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Residents oppose methadone clinic proposal Strathcona association pans plan Sandra Thomas Staff writer

James Johnstone, chair of the Strathcona Residents Association, says a proposed pharmacy and methadone clinic at 678 East Hastings St. is a “recipe for disaster.” photo Airika Owen

Representatives of residents and businesses in Strathcona are concerned about a proposal to relocate a methadone clinic and pharmacy to their neighbourhood one block from an elementary school and the same distance from a future library complex, which the city announced this week will include units for single mothers. “The children living in this neighbourhood already have a lot to observe and think about,” said Joji Kumagai, executive director of the Strathcona Business Improvement Association. “There’d be more purpose to that space if it could include mixed use

for the community.” Dr. Gary Horvath with Doc-Side Medical at 125 Main St. has applied to the city to relocate the clinic to 678 East Hastings St. In his letter of application, Horvath describes the services to be offered would include a walk-in clinic, primary care, addiction services—such as counselling and psychiatry, infectious disease care and a small pharmacy. Horvath noted in his letter he will recruit family physicians. Horvath wrote that the clinic doctors and staff will abide by the city’s Good Neighbour Conditions, which include minimizing loitering, line-ups and congregations of people outside the clinic by offering scheduled appointments. See STRATHCONA on page 4

Bus route change raises concern for seniors and disabled False Creek passengers destined for Broadway stops will transfer at Cambie and Broadway Cheryl Rossi Staff writer An upcoming change to the No. 50 Waterfront Station/False Creek South bus route has an 87-yearold resident of South False Creek worried about her less mobile neighbours.

Margaret Chalmers notes her False Creek community is concentrated with co-ops, homes for seniors and people with disabilities who depend on the No. 50 bus to carry them up Cambie Street and then west on Broadway for medical appointments, banking and shopping.

“It is a lifeline for people for all those different hospitals and clinics,” she said. Passengers destined for stops west on Broadway will have to transfer to another bus at Cambie and Broadway, effective April 19. “Think of all the people who

have loaded on, ladies with walkers, people that are crippled, people that are blind, these are all [living] in this area,” Chalmers said. She notes people with mobility concerns will have to use a ramp to get on the bus in False Creek, use a ramp to get off it at Cambie

and Broadway, then use a ramp again to board a westbound bus. “It’s the misery of waiting between buses because sometimes when the No. 9 bus comes along it’s full already,” Chalmers said. “And I have to look sort of helpless to get a seat.” See TRANSLINK on page 4

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TransLink says residents aren’t aware of ‘full details’ Continued from page 4 Instead of turning west from Cambie onto Broadway and then north onto Willow, the No. 50 bus will become the No. 15 Cambie at the Olympic Village Station and continue south down Cambie. “I think [it’s] some young person or some person who’s looking at maps and thinking how can we economize, how can we make this better, so they’re not thinking in terms of passen-

gers,” Chalmers said. Hearing about the route change from a bus driver, Chalmers phoned Coast Mountain Bus Company to conﬁrm the news and wrote a letter expressing her concerns. She was told the HandyDart was an option for passengers with mobility problems but she says she knows from experience that HandyDart is not as quick and convenient as transit authorities claim. Sheraz Bhesania says she was

the ﬁrst person to move into the ﬁrst co-op in False Creek in 1976. There was no bus service for the community so residents campaigned for a route. Bhesania said residents of 177 units paid $5 a month to B.C. Hydro for three years to subsidize a bus. “This bus belongs to us,” she said. Calls to Coast Mountain Bus Company and TransLink resulted in a meeting with residents of

South False Creek March 22, after the Courier’s press deadline. “We’re going to see if the actual full details, which they don’t have yet, maybe the changes will make things better for them,” said TransLink spokesperson Ken Hardie. “If they do, great. If they don’t, then we’ll talk about what should happen next.” He noted passengers from False Creek would be able to travel directly to Oakridge Centre on the 50/15 southbound

route. Those travelling west on Broadway could transfer to the No. 17 for access to Vancouver General Hospital and Children’s and Women’s Health Centre on Oak Street. TransLink is trimming and reallocating sections of routes or time periods that aren’t well used, particularly where other options exist, to meet demand elsewhere across the region. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

Strathcona association blasts plan, noting nearby library

Continued from page 4 Conditions also include hiring a cleanup crew to work early mornings and during the day, working with police to minimize visible drug dealing and agreeing not to offer incentives, monetary or otherwise, to attract new clients. Kumagai said despite the promise to keep clients inside, children walking to school or the library will likely have regular interaction with addicts.

“We already have a number of pharmacies with methadone components in the community,” said Kumagai. “We believe there’s already enough and we want to look at other options for that space.” James Johnstone, chair of the Strathcona Residents Association, said the proposal goes against the community vision the Strathcona Revitalization Committee created for the neighbourhood in 2008.

The committee includes the BIA, Raycam Cooperative Centre Association, Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association, Strathcona Residents Association and Strathcona Community Centre Association. Johnstone said a key component of the ofﬁcial revitalization plan for the neighbourhood is regaining a “healthy balance,” including placing a moratorium on the number of social services offered

while encouraging more market housing, increasing amenities for the community and encouraging the arts and green initiatives like farmers markets. Johnstone said he is concerned about the proposed methadone clinic’s proximity to Lord Strathcona elementary school and the future library. “It will cut off the north part of the neighbourhood, creating another no-go zone for children and fami-

lies,” said Johnstone. “It’s a recipe for disaster. Children north of Hastings walking to the library will have to walk past those lineups. It’s another nail in the cofﬁn for the community.” Johnstone added the location is across the street from a Union Gospel Mission abstinence-based residence. “There’s no denying those [clinic] services are needed, but just not in that location,” Johnstone said.

Horvath told the Courier Tuesday morning he will comment once the city has made its decision. He added he has received no timeline from the city for a response. No one from the city returned calls before the Courier’s press deadline. A notice to residents from the city says written comments on the application are welcome until March 31. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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March 30 is the last day for public skating at Riley Park ice rink. The park board is offering reduced rates from 6 to 7:30 p.m. that day for anyone who wants to strap on their skates and do a farewell lap or two at the old rink, set to be demolished at the end of this season—much to the chagrin of amateur hockey teams who want the arena saved. Instead, a new rink is opening at the Centre at Hillcrest Park this summer. The following night, March 31, the park board is inviting former and current staff of Riley Park to a farewell skate. Because the ice rink opened in 1964, the farewell parties promise to include lots of Beatles, Dave Clark Five and maybe Beach Boys tunes. The staff farewell party, dubbed the Riley Park Thaw, takes place from 7 to 9 p.m.

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Architect Gregory Henriquez presented his concept for a replacement facility for the Dunbar Comphoto illustration submitted munity Centre at an open house last week. bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, two-spirited and inter-sexed (hope I didn’t miss anyone) communities are encouraged to apply. The total number of participants selected to carry ﬂags as part of the opening day ceremonies will be 60, with 10 more chosen as backup. To apply, go to vancouver2011outgames.com.

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at the Dunbar Community Centre was a success, with standing room only for local architect Gregory Henriquez’s presentation of his concept for a replacement facility. According to Rudy Roelofsen with the Dunbar Community Centre Association, the design visualizes a “village” including a gym, activity rooms and ﬁtness centre connected by a canopy of street “trees.” The canopy will mix glass with wood to obtain the perfect bal-

ance of shade and daylight. Roelofsen describes the design as “very Dunbar.”

