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10 I 12th & Cambie: Bedfellows BY MIKE HOWELL
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14 I The return of Tim Louis BY MIKE HOWELL
Former city councillor Tim Louis wants to be back on council,contending with a party newcomer for the last COPE nomination.
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8 I Bubbly in the bubble BY ALLEN GARR
Premier Christy Clark’s “informal” campaign is a calculated strategy,as is her tactic of evading public debate with the competition.
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Naoibh O’ConnorStaff writer
Premier Christy Clark strides into herVancouver-Point Grey campaign office
on West Fourth near Alma. It’s 14 daysbefore the May 11 byelection to fill formerpremier Gordon Campbell’s legislature seatand Clark is behind schedule, but she ap-pears relaxed. Dressed for a private dinnerin pearls, navy dress, jacket and heels, shegreets volunteers warmly, exuding the self-assurance and polish of a practiced politi-cian. Clark is clearly happily back in hermilieu after quitting office in 2004.
The 45-year-old, who launched a failedbid to be the NPA’s mayoral candidate in2005 and worked as a columnist and a ra-dio talk show host during the break priorto winning the Liberal leadership, settlesinto a seat for one of few interviews lead-ing up to the vote.
It’s tough balancing responsibilities, shesays, explaining she spent most of the pre-vious day in Victoria, flew to Vancouver inthe evening, then dropped by the campaignoffice for about an hour to make calls. “It’senough of a challenge to balance beingpremier with your family. Now I have thechallenge of balancing the premier’s duties,being over in Victoria and the legislature,my parenting and the campaign here.”
The campaign overlap with last Mon-day’s federal election, coupled with thedistraction of hockey playoffs likely soft-ened interest in the byelection—and gen-erated confusion about the vote, but Clarkdoesn’t see it as a major problem.
“[The timing is] not perfect, but thereis a higher literacy about elections in thiscommunity than anywhere else you’ll find.So if you have to have it, it’s better to doit in a place where people are switchedon, fully engaged and really highly literateabout the process.”
Election odds favour Clark whose politi-
cal profile soars above her five opponents,including the most serious contender—theNDP’s David Eby, who’s taken an unpaidleave from his job as executive directorof the B.C. Civil Liberties Association torun. Eby is more closely associated withthe Downtown Eastside, homelessness is-sues and police brutality complaints thanthe upscale Vancouver-Point Grey neigh-bourhood, but he maintains the NDP hasa strong following and he’s “working like adog” to build support. “This is what I likeso much about this riding. This is a stealthriding for the NDP. There’s a lot of highdensity housing in this community—peo-ple living in basement suites, people livingin small apartments—there are a lot of NDPvoters. This riding has always been closefrom an electoral politics point of view andit’s very winnable.”
Clark is cautious about appearing over
confident. “It was always close for [Camp-bell],” she says. “We have to assume it’llbe close for me, too. And you know, gov-ernment hasn’t won a byelection in 30years, so just like the Canucks, we wantto change history.”
Vancouver-Point Grey stretches westfrom Arbutus Street to include Point
Grey, UBC and Kitsilano, roughly from West16th Avenue to English Bay. The riding in-cludes both multimillion-dollar homes anda transient population of students and rent-ers. It’s voted Liberal for 15 years. Campbellcaptured 46 to 56 per cent of the vote in thelast four elections, with the NDP nipping athis heels. The last time the NDP won was in1991 thanks to Darlene Marzari.
Next week, six candidates vie for theseat—Clark, Eby, the Green Party’s Fran-çoise Raunet, Danielle Alie for the B.C. First
Party and two independent candidates, EddiePetrossian and William Gibbens.
On this sunny evening, Clark insists theLiberals’ hold on the riding hasn’t madeher complacent. “No way. I’ve knocked ona lot of doors in this riding and I’ve madea lot of phone calls, so I’m not taking anyvotes for granted. I’ve always thought youhave to go and earn every single vote thatyou get and if you want to represent a com-munity, you have to know what’s going onin people’s lives,” she says.
Clark lives near Cambie Street outsidethe riding, but says she’ll move westwardif elected. She cites connections to thecommunity—her son attends a KitsilanoCatholic school and she’s been on KitsilanoNeighbourhood House’s board.
Policy talking points centre on opengovernment, families and job creation,but she’s careful to distance herself fromCampbell who left office with record lowapproval. “These [policies] are the focus-es of the government and I do think thepublic has felt frustrated about the lack ofinput that they’ve had in the past and theHST is a good example of that... We haveto provide way more access to governmentinformation for the public.”
Clark claims not to be surprised by Eby’scandidacy, arguing Adrian Dix’s electionas NDP leader signaled a sharp turn left,which suits Eby’s political leanings. Thepair have met on Clark’s radio show andshe calls him a “credible threat.”
“I like him. He’s got a lot to offer to thepublic debate. Where we differ is I’m in-terested in trying to find the things that weshare in common—trying to unite people,trying to listen and have a real honest dia-logue about things. What the NDP are aboutwith Adrian Dix and David Eby—[they’re]about dividing people. They’re about label-ling people—who deserves to be punishedand who deserves to be helped.
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Continued from page 4“Who’s right and who’s wrong. Who’sleft and who’s right… British Columbiansdon’t want that.”
Eby’s scored political points by high-lighting Clark’s failure to take part in all-candidates debates and meetings, but sheinsists timing is the problem. “The thingis people have a very good feel for wherewe’re different on the issues and how eachof us would bring a very different characterand tone to the office of MLA in this com-munity… I don’t know if a debate wouldchange a lot of opinions that way.”
She skipped a debate organized by Fair Vot-ing B.C. and another meeting organized by par-ents, but has held a telephone townhall meet-ing and planned to hold a one-hour townhall atSt. Mark’s Church in Point Grey May 6.
Whether these decisions will affect thebyelection outcome remains to be seen, asdoes the impact of her controversial recordas deputy premier during the B.C. Rail scan-dal and as education minister, although sheargues only the NDP suggests the latter willhurt her chances. “I haven’t heard that re-flected back by anyone in particular but theNDP. Remember where we were at in 2001.We inherited an economy that was the worstin the country—a tremendous deficit. So wemanaged to protect education funding, giveteachers a seven per cent raise. These werereally tough times and we figured a way todo these two things.”
Since becoming premier, Clark has imple-mented popular measures such as raisingthe minimum wage and, earlier this week,scrapping parking fees in B.C. parks, butcritics allege she’s deliberately softening
her image to win the riding while bolster-ing the Liberals’ chances of remaining inpower in the next provincial election—anaccusation she dismisses.
“It’s shallow to suggest that somebodydoesn’t change over five years. It’s just nottrue that I’ve tried to do that—I am differ-ent. It’s not that I’m trying to present my-self differently—I am different. Being a par-ent has profoundly changed me—it’s mademe a very different person and being outof politics for five years in a job where Ilistened to people for a living also changedme profoundly,” she says.
Staunch supporters, including MarinaNavin, cite Clark’s energy, legislature ex-perience and work outside politics as cre-dentials that make her an ideal candidatefor Vancouver Point-Grey. Navin, a formerNPA school trustee, is the campaign’s vol-unteer coordinator who also helped Camp-bell get elected in previous races, but shedoesn’t take the vote for granted.
“No candidate thinks it’s a slam dunk...Every election you’re never sure whatmakes you win, except you have a goodcandidate. She’s a good candidate. Wethink our candidate has superior skills…
I feel Clark will win because she’s betterknown than Mr. Eby and I always like tobe on a winning campaign.”
Susan Boyd calls potential volunteersfrom a corner cubicle at Eby’s sprawling
campaign office on West Broadway nearBalaclava. Boyd, a University of Victoriaprofessor, lives in Vancouver but not in thisriding. “The NDP needs to challenge Chris-ty Clark,” she says. “It’s been a strongholdof Liberal votes, but I guess I’m of the opin-ion that you should always remain hopefulthat there could be a change.”
Eby is equally optimistic a few blocksaway. He raps on the door of a well-land-scaped property along West 16th Avenuenear Blenheim Street. It’s midday in lateApril and he waits a moment before scrib-bling a “sorry I missed you” message.
The 34-year-old isn’t having muchluck—few are home. The lanky six-foot-seven Ontario-born lawyer presses on.Next door, a man answers and describeshimself as a centrist voter who’s “a little bitright.” He hasn’t decided how he’ll vote.Talk turns to American politics before Eby,dressed in jeans, running shoes, dress shirtand tie, segues back to Clark. He tells theman the premier won’t participate in all-candidates debates. “No one knows whereshe stands,” he says.
A few homeowners claim they’ve alreadyvoted—confusing the federal election andprovincial byelection, but for the mostpart, knocks go unanswered. Each time,Eby checks for occupants in suites who heregards as potential NDP supporters.
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Continued from page 5After a largely fruitless effort, Eby
stops a random group of passersby andis rewarded. “I’ve got your sign on mylawn—you’ve got to beat her,” insistsJan Johnston, complaining about theB.C. Rail debacle and Clark’s record aseducation minister. Johnston is a for-mer parent advisory council chair atHudson elementary. “So I know howdifficult it is to deal with her. Becauseyou’re unknown, you’re just going tohave to get your name out but I thinkyou have a shot.”
That shot at Vancouver-Point Greycame about when the NDP’s candi-
date search party invited Eby to lunchsix weeks ago. “The approach wasn’t asurprise but this particular riding was,”he concedes. Eby called the NDP’s pastriding candidate, Mel Lehan, VisionVancouver school board chair Patti Bac-chus and Vision Vancouver councillorHeather Deal—all of whom were float-ed as potential byelection contenders—to get their blessing before accepting.
Almost immediately he moved tothe riding, selling his condo at Walland Nanaimo to rent a room in a homenear Trutch and 13th. “I wanted tomake a commitment. I wanted peopleto understand how I approach politics,which is community-based,” he ex-plains. Eby, who’s also worked withthe Pivot Legal Society, is aware ofcriticism he’s running purely to raisepet issues and his own profile.
“Provincial politics is somewhere
I’ve seen myself going for a while,so the question has been a matter oftiming. A lot of the issues that I careabout very closely are dealt with at theprovincial level and the people whowould suggest that I’ve come here toraise issues are absolutely right… whatan amazing opportunity a byelection isto do that.”
Eby’s chief concerns are the environ-ment, education and solving homeless-ness, particularly as it relates to addic-tion and mental health. While he’s hadsuccess in attracting media attention tocauses, he wants more influence insidethe system.
“I felt like too often I was talking topeople who didn’t have a full graspof the issues they were dealing with.Christy Clark, in the paper today, said‘OK David Eby if you want to housethe people at New Fountain Shelterhow are you going to pay for it?’ Whatshe doesn’t understand is the fact it’scheaper to put people in social hous-ing than putting people on the streets.And you can say it 100 times and youcan point to the studies but at theend of the day if it’s not somebody in
caucus or in opposition who’s raisingthese issues from that perspective, it’stoo easy to say well, we can’t afford todo social housing or we can’t affordto deal with that issue.”
Eby predicts a close election and saysClark knows it judging by the decisionto adopt an NDP platform—raising theminimum wage. It’s uncertain if the his-toric win by the federal NDP will haveany impact on the provincial scene orhow much the Green Party vote willfigure into results, but Eby embracesthe underdog image, while rejecting thelong-shot label.
“The doesn’t-stand-a-chance analysisis generally people who haven’t lookedat the electoral numbers or this ridingor who don’t understand this ridingfrom the perspective of the diversity ofthe people who live here.”
