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Kingsway sex shop rubs residents the wrong way Fantasy Factory requires city approval Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

The Fantasy Factory sex shop operates at the corner of Kingsway and Fraser Street.

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A recently opened sex shop at 701 Kingsway is sparking objections from residents who’ve spent years trying to improve their neighbourhood. Fantasy Factory moved into a property at the corner of Kingsway and Fraser Street without city hall approval last November. The site previously housed a video store. Fantasy Factory’s exterior sign indicates it sells magazines, along with a “huge selection of adult toys.” A small sandwich board on the sidewalk lists toys, lingerie, performance-enhancers and lubricants for sale. “They moved in without approvals. Now they’re under enforcement because they’re in there without approvals, so

they’ve ﬁled a development application to gain approval for the space,” explained John Greer, manager of the processing centre in the city’s development services. Greer said the owner should have obtained development, building and occupancy permits. On July 28, advisory letters were sent to more than 700 neighbouring homes as part of the development permit application. Residents have until Aug. 13 to submit responses. “We’re compiling them right now and we got a barrage over the weekend,” said Greer. “We still have to assess [the business] within the regulations and policies and guidelines, which talk about location and vicinity of daycares, schools and churches—that sort of thing.” See SEX on page 4

Fifty-year-old pool closes, large aquatic centre opens Hillcrest Park leisure pool includes accessible beach entry, ‘lazy river’ feature Sandra Thomas Staff writer

As residents of the Riley Park community gathered to bid a ﬁnal farewell last Friday morning to the old Percy Norman Pool on its ﬁnal day, across the street park board staff celebrated the completion of the city’s largest aquatic centre.

Judy Andersen, supervisor of recreation services for Riley Park, said the day was bittersweet for some people. Some regulars to the pool had brought treats to share with other longtime users. “They’re sad, but happy at the same time. That pool’s been open for a long time,” Andersen said of the Percy Norman, which opened in 1960.

The new aquatic centre at Hillcrest Park opened to the public Saturday. The main lap pool is 50metres long, while the dive pool is 12.5-metres deep with two diving boards and diving platform at staggered heights above the water. The leisure pool is 384 square metres and includes an accessible beach entry, water sprays and curtains,

jets and bubblers and a surprisingly fast “lazy river” feature. One section of the pool has a ﬂoor that can be lowered and heightened to control the water depth to accommodate children of different ages for lessons. The outdoor pool also includes water sprays and curtains, as well as a water cannon. White lounge chairs surround the outdoor

pool and cover much of the deck, which is bounded by grass. Inside is a hot tub that can accommodate 70 people, as well as a sauna and steam room. Peter Fox, aquatic supervisor for the park board, said the goal of the aquatic centre is to offer an experience worth repeating. See POOL on page 4

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NPA promises disclosure after Vision releases financial statements Mike Howell Staff writer

ter of fact,” she said, noting another person organized the event. “I didn’t do the asking and I didn’t collect the money and I don’t know who paid the money and I don’t know how much they paid.” Anton said she could contact her “ﬁnancial guy” for the details but added that she preferred to “somewhat insulate myself from this information.” “I acknowledge it’s slightly artiﬁcial, but there it is,” she said, adding that the purpose of the fund-

raiser was to help pay for her website, the “couple of people who help me with a few things” and her re-election campaign in 2011. The two-term councillor, who is a possible mayoral candidate in 2011, said about 20 people attended the fundraiser. She didn’t recall the date of the event, saying it occurred a few months ago. The question, Anton said, is not if she will disclose, it’s when. “At what point, that’s the question I’m not sure

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oad Rules regularly writes about pedestrian safety, usually after daylight saving ends in the fall, the start of the highest risk season for pedestrians. The hope is that reminding both drivers and pedestrians to be extra watchful will be lifesaving. But pedestrian safety issues Cedric Hughes don’t vanish in the summer months, as they haven’t this summer. In early June, Lauren Rosenberg of Los Angeles commenced a law suit against Google Maps for damages she sustained when she was hit by a car while walking along a Google Map recommended route in Park City, Utah. Her ‘Google-charted’ path included a stretch of highway without sidewalks that reportedly “had cars zipping [by] at unsafe speeds.” Reports of the lawsuit apparently “prompted a pithy online discussion regarding the degree to which pedestrians are responsible for watching out for their own safety when it comes to walking along streets.” In Vancouver in early June, the report, “We’re all Pedestrians”, was released by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). Prompted by a Simon Fraser University study in 2009 identifying the Downtown Eastside as the “most dangerous location for pedestrians” and funded by the City of Vancouver, the report recommended reducing the speed limit on Hastings Street between Abbott and Jackson streets from 50 kmh to 30 kmh. Supporters of the recommendation say the area needs to be treated like a school zone. The Vancouver police, while supporting “any measures that reduce the number of collisions” also responded, “it’s more about pedestrian behaviour. Speed is not so much the contributing factor down there.” TransLink also sounded unconvinced saying reducing the speed limit on

Hastings Street would “need to be accompanied with…downgrading [it] …to a non-arterial class of road.” Frances Bula’s, “The Accident” article in the July/ August 2010 issue of Vancouver Magazine tackles the whole topic head on. Vancouver’s Barrister & Solicitor culture of walkability, as she calls it, has also managed to produce the highest pedestrian fatality rate in Canada. This article marshals the statistics—38 pedestrians killed in 2006, 34 in 2008 resulting in 1.7 pedestrian fatalities per 100,000, which is more than “double Calgary’s and half again as many as Ottawa’s.” Montreal and Toronto both launched “offensives” when their absolute numbers were still less than Vancouver’s. Spain has the worst statistics in Europe with 1.5 pedestrian deaths per 100,000, the Netherlands the best at .46. Half of the motor vehicle fatalities in New York City involve pedestrians compared to 12% nationally. Ms. Bula’s article covers the difficulties inherent in trying to understand and prevent pedestrian ‘accidents,’ the likely causes of Vancouver’s dreadful statistics, the solutions that haven’t worked and the solutions that look more promising, like countdown traffic lights. It also presents the nitty-gritty physics at work when the human body collides with a high-ended vehicle as compared with a car and the effect of the speed of the vehicle. While these details are not for the faint of heart everyone should know that if they are hit by a vehicle travelling faster than 50 kmh, the result statistically, will likely be fatal.”

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about. At the moment, there is no duty of ongoing disclosure. I have never, ever for an instant been in breach of any disclosure regulations.” Vision Vancouver released ﬁnancial statements July 29 that showed it raised $433,560 since March 2009. More than $181,000 was spent to host fundraisers and $241,666 was used to pay off the party’s 2008 election campaign debt. More than 65 per cent of contributions came from developers and businesses, including Canaccord Capital Corporation, which gave the biggest single sum at $25,000. Wall Financial Corporation, Aquilini Development and Construction Inc., In-

tracorp Projects Ltd., Living Balance International Trading Ltd. and Strategic Communications all gave $10,000. The biggest union contributions came from the Canadian Union of Public Employees and its locals, which donated $4,800. Anton said Vision should have disclosed the information earlier, since the party’s debt was related to the 2008 campaign—and, therefore, a campaign expense. The city Charter says a party has a duty to ﬁle a supplementary disclosure statement within 30 days of a party ﬁling its election expenses, if any of the information in the initial disclosure statement has changed, or if the disclosure statement did not

completely and accurately disclose the information required to be included in the disclosure statement. “When you pay your debt down, that is when you need to ﬁle,” said Ian Baillie, executive director of Vision Vancouver. “[Anton] had a fundraiser and she didn’t say who attended her fundraiser. Fine, maybe she is technically right that she doesn’t need to do that. But I just take that to understand that that’s her level of commitment to disclosure.” Added Baillie: “We have a [contributors’] list out there, the other parties you don’t know where their money comes from. You know where ours comes from. There you go.” mhowell@vancourier.com

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Continued from page 1 “We want people to enjoy their experience from the minute they walk in the front door,” said Fox. “We also want them to change their focus and get fit and learn how to swim while they’re here having fun.” The 325-square metre fitness centre, which also opened to the public on the weekend, includes cardio equipment, pin loaded and free weights, accessible recumbent bikes and a stretching and exercise area. Its floor to ceiling windows are a huge improvement over the tiny, dark fitness room across the road at Riley Park. The Percy Norman Pool and Riley Park Community Centre will be torn down using sustainable guidelines to minimize waste headed for the landfill. The replacement of the pool and community centre is a joint project

between VANOC, the federal and provincial governments, the city and the park board. The Legacy Community Centre, which will also include a library and ice rink, is expected to be complete next year. The park board has received several awards for the construction of the building, including the Globe Foundation and World Green Building Council Excellence for Green Building Award 2009, 2010 Consulting Engineers of B.C. Award of Merit for mechanical and electrical design, as well as the 2010 Award of Leadership in Good Wood Use, as the Olympic Centre, for use of Forest Stewardship Council certified wood. General admission to the aquatic centre is $6.25 for adults, $3.10 for children and $4.40 for youth and seniors. sthomas@vancourier.com

The new aquatic centre at Hillcrest Park opened last weekend.

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Sex shop owner says city trying to torpedo his business

Continued from page 1 Fantasy Factory owner Tony Perry is convinced the city is trying to regulate him out of business and he’ll go to court to keep his doors open. He said the previous video store rented and sold adult videos. “We are zoned right and [the city] is looking for every way in the world to close us,” he said. “I have never opened a store in 52 years where there weren’t neighbours who said ‘Oh my God, we’re going to fall off the face of the edge of the world to hell’ and three months later they didn’t even realize we were

there. But that’s the history of this business.” Perry, who owns seven such businesses in Metro Vancouver, maintains Fantasy Factory isn’t a source of problems for the neighbourhood and says its customers are people with good incomes. “You’d be surprised who comes into our stores—doctors, lawyers, business people, professional people—all kinds, and 60 per cent of our customers are women. They’re buying adult toys.” Peter Wohlwend, coordinator of Dickens Community Group, which formed in 2000 to im-

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prove the quality of life in the neighbourhood and to combat the drug and sex trade that had developed around Charles Dickens elementary, said all the comments he’s heard about Fantasy Factory have been negative. “My

personal view is this kind of business does not belong in a family-oriented neighbourhood,” he said. “I know that the previous owner also had a small collection of adult videos for sale and rent, however they did not advertise it and this was not their exclusive business.” Resident Robert Andrew argued in an email it’s not the kind of business that should be in this “improving family neighbourhood.” He added: “It sends out a message, stop in to Mount Pleasant, Kingsway etc. to pick up the hookers and remain around here.”

