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Young and Spontaneous improv Vancouver’s Instant Theatre presents its fifth annual Young and Spontaneous Performance Series April 28 to May 1 at Havana Theatre (1212 Commercial), gathering together the city’s finest improvisors for a four-night celebration of comedy. Pairing established improvisors and directors with emerging artists, multiple groups are created to workshop, hone and perform innovative new forms in improvisational comedy and storytelling. Each night will feature two shows and each show includes two separate performances, for a grand total of 16 hilarious, engaging and totally unique improvised one-act plays. This year, the plays are: • The Road Trip: Four young twenty-somethings are about to take the trip of their lives.

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The Visible City Just 50 years ago, Vancouver’s downtown streets were awash with neon. Today, they have all but disappeared. The Museum of Vancouver launches The Visible City, a virtual exhibition of Vancouver’s neon history April 30. In doing so, it becomes the first cultural institution in North America to have developed an app that makes use of augmented reality technology. It has two walking tours through Granville Street and Vancouver’s original downtown hub of Chinatown and Hastings Street; more than 40 audio pieces (from the likes of Dal Richards, Joe Keithley, and Judy Graves); and six videos. By holding cameras up to the present day scene, you can see the same Vancouver location appear as it did in the 1950s, 60s or 70s. And the app is free, available via the iTunes App Store and Google Play. For more information visit MuseumOfVancouver.ca/ visiblecity

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Airport’s luxury mall plan draws political fire Strategy for retail mecca on Sea Island questioned Jeff Nagel

ancouver International Airport’s plan to build a large destination shopping mall on Sea Island is raising eyebrows with some Metro Vancouver politicians. Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs told Metro’s transportation committee Thursday he found it “depressing” the giant luxury outlet mall is on a Metro list of regionally significant infrastructure projects. “I’d like to think that’s not what the airport had in mind when they made the Canada Line investments,” he said, referring to YVR’s contribution allowing an extra station to be built on the SkyTrain spur to the airport. Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan also questioned why the airport is shifting its focus from air cargo and travel-related projects.

“I think it’s time to say whether we really want to create a new town centre at the airport,” he said. The 460,000-square-foot outlet mall, featuring European and American designer and mainstream brands, is to be built near Templeton Station. The airport authority expects much of the traffic would come to the mall via the Canada Line. Richmond Mayor Brodie said a previously proposed location on Russ Baker Way far from the rapid transit line made less sense given YVR’s $200-million-plus contribution to the Canada Line. While the Templeton site is much better, he noted it will still pull shoppers away from the main No. 3 Road commercial corridor in Richmond and added his council still questions the overall logic. “We really don’t understand why the airport is in the business of a retail mall,” Brodie said. YVR expects to earn revenue from what it has deemed to be surplus land. Brodie said site preparation is already underway.

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hoppers and other BC visitors driving south to Washington State may be dinged with a border-crossing fee that US officials are eyeing as a potential option to raise money. There’s no indication yet how much it might be, but Canadians who go to the US by air or sea already pay a $5.50 customs fee, which is often built into airline ticket prices. The Department of Homeland Security is to study the idea and report back on its feasibility within nine months. The directive to investigate indicates it would apply to all passenger vehicles and pedestrians crossing the border. It doesn’t specify whether all occupants of a car would be charged, but that appears likely as it does indicate bus and train operators would be expected to charge their passengers. Nor is it clear whether it would be levied both entering and leaving the US. Bellingham Chamber of Commerce president Ken Oplinger assumes the fee would apply on all motorists crossing the

border; Nexus pass holders would not be exempt. The potential toll would generate new revenue for the department, which has been forced by US budget cuts to reduce customs staffing levels. “We’re opposed to it,” Oplinger said, warning it could do serious damage to the Whatcom County economy. He said the fee would annoy Canadians and deter some of them from coming south to shop, particularly South of Fraser residents heading across for gas and groceries. But he said he’s most concerned the process of collecting the fee may add to the time needed to cross and dramatically lengthen border waits. “If everyone has to stop now to dig around for change in order to cross the border, that’s going to increase the time,” Oplinger said. “That’s certainly going to make for longer lines.” He said it’s possible separate fee collection points could be set up, rather than have it all done at the primary booth. Fees on Canadians have been suggested before and Oplinger hopes they’ll be defeated again. A poll conducted in February found nearly three-quarters of Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley residents regularly cross the border to go shopping, with most citing lower prices in US stores.

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special traffic Advisory road closures: May 4 & 5 On Sunday, May 5, 17,000 participants running the 42nd BMO Vancouver Marathon will experience three courses showcasing some of the unique neighbourhoods of the city of Vancouver. Routes will impact traffic in Vancouver’s Downtown, Coal Harbour, Chinatown, Yaletown, Riley Park, South Cambie, Kerrisdale, Dunbar, UBC, Kitsilano, Point Grey, False Creek and West End neighbourhoods. The marathon and half marathon start on Midlothian Avenue between Queen Elizabeth Park and Hillcrest Community Centre and finish on West Pender Street (between

Bute and Thurlow Street). Most half marathon participants will finish the course by 10 am (strict 11 am course closure) and most marathon participants will finish the course by 2 pm (strict 4 pm course closure). Note: Midlothian Avenue is closed from 10 pm on Saturday, May 4 to 10 am on Sunday, May 5. West Hastings Street from Bute to Burrard will have local access May 4, and is fully closed from midnight to 6 pm on May 5. West Pender Street from Georgia to Burrard Street will have local access on May 4 and will be fully closed midnight to 6 pm on May 5.

