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Which way will Vancouver South swing in the May 2 election? It’s a riding to watch.

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The Courier ends its weekly proﬁles of the city’s ﬁve electoral districts. Riding name and location: Vancouver South was formed in 1914, but in 1996 it became Vancouver SouthBurnaby after the riding’s boundaries were expanded to include a third of New Westminster-Burnaby. In 2004, the boundaries of Vancouver

South were changed again to include Granville Street on the West and the city limits to the south. The northern boundary is West 41st Avenue to School Avenue where it travels along Tyne Street to East 49th and ﬁnally to Boundary Road. That change saw the riding lose one-third of its previous numbers, while encompassing more than 25,000 residents from Vancouver Quadra and another 11,500 from Vancouver Kingsway. The riding covers 27 square kilometres with a population in 2006 of 120,284. What’s it like: According to the 2006 census, 60 per cent of Vancouver South is made up of immigrants including 45 per cent Chinese Canadians and 13 per cent South Asian. See KEY on page 4

Falun Gong supporters threaten court action over new bylaw Protesters face ﬁnes up to $5,000 from city hall Mike Howell Staff writer

A group of Vancouver Falun Gong practitioners and the Falun Dafa Association of Canada plan to take the city to court over a new bylaw related to political protest approved by council.

Lawyer Clive Ansley, working on behalf of the Falun Gong, said the new bylaw approved April 19 doesn’t reﬂect an October 2010 B.C. Court of Appeal decision that ruled a section of the city’s former bylaw was unconstitutional. In 2001, the Falun Gong set up billboards and a small wooden hut

in front of the Chinese Consulate near 16th Avenue and Granville Street. In 2009, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in favour of the city to allow the removal of the structures. The Court of Appeal decision overturned that ruling. “The Court of Appeal considered speciﬁcally the hut and the fact this allowed some-

body to be there 24 hours a day, and that this 24-hour peaceful meditation kind of vigil was an essential component of their message,” Ansley told the Courier. “What the city has done now has come in allowing a structure the size that would allow a pre-school aged child to sit in and nobody else.”

Also, he said, the practitioners have to dismantle their hut and other structures every night by 8 p.m. and could face a ﬁne between $1,000 and $5,000. The new bylaw also requires the Falun Gong or any other protest group to take out a 30-day permit. See MAYOR on page 4

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Continued from page 4 “Ideally, [the Falun Gong] would like to have exactly what they had up there before,” Ansley said. “They’re not saying we’re going back to court because they won’t let us have as big a display as they had before. They’re willing to be regulated, they’re willing to meet reasonable dimensions that are put forward by the city. But these dimensions are virtually making them invisible.”

Mayor Gregor Robertson sent an email message to his Vision Vancouver members April 20, the day after the majority of council voted to amend the municipal street and trafﬁc bylaw related to protest structures. “Vancouver is now the only city in North America where you can legally set up a structure for political expression,” the mayor wrote. “In cities like Ottawa, Toronto, San Francisco, Portland, Washington D.C., it’s ille-

“THE FINAL BYLAW PASSED BY COUNCIL STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE.” Gregor Robertson

gal.” He added that he was concerned with city staff’s ﬁrst draft of the new bylaw. But he said council ensured

“key changes” were made, including the elimination of a $200 fee, a $1,000 deposit

and including clear language that ensures homeless people are not affected. “I believe that the ﬁnal bylaw passed by council strikes the right balance between protecting political expression as well as regulating the use and safety of our streets and sidewalks,” he wrote. When told by reporters of the Falun Gong’s plan for court action, Robertson said that “it’s a concern if further legal action ensues”

to challenge the bylaw. “Ideally, as the ﬁrst city to tackle legalizing protest structures in North America, we’d have a grace period to see how it works before there’s legal challenges and costs racked up by that,” Robertson said. “The city was instructed by the Court of Appeal to draft a bylaw and address this issue, and we’ve done that to the best of our ability.” mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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that same Conservative candidate Wai Young, a small business owner who’s married with two children. Jean de Dieu Hakizimana, a career and vocational counsellor, is running for the Green Party of Canada, while Meena Wong, a facilitator with Vancouver Coastal Health, is running for the NDP. Charles Boylan is running once again for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada. Who won last time: Dosanjh won the riding in 2008, but with Wai a close second, behind by only 22 votes. The NDP’s Ann

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Continued from page 4 The riding encompasses part of working-class Marpole, the South Asian shopping district between Main and Fraser Streets, the Asian shops along Victoria Drive, the Ross Street Temple and industrial businesses along Marine Drive. Vancouver South also has the luxury of enjoying more green space, including Everett Crowley Park and Fraserview Golf Course, than almost any other city riding. While almost 30 per cent of residents older than 25 have graduated from

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Sheltered lives

Quick—when do you remember a police chief in this city receiving a gift from a group of Downtown Eastsiders? Well, I can’t think of a time. But that’s what happened last Thursday when I was riding my bike home and happened to roll past the Cambie Street police precinct of the Vancouver Police Department. There was Mark Townsend of the PHS Community Services Society, Stanley/New Fountain shelter manager Sarah Blyth and Downtown Eastside activist Dalannah Bowen. The trio, plus shelter resident Randy Cosimo and a few audio visual types, set up a table and microphones outside the cop shop to publicly thank Police Chief Jim Chu for his support for shelters. They had a painting for him, courtesy of Bowen. Unfortunately, Chu wasn’t available, so a sergeant accepted the gift on the chief’s behalf. What prompted the gift was an April 18 letter Chu sent to Blyth,

(L-R) Downtown Eastside community activist Dalannah Bowen, New Fountain resident Randy Cosimo and shelter submitted photo manager Sarah Blyth each hold up a letter of support from Police Chief Jim Chu. an employee of the PHS Community Services Society, which operates the Stanley/New Fountain Shelter. And, yes, Blyth is the same Blyth who is a Vision Vancouver park board commissioner. “Aside from providing shelter from extreme weather conditions, it has also been the police department’s experiences that properly run shelters reduce some of the disorder associated to people sleeping on sidewalks, laneways and storefronts,” Chu wrote. “If

run properly, shelters can also protect vulnerable people, particularly women, from predators. Based on the experiences related to me about the New Fountain, I learned that it operates in a responsible way and generates very few incidents needing police attendance; that is commendable.” There was more in the letter, but you get the picture—more people with shelter, food and assistance from staff on where to get help for addictions/mental

health/welfare/housing means less social work for the VPD. But the public gift giving really had a more urgent purpose—the pending closure of the Stanley/ New Fountain because of no government funds to keep it open beyond April 30. Then came Monday, the day after Easter. The provincial government agreed to spend $180,000 to keep the shelter open for another two months—which conveniently keeps it open way past the May

11 byelection in Vancouver-Point Grey, where Premier Christy Clark is taking on the NDP’s David Eby. But that’s another story. The government’s plan had always been to close the Stanley/ New Fountain shortly after an 80unit Station Street housing project opened in January. Many shelter residents moved into the Station Street building. But as soon as people left the shelter, their beds were ﬁlled by homeless people. So what happens when the shelter funding expires in two months? The government says three buildings will be open, for a total of 309 units. One site on Abbott Street with 108 units will be for women and children. The other two buildings are on Seymour Street and the Coast Apartments on West Pender Street. Townsend is glad to hear the news about the new buildings but he’s realistic about Vancouver having a ways to go before shelters are no longer needed in the city. “Station Street came and homelessness was not cured. The Coast Apartments will come and I believe homelessness will not be cured. If I’m proven wrong, I will be absolutely ecstatic. I would love to be wrong, but I’ve got a bad feeling that I’m not wrong.” mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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vocalists such as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como came into vogue. Girls wore “rather short skirts”—above the knee—while boys dressed in tailormade pants if they could afford it. “Which we called strides or drapes—that is they were big at the knee and narrow at the cuff. Extreme ones were called zoot pants. That was only for people who liked the extreme. You saw very little of that,” Glenn explained. “There were mostly tailored pants that, for the most part, we got done in Chinatown at a tailor called Modernize Tailors. I think they’re still there.” There was no drinking to speak of, very few students smoked and house parties were popular, he added. “Some people didn’t enjoy high school but I really did.” Between 40 and 50 people typically show up for the reunions—a mix of graduates, their spouses and their children. Of the 176 students in the 1946 grad class, 72 have died and seven were never tracked down. Glenn is determined to keep the annual celebrations, which started in 1967, going. “We had about six or seven Grade 12 classes so there was a lot of people. A lot of them you didn’t get to know, so you’re kind of making up for that a bit now. And maybe people that you didn’t have much time for then, you’re so glad to see now.” For more information about the event and its cost, contact Glenn at 778-998-7114. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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Royal watcher sets up for Prince William’s wedding Longtime West End resident James Andrews has never forgotten the first time he saw Queen Elizabeth II in person. “I was 10 years old and my mother took my sister and I to the [Pacific] Coliseum for the B.C. centennial,” Andrews told the Courier. “The Queen was there to present an award to the band and I still remember her tiara with the diamonds and her elegant gloves. It left quite an impression.” It’s an impression that lasted, and Andrews, who recently moved to West Vancouver, began collecting Royal Family memorabilia more than 20 years ago. Today his one-bedroom apartment is packed floor to ceiling with books, paintings, photographs, ashtrays, cups, mugs, plates, tea pots, correspondence, magazines, vases, a crumb catcher bearing royal insignia and a pillow that reads, “It’s good to be Queen.” A proud part of his collection is a plate designed in anticipation of the coronation of Edward VIII. Royal watchers, and anyone who’s seen the movie The King’s

