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SUMMER IN THE STREETS NOT LONG ENOUGH

Re:“Keep art out of the street”, Rant/Rave, Sept. 17, 2015.

Blocking Robson for a few months a year is too ridiculous for words!

Thousands of cities around the world, from the best-known (Tokyo, London, Paris, Berlin, Osaka) to lessknown ones (The Hague, Turku, Sarlat, Strasbourg, Freiburg im Breisgau) close off their downtown shopping streets and squares to cars all year long, at least during business hours, to the delight of both locals and tourists.

These pedestrian areas are found all over the world, even in North America.

Metro Vancouver must

be one of the very few cities in the “first world” with a population of 2.5 million that doesn’t have permanent pedestrian streets and doesn’t have at least several heavyduty subway lines servicing the whole of the core city, along with several heavy-duty suburban railway lines.

Vancouver is not world class. It is a biggish village with delusions of grandeur.

–J-L Brussac

DON’TREWARDOUT-OFTOUCH POLITICIANS

As we are inundated with a multitude of printed articles regarding the lack of affordable rental housing, we see absolutely nothing forthcoming from civic, provincial or federal governments. They just agree there is a problem.

It is clear that developers of private, for-sale condos and homes are the only ones benefiting. Our governments are obligated to ensure affordable housing, like they did up until two decades ago. They are now just eagerly rubber-stamping approval of private home projects with no regard for renters.

This has created the scarcity and out-of-reach rent pricing for everybody. We need affordable rental stock as the population increases.

Harper keeps bringing in off-shore wealth, Christy is completely out of touch, and now Robertson wants to welcome refugees.

Are you going to vote for these assholes again?

–Paul Richards

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VPD pushing for life-saving drug for overdoses Health Canada yet to approve nasal spray form of naloxone

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The Vancouver Police Department is studying whether to equip its officers with a life-saving drug that could be administered to victims of overdoses from drugs such as heroin and fentanyl.

Police Chief Adam Palmer said the department conducted an internal study about a year ago on the use of naloxone but is waiting until the nasal spray form of the prescription-only medication is available in Canada before making a decision on whether it will be added to an officer’s equipment.

“It is something we’re going to be pushing for because we think it’s a viable option for Canada,” Palmer told reporters after a Vancouver Police Board meeting last week.

“The issue we have right now, though, is down in the United States, they have a better system in place where you can use [the nasal spray]. So if somebody has an overdose, you don’t have to actually inject them with a needle.”

The chief commented on the use of naloxone after news surfaced that the Surrey RCMP has proposed a pilot project with Fraser Health and the BC Centre for Disease Control, which has operated a program for almost three years, training drug users, their friends, their family and service providers how, when and where to inject naloxone.

Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown Police Chief Adam Palmer says the VPD conducted an internal report on equipping officers with naloxone. Dan Toulgoet photo The medication, also referred to by its brand name Narcan and used by paramedics, quickly reverses the effects of opiods on the body by restoring breathing within two to three minutes.The effects last for at least 30 minutes, giving time for emergency responders to arrive.The medication is administered with a needle.

Health Canada has yet to approve the nasal spray.

Cpl. Scotty Schumann, a media relations officer with the Surrey RCMP, said a recent spike in the number of overdoses related to fentanyl prompted police to examine how they could better respond to calls involving overdoses.

“I’m hearing there appears to be support for it,” Schumann said. “Nothing has been approved, so the finer details of how the drug would be administered have not been discussed.”

Dr. Patricia Daly of Vancouver Coastal Health was not immediately available for an interview, but a spokesperson for the health authority said in an email that “if the VPD decides to go ahead,Vancouver

Coastal Health would support them, including training their officers.”

Hugh Lampkin, president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, said he would also support VPD officers being equipped with naloxone. Lampkin is a member of the Centre for Disease Control’s “Take home naloxone” program and said he is certified on how to train people to administer the medication.

He estimated more than 100 of VANDU’s members have been trained on how to use naloxone.

“If you’re a police officer, or a firefighter, or an ambulance person and you’re first on the scene, then it’s incumbent on you to do what you can do to save that life,” Lampkin said.

“That’s their jobs – saving lives.”

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It was the worst storm of the year so far, the worst in several years in fact. Stanley Park was closed, the PNE was evacuated, and the ferry service suspended.

The windstorm of Saturday, Aug. 28, 2015, brought unseasonably crazy weather down upon us, blasting us with gusts up to 80 km/h, knocking out power to an estimated 700,000 homes, and sending roughly 500 trees crashing to the ground.

That’s a brutal statistic for a city that is trying to increase its tree canopy, not reduce it.

So what happened to all those fallen trees? The cleanup has taken a long time. So long, that branches and tree trunks are still strewn along sidewalks and gutters in my East Vancouver neighbourhood. I get it, there’s a lot of debris to get to, and I live on a side street, so I’m not complaining. But when an email came through from my local community association about recycling the fallen trees, I perked up. According to the notice, the City was transferring limbs, branches and trunk pieces from the tower-

ing silver maple trees that came down in East Vancouver, to nearby parks for neighbours to salvage as firewood.

I’m lucky to live in a house that still has a wood-burning fireplace, so I was totally into the idea. Don’t get me wrong, my first choice would always be that those trees remained standing, but now that they’re down and need to be removed, why not give the wood a second use?

I had been eyeing some nice, thick branches piled up in the park for a few weeks.

I could imagine the comforting aroma of autumn wood smoke the logs would produce once dried out and crackling in our fireplace.

This past weekend, I found some time to pull out my bright orange hard hat, gloves, steel-toed boots, safety glasses and, yes, my chainsaw. That’s right, I own an actual chainsaw (it was a wedding gift). Since owning a chainsaw, I’ve discovered that they are extremely loud, incredibly powerful, and downright furious machines that can take off a limb, whether on a tree or your body, in an instant. That’s why I wear all the gear. My wife hates the thing.

Revving up my chainsaw, I was suddenly the most popular guy on the block.

My neighbours heard the

screaming saw and rushed over, asking me to slice down and saw up hanging branches and fallen trees in their own yards. I obliged.

When I finally got to the park to buck up that perfect log I had been eyeing, I was stunned to find nothing but a pile of sawdust. Could it be? Could another neighbour with their own chainsaw have beaten me to it? There were a few odds and ends left, so I fired up my saw and got to work. A few minutes later I sensed I was being watched.

A man was standing there, gripping a chainsaw. He gave just me a bit of the stink eye.

Did he have a claim on this tree? Were we to have an East Van chainsaw fight? Luckily for the both of us, he moved on to another log.

Thanks to whirring saws like ours, most of the storm wood is gone now. But if you’re in the market for some of the fallen 500, large loads of logs were hauled to the Spanish Banks woodlot – just west of the Jericho Sailing Club – and is free for the taking. Word to the wise: chainsaws at the woodlot aren’t allowed.

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Clockwise from top left: Alda Pereira; Heather Ross; DesignLaB; Kalu Interiors; Union Wood Co. Contributed photos

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Vancouver’s most anticipated annual design event kicks off this week, launching what will surely be one of the hottest (and most relevant) displays of local design talent of this season. IDS West, running Sept.

