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Game 7 seats go for $7,000 Megan Stewart Staff writer

Kingsley Bailey, owner of Vancouver Ticket, with a handful of Stanley Cup ﬁnal tickets.

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This week, Kingsley Bailey knows there is only one game in town. “All Canucks,” said the ticket broker. “There’s nothing else but Canucks.” Tickets to the Stanley Cup ﬁnals are averaging more than $924 each, according to one source, and hockey is proving very good for business. For Bailey, who runs Vancouver Ticket on Beatty Street between Rogers Arena and B.C. Place Stadium, demand for tickets is high, supply is limited, and the cost for what’s left is quickly climbing. One client paid $4,500 for Game 5 tickets. “Someone else from out of town paid $7,000 per ticket for centre ice club tickets for Game 7,” said Bailey, reiterating the

stunning ﬁgure: “$7,000. Each ticket.” “I wish I had more seats, I really do,” he said Monday as the phones rang incessantly, his cell trilling as his corporate connections tried to reach him. If the series doesn’t reach ﬁve or seven games, the buyers will be refunded. The sum, however, indicates what the market will bear. “If we’re paying 50 or 60 or even 100 per cent more for tickets, we have to charge accordingly. We will pay a higher percentage for tickets that are highly sought after, like club seats or seats at centre ice,” explained Bailey, who secures his merchandise from season ticket holders who want to sell their seats through the regular season and playoffs. See TICKETS on page 4

Two-term councillor won’t seek re-election in November George Chow says he increased Chinatown’s inﬂuence at city hall Mike Howell

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Vision Vancouver Coun. George Chow is calling it quits. The two-term councillor, who was ﬁrst elected in 2005, says he will not seek re-election in the No-

vember civic vote. “I got a taste of what public service is all about and I think it’s time for new people to take over,” Chow told the Courier. Chow said he was proud of his work on council, particularly in getting more residents and business operators in Chinatown in-

volved in decisions at city hall. Their involvement helped council get a better perspective on revitalizing Chinatown and understand concerns of residents over constructing taller buildings in the historic community, Chow said. “Prior to that, Chinatown was

kind of frustrated because people there wanted to get more attention to their issues but they really did not know how to do it, or who should be leading the charge,” said Chow, who is a past president of the Chinese Benevolent Association. “I knew all the play-

ers, I knew all the organizations.” Chow served in opposition during the NPA’s reign from 2005 to 2008 before being re-elected in the fall of 2008 to become part of a Vision majority led by Gregor Robertson. See CHOW on page 4

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Chow says mega-casino among his most important votes

Continued from page 1 He pointed to Vision’s move to secure provincial funding to open shelters for homeless people and approving separated bike lanes downtown as major initiatives that have had a positive effect on the city. Chow was also a member of a council committee that advocated a ban on union and corporate donations to political parties. He was disappointed the provincial government didn’t accept what became a council recommendation on electoral ﬁnance reform.

Chow said council’s unanimous rejection in April of a Las Vegas company’s bid to build a mega casino adjacent to B.C. Place Stadium was one of the biggest issues he dealt with as a public ofﬁcial. “We made the right decision in not pushing for Vancouver to only be famous for a casino,” said Chow, noting he never thought the proposal was “a done deal” when it came before council. “The citizens had spoken.” Chow’s decision to not seek re-election leaves a vacancy on Vision’s slate

“THE CITIZENS HAD SPOKEN.” George Chow

for the November election. Tony Tang, the former chairperson of the city’s Board of Variance, is the only newcomer seeking a council seat with Vision.

Councillors Raymond Louie, Kerry Jang, Geoff Meggs, Tim Stevenson, Heather Deal and Andrea Reimer are seeking re-election. Both Vision and the NPA have nomination meetings scheduled for this month, however neither party will see an actual contest for one of the council seats. Both parties have pointed

to political fatigue brought on by provincial leadership races, the federal election, the Vancouver-Point Grey byelection, the upcoming HST referendum and the possibility of a fall provincial election as reasons for not ﬁelding more candidates. Another perspective is the membership of Vision Vancouver and residents are satisﬁed with the job of council incumbents and Robertson, who will undergo a leadership review at the party’s June 12 meeting, said Vision executive director Ian Baillie. “When

parties have a lot of incumbents running again, people don’t want to necessarily come forward and challenge incumbents,” said Baillie, noting recent public opinion polls still show Vision ahead of the NPA. “There’s an inherent advantage in being an incumbent in these sorts of races.” The NPA’s nomination meeting is scheduled for this Saturday at the Croatian Cultural Centre. COPE traditionally holds its nomination meeting in September. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

Tickets for first three rounds sold below face value: broker

Continued from page 1 “They’re making a profit. We’re making a little bit of a profit,” he said, adding that he has corporate clients whose suites were purchased for the season for $150,000 to $250,000, depending on their location in Rogers Arena. For a fifth of their total cost, those same suites are now being resold for a single playoff game between Vancouver and Boston.

Over the phone, he tells a customer shopping for a suite: “It’s $30,000 for Game 5. If it goes to Game 7, you can maybe, probably, at least add another $5,000 on top of that.” Down the street at ShowTimeTickets, founder Mario Livich is responding to the hectic marketplace. “Ninety per cent of tickets are in the hands of season ticket holders and they sell

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nals, but “for other rounds they weren’t,” he said. “Many tickets for the previous three rounds were selling for below box ofﬁce face value.” Despite an eager fan base and having an advantage over potentially risky venues for tickets like Craigslist, Bailey said he took a loss on some seats this postseason. “Game 1 and Game 2 against Nashville, you couldn’t

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get rid of them,” he said. Inﬂated prices keep a majority of spectators from attending home games. “The prices were pushed to such extremes. Fans just found them prohibitively expensive,” said Livich. “We’re very sympathetic to fans’ passionate desire to attend a game.” mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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Ever tried to find a parking spot downtown? The experience for me is right up there with root canals. I know, I know—I should take a bus, get on my bike or put one foot in front of the other. A cab is another option, you might say. Tried them all. But there are those times when I find myself behind the wheel of a small automobile—a David Byrne reference, people—and head downtown to participate in the urban blood sport of finding an overpriced parking spot. I’m usually searching for a metered spot and more times than naught I end up circling the block to find one; the desperate look on other drivers’ faces tells me I’m not alone in this pathetic mission. So I was encouraged to read an article in my Sunday edition of the New York Times—which happens to be delivered to my doorstep in a car—about what city officials in San Francisco

are doing about this vexing traffic problem. San Francisco has put sensors into 7,000 metered parking spots and 12,250 spots in city parkades. When one of the spots becomes vacant, a signal is sent wirelessly to a network that notiﬁes the motorist within a minute, according to the article. Notification is done through the city’s iPhone app. The goal is to ease congestion but the idea presents a problem in Vancouver where being caught using your phone while driving could cost you more than a ticket to see David Byrne. Solution: Pull over already. The perceived lack of parking spots downtown was an issue raised last fall during the debate on the separated bike lane on Hornby Street. To build the lane, city officials told council that 158 metered parking spots along Hornby would be lost. Several business owners and associations were unhappy about this (I wrote about the problems plaguing businesses along Hornby in the May 27 edition). But as Vancouver city officials have pointed out several times, there are roughly 10,000 parking spots at parkades within one block of Hornby Street. Fine, but are they vacant? EasyPark, which operates 39 lots owned or leased by the city,

has installed “stalls available counters” at lots at Paciﬁc Centre and at 900 West Cordova St. The number of available spots is captured by sensors placed at the entrances and exits to the parkades. Sadly, the information is only available when you drive up to the lot. However, Mel McKinney, general manager of EasyPark, said he expects most of the lots will be set up this summer to transmit the parking information to its website and an app. “We want to make it as easy to park as possible,” McKinney said. As for the city putting sensors in parking meters, the city’s director of transportation Jerry Dobrovolny said engineering staff is closely watching the San Francisco experiment. He pointed out the city has 10,000 parking meters and it would be expensive to add sensors to all of them. But, Dobrovolny said, “I can see the value in that.” “By making more information available is beneficial, and by reducing the number of vehicles that have to drive around the block looking for parking, that’s beneficial, as well,” he added. You had me at the first beneficial. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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Eric Hamber secondary students expended energy last Friday to save energy in the long term. The West Side school, at 5025 Willow St., is raising money to pay for a $27,000 solar panel project. Hamber recently won $12,500 to put towards the initiative through the Vancouver Foundation’s Generation Green Awards, but last Friday the school attempted to double that figure by staging a Run for the Sun. More than 650 high school students registered in the five-kilometre run to Riley Park from Hamber’s lower field and through Queen Elizabeth Park. “It was great to have students participating. We started out in the pouring rain but finished with a bit of sunshine at the end,” said principal Dianne Good, noting $8,500 was raised—a few thousand short of the target. Good was nonetheless pleased with the result, although she said the entire amount must be collected before the project moves forward. “We’ll be looking at other ways we can raise additional funds. Certainly if people want to donate to

the school we’d welcome any support from them,” she said. Hamber teacher Tristesse Seeliger came up with the idea to install solar panels. She collaborated with Marisol Petersen, coordinator of the West One Community Schools Team, to help students submit a proposal to the Vancouver Foundation and organize the subsequent run. “[Seeliger] realized in talking to our students that a lot of them don’t know about alternative forms of energy and she felt this would be a great learning opportunity for them,” Good explained. “The plan is to put the solar panels in a very visible area so that it’s visible to students and they can learn about renewable forms of energy. It’s a whole system. They’re thermal solar panels that will heat hot water year round. They’ll go on the roof and then there will be piping that goes into our boilers and it will provide hot water.” The school sits on one of the highest points in Vancouver, which makes it an ideal site to install the panels. Good said the project is meant to beneﬁt future Hamber students. “This is a legacy that these students can leave for others behind them and a way they can make a contribution to the school that’s going to be long-lasting,” she said, adding, “We’re very pleased to have received that grant. It was a great way to start fundraising for this initiative.”

