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Bill Coon is a guitarist who has played with some jazz greats over his 25-year professional career.

Miles Black has a few notches in his jazz belt too, having played piano with the likes of Max Roach and Harry “Sweets” Edison.

And Jodi Proznick is no slouch as an in-demand bassist, becoming one of Canada’s “top call” artists.

Together they are Triology, a nod to the trios of Oscar Peterson and the man who inspired Peterson, Nat King Cole. On Sept. 12, they’ll be playing at Roedde House as part of the West End museum’s monthly concert series (the second Thursday of every month at 7pm.) They’ll be featuring classic standards as well as original tuns by the trio’s members. Tickets are $15 and available at BrownPaperTickets.com. Details at RoeddeHouse.org.

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Flashback-fest Stanley Park at the library The party’s not over for Stanley Park. On Sept. 8, local historical groups will fill the Vancouver Public Library’s Special Collections floor with fascinating displays that showcase why the park has been so much a part of the city’s psyche for the past 125 years. We fell in love with this photo from the event’s poster.

Taken in the 1890s, it shows the Georgia Street entrance, looking north, with what was called Coal Harbour flowing underneath the bridge. (The signs warn drivers not to go faster than a pedestrian could walk.) Poet Pauline Johnson later named the area west of the bridge Lost Lagoon because when the tide went out and the land became mudflats, she lost her place to canoe. The area under the bridge was filled in in 1916 to create the artificial lake and in the late 1930s, this strip of land was widened to include the causeway road leading to the newly built Lions Gate Bridge. Our thanks to the Vancouver Public Library for the photo and information. The exhibition is only from 1 to 4:30 and is free.

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In 1966, the West End was the most densely populated neighbourhood in North America, with 100,000 people bringing it to life. Lavish mansions were converted to boarding houses and a forest of apartment buildings sprung up. As decades passed and Vancouver grew up around it, the West End retained much of that era’s vintage charm. The West End Community Centre (870 Denman) invites you to capture that feeling and immerse yourself in ‘60s-themed nostalgia with the West End Fest this weekend, featuring Rolling Stones tribute band ‘Tongue’, face painting and more. Free, for all ages, Sept. 7 from 11am to 3pm. WestEndcc.ca

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o car lovers or Real Housewives of Vancouver fans, Reiko Mackenzie is instantly recognizable. Her stable of cars includes such beauties as a Ferrari 458 Italia, a Lamborghini Murcielago and two custom Ferrari 599 GTOs. Last year she brought three of her cars to the Luxury & Supercar Weekend, where two of them won second place in their respective categories and she won the Chairman’s award for her enthusiasm for cars. This year, she will be a judge in the Modified Supercar category.

“My love for cars started in high school when I opted to take mechanics class over home economics for my last two years of high school,” Mackenzie says. “I’ve done all the basics and helped rebuild an engine. Just working with the parts was truly fascinating to me.”

She’s come a long way from her first car, a “leaky” 1979 Honda Civic. “Eventually there was nothing we could do with the engine, but I tried!” she laughs. “I used to see those old convertible 300SEL Mercedes, and I wanted one. I have owned a 500SEL at some point so my dream was fulfilled there.”

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is their power. “The Lamborghini Murcielago was my first track car, and some may ask why; it’s a hard car to drive track, especially manual shift. It was a challenge, but I love a good challenge and I felt strong driving that car.”

Mackenzie’s favourite car is her white Ferrari 458 Italia. “It was definitely designed for both city driving and track,” she says.

The Luxury & Supercar Weekend is in its fourth year. It’s at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens on Sept. 7 and 8 and will be double the size of what it has been in the past.

Among the events taking place will be displays in honour of the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini and Porsche 911 and the 60th anniversary of Corvette.

There will also be a collection of luxury boats, yachts, helicopters and modified luxury cars and supercars, among other displays.

There’s also Vancouver’s largest outdoors designer fashion stage for Fashion Saturday; John Fluevog has designed an LSW driving shoe, with only 100 pairs for sale.

A lot of work goes into choosing the cars that will appear on the weekend, something that the chairman of automotive selection, Nigel Matthews, is intimately involved with.

“I’m looking forward to the Canadian unveiling and debut of the 2014 Pagani Huayra,” Matthews says.

Mackenzie echos that, saying, “Last year I was fortunate to take the Bugatti Veyron for a spin out to the UBC highway. Maybe I will have a chance with Pagani this year, fingers crossed!”

Among the cars on display this year will be models from Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, among

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“Rumour has it that LaFerrari will be present, the new Enzo version,” Mackenzie says. “That will be a sight to see!”

Matthews himself is a long-time car lover.

“I have oil running through my veins and always will,” he says. “My daughter has inherited it too!”

As a licensed automotive technician who worked on Rolls-Royce and Ferrari cars for more than 20 years, Matthews has always been happy to get under the hood.

“I changed my first transmission at the age of nine,” he says. “I grew up on a large

estate in England. My brothers and I played tag in cars. We had a large in-house workshop and full-time mechanic. He took me under his wing because he could see I had a huge interest in machinery.”

Matthews’ first luxury car was a 1962 Alvis TD-21 Drop Head Coupe. “This is a very significant hand-built British sportscar and would fall into the same category as an Aston-Martin or Bentley,” he says. “Queen Elizabeth II used to drive a new one as her personal car. She still owns it and it is in the museum at Sandringham House.”

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And, as chairman of the Vancouver Luxury Supercar Weekend’s auto selection committee, he’s made sure that many of the best ones will be on display at VanDusen Botanical Garden Sept. 7 and 8.

Don’t expect to be able to kick any tires, but you can oogle the only Pagina Huayra Carbon edition in the world, the 2013 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, and the 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante, fresh from its unveiling at Pebble Beach.

“These are cars you’ll never see again,” president Craig Stowe says of the event’s elusive automotive supermodels. “You get to see them for two days and then they’re gone.”

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hen Jason Sarai’s brother asked him to suggest something to wear, it wasn’t “go into my closet and pick out a shirt and pair of slacks for me.” The busy Chicago doctor wanted Jason to do the fashion opposite of the full monty: go to the store, buy the clothes from head to toe and then lay out what goes with what.

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A short time later on Facebook, Sarai’s friend posted a photo of actor Ryan Gosling in a scene from Crazy Stupid Love and tagged him saying, “I want to dress like [Gosling.]”

The fates were colliding and Sarai — who has a degree in kinsiology from SFU, where he played on the varsity soccer team, taught fitness, worked as an investment advisor at RBC and recently became general manager of Catalyst Kinetics’ fitness division — once again found himself on a new life path.

He turned his love — and understanding — of fashion into Style by Sarai.

Some of his clients are, like his brother, too busy to shop. Others are in a fashion rut, going to the same stores to buy more of the same style of clothes. Then there are those who want to break out of the black or grey stranglehold but aren’t confident about how and when to add colour.

Sarai meets with them to find out where they are now in their sartorial choices and where they want to be.

He assesses what clothes suit their aspirations and body type and, knowing where he can find the best fit in both categories, goes to the store to scout out options. His suggested items will be waiting for the client who comes to the store to try them on and make decisions. (He says his clients buy 90 per cent of what he’s chosen.)

It’s not about spending a lot on clothes. Some high-end designers have a certain body type in mind, and not all men’s bodies are the same. It’s important to be familiar with the brands and how they fit.

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he secret to launching a 35,000-sq.ft. retail store was revealed Tuesday, Aug. 27, and it’s as simple as ‘think pink’. The Victoria’s Secret flagship location at Robson and Burrard moved a rumoured $381,000 in lingerie and beauty products on opening day, with shoppers queuing up as early as 5am. Sources say it was the largest opening in Victoria’s Secret history, and that wasn’t even the day the “Angel” was there.

