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Colourful activist rolled joint at police board meeting, then bragged about it
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rom the mayor to the man on the street, Vancouverites were not short for words this year. City councillors, parents of children in schools, community activists, homeowners, Little League coaches, Olympic participants, cops on the beat, business owners trying to establish themselves and artists all said something worth quoting in 2010.
CITY HALL “Who are all these f—ckin’, who are these hacks, man? Are they... they NPA hacks?” —Mayor Gregor Robertson speaking during a council meeting break to Vision colleagues while unaware his microphone was still turned on. “It’s affecting people applying for jobs, it’s affecting people that are working inside government and asking for promotions.” —David Choi, co-chair, National Congress of Chinese Canadians (Pacific Region), and how allegations by the head of CSIS that foreign governments including China have influence over municipal and provincial politicians. “I didn’t do the asking and I didn’t collect the money and I don’t know who paid the money and I don’t know how much they paid.” —NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton, saying she did not how much money had been raised during a private fundraiser for her next election campaign.
“It’s like a whole new generation that’s going to be addicted to this thing.” —Vision Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson, on why despite supporting slots at Hastings Park, he’s now concerned about a mega casino proposal beside B.C. Place.
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SCHOOLS “Students really have a good sense of technology. We’ll never be ahead of students… It’s like the old days—you can’t ban rock ’n’ roll.” —Vancouver School Board superintendent Steve Cardwell, on the use of technology like laptops, cellphones and social networking in schools.
“It seems it doesn’t matter that we’re against it. It’s too dense, too fast.” —Corinne Sanderson, owner Beautiful B&B, near 41st and Cambie, about her fears that planned densification for the intersection and others along the Cambie corridor will undermine the character and livability of her neighbourhood.
POLICING “It is not like moving an 800square-foot condo.” —VPD Const. Lindsay Houghton on the planned move of the police department from 312 Main St. to the building used by VANOC. “I bet you I’m the first person at a police board meeting to roll a joint and walk out of there unmolested.” —Klaus Kaczor, aka Bud the “Oracle” of the Unincorporated Deuteronomical Society, talking on YouTube about how he rolled a joint at a January police board meeting and was not arrested. “My point is we sentence people to what actually happened not what could have happened.” —David Karp, lawyer for a Van-
“When you have a bureaucracy which served one party over the majority of their lifetime, a new government may be difficult to adjust to.”—City manager Penny Ballem on a city memo damning her leadership style. file photo Dan Toulgoet couver teen who was given a twoyear sentence in January in an intensive support and supervision program after he posted a “hit list” of friends, family and celebrities on Facebook and bought an illegal firearm. “There’s a possibility it’s not connected to the UFC, but a logical mind would say it is.” —Beating victim David Holtzman, who was attacked with his partner Peter Regier outside their Keefer Street home by two men following Vancouver’s first UFC event.
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“It seems funny that the City of Victoria can undertake their seismic mitigation program without tearing down one school.” —Heritage Vancouver’s Donald Luxton on how Vancouver’s historic schools are endangered by the school board’s approach to seismic upgrading. “The report reflects one political view with only a grudging acceptance of real democracy... Partial? What politician isn’t?” —COPE school trustee Al Blakey, reacting to the Education Ministry special adviser’s report slamming the Vancouver School Board for putting political advocacy ahead of fiscal management. “If you think second-language learning is good, this is a nobrainer.” —Linda Stenberg, B.C. Parents for Mandarin, on the start of Mandarin immersion program in Vancouver school in September 2011. Continued on page 5
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Continued from page 4 “The playground will be lost to the neighbourhood, too. Even if you drive your kid across town to school, I’ll bet they play at your neighbourhood playground.” —Julianne Doctor, chair of the District Parent Advisory Committee, noting the majority of schools on the VSB’s potential list of closures were on the East Side.
PUBLIC POLICY “There’s 98 units, entirely aboriginal population, the most marginalized population in the city, have you heard any bad things about it?” —David Eddy, executive director of Vancouver Native Housing Society, on how the success of its Downtown Eastside social housing project bodes well for a proposed social housing tower in Mount Pleasant. “Sometimes it’s even teaching a guy how to tie a tie.” —Lani Johnson, vice chair of Working Gear Clothing Society, which provides clothes and boots for men ready to work. “Meanwhile this is all for $60,000 or less. Contrast that
not going to happen.” —Mayor Gregor Robertson on why he was not going to grow either a beard or adopt a mullet for the NHL playoffs.
number to the amounts being spent on the Olympics.” —Parent Shannon Nichols on the impending closure of the Champlain Heights Community Centre’s out-of-school program, which was cut by the park board to make up for its budget shortfall.
“Unfortunately there’s a few people in a few key positions who’ve decided that because they don’t personally like it, they’re not going to allow anybody to have it.” —Paul Lazenby, a mixed martial artist instructor at Franco Kickboxing on Fraser Street near 33rd Avenue, on the two years it took the city to approve a mixed martial arts event in the city.
“I’m in a position where my mother might be moved away to make room for my brother.” —Frank Cosco, whose mentally ill brother was moved out of a small group home to Riverview, where patients will soon be leaving to enter seniors residences like Youville, where Cosco’s mother lives. “I am so much more than cute. I want people to look at me as a woman, an artist and a human being.” —Elaine Lee, artist, Emily Carr graduate and participant in the city’s third annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
PARKS “You don’t see dogs running off-leash in golf courses.” —Mountain View Cemetery manager Glen Hodges, on his frustration with dog owners who let their animals free in the cemetery, including during funerals and visits by family
“I always get to be a space captain.”—Charles Bae, anime fan and collector as he prepared for the annual Anime Evolution gathering at UBC. file photo Dan Toulgoet and relatives to grave sites. “We are not, as one columnist suggested, people who bought in the East End with West Side illusions.” —Eric Harms, president of Hastings Community Association, on why residents oppose the master plan to create more commercial space for Hastings Park. “We’re all human. And some-
times these things just happen.” —Vision Vancouver park board chair Aaron Jasper, on how a park board postcard inviting the public to a Fraser River trail opening included a photo of a park bench with a sticker reading “9/11 was an inside job.”
SPORTS “I’m not a mullet guy. That’s
“There’s a lot of pride in this.” —Downtown Eastside resident Ron Kulkhe on the participation by a Carnegie Community Centre running clinic in the annual Sun Run. “I was in better shape than last time, but I don’t think anything can prepare you for a lack of oxygen and not being able to breathe.” —Mountain climber Rob Hill, on his second attempt, this time successful, to climb Mount Everest. Hill, who has Crohn’s, has now climbed the highest mountain on every continent. Continued on page 6
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“Vancouver—warts and all—is there for the world to see. If they ask, I will talk about it.” —Vision Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang and how he would respond to international media questions during the Olympics about the city’s social problems. “He votes to hold a billion-dollar event... Why would he have a problem, at this point, with the money?” —Vision Vancouver Coun. Andrea Reimer on the refusal of COPE councillors David Cadman and Ellen Woodsworth to accept free tickets for the Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies. “The workers have kind of gotten pushed aside. There are tens of thousands of people who have toiled for the past four years to make this possible.” —Vancouver resident Alex Boivin, who opposed the Games but challenged Vancouver residents to fly the Canadian
“Look at these kids—I’m not looking like an idiot for myself. It’s not about me but these kids. They’re having fun.”—Frank Soper, head coach of Little Mountain Little League, on why he wears a collection of loud pants to increase enjoyment for his team. file photo Dan Toulgoet flag to welcome visitors and recognize the effort by workers and volunteers who made the event possible. “I am so excited and feel so lucky and privileged to have been chosen.” —Longtime park board employee, and qualifier for the 1984 Canadian Olympic team, Cindy Crapper on being selected to take part in the torch relays for both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. “But I grew up in Vancouver and it’s become my cultural identity. I’m very proud to be representing my city… It’s a very humbling experience.” —Vancouver Public Library worker Marc-Andre Choquette, who is of Chinese-Filipino/French-Canadian descent, on being chosen to take part in the 2010 Olympic torch relay. “This argument that we don’t want the poor to have a view… you know what, take that lefty crap and stick it.” —Senator Larry Campbell on his argument that Olympic Village units should have been rented out or sold
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Gentrification, condo development, uncontrolled traffic caused consternation Continued from page 6 “They [the city] really don’t understand the concept of having a space that’s solely designated for art in all of its various guises.” —Sean Ramsay, volunteer with Little Mountain Gallery, warning the space might have to close because the space contravenes its city business licence.
“In those days we thought when you turned 30 you seize up physically and younger people don’t trust you anymore so I thought I gotta get out of the biz.” —Brian Hilton, writer, two-time Courier fiction contest winner, and former drummer with David Foster’s band Skylark. “Only when the Pantages is gone will they realize what they threw away.” —Charles Barber, artistic director/conductor, City Opera of Vancouver, on the failed attempt to save the Pantages Theatre.
BUSINESS “Everybody loves you when you’re dead.” —Mike Zalman, owner of Slickety Jim’s, on former customers urging him to reopen his restau-
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“For the longest time they just sort of looked at the place and scratched their heads.” —Cam Watt, owner of the highend The Keefer hotel in the Downtown Eastside on the initial reaction of the neighbourhood to his project.
“Those who doubt the value of the helmet bylaw are welcome to view my shattered bike helmet.’ —Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs blogging about his accident after he was struck by a car in early March.
“The street used to be lined with houses and people sitting on their front porches and Volkswagen vans, but now it’s full of condos and BMWs.” —Ron Norton, owner of the ComicShop on West Fourth Avenue, on how the Kits area at Yew and Fourth has changed in the 31 years the business has operated there. His business moved to Dunbar and West Fourth in September. “Empathy, interesting information, and a sense of humour will win the day. But you need to be fast—the Internet is 24/7 and no one has the patience to wait for you.” —Mat Wilcox, who closed down her high profile PR agency the Wilcox Group in August, about how social media is changing media and PR industries.
