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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Kingdom of Hastings and Main

By C harlene Bozoian, Feb 2011 Here in the Kingdom of Hastings and Main where I Jive, unlike other neighbourhoods in Vancouver, I have found that there is a hierarchy in place and it is very defined. We have many factions and groups that compete for wealth and control of this land. It starts with "Castle City Hall" which is led by King Gregor Robertson and his cronies. King Gregor has many lords and serfs. lie also has many advisors to help control and tax his subjects.

The King's land covers many areas and territories. lie carefully takes good care of the lo rds that live in areas like Point Grey, Kerrisdale, and Shaug nessey with the help of his lords, many who are lawyers, real estate people and property developers. The King plans his ways to control areas like our Kingdom of Hastings and Main. The King has a large army to quash any uprising or protests from us serfs. They are called the VPD and the King changes any laws that he feels are required fo r hi s army to do his bidding.

The King uses his lords and advisers to plan his strategies to increase property values to enable more taxes and larger numbers of subjects to fill coffers. He is a wise King so his lords develop and pro fit by these actions, and thus stay loyal to him. I lis lords know that the poor serfs like myself are starting to rebel because of this, so to quell our anger they have used gentrification to show the King's concern for us serfs.

It is bad enough that we serfs have to combat this erosion of affordable housing and services, but there are other groups that feed upon us. This group is the drug dealers and such that control our Kingdom's pathways. This evil group conspires to bring further hardships to us serfs. They get many people hooked on the poisonous goods that they offer. I have noticed that every cheque day the dealers are placed in front of the cashing stores and banks where the serfs cash our cheques. This group collects their pound of flesh from the many poor that have succumbed to the li festyle of drugs to help them overcome the hopelessness of living in poverty.

Now the King tells us that we are protected by his

army (the VPD) but I bel ieve that his army is corrupt.

How else can we explain that month after month, year in and year out, I see the same evil faces continuing to exploit us with only the occasional show action by the VPD. Could it be that the King's soldiers are be ing pieced off by the group of dealers or is it easier to make arrest numbers inflate by charg ing the women that hold drugs and money for these dealers?

Defending the DTES, by any legal and moral mea ns necessary Part 2 CASINO -GATE: Stopping the DTES-Chinatown Neighbourhood 5 Towers There is an extreme predator in our midst (the DTES) the likes and scale of which we have never seen. It has lurked and preyed for a long time, but now it is looking for the final kill. It's true identity finall y becoming apparent. It is Bill ionaire Predatory and Casino Capitalism.

The 5 Condo-Gentrification Towers. they want to build, has nothing to do with the revitalization of DTES-Chinatown or as the original poor Chinese immigrants called it Salt Water City (Hum Sui Fow).

But it does have everything to do with the proposed MegaCasino "entertainment complex" at north False Creek downtown.

A major partner in this MegaCasino complex is multibillionaire Terry Hui and his Concord Pacific corp.

Paragon Gaming (and Paragon Development; see also Paragon Capital as a fi nancier of Worthington Properties and the Van Maren Group) is another major partner (much more to come on them). The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia(JCBC), Chairman T. Richard Turner has a long-standing relationship with Paragon Gam ing T . Richard Turner is a major Gordon Campbell Provincial Liberal Party donor and fundraiser. T. Richard was also a governor of the World Economic Forum (DAVOS). lie was also a past C hair of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, as well as being on the organizing Committee for the 20 10 Olympics. He is involved with the Las Vegas based Paragon Gaming( he's on their board of directors for CasinoGATE) in overseeing the MagaCasino complex.

The 5 gentrification Towers arc primarily geared as

feeder for the Casino-GATE complex. How? Re"'} cently China's Authorities approved Canada as an J officially approved tourist destination. Canadian tourist agencies and government statistics are expecting over 22% increase in tourism to Canada, higher in BC. (See also Ch ina's much bigger then Las Vegas Macau gambling mecca).

Now, Vancouver's City Council and Mayor Gregor Robertson "Emergency" Resolution to chop out of the body of the DTES, Chinatown makes sense. CasinoGATE. Counci llor Raymond Louie has talked about arriving at City Hall in 1994, when there were nasty, bitter debates about a Maga-Casino Complex near Gastown.

