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17 22 Premier shuns debate and attacks byelection opponent K&K’s Canucks playoff haiku Pulling for kids

Clark notes David Eby’s drug stance Mike Howell Staff writer

Today’s Vancouver-Point Grey byelection pits David Eby against Premier Christy Clark.

photos Dan Toulgoet

All political eyes will be on the byelection in VancouverPoint Grey today as Premier Christy Clark attempts to win a seat in the legislature to complete her political comeback. But standing in Clark’s way is the NDP’s David Eby and four other lesser known candidates who never got a chance to debate the recently crowned leader of the B.C. Liberal Party. “People who live in Vancouver-Point Grey are happy that I’ve taken almost all the time I’ve had available to campaign to speak to them because I think that’s important,” Clark told the Courier Monday after a press conference at a cancer centre on

West 10th Avenue where she announced free nicotine gum and patches to help British Columbians quit smoking. But, the premier added, she regrets not having time to debate Eby, who she accused of taking “really extreme positions” on some issues that she doesn’t believe represent voters in the riding. “His positions on pornography, on polygamy and on making hard drugs legal are fringe,” said Clark, who has held her own meetings and telephone “town halls” instead of attending candidates’ debates. Clark’s campaign is driven by a “families-ﬁrst” agenda that includes increasing the minimum wage, building a green economy and funding community groups. See EBY on page 4

School board mulls popular Montessori program expansion Possible Renfrew site may help shorten waiting lists Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer The Vancouver school district will consider expanding its Montessori program to a third school— potentially Renfrew elementary as of September 2012—at an education and student services com-

mittee meeting Wednesday. Senior staff drafted the recommendation after several years of consultation about how to develop Montessori in Vancouver. It’s so popular at the elementary school level that both schools offering it have waiting lists. In September 2011, Maple Grove

registered 75 kindergarten students on its waiting list and 80 Grade 1 students, while Tyee recorded 107 kindergarten students on its waiting list and 119 Grade 1 students. Montessori is an educational philosophy founded by Maria Montessori, an Italian physician

and educator, in the early 1900s. The education system stresses the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to learning, grouping students of different ages, and encouraging kids to seek out subjects that interest them. Renfrew elementary, the pro-

posed third site, is located at 3315 East 22 Ave. near Rupert Street. Valerie Overgaard, associate superintendent of learning services, says the East Side school has room to add a Montessori program while maintaining a regular program. See DISTRICT on page 4

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District official says students will commute for Montessori

Continued from page 1 Montessori supporters typically prefer a school’s entire program be structured around the educational philosophy but the district doesn’t have an empty school. “That’s what the purist Montessori advocates wish,” Overgaard said. “If the whole school follows the same philosophy, it creates the possibility to have schoolwide events that are all in the same philosophy.”

Overgaard suspects some students on the waiting list from other parts of the city would be willing to travel to Renfrew to take advantage of the program. “That’s happened in the past. The students who were on the waitlist at Tyee went to Maple Grove when it was opened. I think people who are very committed to that philosophy of learning will make the trek,” she said.

“I THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THAT PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING WILL MAKE THE TREK.” Valerie Overgaard

Interest in Montessori has grown as more preschools offer it, but the district has had trouble keeping it alive at the secondary level. A Montessori program up to Grade 10 at Gladstone second-

ary was abandoned due to low enrolment because at the time only one elementary school was feeding into it. “It was off and on successful, but towards the end less so, so we’ve aban-

doned it for now, but as of this year, because Maple Grove has now grown to Grade 7, there would be two schools feeding into a secondary, and ultimately three, so that makes it much more viable,” Overgaard said. “The wish of the [Montessori] task force was ultimately to have a strong secondary program as well.” School districts across B.C. have trouble finding teachers to staff Montes-

sori programs. “All school districts in the province where they have Montessori do have challenges finding sufficient numbers of trained teachers,” acknowledged Overgaard. “We are concerned, but we’re working on it at the same time.” The board has the final say on approving the expansion and the third site. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

Eby supports Insite, legal heroin trials, pot decriminalization

Continued from page 1 Clark also supports tax breaks for low-income families and parents with children in sports or the arts. In a telephone interview Monday, Eby said Clark has taken his positions out of context, particularly on pornography. Eby believes Clark was referring to comments he made in a February Vancouver Sun article when he was executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. At issue was B.C. Ferries blocking users of its free Wi-Fi service

to websites about sex education, abortion, pornography, hate speech and piracy. Eby said in the article “you don’t want someone surfing pornography in front of other passengers.” But, he added, what does B.C. Ferries care if someone is learning about sex education on a ferry ride. He said his views on polygamy in the Interior community of Bountiful are in line with what many lawyers have argued about the decade-old criminal law to prosecute the leaders—it obviously

isn’t working and child protection laws need to be used. “The province needs to recognize that for 10 years the social issues have not been addressed,” said Eby, noting the school in Bountiful is funded with government money. “These kids aren’t leaving the community for their education because they don’t need to because we’re funding it with tax dollars… I say that and I’m pro-polygamy.” As for his views on illicit drugs, Eby said he supports heroin trials, the decriminalization of mari-

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these-long-range-attack-missiles’ that are, for the most part, fabrications and distortions,” he said. The Vancouver-Point Grey seat is vacant because its former MLA, Gordon Campbell, resigned as premier. Clark was chosen as Liberal leader in February. The riding has been a Liberal stronghold since Campbell narrowly beat the NDP’s Jim Green in 1996 by 1,563 votes. Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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Details, details. Apparently, my job is to analyze details. Let me throw this one at you. It comes from the motion that Mayor Gregor Robertson introduced at last month’s council meeting that effectively crushed Paragon Gaming Inc.’s dreams of opening a mega casino and hotel complex adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium. It’s bureaucratic, so I’ve chopped out a few things to make it more brain friendly. “That council approve the relocation of the casino operated by Paragon Gaming known as Edgewater Casino with 600 slot machines and 75 gaming tables. And as a condition of approval, Paragon will make legal commitments, to the satisfaction of staff, to provide priority hiring for any workers displaced or laid off from Hastings Park Racecourse as a result of closure or permanent downsizing of that operation.” It’s the last bit that made me wonder what the heck was going on at Hastings Racecourse, which

According to a spokesperson, the Hastings Racecourse isn’t closing and has no plans to downsize anytime soon. photo Jason Lang has about 500 slots and still has horses racing around the track. Great Canadian Casino, which operates the River Rock Casino in Richmond, runs the show at the track. I phoned up Howard Blank, a spokesman for Great Canadian. No, he said, the track isn’t closing. And, no, there are no plans to downsize the operation. So then what was the mayor on about in his motion?

“The only reason that was put in there is we’re renegotiating our lease,” Blank said. Great Canadian has a 20-year lease with the city. Five years are up and Great Canadian has until Oct. 31 to renegotiate for the next 15 years. “If everything fell through and we did not return our lease, I guess that’s why [the mayor] put that in there, or somebody on city staff said put that in

there. But that’s not our goal. Our goal is to come to a conclusion with the city.” OK, enough about Hastings Racecourse. Is Great Canadian interested in proposing a casino for the land adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium—the same land where Paragon planned to build a casino? (As faithful readers will recall, Paragon prez Scott Menke told me

he isn’t interested in developing the land with a reduced scale of games tables and slots, as decided by council). “Great Canadian is always looking at opportunities as a public company,” Blank said. “There’s been nothing put forward with anything in Vancouver at this time. If we were asked to look at it, obviously our executives would do their due diligence—we get so many proposals across Canada and in the United States all the time to look at.” B.C. Pavilion Corporation, a provincial Crown agency, owns the property adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium. David Podmore, PavCo’s chair, was out of town when I tried to reach him recently to talk about plans for the land. Pat Bell, the provincial minister responsible for gambling, hasn’t added anything more to the statement he gave after council’s decision. At the time, he said he respected council’s decision. “We have a renewed government under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark, and we are going to take a fresh look at options to develop this property,” Bell said. Meanwhile, Clark is involved in a bit of a gamble this week as she faces the NDP’s David Eby in a May 11 byelection in VancouverPoint Grey. Place your bets. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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One of two sitting NPA school trustees is bowing out for the next civic election. Carol Gibson, who’s served two terms on the nine-member board, decided another three-year stint clashes with personal plans she and her husband have for retirement. “It is not in my nature to commit to something in a partial way,” she told the Courier. “There are also many great potential candidates whose children are still in the public education system who, if they chose to run for election, will bring an informed perspective to the board.” Gibson said one of the most challenging aspects of the job is understanding the role and balancing competing priorities.