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Perry said the city thinks if it notiﬁes the neighbourhood and it can show the neighbourhood protests, then his business shouldn’t be there. “These people have every right in the world not to frequent that store, but they don’t have a right to decide that other adults cannot patronize a legal and lawful store and that’s what they’re trying to do,” he said. “It’s a minority group trying to impose their morals on the majority. If they had their way, my God, I can’t even imagine—we would still have horse and buggy.” noconnor@vancourier.com

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At my request, Vision Vancouver councillors George Chow and Kerry Jang emailed me copies of letters they sent to the head of Canada’s spy agency. That would be Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who told CBC News in June that several unnamed civic politicians in B.C. were under the inﬂuence of foreign governments. Fadden didn’t name the governments but hinted it was China. As I reported in June, Chow and Jang were puzzled, upset, offended and felt guilty by association over Fadden’s comments to CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge. In reading the councillors’ letters, I discovered even more was at stake. Try the November 2011 civic election. Here’s Chow: “This very serious allegation is having signiﬁcant repercussions against ethnic municipal politicians in our communities—calling to question our

loyalty to Canada and public trustworthiness. This will ultimately cost us in the ballot boxes.” So does that mean Chow, Jang and Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie are going down in the next election? Who’s to say until Fadden produces evidence and names names. And that’s Chow’s point. “Your unsubstantiated comments not only put all B.C. municipal politicians under a cloud of suspicion,” Chow wrote. “But because of what you said and how you said it, the reactions from media and blogs overwhelmingly point to politicians from the Chinese-Canadian community, such as myself.” Added Chow: “While you have made an attempt to clarify your comments, the clariﬁcation provided thus far is unsatisfactory, as it has done little to reverse the harm done to the integrity of all B.C. municipal politicians of Chinese heritage, or otherwise. I therefore request that you provide a full retraction of your remarks and a public apology immediately.” Jang took the same line, saying Fadden’s comments point to “politicians such as myself who come from the Chinese-Canadian community.” Not long ago, Jang wrote, Canadians of Japanese descent were

comments will harm the City of Vancouver’s efforts to build international relationships for trade, economic development and cultural exchanges with countries from across the globe,” he wrote. “And on a more personal level, your comments put my integrity, loyalty and trustworthiness into question. This not only harms my career as a university professor, but also my work as an elected ofﬁcial.” Chow and Jang requested an apology but have yet to get one.

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Vision Vancouver councillors George Chow (left) and Kerry Jang sent letters to CSIS chief Richard Fadden. file photo Dan Toulgoet placed under a similar cloud of suspicion and such fear mongering led to one of the greatest shames in Canadian history—the

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Just a note to let my faithful readers know I’m taking a few weeks off to enjoy what’s left of the summer. And, unlike many journos, I don’t plan to blog, Twitter or Facebook about my camping trip or electronically inform you how stoked I will undoubtedly be when I eat a piece of toast—with almond butter on it! Sad, I know. I’ll return in late August. By then I hope to have deduced that Killarney Community Centre is not Kitsilano Community Centre; I screwed up the two in a recent story, even though I used to live on Berkeley Street in Killarney. Man, I need a holiday. mhowell@vancourier.com

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When COPE park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock heard recently that the Western Painted Turtle had disappeared from Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, she became concerned about the environmental health of the small body of water. I know that because we had several discussions about it after the Stanley Park Ecology Society released a report—the ﬁrst of its kind—on the ecological integrity of the park. Of particular concern in the report is the fact Beaver Lake is shrinking, which is hurting its biodiversity, as are off-leash dogs, invasive species and global warming. Woodcock says she’s surprised that while most Vancouverites are unaware of the loss of this indigenous species, the City of Saanich on Vancouver Island is making efforts to preserve the turtle. “Beaver Lake is the home of all types of aquatic life,” says Woodcock. “However, we don’t know the impact the shrinking of this lake has on its biodiversity.” Woodcock says the big question is should the lake

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Park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock is concerned photo Dan Toulgoet about Stanley Park’s Beaver Lake. be reclaimed with the help of human intervention or be allowed to ﬁll in naturally? Woodcock wants to know what Vancouverites think, so along with the society and UBC sociology grad student Vivian Pan, she’s hosting a walk around the lake called A Dialogue on Beaver Lake and Biodiversity. I know from experience it’s a lovely walk and ﬂat for anyone concerned with hiking up and down hills. Participants can meet at the Stanley Park Pavilion at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 7 for coffee before beginning the walk. The coffee is free, but you’re asked to bring your own mug.

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A reader sent the Courier an email Friday morning to say she had just witnessed the driver of a black fivedoor hatchback with two mattresses hanging out the back cruising her neighbourhood. Annette Trinder watched as the driver of the car dumped one of the mattresses behind Our Lady of Perpetual Help School on West 10th Avenue, before driving off with the second. Trinder assumes the driver was looking for a second dump spot. She couldn’t get a licence plate number because the back hatch was up, but reported the incident to police. Trinder asks, “Does nobody care about our pristine city?” It’s the same question I sometimes wonder when residents indiscriminately cut down trees to improve their view, or when drivers think it’s OK to dump all the trash from their car onto a parking lot, or when the spectators who fill our beaches to watch the annual fireworks competition drop their garbage on the ground. Just like Trinder, I don’t get it. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Sisters swam with Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club

Former Olympian broke down swimming gender barriers Megan Stewart Staff writer

Mary Stewart McIlwaine and Helen Stewart Hunt share a competitive spirit you’d expect of two Olympians. But theirs is no sisterly rivalry. Hunt, who is 72 and seven years older, broke down national and international swimming barriers to usher in a competitive swimming scene that would help her younger sister. Both swam with Percy Norman, a long-distance open-water swimmer and heralded national team coach. Norman, who often funded the travel costs of swimmers who didn’t have the means, had a reputation for emphasizing the enjoyment of swimming and tended to race all athletes equally. In 1960, three years after he died of a heart attack at 53, Norman was honoured when Vancouver dedicated a pool in his name at the present-day Riley Park Community Centre. McIlwaine opened the covered sixlane pool by competing in the ﬁrst race of its history against Judy McHale and Margaret Iwasaki. The Percy Norman Pool closed July 30 and will be demolished. McIlwaine and Hunt opened pools across Vancouver and the North

Shore, including Empire Pool at the University of B.C. in advance of the Empire Games in 1954. Although their careers included world records, gold medals, Olympic Games and inductions to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, competitive swimming through the 1950s and 1960s is hardly recognizable by today’s standards. “We weren’t idolized as Olympians are now,” said McIlwaine, who twice held world records. Her 1962 100-metre butterfly record time of 1.07.3 is more than 10 seconds slower than the current placeholder of 56.06. She is the only male or female Canadian to hold a swimming world record. Growing up on the West Side, Hunt and then McIlwaine swam with the Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club and trained after school during public swim times at the Crystal Pool, which was demolished in 1974. When the shallow end of the lanes were packed with splashing kids, the teenaged athletes turned around before reaching the wall, opting instead to push off the concrete floor. In 1955, at 16 Hunt became the first Canadian in any sport to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Mexico. A Spanish-language newsmagazine heralded her photo-finish win in

the 100-metre freestyle with a frontpage spread, calling her “Guapa!” for her attractive looks and stating she’d win a beauty contest as effortlessly as any sprint. Hunt won two silver medals at that meet and raced at the 1956 Olympics in Rome, where McIlwaine also competed. Hunt was awarded the Beatrice Pines trophy for outstanding Canadian female swimmer three consecutive years in the mid ’50s and when she retired from competitive swimming in 1959, she started coaching and co-founded the Vancouver Dolphins swim club with Howard Firby. “No one ever asked me what I was planning with my life,” said Hunt, who graduated from Lord Byng high school and whose husband Ted Hunt is a former B.C. Lion, educator and school trustee. “For us girls, there was nothing.” She went on to compete 11 seasons with the national volleyball team and taught high school phys-ed. Seven years later, athletics scholarships were still rare for women when McIlwaine reached university age, but she spent one year as the sole woman on the Simon Fraser University swim team. “There’s lots of opportunity for women now,” said Hunt. “It’s a career.” mstewart@vancourier.com

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WEB POLL NATION Go to www.vancourier.com to vote How hot is it? a) Suzanne Anton hot b) Gregor Robertson hot c) Justin Bieber hot Last week’s poll question: Are you worried about increased oil tanker traffic through the Port of Vancouver? Yes 81 per cent No 19 per cent This is not a scientific poll.

I received an email from a reader recently calling for a crow cull. The email arrived during the time baby crows were cawing for food at ﬁrst light, typically between 4:30 and 5 a.m. It’s a suggestion I hear from sleep-deprived readers every year at about the same time. This reader explained the trees around his home were full of crows and he hadn’t had a decent night’s sleep for weeks. I’m sure he was telling the truth because at the time our resident crows had me awake every morning by 4:45 a.m. And while I sometimes cursed them, I was secretly pleased to hear the baby squawking every morning because that meant he’d made it through another night. So while I had sympathy for the letter writer’s lack of sleep, I emailed him back to say I like our crows and don’t think a cull is the answer. It wasn’t like I could offer any other suggestions for his problem, but killing them seems extreme and cruel. I didn’t go so far as to suggest he get to know them, as my partner and I have, because I guessed he might assume my lack of sleep had sent me over the edge. I know many Courier readers hate crows and blame them for a litany of sins, including the decline of common songbirds. According to some readers, crows kill and eat baby birds, which they say is the reason we see fewer chickadees and robins. But I’ve found the opposite to be true. Our crows hate C.A.T.S. (We spell it out at our place so the crows don’t get upset.) We’ve lived in our home for almost ﬁve years and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen a cat in the neighbourhood. Should a cat make the mistake of coming within a block of our yard, the crows go

sandrathomas into full attack mode and it’s a sight to be seen. I’m convinced that’s why our yard is always full of small birds of every type. The large patriarch of our particular crow family disappeared this spring and we noticed his absence almost immediately. He was living on and around our property when we moved in and made it extremely clear at the time who was boss. But in time we came to a truce and Carl, as we nicknamed him, became our protector, checking out anyone who came near. Carl would march back and forth across our front yard day after day, fiercely guarding the property. On one particularly hot day last summer we left the front door open and Carl hopped right up to the entrance and stuck his head into our hallway. If Carl wasn’t around when we were outside, we’d call his name and he’d fly down to greet us, sometimes bringing his mate. He also provided hours of entertainment over the years and loved to play in our sprinkler, flying through

the water and completing death defying turns before dive bombing back through the spray. The spring before Carl disappeared, he and Cindy Cawford, as we call the female, had a baby that either fell out of the nest or tried to fly and injured itself. Somehow the baby, which had all its feathers and was able to flutter, managed to make its way from near the street into our garden where it stayed guarded by its parents. What a weekend that was. Carl and Cindy stood guard over that baby for two days, furiously attacking any person or bird that came anywhere near their offspring. Unfortunately on the Sunday we found the baby’s remains. It had been torn apart, likely by a raccoon or coyote. I’ll never forget the parents’ reaction. The female lay down on the grass near the garden on her belly, something I’ve never seen a crow do, and made the most mournful noises, while Carl marched back and forth as if searching for the baby. That went on until dark when the pair flew off into the night. It was this spring when I noticed Carl’s absence, but the female remained. According to the experts, crows mate for life. Cindy’s bad luck with babies was the reason I was so relieved recently to see her in our yard with her new offspring, its feathers sticking out at all angles, and why at 4:45 a.m. last month I was happy to hear squawks from the juvenile. Then one day last week I turned the sprinkler on and out of the blue Carlito, as we’ve named the baby, dived through the water at top speed, before turning back into the spray. Carl would be proud. sthomas@vancourier.com

