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Chicken blood flows from poultry rendering plant Resident ﬁnds waste in alley Sandra Thomas Staff writer

Raw chicken blood, skin and feathers ﬂow into drains outside the Hallmark Poultry Processors plant off Commercial Drive. main photo Dan Toulgoet inset photo Caroline Boback

An East Side woman is concerned raw chicken blood, skin, feathers and bones from the Hallmark Poultry Processors rendering plant are being washed into the city’s storm water system. Caroline Boback was walking north on Commercial Drive Friday afternoon near the large abattoir located between East Hastings and Pandora streets when she noticed a stream of pink water containing raw chicken bits, bones and feathers ﬂowing down the alley that divides two of the buildings. Boback, a letter carrier with Canada Post, was concerned because the bloody water was ﬂowing directly into a drain located

at the end of the alley near the street, which she assumed belongs to the city’s storm water system. “I thought, this doesn’t look right,” Boback told the Courier Monday morning. “It looked to me like they were using our storm drain for that water. It’s not like it was in an enclosed space.” The drain is located at the west end of the alley between East Hastings and Franklin streets, which divides the large Hallmark rendering facility. On Monday morning there was no stream of water ﬂowing from the plant down the alley, but feathers and small pieces of bone were still visible near the drain and in the snow piled on Commercial Drive. See CITY on page 4

City hall may modify councillor gift disclosure policy Report recommends council disclose gifts valued at more than $50, down from the current $250 threshold Mike Howell Staff writer

The city’s general manager of human resources is recommending council tighten up a policy requiring the mayor and councillors to disclose gifts or personal beneﬁts they receive while on the job.

In a report going before city council March 3, Patrice Impey recommended politicians disclose a gift or personal beneﬁt valued at more than $50. The current policy sets the value at $250 or more. “The existing language has proven difﬁcult to interpret and administer,” Impey said in her

report, which deﬁnes gifts and personal beneﬁts as “items or services of value” received for personal use. That includes cash, gift cards, tickets to events, clothing, jewelry, pens, food or beverages, discounts on personal purchases, free or subsidized drinks or meals, enter-

tainment and invitations to social functions organized by groups or community organizations. The report comes almost three years after the Courier revealed councillors received free dinners, yacht rides and tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert, Vancouver Canucks games and Cirque de

Soleil performances, among other events. A majority of councillors didn’t file their disclosure statements until notified via email by the city clerk that the Courier requested the information. Others didn’t file, even though they attended some of the same events. See MAJORITY on page 4

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Majority of gifts came from developer Concord Pacific Continued from page 4 The majority of the gifts came from developer Concord Paciﬁc, which has donated thousands of dollars in the past decade to Vision Vancouver and the NPA. COPE has also received donations from Concord. A new council was elected in November 2008 and the number of freebies disclosed by councillors has decreased dramatically, with the majority not ﬁling any documents since the election. Those who disclosed gifts include Vision Coun. Heather Deal, who received a pair of tickets worth $700

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from non-proﬁt society Music B.C. to attend the Juno Awards in March 2009. NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton accepted a pair of tickets worth $1,200 from developer Robert Macdonald to attend the Dutch masters

gala at the Vancouver Art Gallery in May 2009. Wendy Stewart of the city’s communications department said in an email the proposed changes will give more clarity to “what is and is not to be dis-

closed” and improve the consistency in which councillors ﬁle disclosures. While the city clerk remains the “custodian” of the disclosure forms and information, the onus to ﬁle continues to rest with

the politician, who must report the gift or personal benefit “as soon as practicable.” “The public expects this kind of transparency from public officials and this is why it is up to the recipient [public official] to disclose,” Stewart wrote. “A code of conduct is a policy for council and staff to follow. As with most policies, the onus is on the individual to be aware of the policies and adhere to them.” The proposed policy revision says council members may accept gifts or personal benefits related to protocol or social obligations

when on ofﬁcial duty from the city. Politicians, staff and advisory bodies have the option to not accept the gift or personal beneﬁt and turn it over to the city clerk without disclosure. City manager Penny Ballem is the only staff member to disclose a gift since the Courier requested information from city hall on disclosures in 2008. Ballem received $3,500 from a speaking engagement at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and recommended it be donated to the United Way. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

City ‘reviewing the situation’ after resident complaints

Continued from page 4 Further up the alley, a steady ﬂow of bloody water poured into what looked like specially designed drains located at the rear of one of the buildings. Live chickens in cages were stacked up metres away. Boback had her camera with her last Friday. She told the Courier that when she began taking pictures of the water, a worker

came out of the plant to speak to her. She added the man spoke little English, but he conveyed to her a pipe had broken inside the plant leading to the overﬂow. Boback had several other concerns regarding the bloody water, including the health of small children walking by and playing in the “puddles.” “I know there have been smell complaints at this plant before,

but this was the ﬁrst time I’d seen anything like this,” said Boback. Boback called the city Friday afternoon at about 5 p.m. and heard back from an employee in engineering ﬁrst thing Monday morning who said her complaint was being investigated. City of Vancouver media spokesperson Theresa Beers said the city is taking the situation very seriously and has at-

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sible to ensure discharge doesn’t ﬂow onto a city street or lane again. She added the city will visit Hallmark to ensure the improvements have been made. The Courier left numerous messages at Hallmark for plant manager Duane Lefebvre over two days, but no one returned calls before the Courier’s press deadline. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Some of you have contacted me in recent weeks asking about Brent McGregor’s role in the proposed mega casino and hotel project that goes to public hearing March 7. McGregor is the city’s former deputy city manager. The well respected 30plus year vet of city hall left in June 2007 and began a job in early 2008 as a consultant with B.C. Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), the provincial Crown corporation that operates B.C. Place Stadium. McGregor has provided technical advice and liaised with city staff in negotiations that resulted in Paragon Gaming Inc. signing a 70-year lease with PavCo in hopes of building a mega

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ing” the city, Stewart said it’s not the case. “We do not believe that Mr. McGregor is ‘lobbying’ the city to obtain a beneﬁt. Also, although we do not believe lobbying is taking place here, it should be noted that the Lobbyist Registration Act is provincial legislation that applies to the legislature. The city does not have similar legislation governing people who do seek to persuade council to do things. Therefore, if lobbying were to occur, there are no special rules that would require registration of the lobbyist, etc.” So what does McGregor have to say about all this? “I don’t lobby anybody. I’m putting the factual stuff out there. It is what it is.”

As a consultant with B.C. Pavilion Corporation, former deputy city manager Brent McGregor (top left) liaised with city staff regarding the proposed mega casino downtown.photo Dan Toulgoet Added McGregor: “When I left the city, all of my ﬁles were left there and I don’t do any other work for the city, per se. The only thing I got left with me is what’s in my head. That’s it.” As for his name on the city documents as “the applicant” for PavCo, McGregor clariﬁed that it’s not his project. Someone sim-

ply had to sign the documents, he added. When McGregor retired from his job at the city, senior staff recognized his workload and hired two people—James Ridge and Jody Andrews—to do his job. Ridge and Andrews have since left the city. Sadhu Aufochs Johnston is now deputy city manager

and Wendy Au is assistant city manager. Penny Ballem, a former provincial deputy health minister, became city manager in December 2008, the same week Vision Vancouver took ofﬁce and dumped then-city manager Judy Rogers. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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The park board voted Monday night to allow a memorial to the Komagata Maru incident be built in Harbour Green Park, which will include a view of the site where the vessel was moored. The Komagata Maru arrived in Coal Harbour in 1914 carrying 376 British subjects from India. Due to immigration policies of the day, 365 of the passengers were denied entry so for the next two months the freighter stayed in the waters off Vancouver as the passengers, who were denied food and water, challenged the government to legally stay in Canada. In July 1914, the Komagata Maru was forced to leave Vancouver and return to Calcutta. Last year funds became available to the Khalsa Diwan Society for a monument through a federal initiative

The Komagata Maru is coming to Coal Harbour. photo Dan Toulgoet called the Community Historical Recognition Program. Response from a public consultation last year regarding the memorial shows priorities for the project include historical accuracy, the retention of as many plants as possible and safety. Design options detailed in a parks staff report include curved panels with a weathered steel ﬁnish, portholes inlaid with historical photos, viewing slots cut out of varying heights, a paved deck and gangway to the memorial. The monument should be completed by next March.

