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Members of the Renfrew-Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club prepare for their Saturday morning practice paddle in Burrard Inlet. The group will be transporting residential school survivors in their canoes for the “Truth and Reconcilliation Commission” Sept. 17. Scan page with Layar for a photo gallery and video.

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Exercise for seniors is just one of the activities and services provided at the Renfrew-Collingwood Seniors’ Society.

CENTRAL PARK: ESCALATION BY SANDRA THOMAS The legal fight between six rogue community centres and the park board continues with a new injunction launched at the board.

TEDX SURPRISE BY CHERYL ROSSI A neighbourhood Niki Dun knew nothing about became for her the right place to host a TedX forum.

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Poverty stats spurred neighbourhood house into action FOOD SECURITY INSTITUTE, PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED IN 2002 SANDRA THOMAS Staff writer

y offering classes in everything from Canning for Convenience, bread baking, Pickling Vietnamese Style, and drop-in gardening, this year’s fall schedule offered by the Food Security Institute at Collingwood Neighbourhood House reads like something out of a hipsterfoodie bible with a side of 100 Mile Diet. Stephanie Lim, who coordinates Food Security Institute programs with co-worker Jason Hsieh, said the classes and initiatives were developed over time in response to a disturbing census ﬁnd in the early 2000s that showed 30 per cent of the neighbourhood’s residents were living below the poverty line. The institute was established in 2002, with a $65,000 grant from the Vancouver Foundation. “It was a way to address hunger and poverty,” said Lim, “while bringing people together to deal with this problem as neighbours.” As the result of that census, the neighbourhood house launched the free and low-cost Morning Star Breakfast and Shower Program, which turned out to be extremely popular.

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Collingwood Community Garden is just below the tracks of the Joyce SkyTrain Station. Scan page with Layar to see a video of the rooftop garden. “The number of people coming for breakfast kept increasing,” said Lim. “That signaled to neighbourhood house staff that the number of homeless living in the community was increasing. Now the Morning Star program is part of our outreach.” Lim said today the institute acts as an anchor that brings the many diverse food-related programs, initiatives and classes offered at the neighbourhood house together. One priority is to promote learning and leadership around sustainable growing, local food, multicultural traditions and healthy eating. One

of the messages the institute stresses is that food is a human right and that the “right to food” means much more than meeting basic nutritional requirements. To that end institute staff have created programs based on its multicultural community. Lim noted programs offered are about so much more than food. She said participants of the cooking and gardening classes join initially to learn new food-related skills, but stay for the company, fun and even an opportunity to practise new English skills. “One of our challenges is space,” said Lim.

“We’re over subscribed for all of our classes.” A demonstration garden on the roof of the neighbourhood house is where drop-in gardeningclassesareheldandthroughwhichnewcomers to the hobby can learn practical skills and help grow produce for community programs. The Norquay Community Orchard on Horley Street is a natural classroom that gets community members involved in everything from ground preparation to planting and harvesting of organic fruit. The neighbourhood house will host several workshops at the orchard this fall and is looking for community volunteers to help build a tool storage unit and new bench, as well as in planting ﬁg and quince trees. Meanwhile it’s over at the Collingwood Community Garden near the Joyce Street SkyTrain Station, where residents can tend to their own small plot of soil and grow produce and ﬂowers. Other food-related classes and events being offered this fall at Collingwood Neighbourhood House include Moon Cake Baking, Pickling Cucumbers, Apple and Pear Chips, the ongoing community kitchen and the Seventh Annual Fall Harvest with prizes for the best homegrown produce. For more information visit nh.bc.ca. Lim and Hsieh will man a booth at the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival Sept. 21, to offer information about the Food Security Institute. For more information on the festival see related story at vancourier.com. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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Spreading the love for Renfrew Ravine 11TH ANNUAL MOON FESTIVAL CELEBRATES REVIVAL OF RAVINE’S STILL CREEK CHERYL ROSSI Staff writer

armen Rosen volunteered to pull discarded toilets and tiles out of Renfrew Ravine when she moved near Renfrew and East 22nd avenue in 2000. She then applied her creative passion to the problem and organized the first Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in 2003. “If I can get people to love the ravine, half our work is done,” Rosen figured. Now thousands of community members of various backgrounds gather for the annual event, youth who’ve helped improve the health of the ravine are writing graduate papers about it at university and this year’s 11th annual festival, Sept. 21, will celebrate the revival of the salmon run in Still Creek, which flows through the ravine. Volunteers, the non-profit Evergreen and teens from Windermere secondary have planted native trees and plants in the ravine. In 2006, they created a mosaic bench on top of asphalt someone once dumped at a corner of the ravine. Last year, the Still Moon Arts Society got teens focusing on ecosystem management with Canadian Environmental Award-winning forest ecologist, forester and educator Herb Hammond.

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Pulling discarded toilets and tiles out of Renfrew Ravine inspired Carmen Rosen to organize the annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in 2003, which this year falls on Sept. 21. The city and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have worked to restore Still Creek, which flows into Burnaby, through five municipalities, Rosen says, before it meets the ocean. Last November, the first major run of chum salmon spawned in Still Creek in Burnaby and also Vancouver where none had been seen for 80 years. “They never believed any would come back to Vancouver,” Rosen said. “All the experts said it wouldn’t

happen because there’s too much pipe between the Burnaby section and the Vancouver section, they have to swim under a whole section of Boundary Road.” A week after the salmon run the park board kicked off consultations about a master plan to rehabilitate Renfrew Ravine Park and Renfrew Community Park. Rosen said “a ton” of people participated. The park board hired a landscape architecture ﬁrm last fall to develop

a master plan for the parks in collaboration with city departments, Metro Vancouver, community groups and residents. The plan is meant to increase recreational and educational opportunities and enhance the ecology of the parks, ravine and Still Creek. The plan could include new trails, where appropriate, on the wild stretch of ravine, and lookouts, says Tiina Mack, manager of park development for the board.

Short-term priorities include more removal of invasive species and replanting of native species and more accessible trails for people of all ages and abilities in Renfrew Park. An old wading pool will hopefully be turned into a spray park, partly to reduce water consumption and an off-leash dog area could be added. While Rosen loves celebrating successes related to the ravine, she concedes more work is needed. “The stream still smells awful some days,” she said. “There are still some cross connections of sewer going into the storm water when people build illegal basement suites.” She’d like to see the ravine become an anchor for a green neighbourhood with permeable streets and lanes so storm drains wouldn’t cause flash floods that could wash away salmon eggs in Still Creek. Residents can celebrate the community’s successes with lanternmaking classes until Sept. 19, and activities that include a Harvest Fair at Slocan Park, a twilight lantern walk along the wild ravine, art installations and music in Renfrew Park and a finale with music, puppetry and fire dancers. The master plan will be discussed at a park board meeting, Sept. 23. For more information, see stillmoon.org. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

Work delays postpone Kingsway Continental opening DEVELOPING STORY with Naoibh O’Connor

enfrew-Collingwood’s former Ramada Inn at 3484 Kingsway near Joyce Street, which the City of Vancouver is turning into nonmarket housing, won’t open as the Kingsway Continental until November or December due to delays in renovation work. The project was supposed to have been completed by the end of summer. “The renovations have taken longer than we’d expected, so we’ve been postponed a bit but the good news is that they are well underway and the building is being renovated to the level we want it to be,” explained Jennifer Standeven, the city’s assistant director of business operations. “When we get into renovations of older buildings, you always encounter some issues, whether

it’s home renovations or commercial renovations. In this one we discovered some mould, so of course we had to get rid of it and then we do the work afterwards.” The city bought the Ramada in 2012 for $15.5 million. The city did not provide details about renovation costs by the Courier’s deadline. Tenants from the 109-unit Old Continental residence at 1390 Granville St. at the north end of Granville Street Bridge, have been given priority placement in the 123unit Kingsway Continental. The Old Continental will be demolished. Standeven said about 50 of its roughly 80 residents, who are primarily on welfare or receiving a pension, have accepted the offer. “Some of them have actually lived in the [Renfrew-Collingwood] neighbourhood and we’ve taken people on tours of the neighbourhood, so they’re quite excited and understandingly disappointed that it was delayed,” Standeven said. B.C. Housing has also requested some of the units in the Kingsway Continental because it’s renovating SROs in the Downtown

Eastside. “They need some space for people on a 12-to-18 month basis,” Standeven added. “So we’re holding some of the units for them. We’re just working out the scheduling with them.” The city is also working with the RenfrewCollingwood Homelessness Committee to ﬁll up any rooms that remain. Last year, city staff indicated Kingsway Continental rent will range between $375 a month up to about $750, depending on the size of the unit and the tenant’s ﬁnancial means. Michael McLenaghen, Collingwood Neighbourhood House’s community services director, said he’s been told to expect a gradual opening of the Kingsway Continental. The organization is collecting supplies and non-perishable food for gift bags to offer to new tenants. “We’re making a really big effort to encourage a welcoming feeling for everybody,” he said. St. Mary’s School and members of CNH youth programs have also created cards to welcome tenants.

“I would say there are not a lot of homeless people in Collingwood-Renfrew — there are some, but there are a fairly large number that are at risk, right on the edge of being homeless. That’s where our outreach workers focus,” McLenaghen said. “So some people from Collingwood-Renfrew who are looking for accommodations and are atrisk, they’ll be moving into the Continental as well.” At a city open house about the Kingsway Continental last year, some neighbours were concerned about who would lease the space that used to house Jaguars Pub & Restaurant on the property. They objected to the possibility of another pub moving in. Several said they preferred if it was turned into a cooking school or something to do with the food security institute, which is run out of CNH. A decision hasn’t been made about the lease, but ultimately it will be a decision for council if an agreement is advanced, according to the city. noconnor@vancourier.com twitter.com/naoibh

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he six community centre associations given eviction notices by the park board Aug. 29 have ﬁred back with a request for a court injunction to have their termination put on hold unless several demands are met by Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. In the seven-page document addressed to Ben Parkin, assistant director of general litigation for the City of Vancouver, lawyer Dean Davison writes the park board not only wants to terminate the joint-operating agreement between Kerrisdale, Killarney, Hastings, Hillcrest, Sunset and Riley Park/Hillcrest community centre associations, but also want to dictate the terms of the dissolution. Davison calls it the “most extreme example of the park board’s intention to oust the associations from the operation of the community centres and centralized power and revenue with the park board.” Davison continues that the park board states plainly in the termination letter sent to the six associations that the reason for the termination of their joint-operating agreements is the fact they ﬁled notice of civil claim against the board in B.C. Supreme Court.