“It’s possibly one of the toughest corners in the country, but I will open up a doughnut store there.”—Sean Heather, owner of the Irish Heather in Gastown, on plans to open a doughnut shop file photo Dan Toulgoet at West Hastings and Carrall. “You’re buying in a city. There may be a view, there may be less of a view in the future.” —Jon Stovell, president of Reliance Properties, on a proposal by Reliance and Jim Pattison Developments Ltd. to build a 466-foot tower near the north end of the Burrard Bridge. “The need for clarity and loving kindness, it’s a perennial need.” —Kolin Lymworth, owner Banyen Books and Sound on the 40th
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How much are you spending on Christmas gifts this year compared to last year? more: 7 per cent less: 57 per cent same: 36 per cent This is not a scientific poll.
Now, that was a year. By the end of it so much oxygen was being sucked out of the room through the forced resignation of the leaders of both provincial parties, you could hardly catch your breath to think of anything else. Somewhere between Gordon Campbell walking the plank and Carole James falling on her sword, the Vision/COPE majority on the Vancouver School Board decided it would dodge a bullet. They deferred a decision to close any schools until well after the next municipal election. The Vision-controlled park board threatened to close some public washrooms and leave others more poorly tended because of cuts to their budget. Thanks to a citizens’ revolt, their last budgetrelated threat (to close down the Bloedel Conservatory) never came to pass this year. The Vision Vancouver-controlled city council was mired in issues around the Olympic Village non-stop it seemed. The unfolding financial disaster that presented itself as a gift when we last headed to the polls has become an albatross. It was arguably a prudent move, but (polls say) the public was not amused by the fact that Millennium, the developer of that billion-dollar project agreed with the city (their banker) to go into receivership; sales of those most expensive condos have ground to a halt leaving the city with hundreds of millions of unpaid debt and acres of uninhabited space. Look for slashed prices and a marketing strategy in February. And the single item I noted at the beginning of the year—what to do with the 252 units of city
allengarr owned housing at The Olympic Village—has been batted about like a bird in a badminton match. The units were empty once the Olympics blew through town. They were still (mostly) empty three weeks ago. That should change soon. People began moving in last week. One other Olympic legacy: That very rich wage settlement designed to avoid an Olympic strike put another four per cent in workers’ pockets this year and is mostly responsible for the tax hike you will receive. Although it will be relatively low. City manager Penny Ballem has been driving the budget process in general and the services review in particular. That’s why there’s still a hiring freeze, consolidation (cuts) of services, and a severe case of anxiety among city staffers. Last summer, the non-union staff sent off a rocket of discontent. Last month, a formal em-
ployee engagement survey benchmarked, not surprisingly, low morale and low regard for senior management. The culture clash over bike lanes was a cause for anxiety this year as well. After decades of bike lane creep in the city with an almost forgotten battle of bikes on Burrard Bridge that ended with a whimper, we had bombs bursting in the air over a separated bike lane on Hornby. Grumpy merchants lamenting the loss of on-street parking were joined by a flip-flopping NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton, all for naught I suspect. The “trial” will be permanent. And let’s not forget that naughty T shirt slogan: “Bike lanes make me Hornby.” That was not the only controversy vexing inhabitants of the downtown peninsula. A city spotzoning project designed to provide short-term incentives for rental housing (STIR) managed to stir up thousands of residents. The tower planned for 1401 Comox was the gasoline on this particular fire. And it leads you to believe that consultation is not one of this mayor’s strong suits. Where Mayor Gregor Robertson is making headway, again after putting many West End noses out of joint, is with street homelessness. The city’s homeless angel of mercy Judy Graves says since all these temporary HEAT shelters have been put in place street homelessness is down by 50 per cent. Let’s see what those “NPA hacks” have to say about that! Oh, sorry, didn’t know the mike was on. But seeing how it is, let me just wish you a Happy New Year. agarr@vancourier.com
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Banned expressions cover politics and media in 2011 Every January, Lake Superior State University releases its annual list of outlawed expressions, “banished from the Queen’s English for mis-use, over-use and general uselessness.” Last year’s list included czar, tweet, teachable moment, too big to fail and chillaxin. All sensible suggestions for deletion, though not everyone agrees with the premise. Several angry posters to the site objected to the idea of policing language. However, it’s hard to imagine a list from an “astonishingly obscure community college of no more then 3,000 students in a tiny town smack-dab in the center of the rust belt” will carry much weight with the rest of the culture. In any case, here are a few expressions I’d welcome for the LSSU 2011 list, which is due in a week or two. Vuvuzela: It’s a word that sounds a bit like alien genitalia, but actually denotes a cheap plastic horn. Soccer fans blowing on thousands of these things in a South African stadium made broadcasts of the 2010 World Cup sound like an unholy chorus of kazoos, Vespas and Geddy Lee clones. May these handheld horrors disappear from future sports matches and the word vanish from memory. Prorogue: An obscure legislative term, until our Prime Monster appealed to it to shut down Parliament. The reason? Democracy. An impending nonconfidence vote threatened to introduce a Liberal-NDP coalition government. Harper succeeded in turning “prorogue” into shorthand for a Crown-approved hissy fit. Biebermania, Bieber Fever and Belieber: All worthy of banning, along with any other expression based on the helmethaired media fixture and human vuvuzela, Justin Bieber. Top kill, static kill, bottom kill, junk shot: Expressions for the various methods BP tried to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, following last spring’s blowout and collapse of the Deep Horizon drilling platform. Hopefully, these words won’t show up in 2011 or after—unless they’re titles of remaindered DVDs of Steven Seagal action films. Refudiate: A Muslim-baiting twitter feed from Alaska’s chief twit contained this gem. Sarah Palin’s confusion of repudiate and refute was later defended as a sensible new construction by neocon thinker William Kristol. Could it be Palin’s online brainfart is seeping from pop culture into political boilerplate—and toward the Oxford English dictionary? Not if it’s banned outright. Mama Grizzly and Lamestream (as in lamestream media): Fur-
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geoffolson ther evidence there’s an entire dialect of English that needs pruning: Palinese. Jobless recovery/job loss recovery: A form of economic growth in which the total number of jobs in the economy decreases. This one is right up there with other comically oxymoronic terms, such as “instant classic,” and “holy war.” So let’s decode it. The “jobless” part is for the American underclass; the “recovery” part is for the usual suspects. Not surprisingly, the earliest citation of “job-loss recovery” is from a 2003 newspaper interview with a senior economist from one of Wall Street’s big banks—in fact, a bank credited with inventing some of the “derivatives” that hucksters used to securitize mortgages and spread debt all over the world. Without their ventriloquist dummies in the financial press, Wall Street titans could never have gotten anyone to take such expressions seriously. QE2: Not the cruise ship, but “Qualitative Easing” from the Federal Reserve, the second edition. Otherwise known as “printing money.” Enhanced pat down: Another bureaucratic euphemism from the war on terror stylebook, defining a new safety measure for airline travellers who refuse to pose for nudie pics. It’s better described as security kabuki theatre for the coach class, and big bucks for the makers of electronic scanners. Conspiracy theory/conspiracy theorist: A long-standing pejorative term, most often used as a magic spell by media commentators to ward off crazy ideas about shadowy figures and dirty deeds, or anything else that runs counter to a Fisher-Price paradigm of a world ruled by public figures and open information. (I prefer to describe that particular notion as “Transparency Theory.”) Unfriend: We can blame Facebook for turning “friend” into a verb a few years’ back. This year, a rising public backlash and boredom with social media has given “unfriend” a big bump. But shouldn’t it be “defriend?” Who cares, it’s now banned! www.geoffolson.com
Spare the rod and save the child, says the founder of the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project, who notes the Courier’s Boob Bong bias. To the editor: Re: “Dreck the halls 2010,” Dec. 17. On behalf of the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project—Canada’s newest proforeskin advocacy group—I’d like to affirm that Courier staff writer Michael Kissinger has every right to prefer a circumcised plastic penis beer bong, if that’s his thing. But in his eagerness to milk cheap Christmas larfs out of an innocent faux-phallus, Kissinger neatly avoids the real issue. Did anyone ever ask that apparently circumcised plastic penis if he wanted to be apparently circumcised? Sadly, the Dong Bong—just like millions of actual penises—was never given the chance to enjoy the celestial tickle of frothing beer bubbles on his delightfully sensitive foreskin. Alas, this very personal
decision was made for him long before he was fully molded and able to decide for himself. As Mr. Kissinger astutely observes, the Boob Tube Beer Bong “delivers beer through a plastic lactating breast—the way nature intended.” I think it’s about time we, as a society, recognize that nature intends beer to be delivered through a plastic penis with foreskin. And until that day comes, I’ll be yuletide dreaming of a kinder, gentler, more peaceful world where penises—both real and dildonic—are shown the respect they deserve, and can therefore decide for themselves if they wish to live a life of foreskinlessness. Glen Callender, Vancouver
Driving cars more green than having kids We want
To the editor: Re: “Newsmaker of the Year,” Letters, Dec. 17. It was with interest I read the letter from Courier reader James Tigchelaar challenging a previous correspondent’s concerns about bike lanes in Vancouver. With what I’m sure was unintended irony, Mr. Tigchelaar chastizes the previous writer for putting his personal “want” to drive a car above the overarching need to save the planet. Mr. Tigchelaar goes on to explain his own personal “want” to have his children inherit an inhabitable planet. I will note that of the long list of lifestyle choices we all get to make that can negatively affect the environment, choosing to have children, (especially in an industrialized country like Canada), is one of the worst—far more damaging than driving a car. Roy Neighbor, Vancouver
••• To the editor: In recent months the Courier repeatedly has printed the thoughts of those who feel they were not consult-
ed as various bicycle-oriented changes have been implemented. They display a shockingly myopic grasp of this subject. Until the last few years, cyclists have not been consulted on any changes made to transportation systems in the Lower Mainland, if not the province and the country. Cyclists were not consulted when the condoned urban driving speed limit was increased. Cyclists were not consulted when the requirement to overtake with due care and attention went unenforced for motorists passing cyclists. Cyclists were not consulted when forced to use the sidewalks on bridges, kicked off major arteries, banned from the Massey Tunnel, and for many years barred from SkyTrain and SeaBus. Cyclists were not consulted when curb lane widths were narrowed, and were not consulted to set up formal bicycle education, licensing and insurance programs. I could go on, but that’s enough to prove my point. Those changes all served to make life difficult for cyclists and so discouraged
