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Thousands of trees coming down on private properties

Mike Howell

mhowell@vancourier.com

A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with city manager Sadhu Johnston to talk about the number of homes being demolished in Vancouver.

Maybe you read my story.

If you didn’t, you need to know the City of Vancouver issued an average of 940 demolition permits per year since 2012 for single-family homes and duplexes. Yep, that’s a lot of homes being knocked down in the name of progress.

What I didn’t include in my story was the number of trees being felled as houses come down. Trees are also being toppled on properties where houses are not being demolished.

Total up all that logging and the news is not good.

In fact, 96 per cent of all trees lost in the city between 1995 and 2013 — the most recent period tracked by the city’s tree people — have been on private property. We’re talking thousands of trees.

Enough, in fact, to cover an area almost the same size as Stanley Park.

In 2013 alone, a whopping 4,900 trees were removed on private property.

I know what you’re thinking: That doesn’t sound like a city that wants to be “the greenest city in the world” by 2020.

I was thinking the same thing.

But as Johnston told me, the city made some changes to its bylaws over the last couple years and developed some strategies to keep Vancouver’s tree canopy from being reduced any further than it was during the chainsaw frenzy between 1995 and 2013.

For instance, there was a time when a property owner was allowed to take down one healthy, mature tree per year. That provision accounted for 45 per cent of trees being removed. The city scrapped that policy, although a dying tree or one causing damage to a water line or foundation can still come down.

Then there is the 51 per

Vancouver’s tree canopy decreased significantly since the mid-1990s, with thousands of trees being cut down on private property. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

cent of trees being knocked down for development.

That is where things get tricky for a city that encourages laneway homes, townhomes and row houses on property with trees.

“It used to be that the builder or developer would say, ‘We’ve got to remove that tree to put a garage there.’ Now we ask why, and why can’t you put the garage that

way or in a different shape,” Johnston said.

“So we’re really trying to prioritize tree preservation in redevelopment.”

Only four per cent of trees removed during that 18-year period were on city or public property.

A city staff report to council in December 2015 said increased inspections of trees and the repealing of the bylaw that allowed one

tree per year to be chopped down on a property resulted in more than 2,500 trees saved from the chainsaw.

The city has also worked to take a hard line on a onefor-one tree replacement strategy, where a new tree is planted to replace one that came down. However, as the report said, up to 35 per cent of replacement trees die or are removed within the year.

More inspections of those new trees is needed, the report said, but pointed out “limited staff resources make it challenging to follow up with inspections after construction is completed to ensure that trees are planted, retained, and maintained properly.”

That shortage of staff hasn’t gone unnoticed by residents, with the city receiving 188 complaints between January and August 2015 about the condition or removal of tree protection barriers on development sites and damage to retained trees.

The city has a goal to plant 150,000 trees by 2020 to increase Vancouver’s tree

canopy. That involves 53 per cent on private property, 33 per cent in parks and other city property and 14 per cent along streets. But even Johnston acknowledges that tiny saplings don’t have a lot of ecological benefit until they mature, which can take years.

For now, he said the city is doing what it can to prevent the deforestation of Vancouver. That includes fines and accepting cash-inlieu payments of $1,000 per tree for homeowners who elect not to replace trees.

To have a dramatic effect, however, it seems property owners have to put away their chainsaws and be reminded of the benefits of trees: they produce oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, cool the air and provide homes and refuge for wildlife.

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A years-long battle over the future of the Arbutus Corridor has been resolved in a $55-million deal between the City of Vancouver and Canadian Pacific railway.

The landmark agreement was announced Monday at a press conference along the tracks near West Sixth and Fir Street.

A provision within the agreement will see the city and CP split any revenue from the sale of any excess land.

“I’m very pleased to announce today, at long last, that the city and Canadian Pacific — CP— have reached an agreement that will secure the Arbutus greenway for public use going forward for the generations to come. It is now public land,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson. “That means after a lot of patience, a lot of commitment on both sides of the table, we can proudly say that we have an agreement that will benefit all residents of Vancouver into the future.”

Robertson called it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for the city.

“This is really Vancouver’s chance to have a New York-style High Line, a repurposing of what was freight railroad. This is kilometres of public space that’s accessible through our city for all residents to use and connecting many of our neighbourhoods,” he said.

Keith Creel, president and chief operating officer for Canadian Pacific railway, acknowledged the Arbutus Corridor had been a “very contentious issue” for CP and the city over the past decade.

“That said, the history of CP in Vancouver dates back to its origins — over 130

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years. It’s been a positive relationship, it’s been one that we value… to be able to reach an agreement today, to be able to take this agreement that creates a win-win for both the City of Vancouver, as well as for Canadian Pacific and our owners, our shareholders, it elates us,” he said, adding it paves the way for CP to “strengthen” its relationship with the city.

The city had argued the land was only worth $20 million, while CP insisted it was worth $100 million.

Robertson said both sides finally agreed $55 million was “fair market value,” as the land is committed to be an active transportation corridor, possibly for light rail transit at the same time as a greenway for public use.

The city is using $20 million from its property endowment fund and $35 million from the capital facilities reserve fund to buy the 42 acres of land, which covers nine kilometres. Land title documents were filed March 7 and the agreement is expected to be released

publicly sometime this week, after legal steps closing the transaction are completed.

Robertson said the city is immediately establishing an Arbutus Greenway project office, which will oversee the design process and public input.

CP is expected to begin removing the track within the year, which it will use elsewhere in its operations.

According to the deal, that work must be finished within two years. The city will be making improvements along the greenway while longer-term planning is underway. Robertson said gardeners are asked not to encroach on the land while planning takes place.

The first clue a deal was in the works came in late January when a Canadian Transportation hearing dealing with the Arbutus Corridor was suspended after the city and CP jointly asked for an adjournment.

On Monday, Robertson said the “historic” deal will create a “destination greenway” for Vancouver.

“It will be an incredible

opportunity for people to walk and run and bike along the greenway connecting False Creek down to the Fraser River,” he said.

“As mayor, I’m pleased to be able to resolve years of outstanding issues and to complete an agreement, which creates a transportation greenway in accordance with council’s 2040 transportation plan.”

Robertson said right now no development is envisioned, but the city is willing to go back out to the public to talk about how much land is needed for a train and a greenway that allows for walking, running and biking.

“If there are excess lands along the corridor, what those become — that’s a decision for a future council and the public to input on for the next four years,” he said.

The “rough” estimate to transform the land into a greenway is $25 to $30 million.

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A new study released Tuesday revealed 10,800 homes were left empty for more than a year in 2014.

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Study says Vancouver had 10,800 empty homes in 2014 The majority of empty homes were apartments Mike Howell

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A city-commissioned study has revealed 10,800 homes in Vancouver were left empty for more than a year in 2014, but reasons for the vacancies and whether governments can do anything to penalize homeowners — or force them to rent their properties — remain open questions.

The study by Ecotagious measured B.C. Hydro electricity consumption data collected from 225,000 of 280,000 homes in Vancouver from 2002 to 2014.

The company concluded the rate of empty homes remained consistent from 4.9 per cent in 2002 to 4.8 per cent in 2014, which is in line with rates in the rest of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

“It’s worth noting that during the same period, the benchmark price for apartments in the Greater Vancouver area increased

140 per cent,” Bruce Townson, the CEO of Ecotagious, told city council Tuesday. “And while an analysis of housing prices was outside the scope of this project, a quick comparison of the housing prices to the non-occupancy rate doesn’t suggest that there’s a correlation between the two.”

The majority of the empty homes in 2014 were apartments — 9,747 — and vacancy rates were highest on the West Side of the city, with 9.4 per cent in the area that stretches from Kitsilano to Point Grey and 8.6 per cent in neighbourhoods that include Kerrisdale, Dunbar and Southlands.

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New city manager promises change in leadership style Sadhu Johnston says he will empower staff, work closer with the public

Mike Howell

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When Mayor Gregor Robertson decided last fall to part ways with then-city manager Penny Ballem, he made it clear to reporters that he wanted “a fresh approach” to how the city was run.

That fresh approach was announced March 3, and his name is Sadhu Johnston, who has been in an acting role as city manager since Ballem’s departure Sept.

15, 2015. Johnston, 41, worked under Ballem as deputy city manager after he was hired in 2009.

“I have a ton of respect for her and I really learned a lot from Penny and enjoyed working with her, and I think the city is a better place from her leadership,” Johnston told the Courier by telephone last week.

“But there are things that I will do differently in the way that I work, and in my leadership style.”

That style will be a key factor in how well Johnston performs as head of the city and it will be one the mayor will observe closely. Johnston replaces a city manager described by Robertson as “a force of nature” and seen by some at city hall as a micro-manager.

But Robertson has also said Ballem set an intense pace and got an enormous amount of work done on key files, including fighting homelessness, preparing for the 2010 Winter Games and reorganizing city departments.

Johnston promised his leadership style will be collaborative and focused on “empowering” city staff, which the mayor told him was central to the job. He stressed several times in his interview with the Courier how important it was for a leader to “set the tone”

their reports. Before that, it was just department heads.”

Affleck said he hoped Johnston’s style will attract the best and brightest to work at city hall, after losing staff over the years who he said disagreed with Ballem’s management methods.

The optics, however, of appointing a person hired

by Vision Vancouver in 2009 and who worked under Ballem, who was hired

by Vision in 2008, may not play out well with the same public fed up with the lack of consultation at city hall.

“We’ll have to see how that goes,” Affleck said.

of an organization so it achieves great things.

“Many of these folks are experts in their areas — engineers and architects and planners,” Johnston said of the city’s senior staff. “And there’s definitely been a sense that they haven’t been empowered to do the work to their fullest and best abilities. I said very clearly [to staff] that I’m not going to edit all your memos.

Each and every one of us has to step up and do the best work that we can because I’m not going to redo everybody’s work.”

Doing things differently

When Ballem was cut loose, the mayor declined to point specifically to her pitfalls but said new leadership was necessary to address concerns around a more collaborative approach as a city. The mayor promised in the 2014 civic election campaign to “do things differently,” referring to complaints from the public about lack of consultation at city hall and the pace of change in neighbourhoods.

Johnston brought up those points in the interview, saying he wanted a more transparent city hall, a more accessible city website and to make more city staff available to reporters, who for years have relied on comments from department heads and not the authors of reports before council.

As an example of that openness, he pointed out his employment contract is now posted on the city’s Freedom of Information web page for the public to view. Johnston will be paid an annual sum of $316,000, according to his open-ended contract.

As for creating better relationships with communities, Johnston said: “I get that some people just

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Sadhu Johnston is Vancouver’s new city manager, replacing Penny Ballem whose contract was not renewed in September 2015. Johnston will earn $316,000 this year, according to his contract. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

don’t want change and don’t want development, and we’re not going to convince them, but I do think there’s more we can do to really have a collaborative approach in the way that we work with the community.”

Brent Toderian, the city’s former head planner, worked with Johnston for three years before his contract was not renewed in 2012. Toderian has always maintained he was let go because of “a difference in approach” between him and Ballem.

He described Johnston as a “positive voice” at city hall and an astute reader of culture and morale. Toderian said Johnston knew the importance of allowing staff to set and achieve new goals.

“That’s what city hall needs to desperately rebuild now,” he said. “I think it’s very good news and it was the exact right move [to hire Johnston].

Sadhu’s got the personality

and approach that can help people do their best work and bring the best out of people.

The previous culture was the opposite of that.”

