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Pacey v. Canada’s prostitution laws

By Kelsey Klassen

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n Dec. 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada decided the Ontario case of Bedford, Lebovitch

violated sex workers’ rights to improve their safety and health.

So, five days before Christmas and weeks earlier than anyone had anticipated, Pacey flew back to Ottawa to hear the decision. In a unanimous 9-0 ruling, the court struck down all three criminal code provisions.

According to Pacey, the court said if striking the communication law could have prevented even one sex worker from getting into Pickton’s car, “that would have been enough.”

The ruling comes 34 years after the Supreme Court last upheld the country’s anti-prostitution laws and gives the federal government one year to craft new legislation; otherwise, sex workers will then legally be able to solicit on the street, operate bawdy houses and hire third parties. There were even jokes about pension plans.

The federal government faces a difficult choice if it decides to bring in new legislation, however.

The US approach of criminalizing both the purchase and sale of sex has been deemed largely ineffective. Then there is the “Nordic model”, used in Sweden, that makes it legal to sell sex but not to buy it, and has been criticized for issues similar to the legislation that was just struck down. New Zealand, on the other hand, has legalized prostitution, subject to regulation, and relies on other criminal laws to control violence, trafficking and exploitation. There is also the possibility that the laws remain struck and the government allows individual municipalities or provinces to regulate prostitution.

But Pacey, a self-professed

“privileged” woman who once believed that all sex work constituted violence against women and that no one would “choose to do this”, now maintains that the only way to know what is best for sex workers is to ask them.

“A lot of the beliefs and assumptions that I carried were really only undone and unravelled and unlearned through conversations with sex workers. I could read a book. I could sit and listen to a lecture. But nothing deepens someone’s understanding of the diversity and the lived experience as effectively as the sex worker who lives it.

“There are endless reasons and ways that people do this work, and why they do it and how long they wish to do it for and who they wish to do it with.”

In 2002, around the time of Pickton’s arrest, and after a decade or so of work in the violence against women movement, Pacey joined Pivot and began speaking to women on the DTES. “I do get overwhelmed. I know my own limitations in terms of what part of this movement I can fulfill and what I can be, and what our organization can do. [But] I derive constant inspiration from this community and that absolutely keeps me going.”

It’s that connection with the community that she hopes to slowly instill in her two children.

“I experience the struggle of every working mother, in that I am constantly trying to be present and engaged and there for my kids, and present and engaged and there for my job,” she said, having just baked cookies for her daughter’s

and Scott.

Prior to that, Vancouver lawyer Katrina Pacey was stressing about Christmas like any other woman and mother.

But in addition to her immediate family, she was also thinking about the entire population of sex workers on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES).

Pacey and the staff of Pivot Legal Society are heroes to many of the most marginalized people in the city, but say that to Pacey directly and her firm blue gaze will falter and politely look away.

Pivot, an intervener in the case to reform the country’s anti-prostitution laws, celebrated a landmark victory with the Supreme Court’s Dec. 20 decision to strike down three laws.

Sex workers from the DTES have been involved in their own Charter challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws since 2007. The case was launched by Sheri Kiselbach, a former sex worker of 30 years.

The morning of the verdict, which would resolve the BC case as well, Kiselbach was waiting anxiously in Pivot’s nondescript headquarters along with about 30 other interested parties from Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV), PACE and the media.

Meanwhile, Pacey, who says she went to law school to become a better activist, was in Ottawa.

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Pivot Legal Society litigation director Katrina Pacey, with executive director Peter Wrinch, celebrated the Supreme Court of Canada’s Dec. 20 decision to strike down three federal criminal laws against adult prostitution. Rob Newell photo potluck. “My five-year-old is at a really interesting place, where her perception is increasing and we’re starting to have more and more conversations about this work.”

Pacey’s son was only two months old when she first headed to Ottawa, so she brought him with her out of necessity. But her mother — a lifelong activist and Pacey’s inspiration — and daughter joined as well.

“It’s hard, because I don’t feel she’s ready to have a conversation about what sex work is, but there was a level of honesty I wanted to have,” Pacey said of the trip. “I said that Pivot’s job is to work with people when the govern-

ment isn’t doing their job to protect them. So we were there with those women to fight for their rights.

“She seemed concerned about that.

She moved on quickly to her next concern,” Pacey laughed, “but she’s starting to understand that women have a different place in the world and there are women that are less safe.

“It’s really important to me that my kids understand that this is not just work with a paycheque attached. It’s the most important thing, actually… I hope they figure out how to do math one day, but right now it’s important to me that they value and respect and care for the community around them.”

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Reconnect with your wild side Tourism Vancouver’s Jorden Hutchinson interviews JB MacKinnon about his new book and upcoming project at the Museum of Vancouver

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B MacKinnon is best known for penning The 100-Mile Diet, a bestseller (co-written with his partner Alisa Smith) that helped spark the local foods movement worldwide. His new book, The Once

and Future World, looks at the richer, more abundant natural world of the past and how we might “rewild” the planet in the future.

Nominated for three national nonfiction awards, the book has also been adapted into a Museum of Vancouver exhibit — with MacKinnon as guest curator — about the changing face of nature in the city. Rewilding Vancouver opens at the MOV on February 27.

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I moved here 14 years ago. I always thought Vancouver would be too big-city for me, but it quickly became my favourite place. I travel a lot for research and reporting, and Vancouver is the perfect city to come home to.

Favourite way to spend a Saturday? On Saturdays you’ll find me rock climbing in Squamish or bird-watching in Iona Beach Regional Park, Boundary Bay Regional Park and along Vancouver’s seawall. In winter months, I like to snowboard at Cypress Mountain or Whistler Blackcomb. These activities clear my head, though obviously in different ways.

Favourite festivals, events or activities taking place during winter months? The winter farmers’ market runs every Saturday at Riley Park (Ontario at E. 30th), and it’s consistently amazing — especially for visitors — to see what Vancouver’s farmers are able to offer in the cold, wet months.

Winter is my favourite time for local eating — the fish and shellfish are tastier, and I love all the deepflavoured root vegetables, pickles, sauerkrauts and jams.

How would you describe Vancouver’s culinary scene? Bottomless. You could spend a year exploring Shanghai cuisine, the next year tasting your way through the local foods scene, the next eating from food trucks, and the year after that getting to know craft beer culture. By then, some other highlight will have emerged.

How have we lost touch with our wild side?

That’s one of the themes that Vancouverite JB MacKinnon, author of The 100-Mile Diet, explores in his new book, The Once and Future World. Alisa Smith photo

For your best-selling book, you spent a year only eating ingredients grown within 100 miles of your Kitsilano apartment. Now, where would you send visitors to experience the best of the city’s locavore shopping and dining experiences? For the locavore, there is nowhere better than the farmers’ markets, which are more numerous than ever before (see EatLocal.org). Fishermen’s Wharf and the fish shops on Granville Island next door are another highlight. In my opinion, the best meal in town is cleaned-and-steamed Dungeness crab from The Lobster Man, eaten straight out of its newsprint wrapper.

For a special meal out, I like Burdock & Co. on Main Street. Chef and owner Andrea Carlson put together the city’s first 100-mile menu back when she worked at Raincity Grill. Years later, she’s gone on to open this great, seasonal, local-foods restaurant — but still finds time to forage for mushrooms.

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anuary 17 to February 2 is Tourism Vancouver’s much anticipated Dine Out Vancouver Festival — the largest restaurant festival in the city.

I have mixed feelings about the festival. I prefer Dine Out events, not because I’m hosting one this year (6 Course Discourse), but because they’re one-offs that you can’t enjoy the rest of the year.

There are restaurants that really shine during Dine Out; it just takes some research to find them.

Dine Out Vancouver is a social festival more than an opportunity to really “judge” a restaurant based on that one experience, so approach it with the right mentality and courtesy.

