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‘Visible minorities’ dominate Vancouver Kingsway Riding stretches from Boundary to Oak Federal
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The Vancouver Kingsway riding includes mainly residential areas and many small businesses.
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Leading up to the May 2 federal election, the Courier is doing weekly profiles of Vancouver’s five federal electoral districts. This week we begin with Vancouver Kingsway. Riding name and location: Vancouver Kingsway stretches from Boundary Road to Oak Street between 16th and 41st avenues, shift-
ing to Grandview Highway on its northeast boundary and jogging along School Avenue, Tyne Street and 49th Avenue at its southeast end. What’s it like: Statistics Canada reports that more than 68 per cent of residents of Vancouver Kingsway are “visible minorities” and of this group, 58 per cent are Chinese. Sixty-five per cent of the population are first generation, or mainly born outside of Canada, according to the 2006 Census. More than half of the residents of Vancouver Kingsway (54 per cent) are immigrants, most immigrating before 1991 (53 per cent). The median gross household income in the riding in 2005 was $51,600. See WORKERS on page 4
Charity hopes to fill holes in houses and job market City notes potential savings to homeowners Airika Owen
Contributing writer The city and the non-profit charity Embers hope a new enterprise to plug holes in drafty Vancouver houses will save homeowners money and create jobs for people struggling to find work.
The project is a partnership between the city and Embers, a charity based in the Downtown Eastside that seeks employment for struggling job seekers, such as recent immigrants, and those trying to get into the job market after setbacks, including addictions.
Embers ran a pilot project from September through December to train four employees in weatherization, seal off 50 homes and review the effects of the weatherization. Now Embers Green Renovations is open for business with three trained workers and a
promise to grow with demand. Embers project manager David Pryor said the results of the test project were positive. According to Pryor, houses saw a 20 per cent average reduction in drafts, which according to the city is equal to $100 in savings for each home per year. The size
of the holes found and filled in the houses averaged 55 square inches. “Our goal is to reach 5,000 homes in Vancouver by 2020. Each home that we do is up to one metric tonne of carbon reduction per year,” Pryor said. See WORKERS on page 4
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Continued from page 4 Weatherizing is the most economical way to improve the energy efficiency in a home, said Dave Ramslie, sustainable development program manager for the city. He said sealing up private homes is the best way for the city to meet its goal of reducing Vancouver’s greenhouse gases emissions by 33 per cent by 2020. “We need to have homes get
more efficient,” Ramslie said. Embers received $150,000 in grants for the project. The money was divided evenly among the city, funding from senior levels of government and Vancity credit union. Ramslie said no one in Vancouver offers the services the Embers project provides. “If nothing is happening in the market we need to get entrepreneurial about this and try to en-
sure that these services are available to people,” he said. The crew starts by doing a blower test, which pressurizes the home. Workers then go around the boundaries of the home with a smoke pen and infrared camera, which shows them exactly where leaks are occurring. They seal leaks using trimming strips, caulking and expanding foam and retest the home.
“[Customers] felt the difference immediately. There’s an improved comfort level. If you have a drafty home you feel it. Its not just in your energy bills, you actually feel it,” Embers executive director Marcia Nozick said. Ramslie said the work doesn’t require technical expertise as long as the person managing the crew understands the equipment. “This was a way to hit a triple benefit,” he added. “We’re doing
good for the environment, we’re doing good for the economy and we’re also doing good from a social equity standpoint.” Pryor said one of the weatherizing team members was an engineer in Iran but his credentials aren’t recognized in Canada. Embers on the other hand can put his skills to use. “It’s a great example of sustainable development,” Nozick said. aowen@vancourier.com
NDP incumbent garnered more than 15,000 votes in 2008
Continued from page 4 Who’s running: NDP MP Don Davies and the Liberal’s Wendy Yuan are running again. Trang Nguyen is the federal candidate for the Conservatives. Davies is a lawyer, researcher, former trade union representative and policy adviser. He’s a past chair of the Mount Pleasant Parent Advisory Council and has been involved in Tools for Peace, Co-op Radio, Lawyers for Social Responsibility and Dickens Community
Group. He’s a longtime resident of the Kensington area of Vancouver Kingsway. Among the 308 MPs in the House of Commons, Davies ranks in the top five for the number of private members bills introduced. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in Beijing, Wendy Yuan came to Canada in 1984. She completed a master’s degree in International Management in Illinois in 1987. She co-founded a small computer hardware distributorship in Montreal
in 1988. Yuan is president and CEO of Bradley Pacific Enterprises, a company focusing on the Asia Pacific region’s emerging countries. Yuan was nominated for the Best Young Entrepreneur Award by Business in Vancouver magazine in 2003. She has volunteered with S.U.C.C.E.S.S., the Canadian Red Cross, Richmond Economic Advisory Committee, Simon Fraser University, the Vancouver Multicultural Society and Vancouver Oakridge Lions
Club. Yuan was named as one of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants for 2009 by Canadian Immigrant magazine. Trang Nguyen, has a degree in criminology from SFU and is an accredited court interpreter working for the attorney general and a Bowen therapist. She is bilingual in English and Vietnamese. Nguyen has broadcasting experience as a field reporter and host on Channel M and Fairchild Radio. She immigrated
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City hall rolled out an early April Fool’s Day joke while I was away. The jokers decided that a weekend in April would be a good time to hear from more speakers in the ongoing public hearings regarding Paragon Gaming Inc.’s proposal to build a mega casino adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium. Apparently, it’s not a joke. Mayor Gregor Robertson and his 10 councillors will be in the council chambers Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 to listen to more than 150 people on the speakers’ list. After three nights of hearings earlier this month, council is still many hours/days/ weeks—months?—away from deciding the fate of the casino proposal. The April 9 hearing runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Sunday hearing runs from 1 to 6 p.m. If council doesn’t get through the list over those two days, then a sixth hearing is scheduled for April 12. Paragon of Las Vegas wants to relocate its gambling licence from
More public hearings regarding Paragon Gaming Inc.’s proposal to build a mega casino adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium will take place the second weekend of April at city hall. photo Dan Toulgoet the Edgewater Casino at the Plaza of Nations to the land immediately west of B.C. Place Stadium and build what would be the largest casino in Western Canada. Casino workers and gamblers have lined up to speak to council about the need for the casino and protecting jobs while opponents are worried about creating more gambling addicts and attracting criminals.
A medical health officer recommended council reject the proposal. The B.C. Lottery Corporation, the B.C. Pavilion Corporation, the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Vancouver Whitecaps are among the supporters of a new casino. Rumours abound that council will hold off making a decision until a new council is elected in November. Seems hard to believe. Stay tuned.