She added that boards are co-governors of public education with the Ministry of Education, but the ministry controls the funding in an inherent imbalance of power. That said, the actual control over funding is with the Treasury Board and school boards need to work with the ministry to present to the money people the best case possible for increased funding for public education—regardless of the governing party or the specific minister, according to Gibson. “We cannot do this if we continually pick unnecessary fights with the ministry or a minister,” she said. “More critically, we cannot do it if we pick fights on behalf of stakeholder groups who are more than capable of representing their own interests.” She also said trustees must make sure they represent the interests of the entire community, not just those with the loudest voices or the most organized email campaigns. I asked Gibson how she sees the state of the Vancouver School Board in terms of budget con-

Carol Gibson straints, to which she responded it’s the norm for all public sector organizations and she’s never once heard a minister, president, superintendent, board chair or union president publicly state there was sufﬁcient money—even in the days when “we were responding to the demands of the boomer generation by indiscriminately throwing money at every problem.” “The challenge of boards of education is to accept that there will never be enough money, work with the ministry to make the best case to treasury board to get funds for speciﬁc initiatives and then to manage the funding in the most responsible, transparent

and accountable manner possible,” she said. Gibson’s wishes for the future of the VSB include increased focus on multilanguage learning, infusing the curriculum in every subject area “with aboriginal content such that every aboriginal student sees his or her culture and history included” and more work on helping immigrant and refugee students integrate in school districts. Late last year, the NPA named longtime trustee Ken Denike as one of its candidates for school board in the 2011 municipal race, along with Sophia Woo. The deadline for NPA candidate nominations was May 4, and its board of directors is reviewing applications and conducting interviews. After that’s completed, the association will announce ﬁnal nomination candidates and NPA members will vote on the ﬁnal slate at a nomination meeting June 4 at the Vancouver Croatian Cultural Centre. Check my next Class Notes for Vision and COPE trustee election plans. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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duced into the legislature a private members bill called the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act 2011. Chandra Herbert has been working for years to help renters whom he says are being wrongly evicted through “phony renovations.” It’s an issue I’ve also been writing about for years. Chandra Herbert says the bill puts into law what is already there in spirit. He adds the bill follows some of what the Ontario Liberal government has had in place to protect renters. “The Residential Tenancy Amendment Act could be passed

The Vancouver Downtown Skate Plaza and tennis courts at Charleson Park are both closing temporarily for maintenance and upgrades. Work on the skate park, including asphalt resurfacing and repairs to granite copings and brick bank, should be completed by July. Repairs to the tennis courts, including the replacement of the waterproof membrane and the installation of a new Plexiglas playing surface, are scheduled to be complete by August. As well, the small play area at Charleson Park is being replaced with a new playground that will be attached to the playground on the west side of the park. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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I admit I like a good online video of a cat playing the piano, or my latest YouTube favourite, which features a talking dog yearning for maple-flavoured bacon. So I can only imagine what The Journal of Animal Ethics must think of what, until now, I had considered harmless entertainment. The JAE, the first academic journal dedicated to animal ethics, is a joint effort between the University of Illinois Press and the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. In a document released last month by the JAE called Animal Language Sends Wrong Message, animal ethicists say the words “animal,” “pets” and “wildlife” should be considered terms of abuse. Abuse I consider almost as bad as forcing dogs to wear the canine fashions I’ve seen in this city. One damp day in Kitsilano last year, I saw a standard poodle stroll by dressed in a bright yellow rain slicker and matching hat and a stuffed teddy bear in its mouth. The poodle caught the eye of a golden retriever service dog sitting at the corner with its owner waiting for the light to change. I swear the retriever lowered its head in embarrassment as its yellow-clad brethren trotted by. (My bad. According to the journal, the word “owner” should be replaced with “human carers.”) While researching this column, I found nothing in the journal regarding abuse by canine couture, but did find a long list of commonly used words considered derogatory, starting with “pets.” An excerpt from the journal reads, “Despite its prevalence, ‘pets’ is surely a derogatory term both of the animals concerned and

sandrathomas their human carers. Again the word ‘owners,’ whilst technically correct in law, harks back to a previous age when animals were regarded as just that: property, machines or things to use without moral constraint…” The journal also takes offence to the term “wild animals,” and offers “free-living,” “free-ranging” or “freeroaming,” as acceptable replacements. “For most, ‘wildness’ is synonymous with uncivilized, unrestrained, barbarous existence,” the author writes. “There is an obvious prejudgment here that should be avoided.” The document describes our existing terminology as “the language of past thought,” littered with derogatory terminology including the words brutes, beasts, bestial, critters and sub-humans. The document argues, “We shall not be able to think clearly unless we discipline ourselves to use less than partial ad-

jectives in our exploration of animals and our moral relations with them.” The journal describes its function as “multidisciplinary in nature and international in scope,” covering “theoretical and applied aspects of animal ethics that are of interest to academics from both the humanities and the sciences, as well as professionals working in the ﬁeld of animal protection.” I know there is a certain function to being politically correct about many things, but I wonder, who is actually being offended by the use of the word “pet?” Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, and even befriending, many academics and have to say some of the most brilliant of them struggle somewhat with a lack of common sense. It’s as if their brains are so full of big words and smart thoughts, there’s no space for remembering where their car keys are or whether they have their wallet. In the case of this document, it also looks like common sense is a term not included in the vernacular of the JAE. I’m too busy to be a human carer of a companion animal, but we did recently companion-animal-sit a 20-pound cat named Suzie for several weeks. Suzie is a loveable cat, but— and my apologies to animal ethicists everywhere—probably not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. What I can tell you about Suzie is that she didn’t care what you called her as long as it wasn’t “Late for Dinner.” sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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NDP byelection candidate demonizes and denigrates He’s an ideologue and a demagogue. A lawyer, he skillfully denigrates without committing slander. As an activist, he divides and demonizes. In a broken neighbourhood, he’s part of the problem, not an agent of change. David Eby earned his reputation in the Downtown Eastside. But today, as an NDP candidate, he’ll watch residents of Vancouver-Point Grey, a leafy riding known for vine-covered manors and yachting jackets, vote in a byelection starring Christy Clark, our anointed premier and B.C. Liberal. Political observers predict a Clark landslide. Thanks to her name recognition and party apparatus, they say, Clark will slide gracefully into the House seat vacated by Gordon Campbell without misplacing one hair of her Hillary haircut. And they’re probably right. But then again, no one predicted 102 seats for the federal NDP, which elected the complete cast of MTV’s Real World to Parliament Hill two Mondays ago. Eby ran for office once before, narrowly losing a Vision Vancouver city council nomination in 2008. At 34, he’s spent his entire professional life in politics and activism. First with the Pivot Legal Society, an anti-cop organization whose latest campaign aims to prohibit police dogs from biting people. Eby left Pivot to become executive director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, ending the battered legacy of Walter Block, a former BCCLA board member and genuine libertarian. While dabbling in other precincts, Eby focuses on the Downtown Eastside where he, more than any other activist, helps maintain the neighbourhood’s dreary status quo. For example. In 2009, Eby publicly attacked a VPD plan to limit paperwork and maximize police resources on the street. According to the plan, in cases involving small amounts of drugs, cops seize the drugs but release the drug user without arrest. Subsequently, officers spend more time on patrol and less time doing paperwork for relatively minor crimes. Eby stoked neighbourhood opposition, calling the plan “offensive to the community.” Which isn’t surprising. During a 2006 interview with an online magazine, Eby advocated “legalizing prescription heroin and cocaine.” Eby’s perspective on prostitution, a daily tragedy in the Downtown Eastside, further demonstrates his warped worldview. Last October, after an Ontario court struck down Canadian prostitution laws, Eby

