keith

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR, KERRISDALE spacious, bright basement ste, own w/d, $1000 incl utils, cable & internet. avail now, ns np. 604-263-4234 1 BR large lovely bsmt suite grd lvl, Killarney area, prefer female, $800/mth incl utils, 604-464-1046 after 11am, 604-591-8908 1 BR on main flr, brand new, 41st & Fraser St, suits reliable person, $725 incls hydro/cbl, June 15th, 778-552-4487 or 778-960-7144 12TH & Quebec Clean, quiet, furn’d Bach ste, priv entry, $725 incls utls. NS/NP. 604-576-1746 JUNE 15 or July 1, Showing Sat & Sun aft. Bright studio, Dunbar, near bus/stores, incls w/d & utils, suits 1 quiet non smoker, $675, 604-261-1942 leave message. LARGE GROUND-LEVEL 1 BR suite, Rupert & E26th nr bus & skytrain, shared w/d, $900 incl utils, np, ns. 778-997-7748

Kitchens/Baths

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing

8160

Lawn & Garden

TOTAL LAWN CARE

Lawn Cutting - Fertilizing Weed Control - Aeration Packages Available: Weekly - 10 Day - Bi Weekly FREE Fertilizer with Weekly Packages Senior Discounts Free Est. (604) 347-7888 Akasha Turf Grass Mngt complete lawn restoration, aeration & fert. Res/Comm. $79. 526-6305

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Renovations & Home Improvement

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8255

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Power Washing

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Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

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