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The document calls the termination action by the park board “retaliatory and disingenuous in that it purports to act in the best interest of the public when it does the exact opposite.” This is the third legal proceeding the six associations have launched against the park board. The first, which went to court Sept. 3 but was postponed until next week, is asking for an injunction of the controversial OneCard for use at those six centres. The six associations refused to accept the OneCard for their association-run programs because it eliminates the need for individual community centre association memberships and could limit their ability to raise money. According to the provincial Societies Act, the associations must have a membership list to qualify as a non-profit society. The associations say non-profit status is vital to their ability in obtaining government funding or grants. They argue the introduction of the pass is a demonstration of the park board’s plan to phase out the associations. The main court case, set for Nov. 18, 19 and 20, will deal with what the associations allege are breaches of the interim and former jointoperating agreement. Vision Vancouver cochair Aaron Jasper said the document was sent to the city’s legal department so the park board won’t be commenting. To read the complete document, visit vancourier.com. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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iki Dun is ashamed to say she saw Renfrew-Collingwood as an uninspiring sea of Vancouver Specials and cement before she knew it better. Now she sees Vancouver’s largest neighbourhood as the city’s most exciting area. “It’s absolutely one of the most vibrant communities that I’ve been involved in,” Dun said, referring to its ethnic diversity and grassroots food sustainability, environmental and artistic projects. That’s one of the reasons why Dun has organized TEDxRenfrewCollingwood for Oct. 19. She wants neighbours, Vancouverites and the world to connect with the community’s thinkers and doers. The 15 TEDxRenfrewCollingwood speakers at Windermere secondary will include Michael Fergusson, founder and CEO of Ayogo, a global leader in the application of game psychology to patient self-care, 15-year-old Ann Makosinski, a Google Science Fair ﬁnalist for her body-heat powered ﬂashlight, poet Bertha Clark on the power poetry can bring to the incarcerated and Renfrew-Collingwood resident Bruce McKinlay who will discuss slow technology. Dun, who designed bicycle ambulances for communities in need in Africa, became a fan of TED’s philosophy of ideas worth spreading when she got involved with TEDxKids@BC. “TEDx keeps it at a global level but brings it down to grassroots, takes it to a really personal

level of relationships,” she said. The nonproﬁt TED opened up its brand to independent, licensed TEDx events in 2009. Experts from other TEDx events, including a museum director in Thessaloniki, Greece, the creative director at Penn State University in the U.S. and a medical resident in Iraq have assisted Dun’s team of volunteers. Potential TEDxRenfrewCollingwood audience members must apply for one of 250 spots. “We’re not looking for people who are a particular age, and we’re not looking at people’s jobs and we’re not looking at their education,” Dun said. “We just want people who are open to new ideas and are interested in talking about them and sharing them with an open mind.” Tickets are $40 and $50 to cover costs of the inaugural volunteer-run event. Dun hopes to lower prices next year. Those who can’t afford it can apply for a subsidized rate. Also on the agenda for 2014 are universal headsets that will allow speakers to present in their native tongue. Dun recognizes the breadth of knowledge, wisdom and ideas that come to Renfrew-Collingwood and Vancouver from other countries but don’t travel far because of language barriers. “The possibility of tapping into that really excites me,” Dun said. For more information on the daylong extravaganza that includes activities such as a walk and talk about Renfrew Ravine, performances and food, see tedxrenfrewcollingwood.com. crossi@vancourier.com twitter.com/Cheryl_Rossi

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n a recent Wednesday morning at the Renfrew-Collingwood Seniors’ Society centre (RCSS) Frank sits at what he calls the “men’s table” sipping tea and munching on a freshly made blueberry muffin. He jokes good-naturedly to staff members when they come by to refill his cup. Frank, 73, said he has been coming to the centre for five years. “They are my second family,” he said. RCSS has operated for 37 years and provides services for seniors in RenfrewCollingwood where, according to Statistics Canada 2011 data, close to 20 per cent of residents are over 60 years old— making it an area with one of the highest concentrations of seniors in Vancouver. Donna Clarke, RCSS executive director, said the organization’s goal is to keep seniors in their homes for as long as possible by offering senior-directed programs which emphasize peer support while treating seniors as “contributing adults to the community,” she said. Francis, 83, sits at the table next to Frank’s. Around his neck hangs a colourful polished flat stone. Rocks and crystals are his specialty. Last month he brought in his large collec-

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tion and put on a seminar about it. Francis said he started coming in April in order to get out of the house. The staff is “fantastic,” he said “it is a good relaxing place.” The centre offers three programs during the week: the adult day program for seniors who require support because of health issues, a community day program for isolated seniors to socialize and learn new things and a caregiver program, which allows those caring for seniors to commiserate and learn new skills. On Saturdays there is an intergenerational lunch specifically for seniors and youth of Chinese descent. Throughout the morning at RCSS nurse Carol Yi takes one client at a time into her office for a quick checkup. Clarke said when health problems are detected, anything from a foot injury to depression, caregivers or caseworkers are notified right away. After morning tea, most of the clients move to the recreation area for a half-hour exercise class, but client Elaine sits a while longer at her table. She has problems with her memory she said, but knows what she likes and what she doesn’t. Asked how she feels about coming to the centre she said, “It is my lifeline.” To learn more about RCSS go to www. rencollseniors.ca. Thuncher@shaw.ca Twitter.com/thuncher

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ust when you may have been thinking “we have come a long way baby,” news breaks out about disturbing practices during frosh week, the introduction to campus life for first-year university students. First there was St. Mary’s University in Halifax and then we saw it right here at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. I’ve been paying particular attention to this phenomenon because my granddaughter just headed out for her first year at university. Thankfully, she’s attending neither of the above schools of, um, higher learning. Students tend to do a lot of silly things during what is essentially a hazing exercise mostly involving the overconsumption of alcohol. But what I didn’t expect to discover was young people of both genders in their first days on both campuses being encouraged by more senior students to participate in a cheer that glorifies what social scientists refer to as “rape culture.” The particular little ditty — now available to the whole world on YouTube of course — it is about the joy of forcing underaged girls to have sex. At both universities these events were supported by the administration. And, while you may think the folks supporting an activity would find out in advance what they might be providing resources for, both expressed “shock” when they were informed about this activity. Sauder spokesperson Andrew Riley told the Ubyssey student newspaper, which broke the story on that campus: “As far as I know, this issue doesn’t exist. I’ve never heard anything about this before.” What I find a bit shocking is the revelation from some of the participants that this cheer has been part of frosh week for quite some time. That appears to be the case at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, the place where they train the corporate leaders of tomorrow. And according to the story in the Ubyssey, this isn’t the first time the cheer has caused ripples that would reach the remote shores of the administration. The paper quotes frosh co-chair Jacqueline Chen, who said the cheers have been going on for many years and that the Commerce Undergraduate Society (made up of students in the Sauder School) was chastised in the past over it. Oddly, her solution is to simply prevent news of this appalling activity from leaking out to the general population: “We had problems a very long time ago with the cheers being public in a sort of way and the Dean seeing. We let the groups know: if it happens in the group, it stays in the group.” Really. She added that as a precaution, they should have any reference to this activity removed from social media. Unfortunately for Chen and her pals, that didn’t happen this time. A Sauder student tweeted the cheer, which was picked up by the Ubyssey. UBC philosophy professor Scott Anderson told me he is no expert on freshman rituals but he sees frosh week activities as based on pressure to “fit in with the group.” He is, however, an expert on the subjects of sexual harassment and assault. The impact of the cheer is no small matter. He says it shows a “disregard” for women who have been “victims of sexual violence and sexual predation.” As he also told the Ubyssey: this kind of chant is usually led by men who are in favoured positions in society so people want to curry favour by going along. But that cheering reinforces the victims “stigmatization and seems to make them the problem.” Anyone who complains is just spoiling the fun for others. When the Sauder School of Business Administration did finally accept the facts, they moved quickly to staunch the reputational risk they were facing. Dean Robert Helsley struck a task force to look into the Sauder so-called rape cheer activity. They will report back Sept. 16. He’s also cutting support for the existing frosh program and says “starting this week faculty will be increasing emphasis in the curriculum on issues related to respect, dignity and ethics.” And on Wednesday it was reported that two members of the student society executive responsible for frosh activities at Sauder resigned. Now all of that is something worth cheering about. agarr@vancourier.com