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markhasiuk wrote a column in the 24 Hours newspaper, praising the decision. “The social science data shows,” wrote Eby, “that the law makes it impossible for sex workers to work safely.” Work safely? Prostituted women who struggle with addiction and abuse aren’t looking to “work safely.” They’re looking to break free and live again. To be fair, it’s incorrect to accuse Eby of moral relevance. He clearly identifies good guys and bad guys. And the bad guys always wear blue. Consider the tragic death of Paul Boyd, a 39-year-old cartoonist who was fatally shot by police near Granville Street on Aug. 13, 2007. According to a statement from Boyd’s family, Paul suffered “periods of mania and depression which could produce vivid paranoid delusions that made him fear imagined threats. At the time of his death, he was in the midst of one of these frightening episodes.” When blogging, Eby summarized the incident without context, accusing police of “shooting a crawling, dying, unarmed man in the head.” If Eby remained confined to the Internet along with thousands of other kooks and hate mongers, he’d be relatively harmless. But unfortunately, he commands a loyal following in the Downtown Eastside, spearheading protests and rallies, fueling suspicion in a vulnerable population and frustrating neighbourhood progress. As usual, the mainstream media is part of the problem, baring much of the blame for Eby’s pseudo celebrity. According to headlines, Eby speaks for the neighbourhood. When he accused Olympic organizers of thuggery, the press ate it up. When he smeared the Vancouver Fire Department and its “ill” culture, light bulbs flashed. And now he wants a seat in Victoria. Or maybe he just likes the attention. Whatever Eby’s motivation, lets hope for an upset. An Eby victory in Vancouver-Point Grey is a victory for the Downtown Eastside. For several days a week, for at least the next two years, he’d be miles away from Main and Hastings. mhasiuk@vancoureir.com Twitter: @MarkHasiuk

According to readers, Premier Christy Clark, B.C. Liberal candidate in today’s Vancouver-Point Grey byelection, reneges on promises and dodges debate. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Calculated strategy behind Christy Clark’s casual style,” May 6. When Allen Garr cites Premier Clark’s policy to “return gaming funds to arts groups,” he is as confused as the general public by the spin. There were very large cuts in grants to 7,000 charities and almost every “adult arts organization” was denied eligibility. The $15 million announced by Premier Clark restored some funding to some eligible organizations but none to arts. Rather than rescinding the decision, the premier will appoint a commissioner to study the issue of restoring eligibility, and the Clark government may or may not act on the recommendation in years to come. Of 50 sectors of the B.C. economy, arts and culture were dealt the severest cuts in the 2008 budget so that B.C. has the lowest per capita arts funding in the nation, about 20 per cent of the national average. Arts Advocacy B.C. sent a written questionnaire to all candidates before the Liberal and NDP leadership races. To the question, “Would you restore arts funding to the 2008/09 levels?” Clark answered: “As a strong believer in the work done by the select standing committees, I support their recommendations and would return to the 2008/09 funding levels.” As premier, she has already reneged on that promise. Colin Miles, Vancouver

••• To the editor: When a political candidate boycotts allcandidate debates, it shows me that the can-

didate is afraid of his or her opponents (“I can’t compete with their intelligence and articulateness”). It also shows a certain arrogance (“I’ll get lots of votes simply because I’m wearing the right party colour”) and a contempt towards the constituents (“They aren’t smart enough to deal with real issues”). And it makes me think that they are hiding something. Jerry Steinberg, Vancouver

••• To the editor: Having attended Christy Clark’s friendly town hall Friday night, I was left thinking how she’s imitating Harper’s tactic of avoiding tough questions by having an orchestrated byelection campaign. Christy is gambling that she’ll do better by not attending all-candidates in my riding. However, by doing so I’m sure others like myself are left wondering who the new post-talk-show-host family-friendly Clark is. The Clark I know is the one who as education minister passed legislation that was later ruled unconstitutional by our courts, which we now know left B.C. public schools with budget shortfalls of approximately $275 million each year. The Clark I know is the one whose government used BC Hydro income as a cash cow. But most of all, I know Christy Clark as Gordon Campbell’s deputy, who cosigned a promise not to sell BC Rail, then went ahead and did so under interesting and secretive circumstances. Lance Read, Vancouver

Liberal loser Dosanjh ‘betrayed’ Sikh community To the editor: Re: “ Contrary to reports about media darling Ujjal Dosanjh’s political annihilation in Vancouver South, Ujjal did not lose because he was on the Liberal ticket. Ujjal lost because he betrayed those who worked to elect him in the past; the local Sikh community, a high-power voter group. Wai Young’s kick-off events, campaign operations, and celebration party clearly revealed the depth of support she received from young Sikh-Canadians, including many prominent former Dosanjh supporters bitterly tarred by the opportunistic drivel he recently spewed during yet another wasteful trip to his homeland. Rather than working for Canadians at home Dosanjh romped across India on tax-

payers’ dime, making over-the-top statements branding Sikh youth in Canada as extremists. He insulted Canadians by tarnishing our image abroad. And he offended even the most assimilated of practicing Sikhs like me whose ancestors left India a century ago. Dosanjh’s betrayal of the community that supported him spurred a new breed of young, active, educated Sikhs to get involved. The story to report in Vancouver South is not about Dosanjh’s abrupt retirement. The true story is about how Canada’s system of democracy is the ultimate equalizer in the saga of a political opportunist who betrayed those who loyally supported him. Jatinder Singh, Vancouver

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A whitish, blurry, solitary ﬁgure is pictured on the lower left-hand corner of an old sepia-toned photograph that marks the opening of Lord Selkirk elementary school. But the pale ﬁgure is not a living person at the edge of the crowd, according to popular legend. “People say that’s Sally,” says principal Richard Zerbe. Sally who? Selkirk Sally— the East Side school’s resident ghost. The tale will likely be one of the colourful topics at Selkirk’s 100th anniversary celebration May 13. “I’ve never seen the ghost—other people swear they have met her, occasionally people have talked about pictures being askew, particu-

larly in the principal’s office, so I don’t know if she had a negative experience with a principal,” joked Zerbe. “But apparently with the previous principal, pictures would be askew in her office when she came in and stuff in planters would be on the floor—weird things like that.” Stories of Sally’s origin abound. During the flu pandemic of 1918, the school’s original wooden structure was turned into a hospital, Zerbe said. The main floor was a women’s ward, the upper floor was for men and the basement was used as a morgue—20 people died at the school. “I have no idea if Sally was amongst them,” he said, adding that a district office administrative assistant, who attended the school in Grade 6 more than two decades ago,

Selkirk elemetary was built in 1894. photo courtesy Lord Selkirk elementary told him her class invented Sally. “That having been said, I’ve met alumni who were here much earlier who knew about Selkirk Sally, so we don’t know when it starts, but she’s part of our school.” Selkirk, located at 1750 East 22nd Ave, is among six Vancouver schools recognizing centennials this year. It was named for Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, who spon-

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Join in celebrating Asian Heritage Month with Filipino stories, music and dance for the whole family to enjoy May 14 at the South Hill Library Branch, 6076 Fraser St. (at East 45th Avenue). The event is presented by children’s librarian Erie Maestro and Babette Santos, performer and founder of the Kathara Dance Theatre Collective (KDTCC), which fosters awareness of Philippine indigenous identity to promote peace, culture and arts. It starts at 2 p.m. Admission is free.