24 through 27, is introducing Open Studio – an installation that explores the possibilities of a workspace through the eyes of 10 designers.

Each of the design teams will transform a “blank canvas” of a 10-foot by 10-foot room into their vision of an inspiring small-space workspace.

Blending areas of respite with the modern day functionality of a productive workspace, the Open Studio designs will create an engaging, forwardthinking approach to collaborative workspaces in which there is both inspiration and a connection with oneself and one’s work team.

Check out IDS West, happening this weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre, to explore all 10 designs – here are the faces and inspirations behind my top five:

1. DESIGNLAB

About the team: DesignLaB Interiors provides full-service design and renovation services for both residential and commercial projects. Creating comprehensive design plans, selecting finishes and fixtures, and working with our expert list of sub-trades on every project, we aim to please both client’s style and budget.

Combining unique clean ideas and an immense passion for interiors, DesignLaB Interiors delivers distinctive and quality projects throughout the Lower Mainland.

The Open Studio plan: From Alexis, owner of Design LaB: “We are featuring a light box with custom panels

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that will give an otherwise internal office space the look of having windows and natural light. We are combining the natural imagery of the backdrop (a nature scene) with a crisp white boardroom table and the warmth of natural black oak trim, as well as the Santos Palisander Herman Miller moulded wood chairs.

Keeping the crisp clean lines that define DesignLaB Interior’s look, we’ve applied this so that what was once a closed-in space feels bright, inviting, and inspiring.” $ (*!<"2&-53%/5

2. KALU INTERIORS

About the team: Kalu Interiors is a full-service interior design company that values the importance of people and their spaces. The firm is dedicated to working closely with their clients in order to achieve a unique design, which personally reflects their clients’ needs, desires, and aspirations.

The Open Studio plan: Kalu Interiors has developed a design for Open Studio where interior meets exterior, drawing inspiration directly from nature, focusing on key elements such as collaboration, connection and creativity. $ 158;72=*#<.#!%/.4

3. UNION WOOD CO.

About the team: Union Wood Co. was founded in 2009 for the purpose of designing and building reclaimed wood furniture with a vintage feel. Nostalgic of the solid plank floors of Gastown’s docks, foundries and mills upon which Vancouver was built, Union Wood Co. is continuously inspired by the simpler times of centuries past when materials and design were more raw, humble and functional. Focused on the aesthetic aspects of vintage industrial objects and construction, they utilize antique wood and other raw materials in our custom reclaimed furniture pieces. their

designs are bold, uncomplicated and one of a kind.

The Open Studio plan: Craig Pearce of Union Wood Co. says, “For Open Studio we are setting up our dream workshop. My dream workshop is mobile, and this time we’re taking it camping...” $ 62<.20..,).%/.4

4. HEATHER ROSS

About the team: A renowned artist, photographer and designer, Heather is known for her wonderful sense of colour, keen eye and evocative imagery. For years her work as a photographer and stylist has been featured in the pages of many lifestyle publications, such as 9.;!* & Home magazine. Heather’s gallery/boutique is a favourite amongst designers, art directors and set decorators who covet Heather’s unique vision for bringing unexpected items together with nuance and grace. She loves to use natural found objects in her charming displays and is drawn to simple organic forms and authentic materials.

The Open Studio plan: Heather says, “As one that likes to have her fingers in many pots, I pondered over what my dream studio would actually be. With my ‘natural eclectic’ philosophy in mind, I never know where my creative spirit will lead me, or what my next foraging adventures will unearth.

With a little resourcefulness and economy of materials ... the modern artist can find a place to create wherever they go. Inspired by the campaign furniture of the past that could be dismantled and used on explorations, ‘the portable studio’ allows for serendipity and an ability to get out into the wild.

Whether painting en plein air, escaping to a cottage or needing a temporary workspace in the city, the modern maker can get up and go.” $ 9*5=>*#:.!!729.;!*%/.4

5. ALDA PEREIRA DESIGN

About the team: Alda Pereira Design is a Vancouver based interior design firm specializing in private residential projects and multiunit developments including towers, townhouses, low-rise developments and marketing centres.The Alda Pereira Design portfolio features an extensive number of versatile projects throughout North America, from inspired elegant urban residences to casual weekend retreats, a wide range of creative retail, restaurant, hotel and corporate interiors featuring signature clean modern lines and classic finishes with a twist.

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It’s been a weird month in beer, folks. Last week, Heineken Brewing Company purchased a 50 per cent stake in Lagunitas Brewing, one of the largest and most popular craft breweries in the US. The partnership gives California-based brewery access to one of the widest beer distribution networks in the world.

Not too shabby for a craft brewer.

That same week, MillerCoors bought a controlling share in San Diegobased Saint Archer – a small but rapidly growing brewery founded in 2015.

These deals are part of the continuing and not-at-all surprising trend of Big Beer companies buying out popular craft brands: Earlier this year, InBev purchased Seattle’s Elysian Brewing, and in 2011, they bought Chicago’s Goose Island. There have been others. There’s every indication that these companies will continue to gobble up

their competition, especially now that AB InBev and SABMiller – the two largest – are planning to merge.

Forums and comment sections on beer-y websites have bemoaned the Lagunitas deal in particular, for reasons both tangible (the potential for shitty beer produced by a beloved brand), and intangible (like, maybe, the progressive death march of the craft beer movement).

These reactions are ubiquitous. I mentioned the Lagunitas deal to the shopkeep at O’Hare’s Liquor Store in Richmond, and she had an absolute meltdown. Like, her face sagged noticeably, she pressed her palms in to her temples and she said this: “NOOO!” There were other customers in the store.

She shouldn’t have been so surprised. American craft beer is huge business, and is still growing. The biggest breweries are very big. Lagunitas is on pace to produce 800,000 barrels of beer (or about 954,000 hectolitres) this year, and that’s not even close to the largest US craft brewery (that’s Samuel Adams).

Compare that to BC’s largest craft brewery, Phillips Brewing, which is rumoured to produce around 60,000 hectolitres (hard numbers are proprietary and kept secret).

Macro beer sales, meanwhile, are dropping. AB InBev’s sales volume for 2014 dropped 1.3 per cent, according to Bloomberg.

So it makes all levels of sense for these conglomerates to find other products to glom onto.

Yet, the Canadian beer industry has issued nary a peep. No bloggers or industry insiders are expressing concern. There are a few reasons for this – the American media is way larger,

the echo chamber far more relentless. But, I think mainly, Canadian beer just isn’t big enough for anybody up here to worry about their beloved breweries falling prey to Big Beer.

Yet. BC craft beer (as in, breweries producing up to 160,000 hectolitres) owns a sizeable chunk of the market here at 22 per cent (and growing), but that chunk is divided between 90 or so different companies. Individually, your favourite local brewery owns a sliver of the market, so the O’Hare’s employee doesn’t need to worry about losing Strange Fellows quite yet.

However, breweries like Phillips, Driftwood, Russell, Parallel 49, Turning Point (which produces Stanley Park) and Central City all produce about as much or more beer per year as Elysian when Elysian was bought out.

