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Tyee elementary parent Karen Cooper is fundraising to replace the school’s old playground.

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Twenty-four Vancouver schools have been warned they’ll lose their aging playgrounds by June 2012 for safety reasons, sending schools scrambling to raise tens of thousands of dollars for replacements. The pricey equipment can cost anywhere from $30,000 to $70,000—and even upwards of $100,000 depending on how elaborate the equipment. Parent groups, not the school board, are responsible for covering the bill. That troubles parent Karen Cooper, who’s on the parent advisory council for Tyee elementary, one of the schools that received a warning letter. The small

Montessori school at 3525 Dumfries St. is trying to raise $50,000 to replace its old wooden equipment. It’s holding a walkathon Nov. 25, a silent auction in the spring, and smaller fundraisers such as penny drives, in between. Some businesses have agreed to donate to the cause. Cooper is happy the VSB is addressing health and safety concerns by removing potentially dangerous playgrounds, but she questions the lack of warning and argues a ﬁve-year plan should be in place. “The VSB has slated the removals at the same time, and consequently, every school is struggling as they compete with one another for funding,” she said. See PARENT on page 4

Dunbar neighbourhood targeted by debit card scammers Victim says police aren’t doing enough to catch the thieves Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

After she was the victim of debit card fraud for the third time in a year, Tina Crouse sent an email to the 400 to 500 members of the Dunbar Neighbours listserv. Within 24 hours after Thanks-

giving weekend, she heard from 26 neighbours who’d also been victimized by debit card fraud. Crouse realized the fraud could be located within Dunbar when the debit cards of her daughter and two co-workers in the West Side community were compromised around the same

time as hers. They all use different banks. From all the information she’s collected, Crouse suspects cards are being skimmed at businesses on Dunbar between West 26th and 31st avenues. Her bank, TD, reimbursed the approximately $1,000 she

lost each time. But Crouse wonders why banks and the police aren’t doing more to catch the thieves. “If the police could put any time to this, it could be solved relatively quickly, I would guess. There’s just enough here to really get focused in fairly

rapidly,” Crouse said. “Who knows if it’s happening in other communities in Vancouver who don’t have a listserv.” Crouse phoned the Kerrisdale Oakridge Marpole Community Policing Centre last month but didn’t hear back. See COPS on page 4

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Continued from page 1 She ﬁled an Internet report with Vancouver police and says she was told her case wouldn’t be cross-referenced with other Dunbar cases. Crouse had been advised by TD not to launch a “witch hunt” among Dunbar merchants who may not be aware their machines have been compromised, perhaps only for a short time, by fraudsters. Thieves use data from the card’s magnetic strip to create a counterfeit card and use hidden pinhole cameras to capture a cardholder’s four-digit personal identiﬁcation number. Crouse said she’s long been diligent with choosing a non-obvious PIN and shields the keypad when she punches it in. Upon reviewing her bank statement last month, Dunbar resident Marjorie Schurman noticed $400 had been withdrawn from her account on the other side of town after she’d made purchases

at Dunbar and 16th and 26th avenues. She said Vancity swiftly reimbursed her, but Schurman worried the credit union’s loss would decrease its ability to fund good works in the community. The Vancouver Police Department and the communications ofﬁce for TD weren’t aware of a spike in debit card fraud in Dunbar at Thanksgiving. Karen Hoffmann, senior vice president of governance, risk and compliance for Vancity, also wasn’t aware of a spike, but said Vancity sees increased debit card fraud over long weekends. Const. Lindsey Houghton of the Vancouver police said banks take the lead role investigating debit card fraud. Many investigators are ex-police. But Houghton said victims should immediately report incidents to police because many merchants recycle their video surveillance tape within 24 hours. Hoffman didn’t know whether fraudsters hit Dunbar harder than

other areas. She said when Vancity increases vigilance against fraud in Vancouver, thieves concentrate on the suburbs. Vancity builds credit losses into its annual budget and Hoffmann said the credit union has met its targets to ensure 30 per cent of its net proﬁts are invested in the community. The Canadian Interac Association reports $142.3 million was lost to debit card fraud in 2009, up from $104.5 million in 2008 and $60 million in 2004. Chip card technology that makes debit cards much harder to copy is being rolled out. Magnetic strip transactions will no longer be accepted at bank machines starting in 2013 and at retail card readers in 2016. Andrew Addison, manager of media relations for the Canadian Bankers Association, said after chip card technology was introduced in Europe, fraud losses were reduced up to 80 per cent. crossi@vancourier.com

Tina Crouse (left) and her daughter have both been burned by photo Dan Toulgoet debit card fraudsters.

Parent believes VSB should cover replacements costs

Continued from page 1 The warning letters, sent in June, advised Bayview, Begbie, Britannia, Cook, Carleton, Cunningham, Douglas, Maquinna, Gordon, Grandview, Hastings, Hudson, Sexsmith, Norquay, Nelson, Selkirk, Maquinna annex, Queen Elizabeth annex, Renfrew, Shannon Park, Franklin, Grenfell, Van Horne, and Tyee elementary schools that their equipment would

by removed in anywhere from three months to two years, depending on the playground’s condition. Some of the 24 schools may have already purchased new equipment and some have more than one playground. Cooper believes the VSB should cover the cost of replacements and maintains schools shouldn’t have to feel as if they’re competing for amenities that beneﬁt

children. Tyee has a smaller student population than most schools, which makes fundraising more difﬁcult, she explained, adding the school also has to collect money to pay for costs associated with the specialized Montessori program. About a quarter of Tyee students are ESL, while 12 per cent have special needs. Cooper said research shows being active is impor-

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tant to children’s physical and emotional health and helps with concentration and their ability to learn. “By deciding to remove these playgrounds simultaneously, and by placing the task of funding and replacement on the families of the schools—some less equipped than others to organize and raise necessary funds—the VSB has essentially given up their responsibility for providing quality

education and appropriate learning environments for families throughout Vancouver,” she said. School board chair Patti Bacchus said the provincial government should fund playgrounds. “A safe and stimulating outdoor play area should be part of every elementary school and it’s a very cost-effective way to encourage kids to be active, not just on school days, but seven days a week” she

said. “At the moment there is no funding we can tap into other than pulling it from some other area, and in fact in the last round of budget cuts the support the VSB provided to install playgrounds was also cut, which is incredibly unfortunate and one of many difﬁcult decisions that were required to ﬁll the massive funding gap.” noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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Say it isn’t so, but the civic election campaign has begun. Never mind the fact it’s a year away. The November 2011 vote didn’t stop Vision Vancouver from dispatching an email release to your faithful scribe and other media types Saturday morning in what was a critical attack on its rivals, the NPA. The dispatch arrived barely half an hour into the NPA’s nomination meeting at the Croatian Cultural Centre, where the party’s only contest saw Melissa De Genova beat out Casey Crawford to become a candidate for park board. Jesse Johl, a Canada Post worker, and Bill McCreery, a retired architect and former Team park board commissioner, were acclaimed to run as city council candidates. Sophia Woo was acclaimed as a school board candidate. “The NPA is an organization that refuses to change,” said Ian Baillie, executive director of Vi-

Last weekend the NPA tapped Melissa De Genova for park board candidacy. sion Vancouver. “Two years ago [in the 2008 campaign], they handpicked their candidates. This time, they didn’t even have an allcandidates meeting, let alone vote for their council and school board candidates. What we’re seeing is the same old NPA—choosing candidates behind closed doors. It’s like something out of the 1950s.” For the record, Vision held a nomination contest in 2008 for all

its candidates, including the mayor’s position, which Gregor Robertson won over Raymond Louie. However, it should be noted that when Vision ran in 2005, with Jim Green as its mayoral candidate, the party didn’t hold a nomination contest. At the time, the spin from Vision was the party had recently been created after the bitter fallout with COPE and didn’t have

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time to hold a nomination contest. So candidates such as Louie, Tim Stevenson, George Chow, Heather Deal and Heather Harrison were all acclaimed. In Vision’s release, Baillie went after McCreery, saying he effectively acclaimed himself because he was an NPA board member. The NPA board vets its candidates before recommending them to either stand for nomina-

tion or become a candidate. I spoke to McCreery Monday about this apparent conﬂict but he told me he hasn’t been a board member since August. His name and photograph listed under board members on the party’s website was removed recently. So what does he think of Vision pointing out the lack of a nomination battle for council? “There were other people who were interested [in running] but one year is an awful long time to be campaigning, and I don’t think a lot of people want to be doing that,” said McCreery, who predicted a bigger turnout and competition for NPA seats in the party’s spring 2011 nomination meeting. “As a matter of fact, on Saturday, there was two or three people I hadn’t met before who came up to me and said they were seriously thinking about running in the spring.” After Saturday’s meeting, the NPA sent out its own press bumph but didn’t name Vision Vancouver. The closest the NPA came to dishing dirt was Johl’s vague quote, which read: “It’s time to stop preaching to the citizens of Vancouver, and involve them in the important decisions affecting our city’s future.” How’s that for rhetoric. One year to go, people. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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Free the Children co-founder Marc Kielburger may be more accustomed to screaming teens like those who attended the charitable organization’s recent rock concert-like We Day at Rogers Arena, but Monday night he settled for a relatively staid Vancouver School Board committee meeting. Kielburger appeared to tell the committee about the participation by Vancouver students in Free the Children projects. He asked for support for the 15-yearold group’s 2011 plans. Kielburger noted the Vancouver school district was the ﬁrst in B.C. to get involved in We Day—now 27 districts participate. Students and teachers from dozens of Vancouver schools attended the 2010 event in October. Participants commit to taking part in the yearlong We Schools in Action program, which involves raising money for local and international organizations and initiatives, ranging from food banks to the Free the Children’s Adopt-A-Village program in countries such as Kenya, China, Haiti, India, Sierra

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Free the Children co-founder Marc Kielburger spoke Monday photo Dan Toulgoet at the Vancouver School Board. Leone, Ecuador and Sri Lanka. Twenty-seven Vancouver schools have collected more than $50,000 for Adopt-A-Village, while 72 schools signed up for We Schools in Action for 2010/11. In 2009 and 2010, 10 schools raised donations for the food bank through Halloween for Hunger, thousands of volunteer hours were recorded and 29 schools participated in Vow of Silence in support of poor children across the globe.

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For the record, Vancouver Kingsway NDP MP Don Davies opposes school closures. Davies wasn’t mentioned among other city MPs in my recent cover story, Endangered Spaces. Davies called me up to let me know he’s also been “actively involved” in lobbying efforts. He’s written a letter that was included in the package to save Carleton elementary, he’s written a letter in support of McBride annex, and he spoke at one of the feedback sessions for McBride. NDP MP Libby Davies (Vancouver East) and Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh (Vancouver South) are also on record against school closures in their districts. Education is under provincial, not federal jurisdiction. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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Park board fires ‘green’ torpedo at historic Jericho Wharf

Last week the park board voted unanimously to demolish the Jericho Wharf, a long wood and concrete structure at Jericho Beach on the West Side. Built for the former Royal Canadian Air Force, the wharf’s exact construction date is unknown although archival evidence dates the wharf back to 1940. During the Second World War, Jericho Beach was home to an RCAF station, which launched coastline air patrols for Japanese submarines. During the Cold War, the wharf (160 metres long, 40 metres wide) helped connect personnel and equipment to amphibious aircraft. In the storied history of wartime installations, the Jericho Wharf barely registers. But in Vancouver, a city isolated from the great conﬂicts of the last century, it remains a proud symbol of a perilous and bygone era. And the park board torpedoed it. Why? Because a so-called “environmental report”—cast into the ever-blooming green cloud of environmental concern—said so.