Doubling down
If the pro-side in the casino debate needed a boost, it got one March 24 when Premier Christy Clark announced that more than 2,000 non-profits in B.C. will benefit from “an immediate injection of $15 million” in gambling grants. “We’re putting families first by providing more funding for programs that support healthier children, stronger families and more
vibrant communities,” said Clark in a release from her office. Clark didn’t answer how “putting families first” lines up with a mega casino—a question Vision Coun. George Chow posed to Michael Graydon of the B.C. Lottery Corporation earlier this month. Graydon deferred to Clark. For the record, gambling grants decreased from $156 million in 2008/2009 to $112 million in 2009/2010. The provincial government’s net income in gambling revenues for 2009/2010 was $1.08 billion—a substantial gain from 2001/2002, when the government collected $606 million. Graydon and Paragon have found themselves defending the cut, even though it is out of their control. David Podmore of the B.C. Pavilion Corporation, the landlord of the proposed site for the casino, has done the same.
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Note: Back from a holiday. Went to Portland, where transit is free downtown and parking is $1.60 for 90 minutes downtown. Also, the huge billboards downtown advertising the Portland Timbers soccer squad are of actual players instead of a body-painted woman in Whitecaps colours, said the father of two young girls. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings
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Existing school district upgrading and building projects are on track, according to a talk I had with John Murnane, the facilities manager for the VSB. Early work started on the Kitchener elementary school site late last week, but several other projects are also well underway with a couple on the verge of completion. Murnane expects the upgrade on Laura Secord elementary to be finished by September. Although the project suffered an initial setback after testing determined the aging building hadn’t been constructed properly, that problem has been addressed. “We lost a few months, but we gained it [back] by doing double shifts and the ministry kicked in some extra money,” he said. An upgrade to Jules Ques-
Laura Secord elementary school. nel is also underway and is expected to be finished by September. Some of the recovered wood on that site is being sawed down and used to make objects like benches, according to Murnane. “Jules Quesnel was not a problem [job]. It was apparently your normal seismic upgrade. Secord was not because of the gravity loading issue. We had to double shift for about 13 months. That means working from 7:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. every day and even working on Saturdays. We’re now caught up, so both schools basically are at the same stage. They’re in the finishing stage so I’m very optimistic they’ll both be ready for use in September.” The redevelopment of the J.W. Sexsmith elementary site has started with site ser-
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vices work and excavation. The school is being replaced, but the site is large enough that the old school won’t need to be knocked down. The VSB wants to find a compatible use for the old building once students move into the replacement school. Murnane said the new school will be built with environmental features although it won’t be LEED certified, which costs money. “Sustainability is a big issue and a lot of the stuff we’re doing there will be sustainable, including the heating system,” he said, adding the new school should be ready by December 2012. A new, much-needed secondary school at the National Research Council site at UBC is the next project. Tendering has closed and staff
are evaluating responses to see who is the low bidder. Work could start soon. The district’s ambitious opening date is September 2012, but that will depend on which bid is accepted. “Until such as time as we have determined who the contractor is, we really don’t have a schedule. They’re the ones who tell us how long it’s going to take. I would hope to start work—getting at least set up there sometime in late April,” Murnane said.
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School board trustees will contemplate how to balance the VSB’s budget in coming weeks—preliminary budget proposals for the 2011/12 school year are being unveiled at a committee meeting April 12. But I want to know how readers would deal with a shortfall. Are there cuts left to be made in the district that have been overlooked by the board? How did last year’s cuts affect you or your school? Students, teachers, parents, staff, contact me with your thoughts and concrete examples. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh
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news in Stanley Park this July. The city has applied to the park board to use Brockton Oval and Brockton Field for the event, which will include sponsor chalets, food and beverage vendors, cultural displays, activity areas and two licensed areas. The organizers are requesting one licensed area have a capacity of 500, while the second would have a capacity of 250. Finally, Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th birthday this year and Vancouver is hosting one of three centennial events held across Canada on July 16. The organizers have asked permission to use Brockton Field for a single day of activities, including a free evening concert. The organizers are requesting one licensed area with a capacity of 500.
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Water works
Last March I wrote about the launch of a community-mapping project that was part of the Water Beneath Our Feet series, which one-year later is now complete. Water Beneath Our Feet—Mapping the Spirit of the False Creek Watershed is a joint project including the False Creek Watershed Society, the Roundhouse Community Centre and the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Celia Brauer with the Watershed Society says mapping allows residents to include their favourite places, views or special buildings in their community on a map they make themselves. Brauer wants the project duplicated in communities across the city. The initial project is complete and the premier “Watershed Event,” including artwork, storytelling and food, takes place tomorrow night (March 31) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway. Entrance by donation.
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The city is looking for volunteers to get involved in the Hastings Park Open Space Advisory Group and to provide input on the design and development of initial park spaces at Hastings. A master plan was recently approved for the park, and the city has asked staff to begin by creating several park spaces and greenways. To apply, go to vancouver.ca/pnepark/public.htm. The application deadline is April 12. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10
A community-mapping project about the False Creek watershed includes artwork and story telling. photo Dan Toulgoet along with that goes applications to the park board for new or extended hours for special occasion liquor licenses. The park board will decide Monday night whether to approve applications regarding liquor licences from several groups, beginning with the Coastal Jazz Society, which wants to increase its licensed capacity at David Lam Park by 100 during its annual fes-
tival to be held this year at the end of June. The society wants to eliminate its annual Pumphouse and Park bistros and expand the Roundhouse Community Centre Exhibition Hall Bistro to a capacity of 600. If approved, the Roundhouse bistro will open at noon and stop serving alcohol at 9:30 p.m. Volleyball B.C. wants to increase the capacity of its licensed
area during its annual Vancouver Open beach event this July, from 200 to 250, with hours on Friday from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Access to the licensed area is limited to players, sponsors and VIPs. The city also wants to get in on the act this year and celebrate its 125th anniversary with a number of events, including Summer Live
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WEB POLL NATION Go to www.vancourier.com to vote The fourth federal election in seven years gets you: A) excited B) frustrated C) sleepy Last week’s poll question: Should the prvincial government continued to fund city homelessness shelters scheduled to close in April? Yes 68 per cent No 32 per cent This is not a scientific poll.
