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Overdose drug deaths bringing politicians together again Mike Howell

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This déjà vu all over again nonsense has got to stop.

Online readers will have seen my piece earlier this month where I shared an anecdote about how 16 years ago I wrote about problem hotels in the Downtown Eastside — and that 16 years later, the city has launched yet another effort to clean up the rodent-infested, crime-ridden fire hazards that are supposed to serve as accommodation for low-income people.

I should have titled the story, Groundhog Day, Part One. Groundhog Day, Part Two, occurred last Thursday, when I was standing in the Downtown Eastside and listening to politicians talk about what they’re going to do about the overdose drug epidemic in Vancouver and throughout the province.

That news conference brought me back to the 1990s, when the streets and hotels of Vancouver became final resting spots for hundreds of people who died

from drug overdoses; more than 1,200 people died of a drug overdose in Vancouver between 1992 and 2000.

Here we are closing in on 2017 and hundreds more continue to die in B.C. despite talk by politicians to reverse the trend in deaths.

Evidence of the epidemic was highlighted again Monday, when Vancouver police and health officials issued a warning to drug users after learning that 11 people had overdosed that day. None died but officials believe the overdoses were linked to the deadly synthetic narcotic, fentanyl, which is 50 to 100 times more toxic than other opioids.

The B.C. Coroners Service says 555 people in B.C. died of a drug overdose between January and September of this year. In Vancouver, the death toll was 110 for that time period. Fentanyl was detected in 61 per cent of total deaths in the province.

Yes, fentanyl.

It was not a drug talked about in the 1990s. It was all about pure heroin back then.

Politicians responded to

Health Minister Jane Philpott discusses the overdose drug epidemic with Dean Wilson, a recovering drug user and longtime advocate of harm reduction measures. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

the crisis, including thenmayor Philip Owen who led the charge for what became the much celebrated four pillars drug strategy — enforcement, prevention, treatment and harm reduction.

The province and the feds jumped on board, and Vancouver became the first city in Canada to open a supervised drug injection site in 2003. That initiative came under the federal Liberals and has been viewed by doctors, nurses, scientists, drug

activists, police chiefs and politicians as a success, with no one dying of a drug overdose in the injection rooms.

Back then is when politicians from city hall and senior governments worked together. Heck, they even put together a document called The Vancouver Agreement, which was aimed at improving lives of Downtown Eastside residents, including drug users.

That shift in drug policy, which saw more needle

exchanges, treatment programs and drug outreach services available, seemed to have worked on some level, with overdose drug deaths decreasing to 589 between Jan. 1, 2003 to Sept. 3, 2013 in Vancouver.

Then along came the antiInsite, anti-harm reduction Harper government and fentanyl. Harper and his health ministers are gone and have been replaced with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a pro-injection site health minister in Jane Philpott, who was at last Thursday’s news conference.

She was there with provincial Health Minister Terry Lake. City manager Sadhu Johnston was there, too. So was provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall, Fire Chief John McKearney, VPD Supt. Michelle Davey, Coun.

Andrea Reimer, former NDP MP Libby Davies and Dean Wilson, a recovering drug user and longtime advocate of harm reduction measures such as injection sites.

From what I heard, all appear to be working towards the same goal that politi-

cians and advocates worked towards in the 1990s — to curb overdose drug deaths, get people into treatment and housing and educate people about the dangers of drug use.

That wasn’t evident under Harper, who fought in the courts to close the Insite drug injection site, and never dispatched any of his health ministers to Vancouver to hold a roundtable with city and provincial officials about what to do about drug use.

Some of those I spoke to after the news conference said it was a refreshing change to see all three levels of government working together again. How that talk will translate to action and reduce the number of overdose deaths in Vancouver and across the province is a work in progress.

But unlike the Harper years, it appears fentanyl is the problem today, not politics.

And no one seems to have a handle on how to destroy the dangerous narcotic, or get it off the streets, before it destroys more people in a city and province synonymous with drug deaths.

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A spike in suspicious fires to vacant houses has Fire Chief John McKearney calling for more robust standards that would require property owners to do a better job of boarding up homes before they are demolished for redevelopment.

McKearney’s recommendation comes as he and city staff are also exploring the possibility of charging property owners for the cost of extinguishing a fire and investigating how the blaze erupted, if an owner is derelict in properly boarding up a house and securing a property.

The recommendations are in response to firefighters seeing a significant increase in the number of fires to vacant homes in Vancouver. As of last Thursday, there have been at least 25 suspicious fires in vacant homes this year, with eight of those occurring since Oct. 23. A vacant church in

Kerrisdale also went up in flames last week.

The chief said there were two suspicious fires to vacant homes last year and four in 2014.

“What’s been happening is it’s a mixture of people going in there for squatting purposes or going in there for arson purposes,” said McKearney, pointing out the houses had already had power cut off before they were set ablaze.

He said the vacant homes, which are usually in deteriorating states of repair, are not only dangerous for people breaking into them but for firefighters who are required to ensure nobody is inside during a blaze. He noted in one recent fire, holes had been cut in the floor.

“That’s not a great place that I want my firefighters to be,” McKearney added.

Const. Jason Doucette, a VPD media relations officer, told reporters last week that police are investigating whether any of the fires are linked. So far, he said,

no one has been seriously injured in the blazes.

“It’s just a matter of time before one of these fires spreads to a nearby building, including other houses,” said Doucette, noting the fires have occurred across the city. Police have set up a tip line, 604-717-0605, if people have information on any of the fires.

In separate interviews, NPA Coun. George Affleck and Green Party Coun.

Adriane Carr both told the Courier they were concerned that so many houses in Vancouver are slated for demolition. Affleck also suggested the vacant houses are tied up in red tape at city hall and can’t be knocked down right away.

“I think that we have created a bottleneck at city hall because of competing policies and conflicting policies that have created this perfect storm of homes that are in mid-process of something or another,” he said.

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Continued from page 5 “It’s got to be related to the significant policies we have on everything from cutting down a tree to recycling every piece of your home to a heritage review to the general slowness of city hall.”

When asked if there should be more rules around owners boarding up vacant houses, including installing perimeter fencing and hiring a security guard, Affleck said he couldn’t provide “a simple answer.”

Carr said she was worried some of the houses have been left vacant for a long time, which not only creates a target for an arsonist but becomes an eyesore for a community. In the mean-

time, she said, better boarding up of a home coupled with hiring a security firm could help reduce the number of fires to vacant homes.

“It begs the question again: ‘Why in a city so desperate to find homes for people, where affordability is such a crisis, do we have boarded up homes sitting around for years?’” she said, noting she wanted to find out more information about the state of the 25 homes hit by fires. “I don’t like the idea that we are demolishing perfectly good homes, if that’s the case.”

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Like most 18 year olds, Isabella Preite’s life is awash with prognosticating the future and goal setting.

What’s unique, however, is the level of detail and audacity the Kitsilano secondary student attaches to her future plans.

“Watch for Isabella Preite to be Prime Minister in 2032,” she told the Courier matter-of-factly in a recent phone interview.

Before ascending to the country’s top job, Preite has other matters to attend to first — high school graduation, settling on a postsecondary institution and focusing her future studies in political science. There’s also the issue of trying to wade through the complexities found in her post as the Vancouver School Board’s student trustee. Once meetings resume Nov. 21, it will be just her and newly appointed official trustee Dianne Turner at the table, along with some senior staff.

“I have no idea what’s going to happen because it’s a new system,” said Preite, who isn’t affiliated with any political party.

“It’s going to be completely different.”

The school board maintains Preite’s role won’t change moving forward: she can attend all public meetings and take part in debates to reflect students’ sentiments from across the city. She doesn’t, however, have any voting power.

“The role of the student trustee is also about reporting back to students on the activities of the board,” Turner said in an email to the Courier. “I will have some tough decisions to make and I will be looking to Isabella to help me in communicating to the student community the reasons why I needed to make those decisions.”

Preite has met with Turner twice since the former Delta superintendent assumed the board’s top job in early October. Preite was assured that her role is

ism, I didn’t see anything personal,” she said. “I do think there is tension between the different sides.

They’re very passionate about what they were discussing.”

Preite’s Twitter profile reflected frustration with the firing, but she maintains those sentiments were a reflection of the student body she represents, rather than her own. She also suggests there is a growing movement among Vancouver students who want a byelection held to restore the nine trustee positions, a move Education Minister Mike Bernier said won’t happen within the next year.

Political jockeying aside, she’s most looking forward to returning to the board table in a week’s time. “Everything that’s happened has made it an even more interesting journey for me in this role,” she said. “My job is to bring forward the student perspective. My role will continue, and there are no regrets for me.” @JohnKurucz

Isabella Preite was elected as the student trustee representative of the Vancouver District Students’ Council in June. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

an important one and won’t change moving forward. “[Turner] is a very nice woman,” Preite said. “But I’m here to do my job as student trustee and I’m focusing on my task at hand, which is to make sure that she is aware of everything to do with students.”

