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Gay leader says city safe despite hate crimes report VPD reported 46 hate crimes in 2008 Mike Howell Staff writer

Police Chief Jim Chu speaks at a press conference with beating victim David Holtzman.

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Is Vancouver a safe place to be gay? It’s a question Jennifer Breakspear was asked by residents following the June 12 beating of two gay men outside their townhouse on Keefer Street. As executive director of Qmunity on Bute Street, which serves as B.C.’s queer resource centre, Breakspear shared her answer with reporters at a press conference June 18. “I believe it is,” she said, standing at a lectern outside the Qmunity building, where she was joined by Police Chief Jim Chu, Mayor Gregor Robertson and David Holtzman, one of the victims of the June 12 attack. Breakspear pointed to the burgeoning relationship with

the Vancouver Police Department and support from all levels of government as factors in making the city a safe place for gay people. But recent statistics released by Statistics Canada and the VPD show an increase in hate crimes, which include crimes motivated by sexual orientation. In Canada, hate crimes involving sexual orientation increased from 71 in 2007 to 159 in 2008. The VPD reported 46 hate crimes in 2008 compared to 30 in 2007 and 16 in 2006. Of the 46 crimes, 18 people were charged. Ten people were charged in 2007 and two in 2006. But the department didn’t immediately have a breakdown of the nature of the crimes to say how many involved sexual orientation. See CHIEF on page 4

UBC graduate students join city hall’s environmental effort Master’s candidate charged with identifying local food Megan Stewart Staff writer

Tegan Adams is part of a new arrangement between the city and UBC to combine scholastic research with real-world applications. A master’s candidate in the faculty of land and food systems, Adams is one of 10 UBC graduate

students placed as interns within Vancouver’s sustainability ofﬁce this summer and tasked with helping the city meet its ambitious environmental goals. The students are targeting ways to reduce water consumption, increase the use of bicycle and transit trips, manage storm water and lower the citywide electricity bill.

Their work at city hall is part of an agreement signed by the city and UBC in May to further the goals of both in becoming the greenest city and university in the world. Charged with identifying local food, Adams is measuring the total carbon emissions that are required to supply Vancouver’s

half-million residents and restaurants with groceries. As that baseline is gauged, she will also look at ways to lower the city’s overall carbon footprint. Local does not mean the same to everyone, said Adams, and identifying Vancouver’s value system or food ethic, as she calls it, is part of her objective. Deﬁ-

nitions for “local” and “low-carbon” are not as straightforward as drawing a circle around your home and eating only vegetables from within a 100-mile radius. “It’s not just the distance that needs to be taken in to account— there are also social concerns,” she said. See INTERN on page 4

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Continued from page 1 “You can get a peach from the Okanagan or you can get it closer to Vancouver from below the border,” said Adams. “You may be lowering your food miles but you’re not supporting the local economy.” A food values system considers soil nutrient, the source of seeds and farming practices as well as affordability, accessibility and the beneﬁts food can have on human health. “And we’re not even talking about processed food,” she said. Transportation is one of the most signiﬁcant factors if Vancouver expects to meet its 2020 goal of reducing the city’s carbon emissions one third below 1990 levels. While Adams will spend a small part of her three-month internship measuring the energy required to transport food to and throughout Vancouver, Malcolm Shield will determine what infrastructure those vehicles need to eliminate their dependence on fossil fuels and go electric. Vancouver requires all new commercial and residential buildings to incorporate electrical charges suited to the vehicles it hopes will one day be used throughout the

“IT’S A CONCERN IF YOU CAN ONLY GO 30 KILOMETRES.” Malcolm Shield

city. Shield is ﬁnding solutions to alleviate “range anxiety,” which he says is one primary reasons drivers don’t yet opt for electric. “It’s a concern if you can only go 30 kilometres. You want to plug in your car wherever you are,” he said. A mechanical engineer by training, Shield is completing his PhD at UBC and studies alternative fuels used in road transportation. Although his academic focus is on the replacement of fossil fuels with bio fuels such as natural gas, he is giving his attention to electric motors. UBC met its 2010 Kyoto target three years early and is determined to eliminate all energy derived from fossil fuels by 2050. The city also claims to have the lowest emissions per capita of any North American city. mstewart@vancourier.com

Tegan Adams, seen here at city hall’s community garden, will study local food photo Dan Toulgoet during her internship.

Chief notes past perceptions of police and hate crimes Continued from page 1 The increase in hate crimes in Vancouver can be viewed in two ways—that more people are committing such crimes in the city, or more victims are coming forward to report. “It is my hope that there hasn’t been more violence against our community, rather that our community now knows the Vancouver Police Department is there for us,” Breakspear said. Chu said it was difﬁcult to determine why hate crimes have increased in the city. But he

agreed victims have historically not contacted police because they feared reports weren’t taken seriously. That’s not the case anymore, he said. “We take the suggestion of hate crimes or gay bashing so seriously that they always receive extra attention from our most seasoned investigators,” he said, noting the June 12 attack is being investigated as a hate crime. Another factor in the spike in hate crimes, which also include attacks motivated by race and

religion, could be attributed to the city’s diversity, Chu told the Courier after the press conference. “More diverse cities are going to have more people who could potentially become victims of a hate crime,” he said. Chu released photographs of two suspects wanted in connection with the beating of Holtzman and his partner, Peter Regier. The couple had returned home from a concert at the River Rock theatre in Richmond. Two young South Asian men were captured on a video surveil-

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lance camera near the couple’s townhouse on Keefer Street. As of Tuesday morning, police had not made any arrests. The attack occurred at about 10:45 p.m. when Holtzman questioned one of the suspects who was about to urinate on a landing outside the couple’s townhouse. The suspects turned on them, yelling anti-gay comments and beating Holtzman and Regier until a neighbour walking his dog disrupted the attack. “I got hit about 50 times in the back of the head,” Holtzman told the Courier in an interview

prior to Friday’s press conference. “It was a sadistic, vicious attack. I ﬁnally wrestled the guy off and that’s when he bit me in the chest a couple of times.” Paramedics transported both men to hospital. Holtzman, who now has chipped teeth, said he and Regier suffered concussions, cuts and bruises. Regier has metal staples in his head to repair a large gash. Photographs of the suspects can be viewed at vancourier.com. mhowell@vancourier.com (See related story on page 16.)

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Some Vancouver police officers eligible to retire must really love their jobs. That’s because they’re not retiring as fast as the Vancouver Police Department anticipated. And this translates to a potential budget problem for the department. “In preparing the budget, it was anticipated that there would be a significant number of people retiring right after the Olympics, but that has not been the case,” according to a VPD report that went before the Vancouver Police Board June 16. “While management still believes a large number of retirements will occur through the remainder of the year, there will be a serious financial impact if the retirement projections do not materialize.” The VPD’s 2010 budget is $193,246,995. As of March, the department was under budget, according to the report from rookie Deputy Chief Adam Palmer and

Longtime defence lawyer Terry La Liberte, seen here during his swearing-in ceremony, will step down from the Vancouver Police Board at the end of June. file photo Dan Toulgoet former deputy chief Bob Rolls, who retired last month. So far, 22 ofﬁcers have retired. Another 20 or so are expected to retire before the end of the year. Or not.

Au revoir La Liberte

In other retirement news… Terry La Liberte, a member of the Vancouver Police Board, attended his last meeting June 16.

The longtime defence lawyer is closing in on six years on the board. “You’re only allowed six years,” said La Liberte in explaining his reason for leaving. “My time is up at the end of the month.” When he was appointed to the board, he didn’t know what to expect from board members or police ofﬁcers because of his background as a defence lawyer.

La Liberte is past president of the Canadian Bar Association and defended high proﬁle people, including acquitted Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik. “I was a little bit nervous [of accepting the position],” he said, during a break at last week’s police board meeting at the VPD’s Cambie Street station. “I’ve been a defence lawyer in Vancouver for

37 years and I was just looking at [pictures of retired officers on the wall] and I cross-examined most of them at one time or another. All my good pals from those days are all retired and I didn’t know what the members would think of a defence lawyer being on the police board, being one of their bosses in effect. And it’s just been wonderful.” Did it give him a different insight to the workings of the VPD? “No. In 1972, I was special constable La Liberte in New Westminster for a short period of time and so policemen have been my buddies and pals for all of those years.” Added La Liberte: “I hope I’ve contributed because I just think it’s one of the finest police forces anywhere.” Mayor Gregor Robertson, who is chair of the police board, thanked La Liberte at the June 16 meeting for his service. It’s now up to the provincial government to work with the board to appoint someone to replace La Liberte, who is of Metis ancestry. According to the VPD’s website, board members are chosen to reflect the demographics of the community and “have demonstrated that they can act in the community’s best interest.” mhowell@vancourier.com

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Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Constance Barnes says when she attended a recent park board meeting regarding the redevelopment of Grandview Park, she was touched by the comments she heard from residents wanting to save the park’s longstanding kids playhouse. “One woman talked about how she used to play in that little house when she was a little girl and another young women said that little house was her fantasy land that she used to escape to,” says Barnes. “When they said, ‘Why can’t we save that,’ I thought, why not?” Barnes asked park board staff if there was any way to preserve the house, as well as the bouncing chipmunk and digger play toys. Barnes says her children played in that park as kids and the digger was a favourite of her son. Barnes convinced park staff to put the three muchloved pieces in storage, with an expectation they’ll be integrated into the park once the redevelopment is completed nine months from now. She also hopes to eventually involve local

Park board commissioner Constance Barnes single-handedly rescued a kids playhouse at Grandview Park from the trash heap. photo Dan Toulgoet youth in an art project that could include painting a mural on the little house. “It’s good to get the community involved,” says Barnes.

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Here’s another example of some of the poultry poetry that’s been submitted for my contest, which has the grand prize of a copy of Raising Chickens for Dummies. I’ll announce the winner Friday and publish the award-winning poultry poem that same day. With apologies to English poet Walter de la Mare… “Quelqu’un est la,” said the Poulet pecking at the moonlit door. “Is there anybody there?” But no human ever answered his clucking call. No one came to the aid of the Poultry. But only a host of phan-

tom chicken eaters stood listening to that voice from the world of Food. And he felt in his heart their coldness, their deafness answering his cry. For he suddenly pecked on the door even louder, and lifted his head: “Tell them I came for help, and no one answered. That I did my best.”

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There are plenty of free Canada Day celebrations taking place this weekend at local community centres. Many of the centres are offering games, dunk tanks, hot dogs, barbecues, ﬂag raising, entertainment and even cupcakes. The new Sunset Community Centre is also celebrating the grand opening of its playground. To ﬁnd out which community centre is offering what, go to vancouver.ca/parks and click the Canada Day link. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Three so-called news stories expose media mindlessness Beware of what you read. Don’t believe all you hear. The mainstream media is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Exhibit A: Libby Davies. In case you haven’t heard, she’s worse than Hitler. Why? Earlier this month at a proPalestinian rally in downtown Vancouver, blogger David Katz trained his shaky video camera on Davies, longtime NDP MP for Vancouver East. During a ﬁveminute interview, which went virulently viral on YouTube, Davies talks about the Israeli-Palestinian conﬂict, the Harper government’s devotion to Israel and the perils of publicly questioning Israeli policy. “We have to make this issue properly debated in the political arena because it’s not—because of fear and self-censorship,” said Davies. “If you’re perceived to be anti-Israeli occupation somehow you’re also branded as being anti-Semitic. To me, it’s sort of the new McCarthyism.” Media members, apparently oblivious to their own irony, seized on the following now-famous interview exchange.