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History repeats itself in Syria/US scenario

n the Marx Brothers 1933 comedy Duck Soup, the small, bankrupt nation of Freedonia is threatened by its neighbour Sylvania. A rich widower, Mrs. Teasdale, refuses to finance the nations’ Treasury unless the cabinet installs her friend, Rufus T. Firefly, as President. Rufus, played by Groucho Marx, turns out to be an agent for the Eureka Ammunition Company. “Think of it, gentlemen, an ammunition salesman dictating the policies of our peace-loving country!” cries a Freedonian cabinet member. Unperturbed, Firefly rhymes off the offenses he will prosecute as an authoritarian leader: smoking, chewing gum, and telling dirty jokes. After the capture of a spy from Sylvania, Firefly whips the palace into a patriotic frenzy. “We’re going to war, we’re going to war!” the Freedonians roar in a song and dance number that finishes as a lily-white minstrel show: “They got guns/We got guns, All God’s chillun got guns! / I’m gonna walk all over the battlefield, / ‘Cause all God’s chillun got guns!” Newspaper headlines spin into view: “ARMIES MOBILIZE AS WAR CLOUDS GATHER!” and “AMNESIA HASTENS PREPARATIONS!” It’s worth noting that American colonists once proposed “Fredonia” as an alternative designation for the United States, and that no less than 16 towns across the continental U.S. bear the name. So for the purposes of this column it may not be a huge thematic leap from Freedonia vs. Sylvania to Fredonia vs. Syria. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently said the deaths in Damascus had the “signature of sarin,” inspiring Jon Stewart to flog “Signature of Sarin” perfume on The Daily Show. Tens of thousands of Syrians have already been killed. “So why now? The red line is apparently: You can’t use chemicals to kill your own people. You have to do it organically,” Stewart concluded. Associated Press correspondent Dale Gavlak recently reported that rebels were likely responsible for the recent deaths in a Damascus suburb from chemical weapons, not the Syrian government of Bahar Al-Assad. Saudi intelligence allegedly supplied the weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra, a group affiliated with alQaida (the latter are apparently on NATO’s side for the Syrian insurgency; it’s all very confusing without a deep state spreadsheet). Bravak’s report, which didn’t fit the White House/mainstream news narrative, quickly spiralled down the Memory Hole. I seem to recall a previous dustup over weapons of mass destruction, involving another mustached dictator. Not Hitler, but close. Coalition forces bombed his country either into the Stone Age or the waiting arms of Halliburton. Or was that Afghanistan? Libya, perhaps? It’s hard to keep the “rogue state” hit lists from the past 10 years straight; all I know is that the mustached guy’s weapons of mass destruction turned out to be as fictional as the Cheshire Cat’s smile, and hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed and injured in the wake of their supposed pursuit. Hang on, I now remember former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell testifying before the American Congress in 2003 about Iraqi WMDs. He said there was intelligence on mobile labs transporting chemical weapons, which he referred to as “Winnebagos of Death” with a straight face. Although an official British investigation concluded later they were probably weather balloon platforms, Powell’s Powerpoint tapdance was all Congress needed to sign off on another make-work program for the military-industrial complex. It’s hard to believe the Kerry/Obama routine isn’t a return engagement. In the words of the baseball player Yogi Berra, “it’s like déjà vu all over again” — perhaps a Beltway outbreak of nostalgia for the Bush years, cheered on by AIPAC lobbyists? Kerry says Assad must produce his chemical weapons to avoid an air strike. Putin says, hey Assad, why don’t you allow international weapons inspections? Assad says, OK, fine. Whoa, says Kerry, Assad can’t be trusted. Obama says lofty things about diplomacy first. Hail Freedonia! The global community watches, gobsmacked, at a song and dance number worthy of Rufus T. Firefly. “History repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce,” insisted the least funny Marx brother, Karl. Yet polls indicate most Americans are dead set against another misadventure in the Mideast, and the British parliament has already voted to keep out of the Duck Soup. Wise move; this time it looks like a nuke-friendly double feature, with a one-minute-to-midnight screening of Dr. Strangelove. www.geoffolson.com

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MUNICIPAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM NEEDS STREAMLINING

To the editor: Re: “Elections reform won’t tackle spending limits for 2014 campaign,” Aug. 27. I felt encouraged that our provincial government — notably Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development — is aware of the problems with municipal elections and is planning to make changes in time for the next election in November 2014. These changes, according to your article, will be focused on modernizing the election finance regulations. Based on my experience as candidate in a past election, I believe that other election issues also require government attention. One is how votes are accepted and counted. In some municipalities, voters may vote at any of 15 or more polling stations and an electoral officer does not know how many times people voted. They claim no one votes more than once. Even so, a proper democratic election requires a system that ensures accurate count. Another burning issue is the unfair restrictions cities place on candidates, such as making it difficult to promote their campaigns. A common method among such restrictions is a bylaw limiting any outdoor signs to private property. This rule immediately disfranchises voters

living in apartments and condos, where signs are prohibited by landlord or strata, as well property owners who choose not publicize their allegiances with a sign on their front lawn. So, unfortunately, we have whole city neighbourhoods during elections without any visual reminder that elections are in progress. Which leads to a shamelessly low voter turnout that is mostly beneﬁcial to incumbents. A better approach would be to allocate speciﬁc areas on public property throughout the municipality where candidates will be allowed to place a limited number of their signs. Some municipalities are already doing this. Other do not. Unfortunately, our Local Government Election act leaves too many issues to the discretion of local councils, and the actual electoral systems used in various municipalities vary from progressive and democratic to outdated and barely democratic. It’s essential for the provincial government to take a leadership role and streamline the electoral process everywhere in the province.

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ESCAPISM IS FINE BUT IN MODERATION

To the editor: Re: “Filling history gaps takes a tumble with Freedom,” Aug. 21. Thanks for coming clean Fiona Hughes. I’m pretty sure there are many millions like you out there, in fact I’m continually surprised at how many people

seem to know very little about the world around them and so much about sport/movies/celebrities/TV shows/fiction etc. I shouldn’t be surprised because it’s the perfect explanation for why the world is the way it is, and it’s exactly the kind of world the rogues that rule us like — not only a world in which people don’t look for the man behind the curtain; the kind where most people don’t even know there’s a curtain. I understand the desire for a little escapism like I understand the desire for a little drink or a little junk or a little acid but I think that people would enjoy it more if they actually found out something about the horrors they are escaping from first. Of course I am wrong. I am a voracious non-fiction/news/science/ politics consumer (and some time participant). I like facts the way a dog likes the wind outside the car window, eyes fluttering in the information stream eager for answers and questions. If enough people knew how the world really worked, could see how the levers were operated, then the people would be the ones driving the country instead of leaving it in the hands of some rich kid’s chauffeur. But for a lot of people it’s just too much cabbage and kale and when there’s unlimited icecream I can see how folks would rather fill up on dessert. Good on you for trying though. I appreciate it. Stephen B. Coulson, Vancouver

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The REAL Women of Eastside Fitness are holding a fundraising party at East Side Craft House and Liquor Store, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. The event is to raise funds for the Women2Warrior race Sept. 21, a timed run, covering ﬁve-kilometres of trails, track and grass at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby in Support of Easter Seals. The fundraising party is for both men and women, but I hear rumours the more people who show up the more pushups and burpees the REAL Women taking part will do. So beer and burpees, what more could you look for in a fundraiser. East Side Craft House is located at 1445 East 41st Ave. For more information on the run and Easter Seals visit woman2warrior.ca.

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MOUNT PLEASANT The organizer of a Sept. 26 fashion show says at ﬁrst glance the event might seem at odds with a goal to raise money for an eating disorders clinic. Rachel McHollister says it makes sense when you consider clothing can be a major part of recovery. To that end, McHollister has organized the fashion show to highlight local designers, including BodaciousLife, Pure Magnolia and HelenJean, who create clothing inclusive of everyone. McHollister noted designer Katie Jeanes of HelenJean has replaced traditional numbered sizes with a word or afﬁrmation such as “strong.” McHollister said it was because she had to seek help for her eating disorder out of province that she knows just how vital it is to offer support services closer to home. Inspired

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by her experiences, McHollister is helping raise awareness and $150,000 to open a daytreatment facility in Vancouver. The Project True fashion show is at Heritage Hall from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit projecttrue.com.

JERICHO BEACH HealthBridge Canada is holding a ﬁve-kilometre walk/run at Jericho Beach Sept. 15, to raise money to help pregnant women and newborn babies survive in Pakur, a poor remote area of India with one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the world. The Pakur Mother and Child Survival Project ensures community health workers are trained to provide education,

counselling and basic care to women. This includes before and post-natal care, safe delivery, nutrition and supplement counselling, growth monitoring, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, and child immunization. Health workers will also be trained to facilitate timely referrals and access to care at medical clinics. The registration fee is $35 per person, with special rates applying to teams. Registration can be completed at runningroom. com. More information about the project can be found at pakurproject.com.

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The Chrysanthemum Show at VanDusen Botanical Garden takes place Sept. 14 from noon to 4 p.m. and Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event showcases this popular traditional bloom as it enjoys its autumn prime from September to November when all else in the garden is fading. For sale will be 10-inch pots suitable for balconies, or for seniors who want some colour but don’t want to garden. sthomas@vancourier.com twitter.com/sthomas10

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ome have described their childcare tribulations as a cautionary tale. So teachers Jennifer and David Braun are relieved their nearly three-year-old son, Aiden, recently snagged a spot at Collingwood Neighbourhood House’s Terry Tayler Early Learning and Care Centre. “I picked him up yesterday, I don’t think he wanted to come home,” Jennifer Braun said. All went well for 13 months at the ﬁrst licensed home-based daycare Aiden started attending in February 2012, at age one. Then last March, an inspector discovered 12 children there instead of the seven for which it was licensed. The operator told the Brauns that starting Monday, Aiden could only attend part-time. “We were totally blindsided,” Braun said. The couple had noticed fewer than seven children some days, more on others with additional adult supervision, and assumed the daycare was licensed for an average of seven children. It took two weeks to secure a spot in another licensed homebased daycare that could accommodate

Aiden until July. The Brauns paid deposits for two future options, one for July, another for September. In June, the daycare Aiden entered in April told the Brauns it could care for him indeﬁnitely. They decided to keep him there for continuity. Braun cancelled the July spot and lost a $300 deposit. But while on a holiday in July, the Brauns received a message from the operator of the daycare they’d decided to stick with saying she couldn’t care for Aiden any longer because she faced health problems. Braun checked Vancouver Coastal Health’s website and saw the daycare had recently been found to be caring for too many children. Braun hadn’t yet cancelled the September spot but sought an alternative after a parent there expressed misgivings about it. When a neighbour told Braun spaces were available at the Terry Tayler centre she jumped on it. Terry Tayler helped found Collingwood Neighbourhood House, which operates the new centre named for her, near Nanaimo and Kingsway. Daycare space was provided through community amenity contributions made by a devel-

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oper on the rezoning. Sharon Gregson, director of child and family development services at Collingwood Neighbourhood House, says her non-proﬁt increased its licensed toddler and school-aged spots last year for a total of 375 spaces in Renfrew-Collingwood and Terry Tayler in neighbouring Norquay Village. It typically takes years to secure a toddler spot. Braun was overjoyed when she toured Terry Tayler two weeks before school started. “I almost started crying because I’m like this is exactly what I’ve been wanting, a brand new facility, the care workers are [early child education] trained,” she said. “It was very professional but also it seemed loving and fun.” Gregson, a spokesperson for the Coalition of Childcare Advocates of B.C., is promoting The Plan for $10 a Day Child Care, which proposes the Ministry of Education fund school boards to provide early care and learning programs. Braun corroborates the need for systemic change. “The government needs to take more of a responsibility to help parents ﬁnd quality childcare and to pay childcare workers a living wage,” she said.