After receiving the “report” last August, two park board commissioners, Green Party member Stuart Mackinnon and the NPA’s Ian Robertson, called for the wharf’s immediate destruction. The wharf’s old wooden pilings, they said, were contaminating the water. The media parroted this claim. But wait. A closer look at the report reveals its true nature. For starters, it’s not a report at all. It’s a three-page letter penned by Murray Manson, a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), who recommends the destruction of the wharf with extreme prejudice. Despite park board claims, Manson only speculates about contamination from creosote, a wood preservative. The DFO conducted no testing or evaluation of the habitat around Jericho Wharf. And most interestingly, according to Manson’s letter, the main problem with the wharf is not water contamination but shade during sunlight hours. “The shaded habitat beneath the wharf provides poor ﬁsh habitat conditions by impeding the

markhasiuk ability of visual feeders to locate prey,” writes Manson, noting local stocks of salmon, perch, herring and flounder. The wharf, he adds, forces “fish into deeper water, where they may be susceptible to increased predation rates.” (Remember, we’re talking about a 40-metre wide structure among hundreds of kilometres of B.C. coastline in English Bay and beyond. The wharf’s been “forcing” flounder into deeper water for more than 60 years.) Nevertheless, during a phone interview last Thursday, park board commissioner Mackinnon stood by his vote. “We now have information from the DFO,” he said, “that the wharf

is harming the environment.” But Manson’s letter was speculative. Is a little shade that big of a deal? “It’s just one more piece to the puzzle,” Mackinnon said. According to park board staff, demolition will cost roughly $2 million. Back in July 2008, the previous park board called for partial demolition while retaining a small portion of the wharf as a historical monument. The current park board dismissed this idea. A group of residents and heritage advocates sought to save the wharf by collecting nearly 800 signatures of support before last week’s vote. Yet Mackinnon remains unmoved. “I don’t think a cement slab sitting out on the water has much heritage value,” he said, noting the potential harm caused by other wharfs and piers. “We have to balance their usefulness to what effect they have on the environment.” Mackinnon’s fundamentalism epitomizes contemporary ecothought, particularly in a city run by Mayor Gregor Robertson,

a poster boy for the international green movement. But contrary to Mackinnon’s claims, a structure’s usefulness does not necessarily determine its value. Like most countries, Canada relies on artifacts to connect the present with the past. Defunct military sites, from Fort Langley in B.C. to Citadel Hill in Halifax, provide rare windows into our history. In post-Expo, post-Hong Kong Vancouver, relics of the past assume greater significance as Canadian history grows fainter. Apparently, sentimental nationalism means little to park board commissioners. By discarding the Jericho Wharf like so many recyclable soup cans, they reinforced their loyalty to the modern green movement—and the skittish flounder of English Bay. So demolish the wharf, if you must. But leave no trace behind. Collect every splinter and rusty nail, and fill its piling holes with hydraulic cement. Usurping culture requires vigilance and brutality. It’s a historical fact. mhasiuk@vancouier.com Twitter: @MarkHasiuk

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Burnaby’s long-serving mayor Derek Corrigan is not a fellow who backs down from a ﬁght, particularly when it’s with the provincial government. And he’ll be leading the charge this Friday when Metro Vancouver’s Board deals with a staff report on the funding for new TransLink projects over the next two years. TransLink is required to put its case in front of the Metro Council because it will have to raise its debt cap by about $1 billion. The bare minimum TransLink wants to build are two projects: the Evergreen Line serving the region’s northeast and the North Fraser Perimeter Road. A second option they’re considering in a supplemental plan called “Moving Forward” is more expensive and will include those two projects but will have more immediate and visible impact on the entire region. It includes rapid buses, local buses, upgraded stations and bike paths. According to a report to the Metro Board for Friday’s meeting, “this plan also contains broad-based funding envelopes for bus service enhancements on other corridors in the region, including those expecting to experience increased ridership demand as the U-Pass B.C. program gets adopted by post-secondary institutions around the region.” The reason the battle is with the province is simple enough. The province has given TransLink a number of funding sources but those have been tapped out; most of them are at their legislated maximums including fuel tax, parking sales tax, hydro levy and replacement tax. It’s generally agreed that raising the mon-

allengarr ey by increasing fares will drive people away from public transit. As for other sources, no one—including Victoria and the mayors in the region—is keen to reintroduce a vehicle levy. You may recall that was once approved by the region but ﬁnally dealt a deathblow by then-NDP premier Ujjal Dosanjh who hoped (in vain) to win votes from Fraser Valley car drivers. Now the only certain option being presented by the TransLink board and the province to raise the money is a property tax hike. No mayor, including Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson, is showing any appetite for that. Typically, senior levels of government expect to lure the regional mayors and their councils on side by dangling funds in front of them. Both the feds and the province have money on the table for the long-promised Evergreen Line.

The North Fraser Perimeter Road wasn’t even on the region’s priority list before Ottawa offered up a pile of infrastructure dough that has a limited shelf life. (It wouldn’t be the first time senior levels of government have hijacked regional transportation priorities. Remember the Canada Line leaped over the Evergreen Line to be ready for the Olympics.) As a further inducement to Metro’s council, TransLink says it will pay for the first of the two years of either option with surpluses from “operational efficiencies.” Add to that the fact that the relatively new Chair of the TransLink Mayor’s Committee, Langley’s Peter Fassbender, has a Memorandum of Understanding from the province that they will “consider” other sources of funding. But, as the Metro staff reports warn “in the absence of replacement revenue” from the province, it’s back to raising property tax. And with that, the staff report recommends rejecting TransLink’s proposals and suggests it reconsider seeking other sources of funding. A few months ago you could figure that approach would get nowhere. But as Corrigan notes, things are in flux in Victoria. With folks jostling to become the next premier, some alternative tax revenue may be shaken loose. There is, however, the possibility that, because of the power struggle now unfolding, Victoria will put this matter on hold. For those reasons and with deadlines on decisions close at hand, no one is betting how Friday’s meeting will turn out. agarr@vancourier.com

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‘Pie recipe’ plagiarism prompts online battle By now, many of you will have heard the hilarious and incredulous Internet tale of the “purloined pie recipe” that has spawned the Twitter hash tag #buthonestlymonica. It’s the outrageous story of blatant Internet plagiarism and the editor with a twisted take on copyright. Google “purloined pie recipe” and you’ll read about how a U.S. magazine called Cooks Source reprinted a six-year-old online article by Monica Gaudio, titled “A Tale of Two Tarts,” without asking for the author’s permission. This happens all the time, you say? Yes, but how often is difficult to pin down. Courier photos and stories are routinely republished to Facebook pages, blogs and websites without seeking our permission. We find out simply by stumbling on the material. (If it’s a commercial or promotional site, we’ll ask, politely but firmly, that it be removed.) The digital age has turned the act of cutting and pasting into a fine—if not morally ambiguous—art. It’s a slippery slope many people seem willing to go down—hoping perhaps nobody will notice. But really, how hard is it to attribute where you sourced your information or to ask a writer for permission to reprint? As Gaudio told the CBC’s Carol Auf recently, “It’s just wrong.” But what catapulted the “purloined pie recipe” into an infamous Internet phenomenon was the editor’s glorious response to Gaudio, who demanded a public apology and a donation of $130 to the Columbia School of Journalism. Cooks Source editor Judith Griggs honestly believed she’d done nothing wrong and suggested it should be Gaudio who pay her for improving her story. Gaudio was so flabbergasted by Griggs’ response, she tweeted it and it went viral (and the jokes haven’t stopped): “But honestly Monica, the web is considered ‘public domain’ and you should be happy we just didn’t ‘lift’ your whole article and put someone else’s name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me… ALWAYS for free.” Griggs might want to try a career in comedy.

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ﬁonahughes (Gaudio eventually received her apology and didn’t have to resort to legal tactics.) Closer to home is the story of Neatta Auttapong. She co-owns two local spas called Sabai Thai Spa. I wrote a staycation travel story on the spa, which was published in the Courier Nov. 12. She has also become a victim of Internet plagiarism, but with a lot less recourse—vengeful or otherwise—to correct the wrongdoing. She was horrified to discover that not long after the Courier story went online, websites for questionable massage establishments lifted parts of my story and pasted them onto theirs willy nilly. She forwarded me six links to the dubious websites and there, in black and white, are sections of my story. Neither my name nor the Courier is anywhere to be found, but Auttapong’s name is. The websites, which feature scantily clad girls offering “massages,” make it appear that she is the owner of these establishments, which all appear to be based in Beijing. Auttapong is naturally concerned about her spa’s reputation and that people will associate her spa with the Beijing outlets when doing an online search. Alfred Hermida, an associate professor at UBC’s School of Journalism who specializes in online media, says there’s almost no legal recourse open to Auttapong. “It would be so much easier [to solve] if it were in Canada, but when it’s transnational and these are shady operations… it becomes much harder,” he says. Even if she managed to shut down the nefarious websites, other sites would likely pop up, Hermida says. “You would end up playing a cat and mouse game,” he says. “Relegating [those websites] to the back pages of the Internet might be her best bet.” That’s done, he says, by creating a robust Internet presence—dominating search results, maintaining an active blog, and establishing profiles on professional platforms, such as LinkedIn and in social media, such as Twitter. “She could also hire someone who knows about all this,” Hermida suggests. And we thought the Internet would make our lives easier. fhughes@vancourier.com

According to one reader, “Movember” moustaches are for men only. To the editor: Re: “Kudo and Kvetches,” Nov. 19. To all the ladies out there complaining about the men growing stashes, get over it—it’s our business. We are doing it for an important cause,

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so get off our backs about it. To all the men out there, do it for the cause. And not what women want. Avrom Osipov, Vancouver

Point Grey bike lane plan ignores nearby lanes

To the editor: Re: “Former councillor peddles new bike lane plan,” Nov. 19. I am speechless. There is a good reason, Mr. Ladner, why there is no bike lane on Point Grey Road—it’s too narrow! There is a perfectly good bike route on West Third Avenue that would seem to suit the need. I strongly

object to what seems to be a willy nilly way we carve up the city with bike lanes. And I also agree with Ken Roed’s reader letter (same issue) that willful and wayward cyclists should not be holding the city hostage. I have to have a license to drive a vehicle. Are bicycles not vehicles? Enough said. Thomas Quigley, Vancouver

To the editor: I’m outraged that Peter Ladner’s proposal about a bike lane on Cornwall Avenue and Point Grey Road is even being discussed. There already is a designated bicycle route through Kitsilano—on First Avenue! Why don’t the cyclists use it? Pavel Sorokin, Vancouver

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School closures damage poor immigrant students opinion

To the editor: Re: “Class Notes,” Nov. 17. At school closure meetings I attended, I didn’t hear people “anthropomorphizing” schools. What I heard was people talking about the value of neighbourhood schools and the wonderful programs that have built up over the years to support students in a variety of ways. It’s rather simplistic to imagine that closing these schools will

simply add resources elsewhere. I am afraid you can’t just take years of work apart and assemble it somewhere else. When the population of students at these schools includes many new immigrant, aboriginal and poor students it’s fair to ask why Vancouver’s least resilient students should pay so the system can save a relatively small amount of money. Helesia Luke, Vancouver

Community garden grows healthy food awareness

To the editor: Re: “Adanac garden divides neighbours,” Nov. 12. I would like to set the record straight about the new Adanac Park community garden. The garden is neither exclusively for members of the Adanac Housing Co-operative, nor is not being developed or run by the housing co-op. A group of local residents, only some of whom live in the Adanac Housing Co-op, are creating the garden. The Adanac Park Community Garden Society that applied to the park board for approval of the garden has active members from three different townhouse complexes and other houses

around Adanac Park. In April, we delivered more than 600 ﬂyers door-to-door inviting interested neighbours to join our organization and help build the garden. We applaud the leadership of the park board and city council for encouraging healthy and positive community building activities in our local parks. Food security is an important beneﬁt. Our garden will provide people of all ages and backgrounds with the opportunity to learn and grow healthy organic foods together, while having fun and developing new friendships. Nancy McRitchie, spokesperson, Adanac Park Community Garden Society

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Ten years of breakfasts nets $1 million

Porridge for Parkinson’s raises bowls of research Soapbox Opinion from readers Marg Meikle

Guest columnist

rom their earliest beginnings ‘automobiles’ spawned laws attempting to address the dangers posed by drunk driving. In 1872, English law prescribed imprisonment as punishment for being drunk while driving a vehicle powered by a steam engine. According to Leonard Evans, the Cedric Hughes internationally renowned traffic safety expert, “the role of alcohol in traffic safety has produced more activity, literature, passion, and controversy than any other safety topic.” Perhaps nowhere on earth, recently, has such ‘activity, passion, and controversy’ been more closely interwoven and dramatically highlighted than here in British Columbia as the result of a crash on May 17, 2008 on a rural road on a sunny day in the late afternoon. Four-year-old Alexa Middelaer was feeding horses with her aunt at the side of the road when a speeding vehicle operated by a then 56-year-old driver ‘plowed into them.’ The child died in hospital, her aunt sustained serious injuries, and her grandparents waiting in their car parked on the road’s shoulder were also injured. After an extensive police investigation involving an intricate undercover operation aimed at extracting a confession about the amount of alcohol she had consumed prior to the crash, and a highly publicized trial, the driver was convicted in July 2010 of impaired driving and dangerous driving, and sentenced on November 12th to two-anda-half years imprisonment. The Middelaers have become highly respected and persuasive advocates for change: tougher rules to get drunk drivers out of their cars and off the road, more law enforcement, and stiffer penalties. The publicity took relatively quick effect. On September 20, 2010, new immediate roadside prohibition rules turned British Columbia into the toughest anti-drinking and driving jurisdiction in North America. While blowing over .05

could already result in an immediate 24-hour roadside suspension, the new rules added a host of more serious and costly consequences. BC’s then Solicitor General justified the new rules on the basis of statistics showing a rise in impaired driving and as necBarrister & Solicitor essary to achieve its goal, honouring Alexa Middelaer, of reducing alcohol-impaired driving fatalities by 35% by the end of 2013. Six weeks into the new regime and it appeared to be working. The media reported energized enforcement, the papers filled with debate and discussion, and British Columbians drank less alcohol in pubs and restaurants. Indeed, by early October the BC Restaurant and Food Association was already reporting business losses of anywhere from 10 to 40 percent. Then, on the day that sentencing hearing began for the driver in the Middlaer case, the new Solicitor General, Rich Coleman announced he was considering changes to the new rules to help mitigate some of their “unintended consequences” especially on BC’s bars and restaurants. One government official reportedly said, “… People don’t understand they can go in and have a couple of glasses of wine with dinner and still leave and be okay.” Comments have filled the papers and the internet like: ‘Out to lunch’, ‘Confusion reigns’, ‘What gives?’ and “Let’s vote in favour of life.” What is clear is that we have just witnessed a major and irreversible change in the rules of the road.