The Vancouver Foundation also handed Generation Green Awards to several other Vancouver schools. David Thompson won $12,500 for a BioCYCLE project, which proposes to gather compostable garbage from restaurants and grocery stores and compost it in the school’s green bins, while John Oliver won $12,500 for a proposal to build a greenhouse to supply the school cafeteria. Tupper secondary won $1,250 for a greenway proposal to create a composting initiative using cafeteria scraps—the resulting soil will be sold to generate money to maintain and expand composting. Windermere secondary collected $1,250 for a zero-waste idea that will create a composting program in every classroom and eventually expand to help composting communitywide. Three elementary schools won $12,500 from the foundation—Elsie Roy will create an organic herb and vegetable garden, composting program and an agricultural display for a community centre, while David Livingstone will create recycling and composting centres and a garden. Grandview/?uuqinak’uuh is starting an urban orchard, an aboriginal ethno-botanical garden, a worm farm and a neighbourhood composting station. Henderson elementary won $1,250 to create an intergenerational garden. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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project, which was the ﬁrst of several that will eventually mark lost salmon streams across the city with stamps engraved into the sidewalk above them. Slack compared waiting for the right weather needed for the cement to dry enough to create the stamps to the wait Coho salmon used to endure to ensure conditions were perfect before they entered creeks at the north arm of the Fraser River. “Yes, it was exactly 100 years ago

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I’ve been out of the office for the past two weeks, so have some catching up to do. Before leaving on vacation I spoke with COPE park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock just hours after she made the decision not to run again in the next civic election. I was already out of the office so was unable to write about her decision in this column, which was then covered by my Courier colleague Naoibh O’Connor. I’ve been checking in regularly with all of the park board commissioners to determine their political futures, so wasn’t too surprised to hear from Woodcock. But I was surprised to hear she wouldn’t be seeking any elected position in November because I had suspected a run for council was imminent. Woodcock will leave the park board in November after having served nine years. Vision Vancouver commissioner Raj Hundal confirmed Tuesday morning that he will not seek reelection in November. He also told me he is still undecided about running provincially.

has it parks staff is considering releasing a preliminary report on the city’s outdoor aquatic system online prior to the meeting due to the large amount of interest, particularly from members of the groups Vancouver Society for the Promotion of Outdoor Pools and Friends of Mount Pleasant Pool. The report is being completed to aid park board commissioners as they make decisions regarding the 2012-2014 capital plan. The volunteer groups continue to pressure the park board to replace the once popular outdoor pool at Mount Pleasant Park, which was demolished in 2009. Their hope is the park board will include funding for a new pool in that capital plan. My hope is for a pink pony. The groups hope to inﬂuence the 2012-2014 plan, which will decide capital projects for that term, and are asking anyone with a love of outdoor pools to support them by attending the meeting. The meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the park board ofﬁce, 2099 Beach Ave.

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“Public space is not there for private use.” Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie was not speaking of developers, hawkers or bootcamp instructors when he made that comment two weeks ago during a press conference in Honolulu. Abercrombie was in fact speaking of the homeless who sleep and live in parks and on beaches on the island of Oahu and, in particular, the popular tourist destination of Waikiki. The parallels between Waikiki and Vancouver are impossible to miss, including the fact the weather in both cities makes living on the street more bearable than attempting to exist year-round in say, Winnipeg, Man., or Fargo, N.D. And while many of the homeless in Vancouver are First Nations and need to be treated with cultural sensitivity, the same is true of homeless native Hawaiians. In both Vancouver and Waikiki, many of the homeless live with drug or alcohol addictions combined with mental health issues. Like Waikiki, Vancouver is also blessed with numerous parks and beaches that offer refuge from the streets. In some locations, such as Jericho Beach Park, the homeless keep visitors away for fear of their safety. What’s different about Vancouver is we don’t have anyone standing up to say, “Public space is not there for private use,” because tough love does not appear to be an option here. During that press conference, the Abercrombie administration laid out a 90-day, ninepoint strategy to combat homelessness. And no, that is not a typo—the strategy really is

sandrathomas a 90-day plan. It’s also important to note the plan uses existing resources and no additional government funding. In contrast, our Mayor Gregor Robertson pledged to end street homelessness by 2015. Of course, the Oahu plan comes on the heels of years of work, but with the APEC Summit scheduled for November in Honolulu, the state has decided enough is enough and that change will be a coming—now. Abercrombie says public spaces should stay public and not controlled by the homeless. A novel concept indeed. Vancouver had a similar self-imposed deadline in dealing with the homeless prior to the 2010 Olympic Games, but the city’s Downtown Eastside still made national headlines for its street homeless residents, open drug market and crime. One of the most controversial points of the 90-day strategy on Oahu is a request to church

and service groups and charities to stop feeding the homeless. I initially found that suggestion appalling. But as I read more about the initiative, that request began to make sense. Hawaii is asking those groups to donate their food and volunteer hours to established organizations. In Vancouver, an example of that would be the city’s homeless shelters, including the New Fountain which, despite its successes, will close if provincial funding isn’t continued. The recent homeless count in Metro Vancouver shows that while the number of people without a home has risen slightly since 2008, from 1,580 to 1,605, the number of street homeless who choose to live outside actually declined dramatically from 815 to 145. The reasoning behind the request to stop feeding the homeless on Oahu is that if they’re forced to eat at established outreach locations, such as a city-operated shelter, they’ll no longer fall under the radar. This is particularly important when it comes to the mentally ill or those needing medical or drug and alcohol treatment. I also found it interesting that Hawaii has set up several homelessness hotlines through which residents can report individuals or groups they feel need assistance or have concerns about. Last summer, a homeless man lived in a park near our home for months, and while I never called police, his wild screaming at all times of the day and night was disconcerting. A homeless hotline could have been the ideal solution. That and a little tough love. sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter @sthomas10

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opinion ‘PANSY’ REFERENCE PROMPTS OUTRAGE

Evolving word definitions may contain original sting “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Is there a more ridiculous adage? We all heard these words as children from adults trying to comfort us after being teased. I recall throwing it back at other kids who’d hurled a silly name at me. Some insults, however, rendered me silent. The Courier was recently reminded of the scarring effect of words when a cover story about summer camps included the word “pansy.” The use of the word, however, was never intended to offend. An entire newsroom—aged 27 to mid-40s—viewed it in the context it was written: cowardly, or a fearful delicate flower. The speaker was a teenage girl questioning her bravery or lack thereof. (The Oxford Dictionary defines pansy as a garden plant of the genus Viola, and informally as a derogatory term for a male homosexual or effeminate man.) Two readers wrote in condemning us for allowing it in the paper. Allan Dunning was flooded with bad memories when he saw the word. I felt terrible. I replied to Mr. Dunning explaining that none of us viewed the word as he did. Had we, it would have been excised. After my email, Mr. Dunning brought up the word at a couple of social gatherings. “It seems I am the only one who remembers it as being nasty,” he wrote to me. “Yes, I am 60 now and am unfortunately suffering slights of decades ago.” English, as all languages, is constantly evolving with neologisms forming at a rapid pace and older, but darn fine words dying out. (Chum for example.) Then there are the slurs and insults based on race, sexuality or culture. Some words have also been appropriated and can no longer be used in their original definition because they’ve come to mean something entirely different. Queer, for instance. My great-aunt used it whenever she regarded something or someone as odd, “That’s a queer idea” or “He’s a bit queer.” There was never a homosexual connotation. Dunning abhors the word for its current usage. “It was a very definitely a nasty term for decades and I suppose the gay leadership has coopted it to reduce its poisonous applications,” he said. “However, [queer] does not represent me. It has not gained a positive feeling at all for me.” The Oxford defines queer as unnatural, odd or eccentric. It also noted that “although in recent years gay people have appropriated the word queer to refer to themselves, its use by others is still often offensive.” This is where I get confused. Why would any group of people use a word amongst themselves if they consider it offensive when

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ﬁonahughes others use it against them? Doesn’t that just perpetuate the use of the word and confuse people, especially younger people who might not understand its history or original meaning. Take the N-word. Oprah Winfrey devoted a 2005 episode to the N-word with a number of black American actors from the movie Crash defending its use amongst each other while other African-Americans on the show decried it. The response was fierce, with plenty of anti-Oprah rants. On nahright.com, a popular American hip hop blog, responses were divided mostly into two camps: Condemning Oprah for not being black enough because mostly white women made up her audience, and respect for Oprah for her distaste of the epithet. But what happens when a hurtful word from 40, 50 or 60 years ago loses its negative meaning for today’s youth, such as garden plant of the genus Viola, or if they use the word to make a point? The band Pansy Division formed in the early ’90s out of frustration over a lack of openly gay musicians. Shall we mount campaigns to eradicate words from the vernacular? As reporters, however, we can’t sanitize people’s quotes. Those are sacrosanct. The Special Olympics seeks to eradicate “retarded.” It wants the word gone now and forever. Its recent use by celebrities, such as Lada Gaga, provided fuel for their campaign, though the singer used it to describe a critique of her song “Born this Way,” not a person. But is banning a word even possible? A University of Ottawa linguistics professor thinks so and says the attempt at rewriting the English language holds promise. Shana Poplack told the Ottawa Citizen last week the R-word reminds her of the “N-word and how somehow or other we all understand we have to stop saying that.” But she’s wrong. People still use that awful word, especially teens from a variety of backgrounds who’ve overdosed on gangsta rap. But Poplack raised an interesting point: “The [R-word] has become semantically bleached so really none of the original meaning is retained. I wonder if the younger generation even knows what its original meaning was.” Is a ban the solution? fhughes@vancourier.com

According to one reader, a Courier letter about the Insite supervised injection site on East Hastings impugned the integrity of peer-review research. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Letter of the Week,” May 18. You must set the bar pretty low for your “Letter of the Week.” The bulk of Al Arsenault’s letter impugning the integrity and biases of researchers studying supervised injection sites was copied from the Wikipedia entry on peer-review in which Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, is quoted overstating the limitations of the peer-review process. Dr. Horton was referring to a single controversial study on genetically modified food, which was accepted by a majority of Lancet reviewers despite flaws identified

by Royal Society reviewers. Horton was not referring to over 30 peer-reviewed papers published in several leading scientiﬁc journals by several independent researchers. In any event, the Supreme Court of Canada accepted the peer-reviewed evidence supporting supervised injection sites, and the Harper government did not dispute it, nor did they provide any contradictory evidence. Thankfully, the Supreme Court of Canada has higher evidentiary standards than your newspaper and Mr. Arsenault. Matthew M. Elrod, Victoria