For the patrons/diners: Do Research. Go on DineOutVancouver.com and scope out the menus so you know what to expect. Go on the official restaurant website and compare it to the DOVF menu. Calculate if it’s good value, if they offer a price fixe menu on a regular basis, or if menu items overlap. I like when they overlap because I find it more representable. In many cases, Dine Out menus equal to a free appetizer/dessert, which is fine, but just do your research. There are some hidden gems outside of Vancouver too.

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Don’t Rush your customer. I get turning tables during a busy time, but give them the warning at the reservation or at the door. Don’t tell them when they sit down.

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Don’t Try extra hard to blow them away on Dine Out. Restaurants have a chance to win a “Best Bite Award” and bragging rights based on diner votes. It’s great to recognize restaurants who go all out, but at the same time restaurants who go “all out” year round deserve credit. Maintain a standard for excellent service and food all the time. Be consistent.

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Family ties Amacon principal Lilliana de Cotiis overseas hospitality division of one of Vancouver’s most ambitious and successful real estate families

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itting at a back corner of her Tableau restaurant, Lilliana de Cotiis feels at home, more at ease amid the clatter of plates and sultry jazz than in a traditional office setting.

The scion of one of Vancouver’s most ambitious and successful real estate development families sketches out growth plans for the five-year-old Loden Hotel brand that she owns with four siblings.

“Absolutely we’re expanding,” de Cotiis revealed with her trademark exuberance that has led some to describe her as the Energizer bunny of the family.

“I’m hoping, fingers crossed, that in the next year or two we will have another Loden open.

Our vision is to expand the Loden brand across Canada — Toronto and then maybe Calgary and Montreal.”

De Cotiis runs the hospitality division of real estate developer Amacon, which she co-owns with eldest sibling Teresa and older brothers Donato, Luca and Marcello.

Siblings have input on all aspects of Amacon’s corporate operations, but de Cotiis is the driving force behind the Loden Hotel, Tableau restaurant and the recently renovated Homer St. Café.

“Sometimes I wish my brothers and sister weren’t my partners,

but, when you look at it, there’s a positive in that we inherently know each other, and there’s this innate understanding between us.

It’s just there,” she says.

McCarthy Tetrault LLP partner Lisa Vogt was a practising lawyer when she first met de Cotiis in the mid-1980s. De Cotiis was finishing elementary school, and her father Amalio wanted her to have the positive influence of meeting a woman who was practising law.

“He was thinking, ‘Boy, there could be a lawyer in the family.

Maybe something will rub off on Lilliana,’” said Vogt, who did legal work for Amalio. “He had big ambitions for his children, and he was proud to have them follow in his footsteps, yet he also wanted them to get an education.”

De Cotiis, who refers to Vogt as her mentor, did a BA in history at Simon Fraser University and then took a year off to figure out what she wanted to do.

When friends struggled to find employment, de Cotiis started to realize that entering the family business might be her best option.

She joined siblings at the newly formed Amacon to do marketing and administration on projects such as the oval-shaped 501 Pacific residential tower, where a buzz was created by having a radio station give away a condominium.

Several years later, after the turn of the millennium, she moved

Lilliana de Cotiis oversees operations at the Loden Hotel, Tableau Bar and Bistro and the recently renovated Homer Street Café. Dominic Shaefer photo to Toronto to establish Amacon’s beachhead in Canada’s largest city.

De Cotiis worked alongside Amalio to negotiate Amacon’s purchase of 30 acres in downtown Mississauga — now Parkside Village, the company’s most ambitious project.

“You reach a point in your career and life when lifestyle becomes important and different opportunities come into play,” de Cotiis said.

“So my decision was to oversee hospitality and come back to Vancouver.”

Her 77-room Loden Hotel and its Tableau restaurant had been

built when she was away and were part of a project that included the Melville residential tower at the corner of Melville and Bute streets.

Five framed Star Diamond awards hang in the hotel lobby — all won by either the Loden or Tableau since 2010 and all proof that de Cotiis has made a success of the family’s profitable boutique hotel.

TripAdvisor ranks her hotel No. 3 in Vancouver with a 97 per cent approval rating from guests.

“Occupancy is about 75 to 85 per cent right now, and we have a variety of travellers who stay with us,” she said. “About 60 per cent

are business travellers.”

De Cotiis busies herself with charitable endeavours when not at the Loden. Though not on the board, she is an active fundraiser for the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation and Canadian Cancer Society.

She also helps Teresa with philanthropy and was active with the Amacon-sponsored 20-foot-tall Christmas tree recently on display at Jack Poole Plaza.

Glen Korstrom is a writer for Business in Vancouver, where this article first appeared. It has been edited for length. A full version is at BIV.com.

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e’re diving into 2014 with quite a big splash around the city’s wine scene. The ever-popular Dine Out Vancouver Festival offers a slew of BC VQA wine pairings for your supping pleasure while January 21 brings Liberty Wines’ Taste BC event, pouring the best of British Columbian wine, beer and spirits to benefit BC Children’s Hospital. We slip down the West Coast on February 5 for Sonoma & The City at the Terminal City Club, and then race right over to the Jewel Ballroom on February 7 for Big Night, Vancouver Magazine’s pairing up of their Restaurant Awards and Wine Awards winners.

Of course, let’s not forget about the biggest one of all: the Vancouver

International Wine Festival runs February 24 to March 2, and events are already starting to sell out. I’ll be previewing the can’t-miss wine festival events in next week’s column, but in the meantime will post more information on all of these events at KurtisKolt.com.

Looks like we need to warm up for all of this hoopla! Here are a fun trio of reds to help you practise your swirl.

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Maurel Vedau 2011 Pinot Noir | Languedoc, France | $15-19 | BC Liquor /Private Stores We had a Christmas party at the beginning of December and this bottle was one of the leftovers that someone brought. (I’m surprised something didn’t get opened that evening; that’s not usually how we roll.) I cracked this just a few days ago out of curiosity and was quite impressed with it, particularly when I looked up the price. A fantastic value of a Pinot Noir here; full of Italian plums, blackberries, currants, blueberry jam and a good dusting of dried thyme that adds a perfect component to the wine’s breadth.

Poplar Grove 2010 Cabernet Franc | Okanagan Valley, BC | $35 | Winery Direct/Private Stores A modern classic of British Columbian Cabernet Franc. Poplar Grove’s always sturdy take on the grape involves 18 months in French oak and then an extra 18 months in the winery’s cellar, so all of the wine’s fruit, tannins and other components come woven together well. The result boasts plenty of Fresh-baked ginger snap cookies, cherry compote a little fresh-plucked sage and a hint of roasted red bell pepper sweetness. The alcohol is closing in on the 15 per cent mark, so this guy has some oomph! Serve in the biggest glasses you’ve got.

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Owner Andrew Wong will be concentrating operations at the New Westminster location. Besides being the first to introduce contemporary Chinese cuisine to Vancouver, Wild Rice was also the first Chinese restaurant in the city to champion the local, seasonal, sustainable movement. Don’t miss this last chance for their kung po chicken and cha siu bao. WildRiceBC.ca For the serious whisky lover…Odd Society Spirits is offering whisky aficionados the opportunity to purchase their own private 30-litre cask of Canadian Single Malt, made from 100 per cent BC malted barley. Casks are priced at $1,350 plus bottling fee, and will be stored at Odd Spirits for three years until it reaches maturity, after which it will be bottled.

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The Sojourners, Canada’s award-winning gospel trio, will be performing at the launch of The Emerald’s weekend brunch, with proceeds going to the foundation. Tickets are $25 for the all-you-can-eat Vegas-style brunch buffet, including performance.

