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THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: PEOPLE'S ULTIMATE RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS IN CANADA James LymBumer will lead a discussion on Saturday, March 26, at -2:00 pm Carnegie Community Centre in Classroom II

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This is a quiet place, a refuge in the midst of storms. Outside, all around, the pressures & reality of enormous changes are always there, likened to the hunger & thirst of predators in a never-ending hunt for prey. It's the motivation that drives the lop-sided development craze beseiging our community.

Have you noticed how what the majority of residents include in any image of a whole for this neighbourhood never seems to get recognised, much less considered as viable? It's not stupidity on the part of those 'at the table' nor is it just malicious indifference. Part of it is a concerted effort to perpetuate failure & guilt amongst the low-income people, to engender & maintain inferiority, to make any & all effort to slough off such limitations & seeming dead-ends futile thru perpetual lack of what has been falsely deemed signs of success.

What we have doesn't have its only sum in itemised quantities: if the list of what constitutes gain/worth/success is checked off with prices or goods 'owned' or material comforts 'enjoyed' then yes, we're still functioning as prey; still seeing ourselves and our lives as that of victims and the fight for justice as hopeless.

A wisp of almost-wise advice (lifted from a horoscope no less), start each moment with' to hell with my suffering! Everything, including my whole life, is just too beautiful." Another wisp: there is nothing whatever that is not divine. (either there are no miracles or everything is a miracle) It's also 3:45am!!

PAULR TAYLOR

1. The Canadian Charter of Rights: Origins Magna Carta and Common Law; Positive v Normative Concepts in Criminal/ Common Law,The Supreme Document: (,Charter Cards') - What are they?

2. Relationships: DTES,-Vancouver, BC& Canada Government & Their Employees - Politicians, Civil Servants, Police: Professionals and Others.

3. History & the Current Environment: 1688 Features & Today: Now on the streets of Vancouver and the streets of the world.

4. The Concept of Informed Decisions: The History of Democracy & the IndividualJohn MacDonald, Snowden (Techie); Control Tools of Human Rights/CivilRights, Technology as Enabler.

Information as the true power - Internet, Google/Apple/Microsoft 5. Summary and Handouts East Vancouver Charter Rights & Protections Slate.com - 'Loose Cigarettes Today, Civil Unrest Tomorrow: The Racist, Classist Origins of Broken Windows Policing' 1688: First Modem Revolution,. Pr. by Steve Pincus 6. Questions (Refreshments & snacks) Presented by: Eedy LymBurner FOUNDATION

CANADIAN HONOURS PRESENTED IN VANCOUVER) The Governor General's Caring Canadian Award was Created in 1995. It recognizes living Canadians and permanent residents who have made a significant, sustained, unpaid contribution to their community, in Canada or abroad. Often working behind the scenes, these individuals volunteer their time and efforts to help their fellow citizens. The award also brings light to the example set by volunteers, whose compassion & engagement are a part of our Canadian character.

About the Meritorious Service Decorations

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The Meritorious Service Decorations celebrate Canadians who have performed an exceptional deed or activity that brings honour to Canada. The decorations are separated into military and civil divisions, with two levels each: a cross and a medal.

The Military Division recognizes a military deed or activity that has been performed in a highly professional manner or of a very high standard that brings benefit or honour to the Canadian Armed Forces and to Canada.

The Civil Division recognizes remarkable contributions in many different fields of endeavour, from advocacy initiatives and health care services, to research and humanitarian efforts. The contributions can be innovative, set an example for others to follow, or improve the quality of life of a community.

Stephen George Lytton Vancouver, British Columbia Refusing to accept the marginalization of First Nations people with disabilities" Stephen Lytton has volunteered with the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society since 1991, where he currently serves as president, Under his leadership, the Society promotes Aboriginal participation in community planning and provides disability, health and social support services throughout the province.

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Premier Christy Clark PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, B.c., Canada V8W 9E1 PREMIER@gov.c.ca Re: Provincial Budget and Disability Rates Dear Premier Clark, The purpose of this letter is to register our strong disappointment with the recent Provincial Budget with respect to the announced increase in Disability Rates by $77 per month per person effective September 2016. The current monthly Disability Rate in BC ($906) is woefully inadequate in meeting the basic needs of those with Disabilities and the $77 monthly increase, while a step in the right direction (1 % increase over 9 years), is insufficient and quite frankly disrespectful. Positive Living BC and its members believes that the Disability Rate in BC should match that of the Alberta Goverrunent's Disability (AISH) Rate of$1588 per month.