An hour later, Eby nears his cam-paign office, again stopping people onthe street. Reaction is positive. FrankFornelli, who used to work at Vancou-ver Community College, argues Clark“messed things up” in education.“Good for you,” he tells Eby. “I have[your] sign on my lawn. I couldn’tstand Christy Clark… I don’t trust herreally, I don’t trust her at all.”
Eby smiles. “See you at the victoryparty,” he says.
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Building accommodates more than 100 homeless men every night
Catholic Archdiocese headquarters on the marketCheryl RossiStaff writer
Prime downtown real estate is up for grabswith the Roman Catholic Archdiocese ofVancouver announcing the sale of its Rob-son Street property.
It’s the old brick building mere stepsfrom BC Place Stadium.
“That’s a good location. That’s one ofthe last good locations left in the city fordeveloping,” said Arnold Fenrick, financialconsultant to the organization.
Fenrick said the church has consideredrelocating for more than a decade. Thebuilding has reached the end of its life.
“How good it is seismically, I wouldn’twant to test it,” he said. “It’s getting a lit-tle crowded and we owe our staff a betterstandard of accommodation to work.”
The building and 16,400-square-footproperty that is zoned for commercial andresidential use were last assessed at $12.4million. Fenrick said the bulk of sale rev-enue would fund the cost of constructingnew administrative offices, which are to belocated in Vancouver.
The archdiocese has owned the propertysince 1958. It served as Northern Electric’sheadquarters in the 1920s.
The Catholic Charities Men’s Hostel hasoperated on its third floor for decades. Itshelters more than 100 homeless men every
night. “If somebody buys it, that’s part ofwhat they’re buying,” Fenrick said. “Part ofthe negotiation with anybody will be whatdo we do about it.”
Paul Schratz, communications direc-
tor for the Archdiocese of Vancouver, saidthe organization is committed to helpinghomeless people. “Whether it will take thesame form or a different form hasn’t beendetermined yet,” he said.
“The Archbishop [J. Michael Miller] haspersonally spoken with Mayor [Gregor]Robertson and offered his assurances thatwe are prepared to fulfill that ministry. It’scertainly something we don’t want to let goof either,” he added.
The building at 150 Robson St. includesCatholic Family Services, Catholic Indepen-dent Schools of the Vancouver Archdioceseand the First Nations Ministry.
The Archdiocese of Vancouver encom-passes 450,000 Catholics in the LowerMainland, from Boston Bar, between Yaleand Lytton on the Fraser River, to the Can-ada-U.S. border, according to Fenrick.
Schratz said the perception of the Catho-lic Church as being in decline is unfound-ed. “[Our numbers] are increasing almostexponentially… And the numbers of priestswho are coming in to the church, the de-cline has fallen off and we’re on the rise, sothings are looking quite healthy,” he said.
Schratz said it’s not just new Canadiansgrowing the church’s ranks.
“Easter is the time when new Catholicsare formally received, whether they’rebaptized for the first time or whether theycome in from other faiths, and every year,hundreds and hundreds, in this diocesealone, and all across Canada there’s thatpattern,” he said.
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I will be shocked if Christy Clark loses nextweek’s byelection in Vancouver-Point Grey. WhenI told her that, she held up her right hand with herthumb and forefinger a few centimetres apart asshe tried to convince me the race between her andthe NDP’s David Eby was that close. Sure, sure.
We were just leaving a luxury seniors hous-ing complex where condos sell for up to $1.2million and rents start at $3,900 a month. Wel-come to Tapestry on UBC’s Wesbrook Mall.
While a roomful of well-heeled residentssipped afternoon cocktails, the premier an-swered their questions. Did I mention this wasa friendly crowd?
I had forgotten how good she was at this—charming, glib, and most of all confident.
She’s clearly happy to be back in the gameafter a five and a half year break.
But as casual and warm as her performancewas, behind it all is a cool, calculated strategy,one that will carry her through a general election:Frame your opponent as hard left, combative andold fashioned; frame yourself as something new.She represents “change,” seeking solutions by lis-tening to people. It shouts at you in her literatureand it is imbedded in her every practised phrase.
And one more point: Don’t share the stage,especially at traditional debates where youropponents can catch you. This is particularlyproblematic for Clark, given her loose lips. ButI’ll get back to that in a moment.
She promises change but “not change whereyou throw the baby out with the bath water.”You’ll hear that line a lot, hopefully forgetting
that the bathwater contains Clark’s murkyhistory first as education minister and thenminister of children and family developmentbefore she quit.
She wanted to spend more time with her youngson. She also managed to build a career as a popu-lar talk show host. That time away, plus the factthat none of former premier Gordon Campbell’scabinet members supported her leadership bid,has given her incredible latitude.
Yes she has to hold the Liberal/Tory alliance to-gether in her caucus.
But she can cherry pick through what was leftto her in the way of policy and people. Dump acouple of deputies, including the problematicCampbell recruit Leslie Du Toit at the Ministry ofChildren and Family Development. Return teach-ers’ pet George Abbott as minister of education.Cut the NDP’s grass by raising the minimum wage,
eliminate parking fees at provincial parks and re-turn gaming funds to arts groups.
And then there’s her ever-evolving decisionon the HST. It’s gone from a vote in the legisla-ture, to a referendum, to a mail in ballot. The lat-est: the promise of a “package” of modificationsafter “listening to the people.”
And now that the “environment” sits higheron her list, she has also modified her positionto convince Ottawa to allow the Prosperity Mineproposal to drain Fish Lake in northern B.C.Now it is up to the company to make a deal withthe Tsilhqot’in First Nation and change the planto satisfy Ottawa’s environmental standards. “Ifit goes ahead it will be because of the company,not the provincial government.”
Back to the loose lips problem. On Wednesdaymorning, the Premier was doing a solo act on CBCRadio when the host popped in a question fromGreen Party candidate Françoise Raunet aboutfamily values and Clark’s long stint on the board ofKitsilano Neighbourhood House. How could Clarkjustify kicking out the daycare at Kits House lastyear leaving parents to scramble?
Clark replied with confidence: “She should vis-it” the site. “The building is under construction.” Anew day care will be built.
Well, that may be true some time in the future.Right now, there is no construction, and no demo-lition or building permits have been issued. Butwho is to know, particularly when there is no real-time challenger? As for the effect on the byelection,well like I said, I’d be shocked if Clark lost.
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To the editor:Re: “Davies calls for electoral reform,”
May 4.Thanks for Naoibh O’Connor’s reporting
on Libby Davies’ reaction to the electionresults. I would like to have Davies answera question: if your NDP party won a ma-jority with 40 per cent of the votes, as theConservatives did and as the Liberals have
in previous elections, would you honestlybe advocating for this electoral change?
And did you call for this when your pro-vincial cousins won a majority with 40 percent in 1991?
It is clear to me that she would have adifficult time being credible on this issue.
Dave O’Connor,Vancouver
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Canucks cult puzzlingto team sports outsiderI can’t bring myself to writeanything political this week.So instead I’m going to focuson something that I don’t un-derstand at all.Some years ago I was ona Seattle ferry, leaning ona railing and looking out tosea. An old guy in aviatorglasses sidled up to me andsaid, a propos of nothing,“How about them Mariners?”I responded with, “They’re abasketball team, right?” Heslowly backed away from me,wearing a slightly disturbedexpression. Obviously I wassome kind of space creaturein disguise, and had just failedat the most elementary socialexchange for male human be-ings: sports talk.I am pitifully behind theeight ball when it comes toteam sports (even a pool tablemetaphor is a stretch for me).So with all the Canucks frenzyover the past few weeks, Ican’t help but feeling like adiplomat from the Crab Nebu-la, stuck on a strange planetwith a busted decoder ring.Newspaper front pagesdominated by hockey head-lines. Laughing television newsteams bantering about theirfavourite players. Radio DJsyammering about who scoredwhat way back when. Politi-cians wearing team jerseysand vacuous grins. I’ve evenseen a bus with “Go CanucksGo” emblazoned on the routedisplay. (I don’t need a pieceof public transit to share itsenthusiasm for hockey, I wantit to tell me where the hell it’sgoing.) But as the writer TomWolfe famously wrote in TheElectric Acid Kool-Aid AcidTest, “you’re either on the busor you’re off the bus.” Andwhen it comes to punchinga ticket for the hockey hypehighway, I’m definitely OFF.I don’t even understandteam loyalty. With so manyhockey players traded acrossthe franchise, the concept of“home team” has about asmuch connection to actualgeography as Middle Earth toMerritt. But obviously we’re notin the realm of reason here.We’re in the rumpus room ofthe subconscious, where tribalthinking compels fans to paintthemselves blue like ancientCelts or Na’vi of Avatar.For instance, a relativealerted me to a story last weekabout Canucks fans who setfire to a Blackhawks jersey onGranville Street. The buzz onsocial networking sites is thatthese puck-obsessed pyro-maniacs are not “true hockeyfans.” Stupid me, I never knewfollowers of the game camein two varieties, like diamond
and zirconium. But what aboutthe fans who cheer on violenceat games? Do they fall into the“true” or “false” hockey fancategory?The NHL suits know thatthey’re not selling tickets forfigure skating events, but forgladiatorial competitions—andyou don’t tamper with tradi-tion. Just as you don’t messwith the Catholic mass, youdon’t discourage generationsof overpaid sports stars fromtrading blows like Looney Tunecharacters.For decades, these bloodyconfrontations have been lov-ingly compiled in Don Cherry’sRock ‘Em Sock ‘Em videos, 22in all. But isn’t there a majordisconnect here? Cherry, asupposed Canadian icon, stilltraffics in punch-up porn, evenwhile there’s a national debateabout concussions on the ice.And then there’s the letdownfactor. For years, I have seenthe same bipolar pattern overand over. The transformationof local media into a CanucksCargo Cult. Fans genuflectingbefore their saints (Lindenthrough Luongo). Motoristswaving white towels, now up-graded to car-affixed Canucksflags. The failed grasp at LordStanley’s Holy Grail, as theholy home team chokes inthe finals. The wave of defeatthat passes through sportsbars and rec rooms like theDementors from Harry Potter.Who needs this seasonal roll-ercoaster of shattered faith?Not us, and I’m speaking forthe Vancouverites who don’tgive a rodent’s patootie aboutgrown men chasing a rubberdisc with sticks.Not that I am completelyimmune from the occasionalhockey victory. During the2010 Winter Olympic Games, Isomehow ended up in a roomfull of fans watching the finalshowdown between the U.S.and Canada. When the clockran out, I leapt up off thecouch and cheered along withthe others. Ah, that ersatz pa-triotic buzz. For once I felt likea member, rather than an ob-server, of Planet Hockey.
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Late Fry votes smell fishy in Vancouver Centre
Evil kitten-strangling Harper drawn in ‘poor taste’
To the editor:Re: “Victorious Fry says
Liberals must changecourse,” April 29.
Thanks for the post-elec-tion insight in VancouverCentre and telling us it tookfive hours for some poll-ing stations to report theirvotes. As our MP, HedyFry is obligated to inves-tigate how these polls aremanaged and why they’reallowed to report so unac-ceptably late. It is in herpurview to recommendwho is hired as the riding’sreturns officer, and it used
to be seen as a soft job fora loyal party member. Theglacial slowness in report-ing the results, along withthe big rush of votes forHedy coming in at the end,are suspicious and I wouldhope she has the integrityto fix the problem.
Laurie Dickson,Vancouver
•••To the editor:
I recently had the privi-lege as observing as a scru-tineer at an advanced pollin Vancouver. Over the af-ternoon, I observed people
come and exercise thepower given to themto elect a new govern-ment. They came in aquiet, responsible anddignified manner to makea very important decisionfor this country. When I seeall the strife and violence inmany other countries whenthe people strive for a sayin how the government isformed, I realize that re-gardless of which party iselected to govern, we are allwinners.
