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Cityapproves moreseparated bikelanes MORE DISCUSSION TO COME ON UNION STREET BIKEWAY BARRIER MIKE HOWELL Staff writer

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RAINY DAY PEOPLE: Mary and Warren McCool stayed relatively dry on a recent walk/ride in the rain

with their two-year-old grandson, Thiago.

espite some pushback from residents, city council agreed Wednesday to a major $700,000 upgrade for cyclists along a stretch of a popular bike route on the edge of Chinatown.

The most significant piece of the upgrade along the Adanac bikeway will see a separated bike lane built from Gore Street west along Union Street to Main Street.

The lane, which will serve cyclists travelling west, will run in front of businesses in the 200-block of Union between the sidewalk and reconfigured parking spots.

Cyclists travelling east along that stretch of Union will continue to share the road with cars but there will be more space with the removal of 20 parking spots. The city will add 50 parking spots around the corner on Main.

Further upgrades along the bikeway will see the short stretch of Union between Main and Quebec closed to vehicles. Separated bike lanes will connect with the west side of that closed road, with one link running along Expo Boulevard to Carrall Street and the other connecting with the bike lane outside Science World.

City staff’s recommendation that a bike barrier be built on the east side of the intersection at Union and Gore, which would close the road to vehicles traveling east and west, has been put on hold. Vision Coun. Geoff Meggs successfully requested city staff be given another month to consult with residents and businesses about the proposed barrier and discuss traffic-calming measures for the neighbourhood.

“The goal here is to provide safe infrastructure for everybody,” Meggs told council. “So we can’t really go down the road of putting in something that will resolve a local traffic issue and risk anybody who might be counting on a fire truck to arrive in a timely way.”

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A celebration to mark the transformation of Jericho Wharf into a beach will be held next Wednesday.

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The Vancouver operator of Insite worries the federal government’s new criteria for prospective sites will be detrimental.

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‘ONECARD’ PROGRAM TO REPLACE INDIVIDUAL CENTRE MEMBERSHIPS SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

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illarney Community Centre Association president Ainslie Kwan said she’s confused by a new system-wide membership card being rolled out by the park board, which will allow access to 22 community centres as well as the city’s pools, rinks and gyms.

The park board announced this week it’s launching the OneCard, which will eventually replace individual community centre memberships. Until now, each centre had its own membership cards. The OneCard program is being introduced at some community centres July 8, and depending on whether it’s ratified, at the remaining facilities in September.

“We have always endorsed the principles behind the OneCard program,” said Kwan.

“But the way they rolled it out shows how illthought out this was.”

Kwan explained that in order to qualify as a non-profit society, according to the provincial Society’s Act, a group must have a membership list. To continue to qualify, the association recommended to the park board that facilities be open to anyone with a valid membership from any centre, she said.

“But, now users won’t need to be a member because, ‘The park board says I don’t have to be,’” said Kwan.

The park board has agreed to reimburse community centre associations for the loss of membership revenues. Killarney charges $4

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Ainslie Kwan, president of Killarney Community Centre Association, endorses universal access but has issues with how the OneCard program is being implemented. per adult, $8 a family and $3 for seniors for a total of about $20,000 a year.

Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Niki Sharma is convinced the OneCard program is much needed and will be well received.

Sharma added the goal is to provide universal access to all park board facilities.

“Now every centre will have one card instead of a patchwork of cards,” said Sharma. “Right now there are 20 different cards with differing

levels of memberships.”

Sharma noted the OneCard program is a standard in many municipalities and universities across Canada. She added it also allows residents living on low or fixed incomes more dignity when presenting their card for entrance to a community centre.

“They don’t have to use a special card and it allows them more respect,” said Sharma.

The OneCard is just one component of a joint

operating agreement under discussion with 12 of the city’s 20 community centre associations.

Killarney has refused to enter into those discussions due to disagreements over the proposed joint operating agreement.

But Dave Pasin, a board member of the West End Community Centre Association in negotiations with the park board, said he’s also confused by the program.

“I don’t think there’s anyone who has a problem with universal access,” said Dave Pasin. “Access is critical. But however, the way the park board has done it is straight out of Bizarro World.”

Pasin, who was unsuccessful in a bid for an NPA park board seat in the last municipal election, said the criteria and costs of the program are so vague it’s obvious it was rolled out last minute. The park board said publicly that negotiations with the community centre associations should be completed by July, but there is still much work to be done. Pasin believes the park board was under pressure to roll “anything” out before that deadline, so came up with the OneCard. He also questioned the timing of the announcement.

“They released it at 11 o’clock at night to minimize the damage,” said Pasin. “It’s like the government making bad news announcements at 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon. They hope by Monday everyone will have forgotten about it.” sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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Cyclists on the Adanac street bikeway at the intersection of Main Street.

NPA Coun. George Affleck argued unsuccessfully that a one month reprieve be given to discuss the entire overhaul to the Adanac bikeway but his suggestion was rejected by the ruling Vision Vancouver council.

“We can consult for a great long period of time,” said Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer. “But where the community doesn’t have agreement, we need to provide some leadership, some opinion on the matter.”

Council’s decision came after it heard from residents and business owners concerned about the lack of consultation on the overall plan to upgrade the bikeway.

Frank Gauthier, president of the strata at the V6A condo complex at 221 Union, said none of the 142 owners received notice of the proposed changes to the bikeway. “You failed us and you failed us badly,” said Gauthier, noting he wasn’t opposed to cycling upgrades but wanted some say in the proposals.

Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s director of transportation, said notification letters for the residents of V6A were left with the building’s concierge. “They didn’t want us running around the halls in their building,” Dobrovolny said.

Some speakers suggested a piece of green space tucked in between the 200-block Union and a viaduct ramp could be used to create a bike lane that would alleviate the need for any changes to the road. “We have

a green space that is underutilized across from us, and we are [proposing] to move concrete and utilizing taxpayer dollars and not using it?” said Steve Da Cruz, a cyclist and owner of The Parker vegetarian restaurant at 237 Union St. Dobrovolny said city staff examined the option of using the green space but concluded part of the viaduct extended too far north and would create a “pinch point” for a path. That said, Dobrovolny suggested the green space could be considered for a pathway that would enhance the changes to the bikeway, which sees 4,000 bikes per day along the stretch of Union in the summer mixing with 5,000 cars per day.

Pete Fry, a cyclist and chairperson of the Strathcona Residents’ Association, said he was glad council agreed to hold off on the barrier at Union and Gore until more discussion with neighbours. Fry told council the community is “generally supportive” of infrastructure for bikes but that there were ongoing concerns with safety and how cyclists mix with motorists and pedestrians.

“It’s not that we’re opposed to bike routes but we want to see something that works for everybody and works for the residents of the community — not just the commuters who travel through it,” Fry told the Courier after the council meeting. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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news Social housing shuffle 12TH & CAMBIE with Mike Howell

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he bad news is the Jubilee House at 508 Helmcken St. that has 87 units devoted to social housing will probably be demolished.

If that happens, the good news is the residents of the Jubilee House will move into a new building across the street in the 1000block of Richards Street that will include 162 housing units.

For all this to work, city council has to approve an application from Brenhill Developments Ltd. to construct a 36-storey tower with 448 residential units on the same site as Jubilee House.

It’s all part of an interesting land exchange that council is considering as it continues to find ways to get more social and affordable housing built in Vancouver.

On Tuesday, council referred Brenhill’s application to a public hearing. The staff report, however, made it clear the new 162unit building must be built and have an occupancy permit before the tower can go ahead.

That’s because the city wants to ensure the current residents from the Jubilee get a place to stay and provide an additional 75 units to renters at the “low end of the market.”

The developer says it will kick in $24 million towards the $30.6 million construction of the social housing building and another $1 million for the city’s affordable housing fund.

The balance of the $30.6 million construction cost (up to $6.6 million) would be funded by the city from the proceeds of the sale of the Jubilee property to Brenhill.

Though the project is appealing to many, there are those who oppose it because of the

tower’s height and scale, its effect on views, shadowing, more traffic and worries about “social issues” related to residents of the social housing building.

Supporters of the project say the neighbourhood is a good location for more social housing and the land exchange is a good way to get more housing built when senior levels of government are not providing the funding.

Additionally, supporters say the 1985-era Jubilee House needs repairs and there is a demand for more rental units in the city; at least 110 of the units in the tower will be for rent.

The tower’s ground floor will also have retail and a private pre-school/kindergarten.

No date has been set for the public hearing.

CYCLING ACROBATICS

A few entries ago, I brought you up to date on how many tickets the Vancouver Police Department issued in 2012 to cyclists for not wearing a helmet: 1,787.

I also mentioned that I was puzzled by another ticket handed out to a cyclist for failing to ride on a seat. I think I got my answer, courtesy of a reader, who witnessed some acrobatics on the Granville strip by one particular cyclist.

Take it away, Marilyn…

“What was most unusual about him was that he rode his bike sitting on the handlebars facing backwards and he always looked like he was having a whole lot of fun. The first time I saw him, I burst out laughing.

But as I’m a bus driver, it soon became frustrating as he rode very slowly. I’d say he’s a good candidate for the ticket for ‘failing to ride on seat.’”

Note to all the kids who just read that: Don’t even think about trying this at home…or on the street. Go do your homework instead. mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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I first started writing about the fate of the aging marginal wharf at Jericho Beach in 2008.

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In the end it was a report from Fisheries and Oceans Canada that sealed the wharf’s fate. The report showed fish habitat and other marine life around the wharf was being compromised due to toxic contaminants leeching into the water from old creosote pilings. So the park board voted to demolish the wharf and more than a year ago began a restoration project that’s just recently been completed.

Next Wednesday, the public is invited to a community celebration to mark the completion of the restoration project, which includes interpretive signs, a lookout with viewing binoculars, and native vegetation and landscaping that runs from the waterfront to the forest.

BOARDWALK EMPIRE The first boardwalk to be built in Stanley Park along Cathedral Trail will improve the flow of water and reconnects a divided wetland, which in turn helps the area’s wildlife.

The 75-metre-long elevated boardwalk, located just north of the Lost Lagoon stone bridge where Rawlings Trail meets North Lagoon Drive, is made out of western red cedar and replaces a gravel path in one of the most biologically rich areas of Stanley Park. The walk was built to help protect plants and soil from being trampled, while improving drainage and allowing for the increased movement of small mammals and amphibians. In addition, the boardwalk improves pedestrian safety as it now links to a visible crosswalk.

A second smaller boardwalk was built at Tunnel Trail near Stanley Park Drive and Pipeline Road and there are plans to build a third boardwalk at Beaver Lake. The need for a boardwalk system to control access to sensitive habitat and address its fragmentation was identified in the Stanley Park Ecological Action Plan. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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Insite operator questions new federal legislation FEDS SET OUT LONG LIST OF CRITERIA FOR PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES MIKE HOWELL Staff writer

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he operator and funder of the city’s supervised injection site is worried about the detrimental health effects new federal legislation could have on the future of injection sites in Vancouver and the rest of the country.

Vancouver Coastal Health posted a statement on its website that questions the federal government’s introduction last week of legislation to “raise the bar” for applications to renew or open injection sites.

“Vancouver Coastal Health has reviewed the legislation and we question how practical the approval process outlined in this bill may be with the volume of information required, and the significant public resources needed to do the work to meet the requirements,” the statement said. “It would be extremely disappointing if this bill creates a bureaucratic process that prevents the implementation of an evidencebased public health initiative where there is a clear need.”

The health agency, in conjunction with the PHS Community Services Society, has operated the Insite injection site on East Hastings since it opened in 2003 as a three-

year scientific experiment.

A series of successful court challenges led to the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in 2011 to allow Insite to continue operating indefinitely.