Katz: “When do you believe that the occupation in Israel started—’48 or ’67?” Davies: “Forty eight. It’s the longest occupation in the world, but I’m not going to argue numbers. It’s too long, right?” I’m no Middle East expert. So like Davies, I’m not going to argue numbers. But in 1948, following months of war, Israeli forces expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Palestine despite a United Nations partition plan. In 1967, following the Six-Day War, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem—and for all intents and purposes—still does. Nevertheless. Upon hearing Davies’ comments, Quebec NDP MP Tom Mulcair, an obedient member of Parliament’s pro-Israel wing, publicly ﬂogged Davies, calling her remarks “grossly unacceptable.” Prime Minister Harper, who in 2006 called Israel’s widely condemned invasion of Lebanon a “measured response,” said Davies must be removed as deputy leader of the NDP. Reporters rolled with the story, casually deploying terms like “antiSemitic” and “extremist.” After two

markhasiuk 24-hour news cycles, Davies’ actual comments—which were historically accurate, depending on your deﬁnition—no longer mattered. The new narrative, fuelled by witless and irresponsible media members, focused on Davies’ latent anti-Semitism and her soon-to-be eulogized political career. Davies’ sage comments about censorship and McCarthyism, to my knowledge, have never been reported in the mainstream media. Enter last week’s second silly socalled “news story.” Last Monday, Statistics Canada released a report claiming that Vancouver leads the country in hate. According to StatsCan, in 2008 police reported 143 hate crimes in

VPD Chief Jim Chu called a press conference concerning a June 12 assault on Keefer Street downtown. The victims, two gay men, suffered minor cuts and bruises and claim their attackers hurled homophobic slurs. Flanked by two prominent gay activists and David Holtzman, one of the victims, Chu inﬂated a relatively minor assault to Crime of the Century status. “I can tell you that we will not stand down until this crime has been solved,” said Chu. “We owe our community nothing less.” The media ate it up. It was a “gay-bashing” for the ages. Be very afraid. Of course, no one knows all the details of the incident because police have made no arrests. And no media outlet dared ask why, among countless cases of violence and injustice in Vancouver, this particular incident prompted within the police department such uncompromising vigilance. Certain story angles, it seems, are off limits. And some things can’t be talked about. Just ask Libby Davies mhasiuk@vancourier.com

Vancouver—64 more than in 2007. The media pounced, blindly. One local newspaper declared Vancouver the “hate-crime and gay-bashing capital of Canada” adding that the StatsCan report is “particularly disturbing for blacks and Jews.” The truth, of course, is far less sensational. According to StatsCan senior analyst Mia Dauvergne, when compiling the report StatsCan utilized its own “hate crimes” definition separate from the Criminal Code and included many so-called hate crimes that—legally speaking—weren’t crimes at all. In some cases, no charges were laid. In other cases, the accused escaped conviction presumably due to lack of evidence or proof of innocence. And finally, Dauvergne partly attributed the rising number of reported hate crimes in Vancouver and elsewhere to “greater awareness” among certain groups and “community campaigns encouraging citizens to report to police.” Which leads to our third and final dubious news story from last week. On Friday, in an extraordinary gesture usually reserved for multimillion-dollar drug busts and high-profile murder investigations,

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I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m going to defend the mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship held at GM Place June 12. That same night two gay men were viciously beaten outside their downtown home in what is being called a hate crime. David Holtzman and Peter Regier told police and the media they were returning to their Keefer Street home near GM Place at about 10:45 p.m. when they saw two men, one drinking outside their building and the other urinating on it. The couple confronted the men, who turned on them with homophobic slurs and throwing repeated punches. Holtzman and Regier were both treated in hospital for cuts and bruises and released. They believe their attackers had previously attended the UFC event and are putting at least partial blame on those fights for prompting the attack. They want the sport banned in the city. At a press conference held last week during which the city and VPD committed to fighting hate crimes of all types across the city, Police Chief Jim Chu suggested there is no evidence linking the bashing to the UFC event. At that moment during the press conference, Holtzman interrupted with a defiant, “Excuse me?” As much as the UFC disgusts me, I have a problem with the connection that’s being made. I can almost guarantee that the end results would have been the same, no matter what event the moronic attackers had attended. What if the Canucks had been playing that night and the game was particularly violent. Would it be plausible to connect the two more than an hour after the game ended?

sandrathomas Would that be enough to ban hockey from the city? I checked out a Canucks online forum where a bunch of sports fans, whom I assume were mostly men, were arguing over the facts of the attack. I bet if these guys had been face to face there’d have been a couple of punches thrown, but one comment posted on the forum I agreed with: regardless of race or sport, the attackers are a couple of “jackasses.” What if the UFC event wasn’t held in Vancouver, but instead took place in Vegas and was simply broadcast at local sports bars. Would the connection be made then? It’s a big stretch to connect a huge public event and the individual behaviour of the thousands of people who attend it. Cirque du Soleil returns to town in July. I can imagine someone walking home following the performance to discover two creepy Cirque

clowns, urinating on their second-floor balcony as they hang upside down from the roof. A fight ensues, with stripes and feathers flying everywhere and the surprise arrival of a giant snail or acrobats wearing nothing but thongs. Not to make light of what happened to Holtzman and Regier, because that attack was vicious and hateful. But it’s bad logic to tar the UFC event with the attack. The city is in the midst of a two-year trial hosting occasional UFC competitions. I suspect there’ll be a heavier police presence downtown for the next event as suggested, and those reinforcements will be a good idea. But whether those extra police would have been in the right place at the right time to stop these two thugs from beating Holtzman and Regier, or even from drinking in public is something we’ll never know. What we do know is that a homophobic idiot is a homophobic idiot, no matter what sport he’s watching. I’m guessing the attackers did attend the UFC event. Last week, I suggested to my colleagues police will easily connect them to UFC by their Ed Hardy T-shirts. And from the look of the surveillance tape I wasn’t too far off. At least one of the attackers is wearing a bedazzled T-shirt, which bears a striking resemblance to an Ed Hardy design, the official uniform of pumped up wannabe scrappers everywhere, including Jon Gosselin. You can see similar individuals attending every sporting event held in the city, so maybe it’s those T-shirts, and not the UFC, that should be banned. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Soccer shoots well wide of basic gender equality

Ah, the beautiful game. Not to mention the beautiful players. Compared to any other professional sport, soccer seems to attract the highest percentage of easy-on-the-eyes men. The fit, trim, metrosexual FIFA players wouldn’t look out of place on a Paris or Milan catwalk. But there is a markedly unattractive aspect to global soccer that deserves to get more than sporadic media attention. Namely, why aren’t girls as encouraged as boys to play the beautiful game? Canada is a shining beacon of equal opportunity when it comes to sport participation—soccer in particular being one of the most affordable. But for the bulk of countries, far too many barriers prevent girls and women from playing the game as much as boys and men. Soccer, of all sports, should be the equalizer. The monthlong World Cup presents an ideal opportunity to correct the imbalance, especially this year given who’s hosting. It was a jubilant day when the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) chose South Africa as the host country for the 2010 World Cup. Finally, an African nation hosting the global sports competition. Talk about long overdue. If only FIFA had also chosen to stage the 2011 Women’s World Cup in South Africa, instead of Germany. What a message that would send to all of Africa, particularly the contingent of South African men who rape female soccer players because they are lesbians or because the men think they are lesbians. For some of the rapists, “corrective rape” isn’t enough. Two years ago, Eudy Simelane, a star on South Africa’s Banyana Banyana national female soccer squad, was gang-raped to “cure” her lesbianism. She was then beaten and stabbed 25 times in the face, chest and legs before being left to die. That’s just one horror story. There are a number of openly lesbian players who play for Banyana Banyana, a team whose wins far outstrip those of the men’s Bafana Bafana squad. And many of the women have been raped. If you lived in South Africa, would you want your daughter to play the beautiful game? FIFA and individual countries, such as South Africa, should work in tandem with major soccer stars to combat these unacceptable tragedies and stereotypes that only “masculine” women play sports. When the attention of the World Cup of soccer does include women, it tends to centre on “World Cup Beauties” or “World Cup Girls” captured by newspaper photographers (what—men can’t be World Cup Beauties?). That or women are to blame for a team’s loss (England and Spain for instance).

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ﬁonahughes I’d laugh if it weren’t so clichéd. While FIFA’s gesture of having young boys and girls escorting the players onto the fields prior to a match is touching, it will be a missed opportunity if the association doesn’t use its considerable influence to stand up for the girls and women of the world who want to play for fun or at a higher level. For a sport that is so globally accessible, there are still not enough women playing, either out of fear, lack of resources, religious barriers or machismo culture. Sport is so often used to teach children social skills, conflict resolution and instill confidence, especially for disadvantaged and troubled youth, but I wonder if girls are as encouraged to join as the boys in football-mad countries? If they can’t play soccer, what are they allowed to play? For every nation playing in South Africa, shouldn’t a women’s squad represent an equal number of countries in 2011? There are 32 countries competing at this year’s men’s World Cup. At the 2007 women’s World Cup in China, 16 countries competed: Nigeria, Ghana, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, U.S., China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and Norway, Denmark, Sweden, England, and Germany. Not even one Mediterranean football country—France, Spain, Italy, Portugal—was in the bunch. An Al Jazeera English-language report on women’s soccer in Egypt a couple of years ago showed the sport is growing in that Muslim nation thanks to the indefatigable efforts of Egyptian sports activist Sahar El-Hawari, but girls and women still face criticism. The reporter asked a couple of older gentlemen for their thoughts on girls soccer. Fine with them, they said, as long as they were dressed appropriately. Men in their 20s who were asked the same question said the opposite. Women should be in the home because girls playing soccer is against their religion. There is reason for optimism. FIFA’s Football for Hope Festival July 4-10 brings together co-ed teams of disadvantaged youth from around the world to play without refs and resolve disagreements through dialogue. Fantastic. The power of football is strong, but FIFA’s voice can still be louder. fhughes@vancourier.com

The school board wants to shut down part of Dr. A.R. Lord elementary school near the PNE. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “School closure plan perturbs parents,” June 4. I attended Dr. A. R. Lord all throughout my elementary school days. What the Courier article failed to mention is how the “little school” is built speciﬁcally to meet the needs of young children. The kindergarten classroom has bathrooms in it (so no accidents), all the water fountains, toilets, lunchroom tables, chairs and sinks are lower—and I mean low!

The entire building is designed for small children. Closing this “little school” is a horrible idea. The large school was designed for adults and youth—not children. The government has to ﬁnd another way to save money. Perhaps the money from selling off all the Olympic facilities? To me it is ludicrous to make children attend a school that was not designed for them. Chantelle Fontana, Vancouver

‘Smear’ column parrots provincial propaganda

To the editor: Re: “School board budget crisis highlights political pandering and program glut,” June 16. In a classic example of smear and sneer journalism, columnist Mark Hasiuk castigates Vancouver school boards of all political stripes, exposing his ignorance and unconcern for struggling students and his own ideological assumptions. He parrots the provincial government’s propaganda about declining enrollment and rising funding, ignoring the other part of the equation— rising costs due to inﬂation and increases imposed by the province. Maybe your columnist would have beneﬁted from extra help when he was in school to grasp the full realities of budgeting in a market economy. Adrienne Montani, Vancouver

To the editor: Oh my, dear editor! Was Mark Hasiuk foaming at the mouth as he equated school board chair Patti Bacchus and Ken Denike investing $219,259 in junior kindergarten for underprivileged kids to the economic carnage caused by Bernie Madoff as the pinnacle of Wall Street’s greedy guilt? Did he audibly snarl while castigating their “it takes a village” approach. Our diverse students need different routes to ﬁnd success. Dawn Steele, Vancouver

••• To the editor: I’ve seen questionable articles by Hasiuk before but this time I think he’s really lost it. How does Ponzi scheme manipulator Bernie Madoff getting beaten half to death in prison tie in with

the conﬂict between the Vancouver School Board and Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid? Is it Hasiuk’s intention to incite violence? I can see no other reason for mentioning Madoff since he is only referenced the one time in the article. Rolf Auer, Vancouver

••• To the editor: When are media organizations going to start reporting on the budget crisis’s facing school boards across the entire province? Everything I hear and read is focused on the VSB when almost every school board across the province is in the same situation. Someone should have the guts to tell the people of this province that this is not isolated. Tracy Spring, Vancouver

Water company ‘mouthpiece’ spouts irrelevance

To the editor: Re: “Letter of the Week,” June 9. The mouthpiece for Nestle Waters Canada, John B. Challinor II, uses a common corporate misdirection strategy when he replies to issues raised by Vancouver Elementary School Teachers Association (VESTA) vice president Glen Hansman. He dismisses Mr. Hansmen’s statement about the negative environmental impacts of bottled water as “incorrect,” writing that “bottled water has the smallest carbon footprint of any bottled beverage.” Such a statement is

irrelevant as it does not address the pollution inherent in using plastic containers. How about comparing the impact of water consumed from high-polluting plastic bottles with tap water enjoyed from water fountains or reusable glasses and cups? He makes no mention of the indisputable fact that bottled water is massively more expensive than tap water, so I must question how honest and reliable Nestle is as a company. Ken Walker, Vancouver

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VSB submitted draft balanced budget amid ‘ﬁring’ speculation

School board meeting to feature cuts and closures Naoibh O’Connor

The damning report criticized the board’s performance and estimated the district’s actual shortfall was only $11.79 million. The dispute could put the board at risk of being fired by the minister since it’s basing its budget on the $17.23 million figure. Letters back and forth between the two levels of governments have done little to clarify which number should used, although trustees insist their figure reflects generally accepted accounting principles followed by all school boards. Board chair Patti Bacchus told the Courier Tuesday morning that the education minister hadn’t yet reacted to the draft budget. “I’m surprised we haven’t heard back from the minister. She was quite adamant about her direction and she wanted to see this draft. We got it in a day early, hoping we wouldn’t be at the 11th hour having to do something drastic. If she wants changes, we’re waiting to hear,” said Bacchus, a Vision Vancouver trustee. NPA trustee Carol Gibson doesn’t think the board will be fired. “I think the minister is likely to let Vancouver get on with its business… unless we do something really stupid. Un-

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School trustees gather tonight, June 23, for the highly anticipated and dreaded vote on the district’s 2010/11 budget that’s expected to feature extensive cuts to staff and programs to cover a $17.23 million shortfall. The board will also release a list of schools being considered for closure. The Vancouver School Board and Ministry of Education have spent weeks waging a battle over provincial education funding and the board’s financial management of the district. Boards must submit balanced budgets by the end of June to meet legislative requirements. They can be fired if the budget is not balanced. Last Thursday, the VSB submitted a draft balanced budget to education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, which was not significantly different from one proposed in April, to comply with a ministerial directive order. MacDiarmid insisted through the order that the board take “full consideration” of recommendations in comptroller general Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland’s special adviser report unveiled earlier this month.