Joseph Kilpatrick,Vancouver
To the editor:Re: “Cartoon,” April 29.They are saying “all’s fair in love, war
and politics.” However, having said that,the picture of Stephen Harper strangling thekitten (even as I am writing those wordsseems very strange) in fact is beyond thepale. On trying to read Geoff Olson’s col-umns over the past years, I along with oth-
er readers, have found his columns oftenlacking correct information.
It is his caricature of the “kitten strangu-lation” that I find odd because it got pastthe scrutiny of you the editor, and yourpublisher. Did not “poor taste” come tomind? I love your newspaper by the way.
Brenda Newell,Vancouver
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Columnist’s partisan swipes invent and exaggerateTo the editor:
Re: “Anton’s behaviour strange and un-seemly,” April 29.
For the record I’d like to correct AllenGarr’s inaccurate statement regarding City-Caucus.com. Garr states, “[NPA Coun. Su-zanne Anton] appears to be a regular con-tributor to CityCaucus.com. The last time Ilooked, she was responsible for all the cur-rent entries on the site.”
In fact, of the approximately 2,000 postson our urban issues-focused site, Antonhas authored precisely seven posts, orabout 0.35 per cent of our content. Prior
to her latest column, we last published herin January 2010. Our site has also featuredcolumns by former COPE councillors TimLouis and Fred Bass, as well as severalother contributors from across the politicalspectrum. We invite all Metro Vancouvermunicipal candidates to submit contentduring the upcoming election season.
So if Allen Garr wishes to continue refer-ring to CityCaucus as the “NPA blog,” isit fair then to refer to him as the Courier’s“Vision columnist?”
Daniel Fontaine,New Westminster, B.C.
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BedfellowsCovered the federal election Monday nightand had to remind myself a few times that Iwasn’t covering an NPA gathering.
Huh?Exactly.Vancouver Quadra Liberal MP Joyce Mur-
ray’s campaign office on West 16th Avenuewas filled with NPA types Monday night.
I spotted school trustee Ken Denike,school trustee hopeful Sophia Woo, formerNPA prez Matthew Taylor—even Coun. Su-zanne Anton showed up. But apparentlynot all NPAers are federal Liberal fans—asNPA council hopeful Mike Klassen provedwhile enjoying himself at VancouverQuadra Conservative candidate DeborahMeredith’s gathering at the Kerrisdale Le-gion. Klassen told me later that he was alsoat the NDP party at Heritage Hall on MainStreet. The guy gets around.
Murray also has a connection to the NPA,having volunteered on Christy Clark’s unsuc-cessful NPA mayoral nomination campaignin 2005. Yes, Sam Sullivan won that contestand was supported at the time by Klassenand eventual chief of staff, Daniel Fontaine.
And since I’m connecting dots here…Fontaine ran Jennifer Clarke’s NPA may-
oral nomination campaign in 2002. Clarke,of course, lost to COPE’s Larry Campbellin the civic race and came out on the los-ing end Monday night as the Conservativecandidate in Vancouver Centre.
Then there’s Vision Vancouver’s tiesto the federal Liberals. Last week, Visioncouncillors Raymond Louie and GeorgeChow publicly endorsed Vancouver SouthLiberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh’s failed re-elec-tion bid. According to the Liberals’ releaseannouncing the endorsements, Louie andChow topped the polls in 2008 and are“both among Vancouver’s mostly [sic]highly regarded elected officials.”
Then there’s Vision’s ties to the federal NDP.
Vision councillors Geoff Meggs, KerryJang and Andrea Reimer, whom I’m surethe NDP believes are also highly regardedelected officials, endorsed Vancouver King-sway NDP MP Don Davies’ successful re-election bid.
Mayor Gregor Robertson, meanwhile,purposely stayed away from getting cozywith any federal candidates. Instead, hisoffice issued a dispatch May 3 congratulat-ing the five winners of the city’s ridings,which represent the NDP, the Liberals andConservatives.
“I know that all of them, despite theirpolitical differences, are committed tomaking Vancouver and Canada a betterplace for our citizens,” Robertson said inhis dispatch.
Next up is the May 11 byelection in Van-couver Point Grey.
Endorsements from Vision Vancouverare expected to come David Eby’s way asthe NDP candidate attempts to knock offPremier Christy Clark of the provincial Lib-erals.
Eby, as faithful readers will recall,sought a Vision nomination for council in2008. He narrowly lost his bid to KashmirDhaliwal, who subsequently didn’t garnerenough votes to join in the Vision majorityon council.
Meanwhile, May 4 was the deadline forthose people interested in becoming a can-didate with the NPA in the November civicelection.
A few entries ago, I mentioned I met apotential NPA mayoral candidate. He toldme he has since decided not to seek thenomination. No, it wasn’t Rob Macdonaldor Rick Petersen. It was Mark Angus, theformer mayor of Whistler in the early ’80s.
He told me his work in the film busi-ness would make it difficult for him to findthe time to campaign. Angus has heardrumours about who might seek the NPAmayoral nomination but doesn’t believethe party found a “game changer”—a termused by former NPA president Michael Da-vis before he handed the reins of the partyto John Moonen.
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Green thumbs upAn organic garden on therooftop of St. Paul’s Hospi-tal opens this weekend, theresult of two years of col-laboration and hard work bydowntown associations andresidents.
The Downtown PeninsulaIntercultural CommunityGardens project is a joint ef-fort of the YMCA of GreaterVancouver, Gordon Neigh-bourhood House and theWest End Residents Associa-tion (WERA), with fundingfrom the federal and provin-cial governments. With thecompletion of the garden,the groups plan to celebratethe opening Saturday byhanding a symbolic spadeover to the Downtown Inter-cultural Gardeners Society, anew non-profit associationthat will manage the rooftopspace.
The project was designedto build a more welcom-ing, inclusive and engageddowntown peninsula byallowing community mem-bers of all demographicsto tend the garden. Morethan 50 gardeners are in-volved with theproject and, toensure the gar-den reflects thecommunity, atleast 40 per centare immigrants.Prior to the gardenlaunch, more than120 residents par-ticipated in diversitytraining, including intercul-tural communication andanti-racism workshops.
The opening is May 7from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. onthe fourth floor of St. Paul’sHospital, 1081 Burrard St.
Nomination nationSpeaking of the West EndResidents Association, for-mer president and currentdirector of the group BrentGranby will be seeking aCOPE nomination to runfor park board in the No-
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Woodcock calls Granbydedicated and says no othercandidate from any party at-tends park board meetingsas regularly as he does.
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May 7The Fifth Annual B.C. SpotPrawn Festival this Satur-day at False Creek’s Fish-ermen’s Wharf benefitsthe Chef’s Table Society ofB.C., a group dedicated tosupporting innovative andsustainable programs andexchanging information be-tween culinary profession-als. The spot prawn fisheryis sustainable with virtuallyno by-catch. The free fam-ily festival takes place be-tween 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.with cooking demonstra-tions, book signings andkids activities. Tickets forthe prawn boil are $10 andinclude fresh-off-the-boatspot prawns, side salad andTerra bread. Also includedare samples of B.C. wineand Mogiana coffee. Wordof advice—we bought acouple of pounds last yearduring the festival and in-vited friends to join us fordinner. Prior to cooking wespent at least an hour peel-ing the prawns, which wasabsolutely not necessary. Soif you do indulge this year,no matter how you preparethem let your friends andfamily peel their own darnprawns. I hear the headsare quite tasty.
May 7The 16th Annual StoneSoup Festival takes placeSaturday at Britannia Com-munity Centre on NapierStreet off Commercial Drivefrom noon to 5 p.m. As al-ways, the event celebratesfood, art, environment andcommunity and includesa farmers market, live mu-sic, children’s activitiesand of course free soup.The festival also celebratesthe diversity of food in theneighbourhood and its im-portance to the culture ofthe community. Workshopsinclude gardening for kidssix to 10 years and their par-ents, drop-in collage buttonmaking, First Nations anddigital storytelling and theStone Soup Story.
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What do the candidates inVancouver-Point Grey really believe?
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British Columbians have had it with doublespeak, flipflops and broken promises. As the May 11 byelectionin Vancouver-Point Grey approaches, you can finally dosomething about it.
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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER EW17
Dissenting councillor raises election fraud concerns
City council clicks online votingMike HowellStaff writer
City council has given Internet fans—andthose eligible to vote—another reason to goonline.
Council voted 10-1 Tuesday in favour ofhaving online voting available for residentschoosing to cast a ballot at advanced pollsin the November municipal election. Themove, however, will not eliminate votingstations.
“It’s not to narrow choices, but expandthem,” said Vision Vancouver Coun. An-drea Reimer, who led her party’s charge toexperiment with online voting this year.
Historically, Vancouver has used in-per-son or mail-in voting for general elections,byelections and referendums. Paper ballotsare used and read and tabulated by opti-cal scanners in each of the 130-plus votingstations. The city has also provided specialarrangements for people in hospitals, carehomes and those physically incapable ofgetting to a polling place.
Reimer said the city will likely adopt asimilar online voting system to the Ontariocity of Markham. That city sent eligiblevoters a series of personal identificationnumbers that must be verified through in-formation on a voter’s card before the vot-er receives a final number or code. “Peoplethink with online voting that you just go ona computer and do it, but it actually takesmore organization on the part of the vot-er,” Reimer said. “But at the same time, it’sincreased voter turnout quite significantlyin the cities that have used it.”
Markham used online voting during theadvanced poll period in three recent gen-eral elections. In 2003, more than 7,000of 150,000 registered voters cast a ballotonline. That number climbed to almost11,000 in 2006 and more than 16,000 in2010, which represented 23 per cent of to-tal votes cast.
Historically, voter turnout in Markham
hovered around 30 per cent prior to in-troducing online voting. That numberhas since climbed to 38 per cent. The twoprevious civic elections in Vancouver sawvoter turnouts of 32 per cent in 2005 and31 per cent in 2008.
The benefits of online voting, as re-searched by Vancouver city staff in a reportto council, include convenience, increasedaccessibility for disabled people, no line-ups and a boost in voter turnout. The risksinclude stolen voter packages, difficulty inverifying voter identification, computer vi-ruses, server malfunctions and “pressureon electors to vote a certain way if in thepresence of others,” the staff report said.
NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton cast the dis-senting vote at council. Anton said sheopposes online voting because of risks re-lated to security and the inability to prop-erly track whether the same person in ahousehold voted more than once. The pres-ent voting system is straightforward, sheadded. “You go there, you get this pieceof paper, you go to this little booth all byyourself and you hand back your ballotand it’s so well counted and audited andeverything matches up,” Anton said. “It’sso secure. When you look at that, you havecomplete confidence in the system.”
Reimer said the experience with onlinevoting in Markham and other Canadian cit-ies, including Halifax, have shown securityproblems are more theoretical than actual.“It’s not to diminish them because they areimportant, but there are security risks inevery voting system,” she said. “We hada case in the federal election where threeboxes of advanced ballots went missing fora period of time.”
Council’s vote means a new bylaw willbe created and it requires provincial gov-ernment approval. The cost of online vot-ing is expected to be covered within theelections budget.
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EW18 THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
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We are writing to wish you both the best of luck in your by-electionin the riding of Point Grey.
Ms. Clark, we want to remind you of your promise to review Gamingeligibility. In addition, we ask that you temporarily restore priorGaming eligibility while you undertake the important work ofestablishing a commission.The immediate existence of as many as1,500 charitable organizations is threatened by the current instabilityof Gaming funding.