City council chose Johnston for the job after considering several candidates, including others from within city hall. In-camera meeting rules prohibit councillors from revealing names of other candidates or discussing details of the selection process.

But NPA Coun. George Affleck said he’s heard from senior staff that they’ve noticed a boost in morale under Johnston’s tenure as the acting city manager.

“He’s absolutely turning things around as far as attitude of the staff,” Affleck said. “His style of management is very different from Penny’s. He empowers the senior managers. You can see that in the council chambers where all sorts of staff are speaking and presenting

Johnston is best known at city hall for steering the city’s environmental plan to have Vancouver become the world’s “greenest” city in the world by 2020. He has also been front and centre in the city’s campaign to oppose Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal, which calls for more oil tanker traffic in Vancouver waters.

He now takes over a workforce of more than 7,000 employees and will oversee an operating budget of more than $1 billion. He also faces a public fed up with the number of homeless people on the street and a shortage of affordable housing.

Johnston said he wants to “refresh” the city’s housing and homelessness strategy, although he said the city has made gains in the creation of rental housing and continues to work on creative ways to get more housing built in Vancouver.

“If teachers, artists and first responders can’t afford to live in the community, and can’t afford to raise a family in the community, we really lose a lot of the magic of Vancouver,” he said, emphasizing the importance of strengthening

relationships with the provincial and federal governments to obtain funding for housing and infrastructure.

As acting city manager, he has taken a trip to Victoria with some of his corporate management team to lobby for more funding and is in regular contact with the new federal government; he described that relationship as “night and day” when compared to the city’s lack of contact with the previous Harper government.

One of Johnston’s biggest challenges this year will be to hire a new director of planning. The fact he reached out to several ex-city planners, including Toderian, Larry Beasley, Ray Spaxman and others in January is a good sign the right person will get the job, Toderian said. The city will also hire a manager of development services, who will work directly with the director of planning.

“Vancouver benefits from generations of smart city makers,” Toderian said. “And you can either make those people your enemies, or you can make them your advisors. He’s asked us our advice and we’ve shared it with him.”

Johnston accepted the deputy city manager’s job in 2009 after working six years as deputy chief of staff to then-Chicago mayor Richard Daley and serving as chief environmental officer for Daley’s office.

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Report sparks city to lobby for new housing restrictions Continued from page 7 “That’s the bigger concern,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson, pointing out the average increase of 200 homes per year over the study period. “We know that there are thousands of units of empty homes that potentially could be available for rental. We have one of the tightest rental markets in the world right now — almost zero vacancy across the city.”

Councillors Geoff Meggs and Andrea Reimer suggested the way to get renters into those homes may lie with restrictions governing strata councils, which prohibit owners from renting their homes. Meggs said it’s been an issue for many strata councils and recommended the provincial government make the necessary changes under the Strata Property Act to remove restrictions.

“That’s going to be a bit of a tricky problem for the province to try and untangle, but it’s one that they should try to do because we do need these units in the rental stock, notwithstanding they may end up being owner-occupied at some point, ” Meggs said.

Municipalities have limited tools to penalize homeowners with taxes or force them to rent their

empty homes. The mayor successfully moved a motion Tuesday that he write a letter to Premier Christy Clark to reiterate a request he made in May 2015 to give municipalities the power to track property ownership and “ensure timely occupancy of vacant units.”

Mukhtar Latif, the city’s chief housing officer, told reporters after the council meeting the city’s goal in

opening up empty homes is to “help homeowners make use of the asset, as much as anything else. If there is a barrier, we want to be able to help them bring that unit back into use.”

Other cities around the world, including those in the United Kingdom, Netherlands and the United States have levied taxes on absentee landlords and created registries of empty

homes. More detail on those schemes and how they might apply to Vancouver is expected to go before council in a report later this year.

“I sort of feel like we’re in a C.S.I. episode but we don’t have all the tools we need to figure out what’s actually killing affordability in this city,” said Reimer, who will soon be on the hunt for another home to rent in Vancouver. @Howellings

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Airbnb a threat to affordable housing City doing little to deal with problem

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he continued destruction of perfectly usable heritage homes in Vancouver is not the only example of the Vision Vancouvercontrolled city council’s failed policies to encourage affordable housing and healthy communities. While demolitions continue apace, concern about the ability to own a home in this city is being eclipsed in some quarters by the ability to rent a space.

Even though the city trumpets the

Imagine what that does to a neighborhood where, instead of long-term residents, you have a come-andgo crowd of tourists who participate in no other way than paying for a night’s lodging. construction of new rental housing, it is not nearly enough to keep up. Vacancy rates are below one per cent. That is proving even more problematic since the economic disrupter known as Airbnb has invaded the scene, encouraging practices that are most often illegal. (I’ll get to that in a moment.)

The online booking service has had a meteoric rise since its beginning in 2007 when two young San Franciscans devised a scheme to cover a portion of their rent. They installed three air mat-

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tresses — that’s the “air” part — in their apartment’s loft and offered guests a hot breakfast as part of the rental, which made it a bed and breakfast. Less than a decade later, Airbnb boasts listings in thousands of cities around the world, more than 15 million nights booked, and a value of somewhere in the range of $25.5 billion. That makes it, by some estimations, the most successful start-up in history.

The appeal of Airbnb is obvious. All wrapped in the cuddly packaging of “shared economy,” people with a spare room can supplement their incomes. If you have a basement suite or an investment property or two you can make far more using the service of Airbnb and renting out by the night than you could with monthly rentals.

There is, of course, push back from folks around the world for the simple reason that a resource that may have been designed for long-term housing, has now been given over to tourists. And that puts the likelihood of affordable and available housing for the one half of Vancouverites who are renters even further out of reach.

The website “Inside Airbnb” managed

by New Yorker Murray Cox gives results from sifting through listings for a number of major world cities. From what he has scoped out in Vancouver most recently, we see there are 4,728 listings. And while it is fair to say someone renting out a spare bedroom for a few nights a month may not influence the availability of rental housing, there is this little factoid: More than 67 per cent of the listings, or 3,179, are for either apartments or whole houses. The biggest concentration of listings is in the West End with the Birkenstock Beltway through Kitsilano and Point Grey coming a close second.

Imagine what that does to a neighbourhood where, instead of long-term residents, you have a come-and-go crowd of tourists who participate in no other way than paying for a night’s lodging.

Now for this being largely illegal activity: When the issue is raised with the city, there is just a lot of shoulder shrugging and finger pointing at the province — they should do something.

But, in fact, it is within the city’s power to act. Vancouver’s own zoning and development bylaw section 10.21.6 says, “No person shall use or permit to be used any dwelling unit for a period of less than one month unless such unit forms part of a hotel or is used for bed and breakfast accommodation.”

Which means, not only should these property owners have a license, they should be paying hotel tax and be subject to health and safety inspections.

As far as I can tell, none of this is happening.

While the Canadian dollar is low and tourism is booming, owners of legitimate hotels and bed and breakfasts are less inclined to complain.

And then there is what happened in San Francisco last year. When the authorities went after Airbnb over unpaid taxes, it coughed up $12 million. But when citizens and some city councillors introduced a bill (Proposition F) during the last election to limit Airbnb and its ilk because of what they were doing to available rental housing and communities, Airbnb launched an $8-million campaign (against their opposition’s half million dollar effort) and won 55 per cent of the vote.

Meanwhile, as I write this, in Vancouver the Vision-led council continues to turn a blind eye. twitter@allengarr

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Northern exposure Re: “Bike share programs now part of transportation infrastructure,” March 2.

Glad to see the various articles on bike sharing in the Courier. Has anyone else noticed that whenever the area to be covered is described, there are west, east and south borders but there is no northern edge given to the area?

Are the waters of English Bay assumed to stop cyclists in their search for due north? Or will the Kits Point community have to put up a fence to keep hapless bikesharers from going off its north end? Call me: compass curious.

Thomas Quigley, Vancouver

I think bike share programs are a great idea! But, I see that Seattle City Council now has to decide whether to “rescue” its own creation.

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Re: “Binners say scavenging is tough but rewarding,” March 2.

I see Carol almost daily, she is one of the hardest workers I have met. She works all day, rain, snow or shine, and is well respected by all in our community. There are hundreds of Carols out there keeping our city clean, let’s give them the respect they deserve.....

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Re: “Critical thinking undervalued south of the border,” Feb. 24.

The process of social devolution in the US has been underway for decades. Since the Reagan era there has been a dumbing down trend in the US especially among the evangelical right and the displaced white angry blue collar workers who see intellectualism as contrary to their interests. They seek simple solutions for complex problems. We barely avoided this trend in Canada when the Conservatives were tossed from governance of the country in the fall of 2015.

We can never be complacent again because the social conservative minority will once again seek to impose intellectual stunting on Canada if given the chance.

Rob Thomson via Facebook ••• Before you look down on Americans for supporting this bombastic but at least successful, you know what, don’t forget we elected, yes elected as Prime Minister the most important job in the country, a failed substitute school teacher. Now really who are the dumbest of the dumb?

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Re: “Lupii Café serves up lesson in zero waste,” March 2.

I go here at least 4 times per week.

Friendly staff, good food and knowing that there is no litter of cups/take out containers/napkins, etc.

Lupii also has a program where one can get a “harvest box” of good vegetables that aren’t “pretty” and would normally go to landfill. Included in the box is a large soup and a jam/spread (both part jagged in reusable mason jars).

It is a brilliant concept and I’m glad it is in my neighbourhood.

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Re: “Bike share programs now part of transportation infrastructure,” March 2.

Re: “Historic Wilmar Residence may be preserved,” Feb. 25.

They need to stop demolishing Vancouver’s character homes and building....

Great news! It’s a beautiful home.

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Movie sets and the city Re: “Are Hollywood blockbusters paying enough to the City of Vancouver?” online, Feb. 24.

Yikes! I agree with @jordanbateman here! Double-yikes! @wisemonkeysblog via Twitter ••• Probably, considering the industry was on life support 3 years ago. Let’s not get greedy #cyclical @pensultsquire via Twitter

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Little interest from province or city to address out-of-control real estate market

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Ever get the feeling that Vancouver is gaslighting you?

Gaslighting is “a form of psychological abuse used by narcissists in order to instill in their victim’s an extreme sense of anxiety and confusion to the point where they no longer trust their own memory, perception or judgment,” according to one definition found online.

Me, I experience a form of gaslighting regularly as a news junkie and journalist living in Metro Vancouver.

Hardly a day passes without another story of local real estate insanity, from demolished heritage homes to jaw-dropping leases for student “nano units.” Even though more young Vancouverites are finding the light at the end of the tunnel is an Ikea floor lamp in their parents’ basement, they have plenty of pundits to remind them of their great good luck to live here.

The latest dispatch along those lines is the annual Mercer report, which pegged Vancouver as the top place in North America for “Quality of Living” in 2016. The report placed the city at number 5 in the world.

As per usual, local media recycled this report in another Mobius strip of inward-gazing civic boosterism.

On a web page explaining its 2014 rankings, Mercer states it “conducts its Quality of Living survey annually to help multinational companies and other employers compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments. Two common incentives include a quality-of-living allowance and a mobility premium. A quality-of-living or “hardship” allowance compensates for a decrease in the quality of living between home and host locations, whereas a mobility premium simply compensates for the inconvenience of being

uprooted and having to work in another country.”

Quality of Living is not the same thing as Quality of Life. The former is a metric for corporate relocation.