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Speech, will know that Edward gave up the throne in 1936, just months after becoming king, when he fell in love with American divorcee Wallis Simpson and was told to choose between the love of his life or the throne. Even Andrews’ kitchen condiments are royally approved and include McIlhenny’s Worcestershire sauce and Durham mustard. So it comes as no surprise that Andrews and a close-knit group of friends and royalty watchers plan to stay up all night Thursday to watch Prince William and Catherine Middleton wed at Westminster Abbey beginning with the televised pre-wedding festivities at about 2 a.m. (PST), April 29. Andrews is excited about the wedding and plans to dress accordingly in a morning coat and bow tie. The party menu will not only include Champagne and tea, but also a replica of the groom’s cake, made from McVities choco-

James Andrews’ one-bedroom apartment is packed with Royal photo Jason Lang Family books, paintings and photographs. late biscuits, Prince William requested for the wedding. The group plans to make the cake using a recipe from the Londonbased Telegraph newspaper. (For links to cake recipes, see vancourier.com.) Joining Andrews and friends

early Friday morning is West End resident Rhoda Waldon. Andrews and Waldon met as neighbours years ago in the same West End apartment building and became fast friends upon ﬁnding they had a shared love of the long-running British TV soap opera Coronation

Street. Waldon said while pulling an all-nighter is not a regular occurrence, the royal wedding is well worth the sleepless night. “I also remember getting up for Princess Anne’s wedding,” said Waldon. “These are once in a lifetime experiences.” Andrews is a true monarchist and is resolute in his belief Canada is a better place because of its long-standing connection to the British Royal Family. “When you see someone like the prime minister bowing or curtseying to the Queen, they’re not bowing to her so much as they’re paying respect to the people of Canada,” said Andrews. “The Queen is a living institution.” Courier staffer Helen Peterson is in London with hopes of catching a glimpse of the royal couple. Peterson plans to post about her royal watching in the Courier’s Central Park blog April 28 and 29. See related video and story at

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WEB POLL NATION Go to www.vancourier.com to vote Do you support the new protest regulations passed by city hall in reaction to the lengthy Falun Gong vigil outside the Chinese consulate? Last week’s poll question: The Canucks will beat the Blackhawks in: A) four games—29 per cent B) six games—32 per cent C) they’ll lose in Game 7—39 per cent This is not a scientific poll.

Champlain childcare a ‘complex’ issue

Earlier this month I wrote what I thought was good news in an edition of the Central Park column I write twice a week. I had heard from a parent, who has children who attended the out-of-school care at Champlain Heights Community School before it closed, that the program was going to be reinstated. The Kidstreet Clubhouse program ended last year after the park board decided in 2009 it could no longer afford to pay for a part-time employee. The Champlain Community Centre Association decided it couldn’t afford to pick up the tab. The parent was happy her kids would once again have good care, close to home, and she wanted to share the good news with me because it’s a subject I’ve been writing about for almost 18 months. Needing context and conﬁrmation, I called Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Constance Barnes, who sits on the Joint Council on Childcare and who has been involved in attempts to save the program since its closure was announced. Barnes assured me Champlain will have an out-of-school care program this September, but added it would likely be structured differently than Kidstreet. She praised the parents for their hard work and said that ﬁnally, many young children who’ve recently been left home alone due to a lack of childcare will have a safe place. I thought this is great news and must be such a

sandrathomas relief to those parents, but shortly after that column was published my phone started to ring. Suddenly what started as a good news story turned into tales of longtime members of the community association afraid to leave their homes due to threats from parents, and a board of directors so out of sync the old guard isn’t speaking to the new. Barnes had told me earlier she was impressed so many parents had stepped up at the association’s annual general meeting and volunteered to sit on the board. Initially, Barnes said nine parents joined the board, but in fact it was six, which is still impressive in a city often known for its apathy. I then received a phone call from Champlain Heights Community Association president Abdul Shaikh outlining his concerns with my col-

umn. Shaikh followed up with a letter explaining everyone in the community agrees there is a desperate need for adequate childcare at Champlain and across the country. Shaikh said the previous association board fought hard to convince the park board to continue funding the position, but when it became apparent that wasn’t going to happen it offered the space for free in hopes another childcare operator would take it over. The association also agreed it couldn’t pay for that part-time position. Shaikh said it wasn’t just a simple matter of not picking up the tab, but more about ﬁnding the best operator, which to date hasn’t happened. Shaikh called the issue “complex,” which well describes the discussions between the community association, the B.C. Government Employee’s Union and Community Social Services Employer’s Association. Throw in concerns about insurance and liability and it seems out-of-school care at Champlain is far from a done deal. Barnes assures me everything will work out and proper daycare will soon be available to the more than 70 children on the waiting list for the program. I hope so, because while the bureaucratic discussions continue young children are spending time at home alone before and after school. And that’s not right. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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New anti-freedom bylaw a nod to China’s tyranny The Chinese century. A neologism coined by analysts and economists eying the hegemonic growth of the Chinese Empire. According to theory, Chinese economic power, measured in trade surpluses and lending capacity, will expand exponentially with its diaspora, elevating China to lone superpower status. Chinese influence, they say, will shape to varying degrees the lives of most North Americans for the next 100 years. In Vancouver, we’re miles ahead of expert conjecture. Last Tuesday, council passed a new bylaw restricting political protest in public. The primary target: local practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement based in China, who spent years inside a small wooden hut outside the Chinese consulate on Granville Street protesting Beijing’s brutal regime. The secondary target: anyone else interested in freedom of expression. The new bylaw, passed by Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision majority, introduces protest permits (an Orwellian contradiction in terms) and fines up to $5,000. While council was divided, the debate was hardly inspiring. Opposition to the bylaw was based mainly on legal technicalities and process, not principles of freedom and democracy. In fact, when drafting the bylaw, the first of its kind in North America, city staff consulted with members of the Chinese consulate. The Chinese. Jailers of Christians, beaters of monks. Thieves of technology, manipulators of currency. We outsourced our democratic principles, and in return, received a Made in China bylaw contrary to Canadian tradition and section two of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Is this the globalization Paul Martin had in mind? But we shouldn’t be surprised. Beijing is big at city hall. While in office, former mayor Sam Sullivan spoke glowingly of China in his broken Cantonese. Last September during a trade mission to China, Robertson, the original Green Man, lauded Beijing’s “radical dramatic action” on the environment. “You can question how worthwhile democracy is in a lot of countries right now,” he said, “which are, frankly, ignoring the biggest crisis in the history of our species which is climate change.” Maybe if the Falun Gong hut included a solar panel, Robertson would be more sympathetic. In addition to the anti-freedom bylaw, last Tuesday council unanimously voted against a casino expansion plan for Northeast False Creek, ending weeks of public hearings. The entire spectacle, from the first citizen speaker to the final vote Tuesday, was a fait accompli staged mainly for the

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markhasiuk benefit of Robertson’s reelection campaign. But despite its mock nature, the proceedings paid homage to our Chinese superiors. From her seat at council chambers, Coun. Ellen Woodsworth used Beijing as an example of judicious gambling regulation before Coun. Kerry Jang, a ChineseCanadian, rose to deliver a passionate sermon on how gambling in Macau stains an otherwise beatific society. It’s the casinos, not the communists. By killing the casino proposal, Jang and company saved Vancouverites from the evils of capitalism. And by passing the anti-freedom bylaw, they saved Chinese delegates from silent demonstrations outside their consulate’s high grey walls. Two days later in Cairo, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces outlawed public demonstrations in Egypt, drawing jeers from reformers who two months ago occupied Tahrir Square, helping end Hosni Mubarak’s bloody 30-year reign. In other words, in matters of public freedom, we’re keeping pace with the Egyptian army. The Chinese century came early to Vancouver. Ironically, during the two previous centuries, racism, in the form of draconian labour standards and head taxes, greeted Chinese immigrants seeking freedom and liberty in the New World. Maybe that explains city council’s love affair with China. Perhaps residue from our racist past mixes with contemporary sycophantism toward China to produce subconscious genuflections to dictatorial rule. If Falun Gong practitioners, who addressed city council with horrific tales of torture and death, spoke perfect English, their words might have carried greater weight. If they more closely resembled young white leftists, who lean towards communism, would they be targets for censure? Probably not. But it’s a new world order and the yuan is king. Investment trumps equality, trade outshines torture. If you want to succeed in the Chinese century, you better shrug off dated notions of human decency. All hail Hu Jintao. May the next century last for a thousand years. mhasiuk@vancourir.com Twitter: @MarkHasiuk

