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JEANNIE KAMINS PAINTED HERON ROOKERY ON STORE WALL IN 2009 CHERYL ROSSI Staff writer

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HE’S GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING: 13-year-old Harrison Lee is one of the organizers

of the Western Canadian Regional Yoyo Competition this Canada Day weekend, in which he’ll also compete.

An Edmonton toy company has even named a new yo-yo colour after him called “Harrison Hurricane.”

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eannie Kamins was tempted to plaster the giant tag that recently blighted her mural at East 33rd Avenue and Knight Street with a sign that read, “This was done by some jerk who didn’t have the respect for another artist.”

Kamins, an artist who lives in Mountain View, spent two weeks in 2009 climbing scaffolding on a narrow sidewalk on a busy street to paint the scene of a great blue heron rookery.

The 72-year-old conceded four years is “a pretty good record” for her mural on the side of Kona Stained Glass to survive unharmed.

Kamins learned about the vandalism a week and a half ago. The incident has been filed with the police.

“I wasn’t very happy,” she said.

The tag reaches right to the top of the wall. Kamins said her son told her some taggers use fire extinguishers to spray the paint that high.

Tuesday afternoon Kamins had spoken to Nathan Pope of the city’s Integrated Graffiti Management Program. She reported Pope said the program no longer helps fund murals but allows artists to patch up paintings that have been damaged.

Now the city has agreed to cover the cost of removing the giant tag for an estimated cost of $900. The city hopes the building’s owner, tenant or the community would help fund touch-ups or repairs.

“The labour of an artist isn’t worth anything but to get the guy who sprays it off. Artists, as a general group, make half the amount of money as the technician,” Kamins said.

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013

Rent Bank already ‘swamped’ MAJORITY OF USERS 55 AND OVER MIKE HOWELL

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rent bank set up in the city last fall to help people pay their rent has approved 105 interest-free loans totalling $100,361 since October, says the managing director of the Vancouver Rent Bank.

Amanda Pollicino said the one-time loans ranged from $200 to $1,800, with the average falling in the $900 range. The youngest recipient was in their late teens, the eldest in their 80s.

“We are swamped,” she said of the applications.

Although Pollicino anticipated a high demand for the service, she didn’t expect more than half of the loans would go to people 55 and older, or that more than 55 per cent are single.

“That was very telling about how things are and how many seniors haven’t prepared for retirement, or that the family structure isn’t there to support them,” she said, noting single parent families comprised another 17 per cent of successful loan applicants.

The statistics also show 57 recipients were male, 53 were female and more than 40 per cent were employed. Others were pensioners, persons with disabilities, receiving income assistance, or had a combination of

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Demand for Vancouver Rent Bank assistance been high with more than half of the 105 interest-free loans going to people 55 and older, and more than 55 per cent going to people who are single. income sources.

“It’s usually people who have experienced some sort of financial crisis that has led them to have a stop in income coming in, or something has happened that they’re not able to make their full rent payment,” Pollicino said. “The only one where there’s a pattern is with people who were laid off and are waiting for their [employment insurance] claim to be processed. Every other

case is a case unto itself.”

Recipients were predominantly from the East Side of the city but others are living in various parts of Vancouver, which Pollicino acknowledged is an expensive place to live when surviving on a limited income.

All applicants must be screened by the rent bank’s loan committee. If accepted, a repayment plan is set up that can run a maximum of 24 months, where the person

has money automatically withdrawn from their account.

A loan of $500 requires a monthly payment of approximately $22 per month and $1,300 loan costs about $55 per month, according to the rent bank’s formula for repayment.

So far, one person repaid her loan of $1,800. When the rent bank began operating in October, it was anticipated the monthly repayments would be 70 per cent.

Pollicino said it is at 74 per cent.

Although the rent bank doesn’t have any legal recourse to recoup the funds, Pollicino said many of the recipients understand the need to pay back their loans.

“They understand that if the fund doesn’t replenish itself to what we have projected, then this will not be able to continue,” she said, noting the rent bank has rejected at least 50 applications for various reasons, including a person’s inability to provide three months of bank statements.

The rent bank was established to operate for three years. Its loan budget is $365,000 over three years and provided by the Streetohome Foundation, which has also contributed various sums towards the construction of social housing in Vancouver.

For operating costs, the City of Vancouver agreed to provide $49,000 per year over three years and the Vancouver Foundation will contribute $30,000 each year, for a combined total of $240,000 over three years.

Pollicino said a more detailed report on the rent bank is expected to go before city council later this month. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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Artist Jeannie Kamins stands beside the vandalized mural she spent two weeks painting in August 2009.

“It may be that the owner will chip in a chunk because they would have had to pay something and they should pay something towards me,” she added.

Kamins said she painted the mural in 2009 with money from the city and the property owner.

Property owners in Vancouver are usually responsible for the cost of erasing graffiti from their buildings. According to the city’s graffiti bylaw, a property owner has 10 days to remove graffiti after receiving a notice from the city. If the graffiti is not dealt with, the city has the right to remove the graffiti and to recover the cost from the property owner.

Scott Edwards, manager of street activities for the city, said covering the cost is part of the city’s mural program.

The city axed portions of its graffiti management program in 2010 for a savings of $300,000.

But it reinstated the budget in 2011, staff in 2012, because it found that taking a coordinated approach to graffiti was “essential,” according to Edwards.

The city is reintroducing aspects of its graffiti management program in phases and youth who’ve been caught painting graffiti and are trying to go legit with street art will paint two new murals through a program called RestART this year. The city provides free paint and helps coordinate members of the community members to remove graffiti.

Anyone who spots tags or graffiti should call the city at 311.

Property owners can receive free paint through the city to cover vandalism. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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12TH & CAMBIE with Mike Howell

VIADUCT AND COVER

I’m being tracked by the City of Vancouver.

I knew it! You might be, too.

If you’ve driven over the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, the city may or may not have recorded your licence plate number to learn where you live. Huh? Yep, that’s what I thought, too.

But before you think I’m going all conspiracy theory and paranoid about the city’s covert actions to track my movements, I’ll let the city’s own transportation director explain.

His name is Jerry Dobrovolny. He was in council chambers Tuesday and talking about what would happen to all those vehicles that cross the viaducts, if council so chooses to knock the suckers down.

This is a question Dobrovolny gets all the time. The short answer, he said, is all those vehicles — anywhere from 35,000 to 45,000 per day, depending on when the city counts them — is they’ll just continue along a new roadway.

Besides, he said, the city’s research has

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The city has been monitoring traffic on the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. shown a trend of fewer vehicles coming into downtown. But they’re still coming.

So where the heck are they coming from?

“We’ve done a licence plate trace of the vehicles that are on the viaducts — we looked to see where they were coming from,” Dobrovolny told council.

See, I wasn’t making this up.

Turns out, the majority of motorists using the viaducts originate from the southeast quadrant of Vancouver and from Burnaby, Coquitlam and outlying suburbs.

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should decrease once the Evergreen Line from Coquitlam to the Commercial Drive transit hub is open in the summer of 2016.

“There is a tremendous potential for trips to shift on to transit,” he added.

As for what the Commercial Drive hub will do about all those Coquitlam and Burnaby transit riders descending on the already chaotic station, the city’s answer is a $2.8 billion subway out to the University of B.C. Good luck with that. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/howellings

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CARD QUERY The president of the Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association has questions regarding the way the park board’s new OneCard was launched earlier this month.

The park board announced the card with a news release sent out at 11 p.m., June 11 to media after a late-night meeting that didn’t include any community centre association presidents.

“You have to ask what kind of meeting did it happen in and the answer is an in camera meeting,” Christopher Richardson told the Courier. “Then they made our private discussions public.”

The system-wide membership card announced by the board will allow users access to 22 community centres as well as the city’s pools, rinks and gyms. Until now, each centre had its own membership cards. The OneCard program is being introduced at some community centres July 8 and, depending on whether it’s ratified, at the remaining facilities in September.

The OneCard is just one component of a joint operating agreement under discussion with 12 of the city’s 20 community centre associations.

Mount Pleasant is one of the associations still negotiating with the park board over the joint-operating agreement. The remaining six associations have refused to enter into those discussions due to disagreements over the proposed plan.

Richardson says the board announced at the time it had ratified the OneCard with

the associations still in negotiations, but he adds that’s not the case.

That’s not to say Richardson believes a universal card can’t be effective. “But there are still a lot of questions to be answered,” he says.

MARINA REVIEW NPA park board commissioner John Coupar successfully brought a motion forward Monday night asking for a staff review of the value and metrics of recreational boating.

The park board operates both the Burrard Civic Marina and the Heather Civic Marina. The Heather Marina is owned by the City of Vancouver and the park board receives an annual management fee to operate it. Revenue from managing both marinas is more than $3 million a year for the park board, while according to a recent study completed for the Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C., across the province the economic impact of all recreational boating and related services is in excess of $1.4 billion annually.

In his motion, Coupar notes there’s a significant lack of moorage in Vancouver for visiting boaters and in response private marinas have added stacking service facilities to maximize revenue. Coupar adds the removal of the Coast Guard dock has significantly increased wave action, which has resulted in damage to floats at Burrard Marina.

Both marinas’ infrastructures, including their electrical capabilities, are also in urgent need of upgrading.

In response to Coupar’s motion, parks staff has been directed to review present practices, business operations and capital needs and make recommendations for improvements as needed. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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olin Redfern, the outgoing chair of the District Parent Advisory Council, didn’t want to specify the council’s priorities for next year when contacted Tuesday, and Monica Moberg, DPAC’s former secretary/treasurer, has been the new chair for only a week. But Redfern noted the next school year will be the last before a school board election in November 2014. “And we’re facing collective bargaining in the teachers again,” he said.

Vancouver’s DPAC hosted the first Lower Mainland District Parent Advisory Council regional meeting in recent memory in December, and two more regional meetings followed.

Language barriers to reaching all parents were identified as shared problems. “Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, all have 50 recognized mother tongues within their school boards,” Redfern said. “Even West Van. It didn’t matter if you were a have district or a have-not district, everybody had problems reaching the translation services they needed to get to all the parents they needed.”

Boards told parents they lacked money for translation, according to Redfern. “Since the City of Vancouver has a great translation office, why isn’t the school board partnering with them? Isn’t everyone within the Vancouver School Board also a Vancouver taxpayer? Isn’t

the school board a civic service?” he said. “[The board] would say they’d have to talk about it. It’s a different jurisdiction. It’s not a priority.”

Parents continue to be riled by the lack of funding for playgrounds. “Realistically, this should be a municipal issue,” Redfern said.

“Schools only use playgrounds an hour and a half a day. Yet I defy you to go past a school playground on a Saturday afternoon and it’s sunny and tell me there’s no kids there.”

He noted the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils voted unanimously to lobby the province to reinstitute funding of playgrounds in the provincial budget. “One of the first times ever at a BCCPAC event that a motion’s been passed unanimously,” Redfern said. “Normally the urban and the rural people are fighting, right. We want translation services, they want busing.”

Early in the school year, Redfern floated the idea of a central fundraising body as an alternative to PACs when raising major funds for schools. But he said parents from “have neighbourhoods” oppose centralized fundraising because they raise money for their schools through direct donations.