Airport Access: from 7:30 - 9 am on May 5, use Main Street to Marine Drive to travel to and from the airport. (Avoid Oak, Granville and Cambie Street.) Vancouver Police, City staff, Ministry of Transportation, Metro Vancouver, Park Board, Translink and the Marathon Society are working to ensure a safe route. Residents and commuters should expect delays and be prepared to use alternative routes. Times for road closures are approximate. Roads will be re-opened on a rolling schedule as the marathon and half marathon progresses through the city.

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t a time when many Vancouverites are opining about the Downtown Eastside, Megaphone’s “Voices of the Street” lets the people who live in one of Vancouver’s most challenging neighbourhoods have their say. The third-annual literary issue covers complex topics such as housing, addiction and mental health. Marginalized writers who participate in Megaphone’s writing workshops at treatment centres, social housing buildings and community centres wrote each article. Megaphone’s homeless and lowincome vendors will be selling Voices of the Street for $5 on the street.

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Gastown By Kelsey Klassen “I painted people because I wanted to know them better.” — Lucian Freud

n this day, 22 years ago, a 29-yearold woman’s art was getting protested in Gastown. It was cloudy and eight degrees, but the 60-person crowd filing into the room was fever-pitch. Katarina ‘Kat’ Thorsen, the artist under fire, took her seat quietly in the centre, surrounded by her detractors, supporters and controversial artwork, and, after hearing everyone argue their points, proceeded to say nothing in her own defence. The setting of the forum was Powell Street’s now defunct Fifty-Six Gallery. The problem? Titties. Or rather, the colour of them. T-shirt designer Anna Thorsen with her mother, street artist Kat Thorsen in front of The Wall at 119 E. Cordova. Over the past two The trouble began at the same location 11 years, Kat and her students at Intersections Media have pasted original, temporary portraits on the wall as part of a free art exercise. days earlier — opening night of Thorsen’s “I Kat is now collaborating with Anna on By Post Street, a monthly T-shirt series featuring fashion and music icons. Rob Newell photo Love Titty” exhibition. Thorsen had sent out photographic invitations for a “celebration of the female breast as life force and sexual and the guestbook was littered with blunt Thorsen’s particular style coalesced She stares at her mother adoringly. The focus”, featuring a woman’s ample soapy comments. around a TED talk given by TED prize winyounger Thorsen’s sculpted features are acbreast. However, nothing “Paint your own tits,” ner ‘JR’. After receiving the prestigious milcented by runway-length false eyelashes and quite like that photo aprebuked one gallery-goer. lion-dollar award in 2011, the anonymous hair fashioned into a futuristic Pickelhaube. peared on the walls of the In an after-story, arts writer French street artist was tasked to change the Katarina is suited up punk for the occasion. gallery. Ellen Saenger noted that censorworld. He proceeded to explore whether art A lot has changed in the two decades “The opening was atship of “politically-incorrect” art since “I Love Titty.” Namely, that it’s hard to could do that. tended by many women was in vogue in BC at the time, Described as a photograffeur and the recall a Vancouver gallery opening that wild who were already irritated and pointed to the racial tribula- since. And that there isn’t a shred of naivety ‘Cartier-Bresson of the 21st century’, JR flyby the invitation image,” tions of Vancouver playwright posts large black-and-white photographs in left in Katarina Thorsen. Vancouver Sun art critic Mark Leiren-Young and his Dim public and often high-conflict locations. Thorsen currently runs Intersections Ann Rosenberg’s wrote in Sum Diaries around the same “When you paste an image, it’s just paper Media — a youth art therapy program on her review. “Some became time. and glue. People can tear it, tag on it, or the Downtown Eastside — with her brother. more annoyed when they As the protests against Thorseven pee on it — the people in the street, She also used to be heavily involved with saw the interpretations of en got more intense, the gallery they are the curator. The rain and the wind Gallery Gachet — an artist-run creative hub black women’s sexuality debated pulling the paintings will take them off anyway. They are not on the DTES. and motherliness for the early, but instead decided to meant to stay,” he explains during his powShe came to Canada from Sweden as a first time, and discovered host a mediated forum on April erful 25-minute presentation. child. Her father, Roar, was also an artist. they were created by a white 24, 1991 instead. When Kat and her students have pasteThey sent their book, Drawn Together — woman.” Thorsen says she had no idea ups at The Wall, men from the detox centre Maintaining Connections with Art — to the Clipping from press Causing the furor were 15 how to handle it, until a mentor often come out to join them. In between publisher 10 days before he passed away. coverage of Thorsen’s 12x15’ paintings depicttold her to simply sit there and visits, mystery artists make subtle changes. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree controversial 1991 art ing nude and semi-nude listen, and let the art speak for Kat is also planning a large-format JRfrom UBC, and, when she was pregnant exhibit, “I Love Titty.” black women. Many found itself. style pasting of photos her students took of with Anna, decided to study at Emily Carr. Thorsen’s expression of the But that night, of all the accuwomen from Beauty Night Society. She now has two children: Anna, and a ‘plump black mother godsations hurled at Thorsen, she was predomi“Can art change the world? No, it can’t. 25-year-old son, who is autistic. dess’ prurient and offensive. nantly labeled naive. But it can encourage you to do so,” she says. She is best known these days for her street According to Thorsen, leading the antiAnd, with By Post Street, mother and art. A semi-anonymous fixture on the DTES, fecundity mob were 12 furious women daughter are working together for the first she says her ‘living art wall’ of original, from the “Black Uterus League,” who were Drawn together on the DTES time. T-shirts designed by Anna are adorned wheatpasted portraits in the lane behind the suspected source of cryptic messages in with iconic limited-edition portraits by Kat. Harbour Light at Cordova and Main, is the The artist sits today with WE in the front guestbooks at prior showings. The T-shirts are then produced in Gastown. ever-evolving possession of the people who lounge of 1181 on Davie, as helpers half Unknown to most critics was the fact that To design them, Anna made a checklist of pass by it every day. She believes that by givher age race around setting up her latest Kat’s five-year-old daughter is half-Zambian. everything she liked and disliked about the ing art away, you enhance its ability to heal. show. She is laughing with Anna, now 27 Except maybe the “hardcore lesbian” who cut and feel of T-shirts in her closet, and has No longer a gallery artist, the launch and editor of fashion blog The Social Life, as whipped off her top to expose her breasts to created the perfect unisex Tee. of By Post Street — her fashion/music/art they reminisce. Kat says in retrospect it was Anna, shouting, “Ain’t I a woman?!” before The first T-shirt collection is Karl Lagerproject — is the first time she is revealing a successful show, and suggests playfully the little girl could be taken away. feld, Anna Wintour and DJ Riccardo BHI. herself openly to the public, and jokes that that the flashing incident might explain a Thorsen says a drink was thrown in her Next month they’ll release an entirely new her street art fans in New York and LA will lot about the woman Anna is today. Anna’s husband’s face. Heated debates quickly set. 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enjoyed little government control. They were open all hours and served up whatever drinks they wanted at whatever price they liked. They were forced en masse to close on September 30, 1917 (the day before prohibition came into effect). The BC Prohibition Act did afford saloons the option to re-open as near-beer bars. These bars were legally allowed to serve liquor at a maximum concentration of 2.5 per cent alcohol-by-volume (ABV). The government’s reasoning was that at this diluted level, people would be unable to get drunk no matter how many drinks they put away. Many near-beer bars had secret rooms out the back or in the basement, where the real liquor did flow — akin to our notions of a speakeasy. Records exist of crafty bar owners keeping bootleg beer and whisky in pitchers next to a bath-tub full of water. In a police raid, the owners would dump the liquor into the bath and hence bring the alcohol content below 2.5 per cent, avoiding prosecution once a sample of the bath-water was later tested. Records suggest current day Gastown bars the Cambie (then Carlton Hotel) and the Lamplighter (then Dominion Hotel) both opted to re-open as nearbeer bars once prohibition came in. Whether or not either bar ever made use of the ‘bath-tub trick’ is not known, although it is certain they sold more than just near-beer. Another variety of speakeasy we had here in Vancouver was the blind-pig. These were run-down, dangerous, illegal drinking dens. Usually operated by organized crime gangs and often selling toxic moonshine made from wood alcohol or industrial alcohol. Gambling was rife in blind-pigs, as was cock-fighting, prostitution and violence. Blind-pigs existed in warehouses, basements, private homes, even on board boats in False Creek or Burrard Inlet. Usually temporary, they moved from place-toplace to evade the authorities. Take a walk down Gastown’s Blood Alley today and you can well imagine ducking into a blind-pig. The city’s affluent could afford to visit a private members club. Exploiting a loop-hole in the Prohibition Act — that it was never illegal to drink your own liquor in a private dwelling — club members were supposed to bring and consume their own liquor. Where patrons were supposed to acquire this liquor was a rather grey area in the law given it was illegal to distribute or sell liquor in BC under prohibition! In fact, for those that could afford the doctors’ fees, so-called medicinal liquor was the most