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opinion ROBERTSON SHUNS DEMOCRATIC REQUIREMENTS

Two summer mistakes expose mayor’s attitude and intellect The bloom’s off the rose. The phantom’s unmasked. The real Gregor Robertson has stood up. Last month after a city hall microphone captured Robertson, mayor and party leader of Vision Vancouver, mocking a group of citizen speakers, a strange thing happened in the local media. He was criticized. Newspapers, television and talk radio expounded on Robertson’s dastardly derision. Of course, they had no choice. The audio clip was posted online for the whole city to hear (YouTube: Robertson, microphone). The mainstream media scrambled to catch up, and in our sound bite culture, the story was too juicy—and too obvious—to ignore. Since assuming office in 2008, Robertson has enjoyed a relatively free ride in the media. Due to scant coverage of city hall (outside the Courier, of course) and Robertson’s carefully crafted image as an environmental altruist with a missionary love for homeless people, his handsome face has remained unscarred. Until the microphone gaffe. And then last week, more trouble. According to several media reports, Robertson, the fanatic cyclist and chief architect of Vancouver’s ever-growing bicycle infrastructure, blew through a red light on Dunsmuir Street, cutting off a bus and epitomizing the selfish behaviour of Vancouver’s worst cyclists. Of course, these two incidents—the citizen slandering and the red light run—on their own mean little. But combined they reinforce what some have suspected all along. The mayor is supremely arrogant, and probably a little dim. And when shaping public policy and spending taxpayer cash, those traits matter. Big time. If you followed Robertson on the ’08 campaign trail, you know what I mean. His campaign speeches were empty fluffy things that hung in the air momentarily before disappearing forever. Follow-up questions were countered with meaningless platitudes, and while all politicians deal in talking points, candidate Robertson took the art of nothingness to a whole new level. Now safely in office, Robertson rarely speaks off-script and grants few interviews. Compared to his two most recent mayoral predecessors—Sam Sullivan and Larry Campbell—Robertson is virtually invisible and unaccountable, hiding behind a wall of partisan councillors charged with explaining policy and taking blame. He’s a plastic leader with a sneering disdain for public consultation and media par-

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markhasiuk ticipation—two prerequisites to a healthy democracy. Robertson, a former NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fairview, also benefits from his supposed ideology and a deep-seated media bias. If he leaned right of the political spectrum, Robertson’s intelligence—or lack thereof—would be part of an unfavourable media narrative. But give him credit. While raised in money (son of a corporate lawyer, stepson of a wealthy San Francisco businessman) and blessed with perfect timing (an environmentalist who rode a populist green wave into the mayor’s chair), he’s yet to spoil the ride. He’s smart enough to surround himself with smart people with money. For example: Joel Solomon, the progeny of wealthy mall developers from Tennessee. In 1995, Solomon invested in Robertson’s fledgling Happy Planet juice company, liked the cut of Gregor’s jib, and eventually helped bankroll Robertson’s successful 2005 MLA bid and his ’08 run for mayor. According to Vision Vancouver records released last week, despite Robertson’s indignant public calls for campaign finance reform, the party raised more than $433,000 since March 2009, including thousands from Solomon’s private equity firm. Robertson must wonder at his luck every now and then—when hiding under his desk at city hall or during late night hours inside his renovated heritage home off Oak Street, peering into a glowing laptop, twittering whatever synaptic spasm wafts through his brain. In those private moments he also likely conjures thoughts of grandeur. Victoria. Ottawa. And beyond. And who can blame him. At 45, he owns an impressive resume. While issues may puzzle, Robertson’s sure of a few things. He’s better than you. They know better than us. And being mayor is easy if you don’t think too hard. “My style is to empower people around me,” said Robertson, during a Courier interview last summer. “I’m a team player and I like to see people use their strengths. There’s so many big issues the city has to deal with and I can’t take all that on.” mhasiuk@vancourier.com

David Choi, co-chair of the National Congress of Chinese Canadians (Paciﬁc Region), criticized CSIS for its recent spy allegations. file photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Chinese-Canadian leader laments spy agency allegations,” July 30. From newspapers sometimes we hear from the “National Congress of Chinese Canadians,” but as a Chinese-Canadian I never know how this organization forms, how they elect their ofﬁcials. I doubt many Chinese-Canadians know this organization. To the politicians with Chinese origin, I want to say a few words: If you didn’t do anything wrong, you don’t need to worry. Fadden didn’t say the relevant politicians are with Chinese origin. In fact, politicians with Chinese origin have not played very important roles in Canadian society yet. As I understand, Fadden’s comments were referring to the events and facts that affect Canada’s national security. As a Canadian, I am also concerned that our politicians have been allured and bugged when they travel to another country, or if similar things happened domestically. Clyde Zhang, Scarborough, Ont.

To the editor: Fadden and MP Rob Anders are correct! If China can take licences away from human rights lawyers that defend Falun Gong, Christians and dissidents and persecute them or force them out of the country, they have no regard for human rights and would rather dominate the world by getting politicians to do as they want them to do. Chinese spying occurs in every country. Charmaine Millott, Victoria, B.C.

••• To the editor: I think that the National Congress of Chinese Canadians have every good reason in the world to be nervous about Fadden’s warning of foreign inﬂuence in Canada. After all, isn’t the NCC just another front organization for Beijing? Just ask the folks at Epoch Times. And beware the MPs who are cozy with the NCC. I’m afraid that Mr. Fadden’s watchlist is getting longer by the minute. Marie Beaulieu, Victoria, B.C.

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Rainbow Guy, Olson understand God’s passion opinion

To the editor: Re: “Chill out Olson—DRG was hilarious,” July 23. Letter writer Eric Funnekotter’s opinion about Geoff Olson’s opinion about rainbows is a bit disturbing when you think about it. No doubt there are many persons in Funnekotter’s world who in time will mature and understand that in this inﬁnite world there can exist a God-Herself who not only creates rainbows but streams compassion into this world. Unlike the egocentric vengeance-seeking Jehovah Gods of Western “civilization.” John Taylor, Vancouver

To the editor: I’m a scientist who is passionate about turning people on to the beauty of the natural world and I felt Geoff Olson perfectly articulated the issue. Awe and excitement are natural responses to what we see in the sky, on Earth and at sea. And the media outlets are emotionally impoverished. The sense of wonder must not disappear with one’s childhood. We live in a world of wonders and we have only one chance to appreciate it. On another topic, Detroit is in Michigan, not Illinois! Abby Schwarz, Vancouver

Broadway and Fraser renters deserve storeys

To the editor: Re: “Council shrinks size of social housing building,” July 21. In her piece on council’s refusal to allow an 11-storey building to accommodate three storeys of publicly owned modest rental housing at Broadway and Fraser, Courier reporter Cheryl Rossi describes me as living

in Dunbar, which does not have a lot of height. In fact I live in Kerrisdale, which has been zoned at 12 storeys in the apartment district for decades now. Hard to explain why 12 storeys works so well in Kerrisdale, making a vibrant community with many services, and would not work at Broadway and Fraser, with its very own

stop on the 99 B-line bus. Hard also to explain why this mayor, who purports to love rental housing, turned down the opportunity to allow people of modest incomes good rental accommodation at a site with million dollar views and the best transit in the Lower Mainland. Suzanne Anton, NPA city councillor

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East-West divide?

Much has been said about the fact almost all of the elementary schools on the VSB’s potential closure list are located on the East Side. When I went to a town hall meeting organized by NDP MLA Adrian Dix in the Collingwood neighbourhood mid-July, the perceived inequality was the subject of several comments. But NPA trustee Carol Gibson maintains the numbers need to be looked at more closely. “The comment that the preliminary list includes a disproportionate number of schools located east of Main Street [East Side schools] assumes that the number of schools east of Main Street is equal to the number of schools west of Main Street,” she wrote in an email, while pointing out that’s only the case for secondary schools—nine are located on each side of Main. There are 91 elementary schools in Vancouver—56 of the schools, or 62 per cent, are found east of Main Street. “While it is not exactly proportionate, having fewer West Side schools on the preliminary list reﬂects a reality—there are many more elementary schools in Vancouver located east of Main Street,” Gibson said, noting location is only one of the factors trustees will consider during consultation in the fall. She’s also critical of the notion of Vancouver being a city that’s divided east and west along Main Street. “I experience Vancouver as a city with

unique and diverse neighbourhoods each with specific strengths and specific challenges. It is these strengths and challenges that I trust will form the basis for discussion during consultation, not assumptions based on an east-west divide that, if it existed, is being significantly challenged by changing demographics within the city,” Gibson wrote. What do you think? Is there and eastwest divide and is the VSB’s preliminary list fair or is there a better way to decide which, if any Vancouver schools, should be closed?