Mr. Eby, we urge you to make the same commitments and torepresent your possible future constituents with a promise to restorestability to Gaming funding and eligibility.
Arts and cultural festivals are deeply affected by gaming eligibility.Like others in the charitable sector, Gaming is one of our primarysources of funding.Without consistent funding from Gaming, BC’sfestivals are prevented from doing the work we do to make BC abetter place to live. Festivals enrich the lives of families and providejobs in the creative sector.
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Roadie at his quietest on his bike
Cyclist with a dual personalityJeffrey Hansen-CarlsonContributing writer
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Cyclists come in allshapes, sizes, and IQs.Some are fat, short andsmart while others areskinny, tall anddumb. The riderwho looks as ifhe may be giftedon the saddlemay suck windwhile the riderwho looks unas-suming may proveto you he’s not. Thereare many combinationsof traits that make one cy-clist different from anotherand this makes the groupride a unique social expe-rience.
My first group ride waseye-opening. It was duringthis ride that I was shownthe difference betweenriding a bike and cycling.Anyone can ride a bike andmosey along the dyke aim-lessly in search of a spot tohave a picnic. Few have
experienced the intensityof cycling and embracedthe quirky norms that gowith it—like the freelydripping nose.
As renowned scientistJane Goodall observedchimpanzees in the Afri-can jungle, sociologistsneed to dedicate some ef-fort to understanding whymy cycling friends and Ido what we do whileriding to- gether.
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slides, cake walk (over 5,000 cakeshave been given away), hot applepies, live music and an internation-al food fair. Visit saintsfair.ca formore information. It runs from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3851 West 29thAve. Admission is $2. Parking andshuttle service are available.
Teen AngstAdult Vancouverites are encouragedto dig through their teenage boxesof memorabilia, old notebooks andjournals and dust them off to sharetheir old angst on stage. You’veheld on to it for a reason: to shareit at Teen Angst Night. It’s May 10
at the Cottage Bistro, 4470 Main St.Admission is $5 at the door, but it’sfree if you sign up to read some-thing you wrote when you were ateen. Email [email protected] sign up. Doors open at 7 p.m.For more information, go to teen-angst.ca.
Got an event?Got a community event that’shappening within the Vancou-ver you’d like to share with ourreaders? Send it to [email protected]. Send entertainmentlistings to [email protected].
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BY-ELECTIONVancouver-Point Grey
Don’t forget to vote. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 is General Voting Day.
Do You Have This Card?
This card tells you where you can vote in theVancouver-Point Grey by-election. Take it with youwhen you go to vote. If you do not have this card,visit the Elections website at www.elections.bc.caor call 1-800-661-8683 (toll-free) to find a votinglocation near you.
General VotingGeneral voting will be on Wednesday, May 11, 2011,8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Pacific time)
How toVote. Choose only one candidate. Mark your ballot with an ! or "
Who can Vote?You can vote if you are:
. a Canadian citizen
. 18 years of age or older, or will be 18on General Voting Day (May 11, 2011)
. a resident of British Columbia for thepast six months, and
. a resident of the Vancouver-Point Greyelectoral district
You Can Register When You VoteIf you aren’t already registered, you can registerwhen you vote. You will need two pieces ofidentification that proves both your identityand current residential address.
Bring IdentificationAll voters must show identification beforethey receive a ballot.
Any one of the following identification is acceptable:
• B.C. driver’s licence• B.C. Identification card• Certificate of Indian Status
If you don’t have any of the above, bring two documentsthat together prove your identity and current residentialaddress.
Government-issue identity document examples (e.g.B.C. CareCard, birth certificate, Social InsuranceNumber card, passport, citizenship document/certificate, Old Age Security Identification card,etc.)
Other government-issue document examples (e.g.property tax assessment, income tax assessmentnotice, government cheque)
School/college/university-issue document examples(e.g. admissions letter, report card, transcript,residence acceptance, tuition/fees statement,student card)
Other documents
• bank/credit card or statement• residential lease/mortgage statement• insurance statement• public transportation pass• utility bill• membership cards• hospital bracelet/documents• attestation of residence• provincial Where to Vote card
Voters without identification can be vouched for bya voter in their electoral district who does have thenecessary identification, or a family member orsomeone who has the legal authority to make personalcare decisions for the voter.
Future VotersElections BC encourages you to bring your childrenwith you when you vote. Show tomorrow’s votershow our electoral process works.
Any Questions?For further information visit Elections BC’swebsite at www.elections.bc.ca or phonetoll-free 1-800-661-8683.
Or contact your District Electoral Officer215 – 2678 West Broadway(entrance on Stephens St)Vancouver, BC V6K 2G3Phone: 604-660-1446Fax: 604-660-1473Hours of Operation:Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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kudos & kvetchesHaiku Night in Canada: part huitK&K continues its Canucks-inspired haiku series.
Mist-filled locker room,A rainforest thick with woodMoss hangs from Hank’s trunk.
Electile dysfunctionAlthough Monday’s federal election ushered insignificant changes—a Conservative majority, anNDP opposition, the first elected Green Party MP,probably the last glimpses of Michael Ignatieff’salarmingly bushy eyebrows—it’s nice to knowsome things never change. Namely apathy,laziness and depressing low voter turnout.
It’s estimated that 61.4 per cent of eligiblevoters exercised their democratic right, up from2008’s record low 58.8 per cent. Still, 61.4 percent is the third lowest voter turnout in Canadianhistory. So well done, Canadian electorate.
Sure, some will point to the fact we’ve had toomany elections in the past few years, politiciansare out of touch with the average Canadian andpolitical parties need to do more to “engage”the electorate. Hogwash, we say—and wenever use the word hogwash. Since when doesactively participating in deciding who forms thegovernment require an element of sexiness? Whydoes it have to possess all the bells, whistles andtechnological savviness of the latest videogame
or narcissistic social media platform?Then there are those who say it makes no
difference who is in power and that all of themajor parties are essentially the same. Thosesame people need to collectively get their headsout of their ass. If you can’t tell the differencebetween the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP orGreen, or the difference between a Conservativemajority government and minority government,then you haven’t been paying attention. And bypaying attention, we mean spending 10 wholeminutes listening, watching and doing a little lightreading—the same amount of effort one spendsin line at Starbuck’s deciding what to order.
And lastly, at a time when citizens around theworld are protesting in the streets, even gettingkilled by their own government, just for the rightto elect a government, the fact that 40 per centof eligible voters in Canada—that’s not evencounting those who aren’t registered—couldn’tbe bothered to take 15 minutes from their day andvote is insulting. Actually, it’s beyond insulting—it’s disgusting. It also makes us think petty, uglythoughts, where we imagine our governmentbringing back conscription and the whimperingmembers of the electorate who didn’t vote gettingsent off to war. In our schadenfreude-laced fantasywe’d look at them, shrug our shoulders and self-righteously say, “Bet you wish you voted now.”
Clark, who goes there?With K&K’s social life dwindling faster than ourelfin avatar’s hit points during a surprise orcattack—could this be the problem?—we’vebeen noticing with greater frequency thenumber of politicians who avoid public debate.
During the recent federal election, a numberof candidates, usually Conservative, avoidedthe media and were no-shows at all-candidatesmeetings where voters presumably could hearrepresentatives of the various parties debatethe issues, state their cases and help theelectorate make an informed decision.
The unfortunate trend continued this week asB.C. Premier Christy Clark opted not to show hereffervescent kisser at an all-candidates debatein the Vancouver-Point Grey riding she’ll likelywin in a by-election May 11. While her opponentsNDP candidate David Eby, the Green Party’sFrancoise Raunet and B.C. First’s Danielle Alieall showed up to Bayview elementary school,Clark decided to host something called a“telephone townhall” for constituents. What fun.
Simply put, if you have strong enoughconvictions to run for office, especially that ofpremier, it should be a requirement that youdiscuss and debate the merits of those convictionswith those who might disagree with you. But thatmight just be our inner elfin avatar talking.
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1. Besides Nanaimo, where else can you see cockfights, teenage spokenword artists, ancient cave art, opium traders and feminist electronic dancebands? The DOXA Documentary Film Festival, that’s where. It runsMay 6 to 15 at the Vogue Theatre, Vancity Theatre, Pacific Cinémathèque,Rio Theatre and Park Theatre. For more info, tickets and a complete listingof movies, go to doxafestival.ca or call 604-646-3200.
2. DanceHouse presents its final show of the season, Montreal’s OVertigo’s reimagining of the classic work La Chambre Branch, which theLondon Dance Review describes as “a dance version of Sartre’s hell-is-other-people drama Huis Clos, but directed by David Lynch.” That wouldexplain the creepy press photo. It all goes down May 6 and 7, 8 p.m. at theVancouver Playhouse. Tickets at Ticketmaster outlets. For more info, go todancehouse.ca or call 604-801-6225.
3. Comedy legend, Carol Burnett Show alumni, one-half of the AppleDumpling Gang and the man responsible for diminutive golf expert Dorf,Tim Conway performs with “friends” Chuck McCann and Louis Duart atThe Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts May 7, 7:30 p.m. For tickets,call 604-280-4444 or go to ticketmaster.ca.
4. Responsible for 1980s earworms “Safety Dance” and “Pop Goes theWorld,” Montreal’s Men Without Hats are back and…. wearing hats,if the press photo of lead singer Ivan Doroschuk is to be believed. This isreally messing with our mind. You can catch them at Venue May 7, 8 p.m.Tickets at Zulu, Red Cat and ticketweb.ca.
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‘Fresh and affordable’ Tableau could be more affordable
photo Tim Pawsey
d i n i n g
While restaurants frequent-ly come and go in our town,it was curious to watch theunveiling, rapid ascent, re-treat into budget remake,then ultimate shuttering ofthe former Voya in the re-cession-battered boutiqueHotel Loden.
This week, after a respect-able hiatus, marks the ar-rival of the Loden’s TableauBar-Bistro (1177 Melville St.,604-639-8692), a West Coast“hommage” to the classicFrench bistro, nestled in areorganized space with amuch smaller footprint.
The kitchen, which re-mains in the more than capa-ble hands of Voya and formerLumière executive chef Marc-André Choquette, promises“updated, French-inspired”fare in its new setting, intend-ed to have more neighbour-hood appeal. There’s moreemphasis on the bar, not tomention a liberal sprinklingof flat screens—never a badthing when Canucks fortunescontinue to rise.
The original space thatshone briefly has been carvedinto the still formal thoughless opulent, A/V-equipped Le
Grand Salon. The new bar andbrasserie taking centre stageare adorned with brass anddark panelling, plus a surfeitof Marilyn Monroe prints.
The wide-ranging menuyielded solid tastes, fromFrench onion soup ($10),a lunchtime burger andfries ($16), rare-seared tunaniçoise ($14) and tender lambchops, with fennel confit andratatouille ($25). All sides $6.
Noticeably absent is aprix fixe—surely the hall-mark of a true neighbour-hood bistro and, you wouldthink, critical to the successof the newest incarnation.
As we left, clutchingmenus and a thoughtfully
sourced global wine list,came unsolicited assurancesthat “those prices are prob-ably going to come down.”
Coal Harbour, as the city’snewest core residential neigh-bourhood, definitely could usea local haunt, but we’re stillpondering the “affordable”part of “fresh and affordable”that Tableau promises.
Maybe it’s time to cuethe blackboards—sooner,rather than later.