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Gastown’s forbidden locals come to life in pub crawl Continued from previous page straightforward route to legally acquiring liquor. It’s unclear how many illnesses were actually cured by the hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for liquor that doctors in BC wrote out during prohibition. But it was not for want of trying! Once you had picked up your prescription for a bottle of scotch or gin at the pharmacy, you could then stroll down to your private members club for the evening and have a jolly enjoyable time. Of course the more popular private members clubs would have also kept their own supply of liquor (out of the gaze of any visiting inspectors needless to say) for any members that

didn’t pick up their prescription on time. The Shebeen, a secret whisky bar hiding behind favourite Gastown watering hole the Irish Heather, certainly has the feel of a prohibitionera private members club. Rumour has it the nearby Diamond also has a similar private bar, where bartenders recreate our city’s most popular prohibition cocktails. You can round off your prohibition-era bar crawl with a visit to Guilt & Co, hidden underneath Chill Winston’s and still housing passages where, according to local legend, bootleggers stored their liquor safe from prying eyes. Prohibition — it doesn’t sound so bad after all!

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Fortknight men’s lifestyle boutique in December, jauntily tossing his hat into a block boasting Inventory hen you have a Magazine’s eponymous Stockroom moment tonight, and streetwear icon Sharks & Hamtake a look around mers. your room. What are Within walking distance of a some objects you see that you love? handful of other specialized mensOf the possessions that earn wear retailers — Roden Gray, Haimportance in our lives, they are ven, Neighbour, Crome Yellow — usually at a level of quality that althe addition of Fortknight might lows them a lifetime with us (poshave been seen as competition. sibly even longer), to acquire that But Johnstone says his concept has patina of memories and meaning been welcomed to what is now a as they age. destination men’s district. Now ask yourself: If you turned “I built Fortknight to be compleyour home into a storefront, with mentary to a lot of what’s going these most treasured objects on on in Gastown. I didn’t think that display, what kind of person would Gastown needed another men’s shop there? clothing store,” he laughs. “Right In doing just that, Tyler Johnfrom the beginning I told all the stone has not only created a store others down here that I wasn’t that is standing out in Gastown, ever going to do clothing.” but also fitting in. His plan, instead, was to popuAnchored around the historic late his 100-year-old heritage storeFlatiron building — Gastown’s front (formerly Killa) with items he most photographed building, sitwould want to own. ting at the intersection of Water, “Essentially it’s just turned into Alexander, Powell and Carrall — a store full of all the stuff that I Vancouver’s nascent men’s style like,” he chuckles. scene has found home base. In all, Fortknight carries 151 Street style photographers hunt eclectic, hand-selected items that here, among the tourists and tonic throw seriously refined shade on seekers. And do male shoppers. their 1peers. And Johnstone 188 so Keefer Ad Westender 130415.pdf 2013.04.15 9:28 AM estiJohnstone, 29, opened the mates that 90 per cent of his stock