However,Insitehastorenew its exemption under Canada’s drug laws in March 2014. Injection sites require an exemption from Health Canada under a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in order to legally operate.

The federal government’s introduction of the “Respect for Communities Act” sets out a long list of criteria that an applicant must meet to get an exemption to operate an injection site.

The criterion includes the need for an applicant to provide information outlining the viewsofpolice,municipalleaders, public health officials and provincial health ministers.

The applicant is also required to provide documentation that shows the site’s expected impact on crime rates, treatment options for drug users, the public health reasons for needing such a site and evidence there are resources to sustain the site’s operations.

Mayor Gregor Robertson and his predecessors, Sam Sullivan, Larry Campbell and Philip Owen have all supported Insite. So has the province’s

chief medical health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall. Police Chief Jim Chu is also on record as supporting the facility, although the Vancouver Police Department’s union president Tom Stamatakis has questioned Insite’s effectiveness.

Stamatakis is also the president of the Canadian Police Association and his comments appeared in the federal government’s press release announcing the in-

troduction of the bill.

“Front-line law enforcement strongly believes that it is important for there to be a high threshold for applicants to meet before any supervised consumption site can be considered,” Stamatakis said. “While treating drug addiction is an important goal, my experience in Vancouver is that these sites also lead to an increase in criminal behaviour and disorder

in the surrounding community and have a significant impact on police resources, and that’s why it will be vital for the views of local police to be taken into account.”

An email circulated by Jenni Byrne of the Conservative Party of Canada is urging people to join an online campaign to support the new legislation.

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Add your name if you demand a say before a supervised drug consumption site is opened close to your family.” mhowell@vancourier.com twitter.com/Howellings

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Historic Douglas elementary building in leasing limbo DREW MCLACHLAN Contributing writer

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he historic Sir James Douglas elementary school joins Sexsmith community school in leasing limbo after being deemed seismically unsafe for students.

While a new facility is being built on the opposite end of the large Victoria Drive property, the Vancouver School Board is looking for a partner to lease the old building, which will either be cost-neutral or bring in revenue for the school board.

Preferable options for the VSB would be an art gallery, a post-secondary facility or a community centre.

“We haven’t been successful in the areas of interest we have been looking for,” said school board chair Patti Bacchus.

“Interest has come from other schools, but we’re constructing the new building because the old one is not safe for student use.

We’re still looking for a new use that would

suit the community.”

In other cases, the VSB has been able to upgrade buildings in order to meet safety standards, but in the case of Sir James Douglas, constructing a new building on the same property was the most viable option — leaving an empty heritage building behind.

“We know that people in Vancouver value heritage buildings,” Bacchus said.

“The City of Vancouver has requirements as well. They want to keep heritage buildings and won’t give us license to develop or demolish the building until we explore other options.”

Sir James Douglas is in a similar situation as other heritage schools: Carleton Hall, and more recently Sexsmith elementary school on Ontario Street near 59th Avenue.

Carleton Hall was “charred beyond ruins,” according to Green Thumb Theatre’s artistic director Patrick McDonald before his company leased the building and had it restored. The deal took place in the 11th

hour — the province had already committed $75,000 to its demolition. With Sexsmith, however, the VSB has been unsuccessful in finding a suitable leaser and is now considering allowing it to be used for commercial or residential purposes if it can save the building.

Bacchus noted that a company like Green Thumb Theatre would be a welcomed solution for Sir James Douglas, and that the VSB

is willing to hold out for a suitable partner.

“One of the nice factors is that we’re not pressed for time,” Bacchus said. “There have been other situations in the past where people are looking for solutions while the building is scheduled for demolition. With Sir James Douglas we have time to look at other options.”

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nce again, the Vancouver Park Board is making a sham of public consultation. This time they are accompanied in this misguided adventure by the city-controlled Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).

While the park board is still in the midst of clearing up the mess it made of its relationships with the city’s community centres, it has engaged in a bit of bullying involving the Hastings Community Association.

The particular issue is a “Learn to Fish” program to teach East Side kids to become anglers. It’s a charming idea to be sure. I can still fondly recall warm summer days as a child catching perch my mom would cook up for lunch.

But this particular program has meant threatening one of the city’s major refuges for migratory and resident birds by turning it into a fishing hole open to anyone with a license.

The specific area is the small man-made pond and surrounding bush known as the Sanctuary, a four-hectare bit of tranquility located on the PNE grounds. It was established as a wildlife habitat back in 1999. And while there was some initial thought the body of water would be suitable for fish and fishing, it instead evolved into one of the city’s three major greenways, including Stanley Park and Queen Elizabeth Park, which support spring and fall migrations of birds as well as breeding grounds for resident birds.

A remarkable 130 species of birds have been identified there, including the relatively rare green heron I was lucky enough to see the other morning.

The idea of stocking the pond and opening it up to fishing was raised more than a year ago. There was a tour of the site led by Dave Hutch, a city planner attached to the PNE. It included Donalda Greenwell-Baker of the Hastings Park Conservancy, a group of environmentalists who, among other things, act as advisers to the Hastings Park Community Board. It was explained at the time that the pond would be stocked with trout and an area would be cleared at the north end of the pond, a favoured nesting site for water birds, and a ramp and floating dock would be installed.

Greenwell-Baker says her group was troubled by the project from the outset because of the impact it would have on birds. In July 2012, the Conservancy executive voted unanimously to oppose it.

But, she says, they heard nothing more about the project until it turned up as a line item in the Hasting Park Community Association program guide for 2013.

Conservancy members immediately went to the community centre board to explain their objections. And according to community center board member Sherry Breshears, her board decided to ask the park board and the PNE to put the program on pause. At this point the dock was not yet installed and the lake was yet to be stocked.

The park board bulldozed past the community board (no surprise there) and said it would run the program if the community centre refused.

In March of this year, Greenwell-Baker wrote a letter to the park board stating in detail their objections to the project. Ho-hum.

Meanwhile, the program continues.

A B.C. non-profit, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. will restock the lake every spring and fall. This coincides with major migratory and breeding activities of birds. They have also paid for the $30,000 dock.

But then they have a vested interest in all of this. The society is funded by revenues from the sale of freshwater fishing licenses. They are also, according to park board chair Sarah Blyth, the group that will assess “any impact on bird nesting concerns.”

Ironically, this threat comes at a time when both city council and the park board passed motions declaring support for a wild bird strategy. The city even created a committee made up of wild bird experts among others to support the strategy. The committee was not consulted on this project.

But others have raised objections, including George Clulow with the B.C. Field Ornithologists. And Stanley Park Ecology Society biologist Robyn Worcester, who is both a fisher and birder, says there is no question that fishing has an impact on bird life. How much impact will only be known over time. agarr@vancourier.com

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recently attended my niece’s graduation dinner. The girls looked catwalk-ready in their gowns, heels and makeup, while most of the boys appeared to be auditioning for adulthood (or perhaps a high school stage production of Glengarry Glen Ross). My niece grew up in one of the wealthiest areas in the Lower Mainland and attended one of the best high schools. Her background and social connections – to say nothing of her high grades and hard work - will serve her well as she makes her way into the world.

It’s always risky to generalize about generational differences, with unique personalities branded with abstract nouns like “boomer” and “Gen X.” That said, countless North American helicopter parents have raised their offspring in a relay race lifestyle of playdates, athletic events and homework. They have told their kids that everything they create is brilliant, every accomplishment golden. But what happens when a generational sense of entitlement collides with shrinking work and wage opportunities? For Millennials without the privileges of my niece, who suspect they will be denied the living standards of their parents and grandparents, I would expect some sense of rage.

Yet there is an untapped greatness in young people, even when it isn’t inflated by parental overpraise. The educator Joseph Chilton Pearce mused on youthful idealism in his 1992 book, Evolution’s End. “First, starting at around age eleven, an idealistic image of life grows in intensity throughout the middle teens. Second, somewhere around age fourteen or fifteen a great expectation arises that ‘something tremendous is supposed to happen.’ Third, adolescents sense a secret, unique greatness in themselves that seeks expression. They gesture toward the heart when trying to express any of this, a significant clue to the whole affair.”

When teens begin to recognize the hypocrisy and cant of the adult world, Pearce observed, some begin to effect postures of cynicism and rebellion — an understandable response, if not always an adaptive one.

On the one hand, kids hear how our way of life is trashing the planet.

On the other hand, the educational system, the media, and their own parents tell them they must compete for success in this very system. Some kids recognize this crazy-making cognitive dissonance for what it is, and feel it in the place that Pearce identified: their hearts.

With their budding “inner greatness,” the hearts of adolescents — male and female alike — are an intergenerational, renewable resource for social planners. We all know military recruitment draws heavily on the hero archetype, something that resonates with male teens, even if they don’t play first-person shooter games. But how can it be that a kid just out of high school is considered old enough to kill foreigners but still too young to drink alcohol in a public place? Likely because the adolescent “inner greatness” phase offers a narrow window for cannon fodder recruiting appeals.

Many youth, idealistic or otherwise, have a very conflicted attitude toward our lifestyle of consumption. Perhaps this discontent played a part in the Vancouver hockey riot in 2011, which involved more than a young, drunken mob posing for Facebook shots. The throng of convicted rioters and looters included a third year biochemistry student from UBC and a 17-year-old “star athlete” water polo player who tried setting fire to a police car. So this wasn’t just about barbarians from the ’burbs going on a meaningless bender. It was more like a class-blind rage among young adults, which found a convenient spark outside one of our corporate thunderdomes. The criminal behaviour begged for punishment, but it was as much a socio-economic storm warning as a beer-fuelled microburst.

The writer Michael Meade once noted that “in many tribal cultures, it was said that if the boys were not initiated into manhood, if they were not shaped by the skills and love of elders, then they would destroy the culture. If the fires that innately burn inside youths are not intentionally and lovingly added to the hearth of community, they will burn down the structures of culture, just to feel the warmth.”

British Columbians live in a beautiful setting, mostly free from the privations that afflict people in the developing world. But any society, rich or poor, that thwarts the idealism of youth does so at its own peril. Best wishes to the grads of 2013: we’ve left you some tough homework. www.geoffolson.com

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READER HAS BEEF WITH MEATLESS MONDAY

To the editor: Re: “Meaty issue prompts Vancouver’s decree,” May 14.

Vancouver was the first city to proclaim June 10 “Meatless Monday,” encouraging people to abstain from meat products one day per week. Program advocates cite meat production as contributing to climate change, water pollution, deforestation, increased greenhouse gas and avian and other animal flus.

I’m not surprised Vancouver is the first and only Canadian city to officially endorse this program.

Even Toronto recognizes this idea isn’t all it’s “cracked” up to be.

The B.C. cattle industry is a large part of the economic engine for the province. Most are family operations sincerely caring about the animals as well as the land and environment under their stewardship.

Blaming the cattle industry as a cause of deforestation is a fabrication. The last land-clearing project in B.C. for agricultural purposes probably occurred 50 years ago. Most cattle grazing occurs on Crown land jointly shared by agriculture, forestry, mining, recreation and tourism.

All animals, including man, produce gas contributing to global warming. The greater metropolitan area of Vancouver, with more than 2.3 million residents, is the most populous in western Canada.

A recent study reveals a person will pass gas 14 times per day.

The average “gas passing” is composed of 59 per cent nitrogen, 21 per cent hydrogen, nine per cent carbon dioxide, seven per cent methane and three per cent oxygen.

In 2011, there were 520,000 head of beef cattle in B.C. The greenhouse gasses produced by

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the people in Vancouver, through gas passing, probably exceeds that produced by all the cattle in B.C. I submit the hot air produced by the Vision Vancouver politicians is a far more significant contributor to global warming than the entire cattle industry. I won’t be surprised to learn they’ve also endorsed, milkless Tuesday, butterless Wednesday, cheeseless Thursday and eggless Friday.