According to one reader, city council cares more about cycling activists than political protesters like the Falun Gong. file photo Jason Lang To the editor: Re: “City hall cracks down on political protests in public,” April 22. Please explain how ridding Granville Street of a legitimate political protest group perched on the grass, inhaling fumes from endless stream of cars going by, is so offensive to city hall that the councillors supported a draconian bylaw to end the practice? On the other hand, a cavalier attitude by

that same council is adopted towards the Critical Mass bike/car confusion caused by idle protesters who represent minimal public interest and display public disrespect for the rules and mores of community behaviour. The paradoxical mindset of council seems to bring their competence to actually manage the city into serious question. Rick Angus, Vancouver

Cut the Diversity Team, save money for schools To the editor: Re: “School bureaucrats unleash bizarre theories on race,” April 20. Who is Lisa Pedrini and what does she know about real life for our Vancouver children? I spent 15 years volunteering my time in all kinds of positions at Vancouver’s schools on behalf of children, as a district parent and advocate. I am also a white European with two daughters who are very “racially” mixed. By the way, my daughters are very well adjusted adults today even though they were raised by this “Eurocentric biased” mom. We would do better to address equality of education for all our children. We would also serve our children better if they were not always held hostage by those who propose to meet their needs in education, especially through cutbacks that end up costing our children’s education. Let’s cut the Diversity Team and put that money towards maintaining our great adult education system. When one of our children fails because of the “system,” they can at least go back to a safe place with caring teachers to upgrade and go on to other learning opportunities. Would the Diversity Team like to take over parenting as well? It happens all the time in schools by groups such as the Diversity Team

who override the morals we instill in our children and teach our children otherwise. Klara van der Molen, Vancouver

••• To the editor: As a lifelong anti-racism advocate and the mother of a child who is now embarking on his full-time school years, I am very interested in what approaches to the teaching of pluralism and diversity the Vancouver School Board may implement in the coming years. Unfortunately, Mark Hasiuk brings no authority, no substance and no originality of thought to this important issue, only a paranoid, tiresome vitriolic style all too familiar from the “attack ﬁrst, think later” prowar histrionics that pass for journalism on Fox News and other U.S. media outlets. If Mr. Hasiuk hasn’t heard the news that race is not a meaningful category of human experience, he really ought to refrain from writing op-eds on the topic. In a Vancouver built on land belonging to several Coast Salish nations, in a province built on the backs of African-American, Chinese and Punjabi labourers, a writer who still clings to the fairytale that Canada was built on “European culture and tradition” is a walking liability, while his rantings about the school board

casting “white people as villains” and “waging cultural warfare” amount to pure mischief. I have already read Roald Dahl to my son and will encourage him to enjoy Dickens along with all the canonical greats of English literature as he grows older. It’s the cartoonishly irresponsible rantings of people like Hasiuk I plan to keep well out of my son’s way until he is capable of thinking for himself, and no longer vulnerable to the real harm they can cause. Unless Courier editors believe their readers are easily manipulable idiots, I’d like to see an informed, thoughtful and sophisticated approach to local issues by your columnists in future, particularly when they may have an impact on our children’s education and their world view.

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Police Chief Jim Chu says he’s working on a plan to have promoters of a June 11 mixed martial arts event at Rogers Arena pay for extra policing in the neighbourhood outside the venue. Chu didn’t have an estimate on the number of police ofﬁcers required to boost the Vancouver Police Department’s presence, or what it would cost. The estimate will be based on the number of calls police received related to the June 12, 2010 event at Rogers Arena, he added. “We’re going to talk to the promoters about paying for policing outside the venue in order to have extra patrols in the neighbourhood to prevent what might occur in terms of neighbourhood problems,” Chu told the Courier. “Within a week or two before the event, we’ll have a good idea of what we’ll deploy within the stadium and outside.” Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) promoted last year’s sold-out ﬁght card. That night, a gay couple returning to their Tinseltown townhouse at about 10:45 p.m. were beaten by two men. The VPD arrested two brothers June 30 in Richmond in connection with the attack. Police are treating the case as a hate crime after the victims, David Holtzman and Peter Regier, said the attackers yelled homophobic slurs at them during the beating. Police have not linked the beating to the UFC event, although Holtzman said in an interview a few days after the incident that

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) promoted last spring’s fight card at Rogers Arena. photo Dan Toulgoet he believed his attackers attended the fights at Rogers Arena. The trial of brothers Parminder and Ravinder Bassi, who are facing assault charges, is scheduled to begin in November. Holtzman and Regier said they were treated for cuts, bruises and suffered from concussions. Residents complained of public drinking, rowdy drunks and public urination before and after the UFC event. Chu and representatives of Rogers Arena have since met with the False Creek Residents’ Association to discuss safety and security. Aside from an increased police presence, portable toilets are expected to be placed outside Rogers Arena and along routes used by pedestrians to get to and from the venue. Residents have also been told public service announcements will be made during the event to “respect your host community” and that some of the fighters

could be involved in promoting the same message. “It’s a very nice step forward, both from the Rogers [Arena] folks and the police to be very proactive with our community association,” said Fern Jeffries, co-chair of the False Creek Residents’ Association. “So I would like to see them get some strokes for that. I think they’ve done well.” Mayor Gregor Robertson attended last year’s UFC event and described it as successful in terms of boosting business, particularly in Yaletown. “Hopefully it’s a wellbehaved crowd and people are responsible,” the mayor said. “Personal responsibility is crucial.” The Courier sent an email to the UFC’s press ofﬁce to determine whether the organization is willing to pay for more police June 11. The UFC had not responded to the request before the Courier’s deadline. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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Proposed buffer zones would encourage cycling among students

The school district, City of Vancouver and organizations such as TransLink and ICBC should coordinate efforts to encourage more youth to cycle, according to an ad hoc cycling advisory committee to the school board. The committee, which includes school district staff, teachers, parents and cycling advocates, drafted a letter to the city indicating interest in pursuing joint cycling strategies between the city and district. The letter is being considered at the district’s management coordinating committee Tuesday, after the Courier’s print deadline for its Wednesday issue. The letter points to Vancouver’s Greenest City 2020 action plan and lists ideas on cycling and school-aged children, including connecting all schools and community centres to the greenway system, the possibility of designating special buffer zones around schools to encourage cycling and supporting school cycling education programs to make commuter cycling skills a standard part of the curriculum by Grade 5. The advisory committee maintains the city and school board need to work together with other organizations. “The time seems particularly appropriate to push for this goal as we see various levels of government preparing for upcoming elections and searching for responses to crises in climate change and health issues such as childhood obesity,” the letter states. Lisa Slakov, who sits on the school board’s cycling advisory committee as a representative from the Vancouver Area Cycling Coali-

tion, said it’s trying to encourage the board to become more involved in promoting cycling in schools. “And on top of that, to act as one of the catalysts to bring groups together because the way we’re looking at it, the kind of change we need to see happening can only be accomplished if the key players are working together on this,” she said. “It’s been a little scattered and we feel the City of Vancouver is showing some leadership here with what they’re trying to achieve with the green agenda and greenest city and if we can work with them to bring some of the other players, including TransLink, the province and so on together, as well as health organizations, we may be able to get the kind of funding and traction we need to really move forward.” Bill Bargeman, a retired teacher president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association, sits on the school board’s and the city’s cycling advisory committees. Bargeman said he realizes the buffer zone idea will catch most of the attention, but he maintains education is the real issue. “[It’s about] implementing a consistent cycling education program so that virtually everyone comes out [of school] with some knowledge about rules of the road, about effective cycling, about how to ride on the streets and all of that. The issue of buffer zones obviously is one that’s been talked about, but what that means is open,” he said, adding, “The letter simply says, if we are going to move forward on these three things, these are the players that are going to have to be involved.” noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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anada recently celebrated National Volunteer Week (April 10 –16). According to a 2007 Canadian Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 12.5 million Canadians contribute annually 2.1 billion hours — the equivalent of 1.1 million fulltime jobs— to a wide range of charitable and not-for-profit organizations.