But you probably aren’t interested in corporate expectations and Canadian retail trends (a recent study by consultancy CBRE puts Canada at sixth among top destinations for retailers that are seeking beyond-borders expansion). You want to know what 28-year-old model Lindsay Ellingson had to say during her quick stopover in the city to cut the ribbon, lunch with media and meet-and-greet fans who lined up in the rain Aug. 29, right?

Well, these men did. We asked a handful of Vancouver men what they would ask Ellingson if they had one-on-one time with the Victoria’s Secret model in a segment we’ve dubbed ‘Three minutes in Heaven’: Desmond: Is there any sort of rivalry between Victoria’s Secret models and Sports Illustrated models?

Lindsay: No, there’s really not. I personally don’t know any SI models. As models, you are competing against yourself constantly, not other girls, because we’re all so different. It’s a constant competition for how good can I be, how much better can I be.

Mario: Do you have an “Angel” nickname?

Lindsay: Just my initials, L.E. Josh: What is your dream runway song?

Lindsay: That’s a tough one. I like anything with a really good beat. There was this one show in 2005, where Gisele [Bundchen] opened a section — they were all in a Victoria’s Secret gift box, dressed for Christmas and this song by Body Rockers, ‘I Like The Way You Move’...It was the most amazing song

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Location: Carnegie Community Centre 401 Main Street, Vancouver, BC (at E. Hastings) Victoria’s Secret model Lindsay Ellingson cuts the ribbon at the Vancouver store Aug. 29.

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nter the world of sous vide. Sous vide means “under vacuum” in French, but the cooking technique refers to sealing food in airtight, food-safe, plastic bags, and cooking them in a water bath at a controlled temperature for a certain length of time. It is comparable to poaching and slow cooking, but the heat is controlled and there is no loss of nutrients.

Started in the 1970s, it wasn’t until early 2000 that chefs started to experiment with it — an oldbut-new way of cooking initially associated with fine dining restaurants. Now, however, it’s more mainstream and even available to the home cook.

Cooking the food at low temperatures for longer results in succulent, tender, juicy and flavourful meats, seafood and vegetables. The forgiving technique prevents overcooking and allows for consistency.

While I am an advocate of the technique, not every cut of meat or vegetable tastes best sous vide.

It is a “dummy-proof” way of cooking and rather simple to do, but it still requires an understanding of temperatures and cooking.

Outside of the culinary word, it’s still rather mysterious and menus often use “slow poached” to replace the words sous vide to make it easier for customers to understand. If you’re new to it, it is likely you’ve had it before without even knowing it and many of Vancouver’s top restaurants and favourite dishes are made using sous vide as a technique.

The chicken breast in Railtown Café’s chicken club sandwich stays moist thanks to the sous vide technique. Railtown Café photo

Hawksworth One of chef Hawksworth’s longest running menu item is his 48-hour beef short rib. It is currently served with jicama, Chinese long bean, beech mushroom, kimchi, and black garlic, but the execution for the beef has stayed the same. Although I usually prefer short rib braised, sous vide short rib is thinly cut and has a steak like quality. Short rib is an affordable and tough cut of meat, but after a warm 48-hour bath, the collagen breaks down and it becomes soft, tender and incredibly flavourful.

This is only one of many items that are sous vide at Hawksworth.

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It’s one of Gastown’s favourite upscale, yet non-fine dining restaurants. They recently earned a prestigious Four Diamond Rating by AAA and they’re still leaders in the area. About 80 per cent of the proteins on chef and co-owner Lee Cooper’s menu is sous vide at some stage. The very popular Steak Diane, and my personal favourites, the sweetbreads (pictued below), octopus and warm steelhead are all executed sous vide. Don’t worry about overcooked steak, tough sweetbreads, chewy octopus, and dry salmon, they have it all under (temperature) control here.

So you don’t have to go to fancier places to experience sous vide cooking, although executive chef and partner, Dan Olson, (Coach for 2013 Bocuse d’Or Team Canada) can cook at Michelin Star levels. Besides The Veggie, all Railtown Café sandwiches are made with sous vide proteins. Since the method uses less oil and fat, their meats are healthier with maximum flavour. I rarely order chicken breast since it tends to be overcooked, but their Chicken “Club” chicken breast is sous vide and moist. It is topped with 72-hour sous vide bacon, tomato and avocado.

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Sweetbreads at L’Abattoir. Mijune Pak photo

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en years ago, Lotusland Vineyards was introducing a new label called People and Their Passions. It celebrated well-known BC residents who lived their passions, including the late Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, whose Dr. Peter Diaries on CBC chronicled his personal battle against AIDS. Around that time, Vancouver food writer and stylist Nathan Fong was meeting with Maxine Davis, the executive director of the Dr. Peter Centre, a drop-in support centre and residence for people living with HIV/ AIDS named in honour of Dr. Jepson-Young.

At the time the centre was part of St. Paul’s Hospital but a $10-million capital campaign spearheaded by the Dr. Peter Foundation had raised money to build the just-about-to-be-opened facility on Comox Street.

The year before, Fong had hosted a cooking class at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks to raise money for the effort and Davis approached him with an idea for a fundraising cocktail party for some of the donors.

Fong offered to tap into his vast network of friends in the food and hospitality industry. They decided to call the fundraiser Passions and, rather than hold it in a hotel ballroom, they felt it was important for people to become familiar with the centre itself. Since the centre was about to open that September (2003), the timing was perfect.

In that first year, Fong convinced nine chefs to provide the food, 100 people enjoyed canapes and wine as they toured the new building and together they raised $7,000. On this, the 10th anniversary of Passions, the goal is to push the total amount raised past the $1-million mark.

It’s a number that makes Fong emotional and Davis says that, without him, the centre’s primary fundraiser would not be possible. This year’s event on Sept. 16 features 24 of Vancouver’s top chef vying for the attention of people who will pay at least

Nathan Fong and Maxine Davis outside the Dr. Peter Centre.

Martha Perkins photo $225 to attend. The chefs have a reputation for trying to outdo one another and the crowd includes a who’s who of Vancouver’s civic life.

“We are blessed Nathan’s putting his energy into helping the Dr. Peter Centre,” says Davis, admiring Fong for ignoring the stigma that can come with supporting an HIV/AIDs organization.

“Dr. Peter wrote a poem of affirmation that includes the line ‘But the energy that is in me will not be lost.’ Nathan has put his energy on top of Peter’s so a place like this can exist and provide the needed care.”

Davis says Passions is about “the power of one and how it extends itself to the power of many.”

“God bless Nathan,” says Shirley Young, Dr. Peter’s mother, who, at 80, volunteers every Wednesday morning. “He’s the most amazing and generous man. He puts so much into this.”

Fong says the event gained even deeper meaning for him when he bumped into an old friend from West Vancouver at the centre. That friend was a resident. “That’s when it really hit home for me.”

He also tears up when Davis shares the story of a resident who died, his partner and his dogs by his side, while Passions was taking place. His partner later recounted how moving it was to hear the laughter and sounds of the people enjoying the event, knowing that their generosity helped ensure the centre can provide the medical, emotional and day-to-day support that people with HIV/AIDS need.

“When you ask, why do it?, that’s probably one of the answers,” says Fong.

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If you haven’t made the trip out this year, let this column be a gentle nudge that way. Keep in mind that many wineries will be offering wines in their tasting rooms that can’t commonly be found in Vancouver. These small-batch exclusives are often some of their most interesting drops, so do take advantage when you come across them. Here are a handful of my favourite ‘tasting room-only’ BC wines to keep an eye out for.