At that time it was to cost $750 mill ion and pushed by guess who--? Premier Mike H arcourt (see also BingoGATE) of course. The people won at that time.

The Vancouver Police Department has gone on record saying the Mega-Casino complex will not bring Organized Crime Syndicates. The VDP, needs to be probed. More to come Part 3 "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.' Martin Luther Ki ng, Jr. Love Anonymous Zero

Buildin g Communities Society: Billionaire Barbarians at our gates (DTES) On Feb. 5. (at the DTES Neighbourhood Council meeting), Wendy Pedersen of (DNC) asked me if I would write in the Carnegie Newsletter my concerns to do with the Building Communities Society (BCS) who are tasked by City council to be our co-chairs and partners in the DTES local area plan (the planning futu re of our community).

Here's Milton Wong (quote from the Vancouver Sun) the founder, bi llionaire-type, driving force and honorary chairman of the BCS. "It takes vision to go into one of the most deplorab le areas and go hey, we should send our institution down there because it's the best way of revitalizing the Downtown East Side (he's referring to the SFU-Wood wards complex).

Milton Wong is a billionaire-type who is the former Simon Fraser University chancellor and a key person in the development of the Woodwards complex. M ilton Wong, was the chair of the fundraising campaign

for the GoldCorp, SFU School fo r Contemporary Arts at Wood wards . He donated $3 million for the Milton Wong theatre, the "heart" of the GoldCorp Centre for the Arts at Woodwards.

Milton Wong is also the chairman of HSBC Bank, Canada, Asset Management. HSBC is one of the world's largest banks and also one of its most notorious, exploitive and greedy. HSBC is one of the major funders of the A lberta Tar Sands. Indigenous Peoples in Alberta and elsewhere have been campaigning against HSBC for a long time now.

Milton Wong is also on the board of directors of one of the world's largest most notorious, exploitive, abusive, mining companies RioTinto Alcan. Here's what Indigenous Rights Activists in B.C have said referring to RioTinto Alcan's Indigenous Peoples Policy: Redwashing is a term to describe the deception of the general public by government and industry in trying to cover up thei r theft of indigenous peoples' lands, natural resources and cultural riches by pretending that they are acting in the best interests of the native peoples. The term is coined in analogy to green washing. Like in the case of greenwash, red wash occurs when time and money are spent on public relations gimmicks that make a pretence of acting ethically towards the indigenous nations of the New World, when in fact the opposite is done.

RioTinto Alcan has also royally screwed the CarrierSekani Tribal Council (B.C. First Nation) all the way up to the Supreme Court of Canada (Oct, 20 10), denying the Carrier-Sekani their land rights and their duty to consult First Nations.

Milton Wong's bill ionaire-type buddy, Brandt Louie, was also a driving force behind the Woodwards gentrifi cation complex. Louie is the chancellor ofSFU. He is also the chairman o f the board oflondon Drugs, a profitable corporation that is subs idized by public tax dollars to be in the Woodwards gentrification complex.

He also serves on the board of directors of the Royal Bank Canada (Canada's largest bank). Cantor, and the World Economic Forum (DA VOS).

Completing the trimuvirate of bill ionaire Rule in the DTES is Milton Wong's other buddy, Jimmy Pattison.

Pattison of course is one of the world's richest and greediest men. He owns a third of the shares of Canfor. He's on the board of d irectors of the TO Bank and BCE Canada's largest telecommunications corporation

and is a major developer in Vancouver etc. His upscale food store Nestors is located at the heart of the Woodwards gentrification complex in the Atrium with london Drugs. His store is s ubsidized by public tax dollars to be in the DTES. We must remember that to the billionaire-types, we arc sitting on a pot of gold. They want to mine for that gold. The only reason the rea l estate (land) is cheap is because of us, the poor. They will do anything to get at the last remaining cheap real estate in downtown Vancouver. Employing Good Cop-Bad Cop routine, Carrot or Stick, seduction, corruption, bribery, displacement or brute force.

Here's the salesman, Chairman of the (BCS). Mike Harcourt in the Feb. 5, 'I I National Post: lle points to the Woodward's block, a massive new development on the Downtown Eastside's western fr inge. Built with public and private fund s, it offers a unique mix of social and market housing, retail space, government offices and a university campus. 路' J think it's a wonderfu l addition," he says. " It's had a great impact."