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Coinciding with the announcement of ‘Volunteer Week’ was a report about the volunteer firefighters in the various towns and hamlets along Alberta Highway 63. This mostly two-lane undivided highway starts southwest of Radway and passes north through Boyle and Fort McMurray before ending near Fort MacKay. As the only all-weather road leading out of Fort McMurray, it is a critical link for this ever-growing centre of the Canadian oil sands industry. Not surprisingly, the high traffic volumes combined with the often high risk conditions on Highway 63 have made it a “collision hot spot” — near Wandering River, for example, a hamlet of about 100, “at least one fatal collision a month, often more, in addition to more routine collisions.” And the emergency responders to these crashes have been the Wandering River volunteer firefighters, a group of half a dozen women all of whom worked as well as volunteered full-time, until they reached their limit last spring and quit. “It’s just too many, too much,” said firefighter Maureen Hagan. Other community members stepped forward to volunteer for local fire duty only, but not to cover the highway. Although nearby volunteer departments stepped forward to cover the highway, the response time in certain spots became an hour. Clearly the limits of such a generous voluntary response have been overreached. Plans are now underway to hire up to four emergency responders to work along the highway with funds provided by the provincial government,

a local county, and the oil sands companies. Said Ms. Hagan, “I think the whole volunteer fire service is in crisis, and one of the biggest crises is that there are so many busy highways like this that go through isolated stretches of the province, in areas that just don’t have the resources to do community response.”

Volunteerism in the road safety context arguably lacks the profile of volunteerism in health, education or social outreach, but as with these areas the contributions are hugely significant. Road Rules celebrates the hosts of generous, thoughtful, and caring citizens who help others stay safe on our roads: —for example, school crossing guards, the Operation Red Nose volunteers, the parents who help organize and support the ‘Dry Grad’ programs, those who support groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving dedicated to keeping attention focused on important social behavioural issues affecting road safety, the ‘cycling community’ groups dedicated to teaching all road users about sharing the road safely. In BC, volunteers are encouraged and protected by the Good Samaritans Act as follows: A person who renders emergency medical services or aid to an ill, injured or unconscious person, at the immediate scene of an accident or emergency that has caused the illness, injury or unconsciousness, is not liable for damages for injury to or death of that person caused by the person’s act or omission in rendering the medical services or aid unless that person is grossly negligent. Please drive safely. Road Rules is by Cedric Hughes, Barrister & Solicitor with regular weekly contributions from Leslie McGuffin, LL.B. www.roadrules.ca

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Women’s group taps beer brewing Cheryl Rossi Staff writer

Women keen on craft beer can now share their enthusiasm with fellow female aﬁcionados thanks to the establishment of Barley’s Angels Pink Pints, Vancouver Chapter. Lundy Dale, the founder and president of the Campaign for Real Ale Vancouver and president of CAMRA BC, started a local chapter of Barley’s Angels, a group for women who make and appreciate craft beer, when it launched worldwide in February. A craft beer enthusiast in the public sphere for 10 years, Dale wants to increase women’s knowledge of beer and the brewing industry. “I feel intimidated a lot of times walking into breweries and talking to them, not as much as I used to because I know them all now, but, still, it is an intimidating industry at times,” she said. “It’s amazing how much there is to learn. There’s a lot of chemistry and physics and sciences involved to understand how to put everything together, how to create the recipes, and it’s also physical. Those bags of grain and the malts that come in, they’re 50 to 75 pounds.” Dale, beer adviser at Fireﬂy Fine Wines and Ales near city hall, taught an introduction to craft beer for women in February. “Women were so thrilled with the fact that a woman was teaching them about beer in an un-intimidating way, and [they] really had some interesting questions, every one of them,” Dale said. She contacted Lisa Morrison, one of the founders of the Pink Boots Society, an international group that supports women in the beer industry, and learned the society was launching a consumer leg called Barley’s Angels. Dale launched the Pink Pints on

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the same date as Barley’s Angels organizers in Portland, Toronto, London, England and Sydney, Australia. Dale hopes to support with scholarships women who want to learn how to brew beer. She plans to organize a fun, educational series for women with brewsters, or female brewers, in training at Granville Island and R&B brewing and Claire Connolly, a brewer at Big River Brewery in Richmond. “There’s a lot of women in the industry,” Dale said. “They’re kind of tucked behind the scenes.” Dale also plans to organize a beer and chocolate making session at CocoaNymph and a beer cocktail event with Lauren Mote of The Refinery. She has helped organize a women and beer event, May 12, for Vancouver Craft Beer Week, May 6 to 14. Connolly, Aly Tomlin, formerly of local brewers R&B, Becky Julseth and Heather Kilbourne of Salt Spring Island Ales and Rebecca Kneen of Crannog Ales in Sorrento (on Shuswap Lake), are brewing a special beer for the event, which includes five small-plate courses paired with beers at Republic on Granville Street. Morrison, author of the Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest book and host of radio show Beer O’Clock, which can be found on beergoddess.com, will also attend from Oregon. Despite the local chapter’s name and the hue of the beer on Dale’s business cards, she said she wouldn’t serve women artificially dyed pink beer. But the collaboration beer will be a cherry beer and she’s helping to brew a pink grapefruit beer for the event with Kim Marrington at R&B. “So there might be pink involved somehow,” said Dale, who’s known to sport a pink streak in her hair. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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Developers now have the ability to build up in Chinatown, a change Rich Lam of the Chinese Revitalization Committee anticipates will “beautify” the neighbourhood. “This is a positive step to generate some development activity in Chinatown. It really is a modest relaxation,” he told the Courier Thursday. On April 19, Vancouver city council voted to allow builders to seek approval for 12-storey buildings in Chinatown South and up to 15-storey buildings in select locations on Main Street south of East Pender. Heights throughout the neighbourhood were previously capped at 70 or 90 feet or seven to nine storeys. Public hearings held over five nights drew more than 150 speakers. Business owners, various speakers from benevolent societies and members of the Chinatown Revitalization Committee, who had completed a 10-year study of the area, compelled councillors to allow for taller buildings and greater density. One building owner drew boos from the gallery when he not only urged council to support the proposal but advocated for 30storey towers. Lam, whose benevolent society runs a hotel on Pender Street where building heights were raised 10 feet to seven storeys, said the new height allowance will bring more traffic and economic certainty to the neighbourhood. He didn’t rule out the possibility of skyscrapers, but said such towers are not ideal for the neighbourhood at this point. “We do have to be cautions in terms of approaching that,” he said. “I think this is a good first step.” Vision Coun. Raymond Louie put forward an amendment asking that council be able to “entertain some additional flexibility in the design guidelines, especially when it’s relating to the provision of affordable housing.” COPE councillors Ellen Woodsworth and David Cadman opposed the increased height allowance since the plan did not guarantee existing social and low-income housing be preserved. Cadman said greater density and development will invite property speculators,

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displacing marginalized people and passing the plan would create tension akin to “[driving] a wedge between the two communities.” He said the Downtown Eastside merited a broader review and Chinatown should not have been cleavered from the neighbourhood. “This is something that has put the very poorest people in the community under enormous stress and regrettably, regrettably is going to create antagonism between this poorest of all communities and the adjacent Chinatown community.” Mayor Gregor Robertson disagreed with Cadman on two points, saying the plan would not divide the two neighbourhoods and does not invite any more speculation than is already happening. “It’s really unfortunate that it is being characterized as so divisive,” said Robertson. “[Speculation] is already a challenge in the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown and I think our actions today bring more clarity and definition to the neighbourhood to address speculation and address limits. That’s long overdue in this case.” He said council needed to consider applications carefully and protect affordability as well as small business. Opponents to any height increases in the neighbourhood often formed the largest and most vocal group of spectators in the gallery over the course of five public meetings. The Carnegie Community Action Project reframed the revitalization goals of stakeholders as gentrification. “This will cause bad ripple effects like property value increases, rent increases, more yuppie stores,” Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council member Wendy Pedersen said in a statement. “The end result is poor people getting pushed out.” Staff told council during questioning that any applications to build 12- to 15-storey buildings would likely take nine months to move through review and approval phases. mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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Are you curious about what the best nutritional food options are for your companion animal? And how you can know whether or not what you are feeding your pet is the best thing for them? Do you have a pet who’s a ‘fussy eater’ but you don’t know why? Do you have an animal(s) with unexplainable allergies? Do you have questions about your pets’ teeth and what good oral health should be for them? Do you wonder what the best kind of training is for your pet and where you could go for that training? Would you love to ﬁnd more really ‘cool stuff’ for your pet? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then you want to come to The Petnership Project Tradeshow and Lecture Series at the Hellenic Centre, 4500 Arbutus Street (near W. 33rd Ave.) The answers to the above questions and much more will be addressed by animal experts and exhibitors at The Petnership Project, a show featuring holistic and alternative options for animal wellness—body, mind, and spirit.

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The Graduate’s Camille Mitchell and Kayvon Koshkam will seduce you in the Arts Club’s stage production of the movie classic.

Sue Evanetz gathered 400 trees, shrubs, perennials and alpines for the Friends of the UBC Botanical Garden’s annual auction and gala.