Preite was elected in June, weeks before

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It was a whirlwind introduction to life in public office.

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was dismissed, it was a shock — I didn’t expect it whatsoever,” she said. “I didn’t go into this knowing that there would be this much change.”

Preite maintains she saw little in the way of divisiveness, bullying or ill will in her limited time around the ousted trustees.

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One blessing for which I am eternally grateful is that I came of age in the late 1990s and early 2000s, in an era where feminism was in fashion. So as I reached the age where I didn’t have much interest in listening to the feminist leanings of my mother, I could instead listen to those of Ani Difranco, Sarah MacLachlan, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Bikini Kill.

Heck, even the Spice Girls brought the message of Girl Power to the mainstream, wearing both feminism and skimpy dresses with pride.

I grew up in an era where tough chicks were cool and there were plenty of them to emulate.

But as I entered adulthood, feminism largely faded from mainstream view. I’ve often wondered in the intervening years what effect this has had on us, as women, as a society, on how we understand and perceive feminism, or even recognize the need for it.

I’ve had an inkling that it hasn’t been good. Now I know it’s been, to use the parlance of our time, a disaster.

For the women who are grieving Hillary Clinton’s loss — and it is a profound grief that has surprised many of us with its depth — it feels like something inside us has died. And what we are grieving has nothing to do with U.S. politics or policies. It has nothing to do with the fail-

ure of the Democratic Party to mobilize its base or the media to accurately gauge the temperature of the electorate. It has nothing to do with whether Bernie Sanders could have beaten Donald Trump. That is a different conversation.

From where we are standing, a heroine was put forth to slay the dragon of institutionalized sexism, or at least mortally wound it, to claim a victory thousands of years in the making. Not only was she brutally cut down and incinerated in its flames, when the beast reared back to laugh, he exposed himself to be a multiheaded monster, much uglier and more ferocious than we had feared.

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Women grieve Clinton’s loss Standing behind him, or worse, on the sidelines, were so many of the people who should have been on our side; who didn’t see that her victory would have been an establishment change of an entirely different, more significant, sort. We already knew the world was a harder place for us. We just didn’t know how hard it was, how high the deck is stacked, how much more we have to climb, how much harder we must work.

It’s this realization that has had me waking up in tears, that has left my women friends struggling and speechless. Something awful has happened that has rocked our worldview, revealing implications that don’t stop at the border.

Somewhere along the way the idea of feminism became contorted and distorted and bastardized.

Its definition obscured, its necessity undermined. It is seen as, at best, a fringe issue, at worst a divisive force that pits women against men, and, more horrifying, women against women.

So we need to get clear here about what feminism is, and, perhaps more importantly, what it is not. Feminism is not a women-only club. It’s not even a women’s issue. It is a human rights issue, with very simple principles at its core. Women are human beings.

As such, they have human rights: the right to feel safe in public space; to earn equal pay for equal work; to be considered for and earn jobs based on merit; to live free of harassment and to decide what happens to their own bodies.

And there is a net benefit to feminism that is too often ignored: these rights apply to all human beings — men too. What is good for women is also good for men, who have the right to feel their feelings, to be given the permission and the tools and the language to express them; to work in non-traditional fields; to spend time with their children and contribute to their families in ways that reach beyond bringing home a paycheque (much easier to do with pay equity). Feminism does not ask men to give up their power, but to share it.

Much of the discord around feminism, the word, stems from anger.

We all know the stereotype of the angry feminist — it exists for a reason. I am a feminist and right now I am angry. So angry I don’t know what to do with it all.

It is an indication of my incredible privilege that I have lived 34 years on this earth and never, until now, felt so utterly violated by the world that I live in. I am not angry at men, I am angry at injustice. Going forward, our challenge, my challenge, is to channel this anger in a constructive way, so that women can feel our feelings and express them, without alienating our allies. Because as motivating as anger is, it is also corrosive. We need to find a way to invite people into feminism. We need our friends and lovers and families and coworkers, no matter their gender, to see themselves in this word, to take it from a trend to a movement — something that cannot go out of style.

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hen I decided to spend last week in my old stomping grounds in Washington D.C. to get a closer look at the U.S. presidential election, I knew I would be there to experience a historic event. It just didn’t turn out to be the history I expected to experience.

What I did find, however, from the vantage point of that nation’s capitol, was an electorate moved more by hate and fear than by hope and glory.

And in spite of his history of misogyny, he captured the majority of white women voters, both the wealthy and the “poorly educated,” along with a significant number of white men of course.

In a country where folks are hypersensitive about race, Donald Trump won because he activated a population of voters who are primarily white, small town and rural. They felt they were let down by big government. They wanted change.

That change came in the form of a billionaire bully who plays fast and loose with the truth and has never before served in political office.

And in spite of his history of misogyny, he captured the majority of white female voters, both the wealthy and the “poorly

educated,” along with a significant number of white men of course.

Trump promised them he would “drain the swamp,” clear out Washington lobbyists, Wall Street big money men and political hacks. As it turned out, and as reported by the Wall Street Journal, Trump has re-populated that swamp with his own lobbyists, major donors and political insiders.

It was Trump’s catchy slogan to “Make America Great Again” that would inspire his supporters. They were mostly people who wanted to return to a time when whites were more securely on the top of the economic heap.

Trump’s rhetoric attracted folks who define and vilify — those who see Muslims as likely terrorists, Mexican immigrants as drug addicts and rapists, black communities as being plagued by drugs, poverty and violence, Jews as uppity and feminists as whiners over Trump’s plans to load the Supreme Court with “rightto-life” judges who will overturn the 1973 Roe V. Wade decision legalizing first-trimester abortions.

Against that, the Democrats put up a candidate in Hillary Clinton, who couldn’t be more representative of the same old, same old: part of a Washington political dynasty funded by Wall Street wealth.

Many Democrats found themselves holding their noses while voting for the lesser of two evils.

Meanwhile, Trump’s supporters were inspired by his plans for change, no matter how impractical — build a wall and “make Mexico pay” for it, while deporting 10 million Latino immigrants (now reduced to two or three million), tear up international trade deals and repatriate jobs, and “bomb the s***” out of ISIS, which already appears to be happening anyway.

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While Trump is at it, he plans to cut taxes for corporations and remove restrictive legislation — the Dodd-Frank Act, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act brought in as a result of the meltdown in 2008. He also promised to get rid of ObamaCare, the Affordable Care Act, which was already awkwardly watered down so that Obama could get it through a Republican-dominated Congress. Or on second thought, he may just amend it. One never knows.

Trump’s victory represented what CNN commentator Van Jones called “whitelash.” He added: “People are talking about a miracle. I’m hearing about a nightmare.”

While Trump didn’t win the popular vote, he did win a clear majority of the Electoral College vote. And as vague and changing as his policy objectives may be, it is no wonder people were frightened.

Even before the results were finalized, according to National Public Radio,

Americans were signing on to the Canadian Government Immigration and Citizenship website in such great numbers that the site crashed and had to be taken offline for a number of days.

Traffic on the “move to Canada” sites skyrocketed over the past seven days, according to Google.

Spontaneous street protests broke out across the country and carried on for nights in a row. There is a “Million Women March” protest planned for Washington on Jan. 21, the day after Trump’s inauguration.

Typical of the disdain he has shown for criticism in general, and the media in particular, Trump tweeted this: “Just had very open and successful Presidential election. Now professional protestors, incited by the media are protesting. Very unfair.”

And this is just the beginning of what Making America Grate looks like. @allengarr

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Precious cargo

Filipinos in Vancouver send thousands of care packages called balikbayan boxes to loved ones back home each year ‘Backbone of the new global workforce’

Christopher Cheung

bychrischeung@gmail.com

Something important is always inside the 18-by18-by-29-inch boxes that Liza Padrones sends to her family in the Philippines: shampoos, hand lotions, clothes and sponges.

“And any snacks that I can find on sale,” said Padrones. Sometimes she sends treats like Pringles, Oreos and jars of Nutella.

It’s a tradition she started after leaving home.

Padrones was working at an office in the Philippines until she left for Hong Kong in 2002 to see the world. She was 36. Padrones cared for three families there before coming to Canada in 2008 under the live-in caregiver program.

When Christmas came, she and other caregivers got together for a party, and she won an interesting prize: a balikbayan box.

“And that’s how it all started,” said Padrones.

“From then on, I sent one every year.”

Balikbayan is a Tagalog word that means to return (balik) home (bayan).

Filipinos overseas send the boxes to family and friends, filled to the brim with local items from the place they’re living, mostly everyday things. Last year, Padrones sent her mother cooking oil.