Redfern said DPAC was disappointed the school board wouldn’t shift the start of its committee meetings from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. so that parents wouldn’t have to leave work early to attend.

“There’sstillthatdisconnectwithpeoplethatwork in the school system and the clients or customers, if you will,” he said. “We all want the same things but it doesn’t seem like the parents are respected or seen as leaders in some of these areas.” crossi@vancourier.com

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Park board GM’s letter unsettling for Killarney Centre’s Kwan

GM WANTS CLARIFICATION ON PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS TO THE MEDIA SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

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he president of the Killarney Community Centre Association is not amused by the letter she recently received from park board general manager Malcolm Bromley.

“Threatened is a strong word,” said Ainslie Kwan. “But I felt there was a strong undertone that he doesn’t like what I’m saying and he wants me to stop.”

In the letter, dated June 13, Bromley writes in part, “I will be asked to brief park board commissioners in regard to your public statements. I am hopeful that you have been misunderstood by the media. To ensure I have the facts, I ask that you please write back to either confirm or clarify these statements.”

Kwan she said stands by all of the public comments she’s made on her concerns about the interim management agreement between the park board and the city’s community centre associations. Kwan is also concerned about the OneCard, announced by the park board June 11, which will eventually re-

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place individual community centre memberships. The OneCard program is being introduced at some community centres July 8, and depending on whether it’s ratified, at the remaining facilities in September. The universal access card is one component of the joint operating agreement under discussion with 12 of the city’s 20 community centre associations. Killarney and five other associations have refused to enter into those discussions due to disagreements over the plan.

In the letter Bromley also outlined his concerns including public comments made by Kwan suggesting community centres will lose programs as the result of the new access card.

“We are genuinely concerned about losing programs,” said Kwan, who added she was surprised the letter came from Bromley and not Vision Vancouver park board chair Sarah Blyth. “I have to wonder if this is the proper protocol. I am a volunteer who has worked many hours on this and feel I should be able to give my opinion just like the park board has the opportunity to give its opinion.”

In an email to the Courier, Blyth said she authorized the letter from Bromley and fully supports its content.

Vision Vancouver commissioner Niki Sharma said Bromley’s job is to act on behalf of the park board. “As the general manager of the park board, of course it’s in his right,” said Sharma. “The real question is why is this group of six opposing a progressive change that’s included in the joint operating agreement that’s been approved by their colleagues.”

Sharma added the six associations are using “scare tactics” to continue to worry seniors and children with inaccurate threats of losing programs. “I find that kind of disturbing,” said Sharma.

In his letter, Bromley stressed no programs will be lost with the introduction of the OneCard. “…We have been very clear that no programs will be cancelled and that any financial impact resulting from the implementation of OneCard on membership revenue would be dealt with by the park board,” Bromley wrote.

Sharma said some of the comments coming from the six associations are inaccurate and it’s the park board’s job to ensure the public is receiving correct information. “And now they’re once again spending public money on attack ads opposing the agreement and I find that quite shameful,” said Sharma.

Kwan has no intention of backing down. “This is not my personal opinion,” said Kwan. “This is the opinion of the six centres that make up My Vancouver Community Centre and also of my board, which represents our community.” sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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Viaduct plan history in the making

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t would be hard to underestimate the impact removing the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts will have on the city.

That impact may not be easily appreciated, given the deliberate and slow approach council and city staff have chosen to take with this project. But it will certainly dwarf the most recent Athletes Village development on the south shore of False Creek. And its effect will radiate well beyond the approximately five city blocks these cement structures occupy.

This is easily the most significant event since the redevelopment of the Expo 86 lands that ultimately created Yaletown.

Unlike the Expo lands, which were essentially an abandoned industrial strip, a blank slate in a way, those viaducts and their removal have a political and ethical dimension that have formed part of the city’s consciousness.

In his introductory note to his report to council this week Brian Jackson, the city’s general manager of planning and development, noted: “In every city’s evolution there are rare opportunities to take bold city-building steps to advance the city’s goals and livability or correct a past planning wrong.”

That past “planning wrong” was the desire by the civic administration of the day more than 40 years ago to build a crosstown freeway. As many of you may recall, it would have destroyed the neighbourhoods of Chinatown and adjacent Strathcona. It created such public uproar the project was stopped when the federal government removed its support, but not before the viaducts were built. As a result, Chinatown was fractured, the small black community of Hogan’s Alley was obliterated and Strathcona was flooded with traffic.

But in the process a new civic group, The Electors Action Movement (TEAM) grew up around that issue to eject and replace the city’s long governing business party of the Non-Partisan Association with a more transparent and responsive governance model.

Shirley Chan was a relative youngster back then, campaigning along with her mother to oppose the freeway. This week she appeared before council among the dozens of folks in support of removing the viaducts; she reflected on how “Chinatown paid the price,” and how the city’s plans now will begin a process of “healing.”

And she expressed her impatience with getting this done: “Six years is a long time for someone my age to wait.”

When the matter was first raised in 2009 by the person who should be credited as the main driver of this project, Coun. Geoff Meggs, it was openly ridiculed: a wacky idea that would disrupt the flow in commuter traffic.

The break point in opinion inside and outside city hall came in 2011. In a city-sponsored ideas competition, former councillor Jim Green, along with former city planner Larry Beasley and architects Norman Hotson and Margot Long, presented a plan that was popular with the public and the competition judges. They figured out a roadway design that would allow for traffic flow and eliminate the viaducts.

That provided the impetus to task city staff to bring us to the point we were at this week. “A turning point” as Meggs called it. It took us from the question of “if” the viaducts should be removed to “how” and what that would mean in Jackson’s words when we “eliminate a physical and psychological barrier and erase an urban scar.”

The motion to proceed with planning was passed unanimously, which will make it politically bulletproof. If there was one difference, it was whether the removal of the viaducts should be “approved in principle.”

It was not, much to the disappointment of Meggs among the minority on this point. It was felt holding back on that would give the city more bargaining leverage. And there is considerable bargaining to do with developers like Concord Pacific, which is already knocking at the door asking the city for more density in exchange for funds that would help pay for the demolition of the viaducts. Jackson told council: “We will not be held to ransom by any developer or agency.”

Staff will be back with a plan of action two years from now after extensive consultation with all stakeholders. None of this will be quick. But it is well under way and worth being patient as it moves forward and history is made. agarr@vancourier.com

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Gilliam’s Brazil anticipated today’s surveillance state

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erry Gilliam’s 1985 tragicomedy Brazil begins with a housefly’s misadventure. After an annoyed civil servant flattens the insect, it falls into a teletype machine cranking out a list of terror suspects. The name “Tuttle” is misprinted as “Buttle.”

In a paramilitary raid on Christmas Eve, Archibald Buttle is arrested, hooded and shackled in a manner that anticipates the imagery of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib. The hurried recitation of his rights, which leaves no doubt that he has none whatsoever, plays like a preview of Homeland Security overreach.

To question the state is to invite punishment. Buttle’s neighbour becomes a terror suspect herself when she petitions the regime’s bureaucracy for answers to his fate.

Three decades on, Gilliam’s absurdist sci-fi seems that much closer to a documentary. The nominal hero of the tale, Sam Lowry, is a civil servant pummelled nightly by visionary dreams. He becomes something a fly himself, caught in the nightmare gears of a surveillance state dependent on both real and manufactured fears.

Brazil’s security apparatus is really after Archibald Tuttle, a renegade air conditioning specialist who merrily breaks into buildings and homes to fix malfunctioning ventilation ducts. His unauthorized break-ins are echoed today by the whistleblowing exploits of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and USA army private Bradley Manning. Their expressed motivations have been the same: to fix broken systems. Respectively on the run, cornered, and on trial, they are said to have compromised “national security” through the release of classified material.

They are today’s Tuttles.

U.S. president Barack Obama made an election promise to close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, and is still working on that file five years on.

If that’s not evidence for a broken system, what is? In 2009, former State Department official Lawrence Wilkerson said most of the prisoners at the black site were innocent. They were noncombatants who were in the wrong place at the wrong time: Buttles rather than Tuttles. (Prisoner releases and transfers have since reduced the Guantanamo numbers from a reported 240 to 166.)

Obama’s administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any president before him. In an attempt to plug leaks, the White House has introduced “The Insider Threat Program,” a government program requiring federal employees to keep tabs on their co-workers for suspicious behaviour. “Hammer this fact home ... leaking is tantamount to aiding the enemies of the United States,” reads a 2012 Defense Department document on the snitch program, as revealed by McClatchy news. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s muzzling of Canadian federal scientists seems like kindergarten in comparison.

“Nobody is listening to your telephone calls,” the president assures Americans. The previously secret surveillance programs supposedly operate by reading metadata only: the time, duration, subject headings, and addresses of communications.: the time, length, and addresses of communications.

This may actually be even worse than outright listening in, says author Christopher Simpson. Any kind of communication, from a wrong phone number to an email forwarded from someone you barely know, can plunk your particulars into a network subsuming “persons of interest.”

Canadians are hardly outside the Anglo-American panopticon, with its topdown transparency and bottom-up brick walls. Canada’s Communication Security Establishment also trolls Internet, telephone and other traffic for metadata, according to the Globe and Mail. Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) regularly taps transatlantic optic fibre cables for vast quantities of Internet and phone traffic, which it shares with the NSA. Could these headline stories have a chilling effect on free speech, by making people anxious about their communications, both online and off? Absolutely, and the recent leaks may not be a total bother for the Powers That Be. From their perspective, it’s win-win if initial media focus and public outrage pales into yesterdays news, leaving behind a mildly paranoiac citizenry that’s more cautious about what they tweet, text, blog, phone and publish.

Julian Assange has said that social networking sites like Facebook have turned the Internet into the biggest “spy machine” in history. We’re all potential Tuttles and Buttles for the time being, at least until the tools of digital media are used to forge a true global democracy, rather than a real-life version of Terry Gilliam’s slapstick dystopia. www.geoffolson.com

GEOFF OLSON

OPPOSITION EMERGING TO EMERGING PLAN

To the editor: Re: “Tower plan Drive-ing East Side residents mad,” June 21.

Thanks to Allen Garr for pointing out council’s apparent disregard of the wishes of the Commercial Drive community.

The densification at the Broadway/Commercial intersection isn’t the only proposed change that has dismayed local residents.

The Emerging Plan calls for major zoning changes to the area around Garden Park. The Garden Park area is, to use the city’s own words, one “of eclectic charm and character,” and the park itself is the centre and gathering place of a close-knit community. Although Grandview-Woodland’s area has been designated a heritage area, its unique character mysteriously ends when one crosses Templeton Drive, heading east. It is all quite bewildering.

Perhaps, though, the Emerging Plan is really part of the Engaged City initiative. Judging by the outrage the plan has caused, it has succeeded brilliantly.

Kegan Doyle, Vancouver

••• The City of Vancouver is presenting community plans in Marpole, Norquay, Mount Pleasant, and Grandview-Woodland. There is a common theme to each of these. The affected stakeholders (i.e. home and business owners) remain largely

unaware of, and upset about, the radical changes proposed to their neighbourhoods.

Yet in each case the City claims that a lengthy consultation process was used.