Hello. My name is Sandra and I have no interest whatsoever in the upcoming federal election. They say the first step to healing is admitting you have a problem so I decided to just put that out there. There’s a certain expectation that all reporters delight in every detail of an election, no matter what level of government. But last Friday afternoon as my co-workers huddled around the 16inch TV in the newsroom watching the results of the non-confidence vote, rubbing their hands with glee, I sat at my desk praying to the election gods to please just let this one slide. As Twitter went atwitter with predictions and opinions, I watched a YouTube video of a dog playing the piano and singing. OK, it’s not really singing, but it does howl and it is pretty cute. While Facebook friends took to the Internet to vent their displeasure about the fourth federal election in seven years, I updated my status to “Tuna or chicken? I just never know which sandwich to have.” I didn’t feel any more excited Saturday morning as I passed the corner of Main Street and East 41st Avenue and couldn’t miss the fact the recently vacated clothing store at that location had been transformed overnight into a campaign war room for the Conservative candidate for VancouverKingsway, Trang Nguyen. Further north on Main Street I spotted several young men and women, clipboards in hand, determinedly attempting to hand out election pamphlets to passersby who were just as determined not to take one. Not long after, I watched as placard-waving Liberal supporters on Davie Street shouted their support for
sandrathomas Vancouver Centre Liberal MP Hedy Fry. I also began shouting, but my cries of “Too soon, too soon!” went unheard. Joining the chorus was a man sitting in a chair outside the Starbucks on Davie at Thurlow, but nothing he yelled can be repeated in decent company. Walking past the Fountainhead Pub on Davie, I saw a dozen or more young men and women dressed as rabbits sitting on the patio. Now this, I thought, is a political party worth reporting on and my enthusiasm skyrocketed. But sadly when I asked what they were up to, it was simply what it looked like—a bunch of men and women dressed as rabbits, drinking beer, with plans to “wander around a little later” once everyone showed up. In other words, just another typical Saturday afternoon in Vancouver. It’s not that I don’t think federal elections aren’t important, because they are. And it’s not like I
don’t plan on voting, because I do. It’s just this election seems so contrived, but I’m still not sure by whom. Some political pundits say the NDP and Liberals played straight into the Conservatives’ hands by a vote of non-confidence just as that party’s popularity is on the rise, while others suggest this is Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s last stand. I’ve also heard some “experts” claim this election is going to be all about the economy. The same economy that’s supposedly on the rise, but has newspaper reporters fearing for their jobs because few of the businesses that used to buy ads can afford to do so any more. The same economy that has health care across the country continually scaled back, while the Conservative government is hell bent on spending billions of dollars on new prisons and pilot-operated jets, which many experts say will have to be replaced by computer-operated drones by the time they’re delivered. Meanwhile, the fact our country’s best bet against the piano-playing Harper is either the Liberal’s Michael Ignatieff or NDP’s Jack Layton doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence. Based on the lead contenders for prime minister, I’m sure a lot of Canadians won’t bother voting in this election and I can understand why, but might I suggest you check out your local candidates and find one with similar ideals and goals. The fun side of that is you’ll also know where their local constituency office is so you can drop in anytime to discuss your concerns. They’ll love that—especially if you’re wearing rabbit ears. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10
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Elder financial abuse victims become agents of change Last Wednesday at Heritage Hall, the future felt brighter. Nothing Earth-shattering happened and I had no epiphanies. But a feeling of optimism was palpable when women well into their senior years shared stories of family members taking advantage of them and how they decided no longer to accept being treated like a doormat—or worse. Hearing from individuals you don’t expect to see speaking out about injustices is always uplifting, whether it’s women, men or children. In this case, it was mostly women of various cultural backgrounds, who discussed, acted out scenarios and performed a puppet show to illustrate examples of elder financial abuse within their communities. The dialogue on the touchy topic sprang out of the 2007 initiative called Finding Home, a neighbourhood-level approach to building inclusive communities. Since then, neighbourhood associations, seniors groups and community organizers have held gatherings to discover what “home” means and to foster a sense of belonging in the wider community. As one senior noted, “Finding a sense of home makes me feel alive. When I feel alive, I can give more to my community.” Finding Home founder Jessie Sutherland noticed from “the get go” issues of financial abuse emerging from seniors groups. With federal funding, Sutherland, who has a background in dispute resolution and fostering reconciliation, started dialogues on elder financial abuse in 2010. Fourteen were held and Sutherland has been nothing short of impressed. As one senior opened up, others began to feel their confidence building knowing they weren’t alone. “What has been surprising and inspiring is the level of resistance at the beginning of the project that none of these issues existed at all,” Sutherland said. “Some in the community said, ‘We don’t need this because elder abuse doesn’t happen. It’s not a Punjabi issue, it’s not an Afghan issue. We’re completely fine.’ To go from strongly resistant to becoming public speakers about the issues and being very excited to the growth and personal change that has happened has been very insightful.” At Heritage Hall, a Sikh couple acted out a scenario of wanting to buy airline tickets for a visit to India only to discover an empty bank account. They had opened a joint account with a grandson. He was meant to use the money to pay for their medication but instead cleaned them out. “This is financial abuse,” explained an interpreter. “Older people rely on their children and grandchildren.” I spoke to one woman, who
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fionahughes did not want to be identified, whose story goes back decades to when she first arrived in Canada as a single mother, unable to speak English, let alone read. She soon married but her husband, since deceased, took control of her life, taking her paycheque and not giving her access to a bank account. One of her daughters convinced her to open a joint account that covered mortgage payments. Unfortunately, the daughter takes what isn’t hers, leaving the mother on the hook for overdue payments. Now 71, the mother feels broken, sad and worried about her future. She says she’s not alone in her community. An increasing number of women—within their own communities and cross-culturally— are speaking up and advising fellow seniors to make a will, refuse to co-sign a loan, keep their names on property titles, keep things confidential, and not to spoil sons and grandsons. An Afghan woman told the story of an elderly couple whose adult children convinced them to sell their house so they could get the money. The elderly couple were reduced from being revered advisers to beggars. Sutherland rightly points out that a sense of entitlement among adult children isn’t unique to any single ethnic community. Among European Canadians, Sutherland heard stories about adult children taking a parent grocery shopping and adding their own groceries to the bill. Or children in their 40s and 50s moving back home and not helping with household chores or expenses and instead expecting their aging parents to provide everything. What left me with a sense of hope was the women’s desire to be agents of change that was anchored on the positive—teach respect by showing respect, raise conscientious children, remain open to new ideas, be brave, be humorous and value yourself and your strengths. For more information, go to findinghome.ca. ••• Last week’s column incorrectly stated a UBC scientist studying “pathogen production.” The area of study is “pathogen reduction.” fhughes@vancourier.com
According to one reader, the school board officials mishandled the consultation process involving alternative programs at Dr. A.R. Lord elementary. file photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Class Notes,” March 16. I am writing regarding the plan to move the school board’s alternative programs into the old primary building at Dr. A.R. Lord elementary school. I am a parent at the school and am disappointed in the public mudslinging surrounding our school and particularly the vilification of the kids in these alternative programs. The process taken by the school board was gravely lacking in terms of consultation and information and consequently many parents are resistant to this change. Our school has a diverse population with staff and parents who are constantly teaching students about compassion and accep-
tance. It needs to be understood that many parents at the school are applying these principles to this situation. We realize that many of us are only a few years away from having our children in need of extra support at school. We also recognize that most children are already being schooled alongside children with behavioural or mental health issues. We are committed to moving forward and supporting our wonderful school and the students in these programs. As one parent has pointed out, what we want for our children is a school and community that is caring, inclusive and diverse. Tracy Spring, Vancouver
Methadone clinic proposal peddles ‘poison’
To the editor: Re: “Residents oppose methadone clinic proposal,” March 23. Methadone is six times more addictive than heroin. It is almost impossible to get free of a methadone addiction. How do I know this? Because for 44 years, since 1967, I have been dealing with addiction issues, for the first 10 years running an abstinence program that is still turning out clean and sober citizens today. I have never met an addict who profited in any way from using methadone. Now, pharmacists, doctors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists—they’re a whole other bag of tea. They make money on this poison. They build careers.