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less we do something that’s outside the parameters of what we should be doing,” she said Tuesday morning. Gibson hasn’t seen all the budget details yet and won’t say which way she’ll vote or how she will argue at Wednesday night’s board meeting. “We have an obligation to submit a balanced budget. I think we can do it. We’re doing a number of things that have needed to be done. That’s the thing that’s been lost in all of this for me—that there are some things that school boards across the province have done and have needed to do to examine how we do business and how we provide service to the population that we’re supposed to serve.” Gibson maintains waste and inefﬁciency in the school district has existed for a long time and that needs to be addressed. “We’ve talked about it for years. We’ve got facilities that are operating with 50 students in them and we should have 145 students in them, which means we’re subsidizing every single student in these programs by a signiﬁcant amount to keep the building open,” she said. noconnor@vancourier.com

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Comparable grave sites in neighbouring municipalities start at $10,000

City-owned cemetery prepares for grave sale Sandra Thomas Staff writer

The last time a grave was sold at Mountain View Cemetery was March 27, 1986. But that’s going to change as soon as Mountain View, owned by the city since 1886, completes the legal process to reclaim up to 1,100 unused graves. Mountain View manager Glen Hodges said staff are working to reclaim 220 graves in three old areas of the cemetery, but will expand their efforts over the next several years. “Some of them might get claimed by families,” said Hodges. “And according to regulations we have to keep some aside so that if a family member does come forward they’ll receive a grave of equal or greater value.” The reclamation is being completed under the provincial government’s Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulations. Hodges said each grave has

to be physically inspected to see if it’s suitable to resell and not encumbered by large monuments or trees. The graves must also be at least 50 years old, but Hodges notes the spots to be sold are between 70 and 100 years old and empty. “We’re not going to sell any graves with anyone in them,” said Hodges. “I don’t want any family members worrying about that.” The problem in reaching potential family members regarding the graves is that record keeping a century ago left a lot to be desired. “The record we have might say William F. Brown with no address, or William F. Brown from 127 Haro St., but that house no longer exists,” said Hodges. “We have sent notices out to every single address we have on record and they’ve all come back return to sender.” Family members who can prove their ancestors purchased a grave could potentially sell it at a hefty proﬁt.

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Hodges was unsure what the graves sold for initially, but said their resale potential is huge at Vancouver’s only cemetery. He noted comparable grave sites at cemeteries in neighbouring municipalities start at $10,000. But the scarcity of the Mountain View spots and their location in some of the oldest parts of the cemetery means their price will likely far exceed that amount, he said. “The demand is much greater than the supply,” said Hodges. “But that will be up to council to decide and that should be done by September or October.” He said money the cem-

etery is expected to make from the sale of the graves will help Mountain View become less dependent on tax money from the city. “Mountain View has been heavily subsidized by rate payers and many of these graves were sold well below value,” said Hodges. “It will help a lot if we can sell these graves at optimal maximum value.” Hodges said it was common a century ago for families to purchase plots including four, eight or even 12 graves. Over time, he said, families moved and no longer have a connection to Vancouver so the graves remain empty. In other cases, word of the grave purchase wasn’t passed along to future generations. Hodges noted some old Vancouver names are included on the list of graves purchased before 1940, including Mrs. Harry Stan Scoﬁeld, James Albert MacDonald and James Rothwell. sthomas@vancourier.com

Mountain View Cemetery ofﬁcials hope to reclaim photo Dan Toulgoet 220 graves.

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s an organization with roots in the local community dating back to 1954, the BC Lions are proud of their commitment to excellence on and off the ﬁeld. Through a number of initiatives aimed at giving back to communities throughout British Columbia, the Leos are dedicated to making a difference at the local level, attending more than 125 events and involving more than 350 total appearances last season alone. In 2009, more than 4,500 items were donated to at least 550 charitable organizations and sponsors, particularly those focused on youth, education and the development of grassroots football in the province. Several initiatives take place at Lions home games throughout the season to raise money for the Lions’ community partners. 50/50 DRAW AT BC LIONS HOME GAMES Last season, sales from 50/50 tickets at BC Lions home games helped raise more than $155,000 for junior football in British Columbia. In 2010, the BC Lions 50/50 draw will continue to support junior football, while contributing funds to Football BC, the BC Secondary School Football Association and the BC Community Football Association. UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER MAINLAND & COURAGE FOR KIDS PROGRAM The BC Lions Football Club is pleased to partner with the United Way of the Lower Mainland for the Courage For Kids program. The BC Lions Courage For Kids program enables less fortunate children and their families to attend a Lions football game at Empire Field. In 2009, more than 10,000 tickets were donated through this initiative, which was made possible by the generosity of our Courage For Kids corporate partners 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, which provides an opportunity for children receiving ongoing medical treatment to attend a BC Lions home game.

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Community garden marks 25 years of helping hands Sandra Thomas Staff writer

Strathcona Community Garden began as more of a social movement than simply a place to grow vegetables and ﬂowers, says an East Side gardener who helped launch Canada’s oldest community garden 25 years ago. “The neighbours saw this land sitting empty and decided to try and take it over as a garden,” said Joanne Hochu, the garden society’s corresponding secretary. The small group approached the park board about taking over the former city dump to create a garden, but according to Hochu, there was some argument about whether that land should be reserved for a sports ﬁeld. “At the time creating a garden in a park was unheard of because parks were for sports, so there was a lot of resistance,” she said. “They thought the idea of a garden was almost elitist and there was no place for gardens in parks.” In 1985, the park board agreed to give the urban gardeners a chance. Their efforts will be celebrated July 11 during the garden’s 25th anniversary open house. Hochu said initially the group had few resources and even had to haul water in to the garden by bucket. But when the entire community got behind the project, she said, something special was happening and a movement was born. Getting a water line to the garden was a priority. Ray Cam Community Centre lent its support and the heavy equipment company Finning donated the use of a tractor and its union provided a driver. Community rock-picking parties became regular weekend events. Hochu said the Downtown Eastside Slo-Pitch League volunteered to help dig ditches, so a “pitch and ditch” event was planned that was supposed to include several games of slopitch. “But it just poured all weekend,” said Hochu. “But they all came out anyway

“THEY THOUGHT THE IDEA OF A GARDEN WAS ALMOST ELITIST AND THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR GARDENS IN PARKS.” Joanne Hochu

and dug the ditches for us. The community always rallied around us.” Hochu added with the exception of one small government grant, the organic garden, which has grown to seven acres, was built through community fundraising, the support of local businesses and volunteer labour. “It’s a salute to the entire community,” said Hochu. “It’s amazing to see the support we get.” Today the garden stands in tribute to the efforts of the growing number of gardeners that make up Strathcona and includes the largest collection of heirloom apple trees in B.C., a herb garden, the ECO-Pavilion meeting house, bee hives and a public composting toilet. Hochu said the garden includes about 100 garden plots tended by more than 200 local residents. The adjacent Cottonwood Community Garden, started in 1991 by guerilla gardeners, will join in the open house activities. That same day Cottonwood also celebrates the opening of its recently completed accessible garden designed for gardeners of all abilities. Open house events include a honey sale, bee keeping and solar house demonstrations, garden tours, backyard chickens, live music and kid’s area. The gardens are located at Hawks Avenue between Prior and Malkin streets and the open house runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 11. sthomas@vancourier.com

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West Coast Reduction saga continues

Permit requirements target controversial rendering plant Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

Metro Vancouver may introduce new technology-based odour control requirements in its air emission permit for West Coast Reduction to deal with complaints from the G r a n d v i e w - Wo o d l a n d neighbourhood. Some residents blame the company, which operates a rendering plant at the north end of Commercial Drive, for producing a highly unpleasant smell that worsens during the summer. Metro Vancouver has ﬁelded complaints for years—more than 1,700 since 2006. Beginning in 2007, it tried to control odour emissions by amending West Coast Reduction’s air emission permit by limiting “odour units”—an odour measurement method accepted in the European Union. Each year, the goal was to make the limits increasingly stringent. But both residents and West Coast Reduction appealed the 2007 and 2008 permits through the Environmental Appeal Board (EAB)—residents argued the permits weren’t tough enough, while the company argued the amendments were made without legal authority and were unreasonable. In March, the board ruled in the company’s favour, concluding that Metro Vancouver district director Ray Robb had exceeded his jurisdiction when he issued the amendments and that his imposition of the odour limits in the permit was unreasonable and unenforceable. Metro Vancouver dropped plans for a judicial review of the decision and decided to revise the requirements outlined in the 2010 air emission permit. The 2010 permit was issued with more stringent odour limits than in previous permits before the EAB released its decision. West Coast Reduction has appealed the amended permit through the board, but a hearing hasn’t been set in hopes the conﬂict can be resolved between the parties.

Robb argues the 2010 amended permit was necessary even though the board’s ruling guts conditions he thought were sufﬁcient. “What I plan to do is say OK I cannot restrict the quantity of odour… so I’m going to consider some other restrictions to try and achieve the same results—it’s what I call technology-based requirements,” he said.

“WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY’S POINTS OF VIEW.” Ken Ingram

Robb said the company maintains it uses the best available odour-control technology on some of their emissions. But he said the technology is not used on all emissions. West Coast Reduction started a community advisory panel that includes residents, area businesses and other community groups, which has met twice. “The primary goal is some understanding before we can ever get to trying to deal with issues,” explained Ken Ingram, West Coast Reduction’s director of technical and environmental services. “We all need to understand everybody’s points of view.” The company has denied it’s responsible for all the odour complaints and has argued only a small portion of neighbourhood residents have complained. Ingram hopes the panel will help create solutions for the longtime conflict. “One of the biggest factors in this whole issue is information and understanding and I think [the panel] will go a long way to resolving things. I don’t think it’s the only answer and the final answer, but it’s certainly a first step,” he said. Metro Vancouver is holding a meeting to discuss the EAB decision and its latest plans to reduce odorous emissions at WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St., between 7 and 8:30 p.m., June 29. noconnor@vancourier.com

A worker at the West Coast Reduction rendering plant hoses down equipment.

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.

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The Vancouver Police Department will adjust its policing plan in the neighbourhoods around GM Place if another mixed martial arts event is held at the arena, says Police Chief Jim Chu. The chief’s statement was related to concerns from residents who live near GM Place after two gay men were beaten June 12 outside their townhouse on Keefer Street. The beatings, which police are investigating as a hate crime, occurred at 10:45 p.m., more than an hour after the ﬁnal bout ended at GM Place. Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship promoted the sold-out night of ﬁghts. Police have not linked the beatings to the UFC event. Chu repeated that belief several times last week to reporters, including at a press conference in the West End Friday. “We’ve looked into this, we have asked our crime analysts to research this incident

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the motor out on the first day. • Open water well tile. • If using well water, ensure your pump system is clean. Have well water tested for quality. • Remove any tree limbs that have fallen on the roof of the cottage. • All shrubs and trees should be trimmed to eliminate any concern with wild fires. • Fire wood should never be piled close to your cottage, keep the piles well away from any structure. • Keep your fire pit well away from any structures and don’t burn anything that may blow out of the pit in the event of wind sweeping through your site. • Always keep your garden hose attached to your outside faucet and ready in the event of an emergency.