The latter is something more subjective. As Mercer straightforwardly notes, “a city with a high Quality of

“spice” may also give a city a lower ranking.”

Whatever the lifestyle metrics, they are largely irrelevant to locals who can no longer afford to either own or rent in Vancouver.

In contrast, outsiders get to park their bucks and butts in a spot highly favoured

Christy Clark’s recent twiddling of the property transfer tax was budgetary cosmetics. It will do nothing to stop the real estate bubble from getting bigger, much less bursting.

Living index is a safe and stable one, but it may be lacking the dynamic “je ne sais quoi” that makes people want to live in world-renowned cities such as Paris, Tokyo, London or New York. Sometimes you need a little spice to make a city exciting. But that

by the Mercer report and the livability rankings of a magazine called — wait for it —The Economist.

We’d be mistaken to analyze Vancouver’s hyperinflated real estate market in isolation, however. Global capital is always looking for profitable berths in portfolios

and properties. A large but unknown fraction of this money involves tax evasion and/or criminal activity by a footloose international leisure class, who are driving up property prices across the world.

In New York, wealthy Russians, Europeans and Asians are using numbered companies to buy up the high end-condos in Manhattan. In New Delhi, a newly ascendent plutocracy is pushing out street beggars and people on the margins for the sake of glass tower lifestyles.

Stockholm, London, the Gulf States... it’s all part of the ever-widening chasm between rich and poor.

Market bubbles are inflated by a combination of guile and greed from high rollers, and subsequent panic from low rollers driven by FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). Such bubbles represent capitalism in its purest, unregulated form.

“All that is solid melts into air,” mused the economic historian Karl

Marx of capital’s transformative capacity to erase neighbourhoods, cities, and entire cultures in repeating cycles of boom and bust.

Even that revered figure of classical economists, Adam Smith, warned of the threat from unregulated markets in his 1776 study, The Wealth of Nations.

The Scotsman knew that markets aren’t forces of nature; they are social conventions we agree to abide by — or not. That said, I see little interest from the province or city to address our out-of-control real estate market in any substantive way. Like other non-measures taken by the B.C. Liberals in this department, Christy Clark’s recent twiddling of the property transfer tax was budgetary cosmetics. It will do nothing to stop the real estate bubble from getting bigger, much less bursting.

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Resort designed with 3.5 million crystals To those in the know it’s referred to as “dining in the fluff,” but to the uninitiated it just looks like men and women enjoying fine dining while wrapped in bath robes. Welcome to Sparkling Hill Resort.

As we arrived at the Okanagan-based, wellness-themed resort in February,

we also spotted guests wearing robes in the lobby of the hotel, in the hallways and, of course, in the 40,000-square-foot KurSpa. Earlier, my partner and I had enjoyed a pleasant five-hour drive from Vancouver to Vernon with no sign of snow on the unpredictable Coquihalla and nothing more than the odd patch of packed slush to traverse.

The resort is perched on a hill overlooking Predator Ridge Resort and golf course, which often works with Sparkling Hill on creating wellness packages.

Checking into our room, I was immediately drawn to the large soaker tub adjacent to the floor-to-ceiling windows, which can be opened to transform your room into an outdoor oasis. The rooms also enjoy stunning views of either Lake Okanagan or the Monashee Mountains.

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My Silent World

By Anne Trudel

My journey from the hearing world into the silent world was very gradual over a period of years.

For those of us born with good hearing, we take so much for granted.

Family and friends detected my hearing loss long before I wanted to admit it. For a while, I had been asking them to speak louder or repeat their comments.

Eventually, my family and friends wore down my denial, and I went to see an ear nose throat specialist who recommended I consider hearing aids. But it was a shock to discover the cost of such a necessary item, so I put aside the issue for a number of years - until one kind family member gifted me hearing aids. A beautiful and kind gift that has led me into a world of freedom and joy.

I was a little apprehensive at my first visit to the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) Audiologist recommended by my specialist, even though she had such a lovely name as Praise. But with her relatable demeanor and encouraging attitude, Praise quickly made me feel comfortable. She was very good at her profession, didn’t push anything on me, and just stated the situation of my hearing loss as it was.

Then the day came when Praise fitted me with my hearing aids. I shall never forget the wonderful sensation when I suddenly heard the sound of my own voice again and gradually was reintroduced to sounds which I had missed for so long. I drove my car home hearing once again the sound of street traffic, and wondered how I had never been in an accident when I wasn’t aware of the traffic noise! I could also hear the birds chirping, and even the sound of the gentle rain on my windshield was music to my ears. I kept my hearing aids on that entire day, and couldn’t wait to put them in again the next morning!

Our great-great-grandparents had nothing more than an earhorn to use if they were hard of hearing, but today we have access to new and growing knowledge and technology. And we have another advantage too. If we wish to retreat into the quiet world, as I do when I sit down with my favourite book, we can simply take out our hearing aids and bask in the silence.

You might say my hearing loss has become my greatest hearing aid.

Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) is home to British Columbia’s only non-profit hearing aid clinics.

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The tubs are crystal shaped in keeping with the theme of the resort envisioned by Gernot Langes-Swarovski, patriarch of the Swarovski crystal family. But it’s Swarovski’s “chief crystal architect” Andreas Altmayer who was the mastermind behind Sparkling Hill’s design, which incorporates 3.5 million crystals throughout, including the glowing “fireplace” in our room. Those crystals can be found in and on everything from the show-stopping, almost three-storey installation lighting up the lobby to the trim on the backs of chairs in the dining room.

It was Langes-Swarovski’s love of the natural beauty of the Okanagan Valley combined with a desire to bring the European wellness experience to the rest of the world that prompted him to develop Sparkling Hill Resort.

Sparkling Hill staff make it clear that while the focal point of the resort, besides the crystals, is KurSpa, the resort is more about wellness than indulgence, though after enjoying the Fango wrap and massage — a detoxifying treatment including mud made from volcanic dust — I was feeling pretty pampered, too. Guests of the hotel have complimentary

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access to seven unique aromatherapy saunas and steam rooms and “experience showers” — one mimics a cool storm and the other warm tropical rain. There’s also an igloo, an indoor pool complete with underwater music and a starry Swarovski crystal sky ceiling, a hot pool, an outdoor infinity pool, Kneipp water therapy, tea and serenity relaxation rooms and a fitness studio. For the brave at heart, the infamous cold sauna offers three-minute treatments — so long as you can stand the -110 C temperature. I’ve been assured because it’s a “dry cold” it’s easier to handle. Needless to say I left the cold spa for another time.

My partner and I did take advantage of the steam rooms and outdoor pool where, surrounded by snow, we enjoyed the warm water. The steam rising into the cool winter air gives the pool a surreal experience.

We also enjoyed some great meals at PeakFine, which offers a menu comprised largely of locally sourced products and ingredients, and despite the alternative, we both opted to actually dress for dinner and left our bathrobes in our room.

Sandra Thomas was a guest of Sparkling Hill Resort.

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Retiring to the garden ANNE MARRISON amarrison@shaw.ca

Anne Marrison promises to still respond to readers’ questions

Some of my editors wanted me to do a farewell column — and though my inclination was to fade away quietly — here I am trying to fit a lifetime of gardens into 580 words.

The first garden I noticed was grandmother’s — stiff Thames valley clay where fruit trees grew in the vegetable

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garden and the wondrous white lilies by the old pigpen were much taller than me.

My first home garden memory was making mud pies in the cabbage patch. Soon after, my father’s machine shop obtained a government contract and our retired-gardener neighbour, John Chapman, began helping with our garden.

I hung out with him for hours asking questions while I watched and learned.

He gave me my own garden strip and seedlings to plant. I also grew primroses, violets, and white anemones robbed from the woods where I roamed on my bicycle. This was the idyllic English countryside of Berkshire.

Later the strong, lateral branches of our Bramley apple tree were easy to climb and I spent many happy hours up the tree reading. In my early teens I made an herb garden. By then my weeding had improved.

When we came to Canada there were chaotic years getting settled. My first houseplant was Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana). I spent years sweeping up its galaxy of babies.

My first real Canadian garden was a tiny yard in Kitsilano with a perennial pink pea (Lathyrus latfolius) in the front.

Des and I grew salad crops and raspberries in the back and in summer our daughters’ small friends visited with bowls.

In 1968, we bought a tiny shack on seven acres of rocky hillside gravel in South Surrey. We had hens for eggs and pest-control and after months of rock-moving, we had a vegetable garden.

We added flower gardens. At first our plants were cuttings and divisions from family. Then I joined the Alpine Garden Club of B.C. and learned so much.

This club triggered my love for growing things from seed.

These included six seed-grown witch-hazels — and some years later, after I had spoken severely to them about compost, they all flowered.

A few years later, we had half the land, a big new house and a cost over-run that sent me back to work as a newspaper reporter and sometimes editor.

A few years later, I was single and my garden was a city lot in warm, sunny White Rock. I could grow plants from seed outside all winter.

I began the garden column in 1985, in the same week that Eric and I got married. Two years later, I was gardening on an acreage in Maple Ridge. In 1994, I began writing features for Gardens West. Meeting and learning from some of the best gardeners in B.C. was a wonderful experience.

Some of the trees I grew from seed in White Rock are with us still, including Katsura, Cornus Mas, Paulonia, Chimonanthus praecox and two Euonymus Europea. But now I’m older and slower. It’s time for another life change, which means ending this column.

So thank you to the ones who helped me so much: to Eric who is my proof-reader and office manager, to my patient and understanding editors — and to the gardeners over the years who asked me questions and taught me so much.

Since I can’t quite give up, I’ll still answer garden questions. amarrison@shaw.ca

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A FAREWELL TO ANNE SANDRA THOMAS sthomas@vancourier.com

Retiring garden columnist puts down pen to pick up her trowel The Courier’s long-time gardening columnist Anne Marrison has a confession to make.

you can’t find at a nursery. The Alpine Garden Club has a wonderful seed exchange, but I’ve been too busy to go.”

“I do not like palms,” she admits during a recent phone interview. “I think they’re ugly, which is why I never said anything about them before. I prefer plants that feed birds.”

Marrison wants to not only take up gardening again, but also plans to continue practising tai chi, reacquaint herself with her favourite garden clubs, write more poetry, start attending church and learn more about astrology.

After decades of writing gardening columns for numerous publications, including the Burnaby Now and the Courier, Marrison is stepping away from the keyboard and picking her gardening gloves back up — a move that gives her the freedom to finally express her disdain for all things palm. Decades ago, Marrison was a community reporter and editor before turning her love of gardening into a career writing about plants, trees, shrubs, flowers, pests and vegetables.

Marrison, who turns 80 in July, says ironically by dedicating so much time to writing about gardens, her own has become sorely neglected in recent years.

But that’s about to change.

“The garden is a mess,” say Marrison of the Whonnock-based property she shares with her 93-year-old husband.

“I’ve also been busy with hospital visits, so I couldn’t garden. I wasn’t emotionally ready, but I am now. I love growing from seed, especially things

“I started studying astrology two years ago, but I’m still a terrible astrologer,” Marrison says with a laugh.

Marrison adds her favourite part of column writing has always been hearing from readers — who at the bottom of each article were encouraged to send her questions about gardening in segments that became known as “Ask Anne.”

She says answering those questions was a great way to increase her own knowledge of everything gardening and green. Marrison notes she still plans to answer questions from fans via email, even after retirement.

“It just might not be as timely as before.