Furthermore, we strongly condemn the elimination of the current Special Transportation Subsidy (a lump sum paid to recipients of approximately $800 annually) and the BC Bus Pass Program ($45 annual cost to applicants) and the replacement of it with the user-pay model ($45 annually plus a monthly charge of between $52 -$66 monthly). This has the net effect of negating much of the announced Disability Rate increase. This in fact, amounts t9 a 1,300-per-cent increase in the price of transit to people with disabilities in BC. Positive Living BC and its membership calls on the BC Government to utilize its newly established $100 million Prosperity Fund to maintain the current Special Transportation Subsidy and BC Bus Pass Program and to increase the Disability rate in BC to $1588 monthly.

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Embattled DTES SRO residents celebrate a victory as judge awards them $450 each

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Residents of the problem-plagued Lion hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are celebrating a victory after complaining to the Residential Tenancy Branch that the low-income rooming house had no heat or hot water for long periods.

After alerting the City of Vancouver the building was without heat or hot water last fall and having building inspectors check their rooms in November, eight tenants of the rundown Powell Street hotel filed a grievance with the branch.

And following the arbitration hearing, at which lowincome housing advocate Wendy Pedersen of the DTES SRO Collaborative argued for the tenants, a decision last month gave them $450 each for enduring three documented months with no heat or hot water.

"I did it to get the heat and hot water turned back on, and the money is a bonus," said resident Mark Enns, 55, who was among the eight who took their case to the RTB. Despite Lion owner Abolghasem Abdollahi being fined, Enns on Monday said he still does not have any heat coming from the radiator in his single-room occupancy (SRO) room.

Following the tenant complaints in the fall, the City of Vancouver told Abdollahi to fix the heating problem or they would do it and bill him. Enns said he did have heat for about a week after the city's January deadline, but since then the radiator has been cold.

Pedersen said Abdollahi has little recourse other than to pay the tenants the fine. "Our next step is to write the landlord that the tenants are expecting payment."

She also said other tenants in the 70-room facility plan to file a grievance with the RTB. "Definitely, this is a precedent. It is exciting because it sends a strong message to the landlords it is cheaper to fix the problem than wait and be penalized for it."

Pharaoh Lambert is another Lion resident who was awarded $450.

"He was cutting corners before," he said of Abdollahi.

"Now he is forced to realize he is dealing with human beings and he stands to lose more money if he does not comply."

City fire inspectors have also been conducting routine inspections on The Lion, and Abdollahi has recently been fined thousands of dollars due to a long list of fire code violations.

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Last week tenants of The Lion held a press conference over concerns the owner was planning to sell the building. They fear a new owner would jack up the rents and they could end up homeless.

In 20 I0, three years after buying The Lion, Abdollahi was given a $l.~-million grant by Canada Mortgage and Housing'Corporation to upgrade the aging building under the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program.

Residents say CMHC has never followed up to make sure he lived up to that agreement, and question why the building has so many problems after Abdollahi was given such a large grant.

BY JOHN COLEBOURN

Spring Flamenco at Camegie on Saturdays March 5 - April 23: 1 - 2pm Beginner 2 - 3pm Intermediate Learn history, rhythms, dance techniques of southern Spain. No experience necessary for the beginner class. Ole! Instructor: Kelty McKerracher

Orphan I am an orphan - abandoned, given up on, cast away, lost forever to realistic attachments r connections with anyone I meet.They never seem familiar, though most mean well & are valued; what I truly need/am searching for is completely unknown to 'them' - & this has been my deepest, darkest secret. Indeed, I had sworn myself to a sacred oath of what seemed to be timeless secrecy. And now I don't seem to actually care at all.

In recalling or relating parts of my hollow, vacant (real or imagined) history I get hazy, even confused with this complicated cacophony of complimentary stories about myself that I have concocted. Jigsawed into no-longer-interlocking pieces it's become wellnigh impossible for me to unravel.

What's the point of acting out & performing this charade any longer? I've felt a potpourri of different thoughts & feelings with the frightening conclusion that I'm lost, that this quest is hopeless.