Fred The latest cookbook from the Food Network’s Spice Goddess host Bal Arneson pairs her quick and healthy Indian recipes with Naramata wines.

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In support of UBC’s CampOUT, artist Attila Richard Lukacs shared his most memorable camp stories with Under a Starry Night gala-goers.

Starry Night: Trilogy Properties CEO and OPUS Hotel owner John Evans hosted 85 well-heeled guests for the $250-perticket Under a Starry Night soiree to raise money for summer camp for queer youth ages 14-19. Yours truly was master of ceremonies and auctioneer at the intimate affair held at Evans’ Point Grey Road home. Special guests Attila Richard Lukacs and Douglas Copeland shared their childhood camping stories with attendees who generously donated $500-$10,000 during the live auction “ask.” Over $60,000 was generated for the UBC summer camp, which runs July 5 to 8. Barrel of fun: Nineteen Naramata Bench wineries, including Kettle Valley, Laughing Stock and Therapy, showcased their Okanagan grapes at the Westin Bayshore, paired with tantalizing appies from some of B.C.’s ﬁnest restaurants. Partial proceeds from the Best of the Bench shindig supported the Vancouver Art Gallery. Green day: Friends of the Garden, a.k.a. FOGS, presented their bi-annual Collectors’ Plant Auction and Gala held at UBC’s Botanical Garden. An evening of great food, wine and plants, including more than 400 trees, shrubs, perennials and alpines, were auctioned off to several hundred plant enthusiasts. Proceeds will support plant research and completion of the Garry Oak Meadow and Woodland project. Hear Fred Mondays 8:20 a.m. on CBC Radio’s The Early Edition; email Fred at yvrﬂee@hotmail.com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown orfredabouttown.blogspot.com.

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Media personality Monika Deol and Vancity’s Ryan McKinley helped raise funds to send queer, trans, and allied youth to summer camp.

Musician Dave Genn, his wife and CTV news anchor Tamara Taggart and Senator Larry Campbell fronted the Rare Disease Foundation Gala.

Township 7 winemaker Bradley Cooper and owner Mike Raffan showcased their spring releases at the Naramata Best of the Bench wine wingding.

1. Members of the Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree bring their “Into the Spin” tour to the Biltmore Cabaret. The lovely and talented Dessa headlines the sure-to-be wordy show, which also features Sims and Lazerbreak, which, incidentally, is one of the more difﬁcult personalized coffee mugs to ﬁnd. It all goes down April 27, 9 p.m. Tickets at Beatstreet, Red Cat, Scratch, Zulu and Highlife or online at ticketweb.ca.

2. It’s been more than a decade since local author Zsuzsi Gartner released her rockin’ debut short story collection All the Anxious Girls on Earth—and we rarely use the term “rockin”—but the former books editor for the Straight is ﬁnally ready to pop her second collection out of the literary incubator. W2 Storyeum hosts a launch for Gartner’s new book, Better Living Through Plastic Explosives, April 27, 7 p.m. More info at creativetechnology.org. 3. Fans of photography that illustrates “the effects of capitalism and consumerism on coastal cities,” you’re in luck. Bau-Xi Gallery (3045 Granville St.) hosts No Going Back, an exhibition of large scale works from Vancouver photographer Anthony Redpath April 28 to May 13, with an opening reception April 28, 6 to 8 p.m. More info at bau-xi.com.

4. First it was a movie, then it was a musical stage production, then it was a movie and now it’s going to be a stage production again. The evolution of John Waters’ Hairspray gets even more convoluted as Vancity Theatre screens the original 1988 bouffant-and-beehive-friendly ﬂick starring Divine—not John Travolta, thank you very much—April 28, 7:30 p.m., in conjunction with the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of the musical version, which starts May 7 at the Stanley. Anyone else getting a headache? For more info, call 604-683-FILM (3456) or go to viff.org.

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Like a lot of you, we here at K&K are suckers for polls. (Is it just us, or does that sound kind of dirty?) Anyway, back to the poll thing. According to a study by the UK video rental chain Loveﬁlm, The Godfather is the number one movie people are most likely to claim they’ve seen when they actually haven’t. In fact, one out of every three people falsely say they’ve seen The Godfather according to the survey, with Casablanca, Taxi Driver, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Reservoir Dogs rounding out the top ﬁve. Of course, K&K isn’t immune to a little

fibbing when it comes to movie watching. Despite our berets, turtleneck sweaters and cigarillos, we aren’t as well-rounded and cultured as we’d like people to believe. Which is why we’ve decided to fess up. So here goes. • Although we’ve made numerous references to the Weekend at Bernie’s franchise, we have only seen the first Weekend at Bernie’s and not the sequel. In fact, it was so long ago that we saw Weekend at Bernie’s we can only vaguely remember the movie’s thin plot and, for some reason, one particular scene where it’s implied that Bernie’s trashy girlfriend had orgasmic sex with his corpse without realizing he had expired. Tasteful. • We’ve never watched the seminal breakdancing films Breakin’ or Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo in their entirety. Not only that, we’ve never performed the electric boogaloo, even while drunk. Which is more often than we’d like to admit. • We’ve never seen The Goonies, the original Clash of the Titans or The Princess Bride, for which we blame our dad who insisted on taking us instead to see more esoteric fantasy nerd

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films like The Dark Crystal and Krull. • Despite our constant pubescent pleading, we’ve never seen the 1980s sex comedies Private Lessons or Zapped! because our mom wouldn’t let us, though we were allowed to rent all of the Porky’s movies. Mixed messages? Welcome to our childhood. • Although we derive much of our street cred from watching Prince’s Purple Rain when it was in theatres, we’ve never seen his universally panned follow-up Under the Cherry Moon. • Unlike one out of three dentally challenged Brits, we have in fact watched The Godfather and The Godfather II. But we’ve always stayed away from The Godfather III, which we understand is a wise decision. It still doesn’t excuse the fact that we’ve occasionally quoted Al Pacino’s most famous line from the film: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” That said, it sounds a lot cooler than quoting lines from The Dark Crystal such as “When single shines the triple sun/What was sundered and undone/Shall be whole, the two made one/By gelfling hand or else by none.”

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Genre: indie rock. Mood: heartfelt, uplifting, proggy. Good for: testing your tolerance for high-voiced male singers whose name isn’t Geddy Lee. Story: Danish trio releases new selftitled album four years after 2007’s largely ignored When the Deer Wore Blue, which pretty much killed any critical buzz from when the band was regularly compared to the Strokes and Built to Spill. Leaving behind the psychedelic excursions of Deer, Figurines’ latest is touted as a “return to form.” Reminds us of: Built to Spill, largely due to singer Christian Hjelm’s high-pitched nasally voice, but also because of the band’s intricate, guitar-laden arrangements. Throw a little Beach Boys in for good measure. Highlights: “Hanging From Above,” “Free Today” and “Every Week.” —MK mkissinger@vancourier.com

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Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? The Graduate

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“And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson/Jesus loves you more than you will know/Wo-wo-wo.” Created by novelist Charles Webb in 1963, recreated in 1967 for Mike Nichols’ award-winning ﬁlm and re-appearing now in Terry Johnston’s stage adaptation, Mrs. Robinson—in real time—would now be pushing 90. Times have changed since Anne Bancroft played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, and I think our culture cuts her a little more slack than we did back in the June Cleaver days. In this stage production, Camille Mitchell’s Mrs. Robinson is not so much predatory as she is unhappy, unfulﬁlled and alcoholic. Her Mrs. Robinson is kittenish insecure, and even when she verbally assaults her daughter Elaine, Mitchell makes it look as if Mrs. Robinson’s tirade comes from a place of personal pain and mater-

nal love; it’s a deliberate attempt to empower Elaine. Mitchell packs an amazing amount of information into every word and gesture. While Bancroft and Mitchell’s takes on Mrs. Robinson are very different, Kayvon Khoshkam’s Benjamin, the recent college graduate who has an affair with Mrs. Robinson but falls in love with her daughter Elaine, is very like Dustin Hoffman in the movie. New to the Arts Club stage, Khoshkam comes in with the perfect balance of nervous naiveté, youthful angst and boy-next-door charm. His character’s sexual inexperience will seem weird to those who weren’t around in the late ’50s and ’60s, but that was then. And the May-September relationship Benjamin has with Mrs. Robinson, considered “disgusting” by his father (Bill Dow), his mother (Lisa Bunting), Mr. Robinson (Jerry Wasserman) and the psychiatrist (Ashley O’Connell), doesn’t raise any eyebrows these days. There are even online dating sites for so-called “cougars.” Celine Stubel makes a pretty, girlish Elaine with the cut-to-thechase straightforwardness of her