Lake Breeze 2012 Bench White | Naramata, BC | $17 | LakeBreeze.ca An aromatic blend made from Pinot Gris, Muscat, Pinot Blanc, Ehrenfelser and Gewurztraminer, this lively white is more about the sum than its parts. All these varieties add up to a lip-smackingly juicy splash of lychee, papaya, citrus and charm. Sunshine in a glass.

Road 13 Vineyards 2010 Sparkling Chenin Blanc | Oliver, BC | $35 | Road13Vineyards.com From some of the oldest, gnarled vines in the Okanagan comes this wine of local legend. As a little selfish disclosure, Road 13 reached out to me earlier this year to assist them with putting on a couple dinners and

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Tantalus 2011 Juveniles Pinot Noir | Kelowna, BC | $22.90 | Tantalus.ca The Pinot made from younger vines is a steal at 23 bucks, with a nice truffle and mushroomy nose plus plenty of plums and purple fruit on the palate. A good dusting of nutmeg gives it a little extra dimension, tying it all together nicely.

Quail’s Gate 2008 Dijon Clone Selection Pinot Noir | West Kelowna, BC | $65 | QuailsGate.com One of the richest, most-complex and delicious Pinot Noirs in the valley, it’s a shame that this bottle is wineryonly (and carries such a hefty price tag.) Pinot-geeks will adore this juicy wonder, gently swaddled in French oak, loaded with cherries, currants, cloves and finesse. Ultra-exclusive and there’s not much left of this vintage; dig deep into those pockets at least once to give this one a whirl.

Stag’s Hollow 2012 Grenache | Okanagan Falls, BC | $29.90 | StagsHollowWinery.com The only 100 per cent Grenache in Canada will have you wondering why we don’t make more. With a similar weight and structure to a Pinot Noir, there’s a bit more of a weighty punch to this bottle, bursting with cherries, blackberries and a wee bit of ginger.

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MOSAIC Homes is bringing a touch of colour to Port Coquitlam with Fremont Blue, their new townhome development that’s a paradise for outdoor lovers. The second phase starts sales this month.

“This is the most exciting property today,” says MOSAIC’s Geoff Duyker. “It’s just a beautiful place to live.”

Fremont Blue is bordered by the Pitt River, the 25-kilometre

Traboulay Trail and park land.

“We’ve had people stop by the Home Store on their bikes after getting off the trail,” Duyker says. “It’s really rare to be able to live in this kind of setting.”

The homes themselves include open-plan layouts with plenty of space to relax or entertain, oversized windows and nine-foot ceilings throughout the main living areas to maximize your sense of space.

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housing,” Duyker says. “MOSAIC has a long track record of building sought-after homes.”

Fremont Blue will be part of the master-planned Fremont community, which will include shopping and restaurants.

You’ll also be close by schools, leisure and recreation opportunities, as well as the convenience of the Port Mann Bridge, or commuting to Burnaby or Vancouver without having to cross the river.

“The whole neighbourhood is going to look a lot different in a few years,” says Duyker. “You could literally live, work and play here. This is the most significant master-planned development in the region.”

Buyers will also have access to the Fremont Riverclub, which will include 12,500 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, including a lap pool, outdoor cooking area, gym, fitness studio and a great room with a big-screen TV, lounge, pool table, card tables and entertainment kitchen and bar, among many other things.

Homes start in the mid-$300,000s. For more information, visit mosaichomes.com, call 604-552-0319 or visit the Home Store at 2332 Ranger Lane, open between noon and 6 p.m.

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Kitsilano is one of Vancouver’s most desirable areas, with its array of amenities and outdoor activities all in one place. Intergulf Development Group is now bringing an equally enticing offer to the neighbourhood with Kits360.

“Kits is one of the best neighbourhoods in Vancouver,” says project manager Macartney Greenfield. “We named the project Kits360 because there are amenities in literally every direction.”

That’s no exaggeration. Kits360 is just steps from the 5th Avenue Cinemas, shopping on West 4th Avenue and recreation on the seawall. You’re also minutes from South

Granville, Yaletown, Granville Island and downtown Vancouver, as well as Kits Beach, Kits Pool and the boardwalk trail.

“Kits is a very vibrant community,” Greenfield says. “And that atmosphere can be found in the community of Kits360 as well.”

The homes are completed and move-in ready now, which Greenfield says is one of the big draws for buyers.

“There’s been a lot of excitement around completion,” she says. “Many happy homeowners have already moved in, and there’s already a great energy within the building. This is definitely an opportunity you can’t miss. It’s a phenomenal place to live.”

The final release of inventory at Kits360 features just 15 two-bedroom suites and penthouse homes, ranging from 776 to about 978 square feet. Many homes feature fantastic ocean, mountains or city views and space for outdoor entertaining.

“They’re really the cream of the crop. The floorplans available give you lots of flexibility depending on how you live your life,”

Greenfield says, noting that both downsizers and growing families alike have found their dream home at Kits360.

“Our floorplans are designed to make condo living a reality for our buyers with flex spaces for their home office, nursery, or whatever they may need,” she says.

Each home is spacious and open, with plenty of room to entertain or relax.

The kitchens are particularly beautiful.

“The kitchen is really the jewel of your home,” Greenfield says. “It’s a huge focus for people and Intergulf did it right.”

The stainless-steel appliances are complemented by a modern stone backsplash high-gloss cabinetry and stone countertops.

“You can spend tons of time entertaining in here,” Greenfield says.

You’ll find engineered laminate wood flooring throughout your new space, as well as over-height ceilings in most homes and a stackable washer/dryer. The bathrooms hold luxurious soaker tubs and plenty of thoughtful details.

“Older homes in Kits don’t have these features,” Greenfield says. “This is a rare opportunity to get this calibre of living and this address.”

The amenities at Kits360 are truly topnotch, including an expansive rooftop terrace and outdoor barbecue with a garden, lounge and kitchen area, as well as a courtyard water feature and two fully equipped fitness centres.

There is also a 24-hour concierge and bike storage space. With all the amenities available at Kits360, there’s an immediate feeling of luxury as you step inside the building. It’s also obvious that the project fits perfectly into the neighbourhood and everything that makes the area so great.

The final release of two-bedroom homes at Kits360 start at $599,900. For more information, visit www.kits360.com, call 604-737-0360 or visit the sales office at 1777 West 7th Avenue, open starting Saturday Sept.

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That calculation, from RBC Economics Research, is among the findings in its recent housing trends report showing home affordability has taken a hit in BC in recent months, but is still lower than last year.

RBC’s home affordability measure compares home ownership costs — mortgage payments, utilities and taxes — to median pretax household income and provides plenty of fodder for those who think BC real estate costs too much.

The Vancouver measure of 82.2 for a bungalow is up 2.2 points from the previous quarter and is far above Toronto’s 54.5, Montreal’s 38 and Calgary’s 33.

The measure for BC as a whole also rose to 67.6 for bungalows, 72.8 for two-storey homes and 33.8 for condos.

In Vancouver, owning a two-storey home took 85.8 per cent of household income, while a condo took 40.7 per cent.

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Fears of a steep drop in Vancouver real estate appear to have abated, he said, suggesting the “market correction has run its course and that the risk of a catastrophic outcome has greatly moderated.”

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10 questions to ask when hiring a Realtor Home owners should interview a few potential Realtors before choosing the one to sell their homes. Here are some questions to ask, suggested by HowRealtorsHelp.ca.

How long have you been in the business?

A freshly-licensed Realtor can do a wonderful job and will have up-to-date training; those in the business longer bring more practical experience to the table.