The problem is Canadian craft beer, by and large, is far too localized. In the US, craft beer is national game – you can find Sierra Nevada, Stone, Elysian, Brooklyn, etc., in a majority of states. They have some market penetration in Canada as well – of the $99.7 million in US craft beer exported internationally in 2014, over a third of it was shipped north of the border.

But if you go south, it’s tough to find even Molson at the beer store, never mind P49 or Phillips. Forget Four Winds, even if they are Canada’s Brewery of the Year. It’s a similar story province to province – with a few exceptions, very little BC craft beer can be found Canada-wide. So, with a compara-

tively small amount of beer produced, relatively lower valuations and limited market penetration in other provinces, it seems unlikely that the macros will be come knocking.

Molson did purchase Granville Island Brewing (for an undisclosed amount) in 2009, when that brewery was producing about 75,000 hectolitres.

But has it exploded across Canada as a result of that purchase, the way Goose Island has in the US? Not really.

The industry is transitioning so quickly, that anything could happen.

Molson could be speaking to Central City this very minute. Turning Point in particular seems ripe for the plucking, just for logistical purposes: right now, TP’s Annacis Island brewery is doubling as GIB’s production facility. P49, Phillips and Driftwood all have stellar brand equity, and the sales to back it up.

The Saint Archer purchase came seemingly put of nowhere – with only 15,000 barrels produced last year, and it wasn’t exactly a darling in the industry. But it’s a growing brand that MillerCoors can grow and leverage to push their competitors out of business. The same could happen here.

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Winter squash with autumn wines Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

‘Winter’ squash has always seemed like a misnomer to me. Grown during the summer, gourds have been popping up at farmers’ markets with increasing frequency for the last few weeks.

Butternut, spaghetti, acorn and pumpkin are classic symbols of harvest time and embody the quintessential flavour of fall.

These knobby, hardskinned beasts soften up when slowly cooked yielding rich, sweet and even caramelized flesh. Roasted, sautéed or steamed squash makes a hearty side dish or can be pimped up into a delicious main.

Essentially squash offers a tasty canvas to which other ingredients may be added. Maple syrup, curry, butter and cream are goto seasonings while nuts, apple, mushrooms and bacon create even greater pizzazz.

Sweet or earthy, simple or

spicy, the direction you go will help determine the wine.

In general, rich, fullbodied whites can take on the mighty gourd in most of its guises. Chardonnay, Southern French blends and top quality Soave always fit the bill. An oaked Chenin Blanc works well when toasted nuts come into play. Viognier makes a great match with ginger and other exotic spice accents.

And Alsace Pinot Gris simply loves smoky bacon.

If you are playing up the sweetness don’t be afraid of choosing a wine with a touch of residual sugar.

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Raw molluscs back on the menu after VCH lifts ban

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Vancouver restaurants are now permitted to serve raw oysters harvested in BC following Vancouver Coastal Health lifting their ban last Thursday.

The raw oyster ban had been in place since Aug. 12 due to an outbreak of Vibrio

parahaemolyticus infection, requiring all BC-harvested oysters to be cooked before serving.

“The order is being lifted because water temperature measurements and historical disease trends all indicate that risk of infection with Vibrio parahaemolyticus has returned to baseline,” Vancouver Coastal Health stated in a press release.

Increased testing of oysters implemented on Aug. 18 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is also expected to further reduce risk.

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4328 Main 604-876-8671 GrubOnMain.ca Open for lunch and dinner, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 11:30am.

Open for dinner Saturday and Sunday, from 5:30pm.

Top: Grub owner/chef Ling Zheng (on left) and manager Misty Therrien. Bottom: Misty Therrien prepares a Juliet cocktail at the bar. Dan Toulgoet photos

When chef/owner Ling Zheng first opened Grub on Main Street in 2007, it was a mic drop for the neighbourhood.

The casual eatery offered up vegan- and vegetarian-friendly food that also allowed room for carnivores, and dishes like the pescetarian platter (gravlax, smoked trout, poached prawn in tomatillo sauce, and various salads) were worthy of multiple visits.

Unfortunately, a fire gutted the room almost two years ago, and it was 18 months before the restaurant re-opened this past June.With the new space came a bright, new aesthetic and a completely new menu.

Ling Zheng preparing a stuffed organic free range chicken dish. Dan Toulgoet photo That menu is largely influenced by a partnership with a family friend, who owns farming land in Langley.

“It’s a working farm, but they weren’t using part of the land.We made an agreement about the kind of things we’d like grown,” explains Zheng over the phone. Her weekly

visits for pick-up also show her what’s ready for use in the kitchen. “More than 95 per cent of our produce comes from the farm right now. In winter, that might drop to 60 or 70 per cent.”

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Community living in the heart of Main Street. grunt gallery program director Glenn Alteen and community engagement curator Vanessa Kwan in the Mt. Pleasant art gallery’s front space. Dan Toulgoet photo

grunt throws open the archives Thirty years of stability affords the gallery the luxury of looking back KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Sitting quietly in its leafy nook along East 2nd, surrounded by some ofVancouver’s largest commercial art galleries and groundwork for the new Emily Carr School of Art and Design, grunt gallery bears little resemblance to the scrappy artist-run centre of its origins.

Thirty years, and owning their own building, have allowed the experimental art gallery and performance space institutionlike stability and enviable perspective withinVancouver’s shifting art scene.

And after a year‘s worth of celebratory programming embodying the gallery’s current focus of community engagement, they are now taking these last few months to allow that community to look back, launchingVancouver Independent ArchivesWeek come this November.

“The relationship of artist-run centres to archives

is hugely important,” says Vanessa Kwan, grunt’s curator of community engagement.

“We’ve been putting a lot of work into talking about archive activation, how to tell these histories and what these histories mean to artist-run culture.

We’re also talking a lot about, specifically inVancouver, how we start creating space in a very difficult place to do that. How do we leverage our stability and cultural capital to create opportunities for artists to create work?”

At its original off-Main location, where TheWhip is now, grunt gallery began in 1984 as a place for outsider art and evolved into a home for unaffiliated artists and work that wasn’t being shown anywhere else. Eleven years later, the founding artists rallied enough support to purchase space in a new development at 350 East 2nd.

It was a controversial move, directly tied in with the promotion of the live/work condo which was perceived to, even in the ‘90s, be making the area too expensive for artists to live in. But grunt persevered, building a legacy with deep roots in support of aboriginal

artists, as well as an activist presence within political landscape of the city.

From Pat Beaton’s awareness-building community garden project in 1994; to Hans Winkler’s 2005 LIVE Biennial of Performance Art piece in which theVancouver Public Library housed a collection of books curated entirely by drug addicts; to Beat Nation, a work of indigenous expression that would end up in the Vancouver Art Gallery and touring across Canada from 2008-2012; to the recent Mainstreeters retrospective, grunt’s relevancy persists, and its archives become a means for inciting informed conversation about where the city could go next.