Back to basics. Start with the questions: Who am I? Where am I from? Who do I belong to? Hopefully, to all (even in a dream) there's love for me. I'm certain, now & forever, that continuing to wallow in the unanswerable is truly & only an indulgence, a wanting to impress no one but myself. \ ROBYN LlVINGSTONE.

Going Crazy

1st Annual Pickleball Tournament

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Everything changes when you go crazy.

WINNERS!! of the Carnegie 2016 Cup. Even saying I was going crazy was crazy!

And going - what did going look like?

Did I go to some new place called Crazy? Is that on a map of the mind?

Is there some hidden place in our brain where crazy resides waiting to jump out and grab us?

And, by the way, what is crazy? I say - I'm crazy with this work load right now, this rainy weather is driving me crazy, vacuuming-and some people drive me crazy and don't even get me started on politicians.

Who is the driver anyway and is there a vehicle involved - perhaps a tractor?

It seems to me that there are different kinds of crazy, ones that you find on the street, in your family and at the utmost levels of power. There is quiet crazy, smelly crazy, angry crazy, power and money hungry crazy (which are really dangerous) and of course there is DIAGNOSED MENTAL ILLNESS CRAZY. Any of the above can come with dire consequences and ..... drugs which can make you really crazy.

I've always thought that going crazy was a kind of a journey, the mind setting out to something better, more comfortable, more elastic, an opportunity to empty the trash cans in there that have gotten smelly and hard to carry.

We can breathe a little easier and feel a little lighter after we have gone crazy, although the journey itself takes us through some pretty rough terrain.

Everything eventually changed for the better when I went crazy and truth to tell I didn't really have a choice, crazy chose me. I'm glad it did, because I'm not so crazy now that I went there!

And let's face it, we're all a little crazy some of the time in one way or another. As it says in the scriptures in the Beatitudes (I think) Blessed are the crazy for they shall bring sanity to this dear world of ours which is pretty damn crazy all the time anyway. Amen' Karen Thorpe

from the Library I knew that Carnegie patrons were passionate about their books & movies, but now I have proof! In 2015, of all the 21 VPL libraries, Carnegie was the only one library that saw an increase in circulation (by 4.5%).

This is awesome. Thank you everyone for making us your library of choice and also for making book and movie requests here as it really helps create diversity in our collection. With the new year, we've received some "Fast Read" books - those hot titles, which are a first-come, first-serve opportunity with usually a long waiting list. Keep your eyes peeled for: The Illegal (2015) by Lawrence Hill- Known for his, Book of Negroes (now a TV series) this new title is a thriller based on a fictional African country called Zantoroland, renowned for both their incredible longdistance runners and their corrupt politicians. Keita Ali is an impressive athlete, but is on the run for his life after his father is murdered, and his sister is imprisoned.

Undermajordomo Minor (2015) by Patrick de Witt This book is a very odd, almost medieval story with a most unusual protagonist named Lucy who is a compulsive liar, pursuinga job in a castle that harbours dark secrets. It is described as "ink-black comedy" with adventure, mystery, love & murder. If you liked The Sisters Brothers, you'll enjoy deWitt's latest.

Rogue Lawyer (2015) by John Grisham - In classic Grisham form, we have Sebastian Rudd, a not-sotypical street lawyer without a firm but with a personal driver who acts as bodyguard, and more. Rudd represents the seediest of characters, establishing his own version of justice. This is a "legal thriller" at its very best. ~ The Grownup (2015) by Gillian Flynn - This novella by the author of Gone Girl, is a chilling story about three individuals who are trying to unlock the secrets of an eerie Victorian house. A "psychic" meets her match in a woman named Susan, and her teenage stepson Miles, who has a grisly imagination.

A Banquet of Consequences (2015) by Elizabeth George - Featuring Scotland Yard Detectives Thoma Lynley and Barbara Havers, George sets up her readers for another twisted novel of crime and passion in country setting. Both Lynley and Havers are under pressure to solve their cases, which holds their career on the line.

Please remember that all "Fast Read" titles are a one week loan for quick turn-over. Enjoy!

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Come on by and name our alien mascot ...

(The winning entry qets'a prize pack care of UFO'BC.)

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The Arrow's direction is always new: . towards the consented-to universe.