City hall should stop punishing tree owners To the editor: Re: “Changes to tree bylaw reveal ‘green’ agenda,” May 25. Prior to the British handover of Hong Kong, a large number of Hong Kong Chinese bought property in southwest Vancouver, an area of large lots and often small houses. Big trees were a major feature of this area. The new property owners built big new houses, which required removing trees, but even more, many of the new owners had a very strong cultural bias against trees. The wholesale logging that took place caused a backlash, which led to a stopgap measure to prevent tree removal on this scale. Typically, the city took action too late to affect much and, in my mind, brought

in some regressive legislation. Basically it became a liability to have trees when attempting to sell property. To me it is a simple matter. If trees on private property are a public good they should be recognized as such. If we wish to have trees we should make it attractive to plant trees, not punish the people who have trees. Perhaps some trade off could be considered—a tax break or some other beneﬁt for those who grow trees. Thank you Mark Hasiuk for this column and for many others. You are an articulate and concise writer. I appreciate you writing on controversial issues. Please keep it up. Terry McLean, Vancouver

To the editor: Mark Hasiuk’s mocking of the environmental efforts of Mayor Gregor Robertson, Andrea Reimer and Sadhu Johnston is quite juvenile. Does he not think that the ﬂoods in Manitoba and other extreme weather conditions are somewhat caused by climate change? I appreciate very much having some responsible politicians in Vancouver who take this issue seriously. I was shocked at how climate change was barely mentioned in the recent federal election. And why have 40 per cent of Canadians voted for a Prime Minister who described any concern about climate change as a “socialist plot?” Mary Sherlock, Vancouver

Dinner event celebrates our multicultural Canada To the editor: Re: “Community Dinner event blends theatre, food and international relations,” May 27. This article made me feel proud to be a Canadian! The Community Dinner highlights our culture and the community oriented people that we are. We should be proud of our multiculturalism. I liked how Ms. Rochon said that the stories in Community Dinner are about “what it means to be a citizen of this city and what it means to be a citizen of this country.” Let us ask

ourselves this question—what is it that unites us all? Sometimes we identify ourselves as Canadians or proud Vancouverites through the Canucks triumphs and the world presence we have. No doubt, they are great victories! However, let us fully appreciate events such as the Community Dinner that unite us just as well by representing who we are and incorporating our new immigrants. Thank you Cheryl Rossi for covering the story. Emily Carrillo, Vancouver

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General Gordon elementary near West Sixth Avenue and Macdonald was named photo Dan Toulgoet after British General Charles George Gordon.

General Gordon elementary celebrates 100 years of kids Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer

Eileen McRae’s memories of General Gordon elementary school in the 1930s are admittedly hazy but she hasn’t forgotten the overall atmosphere—one that contrasts sharply with modern times. “We all sat in a single row in our seats and there were big classes. I think children were quieter and not as lively, shall we say, as they are now. You didn’t wander around and do things in the classroom. You sat in that hard seat all the time with the ink well. Don’t forget we had to ﬁll the ink wells—they had nice copper ink ﬁllers. I often wonder what happened to them,” she told the Courier. McRae, a retired teacher, isn’t convinced those more orderly days were necessarily better. “I think children are much happier now, wandering around and doing their own thing and being free,” she said. The cheerful 87-year-old is getting ready to revisit Gordon later this month with a few hundred other alumni students and staff who are expected to gather to mark the school’s 100th anniversary June 17. McRae’s seen few classmates in the decades since leaving the elementary school and hopes some of her contemporaries will show up to reminisce about the old days. “We had a good time. I walked to school every day and walked home for lunch every day—you weren’t allowed to stay for lunch… It’ll be interesting to see if there’s anyone [my age] still around.” One of the centennial celebration highlights promises to be an appearance by the Kitsilano Boys Band. Jimmy Pattison and Dal Richards are expected to play. Margaret Davidson has been Gordon’s principal for four years. She said its population now sits at 430. Its West Side location near West Sixth Avenue and Macdonald suggests it attracts only wealthy students, but family backgrounds vary widely according to Davidson who notes some families live in single-family homes, others in basement suites. “The makeup is a real variety. There are a lot of wealthy families, there’s a lot of poverty and there’s a lot in the middle,”

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she said. “It’s kind of a wide range [of students] and kids come from all over the world—we have kids from Asia, Europe, Mexico and South America.” The school has a late immersion program, along with a gifted French immersion class for Grades 4, 5, and 6. Gordon elementary was built to handle overflow from the crowded Kitsilano school, which was populated by both elementary and high school students in its early days. The school was named after British General Charles George Gordon who was killed at Khartoum in 1885. Gordon’s first principal, Dr. H.B. King, left in 1915 to join the First World War overseas. He was replaced by Lt. David Boyes who was later killed in action at Vimy Ridge in 1917. General Gordon is known for establishing the third parent-teacher association in Vancouver and the fourth in the entire province. Its history also includes a fire in 1961, which damaged the first floor. Davidson said she loves the diversity of the community. “I love that the parents are very involved and the staff are fantastic,” she added. “ It’s a real child-centred school. Our philosophy is around having kids [involved] so they take on lots of helping roles and join sports. And we have a talent show. We also have a music specialist. That’s not at every school, so that really brings a lot to our school.” The centennial celebration runs from 6 to 9 p.m., June 17 at General Gordon, 2896 West Sixth Ave. The cost is $20. See the school website for more information, noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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On May 28, 1886, citizens of the newly incorporated City of Vancouver formed a fire brigade. They were a brave group that had only shovels, axes and buckets for fighting a fire. Their goal was to keep their fellow citizens safe and protect their property from fire. On June 13, 1886, a raging fire obliterated the city. The fire was a true test for the newly formed fire brigade. That year, the weather had been dry for many weeks, and what originally began as a brush fire turned into a deluge of hot and fiery airborne embers that fell from the sky. The new city didn’t stand a chance, as the attack of fire came from all directions on that windy day. About 100 acres of land were charred, hundreds of buildings destroyed, at least 21 lives were claimed and 2,000 people were left homeless. Many stepped forward to help save lives, including the First Nation people of the region. On June 12, the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services celebrates 125 years of serving the community and to commemorate the Great Fire of 1886 with a festival in Gastown. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with a parade of fire trucks from different eras followed by a chance to jump onto a fire truck and enjoy music courtesy of the VFRS Band. The parade route starts at Gore and Cordova. Call 604-665-6070, email gabe.roder@vancouver.ca or visit vancouver.ca/fire for more information.

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Setty Pendakur, professor emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of B.C., former city councillor and champion of the 1970s freeway ﬁght, will speak about Vancouver’s past and future at the Grandview Woodland Area Council, June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Britannia Community Centre. Free admission. Email tdurrie@telus. net for more information.

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A former KGB agent ordered deported to Russia in 2009 will mark his second anniversary Thursday residing in an East Side church after he sought sanctuary from federal authorities. Mikhail Lennikov moved into the First Lutheran Church at East 41st and Wales on June 2, 2009 instead of showing up at the Vancouver International Airport to be deported. His ﬂight was scheduled to leave June 3, 2009 at 3 a.m. The Canada Border Services Agency has refused to enter the church and arrest Lennikov, who lives in the church’s basement with his wife Irina and son Dmitri. The Courier contacted Lennikov Monday by telephone. He declined to comment on his case but said the federal government recently granted his wife and son permanent residency status in Canada. “The family is grateful for being granted permanent residency in Canada,” he said. “It’s our sincere feeling and we just didn’t have a chance to express our gratitude before. So your publication can be a good way of doing that.” Five years ago, the Immigration and Refugee Board found Lennikov inadmissible to Canada because he was a member of an organization that engaged in espionage against a democratic government. Lennikov, 51, has argued he is not a spy and no threat to Canada because his ﬁve years in the KGB amounted to little more than work as a clerk and interpreter. He has been in Canada since 1997,

“THE FAMILY IS GRATEFUL FOR BEING GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCY IN CANADA.” Mikhail Lennikov

when he came to Vancouver to complete a master’s degree at the University of B.C. He lived in Burnaby until he sought sanctuary in the church. Don Davies, NDP MP for Vancouver-Kingsway, visited Lennikov at the church Saturday and said he appeared to be “in good spirits” despite his conﬁnement. Davies, who was recently appointed the NDP’s immigration critic, said his goal is to reach “an acceptable resolution” with the ruling Conservative government “because I do think there’s a win-win-win for everybody in this.” Davies declined to elaborate on “options” he discussed with Lennikov but said he will pursue the case with Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. “I just think they’re remarkable people who are exactly the kind of people that our country should be welcoming,” Davies said of the Lennikov family. “I don’t pretend to understand how someone could be living in a contained environment and not being able to go outside really and function in society at large. And he’s doing it with grace and with good humour and with a maturity that is really commendable.” Davies and more than 20 other MPs across the country sent a letter to Ken-

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e’ve come a long way from the days when granny was “put in a rest home,” with the grandchildren balking at the dreadful Sunday ritual of visiting “that smelly old place!” More and more Vancouver residents, as they age, are downsizing from their empty-nest houses, or ditching isolated apartment buildings, for a more secure environment that offers personal care if required. Today’s retirement living options are plenty, and standards have risen to complement a more affluent society. The amenities available are both nurturing and luxurious, from gourmet meals, personal trainers, attractive and functional suites, and a well-trained staff to look after all of a resident’s needs. To the Manor born! Most residences are happy to offer a senior, and their caring family, a guided tour of all they have to offer.