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How often do you get to give away $1 million on your front porch? I did that this past Sunday morning. In 1999, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I was 43 and my husband Noel and I had an 18-month old son, Mac. Rather than sit back to see what would happen, we decided to be proactive and help find a cure. We came up with a plan. Borrowing the idea from friends, in 2001 we launched a fundraiser we call Porridge for Parkinson’s. We bought steel cut oats, made a lot of coffee and invited friends over to share a bowl of porridge and make a donation toward finding a cure. The idea caught on. In fact, we called it a bowl movement. Our friends loved the annual event, Noel’s porridge recipe was exceptionally tasty (and people liked the scotch that was sometimes ladled on top.) There were sprinkles and chocolate chips for the younger visitors wary of this foreign substance. My mother made a fruit compote to enhance the experience. Mini muffins appeared. Friends donated items for a silent auction. Porridge for Parkinson’s was in full swing. Noel and I were determined that the money we raised would go directly to research. We selected the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre (PPRC) at UBC as research is their focus. We found out from them what we suspected—that the science is ahead of the money. That encouraged us to keep cooking. Over the past 10 years our event grew and so did the funds we raised. Our funds are raised through the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Institute (PPRI) and a few years ago friends helped us secure matching monies. The R. Howard Webster Foundation, Jeff McCord, Deux Mille Foundation, London Drugs Foundation, The Andrew

Mahon Foundation, The Meikle/MacDonald Family, John Norton and Dale and Joan Parker agreed to fund us. Their support turns every one dollar we receive at the breakfasts into three. That’s how this year the total money raised for research into Parkinson’s disease over the past 10 years has now exceeded $1 million. That’s a lot of porridge. PPRI and PPRC have used our money to create a professorship at UBC, known informally as the Porridge Professorship for Parkinson’s Research. Last year they selected Dr. Silke Cresswell as a staff neurologist and specialist in movement disorders. A few years ago our son Mac, who is apparently fond of alliterative names like we are, came up with Pennies for Parkinson’s in which he encourages our guests to bring their penny collections or piles of change from their dressers. Last year Pennies for Parkinson’s brought in $2,075, which was also matched. And the bowl movement has gone international. Over the years we’ve encouraged others to host their own porridge breakfasts. We know of 21 other parties in North America that have raised over half a million dollars for Parkinson’s research and societies. A porridge breakfast is cheap and it’s easy. If you would like to make use of this idea we have instructions and recipes on our website at porridgeforparkinsons. com. While you’re on our site, please consider making a donation to our cause. Parkinson’s disease is progressive and it’s nasty. I’m all for doing whatever we can to ﬁnd a cure. Marg Meikle is the former Answer Lady on CBC Radio and author of children’s books. Her most recent book is How Much Does Your Head Weigh?

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Granville Street was a hub of excitement during the 2010 Winter Games, which makes the photo Dan Toulgoet Olympics a contender yet again for Newsmaker of the Year.

Olympics left unintended legacies Editor’s Desk with Barry Link

Olympics as Newsmaker

Last week we announced our upcoming Vancouver Newsmaker of the Year issue to run Dec. 10. The five stories we’re considering for Newsmaker for 2010 are the Olympics, school closures, the bicycle, tower developments and the Wu beating. We’ll choose one as Newsmaker and explain why in our Dec. 10 issue. Our list of five finalists was tough to create. There were stories that easily could have made our list such as cuts to arts groups, laneway housing, the near-death of park board institutions like the Bloedel Conservatory, and major neighbourhood developments like Norquay. The five we choose represent the Vancouver stories we covered the most, and those that had the widest reach for our readers. A unanimous selection for the list in our newsroom was the Olympics. But it feels like a funny choice now because a mere nine months after the last pavilion was taken down, the Games feel like they happened in another lifetime. In February, Vancouverites surged through the streets in unheard of numbers and with unheard of friendliness. Flash forward to now, where we’re back to bickering about bike lanes and taxes and fighting for the last seat on the bus. We chose the Olympics as Newsmaker for 2009 because the leadup to the Games shook up our city: new recreational facilities, the Canada Line, the recruitment of an army of volunteers, and the voluble anxiety of civil rights activists worried about a security crackdown. As it turned out, the Games went pretty well. It wasn’t a boon to local businesses outside the downtown core. There was no real influx of international tourists.

We didn’t have enough snow. But worries about a security crackdown on citizens were unfounded (or perhaps those worries thwarted it). The athletic competition was stellar. Volunteers had the experience of a lifetime. Aided by sunshine, we had the biggest outdoor party in decades. So what happened? A great amount of public and private coin was spent on the Games, and yet we seem no richer. Or more interesting. City hall and civic institutions are preparing more cuts to services. Houses still cost too much. Local businesses struggle to keep their doors open and ﬁght a rear guard action against the HST. The premier, a frantic Games booster in February, is being hounded out of ofﬁce. And after hosting the biggest televised event on earth in 2010, we can’t even allocate a few street food vendor licences without mucking it up. Some legacy. It was the best party in decades for Vancouver. Looking at our current prospects, it’s likely our last for decades, which is why the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is a Newsmaker contender for 2010.

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Davis remembered

We note with sadness the passing of Vancouver historian and journalist Chuck Davis on Nov. 20. A remarkable man who helped define our historical memory of this city, Davis was the subject of our Oct. 1 feature “Vancouver’s storyteller” by contributing writer Jeremy Shepherd. Davis wrote to me to say he was thrilled with the piece, which you can find at vancourier.com. You can see Davis’ work for yourself at vancouverhistory.ca. According to the site, his final book of Vancouver history will be published next year. editor@vancourier.com

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Most of the ofﬁcers and staff moving to the new site will come from the VPD’s original headquarters at 312 Main St. photo Dan Toulgoet

Police department begins move into old VANOC digs Mike Howell Staff writer

The Vancouver Police Department began its move over the weekend to place about 700 officers and staff into the buildings once used by the organizing committee for the 2010 Winter Games near East First Avenue and Boundary Road. It’s the first phase of a move to the seven-storey tower and its annexes at 3585 Graveley St. Everything from pencils to guns to police cruisers is expected to be relocated by March 31, 2011 to the former VANOC buildings. “It’s a huge event to orchestrate,” said Deputy Chief Adam Palmer, noting some of the more sensitive material was already moved. “We had a whole operational plan in place where we had emergency response team members escorting the [information technology] stuff out there to make sure that nothing happened with all of our criminal records and organized crime files.” The bulk of the officers and staff moving to the new site will come from the VPD’s original headquarters at 312 Main St. and a smaller, nondescript building at 5 East Eighth Ave., which is home to the gang and vice squads. Leaving the Main Street headquarters marks an end of an area for the VPD, whose officers began working out of the station in 1954. It will be up to the city, which owns the building, to decide on its future and the building on East Eighth. “Whether it faces the wrecking ball or they do a few renovations or rent it out to somebody, it’s really up to them,” said Palmer, noting the original headquarters is in disrepair. “It’s not like a regular building [where people work] nine to five. You’ve had people in there 24 hours a day since 1954, so it’s got a lot of wear and tear on it.” About 70 beat officers are expected to remain in the Downtown Eastside and work out of an annex behind the Main Street

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The Vancouver Police Department is meeting with Telus to discuss the possibility of installing phones in the Downtown Eastside that can call only the 911 emergency response line, according to Police Chief Jim Chu. Chu said the initiative was prompted by a request from a resident of the Downtown Eastside who spoke at a public meeting Nov. 12 at the Carnegie community centre. The meeting was the second the VPD held in a month at the Carnegie as part of its campaign to end violence against women. “We have someone looking into how we can provide more phones for people to use in the Downtown Eastside, especially in the Main and Hastings area,” the chief told the Courier. The Downtown Eastside has very few payphones and many storeowners over the years have asked phone companies to remove them because the phones were used by drug dealers. It’s a problem Chu acknowledged but

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said the solution is having phones set up to call only 911. “Then that removes the possibility of drug dealers using them and no one wants to break [the phones] because they’re not going to have quarters in them,” said Chu, noting the VPD had a 911 phone installed outside its station at 312 Main St. several years ago for the public to use after hours. Chu wouldn’t speculate on how many 911 phones are needed or where they will be located until an ofﬁcer researching the idea learns more about the options available to the police department. Telus is the main provider of payphones in Vancouver, with Bell and smaller operators also in the same business. Shawn Hall, a Telus spokesperson, didn’t immediately know how many pay-

The VPD may want more 911 public phones similar to the phone outside the police station at 312 Main St. photo Dan Toulgoet phones the company operated in the Downtown Eastside. But Hall said the number of payphones has declined in the neighbourhood because of problems associated with drug dealing, prostitution and vandalism. A vandalized payphone costs $5,000 to replace, he said. “We know that in neighbour-

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Putting up, admiring and taking tours of Christmas and holiday lights is a favourite activity for a lot of our readers. So is taking pictures of them. We want to share your pictures online. Send us your pics of your holiday-decorated house, your neighbour’s house, all the houses on your street, a local business, or anything seasonal that’s bright and shiny and we’ll put it online in our photo galleries. Send them with a description of the location and anything interesting about the display to editor@vancourier. com with the subject line “Lights on.”

Musical comedy

The Peretz Centre and the Kol Halev Performance Ensemble present Hanukkah in

Chelm, Joan Stuchner’s new musical comedy featuring the original script, songs and choreography. In this fantastical fable, the villagers of Chelm try to get Hanukkah to last all year long instead of just eight days. Complications and hilarity—plus some tap dancing—ensue. The musical is at 2 p.m. at the Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash St., Nov. 28. Admission is $15, $10 for children under 13.

Kerrisdale Seniors Singers

Celebrate “Christmas around the World” with the Kerrisdale Seniors Singers. The concert is at 1:30 p.m., Dec 16 at the Kerrisdale Community Centre seniors wing at 42nd and West Boulevard. Admission is $1. For more information, contact Marilyn at 604-876-8666.

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Vancouver Men’s Chorus

West Point Grey United Church hosts a charity concert by the Vancouver Men’s Chorus from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Nov. 28. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the purchase of new socks in support of the foot care program operated out of the First United Church Mission in downtown Vancouver. The concert is at West Point Grey United Church, 4595 West Eighth Ave. For information, see www3. telus.net/wpguc/events.

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Vancouver bands are reviving the ’90s to help independent radio station CiTR resonate in the future. The University of B.C.-based radio station that provides alternative programming to Metro Vancouver listeners aims to raise $30,000 during its fifth annual Fundrive that culminates with a ’90s cover tune night, Nov. 25. Half the funds will be dedicated to digitizing the station’s extensive library of more than 32,000 CDs, 10,000 LPs and 4,000 seven inch records, many of them rare and local gems. “We’re concerned that eventually labels will stop servicing physical copies,” said Brenda Grunau, manager for the station that broadcasts on 101.9 FM. “We get about 200 CDs a week and we’re starting to get a lot of online submissions that we’re not able to handle at this point.” CiTR has purchased a 100-CD burner volunteers have dubbed Jack the Ripper. Grunau says the station has a student glued to a computer writing code so converted files can be appropriately tagged allowing DJs to find what they need quickly. She says all of the campus radio stations in the United States have digitized their libraries, as have other local radio stations. “The number of songs that they have in rotation every time, it’s something like 300 songs per week, whereas we rarely repeat a song in a week,” Grunau said. “So the amount of songs that we’ll be pulling from our library is far more extensive than another place.” Ben Lai, a longstanding CiTR volunteer, host of Thunderbird Radio Hell on 101.9 FM and the Shindig band competition, came up with the ’90s cover night at the Biltmore Cabaret with his friend Darren Susin, a musician. “We read somewhere that in New York or something they were doing an all-Pixies show, where all the bands would just

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davidicuswong “What am I doing? What am I thinking? What am I feeling?” In my life, meditation gongs include the ring of a telephone or the vibration of a pager, prompting me to be centred and to respond mindfully. Physical pain and other symptoms can serve as meditation gongs, raising our awareness of changes in our bodies. Strong emotions can also serve as meditation gongs. I call my own method of meditation, “Seven Questions, Seven Mantras.” The seven questions increase my awareness of my present state. They are a call to return to mindfulness. What am I feeling? What am I thinking? What am I doing? What am I saying? How am I relating? What do I see? Who am I? The seven mantras answer each question as an afﬁrmation of my ideals. Feel your breath. Think on peace. Walk in grace. Speak the truth. Express love. See beauty. Experience wonder. In upcoming columns, I will walk you through the seven steps. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a physician at PrimeCare Medical. His column appears regularly in this paper and his internet radio show, Positive Potential Medicine can be heard on pwrnradio.com. Next week: Feel your breath.