Slake's arrows, I mean Blake's arrows, Sylvia's gaze Emily D's aim Lewis Carroll's wink Edgar Allen's grip release when ready Oh wait, one more thing: the arrows in question remain the provenance of the native peoples of North America.

Stephen Belkin

The Hermit's Vacation "the fool on the hill sees the world going round" -the Beatles \To be alone with one's thoughts, to be at home with one's thoughts and at peace with one's thoughts is to be in a state of grace.

Hey, let's have the party there!

Stephen Belkin

EVOLUTION ejaculation, conception, gestation, parturition, expectation, education, normalization, deviation, intervention, rehabilitation, stabilization, moderation, abdication, constipation, medicalization, hallucination, retrogradation, masturbation, debilitation, hospitalization, deterioration, institutionalization, degeneration, expiration, cremation, obliteration.

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PHYSICAL MASS Like a speechless know-it-all who lives by socialist media gadgetry or a starting-pistol-wedding so many guns given as gifts why not just wrap a bowtie on the next tragedy uncertainties shall be handled by you first pray it's the right mistake, like a leap-yearling getting a 4-year reprieve from the slaughterhouse my how humane but expiry dates get shuffled about maybe tomorrow that steel bolt shall penetrate its skull then right through the brain this joke called mankind has only begun as a new crop of human beings have popped up to crucify'hate'delete, the interrogation proprietors make money betting on how many homeless shall die tonight it's hard to defend yourself when your stomach has the bark & your nerves have thebite at least hospitals have beds, never in the act of conversation have so many words been spewed out so many stupidly ugly mouths stating the obvious 'ears at the ready' to form opinions full of bravado only a beginning for the mindless idiots who are already over & out everybod 's right 'til the physical create mass bloodshed, , Like a lonely man with fragile psyche who's been thru two world wars being paid off in sanity & real life after death ifhe can start World War 3 isn't waiting for the end good enough for you Shame on y'all & shame on me Like going to the car races just to see them crash I've been wearing my retirement suit from the start right to the last I am physical mass I am a monstrosity, a ton of new leafs have withered into the scrapheap of life then like dust get blown away good ideas & better mistakes build up detonate or decay I am the critical past enduring a future where I am a monumental miscast I am Saint Minus (a physical missing link) door-

ways are homes Newspapers R Gardens & sidewalks are silk king-sized beds at night Officer Down rounds 'em up & puts warning shots through the backs of their foreheads who the fuck cares about worthless trash like us kill that beating heart & our skin becomes our very own garbage bag so devilishly clever who comes up with these scenarios Mam Christy & Emperor Gregor true evil that will burn in hell that takes them possibly the ocean we will all watch them sink, there is something odious & grim about those who even wish they could smell like they're from a higher tax bracket & how many kill themselves or just right out die because they just can't hack it as every year is another year to kill the poor &the homeless off A brand new month for those with Power Hepatitis Adronicus saw the same players filling their quota of dehumanizing humiliating & basically living for that hard-on that goes limp when evil plans turn sour even the thought of compassion might contaminate his hormones then out un-comes mister soft, I build dams & dam nitemares for a living one day's nite at a time I turn clocks backwards for my scene & your crime reconciliations nah messes for the masses I screw 'em up, the blind newspaper sellers I send out in the bright light of their darkened days I've sold trips for 2 to dysto[,ian Olympics with nitemarish expeditions to Death Valley with few complaints man do I have my ways it all began with a weather-worn collection of paper cuts, I can be right & I can be wrong to me all the others are a joke the truth being the last thing that they will acknowledge as they guzzle their booze & chain after chain after chainsmoke agitation grows on those who've been ostracized their belligerent allegations are subtly clear as I am forced to live in Colony Farm I've fathered both Darwin the Apostle &Officer Down their weakness & brute force have led to many atrocities some would call their Acts / Professional Ethics mankind has always been way off course so many of our elders being sent to live & die at th Cold Shoulder Retirement Home where Alz.Heimer & his wife ... urn. his wife pocket our parents' & grandparents' future into their bank accounts that's the lifestyle for which we pay There are evils I have not yet even conceived now that anyone can build a bomb in the comfort of their rent-hiked one-bedroom room isolation for the selfishists-at-heart to empathise on the incomprehensible