What is your average list-tosales-price ratio?

A listing Realtor should hold a track record for negotiating sales prices that are very close to list prices.

How will your marketing plan meet my needs?

Specifically, how will you sell my home?

Where and how often do you advertise? Will you show me a sample flier? How do you market online?

Will you provide references?

Ask if any of the references are related to the Realtor. Ask if you can call their references with additional questions.

What separates you from your competition?

Key phrases to listen for: assertive, available by phone or email, analytical, able to maintain a good sense of humour under trying circumstances.

May I review documents that I will be asked to sign?

A good Realtor makes forms available to you before you are required to sign them. Ask to see agency disclosure, listing agreement, seller disclosure.

Can you help me find other professionals?

Your Realtor may be able to provide a list of service providers who can help with things

such as home inspection, staging, renovations, legal and financial advice. Get an explanation if you see the term “affiliated”.

It could mean the Realtor is getting compensation from vendors.

How much do you charge?

Real estate fees or commission are negotiable and may vary from broker to broker.

What if I’m unhappy with the service?

If you sign a listing agreement with the Realtor and later find that you are unhappy with the arrangement, will the Realtor let you cancel the agreement?

What haven’t I asked you that I need to know?

Pay close attention to how the Realtor answers this question, because there is always something you need to know — always.

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “No regrets? Really?” asks author Richard Power. “I have regrets. They are sacred to me. They inform my character. They bear witness to my evolution. Glimpses of lost love and treasure are held inside of them; like small beautiful creatures suspended in amber.” I’m going to suggest you do what Powers advises: “Do not avoid your regrets. Embrace them. Listen to their stories. Hold them to your heart when you want to remember the price you paid to become who you truly are.”

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Urbandictionary.com says that the newly coined word “orgasnom” is what you call the ecstatic feelings you have as you eat especially delectable food. You are in an excellent position to have a number of orgasmic-like breakthroughs in the coming week. Orgasnoms are certainly among them, but also orgasaurals, orgasights, and orgasversations — deep thrills resulting from blissful sounds, rapturous visions, and exciting conversations.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): If you were about to run in a long-distance race, you wouldn’t eat a dozen doughnuts. Right? If you were planning to leave your native land and spend a year living in Ethiopia, you wouldn’t immerse yourself in learning how to speak Chinese. Right? I hope you’ll be smart about the preparations you make in the coming weeks. This will be a time to prime yourself for the adventures in self-expression that will bloom in late September and October. What would you like to show the world about yourself?

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tion of the United States originally went into effect in 1789, it was only 4,543 words long. The Bill of Rights, enacted in 1791, added a mere 462 words. By contrast, India’s Constitution is 117,000 words. If you create a new master plan for yourself, Cancerian — as I hope you will — a compact version like America’s will be exactly right. You need diamond-like lucidity, not sprawling guesswork.

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2201-1500 HOWE STREET THE DISCOVERY: $849,000 Sprawling 1311sf NW corner 2 bdrm + 2bath in a waterfront seaside highly desirable location • Right on seawall, aquabus to Granville Island, mins. to beaches & parks • Generous rooms thruout, perfect for entertaining & house size furniture!

• Reno’d kitchen w/ new S/S Fisher Paykel, Miele & Bosch appliances, lovely kitchen island & windows in kitch., h/w flrs, gas f/p, king size bdrms, Master has 5pc. bath w/ sep. shower, jetted tub & W/I closet • Outdoor covered balcony for bbqs, real laundry room, 2 parking & storage locker • This is a jewel in the sky.

Clubhouse, guest suite, sauna, hottub & gym • Exterior paint & sealant completed 2011.

Unrivaled splendor. Vancouver’s premiere waterfront residences combining two suites and conceived over 2 years of design & construction • 270 degree views flr-ceiling views of marinas, False Crk, Granville Island & cityscapes • House size 3255 sqft complimented by a 360 degree elliptical flrplan centered around a glass wine room, 4 bdrms, 4 bathrms, 5 parking & 2 storage lckrs • Featuring: 12 piece Miele & Thermador S/S appliances, Capolavaro granite, Zebrano book-matched cabinetry, 2 home theatre systems, surround audio thruout, marble & onyx flooring thruout, T5 wired, video security system, Lutron one touch light & shades control, all rooms are a unique design & statement, Swarovski chandeliers, 6 piece master bath with 273 spray & steam shower, air jet tub, his/hers sinks; W/I closet, a ‘pink mosaic Bisazza’ bathroom, family room, great room, formal & informal dining areas, formal living room, dual entry, two balconies, two gas f/p, nanny quarters & much more • Simply spectacular!

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W NE TING S I L Beautiful 1126 sqft 2 level Townhome boasts 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, large kitchen island, granite countertops, electric fireplace, outdoor patio & more. Just steps to Robson retail district, Granville street entertainment district, entertainment venues & just mins to the seawall & marine recreation.

2-5-10 warranty, Rainscreened – Completed 2008. Ultra modern, sleek & feels like a home in the city! 1 parking, Rentals & pets allowed. Great investment property too!

SUBPENTHOUSE – 270 degree views of N. Shore Mtns. as far as you can see • 3 bdrms/2bathrms, 1179sf, open & modern floorplan w/ flr to ceiling windows, only 3 years old • Oversized bedrooms, dream master bedroom w/ its own balcony, den , walk-in closet & 5pc. ensuite bath, granite countertops, S/S appliances, laminate flooring throughout, 100sqft+ outdoor balcony for bbqs w/ views, NE corner unit with sweeping views • Location Location Location – steps to Canada Line to YVR, downtown, across from Lansdowne Mall (new Target store), Kwantlen University & more • Guest suite, clubhouse, media rm.

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2301-969 RICHARDS ST. MONDRIAN II BY BOSA: $399,000 Heart of Yaletown on a treelined street in a vibrant and beautiful location in Downtown • Steps to Yaletown Heritage district, the seawall, city parks, marinas, Robson retail district & the top entertainment venues • Bosa quality 585 sqft 1 bdrm + real den (office), hardwood flrs, S/S appliances w/ gas stove, kitchen island, 2-way fireplace, insuite storage PLUS separate locker, 1 prkg, gym, hottub, guest suite & club • Rent it out or live-in, excellent condition • West city views • Rainscreened & solid concrete construction.

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Beautiful floorplan N, E & S corner 1079sf 2 bdrm + 2bath + real den • Across the street from Elsie Roy Elementary, seawall, David Lam Park, Roundhouse Comm. Centre, Urban Fare, Canada Line & Yaletown • Generous rooms, master fits king bed, granite counters, window in kitchen, marble in bathrooms, H/W flrs & new carpet in bdrms, views of False Creek, city & courtyard, Iarge insuite storage, excellent for entertaining w/ spacious living/dining, den w/ windows. Solid building, best managed in Yaletown w/ onsite Mgr. I/D pool, hot tub, gym, bike room.

611-1500 HORNBY STREET 888 BEACH TOWERS: $438,000 PLE D LTI SOL MU RS – YS! FE DA OF IN 2

RARELY ON THE MARKET • Affordable 2 bdrms + 2 bath in the waterfront master planned Marinaside neighborhood • Everything at your doorstep: Urban Fare, seawall, Roundhouse Centre, Yaletown & marinas • NE Corner 787 sqft 2bdrm + 2 full baths w/ ensuite in master, beautiful views of marina from living /dining, overlooking lagoon & city views too • Fabulous floorplan, new stainless gas stove, granite countertops, marble in bathrooms, full 4pc. guest bathroom, large insuite storage, hardwood flrs throughout, balcony for bbq’s, 1 prkg, excellent condition! • 24/7 concierge, I/D pool, hot tub, sauna, lagoon, club house, theatre, gym & more • Don’t miss this one!