And if I don’t know the answer to a question, and those are getting fewer, I consider them a challenge,” she says.

“My readers are like having friends, I’ve enjoyed them so much.”

Anne, you will be missed.

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Opinion

Renters of the world, unite!

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Non-homeowners left largely to fend for themselves in Vancouver

Jessica Barrett

Jessica.Barrett@gmail.com

The Craigslist post appeared in my feed not as a viable housing option but as a mocking indictment of what has become of the rental market in Vancouver.

The furnished 675-square-foot, onebedroom “garden suite” in an older Kitsilano home boasted bright windows on three sides, a large walk-in closet and quick transit to downtown and UBC. All nice features if you could overlook the fact that it lacked a major appliance — no stove or oven, only a hotplate here — and came

with several onerous conditions. The ad specified the space is “best suited” to a single tenant (“possibly a graduate student or working professional”) who leads a “quiet lifestyle” (“for example: you are preferably not a TV listener”) and night owls or shift workers need not apply (“I operate on a day schedule, hence this suite would work best for someone with a daytime schedule as well”). And pets? In this city? Dream on.

For this, the lucky tenant will have the pleasure of paying $1,490 a month, $1,555 if you plan to split the rent with a partner or

friend, thus triggering a $65 surcharge.

Although the post netted its share of derision and even raised questions about whether a self-contained suite without a stove is considered legal, the sad truth is the place will be rented long before the month is out.

Such is reality in a city with vacancy hovering near one per cent. It highlights the power imbalance that plays out between renters and landlords, and the glaring absence of a robust and active organization to advocate on behalf of the more than 50 per cent of Vancouver residents who rent.

Compared to other

cities squeezed by high property values, Seattle and San Francisco come to mind, it’s mystifying to me that Vancouver hasn’t managed to get a tenants’ union off the ground. Technically, there is a Vancouver Renters Union. I know, I signed up to an email list outside of Kingsgate Mall during the last civic election, and spokespeople for the group have occasionally been quoted in media reports. But it has failed to materialize in any meaningful way. An email to the union’s Gmail account went unanswered, its website appears to be

dormant and a Facebook page with fewer than 600 likes is merely a repository for news stories about our overheated housing market. (A former spokesperson for the union I reached on social media told me they are in the midst of “restructuring” and that he could no longer speak for the group.)

This is in no way meant to criticize those behind the union. It’s not easy to organize renters, apparently. We are a transitory bunch, difficult to pin down and often busy tending to the pressures of a life lived in an environment where the cost of

stable housing dwarfs the median income. Rather, this is a call to action for anyone unaware of the option. With housing prices forcing many who would otherwise buy to remain renters, with market rates that are increasing in step with that demand, and with unforeseen forces such as Airbnb diminishing supply, it’s time renters came together to advocate for ourselves.

I often hear from landlords and building managers that renters don’t need more protection, B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act is stacked on our side.

Continued next page

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Good Friday, March 25

10:00 am - Stations of the Cross for Children 2:00 pm - Stations of the Cross 3:00 pm - Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday

Holy Saturday, March 26

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Easter Day, March 27

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Number of renters on the rise Continued from previous page That is true — on paper the Act is weighted in our favour. But as anyone who’s ever competed with dozens of other people ready to throw literal wads of cash at every landlord who shows a half-way decent suite knows, there is virtually no room for negotiation, much less getting into the nitty gritty of the law. Putting aside for a moment that most renters don’t know their rights, and those who do face barriers accessing the time-consuming and complex dispute resolution process set out by the Residential Tenancy Branch, people are so desperate for decent housing in Vancouver they will, and do, put up with all manner of question-

able conduct.

Whether it’s agreeing to restrictions on daily activities that fall well outside the realm of respecting the right to “quiet enjoyment,” paying obscene prices for suites that lack basic appliances, or putting up with nefarious, harassing, or abusive behaviour from unscrupulous property managers or landlords (an old building manager who rifled through my laundry and threatened my thenboyfriend comes to mind), renters need a unified political presence.

In other cities, tenants unions run drop-in centres to educate renters on their rights and responsibilities, offer support on dispute resolution, spearhead

community organizing initiatives, endorse political candidates and lobby for things like rent control.

They even help communities navigate new territory like Airbnb. Here, beyond the understaffed Tenants Resource Advisory Centre and a handful of drop-in legal clinics, renters are left largely on our own.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. We are a growing class in Vancouver that seems destined to stay that way for as long as housing prices continue to rise. We have the numbers. Now we need the clout.

You can reach the Vancouver Renters Union at rentersunion.vancouver@ gmail.com @jm_barrett

Renters are so desperate for decent housing in Vancouver they will, and do, put up with all manner of questionable conduct, says columnist Jessica Barrett. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER AT DUNBAR HEIGHTS UNITED CHURCH Maundy Thursday, March 24th at 6pm A meal of remembrance and hope

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Good Friday, March 25th at 10am

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Remembering Jesus’ life and death

Led by youth and and leaders from Baptist both West Point Grey Presbyterian U-Campus Churches.

Presbyterian Church and U-Campus Baptist Church Easter Sunday April 5th morning services: UCBC Mandarin service @ 9:15am EasterWPG Sunday March 27th morning services: Presbyterian Church Easter Communion with Rev.Service Joyce Davis @ 11a.m.

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March 25,

Good Friday Services: German Service at 9:00 and English Service at 10:30 am.

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ST. MATTHIAS & ST. LUKE ANGLICAN CHURCH An open-hearted community journeying with Christ…come join us!

Maundy Thursday —The New Covenant

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March 25

Good Friday

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March 27

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Pancake Breakfast 830 AM Worship 10 AM

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He is risen! He is risen, indeed!

March 24

Were You There?

Holy Week at St. Helen’s Come and journey with the Saviour Sunday March 20 10:00am - Palm Sunday The Triduum:

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March 25th, 12 noon Church available at 11am for private prayers Meditation on the Cross & Distribution of Communion

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March 27th, 10:30am Service of Light & Eucharist + Children’s Easter Egg Hunt

Were you there? Join in every step of the journey with Jesus in Holy Week. Come on the Sundays for the Psalms and The Resurrection, of course. But also be there with Him on each day of The Triduum (The Great Three Days), at the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday, as He carries His cross on Good Friday, at the ancient Easter Vigil and blessing of the New Fire on Holy Sunday, and at the Festival Eucharist of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday morning.

Then when you’re asked, you can truly say, “I Was There!” Be a witness.

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Community

1. All dogs are welcome at Black Dog Video stores. Baozi joined owners Jorge Castelan and Riva Lin who rented a couple of films during Black Dog’s 20th birthday party on Saturday. 2. Black Dog Video owner Darren Gay is the last man standing in Vancouver’s video rental world after Limelight Video on the West Side announced its closure at the end of the month. They Live Video closed in 2014 and Videomatica shut its doors in 2011. “It was a community,” said Gay. “Now it’s a community of one.” 3. Siblings Bella, 9, and Hunter Cannell, 7, enjoyed some birthday cake during Saturday’s celebrations. 4. Black Dog Video stores are filled with interesting knickknacks on the shelves, including a mysterious doll that nobody knows where it came from. See photo gallery at vancourier.com. PHOTOS REBECCA BLISSETT

CITY LIVING

After 20 years, Black Dog Video keeps on barking City’s last video store remains a neighbourhood hub for families, film lovers and Kevin Smith

Rebecca Blissett

rvblissett@gmail.com

Black Dog Video turned 96 years old in dog years on Saturday, which is a grand age for both a canine and for a video store.

It was 20 years ago the store opened on Cambie Street with its shelves packed with owner Darren Gay’s curated cult and horror films along with drama, foreign, documentary, independents, arthouse, classic and new releases. Business boomed, but it wasn’t without challenges, which included ideas gone bad (the original “rented” tags were made out of shellacked dog biscuits with Velcro that lasted until a dog came into the store and ate them off several boxes an hour into opening day), a move across the street two years later and a fire that ruined everything (caused by a grow-op in the apartment above). Then there was the

massive interruption of traffic that came with the 2008 construction of the Canada Line, which runs underneath Cambie Street.

The in-between times during the soul-crushing times have been great, Gay pointed out — the parties after closing, the appreciation from neighbours and doing something he loves. He was the kid who preferred to watch The Brain That Wouldn’t Die on summer days rather than swim in the family’s backyard pool.

After the fire in 2004, block neighbours Choices Market raised a couple thousand dollars to help out Gay who was rebuilding his store with friends, a trying two months especially as he did not have business interruption insurance. Other minor set-backs included the usual vandalism and petty robbery, but the negative total wasn’t enough for

Gay to lose his video store love. He added another Black Dog to his collection when he and his brother bought the Celluloid Drugstore on Commercial Drive a little more than 10 years ago. Kevin Smith, in Vancouver to direct an episode of The Flash, popped by that location Monday to sign all boxed copies of his films.

“Coming back from the fire was the hardest one. A lot of people were surprised we actually reopened because, why do it all again?” Gay said.

“The response was great.

People came by with food and flowers when we reopened. Even today we have people tell me, ‘Please stay open, please stay open.’”

Lessons in resilience have only prepared Gay for the toughest battle of all: staying open. He teetered on the brink so wildly that he initiated a crowd-funding

effort in August 2014 that asked supporters, “Where else can you find such a diverse selection ranging from Kurosawa, Cronenberg and Fassbinder to sections dedicated to sexy, delinquent nuns, Australian exploitation flicks and troubled teens?”

Many people seem to be satiated by the offerings from online streaming services such as Netflix, judging by Black Dog Video’s continual struggle for survival despite having 30,000 members who obviously don’t visit the stores as often as they used to, if at all. The same reason, coupled with high rent, did Limelight Video in on the West Side. It will close at the end of this month, leaving Black Dog the last man standing in the movie rental business in Vancouver.

It’s a matter of the convenience of Netflix versus the expertise of the local video store. While Netf-

lix’s recommendations are based on strange and random algorithms, many film boxes at Black Dog are accompanied with handwritten notes taped to the covers. “Wow! One of the best looking films ever.

Not your poppa’s biopic” is described of Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. And who could resist Klown with its hand-written review of, “Totally offensive, inappropriate, and totally hilarious. Good times.”

“At the height there were a lot of video stores in town and they all did well. I didn’t even consider them to be competition. It was a community.

Now it’s a community of one,” Gay said. “I’d like to turn it over to my son who’s 10 right now. I keep telling him he’s going to inherit the empire.

We’re just going to keep going as long as we can, as long as people keep

coming here and supporting us we’ll be here.”

One of the issues that plagued video stores since their beginning in the 1970s has been the chore of having to return films.

Gay said he hates charging late fees but added it’s the only way to ensure the movie is returned. Other video stores, such as the Family Video chain in the United States, opened pizza restaurants next to its stores for one-stop shopping where the drivers will return movies for customers if they also deliver a pizza at the same time.

Before people dismiss video stores as relics, Gay said, consider supporting it not only because it keeps himself and his staff employed, but also because the non-mainstream film world counts on the existence of video stores as a portal to connect with an appreciative audience. @rebeccablissett

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER T H U R SDAY, M A R C H 1 0 , 2 0 1 6

Intro to the season As much as Vancouver prides itself on its yoga-enhanced lifestyle and sea-to-sky image, winter can be a rain-soaked slog. It’s wet, it’s cold and tearing yourself away from a weekend-long date with Netflix can be a challenge at the best of times. Which is why spring is such welcome relief in these parts. Not only is it a season of renewal, but also exciting possibilities, which you can see bursting across the city’s arts scene like budding flowers. Whether it’s dance, theatre, music or comedy, there’s something invigorating about springtime. All you need to do is step outside and start exploring what Vancouver has to offer.