“It’s important because we take a lot of our dayto-day things for granted, but they see this stuff as

Noemi Tabrilla is the cargo manager at the Manila Cargo Express warehouse in Richmond, which receives every balikbayan box in Canada before voyaging to the Philippines by sea. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

gold,” said Alanna Hunter, 24, a Vancouver-native whose family sends boxes to relatives in the Philippines. Hunter’s mother likes to include school supplies.

Ten million Filipinos live outside their homeland. Jobs are scarce in the Philippines, and many send money back home to their families. But the boxes from overseas offer a different kind of joy: a taste of the lives of loved ones who have left the islands.

Special delivery

The moment someone tells their family in the Philippines that a box is on

the way, they begin counting down the days until it arrives.

“From day one, everyone is already anxious,” said Noemi Tabrilla, whose aunt in Seattle would send boxes when he still lived in the Philippines. The family would crowd together to open them. “The thrill! The enjoyment! Opening a box and finding a shirt just for you.”

His favourite balikbayan gift? Sneakers.

Nowadays, Tabrilla is on the other side of the shipping. He moved to Vancouver — home to 35,500 Filipinos according to the 2011 census — 15

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years ago with his wife and daughter.

In a warehouse in Richmond, every balikbayan box in Canada sent through Manila Cargo Express passes under Tabrilla’s watch before voyaging to the Philippines by sea.

Manila Cargo Express was founded in 1985 and is a popular cargo and remittance company for Filipinos in Canada. The first business of its kind popped up in California four years prior, the Filipino modern take on the age-old practice of migrant remittances.

At the warehouse where Tabrilla is cargo manager, towers of large boxes reach for the ceiling. There are Sharpie-penned return addresses from Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Mississauga and even Whitehorse, paired with destinations in the Philippines like Manila, Koronadal, Sagay, Binalonan and Cebu City.

About 1,500 boxes come here a month. Cost is calculated per box, between $60 and $120, depending on the size.

There’s one thing that Tabrilla knows for sure is in each box.

“You have to have chocolates in each one,” said Tabrilla. “Though we know the shipping time is over a month, so sometimes they melt.”

Filipinos are one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in Canada.

In 2014, there were more Filipinos admitted as permanent residents than any other group, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Immigration streams like the live-in caregiver program, family sponsorship programs and skillseeking provincial nominee programs have drawn Filipinos to Canadian shores.

But that’s not the only force behind migration.

Back in the Philippines, the government is training its citizens to leave.

There aren’t enough jobs at home, so the state funds the training of thousands to find employment overseas. Large numbers began emigrating in the 1980s.

The result: 10 million Filipinos working as caregivers, accountants, mechanics, nurses and more, in places like the U.S. (3.4 million), Saudi Arabia (1 million) and the United Arab Emirates (822,000) according to a 2013 Philippines government count.

“They are the backbone of the new global workforce,” former President Arroyo once said, “and our greatest export.”

In 2015, overseas Filipinos sent $25.8 billion in remittances back home, according to the nation’s central bank. The amount equals a 10th of the Philippines’ gross domestic product.

Religious offshoot

Balikbayan boxes aren’t the only thing that connects Filipinos with their homeland. So does religion.

“One of the first things they look for when they land in a foreign country is a Catholic church, because they know you will find other Filipinos in a Catholic church,” said Edwin Cruz, a religious educator at St. Mary’s Parish at Joyce, a neighbourhood where many Filipinos live.

The Philippines has a long history of Catholicism since the Spanish arrived in the 16th century.

At St. Mary’s, Fr. Pierre LeBlond encountered mi-

grants’ struggles of isolation and vulnerability, especially among caregivers, soon after he began working there in 2000.

“It was mainly through confession,” said Rev. Leblond. “They would come sometimes and speak of their terrible situations — abuse by their employers, no days off, employers taking their passports or papers. And they were not allowed to phone, so they could not reach out for help.”

Seeing a need, Fr. LeBlond teamed St. Mary’s up with Chit Arma, a former caregiver turned settlement worker at the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. The parish began a migrant ministry in 2011 that helps newcomers on everything from navigating finances in Canada to challenges of family reunification.

“It really is booming,” said Arma. “They would come here even from Squamish, even from White Rock.”

B.C.’s growing Filipino population means St. Mary’s is growing, too. Of their 5,000 parishioners, about 80 to 85 per cent are Filipino.

A Filipino Christmas

Noemi Tabrilla had to drive a forklift for a few hours the other day at the warehouse because an assistant was away. In the Philippines, Christmas prep starts as early as September. For Filipinos overseas, that means it’s time to send boxes home.

There are three times the boxes as the holiday approaches, said Tabrilla, up to 4,800 a month.

“Can you imagine if even one box was missing?” he said, gesturing to the pillars of boxes lovingly prepared by his countrymen across Canada. “It really is a sacrifice for us. To fill up a box like that? It costs a lot for us.”

Come December, when Canadian Filipinos celebrate colder Christmases than they’re used to, their friends and family in the sunny Philippines will taste a far away country and remember parents and siblings, children and grandchildren, friends and lovers.

“We’ve never lost a box in transit,” said Tabrilla proudly. @bychrischeung

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Winter in Vancouver Vancouver doesn’t do winter particularly well. If we get snow, it’s usually a flakey few moments that quickly melt into a slushy slog, and all the inept drivers that come with it. We don’t have a winter carnival, and parkas tend to be an overheated fashion accessory rather than a necessity. And when’s the last time you mulled your own wine? Thankfully, Vancouver’s arts community does an exceptional job of warming up to winter as evidenced in the Courier’s Winter Arts Preview. From craft fairs, choirs and art crawls, to ballets with sugar plum faeries and more Scrooges than you can shake a stick at, there are enough concerts, events and happenings this season to defeat those winter blahs and keep Vancouverites warm and glowing until the arrival of spring.

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DIEGO EL CIGALA

CHEZ NOUS: CHRISTMAS WITH ELEKTRA

VETTA CHAMBER MUSIC: QUINTETS

Multiple Latin Grammy Award winner who has been called “one of the most beautiful flamenco voices of our time.”

7 p.m. on Nov. 20 at Chan Shun Concert Hall.

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Journey back in time with two great works from the AustroHungarian Empire: Dohnányi in the lush tradition of Brahms, and folk elements in Dvorák the nationalist. Nov. 24-25 at West Point Grey United Church.

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The Elektra Women’s Choir rings in the season in style with a treasured holiday tradition, this year welcoming superb concert pianist Jane Copp to perform beloved Christmas melodies.

7:30 p.m. on Nov. 26-27 at Ryerson United Church.

Tickets at Elektra.ca

THEATRE/ DANCE GHOSTS

United Players’ production of the classic 19th-century stage drama by Henrik Ibsen. To Nov. 27 at Jericho Arts Centre.

Tickets at UnitedPlayers.com

EAST VAN PANTO: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Little Red is bombing down the Adanac bike trail to deliver a basket of goodies to Granny, battling everything from bike thieves to distracted drivers to the Big Bad Wolf. Nov. 23Dec. 31 at the York Theatre.

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HANSEL & GRETEL

This family-friendly production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s classic is a larger-than-life production from Old Trout Puppet, Vancouver Opera and their orchestra. Nov. 24Dec. 11 at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at VancouverOpera.ca United Players Ghosts PHOTO: NANCY CALDWELL

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The Day Before Christmas, Arts Club

for unique gifts and holiday treats, and street performers with live music. Nov. 26-27 at Yaletown Mainland Street.

FREE ADMISSION

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Artistic director Amber Funk Barton leads a blend of contemporary dance techniques with the physicality and attitude of urban culture. 12 p.m. on Nov. 24 at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.

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THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

In this infectious comedy, Alex is a perfectionist who is desperately holding fast to her Christmas traditions. But while juggling family, work and a movie star, she loses control of her holiday plans. Nov. 24-Dec. 24 at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Centre. Tickets at ArtsClub.com

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

The cherished holiday classic, in which Charlie Brown attempts to direct the school Christmas pageant, comes to the stage in a lively, family-friendly musical adaptation with a live jazz trio. Nov. 26-Dec. 28 at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at CarouselTheatre.ca

FESTIVALS/ MARKETS THE EASTSIDE FLEA

More than 50 local vendors, artisan showrooms, food trucks, bar, outdoor courtyard, pinball and more. Nov. 18-20, Dec. 2-4 and Dec. 16-18 at the Ellis Building (1024 Main).

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EASTSIDE CULTURE CRAWL

Celebrating 20 years as one of Vancouver’s most popular visual arts festivals, inspiring conversations and dialogue around art and creativity. For four straight days, East Vancouver painters, jewelry makers, potters, sculptors, furniture designers and more will open their artist studios, garages and other hideaways to invite visitors to better understand art and the art-making process.