Here is a quick list of some of Vancouver’s best living options for the young at heart, or those with long-term care requirements, from West Side to East Side: • Tapestry at Wesbrook Village UBC – Wesbrook Village, UBC; phone: 604-225-5000 • Tapestry at The O’Keefe – Arbutus Walk – 2799 Yew St.; phone: 604-736-1640 • Crofton Manor – 2803 West 41st Ave.; phone: 604-263-0921 • Amica at Arbutus Manor – 2125 Eddington Drive; phone: 604-736-8936 • South Granville Park Lodge – 1645 West 14th Ave.; phone: 604-732-8633 • The Terraces on 7th – 1550 West 7th Ave.; phone: 604-738-8380 • Sunrise of Vancouver – 999 West 57th Ave.; phone: 604-261-5799 • Cavell Gardens – 2835 Sophia St.; phone: 604-637-1207 • Folkstone – 3894 Commercial St.; phone: 604-736-3603 • Shannon Oaks – 2526 Waverley Ave.; phone: 604-324-6257

Loss and Bereavement Separation from family members Health and aging concerns Relocation or a new living situation Anxiety ...? The Westside Seniors Peer Counselling Program offers conﬁdential, no cost, one-on-one peer counselling to older adults who live in the Westside of Vancouver. Our volunteer counsellors are compassionate men and women over the age of 55 who have experienced some of the same life challenges you may be facing. Peer counselling volunteers offer listening support and information to enable seniors to help themselves. For more information about this program, please contact the Westside Seniors Peer Counselling Coordinator at 604-736-3588 ext. 31.

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“WHAT’S ON” FOR JUNE Oakridge Centre is happy to showcase recent movies during “Seniors’ Cinema” at the Empire Theatre, located at 41st and Cambie. Coming up next is “The Kite Runner” at 1 pm on Wed. June 1. Call the Centre for summer listings. A fundraiser for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, it’s by donation (min. $2; tickets at the door). Go to www.oakridgecentre.com or call the seniors’ centre: 604-263-1833. Mature Women’s Network is hosting a seminar called “Being Prepared for the Unexpected” on Sat. June 25 from 1 to 3 pm. This presentation will direct seniors to set up a personal / family emergency plan. An associate manager from Canadian Red Cross will help seniors to know what to do in case of various emergencies. Located at 1480 West 7th Ave. Call 604-6813986 to register; $4 fee includes refreshments. What’s On will recommence in the Sept. 7 issue of Seniors. Have a great summer!

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A great goal in parenting is teaching our kids how to live a good life and love. In spite of our best efforts, our children must travel their own unique journeys in life and love. I don’t want to damper their dreams or ideals while I prepare them for the realities of life. The world is not perfect, but we can still be happy. No one is perfect, but each of us is worthy of love. People talk about ﬁnding happiness and imagining it as a place where everything is perfect. They dream of the perfect partner and falling in love. As we grow and age, we discover that life is seldom perfect and if it ever is, it won’t stay that way. We all make mistakes, and everyone will disappoint us sooner or later. We will disappoint ourselves. But we can still be happy in an imperfect world, and we can still love one another imperfect as we are. The key is in grace, and grace can be manifested in two ways: in attitude and in action. Grace in attitude—How you see your world, other people and your self ﬁlters your vision, shades your feelings and shapes your actions. If you think of yourself as entitled, you’ll be continually disappointed. If you see yourself as a victim, you’ll feel angry and defeated. If you look to what you want and don’t have, you’ll feel incomplete and wanting, but if you count the good you’ve been given, you’ll feel blessed and content. If you’re not feeling happy today, take a break from what you’re doing. For a moment, put out of your mind your preoccupations, the injustice and the bad breaks in your life. Make a list of the good given to you in

life—not just what you have this day but what you’ve received in the past through luck or the grace of others. Think most of the things done for you and given to you that you cannot pay back. If you still struggle to appreciate the good in your life, seek out a friend with a positive attitude. The negative words of friends can cast shadows on our own vision while our positive friends can shine greater light on our circumstances. We can express grace in seeing our lives as they are and accepting the conditions we cannot change. We can express grace in our relationships by accepting the people we love just as they are, not seeking to change them and forgiving them when they disappoint us. Grace in action—Happiness is a choice. Love is a choice. Though we need an attitude of grace to accept the things we cannot change in life, grace in action moves us to see what we can and ought to do. This is the recognition of our own responsibility for our happiness. Though we don’t choose the circumstances of our lives and cannot have total control of the outcome of our actions, we can still choose to act with grace: to make our best choices and to follow through with making life better for ourselves and others. Happiness is not a drug or a drink, a place or a situation, something we buy or another person. It’s an attitude and a choice. It is in action. We can express grace in our relationships by seeing the best in one another, loving those qualities and bringing out the best in them. Love isn’t an emotion that is there or not there. Love is a choice. Love is an attitude. Love is an action. Dr. Davidicus Wong is a physician and writer.

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CBC journalist Melissa Fung shared her story of captivity in Afghanistan as part of UBC’s Alumni Weekend events.

Fred Martin Creed’s Work No. 329, a room ﬁlled with 2,950 pink balloons that visitors can walk through, is on display at Bob Rennie’s Wing Sang Building.

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Surreal soiree: Director Kathleen Bartels and gala chair Lesley Stowe welcomed 300 guests to Revolution by Night: the Surrealism Dinner, the official exhibition preview and gala launching one of the most significant exhibitions in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s history. Attendees at the $300 per plate Culinary Capers-catered gala dinner were among the first to take in The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art, featuring 350 works by 80 leading surrealist artists from Breton to Dali, organized by guest curator Dawn Ades. LOUD and proud: Youngsters Paul Hillsdon, Justin Go Saint, Trevor Ritchie and Leah Nusgart, a grade 12 student at Britannia Secondary who currently runs her school’s Gay Straight Alliance Club, were feted at the third annual LOUD Gala. Presented by the Gay Lesbian Business Association and emceed by yours truly, the LOUD luau doled out scholarships to future leaders of the LGBT community. Helping hand: Andrea and Chris Scott’s Skoah Spa threw a Mad Men-themed cocktail party. The popular Yaletown spa transformed six of its treatment rooms into food stations fronted by six top restaurants for tasting and mingling. Vincor wines, signature cocktails and Don Draper look a-likes were all part of the mix of the Hopeful Hand benefit for parents of ill and terminally ill children. Hear Fred Mondays 8:20 a.m. on CBC Radio’s The Early Edition; email Fred at yvrflee@hotmail.com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown or fredabouttown.blogspot.com.

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1. What started out 17 years ago as a cheeky response to the now-defunct Music West festival, Music Waste has become Vancouver’s preeminent independent music and arts showcase. This year’s edition features nearly 100 bands including Courier faves Apollo Ghosts along with comedy shows, art exhibitions and an afternoon barbecue June 1 to 5 at various venues. Not only that, but a full festival pass costs a mere 15 bucks. Woohoo! For a list of bands, venues and schedules, go to musicwaste.ca.

2. Singer-songwriter Coco Love Alcorn brings her jazz-pop stylings and robotic purses to the WISE Hall June 1, 8 p.m., where she’ll be kicking off a cross-country tour in support of her latest album Play. Tickets at Highlife or at the door. 3. Oxford, England’s Stornoway charms on several fronts, from heartfelt melodies reminiscent of Belle and Sebastian to the ’60s-tinged folk harmonies heard on their spirited debut for 4AD Beachcomber’s Windowsill. Catch the uplifting lads as they play the Media Club June 1 with guests Sea of Bees. Tickets at Red Cat, Scratch, Zulu or online at ticketweb.ca.

4. Most people don’t know this, but during the 1970s and early ’80s, the Courier was controlled by a gang of bikini-clad women who loved opinion columns and automatic weapons. Thankfully, Mark Hartley’s documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed! celebrates that era of vexing vixens who put the blood, breasts and beasts into B-movies. Was it exploitation or female empowerment? Lowbrow entertainment or groundbreaking cinema? Who’s tougher, vampire hookers or topless kung fu fighters? All your questions will be answered when Pacific Cinémathèque screens the eye-opening film June 2 to 4. For show times and info, call 604-688-FILM or go to cinematheque.bc.ca.

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The kid stays in the picture

Ever since Christy Clark became premier of British Columbia we’ve been noticing a reoccurring theme at her public appearances. We’re not talking about the dozen or so times she mentions the word “family” in any given speech to express the fact she indeed supports the plight of families—unlike all those other politicians who apparently are against families and do their best to destroy, maim, torture and oppress them every chance they get. No, we’re talking about the frequent presence of a nefarious shadow ﬁgure lurking in the background, clinging to Clark’s side and tugging at the sleeve of her navy blue power suit like a shamanic talisman. We’re talking about Clark’s loafy-haired, 10-year-old son Hamish.

Nothing against the little guy, but we’ve seen more media coverage of him at political events and photo-ops than NDP opposition leader Adrian Dix… and that guy has a pretty cool/funny last name. There’s Hamish hugging his mom after she wins her party’s leadership nomination; there he is playing ice hockey while his mom cheers him on in the stands; there he is up past his bedtime, hugging his mom when she wins the Vancouver-Point Grey byelection; there he is as Clark gets sworn in this week at the B.C. legislature in Victoria. We get it—Clark is a single mother and her son is an important part of her life, so why wouldn’t he be sharing these moments with her. But the cynical part of us wonders if his frequent on-camera appearances have more to do with putting a softer, gentler focus on the premier, where having your son by your side is a form of shorthand that instantly reminds voters of your vague, but easy-to-digest pro-family message. Christy Clark + photogenic 10-year-old son = family. Of course, what politician isn’t pro family. It’s just that Clark has no qualms reminding the public again and again that she has one.