Are you ready for snow? It’s getting cold out there. And when the white stuff hits, the City of Vancouver wants to remind homeowners to shovel the sidewalks in front of their properties. In fact, all property owners and occupants are responsible for clearing snow and ice from the full width of sidewalks that surround their property by 10 a.m. on the morning after a snowfall, seven days a week. Those who fail to do so, as required by a city bylaw, may be fined or the city may clear the snow or ice from the sidewalk and bill the owners or occupants for costs incurred. This charge may include labour and materials as well as any administration, fringe benefits and overhead costs. If residents are incapable of clearing snow or are going to be away, the city urges people to find someone else to do the shovelling.

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On Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.., Banyen Books will hold a 40th birthday celebration at the Ridge Theatre with a special live “skype-in” with Ram Dass from Maui, a new short ﬁlm of Ram Dass, a rare screening of Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie and a book signing of Ram Dass’s new book Be Love Now by its co-author Rameshwar Das. Banyen Books, a spiritual book and music store at 3608 West 4th Ave., is a West Coast institution. Banyen Books’ owner Kolin Lymworth is turning the celebration into a fundraising

beneﬁt for Seva Canada’s sight restoration and blindness prevention programs in the developing world. Tickets are available at Banyen (604-737-8858), the Ridge box ofﬁce and on-line at festivalcinemas.ca.

Pennies for Uganda

Pennies 4 Change embraces the idea that a little can go a very long way. Collecting pennies and change to help orphans in East Africa, the Vancouver charity has already raised $1,500 in half a year. Pennies 4 Change is focused on preventing disease,

including malaria and jiggerflea larvae in Uganda. To raise funds, Pennies 4 Change is hosting an inaugural fundraiser Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. at Raw Canvas in Yaletown (1046 Hamilton St). $10. Live music, drumming and DJs round out the entertainment. Money raised will benefit orphaned children and pregnant women in Uganda. For more information, visit pennies4change.org.

The blaze of 1886

John Atkin will present his examination of the public record

and the accounts given of Vancouver’s great fire through collected oral histories. The civic historian has found three different accounts of the origin of the 1886 fire. The fire was described as “the fury of a furnace draft” and “the air was just one mass of fiery flame.” Atkin will bring unique insight and his meticulous research of an event that changed young Vancouver forever. The Vancouver Historical Society presents this free event at the Museum of Vancouver on Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Walley Centre (1100 Chestnut St).

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he holiday décor theme for homes this year is classic meets meaningful. Rather than your home looking like a big-box store exploded all over the interior, ﬁnding a theme that means a lot to your family, and will illicit oohs and aahs from visitors, is all the rage. It’s all about defining a theme, and incorporating a blend of homemade items (oneof-a-kind baubles and ornaments, baked goods, real boughs and eco-friendly lighting touches) to present a home that is warm, friendly and cozy. Looking for inspiration for your holiday décor this year? Look no further than the upcoming Homes for the Holidays tour. Proceeds will support the counselling services of Kids Help Phone (KHP), which is now in its 21st year. Prominent interior designers have partnered with local home décor retailers to create five distinctly themed holiday showcases. Raising funds for the organization takes effort, and as well as soliciting donations throughout the year, the Kids Help Phone’s local chapter is now in its the sixth year of presenting the Homes for the Holidays tour. As visitors step inside one of the five feature homes, they’ll see décor ideas and themes that will warm the heart, and will know that their ticket to see these delightfully presented abodes is helping a bigger cause. A committee of hard-working elves (a.k.a. the KHP board, event sponsors and volunteers), make it all happen, and they need your support. (All proceeds will support Kids Help Phone, Canada’s only toll-free, 24-hour, bilingual and anonymous professional phone and web counselling, referral and information service for children and youth.) Homes for the Holidays is a self-guided tour, and takes place Nov. 27 and 28, from 11 am to 4 pm. Tickets ($50) are available from retailers featured on the website, online or by calling 604-267-7057; www.kidshelpphone.ca. THE CLARKE LIVING ROOM’ DÉCOR IS SIMPLE, YET REFINED. ALL ‘HOMES’ PHOTOS BY: CLAUDETTE CARRACEDO.

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ne of the ﬁve homes featured on the Homes for the Holidays tour has something a little bit different to showcase to an eager public. The Clarke’s main residence consists of a 1920’s character home that has been completely upgraded and refurbished, while adhering to the heritage classic standards. But what’s more interesting is the fact that the Clarkes built a laneway house, from the ground up, which mirrors the main home. “Once the bylaws were in place for laneway homes, we decided to build one on our property, and it will be used as a guest house, or perhaps one day will be rented out as a furnished residence,” says homeowner Mandy Clarke. For tour guests, this means they not only get to see the beautiful decorations provided by 18 carat on Granville, Studio Designs, Flower Factory and Light ‘Em Up Lighting that adorn the

main house, but they’ll be able to walk along a lit path and explore the 545 square foot laneway house, a real treat. “Our theme for this year’s tour is called “Hot Coco,” says Clarke, meaning there is a bit of Chanel influence, while staying true to the tradition of natural greenery and simplistic, classic décor. “We’ve used a lot of silver, taupe and black, a carved reindeer head over the mantle and other natural elements,” she said. “Our Christmas tree will be outdoors, to light up the back yard as you make your way down a ‘Hansel and Gretel’ type of path to the laneway house.” “I welcome all Kids Help Phone supporters to our home this weekend, and we are so happy to be a part of this great fundraiser,” Clarke said. As well as her role as tour home hostess, Clarke was so excited to build her laneway home—she (as the saying goes) bought the company.Tandem Lanehouse Co. is officially… off the ground!

IT’S ORNAMENTAL!

ocated in downtown Vancouver, on the Plaza at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the Vancouver Christmas Market (www. vancouverchristmasmarket.com) will open on Wednesday, Nov. 24 and close Friday, Dec. 24. So much more than just a craft fair, this authentic German Christmas Market creates the perfect atmosphere for purchasing holiday related merchandise for the home and gift-giving, plus enjoy food and cultural activities.The romantic setting of the Christmas Market features its customary rows of little wooden huts, decorated in pine branches and strung with little white lights. One vendor, Käthe Wohlfahrt (www.wohlfahrt.com), is Germany's top Christmas ornament and decor company. The Käthe Wohlfahrt

company has 10 Christmas stores world-wide, among them the world famous "Weihnachtsdorf ”, the Christmas Village in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. A similar store will be built up at the Vancouver Christmas Market. Go to www. christmasfromgermany.com to pre-browse the ornaments.

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tion, using quality products and delivering professional service, while respecting your home, your time and your budget. Just in time for the holidays, the Guys can create the space you want! Their method: Step #1–The Purge: This is your opportunity to rid your space of anything you haven't used in the past three years (with exceptions for items with sentimental value that you just can't part with.) DCG will assist in ensuring that unwanted items make their way to local charities. Step #2–The Consult: A free consultation will guide you through this process with questions such as: "how many pairs of shoes do you have?" and "how much space are you willing to set aside for your husband?" Spaces are then measured to determine the best styles and finishes to suit your needs.

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Araxi’s sommelier Samantha Rahn and executive chef James Walt welcomed food and wine enthusiasts to their Big Guns Winemaker Dinner.

Sonya and Charlotte Wall’s newly established Fund for the Arts helped bring the 605 Collective’s dance pieces Hero & Heroine & Audible to the Cultch stage.

Fred Darcy Greiner’s smart molds and smart objects (available at Walrus) earned the Emily Carr student a ceramics exhibition at the Circle Craft Xmas Market.

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Actor Bruce Greenwood and singer Jane Mortifee were among 30 artists who took to the Stanley Theatre stage for the 25th Starry Night concert.

Mountain high: Drawing some of the region’s ﬁnest chefs, foodies and oenophiles, Whistler once again hosted Cornucopia, the ultimate food and wine extravaganza. A highlight on the Sea-to-Sky social calendar, Cornucopia attracted thousands who ascended Mount Olympics for the four-day, 50-event festival of wine seminars, winemaker dinners, tastings and sizzling after-parties. Executive chef James Walt and sommelier Samantha Rahn hosted Araxi’s Big Guns Winemakers Dinner. Golden moment: A partner to Variety: the Children’s Charity for the past 44 years, producing the Show of Hearts Telethon and raising a reported $160 million during that time, Global B.C. received The Golden Heart Community Achievement Award, with vice president Brett Manlove accepting the trophy at the black-tie celebration at the Hotel Vancouver. Philanthropy celebrated: 500 guests gathered at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the 13th National Philanthropy Day Luncheon, presented by Scotiabank and sponsored by the Vancouver Courier. Organized by the Vancouver Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Giving Hearts Awards were presented to Dr. Irving K Barber (Outstanding Philanthropist), Barbara Stewart (Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser), Zameer Devraj (Outstanding Youth Philanthropist) and Century Lands Group and Scotiabank (Outstanding Corporations). 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.

Drag sensation Carlotta Gurl headlined Pivot Legal Society CEO Peter Wrinch’s legal luau Passion for Justice at District 319.

Global B.C.’s Brett Manlove picked up the Golden Heart Community Achievement Award from Variety executive director Barbara Hislop.

Lorne Segal, president of Kingswood Properties, and Premier Gordon Campbell were among the notables at Variety: the Children’s Charity wingding.

Event chair Denise Meade and Scotiabank’s David Poole (right) feted award recipient Dr. Irving K. Barber at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon.

1. Art versus science. The left hemisphere versus the right hemisphere. Logic versus emotion. Things get heady in LINK Dance’s EXPERIMENTS: Where Logic and Emotion Collide, which interweaves movement, sound, video and lighting at the Scotiabank Dance Centre Nov. 25 to 27. More info at linkdance.ca. For tickets, go to ticketstonight.ca or call 604-684-2787. 2. Vancouver Island coal mining history, Cantonese opera and western drama get jiggy with it in Jade in the Coal Nov. 24 to Dec. 4 at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre. Written by Governor General’s Award winning author Paul Yee, directed by Heidi Specht, with an original score by Jin Zhang, the play also features a live six-piece Cantonese Opera. For tickets and info, go to theatre.ubc.ca and pangaea-arts.com or call 604-822-2678.

3. Vancouver TheatreSports improvises its way through the holiday season with Off-White Christmas Nov. 25 to Dec. 17 at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. Hot on the heels of The Improv Musical, Off-White Christmas also features, wait for it, a one-act improvised musical based on an audience member’s Christmas wish list. Can’t wait to hear how “Gaunch and Rye” sounds when my list is chosen. Tickets and info at vtsl.com or by calling 604-738-7013. 4. Arts Club Theatre Company presents The Patron Saint of Stanley Park Nov. 25 to Dec. 26 at the Revue Stage. Written by Hiro Kanagawa, the “magical holiday fable” tells the story of a mysterious vagabond who rescues two fatherless children on a stormy Christmas Eve and takes them to a fantastical world beneath Stanley Park’s Prospect Point. For tickets, call 604-687-1644 or go to artsclub.com.

kudos & kvetches Strange brew

You’ve enjoyed their increasingly meandering albums, you’re a fan of their documentary and you managed to get out of the house and see them in concert seven years ago before you had kids. Now you can enjoy Wilco the way they were destined to be… as a light roast coffee with notes of citron, juniper berry and vanilla. Yes, Chicago’s critically acclaimed purveyors of discerning dad rock now have their own line of coffee beans, courtesy of Intelligentsia. As pointed out by the peeps at the AV Club website, this isn’t the ﬁrst time consumers have been able to inject Wilco into their pale, desk job-softened bodies. Last March, a carb cartel of Toronto-based bread pushers launched the Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company Ltd., named after Wilco’s sixth album Sky Blue Sky, making, by all accounts, delicious-looking sandwiches named after Wilco songs, such as She’s a Jar, A Shot in the Arm and Casino Queen. Not to be outdone, California’s Lagunitas Brewing Co. released a springtime beer called Wilco Tango Foxtrot ale. Apparently, it doesn’t get you drunk as much as it makes you look like rumpled frontman Jeff

Tweedy the more you drink. As for the coffee, “Wilco Selects”—available for pre-order through the band’s online merch store, wilco.kungfustore.com— is Single Origin, Organic Ethiopia Sidama Homecho Waeno. We’re going to pretend we know what that means as we sip our Clover-brewed cup of Rwanda-Nyambumera. Like Wilco the band, we’re guessing Wilco the coffee goes down easy with an inoffensive smoothness and hint of experimentation masking out-and-out wankiness that customers will appreciate less and less as they get older while still claiming to be devoted fans. But with any luck, Wilco’s upcoming organic cotton Baby Snuggly and College Savings Fund program will be just what their aging fan base demands.

Got to celebrate it

Bad news, English language: In a blatant attempt to stay hip and relevant, the New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen a Twitter ﬂub issued by reality TV star Sarah Palin as its word of the year. “Refudiate” ﬁrst appeared on the Internet in July when the former Alaskan governor and Republican presidential running mate incoherently tweeted

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“Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.” After it was pointed out that “refudiate” wasn’t a word, Palin deleted the original message, posted a follow-up using “refute,” then tweeted: “‘Refudiate,’ ‘misunderestimate,’ ‘wee-wee’d up.’ English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!” Word up. According to the New York Times, Ammon Shea, a dictionary expert involved in this year’s voting process, said nominations for the award were based on various criteria, “including the amount of attention the word has received over the previous year and whether its usage has grown.” Which explains why other words in the running appear to be compiled by a gum-snapping think tank of perpetually uninterested 14-yearolds—words such as “retweet,” “webisode,” “crowdsourcing,” “gleek” and, sigh, “nom nom.” Sadly, K&K’s nominations for word of the year, including “penile hydra,” “free-range crotch chickens” and “bwanff” (the sound a Twinkie makes when you’re high and you hold it up to your ear and squish it), were once again overlooked.