In my neighbourhood, Garden Park, which is a real treasure that has a true sense of community and heritage, will be seriously affected by the proposed zoning changes. Here, the city is proposing to destroy 341 singlefamily residential homes in favour of four-storey townhomes and eight storey apartments.

They also propose to box in the few parks and schoolyards in the area with similar building types.

Additionally, a 36-storey mixed use building is proposed for the Safeway site, and a cluster of 22 storey buildings adjacent to the Broadway-Commercial Drive SkyTrain station.

Those who attended earlier workshops on a variety of topics such as social issues, housing, parks, arts, transportation and heritage say that the radical transformation proposed was never mentioned or explored.

It appears the city has an agenda it wishes to force upon its residents that favours unnatural development under the cause of densification. Some of us think that the transit oriented community proposed around Safeway is an attempt by the city to secure funding for a subway on Broadway ahead of promoting mass transit improvements south of the Fraser.

I encourage the Vancouver Courier to focus deeper on these plans in order to inform

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Phillip Hall, Vancouver

SPORTS STORE MAINTAINS TRADITION

To the editor: Re: “Abbies Sports Shop goes to bat for customers,” June 7.

I enjoyed reading your article a few weeks ago. I didn’t realize that the store had sold again. My dad was the original owner, Abbie (Albert) Bevilacqua. He did open the store in 1948 but it was located on the corner of 12th and Main and then in the ‘70s we moved to 33rd and Main and it moved again a few years ago.

My dad owned the store and made a living there for 50 years.

He has been retired since then and is now 87 years old. I’m happy to hear that his customer service legacy lives on and the tradition of hiring young people to work in the store. Back in the day, we all worked in the store: me, my brother, various cousins, friends and local kids.

Dad helped everyone out and always gave special deals and payment plans to those who couldn’t afford a lot and sometimes even gave things away. Dad also coached, played on, managed and sponsored many local teams and you will find his name in the South Hill Hall of Fame. He has tons of Vancouver sports memorabilia dating all the way back to the ’40s, including newspaper articles, photos, trophies and awards.

Debbie (Bevilacqua) Brown, Pitt Meadows

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COURIER STORY: “New LED streetlights spark concerns,” June 19 DJ Lam @deejlam: Maybe it explains the West End phenomenon where people wear sunglasses at night down there?

COURIER STORY: “Elite first responders lose funding,” June 20 Tanya Lloyd Kyi @tanyakyi: Is anyone else concerned that after a giant earthquake, there’ll be no one left to dig us out?

Patti Bacchus @pattibacchus: Yes - still thousands of kids in seismically unsafe schools. Critical to be able to respond.

Jody Holford @1prncs: I wasn’t until you just said that!

COURIER STORY: “Kitsilano’s Kathryn Baker steps up for the Oregon State Beavers,” June 20.

Gregor Young @GregorYoung: Good story on a great kid! Also worth noting: excellent academically as well.

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he Alberta agency tasked with investigating the police-involved shooting death of a mentally ill Vancouver man in 2007 has concluded its investigation and turned over its report to B.C.’s criminal justice branch.

Clifton Purvis, executive director of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, said it is now up to the branch to decide whether any recommendations or charges are warranted in the case involving the death of 39-year-old Paul Boyd.

“It’s one step closer to conclusion,” Purvis told the Courier Tuesday. “I don’t think anybody ever wants [this investigation] to be done again, so we had to make sure that we did as thorough a job that could humanly be done.”

The criminal justice branch announced Tuesday that it has appointed a special prosecutor, Mark Jette, a senior Vancouver lawyer, to review the new report.

Given that the criminal justice branch reviewed the original investigative report from the Vancouver Police Department and didn’t approve charges, the government said in a statement that it was necessary to appoint Jette “to avoid any potential for real or perceived improper influence in the administration of criminal justice in reviewing the investigative report.”

In May 2012, the provincial government requested the Alberta agency investigate the case further after amateur video surfaced showing VPD Const. Lee Chipperfield firing his gun at Boyd.

The grainy, dimly lit video, which was filmed by a Winnipeg tourist, showed Boyd crawling unarmed on his hands and knees towards Chipperfield and other officers near the intersection of Granville Street and West 12th Avenue.

An SUV stopped on Granville Street obscures the final gunshot but it is clearly heard on the video, which was filmed by Andreas Bergen, who said he released the video after learning the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner cleared Chipperfield of any wrongdoing.

Boyd’s father David was informed last week that a report was forwarded to the criminal justice branch. But, he said, the investigator wouldn’t discuss whether any recommendations or charges were expected.

Boyd said he believes there is already enough evidence to lay a charge and the video only bolsters the case against Chip-

Paul Boyd was shot and killed by police Aug. 13, 2007. A special prosecutor has been appointed to review a new report on the case conducted by an Alberta agency. perfield, although he has his doubts about the outcome.

“If it comes to the same conclusion as before, which is what I suspect given the actions of these people, then how much further are we?” he told the Courier, noting there were more than 100 witnesses to the incident. “And many of them saw exactly what happened and said he was crawling, he was unarmed, he was bleeding and he was shot.”

Paul Boyd, who suffered from bipolar disorder and associated paranoia, was killed after a series of events on Aug. 13, 2007 that escalated to Chipperfield firing his gun nine times in 81 seconds at Boyd.

The case was essentially closed after the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner concluded in March 2012 that Chipperfield did not use unnecessary or excessive force in the incident.

Chipperfield told investigators and testified at a coroner’s inquest that he shot Boyd in the head with the last shot because he still believed him to be a threat and potentially wearing body armour, which he wasn’t.

Police first responded to the area after receiving a report of an assault, which turned out to be false but Boyd was heard yelling in the background.

When police arrived, they said Boyd was clenching a hammer. He dropped it after one of the officers drew his gun. The officer attempted to put Boyd in handcuffs but Boyd grabbed a bike chain with a lock attached to it and struck the officer in the head.

David Boyd disputes some of the evidence, saying he doesn’t believe his son had a hammer or was using the type of chain as described by police.

He said his son’s notebook revealed he was in the area to visit a medical clinic, although he believes it might have been closed, which likely upset him. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS TWITTER MOVES TO #VANCOUVER Twitter plans to create a “global centre of excellence” in Vancouver, according to a job posting on its website.

The company is specifically looking for recent computer science graduates. “We are looking to recruit a handful of new graduates with boundless potential so that we can build a world-competitive software engineering centre around them,” reads the job posting. The news follows an announcement in March that Facebook plans to open a temporary recruitment and training office in Vancouver, to last for one year. According to technology blog Techvibes, Facebook has signed a three-year lease on a 20,000square-foot office space at 1555 West Pender St. in Coal Harbour. In April, Twitter announced that former CBC vice-president Kirstine Stewart will head Twitter’s Canadian operations.

FIREFIGHTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS

Vancouver firefighters will be strolling through the city’s neighbourhoods with the aim of targeting any temptations for would-be arsonists. Last year firefighters dealt with 132 cases of arson, slightly more than 25 per cent of all fires investigated, with an estimated cost of nearly four million dollars. Most fires were set at night. Firefighters will be looking for potential fire hazards and will issue “sidewalk safety check cards” to residences that have them.

Homeowners can also arrange for a free home safety check by calling 311 or online at vfrs.ca.

NEW MIKU OPENS Miku Restaurant reopened in its new location earlier this week following a multimillion-dollar investment to renovate part of the former Aqua Riva space at 200 Granville St. The space had sat empty for two years. The upscale sushi

restaurant’s opening was part of a relocation that saw owner Seigo Nakamura close the six-year-old Miku location at 1055 West Hastings St. The new Miku will occupy 5,400 of the approximately 9,000 square feet that had

been Aqua Riva for 15 years until it closed in 2011.

NEW MARPOLE PLAYGROUND A new playground at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex elementary in the Marpole

neighborhood officially opened yesterday (June 27) on the last day of school.

College student volunteers from Circle K International (CKI) built the playground, replacing the school’s aged wooden playgrounds with

colourful and innovative play structures. Minnesotabased Landscape Structures manufactured the playgrounds, which include a design to offer more challenging play experiences for students. Volunteers from

Kiwanis International and CKI are in Vancouver as part of their annual conventions, and the new playground is part of their annual service project done each year to give back to the convention host city.

Development Permit Board: July 2 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet: Tuesday, July 2 at 3 pm Vancouver City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue First Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider the following development permit application:

1365 Burnaby Street To construct a six-storey building with 21 rental units and two levels of underground parking accessed from Burnaby Street using a Heritage Density Transfer from donor site at 439 Helmcken Street on this site.

Please contact City Hall Security (1st floor) if your vehicle may be parked at City Hall for more than two hours.

TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM: 604-873-7469 or lorna.harvey@vancouver.ca

Public Hearing: July 9 A public hearing will be held Tuesday, July 9 at 6 pm at City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Council Chamber to consider the following zoning amendments: 1 Miscellaneous Text Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-law and to the CD-1 By-laws for 800 Griffiths Way and 982 Howe Street

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To amend the text of the RT-11/RT-11N Districts Schedule of the Zoning and Development By-law, the CD-1 By-law for 800 Griffiths Way and the CD-1 By-law for 982 Howe Street. The amendments would achieve the intent of the initial rezoning approvals and correct inadvertent errors.

2 1650 West 1st Avenue To amend the text of CD-1 By-law (315) for 1650 West 1st Avenue to increase the combined maximum floor space ratio (FSR) for office and service uses from 1.05 to 1.51 and to permit up to 1,000 square metres of retail uses, while maintaining the overall maximum density of 2.46 FSR. This would allow all of the non-residential floor space in the existing building on the site to convert to office and service uses, while retaining the flexibility to convert part of this floor space back to retail or manufacturing uses if desired in the future.

3 777 Richards Street and 520 West Georgia Street (Telus Block) To amend the text of CD-1 By-law (525) for 777 Richards Street and 520 West Georgia Street to allow increased commercial floor area in the buildings currently under construction on these sites. This would allow for an extra floor of office space within the existing approved building at 777 Richards St (DE 415286), increasing the total floor area from 41,630 square metres to 43,237 square metres, and the addition of an underground mezzanine to the below-grade commercial retail space at 510 West Georgia Street (DE415285), increasing the total floor area from 46,412 square metres to 47,023 square metres.

4 Proposed Amendments to the Zoning and Development By-Law to Accommodate Lounges as an Accessory Use to Breweries and Distilleries To amend the Zoning and Development By-Law to allow lounge use accessory to a brewing or distilling use, to a maximum size of 80 square metres and wholly contained within the principal building in the M-1, M-2, I-1, I-2, I-3, IC-1 and IC-2 and IC-3 Industrial Districts.

These changes are being proposed in response to Provincial legislative amendments, effective March 1, 2013, permitting breweries and distilleries to apply for a lounge and/or special event area where patrons can purchase and consume liquor produced on site.

5 3182 West 3rd Avenue (Birnie House) To designate the existing building at 3182 West 3rd Avenue (Birnie House) as a protected heritage property. As incentive and compensation for the heritage designation, the Director of Planning is prepared to grant a modest amount of additional density, as contemplated in development permit application number DE416388.The application proposes variances to the Zoning and Development By-law.