Fine Art

Back to school will be a little easier for four Vancouver students who landed $10,000 grants from the Ottawa-based The Hnatyshyn Foundation. It hands out university-level scholarships to help developing artists pursue their studies. Jocelyn Lai, 19, earned the classical piano grant. She completed her ﬁrst year of a bachelor of music degree in piano performance under the tutelage of renowned pianist Jane Coop at UBC this past spring. Daniel Reynolds was the winner of the Oscar Peterson grant for jazz performance. The 21-year-old pianist from Vancouver is entering his fourth year of a bachelor of music degree at the Schulich school of music at McGill university in the fall. Danielle Gould of Vancouver won the classical ballet grant. The 17-year-old will enter a full-time ballet program with the Goh Ballet of Canada in Vancouver where she has been training since 2008. Vancouverite Babbara Kozicki won the developing artist grant for English theatre acting. The 31-year-old starts her ﬁnal year of drama studies at UBC this fall. noconnor@vancourier.com

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Major and minor league baseball to test for HGH

Canadians GM lauds new dope testing regime Megan Stewart Staff writer

Vancouver Canadians management welcomes increased drug testing for its single-A franchise, following the announcement Major League Baseball will subject minor league athletes across North America to increased testing. Canadians general manager Jason Takefman said the decision to test for human growth hormone, or HGH, in addition to steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, is an important and progressive strategy for deterrence. “To be honest, it’s fantastic,” Takefman told the Courier last week. “Minor league baseball has always been at the forefront of testing. This is just going to help create a level playing ﬁeld and help keep all of minor league baseball a family-friendly environment.” MLB commissioner Allan Selig announced July 22 that minor league players would be immediately subject to random, unannounced blood testing by pricking the non-dominant arm and drawing a sample. Urine samples

“MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF TESTING.” Jason Takefman

are also taken to test for other banned substances such as steroids and amphetamines used to build strength, increase endurance or enhance athletic abilities in other ways. Blood testing for HGH can go ahead because the vast majority of minor league players are not members of the professional players’ association and not subject to collective bargaining rules. The MLB is the second professional sports league in North America to draw blood samples to test for HGH. The Canadian Football League for the ﬁrst time unveiled a far-reaching drug policy earlier this summer and will begin testing pro and college athletes in 2011.

Minor league ballplayers are now subject to random and unansubmitted photo nounced blood testing. Takefman would not say if or when any Canadians players have been tested so far this year. He said drug tests are routine. Doping control ofﬁcers with the MLB enter locker rooms and collect samples from a handful of athletes. “We see it. They come and they test the visiting and home team,” he said. In a shift away from safeguarding athletes’ anonymity, the MLB

is now releasing the names of individual players who turn in a positive test. Last week, 10 minor leaguers in the U.S. were identified and suspended after they tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. L.A. Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez was suspended 50 games for a first-time offence. Although Takefman applauds the league’s move toward transparency, he would not reveal de-

tails relating to the Canadians and pointed to the discretionary attitude of minor league baseball. He said releasing the names of players—be they a superstar with a multimillion-dollar salary or the unknown yeoman in his ﬁrst year with a single-A team—is a major deterrent against cheating. “You want to have accountability, and I think it helps create responsibility,” he said. Takefman said he knew of no current or former Canadians player to recently turn in a positive test. “Certainly, none in the past few years.” Sammy Sosa is one notable name to swing through Vancouver. He played two seasons with the AAA Canadians in 1989 and ’91 before signing with the Texas Rangers and eventually the Chicago Cubs where in 2003 he battled Mark McGwire in the homerun record chase. The New York Times reported six years later that Sosa tested positive for a prohibited substance, and McGwire admitted and apologized for his use of steroids. Sosa denies all allegations of drug use. mstewart@vancourier.com

Your BC Lions — In Their Own Words I’m a B.C. boy – born and raised in Richmond. I began playing football while attending high school at Vancouver College and continued to develop my skills during my university career at Simon Fraser. I have been a fan of the Black and Orange all my life and distinctly remember attending Lions games at BC Place in the 1980s. My brother Mark was briefly a Lion in 1990 – so football genes definitely run in my family! After 10 seasons with the Lions, I still can’t believe that I get to come to work every day and play the game I love, and I’m more determined than ever to bring the Grey Cup home to B.C. at least one more time during my career. As one of the longest-serving veterans on the team and the guy anchoring the offensive line in the centre position, I take a leadership role in the locker room and am sometimes looked to for advice by the younger players. Our team — and the O-line in particular — is like a family to me and I’m proud of my contributions in the locker room and on the field. As the second-youngest of six kids in my family, I looked up to my older siblings when I was growing up for inspiration and guidance. For that reason, I love taking part in the Lions’ community programs throughout the year, particularly the club’s Lions in the House initiative. It makes me feel proud to know that I could have a positive influence on a young person who is at a very important time in their life. As much as I love playing professional football, I believe it’s also important to give back to the community you grew up in and set a good example for the next generation. Angus Reid in action. Photo courtesy BC Lions.

Angus Reid - 64 Centre Non-Import Height: 6.01 | Weight: 305 Born: Sept. 23, 1976, Richmond, BC College: Simon Fraser Years: 10 BC / 10 CFL

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pests that can quickly become epidemic in hot, dry conditions. Taking a few seconds to check underneath three or four dubiouslooking leaves can reveal spider mites or whitefly before their numbers become overwhelming. All annuals bloom longer if deadheaded regularly and if annuals grown for foliage happen to flower, it’s usually best to deadhead them early. Many foliage plants (coleus is one) have insignificant flowers and if they’re allowed to make seed the foliage often deteriorates. Some perennials will rebloom if cut back immediately after the first flush of bloom. This includes many hardy geraniums, lupins, snapdragons, Verbena bonariensis, yarrow and al-

SOME RAMPANT SELF-SEEDERS NEED FINESSE AND EXTRA TIME. chemilla (Ladies Mantle). Once summer is well under way, gardeners may consider neglecting some of the deadheading to provide seedheads for dried arrangements in winter. The hardy annual Love-in-aMist (Nigella) with its seedheads of red-striped green globes is beautiful in vases. Its seed is easy to save and scatter in fall for next year’s display. But seed-heads that look so good in garden beds or winter arrangements can be a real trap for garden-

ers who already have quite enough dandelions or buttercups to weed-out and don’t need thousands of volunteer hellebores/teasels/camas/ornamental grasses as well. The key is to watch the seedheads and cut the unwanted ones out before they get close to shedding seed. Gardeners who want short-lived perennials to persist in their garden should always allow a little self-seeding. Columbines and foxgloves fall into this group. But foxgloves need to be cut back before they turn into an ugly long pole crowned by a little tuft of ﬂowers. Cutting almost the whole stalk, but leaving a few inches of seed capsules at the base of the ﬂower

spike ensures a manageable amount of seed to scatter where you want more foxgloves. Some rampant self-seeders need finesse and extra time if seeding is to be stopped while allowing the flower display is to continue. For instance, astrantia blooms in clusters where individual florets open over a very long time. This means older florets should be snipped out frequently because they will produce and drop seed while the younger florets are still in early bloom. There are others such as Hellebore foetidus and H. orientalis for instance) which ripen suddenly and shed seed shockingly fast. Others, like lilies or Iris sibirica where the seed-head opening faces firmly up-

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ward can be left longer before deadheading. By early fall, wildlife-loving gardeners stop deadheading perennials, which produce seed that birds like. This includes rudbeckia, echinacea and some of the verbascums (mulliens). Some seedheads also make a good shelter for beneﬁcial insects over the winter. Deadheading is very important for spring bulbs because the energy they use to produce seed is stolen from next spring’s ﬂower display. But alliums seem to handle cutting well. In fact, Allium christophii seedheads can decorate the garden till autumn rain and wind topples them. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca.

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The story “Chinese-Canadian leader laments spy agency allegations” in the July 30 print edition incorrectly identiﬁed the location of the public forum. The forum was held at Killarney Community Centre, not Kitsilano Community Centre, as reported.

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South Vancouver Family Place is hosting its 33rd Anniversary Picnic in and around its main ofﬁce in Bobolink Park (7710 Nanaimo St. at the corner of East 61 Avenue) Aug.

6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be arts and crafts, face painting, parachute games, bubble making machines, a photo exhibit, a community map, a silent auction, a rafﬂe, a yard sale, Chinese auction, felt stories for sale, storytime with the librarian, live music and an anniversary cake. All activities are free or low cost. A homemade lunch is available for $2.

Animal Rights Day

The Vancouver Humane Society hosts its 28th annual Animal Rights Day celebration Aug. 6. This free event

will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vancouver Art Gallery on the Georgia Street side, and it’s open to the public. It includes a variety of groups ranging from rescue agencies and shelters to sanctuaries and animal welfare advocates. The following groups are being welcomed to the event this year, including Hearts On Noses, the Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS), Liberation B.C., the Senior Animals In Need Today Society (SAINTS), the Sea Shepherd Society and Vancouver Rabbit Rescue Association.

Machine repair

A Downtown Eastside homeless shelter needs help from someone who can ﬁx several donated sewing machines. First United had several sewing machines donated to the Hastings Street shelter, but they don’t work. Shelter staff is now looking for someone willing to donate their time to repairing the machines. Donations of materials and supplies are also appreciated and donors will receive a charitable tax receipt. Shelter staff say if working, the machines could provide a tremendous opportunity

to community members, allowing them to maintain their wardrobe or learn a skill they might be able to use for work. For more information, go to www.ﬁrstunited.ca or call 604-6818365.

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Rising Above Batoche, the sixth annual Celebration Metis, runs this Saturday, Aug. 7. The free family event includes food vendors, crafts fashioned by Metis artisans, a children’s craft tent, a history and culture tent with local Metis elders and performances by

Metis singer Arlette Alcock, musicians Amy Eustergerling and Ron Girard, the Louis Riel Metis Dancers, Metis ﬁddler Keith Hill and Mooshum’s Little Metis Jiggers. Rising Above Batoche happens on the north lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery from noon until 5 p.m. For more information, see www.vancouvermetis.com or the Celebration Metis event page on Facebook.