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The park board is also looking for feedback regarding a proposal to build a small playground in Prince of Wales Park, located in the Arbutus Ridge community off West 32nd Avenue. According to parks staff, the proposal is in response to requests from resi-

Green Party park board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon is asking Vancouver residents to “please remember the animal victims in Japan.” In a press release sent Monday, Mackinnon says, “Along with the incredible human suffering and destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami, many animals were swept away and lost.” He adds many of the animals that survived are homeless and need help. Mackinnon has not only donated to the Canadian and Japanese Red Cross, but also to a Japanese animal rescue organization. He adds Animal Rescue Kansai and the Japanese Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support groups are set up to take online donations. On that note, several readers sent me a link last week to a video taken by a Japanese news crew that shows a stray dog guarding its injured canine companion. That video is available on Youtube. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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Keeping up with news from the District Parent Advisory Council, which represents Vancouver public school parents, is difﬁcult because the council doesn’t post its agenda, and intermittently posts executive meeting minutes on the Vancouver School Board website. The last minutes available online date back to Oct. 14, 2010. (The minutes mention a discussion about the “provision of agenda to various media outlets,” but that was rejected because the “agenda is our planning tool and not released publicly.”) Although the school district used to provide DPAC with funding for a part-time coordinator, which made communication easier, that money was eliminated due to budget cutbacks. That said, I caught up with the group’s chairwoman, Gwen Giesbrecht, Monday to ﬁnd out what happened at its most recent executive meeting last week. She told me DPAC is collecting responses from individual parent groups on the impact of this year’s budget cuts, as well as reaction to the 10 extra school closure days.

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“Anecdotally, we have heard from a number of parents that are struggling with the extra school closure days,” she said. DPAC is also providing school parent groups with vinyl banners at a cost of $40 to be used for any advocacy projects schools may be undertaking. The slogan on the banner, developed earlier in the year, is “Invest in children NOW, They are the Future.” “The intent was to ﬁnd a message supporting all children, and to encompass the importance of children, education and beyond,” Giesbrecht said.

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The Ministry of Education announced last week that per-student funding in B.C. will “hit a new record high next year of $8,357.” A press release explained that the new funding amounts to a $44 increase to the basic allocation provided to every student, an amount which now sits at $6,784. Districts get extra funding on top of the basic allocation depending on speciﬁcs such as how many special needs, ESL, aboriginal or adult students they enroll. Geographic factors, salary differentials for districts with higher average teacher costs, and enrolment declines where numbers drop by more than one per cent in a year, also play into the calculations. The $8,357 ﬁgure released by the ministry is a province-wide average

that includes the basic allocation plus the supplemental funding. The per-student estimate for the Vancouver school district for 2011/12 is $7,799. Funds are also held back to deal with additional enrolment above initial estimates. The Ministry of Education noted that in December 2010, districts shared more than $47 million in funds that had been held back for potential enrolment increases—because of that Vancouver’s per-student funding for 2010/11 went from $7,679 to $7,829.

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It’s spring break for most Vancouver students but, as has been tradition for 17 years, a handful of schools are remaining open to offer programs, meals and ﬁeld trips to vulnerable children through an organization called KidSafe, in partnership with the VSB. More than 300 students from Queen Alexandra, Admiral Seymour, Sir William Macdonald, Grandview/ ?uuqinak’uuh, Florence Nightingale and Mount Pleasant elementary are expected to take advantage of the activities, which are offered for free. School staff refer students to the KidSafe program who are deemed atrisk. Check out more information about KidSafe at kidsafe.ca. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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Last week two Canadian obsessions, politics and hockey, collided when Vancouver Canuck legend Trevor Linden sat next to Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Canuck/Wild game at Rogers Arena. The smiling couple, photographed and tweeted for the world to see, sparked speculation about a Linden candidacy in the next federal election, which may be called sometime this week. Speculation mounted the following day after news broke that the Tories dumped Rachel Greenfeld, Conservative candidate in Vancouver Centre. Although 22 of British Columbia’s 36 ridings are Conservative, no Tory has won in Vancouver since Kim Campbell in 1988. A Vancouver seat moves Harper one step closer to his long-sought majority. Harper denied any Linden recruitment effort, claiming the idea never entered his big brain. Linden’s denial, however, was more revealing. While deflecting questions with Prairie boy charm, he refused to rule out a future run—all but confirming his political ambition. “I just finished a 20-year hockey career. I’m enjoy-

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ing the things I’m doing,” said Linden, during an interview with CTV. “You never say never, but right now I’m enjoying what I’m doing.” No doubt those words reverberated around Hedy Fry headquarters on Denman Street. Fry, a Liberal MP of the Chrétien mold, has ruled Vancouver Centre since 1993. Because the NDP has never won the riding, it’s typically a twohorse race. In 2008, Fry defeated Tory challenger Lorne Mayencourt by 5,214 votes. Greenfeld, unknown and inexperienced, posed no threat to Fry in the upcoming election. But Linden’s a different egg. As the most popular person in Vancouver history, he’d mount a formidable challenge to any politician in the province. A Linden campaign starts near the ﬁnish line. He’s got unrivalled name recognition, connections in the media and among Vancouver’s elite, good looks and money to burn. He spent his entire adult life on camera parroting clichés (pucks on net, play a full 60 minutes) while honing his image as a western Canadian icon.

markhasiuk He’s a nightmare opponent for the Fry campaign. How do you attack the man most women want and most men want to be. How do you smear the adopted son. The model citizen. The comforter of sick kids. If anyone could do it, it’s Hedy Fry. She clawed her way to Ottawa, grinding her six-inch pumps into all enemies real or imagined. But Linden’s celebrity exceeds Fry’s ferocity, cross-burning Klansmen in Prince George notwithstanding. If I ran Fry’s campaign (and I’m available, if the money’s right), I’d attack Linden’s record—as a hockey player. Because that’s all anyone really knows about big number 16. And Linden’s record

hardly justifies his reputation. Linden peaked as a teenager in the late 1980s, helping lead his hometown Medicine Hat Tigers to back-to-back Memorial Cups. As a professional, he played most of his career in a hockey-mad city devoid of hockey superstars. Subsequently, he may be the most overrated hockey player of all time. In the history of sports, Linden’s best season (33-47-80) ranks somewhere between Steve Podborski’s 1980 Olympic downhill bronze and Bryant Reeves’ double-double against the Celtics in 1997. While Linden was great during the ’94 playoff run, the Canucks advanced past the second round only once during his tenure with the team. He was soft for a big man. He was afraid to fight. One night at the Pacific Coliseum, Jets enforcer Tie Domi reduced him to tears. During the 1997-98 season, Mike Keenan and Mark Messier (two Men with a capital M) tolerated Linden’s act for five months before shipping him to Long Island. He was welcomed back to Vancouver in 2001, often skating on the third line before retiring in 2008. Off the ice, Linden served eight

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years as president of the National Hockey League Players’ Association, presiding over the disastrous 2004–05 lockout, which cancelled an entire season, decimated U.S. television revenues and mothballed the Stanley Cup for the ﬁrst time since 1919. Hedy could note all of this, while congratulating Linden for his community service. Meanwhile, conservative skeptics could test Linden’s conservatism, an ideology routinely discarded by Harper and company. (See record $55 billion budget deﬁcit, Wilsonian adventure in Afghanistan, etc.) Or maybe not. At this point it’s pure speculation. According to Harper, Linden’s just a friend. In 2006, the Conservatives courted Russ Courtnall, a former Canuck and Duncan native, to run in Victoria. The Tories understand the power of hockey in Canada and the potential of former players in today’s media-swamped political campaigns. Courtnall said no. He wasn’t ready for primetime. But to be fair, he’s no Trevor Linden. mhasiuk@vancourier.com Twitter: @MarkHasiuk