With any luck, you won’t even have to bundle up.

Spring arts events Here’s a by-the-numbers look at some of our top 10 suggestions for arts events worth gussying up and getting out of the house for this spring.

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The anniversary being marked at this year’s Motown Meltdown, an annual charity fundraiser and celebration of soul music. The event — in support of Seva, a group dedicated to preventing blindness in the developing world — returns to the Commodore Ballroom March 19 and once again features a who’s who of local musicians throwing down on their Hitsville favourites. seva.ca

The number of Pixar film soundtracks being paid tribute to by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra March 21 at the Orpheum Theatre. Pixar in Concert, conducted by Gordon Gerrard, revisits memorable moments from all the Disney studio’s cartoon crowd-pleasers ranging from the Toy Story trilogy to Cars, WALL•E, Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and more. vancouversymphony.ca

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The number of Tony Awards, including Best Musical, won by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, the rags to riches story of the controversial Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina in the 1940s. Vancouver Opera’s version runs April 30 to May 8 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. vancouveropera.ca

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The number of animal costumes designed by Carmen Alatorre for Carousel Theatre’s family-friendly adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book running at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre April 16 to May 1.

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The number of performances of Vancouver TheatreSports League’s epic swords-and-sandals spoof Throne and Games: A Chance of Snow at Granville Island’s Improv Centre running April 7 to May 28. Winter may no longer be coming, but here’s a great chance to get your Game of Thrones geek on in preparation for the hit HBO series’ return April 24. vtsl.com

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In thousands, the number of old photos donated to the UBC library that have been curated for the new exhibit Nanitch: Early Photographs of British Columbia From the Langmann Collection at Presentation House Gallery from March 30 to June 26. Nanitch is a Chinook word meaning “to look and watch,” suggesting the important role the emerging art form played in documenting B.C.’s colonial period. presentationhousegallery.org

The number of stanzas of iambic tetrameter in Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin. The 1825 classic has been reworked as a musical by Veda Hille and Amiel Gladstone, members of the team behind the recent hit Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata, and runs March 23 to April 10 at the Arts Club’s new BMO Theatre in the Olympic Village. artsclub.com The number of “calls to action” recommended by the federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission after speaking with First Nations survivors of the residential-school system. One of them was to commission art projects to help commemorate the painful legacy, and Going Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation, is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s carefully choreographed response.

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre hosts its West Coast premiere April 7 to 9. rwb.org

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The milestone birthday being reluctantly marked by Olivia, one of five women who make up the all-female cast in this Ruby Slippers and Zee Zee Theatre co-production of Brad Fraser’s new play 5 @ 50 running at Coal Harbour’s PAL Theatre from May 13 to 29. palstudiotheatre.com

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The Love that Moves the Universe Bach, Handel & Schafer

8pm | Friday, March 25, 2016 Orpheum Theatre Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra | Pacifica Singers Jon Washburn, Conductor One of the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s most acclaimed performances was the 2010 premiere of R. Murray Schafer’s radiant choral/orchestral work The Love that Moves the Universe, based on the final lines of Dante’s Paradiso. In answer to popular demand, we repeat that magical experience, and extend it by singing the equally luminous Jesu, meine Freude by Bach and Dixit Dominus by Handel.

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THEATRE THE HOOKER MONOLOGUES True life stories from a collective of active and former sex workers challenge myths and dispel stigma, in a candid portrait of various aspects of the sex work industry. Until March 13 at Firehall Arts Centre. firehallartscentre.ca RETURN TO GRACE This glorious, heartfelt tribute to the iconic Elvis Presley traces the greatest musical moments of a generation from the early years through to the amazing ’68 comeback special to the historic Aloha from Hawaii concert. March 22-27 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. returntograce.ca

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WIT Professor Vivian Bearing approaches her cancer therapy with the same academic rigour she applied to her studies, but as her treatments progress, her intellectual armour gives way to her need for human kindness. May 20-June 11 at Pacific Theatre. pacifictheatre.org BC BUDS SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL The 12th annual festival of inventive, original site-specific works and new play readings by B.C. artists provides a platform for genre-bending and multi-disciplinary emerging and established artists. May 2016 at Firehall Arts Centre. firehallartscentre.ca ONEGIN Life is quiet on the Larin family’s Russian country estate, until the charismatic Evgeni Onegin ignites the romantic longings of its residents.

Poet Vladimir Lensky dances with jealousy when his dear friend flirts with his fiancée, and even the reclusive Tatyana Larin finds herself falling for the handsome rogue. March 17-April 10 at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. artsclub.com

GOOD PEOPLE A sharp character-driven comedy about changing your fortune set in South Boston where paycheques hardly made the rent, asks why some people manage to escape from the situations into which they’re born — and some don’t. March 24-April 24 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. artsclub.com

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THE VALLEY An ensemble piece featuring four characters whose stories and families intertwine after a teenage boy’s arrest on a SkyTrain platform in this topical story about the contradictory attempts to balance care and public safety. April 7-May 7 at Granville Island Stage. artsclub.com

RECLAIMING HOPE Theatre for Living tours a series of theatrical dialogues throughout different Vancouver venues to engage about how we can identify and transform the fears that hold us back from building healthy communities and caring for the environment. April 1-2 at Scotiabank Dance Centre. theatreforliving.com

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR The corrupt officials of a small Russian town react with terror to the news that an incognito inspector will soon be arriving to investigate them. The flurry of activity to cover up their considerable misdeeds is interrupted by the report that a suspicious person is staying at the inn. March 25-April 17 at Jericho Arts Centre. unitedplayers.com DIRTY OLD WOMAN After her divorce, Nina, a 50-something-yearold, decides to venture back into the world of romance. But when she meets Gerry, 20 years her junior, the sparks fly in more ways than one.

April 12-24 at The Cultch. thecultch.com

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES A series of unsettling injuries over the course of 30 years brings together a corrosive masochist and an accident-prone daredevil as they spar, spat and haltingly try to rescue one another.

April 1-16 at Pacific Theatre. pacifictheatre.org DEAD METAPHOR A darkly comic look at what happens when a former sniper in Afghanistan returns home to Canada and finds the job market doesn’t exactly accommodate his particular skill set. April 2-23 at Firehall Arts Centre. firehallartscentre.com

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THE INVISIBLE HAND Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s Ayad Akhtar’s high-stakes thriller follows a kidnapped American trader in Pakistan playing the market for his life.

April 5-23 at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. pitheatre.com

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THE JUNGLE BOOK A powerful coming-of-age tale. Deep in the Indian jungle, the human Mowgli is raised by wolves. Tutored by Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Akela the wolf, Mowgli learns the codes and traditions of the hunter community.

April 16-May 1 at Waterfront Theatre. carouseltheatre.ca COMEDY OF ERRORS Travel back to the wild, wild west and follow the journey of two pairs of twins who were separated at birth. When Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, stumble upon Ephesus, the home of their respective twin brothers, their worlds collide and a whirlwind of mistaken identities ensues. April 22, 23 & 26 at Gateway Theatre. gatewaytheatre.com TOWARDS ZERO The labyrinthine maze of clues and deception centres around the wealthy Lady Tresillian — found murdered in her bed, with a house full of suspects connecting a failed suicide, theft and romance. Plan to see this “rare” work from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.

April 30-May 21 at Metro Theatre. metrotheatre.com

DANCE BALLET BC Ñ PROGRAM 2 A world premiere, New Work questions how to balance order and chaos, the individual and the collective, and the human need for celebration in this specially commissioned work from French choreographer Medhi Walerski. March 17-19 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. balletbc.com VITAL FEW A new work created with and for six unique performers is a collaborative undertaking utilizing mechanisms of constant co-dependence and interrelation between the dancers, presented by the 605 collective. March 17-19 at Roundhouse Community Arts Centre.

605collective.com COMPANHIA URBANA DE DAN‚A A high-energy fusion of hip hop, samba, capoeira and contemporary dance tears up the stage in this boldly imaginative choreography from Sonia Destri Lie, of Brazil. April 1-2 at Dance House. dancehouse.ca GOING HOME STAR Ñ TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet mounts this deeply classical ballet, 10 years in the making, to pay tribute to the pains and atrocities of Canada’s indigenous past, while giving hope for healing and wholeness in our future. April 7-9 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. rwb.org BALLET BC Ñ PROGRAM 3 Emily Molnar’s 16+ a room, Bill from Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, and I and I am You from Jorma Elo. May 12-14 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. balletbc.com

WORDS IN MOTION What happens when words come to life?

Three writers and three choreographers work in pairs to create new works combining the cerebral and the physical.

March 18-19 at the Chan Centre. thedancecentre.ca

EVITA A full-scale production of this modern classic of musical theatre — the story of the charismatic and controversial Evita Perón, whose beauty and ambition vaulted her from poverty to power as the First Lady of Argentina in the politically turbulent 1930s.

April 30-May 8 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. vancouveropera.ca SEASONS To celebrate 30 seasons of Vetta Chamber Music, the Vetta Chamber Players will perform the ever popular Four Seasons by Vivaldi and pair it with a local take on our seasons. April 28-29 at West Point Grey United Church. vettamusic.com

FLICKER An innovative dance piece that combines West Coast design with a unique scenographic hybrid of projected environments and live-action shadow dance. Vividly rich imagery represents the “spirit world,” the mystical realm portrayed through Gitxsan masked dance. May 25-29 at The Cultch. thecultch.com

CHORAL BACHÕS ST. MATTHEW PASSION A pinnacle accomplishment in the history of classical music, the staggering masterwork overflows with sweeping harmonies and colossal power — relating St. Matthew’s account of Christ’s betrayal, trial and execution. March 19 at Orpheum Theatre. vancouverbachchoir.com

INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY Enjoy a program of performances and events celebrating the vitality and diversity of dance in Vancouver. April 29 at Scotiabank Dance Centre. thedancecentre.ca

CLASSICAL SONIC BOOM FESTIVAL Vancouver Pro Musica continues to bring unique artists and new music together in the festival’s 29th year of contemporary classical music showcasing original compositional works of some of B.C.’s best over four not-to-be-missed performances. March 17-20. vancouverpromusica.ca PIXAR IN CONCERT This visually stunning, high-definition, multimedia family show features montages of memorable clips from all 14 of Pixar’s films set to the music of the movies that brought us some of the most beloved characters in cinematic history. March 21 at Orpheum Theatre. vancouversymphony.ca WAR OF THE ROMANTICS The VSO’s 2016 Spring Festival explores one of the most important periods in classical music history over the course of five concerts featuring works from Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, Wagner and Brahms. April 7-18 at Orpheum Theatre. vancouversymphony.ca The Jungle Book with Carousel Theatre for Young People

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VOYAGES This adventurous concert explores mythical travel, the sea, space and stars. It features Kiva Simova, an overtone soloist who sings two pitches simultaneously, and Musica Intima’s exploration of other extended vocal techniques including yodeling and belting. April 15 at St James Community Square. musicaintima.org

THE LOVE THAT MOVES THE UNIVERSE Vancouver Chamber Choir, with the Pacifica Singers, under the direction of John Washburn repeat the magical experience of R. Murray Schafer’s radiant choral/orchestral work based on Dante’s Paradiso. March 25 at Orpheum Theatre. vancouverchamberchoir.com LAGRIME DI SAN PIETRO Phillipe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent, one of the world’s most accomplished vocal ensembles perform “The Tears of Saint Peter” by Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus. April 15 at Chan Shun Concert Hall. earlymusic.bc.ca LUX ANTIQUA: SONGS OF LIGHT The final performance for the Vancouver Cantata Singers 2015-2016 season joins forces with Redshift Music Society for an a capella program that spans the centuries featuring three premieres. May 13 at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. vancouvercantatasingers.com

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March 12 at the Chan Centre. chancentre.com

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DINA YOFFE Dina Yoffe came to international recognition by winning top prizes in two international competitions. Today her concert performances are renowned throughout Europe, Israel, Japan and the United States. April 8 at Vancouver Playhouse. chopinsociety.org

Langara CollegeÕs renowned Studio 58 theatre program teams up with Green Thumb Theatre for the world premiere of George F. WalkerÕs The Crowd, March 19 to April 3.