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The Canadian Celiac Association hosts the 6th annual Gluten-Free Health Fair, May 29. It’s at Heritage Hall on Main Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature speakers on glutenfree living. Attendees will learn and sample new gluten-free products (including gluten-free beer) and rice bakery goodies from Choices, which is co-sponsoring the event. Participants will also receive a gift bag with gluten-free samples and a copy of Choices Gluten-Free Food Guide, which includes recipes, resources and information. Space is limited and registration is recommended. Admission is $18. Net proceeds go to the Canadian Celiac Association. Call 604-736-0009 to register.

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Broadcaster Bill Good and media personality Vicki Gabereau helped fundraise for a new Centre for Mental Health and Addictions at Lions Gate hospital.

In honour of Asian Heritage Month and Craft Beer Week, Wild Rice’s Todd Bright and Andrew Wong unveiled their tasty “Bao and Brew” pairing menu.

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Women feted: Wine and women dominated this past week’s social calendar. Ten women were honoured at the Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women’s inaugural Spirit of Minerva Alumnae Awards. Taron Scott, Laura Aslan, Kelly Trach, Anne Levesque, Christy Smith, Angela White, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Amanda Reaume, Valerie Casselton and Marie Stenzel were feted for their triumphs over adversity and leadership. Match game: Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland’s annual wine wingding GrapeJuice saw $67,000 raised for Big and Little Sister matches. Yours truly was auctioneer at the Courier-sponsored soiree held at Society Dining Lounge. Oenophiles enjoyed exceptional wines and a Canucks win while facilitating the matching process for nearly 200 at risk young girls. To good health: Two-time chair Barb Inglis welcomed a capacity crowd to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s 11th Wine and Culinary Gala. A cocktail reception, silent and live auctions and a sumptuous multi-course meal paired with wines greeted gala-goers. Net proceeds reported at a cool $1 million will beneﬁt a new Centre for Mental Health and Addictions at the North Shore hospital. Hear Fred Mondays 8:20 a.m. on CBC Radio’s The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; email Fred at yvrﬂee@hotmail.com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown or fredabouttown.blogspot.com.

Two-time gala chair Barb Inglis raised a glass at Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s Wine and Culinary Gala, which generated a cool $1 million.

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1. Swedish pop band Peter Bjorn and John bring their infectious and adventurous brand of indie rock to Venue May 11 in support of their dandy new album Gimme Some. How good is it? We’ve used the word “dandy” without impaling ourselves. Bachelorette opens. Tickets at Red Cat and Zulu Records, and all Ticketmaster locations. 2. For Journey to Lost Lagoon: A Stanley Park Circus Adventure, the agile kids at CircusWest take audiences on a “magical and mystical” circus tour through Stanley Park over the last 125 years, chronicling the journey of Lord Stanley and guests as they travel from park landmarks on the seawall and interact with animals and super natural forces along the way. Please let there be a Spirit Badger. Minds will be blown May 12 to 15. Speaking of mind blowing, the whole thing takes place at PNE Garden Auditorium, not Stanley Park. For tickets and info, go to circuswest.com.

3. For its inaugural production, Kinetichism Theatre takes on Itamar Moses’ awkwardly titled Love/Stories or: But You Will Get Used To It, “ﬁve funny and poignant plays that examine the nature of relationships, storytelling and theatre itself.” It all goes down May 11 to 21, 8 p.m. at Little Mountain Gallery (195 East 26th Ave. near Main). All shows are pay-what-you-can. For more info, call 604-999-1522 or email kinetichism@gmail.com.

4. Inspired by the work of R. Buckminster Fuller, renowned architect, scientist, philosopher, poet and inventor best known for patenting the geodesic dome and introducing the term “synergy” into the popular lexicon, The Bucky Show is a new play written and performed by Daniel Deorksen. It runs May 12 to 14, 8 p.m. at—where else?—Vancouver’s own geodesic dome, the Telus World of Science. More info at seventryants.com.

kudos & kvetches Haiku Night in Canada: part neuf

K&K continues its Basho-inspired series of haiku in honour of spring and the Vancouver Canucks playoff run. Wisps of lichen hang From Raymond’s chapstick-moist lips Soft as Nashville ice.

I can’t quit you

In the past few months, British Columbians have gotten to know Premier Christy Clark a little better. We know she’s all about family ﬁrst, as opposed to family last or family 23rd or family ﬁfth, which is where the NDP places families— after socialized sloth, fat cat unions, free drugs and orgies in the street. At least, that’s what we’ve gleaned from the B.C. Liberal’s totally balanced press releases. We also know that Clark is not a fan of discussing or debating her political views with her opponents at all-candidates meetings because she’s apparently too busy meeting with her constituents. What? And we know she understands the plight of working people because a few weeks ago she worked

nearly two whole hours waiting tables in front of media at a West Broadway diner to highlight the fact that B.C.’s decade-old $8 an hour minimum wage was set to go up the following day. However, she didn’t highlight the fact that it was her party that kept the minimum wage frozen for 10 years until it was the lowest in the country, and that after her abbreviated shift refilling people’s coffee she’d be going back to her $200,000-a-yea-plusbenefits job, but couldn’t spare those same two hours to take part in a debate. All of which brings us to the latest sparkling tidbit we’ve learned about Premier Clark this week. She wants British Columbians to quit smoking so badly that beginning Sept. 30 the government will pay for a 12-week supply of nicotine gum, patches or cover anti-smoking treatment through Pharmacare. Fair enough. We’re all for helping people give up the coffin nails, even at a cost of $15 to $25 million to tax payers. But how about spreading that money around to encourage people to give up other bad habits. Such as… • Goatees and soul patches. These facial hair fads have been lingering around British

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Columbians’ chins and mouths since the ’90s, and it’s time they went the way of the male ponytail. If not for us, then for our children and our children’s children. • Nachos. For years we’ve been fighting a losing battle against mounds of cheese and jalapeno-covered tortilla chips. But this week, while sitting in a pub watching the Canucks game, we finally hit rock bottom. Feeling bloated and unable to wash the smell of melted cheese off our greasy hands and face, we decided to quit this Tex-Mex scourge cold turkey. If only there was a governmentsponsored nacho patch or salsa-flavoured gum to help wean us off these delectable deviancies. Until then, we’ll just have to replace one vice with another… yam fries. • Tear-away nylon workout pants. The sad truth is that 90 per cent of British Columbians who wear tear-away nylon workout pants do not participate it any form of exercise while wearing said pants and rarely utilize the tearaway technology for its intended purposes. Plus that swishing sound annoys us when someone walking behind us is wearing them.

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Billy Hopeless (second from left) and his band The Bonitos play Rock ‘n’ Relief, a benefit for the victims of the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. well as fans in Japan who were largely responsible for one of Vancouver’s first punk bands, Pointed Sticks, reuniting in 2006 after 25 years. The band has since toured Japan twice and released a single called “My Japanese Fan.” Hopeless says Pointed Sticks agreed to play the benefit for Japan without hesitation, as did recently reunited ’80s hardcore band SNFU. Hopeless reached out to SNFU guitarist Ken Fleming, who happened to be on tour in Japan with another band, and he immediately jumped on board. The show is rounded out by old school punk rockers The Jolts, The Tresspassers who Hopeless describes as a “pretty much every alumni member of the Vancouver punk scene doing ’60s garage songs” and young and noisy upstarts White Lung. All the bands on the bill will be playing for free, with 100 per cent of the door going to the Red Cross Japan relief fund.