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consists of items he wanted to buy and couldn’t find anywhere else before his store opened. As such, prices swing from $18 to $4,700. When he’s not working with his other business (Leverage Media), you can find Johnstone next to the rustic wine barrel displays with jazz trumpet tooling overhead, or setting up a musically inclined customer on the black couch near the back to test an electric guitar. But from time to time, in his natty blazers, collared shirts, pocket handkerchiefs and dapper lace ups, Johnstone will jet around the world and come home bearing gifts. Like children waiting in the driveway for dad, customers come by regularly to see what Johnston has ‘brought them’ this time. A storefront so specifically and minimally stocked might seem risky, but according to a Reuters article, consulting firm Bain & Co estimated that at the start of

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e may be the only cookbook author who can’t cook, but James Cunningham, host of the popular Eat St. on Food Network Canada, knows food trucks. From food truck ground zero in 2008 to present day food truck mania, he’s got the firsthand intel on North America’s street food scene. Eat St. season four launched on April 8. The premiere coincided with the release of the Eat Street cookbook authored by Cunningham, featuring recipes from the tastiest food trucks featured on the show. “We found out that people were trying to replicate the dishes while watching. They kept pausing and rewinding. But you can’t tell measurements or spices. It’s not designed to be a cooking show,” says Cunningham. Several of the recipes in Eat Street come from Vancouver food trucks. “Hundreds of food trucks sent in recipes. The best of the best went into our test kitchen; 125 or so made the final cut,” explains Cunningham. The cookbook includes the Juice Truck’s strawberry coconut smoothie, spicy halibut cheeks by Vij’s Railway Express, Japadog’s classic terimayo, and “bonzai” prawns with pineapple brochettes by Feastro the Rolling Beastro. While the Vancouver food vendor permit process has been criticized by citizens who look to Portland’s 700 food carts as the ideal, Cunningham credits Vancouver with having one of the most progressive food truck scenes in North America. “Vancouver is putting a lot of thought into developing their street food scene,” says Cunningham, bringing up street food vendor requirements such as health and diversity. “Most cities are not even having the conversation.” When asked to describe Vancouver street food, Cunningham pulls out “fresh and locavore.” US cities excel at greasy but delightful heartbusters such as macaroni and cheese waffle cones and bacon peanut butter burgers. Vancouver, on the other hand, specializes in lighter, distinctly regional fare. Cunningham cites the Juice Truck’s vegan offerings

James Cunningham’s Vancouver faves include the Juice Truck, Vij’s Railway Express, Japadog, Feastro and Fresh Local Wild. and Fresh Local Wild, the Vancouver truck focusing on fresh seafood caught by owner/chef Josh Wolfe. Even Fresh’s poutine has a local spin: it comes with wild mushrooms or seafood chowder. As for the BC Restaurant Association, which has been opposed to more food trucks, Cunningham is swift to point out that many successful restaurants spin off into food trucks, and many successful food trucks become bricks-and-mortar restaurants. “There’s a time for restaurants and there’s a time for food trucks. Look at Vikram Vij. He’s a superb chef and businessman. He has both.” Eat Street is already high on the Amazon bestseller list; one could say the cookbook was overdue, although it’s hard to keep up with exploding food truck scene. “Food trucks are not a trend. They’re a growing movement and they’re here to stay. We featured 120 food trucks in season four. Many of them did not even exist in season one and two.” Eat Street: Recipes From the Tastiest, Messiest and

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e’re talking Beaujolais this week, and not the ‘Nouveau’ stuff that’s quickly fermented to a sweet and fruity finish at fall harvest time, getting us drunk the moment it hits our shores in November. Nope, we’re talking serious Gamay-driven juice from the edge of Burgundy that’s the quirky delight of any wine geek you may know. The Betty to Pinot Noir’s Veronica, the red Gamay grape offers a pretty elegance like its regional roommate, but is perhaps a little more bright and cheery, with a lovely complexity that rewards those paying attention. And so, a dynamic-duo of wines for you this week. Since 1888, the Henry Fessy family of Beaujolais have been doing their thing; attaining parcels of various vineyards to make wine from each of the region’s 10 crus, or appellations. At first glance they may appear to be similar, but their differences quite literally come from their respective crus, listed frontand-centre on the label for easy navigating. Since we’re looking at the same part of the world, the same grape, the same vintage and winemaking techniques, drinking a couple different Fessy wines, or those of other Beaujolais producers sided by side, are a fun study in each vineyard’s true character. Next time you’re getting together with a couple folks for dinner, grab a bottle of each and play around comparing and contrasting. A few house rules with these, and all Beaujolais for that matter. Throw the wine in the fridge for 10 or 15 minutes before serving; it’ll provide a nice lift to the wine and keep the structure smart and tidy. Room temperature may be a tad too warm, pronouncing the alcohol and not doing it any favours. Also, think poultry, salmon, game and veggie dishes. Just nothing too spicy or with super-intense flavours; you’ll lose the wines’ more subtle nuances.

The Chiroubles cru sits atop higher slopes in the region with soils comprised of granite and schist. Between fresh minerality lent from the soils and its higher elevation,the region is known for lighter, perfumed fruit with a floral element and lovely finesse. A big bouquet of flowers leaps right out of the glass, but stays grounded with some darker plummy notes and even a hint of chocolate. Bright red and purple fruit stay along for the whole ride, with a light dusting of fresh pepper from start to finish.