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): In his “Song of the Open Road,” Walt Whitman wrote some lyrics that I hope will provide you with just the right spark.

Even if you’re not embarking on a literal journey along a big wide highway, my guess is that you are at least going to do the metaphorical equivalent. downtown “Henceforth I ask not good fortune — I myself am good fortune,” said Uncle Walt. “Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing. Strong and content, I travel the open road.”

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Mystical poet St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) was one of Spain’s greatest writers. But not all of his work came easily. When he was 35, a rival religious group imprisoned him for his mildly heretical ideas. He spent the next nine months in a 10-foot by six-foot jail cell, where he was starved, beaten, and tortured. It was there that he composed his most renowned poem, “Spiritual Canticle.” Does that provide you with

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): The American naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) traveled widely and wrote 23 books. “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,” he testified, “all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” Let’s make that longing for abundance serve as your rallying cry during the next two weeks, Scorpio.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have a cosmic mandate to push to the limits — and sometimes beyond — as you satisfy your quest to be, see, and do everything you love to be, see, and do.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Punk icon Henry Rollins did an interview with Marilyn Manson, rock and roll’s master of the grotesque. It’s on Youtube. The comments section beneath the video are rife with spite and bile directed toward Manson, driving one fan to defend her hero. “I love Marilyn Manson so much that I could puke rainbows,” she testified. I think you will need to tap into that kind of love in the coming days, Sagittarius: fierce, intense, and devotional, and yet also playful, funny, and exhilarating. You don’t necessarily have to puke rainbows, however. Maybe you could merely spit them.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): If you want to know a secret, I talk less crazy to you Capricorns than I do to the other signs. I tone down my wild-eyed, goddess-drunk shape-shifting a bit. I rarely exhort you to don an animal costume and dance with the fairy folk in the woods, and I think the last time I suggested that you fall in love with an alien, angel, or deity was... never. So what’s my problem?

Don’t you feel taboo urges and illicit impulses now and then? Isn’t it true that like everyone else, you periodically need to slip away from your habitual grooves and tamper with the conventional wisdom? Of course you do. Which is why I hereby repeal my excessive caution. Get out there, Capricorn, and be as uninhibited as you dare.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Germany’s Ostwall Museum displayed a conceptual installation by the artist Martin Kippenberger. Valued at $1.1 million, it was called “When It Starts Dripping from the Ceiling.” Part of it was composed of a rubber tub that was painted to appear as if it had once held dirty rainwater. One night while the museum was closed, a new janitor came in to tidy up the premises. While performing her tasks, she scrubbed the rubber tub until it was “clean,” thereby damaging the art. Let this be a cautionary tale, Aquarius. It’s important for you to appreciate and learn from the messy stuff in your life — even admire its artistry — and not just assume it all needs to be scoured and disinfected.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): In her novel White Oleander, Janet Fitch suggests that beauty is something to be used, “like a hammer or a key.” That’s your assignment, Pisces. Find practical ways to make your beauty work for you. For example, invoke it to help you win friends and influence people. Put it into action to drum up new opportunities and hunt down provocative invitations. And don’t tell me you possess insufficient beauty to accomplish these things. I guarantee you that you have more than enough. To understand why I’m so sure, you may have to shed some ugly definitions of beauty you’ve unconsciously absorbed from our warped culture.

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Waterfront seawall & marina location – a private peaceful seaside enclave of downtown • Steps to Aquabus to Granville Island Market, miles of seawall, 1st class restaurants & miles of beaches • SW corner with views of False Creek & Granville Island sprawling 771 sqft 1 bdrm recent renos & in MINT CONDITION – show suite quality • Gas f/p, granite counters, S/S appl, front loading W/D, marble tiled entrance, new light fixtures & paint thruout, beautiful floorplan w/ generous rooms for king size bed and house sized furniture • Ultimate quiet and tranquil home • British inspired gardens, 24/7 concierge, I/D pool & gym • 1 prkg & storage • James Cheng Award winning design & solid concrete construction.

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LEO (JULY s p23-AUG. e c i a22): l i sThere t are two scientific terms for tickling. “Knismesis” refers to a soft, feathery touch that may be mildly pleasurable.

The heavier, deeper kind of tickling is called “gargalesis.” If playfully applied to sensitive parts of the anatomy, it can provoke fun and laughter.

Both of these will be rich metaphors for you in the coming days. I suggest that you be extra alert for opportunities to symbolically tickle and be tickled.

(P.S. Here’s a useful allegory: If you do the knismesis thing beneath the snout of a great white shark, you can hypnotize it.)

any inspiration, Libra? I’ll make a wild guess and speculate that maybe you’re in a tough situation yourself right now. It’s not even one per cent as tough as St. John’s, though. If he could squeeze some brilliance out of his predicament, you can, too.

803-2968 GLEN DRIVE $388,000

5999 OAK STREET $1,018,000

802-4333 CENTRAL BLVD PRESIDIA BY BOSA: $409,900

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SW corner w/ sweeping unobstructed views overlooking Yaletown & city • Nothing to block your views • 2 bdrm /2bath, 745sf, balcony, 1 parking & storage locker • Open floorplan w/ S/S appliances, granite counters, opposite bedrooms for max. privacy • True Yaletown location steps to the best amenities downtown–seawall, Yaletown, Robson St., Rogers Arena & more.

3307-833 SEYMOUR STREET CAPITOL RESIDENCES: $819,000

3404-833 SEYMOUR STREET CAPITOL RESIDENCES: $825,000

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Mother’s nature

You called me a moron?

Last week’s Rants contained three responses to my previous letter thanking a responsible building owner for dealing with a problem, that is way out of balance in terms of populations — sea gulls. Sea gulls’ droppings contain E. Coli, as well as another serious contaminants. To the “Water+Gulls” writer, you called me a moron? There are gulls throughout the lower mainland; a recent visit to Langley centre alarmed me because the populations are so numerous. The gulls no longer live close to the ocean because of overpopulation. Why are they on our buildings if they are water birds? Have you seen the populations that are aggressive on Granville Island? Have you seen the mass of gulls at the city dump? Have you seen and heard the gulls on every building in the DTES, Howe Street, Kits, Commercial Drive, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley? The roof of the elementary school near Davie is white with droppings. I see 50-60 gulls daily using that building to live, nest, and occupy. To call someone down for speaking up (you call it whining — “nature’s alarm clock”) says more about you than the person who took the time to speak up about an issue that is becoming problematic. I applaud the building owner’s foresight and care. I have not seen a sea gull on his roof since the controls were installed. Nothing changes unless people speak up about it, and that is a freedom still available to Canadians who care. Last week’s responses have little to do with the content of my rant, but are reactionary and show a complete disregard for what I am saying. People actually write in to complain about the complainers and call them names? That does not contribute anything to the conversation.

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It breaks my heart that some heartless creep killed some gull chicks because he didn’t like the peeping chicks’ cries. We live by the sea — seagulls! I was enjoying watching the mother gull and her three chicks on a rooftop grow from chicks to tiny birds.

The mother gull was a good mother as she would shoo her chicks back when they got too close to the edge. I watched them flop and try again as they stretched out fledgling wings. There are worse noises like grass-cutters, sirens, workmen hammering, loud car radios, drunks yelling, etc. Now I can see the mother gull sitting on the roof by herself calling out for her chicks. I hope the pr--k gets the bad karma he deserves.