6 1119 Hornby Street (Murray Hotel) To designate the existing building at 1119 Hornby Street (Murray Hotel) as a protected heritage property.

7. Proposed Amendment to the Zoning and Development By-Law to Prohibit Coal Handling and Storage at Marine Terminals and Berths To amend section 10 to prohibit the bulk storage, handling and transshipment of coal at marine facilities to reduce the impact of coal shipping within the city for the best interests of public health and to support the Greenest City Action Plan goals.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed by-law amendments may speak at the Public Hearing. Please register individually before 5 pm, July 9 by emailing publichearing@vancouver.ca or by calling 604-829-4238.

You may also register in person at the door between 5:30 and 6 pm on the day of the Public Hearing.

You may submit your comments by email to mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca, or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4.

All submitted comments will be distributed to Council and posted on the City’s website. Please visit vancouver.ca/publichearings for important details. Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing starting June 28 at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, and in the Planning Department, East Wing of City Hall, Third Floor, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All meetings of Council are webcast live at vancouver.ca/councilvideo, and minutes of Public Hearings are available at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings. (Minutes are posted approximately two business days after a meeting.)

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The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is ending a week of Places That Matter events with a visit to the former location of the city’s first gas station.

A public event and presentation takes place June 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. with the Yaletown Classic Car Club of Canada. A small parade of classic cars, some more than 100 years old, will be heading over the Cambie Street Bridge starting at 9:30 a.m.

ThePlacesThatMatterPlaqueProjectevolved from the Vancouver 125th Anniversary celebrations in 2011. The foundation asked the public to nominate a place, person or event important to the city but which had yet to receive proper acknowledgement. An independent committee of local historians, artists, students, heritage consultants, writers and educators reviewed the nominations and eventually 125 Vancou-

ver stories were selected to be celebrated with a blue plaque. Each plaque includes a QR code that brings the smartphone user directly to the Places That Matter web page.

Also honoured this week with a plaque was Celebrities Nightclub, located at 1022 Davie St., which has been a popular nightlife destination for more than 100 years. The Thomas Hooper designed-building got its start in 1911 as the Lester Dancing Academy and in the 1940s became the Embassy Ballroom. As Dante’s Inferno in the 1960s, the room saw music greats such as The Doors and Jimi Hendrix perform. Led Zeppelin played there during the club’s time as the Retinal Circus. The club was renamed Celebrities Nightclub when the Kerasiotis family took it over and made it an inclusive venue popular with LGBTQ patrons. Other plaque presentations this past week included Science World Expo Legacy and Save on Meats on East Hastings Street.

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The building that contains Celebrities Nightclub, shown here in 1985, has hosted such acts as The Doors and Jimi Hendrix.

and music including dance, rock, jazz, funk and more. Food Truck Alley will offer some of the best of the city’s street food scene, while the Sip & Savour Garden will be the place to sample craft-made beer and wines from across the province. The main attraction of the festival is the Sustainable Living Marketplace, highlighting the link between economy, environment and community. For more information, visit epicexpo.com.

The Vancouver Convention Centre is inviting people to “Hold the world in their hands” at an open house event on Canada Day, July 1. The public is invited to tour the West Building and learn about the work done at the centre and its many “unconventional features.”

Highlights include the Photo Journey Instagram Contest where guests will have an opportunity to take creative pictures at photo stations: Hold the World in Your Hands, Be a Busy Bee, and Be an Olympian for a Day. The 10 best photos posted to Instagram using #VanConventions will be featured on Facebook. Prize packages with wildflower honey harvested from the centre’s rooftop beehives will be awarded to the winners. Children’s activities include a colouring station and video screening,, and the Olympic cauldron will be lit from noon to 7 p.m. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10 For video and web content, scan page with the Layar app.

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ozens of yellow sticky notes plasteredonthedraftMarpole Community Plan open house display boards Wednesday evening revealed the position and mood of the crowd: • Wrong area to rezone to townhouses.

• Developers will love and benefit from yourplans.Screwthehomeowners.Progress isneeded,butruiningCambieisenough.

• Firmly against Marpole rezoning. We don’t need anymore high density, which cause unsafe environment. We love our community.

• Increase density equals increase crime.

• Why are you doing this to my family?

• Who is benefited from such a stupid plan? Do away with him The Mayor.

• This urban plan will destroy our beautiful neighbourhood.

• Why are you doing this? Rezoning the entire neighbourhood like this is crazy.

Scores of Marpole residents showed up at the last of the three recent open houses on the draft plan June 26. Many said they weren’t aware the plan was being updated even though work has been underway for about a year and the city has held work-

shops, open houses and posted online surveys. Complaints from people the Courier spoke to centred on proposals to rezoning single-family areas to allow for uses such as stacked townhouses, duplexes and lowrise apartment buildings.

Major opposition to the draft plan only emerged in recent days after the city identified a portion of Ash Street as a possible location for a “thin street.” The city quickly backed down on that idea after residents protested, but the incident called attention totheoverallplan.Manyresidentsarenow calling for consultation to be extended.

Marpole resident Nizar Assanie said he’s been told that won’t happen.

“It’s very sad. The conversation needs to be around community building and talking to the community,” he said. “The plan represents a major transformation in people’s lives. That’s why each and every person is here. There’s no doubt about it.”

HomeownerYatesLofeelsthecitydidn’t do a good enough job consulting with residents. “I’m not objecting to duplexes, I just wish the city would be more transparent in communicating,” he said.

Paul and Noeleen Chin, who live in Marpole with their 10-month-old child agree.

“They keep saying they have informed the neighbourhood, but most of the people in the neighbourhood don’t know the plan,” Paul Chin said.

The couple worry the quiet community will become too busy, traffic will increase

and local schools won’t be able to handle the extra density by the time their child reaches school age. “Planners don’t care about the real life of people who live here,” Paul Chin said.

“Shocked, upset,” is how Peter Wong described his reaction to the draft plan. “I don’t know how to express it. It’s too overwhelming to me.”

Residents cornered Matt Shillito, the city’s assistant director of community planning, for most of the open house — asking questions or lodging complaints. Shillito told the Courier the city came out with a very similar version of the draft plan in March, but open house turnout was lower and feedback was more positive. He said it’s not unusual as the planning process gets toward the end that more people become engaged. But he hopes residents understand the rationale behind recommendations, which include housing variety, affordability and accommodating growth.

“It would be nice if people would look at the totality of the materials, not just the land use and development material — things around public benefits, around transportation improvements, around parks,” he said. “We clearly need to look at the plan and look at feedback and decide what we do next. And there’s an opportunity to do that before the fall when we’re currently scheduled to take it to council.” noconnor@vancourier.com twitter.com/naoibh

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New tourist attraction takes off at Canada Place CHERYL ROSSI Staff writer

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That was awesome!” said one man as he emerged from Vancouver’s newest tourist attraction Wednesday.

“Mind blasting!” added his friend.

They were just two of the 2,000 test passengers this week for the FlyOver Canada virtual flight ride that will open at Canada Place June 29, just in time for Canada Day. The virtual flight not only features spectacular images of Canada on a 20-metre half-spherical screen but augments the experience with wind, scents and mist.

Visitors on three tiered levels strap themselves into 60 seats that thrust them forward to hang, feet dangling, over the edge of rushing rapids, deep valleys and staggering cliffs.

Soaring Attractions developed FlyOver Canada. Its president Stephen Geddes said when he and CEO Andrew Strang sold their tax refund service for tourists in 2002 they knew they wanted to work on a new urban attraction.

Strang returned from a visit to Disneyland where he’d experienced the Soarin’ Over California ride, and he and Geddes decided a similar attraction could take off in Vancouver.

Some opined their virtual journey should focus solely on B.C. but Strang says they always knew their ride should highlight Canada countrywide. “There’s probably something in all Canadians and in tourists in the idea about cross-

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Feet dangle as people enjoy the new Canada Place attraction FlyOver Canada. ing Canada,” Strang said. “It’s romantic.”

In 2009, the pair heard the Imax theatre at Canada Place was closing and successfully pitched a virtual ride to Canada Place Corporation. The Aquilini Investment Group contributed $16 million along with its entertainment and construction expertise to bring the concept to life. The attraction is the first of its kind in Canada.

FlyOver Canada starts with an audiovisual show created by Montreal-based visual media Moment Factory, which has created shows and installations for clients that include Microsoft, Jay-Z and M.I.A. After a lighthearted safety video, visitors strap themselves in for the FlyOver film produced by Whistler-based Sherpas Cinemas. Visitors of all ages have experienced FlyOver Canada and Strang said the youngest

and the oldest have been the most awed. “We had a group over here from Victoria. They were all in their 80s and early 90s and they were just thrilled,” he said. “I had a woman beside me who tearing up because she’d never seen so many places in Canada.”

Thirty-year-old Adriana Rodriguez, who was visiting B.C. from Mexico, hooted and hollered throughout the ride Wednesday. “We’re going to be in Niagara Falls this year,” she said. “When we saw [it] there, we are like oh my God, we need to be there.”

The original music score for the main attraction was composed by Andrea Wettstein of Six Degrees Music of Calgary and performed by the Vancouver Film Orchestra.

Custom manufacturing and installation took more than a year and involved almost 200 tons of steel. FlyOver Canada is powered by Bullfrog Power which uses sources its power from wind and hydro facilities.

An operator with rolls of paper towels tucked under his arm waited for the fast-paced aerial journey from coast to coast to end so he could soak up the excess water accidentally sprayed from a nozzle onto three of the attraction’s seats.

Working out such bugs were the reason for the free trials.

FlyOverCanada plans to host seasonal films at Christmas and Halloween in 2014.

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I was travelling to a country where most people did not have landline phones and which was cut off from the emerging global Internet. Avoiding the resorts in favour of renting rooms from individual families, I had access to email twice in three weeks, and the first time, when I borrowed a computer station at the University of Havana, I was charged a dollar per email. I wrote long emails to get my money’s worth.

Fast-forward to this past month when I travelled to Berlin. I took a smartphone, two tablets, a portable keyboard, a portable speaker and all the charging cables required. It was my most high-tech trip ever, and among the easiest foreign journeys I’ve taken thanks to quick access online for travel information, maps and contact with home. Here are a few tips about what I learned for travel tech: 1) Travel light: the less you carry

the better. You are on holiday, and the job of tech is to support you, not be a burden or distraction. Take the cheapest, lightest gear you have that’s versatile, easy to use and not a huge financial hit if it’s lost or stolen.

Avoid taking a laptop if you can and opt for a tablet, preferably in the seven to eight-inch range like the iPad mini or Nexus 7. A small tablet will have all the online access and apps you need and be portable enough to carry around during your daily sightseeing.

For Berlin, I took both a Nexus 7 and a 10-inch Windows tablet with a portable keyboard. I used the Nexus on the plane to watch videos during the long flight and as a portable e-reader when lounging about in Berlin’s ubiquitous outdoor cafes. It was excellent for web research and consulting local online maps on the go. The larger tablet I used for photo editing and writing, but I could have survived fine without it for simple travel.

2) Use your smartphone camera as your camera. The latest iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Nokia Lumia lines have very good lenses that are better than the point and shoots you used five years ago. They all have excellent apps for photo editing and sharing.