cycling. Then the critics have the gall to cite low cyclist numbers when they oppose bicycle facilities. Those wringing their hands about the present council doing exactly what they said they would do, might be comforted by a deeper perspective. Steve Grant, Vancouver
••• To the editor: Another important cycling point: courier firms that employ bicycle couriers have never cared about safety. What they care about is making money at the expense of safety. This is why we often witness highly skilled cycle couriers choosing to break the rules of the road. You see, these courier firms pay their cycle couriers per delivery. I am living in England at the moment and over here it is illegal to pay a cycle courier on a per delivery basis, because of the reason I have outlined above. Only when courier firms in Canada are forced to pay their staff by the hour will cycle road safety improve. Ronald Tate, Lancashire, England
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Olympic Village bailout, bikes, homeless shelters ruled 2010 Mike Howell Staff writer
A snoozer, it wasn’t. The year at city hall had all the plot twists, politics and blue language of a big city novel. Mayor Gregor Robertson was—as he should be—the main character in a 12month romp that began with the spectacle that was the 2010 Winter Games, crested with a mountainous bike lane debate and cooled with a tax increase for homeowners. Chapter One: The city spent $729 million on capital and operational expenses related to hosting the Games and Paralympics. The city’s investment was $554 million, with an additional $175 million levered from senior levels of government and Olympic sponsors. The bulk of the money—$668 million— was spent on capital projects that included Olympic venues and the construction of the Olympic Village at Southeast False Creek. Oh yes, the Olympic Village. Now called Millennium Water, the $1 billion project built by Millennium Developments has been mired in financial controversy and is being managed by receivers Ernst & Young. Apparently there’s a marketing strategy in the works to sell off the high-priced condos in the new year, and the 252 so-called affordable units should begin filling up with renters this month, according to Robertson. Chapter Two: The bicycle. Yes, it was the Courier’s Newsmaker of the Year—and for good reason. The ruling Vision Vancouver council’s drive to implement separated bike lanes through downtown jammed the spokes of several business associations, including the Board of Trade and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Last year, the city had one set of separated lanes (the Burrard Bridge) and this year added the Dunsmuir viaduct, Dunsmuir Street and the $3.2 million Hornby Street link. Cyclists can now ride from Chinatown
to Kitsilano in a lane protected by barriers. Chapter Three: Taxes went up—again. For homeowners, they are likely to see an additional two per cent hit in April on top of the 2.2 per cent hike approved by council earlier this month. This is often referred to as the tax shift, which sees some of the tax burden of business shifted to the homeowner. According to Vision Coun. Raymond Louie, chairperson of council’s finance committee, the “indication that I have right now [December] from the mayor and other councillors is to continue with the tax shift program.” Of course, there was more to the pageturner of a year at 12th and Cambie, including the bad news/good news reports (depends who you talk to) about city staff’s morale, the mayor and majority of council’s promotion of mixed-martial arts (Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White described Robertson as a stud) and Housing Minister Rich Coleman’s commitment to develop 14 city sites for social housing (“I said we’d do them but people didn’t believe me.”) In mid-January, the first of the 14 buildings will open on Station Street, near Main and Terminal. The provincial government also renewed funding for city shelters and the federal government-led housing/treatment experiment for mentally ill people at the former Bosman Hotel on Howe Street is underway. Through it all, pollsters continued to show Robertson with a lead over rivals, the NPA—despite His Worship’s unfortunate dropping of the F-bomb at a council meeting. There were also the remarks Robertson made during his trip to China when he questioned the commitment of democratic countries to environmentalism. How will the next chapter unfold? Anything is possible—it’s an election year in 2011. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings
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In 2010, smokers were told to butt out on beaches and in parks, playgrounds and trails, while community gardens in public parks became projects for neighbours to protest. The park board got a new general manager as Malcolm Bromley moved to Vancouver from Toronto to take the position. Thanks to the Stanley Park Ecology Society, for the first time Vancouver residents were given a detailed wakeup call to the environmental decline of Stanley Park, and Riley Park Community Centre launched the hugely successful Healthiest Winner Program with a goal to get long time couch potatoes active. And while Mount Pleasant residents still mourned the closure of their outdoor pool in 2009, the new aquatic centre at Hillcrest Park opened with great fanfare and a record number of swimmers. Green Party commissioner Stuart Mackinnon shook things up considerably in August when out of the blue he decided (unsuccessfully) that the park board/city should hold a long overdue plebiscite on keeping whales and dolphins in captivity. Also in 2010, the death watch continued for the historic Jericho Wharf. The park board’s 2011 operating budget was recently approved with the good news washrooms in public parks will remain open. A shortfall in the 2010 operating budget meant the demise (Jan. 2, 2011) of the much-loved farmyard and petting zoo in Stanley Park and the near loss of the Bloedel Conserva-
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The last-minute rescue of the Bloedel Conservatory was a major park photo Dan Toulgoet board story for 2010. tory. Many Courier readers believe the last-minute rescue of the conservatory in a joint effort by the ad hoc group Friends of the Bloedel and the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association was the park board story of the year. Undoubtedly one of the biggest stories of the year was the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the legacy left behind. The largest park board legacy projects include the Trout Lake and Killarney ice rinks, the new Creekside Community Recreation Centre in the Olympic Village and the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, which is on its way to becoming the Hillcrest Community Centre featuring a full-size gym, arts and crafts, multipurpose, aerobics and games rooms, as well as a large fitness centre and preschool with after-school childcare. Once complete, the complex will also include a rink with NHL-size ice, the Vancouver Curling Club with eight ice sheets, a branch library with multipurpose room, community meeting room and field house.
Another legacy of the Winter Games is the numerous public art pieces remaining in city parks and at community centres. They include “Spindle Whorls” outside the Hillcrest Community Centre and the “Luugwiloon” totem pole in the lobby of the Killarney ice rink. Other Olympic legacy projects include a fully accessible playground, which opened at Kitsilano Beach Park earlier this month, and the Legacy Inner-City Sport Court for basketball and ball hockey at the Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, due to open in 2011. Park board communications manager Joyce Courtney added an unexpected legacy of the Games was the hands-on expertise parks staff learned by working with world experts in projects such as Olympic-worthy ice making. She noted that while many parks staff members are experts in their own right, their experiences working with these professionals is an intangible legacy the board will benefit from for years. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10
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Threatened closures part of tumultuous VSB year Eventful understates the Vancouver school district’s past year. Tumultuous is more apt. The overhaul of uppermanagement, a $17.2 million budget cut, the battle between the VSB and Min-
istry of Education—embodied through board chair Patti Bacchus and Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid—and the spectre of school closures, meant the board regularly hit the Courier’s front page. Steve Cardwell landed the district’s top job early in the New Year and was
soon joined by two new associate superintendents, Jordan Tinney and Maureen Ciarniello. Superintendent Cardwell championed 21st century learning and technology, swiftly lifting restrictions on students’ access to social media sites like Facebook and expressing support for wireless technology
in schools. Six senior managers, meanwhile, left the district. Three retired and three moved on to other jobs, but their collective departure raised questions about staff morale. Morale took another hit with the massive, multi-million dollar budget shortfall, which launched an ava-
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lanche of events whose reverberations could be felt for years. Vision and COPE trustees publicly blamed the district’s financial woes on provincial government underfunding of education and downloading of costs. Their NPA counterparts, meanwhile, called the actions “advocacy on steroids” and faulted the majority on the board for management of the VSB’s financial affairs. MacDiarmid eventually appointed a special adviser—B.C. Comptroller General Cheryl WenezenkiYolland—to scrutinize the Vancouver school district’s “financial performance.” In June, Wenezenki-Yolland’s damning and controversial report slammed the VSB for wasteful management and focus on politics. Patti Bacchus, a Vision Vancouver trustee, countered that she didn’t run for office to carry out the province’s dirty work. The board ultimately slashed $17.2 million from its budget and instigated a school closure process that focused on five East Side elementary schools—Champlain Heights annex, Sir Richard McBride annex, Sir Guy Carleton elementary, Queen Alexandra elementary and Sir William Macdonald elementary schools. Shortly after 10 lengthy public consultation sessions where students, staff, teachers and community activists pleaded to keep their schools open, VSB senior staff released unexpected recommendations, including one for a morato-
rium on school closures until March 2012. Vision and COPE trustees voiced support for the recommendation even before it was presented formally at a committee meeting. On Dec. 14, the recommendations passed. The NPA’s Carol Gibson and Ken Denike complained their colleagues short-circuited consultation and pushed any decisions until after the 2011 civic election. In the midst of the debate, and shortly before he announced his resignation, Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell replaced MacDiarmid with George Abbott, who subsequently resigned in order to run for the Liberal leadership. In a further twist, MacDiarmid was reappointed education minister and her frosty relationship with the VSB appeared to have thawed slightly. Bacchus welcomed her back via Twitter and she received a thank you in return. Courier columnist Allen Garr noted in his Dec. 10 column that there’s been a clear strategy shift by Vision Vancouver politicians when it comes to the provincial government, which is aimed at dialing back rhetoric. The coming year will reveal if that remains the case, as the Liberals elect a new leader, a new education minister is named, the school board contends with an anticipated $11.86 million budget shortfall and trustees head into the 2011 civic election. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh
Carleton elementary was one of five schools slated for closure before the school board voted for a moratorium on closures file photo Dan Toulgoet until March 2012.