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The Vancouver School Board plans to take a second look at its stake in the joint operating agreement regarding Britannia Community Ser-

vices Centre it shares with the city and park board. The ﬁnancial agreement has been in place for more than 30 years. Britannia is the only community centre in the city that doesn’t fall directly under the park board and instead works closely with the city and school board. The centre encompasses a number of facilities including elementary and secondary schools, an adult education centre, ice rink, community centre, library, child care, teen centre and art gallery. A presentation made at a recent school board committee meeting detailed how the cost-sharing formula in place doesn’t recognize the different complexities of each facility, how the formula is based on available hours

rather than usage, that the existing budgets and funding do not address the need for new or replacement facilities and that the VSB’s expenditures for Britannia far exceed its spending for a similar secondary and elementary school combination. COPE trustee Allan Wong told me the school board’s share to operate the centre, including the schools, is almost $1.9 million a year, or 63 per cent of the total annual operating cost. Wong says that budget doesn’t include long-term maintenance costs and that needs to be addressed. He adds since a long-term master plan is being developed for the centre, taking a second look at the joint operating agreement makes sense. Theresa Beer, media spokesperson for the city, says the discussion is in its early days but acknowledged a review of the centre’s unique ﬁnancial arrangement and its funding is taking place. She added so far the partnership has been a successful one and the city looks forward to working with the school board and Britannia in the future. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Mega casino company gave $2,500 to ruling Vision Vancouver Mike Howell Staff writer

The company proposing to build a mega casino adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium donated $2,500 to the ruling Vision Vancouver council and $200 to council’s lone NPA councillor, according to ﬁnancial disclosure documents ﬁled at city hall. Edgewater Casino Inc. gave Vision Vancouver the money Nov. 26, 2008. Edgewater Casino Limited Partnership donated $200 to NPA Coun. Suzanne Anton June 24, 2007, according to the documents. Both Edgewater companies are subsidiaries of Paragon Gaming Inc., which bought the Edgewater Casino at the Plaza of Nations in 2006. Paragon of Las Vegas wants to relocate from the Plaza to land immediately west of the stadium and build a casino with 1,500 slot machines and 150 games tables. The donations recorded in the documents are in contrast to what Paragon spokesperson Tamara Hicks told the Courier in an interview earlier this month. The Courier pointed out to Hicks that

“WE’VE NOT GIVEN ANY MONEY TO ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.” Tamara Hicks

Great Canadian Casino and the previous owners of Edgewater donated money to political parties. The Courier asked Hicks whether Paragon donated money to local political parties. “We’ve not given any money to any political campaigns,” said Hicks in an article published Feb. 4. “At this stage of the game, we’re remaining neutral.” On Monday, the Courier emailed the disclosure documents to Hicks, who said she wasn’t aware of the donations and hadn’t had time to review the documents. But, Hicks said, the money given to Vision and Anton was probably related to a dinner or community event. “It’s not backing any one political candidate,” she said Tuesday.

Paragon Gaming Inc. wants to build a casino with 1,500 slot machines submitted artist rendering and 150 games tables next to B.C. Place. “We just don’t. We’ve always remained neutral. Paragon’s an American company and we don’t want to be taking sides and we will remain neutral.” The donations were made previous to Paragon signing a 70-year lease in February 2010 with B.C. Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) to build a casino and two hotels adjacent to the stadium. PavCo is relying on the gaming company’s $6 million annual lease payments to

pay off a $563 million renovation to the stadium, $240 million of which is for the retractable roof. The public hearing for Paragon’s casino bid begins March 7. Despite Paragon’s donations, the mayor and councillors are under no obligation to recuse themselves from voting on Paragon’s proposal. All three parties represented at council—Vision, the NPA and COPE—have received money from various sources in re-

cent years, including developers, casino operators and unions. None of their elected candidates has cited a donation as a reason to recuse themselves from voting on an issue, as was witnessed last week when Concord Pacific— which has donated money to all three parties—had a rezoning application before council. According to the city’s conflictof-interest guidelines, a conflict exists when “an individual is, or could be, influenced or appear to be influenced by a personal interest, financial (pecuniary) or otherwise, when carrying out their public duty. Personal interest can include direct or indirect pecuniary interest, bias, prejudgment, close mindedness or undue influence.” Wendy Stewart of the city’s communications department said “the courts” have ruled that if a politician receives a campaign contribution from someone who would benefit from a council decision, this does not result in the politician having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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A community cookbook written and compiled by a group of Japanese-Canadian seniors living in Vancouver is about so much more than good food. Home Away from Home is a collection of much-loved family recipes that originated in Japan, were handed down through generations and are now being shared through the book. For Japanese-Canadian seniors with no children, the cookbook was also the opportunity to preserve family recipes and heritage that could one day be lost. David Iwaasa, executive director of the Japanese Community Volunteers Association, calls the book a labour of love and an opportunity to share favourite home-style Japanese recipes with younger generations. He says many of the recipes featured in the book came from Japanese seniors who are no longer able to cook the way they used to, but still have the knowledge and ideas younger and future generations can beneﬁt from. The cookbook also lets the seniors continue to invite friends and family into their kitchens. Home Away from Home contains 72 kitchentested recipes compiled from three dozen Japanese-Canadian seniors, some in their 90s. Some of the recipes come from and are dedicated to the memory of friends who have passed away, leaving the cookbook as their legacy. The majority of the contributors were women. Iwaasa says the most enjoyable part of creating the cookbook was testing the recipes, which range from traditional Japanese

sandrathomas to Japanese-Canadian fusion. The book includes recipes for everything from teppanyaki (barbeque), Japanese pickles to kinpira gobo (burdock root and carrot), crabs in black bean sauce and datemaki (sweet rolled omelet). He notes the recipes include simple healthy ingredients readily available across the city. Once the seniors decided on the project, they began raising money and were approved for a grant from the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. Then the community came on board with several local businesses donating food and supplies for the test kitchen. Lurana Kikko Tasaka, who heads up the association’s seniors advisory committee, took the lead and helped make the cookbook a reality. Home Away from Home was ﬁrst printed in 2008 with the ﬁrst 1,500 copies quickly snapped up.”