•••With Vancouver Craft Beer
Week in full swing (ticketsfor some events still availableat vancouvercraftbeerweek.com), there’s no time likethe present to check out East
Side Bitter, the latest from re-spected R&B Brewing, whoselager is on tap at Tableau.The beer—“made speciallyfor the bitter East Side,” ac-cording to its tag line—is notnearly as challenging as itsuggests. This brew has justthe right balance of assertivehop and floral hints that’smore East Side populist thanpurist-inclined Extra SpecialBitter. A worthy addition.
•••We’ve long held up Laugh-
ing Stock as one of B.C.’smore original wineries, bothfor what’s on the bottle asmuch as what’s inside. Thenewest ticker-tape chuckleis a spring-friendly 2010 roséthat comes with a more seri-ous but still clever undertone,launched in partnership withFour Seasons Vancouver.
We had a sneak preview ofthe aptly named In the Pink atlast week’s Naramata BenchSpring Release. Made exclu-sively for Yew Restaurant, it’sa well-structured, dry-finished70-30 per cent Syrah-Caber-net blend, with $2 from eachbottle sold donated to the Ca-nadian Breast Cancer Founda-tion. We also like winery own-ers Cynthia and David Enns’reminder that In the Pink is afinancial expression that de-scribes an investor or econo-my in a good financial positionor in the best of health. Catchthem and their wines at theirYew winemakers dinner, May27 (phone 604-689-9333).
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Hotel Loden’s Tableau Bar-Bistro takes over theformer Voya space with mixed results.
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Choreographer Pite inspired by cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels
Kidd Pivot’s latest full of flying, falling, getting to know you
Nine sinewy dancers rehearse a piece fromKidd Pivot Frankfurt RM’s latest work in asteamy Harbour Dance studio.
They’re cozily clad in faded T-shirts,sweatpants and socks, but their advancesare intimidating, their expressions fierce,eyes searing as they grab each other andshift between warrior-like poses.
Titled A Picture of You Flying, the onlypiece in The You Show not scored by long-time collaborator Owen Belton is performedto dark, urgent mega movie sci-fi type mu-sic complete with menacing crashes andmechanical sounds.
Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot’s artistic direc-tor and choreographer, was thinking ofcartoons, superheroes, comic strips andgraphic novels when she choreographedthis number.
“The clenched jaw, the hand which ishuge because it’s way in the foregroundreaching, and the torque of a neck,” saidthe new mother who’s sitting the perfor-mances out.
A more intimate affair than the localdance company’s previous productionDark Matters, which captivated audiences
at the 2010 Cultural Olympiad, The YouShow is comprised of four new works: APicture of You Falling, The Other You, DasGlashaus (The Glasshouse) and A Pictureof You Flying. Pite calls the pieces a seriesof portraits, furthering her fascination withfamiliar storylines of love, conflict andloss—narratives, she says, that viewers ofany generation or culture can relate to.
The Canadian premiere of The You Show,which runs at The Cultch May 10 to 14,
opens with A Picture of You Falling, a duetPite created for dancers Anne Plamondonand Peter Chu in 2008. It’s written in sec-ond person and includes voiceovers thatask the audience to locate themselves inthe body of the performers.
One voiceover invites the audience toinhabit Chu in a scene of him breakingdown.
“You see this deconstructed fall, this de-constructed collapse repetitively executed
by Peter and you feel the emotion, I hope,when Peter’s knees hit the floor, as he col-lapses,” Pite said. “You feel that sense ofyour own knees hitting the ground, andthat sense of defeat.”
Pite debuted her choreography with Bal-let B.C. in 1990. She has created works forcompanies that include Ballett Frankfurt, theNational Ballet of Canada, Alberta Ballet andLes Ballets Jazz de Montréal, where she wasresident choreographer for three years. Pite isassociate choreographer of Nederlands DansTheater and associate dance artist at the Na-tional Arts Centre in Ottawa.
The native Victorian formed Kidd Pivotin 2001. The company’s recent residency atthe Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurtprovided her the opportunity to create TheYou Show with her dancers and collabo-rators. Künstlerhaus Mousonturm begansupporting Kidd Pivot’s work two yearsago, proud to have Frankfurt RM (RM isthe region of Germany) attached to thecompany’s name. The You Show premieredin that city in November.
All four pieces in The You Show are writ-ten in second person, as inspired by Pite’sfavourite proverb: ‘Talk to a man abouthimself and he will listen for hours.”
“There’s a lesson there for theatre mak-ing as well as life,” Pite said.
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KKiiddzz bbeeaattIT’S SHOWTIME!Embark on a journey of discovery with the 34th annu-
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Featuring acclaimed performances from around theworld including Australia, the United States and Italy, thereare also Canadian acts featuring the heel kicking folk’n’rollfrom Québec’s Mauvais Sort, the poetry and music ofScenes from a Tree, plus Marnie Grey and her Music withMarnie Band. All this, and much, much more. Tickets are
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46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes – Circa (Australia)– ages 5 and up (deaf-friendly show)Wherever Circa has taken its heart-stopping show,audiences have flocked to see the impossible happen.Be amazed as intrepid acrobats battle the clock, and
marvel at the astounding ways they bend, fly, juggle andbalance. Set to upbeat music, this is fast, furious familyfun.
Physical Music – Lelavision (USA) – ages 5 and upCombining stunning musical invention with astonishingphysicality, performers Leah Mann and Ela Lamblin createsublime music through their large scale, hand-built soundsculptures like the Longwave, a 25-foot-long, wave-shaped harp. “…a treat for the senses” Seattle PI
In Theatre & Puppetry, there’s:
Russell’s World – Manitoba Theatre for Young Peo-ple (MB) – ages 5 to 10It’s after school and Russell’s bedroom comes alive withpirates, talking books and extraordinary puppetry thathelp him solve his schoolyard problems. Written andperformed by acclaimed First Nations playwright andactor Herbie Barnes. “…it’s wonderful for absolutely anyage...Herbie Barnes’ performance is just extraordinary.” AlRae, CBC Radio One
Scenes From A Tree - Des mots d’la dynamite (QC)– ages 2 to 6Created specifically for ages 2-6, Scenes from a Treecelebrates the changes that each new season brings.Using wool and needlework, the performers whimsicallyillustrate a magical wonderland of trees, leaves andflowers, all woven together with song and poeticlanguage.
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THECHILDREN’SFESTIVALAll theExtras!
All show tickets include an activitywristband giving you free access tothe five Festival Interactive Zones
where you and your children will beimmersed in Celebration, Exploration, Inspi-ration, Imagination and Connection.
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As you journey around Granville Islandto experience these five zones, flex yourcreativity with face painting and Aboriginalcrafts, immerse yourselves in InteractiveSculpture Installations or the Wish Garden,create a mask at Legends of Taiwan, learnhow to speak using ASL at Hands Talkin’or let the little ones play and create in theUnder Six Mix. But that’s not all…
Enjoy maritime fun with Port Metro Van-couver at Salty’s Activity Centre, test yourskills at BC Hydro’s Power Smart YouthZone and kids can play and learn at Fortis-
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Celebrate Vancouver’s 125th andinspire the artist in your child• 125th Anniversary Cube Sculpture &
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• Birds of a Feather Environmental Installa-tion & Workshop with Haruko Okano
• The Mobile Garden Dress, Eco Ward-robe Installation & Workshop with NicoleDextras
• Under One Beat, Aboriginal DrummingInstallation by Luke J. Parnell
And enjoy a free show!The Coast Capital Savings World YouthStage will be rockin’ all week long with ter-rific music and dance. This is a great spot tohang out with your kids and take in someof BC’s finest emerging youth performers.
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The Wizard of OzDecember 2–31, 2011
Aesop’s FablesFebruary 18–26, 2012
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KKiiddzz bbeeaattSIGN UP FOR SUMMER CAMPS & ACTIVITIESby Helen Peterson
Here are some further details onexciting opportunities to registerthe kids into for the summer break.
Additionally, check all the ads in this sectionfor information and websites.
Just camping it up…The YMCA Langara is offering day
camps for kids three to 16 years. From July4 to Sept. 2, kids can meet new friends,make memories, stay active and developpositive values in a safe and caring environ-ment. Every camp includes two swimmingsessions, two out-trips, a camp t-shirt andfree extended care between 8 and 9 amand 4 to 5 pm. Find out more about a daycamp near you at www.LangaraYMCA.ca.Location: 282 West 49th Ave., or www.RobertLeeYMCA.ca (955 Burrard St). TheYMCA was voted WestCoast Families Read-
er’s First Choice for Day Camps in 2010!
Emma, 12, attended Langara FamilyYMCA Adventure Camp: “My favouritememory from camp was playing ‘Save theCounsellor’ for the first time – it’s a gamewhere you try to splash your counsellor. Ialso loved watching the photo slide show atthe end of each week that showed every-thing that had happened.”
Camp Squeah, a ministry of MennoniteChurch British Columbia, is a childrens’summer camp, retreat centre and outdooreducation facility. Its diverse and very activesummer camp program includes children’scamp sessions that range in durationfrom three to six days, backpacking trips,and junior and senior leadership trainingcamps, which encourage the developmentof skills from a servant leader perspective.Camp Squeah’s summer camp program is
developed and presented from a Christianperspective; it’s a place for children, forstudents and teachers, for small and largegroups.
This summer, look past the traditionalsummer camps and enroll your child insomething that is more on the wild side!Pawsitively Pets Kids Camps was cre-ated to help children who love animalslearn about safe and responsible pet own-ership, and expose them to the wonder-ful human-animal bond. They have builta reputation of providing a one-of-a-kindcamp experience that is safe, engaging,and provides both educational and chal-lenging programming for kids aged five 16.Most importantly, Pawsitively Pets offers anover-the-top fun experience! A percentageof proceeds are donated to local animalcharities. Registration is ongoing at www.pawsitivelypetskidscamp.com.
Sasamat Camp’s managers know, campis a scary prospect – for parents! “He’s notready to go to resident camp,” a mothertold me today, speaking of her ten-year-old.Shortly after, I was able to ask her son histhoughts on the subject. They were com-pletely at odds with those of his mother.I have heard the same story dozens oftimes.” As parents, we are proud of ourchildren’s growing independence but oftenreluctant to let them exercise the skills weprovide them. Camp is the perfect venuefor children to strengthen their indepen-dence and self-confidence and to safelyexplore living in a group other than thefamily. It’s also the perfect opportunity forparents to experience letting their childrengo, to let them practice the skills that we, asparents, train them for every day. Your kidsare ready for camp. Are you?
Sasamat Outdoor Centreplay, learn, grow ...lead in the outdoors
604-939-2268www.sasamat.org
resident camps for kids and teens
corporate retreats
weddings
day camps
wilderness canoe trips
family camps
outdoor education for schools
For more info visit:www.PawsitivelyPetsKidsCamp.com
This summer the camps at the Lyceum are as diverse andinnovative as the literature and art forms they celebrate.Inspire a love of learning and creativity in your children andyoung adults.
Learn more about the Lyceumand our summer camps at:www.christiannehayward.com
CHRISTIANNE’S LYCEUMOF LITERATURE AND ART
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Nurture your child’s passion for Literature andArt this summer!
The Lyceum is a cozy living room,a specialized library, a well-equippedstudio and a whimsical art gallerybound up in one.
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Main & 15th Avenue3110 Sophia StreetVancouver, BC
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WEBB’S Holiday Acres
Visit our website: www.webbsholidayacres.ca
Horseback RidingHeated SwimmingPool, Arts & CraftsGames, Hayrides
Dances, SongsCampfires
Nature WalksVolleyball
Basketball & more
Children’s Camp ~ Aldergrove, BC
Group bookingsalso available
604-857-1712
Girls & Boys6-14 years old
$398 - $498 per week(GST included)
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Camp Spotlight:
This summer Camp Qwanoesinvites kids of all ages to jump
into the adventure and let friendship fill
each day!