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Strip of hilly land overlooking Okanagan Lake boasts high concentration of wineries

Passion for fine wine grows on Naramata Bench John Masters

Contributing writer

PENTICTON, B.C.—“I was just a happy grape grower,” Robert Van Westen says wistfully. In those simpler times Van Westen, from a fruit-growing farm family, merely sold his grapes to others in the Okanagan Valley who’d been bitten by the winemaking bug, and went about the rest of his life. Then he, too, got the bug. He took a winemaking course at Okanagan College. Soon he was filling oak barrels and discussing malolactic fermentation, and Van Westen Vineyards was born. “It’s a passion,” he says, “a labour of love. It takes your every waking moment.” Van Western is far from alone in having been lured by the seductive call of the grape. His is one of a dozen wineries to have opened since 2005 on the Naramata Bench, a strip of hilly land overlooking Okanagan Lake northeast of Penticton. They join 12 others already there. Twenty years ago, there weren’t two dozen wineries in all of British Columbia. Now there are close to 200, mostly sprinkled along the

sides of the Okanagan Valley, where the climate’s dry and the summer sun shines hot. Nowhere in the Okanagan is the concentration of wineries so great as on the Naramata Bench. You could spend all day visiting them (some are only open by appointment), but the drive from downtown Penticton to the village of Naramata (pop. 800) at the end of the wine trail takes just 20 minutes. Some, like Van Westen’s, are humble affairs. The winemaker is likely to greet you in overalls and gumboots, and his wine-tasting “room” is a cleared workbench in the barn. Van Westen makes just 1,200 cases of wine a year and sells 80 per cent of it to restaurants, mainly in Vancouver. One wine, Vivacious, is 96 per cent pinot blanc, a grape that grows very well in B.C., but which has a reputation as being bland. Van Westen adds four per cent pinot gris, which lets it appear on restaurant wine lists under “blends.” “People see ‘pinot blanc’ and turn the page,” he’s learned. Vivacious, on the other hand, sells rather well. Another newcomer to the bench is Luke Smith’s Howling Bluff Estate Winery. Smith, a former Vancouver

investment advisor, is every bit as devoted to his winemaking as is Van Westen. “I maintain that to make a remarkable wine you have to grow your own grapes,” he says, and he has ﬁve hectares planted. Smith turns out 1,000 cases of wine a year (two reds and a white) and says that 2,500 cases will be his limit. Like Van Westen, his tasting facilities are modest: his kitchen counter. Naramata does have cushier wineries. Lake Breeze, for one, has a lovely patio restaurant overlooking the water. Hillside, among the Okanagan’s oldest wineries (1989), comes with a bistro that does both lunch and dinner. But it’s the enthusiasm of the proprietors that makes visiting Naramata Bench wineries especially enjoyable. Says Smith, “It’s not pleasure and it’s not work. I don’t think there’s a word in the English language to describe what this is.” For more information on Naramata Bench wineries, visit their website at www.naramatabench.com. For information on travel in British Columbia, visit Tourism B.C.’s website at www.hellobc.com. John Masters is a member of the Meridian Writers’ Group.

Van Westen Vineyards winemaker Robert Van Westen offers a utilitarian tasting room. photo John Masters

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You enter your dad’s home and can’t believe the stacks of stuff that have accumulated on every flat surface: piles of newspapers and mail everywhere, the medicine cabinet overflowing with 10 years worth of half-used prescriptions and tubes of this and that, and heaps of dirty laundry on the bed so there is no place for him to sleep. You wonder how it got this bad. “A lifetime accumulation of possessions combined with a daily influx of junk mail, bills and newspapers can quickly overwhelm seniors, who may already be struggling physically, mentally or emotionally,” said Home Instead Senior Care co-founder Paul Hogan. Experts say that seniors are prone to cluttering for a variety of reasons, including fear of loss, anxiety, depression, not knowing how to get rid of possessions, or even memories associated with specific items that hold no intrinsic value. “It’s sort of the elephant in the room,” added Dr. Catherine Roster, a University

of New Mexico clutter researcher. “People don’t want to acknowledge there is a problem, which creates an underlying anxiety, stress, guilt or embarrassment that can have a negative effect on their mental health and productivity. “There are a lot of issues, including economics. When there is general disorganization, people lose important documents and can’t find bills and then miss payments. So some serious issues start affecting them. All the research shows that people are slow to recognize the problem.”

And for seniors, the risks of living in clutter are many, from slipping on loose papers to the threat of fire to the health effects of mold and mildew. Clutter can also interfere with family relationships and leave adult children wondering if the only inheritance awaiting them is a big mess. In order to identify potential trouble, the Home Instead Senior Care network is alerting family caregivers to watch for the signs in a senior’s home that indicate clutter creep could become a problem, including:

• Piles of mail and unpaid bills • Difficulty walking safely through a home • Frustration trying to organize • Difficulty managing activities of daily living • Expired food in the refrigerator • Jammed closets and drawers • Compulsive shopping • Difficulty deciding whether to discard items • A health episode such as a stroke or dementia • Loneliness. “Family caregivers can become just as overwhelmed as seniors,” said Hogan. “Fall is a great time for family caregivers to help seniors de-clutter for their own health and well-being. We suggest a three-step plan where the family caregiver brings three bins -- one for the stuff the senior wants to keep, another for donations and the third for trash. “Sometimes seniors just need a little help. One Home Instead caregiver helped her client go through a basement full of newspapers and clipped the important articles that he wanted to save, enabling him to throw away the bulk of the clutter. That was a relief to both the senior and his children.” The local office of Home Instead is located at Ste. 1100, 1200 West 73rd Ave. Tel: 604-267-6742.

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Canadian Mental Health Association’s Donna Panitow (left) and Steph Wilson kibitz at the Ride Don’t Hide kick-off.

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Barkeep Dave Carlson served up the libations and Girl on Wax DJ Leanne spun the tunes at the Ride Don’t Hide hootenanny.

Fred Barkeeps Courtanie Cooper and Adrienne Marsh toast the third birthday of Boneta, Van Mag’s Informal Restaurant of the Year winner.

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Vancouver teacher Michael Schratter, with his girlfriend Deb So, gets ready to circumnavigate the planet to break the silence on mental illness.

Queerwood: This year’s Queer Film Festival Aug. 12-22 will feature 90 films, 10 red carpet parties, live performances, workshops, artist talks, receptions and networking events. In the run-up to the opening screening of the Peruvian film and 2010 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Audience Award Winner Undertow, executive director Drew Dennis welcomed 250 film buffs to Out on Screen’s signature fundraiser OUTrageous! at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Comedian David C. Jones emceed and yours truly played auctioneer. Proceeds support the festival and the Out in School’s program. Cycling for a cause: Mayor Gregor Robertson proclaimed Aug. 1 “Ride Don’t Hide Day” in Vanhattan in honour of Michael Schratter’s efforts to bicycle around the world to raise awareness of mental health. The 41-year-old school teacher will embark on a one-year global journey, cycling 40,000 kilometres, crossing six continents and 30 countries. A capacity crowd gathered at the Buschlen Mowatt Gallery for the kick-off celebrations, hosted by Senator Larry Campbell and CBC’s Shelagh Rogers, and to bid the Vernon native farewell. From the road, Schratter will share the story of his travels through his blog www.ridedonthide.com. 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.

Local actor Paul Duchart (right) walked the red carpet with cute Zac Efron at the Hollywood opening of their ﬁlm Charlie St. Cloud.

TD Canada Trust branch manager Grant Minish (left) partied with OUTrageous! master of ceremonies David C. Jones.

Out on Screen director Drew Dennis (left) and director of youth education Ross Johnstone raise funds for Out in Schools and Queer History programs.

One of these ladies is not like the other. MP Hedy Fry (centre) along with Joan-E (left) and Summer Clearance attended OUTrageous!

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Celebrating the art of film music, Vancity Theatre’s ongoing The Score program goes rock ‘n’ roll Wednesday night as movie critic Ken Eisner presents the Beatles’ romp A Hard Day’s Night and the 1956 Frank Tashlin flick The Girl Can’t Help It. Along with a va-va-voom performance by Jayne Mansfield, The Girl Can’t Help It was the first rock ‘n’ roll movie made by a major Hollywood studio and features a knockout soundtrack by Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, The Platters, Fats Domino and Gene Vincent. For show times and info, call 604-683-FILM (3456) or go to viff.org.

Following on the heels of Grimm Tales and The Road to Canterbury, ITSAZOO brings its new satirical outdoor show Robin Hood to Queen Elizabeth Park Aug. 5 to 19. In this modern retelling surprisingly not written by David Eby, Robin Hood and his merry men set up a tent city in the middle of an urban park, and make it their business to create shelter space for the homeless. The show includes music courtesy of a roving band, romance and sword ﬁghting. Woo-hoo. Audiences meet at the Bloedel Conservatory, where tickets can be purchased. Show starts at 7 p.m. For information call 778-8882435 or visit www.ITSAZOO.org.

Farce be with you Steps to maturity

Ubiquitous and seemingly unstoppable theatrical farce No Sex Please, We’re British hunkers down at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre, Aug. 4-28, for a month of door slamming, deception and, for lack of a better word, shenanigans. According to the press release, the play is “already taking White Rock by storm.” For tickets, call 604-5015566 or go to www.arts.surrey.ca.

A love story about a woman and her issues around dating, aging, raising kids and procreating, 39 and ticking…The Musical! continues at the Jericho Arts Centre until Aug. 8. Written and directed by Sharon Heath with music by Ted Hamilton, the play stars Lisa Beley, Lisa Bunting, Joan MacLean and Cheryl Mullen. For tickets, call 604-224-8007 or go to www.jerichoartscentre.com.

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Beguiling harpist and indie darling Joanna Newsom returns to Vancouver for a much anticipated performance at the Vogue Theatre Aug. 5. This time it’s in support of her latest album Have One On Me, which features Newsom mainly tinkling the ivories. Sorry harp lovers. Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes opens. Tickets at Red Cat Records or the Vogue Theatre box ofﬁce.

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Despite our shiny veneer of sarcasm, confidence, rugged handsomeness and unconventional prettiness, the members of K&K are often plagued with self-doubt and poor wardrobe choices. Sometimes we get so lost, days pass and this emptiness fills our hearts… or maybe that’s a Peter Gabriel song. The point is, K&K requires a little guidance and motivational instruction from time to time. Lately, our chosen purveyor of wisdom and sage advice has been Maestro Fresh Wes. One of Canada’s first high profile hip hop artists, Wes encouraged us to let our backbone slide when we were in high school. As it turns out, letting your backbone slide is a great core muscle workout and way more “urban” than pilates. Now Wes is back for another rap session, this time in the form of a motivational book called Stick to Your Vision: How to Get Past the Hurdles and Haters to Get Where You Want to Be. A promotional copy of Wes “Maestro” Williams’ 240-page instructional tome fell on our desk a few weeks ago, and we’ve been sifting through the guide, divided into three sections (Expectation, Operation and

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Va-va-voom at Vancity Theatre

Vancity Theatre screens original rock ‘n’ roll movie The Girl Can’t Help It, starring Jayne Mansﬁeld Aug. 4.