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Need to recycle your Christmas tree? Come out to Lions Club tree chipping events Jan. 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the following locations: Kerrisdale community ice rink parking lot, East Boulevard north of 41st Avenue; Kitsilano beach parking lot at Cornwall Avenue and Arbutus Street; Sunset Beach upper parking lot at Beach Avenue and Broughton Street; or the Rona Home and Garden Grandview store at 2727 East 12th Ave., overflow parking lot south of 12th Avenue. Donations of cash and non-perishable food items will be distributed to local charities.
Walk off the hols
The local Volkssport club is hosting a non-competitive five-kilometre/10-kilometre walk in Kitsilano, Jan. 2. It’s free for new participants. The walk starts at 10 a.m. at the Running Room, 2083 Alma St. For more information, contact Verni at 604-682-8390.
Senior weight loss
TOPS—Take Off Pounds Sensibly—is starting a new chapter at the South Granville Seniors Centre, 1420 West 12th Ave. A free info session and open house is planned for Jan. 20 at 3:30 p.m. For more information, contact Gail at 604-941-8699.
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The public has until Monday to give its opinion regarding the location of the Komagata Maru memorial, approved by the park board last fall. The two locations considered are Harbour Green Park and Stanley Park near Brockton Oval. In 1914, the freighter Komagata Maru sailed into Burrard Inlet carrying almost 400 South Asian passengers and for the next two months stayed in the waters off Vancouver. The passengers, who were denied food and water, unsuccessfully challenged the government to legally stay in Canada. In July 1914, the ship was forced to leave Vancouver and return to Calcutta. Future phases of consultation regarding the monument will include an open house to share and receive comments on its design. Comments must be received by Jan. 3. They can be sent by email to pbcomment@ vancouver.ca or by mail to Vancouver Park Board, 2099 Beach Ave., Vancouver, B.C., V6G 1Z4.
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The Olympic Village boondoggle that dominated Mayor Gregor Robertson’s first year in office haunted city hall in 2010. A month after the 2010 Winter Games ended, city council decided half of the 252 over-budget social housing units in three buildings at the Olympic Village would remain social housing and half would be market rentals with priority given to residents who work in essential services such as police officers, teachers and nurses. NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton wanted the city to sell all 252 units and use the proceeds to build more units of less expensive social housing elsewhere. But Vision Coun. Geoff Meggs said that scenario would see the city face financial and legal risks for competing against the sale of the Millennium Water condos, a site for social housing would have to be identified and the city would lose the opportunity to house 125 families right away. It took another four months before B.C. Housing issued a request for proposals from non-profits to manage one, two or all three of the buildings. Then Sept. 29, less than 48 hours after three organizations submitted bids, Minister of Housing Rich Coleman rejected them. On Nov. 5, the city selected the Co-operative Housing Federation of B.C. to run an 84-unit building as a co-op. COHO Management Services Society, an arm of the federation, will operate the two rental buildings for two years. Afterward, the city will seek permanent operators. The first tenants moved into the units the week before Christmas, nine months after the buildings were returned to the city by Olympic organizers. In the meantime, the city disclosed Sept. 30 that developer Millennium Water was behind on repaying its loan from the city. It paid $192 million rather than the $200 million due by Aug. 31. By Oct. 7 it was roughly $350,000 short. The city announced Nov. 17 that the Olympic Village was in receivership. At the eleventh hour, the city and Millennium agreed the city would file for receivership at the Supreme Court of B.C. City manager Penny Ballem and condo marketer Bob Rennie said receivership would evade costly legal battles. Millennium Southeast False Creek Properties is to transfer ownership of the condos and commercial spaces at the village to the city. Accounting firm Ernst and Young is responsible for ensuring the city recoups the $740 million owed to it for the Southeast False Creek development. Rennie hopes to relaunch the sales and marketing campaign for the 480 unsold condos at the Olympic Village in early February, after the slow time for sales has passed. Vision Vancouver continues to blame the previous NPA-dominated city council for the financial mess. In a 2007 in camera meeting, the then NPA-dominated council voted in favour of a $190 million financial guarantee in a complex three-way agreement involving the city, Millennium and New York-based lender Fortress Investment Group. At the same meeting, the NPA majority agreed to a “completion guarantee” on the loan to Fortress, effectively making the city the project developer and putting taxpayers on the hook for $1 billion. —with files from Mike Howell crossi@vancourier.com
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2. I once saw David Gogo play a guitar solo while he walked up to the bar, ordered a shot of whisky, drank said shot of whisky and used the empty shot glass as a slide. Nanaimo’s pride and joy brings the blues and fretboard aerobics to the Yale Hotel on New Year’s Eve. More info at theyale.ca.
3. The Strauss Symphony of Canada led by European maestro Niels Muus, Japanese soprano Akiko Nakajima, Hungarian tenor Alexander Kaimbacher and members of Ballet St. Pölten get jiggy with it for Salute to Vienna. The traditional Viennese-style New Year celebration waltzes into the Orpheum Theatre Jan. 2, 2:30 p.m. for an afternoon of polkas and operetta excerpts by Johann Strauss Jr. and his contemporaries. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca, the theatre’s box office or by calling 604-280-4444. 4. Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedic and at-timestragic tale of the ’70s porn scene starring a well-endowed Mark Wahlberg, a hilarious Philip Seymour Hoffman and a rollerskating Heather Graham screens at Vancity Jan. 2, 6:30 p.m. For more info, call 604-683-FILM (3456) or go to viff.org.
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New Year’s Eve is a tough time for K&K. We look forward to a new year of natural disasters, war, disease, famine and Sarah McLachlan remix albums as much as the next person, but the pressure to do something epic on the last night of the decade is immense. At the same time, far too often New Year’s Eve is the only night of the year that some people get out of the house and give’r, resulting in a deluge of amateur partiers who annoy us to no end. So what to do? Here are a few New Year’s Eve options we’re currently considering. • Break in our new dream journal with an opening entry about how this year we’re really going to work at filling up every page of our dream journal. Just by doing so, we’ll be making 2011’s dream journal one page longer than 2010’s dream journal. • For one night, stop trolling Facebook with the sole purpose of getting annoyed at our friends’ overly earnest status updates about their children, their friends’ children, the fantastic meal they just cooked or how they’re feeling “blue” or … god… stab us in the eyes… please.
• Give’r until there’s nothing left to give. • Take the first step towards entering the Magic Kingdom. • Host a Barney Miller-themed party, but refuse entry to anyone dressed as Wojo because, naturally, that’s who we’ll be dressed as. • Hang with our crew or posse, whichever allows us to hang with them. • Mold a new reality, sow a new mentality… closer to the heart.
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As a new year dawns, K&K revisits two television projects we hope to complete in 2011. • Beachcombers Juniors, a spin-off of the legendary CBC show The Beachcombers, which ran from 1972 to 1990. Beachcombers Juniors follows the children and grandchildren of original cast members such as Nick Adonidas and Relic. The only returning original character (Jesse, played by Pat John) appears as a luminescent figure at the end of every episode imparting wisdom to Gibsons residents. In the series pilot, Relic Junior receives a hot tip about five giant logs floating near Deadman’s Point. Nick Junior
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and Jesse Junior intervene, hoping to return the logs to the original owner. A high seas squabble ensues whereby Constable John Constable Junior arrests Relic Junior and delivers several damaging blows during the violent arrest. Luminescent Jesse appears in Molly’s Reach café and verbalizes a parable about logs and greed. For investment opportunities, visit bcjrs.com. • The Littlest Hobo, again. The stray German Shepherd with a nose for crime is back, but this time he’s rabid and rife with West Nile virus and hepatitis. Due to his deranged state, Hobo’s crime fighting methods have toughened. Rather than foil nefarious plots with flat tires or falling bails of hay, Hobo uses his inch-long chompers to attack major arteries. During the series pilot, Hobo happens upon three ruffians planning a jewel heist. After 20 minutes of snooping and background music, Hobo corners the men in an empty warehouse. Two are killed instantly. The gang leader crawls from the scene, spends six weeks in hospital undergoing painful transfusion and skin graft treatment, before succumbing to a brain hemorrhage. For investment opportunities, visit maybetomorrow.com.
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Still warmed by the dying embers of 2010, the Hired Belly hails three newcomers that are also trendsetters. • In the closing days of the Playhouse Wine Festival, the Hired Belly met up with some Kiwi winemaker friends at Bao Bei, the newly minted, Asian-inclined brasserie started up by former Chambar bar manager Tannis Ling, on a once gritty stretch of Chinatown’s southern edge. The room was buzzing and the small plates—ingeniously conceived and packed with local ingredients—were not only tasty but a true sign of where the next chapter in Vancouver cuisine might be headed. In addition to boasting a convincingly retro-funk space, competent bar and serious buzz, Ling’s cleverly christened “petits plats Chinois” were the foundation for the newcomer’s success, which all but guaranteed it an audience. A cute name and a good Google ranking are no longer enough. Post-Olympics, soft-recession leery Vancouverites are looking not only for value but for a clear message in what a room delivers—especially when it comes to the cuisine style. • A few visits confirm that Lupo (opened late 2009) belongs firmly in this trio. The bright flavours and pretty,
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Meth-heads, Internet moguls, ballerinas top 2010 Julie Crawford Contributing writer Keeping in mind that early deadlines and a dwindling supply of industry screeners mean that there is at least one film in the meaty holiday lineup that might have made the annual Best Of list (hello, Coen brothers), here are my picks for the top 10 films of the year.