“Camp is a place where kids can try
things that just don’t happen in every-
day life,” says Scott Bayley, executive
director. “Like racing a friend through
the trees on parallel double zip lines! Or
bouncing your friends 10 feet in the air
off the blob. Or maybe just enjoying the
stars at night with your cabin down at
the dock.”
Since 1966, kids have been experienc-
ing these kind of adventures and a whole
lot more at Camp Qwanoes, located on
Vancouver Island about an hour north of
Victoria. “We started 45 years ago with a
few hundred kids. Now this summer we
expect almost 4000... and they will come
from all across Vancouver Island, Greater
Vancouver, and even beyond.”
Apparently Qwanoes has grown for
23 consecutive summers. “We love kids,”
shared Scott. “And our desire is to pro-
vide one unforgettable week. Our staff
make such a difference – our campers
love them!
“And we are always looking for ways
to add new adventures and make each
week extra special. For example, this
year we’re expanding our giant inflatable
floating ‘Castaway Castle’ at our beach,
and two summers ago we added a
concrete skate park. Things like floating
Iceberg’s, trampolines, mountain board-
ing... we have about 75 activities in all.”
“It’s actually all hard to describe. We’re
a place where kids can be kids, where
kids are valued and accepted, and where
fun kind of oozes everywhere. I do know
that our staff team of almost 200 trained
staff each week can’t wait to welcome
our campers this summer!”
Qwanoes is a Christian camp celebrat-
ing a 45-year tradition of camp ministry
on Vancouver Island, and an ideal place
for fun-filled, life-changing adventure.
www.qwanoes.ca for more.
photo courtesy: Camp Qwanoes
Summer is a timefor fun!
Join us for quality Summer Day Campsfor ages 3 to 16 years. Your YMCAsummer fun is just around the corner.
Langara Family YMCAwww.LangaraYMCA.ca604-324-9622
Robert Lee YMCAwww.RobertLeeYMCA.ca604-689-9622
Questions?We want to hear
from you.
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The Kenneth Gordon Maplewood Schoolis accepting new students.
Our school specializes in educating and growing the confidence of studentswith dyslexia and other learning disabilities in grades 1 through 8.
For 38 years, The Kenneth GordonMaplewood School has helped kidsbuild skills and develop tools to besuccessful throughout their lives.We empower students by unlockingand removing obstacles to learningso each child can experiencepersonal achievement.
KGMS is a fully accredited, private,non-profit, co-educational dayschool. Our highly credentialed andexperienced faculty work as a teamto adapt an educational approachto individual needs and learningstyles.
Our program is designed to developthe whole child. We tailor ourteaching program to each student,building the program around thechild rather than fitting the childinto a rigid program. This endeavoris complex, requiring many people,programs and services to addresseach child’s unique needs.
For more information, contact Mr. John Wilson, head of school [email protected] or 604-985-5224 • www.kennethgordon.ca
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get caught in our web at vancourier.com
By land or sea…
Vancouver College offers superiorprograms for boys and girls from K toGrade 12. The programs, facilitatedby experienced Vancouver Collegeteachers and coaches, include oppor-tunities in academic enrichment withrecreational activities for specific gradelevels, debate, musical theatre, sports(basketball, rowing, and football), andhigh performance training (speed andagility). Camps are at Vancouver Col-lege on W. 39th and Cartier, usingstate-of-the art facilities, e.g. new the-atre, turf field and track, and high per-formance centre. For more informa-tion, call 604-261-4295 or visit www.vc.bc.ca.
Webb’s Holiday Acres is a horsecamp mainly for children. The facilitiesare also available for school groupsand private use. Webb’s’ goal is togive your children one of the besthorse camps ever. They also aim toteach them responsibility, safety, andto improve their self image. Theirmain focus is of course the horses, butthere are lots of other activities to doas well. During the week, the childrenget to make their own choices of whatthey want to do. They can go swim-ming in the heated pool, do arts andcrafts, play games, groom horses, goon hikes, catch frogs or snakes. Orif they want they can relax and playcards with the many friends they meetduring the week.
The Jericho Sailing Centre inviteseveryone to discover all of the lowcost programs, facilities and servicesavailable for dinghy sailing, windsurf-ing, ocean kayaking and rowing at
the Open House - 1300 Discovery,Jericho Park West - on Saturday, May14 from noon to 4 pm. There will bedisplays and demonstrations includingthe annual Sailpast, as well as Jerichoaffiliated Club, Fleet and School infor-mation and sign-ups. Classes tailoredfor all ages and levels of experience.For more information call 604-224-4177.
We’ve got the beat…
Choral Stage is a unique opportu-nity for young singers and dancers toimmerse themselves daily, from 9:30to 3 pm Monday to Friday, in an excit-ing program of activities covering awide range of musical styles including‘Broadway’, classical, jazz and con-temporary popular selections. Therewill be movement, theatre games,vocal technique and opportunitiesfor small ensemble solo workand dance, culminating in asemi-staged show. Locatedat West Point GreyUnited Church,4595 W. 8thAve. E-mail:bccf@bccho-r a l f e d . comor go to thewebsite: www.bcchora l fed .com.
On Sunday, May15, from 12 noon to 4p.m., the Vancouver Acad-emy of Music will host an OpenHouse. Talent and creativity will be ondisplay in every corner of the school,located across from the Planetarium atKits Point, as Academy students and
programs are presented for all to see.There will be refreshments, balloonsfor the kids, music, dance, opera andinformation regarding musical educa-tion. For further info., call Mary Olson,Director of Development, at 604-734-2301, or email: [email protected].
Acting up a storm…
Circus is about engagement andcelebration. The circus arts are known,demonstrated and appreciatedthroughout the world. CircusWestPerforming Arts Society offers childrena chance to experience the world ofcircus in week long summer campsfrom 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Camps areoffered to children ages 7 to 14 in two
locations: the PNE Garden Audi-torium in East Vancouver and
Bayview Community Schoolin Kitsilano. Half day mini-
camps for children ages5 and 6 are offered at
the PNE locationin the first
week ofAugu s t .The focusin thecamps is
on hav-ing fun and
learning vari-ous circus arts
such as unicycle,juggling, acrobat-
ics, trapeze and minitrampoline. Talents and
newly acquired skills will be show-cased for family and friends at the endof the week in a one-hour afternoonperformance.
A F I N N E G A N S U M M E R a tV A N C O U V E R C O L L E G E
Co-ed Camps for K - Gr. 12
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Jump into the adventure and let friendship filleach day. Experience a world of discovery, allwith an amazing staff.
ENJOY THE BEST OF A CANADIANWEST-COAST SUMMER!
Vancouver’s Ocean Access Community CentreInvites Landlubbers and Seafarers alike to the 2011
JERICHO SAILING CENTRE
OPEN HOUSESaturday, May 14
Noon - 4:00pmThe Jericho Sailing Centre Association invites
everyone to discover all of the low costprograms, facilities and services available for
dinghy sailing, windsurfing, ocean kayaking androwing at our Open House.
See displays & demos including our annualSeason Opening Sailpast, as well as Jerichoaffiliated Club, Fleet and School information
and sign-ups.
Relax and enjoy the view from our deck over-looking sail-filled English Bay while receivingmember prices on food and beverages in the
Jericho Galley Patio & Grill.
Come discover Vancouver as it was first dis-covered. Get on board and discover your inner
ocean. Everyone Welcome!For more information contact
604.224.4177JERICHO SAILING CENTRE
1300 Discovery St. Jericho Park Westbeside the Jericho Pier
www.jsca.bc.ca
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Smart as a whip…
The Kenneth Gordon Maple-wood School is accepting new stu-dents. This school specializes in edu-cating and growing the confidence ofstudents with dyslexia and other learn-ing disabilities in grades 1 through8. For 38 years, The Kenneth Gor-don Maplewood School has helpedkids build skills and develop toolsto be successful throughout theirlives. They empower students byunlocking and removing obstaclesto learning so each child canexperience personal achievement.KGMS programs are designed todevelop the whole child. They tai-lor the teaching program to eachstudent, building the program
around the child rather thanfitting the child into a rigidprogram.
Reach for the Stars Montessoriis a children’s learning academy.Says Helena Diogo: “We educatetoddler, preschool and kindergartenstudents. Our commitment is toserve the best interest of the youngchild in an enriched environment.We accomplish this by creating asocial setting which supports eachindividual’s unique development.”
Personalized attention fosters abalanced atmosphere that is cheer-ful, nourishing and orderly. Theenvironment encourages the chil-
dren to explore their own curiosi-ties and challenges them to mastersuch skills as language and mathconcepts.
The academy employs guideswho are specially trained in theMontessori method, all of which areAMI certified. Diogo says: “We arepleased to offer the FIRST Montes-sori (AMI) school in Western Can-ada for toddlers. Our newly builtthree floor childcare centre offersfull day and half day programs.”
check out the nextissue of Kidzbeat
in ourJune 3rd issue!
Kidzbeat
School Spotlight:
KIDS LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS ATPAWSITIVELY PETS CAMP!
vancouveracademy of music
OpenHouseSunday, May 15, 2011Noon–4:00pm
1270 Chestnut Street
For more info call 604.734.2301 or visit www.vam.bc.ca
Explore the wide range of options in
musical education available at the
Vancouver Academy of Music.
Observe classes in Orff and Kodaly,
and Suzuki performance classes in
violin, viola, cello, flute and piano, as
well as master classes, ballet classes
and an opera rehearsal.
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Fall registrations still getour 20% discount. Thejoy of learning will last;the discount won’t.
This is what you alwayswanted school to be like.Enquire now, commit later.Enjoy this for yourself ...and for your kids.
Middle School MattersJoin us for Inspiring Summer Adventures
for grade 4 to 9Acting, Engineering, Forensics, Creative Music,
Film, Photography, Mathematics, Song Writing,Kites, Poetry, Architecture, Games, and more
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Life Sciences Institute (LSI)Cafe Scientifique
E-natomy – How digital anatomy has changed the way weteach and practice medicine.May 17, 2011, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Cafe Perugia, 2350 Health Sciences MallNo charge, RSVP by May 13: 604-827-4781 or [email protected] hosts informal open forums to share ideas and breakthroughsto life science research. Members of the public and university are
encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion.Great advances in field of medical imaging have made it possibleto look inside the human body with great precision and diagnose
pathologies that could not be seen before without surgicalexploration. Learning the human anatomy through X-ray,
ultrasound, CT and MRI images is allowing physicians of tomorrowto learn the necessary skills required to effectively utilize imaging
modalities and interpret clinical pathologies.http://cafesci.lsi.ubc.ca/category/slideshow/cafes/
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1031 Coming Events1031BROKEN PROMISES - UBC Psychology Study
We are looking for healthy adults to participate in a 21/2 hourstudy exploring reasons we tend to give when other peoplebreak promises. You will receive $25 for participating.