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Re: Cull to arms, Rants, Aug. 29: It is totally disgusting, and illegal, that workers (thugs) killed three baby seagulls. I applaud you for calling Ottawa and reporting them. What they did is illegal and is also grounds for discipline. It is also grounds for fines and/or criminal charges. This may apply to the company where they work. I strongly urge you to contact the SPCA and report them. Second, please contact the owner of the company they work for, with the details of the occurrence. Advise them that the police will be contacted. Third, please report the occurrence to the owner of the building where the thugs were working as they may be vicariously liable. Fourth, please contact the Vancouver Police ASAP. This is the third time in as many weeks as I have heard a story like this.

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• Designer: I am absolutely loving everything from Pink Tartan. I wore a colour-blocked navy and pink dress for part of this photoshoot (photo online) and the way the dress just hugs my body in all the right places is something I look for in the pieces I wear.

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• Local charity: I really support Dress for Success and how much they do for women looking to get back into the work force; we women need to stick together. And I am on the executive board as an ambassador for the Miss World Canada Organization for Beauty with a Purpose.

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Describe your personal fashion style: I think my personal fashion style reflects who I am: modern, classy, well pulledtogether, tailored and maybe a little daring!

What is your most sentimental wardrobe item? I am very close with my grandpa — he’s been like a dad to me. He’s getting older and his health isn’t doing too well. He is always sending for things in the mail and cracks me up with the crazy things he receives. When I was younger he sent for a gold locket and surprised me one day with it for no reason, just because he thought I would like it. I will always cherish this piece of jewelry.

Proudest accomplishment? I have been the youngest reporter for Novus TV. They give me a lot of freedom that someone of my age is not normally accustomed to. I am constantly pitching, producing and hosting episodes and am so proud to have been working for the network for more than four years now.

I am also proud I was given the opportunity to interview Team Canada during the 2010 Olympics for Global BC. It was definitely an experience I will never forget.

Where do you shop for everyday wardrobe items? I love my girls at Topshop — they always have outfits ready to go for whatever shoot or event I have. I’m in and out in no time and, for me, that’s super important.

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I just shot an episode for City Lights at Topshop for Fall fashion trends, so I have the scoop: emerald greens, supersized swing coats, fur coats, classic prints like tartans, tweeds, and argyle.

Layering is huge this season so don’t be afraid to mix textures with your pants, skirts, and tops. A sheer dress over leather pants allows you to layer without looking bulky. Pastels are big for fall as well as leather and PVC (shiny/pleather look).

People tell you you look like: My mom, and Julianne Hough.

What’s coming up for you? Reporting for View the Vibe restaurant video guide at TIFF. I am so excited to be a part of the film festival this year. I live for the rush of red carpet interviews; there is so much pressure and excitement in the moment and in a blink of an eye it’s over.

I will be back for FMA Shop and Dine Nov. 19-24. I’m putting it together with my executive producer at FMA Entertainment Weekly and long-time friend, Andy Chu. Shop and Dine week is both an industry and consumer event. It features the first-ever FMA online fashion week, including a number of live-stream exciting events, online giveaway and sales promotions; retailers’ VIP shopping events; runway fashion shows with showroom shopping and exhibits; musical and artistic performances; VIP receptions; art exhibitions; and dining out experiences throughout the city.

I will also be in London, England in February for an exciting gig to host the High Commission of Canada, a part of Men’s Fashion Week. I’m so excited to be a part of it.

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Mike Eckford makes The Shift After 17 years in television, it’s all radio, all the time

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M

ike Eckford is talking about Syria. The more he talks, the more animated he becomes, expressing some pretty strong opinions about the rest of the world’s role in the civil war. “You’re not the world’s policeman; you don’t get to say who’s wrong. You’re throwing bombs in there, you’re killing people....”

When the conversation switches to the loss of our personal privacy, the hits keep coming. He’ll tell you what he’s read, who he’s talked to, what he thinks. “It’s a question of how all those tiny pieces of information can be used to distort and manipulate....”

This side of his personality may come as a surprise to people who loved his quirky humour as co-host on The Rush, the Vancouver television show that is more lifestyle than hard news.

But his family wouldn’t be surprised by his ravenous appetite for serious fare. After all, when the Eckfords gather around the table at his parents’ house on the Sunshine Coast, dinner conversations can last three hours, with everyone expected to dish on what they think.

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“I want to be part of a genuine conversation and not be afraid to say what I think,” says Mike Eckford, the new talk show host on CKNW. Rob Newell photo CKNW, The Shift, soon won’t be surprised either. They’ll discover that while he brings his funny side to the show, he’s revelling in the opportunity to let the entire Mike Eckford out.

“I don’t want to be anyone’s talking mouth,” he says, amazed by how much freedom he’s been given on the show. “I want to be part of a genuine conversation and

not be afraid to say what I think.”

He’ll still use humour but more in the way that Jon Stewart does it on The Daily Show. Although Eckford’s an apostle of radio, his personality is more Doubting Thomas.

And you needed a healthy dose of doubt when reading all the speculation about what’s been going on on in Vancouver radio land for the past few months.

Eckford had been doing television for 17 years and as much as he loved working with long-time cohost and friend Fiona Forbes, “it felt like I’d been doing the same thing for a long time.”

Meanwhile, for the previous year, he’d also been co-hosting the Bro Jake show on Rock 101 and felt like he’d found a home on radio. “Jake is the most creative

guy I know in this industry. He’s a fertile mind,” Eckford says with unabashed admiration for the radio veteran.

In late January, Eckford suddenly quit The Rush, leaving Forbes with a series of guest co-hosts.

Then, in July, equally to everyone’s surprise, Corus Entertainment announced that, after 17 years, it wasn’t renewing Edwards’ contract. (It’s been reported that Edwards will cohost a new morning program with Dave Pratt on Team 1040 starting Sept. 9) Eckford didn’t see it coming. “I was looking for chaos, but not that much chaos,” he says with a smile.

He says Corus told him, “We have a plan, we will be doing something with you, but we’re not yet ready to tell you.”

Finding out the station wanted him to move its programming away from sports and into news was “a marriage of everything I’ve done.”

That said, radio has been “an absolute shock to me.” As much as he thrives in the role, the task of filling three hours of silence provoked “ball-clenching fear.” The show officially débuted Sept. 2 but last week Eckford enjoyed a “dry run”. Providing his own review of the first show, he says, “I feel like a trapeze artist who went out, totally blew the routine and somehow landed it.”

“Over time,” he says, “we’ll find our voice and I think it will be a real reflection of what I think Vancouver is — young, funny, insightful and interesting. You can laugh and get really serious.”

The Shift is weeknights from 7 to 10pm on 980 CKNW; you can also download the CKNW app for free.

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Fraser salmon fishing resumes but not for sockeye Run size for sockeye boosted to four million; 16 million pinks expected

By Jeff Nagel

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n improving run of sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River has prompted fishery managers to reopen fishing for other salmon species that had been closed to guard against any accidental bycatch of sockeye.

Pacific Salmon Commission officials now estimate around four million sockeye are on track to return due to more fish arriving later than anticipated.

That’s still below a pre-season forecast of 4.7 million but it’s much better than a few weeks ago when salmon watchers feared just two million would return.

Recreational angling for chinook, pink and chum salmon opens Friday morning below Mission and for pink and chum above Mission starting Saturday morning.

First Nations also have the go-ahead to fish for chinook, chum and pink on the lower Fraser for food, social and ceremo-

nial purposes.

A limited commercial fishery for pinks is also expected.

Water temperatures have cooled somewhat from dangerously high levels earlier in the summer but fishery managers still expect 70 per cent of returning sockeye will die on their journey upriver to the spawning grounds.