Buoyed by their success, the seniors recently had another 1,000 copies printed, which are on sale now. Every penny raised from the books goes back to seniors programs, including the twice weekly Japanese lunches served at the association’s ofﬁce at 511 East Broadway, also called Tonari Gumi, which Iwaasa says translates to neighbourhood house or association. Besides hot meals, the association, which launched in 1976, offers numerous programs for seniors including ESL and exercise classes, massage, crafts, karaoke, dance and bowling. Outreach programs ensure seniors living alone aren’t left in isolation. He notes many of the Japanese seniors don’t have children or family close by, so the Tonari Gumi centre and the friends they make there are important to them. Iwaasa described to me what the cookbook means to the team of seniors involved in the project. “It was a very special experience for them,” he says. “When it got printed and we put it in their hands, you could see how moved they were. They know there’s a part of each of them inside this book that’s going to live on.” Home Away from Home is available for sale at Barbara-Jo’s Books for Cooks, the Tonari Gumi ofﬁce on East Broadway, The Cannery in Steveston and Nikkei National Museum and Heritage Centre in Burnaby. The book is also available online at jcva.bc.ca/cookbook. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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School board bureaucrats target children’s literature “How should you like to grow up a clever man, and write books, eh?” “I think I would rather read them, sir.” So quipped Oliver Twist, the orphan hero of the Charles Dickens classic, when marvelling at the book-laden shelves in Mr. Brownlow’s study. Considering the reading habits of contemporary adults, it seems odd to call Oliver Twist a children’s book. The gritty tale of London waif-children boasts more symbolism and character development than any John Grisham creation or “Girl Who Did Whatever” novel. But since 1838, its year of publication, Oliver Twist sat alongside other great works of 19th century literature in schoolhouses far and wide—although not without controversy. According to critics, Dickens portrayal of the villainous Fagin was anti-Semitic. In subsequent years, anti-Twist advocates called for a book ban, the exploits of Mr. Bumble and Toby Crackit notwithstanding. Today, a similar spirit of censorship exists inside the Vancouver School District where the Diversity Team (six bureaucrats operating out of the school board building on West Broadway) threatens all things Dickensian and other children’s classics. According to the Team’s 27-page Planning Tool for Vancouver Educators, elementary school teachers and administrators should: “Choose a range of children’s literature that accurately portrays all kinds of families, various cultural communities and traditions.” Nothing wrong with that. We live in a multicultural, multiracial society. But they don’t stop there. “Review the resources you use with a critical eye,” reads the manual, “for possible hidden messages about cultural, gender and other stereotypes.” Hidden messages? Sounds confusing and subjective. To assist educators, among other resources the team recommends “10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism,” a censorship checklist invented by an American group called the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Here are a few checklist examples, in no particular order. “Check the story line: Liberation movements have led publishers to weed out many insulting passages… however, racist and sexist attitudes still find expression in less obvious ways.” “Check out the author’s perspective: Children’s books in the past have traditionally come from authors who were white and who were members of the middle class. Is the perspective patriarchal or feminist? Is it solely Eu-

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markhasiuk rocentric, or do minority cultural perspectives also appear?” And finally, the death blow. “Look at the copyright date: Non-sexist books, with rare exceptions, were not published before 1973.” Nineteen seventy-three? How did they decide on that date? In my experience, a sound argument can be made that no children’s book worth reading has been written since the 1960s. So long Pippy Longstocking. Jump back down the hole, Alice, we don’t need you anymore. Despite a request from yours truly, the school district could not (or would not) provide a list of books removed from libraries or classrooms since the Diversity Team was created in 2005. But one thing is certain. If educators listen to the team, and its how-to manual on book banning, Vancouver schools will be purged of classic children’s literature. In light of the team’s narrow interpretation of the acceptable, no one is safe. Not C.S. Lewis and his Christian overtones. Nor Mark Twain or Horatio Alger or Roald Dahl—all inherently racist white men who dared publish before our current era of enlightenment. And what’s to be done about empty bookshelves, if the classics fall away? The Diversity Team has a plan for that contingency. Enter Steve Mulligan, the Team’s anti-homophobia consultant, whose socalled “Pride booklist” includes glittering titles such as Uncle Bobby’s Wedding and The Different Dragon. Like most forms of censorship, assaults on literature rely on the sensibilities or politics of a few—in this case, six bureaucrats at the school board building on Broadway. With their verdict, they indict everyone who embraces classic children’s literature or grew up in its warm light. Books tap the imagination, especially in children. While imperfect, history’s greatest children’s books, written when reading was the most popular form of home entertainment, provide the best chance for young minds to develop a love of literature. Surely, if anything exists outside the molesting hands of agenda-driven adults, it’s the legacy of wonderful stories. mhasiuk@vancourier.com Twitter: @MarkHasiuk

Vancouver’s recent recognition as one of the world’s most “livable” cities has rubbed one reader the wrong way. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Dear Kudos and Kvetches, whoever you are I am glad that you took the piss out of the Vancouver media doing their annual Sally Field “they like me! they really like me!” routine after reading the Economist headline. Funny how the Sun and other rags didn’t shout in 2010 “Vancouver is #4 in the Mercer report!” Years ago some wag—could have been in K&K—wrote “Vancouver is the Marilyn Monroe of Canadian cities.” Quite insult-

ing for poor Marilyn. Vancouver is more like Pam Anderson under bright lights: two plastic colanders and too many wrinkles. Quality of life is about a person’s emotional state and personal life. One may live in the highest ranked city in terms of quality of living and still have a very bad quality of life because of unfortunate personal circumstances (illness, unemployment or loneliness, etc). Jean-Louis Brussac, Coquitlam

Canada Line ‘injustice’ threatens everyone

To the editor: Re: “Court ruling leaves Canada Line victim in limbo,” Feb. 23. The judges indicated that the Canada Line was needed for the 2010 Games yet we were told repeatedly that the Canada Line was not needed for the 2010 Games from many including the premier. Were they all lying? Pardon me, were they all just being merely disingenuous? The appeal court justices stated: “there was no construction method that provided a non-nuisance alternative in building the Canada Line.” Oh, then why was the portion under Yaletown and Granville Street constructed using a tunnel-boring machine? There is a difference between having a few dump

trucks going by your store and having the road dug up for years. There are various degrees of nuisance and one only needed to pass by Cambie to understand what extreme nuisance looks like. The judges were very careful in their use of phrases; however, they failed to deal with reality. At some point these judges need to know the difference between apples and oranges. Judges living on top of society’s pyramid, far from the type of excavation that occurred during the construction of the Canada Line, haven’t a clue about nuisance and running a small business. The judgement handed down by them was a matter for public policy discussion and not the courts.

They should have stuck to the facts and not their false perceptions of what constitutes public good. The facts that were revealed in B.C. Supreme Court during the original hearing showed a level of overt and covert deception conducted by public and private entities that would make any sensible citizen rule in Heyes’s favour. Nothing prevents the same entities from conducting themselves in a similar manner and this should be cause for alarm amongst us all. Is your livelihood next, is your home really your home? This isn’t just Susan Heyes’s misfortune and injustice, it’s all of ours. Phil Le Good, White Rock, B.C.

Don’t compare aborted babies to dead dogs

To the editor: Re: “Dog slaughter outrage should include abortion clinics,” Letters, Feb. 23. Courier letter writer David Johnson’s letter to the editor really pissed me off. The slaughter of the sled dogs in Whistler is indeed an example of pure human ignorance. I cannot imagine what those dogs experienced. I do not want to envision that. Comparing abortion, which is every woman’s right, to the slaughter of dogs in Whistler is purely an outrage within an outrage. Does Mr. Johnson wish to return to the world circa 1950 and see the death rate escalate and women to be victims of Ajax and coat hangers from abortions performed in seedy alleys or on urban kitchen tables? Or suffer

permanent maiming at the hand of one of these “abortion providers?” Mark Shyluk, Vancouver

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To the editor: Babies are not slaughtered at abortion clinics. Clusters of cells that can’t stay alive on their own are removed from the bodies of girls and women whose lives would be shattered if those cells were allowed to develop into full-term babies. Women own their bodies. Mr. Johnson, it is you who has to get your priorities straight. You can’t be smugly antiabortion because you will never need one. Norma Dixon, Vancouver

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Students learn art of porcine butchering Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