When asked if he’s become more compassionate as he’s gotten older, Hopeless says it has more to do with his gritty station in life. “When you’re one of the dogs that’s running the alley, kicking over garbage cans and you ain’t the pedigree, I think people on the lower rungs always have more compassion,” he says. “The lovable mutts, right?” That said, anyone worried that Hopeless has turned soft and cuddly from his recent bout of do-gooding, have no fear—with little prodding, he remains as snarky and jaded as ever. “Hey, did you hear about the beneﬁt Nickelback’s doing for Japan?” he asks at the end of the interview, and then waits a beat. “Me neither.” Tickets for Rock ‘n’ Relief are $20 at the door or in advance at Bonerattle, Scratch, Zulu, Neptoon and Highlife Records. mkissinger@vancourier.com

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The evil powers of rock ‘n’ roll join forces for good this Thursday. Bands Pointed Sticks, SNFU, The Bonitos, The Jolts, The Tresspassers and White Lung play Rock ‘n’ Relief, a benefit for victims of the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The event is May 12 at Venue, 881 Granville St. The Bonitos’ leather-clad, gravelly voiced frontman Billy Hopeless hatched the idea for the fundraiser—a first for the longtime fixture of Vancouver’s punk scene. “I’ve never done a benefit in my life, but when I saw what happened in Japan, it just hit me,” he says. “If a guy named Billy Hopeless can do this, I don’t see why anyone else can’t.” Hopeless’s connection to Japan runs deeper than most. As a child, when his parents were at work, he was cared for by a Japanese-Canadian family, the Mochizukis, and grew up on a steady diet of Japanese TV, Japanese superheroes, Japanese food and trips to Japantown. It was during “the magical ’70s,” as Hopeless wryly describes it, and he remembers the Mochizukis taking him to the now-defunct Haida theatre on Kingsway, which screened matinee Beatles movies. “I saw A Hard Day’s Night and I was like, I want to do that,” Hopeless recalls. “Their oldest son was into rock ‘n’ roll and skateboarding and he had this wicked old high-fi and huge record collection, and I remember him playing Kiss and I was like, now I really want to do that—I’ve got to do that.” The former lead singer of the Black Halos also acknowledges the importance of the Japanese Hall on Alexander Street where Vancouver’s first punk shows were held in the late ’70s, as

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Ambitious play keeps chess and environment in check State of the Arts

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In the mid 1990s, a self-described “analogue guy” who was feeling confused by an increasingly technology-laden, digital world decided learning to play chess might be the antidote. Andrew Laurenson believed learning the game could advance his ability to think more deeply and cope with complexity. His family gave him a RadioShack computer chess game for Christmas 1996, and he started playing it around the same time world chess champion Garry Kasparov faced the IBM computer Deep Blue and lost. Laurenson, who 15 years later is still on level three of eight on his chess game, began to relate to Kasparov and his struggles. Now Kasparov’s story has inspired a multimedia performance called BEUTFL PRBLMS (Beautiful Problems) that premieres in the theatre at the Roundhouse community centre May 13 to 21. The semi-autobiographical piece draws on Laurenson’s struggles to learn chess, his family’s backstory, historical events and ﬁgures, fantastical happenings and Kasparov’s famous 1997 game with Deep Blue. Kasparov made a mistake and lost his queen in the ﬁnal game.

Garry Kasparov’s legendary and last chess match with IBM computer Deep Blue inspired the multimedia performance BEUTFL PRBLMS (Beautiful Problems). “I started to look at the metaphorical meanings behind queen and mother and nature,” Laurenson said. “I suppose I’m a bit of an environmentalist, so I started to look at that as a metaphor for how our queen has been threatened in my view.” Laurenson has mulled the metaphorical possibilities of the game for more than three years, and BEUTFL PRBLMS has been the focus of multiple workshops during Radix Theatre’s residency at the Roundhouse. The show includes a Greek-like chorus of eight performers plucked from community workshops, who will pepper the performance with movement and text. The

piece incorporates video and live music by jazz guitarist Ron Samworth and vocalist Andrea Young. Lighting designer Itai Erdal is poised to transform the stage from a chessboard, to a living room, to a fantasy world, to a battleﬁeld. Former co-artistic director of Radix, Paul Ternes, directs the production, which features Laurenson alongside actors Lesley Ewen, Emelia Symington Fedy and Billy Marchenski, conjuring historical personalities including John Lennon, anti-nuclear campaigner Helen Caldicott and Martin Luther King. With this combination of compelling elements and lower-priced tickets, Laurenson

hopes to draw diverse audience members to the show, then spur viewers to take action. “There are some authors who right now are saying that we need to bring a wartime level of effort to addressing our global issues that we’re facing right now,” he said. “We’re facing massive challenges regarding our dependence on fossil fuels and climate change,” Laurenson added. “As a society, we are preferring to get distracted by our technologies rather than really focusing on trying to solve these massive problems that are facing us.” For all of the overwhelming problems Laurenson sees, he believes there is hope. “Some chess grandmasters got together and they proved that if Gary [Kasparov] had stuck with the game, if he had not resigned [after making mistakes], that he could have played to a draw,” Laurenson said. “So that is part of our story as well. Stick with the game. Keep playing the game. Don’t give up.” BEUTFL PRBLMS is the company’s second theatre-based work. Radix Theatre Society has been producing socially relevant work locally and nationally since 1988 and most of its productions are site speciﬁc. Performance spots have included an underground garage, a parking lot with audience members in their cars and IKEA. For more information, see radixtheatre.org. crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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Active, healthy kids

The message is stark and simple, the image impossible to misinterpret. Two kids step off a yellow bus and with backpacks in hand, walk a few metres to the front door of their house. The warning: “Don’t let this be the most physical activity our kids get after school.” The concern stems from the most recent Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity that found Canadian kids aged six to 19 get only 14 minutes of exercise after school. It’s an astounding, abysmal revelation. Vancouver families aren’t immune. The report identiﬁes the 3 to 6 p.m. time period after school as critical hours that can contribute to a child’s overall health. The yearly study, funded partly by Kellogg’s and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, cited reasons kids may be more sedentary or even lethargic rather than active and lively after school: • Exercise and sport aren’t given priority by a majority of after-school programs • School yards may lack play structures • Transportation guidelines often see children picked up or bused away from school yards promptly after the end of class • Latch-key families • TV and gaming habits may be too tempting or not effectively restricted According to their data, only nine per cent of boys and four per cent of girls meet the national physical activity guidelines and get 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity each day. Forty-four per cent of children get an hour of exercise three days a week. After school, activity drops off even more. Community programming across the country received a B+ but family physical activity was graded a D for a lack of parental support, role modelling and guidance. How do your kids keep active? I’m interested to know what works for your family. Email me at mstewart@ vancourier.com with tips and questions.

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Straight-A student Kyle Nguyen went from weighing 318 pounds to a 225-pound wrestling wonder, winning photo Jason Lang third place at the Juvenile National Wrestling Championships in Ontario last month.

John Oliver wrestler nabs bronze at nationals Megan Stewart Staff writer Barely out of his pre-teens, Kyle Nguyen weighed 318 pounds. In the summer after he finished Grade 8, he was obese and he knew it. The straight-A student at John Oliver secondary needed conditioning, strength training and a mental challenge. He signed up for the wrestling team. When the school year started that fall, Chris Fuoco was building on a wrestling program that he’d taken from non-existent to exceptional. Seven years earlier, no one at John Oliver qualified for the AA Provincials, a rank that no longer applies to high school wrestling in B.C. By the end of this recent season, however, the school’s wrestling coach said at least six of his athletes have competed at the national level, including the first female wrestler to ever reach provincial championships for the John Oliver Jokers. Nguyen was among the athletes who qualified for nationals. “I bet every coach would say this,” begins Fuoco, alum of the renowned Simon Fraser University wrestling program. “They have phenomenal physical specimens that come out but they don’t have the heart, the don’t have the work ethic and they don’t have the brains.” Nguyen, he says, has all of the above and he is an athlete who can learn to turn his drawbacks into advantages. As a 17year-old, Nguyen travelled to Windsor, Ont. last month for the Juvenile National Wrestling Championships and placed