Methadone is a failed idea. It simply doesn’t work. It only clouds the issue and makes matters worse. Citizens in the Strathcona neighbourhood are right to oppose this sickness with all their might. David Berner, Vancouver •••
To the editor: As a resident of Strathcona and a member of the Strathcona Residents Association (SRA), the Courier’s deductions that Strathcona “residents oppose [the] methadone clinic” is both untrue and unrepresentative. A large proportion of my neighbours and myself stand in full support of the provision of health care and addictions services at
678 East Hastings for our community members. And neither a large proportion of members of the SRA nor members of my larger community are represented by James Johnstone’s professed shared neighborhood stance on the “threat” of the proposed clinic and pharmacy. James and others are completely out of touch with the real facts. Every pharmacy on Hastings already dispenses methadone. There are no lineups and there is no “threat” to kids. The reality is our neighborhood and our association is largely made of up renters and low-income people who are involved and invested in their community. Stanislav Kupferschmidt, Vancouver
School bureaucrats earn cash from conflict To the editor: Re: “Diversity Team saves lives,” Letters, March 23. The intentions of the Diversity Team in censoring school libraries are no doubt honourable. However, government bureaucracies which infringe on civil liberties under the banner of “caring” about our children have a bad habit of growing. Those involved have a vested interest in expanding their scope and authority, in maintaining and increasing their employment, in-
come and prestige. Family justice is a case in point. From a mechanism to help those who were genuinely victims of abuse, it has become a maelstrom which has effectively destroyed the family and many lives without evidence of a benefit to children. Under the guise of caring, bureaucrats, lawyers and psychologists are earning huge incomes from conflict and division. Wariness is indeed justified. Alan Black, Vancouver
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Heritage advocates eye school demolition Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer Crews knocked down the bulk of a decades-old extension to Lord Kitchener elementary at the end of last week to get a head start on a redevelopment project that will include a replacement school. Kitchener, located at Blenheim and King Edward Avenue, features the main centre block, which was built in 1924 as well as several additions. The portion that was demolished was added in 1929, and it had been used as part of the gym. The south wing was constructed in 1929, while the north wing dates to 1961. The site also includes a standalone 1914 woodframed schoolhouse that’s being saved and will be moved to the southwest corner of the property. The gym demolition was timed for spring break so students would be away. Workers began hauling away the resulting piles of wood, concrete and metal debris Monday to make sure it’s gone before school resumes April 4. The extension had been built on columns, which
created a covered play area underneath. “The design didn’t lend itself to be a very stable building in the event of an earthquake,” explained John Murnane, the VSB’s manager of facilities. “All we’ve done here is basically take out half of the gym—there will be a portion of the gym remaining for the school’s use.” Aside from addressing safety, the district wanted to get ahead on its ambitious work schedule, which is designed to see the new school built and opened by September 2012. Murnane expects the final permits for the new building to be issued in early summer. “Nothing is guaranteed but I think we’re so far along in the process—we’ve got what we call a prior to letter from the city, so there is basic agreement, except with a few items, which we’re dealing with right now,” he said. Many in the school’s community have been lobbying for a new school for years because the building is at such high risk of damage if an earthquake hits. Heritage Vancouver president Don Luxton told the Courier the gym was not an
important piece of the complex, while the 1924 main wing is more significant to understanding the value of the school. Heritage Vancouver opposes knocking down Kitchener and other heritage schools, arguing they can be saved and seismically upgraded. Heritage Vancouver tweeted about the gym demolition as it was occurring Friday, including a link to photographs of it coming down and an article outlining the organization’s position on the Kitchener redevelopment. It stated that Heritage Vancouver supports retention of the 1914 wood frame structure, but insists its historic integrity should be maintained, “including its original massing as a freestanding structure. Visual interruptions and encroachments must not compromise the integrity of its envelope and its immediate surrounding. Very careful attention should be paid to its original wooden features, which should not be compromised through building code upgrading.” noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh
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‘shipshape’ automobile was discussed last week. In addition to having a ‘trim and tidy’ interior, it is a regularly serviced and maintained vehicle. There’s more to car upkeep than ‘gas and go’ although each new year brings to market seemingly ever more reliable, almost maintenance-free Cedric Hughes technology. We are so accustomed to the miraculousness of the modern automobile that we take for granted the incredible complexity housed within its sleek metallic form. The vehicle has an engine, power train, steering and suspension system, brakes, tires, electrical system, exhaust, cooling system and more—together adding up to thousands of parts manufactured from hundreds of different materials. It’s a wonder there aren’t more recalls. It’s a wonder that as the pace of technological improvement has increased, anecdotes about owning a ‘lemon’ have become ever fewer. One is tempted to wonder whether the ‘lemon laws’ of the 80’s have already become legal relics. There are, however, at least four reasons for regularly servicing and maintaining your vehicle: safety, minimizing its environmental impact, to maintain the warranty and, in the long term to maintain its value. The safety systems of your vehicle depend on a complex interplay of many features that all need to be in optimal condition. Think you don’t mirror check enough? Ever tried driving with a broken side mirror? The silver lining is learning how reliant you really are on even this piece of comparatively ‘low-tech’ equipment. Stalled or broken down vehicles and their drivers and passengers are extremely vulnerable and there are countless examples of a tragic chain of events unfolding from this seemingly only minor, annoying inconvenience. Regular vehicle servicing helps minimize the possibility of mechanical breakdown and the potentially lethal
consequences that can follow. Automobile combustion engines powered by gasoline and diesel fuels emit hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other ‘goodies’ that pollute the air and contribute to atmospheric warming. Barrister & Solicitor Decades of ongoing invention to reduce, contain and recycle these emissions have produced and continue to produce less emitting, more fuel efficient vehicles. These inventions variously are made up of valves, filters, hoses, belts, switches, and computer chips — lots of bits and parts that to achieve the desired result need to be maintained in optimal condition. Car manufacturers define clearly the appropriate servicing intervals, especially during the warranty term. Failure to follow these recommendations can breach the warranty and, in the longer term, devalue your vehicle. Think of the cost of servicing as an investment towards a higher return on reselling, bearing in mind that the everimproving robustness of the modern vehicle has contributed to an all-time high sales volume in the used car market in 2010. Of the 4.44 million vehicles sold in Canada in 2010, 2.89 million were pre-owned: almost twothirds of total sales, up from 56 per cent a decade ago. According to R.L. Polk Data, “54.2 per cent of all cars manufactured in the last 25 years are zooming around our roads today.” This durability, while desirable in many respects, nevertheless counters adoption of even cleaner and more fuelefficient new models.
