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City issues cattle call for modular home builders Councillor notes possible public concern Mike Howell Staff writer

Surrey’s Timber Grove housing project is an example of modular housing.

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The city is stepping up its effort to allow the construction of modular homes that would be temporarily erected on city and private lots for the homeless, families seeking affordable housing and artists. Vision Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang said the city will soon issue a call to companies interested in designing and building pre-fabricated homes. Cost, location, size and number of units has to be decided, Jang said. “That’s the whole point of doing this,” he told the Courier. “Everybody says it’s cheaper to build modular, but is it? So by having proposals come forward, we can actually do the math and look at it.” The public will get a

chance to review the designs before city council decides whether to proceed with a more detailed request for proposals. Jang said he wasn’t sure how residents will react. “Will neighbourhoods accept them? I don’t know,” he said, adding that more information on what he calls a research project will be available in the fall. “We want to make sure there is full public consultation. You just can’t throw this stuff anywhere. We don’t want a huge city going up.” Typical modular homes range from small construction-style trailers to larger townhouse-style housing, complete with kitchens, washroom facilities and laundry. They are built in sections at a factory or onsite and can be easily moved. See COUNCILLOR on page 4

Delays plague probe into police beating of East Side man Yao-Wei Wu suffered serious injuries after VPD constables beat him outside his home Mike Howell Staff writer

The Delta Police Department has been granted a second extension into its probe of two Vancouver police officers who beat an East Side man in a case of so-called mistaken identity in January.

The Ofﬁce of the Police Complaint Commissioner has given the Delta department until Oct. 23 to complete its investigation of Vancouver police constables, Nicholas Florkow and Bryan London. The case involves Yao-Wei Wu, a ﬂoor installer, who suffered serious injuries after the constables

beat him outside his house Jan. 21. Wu and his wife, Chi Nan Man, have since ﬁled a lawsuit against the ofﬁcers. The original deadline for the investigation to conclude was early July. Then it was extended to Sept. 18. The Delta department requested a second extension Sept. 2 and it was granted by the

police complaint ofﬁce. Sgt. Sharlene Brooks of the Delta department said the ofﬁcer conducting the probe is still waiting for “outstanding information” to complete the investigation. Brooks wouldn’t discuss the nature of the information. “Obviously, our objective is to conduct a full, thorough, impartial

investigation and we don’t talk in deﬁnitive timelines,” Brooks told the Courier. “It takes as long as it takes and we want to make sure that all things have been explored and all avenues have been pursued and that we have a comprehensive report at the end of the day.” See VPD on page 4

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BY MARK HASIUK A survey of Grade 4 students for the VSB accomplishes little more than support a bloated, feel-good bureaucracy.

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VPD’s initial media release said victim resisted arrest

Continued from page 1 Once the investigation is completed, Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford will review the report and decide whether sanctions should be imposed against the constables in what is a Police Act investigation. Cessford’s findings will be sent to the police complaint office, which can agree with the findings or request more information. Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu will also get a copy of the findings. “If there was any indication anywhere along any investigation under the Police Act that there would be an element of criminality, then that would brought forward,” Brooks said. Wu was beaten after officers attended a domestic assault call Jan. 21 at Wu’s house on Lanark Street. At the time, Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said the officers arrived at the right address but knocked on the wrong door.

“INORDINATE DELAY IS ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.” Cameron Ward

In the VPD’s initial media release on the incident, the police department said Wu resisted arrest and was injured as a result. The VPD later said that wasn’t the case and Chu apologized to Wu and his family. The call originated from the Wu home’s basement suite, where a man was later arrested in connection with the assault. One of the ofﬁcers remains on duty while the other was reassigned to administrative duties. Lawyer Cameron Ward, acting on Wu’s behalf, said the delay is unfortunately all too common

when police investigate police. Had the case been one where a civilian assaulted another civilian, the investigation would have been completed in few days, he said. “Inordinate delay is one of the hallmarks of police investigations of police in our current complaint process,” said Ward, adding that a third extension wouldn’t surprise him. “An independent investigative body would have been able to conclude an investigation much more quickly than the police seem capable of doing.” Bill Chu of the Concerned Group on Police Violence Against Mr. Yao-Wei Wu said extending the investigation’s deadline only further delays justice sought by Wu and his family. “Anybody who suffers such major injustice, should really get it resolved right away rather than going through the agony of waiting and waiting,” Chu said. mhowell@vancourier.com

Yao Wei Wu, seen here at a press conference last January, was beaten by Vancouver police in a case of so-called mistaken identity. photo Jon Murray/PNG Merlin archive

Councillor says option may prevent future homelessness Continued from page 1 The push to add modular homes to the city’s housing stock would ﬁll the gap between shelters and permanent housing, Jang said. While providing housing for the homeless is a key priority, modular homes should be open to people on low incomes and struggling artists, he said. “We’ve had other folks who just want affordable housing—something that they can rent cheaply for a

few years while they save their money and get into the market. So it’s looking at a whole spectrum of folks, not just the homeless, because we’ve got to keep the folks who are low income from becoming homeless.” City staff are identifying city sites that could accommodate modular homes, and Jang said private property owners have contacted him about providing land. Jang envisions the homes could remain on a piece of

property for ﬁve to 10 years. The provincial government is responsible for building affordable housing in the province. But Jang said he didn’t anticipate costs to the province or city, except for providing land and taking care of permits for builders. Chris Gardner, executive vice-president of Britco Structures, said his company is interested in building modular homes for the city. But Gardner said that will

hinge on requirements set out by the city. “Without seeing the [request for proposal], it’s hard for us to say whether it would make sense to go forward and put in a proposal,” he said when asked how his company would make money in the deal. “With most social housing projects, the government is the source of operating dollars in cooperation and partnership with non-proﬁt organizations. But we’d be

excited to be at the table and talk with lots of folks about how we can be creative to develop a solution that’s going to work.” The total cost would also depend on the number of units required, the quality of the contents and whether Britco could build onsite. Britco has worked with B.C. Housing on various projects, including manufacturing 320 rooms used by athletes and ofﬁcials in Whistler for the 2010 Win-

ter Games. The units have been disassembled and relocated to six municipalities in the province, including Chilliwack and Surrey, where they are being converted to permanent social housing. Britco has also built daycares, hotels, motels, lodges, logging camp facilities and the current PNE prize home, which was assembled in six modules and will be moved to Kelowna. mhowell@vancourier.com

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The last time I saw Dean Wilson, he was riding an elevator with Premier Gordon Campbell at the Woodward’s building. Last Wednesday, Wilson—one of the city’s most high-proﬁle drug activists—showed up at the Vancouver Police Board to discuss a recent television documentary series featuring VPD cops in the Downtown Eastside. It’s called The Beat, a 10-part series that gives an inside look at Squad Three, one of the VPD’s beat enforcement teams. To put it lightly, Wilson thought it sucked. He told Police Chief Jim Chu and board members the documentary is a negative portrayal of the Downtown Eastside. “The dialogue such as, ‘I’m glad my kids don’t have to be here,’ or ‘How can they live down here?’ are very denigrating and non productive,” said Wilson, who lives in a social housing suite at the Woodward’s building. “The constables also attacked needle exchanges as a failed social program

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and suggest that the methadone program is a real problem due to a small diversion of the drugs to the street. These statements are both deceitful and irresponsible.” I wrote about this series in early July after interviewing the show’s creator, Montreal filmmaker Michael Kronish. As I wrote then, I predicted the series wouldn’t warm the hearts of Downtown Eastside activists. Not when now-retired Sgt. John McKay tells his officers they are “the warriors of this society” and Const. Shane Aitken, a veteran of the first Gulf War, added to the war zone philosophy saying officers walking the beat have to act as hunters. “You have to get it into your head that when you hit the beat, you’re hunting—you’re scanning

your environment, you’re looking for the people who are breaking the law, which is prey,” Aitken tells another ofﬁcer. When I asked Kronish about these comments, he made no apologies. “It is what it is, which doesn’t mean to silence others voices. But this is not a documentary in that kind of spirit where you’re looking for everyone’s perspective on every comment.” Wilson demanded the police board put in writing whether it and the VPD support needle exchanges and methadone programs. He also requested the chief and others meet with him and Downtown Eastside residents to discuss the issues. “I don’t want to attack the police department,” Wilson said in his closing remarks. “That is as

non-productive as this show is.” The board’s vice-chairperson, Glenn Wong, promised Wilson a response.

But before Hamilton spoke, she explained how she had a cold and probably shouldn’t have attended the meeting. Earlier in the meeting, members made a couple of references to Deputy Chief Warren Lemcke’s bad cold. So when Hamilton mentioned her cold, one of the members jokingly asked if she got it from Lemcke, who was sitting at a table near Hamilton. Some laughs erupted but it reached a crescendo after Hamilton cracked back: “I might be better if Warren gave it to me.” Lemcke didn’t know where to look. “Sorry, Warren,” Hamilton said. “That’s OK, Jamie Lee,” he replied. mhowell@vancourier.com

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Now for some comic relief… Police ofﬁcers can be a serious bunch. Considering their line of work, it’s not surprising. So why were Police Chief Jim Chu, his deputy chiefs and the police board members having a good laugh at last week’s meeting? The laughs came courtesy of Jamie Lee Hamilton, the transgendered sex trade crusader who showed up at the Cambie Street cop shop with friends to discuss the serious case of serial killer Willie Pickton.

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Central Park

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One of the items on the park board’s agenda Monday night was community centre and recreation facility renewal, which included a report recommending four feasibility studies be conducted regarding Dunbar, Hastings and Marpole community centres, as well as Kensington Hall. The report recommends those studies be paid for out of the park board’s 2010 capital budget, and that park staff be given the greenlight to prepare a recreation facilities study, subject to funding provided in the 2011-2014 capital plan. Also of interest in the report, is one paragraph included on page six that explains in the past the board has considered including indoor tennis courts to the community centre feasibility studies, at a cost of an added $10,000 per study. But according to the report and a Sept. 20 email distributed to park board commissioners, neither parks staff, Tennis B.C. or Tennis Canada recommend adding indoor tennis courts to community centres as part of renewal projects. Instead, Tennis B.C. and Tennis Canada are interest-

Thanks to the False Creek Watershed Society, a salmon flag flaps proudly outphoto Dan Toulgoet side city hall. ed in a partnership with the city and the park board to share the cost of a feasibility study to find an alternative location. COPE commissioner Loretta Woodcock says sharing the study’s costs makes sense. The study would determine if Vancouver has an appropriate location for an indoor tennis facility. “There is enough interest in tennis in Vancouver to financially operate such a facility,” says Woodcock. “The challenge is to find a piece of land large enough and find the capital dollars to build it.” Woodcock says the best option would be through a rezoning and amenity package from a future development. “My hunch is that in our inventory of park board land there isn’t a place large enough to build this facility due to the public demands for other uses of our park

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space,” says Woodcock. She suggests the South Fraser lands at the foot of Cambie Street as a possibility. She adds if built on public land, the park board could partner in operating such a facility. Woodcock says according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, tennis is number one in growth of traditional sports. “The great thing about tennis is that it’s a sport that can be played by seniors right into their 80s and 90s,” she says.

Holy union

In my experience, CUPE Local 15 and the park board rarely agree wholeheartedly on anything, but union president Paul Faoro told me he’s supporting the plan to turn the operation of the Bloedel Conservatory over to the joint partnership between Friends of the Bloe-

del and the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association. Parks staff updated the board Monday night regarding the proposal and Faoro says the union will do everything it can to make the proposal work. The conservatory was at risk of closing due to a multi-million dollar shortfall in the park board’s 2010 operating budget.