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rom 1979 to 2004, if the US downward trend in the annual number of fatalities from crashes had kept pace with Canada’s—our fatalities dropped from 5,933 to 2,875 or roughly fifty percent—the US total would have been 25,500. Instead, in 2004 in the US, 42,836 people were Cedric Hughes killed in crashes and since then, the annual total has hovered around 37,000. Recently, to mark the beginning of ‘summer road trip season’, The New York Times asked eleven traffic safety experts to blog about “the one thing that could be done to reduce highway deaths.” Most did not offer (or, indeed, could not find) a “silver bullet” response. Most offered ‘answers’ about what one blogger called the classically known “three E’s”: enforcement, engineering, and education. “E” for epidemiology also emerged as a category of answers. In short, the collective response proposed a four-pronged approach. Enforcement that focuses on the existing laws to control speeding, to encourage wearing seat belts, and to discourage impaired driving has saved lives and will continue to do so. Tried and tested regulatory schemes that work—like graduated licensing—should be enacted nationally. Even schemes with inconclusive effectiveness, like restricting cellphone usage while driving, can “help to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving and may help to keep it from happening.” “Novel risky technologies” and “new risky behaviors” call for better and newer rules and regulations and, accordingly, innovative enforcement measures. A corollary of this is the need for more highly skilled regulators. Engineering communities as “livable places that accommodate all users—cars, transit, walkers and cyclists,” in short, designing streets for everyone to use, creates safer streets. Other engineering solutions included developing “better and more diverse public transport options,” and

shipping more freight by rail to remove dangerous truck traffic. One call “for the American auto industry to become once again the leader in traffic safety by hiring engineers to build safer cars rather than hiring lawyers and former government officials to build Barrister & Solicitor better loopholes for unsafe cars” contrasts with another blogger’s warning about “the growing consumer and political interest in smaller, less crash-worthy vehicles.” Calling this a worrisome long-term trend, this blogger notes that, “The last time America witnessed a significant downsizing of vehicles (1975 to 1985), the unintended result was about 2,000 additional traffic fatalities per year.” Better education would “bring American driver training practices up to the standards practiced in many European countries…better understanding of the principles of car control, more hands-on demonstrations of accident avoidance techniques and preferred emergency conduct along with more stringent licensing rules.” “Epidemiology” answers propose a new way of thinking about traffic death, “not as a collection of “accidents” but as a public health crisis. This means investing in highway safety as if it were a public health issue and insisting on evidence-based solutions — laws and programs that work and that aren’t just ‘feel good’. A “holistic solution” envisions safer drivers—people who highly value and rigorously pursue traffic safety—in safer cars on safer roads, covered with enhanced emergency medical services. All are valid comments on a very big issue.

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Leaf blotches on rhodos likely due to fungal disease Q: My rhodo (President Roosevelt) has brown stains around the edges of the leaves and brown blotches on the leaves— mostly on the old leaves. I have picked off many of the leaves but there’s a limit as to how many leaves you can remove. I have heard that Epsom salts will “green up”

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annemarrison But for anything deciduous and hardy, fall is also a good time. Deciduous shrubs and trees are best planted when their leaves have fallen and they’ve gone dormant for the year. Anything that’s the least bit tender in this climate— Escallonia or Ceanothus, for instance—should be planted in spring, never in fall. Summer is a terrible time to plant anything where watering could be a problem. When shrubs and vines are newly planted, it takes a while for roots to develop enough to go looking for their own moisture.

Q: I have to repot my cathedral cactus. What type of soil should I use and can I put it outside for the summer?

E. Beaton A: The cathedral cactus is really a euphorbia. Use regular potting soil with a handful of sand, grit or gravel to improve drainage. It can go outside for summer. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca.

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The Ocean Wise Program poster boy Rob Clark of C Restaurant helped net $375,000 at Night at the Aquarium fundraiser.

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Goldﬁsh Paciﬁc Kitchen’s Dotty Kanke brought some beefcake in trainer Zach Nichols to her summer splash soiree.

Fred In swimwear by Anna Kosturova, sexy models Dan Mez and Sarah Deguede made a splash at the Goldﬁsh fete.

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Swish splash: It was a night to remember at the aquarium’s signature soiree Night at the Aquarium. President John Nightingale welcomed 550 guests who sampled innovative dishes created by Vanhattan’s beloved Ocean Wise eateries including C, Blue Water Café and Oru. Over $300,000 was raised. Across town, scantily clad models sporting itsy bitsy Anna Kosturova bikinis turned up the heat at Goldfish Pacific Kitchen’s Summer Splash shindig. Owners Bud and Dotty Kanke greeted 250 guests at their seafood resto’s fash bash that netted $35,000 for the Vancouver Native Health Society. Red hot: Former Olympians Diane Clement and Charmaine Crooks served as gala chair and honorary chair at the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s sixth Heart of Gold gala at the Hotel Vancouver. Over 400 guests, many clad in red, helped raise a reported $475,000. Since its inception, the gala has hauled in $2.1 million for cardiovascular research projects, health promotion and education programs. Top Cops: VPD members including Chief Jim Chu welcomed attendees to their On Track gala at the Bayshore. The event raised $300,000 for youth-focused education programs about drug abuse, speeding and gangs. 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.

Food and wine scribe Jacob Richler feted Cactus Club’s Rob Feenie at an exclusive Maclean’s magazine VIP dinner.

Four Seasons Whistler beefcakes (l-r) Scott Dolbee, GM Mark Herron and Edison Mays opened the resort’s new steakhouse SIDCUT.

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(l-r) Chairs Charmaine Crooks and Diane Clements raised nearly $500,000 for CEO Bobbe Wood’s Heart and Stroke Foundation gala.

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davidicuswong My recent high school reunion was a transformative experience. Of course, it was an opportunity to catch up with old classmates from Burnaby North. We learned where the years had taken us, what field of work engaged us, and how the focus of our lives had been redirected by our relationships and our families. As adolescents graduating and thinking we were already grown up, we had pretty firm opinions about one another and how the world worked. Of course, we thought we were smarter than our parents. But the experiences of early adulthood soon teach us how little we knew, that our parents may have been wiser than they appeared, and that life was more unpredictable than we had thought. With graduation, we were keen to get out of the restrictive cocoons of high school and the family home, and do what we want. All of us would learn that there would be many more challenges to getting what you want and being happy. Two of the biggest were discovering what we really want and learning what we really need to be happy. Reacquainting ourselves with old classmates allowed us to fill in the gaps

in our memories and to discover the more complete adults we had become. We discovered that the ensuing years have allowed all of us to have more in common than before. In our disparate paths to new jobs, schools and cities, we have all fallen in and out of love and dealt with loss and death. Most of us married and raised children. Everyone had matured and grown wise. We were all grown up now and much different from our teenaged selves. A reunion can also be a reunion with an old self —yourself at 17. It can be amusing or bittersweet to recall your hopes and dreams. What did you want the most? What was your promise? There may be sadness in not fulfilling that promise—not writing that world-changing novel, not discovering the cure for cancer, not making it to Hollywood, or not making a fortune in business. The circumstances of our lives, our own fears and unforeseen challenges may have held us back. Yet we may have discovered that what we wanted then was not what our true selves really needed to feel fulfilled. Many of us found meaning in other ways and in other places. Most of us have found this in our most important relationships. We could look back at our adult lives so far and be content with the direction of our lives. We could also look back to our more inspired and fiery younger selves and ask, “What remains?” It can be instructive to revisit the passions of our youth. What engaged you most? If you have given up art, music or writing, ask

WE COULD ALSO LOOK BACK TO OUR MORE INSPIRED AND FIERY YOUNGER SELVES AND ASK, “WHAT REMAINS?” not only “Why?” but also “Why not?” Why not rediscover your talents, your passions and your calling? One classmate spoke passionately about how he answered his calling to coach and inspire young athletes to achieve their potential. Others have found meaning in the raising of their children, some of whom are now adults. Some are ready to ask, “Why not do what I need to do to be truly happy?” This reunion was a celebration of our shared human experience. It was as if we were saying, “Look how we have all grown up!” It was an opportunity for self-discovery, and for some an inspiring challenge to fulﬁll their promise, a new promise today to reach our potentials. In another decade, I hope to attend a Burnaby North reunion where everyone—all looking a bit older—will share stories of how we each answered our calling and passion, and realized our potential for happiness. 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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Fly-in ﬁshing lodge welcoming without the formalities

Desperately seeking moose in NWT Judi Lees

Contributing writer YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.—Gord Gin does not give up easily. We are cruising Graham Lake in the Northwest Territories, desperately seeking moose. Our small group includes Kay from Australia who, no surprise, has only heard stories of the largest species of the deer family that may weigh more than 300 kilograms and top two metres in height. She wants to see one. In a small boat, under a bright blue sky, we motor into serene bays, constantly scanning the shoreline for signs of wildlife. Gin is our host at Yellow Dog Lodge, a fly-in fishing lodge about 55 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. He assures us that bear, wolves, lynx, wolverine, porcupines and yes, moose, live in the Arctic taiga around us. But today they’re hiding. As much as we would love to see a postcard-perfect Canadian moose, we three visitors are pretty happy with our stay. We left Yellowknife via floatplane to land at Yellow Dog Lodge and sure enough, before the engines had stopped on the Air Tindi Cessna 208, Casey, a large, friendly

Labrador retriever, had wagged his way down the wharf. (I noticed that Casey, the perfect host, said goodbyes to the group leaving before turning his full attention to us.) Everything about Yellow Dog Lodge was welcoming: the lack of formalities, the cabins, the lakes and the fact that you couldn’t see another sign of civilization. Gord and Kathy Gin took over the lodge in 2006. In the 1970s it had been owned by Duncan Pryde, a fur trader, member of the territorial legislature and author of Nunaga, My Land, My Country, a story about life with the Inuit. Pryde was one of those larger-than-life northerners. There are plenty of tales about him; Gord related a few one morning as we hiked. Accompanied by Casey we did a loop, starting uphill on crunchy moss, through stands of spruce, past juniper and wild cranberry bushes. We stopped on rocky ledges and looked down at the lodge and the lakes. Later we trolled for trout on Duncan Lake. In less than 10 minutes, two of us caught one-to-two-kilogram, silvery ﬁsh. Then Gord did what is apparently mandatory on

a fishing trip: he brought out the beer and we bobbed in the boat, pondering such important questions as would the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline ever be built in this peaceful neck of the woods and why weren’t more fish biting? It was a great morning, rounded off by having those fish we caught for lunch back at the lodge. As for our moose hunt, we were unsuccessful. But when we cruised up a marshy channel of the Nicholson River we did get to hop out and hike to a waterfall tumbling from yet another peaceful lake. Two things to note about a trip to the Northwest Territories: this is the place to go if you are starved for sunshine; in summer it averages 23 hours of daylight. And don’t even think of hiking without a net over your head—I swear the mosquitoes save themselves for visitors. For more information on Yellow Dog Lodge, visit its website at www. yellowdoglodge.ca. For information on travel in the Northwest Territories, visit the Northwest Territories Tourism website at www.spectacularnwt.com. Judi Lees is a member of the Meridian Writers’ Group.

Casey, the friendly and welcoming Labrador retriever, sits before the lodge named for him. photo Judi Lees

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Wombat lives

The Railway Club hosts Anvil Press’s launch of Wombat: The Collected Comic Strip by local artist Rod Filbrandt June 24, 7 p.m. The man behind the long-running comic strip Dry Shave created Wombat in the early ’80s when it ran in University of B.C. campus magazine Discorder and later the Georgia Straight with stints in Seattle’s The Stranger and Toronto’s Eye Weekly until 1994. Wombat is described as “the titular post-punk, half-cut anti-mascot of the nameless generation that somehow survived both synth-pop and grunge.” Admission is free.

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Strange mustachioed sister folk duo CocoRosie plays the Vogue Theatre June 24 in support of their latest album for Sub Pop, Grey Oceans. Diane Cluck opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu and Highlife Records, or at the Vogue Theatre box ofﬁce (ph. 604569-1144, www.voguetheatre.com).

Former Elvis impersonator Morris Bates reads from his new book at the VPL June 24.

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Morris Bates has lived a colourful life. As one of the ﬁrst Elvis impersonators, he played the Las Vegas Strip for 10 years, toured the world, gambled away millions of dollars and now works as a native youth counsellor in the Downtown Eastside. Bates gives a musical performance and reads from his new memoir Morris as Elvis: Take a Chance of Life at the Vancouver Public Library’s Alice MacKay Room (350 West Georgia) June 24, 7:30 p.m. For more info, phone 604-331-3603 or go to www.vpl.ca.

Maiden voyage

Legendary heavy band Iron Maiden fronted by certiﬁed pilot Bruce Dickinson touches down in Vancouver June 24 for a head-banging evening at GM Place. The tour is in support of the band’s 15th studio album The Final Frontier, which comes out in August. Tickets at all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 604-280-4444.