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All is not well in the Chad Kroeger household. According to a recent article in the Province newspaper, the poodle-haired Nickelback frontman has been ordered to pay his ex-girlfriend of more than six years $25,000 a month in interim spousal support. However, according to documents ﬁled in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, Kroeger’s ex, Marianna Goriuk, a former Alberta hair salon owner who met Kroeger at an Edmonton Nickelback concert, feels she’s entitled to $95,000 a month given Kroeger’s $9.7 million-a-year income and the couple’s lavish lifestyle. How lavish? The article goes on to detail extravagant parties, private jets to Mexico, last minute helicopter trips to Vancouver from the couple’s palatial Abbotsford home and a Dutch Warmblood mare Kroeger bought Goriuk for her birthday. Seriously, a Dutch Warmblood mare? Were they out of Gelderland stallions or Norfolk Roadsters? No disrespect to Kroeger, but his taste in high-end horses is about as lame as his taste in facial hair. Let’s just hope he gave the Dutch Warmblood a respectful name like Jagermeister or Jack Daniels.

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You only die once, but Eurydice (of Greek mythology) beat the odds by shrugging off her mortal coil not once but twice. The ﬁrst time she was bitten by a viper when she attempted to avoid a satyr who wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. The second was when, following Orpheus out of Hades where he had gone to rescue her, he looked back. That backward glance wasn’t in the deal and she died again—permanently. Contemporary American playwright Sarah Ruhl turns the story on its ear. She tells the tale from Eurydice’s point of view and it becomes a counterpart to the Oedipus complex, although Ruhl never suggests that Eurydice wants to sleep with her father—unlike Oedipus who ends up in bed with his mother. In Ruhl’s script, Eurydice is reunited with her father when she’s in Hades and is then torn between the daughterly love she has for him and the romantic love she has for Orpheus. Maybe she’d rather be dead with daddy than alive with Orpheus? Perhaps she tempts Orpheus to look back by calling out to him? Ruhl’s imagining is imagina-

Secretly Women Production’s Eurydice is an interesting exploration of an old story. tive. The pouchy cotton bathing suit and white bathing cap that Joey Bothwell (Eurydice) wears suggests it’s the 1940s. We meet Orpheus (Patrick Spencer) and Eurydice at the beach where, like a couple of young lovers, they snuggle and frolic. But right away we see tension when Orpheus mocks Eurydice’s love of books. And already she fears he loves his music more than he loves her. Trouble in paradise. Missy Cross directs with a playful hand, and Ruhl’s Eurydice is quirky rather than tragic. The heroine is tempted into the highrise apartment of a suave but satanic guest (Michael Barry Anderson) who turns up uninvited to her wedding. Later, Anderson is Lord of the Underworld in short pants and suspenders and riding a tricycle. Later still, he stalks around on stilts whilst massaging his genitals.

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Sandhu) who slink around in costumes right out of the ash heap. It’s the stones’ job to keep the residents in a state of forgetfulness—no language, no memory—but when Eurydice is met by her father (charmingly portrayed by Greg Bishop), these faculties gradually return. Eventually she can read the letter that lonely Orpheus posts into thin air but which magically arrives in Hades. Bothwell, as Eurydice, is a foxy charmer with tumbling blond curls and bright red lipstick. And she has the ’40s giggly, slightly petulant acting style down to the last, squeaky giggle. That, however, sets up a problem: from the start, Eurydice doesn’t appear mature enough to “love” Orpheus but seems merely to be “playing at love” with him. Spencer’s Orpheus comes across as adolescent and self-absorbed—hardly a lover worth taking risks for. So when it comes to comparing Eurydice’s love for her father and her love for Orpheus, the scales are not balanced and her decision, therefore, not very conﬂicted. However, presented by Secretly Women Production, it’s an interesting theatrical exploration of an old story. And you won’t go to Hades for taking a look. joled@telus.net

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with Cheryl Rossi Local band Basketball and Brooklyn’s dance-punk masters !!! got the sold-out crowd heaving at Vancouver’s newest club Saturday night when the Electric Owl truly took ﬂight. The restaurant/lounge/club opened May 26 down the street from the Ivanhoe at the site of the old American Hotel. Decked out by Evoke International Design (Habit Lounge, Latitude), the front of the bar at 928 Main St. features beer and wine off-sales and an industrial feel. The heart of the club includes booths, a dance or dining ﬂoor and a stage with clear sightlines, while those dining in the back corner are warmed by cedar accents and, imminently, neon. “I want to make it unlike any other place in the city. I don’t want to cookie cut anything,” said the director of marketing and entertainment for Electric Owl, Dani Vachon. She has written 50 messages for Chinese fortune cookies that top off the Japanese Izakaya-inspired share plates conceived by Electric Owl’s Vietnamese chef Phong Vo. Vachon says customers will

also be able to write their own fortunes, their messages perhaps making it into the next batch. Vachon has collected 1970s Chinese movie magazines, how-tomake monsters with origami and how-to-draw erotic manga books, which adorn the bar and tables. The woman who co-founded concert promoter Sealed with a Kiss, directs the Olio Festival and formerly managed Gastown’s Guilt and Co., is programming theme nights and working with various promoters to snag indie rock shows. Music Waste touches down this weekend. And Austin, Texas. band ...And You Will Know us By the Trail of the Dead plays June 21. Plans include hip-hop showdowns Monday nights, ’70s music Tuesdays, variety shows Wednesdays and local bands on Thursdays. Friday nights should feature early live shows with DJs including My!Gay!Husband! spinning at the weekly Heart of Gold dance party. Vachon envisions free early shows Saturday nights of lesser-known bands followed by more dancing. Sunday night has already seen the start of a digital art series where Twitter feeds inform what artists paint or where programmers compete in a “geek off,” their code and design projected on a four-way split screen. Weekend brunch is slated to start this Saturday. But some kinks need to be worked out.

Electric Owl is permitted a capacity of 198, and the club wants 253. Its evening opening hours only run to 12:30 a.m., Vachon said, and the club’s hoping to get them extended to 1 a.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends and to see its patio on Station Street approved. “It would be really great if the city and the neighbours would approve our request for increased capacity and hours and if we don’t [get approval], I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Vachon said. “We really, really need it to survive.” Business partners Adam Levine and Alex Russell own the establishment. Vachon says they started a bio-energy business that grew from one barrel on a truck to a $5-million company that they sold to Shell. She says Levine has long wanted to own a live music venue and bar— he plays in the band Double Dragon—and Russell dreamt of opening a cold beer and wine store. So why Electric Owl? “The owners did some research and found out that back when the building was built in the early 1900s, at that time the nighttime train conductors were called electric owls, and we’re right by the train station,” Vachon said. “And it’s fun and the music’s electric and owls are late night people and we’re open at night, it all just kind of came together.” crossi@vancourier.com Twitter: @Cheryl_Rossi

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Kesler maintains pole position in jersey sales Megan Stewart Staff writer The best-selling Canucks jersey during the regular season has remained the most popular through the playoffs. More fans have bought a Kesler jersey than any other, making the right-winger’s sweater the most lucrative for the franchise and for Vancouver retailers. “It’s been No. 1 all season,” said Suki Sadhre, the owner of VanCity Sports who estimates sales have nearly quadrupled since the Canucks made the post-season. On Monday morning, the store at Georgia and Seymour had no Kesler jerseys left. Sadhre had sold out. “Our inventory is low. The supplier ran out of stock,” he said. Just one Luongo jersey remained and only three Burrows jerseys hung from the top rack. “We’ve got more coming,” he said. “The demand has been so high. I understand. People want a jersey.” Why Kesler? The Detroit-born forechecker has zipped his lippy attitude in favour of quiet leadership but has sustained his full-throttle style of play. Drafted by the Canucks in the first round of the 2003 season, Kesler is popular, said Sadhre, because he’s finally pairing his grit with maturity. “It’s his style of play. His leadership,” he said. Both Sedin jerseys sell well. Alex Burrows and Roberto Luongo, too. A recent fan-favourite has been Kevin Bieksa. “Since he scored that game-winner,” said Sadhre. At the Canucks Team Store in Rogers Arena, Kesler maintains the pole position. His is the most popular merchandise, followed by Henrik Sedin, his brother Daniel, Burrows and Luongo. The topranking merch (jerseys and T-shirts as well as any other gear stitched with a player’s name) has maintained the same popularity through three rounds of the playoffs with one major difference: the volume of name and number jerseys increased for each player by about 400 per cent. A four-fold increase in sales swag is impressive, but the hockey club won’t reveal how many jerseys this represents. Sadhre offers more specifics. He estimates he’s sold approximately 8,000 jerseys and T-shirts since January. He says sales more than tripled each week once the Canucks hit the post-season, and the first round against the Blackhawks was the busiest he’s seen since the Vancouver Olympics. Sadhre ordered his stock well in advance of the end of the season, assured the Presidents’ Trophy winners would rally for a run at the Stanley Cup. He was ready with dozens of modern and vintage jerseys from seasons past and present, with too many shades of orange to count, and scores of

Business has been booming lately at Suki Sadhre’s VanCity Sports store, which on Monphoto Dan Toulgoet day had no Ryan Kesler jerseys left. specialized shirts and caps for every accomplishment. But then Chicago delivered Vancouver—and retailers like Sadhre—a sobering chill by taking the series to seven games. “Had we lost to Chicago in that round, we would have had a big surplus,” he said. “It’s money tied up for the next three to four weeks. We could sell it, burn it or leave it hanging on the wall.” At VanCity Sports, the Blackhawks jerseys (and all teams eliminated from this NHL season) are marked down 40 per cent. However, Chicago gear remains his second best-seller after Canucks clothing. He says just as many women (“or maybe more”) are buying for themselves. Since the league and merchandise suppliers began selling women’s sizes and styles, they make up half of the customers at VanCity Sports. The name and number jerseys are popular but Sadhre says the low-cut V-neck Tshirts fly out of the store. The provocative, slim-fitting “flirt shirts” have the Canucks vintage skate emblem printed across the chest. Fifteen months after the 2010 Winter Olympics, Sadhre says the city’s reputation is improving as Vancouverites celebrate athletic success and throw massive street parties. “The city has had two good years for sports. Everyone has been up for it.” A transplant from Vancouver Island, Sadhre

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Everyone’s a Canucks supporter these days it seems, including Ethical Bean, which is decoratphoto Dan Toulgoet ing its doughnuts with Canucks hockey player names and their numbers.