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In 2004, I interviewed a West Side woman desperately trying to save a tree from being chopped down on her neighbour’s property. The 90-foot cedar was the last tree standing on the lot, which had been clear cut and bulldozed. I think one reason this story has stayed with me for so long is that despite the freezing mix of rain and snow that day, the tiny woman stood ﬁrmly at the base of the huge tree and refused to budge—well, that and the fact police were called. Only after the threat of arrest by police did the woman back off and tearfully walk away. She got as far as the sidewalk when the chainsaws started. In minutes the once majestic cedar joined the pile of construction debris spread across the property. I’ve always appreciated how that woman and so many other Vancouver residents will ﬁght tooth and nail to save a single tree, whether it’s on a piece of public or private property. So I wasn’t surprised to hear from Grandview resident Drew Jackson who was concerned that more than 30 elm trees along East Sixth Avenue are facing the axe, with little notice. The trees belong to a grove of more than 135 70-year-old elms that line the street between the 1500 and 2200 blocks. In the book The Trees of Vancouver, written by Gerald Straley, the East Sixth trees are listed as one of the city’s longest runs of mature elms spanning nine blocks. But according to

sandrathomas the park board and B.C. Hydro, 31 of the trees have been pruned to the point they’ve become unsafe. After hearing about the fate of the trees, residents living nearby, including Jackson, leapt into action, wrapping each of the elms designated for removal with a green ribbon and sign explaining the situation, as well as designing a website dedicated to the cause at saveourelms.com. Jackson told me the residents were caught off guard by the proposal. When they complained, an independent arborist was hired by the park board to complete a second study. He says the park board then tried to schedule a meeting with the residents for March 21, just three days after the second report was

released. But with spring break in full swing, not many of the residents could attend. And it looks like the park board listened because the fate of the trees has been postponed until April, which will allow the residents to make a presentation to the board before a final decision is made. Park board chair Aaron Jasper told me the board hired the independent arborist and delayed its decision because of the residents’ concerns. He noted that while the second study isn’t quite as gloomy as the first, it confirms 16 trees need to come down, while 15 can likely be saved with the appropriate pruning. Jasper said there’s no rush to make a decision. In fact, he said in light of how few residents knew of the proposal, this could be a good time for parks staff to re-evaluate the process that notifies residents about such proposals. “You know, maybe two weeks isn’t enough notice,” he said. Residents have been accusing the park board of holding inappropriate public consultations for years, including the fact many are held at times when few residents are around to respond, such as in the middle of summer. So could this be the start of something new? Only time will tell. In the meantime, there’s a gorgeous grove of elm trees on East Sixth Avenue that deserves checking out. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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UBC research focuses on blood quality, capability A recent TV commercial exhorted viewers to donate blood and save a life. I really want to, but I’m still disqualified from giving blood because I lived in France for more than three months in the 1980s. Damn those mad cows. I’m referring, of course, to variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, the human equivalent of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopaphy, or mad cow disease. As there is no available test for vCJD in blood donors, Canadian Blood Services refuses donations from people—including vegetarians—who spent more than three months in the U.K. and France between Jan. 1, 1980 to Dec. 31, 1996. The disease apparently has been found in people who stated they were vegetarian. That restriction rules out plenty of healthy Canadians who otherwise want to donate. It’s frustrating, but understandable. It’s also why the Canadian blood system is recognized as one of the safest in the world. But it turns out I can donate blood—for research. There is a one-of-kind clinic at the University of B.C. that collects blood purely for research from people who are restricted—and not solely over vCJD concerns. In fact, it’s the only one in North America. NetCAD, the Network Centre for Applied Development, is referred to as a “deferred donation clinic.” About 800 people are on the donor list, but the clinic is always looking for more. Prior to the clinic opening in 2003, blood used for research was diverted from donations that could have gone to hospitals. Not ideal. Dr. Dana Devine agrees. She’s the vice-president of Medical, Scientific and Research Affairs for Canadian Blood Services. She’s also a UBC professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Centre for Blood Research. “Part of the reason for setting up this laboratory was to be able to have blood that wasn’t going… to have an impact on the broader inventory,” Devine said. The goal of blood research is to improve the quality of the products provided to hospitals and to devise ways to extend the shelf life of the products— platelets, plasma, red blood cells etc. For example, platelets can be stored for only five days. “We’re trying to understand why cells age in the storage containers we keep blood in and how to prevent that from happening so fast and how to imitate the environment of the body better inside a plastic bag so they feel more like they’re in the right place,” Devine said. Recent advances in blood research include learning how

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ﬁonahughes cells function, particularly in blood storage. There are also clinical studies on whether the age of a blood product can harm patients. Researchers and clinicians are also trying to discover what is the best product for specific problems. Blood to support a cancer patient may have or require different properties than blood for a patient in the trauma unit, Devine said. What excites Devine, in particular, is a technology called pathogen production, which involves killing pathogens in blood products. “Unfortunately, it won’t work for mad cow disease but works for viruses, bacteria and parasites. It would really change the game because we could treat a red cell or platelet donation after we prepared it and we could have a high level of confidence that it couldn’t transmit anything—even stuff we don’t know about yet.” As for vCJD, Devine said it will be a long time before I can likely donate for transfusion. “By 1996, we had a high level of confidence the [U.K.] had the whole issue of BSE and the beef industry under control—that’s why we stopped the clock at ’96 in terms of exposure for blood transfusion risk,” Devine explained. “The problem we have in taking that deferral away entirely is that we don’t fully understand how the epidemic is going to play out in people over time —even though we don’t honestly believe the people we’re deferring have vCJD.” Although cases of vCJD peaked a number of years ago, only one or two cases appear a year now, mostly in the U.K. and France. But vJCD experts aren’t completely sure there won’t be a second wave. “The reason for a second wave is the way you acquire the vCJD, which depends on your set of genes and proteins associated with vCJD... It’s hard to transmit, but there are certain kinds of people who are susceptible. ” In the U.K., those born after ’96 requiring blood get plasma purchased from the U.S. Until (if ever) synthetic blood becomes a reality, why not donate? The clinic, which reimburses parking or bus fare, can be reached at 604-221-5515. fhughes@vancourier.com

According to the parents of a Kits Blue Demon player, the B.C. High School Boys Basketball photo Dan Toulgoet Association is not abiding by its constitution. To the editor: Re: “Wildcard controversy,” March 9 Thank you for the articles about the controversy of the Lower Mainland boys’ basketball championship and the BCHSBBA ruling, which is against their existing constitution, against the Lower Mainland Basketball Association and all its members except the two private schools. Having a constitution means all members thereof have to participate in any “clariﬁcation” or interpretation. History has taught us when leaders interpret or clarify points in a constitution, it’s usually to the advantage of a lobbying group, and not for the beneﬁt of their members. This is an outrageous example of private schools’ lobbyism that leaves public schools’ players, without the funds for lawyers, disap-

pointed and puzzled: “How come we, who qualiﬁed in the regional play-offs for Provincials, don’t get to go, but have to play somebody who is not even in our league”, and us parents shocked: “how can we explain to our teenager kids that there will be a lot of situations in life where good lawyers and money can change fairness and principals? Moreover, the Lower Mainland BA asked BCHSBBA for arbitration, to have a non-biased third party listen to the evidence presented on both sides and make a judgement. The BCHSBBA simply refused—the only reason that we can think of is that they must know they wouldn’t win in a non-partial judgement. Can there be any other reason? Alge and Bruce Hampson, Vancouver

‘Diversity Team’ dictates morality in schools We want

To the editor: Re: “Teacher-librarians react to school book-banning effort,” March 16. Thanks to Mark Hasiuk for bringing our attention to the Vancouver School Board’s mismanagement of funds with the “Diversity Team”—what Hasiuk calls a small team of overpaid ideologues who get to write a censorship list that bans certain books in school libraries. So in other words, in the name of “diversity” they are simply touting a new moral dictate that backlashes against the traditional moral dictates of previous generations. Scary, I agree. Hasiuk says that “diversity is organic and self-evident.” This sounds better than overpaying a small group of over-educated activists to make ethical decisions for our libraries. But the dream of organic diversity assumes a lot. This is where I diverge slightly from Hasiuk. I think that at some point, there needs to be artiﬁcial structure to manage the chaos. Julia Heu-San Cheung, Vancouver