Enter ArchivesWeek, a multi-institution celebration of archival practice and the value of “organized and accessible community memory.” Archives Week will also include the rich histories ofWestern Front and VIVO Media Arts Centre – two artist-run spaces with decadeslong legacies of their own.

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“Because the nature of our collections is so different, we’re all doing it very differently. It’s an interesting conversation going on between these three spaces,” explains grunt cofounder and program director Glenn Alteen. “Their emphasis is on saving, because so much of their stuff is from the ‘70s and has become very brittle, whereas our stuff is more from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, so we’re not on that same salvage paradigm.”

All three centres will present programming throughout the week of Nov. 22-28 with the goal of engaging the public and raising awareness around the operation and challenges that comes with these types of nontraditional art archives.

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“The archives become more and more important as time goes on,” says Alteen.

“It’s really kind of the crux of what we do, because it allows us to make connections over decades.”

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“Our favourite thing to do is bring young curators in and throw them at our archives and say, ‘Well what interests you?’” says Alteen. “It’s like seeing what we’ve done before through a whole set of different eyes.What they see in terms of the shows, what they think is important, and why they think it’s important is often very different then why we showed it in the first place, and I find that fascinating.” W

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WHAT’S ON Th/24 MUSIC SLIM TWIG Toronto singer-songwriter and musician, on tour in support of his latest release Thank You for Stickin’ with Twig.

8pm at Media Club.

Fr/25 Connie Kaldor, Sept. 25

BETH HART LA singer-songwriter, on tour in support of her latest offering, Better Than Home.

8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $35+ at LiveNation.com TENDENCIES Edmonton electronic-dance-disco band take the stage with visuals by Chesto and opening act, James Deen.

10:30pm at Studio Records.

Tickets $10 at TicketWeb.ca CONCEALER AND RAE SPOON Edmonton electronic-roots duo, play the first of two shows, on tour in support of their debut album, Feted: Fetid with label mate, post-folk singer-songwriter Rae Spoon. 8pm at LanaLou’s.

Tickets $15 at EventBrite.ca ALICIA HANSEN AND BEN BROWN The one-time vocalist with the Vancouver Chamber Choir brings her brand of experimental piano pop with the Juno Award-winning drummer, in support of their collaboration, Companion. 8pm at Pyatt Hall.

Tickets $10 at BrownPaperTickets.com

THEATRE/DANCE A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Based on the infamous work of Robert Bolt, director William B. Davis’ production focuses on the battle of principles between Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England and Henry VIII, who wishes to divorce his wife in the climate of the 16th century Catholic Church. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at fs7.formsite.com. Runs until Sept. 27.

ART CRYPTIC EXPLORATIONS A collection of hard edge abstract paintings from Enda Bardell, the Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, originally from Estonia.

Opening reception at 6pm at Espana Gallery (689 Abbott).

Runs until Nov. 30.

Fr/25 UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS British rock band heavily influenced by early ‘70s heavy metal on tour in support of The Night Creeper. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $23.50+ at Scrape Records, Ticketmaster. ca and LiveNation.com

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MUSIC EMPRESS OF BROOKLYN singer-songwriter and producer plays tunes from her self-titled, debut release with special guest Abra. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca FROM BYRD TO BARD The Vancouver Chamber Choir explores the magnificent choral music of England ranging from the rich polyphony of Elizabethan master William Byrd to the jaunty Shakespeare settings of present day composer John Rutter. 8pm at Ryerson United Church. Tickets $27.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca CONNIE KALDOR Juno Awardwinning singer-songwriter embraces elements of gospel, rock, country, folk and bluegrass with guitar and piano skills in a performance at the Rogue Folk Club. 8pm at St. James Hall.

Tickets $28 at Red Cat, Highlife, Prussin Music, Rufus’ Guitar Shop and RogueFolk.bc.ca JOHN KAMEEL FARAH The dynamic and energetic pianist commandeers the Disklavier during his residency at the Western Front, creating a compelling tourde-force, Solo For Four Hands.

8pm at The Western Front. Tickets $15 at WesternFront.MyShopify. com THE SUMNER BROTHERS Canadian brother country-roots duo celebrate the release of their new record, The Hell in Your Mind, performing it in its entirety with special guests Big Top and Elliot C. Way. 9pm at Rickshaw Theatre.

Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Highlife, Neptoon, Zulu and TicketFly.com

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LANDLINE: VANCOUVER TO KITCHENER An innovative new performance taking place in two locations at once sees participants walking city streets, listening to an audio guide and conversing in real time with a stranger in a completely different city via text. You are both audience and performer in this game of unlikely rendezvous. 6pm at The Anderson Street Space (1405 Anderson). Tickets at PicATic. com or BocaDelLupo.com. Runs until Sept. 27.

ABATTOIR MORNING Two women struggling to pay the rent in the basement of a slaughterhouse must fight for what they can still hold in their hands, surrender to their straining love or succumb to the unblinking eye.

8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until Sept. 26.

EVENTS VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The 34th annual celebration of the pick of the world’s top film festivals as well as lesser known films, with 550 screenings of 350 films from 70 countries; one of the largest presentations of Canadian film in the world. Visit VIFF.org for tickets and schedule. Runs until Oct. 9.

CHEAP & FUN ROVE A one-night art event in Mount Pleasant celebrating and exploring what the local art scene has to offer, this free community event designates a path for people to walk or cycle to several coordinated openings in a single evening within galleries, studios and creative spaces.

6pm-10pm with an after-party at the Projection Room. Visit RoveYVR.com for details and a map.

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CHASTITY BELT Seattle indie rockers play an early show in support of their latest album, Time To Go Home, with special guests Strange Wilds and Les Chaussettes. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

THE KILLS Bluesy punk indie rock duo Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince with Baby In Vain. 7pm at Commodore. Tickets at Ticketmaster.com

OPENING NIGHT WITH THE VSO Bramwell Tovey, accompanied

by Miriam Fried on violin, opens the VSO’s 97th season performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and in collaboration with the Vancouver Biennale, the world premiere of a new work from Juno Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

COMEDY JAY BROWN The stand-up comic from Toronto, who got his start at a Jamaican open mic at the tender age of seven, now known as the ‘metalhead’ of comedy performs with Kelly Dyer and Jane Stanton. 7pm and 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE RIGOLETTO Vancouver Opera kicks off the season with a thrilling production of Giuseppe Verdi’s sensational melodies, heartbreaking drama and vivid characters in this dark, tender drama of love and revenge, featuring soprano Simone Osborne opposite baritone Gordon Hawkins. 7:30pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at VancouverOpera.ca. Runs until Oct. 4.

LOVE BOMB It’s June’s first performance in years, and a concert of emotion erupts when an uninvited guest prompts the music to take on a life of its own. A rock concert within a play, this shameless hussy Production stars Deb Pickman and Sara Vickruck with original songs from Steve Charles.

8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at Tickets.FirehallArtsCentre. ca. Runs until Oct. 10.

EVENTS FRASER FEST Everyone lives in a watershed; come celebrate yours as part of the province-wide series of family-friendly festivals in communities along the banks of the Fraser River. David Suzuki and Fin Donnelly will speak along with live performances from Kinnie Starr, Scott Shea, and The Wilds.