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discontent to bide my time I will divide oceans & tear techtonic plates apart as I watch the proceedings from up in the dark, Ibuild hatred & give cruel people the confidence to slyly slip in with the airheads whose only dream is to live LOUD die Rich & to shatter as many other people's dreams as they can the visionaries of this world do not need confidence a society based on complacency is not nonsense they will all follow this absolutely insane plan now the worthless miscasts will be coerced to the abandoned refrigerator fairgrounds out of sight & mind in a makeshift winterish absolutely freezing park, Now Ibrighten up rooms just by removing myself from the scene Itear down entire towns whilst whistling my very own sinister tune lioke a devout selfishist'kristna'marxist'communist'greenhouse party thug missionary man of all means I am what you want to be but don't have the guts to change everything I once was or did Ihit my head real harde during a fall?

Like bleeding heart surgery for the many infected with poverty & a quick death I extend their lifespan tenfold with tenaciously panicked jaw-dropping pain & I have no gifts to give out left as the face that launched a thousand fists has extended his courtesy & will let the masses make his life or death call, the doomsday refreshment committee welcomes me now with clenched rocks in their hands Iknew they kind of did not like me but let me see if I can understand have my sleeping angels that once reigned have no time to waste in finding a new king (one a little kinder than me) Crime scenes are developed in my opioidish misty dreams I am what I am that's the way this world crumbles even Mother Nature has violent fits as she whips me & screaais pure ice cold blood runs marathons thru my veins oh they love me so any idea how many cats have died from curiosity, on my Yin Yang chain-gang I've worked with feverish skill a sudden gust of rage & hope remind me bargains begin with simply waking up alive 'avoid anyone like me'fall in love'start that education &/or family ya got it in you it's called Free Will do not count yourself out become a piece of this reincarnation of the only thing older than this universe simply put get in touch with your conscience that will lead you right to your immortal soul

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CREATive ProcESS with Jacques Lalonde two Wednesdays March 23 & 30, 2pm-4pm in the Carnegie Theatre Story sharing.

Story writing.

Solos.

One minute monologues.

Two handers.

Your own story. Someone else's story.

Acting principles. Props. Improvisations.

"Every day is a good day to share a story. " Free, everyone welcome! No experience needed.

Jacques Lalonde is an award-winning writer, actor and director, who has appeared in over 50 films, television shows, and plays. A graduate of Studio 58, Jacques played Juror #8 in Theatre in the Raw's Twelve Angry Jurors last faLL at the InterUrban GaLLery.

Watch for more Carnegie theatre classes April 20,27, May 7, 14, 21,28 For info: Teresa 604-255-9401 thirteenojhearts@hotmail.com

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Controllable Insanity The dreams are there, So raw and bare, so thick so scared, Tearing apart from the despair, Disillusionment to the soul, Corrupt society on a roll, Creating monsters instead of roles, Roles to better the mind with the thoughts that wrap and bind, Creating goals, Inaccessible at this time to any form of mankind, Because we must walk the straight line, To love things and use people, That is the unjust, To feel fear to be real, Expectations run wild, What is reality?

Stuck in a fog, Phenomenally clear and beautiful, We must rise, Unite to be free, The shortness of this life is to little to fight, Break free from the mental incapacity that locks up love And consumes hate, ' So dark and dreary, But I see the same, The same people, Just wanting joy and security, But follow the mirage into the parade where you can't even make it off minimum wage, Wanting a raise, Blurred by greed, Too blinded to see the real need For love and stress free, ' Please, Just unity and let all people be Amanda Delane- Thomas

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It all started out with a black hole, Emancipating the inner soul, I felt like I was on a roll, Ripping through life like I had future goals, Always on the run, Thinking it was so fun, How dumb, Addiction, non-fiction to fiction, I got this friction with life, what's even real?

Especially when I want to give up the fight, So intertwined with the thoughts that consume my mind, Wanting happiness, to be free, But here's the insanity, The drugs say come with me, So I give up everything in hopes to escape, Don't even know what I'm running from, Just know I got sell-hate, Overweight, lost control, So controlled with the devils hate to the soul, Try to save me, realize I'm way too crazy, You're staring at the walking dead, The drugs the saved me, or so I thought, And this is what they said to me: "Come with me, I'll be your savior, I'll be your friend, me & you until the end, I'll make you look beautiful, make you be free, with just one promise, you never leave me, and if you do I'll make your life misery, I'm around every corner you see, so fear induced you'll have anxiety, you'll feel so hopeless, so desperate, so alone, all because you started off on an empty soul. ", Now I decide to land on my knees, Surrender be free, Beautiful as can be, The real me, Now I allow myself to just be, flow, I'm on a roll, Getting enrolls, you want some more?