Kayvon Khoshkam and Camille Mitchell star in The Graduate. mother. Raised in an afﬂuent but unhappy household, Elaine wants love in marriage but doesn’t know if it’s possible. Under Lois Anderson’s capable direction, the drinking scene between mother and daughter is one of the best. “Love gets littler and littler. And it goes away,” Mrs. Robinson drunkenly tells Elaine. “Where does love go?” is Elaine’s cry from the heart. A terriﬁc cameo performance by Jacqueline Breakwell as a tassel-spinning stripper makes you wonder just what they’re teaching

those students in Capilano University’s Musical Theatre Program. Original music by Ivory Sky, a Vancouver indie folk band, is reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel, who swept to fame as a result of the ﬁlm. Amir Ofek’s set features a luminous blue and white tile indoor swimming pool that although never used, suggests the kind of money Benjamin’s family has. His wood-panelled set is easily transformed into various locations. In her program notes, director Anderson says her perspective

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She’s never laced up for the Vancouver marathon, but Kathrine Switzer made it easier for other women to run in this city, around the world and at the Olympic Games. In 1967, 20-year-old Switzer was a varsity runner at Syracuse University when she used a childhood pen name and signed up as K.V. Switzer to race in the Boston Marathon. It was the continent’s oldest road race and, in its 70th year, still carried prejudicial and prescribed gender limitations: Women were barred from entering. Switzer entered, regardless. Her male teammates and coaches were supportive companions. The press was intrigued. One race director was infuriated. However unintentionally, the ire of this one man put Switzer in the international spotlight for decades to come. When this director rushed the course to physically force Switzer from continuing, a camera shutter snapped, once, twice, three times. “I have to thank the photographer every night I go to bed,” Switzer said this week in advance of the 40th running of the Vancouver International Marathon, May 1 where she’ll speak about those black-and-white vertical pictures and how they document the broader battle for gender equality in sport. “I was so radical and inspired by the incident and I love running so much, I would have gone on to make changes and create opportunity,” said Switzer, who this year will join a handful of athletes to be inducted into the U.S. National Women’s Hall of Fame. The attention and exposure gave her a platform. “I had a vehicle,” she said. If that moment of struggle and oppression hadn’t been documented, wondered Switzer, she might have been nothing more than a footnote in history. She’s anything but. In 2002’s The Spirit Of the Marathon, an essayist declared, “Every time a female runner enters a marathon, a small offering should be

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Kathrine Switzer made history as the first woman to officially run a marathon. made to Kathrine Switzer.” The one accomplishment Switzer says she’d like to be known for, however, is for ensuring the women’s marathon gained official Olympic status, which it did at the 1984 L.A. Games. She finished the Boston Marathon in ’67 but was disqualified. For the next four years she ran the course without registering. “I could have walked away a bitter person or I could have used it to initiate change.” She made her choice and for the past three decades has provided the colour and commentary for a national-affiliate radio network in Boston. She also organized women’s marathons around the globe. By the time Boston’s organizer finally legitimized women entries in 1972, the Vancouver Marathon was making its debut. Women were never barred. Oregon’s Patricia Loveland beat one other woman with her time of 3:39:22. A total of 32 runners finished the inaugural race. “Vancouver was actually one of the earliest in the road running movement,” said marathon historian Roger Robinson, who competed here only once in 1981 but still holds the fastest masters time in race history.

Vancouver helped marshal in today’s contemporary version of a marathon, which is community-based and draws thousands of participants, not merely regional championships that appeal only to elite racers. He credits the Lions Gate Road Runners for their vision. Robinson, a New Zealand runner, was named that country’s “harrier of the year” and Wellington’s athlete of the year in 1979. He is also Switzer’s partner after a fateful 1983 meeting in Canberra. Both will speak Friday and Saturday in advance of Sunday’s marathon. Neither will run but both will call the event at various stages of the marathon, including the finish line. Last March, for the first time in 34 years, Switzer laced up to run a full marathon. She ran in New Zealand and then went to Greece, the historic home of the first marathon and where she had once been denied entry in the early ’70s. The Greek government presented her with an award. “For my pioneering efforts in making the women’s marathon a reality in the Olympic Games.” No mere footnote. mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

Lord Byng student has eyes on 2016 Olympics

Devan Wiebe almost committed to one of the many U.S. universities that came calling, but the Lord Byng track star preferred to keep her talents closer to home. The five-foot-six middle-distance runner declared her intention to race for the University of B.C. T-birds in December and, as one of the best athletes in her age category, is contending to compete for Canada at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Staying at home was patriotic and also strategic. “I don’t want to burn out too fast,” said Wiebe, who wants to ensure she can stay competitive long after post-secondary graduation. At the high school provincials last June, Wiebe placed third in the 400-metres but finished with a personal best of 55.76. “It was the first time I ran under 56 seconds.” She qualified for the prestigious national championRunner Devan Wiebe has declined offers from U.S. universities and will run for UBC. photo Jason Lang ships and took gold, albeit with a

slower time. The strength of the competition has compelled her to build conﬁdence. Her familiarity and loyalty to the Vancouver Olympic track club and coaches offers a further competitive edge, she believes. UBC head coach Mark Jedrzejek said Wiebe will have an “immediate impact” on the varsity team. “Her ability and range are exceptional,” he said in December. Wiebe specializes in the 400 and 800 metres, but has potential as a longer-distance endurance runner. The city’s famed road races, she jokes, are still a stretch—she’s never jogged the 10-kilometre Sun Run. “Anything longer than 800 seems like a marathon to me.” She’ll have no reason to stray from the track this weekend for the Vancouver International Marathon. —Megan Stewart

On the edge of the best season in franchise history, the Canucks took such a [superlative, expletive, exclamation] detour that they put themselves at the cliff of infamy. Most fans, the bruised and battle-weary Canucks nation, were right there with them. As local sport psychologist Saul Miller explains, the most dedicated fans (never to be confused with the casual fan or the bandwagon fan) live the highs and lows. And we feel it, too. The anguish, grief, tenderness, rage, doubt and all kinds of shame of late are acutely felt. Is it possible to have a physical reaction to the success or failure of the Canucks? “Absolutely,” says Miller. Afﬁrmed, then: any tears you shed are not hormonal. They were a “psychosocial physical reaction.” Miller has been making the talk radio rounds, surmising the mental state of the handle-with-care, prone-to-breaking Canucks. Where Luongo doth go, the rest doth follow… But for the mental state of fans, Miller advises holding on to a strong sense of self. When the Nucks are successful, fans feel elation, “almost as if they’ve had a personal sense of achievement.” When they lose, logic holds, fans risk a similar plummet. Perhaps just as fragile as the Vezina-nominated goaltender, the fans who pray, the fans who adhere to personal superstition and the fans who invest deeply in the outcome of the Canucks risk investing too much in that outcome—even the outcome of what was arguably the most important puck drop in franchise history. Maintain perspective, Miller cautions, and enjoy the thrill. “It certainly is a consequential game—and it’s a game.” The author of seven books, including his most recent, Performing Under Pressure, Miller consults professional athletes and teams (he counts the Canucks as clients). He levies this sober advice: “Winners find a way to use everything.” mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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VICTORIA DRYWALL LTD. 25 yrs exp. Reno’s & New Constr. Call Bruno ★ 604-313-2763

6508

Apt/Condos

8767 FRENCH ST. SouthWest Vcr. -1 Bdrm +balcony, ldry,prkg, $740+ utils,. N/P, N/S May 1st, Call Ruby 604-261-9483 1 BR +big den, newly reno’d, hardwood, open kitchen, mtn view. UBC, indoor pool, gym, 2 prkg, ns np, $1800, 604-828-2268

FCE ELECTRIC - All types of electrical work - new construction & maintenance 604-861-2647 HOMEFIX ELECTRICAL DIVISION - Contract # 102055 200 Amp Service Upgrades Spring Special $1800. Free est. Ins. 25 yrs exp. 604-725-5371 LIC. ELECTRICIAN #17228. Renovations, Home Wiring, Panel/ Service Upgrades, Small Jobs Too! Special April Rate $45 Call Larry, 604-726-6051. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934.