On the Year of the Rabbit, In the Year o f the DTES, Leprechaun Dave

Bedbugs II Comfy, cozy, warm in bed Scratchy, itchy, what on earth?

Bugsy, bluesy, sing this song The bedbug dance has just begun.

Small and sassy, they crawl .::ompany when there's none at all Happy tapping feet and more The bedbug dance starts up once more.

I fl ash the lights, I grit my teeth Knock the pillows to find relief Put down Borax to drive them out And boughs of cedar - 1 won' t g ive up.

The lig ht of dawn comes none too fast My breathing starts to calm at last The quiet has come, but I must get up To face the day the night has brought.

The bedbug dance has come to naught.

Phoenix Winter

News Frotn the LibrarY Fresh from a reading on February 9 at the Carnegie Theatre, Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women (820.8) is a collection of poetry, fiction. non-fiction and oral interviews on the subject of violence against women. Fifty voices join together to condemn the physical and sexual assault or the threat of vio lence that is a daily reality for many women. Contributors include Susan Musgrave, Kate Braid and our very own E lee Kralji-Gardner.

Defining Moments in Mu sic (78 1.57) is a decadeby-decade look at the defining artists, song, albums and performances that shook the music world. Read about Ray Davies of the Kinks' backstage fistfight with a musician's union representative in 1965, Pete Seeger's refusal to ta lk to the House Un-American Activities Committee, o r the Sex Pistols' first gig in I975, where they "on ly did about three or fo ur numbers and there was a punch up; they pulled the plug."

Chess for Everyone (794.1 ) takes you from learning how each piece moves to mastering opposite-side fianchetto with clear and easy photographs. There are tips for each stage of the game, moves to study, and grandmaster tricks to emulate.

The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, by Edmund J Bourne (6 16.85) excels not only in explaining the cause and nature of anxiety disorders and phobias but also in describing treatments. Director of the Anxiety Treatment Center in Santa Rosa (California), Bourne includes information on biopsychiatry, intense psychotherapy, and spirituality as well as more traditional approaches. Designed to be used as a workbook, the book contains exercises designed to facilitate recovery, either through private use or in conjunction with professional therapy.

Signs of Change (709) is a visually stunning collection of more than 350 posters, prints and other artwork of a huge range of social movements from the 1960s onwards. There is stunning graffiti from 1970s Northern Ireland, hard-hitting and striking AIDS organizing posters from the I980s, and beautiful fabric art from Chile under Pi nochet, Sand dramatic antiOlympic art from Mexico in I 968. My personal favourite: a FIAT car advert with the ad-line, " If it were a lady. it would get its bottom pinched" g raffiti ' d with the response, " If this lady was a car s he 'd run you down.''

Beth, your librarian

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HomeGround For homeless & underhoused DTES Residents Enjoy delicious hot meals. Explore and learn about your Right to nutritious, affordable, and healthy Food.

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Dalannah Gail Bowen Carnegie Jazz Band Good for Grapes Ron Stelting's Drum Circle Downtown Eastside Poets ~ Ndidi Cascade & Dianna : The Chefs Cooking Show ~ ... and others

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Late lunch Right to Food Fair j8pm - lOpm Right to Food Movie Popcorn & bevera~es .

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Brought to you by The Carnegie Community Centre anc;l the DTES Neighbourhood House with seed funding from the City of Van HomeGround acknowledges & honours the fact that our community lies within the Traditional Territory of the Coast Salish People.

Some Animals • and People • are More Equal than Others ¡with apologies to George Orwell Dear ed itor, and citizenry, It is indeed touching that the B.C. government - urged on by an outraged media and public- is officially investigating the recent shooting of one hundred sled dogs last April in Whistler, B.C. One wonders where the same concern was when over 20,000 Inuit sled dogs were shot by RCMP officers during the 1950's and '60's.

According to the Q ikiqtani Truth Commission held by the Inuit people in 2008 , most of their sled dogs were deliberately slaughtered by the Mount ies to force Inuits off their lands and out of their traditional lifesty les. As a result, countless Inuit died after being forced into poverty, welfare dependency and alcoholism. (CBC News, June 18, 2008) The Canadian media is bemoaning the fate of the Whistler sled dogs, whose passing is not causing anyone to die. Of course, those dogs belonged to white people. And "our" dogs, naturally, deserve a proper burial now: unlike the Inuits, or more than 50,000 Indian residential school chi ldren.