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Mayor Gregor Robertson has declared September Salmon Month in the city. In honour of the occasion, city hall is flying a flag offered by the False Creek Watershed Society. In an email to the Courier, the society says it’s delighted with the flag’s location because the nearby statue of Captain George Vancouver is pointing right at it. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter@sthomas10

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School board ‘self-report’ survey produces pile of irrelevance

Remember Grade 4? Were you in touch with your inner wellness? Last January, the Vancouver School Board commissioned a “child self-report” survey, technically titled the Middle Years Development Instrument, to measure the “developmental health and well-being of children in middle childhood.” Led by Kimberly SchonertReichl, an associate professor at UBC’s faculty of education, and Lisa Pedrini, member of the school district’s so-called Diversity Team, researchers surveyed 3,026 Grade 4 students representing 80 per cent of the eight and nine year olds in the district. A public forum on the survey takes place today at 4 p.m. at UBC Robson Square. Both Schonert-Reichl and Pedrini refused to be interviewed for this column. And while a 36-page summary report of the survey is available on the VSB website, the school board refused to disclose any additional information (total cost of the operation, complete list of survey questions, reason for the survey). Nevertheless, according to the report, one in four children reported “low levels of overall health

and well being.” To counter the ambiguity of psycho-speak, a “Well Being Index,” festooned with pie charts and a colour-coded map of Vancouver, separates the saddest neighbourhoods (Renfrew-Collingwood, Victoria-Fraserview) from the happiest (West Point Grey, Dunbar-Southlands). And it’s about time. I’ve long advocated for a Berlin-style wall along the east side of Cambie Street. But that’s another issue. Consider the following “yes or no” survey questions included as examples in the 36-page summary report. Remember, we’re talking about eight and nine year old kids. “I am happy with my life.” “Things in my life are excellent.” “There is an adult who really cares about me.” It’s difﬁcult to overstate the irrelevance of such questions considering the ﬁckle nature of childhood. A typical Grade 4 student exists in the moment. His attitude towards parents or “life” depends largely on last night’s mandated homework session or the weather at recess. Of course, some children live with daily dysfunction at home or among friends. Others suffer from

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markhasiuk abuse and alienation at the hands of parents or guardians. Fortunately, we’ve structured our entire society, including our social and justice systems, around protecting children from menace. This survey, in its glorious insignificance, has nothing to do with any of that. It’s a couch trip for the pre-pubescent. The first stage of development for the next Xanax generation. A middle school extension of our increasingly self-obsessed culture, where Oprah and Dr. Phil provide the edifice of wisdom and busybody bureaucrats fill out the pews. Another example: the survey’s approach to bullying—a real life problem consistently elevated to

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hysteric proportions by folks like Pedrini and her Diversity Team. “This school year,” asked the survey, in multiple-choice form “how often have you been socially bullied?” A whopping 50 per cent of Grade 4 students, whose concept of justice is based largely on ego, checked “several times a week.” What’s to be done about this epidemic? To ask that question is to answer it. In conclusion: the official conclusion of the survey, which the school board calls “groundbreaking,” as defined in its summary report. According to Schonert-Reichl and friends, kids are happier and more productive—or experience greater “overall health and well-being”—when surrounded by caring adults, healthy food and extracurricular activities (sports, music) that lift them off the couch and away from the television. An entire section of the report dedicated to breakfast (with corresponding map and pie charts) determined the importance of breakfast—a mantra first heard by most people when dribbling Cheerios on their Onesie.

Apparently the school board, which last year produced a $17 million budget deﬁcit and is closing schools like polio, required an extensive survey and 36-page academic report to provide information obvious to, well, a Fourth Grader. In the vast landscape of government waste and overreach, the Vancouver School Board stands alone. There’s no practical application for this survey, except as a tool for Big Government activists like school board chair Patti Bacchus. To justify future bloated budgets and unnecessary school programs, this survey shall be summoned. Which is, I suspect, its real reason for being. “We have outlined many ways in which different assets affect the development of children,” reads the report. “Our hope is that such data can be used to not only raise awareness about the health and well-being of children during the middle childhood years, but to also help inform planning efforts to promote positive development so that all of our children can reach their greatest potential.” mhasiuk@vancourier.com

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Last month immediately following the Pride parade I had the honour of meeting Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev, who looked handsome decked out in military dress whites, topped with a cap emblazoned with the Moscow Pride insignia. Alexeyev had been invited by the Vancouver Pride Society to take part in the 2010 Pride parade as its honorary international grand marshal in honour of his fearlessness when it comes to ﬁghting for human and queer rights in Moscow and across Europe. At the time, my partner asked Alexeyev for his thoughts about Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu marching in the parade. Other members of the VPD and the RCMP also marched that day. Alexeyev told us if the police chief of Moscow shows up when activists attempt to hold Pride parades in that city, he’s only there to make arrests. Which is exactly what happened to Alexeyev Sept. 15 as he attempted to board a plane departing Moscow for Switzerland. According to the Moscow News, some speculate his detention was in connection to protests demanding the resignation of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who recently called homosexuals the Russian equivalent of the word “faggot,” on national television, and refers to them as “Satanists.” Luzhkov steadfastly refuses to allow any type of legal Pride celebration to take place in that city, despite the fact homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993. Following his arrest, Alexeyev sent two text mes-

sandrathomas sages before his phone was conﬁscated. With the exception of those two messages, both addressed to Russian news agencies, there was no sign or word from Alexeyev for the next three days, leaving gay activists worldwide speculating about his fate. Those same activists, including many from Vancouver, warned Russian authorities that Alexeyev was not alone and that the world was watching. Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen was one of those activists keeping a close eye on the situation as it unfolded. Coolen knows ﬁrst hand the risks Alexeyev takes each time he leads a protest in Moscow or attempts to hold an illegal Pride parade. In 2008, Coolen accompanied Alexeyev in Moscow as he and other activists fought to hold a Pride parade. Scenes from Coolen’s experiences can be seen in the documentary Beyond Gay: The Politics of

Pride. Coolen says Alexeyev was released after being held for three days, during which time text messages were sent to the press claiming to be from the activist, saying he would withdraw lawsuits filed with the European Court of Human Rights protesting Moscow’s ban on gay rights rallies. Coolen says anyone familiar with Alexeyev immediately knew the messages were fake, something the activist confirmed once released. Coolen says Alexeyev would never abandon his fight for human rights, so he wasn’t surprised to hear the activist was back in Moscow yesterday protesting again outside of the mayor’s office. “He’s one of the bravest people I’ve ever met,” says Coolen. Barb Snelgrove, who served as grand marshal alongside Alexeyev in this year’s Vancouver Pride parade, also isn’t surprised he’s back protesting in Moscow. Snelgrove calls Alexeyev an amazing individual with passion and tenacity for human and queer rights. Like Coolen and other activists around the world, Snelgrove planned to watch as Alexeyev continued his protest in Moscow. “We want them to know everyone will be watching,” says Coolen. “The world will be watching.” A candlelight vigil took place at the community garden located at the corner of Burrard and Davie streets yesterday at 6 p.m. to coincide with Alexeyev’s Moscow protest. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter@sthomas10

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Charles Bar graciously signals hope, change and gentrification Some people just need to wake up and smell the gourmet espresso. I, like many Vancouverites who have shown the strength of character to avoid poverty, (and don’t bother us with any soft-headed suggestion that luck, race, gender and class privilege might explain our good fortune) am sick of the pathetic mewling of bleeding heart liberals who insist on seeing gentrification as a bad thing. We know that what the stealth socialists of the antipoverty movement call gentrification is in fact a wholesome application of free market principles to city planning, a way of removing unsightly and unprofitable poor people from the neighbourhood and replacing them with active consumers who can help drive the economy by patronizing upscale bars, interior decorating salons, gastropubs and high tech firms. I see in a recent story by my Courier colleague Megan Stewart that Sean Condon, the pesky editor at Megaphone, a street paper sold by homeless vendors, is concerned about the larger social implications of the recently opened Charles Bar in the renovated Woodward’s building, citing the new bar as evidence that gentrification is getting out of hand in the Downtown Eastside. He even has the nerve to say the poverty activists and other annoying do-gooders who staged an occupation at the old Woodward’s building eight years ago had something different in mind when they risked imprisonment to campaign for affordable housing. Imagine, preferring social housing and a mixed-class demographic, rather than a rapid upgrade of the neighbourhood to make it safe for the better class of Vancouver citizens! Surely this is the sort of misplaced civic idealism that threatens healthy return on investment and rapidly rising real estate values, which everyone of sound views knows are far more important than Condon’s concerns about lumpenized homeless folks who wouldn’t recognize a good Merlot or a Tuna Tataki if it bit them. Clearly, Condon is one of those romantics who thinks the city should work as a home for all, even those who can’t make a down payment on a BMW or a million-dollar condo. He puts out a ragtag paper that has been published and distributed in Vancouver for years, but has yet to endorse the NPA or call for more crude oil exports through Vancouver harbour. So we can hardly consider him as a reliable observer or guide to

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tomsandborn good urban planning. No, Sean, if anything, the pace of gentrification is too slow in the Downtown Eastside, and the final solution to the poverty problem (perhaps shipping them all to Surrey?) has yet to be achieved. The holder of the Gordon Gekko chair in economics at the Fraser Institute would be pleased to explain to us, I am sure, that just as in past decades we needed to be reminded that Greed is Good. Now we need to remind each other that Gentrification is Glorious. We need more luxury flats, more sports bars and more upscale boutiques in the neighbourhood, not more unsightly poor people inconsiderately starving on the sidewalks. But maybe we don’t need to drive the homeless all to Surrey. Perhaps we could turn parts of Gastown into a poverty theme park. Learning from the pioneers of Central American ecotourism, who build walkways in the jungle canopy to allow First World travellers to look down safely onto endangered environments, we could string walkways from penthouse to rooftop bar in the neighbourhood, allowing respectably wealthy patrons to view the colourful phenomena of inner city poverty without coming too close. Then the poor would be serving a useful economic purpose. Surely, the Charles Bar and all the other new upscale outlets in Gastown and the Downtown Eastside represent the desirable face of Vancouver’s future, drenched in money and perfumed with the seductive aromas of profit. The kind of civic compassion and concern for the poor that Sean Condon and his ilk espouse are so old fashioned, so 20th century. It’s a wonder that these critics can still call for outdated concepts like adequate housing and income for all, when what is really required is the kind of vision that looks at the mean streets of the Downtown Eastside and sees them paved with gold for developers. Wake up and smell the espresso, Sean. tos@inﬁnet.net

Megaphone magazine executive director Sean Condon opposes the Charles Bar on West Cordova Street at the Woodward’s building. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Advocate says new bar sign of rapid gentriﬁcation,” Sept. 17. My wife and I bought a condo four years ago in the City Gate development. Our friends were concerned about us moving to this area, however, we saw the potential of buying here as new amenities would be added to enhance the neighbourhood. I am now able to walk to Nesters in the Woodward’s development and do my grocery shopping without having to drive. I am

happy to see a new lounge bar open there as it is a place I would feel comfortable going to have a drink—and again avoid having to drive. I would like to point out to Mr. Condon that the Downtown Eastside has plenty of “economy” bars to accommodate a more frugal budget. I, for one, am more than happy to spend a little more for a nice atmosphere and quality drinks with a crowd of people who I can relate to. Malcolm Key, Vancouver

Media misguided about harm reduction

To the editor: Re: “Harm reduction advocates target addicts and critics,” Sept. 15. To the editor: Just wanted to send you a short note to compliment Mark Hasiuk’s column, which paints a very accurate account of what’s happened in our city since this well-intended but misguided Four Pillars strategy was introduced. It’s very nice to see this perspective and some balance brought to this issue. Unfortunately, too many in media have bought into the harm reduction-only focus on our very serious drug issues in this city, and while they all pat themselves on the back about how nonjudgmental and compassionate they are, lives continue to be destroyed and the Downtown Eastside continues to crumble. I can tell you as someone

who works in the Downtown Eastside, I have not seen one bit of a difference down there over these last 10 years. We continue to commit a disproportionate amount of our police resources in that neighbourhood. Tom Stamatakis, president, Vancouver Police Union

••• To the editor: Thanks to Mark Hasiuk for reminding us of the inconvenient truth about harm reduction. In over six years of ministry in the Downtown Eastside, I have seen the general situation grow steadily worse. My reason for being philosophically opposed to the concept is Scriptural: Jesus Christ, whom I preach, is about harm elimination, not harm reduction. I look at the fruits—the transformation and positive changes that I’ve seen in people

coming to Gospel Mission and The Lord’s Rain (our street-level showers ministry and outreach or “draw-in”) proves the value of ministering God’s love and grace, coupled with the hope and the knowledge that they’re not just capable of a turnaround but entitled to one. God bless. Drew Snider, asst. pastor, Gospel Mission/ The Lord’s Rain

••• To the editor: I enjoyed reading about Colin Mangham’s research into Insite, as well as Mark Hasiuk’s comments on the illogical drug strategy that’s been put into practice in the Downtown Eastside. He’s got a refreshing perspective among writers in Vancouver papers, the Courier especially. I hope Mark keeps up the good work. Liam White, Vancouver

Prince of Pot made no ‘quit smoking’ promise

To the editor: Re: “Hypocrisy weeds out Prince of Pot,” Sept. 15. Sandra Thomas states that Marc Emery has promised to quit smoking pot if that will help get him home. According to both the Globe and Mail and CTV, no such promise was ever made. In fact, the only promise he makes deals with advocating and condoning civil disobedience and ﬂouting Canadian and U.S. laws; it had nothing

to do with any promise to quit “smoking pot.” The article from the Globe and Mail (Sept. 10) states, “Before sentencing, Mr. Emery said he regretted his actions. ‘I admit that I was arrogant... When I get out, I won’t ever advocate criminal disobedience again. I will pursue conventional methods to change the law.” Wayne Phillips, Hamilton, Ont.