PUPIN ELECTRIC. Comm/Res. Bonded. Reas Rates. (#102091). Professional Work. 604-719-8603 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508 PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION. Quick & Clean, Good prices. Free Est. ★ 604-566-4429

8120

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 Waters Home Maintenance Gutter Cleaning, repairs, windows Free estimate 604-738-6606

8130

Handyperson

Excavating

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

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

6508

Apt/Condos

1 BACH $495 Immed, Cambie & SW Marine Dr. hardwood, incl & hw, 1 yr lse. np, ns, 604-988-4692 1 BR apt 750sf, garden level, inste w/d, ug prkg,store room, community lounge, for 55+,nr bus/shops. 2740 W. King Edward, $1295/mo, ns np, Phone 10 am 4pm Mon -Fri . 604-671-0965

6522

Furnished Accommodation

info@langaragardens.com

Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

DUSTTIN’S HANDYMAN Service All jobs Large and Small. Competitive Rates 604-873-5990 EXP’D HANDYMAN offering high quality affordable services. Drain cleaning, plumbing, tiling, drywall, painting etc. Call: 604-839-5353

8140

Heating

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

8155

Landscaping

greenwavelandscapes.ca Garden Maintenance & Edible Solutions. 604-317-3037 Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Hardscaping & Landscaping. Hedges, Pavers, Ponds & Walls, Returfing, Demos, Drainage, Jackhammering. 604 782-4322

8160

Lawn & Garden

Spring Services

Same Day Service, Fully Insured

FREE ESTIMATES

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

310-JIMS (5467)

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom in the Westend Vancouver at reas rates. call 604-684-7811 or visit www.homawayinns.com

Call 604-327-1178

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

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

Century Hardwood Floors ★Hardwood flr refinishing ★Repairs ★ Staining ★ Free Estimate. Contact 604-376-7224

CHARLIE’S ELECTRIC Co. #94835 all electric needs, reas rates bonded WCB 778-888-4528

Handyperson

Since 1989

A Lic’d. Electrician #30582. Rewiring & Reno, Appliance/Plumbing. Rotor Rooter & Hydro Pressure Jetting Service, 604-255-9026 - 778-998-9026 Free Estimates / 24 Hr Service ABACUS ELECTRIC.ca Lic Elect Contr 97222. 40 years exp. 1 stop! Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493

8130

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

CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS Installations & refinishing. Quality work. Reas rates. 604-293-0057

Spacious 1, 2 & 3 BR Rental Apartments & Townhouses. Heat, hot water & lrg storage locker included. Many units have spacious patios & balconies with gorgeous views. Tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry, gated parking, plus shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School & more. Sorry no pets. www.langaragardens.com Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

Flooring/ Refinishing

A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only. 604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319

BEAUTIFUL SUITES Marpole area. Bach, 1 & 2 BRs. Newer kitchens & baths. H/W flrs, balcony/patio. $800 & up. Incl heat, h/water, 2 appl. 604-327-9419. or 778-855-8666

LANGARA GARDENS 601 West 57th Ave, Van

8105

Electrical

RENTALS

Recreation Property

MT. BAKER SKI AREA 2 cabins, 1 property. Rent one, use one. Gated community w/ amenities. 35 min. from border $374,000 U.S. Maryann Angus 360-224-6704 www.mymtbakerhome.com

Drywall

#1 A-CERTIFIED Lic. Electrician. New or old wiring. Reasonable rates. Lic #11967. 604-879-9394

**RELIEVE ROAD RAGE**

7010

8075 8080

604-321-8296

GENTLEMEN! Attractive discreet, European lady is available for company 604-451-0175

6020

Blinds & Draperies

RELAXING SWEET FULL BODY MASSAGE

DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/ Short-Term Relationships, CALL NOW. 1-877-297-9883. Exchange voice messages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chatlines. Local Single Ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).

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Condos/ Townhouses

Body Work

Authentic Chinese bodywork, gentle or deep tissue 15 yr exp’d 10a-9p 604-329-8218. S.E. BBY

REAL ESTATE 6007

HOME SERVICES

Legal/Public Notices

BOOK A JOB AT

www.jimsmowing.ca

BONDED & INSURED EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL, SAFE AND RELIABLE

000-000-0000 604-283-2416 www.mrhandyman.com

AALL EXT REPAIRS/REPLACE Rebuild, new build, fencing, decks & stairs. 604-325-4674 BEST PRICE! Bath, kitchen, plumbing, flooring, painting, etc. Call Mic, 604-725-3127

6535

Homestay

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED for International students Pls call 604-436-2332 Fax 604-436-2331 email: info@vfa.bc.ca HOST FAMILIES required for 2 night weekend homestay for Japanese high school group May 20-22. Contact Vancouver Family Homestays at (604) 733-3807 Local 1 or coordinators@easystays.ca

6540

Houses - Rent

3 BDRM whole house, h/w flrs, w/d, view, carport, nr shopping, bus, freeway, 5th & Renfrew, $1700. May 1, 604-439-7951 *RENT TO OWN*

Abbotsford- 3262 Clearbrook Rd. HOUSE with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths. Mortgage helper. Walk to all Schools and other amenities. Only $1,598/m. Low Down. Flexible Terms. (604) 626-9647 or (604) 657-9422 www.wesellhomesbc.com

STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● ABBOTSFORD - 2087 Lonsdale Cr, HOUSE, 3bd w/ 2bd suite, quiet neigh., hot tub & pool.......$2,188/M CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M Call Kristen today (604)786-4663 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

LAWNS • GARDENS • TREES • SHRUBS EST.1994

Residential, Strata, Commercial Gardens Designed, Installed, Maintained Trees/Hedges Installed, Removed, Power Rake, Aerate, Moss Control AVG $170 Retaining Walls, Patios, Pathways

604-737-0170

Certiﬁed • Insured • WCB

rakesandladders.com

6545

Housesitting

HOUSESITTING, RETIRED teaching couple, excellent refs, long or short term. 778-995-0281 Email: colcarcam@hotmail.com

6565

Office/Retail Rent

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

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR part furnished big apt, 41st Ave & Maple, own garden entry, suits single prof $1200. Dble $1450. np ns 604-565-2693 2 BR Bsmt ste, Oak 64th, Updated, lmnte flrs, lndry, 2 full baths, cbl, Internet, Inc utils, ns, np, May 1, $1400. 604-763-7885 2 BR incl util, np, ns, $900, nr school/bus. May 1. 604-324-1972 aft 4 pm. 604-889-2479 2 BR main flr, reno’d older home, shar’d ldry, nr transit, parks & ammenities. N/P. May 1st $1350 includes utils Rob 778-908-0954

vancourier.com

HOME SERVICES 8160

Lawn & Garden

West-side Lawn & Garden ● Lawn Cutting ● Garden Maintenance ● Landscaping

604-261-9697 Est 28 yrs

GARDEN CLEAN-UP • Planting • Pruning • Lawncare Call Jim Slade

604.266.6333 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 604-723-2468; T. TRAN, New lawns, grass cuts, p/raking, aerating, hedging, pruning. Reliable Akasha Turf Grass Mngt complete lawn restoration, aeration & fert. Res/Comm. $79. 526-6305 AVANTI GARDEN SERVICES Spring cleanup, new design, planting, etc. Laura 604-264-0775 Gardening Services 21 yrs exp. Tree topping, West & Eastside & Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881 GREENSTAR GARDEN Complete Lawn & garden care. Free estimates. 604-736-5791 Ny Ton Gardening yard & lawn maint. trimming, shrubs, hedging, power raking etc. 604-782-5288

8185

Moving & Storage

B&Y MOVING

8175

Masonry

8220

Professional Painters with Guaranteed Results – in partnership with –

• Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

EZ GO MOVERS

604-263-2530

Quick & Reliable Movers from$48 per hour

Alma Painting

604-580-2171 www.ezgomovers.com

MOVERS.CA 604.682.2232

your local university painters Experienced painting team Free Estimates Fully Insured References

Insured, from $35/hour, 3 ton 604-319-4204

See website for details 604-377-2503

www.VancityMovers.com SOUTH VAN. Mini Public Storage, bus/res. vehicle, motorcyle, furn. Eco Friendly, 604-321-0213

TWO BROTHERS MOVING Local & Long Distance 604-720-0931 • bc.moving@gmail.com •

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

Quality Work You Can Trust! Interior & Exterior ★ UNBEATABLE PRICES ★ Free Est. / Written Guarantee

NORTHLAND MASONRY. Rock, slate, brick, granite, pavers. 20 yrs exp on the N. Shore. No job to small.. Will 604-805-1582

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

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

Serving West Side since 1987

STORMWORKS

● Oil Tank Removal ● Recommended ● Insured ● Reasonable Rates

604-724-3670

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac

Insured/WCB

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

Barwick Painting Prof. painters, exp. painters, in partnership with Benjamin Moore. 604-263-2530 DJ PAINTING •Int/Ext •Com/Resid •Top Quality 604-258-7300 cell: 604-417-5917 Exterior / Interior Painting Pressure Washing PETER 604 812 8900

FREE ESTIMATES

★ STAFFORD & SON ★ Interior/Exterior. Top quality work. Reasonable rates. 604-221-4900 URBAN PAINTING ...High quality, material discounts, warranty. & great refs. 604-836-9675

Patios/Decks/ Railings

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

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

www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

8205

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

Plumbing

garage, basement, backyard.

(604) 875-9072 873-5292 $35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020

Interior and Exterior Painting • • • •

For Free Estimate Please Call:

604-730-1566 derek@carefulpainting.ca

• Exterior/Interior Projects • Written Warranty • Years of Experience • Fully Insured • WCB Covered Professional Crew of Ticketed Painters

QUALITY WORK. DONE RIGHT.