Online Ticket reseller StubHub reports fans will pay an average $924 per ticket for the ﬁrst two Stanley Cup Final games in Vancouver. These are tickets that are being resold above

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face value once purchased by season ticket holders or the players and personnel of the Canucks franchise. StubHub predicts the lowest cost will hit $400 for seats behind the goal in the upper bowl for Games 1 and 2. StubHub, as well as other ticket brokers, are pegging tickets for a potential Game 5 at $4,500 each for centre-ice club seats. For Game 7, sellers can virtually set any price. Compared to Stanley Cup Final ticket costs from last season, the spectators attending Canucks postseason hockey have deep, money-lined pockets and obviously enjoy caviar for breakfast out of a bowl of white rhinoceros hide. Resold tickets for the ﬁrst two home games in Philly averaged $521. In Chicago, they cost an average $711, ac-

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cording to StubHub. StubHub is in the business of scalping. Eric Baker, one of the founders of the San Francisco-based company told the magazine at his alma matter in 2004, “I’m probably the one person from Stanford’s business school who decided to take his MBA and become a ticket scalper.” Like ShowTimeTickets and Vancouver Ticket prove here in this city, scalping is legitimate business. Kingsley Bailey (see related story on our cover) will head to the street corner to sell any surplus tickets he has. The difference, he points out, is he has a place of business

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and accepts credit cards. “If there happens to be a problem with the tickets, you know where to go.” With many scalpers, he says, “He’s just going to take your money and be happy with it.” Scalping is not policed in Vancouver and is not prohibited by city bylaws. “Anyone can sell tickets anywhere, anytime, even out front of Rogers Arena,” Vancouver Police Department spokesman Lindsey Houghton wrote in an email, noting police step in for cases of fraud and organized crime. To keep yourself protected (this also applies to $50 “authentic” jerseys shipped from China), be wary of a deal that sounds too good to be true. Because you know how that proverb plays out. Bailey is one of the Vancouver entrepreneurs most entrenched in the city’s sports entertainment scene. He builds his business on reciprocal trust with season ticket holders and corporate suite owners and hustles to win a proﬁtable price on their resale value. I listened to him talk a seller into holding on to Game 7 tickets. Thank god. How could you call yourself a fan if you parted with those? Dear reader, would you choose to sacriﬁce the memory for money? Maybe if it makes your seats attainable next year, but what else do Canucks fans live for if it’s not the oncein-40-year chance to sit on the edge of a $924 seat and watch history unfold?

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Talk about fan-favourite. We all wanted a piece of Bieksa. A box of doughnuts arrived at the Courier ofﬁces Tuesday morning courtesy of Ethical Bean, and were quickly gobbled up by staffers. Trash-talk glazing includes “Ruin the Bruins.” mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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INDEX Community Notices ....................................1000 Announcements ...............................................1119 Employment..........................................................1200 Education .................................................................1400 Special Occasions...........................................1600 Marketplace ..........................................................2000 Children ......................................................................3000 Pets & Livestock ...............................................3500 Health............................................................................4000 Travel & Recreation ......................................4500 Business & Finance .......................................5000 Legals ............................................................................5500 Real Estate ..............................................................6000 Rentals .........................................................................6500 Personals ...................................................................7000 Service Directory .............................................8000 Transportation ....................................................9000

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Announcements

NEW IN BC All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers. Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections or changes will be made in the next available issue. The Vancouver Courier will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

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MAPLE RIDGE, MISSING grey tabby cat Skruffy is a male, grey tabby, with white paws and chest if seen please email us at LKS7@hotmail.ca

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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Lost & Found

FOUND- Child’s bicycle, 38th & Highbury, Call to identify 604-266-2034

Announcements

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jobs careers advice

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PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM

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Education

1 DAY COURSES – ONLY $62 BEST VALUE GUARANTEED Classes Every Sat, Sun & Monday Taught by Certiﬁed Public Health Inspectors ADVANCE Hospitality Education BC’s #1 Foodsafe Choice Since 2003!

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Free Biology Upgrading Sprott Shaw is the Largest Practical Nursing Trainer in BC and is one of the largest in Canada.

Wednesday • June 15th 5pm to 7pm

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Vancouver Campus * 200 -885 Dunsmuir Street

Tutoring Services

ENGLISH, Grades 8 - 12, by experienced professional. West side. 604-274-6234

Meet Faculty and Past Grads Light Snacks & Refreshments * Door Prizes

Job Listings From A-Z

FEATURED EMPLOYMENT Are you passionate about helping others? Are you passionate about providing health care solutions for others? Shoppers Home Health Care is Canada’s largest home health care service provider with a national reputation for service excellence. We currently have exciting and challenging opportunities for team oriented individuals in our Langley, Surrey and Vancouver locations. If you are caring, compassionate and have empathy for others, Shoppers Home Health Care is looking for you. Full-Time and Part-Time Client Care Specialist positions are available. You will provide professional and efficient client services. Your proven client care experience is enhanced by excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You have flexible availability. A health care background as well as fluency in a second language such as Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi or Talago would be an asset. Shoppers Home Health Care offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Please forward your resume to the attention of the Store Manager at mshhc8200@shoppershomehealthcare.ca For an immediate interview attend our: Shoppers Home Health Care Kingsgate Mall 202 - 370 East Broadway Vancouver, BC

(604 )

683-7400

From: 10am - 3pm

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BROKEN PROMISES - UBC Psychology Study

We are looking for healthy men to participate in a 21/2 hour study exploring reasons we tend to give when other people break promises. You will receive $25 for participating.

To participate or for more information call Ashleigh at:

Telephone: 604-822-2140

Or email: brokenpromisesstudy@gmail.com

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Coming Events

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Job Fair on Friday June 3rd, 2011 at:

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

ADS continued on next page

Where do you want to work this spring?

It’s not too late to train for a new career. Find training in the education section.

GRADS of 2011

Follow These Steps to Book Your Ad Online

• High School • University • College • Trades/Technical • Vocational

1. Go to “vancourier.com” 2. Go to“Classiﬁed” Click on “Place an Ad” 3. Choose Classiﬁcation: “Celebrations & Services”

Share the Big Day on Wednesday, June 8th in the Vancouver Courier. (Deadline June 2)

4. Click “Graduations” 5. Choose a Package 6. Create Ad and Submit Photo

For Advertising Inquiries Call 604.998.1203 or email nmather@postmedia.com

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Beauticians/ Barbers

BEAUTY SALON in Oakridge area has chair for rent (with parking). Call 604-266-9911

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Career Services/ Job Search

BECOME A MASSAGE THERAPIST. Help people, love your work, earn a great living. Hybrid distance/on-campus learning. Monthly or weekly classes in Calgary or Edmonton. Instructors successful RMTs. Financial aid available. 1-866-491-0574. For Open House dates: www.mhvicarsschool.com

www.remedialmassageschool.com

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Domestics

HOUSEKEEPER/NANNY Exp. L/Out Nanny and housecleaner for Christian family in Kerrisdale. Duties: house cleaning, laundry, some meal prep & child care of school age children. Approx. 32 hours/week. Good wage. Start June 20-27. References. Call 604-805-3531.

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General Employment

GET PAID DAILY! NOW ACCEPTING: Simple P/T & F/T Online Computer Related Work & Paid Surveys is available. No fees or charges to participate. Start Today, www.BCWOC.com

General Employment

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customer sales/service

SUMMER WORK

Immediate openings, $17 base/appt , Conditions apply, no exp. nec., training given. Call 604-676-0446 www.SummerOpenings.ca DOG LOVERS! Enjoy a healthy, profitable career as a professional dog trainer. Government accredited program - student loans and grants. Ben Kersen & the Wonderdogs. www.wonderdogs.bc.ca/career/ 1-800-961-6616.

FEATURED EMPLOYMENT

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite. Training, support and remuneration are provided. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door. Make it yours. Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.ca

Progressive Housing Society Community Mental Health and Homeless Outreach Workers Require 3 years related experience. Knowledge of mental illness. Good communication skills. Valid class 5 driver’s license and access to reliable vehicle. Email to lkingston@progressivehousing.net

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VANCOUVER’S LARGEST Lawn and Property Maintenance Company pays $120-$360 DAILY for outdoor Spring/Summer work. Hiring honest, competitive, and energetic individuals to fill our various 2011 positions. Apply online @ www.propertystarsjobs.com

We are Seeking Experienced Class 1 Drivers for our Regional Flat Deck & Super Train Divisions We Offer: • Health Beneﬁts • Company RRSP • Dedicated Fleet Managers • Pre-Planned Dispatch

Call Ron Janco: 1.866.857.1375 • www.canamwest.com

Carriers

ARE YOU EXCITED BY THE CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE? If you answered yes to this question, then come and join our team as a

Postmedia Community Publishing, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. has an immediate full-time opening for an Account Specialist co-ordinator position in their Vancouver ofﬁce. The incumbent will be responsible for the following:

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Working in a coordinating role with Account Executives, agencies, newspapers and clients to ensure the accurate processing and execution of print and online advertising orders. Assist Account Executives with research gathering and presentations for new revenue opportunities. Closely monitor print & digital campaigns and work with Account Executives to ensure contract terms are met and recommend solutions when necessary. Resolve customer service and billing issues promptly. Create and maintain schedules for ad campaigns including promotions and integrated opportunities. Obtain superior knowledge of the booking system (Dart Sales Manager) and achieve the highest capabilities on the system Assist in providing screenshots of launched campaigns Perform other duties as required.

Solid experience in a Customer Service Representative role. Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work in fast pace environment. Solid communication skills and the ability to work well within a team environment. Intermediate skills in MS Power Point, Word, and Excel. Detail oriented with the ability to work independently. Interactive Advertising skills are an asset.