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Charles Ross is not the droid you’re looking for. In fact, for the past 10 years the energetic Vancouverite has performed his One Man Star Wars Trilogy at fringe festivals, science fiction conventions, for five months off-Broadway and a week at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End, on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and in a galaxy far, far away, including New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. If performing more than 1,300 shows over the past decade wasn’t enough, Ross also does a One Man Lord of the Rings. And he’s married. Next week, Ross performs his 75minute Jedi mind trick at the Vogue Theatre Dec. 3. While enjoying a brief moment of downtime, Ross felt the force with the Courier and discussed the difficulty of Yoda, obsessive-compulsive behaviour and his desire to guzzle “liquid nerd.”

In the 10 years since you first embarked on your One Man Star Wars Trilogy, what’s changed about your performance?

I think the show is a lot smoother running, the jokes are more reﬁned, and it’s more fun than it was (mostly because it doesn’t feel like such hard work to perform).

Is it hard to strike a balance between honouring Star Wars and finding the unintentional humour in it?

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Sometimes it’s hard to maintain a balance with the show. My whole life is such a precarious balancing act. The great thing is that when I’m on stage doing Star Wars, it’s like I’m eight years old again. The kid inside me, who loved Star Wars so much, has a very positive effect on my attitude. I end up not tak-

is that Star Wars—whether we’re talking about in Asia, Europe, North America, wherever—was there far before me. I have a unifying point of reference that allows me to break through cultural differences and get right to the heart of the fun that Star Wars embodies.

I would think doing anything over and over again, for years, would get exhausting. Do you ever feel this way about One Man Star Wars?

Charles Ross brings his One Man Star Wars Trilogy to the Vogue Theatre Dec. 3. ing my career or any performance too seriously—I end up embracing the “play” of my play.

3. Are there any charac-

ters or lines you still have to rehearse?

My Yoda sucks—though over the years it’s become more of a profound suckiness. I don’t have to go over lines. Whenever I do, I start getting mixed up. Theatre is a lot like freefalling: you hope you’ll land on your feet safely rather than smash into the ground. Still, there’s something cathartic about falling on your face in front of a crowd.

What’s your caffeine intake before a show?

No caffeine, no drugs— except for Red Bull when I performed in Dubai. Just simple vocal warm-ups and stretching. If there was a drug like liquid nerd, you could be sure I’d be guzzling it. As it is, I guess I have all the nerd in me I can get.

Would it be accurate to say you have an obsessivecompulsive streak in you? Obsessive

compulsive!?

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Yes. Without a doubt. Guilty. OMSW and OMLOTR have just served as a practical application for my peculiarity.

Watching and performing Star Wars and Lord of the Rings incessantly doesn’t seem like a recipe for romance. How is your love life? Married—12 years with the same woman, who has let me travel across the world, put up with my nerdy-ness, and kept me sane throughout it all.

7. Having performed around

the world, have you noticed any cultural differences in audiences’ reactions? The U.K. has such a strong theatre tradition, I wondered if I actually would ﬁt in there, and it turns out that I do. The U.S. is just as fun as you could imagine to perform—people there really “know” what they love, and that makes my job just that much easier. Australia is fun. I would have thought that the climate would drive most nerds outdoors, but they exist there in legions. The thing

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I would think that commuting to a cubicle day after day would be equally exhausting. This is a job where my commute to my place of work is always changing. Oddly enough, while most folks are heading home, I’m just going to work. I often sit on nearly empty subways and see the packed ones carrying people home. My job ends up keeping me separate from the crowd and yet we share a similar experience. I’m always aware of it, and I wouldn’t trade the worst day doing this for the best day working in my cubicle.

Do you feel any pressure to stay hip with the kids and do a One Man Harry Potter or One Man Twilight?

I guess so. I’ve never read or seen any Twilight though, so that makes me out of touch in that way. Harry Potter is great, although my show would have to be three hours long to encapsulate the ﬁlms. I actually kind of pressure myself to create something of my own, maybe the kids will like it too. Who knows?

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How To Train Your Dragon. It was awesome. —Michael Kissinger mkissinger@vancourier.com

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Shakespeare’s Great Dane visits Havana

Young, emerging talent invigorates Hamlet Hamlet

At Havana Theatre until Dec. 11 Tickets: 604.684.2787 ticketstonight.ca Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

Something might be rotten in the state of Denmark, but it’s all fresh at Havana. I’m not talking about the food served up in the restaurant that fronts on Commercial Drive—although I can recommend the estofado. No, it’s young, emerging director Kevin Bennett’s Hamlet that’s bursting with freshness. Bennett and set designer Jennifer Stewart have taken the already small Havana theatre behind the eatery and made it even smaller. White fabric completely encloses a space—like a big white tent. The audience (60 max) is ranked in two rows either side of the alley-like performance area. The shrouding allows for movement of the players in a passageway all around the outside of the “tent.” They sing out lines from behind the fabric, run along imagined rampart walls, poke their heads in through openings in the cloth wall that brief-

ly fly open, then close again. The intimacy of the production allows actors to speak directly to individual audience members as if confiding in them. Soliloquies become confidences; musings turn into pleas for understanding. In short, Bennett draws us into the play in ways larger venues simply cannot accommodate. As for the swordplay, tuck your feet in. Young Rhys Finnick says he’s learned 2,608 lines of Shakespeare over the past 14 months; as Hamlet he speaks more than half of them. It’s a huge role that Finnick, a Studio 58 graduate, deftly manages in this Honest Fishmongers Equity Co-op production. He’s a younger, hipper Hamlet than others we’ve seen—more conflicted than melancholy. David Bloom plays ambitious, murderous Claudius with understated villainy, making the character appear even more villainous. And Simon Webb underplays doddery old Polonius, making the old “neither a borrower or lender be” character less of a buffoon and consequently more human and even funnier. Marci T. House makes a beautiful, regal Gertrude while Julie McIsaac is

Rhys Finnick brings a young hipness to Hamlet’s brooding title character. a sweet, shattered Ophelia. Michael Fera takes on several roles (as do many of the others), but he’s particular amusing in the gravedigger scene, which, of course, triggers Hamlet’s reﬂections on the brevity of life. Here today, food for worms tomorrow. Excellent support is offered by Joshua Reynolds, Lee Vincent, Katherine Gauthier, Sebastian Kroon and Courtney Lancaster. Christopher David Gauthier’s

costumes are simple but very effective. With a few changes, some ordinary street clothes appear to be period garments. The hem of a long cloth coat, for example, is swept up and attached at the back; sleeves are rolled and decorated with buttons. The overall black, brown and olive drab look is punched up with splashes of burgundy. Low budget, great look. Beautiful original music is com-

posed and performed by Benjamin Elliott on piano offstage. Inside the white tent, the sensation is a bit like Shakespeare meets Cirque du Soleil, and this young director reinforces that feeling by encouraging more humour than we generally associate with Hamlet. There are still bodies all over the place at the end, but on the way there, Bennett mines the play (and the players) for as much funny business as he can. Completely abandoning Method Acting, his players-within-the-play revert to the ridiculously exaggerated dramatic style of old: the clutched breast, the beseeching arms, the ridiculous posturing. Interaction with the audience is often used, too, to lighten the play (popcorn is offered through a suddenly opened ﬂap in the wall, for example) but in a manner that never tips the balance from tragedy to farce. Bennett (who also appears as Guildenstern and Barnardo) offers a fresh, new take on Hamlet by making it immediate, intimate, accessible and, without actually dragging people out of their seats—well, one person, one time—inclusive. joled@telus.net

The Stars Step Out Variety Show and Auction ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE ZAJAC RANCH FOR CHILDREN

Master of Ceremonies: Red Robinson On Sunday, December 5th 2010 at the Arts Club’s Granville Island Stage, over twenty-ﬁve international artists will come together to perform in a variety show beneﬁting the Zajac Ranch for Children. Along with an evening-long silent auction, this event will raise funds for The Zajac Ranch for Children, a one-of-a-kind camp for children with chronic and serious illnesses and disabilities who would otherwise not have an opportunity to attend camp.

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Photo exhibit a culmination of 15 ink-stained years

Tattoo Project’s body of work is more than skin deep State of the Arts with Cheryl Rossi

After he got first tattoo in 1996, Vince Hemingson was hooked. Thirteen tattoos, one documentary film, a webpage that he says attracts 20 million viewers every year and two bestselling tattoo design books later, Hemingson has produced, shot and modelled for The Tattoo Project exhibit that runs at Performance Works, Nov. 26 to 28, and will be animated in the future with a documentary film. Hemingson says the exhibit was 15 years in the making. The 50-year-old began his research into tattoos with the idea of making a feature film because he was working in development for film and TV. But his discussions with Thomas Lockhart of West Coast Tattoo led them to join forces with documentary filmmaker Jack Silberman and writer PJ Reece to create a film for National Geographic that documented the disappearing tribal art practices of the Iban people, former headhunters, of Borneo. Hemingson learned when he was trying to promote The Vanishing Tattoo to middle-aged men who worked for mainstream broadcasters in the mid 1990s that too many people believed tattoos were only chosen by bikers, prison inmates, “loose women” and the working class, so he started compiling photos of regular folks and celebrities with tattoos on his website to expand viewers’ minds. His own mind was blown by the artistic and intimate photos of tattooed inmates in the rough Angola prison in Louisiana that were taken by fashion photographer Albert Watson and included in his coffee table book Cyclops. These photos planted the seed for Hemingson’s future forays into photography. Over three days last May long weekend,

Professional photographers shot nearly 100 tattooed subjects for the Tattoo Project Nov. 26-28 at Performance Works. Hemingson and 11 professional photographers shot nearly 100 tattooed folks, including nurses and employees of Telus and Terasen Gas. Volunteers, who earned $25, ranged from young women with one image on their foot, to men in their 70s who’d been tattooed in the 1940s, to people with tattoos on their hand and neck who are into body modification. The aim was to turn body art into fine art, Hemingson said. “In classical portrait photography, the idea is that a great portrait photographer, in taking an image of you, will capture some essence of who you are as a person,” he said. Hemingson was curious to see how meaningful symbols and designs chosen by subjects to adorn their skin would influence photographers’ artistic processes. “Does the body art become a help or a hindrance in taking a picture of this person?” Some models were shot by the majority of the photographers, but Hemingson said

different concepts, ways of seeing the subjects and photographic processes led to a great collection of unique shots. “We have four or ﬁve individuals who are really heavily tattooed, who are really amazing characters and personalities and just larger than life that you just wanted to photograph and grab an image of them,” Hemingson said. “They look like completely different people in all of the photographs.” Pennylane Shen, curator of Jacana Contemporary Art on South Granville who recently hung the Art for Life Fine Art Auction at Club Five Sixty, curated The Tattoo Project exhibit. Among other photos, visitors will see a four-by-ﬁve-foot installation by photographer Spencer Kovats, who shot subjects clothed then unclothed, and another by Johnathon Vaughn, who Hemingson says wears a full tattoo suit beneath his Armani threads, and who has created a collage of subject’s eyes alongside their most meaningful tattoos.

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Lyle Tuttle, the 77-year-old grandfather of modern American tattooing who inked Janis Joplin and Joan Baez, will appear at the free opening gala Nov. 26, as will Bob Baxter, longtime editor of Skin & Ink magazine. Tattooed beauty Melody Mangler and the Screaming Chickens Burlesque Revue will shimmy, bump and grind. Hemingson expects the documentary about The Tattoo Project, which will include musings on art, photography and the artistic process from the lips of photographers and those who’ve chosen to have their bodies market with tattoos, to screen next fall. The Tattoo Project calendar will also be sold for $20 at the exhibit to raise money for the Ray-Cam Community Centre in the Downtown Eastside. The opening gala runs 7 to 11 p.m. at 1218 Cartwright St. on Granville Island. For more information, see thetattooproject.ca. crossi@vancourier.com

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Tennis BC launched a new, punched-up magazine Friday and sent its previous glossy, Match Point, to the morgue. The new title, AXIS, is designed to reﬂect the broad appeal of the sport and attract lapsed and new players to the game and show that tennis can be at the centre of what they do, even if that’s limited to playing casually a few times a month. Tennis BC CEO Ryan Clark said the magazine is intended to reach those who make tennis their way of life as well as others who are drawn to a lifestyle that includes tennis. “Our passion and fervour for the game of tennis remains unchanged, however we are constantly seeking to improve our tennis involvement in all areas, to better connect with those who live active lives built around the game we love—a game for life,” Clark writes in the debut issue, out now. The premiere issue features Vancouver doubles tennis champ Vasek Pospisil on the cover along with an extensive Q&A with the 20-year-old player. Bright, contemporary graphics in a sharpiewritten type promote Vasek (and his “meteoric rise”) for beating the world’s best and for being both homeschooled and coached by his father. Rebecca Marino is also proﬁled.