To participate or for more information call Ashleigh at:Telephone: 604-822-2140
Or email: [email protected]
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Sunday • MAY 15 • 10am-3pmCroatian Cultural Centre
3250 Commercial Drive, Van.Info: 604 980-3159 • Adm: $4.00
Spring Plant& White Elephant
SALESat., May 14
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m."Master Gardener Clinic"
Plants, Household Items,Sewing, notions & cards,Home Baking and Books
St. Helen’s Anglican Church4405 W. 8th Ave. (corner of Trimble)Vancouver • FREE ADMISSION
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June 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2011
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604-683-7635 ext 230
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Aries March 21 - April 19: Continue to chasemoney. This week is relatively smooth, unhurried.Sunday holds a few frustrations if you wanderafield after outside goals or adventure. Instead, stayhome, garden, repair, or soak up nature. Romance,creative surges, pleasure and beauty surgeMonday/Tuesday – you’re a winner! Tackle choresWednesday/Thursday, buy machinery, seek healthcures, employment or employees – you’ll succeed.Relationships face the deep, slow pulling apartyou’ve noticed in recent years, but Saturday showsthe cure. The problem is your ambition: the cure isanother’s – support it.Taurus April 20-May 20: Your energy, effectivenessand charisma rise nicely! Don’t expect everything, asyou’re in the trough that comes just before the bigluck wave swells. That trough lasts to June 4 – fivemore weeks. Then 53 weeks of great, life-changingluck begin! Don’t waste your present energy: youcan solve problems that would usually stymie you,can accomplish unusual feats. Focus your abilities onsolving whatever has held you back. The main thing:to clear the way for big, lucky things June onward.Home’s sweet, good Monday/Tuesday. Romance,creativity midweek. Work, Friday. A good week!Gemini May 21-June 20: Continue to rest, plan,pray, meditate. Be charitable, deal with governmentagencies, institutions. Wishes can still come true,but consider this: wishes that lead to freedom aremuch more viable than those that lead to depth,darkness, lust, security, investment. Soon, you willget a chance for these deeper things (June 2011-June 2012) but over the entire rest of this decade,these deeper things will “disagree” with ethics, law,friendship, lighter laughter – and the lighter will win.This also means light romance will conquer deepromance. Buy nothing Sunday. Success, all week!
Cancer June 21-July 22: Your energy and charismastep up a notch Sunday – conquer problems, seeksolutions. Chase money Monday/Tuesday – and chasefriends, contacts, information Wednesday/Thursday– luck accompanies you in both endeavours! Behome, pay attention to the needs of children, parentsFriday/Saturday. Take a rest after a lucky, active week.Wishes can come true this week and next, especiallyin career and social arenas. But realize your career ischanging deeply (and in many cases suddenly) overthe next eight years: in-depth research, investment,power plays, secrets play a bigger role.Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Chase ambitions, and thepeople who can grant them. You’ll be tested, butyou’ll win an “A!” Rest Sunday, plan and prepare– but be careful with fire, hot irons and ethical/legal temptations. Your energy and charisma soarMonday/Tuesday – get out and impress people,especially bosses, VIPs, parents and authorities.Chase money (e.g., ask for a pay raise, seek newclients) Wednesday/Thursday. These are foursuccessful, satisfying days – by Friday/Saturdayyou’ll be ready to socialize, dream, wish and enjoyyour optimism – though it will be a sober optimism.Until 2019, love succeeds!Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: A gentle, compassionateunderstanding flows over you. You might fall in love.Actually, someone is likely more impressed withyou than vice-versa, Wednesday/Thursday. Still, youmight fall in love. Something is working powerfully tochange your life – it could be sex, could be finances,a move, a secret, an urge – Charlie Sheen is a Virgo,and a hero, because he is embodying the Virgo urgeright now. Behind-scenes actions, government andadministrative chores succeed Monday/Tuesday.Charge forth and chase a major goal Wednesday/Thursday! Money needs care Friday/Saturday.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Most trends/occurrencesare split into two streams: open relationships, andthe more private, behind-scenes interactions. E.g.,you are meeting challenging but lucky people orbright, obvious opportunities – these can quickly turnto intimacy, mutual financial funding, investment,detective work, or lifestyle commitments. Look forfriendship on the surface, bonding underneath.Soon, this “deeper side” will increase – and by Juneonward, for a year, it will grow very lucky. But for now,the luck resides in the meeting, the seeing, relocation,pursuing new horizons and opportunities.Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: This month doesn’t exactlyoffer you the prize with a flourish of easy luck, but itdoes give you a real preview of the luck to come, June2011to June 2012. The prize involves a relationship.It could be an opportunity in business, new lifehorizons, love/marriage, fame, contract negotiations.It will arise because you impress or please someone,because you’re diplomatic and focused on another’sneeds and desires. (You’re an expert at that.) Thisweek, study your ethics Sunday: right, wrong? Yourambitions meet luck Monday/Tuesday; your hopesmeet “a friend” Wednesday/Thursday!Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Lots of work facesyou – you might as well plod through. Recentromantic, pleasurable, creative or child-orientedventures remain active, lucky. The year ahead(starting in a week or two) will expand your duties,so pack in some last-minute pleasure and relaxationnow, while you can. You might, in the six weeksahead, stumble upon a creative work situation– grab it. A co-worker romance might develop.Cautious Sunday: traps exist. Wisdom, gentle loveflow Monday/Tuesday. Be ambitious Wednesday/Thursday – success accompanies you! Your mood’shappier than events, late week.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: You’re riding a minorwinning streak, but it’s good practice for the “bigwave” that’s coming June 2011 through June 2012.That time will bring “benefits with responsibilities”in romance, creative projects, speculative ventures,pleasure, vacation, and children’s talents. These verythings fill May, so enjoy life, relax and pursue love! Arelationship gives you friction Sunday. Life’s depths,lust, finances, meet with luck Monday/Tuesday.Gentle love, understanding fill Wednesday/Thursday.You feel ambitious Friday/Saturday, but use a lighttouch if others react unexpectedly.Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: The focus lies on home,family, recuperation, nature, garden, soul, stomach,security, real estate, retirement, endings andbeginnings. This period isn’t ultra-important at themoment, but it will become the source of your luckfrom June 2011 to June 2012. So keep your eyesopen, your thoughts ticking. Chores might frustrateSunday: proceed cautiously, especially around powertools. Relationships might be competitive Monday/Tuesday, but they’re also lucky, even loving, so plungein! Investments, debt, sex, intimate commitments,lifestyle changes proceed well Wednesday/Thursday.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Romance has a fewsnags Sunday – go slow. Tackle chores or buymachinery, tools Monday/Tuesday. If unemployed, lookfor work, especially Tuesday afternoon. A whole grab-bag of opportunities faces you Wednesday/Thursday.Go forth, seek, be curious, ask. Be diplomatic, too.Relationships surprise, reward. The news mightdisappoint in financial, health and/or sexual areasFriday/Saturday. Investments made Friday won’twork; those made Saturday might. Generally, this is alight, busy, smooth and satisfying week. Money’s stilllucky in an income way, but not for long – act now!
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1 BR part furnished big apt, 41stAve & Maple, own garden entry,suits single prof $1200. Dble$1450. np ns 604-565-2693
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2 BDRM, BRIGHT, CLEAN,hydro incl, walk to Joyce Stn, BbyHospital, schools,N/S N/P, AvailImmed, $950/mo 604-433-4453
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2 BR Bsmt suite $1100 incl heat/hw and shared w/d. Suits Profes-sional Couple or Single. AvailMay 15 or June 1, Quiet neigh-bourhood, references required.604-312-9641
2 BR main flr. 1 bath, wd, backyard, Penticton & Georgia, $1500,ns, np avail now, 604-251-3696beween 8 & 9 pm
KERRISDALE, 48TH & Yew,cozy 1 br, suit 1 quiet person, nsall appls, own laundry, alarm, privyard, immed $975. 604-250-1522
VANCOUVER, OAK/64TH Ave.Bright 2 BR + den, laminatefloors, private laundry, 2 fullbaths, french doors, f/yard. 900sq ft. Ns/np. $1,300/mo incl hy-dro/cable/’net. Avail now. NearOakridge Centre. 604-763-7885
6615 Wanted To Rent6615WANTED SAFE off street parkingspot for truck & camper 20ftKitsilano $100/mth 604-561-5692
6508 Apt/Condos6508BEAUTIFUL SUITES
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RENTALS
6002 Agents6002
6008 Condos/Townhouses6008 6008 Condos/
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$419,900
Sutton West Coast Realty
HOME SERVICES8015 Appliance
Repairs8015VAN APPLIANCE SERVICES
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8020 Blinds &Draperies8020
8055 Cleaning8055
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8060 Concrete8060
CONCRETE SPECIALISTSidewalk, Driveway, Patio
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8075 Drywall8075ALL WORK GUARANTEEDJ.A. CONSTRUCTION
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• Fully Insured • WCB CoveredProfessional Crew
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778.881.6096
8075 Drywall8075*Drywall * Taping * Texture *Stucco*Painting * Steel stud fram-ing Quality Home 604-725-8925
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Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763
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8080 Electrical8080
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Service UpgradeLaneway House Specialists
604-861-2647
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8087 Excavating8087# 1 BACKHOE,EXCAVATOR &
BOBCATone mini, drainage,
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Water / sewer line, 24 hoursCall 341-4446 or 254-6865
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8090 Fencing/Gates8090S & S
LANDSCAPING &FENCING
Factory Direct Cedar FencePanel for Sale & Installation8291 No.5 Rd Richmond
Call 604-275-3158
CEDAR WORKS ❏
778-882-0676Fencing, decks, sheds
3 year warranty. Free Estimates
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✫Free Estimate: 604-619-8434
West Coast Cedar InstallationsNew or repaired outdoor cedar
specialists since 1991604-270-2358 or 604-788-6458
8105 Flooring/Refinishing8105
Hardwood FloorRefinishing
Repairs & StainingInstallation
Free EstimatesCentury Hardwood Floors
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Repairs & StainingInstallation
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CELTIC HARDWOODFLOORS LTD.
• Refinishing • Installation• New & Old Floors
Ph. 604 293.0057Cel. 604 657.8931
www.celtichardwoodfloors.ca
Artistry of Hardwood FloorsRefinish, sanding, install, dustlessProf & Quality work 604-219-6944
8105 Flooring/Refinishing8105
HENRY’SHARDWOOD FLOOR SERVICES
Sanding & RefinishingInstallation
Quality WorkmanshipFree Estimates
Fully Licensed & Insured
604-771-8885ANYTHING IN WOOD
Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing.Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275
CARPET, VINYL & HARDWOODRepair & Replace. Material sales
Dwight, 778-322-6048I’ll show you the inexpensive routewww.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca
INSTALLATION REFINISHING,Sanding. Free est, great prices.Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508
PROFESSIONAL INSTALLA-TION. Quick & Clean, Goodprices. Free Est. ★ 604-566-4429
8120 Glass Mirrors8120
Tel: 604-603-9655
Commercial/ResidentialStore Fronts • Windows & Doors
Broken Glass • Foggy GlassPatio Doors • Mirrors • Etc.
2837 Kingsway, Vancouver
8125 Gutters8125
AllianceWindows &
Gutter Cleaning
Work Done by ProfessionalsCall Steve
604-723-2526References Available
• Professional Power Washing• Gutter Cleaning• Window Cleaning done by hand• Contract Pricing• Will Beat Any Reputable
Estimate
YOUR HOME GUTTERS
NO HST! til May 31• Gutter InstallationCleaning & Repairs
• Roofing & Roof Repairs• Moss Control,
Removal & Prevention25 year WarranteedLeaf & Needle Guard
WCB – Fully Insured100% Money Back Guarantee
604-340-7189
EDGEMONTGUTTERS
• Sales & Installation of 5’’Continuous Gutter
• Minor Repairs • Cleaning
604-420-4800Established 1963
HANDYMAN - framing, decks,tiles, hardwood, drywall. Totaladditions & basements. Ken
778-773-6251 or 604-455-0740
BEST PRICE! Bath, kitchen,plumbing, flooring, painting, etc.Call Mic, 604-725-3127
8130 Handyperson8130WEST SIDE HANDYMANCarpentry • Painting • Ceramic Tiles
Fences • Kitchens • BathroomsBasement Suites • Roof • Plumbing
Leak Repair • DecksResidential & Commercial
604 224-1005Cell: 604 671-0288
Waters Home MaintenanceGutter Cleaning, repairs, windowsFree estimate 604-738-6606
Professional PowerwashGutters cleaned & repairedSince 1984, 604-339-0949
A1 Steve’s Gutter Cleaning &Repair from $98. Gutters vacu-umed/hand clean. 604-524-0667
8130 Handyperson8130
RJR SmallProjects DivisionPart of RJR group604-202-6118
Complete Home Maint./RepairsCertified Trained Pros.