778.881.6096

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

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring

A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A

ENTERPRISE Mechanical Systems • PLUMBING • HEATING • GAS FITTING • RESTORATION

Tel: 604-931-7575

Cell: 604-612-4347

Roofing

604-588-0833

SALES@ PATTARGROUP.COM

WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM

Mozaik Handyman Services Ltd Reno painting, electrical, plumb tiling, 604-739-8786..716-8687

ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs

ROOFING/ FRAMING/ Flooring/ Renos or new construction. Acom Construction. Call: 604-240-1850 Acombc@gmail.com SMALL JOBS WELCOME RENO Kitchen/Bath, Crown Mouldings, Drywall, Painting, Flooring, 604-771-2201, 771-5197

8250

Roofing

POINT GREY ROOFING

Additions. Kitchens Bathrooms. Landscape Const. Design & Build Renovations 604.662.8150

www.jasonsmithbuild.com

LUCKY METAL WORKS

EXPAND YOUR LVING SPACE

Are you looking for a builder who can take care of your home projects, honestly & professionally? Call Rae 604-323-3922 www.rgfinehomes.com

A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A ★ 3 Licensed Plumbers ★ 66 years of exp. 604-830-6617 www.oceansidemechanical.com

to advertise call

604-630-3300

DISCOUNT DISPOSAL ✫Best Price Guaranteed✫ We Recycle! 604-266-4444

McNabb Roofing

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

• TAR & GRAVEL •TORCH-ON MEMBRANE •FIBREGLASS / ASPHALT SHINGLES, RESIDENTIAL, and COMMERCIAL 35 years experience

Cell: 604-839-7881

A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd Re-Roof, Repair. Ins. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 or 604-961-0324 A Eastwest Roofing & Siding Re-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437

LTD.

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

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

8300

FREE ESTIMATES

604-379-2641

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

8309

PTV HOME RENOVATIONS All types of reno’s, big or small. 20% off Tile. Call 778-235-1772

8335

White Rose Window Cleaning

Find it in the Classiﬁeds!

604-274-0285

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

AUTOMOTIVE 9110

Collectibles & Classics

9145

Scrap Car Removal

FREE SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Top $$ for complete cars. Flat Rate Towing Service avail. Call ★ 604-720-0067

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

9125

Domestic

2006 LINCOLN Zephyr 32,600 kms, excellent cond, lady driven $15,000 obo 604-929-1184

9145

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

604 628 9044

1993 MAZDA MX6, manual V6, 2.5L, leather, tinted windows, $2000. Fun & fast 778-229-4979

9173

Vans

2003 PONTIAC Montana extended van, great running condition. Navy blue (similar to picture), gray interior. 166,000 KMs, all in Lower Mainland. New brakes, DVD system, comes with snow tires. $5,000 obo. Call 604-908-9080 or 604-802-2884.

9522 2002 LAND Rover Discovery SE7 98,000 km, Sand/tan int. Exc cond. $11,750 604.687.2146

Visit our website @ www.surreyscrap.com Free tow, no wheels, no papers no problem! Hassle free friendly service. 2 hr service in most areas.

Sports & Imports

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

Scrap Car Removal

Cash for junk cars! $100 to $1000 Ask about our $500 Credit!

9160

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

THE SCRAPPER 1991 ASTON Martin, 1-owner, all orig., only 27,000 km, immac. $45,000. 604-987-3876. D24627

Window Cleaning

Windows Cleaned Inside & Outside Gutters Cleared & Cleaned FREE ESTIMATES

Need help with your Home Renovation?

1.877.602.7346

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

Tree Services

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

JORGENSEN ROOFING 3 Generations since 1945! Specializing in Residential Roofs REECE • 604-518-7278

Tried & True Since 1902

Auto Miscellaneous

Tiling

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

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

Call for a free estimate:

9105

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

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

8315

Visit us online to receive a special discount:

Since 1989

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

DISPOSAL BINS: Starting at $99 + dump fees. Call 604-306-8599 www.disposalking.com

www.crownroofgutters.ca

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

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

SAVE $ 604-228-ROOF (7663)

Established 1946

All Types of Rooﬁng, Re-Rooﬁng & Repairs

Rubbish Removal

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

drytech.ca

WWW.RENORITE.COM Bath, Kitchen, Suites & More Save Your Dollars 778-317-1256

8255

EW31

#1 Rooﬁng Company in BC

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

NORM, 604-466-9733 Cell: 604-841-1855

Find the professionals you need to create the perfect renovation.

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

604-312-6311

www.carefulpainting.ca

PAINTING

drytech.ca

HOME SERVICES

Vancouver’s West Side Painting Company

AAA PRECISION

Call Now!

732-8453

Paving/Seal Coating

A+A+A+A+A+A+

AJK MOVING LTD.

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

BATHROOMS • KITCHENS ELECTRICAL • PLUMBING PAINTING • REPAIRS REFERRAL SERVICES RENOVATIONS

Andy: 604-719-8689 #158-11782 River Rd., RMD

A+A+A+A+A+A+

www.affordablemoversbc.com

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

Fence & Gates Stainless Steel Door Window & Door Replacement Patio Covers & Sunrooms

Seniors Discount

604-537-4140

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

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

''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

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

8220

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

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

778-997-9582

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

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

Complete Bathroom Reno’s Suites, Kitchens,Tiling, Skylights, Windows, Doors, 604 521-1567

604-572-9943

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

* Reno’s & Repairs 24 hrs/day * Furnaces * Boilers * Hot Water Heating * Reasonable Rates * Hot Water Tanks

8250

Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

CANSTAR PAINTING

8200

Renovations & Home Improvement

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

almapainting.ca Call 778.991.4276

AAA Professional int/ext painter & wall paperer. Guar work. Free est. John 604-318-2059 (Kits)

Save 10%...

8240

Certified Plumber & Gas Fitter

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

AMIGO'S MOVING. Delivery. Storage. No Job too Small or Big. Clean up, Garage, Basement. Call 604-782-9511

= MASTER MOVERS =

Plumbing

604-731-2443

604-708-8850

8193 YARD CLEAN-UP, lawns cut, hedges pruned, trees trimmed, power raking, aerating, rubbish removal, gutters. 604-773-0075

Painting/ Wallpaper

BARWICK PAINTING

Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~

★ SD ENTERPRISES ★ Gardening, power raking, lawncare, pruning, cedar fencing. Free est. Call Terry at 604-726-1931 YAMATO LANDSCAPING Garden maintenance, Comm & Res. Free Est. 604-761-7109 www.yamatolandscaping.com

8195

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

RV’s/Trailers

2004 JAYCO 10ft Tent Trailer, fully loaded, sleeps 8, good cond. Asking $6500 obo. 604-524-4778

W32

THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011

GRAND OPENING “Kerrisdale Days” Sale ~ April 27 to June 1 ~

Over 1,000 Fine Wines In Stock. The Best Craft Beer Selection on the West Side. Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc

Three Winds Grenache

Three Winds Syrah

Three Winds Viognier

Chivas Regal

Sale $10.45 SAVE $5.55

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Sale $13.50 SAVE $2.40 + deposit

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+ deposit

Sale $46.00 SAVE $7.85

Diego Malbec

Diego Merlot

Inca Torrontes Chardonnay

Trio Red

Johnny Q Shiraz

Sale $9.00 SAVE $2.35

Sale $12.00 SAVE $2.40 + deposit

Sale $12.00 SAVE $2.40

+ deposit

Sale $15.00 SAVE $3.00

Chiopis Pinot Grigio

Tollo Bianca 1L

Tollo Rosso 1L

Tollo Pinot Grigio 1L

Tollo Sangiovese 1L

Sale $15.50 SAVE $3.70

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Sale $10.45 SAVE $2.00

+ deposit

Sale $10.45 SAVE $2.00

Wyndham Chardonnay

Wyndham Shiraz

Wisers Deluxe

Havana Anejo

Absolute Vodka

Sale $14.30 SAVE $5.00

Sale $24.55 SAVE $4.00

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Sale $23.45 SAVE $4.00

Reg. $16.00

+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

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+ deposit

Reg. $29.60

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+ deposit

Prospect Sauvignon Blanc

Prospect Merlot

Okanagan Spring 1516 12 pack

Sale $16.30 SAVE $3.00

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Reg. $19.30

+ deposit

Reg. $19.30

+ deposit

ENTER TO WIN a Panasonic 42” Plasma Television!

Reg. $24.90

+ deposit

ENTER TO WIN an Okanagan Spring Beer Pong Table! Sale pricing runs from April 27 to June 1, or while supplies last.

Sun-Thurs 10am-10pm Fri-Sat 10am-11pm

39th & West Blvd.

604-669-1121

04272419

Open 365 Days a Year!

5503 West Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. V6M 3W6