If this sounds like the perfect ﬁt, please submit you resume and cover letter in conﬁdence to communitycareers@postmedia.com /postmedia.com

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Health Care

MEDICAL TYPIST Busy cardiology office in Richmond requires an experienced at home medical typist. For information please contact 604-273-1130 or fax resume to 604-273-2969

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Hotel Restaurant

F/T COOK, with 3 years experience in Carribean-style cooking + completion of high school req’d. $17/hour. Email resume to: sam@calabashbistro.com KIMS MART on Broadway is looking for Cook - Korean food (1) position. 3-5 yrs Korean cooking exp. with Sec. School Diploma req. & Korean speaking an asset. Salary - $18.75/hr. Resume via Fax (604) 708-9953 or Email: mart-simon@hotmail.com

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Information Technology

OVERINTERACTIVE MEDIA Inc. (Downtown) hiring F/T Unity Programmer. Must have extensive exp. in 3D game dev. & web tech. Degree or College Dipl. an asset, but not mandatory. Exp. is the key. $29/hr. Send resumes to: jobs@overinteractive.com

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Medical/Dental

MEDICAL OFFICE trainees needed! Hospitals & doctors need medical office & medical admin staff! No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-748-4126.

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Office Technology

PREPRESS FOREMAN - THE DAILY COURIER (KELOWNA) Qualifications: • Working knowledge of prepress equipment /software. • Knowledge of CTP, image setters and negative output preferred • Computer experience on Mac / PC • Exceptional knowledge of graphic design and ad production.• Able to work with little or no supervision. Responsibilities: •Assist in the analysis of existing business practices and workflows. •Design and implement tools to both automate and improve these existing operations. •Ability to lead, direct and manage Prepress/Composing department personnel. •Be a team player, self -motivated with strong work ethics. Previous newspaper experience an asset. Wages as per union contract.. Submit resumes by May 30, 2011 to: Okanagan Valley Newspaper Group Email: humanresources@ok.bc.ca

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Trades/Technical

GRADUATING? THE trades are a great career choice! Consider becoming an automotive service technician at Hanna Chrysler Ltd. in Hanna, Alberta. APPRENTICE OR LICENSED candidates considered. Competitive wages, bonus potential, benefits. Clean, modern shop. Fax resume to 403-854-3141 or email:chrysler@telusplanet.net. WELDERS - seeking welders for custom manufacturing environment. Competitive wages, Benefits, RRSP’s & Apprenticeship opportunities. Apply to: Do All Metal Fabricating, Estevan, SK. Email: jhoward@doallmetal.com Fax: 306-634-8389

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember. Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad. Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment. If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

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Antiques

ANTIQUE SHOW Sat., June 4th

7:30-9:00 a.m. $10 Early Bird 9am-5pm $1.50 Reg. Admission VENDORS WANTED

Tables: $3500 703 Terminal Ave., Info: 604-685-8843

VANCOUVER FLEA MARKET

ANTIQUE ROSEWOOD side board, apt. size, exc. cond. $1200, round pine table, early Cdn. $400. 604-685-7810 ANTIQUE SOLID oak dining room suite made by Victoriaville Furniture - over 100 years old. All carved and shaped pedestals and fronts. 52' round table with 3 leaves; 6 chairs; buffet with mirror and side table. Taking offers. Pictures available by email. Call 604-855-7033 or 604-807-8441.

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Appliances

APT. & FULL SIZE

All Like New! Fridge, Stove, Washer, Dryer, Stacker

100 & up

Delivery/Warranty avail.

604.306.5134 2015

Art & Collectibles

COMPLETE CARD making supplies with 75+ stamps, good cond in containers, $150. 17 antique porcelin dolls with boxes from Franklin Mint, must be seen $50-$75 ea. Rockwell plates $7.50 each. Call 604-940-0106

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Audio/Video/ Computers

WILF CARTER and many more old-time country music favourites. CDs, DVDs. Free 48 page catalogue. Music Barn, Box 3160-h, Markham, ON L3R 6G5. www.countrymusictreasures.com/news.html. Toll-Free 1-800-984-0047

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For Sale Miscellaneous

CAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591

Retail Sales

F/T COSMETIC SALES APC Global Inc is hiring Salespeople for Sears Canada at: • Pacific Centre • Richmond Square Centre • Metrotown • Brentwood Mall. F/T, permanent shifts includes weekends. $13/hour. Apply at: arzepa@shaw.ca

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FEATURED FEATURED EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT School District No. 38 (Richmond)

FAST RELIEF the First Night!! Restless Leg Syndrome and Leg Cramps Gone. Sleep Soundly, Safe with Medication, Proven Results. www.allcalm.com 1-800-765-8660 FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca IKEA DESK storage combo $110. Warhammer game $100. Call 604-987-5557 MOVING SALE! air cond. Denby apts size, like new, $450 obo 604-267-0017

“Helping to make our schools a safe and welcoming environment”

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOON HOUR SUPERVISORS

Part-time work while the kids are in school. School District 38 (Richmond) requires Noon Hour Supervisors for elementary schools to supervise students in school buildings and grounds during the lunch break. The shifts will be for 1.5 hours per day on those days that the students are in attendance at school. Applicants must have experience supervising young elementary school-aged children plus they must be able to report to any school location on short notice. Early Childhood Education courses and other related training such as First Aid and Conflict Resolution would be preferred. The rate of pay is $20.80 per hour, which includes 4% holiday pay. Applications are available at the school board office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or on our website. Please submit a completed application form by 3:00 p.m. on June 20th, quoting competition #E-NHS-003-11-02 to: Human Resources Department, School District No. 38 (Richmond), 7811 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC, V6Y 3E3. If you have submitted an application within the past six months, you need not reapply. We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those being considered for interviews will be contacted. For more information regarding the Richmond School District, please visit www.sd38.bc.ca. OUR FOCUS IS ON THE LEARNER

PURCHASE WATKINS Products or HOST a Watkins Party FREE catalogue on request Independent Watkins Distributor Alison Platt 604-312-6679

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GARAGE SALE

Empty your Garage Fill Your Wallet

MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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Lumber/Building Supplies

BUILDING SALE... “”Rock Bottom Prices!””. 25x40 $7995. 30x40 $9840. 35x50 $12,995. 40x80 $22,600. 47x100 $35,690. Ends included. Many others. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers since 1980. Call 1-800-668-5422. DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILDINGS Priced to Clear Make an Offer! Ask About Free Delivery, most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170 SAWMILLS – Band/Chainsaw SPRING SALE – Cut lumber any dimension, anytime. MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY In stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195.00.

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Dogs

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Preschools/ Kindergarten

FRASERVIEW MONTESSORI Preschool & Kindergarten Registring for Sept.2011.(6043244324) www.fraserviewmontessori.com. fraserviewmontessori@gmail.com

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Dogs

ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $399+. 604-590-3727, 604-514-3474 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

BISHON FRISE 6 months, male, very friendly & playfull, all shots, $1300, 604-987-6919 CHOCOLATE LAB pups, vet checked, 1st shots, dewormed. Parents both registered. $500. 604-856-3132 Fila/Mastiff Guard Dog Pups owners closest friend. Thieves worst nightmare. All shots. Ready now! 604-817-5957

GOLDENDOODLE PUPS, low shed, relaxed personality, health guarantee. 604-864-7203

ENGLISH BULLDOG Pups. Champion bloodlines, CKC, micro-chipped. Breeder/showing rights incl. $2,800. Email: schoolyardbullies@ymail.com

ENGLISH Cocker Spaniel puppy 10wks, blue roan, home raised, reg’d, chipped, 1st shots, all health checks. $1,200 Call: (604) 971-2616

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION ! 604-724-7652

604-630-3300

PIT BULL TERRIER SHOW & WEIGHT PULL Sun, June 5th @ Harmsworth Hall, 232nd St & #1 Hwy, Langley. All pittys welcome. Details 604-227-0469

Condos/ Townhouses

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Real Estate

1BDRM/1BTH N VAN - LYTTON ST & MT SEYMOUR PKWY 3rd flr corner suite. sep office/den .pets ok $198,000 Call: (604) 721-0872 2BDRM/1.5BTH Citadel Parade BB Amazing OPPORTUNITY to own this one of a kind home at SPECTRUM;$638,000 http://hiphomesbc.com/

6008-26

Port Moody

HERITAGE WOODS exec, 3 BR, 2½ baths, 3 lvls. Beautiful views! Professionally decorated by Eva Bachmann & Associates Interior Design, for Whistler-style duplex. H/wd floors, open floor plan, granite, SS applis, gas f/p, 2 sundecks, tandem garage. Japanese-style landscaped gardens. $605,000. Contact Eva Bachmann at: 778-883-1716 evabachmann@shaw.ca

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Surrey

SRY CENTRAL. 2 BR, 2 Bath, Sunroom, Ground lev t/h. Good complex. No rentals. 1 pet. 45+ yrs. $239,900. ★ 604-930-5501

SUN, JUN 5, 12 - 2pm. NO HST. 3 lvls, 3 BR T/H, rentals/pet ok. #66-15155-62A Ave. $323,000. MALA, SUTTON 778-859-4458

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Vancouver East Side

SAT, JUN 4, 2-4. Seller Motivated, 2 BR, 2 ba, spac livg, dining. Pets/rentals okay. $329,000. Mala, Sutton 778-859-4458

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Real Estate

uSELLaHOME.com

Sell your home, only $99. 604-574-5243 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $94,900 597-8361 id4714 Sry Bear Creek Park beauty 1440sf rancher, gated 45+ $275,900 597-0616 id5234 Tsawwassen 1 owner 2000sf 3br 2.5ba pool size 7370sf lot $679K 943-9600 id5373

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ENGLISH Cocker Spaniel pup Great family pet. Outstanding pedigree, CKC reg, all health checks, shots, chipped. Call: (604) 971-2616

SWISS X MOUNTAIN DOG PUPS, ready to go, vet checked, first shots $800. 604-795-7662

Pet Services

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Pets - Other

BC REPTILE Club Show & Sale Sat June 11 • 10 am to 5 pm and Sun June 12 • 10 am to 4pm Abbotsford Exhibition Park 32470 Haida Drive, Cadet Building Abbotsford B.C Admission : Adults $4 , Kids $2 , Children under 5 Free ; Family Pass $10.00 (2 adults up to 3 kids) For more info visit us at www.bcreptileclub.com 1-604-392-5715

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Like puzzles? Then you'll love Sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your Sudoku savvy to the test! May 31

Here's How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a Sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must ﬁll each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can ﬁgure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! May 31

604-630-3300 TOY POODLE, 4 mo. beautiful choc. female pb, 4 lbs, sweet & playful, $650, 604-794-3287

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Houses - Sale

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Tsawwas.