Trekkies rejoice: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy grace Vancouver’s Ofﬁcial Star Trek Convention at the Wall Centre this weekend.

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OnMain Gallery (1965 Main St.) presents Made in China, a collection of photographs taken by artist Paul Wong while visiting the People’s Republic of China in 1982 and 1996. The photos depict everyday life in agricultural villages, ancestral homes and urban streets “capturing China at a remarkable transformative period.” The three-day exhibit runs June 24 to 26, with an opening reception June 23 6 to 9 p.m. Preview at www.paulwongprojects.com.

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Last week K&K was downright stoked, and we don’t use the term “stoked” lightly, when we received a salacious email from the Vancouver Canadians announcing that big changes were afoot that would change the face of minor league baseball in this town. At ﬁrst we thought Walter Matthau might be introduced as the C’s new manager, but then we remembered he was dead. Then we ﬁgured Vancouver’s single-A ball club had a fancy new uniform, something with tassels or breathable lycra, to show off. Sadly, it turns out, the Vancouver Canadians “big news” was that its beautiful, nearly 60-year-old ballpark, Nat Bailey Stadium, or “The Nat” as it’s affectionately known, will now be called Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. Just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? Thanks to a new corporate partnership with one of its biggest sponsors, the Vancouver Canadians hand over the naming rights for an undisclosed amount of cash and Scotiabank gets to further expand its brand identity beyond movie theatres, dance centres, literary prizes, underperforming hockey teams and… what are those things called? Oh yeah… banks.

The planets align as William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy headline Vancouver’s Ofﬁcial Star Trek Convention June 25 to 27 at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel. Along with the original Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, other Star Trek celebrities in attendance include Connor Trinneer (Star Trek: Enterprise), Armin Shimerman, Jeffrey Combs, Vaughn Armstrong, Max Grodenchik, Casey Biggs and Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Jacob Kogan who portrayed the young Mr. Spock in the recent

Don’t get us wrong. We are all for corporate sponsorship increasingly infringing on every inch of public and commercial space we encounter. Truth be told, one summer K&K renamed its belly “Hamburger Helper” until the company issued a cease and desist order due to a sizable dip in sales. We also took it upon ourselves to launch a new food fad called a “Nutella Moustache” where we smeared the Italian hazelnut and cocoa spread under our noses but it only creeped people out and made us constantly hungry. But the Vancouver Canadians’ new deal with Scotiabank goes too far. Sure the money will help the team and pay for improvements to the field, but changing the name of its historic ballpark is not only tacky, it in no way will endear baseball fans to the financial institution whose name increasingly crowds spectators’ visual field. And while corporate branding of sports venues is standard these days, we refuse to let it change us. Even while we sit in our Vancouver Courier-sponsored seats, attending a Power Smart nooner, wearing our free A&W promotional batting helmet and drinking a Sapporo beer, it’ll always be Nat Bailey Stadium to us.

Star Trek film and Barbara March and Gwynyth Walsh (popular Klingon villains The Duras Sisters from Star Trek: The Next Generation). The convention also features a Star Trek and sci-fi vendors room, auctions, trivia and costume competitions, live music, fan-produced music videos, autographing and celebrity photo ops. No word yet if Shatner will be reciting his infamous SNL “Get a life” speech, where he tells a group of deflated trekkies that they’ve turned an enjoyable little job that he did as a lark for a few years into a colossal waste of time. Tickets and info at www.creationent. com or call 818-409-0960.

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K&K’s dance card is pretty full these days with our ongoing commitments to saving the environment, freeing the children and nursing orphan kittens with milk from our own teats. But we’re going to shufﬂe some appointments so we can attend a public event hosted by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), June 28, to launch the “We’re All Pedestrians”: The Final Report of the Downtown Eastside Pedestrian Safety Project. The $65,000 commissioned study sought answers and solutions to why so many wasted people are getting struck by cars on the Downtown Eastside. Ummm… because they’re wasted? Possible solutions that were examined included implementing crossing guards, lower speed limits or, we’re guessing, a team of hired piggybackers to carry people across the road who ignore or are unable to understand basic laws of physics when it comes to moving objects. The report’s launch will include an overview of the project, the project ﬁndings, recommendations, an update on implementation and a Q&A. It all starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Community Centre. Just be careful while crossing the road… at least for now.

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Enrolled in English 200 a very long time ago, I wrote a paper on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra proclaiming, as only a silly 18-year-old can, that Antony and Cleopatra were not great lovers but were an extremely canny pair of political strategists determined to rule the Eastern Mediterranean. Now that I’m older, I’m not so sure. Without a doubt Jennifer Lines (as Cleopatra) and Andrew Wheeler (Antony) make it look like love—or something akin to love. If you’ve forgotten what happened after Brutus and cohorts assassinated Julius Caesar, be sure to read the synopsis before the curtain rises. Director Scott Bellis is correct when he writes, “It’s a big play.” A thumbnail sketch: After Julius Caesar, a triumvirate ruled Rome and its vast empire—Octavius Caesar (soberly play by Haig Sutherland), Lepidus (Allan Morgan) and Mark Antony. There were double and triple-crosses, betrayals and mistaken betrayals. The Roman and Egyptian troops were sometimes on the same side, sometimes not. Like the historical characters, you have to keep your wits about you to stay abreast of events. Sir Thomas North’s translation (in 1579) of Plutarch’s “Life of Marcus Antonius” (circa 1st century AD) is Shakespeare’s source. According to Plutarch, noble Antony’s obsession with the conniving queen of Egypt caused his downfall. While Cleopatra’s death was unfortunate, Antony’s death, claims Plutarch, was truly tragic. Some scholars even suggest that a systematic campaign had been waged by Octavius against Cleopatra to disparage Antony who was becoming a problem. On the other hand, Cleopatra was, indeed, wily; she had been mistress to Julius Caesar (bearing him a son) and after Caesar’s death, Antony’s mistress (bearing him three children). Shakespeare, however, is

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A tumultuous Jennifer Lines and Andrew Wheeler play the leads in Bard on the Beach’s production of Antony and Cleopatra. more sympathetic than Plutarch to this famous queen. Lines brings everything she has to this Cleopatra: she’s playful, sexy, wild with jealousy, grief-stricken, haughty, frightened, queenly and childish. Simply but elegantly costumed by Mara Gottler in shimmery gold, Lines is more beautiful than the historical Cleopatra, who, according to Plutarch, was not so handsome as she was intelligent and seductive. Wheeler’s Antony, too, is a compli-

cated character—one minute furious with Cleopatra, another minute, utterly besotted by her. Together, Lines and Wheeler hold this epic play together and deliver a living, breathing vision of a man and a woman who risk everything and lose. There are moments when waves of sensuality, like a hot wind, seem to envelope them. Director Bellis, making his Bard directorial debut, capably manages this large cast. Continued next page

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‘Pair so famous’ still confounds Continued from page 26 Battle scenes on land and at sea are stylized with Roman and Egyptian banners hoisted aloft; Cleopatra lounges on a bed of silken cushions surrounded by slaves while the Roman scenes are characterized by soldiers in leather and metal. Simon Bradbury, so funny as Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, is one of the more affecting characters in the role of Antony’s friend Enobarbus. But Antony and Cleopatra is almost exclusively the Antony and Cleopatra show. Few of the other characters engage us in their own particular narratives for very long. It is always interesting, however, to look at Octavius (later named Augustus) who

will, after the triumvirate is dissolved, usher in an unprecedented and prolonged period of peace. Sutherland, now a boyish and petulant Octavius, now a wise and forward-looking ruler, keeps us wondering in this play: good guy or bad guy? To his credit, Octavius gives instructions for Antony and Cleopatra be buried together, saying, “No grave upon the earth shall clip in it/A pair so famous.” And yet, history tells us, he paraded Cleopatra in efﬁgy through the streets of Rome where the rabble abused her. As for Antony and Cleopatra? Power seekers? Lovers in a dangerous time? Certainty eludes me as it did not in my salad days. joled@telus.net

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The Toy Story gang and those Twilight vampires have more in common than a third ﬁlm with a June release date. They share an existential dilemma: what good is immortality, if the people you love grow up and move on? The toys have already faced rejection, abandonment and eBay-like toy trafﬁcking. Their newest crisis is that Andy is heading off to college, and mom (Laurie Metcalf) wants the toys boxed up in the attic or dumped. Both are terrifying prospects for Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jesse (Joan Cusack) and the rest of the toyroom.

An elaborate escape plan is hatched, and the toys arrive at what they think is the promised land: a daycare, where an endless parade of kiddies will play with them and love them... right? Actually, unsupervised kids are kind of a nightmare. And the daycare toys are presided over by fuzzy, strawberry-scented Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear (voiced with gusto by Ned Beatty) who seems loveable but who proves to be a big, pink meanie. Other newcomers to the franchise include Michael Keaton as the metrosexual Ken doll and Timothy Dalton as a hedgehog thespian called Mr. Pricklepants. Whoopi Goldberg and Bonnie Hunt also join the cast. There are now a lot of toys to keep track of, what with Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head (Don Rickles and Estelle Harris), Hamm (John Ratzenberger), Rex (Wallis

Shawn), Barbie (Jodi Benson) and Slinky Dog (Blake Clark), but voicework is so much fun across the board that we don’t mind the character clutter. Things get dark in TS3, even darker than the recesses of Sid-the-toy-torturer’s bedroom. The toys face incineration or being sealed in veritable cofﬁns. The move toward Shrek-style humour—from poop jokes to innuendo—also bursts the Disney/ Pixar purity bubble. The storytelling is rich enough and the action consistent enough that such degradation is unnecessary. Toy Story 3 runs 98 minutes and is directed by Lee Unkrich, who also did Finding Nemo and the second Toy Story installment. Based on an idea by Unkrich, Pixar chief John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, the story was scripted by Michael Arndt (who won an Oscar for his kid un-friendly Little

Miss Sunshine). Unkrich clearly knows how to coax the best out of his actors, both veteran and newcomer. Performances are spirited, interesting and moving. Toy Story started it all, when it was the first feature-length film shot entirely using CG, back in 1995. That means that tots still in diapers who watched the original are now in middle school, and have grown up with the franchise. You’ll laugh and you’ll cry, in the best tradition of Disney/Pixar movies. We cried as Sarah McLachlin sang “When Somebody Loves You” and Cowgirl Jesse was forgotten, in TS2. There’s an equally poignant moment here, guaranteeing a sniffle or two, which taps into my secret belief, even after all these years, that my toys have feelings. The folks at Pixar must believe it, too. jcrawfordfilm@gmail.com

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Francophone festival wraps up with electronic music for the people

Montreal DJ collective hosts ‘Piknic’ in the park By Manisha Krishnan

Electronic music typically isn’t synonymous with daylight, families and the great outdoors—but Montreal-based DJ collective Piknic Electronik has been working hard to change that. For the past seven years the group has been throwing outdoor parties every weekend during the summer, and this Thursday Vancouverites will have a chance to check one out at Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl on St. Jean Baptiste Day when Piknic Electronik wraps up the 21st annual Festival d’été francophone de Vancouver, June 24 at 5 p.m. Other performers include Dafluke, Orange Orange and FM Radio Gods. “The main reason we started Piknic was to make that kind of music, electronic music, accessible to people, to democratize the music,” explains Nicholas Cournoyer, one of Piknic Electronik’s founding members. “At the time there was a lot of prejudice around this type of music, [that it was] only at raves, so many drugs and this and that.” He adds, “There were a lot of shows, events and things that were pretty much all the same and that’s why we wanted to have a different kind of experience for people and just take it out of this context which is more at night, dark places, smoky rooms. We wanted to offer it in a beautiful place.” And that’s exactly what Piknic Electronik did. Located on the Île Ste-Hélène, just a metro, bike or

Montreal-based DJ collective Piknic Electronik aims to make electronic music accessible to all people. The group wraps up the 21st annual Festival d’été francophone de Vancouver June 24 at Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl. short car ride from downtown, the fest takes place amongst ponds and greenspaces, with a view of Old Montreal across the St. Lawrence River. “As the day goes, the ﬁrst few ‘piknicers’ come to picnic and relax and there’s a build up with the music. During the afternoon there are more and more people dancing,” Cournoyer says. While clubhoppers and students make up a large part of the 3,000 to 6,000-person crowd,

there are also play areas set up for kids, he adds. “When we wanted to take electronic music out of the night business, one of the reasons was because there are so many people that have kids and can’t show up at night to go see good DJs.” The events showcase a variety of styles as well including house, techno, drum and bass, dubstep and dancehall. While local talent dominated