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CBC is uniquely able to quantify the crashes that occur at the more than 30,000 intersections and interchanges throughout the province. In the past five years it has recorded about 450,000 crashes, about 175,000 of which have resulted in injuries. Cedric Hughes The various municipalities work to collect information about the volume of traffic on their streets and passing through their interchanges and intersections. Combining crash locations and traffic volumes highlights the problem areas in our highway and road systems, and leads to upgrades and improvements that, measurably, make a big difference. Take for example the $60,000 that ICBC spent in 2004 to assist with adding a left-turn lane at the intersection of Glen and Johnson in Coquitlam. Crashes reportedly dropped by 66 percent at this intersection, saving ICBC more than $1.5 million in claims costs. A month ago, the Vancouver Sun newspaper made an information request for ICBC’s crash data for the past five years. The Sun then used this information to create 15 interactive maps, one for each of the lower mainland municipalities. These maps are online at www.vancouversun.com/crash. Click on the map for your neighbourhood. You can zoom in and move the map around. You can select the ‘Total Crashes’ layer —the purple layer of dots— or the ‘Total Injuries’ layer —the red layer of dots. Clicking on a dot retrieves a pop-up box that lists the statistics for that intersection or interchange for the years 2005 to 2009. We urge all Road Rules readers to look at these maps and we offer praise to the Vancouver Sun newspaper for creating such an important resource. How can individuals put this new wealth of information to good use? Crash-prone inter-

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The president of CUPE Local 15 says the union is encouraging city and park board employees to take part in an employee engagement survey recently distributed to workers. Paul Faoro said the union went so far as to post a message to its members on the CUPE 15 website encouraging them to participate. The survey was distributed by the city last month to gauge workers’ opinions, not only regarding their jobs, but also the organization that employs them. “This has never been done before, at least nothing as comprehensive as this,” said Faoro. “I’ve reviewed the questions and have no problem with them. And when the city said they’d give the results to the unions, we decided that would be very valuable information to have as a way to gauge how the employees feel about their work.” The message from CUPE 15, which represents 2,500 city and park board employees, reads in part, “We believe this survey will provide the employer and our union with valuable information to improve your workplace, and your career with the City of Vancouver. The employer has agreed to provide the full results of the Employee Engagement Survey to CUPE 15.” The 14-page survey includes 68 statements or questions, as well as one page dedicated to persons with a disability, members of a visible minority or aboriginal people. Survey statements or questions included range from “I believe I am fairly paid for the work I do,” to “My work is free of harassment,” to “The amount of stress in my job is a real problem,” and “Often decisions made at a higher level would be more effective if made at a lower level.” The survey asks employees to rate their answers on a scale of one to ﬁve, with descriptions such as strongly agree to strongly disagree, very good to very poor, and very effective to very ineffective. Faoro notes

“THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, AT LEAST NOTHING AS COMPREHENSIVE AS THIS.” Paul Faoro

the union is especially interested in the responses to questions regarding health and safety. The survey is anonymous for those who choose not to give their name, but those who do identify themselves to the group conducting the survey are eligible to win $50 gift certiﬁcates to stores and restaurants. The cover letter from Hay Group that accompanies the survey explains no one from the city will have access to the employee’s individual responses. Faoro said as far as he knows all of the unions representing city workers support the survey. Gord Ditchburn, president of CUPE Local 18, which represents employees of Vancouver Fire and Rescue, agrees the survey is a positive step in city employee/employer relations. “We’ve encouraged our employees to complete it,” said Ditchburn. “The good thing about this survey is, it looks like [the city] is actually going to listen this time.” Ditchburn sees the survey as an effort by the city to reach out to employees and get their honest thoughts on their jobs and employers. “And hopefully our workers will reach back,” said Ditchburn. “If they complete the survey at least the employers will know how they feel.” City employees have until Sept. 24 to complete the survey, which was distributed to workers at the city, park board, Vancouver Public Library and Vancouver Fire and Rescue. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter@sthomas10

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City planner says laneways key part of Mount Pleasant plan

Laneway advocate envisions New Orleans-style streets Cheryl Rossi

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Imagine ponies prancing up and down the alley just off busy Broadway and Main streets. You can see this vision come true at the Livable Laneways Street Event Sept. 25. Timed to coincide with the Mount Pleasant BIA’s Autumn Shift Festival on Main Street between East Broadway and East 12th Avenue, Livable Laneways occurs in the alley between Main and Quebec streets and the connected block of East Eighth Avenue. Rob Sutherland, co-coordinator of Livable Laneways, hopes the event will get Vancouverites thinking about overlooked city spaces. His dream alley would include a mix of things. “Maybe some good nightlife, jazz clubs. I’m thinking of New Orleans where you have these laneways and incredible little spaces with great music, just lots of diversions and interesting businesses, maybe small parks, little

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cyclists. They also suggest businesses could sublease their back storage space. “That space could be a valuable space for artists to create and sell their art,” Burch said. “We’ve found in other cities that that space can be relatively cheap. It’s certainly often an afterthought on the part of commercial businesses.” Sutherland, who became interested in the potential of laneways when he worked with a developer who was considering developing a space that edged Blood Alley in 2002, wants the lane near Main and Broadway to be chosen for a pilot project. He was inspired by re-imaginings of laneways, called the Second City project, done by students from Simon Fraser University. Planters are being constructed for Livable Laneways. Roof plantings and vertical gardens could be installed down the road. San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles have greened back lanes. Sutherland suggests big gar-

bage bins could be removed from alleys and restaurants could be encouraged to reduce their waste, with food scrap pickups and more frequent garbage collection. Chutney Villa restaurant will set up an Indian-style tea stall in its back parking lot for Livable Laneways. Restaurants Reno’s and Eight 1/2 will set up take-out windows and Eight 1/2 and Nice Café will extend their patios onto the lane and street. There will be a small farmer’s market, sidewalk sales, music and performances and information about the Mount Pleasant Community Plan. The Autumn Shift Festival includes live music, comedy, button making and art for kids, gardening information tables, free cotton candy and popcorn, an arts and craft market and a free bike valet parking. Livable Laneways and the Autumn Shift Festival run noon to 6 p.m. Livable Laneways was made possible with a Neighbourhood Small Grant from the city and $1,000 from the BIA. crossi@vancourier.com

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Moon festival draws classical dancers and sexy squashes Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

Residents once dumped their unwanted exercise machines, tiles and toilets in Renfrew Ravine. Now community members compete for space in Vancouver’s remaining ravine with a creek to display their lantern creations. The creativity and spirit of the Renfrew-Collingwood community will be exhibited during the eighth annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sept. 25. It starts at 4 p.m. with a Harvest Fair at Slocan Park, near the 29th Avenue SkyTrain station. The fair will feature a Mandarin choir, Chinese classical dancers and a performance by Chinese seniors from the Renfrew Community Centre. Carmen Rosen, artistic director and founder of Still Moon Arts Society and the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, doesn’t know what the seniors have in store. “Sometimes they have the Chinese fans and sometimes they have the blue sequined cowboy vests,” she said. Neighbours are encouraged

“SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE CHINESE FANS AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE BLUE SEQUINED COWBOY VESTS.” Carmen Rosen

to bring veggies for soup and to enter competitions for the sexiest squash and longest bean. Those who’ve missed preceding lantern workshops can make a lantern there or buy one. At 7 p.m., the twilight lantern parade will wind its way along Renfrew Ravine, where lanterns will illuminate Still Creek. Salmon lanterns created by Grade 7 students from Nootka elementary and jellyﬁsh lanterns created by a summer youth intern will be on display. Renfrew-Collingwood seniors who are in their 80s will ﬂoat their lotus blossom lanterns in the kids’ wading pool outside Renfrew Park, where festival goers can sail origami boats. The festival culminates in Ren-

Lanterns will light Slocan Park during this year’s Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival. submitted photo frew Park at 8:30 p.m. with a live band and youth performing headstands, carrying each other on stilts and twirling ﬁre and ﬂags. January Wolodarsky, director of community development at Collingwood Neighbourhood House, says the moon festival is more than a single-day event. “All the activity and things that people are doing leading up to the moon festival creates a real buzz

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in the neighbourhood,” Wolodarsky said. “People are becoming connected with each other.” The Renfrew Park Community Association co-presents the festival alongside the Still Moon Art Society. Two hundred students from Windermere secondary volunteer with the festival. “Whenever you need a volunteer they’re there,” Wolodarsky said. According to Wolodarsky, 70 per

cent of the area’s residents speak a Chinese language at home, part of the reason the festival shifts each year to the Saturday closest to the autumn equinox, which is celebrated in Asia and Europe. Rosen says she goes out of her way to hire performers who live in the neighbourhood Wolodarsky, who’s lived in the neighbourhood for more than 14 years, said she’s seen the moon celebration, Collingwood Days, banner, mosaic, mural and garden projects over the past 10 years change how residents view their neighbourhood. “It builds the kind of ownership where people think the park belongs to them, not the park board,” she said. “In Slocan Park there are mosaics that were built by people in the community years ago. As those people grow, they still keep going through the park, and a piece of them is there.” Rosen says when she moved to the Renfrew-Collingwood area a decade ago, people would say, “‘You’re where?’” Now, she says, others envy her creative community. crossi@vancourier.com

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Public Dreams behind the Illuminares lantern festival, Parade of Lost Souls

Non-profit arts group hopes the Dreams continue Jeremy Shepherd Contributing writer

After 25 years of illuminating the night and haunting shadows from Grandview Park to Trout Lake, Public Dreams is looking to become a little more private. Public Dreams is known for annual events such as the Illuminares lantern festival and the Parade of Lost Souls, but without a signiﬁcant increase in funds the company may not survive this year, general manager Laura Grieco said. “To get us through the next six months, we really need ﬁnancial support,” she said. Grieco said Public Dreams has never done a fundraising push before, but the organization is planning to start one Sept. 24 at the Parade of Lost Souls. The celebration is scheduled to feature an Afro-Brazilian percussion troupe, art installations and a host of

eclectic performers at the Storyeum on Cordova Street. Grieco said if the fundraiser is not a success, the company could be in danger of going under within a few months. “Are we going to pull a Ballet B.C.?” she asked, referring to the professional dance company that ran into dire ﬁnancial trouble a couple of years ago when it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Grieco took over as general manager a month ago, after the company had been without a leader since February of this year. “We’re trying to be fully selfsustained,” she said. She acknowledged a fear of corporate sponsorship among many supporters of Public Dreams who don’t want the company to go the route of Vancouver’s annual summer ﬁreworks competition. Grieco said the organization needs a corporate sponsor with similar values to the company

“THIS NEW MODEL HAS GOT TO BE ABOUT NOT ASKING THE GOVERNMENT FOR HANDOUTS.” Laura Grieco

and one that wouldn’t compromise the integrity of the artists. She said Public Dreams is in talks with Vancity about corporate sponsorship, but discussions are in the preliminary stages. Public Dreams has regularly worked with several sponsors, including Whole Foods, but Grieco said the company needs cash sponsors. Grieco cited the company’s Olympics promotion as an example of the changing dynamic of Public Dreams. Artists stripped

Coke bottles of their labelling and taught school children to use the bottles to create their own approximation of the Olympic torch. Grieco acknowledged working with a major company didn’t sit well with everyone. “Certainly, there were some artists who didn’t feel comfortable with that particular project,” she said. Grieco said arts organizations in Vancouver have been in a difﬁcult situation since the close of the Olympics. “We’ve all been left somewhat abandoned,” she said. Grieco said the company has been forced to change its approach because the provincial government has made the arts less of a priority. “There have been some major shifts in the cultural funding landscape,” she said. “This new model has got to be about not asking the government for hand-

outs.” While she wants to see provincial funding for the arts restored, Grieco said arts companies need to be more accountable in demonstrating their value to the public. She also said arts supporters need to change their approach and stop appealing to the government for funding on the basis of social justice. “The government often has... arts and culture in the same breath as health and education. Arts and culture should be in the same breath as business and tourism,” she said. Grieco said the arts help create more prosperous communities by attracting investment and building a sense of community. Despite the ﬁnancial strain, Grieco remains optimistic. “I don’t see myself going anywhere. I plan to be here for a long, long time.” jshepherdcourier@gmail.com

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Out of 46 breweries in B.C. Jack said he’s been to 41, and he said the ﬂavours he’s tasted and the stories he’s heard are worth sharing. He focused on R & B Brewing Company on East Fourth Avenue just off Main Street. The microbrewery, featuring concoctions such as Hop Goblin India Pale Ale and Dark Star Oatmeal Stout, is one of several breweries who were almost forced into business when a major brewery laid-off workers from one of their plants, according to Jack. While he speaks highly of amber ales including Yukon Red and Thirsty Beaver, Jack expressed reticence about naming a favourite. “I always feel shy to name a favourite because every brewery has at least one beer that I adore,” he said. His co-host Joe Leary called Jack a sommelier of beer, and said it was time for a radio show dedicated to ales and lagers. “It’s a working class drink that’s been relegated to the back pages,” he said. Leary said his partner for the show had an incredible ability to discuss just about any beer. “You can hit him with anything beer related, and he can speak on it,” Leary said. “I can drink ‘em, but I can’t talk ‘em.” jshepherdcourier@gmail.com