Oh, Canada.

Rev. Kevin D. Annett ph: 250-753-3345 Spiritual beings, clarify, ask questions, say it with gracefulness not contempt. Smile often, frownless; stimulate your mind and be tasteful. Use words that uplift, not words that hurt .. hold up your head and smile, smile, kill with kindness! Retreat from games of deceit but hold your own: don' t rely on humans as they truly fai l us, though not on purpose.

Ask your father above, or if you choose, higher being in the universe - ask and you shall receive if it is your destiny. Will (not your own) that is plain to see. Relax breathe, achieve and don't ever chase lust envy greed: it will always leave you fee ling empty without reason or purpose. I know because I have done it over and over and it always left me feeling empty, cold, alone and searching for the next piece of the puzzle. llyou/we learn by trial and error, repeating over and over again. It's true insanity and seeking power is so useless.

Nora Kay Rickman

Letter-to-the-editor Vancouver Sun Re: Downtown Eastsid e- Taller Building 1/27/ 11 The writer of this article is obviously a person with little or no real knowledge of- or respect for - the residents of the Downtown Eastside.

The statement "Vancouver city council was scheduled to conduct hearings on the height review last week but backed down in the face of an organized campaign of letters and phone calls to city councillors that coincided with noisy street protests" is not an indictment on the residents of the Downtown Eastside. It was the excessive pressure of the corporate interests of developers whose excessive p rofits will make any new market-rate housing out of the reach of even middle-income workers.

When was the last time affordable social housing or even cooperati ve housing was built?

The residents of the Downtown Eastside. despite all of the problems, work together as friends & neighbours and know, personally, how desperately affordable housing is needed. The 12 to IS stories of condos WILL NOT provide any housing fo r those who are homeless or for middle income workers.

Why should our elected representatives - Mayor and city council -deny the right of the citizens of the Downtown Eastside to speak on the hearings on the height review on Jan. 20th? Over 50 had signed up to speak. Yet, a vote was taken to permit 2 buildings in Ch inatown to go forward, before the Height review hearings.

When a democracy only listen to the powerful, profit makers and denies the voices o f the other, 90% of the citizenry we have lost the very s pirit of Democracy.

The insulting tone of this whole article depicts the citizens, workers, academics and professionals as bent on preserving the Downtown Eastside as ''a gloomy ghetto of misery, destitution and squalor - keep them in business."'

Sr. Elizabeth Kelliher, SA 385 East Cordova Vancouver, Be. V6A I L4 Tel. 604-685-9987

Dear Community Homeless ness &Housing Network:

By February I Oth, we are hoping to secure a large number of people who work with homeless populations and/or who have volunteered in previous counts.

The targeted call is part of an identified best practices for the Homeless Count. A broader call will only go out if we cannot secure enough experienced people.

This year, the sign up is online: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Volunteers20 II. Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions and many thanks for all of your assistance!

2011 Count Day is Fast Approaching!

The 20 11 Metro Vancouver Count is scheduled to take place during a 24-hour period on Wednesday, March 16'h People staying in shelters overnight will be surveyed the evening of March I Sth. The purpose of the 20 I I Count is to update the number and profile of street and sheltered homeless across the region and identify trends in relation to previous counts.

Experienced Volunteers Needed We are contacting local homeless-serving organizalions and service prov iders to encourage outreach workers and other knowledgeable staff to sign up as volunteers for Count Day. People with experience working with the homeless population and/or those who have volunteered in previous counts interested in

volunteering for the 20 II Homeless Count are askedl to sign up online by *February 10* at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V olunteers20 I I A training session will be held in all sub-regions starting the week of February 21st.

Who We're Counting The 20 11 count will build on the approach and methodology used in previous counts. The 24-hour snapshot includes a survey of sheltered homeless and the daytime count includes people who are homeless who did not use a shelter or stay in hospital, detox or correction centres overnight. Daytime interviews will take place in locations where homeless people are likely to congregate, such as drop-in centres, bottle depots and meal programs as well as parks, streets and ravines, and other outdoor locations.