Keith Lanphear, Abbotsford, B.C.

FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS

To the editor: Re: “Fish pond in sanctuary doesn’t fly with neighbours,” June 5.

The Sanctuary at Hastings Park was opened in 1999.

There have been 130 different bird species identified in the Sanctuary, some of which have nested there. This small green space within the boundaries of Hastings Park is situated next to Playland and Hastings Street. It is a fragile developing ecosystem that needs careful stewardship to support the species that have felt safe enough to make the Sanctuary home. For this reason, the urban fishing initiative is a problem. Experts in responsible maintenance of natural habitat raised the alarm with respect to this fishing course that has already threatened the safety of nesting birds.

Despite the warnings, the fishing program was approved by the PNE Board. This initiative does not teach children about natural habitat or the environment. Fishing in the pond in the Sanctuary may be fun, but it is definitely not fun for the natural creatures trying to establish themselves there. The new dock and increased traffic of fishers is damaging to the Sanctuary.

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Sadly, it is no longer a Sanctuary for the creatures it was intended to protect.

Let us teach our children to learn about nature from observation. Let us teach them to care for the natural environment, not exploit it.

Hastings Park Conservancy members have volunteered for years to educate the community about this small natural green space. Volunteers regularly offer Nature Walks and Bird Walks.

The schedule can be found at the Hastings Park Conservancy website.

Gale Tyler, Vancouver

CITY MANAGER IS WORTH EVERY PENNY To the editor: Re: “Manager, cop and lawyer top civic earners,” May 15.

I commend the Courier for its fine coverage of city affairs, to wit, the supposedly high salary paid to a city manager Penny Ballem.

I am sure Ms. Ballem is worth every penny of her salary and I am also sure that she is dedicated to the vision of Vancouver as the “greenest city in the world.”

The proposed Oakridge development near Cambie and 41st is a case in point.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this latest architectural coup wins some prizes for its green vision.

We can all be proud of these kinds of developments that add needed density and provide quality living at affordable prices.

The vision of Ms. Ballem is second only to that of the councillors and financiers promoting this development.

Marcus Waddington, Vancouver

SOCIAL MEDIA COURIER STORY: “Ticketed cyclists not paying their helmet fines: Only 1,771 of more than 13,000 cyclists paid $29 fine,” June 10 iamsuperrat @iamsuperrat: The police should spend time ticketing those who flout traffic rules and put the lives of others in danger.

Rev. James Deroux @situpvancouver: Great article on #helmetchoice by @VanCourierNews where @ geoffmeggs @VancouverPD blame @SuzanneAnton for no bikeshare.

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The lineup of artists performing at the PNE’s Summer Nights Concerts series literally has something for everyone, especially those who can remember the lyrics to “Surfin’ USA.” And hopefully the Beach Boys will also remember the lyrics when they take the stage Aug. 23 for The Fair at the PNE, which runs Aug. 17 to Sept. 2.

The Summer Nights Concert schedule begins Aug. 17, with singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge and continues with Dean Brody, Great Big Sea, Colin James, Sam Roberts Band, Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans, Foreigner, the Proclaimers, Big Wreck, Martina McBride, REO Speedwagon, Lights and the headband and leather pants-friendly finale, An Evening With Loverboy Sept. 2.

Another highlight of the series is the Jackson Unity Tour Aug. 18, complete with brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon who, from what I’ve read online, bring their Motown sound to the stage while performing in front of huge video images of their late brother Michael. I would actually pay extra to see a hologram moonwalk by the late King of Pop as he joined his brothers on the WestJet Concert Stage, but I guess we’ll have to settle for Jermaine strutting his stuff in skin-tight leggings. (I read some reviews.)

All concerts are free with admission to the Fair, but superfans looking for reserved seating can purchase a limited number of seats in the new WestJet Fan Zone. Visit pne.ca for more information.

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE The Common Courtesy’s new CD release party takes place at the Portside Pub, 7 Alexander St., June 27 with all proceeds going to Kids Up Front, a charitable organization that provides access to arts, culture, sports and recreation for children and youth who don’t opportunity, by collecting and distributing tickets that otherwise would go unused. That means kids who might not normally have the chance to attend hockey games, theatre, musical performances or festivals can go.

The party, sponsored by Save On Meats, also includes performances by Sex With Strangers, Phoenix Thunderbird, Jody Glenham, Port Authority, Gold & Youth, Sunshine and Ultraviolence. Entrance is by donation, but $20 will ensure you receive a copy of the band’s new album. Doors open at 8 p.m.

CANADA-WIDE This event didn’t launch in Vancouver, but is in support of Canadian Blood Services so anyone can donate.

It’s also in memory of my dear friend and mentor Penny Lett, a former reporter with the Chilliwack Progress newspaper, who died very unexpectedly in March. Prior to her death, Lett had donated 125 times, which means she helped save up to 375 lives as each unit of blood is separated into three parts — red blood cells, platelets and plasma.

Progress reporter Jenna Hauck has organized a two-month long blood drive in Lett’s honour, which is launching in Chilliwack with several clinics, but she’s hoping donors from across Canada will also step up and do their part. Hauck’s goal is to have 125 units donated in Lett’s name by getting people to sign up at blood.ca. For instructions on how to join the In Memory of Penny Lett blood drive, read Hauck’s column at theprogress.com. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS PROPERTY TAXES DUE Attention property owners: Your taxes are almost due. If you are a property owner, you should have received your main property tax notice the week of May 27 or soon after.

Your property taxes are due July 3. If you did not receive your 2013 main tax notice by June 7, contact the City of Vancouver. Property owners are responsible for paying their property taxes whether or not you received your notice. In the weeks leading up to the property tax due date, there may be long lines at the city hall tax office and greater call volumes for the 311 information phone

line. To avoid lineups and delays, the City encourages owners to use online services to pay taxes, claim your homeowner grants, or get information about your bills. Owners can also drop off their payment at the city hall mailbox, outside the 12th Avenue entrance.

COLLINGWOOD CALLING

TEDxRenfrewCollingwood is looking for scientists, designers, philosophers, inventors, educators, entrepreneurs, poets or anyone else with an idea or story worth sharing. This is an independently organized TED event, where speakers will share stories just waiting to be told. The TED group welcomes everyone to apply to speak on the stage and present their talk. Anyone inter-

ested in speaking at this event can apply at tedxrenfrewcollingwood.com/speakers.

face painting and a stilt performance. The event goes ahead rain or shine.

MOUNT PLEASANT PLAN

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A Mount Pleasant Community Plan Implementation open house runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 15 at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre, 1 Kingsway (South Plaza).

Learn more about how the plan can be implemented and what it means for the future of the neighbourhood. Find out about revitalizing Broadway East, how Lower Main (Second to Seventh avenues) might change, a draft public realm plan for streets, open spaces and parks, and public benefits for the neighbourhood. Participants can share their thoughts and city staff will be available to answer questions. There will be free

New and experienced anglers alike can cast their lines for free this Father’s Day weekend, as part of the 14th annual Free Family Fishing weekend. This year’s event runs from June 14 to 16 and allows people to fish for free in most freshwater lakes and non-tidal streams anywhere in B.C. A total of 49 special events are planned in communities throughout the province supported by the Family Fishing Weekend Society, which also provides financial assistance and materials, including fishing gear. The complete list can be found online at www. bcfamilyfishing.com.

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Mount Pleasant Community Plan Implementation Open House Come by an open house to learn more about how the Mount Pleasant Community Plan can be implemented and what it means for the future of the neighbourhood.

Marpole Community Plan Open House A community plan only happens once every 30 years. Help shape your community’s future!

The City is creating a new community plan for Marpole that will be the future road map to help shape growth and change on areas ranging from housing and land use to transportation and public spaces.

Since the planning program launched in April 2012, we’ve received feedback from the community and other key ~xdif ji pfelf fi ij i i ~fi directions.

Drop by an open house to review the draft plan directions and offer m } hiijnxld h ~fi x ox i Community Plan.

Saturday, June 22, 11 am – 3 pm 8138 Granville Street Storefront (at West 65th Avenue)

Saturday, June 15, 11 am – 3 pm Mount Pleasant Community Centre 1 Kingsway (South Plaza) Bring the kids for free facepainting and enjoy a stilt performance!

Rain or shine.

Thursday, June 20, 4 – 8 pm Kingsgate Mall, 370 East Broadway (Main Floor, Kingsway entrance)

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City staff will be available to answer questions.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/mountpleasant Phone 3-1-1

Monday, June 24, 5 – 8:30 pm Marpole Place Neighbourhood House 1305 West 70th Avenue Wednesday, June 26, 5 – 8:30 pm Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre 990 West 59th Avenue

FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/marpole marpoleplan@vancouver.ca Twitter: @marpoleplan Phone 3-1-1

Downtown Vancouver Local Bus Service Review Open Houses The City and Translink are launching the Downtown Vancouver Local Bus Service Review to create x riumix re e h ~fi downtown bus network that will match rider needs and the City’s transportation goals.

Join us at one of the following open houses to learn more about the review and share your thoughts with the study team.

Saturday, June 22, 1 – 4 pm Strawberry Festival at Barclay Manor 1447 Barclay Street and Barclay Heritage Square Wednesday, June 26, 3 – 8 pm Central Library 350 West Georgia Street FOR MORE INFORMATION: vancouver.ca/downtownbusreview

Development Permit Board Meeting: June 17 The Development Permit Board and Advisory Panel will meet:

Proposed New Rates for Development Cost Levies On June 26, Vancouver City Council is expected to decide on new inflation-adjusted annual rates h ye~mupeji x j { ixu ile l tiri i ~ y ~ Levies (DCLs). DCLs are fees collected by the City from all new development. These fees help pay for amenities such as parks, affordable housing, childcare centres, and transportation infrastructure that meet the needs of our growing city.

Monday, June 17 at 3 pm City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue First Floor, Town Hall Meeting Room to consider the following development permit application: 1121 Seymour Street: To construct a nine-storey, multiple-dwelling building containing 40 units with one detached three-storey townhouse at grade, all above two levels of underground parking accessed from the lane west of Seymour Street. A Heritage Density Transfer from a donor site at 53 West Hastings Street is proposed to permit a height increase to 28.2 metres (92.5 feet).

New DCL rates would come into effect on September 30, 2013.

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Tiffany Rutherford, 604-873-7489 vancouver.ca/financegrowth

TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM: Lorna Harvey, 604-873-7469 lorna.harvey@vancouver.ca

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rowing your own food helps reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced by transporting fruits and vegetables over long distances. And according to the City of Vancouver’s comprehensive home and garden section on its website, you can help the environment even more, by growing your food without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

By growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers without harmful chemicals, you help reduce the amount of toxins in our soil and water, and produce safe, healthy food for you and your family. And why not take it a step further? Use rain barrels and other outdoor water saving techniques, and you can save water, too.

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Step 2: Build healthy soil Get a composter, and use compost when creating new garden beds, or planting a new lawn. Spread compost around plants in spring and fall.

Step 3: Fertilize moderately Use organic fertilizers made from manure or composted sewer sludge. Fertilize twice a year maximum, in mid to late May and early September.

Step 4: Be water wise Collect rainwater using a rain barrel.

Water your lawn with 25 mm (1 in) of water for about an hour once a week in warm weather, in the morning to reduce evaporation.

Step 5: Mow and go Let your lawn reach 6 cm (nearly 2.5 in) high before mowing. Longer grass protects your lawn from heat, and helps grass grow deeper roots and hold more moisture.