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Though we think of ourselves as living in the present and moving forward in time, in our minds, we are time travellers jumping between future and past. Though we can rob ourselves of happiness today if we are consumed with the pain of the past or anxiety about the future, there is happiness to be found in all three places: the past, the present and the future.
I vividly remember my youngest son as a toddler, sitting across the kitchen table, smiling with dimples and looking at me intensely. “Why are you so happy?” I asked. “I’m waiting for the worm to come out!” he exclaimed. We can find great pleasure in anticipation—as long as we’re not badly disappointed. Anticipating the near future can get us in the mood for adventure. When my daughter was small, we went to the grand opening of a new A&W restaurant. Looking for-
ward to seeing the great Root Bear again, she asked, “I wonder if he’ll remember me from the last time?” Anticipating and working for a bright future can engage us more fully in the tasks of the present. The pleasure of realizing our dreams engages us in the present. There is also pleasure in the past. My friend, Gordon finds joy recalling life’s most wonderful experiences. He remembers them with gratitude. My dear patient Sissy has ad-
vanced dementia but when I visit her at her nursing home, she’s often happy, especially after recalling the events of her day. She talks about things she did as a girl that actually took place 80 years ago in our time, but to her, they just happened. Our memories can bring comfort and joy to a different present. Recognizing the wonder in my daughter’s life today, I said to her, “You’re so lucky to be a kid!” She replied, “You were a kid before,” meaning I had my chance already.
I should enjoy being a grownup, driving a real car and doing whatever I want. The key to happiness is to live appropriately in the past, present and future. Look at your past with gratitude and look forward to a positive future, but most importantly, live fully today and appreciate the gifts of this day. Live so that you will not look back in regret. Create today the memories you will cherish tomorrow. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a physician at PrimeCare Medical.
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Horsin’ around, Kit Lee and newly appointed Premier Christy Clark attended the opening night performance of Cavalia.
Executive directors Sheena Sargeant and Lisa Martella saw Friends for Life and A Loving Spoonful organizations benefit from Dining Out for Life.
Fred Normand Latourelle, Cavalia founder and artistic director, has seen his horse show extravaganza extended until April 17
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Horse play: Under the pop up Big Top at Olympic Village, Cavalia gallops into town. Paying homage to the intimate relationship between human and horse, founder Normand Latourelle presents his highly acclaimed multimedia, multidisciplinary, everything equine extravaganza. Premier Christy Clark, Mayor Gregor Robertson and actress Erin Karpluk were among the notables on hand for the star-studded opening production involving aerialists, acrobats, horseback riders, dancers, musicians, a vocalist, and 49 horses. The Cirque du Soleil meets Calgary Stampede spectacle of majestic leaps and acrobatics trots on until April 17. Out for good: For the city-wide celebration of food and drink, a record 230 restaurants in Vancouver and Whistler participated in this year’s Dining Out for Life, B.C.’s largest restaurant fundraiser. Proceeds from food sales benefitted A Loving Spoonful and Friends for Life. Yours truly got his groove on hosting DOFL participants at Opus Hotel’s One Hundred Nights for its disco-themed dinner. Dance magic: As part of its 25th anniversary season, Ballet B.C. welcomed African-American Alvin Ailey American Dance Company back to town. Last seen on the QE stage in 1992, the renowned New York troupe wowed a sold-out house with a reprise of their signature “Revelations” work. Hear Fred Mondays 8:20 am on CBC Radio’s The Early Edition; email Fred at yvrflee@hotmail.com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown or fredabouttown.blogspot.com.
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1. With little more than a guitar, drums and a couple of moustaches, San Francisco indie folk duo the Dodos bash out some pretty noise on their latest release No Color, which boasts appearances from Neko Case, dips into Smashing Pumpkins feedback territory at one point and poses the question “Is it better to be on or be good?” Catch the Dodos being both when they play the Rickshaw March 31 with guests Reading Rainbow. Tickets at Zulu, Redcat and all Ticketmaster locations. 2. The Vancouver Playhouse presents Morris Panych’s sardonic, coming of age play The Trespassers. What’s with the lotion? Hmmm. The play runs until April 16. For info and tickets, go to vancouverplayhouse.com or call 604-873-3311. 3. Duncan Regehr explores doppelgangers, the collective subconscious and dudes with serpents coming out of their mouths in his new collection of large-scale paintings at Petley Jones Gallery, 1554 West Sixth Ave. The exhibit runs until April 14, with an opening reception March 31, 6 to 8 p.m. More info at petleyjones.com.
4. Canadian ukulele songstress Shelley O’Brien brings her, wait for it, “plucky” brand of pop to the Cellar Jazz Club March 31, 8 p.m. That’s why we get paid the big bucks. For tickets, email reservations@cellarjazz.com or call 604-738-1959.
kudos & kvetches Why such the long Facebook?
Just when you thought the only side effects of using Facebook were status update fatigue, Farmville syndrome, chronic poking and hairy palm, it turns out users of the popular social networking website are also susceptible to something called “Facebook depression.” While researchers can’t agree whether the ailment is an extension of depression some teens already feel or a direct result of Facebook, Dr. Gwenn O’Keeffe, a Boston-area pediatrician and lead author of new American Academy of Pediatrics social media guidelines, says there are certain aspects to Facebook that make it tough on kids dealing with poor self-esteem. According to O’Keeffe, noticing someone has hundreds more “friends” than you or ogling their happy photos can make some kids feel like they don’t measure up. O’Keeffe’s guidelines, which were published online in the medical journal Pediatrics, “urge pediatricians to encourage parents to talk with their kids about online use and to be aware of Facebook depression, cyberbullying, sexting and other online risks.” You know what else leads to Facebook
depression? When your parents talk to you about the dangers of Facebook such as depression, cyberbullying, sexting and other online risks. Though, to be fair, it’s not nearly as depressing as reading an entire newspaper article on page two of the Globe and Mail that tries to legitimize something called Facebook depression that, we suspect, researchers devised for the sole purpose of getting published in medical journals and national newspapers desperate for fluffy stories about anything related to online social networking. Now that’s truly depressing.