••• To the editor: How on Earth do I contact this so-called Diversity Team? Or do I make a complaint to my school board, my child’s teacher or principal? How

does one express the utter outrage at this censorship or attempt at such? Resources for school children have been cut dramatically yet there is a team funded at half a million per year to be a Big Brother to librarians. It’s outrageous, and I would never have known if not for Hasiuk’s column. Thank you. Heather Saprunoff, Vancouver

••• To the editor: As the Vancouver School Board’s anti-homophobia and diversity mentor, I have only two days per week in the service of over 55,000 students and their families in over 120 locations throughout Vancouver. Despite having very little time to do an extremely complex, delicate and daunting task, I feel compelled to respond. Mark Hasiuk’s “facts” regarding the school board’s Social Responsibility and Diversity Team are inaccurate and skewed, his opinions outdated and his attacks harmful to a society which hopes to understand one another. Social responsibility and respect for diversity is actually the glue that holds some kids lives together. Without it they cannot learn or even function. Concentrating on the “three Rs” as Hasiuk seems to advo-

cate is impossible if you don’t feel safe. In fact, for many students it keeps them going to school, in some cases alive, and for others prevents them from perpetrating violent and discriminatory acts. Steve Mulligan, Social Responsibility and Diversity Team

••• To the editor: Teacher-librarians in Vancouver have a great deal of autonomy and defend freedom to read. In my experience, there are actually few books removed from shelves. Nothing gets weeded from the ﬁction shelves of my school’s library that doesn’t contain inappropriate content, meaning works that are not sensitive to genders, sexual orientation or cultures, or that are not damaged beyond repair. To say more, there is a cultural aspect beyond your own worldview that must be considered when making these decisions. Thanks to the school board team for their consultations. Nothing is mandated by them, and we defer to their expertise in cases where we are unfamiliar with the subject area. Cecil Baird, co-president, Vancouver Teacherlibrarians Association

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Pink tricycles that haul up to 600 pounds of cargo could be doing the work of delivery trucks downtown this spring. Five post-secondary students in their 20s plan to launch the delivery service May 1. “We want to shift perceptions about cycling,” said Graham Anderson, a 23-yearold co-founder of the for-profit co-operative called Shift Delivery Co-op. “We’re shifting goods around in the downtown area. We’re shifting the goods movement and distribution industry and, of course, shifting gears on our trikes.” Shift Delivery is applying for a business licence from the city and wants to ensure it can use the city’s separated bike lanes. Once it’s established handling deliveries from companies located in and around downtown, the co-operative plans to follow in the treads of Portland’s two-year-old B-Line cargo tricycle delivery service and set up a warehouse. Goods from further afield could be dropped off at the warehouse and hauled by the environmentally friendly trikes for the final leg of their trip into the city centre. “What we’ve heard from some of our launching clients here is that for some of the office towers downtown, their trucks actually have to wait in lineups as they’re waiting for the loading zones to become available,” Anderson said. “So they’re sitting there idling and wasting time and money.” He expects Shift Delivery tricycles will bypass stalled traffic and park on sidewalks directly outside destinations. Anderson, Loretta Laurin and Robyn Ashwell dreamt up the idea of goods delivery by bike a year ago in

the their third year social enterprise course at Simon Fraser University. The course is part of their studies in Sustainable Community Development. The SFU students enlisted University of B.C. student Kevin Cook, who had launched a cargo bike local food delivery service from the UBC Farm to Kitsilano and Main Street farmers markets, and Grace Soo, a BCIT ﬁnancial administration student. The team bought two extended tricycles that pull lightweight aluminum boxes with fabric canopy soft tops locally. They originally came from the U.K. They’re adding optional electric-assist motors that run on rechargeable battery packs and plan to upgrade to hardtop trailers. The ﬁve students will test-run deliveries this month. So far, Anderson has towed the other co-founders around. “It’s pretty hard work,” he said. Four companies with environmental concerns are interested in Shift Deliveries’ service. Mathieson McCrae, general manager for the Vancouver outlet of FROGBOX, which rents, delivers and picks up reusable moving containers, says a one-person condo move typically uses 25 containers. Shift Delivery believes their current trailers could carry 20 boxes and a dolly. “If we can save truck time, that keeps our truck off the road. It’s not in the way of other drivers and other pedestrians and cyclists, it’s not emitting carbon downtown. That’s a good thing,” McCrae said. Anderson and the other co-founders will own and operate Shift Delivery until business grows and new members join the co-operative. Portland’s B-Line operates three cargo tricycles with 10 part- and full-time employees. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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Discovery channel’s top-rated show, Canada’s Worst Driver, is once again searching for Vancouver’s most dismal drivers. Gearing up for the seventh season, Canada’s Worst Driver aims to improve city streets one bad driver at a time. The show is looking for nominations for Vancouver motorists in desperate need of driver’s training. Those selected for the program will be ﬂown to the Driver’s Rehabilitation Centre in Ontario where they will undergo a series of in-car challenges designed to improve core driving skills such as merging, parallel parking and reversing. In each episode, one of the eight drivers selected will graduate from the rehabilitation centre, returning home with enhanced driving skills and newfound conﬁdence. Email your nomination to driver@propertelevision. com or call 1-866-598-2591. Deadline is March 31. Producers will be in Vancouver this April to meet with potential candidates.

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The next Sanctuary Nature Walk sponsored by the Hastings Park Conservancy will be March 26 led by Nature Vancouver’s Kelly Sekhon. Meet at 9 a.m. at the North East corner of the sanctuary (by the red barns and close to the washrooms below Playland) for a walk that will last about two hours, rain or shine. Bring binoculars if you have them, but please leave your dogs at home. Email hdcooper@ interchange.ubc.ca for more information.

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Contributing writer More than a week after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Vancouverites are ﬂocking to earthquake preparedness workshops run by the city. City emergency planner Jackie Kloosterboer says the city usually hosts two emergency preparedness workshops each month. But that number has increased dramatically since the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the Feb. 22 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. The city has 18 sessions planned for this week. “In the last few weeks [turnout] has been unbelievable,” said Kloosterboer. A session scheduled for last Monday night in Marpole had more than 100

guests registered. Kloosterboer and volunteers use the sessions to explain to families, neighbourhood groups and businesses what to do before, during and after an earthquake. The recent disasters have opened people’s eyes, said Kloosterboer. “Living in Vancouver, people are very complacent, they don’t think about it and this has brought it to real life.” Participants at the workshops want to know how to be prepared and what to do, especially if they have to wait awhile for help, she said, noting that help has been slow to reach many people in the affected earthquake zone in Japan. She said people want to know what they need to do to manage on their own if rescue is slow to

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come. The city offers private sessions for groups of 15 or more. According to Kloosterboer, the private workshops have proven popular with businesses, seniors centres and government agencies. Sitka Surfboards on West Fourth, near Burrard is considering attending a city workshop, according to assistant manager Kendal Benesh. But it has also made its own disaster prepara-

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there refused to evacuate without their pets,” said Kloosterboer. She recommends having a pet emergency kit ready as well as a family kit and keeping a photograph of your pet on hand. City hall is also hoping to increase its disaster knowledge. Kevin Wallinger, director of emergency management, said Monday Vancouver might be sending staff to Christchurch. “We’re in the process of trying to conﬁrm sending someone to work in New Zealand to see what their pre-earthquake preparedness levels were and what their recovery operations look like,” said Wallinger. For more information on the emergency preparedness workshops, see Vancouver.ca/nepp. aowen@vancourier.com

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On Wed. March 23, 7 pm, at the Granville Island Hotel, Dr. Brian Martin of Enerchanges will host a lecture on anti-aging. Dr. Martin is a Naturopathic Physician with specialized training who says “optimal aging” medicine is a branch of preventative medicine, which not only looks at the early detection and treatment of chronic disease, but also the many ways that one can enhance a person’s overall quality of life. Register for this free seminar at www.enerchanges .com. Both men and women will learn: • How to get rid of stubborn fat with hCG. • How hormones work, what are bio-identical hormones. • How to properly test for hormone deficiencies. • How to safely use various hormones for health and energy. • How to lower stress and how to increase happiness. Note: This seminar is not endorsed by the Courier and is listed for informational purposes only.