SUN, JUN 5, 2:30-4:30. OCEAN VIEW! New 1 yr old, 4 BR, rec rm, $1.009m. 103 English Bluff. MALA, SUTTON 778-859-4458

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Recreation Property

50% CO-OWNER SOUGHT for professionally managed late model Meridian 391 luxury motor yacht with prime moorage downtown Vancouver. Skippering/training available. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com TIMESHARE CANCEL. CANCEL Your Timeshare Contract NOW!! 100% Money Back Guarantee. STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today. 1-888-816-7128, X-6868 or 702-527-6868.

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STAIN/PET URINE Specialst. Restore. 604-536-7627 www.Emerald.ChemDry.ca.

Difficulty Making Payments?

1450SF, 2BR, 2 bath open flr. plan, oak cupboards, garage, workshop, ac, fruit trees, 40+ Estate, usellahome.com5363 $219,900,.. 604-792-9186

SUDOKU

REGISTERED 14.2 hand solid paint mare, in very good shape, worming shots all up to date, good feet, well built, good with kids & dogs. Very easy going & will be easy to train. DOB June 27/08. Asking $1300 obo. Linda 604-826-5117

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Dogs

HANDSOME Male Jack Russell 9 months Needs a yard. Great with kids, dogs and cats. Neutered/all shots, $750 Call: (778) 881-0410

REAL ESTATE 6008

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10 YR old fem cat, named Furgirl, needs good home. Adoption fee, $10 includes food. 778-322-2583

LAB X MOUNTAIN DOG PUPS, ready to go, vet checked, first shots, $500. 604-795-7662

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SHIH-TZU POODLE X, small males, Ready to Go! Vet ✔, paper trained. $450. 778-397-1224

YORKIE puppie 11 weeks Male yorkie puppy, tail docked, first shots. $800 Call: (604) 807-1350

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6508

Apt/Condos

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Furnished Accommodation

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

6535

Homestay

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Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR bsmt, 52nd & Fraser area, nr bus & school, June 1st, incl utils & cable, ns, np. 604-340-8314 or 778-839-0740 1 br ground level suite, July 1. Newly reno, new appls, alarm, own entry, $800 incld utils no wd, ns, np, 59/Windsor 604-779-3712 2 BDRM high level bsmt $1,000 incl utils+ cbl, i/net, w/d ns, no pets, June 1st. 41st Rhodes St. Van. Pls call 604-879-2439 3 BR main flr, nice clean house, close to bus & skytrain, Killarney & Vaness Ave, $1385 share utils, np ns 604-782-4987

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Legal/Public Notices

Notice to Creditors and Others

Re: The estate of Wendy Louise Davis, also known as Wende Louise Davis, deceased, formerly of 347 East 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5V 2M8 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Wendy Louise Davis, also known as Wende Louise Davis are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Adrian & Co., Barristers and Solicitors, attn: Lara Percy, at 5660 Yew Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 3Y3 on or before July 8, 2011, 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. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: ESTATE OF HOLIA HSING CHOW late of 6A -1568 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 2E1 (the “Estate”) NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the executors, Stanley Tai-Hai Chow, Margaret Chow Yung and Sophia Wong at P.O. Box 11130, #3000 – 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, on or before July 11, 2011, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received. EXECUTORS: STANLEY TAI-HAI CHOW MARGARET CHOW YUNG AND SOPHIA WONG SOLICITOR: Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP

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8055

Cleaning

8087

Excavating

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8060

Concrete

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8075

Drywall

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8080

Electrical

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Fencing/Gates

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8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

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8130

Handyperson

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8140

Heating

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

8150

Kitchens/Baths

Plywood Kitchen Cabinets & Refacing, Counter Tops • In business 50 years 604-879-9191

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Artistry of Hardwood Floors

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8120

Glass Mirrors

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8125

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8130

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8155

Landscaping

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8160

Lawn & Garden

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Gutters

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8090

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of JAMES KEITH MCINTOSH (known as Keith McIntosh), formerly of Old Continental Hotel, 1390 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 1M7, Deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Administrator, c/o Mr. Steve McIntosh, 3940 Indian River Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., V7G 2G9, on or before June 16, 2011, after which date the estate’s assets will distrubuted, having regard only to the claimes that have been received. Steve McIntosh, Administrator

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Travel Destinations

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4530

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HOME SERVICES 8160

Lawn & Garden

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8193

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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8195 LAWNS CUT, yard clean-up, hedges pruned, trees trimmed, gutters, rubbish. 604-773-0075

8175

Masonry

Serving West Side since 1987

Painting/ Wallpaper

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PLUMBERS

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8240

604-537-4140

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8200

Patios/Decks/ Railings

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(604) 875-9072 873-5292

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8205

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

#1 ALL TYPES of Renos & Additions Custom cabinets, millwork, etc. Guar.22+ yrs Paul 604-618-7926 Additions, renos & new const. Concrete forming & framing specialist. Patrick 604-218-3064

Paving/Seal Coating

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

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8220

Plumbing

INSULCOAT

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8255

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8250

Roofing

FRASERVIEW COAST TO COAST ROOFING LTD. ROOFING 15 Years Experience RE-ROOF & REPAIR SPECIALIST ~ No Job Too Small ~

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Top Soil

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8315

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9105

Auto Miscellaneous

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1997 CHEV Cavalier 119k kms, 4 dr, white, auto, new battery, 2 new tires. No accid’s. Excell cond. 1 owner. $3800 obo. 604-420-9456

9145

Scrap Car Removal

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8270

2005 Buick Allure: 7500 O.B.O 129000 KM, 4 door, immaculate, new tires, runs great. 778-840-4141.

9155

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2004 BWM X5, 3.0L, auto, silver/ black interior, huge sunroof, 104,000miles. New trans/radiant, tires. $16,500. Call 604-669-6339

9160

Sports & Imports

9145

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

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Sports & Imports

2006 Mercedes C230 silver, sun rf, ex condit, no acc, under warranty. 43kms. $19,000. 604 929 3311

2003 Nissan Sentra Manual 213,000 kms 2003 Nissan Sentra SER Spec V. Yellow, All power, standard 6spd, sun/moon roof, spoiler, cruise, am/fm cd sound system with sub. All ways maintained, in fantastic condition. $4,900 Call: (778) 772-6314

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Boats

17’ LONG runabout with a reliable Yamaha 40 hp engine & a galvanized trailer $3500. 604-328-6933, 604-313-2180

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RV’s/Trailers

2005 29FT JaycoTrailer. like new, winterized, Awning, strg, slide, ac, $16,000obo 604-997-9201

1999 SAAB Htckbck, great cond, aircared, 178k km, new brakes, 9 tires. $4950 OBO. 604-762-4237 2007 JAYCO Travel Trailer, 25 ft, like new, sleeps 6, walk around queen bed, slide, a/c, BBQ, spare + lots of extras. $17,900. George 604-576-7476 eves. Private sale

Scrap Car Removal

Screens

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

604-274-0285

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

A.J.K. MOVING Ltd. Special truck for clean-ups. Any size job Lic#32839 604-875-9072 DISPOSAL BINS: Starting at $99 + dump fees. Call 604-306-8599 www.disposalking.com

Windows Cleaned Inside & Outside Gutters Cleared & Cleaned FREE ESTIMATES

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

2008.5 NISSAN Titan Ext cab, unique 8 ft bed, loaded, Flex fuel. well maintained & serviced, some warranty remaining. $24,750 Firm 604-328-0070. 1999 FORD Taurus, red, good cond, 1 owner, no accidents, full papers. NEW front tires, radiator, hoses, brakes. $3500. 604-767-9305

Window Cleaning

White Rose Window Cleaning

AUTOMOTIVE

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

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Tree Services

treeworksonline.ca, Spiral Pruning, Tree & Stump Removal, Trimming & Pruning. 604-787-5915

1994 CADILLAC STS leather, air conditioning, power, full loaded. Good condition $2700 or best offer. Call 604-853-4269

604-537-8523

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ETNA CERAMIC Tile & Remodelling. Kitchen & Bath Specialists. 30 years exp., Call 778-829-3368.

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604-312-6311

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Tiling

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QUALITY RENO’S, res. & comm. kitchen, bath & bsmt specialists. refs avail. call Greg 604-889-6055

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

ENTERPRISE Mechanical Systems

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

ALL STUCCO, chimney and cement work. Professional, inexpensive reliable and fast 604-715-2071

SAVE $ 604-228-ROOF (7663) Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

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

HOME SERVICES 8300

ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs

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

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

PAINTING

Power Washing

Renovations & Home Improvement

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Roofing

#1 Rooﬁng Company in BC

3J Contracting

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

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

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Insured/WCB

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Plumbing

POWERWASHING AT 20% off Licensed & Insured Call Tyler 778-386-3783

778-997-9582 MASONRY and REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Slate Patio/Sidewalk •Fireplaces All Concrete Work & more. George • 604-365-7672

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

2005 VOLVO V70 Wagon Sport edition. 112,000kms, well maintained, exc condition, no issues. $17,800. 604-987-4051

2009 BIGFOOT Camper 25C 9.4 long box. Mint, spotless, used twice, Must sell! Call for more info and pics avail on request. Coq. area. 604-937-7363

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Fresh & Crispy 3 Pack

Papaya

Lettuce Romaine Heart

Imported

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2/$4.00

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Davie Street & Thurlow St. 604.687.8081

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City Square

Zeal Orange

79¢/lb

California Grown

Now Hiring Cashiers and Stockpersons at stores listed. Assistant Manager at 4516 West 10th Ave. various locations. Great benefits and Beside Public Library 604.221.1330 604.264.6800 advancement opportunities.

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