“Oh my God, the head is still on it,” exclaimed a Britannia student as Robert Belcham slid the plastic off half a dead pig. Belcham, executive chef and co-owner of Kitsilano’s Campagnolo and Main Street’s Refuel, spoke to 50 Cafeteria and Food 12 students at Grandview-Woodland secondary school Feb. 24 while demonstrating artisanal butchering, a skill that’s rarely taught even in cooking schools. Cafeteria teacher Dawn Kelly brought Belcham and his co-proprietor and sommelier Tom Doughty to the school to give the students a “real life experience.” Kelly wants to bring the culinary arts alive for students pondering a career in the ﬁeld and for those with an interest in food. The bespectacled Belcham, a big man dressed in black with colourful arm tattoos and a pig emblazoned on his T-shirt, sawed the side of pork into three sections and pointed out the origins of ham, prosciutto, bacon and sausages. He said aspiring chefs need to know where their ingredients come from, how animals are fed and treated and, how vegetables are grown and harvested. “There’s a social thing to think about,” Belcham said, “not just the monetary value in your own wallet.” The pig was donated by Jim Clark, Belcham’s business associate and Kelly’s husband. Belcham sources his pork exclusively from Sloping Hill Farm in Qualicum Beach because he knows the animals are humanely treated before being slaughtered. He estimates he wastes less than a pound from a 300-pound pig. Only two students expressed apprehen-

sion before the session, saying they don’t eat meat and they didn’t want to smell it, according to Kelly. But those same students stayed, and only two students walked out after Belcham sawed off the pig’s head. Twenty other students stood for a better view as Belcham showed them where the tenderloin originates, saying the expensive cut is his least favourite part of the pig. He prefers the head. Belcham promised to deliver bacon and braised head from that pig to the students for a taste test. He told the students he works 12 to 14 hours a day, six to seven days a week, but he loves the variety in his work. Doughty told the students how he travelled and worked in some kitchens for free to learn skills and “steal ideas.” They told the students that kitchen experience is more useful than spending tens of thousands of dollars on chef school. “Every single day I get to give people great food and wine,” Doughty said. “If I’d gone to law school I’d give them subpoenas and make them sad. Everything I put in front of people makes them happy.” Monique Ly, a student in Foods 12, plans to taste the pigs’ head. She appreciated Belcham’s ethical sentiments and both restaurateurs’ enthusiasm. “What I’ll take away from today is just that you should always go do what you love to do, not just because [you] want to be rich,” Ly said. Belcham and Doughty were the ﬁrst in an “axis of deliciousness” Kelly has planned. Restaurateurs from Kitsilano’s Maenam and Bistro Bistro will visit the school before the year’s end. crossi@vancourier.com

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Daters ‘tingle’ for romance via mobile network Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

Ian Bell knew only his parents and other guys who played hockey when he returned to Vancouver from California some years ago. And he wanted to meet women. He dated online and found the experience wanting. He ﬁgured he wasn’t the only one. Bell eventually married, but he couldn’t let go of the idea that new technology could ease dating woes, so his company Appsocial Media started developing a mobile network called Tingle in 2009. Bell says Tingle combines the positive points of chat lines and online dating into one iPhone ap-

plication. “The disadvantage of [chat lines] is you can’t see who you’re talking to and you don’t really get much prior to talking to them in terms of information of who they actually are,” he said. Users can send a “tingle” to another participant they ﬁnd appealing and, once connected, note where that person hangs out. “If he shows up at the same bar you go to all the time, you’d be interested in that,” said Parveen Kaler, director of development at Tingle.com. Tingle’s developers have learned through beta testing that users want to choose whether they share their location. Tingle only reveals where you are to

your Tingle friends and Tingle members who happen to be at the same spot if you choose to log the location. Tingle friends can message each other through text chats and talk on the phone without revealing their name, phone number or email address. And if their initial communication with another Tingle member becomes irritating or unsettling, the connection can be blocked. Kaler planned to talk about the app at a Net Tuesday meetup, after the Courier’s press time. Melody Ma, who organized the March installment of Net Tuesday, said there’s been a recent surge of location-based service applications with the advent of social

networking sites that use them, including Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places. Ma noted more than 51 per cent of respondents to a survey by Microsoft reported using location-based services, and industry experts have predicted that such services will garner more than $14 billion by 2014. “Mobile apps are the new cigarette smoking,” Bell said. “Ten years ago if you wanted to look comfortable standing by yourself in the middle of nowhere, you smoked a cigarette. Now you pull out your phone, check your dates.” Ma, a product manager for loyalty-based programs with Moneris Solutions, sees the value in com-

panies using location-based services to attract return customers with deals for checking in. A representative of the online city guide Yelp, Compass Engine, a local company that’s focused on location-based games including the recently launched Bounty Island, and a founder of EchoEcho Mobile, another location-based company, were also to speak at Net Tuesday. The next Net Tuesday, April 5, focuses on stories of culture and diversity in social media. April’s Net Tuesday runs in the Alice McKay room of the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library at 6 p.m. crossi@vancourier.com

Distracted Driving Includes Eating, Drinking, and Putting On Makeup

ust over a year ago (January 1, 2010) laws banning driving and using hand-held electronic communication devices (ECD) came into effect in British Columbia. Following a one month grace period to allow drivers time to change their habits and acquire hands-free devices, the police began Cedric Hughes issuing $167 fines and three penalty points to drivers caught “holding, operating, communicating or watching the screen of a handheld electronic communication device” while driving. The “banned while driving” devices include hand-held cell phones, personal digital assistants, other hand-held electronic devices that process or compute data, hand-held audio players including iPods and MP3 players, GPS Navigation Systems, hand microphones, and television screens. During the year, the RCMP issued 32,000 tickets across the province for infractions of the new laws, and tallied 45 of the 104 driving fatalities that occurred in the BC jurisdictions they police as caused by distracted driving. Of this number, an RCMP spokesperson said this was “a very high number of fatalities for the 2.5 million people who live here.” At the one-year anniversary of these new rules, and to motivate all drivers to redouble their compliance efforts, the police announced that during February 2011 they were “cracking down.” They reminded drivers that, “distractions also include activities such as eating, drinking and even putting on makeup.” They emphasized that text messaging may be the most distracting activity of all. Despite the new laws and vigorous enforcement efforts, this driving topic is far from settled. For one thing safety advocates have argued and continue to say that the handheld qualification is a distraction from the real issue. Raynald Marchand of the Canada Safety Council has been quoted as saying: “The problem is the degree

of the distraction, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free. Handsfree is not distractionfree.” Safety advocates worry this stoppingshort approach gives drivers a “false sense of security”. Bloggers continue to ask why the old careless driving or ‘driving without due Barrister & Solicitor car and attention’ laws weren’t sufficient, and write lists of other distracting activities taunting “the nanny state” to take these on too. And letter-to-the-editor writers continue to rail against all the scofflaws they see. A typical person-onthe-street interviewee usually says he or she sees people driving and talking on their hand-held cell phone “all the time.” A recent Angus Reid Public Opinion poll of 1,010 Canadians about support for a federal ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while driving showed 83 per cent of Canadians supporting such a ban. BC respondents, however, were the least supportive at only 74 per cent. A Canadian Automobile Survey published at the end of 2010 found that CAA members concerns about the dangers of texting and emailing while driving have inched past concerns about drinking and driving: the former ranked as a very serious threat by 88% of respondents; the latter ranked as a very serious threat by 83%. In response, Jeff Walker, the CAA’s public affairs vice-president said, “Legislation alone will not solve the issue. Enforcement, along with public awareness and education is required. It is a matter of society making the practice of texting while driving socially unacceptable.”