Nov. 17-20. FREE ADMISSION. CultureCrawl.ca

EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL

Experience “Europe without the jetlag!” The Cinematheque’s 19th Annual European Union Film Festival is a showcase of acclaimed new and recent films from across greater Europe and includes award winners, domestic blockbusters, festival circuit faves, and official Oscar submissions.

The festival opens with Slovakia’s film Eva Nová and screens films from Denmark, Latvia, Cyprus, Sweden and more. Nov. 18-30 at The Cinematheque. Tickets at TheCinematheque.ca

The treasured holiday tradition is back, but brighter and merrier in a new seaside location with delicious German food and culture, live entertainment and a special kids area with Vancouver’s only Christmas carousel. Nov. 26-Dec. 31 at Jack Poole Plaza. Tickets at VancouverChristmasMarket.com

EVENTS FEAR HOPE AND LONGING III: PAINTING OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

ENCHANT CHRISTMAS LIGHT MAZE AND MARKET

The world’s largest Christmas light maze – made up of over 55,000 square feet of illuminated sculptures – plus more than 40 local vendors, 12 food trucks and a licensed eating area. 4-10 p.m. from Nov. 25 to New Year’s Eve at First Avenue and Crowe Street.

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BRIGHT NIGHTS CHRISTMAS TRAIN IN STANLEY PARK

Ride the train while taking in over three million lights, plus live performers. Various times from Nov. 28-Jan. 1.

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Paintings by renowned Vancouver artist David Haughton. Nov. 23-Dec. 8 at Visual Space Gallery.

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Hansel & Gretel, Taylor Pardell, Pascale Spinney

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HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR

Browse and buy original handcrafted items by more than 50 local artisans. 10 a.m.4 p.m. on Nov. 19-20 at West End Community Centre.

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Choirs from across the Lower Mainland sing Christmas carols loud and proud from the sidewalks of Gastown, with the best in show going head-to-head in a series of sing-offs on the main stage. Proceeds benefit May’s Place. 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 throughout Gastown.

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The annual holiday fundraiser features live music from the Modelos, Daniel Wesley, Rodney DeCroo, Buckman Coe, Slip Ons, Ana Bon-Bon, Taylor Little and more. 8 p.m. on Dec. 2 at Fairview Pub. Cover is $10 plus a non-perishable food item.

VANCOUVER WELSH MENÕS CHOIR

The choir’s annual series of Christmas performances, with guest choir Burnaby Central Secondary. 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3 at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church. Tickets at VWMC.ca

CHRISTMAS WITH THE BACH CHOIR

Herald the festive season and celebrate the warmth of the holidays with this beloved annual showcase of the glorious voices of the entire Bach Choir family, as more than 400 singers raise their voices in cherished carols to illuminate the true spirit of the season. 2-4 p.m. on Dec. 4 at Orpheum Theatre.

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A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

It’s the city’s holiday music tradition as the VSO, hosted by Christopher Gaze, accompanies the UBC Opera Ensemble and EnChor in a program of traditional, classical holiday song. Dec. 8-11 at St. Andrew’s Wesley Church. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca

STEVIE NICKS

American pop-rock legend performs on the 24 Karat Gold Tour with special guests the Pretenders. 7 p.m. on Dec. 9

Carousel Theatre for Young People, A Charlie Brown Christmas

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45th Ave Jazz 2x5.2027 at Rogers Arena. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca

HANDELÕS MESSIAH: THE CHRISTMAS MASTERPIECE

Experience the power and the glory of the world’s favourite choral masterwork given a unique performance from Jon Washburn, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pacifica Singers and the Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. 8 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Orpheum Theatre.

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SOMETHING TO TREASURE: A GOOD NOISE CHRISTMAS

Good Noise Gospel Choir presents its cherished holiday concert with special guests the Alumni Project, performing gospel hits and stirring new arrangements. Dec. 9-11 at Christ Church Cathedral. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com

VANCOUVER WELSH MENÕS CHOIR

The choir’s annual series of Christmas performances, with guest choir Magee Secondary.

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THE CHRISTMAS STORY

Kevin Zakresky leads the Vancouver Chamber Choir in a banquet of familiar seasonal music, with a cameo appearance from Fino Blackburn of the B.C. Girls Choir. 8 p.m. on Dec. 16 at Ryerson United Church. Tickets at VancouverChamberChoir.com Shaughnessy Heights United Church. Tickets at VWMC.ca

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CHRISTMAS/CHOR LEONI The men’s chorus presents new choral works with fun twists on well-known favourites and

CHRISTMAS REPRISE XIV

This cherished Christmastime performance evokes the true warmth and pure magic of the holiday season with the Vancouver Cantata Singers.

2 p.m. on Dec. 17 at Holy Rosary Cathedral. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com

J.S. BACHÕS MAGNIFICAT

The “Music in the Morning” series presents the acclaimed quintet performing a program of traditional brass music and holiday cheer. 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 14-16 at Koerner Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

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KEITHMAS IS COMING

For the seventh consecutive year, the good people of Vancouver gather to honour the birthday of the Rolling Stones riff-master himself, Keith Richards, with live performances raising funds for the Vancouver Food Bank. 7 p.m.

sing-along carols wrapped in the irresistible warmth and beauty of Chor Leoni’s sound.

Dec. 16-18 at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church. Tickets at ChorLeoni.org

VSO, Alexey Yemtsov

Early Music Vancouver (EMV), in collaboration with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra (PBO), present Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach. Hailed as one of J.S. Bach’s greatest masterpieces for choir and orchestra, and written for Christmas Vespers in 1723, this concert includes four rarely heard and delightful inserts that illuminate the Nativity.

3 p.m. on Dec. 18 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

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HANDEL’S MESSIAH The Christmas Masterpiece

8pm Friday, Dec 9, 2016 Orpheum Theatre

Martha Guth, Soprano Susan Platts, Mezzo-soprano Colin Balzer, Tenor | Tyler Duncan, Baritone Vancouver Chamber Choir & Orchestra Pacifica Singers | Jon Washburn, Conductor Experience the power and glory of the world’s favourite choral masterwork, given a unique performance by Jon Washburn, the Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra, Pacifica Singers and our four outstanding Canadian soloists.

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Vancouver’s swinging gypsy jazz band perform their innovative, festive mix of nostalgic favourites, standards, pop tunes and even a few surprises. 8 p.m. on Dec. 18 at St. James Hall. Tickets at Arts-People.com

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Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra Pacifica Singers | Jon Washburn, Conductor The Vancouver Chamber Choir brings you the finest repertoire for chorus and orchestra every Good Friday in hopes that you will make it part of your family's musical tradition. Enjoy Pergolesi’s magnificent Stabat Mater, a pinnacle of Italian Baroque music, and the sublimely beautiful Requiem based on Gregorian chant by French master Maurice Duruflé.

FUNK THE HALLS

Local DJ duo Nick Middleton and Duncan Smith (a.k.a. the Funk Hunters) headline their annual two-day holiday celebration. 8 p.m. on Dec. 21-22 at Commodore Ballroom.

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The annual electronic music festival returns for a twoday affair with performances from Flume, Disclosure DJ, Marshmello, Zeds Dead, Baauer, Gareth Emery, W&W, Hucci, Getter, Slushii, Big Wild and more. Dec. 26-27 at BC Place.

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THEATRE/ DANCE JACOB MARLEYÕS CHRISTMAS CAROL

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renewal in which Scrooge’s heart is opened. Dec. 2-18 at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com

HOLY MO! A CHRISTMAS SHOW!

A “reverently irreverent” reimagining of the Nativity story told with gusto and a questionable commitment to accuracy featuring Lucia Frangione, Anita Wittenberg and Jess Amy Shead. Dec 2-31 at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre.org

MARY POPPINS

The classic family musical is back to make you feel like a kid again as Mary flies over the rooftops of London to unforgettable songs like “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Supercali-fragilisticexpialidocious.”

Dec. 3-Jan. 1 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

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Eight actors tackle 30 roles in this parody of Dickens’ classic tale that tells the story of Eleanor S. Crooge, who must come out of the

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Carousel Theatre 3x6.917

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closet before it’s too late.

Dec 6-11 at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at LeapingThespians.com

ALBATROSS

This driving dance duet pulls apart a single moment, enabling us to dissect and experience its contents in expanded time as two bodies inhabit a single person’s trajectory through a test of endurance. Dec. 7-10 at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.com

BAH! HUMBUG!

Juno Award-winning musician Jim Byrnes is back as Ebenezer Scrooge in a modern-day reconceived version of the classic where Scrooge is a sushi-loving pawn-shop owner on Hastings Street timing Bob Cratchit’s late arrival to work on his iPhone. 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8-17 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Tickets at SFU.ca

GOHÕS THE NUTCRACKER

Goh Ballet presents the holiday dance classic with principal dancers from the National Ballet of Canada and live music from the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. Dec. 15-20 at the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts. Tickets at GohNutcracker.com

ROBIN HOOD AND MARION

An annual traditional Christmas pantomime written by Cathy Morrison. Dec. 15Jan. 7 at Metro Theatre.