More Information The Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness (RSCH) has hired OrgCode Consulting, Inc. as the research consultant for the Count. The RSCH Governance Working Group is overseeing the project with support from a Core Technical Advisory.

Local Community Homelessness Tables across the region and the C ity of Vancouver are taking strong leadership roles in the volunteer recruitment and implementation process. A Youth Coordinator (youthcountcoordinator@gmail.com<mai lto:youthcou ntcoordinator@gmail.com>) has also been hired for . the 20 II count to ensure homeless youth are counted.

John Whitesell, OrgCode Consultant: homelesscount20 I I @orgcode.com> or Dianna Hurford, Metro Vancouver Secretariat, dianna.hurford@metrovancouver.org<.

604.436.6740 www.stophomelessness.ca

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JIM! HENDRIX IMPERSONATOR/ AUDITIONS FOR FILM

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Local independent fi lm is looking for a Jimi Hendrix Impersonator/ Performer for a role in a feature film titled To:Hope, From: Here. In the film the character is a Jimi Hendrix Performer/Street Preacher.

The role will require I day of shooting in early March 20 II , and the actor will be paid for their work.

Auditions will take place on Tuesday March 1st from 7- 1Opm. Interested performers are requested to perfom one Hendrix song (in costume) for the audition. Both performers who play live, and who lip- sync are enccouraged to audition. Actors who have never taken on a Hendrix identity before- but are curious to- are also encouraged to audition.

Please email fromh endrixtohope@gmail.com for an audition time and location.

Spirit Rising Festival 2011 Concerts, Music in the Streets, Songs, Films, Walks and lots of Stories!

Honouring the history of the Black community in the DTES East End Blues and All That Jazz Frida y & Saturday Feb 18 & 19, Bpm; Sunday Feb 20, 2pm A musical tribute to the East End's historic black community. Written by Denis Simpson and Savannah Walling with Mr. Leonard Gibson. Featuring Candus Churchill, Bill Costin, Chic Gibson, Tom Pickett, Tim Stacey and special guests Thelma Gibson and Dalannah Gail Bowen.

Fire hall Arts Centre $20/$15. Please note- all free community tickets are now 'sold out'.

Songs to Stir Your Soul Friday Feb 25, 7:30pm A so ul-stirring performance w it h voca list Dalannah Gail Bowen, acco mpanied by key boardist M ichael Creber. Followed by M ichelle Richard singing favo urite blues tu nes and new composit ions, wit h Steve Charles on guitars and Connie Ande rsen o n harmonicas. Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main St. Free Rem embering Hogan's Alley- a history walk with James Johnstone Sat urday Feb 26, lOam Meet in front of t he Heatley Block, 696 E. Hast ings St. Pay what you can for local residents; $10 for non-res idents Music Tribute to Black History Month Saturday Feb 26, lpm Featuring Khari Wende ll McClelland, Dawn Pemberton, Patti Powell and Holly Eccleston with songs from the African American tradition; rockin' t unes w it h Corinthian Cla rk; and the vocals and 'oud' playing of Alaaeldin Abdalla. Oppenheimer Pa rk, 488 Powell. Free Documentaries in tribute to Black History Month Saturday Feb 26, 6pm-10pm 6pm Joe, directed by Jill Haras (2002 NFB 9m in).

6:12pm Remember Africville, directed by Shelagh Mackenzie {1991 NFB 35min) 6:50pm Jeni LeGan - Living in a Great Big Way, directed by Grant Greschuk (1999 NFB SOmin) 8pm Hardwood, direct ed by Hubert Davis {2004 NFB 30min) 8:30pm Seeking Salvation, directed by Phillip Daniels (2005 Travesty Productions 90min) Carnegie Thea tre, 401 Main. Free The Tour of Nothing: The Freeway That Never Was- a history wa lk w ith John Atkin, guest: Elwin Xie Sunday Feb 27, lOam Meet at SE corner of Main and Union Pay what you can for local residents; $10 for non-residents

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Music in the Streets Sunday Feb 27, lpm, 2:15pm Featuring Brad Muirhead and Deetstreet Carnegie Coalition.