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Live life according to your highest values VANCOUVER YOGA davidicuswong

My work in medical ethics informed my conception of how to live a happy, meaningful life. The principles of medical ethics—autonomy (respect for the individual’s choice), beneficence (to do good), nonmaleficence (to do no harm) and justice (to be fair)—form the foundation of medical practice. In the 10 years that I consulted on some of the most challenging ethical situations at our hospital, family members and hospital staff struggled to make the best decisions for a patient who no longer was able to make autonomous decisions. I began each consultation by affirming our common goal: to bring to the table all that we know about the medical situation and to seek the best solutions for this loved one and patient from that individual’s perspective—to hear how this person found meaning in life and to make decisions aligned with what he or she would have chosen—in essence, to hear the patient’s voice. I also emphasized the importance of the principles of medical ethics. They are not mere philosophical principles to be taken off a dusty bookshelf for bedtime reading or madly scrambled for in an ethical emergency. Because they underlie all that we do, these principles should serve as the moral compass guiding our daily work. I used to say that the road to Hell (or ICU) was paved by clinical practice guidelines. If we blindly react to a medical condition with the

usual protocols of assessment and intervention, we can make the wrong decisions for an individual. All that we do in health care —our investigations, our treatments, including surgery and medications—are tools. Medical ethics guides us in choosing which of these tools are appropriate for an individual’s situation. We must first consider our goals of care, and of course, the patient’s voice is paramount. We need to know what the patient would choose from their unique perspective and sense of meaning. In our lives, we will each face difficult situations where we must make the right choices. When we haven’t made the best choices, perhaps we didn’t take the time to consider our moral principles or we were just reacting to life, we eventually must confront them. What do you believe in? What are your most important ethical principles? Write them down. Put them in your wallet—in the front of your wallet. As you go through your day, look at them often, and affirm that in what you say and how you act, you are respecting who you are and what you believe in. What are your goals, your megagoals, your life goals? Take some time this week to write these down and stick them on your bathroom mirror. In the morning, ask yourself how you plan to move towards your goals during the day. In the evening, reflect on your progress towards them. These are two of the keys to a meaningful and happy life: live in accordance with your greatest values and move towards your greatest dreams. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a physician at PrimeCare Medical. His column appears regularly in this paper. Since Feb. 1, his daily “A Hundred Days To Happiness” can be found at davidicuswong. wordpress.com and facebook.com/davidicus.wong.

STUDIO STRETCHES THEIR LIGHTING DOLLARS FURTHER. Turning an old parking garage into a health and ﬁtness retreat takes vision and a lot of renovation. Doing it in an environmentally conscious and economical way adds to the challenge. That was the situation YYoga encountered as it created a new facility in downtown

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3. It’s the last week to check out Wild Honey, Michael Frayn’s re-visioning of Anton Chekhov’s unﬁnished play, produced by Theatre at UBC. The “intoxicating cocktail” of melodrama and farce runs until March 26 at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre. For tickets, call 604-822-2678 or go to theatre.ubc.ca.

4. We expect the ratio of nerds to bustiers to be strangely even at the Rio Theatre’s Sucker Punch Ball March 24. Doors open a 9 p.m. for the high heel- and corset-friendly fashion show followed by a midnight screening of Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, described by our friends at guttersnipenews. com as “Alice in Wonderland with all the whimsy and fun replaced by machine guns and fetish outﬁts,” starring Vanessa Hudgens, Emily Browning, Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish. More info at riotheatre.ca.

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to the mint family, is regulated under the Natural Health Products Regulation and is legally sold in head shops and online where it’s marketed as a legal hallucinogen to people who look to former Disney stars and offspring of mullet-wearing country singers for new and exciting ways to get high. That alone makes Salvia far less appealing to us than if, say, Christopher Walken or former Quebecois pop star Mitsou had been caught bonging it up. But Health Canada’s sudden interest in the “magic mint” does seem a little suspect. And the freedom fighters at the BCCLA agree, man. “Instead of evidence-based policymaking, we are getting policy by Hannah Montana,” BCCLA policy director Micheal Vonn said in a statement Monday. Besides, Hannah Montana is so four years ago. If Health Canada is going let the pop culture zeitgeist influence our country’s drug policies, it should be based on more current Internet trends like Rebecca Black’s “Friday” video or pictures of that new, tight-fitting Wonder Woman costume. That stuff will really mess you up.

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Shortly after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan this month and subsequent tragedy porn that clogged every tear-stained radio station, newscast and newspaper until we wanted to shoot ourselves, we noticed a number of our “friends” on Facebook were posting something called a “prayer wave” in their Facebook status. The “our heart goes out to everyone” Hallmark card-style sentiment was organized as concrete poetry in the shape of a wave (how tasteful) and urged everyone to repost the supposedly heartfelt message to send a wave of positive energy to the people of Japan. Which, like, totally helped. We don’t know about you, but if we’re ever unfortunate enough to experience a devastating earthquake or tsunami ﬁrst hand and ﬁnd out a bunch of people, in the comfort of their dry, totally intact homes, are sending out “prayer waves” via Facebook, we will rebuild our shattered lives as quickly as possible just so we can develop a nasty computer virus to infect every well-intentioned but no-less-delusional sap who thinks sending out “prayer waves” does a lick of good except make themselves feel useful. Just saying.

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I’m so glad Alan Ball wrote this play. Let me re-phrase: I’m so glad a man wrote Five Women Wearing The Same Dress because if a woman had written it, I’d have to take a contract out on her. Women are frequently portrayed negatively on stage, TV and in film—and even more so in advertising—but seldom do five women come across so badly all in one play. Of the five, the lesbian Mindy (Sheri Rabold) is the least unbearable because she, at least, is the only one who hasn’t slept with scumbag character Tommy Valentine. Well, neither has Frances (Krista Rand), but then she’s a drug-free, teetotaling Christian who’s saving herself for marriage. Oh, forget that; by the end of the 90-minute play, she’s swigging out of a bottle and is as horny as the rest of them. Good grief. The five women wearing the same dress have come together as bridesmaids for the wedding of Tracy

Despite sharing the same dress, seldom do ﬁve women come across so badly in one play, says reviewer Jo Ledingham. and Scott, both of whom we never see. The bride’s sister Meredith (Chelsey Reist) hates Tracy, detests their mother—screaming at her whenever she phones, loathes the bridesmaids’ dress (a pale blue, shower curtain of a gown) and hat (a silly little featherduster)—and lusts after the aforementioned Tommy. Some years ago when Tracy was engaged to Tommy, he skulked into 12 or 13-yearold Meredith’s bedroom, deﬂowered her and dumped her. She’s been “in love” with him ever since. Then there’s Georgeanne (Nevada Yates-Robart), married to a man she refers to as “a wet piece of toast” and mother of a little boy. She’s hoping to get laid after the wedding by some guy, any

guy, at the reception. And ﬁnally, trashy Trisha (Liz Marleau) who admits to having slept with about 100 guys and is hoping to get lucky tonight, too. Only someone who really doesn’t like women could have written this garbage. The playwright’s attempt to bulk it up with red herrings about some guy dying of AIDS or Mindy’s suggestion that Valentine is a sexual offender simply don’t cut it. (For a moment I thought the play was ﬁnally going to get into something relevant and Georgeanne, Mindy, Frances and Trisha were going to rally around Meredith. For all their glib talk about sex, maybe they’d acknowledge that something very bad had happened to Meredith and someone should blow the