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ny day of course, it’s the perfect setting.” Cournoyer’s hoping the Vancouver crowd has a similar experience this week. “People are just used to hearing electronic music in bars, in clubs so just to be outside, the sun setting, the grass—it makes everything a bit chiller and that’s what we want to happen in Vancouver.” For more info, go to www.lecentreculturel.com. mkrishnan@nsnews.com

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Lumber/Building Supplies

#1A STEEL BUILDING SALE! Save up to 60% on your new garage, shop, warehouse. 6 colors available! 40 year warranty! Free shipping, the first 20 callers! 1-800-457-2206. www.crownsteelbuildings.ca. BUILDING SALE! “ROCK BOTTOM PRICES!” FINAL WEEK. 25x30 $4,577. 30x40 $7,140. 32x60 $11,950. 35x60 $13,990. 40x70 $14,650. 40x100 $24,900. 46x140 $37,600. OTHERS. Ends optional. Pioneer MANUFACTURERS DIRECT 1-800-668-5422. FUTURE STEEL BUILDINGS CLEARANCE - Pre-engineered and custom-sized to your requirements. Factory-direct pricing. Some models discounted to halfprice to clear. CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE AND QUOTE 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170. NEW NORWOOD SAWMILLS LumberMate-Pro handles logs 34” diameter, mills boards 28” wide. Automated quick-cyclesawing increases efficiency up to 40%. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT - FREE Information: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Dogs

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Dogs

ADORABLE PUPS, 7 Pugs & 4 Westies $850. credit card ok, 604-542-8892 pics & video @ www.puppiesandponies.ca

CKC REG Lab Pups, top breed, family raised, tattoo, vet ✔, shots, Juyl 5, $850, 604-814-2177 ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $400+ 604 590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds 778-688-6340 abetterlifedogrescue.com AUSTRALIAN LABRADOODLE Pups Non-shedding mediums, parents 27lbs, spayed/neutered, 1st shots, reg. with ALAA, $2500 1-250-494-3107 Summerland

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Childcare Wanted

LIVE IN nanny for 3 & 5 yrs olds Main & 41st area. Start July. $8/hr. Call Alicia 604-879-1959

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Children’s Activities

SPEECH THERAPY- Your home. Summer sessions Preschool - Adult. 604-762-2829

LAB / Golden Retriever Pups, black, vet chkd, vacinated, exc family pets. $450. 778-549-8621

BOSTON TERRIER (PB) pups shots, dewormed, parents to view. 8 weeks old by July 5th. $1500. 604-542-1411, after 5pm.

GIANT RESTAURANT, BAKERY, DELI, BUTCHER, PIZZA, PUB & CAFÉ EQUIPMENT

AUCTION

Janitorial Equipment 2010 Olympics Plus Plus Janitorial Equipment fromfrom “2010 Olympic Games” Contents Contents Deli ShopDeli & Two Large Decorative Airplanes “Red Robins” Shop (2) Large Decorative Airplanes

Cats

CFA REG BLUE Persian F 8mth spayed lovable PKD neg health gaur $600.00 firm 604-939-1231 www.dreamhimicattery.com PERSIAN KITTENS 1 white & 2 tiger colours. Playful & ready July 3rd. $350 each. 604.615.4356

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Pet Services

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Elder Services

★ GOLDEN STAR CONCIERGE ★

offering a full range of senior Aid services from Groceries, Cleaning, Reminders, Check-ups, Meal Delivery & More. 604-723-5445 GOLDEN STAR CONCIERGEElderly Services. Offering everything from shopping to errands, daily checkups, cleaning, reminder services and meal delivery. Call Paula; 604-723-5445

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Registered Massage Services

SWISS BODY

MASSAGE & WAXING Men & Women

Massage $29 Head to Toe 3 hrs $109

LAB SILVER / Charcoal PUPS, PB RARE! vet chd, social, quiet temp. $950. 778-549-8621

3482 Main St. Van 604-873-9890

CHIHUAHUA PUP, PB, male, ready to go. Vancouver. $300 obo. Free Bichon 604-325-2639 CHINESE SHAR-PEI standard, miniature and toy. Several colors. Purebred. Vet checked. Great temperament, velvet coat, excellent wrinkling. Family friendly. $600. Call 604-888-1116

Horses & Tack

PET URINE Removal Treatment ™

BICHON FRISE, CKC reg, P/B, Vet ✔, tattooed, non-shedding, $650-$750. 1-604-823-0021

Try the Best 604-872-1702 MINI DACHSHUND. Wire hair. Health guaranteed. Ready now! $800. 604-538-5433

PIT BULL puppies male & female 8 wks 1st shots, dewormed. View parents. $500. Ph 604-701-1587

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4013 GOLDEN DOODLE female pups - ready to go. Email pics available. 1-250-674-0091

Childcare Available

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REG.HALF ARAB 12YO 15hh Gelding Experienced Rider Aldergrove $2,500 OBO 778-808-7810

BERNESE BLK lab, fam raised, dewormed, vet✔ 1st shots, $600. 604-795-7662 No Sunday calls

Auctions

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The Vancouver Courier has partnered with the BC SPCA to encourage responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals. Before purchasing a new puppy, ensure the seller has provided excellent care and treatment of the animal and the breeding parents. For a complete guide to ﬁnding a reputable breeder and other considerations when acquiring a new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

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9. 10.

Before you hit me, remember I have teeth that could easily crush the bones in your hand, but I choose not to bite you. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, or my heart may be getting old and weak. Take care of me when I get old. You, too, will grow old. Go with me on difficult journeys. Everything is easier for ME if you are there. Remember, I love you.

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Travel

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Vacation Spots

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Financial Services

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5017

Business Services

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The estate of Sabine Maria Brennenstuhl, also known as Sabine M. Brennenstuhl, Sabine Brennenstuhl, Sabina Maria Brennenstuhl, Sabina M. Brennenstuhl, Sabina Brennenstuhl and Sabina Rodenberg deceased, formerly of 212A-618 Larkin Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Sabine Maria Brennenstuhl are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Solicitor for the Estate, Robert J. Bryshun, at Salloum Watts, 200-1455 Ellis Street, Kelowna, B.C., V1Y 2A3 on or before July 23, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard only to the claims of which the executor then has notice.

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Personals

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Personals

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Business Opportunity

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7010

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Agents

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Real Estate Services

6005

MAKE BIG MONEY investing in REAL ESTATE. Make THOUSANDS each month without touching a hammer buying Nice Homes in Nice Areas. No Rehab Or Repair Work Needed. FREE REPORT! 1-866-215-8037 ID 107 (Free Recorded Message) or go online to: www.LeaveWorkSomeDay.com. Invigo Realty Ltd.

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-40

W.End/Down/ Yaletown

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Houses - Sale

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Houses - Sale

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Real Estate

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Port Moody

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33 FLAVELLE Dr. 3 BR, 3 lvls, 2.5 baths, 2 f/ps. 3,360 sf home in CDS, on greenbelt. 7,260 sf lot. $917,000. By appt, 604-767-6742

Richmond

SAT/SUN 2-4PM 9751 Swansea Dr. New Listing! Cape Cod style detached home, Reno’d. Michael Lepore, Royal LePage Westside 604-295-3974 www.AccoladeRealEstate.ca

6020-34

Surrey

SRY, NEWTON EAST. 6 BR, 3.5 baths. Incl s/c bsmt suite. $15,000 down & $3,100/mo. Home worth $540,000. Call 778-397-0827 info@pearlboxrealestate.com

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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. $333,000. 604-726-0677. usellahome.com ● ID # 4711

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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 Kim 604-628-6598

6065 www.bcforeclosures.com 4 BR home from $15,000 down $1,600/mo. 604-538-8888, Alain @ Sutton WC Realty W. Rock

Houses - Sale

Recreation Property

SUNSHINE VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS Camping Cabins starting @ $199,000 to lock up. 604-599-3861, 778-888-4574

ACROSS

1. Extinct New Zealand bird 4. Millisecond (abbr.) 8. Muddle 13. Inner forearm bone 15. Acid radical 16. Brook 17. NJ NBA team 18. A crane 19. Positivism founder 20. Jasperware perfector 23. Dorsal ﬁnger plate 24. Autonomic nervous system (abbr.)

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1. Tough Asiatic grass 2. Margarine 3. Hymenopterous insects 4. Five iron 5. Frown with displeasure 6. Largest Aussie lake 7. Sheathed 8. Used of syllables 9. Snooze 10. Exhibit a product’s use 11. Apollo’s mother 12. Barely made it 14. Fatuous 21. After Action Review (abbr.) 22. Walking tempo 25. Sergeant’s nickname

25. Male parent 26. Wave crest 31. Wide cooking vessel 32. Lightly fry 33. Opening 34. Minute tissue openings 36. Fruit juice drink 37. Predictor of antimatter 39. Cranberry habitat 40. Encouraged earnestly 42. Master of Education (abbr.) 43. Fortiﬁed wines 45. Common organizations in schools

47. Electromotive force (abbr.) 48. Twinge 49. Places to buy a sofa 57. Double curves 58. Federal drug agent 59. A British peer 60. Beach (French) 61. South American Indian 62. A skin lesion’s crusty surface 63. Flanks 64. Afrikaans 65. Electronic warfare-support measures (abbr.)

26. Walks through water 27. With a tinge 28. Apple centers 29. W. Rumanian city 30. Political action committee (abbr.) 31. Children’s tale bear 32. Salvia 34. KQED or WGBH 35. Infers from evidence 38. Insects after metamorphosis 41. Breach 44. Change mind 45. Programming language 46. Explosive 48. Yellow perch genus

49. Dandies 50. Tangelo 51. Del. senator 1789-93 George 52. Component part 53. Wood frog genus 54. Running contest 55. Periods of time 56. Nuclear undersea weapon (abbr.)

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HOME SERVICES 8040

Carpet/Flooring Installation

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

Reduce Reuse Recycle The classiﬁeds can help! 604.795.4417 604.630.3300

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Cleaning

CLEANING SERVICE. Reas rates, specializing in homes. Guar work. Refs avail. 604-715-4706 EXP HOME detail cleaners, move in/move out, homes, offices, Free metal p/u. etc Call 604-327-1219 JANE’s • House Cleaning A thorough job every time! Call ★ 778-398-0661

Apartments & Condos

VANCOUVER MARPOLE, 70th & Granville, Spacious 2 BR apt. $995. Available Immediately. Adult building. Call 604-263-9038

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 2 BR Condo $1595. 5 appl, f/p, n/p, n/s. 16th & Cambie Avail now. Viewing/info: 604-738-4100 2 BR Kerrisdale 1,000 sf, reno’d, h/wood, granite, new bath, heat/ hot water, ns, np, secure entry July 1st. $1,325. 604-732-8954

609-1333 W. Georgia St. 2 br, 2 connected bath, hardwood, stainless, 940sf, lease, np, ns, now, $1900, Eric K. 604-723-7368 AVAIL ASAP, 621 Colburne St, 1 block north of Queens Park, 1 BR, newly reno’d, top flr, no pets, $750 + 50% utils. 604-454-4540

BACH & 1 BR, Newly Reno’d, cls to shop & transit, secured, incls heat, h/w, prkg, Start @ $675. 604-325-1385 www.remirealty.ca 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 DAVIE/HORNBY 1 BR + den, prkg, new reno, 1 yr lease, ns np $1450. Avail now. Refs req’d 604-728-5063 EAST VNCR. Near 7th & Clark. VIEW. Upper lrg 2 BR ste, newly reno’d, hardwood floors. Av now. No pets. $1100. 604-218-7660

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

BURNABY CENTRE Metrotown Area - Bby

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

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

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$45 / Hour

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

CONCRETE SPECIALIST

6508

Apt/Condos

GINGER Crosstown, Science World! Deluxe 1 BR condo, all appls, strge, bike locker, sec’d prkg, Media/amenties rm & more. NS/NP. Avail now. 604-861-6303 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 NEW 3 Bdrm+Den Suite, grd flr n/s, drugs, pets! $1200+20% utils Tim 778-840-7125 stringytim@yahoo.ca

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Co-ops

OPEN HOUSE Killarney Gardens Housing Co-op Saturday June 26th @ 2998 E 54th Ave., Vanc. Info session 2pm. Unit tours. 604-436-9554 www.kghousingcoop.ca

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Furnished Accommodation

12TH & Quebec Quiet, furn’d 2 room ste, priv entry & bath, $700 incls utls. NS/NP. 604-576-1746