Starting the following week, the regular brunch buffet is priced at $12.95. 604-559-8477 Blue Water Café will once again be offering its annual Unsung Heroes menu through the month of February. Executive Chef Frank Pabst originally created the event to bring awareness to local, unique seafood. Past dishes have included red sea urchin trifle and poached periwinkles. Look for gooseneck barnacles and sustainable sturgeon liver mousse on the 10th anniversary menu. BlueWaterCafe.net Sonoma County Vintners is hosting two winemakers’ dinners on February 4 in support of the BC Hospitality Foundation, at Blue Water Café ($165) and Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar ($110). Blue Water will host Siduri Wines and Novy Family Wines, while Brix will host Rodney Strong Vineyards.

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BrixVancouver.com | BlueWaterCafe.net On February 5, Sonoma County Vintners will be presenting Sonoma in the City at Terminal City Club, with more than 20 wineries offering up classic varietals, as well as some surprises. Tickets $55.

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Vancouver is invited to ‘bake a difference’ via the second annual National Cupcake Day, taking place Feb. 24 to benefit the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. By baking delicious treats for friends, family and co-workers in exchange for donations, you will not only raise desperately needed funds for abandoned, neglected and abused animals in your community, but you will also be making everyone’s day a little brighter with a scrumptious treat. Register your participation at NationalCupcakeDay.ca.

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Contrary to popular practice, it is not permitted in Vancouver to bury your pet. If you still choose to do so, your pet must be buried deeper than six feet and the site should not interfere with water lines. Pets that have been euthanized can be toxic to other animals and should never be buried.

There is another downside to burial.

Local pet owners who believed that a Surrey pet cemetery — the only pet cemetery in Greater Vancouver — was their pet’s forever home, soon discovered that land can always be sold to the highest bidder.

Between 1952 and the mid-1990s, the site at 147A Street and 78 Avenue became a resting place to more than 600 cats and dogs. But then the privately owned cemetery was sold to a developer and fell into neglect. The City of Surrey has said there is little it can do to protect the graves, and several pet owners have exhumed their pets to find a more stable home.

It is issues like this that prompted Kevin Woronchak, a North Vancouver firefighter, to open the Until We Meet Again Pet Loss Memorial Centre in 2007. His family traumatically lost three pets in the span of a week in

2006, and discovered that there was little in the way of emotional support for families when it came to pet loss.

Since opening their after-care facility and crematorium, which enables grieving owners to process the death of a pet at their own pace, Woronchak and his wife Joanna have witnessed multicultural displays of remembrance, such as the hiring of pastors to perform services, catered affairs, wrapping the body in white linens, and singing.

If keeping your pet’s ashes in important, be sure to confirm how your pet will be cremated. A 2009 CTV investigation revealed that use of the term “private cremation” varies widely in BC and that few crematoriums actually place only one animal in the chamber at a time. More commonly, the term “private” refers merely to segregated.

At the time of the investigation, three crematoriums passed the testing — Until We Meet Again, the Pet Loss Care Memorial Centre in Victoria and Forever in Peace in Mission. However not every BC crematorium was tested.

In addition to cats and dogs, Woronchak says Until We Meet Again has performed cremations for pets as small as beta fish and budgies.

No matter how much you prepare for the day, it is undoubtedly heartbreaking when your pet does pass away. But support is available.

“Sometimes people call us in the middle of the night, just to talk to us,” Woronchak says. “We tell them, ‘It’s okay. Just put a nice blanket under their head. It will be fine.’”

Missing pets Vancouver resident Philip Rooyakkers, the former president of the Urban Puppy Shop, has created a new app: PiP (Positive Identification of Pets.)

In a Globe and Mail story, he says his app, which was recently added to iTunes, uses facial recognition technology to help people find lost pets.

They upload a photo of their pet and, it’s hoped, someone who finds the pet also uploads a photo and the app matches pet with owner. The app is free but it costs $18.99 a year to register your pet and upload a photo. If a registered pet is missing, PiP allows the owner to issue an alert to other users, vets, and animal agencies. In the story, the BC SPCA says the concept is “fantastic” but that people should also have some permanent ID on their pet.

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hey hold the car door open for her. They make sure she’s comfortable and relaxed. They take her directly to her medical appointments and are there for her when she’s done. If she’s been told bad news, they don’t mind if she cries on the trip home. They listen and care about her as a person, not just a passenger.

“It’s just the personal touch that really makes a difference,” Patricia Duval says of the volunteer drivers she’s met through the West End Seniors Network. “I don’t think I could have gone through what I did without them.”

Duval’s career as a singer and dancer took her around the world and she’s now living at PAL Vancouver, a haven for retired performing artists whose lives, but not their bank accounts, were enriched by creative experiences. Health problems have necessitated numerous medical appointments and even if Duval could afford to travel that often by taxi, getting a ride from someone with whom you feel comfortable at times of stress, has made her indebted to the program.

One of her regular drivers is Ray Roland, a self-effacing retired banker who logged 40 hours in November and 16 hours in December. “It’s painless for me

to do,” he says. “You get to meet some nice people, get to understand what they’re going through and help them deal with that.”

While the WESN will cover a driver’s expenses, such as extra insurance, parking and mileage for trips out of the West End, many volunteers don’t asked to be reimbursed.

For the clients, the program is subsidized through the Better At Home program, which falls under the United Way. There’s a sliding scale of fees based on a seniors’ income, from free to “still modest.”

The WESN also has an agreement with the Modo car co-op. This is perfect for people who want to volunteer but don’t have a car. The cost is paid for by the program, not the driver.

More volunteer drivers (and volunteers, period) are always welcome at the West End Seniors Network, which is based in the city-owned Barclay Manor.

In February, it is launching its 9th annual Helping Hearts fundraising campaign.

This year’s goal is $15,000 and the monies will go towards several programs.

To volunteer as a driver, please contact Dora Ng at 604-669-5051 or email her at betterathome@wesn.ca.

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Public Hearing on West End Zoning Amendments The West End Community Plan was approved by Vancouver City Council in November 2013. The plan will be the future road map on areas ranging from housing and land use to transportation and public spaces.

As part of the implementation of the plan, amendments have been proposed to the Zoning and Development By-law for social and market rental housing, residential and commercial developments, and the Downtown Official Development Plan and Rental Housing Stock Official Development Plan. The proposed changes include adding definitions for “social” and “secured market rental” housing, and rezoning on portions of Davie, Denman and Robson Streets.

CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AT A PUBLIC HEARING ON: Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 6 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Council Chamber Anyone is welcome to attend the Public Hearing. If you would like to speak at the meeting to present your comments or concerns, register individually by 5 pm on January 23, 2014: Email: publichearing@vancouver.ca Phone: 604-829-4238 In person: 5:30 to 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing You may also submit comments by email to mayorandcouncil@ vancouver.ca or to City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Department, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4.

Copies of the draft by-laws are available for viewing starting January 10, 2014 at the City Clerk’s Department in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, and in the Planning Department, East Wing of City Hall, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

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Among the nominees: True Heroines, a web series about 1950s housewives with superpowers; Colleen Rennison for her song “Molly” in Ben Ratner’s Down River; CTV’s locally shot Motive; Showcase’s Continuum; Nerd Corps’ animated hit Slugterra; and CTV Vancouver’s election coverage.

The awards will be handed out on March 9 in a gala hosted by Martin Short and broadcast on CBC Television. — Sabrina Furminger

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ohn Reardon knew that change was afoot at Arctic Air when he showed up to begin filming the third season and noticed that everything in his wardrobe was a size smaller.

“My vest looked like an eighties muscle shirt,” the Vancouver-based actor recalls during a media junket held in the depths of the CBC’s downtown headquarters. “The clothes got a lot tighter.”

Reardon portrays ace pilot Blake Laviolette on the popular CBC action-drama, which follows the romantic exploits and cold weather adventures of the staff of a scrappy Northern airline.

For the past two seasons, Reardon’s character has been caught up in a complicated love triangle with Pascale Hutton’s Krista Ivarson and Adam Beach’s Bobby Martin.

But season three finds Blake, Krista and Bobby moving on from the messy triangle and stakes being raised for all of the characters in two critical areas: action and sex.