Magee second at zones

Three Vancouver high school senior boys soccer teams advance to the B.C. championships in Burnaby this week. Magee ﬁnished second in the zone tournament, losing 4-0 to Richmond’s Robert McMath secondary. For third place, St. Georges defeated Point Grey 3-2 to advance to the provincial tournament beginning tomorrow. Kitsilano was knocked out of a berth in a 3-0 semi-ﬁnal loss to Magee.

Vanier in Van

The Vanier Cup, the hallmark trophy of university football in Canada, will be contested in Vancouver next year at B.C. Place in late November followed two days later by the 99th Grey Cup on Nov. 27. This will be the ﬁrst time the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship is held in B.C. —M.S.

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As of this week, former Magee secondary student Rebecca Marino is ranked 102 in the world and is expected to qualify for the Australian Open. photo Mike Wakefield/NS News

Vancouver player turned heads in match against Williams

Marino tops in tennis in Canada Megan Stewart Staff writer

Rebecca Marino passed the greatest test of her career, not when she played Venus Williams at the U.S. Open, but when she played her next game after facing the No. 2 singles player in the world. “I knew how important those tournaments would be,” she said earlier this week, moments before Tennis Canada announced she’d been named the country’s most outstanding female player of 2010. Marino lost to Williams, but tennis watchers in Canada consider it a win for the 19-year-old former Magee student. The relentless first match went to a tiebreaker with Marino eventually succumbing 7-6(3), 6-3 at centre court of Arthur Ashe Stadium, a cavernous fishbowl in New York and one of the most famed arenas in all of sports. The close score and Marino’s vigorous style turned heads, including her opponent’s. “Now I know what it’s like playing myself,” Williams told reporters after the match. Marino notched eight aces, double the four from Williams, with the first one coming off a blistering serve aimed directly at the American. “That one almost singed her hair!” shrilled one ESPN broadcaster.

“She has a great future ahead of her,” Williams said. That future began immediately after her appearance in the U.S. Open, with the Bell Challenge in Quebec City where Marino upset a former Wimbledon finalist and the tournament’s top-seed. After losing in the quarter-finals, she went on to win 18 matches in a row, including four consecutive tournaments in Saguenay, Kansas, Alabama, and Toronto. “There are a lot of players out there with a few wins,” said Grant Connell, a former top-ranked Canadian doubles player from North Vancouver who reached world No. 67 in 1991 and played Marino when she was a junior. “I didn’t usually play the girls more than once,” he said. “I played her four or five times.” Not a fan of the baseline style played by many female competitors, Connell was impressed with Marino’s tenacity and ability to move around the court to try different shots. “Her volley wasn’t great. But I thought, jeez, if this girl ever gets it all together, she’ll do well.” Connell was on hand Monday at the North Vancouver tennis centre that bears his name to applaud Marino as this year’s outstanding female player. (He was named outstanding male player five times in the award’s 28-year history.)

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He sees potential in Marino’s forehand and serve. The six-foot-one powerhouse now makes those attributes the marquee features of her game. Marino, who turns 20 on Dec. 16, began playing tennis with her family at public courts near their Kerrisdale home and at the Vancouver Lawn and Tennis Club. Knocking on the door of the top 100, Marino made an 81-point climb through the rankings and is expected to qualify for the Australian Open. As of this week, she’s ranked 102 in the world. Marino ﬁnds herself adjusting to the spotlight that brings with it hope for a great Canadian female tennis star. She keeps a calm demeanour but admits the admiration and expectation has her slightly awestruck. Of the high praise expressed by Williams, Marino returns with admiration for the American’s off-court sportsmanship and on-court aggression. And she’s committed to maintaining her sense of self although her skills are rapidly expanding and her list of wins and earnings grows. “I shouldn’t change based on what’s happened. When people are humble and down to earth,” she said, “it’s one of the best qualities to have.” mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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With the 1945 season opener only a few days away, all the Vancouver Canucks needed were players. Owner and manager Coley Hall and coach Paul Thompson needed to dress two forward lines, four defencemen, one goalie and a spare skater. Hall once claimed the roster limit was set at 12 because he didn’t want to buy a third vehicle to drive to games up and down the Pacific Coast. In a pinch, the team might catch a train, but most often the players took turns at the wheel of the beat-up limousines Hall provided. When one limo broke down on the way to Seattle one time, the others drove on to the game. The players in the repaired limo arrived midway through the second period to find five Canucks and 40-year-old head coach Thompson on the ice— wearing a jersey and skates three sizes too big. They led the Ironmen 2-1 and held on for the win.

The Canucks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League played much different hockey 65 years ago than the NHL franchise team we know today. Making the cut was a mish-mash of veteran pros and rising youngsters. Nearly all had served during the Second World War and some played on other professional football and hockey teams. Wages were low. In the Canucks first NHL season in 1970-71, the lowest paid player made $16,000— more than the entire combined payroll of the 1945-46 team. “We all got $60 a week,” remembers Andy Clovechok, who now calls Kamloops home. “When we were on the road, the meal money was $3 a day. Don’t laugh. That was pretty good money in those days.” After leading the league in scoring that first year, Clovechok’s salary rose to $100 each week. A few of the players owned cars. Most rode the streetcar to practices and games. All worked second jobs during the season. Clovechok lived with several players beside a local brewery, working there during the day, which had its perks. “We got our beer for nothing,” he laughs. The Canucks played their first game Oct. 23, 1945 at the PNE Forum and defeated the Portland Eagles 5–4 in front of a sell-out crowd of 5,100.

“Voice of Hockey” Jim Robson went to games in 1945, later becoming the team’s colour commentator. That same day, across the continent, the first black ballplayer signed a professional baseball contract. Jackie Robinson joined the Montreal Royals and made history. Ab McDougall scored the Canucks’ first-ever goal, while Chuck Millman scored the game-winner for the club’s first-ever win. Seats between the blue lines cost 75 cents and ticket prices dropped to 30 cents for standing room. Cigarette packs were sold at the concession and the haze clung to the

Forum’s rafters like sticky mashed potatoes. The Forum stands today at Hastings and Renfrew, a hockey relic from a mostly-forgotten era. Fourfoot chain link fencing stood above the endboards as the only form of protection against errant pucks. Fans leaned over the sideboards and the penalty box sat between the benches, inevitably leading to scuffles. Legendary Canucks broadcaster Jim Robson called hundreds of games from the Forum’s announcing booth until the Canucks moved down the street to the Pacific Coliseum in 1968. The cold booth is still there too. “By the third period, my feet were often like frozen bricks,” he recalled recently. “It wasn’t the most comfortable place to call a game. You had to stand and the entrance was out on the Forum roof.” The 1945-46 season was Robson’s first chance to witness a professional hockey game in this city. An aunt took him to two games that season. Within 10 years, he was sitting a little higher up in the building and being paid to call radio play-by-play for CKWX. He remained the “Voice of Hockey” in Vancouver for over 40 years. Jason Beck is the museum curator for the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. Visit bcsportshalloffame.com for more Vancouver legends.

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CAR RADIO, Front part found on Dumfries St. call to id, 604-324-6457 FOUND PINK Sony Cyber Shot camera in Quilchena Park Sat Nov. 20. Call 604-871-6229 weekdays to claim. or email vickie4democracy@gmail.com LOST: BROWN Tilley Hat and bathing suit near 4th Ave and Wallace. 604-228-9346 LOST GOLD Ring. (round crown) Sat. Nov 6, Kerrisdale Area. Family Ring. Reward. 604-738-4731

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NOTICE - General Meeting Champlain Community Centre Association Board Dec. 1, 2010 @ 6:30pm Location: Champlain Community Centre 3350 Maquinna Drive Vancouver, B.C. Meeting to discuss the purchase of Variety Club Van for Child and Youth programs

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required by ContainerWest, located on Mitchell Island, Richmond. This person will be responsible for the management of vendor records, ensuring timely processing of transactions, payments and resolution of issues. The ideal candidate will be a team player with at least 3 years of Microsoft Dynamics GP experience, follows instructions, works independently, and is dependable. Please email resumes to: larissab@containerwest.com

F/T Full Cycle Accountant/Bookkeeper required for North Shore home builder. QuickBooks & construction industry experience desirable. Job will also include general office duties. Email resume to: vancustomhb@gmail.com P. VILLAGRA req’s F/T Bookkeeper. Courses in acc. or bkg combined with sev. yrs of exp. in Nafta Provisions req . Spanish Lang. a must due to targeted clientele. $17.50/hr. E-res: taxexperts@pvtax.com

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D & J ISLEY AND SONS CONTRACTING LTD.

Of Grande Prairie is looking for: * Truck Drivers for Log Haul * Lease Log Trucks (Contact Cory 780-539-7580) We offer Competitive Wages, Benefits, an excellent Safety program including Safety Awards to employees such as a trip for 2 to Las Vegas. Resumes to: Email: hr@isley.ca Fax: (780)-532-1250

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requires CASUAL DIETARY, HOUSEKEEPING and LAUNDRY AIDES

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CASUAL ACTIVITY AIDES Experience working with people with dementia. TR Diploma preferred; passion for working with seniors essential.

BLENHEIM LODGE 3263 Blenheim St. Vancouver, BC, V6L 2X7 Fax: (604)732-7316 Email: reception@blenheimlodge.org

Research Assistant required in the development of new programs Previous research/curriculum development background a must. Email resumes to: admin@chcabc.com or fax 604-540-8550 CHEAP TELEPHONE RECONNECT! Paying too much? Switch, save money, and keep your number! First month only $24.95 + connection fee. Phone Factory Reconnect 1-877-336-2274 www.phonefactory.ca F/T WEB Developer at Marqui Solutions Inc. Develop Website architecture. Design the appearance, layout and flow of the Website. $22/hr. 40 hr/wk. Completion of college & 3yr+ exp. in web design field req’d. #300-1201 W. Pender St, Van. CV email: hr.marqui@gmail.com or Fax 604-682-7394 GROCERY CLERK needed. $9.25/hr-$12.38/hr, 40hrs/wk, related job experience an asset, Send resume by mail to CLM Management Ltd. 5191 Joyce Street, Vancouver, B.C., V5R 4G8, email: babylin@telus.net or fax resume. 604-436-3758.

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Acme Analytical Laboratories (Vancouver), a premier BC mining laboratory, is looking to fill various Laboratory Assistant positions in Vancouver. Must be able to handle up to 40 lbs as some heavy manual labor may be required. Experience in a lab environment an asset but training will be provided. Starting wage of approximately $12 (combination of base hourly rate and daily production bonus). Detailed descriptions of the various positions are available on Acme’s website:

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Interested parties should submit resume and cover letter by email as instructed on the website.

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Personal Trainer Certification Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be avail. 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education.

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. If you’ve been looking for a home-based opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work. Qualified applicants receive training, support and monthly remuneration. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door. Make it yours. Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.ca

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Health Care

Public HealtH Nurse required to teach part time.

Email resumes to: admin@chcabc.com or fax: 604-540-8550

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Home Support

LIVE IN caregiver needed to care for 6 yr old child. Email Reply clagrie@yahoo.com

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Hotel Restaurant

TOKOYO JOHN Enterprises ltd in Van is hiring F/T Jap Cook; 3+ yrs exp with knowledge. Salary $18.75/hour. Main duty: prepare/ cook Jap. food & ensure quality of food. Contact sokris@hotmail.com

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Medical/Dental

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Doctors & Hospitals are seeking Certified Medical Administrative & Medical Office Assistants & Pharmacy Assistants. No Experience? Need Training? Local Career Training & Job Placement is available.

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Retail Sales

UP YOUR LEATHER Factory Direct Warehouse

Hiring Full & Part-time Store Manager & Sales Personnel

Beautiful New Leather Store concept is now hiring! Retail experience an asset. Must be bondable. Apply in person with resume: Monday to Friday between 10am to 5 pm Up Your Leather 3511 East Hastings Vancouver. (Hasting / Skeena) (parking at rear)

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INSTRUCTOR required for part time evening Mathematics course. Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics mandatory. Email resume to admin@chcabc.com or fax 604-540-8550

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Trades/Technical

ENSIGN ENERGY SERVICE INC. is looking for experienced Drilling Rig, & Coring personnel for all position levels. Drillers, Coring Drillers $35. - $40.20.; Derrickhands $34., Motorhands $28.50; Floorhands, Core Hands, Helpers $24. - $26.40. Plus incentives for winter coring! Telephone 1-888-ENSIGN-0 (1-888-367-4460). Fax 780-955-6160. Email: hr@ensignenergy.com

MARITIME DRILLING SCHOOLS

entry-level training for land and offshore oilrigs. Excellent wages, benefits and opportunities to travel the world. Nov 29th-Dec 18th and Jan 3rd-Jan 22, 2011. Contact: 1-866-807-3960 www.mdslimited.ca THE ONE - THE ONLY - The only one in Canada! Only authorized Harley Davidson Technician Program at Fairview College Campus, Alberta. March 2011 intake. On-campus residences. 1-888-999-7882 www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember. Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad. Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment. If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

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APARTMENT/CONDOMINIUM MANAGERS (CRM) home study course. Many jobs registered with us across Canada! Thousands of grads working! Government certified. 30 years of success! www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456

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FOODSAFE 1 DAY COURSES Guaranteed best value! Six Metro Vancouver Locations: Vancouver • Burnaby • Surrey • Richmond • Coquitlam • Maple Ridge All our Instructors are also working local Health Inspectors! Classes held each week & weekend! Course materials available in 6 languages. Same-day Certification. Visit our website at www.foodsafe-courses.com or call 604-272-7213 ADVANCE Hospitality Education – B.C.’s #1 Choice for Foodsafe & WorldHost Training.