DNC Street Market in Pigeon Park, Carra II and Hastings. Free East to East: Reading, Writing, and Editing Hogan 's Alley and the Downtown Eastside- a dialogue between writers Wayde Compton and Elee Kraljii Gardiner Sunday Feb 27, 4pm Hogan's Alley Cafe, 789 Gore at Union. Free Three Guys and an Alley: Films and conversation about growing up around Hogan's Alley Sunday Feb 27, 7pm Join us for a screen ing of the 1994 film Hogan's Alley, directed by Andrea Fatona and Cornelia Wyngaarden, along with two CBC archive interviews with Jimi Hendrix and his grandmother Nora, who was a long-time resident in Strathcona. Meet three men who lived in the neighbourhood of Union and Prior as youngsters before the destruction of Hogan's Alley and the construction of the Georgia Viaduct: Randy Clark, Chic Gibson and Elwin Xie; moderated by Khari Wendell McClelland.

Hogan's Alley Cafe, 789 Gore at Union. Free

For more information: 604-628-5672, www. vancouvermovingtheatre.com This program has been made possible with the support of Assembly of BC Arts Councils, Province of British Columbia, BC Arts Council, Community Arts Council of Vancouver, Creative Pathways, City of Vancouver Cultural Services, City of Vancouver Great Beginnings Program and Hamber Foundation.

Attention: Community Health Representatives, Community Health Nurses, Health Directors and Environmental Health Officers working in First Nations Communities Since Oct. 20 I 0 an outbreak of hepatitis A has been happening on Vancouver Island. Cases have all been under the age of 40 years and primarily First Nations.

As of this week, cases have now been confirmed in First Nations people living in the Lower Mainland.

FNIIl Health Protection and Environmental Public Health Services are working with the Regional Health Authorities and the BCCDC to help identify new cases and prevent further spread of the outbreak.

Hepatitis A is a virus that affects the liver. The virus can be found in the bowel movements (stool) of infected people. It can spread through close personal contact, or contaminated food that has been handled by an infected person.

Symptoms of hepatitis A, include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

These symptoms are followed a few days later by the occurrence of dark-coloured urine, light-coloured stools, and jaundice (yellow eyes/skin).

It is very important that Public Health is aware of new cases so that immuni zation can be provided to contacts to limit the outbreak.

If you are aware of anyone with the signs and symptoms of hepatitis A, please notify FNlH Health Protection (604-666-1300) and your local health unit as soon as possible. Anyone who develops these symptoms should stay home from schoo l, work, day-care or other activities, avoid preparing food for others, and be evaluated by a physician.

Many First Nations communities arc hosting and participating in large cultural and sporting events during the winter months. These events involve meals which are cooked locally and shared by community members and with visitors from other communities.

Because infected food-handlers have the potential to

spread hepatitis A to a large number of people, it is essential that FN III and Regional Health Authority EHOs can work with the communities to provide safe food handling advice and information. If you are aware of any large gatherings planned for the next two months, please notify FNIH Health Protection (604-666-1300) and your local health unit as soon as possible. We recognize that many gatherings have cultural and spiritual significance and are private affairs. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in communicating with community leaders the importance of controlling this outbreak and fac ilitating the work of the EHOs and Public Health Nurses.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Communicable Disease Nurse line (604666-1300), or me, at the number below.

Thank you for your assistance, Marcus Lem, MD, MHSc, FRCPC Director, Health Protection First Nations and Inuit l lealth British Columbia Region, Health Canada 406 - I 138 Melville Street Vancouver, BC V6C 4S3 Tel: (604) 666-9092 Fax: (604) 666-2029

Toilet Swirl Creatures of habit we are, or at least I am fall into the familiar patterns we do to stave off boredom .. for awhile you're content But eventually you fall into the familiar pit You do the same things to entertain yourself you ' ll always just one rock to test the current product you pop a pill, like a trillion times before, just to see ... the familiar relax it always gave you then the guilt you feel when you know you fucked up fell down the same rabbit-hole (Alice always does ..) the Rabbit rushing "Mustn't be late, mustn 't be late," as you blow money you'd'vc saved for tougher times blowin' it again and again, never do or will learn that's why I leave town 'cause I tum into the same old creature of habit such is the swirling of our lives down the endless toilet AI

POUNDING SAND I have heard from voices past, some were close by, some long ago - how far back doesn't seem to matter with life/time so brief, before & after unknown. What does it mean (what does it matter) leaving part of self behind? It's kind of comforting .. never then alone forever.