Action gets an adrenaline boost when the titular airline introduces a search and rescue component.

“You’re going to find that a lot of episodes, now that we have the

search and rescue, it’s not about us,” says Beach. “It’s about the environment. It’s about the incident. It’s about life and death.”

As for sex, the show has never shied away from depicting gorgeous people engaged in sweaty liaisons; just expect more of it in year three.

“There are some sexy times this season,” says Hutton, whose sexy times involve a new character portrayed by Primeval: New World star Niall Mater.

“I hate him,” laughs Beach. “He’s too handsome, he’s too charismatic, and he has muscles.”

There’s a steady stream of laughter during the cast interview; the actors clearly like and admire each other.

Perhaps theirs is a camaraderie forged on location in faraway Yellowknife.

“It’s almost like a paid vacation.

The last trip we went up, we worked from 9am to 4pm. We couldn’t work anymore because it got dark fast and you got to just take your time and relax,” says Beach. He pauses thoughtfully. “They need hot tubs.

One of these years I’m going to start a company up there and I’m going to have about 12 hot tubs.”

Hutton is proud of the spotlight that Arctic Air has shone on Canada’s North. “It’s a part of the country that’s not easy to get to, and I think we’ve really opened Canadians’ eyes to the diversity of Canada,” she says.

“We’ve illuminated the romanticism of the North.”

“Damn. That’s beautiful,” says Beach.

Arctic Air airs Tuesdays at 9pm on CBC Television.

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The average price for detached bungalows increased 4.0 per cent year-over-year to $1,041,300 and standard two-storey homes increased 3.3 per cent to $1,139,050, while condominiums rose 2.3 per cent to $492,500.

“The moderate year-over-year changes in home prices don’t really tell the whole story of Vancouver real estate over the past year,” said Bill Binnie, broker and owner, Royal LePage North Shore. “Today’s market is markedly different than it was 12 months ago. Last year was a down year with both buyers and sellers behaving cautiously.

This year we have seen a lot more sales and houses coming on the market, showing that confidence has returned.”

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Looking ahead, Royal LePage forecasts that home prices in Vancouver will rise by 4.4 per cent in 2014. “I don’t think you’re going to see much in the way of large increases unless demand from new arrivals to the city exceeds expectations,” Binnie says.

Simmons suggests that some single family houses in certain areas of Vancouver will see above average price appreciation because there is still a lot of demand for these units with limited supply. “Condo and townhouse prices will not appreciate as much because there’s a good amount of supply and a steady stream of new units appearing on the market.”

Phil Soper, president of Royal LePage, says “In the absence of some calamitous event or material increase in mortgage financing costs, we expect positive momentum to characterize 2014. In fact, we expect a market tipped decidedly in favour of sellers for the first half of the year, after which we project a shift to a more balanced market.”

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SE Corner 966 sqft 1 bdrm (or easily convert to a 2 bdrm), 2 full 4pc bathrooms, solarium (great for office) w/ windows, maple laminate flooring throughout, large open kitchen with breakfast bar, large master suite fits king size bed with 4pc. ensuite, insuite storage, gas f/p, insuite W/D, built-in speaker system, freshly painted thruout, bright w/ plenty of natural lights, views of city & False Creek & 1 parking • Solid building by Concert Properties • Guest suite, gym, yoga area, club house & boardrooms • Fabulous for entertaining & just wanting to have more space for your urban lifestyle • Steps to the seawall, miles of beaches & Westend Davie St retail district.

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or two decades, the Vancouver Real Estate Forum has been bringing together experts on real estate development and investment in Canada. This year the Forum returns February 20 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West.

Top industry leaders and decision-makers will come together in a dynamic discussion exploring trends, key issues, and opportunities facing real estate professionals today in this ever-changing market. Investors, developers, brokers and professionals in every facet of commercial, industrial, and investment real estate are invited to celebrate 20 years of Vancouver’s largest annual conference on real estate management and investment issues.

Confirmed topics include: • A 12-month comparison: What is the economic outlook for Canada and the US? • Is BC open for business? How does BC’s resource sector affect the real estate market?

• A global perspective on Vancouver real estate

• The Vancouver hangover: The changing Vancouver office market • Heading to the ‘burbs? Which markets are poised to attract and accommodate our region’s future growth?

• Report card time: How is the market responding to mixed-use communities?

• An industrial discussion: Where will the next wave of value growth come from?

• New rental construction: Finally breaking ground • U.S. retailers in a very different Canadian market: What have they learned and what will they do going forward?

• 20/20 vision: An executive’s perspective In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Vancouver Real Estate Forum will be co-located with BUILDEX Vancouver – celebrating its 25th anniversary this year – in the industry’s most all-encompassing and largest professional gathering Western Canada has ever hosted.

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Terrific large 1 bedroom West of Denman and massive walk-in garden level suite with closet. Two-person a private entrance, your soaker tub, enclosed pooch will love it. Well balcony (may be opened laid out 1,048 sq.ft. 2 up if desired). Wide bdrm, 2 bath with some open living and dining updating, waiting for room. One of the best your personal touch. locations in the West Includes gas f/p, laundry, End. 1 parking stall & parking & storage in this well-managed bldg. Pets & rentals 1 storage locker. Pet and rental friendly building. welcome. 1 blk to Stanley Park & 2 blks to English Bay.

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New Listing - 1949 Beach #505 On English Bay Beautifully renovated 1258 sf of living space at Beach Town House. On the quiet Pendrell side; but you can see English Bay from both bedrooms. The largest living room in town, new hardwood floors, new windows in a sought after heritage style building on the beach. $719,000.

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1720 Barclay #1002 - Just Off Denman English Bay Gorgeous SE corner with high end renovations, views & move in cond. $279,000.

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Great value! $479,000 SADS? No worries here in bright corner one and den plus balcony steps to English Bay, Stanley Park and close to all Denman/Robson/Davie shops and services. Tasteful renos welcoming pets and limited rentals. $369,000 OPEN SuNDAy 2-4, 1631 COmOx

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New Listing - 1330 Harwood #2004 View! View! View! City, mountain & water views from this magazine quality upgraded suite on Sunset Beach. Unbelievable and open NE views, prime location and just one floor from the roof deck. 620 sf. $335,000.

Under Renovation - 1924 Comox #305 Almost ready! We are adding new appliances, new carpets & more. Best value. 737 sf. $398,000.

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New Listing - 1720 Barclay #103 TWO BEDROOMS Beautifully renovated 2 bedroom at Lancaster Gate just off Denman. Has large patio off living room, oversized bathroom with jacuzzi and a private & peaceful setting. 787 sf. $328,900.

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style WE fashion writer Kelsey Klassen (right) cleaned house with the help of personal organizer Ana Snow.

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Confessions of a ‘secret hoarder’

By Kelsey Klassen

T

hey say the first step of solving a problem is admitting you have one.

I’ve known mine since I saw the magnet in Santa Monica two years ago. It had three gap-toothed school girls sitting on a bench, grinning, except there was a circle scrawled around one girl’s face like a spy dossier, and the words ‘Secret Hoarder’ scribbled underneath.

Her smile became much more sinister with that little piece of knowledge. And my husband’s laugh attack became all too revealing.

The fact that I now needed the magnet was a symptom itself!

Thankfully my magnet collection is well under control. It was my closet that was the problem — taking up an entire bedroom of our house with its energy-sucking sprawl.

Perhaps it was a product of wearing a private school uniform for 10 years. Or my Mennonite thrift. Or that I work in fashion. But I had clothes dating back to high school that were “still good”, but needed a new home.

So when Erin Shaw from West Coast Style was looking for a closet to raid with a personal organizer and a camera crew, I put on my bravest Secret Hoarder smile and volunteered.