IN THE ABBEY GARDEN From Holst’s breathtaking Ave Maria for double choir to Rachmaninoff’s Six Choruses for Women’s Voices and Brahms’ Psalm 13, experience the Elektra Women’s Choir foray into some of Europe’s most beautiful choral music.

May 7 at Ryerson United Church. elektra.ca

CONCERTS JOANNA NEWSOM American songbird and harpist appears in support of Divers with special guest Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes). March 30 at Vogue Theatre. voguetheatre.com EKACHAI JEARAKUL Award-winning classical guitarist from Thailand graces the stage at the VSO School of Music.

April 2 at Pyatt Hall. ekachaiguitarist.com FATHER JOHN MISTY Indie-folk-singer-songwriter, formerly of Fleet Foxes, a.k.a. Josh Tillman, showcases songs from I Love You, Honeybear with special guests Tess and Dave. April 5 at Orpheum Theatre. fatherjohnmisty.com SPIRIT OF THE WEST After nearly 50 performances at the storied venue, the West Coast folk rockers will take the stage for one last weekend with a host of special guests for two farewell performances.

April 15-16 at Commodore Ballroom. sotw.ca

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COURTNEY BARNETT Indie singer-songwriter and guitarist from Melbourne, Australia plays in support of her latest album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit with guests Alvvays.

April 19 at Commodore Ballroom. courtneybarnett.com.au

BEACH HOUSE Baltimore dream-pop duo appear in support of Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars. April 30 at Vogue Theatre. beachhousebaltimore.com

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COLD FRIENDS, WARM CASH An iteration of Ciara Phillips’ ongoing project Workshop takes over the gallery as a site of both production and exhibition, turning the gallery into a simple screen printing studio.

March 18-April 30 at Western Front. front.bc.ca

THE BUZZCOCKS Legendary British punk band tours in celebration of their 40th anniversary with special guests The Residuels. May 21 at Rickshaw Theatre. buzzcocks.com

EASTER EGGS New works from Andrea Hooge, marking her fourth solo show and featuring a collection of scratchboard images, drawing inspiration from childhood interpretations of children’s books and playthings, as well as her cultural heritage.

April 7-30 at Hot Art Wet City. hotartwetcity.com

CƒCILE MCLORIN SALVANT Cécile’s exceptional vocal power, soul, and virtuosity are breathtakingly showcased through her one-of-a-kind interpretations of jazz standards and rare blues compositions. May 1 at Chan Shun Concert Hall. chancentre.com

WEST COAST SUITE A new series of paintings from Sylvia Tait demonstrates a sharp focus on metaphysics and construction of the subject in this group of abstract canvases and multi-media panels.

April 9-23 at Bau-Xi Gallery. bau-xi.com

The CULTCH presents FLicker Dancers of Damelahamid May 25-29

LAWRENCE PAUL A provocative exhibition of new and existing paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations confronting the colonialist suppression of First Nations peoples from the Yuxweluptun artist, spanning his influential 30-year career.

May 10-Oct. 16 at Museum of Anthropology. moa.ubc.ca

FESTIVALS CELTICFEST Western Canada’s largest Celtic celebration offers the best of traditional and contemporary Celtic culture in all its diversity and vitality – and everyone is invited to join in. March 10-17. celticfestvancouver.com

COMEDY JONATHAN KITE Best known as “Oleg” on Two Broke Girls, the Chicago actor has studied improv and sketch comedy and now brings his stand-up to town with an opening set from John Cullen.

April 14-16 at Yuk Yuk’s. yukyuks.com ADAM CAROLLA American comedian best known for nationally syndicated radio program Loveline and costarring with Jimmy Kimmel on The Man Show and Crank Yankers tapes a live episode of his podcast The Adam Carolla Show. April 22 at Commodore Ballroom. adamcarolla.com RON WHITE American stand-up comedian and actor known as a charter member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, with six solo works and compilations with Jeff Foxworthy. May 20 at Orpheum Theatre. tatersalad.com

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YOUTH LEADERS: Society darling Kasondra Cohen-Herrendorf fronted her seventh Face of Today Gala. This fairytale party had a happy ending raising $250,000 to help turn dreams into reality for underserved youth. More than 230 guests — young entrepreneurs, aspiring CEOs and brash upstarts — filed into the Rosewood Hotel Georgia for the Alice in Wonderlandinspired evening. The fashionable crowd — many under the age of 40 — enjoyed a champagne reception with a cast of Wonderland characters before going down the rabbit hole and settling in for a sumptuous dinner, musical performances and to partake in the many opportunities to give to support the charitable organization.

Cohen-Herrendorf founded it in 2009 to support youth-driven charities such as the Boy’s Network, Aunt Leah’s and UBC’s CampOUT. ILLUMINATING EVENING: March is kidney health month and the Kidney Foundation is encouraging Canadians to know their risk factors and to talk about kidney health. The reality is one in 10 Canadians have kidney disease. There is no cure. Wanting to shine a light on the matter, in particular pediatric kidney disease, the organization hosted its fourth annual Shine a Light Kidney Gala celebrating the people and possibilities in the kidney community. CTV’s Norma Reid emceed the Hotel Vancouver cocktail party and benefit, chaired by doctors Adeera Levin and John Gill. More than 300 partygoers took in the event — sponsored by AG Hair — and helped generate a record $230,000 for leading kidney research and patient services.

NEW LOOK FOR OPERA: Vancouver Opera’s last full season will mark a significant shift for the 55-year-old arts organization. Starting in 2017, the company will no longer present a yearly program, instead opting to run a three-week festival format.

It also signaled the end of general director James Wright’s 17-year run with the venerable arts organization. The company’s newly appointed incoming general director Kim Gaynor made her Vanhattan debut recently at a downtown reception kicking off the company’s April 14 Overture Gala, the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Gaynor, who ran an international classical musical festival in Switzerland for the past decade, joined gala chairwomen Charlene Wong and Cindy Richmond for the preview of the French-inspired masque party, sponsored by BMO.

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Doctors John Gill and Adeera Levin steered the fourth Shine a Light Kidney Foundation Gala at the Hotel Vancouver.

Chairwomen Charlene Wong and Cindy Richmond will lead Vancouver Opera’s BMO Overture Masque Gala on April 14. It’s the company’s signature benefit of the year.

Nash Overton, a kidney kid who at eight years old raised more than $14,000 for other kidney kids, joined his parents Fallon and Gerald at the Shine a Light soiree.

Escorted by her partner Rob Menard, Jacqui Cohen took in her daughter’s fundraiser, which generated $250,000 to go towards helping youth realize their dreams and potential.

Vancouver Opera chairman Pascal Spothelfer introduced the company’s incoming general director Kim Gaynor, who will lead the Vancouver Opera’s new three-week festival format in 2017.

Joined by a cast of colourful Wonderland characters, youth philanthropist Kasondra Cohen-Herrendorf welcomed a well-heeled group of upstarts to her seventh Face of Today Alice in Wonderlandthemed fundraiser.

Joey’s executive chef Chris Mills congratulated Winnipeg’s Garrett Evans, winner of the company’s North American Top Apprentice Chefs Challenge. Evans bested 10 other rising culinary talents to earn the coveted title.

Andrea and Jeffrey Scoten of National Bank Financial Wealth Management took in the Kidney Foundation fete. Their daughter Nicole was among the amazing kidney kids who performed at the gala.

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1 March 10 to 16, 2016 1. Led by three singing sisters from Israel, A-Wa blends traditional sounds with dance club grooves that will surely set the Biltmore Cabaret dancefloor on fire when the group performs March 12 as part of the Chutzpah! Festival. Details and tickets at chutzpahfestival.com.

2. English singer-songwriter and former Soft Boys member Robyn Hitchcock brings his charming and surreal pop stylings to the Biltmore March 10 in support of his latest release The Man Upstairs. Tickets at Zulu, Red Cat and ticketweb.ca. Emma Swift opens.

3. The jig is up March 10 to 17 as the 12th annual CelticFest Vancouver takes over local streets, concert halls and pubs for a week of celebrations leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. For a full list of events and festival schedule, go to celticfestvancouver.com.

4. No relation to CelticFest, but really they should be, Vancouver’s long-serving Celtic punk rockers the Real McKenzies paint Venue Nightclub tartan March 10. Bishops Green and Montreal’s Boids open. Tickets at Red Cat, Neptoon, Zulu Records and bplive.ca.

5. Vancouver-L.A. punk act White Lung play a rare hometown show March 11 at the Cobalt in support of their upcoming release Paradise. Vacant State and Koban open. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu and ticketweb.ca.

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Provocative Bridge crosses themes of family, religion, tradition

Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net

If religion is taken out of the equation, is a Jewish guy still a Jew? That’s the question Itai Erdal — best known as one of Vancouver’s most innovative lighting designers — asks himself in A Very Narrow Bridge.

Is it enough to celebrate the food, music, art, holiday traditions and history and still be Jewish even if you’re an atheist? The answer is important to Erdal because Talia, the sister whom he dearly loves, is becoming more deeply religious and he fears his secularism will drive a wedge between them.

“A Very Narrow Bridge” (Kol Ha’olam Kulo) is a Hebrew song sung on important occasions; the event in this Elbow Theatre production is Erdal’s request for a divorce, for which he returned to Israel and met with a tribunal of rabbis (portrayed by Patti Allan, Tom Pickett and Anton Lipovetsky). The grilling he was put through is just another issue he has with

In A Very Narrow Bridge, Itai Erdal, with musical accompaniment from his sister Talia, examines the intricacies of Jewish culture while painting a thoughtful, gently humorous and honest picture of not only himself, but of other immigrants.

being a secular Jew; surely a divorce is a civil matter, not a religious one, he argues.

After five or six hours of being asked again and again, “What is your name?” and “How do you spell it?” they finally turn to his wife Naomi. It’s as if she hasn’t existed for the tribunal until this moment. We don’t actually see Naomi, but we do see her in photographs projected on a

screen. As divorces go, it’s all very strange.

A Very Narrow Bridge is deceptively simple and, because it’s Erdal’s story and he’s telling it, completely compelling. He speaks to us directly, he speaks to the rabbis and he speaks to his sister Talia Erdal, here from Israel via Berlin to be in this show with her brother.

They speak Hebrew to each other — seated at opposite

sides of the performance area — and their conversation is projected in English on the screen. Sometimes she speaks Hebrew to him and he translates for us.