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970 Union Street (Villa Cathay Care Home) To amend CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District (505) By-law No. 10306, to increase the ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) from 1.7 to 3.0 and increase the maximum height from 11.7 metres (38 feet) to 33 metres (108 feet). This would permit expansion of the existing seniors care facility through an 11-storey addition, increasing the total number of care beds from 188 to 225.

3068 Kingsway (3058 Kingsway) 3 To rezone 3068 Kingsway (3058 Kingsway) from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit a six-storey commercial and residential building, with 30 units of secured market rental housing. A ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 3.65 and a building height of 18.73 metres (61.5 feet) are proposed.

5650 Victoria Drive (5648-5658 Victoria Drive) To rezone 5650 Victoria Drive (5648-5658 Victoria Drive) from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit a six-storey commercial and residential building, with 30 units of secured market rental housing. A ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 3.65 and a building height of 18.9 metres (62 feet) are proposed.

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755-795 West 41st Avenue To rezone 755-795 West 41st Avenue from RS-1 (OneFamily Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit two six-storey apartment buildings and twostorey townhouses with a total of 74 residential units. A ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 2.87 and a building height of 19.5 metres (64 feet) are proposed.

7249 Cypress Street To rezone 7249 Cypress Street from RS-6 (One-Family Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit ﬁve three-storey townhouses and one commercial retail unit with a residential unit above. A ﬂoor space ratio (FSR) of 1.2 and a building height of 10.7 metres (35.1 feet) are proposed.

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rend forecasters are showing that sleek and modern kitchens are expected to gain momentum in home updates for years to come. So whether you’re considering a kitchen renovation in the near future, or just wanting to make some minor adjustments to your existing space, these tips are sure to add a pop:

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• Just cool it. With almost half of a home’s energy consumed by heating and cooling, keep an eye on the thermostat. Industry experts agree that every degree below 200C can shed 3-5% off your energy consumption.

• Clean the green way. Try cleaning with simple ingredients such as plain soap, water, baking soda, vinegar or lemon juice save you money, it can also be gentle to our planet. There are plenty of uses from simple ingredients. There are countless tips about reducing our carbon footprint. These simple yet practical tips can help your family become ‘environmentally trendy’.

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travel Discovering Sufi music in 16th-century shrine SUBURBAN MOSQUE COMES ALIVE WITH MUSIC AFTER SUNSET GREG MIDDLETON Meridian Writers’ Group

ELHI — Hidden deep in one of the predominately Muslim suburbs of this city is a Sufi shrine famed for its music. I started hearing about it back when I began coming to India in 1998. I never knew its name, though, and finally mentioned it to an Indian friend. “But we’ve been there, twice,” he said with disbelief. “It is my mosque, the mosque right near my house in Nizamuddin. But music only Thursday night. Come, you will like.” The place was mentioned in my guidebook as the shrine and mausoleum of Muslim Sufi saint Nizam-ud-din, who died in 1325 at age 92. It is also the gravesite of Princess Jahanara, the daughter of Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, and of the Urdu poet Amir Khusru. But in my book there had been no mention of either Sufis or music. The marble shrine has undergone renovations several times since the 1300s, so what we see really only dates from 1562, but that is still pretty impressive. So is the maze of al-

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The Thursday evening performances of Suﬁ devotional music, held at the shrine of Muslim saint Nizam-ud-din, who died in 1325, are open to all and free although donations are welcome. leys leading to it, full of stalls selling religious kitsch and shopkeepers offering to take care of your shoes, which you must remove before entering the holy precinct. (Only men may go into the red sandstone mosque, built in 1325, but anyone can view Nizam-ud-din’s tomb, make an offering and

listen to the Suﬁ music.) The music is supposed to start a little after sunset, but rarely gets going before 8 p.m., when the man who organizes the seating has everyone crowded around on the ﬂoor, but not so they block the musicians’ view of the tomb—for this is music to honour the saint.

The Sufis are an esoteric, mystical branch of Islam who believe in a personal experience with God through music and singing. Whirling dervishes are one branch of Sufism. They dance to experience religious ecstasy. Qawwali, as this type of devotional music is called, is likewise meant to bring its audience to a state of spiritual intoxication. As the musicians began playing, the crowd of several hundred went quiet. A harmonium, a sort of accordion, introduced the melody. A man picked out the rhythm on a tabla, an Indian drum. Softly at first, one singer and then several others began what was clearly a prayer, then sounded more like praise and, as the tempo picked up, sheer joy. As I had waited for the music to start, sitting cross-legged on a mat, my bum going numb, I wondered why I had come. I left several hours later thinking the tabla player was probably the happiest man in the world, followed closely by the singer. I felt pretty good myself. It was joyous music. At one point, people had started passing money forward to the man who organized the seating. There were 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-rupee notes among the donations. They piled up as the evening went on. You may just sit and listen for free, but it’s worth every penny you choose to donate. For information on Delhi, go to www.delhitourism.gov.in. More stories at www.culturelocker.com.

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The Shag Harbour Incident Society Interpretive Centre/Museum is in the village’s former general store. While the museum is underwhelming, it has an intriguing story to tell. Two fishing boats went out, thinking it might be a crashed airliner. Three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were aboard. Other vessels joined the search, including a coast guard cutter sent by the Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax. The RCMP and RCC both filed reports describing the mysterious “dark object” as a UFO. A few days later, divers went down, but no one’s sure what they found because by then the official channels had started to clam up. The incident quickly sank from public view — and remained out-of-sight until Dark Object was published, expanding the narrative to include the possible involvement of the super-secret submarine tracking station then in operation at nearby Shelburne. The Shag Harbour Incident Society Interpretive Centre/Museum conveys this intriguing story largely via photocopies of documents in binders arrayed atop col-

lapsible tables. These stand on the broad, bare floorboards of the village’s former general store, converted to its present archival use in 2009. The museum also sells pop, candy, used paperbacks (50¢) and a selection of inflatable and Styrofoam green aliens. Clearly, it could use better funding — and your custom. The museum is open from late May to mid-October. If you continue three kilometres east on Highway 3 you’ll come to a seaside gazebo and a sign, “Site of the 1967 UFO Incident.” If you arrive in early August you may enjoy the two-day Shag Harbour Incident Festival. At any time you can have the village post office frank your letter with “Shag Harbour, home of the ’67 UFO visit.” For information on travel in Nova Scotia, go to novascotia.com. For more stories, go to www.culturelocker.com.

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Building conﬁdence one paddle at a time

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AT A GLANCE One of the earliest developed areas of Vancouver, Renfrew-Collingwood has long been shaped by transportation. The neighbourhood currently sees over 40,000 commuters cut through it everyday along the major connectors of Grandview Highway, Kingsway and Boundary Road, creating rush hour traffic headaches for the 50,000 plus people who call the region home. The 8.2-km region of Renfrew-Collingwood, located on the unceded territory of the Musqueam First Nation, began as a vast wilderness. Along Grandview Highway, where cars and 600 trucks a day now travel, ducks used to swim in three beaver-made lakes. And where the SkyTrain now runs along Kingsway and Vanness Avenue, fish used to swim in the extinct Moody Lake. It was transportation that brought non-native settlers when, in 1891, Canada’s first electric tram connected Vancouver’s burgeoning downtown to the then bustling New Westminster. By 1896, Vancouver’s first one-room school, Vancouver East, was built to accommodate the growing number of families living along the tramway. Many of the streets in the area are named after the school’s first students or officials. Battison Road is named after brothers from the pioneering Battison family while Joyce Road is named after the area’s first school board secretary. The old school is a now a heritage building and its replacement, the iconic bright yellow Sir Guy Carleton Elementary, stands on the corner of Kingsway and Joyce Street. Today, in spite of the thoroughfares cutting through it, the heart of Renfrew-Collingwood is residential with a predominance of single-family homes rarely found in other Vancouver communities. But while rows of Vancouver Specials may be common here, there is nothing homogeneous about the residents. According to Statistics Canada’s 2011 census, only 28 per cent of Renfrew-Collingwood residents list English as their mother tongue. Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese languages are the most prevalent, but almost every language imaginable is represented. The area’s First Nations’ roots still remain evident in the totems that stand at the entrance to Collingwood Neighbourhood. House.

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Renfrew-Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club member Tanner Mitchell, 14, stands on a dock on Burrard Inlet before a Saturday morning group paddle. JENNIFER THUNCHER Contributing writer

cceptance and family are the words members of the Renfrew-Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club (RCAYCC) use most often to describe their group. The club, which formed in 2000, focuses on Vancouver First Nations youth from age 10 to 29, but anyone can join. When the Courier recently paid a visit to the club at Collingwood Neighbourhood House, the group had just returned from a three-day camping trip and “paddle” on Harrison Lake. According the group’s coordinator Emanuela Sheena, each year close to 100 youth access the program. On this night there are a dozen or so members in attendance.