3pm-7pm at False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf.

METRONOMY British electronic band with special guest Dawn Golden. 8pm at The Imperial.

Tickets $22.50 at TicketWeb.ca BIG K.R.I.T. Def Jam rapper and record producer from Mississippi.

8pm at Venue. Tickets $30 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet or at BPLive.ca 7TH ANNUAL PETER TOSH EARTHSTRONG! Bounty Hunta and Bikenyan host a night to celebrate the life and music of Jamaican reggae musician Peter Tosh with special guests DJ Rexx and Selecta Froggy.

7:30pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at RickshawTheatre.com and NorthernTickets.com.

AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR A program featuring well loved children’s songs, traditional spiritual and gospel favorites. Free-will offering taken to support education, care and relief and development programs. 6:30pm at West Vancouver Baptist Church. Free.

COMEDY ROOKIE NIGHT Vancouver Theatre Sports League’s weekly test pitting young improvisers against a hungry crowd. 7:30pm at The Improv Centre on Granville Island.

Tickets at Tickets.vtsl.com.

THEATRE/DANCE KITTY NIGHTS 7TH ANNUAL BOO-LESQUE SPOOKTACULAR Vancouver’s long running weekly burlesque revue showcasing a rotating roster of beauties hosted

by The Purrfessor. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets at KittyNights.com

EVENTS SECRETS OF STANLEY PARK Hear how forgotten families have been intimately connected to the peninsula that is Stanley Park. 2-4pm at West End Community Centre.

Donations accepted.

GODFLESH English industrial metal outfit from Birmingham, known for their unique mixture of industrial drum machine beats with droning, discordant guitar and powerful bass for a style described as “apocalyptic”, with special guest Prurient. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $30 at Red Cat, Scrape, Zulu and VenueLive.ca

COMEDY QUEER PROV Having outgrown the stage at 1181, QP moves to its new digs with a bigger show on a bigger stage with a bigger bar, and bigger laughs! Pre-show mixer at 6:30pm. Show at 8pm at XY (1216 Bute). No cover.

THEATRE/DANCE THAT ROBOT SEEMS HAPPY The one-man show from writer and performer Shawn Hoult is a story about a robot, and about love with power points, embarrassing stories, and crafts to create this “weirdly moving and adorable” show. 7:30pm at Hot Art Wet City.

Admission is $10 at the door.

CHEAP & FUN SICK BOSS MONDAYS Sick Boss invites guests from near and far, for an evening of spontaneous music making, psychedelic free-jazz, noise, and improvised projections over two live sets with a bar stocked with cheap craft brew. 9pm at The Lido. No cover.

CHRIS MCKHOOL: FIDDLEFIRE! Sultans of String co-founder gets kids clapping, dancing and singing with a fun, cool exploration of rumba, flamenco, gypsy-jazz, blues, classical, funk and Cape Breton fiddling. 2pm at Orpheum Theatre.

Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

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PAUL WELLER British singersongwriter and musician known for his work with The Jam, and The Style Council plays tunes from his lastest offering, Saturns Pattern, with special guest Villagers.

8:30pm at Commodore Ballroom.

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CHELSEA WOLFE Gothic folkmetal-electronic LA-based singersongwriter on tour in support of her latest release, Abyss, with special guest Mamiffer. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

COMEBACK KID Winnipeg hardcore punk band on tour in support of their latest offering, Die Knowing, with special guests Stray From The Path, Being as an Ocean, Major League and Deez Nuts. 8pm at The Cobalt.

Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca MEW Danish alternative rockers on tour in support of their latest album, + –, with special guest The Dodos. 7pm at Venue. Tickets $33.75 at Ticketmaster.ca SHAMIR American electro-pop musician from Las Vegas plays tunes from his latest studio album, Ratchet, with special guest Allie X. 9pm at Fortune Sound Club.

Tickets $20 at LiveNation.com RACHEL BUTTON British singersongwriter and fiddle player brings her country-folk tunes to town with her band, The Suits.

8pm at The Roxy. Tickets $7 at TicketZone.com or $10 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE ARE WE COOL NOW? An innovative rock music/theatre fusion from Amiel Gladstone and Dan Mangan is the story of one couple reflecting on their place in the world and with each other during the course of a road trip, exploring contemporary relationships with humour and insight. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

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THE FRATELLIS Scottish rock band on tour in support of their new album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, with special guest Grizfolk.

8:30pm at Commodore Ballroom.

Tickets $20 at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com CHRIS CORNELL American singersongwriter-rock musician and former front man for Soundgarden and Audioslave plays tunes from his latest solo effort, Higher Truth.

8pm at The Orpheum. Tickets from $36 at Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

THEATRE/DANCE THE BEST LAID PLANS: A MUSICAL Based on Terry Fallis’ awardwinning satirical first novel, the story of the speechwriter for the leader of the Liberal Opposition and his unlikely plan to convince a crusty old Scot to let his name stand in an election he’s supposed to lose is a hilarious depiction of how even the best laid plans can go awry. 8pm at York Theatre.

Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com.

Runs until Oct. 3.

DISGRACED Conversations around faith and politics lead to startling conclusions that burn with tension and release when a Pakistani-American lawyer and his artist wife, host a dinner for his African-American co-worker and her Jewish art curator husband in the Canadian premiere of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. 1:30pm and 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Oct. 18.

BURNING PALMS Arizona psychrock band play tunes from their self-titled debut release. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

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Carlos Saura’s latest sumptuous documentary plunges us into the heart of traditional Argentine dance and music, via a succession of choreographed tableaux. With a unique approach to its mise en scène, documentary images from Argentina’s different regions gracefully mix with awe-inspiring traditional songs performed by the country’s greatest singers, including a tribute to the much revered Mercedes Sosa. Both poetic and fascinating, Saura’s film conjures the entire history of the country and sets it to the tune of guitars and accordion.

COMEDY SARAH TIANA Known for her breakout performance in Reno 911 and as the host of the Justin Bieber roast, the comedy writer brings her stand-up to town with stories of growing up a southern belle, and modern dating life in LA. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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THEATRE/DANCE HEATSTROKE One stolen wad of cash, two couples vacationing in sunny Spain, and three airline bags mixed up at the airport leave both the police and the thieves vying for the prize in this hilarious heist farce from Eric Chapell. 8pm at Metro Theatre.

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Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Frank) and based on the best-selling Man Booker Prize-nominated novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue, this is the story of five-year-old Jack, who lives in an 11-by-11-foot room with his mother. Since it’s all he’s ever known, Jack believes that only “Room” and the things it contains (including himself and Ma) are real. Then reality intrudes and Jack’s life is turned on its head... A remarkable and disturbing work.

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THE WAITING ROOM A moving story about family, healing, and hope this production is the highly anticipated collaboration between John Mann (Spirit of the West) and Canadian playwright Morris Panych; drawn from Mann’s own experience as he navigates life before and after a diagnosis. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Oct. 31.