The sartorial ‘executioner’, Ana Snow of Collection Eight, was more than a professional panner of items with wear and tear — she ruthlessly stayed on message for nine hours while somehow playing the best friend and counsellor. Then she shopped for basics I

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was missing (even with all that stuff), while I recovered from the cull.

The end result was the closet I’d always strived for, minus 18 bags and three boxes of keepsakes, memories and fabulous phases.

I had to laugh (after some tears) when she forced me to get rid of one of my dad’s Saskatchewan Roughriders shirts.

“Is he still alive?”...“Yes.”...“Then you can make new memories,” Snow insisted.

But the main and most effective refrain was, “Does this represent who you are now?”

If the answer was no, then it had to go.

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• New bath incl. vanity, tile & fixtures • Newer double glazed windows • Raised LR w/eFP, roller blinds • Open balcony for sunset martinis • Adult oriented co-op. Cat only

• Great value for concrete 2 BR 2 bath strata • Fresh modern redesign throughout, HW • SS appls, Silestone, 2 compl. New baths • Solid concrete and steel exterior walls • Parking & storage. Quiet no pet building

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• 668 sf strata in great South Granville • Located right on dedicated bikeway • Steps to shops, restaurants & theatres • Pet friendly adult 19+ building • Large outdoor fenced area for BBQ

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How to rock a raincoat How should one care for a raincoat?

A high quality raincoat should be able to last you a decade or more. But if you are going to invest in a piece for that length of time, you might want to avoid fashion flourishes and trends that could look dated in five years, let alone look out of style next season. In terms of care for the garment, our jackets do not have to be cleaned often, as the hydrophobic fabric repels spillage just as well as it repels rain.

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Toronto team is making it easier to sizzle in this drizzle with their Vancouver-made rainwear line. Considering Vancouver is also their best selling market, we chatted with the three ladies behind Trout Rainwear — cofounding sisters Ashley McDonald and Jenn Lancefield, and head designer Sara Hopgood — about the launch of their sophomore Spring/Summer collection.

Umbrellas? Yes or no...

No. Umbrellas are everyone’s worst enemy.

They flip inside-out in the wind, you get stuck carrying them around with you, you never have one when you need one, they hog space on the sidewalk and always get forgotten behind. Umbrellas are just obnoxious!

How have raincoats evolved since the days of the yellow slicker?

Trout: Early raincoats were rubberized and had no breathability. They restricted movement and were never intended to make a fashion statement; rather, they worked as a utility piece. In the almost 200 years since their invention, raincoats have come a long way.

Our material is hydrophobic, doubleface cotton and polyurethane (rubberfree), so it bends, breathes, beads off raindrops and allows for a full range of motion.

Styling tips for rocking a raincoat?

1. If your trench fits as well as it should, you don’t need to cinch the belt around your waist. Let it hang or loosely tie it behind your back.

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What are some new advances?

3. In SS13 brights were attracting a lot of Trout’s main feature is our seam tape. Any waterproof attention so we offered seam tape in bright neons. fabric that is punctured with a needle is no longer For SS14 we are feeling the floral prints and pastels, so waterproof, so seam tape allows jackets to stay 100 we have an inner liner that features a liberty splatterper cent waterproof. We seal all seams with heatprint pattern and have softened the neons to pastels sealed tape rather than glue, so it doesn’t peel. We’ve for the season. But those elements are optional and also added easy-access pockets for cell phones, longer neutral colours are always available for those that like sleeves to allow hands to stay dry and generous the classic look. hoods to keep you hidden from all raindrops!

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The clothes make the mannequin A Vancouver man’s photo project of ‘dressing like a dummy’ is going viral.

Steve Venegas’s Gap Mannequin Project began last spring, when he began getting his wife to take Instagram photos of him dressed like the mannequins in the store. Venegas works at CBC Music and Radio 3 and is also a local podcaster.

Since its launch on Dec. 31, his Tumblr has accrued 10,000 followers and has been featured on outlets such as BuzzFeed, Mashable, Glamour Magazine UK, and USA Today.

Mighty Oak Fashion favourite Oak + Fort recently

reopened in a new shop at 355 Water — a few blocks up the street from its original location. We’ll be making room in our closet for quilted leather skirts ($68), cozy mottled mustard scarves ($38), staple Simona leggings ($38), and Neutra tunics ($78). Sister line Loft 82 makes an appearance too, in the form of warm shearling jackets ($188) and Alex sweaters ($88).Although the Hanwha sweatshirt with the square logo and side pockets ($104) is for men, we easily see ourselves borrowing it from our fella’s drawer. — May Globus

Take the long way The Chinatown Experiment, a storefront dedicated to pop-ups, is now asking you to slow down to see the beauty. Sincerely Slow — a Vancouver-based time project — is celebrating its one-year anniversary at TCE Jan. 14-18 from 6:30-9:30pm.

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Pull up a chair, have a drink and let’s tell stories Art project welcomes you to the world of psychogeographies

By Martha Perkins

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man walks into a bar... and decides to write a story about it.

Then he decides to add his stories with a friend’s stories and publish a book about drinking. Together they create an art exhibit using the maps that illustrate where those drinking stories took place. They pour a drink for the people who come to the art gallery and turn the conversation into a new drinking story.

To cap it all off, they corral some of their artistic friends to use those maps to guide people on walking tours of those places.

Welcome to Walking Projects: “Vancouver, crawling, weeping, betting.”

A joint venture between Battery Opera and Unit/Pitt Projects, its name should be enough to suggest it defies an easy description.

It started as a project between Chris Bose, “a writer, artist, musician, filmmaker and scoundrel”, and David McIntosh, “a writer, singer, statefunded-artist and sommelier.”

“Chris and I had the idea of writing drinking stories,” McIntosh says.

(That’s about as simple as the concept is going to seem from here on in.)

McIntosh’s parents met at the Waldorf Hotel; Bose’s parents met at a residential school in Lytton. Each of them has written stories that centre around experiences that involve, good and bad, alcohol. The stories are being compiled into a book which will (probably) be called Vancouver, crawling, weeping, betting. The maps that Bose has drawn to illustrate

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January 16 – 22, 2014

Arash Khakpour, Maxine Chadburn, Pedro Chamale, David McIntosh will be among the group of artists leading walking tours to places mentioned in Walking Projects: Vancouver, crawling, weeping, betting. Yvonne Chew photo those stories form the basis of the art-on-the-wall exhibit at Unit/Pitt Projects (formerly the Helen Pitt Gallery at 236 East Pender.)

“Alcohol has historically been a crucial element to the creation and liveability of all cities in North America,” McIntosh says, adding that, personally, “alcohol has been a huge part of our family narrative.”

There’s alcohol as a lubricant, the WD40 of sticky social situations. There’s alcohol as a spirit, as in adding spirit to a conversation or social gathering. Alcohol helps us shake off our inhibitions and be more open to forging new connections. It anaesthetizes us, dulls our pain or social awkwardness. We get together for a drink after work. The “betting” part of the show’s title is how alcohol can make us feel more hopeful about the future. It’s aspirational. Artists and writers have been known to use alcohol as the on-switch for their creativity.

And then there’s the dark side. The fear of what happens when it’s not just social, not just something we do for fun, when we are in alcohol’s grip rather than vice versa.

“We’re kidding ourselves if we don’t acknowledge it’s the biggest drug in our midst,” says McIntosh. “We’re using it for some reason. I’m just interested in it.”

The show runs from January 17 to March 1. As part of the show, every Thursday night a guest artist will project images inspired by the show onto the gallery’s windows for “witching hour solos” from 11:30pm to 12:30am.

Every Friday night they’re hosting Bob’s Salon, where McIntosh will pour drinks for “curious imbibers” who are encouraged to take part in an interactive art salon. “A guest story teller will tell a story about a journey, sex , death, siblings, animals... plus Vancouver,” he says. “People can interact with what’s in the gallery and create a response of their own.” It’s from 10pm to midnight.)