3) Don’t use your phone as a phone while travelling: Turn off the data connection and roaming ability and use your phone only as a mini-tablet

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My travel writer’s setup on a table in a Starbucks in central Berlin: a tablet, a portable keyboard and ridiculously priced organic juice. . at wifi hotspots. If you must use your phone outside Canada, buy a travel package from your cellphone provider. They are notoriously expensive for a trickle of data and talk time but will prevent you from being hit with hundreds or thousands of dollars in roaming charges. Advanced techies might consider unlocking their phones and buying a local sim card as a cheaper alternative. I opted to make local calls from my hotel room, just like we used to do in 1999.

4) Take a travel plug adaptor: This goes without saying for travel outside of North America. Plugging your iPad into a socket in Thailand will fry that tablet without a voltage adaptor, thanks to different parts of the world developing different standards for electrical systems and outlets.

5) Charge your devices fully before you leave, especially if you are flying.

There’s nothing worse than buckling in for a long flight to Toronto and discovering that your Kindle is as dead as the dream of Toronto being run by a civilized mayor.

Pack your charging cables. Organize those cables by wrapping the cords with twist or cable ties and put them into plastic baggies. It will both protect the cables and prevent a mess of spaghetti in your suitcase.

6) Find the travel-related apps you need and download them ahead of time to your phone and tablet: that way you can use the maps without the need for always being online. I downloaded maps of Germany to Google Maps on my Nexus 7 and Nokia’s Here map on my phone. Both

helped me find my way through the nonsensical street arrangements of central Berlin.

For Android and iPhone users, Google Now provides a quick snapshot of whatever location you land in, including places of interest, weather forecasts, currency exchange and translation help. For Windows 8 and phone users, the Bing translation app is excellent and Google Translate is available on almost every platform.

Download any videos, music or audiobooks you want to amuse yourself with at home before you leave.

The more you can shove at your children or spouse to keep them quiet on a flight or in the car the better.

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enfrew-Collingwood’s Greek community is inviting Vancouver to live a day (or 11) the Greek way at the Vancouver Summer Greekfest.

The annual festival, which started this week, features a plethora of Greek foods, including staples like soulvaki, roast lamb, spanakopita and loukoumades. Vivian Ready, treasurer for the festival, said that another important part of the festival will be dancing and music.

“Dancing and music is a huge part of Greek culture,” Ready said. “Every society has an aspect of their culture that they consider to be very important. For England it’s literature but for Greece it’s dancing and music.”

Bouzouki, a Greek string instrument similar to the guitar, will be well incorporated. Italian and Serbian musical groups will also be present at the festival. A raffle offers a grand prize of a trip for two to Greece.

The first Vancouver Greek Summerfest was held in 1987 as a small weekend church fundraiser, but over the past 27 years it has spread across the calendar into an eleven day event, encompassing Canada Day weekend and attracting 40,000 visitors every year, according to the Vancouver Summer Greekfest website.

Vancouver’s Greek community is no longer as large or as concentrated as it was in decades past, as the rising cost of living has sent many immigrants and their children to surrounding cities like Richmond and Langley. The festival is

seen as not only a display for outsiders, but also a bridge for the Lower Mainland’s Greek diaspora and a place for young Greek-Canadians to learn about the motherland.

“It’s important to keep our heritage alive,” Ready said. “The festival allows us and our children embrace our culture, and build a sense of community. We’re getting spread out — we don’t work together and we don’t go to school together, so this is something that brings us together.”

While the location may not be well-known to many Vancouverites, and most festivals are held downtown or in a more central location, Ready said that keeping the location is a key point for the festival organizers.

“It’s important to keep [the festival] in our community, and not downtown,” Ready said.

“Its great to have an event happening in people’s backyards… The Greek community in Vancouver isn’t as big as it used to be, but those who are left are close and everybody likes to get together.

This festival and other fundraisers are the only think keeping this church alive. The city isn’t as prosperous as it once was but people still help out by donating their time.”

The event is organized entirely by volunteers, and proceeds go towards the St. Nicholas and Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and other organizations within the community. It runs until July 7 from noon until 11 p.m. daily near 4641 Boundary Rd. For more information, visit vancouvergreeksummerfest.com Drew_McLachlan@hotmail.com twitter.com/LachedAndLoaded

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LAWNMOWERS · Before mowing, take the time to remove objects in your yard that may obstruct your mower or that could be flung by the rotating blades.

· Never clear an obstruction in a running mower. If the mower is electric, turn off the power and unplug the machine. If it’s gas, turn off the power and make sure the engine isn’t running and that all safety features have been activated.

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We’re making this change now to prepare for the ban on disposal of all food scraps and yard trimmings, which comes into effect across Metro Vancouver in 2015.

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Anyone who attended ART BERGMANN’s long-awaited return to Vancouver a few years ago at Richard’s on Richards will tell you the evening was a glorious mess. We’re expecting much of the same when Vancouver’s reclusive punk icon leaves his secluded compound somewhere in the prairies for an all-too-rare performance at the WISE Hall, July 1, 7 p.m. Ford Pier Vengeance Trio opens. If there are any tickets left, you’ll find them at Red Cat, Highlife, the WISE Lounge or online at brownpapertickets.com. More details at wisehall.ca.

From stints in Miles Davis’s quintet to mammoth funk records such as 1973’s Head Hunters to 1983’s hip hop influencing instrumental hit “Rockit,” keyboardist and music legend HERBIE HANCOCK has had a hand in some of the most important musical movements of the past 50 years. He performs June 30, 8 p.m. at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as part of the VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL. Details at coastaljazz.ca.

CENTRO FLAMENCO ROSARIO presents SIROCO. SOUTHERN WIND. Not only is Siroco a wicked car one of our buddies had in high school, it’s a night of flamenco dance and music with a special guest performance by Argentine Tango Lab, June 29, 8 p.m. at Vancouver Playhouse. For tickets and info, call 604-737-1273 or go to centroflamenco.com.

Billed as one of the first skateboard videos to have a plot, 1987’s THE SEARCH FOR ANIMAL CHIN is a badly acted but enjoyably kitschy adventure on wheels directed by Stacy Peralta and starring the legendary BONES BRIGADE (Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero and Rodney Mullen) as they travel to various exotic skate locales in search of a wise old man who goes by the name Won Ton “Animal” Chin. Catch it July 1, 9 p.m. at the Rio Theatre. More info at riotheatre.ca.

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Not since the Canucks hired Bill LaForge for an entire 22 games of the 1984-85 season have the armchair athletes at K&K been so excited about a new head coach for Vancouver’s seasonally golf-prone NHL team.

This week, Canucks GM Mike Gillis sat down with the media, after a enjoying a brisk jog along the seawall by the looks of his rosy cheeks and perspiring forehead, and introduced the team’s new coach, John Tortorella.

Tortorella — or “Torts” or “Tortollini” or “Tortor… ella… ella… ella….” is known for his hot temper and at times frosty relationship with sports journalists, which shouldn’t be a problem since local coverage of the Canucks only consumes the city and its media outlets 11 months out of the year.

As you probably know, Tortorella comes to Vancouver after getting fired from the New York Rangers due to another early exit in the playoffs. He replaces former Canucks coach Alain Vigneault who was fired due to another early exit in the playoffs and who was recently hired to replace Tortorella as coach of the New York Rangers. It’s so inbred, in fact, that both teams might want to replace the singing of the national anthems before each game with a performance of “Duelling Banjos.”

But the similarities don’t end there. K&K has never been shy in talking about our admiration of Vigneault in the looks department. To be blunt, the man is easy on the eyes. Whether it was his precisely managed hair, the impeccable fit of his suits, that rascally smile, the mischievous glint in his eyes or the tenacious gum chewing, Vigneault stirred something inside us.

As K&K has previously noted in haiku, he’s like the Don Draper of hockey but with less humping. In fact, in a moment of weakness, we even Photoshopped Vigneault’s head onto a picture of Burt Reynolds in the 1970s lying naked on a bearskin rug. While it was a good look, we think it cheapened our relationship with Vigneault, and for that we are eternally sorry.

Thankfully, however, our seasoned hockey hunk withdrawal has been short-lived. In Tortorella, the Canucks have gained an out-and-out manther.Withhisthickwavyhairanddiamondcut jaw-line dusted with a sprinkling of salt-andpepper stubble, Tortorella is like an on-ice Don Johnson during the heyday of MiamiVice. When he walks into a room, we half expect to hear Jan Hammer’s synthesizers ushering him in, and his pheromones are probably the same chemical makeup as Drakkar Noir. In short, the dude is a beast, but not like a bear or tomcat, but more like an echidna. Look it up.

So while we’ll still mourn the loss of Vigneault’s burly, tanned husk and subtly sophisticated threads behind the bench, Tortorella is the next best thing. Who knows, maybe his head will look even better when Photoshopped onto Burt Reynolds’ naked torso splayed across an animal pelt.

CANADIAN MAKIN’ With Canada Day approaching, K&K would like to discuss the unfortunate rise of patriotic commercials. You’ve probably noticed them — whether shilling for beer, doughnuts or pizza — images of young and hip looking men and women, often in plaid shirts , enjoying the rugged outdoors, gathered around campfires, playing road hockey, jumping into lakes, lugging coolers up rugged hilltops, and reductive messages like “this is what we’re about,” “it’s a Canadian thing,” blah blah blah.

Maybe we’re lazy, unpatriotic turds, but we can’t remember the last time we hauled a cooler up a mountain with our friends or jumped into a lake with people who looked like they came from an Urban Outfitters fashion shoot.

So next time advertisers want to ignite our true patriot love, how about some images we can relate to: Crowded shopping malls, congestion at the Peace Arch border crossing, lineups for Costco hotdogs prior to a Canucks game, beard rash, ungrateful kids throwing a fit because they have to waithalfanhourtogetamapleleafpaintedon their face, beer guts, poutine bloat, Mitsou flashbacks and the muffled cries of Casey gathering dust in Mr. Dressup’s tickle trunk while Finnegan remains mute… as always. twitter.com/KudosKvetches

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Former Commodore owner still a showman

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I took seven chartered aircraft to Las Vegas full of singles.

Nobody had done that before,” laughs Drew Burns over lunch in Coal Harbour.

Best remembered as the legendary impresario of the Commodore Ballroom for nearly 30 years, he recalls how he got his improbable start in Vancouver’s entertainment scene in the decades long before the term “social networking,” when bringing people together required a different set of strategies.

“In 1966, I started the Fifth Day Club — the fifth day being Friday — as a

single’s club in Vancouver. It was unique at the time because all that was around were the dreary hotel beer parlours. We didn’t have a venue, but we started holding parties at the Bayshore and Hotel Vancouver and packing these places.

For a $5 fee you got a Gold Card membership in the club. We made all the local radio DJs honorary members, and they all started talking about it on air.”

“On the Las Vegas trip, I had buses to take people out to the airport. I had to be on the first plane to be there when everybody arrived, and on the last plane back with the passenger list to make sure everybody got home because there were so many hungover stragglers!”

What began as a sideline suddenly became a nine-to-five job with, according to Burns, the Fifth Day Club being the largest singles club in North America with some 15,000 members.

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Continued from page 32 “One of the first nights we did was at the Commodore.