For that small job.Rates you can afford.
Since 1989RENOS • REPAIRS
9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.
732-8453
HANDYMAN; Reasonable rates.You name it - we DO it!
Call Peder • 604-339-2419
8140 Heating8140Lorenzo & Son Plumbing &
Heating (604) 312-6311Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters
8150 Kitchens/Baths8150NEW AIR
MAINTENANCE• Outdoor Kitchens• Pizza Ovens • Gazebos• Garden Houses• Waterfalls
Luxury You Can Afford!604-671-9901
8155 Landscaping8155
GREENWAVELANDSCAPES
★ COMPLETE ★
Garden Maintance &Installation Edible
Landscape Solutions
604-317-3037greenwavelandscapes.ca
Greenworx Redevelopment Inc.Old Pools Filled in Hedges,Pavers, Ponds & Walls, Returfing,D e m o s , D r a i n a g e ,Jackhammering. 604 782-4322
8160 Lawn & Garden8160HEDGESHRUBTREE &STUMP
REMOVALFREE ESTIMATE
INSURED
224-3669By Certified ArboristOrnamental & Fruit
Trees, Shrubs & HedgesNorthwest ArboricultureColin Malcolm, Insured
Expert Pruning ISA
604-618-9741
Tree Topping, Clean-Up,Planting, Trimming, Power Raking,Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside
West-sideLawn & Garden
● Lawn Cutting● Garden Maintenance● Landscaping
604-261-9697 Est 28 yrs
604-723-2468; T. TRAN, Newlawns, grass cuts, p/raking,aerating, hedging, pruning. Reliable
8160 Lawn & Garden8160GARDEN CLEAN-UP
• Planting • Pruning• Lawncare
Call Jim Slade604.266.6333
WILDWOOD LANDSCAPINGHedge Trimmimg & Tree
Pruning & Hedge RemovalSpring Up
Chaffer Control & LawnRestoration. Comm/Strata/Res
Aerating & Power Raking.Free Estimates.604-893-5745
Alive & Well Organic GardeningMaintenance, installation, ISAcertified arborist. 604-215-0232.
www.aliveandwellorganic.ca
8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195
PRICELESSPAINTINGVANCOUVER LTD.• Fully Insured• References• Green Products
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Vancouver’s West Side Painting Company
For Free Estimate Please Call:
604-730-1566www.carefulpainting.ca
Interior and ExteriorPainting
HOME SERVICES
604-263-2530
BARWICK PAINTINGProfessional Painters
with Guaranteed Results– in partnership with –
D & MPAINTING
Interior/Exterior SpecialistMany Years Experience
Fully InsuredTop Quality, Quick Work
Free Estimate604-724-3832
FAIRWAYPAINTING
Fully Insured20 years experienceFree EstimatesINTERIOR& EXTERIORSPECIALS
Call604-
729-1234
3 ROOMS FOR $299For walls only includes 2 coatsof top of the line CloverdalePaint. No payment until jobdone. Over 20 years exp.10% discount for apts. orcondos. For free est. contact
Larry 604-961-4391L. Roberts Painting
CANSTAR PAINTINGCANSTAR PAINTINGQuality Work You Can Trust!
Interior & Exterior★★ UNBEATABLE PRICES ★★
Free Est. / Written GuaranteeInsured/WCB
778-997-9582
8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195
A PROFESSIONAL PAINTERInterior $25/hr, Exterior $30/hr
Call Serj 604-377-2417
8185 Moving &Storage8185
ADVANCE MOVING LTDADVANCE MOVING LTDMOVING & DELIVERY EXPERTS!!
Licensed, Bonded & InsuredSingle item to full house moves
We Guarantee the Cost of Every MoveFlat Rates always available(604) 861-8885
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AJK MOVING LTD.Moving. Storage. Deliveries
Local & Long DistanceMOVERS.... Residential.Commercial. Industrial.Truck for Clean-ups
garage, basement, backyard.
(604) 875-9072 873-5292
Experienced Movers~ 2 Men $50 ~
• Includes all Taxes• Licenced & Insured
• Professional Piano Movers
B&Y MOVING
604-708-8850
Experienced Movers withAffordable Rates!Starting $30 /hourLicensed & Insured
• Local & Long Distance • Avail. 24/7 incl. holidays• Seniors Discount • Delivery to/from YVR Airport
604-787-8061
BEST RATE MOVING
EZ GO MOVERSQuick & Reliable Movers
from$48 per hour
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Call 604-710-5253
8193 Oil Tank Removal8193
Off: 604-266-2120Cell: 604-290-8592
FLECKCONTRACTING LTD.• Oil Tank Removal• Work complies
with city bylaws• Always fair &
reasonable rates• Excellent references
BC Mainland
ServingWest Side
since 1987
For Free Estimates Call
MOVERS.CA604.682.2232
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TWO BROTHERS MOVING Loc-al & Long Distance 604-720-0931
TwoGuysWithATruck.caMoving, Storage, Free EST
604-628-7136. Visa, OK
AVANTI GARDEN SERVICESSpring cleanup, new design, plant-ing, etc. Laura 604-264-0775
BARAKA GARDENINGSpring clean-up, lawn prep
& pruning. Steve 778-231-4433
EXP. GARDENER. Spring cleanups, weeding, pruning, hedges,new soil. Ron 604-202-2176
EXP. RELIABLE gardener springclean up, new turf, lawn, pruning,planting, aerating, 604-783-2627
GARDEN MAINTENANCEProf service. Comm/res. Treesprune/trim. 790-0188 Lyon
GREAT LOOKING LandscapesFull service landscape & gardenmaint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220
JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape &maintenance, clean-ups, trimming.Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126
JUST LAWNCUTSCameron 604-739-8241
LAWN MAINTENANCE 20 yrsexp. power rake, aerating. Freeest. Reliable Reas. 604-649-9965
LAWNS CUTMowing, trimming & small pruningjobs. Call Andrew 604-708-1152
LAWNS CUTMowing, trimming & small pruningjobs. Call Andrew 604-708-1152
Ny Ton Gardening yard & lawnmaint. trimming, shrubs, hedging,604-782-5288
Rakes & Ladders.. Lawns, trees,gardens, shrubs. Certified, Ins. &
WCB, 604-737-0170
Royal Garden Lawn cut, edging,power raking, pruning, tree/hedgetrimming WCB Ins. 604-754-8407
SASHA LANDSCAPING, Trim-ming, Grass Cut, Garden Maint.Free Est. Insured. 604-812-1298
★ SD ENTERPRISES ★
Landscaping, gardening, powerraking, lawncare, pruning, cedarfencing. Call Terry, 604-726-1931
YARD CLEAN-UP, lawns cut,hedges pruned, trees trimmed,power raking, aerating, rubbishremoval, gutters. 604-773-0075
8175 Masonry8175
MASONRY and REPAIRS•Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys•Slate Patio/Sidewalk •Fireplaces& more. George • 604-365-7672
8185 Moving &Storage8185
AFFORDABLE MOVING
604-537-4140www.affordablemoversbc.com
1 to 3 Men1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton
From $45We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac
Licenced & InsuredLocal & Long DistanceFREE ESTIMATES
Seniors Discount
$35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7Abe Moving & Delivery and
Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020
AMIGO'S MOVING.Delivery. Storage. No Job tooSmall or Big. Clean up, Garage,Basement. Call 604-782-9511
AAA Professional int/ext painter& wall paperer. Guar work. Freeest. John 604-318-2059 (Kits)
8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195
Marty’sPainting & Decorating Ltd.
NO JOB TOO SMALLNO JOB TOO SMALL
604-733-2865
Quality work est. 1973Colour Consulting Included
Free Estimate
Barwick Painting Prof. painters,exp. painters, in partnership withBenjamin Moore. 604-263-2530
Exterior / Interior PaintingPressure Washing
PETER 604 812 8900
G.E.PAINTING 604-839-3458Specialize interiors, 25 yrs exp.Water & Drywall repairs., insured.
MILANO Painting 604-551-6510Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est.Written Guar. Prof & Insured.
NEAT PROF. PAINTINGRoom special $230. Int or ext. 10
yrs exp. Luis 604-339-3839
PASSION FOR PAINTINGInt & Ext, power wash. Free Est.
WCB. David 604-942-0115
RONALDO PAINTING (1981)3 Rooms: $225 (labour only)
Vancouver, 778-881-6478
URBAN PAINTING ...High qual-ity, material discounts, warranty.& great refs. 604-836-9675
8200 Patios/Decks/Railings8200
• Sunrooms • Aluminum patio/deck covers• Aluminum railings • Glass railings• Aluminum fencing • Auto gatesFree Estimates 604-521-2688www.PatioCoverVancouver.com
Central Decking Co.• Build & Rebuild – waterproof decks• Specialize in seamless polyurethane
membrane deck coatings• Sundecks – Balconies – Patios
See our Showroomat 1230 West 75th Ave.
604-222-8453
20 YEAR WARRANTY
tufflex.caSeamless Sundeck CoatingsDeck Design & Construction
8205 Paving/SealCoating8205
METRO BLACKTOP CO. LTDCustom work for Driveways &new lane Aprons. Repairs/resur-facing. Call Gino 604-657-9936
8220 Plumbing8220
• Licensed, Insured & Bonded• Lic. Plumbers & Gas Fitters• Over 20 years Experience• Custom Renovations to
Small Repairs
604-312-6311
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604-731-2443
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8240 Renovations & Home Improvement8240
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9155 Sport Utilities/4x4’s/Trucks9155
2004 FORD F350 diesel Lariat,135 K, set up for 5th wheel,canopy $18,900. 604-943-4342
2004 RANGER 4x4, ext cab, fullyloaded, matching canopy. $8995604-200-1313 or 1-604-223-0994
9160 Sports &Imports9160
2003 NISSAN Pathfinder Chikootblack, 98K, new parts, loaded,$10,900. 604-375-1077 after 4pm
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WONDERFUL CONDITION with94000 Kms. Upgraded soundsystem, New Automatic andrecent Tune up, no accidentsCall Rob 604.644.0257 [email protected]
9173 Vans9173
2003 PONTIAC Montanaextended van, great runningcondition. Navy blue (similar topicture), gray interior. 166,000KMs, all in Lower Mainland. Newbrakes, DVD system, comes withsnow tires. $5,000 obo. Call604-802-2884.
9522 RV’s/Trailers95222001 TITANIUM 24EX, 1 slide, qubed, ns, no pets, 4 new shocks/tires. $18,900. 604-943-4342
2004 JAYCO 10ft Tent Trailer,fully loaded, sleeps 8, good cond.Asking $6500 obo. 604-524-4778
9105 AutoMiscellaneous9105
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9125 Domestic9125ESTATE 1995 CHRYSLERCONCORD, 108k. a/c, remoteentry, alrm, all orig, $2250 obo.604-524-6567, 604-521-8493
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