Henry Fessy 2010 Moulin-à-Vent | Beaujolais, France | $30-ish | Private Stores Shallow sandy soils composed of manganese-rich granite provide a key component of the terroir, and you’ll find Moulin-à-Vent generally offering the other end of the Beaujolais spectrum. A more masculine style with a tannic structure that’s a little more bold, there’s slightly richer fare to be had here. People roll their eyes when us wine guys use terms like ‘barnyard,’ but when you give this a good sniff you’re certainly transported to somewhere a little more, uh, rural. Stewed blueberries, blackberries and bing cherry are fully infused with a very distinct dose of both spearmint and anise, a lovely dimension that made me absolutely smitten with this one. I most recently saw these wines at Kitsilano Wine Cellar. As always, if you’re having trouble tracking something down, find me via KurtisKolt.com or tweet me @KurtisKolt. Cheers!

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t is ironic that the Vancouver Art Gallery is exploring the anthropologic role that hotels play in our lives while the Museum of Anthropology is using art to question our views of the Middle East. VAG’s Grand Hotels: Redesigning Modern Life has the look and feel of a museum exhibit. Its cultural artifacts are fascinating but you spend a lot of your time reading reams of information. Ideas are presented artistically but it’s often an intellectual exercise. The MOA’s Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian and Turkish Artists is a visually powerful way of exploring — and counteracting — our impressions of life in the Middle East. It’s not telling you what to believe but it does make you realize that you should question your beliefs. Safar means journey. We may have to pile all of our belongings on the roof of a car to flee a war-torn country. We may never be allowed to go back to the place of our birth. We are all on a journey towards death. And where will the journey takes us then? These are all big subjects but the artists gathered for the exhibit by Dr. Fereshteh Daftari, former curator at the Museum of Modern Art, and MOA co-ordinating curator Dr. Jill Baird, are gifted conversation starters. “I don’t have an agenda,” Daftari says of the message she wants — or doesn’t want — the exhibit to convey. “My only agenda

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is for the public to become familiar with a range of creativity and stay away from stereotypes. There’s a lot more going on.” “Sometimes it’s not necessary that you understand what the artist wants to say,” says artist Adel Abidin. “I might want to say it’s a straight line but you see it as a circle.” These two interpretations — straight line and circle — together create something entirely new. Abidin was born in Iraq in 1973. He left in early 2001 and when he returned to Baghdad in 2006, he was greeted at the city’s border by a US soldier who said, “Welcome to Baghdad.” It was a surreal moment — both of being welcomed by someone who could be viewed as an invader and of being welcomed to a war zone as if he was a photo-happy tourist. In response, he created an piece around the concept of Abidin Travels. (The sign using a fighter bomber instead of a commercial airplane in its logo.) There are two videos that drip with sarcasm and dark humour. One invites you to enjoy “Endless opportunities for fun and games!!!!” and to “Win fantastic prizes!” while showing tanks instead of taxis and military helicopters as sightseeing modes of transportation. The other video (which shouldn’t be seen by children and is tucked into a hidden space) has an upbeat voiceover by a woman inviting you to explore a “new and exciting destination!” while the videos show scenes of war and death (as well as American soldiers dancing and jumping into a swimming pool as if they were the tourists.) This is not Baghdad seen through CNN’s lens. And when you juxtapose it with current day coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, it makes you realize even more starkly how the media can distort our opinions of the world and how often we acquiesce our critical faculties by relying too much on the media. To help people explore the art’s meaning, the MOA has not put long, wordy descriptions on the wall. Instead, it uses a web app that can be downloaded on smartphones and iPads. It includes statements from the artists and curators as well as videos. “We haven’t forgotten that information is cool,” Baird says, inviting people to become part of the journey. The world is a complex place and the MOA is making it easy to take a moment to look and think about what it all means.

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At Art Knapp Urban Garden, the owners and staff want the shopping experience to be a special one. “We want it to be part of our customers’ lives,” says manager Wade Hunter.

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And since people do much more in their lives than just garden, the store has evolved into more than a place where you can find the products and advice you need to create beautiful and natural garden spaces.

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“People are a little blown away by the variety of products we sell — plants, clothing furniture,” Hunter says. “We’re quite eclectic and that seems to delight our customers and keeps them coming back.” Art Knapp Urban Garden has been on Hornby Street just off Pacific Avenue for 20 years. It’s long been a destination store for plant and flower enthusiasts. With its location in the heart of so many condo neighborhoods, it also caters to people who have limited space to create a natural oasis. A self-described plant nerd, Hunter can offer all sorts of advice on what plants grow in particular situations, often introducing peoples to species and varieties they might not know about. “We tend to specialize in small space, container gardening,” he says. “You’d be amazed at what you can achieve on a Juliet balcony!” With so much public focus on 100-mile diets and sustainability, the garden centre is also noticing an increase in interest in food crops. “I believe this is the future of urban horticulture,” says Hunter, who loves helping people discover how much they can grow for themselves, just as he loves learning about new ways to garden himself. “Knowledge is food for the mind.” With so much selection and expertise gathered at one location, Art Knapp Urban Garden is well on its way to becoming everyone’s new favourite store.