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ENGLISH, Grades 8 - 12, by experienced professional. West side. 604-274-6234

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INSTRUCTOR required for part time evening English course. Bachelor’s Degree in English mandatory. Email resume to admin@chcabc.com or fax 604-540-8550

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Just Right Catering For all your entertaining needs private & corporate since 1983.

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HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR Sat. Dec. 4th. 10am - 4pm

Kensington Community Centre 5175 Dumfries St. Vancouver (Near 33rd & Knight St) 604-718-6201 Door Prizes & Food! Free Admission and Free Parking! Collingwood Neighbourhood House

Craft Fair

Sat. Dec 4th • 11am - 5pm free admission featuring arts & crafts by local artisans 5288 Joyce Street, Vancouver

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St. Helen’s Anglican Church Annual Holly Bazaar Sat, Nov 27th • 11am – 3pm Light Lunch • Free Admission 4405 W 8th Avenue @Trimble West Point Grey

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

Sat., Nov. 27, 9am-1pm All Saints Anglican Church 7405 Royal Oak Ave., Burnaby Christmas baskets & miscellaneous items

Oakridge United Church

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET SQUARE SATURDAY, NOV. 27 9AM - 2PM

305 West 41st Avenue

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Deck The Hall Craft Fair Sat. Dec 4 • Sun. Dec 5 11:00am - 5:00pm 45 Outstanding Craft Vendors Heritage Hall

3102 Main St. at 15th Ave. $2 Admission, Kids free!

Holly & TBeedady Bazaarr Bazaar

Fairs/Bazaars

Saturday, Nov. 27 • 12:00-3:00pm

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CHRISTMAS SALE

BAZAAR & UKRAINIAN FOOD FAIR Silent Auction,Rafﬂes • Christmas Crafts Ukrainian Buffet at 5pm and 7pm SATURDAY, NOV 27TH from 11AM – 8PM

St.Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Centre 3150 Ash St. at 16th Ave. Vancouver Free Admission and Parking. Info: Parish 604-879-5830

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Admission: $3 Under 12 Free Snack Bar • Child-Minding • Entertainment • Prizes

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Unique Christmas crafts and gifts, homebaking, candy, preserves, attic treasures and more.

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604.306.5134 MIELE STEAM OVEN as new, ht17.75 x wd23.38 inches. Health eating. $2000. 604-261-1817

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Auctions

PORTABLE CLASSROOMS for Sale

The Province of British Columbia in conjunction with School District 69 (Qualicum) is selling via on-line auction, 3 portable classrooms, located in Parksville. For complete details and to bid. log on to www.bcauction.ca . For further info. please email: greg.lamb@gov.bc.ca

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Holiday Helper

BOOK YOUR SANTA PHOTO SESSION NOW! Santa is visiting Intuition Photography on Granville Island Nov 27 & 28 - Dec 4 & 5. Avoid the mall line-ups! Call Janine at 604-563-5084 or visit our website: www.intuitionphoto.com

Rocky Mountaineer Station 1755 Cottrell Street $2 Admission Children 12 & under FREE Free Parking

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food items & MUCH MORE !!

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CAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591

LIKE NEW!

Steveston Community Centre 4111 Moncton St., Richmond Info: 604-718-8080

3737 West 27th Ave. • 604-224-3238

Richmond WHOLESALERS WAREHOUSE Moving & Clearance Sale Open to public Mon to Sat 11am - 5 pm 2300 Simpson Rd. Richmond, 604-270-1050 $1items, gift items, electronics,

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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR, LUNCH, TEA & BAKE SALE Saturday, Nov. 27 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Oakridge Lutheran Church 585 West 41st Ave. Supported by Faith Life Insurance

Lumber/Building Supplies

#1A STEEL BUILDING SALE! Save up to 60% on your new garage, shop, warehouse. 6 colors available! 40 year warranty! Free shipping, the first 20 callers! 1-800-457-2206. www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

STEEL BUILDING SALE... SPECIALS from $4 to $11/sq.ft. Great pricing on ABSOLUTELY every model, width and length. Deposit holds for spring delivery. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers 1-800-668-5422 STEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR - Incredible end-ofseason factory discounts on various models/sizes. Plus FREE DELIVERY to most areas. CALL FOR CLEARANCE QUOTE AND BROCHURE-1-800-668-5111 ext.170.

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Baking & Preserves, Crafts & Cards, Attic Treasures, Jewellery, Books, Tea Room, Rafﬂe, Auction

Saturday, Nov. 27 10am - 4pm

Silent Auction, Handcrafted Gifts, Home Baking, Attic Treasures, Christmas Gifts, Books, Tea Room. Fun for the whole family!

GIANT INDOOR SALE George Pearson Centre 719 West 59th. Sat Nov 27th & Sun Nov. 28th 9:30-4:00 Household, books, etc. For handicapped residents Canteen/Social Centre

St. Helen’s Anglican Church 4405 W. 8th Ave. @ Trimble

Browse through 150 tables of unique handmade gifts

St. Philip’s Church Christmas Fayre

Sat., Nov. 27, 2010 11:00am - 2:00pm

Steveston Christmas Craft Fair

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NEW NORWOOD SAWMILLS LumberMate-Pro handles logs 34” diameter, mills boards 28” wide. Automated quick-cyclesawing increases efficiency up to 40%. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT - FREE Information: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

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GARAGE SALES

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Burial Plots

FOREST LAWN Memorial Park Burnaby, single plot, asking $9,800 obo. Call 604-987-2948

2060

For Sale Miscellaneous

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LADIES FULL-SIZE golf bag and pull cart. 604 731-0606 NORTHERN LIGHTS single weight stack weight machine; includes protective floor mat. (Purchaser to dismantle and move.) $400.00604 731-0606

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Look stunning in real designer clothing such as Ed Hardy & Christian Audigier’s t-shirts, hoodies & jeans. Barely worn & in like new condition. Downsizing wardrobe. Serious buyers only, for more info pls contact: 604-880-0288 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca

2070

Fuel

TOP KNOT FIREWOOD est 1981 Dry Alder, Birch & Maple. Pick up or delivered. Rod 604-985-7193

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2075

Furniture

3015

Childcare Available

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3020

Childcare Wanted

F/T FILIPINO live-in nanny for 2 children. First Aid & tutoring req’d. Please Call: 604-708-1019

3507

Cats

HEATED HOODED cat bed, and adjustable black soft sided carrying case. 604-824-8487

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION ! COMPLETE BATHROOM Sets $298. Include:main, side cabinets,mirror,faucet,popup,wall drain,light Many different styles available. 604-313-0670 ITALIAN SOFA BED, cream & brown, confortable and warm. Asking $200. Call 604-251-7461 MOVING SALE: Dinette suite - 36' glass top and 4 solid iron, rattan back and padded chairs - paid $1000 asking $300 obo. 2 patio loungers - sturdy iron bases and brown pads - $50 for both. Broil King Crown 40 BBQ - w/ side burner - has broken wheel sacrifice at $50. Sofa - Barrymore - green upholstery - $750.00 firm, Loveseat - Ethan Allen- only 3 yrs old - same colour as sofa - $1200 Wing chair and ottoman - beige $35. Can send photos. Jim or Esther (604) 952-0661

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Sports Equipment

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3508

Dogs

2 ADORABLE Morky, 1st shots, home raised, dewormed, health cert. $500 m $600 f 1-604-794-3287

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3508

Dogs

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5040

Dogs

4530 6 BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE LAB PUPS pure bred, english style, CKC reg’d, $750. Ready for their new homes. Call Glenn 604-230-5136

MALTESE X 2 - 4 lbs full grown non shedding, quiet 2 males. 1st shot, dewormed $600. 604-392-7372

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Business Opps/ Franchises

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Livestock/ Poultry

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3540

Pet Services

MOBILE PROF Small Dog Groom up to 18 lbs Lower Mainland 19 yrs exp. loriben@shaw.ca 1-604-556-2496

BERNESE MOUNTAIN Dog Pups, vet ✔ 1st shots, dewormed. $950. Chwk. 1-604-794-3561

BICHON FRIESE PUPS, 2 males p/bred unreg. 9 wks, 1st shots, homebreed $500 604-376-8327

3545

Pets - Other

BOXER - CKC Registered flashy fawn male boxers. Champion Dam, Top Lines. Mom is pictured at boxerdog.ca/jewel $1200.00 604 596 2090 or 604 614 0952 or 604 792 9003 BOXERS, CKC reg. show champion lines, 9 flashy brindle males, 2 reverse, chip, wormed & shots, ready Nov 12. 604-987-0020

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Acupuncture

GOLD LABRADOR Retriever’ Pups, 2 male, 1 female, ready now. $850. Sry, 604-593-1532

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GOLDEN RETRIEVER Pups ready to go, first shots, email pics available. $650. 250-674-0091

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4051

SWEDISH BODY MASSAGE & WAXING

JENNY - Lab Ret/Kelpie X/Large/ Young/Female. Sweet energetic girl needs a break. Easy in the home. Loves hiking/swimming/ toys/hugs. playful growl & boisterous with other dogs. Wary of strangers/new situations & will alert bark. Blooms with consistent handlers. A more rural, quiet home may be best. Visit the dogs at Vancouver Animal Shelter 1280 Raymur Ave 604-871-6885.

LAB PUPS CKC Reg’d Yellows & Blacks Good Temp. Shots & Tattooed. $750. 604-377-0820 SMALL FLUFFY PODDLE X, Male & Female. Ready to Go. $500/each. Bby 604-521-2797

Real Estate Services

6005

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

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

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4060

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Houses - Sale

6020-01

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Money to Loan

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6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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6020-34

Surrey

Real Estate

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REAL ESTATE

RENT TO OWN, If you have a small down payment, I have a home for you. Less then perfect credit ok. Call Kelly 604-418-3162

CHIHUAHUA X pug male Ready to go, shots & vet checked $550. 604-702-1960 or 604-316-2136

FEMALE MALTIPOO. 2 Yrs old. Sweet tempered. Fully trained. All shots. $600. Call 604-514-3598

Financial Services

5035

Call 1-866-690-3328

Cares! BLK LAB pups family raised ready Dec 11. Will hold for X-Mas, vet checked $600. 604-991-4158

Business Services

5017

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6050

Out Of Town Property

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6052

Real Estate Investment

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6070

Squamish/ Whistler

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010

5505 5505

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice if hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the following estate: GORDON DOUGLAS CAIRNS, formerly of 470 West 22nd Avenue Vancouver BC V5Y 2G5, Deceased, who died on April 13th, 2010, and to anyone knowing the whereabouts of Patrick Gordon Cairns also known as Patrick Gordon Brown, and Stephen Michael Cairns also known as Stephen Michael Brown, are hereby required to send full particulars thereof to the undersigned Executors, c/o Kenneth B. Krag, 228 - 8055 Anderson Road, Richmond, B. C. V6Y 1S2, on or before the 31st day of March, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims that have been received. Richard James Beardsley and Carol Ayako Beardsley, Executors.

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RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

1 BR $1200 heat included , W 4th & Lonsdale, 735 sq.ft, balcony, pets allowed, storage, parking spot, avail. Jan 1, 604-764-0515 1 BR + den 750 sf, Mountain view, u/g prkg, insuite w/d, d/w, nr shops & transit, ns, np, seniors 55+, W. King Edward, $1340/mo Quiet Complex. 604-737-1125

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1BR APT, 900Sq Ft in Heritage Home. Modern Kit and Bath,open living space, separate bedroom w/ walk-in closet. Parking, shared laundry, garden area, near transport and shopping, Avail Dec 1, $1050.00 pets considered 604-561-6731

6508

MOVE-IN BONUS

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Apt/Condos

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is hereby given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of STEVE SNIDER, aka ISTVAN (STEVE) ZSNIDERSITS, aka STEVE SHIDER, Deceased, formerly of Vancouver, B.C., who died on March 19, 2010 in Vancouver, BC, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor c/o Kornfeld & Company, Barristers & Solicitors, 310-698 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3K6 on or before December 24, 2010, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. A.C. Kornfeld, Executor

Notice is hereby given that a public lien sale of the described personal property will be held at 11:00am on November 30, 2010. The property is stored at at Storage-Mart Self Storage, 1311 E. Kent Ave. N. Vancouver, BC. The items to be sold are generally described as follows: Units were found to contain misc. bags, misc. boxes, misc. furniture, misc. beddings, misc. tools, and misc. collectables. NAME UNIT Brian Donelly 4346 Jean Carbonneau 2117 Nelson Toro 2017 Leanne Moses 2133 Robert Palmer 2114

6508

Apt/Condos

2 BDRM Apt, Nr Metrotown, school, h/wd flrs, heat/H/wtr incl . Call for more info. 778-881-4221. 1602-3438 Vanness St. 1 Br, balc. 580sf, mtn & city view, Joyce Stn. lease, np, ns, $1200, Dec 1, Eric 604-723-7368 Prop Mngt 2 BR, 2 Baths, nr Granville Mrkt area, new, huge private deck w/downtown view, top line appls, np, ns, refs. $2195,604-328-0606 2 BR + den, updated, mtn & water view ‘see the ships go by’, enclosed balcony, end unit, deck, ns np $1550 Immed 604-980-5689

204- 5725 Agronomy Rd. UBC 2 br corner, 2 bath, 900sf, granite, balc. lease, ns, np, $2400, now, Eric 604-723-7368 Prop Mngt BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR avail. Rates from $800. Call 604-327-9419.