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MusicFest Vancouver kicks off its 10th season with 10 days of some of Canada and the world’s best classical, world music and jazz performers. It all starts Aug. 6 at the Orpheum with a night of salsa dubbed Celebración!, featuring legendary jazz leader and conguero Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, along with Adrián Iaies Trio from Buenos Aires and hometown favourites Orquesta Goma Dura and Zapato Negro. More info at musicfestvancouver.ca.

Destination), so we could highlight some of Fresh Wes’s most useful and nuanced bits of advice, followed by equally sage commentar y from K&K’s dope crew. Word. • MFW: Your loved ones can be jealous of you—and that can include your parents. K&K: We hear you, Maestro. Parents need to step off. Especially you, Dad. • MFW: Don’t aim for fame. K&K: True that. Fame is an empty fortress that will never keep you warm, unless it has a Jacuzzi. And even then, it usually contains lots of bacteria and stray pubic hairs. Which is something we cannot dig. • MFW: Goals are milestone on the way to achieving your vision. K&K: And Milestones is not that bad of a restaurant compared to a lot of casual dining options found in this city, especially if your jealous parents are in town and you need to take them to an innocuous restaurant that’s not too “exotic” or “spicy” (read: ethnic). So as an addendum, parents are not only jealous, but they can be racist, as well. Thanks a lot, Dad. • MFW: Tricking your mind means deleting the negative thoughts and inserting positive ones.

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K&K: For instance, now when we find ourselves throwing up into the toilet after our staff Christmas party, we tell ourselves we’re just releasing buckets of happiness from our stomachs. • MFW: Being afraid to fail is being afraid to succeed. K&K: So in a way, embracing failure is the same as being successful. You hear that Vancouver Canucks? You’re winners. Congratulations. • MFW: Once you’re on TV, get some popularity, people start treating you like you got better looking. K&K: We have got to find a way to get on TV. • MFW: I’ve seen people smoke away their ambition…. Get addicted to your visions. K&K: But don’t smoke your visions unless you want to get addicted to ambition. • MFW: It doesn’t matter how successful you’ve become, there will always be haters… Don’t hate the haters. K&K: This is a tough one for us. Hating the haters has always felt so good. And filled so much space in this column. But if the Maestro says, “Don’t hate the haters,” then we’ll stop hating the haters. For now… Peace out.

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Like this writer, Sheri Bakes grew up on the mean streets of Nanaimo. Thunderbird Drive to be exact. We attended the same elementary, played in the same school band and occasionally practised our instruments—her on trumpet, me on saxophone—at different ends of our street, performing a squawky call-andresponse routine that was neither romantic nor enjoyable for the neighbours who lived between us. Bakes now lives in Vancouver where she raises weirdlooking dogs, creates colourful, hard-todescribe paintings that can be seen at the Bau-Xi Gallery (3045 Granville St.) from Aug. 7 to 21, and answers probing questions via her iPhone from former classmates who’ve also left Nanaimo to achieve dizzying heights of greatness.

In the briefest, least artist-speak way possible, could you describe your upcoming art show, In Lieu of Flowers?

A number of landscapes (oil on canvas) plus three small installations based on the grounds at Riverview Psychiatric Hospital and adjacent Colony Farm.

Conversely, in the most pretentious, artist-speak way possible, could you describe your upcoming show?

Several loosely rendered, brooding, wind swept, dare I say “Turner longing” landscapes strategically hung and juxtaposed in white space to look down upon three small installations (or force ampliﬁers), which question the psychological kinetic energy of mechanical work inside the mind of the paintings and the paintings inside the mind. Ha ha.

Would it be accurate to describe what you do as landscape painting?

Yes and no. Yes, the work is geographically based on a speciﬁc, pre-selected location, and rendered with those physical coordinates in mind. But no because they are more about atmosphere in motion… I think my work is thought of by some as “decorative”—you know, to “match the couch.” That was a running joke among friends for a while. Then again, one collector had her antique dining room table legs shortened so she could see my painting better. I intentionally don’t make art to exclude people… I make work with a lot of facets, all of which can be accessed if a person wants to go into it deeply or not. I’m not interested in making work that excludes. If a tugboat captain tells me I’ve nailed it, that’s the best feedback to me.

What are some struggling artist stereotypes you embody? I have no idea. As far as I’m con-

Painter and former Nanaimoite Sheri Bakes relaxes with a couple of her photo Dan Toulgoet harshest, tuckered out critics. cerned, my job is to show up, pay attention and do the work. As long as I do my job, I’ve earned my keep.

5. In 2000, you suffered a stroke.

How did that affect your painting?

My vision changed. I kept going back to the opthamologist because my peripheral vision was so wide. I thought there was something wrong with my sight. But it wasn’t sight, it was vision. They are very different. I see the energy of things more now. Less detailed physical deﬁnition and more the internal sense of things. I can’t draw anymore at all. But I can paint better. It simpliﬁed everything to me. Thankfully that’s what art needs.

6. Are there any lingering effects from your stroke?

Yes. I still have trouble concentrating sometimes. And comprehending things like sarcasm and implied meanings. I take things pretty literally most of the time. And I need things to be clear, simple, organized and pretty tidy. Fatigue... There is a small list of things. It doesn’t matter though, most people can’t tell anymore unless you spend any length of time with me. And my dogs don’t care. I think it’s hard for people I’m close to sometimes. And that’s hard.

just this week alone, you seem to have a fondness for the species. How many do you own?

Let’s be clear. They own me. Luna (9), Shine (4), and Easy (13 weeks). Number four in the wings. They don’t shed much so they are ideal in the studio. They are known as “the 45-mile-an-hour couch potato” (full speed or not at all), which makes them great for the studio as well. We all get out for a couple hour-long walks in a day and they are happy to lie around and criticize my work the rest of the time. They are smart, super snugly and they uphold justice like nobody’s business. You just can’t get away with less than excellent behavior with them. They keep me in line. I respect that.

9. Do your dogs ever influence your paintings?

Always. They help keep my heart and moods stable. They give everything more purpose in my life. They make me happy and that greatly inﬂuences the work and my ability to make it. It’s tough on a person to work long hours alone in their mind, even if their body is laying paint down on a canvas. I don’t think it’s healthy. They help keep things in perspective. That’s their job. They are my anchors.

7. Are there any lingering effects from 10. Do you ever pick up your trumpet growing up in Nanaimo?

Ha ha! No more than from having a stroke I suppose!

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At the Stanley until Aug. 22 Tickets: 604.687.1644 www.artsclub.com Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

It’s hard to keep a great play down, and David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross is a great play. I’ve seen a wicked production with an all-female cast, and I’ve shoe-horned myself into cramped Little Mountain Studio for a production so dynamic I found myself ducking when the insults were ﬂying. And now there’s this terriﬁc Arts Club show directed by Michael Shamata with an all-star cast and a gorgeous Chinese restaurant set by Kevin McAllister. Much of the preview buzz has focussed on Eric McCormack (the Will half of TV’s Will and Grace) in the role of Roma, but this is also a stellar collection of seasoned Vancouver actors. In a recent interview, McCormack commented on the fact that Glengarry Glen Ross is often done with actors in their 20s and 30s. But Mamet’s characters are closer to their 40s or 50s—a time in a career when, if you haven’t made your mark, chances are you aren’t going

to. Shamata’s cast is age-appropriate, and these actors, far from feeling the desperation their characters are experiencing, are at the pinnacle of their careers. Glengarry Glen Ross is real estate as a blood sport. In the play, Williamson (Gale) is responsible for handing out the “leads”—sure-fire contacts. The best leads go to the best salesmen, leaving the guys who haven’t been selling much out in the cold. It’s a cutthroat business and Aaronow (Brian Markinson), Roma (McCormack), Levene (Gerard Plunkett) and Moss (John Pyper-Ferguson) are ruthless. A salesman who hasn’t been doing well gets canned at the end of the month. The guy who sells the most properties gets a Cadillac. Mamet is big on language—fractured, staccato, battering-ram language. As with Pinter, much meaning comes from what is not said, the pauses, “What I mean” or “You know what I’m saying” left dangling as the listener struggles to complete the thought. The most excruciatingly perfect example of this kind of rapid-fire writing is Scene 3 in which Moss suggests it would be a good idea if the office was broken into and the leads were stolen. “Are we talking about it?” asks Aaronow in bewildered disbelief. Continued on next page

Eric McCormack brings plenty of buzz to the Arts Club’s production of Glengarry Glen Ross, but the play boasts a stellar cast of seasoned Vancouver actors.

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To which Moss, back-pedalling, replies that they’re not actually “talking,” they’re only “speaking.” The distinction between “talking about” and “speaking about” is conveniently blurred and there is much more of this warping of language. But Moss’s intention is ﬁnally clear: he wants Aaronow to do the dirty work, to do it “tonight” or else. If he doesn’t agree and someone does steal the leads, Moss tells Aaronow he’ll be an accessory. “And why is that?” asks a confused, browbeaten Aaronow. “Because you listened,” says Moss. Pyper-Ferguson and Markinson handle this biting, broken-up dialogue brilliantly. Especially in this particular play, Mamet shows how language establishes pecking order. At the top of this heap is McCormack’s lean and slick Roma; somewhere in the middle are foul-mouthed Moss and Gale’s selfimportant Williamson; Plunkett takes his character from bottom of the heap to cock of the walk and back down; and he brings his considerable experience and impressive chops to a late-in-the-play monologue that’s a sizzler. At the very bottom is Bart Anderson’s Lingk, the hen-pecked purchaser of some bogus Florida property that Roma has sold him. Detective Baylen (Daren Herbert) inserts himself into the hierarchy late in the play with considerable success. Glengarry Glen Ross is not for the sensitive ear; Moss alone uses the f-word 89 times in the play. There are racial and sex-

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Musée d’Orsay’s Isabelle Julia put together the Modern Woman collection as part of her ﬁrst project as manager of the Parisian museum’s drawings department. “I thought about what kind of exhibition would showcase Orsay’s collection and we decided on the daily life of women,” Julia says in a thick Parisian accent. “We have attempted to recapture the innovative, provocative and modern art of the time.” As curator of the exhibit, Julia chose paintings that captured the feeling amongst French artists in the late 19th century. Known as the Belle Époque, French for the Beautiful Era, this was a period of change, progress and modernity in France and other areas of Europe. In Paris, the “New Woman” began to emerge in the public sphere as workers, intellectuals and socialites. The exhibit’s drawings, many of which were not on display in Paris due to the museum’s lack of space, depict women at this period of social transformation in France. The near 100 drawings demonstrate a time that challenged common practices within the Academié, a largely conservative organization that controlled artistic principles and practice in France. Split into ﬁve sections, the Modern Woman exhibit uses a selection of the 19th-century artists to depict the evolution of art. Drawings in “The Private Realm” section capture women in private settings, a radical shift from the way women were previously depicted in artwork. Whereas earlier drawings of women were mainly portraits used to communicate social status, many French artists evolved to a

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4 YR male choc pt SIAMESE needs home no other cats, indoor, dogs ok. Neg 604-644-7598

3 locations:

2075

3540

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

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Dogs

DOG LOVERS! Enjoy a healthy, profitable career as a professional dog trainer. Government accredited program - student loans and grants. Ben Kersen & the Wonderdogs. www.wonderdogs.bc.ca. 1-800-961-6616.