VANCOUVER’S GREEN BIN PROGRAM IS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD Starting this spring, houses and duplexes will have their Green Bin emptied every week and their garbage bin every other week.

All food scraps, plate scrapings and yard trimmings can now go in your Green Bin. Recycling our food scraps reduces the volume of garbage we produce, cuts down on global warming pollution and creates a useful composted soil product for local gardens and farms.

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

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arlier this week, Vancouver city council endorsed staff recommendations outlined in an interim report on the controversial Oakridge development, including tower heights of up to 45 storeys, paving the way for more consultation leading up to a public hearing, which could take place in December at the earliest.

Henriquez Partners Architects and Stantec applied to amend the site’s zoning on behalf of Oakridge Centre owner Ivanhoe Cambridge and Westbank Development last November. The application proposes 13 towers ranging from 18 to 45 storeys with about 2,800 residential units, as well as rooftop greenspace, retail space and amenities such as a community centre.

“Council has endorsed the maximum height. They haven’t endorsed the number of towers and they’ve given a general endorsement to the general level of density proposed, but there are a lot of issues that need to be worked around the form of development and the location of towers and transitions to existing residential properties,” explained Matt Shillito, the city’s assistant director of community planning.

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—Tracey Moir Shillito said details within the rezoning application could change based on that technical work, further “enhanced” public consultation council called for, or following the public hearing.

“So at any time the application could be amended either by the proponent themselves or in discussions with staff or indeed by council at the public hearing, so there’s more work to do,” he said.

Tower locations, for example, could be moved although there are some areas where there’s more flexibility than others. Some speakers at the council meeting questioned the accuracy of the project’s model, but city staff confirmed it’s accurate and to scale. Others raised concerns that the model and renderings don’t give the public a good idea about how the development will appear to people walking on the street.

“We’ve asked the applicant to provide some street-level perspective views of the project, so they’re doing that and we’ll be able to bring those forward for the public to look at,” Shillito said.

The second consultation phase will likely include more open houses, meetings with interested parties, an

online component, and kiosks set up in Oakridge Centre, possibly every other Saturday to provide information about the rezoning application and to collect feedback. Details are being worked out, but the city hopes to organize some consultation for late June or early July and again in the fall, with the potential for a public hearing in December. “That’s still our target, but we’ll have to see whether that’s achievable or not,” Shillito said.

Proponents consider the Oakridge site ideal for densification and sustainable development, but critics like Tracey Moir, of the group Oakridge Langara Area Residents, said council’s endorsement of “the key and most controversial aspects is alarming.”

“We believe putting the cart before the horse is prejudicial to the rezoning and public hearing processes. We encourage voters to ask themselves if the processes will be fair or are the outcomes already pre-determined,” she said in an email.

Moir maintains community opposition to this size of redevelopment isn’t being respected, nor is the current Oakridge policy statement, which limits towers to 24 storeys.

She said the vision for the whole Cambie corridor will add tens of thousands of new people living and working in the area, which will create more traffic and demands on the Canada Line, and that it will require increases to city infrastructure and additional education, medical and emergency services.

“And how will all of this be paid for?

We say the vision is scary regarding livability and our tax bills,” she wrote. noconnor@vancourier.com twitter.com/naoibh

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hen members of the WISE Hall heard their homeaway-from-home faced noise complaints and a possible demise, they didn’t sit idly by.

They started a petition to demonstrate support for the East Side social club and arts venue, noting that a loss of its liquor licence — as a result of complaints — would be catastrophic for the 50-yearold establishment that’s run by the nonprofit WISE Social and Athletic Club.

The WISE and its supporters are now working to ensure interior sound won’t annoy neighbours in the future. They’ve launched a Keep the WISE Alive crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $10,000 in 60 days to improve soundproofing in its 1926 building on Adanac Street at Victoria Drive.

“We have ever-shrinking spaces for public performance, particularly live music,” said Erin Frizzell, general manager of the WISE. “We wanted to go above and beyond the call of duty to try to be the best neighbours that we could be to make this a really thriving and sustainable venue for in the future.”

The WISE received $71,000 in matching funds from the city in 2012 for upgrades, but noise wasn’t an issue at that time and soundproofing wasn’t included.

But multiple complaints to the WISE, the city and the liquor board since January, mainly about people making noise and smoking outside, have changed all that.

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WISE Hall supporters are raising money to improve the soundproofing of the circa-1926 structure.

The WISE has asked its members to keep their voices down when outside the venue, hired additional weekend security at a cost of $800 a month, established a dedicated smoking area and posted more signs informing patrons of noise and smoking regulations.

“We really want to be, as we have been for the last 50 years, a part of the community, and considering that we’re in a residential neighbourhood, then we want to be able to do that in harmony,” Frizzell said.

The WISE Social and Athletic Club was created in 1958 as a members’ club for expatriates from Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England. It incorporated as a non-profit society in 1961 and purchased its home on Adanac in

1963. The WISE has hosted weddings, fundraisers, theatre and concerts by musical acts that include SNFU, Sal Ferreras and Neko Case.

Photographer and author Adam PW Smith has produced a video in support of the WISE that includes writer and artist Michael Turner, musicians Ford Pier, Rich Hope and Veda Hille.

Those who donate $10 on Indigogo will receive Keep the WISE Alive buttons and patches; $25 gets you a reusable tote bag; $50 secures you a patch, tote bag and a ticket for any Live at the WISE concert in 2013 and $100 gets you three pairs of tickets. A donation of $1,150 covers the cost of a hall rental and a donation of $500, $1,000 or $2,000 would get your name engraved on a plaque in the venerated venue.

Soundproofing has been slated in stages and if the goal of $10,000 isn’t met, baffles will be installed Shawn Cole, director of education at Nimbus School of Recording Arts and co-owner of Fader Mountain Sound Studio, is providing consulting services on soundproofing and acoustics.

The Odds will headline a live music benefit at the WISE Aug. 9, when the society plans to celebrate all of its upgrades and its designation by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation and Vancouver 125 as one of the city’s 125 Places That Matter. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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OFFICE WAITING ROOM POSTERS CAN BE CAUSE FOR ALARM DR. DAVIDICUS WONG

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any doctors’ offices have a litany of posters lining their reception and examining rooms — so many in fact that the average reader would have difficulty discerning what is most important.

For this reason, I prefer to keep my posters to the essential.

For the past 10 years, each of my examination rooms has a single poster highlighting alarm symptoms.

It summarizes the symptoms that might indicate a serious medical condition requiring immediate attention.

All family doctors have had patients who — after presenting a long list of problems that we do our best to address completely — add on an alarm symptom just as they are leaving.

“By the way, doctor, I’ve been getting this chest pain every time I exercise ...”

This is when the doctor’s heart rate goes up, perhaps along with blood pressure, but I can’t be sure of the latter because I’ve never checked my own pressure when I’m trying to help a patient.

The above example suggests angina — chest pain or pressure (that may also be experienced in the throat or either arm) provoked by exercise or anxiety and relieved by rest.

It could be a sign of ischemic heart disease — where a major artery supplying cardiac muscle is critically narrowed.

Obviously, serious symptoms must be dealt with right away. The doctor will need to take a detailed history, complete a careful examination and propose investigations and treatment.

Here is my list of alarm symptoms.

• Pain: pain that is unexplained, severe, colicky, electrical or persistent; chest pain, especially if it is squeezing or associated with sweating, nausea or radiation into the neck or arm; bone pain, especially if it is unremitting and disturbs sleep.

• Loss of function: unexplained changes in speech, memory, emotions, swallowing, bowel movements, urination, heart rhythm, vision, hearing, balance, coordination, sensation or muscle function.

• Constitutional: unexplained sudden or progressive changes in weight, body temperature, energy, appetite, thirst, leg swelling and exercise tolerance.

•Growth: new or growing lumps felt in

the skin, mouth, muscle, breast or scrotum; lymph nodes felt around the neck and under the arms; skin changes, including ugly moles, persistent scabs or sores.

• Bleeding: in urine, sputum, stools (which can appear tarry black with bleeding peptic ulcers) or vomit. Nosebleeds that are recurrent or prolonged require medical attention.

Many may think that it’s common sense to seek immediate medical attention with these symptoms.

One of my patients failed to report blood in his urine for over one year. By then, he presented with the behavioural symptoms of cancer that had metastasized from his bladder to his brain.

More recently, an elderly patient reported a 50-pound weight loss and progressive difficulty swallowing. Although they began five months earlier, he did not report these symptoms of stomach cancer until now.

Health literacy varies widely in our diverse society. We each have different personal alarm settings. Intelligent people may ignore worrisome symptoms because of their fears.

If you are having “ symptoms of a heart attack or stroke, don’t wait for a doctor’s appointment.

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My intention is not to raise anxiety.

Much of the time, the above alarm symptoms have innocent causes.

However, they may also be harbingers of serious conditions, including heart attacks, strokes and cancer.

They therefore require timely medical attention. The poster in my office requests my patients to bring these symptoms to my attention at the beginning of a visit.

An alarm symptom may require extra time to evaluate and we may need to postpone dealing with less serious problems.

If you are having symptoms of a heart attack or stroke, don’t wait for a doctor’s appointment . . . or even a taxi. Call 911 as soon as possible.

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician at the PrimeCare Medical Centre.

His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential for health at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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travel High-altitude vineyard is breathtaking UCO VALLEY, Argentina — At first glance, you might think an alien spaceship had landed among the vines that sprawl at the foot of the Andes Mountains. Then again, when it comes to combining high-tech innovation with producing great wine, the Bodega y Viñedos O. Fournier really is out of this world.

Or maybe it just seems that way because it’s such an adventure just getting here.

O. Fournier is in Argentina’s Uco Valley, about a 90-minute drive southwest from Mendoza, the capital city of Argentina’s top wine region. You get here along a winding highway dotted, somewhat alarmingly, with roadside shrines to Cowboy Gil, the local patron saint of reckless drivers.

The Uco Valley is home to some of the world’s highest-altitude vineyards, planted from 900 to 1,200 metres above sea level.

The air is headily thin and dry, the sunshine intense (over 250 sunny days annually) and the temperature swings severe, which just happen to be perfect conditions for producing spectacular wines.

Indeed, the Uco Valley is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most exciting wine regions to visit, especially if you venture to O. Fournier.

The winery is owned by Spain’s O. Fournier Group, which produces wine in

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Argentina’s high-altitude O. Fournier winery accentuates its dramatic setting with inspired architecture and award-winning wines.

Spain, Portugal, Chile and Argentina. The building is the vision of Bormida & Yanzón, an Argentine firm that has developed an international reputation for dramatic — and highly functional — winery design. Together, they have combined the latest technology with architecture that’s both thoughtful

and beautiful to produce exceptional, terroir-driven vintages while making as little impact on the environment at possible.

The first thing visitors see as they arrive is the giant, flat umbrella roof that controls temperature while evoking the condor, Mendoza’s symbolic bird, taking flight.

Then, as they approach the building, they wander through a half-hectare of rosemary bushes planted atop the 2,800-barrel cellar to help moderate the humidity below, just one of the winery’s many clever eco-friendly features.

Once visitors pass through the imposing doorway they’ll discover a high-tech laboratory, elegant tasting rooms, a subtle use of local materials, priceless artworks and the sumptuous glass cube that houses the highly regarded Urban restaurant.

By the time they’ve emerged in the “wine cathedral,” the imposing barrel room lit by natural light filtered through a central pillar, they’re ready to worship at the altar of wine. And they haven’t even had a drop to taste yet, which means the best is still to come.

Since its founding in 2000, O. Fournier has won numerous awards for its deep, intense and sophisticated wines, especially its ultra-premium Alfa Crux and B Crux lines.

Most are blends, often built around the spicy, deep-purple syrah grape as well as the popular malbec.