6540

Concrete

STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M SOUTH SURREY/WHITE ROCK – 15532 Madrona Dr., 3 bdrm, HOUSE, on Cul-de-Sac in quiet family neighborhood, huge yard, new roof, dbl garage..... $1,688/M Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6590

Rooms

3 BR bsmt ste $1,000 also 1br $400 near #19 & #25 & #22 bus. incl hydro/gas. Nice yrd, nr park, np. Immed 604-874-1560

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM g/l ste, in brand new home, 5 min to skytrn, $850 incl utils, cable, internet, w/d. Np pets, avail July 1, call 604-436-4417 BBY N Reno 1 br bsmt suite, $850 inc utils/cbl, alarm. Exc loc. N/S, N/P. Immed! 604-833-0888 KITS, 1 bdrm garden level suite, incl storage, utils, use of deck & yard, Nr shops/bus, NS, NP, Avail. July 1st. 604-734-0512. PT GREY, nr UBC, 4427 W 15th, Aug 1.spac main flr 1010sf, 2 br, lrg l/r, kitchen w/ Mtn view, $2500 incl utils, bfr 8pm 604-224-3836

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

8080

Electrical

LIC. #41559 & #3377631

RENOVATIONS & SERVICE PANELS

253-0049

– STEVE –

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

• REASONABLE RATES • FULLY GUARANTEED • LICENCED & BONDED

604-512-4178 (Vanc.) macselectric@shaw.ca

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

CONCRETE Removal / Replace Small jobs welcome ● Fence repair. Free est. Mario 254-0148

Concrete Specialist. Driveways, sidewalks, exposed aggregate & patios. Santino 604.254.5551

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

8065

Contracting

* Save Your Dollars *

www.renorite.com 604-781-7695

8073

Drainage

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

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

8075

Drywall

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

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

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925 VICTORIA DRYWALL LTD. 25 yrs exp. Reno’s & New Constr. Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

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

ALL NEW FLOORS. Hardwood, Laminate. Professional Installation and Refinishing.. 604-715-8455 ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing. Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275

Licensed & Bonded

Lic. 22308

#1167 LIC. Bonded, WCB. BBB Member since 1975. Lrg & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter. Low rates. 24 Hour. Jim 617-1774. A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only. 604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319 A Lic’d. Electrician #30582. Rewiring & Reno, Appliance/Plumbing. Rotor Rooter & Hydro Pressure Jetting Service, 604-255-9026 - 778-998-9026 Free Estimates / 24 Hr Service ELECTRIC AVE Installations. Electrian lic# 99207, Res/comm, www.electric-ave.ca 604-215-0562 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Exp, friendly, reliable. Specializing in replacing old nob & tube wiring. Lic.#50084. 604-725-4535

8130

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

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

Handyperson

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

HANDY 'D' Home Services

•General maintenance •Carpentry •Decks •Fences •Renovations

Whatever you need! Call 604-722-5684

DRAINAGE❍TILING❍Painting

Landscape Concrete Kitchen/ Bath.Frank 604.809.1488 Free Est

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

Max: 604-341-6059

CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726 L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Waterproofing, Wash & Sealing Larry 778-882-0098

Fencing/Gates

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158

Professional, Quick, Reliable

604-916-7729 JEFF

TOP FLOOR 3Bdrm 1.5Bath. Unfurnished includes fridge, stove, d/w, f/p, shared laundry. Near transit, schools, daycare, parks, shopping & more. No Pets. $1800/m includes utilities. 3434 E. 2nd Ave. rossetti@shaw.ca (604-307-2749)

8090

Drywall

Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

Houses - Rent

1770 E 60 Ave. 2 br, 1 bath, 1400sf, huge deck, yard, quiet, 1 year lease, np, ns, $1400, July 1, Eric 604-723-7368 (Prop Mngt)

8075

778-384-2019

LIDIA’S EUROPEAN Cleaning. Res/Com. Specializing in detail cleaning. Bonded. 604-541-9255

RENTALS 6505

8058

Heating

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

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

Lawn & Garden

OAKRIDGE TREE SERVICE Certified Arborist Prune, Trim, Removal, Pest Control, Stump Grind, Fruit Tree Specialist. Fully Insured, BBB.

604-321-5300

T. TRAN-604-723-2468, new lawns, garden/bed maint, weeding, clean up, pruning, trees. Reliable. T.TRAN-604-723-2468, new lawns, garden/beds, weeding, clean up, pruning, trees. Reliable.

8175

Masonry

Masonry & Stone Pavers - Allen Block Stone - Fireplaces Stucco / Tile Repairs

604-951-4000 ★ FREE ESTIMATES ★ Brick, Block, Cultured Stone & Glass Block. Willie 604-612-1600 NICKDAN MASONRY All stone work & masonry jobs, Great Rates, Free Est 604-724-3539

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

8150

Kitchens/Baths

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

8120

8160

604-879-9191 Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

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

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

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

AJK MOVING LTD.

8160

Lawn & Garden

Moving. Storage. Deliveries Local & Long Distance MOVERS.... Residential. Commercial. Industrial. Truck for Clean-ups garage, basement, backyard.

Gutters

(604) 875-9072 873-5292

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

Electrician Lic#95323, Bonded, Affordable Com/Res. No Job too small. 25yrs exp. 604 727-2306 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

Excavating

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Sofﬁts All jobs Guaranteed. Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417

# 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

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

To advertise call

604-630-3300

Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949

Do You Need to Rent Your Property? 4 Lines 3 Times

Place Your Ad On-line at https://webads.van.net or call 604-630-3300

• Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Efﬁcient & Reliable

604-708-8850

WESTCAN

MOVING SYSTEMS

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 WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Spring Clean Up Chaffer Control & Lawn Restoration. Comm/Strata/Res Aerating & Power Raking. Free Estimates. 604-893-5745

Chau Le Gardening new lawn, maint. & cleanup trimming shrubs topping hedges 604-782-5288 Exp. Reliable Gardener. Yrd cleanups/renos, pruning, hedges

Western Canada’s Moving Solution Free Estimates

604-765-0244

$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. ★ Available 24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020 AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885 ABBA MOVERS bsmt clean 1-4 ton Lic, ins’d from $35/hr, 2 men $45 day honest 26 yrs est 506-7576. AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement. Call 604-782-9511 EAGLE EYE Soar with the best It’s your move 778-883-2538

& hand weeding. Ron 604-202-2176

POPEYE’S MOVING

EXPERT PRUNING Cert Arb Ornamental & fruit trees, shrubs,etc Colin Malcolm 604-618-9741

www.popeyesmovingbc.com

Gardening Services 21 yrs exp. Tree topping, West & Eastside & Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881 iGarden Mowing, Full garden maintenance & landscape services. Power raking, aerating, fertilizing, gutter cleaning. 1st two cuts for the price of 1. Free Est. 778-991-5296 JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming. Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126

Scott 604-377-2503

VAN EXPRESS MOVING Smooth & Efficient Movers. Seniors 10% Disc. 778-318-1299

One call does it all...

604-630-3300

WEDNESDAY, J U N E 2 3 , 2 0 1 0 T H E VAN C O U V E R C O U R I E R

HOME SERVICES 8193

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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

For Free Estimates Call

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

Serving West Side since 1987

STORMWORKS Oil Tank Removal Recommended Insured Reasonable Rates 604-724-3670

Painting/ Wallpaper

8195

CANSTAR PAINTING The Quality You Trust! Interior & Exterior Projects Prof. Crew of Master Painters Prof. Design & Product Consultation Free Est./Written Guarantee

Insured/WCB

778-997-9582 AAA PRECISION PAINTING Interior/Exterior Excellent Prices

Free Est/Written Guarantee Insured/WCB

778-881-6096

FAIRWAY PAINTING

Fully Insured 20 years experience Call 604Free Estimates INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS

7291234

AAA Professional int/ext painter & wall paperer. Guar work. Free est. John 604-318-2059 (Kits)w ★ STAFFORD & SON ★ Interior/Exterior. Top quality work. Reasonable rates. 604-221-4900

TOP PAINTING Res & Comm. Reasonable rates • Free Estimate Top Quality! Joe 604-782-1377 WEST-COAT SERVICES Paint, hardwood flr refinishing. WCB ins. Domenic 604-376-4232

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

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

8220

Plumbing

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter

★ BATHROOM SPECIALIST★ Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paint framing. From start to finish. Over 20 yrs exp. Peter 604-715-0030

* Reno’s & Repairs 24 hrs/day * Furnaces * Boilers * Hot Water Heating * Reasonable Rates * Hot Water Tanks

BDC RENOVATIONS Decks, Stairs, Bsmt Suites, Kitchen/Bath Ins WCB Ref’s 778-889-3729

604-731-2443 YOUR WAY

Plumbing & Renovations Full Kitchen & Bath Reno’s • Plumbing Service - all types • H/W tanks • Plugged drains No job too small!

‘Old Home Specialist’

Steve

✔

604-324-3351

★ 3 Licensed Plumbers ★ 66 years of exp. 604-830-6617 www.oceansidemechanical.com BS & SONS gas heating & plumbing. Certified. Renos, h/w tanks, boilers, drains. 24 hrs. 671-6815

PLUMBERS

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

BEARING WALLS removed, floors leveled, cathedral ceilings, garage leveled, door and window openings. 604-787-7484 BATH/KITCHEN Renos, decks, fencing, home repairs. Home Improvment Centre. 604-240-9081 KITCHEN & BATHS Home renovations, 30+ years experience. Call 604-731-7709

MATCO DESIGN - Renovations

*Additions*Quality Work *Ref’s 604-720-1564 matco@telus.net Moon Const Building Services. Specialize in Concrete, Forming & Framing. Call Patrick 218-3064

Call Mike @ 604-321-5035 for all your reno & home imp needs.

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

bsmts/kitchens/baths/decks/ fences & laneway 604-228-4272

Power Washing

Edgemont Building Maintenance. Power Washing, Window & Gutter Cleaning. 604-420-4800 PRO KING MAINTENANCE Pressure washing, window cleaning, gutters, painting, small reno’s WCB, 15yrs exp... 604-780-2224

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

Roofing

ACOM CONSTRUCTION

Member BBB - Member RCABC Full Liability Coverage and WCB Designated Project Managers and Third Party Inspections

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

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

Call 604-327-3086 for a free estimate Quote code 1969 for a 5% discount

Plumbing

POINT GREY ROOFING Established 1946

LTD.

RENOS • REPAIRS

RED SEAL

Drainage & Plumbing Inc.

Plumbing, Drainage, Repairs & Installation

Main sewer lines, water lines, camera inspections, plugged drains, hot water tanks and drain tiles. 24/7 Emergency available Sat/Sun/Holidays. Licensed, Insured, Bonded.

604-618-4988

#1 ALL TYPES of Renos & Additions Custom cabinets, millwork, etc. Guar.22+ yrs Paul 604-618-7926 ACE OF TRADES: Complete Renovations Plumbing, Electrical Master Carpenter, Painting Wallpapering Kitchen/Bathroom designer & installer. floors Ceramic Tiles Drywall, 25 yrs. exp. $30/hr Mark Local Cell: 778-889-9918

$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. ★ Available 24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020

CHEAP JUNK Removal Starting at $49.99. Large 20 cubic yard trucks. 778-882-5865

★ASK DISCOUNT RUBBISH★ Best Prices, Yard, House/Const, Demo. 7 days Ray, 604-727-6153 DISPOSAL BINS 10 - 40 yards. Any size is $199 + dump fees. disposalking.com 604-889-2085

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

8300

All home renovations, tiles, painting, drywall, flooring, etc. All work Gtd. Free Est. Ph: 604-771-9686

To advertise call

604-630-3300

All Types of Rooﬁng, Re-Rooﬁng & Repairs 604-221-2641 604-985-2641

ALL STUCCO, chimney and cement work. Professional, inexpensive reliable and fast 604-715-2071 Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

9105

Auto Miscellaneous

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Last week 6 out of 10 applications approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. www.coastlineautocredit.com or 1-888-208-3205

9110

Collectibles & Classics

8305

Sun Decks

ARBUTUS TREE SERVICE

Tree selection, installation, pruning. Professional hedge trimming. ISA Certified Arborist. Competitive Rates Fully Guar & Insured call 604-737-2643 Treeworks 15 yrs exp. Tree/ Stump Removal, Prun’in & Trim’in & View Work 291-7778, 787-5915 www.treeworksonline.ca Wildwood Tree Services, Exp Hedge Trimming and Removal & Tree Pruning. Free Est. 604-893-5745

9125

HOT SPOT FOR SALE

9145

778-888-2338

For information call

604-630-3300

Scrap Car Removal

No Wheels No Problem

HOUR 2Service From Call

1987 PORSCHE 911 Coupe, local, only 130km, immaculate. $28,800. 604-987-3876. D24627

Family Owned & Operated

(604) 209-2026

8335

FREE

Window Cleaning

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

604-274-0285

Edgemont Building Maintenance. Window & Gutter Cleaning, Power Washing. 604-420-4800 Waters Home Maintenance Window Cleaning, also gutters. Free est. 604-738-6606

9160

Sports & Imports

1990 MERCEDES 560 SEL AirCared, fully loaded, leather, heated seats, pw, pl, alarm, pwr sunroof, pwr seats, CD, new tires & brakes, 228,000 km, runs well. $3000 obo.