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Doctors work best when armed with all the info davidicuswong Have you ever left the doctor’s office feeling rushed, uneasy and worried you don’t have the right diagnosis? Have you ever felt that the doctor wasn’t listening? Do you sometimes feel as if doctors are thinking of you as a disease or a problem rather than a real person? In previous columns I’ve written how the culture of medicine transforms the thinking and emotional responses of medical students, who start off as fairly normal people. Students are enthusiastically immersed in a new language. Some of us have problems reverting back to the everyday language of non-physicians. In medical school, we learn to recognize patterns of disease, and while we listen to a patient talk about his or her condition, in our heads, we run through a list of possible explanations— the differential diagnosis. We are taught to listen first and not interrupt the patient too quickly. We also start with open-ended questions before funneling down to more precise questions. You can tell if the doctor has made up his mind about your problem if he starts asking a series of short close-ended questions that just require a one word answer, such as yes or no. If the doctor believes she already knows what you have, the physical examination will be very focused and brief. Once the doctor gives you a working diagnosis, you may be sent for lab tests to confirm it, and of course, the treatment prescribed will be based on that diagnosis. Doctors tend to get frustrated if a patient’s presentation of symptoms don’t fit a typical pattern. A few rise to the challenge, maintain a broad differential of possible diagnoses and won’t rest until they arrive at the solution to your problems. But if a doctor is in a rush or doesn’t have much invested in your professional relationship, he may narrow the differential too quickly and make a di-

agnosis, which is usually the most common condition to explain your symptoms even if they don’t quite fit. An experienced doctor’s intuition is like one’s conscience. If after a patient encounter, I have a sense of unease—that I missed something or that the presentation doesn’t quite fit the diagnosis—I’ll go back to my notes and think things through again. Sometimes, making the right diagnosis requires calling up the patient to ask a few more questions or considering different investigations. Patients can inadvertently force a doctor to make premature diagnoses by presenting a barrage of problems that he could not possibly work through systematically in a single office visit. We usually want to see all the patient’s concerns up front—at least a summary list, so that we can realistically give each the attention they require. Though my office is proactive in asking our patients to present their lists at the beginning of each visit, there will always be some who throw in two or three additional problems after I thought we had addressed all the concerns they initially presented. This always forces the doctor to rush, fall behind or both. She’ll need to apologize to each of the day’s patients before attending to their individual concerns. When doctors are rushed, they tend to ask the closeended questions right from the start, narrow down on the diagnosis quickly, and send you off with a prescription or a short list of tests to do. So you may not be doing the health care system or yourself any favour by catching your doctor off guard with significant problems that you didn’t mention when booking your appointment or at the start of your visit. What can you do if the doctor arrives at a diagnosis that you’re uneasy with? Most people wouldn’t come straight out and ask, “Are you sure?” Many doctors would take this as a challenge or an insult. Some would be honest and tell you if they aren’t. Generally, if we aren’t absolutely sure, we will share a short list of other possible diagnoses, how they present and how we can rule them out. A few doctors might get defensive and angry. An alternative approach

would be to ask two reasonable and simple questions. What else could it be? What’s the worst thing it could be? The ﬁrst question would immediately prompt the doctor to reopen his mind to the differential diagnosis and to question the other possibilities. The second question will ensure that

he’s considered the worst case scenario. Your doctor’s response to these questions will reassure you that either he’s already considered the possibilities or that you’ve given him some gentle reminders to put extra thought into your situation. I have a golden rule in practice: to treat each patient

with the same degree of care I would want for a member of my family. That means, putting as much thought into a problem, ordering the same tests, following up on the results and referring to the same consultants I’d want for my friends, parents and children. If you want your doctor

to do the same for you, ask her, “What would you recommend to your mother or father if they had my condition?” Dr. Davidicus Wong is a physician at PrimeCare Medical. His column appears regularly in this paper and his internet radio show can be heard on pwrnradio.com.

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

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green? Mayor Gregor Robertson wants to hear it. Building on the success of the “Talk Green to Us” campaign, Vancouverites are invited to participate in the online forum, www.talkgreentous.ca, to share ideas they want to put into action to help Vancouver become the greenest city in the world. The public can also visit the forum to vote on their favourite ideas. The authors of the most innovative and creative ideas with the most votes will be selected to pitch their ideas and receive feedback from a “prestigious panel of experts” facilitated by Robertson and Bill Richardson, host of CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and In Concert programs. “We are pleased to see so many innovative and entrepreneurial ideas from our citizens about how to green our city,” Robertson said in a release. Entries must be in by Sept. 25. Hosted by the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Public Space Network and the Simon Fraser University City Program, the panel event will take place at the SFU Woodward’s Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre. Poet laureate Brad Cran and musician Veda Hille will provide entertainment.

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The City of Vancouver is joining community policing centres and emergency service providers such as paramedics and firefighters in an effort to better communicate with patients or victims and their families. They are promoting a campaign known as ICE: In Case of Emergency. Under the name ICE, contact and medical information that can be kept in a wallet, carried in a backpack, or entered in a cellphone becomes a key tool for Vancouver first responders. “Making contacts available using ICE not only helps us, but can help save lives,” said Captain Gabe Roder with the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services in a news release. ICE was developed in 2005 by a United Kingdom paramedic who found that most accident victims had cellphones, but first responders didn’t know which number to call if the patient was unable to communicate. The idea spread internationally and has been endorsed by cities such as New York and by the international association of paramedics. Police and emergency responders strongly believe that a multicultural city such as Vancouver will be well served by ICE. Police will distribute wallet-size information cards to schools and to agencies that work with the homeless.

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Making Time for Fitness: Not as hard as you think

BY D EAN A L A N C A ST E R CO NT R I B U T I N G W RI T E R

Remember when you had to come up with reasons not to exercise? You didn’t have your favourite running shoes, socks or hair elastic; you were tired of the music mix on your iPod; you thought you felt a sniffle coming on; or frankly, you just didn’t feel like it. But, as impossible as it seems, there are ways to add fitness back into your busy life, it simply requires flexibility and a bit of determination.

1. Set reasonable goals.

Studies show that a little bit of exercise every day — even 30 minutes — helps to improve cardiovascular health, offer some measure of protection against Alzheimer‘s disease, control blood-sugar levels in diabetes and stave off some cancers. But if 30 minutes a day is too daunting to begin with, start with less. Don’t let the notion that you must do all or nothing throw you off track. Aim to exercise two to three times a week, and add more sessions as you find ways to fit it in.

ple is 4 to 5 p.m.; strength and endurance are greater in the afternoon and injuries are the least likely. Even if you can’t make it to the gym or a yoga class until after dinner, don’t fret. One recent study showed that vigorous exercise even half an hour before bedtime did not affect sleep.

3. Keep it short and intense.

In March, new research from scientists at McMaster University was published in The Journal of Physiology showing that short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) is a time-efficient but safe alternative to traditional types of exercise. HIT means doing a number of short bursts of intense exercise with short recovery breaks in between.

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4. Find exercise that’s convenient.

2. Be ﬂexible with your workout schedule.

Many fitness trainers recommend working out first thing. Morning exercisers are more consistent; getting it out of the way early means you’re less likely to be sidetracked by that busy schedule. Studies show the optimal time to exercise is when body temperature is at its highest, which, for most peo-

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Don’t join that fancy gym across town… you’ll never go. Instead, sign up for spin or Pilates classes at your nearest recreation centre; seek out the yoga studio closest to your home or work; or hire a trainer that will come to you. Lower Mainland company, Fitness on the Go (fitnessonthego.ca), sends their trainers and equipment out to clients’ homes or work. There is something that will work for you, and if you like it, you’ll do it. So find a workout that’s convenient and that you enjoy, and make a promise to yourself that you’ll stick with it.

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Fast Food: Fresh and fab

BY HELEN PETERSON

Fortunately, we are blessed with many fully-stocked grocery stores that have not only organic and natural products you can take home and prepare yourself, but “food on the fly” has really taken off, and their deli delights are available in abundance. Stores like Choices Market and Whole Foods have been offering healthy options for years. The new Save-On Foods at 7th and Cambie offers great fare, and the Whole Foods across the street is a delicatessen / salad bar / hot foods mecca. There’s almost nothing you won’t find there (including plenty of seating), and with packaging that’s enviro-friendly, it feels good to do take-out again. On the East Side, nestled between Knight and Victoria, you’ll discover Famous Foods, where the deli has been expanded and offers even more options for people in a rush, or who simply want to eat better. If you’ve got dietary needs, then this is the place, as vegan and vegetarian offerings abound; they also have a large selection of gluten-free items for those with intolerance or Celiac disease. The meat department handles special requests, and you can easily get meat that is organic or non-medicated. Bison, wild boar, local lamb and fresh fish are real go-to items at this family-run business. Check out Famous Foods at 1595 Kingsway St.

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An apple a day… Well, that can get boring fast, so why not try a fruit of a different species? Kin’s Farm Market, which recently opened a new location inside Meinhardt’s on Arbutus at 16th, recommends stone fruits, which include summery peaches, sweet nectarines, golden apricots, deep purple plums and juicy red cherries. Besides their delicious flavour, these fruits offer health benefits. Peaches and nectarines, for example, are good sources of lycopene and lutein. These phytochemicals are especially beneficial in aiding the prevention of heart disease, macular degeneration and cancer. Visit the store for fresh deli goodness, and don’t forget your fruit for dessert!

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• Regular sugary pop. Diet pops and vitamin waters containing aspartame or maltitol, a sugar alcohol used as a sugar substitute

• Cliff Bars and other power bars, plus protein bars (Body Break) - nutritious but may contain a lot of carbs and calories (hence the ‘energy bar’ nickname).

• Five-Alive beverage - looks fruity, but is only 10% real juice

• ReBar, a really thick, chewy fruit leather; contains lots of good veggies and fruit, but is pricey • Vel bars (Canadian made – all natural, full of seeds, nuts and dried fruit) • Granola bars – though some can be fatty and hydrogenated, esp. the coated or crunchy variety. Read the ingredients and nutrition breakdown. • Regular peanuts or almonds (no hydrogenated coatings), but watch the sodium counts • Hostess / Frito-Lay Sun Chips (lower in fat) • Rold Gold Pretzels (not great, but better than chips!) • Minute Maid or Sun Rype orange, apple and grapefruit juice - preferable to soda pop, but does have calories from the sugar content.

• All chocolate bars and candy and most chips. Sorry!

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Varicose veins can do more than make it uncomfortable to wear a bathing suit in public.

Essentially backlogs of blood within blood vessels, varicose veins can cause pain and even bleeding. Clusters of cells come together in the human body to form valves within blood vessels. Think of them as nature’s own backflow preventers. But when the valves don’t work, blood pools in the vessel and you’ve got varicose veins. It can be time to see the medical equivalent of a plumber. “When you have valves that don’t work, you get back pressure along the leg,” explained Dr. Peter Fry, of Langley’s West Coast Vein Clinic. A vein specialist, Fry has spent many years in medicine, taking him from the era when varicose veins were stripped out in a painful

An ultrasound machine shows proper blood flow in red and blood reflux (backflow) in blue.

process to the modern era when medical foam and lasers can be used to close off non-functioning blood vessels. So what causes varicose veining? “Pregnancy is a big thing,” Fry explained. “Standing is another. More women than men get varicose veins. “When men get it, there’s usually a hereditary issue,” Fry explained. Most people have (or know someone who has) spider veining. That’s when blood cells are caught in the small vessels near the surface of the skin. Spider veins are typically cosmetic issue. Treatment for the cosmetic varicose veining is user pay and often done in doctor’s offices. It’s when the vessels bulge or become shiny or crust over (a sign that they could rupture and bleed) or cause other symptoms that people typically require medical attention. Symptoms to be concerned about include tired, heavy-feeling legs, leg pain from prolonged sitting or standing, swollen ankles at night, tingling, tiredness, burning or cramping in the legs or feet, discoloration of the skin, or open sores/ulcers on the legs. People should also be aware of family medical history. Using an ultrasound scanner, Fry can show patients the movement of blood through the lower-pressure vessels closer to the skin. (The

deeper vessels are high pressure, quickly moving blood around to the organs). The ultrasound helps him determine the best course of treatment. Treatments have become more streamlined and less invasive in recent years compared to the days when surgical stripping was the method used. For more severe cases, surgery may be needed. A doctor goes in through the groin and disconnects the low pressure surface blood vessels where the varicosing veining has occurred from the higher pressure blood vessels. Variations include using a laser or a radiofrequency device to close off a particular vein. Treatment can also involve medication injected into the blood vessel to staunch the flow of blood through it. In foam schlerotherapy, foam is injected into some vessels. Doctors use the body’s own defence mechanism to help treat varicose veins. When the needle is inserted, it irritates the vessel, causing the valve to close. The injected fluid works by irritating the blood vessels for a short period of time. As the injected material is absorbed by the body, the sides of the vein stick together, no longer allowing blood into that area. While non-cosmetic schlerotherapy is

Dr. Peter Fry and other vascular specialists at West Coast Vein Clinic use a variety of treatments for varicose veins.

covered by the Medical Services Plan, wait times are long and many people opt to have the procedure done through clinics where the costs run $700-1,100. Fry noted that another option for large, non-cosmetic varicose veins is laser therapy to close off troublesome varicose veins. The procedure can be done in a doctor’s office, but is not covered by MSP at this time, despite being less invasive than surgery. Varicose veins will continue to be a problem for many people, particularly as the population ages, so it’s good to know that doctors are coming up with less invasive and less painful ways to treat this common problem with human “plumbing”.