Youth worker Eileen Tann, 26, sits cross-legged on the ﬂoor while group members form a loose circle around her. Tann leads a “share” about highlights and lowlights of the recent trip. There is laughter about a failed attempt to hold down a tarp with a rock thrown over a tree branch and grunted complaints about rain-soaked camping gear. Each paddle and land activity is planned and run entirely by the youth. Tann said the leaders are there to guide, not control. In addition to canoeing, activities have included drum making, ﬁrst aid and résumé workshops as well as trips around the province to meet with elders and youth from other Nations. This night, the group discusses a possible rock-climbing excursion suggested by member Stephen Cain, 23. “We have a lot of input which is crucial to any youth pro-

gram,” he said. Tann agrees the expectation that each member will contribute ideas and energy to the group is a big part of its success. “Building conﬁdence,” she said, “involves pushing them to realize they can do more than they think they can.” Tann joined the club eight years ago as a teen mom of two. She said at the time she thought her path in life was set. “People tell you once you are a teen mom that is all you will ever be,” said Tann. She credits Sheena for pushing her to go to college to become a youth worker. Colten Quigley, 14, who said he was scared to go out in the canoe until Sheena encouraged him, also credits the group for fostering unconditional acceptance. “I am not First Nations and they accepted me,” he said. Continued on next page

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Club to take part in Reconciliation Canada events next week From previous page After the share, the group moves around a large table where Sheena dishes out huge helpings of lasagna and freshly tossed spinach salad. Members talk and laugh between mouthfuls. Once finished eating, children get down and run in circles around the table. Tann said one of the differences with this group is that children of participants are welcome, reducing stress over childcare and allowing members to “role model healthy parenting” for each other. Member Verna Smith’s six-year-old son Douglas giggles as he pushes another boy around the room in a chair. Smith, 23, said the group is a family. “If there is a problem, we solve it together,” she said. This is the first year in the group for 14year-old Tanner Mitchell. He said he likes “everything” about the group. He plans to continue canoeing indefinitely because he loves the scenery out on the water, but he also has many ideas about what else he could do with his life, “I might be a youth worker… or make good food as a chef, or maybe be a mechanic,” he said. Tanner’s mom Tania Mitchell said she has been happy to see her son’s confidence improve through the cultural pride the

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Ashton Perry spends a little time with mom Linda Perry before she joins in with other members of the Renfrew Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club’s paddle Saturday. group instills. “I can see he will grow into the man I want him to be,” she said. The canoe club is funded through Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth, but in June of 2012 the Treasury Board froze funding. Undeterred, the group stepped

up its fundraising efforts and the media picked up their story. The federal government restored funding a few months later. The group currently receives $115,000 per year. Sheena said that while the amount may seem like a lot, many of the club’s ac-

tivities are quite costly. For example the Pulling Together Journey, a yearly relationship-building paddle with other First Nations’ youth and law enforcement ofﬁcials, involves transporting, feeding and housing 32 people over several days, said Sheena. Vancouver Police Department aboriginal liaison ofﬁcer Const. Richard Lavallee has worked closely for eight years with the club on the Pulling Together Journeys and said the group “is a really big asset to the community.” He said he has watched some of the club members grow up. “They are really great kids,” he said. “They have a great work ethic.” Lavallee said he wishes a group like RCAYCC existed when he was a youth. On Sept. 17, the group will be out on local waters in their two Northern Dancer canoes transporting residential school survivors to ceremonies as part of Reconciliation Canada Week events. To learn more about the Renfrew Collingwood Aboriginal Youth Canoe Club check out their Facebook page. To learn more about Reconciliation Canada Week events, see reconciliationcanada.ca. Thuncher@shaw.ca twitter.com/thuncher

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Buxom burlesque bigwig BURGUNDY BRIXX steps into the bows and tassels of legendary strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee in this Fringe fest swan song performance of GYPSY ROSE LEE AT MINSKY’S BURLESQUE. Showtime is a somewhat uncomfortably early 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Cultch, 1895 Venables St. Tix are $17. More info at vancouverfringe.com.

Brent Butt isn’t the only local stand-up with a potty-humour gold mine for a surname. Just for Laughs veteran and self-described “nerd in a slacker’s body” KYLE BOTTOM headlines at the Comedy Mix Sept. 13-14 with opener Simon King. Sets start at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $20/17. See thecomedymix.com for more. After 28 albums over 33 years, experimental Euro art house band (and frequent collaborators with Vancouver’s Skinny Puppy) THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS have truly lived up to their name, even if they are still toiling in relative obscurity. Embrace the dottiness Sep 14 at Rickshaw Theatre starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at Red Cat, Neptoon, Zulu Records and liveatrickshaw.com.

Not to be confused with our own Tegan & Sara, non-identical 20-year-old American twin sisters MEGAN & LIZ pull into the Rio Theatre Sept. 17 for a wholesome all-ages show in support of their new album Look What You Started. With (unrelated) guests Kalin & Myles. 7 p.m. Advance tickets start at $17.50 from ticketﬂy.com.

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merican lawmakers appear to once again consider it their patriotic duty to try and put the writers at satirical news outlets like the Onion, Daily Show or Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update out of business. Just months after the U.S. Senate stood their ground and shot down a proposal by American president Barack Obama in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre — supported by nine out of 10 citizens, no less — that doing background checks on people who want to buy machine guns might be a good idea, the state of Iowa has taken America’s itchy trigger finger to the next level by passing legislation that allows blind people to bear arms. Blind author and Iowa resident Stephen Kuusisto, whose memoir Planet of the Blind was a recent New York Times bestseller, probably summed it up best on his blog with this nod to Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Spokesman in the World: “I don’t always shoot guns when I’m blind, but when I do, I do it in Iowa. Stay loaded, my friends.” Now, nobody thinks there is anything funny about being visually impaired any more (exhibit A: the dismal four per cent approval rating given to the locally shot Mr. Magoo starring the late Leslie Neilson on RottenTomatoes.com) and everyone knows blind people are perfectly capable of overcoming their disability in all kinds of different ways. But we truly can’t see the logic behind this law, or most gun laws in the U.S. for that matter. Even notorious blind badasses like Daredevil, Zatoichi the Samurai and Starfleet officer Geordi La Forge know bet-

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ter than to start spraying bullets (or phasers) around and instead stick to things like billy clubs, katana swords and/or distracting outﬁts to defend themselves. It’s an example we, and lawmakers everywhere, can follow. Because here’s the bottom line: Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. And the easy, widespread availability of guns makes that killing much easier and more likely to happen.

‘DIS STINKS SOCIETY Speaking of new laws that are probably a really bad idea, the Parti Québécois government has ofﬁcially gone out of its way to prove it’s not just Anglos they would rather not have living in their country province anymore, merci beaucoup, it’s pretty much everybody else too. On Tuesday, it unveiled its new Charter of Quebec Values that will prohibit any and all government employees — doctors, teachers, language police, etc. — from wearing “overt and conspicuous” religious symbols. To make the point, it helpfully released a diagram so that religious types will know what is and isn’t allowed. In short: discrete cruciﬁxes and Stars of David are good; turbans, hijabs, niqabs and yarmulkes are bad. No word yet on Rastafarian dreadlocks or Mormons’ magic underwear but they are expected to make an announcement shortly.

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Drama queens David C. Jones, left, and burlesque beauty Burgundy Brixx helped kick off the annual Fringe Festival of theatre for everyone at Performance Works.

Sales manager Mark Harrison welcomed Real Housewives Reiko Mackenzie to the Ferrari Supercar soiree. Mackenzie owns several Ferraris and a Lamborghini.

Organizer Monica Palafox and Mariachi Estrella de Mexico greeted guests at the Independencia Gala Dinner, the swankiest party of MexicoFest 2013.

Daniela Flores took the plunge in a Pineda Covalin dress designed by Ricardo Covalin, one of Mexico’s top designers.

Jacques Villeneuve, left, and Trevor Seibert hope to build a country club for racing enthusiasts. The 5.5 km racetrack would be built in Osoyoos.

Community leader Javier Barajas and Consul General of Mexico Claudia Franco helped promote Mexico tourism, trade and business relations at sixth annual MexicoFest.

Dr. Strangelove’s Sarah Johns and Kelly Brock performed at the 3rd Wesbrook Village Festival at UBC, one of the city’s fastest growing communities.

Dripping in diamonds, models Kate Saunders and Holly Graham, ﬂanked Luxury and Supercar founder Craig Stowe.

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Summer Shapiro is such a terrific clown she even makes dressing the stage sexy and funny. Two chairs, a table and tablecloth, wine glasses and a big plate of cold spaghetti. We know someone is going to be wearing or eating that gluey pasta before long. Shapiro’s character, wearing a frothy white tutu that constantly threatens to malfunction and sparkly, strappy shoes, is preparing for a date that’s a no-show. And where do you think she finds one? Right, some poor schmuck in the audience. But hey, when does a guy get the chance to end up in the arms of a beautiful stranger? Audiences and critics say Shapiro makes magic out of the mundane and it’s true. The set-up is a cliché but we love it because it’s so true and funny and sad: first dates are fraught with pitfalls. And her skills are top-notch from a goofy upper lip that quivers scornfully to an unladylike belly flop onto a red satin bed. Shapiro has a B.A. in acting from UCLA’s School of Theater, has attended the Samuel Beckett School of Theater at Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated from the Clown Conservatory in San Francisco. It shows. No red nose but she’s the real deal. —Jo Ledingham

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I never know how magicians do it. I watch for sleight of hand and, stare as I might, I always miss it. Australia’s Tim Motley sets up a 1937 ﬁlm noir scenario with a murder to solve and he “magically” solves it with the help of the audience and some very tricky tricks. How does he do it? I have no idea. He even swallows a bunch of razor blades. Motley has the private dick/ﬁlm noir thing down pat with references to “doll face,” some ridiculous comparisons à la Sam Spade (“as clear and empty as Paris Hilton on a summer’s day”) and a bunch of bad, bada-boom jokes. He’s slick. He’s clever. And the show is a lot of fun. —JL

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At The Cultch Historic Theatre September 13 and 15 This one’s in French so if you don’t understand the language, for heaven’s sake read the English synopsis before the curtain rises. Don’t expect to intuit what Jean-François Plante-Tan is doing because he’s alone on stage where he moves back and forth from a desk to an electric piano all the while singing soulful songs that sound remarkably alike. The synopsis will tell you the character (a surrogate for Plante-Tan himself?) hates his job and resents “Monsieur,” the boss, who continuously checks up on him on the phone. Also phoning far too frequently is his friend whom he enthusiastically calls “Buddy” and his girlfriend whom he calls “Cherie.” No wonder Monsieur is constantly checking in; this guy spends all his time on the blower. The character dreams of quitting his job and writing a Tony Award-winning, Broadway hit musical. Plante-Tan is a very young man, new to the stage, new to the Fringe, new to Vancouver; his freshness is appealing but it’s a long hard road to Broadway and he’s going to have to widen his musical range to get Broadway — or even TUTS — interested in him. —JL The Vancouver Fringe Festival runs until Sept. 15. For more reviews, go to vancourier. com/entertainment.