Twitter the nation
Speaking of depressing things… an article in the Vancouver Sun reveals some shocking news as the federal election heats up. Apparently, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is not tweeting to the best of his ability. In fact, he’s “flunking out of Twitter 101.” We didn’t even know that existed. Karl Kovacs, an Edmonton-based social media specialist, is so unimpressed with the federal party leaders, he gives them fair to failing grades on their twittering skills. Talk about a hard ass. Kovacs points out that although Harper has a
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huge number of Twitter followers, one of his recent tweets was merely to say “thank you” for some Kabonosy sausages. We have to agree. Harper missed the ball. He could have said “mad props” for the sausages, or posted a shirtless photo of himself in front of a mirror eating said sausage or, for extra street cred, texted LOLWDSIM (laughing out loud with delicious sausage in mouth). Kovacs analyzed recent online activities of each leader, including the number of daily tweets, replies and something called “tweet amplification.” Overall, each leader lacked “compelling tweets,” according to Kovacs, who reserved his harshest judgment for Harper due to his “limited engagement, canned writing style and limited use of site tools.” For shame, Mr. Harper. Because, really, when you step into that ballot box May 2, all 58 per cent of you, why burden yourself with having to research where a political party stands on silly things like the environment, military spending, gay marriage, abortion or corporate taxes. The question is who, like, understands how to issue a totally bitchin’ tweet that makes you want to retweet while LOLWDSIM. Nuff said. AFK. Twitter: @KudosKvetches
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1984 remains chillingly relevant 1984
At the Cultch until April 3 Tickets: 604.251.1363 thecultch.com Reviewed by Jo Ledingham
Marriages are seldom made in heaven, but putting the Virtual Stage and Studio 58 in bed together is a matchmaker’s dream. Two dozen student performers do what this best theatre school in Western Canada has established as one of its trademarks: well-choreographed large ensemble theatre. Here, in Andy Thompson’s adaptation of George Orwell’s iconic 1948 novel, the students portray the drably coveralled Outer Party members busy “rectifying” documents in the Minitrue (The Ministry of Truth). The lineups of identically dressed workers at the canteen and ragefuelled demonstrators at “Hate Week” create images of a dystopia that, at times, seems chillingly familiar: surveillance cameras everywhere and a perpetual media stream of war news to keep us fearful and hateful. The female lead (Amy Hall-Cummings as Julia) is in her Studio 58 graduating year, but the male leads are drawn from the professional theatre community: Alex Lazaridis Ferguson (as Winston) and Andrew Wheeler (O’Brien). Thompson chose to emphasize the doomed love affair between Julia and Win-
The visually impressive 1984 is at the Cultch until April 3. ston and has them making out more than I remember from the novel. Otherwise, it’s a faithful adaptation given a masterfully creative treatment by Drew Facey (set design), Brian Linds (sound), Adrian Muir (lights) and Ron Jenkins (director) who create a joyless, bleak world. Wheeler is suave and sinister as O’Brien, and Hall-Cummings proves how completely ready she is for the professional stage. Ferguson plays Winston as initially quite numb so that his “awakening” to Julia is in sharp contrast and the return to his former, depressed state, painful. Scenes of torture are gruesomely real. The year 1984 has come and gone, but we’re not out of the Orwellian woods yet. A couple of weeks ago, Libya was just another North Africa nation. In a newscast last week, CBC reported Ca-
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What motivates a man to strap explosives to his body, walk into a hotel where a wedding is in progress and blow himself up? The Last 15 Seconds imagines the backstory of real-life terrorist Rawad Abed and SyrianAmerican filmmaker Mustapha Akkad who, along with his daughter, was killed in the blast Nov. 9, 2005. The irony at the heart of this collectively created MT Space Theatre play is that Akkad, a Muslim, had dedicated his life to enlightening non-Muslims about Islam. He was killed by an Iraqi, a fellow Muslim, who had by the age of 15 been
through four wars and massive air raid attacks. As an adult, Abed had been jailed by both Saddam Hussein’s regime and the Americans. Directed by Majdi BouMatar, this is a highly theatrical work, rich in imagery and ringing with the sounds of the Middle East—the music, the ululations of grief-stricken women. Sheree Tams’ set design—rows of white washing hanging against the upstage scrim and lushly lit by Jennifer Jimenez—evokes the domestic lives of women worldwide. The Last 15 Seconds reminds us of the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters left behind as men make war. As rivetted as I was, I didn’t feel the enormity of Abed’s rage—or who it was directed at. (Reports tell us that of the nine whom Abed killed that day in Amman’s Grand Hyatt Hotel, seven were hotel employees. The other two were Akkad and his daughter. Co-conspirators bombed the SAS Radisson Hotel and the Days Inn within minutes; approximately 60 were killed, more than half were Muslims, only four were Americans). But an excellent cast (Trevor Copp, Anne-Marie Donovan, Nada Humsi, Pam Patel and Alan K. Sapp) makes this a compelling and visually stimulating work. Just what Abed hoped to accomplish remains a mystery. Maybe that’s the message. —JL joled@telus.net
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with Cheryl Rossi Wade Kinley thought he wanted to be a short story writer until he saw his first play produced for the stage in 2009 through an undergraduate course at the University of B.C. and the Brave New Play Rites festival. “You can’t be there when someone reads your story, be in their head and see how they take it, but with the theatre, it’s really exciting because you get to see how other people interpret your work,” said Kinley, a creative writing and theatre grad student at UBC. “You get to see audiences react to it. You get that immediate feedback,” he added. “You get to see the characters in your head come to life.” Now Kinley is directing two of 13 short plays that will be showcased at
the 25th annual Brave New Play Rites festival, which runs today (March 30) until April 3 at the Dorothy Somerset Studio at UBC. Professional actors will present his play Black Box in a staged reading, April 2. Creative writing professor Bryan Wade started Brave New Play Rites in 1986 to give playwriting students the ultimate learning experience. “To actually have people laugh, cry or recognize a glimpse of themselves when they witness a student’s work is a transforming experience for that student and one that cannot be easily quantified,” wrote Wade, who was in France last week, in his history of the festival found on the event’s website. But Kinley and John Cooper, Brave New Play Rites directing instructor, agree the festival isn’t just a boon to creative writing and theatre students, but also a treat for both adventurous and jaded theatregoers. “It brings new eyes to things. [Students] are either brave or too stupid
UBC students strut their stuff each year at the Brave New Play Rites festival. to know the difference [and they] try interesting things,” Kinley said. The festival has produced musicals, comedies, sketches, excerpts from full-length plays, docu-dramas and one-person shows. This year’s Brave New Play Rites includes a play about a mascot sup-
port group (A Brief History of a Mascot Support Group), the fallout from a 10-year-old boy’s suicide attempt (Dylan’s Day), how a psychiatrist might deal with having a Greek God as an outpatient (Acestor) and a father and son’s experience with Internet dating (Love Lessons). Each
is shorter than 15 minutes. “I like the short play format in that it’s like a smorgasbord of some international cuisine... so I get to try a bunch and if I don’t like one, I don’t spit it out, but I just kind of make my way through it and wait for the next bite and try something else,” Cooper said. “They don’t all have to be my cup of tea but there’s something to appreciate in each and I’ll like some more than others and that makes for a great chitchat afterwards.” Brave New playwriting alumnae include Aaron Bushkowsky, Dave Deveau and C.E. Gatchalian, fiction writers Stephanie Bolster, Zsuzsi Gartner and Steven Galloway and artistic directors Tim Carlson and Richard Wolfe. Brave New plays have gone on to be produced in New York, Toronto and Scotland and to be produced as films. For more info, see bravenew.ca. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi
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Dale McLeod plays electric wheelchair soccer with the Vancouver Lightning.