As a result, all of the fisheries are directed to release any sockeye that are caught. “We are getting early reports of fish arriving at the spawning grounds in good condition,� said Jeff Grout, DFO regional resource manager.

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Sockeye run on a four-year cycle, so the fish now migrating are the offspring of the disastrous 2009 run, when just 1.6 million sockeye returned, prompting the appointment of the Cohen Inquiry.

There had been high hopes that this would be the year that stock begins to rebuild.

While DFO officials say there are now signs that will happen, they say the return and the river conditions are still far from what they had hoped.

The pink run has also been upgraded, from 14 million to an estimated 16 million fish, and that number is expected to climb further.

E ONcLouIveNr.com Fishery officers have been WEVan sweeping the river for sockeye poachers.

So far 10 boats and 66 nets have been seized with 29 investigations underway that are expected to lead to charges.

Tom Hlavac, from DFO’s conservation and protection branch, said the majority of suspected poachers caught are First Nations, but added others are non-aboriginal.

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Trudeau’s pot admission reefer madness to U.S. lawyer Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s admission he smoked marijuana after becoming an MP – and the ensuing flurry of similar disclosures by other Canadian politicians – has a US immigration lawyer shaking his head. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw him admit to it,� said Len Saunders. The Blaine, Wash. lawyer says Trudeau and any other admitted Canadian pot smokers – high profile or not – should expect to be refused entry to the US. Saunders warned earlier this year he was seeing large numbers of BC residents permanently denied entry to the US after they admitted to past marijuana use when questioned by American border agents.

Washington State’s vote in late 2012 to legalize, tax and sell marijuana has created confusion, leading some BC residents to believe pot is now a non-issue when heading south.

Saunders says the drug remains illegal under US federal law and someone with no criminal record who merely admits historic marijuana use can be barred because it’s a crime of “moral turpitude.�

Saunders said he hasn’t seen any new cases this summer of Canadians refused entry for admitting pot use.

He said the pending changes in Washington State – stores selling marijuana are expected to open there within a year – may have left US Customs and Border Protection officials unsure how to apply the law right now.

But Saunders said he still believes it’s folly for any Canadian to publicly disclose their past pot use. In BC, the list includes Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Kamloops Conservative MP Kathy McLeod and former Maple Ridge Coun.

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Test time for TransLink’s Compass card saw its share of cash payers drop from 30 per cent to about 2.5 per cent after its similar Oyster card rolled out.

For now, TransLink will simply mirror the existing three-zone system and fare structure with the new cards.

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ransLink officials say they’re confident their new Compass card will work well and be used by the vast majority of transit passengers despite criticism that those who pay in cash aboard buses won’t be given a transfer for SkyTrain.

The new payment system will undergo a beta test by 10,000 volunteers — twice as many as TransLink hoped to recruit — starting Sept. 9 ahead of a full launch later this year or early next year.

Riders will tap their smart card on blue reader disks as they board a bus or SkyTrain and tap out again on exit — the system will register the trip length and debit their account accordingly.

The transfer incompatibility of bus-issued tickets — blasted on social media as a double charge for those who pay cash — stems from TransLink’s decision not to retrofit either all the bus fare boxes at an extra cost of $25 million or else faregates at SkyTrain stations for $9 million. Neither fix would have worked for more than a few years and were deemed not cost-effective. But not everyone hates TransLink’s decision.

Surrey transportation advocate Daryl Dela Cruz says those who pay in cash infuriate him because they slow down bus boarding.

“It causes delays and holds up lines, especially on long and busy bus routes,” Dela Cruz said. “It’s almost a vendetta I have when I see the number of people who pay with cash fares.”

He predicts faster boarding as more people swipe cards instead of dropping coins and expects more buses will actually run on time as a result.

Mike Madill, TransLink’s vice-president of enterprise initiatives, said convenience is the

amounts as low as $6.

Low-income options

Responding to concerns that poor residents without bank or credit card accounts will face obstacles, Madill said there will be some additional locations, including a yet-to-beannounced retailer, where machines will dispense cards for cash.

Anti-poverty groups that hand out tickets to low-income clients to get to job interviews or appointments will be allowed to buy bulk Compass cards, valid for a single use for up to 90 days.

Some question marks remain.

TransLink doesn’t know how many riders will forget to tap out with their card as they exit the system and then get charged for travelling the default three zones when they may have only travelled one.

And it’s not clear what bugs the beta testers may uncover.

Asked if TransLink considered using some discounts or incentives to encourage early sign-ups — as TReO successfully did in getting motorists to register to pay tolls on the Port Mann Bridge — Madill said it was unnecessary.

“We really think that the card will sell itself,” he said. “We think the adoption rate is going to be pretty high right out of the gate. For the customer, it’s going to be way more convenient.”

After Compass cards are offered to the general public, the old and new systems will run in parallel for a number of months before the activation of the new faregates — the other part of the $171-million system.

It should reduce fare evasion but more value is expected from better data on where transit users go, guiding future transit system improvements.

Reloadable card

Mike Madill, TransLink vice-president of enterprise initiatives, holds a new Compass card. He predicts the Compass card will be widely embraced for its convenience. Jeff Nagel photo main aim of Compass, but he agreed fewer cash payments should speed bus boarding.

“It’s more efficient and it keeps the lines moving,” he said, noting the new card can be read in less than a third of a second.

Cash payers who don’t want to pay again if they transfer from bus to SkyTrain can avoid that by getting a Compass card, so they’ll have a strong incentive to switch.

About 6,000 passengers a day pay in cash on buses and transfer to SkyTrain – 1.5 per cent of the 400,000 daily bus users.

Other transit systems, including London and Paris, don’t allow cash-paid transfers from bus to trains, and Madill said London

The vast majority of transit users who use a monthly pass or a book of pre-paid FareSaver tickets are expected to easily make the switch to Compass cards and find it much less hassle.

No longer will they have to go to a retail store each month to buy a new pass or book of tickets. Most will buy a month pass on their card online or over the phone, as well as at vending machines at SkyTrains and some other locations.

Those who link their Compass account to their credit card or bank account can have it automatically buy a new month pass at the first of each month. An auto-load feature will let users program their card to automatically add a preset amount whenever the balance drops below $5.

For those who prefer the equivalent of soon-to-be-eliminated FareSavers, which offer a discount on a book of 10 tickets, Madill said any amount of prepaid cash put on a card will qualify for a 14 per cent discount.

That’s less generous than the current 24 per cent discount on Faresaver cash fares.

Asked why FareSaver users will pay more under Compass, officials say FareSaver discounts had become “artificially inflated” in recent years because TransLink was only allowed to increase prices for cash fares, not the prepaid tickets. They say the discounts will become consistent under Compass.

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The special effects in the film leave a lot to be desired with heavy reliance on dated CGI that fails to provide any sense of real tension or immersion in setting. There is no question of Riddick’s fan-generated appeal; what is really disappointing is that Twohy seems completely disinterested in taking audiences of a different journey and offering something a little more original.

Starring Vin Diesel, Katee Sackhoff Directed by David Twohy Cashing in on the sci-fi cult following generated by 2000’s Pitch Black and 2004’s The Chronicles of Riddick, director David Twohy returns to helm action star Vin Diesel in his mysterious, futuristic ex-con role as Riddick.

This time around, our anti-hero is left for dead on a desolate planet and must contend with all manner of fierce alien creatures. The only way off the hostile environment is for the renegade to activate an emergency beacon that alerts a band of dangerous mercenaries, all looking to cash in on a hefty bounty for his head, and a mysterious man from Riddick’s past with a personal score to settle.