The owner then, Doug Gourley, had been watching me [run the Fifth Day club]. He offered to sell the Commodore to me.”

Purchasing the Commodore in the fall of 1968, Burns walked the stairs up to the second floor ballroom nearly every day for the next 28 years and set the standard for club operators in Vancouver that few came close to.

Along with some of the early independent concert promoters in the city, Burns presented a litany of rock, blues, punk, folk, jazz, reggae, ska and world music bands from Vancouver and abroad that the city had never seen before, with bands like U2, the Clash, and the Police all performing their Vancouver debuts at the Commodore.

And though Burns, who lives in False Creek, today enjoys retirement away from the nightlife — with easier hours than the late nights he put in as a club owner — he keeps an eye on the local music scene and involves himself with projects that strike his interest, such as helping promote local singer Jayleen Stonehouse’s Tribute to Dinah Washington show.

“Drew was one of the first persons to give me a gig in Vancouver and believed in me,” says Stonehouse. “He had me open for some other bigger acts that came through town at the Commodore when I first arrived in Vancouver in the early ’90s.”

That same quote might be said by enough musicians in Vancouver and abroad to fill the Commodore several times over, as Burns’ is fondly remembered by just about every band or bartender that worked at the Ballroom though the years he operated it.

“It’s been really nice to hear from people who saw shows there or from the musicians themselves, who thought I did something special,” Burns says. “The Commodore is special. There’s no place like it in Canada.”

Billboard magazine would agree — in 2011 naming the Commodore one of North America’s 10 most influential clubs alongside New York’s Bowery Ballroom and San Francisco’s Fillmore.

“Drew left an indelible stamp on the music business in Vancouver,” says Gord Knights, the current general manager of the Ballroom, which is now owned and operated by Live Nation.

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BOAT FLOATS: The Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, founded by Milton Wong and David Lam, has grown to become one of the city’s top summer events. More than 5,000 paddlers took to the waters last week for the False Creek competition, now in its 25th year. Prior to the races, 250 guests marked the occasion by attending the Dragon Boat Anniversary Gala at the Shangri-la Hotel.

Chairs Jas Kalsi and Peter Wong fronted the Dragon-do that attracted some of the city’s who’s who to the boat bash and netted $30,000 for the Milton K Wong Legacy Project helping youth experience the positive benefits of sport.

ON THEIR SKIS: The Disabled Skiers Association of British Columbia (DSABC), established in 1973, aims to promote the sport of skiing as a form of recreation and rehabilitation for participants of all abilities. The grassroots organization celebrated 40 years with an anniversary gala at the Sheraton Wall Centre, raising $20,000 for DSABC’s innovative programs.

TWO LEGENDS: Louis Vuitton hosted an exclusive gathering in honour of the Trevor Linden Foundation, dedicated to encouraging young people to discover their strengths and realize their potential. Store director Fereshteh Zeineddin welcomed the legendary Canuck and special guests to the exclusive retail romp that featured an exclusive sneak peak of the French design house’s 2013 Fall/ Winter Men’s collection.

Store director Fereshteh Zeineddin hosted a special preview of Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter menswear collection in honour of the Trevor Linden Foundation.

Circus West’s Svetlana Delous and Ashara Rogers got bendy at the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat 25th anniversary Legacy Gala.

Kay Fulford and Sue Hamilton’s DSABC has supported thousands of disabled participants enabling them to take part in various snow sports across the province.

Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports president Anne Bethune and world champion sit skier and Paralympic medalist Josh Dueck helped mark the 40th anniversary of DSABC.

Tret Jordan and Garett Blundell front Yaletown’s new food hotspot, Homer Street Café, designed by Craig Stanghetta featuring fine rotisserie chicken.

First United Church’s Rev. Sally McShane, Lydia Johnson and Bob Burrows saw $50,000 raised at their sixth annual Golf Tournament for the Homeless.

Urban Barn’s Christian Villemaire, Dawne Hutchinson and Courtney Sereda hosted Vancouver Home and Design Show preview party. The B.C. Place designer-do runs Oct. 17-20.

Dragon Boat Festival Society vice chair Peter Wong and GM Anne Phelps raised $30,000 for the Milton K. Wong Legacy Project, supporting sports programs for kids.

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Former Commodore Ballroom owner Drew Burns lives a quieter life since retiring more than 15 years ago.

Burns’ legacy lives on Continued from page 32 “With his years of mentorship and keen business sense, and his personal love for the Commodore. Today we operate the Ballroom with the same focus. We consider ourselves curators of a very valuable and fragile resource in our cultural community. Drew was our founder.”

The legacy of the venue’s history has been recognized by the current management on the Commodore’s website (commodoreballroom.ca), which now features a searchable online show archive of 40 years of concerts listing every band and artist that’s played the Ballroom from 1973-2013, with more years to follow. Full disclosure: I was involved in some of the research for compiling the archive.

With the title of “Showman,” Burns himself is immortalized in the B.C. Entertainment Show Business Hall “Star Walk” on the sidewalk of Granville Street. (Although the exact location

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was inexplicably moved by the city from its just spot outside the front door of the Commodore, to further north up the street when Granville sidewalks were pulled up in the major redesign the street went under in 2009.)

Burns admits that even though he hasn’t been involved with the Ballroom since he retired from it more than 15 years ago, people still stop him on the street and ask how things are down at the Commodore. “I always tell them,” he says with a smile, “I haven’t seen you there for awhile. Why don’t you come down sometime and say hi.”

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Teen puts on an event with strings attached DREW MCLACHLAN Contributing writer

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f your childhood consisted of walking the dog, rocking the baby and going around the world, you may want to check out the Western Canadian Regional YoYo Competition this Canada Day weekend.

The tournament is organized by four local yo-yoers, including 13 yearold Stratford Hall student Harrison Lee. Lee organized two other yo-yoing events in Vancouver but said the WCR is a “more serious competition.”

“There are people coming in from all over B.C., Alberta, Washington and Oregon,” Lee said. “They’re all competing for the regional title and a chance of going on to a national competition. Yo-yoing is very unorganized in Canada, unlike in Europe.

We’re trying to set something up with clubs from across Canada.”

Like hula hooping and other fringe sports, yo-yo competition often falls to the wayside in place of personal style and technique. Vancouver’s yo-

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Edmonton toy company CLYW named a new colour “Harrison Hurricane” after 13-year-old yo-yo expert Harrison Lee. yo scene meets every Saturday and 10 to 15 yo-yoers use the gathering as an opportunity to work on new tricks, said Lee. He described the tight-knit community as “a big family.”

“It’s very friendly. I’ve watched

other sports on television, and it seems like everybody is eyeing everybody up. In yo-yoing it’s not like that,” he said.

The Western Canada Regional will feature a junior division for

competitors under 13 and a division open to all ages.

Contenders perform a two-minute freestyle set and spin tricks to music.

Each set is judged by a panel of three.

One judge gauges the technical complexity of tricks, another penalizes negatives like fumbling or knots, and the third, who awards half of all the points, assesses artistry and looks for smooth transitions, music synchronization and audience response.

“A good set can vary drastically from yo-yoer to yo-yoer,” said WCR organizer and Brantford elementary school teacher Jeremy Meugens. “A perfect set is somebody having fun, who is fast and in control of their yo-yo, and not just performing the run-of-the-mill tricks but showcasing something original or at least a variation on well-know tricks.”

Meugens was first introduced to yo-yo by a performance at his school four years ago.

“A lot of the kids bought yo-yos and I decided to pick one up too, and soon I was hooked,” Muegens said.

“For me it’s a replacement for video

games and something to do when I’m idle. Like a lot the guys, I carry one around with me all the time.”

Lee was first drawn into the world of yo-yoing in 2011 and uses his yo-yo as a creative outlet.

“There are no set guidelines, and I like the social aspect,” he said.

In 2012, Edmonton toy company CLYW sponsored Lee after he competed in a Seattle tournament. CLYW named a colour used in their Gnarwhal line of yo-yos “Harrison Hurricane” after Lee. High-end yo-yos typically sell for up to $200, and Lee has acquired more than 40 in two years, many coming free of charge from his sponsor.

“Personally, I like competitions,” said Lee. “It’s important to show off your tricks and see what other people are doing.”

The Western Canadian Regional YoYo Competition begins at 10 a.m.

June 29 at Nikkei Place, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby. Admission is free. Visit bit.ly/yoyocontest for details.

CanTortorella’s bark give more bite to Canucks?

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e already knew John Tortorella was going to bring a big bark to Vancouver and the new coach of the Canucks expects his players to bring more bite.

Bite. The word was on everyone’s lips Tuesday when the hockey club formally introduced the often hot-tempered and coincidentally hilarious Tortorella to the city’s sports media.

“We’re talking about playing with a little more bite, a little bit more stiffness,” he said. “It’s my job to push athletes to positions and levels maybe they don’t even think they can get to.”

Tortorella leads all American coaches with 410 NHL career wins and is the first U.S.-born coach to take the reigns of the Vancouver Canucks. As the coach acutely knows, he is here to deliver the franchise its first Stanley Cup

in its 43-year history.

Ryan Kesler, who represented the U.S. at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics alongside Tortorella as an assistant coach, said the players can handle and may even adopt the strong personality of their new bench boss.

“We have to be a team that’s hard to play against. That pisses teams off. I’m happy that’s the way he wants to play,” said Kesler.

Tortorella, who referenced the province repeatedly and more often than he name-dropped the city, said his reputation is as “that lunatic” because of his firebrand, fierce and all-things “F” motivational tactics and dismissive-aggressive confrontation with reporters. And even so, Tortorella’s relationship with the press threatened to become the story here in Vancouver.

Before the new hire was introduced to reporters by Canucks general manager Mike Gillis, two sportscasters each delivered a live television hit near the podium from the front of the Norm Jewison Media Room. One asked, “Which reporterwillgetunderJohnTortorella’sskinfirst?”

On Tuesday, however, Tortorella was laying a foundation for a more conciliatory relationship and took responsibility for his faults.

“I do come with some baggage. I readily ad-

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John Tortorella presented a contrite message Tuesday: “I come with baggage.”

mit that and I’m not going to hide from that. I am compelled to make this work,” he said.

“Have I made mistakes? Absolutely,” he said, before repeating a phrase he used nu-

merous times, “I make my own bed in this type of situation with the perception of myself and the media.”

Tortorella, who turned 55 this week, said all the right things and still managed to be interesting. Hockey isn’t blessed with many characters, and the out-spoken Bostonian began by telling the assembled media of one of the NHL’s most rabid markets that he always dreamt of coaching in Canada. He was cordial, candid and politely deferential. Most notably, he was contrite.

Tortorella said he has to make amends for his public tirades. The legend of his temper has overshadowed his reputation as a winning coach.

Fireworks between the coach and reporters or the coach and players may still come since the 2013-14 season is not even old enough to be young — it’s prenatal. But Tortorella explained his competitive firebrand style in simple terms that may prove to ignite the Canucks.

“I hate losing,” he said. “I can’t stand losing and everybody says be a good loser. I think if you’re a good loser, you’re a loser.” mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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Rides to celebrate summer WHEEL WORLD with Kay Cahill

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ith long days and warm cycling weather upon us, it’s a great time to stretch your riding boundaries. One of the best ways of doing this is to participate in one of the many organized cycling events in the region.