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whistle on Tommy. But no.) I don’t think anything could salvage Five Women Wearing The Same Dress. Sarah Szloboda, directing for Hazel Street Productions, gives it her best shot, and the performers give it their all. But when Trisha, who’s been all but pole dancing in Meredith’s bedroom, starts getting it on with Tripp Davenport (Duncan MacLellan) who, unbelievably, drops into Meredith’s bedroom where the women are hanging out, I thought I’d lose it right then and there. The whole thing is, on one hand, a nasty piece of misogyny parading as comedy and on the other hand, a whole load of male fantasy. The best that can be said about it was that one dollar from every ticket sold will go towards Sanctuary for Kids, a non-profit foundation that serves to provide sanctuary for children who need it— proving that the hearts of all involved in this production are in the right place. In staggering contrast to Ball’s offensive script was the National Theatre’s livefilmed presentation of Frankenstein on March 17, to be repeated in several theatres again on March 31. It’s the next best thing to being in London. Here’s the link to find out what National Theatre Live is doing next: nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive. joled@telus.net

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Arts Club Theatre Company celebrates 500th production State of the Arts with Cheryl Rossi

Loyal theatergoers still approach Bill Millerd to say they fondly recall the Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris show the Arts Club Theatre Company co-produced with David Y.H. Lui in 1972. “That was a show that put the Arts Club on the map, as it were, because 40,000 people came and saw it over the course of the seven-month run,” said Millerd, the Arts Club’s artistic managing director who got his start with the theatre company in 1969. Forty years later, George Bernard Shaw’s The Philanderer, as re-imagined by director and dramaturge Rachel Ditor, marks the Arts Club Theatre Company’s 500th pro-

duction. It runs at the Stanley Theatre until April 17. “We wouldn’t have got here, 500 shows later, without the talent in Vancouver and, more importantly, the audiences that have followed us from theatre to theatre and have helped sustain us in many, many ways,” Millerd said. The Arts Club launched as a private club where people in the arts could canoodle over drinks back in the late 1950s when B.C.’s drinking laws were even more restrictive. It ran on Pender near Hamilton, then Seymour Street near Davie, where the Vancity Theatre operates today. In 1964, the Arts Club opened its ﬁrst stage in the converted second-ﬂoor gospel hall on Seymour at the urging of its board member and theatre director Yvonne Firkins. The Playhouse had just started a year earlier in its present home and the University of B.C. produced shows with professional casts, but that was it for

Bill Millerd still gets approached by people who fondly recall the Arts Club’s 1972 co-production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Vancouver’s theatre scene, according to Millerd. Firkins had been in England and seen theatre in the round—chairs set around a central performance space. That’s how she staged the newly minted Arts Club Theatre Company’s opening production, Light up the Sky by Moss Hart. Shows at the 250-seat space were an intimate affair. “Most people in Vancouver had never experienced that and having the performers so close to the audience

members really electriﬁed everybody,” Millerd said. Firkins died two years later of a heart attack on the opening night of another production. The company carried on, securing its Granville Island Stage in 1979 and its smaller neighbouring Revue Stage in 1983. It opened its Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage on South Granville in 1998. Now the largest theatre company in Western Canada, it entertains more than a quarter of a million people each

year at its local venues and with its shows that tour Metro Vancouver and the province. These days it’s easier for the Arts Club to ﬁll roles for actors of all ages, Millerd says. He credits the growth of the local TV and ﬁlm industry in the 1980s with keeping actors here. “Whereas when actors got to a certain age, into their 30s, back when I was starting, a lot of my friends left Vancouver for either L.A.—like Michael J. Fox—or went back east to Toronto because there was

much more work,” he said. The Arts Club continues to produce musicals, contemporary comedies, new works and classics. Millerd says what audiences want—entertaining stories and a sense of connection—hasn’t changed. “What has changed is the fact that the technology out there has actually led to helping us because we provide something that they can’t get on their computer, which is a live theatre experience,” he said. “People like the congregating, be it at a concert or a hockey game or whatever, different from sitting at home watching television or working on your computer or your BlackBerry. I think that’s a constant.” Millerd, Canada’s longest-serving artistic managing director, wouldn’t say what he expects for the Arts Club’s next 500 shows. “The only thing that I can say with conﬁdence is I won’t be here.” crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi CAMPUS + COMMUNITY PLANNING

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Called for incivility

Twenty senior high school boys basketball teams dressed for the B.C. AAA championship last week, and the oncourt action, for the most part, was phenomenal. The drama that ushered the Kitsilano Blue Demons to the tournament as Lower Mainland No. 5 was far from forgotten, however, and the topic still drew whispers of displeasure or murmurs of satisfaction. No one begrudges the team itself—they earned the berth, twice no less. Discontentment lies, rather, with the coaches, administrators and board of governors connected to the B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association and the ugly sparring that divides public and private leagues. Ted Cusick, association president, was especially torn. The former coach at Killarney, Point Grey and New Westminster secondary schools was caught off guard by the animosity and politics. He fussed about keeping the website up-to-the-minute accurate, not about ideological feuds or personality conﬂicts. But he didn’t sit idly as tensions came to a head. “We want to work to a solution. We can’t go through this every year.” Cusick created a Presidents Committee, which tabled a report in February that makes recommendations, including creating a new AAAA tier for high schools with 292 or more male senior students in their population. The AAA tier would be for schools with 182 or more Grade 11 and 12 boys. The motion was passed at Saturday’s AGM. But more pointedly, the committee addresses “the occasional lack of civility we have observed” and describes “a disconnect and mistrust among the high school basketball community that undercuts much of the good work being done.” The report makes a plea for civility and indicates the stakes are high. “The desire to see change should not come at the expense of the future solid foundation of the game.”

Patrick Parent shows his colours at the Whitecaps Major League Soccer debut Saturday at Empire Field. The soccer club thanked fans for their incredible dedication and support. photo Megan Stewart

Fans equal winners at Whitecaps opener

Megan Stewart Staff writer With a view of snowcapped mountains and a pitch of verdant green laid before him, Patrick Parent endured a unique workout of the 22,500-plus souls at Empire Field Saturday. Near the top row of the southeast corner, bathed in sunlight amid a throng of Whitecaps flags, jerseys emblazoned with the logo of sponsor Bell and plastic beer cups, Parent balanced and swayed with a flexible, eight-metre flagpole. Affixed to its end flapped a three-by-three-metre checkered flag. The blue and white could be seen from every seat of the stadium and, critically, to the 11 home-side players dressed in Whitecaps colours. “It is a total workout,” he said, but also one he welcomed. “Your muscles are aching, your back is killing you. But it’s all driven through passion for the club.” That passion—earnest, hopeful, embodied by call-and-answer chants of “White” and “Caps” between the east and west flanks of the stands—lifted the Whitecaps to a 4-2 win over Toronto FC in their maiden Major League Soccer game and should contribute to the commercial success of the franchise. “It was absolutely electric,” said head coach Teitur Thordarson, formerly a striker who played for nearly two decades in his native Iceland, France, Sweden and Switzerland before taking his first head coaching position in 1988 and leading his team to that year’s final of the Norwegian Football Cup. The dedication and vigour of the

Whitecaps faithful, including the devoted Southsiders, caught him by surprise. Thordarson said the fans were like their own team. “It looks as if they’d been training for a long time.” Vancouver hasn’t known top-ﬂight professional soccer since 1984 when the ﬁrst incarnation of the Whitecaps closed shop with the dissolution of the North American Soccer League. A name change and a new league saw the Vancouver 86ers play in the Canadian Soccer League.