Encore, Join me in recovery and you will see Amanda Delane- Thomas

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The Wealth of Poverty Poverty builds character.

People learn to face challenges and think creatively.

People live simply and don't/can't acquire useless gadgets and unnecessary junk and clothing. Is your legacy from this life what you have or who you loved?

The great saints lived simply and embraced poverty - St. Francis, Mother Theresa, and countless others.

The Creator loves, honours and respects the poor: "Blessed are the poor in spirit because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven" When you have less you depend on The Creator more.

When you have less you depend on friends and family more.

Poverty helps to build community: When you are poor you have to make your own entertainment and so you are in touch with your creativity and you share that with your community. This brings joy, hope and self worth from your own soul and is the Creator's gift for all not just the super stars.

When you are poor you are acquainted with humility.

"Blessed are the humble for they shall inherit the earth" You cannot afford a car or travel on airplanes and therefore you don't contribute to the pollution of this earth.

Poverty is more environmentally friendly and it is the poor from every country who are bringing about the changes we need to save this earth because the earth belongs to everyone.

The majority of our brothers and sisters in this world are poor and we stand with them. They are not the ones oppressing others, buying and selling the weapons of war or destroying this dear earth in their greed.

Poverty is a hard taskmaster and a dear teacher when we embrace her and she reveals the true wealth of the soul.

Karen Thorpe

CITY OPERA PRESENTS:

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Join us at Carnegie for Act One of our next mainstage production, THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZART. Free, of course.

4 - 5pm, Saturday 19 March Carnegie Theatre

This is City Opera's 31st concert in the DTES, and honours a tradition of bringing great music to people where they live.

THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZART are three he started but never finished. In November, we presented Act Two. On 19 March, we present Act One. These are the unfinished comedies THE DELUDED SPOUSE and THE CAIRO GOOSE. We'll be testing our new script, linking Mozart's incomplete fragments. Seven singers, a speaker, a pianist - and you.

'A producer is sitting in a darkened theatre, considering his next project. To his astonishment, the Gates of Limbo open before him. Out come spirits, lost souls who have been waiting 200 years for Mozart to finish his work. They beg the producer for a chance to be . born, and to sing. They have been practicing, and squabbling, and dealing with abandonment issues for two centuries. The producer agrees ... but there is a condition.

Please join us for a composer everyone knows, and fantastic music nobody knows at all. Generously supported by the BC Arts Council, BC Gaming & Camegie Centre. www.cityoperavancouver.com

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Right now, heated talks are going on regarding increasing minimum wage. The amount low-end workers currently earn is paltry. Some politicial leaders have proposed a minimum wage increase. Even then no one can live on such wages. You cannot have a small house, get medical care, and raise children on such a wage. It is impossible.

Still other politicians - who support wealthy capitalists - remain unmoved and have no empathy. Rather they are shocked about a potential increase in wages. Meanwhile, CEO's and top executives earn thousands of times more than that each hour.

Prout philosophy says, "What a dangerous outlook! What a rosy philosophy of capitalism! God save humanity from such perverted philosophy. Man's desire for worldly pleasure does not cease until he finds a really great ideal. His hunger is insatiable. The wolf in him seems to say over and over again, "I am hungry, I am hungry." His mouth is agape all the time and the fools of the earth, resigned to their belief in predestination, are swallowed by it. These wolves eat up their flesh and blood and cast away their insipid bones. Are we to support this wolfish philosophy? The dirty-clothed laborers, their faces lined with hard labor and fatigue, are not human beings in the eyes of those who have Mammon by their side. The characteristic of a vested interest is that it has no other thought but itself. The selfish man is the eater, the others are his food. His needs are never-ending. Out of his salary the poor man has to pay his house rent, support his family, educate his children, provide milk for his baby, marry his daughters. Are those necessities only for the people of the upper classes? Are these not the minimum necessities oflife? Yes, but these thoughts of the poor are no concern of the rich! Such thinking involves some sacrifice, does it not? From where would objects of luxury for the rich come, if hunger were not the hard taskmaster of the poor? Let the daughters of the poor collect cow-dung forever and their sons be slaves in the households of the rich. What a fine arrangement! The high hopes of the poor?-pooh! pooh!! Aren'tthey all moonshine?" (Human Society, Social Justice, 1987 Edn) [PROUT.org ProutistUniversl.org] previous version is good and some say this one is better. Let us know which version you prefer.