6515

Duplexes - Rent

3 BR, $2700.00 pl utls, Kits, avail Dec 1, hdwd flrs, riverboatgetaway@msn.com

6522

Furnished Accommodation

7005

Body Work

8055

Cleaning

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601 West 57th Ave, Van

Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments and Townhouses in the Oakridge area at West 57th Ave and Cambie St. Included are heat & hot water, plus a spacious storage locker. Many suites have big patios and balconies with gorgeous views. Quiet and tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry facilities, gated parking and 16 shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School, Langara Golf Course and much more. Sorry no pets. For more information: 604-327-1178 info-vnc@langaragardens.com www.langaragardens.com Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

2 BR, corner ste, city view, W.Georgia @ Bute, Coal Harbour new reno, built-in sound syst., w/d $1750 avail now 604-603-4111

6540

Houses - Rent

185 W 45 Ave. Oakridge. 5Br 4.5 bath, yard maintained by owner, 3000sf, lease, ns, np, now $3200. Eric 604-723-7368 Prop Mngt

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6540

Houses - Rent

DEC 1 Newly renovated 4bdrm 11/2 bath uppr flr,5 appl, garage, deck, $2250/mth+60%util. n/s. pets considered. 604-880-0161 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 SURREY- 6297 134 St. Solid 7 Bdrm HOUSE w/3 bdrm suite on 1/4 acre lot with views... $1,688/M

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6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM ground level suite in new home, 1 person only, private entry, np/ns $675. Avail. now. Call after 4:30 pm 604-255-6669

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3 BR, 2 Ba, top flr, exc cond never rented. s/room, Renfrew & 1st $1750+util Dec. 604-603-5082 3 BR 2 bath bsmt suite, 1 yr old house, Kitsilano, d/w, insuite w/d, 5 appls, refs, ns np, $1895 604-218-8208, 604-909-0668 BRAND NEW, 1 bdrm, $800. Hardwood flrs, new appls, own alarm & entrance. 59th/Ontario, nr Langara & transit, ns, np, avail now, 604-261-4633.. 880-9613 TOP FLOOR, 1 bdrm apt in Character House in Kits. Pets are welcome. Heat & h/w incl. Avail. Dec 1st. $800 Call 604-734-4786

VAN 30TH/MAIN, 3 BR gr lev ste, sep W/D, f/bath, prkg. NS/NP. Avail Dec 15. $1300 incls utls. 604-879-1454 or 778-389-9925 VANCOUVER, 60TH/KNIGHT. Clean, bright 2 BR bsmt. 1,200 sf. $750 incl util. Ns/np. Ref’s a must, suits quiet people. 604-649-3525

6605

Townhouses Rent

FURNISHED ONE BDRM townhouse on SEASIDE walk, False Creek, Granville Isld. $1500/mon Dec 1st. Min rental period 2 mon. max 6 months. 604-736-7291

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8060

Concrete

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8073

Drainage

Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER ASPHALT & CONCRETE REM. Call Tobias 604 782-4322 Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

8075

Drywall

★ COMPLETE DRYWALL ★ By certified tradesman. Small jobs pref. 604-762-4024 *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

Electrical

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

Call Ron 604.377.1345 MINI-EXCAVATOR: Lot grading and levelling, concrete removal and demolition. 604-306-8599

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158 West Coast Cedar Installations Fencing & Decking EST 1991

604-270-2358, Cell: 604-788-6458

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

HENRY’S

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

604-771-8885

ALL ABOUT FLOORS Hardwood, Laminate. Free Estimates. Call Mo 778-789-4333 ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing. Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944 Century Hardwood Floors ★Hardwood flr refinishing ★Repairs ★ Staining ★ Free Estimate. Contact 604-376-7224

8125

Gutters

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774. A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only. 604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319 A Lic’d. Electrician #30582. Rewiring & Reno, Appliance/Plumbing. Rotor Rooter & Hydro Pressure Jetting Service, 604-255-9026 - 778-998-9026 Free Estimates / 24 Hr Service LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934.

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

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604-439-9417 DYNAMIC GUTTERS & Exteriors. Full seamless gutters. Installation repairs & soffits. All jobs guaranteed. Fully insured, bonded, WCB. Will beat any competitors price. 604-439-9417 Edgemont Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-420-4800 GUTTER , yard cleaning, and rubbish removal. Best price in town. 778-986-4726 Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949

8130

Handyperson

AaronR CONST Repairs & Renos, small repairs welcome. Insured, WCB, Licensed. 604-318-4390 aaronrconstruction.com BEST PRICE! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127 DAHIPP CONTRACTING Handyman Services Baths, Kitchens, etc 604.817.0718 SEMI RETIRED HANDYMAN avail - small renos, repairs, fences, carpentry, etc. 604-321-2868

8140

Heating

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

8150

Kitchens/Baths

INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8120

Glass Mirrors

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

8125

Gutters

YOUR HOME GUTTER SERVICES

Vancouver Division Since 1985

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Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

Excavating

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

604-739-3998

7010

8087

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

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2 BR Basement suite, new, ns, np, $1100 avail imm. Main & 64th604-374-3738

LANGARA GARDENS

4 Lines 3 Times

HOME SERVICES

Legal/Public Notices

LMD Ltd. 604-540-6567

Apt/Condos

1 BR, Kerrisdale, newly reno’d, 750sf, 5 appls incld wd, large patio, ug prkg, heat incld, ns, avail Dec 1, $1200, 604-732-3989

5505

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

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing NO HST til end of Dec

• In business 50 years 604-879-9191 Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets #3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby BATHTUB REGLAZING - from $325 • refinish old bathtubs • 4 hr dry time •5 year warr. • BBB rated A. 604-597-1171 mrtubman.ca

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JIM’S HOME SERVICES

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HOME SERVICES 8155

Landscaping

HEDGE REMOVAL, stump grinding, excavator, concrete removal, etc Steve 604-724-3670 Pressuring Washing, Tree Prunning, Shrub & Hedge Trimming, Leaf Cleanup, Top Soil Delivery, Rubbish Removal, 604-690-4772

8160

Lawn & Garden

Fall Services

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8175

Masonry

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

Moving & Storage

8185

Residential, Strata, Commercial

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

604-737-0170

Certiﬁed • Insured • WCB

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

Autumn Clean-up:

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Interior & Exterior

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$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. ★ Available 24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020 3 & 5 Ton truck, fully insured, lowest price! NO tax, Social Asst. accepted. 778-986-4726 AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885 AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement. Call 604-782-9511

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LAWNS • GARDENS • TREES • SHRUBS EST.1994

Painting/ Wallpaper

8195

604-723-8434 Andrew’s Painting & Wallpaper 25yrs exp. WCB/Ins. Refs Free est off seas. rates 604-785-5651 MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured.

URBAN PAINTING ...High quality, material discounts, warranty. & great refs. 604-836-9675

8200

Decks/Patios/ Railings

DECKS & FENCES, gates, front steps etc. John 778-998-5591 tarasoffconstruction.com

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

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

8220

Plumbing

BBM

PLUMBING, HEATING & DRAINAGE

Renovations Big or Small. Water Lines without Digging Broken Water Mains & Sewer Mains. Hot Water Tanks, Plugged Drains, Toilets, Tubs, Leaky Faucets & Broken Pipes, Irrigation Sprinkler Systems. 24 / 7 Emergency Service Fully Licenced & WCB.

604-729-3864

604-377-2503

SOUTH VAN. Mini Public Storage, bus/res. vehicle, motorcyle, furn. Eco Friendly, 604-321-0213

8193

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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

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Power Washing

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

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

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8250

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

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

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

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8250

Roofing

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8250

Auto Miscellaneous

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8255

9125

Rubbish Removal

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8315

Tree Services

Treeworks 15 yrs exp. Tree/ Stump Removal, Prun’in & Trim’in & View Work 291-7778, 787-5915 www.treeworksonline.ca Wildwood Tree Services, Exp Hedge Trimming and Removal & Tree Pruning. Free Est. 604-893-5745

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604-537-8523

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

8335

Window Cleaning

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

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9125

Domestic

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Roofing

Waters Home Maintenance 604-738-6606

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

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

9145

Scrap Car Removal

Removal FREEScrap/Car No Wheels No Problem

2008 CHEVY IMPALA LS 26K kms, Show rm cond, metallic coffee ext $16,500. 604.220.4144

9130

Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

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AUTOMOTIVE 9105

Tiling

Home Tiling & Repair Bath ◆ Kitchen ◆ Floors ◆ Walls and Counter Tops ◆ Int/Ext. Free Est.Guaranteed Work

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

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Domestic

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

10 TON cube truck with dedicated run. Want to be your own boss? Call Bob, daytime: 604-329-1249 or evenings: 604-574-4936. 1995 TOYOTA tercel 2 dr 4 spd manual, 252,000 k, $1,400 obo 604-833-4999

9160

Sports & Imports

1989 VOLVO, $1500, 4 door sedan, runs great, aircared Feb/ 11, must sell. Call 778-840-1961

9173

Vans

Pays $150 minimum

COMPLETE PLUMBING and Rooter Services 7 Days per Week 604-731-8875 CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

8309

Roofing

POWER WASH, Gutters, Fall clean up, junk removal, Free Est. Great rates! call 778-320-3441

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Oil Tank Removal

8225

WEDNESDAY, N O V E M B E R 2 4 , 2 0 1 0 T H E VAN C O U V E R C O U R I E R

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1994 FORD Tempo, auto, V6, 4 dr, good cond, lady driven, $2000 obo. 604-988-0347

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2007 CHEV Aveo, only 14,000 kms, 4 dr 5 spd, fully warranted, 1 older driver $6300. 604-926-8400

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The University of British Columbia’s Public Hearing Committee will hold a Public Hearing respecting proposed amendments to the Land Use Plan for UBC’s Vancouver Campus. The Public Hearing is being held in accordance with Part 10-2010 of the Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act.

Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Time: 6 p.m. Place: Ponderosa Centre, 2071 West Mall, Vancouver, BC

Proposed amendments affect the UBC Vancouver campus lands, as shown in Map A.

The proposed amendments and relevant background material may be inspected at the offices of Campus and Community Planning, 2210 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, from November 15 to November 30, 2010.

The proposed Land Use Plan amendments include, but are not limited to: • Increasing housing choice and affordability through adjustments to residential and commercial floorspace, building height and unit caps; • Retention of the UBC Farm by changing the land use designation for the UBC Farm from “Future Housing Reserve” to “Green Academic”; • Transferring housing density from UBC Farm, University Square, Thunderbird Future Housing Area and Totem Field to the eastern side of Acadia, East Mall South, and Wesbrook South/Wesbrook Place; and • Regularizing land uses to better align with the university’s academic mission and vision. This includes defining the “Academic”, “Green Academic”, “Village Centre Academic” and “Neighbourhood Housing” land use designations and the designation of Gage South as an “area under review”. All persons who believe they may be affected by the above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission.

For further information, contact: Campus and Community Planning 2210 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 604-220-8831 Stefani.lu@ubc.ca www.planning.ubc.ca Please note, no refreshments or food will be provided at the hearing.

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Submissions can also be made directly to the Committee Clerk until the end of the Public Hearing. Written submissions received prior to or submitted during the Public Hearing will be included as part of the official public record by the Committee Clerk. Submissions received after the conclusion of the Public Hearing will not be considered by the Public Hearing Committee or the UBC Board of Governors.

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Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to the Committee in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Committee Clerk for the Public Hearing, c/o Campus and Community Planning, 2210 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 or public.hearing.clerk@ubc.ca. To be considered, advanced submissions must be received by noon on Tuesday, November 30.

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A speakers list will be available for the public to sign at the entrance of the Public Hearing venue approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the Public Hearing. Speakers will be asked to come forward in the order of the speakers list and will be allowed up to five minutes to address the Public Hearing Committee regarding the proposed amendments.

The Procedural Rules for the Public Hearing are available for inspection at the offices of Campus and Community Planning or by contacting the office as noted below.

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