It's easy to go, to fade away, not really wanting to come back, riding the delusion that dreams can be perfect forever. Sounds so good though could it all be true th is fantastic fantasy!? Is it unreal to make believe or just deceptive. all to deceive, making sense to who? II is beyond reason, wherever that begins. and guessing won't answer what have you lost or what has been taken from you, ripped ofT, stolen by you.

Knowing this doesn't engender a return ... what then- think twice; small gains; won't need a lot, I can get by, I know I can do it 'cause I'm always feeling the heat yet remaining cool with in confining rules. I can be forever flowing by showing off, taking chances but staying within my limits, like climbing rope up sheer walls to find falling possibilities contrary thoughts both sides of my world between reality and fantasy.

Do I press on or pull the plug, loyalties pulling to which true se lf be true? Do I understand .. do you have a clue? See what I mean- it ain't easy!

Directions change, s tars align .. fine with me. I feel the rhythm of beating hearts, and catch a wave as the tide comes in. I remember a time when this trip was the norm, mellow mind with little ups & downs, a calm self pounding sand and ris ing up beyond the gathering storm

ROBYN LIVINGSTONE

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A Long Journey is to find peace, to heal one's aching heart Let your emotions free By letting your loved ones find their peace.

Pray to the Creator to heal you Ask for guidance from your elders Never be ashamed to cry Go to the forest The trees are there to help you Go to the water To cleanse and purify your soul Give tobacco for all the helping medicine Drum, sing, laugh & enjoy all the helping hand from the Creator May your healing journey be safe May you let go And help your loved ones Qo home May they rest in peace.

All my relations, Bonnie E Stevens

hi paul Incident feb 2nd 12.45 p.m afternoon safeway new store on robson st. maybe as many as 6 or more security plain clothes were descending on obviously disturbed homeless man who had filled a conta iner from the Chinese buffet... he was tall looked very middle east and kept saying "I'm not from here .... they snatched his food away <which would go in the garbage as part eaten anyway > pushing him out the store ... I was on my scooter. I chased them and said stop I'll pay for it..let him have his food he is hungry.....

The cashier gave me a weird look? I put 10 dollars on the counter expecting change ( I thought maybe 6 bucks at the most. The cashier said that's nor enough it's 17 dollars plus some change...

I looked at the managers they could see I was a senior maybe they would charge me a little less .. ? No. I couldn't let them take his food away again that little container 17 bucks well I paid I saw him eating outside on the corner .. they didn't even g ive him a fork.

I think safeway didn't need my money and why was I charged so much???? sheila baxter, a granma

MANKIND'S DEBUT II (unrest in peace) Have you ever wondered how the word 'kind' began fo llowing ' man' around, or how about the 'A lter' before 'Native'(?) alternative just has a better sound. Yu can' t please everyone everywhere all the time your sanity would be drilled into the ground, like authenticating reproductions there's a movement with sad repercussions certain living people have made it clear they'd rather be dead than have a hospice near their precious ground, launching more lawsuits than rockets while the only space needing investigating is between their ears; your Year of the Rabbit has become rabid these people are alive yet you fear.. now a Las Vegas gaming house now that would bring a smile or

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By ROBERT McGILLIVRAY

Mubarak vs.The Mayor of Vancouver

Robertson likes to ride his bike, and so, special bikes lanes were made over bridges and main arteries in the business section of downtown Vancouver. The result of which is that many businesses greeted signi fi cantly fewer customers in the ir shops because of lack of parking displaced by the bike lanes.

Egypt is as old as BC is young.

Cairo is as old as Vancouver is young. Muhammad Mubarak is as old as Gregor Robertson is young.

The slums of Cairo are as o ld as ~~~· the Downtown Eastside. ~· :::-._ " . ·~ :' So what 's the connection?

-=~7~==::::-....11111;: Well, the similarities arc numerous:-' _ _ _ but. the Downtown Eastside has

But, a dictator is a dictator. whether old or young.

constantly tried to improve itself over the three decades.