photo Dan Toulgoet
Soccer powered by determination Megan Stewart Staff writer
By her own definition, Ana Lu is a competitor. Also by her own admission, Lu doesn’t have a lot of options for exercising her competitive nature. Diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease that leaves her muscles weak and weakening, Lu relies on an electric wheelchair for mobility. But she doesn’t give much thought to her disability. Especially not when she’s angling for a pass or cutting off an attacker’s lane to the net in a game of wheelchair soccer. “This is the only outlet for a fastpaced, contact sport,” she said, adding a sedentary sport such as bocce has nothing on a sport that raises her adrenaline and brings on a sweat. “No offence to bocce, but it’s not power soccer.” Lu started playing electric wheelchair hockey, but her better dexterity and strength outshone her opponents, many of them male, and she was soon one of the few who hadn’t made the switch to soccer. Lu, 24, is now contending for the national power soccer team and plays with her younger sister Diane who has the same disability. On an indoor basketball court in March, Lu and a dozen others on the Vancouver Lightning power soccer team
work their angles for the best passing lanes and plan a careful approach to put the right torque on a spin kick. The game is strategic, like billiards, but quick like road hockey. Contact is incidental. Matches are played indoors on a regulation basketball court with four players aside, including a goaltender. The Lightening play soccer with an oversized 13-inch ball. Many of the rules parallel outdoor soccer, with players using a modified frame attached to the front base of their chair to strike the ball. The Lightning, one of three teams in Metro Vancouver, travel to Montreal next month for the national championships that will send a Canadian representative to the World Cup in Paris this summer. The team is fundraising because of the added costs required to travel with adults who need specialized care, near constant supervision and expensive equipment, including hospital beds in hotel rooms. Athletes who test positive for steroids risk being banned from competition and stripped of their prized reputation and accolades but for Dale McLeod and many of his Lightening teammates, playing sport demands these and other complex prescriptions. Diagnosed with a progressive and degenerative neuromuscular disease well before he’d reached his teens, McLeod relies on steroids to keep his heart beating. The power of his chair gives name to the sport he loves.
A programmable computer in the joystick of each chair armrest gives the electric machine its movement. Players control acceleration, torque and speed, which is capped at 10 kilometres an hour for competition. In the U.S., where many power soccer players are war veterans, advocates are making a play for the Paralympics. The motorized nature of the sport is a barrier to that goal and for the Lightening, their governing body, the Greater Vancouver Electric Wheelchair Sports, was expelled from the B.C. Wheelchair Sports Association when it moved to represent manual wheelchair athletics exclusively. The power soccer players are now members of Sport Ability. Although Lu, McLeod and their teammates with muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy move their limbs minimally or not at all when playing, research shows that the adrenaline of competition raises their heart rate like other forms of exercise. “We come from playing and we’re sweating,” said McLeod. Added Lu, “The game is fast. It has everything I want.” See related photo gallery at
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Little League International expanded its moratorium on the use of composite bats for the upcoming baseball season, and Vancouver coaches and parents support the decision. Research showed the bats unnecessarily gave an advantage to hitters and put young players at risk. Dunbar Little League president Joe McDermott wrote on the league’s website that his club already complies with the regulations. “I personally think this is a great thing as these bats, through the use of swing weight optimization and coefficient of restitution generated unrealistic and dangerous hit-ball velocities for the size and skill level range in Little League,” he wrote. He likened the action to a “spring effect” when the bat strikes a ball. “I think it was the liability issue that was driving this decision on this issue. I know many of our long-term volunteers believe this is a good thing. My kids have a composite bat that they have for fun to use in batting practice but they also have traditional wood bats to practice with and I love the sound of these. For me this is the true sound of a ball being hit.”
Hogan, the hero
I golf, but not as well as I’d like. Can anyone claim she does? In 1957, Ben Hogan promised every golfer he could better his game with this promise: “The average golfer is entirely capable of building a repeating swing and breaking 80.” The Texan golfer, one of the best ever, drove home his bold claim in Sports Illustrated and in an instructional guide. Hogan’s Five Lessons remains one of the most popular books ever written about golf. Amazon.com ranks its sales in the top 10 coaching books and ranks it in the top 60 books across all individual sports. Now Vancouverite Ted Hunt is refining Hogan’s Five Lessons with his own manual explaining the secrets of Hogan’s legendary swing. Visit the sports pages online at vancourier.com to read about Hunt’s second book on the subject, Ben Hogan’s Short Game Simplified.
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6065
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8185
8185
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Affordable, Experienced! Bath, Kitchen, Flooring, Finishing, etc. www.toplinereno.ca 604-230-6278
Roof, Chimney & Skylight Repairs WCB Licensed
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★ BATHROOM SPECIALIST★ Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paint framing. From start to finish. Over 20 yrs exp. Peter 604-715-0030 GET OUT YOUR LIST! We do all the fussy little jobs no one else wants to do. Workmanship & Satisfaction Guaranteed. Est 1983. Ralph 682-8256
HANDYMAN; Reasonable rates. You name it - we DO it! Call Peder • 604-339-2419 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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$35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020 A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Special truck for clean-ups. Any size job Lic#32839 604-875-9072
★ASK DISCOUNT RUBBISH★ Best Prices, Yard, House/Const, Demo. 7 days 604-727-6153 Tried & True Since 1902
1.877.602.7346
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SAVE $ 604-228-ROOF (7663)
Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.