It’s impossible to taste them all in one go, so the thirsty visitor might want to consider booking a stay in one of the winery’s seven well-appointed cottages.

Sure, the Uco Valley is a long way to go for a glass of wine, but when the wine is this good and the setting this striking, it is a journey that is worth the effort.

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Activities include a guided tour of the projection booth, Film Reference Library and Westcoast Film Archives, a film poster auction, a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest for kids and screenings of Charlie Chaplin’s Easy Street (1917), with live piano accompaniment by Sara Davis Buechner, and Harold Lloyd’s vertigo-inducing SAFETY LAST! (1923). And it’s all free, including the popcorn. For more info, go to thecinematheque.ca or call 604-688-FILM. Known around these parts as Cousin Harley, rockabilly guitarist PAUL PIGAT drops by the WISE Hall with his trusty Gretsch steed to do some damage with Spanish axe-master Diego’ “El Twanguero’ Garcia.” Fingers fly June 14, 8 p.m. Tickets at Red Cat, Highlife Records, the WISE Lounge and online at brownpapertickets.co. More details at wisehall.ca.

Local popsters THE OH WELLS bring their cupcake-friendly charms to the Rickshaw, along with Jordan Carrier and the Soviets, Belgium’s The Bony King of Nowhere and Bumpin’ Uglys.

No word yet if organizers have scheduled a band naming workshop for after the show. It all goes down June 14, 8 p.m. For more info and tickets, go to liveatrickshaw.com.

A wise young man once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That class-skipping charmer was Ferris Bueller, played by an ageless Matthew Broderick in John Hughes’ classic teen comedy FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. The 1986 film still holds up. See for yourself when it screens June 14, 11 p.m. as part of the Rio Theatre’s FRIDAY LATE NIGHT MOVIES series. Local impresario and teen angst expert Sara Bynoe hosts. Details at riotheatre.ca.

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Vancouver’s standup comedy scene, comedian Ivan Decker takes viewers on a tour of his glamorous lifestyle, including preparing for shows, writing in notebooks, surfing the Internet and taking public transit. To watch the video, go to vancourier.com/ entertainment or scan the above photo with your smartphone using the Layar app.

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NO ORDINARY JOE: At 88 years old, Vancouver businessman Joe Segal shows no signs of slowing down. The philanthropist and community leader was feted at a Vancouver Board of Trade gala chaired by his son Lorne. More than 1,500 guests filed into the Convention Centre, for the Joe Segal, An Extraordinary Life tribute. Titans of business including Peter Legge and David McLean sang his praises, in addition to surprise guest Paul Anka who serenaded Segal and his wife, Rosalie, to cap off the memorable evening.

The dinner raised $2.1 million for Coast Mental Health.

KIDS THE BIG WINNER: B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation raised $18.4 million during the 26th annual Miracle Weekend hosted by Global BC TV. The 11-hour province-wide telecast set a new record. Since its inception in 1988, Miracle Weekend events have raised more than $206 million for the hospital. Contributing to the massive haul, the 28th annual ChildRun on the same weekend brought in $1.05 million.

ART FOR KIDS: The Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation was established in 2002 to support art education in B.C. and its acclaimed Artists for Kids program and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. To ensure its continued success, several hundred guests attended the 10th Smith Foundation Luncheon at the Capilano Golf and Country Club. Art by Smith, Attila Lukacs and other B.C. artists went up for auction. Nearly $175,000 was generated thanks to a Macquarie Foundation match.

B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation CEO Teri Nicholas and Casey Wright, long-time BCCH patient, were all smiles after $18.4 million was raised for B.C. kids recently.

Canadian Cancer Society CEO Barbara Kaminsky feted researchers at a lunch aboard Raymond van Hoorn’s Holland America MS Volendam.

Artist Miriam Aroeste explores minimalism and monochrome in her latest show, Crossing Paths, at the Waterfall Building.

Famed hairdresser Kevin Chase welcomed author Jackie Collins to the Face the World Gala. The celebrity scribe “sold off a character” in her next book for charity.

Jacqui Cohen and her main squeeze Rob Menard greeted guests who shelled out $2,000-a-ticket to attend the Face the World fundraiser to benefit 67 local charities.

CBC’s Gloria Macarenko, artist Gordon Smith and gallery director Yolande Martinello saw nearly $175,000 raised at a lunch benefit for Artists for Kids.

Philanthropists Joe and Rosalie Segal were feted at a gala organized by their son, Lorne. The swish soiree raised $2.1 million for Coast Mental Health.

Publisher Dee Dhaliwal attended the Courier-sponsored Chef-Meets-Grape presented by BC Wine Institute’s Maggie Anderson benefiting Howard Jang’s Arts Club.

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Burdock and Co.’s summery Saison cocktail and Urban Digs egg are a few highlights of the inventive menu. of choices and suggests you don’t necessarily have to pursue a strictly vegetarian menu. In fact, offering a broader appeal just makes more sense, particularly if the foundation is as solid as here.

Some of the tastes that wowed us? For one, the contrasting textures and vibrant colours of cherry leaf cured scallops with rice crackers and cracked cherry pit ice.

We could also become a committed fan of the organic Metro Vancouver farmed “Urban Digs egg,” which comes soft poached and served with shaved asparagus and arugula salad, potato and light vinaigrette. Another keeper that will have us heading back is the house-made heritage pork and burdock sausage, deliciously served with wild dandelion and potato salad.

Carlson’s inventiveness and willingness to forage beyond the norm are unfettered and she’s not scared to take risks — as in fire roasted green farro (wheat berry), an intriguing riff on risotto with spruce tips and black garlic.

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whiskey Saison, ginger beer with burdock root and sour and various bitters and you’ll be challenged to resist another.

Also of note, the city’s (so far) best offering of natural wines that includes the vibrant, apple-toned (Hungarian) Chateau Megyer Dry Furmint, and aromatic and stone fruit Elbin Fuchs Riesling (Alsace).

Plates are smaller to mid-sized but prices are moderate (most $14 to $20), with some superb desserts (all $8) such as the wicked salted caramel apple pot pie.

••• Sipping around the newbies at this year’s Vancouver Craft Beer Week kickoff, we didn’t yet know that Powell Street Brewing’s Old Jalopy Pale Ale had scooped the Canadian Brewing Awards’ Beer of the Year. But it was easy to see why this perfectly balanced, not too hoppy and not too alcoholic but with a still decent kick brew scooped the field.

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This “notion” was to explore the lives of the Bronte sisters through the text of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Nine years later, Barrie Rutter, the artistic director of Northern Broadsides in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, decided it would be perfect for Morrison’s sixth collaboration with Broadsides.

But it does feel bonkers hearing Anne (Victoria Lyons) spouting almost the same words as Chekhov’s Irena: “Yes, we must just go on working... I’ll go on working and working.” Or Lydia Robinson (Helen Martin) in We Are Three Sisters, complaining about Tabby (Emma Middleton), the Bronte’s maid, in almost exactly the same derisive terms as Natasha complains of Anfisa. There’s a drunken doctor in both as well as a ne’er do well brother in love with a coarse, domineering woman: Natasha (vulgar but, at least, single) and Lydia (vulgar and very much already married).

And obviously, Chekhov’s sisters’ fervent wish to get to Moscow becomes Morrison’s sisters’ desire to get to London.

For those up on their Chekhov, it’s easy to get into the head game of “Spot the Chekhov.” And that’s not a good thing; if you’re playing that game, you’re not fully engaged.

Nevertheless, We Are Three Sisters is an entertaining exploration of the lives of Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte and their brother Branwell.

It’s far from gloomy and suggests that, for their time, they were strong-willed, strongminded and talented women in a period when to be a woman writer was, as their patronizing father (Sean Allan) declared, never to be published. “Books cannot be the business of a woman’s life,” he pontificated.

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In the play, it’s Anne’s 25th birthday; Charlotte is not yet 30; Emily is about 28. And while they write about love, what do they know of love?

(At this point, Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s song, “Love Over and Over” with its reference to “Emily, Anne and Charlotte” and “What did they know/ What could anyone know/ About Love” rang in my head.)

Carolyn Rapanos’ set is simply stated elegance, beautifully lit by Graham Ockley. Neil Griffiths’ sound design is an unobtrusive and lovely score for piano.

On opening night, United Players artistic director Andree Karas made a point of reminding us that everyone involved in the production is a volunteer and all but the director, Sandra Ferens, and two of the actors, Douglas Abel and Allan, are non-professionals. The quality of many of performances is far from amateur, however.

LikeChekhov’sThreeSisters, it’s an ensemble piece but, as with the brilliant Russian play, one sister stands out. Here it is Charlotte who is effectively foregrounded by Olesia

Shewchuk who conveys all of Charlotte’s wit and fire. MariaLuisa Alvarez is Emily, the most withdrawn and secretive of the sisters while Victoria Lyons is a shy, blushing Anne, relentlessly pursued by the old doctor (Abel) as well as the flirtatious young curate (Nick Preston).

Helen Martin, in a green, offthe-shoulder gown (by costumer Elliott Squires), is the nasty Mrs. Robinson. Jordon Navaratil, as heavy-drinking Branwell, comes on strong in Act 2.

The frequent echoes of Chekhov are weird but I was otherwise drawn in and the production is excellent.

As for whether Chekhov drew inspiration from Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1857 biography of Charlotte Bronte (commissioned by Charlotte’s father), a Yorkshire theatre company might love to think so. It makes a good story: Charlotte, Emily and Anne as Chekhov’s Three Sisters. We know Chekhov read Cervantes and Schopenhauer. But Gaskell?

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A Strathcona men’s basketball team, stacked with graduates of Tupper and Kitsilano secondary schools, won the men’s open at the North American Chinese Basketball championship in Minneapolis, MN last month.

Jack Ho, a 2004 Tupper alum, and James Lum, the Tigers’ all-time leading scorer and 2010 graduate, joined the East Vancouver Strathcona team along with Kitsilano standout and UBC Thunderbird Tommy Nixon to defeated New York City’s United East by three points to win the championship title.

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Vancouver students Parys Liu and Nathalie Mila were awarded the Trevor Linden Community Spirit Scholarship, a $2,500 educational bursary, in recognition of their exceptional community leadership.

Liu, a graduate of David Thompson secondary, co-founded K.A.R.E. (Kids Actions Really Energize) Power when she was 11 and has launched numerous campaigns, including projects to fight bullying and homelessness. She also worked to create opportunities for kids to become more active.

According to the Canucks, which supports the scholarship named after its most cherished former captain, Liu also maintained honour roll while captaining multiple volleyball teams. She plans to pursue physiotherapy at UBC. Mila graduates from Britannia secondary as an accomplished pianist. She volunteers as a youth mentor at the Saint James Music Academy — a community program that offers free classical music instruction to children and youth at risk. In support of low-income families, she organizes summer day camps and a girls night program at the Union Gospel Mission. She is considering a career in midwifery.

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The Canadians meet the press Wednesday at Nat Bailey Stadium before leaving on a three-game road tip. From left: Bobby Brosnahan, Shaun Valeriote and manager Clayton McCullough.

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he Vancouver Canadians start their 2013 summer baseball season on the road today against the Tri-City Dust Devils in southeastern Washington.

The two-time defending Northwest League champion C’s open their campaign at Gesa Stadium in Pasco, Wash., but before leaving town, players talked about Nat Bailey Stadium and Vancouver fans like they’ve hit the jackpot.

“It’s going to be unbelievable,” lefthanded pitcher Bobby Brosnahan told reporters Wednesday. “It’s a great atmosphere here. You can go to higher levels and still not get as many fans as this. It’s a pretty special experience.”