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Ballet BC brings the Royal Winnipeg Ballet back to light up the holidays in a charming Canadian retelling of the beloved holiday classic.

Dec. 8-11 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets Ticketmaster.ca

A PETER NÕ CHRIS-TMAS CAROL!

The masters of parody and theatrical comedy perform this hilarious retake on the classic Dickens’ tale in their signature smart, fast-paced, hilarious style. Dec. 9-10 at Performance Works. Tickets at TheatreWire.com

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Partial proceeds support Western Front’s year-round art and music programs. Dec. 2-4 at the Western Front. Admission by donation.

KITSILANO WINTER MARKET

The first annual Kitsilano Winter Market features local and sustainable products from food and craft vendors, with a clothing pop-up, free workshops, live music and photos with Santa.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 3 at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.

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RETRO DESIGN AND ANTIQUES FAIR

Up to 175 tables and booths offering vintage jewelry, toys, kitchenware, art and much more. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Dec. 4 at Croatian Cultural Centre.

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of fine art, crafts and design in a two-day affair presenting over 30 local artists to meet and share their craftsmanship in an intimate environment. Dec. 10-11 at Heritage Hall. Admission $3.

GOT CRAFT?

Vancouver’s largest indie craft fair returns. Shop local and discover some of the best handmade designers in the city. Dec. 10-11 at the Pipe Shop Building, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. Tickets at GotCraft.com

EVENTS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

A magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden. Various times, Dec. 1Jan 2 at VanDusen Botanical Garden. Tickets at Vancouver.ca/ parks-recreation-culture/festivalof-lights

CAROL SHIPS PARADE OF LIGHTS

A spectacular sailpast each evening visiting the different marine communities of False Creek, Burrard Inlet, West Vancouver, Lighthouse Park, Fisherman’s Cove, Eagle Harbour, Coal Harbour, Port Moody, Deep Cove, Woodlands, Brighton Beach, Bedwell Bay, Bellcara Park, Indian Arm and Bowen Island. Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 18. CarolShips.org

LUMIERE FESTIVAL

An annual event inspired by light and artistic expression, lighting up Vancouver’s West End. Dec. 3.

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CHANUKAH PARTY

Get ready for Chanukah with live entertainment, a food fair, arts and crafts, a science show, bouncy castles and holiday shopping. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Dec. 4 at Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.

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SANTA CLAUS PARADE

The 13th annual Santa Claus Parade winds its way through downtown, and don’t forget to come early to join spectators at Christmas Square for family-friendly activities where you can decorate Christmas ornaments and write a letter to Santa. 10 a.m. on Dec. 4 at Christmas Square (south side of Vancouver Art Gallery); parade starts at noon.

CHRISTMAS AT CANADA PLACE

Enjoy a variety of family-friendly attractions including theatre, arts and crafts, holiday-themed window displays and much more. Noon-6 p.m. on Dec. 16-30 (closed Dec. 24 to 25). FREE ADMISSION. CanadaPlace.ca

THE BIG ELF RUN

Tour picturesque Stanley Park on a route for all ages and abilities – dashing through winter forest trails, looping the seawall with hallmark views of the harbor, and hot chocolate stations – before finishing at the Winter Wonderland Park for postrun family-friendly activities.

12 p.m. on Dec. 18 at Lumberman’s Arch (Stanley Park). Tickets at EventBrite.ca

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GET IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING WITH YVR’S HOLIDAY HAMPER DRIVE Join YVR and Quest Food Exchange for the YVR Holiday Hamper Drive and help make the holidays a whole lot happier for families in our community. We encourage the YVR community to join us in gathering the ingredients needed to complete a holiday meal.

Get in the giving spirit this holiday season by looking through your cupboards or going shopping with friends to help fill a holiday hamper. For every hamper filled, the Airport Authority will donate a turkey to complete the meal. Help us in reaching our goal of 600 hampers donated to the local community.

Hampers will be collected at our annual wrap up event on December 14th from 3:30-5:30 PM at the Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe, where there will be a celebration and prizes for those who participated.

If you are interested in participating, please email community_relations@yvr.ca to get a hamper mailed to you.

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Bill Reid Creative Journeys is an exhibition presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport to mark the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid’s iconic sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii. Visit the exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery running now through August 31, 2017 for a comprehensive introduction to the life and work of Bill Reid.

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DOCTOR’S LEGACY: Chaired by philanthropist and businessman John Evans and Shirley Young, the seventh annual Life Commitment Dinner drew 150 guests to Lorne and Melita Segal’s home. Once again, the lavish affair was set atop the couple’s indoor swimming pool where attendees feasted on a royal repast supplied by the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. The annual benefit is held in memory of the late Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, a physician who chronicled his own AIDS journey through a weekly diary televised on CBC until his death in 1992. The event raised $250,000 for the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation. Proceeds from the night will benefit hundreds of people living with HIV. Gloria Macarenko and yours truly hosted the evening, which featured keynote speaker Jennifer Bibby, a nurse at the Dr. Peter Centre, and music from Grammy award-winning musician and producer Chin Injeti.

BROLLYWOOD SUCCESS: Vancouver firefighters took to the streets selling muchneeded umbrellas on a rain-soaked Wednesday at major intersections in the business district of downtown Vancouver. The sale, which collected $15,000, was part of the firefighters’ third-annual We’ve Got You Covered campaign, a fundraising drive in support of Snacks for Kids, the organization’s charity of choice.

The yearly effort has provided more than 150,000 healthy, non-perishable snacks to almost 700 vulnerable children at 22 Vancouver schools and after-school programs. The Flying Pig in Gastown continued the fundraising festivities indoors, later that day. Led by fundraiser extraordinaire Dotty Kanke, more fundraising games ensued. Firefighters flexed their muscles in a much-anticipated chin-up contest. In return, partygoers flexed their wallets adding another $85,000 to the tally to ensure a $100,000 night.

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Dr. Raymond McConville and Joy Jennisen, a director at the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation, were among the generous and good-looking crowd that convened for the seventh-annual Life Commitment Dinner staged at Lorne and Melita Segal’s Southlands home.

Intern architect and designers Andrew Carruthers and Kaitlin Wierstra revealed their drawings of the $3-million 10-bed Rural Recovery Centre that Dan’s Legacy Foundation hopes to build to provide vital counselling and support to at-risk youth.

Executive director Maxine Davis and Jennifer Bibby, a nurse at the Dr. Peter Centre, were all smiles thanks to the $250,000 raised at the lavish luau in support of compassionate care for hundreds living with HIV/AIDS.

Vancouver firefighters Jamie Olson, Kevin Scott and Darren Genge backed party organizer Dotty Kanke, who championed the $100,000 We’ve Got You Covered brolly effort in support of the Vancouver firefighters’ Snack for Kids program.

The Tourism Whistler team of Tania Sear, Mary Zinck and Steve Ogden helped mark Cornucopia’s 20th anniversary. The epic food and wine event runs until Nov. 20.

Four Seasons Christine Kim, Chef David Baarschers and Natthan Ayers hosted their popular Piper-Heidieck Champagne and Poutine event at Sidecut Restaurant. They presented three playful variations of the national favourite. The poutine and bubbles bash was an instant sellout.

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Brendan McLeod’s monologue Brain will be at the Chan Centre on Nov. 17. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

One-man Brain explores living with OCD

Brendan McLeod tackles mental health disorder head on

John Kurucz

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Brendan McLeod remembers a time in his not-so-distant past where he would lock himself in a room all day and agonize over how to prevent his dog from dying, or how to ensure that his family would avoid injury and tragedy.

McLeod was in his early 20s and attending university at the time. It’s when he knew definitively that his mental health was deteriorating and that he needed help.

He was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) shortly thereafter.

“I was obsessing over things for 20 hours a day and I knew that wasn’t a normal way to be,” said McLeod, now 37. “I had enough self-awareness at that point to know that no one else was worried like I was worrying.”

McLeod didn’t shy away from his diagnosis, and instead chose to embrace it.

He’s now a novelist, musician and spoken-word artist who’ll lay out his triumphs and tragedies on stage at the

Chan Centre on Nov. 17.

His 55-minute monologue Brain begins during his time in junior high as a young teenager grappling with questions that didn’t have answers. It moves throughout McLeod’s journey in his early 20s when he verged on psychosis to where he’s at now.

“It’s not like I’m miraculously cured, I’m just more aware of it now,” he said.

“The main thing is that I communicate it to people who are close to me. I can talk through it better and it takes less of a hold on me.”

The Canadian Mental Health Association defines OCD as a two-headed monster characterized by both obsession and compulsion. What causes the condition is unknown, though research has attributed it to family history, biology and life experiences.