There are many rides to suit all abilities, and if you’re looking to push into longer distances you can build up gradually as the summer wears on.

Starting the party July 1 is the B.C. Randonneurs’ Canada Day Populaire. This ride is open to everyone, and the distance is drawn from the age of our country. This year’s ride covers 146 kilometres. While the route isn’t marked and riders must follow control cards to take the correct turns, this is also one of the cheapest events at just $20 per rider.

Coming up on July 21st is the Prospera Valley GranFondo, a beautiful ride through the Fraser Valley. Available in three distances — a 50-km PrestoFondo, 88-km MedioFondo and 160-km GranFondo — this is an ideal summer ride for all abilities. Much of the route is very flat (there are just three longer climbs on the full route), and event officials point out where to turn and ensure safe passage through intersections.

Riders are rewarded with a fantastic barbecue inside historic Fort Langley, and every finisher gets a gorgeous medal designed

by Kwantlen First Nation artists.

The following weekend there’s a choice of rides on the table. Down in Washington State, riders looking for a distance challenge can participate in the Tour de Whatcom, a

165-km route that tours through some of the most scenic parts of the county. Cyclists who prefer shorter distances can sign up for the 80- or 40-km routes.

Back in B.C., the Slow Food Cycle Tour (one of my favourite events from last summer) takes place over two days in Agassiz and Chilliwack. Riders follow gentle roads from farm to farm, sampling delicious food such as freshly grilled corn and homemade ice cream while learning more about farming practices and local food production.

The full route covers 25 km each day, but you’ll probably end up spending more time on the stops than on the bike. Make sure you bring your panniers so you can stock up on produce to take home! This is a great day (or two) for the whole family.

There are still a few spots left for August’s RSVP (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party!), with registration re-opening July 23. For this two-day epic ride organized by the Cascade Bicycle Club, you can take your bike to Seattle on the train or bus in the knowledge that you’ll be riding it all the way home. The first day takes riders from Seattle to Bellingham, and the second crosses back over the border to Vancouver and the party.

Heading into September, there’s the granddaddy of them all: the Whistler GranFondo. At 122 km, this isn’t the longest of the organized rides on offer, but the 1,700 metres of climbing makes it a fantastic challenge after a summer of riding. There’s also a MedioFondo route from Squamish to Whistler that covers 55 km. This ride is simply incomparable: a dedicated lane on the Sea to Sky, stunning views and a great party at the finish line.

Know any other rides that you’d recommend this summer? Drop me a line at kay@ sidecut.ca.

Kay Cahill is a cyclist and librarian who believes that bikes are for life, not just for commuting.

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elebrity billionaire Donald Trump will lend his name to a $360 million, 63-storey hotel and residential tower in downtown Vancouver.

The man himself was in Vancouver for the announcement.

“We are thrilled to be bringing the Trump flag to Vancouver as it has become a world-class city in its own right,” Trump said at a press conference. “When looking at expanding our portfolio, we felt this was a market that held great potential for our brand.

“As we continue to grow globally, our goal is align ourselves with the best opportunities — and we know the Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver will be like no other hotel and residential offering.”

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From advertising executive or banker to x-ray technician or zookeeper,you'll find it in the Employment Section.

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General Employment

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Office Personnel

Van. Umbrella seeks Office Adm. Must have- min. 2 yrs exp & Compl.

Sec. School. $20hr/35 hr wk. E-res: victor@vancouverumbrella.com

Residential & Community Support Workers

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Priority: PHONE PLEA See what s possible.

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PLEA provides ongoing training and support.

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JOB OPTIONS BC – OLDER WORKERS

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Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Job Board! Funding options. Apply online, www.IHESchool.com 1-866-399-3853

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BUYING ANTIQUES & Vintage COLLECTIBLES, WW1 / WW2 Items Buying Antiques and Vintage Collectibles, Sterling Flatware, Ivory, Old Toys, Pocket Watches, Moorcroft, Old Coins, Estate Fine Jewelry, Gold Jewelry, Vintage Posters, Vintage Signs, Vintage Postcards, Mantle Clocks, etc etc. Also Buying WW1 and WW2 medals, knives, swords, daggers, etc. $$ CASH PAID $$ CALL: 604-401-3553

Burial Plots

Cementary Plot in Oceanview Burnaby, can take 1 coffin or 2 urns, $10,000 obo, 604-465-9572

2060

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Tutoring Services

For Sale Miscellaneous

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If you are passionate about community and want to make a difference in someone’s life, we would like to hear from you! ompetitive wages and benefits.

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Cats

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4005

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3508

Dogs

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5040 GOLDEN RETRIEVER pups CKC reg, vet ck’d, ch parents, health tested. Ph 604-794-3786

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF TOMMASO PAULETIG ALSO KNOWN AS THOMAS PAULETIG DECEASED, LATE, OF VANCOUVER WHO DIED MARCH 16, 2013 TAKE NOTICE that all persons having claims upon the estate of the above named must file with the undersigned Executrix by the 15th day of July 2013 a full statement of their claims and securities held by them.

OLGA PAULETIG EXECUTRIX 3361 Queens Avenue VANCOUVER, B.C. V5R 4T9 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of EILEEN PHYLLIS O’LEARY, Deceased, late of 2803 West 41st Avenue, in the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, V6N 4B4, who died on the 3rd day of May, 2013, are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor, on or before the 15th day of August, 2013, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been received.

BMO TRUST COMPANY Executor 595 Burrard Street, 9th Floor P.O. Box 49500, Bentall Centre Vancouver, BC V7X 1L7 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE OF YAEKO SUZUKI, Also known as YAE SUZUKI, and YAIKO SUZUKI, DECEASED NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Yaeko Suzuki, late of #238 - 2125 Eddington Drive, Vancouver, BC, who died on November 5, 2012, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor c/o 700 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 5A1, on or before July 27, 2013 after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which he has notice.

Christopher James Torao Suzuki: Exectors Richards Buell Sutton LLP Attention: Patrick (Rick) Montens

Cares!

6508

Apt/Condos

AMBER LODGE

Oak & West 14th Studios (Avail. July 1) 1 BR’s (Avail Now & July 1) Well maintained building close to all amenities and VGH. Some pets ok.

604-731-2714

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5505

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

RE: ESTATE OF KATHLEEN ELLEN WADDINGTON, also known as KATHLEEN E. WADDINGTON, AND KATHLEEN WADDINGTON late of 203 – 8655 Selkirk Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6P 4J2 (the “Estate”) NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the executor, Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before August 9, 2013, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.

EXECUTOR: Royal Trust Corporation of Canada SOLICITOR: Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: The Estate of Dorothy Muriel Burgess, also known as Dorothy Murial Burgess, Dorothy M. Burgess and Dorothy Burgess, deceased, formerly of Crofton Manor, 2803 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6N 4B4 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Dorothy Muriel Burgess, also known as Dorothy Murial Burgess, Dorothy M. Burgess and Dorothy Burgess, deceased, are hereby notified under Section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned Executor, c/o Cohen Buchan Edwards LLP, Lawyers & Notaries, Suite 208 - 4940 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6X 3A5, on or before July 26, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

DATED at Richmond, BC, this 24th day of June, 2013.

JEAN H. OLAND COHEN BUCHAN EDWARDS LLP, Solicitors for ROYAL TRUST CORPORATION OF CANADA, Executor

7005

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Heat, hot water & lrg storage locker included. Many units have in-suite laundry and lrg 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

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GARAGE SALE

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MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-02

Abbotsford

IMMACULATE TOP fl 963sf 2 br condo, insuite laundry, +55 building, $121,500 604-309-3947 see uSELLaHOME.com id5565

Body Work

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604.294.8038

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604-739-3998

6508

Apt/Condos

1 BR’s - Kerrisdale, great location! Close to shops, transit & schools. $1010-$1165 Available Now. 604-677-3205 www.lougheedproperties.com

New Westminster

TOP FLOOR quiet side of bldg 650sf 1br+den condo nr Hosp, & Sky train $244K 778-241-4101 see uSELLaHOME.com id5580

6008-28

Richmond

STEVESTON VERY large 1284 sf 2br 2ba top fl condo amazing mtn views, $455K 604-275-7986 see uSELLaHOME.com id5376

6008-42

Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

Co-ops

OPEN HOUSE Killarney Gardens Housing Co-op Saturday July 6th 2-4pm @ 2998 E 54th Ave., Vanc.

Unit tours.

604-436-9554 www.kghousingcoop.ca

6540

Houses - Rent

3090 E43AVE, 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath, h/w flr, two garage, 2175sf, lease, n/pet, n/s, $2800, NOW. Eric

604-723-7368 (Royal Pacific Realty)

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

warehouses

townhouses

homestay

shared accommodation

PARTIAL OCEAN view, 920sf 2br+den 2ba quiet condo, kids, pets ok. $309,000 778-294-2275 see uSELLaHOME.com id5575

For Sale by Owner

6015

To advertise in Rentals call 604-630-3300

KILLARNEY ESTATE ART SALE Sat Sun June 22th & 23rd Sat & Su June 29th & 30th 10 am - 4pm

6020

Moving Sale Sat/Sun June 29 & 30, 10-3

8531 Shaughnessy St

Furniture, Bdrm ste, household items, ladders, Lots of different Items! Come on Down! The Price is Right! etc. etc.

6040

Houses - Sale

6020-14

SMALL PEACEFUL farm set up for horses right beside South Langley riding trail. Bright & comfortable older 2 bd home, f/p, barn, riding rings, pastures. $849,900. Call 604-323-4788 See Propertyguys.com ID: 76788

6020

Okanagan/ Interior

Langley/ Aldergrove MERRITT HERITAGE style 3070 sf 4br 5ba on 9.9ac lot detached shop, view $895K 250-378-8857 see uSELLaHOME.com id5592

ALDERGROVE SXS DUPLEX 80K below assessment. $3100mo rent $529,900 firm 604-807-6565 see uSELLaHOME.com id3428

6050

Out Of Town Property

Surrey

CRANBROOK 2060SF 4br 3ba reno’d home w/side suite on 2 lots $239,900 778-887-4530 see uSELLaHOME.com id5304

FLEETWOOD RENO’D 2140sf 4br 3ba, large 7100sf lot, bsmt ste $515,000 firm 604-727-9240 see uSELLaHOME.com id5617

6052

GUILDFORD 1900SF 3br 2ba w/basement suite on huge 8640 sf lot, $489,000 604-613-1553 see uSELLaHOME.com id5608

6030

Garage Sale

VANCOUVER

6693 Doman St. Oil & Watercolours, Landscapes & Florals.

Real Estate Investment

LANGLEY RENOD sxs duplex +1/2ac lot, rental income $2,300 /month $489,900 604-807-6565 see uSELLaHOME.com id3186

Lots & Acreage

6065

LANGLEY BUILD your dream home, secluded 5 ac view ppty, well inst $630,000 604-825-3966 see uSELLaHOME.com id4513

6035

Recreation Property

GALIANO EXECUTIVE Home & Cabin on priv beach, completely furn’d, many extras, ready to move in. Reduced to $849,000!