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds 778-688-6340 abetterlifedogrescue.com GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, p/b ready now, dewormed & vet checked, $700. 604-924-8014

Vacation Spots

SUNNY SPRING Specials At Florida’s Best Beach New Smyrna Beach. Stay a week or longer. Plan a beach wedding or family reunion. www.NSBFLA.com or 1-800-541-9621.

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Business Services

5017 5005

Accounting/ Bookkeeping

Roger Chung, CGA Tax, bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, acct systems. #206-1089 W Broadway www.rogerchung.com 604 628-1960

5015

Business Opportunity

#1 JANITORIAL FRANCHISE Customers, (Office Cleaning), Training and support. Financing. www.coverall.com 604-434-7744 info@coverallbc.com ARIZONA BUILDING LOTS! Full acres & more! Guaranteed Financing! NO CREDIT CHECK! $0 Down, $0 Interest. Starting @ just $89/month USD! Close to Tucson Int’l Airport. FREE Recording at 1-800-631-8164 code 4040 or www.SunsitesLandRush.com Offer ends 8/20/10! COKE/M&M/ENERGY VENDING ROUTES! Earn to $100K with 50 Locations in your area! 1-800-367-8409 ext. 3178.

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Financial Services

5035

$500$ LOAN SERVICE, by phone, no credit refused, quick and easy, payable over 6 or 12 installments. Toll Free: 1-877-776-1660 www.moneyprovider.com.

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5060 Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

Legal Services

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5505

Agents

NEED A MORTGAGE 1st and 2nd Mortgages, Self Employed, Refinancing, Forclosures, Low Rates. 604-629-8628 www.Mazuma.ca

Real Estate Services

6005

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

6010

Duplexes - Sale

MISSION. Renovated two 2 BR units. 1,900 sq ft. 6,100 sq ft lot. $299,000. Rent potential is: $2000/mo. Call (1)-604-418-3162

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Abbotsford Reduced 1800sf 4br 2ba w/suite, quiet cul-de-sac $339K 859-4048 id5174 Abbotsford fully reno’d 2400sf 5br 2.5ba w/bsmt suite, view, $355K 809-1177 id5189 Coquitlam 10,000sf lot w/1000sf 3br 2ba home, outbuilding $440K 778-859-0717 id4272 Langley renovated top floor 1161sf 2br 2ba condo, view $293K 778-996-3444 id5179 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $440Kobo 722-3996 id4694 Mission, Owner Retiring, profitable framing store & gallery $47,000 826-7993 id5176 Mission, Hatzic Lake waterfront lot w/2007 Class A motorhome $240K 826-2711 id5177 Mission, Hatzic Lake gated waterfront lot w/27’ 5th wheel $144,900 820-4457 id5195 New West Bargain, 638sf 1br condo near Royal Centre Mall $164,900 525-8577 id5142 Sry Fleetwood 3290sf 5br 4ba with side suite, 5936sf lot $579,900 507-4233 id5048 Sry Cedar Hills 2235sf 4/5br home w/suite Fab views 8138sf lot $449K 951-9104 id5119

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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6020-08

Coquitlam

NOTICE TO CREDITORS RE: The Estate of Agnes McLean , deceased, formerly of 6727 Marine Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6P 5X2. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Agnes McLean are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claim should be sent to the Executors at 3200 - 650 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 4P7 on or before August 26th, 2010, after which date the Executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executors then has notice. Joseph Alexander McLean William D. MacRae, Executors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re:The estate of NATHAN RILEY MATTHEWS, also known as NATHAN MATTHEWS, deceased, formerly of #506 438 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6H4. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of NATHAN RILEY MATTHEWS, also known as NATHAN MATTHEWS, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to WAYNE KENNETH MATTHEWS, Administrator, c/o Adrian & Co., Barristers and Solicitors, 5660 Yew Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 3Y3 on or before September 30,2010, after which date the Administrator will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Administrator then has notice. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Lawrence Brynley Wilson a.k.a. Bryn Wilson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the above named deceased, late of 309-1366 West 12th V6H 1M4, are required to send full particulars to the undersigned Executor at PO Box 48168, RPO, Queensborough, New Westminster. B.C., V3M0A7, to the attention of P. Wilson by August 27, 2010, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims that have been received. P Wilson, Executor.

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5505

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS THE ESTATE OF HELEN ELIZABETH MYERS, DECEASED All persons having claims against the above estate are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor, at 319 Sasamat Lane, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7G 2S4, Canada, on or before the 24th day of September, 2010, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have then been received. Peter Griffiths, Executor CLARK WILSON LLP Solicitors

7010 7005

Personals

DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/ Short-Term Relationships, FREE CALLS. 1-877-297-9883. Exchange voice messages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chatlines. Local Single Ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).

Body Work

ABSOLUTELY the best full body massage in town. Female avail 8am - 10pm in/out. 604-771-4210

GENTLEMEN! Attractive discreet, European lady is available for company 604-451-0175

Chinese Full bodywork, gentle or deep tissue 15 yr exp’d Mon-Sat Call 604-329-8218. SE Burnaby

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604-630-3300

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Find one in the Home Services section.

6020

6030

Houses - Sale

6020-14

Langley/ Aldergrove

LANGLEY MEADOWS 3 BR Home, 1550sf, upgraded flrs & kitchen, french doors to private b/yard. $425,000. 604 514-3819

6020-34

Surrey

FOR SALE BY OWNER, 3 BR + 1 BR ste, quiet family area, 2172 sqft, 7133 sqft lot, newly reno’d fncd yd, $460,000. 604-833-3660

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-36

Lots & Acreage

N. WEST. All services paid, inclds u/grd electrical, DCC’s, survey & eng’ng report. 33’ x 130’ lot. No HST. $328,888. 604-726-0677. usellahome.com ● ID # 4711

6065

Recreation Property

POINT ROBERTS, 1/4 ACRE lot with partial view 40 mins from Van, in beautiful Point Roberts! 5 mins to golf course or marina. Fully serviced and comes with trailer. Asking $129,000. Info at pointrobertsproperty.org or call 604-209-6562.

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

Vancouver West Side

KITS POINT

#24 1480 Arbutus St.

Location! Condition! Price!

This unit offers it all!! Spacious 762 sq. ft. in a reputable 1946 building. Beautiful original hardwood floors, large rooms, updated kitchen, bath and windows. All for $369,000.

Judi Whyte, R.I. 604-868-9812 Prudential Sussex Realty

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Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEREK ROBERT LUKIN JOHNSTON late of Vancouver, British Columbia. All persons having claims against the above estate are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executors at 18th Floor, 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5A1 on or before the 30th day of August, 2010 after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have then been received. Dennis Blair Peterson, Lionel Lukin Johnston and Hilary Lukin Johnston, Executors BY: Messrs. Lindsay Kenney LLP,Solicitors

REAL ESTATE 6002

Legal/Public Notices

5505

EW33

Find it in the Real Estate Section. To advertise call 604-630-3300

ACROSS

1. A fencing sword 6. Alda and Thicke 11. Phone connection 14. Navigational chart 15. 48846 16. Swiss river 18. Increase a bet 21. Rivne (Russ. sp.) 23. More inept 25. Read again

DOWN

1. Reddish browns 2. Aluminum (abbr.) 3. Exist 4. Indicates near 5. 17th Greek letter 6. Black Am. cuckoo 7. Pastureland 8. Atomic #89 9. Sodium 10. Driveled 11. Afrikaans 12. Not off 13. Roofed patios 14. Mister 17. Fishing poles 19. Senior ofﬁcer 20. Records brain currents 21. Measure again 22. Speak 24. Cool

26. Heroic tales 28. African expeditions 29. NE Italian mountains 31. ___ de Janeiro 34. Household god (Roman) 35. CNN’s founder ___ Turner 36. Robust hairy social bee 39. Where to apply deodorant 40. Not drunk 44. Made #11 across

45. Dover sole genus 47. English architect Lasdun 48. Mussel beard tufts 50. ___ Lanka 51. More scarce 56. Fiddler crabs 57. Span. surrealist painter 62. A gentle poke 63. Chicago ﬁlm critic Roger

25. Adult male sheep 27. Footwear bottoms 28. Open skin lesions 30. Scientiﬁc research workplace 31. Person from Romania 32. Express indirectly 33. Drama awards 36. Prickly plants 37. Br. equivalent of Inc. 38. Winged goddess of the dawn 39. Totes up 41. Kids star ____ The Builder 42. MN 55731 43. Concrete outcome 46. Construction Inspectors Association (abbr.) 49. Farm state

51. Scrap of cloth 52. Lemon or lime summer drink 53. Early pharaoh 54. Before 55. Confederate soldier 58. Lutetium (abbr.) 59. Feb. holiday (abbr.) 60. Delaware 61. Ancient Armenian God

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010

RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

2BR, UPPER Lonsdale. Recently renovated.1200 sq. ft., patio, hardwood, ss appl., carpet, ns, refs and lease $1600 incl water, heat. Maria 604-982-0518

6508

Apt/Condos

1BR 600SF, New ste, 19th flr, great water view, Yaletown, w/d, pet ok, $1500 includes parking. Avail now 604-841-6368 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 available. Special rates. Call 604-327-9419 for appt. to view.

Coquitlam Centre

3097 Lincoln Ave/Westwood

$200 Move In Bonus!

($200 off your 1st month rent) Coquitlam, 1 Year Old Gorgeous 2 BR Condo, 3rd flr, corner unit, balc, lots of windows, (in low rise condo-4flrs) 2 secure gated u/g prkg, storage locker, approx 1000sf, inste w/d, 2 full baths, SS appls, fridge, stove, d/w, f/p, beautiful area, walk to Coq Centre Mall & transit. No Smoking, No Pets, avail August 15th, $1400/mo incls gas & hotwater, min 1 year lease. References Required. Call 604 931-4860 please leave message EAST VNCR. Near 7th & Clark. VIEW. Upper lrg 2 BR ste, newly reno’d, hardwood floors. Av now. No pets. $1100. 604-218-7660 FAIRVIEW SLOPES, W 7th, 1 br, 670 sq ft condo, h/w flrs, fridge, stove d/w, inste laundry. $900/mo. Sept 1. 604-304-9559

Joshua Point 8889 Hudson St.