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Catch life when it’s good One effective parenting approach can make each of us happier if we apply it to our daily lives. A great strategy we used when our kids were small was to catch them being good. We would smile and complement them when they did something thoughtful, generous or kind. Not only did this reinforce good behaviour but it made our home a more positive place. Each day, we saw the best in them, and I’m sure this helped them see the best in themselves. Parents shouldn’t underestimate the power of their words. Long after childhood, positive or negative statements continue a conscious and subconscious dialogue that shades the thoughts and feelings of grown children. Obviously, put downs and negative generalizations about character and ability can erode a child’s budding self-esteem with a cascade of emotional and relationship issues downstream, trickling into every aspect of that child’s future life. Less obvious is the effect of excessive criticism that is not balanced by positive reinforcement. It is like the difference between optimism and pessimism. Is your cup half full or half empty? Is your kid half-good or half-bad? The reality of the present is exactly the same, but the difference is in our outlook and our behavior. If we see more of the positive, we can make the most of it and bring

davidicuswong more into the future. As parents seizing the best in our children, we become more positive and optimistic. We can leverage our children’s strengths to work with their challenges. We create a more appreciative atmosphere for the whole family, and this will shape our children’s evolving mindscape. Now we all know that our lives are not smooth sailing. We each get a mixed bag of good and bad moments in each day. Even on your bad days when it seems as if everything is going wrong and during those long stretches in your life when you’re coping with loss or overwhelmed with stress, there will be moments when life gives you a break. The light turns green just before you reach the intersection (and no one is running the red light). The last pair of shoes is just your size. You get to the parking

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meter before the time has run out. You ﬁnd a parking spot with an hour left on the meter. Someone lets you ahead in line. You get a day off and the sun is shining. A stranger smiles at you. Another driver lets you merge into his lane. You hear your favourite song in an elevator. No one else is in the elevator so you can sing and dance to it if you want. The elevator doors open before you have a chance to wait and you make it to your ﬂoor without a stop. Your kid is in a cuddly mood and feels like giving you a hug. You run into an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time. These great things don’t happen all the time, but some good or great things do happen to you each and every day. When you’re having a bad day or passing through a tough stretch when life hasn’t been treating you so well, you may not be primed to notice these little breaks. Your happiness exercise for today: Make a point of catching life when it’s good to you. I guarantee you’ll notice that you’re day will go better than you thought. You’ll be happier. Your life will be happier. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a physician at PrimeCare Medical. His column appears regularly in this paper. Since Feb.1, his “A Hundred Days to Happiness” offers daily insights into living a happier life at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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3. Vancouver’s only live televised variety show, Paul Anthony’s Talent Time battles Seasonal Affective Disorder March 2, 8 p.m. at the Biltmore. The beach party-themed evening features live music from The Creaking Planks, heavy metal violinist Paul Fenz, Pump Trolley Comedy, burlesque performer Miss Fitt, light therapy lamps and a free spray-on tan booth. Sweet. Info at biltmorecabaret.com. 4. Who hasn’t wondered what a bluegrass version of Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” sounds like? Hear for yourself when Winnipeg’s folky females Oh My Darling play the Railway Club March 3. For more information, go to therailwayclub.com.

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Last week it was announced two heavyweights of classic rock and urban mythology will join forces for one night of sweet music. On April 22, Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks perform at Rogers Arena—a one-two punch the likes of which hasn’t been felt since Fantasy Island followed Love Boat on Saturday nights. Besides maximum tune-age and a chance for middle-aged fans to get their feathered-hair groove on, what makes this concert particularly notable are the infamous tales of backstage debauchery and bizarre rumours both artists bring with them. Nicks is known for her musical contributions to Fleetwood Mac and her shawl-inspired caterwauling as a solo artist. But she’s also notorious for her cocaine intake during the 1970s and stories of how she had to resort to creative ways of ingesting the white lady with her lower extremities after she apparently developed a tolerance to the drug and burnt a hole in her nose. Then, of course, there’s Stewart and the mother of all urban myths concerning a certain backstage incident, which, being a community newspaper, we’re prevented from describing. All we can tell

you is, according to the legend, Stewart was rushed to the hospital to get his stomach pumped. If you’ve lived under a rock for the past 20 years and you’re morbidly curious, you can google the rest. Google was invented precisely for these sorts of quests for useless knowledge. Naturally, both singers have denied the rumours in past interviews. But bringing these two icons under one roof strikes us as dangerous. The sheer concentration of urban legend could prove explosive—not just in terms of the existing myths but also the new ones that will surely be created after the concert is over. Always ones to have our ears to the ground, K&K has already heard stirrings, and we’d like share with you a few of the new urban legends borne out of the upcoming Nicks/Stewart summit. • Rod Stewart’s facial mole is really a cigarette burn from Ron Wood after Stewart made fun of him for sleeping with only three underage women over the course of a week. • Years of past cocaine abuse have paralyzed Stevie Nicks’s face to the point she can’t laugh, so she has handlers who regularly massage her facial muscles and form

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a smile whenever she hears a joke about Mick Fleetwood’s impotency or looks at her Lindsey Buckingham bobblehead doll… which is often. • Stewart keeps a pet badger named after his third wife, who he can barely remember. But when he looks into the badger’s eyes at night, memories of Stewart’s seedy past come rushing back to him and he sobs into the badger’s furry arms until he falls asleep only to wake up in the morning covered in scratches and bites, which he then blames on a mountain biking accident, despite never owning a mountain bike. • Nicks once passed out under a pile of her own shawls and wasn’t found for three days. • Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie once found a satchel of gold coins in Nicks’s left nostril and used the booty to take their roadies out for a fondue dinner, which the roadies had to pay for in the end because the restaurant wouldn’t accept a satchel of gold coins for payment. • Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks are the same person and have never been seen together at the same time and rumours about cocaine ingestion and stomach pumping are just a ruse to keep the public distracted from this fact.

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Franz Kafka jumps into bed with the Brothers Grimm in Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman. If Rapunzel had been written by McDonagh and not the Grimms, he would have braided that long golden hair from three strands: the effect of violence in literature (and, by extension, television and film) on our lives, the disastrous consequences of parents favouring one offspring over another and the unbridled desire writers have for posterity. And Rapunzel would have ended up dead. Neither Kafka nor the Brothers Grimm had a sense of humour—the absurd, obviously, but not laugh-out-loud comedy—but McDonagh definitely does. The Pillowman is a jagged, funny, scary play, and Stephen Drover, directing for Wild Geese Equity Co-op, mines it for all its black comedy creepiness, mingling murder and torture with mirth. McDonagh, born in London to Irish parents, has set most of his plays (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, A Skull in Connemara and The Cripple of Inishmaan) in Ireland, but this play takes place in some undefined totalitarian state where Katurian K. Katurian (Aaron Hursh), a story writer, is being interrogated by flinty-eyed cop Tupolski (Ashley O’Connell) and his vicious sidekick Ariel (Mike Wasko). “I write stories. That’s it,” explains Katurian. But what stories he writes: tales of children murdered in bizarre ways including crucifixion. And now, someone has murdered several kids exactly as they were killed in print. As leverage, Tupolski and Ariel have detained Katurian’s mentally challenged adult brother Michael (Ryan

Ryan Beil and Aaron Hursh appear in The Pillowman. Beil) in the next room. They’re prepared to torture Michael to extract a confession from Katurian. Doesn’t sound funny? It is. Tupolski is a kidder, a self-important little rooster. For example, when Katurian says the experience of reading aloud one of his stories—at Tupolski’s insistence—is like being back at school, Tupolski agrees but adds, “At school they didn’t execute you at the end.” Bleak but funny. Act 1 is more or less realistic, but Act 2 goes the way of The Black Rider or Nevermore: darker and weirder with Katurian’s parents (Dave Campbell and Bonnie Panych) materializing out of the shadows, pricked out in garish light (by lighting designer Darren Boquist) and speaking in unison. Little Girl (Jeanna Haddow), one of Katurian’s characters, also comes out of the dark stage right, to tell her grisly story. It’s all very bizarre but intriguing. Who doesn’t like a good story or three or four? Who isn’t titillated by tales of blood and guts? For many of us, it all started with Little Red Riding Hood. A welcome addition to the Vancouver theatre community is Hursh who recently left what he calls “the frigid Saskatchewan prairies” to set up shop

in relatively balmy Vancouver. At the beginning of The Pillowman, Hursh convinces us that Katurian is innocent and eager to prove it. But as Katurian begins to understand his complicity in the murders, Hursh shows Katurian sadly but bravely embracing the inevitable. Beil, with a guileless, perpetually surprised appearance, makes a perfect Michael. Scrunching up and hugging his knees to hear Katurian tell him the story of “The Pillowman,” the talewithin-the tale, Beil effectively mixes the sweet with the scary—even sad. O’Connell and Wasko—the good cop, bad cop combo—evoke many similar TV scenes featuring a twisted, unpredictable duo. Wasko is big, tall and intimidating; O’Connell, despite the delightful Irish accent, is an even nastier piece of work with tightly controlled menace lurking under a jocular façade. The Pillowman is deﬁnitely not pillow talk, and despite McDonagh’s Irish heritage, you’ll not ﬁnd any fairies or leprechauns here. In a surprising turn of events, however, something astonishingly green—and it’s not Paddy’s pig—does arrive to wrap things up. joled@telus.net