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A reader asked about the “phone number” preamble of two weeks ago, what if you have both a cell and a land line? Which one counts? Well, both do. In fact, we can add a work phone. Most of us present a slightly different personality in different circumstances. We might be smiling and cool but polite at work, friendly and adventurous on our cell, and warm and relaxed at home. The three numbers should, to some degree, reﬂect these three differing “natures.” (In studying the work number, we have to remember that it also partially describes the job, or the employer.) What use is astrology? Surprisingly, in many ways, not too useful – and dangerous to the will, the intuition, and the naturally lived life. The essential problem is that many who practice astrology (me included) attempt to perceive and control life consciously. After many years, we learn that just reacting to life might have been more successful. The cosmos, even our little human corner of it, is just too complex and magniﬁcently layered to be controlled by logic or astrology. I see it this way: when a person asks an astrologer for direction at a critical turning point, the answer(s) can steer him/her correctly and in a good way. It’s your last week of drudgery, of work and health concerns. So plunge in and get it all done – free yourself and your schedule for the opportunities and new horizons that will arrive next week into October. You’ll be optimistic, popular Sunday/Monday. (Even so, Sunday – its events – might disappoint until about 7 p.m. After this, excitement is in the air. Don’t start anything important Monday.

This is your last week of low energy, drudgery and solitude, Libra. Next week you’ll begin important meetings, projects and themes, so rest up now – especially Sunday/Monday, when life’s pleasurable, but nothing important gets done. Sink in, enjoy nature’s poetry. You might talk to an attractive person, but accept what comes.

You’re still in a good romantic, creative, speculative and self-expressive phase, Taurus (for one more week). But already, Sunday/Monday, you receive hints that “paradise” is ending soon. Best activity these two days: rest, garden, putter around the house, walk in nature. Take care with electricity. Tuesday/Wednesday raise your hopes – and could bring an exciting love climax. Climax doesn’t guarantee good – or bad.

This is your last week of revelry, Scorpio, so enjoy it! Popularity, social delights, wish fulfilment, entertainment, light flirtation – these have seven days to run. But even by Sunday/Monday you can sense things are winding down. These two days bring quiet rest, domestic concerns, kid/parent relationships, gardening, and security urges. But Sunday is difficult, and Monday’s a non-starter.

This is your last week of down-home tendencies, Gemini. Use it to clean up, repair your home, tidy ﬁles, start a nutritious eating program, set your desk in order, nurture your kids – and rest. You will want freedom from chores – and to be well-rested – when a strong romantic, creative, risk-taking and pleasure-hunting phase begins next Sunday. Meanwhile, Sunday/Monday emphasize intellectual pursuits, travel and religion.

Remain ambitious. Bosses, authorities, parents and teachers are still onside. By next week you’ll start wandering in more social, enjoyable directions, so give your practical and career goals your prime attention now. Sunday/Monday are for communications, paperwork, errands and short trips – but Sunday’s difﬁcult and Monday’s a dud, so go slow and hold your tongue.

Put the finishing touches on any communications, telephony, Internet, mail, paperwork or transportation (or office systems) project, Cancer. Take a short trip, or make a list of 100 errands, and do them all. Next week, you’ll begin a sluggish, enjoyable, recuperation period. Mysteries, life’s depths, financial situations (investments, debts, etc.) health concerns and sexual yearnings fill Sunday/Monday – but not successfully.

This is your last week of pleasant wool-gathering, Cap. Next week starts a phase of ambition and “facing important people” – but for now, pursue intellectual, educational, travel, cultural, love and social goals. (What good is ambition if it doesn’t provide/support a life of social happiness?) Chase money Sunday, but carefully. DON’T buy anything important, especially in high tech.

Keep chasing money, Leo, especially Tuesday/ Wednesday, when a dollar matter can climax. E.g., a long-awaited answer can come to your bid for a pay raise; or you could make a good, solid investment, or pay down debt or see a credit counselor. Luck accompanies your efforts. It’s also a good time all week for shopping, so lay in stores, stock up on paper, dry and tinned goods, etc. Get your car ﬁxed and oiled.

One more week of mystery, Aquarius, then a month of understanding starts. Use this week to continue – and wrap up – research projects, investments or other financial manoeuvres, lifestyle changes, and new health procedures. These might come to a lucky, beneficial head Tuesday/Wednesday, or you might find luck in earnings, shopping, and expanding your sales territory.

Tackle chores Sunday (carefully, watch electricity) and Monday (routine tasks only). Your heightened energy, charisma and effectiveness continue. But this week you’ll meet someone who is like you but different, very different. Though you have a certain power now, you and this person are pretty equally matched. Make a friend, Virgo, not an enemy. This person could be your true love, but could also be the most puzzling, frustrating individual you’ve ever wanted to be with.

Continue to be diplomatic, to accent others’ desires, to seek relationships rather than independence. These themes might come to a head Tuesday/Wednesday, when your charisma and energy soar, and a major development in a relationship seems imminent. You (or another, with you) could fall madly in love, you could sign a contract or negotiate an agreement, you could relocate, or grab a career plum.

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SPORT SHORTS VARSITY FOOTBALL PRE-SEASON WEEK TWO: PREVIEW Vancouver College (1-0) travels to Burnaby Lakes on Friday to meet Surrey’s St. Thomas More Knights (1-0). Kick off is at 5 p.m. The Notre Dame Jugglers (0-1) look for their first win when they hit the road for Kelowna, where they’ll meet the Mt. Boucherie Bears (0-1) at the Apple Bowl. The Friday evening game begins at 6:30 p.m. In AA varsity, the Eric Hamber Griffins play their second pre-season game and host Timberline at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Next week on Sept. 20, the Griffins will hold a pep rally before Hamber meets Moscrop.

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HAYDEN ENTERS B.C. HALL OF FAME Sprinter Brent Hayden is the fastest of any Canadian swimmer. The former UBC Thunderbird is a three-time Olympian who stepped on the podium for a bronze medal at the 2012 London Games after he finished third in a dramatic 100-metre freestyle final. His time of 47.80 seconds made him the first Canadian to ever medal in the marquee race. He is also a 2007 world champion in the same event.

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ARCHITECTURAL BICYCLE TOUR Like bikes? Love design? This weekend, the Architectural Institute of B.C. hosts cyclists for two one-day multi-neighbourhood romps to gain a two-wheeled perspective on the city’s style and design. The architectural bicycle tours begin at the Salt Company building in False Creek (181 West First Ave.) and over three hours will circle 24 kilometres through Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy, Grandview, Strathcona and more corners of the East Side. The ﬁrst tour scheduled for Saturday ﬁlled up quickly. A second tour Sunday, Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. was added this week. The cost is $15. To reserve, contact tours@aibc.ca.

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lthough he always wanted to, Bailey Saguin had never played football. At the age of nine, he was diagnosed with leukemia and after more than three years of treatment, including chemotherapy, his body was heavy-set, stiff and weak. A childhood cancer survivor and suddenly a teenager enrolled at Vancouver College, Bailey was as determined as ever to be part of the prestigious Fighting Irish program. It was May 2010 and Bailey had to convince his parents. “He talked me and my wife into it,” said his father, Julian Saguin. “We were hesitant at first, but who are we to say no to a boy who just survived cancer?” Now 16, Bailey is a linebacker at Vancouver College and played in the opening varsity game last Friday at O’Hagan Field. It took a lot of work to reach this point. He trained weekly, changed his diet and over the months, shed more than 65 pounds. He also grew and now stands five-foot-seven. His family credits part of his success to Mike Howard, a personal trainer who specializes in youth fitness and works with a range of children and teens, including elite athletes and youth with unhealthy weight or special needs. In the past five years, Howard has seen a new kind of client — one that is young but unhealthy and shows limited athletic ability and, in most cases, a lack of interest in traditional sports and, in worst cases, an extreme dislike of physical activity and PE class. There is another kind of client, too, ones like Bailey who have a very strong desire to compete but lack the physique and fitness to help them realize their goals. Regardless of ability or inclination, Howard emphasizes fundamental movements and strength training. “There are programs for high-end athletes and then there is special programming for pediatric conditions for kids who are either extremely overweight or have special needs,” said Howard, who is certified by the International Youth Fitness Association. “I don’t see a lot for those programs for youth who don’t naturally gravitate to sports or who are slightly unhealthy — the in-betweens.” Sydney Ellis is one of these in-betweens. The Grade 7 student at West Point Grey Academy shot up four inches in about a year and is already five-foot-four at 12 years old. “She’s interested in sports but it presents a challenge when you’re 11, 12 years old

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Bailey Saguin, 16, survived cancer and is now a linebacker for the Vancouver College Fighting Irish. and you’re trying to move the body of an adult,” said Sydney’s mom Tami Ellis. “She’s taller and a bit heavy-set and struggles with running. It’s hard on her knees and ankles.” Sydney plays volleyball as well as basketball and has the physique that would make her a strong rower, which is another sport she likes. Howard emphasizes strength training and so basic movements like squatting, pushing and pulling, which he uses in resistance training. “We want to make sure they know how you do these exercises correctly. We ant to make sure they can step in to any gym at any time and make sure they know how to do things confidently.” All athletes must learn to run before they can sprint, and all fundamental movements are used in more complex and specialized athletic applications, said Drew Mitchell, a consultant and former ViaSport ambassador. “If you learn how to gallop as a kid, that is the foundation for a side-shuffle in basketball. You need step one and two before you can have steps three and four. All kids have to learn these kills. Some kids pick them up really fast and we know what those kids look like — they are the minority. Other kids need more tries, four or five or some may need 10 tries.” Many of these skills — these “tries” as Mitchell said — come organically when kids play at recess or walk home from school. Because of sedentary routines and an urban lifestyle that relies heavily on motor vehicles, said Mitchell,

“They’re not getting as many tries.” In Canada, only five per cent of kids aged five to 17 meet the country’s physical activity guidelines and get at least one hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. On a better note, 40 per cent do exercise for an hour at least three days a week. Nonetheless, the Childhood Obesity Foundation reports that one in every three Canadian adolescents — double the number from 35 years ago — is overweight or obese. “This demographic [is] vulnerable to the effects of being overweight and deconditioned,” said fitness trainer Howard, who has two children under seven. “They go hand in hand. The result is them being overweight because of dietary habits to lifestyle to living in a video-game and computer cultures.” Bad habits can compound with age, he added. But the opposite is also true: the benefits of good habits also multiply over time. The examples are student-athletes like Bailey and Sydney. Beginning Monday, Mike Howard hosts Every Body Moves for children and teens who need more guidance about nutrition and exercise. The camp begins Sept. 16 and runs Monday through Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. and Sunday’s from 10 to 11 a.m. at a studio in the Arbutus Village. A 10-class punch card costs $200. For information, contact Howard at mike@coreconceptswellness.com or 778-231-7828. mstewart@vancourier.com twitter.com/MHStewart

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Pospisil to clash with Djokovic at Davis Cup MEGAN STEWART Staff writer

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Vasek Pospisil helped the national team reach the quarterﬁnals of the Davis Cup for the ﬁrst time in Canadian history. He’s seen here competing against Italy in April.

asek Pospisil will meet the world No. 1 men’s tennis player Friday in the ﬁrst singles rubber of the Davis Cup quarterﬁnal against

Serbia. Pospisil will meet the Serb superstar, Novak Djokovic, at Belgrade Arena on an indoor clay court. Ranked 41st overall, 23-year-old Vasek has never faced Djokovic but at a press conference in Europe said he’s familiar with his game, at least as a spectator.