third. He lost his opening bout to a lanky, six-foot-six competitor. “He was so long, so tall, it was awkward,” he said. Nguyen, six-foot-one and now 225 pounds, lost the opening round by a significant margin but was poised to win the second. He spun around his tall opponent and gripped him in a head shuck, preparing to force him down to the mat. The point was very nearly his, but he couldn’t claim it. “Time ran out.” The opening match lost, Nguyen was eliminated from a first-place finish in the 100-kilo weight class. “I was knocked out of competition for gold. I was crushed,” he said at a recent after-school practice. “I’ve got to give it to my coach. It took a while for me to chill out.” Fuoco, who Nguyen said he values like a father figure, got his athlete’s head back in the game. Nguyen went on and handily defeated his next three opponents to win bronze. And as a Grade 11 student, he’ll be back next year. What Nguyen took from the experience was precisely that: experience. “I wasn’t focused on the first match. I was thinking I had to get to the gold-medal match, I had to get there.” Now, his approach is more measured, his psychology matured. “I have to step back before every match, [saying] this is what matters.” During afternoon practice at the East Side high school, Nguyen and his teammates used clear electrician’s tape to hold together wrestling mats supplied

from SFU. He’s one of the few wrestlers with the national cadet program to list his public high school as his primary club. Do well-heeled wrestling programs have an advantage? Nguyen doesn’t think so. “It doesn’t make up for coaching,” he says. With a bronze at the national level and coaches from different universities already paying their respects to the double-threat academic and athletic teen, Nguyen this month was selected for the Canadian team. In his age group he will compete at the Canada Cup for a chance to wear the Maple Leaf at the world championships. Fuoco spied an unlikely star when Nguyen signed up to wrestle, but that same overweight 13-year-old is one Fuoco now calls “any coach’s dream athlete.” At practice, someone lobbed an insultcum-term of endearment at Nguyen. “Fatso!” The muscled teen patted his ﬁrm belly and laughed. ••• Golden Magano—Killarney senior Marc Magano brought home a gold medal from April’s Juvenile National Wrestling Championships in Ontario. Wrestling in the 54-kilo weight class, Magano went undefeated for the win and shut out his opponents until the championship bout when he defeated a Toronto wrestler in a hard-fought 128 win. Magano earned a spot with the national cadet team to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico. mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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The City of Vancouver dedicated this week to inner city kids in support of an emerging charity that funds sports and recreation programs for elementary and high school students. Click, which stands for Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids, distributed close to $105,000 since launching in 2004 and in the next year aspires to raise at least half that amount and bring in $50,000. Poverty can prevent kids from playing on sports teams, signing up for dance classes and even shooting hoops at the park black-top, said Click’s president Catherine Atyeo. Athletic and recreation opportunities, however, can have significant long-term benefits for a child’s selfesteem, body image, decision-making and physical health. “If that support comes when children are young, it can make a massive difference to their future,” she said. Atyeo spoke Monday morning before an annual tug-of-war at the Vancouver Art Gallery that pitted seven Vancouver high schools against each other and a team of Vancouver police officers. Emcee and referee Rob Fitzpatrick laid down the ground rules, which barred competitors from laying on the ground or using their elbows as added leverage. The other rule: “No help from the VPD! We don’t want any heavies jumping in at the end of the line,” goaded Fitzpatrick, who turned a blind eye when an officer stepped in at the end of the rope to create a fairer fight when needed. Former mayor Larry Campbell first declared Inner City Kids Week seven years ago, and Mayor Gregor Robertson carried the torch by dedicating May 9 to 13 to Vancouver youth. “Poverty is not separate from racism and other forms of discrimination,” said COPE Coun. Ellen Woodsworth. Click funding has buoyed after-school gymnastics programs, basketball, dance and cheer teams, soccer, camping, leadership training and the Britannia Bruins as well as the Vancouver

Stefan Bozalo muscled out another win with his fellow King George Dragons at the annual tugof-war charity event outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Monday. photo Jason Lang Trojan Football Association. Click also supported Streetfront, an alternative East Side program that has high schoolers running three times a week, weight training in the gym, swimming laps in the pool and cross-country skiing. The program’s coordinator, Trevor Stokes, said school board funding is tighter and budgets are shrinking but, “Click was absolutely there.” Sneakers, shorts and even a public school’s mandatory athletic fees are too much for some families to shell out, meaning some teens are left on the sidelines. Without appropriate gear, some would-be participants back out because of embarrassment and social stigma. “We all recognize that what is a given in high school for many students is precluded for some because of economic barriers,” said Stokes. Click, which counts Britannia’s community education coordinator Mike Evans as a board member, bought running shoes for approxi-

mately 40 of Stokes’ students, some of whom used the footwear to train for and complete the Vancouver marathon. At Monday’s tugof-war, Farid Oliaei, a Grade 12 student at

Eric Hamber secondary, said $200 that came his way by donation meant he could play on his former Coquitlam high school’s football team as a Grade 9 student. “It made a huge difference. All of my friends were on the team,” he said. “You want to play too, and if you don’t have the money, it’s a bummer.” According to Click, one in seven kids in B.C. lives in poverty, the highest rate in Canada. The non-profit organization identifies the “inner city” as a location beyond boundaries, and instead recognizes inner city kids as those who lack opportunity and access to recreation and activities. Inequality and lack of opportunity can affect children at a young age but volunteering students at Monday’s tug-of-war showed their spirit as well as the benefits of sport, physical activity and access to recreational programming. Defending champions King George Dragons claimed the title again this year. Before he started ripping the sleeves off his teammates’ white T-shirts to expose well-honed biceps, student Stefan Bozalo said, “We’re not recognized for a lot but we’ve got a lot of this…” He trailed off to flex bulging muscles. Find Click online at clicktokids.ca. mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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The Blue Jays baseball franchise and new owners of the Vancouver Canadians made one of their first charitable contributions to the city May 6. The Toronto club and Jays Care Foundation donated $5,000 to purchase the first 50 baseball equipment packs that will allow the same number of children to play ball this season. The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Foundation prepares the packs, which include a new glove, new pair of shoes, a fitted and certified helmet as well

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Livestock/ Poultry

3535

Cares!

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REAL ESTATE 6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-24

Port Coquitlam

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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Houses - Sale

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MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Dining Room c. early 1900s - $5,000 table 60x41 2 leaves seats 12+ , 6 chairs, Sideboard 66x21x38h has 2 drawers + 2 side cupboards; mahog. china hutch different period avail for $800. tel. 604-731-9372

2095

Lumber/Building Supplies

DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILDINGS Priced to Clear Make an Offer! Ask About Free Delivery, most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

2115

COQUITLAM. 2 BR condo in 20 year old well-built building - only 1 owner. 960 sq ft. Second floor in a 75 unit, 3 storey complex. South of Brunette St. in a very quiet culde-sac. This complex is wellmaintained and managed with all expensive repairs completed, including a new roof. The unit is West facing, with all the usual facilities: D/w, garb., fridge, stove, micro, w/d. With lots of storage space and 1½ baths. For $279,500 it is thought that you will not find a better complex or unit in Coquitlam. Serious buyers only. No agents please. Call 604-992-6865

6008-28

Richmond

Plants & Trees

CHERRIES: JULIETTE or Carmine Jewel at $6.99/tree for full box of 90. Also Evans Cherry, Haskaps, Raspberries, Black Currants, Saskatoons, Sea Buckthorn. 1-866-873-3846 or treetime.ca.

Garage Sales on page 26

GARAGE SALE

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MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

Richmond 300sqft.+ West Facing Patio 1 BR $264,900 Centrally located. View website for open times, pics and floorplans. Michael Lepore Royal LePage 604-295-3974 www.AccoladeRealEstate.ca

6020

Houses - Sale

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1. Leachman TV show “______s” 2. One of the six noble gases 3. Egyptian pharaoh 4. Dunn & Bradstreet (abbr.) 5. The sun (Spanish) 6. Surface layer of lawn 7. Honorable title (Turkish) 8. An enlisted person 9. Atomic #89 10. Attacking violently 11. A heavy stick or bat 12. Fifty-one 13. Shoe cording 14. Master of Science 17. Supports the rudderpost 19. PO moving form (abbr.) 20. Male turkey 21. Quantitative facts

26. Foots 28. A way of joining fabric 29. Portraying 31. An employed position 34. Male parent 35. Droop 36. Disunites 39. Adheres to strict religious principles 40. Heavy cavalry sword 44. Not closed 45. Fathers 22. A genus of bee 24. Million barrels/day (abbr.) 25. Small time unit 27. A closed automobile 28. Flanks 30. Hit lightly 31. Long mournful complaint 32. A way to state clearly 33. “Psycho” motel 36. Of surpassing excellence 37. Radioactivity unit 38. Not happy 39. Pea containers 41. Gateway (Arabic) 42. Tokyo 43. Corvus coraxes 46. Watery sediment 49. Drill instructor 51. 68776 NE (abbr.)