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A trip to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula five years ago inspired Leslie Beckmann’s debut novel, The Sum of All Evils. Mayan ruins and culture fascinated Beckmann, and a fully formed idea for a novel popped into the environmental consultant’s mind. “You can do this,” her husband told her. She said no, so he wrote the first three sentences for her story. “And I said I can do a better job than that,” recalled the local author. The result is an environmental thriller set on the Yucatan Peninsula in the dying days of 2012. It opens with an RCMP officer finding a human heart in the room of an upscale resort and follows officer Stephen Catherwood as he, his Mexican partner, a German archeologist and an American diplomat try to outrun a hurricane to solve the grisly crime. They encounter an indigenous myth that threatens global environmental collapse and social decay in the Yucatan rainforest and

Leslie Beckmann’s next work will be a fantasy novel. must battle the politics of oil, a deadly new weapon and a delusional guerrilla fighter, along with the elements. Beckmann’s first draft was almost 300,000 words, so she chopped it to 170,000. She approached literary agents and learned that if her book were accepted, it wouldn’t hit bookshelves for at least 18 months. That meant her tale could be released just two months before the Mayan “apocalypse” on Dec. 21, 2012, which would make her story swiftly stale, so Beckmann self-published her novel, which will be launched March 10. In December 2012, the complex Mayan calendar starts over. Beckmann was first published in 1994 in the Facts and Arguments section of the Globe and Mail. In 1997, she won the Courier’s fiction contest for a thinly veiled account of the time her “insane” relatives from New York City took her to Atlantic City.

“Which [was] madness upon madness,” she said. Beckmann learned Monday that her short unpublished work of creative nonﬁction had been shortlisted from thousands of entries for CBC’s Literary Awards. The 45-year-old always wanted to write but it never occurred to her to study the craft at university. Instead, Beckmann pursued her passion for biology. Her master’s in environmental studies and international political economy came in handy when writing The Sum of All Evils with its subtext of climate change. Beckmann hopes her readers ﬁnish her book with an appreciation for Mayan culture. “And I hope they come away with an appreciation of the power of individual action,” she said. “Everything that we do has an effect.” Beckmann’s next work will be a fantasy novel for her 11-year-old daughter. “The deal was that the next book would be for her, so I better get on with it,” Beckmann said. “Pretty soon she’s going to be bored by everything I have to say.” The Sum of All Evils trade paperback and e-book for Kindle will be available on Amazon.com by March 10, when she’ll launch her novel at a West Vancouver café. She will also sell an audio book at thesumofallevils.com. crossi@vancourier.com

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Sport B.C.’s Carey Summerfelt (centre) feted UBC Volleyball’s Joanne Ross, Doug Reimer and Katie Tyzuk—Team of the Year winner.

Fresh from his Grammy win with Eminem, music producer Chin Injeti and singer Kreesha Turner headlined the Face of Today fundraiser.

Fred Fashion Magazine’s western editor Joy Pecknold and Goh Ballet’s Chan Hon Goh were among the fashion plates at Michael Kors Paciﬁc Centre store opener.

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Fresh Face: Kasondra Cohen fronted her second Face of Today fete held at Gotham Steakhouse for an evening of philanthropy, inspiration and celebration. Vanhattan’s next generation of entrepreneurs, established business leaders and socialites gathered for the swish soiree featuring singer Kreesha Turner and local music producer Chin Injeti, who was fresh from his Grammy win with Eminem. Shoe biz: One hundred snowshoe enthusiasts assembled atop Mt. Seymour under a nearly full moon to support atrisk youth. Nearly $50,000 was raised for the Take a Hike program, which engages local at-risk youth through adventure-based learning. Women and wine: Sandra Oldfield (Tinhorn Creek Winery), Tony Stewart (Quails Gate Winery) and Daenna Van Mulligen (Wine Diva) were feted at the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs All About Wine Gala held at the Fairmont Waterfront. The event celebrates female entrepreneurs in the wine industry. Best in sport: Paralympian Lauren Woolstencroft, Olympians Maelle Ricker and Denny Morrison and the UBC Women’s Volleyball team were among the 17 winners cited at the 45th Sport B.C. Athlete of the Year Awards recognizing B.C.’s best athletes, coaches and officials. Hear Fred Monday morning on CBC Radio One’s The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; email Fred at yvrflee@hotmail.com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown.

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Following in her mom Jacqui Cohen’s philanthropic path, Kasondra Cohen (right) fronted her second annual Face of Today Foundation fete.

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Through an unprecedented wildcard tournament scheduled this weekend after the Lower Mainland playoffs, the St. George’s Saints will have a second chance to compete for a coveted berth to the Telus AAA basketball B.C. championships. Agreed to only days ago, this four-game wildcard entry is part of an unresolved conflict that coaches, athletic directors and board executives say divides private and public school systems. The angst stems from accusations of inherent advantage, fears of recruitment between all schools and competing interests that pit adult egos against one another with amateur athletes paying the price. But just who should pay what price is at the crux of the conflict. In sport, it seems we need reminding, there are winners and there are losers. Only 20 teams reach the provincial championships. Unless B.C. Boys Basketball expands the tournament or changes its regionally proportional structure, there will only be 20 teams at the dance. No school sports program, private or public, wants to be eliminated from a draw for which it vehemently believes it qualifies. How a team qualifies has become “messy,” a word used by more than one official to describe the process and the temporary resolution. The Provincials have historically been seeded based on regional and proportional representation. Eight zones are each allocated so many berths and within those zones, each school district qualifies so many teams. In the Lower Mainland zone this year, Vancouver qualifies six teams, Burnaby/New West three, Richmond two, and the private and independent schools qualify one team. The rub: this zone is unique in that the private and public schools are separate. The 12 teams are currently hashing it out, determining which five teams will represent the Lower Mainland. St. George’s and Vancouver College, the zone’s only AAA independent schools and both located in Vancouver, battled for their single berth. Vancouver College went 2-0 in the series. But the Saints will play for a back-door entry to the B.C. tournament. They will play the seventh-best team to emerge from the Lower Mainland playoffs. The winner then plays the sixth-place team and that winner will tip-off against the fifth-place team twice—all in consecutive days beginning Saturday. For more on this story, visit vancourier.com/sports. mstewart@vancourier.com

Britannia Bruins best York Tigers

Megan Stewart Staff writer

York arrived on Britannia’s home court Friday afternoon to determine who would head to the B.C. senior girls AA tournament as the No.1 seed in the draw. Of the three games they played this season, the York House Tigers, often ranked at No. 1 in the province and the defending B.C. champions, defeated the Britannia Bruins each time by a significant spread that kept inching upward: 70-51, 72-42 and 82-51. But in their fourth meeting against York Feb. 25 in the AA Lower Mainland final, the run-and-gun Bruins took a stunning lead by going ahead 17-2 in the opening quarter. Britannia never relinquished its grip on the lead and finished with a 10-point win, defeating York 81-71. “In the beginning of the season, we thought we weren’t good enough, we thought we were going to get creamed by them,” said Britannia forward Jojo Crossley. “But each time we play them we get better and our confidence level is rising.” Crossley, who had 14 points, didn’t characterize her team’s win as an upset. “We’re a good team. People will start to see that we’re more than an East Side school. We’re a great basketball team.” These Bruins are no demure teddy bears. The predominantly Grade 10 and 11 team defeated the defending city champion Kitsilano Blue Demons earlier this month. Still, the opening 17-2 run was unexpected. “We were a bit in disbelief at the beginning,” said Bruins head coach Mike Evans. “We were saying on the bench, they’re using up all their bad shots and the good ones will come back to haunt us.” Alisha Roberts netted two from the line to double the Tigers’ tally and end the first frame 17-4. York shot 33 per cent through the game. The Bruins shot just shy of 60 per cent. “We were a little bit cold,” said Tigers head coach Winton Brown. “They stole momentum pretty early and we were settling for shots when we probably should have been attacking the basket.” Brown coaches a summer club team that includes players from both the Bruins and the Tigers, affording the athletes familiarity with one another and a fluency in their individual styles and court personality.