“I have seen him play on TV lots of times, but it’s going to be completely different on the court,” the Canadian Press reported. “I hope to learn as the match progresses.” Also on Friday, Canada’s top-ranked player and world No. 11 Milos Raonic plays Janko Tipsarevic, a player he’s beaten three straight times. Vasek will partner with veteran Daniel Nestor Saturday in a doubles rubber and will play Tipsarevic Sunday after Raonic squares off against Djokovic. Serbia won the Davis Cup in 2010 while Canada has already achieved a new milestone by reaching the ﬁnal four in the world.

High school wrestling needs Olympics, says coach MEGAN STEWART Staff Writer

he high school wrestling season won’t begin until November, but 14 athletes from four different school teams gathered spontaneously Monday night to train at John Oliver secondary. Afterwards, they went to Dairy Queen for an ice cream cake and to celebrate the reinstatement of their sport to the Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee was widely and harshly criticized for removing the ancient and elemental sport from the Summer Games. Rio 2016 would have marked the last Olympics for wrestling had the IOC not rescinded and, in an about-face this weekend, selected wrestling for Olympic inclusion over squash, wakeboarding and a dual bid from

softball and baseball. In turn, the IOC criticized the stale leadership of the international governing body, known as FILA, and demanded the sport modernize and ﬁnd ways to appeal to a broader audience. The result is a new, energized president as well as more weight classes for women and a streamlined scoring system to popularize wrestling as a spectator sport. It was welcome news for J.O. wrestling coach Chris Fuoco. “I was thrilled. I was ecstatic. I really brought me back. I was 10 years old again, watching Graham Smith at the Commonwealth Games. I didn’t even wrestle then. When I saw this stuff on TV, I wanted to be an Olympian.” Smith, a swimmer, won six medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. When he got the news Sunday about the IOC’s decision, Fuoco started texting wrestlers to see who wanted to meet. Two came from Bri-

tannia, one from Gladstone and one more from Van Tech, including the 10 athletes from J.O. “Why do we have high school wrestling, anyway,” asked the tireless and respected coach. “It’s all because of the Olympics.” Fuoco — like freestyle wrestling and Olympic gold medallist Daniel Igali — didn’t have the stature to play professional hockey or basketball. But wrestling is a sport that favours athleticism, agility, strength and strategy. And it is not the elite sport it once was, said Fuoco. “If we’re going to grow our sport, we’re going to have to do things differently.” Already the motivational coach is encouraging Vancouver wrestlers to pitch themselves at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. J.O. will host an exhibition meet between SFU and the University of Winnipeg later this fall, followed by a one-day clinic for high school athletes.

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ow do you go about making your dream bike come true? In this column, cyclist Cecily Walker and bike builder Darren McKay from Dream Cycles explain how they turned Walker’s wish list into a reality. Walker made the decision to go with a semi-custom build (loading a Rivendell stock frameset with fully custom components) after years of riding bikes that were too cheap, too small, or too heavy for her riding goals. She identified Rivendell’s Betty Foy frame as the foundation for her ideal bike and she worked with McKay to choose components with the perfect mix of function and aesthetics. The finished bike cost roughly $2,400. For the Betty Foy, McKay was able to help her find cork grips that provided enough of a platform for her hands to prevent pain from the limited wrist flexibility that comes with rheumatoid arthritis. They worked together to upgrade the 32-millimetre black tires recommended by Rivendell to a slightly wider terracotta tire, which provided Walker both riding comfort and a look that matched the overall aesthetic of the bike. McKay explained that one of the biggest advantages of going with a custom

build is that you’re not stuck with the stock components that are selected by company owners for off-the-shelf bikes. If these components turn out not to be ideal for you — which is often the case, as Walker found — you can easily spend more money making the bike work well than you would have spent by going custom right from the start. A good builder will even pay attention to things like bearings, which the customer doesn’t see. When the Dream Cycle team works on a custom or semi-custom build, McKay said their goal is to make a bike that’s a perfect fit for its rider and one that will last. The greatest benefit of this process is that the bike shop and the customer work together to create a product that makes everyone happy: something the builders can be proud of and the rider can cherish. Walker, who is a librarian like myself, waited years to build a bike specific to her needs and style. She said the wait and the cost was well worth it. “This is my bike. Nobody else in Vancouver has one even remotely like it,” she said. “If — heaven forbid — it’s ever stolen, people will know that it’s my bike, and I have high hopes it could be recovered quickly. The fits me beautifully, I feel great when I ride it and I know that I’ve started a relationship that will last until my body gives out. “By swapping out the wheels, tires and handlebars, I can completely change the bike’s personality. I’ll never need to buy another bike for the rest of my life, so if the cost is amortized over time, it doesn’t turn out to be that extravagant of an expense. To me, that’s a fantastic advan-

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Because she has rheumatoid arthritis, Cecily Walker lives with constant pain and fatigue. A custom Betty Foy Rivendell keeps her comfortable and stylish and happy. tage over buying bikes off the floor at bike shops.” So far, her best moment on the bike was the first. “The day I rode her home from Dream Cycle, just knowing that I finally owned the bike I’d been dreaming about for years was an incredibly emotional experience. Bikes have never just been tools

to me. They’re about capturing a feeling of freedom I had as a child and being able to access those feelings of joy and awe every single day that I’m in the saddle.” Could any of us ask for anything more? Kay Cahill is a cyclist and librarian who believes bikes are for life, not just for commuting. Read more at www.sidecut.ca or send a comment to kay@sidecut.

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ENVIRONMENT The cabin continues the theme of “making the occupants comfortable” with a great deal of emphasis on practicality. But while the materials and instruments are similar to what you will find in an ordinary Focus, the quality is of a higher grade than what you expect in this price range. The front seats provide satisfactory comfort with plenty of adjustability in the driver’s seat. Two adults could ride in the rear for a short period without complaint and the centre seat is a viable option for a child. The MyFord Touch system is standard on the Energi and the latest version is simpliﬁed and more user-friendly. It’s still not the best infotainment system on the market, but the high-resolution screen looks great. However, if cargo space is an important factor, you may have issues with the Energi. Because of the enlarged battery pack, which is housed in the trunk ﬂoor, cargo volume is measured at 544-litres, down 150-litres from the base CMAX Hybrid.

FEATURES The C-MAX Energi is offered in one well-equipped trim level starting at $33,854. Standard equipment includes MyFord Touch, heated leather-trimmed front seats, rain-sensing wipers, keyless entry, power and heated exterior mirrors, and a reverse sensing system. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include hands-free liftgate, rearview camera and Active Park Assist. Fuel efﬁciency for the C-MAX Energi is 1.9Le/100km city and highway combined on electricity and gas.

THE BOTTOM LINE The C-MAX Energi provides the comfort and practically of a present day family car with the fuel economy of a car of tomorrow. The ability to drive at highway speeds on battery power alone sets it apart from most other hybrid electric vehicles currently on the market. While the additional battery power vastly improves fuel efﬁciency, it certainly diminishes cargo space. The design is decent but actually quite boring and conservative. The Energi proves that a family vehicle can provide extreme efﬁciency while providing above average handling. david.chao@leansensei.com

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ere in the City of Glass, we’re used to massive buildings hewn from reflective services — a forest of crystalline spires like some 1960s scifi version of the future, albeit with fewer flying cars and more Starbucks. You sort of get used to the way the dappled light sometimes glances between the skyscrapers, casting oddly geometric patterns on the pavement. People don’t even bother looking up anymore. They might, however, if the buildings started focusing the sun’s energy into death rays and shooting it at their cars, as happened in the U.K. recently. A curved, 37-storey structure in downtown London is doing something its architects didn’t expect, gathering up sunshine like a parabola and then lasering it down to parked cars below like a magnifying glass frying ants. For the owner of one Jaguar XJ saloon, the heat proved quite expensive indeed, melting a sideview mirror and plastic pillar cover, as well as liquefying the Jaguar emblem. Good gracious me. Happily, as the building is owned by a somewhat conscientious development company and not, for instance, Dr. Evil, the damages to the Jag have been covered. The affected parking spaces have also been closed, and James Bond has been advised to not work on his tan in the area.

TOYOTA LAUNCH APPLIANCE For many, many years, the Toyota motoring company has been breaking sales records and simultaneously suffocating any whisper of driving enthusiasm from their lineup. Their cars are safe and reliable, and any employee who mentions the words “Supra” or “MR2” is immediately locked in a room and forced to listen to Kenny G until he or she calms down. And yet, in the past little while, Toyota seems to have gone completely berserk. We’ve had the loony-tunes LFA from their Lexus luxury division, and now we get this, a 414 h.p. Yaris subcompact called the Hybrid-R Concept. Yes, it’s a hybrid. Into the tiny, buglike Yaris shell, Toyota’s engineers have managed to stuff a wild array of equipment: three 60 h.p. electric motors, a supercapacitor to store the electricity needed to power them and a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine making 300-odd horsepower. Basically, the turbo engine drives the front wheels while two of the electric engines are in charge of powering the rear wheels. As the electric motors can shunt their power around, the little Hybrid-R has the ability to divert power to either side out back, allowing it to carve through the corners with torque vectoring. The third electric engine is used as a generator for the supercapacitor under braking and can also ﬁre a little more power out back if the front wheels get overwhelmed. While it’s merely a concept, one of the interesting takeaways from the Hybrid-R is that it’s, well, interesting. Might we see some sort of turbocharging making its way into a sportier version of the Yaris or Corolla? That’s an exciting thought — oh hang on. Better break out the Kenny.