“TO SCORE IN FRONT OF MY HOME FANS WAS INCREDIBLE. WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.” Terry Dunﬁeld

The reinstatement of the Whitecaps franchise comes with an aggressive, even bullish, ambition on the part of the club to be one of the best in the world. The fans, like Parent who waved a ﬂag through more than 90 minutes of soccer, are making a vocal, active contribution—certainly like a team. The devoted Southsiders fan club brings a sense of know-how, tradition and inventive, provocative chants that are always arousing if not always family-friendly. Passionate fans were in turn inspired by the athletes they came to champion. “To come out like this and look like a

team that’s already been preparing is absolutely phenomenal,” said Harj Nijjar. “I’ve never seen anything with so much passion and the best thing is we get to kick Toronto’s butt the first game.” Nijjar, a season’s ticket holder, said the hometown pride was over the top. “It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.” The cross-country rivalry burns bright and Toronto FC is already easily despised. Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit said fervent fans will intimidate visiting teams. “This is the first experience for a lot of these people here today and as they learn chants, as they learn when to cheer, when to really put that pressure on the opposition, that’s important. We needed them today and they were with us all the way.” Local pride swelled in the 26th minute when Terry Dunfield, the single Vancouverite on the roster, put the Whitecaps ahead 2-1 and then streaked toward friends and family in the stands. He drew a yellow card for leaping off the field into their arms. Somehow, the fever-pitch of the crowd grew even hotter, more fervent and ecstatic. White ponchos rained down. “The fans were phenomenal,” said Dunfield. “Even when we went 1-1, they were pushing us on to get another one. To score in front of my home fans was incredible. We couldn’t have done it without them.” White! Caps! mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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RECRUITER Reporting to the Human Resources Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for assisting and providing the Human Resources Manager with a full range of recruitment support to various mining sites to ensure that the staffing needs of Procon are provided in the most efficient and effective means possible on a day-to-day basis. Requirements: • Minimum of 3 years of experience in recruiting (experience with Mining recruitment is essential) • Ability to effectively communicate and interact at all levels within the company. • Proven ability to effectively manage time, deal with a fast-paced environment and prioritize responsibilities. • Experience in working effectively with peoples from different cultures. • Excellent knowledge with MS Office along with advanced Excel skills • Mining knowledge an asset • The ability to verbally communicate in both English. If this position interests you, you have the experience we are looking for, and want to join a dynamic mining group, submit an application to:

Lumber/Building Supplies

STEEL BUILDING SALE... SPECIALS from $4 to $11/sq.ft. Great pricing on ABSOLUTELY every model, width & length. Example: 30x40x14 NOW $7995.00. End walls included, doors optional. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers 1-800-668-5422. STEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR - Holding 2010 steel prices on many models/sizes. Ask about FREE DELIVERY! CALL FOR QUICK SALE QUOTE and FREE BROCHURE 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

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Recycler

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6030

6035

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6050

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6065

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HOME SERVICES

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5505

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

MOVING SALE

Sat, March 26th, 10am -4pm 3341 W 34th Ave Proceeds for the Japan Relief Fund Furniture, books, pottery & household items

Estate Sale! Sat. March 26th & Sun. March 27th. 10am - 3pm 2415 West 14th Ave. 26 years of great stuff!!

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RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

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6508

Apt/Condos

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6510

Co-ops

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Furnished Accommodation

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6540

Houses - Rent

3 BR, View, 1.5 ba, gas f/p, deck, 5 appl. incl utils, ns np, $2250, 1365 E 36th. 604-321-9578 E. VAN 3 BR UPPER, avail now or Apr 1. $1200/mo + utls. NS/NP. Fraser / Broadway. 604-809-4787 *RENT TO OWN*

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6602

Suites/Partial Houses

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Wanted To Rent

MATURE LADY seeks 2 br (or 1 br+den) condo, 5 appl, prkg, balcony, May 1st. Vcr West side & West End. ns, np 604-684-0177

Re: The estate of Michael George Mercer, deceased, formerly of 1964 West 15th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Michael George Mercer are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Adrian & Co., Barristers and Solicitors, attn: Lara Percy, at 5660 Yew Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 3Y3 on or before May 6, 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.

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Re: The estate of John Roger Jones, also known as J.R. Jones and Jay Jones, deceased, formerly of 3372 Church Street, Vancouver, BC, V5R 4W6 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of John Roger Jones, also known as J.R. Jones and Jay Jones are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Adrian & Co., Barristers and Solicitors, attn: Quentin J. Adrian, at 5660 Yew Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 3Y3 on or before May 6, 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.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

RE: ESTATE OF HELENE MATHILDE EVELINE SCHALKWYK, ALSO KNOWN AS HELENE MATHILDE EVELINE SCHALKWIJK AND LENI H. SCHALKWYK late of Brock Farhni Pavilion, Providence Health Care, 4650 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 4J4 (the 'Estate') NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the executrix, Johanna Schalkwyk, at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 -1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before April 20, 2011, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received. EXECUTRIX: JOHANNA SCHALKWYK SOLICITOR: Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The Estate of William Lodge Wilson oka William L. Wilson, William Wilson and Bill Wilson, deceased formerly of St. Vincent’s Hospital, 255 West 62nd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 4V4. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of William Lodge Wilson oka William L. Wilson, William Wilson and Bill Wilson, deceased, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executors, Ian Ewart Davidson and Dawn Elaine Malcolm at 320 - 1501 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4Z6 on or before April 18, 2011, after which date the executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executors then have notice. Law Office of David J. Macfarlane 320 - 1501 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V6J 4Z6 Solicitor for the estate

7005

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8060

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8080

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#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

8155

Landscaping

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

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Hardscaping & Landscaping. Hedges, Pavers, Ponds & Walls, Returfing, Demos, Drainage, Jackhammering. 604 782-4322

8160

Lawn & Garden

Spring Services

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944 CARPET, VINYL & HARDWOOD Repair & Replace. Material sales Dwight, 778-322-6048 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca

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• Lawn Maintenance • Fertilizing • Yard Clean-ups • Aeration • Pruning/Hedges • Power Raking • Rubbish Removal • Odd jobs •Yearly Maintenance Programs •

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

8120

LAWNS • GARDENS • TREES • SHRUBS EST.1994

Glass Mirrors

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

8125

Gutters

A1 Steve’s Gutter Cleaning & Repair from $98. Gutters vacuumed/hand clean. 604-524-0667 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

Residential, Strata, Commercial Gardens Designed, Installed, Maintained Trees/Hedges Installed, Removed, Fruit Trees Pruned & Sprayed Retaining Walls, Patios, Pathways

604-737-0170

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604-874-5296

• Lawn Mowing • Aeration • Spring Cleanups • Hedging Visa / MC / Debit Accepted

604-347-7888 WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Spring Up Chaffer Control & Lawn Restoration. Comm/Strata/Res Aerating & Power Raking. Free Estimates. 604-893-5745

Since 1989

604-723-2468; T. TRAN, New lawns, grass cuts, p/raking, aerating, hedging, pruning. Reliable

732-8453

AVANTI GARDEN SERVICES Spring cleanup, new design, planting, etc. Laura 604-264-0775

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

BEST PRICE! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127 BOGI House Maintenance Fencing, painting , flooring, plumbing. All repairs & renos. 778-865-0846 EXP’D HANDYMAN offering high quality affordable services. Drain cleaning, plumbing, tiling, drywall, painting etc. Call: 604-839-5353 KITSILANO HANDYMAN and Contracting. Carpentry, painting, home repairs. Call 604-760-4408

8140

Heating

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

EXP. GARDENER. Spring clean ups, weeding, pruning, planting, new soil. Ron 604-202-2176 EXPERT PRUNING Cert Arb Ornamental & fruit trees, shrubs,etc Colin Malcolm 604-618-9741 GREENSTAR GARDEN Complete Lawn & garden care. Free estimates. 604-736-5791

KAWA GARDEN SERVICES Res/comm. Organic lawn care & quality compost. 604-831-0140

LADYBUG GARDENING EXPERT SERVICE For everything growing on your property. 778 881 9549