Prout philosophy says, "It is a characteristic of vested interests that they never bother to think of anyone except themse.lves. ~hey .must eat and the rest of humanity only exists to be eaten. They want increasingly more objects for their gratification. Those who e~rn three thousand rupees a month think that this is an extremely meagre amount, but they.never stoP.to ~on~lder the needs of those who earn a negligible thirty rupees a month.(4) A poor man has to pay hISrent, ~amtam hl~ famil~, educate his children, buy milk for his babies, and save something to put towards the cost ?f hIS daughter s marnage, all out of thirty rupees. Are these needs only applicable to the upper stratum of society? Are they not the minimum necessities of life? Rich people do not want to consider the needs of the poor, because if they do they will have to make some sacrifices. Where will their luxuries and comforts come fro.m if hunger does not burn the bellies of the poor? Is it not a fine idea if the daughters of the poor go ~n col.lectmg cow dung forever, and their so~s work like slaves in the houses of the rich for generations together. I~this n?t a fine arrangement? As for the high hopes of the poor, aren't they ridiculous? Aren't they out of touch WIthreality?" (Human Society - Social Justice, Electronic Edition 7.5)

WEIRD WORLDS

BETRAYED

By David Ogilvie April I - April 30, 2016

Portraits of Strength

Official Opening Friday, April 1,5:30 - 7:00 PM Camegie Art Gallery, 3rd FIr, 401 Main Street

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Join us for a presentation about human trafficking by Children of the Street Society, West Coast Domestic Workers Association, and photographer Tony Hoare,

PRESENTATION & RECEPTION Wednesday, March 23, 2016 6:30 - 8:00 PM Carnegie Community Centre Theatre 401 Main Street Exhibition from March 23 to April 5

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A variety of bands playing Bluegrass, Folk and Country Music!

Wednesday,March 16, 2016 7 • 9 pm, Carnegie Theatre

First Aid To whom it may concern: I was down at the Street Market, beside Pigeon Park Savings on E Hastings, & was eating a piece of meat.

It got stuck in my throat, I couldn't even swallow water, and I asked if anyone knew First Aid. No one did; no one phoned an ambulance. I packed my things that I was selling & headed to my home at Hastings&Main My partner had been phoning me while this was going on and I had to stop four times during the I-block walk. When we met he pressed on my stomach a few times and the meat finally went down but I had been choking for almost half-an-hour. I was really scared.

The Street Market is open daily for hours. The site is 'managed' through a City-supported structure and should have a First-Aid attendant on-site while open.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD SMALL GRANTS Welcome to Neighbourhood Small Grants in 2016.' We are very excited about the year ahead, and look forward to keeping you up-to-date with our work as small grants become available throughout the lower mainland and beyond.

Lower mainland communities open for application!

Vancouver Foundation and our local community partners are very proud to announce tha.

Neighbourhood Small Grants and Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants are 1:,ck for communities across the lower mainland. We are excited to give local people the opportunity to bring their community building ideas to life.

Grants of up to $500 are now available for residents living in 17 communities throughout Vancouver, the North Shore, Burnaby, North Surrey, New Westminster and Richmond.

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Looking for inspiration?

You can come up with all kinds of creative ideas to bring people together and build community. Previous grants have supported street theatre, block parties, community gardens, arts and craft workshops, habitat protection, and much more.

You could check out the stories section of our website to hear from project leaders who have run great community projects in your neighbourhood. Or watch the videos on our hornepageto take an even deeper dive on a few projects from 2015.

Applicants are encouraged to think about ways to help communities build strong connections between residents, share skills and knowledge, build a sense of ownership & pride, and respect and celebrate diversity. Anything that makes your neighbourhood a better place to live!

Vancouver Foundation, 200-475 W Georgia, Van 6B 4M9 vancouverfoundation.ca info@vancouverfoundation.ca - Neighbourhood

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