47. Stable populations (Ecology) 48. Hollow-horned ruminants 50. ___ Lanka 51. The way something is arranged 56. ___ Lilly, drug company 57. Checking account reconciler 62. Make an emergency landing on water 63. Good Gosh! 52. Ethiopia 53. Teaching assistant 54. SW Indian tribe 55. Replaces a missing leg 58. Atomic #28 59. Knight (chess) 60. Partner to Pa 61. -__, denotes past

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011

GARAGE SALES

21ST CENTURY FLEA MARKET 175 tables of Bargains on Deluxe 20th Century Junque! SUN MAY 15 10-3 Croatian Cultural Center 3250 Commercial Drive, 604-980-3159 Adm: $4

Annual Lane Sale! Sat. May 14th, 10am - 3pm 2400 Block between West 13th & 14th Ave Light fixtures, kids items electronics, stained glass, needlework materials, plants, collectibles, doors, windows, furniture, cd’s, pump organ etc. Rain or shine!

Flea Market and Bake Sale Blessed Sacrament Parish 604-874-3636 3040 Heather St. (between Oak & Cambie) Saturday, May 14, 2011 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Financial Services

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RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

1 BDRM apt w/balcony, ht, hw, cable, 1 prkg, locker, elevator, coin laund, close to all transit, shops, & schools NS, NP, lease, Rmd 604-241-3772 1 BR $1100 close to Brentwood & B.C.I.T. newly renovated kitchen & bathroom...sorry no pets 604.786.0762 2 BR Spacious in reno’d bldg, Main St & 30th Ave. In suite laundry, 1 parking, apprx. 800 sqft. no smokers, no pets. Suit quiet prof. $1600/ month. Utilities not included. ph. Jeremy 604-377-5234

6508

Apt/Condos

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

6522

Furnished Accommodation

12TH & Quebec, clean furnished room , f/s, lady only, N/S, no pets, $475 incl utils. 604-576-1746 HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom in the Westend Vancouver at reas rates. call 604-684-7811 or visit www.homawayinns.com

6540

Houses - Rent

COQ NEW HORIZONS, brand new architect-designed, high ceiling, sunny home. 2000 sf w/3 BR, 2.5 baths,1 Den, 2 lvls, gorgeous garden , quiet cul-de-sac. $2200. Avail immed. 604-760-6372

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM above grnd, Avail immed. $775, 25 & Rupert, for single or couple, N/Pet, N/S, Nr bus & shopping. Call 604-2946013 after 6 pm 1 BR bsmt, 52nd & Fraser area, nr bus & school, June 1st, incl utils & cable, ns, np. 604-340-8314 or 778-839-0740

LANGARA GARDENS 601 West 57th Ave, Van 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 Call 604-327-1178 info@langaragardens.com Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

6510

Co-ops

$995 - 2 BR Apt. in family-friendly Co-op. No waiting list. Share purchase required. Visit our website: kghousingcoop.ca to get an application. Email: killarneygardens@telus.net. Phone 604-436-2886.

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2 BDRM, 1 BATH, half house, Newly reno’d, spac, bright, 4 new f/s, w/d, high ceilings, radiant floor heat. SW corner view lot, X from Mt. Pleasant Elem. ( St. George & E 8th Ave). $1800/mo. incl. util. ns np, Call 604-872-8523 or 250-499-4071. Photos available upon request. 2 BDRM bsmt ste, Fraser/27th, np ns, nr school/shops, new reno, Call sfter 3:30pm. 604-876-2109

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5040

Mortgages

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$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

Spring Cleaning?

Business Opps/ Franchises

Body Work

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

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8055

Cleaning

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR Experienced, Meticulous, Reliable Cleaning, res/com. 604-537-8796 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs. Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

8060

Concrete

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. Free ests. Call Basile 604-617-5813 CONCRETE Removal / Replace Small jobs welcome ● Fence repair. Free est. Mario 254-0148 CONCRETE SPECIALIST, patio sidewalk, driveway, exposed aggregate reas rate 604-764-2726

Drainage

Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

8075

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Could You Use

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300,000

If you own property Capital Direct can help.

CALL 604-430-1498

Drywall

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8080

Electrical

#1 A-CERTIFIED Lic. Electrician. New or old wiring. Reasonable rates. Lic #11967. 604-879-9394 A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only. 604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319 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 CHARLIE’S ELECTRIC Co. #94835 all electric needs, reas rates bonded WCB 778-888-4528 FCE ELECTRIC - All types of electrical work - new construction & maintenance 604-861-2647 LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934. YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

KERRISDALE, 48TH & Yew, cozy 1 br, suit 1 quiet person, ns all appls, own laundry, alarm, priv yard, immed $975. 604-250-1522

8087 Could you use $30k or even $300k? If you own a home, we can help. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. Independent lenders since 1969.

1-800-NEW-LOAN

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

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

Personals

DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/ Short-Term Relationships, Free to Try!!! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate conversation, Call: #4011 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call: 1-866-311-9640 or #4010. Meet Local Single Ladies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+). GENTLEMEN! Attractive discreet, European lady is available for company 604-451-0175

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8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

Gutters

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

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

8105

8125

VANCOUVER @ YOUR HOME GUTTERS. Installs, cleaning, repairs WCB Insured 604-340-7189

8130

Flooring/ Refinishing

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

Handyperson

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van. Artistry of Hardwood Floors

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

732-8453

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

CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS Installations & refinishing. Quality work. Reas rates. 604-293-0057 Century Hardwood Floors ★Hardwood flr refinishing ★Repairs ★ Staining ★ Free Estimate. Contact 604-376-7224

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7005

HOME SERVICES

BAJ MINI EXCAVATING Sewer/storm, drains, oil tanks, paving, retain wall. 604-779-7816

EXPAND YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE by marketing The Incredible KD Cloth. No fees, territories or minimums. Buy wholesale and sell retail. Learn more about the KD Opportunity at www.kdcloth.com.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of PATRICK EDWARD MILLS, deceased, late of 802 - 5233 Joyce Street, Vancouver, B.C., who died on September 18, 2010, are required to send full particulars of such claims to Barbara Star, Executrix, c/o Stephen Schneiderman, 309 850 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 1E1, on or before June 4, 2011, after which date the estate’s assest will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

8073

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5505

L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

#1 JANITORIAL FRANCHISE Customers, (Office Cleaning), Training and support. Financing. www.coverall.com 604-434-7744 info@coverallbc.com

2 BR main flr. 1 bath, wd, back yard, Penticton & Georgia, $1500, ns, np avail now, 604-251-3696 beween 8 & 9 pm

VANCOUVER, OAK/64TH Ave. Bright 2 BR + den, laminate floors, private laundry, 2 full baths, french doors, f/yard. 900 sq ft. Ns/np. $1,300/mo incl hydro/cable/’net. Avail now. Near Oakridge Centre. 604-763-7885

7010

Money to Loan

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

8120

8140

Heating

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

8155

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

HANDYMAN; Reasonable rates. You name it - we DO it! Call Peder • 604-339-2419

• • • •

Landscaping

NEW AIR CUSTOM DESIGN

Outdoor Kitchens Pizza Ovens • Gazebos Garden Houses Waterfalls Luxury You Can Afford!