As the first Ontario collegiate player ever drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays, University of Guelph alum Shaun Valeriote grew up idolizing Joe Carter. The infielder is one of three Canadians on the team and is in Vancouver for the first time.

“I know that the crowd is great. There is a lot of energy and it speaks to how baseball is growing in Canada,” he said.

Valeriote joins Eric Brown, a right-handed pitcher from Ontario drafted from the

UBC Thunderbirds, who will get the start when the Canadians open at home June 17 against Spokane.

No one travels a shorter distance than Justin Atkinson, the C’s third homegrown prospect, who played for another Canadian team — the national one — when he represented the country and Whalley at the Little League World Series. He was drafted in the 26th round two years ago and comes to Vancouver from the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian league.

The 25-man roster will fluctuate as Jays’ prospects are called up and moved around the club’s different development teams, but returning players come to Vancouver already familiar with their surroundings.

Brosnahan, a six-foot, 24-year-old from Michigan, returns to Vancouver for his second single-A short season with the Canadians and will get the start Friday against Tri-City. In the long offseason, the pitcher said he added a cutter (a type of fastball) to his repertoire.

New additions like Valeriote have learned something more than the reputation of Nat Bailey fans from returning players such as Brosnahan.

“I’ve heard a lot from the boys. I’ve hear it’s a blast,” said Valeriote. “I’m jealous, too — some of them are walking around

with rings and that’s what I want to do this year: get a ring.”

“It’s in the back of our minds,” said Brosnahan. “It’s always our goal coming here. I definitely think we can do it.”

Since March, the C’s second-year manager Clayton McCullough was in Toronto assisting the Blue Jays and, among other things, catching in the bullpen. The spectre of a threepeat motivates excellence, he said, but the development and advancement of young players is his ultimate goal.

“Any time you put kids in a winning type environment,theyenjoycomingtotheball park more, they’re playing for something more than just working on their own stats and how they’re doing,” said McCullough, named the Northwest League manager of the year in 2012.

Players are right to care about the numbers they put up, he said, and being a good teammate is part of the equation.

“They want to get to the big leagues one day and a lot of it is putting up numbers and stats, but when you’re on a winning team… guys understand being unselfish at times is a good thing to help the club win and ultimately that ends up boding well for your own future.” mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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“It’s not just physical,” said the thrower. “Personally, I like to be calm and relaxed and treat it just like it’s practice.”

When she rewrote the provincial history books, her surprise was genuine. The throw of 48.20 metres wasn’t even a personal best. “There was another record that she was aiming for, which was the hammer throw,” said her coach Richard Collier. That record was hers to win, he said.

She’d repeatedly surpassed it in practice at Richmond’s Clement Track where the Little Flower Academy honour role student trains with the Kajaks.

“The record is going to fall,” said Collier. “But what was happening was she was thinking so hard to break it. I was telling her to relax. Then in discus, I guess she took my advice. I knew she could win it.”

Covington, 17, already held the Canadian youth record in discus and three-kilogram hammer throw, two accomplishments that suggest her potential, which drew recruiters from roughly 50 North American university track and field programs. She committed to the University of

Georgia and will face the high expectations and standards of Don Babbitt, a veteran Olympic throwing coach. Hard work will compliment her natural talent and muscular, sixfoot-one frame.

“It’s going to take lots of dedication and perseverance and the right attitude,” said Covington, who holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship but has already worn the Maple Leaf at international events like the World Junior Championships in Barcelona and the Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man where she carried the flag. Covington, whose father Grover is a CFL Hall of Fame defensive end and her brother Christian a defensive tackle at Rice University, said she’d be honoured to attend the Olympics for any country but is loyal to Canada.

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good realtor would never recommend to their client that they do not carry out an inspection on a property they’re going to buy, even a brand new one. The stakes are just too high for the alternative of paying a property inspector anywhere from $250 to $1,000 to tell you what’s wrong (and right) with your potential new home or commercial property. And even on new properties, an inspector can point out deficiencies and warranty work that should be carried out for you (at no cost to you) by the developer.

So who should you hire to handle your inspection? There are dozens of good property inspectors out there but you should definitely stick with those who have an RHI after their name. It means that they are a

registered home inspector and have completed the necessary provincially mandated training to competently handle your inspection for you. They should preferably also be a member of the Canadian Association of Home Inspectors.

Once you’ve decided to inspect, have arranged your inspection appointment with the seller and have your inspector onsite and ready to go, what exactly should he or she do?

Most good inspectors will check every electrical outlet in the property to make sure they work: the fuse box/breaker panel (making sure in older homes that it has adequate capacity) and all fire/smoke detectors. In older residential property, checks should also be made for knob-and-tube wiring and an underground oil tank. Knoband-tube wiring (and/or 60A electrical service) should be replaced. Oil tanks can be easy and inexpensive or very difficult and very expensive to remove and remediate. In an older residential home, always check for an oil tank and get the right people to deal with it.

Now that we have covered most of the ob-

vious items that need to be part of a property inspection, there are certain things that need to be highlighted given the fact that B.C. happens to receive a lot of “liquid sunshine.”

In the Vancouver area, by far the main things that need to be inspected and cleared are the roof, the building envelope and any internal moisture that may exist in a property. In our part of the world, moisture ingress is the single biggest issue building structures face. An inspector should check the roof carefully to see that it’s in decent condition and determine as best they can if any moisture is invading the interior. That includes checking flashing, gutters, eaves troughs and drains (especially on flat roofs).

The other thing to check carefully is the building envelope. What type of siding was installed and when? Stucco can be a problem because it does not allow the envelope to breathe. Is it rainscreened? This relatively new technology separates the outer shell from an inner moisture-proof barrier that allows water that gets in to exit via a flashing installed at periodic vertical intervals, such as at each floor of an apartment build-

ing. In B.C., water will always get in. It’s allowing it to get out that’s the crucial thing.

With rainscreen, once the rain subsides, the water will drain out, allowing the envelope to breathe and dry out.

The last moisture issue, and possibly the most crucial, is mould. Once moisture sits for a period of time, mould will form, and not only will it rot materials such as wood and drywall, it will grow spores, give off toxic fumes and infect residents of the building (especially young children).

Similarly, if water seeps in behind the tiles and grout of a shower stall, the same thing can happen. That’s why any good inspector will place his moisture meter up to and all around every shower stall in the building to make sure there isn’t any water standing behind the tiles. Moisture is the most important thing you need to look out for in B.C. properties and it’s insidious, expensive to deal with and ultimately a serious health risk if not dealt with.

Neil Hamilton is a senior property advisor with Macdonald Realty Ltd. He can be reached at 604-569-1940 or neilhamilton@ macrealty.com.

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TRAVELLING BY POLAR ROUTE A team of explorers recently celebrated travelling 4,000 kilometres from Russia to Canada via the North Pole.

No big deal, you say? Air Canada was having a seat sale anyway? If so, somebody forgot to tell this intrepid gang of Russians, who drove the entire way in specially modified buses with massive tires. They did so over two months, at an average speed of 10 kilometres per hour (and you thought your commute was bad).

Threading between icy outcrops, with the constant danger of falling through the shifting pack ice — it hardly sounds fun, does it? Still, part of exploring is proving something can be done, and the Russian team also had the opportunity to experience polar life in all of its frozen splendour.

They ran across roving polar bears several times, saw the spectacular northern lights, and even bumped into a pack of walruses, about which everyone was very excited until they figured out it wasn’t actually that beret-wearing guy from MythBusters. The cars now sit in Resolute Bay, planning the return trip back across the Bering Strait. I suppose it beats flying coach.

ACURA TO BUILD NSX IN OHIO

I double-dog dare you to point out exactly where Marysville, Ohio is on an outline of the continental United States without any of the state lines drawn in. It’s sort of in the middle-ish bit. Or to the east?

Well, geography was never my strong point. The point is, Honda’s recent announcement that they’re going to be building their world-beating, mid-engined supercar outside of Japan is a bit of a surprise.

Of course, being that Honda already has two production facilities in Ohio, perhaps the news shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, the Accord Hybrid will be built just down the road, and the NSX will contain some of those same components. NSX production is slated to start sometime in 2015, which means we have approximately two more years of being shown “concept” cars at every single auto show between now and then.

CAR THIEF NABBED AT DRIVE-THROUGH There is almost nothing filled with the satisfying blend of justice served and schadenfreude that is a good dumbthief story.

Having stolen a 1995 Toyota 4Runner from outside an apartment building, Katherine York immediately left town, right? Wrong. Being, “a few fries short of a Happy Meal,” York instead filled her ill-gotten SUV with stolen clothing and decided to pick up a snack at the local McDonald’s drive-through.

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New Ford Explorer is a good Sport fers a more refined on-road ride without losing any of its off-road capabilities.

For 2013, Ford brings a Sport model for the Explorer range to add some zest to the lineup. In keeping with Ford’s radical redesign philosophy, the Sport badge adds more than just cosmetic changes.

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Now with a more rigid body, the squeaks and rattles commonly found in truck-based SUVs are gone.

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Bill Gubing, chief engineer for Ford’s Taurus and Police Interceptor line-up, is also the lead engineer for the Explorer line. This is fitting, since these entire vehicles share the same structure — lessons learned with one are easily shared with the group.

When Ford released the redesigned Explorer, the choice of a 290-hp V6 or a fuel efficient turbocharged 2.0L I4 was sufficient for most of its current customers. However, thanks to the improved build and design quality they piqued the interest of buyers of more

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The starting price for the new Explorer Sport is $47,299. prestigious brands such as Lexus and Land Rover.

To please more of these customers, the Explorer Sport offers an upgraded interior and a higher level of performance; the exterior was also restyled to give this SUV a different flavour.

Above the cool blackedout front grill, the Explorer shows off darkened headlight and taillight assemblies which compliment the exclusive glossy black

finishes. Rounding out the package are unique 20-inch wheels that scream “look at me.”

PERFORMANCE The 2013 Explorer Sport borrows the 3.5-litre, highoutput, twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 from the Taurus SHO sport sedan. This bumps horsepower to 365-hp and torque to 350 ft-lbs — not bad for a SUV. The issue that arose from

having 75 more horsepower over the base Explorer was how to adequately deliver that power to the road. To that end, the sport model is only available with Ford’s Terrain Management fourwheel drive system.

As well, the system has been calibrated to optimize the use of power in all driving conditions. This intelligent system continuously monitors wheel slip and will dynamically shift power to the wheels that need it most.

Using the console-mounted control knob, the driver can manually adjust the power and torque settings if they encounter deep snow, sand or mud.

The overall feeling is that the Explorer Sport performs like a truly upscale SUV, with well-dampened suspension, surprisingly accurate steering feel, and more-than-adequate acceleration.

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The leather-wrapped steering wheel continues the premium feel, which also boasts a standard power tilt and telescoping. Shorter drivers will appreciate the adjustable pedals with memory feature.

With the Explorer Sport, Ford designers were attempting to move the model more up-market. They successfully accomplished that. However, this shift is also reflected in the price as the Sport is almost $20,000 more than a base Explorer. david.chao@leansensei.com

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Road rookies NEW DRIVER TUNE-UP TIPS KEEP DRIVERS SAFE Between summer jobs, spending time with friends and weekend road trips, this is a busy time of year for young drivers. And yet, did you know that young drivers are often driving the oldest cars?

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HOT WEATHER THE TRUE CULPRIT BEHIND CAR-BATTERY TROUBLE Summer is the season for major car-battery problems. Heat, not cold, shortens battery life, according to Car Care Canada.

Excessive heat and overcharging are the two main reasons for shortened battery life.

Heat causes battery fluid to evaporate, damaging the internal structure of the battery.

A malfunctioning component in the charging system, usually the voltage regulator, allows too high a charging rate. That’s slow death for a battery.