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Finding the peace within us BY MIC H E L L E H OPK I N S CONT R I B U T I N G W RI T E R

When Dr. Susan Scott’s three-year-old son died of cancer, she was overcome with grief, lived on tranquilizers and became a workaholic.

“I never relaxed and I worried about everything,” said Scott, who at the time, in 1980, was a stay-at-home mother and was about to enter graduate school at the University of B.C. She began seeking answers to what life was all about and on what her life’s purpose was. “One day, I heard about the Inner Peace Movement and I decided to attend one of their lectures,” said Scott. “I learned not to deny what I was feeling and to show kindness and consideration for myself and to trust myself and my intuition.” Scott said she began to enjoy life again. That self-discovery led Scott to become an educator and an international lecturer for the Inner Peace Movement – a non-profit organization that offers talks and workshops to help people find fulfilment and happiness in everything they do. “I found my purpose in life and instead of going back to university, I felt my calling was in helping others discover how to feel better about themselves and life,” she said. Scott said that over the years, our parents and others teach us to put everybody else ahead of ourselves; that it is selfish to care for oneself first. “It’s not selfish to take care of you first, it’s actually self respect,” said Scott. “The selfish person never thinks about anyone else, but the person with self respect says, ‘If I take

care of myself first, then I can help you.’ “We need to have kindness and consideration for ourselves first before we can have it for others.” Scott said she likens this to how on airplanes, flight attendants tell you that if the oxygen masks come down, put your own on first and then help others around you. “It’s the same concept,” she added. During her lectures, which she has held throughout the Lower Mainland, Scott teaches the audience how to find their aura — the energy field that surrounds every living thing in the universe. “There are techniques to help people see their aura and that of others,” she said. Scott is quick to point out that the Inner Peace Movement is not a religion, nor a science, but an educational organization that aims to help people connect with their hunches, feelings and even communicate with their guardian angels. “I talk about guardian angels, or as other cultures call them, spirit guides, helpers or masters,” said Scott. “Everybody has one … we bring them with us when we are born and throughout our lives, if we listen, they will help us with every day decisions. “They are our source of help if we learn to relax and listen to that little voice.” What does she say to those naysayers, those who debunk the notion of guardian angels?

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Ohio museum honours Hollywood star Clark Gable Mitchell Smyth

Contributing writer CADIZ, Ohio—Gone With the Wind, released in 1939, is still one of the most popular films ever made, and there are lots of memories of it in this house at 138 Charleston St., for it was here that Clark Gable, who played the suave Rhett Butler, was born Feb. 1, 1901. Well, the building is his birthplace in a Tinseltown manner of speaking. The original house was razed in the 1960s, but three decades later local boosters started a fund and built an exact replica almost on the same spot (actually a few metres farther from the road, to conform with new building codes), opening it in 1998. The future “King of Hollywood,” who made 67 movies and won an Academy Award for 1934’s It Happened One Night, was “born” in the upstairs fiveroom apartment. This part of the house is now the Clark Gable Museum. The ground floor contains the offices of the Clark Gable Foundation, which runs the museum and a gift shop selling items connected with the actor’s career. Beverly Loevy, a volun-

teer guide, gives visitors tours, showing off the few original artifacts obtained by the museum. “This was Clark’s sled,” she says, pointing to a red, metrelong toboggan. Beside it is the crib where the infant William Clark Gable slept, and nearby is his cradle. The remainder of the furnishings are period pieces from the early 20th century. “We could not locate the original furniture,” says Loevy. One room is devoted to Carole Lombard, Gable’s third wife and considered by many biographers to have been the love of his life. Photos and newspaper clippings record her life and her untimely death, at 33, in 1942, soon after America entered the Second World War. She died in a plane crash while on a tour promoting U.S. war bonds. Shortly afterward, the grief-stricken Gable joined the U.S. Air Force and the museum has an exhibit covering this phase of his career. It tells how he rose to the rank of major and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for ﬂying bombing missions over Germany. Visitors view his medals and his aerial gunner’s wings.

And then there are his movies—made from 1931 to 1960—remembered here in stills, posters and artifacts from the sets. The last one was The Misfits, which was also Marilyn Monroe’s final film. Gable died soon after it, at 59, from a heart attack. In the garage—and, on

special occasions, outside— visitors can view Gable’s baby-blue 1954 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, customized with gold crests and special hubcaps. There’s also a walk of fame, with handprints in cement of Gable’s actor-colleagues who’ve visited the museum.

The house next door is now the Clark Gable B&B, run by the foundation. Its rooms are named after some of Gable’s movies. In the It Happened One Night room there are twin beds, separated by a sheet on a clothesline, recalling the scene in the movie where

Gable puts up “the walls of Jericho” between his bed and Claudette Colbert’s. For more information, visit the Clark Gable Foundation website at clarkgablefoundation.com. Mitchell Smyth is a member of the Meridian Writers’ Group.

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Kiss and Makeup’s Lisa Relling, Emilie Menzies and Heather Huntingford showcased their fall clothes at Club 560.

B.C. Sports Hall of Fame CEO Sue Grifﬁn welcomed hockey great Joe Sakic, the newest inductee, at the Banquet of Champions dinner.

Fred Models Alexander Matheson and Alana Bolton worked the catwalk at the Courier-sponsored FMA Vancouver Fashion Week.

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Arts Club artistic director Bill Millerd makes a cameo in the thriller Tear the Curtain!, a multimedia spectacle at The Stanley.

Athletic supporter: Hockey great Joe Sakic was among nine individuals and one team inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, where the class of 2010 was honoured by 1,100 guests at the Banquet of Champions Gala. Joining Sakic were Olympian Cheryl Gibson (swimming), Spence McTavish (rugby), Sean Millington (football) and Richard Peter (wheelchair basketball). Others honoured were Lorne Davies (all-round) and Jenny John (ﬁeld hockey), Ann Clark Ayres (athletics) and Greg Douglas (media). The 1994 Grey Cup champions B.C. Lions were cited in the team category. Progressive dinner: More than 400 aboriginal business and political leaders, as well as executives from the business community, were on hand for the eighth annual Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business dinner. Celebrating aboriginal business success, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo delivered the keynote address at the dinner recognizing companies, including BMO, ESS, Cameco and Sodexo, committed to building positive relations with aboriginal businesses, people and communities. Soul sisters: Soup Sisters founder Sharon Hapton opened her seventh location across the country. Once a month, volunteers pay $45 to participate in cooking classes that prepare hundreds of bowls of nutritious soup for women’s shelters. 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.

Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo with his wife, Nancy, delivered the keynote address at the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business Gala.

Nicole Grina and Julie Owen paid $45 for a cooking class and made soup for Kate Booth House, a shelter for women and children.

Sharon Hapton, ﬂanked by Bishop’s Andrea Carlson and Quince’s Andrea Jefferson, opened the Vancouver branch of Soup Sisters.

Polly Chen (centre) and staffers Dolruthai James and Nat Phoonupha welcomed guests to Urban Thai’s 10th anniversary celebrations.

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1. Following the “it’s so bad it’s good” axiom, SAY WHA?! Readings of Deliciously Rotten Writing features engaging locals putting their comedic spin on some of the most embarrassing and painfully earnest writing in print. Hosted by Teen Angst Poetry Night founder Sarah Bynoe (pictured), the monthly cringe-fest goes down Sept. 22, 8 p.m. at Cottage Bistro (4470 Main St. at 29th). More info at sarabynoe.com.

2. The third annual Accordion Noir Festival keeps on squeezing until Sept. 26. Shows include The Fugitives (pictured) and Mark Berube Sept. 22 at the WISE Hall, a Squeezebox Dance Party at the Grandview Legion Hall Sept. 24, and local “whisky rabbi” Geoff Berner blowing the roof off the Strathcona Ukrainian Hall Sept. 25. More info at accordionnoir.org.

3. The Arts Club Theatre Company and Centaur Theatre Company take on Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s tale of courage and madness. Co-creators Colin Heath and Peter Anderson (in the title role) re-imagine the classic work with masks, magic and mayhem. Performances run Sept. 23 to Oct. 23 at the Granville Island Stage. More info at artsclub.com or by calling 604-687-1644.

4. In case you missed this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival or just have problems letting go, the Picks of the Fringe remounts audience favourites at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre Sept. 23 to 26 for one last kick at the can. This year’s winners circle includes Wanderlust, Dr. Horrible: Sing Along Blog (pictured), hormone-addled 13, TJ Dawe’s Lucky 9, Freud vs. His Ego and Antoine Feval. For info, go to vancouverfringe.com.

kudos & kvetches 911’s a poke

Bad news, people whose over-reliance on modern technology has paradoxically turned them into glassy-eyed drones with the problem solving capacity of toast. According to a CBC News story, RCMP in B.C. are reminding people not to text message 911 during an emergency. To the surprise of no one over the age of 30, the province’s 911 system can’t receive or deliver text messages. That means, if you happen to ﬁnd yourself bleeding from multiple stab wounds outside a nightclub, texting “OMG, stabbed in gut. WTF? ROTFD. [rolling on the ﬂoor dying]” won’t help. You need to call 911 and talk to an actual person. “There is not a universal text number for 911 so if you are to text, it’s not going to go anywhere,” said Sandy Vogstad, of the RCMP’s communication centre. Presumably, the same common sense should apply to tweeting and updating your Facebook status to “mortally wounded.” Then again, at least your thousands of “friends” can comment on whether they “like” or “dislike” your imminent demise.

Twitter to the rescue

Bad news, future of human race. Good news, people of Haiti. According to the Associated Press, eBay is hosting a charity auction called TwitChange, where people who are delusional, narcissistic or charitable can bid to have celebrities follow them, retweet their posts or tweet their username on Twitter for three months. What fun. Now for the earnest part. “Money raised from the auction, which runs until Saturday, will go to aHomeInHaiti.org and its efforts to rebuild the Miriam Center, which is based in Haiti and houses and serves special-needs children.” “Celebrities” who Twitter users can bid on include Kim Kardashian, who’s famous for home videos of her having sex and her dedication to rebuilding Haiti; Khloe Kardashian, who’s famous for being the sister of someone famous and her dedication to rebuilding Haiti; Justin Bieber, whose dedication to rebuilding Haiti is only matched by his dedication to his hair and posing for pictures with Hooters waitresses; and Frankie Muniz, who we didn’t realize was an actor anymore, perhaps because of his dedication to rebuilding Haiti.

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Bad news, people who enjoy feeling their legs. According to the New York Times, Italian aircraft seat manufacturer Aviointeriors unveiled their new “standup” airplane seats last week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas trade show in California. Dubbed the “SkyRider,” the space-saving seat is being promoted as resembling a horse saddle and is designed for shorter haul ﬂights of two hours, give or take a few agonizing minutes. While most coach seats have 31 or 32 inches of pitch (the distance between seats), the SkyRider boasts a scant 23 inches or less of pitch. Already, European discount airline Ryanair hopes to win regulatory approval to put rows of the stand-up seats in rear sections of its planes. One assumes with a little ingenuity, they could probably ﬁt a handful of seats in the bathroom as well. All of this does not bode well for the jet-setting and leggy (read: husky, big-boned, more-to-love) members of K&K, whose size is only outweighed by their perverse levels of cheapness. Then again, it does beat Air Canada’s new rumoured seat design, which involves sitting on David Suzuki’s lap as he rambles on about purchasing carbon offsets.

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Originally from Montreal, Kwasi Thomas decided he’d had enough culture, cheap rent and sexy accents and hightailed it to Vancouver more than a year ago to hone his comedic chops. The standup comic performs Sept. 23 with Saturday Night Live’s Dean Edwards at Lafﬂines Comedy Club as part of Global ComedyFest. Thomas talked to the Courier about booze, the meaning of his name and why he doesn’t wear skinny jeans.

Kwasi Thomas is a great name. What’s the story behind it?

Thank you. My name is deﬁnitely a conversation starter. It originates from Ghana, but it’s a very popular name in Trinidad where my parents are from. It means “born on a Sunday.” The thing is I was born on a Monday, but my mom hated the name for that day, which is “Kuojo.”

2. Why did you leave Montreal?

Be it comedy or acting, for an English speaking act in Quebec there’s a glass ceiling. Most of us move to Toronto, but I didn’t want to leave myself the option of being so close to home just in case things don’t work out. The money and time I’ve spent relocating are some of the reasons I feel I have no choice but to succeed. Plus, in Toronto I’m just another black guy doing comedy. Out here, at the very least, I have a stand out effect. You know what I mean.