McLeod debuted his monologue last year, and it was named a 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival Pick of the Fringe. A former Vancouverite now living in Toronto, he vividly remembers performing Brain for the first time in

front of what he expected to be a so-so turnout.

“It was packed and I thought to myself, ‘I’m going to die,’” he recalled. “If I had a chance to go back in time to decide not to do it, I absolutely wouldn’t have done it. But that’s the thing about momentum — you don’t make the leap all at once, you approach it incrementally.”

McLeod describes the storytelling process as cathartic, and hopes his experiences help instigate further conversations about mental health, minus the stigma.

“I do this because it’s my job as a storyteller,” he said. “Everyone has their own thing that they know some things about that can provide a window into other people knowing about those things as well. Just because mine happens to be uncomfortable, it’s still my job to tell people about it.”

Brain kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 and available online at chancentre.com.

10th Avenue Corridor Open Houses The City of Vancouver is improving the 10th Avenue Corridor to better accommodate people of all ages and abilities who walk, cycle, and drive.

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Fresh take on Ibsen’s Ghosts Jo Ledingham joled@telus.net

Fresh is not a word often applied to a production of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts. But directed by Michael Fera for United Players, that’s exactly what this production is. It’s also relevant despite its late 19th century setting in Skien, Norway.

Written in 1881, the script was offered at the time to various European theatre companies all of whom turned it down because of its subject matter: syphilis (although the word is never used in the play), incest, criticism of the church, sex outside marriage, divorce and euthanasia. And so its world premiere was not in Norway or elsewhere in Europe but in Chicago, Illinois in 1882. Productions followed in Sweden, Berlin and London.

Ibsen has been called the father of modern drama, and it’s amazing how contemporary Ghosts — an English translation of the title that Ibsen never liked — feels. (According to the playwright, a more accurate

translation of the Norwegian gengarere would be “The Ones Who Return.”)

One who has returned is Oswald Alving (Francis Winter) who had been sent away as a child by his mother Mrs. Helene Alving (Tanja DixonWarren) to prevent the boy from being corrupted by his philandering father, the late Captain Alving. Unhappy in her marriage, Mrs. Alving had, years ago, been determined to leave her husband but was persuaded by morally upright/uptight Pastor Manders (Linden Banks) to stay with her husband out of a sense of Christian duty.

Now, years later, it is the eve of the opening of an orphanage funded by Mrs. Alving. Oswald has come home but he is ill; worse, he’s begun dallying with Mrs. Alving’s maid Regina (Elizabeth Willow), behaving much as his father had. Perhaps Captain Alving is another one who has returned or, at least, his penchant for promiscuity has come back to haunt the son. Winter, stylishly dressed, makes Oswald’s mood swings believable. We

get it: something is dreadfully wrong with Oswald.

Ghosts is, to some extent, Ibsen’s exploration of Nora from A Doll’s House) had Nora not abandoned her husband and children to escape a miserable marriage.

Dusting off this 135-yearold script, director Fera, his cast, crew and design team breathe new life into Ghosts in a face-paced, no intermission, 80 minutes. It raises contemporary issues in a non-didactic manner. As the lights fade, Oswald calls out for “the sun.” Oswald and the playwright are calling for light to shine into all the dark, dingy corners of a hypocritical society: speak the unspeakable and, fully informed, squarely face the future. What, exactly, does that mean for Mrs. Alving? Ibsen and director Fera leave the question tantalizingly, provocatively hanging.

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Vancouver author explores baseball’s religious overtones Pat Johnson

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Fans of the Chicago Cubs may have thought something divine intervened to end a 108-year World Series drought. Of course, baseball fans are known for an almost religious devotion to their team, as well as a host of superstitions.

A new book by a Vancouver writer contends that there is, indeed, something inherent in baseball that hearkens back to our most primal religious, ritualistic and existential impulses.

In The Prehistories of Baseball, Dr. Seelochan Beharry finds Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and other religious influences in what has come to be known as baseball.

Even more fundamentally, he argues, the three basic actions in baseball are central to humanity’s very existence.

“The fundamental skills in this game of throwing, hitting and running are the same ones that facilitated human survival on our rise to the top of the food chain and dominance on the planet,” he writes.

Because rock throwing was the primary means of both self-defence and hunting for our primate ancestors, excellent throwers became great warriors and heroes of legend. Practising throwing — and competition for excellence in this primal act — was a form of training for battle, as well as a bonding ritual between parents and children and among peers.

With opposable thumbs came better tools and more aptly aimed weapons, such as a club that could hurl a rock further. Reducing the circumference of the club’s handle and increasing the size of its barrel maximizes the impact, whether the item in

In The Prehistories of Baseball, Dr. Seelochan Beharry finds Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and other religious influences in what has come to be known as baseball. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

question is Fred Flintstone’s club or Kris Bryant’s bat.

“Art and games often imitate and reflect life,” writes Beharry.

Beharry draws together ancient traditions to present a highly plausible case for a theory that is ultimately unknowable, but the parallels between baseball and certain activities of the past are remarkable.

There is speculation that ancient Celts made sacrifices to three gods on three specifically marked altars in a clearing, sort of resembling the three bases where opposing baseball players are “sacrificed.”

Burial mounds are an apparently universal human phenomenon and Celts are believed to have reenacted heroic battles of the dead warrior on their burial mounds. In plenty of cultures, a central elevated meeting area was the locus of sacred activity, just as the pitcher’s mound is the central focus of the game.

The diamond also suggests ancient geometrical fascinations. Buddhists and Hindus had mandalas, Europeans and Mesoamericans, among others, used concentric circles, squares and rect-

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Life and death is acted out on this mock battlefield, too, with the ins (hitters) trying to invade the territory of the outs (fielders), then trading places in a passage between “worlds” that reflects a common theological view of both death and life as transitory. A hitter’s progress is like life, Beharry writes, involving a prolonged

journey that nevertheless ends up just where it began.

Tree or stone worshipers in ancient times circled objects in supplication.

A Maypole is a ritualized example of this. Similar to this, Beharry notes, is the circumambulation in baseball — running around bases.

All of this circumstantial evidence makes a decent case that ancient peoples, like the Celtic pagans, ritualized sacred activities in ways that at least remotely resembled what we might recognize as baseball.

When Christianity came, pagan games that encouraged drinking, fighting and gambling were discouraged.

Christianity repressed many pagan rituals, which were then transformed into recreational activities sanitized of religious overtones or, alternatively, usurped by Christians.

The three bases of pagan sacrifice could be reinterpreted as the Christian trinity.

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The name patch on his jumpsuit reads “Cobra,” but Ryan Doell said he preferred the grander and possibly controversial nickname “King of the Ghostheads.” This gets a uproarious laugh out of the other members of the Ghostbusters of British Columbia in attendance at Fan Expo Vancouver mostly because it’s a good natured take-down of a Ghostbuster in a far away city who laid claim to being the fan leader. (Impossible, the local guys said, Ghostbusters are notoriously too disorganized to have a leader.) The joke never gets old, especially in the bemused presence of somebody who is not wearing a proton pack nor vintage combat boots.

This is Ghostbusters culture and, it’s true — they do act more like game show hosts than scientists.

Todd Whalen, whose name patch reads straight up “Whalen,” noticed more fellow professional paranormal investigators at the comic convention held on the long weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre than in the past four years the Ghostbusters of British Columbia have been in attendance. The spike in interest is likely due to this year’s Ghostbusters remake, a film that sparked such an outcry with its all-female cast that it’s no surprise a woman did not later win the U.S. presidential race.

“They’ve been coming by the table and asking, ‘How do I join?’” Whalen said. “And we tell them, ‘You’re pretty much doing it.’”

The group isn’t official and that in itself makes it easier to have a group.

There are no brand bylaws, rules of conduct or copyright issues to worry about. The Ghostbusters of British Columbia is really just a group of friends, both male and female, with a Facebook page.

Whalen was five when he watched the original Ghostbusters movie for the first of many times. It was 1984 and peak actionadventure hero. Unlike other Hollywood hits of the time, such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Back to the Future and Return of the Jedi, it was the paranormal that got him hooked.

“It was science fiction, plus the fact it was kinda scary, it stimulated the imagination, and there was a science behind it,” he said. “I was interested in it off and on throughout my life and it was one of those Halloween costumes I didn’t want to do unless I could do it right.”

So Whalen, now 33, grew up, and sourced the Ghostbusters outfit. It includes a military surplus flight suit, elbow pads, military surplus belt, custom-made key chain, military boots, a police radio and firefighter distress signal device. And then came the pack, made by people he met at a Dan Aykroyd autograph signing event a couple years ago (Aykroyd, of course, co-wrote and starred in the originals as well as made a cameo in the 2016 reboot).