On Saturdays from 12 to 5pm, local performers will lead groups of tours that embody the stories in the book on a first come, first tour basis.

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tephen Low’s documentary about the global humanitarian relief response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti opens January 17 at Science World for a six-month run. Rescue, which follows a Canadian naval commander, two pilots and a volunteer rescue technician as they train to be emergency responders, complements the new feature exhibition coming to Science World on February 1 — LEGO® Travel Adventure: Where will YOU go? This exhibition explores transportation, both real and imaginary, around the world. Rescue tickets are $6 + admission for non-members and $5 for members. Go to ScienceWorld.ca/ hoursrates for details.

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Application to Participate in National Energy Board Public Hearing for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project The National Energy Board (NEB) has received an application from Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC for approval to construct and operate the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Project).

Description of The Project The Project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby, BC. It would include approximately 987 km of new pipeline, new and modified facilities, such as pump stations and tanks, and the reactivation of 193 km of existing pipeline. There would also be an expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal.

New pipeline segments would be added between Edmonton to Hinton, AB, Hargreaves, BC to Darfield, BC and Black Pines, BC to Burnaby, BC. Reactivation of existing pipeline segments would occur between Hinton, AB to Hargreaves, BC and Darfield to Black Pines, BC. The application can be found on the NEB website.

Participation in NEB Hearing The NEB will determine if the application is complete and if so, it will hold a public hearing.

Those who wish to participate in the NEB hearing must apply to participate. Applicants must clearly describe their interest in relation to the List of Issues for the hearing, which is on the NEB website and included in the application to participate. Those who are directly affected by the proposed project will be allowed to participate in the hearing and those with relevant information or expertise may be allowed to participate.

The application to participate is on the NEB’s website at: www.neb-one.gc.ca select Major Applications and Projects then Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC - Trans Mountain Expansion Applications to participate in the NEB Hearing are due on or before noon on 12 February 2014. Individuals and groups applying to participate must provide enough information for the NEB to decide whether participant status should be granted.

Trans Mountain ULC has until 19 February 2014 to provide the NEB with comments on Applications to Participate and must provide a copy of its comments to those applicants to whom the comments apply. Applicants who received comments from Trans Mountain ULC about their Application to Participate have until 4 March 2014 to send the Board your response to Trans Mountain’s comments.

Comments and Responses should be sent to the Secretary of the Board: www.neb-one.gc.ca, select Regulatory Documents then Submit Documents.

CONTACTS Information on NEB hearing processes and participant funding is available at www.neb-one.gc.ca > Major Applications and Projects > Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC - Trans Mountain Expansion.

If you require additional information, the NEB has appointed Ms. Reny Chakkalakal as a Process Advisor to provide assistance.

Ms. Reny Chakkalakal Process Advisor, NEB E-mail: TransMountainPipeline.Hearing@neb-one.gc.ca Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265

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Ms. Sarah Kiley Communications Officer, NEB E-mail: sarah.kiley@neb-one.gc.ca Telephone: 403-299-3302 Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265

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Oil Sands showdown entertains OIL SANDS KARAOKE

In his recent public dispute with the Conservative government, Neil Young likened the Athabasca oil sands to Hiroshima. The first images documentarian Charles Wilkinson offers of this resource-rich area certainly back Young’s assertion: the landscape is an unholy amalgam of inhospitable terrain and the industrial equipment that’s been crudely grafted onto it. Could anything possibly make this place more hellish? Well, how about a little karaoke?

Entertaining and enlightening in turns, Wilkinson’s documentary focusses on a handful of oil patch workers who frequent Bailey’s Pub to croon everything from “Sweet Home Alabama” to “The Safety Dance.” With many of them viewing their employment as a financially lucrative sentence or form of penance, they commonly describe “Fort Mac” as a lonely boomtown and suggest that Bai-

ley’s is the rare place where a sense of community flourishes. However, when called upon to opine about the industry that provides their day jobs, there’s little common ground.

Using a relatively simple structure to explore the labyrinthine complexity of the oil sands debate, the film relies on a climactic karaoke showdown to offer some sense of closure. The most fascinating competitor is undeniably Iceis Rain, an openly gay drag queen who has overcome horrific abuse. Iceis’ captivating rendition of “All By Myself” is but one example of how these performers’ backstories bring potent subtext to songs that might otherwise be dismissed as soulless. While many of the subjects suggest that the stage offers them an escape from the drudgery, it seems closer to an exorcism, temporarily ridding them of their personal demons.

To paraphrase Britney Spears, they’re not that innocent. But damn are they compelling.

— Curtis Woloschuk

Tough Nut to crack

Not much to see here

THE NUT JOB

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

Starring Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl Directed by Peter Lepeniotis

Starring Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes Directed by Ralph Fiennes

Even the title suggests the mediocrity that is to follow Thor — The Nut Job is the latest 3D Diakow computer-animated comedy that features a slew of Hollywood A-list actors but comes up rather short in the depth department.

A grouchy and independent squirrel aptly named Surly (Arnett) is banished from his home in the park and forced to survive in the mayhem of city life. He soon stumbles upon a nut store that could save him and the rest of his furry friends from a long, hungry winter.

The animation in the film is brilliantly rendered (though the 3D adds nothing) as director Peter Lepeniotis goes to great lengths conveying the perspective of the animal characters effectively; where The Nut Job falls apart is in story and writing. Clever visuals aside, the filmmaking team seems too intent on cashing in on familiar pop culture tropes, whether it’s the use of the horribly overplayed ‘Gangnam Style’ dance track, a cardinal that obviously resembles an Angry Bird or even the tired old ‘cops in the doughnut shop’ gag.

To make matters worse, the talented cast of voices can never really elevate the material — Arnett is essentially typecast, Katherine Heigl can’t even bring a cartoon squirrel to life and Brendan Fraser is downright embarrassing as a manic rodent named Grayson. Maya Rudolph provides the only genuine laughs as a hyperactive pug.

The Nut Job is a serviceable flick for children but adults will just be plain bored.

Ralph Fiennes caught practically everyone off-guard with his 2011 directorial debut. Quite the feat when you consider that it was an adaptation of a 400-yearold play. However, his Bard-by-way-of-KathrynBigelow take on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus was bold and bloody, transferring the doomed odyssey of a contemptuous general to modern Belgrade and infusing the story with a frenetic energy.

Conversely, his overly restrained follow-up concerns the secret love affair between Charles Dickens (Fiennes) and young actress Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones). Amidst immaculate art direction, desires are repressed, decorum is maintained, dialogue is delivered in earnest whispers and everyone suffers nobly.

While touching on Dickens’ public life as a celebrity and loveless marriage, Abi Morgan’s script largely focuses on the lot of Nelly, detailing the sacrifices such a relationship imposde on an ambitious young woman of modest means. Ultimately this does little to enliven the staid proceedings.

Given that the exact details concerning Dickens and Ternan’s relationship are mostly unverified (much of their correspondence was destroyed), one wishes that Fiennes’ had taken greater dramatic licence in his depiction of it. Jones is a considerable talent but she’s constrained by a flashback-heavy biopic structure that proves as oppressive as the 19th century social mores. Too often, Nelly’s story seems to have been exhumed rather than brought to life.

At one point, Dickens’ wife dismisses his work as “fiction(s) designed to entertain.” That certainly sounds preferable to a muted film determined to be admired. — Curtis Woloschuk

Directed by Charles Wilkinson

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Free Will Astrology

by Rob Brezsny • Week of January 16

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Whose enemy are you? Are you anyone’s adversary or least favorite person? Answer honestly, please. Don’t be in denial. Next question: Do you derive anything useful from playing this oppositional role? If your answer is yes, that’s fine. I won’t try to talk you out of it. Continue to reap the benefits of being someone’s obstacle. But if, on the other hand, you get little value out of this negative relationship, now would be a good time to change it.

You have more power than usual to free yourself from being an antagonist.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Tauruses are customarily more grounded than the rest of us.