Global Force Rlty. 604-802-8711 www.yourlinktorealestate.ca

Houses - Sale Chilliwack

BBY S 1 BR view suite in quiet area. W/D, all appls, g/flr, priv ent, off st pkng, n/s, n/p, n/d, nr bus, 6 blocks to Bay Metrotwn. $780 incls utils. Aug 1. 604-970-3462 CULTUS LK gardener’s dream 1160 sf 2 br 1.5 ba rancher, a/c 55+ complex $63K 604-858-9301 see uSELLaHOME.com id5400

HATZIC LAKE 1 hr drive from Vanc, 2 vacant lots 1 is lakefront $65K is for both 604-240-5400 see uSELLaHOME.com id5588

Mobile Homes

2&3 BDRM MOBILES in Surrey & Langley. $19,900-$65,000. Call for great mobile! Lorraine Cauley Royal Lepage 604-889-4874

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6020-06

NEW LARGE studio, garden lvl, Kits, 5 appl, priv entry, nr bus, ns/ np, suit 1 person, $950incl heat/ hydro Aug 1. 604-737-7199

2080

Garage Sale

LANGLEY NR town fully reno’d 2474sf home on 5ac ppty, bsmt suite $1,150,000 604-825-3966 see uSELLaHOME.com id5582

7th & Clark, East Van. Lrg 2 BR, hardwood, reno’d. VIEW. Av July 1. $1100 + utls. 604-218-7660

apts/condos

office/retail suites & partial houses

2080

S. Surrey/ White Rock

Call 604-327-1178

info@langaragardens.com

GARAGE SALES

REAL ESTATE

6008-18

6510 LANGARA GARDENS #101 - 621 W. 57th Ave, Van

7015

6020-34

RENTALS

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Cash same day, local office

LUXURY PET HOTEL @ YVR New customer special $27/ night restriction apply www.jetpetresort.com

5505

A43

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-40

HATZIC LAKE Swans Point, 1 hr from Vanc incl lot & 5th wheel ski, fish, $134,500. 604-209-8650 see uSELLaHOME.com id5491

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

W.End/Down/Yaletown

OPEN SUNDAY, 2-4PM • MLS# V994147 #401 - 1132 HARO ST., WEST END VAN. FABULOUS 2 BDRM., 2 BATH APT. • $649,000

• 1088 Square Feet • New Pipes 2012, Wood Floors • 1 Block to Robson Street • 2 Secured Parking Spots • 1 Large Storage Locker • Full Size Washer/Dryer • Quiet South-East Facing, Bright • Sundeck for Sitting • Walk to Stanley Park, Shopping

JUDY KILLEEN • 604-833-8044 Personal Real Estate Corporation

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HOME SERVICES Appliance Repairs

VAN APPLIANCE SERVICES Repair home appl. Low rate guar.

Permit/Lic. Tom 604-323-8063

8030

Carpentry

8080

Electrical

A Lic’d. Electrician #30582.

Rewiring & Reno, Appliance/ Plumbing. Rotor Rooter and Hydro Pressure Jetting Service, 778-998-9026 or 604-255-9026 Free Est / 24/7 ALL YOUR electrical & reno needs. Lic’d electrician #37940.

Insured, bonded & WCB. Free est Reasonable rates 604-842-5276

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

MR. BUILD - Renos and Repairs.

Est 1989. 9129 Shaughnessy St. Please call 604-732-8453

8055

Cleaning

Concrete

CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

604-253-0049

A 1 Retaining Walls, Foundation, Stairs, Driveways, Patios, Sidewalks.

Any concrete project. Free Est. Since 1977. Basile 604-617-5813 A Concrete Specialist sidewalks, bsmts, paving stones, patios. Santino 778-892-5559

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

8068

Demolition

DEMOLITION

Excavating - Drain Tile Old garage, carport, house, pool, repair main waterline, break concrete & removal.

Licensed • Insured • WCB

604-716-8528

8073

Drainage

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−Augering −Water & Sewer line repair & replacement −Sumps −Drain Tile −Concrete Work −Foundation, −Excavation −Retaing Walls −Site restored Call Ron 778-227-7316 or 604-568-3791

★RITE-WAY★ DRAINAGE & SEWER 15% OFF - 604-722-1105

8075

Drywall

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Complete drywall & taping. 604-307-2295

Wayne The Drywaller

Quality Drywall Finishing. Textured Ceilings & Repair. Renov Specialist.

No job too small. 604-837-1785

8080

Electrical

The current choice serving the Lower Mainland for more than 15 years.

All Kinds of Work and Reasonable Rates.

Contact us today for a free estimate.

Max: 604-341-6059 Licensed & Bonded

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOES, BOBCATS, EXCAVATORS & DUMP TRUCKS

A QUALITY CLEANING exp res /comm. low rate’s senior’s disc 778.239.9609 or 778.998.9127

8060

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402.

Fast same day service guar’d. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

Lic. 22308

LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934.

Drainage, Paving, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank & demos, dirt removal, paver stones, Jackhammer, Water / sewer line / sumps. Slinger avail. 24 hrs.

Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

Concrete ★ driveway, drainage, sidewalk, pavers, excavation, retaining walls, landscape, backhoe & bobcat services 604-833-2103 Excavating - Drain Tile Demolitions. Fully insured • WCB 604-716-8528

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING Cedar Fence Install Call 604-275-3158 FENCES & DECKS front steps, retaining walls, repair or renew, John 778-998-5591 tarasoffconstruction.com KB METAL PRODUCTS LTD. FENCE & GATES : CHAIN LINK & ALUMINUM ORNAMENTAL. ✫Free Estimates: 604-619-8434 West Coast Cedar Installations New, repaired or rebuilt ★ Fences & Decks ★ 604-435-5755 or 604-788-6458

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates

Century Hardwood Floors

8125

Gutters

AT YOUR HOME GUTTER SERVICES

No More HST! BOOK NOW! • Gutter Installation, Cleaning & Repairs • Roofing & Roof Repairs • Moss Control, Removal & Prevention 25 year Warranteed Leaf & Needle Guard

WCB – Fully Insured 100% Money Back Guarantee

604-340-7189 ACCREDITED BUSINESS

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Gutter & window cleaning, power washing. Prompt, professional.

30 yrs exp. Simon 604-230-0627

★RITE-WAY★ GUTTERS 15% OFF - 604-722-1105

8130

Handyperson

AaronR CONST Repairs & Renos, small repairs welcome.

Insured, WCB, Licensed.

604-318-4390 aaronrconstruction.com GET OUT YOUR LIST! We do all the fussy little jobs no one else wants to do.

Complete home repairs.

Workmanship and your Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Est 1983. Ralph 682-8256 Vcr West & East D/Town

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

DUSTTIN’S HANDYMAN Service All jobs Large and Small.

Competitive Rates 604-562-5711

HANDYMAN, reno, kitchen, bath, plumbing, countertop, flooring, painting, etc. Mic, 604-725-3127

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

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

R’s Vinyl Windows Flooring, Entrance Drs, Pressure Washing, Welding, Free Est. 778-863-1944

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

THE HANDYMAN CAN Professional Home Services Big or small - we do them all Free Est. Sr.Disc. 604-340-4633

Golden Hardwood & Laminate & Tiles. Prof install, refinishing, sanding & repairs. 778-858-7263

ROT, rust, crumbling,cracks?

HandiFix can help!Quality work, fair price.Free est.Vic 778-2294215. HandiFixPS@gmail.com

PROVINCIAL HARDWOOD Ltd. Make your old Hardwood Floors look like New! Sanding, Finishing Installation, Re-coating.

Call 778-928-6600.

8120

Glass Mirrors

8135

Hauling

604-RUBBISH - ’’ We do all the loading & cleanup and we remove almost anything'' 604-782-2474

8155

Landscaping

Need a Great New Lawn?

New Lawn Installation Turf • Seed • Artificial Excavation Drainage • Pavers Call for a Free Estimate

604-220-5296

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Commercial/Residential

Store Fronts • Windows & Doors Broken Glass • Foggy Glass Patio Doors • Mirrors • Etc. 2837 Kingsway, Vancouver

Tel: 604-603-9655

SAME DAY SERVICE

“More than just mowing” Lawn Mowing • Yard Clean-up Aeration • Fertilizing • Hedges Pruning • Gutters Fences • Decks Rubbish Removal Odd Jobs

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Hedges, pavers, ponds & walls, returfing, demos, drainage, jackhammering. Old pools filled in, decks, concrete 604.782.4322

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

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

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dashboard Performance is excellent in an Audi S7 Continued from page 47 It takes only 4.7 seconds to reach 100 km/h, which is almost a full second better than the A7 with the top engine. Things are stable the whole way up to its 250 km top speed with firm shifts from the seven-speed dual clutch transmission, accompanied by a ferociously pleasant exhaust note.

As fun as all that is, the S7 is just as entertaining to drive at normal, going-to-work pace. The only complaint? When in full auto mode, the transmission shifting can be a touch irregular under certain circumstances, but nothing out of the normal. The cylinder-on-demand system is virtually undetectable thanks to active engine mounts that quell vibrations. The S7 even has noise cancellation inside the cabin that eliminates any audible clues. The big advantage of this system is it helps improve fuel economy ratings to 12.7L/100km city and 8.3L/100km highway.

ENVIRONMENT What really stands out about the 2013 Audi S7 is the sheer quality of the interior. It’s just extremely well made and the stunning interior design gives it a unique flavour. It’s the same gorgeous interior as found in the A7, although updates like Valcona leather seats with cross stitching makes the S7 distinct. The S-sport steering wheel with aluminium shift paddles,

standard along with features like Bluetooth and a DVD player. But you do have to pay a price for such features and the S7 costs $20,000 more than the base A7.

FEATURES The Audi S7 is only available in one model and has a starting price of $89,300. The impressive standard equipment list includes a glass sunroof, adaptive headlights, rearview camera, heated seats in the front and rear, BOSE surround sound system, MMI touch navigation system, iPod integration and Bluetooth Additional optional features are included in packages such as the Driver Assistance package, which provides adaptive cruise control with stop and go, and Audi pre sense plus; the Vision package boasting a heads-up display and night vision; and a Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System featuring 19 speakers for genuine 5.1 surround sound.

The fuel efficiency ratings for the S7 are 12.7L/100km city and 8.3L/100km highway.

The standard equipment list includes rearview camera, heated seats in the front and rear, BOSE surround sound system, MMI touch navigation system, iPod integration and Bluetooth unique gray instrument cluster, aluminium pedals, and illuminated S7 labelled door sill plates also make the interior feel special feel.

But as mentioned, the S7 isn’t only about image, it’s also practical. Being a liftback means easy access to the trunk, and while it might not be very deep, it goes back a long

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way. Of course, you can always fold down the rear seats if you need to carry larger items. Sitting in the rear, the S7 feels spacious. There’s plenty of knee room, and despite its sloping roof line, headroom is fine for all but the tallest people.

The S7 is also a highly functional car as well with Audi’s intuitive MMI interface

THE BOTTOM LINE If you’re looking for long-distance comfort with superb performance edge, wrapped in an extremely stylish and functional package, the 2013 Audi S7 is clearly a great pick. david.chao@leansensei.com

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