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Campaign hopes to end blood donation ban for gay men ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

There’s no such thing as gay blood, and gay men shouldn’t be discriminated against when they try to donate blood.That’s the message behind a national social media campaign by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion that launched this week in an effort to convince Canadian Blood Services (and its Québec counterpart, Héma-Québec) to remove the five-year ban from donating blood for men who’ve had sex with other men.

The ban dates back to mid-1980s when thousands of Canadians were infected through tainted blood products before the introduction of HIV testing. The Canadian Red Cross Society, who was responsible for Canada’s blood supply at the time, introduced donor eligibility criteria that singled out gay men.

“The deferral came into place in the 1980s at the very height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic,” says CCDI executive director Michael Bach.

“They were reacting to the tainted blood scandal, and

they had good reason [for the ban].

“But that was 30 years ago.

The science has changed.”

In the 1980s, it could take three to six months after an infection for HIV/AIDS to show up in a test, and the turnaround time on the tests themselves were three to four weeks.

“Today you can buy an over-the-counter HIV test and get results in 15 minutes,” says Bach.

Initially, all men who had gay sex even once since 1977 were excluded from donating blood. In 2013, CBS

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received approval from Health Canada to allow blood donations from men who had gay sex, as long as it had been at least five years since their last sexual encounter with another man.

However, that still excludes nearly all gay men, says Bach. He would like the deferral removed entirely – as is currently the case in countries like Spain, Portugal, South Korea, Russia, Italy, Chile, and Argentina – and more rigorous testing conducted.

“If I was a heterosexual man, I could go out tonight and have unprotected sex with a dozen random women and be OK to donate blood tomorrow,” says Bach. “But if I was in a monogamous relationship with another man, I wouldn’t be allowed.”

The donor health assessment questionnaire used to screen donors unfairly discriminates against gay men, he contends, and is ultimately doing the Canadian blood supply a disservice by preventing donations.

CCDI’s online campaign features a web video that states, “There’s no such thing as gay blood,” while a Twitter campaign urges CBS to #EndTheBan. Bach is urging people to sign CCDI’s petition at Change.org to help put pressure on CBS to change their policy.

Dr. Mindy Goldman is the executive medical director for Canadian Blood Services, and says the organization is actively working to reduce the deferral period for sexually active gay men. However, she says CBS must demonstrate to Health Canada that it is not introducing undue risk into the blood supply, and in the wake of the tainted blood scandal, the scientific burden of proof is extremely high.

In the early 1980s, 2,000 Canadians were infected with HIV from tainted blood products, while anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 are believed to have contracted Hepatitis C. Currently, sexually active gay men are at the highest

risk of any population group in Canada for contracting HIV, close to 50 times that of the general population.

Goldman said there are several reasons why abolishing the deferral period altogether would be problematic.

While all blood donated to CBS is tested for HIV/AIDS – as well as hepatitis B and C, syphilis, and a number of other infectious diseases – the tests are not 100 per cent accurate. The nucleic acid test used to screen HIV is only accurate two weeks after infection, so a recently infected person’s blood might slip past the screening process. Additionally, not all HIV strains are picked up by the nucleic acid test, and the secondary antibody test is only accurate more than a month after infection.

The questionnaire helps reduce blood from high-risk groups from entering the system, reducing the likelihood of a recipient receiving tainted blood, said Goldman.

However, there’s nothing stopping a donor from lying on the questionnaire, and Bach believes that is putting the blood supply at risk. “[CBS] says it’s about the safety of the blood supply, but they are relying on the honour system to determine if a person’s blood is acceptable,” says Bach. “That makes me call into question the testing process.”

In addition to excluding sexually active gay men from donating blood, the donor health assessment questionnaire also excludes anyone who has spent more than three months in the UK or France between 1980 and 1996, anyone who has spent more than five years in Europe during that span, or anyone who has visited areas where malaria is known to be present. Additionally, anyone who has recently had a tattoo, body piercing, or electrolysis must wait at least six months before being eligible to donate blood.

Goldman admitted there are limitations to the current questionnaire.

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While the questionnaire doesn’t differentiate between gay men in monogamous relationships and those who are having unprotected sex, neither does the questionnaire ask those who have spent time in the UK if they were vegan at the time, which would have prevented exposure to mad cow disease.

In all, the questionnaire excludes about 15 per cent of the population from donating blood. But before CBS can abandon the questionnaire, it must prove that doing so doesn’t present a risk to the blood supply.

“It’s a bit of a paradigm shift [to do away with the questionnaire altogether],” Goldman said. “It’s hard to shift to a different approach without the data there.”

CBS is currently reviewing its five-year deferral period, and has established a working group that includes members of the LGBTQ community to help develop further policy changes and collect data.

“We saw [the five-year deferral] as the first step,” said Goldman. “We’re now two years out and we’re hoping to reduce the deferral to one year.”

That would bring CBS in line with blood donation regulations in Australia, Japan, and the UK, which have a one-year deferral period for sexually active gay men.

“But we have to prove this step is safe before we can take the next one,” said Goldman.

Goldman said there are still options to donate blood for those excluded by the donor health assessment questionnaire. As long as a donor is disease free, they can donate blood for scientific purposes through the Canadian Blood Services Network Centre for Applied Development (netCAD), or through the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network. W $(%4%1'/41/!0/5328" 18 4// ,,*#74 9)!0+&/-6! .%0/83

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Trinidadian students arrested following their occupation of the computer lab at Montreal’s Sir George Williams University in 1969 over claims of racist grading practices by the school’s faculty.

It’s a story from our nation’s past that isn’t widely known among Gen Xers and Millennials; Canadians

in the know usually call it the Sir George Williams Affair.

The Sir George Williams Affair began in earnest in early 1968, but its most dramatic day was February 11, 1969.

The location: Montreal’s Sir George Williams University (better known today as Concordia University).

On that wintry day, clouds of smoke billowed out from the broken windows of the ninth floor computer lab.

Eight months before, several black students from Trinidad had formally accused a white professor of grading their work unfairly. Fed up with the administration’s inaction and bungling, a large group of young men and women opted to occupy the university’s computer lab.

For two weeks, the sit-in was peaceful. But on that chilly Tuesday, a fire (still of unknown origin) broke out, and riot police moved in. 97 students were arrested.

Most of the charges were dismissed, and after a crush of headlines, the media – and Canada – moved on.

But the key individuals involved in the Sir George Williams Affair (which include a former President of Dominica and a current member of the Canadian Senate) continue to feel its echo in their lives.

Now, Vancouver filmmaker Mina Shum invites Canadians to revisit this watershed moment from our nation’s past in Ninth Floor, her feature-length documentary debut about the Sir George Williams Affair.

Shum’s journey with Ninth Floor began in 2012, when she met with veteran National Film Board of Canada producer Selwyn Jacob (Mighty Jerome).

Shum – director of the critically acclaimed narrative feature Double Happiness – was intrigued by the tale Jacob related to her about institutional racism in 1960s Canada. “[Jacob] said, ‘Six black students charged a white professor with racism in 1969. They were all under surveillance,’” says Shum in a phone interview shortly after Ninth Floor’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“I immediately went, ‘Wow, it’s so hard to even bring up that someone might be generalizing or making a blanket statement about an entire culture in polite conversation today,

and these guys charged racism.’ I went, ‘Who are they?”