Britannia’s Jennifer Carpio shows why she was named the tournaphoto Jason Lang ment’s best defensive player. “It’s not animosity, but there is a healthy competitive spirit between the two teams. We know as soon as we step on the ﬂoor with them, we know it’s going to be a battle.” Britannia stretched its lead through the second quarter to end the half 42-25. That 17-point lead wouldn’t budge through the third as both teams put up identical numbers. York rallied in the fourth. Roberts netted 27 of her 35 points through the second half and with Mira Donaldson, the pair went on a run from three-point land and were good for 12 points. A trey from Roberts in the ﬁnal 90 seconds put the Tigers at 71 to the Bruins’ 75 but York could not close the four-point gap. A contributing factor in the loss was the absence of Cherub Lum. York is playing without their talented and natural point guard after

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she was hurt Feb. 5. Together with Roberts, Lum creates one of the best front-court combinations in the province. The loss reminded the seemingly indomitable York Tigers that they’re not invincible—and this could be the best thing—said the school’s athletic director David Prissinotti. “You never want to lose, we’re competitive, but a lost right now, as much as it hurts, sometimes it’s not the worst that can happen. This will help this team regroup and refocus over the next few weeks as we prepare for what we really want to accomplish and that’s a provincial championship,” he said. Britannia’s Jilliane Viña was named the tournament MVP and Jennifer Carpio the best defensive player. mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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6565

Office/Retail Rent

LADNER CORE Comm 400-4000 sqft. Short/long term. lancemcc@eastlink.ca 604-240-9340

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR bsmt $780. Rupert/18. Walk to shops, trans. Avail immed. Call BJ 778-829-0060. 2 BDRM grnd flr bsmt suite, nr schools & shops Killarney area, ldry, ns, np, Mar 1st or 15th. $950 + utils. 604-657-7390 2 BDRM ste, near UBC, n/s, n/p, avail March 1 $1150/mo. call 604-612-9031 2 BR bsmnt ste, approx 700 sf, reno’d, newer home, heat, h/w, elect, w/d incld, nr Joyce Skytrain, $1,000, immed. 604-782-0026

Do You Need to Rent Your Property? 4 Lines 3 Times

LIC ELECTRICIAN #23336. Res & comm, new & old wiring, renos, panel change 604-218-5844 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

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

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Factory Direct Cedar Fence Panel for Sale & Installation 8291 No.5 Rd Richmond Call 604-275-3158

RENTALS

8125

Place Your Ad On-line at https://webads.van.net or call 604-630-3300

Flooring/ Refinishing

8105

ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing. Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275

Gutters

Contr 97222. 40 years exp. 1 stop! Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493.

Fully Guaranteed, Courteous & Reliable

QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs. Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. Free ests. Call Basile 604-617-5813

Electrical

DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Underground Video Inspection Call Tobias 604 782-4322

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

Concrete

8080

ABACUS ELECTRIC.ca Lic Elect

A-1 House Cleaning. Free est. wk/bi-wk/mo. Own equip. Exc refs. Bonded workers. 604-764-7043

8060

Electrical

Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

8150

NO HST! til Mar. 31

Plywood Kitchen Cabinets & Refacing, Counter Tops • In business 50 years 604-879-9191

Vancouver Division Since 1985

• Gutter Installation Cleaning & Repairs • Rooﬁng & Roof Repairs • Moss Control, Removal & Prevention 25 year Warranteed Leaf & Needle Guard

WCB – Fully Insured 100% Money Back Guarantee

604-340-7189

Edgemont Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-420-4800 Professional Powerwash Gutters cleaned & repaired Since 1984, 604-339-0949 Waters Home Maintenance Gutter Cleaning, repairs, windows Free estimate 604-738-6606

8130

Handyperson

AaronR CONST Repairs & Renos, small repairs welcome. Insured, WCB, Licensed. 604-318-4390 aaronrconstruction.com

HANDY 'D' Home Services

Glass Mirrors

ANGEL GLASS, Comm/Residential, store fronts, windows & doors, custom shower & tub enclosures, patio doors, mirrors etc. 2837 Kingsway, Vancouver. 604-603-9655

Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

8155

greenwavelandscapes.ca

8160

KELOWNA - Upscale Adult Resort 4 Jacuzzi Stes., 6 ½ baths. Salt pool, media room & sauna. Lake, mtn & city views. Private 2 bdrm. res. Fabulous semi-retired lifestyle. Turnkey. $1,549,000. 1-877-762-7831 ClassAct@shaw.ca

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-04

Burnaby

BY OWNER, 2 BR, 2 baths, 1044 sqft apt in Gilmore/Hastings area, corner unit, $385,000. Email jims8746@gmail.com

6008-30

Surrey

Sun Mar 6, 2-4pm, 2 BR, 2 yr old condo, 2 f/bath, granite counters, hrdwd flrs, balcony. $259,000. Sutton Mala 778-859-4458

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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Lawn & Garden

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• Yard Clean-Ups • Pruning • Gutters • Landscaping

• Xmas Lights • Hedges • Rubbish Removal • Odd Jobs

RENOS • REPAIRS

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6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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604-737-0170

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rakesandladders.com

YARD CLEAN-UP, lawns cut, hedges pruned, trees trimmed, power raking, aerating, rubbish removal, gutters. 604-773-0075

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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www.bcforeclosures.com 5 BR home from $19,500 down $1,925/mo. 604-538-8888, Alain @ Sutton WC Realty W. Rock

6020-34

Surrey

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8160

Lawn & Garden

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Landscaping

★ Greenwave Landscapes★ Complete Garden Maintance & Edible Solutions 604-317-3037

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6007

Kitchens/Baths

•General maintenance •Carpentry •Decks •Fences •Renovations

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944

8120

Heating

Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters

YOUR HOME GUTTER SERVICES

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8140

#48-15020-66A AVE, SURREY Senior Strata Complex, 55+, 2 BR Cottage, 2 bth, new appls, all reno’d, new roof, storage, $195 maint. per mo. incls elect & heat, $225,000 obo. 604-572-0036

P/U or delivery. Covered storage. (604) 644-1878 Ny Ton Gardening yard & lawn maint. trimming, shrubs, hedging, power raking etc. 604-782-5288 SPRING PROMO: $65.. Lawn aeration or power rake. Book now & we will fertilize your lawn free. www.luluislandlandscaping maintenance.ca or 778-223-6687

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to advertise call

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6020

Houses - Sale

6020-38

Vancouver East Side

ATTENTION BUILDERS! Large corner lot 33’x147’, $$ south view $888k. Call Jas 604-727-4549 or 604-937-6692

6050

Out Of Town Property

NORTH of GRAND PRAIRIE, AB 160 acres in the Peace River Region. Great hunters retreat, c/w retirement benefits of $6341.00 annually S.L.R. Approximately 140 acres merchantable timber, remainder open land. Great recreation property. Elk, moose, deer and bear have all been seen on this property. Perfect place for a summer or hunter’s cabin. $168,000. Call 780-567-4801 OWN 20 ACRES Only $129/mo. ..$295/down near El Paso, Texas (safest city in America!) Money Back Guarantee, No Credit Checks, Owner Financing, Free map/pictures 1-800-343-9444 www.20acreranches.com

6065

Recreation Property

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HOME SERVICES 8175

Masonry

8200

Decks/Patios/ Railings

8250

Roofing

DECKS & FENCES, gates, front steps etc. John 778-998-5591 tarasoffconstruction.com MASONRY and REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Slate Patio/Sidewalk •Fireplaces & more. George • 604-365-7672

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

West Coast Cedar Installations New or repaired outdoor cedar specialists since 1991 604-270-2358 or 604-788-6458

8205

RESIDENTIAL DIVISION LTD.