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about races or religions other than my own is absolutely acceptable and even well received as long as it’s clever and relatable; and funny, of course. Generally speaking, I ﬁnd West Coast comedy styles to be a little more internal. Like “something happened to me today, and this is what I thought was weird about it, and this is why I found it funny.” One style is not any better than the other, just more interactive.

Judging by the names of previous comedy shows that you’ve produced, The Drunken Show, The Drunken Show II: Menace 2 Sobriety and Return of the Drunken Masters, would it be accurate to say that you like the booze? Don’t forget The Drunken Show: B.C. Budz Edition coming in October at the Blarney Stone. I’m not a huge drinker, but I do like a good rum and coke now and again. The “drunken show” series was something my partner in crime Rodney Ramsey and I did once or twice a year to combine partying with our passion for comedy. Montrealers love their live entertainment almost as much as they love to get drunk, so why not combine the two?

Comedy clubs always seem to have the worst, corniest names. What are some of best and worst you’ve encountered?

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I perform at a venue in Victoria named Heckler’s. Now that’s just sweet. The worst name I’ve seen thus far is The Tragedy Barn in Kazakhstan. Am I lying? Am I?

7. What do you do to relax?

Defuse proximity mines, rebuild Haiti. I’m learning how to speak Hebrew and it’s really taking my mind off things.

8. What’s your favourite local restaurant?

Café Caribana on Third and Lonsdale in North Vancouver. The food is excellent, and the owners are such friendly people. I usually go for the prawn roti, or the butter chicken lunch special. Passionate love is made to my taste buds when I take a bite into either dish.

Is there a current fashion trend you wish would die a painful death?

Skinny jeans on tall skinny dudes. It makes them look like characters from A Nightmare Before Christmas. The Faux Pas Hawk can also burn in hell. Otherwise, I’m pretty “to each their own” as far as fashion goes.

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I was raised by black women... So yes. Nothing too serious though. —Michael Kissinger mkissinger@vancourier.com

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The night life. But not just the clubs and parties. I mean life at night. Thinking to myself at 1 a.m “I’m hungry” or “I’m sober” and not having to go to Alberta to do anything about it. Compared to Montreal, Vancouver has daytime activities down to a tee. I ﬁnd that it’s a very 9 to 5 city. However, Montreal comes alive at 5 p.m and stays alive until you have to work the next morning.

Standup comic and former Montrealer, Kwasi Thomas has been known photo Dan Toulgoet to combine comedy and alcohol.

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Electric Company’s latest explores inner workings of theatre

Breathtaking production overcomes Curtain’s convoluted storyline Tear the Curtain!

At The Stanley until Oct. 10 Tickets: 604.687.1644 www.artsclub.com Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

Tear the Curtain! Raise the bar! Opening night of this Electric Company Theatre extravaganza of sight and sound, written by Jonathon Young and Kevin Kerr, tossed the bar right over the top with its technological brilliance. Loosely based on the history of the Stanley Theatre, live action merges with fullscreen film; at times you see actors against a backdrop of filmed coverage of the same scene in close-up. Scratchy clips of 1920s and ’30s black-and-white silent films are background to scenes of an underground theatre company, The Empty Space. With David Roberts’ production design, it’s all breathtakingly, dazzlingly cohesive. The story revolves around two opposing groups of gangsters— one, headed by Patrick Dugan (Gerard Plunkett) who wants to build a live theatre on the Granville South site and the other, ruled by

Max Pamploni (Tom McBeath) who wants to erect a movie house on the same site. The talkies have arrived; Pamploni could open with Lillian Gish in The Swan. There’s money to be made, and he’s willing to kill to make it. The third faction is The Empty Space Society, anarchic followers of the surrealists, Antonin Artaud and European ﬁlmmakers. According to character Alex Braithwaite, a theatre critic, played by Jonathon Young, live theatre is increasingly irrelevant. But everything changes when Alex sees beautiful, seductive Mila Brook (Laura Mennell who moves with the slinky languor of the ﬁlm noir femme fatale) on stage. His world begins to unravel. A sinister stranger begins to stalk Alex—a stranger who turns out to be Electric Company Theatre invention Stanley Lee (James Fagan Tait), a brilliant actor who mysteriously disappeared some 20 years ago. Tear the Curtain! increasingly turns into what feels like a celebration of Artaud and his Theatre of Cruelty, the central notion of which is that theatre must move beyond words into action that

Jonathon Young, Laura Mennell (on screen), Dawn Petten and Scott Bellis (stage) appear in Tear the Curtain! startles and shocks the audience into a visceral response. By the end of Tear the Curtain!, however, it seems as if Alex sells out when he and girlfriend Mavis happily settle down with popcorn for The Swan at, where else, The Stanley. Composer Peter Allen’s score is chilling as the plot darkens and murder is in the air. Nancy Bryant’s costumes take us back to the ﬂapper days of the ’20s and ’30s with shapeless frocks, potty little

hats, trench coats and fedoras. It’s all exciting but more than a little overwhelming as the plot twists and turns, reality gets shifty and a now-crazed Braithwaite spouts a lot of theatre theory. Young, however, is marvelously in the moment even as he becomes possessed by Stanley Lee. Braithwaite’s girlfriend Mavis is played by the extraordinary Dawn Petten who shows once again how fabulously versatile she is.

We’ve seen her before as a bitchy dominatrix, but here she’s warm and sweet and a little bit naïve. It’s a tribute to all the actors, drawn from Vancouver’s finest stage and film personalities (including David Adams, Scott Bellis, Craig Erickson and Hiro Kanagawa) how easily they shift gears from stage to film—in this one show. McBeath, in particular, is frighteningly “real” in his filmed close-ups. Awed by director Kim Collier’s creativity, I was, however, lost more than once; the story seems unnecessarily convoluted. The Electric Company Theatre members (Collier, Young, Kerr and David Hudgins) are an intelligent bunch with loads of ideas and theories about how theatre works. The staging is undeniably breathtaking, but the story is eclipsed by the production. Nevertheless, commissioned by the Arts Club, this is an ambitious work, spectacularly realized by the production team including Brian Johnson, Ian Brodie, Miguel Nunes, Alex Craig and Michael Sider. Once again, the “Electricians” display unparalleled production prowess. joled@telus.net

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The Beast of Bottomless Lake screens at sci-ﬁ convention

Filmmakers honour late friend with monster movie State of the Arts

with Cheryl Rossi They made the film to honour their late actor and writer friend, Keith Provost, but The Beast of Bottomless Lake is anything but sentimental. It’s a comic romp about a ragtag team of scientists searching for the Ogopogo in Okanagan Lake. Beast will screen for the first time in the Lower Mainland at the 2010 Vancouver’s Convention of Science Fiction and Fantasy, or VCON, Oct. 2. After the screening, the film’s star, David Nykl, who also plays Dr. Zelenka in Stargate: Atlantis; writer, producer and actor Kennedy Goodkey; director, writer and producer Craig March and others involved in the movie will field questions from the audience. The legendary Ogopogo monster of Okanagan Lake had long compelled Provost, who grew up in Kelowna. In 1996, he brought his film idea to his friend Goodkey. They worked through various drafts and invited March to join their project in 2000. Tragedy struck in 2001 when the 40-yearold Provost slammed into a car door with his bike on West 16th Avenue and died a short time later from head injuries, even though he’d been wearing a helmet. After Provost’s death, friends were keen to complete the concept he had created. “There was a lot sentiment, let’s do this for Keith, when he died,” Goodkey said. “It was the wrong

Friends of Keith Provost completed the late actor and writer’s idea for a film about the search for the Ogopogo. The result is The Beast of Bottomless Lake, which screens at VCON, Oct. 2. energy at the wrong time.” In 2005, Goodkey read an article about the “stupid stuff” people successfully auction on eBay—“like a bottle with air that Angelina Jolie breathed and [the] Virgin Mary’s image on toast”— went for a cruise on his bike and realized that eBay could be a vehicle to help finance the film. So Goodkey and March founded Provost Pictures Ltd. Janet Baxter, Provost’s wife, pitched in money. They auctioned executive producing credits, product placements and a day on set as an extra for a song, but more importantly, gained widespread interest. Many of the cast and crew knew Provost, who Goodkey describes as an open, giving and encouraging man. But one of the composers, Phil Mahoney, offered his services early on because he had suffered his own traumatic bicycle accident. They paid “almost nobody,” in-

stead promising a percentage of any profits for those who put in more than a couple days of work, and since they made The Beast of Bottomless Lake on a shoestring, Goodkey expects they’ll soon be in the black. In Beast, Dr. Paul Moran, a cryptozoologist from the University of B.C. (one who searches for and studies animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the Loch Ness monster and sasquatch), leads a team of scientists, some of whom have only joined the quest to complete doctoral credits, to the Okanagan. The escapade starts with several laugh-out-loud moments as characters pull faces for the documentary film crew that’s along for the ride in a style similar to the TV show The Office. Anything that could go wrong goes wrong including loss of equipment, various accidents and a police incident, all to comic effect.

Insider references include a Provost Physics Endowment, a hard-ass Dean Baxter and a supposed punk band called The Juanabees, really the name of a comic theatre company that Goodkey toured Canada and the U.S. with for six years. It all culminates with a couple of twists and deep thoughts. Goodkey is no believer in the Ogopogo. In fact, he’s an active member of the Canadian scientiﬁc skepticism movement, perennial host of the local SkeptiCamp. Sometimes the skeptics he rubs shoulders with talk about the entertainment value of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, he says, but they also strive to educate the public on the value of vaccinations, science in the classroom and the efﬁcacy of various medical disciplines. “Lake monsters are the lowhanging fruit of the skeptical movement,” he said. Shot in 2007 and 2008, The Beast

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The UBC men’s soccer team sits atop the Canada West standings with a perfect start to the season, improving their record to 3-0-0 with three straight shut-out wins. In Alberta next weekend they’ll contend with 3-1-0 Calgary and 1-3-0 Lethbridge to maintain their undefeated record. On Saturday, the TBirds defeated the winless University of Victoria 2-0 at home after fourth-year defender Tyson Keam put up the ﬁrst goal with a penalty kick in the 23rd minute. Rookie forward Gagandeep Dosanjh netted the second goal of the game moments before halftime after a scramble inside the Vikes’ 18-yard box. UBC head coach Mike Mosher described Dosanjh as a quick, tricky and creative player. “He’s a fun player to watch,” he said.

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The battle for women’s field hockey supremacy takes shape next weekend when the undefeated T-Birds and Vikes, both 2-0, meet in Victoria. Last year UBC finished the season 10-2 and went 40-1 in the CIS championship to win the national title and bring home their 12th McCrae Cup. They’re fielding a significantly different team this season, in what is a major rebuilding year. Because of graduating seniors, injury and the Commonwealth Games, which is drawing on UBC’s deep roster, the T-Birds are without nine of their top 11 players. Playing with team Canada in Delhi next month are Robyn Pendleton, the 2009 CIS Championship MVP and Abigail Raye, the 2009 Rookie of the Year. Elise Milosevich, who led the four schools in the western conference with 11 goals last season, is pursuing graduate studies in Australia. But in their first double-header of the season this weekend in Calgary, the T-Birds came out ahead to sweep the Dinos. In the first match, Team B.C. forward Victoria Pearson netted two goals in her first game since knee surgery to lead the T-Birds to a 4-1 victory. In the second of the series, UBC shielded an onslaught of shots from the Dinos but national-team hopeful Bea Francisco was solid in net, clinching UBC a 1-0 win in the rain.

Tom Johnson, seven-time Olympic coach with the Canadian swim team, says UBC facilities are subpar.