MCLAREN P1 APPROACHES SEVENMINUTE BARRIER AT NÜRBURGRING While it may not have the most exciting name in the world, the P1 supercar certainly looks the part. Actually, that’s not true: it looks a bit like someone put a smiley-faced Mazda2 in Willy Wonka’s taffy puller. It is fast though, and unofﬁcial timekeepers have been

U.S. CONSIDER SEATBELT INTERLOCKS How about this: instead of your car bonging away at you incessantly if you don’t put your seatbelt on, it simply won’t PLEASE READ THE FINE PRINT: Offers valid until September 30, 2013. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between Toyota prices, rates and/or other information contained on toyotabc.ca and that contained on toyota.ca, the latter shall prevail. Errors and omissions excepted. 2013 RAV4 Base AWD LE Automatic BFREVT-A MSRP is $27,805 and includes $1,815 freight and pre-delivery inspection, tire levy, battery levy and air conditioning federal excise tax. *Finance example: 2.9% finance for 60 months, upon credit approval, available on 2013 RAV4. Applicable taxes are extra. **Lease example: 3.9% Lease APR for 60 months on approved credit. Semi-Monthly payment is $149 with $1,280 down payment. Total Lease obligation is $19,160. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.10. Applicable taxes are extra. Down payment, first semi-monthly payment and security deposit plus GST and PST on first payment and full down payment are due at lease inception. A security deposit is not required on approval of credit. 2013 Corolla CE Automatic BU42EP-B MSRP is $19,635 and includes $1,645 freight and pre-delivery inspection, tire levy, battery levy and air conditioning federal excise tax. †Finance example: 0% finance for 84 months, upon credit approval, available on 2013 Corolla. Applicable taxes are extra. ††Lease example: 0% Lease APR for 60 months on approved credit. Semi-Monthly payment is $85 with $2,500 down payment. Total Lease obligation is $12,640. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.07. Applicable taxes are extra. Down payment, first semi-monthly payment and security deposit plus GST and PST on first payment and full down payment are due at lease inception. A security deposit is not required on approval of credit. †††Up to $2,500 Non-stackable Cash Back available on select 2013 Corolla models. Cash back on Corolla CE is $2,000. 2013 Tacoma Access Cab 4x4 V6 Automatic UU4ENA-B MSRP is $32,440 and includes $1,815 freight and pre-delivery inspection, tire levy, battery levy and air conditioning federal excise tax. ‡Finance example: 0.9% finance for 48 months, upon credit approval, available on 2013 Tacoma. Applicable taxes are extra. ‡‡Lease example: 3.9% Lease APR for 60 months on approved credit. Semi-Monthly payment is $165 with $3,650 down payment. Total Lease obligation is $23,390. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.10. Applicable taxes are extra. Down payment, first semi-monthly payment and security deposit plus GST and PST on first payment and full down payment are due at lease inception. A security deposit is not required on approval of credit. ‡‡‡Up to $2,000 Non-stackable Cash Back available on select 2013 Tacoma models. No cash back available on Tacoma 4x4 Access Cab. Non-stackable Cash Back offers may not be combined with Toyota Financial Services (TFS) lease or finance rates. If you would like to lease or finance at standard TFS rates (not the above special rates), then you may be able to take advantage of Cash Customer Incentives. Vehicle must be purchased, registered and delivered by September 30, 2013. Cash incentives include taxes and are applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price.See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. ‡‡‡‡Semi-monthly lease offer available through Toyota Financial Services on approved credit to qualified retail customers on most 48 and 60 month leases (including Stretch leases) of new and demonstrator Toyota vehicles. First semi-monthly payment due at lease inception and next monthly payment due approximately 15 days later and semi-monthly thereafter throughout the term. Toyota Financial Services will waive the final payment. Semi-monthly lease offer can be combined with most other offers excluding the First Payment Free and Encore offers. Not open to employees of Toyota Canada, Toyota Financial Services or TMMC/TMMC Vehicle Purchase Plan. Some conditions apply. See your Toyota dealer for complete details. Visit your Toyota BC Dealer or www.toyotabc.ca for more details. Some conditions apply; offers are time limited and may change without notice. Dealer may lease/sell for less.

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start. That’s the petition the National Highway Trafﬁc Safety Administration is mulling over in the United States. Remember the old door-mounted automatic seatbelts? It’s just like that, only even more annoying. Thus, the legislation is still a long way off, but here’s the silver lining. If seatbelt interlocks were put in place, car manufacturers might well be able to stop cramming so much heavy safety related gear into their cars. With a passenger securely anchored, there’s no need for unbelted crash testing, and all the extras needed to get the required scores. Moreover, one third of all people killed on U.S. highways last year died because they weren’t wearing a seatbelt. Not a horrible idea then, in terms of safety, but at what point do we stop trying to make cars safer and start simply trying to make their drivers safer instead? mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com twitter.com/brendan_mcaleer

watching the car during shakedown runs at Germany’s long, torturous Nürburgring. Currently, they figure the car’s laptime at somewhere around seven minutes, four seconds. So how does the McLaren stack up against the competition? That’s quicker than a Lexus LFA, quicker than a 911 GT2 RS (the ultimate expression of rear-engined Porschehood), and much quicker than a Nissan GT-R. If confirmed, the P1 would hold the street-legal track record by a wide margin. The reason the time remains unconfirmed is pride — McLaren hopes to tuck the P1 just under the seven minute time, a first for a road-legal car. What happens when a street car cracks seven? I’m not sure, but Marty McFly is somehow involved.

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Dairyland Organic Milk

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Bonne Maman Gourmet Fruit Spreads

SAVE

38%

250ml

product of France

11.49

3.99

Thirsty Buddha Coconut Water assorted varieties

SAVE

33%

SAVE

37%

SAVE

32%

assorted varieties

2/4.00

4.99

from

Bulk Department

Raw Almonds

assorted varieties

20% off regular retail price

reg 6.49

3.49

bags or bins

Health Care Department Hyland's 4 Kids Cold ’n Cough

8.99

118ml

If your child has a list of cold symptoms – you need a multi-symptom solution. Hyland’s 4 kids cold ’n cough is the go-to cold product that so many parents have come to depend on.

530g

reg 4.99

Rice Bakery

Purica Extra Strength Recovery

64.99

360 capsules

Recovery is a potent solution that targets the root causes of pain by inhibiting damage to cells, curbing inflammation, relaxing tension and increasing a cell’s avility to receive hormones.

George’s Aloe Vera Liquid

Crazy for Coconut Bread

! New

2/3.00

product of Canada

Tre Stelle and Dofino Cheese Slices

retail price 260-650g

500g • product of USA

2/6.00

product of Germany

PRICING

from 1.00 off regular

340-425g product of USA

assorted varieties

100g

regular retail price

Carrot Cake Large Slice or Party Size

6.99

WOW!

Hearty Scandinavian Bread

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Yves Veggie Cuisine Veggie Ground Round

assorted varieties

Organic Red Chard from Myers Organic Farm Abbotsford, BC

Bakery Department

PRICING

MaraNatha Organic Peanut Butter

assorted varieties

3/6.00

198-227g product of USA

assorted varieties

product of Thailand

Ritter Sport Chocolate Bars

2/5.00

Amy's Kitchen Frozen Pizza's

520ml +deposit +eco fee

100g • product of China

product of Canada

2.00 off

4.99

gluten and soy free, assorted varieties

3/4.98

Hot Kid Rice Crisps Gluten-Free

500g or 4x100g product of Canada

1.98lb/ 4.37kg

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Miracle Pasta Noodles

1 dozen product of Canada

29%

3.39

20%

Maple Hill Farms Large Free Range Eggs

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from

2lb

product of Canada

PRICING

Deli Department PRICING

product of USA

SAVE

400g product of Canada

28%

6.99lb/ 15.41kg

WOW!

48-68g

assorted varieties

from

3/3.33

2.98

WOW!

PRICING

Organic Prune Plums from Natures First Fruit Cawston, BC

Danone Oikos Greek Yogurt

Salt Spring Organic Fair Trade Coffee

B.C. Grown

Roasted Specialty Chickens

assorted varieties

4.49

SAVE

100g product of Germany

Clif and Luna Bars

assorted varieties

25%

product of USA

1.39

37%

product of Canada

SAVE

PRICING

Organic Outside Round Roast

SAVE

22%

3/6.99

113g

assorted varieties

4.49

Hot House Mixed Peppers

10.99lb/ 24.23kg

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Efruiti Fruit Gummies

skim, 1, 2 or 3.25%

Produce Department

pre frozen

assorted varieties

21.99

SAVE

Boneless Skin On Organic Chicken Breasts

1.00 off

regular retail price 150g

11.49

940 ml

• 100% fractionally distilled from aloe vera leaves. • No preservatives.

340g • product of Canada

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They are Back ! Seminars & Events at the Annex at Choices Floral Shop 2615 W 16th Ave, Vancouver.

PRICING

Tuesday, September 17, 7:00-8:30pm.

What Your Mother Never Told You About Olive Oil

Look for our

with David Neuman, Certified Master Panel Taster. Cost $5. Register online or call 604-736-0009.

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Receive a free bottle of Lucini 250ml Olive Oil.

2010 - 2013 Awards. Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards. Thank you!

Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ChoicesMarkets Best Organic Produce

Best Grocery Store

2010-2012

www.choicesmarkets.com Kitsilano

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Rice Bakery

South Surrey

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

3248 King George Blvd. South Surrey 604.541.3902

Burnaby Crest

8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna

Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

2615 W. 16th Vancouver 603-736-7522