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HOME SERVICES 8160

Lawn & Garden

LAWN MAINTENANCE 20 yrs exp. power rake, aerating. Free est. Reliable Reas. 604-649-9965

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P/U or delivery. Covered storage. (604) 644-1878 Ny Ton Gardening yard & lawn maint. trimming, shrubs, hedging, power raking etc. 604-782-5288 ★ SD ENTERPRISES ★ Gardening, power raking, lawncare, pruning, cedar fencing. Free est. Call Terry at 604-726-1931

8185

Moving & Storage

MOVERS.CA 604.682.2232

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

PainterOne Painting Interior/Exterior, Good Prices 604 812 8900

8200

$35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020

8175

Masonry

MASONRY and REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Slate Patio/Sidewalk •Fireplaces & more. George • 604-365-7672

Moving & Storage

8185

ASH RELOCATION SERVICES Quality Trucks Í &Top Í Moving Equipment 2 Very Experienced Movers $77.00/hr + hst 3 Very Experienced Movers $97.00/hr + hst (Recommended for ofﬁces + 2 bedrooms & up)

778.322.2462

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8193

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

Decks/Patios/ Railings

• Sunrooms • Aluminum patio/deck covers • Aluminum railings • Glass railings • Aluminum fencing • Auto gates Free Estimates 604-521-2688

www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187 METRO BLACKTOP CO. LTD Custom work for Driveways & new lane Aprons. Repairs/resurfacing. Call Gino 604-657-9936

8220

Plumbing

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

8195

Serving West Side since 1987

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

604-312-6311

Painting/ Wallpaper

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Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter

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1 to 3 Men

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

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

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(604) 875-9072 873-5292

CANSTAR PAINTING

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Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~ • Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

604-708-8850

BEST RATE MOVING Experienced Movers with Affordable Rates! Starting 30/ hour Licensed & Insured $

• Local & Long Distance • Avail. 24/7 incl. holidays • Seniors Discount • Delivery to/from YVR Airport

604-787-8061

EZ GO MOVERS

Insured/WCB

778-997-9582 3 ROOMS FOR $299. walls, w/2 coats of top Cloverdale Paint. 20 yrs exp. Larry 604-961-4391 AAA Professional int/ext painter & wall paperer. Guar work. Free est. John 604-318-2059 (Kits) Barwick Painting Prof. painters, exp. painters, in partnership with Benjamin Moore. 604-263-2530

604-580-2171

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

drytech.ca RENOVATIONS 22-BUILD (222-8453)

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732-8453

Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

McNabb Roofing

JACK’S RUBBISH Removal Friendly, Fast & Cheap 604-266-4444

C Davis Contracting- Renos & Repair, Decks, additions, kitchen bath. Ins. Licensed. Local Co. Chris 778-549-6186 BATH/KITCHEN Renos, decks, fencing, home repairs. Home Improvment Centre. 604-240-9081 KITCHEN & BATHS Home renovations, 30+ years experience. Call 604-731-7709 MIKESHOMEWORK.CA Reno: Bath, kitchen, paint, decks, tiles, carpentry, $35/hr. 604.688.2306 Mozaik Handyman Services Ltd Reno painting, electrical, plumb tiling, 604-739-8786..716-8687

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Renos • Decks • Repairs

BATHROOM• KITCHEN • BASEMENT EXCELLENT REFS/QUALITY Kelly Construction 604-738-7280

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

8250

Roofing

POINT GREY ROOFING Established 1946

Over 15 yrs experience All types of Rooﬁng Reasonable Rates WCB Insured

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

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

8307

Telephone Services

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8309

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

$35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020

PTV HOME RENOVATIONS All types of reno’s, big or small. One call does it all. 778-235-1772

A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Special truck for clean-ups. Any size job Lic#32839 604-875-9072

TAL TILE Kitchen, Bath, Floors Install & Repairs Int/Ext. Free Est. Guaranteed David 604-862-7537

9145

Domestic

Scrap Car Removal

Windows Cleaned Inside & Outside Gutters Cleared & Cleaned FREE ESTIMATES

604-274-0285

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

HOME SERVICES Find the professionals you need to create the perfect renovation. to advertise call

604-630-3300

9522

RV’s/Trailers

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200

THE SCRAPPER SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL 1998 DODGE Neon, $2950, 110 k,AC, PS, PB, auto trans.Remote Start, Good Tires. 604-802-2344

Window Cleaning

White Rose Window Cleaning

AUTOMOTIVE 9125

Tree Services

Tiling

Rubbish Removal

FREE ESTIMATES

604-379-2641

WESTSIDE JUNK REMOVAL ✫Best Price Guaranteed✫ We Recycle! 604-266-4444

A Save on Roofing - specialize in ★reroof ★ repair★ Fully Ins. Free est. 10% discount 778-892-1266

8255

8335

Reasonable rates - Free Est. Pat 604-224-2112, anytime

604-716-8528 A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd Re-Roof, Repair. Ins. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 or 604-961-0324

8315

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

NEW CANADIAN ROOFING LTD.

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604.662.8150

DVK PAINTING LTD. Call Dave Int/Ext. Res/Comm. Quality work. Great rates. WCB. 604-354-2930

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Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

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Rubbish Removal

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LEAK REPAIRS

ADVANTAGE BUILDING MAINTENANCE

604-802-1918

DAVID HALL & Daughter Painting and Wallpaper. Please Call 604-266-5744

Quick & Reliable Movers from$48 per hour www.ezgomovers.com

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

604-263-2530

ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs

All Types of Rooﬁng, Re-Rooﬁng & Repairs

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8255

Roofing

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604-731-2443

Interior & Exterior Painting Services For Free Estimate Please Call:

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QUADRO CONSTRUCTION •Int & Ext RENO’S •Concrete •Landscaping ★ 604-323-6193

• • • •

8250

drytech.ca Since 1989

★ BATHROOM SPECIALIST★ Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paint framing. From start to finish. Over 20 yrs exp. Peter 604-715-0030

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

For Free Estimates Call

Renovations & Home Improvement

MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured.

15% OFF All Moving

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

8240

EW27

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Natural Raised Beef

Certified Organic

Eye of s k a e t S d n u Ro

California Medium

Oxtail

Navel Oranges

9 4 $

Food Store

$ 98

99 We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products Chicken Legs

Tenderloin Steaks

/lb. $2.18kg.

Non-Medicated

Natural Raised Beef

/lb. $9.90kg.

21 $ /lb. $48.98kg.

From the Deli

67 /lb. $5.89kg.

Certified Organic California

Maple Lodge

Non-Medicated • Bone-In

Chicken Breast

Roast Chicken Green Kale Baby Salads Assorted Breast

$ 29 100g.

Ataulfo

$ 98 $

/lb. $4.37kg.

bunch

Biovert

Laundry Detergent

3.7L Bottle

Large Navel

Oranges

1lb. Pkg.

/lb. $1.06kg.

39 235ml Jar

$ 48

Rye Flakes

1.5kg.

Non-Organic

Raw Natural Large Almonds

99 $ 1kg. Bag

Sale Dates: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 – Tuesday, March 29, 2011

1.5kg. Bag

2 0 1 1

1595 Kingsway 604-872-3019 8 am-9 pm

/lb. $3.26kg.

Non-Organic

500g. Pkg.

Turkish Apricots

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

/lb. $5.05kg.

$ 99 $ 99 2

Assorted Varieties

BAKING SUPPLIES

Large Green Grapes

Pasta

Pork Chops

Chilean • Seedless

Assorted Cuts

Non-Organic

BULK FOOD &

Garofalo

Just Fruit Spreads

/lb. $4.39kg.

California

Crofter’s Organic

99 $

Center Cut

$ 99 $ 98

Imported

Mangoes

Family Pack

$ 99

/lb. $10.98kg.

Certified Organic Earthbound Farm

Family Pack Rib & Tenderloin End

Pork Chops

/lb. $10.98kg.