But here is the icing on this particular cake: Talia Erdal is an amazing composer, cellist and singer. I have never heard the cello played like this — one piece is completely “plucked” not bowed — and in another,

it feels as if she channels all the joys and sorrows of all Jews throughout time. It’s staggeringly lovely.

Talia chooses Israel as her home as did Naomi, now Itai’s ex-wife; indeed, the reason for the divorce was Naomi’s decision to return to Israel. Despite what Itai calls his “successful immigration” he feels like an Israeli in Canada, and a Canadian when in Israel. That, he says, is the fate of all immigrants.

While the tribunal that cross-examined Erdal was frustrating, he mines the trio of rabbis for humour. Patti Allan is at her sour-pussiest; Tom Pickett depends on his character’s ridiculously befuddled reaction; and Anton Lipovetsky, always looking mischievous, rhymes “Itai, Itai” with “let’s eat meat pie” in the sing-song manner of a schoolyard taunt.

Unbelievable, but true.

Possibly provocative for some Jews are Erdal’s thoughts on Palestine and Israel. In a flurry of projections, he runs through the various occupations right back to cave paintings. From a historical perspective, he

raises the question: who has the right to the land?

Only slightly provocative and all in good fun are his thoughts on hummus. Apparently “s****y hummus” in Israel is better than the best hummus in Vancouver.

That sounds like an opportunity. We do, he concedes, have great sushi.

Erdal has plumbed his personal history before in the highly successful How To Disappear Completely. He goes there again with A Very Narrow Bridge. Co-created and co-directed by Anita Rochon and Maiko Yamamoto, Erdal paints an intelligent, layered, thoughtful, gently humorous and honest picture of not only himself, but of other immigrants struggling to retain some traditions and to let go of others.

For more reviews, go to joledingham.ca.

A Very Narrow Bridge At the Jewish Community Centre’s Dayson Board Room until March 13 as part of the Chutzpah! Festival.

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According to market analysts Retail Insider, which ranks malls based on annual

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Are you at risk for heart disease?

Are you at risk for heart disease?

The simple answer is yes. We all are.

As we age, so do our blood vessels. With advancing years, plaque accumulates within the arteries that supply the heart muscle (causing angina and heart attacks), our brains (causing dementia and strokes) and our extremities (causing peripheral vascular disease).

If we are lucky enough not to die from accidents, cancer or dementia, by the time we are in our 80s, we are likely to die from a heart attack or stroke.

But some of us are at much higher risk for premature heart disease.

Most of the causes are modifiable — meaning we can reduce our risks through healthy living or medications. We can’t change our age, but we can slow down the aging process. We can’t choose our parents, but knowing family history can empower us to be proactive — to identify and modify our risk factors.

When we think about cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) risk. The first place to start is with family history. We consider first degree relatives (parents and siblings), multiple generations and

the ages at which they were diagnosed.

In general, premature heart disease is an event (such as a heart attack) in a male under 55 or a female under 65. Increased family risk may also be indicated by heart disease in each generation (e.g. your father, his mother and maternal aunts and uncles).

Some people think of family history with a sense of fatalism.

One patient, whose father and paternal uncles all died in their 40s, expected to die soon after his 40th birthday. It didn’t stop him from smoking.

But a strong family history is like a visit from Christmas Future. That might be your fate if you don’t make changes today.

A family history of heart disease should encourage us to be proactive, identify the particular risk factors common in the family tree and treat them early.

Common hereditary conditions that predispose us to premature atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries) are high blood pressure, diabetes, high LDL cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol. All of these conditions can be identified early and when appropriately treated with healthy eating, appropriate monitoring and medications, we can reduce or eliminate the increased risk.

The more details you

know about your family history the better. Some people only know that their parents had heart conditions. Heart disease might refer to several distinct conditions.

Angina refers to chest pain due to narrowed coronary arteries (These are the blood vessels that supply the muscle of the heart). If those arteries are narrowed, the individual may feel chest pain or pressure with exercise or stress, both of which raise the heart rate and make the heart muscle work harder. The pain is due to ischemia (insufficient blood flow).

A heart attack or a myocardial infarction is the result of a complete obstruction of a coronary artery.

When no blood flows at all to an area of the heart muscle, the muscle dies and no longer functions.

With a massive heart attack, an artery supplying a large area of cardiac muscle is blocked and the heart can no longer pump blood to the brain and the rest of the body.

Heart failure refers to a significant decline in the pumping function of the heart. When the heart is too weak to pump blood throughout the body, the individual feels short of breath and weak. When the pump is failing, blood backs up into the lungs and extremities, causing

swelling of the feet and legs and chest congestion, especially when lying down.

Valvular heart disease refers to abnormalities of one or more of the valves (pulmonary, aortic, mitral or tricuspid) between the chambers of the heart. A valve can be narrowed (e.g. aortic stenosis) or leaky (e.g. mitral regurgitation).

Valvular heart disease is associated with murmurs (sounds heard with the stethoscope due to turbulent blood flow). Patients may experience chest pain or shortness of breath.

To learn more attend my free public lecture, “What you Should Know About Heart Disease,” on behalf of the Burnaby Division of Family Practice’s Empowering Patients series. You’ll learn if you are at increased risk, practical tips to reduce your risks and how to maintain your best health in spite of heart disease.

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Wednesday, March 30, at the Alan Emmott Centre, 6650 Southoaks Cres. in South Burnaby. Register online with lcullen@divisionsbc.ca or call Leona at 604-259-4450.

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Bobby and Fai Gelfand and their children Ariella, 6, Nicole, 1, and Daniel, 3, were among hundreds of people from Beth Israel Synagogue, who participated in the completion of the congregation’s new Torah scroll last month. They were assisted by Rabbi Moshe Druin who travels from city to city facilitating these sorts of events. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

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Beth Israel Synagogue congregants help scribe a Torah in emotional ritual Pat Johnson

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The five books of Moses, the Torah, is the heart of Judaism. At the front of every synagogue is an Aron Kodesh, a Holy Ark, which encases the Sefer Torah, the Torah scroll.

The words on the scroll, painstakingly inscribed by a calligrapher whose life has been devoted to the task, form the foundation of Jewish tradition and the Jewish worldview. While the ancient civilizations mentioned in the historical narratives of the Torah have long since disappeared, the Hebrew people, the Jews, survive, in large part because of their fierce connection to the written word. Dispersed throughout the world for 2,000 years, the Jewish people maintained a degree of cohesion through the unbroken reading of the Torah, following its

proscriptions and rituals, and by debating the meaning and intent of its words.

Across millennia, the greatest thinkers of each era have discussed and debated the holy messages of the Torah.

Their opinions form the Talmud, an encyclopedic deliberation on the ethics and rituals set down in the Torah, a disputation of the greatest Jewish minds arguing with and cross-examining one another across centuries.

Among the 613 commandments set out in the Torah — the rules guiding what observant Jews may and may not do in every aspect of their lives — is a call for every Jewish person to scribe their own Torah.

This would be a daunting undertaking, of course, since the rules around the process of scribing are exacting and it can take a single sofer (scribe) years to complete a Torah

scroll. So it is accepted that a person can complete the mitzvah — the honor and obligation — of scribing a Torah by participating as one of many in the process. This is what happened in an emotional ritual at a Vancouver synagogue last month as hundreds of people participated in the completion of the congregation’s new Torah scroll.

Congregation Beth Israel, which recently completed construction of a new, architecturally admired building on their site at Oak and West 28th, received a new Torah. It was scribed by a sofer in Israel, who left the last 100 letters unwritten. The synagogue initially was to hold a lottery to allocate the honour of scribing a letter to 100 members of the congregation. Instead, participants agreed to join together, so everyone who wanted to be a part of the

experience would have the chance.

Each individual or group went through a preparatory spiritual process on the weekend of Feb. 19-21. Then they proceeded as individuals or small groups into the synagogue’s sanctuary, where the uncompleted scroll was located. They joined Rabbi Moshe Druin, whose unusual vocation it is to travel from city to city facilitating precisely these sorts of events.

As the rabbi scribed each letter, participants placed their hands on his hand, or on the quill, and thus fulfilled the honour and obligation of writing their own Torah.

“By writing and participating in the scribing of one of those letters, it is as if the person is engaging in writing their own Torah,” says Rabbi Jonathan Infeld, Beth Israel’s spiritual leader. The following Sab-

bath, a week later, the new Torah was dedicated in a moving, musical celebration. For Infeld, who has been at the synagogue for a decade, it was the first new Torah dedication and it was probably, as several people involved in the experience called it, a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity.

“The Torah is the heart of the Jewish people,” Infeld says. “We, as a people, are really a text-based people. Our religion, our faith is text-based and that begins with the Torah.”

Infeld contrasts the significance of the Torah with the recent opening of the congregation’s dramatic new building.

“We built a new building, but for us, really, the building is the surface,” he says.

“What we are really about is building community and since Torah is at the heart of the Jewish community, it makes sense for us to dedicate a new Torah.”

Ultimately, about 600 people were involved in the process, choreographed by Audrey Moss, a congregation member who chaired the planning committee for the scribing and the dedication.

“The Torah is the blueprint for the universe,” she says. “It’s a blueprint for how we live our lives and the values that we have as a people.”

The weekend after the scribing, Debby Fenson carried the new scroll into the sanctuary as hundreds of people reached to touch or kiss the Torah.

The procession preceded the official dedication of the new Torah, but was also part of a celebration marking Fenson’s 10th year as the synagogue’s designated Torah reader.

“People were very emotional and I was feeling that as well,” she says. “It was very exciting.” @Pat604Johnson

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This is your last week of solitude and weariness, Aries – but now solitude becomes sweet, comforting, dreamy. Sunday features money, earning it and spending it – but you’d be wise to do neither. This afternoon to suppertime Tuesday (PST) brings talkative people, errands, communications, travel – and problems. Think before you speak or write. Only good time: late Monday night, when an opportunity might arise.

This is your last week of work and drudgery, Libra. Don’t permit yourself to sink into the mire of unending chores – call a limit to it, refuse to be anyone’s “slave.” If in doubt about the fairness of your situation, withdraw to contemplate before acting. Sunday’s mysterious, but goes nowhere. By 2 p.m. (PST) the mood subtly shifts to a wiser, more compassionate view of the world; you feel mellow, philosophical.

This is your last week of revelry and fun before a month of quietude begins – so get out, mingle, flirt, laugh, pay for a bit of entertainment. Fun is as necessary as work. You can’t inhale before you exhale. (There’s logic here but space is too limited to explain.) A woman or two befriend you over the next few weeks – it’s a flirty friendship if you’re male. Your sexual side oozes magnetism and need for the next 11 weeks, but this might not mix well with a light, flirty friendship.

This is your last week (for a while) of romantic, creative and pleasure pursuits. Sunday holds relationships – be diplomatic, accepting. This afternoon (2 p.m. PST) until Tues. suppertime, life’s secret, sexual, financial, medical and “power corridor” zones open up. Don’t enter immediately – obstacles, refusals, bad investments, even anger can greet you this entire period, especially Sun. and Mon.

This is your last week of pressure, Gemini. Continue to aim high, to be ambitious and to fulfill your duties – but don’t try to jump too high before May 2017. DON’T yield to any temptations involving ambition – e.g., colluding for power, pushing for a promotion or pay raise. Maintain the status quo. You feel weary, slow Sunday, but your energy starts to rise after 2 p.m.

(PST). Thus launches you into high energy, charisma, clout and effectiveness until Tues. suppertime.