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Happy 40th birthday to Gastown legend DeLuxe Junk Co. Established in 1973, the consignment store is famous for its rare blend of on-point vintage (1850s to 1960s) and contemporary (the best of present day’s past seasons). Located on the edge of Gastown at 310 W. Cordova, it has one of BC’s best vintage selections and it’s one of the first places to try when tracking down that trendy accessory or perfect piece of costume jewelry. If you missed their party April 20, head down to wish them your belateds. DeLuxeJunk.com (DeLuxe Junk photo)

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Two + Two = Lots of Hearts After four years on Main Street, Two of Hearts owners Jenny Yen and Tabitha Savoie have opened a second Two of Hearts location in Kitsilano. The 1,250 sq.ft. space at 1986 W. 4th brings their locally-owned, neighbourhood vibe to the popular shopping strip. Look for Cici, their in-house, made-in-Vancouver brand, along with a unique selection of Canadian and international lines and jewelry crafted by BC artists. “We really are focused on friendly customer service for people who don’t want to shop at a mall,” says Savoie. “That means we will help customers as much as they want and if they need a stylist we are more than happy to find them something that truly fits and looks great.” Two-Of-Hearts-Clothing.com

As seen on RSD “The Holy Trinity of #RecordStoreDay @neptoonrecords @redcatrecords & @zulurecords — Done & Conquered!!! Now feeding the soul @TheFivePoint” wrote @Unseelie_ sa on Twitter April 20. CBC’s Lee Rosevere called the internationally celebrated event “absolutely nutty” and crowds were still strong at Vancouver’s independent record stores late into the day, with vinyl-lovers soaking up in-store performances, snatching up exclusive RSD releases and saving with one-day-only discounts. See you next year! #RSD14.

J. Crew times two! American retailer J. Crew is opening its second Vancouver location — a women’s-only store — in Pacific Centre May 22.

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In 2012, FortisBC’s natural gas Energy Efficiency and Conservation programs helped residential, commercial and industrial customers save more than 360,000 gigajoules of natural gas, enough energy to heat some 4,100 homes in one year. Renewable natural gas is a BC-made, carbon neutral energy source. The methane gas used to produce renewable natural gas comes from organic waste found at local landfills and farms. It’s captured, cleaned and added to

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North Shore entrepreneur Tyler Russell is launching the country’s first (and only) electric bike-share program — the North Shore Electric Bikeway. “When they started the BC Electric Railway, it went from the waterfront to Third Street; that was all they did at first and then they gradually grew it throughout the community,” Russell says, describing the initial inspiration for the name. Pictured here outside the Café for Contemporary Art — his original North Vancouver business — Russell explains the challenges to his unique eco start-up and what’s next for the fledgling company in the pages of our sister paper, the North Shore Outlook. You can read the full story ‘Electric Avenues’ online at NorthShoreOutlook.com/news.

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Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny • Week of April 25 ARIES (March 21-April 19): How we react to the sound of the wind gives clues to our temperament, said philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. The unhappy person thinks of “the fragility of his house and suffers from shallow sleep and violent dreams.” But for the happy person, the wind sings “the song of protectedness: its furious howling concedes that it has power over him no longer.” There will be a strong and vivid influence coming your way that is like the wind as described by Adorno. It’s neither bad nor good in itself, but may seem like one or the other depending on the state of mind you choose to cultivate. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1921, Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev — born under the sign of the Bull — premiered his opera The Love for Three Oranges in the US. Here’s how The New York Times felt about it: “There are a few, but only a very few, passages that bear recognizable kinship with what has hitherto been considered music.” It’s possible, Taurus, that you will get a similar reaction when you debut your new approach or endeavor. And that may disturb you. But I think it would be a good omen — a sign that you’re taking a brave risk. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Aldous Huxley said: “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” Even if you have mad skills at healing and fixing everyone whose life you touch, Gemini, Huxley’s reminder is good for you to honor right now. The place that’s in most pressing need of transmutation — and where you’re most likely to be successful — is within you. Now here’s the trick ending: To the degree that you regenerate yourself, you will improve everyone around you. Your inner work will be contagious. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Thomas Jefferson almost pulled off a miracle in 1784. America was a young country. There were only 13 states and a few unorganized territories. As a representative to the Continental Congress, Jefferson proposed an ordinance that would have prohibited slavery in those territories, including what would later become Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. By just one vote, alas, the provision failed to pass. Can you imagine what the United States would have been like if slavery had been partly extinguished decades before the Civil War? The moral of the story, Cancerian, is that at certain pregnant moments, small shifts can have big consequences. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I believe you will crawl or scramble or glide to the top of some mountain in the next four weeks. What mountain do you want it to be? A crumbly molehill? A pile of cheap but useful gravel? A lofty peak where you can see for miles and miles? I urge you to decide soon on which of the possibilities you will choose. Then affirm your intention to call on all your resources, allies, and powers to help you make the ascent. This is a chance for serious expansion, Leo. Unleash your soulful ambitions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you ever seen a moonbow? It’s like a rainbow but is created by the reflected light of the moon instead of the sun. For this phenomenon to occur, the sky must be dark. The moon has to be full and setting in the west, near the horizon, and rain must be falling. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it’s more likely than usual that you’ll spot one of these exceptional beauties in the coming days. Your affinity for curious wonders and mysterious marvels of all kinds will be at a peak.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We cannot accept the world as it is,” remarked Belgian author Hugo Claus. “Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth from the injustice of things.” I don’t subscribe to the idea that each day should begin like this. On some mornings we should rise and greet the world singing songs of praise for the great fortune of being alive. But I do think Claus’s approach is precisely right on certain — like now, for you Sagittarians. The time is ripe to tap into your reservoir of righteous anger. Fight to right the wrongs that disturb you the most.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I prefer by far warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness,” wrote Anais Nin. “Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable but lifeless and loveless. Others, of the simplest field flowers, with hearts full of dew and with all the tints of celestial beauty reflected in their modest petals.” Even if you normally love cold brilliancy, Aquarius, you will need an abundance of warmth and softness in the coming days. To attract the best possible embodiments of this influence, get clear about your favourite forms of it. Be picky! Don’t accept sloppy sentimentality. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ludwig Wittgenstein was a genius. His last book is regarded as one of the most important philosophy tomes of the 20th century. And yet he was a big fan of foolishness. “If people did not sometimes do silly things,” he observed, “nothing intelligent would ever get done.” Another time he said, “Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.” I hope that’s enough evidence to support my advice, Pisces, which is: Now is a good time for you to get both smarter and wiser. And a good way to do that is to play and play and play some more.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Your story begins the moment Eros enters you,” says Anne Carson in Eros the Bittersweet. “That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it is an index of the quality, wisdom and decorum of the things inside of you. As you handle it you come into contact with what is inside of you, in a sudden and startling way. You perceive what you are, what you lack, what you could be.” I’d like to propose that eros enters you again and again in the course of your life, and your story resets each time. How will you handle it when it makes its next incursion? Get ready, because here it comes.