This was not Jacob’s first time pitching a film about the Sir George Williams Affair to someone who was unfamiliar with the story.

“I pitched this story to a group of people [at the NFB], and the oldest was in their early 40s, and nobody had heard about this incident, and that was what gave me the spark,” says Jacob (who himself was newly arrived from Trinidad and attending university in Alberta when the Sir George Williams Affair took place).

And so Shum and Jacob began building Ninth Floor.

Through archival footage as well as interviews with individuals who participated in the Sir George Williams Affair, the film walks the line between historical documentary and narrative feature, particularly where it expands on the idea of surveillance (the student leaders had all been under constant surveillance).

Participants were interviewed via hidden surveillance cameras in industrial spaces in Montreal’s warehouse district.

“We had hidden cameras everywhere and I showed them where the hidden cameras were, so they were complicit in the entire creation,” says Shum. “But I would sit them down, and then I would be hidden.”

One individual who opted not to participate at all was Perry Anderson, the professor against whom the students had leveled charges of racism.

Shum says she tried to convince Anderson to appear in the film (“[Anderson] suffers a little from PTSD from this still”), but his son agreed to an interview, with his father’s blessing.

Ninth Floor’s interviews paint a vivid picture of what life has been like for the student protestors since those fateful days in the lab, says Jacob.

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WELCOME HOME to this beautiful, light filled corner penthouse in desirable Kitsilano! You will relax as you enter this stunning apartment with 180º S, W & N views through the floor to ceiling windows! Gorgeous luxury kitchen with upgraded Miele appliance package including a double sized fridge.

Hardwood oak flooring throughout, spa bathrooms with tile flooring and soaker tub. Relax on your fabulous balcony taking in the ambiance and views or venture out to the many exclusive restaurants & shops! Also included: security system, in-suite laundry, 1 parking, 1 storage, secure bike room, close proximity to transit.

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FABULOUS one bedroom & den in the seastar. Beautiful suite with hardwood floors, laundry, parking & a view too! Building has a gym, rec centre and a guest suite. Do not miss this suite at #502 – 1003 Pacific Street.

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410-1425 ESQUIMALT AVE HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to own a 1 bedroom in the heart of Ambleside, West Vancouver. 91% WalkScore, close to all amenities, transit & the seawall. This building has a strong sense of community & rarely has vacancy. 35% down for shares in this co-op gets you a bright & quiet home with 820sf. Call Erica for a tour today!

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COAL HARBOUR TOWNHOUSE! Perfectly situated on a quieted section of Jervis, this extralarge home is in pristine condition with fabulous custom upgrades and vaulted ceilings.

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203-1725 PENDRELL ST

ONE BLOCK TO ENGLISH BAY BEACH …and to the vibrant shops, restaurants & cafes on Denman Street from the Stratford, an exceptionally well-maintained concrete building with sparkling outdoor pool, spacious lawns & gardens. Don’t miss this updated 1 bedroom suite in this sought-after location.

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Nestled in the heart of the West End, this remodeled 2 bed/2 bath has a large, quiet, private patio and open plan living. The large rooms will accommodate your house-size furniture. Other features include: cork flooring, S/S appliances, granite counters, large pantry and California shutters. Plus, secured parking and 2 pets welcome.

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BEAUTIFUL TOWNHOME Welcome to “The Bentley” townhomes. One of only four townhomes as part of the building. This spacious 2.5 level home has been meticulously cared for. All high-end appliances, Wolf Stove, Fisher Paykel dishwasher and Sub-Zero fridge are just a few of the kitchen updates. The beautifully updated kitchen opens onto the back patio, and a wonderful back garden space (almost like a private oasis). Right in the heart of Yaletown, you are just steps away from all that the downtown core has to offer. Don’t miss this one!

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Potatoes, taters, spuds. Different name, same awesome, tasty root veggie.

There are so many ways that we can indulge in this delectable food, whether it’s boiled, fried, baked, or mashed. Despite it’s rich nutritional content, most people unfortunately eat potatoes in the form of French fries or chips, which are high in unhealthy fats and buried in mountains of salt. Many people bake their potatoes with the best of intentions, only to drown them in sour cream and butter.

While these methods are undoubtedly delicious, there is so much more we can get out of the potato.

The Incas believed that potatoes made childbearing easier and would also use it to treat injuries. I have used it to take out broken light bulbs and some home remedies suggest that putting a sliced potato on your temples or forehead will get

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the world, with 3,000 in the Andes alone (where the potato originated).They were the first food to be grown in space when potato plants were taken aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1995, making them literally out of this world.They are occasionally referred to as “Irish potatoes” or “white potatoes” in the United States, to distinguish them from sweet potatoes (which is funny because they don’t even belong to the same family).

Potatoes are so starchy it can be compared to pasta, and come in colors ranging from white to orange to purple.

Fun fact: At one point, people in Scotland refused to eat potatoes because they weren’t mentioned in the bible.

Potatoes belong to the Nightshade family whose other members include tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and tomatillos. Nightshades are said to increase inflammation in the body so individuals with any kind of chronic inflammation problems are generally told to avoid foods from this family.

The potato is said to have originated somewhere around Peru and northwest Bolivia between 8,000 and 5,000 BC. They were brought to Europe

by Spanish explorers who “discovered” them in South America in the early 16th century. Just like their friend the lemon, potatoes are also

a great source of vitamin C, so they were also subsequently used on Spanish ships to prevent scurvy.

Today China is the world’s leading producer of potatoes, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t get any in our home soil. We have tons of local potatoes we can stuff our faces with.

Now most of us have heard of the Great Famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. This was due to disease known as potato blight.

The shortage of potatoes led to the death of close to 1 million people who were dependent on them as a food source. Today most of us can enjoy potatoes as a staple in our kitchen and on a side note, they are pretty easy to grow, so maybe it’s a good idea to get to know your potato pre-zombie apocalypse.

Just sayin’.

Here are some of the nutritional benefits of potatoes you can delight in:

POTASSIUM

Potatoes are actually better sources of potassium than bananas are. True story!

Potassium has been known to improve blood pressure control, improve kidney health and it is also an electrolyte, meaning it helps to conduct electrical charges in the body and hydrates you real good.

VITAMIN C

Their high vitamin C content not only makes potatoes great for preventing scurvy, but it also helps to boost

your immune system, and is required in the production of collagen and needed to produce neurotransmitters, making great for brain health.

VITAMIN B6

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Free Will Astrology On motherhood...

By Rob Brezsny You are destined to become a master of fire. It’s your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for knowing when it’s appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it’s right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage. You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction. I’m pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there’s room for improvement. During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution.

Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research. His accomplishment? The Nobel Committee said he discovered “a new law of nature,” and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. And yet when he was a younger man, he testified, “Physics is much too difficult for me and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about physics!” I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus. In the spirit of Pauli’s perseverance, I urge you to keep at it.