Tried & True Since 1902

• BBB • RCABC • GAF/ELK Master Elite Contractor • Residential Rooﬁng • Liability Coverage and WCB • Designated Project Managers • Homes & Strata • Third Party Inspection Installations & Repairs Call 604-327-3086 for a free estimate •• 24 Hr Emergency Service Quote code 2010 for a 5% discount

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

8220

www.crownresidentialrooﬁng.com

8240

Plumbing

We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

drytech.ca

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604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

ADVANCE MOVING LTD MOVING & DELIVERY EXPERTS!! Licensed, Bonded & Insured Single item to full house moves We Guarantee the Cost of Every Move Flat Rates always available A+ (604) 861-8885 BBB www.advancemovingltd.com Rating

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Moving. Storage. Deliveries Local & Long Distance MOVERS.... Residential. Commercial. Industrial. Truck for Clean-ups garage, basement, backyard.

(604) 875-9072 873-5292

MOVERS.CA 604.682.2232 Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. Available 24 hours. Call Abe at: 604-999-6020 AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement. Call 604-782-9511 TWO BROTHERS MOVING Local & Long Distance 604-720-0931 • bc.moving@gmail.com • TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

8193

Oil Tank Removal

• • • •

3 ROOMS FOR $299. walls, w/2 coats of top Cloverdale Paint. 20 yrs exp. Larry 604-961-4391

CONFIDENT PAINTING LTD Int/Ext Specialist 20 yr exp. Reas rates, quality. Licensed, Ins, WCB Jean-Guy 604-626-1975 DAVID HALL & Daughter Painting and Wallpaper. Please Call 604-266-5744 MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured. PainterOne Painting Interior/Exterior, Good Prices 604 812 8900 ★ STAFFORD & SON ★ Interior/Exterior. Top quality work. Reasonable rates. 604-221-4900

Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

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Additions. Kitchens Bathrooms. Landscape Const. Design & Build Renovations

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604.662.8150

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Steve ✔

604-324-3351

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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

24/7 Building Maintenance Ltd Res & Comm Reno Specialist. www.reno247.ca 778-881-4357 Additions, renos & new const. Concrete forming & framing specialist. Patrick 604-218-3064

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8250

Roofing

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604-340-7189

KITCHEN & BATHS Home renovations, 30+ years experience. Call 604-731-7709

KITCHENS, ADDITIONS, baths, replacement windows, 20 years experience. Steve, 604-218-0423 Mozaik Handyman Services Ltd Reno painting, electrical, plumb tiling, 604-739-8786..716-8687

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ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs

SAVE $ 604-228-ROOF (7663)

Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

Find Lawn & Garden experts in the Home Services section

8255

9105

Auto Miscellaneous

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Last week 15 out of 17 applications approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. Receive a $500 Gift Card. www.coastlineautocredit.com or 1-888-252-8235.

9129

Luxury Cars

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NEW CANADIAN ROOFING LTD. Over 15 yrs experience All types of Rooﬁng Reasonable Rates WCB Insured

Advantage Building Maintenance: •Roof •Chimney •Skylight Repairs •FREE Estimate 604-802-1918

9145

9130

Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925 STUCCO ● STUCCO Seamless, matching any texture comm/res. Call 604-730-8277

8309

Tiling

A to Z CERAMIC TILES Installation, Repairs, Fair Prices Free Est. 444-4715 cel 805-4319

8315

Tree Services

Wildwood Tree Services, Exp Hedge Trimming and Removal & Tree Pruning. Free Est. 604-893-5745

604-588-0833

SALES@ PATTARGROUP.COM

8300

Yes, we Remove & Recycle Anything

All types of Rooﬁng Over 35 Years in Business Call now for Free Estimates

8335 Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. Available 24 hours. Call Abe at: 604-999-6020

White Rose Window Cleaning Windows Cleaned Inside & Outside Gutters Cleared & Cleaned FREE ESTIMATES

A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Special truck for clean-ups. Any size job Lic#32839 604-875-9072 DISPOSAL BINS: Starting at $99 + dump fees. Call 604-306-8599 www.disposalking.com JACK’S RUBBISH Removal Friendly, Fast & Cheap 604-266-4444

Window Cleaning

604-274-0285

Waters Home Maintenance Window Cleaning, also gutters. Free est. 604-738-6606

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Scrap Car Removal

9160

Sports & Imports

9160

Sports & Imports

JACK−X ★ FREE Scrap Car Removal Top $$ for scrap cars. ★ Flat Rate Towing Service avail. Call ★ 604-720-0067

9150

Services & Repairs

WH MARINE & AUTO REPAIRS General Repairs, Brakes, Muffler, tune ups. All makes all models. 604-327-3213

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

05 VOLVO XC90 T6. Exc cond, dealer serviced. Blue, beige leather, $19,995 604 506 2723

9160 2001 JAGUAR S-Type 3.0 Black on white, Auto, 135km, Elegant car, $6,588. Tel: 778-322-3598

Rubbish Removal

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2000 BENTLEY Arnage Royal Blue, Magnolia hide piped blue Totally immaculate, full records, dealership service history. My personal car, I bought it from the chairman of the Florida’s Rolls Royce owners club. 47,000 miles. $48,500 604-966-8300 No dealers 2003 VW Jetta 1.8L turbo, 4 dr, auto, well maintained, exc shape, gray, $6800. 604-980-7872

Sports & Imports

9173

Vans

1997 GRAND Voyager LE, 7 seats, purple, auto, great cond. 298K, $1500 obo, 604-922-7367. 2008 GRAND Caravan, red, stow & go, 43K, auto, 7 seats, $15,800, 604-922-7367..778-867-7367

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04 VOLVO XC70 Exc Cond, dealer serviced. 102kms, Black, tan leather $14,750 604 506 2723 2002 MAZDA Prote´ge´, 154K, 4dr, auto, A/C, AM/FM/CD. Only $3,900. 604-351-8448

2006 HONDA Civic 2 dr coupe, 5 spd, ac, pw, pl, exc cond 114K, serviced. $8900 604-760-3667

2007 NISSAN Sentra 2.0, reg and snow tires, dealer serv, 53000mi $8995 604 616 7256

GAIN ENTRY Level Skills in ATV, Snowmobile, Watercraft Technology. GPRC Fairview Campus, Alberta. Learn to repair small engines, recreational vehicles. Apprenticeship opportunity. On-campus residences. 1-888-999-7882 www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

Scrap Car Removal

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Roofing

A Eastwest Roofing & Siding Re-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437

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9145 www.dpdconstruction.com Renos, repairs, character home specialty. Dean @ 604-908-4813

POINT GREY ROOFING LTD.

604-716-8528

BATH/KITCHEN Renos, decks, fencing, home repairs. Home Improvment Centre. 604-240-9081

Serving West Side since 1987

DJ PAINTING •Int/Ext •Com/Resid •Top Quality 604-258-7300 cell: 604-417-5917

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter

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Painting/ Wallpaper

22-BUILD (222-8453) Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

604-312-6311

• Oil Tank Removal • Work complies with city bylaws BC Mainland • Always fair & reasonable rates • Excellent references

8195

RENOVATIONS

Licensed, Insured & Bonded Lic. Plumbers & Gas Fitters Over 20 years Experience Custom Renovations to Small Repairs

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

Off: 604-266-2120 Cell: 604-290-8592

Renovations & Home Improvement

8250

Roofing

EW31

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