604-671-9901

Gutters

ALLIANCE GUTTER cleaning, windows by hand/power washing 15 yrs exp. Call Steven

greenwavelandscapes.ca Garden Maintenance & Edible Solutions. 604-317-3037

Edgemont Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-420-4800

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Old Pools Filled in Hedges, Pavers, Ponds & Walls, Returfing, Demos, Drainage, Jackhammering. 604 782-4322

604-723-2526

Any project,

BIG

or small...

Find all the help you need in the Home Services section

HOME SERVICES 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 •

8185

Moving & Storage

B&Y MOVING

BOOK A JOB AT

www.jimsmowing.ca 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 ASK ABOUT OUR $159 GARDEN CLEANUP SPECIAL 43 yrs exp. 604-277-6075 AVANTI GARDEN SERVICES Spring cleanup, new design, planting, etc. Laura 604-264-0775

Quick & Reliable Movers from$48 per hour

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604-580-2171

CANSTAR PAINTING

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MOVERS.CA 604.682.2232 $35/HOUR PER PERSON • 24/7 Abe Moving & Delivery and Rubbish Removal. 604-999-6020

8175

Masonry

Two Men And A Truck $68 /hr. 604-566-5541 TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

8193

Oil Tank Removal

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

For Free Estimates Call

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

8195

Serving West Side since 1987

Painting/ Wallpaper

Moving & Storage

Interior and Exterior Painting

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

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

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

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

QUALITY WORK. DONE RIGHT.

778.881.6096

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

garage, basement, backyard.

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★ STAFFORD & SON ★ We guarantee you the best work for the best price. 604-221-4900 URBAN PAINTING ...High quality, material discounts, warranty. & great refs. 604-836-9675

8200

Alma Painting

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

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

almapainting.ca Call 778.991.4276

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

Renovations & Home Improvement

8270 8300

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Patios/Decks/ Railings

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

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Paving/Seal Coating

drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

Vancouver West

• Complete Renovations • Plumbing • Electrical • Master Carpenter • Painting • Wallpapering • Kitchen/Bathroom designer & installer • Floors • Ceramic • Tiles • Drywall

604-671-9901

#1 ALL TYPES of Renos & Additions Custom cabinets, millwork, etc. Guar.22+ yrs Paul 604-618-7926

604-312-6311

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

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

• PLUMBING • HEATING • GAS FITTING • RESTORATION

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

Cell: 604-612-4347

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

604-731-2443

Cell: 604-839-7881

REPAIRS & RENOVATIONS Electrical, plumbing, carpentry, all work to code. 27 yrs on West Side Call Greg 604-644-4554

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 WINDOW Cleaning, soft wash, pressure wash, all gutter repairs. Blue Sky Windows, 736-1979

604-630-3300 A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd Re-Roof, Repair. Ins. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 or 604-961-0324

VANCOUVER @ YOUR HOME ROOFING. New roofs & repairs WCB Insured 604-340-7189

8255

Rubbish Removal

REMOVAL $159 129 LOAD LOAD 99 LOAD 89 $ $ 1/2 LOAD 99 1/2LOAD LOAD 79 59 531/2

AUTOMOTIVE 9129

Luxury Cars

2001 JAGUAR S-Type 3.0 V6, Auto, White on Black, 142,000km, $6,588. Call: 778-322-3598

9145

Scrap Car Removal

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

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CHARGES

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209-6663

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9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2008.5 NISSAN Titan Ext cab, unique 8 ft bed, loaded, Flex fuel. well maintained & serviced, some warranty remaining. $25,750 Firm 604-328-0070.

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

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9160

Sports & Imports

2006 MERCEDES 230 auto, 43K, as new, no accident, warranty till 08/12, silver, black int, sunroof. $19,500. 604-929-3311 2007 MERCEDES 350 CLK, convertible, 2 dr, auto, 34,000 kms, dark blue, fully loaded. very cond, $45,000 obo. Must go 778-999-3654

9172

Utility Trailers

HEAVY DUTY utility trlr steel, 2 ft sides, tie rails & 4 stake pockets. As New $995 obo 778-552-5171

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Vans

1999 DODGE Karavan, 7 pass, 5 dr, 6 cyl, auto, a/c, air cared, 150k, like new, $2650 obo. Owner 604-525-9641

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RV’s/Trailers

2001 TITANIUM 24EX, 1 slide, qu bed, ns, no pets, 4 new shocks/ tires. $18,900. 604-943-4342

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

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

Commercial • Strata Small Business Painting • Drywall • Flooring Pressure Washing. Hourly or by Contract Free Estimates. Call Richard:

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RENOVATIONS

732-8453

Tel: 604-931-7575

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ENTERPRISE Mechanical Systems

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

Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

Top Soil

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Plumbing

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

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Telephone Services

ACE OF TRADES

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

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ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs

NEW AIR MAINTENANCE

ALLEN ASPHALT concrete, brick,

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1.877.602.7346

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25 yrs. exp. $35/hr

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8307

604-572-9943

778 - 319-2120

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

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

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Screens

Omnifine Retractable Screen Door & Window, Awning, Blind www.omnifine.com 604-340-1136

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

Small job welcome

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

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Tiling

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

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8309

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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Kitchens & Bathroom Carpentry & Tiling

Rubbish Removal

EW27

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8255

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Roofing

PLUMBERS

Cell: 778-889-9918

AAA

PRECISION PAINTING

8250

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Exterior / Interior Painting Pressure Washing PETER 604 812 8900

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INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS

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FAIRWAY PAINTING

METRO BLACKTOP CO. LTD Custom work for Driveways & new lane Aprons. Repairs/resurfacing. Call Gino 604-657-9936

Vancouver’s West Side Painting Company

8240

10% Off with this Ad! For all your plumbing, heating & reno needs. Lic Gas Fitter, Aman. 778-895-2005

8240

778-997-9582

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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

8185

Insured/WCB

= MASTER MOVERS =

LAWNS CUT Mowing, trimming & small pruning jobs. Call Andrew 604-708-1152

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

Interior & Exterior ★ UNBEATABLE PRICES ★ Free Est. / Written Guarantee

Barwick Painting Prof. painters, exp. painters, in partnership with Benjamin Moore. 604-263-2530

GARDEN MAINTENANCE Prof service. Comm/res. Trees prune/trim. 790-0188 Lyon

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Quality Work You Can Trust!

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

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Plumbing

Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000

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

EXPERT PRUNING Cert Arb Ornamental & fruit trees, shrubs,etc Colin Malcolm 604-618-9741

SASHA LANDSCAPING, Trimming, Grass Cut, Garden Maint. Free Est. Insured. 604-812-1298

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604-708-8850

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

LAWNS CUT Mowing, trimming & small pruning jobs. Call Andrew 604-708-1152

Professional Painters with Guaranteed Results

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

EXP. GARDENER. Spring clean ups, weeding, pruning, hedges, new soil. Ron 604-202-2176

Gardening Services 21 yrs exp. Tree topping, West & Eastside & Rmd. Michael 604-240-2881

8220

BARWICK PAINTING

Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~

EZ GO MOVERS 310-JIMS (5467)

Painting/ Wallpaper

8195

RUBBISH

Lawn & Garden

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8160

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

9155 $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

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2004 RANGER 4x4, ext cab, fully loaded, matching canopy. $8995 604-200-1313 or 1-604-223-0994 2007 CHEVY Avalanche SS, excellent cond, champagne colour, fully loaded, 2 monitors, DVD, $32,000 obo. 778-999-3654

2007 JAYCO Travel Trailer, 25 ft, like new, sleeps 6, walk around queen bed, slide, a/c, BBQ, spare + lots of extras. $17,900. George 604-576-7476 eves. Private sale 2008 COUGAR, 30 ft 5th wheel trailer with 2 slides. Complete with full extended warranty until 2014 for worry free camping. Asking $27,500 obo. Call 604-576-4040

THE VANCOUVER COURIER WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011

Moving Sale! Our Kingsway showroom is moving, all FLOOR MODELS and all CABINET DISPLAYS on sale!

Thursday, May 12th to Thursday, May 19th Hurry While Stock Lasts! Kin

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