1. Winter’s Bone
There are too many devastating moments to count in director Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone, a film that lays bare the Ozarks’ drug culture in such detail that every moment rings as true as a documentary exposing the area’s extreme poverty. Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) is on the hunt for her methcooking daddy—he put their tiny house as collateral to post bail—a journey that takes her from one scary moment to the next, to kin who are every bit as dangerous as strangers. Lawrence is jaw-droppingly authentic, supporting players uniformly great: Winter’s Bone leaves a chilling impression.
2. The Social Network
The tagline for David Fincher’s film about a little website called Facebook should have read, “With 500 million friends, how can a studio go wrong?” Talk about a made-in-heaven target audience. But I polled the last two clever people on the planet not on Facebook—my parents—and they loved the film, which says a lot. If you can entertain the uninitiated with two hours of computer code, ethical dilemmas and intellectual-property lawsuits, then you’re on to something.
3. The Fighter
The sport of boxing is tailor-made for film: when all is said it’s just one athlete who needs the fortitude of character for the inevitable mental and physical beatdown to come. So boxers almost always come with a great backstory. David O. Russell’s The Fighter is a great sports movie and a compelling family drama, about Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) a fighter past his prime who must slough off his manipulative family if he ever wants a second shot at
As usual, it comes down to one last heist before Doug, our good-guy-in-bad-circumstances, can go straight. The story is nothing new, but the smart writing, fine performances and credible details make The Town a winner.
6. 127 Hours
The chilling Winter’s Bone topped 2010’s movie picks. the top. He’s stymied by his drug-addled brother/trainer (a haunting Christian Bale) and his mother (Melissa Leo, fantastic), who his frequently accompanied by his Greek chorus of harpy sisters.
4. Never Let Me Go
Mark Romanek adapts Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel into a picture-perfect postcard. It would be lovely were the subtext not so creepy. The truth sneaks up on the audience slowly, as it does to Kathy, Ruth and Tommy (Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightly, Alex Garland), and all the other inhabitants of their cloistered
English boarding school: this is no ordinary school, and the pupils are groomed with a single extraordinary purpose in mind.
5. The Town
Here’s hoping Ben Affleck can finally slough off some of the Hollywood ridicule he’s been forced to wear over the years with The Town, his second directorial effort (after the equally impressive Gone Baby, Gone). The actor/director returns to his Boston roots once more to craft a thriller about life in a hard-knocks neighbourhood where bank robbery is a family business.
Danny Boyle’s film is a harrowing two hours and not for the faint, to be sure. But it’s a wonder, visually superb (despite the confined spaces) and with a riveting, terrifying, emotional core. The film tells the true story of Aron Ralston, the hiker who spent five days pinned by a boulder in Colorado canyon country before being forced to do the unthinkable to survive. There’s not a single squirmfree moment, with James Franco literally shouldering the film in every scene.
7. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
This was the year of The Girl: all three novels in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy had bigscreen releases in 2010, before Hollywood tries its hand at it early next year. (David
Fincher directs.) The first installment, directed by Niels Arden Oplev, wins handsdown when it comes to rich and chilling details.
8. Please Give
Director Catherine Holofcener taps into our uppermiddle-class entitlement guilt with Please Give, which features frequent Holofcener collaborator Catherine Keener.
9. Black Swan
As if we needed reminding what a brutally disciplined and isolating craft ballet can be, here comes Natalie Portman playing a ballerina who is cracking under the pressure, quite literally metamorphosing before our eyes. Director Darren Aronofsky doesn’t miss a trick in this strange, dark and dizzying thriller.
10. Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese, working from Dennis Lehane’s novel, crafts a psychological horror story about a U.S. Marshall (Leonardo DiCaprio) sent to an insane asylum to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a patient.
Grown-up indie rockers, vampires, ghosts haunt year in music
Apollo Ghosts
Mount Benson Local three-piece Apollo Ghosts continues its winning ways with 13 no-frill, blinkand-you’ll-miss-them, saltwater-soaked pop songs about growing up, moving away and longing to return in a bathtub boat. Quick, catchy and unabashedly heartwarming.
Beach House
Teen Dream If there were a category for prettiest sounding album of the year, this would take it. But don’t confuse pretty with timid. Beach House’s
Superchunk
Majesty Shredding North Carolina’s venerable indie rockers returned to the recording studio after nine years of grown-up time to deliver a peppy, thoroughly rockin’ lesson in punk-pop aerobics.
The National
High Violet Few bands do autumnal gloom better than the National, who sound like the sonic equivalent of a wool scarf, rain-drenched trench coat and glass of aged whiskey. Weary without being overwrought, downcast but not too dreary, High Violet finds the National at the height of its brooding powers.
The Walkmen
Lisbon Sparse and airy with a slice of sun-baked surf twang one moment, raucous and impassioned the next, Lisbon illustrates The Walkmen’s seemingly opposing forces to a T.
Best Coast
Crazy For You Bethany Cosentino is crazy about boys, weed and her cat.
And she can’t get enough of any of them on Best Coast’s summery debut, which mixes ’60s girl group heartache with reverb-soaked fuzz.
LCD Soundsystem
This is Happening No longer worried about the hip kids whose footsteps he can hear when they get on the decks, James Murphy just wants to dance himself clean and sleep in his own bed. The dude even believes in waking up together. Mixing dance music and fractured Talking Heads art pop with a healthy dose of cowbell, This is Happening is LCD Soundsystem’s attempt to party with dignity and grow old gracefully, or at least with meaning.
like the punky younger cousin of The Hold Steady.
Laura Veirs
July Flame For more than a decade, Seattle singer-songwriter Laura
Veirs has been flying under the radar with her lovelorn folkpop stylings, making appearances on the Decemberists’ album and even showing up in a recent cellphone commercial. More subdued than
2007’s excellent Saltbreakers, July Flame is another slow burner that rewards with subsequent listens. Honourable mention: Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest, Morning Benders’ Big Echo.
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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Changes loom in your ambitions, career, relations with VIPs, and your reputation. Chase success in these now, as December’s delays are past. Sunday’s wise: ponder your life direction. Pursue ambitions Monday/Tuesday: good luck accompanies you, but so do a couple of pitfalls. A peer might fight against your rise, or your social inclinations (present or past) could mark you as unreliable, a lightweight or untrustworthy. On the plus side (and the plus Aries March your 21 - eagerness, April 19: Changes loom in is far stronger) as well as your your ambitions, career, relations with VIPs, and contacts with administrations or government your reputation. Chase success in these now, as agencies, boost prospects. December’s delaysyour are past. Sunday’s wise: ponder your life direction. Pursue20:ambitions Monday/ Taurus April 20-May Remain “above” Tuesday: luck accompanies you, invest. but so do prurient good interests Sunday. Don’t Thea couple of pitfalls. A peer might fight against your weeks emphasize gentle(present love, wisdom, rise, or ahead your social inclinations or past) compassion, far astravel, intellectual pursuits, could mark you unreliable, a lightweight or untrustworthy. On the plus side (and involvements the plus is far higher education, cultural or legal stronger) eagerness, as well delays as yourare contacts and “big your media.” December’s over with administrations government agencies, boost in these and otherorareas, so charge forward, your prospects. especially Monday/Tuesday, when a new Taurus April 20-May Remaintravel, “above”a prurient project might start in20:school, media interests Sunday. Don’t invest. The weeks ahead campaign, etc. There’s a strong hint that emphasize gentle love, wisdom, compassion,this far new venture involves a higher change and a “larger travel, intellectual pursuits, education, cultural love!” might fall love!) WorkDecember’s or career or legal(You involvements andin“big media.” delays over in with these those and other areas, so things, charge duties are interfere love/travel forward, especially so keep them apart. Monday/Tuesday, when a new project might start in school, travel, a media Gemini May 21-June 20: This week campaign, etc. There’s a strong hint that contains this new yes’s and no’s.The biggest “no” occurslove!” Tuesday venture involves a change and a “larger (You might fall ininlove!) Work or career duties interfere and Friday investment, large money, power, with love/travel things, so keep them apart. cloutthose and sexual areas. (Especially if these also Gemini May 21-June 20: This week contains involve legal, international, intellectual and yes’s and arenas.) no’s. The biggest “no” occurs Tuesday and cultural The yes’s? In work, health, Friday in investment, large money, power, clout and career areas. Monday to Wednesday andinvolve Saturday: sexual (Especially if these also legal, commitmentintellectual equals eventual winning! If you international, and cultural arenas.) The have to choose between love, creativity and yes’s? In work, health, career Monday to Wednesday and commitment eventual risk Saturday: on one side and bigequals money, clout,winning! power, Ifsexual you have to chooseon between love, choose creativitylove, and magnetism the other, risk on one side big control money, clout, power, sexual creativity, risk:and they the environment magnetism on the other, choose love, creativity, risk: rightcontrol now. Your finances need change, but not they the environment right now. Your finances expansion. You’re loved. need change, but not expansion. You’re loved.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: This entire decade (and half of next) life nudges you to change your abode. This will often peak in winter, as it did last week and does now. But there is also a problem around your home 2010-2012. You might be subject to a force larger than yourself. E.g., you might have to move due to expropriation, a legal ruling, the job market, etc. A change★in ★ abode also★ merely mean ★ can ★ ★ ★ ★ a renovation, or a child moves away to school, etc. – natural, good things! Monday/Tuesday Libra Sept. 23-Oct. half are excellent days22:toThis actentire on decade these (and nudges of next) life nudges you to change your abode. This toward change, but not to attempt to overrule will often peak in winter, as it did last week and does them.But That won’t work. now. there is also a problem around your home 2010-2012. be subject to a delays force larger Scorpio You Oct.might 23-Nov. 21: The and than yourself.ofE.g., you might to move due to confusions December arehave ended, so march expropriation, a legal ruling, the job market, etc. A ahead. in Avoid major investments before Jan. 22. change abode can also merely mean a renovation, The gracemoves and away charmto of your etc. communications or a child school, – natural, good things! are excellent daysMonday/ to act on helps Monday/Tuesday you capture love, especially these nudges but not to But attempt to Tuesday andtoward Fridaychange, night/Saturday. avoid overrule That won’t gossip, them. revealing too work. much, or speech that Scorpio 23-Nov. 21: The chase delays love and is too soberOct. or ambitious – these confusions of December ended, march away. The same advice, are pro and con,soapplies ahead. Avoid major investments before Jan. 22. The to travel, general communications, and grace and charm of your communications helps casual friendships. Watch what you tell “head you capture love, especially Monday/Tuesday and office.”night/Saturday. Chase money Home,revealing family Friday ButSunday. avoid gossip, too much, or and speech that you is tooWednesday sober or ambitious co-operate please eve to –Friday. these Discuss chase love away. The same advice, pro and summer travel. con, applies to travel, general communications, and Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21:tell Chase casual friendships. Watch what you “headmoney, office.” buy and sell, seek a pay raise, more clients, Chase money Sunday. Home, family co-operate and yousafely Wednesday evenew to Friday. Discuss etc. please You can pursue projects, as summer travel.delays are over. But don’t confuse December’s Sagittarius Nov. with 22-Dec. 21: Chase buy chasing money chasing yourmoney, dreams. and paynot raise, more etc. YouThey can Theysell, areseek yet aare one andclients, the same. safely pursue new projects, as December’s delays are mightButdirectly conflictchasing – e.g.,money I dream living over. don’t confuse withofchasing on adreams. south They sea are island, can’t my your yet arebut not Ione and earn the same. livingmight there; or both dreams your money They directly conflict – e.g., and I dream of living on asituation south seamight island,change but I can’t my living or andearn evolve in a there; kind of both dreamswrestling and your money tag-team match.situation To get might your change dream and in ayour kindjob, of tag-team To you evolve change and thatwrestling in turn match. changes get your dream you change your job, and that in turn your dreams. Such choices arise Monday/ changes your dreams. Such choices arise Monday/ Tuesday(lucky!) (lucky!) week. Tuesday andand latelate week.