True, there are more road service calls in cold weather for dead batteries that cause starting failure. That’s when a battery’s output is diminished because of sluggish electro-chemical action that gives the battery its power. Also, colder temperatures increase thickness of the engine oil, making the engine harder to turn over. These factors lead to harder starting.

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To get the most life out of a battery, Brazeau suggests the following: · Be sure the electrical system is charging at the correct rate; overcharging can damage a battery as quickly as undercharging. · If your battery is the type that needs to be topped off, check it regularly, especially in hot weather. Add distilled water when necessary. · Always replace a battery with one that’s rated at least as high as the one originally specified. · Keep the top of the battery clean. Dirt becomes a conductor, which drains battery power. Further, as corrosion accumulates on battery terminals it becomes an insulator, inhibiting current flow.

Tips on Preparing for Summer Car Care Canada offers additional tips to prepare for summer, to keep your vehicle dependable and safe, to protect the environment and to enhance and maintain your vehicle investment: 1. CONDUCT REGULAR MAINTENANCE – follow a scheduled maintenance plan to avoid troubles down the road.

2. REPLACE WORN PARTS, such as belts and hoses, before they break.

It’s always easier to be prepared.

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People often say to me, “why do you drive that thing, you must go through huge bucks in gas?”

Sure, our 1970 Cougar convertible isn’t a Prius for fuel economy, but that car we bought five years ago is still worth at least the $10K we paid for it, if not more. Talk to me about your newer cars value now from five years ago!

OK, I am not bashing new cars, rather I’m celebrating the classics. My dad and I share a small collection of cars that we drive here and there; we also started the new Vancouver Collector Car Show Sale and Auction, taking place at the PNE Fairgrounds June 22 and 23. It’s a celebration of all things classic car-related, and a heck of a good collector car auction.

This should be a blast of a weekend!

We have turned classic cars into our hobby, and a slight obsession. We Heards aren’t the most mechanically inclined people, but with old cars you don’t have to be, to tackle some projects yourself rather than taking it to the shop and paying shop hours.

Last summer, after a day of summer cruising, we smelled a horrible odour.

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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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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months.

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Heat, hot water & lrg storage locker included. Many units have in-suite laundry and lrg patios/balconies with gorgeous views. Tasteful gardens, swimming pools, hot tub, gym, laundry, gated parking, plus shops & services. Near Oakridge Centre, Canada Line stations, Langara College, Churchill High School & more.

Sorry no pets. www.langaragardens.com

Call 604-327-1178

info@langaragardens.com Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

LEGALS Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: BERTHA MARGARET MATHISEN, Deceased, formerly of 3989 Angus Drive, Vancouver, BC. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of BERTHA MARGARET MATHISEN who died on November 1, 2011, at Vancouver, BC, are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor at #2700 - 700 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1B8, on or before July 15, 2013, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

William John Mathisen, Executor.

Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Barristers + Solicitors.

Drywall

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

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

6540

Houses - Rent

40TH/ROSS ST, Main flr 3 BR, 2 bths, lrg livg rm, patio, W/D, D/W, $1750 + 1/2 utils. NS/NP. July 1.

604-879-1454 or 778-389-9925

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR rear bsmt ste, priv entry, patio, Langara area, nr amen., no w/d, np ns, suits 1 person, lease, $660. July 1. 604-322-0420

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

5505

Legal/Public Notices

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

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

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

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

6602

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

Drainage

vancourier.com • vancourier.com

RENTALS 6508

8073

RNC DRAINAGE

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

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

Any concrete project. Free Est. Since 1977. Basile 604-617-5813

5505

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

Concrete

Old garage, carport, house, pool, repair main waterline, break concrete & removal.

Licensed • Insured • WCB

Close to skytrain, incls heat & h/w. Newly reno’d large suites with balonies.

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

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

8060

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

2 BR $1100/month 3 BR $1375/month

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

FABULOUS 2 BDRM., 2 BATH APT. • $649,000

JUDY KILLEEN • 604-833-8044

Concrete

1 BEDROOM + Den Furn/Unfurn.

Available NOW $1750/$2800 www.rentYVR.ca 778.888.8888

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

OPEN SAT., 2-4PM • MLS# V994147 #401 - 1132 HARO ST., WEST END VAN. • 1088 Square Feet • New Pipes 2012, Wood Floors • 1 Block to Robson Street • 2 Secured Parking Spots • 1 Large Storage Locker • Full Size Washer/Dryer • Quiet South-East Facing, Bright • Sundeck for Sitting • Walk to Stanley Park, Shopping

8060

AMBER LODGE

6030

CULTUS LK gardener’s dream 1160 sf 2 br 1.5 ba rancher, a/c 55+ complex $63K 604-858-9301 see uSELLaHOME.com id5400

Cleaning

RESIDENTIAL CONCRETE "For all your concrete needs" UTS Concrete 604 209 9843

Houses - Sale

6020-01 TOP FLR 762sf 1br condo, in-ste laundry, 45+ building Mt. Baker view $85,000. 778-822-7387 see uSELLaHOME.com id5553

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

Langley/ Aldergrove

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-02

8055

604-253-0049

REAL ESTATE 6005

Carpentry

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

Appliance Repairs

8015

Body Work

604-739-3998

8030

Escort Services

RE: The Estate of Noel Joyce Taylor, otherwise known as Noel J. Taylor, Noel Taylor and Joyce Taylor, deceased, formerly of Broadway Pentecostal Lodge, 1377 Lamey’s Mill Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3S9 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Noel Joyce Taylor, deceased, are hereby notified under Section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned Executor c/o Cohen Buchan Edwards LLP, Lawyers & Notaries, Suite 208 - 4940 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6X 3A5, on or before July 15, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

DATED at Richmond, BC, this 4th day of June, 2013.

K. BRUCE PANTON COHEN BUCHAN EDWARDS LLP, Solicitors for Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, Executor

1BDRM GROUND level, 51st & Fraser, bus stop in front, n/s, n/p, ref’s. $750 plus util. Avail Now. Call after 6pm 604-708-0589 2 BR glvl ste, 1 bath, Poplar St/ Marine Dr, nr bus/Superstore, very clean, quiet area, no pets, avail Now, 604-324-7475 2 BR ste, grd level, E. Van, close schools, skytrain & bus, $1050 incls utils, cable, wifi. July 1st, np, share laundry 604-709-9025 KERRISDALE, 1 bdrm ste, ground flr, priv entr, fully furn, Nr transit and shops, $750, n/s, n/p, Avail Now, Call 604-266-7604

5505

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

RE: The Estate of Thomas Andrew Hood also known as Thomas A. Hood and Thomas Hood, deceased, formerly of 415 West 29th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Y 2L1 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Thomas Andrew Hood are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claim should be sent to the Executor at: 510 - 650 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 4N7 on or before July 12, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company, Executor Attention: Karen Peterson, Trust Officer

HOT SPOT FOR SALE

For information

604-630-3300

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8075

8120

Drywall

Glass Mirrors

Wayne The Drywaller

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

No job too small. 837-1785

8080

Electrical

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

All Kinds of Work and Reasonable Rates.

Contact us today for a free estimate.

Max: 604-341-6059 Licensed & Bonded

Lic. 22308

A Lic’d. Electrician #30582.

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

Insured, bonded & WCB. Free est Reasonable rates 604-842-5276 ALP ELECTRIC #89724 Low price, big/small jobs, free est Satisfaction guar 604-765-3329 LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309 Commercial & residential renos & small jobs. 778-322-0934.

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

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

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOES, BOBCATS, EXCAVATORS & DUMP TRUCKS Drainage, Paving, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank & demos, dirt removal, paver stones, Jackhammer, Water / sewer line / sumps. Slinger avail. 24 hrs.

Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

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

8090

Same Day Service, Fully Insured Commercial/Residential

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

Tel: 604-603-9655

8125

West Coast Cedar Installations New, repaired or rebuilt ★ Fences & Decks ★ 604-435-5755 or 604-788-6458

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates

Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224 www.centuryhardwood.com

ANYTHING IN WOOD Hardwood flrs, install, refinishing.

Non-toxic finishes. 604-782-8275

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless Prof & Quality work 604-219-6944 CELTIC HARDWOOD FLOORS Installations & refinishing. Quality work. Reas Rates. 604-293-0057 Golden Hardwood & Laminate & Tiles. Prof install, refinishing, sanding & repairs. 778-858-7263

FREE ESTIMATES

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

AT YOUR HOME GUTTER SERVICES

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

310-JIMS (5467) BOOK A JOB AT

www.jimsmowing.ca HEDGING GARDENING CLEAN-UPS PRUNING

DUNBAR LAWN & GARDENS

WCB – Fully Insured 100% Money Back Guarantee

604-340-7189 ACCREDITED BUSINESS

atyourhomeservicesgroup.ca DIRTY WINDOWS? DIRTY GUTTERS? Black Bear Window Cleaning does windows, gutters & siding. Insured & Guaranteed.

Commercial & Residential.

Call: 778 892-2327 Gutter & window cleaning, power washing. Prompt, professional.

30 yrs exp. Simon 604-230-0627

TROY TEATHER GUTTERS 15% OFF - 604-722-1105

8130

Repairs & Renos, small repairs welcome.

Insured, WCB, Licensed.

604-318-4390 aaronrconstruction.com

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

DUSTTIN’S HANDYMAN Service All jobs Large and Small.

Competitive Rates 604-562-5711

HANDYMAN, reno, kitchen, bath, plumbing, countertop, flooring, painting, etc. Mic, 604-725-3127 HOME REPAIRS & Improvements Lipstick renos & painting; decks & fences. Walter 778-837-2518 THE HANDYMAN CAN Professional Home Services Big or small - we do them all Free Est. Sr.Disc. 604-340-4633

8135

Hauling

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

8155

Landscaping

Need a Great New Lawn?

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

604-220-5296

www.englishlawns.com

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

8160

Free Estimates

604-266-1681

WCB • FULLY INSURED

EST. 41 YEARS

HEDGE SHRUB TREE & STUMP REMOVAL FREE ESTIMATE INSURED

224-3669

Lawn & Garden

** HARDWOOD FLOORS ** Installed, Repaired, Refinished Free Est. Peter 604-329-4498

604-723-2468; Tran the Gardener.

Lawns, cutting, weeding, trimming, cleanups. Reliable. 604-723-2468

INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

GARDENS ONLY Weeding, planting, pruning, etc.

Gail 604-251-8012

Moving & Storage

Tree Topping, Clean-Up, Planting, Trimming, Power Raking, Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside

WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Spring Clean Up Lawn Restoration. Planter Box, Garden Installation.

Comm/Strata/Res Free Estimates.

604-893-5745 GB GARDENING - lawn cut, trim, prune, clean up, power wash, free est. 778-847-9412 604-322-9412 JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming.

Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126 JIM’S MOWING 604-310-JIMS (5467) www.jimsmowing.ca

JUST LAWNCUTS

Cameron 604-709-6230

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

B&Y MOVING

Marty’s

Over 10 yrs. Exp. • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

Colour Consultant in-House

Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $55 ~

604-708-8850 Experienced Movers with Affordable Rates!

Starting $40/ hour FLAT RATE also available Licensed & Insured • Seniors Discount

604-787-8061

TCP MOVING

PAINTING LTD.

No job too small • 1973

BBB Rating A+ • Free Estimate 604-733-2865 30% OFF all painting. Goodwood Painting Services. 20 years experience. Call 604-723-1643 DUSKO PAINTING, Int/Ext. Com/ Res. Drywall repair. Free ests.

604-417-5917, 604-258-7300 FAIRWAY PAINTING, Int/ ext.

Fully Insured, 20 yrs exp.