604.845.5010 1998 MERCEDES E320,$7,500 , loaded, heated seats, rain sensor wiper, new brakes, gd tires, local car 2nd. owner, ex. cond. 239,000 KM 604-948-4806. 2002 CIVIC, 4 dr, auto, exc cond, low kms, new tires, no acc, must sell $8500 obo, 604-506-0800 2005 CRYSLER CROSSFIRE 2005. Low kms, heated seats, p/w, p/l. $17,500. 778-887-6567

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL No Wheels, No Problem

CASH FOR SOME COMPLETE CARS OPEN 24 HRS. INCLUDING HOLIDAYS

9125

Domestic

604-872-0109

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

THE SCRAPPER SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H

2000 FORD TAURUS SE Silver All Options Leather PREMIUM Sound EXCELLENT Condition $4995 Call. 604-551-0040

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

1994 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4dr, auto, loaded, rebuilt trans & new brakes $1500; 778-385-5152

2006 VW JETTA TDI, deisel, 41ks, mint, top model, f/load $15,900 obo. 778-386-0431

9173

Vans

2002 DODGE Caravan, 7 pass, 6 cyl, 5 dr, 106k kms, roof rack, air cared, no accd. $5250 obo. By Owner. 604-525-9641

9522

Motorhomes/RVs

1999 CORSAIR 30ft, 5th wheel large slideout, sleeps 5-6, new condition. $24,900 604-465-9512

9540

Trailers/Tents/ Campers

2005 NISSAN Xterra SE. yellow 83.5ks, exc cond, free oil change for life. $17,750. 604-760-5354

2004 MAZDA 6 GS 65kms, V6 sunroof, leather, bose stereo, excellent condition, fully serviced $14,500. Call 604-929-1964

Vancouver Co. Quality work at reasonable prices. Licenced, insured and bonded we do not take any money from our clients until the project is completed & the homeowner is 100% satisfied.

Domestic

2004 PONTIAC Grand Prix GT black loaded 74 K, sporty 3.8L like new, local $8400 604-341-1148

MIKE:

SKYLINE DECKING & Renovations. All types of new, reno’s & ext. decks Quality workmanship Guaranteed reasonable pricing Call for FREE Estimate Luke: 604-729-6871

Tree Services

Removal FREEScrap/Car

STUCCO ● STUCCO Seamless, matching any texture comm/res. Call 604-730-8277

SOUTHWEST ROOFING Cedar Shake Roof Replacement. Est 25 years

A Eastwest Roofing & Siding Re-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437

8315

AUTOMOTIVE

Stucco

Spring Special

Showroom 1230 West 75th Ave

604-312-6311

Sea Island Renovations

www.drytech.ca

• Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs • Sloped Roofs: 30-60 Year Shingles • Flat Roofs: Rubber Coatings • Patio Decks & Deck Coatings • Accredited BBB member

Licensed, Insured & Bonded Lic. Plumbers & Gas Fitters Over 20 years Experience Custom Renovations to Small Repairs

Tiling

1993 PORSCHE 928, rare GTS widebody, only 109km, as new. $25,800. 604-987-3876. D24627

SAVE $ 604-228-ROOF(7663)

• • • •

8309

www.crownresidentialrooﬁng.com

ROOFING

www.immbusiness.com

HOME SERVICES ** MANNERIA STONE & TILE Total Bath & kitchen remodelling. Stone inlays. Stephen 604-888-1285

RUBBISH REMOVAL •Residential Rooﬁng •Siding and Window Installations •Aluminum Awnings and Railings •Rain Gutter Replacements •Drainage Installations and Repairs

Visit our sample works at

604-282-6077

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

JACK’S RUBBISH Removal Friendly, Fast & Cheap 604-266-4444

R E N O VAT I O N S •• Additions Extentions – Bsmts Additions – Extensions •• Prof. Reno.&Crews – Not Subs Sundecks Deck Coatings •• Kitchen Upgrades Kitchen & Bathroom Renos Deck Coatings •• Sundecks Window &Replacements •• Window ProfessionalReplacements Reno Crews (222-8453) 22-BUILD 604-222-8453

604-240-1850

Rubbish Removal

STEPS, RAILINGS, DECKS

BBB • WCB • Fully Insured

Custom Homes & Renos Project Management Roofing ★ Framing ★ Flooring Quality work ★ Free Est. acom@mail.com

8255

A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Special truck for clean-ups. Any size job Lic#32839 604-875-9072

www.drytech.ca

Showroom 1230 West 75th Ave

Alin Maintenance Services •Roof •Chimney •Skylight; Repairs •All Leak Problems! 604-319-2229

SAM’S RENOVATIONS, bathroom renovation, tile installation, laminate floors, drywall, carpentry, 778-886-4254

8250

Internet Marketing Email Marketing Print Work Programming Web Design Development & Search Engine Optimization • Graphic Designs

To advertise call 604-630-3300

A Westside Rubbish Removal 7 days/week, very reas. rates per load. Randy 778-899-1382

European Master Carpenter. Refs Free est. Frank, 778-230-0018

• • • • •

Call Now for Free Estimate!

A Save on Roofing - specialize in ★refoof ★ repair★ WCB Free est. 10% discount 778-892-1266

RENOVATIONS

SMALL JOBS WELCOME RENOVATION Crown Mouldings · Drywall · Painting · Flooring, ★ Call 604-771-2201, 771-5197

WEB DESIGN & PROGRAMMING

A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd All types of Re-Roof, Repair, Gutter. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957

QUALITY RENO’S, res. & comm. kitchen, bath & bsmt specialists. refs avail. call Greg 604-889-6055

QUALITY WORK

Call ThE Experts

Roofing

ON SITE Reno’s. Custom Kitchen & bath, interior finishing etc. Call Mike 604-351-9316 www.onsiterenovations.com

HIGHMARKPLUMBING.COM Heating, Gas fitting, Drainage. Excavation. 604-945-6060

8225

8250

EW35

2005 NISSAN Xterra SE. yellow 83.5ks, exc cond, free oil change for life. $17,750. 604-760-5354

2003 32’ Cougar by Keystone 5th wheel. In exc cond; two large slides; lots of solid oak cabinets, oak table w/4 oak chairs; 2 arm chairs, ent. unit; a/c, furnace; hydraulic front jacks; large awning; heated underbelly; corner shower; queen bed, closet, dresser; new washer/dryer; lg living room window; skylight; too many extras to mention. $21,000. 604.316.1018

E36

Natural

T HE VA N C O U V E R C O U R I E R W E D N E S D AY, JUNE 2 3 , 2010

Your Original

Non-Medicated

Non-Medicate

Certified Organic

Chicken Wings

Food Store d

Chicken Corn on the Combo pack Breast & Thi Cob ghs Texas yellow

9 9 $

$ 98

/lb. $6.59kg.

Family Pack

ea.

/lb. $10.98kg.

We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products Natural Raised Beef

Eye of Round Steaks

Lean Ground

New Zealand Beef

Top Sirloin Steaks

Buffalo 08 $ 08 $

/lb. $8.99kg.

From the Deli Authentic Style

Montreal Smoked Meat

$ 29 100g.

B.C.

Tomatoes on the Vine

/lb. $2.16kg.

Certified Organic

Yellow Nectarines Product of California

$ 79 /lb. $3.95kg.

Kashi

Granola Bars

/lb. $8.99kg.

$ 99

160-210gr.

Canadian Beef

Sirloin Tip Steaks

99 $ /lb. $6.59kg.

Certified Organic

Kern Ridge

Carrots

$ 79 2 lb. bag

49 $ /lb. $5.49kg.

Large Cherries

Green Grapes

$ 48

Natural Choice

Santa Cruz

Energy Bars

/lb. $4.37kg.

Sorbets

3 Fruit Bars $ 99 3 $

$ 29 68gr.

473ml.

81ml.

99 455g.

1595 Kingsway 604-872-3019

HOURS Monday to Friday 8am-9pm / Saturdays & Sundays

/lb. $3.26kg.

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CELEBRATE THE CULTURE OF GREECE BY JENNY SIORMANOLAKIS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ho would have known back then, that the hard work of the 1973 committee to form Greek Day would transform Vancouver, and eventually lead to monumental steps forward for ethnic festivals around the Lower Mainland? Greek Day gave birth to the festival scene here in Vancouver with a one of a kind closing of the streets to celebrate Kitsilano’s proud Greek community, and showcase a Greek Panygiri (the traditional street festival in Greece). This Sunday, June 27, from 11 am to 9:30 pm, Greek Day promises to welcome all attendees with the chants of ‘OPA’ which translates to an expression of Joy and ‘Kali Orexi,’ meaning good appetite.

Cool New Offerings

New to Greek Day is the Sea to Sky Forum Sports Bar SUPER PARADISE DISCO, pumping out euro-house grooves and Greek dance remixes, all spun by Vancouver’s hottest deejays. The Athenian Marketplace, Agora, will feature small vendors bartering their goods, plus various roaming entertainers.

Fun Stuff to Do

For the World Cup fans, plans to broadcast the games are in the works and many of the local bars and restaurants on Broadway will have the game on. The Omega Travel Photo Tent will allow visitors to take a superimposed souvenir photo of themselves in Greece at a major historical monument.

Eat, Drink and Be (Responsibly) Merry

The food vendors are back and are promising everything from pork, chicken or lamb souvlaki, gyro’s, roast lamb, spinach and cheese pies, grilled corn, baklava, and yogurt with honey. Entrees are paired with beverages provided by Granville Island Brewery and Boutari Wines. Everyone’s favourite treat, known as loukoumades, are so popular that they will be featured at two kiosks throughout the event.

Greek Day Gives Back

This year Greek Day, The Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC and Krinos Foods are pleased to announce that proceeds from Greek Day will go towards purchasing major assets at BC Children’s Hospital. Donations can

be made at the event at the “Tree Of Life” located within the festival grounds.

Everyone’s A Winner

While at Greek Day don’t forget to purchase a $1 raffle ticket with a chance to win either a trip to Greece, a sevennight hotel package on the Greek Islands or a four-day Greek Mediterranean cruise. Proceeds from the raffle benefit the production of Greek Day.

Lots of Extras

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A TASTE OF THE EVENT The event runs from 11:00 am until 9:30 pm, and will feature historical, traditional and modern elements of Greek culture. Highlights include: • The Krinos Foods Main Stage will feature the folklore and musical entertainment; • The Krinos Foods Kiosk will sample various Krinos Brand Products; • The Hellenic Experience Tent features free sampling of Greek coffees and teas, sweet treats, olives and olive oil, herbs and spices, beauty products and showcases a traditional Greek home; • The Boutari Wines Cooking Tent offers hours of cooking demonstrations, lessons and hands-on demonstrations; • The Kids Zone provides free activities from face painting, games and rides, arts and crafts and balloons; • The Artisans at Work Tent and the Keramika Arts Tent will house artisans demonstrating their craft and art pieces.

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SPOTLIGHT: KRINOS’ AUTHENTIC GREEK FOOD TOPS IN TOWN

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he staple items of a Greek diet can be found at any supermarket – from cheeses to olives to yogurt. But finding delicious and authentic Greek foods is a much bigger challenge than grocery shopping for these basic items. Krinos Foods Canada, Ltd. is a food importer, distributor and manufacturer of Greek specialty foods. Krinos is owned by a Greek family who founded the company more than 50 years ago, and it is now the largest Greek food distributor in Canada. The company has locations in

Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Krinos prides itself on the authenticity of its food and this testament has held true throughout the years because of this Greek heritage. It is because of this intense Greek pride that Greek Day is so

significant to this food company. Greek Day allows Krinos to show people the delectable difference between Greek food products and Canadian products. Many Greek foods have a much richer flavour that some people wouldn’t know about unless they had the opportunity to sample it, and this day gives the opportunity for the company to show the city how great Greek food really is. Manager Rob McGowan, who is not Greek himself, believes that the Greek community and thus Greek Day, is very important to Vancouver. He believes that, “there is nothing like the Greek commu-

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