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This past spring, when the Westside Church bought the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts, Goh Ballet thought it had lost the only appropriate place to stage its beloved Nutcracker. The Centre was the right size and came at the right rental price for the David Cooper photo independent ballet school.

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ave you ever contemplated the enormous truth to be found in a librarian’s due-date stamper?

It “contains every date that ever was,” says the Librarian in Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel, “a curiously funny drama about life’s most curious stuff.” Your birth can be found in the revolving numbers, as can your death. Spin a date, any date, and the Librarian can tell you something about it.

“It’s all in here. All the joys and trials of history,” he says (or will say) over 10 nights of the Vancouver Fringe Festival.

January 25, 1971? That’s the day when “Helen Shattock is walking her dog in Dayton, Ohio [and] a frozen block of urine from the lavatory of a Pan Am jet falls, and hits her on the head, killing her instantly.”

Of course, the type of mind that retains such arcane facts is not a mind at peace. And such a mind can go down many serpentine paths when it contemplates the arrival of a book that’s 113 years overdue. The wheels on the stamp go round and round....

“It’s a hero’s journey of a nebbish little librarian whose horizon of life doesn’t extend beyond the stack of books in front of him,” says David Cameron, the one man behind KingBaby Productions’ version of the popular one-man play. (It’s been translated into six languages and the Librarian’s home town, Hoopdorf, Holland, has become a pilgrimage for fans. Richard Schiff, Toby of West Wing fame, played the Librarian in the West End version.)

The Librarian, who prides himself on an encyclopedic memory, is thrown into turmoil when he can’t figure out where the book has been for all these years. And why is it being returned now? By whom? He simply must find out.

“He thinks he’s on the track of a higher truth,” says Cameron, who won won the best male actor award for the role at the Theatre BC festival. (The production, directed by his wife Jackie Minns, also garnered five honourable mentions.) “He has to tell the story to free his soul.”

In following the clues, including a drycleaning slip found tucked into the pages of the overdue book, the Librarian comes to believe that that mysterious “A” who borrowed the book is none other than Ahasuerus, the Wandering Jew who is cursed to wander the earth until the Second Coming after mocking Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion.

“I love the character, this person who thinks he’s so smart and yet gets tripped up by life,” says Cameron.

Life on the Fringe Eleven days and 91 shows. If anyone can do it, it’s the Vancouver Fringe Festival. From Sept. 5 to 15, “you see some fantastic independent theatre, laugh, cry, experience free live music, meet kindred spirits, stuff yourself with Vancouver’s finest food truck fare, and stagger home fat and happy. All you have to do is buy a ticket.”

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Travel millennia in just 72 minutes when David Cameron brings Underneath the Lintel to the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jackie Minns photo It’s also the perfect sort of play for the Fringe Festival, in part because there’s only one character and a minimal set. A challenge for an actor, even one as ambidextrous as Cameron, “it’s like going on a ride at Playland. You’re a different person when you get off. I need deprogramming at the end of the play.”

Cameron and Minns thrive on being part of the Fringe. For all its intensity, all the performers get to “piggyback on each other’s energy,” creating a whole that is bigger than its dozens of parts.

The Fringe Festival marks the end of the Underneath the Lintel run for Kingbaby, which will now focus on creating its next original production. Its Mad Mabel’s Christmas is a perennial favourite, especially in their “hometown” of Bowen Island, and La Vita Grande won best comedy at the Victoria Fringe Festival several years ago.

Underneath the Lintel is at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (1895 Venebles) on Sept. 5-8 and 10-15 at various times. Tickets at VancouverFringe.com.

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective September 5 to September 11, 2013.

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

Grocery Department

Meat Department

assorted varieties

SAVE

Earth’s Own Almond Fresh or Coconut Beverages

SAVE

Nature's Path Organic Premium Cereal

product of Canada

SAVE

1.36L +deposit +eco fee product of Canada

33%

from

30%

from

3.99

Nuts to You Organic Peanut Butter

SAVE

41%

40%

33%

2/7.00

170 -297g product of USA

4.99

34%

WOW!

Organic Roma Tomatoes from Covert Farms Oliver, BC

Bulk Department Commonwealth Mix bags or bins

20% off regular retail price

Health Care Department Bakery Department

Amazing Grass Organic Wheat Grass

29.49

Flax Bread

796ml • product of USA

3.99

SAVE

5.99

946ml +deposit +eco fee product of Canada

from

24%

1.5L

530g • reg 4.99

Penotti Snack Pack Dippi

2.99

chunk or flaked 170g • product of Asia

ӦGO Probio Yogurt Multipack

1.50

off regular retail price 425-454g

170g • product of USA

90 vegcaps

A.Vogel VegOmega-3

Annie's Pasta and Cheddar

3/4.98

31.99

retail price package of 6

Brown Rice or Wholesome Flaxseed Sandwich Size Bread

7.69

12 pack • product of USA

PRICING

90 vegcaps

Enerex Friendly Trio

1.00 off regular

Rice Bakery

assorted varieties

21.99

mini or regular

4 pack product of Netherlands

assorted varieties

Enerex Friendly Trio +NAG

Oatmeal Carrot Walnut or Oatmeal Blueberry Lemon Muffins

WOW!

240g

Organic wheat grass products are made up of nature’s most potent and powerful sources of green leafy vegetable nutrition.

assorted varieties

9.99

1.98lb/ 4.37kg

product of Canada

net pack of 12 pieces reg 9.99

Bremner’s 100% Juice

assorted varieties

product of Canada

WOW!

7.99

227-300g product of USA

2/3.00

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Babybel Cheese

3/9.99

2/7.00

Bunch Organic Green Kale from Myers Organic Farm Abbotsford, BC

each • reg 3.99

assorted varieties

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4.98

3lb product of Canada

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PRICING

2/4.98

Eden Organic Canned Beans

500g product of Canada

Gold Seal Light Tuna in Water

3/3.99

SAVE

smooth or crunchy

Echoclean HE 2X Liquid Laundry Detergent

SAVE

Zorbas Spanakopitas

assorted varieties

300-400g product of Canada

15%

Deli Department

Stahlbush Island Farms Frozen Fruit

assorted varieties

SAVE

7.99lb/ 17.61kg

Popcorn Indiana Popcorn, Chipins or Indulgent Snacks

3.99

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value pack

2/8.00

30%

1.89L product of Canada

PureBlue, PureRed or PureBlack Juice Blend

Organic Beef Stewing Meat

assorted varieties

28% 3.29

Organic Gala Apples from Harker’s Fruit Ranch Cawston, BC

100g • product of E.U.

Liberté Méditerranée 750g or Greek Yogurt 500g

assorted varieties

SAVE

2/5.00

37%

340g product of Canada

3.99lb/ 8.80kg

assorted varieties

SAVE

8.99

32%

Whole Specialty Frying Chickens

Green & Black's Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Bars

Ethical Bean Whole Bean Organic Fair Trade Coffee

Produce Department

27.99

60 capsules

• 100% vegetarian-friendly.

• Not derived from fish or other animal sources.

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Happy 8th Anniversary South Surrey !

PRICING

Stop by Saturday, September 7th from 11:00am to 3:00pm at 3248 King George Blvd. South Surrey to celebrate our 8th Anniversary. We will be hosting a donation barbeque and serving coffee and cake. Take advantage of our many in-store specials. See you there!

Look for our

2010 - 2013 Awards.

Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards.

Thank you!

WOW! PRICING Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ChoicesMarkets

Best Organic Produce

Best Grocery Store

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2010-2012

www.choicesmarkets.com Kitsilano 2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

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South Surrey 3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey 604.541.3902

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Kelowna

Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

2615 W. 16th Vancouver 603-736-7522