1BR. newer bldg. $1280, avail now, insuite wd, dw, NO PETS.. 604-263-2675 www.glassmanpm.com

Langara Gardens

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

6515

6522

Furnished Accommodation

1 BR furn’d Kerrisdale, garden level, deluxe, bright, priv. entry, share wd, on bus route, incl. utils, Sept 1, $1100, 604-261-4625.

6540

Houses - Rent

3 BR Main floor & attic, new appls, yard, Near UBC, bus, schools & shops, $2300+2/3utils, ns, no pets, 604-736-2734 4 BR house on 1.3 acres, 2 bath, room for 4 horses, 3 car garage, $2500. Avail now 604-617-4222 RENFREW 2 BR, 1 bath hse, Shared utils, cls to bus & shopping, $1000/mo. 604-255-9889

HOME SERVICES 8035

Carpet Cleaning

ROYAL STEAM CLEANING CO. Carpet & Fireplace Cleaning. Call 604-765-8054

8040

Carpet/Flooring Installation

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

8055

Cleaning

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6602

1 BDR bright,new appl, wd fl. alrm, refs req no smok/pets $700 util incl, no laund, avail Sep 1 604-708-0212 2 BDRM, 2 bath, 2 balconies, den, newly renovated, 1350sq ft, near Vanc Gen Hospital, n/s,w/d Avail Now! Call 604-737-0422 2 BR + den in grnd flr of character home. Nr Broadway & Commercial. w/d, int, cable incl. ns/np $1499+% of hydro. 604-321-4064

2 BR, ground level suite near PNE, ns, shared laundry, 900+ sq ft, $950 + 40% utils, Refs reqd, avail now. 604-779-2559 4 BR home 3br up 1 down, 2 living rooms, 2 Ba, 4 appl, 1800 sq ft. Cambie area. $2500. Nr all amenns. Open house July 31, 3 to 4 pm. 604-762-2595

4731 MOSS ST. 2 BR upper all new reno, np, ns, 5 appl. nr 29th St. Skytrain Stn. $1400, 2 br ste, $850. 1br ste nr Main St. $700 Aug. 1st. 604-537-4276

White Glove Residential Cleaning Service

395-6842

See our ad online at www.canpages.ca CLEANING SERVICE. Reas rates, specializing in homes. Guar work. Refs avail. 604-715-4706 LIDIA’S EUROPEAN Cleaning. Res/Com. Specializing in detail cleaning. Bonded. 604-541-9255 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs. Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

8060

Concrete

Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

253-0049

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. We also do all types of block, & stone work. Free ests. Basile 604-617-5813 Tom 604-690-3316 CONCRETE Removal / Replace Small jobs welcome ● Fence repair. Free est. Mario 254-0148 Concrete Specialist. Driveways, sidewalks, exposed aggregate & patios. Santino 604.254.5551 CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726

Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

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

Drywall

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

604-916-7729 JEFF

DRYWALL & Steel Stud 20 yrs exp. Professional & Quality Drywall. Reno Expert & New Construction. Tape, Board, Texture, Steel Stud & Tbar. No job too small. Corie 604-308-7529 Tom 604-808-6741 *Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

Driveways, Sidewalks, Stairs, Floors, Forming, Landscaping, Any Reno’s, 778-881-0961

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

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

8090

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

8080

Electrical

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

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 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 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Exp, friendly, reliable. Specializing in replacing old nob & tube wiring. Lic.#50084. 604-725-4535 LIC ELECTRIC. Comm & Res. Bonded. Reas Rates. Free Est. Professional Work. 604 719-8603 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8130

Handyperson

8160

Lawn & Garden

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

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

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

8110

ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing. Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275 CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS Installations & refinishing. Quality work. Reas rates. 604-293-0057 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8120

Glass Mirrors

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

8125

DAHIPP CONTRACTING Handyman Services Baths, Kitchens, etc 604.817.0718

Floor Refinishing

Gutters

VICTORIA DRYWALL LTD. 25 yrs exp. Reno’s & New Constr. Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763

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

Duplexes - Rent

3 BR, Kerrisdale semi-detached, fenced yard, near Kerrisdale school. N/S, no pets, $1,500 plus utilities. Avail Sept. 1. Call John 604 984 6071 to view on wkend.

Drainage

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

CONCRETE SPECIALIST 2 BR, Great Location nr Main & 45th, clean, NP, NS, $995+ util, w/d, sep entry, quiet, adult only, nr UBC/ dt bus. 1yr lease 327-1102

8073

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

Office/Retail Rent

Suites/Partial Houses

SMALL JOB - concrete, forming, repair. Free est. Tony. 604-254-3538, cell 604-230-2416

8075

Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

WEST 10 & MAPLE. 3 (115sf) furn’d office spaces avail, shared amenities, internet, janitorial, alarm, prkg +more. 604-601-2507

L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Waterproofing, Wash & Sealing Larry 778-882-0098

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

neighborhood, huge yard.. $1,688/M

Offices: 2nd floor 2000 sq.ft. Main floor $200 per month and up. Ground floor 4000sf. 2163 Kingsway.. 604-454-1617..812-8188

Concrete

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

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

6565

8060

Tree Topping, Clean-Up, Planting, Trimming, Power Raking, Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside SMALL JOBS WELCOME! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127

8140

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

8150

604-439-9417 DYNAMIC GUTTERS & Exteriors. Full seamless gutters. Installation repairs & soffits. All jobs guaranteed. Fully insured, bonded, WCB. Will beat any competitors price. 604-439-9417

Kitchens/Baths

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

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

8155 Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Sofﬁts All jobs Guaranteed. Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

Heating

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

Landscaping

T&L INC.

Landscaping, Excavation & Demos turf, ponds, irrigation, retaining walls, paver patios, pool excavation/fill, stump grinding, walkways, jack hammering, concrete cutting, delivery/hauls, drainage/sewer/water, complete yard redevelopments and strata contracts

Chau Le Gardening Tree cutting & topping, shrubs, yard cleanup, trimming, hedging, 604-782-5288 EXPERT PRUNING Cert Arb Ornamental & fruit trees, shrubs,etc Colin Malcolm 604-618-9741 Gardening Services 21 yrs exp. Tree topping, West & Eastside & Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881 JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming. Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126 REASONABLE RATES Expert lawn & hedge care Free est. Greg 604-267-0373 ★ SD ENTERPRISES ★ Gardening, landscaping, pruning, lawncare, cedar fencing. Free est. Call Terry, 604-726-1931 T. TRAN-604-723-2468, new lawn & garden bed maint, pruning, weeding, cleanup .. Reliable.

778-885-5009

Edgemont Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-420-4800 Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949

apts/condos

ofﬁce/retail suites & partial houses

warehouses

townhouses

homestay

shared accommodation

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604-447-1373 English First Prize Winner AFFORDABLE LANDSCAPING, design, concrete & retaining walls, rock work 604-787-7988 BC INSTANT LAWNS and landscape, new lawn installations, Old lawn removals, Free On-Site Est. Service within a week!. Call 604-454-4954

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Summer Garage Sales

HOME SERVICES 8180

Home Services

LUCKY METAL WORKS Fence & Gates Stainless Steel Door Window & Door Replacement Patio Covers & Sunrooms Andy: 604-719-8689 #158-11782 River Rd., RMD

8185

Moving & Storage

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NPA promises disclosure after Vision releases financial statements Mike Howell Staff writer

The NPA’s lone councillor at city hall says she will disclose names of contributors and the dollar amount she raised at a fundraiser held a few months ago at the Sutton Place Hotel. But Suzanne Anton wouldn’t say when she will disclose the information. Anton also declined to give some indication of the amount of money collected. “I don’t know, as a matter of fact,” she said, noting another person organized the event. “I didn’t do the asking and I didn’t collect the money and I don’t know who paid the money and I don’t know how much they paid.” Anton said she could contact her “ﬁnancial guy” for the details but added that she preferred to “somewhat insulate myself from this information.” “I acknowledge it’s slightly artiﬁcial, but there

According to Vision Vancouver ﬁnancial statements, the party, led by Mayor Gregor Robertson, raised $433,560 since March 2009. photo Dan Toulgoet it is,” she said, adding that the purpose of the fundraiser was to help pay for her website, the “couple of people who help me with a few things” and her re-election campaign in 2011. The two-term councillor, who is a possible mayoral candidate in 2011, said

about 20 people attended the fundraiser. She didn’t recall the date of the event, saying it occurred a few months ago. The question, Anton said, is not if she will disclose, it’s when. “At what point, that’s the question I’m not sure about.

At the moment, there is no duty of ongoing disclosure. I have never, ever for an instant been in breach of any disclosure regulations.” Vision Vancouver released ﬁnancial statements July 29 that showed it raised $433,560 since March 2009. More than $181,000 was

spent to host fundraisers and $241,666 was used to pay off the party’s 2008 election campaign debt. More than 65 per cent of contributions came from developers and businesses, including Canaccord Capital Corporation, which gave the biggest single sum at $25,000. Wall Financial Corporation, Aquilini Development and Construction Inc., Intracorp Projects Ltd., Living Balance International Trading Ltd. and Strategic Communications all gave $10,000. The biggest union contributions came from the Canadian Union of Public Employees and its locals, which donated $4,800. Anton said Vision should have disclosed the information earlier, since the party’s debt was related to the 2008 campaign—and, therefore, a campaign expense. The city Charter says a party has a duty to ﬁle a supplementary disclosure

statement within 30 days of a party ﬁling its election expenses, if any of the information in the initial disclosure statement has changed, or if the disclosure statement did not completely and accurately disclose the information required to be included in the disclosure statement. “When you pay your debt down, that is when you need to ﬁle,” said Ian Baillie, executive director of Vision Vancouver. “[Anton] had a fundraiser and she didn’t say who attended her fundraiser. Fine, maybe she is technically right that she doesn’t need to do that. But I just take that to understand that that’s her level of commitment to disclosure.” Added Baillie: “We have a [contributors’] list out there, the other parties you don’t know where their money comes from. You know where ours comes from. There you go.” mhowell@vancourier.com

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