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or Jeff Topham, an attempt to retrace his steps ultimately led him down an unexpected path. In the late ‘70s, he spent three of his formative years in Liberia. His father’s striking photos from that period inspired both Topham and his brother Andrew to become photographers. Thirty years after they left Liberia, the brothers returned to investigate the toll that two civil wars had exacted on their childhood wonderland. Their “emotionally gruelling” journey is recorded in Liberia77, Topham’s 2011 documentary which screens April 26 at the Projecting Change Film Festival. “It’s still tricky to watch in some ways,” Topham admits of his directorial debut. “But, because of how the project continued to unfold, I think there’s more closure. We see that we did do something in the end.” While filming, the Tophams discovered that the majority of Liberia’s historical photographs had been destroyed, taking with them memories of the West African nation’s better days. At the urging of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the brothers launched a website (Liberia77.com) aimed at rebuilding the country’s photo collection. “For the last two years, people have been uploading photos of Liberia before the conflict,” Topham explains. “The count right now is close to 2,500 images.” “Last December, we put together a selection of the most meaningful pictures. We went back to

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Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman Directed by Joseph Kosinski Wall-E meets The Matrix in Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi thriller Oblivion. No stranger to gorgeous visuals and crisp production design, director Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) helms this familiar tale of dystopia on a future, postapocalyptic planet earth. Cruise plays Jack, a maintenance worker of sorts who repairs armed drones that patrol the deserted planet and protect massive processors which extract precious resources from the surface. An alien attack has left our world in ruins and bands of mysterious survivors, called ‘scavs’, hide in small pockets across the desolate wasteland. Jack is only weeks away from completing his mission but things go awry once a NASA astronaut (Olga Kurylenko) crash lands and the

repairman can’t shake the feeling he’s seen her before. The film is based on Kosinski’s unpublished graphic novel and the filmmaker insists Oblivion pays homage to the science fiction films of the ’70s. The problem is, the story is far too reminiscent of most of the classic movies in the genre over the past 40 years — from Planet of the Apes to Alien to Moon, and the list goes Thor on. Despite a highly effective set Diakow up in the beginning, the film soon loses steam as the action becomes repetitive and the jaw-dropping twist never really surfaces. Thankfully, the film rests comfortably on the shoulders of Cruise, who is extremely convincing in his role. Oblivion features a consistently breathtaking aesthetic with state of the art visual effects but fails to enter the upper echelon of truly unique sci-fi stories.

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STUDIO 12 GUILDFORD Check Theatre Directory for Showtimes. ENTERTAINMENT ONE

April 25 – May 1, 2013

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Starring Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton Directed by Jeff Renfroe While offering further evidence that a Canadian genre film renaissance is underway, Jeff Renfroe’s feature occasionally frustrates with its inability to amount to anything more than Exhibit P (for postapocalyptic). Ultimately, the straight-ahead horror film would have benefitted from throwing viewers the odd curve. Primarily shot in a decommissioned subterranean NORAD base, The Colony boasts a naturally claustrophobic atmosphere that blockbusters routinely spend millions to replicate. With such an enviable location at his disposal, Renfroe wisely takes the time to explore the space, introduce its hardscrabble denizens, and establish the rules of this post-apocalyptic world. Catastrophic climate change has forced the survivors into underground colonies like the one governed by Briggs (Laurence Fishburne). With the potential for any illness to spread like wildfire,

the sick are offered an unenviable choice: exile in the frozen wasteland or a bullet from cold-blooded Mason (Bill Paxton). And while such callousness irks Sam (Kevin Zegers), he soon discovers that this cruel world has given rise to far more monstrous creatures: a cannibal horde who’ve acquired a taste for colonists. Unfortunately, a brief foray into the snow-swept hinterland breaks the film’s spell, setting us adrift in a digitally-enhanced landscape in which even Renfroe struggles to keep his bearings. The director also loses sight of the fact that limited means need not encumber a production’s storytelling. As the film lapses into a series of competently staged chase sequences and death scenes, you yearn to see Sam backed into a corner and forced to make the sort of impossible choice that invariably arises in unthinkable circumstances. Instead, he’s just asked to run for his life. — Curtis Woloschuk Find out what Curtis Woloschuk has to say about To The Wonder at WEVancouver.com

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The inaugural Bust a Move for Breast Health event oundation was a huge success, raising $500,000 to support breast cancer research taking place in BC.