Some people very much miss Anwar Sadat and some of us miss Phil Owen. '

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Thirty years ago the USA promised Mubarak 2 Billion dollars each year if Egypt kept their hands off the Zion ist occupiers o f Palestine.

Two-thirds of this 2 billion dollars were to be kicked back to the USA manufacturers of weapo ns of destruction such as Boeing and General Electrics for war jets and bombs, so that Egypt would be in a position to keep the other Arab nations in line.

Burarak agreed, and has since lived a lavish life, sharing only with his fam ily and cronies, while the com mon people of Egypt remained in chronic need.

A few years ago Gregor Robertson was elected Mayor of Vancouver during a blooming recession.

In spite o f the recession Robertson kept the '·old" tradition of having a City Ha ll new regime party that cost Half a million dollars.

How can a party cost half a million Dollars?

---A lot of it went back to the business contributors of Robertson's election campaign. The remainder went to the actual cost o f the party.

Murarak has never known the terrifying traffic of Cairo's streets. Thus, the terror remains for the commoners and businesses along the main routes.

Isn't it com~on sense that a downtown bustling busin~ss area 1s Intended for shoppers, not for transient b1kers?

Garry Gust

Twas in the WintertimeLonging for the Lost LandWhen some birds fly south Here most stay around Food being plentiful on the ground The bare brown & grey earth uncovered by the grace of Snow The Lagoon lost in the mists of time Receive my letters from home Seven days coming they are never welcome I tear them methodically into small pieces They flutter in the breeze Alright on the shiny Slowly sink - - "....."-.;.;;..

Unread Dreaming of the landscape of my home Cold and snow and icy wind North by Northwest Dreaming of deserts I have never seen Mirages shimmer in the noonday sun Escape from this no man's land Caught betwixt and between climate Caught between mountain and sea.

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Back, way back the land sleeps Under a coverlet of down Soft as feathers swan white Cold as perdition.

Cozy as bugs in rugs the folks turn and cuddle Quilting red, blue, green, yellow light their rooms.

They dream on, rocked by celestial rhythms Living new lives by golden seas, emerald skies Drifting like flotsam &jetsam - senses gone Wilhelmina

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Invincible l don路t remember the name of the park, but when l was six my aunt used to take me an Alistair there on Sundays.

It was usually overcast and we would play in the trees and on the beach.

One day we thought we were invincible. We stood on the rocks and taunted the ocean: "You can't catch us! 1-laHa! Is that all you got?!"

And then, all at once She got us!! In one fell swoop, we were soaked . .. still laughing ... "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!?!!"

DARKNESS Creator, arc you there?

Your breath moves the trees Branches click together, dry leaves rustle Your melody assures me that you listen.

Creator, are you there?

As the sun sets, shapes lose their form An inkiness sett les over my eyes The darkness scares me, my ears hear The roar of the darkness A touch would assure me That, not as my eyes, I am not unseen Creator, are you there?

I sit alone, the si lence is deafening M) heart the only sound that Assures me that I am here llelp me to be still Lead me, take my hand Calm the shaking Creator, are you there?

I tire of this feeling of helplessness Of darkness, of aloneness Silence at times, more painful Than death adds to the inkiness Creator, are you there?

The strength I feel is drained By impatience at wanting to see Rest your hand, your love upon me Creator, a e you there?

Light dances across my vision I humbly ask that you help me to heal l lclp me accept things as they are My path is still there, soon, l will walk it again.

Robert Bonner

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NIGE L I lonest man surprises this old man this a.m. gave me my MP3 back glory be glory be without TuPac I'm lost thanx to my pal coulda kissed him but not our style rare honesty feels good to meet an honest man so rare these days Thanx be to Allah My wish today is for more sons and daughters to be such examples true stand-up dudes thing beyond the 5-rock or the pac o' smokes double-shared double-increases ten fold: light up the sky!

AI

Devil in Me Anger is the seed of evil Self importance allows a man to get so mad anyth ing evil is possible feeling slighted, belittled, can make even a mellow man lash out in rage sometimes the consequences are all out of whack with what really went down our rage, our feeling of self-importance unleashed the angry Devil in us all how many murders come out of rage? how much grief is a result of one momelll of misplaced rage, how much pain comes from one moment of uncontrolled anger is the seed of evi l AI

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