This week, I’m wondering if you will be tempted to rebel against the call of duty. I suspect that your dreams will feature uninhibited forays into the wild blue yonder: floating weightlessly in a spaceship, becoming an eagle and soar over forests, or sailing across the Serengeti Plains in a hot-air balloon, or have a picnic on a cloud with a feast of cotton candy and sponge cake and mint tea. Would you consider bringing this kind of fun into your waking life?

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): What part of your life is too small, and you want to make it bigger?

Is there a situation that’s overly intense and dramatic, and you wish you could feel more lighthearted about it, less oppressed? Are you on a quest that has become claustrophobic, and you’d love to find a way to make it more spacious and relaxed? If you answered yes to any of those questions, Gemini, there’s good news. Very soon now, you will have a close encounter with the magic you need to open what has been closed and expand what has been narrow. Be alert for it. Be crafty as you gather it in and harness it for your use.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): In her poem “Catch a Body,” Ilse Bendorf says she dislikes the advice “Don’t ever tell anybody anything.” On the other hand, “Tell everyone everything” isn’t the right approach, either. I surmise you’re wavering

between those two extremes. You’re tempted to think you’ve got to do one or the other. Should you cultivate the power that comes from being silent, and keep people guessing about your true feelings? Or should you seek greater intimacy but risk giving away your power by confessing all your inner thoughts? I suggest you take a middle path. Tell the vivid truth, but carefully and incrementally.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): If a substance has been burned, it can’t be burned again. There’s no flammable stuff left to feed a fire. That’s simple physics. Now as for the question of whether a person can be burned more than once — we’re speaking metaphorically here — the answer is, unfortunately, yes. Some folks don’t learn from their mistakes and don’t have enough emotional intelligence to avoid the bullies and manipulators who burn them again in the future. But I’m confident that you aren’t one of these types, Leo, or that at least you won’t be in the coming days. You may have been burned before, but you won’t be burned this time.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): “People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year,” said author Peter Drucker. “People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” In general I agree with that assessment. But I think it needs to be altered for your situation in the coming months. Here’s the adjusted version of the formula: Virgos who don’t take risks in 2014 will make an average of 3.1 big mistakes. Virgos who do take risks in 2014 will make, at most, a half a big mistake.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): “You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world?” asks novelist Terry Pratchett. “It’s all the people who never find out what it is they really want to do or what it is they’re really good at.” If that description applies to you even a little, Libra — if you’re still not completely sure what you’re good at it and what you want to do — the coming months will be prime time to fix that problem. Start now! How? Open your mind to the possibility that you don’t know yourself as well as you someday will. Take vocational tests. Ask smart people you trust to tell you

what they think about your special aptitudes and unique qualities. And one more thing: Be wildly honest with yourself about what excites you.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): In his book Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition, Ben Schott dreams up new compound German words for use in English. Here’s one that would serve you well: Fingerspitzentanz, meaning “fingertipsdance.” Schott says it refers to “tiny triumphs of nimble-fingered dexterity.” His examples: fastening a bracelet, tightening a miniscule screw, unknotting, removing a recalcitrant sticker in one unbroken peel, rolling a joint, identifying an object by touch alone, slipping something off a high shelf. Both literally and metaphorically speaking, Scorpio, you now have an abundance of this capacity. Everything about you is more agile and deft and limber than usual. You’ll be a master of Fingerspitzentanz.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): The four elements that compose cocaine are the same as those that make up TNT, caffeine, and nylon: hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. The combinations and proportions of elements are different in each substance, of course. How you assemble the ingredients you currently have at your disposal could produce either a rough and ragged high, a volatile risk, a pleasant stimulation, or a useful resource. Which will it be?

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Metaphorically speaking, you have recently come into possession of some27720_GallopIn2Win_Ad_5.062x8.93.pdf new seeds. They are robust. They are hardy. They have the potential to grow into big,

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Wait a while longer. It wouldn’t be bad for them if you sowed them right now, but I think their long-term vitality will be even greater if you postpone the planting for at least a week. Two weeks might be better. Trust your intuition.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): The Flemish artist Jan van Eyck (1385-1441) was renowned for his innovative mastery of oil painting. He signed many of his works not just with his name but also with his motto: Als ick kan: “The best I can do.” He had pushed his talent and craft to the limit, and then stopped and relaxed, content that he had given all he could. I invite you to have a similar attitude as you wrap up the projects you’re currently involved in, Aquarius. Summon all your passion and intelligence as you create the most excellent outcome possible, but also know when to quit. Don’t try too hard; just try hard.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): It’s an excellent time to rise up and revolt against conventional wisdom. Immunize yourself against trendy groupthink as you outwit and outmaneuver the status quo. Have fun and activate your playful spirit to the max as you create workarounds to the way things have always been done. At the same time, stay acutely attuned to your compassion and common sense. Don’t be a quarrelsome intransigent. Don’t be rebellious just to please your ego.

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LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING? •

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing?

We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000

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PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260

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ELECTRICAL

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER/Window Cleaning, Power Washing, 30 yrs exp., For Prompt Service Call Simon 604-230-0627

WE WILL TRAIN!

COMPETITIVE RATES

Must Have Valid TCP Certificate, Reliable Insured Vehicle And Provide A Clean Drivers Abstract!

Please E-mail Resume: grasdald@telus.net

MICHELLE’S IMPORTS, Van is looking for FT 2 retail sales clerks, Salary: 12/hr, High School Edu. On Job Training Provided & 1 sales supervisor, Salary 18/hr, High School + 2-3 yrs of exp in sales. Apply: michelleimportplus@gmail.com There is a CRITICAL need for Medical Transcriptionists across Canada. Work from Home.

CanScribe graduates welcome and encouraged to apply. Apply through MTR at www.hds-mt.com/jobs

TRADES, TECHNICAL

ELECTRICIANS - with technical training, level 2 and higher including Journeyman to start immediately.

Sites in Langley, Maple Ridge and Coquitlam, new residential construction.

Send resumes to dnelectric@telus.net

PAVING/SEAL COATING

ASPHALT PAVING • Brick Driveways • Retaining Walls • Foundation Repairs • Sealcoating 604-618-2304

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PLUMBING

#1 IN RATES & SERVICE. Lic’d/Ins. LOCAL Plumber. Plugged drains, renos etc. Chad 1-877-861-2423

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Req. immediately.

BENEFIT PACKAGE!

Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Pitt Bull Puppies, $500. Born Nov.17, first shots, dewormed, vet checked, 604.763.3125 Pitt Bull x American Bulldog pups.

Beautiful markings, vet checked. 1st Shot. Call 778-982-4068.

MOON CONSTRUCTION BUILDING SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

• Additions • Renovations • New Construction

Specializing in • Concrete • Forming • Framing • Siding

560

All your carpentry needs & handyman requirements.

604-218-3064

Always Done Right With Integrity.

Complete Dry-wall & Renovation services. Textured ceiling specialist.

Phone Steve (604)613-4861

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80.

604-240-5362. info@glroofing.ca

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DELI MANAGER

MarketPlace IGA - Burrard Street Vancouver

Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanic Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry

Beautiful Pitt Bull Puppies $500, call Kimberlee 604.763.3125

GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161.

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

PETS

CRESCENT Plumbing & Heating Licensed Residential 24hr. Service

Call Ian 604-724-6373

WE’RE ON THE WEB

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GERMAN Shepherd pups blk & tan, shots, defleaed & dewormed. Parents to view. $550 (604)625-0082

GUTTER CLEANING

www.bcclassified.com

PETS

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers • Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

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JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865

Running this ad for 8yrs

LEGAL SERVICES

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

FLAG PERSONS & LANE TECH PERSONNEL

RENTALS

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

Lic. Electrician A+, BBB member Expert trouble shooter, All types of Electrical work 24/7 604-617-1774

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SUITES, UPPER

REAL ESTATE

AFFORDABLE MOVING

DROWNING IN DEBT? Cut debts more than 60% & DEBT FREE in half the time! AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

GETAWAYS

MOUNTAIN MOVERS- Your trusted choice for residential moving services. (778)378-6683

HELP WANTED

Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 email: fish@blackpress.ca

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1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

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UBC/WESTEND PK 4 Bdrm & den main flr $5000 + utils. Avail now.