The proton pack, used to trap the negatively charged energy of a ghost, is the mark of a Ghostbuster who, sans pack, could be mistaken in appearance for a high school janitor. Its authenticity lies in its intricacy. Some members of the Ghostbusters of British Columbia own silver or black packs. Doell wears a gold version with purple tubing

(along with a chain and sparkly No Ghost emblem around his neck). Most of the members’ packs light up, some play the Ghostbusters theme song on repeat. Some members design and make their own packs out of molds and other prop-making tricks to create the knobs, bumps and buttons. Nobody in the group has the $3,500 U.S. number, as seen on ebay.com (with 57 watchers as of press time).

It’s the packs that draw the crowds. “The questions range from people wondering if it’s actually the real stuff that was used in the movie,” Whalen said. “Or, ‘Does it actually work?’ — that’s a very common question. Some wonder if it works for real.

I tell them yes.”

There are also many who want to talk prop shop with the Ghostbusters as some group members have loads of experience, added Whalen, himself a visual effects artist who worked on Ghostbusters (2016) with a Vancouver studio that can’t be named due to confidentiality reasons.

There are also those who take cosplay to a whole new level, who revel in pointing out a hex nut on a pack is off by one millimetre. “Or that my gun grips are too big, or whatever,” Whalen said with a shrug.

For a donation to the BC Children’s Hospital, people were also allowed to wear the Ghostbusters of British Columbia’s near-accurate packs for a photo. It’s the charity and the community aspects that keep Whalen involved.

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“It’s always had a kind of cathedral effect to me,” Beharry says of the game.

He had also heard talk that baseball had religious antecedents. Growing up in British Guiana, now Guyana, Beharry’s parents were Hindu but he went to a Presbyterian church because that’s what his friends did and his parents didn’t mind.

From this background, he began exploring cultural indictors in the game.

There is, of course, plenty

of superstition in baseball, not least of which is the Curse of the Billy Goat attached to the Cubs inability to win a World Series. And for those given to numerology, nine, like the number of players and innings, and three, like the bases and outs, are sacred or superstitious numbers in many Indo-European cultures.

Today’s players often wear chains of metal, ostensibly for

unproven health benefits, parallel to the unprovable benefits of amulets and charms worn by our ancestors.

Even spitting — frowned upon elsewhere and gross everywhere — is still acceptable in the dugout. In ancient times, and even more recent times, spitting has been seen as a way of warding off curses and the evil eye.

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diums of today have some commonalities with both the cathedrals and the battlefields of the past, intended to inspire awe and intimidation.

Busts and uniforms of late greats, trophies and banners marking past victories replace the severed heads of respected opponents. Rapturous fan participation and devotion resemble animated religious services.

The evidence laid out in his book is powerful and very entertaining, though Beharry acknowledges he can’t be certain of how direct the line is between ancient ritual and the contemporary game of baseball.

“Though the true meanings of early rituals may forever elude us, their vestiges live on in a game we have come to view as our own.”

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Sunday’s romantic, Aries, but you might be trying to light a wet wick. Still, this day is a nice introduction to the four weeks ahead, which are going to be filled with a mellow happiness, wisdom and a broadening viewpoint, intellectual, travel, legal, and educational pursuits, and gentle Love. This year (to autumn 2017) if you’re single, your chances of meeting a compatible life-mate are very high, and your chances of a November December affair turning into a major, meaningful love.

The weeks ahead are not an important time, Libra.

But they present you with an opportunity to spread your light – your words, your presence perhaps – over a whole network of associates, relatives, and friends.

Your days will be filled with errands, communications, visits and paperwork. You could attract a friendly romance. You will also be lucky in love – or at least you will feel courageous, determined and very definitely attracted, at least until December 18.

What have been open, honest relationships and opportunities over the past month now veer deeper into areas of commitment and trust. For example, a love attraction might now become sexually intimate; or a business agreement might now receive funding. (“Now” means the four weeks ahead.) Until December 8, higher ups, authorities, parents and bosses are quick-tempered and impatient. Realize this, be diplomatic and long-suffering.

The four weeks ahead favour your money interests, possessions, rote learning tasks and sexual attractions. There will be many money conversations until December 2. Communications and travel will reward you – mostly with affection, but also with opportunities – until December 7.

Your home life has been intense for a while and this continues to December 18. Be gentle with your spouse and kids.

At last, you’re month of work and drudgery ends Monday. (Although Sunday it is a fun day, filled with travel and meetings.) The four weeks ahead emphasize partnerships, relationships, marriage, fresh air, new opportunities, new horizons, and a potential relocation. If you see an opportunity, grab it. The only exception here is your career: until next mid-May, you would be wise to triple-examine any opportunity in this area before accepting it.

After a long month of weariness and low charisma, you now start four weeks in which you are at the top of your game – be a leader, start significant projects, make new contacts. However, only start projects which you can finish before December 18, as a confusing slowdown will arrive around that time. You’ll remain as talkative as ever until December 2 – you might have been talking recently with someone who does not disguise the fact that he or she is seeking a mate.

The four weeks ahead feature work, service personnel, machinery/tools, nutrition and diet, and your daily health. Be willing to help others –this will get your further than trying to be the one in charge. A lot of communication, planning and general busyness will fill this work area for the next two weeks. Others treat you affectionately and graciously until December 7 – and earlier November romance might now become a form of partnership.

Retreat during the month ahead, Cap. Lie low, watch and learn. Rest, take power naps, contemplate your future and make plans, fulfill neglected chores, visit shut-ins, deal with institutions, head office and the government. Your energy will be low and your charisma dim, but you will retain an air of grace and a subtle attractiveness until December 7. Until December 2, you can uncover valuable information in a confidential discussion by digging deep.

Ah, lucky you – romance fills the weeks ahead. If you’re married, or even if you aren’t, these weeks will also bless you in creative, speculative, artistic, child raising, and pleasure pursuits. A sense of affection and graciousness spills over into your workplace until December 7. More importantly, you have the gift of gab in romantic situations until December 2. And, most importantly, relationships, in general, intensify now to December 18.

The four weeks ahead will bring joy, social delights, flirtations and romance, wish fulfillment, entertainment, popularity, and buckets of optimism.

This fits in nicely with the overall tenor of the October 16 to October 17 year, which promotes wisdom, travel, learning, and love. As noted, a wish might come true before December 2. This wish might be about romance, sexual intimacy or a financial situation (investment/debt).

The four weeks ahead emphasize your domestic environment, Virgo. Home, family, a diet, nutrition, gardening, mother nature, security, retirement plans, your children’s education plans, repairs and renovations – all these call you now to late December. However, if you’re going to start a renovation or landscaping project, make sure you can finish it by December 18, as a slowdown begins December 19.

If you are going to climb the corporate ladder this year, Pisces, the month ahead is the time to do it. You will be filled with ambitious energy, easily accomplish your tasks and have enough leftover to promote a scheme or project. Higher-ups are interested in holding conversations with you until December 2. Until the seventh, a streak of affection and light romance keeps you happy. Continue to be aware of belligerent people and dangerous situations until December 18.

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No Vanier Cup repeat for Thunderbirds Highest score in Hardy Cup history delivers a loss for UBC 43 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY 46 UNIVERSITY OF BC

Playing for the 80th Hardy Cup on the road last weekend, the UBC Thunderbirds came up against a dynamo firstyear quarterback and lost a don’t-look-now heartbreaker 46-43 to the Calgary Dinos at McMahon Stadium Nov. 12.

T-Birds second-year head coach Blake Nill was up against the team with which he won a record six-straight Hardy Cup championships. On the way to their 2015 Vanier Cup last season, UBC defeated Calgary 34-26. This year, the tables turned.

“Total credit to the spirit of the coaching staff and the players to rally from what was a very tough situation and make it the kind of game it was,” Nill told the Canadian Press.

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T-Birds running back Ben Cummings dodges tackles with a big block from Will Watson (no. 6). PHOTO UBC ATHLETICS/RICH LAM

Dinos scored five majors in the first half to take a 36-10 lead. Leading the way for Calgary was the game’s MVP, quarterback Adam Sinagra, who threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns.

But UBC’s second-year pivot Michael O’Connor would not be shut down.

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ible 450 yards as the Birds stormed to a 36-26 lead before the end of the third quarter. Despite the yardage, O’Connor did not connect on any touchdown passes, and the scoring came from running back Kory Nagata and an uplifting pick-six from South Delta linebacker Riley Jones.

“In the first half we just looked like we were standing around waiting for someone else to make a play,” Nill said. “Our kids have to realize that the other teams wants it as much as they do.

We have to play a full 60 minutes and that is something we failed to do all year. It has to be addressed and we have to find a solution.”

With the Thunderbirds this year, Nill posted three wins and six losses, one of the few losing records in his coaching career.

The teams combined for 27 points in the fourth quarter, and UBC trailed by three points after Abbotsford’s Ben Cummings scored with barely two seconds to go.