In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an international kissing contest. After evaluating the participants’ efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were “vampiric,” while those of Italians were “burning,” English were “tepid,” Russians were “eruptive,” French were “chaste,” and Americans were “flaccid.” Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those paradigms – and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I’m tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I’d rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition.

The astrological omens suggest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been. I’m afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resuscitate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep yourself in old feelings that weren’t even good medicine for you when you first experienced them.

But I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, “If you don’t study the past, you will probably repeat it.” Right now, the best reason to remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy.

You may laugh more in the next 14 days than you have during any comparable 14-day period since you were five years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health. Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials.

Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities.

It’s a favorable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life. You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual.

Are you ready to engage in some practical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend? And by that I don’t mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers’ wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll. Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes. What are three specific ways you’re ignorant about getting and handling money? Educate yourself.

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“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth,” wrote author William Faulkner. Some astrologers would say that it’s unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing – that it’s too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. But I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra! And I am quite sure that you are now or will soon be like a wet seed in the hot blind earth – fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon.

You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine – or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts. Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions. I love that about you! When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life’s puzzling riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses. According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks.

Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. But here’s my hypothesis: Behind Saturn’s austere mask is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to harness and discipline our unique gifts. It’s true that some people resist these cosmic nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they’re not suited for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster, spoiling their lazy fun. I trust that you Sagittarians will develop a dynamic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life’s most crucial goals.

The coming weeks will be a favorable time to break a spell you’ve been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape. If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch, or therapist, please do so.

But I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself.

Trust your hunches! Here’s one approach you could try: Tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy. In your mind’s eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion, or trance.

“Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.” So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nerve-wracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticulously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap. But I have observed that Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. And according to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual.

You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself. Should you? Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy?

As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers. Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding. Here’s an inquiry that might bring clarity as you ponder the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper commitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness, and be a superb ally to yourself?

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@MyszkaWay “Here is something to make you never want to have kids,” my friend texted me the other day. “My son took a shit on the floor. Like a huge fucking log and was like ‘sorry’.”

My friend is in the midst of toilet-training her toddler (who is not even three years old) while also caring for her one-month old newborn.

When her husband is at work all day, she juggles like a pro.

“At least he pulled down his pants,” I responded.

“Well, he wasn’t wearing pants because five minutes earlier he pissed himself. My husband just started laughing.”

I would have laughed too.

Only at the age of two can someone get away with taking a shit on the floor. It’s insanely gross, but that’s a part of raising children.They don’t come out of the womb fully equipped to wipe their own butts.

Babble.com writer Lauren Hartmann recently wrote about her struggles with being a mother (how did she find time to write this post between the making of “873 snacks”?). “Motherhood can be mind-numbingly mundane,” she said, admitting she was in another “funk”.

“And pretty much every day is the same as the last.”

Hartmann describes the repetitive routine of waking up unacceptably early, making food all day long, cleaning up, reading the same books over and over while refereeing the constant meltdowns, breaking up fights and repeating the rules. Don’t we all get this bored with our “work”? My profile on the latest trending pop star is not nearly as

Continued from page 25 Westender tracked down Uncle Acid ringleader Kevin Starrs on the road somewhere in the American midwest to find out just who, exactly, is The Night Creeper.

You’ve stated that your last album, Mind Control, was essentially a concept album, a fictional story about a cult leader that comes down from the hills and brainwashes his disciples. What is the narrative behind The Night Creeper?

It’s about a fake serial killer created by the media to cover up police murders. Obviously not something that would ever happen...

You recorded The Night Creeper at Toe Rag in London with Liam Watson who’s worked with Tame Impala and Electric Wizard. Why did you choose to work with Liam at Toe Rag? It’s the only studio like it in

important as Hartmann’s job of shaping human life. Her stakes are way higher.

In a recent interview with BBC Radio 4’s Woman Hour, former Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall, 59, said something that enraged mothers everywhere.

“I am not a biological parent, but I am a parent,” Cattrall said. “I didn’t change nappies, which is okay with me, but I did help my niece get through medical school. I did sit down with my nephew when he was [going through] a very tough time to join the army. And those are very motherly things to do, very nurturing things to do.There is a way to become a mother in this day and age which doesn’t include your name on the child’s birth certificate.”

Twitter exploded. Mothers blasted Cattrall for her sentiment. “That’s like saying u can relate to cancer cause u no someone with it [sic],” one mother tweeted.

Arguments about linguistics sprung up with many woman agreeing that had Cattrall said “maternal” or even “mother figure”, no one would be upset, but to use the title “mother” was offensive. Cattrall fought back, claiming these definitions of motherhood were “narrow-minded”, relying on the whole “it takes a village to raise a child” thing. But what was this argument really about, besides two groups of women feeling territorial over their own life decisions?

Recently, I spent the day with my friend and her two babies. Every time I come and visit, I get to be Auntie Mish who spoils the toddler rotten with presents and listens to all the crazy things batting around in his brain.

I get to have a special part in his development, and be a

small part of his family, but void of any responsibility.

I don’t have to be the one to remind him to finish his snack or set boundaries and limitations so he’ll clean up his toys before being rewarded by going out to the park.

I don’t have to be on the receiving end of shrieking and tantrums. I don’t have to worry that I am shaping him into a conscious, intelligent, respectful human being. And I do not have to be the one to reprimand him when he takes a dump on the floor.

So, I’m not a mother. I’m not even close.

But what about the biological mothers who give their children up for adoption?

And what about the women who raise them? What about stepmothers or relatives who take on the responsibility of raising a child when the biological parents aren’t suitable? What about siblings who are forced to raise one another? What does it really mean to be a mother?

I never thought I wanted to be a mother until I met my husband. I always figured that I didn’t have it in me, mostly because I come from a generation that has devalued motherhood by default of raising up the career woman.

Personally, I think modern feminism needs to glorify the housewife again. Motherhood (regardless of biological connection) is a thankless, penniless position that is one of the most important in the human species. My job is a joke compared to raising children. W

the world.The old equipment they have is very unusual and Liam has the best knowledge of that gear so it made sense.

Some of the songs on the album sound like they could be straight from the score of a horror movie (“Yellow Moon”, and “Slow Death” for example). When you’re writing these songs, are visualizing a movie in your head? Is that something you see yourself doing in the future, scoring a movie?

Yeah, I would love to score a movie one day. I have to visualize each album in its entirety before I start writing. I find it easier to see the bigger picture before working on the details.

There’s a very Dario Argento feel to the aesthetics of the album. What draws you the world of pulp and horror?

It’s just something that I’ve always been interested in from a young age.

Underneath the sludgy guitars and bludgeoning drums, your music is quite melodic.

Tell me about the importance of that juxtaposition in your music; the pop and the doom.

To me, melody is the most important aspect of music so it’s important that it’s always at the forefront of what we do. I always liked the idea of contrasting violent lyrics with sugary melodies and two part harmonies.

You’re just starting out on a pretty epic three-and-a-half month tour across North America, Europe, and Australia. How do you stay sane on the road for that long?

We’ve never toured for that long before, so I guess we’ll find out!You have to pace yourself though...Watching movies always helps! W

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