One last week of domesticity, Sage, then you’ll be launched into a happier, more adventurous atmosphere. (BTW, don’t over-emphasize the domestic now to May 2017 – do what you have to, maintain things, but don’t expand – e.g., don’t buy real estate or build a big new kitchen.) Sunday morning’s for chores or health regimens, but nothing much happens. At 2 p.m. Sunday (PST) you enter a relationship phase, until Tues. suppertime.

The accent continues on love, mental expansion, far travel and cultural involvements. Don’t dive too wholeheartedly into this zone before mid-May 2017. (“Safety” – and until September, splendid luck – exists in short travel, facts and figures, daily business and casual friendship.) Now to late May, you will be working very hard, so plan a few short breaks. This hard work seems to be directly tied to your career/promotion prospects.

The busy work, the errands, calls, trips and flow of paperwork will die down after this week. (This “ending” might be connected to a lucky change Fri./Sat.) In general, the week starts with difficulties, but switches to good luck Wed. onward. Sunday’s romantic, creative, poetically beautiful – until 2 pm (PST) when a work/health influence enters, until Tues. suppertime.

Take care – argument, even physical violence is possible Sunday, and all sorts of snafus Monday.

This is your last week of temptations, Leo: to chase someone you shouldn’t, to invest, to research or pursue a secret, a mystery, to change your lifestyle.

You want to grip life and hold on for results – but you shouldn’t. Instead, try to boost your monthly earnings, accept surface appearances, and don’t be afraid to “skate” – to glide along without sticking your sword into the ground. Casual sex is better than deep, soul-bonding sex, even with your spouse.

The more you talk, the more people you meet now to late May, the more you travel, the more your wishes will come true. You will start a month of really doing these Saturday.

Until then, you’re “stuck” in a week of money, earning, selling, spending, etc. Sunday starts sluggishly – take all the time you want to rub the sleep from your eyes, until 2 p.m. (PST). Then to suppertime Tues., notions of romance, creative works, speculative ventures – or the simple pursuit of pleasure – run into barriers, rejection,

Relationships continue to be your main theme – this week. (March 19 starts a month of secrets, investigation, financial and sexual lures.) Remember, now to mid-May 2017 is not the best time to relocate nor to form partnerships in business or love.

(Romance, light or heavy, sex, affairs, friendship – these are NOT included in this advice.) Now to late May, your home might be subject to friction, or you might be demolishing/constructing/renovating – successfully, IF you start well before mid-April.

Your energy, charisma and clout remain high, Pisces. Continue to get out, get things done, start new projects and make contacts. Remember, now to September, especially, but even beyond, to spring 2017, you will gain if you support other people’s enterprises, lose if you unheedingly push your own agenda. So steer your energy into making relationships and boosting others’ plans.

(Expert salespeople tell us this is the way to increase sales.)

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St. Pat’s embraces ‘heart over height’ Senior boys basketball B.C. Championships on this week in Langley

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ST. PATRICK’S SECONDARY — Averaging five-feet-eight with their tallest player just edging above six feet, the St. Patrick’s Celtics know they’re distinctly disadvantaged on the basketball court.

But like the best competitors, these ballers are determined to find other ways to win in a sport that benefits athletes who seem to get taller every season.

“What we represent is heart over height because we feel that we play with more heart and we don’t have any height,” said Celtics shooting guard Daniel David. “No matter the size of our opponent, we will be fighting against them.”

David was named the MVP of the senior boys AA Lower Mainland tournament last month when the Celtics claimed the regional title in a 70-66 win over Richmond’s Cambie Crusaders. Both teams advanced as the two Lower Mainland representatives at provincials.

It was a huge feat for the short team, which is drawn from a small school that typically plays at the singleA class where they have a long-standing rivalry with cross-town opponent, West Point Grey Academy.

“In the beginning of the season, knowing we were going up to AA, it was a big change,” said David.

“We knew it would be and that [opponents] would be bigger and more difficult to beat. The competition was much greater, but all we want to do is come out and be able to compete with other teams. It’s a good challenge for us and the way for us to get better.”

Derick Gonzales added, “Our style of play is to run.

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so we take advantage of our team shooting. Everyone can shoot so whenever someone has an opportunity for a three, we give it.”

Coach Nap Santos sums up the Celtics’ style one word: “Quick,” he said.

“We’re very, very fast and we can shoot.”

He trains his team to be the fittest players on the court and inspired their heart-over-height mantra.

Santos has spent most of his life on the hardwood for St. Pat’s. A graduate of the school in 1989, he was enrolled since kindergarten but wasn’t there every year on the way to Grade 12.

In his senior years with the basketball team, the Celtics finished second in the prov-

ince twice.

Santos, who shares a name with a famously short French general, competed in semi-professional leagues in the Philippines before returning in 2000 to take over the basketball program as a volunteer. He inherited a successful program from Bill Anderson who led the Celtics to class-A provincial championships in 1990 and ’95. Santos followed that with a third class-A B.C. banner in 2010.

(Class is determined by the school’s number of Grade 11 and 12 boys. Santos said St. Patrick’s tipped over by six seniors.)

Seeded fourth at the 16team provincial championship on now at the Langley

Events Centre, the Celtics will put their tenacity to the test in an attempt to win the school’s first AA title.

Along with their heartfelt mantra, the Celtics have embraced another tradition inspired by their coach: they end each practice applauding their teammates.

“At the beginning of the year, Nap told us that after every practice we want to bring the energy together again,” said David. “That’s why we started off with a slow clap and come together in high five. We start off working hard and we end up working hard.”

The Celtics played their first game Wednesday against the No. 13 Delview from Delta (after the

Courier’s print deadline). A win would put them into the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, likely against No.

Four tourneys in one The senior boys basketball B.C. Championships include separate divisions for the AAAA, AAA, AA and A classes. The tournaments’ finals are set for Saturday, March 12 at the Langley Events Centre.

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The number of shots stopped by T-Birds goalie Danielle Dube who blocked all 12 that came in the first period. Defenders Celine Tardif and Kelly Murray scored in the Canada West championship win.

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The number of shots on goal stopped by Whitecaps goalie David Ousted in a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Impact in the MLS season opener at B.C. Place March 6. The Impact had five shots on goal.

The Caps had 10.

5 St. Michaels from Victoria.

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— Vancouver goaltender David Ousted following a loss at home to the Montreal Impact. The sell-out crowd of 22,120 included a record number of season ticket holders.

George’s Saints are eighth.

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The Lord Byng Grey Ghosts follow their breakout season with a No. 11 seed and first-round meeting with No. 6 Wellington secondary.

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West Point Grey Academy is expected to reach the championship final and starts off at No. 2. The topranked team is Kelowna Christian.

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The result for Team B.C. at the National Cadet Biathlon Championship last weekend in Quebec where Kitsilano secondary’s Sophie VogelNakamura, 17, was on the team as a cadet coach.

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1. Britannia Bruins six-foot-two post Malena Mokhovikova (No. 32) battles two Pacific Christian Crusaders in a 65-41 win for ninth place at the AA championship. 2. Churchill Bulldog Katrina Kwong dribbles through a full-court press in an 80-65 loss to the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers in the first round of the AAA tournament. 3. Little Flower Academy’s Katrina Canama (No. 10) brings the ball up court. PHOTOS VISION QUEST PHOTOGRAPHICS

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Britannia crack top 10 as Churchill grinds it out at BC’s

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The Churchill Bulldogs returned to the senior girls B.C. basketball championship for the first time in 50 years last week but were dealt a blow in the first game when starting guard Lex Leynes was sidelined with a knee injury.

The city championship MVP fell hard and twisted her left knee in an 80-56 loss to No. 3 Lord Tweedsmuir in the first round March 2 at the Langley Events Centre.

Coach Jennifer Eng said teammates helped carry Leynes off the court. As of Friday afternoon, her knee was too swollen for a diagnosis, said the coach.

“It’s a big loss for us because we’re down a scorer,” said Eng. “In our style of play we like to substitute players every few minutes

because we play a high-pace, high-tempo game because we’re small. Losing that player in our rotation added another five or six minutes for everyone else. We’re grinding it out every game.”

“She wants to play so badly. That means everyone else on our team has to step up, which they did today,” Eng said Friday after their first win at the 16-team B.C. championships.

The Bulldogs started their playoff run by defeating the AA Britannia Bruins in a thrilling final to win the Vancouver public school championship in early February.

On the provincial stage after the first-round loss to the No. 3 team, the Bulldogs lost to Handsworth on March 3 and followed that with a 67-47 win against the Kootenay’s Mount Baker and another win over Coquitlam’s Gleneagle to finish 13th overall.

“I think we’ve already over-achieved and just being here is really a bonus,” said Eng. In the AAA championship final, Langley’s Brookswood Bobcats defeated Richmond’s McMath Wildcats 73-50.

AA girls at BCs

The Britannia Bruins finished ninth in the province and star guard Julian Duong was recognized by the all-star committee as an honourable mention.

Little Flower Academy followed their silver medal at the 2015 tournament with a 13th place showing this year.

The Duchess Park Condors defeated North Vancouver’s Seacove Seyhawks for the championship title.

Junior girls at BCs

Lord Byng’s Skyler MacDonald was named to the

Second Team All-Star at the junior girls basketball B.C. Championship as the Grey Ghosts finished 10th overall.

The championship went to the North Vancouver Argyle Pipers.

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Natural

Your Original

Non-Medicated

Boneless & Skinless Chicken Thighs

8

$ 16

/lb 17.98/kg

Mexican Grown

Organic Avocados

Food Store Triple “A”

Top Sirloin Steaks

99 5

¢ $ 99 each

/lb 13.21/kg

We carry a Huge Selection of Organic Products FRESH

Maui Style Short Ribs

5

$ 99

/lb 13.21/kg

NON-MEDICATED

Fresh Whole Bone-In Pork Butts

1

$ 69

/lb 3.73/kg

HAWAII GROWN

Fresh Pineapples

3

$ 99 each

NON-MEDICATED

Bone-In Pork Butt Steaks

2

ANGUS

Lean Ground Beef

4

$ 49

$ 98

FROM THE DELI

CALIFORNIA GROWN

/lb 5.49/kg

Hot Calabrese Salami

1

$ 49

/100g

B.C. GROWN

Ambrosia Apples

1

$ 59 /lb 3.51/kg

/lb 10.98/kg

Organic Cilantro

89

¢ each

ORGANIC

Outside Round Steaks

6

MEXICO GROWN

MEXICO GROWN

Organic Butternut Squash

1

$ 39 /lb 3.06/kg

Doi Chang Coffee

Turbinado Sugar

9

340g

All Natural

3

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

8 am-9 pm •

/lb 12.10/kg

Organic Grape Tomatoes

3

$ 59 1 pint

ORGANIC

$ 59 1 kg

Maple Hill Eggs

Local Large Extra Large

5

5

$ 89 $ 99 /dozen

ORGANIC

ORGANIC

Corn Flour

Barley Flakes

4

$ 49 1595 Kingsway • 604-872-3019 • www.famousfoods.ca

5

$ 49

/lb 15.41/kg

SWEETCANE

$ 99

Bone-In Blade Steaks

$ 99

ORGANIC

Beyond Fairtrade

ORGANIC

2.5 kg

Sale Dates: Thursday, March 10th to Wednesday, March 16th, 2016.

1

/dozen

$ 99 455g

*Pricing guaranteed during sale dates only.