Jan. 2 - Jan. 9 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness ride a wave of success! Rest, catch your breath Sunday: contemplate future steps. Your energy soars Monday to Wednesday. Communications prove very lucky, especially on the social side. But in all this there might be the accurate realization that your social methods/goals have to change and, further complicating it, that your social desires are tied to your prestige and accomplishments. E.g., you can only join that new circle if your Capricorn 22-Jan. 19:You’ll Your energy, charisma career risesDec. a rung or two. succeed, you’ll and effectiveness ride a wave of success! Rest, catch climb that ladder. Chase money Thursday/Friday. your breath Sunday: contemplate future steps. Your energy soars Monday to Wednesday. Communications Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Optimism makes prove veryhappy, lucky, especially the social But in Sunday but your on energy and side. charisma all this there might be the accurate realization that temporarily ebb to a low point until Jan.20.So stay your social methods/goals have to change and, in the background, charitable, deal with further complicating rest, it, thatbeyour social desires are government and/orand institutions, fulfil neglected tied to your prestige accomplishments. E.g., you can only join seek that new circleenlightenment. if your career rises obligations, spiritual Thesea rung two.emphasized You’ll succeed, you’ll climb that ladder. areasorare Monday to Wednesday Chase noon –money a newThursday/Friday. project might begin, or you might Aquarius Jan.these 20-Feb.areas 18: Optimism makesofSunday perceive how are in need deep happy, and charisma changebut (a your long, energy deep change – nowtemporarily to 2024). ebb to a low point until Jan. 20. So stay in the Your legal situation or “world might be background, rest, be charitable, dealview” with government preventing such fulfil change. Think! Career seek and and/or institutions, neglected obligations, spiritual enlightenment. areas are emphasized money face super luckThese Monday/Tuesday – start Monday to Wednesday noon – a new project might something! begin, or you might perceive how these areas are in Pisces Feb.change 19-March 20: deep December’s need of deep (a long, change delays – now are2024). finished, so charge your view” goalsmight and to Your legal situationafter or “world be preventing such change. Think!deal Career andhighermoney wishes. Be ambitious Sunday; with face – start something! ups. super Your luck luckMonday/Tuesday soars Monday to Wednesday Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: publishing, December’s far delays are dawn, especially in legal, travel, finished, so charge after your media goals and Be international, educational, andwishes. cultural ambitious Sunday; deal with higher-ups. Your luck ventures, and particularly where these involve soars Monday to Wednesday dawn, especially in social/romantic or career educational, ambitions. legal, publishing, farwishes travel, international, Whatever happens, don’t and be particularly skeptical: where love, media and cultural ventures, these involve or career embrace, start social/romantic things! Realize wishes your social goals ambitions. Whatever happens, skeptical: are changing: promote this. don’t Rest, be retreat late love, embrace, start things! Realize and yourenergy social Wednesday to Friday. Your charisma goals are changing: promote this. Rest, retreat late soar in timeto for a New celebration. Wednesday Friday. Your Year’s charisma and energyYou’ll soar betime feted! in for a New Year’s celebration. You’ll be feted!
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6508
Apt/Condos
MOVE-IN BONUS
GEORGIAN TOWERS 1450 WEST GEORGIA ST.
601 West 57th Ave, Van
Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments and Townhouses in the Oakridge area at West 57th Ave and Cambie St. Included are heat & hot water, plus a spacious storage locker. Many suites have big patios and balconies with gorgeous views. Quiet and tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry facilities, gated parking and 16 shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School, Langara Golf Course and much more. Sorry no pets. For more information: 604-327-1178 info-vnc@langaragardens.com www.langaragardens.com Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.
GRAD DRESS ALERT!!
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca MOCCASINS * MUKLUKS * MITTS * Authentic First Nations Peigan Crafts Ltd 604-736-3524 Made in Canada Factory Prices-Closing out
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3503
Birds
BIRD SUPPLIES Feathered Addictions www.featheredaddictions.com *Over 900 items and growing. Delivery and Pick-up available.
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Cats
Wanted to Buy
1 & 2 bedrooms starting from $1150 Heart of Downtown, easy transit access. Large gym, laundry on every floor, dishwashers in all suites, in/outdoor parking.
RENTALS 604-669-4185 rentals@capreit.net www.caprent.com
1 BR, Kerrisdale, newly reno’d, 750sf, 5 appls incld wd, large patio, ug prkg, heat incld, ns, now or Jan 1, $1200, 604-732-3989
Sell it in the Classifieds
604-630-3300
6508
SWEDISH BODY MASSAGE & WAXING
JACK RUSSEL p/b puppies black & white, beautiful markings, 1 m, 1 f, $750 ea. 604-671-7815
Apt/Condos
990 BROUGHTON OCEAN PARK PLACE VANCOUVER
1 bdrms starting at $1285
Water & heat incl. Trendy area off Robson Street. Minutes to the beach. Move in bonus. Call for details.
RENTALS 604-682 8422
www.caprent.com
2 BR + den, updated, mtn & water view ‘see the ships go by’, enclosed balcony, end unit, deck, ns np $1495 Immed 604-980-5689 BEAUTIFUL APTS. 1 & 2 BR avail. Rates from $800. Call 604-327-9419.
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$45/hr. $109 Head to toe pkg. $78/2hrs Body + Facial or Waxing pkg. Brazilian Waxing from $35
Try the Best 604-872-1702 JACK RUSSELL pups smooth m/f, dewormed, 1 shots, tails docked, view parents, $450. 604-701-1587
POMERANIAN TEACUP babies + Mom. First shots, dewormed, dew claws. $750 +. 604-581-2544 PUGS PUREBRED, no papers, 2 blk, 2 fawn, 2 fem, 2 male $850. ready Dec 29. 604-796-2227
For Sale Miscellaneous
Hey are you looking for your Grad Dress 2011? 3 Dresses available! Only Worn ONE time. Will sacrifice @ 1/2 price from original price!! Original Total Value Paid $1250 + taxes. Size Small: Blue dress asking $75, Size 4: Red dress asking $275, and Size 6: Black dress asking $275, again only worn once, mint condition!!! Call or email for photos and info at: 604-880-0288 mandi_babi@hotmail.com Serious buyers only please!
Registered Massage Services
3482 Main St. Van 604-376-1686
RAGDOLLS & Exotic X Kittens 604 590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com
★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !
★ TEACUP YORKIES PUPS ★ 1 male, 1 fem, 12 wks full tails on purpose. Smart & Adorable REDUCED!! 604 988 9601 www. northshoreyorkies.com
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Dogs
4060
Metaphysical
*CONNECT WITH YOUR FUTURE Learn from the past, Master the present! Call A True Psychic NOW! $3.19min 1-877-478-4410 (18+) 1-900-783-380 Answers to all your questions!
5005
Accounting/ Bookkeeping
Corporate Tax Returns $225 +up $20 and up for personal tax. Monthly bookkeeping $20 hr +. Specialize: construction; sm bus. accounting. Trevor 604-788-0396
Financial Services
5035
604-724-7652 WEST HIGHLAND Terrier pups, ready to go.. first shots, vet checked $1100.00 604 830 6998
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Financial Services
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5040
Business Opps/ Franchises
#1 JANITORIAL FRANCHISE Customers, (Office Cleaning), Training and support. Financing. www.coverall.com 604-434-7744 info@coverallbc.com
5060
Legal Services
#1 IN PARDONS Remove your criminal record. Express Pardons offers the FASTEST pardons, LOWEST prices, and it’s GUARANTEED. BBB Accredited. FREE Consultation Toll-free: 1-866-416-6772 www.ExpressPardons.com
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Money to Loan
Need Cash Today?