McNabb Roofing • TAR & GRAVEL •TORCH-ON MEMBRANE •FIBREGLASS / ASPHALT SHINGLES, RESIDENTIAL, and COMMERCIAL 35 years experience
Cell: 604-839-7881
NEW CANADIAN ROOFING LTD. Over 15 yrs experience All types of Roofing Reasonable Rates WCB Insured
604-716-8528
JACK’S RUBBISH Removal Friendly, Fast & Cheap 604-266-4444
DAVID HALL & Daughter Painting and Wallpaper. Please Call 604-266-5744
9129
DVK PAINTING LTD. Call Dave Int/Ext. Res/Comm. Quality work. Great rates. WCB. 604-354-2930 MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured. PainterOne Painting Interior/Exterior, Good Prices 604 812 8900
Luxury Cars
2001 JAGUAR S-Type 3.0 Auto, Black on white, 139km. Perf. cond. $6,188. Tel: 778-322-3598
9145
Cash for junk cars! $100 to $1000 Ask about our $500 Credit!
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1 Click. 2 Drive.
Contact the dealer, check out your new ride and drive home. Easy, right?
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8300
Stucco/Siding/ Exterior
Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925
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
8335
Window Cleaning
White Rose Window Cleaning Windows Cleaned Inside & Outside Gutters Cleared & Cleaned FREE ESTIMATES
604-274-0285
Waters Home Maintenance Window Cleaning, also gutters. Free est. 604-738-6606
9522
RV’s/Trailers
2008 27FT Salem fully equipped, selling due to health, $17,500. White Rock 604-725-2549
Scrap Car Removal
604 628 9044
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AUTOMOTIVE
AAA Professional int/ext painter & wall paperer. Guar work. Free est. John 604-318-2059 (Kits)
Two Easy Steps to Finding a Pre-Owned Vehicle
THE FAMILY MAN Big or Small we do it all. 604-754-8559 or 604-515-0440
DISPOSAL BINS: Starting at $99 + dump fees. Call 604-306-8599 www.disposalking.com
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Barwick Painting Prof. painters, exp. painters, in partnership with Benjamin Moore. 604-263-2530
Reasonable rates - Free Est. Pat 604-224-2112, anytime
TAL TILE Kitchen, Bath, Floors Install & Repairs Int/Ext. Free Est. Guaranteed David 604-862-7537
604-802-1918
Call for a free estimate:
Rubbish Removal
PTV HOME RENOVATIONS All types of reno’s, big or small. One call does it all. 778-235-1772
ADVANTAGE BUILDING MAINTENANCE
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
Rubbish Removal
All types of Roofing Over 35 Years in Business Call now for Free Estimates
WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM
8255
EW27
RUBBISH REMOVAL
www.dpdconstruction.com Renos, repairs, character home specialty. Dean @ 604-908-4813
Since 1989
RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.
604-312-6311
Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters
604-263-2530
Roofing
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Licensed, Insured & Bonded Lic. Plumbers & Gas Fitters Over 20 years Experience Custom Renovations to Small Repairs
For Free Estimate Please Call:
604-730-1566
8250
604-588-0833
ADVANCE MOVING LTD
Interior and Exterior Painting
Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''
* Reno’s & Repairs 24 hrs/day * Furnaces * Boilers * Hot Water Heating * Reasonable Rates * Hot Water Tanks
Vancouver’s West Side Painting Company
FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Plumbing
604-537-4140 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
■ Carpentry ■ Flooring ■ Painting ■Plumbing We Do it All. Small jobs welcome, Free est. Call Robert 778-870-EURO (3876) www.eurostyledesigning.com
METRO BLACKTOP CO. LTD Custom work for Driveways & new lane Aprons. Repairs/resurfacing. Call Gino 604-657-9936
8220
Renovations & Home Improvement
EURO STYLE DESIGNING Reliable & Professional
www.PatioCoverVancouver.com
8205
8240
22-BUILD (222-8453) Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.
• Sunrooms • Aluminum patio/deck covers • Aluminum railings • Glass railings • Aluminum fencing • Auto gates Free Estimates 604-521-2688
Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter
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Renovations & Home Improvement
drytech.ca
SOUTH VAN. Mini Public Storage, bus/res. vehicle, motorcyle, furn. Eco Friendly, 604-321-0213
Seniors Discount
Moving. Storage. Deliveries Local & Long Distance MOVERS.... Residential. Commercial. Industrial. Truck for Clean-ups
8240
ONLY $19 per hour Light delivery, cleanups and drywall repairs 604-771-0911
Moving & Storage
ASH RELOCATION SERVICES
8200
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER
Which SUV sips gas like a subcompact?
THE SCRAPPER SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL
CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES
604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H
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Sports & Imports
MUST SELL! Fully loaded, super clean, exc condition G35 Coupe. Reg maintained, leather interior, parked indoors. 120,000kms. $16,700... 604-727-3282
9515
Boats
WANTED. 3 small outboard motors. 15 HP, 9.9 HP & smaller. Motor doesn’t have to be running. Will pay cash. 604-319-5720
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THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011
Your Original
Family Pack
Food Store
Non-medicated
Certified Organic
d e t a c i d e M NonW h o l e t Bartlett Pears s a e r B Chicken Chickens Farmcrest
Argentina
Red or Green
less Boneless & Skin
1
2
$ 69 0 $ 8 72 $
6
/lb. $14.99kg.
/lb. $3.73kg.
/lb. $5.99kg.
We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products Canadian Beef
Non-medicated
Inside Round Roast
Hams Boneless
4
$
$
53 /lb. $9.99kg.
From the Deli Freybe
Capicolli
2
71
/lb. $5.98kg.
Certified Organic California
Canadian Beef
Inside Round Steaks
$
2
100g.
B.C. Large
Hothouse
Tomatoes
1
5lb. bag
each
Amy’s
Organic Soups
Artisana Organic
(Excluding Black Bean & Mushroom)
Coconut Oil
398ml. tin
425gr.
2
$ 98 $ 89 $ /lb. $4.37kg.
11
2
49
/lb. $5.49kg.
California
Russet or Yellow Flesh
$169 $219 $ 99 4
Frozen Wild
$
/lb. $6.59kg.
Anise/Fennel Potatoes
Family Pack
Ground Beef
99
Prince Edward Island Certified Organic
Family Pack Canadian • Extra Lean
Celery
88
¢
Chick Peas
4
1kg.
Apple Cider Vinegar
5
$ 99
BAKING SUPPLIES
946ml.
61
/lb. $18.98kg.
Latin Pineapples
2
$ 49 each
Certified Organic
Red Kidney Beans
49 $
Organic
BULK FOOD &
/lb. $1.94kg.
Certified Organic
99 $
8
$
Imported
Dole
(Garbanzo)
Sockeye Salmon Fillets
4
99
Organic
Pumpkin Seed Protein Powder
13
$
8 am-9 pm
Sale Dates: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 – Tuesday, April 5, 2011
99
2 0 1 1
1595 Kingsway 604-872-3019 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
1kg.
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750gr.