Call 604-729-1234

1 to 3 men from $40

• Licensed & Insured.

• Local & storage.

• Ca & US long distance.

MILANO PAINTING & RENOS Int/Ext. Free Est. Written Guar.

Prof & Insured. 604 551-6510

604-505-1386 604-505-9166 ABE MOVING & Delivery and Rubbish Removal $35/HR per Person • 24/7 604-999-6020 EXP PROF movers fully equip, piano specialist. Evening moves available. George 778-875-8202

★ STAFFORD & SON ★ Interior/Exterior. Top quality work.

Reas. rates. BBB, 604-221-4900

8200

Patios/Decks/ Railings

Low Budget Moving.com

8193

Oil Tank Removal

FLECK CONTRACTING LTD.

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

Off: 604-266-2120 Cell: 604-290-8592 Serving West Side since 1987

STORMWORKS OIL Tank Removal.

Certified, Insured, Reasonable Rates. A+ BBB. 604-724-3670

8195

THE REAL DEAL

SENIOR EXP’D GARDENER Pruning, Trimming, Landscaping 604-354-8382 or 604-879-6019

Exterior Special on NOW

Masonry

MASONRY and REPAIRS •Stone Walls •Bricks •Chimneys •Slate •Fireplaces •Pavers •Landscaping •Concrete.

George • 778-998-3689

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

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

45

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

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

POWER WASHING GUTTER & WINDOW CLEANING Prompt Professional Service 30 years experience

Simon 604-230-0627 Ken’s Power Washing Plus SUMMER SPECIALS • Pressure Washing • Gutter & Window Cleaning • Painting • Free Estimates • Insured

Call Ken 604-716-7468

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

TOTAL HOME A RENOVATIONS Since 1983

FROM DESIGN TO FINISH Complete Renos & Additions, incl.: Kitchen & Bath Improvements • Roofing • Sundecks • Door & Window Replacements

Bill 604-298-1222 www.chrisdalehomes.com

604-318-4390 • Sunrooms • Aluminum patio/deck covers • Aluminum railings • Glass railings • Aluminum fencing • Auto gates Free Estimates 604-782-9108

www.PatioCoverVancouver.com ★TUFFDECK.CA★

Water Proofing, Railings & Gates

Call 604-600-2747

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ASPHALT PAVING

3 Rooms $250

Give us a Call We’re Tough to Beat

Free Estimates

604-771-7052

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

8220

Plumbing

Interior/Exterior Specialist Many Years Experience Fully Insured Top Quality, Quick Work Free Estimate

604-724-3832

FAIRWAY PAINTING Fully Insured 20 yrs. exp. • Free Est.

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS 10% OFF

Call 604-

7291234

RENOVATIONS

Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

Bathrooms – Kitchens Carpentry – Stairs – Decks Framing to finishing ~ Small jobs welcome ~

Rob, 778-861-4224

YOUR WAY

Plumbing & Renovations Full Kitchen & Bath Reno’s • Plumbing Service - all types • H/W tanks • Plugged drains No job too small!

‘Old Home Specialist’

Steve ✔

604-830-8555

Plumbing Ltd

604-551-8531 Honest Service Lic - Ins - Bonded

10% Off with this Ad! For all your plumbing, heating & reno needs.

Lic Gas Fitter, Aman. 778-895-2005

GET OUT YOUR LIST! We do all the fussy little jobs no one else wants to do.

Complete home repairs.

Workmanship and your Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Est 1983. Ralph 682-8256

www.RenoRite.com

Actual Plumbing & Heating, Boilers, Furnaces, Tankless, Hotwater tanks, 24/7, Seniors Disc.

Lic. BBB, 604-874-4808 LARTERS PLUMBING. Bradford & White h/w tank, 50 g. elec. $725 & 40 g. gas $850 604-307-5827

Renovations & Home Improvement

AALL EXT REPAIRS/REPLACE Rebuild, new build, fencing, decks & stairs. 604-325-4674 ALLQUEST PAINTING Quality Work You Can Trust!

778 997-9582 D & M RENOVATIONS, Flooring, tiling, finishing. Fully Insured. Top quality, quick work 604-724-3832 EXTERIOR/INTERIOR Painting Custom Cabinet/ COUNTERTOP low rate. Isaac 604.836.1648 High United Construction New build, complete renos, drywall, tile, stucco, patio cover. Big/ small. Randy 604-250-1385 Moon Construction Building Services Additons, Renovations, New Construction, Specializing in Concrete Forming, Framing & Siding. 604-218-3064 ★RENOVATIONS - Over 25 yrs exp. Drywall, Painting, Kitchen, Bath, Tenant Improvement that meets code. Call 604-722-4411

Renovations • Repairs

BATHROOM• KITCHEN • BASEMENT Structural ★ Water Ingress Kelly Construction 604-738-7280

REPAIRS & RENOVATIONS Electrical, plumbing, carpentry, all work to code. 28 yrs on West Side Call Greg 604-644-4554 SN TOTAL HOME RENO Basements,bathrooms,decks.

For free estimates 604-318-4054

8250

Roofing

AT YOUR HOME ROOFING SERVICES

No More HST! BOOK NOW! • Roofing & Roof Repairs • Duroid, Cedar, Torch-on • Moss Control, Removal & Prevention • Gutter Installation, Cleaning & Repairs

WCB – Fully Insured 100% Money Back Guarantee

604-340-7189 ACCREDITED BUSINESS

atyourhomeservicesgroup.ca

drytech.ca ROOFING/ RE-ROOFING Leak Repairs & Chimney Repairs

SAVE $ 604-222-8453 Showroom: 1230 West 75th Ave.

Bros. Roofing Ltd. Over 40 Years in Business SPECIALIZING IN CEDAR, FIBERGLASS LAMINATES AND TORCH ON.

Liability Insurance, WCB, BBB, Free Estimates

604-946-4333

STORMRIDER ROOF REPAIRS • Concrete Tiles • Skylights • Rain Gutters

604-803-2808 A EASTWEST Roofing & Siding Reroofing, Gutter, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-783-6437

Save Your Dollars

✓ RenoRite 604 451 0225

Bath Kitchen Suites & More

MOZAIK MOZAIK HANDYMAN HANDYMAN SERVICES SERVICES LTD.

• Painting • Electrical • Plumbing • Tiling • Carpentry Carpeting

Tel: 739-8786, Cell: 716-8687

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

8240

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

West Side Home Improvements

Res - Com Professional Service FLAT RATE 7 DAYS/WK

D&M PAINTING

drytech.ca

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Quality Work You Can Trust!

778-997-9582

•Interior / Exterior •New Construction/ Renovations/ Additions Drywall • Plumbing Electrical • Foundations/ Framing • Flooring • Lic. & Insured • Free Estimates Call 604-220-7422

ALLEN ASPHALT concrete, brick,

604-618-2949

WESTMOR

Insured/WCB

WE CAN FIX IT

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

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

aaronrconstruction.com

Driveway, Walkway & Parking Lot Garage Apron / Speed Bump / Pot Hole / Patch Commercial & Residential www.jaconbrospaving.com

Painting/ Wallpaper

★ SD ENTERPRISES ★ Lawncare, power raking, landscaping, pruning, clean-up, cedar fencing. Terry, 604-726-1931

8175

Power Washing

Repairs & Renos, general contracting.

Insured, WCB, Licensed

Local & long distance Call 604-720-0931 brothersmovingservice.com

Ny Ton Gardening Trimming, Shrubs, Pruning, Yard Cleanup, 604-782-5288

ENGLISH LAWNS, new lawn installs, replace old, drainage, landscaping, pavers, etc.

Any size job. Nick, 604-929-7732

8225

AaronR CONST

★ 604-652-1660 ★

Handyperson

AaronR CONST

8185

BEST RATE MOVING

Gutters

FENCES & DECKS front steps, retaining walls, repair or renew, John 778-998-5591 tarasoffconstruction.com KB METAL PRODUCTS LTD. FENCE & GATES : CHAIN LINK & ALUMINUM ORNAMENTAL. ✫Free Estimates: 604-619-8434

Lawn & Garden

Spring Services

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING Cedar Fence Install Call 604-275-3158

8160

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~ FREE ESTIMATES ~

A-1 Contracting & Roofing ReRoofing & Repair. WCB. 25% Discount. Jag, 778-892-1530

AMBLESIDE ROOFING

All types - Reroofs & Repairs Insured/WCB 778-288-8357

Canam Roofing 778-881-1417 Residential roofing, new, reroofing & repairs. Peace of mind warranty. www.canamroofing.ca MCR Mastercraft Roofing Right the 1st time! Repairs, reroofing, garage, decks. Hart 322-5517

Since 1989

RENOS • REPAIRS 9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

Samra Bros. Roofing Ltd. 40 yrs+ Cedar / Fiberglass / Torch On Free Estimates. 604-946-4333

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Rubbish Removal

15 & 30 Yard Dumptrucks

9125

Domestic

'Haul anything...but dead bodies!!'

GARAGE SALE

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Disposal & Recycling Trips start at

On Time, Fast. Lowest Rates

AUTOMOTIVE

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We Load or You Load

“Haul Anything ... but Dead Bodies”

• We remove any kind of junk & recycling • Resident, Commercial, Industrial • Basement, Garage, Yard Clean-up • Old Furniture, Appliances

Refer to the Home Services section for all your needs.

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

604-RUBBISH 782-2474

Domestic

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John 778-288-8009

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9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

J. PEARCE STUCCO CONTRACTING. 604-761-6079 www.stuccocontracting.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Serving the Lower Mainland since 1988

Home Improvement?

9125

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20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE NOW !

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Looking to do some

Domestic

Home & Yard Clean Ups Residential/Commercial No Job Too Small Free Estimates- 7 Days/Wk Call Tony 604-834-2597 www.bulldogdisposal.ca

WE LOAD OR YOU LOAD

Place your ad online: classifieds.vancourier.com or call 604-630-3300

9125

Rubbish Removal

bradsjunkremoval.com

604.254.1760

Collectibles & Classics

Rubbish Removal

Bulldog Disposal Co

Renovations & Custom Homes

9110

8255

Empty your Garage Fill Your Wallet

MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

9160

Sports & Imports

8309

Tiling

A & Wes Tile top European quality Tile install custom bath-kitch 604-657-0343 AandWesTile.com

PTV TILE INSTALLATIONS Ceramic Tile, Porcelain, Slate, 25 Yrs Exp. Santo 778-235-1772

8315

Tree Services

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

8335

Window Cleaning

WHITE ROSE Window Cleaning.

Inside and out. Gutters cleared and cleaned too! 604-274-0285 Waters Home Maintenance Window Cleaning, also Gutters.

Free Est. 604-738-6606

9160

Sports & Imports

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from

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19.99

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46%

285-400g

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Zorba’s Spanakopitas

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2.69

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41%

product of Canada

NaturSource Almonds

2/4.98

SAVE

9.59

27-31%

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Kitchen Basics Stock

2.79

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160-450g product of Canada

4.99

355ml product of USA

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TrueBlue or TrueBlack Juice

assorted varieties

3/3.99

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Rice Bakery

assorted varieties

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Father’s Day Cupcakes or Cookies

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Olympic Sour Cream or Cream Cheese

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Bakery Department

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Deli Department

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skim, 1, 2, or 3.25%

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Truwhip Natural Whipped Topping

Avalon Organic Milk

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33%

assorted varieties

39%

3.99

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Barbara’s Whole Grain and Puffins Cereal

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assorted varieties

product of Canada

33%

J.D. Farms Smoked Turkey Drumsticks

Tofutti Cuties

assorted varieties

Produce Department

3.99lb/ 8.80kg

113g product of USA

34%

400g product of Canada

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2/7.00

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11.49

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