1 1 Carla Giusti, Kevin Lorage,

Clara Aquilini, Patrizia LeoneMitchell and Vicente Smith at the re-opening of Reflections at Hotel Rosewood Georgia Apr. 18. 2 Seigo Nakamura, owner of Miku and Minami restaurants, and Carmen Ruiz y Laza at Reflections. 3 SD Holman at her exhibit at The Cultch (Butch: Not like the other girls) 4 Donnelly Group’s Trevor Kallies, Meredith Murray, Joey Donnelly, and Wendy Derzai, at the launch of The Queen’s Republic on Granville Street Apr. 17. 5 Eco Fashion Week’s opening night show Apr. 21 saw designer Nicole Bridger backed by her biggest fans — her parents Betty and David Bridger 6 Pink Elephant Thai owner Desmond Chen (right) with Atrina Kouroshnia, Chin Chin Ho and Tania Yan at the Beau Charity Event benefiting the Beauty Night Society Apr. 17. 7 The staff at Caprice celebrate the Granville club’s 10th anniversary Apr. 18.

Bust a Move is a day-long fitness fundraising event supporting breast cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency.

March 8, 2014 www.bustamove.ca 604.675.8245 I bustamove@bccancer.bc.ca M E D I A PA RT N E R S :

BC Women’s Dr. Tracy Pressey and her beautiful kids.

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April 12 to Mother’s Day, May 12 all MarketPlace IGA & IGA stores will donate

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from the sale of each Bunches of Love bouquet to the BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013 WE Vancouver

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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INFORMATION

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EDUCATION

P&R WESTERN STAR & FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS requires qualified Heavy Duty / Commerical Mechanic for our Duncan/Victoria locations. Possession of an Authorized Motor Vehicle Inspection ticket an asset. Excellent wage and beneﬁt package. E-mail resume: michele@prwstar.com or fax to 250-746-8064

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT

LIVE-IN CAREGIVER required to look after an elderly person with disability in Vancouver. Permanent F/T. $10.25/hr. Private room provided. Room & board charge $325/month. Completion of high school req’d. 1 Year exp req’d or completion of caregiver training course, and fluent in English or French. Duties: Assist with walking, light exercise & ensure safety; Assist with bathing, dressing & grooming; Administer medicines; Escort on appointments, religious services or events; Provide companionship; Prepare meals; Make beds & change linens; Light housekeeping. Email resume to: cyrilyaga@gmail.com

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GARDENING

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite. Training, support and remuneration are provided. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

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REAL ESTATE

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Ocean Wise Cod Fillets

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

Liberté Yogurt

2/5.00

500ml product of Canada

47%

product of Canada

Inspired Choices! Choices’ Own Roasted Scallion and Black Pepper Tofu

assorted varieties

3.29

assorted varieties

113-180g product of USA

from 4.39

made with organic corn, assorted varieties

3/6.99

2/4.00

SAVE

32%

225-398ml product of USA

Attitude Laundry Detergent HE 2X

4.49

269-284g product of USA

.50 off

WOW!

3.99

3.49 Mountain Pride Ice Cream

assorted varieties

3/6.99

5.49

150g • product of Australia

Casbah Vegetarian Side Dishes

assorted varieties

3/2.49

2/4.00

SAVE

145-340g

product of USA

regular retail price

47%

20ml

Stay a step ahead with Rescue Remedy. Rescue Remedy is formulated to help you stress less and keep up with life's demands.

31.49

2.00 off

WOW! PRICING regular retail price 625g

180 softgels

Contains calcium and all other key bone health nutrients in research backed doses and forms to promote collagen formation for flexibility, and the minerals for strength and density.

WOW!

Seminars & Events at Choices Floral Shop and Annex, 2615 W. 16th Ave Vancouver. Monday, April 29, 7:00-9:00pm.

PRICING

Seminars & Events at Choices at the Crest, 8683 10th Ave. Burnaby. Tuesday, April 30, 7:00-8:30pm.

Cooking Class: Asian Flair – Exploring the Continent

Look for our

The Power of Raw Foods

WOW!

with Preet Marwaha of Organic Lives. Cost $5.

with Choices’ Chef Antonio Cerullo.

PRICING

Cost $20.00. Register online or call 604-736-0009

2012, 2013 Awards. Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards. Thank you!

20% off

Inno-Vite INNO-OSTEO™

Sourdough Rice Bread

Glee All Natural Chewing Gum 18 pack • product of USA

600g

Rice Bakery

1.89L • product of Canada

Natren Healthy Start System Products

12.99

Sourdough Multiseed Bread

Real Foods Corn Thins

Health Care Department

Nelson Bach Rescue Remedy

260-280g

170g • product of Asia

1.8L product of Canada

20% off regular retail price

Large Slice Carrot or Ganache Cake PRICING

.98

each product of Canada

bags or bins

Bakery Department

2/4.00

6.99

1.00 off

regular retail price

Gold Seal Solid or Flaked White Tuna

assorted varieties

36%

half

assorted varieties

PRICING

Anita’s Organic Split Green and Yellow Peas

regular retail price

Amy's Frozen Indian Meals

assorted varieties

SAVE

whole

425g • product of Canada

Lindsay Black Olives

B.C. Grown

WOW!

Bulk Department

Roasted Specialty Chickens

2/6.00

500ml • +deposit +eco fee product of USA

3.98

4lb bag product of USA

Long English Cucumbers

1.49/100g

Que Pasa Tortilla Chips

assorted varieties

WOW!

PRICING

reg 2.29

New

400-700g • product of Canada

Spyru Protein Energy Beverages

2/3.00

product of USA

Organic Navel Oranges

Deli Department

Neal Brothers Organic Popcorn

O’Doughs Frozen Buns, Cakes, or Loafs Gluten-Free

WOW!

PRICING

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

3.99

SAVE

750g

California Grown

assorted varieties

Red, Green and Rainbow Chard

22.99lb/ 50.68kg

PRICING

150g • product of UK

500g • product of New Zealand

Produce Department

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2010-2012

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Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Rice Bakery

South Surrey

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

3248 King George Blvd. South Surrey 604.541.3902

Choices at the Crest 8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna

Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

2615 W. 16th Vancouver 603-736-7522