✔Do you Own a Car? ✔Borrow up to $10000.00 ✔No Credit Checks! ✔Cash same day, local office www.REALCARCASH.com
604.777.5046
MOVING?
Call 1-866-690-3328 ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+. 604-590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com
www.4pillars.ca
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Travel Destinations
, , , NOW OPEN
ENGLISH MASTIFF pups, M/F, p/b, papers, dewormed, 1st shots, 11 wks. $1500. (1)-604-316-5644
Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com
RENTALS LANGARA GARDENS
2060
Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. (no text books/encyclopedia) I pay cash. 604-737-0530
To advertise call 604-630-3300
Apt/Condos
24 x 40 Britco Portable Classrooms / Buildings for Sale The Province of British Columbia in conjunction with School District 42 is selling via on-line auction, 3 portable classrooms, located in Maple Ridge, BC. For complete details and to bid please log on to www.bcauction.ca Currently Posted: 2 x 1989 Britco 24x40 units 1 x 1988 Britco 24x40 unit For further information email: darryl.hansen@gov.bc.ca
LATER LIFE Care Planning Consultations & Companion Services. Please Call: 604-818-2956
4051
Auctions
Real Estate
★ ALERT: WE BUY HOUSES ★ Foreclosure Help! Debt Relief! No Equity! Don’t Delay! Call us First! 604-657-9422
Check the Real estate section.
6508
2020
UBC RESEARCH
Vision Laboratory at Children’s Hospital needs volunteers (4-12yrs) with good vision and hearing for a study on visual perception. Study involves computer games. Honorarium paid. Call Jenn at 875-2345 x 7853
Homecare Available
4035 GOLDEN DOODLE Pups great family pets, email pics avail, $750. 250-674-0091
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Dogs
PB MINI Schnauzer. Jan 10. 1st shots, dewormed, tails & dew claws done. call 604-780-8955
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PIT BULL Pups. Pb Blue Nose, M & F, ready to go. $600 Pls Leave Message 604-819-6006
6522
Furnished Accommodation
1 BDRM Apt., Excellent Temporary Sublet, South Granville for 7 months or less. Avail March 1/11 $1000 mo Call 604-738-0893 1 BR spacious furnished, 989 Nelson St @ Burrard St, 15th flr, avail now. $1550, np ns. Call Mike 604-649-3028 12TH & Quebec, Clean, Quiet, furn’d room, lady only, n/s, n/p, $425 incls utls. 604-576-1746
6540
Houses - Rent
STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● COQUITLAM - 218 Allard St. 2 bdrm HANDY MAN SPECIAL!!! HOUSE, bsmt/2 sheds....$888/M NEW WEST- 1722-6th Av 2 bdrm HOUSE w/1 suite 2 f/p,Long term finance, new roof, RT-1..$1,288/M SURREY- 6297 134 St. Solid 5 bdrm HOUSE w/2 bdrm suite on 1/4 acre lot with views... $1,688/M CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M Call Kristen (604)786-4663 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca
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6540
Houses - Rent
3 Bdrm Homes! Rent TO OWN! Poor Credit Ok, Low Down. Call Karyn 604-857-3597 5BR 3BATH 2-lvl house, mint cond. UPPER LYNN VALLEY. Big, Pte fenced b/y, easy drway. Great schls w/in walkg dist: 5-min walk to Upper Lynn Elem’ry, 20 min. to Argyle Sec. Clse to parks, shop’g, etc. Avail Feb. 01. $2,700/mo. 604-983-3748
apts/condos
office/retail suites & partial houses
warehouses
townhouses
homestay
shared accommodation
To advertise in Rentals call 604-630-3300
6595
Shared Accommodation
6595-15
South Burnaby
BBY, S. Friendly female seeks a roommate to share ½ duplex near Metrotown. Accomodations include furnished room, hydro/ cable/’net. Sh’d laundry. NS/NP. $550/mo. Immed. 604-722-6701
6595-20
Coq./Poco/ Port Moody
ROOMMATE NEEDED to share 1800 sqft Townhouse in Port Moody, w/d, laminate floors, $595 incls utils, cable & internet, parking, indoor pool, nr SFU & Lougheed Mall. Suits professional working person or student. References Required. Avail Dec 15 or Jan 1. Call 778-846-5275
6602
Suites/Partial Houses
VANC’R. Nr PNE. 3 BR, grd/lvl. F/p. Priv w/d. Ns/np. $1,000/mo + ½ util. Avail now. 604-307-4638
Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad
6602
Suites/Partial Houses
1 BR, spacious, 11th & Mcdonald, incl cable, i/net, utils, NS NP, new appl/carpets, nr bus/shops, Jan/ Feb $1050 604-761-5479 3 BR 2 bath bsmt suite, 1 yr old house, Kitsilano, d/w, insuite w/d, 5 appls, refs, ns np, $1895 + util. 604-218-8208, 604-909-0668 3 BR, 261 W 41st, nr Elizabeth, upper flr, avail now, own w/d, $1700 + utils, np ns. Call Mike 604-649-3028 3 BR suite, main flr, spacious, bright, clean Kingsway/Earls, nr elementary school, shops, share ldry, $1300 + 60% utils, np ns, avail 1st week Jan. 604-506-0393 KITS - 2139 Stephens St. 2br grnd lvl, quiet, ns, 1 cat ok, Feb 1, Refs $1675 incl util 604-224-3836
Legal/Public Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS & OTHERS Re: The estate of BERNARD CHODOS, otherwise known as BERNARD MAURICE CHODOS, deceased, who died on the 6th day of February, 2010, formerly of 314 - 677 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of BERNARD CHODOS, otherwise known as BERNARD MAURICE CHODOS are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Barry Dunner, Executor, c/o Coric Adler Wenner at #620- 1385 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6H3V9. Attention: Richard M. Wenner on or before January 31, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.
8015
Appliance Repairs
VAN APPLIANCE SERVICES Repair home appl. Low rate guar. Permit/Lic. Tom 604-323-8063
8055
Cleaning
A.S.B.A. ENTERPRISE. Comm/ Res. Free Est. $20/hour includes supplies. Insured. 604-723-0162 Butterfly Cleaning Inc. ‘‘Moving out, Home & Office’’ Bonded, Prof & Affordable. 604-781-4374 EXP CLEANING ladies avail 7 days/wk. Bonded. Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond 604-928-0025 EXP’D. HOUSECLEANER Reasonable Rates! Reliable! Exc Reference! 604-771-2978
8058
Computer Services
COMPUTER SOLUTIONS 604-721-8434.. 15 yrs experience Cert. Prof. aplusconnectivity.ca
7005
Body Work
ABSOLUTELY the best full body massage in town. Female avail 8am - late. in/out. 604-771-4210 JUNE’S MASSAGE
Treat, train couple sex problems, pain. DON’T WORK NO CHARGE within 10 min.
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$40UP IN/OUT Cell: 604-603-3638
RELAXING SWEET FULL BODY MASSAGE 604-321-8296
8060
Concrete
CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing
Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp. For free estimates call Mario
253-0049
CONCRETE & MASONRY Stairs, foundation, sidewalks & driveway + blocks, bricks & stonework. Tom 604-690-3316 L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098
8073
Drainage
8087
Excavating
# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT
one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865
8105
Flooring/ Refinishing
DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Underground Video Inspection Call Tobias 604 782-4322 POINT GREY DRAINAGE Call 604-379-2641
8075
*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925
FIJI ISLANDS
DRYWALL Boarding, Taping & Painting cell: 604-318-3584 VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208
Wayne The Drywaller
Quality Drywall Finishing. Textured Ceilings & Repair. Renov Specialist. No job too small. 837-1785
8080
604-630-3300 604-998-0218
Electrical
The current choice serving the Lower Mainland for more than 15 years. All Kinds of Work and Reasonable Rates.
Contact us today for a free estimate.
Max: 604-341-6059 Licensed & Bonded
LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934. YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certified Trained Pros. For that small job. Rates you can afford. RJR Small Projects Division Part of RJR group
604-202-6118
Hardwood Floor Refinishing Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates
Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224 www.centuryhardwood.com
ALL FLOOR COVERINGS Repair & Replace. Material sales Dwight, 604-732-3057 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing. Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275
Artistry of Hardwood Floors
Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508
8120
Glass Mirrors
RENOS • REPAIRS
BEST PRICE! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127 DAHIPP CONTRACTING Handyman Services Baths, Kitchens, etc 604.817.0718 DUSTTIN’S HANDYMAN Service All jobs Large and Small. Competitive Rates 604-873-5990 HOME REPAIRS - No job too small. Carpentry, painting, fencing, drywall, baseboards, lam flooring, deck repairs, p/washing, gutters. Brian, 604-266-2547 / 785-4184
8140
Heating
Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters
8150
Kitchens/Baths
Commercial/Residential
Tel: 604-603-9655
Gutters
Vancouver Division Since 1985
XMAS SPECIALS • Gutter Installation Cleaning & Repairs • Roofing & Roof Repairs • Moss Control, Removal & Prevention 25 year Warranteed Leaf & Needle Guard
CALL NOW for 20% OFF WCB – Fully Insured 100% Money Back Guarantee
604-340-7189 EDGEMONT GUTTERS
• Sales & Installation of 5’’ Continuous Gutter • Minor Repairs • Cleaning
604-420-4800 Established 1963
HOME SERVICES • ExteriorCLEANING Experts • & Safe Stairs GUTTER REPAIRS • Roofing • Painting • Gutters Power Washing • Roofing • •Concrete, Power Washing Deck&&Fence HomeRepairs Waterproofing •• Deck
604•831•0303
SENIOR SENIOR RATES RATES 25 20 YRS. YRS. SERVICE SERVICE
DYNAMIC GUTTERS & Exteriors. Full seamless gutters. Installation repairs & soffits. All jobs guaranteed. Fully insured, bonded, WCB. Will beat any competitors price. 604-439-9417 Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949
Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing NO HST til end of Dec
FREE ESTIMATE INSURED
#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby
8155
Landscaping
GREENWAVE LANDSCAPES
★ COMPLETE ★ Garden Maintance & Edible Landscape Solutions
604-317-3037
greenwavelandscapes.ca
Home Services
BE COOL! COLD FEET? Talk to Someone You Trust.