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Coaches cringe at antiquated aquatic centre Megan Stewart Staff writer

The UBC Aquatic Centre is derided as an abysmal and potentially embarrassing facility that closes unpredictably and this May was considered too shallow to be safe for the U.S. youth team. Both the varsity coach and a Canadian national team coach say their university and elite international swimmers gain little competitive advantage from the pool. “The problem is we’re doing it in spite of the situation, not because of it,” said Tom Johnson, a seven-time Olympic coach who will travel to Delhi in October for his ninth Commonwealth Games. “When you’re looking for these kinds of increments—like hundreds of a second to win— sometimes better situations and conditions lend themselves toward ﬁnding that difference.” When the pool opened to the public in 1978, it met the requirements of the decade. The adjacent outdoor pool was state-of-the-art when it hosted the 1954 British Empire Games. Now, the six-lane pool is more than half a century out-of-date, suffers leaks and doesn’t measure a ﬂush 25 metres because it was built when a competitive lap was 55 yards. UBC athletic director Bob Philip said

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The UBC Aquatic Centre’s six-lane outdoor pool, which hosted the 1954 British Empire Games, doesn’t measure 25 metres because it was built when a competitive lap was 55 yards. the university has three years to decide if it will overhaul the aquatic centre or spend the money to build from scratch. The Thunderbirds host the Canada West university championships in January but the UBC varsity swim coach says they run the risk—albeit a small one—of postponing heats or final races for sudden unexpected maintenance. “We’re not sure we can host something of that nature without a hitch,” said Chad Webb, who led the UBC women’s team to a Canada West conference title and second place finish across Canada in his first season as head coach last year. He said it is a chance they will take. The biggest risk is pool closure, which Webb said has happened frequently this year because the tempera-

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ture fluctuates or water is not circulating and filtering properly. “If something does happen, it is a pretty big black mark against our university, against our facility. It would be embarrassing.” He worries the reputation of UBC athletics would suffer in its ability to draw top swimmers as future recruits. Jack Roach, the national youth team head coach for U.S.A. Swimming said the Mel Zajac meet held in May is “optimal” for his athletes. But when the UBC Aquatic Centre is set up for a long-course, 50-metre event, the shallow end where swimmers launch off start blocks is not deep enough for the team to secure insurance. “It does in fact shut down international competition in that particular facility,” he said. The U.S. competed at the meet for the first time in 2009 but Roach learned after arriving in Vancouver that the pool depth was inadequate. This May, he took the team to Barcelona. “Whether the U.S. is considered the best swimming country in the world or not, if you bring 97 elite-level athletes to any country for a meet, it’s going to attract competition from all over the world,” he said. “We would love to go back. It’s a shame we can’t go.” mstewart@vancourier.com

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As a city that brought the world to our downtown streets and mountain slopes for the Winter Olympics, perhaps we should have some sympathy for the organizers of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Except I don’t. They’re floundering on the international stage, down to the wire in building key sporting venues, such as the Athletes Village, and fielding accusations of shoddy construction, unhygienic conditions, lax security and even self-delusion on the part of the organizing committee. A British newspaper—the same outlet that slagged the Olympics Games hosted in this city—declared the Commonwealth Games risk descending into farce. On Tuesday in Delhi, a marquee footbridge near the main stadium collapsed, injuring at least 23 labourers, some of them seriously. Following this setback, Games officials offer assurances incomplete work will be finished within days and will somehow meet worldclass standards. Few take comfort in this promise, including Canadian delegates. Commonwealth Games

Canada formerly advised its delegation and the Delhi Organizing Committee of its doubts and “serious concern” about the state of the Athletes Village in particular. “We are deeply concerned that the condition of the residence facilities is not at all what we expected, not anything like what was promised,” Scott Stevenson, Canada’s director of sport for the Commonwealth Games, said in a news release yesterday. Plumbing, wiring, furnishings and Internet access are inadequate and heavy rains have not helped, he said, “But the current conditions are unacceptable.” Athletes begin to arrive Friday. If I have any sympathy, it’s for those athletes and coaches headed to India for the ﬁrst day of competition, which begins in two weeks on Oct. 3. • Two goals, two games Canada’s soccer team at the Homeless World Cup is not bringing home the gold, but despite two losses (including a 17-1 trouncing by Ireland and a 11-1 loss to Cambodia) they’re loving Brazil. Who wouldn’t? From the beach in Rio with a Courier newspaper: back row, from left: Patrick Holeman, Richard Mountain, Robert Milton, Jeremy Issak, Ian Waddell, Randy Comiso. In the front, from left: Peter Chow, Alan Bates, Kevin King, Sarah Blyth, Daniel Errey and Kailin See. • Free-wheeling lingo A sell-out crowd of 800 was on hand at the Richmond Oval yesterday for the opening tip-off between Canada and Great Britain at

the World Wheelchair Rugby Championships. Canada is ranked third in the world and will contend for gold against other powerhouse nations like the U.S. and Australia. Watch live at sportscanada.tv. A significant aspect of the tournament is its gritty and slick advertising campaign sponsored by Coloplast, a maker of medical equipment. Produced by Square Wave Productions and filmed with the support of volunteers working in Vancouver’s film industry, three commercials feature Canadian wheelchair rugby stars Ian Chan, Trevor Hirschfield, Travis Murao and Garett Hickling. Titled “Push,” “Strap Up” and “Build Up,” the ads get at the physical heart of the dynamic, aggressive sport. The campaign also showcases the change in awareness about the language of wheelchair sport and how we speak about wheelchair athletes. Paralympic organizers encourage the use of certain words such as “ability” instead of “disability,” and reject superhuman attributes like courageous and references of victimization such as “crippled,” “suffering” and “handicapped.” These difference in language can present a serious paradigm shift for anyone who thinks a wheelchair athlete is limited, disabled or that she is “confined” to a wheelchair. On the flip side, a wheelchair provides access, mobility and opportunity—and the ability to smash into an opponent on the way to score. mstewart@vancourier.com

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C’s fans greet Blue Jay affiliation with shrugs and smiles Megan Stewart Staff writer

A four-year affiliation with the Toronto Blue Jays will draw new baseball fans to Nat Bailey Stadium, but those spectators will have to squeeze in beside Vancouverites who knew the Canadians as the Mounties or even the Capilanos in years past. The ballpark set an attendance record this year, bringing in more fans than ever before to watch the Canadians reach the playoffs for the first time in five years. Baseball devotee and Governor General Award-winning poet George Bowering says Blue Jay fans are welcome to check out Toronto prospects playing with the class-A C’s next season. His support remains with the team that takes to the

field at the Nat, regardless of affiliation. “You never got the sense in the last three or four years that the Oakland A’s were doing something for us. You always had the sense the Canadians were doing something for us,” he said. Bowering, who covered baseball for an Oliver weekly newspaper while growing up in the B.C. interior and now flaps his wings to the tune of “The Chicken Dance” with club owner Jeff Mooney, is not convinced an affiliation between Canada’s lone Major League and sole Minor League teams will suddenly cause the stadium to swell. “The wonderful thing about this ball park in the last couple of years is how much the local people have enjoyed it and how much it has improved with them in mind.”

Jake Kerr and Jeff Mooney purchased the franchise in 2007, inheriting a team that drew slightly less than 110,000 fans in the 2000 season. After an overall ballpark facelift, this summer 50,000 more fans pushed through the front gates than a decade earlier. Derek Leung is a 22-year-old Jays fan who has attended about 10 C’s games since his family moved from Toronto five year ago. With the new affiliation, he anticipates he’ll go to at least as many games next season alone. “I’ll want to see the prospects a few years earlier. It will have some meaning,” he said. Pat Karl can’t openly admit to being a C’s fan when he’s at Nat Bailey. Professional standards prevent the official scorekeeper from flashing his allegiance by cheer-

ing for the runs he marks on the scoreboard. Karl, a former radio reporter whose voice was also heard introducing at-bats over the public address system for a decade, wears the face of a neutral observer while quietly supporting the team he’s followed since the 1950s when the stadium, league and franchise were known by other names. The Canadian connection will bring a certain national pride and Karl also hopes to see top-round draft picks sent to Vancouver where they can develop in front of local fans before stepping up to the major league. “Let’s put it this way,” he said. “I can’t see any drawbacks of working with Toronto but I can certainly see many advantages.” mstewart@vancourier.com

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Post secondary education is expensive, but, with the highly competitive job market, it is an expense we cannot spare. Self directed learning offers a means of gaining that competitive edge without losing out on the ability to maintain a job, family, or household in the meantime. Advantages of an online education are numerous and include affordability, convenience, no additional accommodation costs, no transportation costs, as well as the invaluable confidence and sense of accomplishment acquired through a self-initiated education journey. Aside from these benefits, students that study through distance education have a greater feeling of success…and with good reason! Taking your future into your own hands is an indication of motivation and discipline. Employers realize the commitment it takes to independently keep up with assignments and tests without constant classroom supervision. The ability to self-motivate is an asset in any workplace, and this skill is in high demand on a resume and on the job. It’s no longer necessary to choose between going to school and going to work. With online education, you are able to do both without having to sacrifice your lifestyle or your pay check so get online and get on track today!

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Find That Dream Job Whether you’re unemployed or working but entertaining thoughts of moving on, finding a new job is an involved process that takes lots of commitment and hard work. Sifting through job openings can be akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Searching through that proverbial haystack, however, is even more difficult when you’re forced to compete against hundreds of others doing exactly the same. But finding a job, and doing so quickly, doesn’t need to be so difficult. The following tips should help put down on the trials and tribulations of looking for work.

• Know what you have to offer. Examine your strengths and work on communicating those strengths. Effectively explaining what you do best is your best chance of landing that dream job, so practice illustrating how your skills apply to each position you’re seeking and how those skills can beneﬁt the company.

• Customize your letters and resumes. No two jobs are the same, so no two sets of cover letters and resumes should be the same, either. Tailor each letter and resume to the specific job you’re applying • Do some networking. Recognizing you’re not the to. In particular, cover letters should emphasize only one looking for a job is essential to finding one specific skills that might apply to each job. Save all you really want. Recruiters’ inboxes are overflowing cover letters and resumes under different filenames with the resumes of potential as well, as you’ll want extra applicants, so you need an edge. copies of each should you be Where most job seekers find “Keep working hard and granted an interview. you’ll find that, in due the most success is through time, opportunity will word-ofmouth. Family, friends, •Staymotivated.Particularly come knocking. ” former coworkers or anyone else if you’re unemployed or you have regular contact with working part-time until you outside of your current office can all be great sources can get back into your field, the process of looking of information when looking for a job. for a job can be defeating. Tales of finding a job early on in the process do exist, but more often • Stay organized. Keep track of your job-searching than not the process requires sending out plenty efforts. Finding a job can be a drawn out process, as of resumes and dealing with lots of rejection. It’s a recruiters typically must sift through large applicant process that everyone goes through, not just you. pools before setting up any interviews. Keep a separate Keep working hard and you’ll find that, in due time, file on all jobs you’ve applied to, complete with a job opportunity will come knocking. Following all of description and copy of the cover letter and resume these tips will make sure that once that knock does you sent to that particular job. Keep these files easily come, you’ll be prepared to answer the call. accessible and organized, as you never know when you might be contacted by a prospective employer.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Michelle Louvain Swanney also known as Michelle Swanney and Michelle L. Swanney, Deceased, late of 201 - 2298 McBain Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6L 3B1, who died on April 5, 2010, at Vancouver, British Columbia, are hereby required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned at 510 - 1040 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4H1, on or before October 22, 2010, after which the Executors will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the Executors then have notice. Carolyn M. Coleclough, solicitor for Gail Maltby and Don Farrell, Executors for the Estate NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA JOAN FORBES, DECEASED All persons having claims against the above estate are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor, at 27 – 4940 No. 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 3A5, on or before the 26th day of November, 2010, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have then been received. Donald Ivor Jeffery Executor CLARK WILSON LLP Solicitors

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Cleaning

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8060

8075

Concrete

Move In - Out Cleaning & Steam Carpet Cleaning

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

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8060

Concrete

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

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

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 All Concrete/Asphalt Removal Disposal incls Quality Guaranteed, Free Estimates. Comm/ Res. 604-540-6567

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

8070

Doors

8073

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

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

604-916-7729 JEFF

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

8080

ALL GARAGE DOORS - install new door & opener, spring repair, door removal etc 604-719-1837

Drainage

Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-739-2000 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Call Tobias 604 782-4322 Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

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Drywall

Electrical

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

Max: 604-341-6059 Licensed & Bonded

Lic. 22308

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

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

RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

2 BED 2 full bath. New kitchen & appliances. Insuite laundry. 2 parking stalls. 4 blks. to sea bus in N. Van. pets ok $1600 Oct. 1 778-340-0657

6508

Apt/Condos

GEORGIAN TOWERS 1450 WEST GEORGIA ST.

1 & 2 bedrooms starting from $1150

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

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2 BR 3150 Prince Edward Ave, 840 sf, 2 balconies, prkg, 3 appls, 1 yr lease, $1400 + hydro. Oct 1 or later, ns np 604-224-3580

6508

Apt/Condos

BACH & 1 BR, nicely done, cls to shop & transit, secured, incls heat, h/w, prkg, Start @ $675. 604-325-1385 www.remirealty.ca BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR avail. Rates from $825. Call 604-327-9419.