NS/NP. Call Mike 604-649-3028

EDUCATION

The most effective way to reach an incredible number of BC Sportsmen & women.

Two year edition- terrific presence for your business.

TRAVEL

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MISC. FOR SALE

COUNSELLOR TRAINING ONLINE, Register before January 15 at www.collegemhc.com, Mental Health Counsellor Certificate/ Diploma, Recognized. Available: Supervision, Membership, Insurance, Employment/Placement Assistance, Client Referrals.

130 Quality Assurance Course for Health Canada’s COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. February 22 & 23 Best Western Hotel, Kelowna, BC. Tickets: www.greenlineacademy.com or 1-855-860-8611 or 250-870-1882

www.brothersmoving.com

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call 604-720-0931

PERSONAL SERVICES

RENTALS

STEEL BUILDING...”THE BIG YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 20X22 $4,259. 25X24 $4,684. 30X34 $6,895. 35X36 $9,190. 40X48 $12,526. 47X70 $17,200. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

BROTHERS MOVING & DELIVERY

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

560

STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

2guyswithatruck.ca Moving & Storage Visa OK. 604-628-7136

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Marketplace IGA located on Burrard Street Vancouver is seeking an individual to join their management team as a Deli Manager.

The Deli Manager will be responsible for supervision of the department’s operations and for meeting sales and gross profit. The successful candidate must be a team builder, enjoy working with people, have inventory and management experience, and have previous deli management experience.

UFCW store with competitive wage, benefits, and staff discounts.

Reply to

IGA011@igabc.com

MISC. FOR SALE

HOMES FOR RENT

POINT GREY 3 bdrm & den, 2 lvl home, avail now. 4426 West 9th. $3200 + utils. NP/NS 604-649-3028

SOUTH SURREY Short Term or Long term

Sold Your House?

Downsizing?

Renovating?

Just bring Your Clothes.

Fully Furnished & Equipped Like New Townhouse. Only 3 years old. Immaculate Deluxe, 2 bdrm. + Rec. Room/Office + 2 Full Bath T/House. Flr. to ceiling storage + storage rm. in garage.

6 s/s appli. d/w, w/d, Garburator.

Crown Mouldings, 9ft. ceilings, H/W laminate flooring and slate tile. Gas F/P & Alarm. 1 car garage parking. Covered patio lower & outdoor patio upper. Amenities room incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. Walk to Morgan Heights shopping.

NO Smoking inside & NO Pets! $2350/month. Available March 1.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 2007 MERCEDES. A luxury car like no other. This fully loaded Mercedes S550 4-Matic S class.

Premium and comfort package includes - navigation, voice command, heated and cooled seats, power rear shades and blinds, premium sound system, panoramic roofs both front and rear.

Absolutely has it all. Very clean inside and out. No accidents.

150,000 km. Asking $26,900 obo.

Contact me via email for further information at:

604.488.9161

750

jsarowa@shaw.ca or 604-897-1546

SUITES, LOWER

845

OCEAN VIEW

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

The Scrapper

WHITE ROCK avail March 1.

2 bdrm sunny, lower suite w/own driveway, level entry & walkout patio area. Ocean view, only 2 min to White Rock pier & 5 min to uptown shops & restaurants.

Quiet, no-through traffic street. 1 bath, in-suite lndry & gas f/p. All utils & heat incl. $1300/mo NP/NS. Refs req please. Anytime after 6pm 604-535-5899.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

UBC/WESTEND PKY 2 bdrm bsmt suite. $2000/mo + utils. Avail now.

NS/NP. Call Mike 604-649-3028

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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EDUCATION

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

GLUTEN FREE 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective January 16 to January 22, 2014.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department Gluten Freeda Instant Oatmeal assorted varieties

Meat Department assorted varieties

4.49

SAVE

Nuts to You Organic Peanut Butter

28%

5.49

Wedderspoon Manuka Raw Active Organic Honey 12+

32%

SAVE

500g product of Canada

35%

SAVE

assorted varieties

from

32%

SAVE

14.99

23%

250g product of New Zealand

33%

25%

34%

assorted varieties

3.29

SAVE 25%

33%

3.99

740ml product of Canada

assorted varieties

2/4.98 product of Italy

Natur-A Almond Beverages

Glutino Gluten-Free Snack Crackers

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

946ml • product of Canada

2/4.98

Prairie Natural Hemp Force Protein Powder

19.99

400g

Hemp Protein delivers superior quality protein containing every one of the essential amino acids our body needs.

575g

Innovite Magnesium Citrate

11.99

2.99-5.99

Gluten Free

250ml

Cruicial to a well functioning cardiovascular system.

Vega One Nutritional Shake

Crazy for Coconut or Nuts and Honey Breakfast Bread

340g

Health Care Department

mini or regular

assorted varieties

400g product of Canada

20% off regular retail price

All Muffins

San Zanone Organic Rice and Corn Pasta

6.99

2 pack

reg 7.99 each

3.99

assorted varieties

SAVE

bags only

Wholesome Country Sourdough Bread

Marinelli Pasta Sauce

25 pack product of Belgium

Bulk Department

Bakery Department

156g product of USA

from

750g product of Canada

5.49

2.99

Glutino Gluten-Free Pretzels

3/5.97

6.49

!

New

3/3.00

Choices Sorghum Flour (Stone Ground)

Zorbas Gluten Free Spanakopitas

Amy's Gluten-Free Frozen Burritos

Ecover Zero Dish Tabs

SAVE

5.49

23-113g • product of USA

assorted varieties

Fair Trade Organic Mexican Grown Avocados from Pragor Coop

each 500ml • reg 6.99

3/3.99

30%

15 count product of USA

Liberte Classic Yogurt

SAVE

from

product of Canada

Happy Planet Canadian Inspired Soups

50g product of Canada

from

1.98lb/ 4.37kg

6.99lb/ 14.41kg

3/2.97

SAVE

BC Grown Organic Red Bulk Beets

Deli Department

assorted varieties

5.99

SAVE

3/7.50

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

product of Canada

value pack

Enjoy Life Plentils Chips

Two Leaves Organic Tea

1.48lb/ 3.26kg

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

250g – 430ml product of Canada/USA

Hardbite Potato Chips

Organic Granny Smith Apples from Sundance Farm Cawston, BC

6.99lb/ 14.41kg

40g product of USA

Old Dutch Restaurante Chips and Salsa

smooth or crunchy

SAVE

3/4.98

SAVE

300g product of USA

31%

Local Lean Ground Beef grass fed, grass forage finished

Kind Fruit & Nut Bars

Produce Department

54.99

2.99-3.99 150g

120g • product of Canada

from 828g

Vega One Nutritional Shake is an all-inone, plant-based supplement, packed with 50% daily intake of vitamins and minerals, protein, fibre, Omega-3, plus antioxidants, probiotics and greens.

Gum it Down with Red Seal Baker Lisa Wagner and Dietitian Nicole Fetterly January 25 & 26th, 11:00am – 11:45am at the Vancouver Gluten Free Expo

Learn how to change your gluten-free baking for the better with Choices’ Own Lisa Wagner and Nicole Fetterly, RD. Find out how to use more nutrient-dense grains and other whole food-based ingredients like chia, coconut and rice bran in place of costly chemically derived gums and binders typically found in gluten-free baking. This is your chance to increase wholesomeness without sacrificing taste and texture. Visit www.glutenfree expo.ca for full details and ticket information.

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Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

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