CENTRAL AIR INSTALLED FURNACES CONDITIONING Sears also installs ROOFING, WINDOWS, WINDOW COVERINGS & CARPETING
Since 1989
9129 Shaughnessy St.
Jaxon
11½ years old.
Hanna
14 years old.
Moving & Storage
24 HOURS 1-800-4-MY-HOME • (1-800-469-4663)
All Renovations and Restoration Work 20 years in business
Wishing you the very best for the Holidays from our family to yours.
8195
AFFORDABLE MOVING
Painting/ Wallpaper
8220
Plumbing
1 to 3 Men
1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From
10% Off with this Ad! For all your plumbing, heating & reno needs. Lic Gas Fitter, Aman. 778-895-2005
45 We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance
BS & SONS gas heating & plumbing. Certified. Renos, h/w tanks, boilers, drains. 24 hrs. 671-6815
FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount
604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com
AJK MOVING LTD.
Moving. Storage. Deliveries Local & Long Distance MOVERS.... Residential. Commercial. Industrial. Truck for Clean-ups
garage, basement, backyard.
(604) 875-9072 873-5292
TOP PAINTING Winter Special: 20% Discount
Residential • Commercial Free Estimates • Top Quality
JOE 604-782-1377
AAA Professional int/ext painter & wall paperer. Guar work. Free est. John 604-318-2059 (Kits)
Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~ • Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers
PLUMBERS
Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000
Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters
8240
B&Y MOVING
Renovations & Home Improvement
DVK PAINTING LTD. Winter Special 20% Off! Ext & Int. Free Est’s. Dave • 604-354-2930
604-708-8850
AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement. Call 604-782-9511
T&H PAINTING Int/Ext res/comm painting, power wash, gutters, Free Est., Guar. 778-316-7709
8220
Plumbing
Complete Plumbing & Drain Cleaning Services
ATLAS The Reliable Plumber
TWO BROTHERS MOVING Local & Long Distance 604-720-0931 • bc.moving@gmail.com •
8193
Oil Tank Removal
24/7 Days A Week R Seniors Discounts EA TY All Work Guaranteed 8 YRRAN A W Also Furnaces, Gas Very Reasonable Rates
731-8875
FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.
• Oil Tank Removal • Work complies with city bylaws BC Mainland • Always fair & reasonable rates • Excellent references
Off: 604-266-2120 Cell: 604-290-8592
Serving West Side since 1987
STORMWORKS
● Oil Tank Removal ● Recommended ● Insured ● Reasonable Rates
604-724-3670
STORMWORKS CONTRACTING; Oil Tank Removal. Certified, Insured, Recommended. Reasonable Rates. 604-724-3670
Renovations
from concept to occupancy
Winner of Gold & Silver Georgie Awards
– Renovator Member of the Year
Winner of the National SAM Award
– Best Renovated Kitchen in Canada
When your house is great except… ❏ The kitchen’s too
small
• • • •
❏ You need another Licensed, Insured & Bonded Lic. Plumbers & Gas Fitters Over 20 years Experience Custom Renovations to Small Repairs
604-312-6311
bedroom
❏ The carport could be
a two-car garage
❏ One bathroom just
isn’t enough anymore
RED SEAL
Drainage & Plumbing Inc.
Plumbing, Drainage, Repairs & Installation
Main sewer lines, water lines, camera inspections, plugged drains, hot water tanks and drain tiles. 24/7 Emergency available Sat/Sun/Holidays Licensed, Insured, Bonded
604-618-4988
Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter * Reno’s & Repairs 24 hrs/day * Furnaces * Boilers * Hot Water Heating * Reasonable Rates * Hot Water Tanks
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732-8453
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224-3669
For Free Estimates Call
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Renovations & Home Improvement
WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Tree & Hedge Pruning. Hedge removal. 604-893-5745
• In business 50 years
604-879-9191 Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets
8240
HEDGE SHRUB TREE & STUMP REMOVAL
AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885
2837 Kingsway, Vancouver
YOUR HOME GUTTER SERVICES
Lawn & Garden
$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. ★ Available 24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020
Store Fronts • Windows & Doors Broken Glass • Foggy Glass Patio Doors • Mirrors • Etc.
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8160
8185
Call: 604-240-3344
JIM’S
A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only. 604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319
Handyperson
Dust Free. Affordable Rates! Free Estimates.
Lic. 22308
#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.
8130
Installations Refinishing & Repairs
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Gutters
Waters Home Maintenance Gutter Cleaning, repairs, windows Free estimate 604-738-6606
THE ART OF HARDWOOD FLOORS
DRAIN TILES, sewer lines, water lines & sumps. Mini excavation 604-230-1472 or 604-327-0885 Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086
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5505
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8250
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Roofing
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• Cedar Shakes • Flat Roofing • Asphalt Shingles • Roof Maintenance
604-379-2641
604-340-7189 A1 CONTRACTING. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tiling, painting & decks. Dhillon, 604-782-1936
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AUTOMOTIVE 9110
Collectibles & Classics
1988 PORSCHE 911, 1-owner, all original, low kms, immac. $26,800. 604-987-3876. D24627
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JEEP OWNERS - PARTS, ACCESSORIES for Jeeps from 1942 to 2010. Huge Stock, Lower Prices, Fast Shipping. Gemini Sales, Burnaby, B.C. (604) 294-2623 Port Moody (604) 949-0040. Online: www.gemini-sales.com
9145
Scrap Car Removal
Cash for junk cars! $100 to $1000 Ask about our $500 Credit!
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604 628 9044
9145
Domestic
1998 EAGLE TALON ESI, 170k, 2.0 L, excellent condition, 5 spd, no accidents, silver exterior, grey interior. $3900. 604-763-3223
Parts & Accessories
Scrap Car Removal
#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200
8295
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Firm recovers from financial woes to launch revamped models
Chrysler comes back from the brink davidchao Chrysler appears to have recovered from its crippling financial woes and, with a helping hand from Italian auto giant Fiat, looks ready to soar again with a newlook winged emblem. It also brings an end to the new product famine at Chrysler and Dodge dealers, as they are about to feast on eight new or revamped models. The pent-up energy in the now youthful engineering and marketing teams was also plainly evident as they burst out of the gate with what must be a record amount of new product reveals at the same time. In the Dodge line, extensive revisions have been made to Journey (a popular seven-passenger cross-over utility vehicle), the Grand Caravan (the minivan that started it all), Avenger (a mid-sized sedan), Charger (an upmarket performance sedan) and Challenger (a high-powered sport coupe). There’s also a new Dodge Durango, which is now based on the Mercedes ML platform (instead of a truck chassis). And Chrysler gets a new Town & Country (luxury minivan) and a new 200, which takes the place of the current Sebring. A lot of attention was paid to suggestions and critiques from current customers. While the exterior styling changes are not dramatically different, the interiors are not just completely new, they reflect the new thinking behind them, which puts a much higher emphasis on quality and the occupants environment. “We’ve essentially remade these vehicles from the ground up,” said Ralph Gilles, a designer who is now president and CEO of the Dodge Car brand at Chrysler. “We’re powering them with new, fuel-efficient
The 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, which accounts for 70 per cent of all minivan sales in Canada, has more power, is more fuel efficient, has an all new interior and improved safety features. powertrains and new driving dynamics that are tuned to thrill customers who really love to drive. We’ve also taken a giant leap in improved interior quality. Our customers will have to get inside and behind the wheel to experience the changes. When they do, they’ll be able to see the passion that went into designing and engineering these new products.” A healthy Chrysler is also important to Canada as it’s still the second largest maker of vehicles built in Canada. The current Dodge Grand Caravan is the big ticket; it accounts for about 70 per cent of all minivan sales in Canada and it’s the number three top-selling vehicle in Canada. The Chrysler Town & Country pulls in about another five per cent of minivan sales. The 2011 Grand Caravan has more power, is more fuel efficient, has an all-new interior, improved safety features and $2,550 in added features. Its base price goes up by $550, which means there’s a net increase in value of $2,000. A new 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 engine is mated to a smooth-shifting six-speed automatic transaxle. It replaces all three of the previous minivan engines (the 3.3-litre, 3.8-litre and 4.0litre V6 engines are gone) and it can also be found in the other new 2011 Dodge
products. The new Pentastar engine can provide 283 horsepower and more 260 lb-ft of torque without a fuel economy sacrifice. Chief engineer, Chrysler Town & Country and Grand Caravan, Olabisi (Bisi) Boyle is also a soccer mom... and proud of it. “The two most important and complicated challenges, from an engineering perspective, that my team faced were improving the vehicle’s handling and making the Stow-n-Go second row seating system more comfortable and easier to use,” said Boyle. Improved stability in a straight line and through corners was achieved by lowering the suspension and stiffening the spring dampening. A combination of changes to the steering column mount, improved suspension bushings, changes to the steering (reduced lockto-lock steering wheel rotation) plus wider, wider low rolling resistance tires all contributed to its more agile and better handling feel. The Stow-n-Go second row seats are a Chrysler exclusive feature. The size of the storage box could not be increased, so a clever solution was to pivot the head restraints higher and allow a taller seatback. A new single action foldaway mechanism also makes it an easier task to
stow them under the floor. The Dodge Grand Caravan and its gang of seven
other new 2011 vehicles have already arrived at your local Dodge and
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