6540

Houses - Rent

STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M VANCOUVER - 558 Taylor St, 1 bdrm + den, 2 level TOWNHOME, nr GM Place & Costco…$1,288/M CLOVERDALE - 6965-192nd St, 6 bdrms, 5 baths, NEW HOUSE, 3 suites equal BIG income, new appliances, gas f/p. ......$2,688/M

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Co-ops

WIT’S END HOUSING CO-OP 1592 S.W. Marine Dr, Vanc. Now accepting applications for APTS; 2 BR - $916 & 4 BR $1165. By all amens. Sorry no dogs allowed. To apply please email: witsendcoop@shawbiz.ca

6540

ELECTRIC AVE Installations. Electrian lic# 99207, Res/comm, www.electric-ave.ca 604-215-0562 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Exp, friendly, reliable. Specializing in replacing old nob & tube wiring. Lic.#50084. 604-725-4535 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899 A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only. 604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319

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

Flooring/ Refinishing

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

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless 604-219-6944 We cover the HST

8120

Glass Mirrors

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

8125

Gutters

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

Flooring/ Refinishing

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

Houses - Rent

180° VIEWS 4 br, upper Delbrook 3300 sf. cul de sac, garage. priv, city/ocean views, 2 f/p, Avail Now. $2900. 518 Alpine Crt. Text or call 604-761-8529 or 604-617-7383 3 BDRM, 2 bath, upper ste. 1200 sqft, new paint, ldry, bright, ns, np, nr transit, school. $1500 + utils. 604-512-2336

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-15

South Burnaby

1 BR in 3 BR hse, nr Highgate Mall, Metrotown & skytrain, n/s, n/p, $550, Immed, 604-767-0503

6595-75

Vancouver West Side

MATURE FEMALE seeks same to share 2 br Penthouse Marpole, large priv. deck, smoker ok, now or Oct 1. $700. 604-266-4809

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6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BEDROOM & small den garden suite level. Ranger & Mt Royal. Includes Wifi, heat/hydro, N/S $875. Oct 1st 604-929-9880 2 BR bsmnt suite, near bus & Super Store. Avail Now. no pets, Between Fraser & Main St. incl utils, 604-324-7475 2 BR bsmt ste brand new, 1 bath, approx 800 sqft, own ldry, clean, bright, ns, np, nr transit, school. $1200 incl. 604-512-2336 2 BR bsmt suite, Kerrisdale, avail now, $1075, share wd, no smoking, no pets, on bus route, 604-943-1614 2 BR main flr, new reno, 800sf, nr Fraser & 47th, quiet area, $1250 + utils, laundry, n/s, n/p, Oct 1, 604-727-1372 or 778-887-0393 3 BR top flr. 1.5 bath, large family room, prkg, Boundary & Kingsway, share wd & hydro, ns, np, immed. $1800 604-432-7166 60TH & KNIGHT, 2 Br bsmt, n/s, n/p, Ref’s a must, suits quiet people, 1200 sf, avail Oct 1, $850 incl utils. 604-649-3525 BACH bsmt ste, Shaughnessy, single, mature, quiet person, N/S, cat ok, $650 incl utils. Shared coin w/d, Avail Oct 1. 604-738-8753 E 41ST & Inverness, 2Br, $885 incl hydro, gas. Grdn lvl, new home. Nov 1. 604-671-6828 (txt) EAST VAN. Fraserview. VIEW New. 1 BR grnd level ste, avail immed. $725/mo incls utls, ns, np. 604-537-6247, 604-321-3661

6615

Wanted To Rent

DEVOTED YOGA teacher looking for quiet lodging for dedicated writing and meditation. immed. Price neg. N/S. 604-781-7589

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

AQUATIC POOL & Conference room in W. Sechelt with ocean view, avail for Wellness Center, 3000 sf incls 2 changing rooms, full kitchen, sep laundry rm & furn 2 br avail too. 604-263-5138 www.urbanviewrentals.com AUTO DETAILING SHOP at Kingsway/Gilley, fully fncd,

604-767-0503, canadianauto@shaw.ca

8155

Landscaping

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

HEDGE REMOVAL, stump grinding, excavator, concrete removal, etc Steve 604-724-3670

NORTHLAND MASONRY. Rock, slate, brick, granite, pavers. 20 yrs exp on the N. Shore. No job to small.. Will 604-805-1582

SYKES LANDSCAPES - New lawns, paving stones, ret walls, fencing, outdoor kitchens - 604-454-4954

8160

Lawn & Garden

Fall Services

SAME DAY SERVICE “More than just mowing!”

Yard Clean-ups • Hedges Pruning • Gutters • Aeration Lawn Mowing Christmas Lights Rubbish Removal

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Residential, Strata, Commercial Gardens Designed, Installed, Maintained Trees/Hedges Installed, Pruned, Removed Retaining Walls, Patios, Pathways

604-737-0170

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Fall Lawn Special Lawn Care

. Core Aeration . Fall Fertilization . Lime Application

Clean-ups over-seed mowing

WCB

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

Handyperson

AaronR CONST Repairs & Renos, small repairs welcome. Insured, WCB, Licensed. 604-318-4390 aaronrconstruction.com DRAIN AND Plumbing maintenance. Small projects are welcomed..... 604-828-0899 EXP’D HANDYMAN offering all kinds of high quality affordable services. Call: 604-828-0899 Home/Business Improvements Reliable • Clean • Tidy. We love small jobs. Philip: 604-261-1700

Heating

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

8150

Kitchens/Baths

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing

8155

Landscaping

COMPLETE YARD Redevelopment. Jackhammer. Hedge Install, Removal and Trim. Returfing and Drainage. Call Tobias 604 782-4322

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

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

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

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AJK MOVING LTD.

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

garage, basement, backyard.

(604) 875-9072 873-5292

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

604-708-8850

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

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

ABBA MOVERS bsmt clean 1-4 ton Lic, ins’d from $35/hr, 2 men $45 day honest 26 yrs est 506-7576.

TOTAL LAWN CARE

AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement. Call 604-782-9511

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

EXPERIENCED & RELIABLE MOVERS 5 Ton Truck & 2 Men $55/hr. Apts, Houses, Offices We do it all! 24/7. 604-346-2416

604-347-7888 www.totallawn.ca

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

POPEYE’S MOVING Scott 604-377-2503

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8193 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

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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

For Free Estimates Call

JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming. Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126

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

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

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LUCKY METAL WORKS

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SMALL JOBS WELCOME! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127

8140

Home Services

Seniors Discount

LAWNS • GARDENS • TREES • SHRUBS EST.1994

604-723-2526

8130

8180

FREE ESTIMATES

ALLIANCE GUTTER cleaning, windows by hand/power washing 15 yrs exp. Call Steven

LOW COST maintenance free gutters, best price in town. 604-600-2554

Masonry

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

604-439-9417

Edgemont Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-420-4800

8175

Flourish Lawn Care Aeration, Fertilzation, Weeding, Over seed, Clean-ups. 604-255-LAWN

Free Estimates

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

8105

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

2 BR, corner ste, W.Georgia @ Bute Coal Harbour, new reno, w/d $1800. Avail now 604-922-4344

6510

Electrical

Serving West Side since 1987

STORMWORKS

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2004 HYUNDAI Sonata, immac, loaded, luxury version. only 69K, 6 mos warr. remaining, dark grey w/tinted rear, black leather int, 4 snows, 1 owner, paid $35,000, now $11,000 obo. 604-926-1206 2004 SUBARU WRX 4 dr sedan, std, red, 1 owner, full service, only 57k Kms, only serious enquires. $18,650. 778-340-0212 2005 HYUNDAI Accent GREAT cond. Red,auto,2drs,hatchback. 1 owner/all papers.No accidents. 60,000kms $7000 778-628-0059

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Tree Services

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1992 TOYOTA Landcruiser, 4x4, right hand drive, 196K km, seats 7, diesel / biodiesel, new tires & shocks, great shape, North Vancouver. $9,500 nego. 778-838-1637

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2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe $12,500. Auto, dark blue, PWR Locks/Windows, heated mirrors, digital dash, 4 new tires, new brakes. Honda Serviced. NO Accidents. 100k. Great on gas, +extras. Coq. ★ 604-868-3128

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Delays plague probe into police beating of East Side man Yao-Wei Wu suffered serious injuries after VPD constables beat him outside his home Mike Howell Staff writer

The Delta Police Department has been granted a second extension into its probe of two Vancouver police officers who beat an East Side man in a case of so-called mistaken identity in January.

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WHAT IS IT? A neighbourhood festivity to kick off the fall season! WHEN IS IT? Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 WHERE IS IT? Dunbar Street, from West 16th to West 41st Ave. Dunbar Village Harvest Festival runs from 11am – 3pm, and is hosted by the Dunbar Village Business Association. Join your neighbours for a vibrant street festival along Dunbar from W. 16th to W. 41st and W. 41st to Collingwood. A vintage trolley bus will whisk you up and down Dunbar to three street festival locations offering live music, family-style entertainment, Backyard Bounty Farmers Market, Car Show, Pumpkin Growing Contest, merchant participation, games, art vendors and more! Organizers have added some new attractions to ensure that there will be something for everyone. Food is always a draw, and you can visit IGA Marketplace for their corn roast; a lemonade stand will refresh; Stong’s has their annual hot dog BBQ; other restaurants and cafes will be offering specials this Saturday.

Stong’sMarket Celebrates Dunbar Harvest Festival

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Three stages (north by Tim Horton’s, Central by Shopper’s Drug Mart, and South by IGA Marketplace) will have non-stop fun, with Central featuring the popular kids’ bike decorating contest – judging begins at 10:45 am sharp. So kids, start getting those spoke decorations on now! Music fills the air with Ray Myers Band, Music with Marnie and the Rogue Messengers. You’ll be “dancing in the streets” this weekend!

Go to www.dunbarvillage.ca for a street map and details on all the happenings!

Best Wishes for another succcessful

Dunbar Harvest Festival!

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VANCOUVER – QUILCHENA 5640 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, V6N 1W7 Phone: 604.664.0748 Fax. 604.664.0750 colin.hansen.mla@leg.bc.ca

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community briefs Dine and bid

Gambado!, a beneﬁt for the Shooting Stars Foundation, happens Sept. 23. Shooting Stars supports agencies that provide direct services to people living with AIDS. Global TV’s Mark Madryga will host the event that in-

cludes a martini reception and auction preview at 5 p.m., a four-course gourmet dinner with wine pairings at Dockside Restaurant, Granville Island Hotel, at 7 p.m., and a live auction at Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St. at 8:30 p.m. Tickets to the din-

ner and auction are $175, and include a $50 tax receipt. Tickets to the auction are $20. For more information, see shootingstarsfoundation.org. Past beneﬁciaries include the B.C. Persons With AIDS Society, A Loving Spoonful, Wings Housing Society, Positive Women’s

Network, McLaren Housing Society, AIDS Vancouver, Western Canadian Pediatric AIDS Society, Dr. Peter Centre, ASIA, Portland Hotel LifeSkills Centre, Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, Youthco AIDS Society and Vancouver Friends For Life Society.

Dunbar for Pakistan ICE time

Dunbar backyard gardeners are organizing a one-day market Sept. 25 to showcase neighbourhood resilience and support ﬂood-stricken Pakistani families. Volunteers in the Dunbar neighbourhood are gathering home-grown produce to sell at the one-day “Backyard Bounty” farmer’s market. The group will donate the proceeds to the Red Cross in aid of Pakistani families affected by recent ﬂoods. The event is being held in connection with the second annual Harvest Festival sponsored by Dunbar businesses through their Business Improvement Association. The community market will be located on Dunbar Street at 18th Avenue and will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a Dunbar Transition Town display at the market. Browsers can meet friendly neighbourhood chickens and learn more about growing food and keeping hens in the city. Backyard gardeners who want to get involved either by donating produce or helping out should contact Helen Spiegelman as soon as possible at 604-731-8464 or at hspie@telus.net.

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Have an idea on how the city could become more green? Mayor Gregor Robertson wants to hear it. Building on the success of the “Talk Green to Us” campaign, Vancouverites are invited to participate in the online forum, www. talkgreentous.ca, to share ideas they want to put into action to help Vancouver become the greenest city in the world. The public can also visit the forum to vote on their favourite ideas. The authors of the most innovative and creative ideas with the most votes will be selected to pitch their ideas and receive feedback from a “prestigious panel of experts” facilitated by Robertson and Bill Richardson, host of CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and In Concert programs. “We are pleased to see so many innovative and entrepreneurial ideas from our citizens about how to green our city,” Robertson said in a release. Entries must be in by Sept. 25. Hosted by the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Public Space Network and the Simon Fraser University City Program, the panel event will take place at the SFU Woodward’s Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre. Poet laureate Brad Cran and musician Veda Hille will provide entertainment.

Feast return

The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre and Get Local are presenting the return of SUSTENANCE: Feasting on Art & Culture Festival. Get Local is a joint project by FarmFolk/CityFolk and the Vancouver Farmers Market. SUSTENANCE is a festival that celebrates food and the art it inspires. By reclaiming old traditions— eating locally, producing sustainably and celebrating the artistry of food—the festival looks at the past as the way of the future. Highlights include an opening night celebration with a special performance by ANU 8, Dinner and Dialogue: Five Courses of Conversation, interactive artist exhibitions, World Food Day workshops and the Real Beer Walking Tour. As well, learn about food preservation, join a chocolate workshop, shop the pocket market and take in the art installations at the Roundhouse. The festival takes place at the Roundhouse, located at the corner of Davie and Paciﬁc, beginning Oct. 8 and culminating on World Food Day, Oct. 16 with a full day of activities. For more information, go to roundhouse.ca.

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