By running down the clock, Calgary won the Canada West championship and thwarted UBC’s chance to defend their Vanier Cup. — Megan Stewart

Jugglers and Irish clash again in playoffs The Notre Dame Jugglers have a showdown with their cross-town Catholic school rivals in the AAA varsity football quarterfinal Saturday night at B.C. Place.

The 5-1 Jugglers are enjoying their best season in years that includes a win over the 3-3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish, one which snapped a 12-year losing streak in the Archbishops Trophy, an important date in the calendar for both programs. In the 60th meeting of the storied game on Nov. 4 at Burnaby Lake, the Jugglers won 21-7.

In five games, Notre Dame quarterback Steven Moretto threw for an average 106 yards and had nine touchdowns. On the other side of the ball, Vancouver College pivot Jacob Samuels has three touchdowns in six games with an average 97 passing yards per game.

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Fitness studio Tight Club turns one next month Lace up your sneakers and tighten your bra strap for a new fitness trend in town.

It’s not what you think.

It’s community — a movement with more feeling than mini-trampolines and sincerity than super foods, this is one trend that could have staying power specifically because it runs deep and is hard to fake, believes entrepreneur and personal trainer Keighty Gallagher, the founder of Tight Club, an outsidethe-box boutique studio in Strathcona.

“I’ve seen the overall industry move into a really good place,” she said Tuesday. “Community is the big buzz word that everyone is speaking to.

However, it is a buzzword, and you can’t just say you have community.

It’s something that has to come naturally and you know it when you have it.”

Tight Club founder, Keighty Gallagher. PHOTO KEZIA NATHE AND VALERIE LEGERE

Long before she first hosted a weekly training session at Andy Livingstone Park in 2013, Gallagher, a junior national heptathlete for Canada, had been cementing the foundation of her own exercise philosophy.

One cornerstone was the enjoyment of creative play. Another brick was built from the best of P.E. class. Finally, a third building block was the network of practitioners who’d buy into her zombie apocalypse narrative, for example, as a motivational tactic to do more squats.

What good is physical literacy and rock-hard thighs if you can’t use those things to outrun the walking dead?

“You’re never really getting fit for the gym,” said Gallagher. “Whatever we’re doing in the studio, it needs to translate into real life.”

Tight Club celebrates the first anniversary of its studio with an open house from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at 261 Union Street.

For the complete version of this story online, visit vancourier.com/sports.

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Coastal Sleep is a sleep clinic with six locations on the Lower Mainland, offering testing and treatment for sleep apnea in English, French, Punjabi, Mandarin and Cantonese.

“With our team of trained Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT), we’ve been helping people get to the root of their sleep issues for almost 15 years, “ says Paul Sweeney, a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) and President of Coastal Sleep.

Testing for sleep apnea is the first step, says Paul. Just ten years ago, that involved spending a night in the hospital hooked up to numerous wires and contraptions.

It also involved a very long wait list.

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First-line treatment for sleep apnea is the CPAP, or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. The CPAP mask is worn over your nose every night.

“CPAP masks are both quiet and easy to wear,” Paul says. “Patients quickly find it’s a life-changing remedy. They feel less tired, more focused, and more engaged in life.”

For more information about sleep apnea call Coastal Sleep at 1.877.241.9066, visit their website at coastalsleep.ca or send them an email at info@coastalsleep. ca. There is a Coastal Sleep facility in Vancouver located at 103-511 West 7th Avenue. Coastal Sleep can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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f you want a midsize crossover SUV that challenges the best in the industry, have a look at the Ford Edge.

It is surprisingly capable, even when compared against much more expensive models in the marketplace.

The Ford Edge was all-new in 2015, and Ford did a truly amazing job in overhauling the vehicle.

Along with more aggressive styling, the new Edge is loaded with more technology, higher levels of craftsmanship, and improved vehicle dynamics.

This update was needed to keep pace with its strong rivals in this competitive segment. The Ford Edge competes with the likes of the Hyundai Santa Fe, Nissan Murano, and Jeep Grand Cherokee, to name some.

Not only is the Edge one of Ford’s top-sellers, it’s important to the brand in another significant way. Ford discovered many Edge buyers were new to the brand, so Ford wanted to make sure it was a great experience for these new buyers and owners.

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today’sdrive Continued from page 41 Since the Edge was allnew in 2015, there aren’t any major changes going into 2016.

However, there are a few trim upgrades and more options added.

squat and strong overall shape, the Edge’s new appearance is sleeker and more athletic. This styling continues the tradition of the Edge, while adding a new level of sophistication and refinement.

Dominating the front is Ford’s big trapezoidal grille that also features on the standout Fusion sedan. To optimize aerodynamics, active grille shutters are available, which automatically open and close.

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Design

Compared to the previous Edge, this new version has a much more eye-catching, trendy design. That being said, it isn’t too dramatic to make it polarizing.

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the finely tapered backside is accentuated by full-LED taillights that draw a line across the back. Ford’s hands-free liftgate is available and opens the tailgate with a swing of your foot under the bumper.

Now based on the same global platform as the Ford Fusion, the Edge delivers exceptional onroad ride and handling abilities for an SUV. Yet, when equipped with allwheel drive, it is able to venture off-road a little.

This new body structure uses more highstrength steel to create a stiffer platform that is more resistant to twisting and bending. This results in less noise, vibration and harshness for a more enjoyable ride.

Configured in a 2-row, 5-passenger layout, the Ford Edge is still not available with a third row seat. However, the Edge does offer plenty of passenger room front and rear, as well as a generous cargo bay.

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Ford’s available AWD system for the Edge features an electronically controlled clutch. This can engage quicker than a human can blink, and is able to transfer up to 100 per cent of the power to either the front or rear axle.

What was most impressive about the Edge is its neutral, surprisingly solid steering feel. In many ways, the overall handling rivals the likes of Audi Q5 and BMW X3s even though the Edge is significantly cheaper.

Environment

In recent years, Ford’s interiors have been rather impressive. The cabin of the 2016 Edge continues this trend.

With high-end amenities available, such as climate-controlled seats, a power-adjustable steering column, a panoramic moonroof, and front and rear cameras, the Edge can compete with luxury SUVs costing considerably more.

The overall design of the cabin in the Edge is fresh and classy. Ford has returned to more traditional buttons and knobs for the audio and climate controls, which makes adjustments on the move quick and easy.

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Available as an option on SEL and Titanium models is a carryover 3.5-litre V6. This engine bumps horsepower to 280, but fuel consumption also goes up.

If you are looking for more performance, the Sport trim features an impressive 2.7-litre turbocharged V6 engine. This is the same unit used in the full-size F-150, and its 315 hp makes the Edge one of the most powerful midsize SUVs on the market.

The Edge Sport also comes standard with AWD, sport-tuned suspension, and variable-ratio power steering. While the base SE is very good, if you drive the Sport, it will be the model you want.

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Features

The Ford Edge is available in four trim levels with starting prices ranging from $31,349 to $44,649.

Standard equipment includes keyless entry with push button start, automatic headlights, an individual tire pressure monitoring system, a rearview camera and 18inch wheels.

Additional features, available as option or on higher trims, include a dual rear seat DVD entertainment system, voice-activated navigation system, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, remote start, auto-dimming mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, and a front 180-degree camera.

Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for the base 2.0-litre are 11.5 city and 7.8 highway.

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The base model Edge SE is excellent value for your money and boasts many premium features and a strong, yet efficient, engine. The top-of-therange Edge Sport is the most fun-to-drive midsize SUV in this class.

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While there is little to complain about, the Ford Edge can’t do everything.

If you need a 3rd-row seat, a sub-$30,000 price tag, or supreme off-road ability, you will need to look elsewhere.

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The touch panel is still a bit awkward to use however — the whole industry should just start using an Android or Apple system to be honest (many car companies are offering their car systems now).

Due to the Edge’s exterior dimensions, the inside feels very spacious.

Thanks to form-fitting seats, there is generous legroom for both front and rear passengers, with the back seats offering 40.6 inches.

Cargo capacity is equally impressive. With the rear seats up, volume is 39.2 cubic feet, and 73.4 with them folded down.

The standard infotainment system is a 6-speaker AM/FM/CD system with USB input and Bluetooth connectivity. Ford’s Sync 3 with MyFord Touch is available and is an improvement over the system it replaces.

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2016 CRUZE

20% = $8,208 OF MSRP

CASH CREDIT

UP TO

OF MSRP

*

ON EQUINOX PREMIER AWD. BASED ON MSRP OF $41,040.

ALL VEHICLES COME WITH

Coquitlam Eagle Ridge Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-464-3941

CHEVROLET

Langley Preston Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-534-4154

CASH CREDIT

UP TO

OF MSRP

*

ON TRAX LT AWD. BASED ON MSRP OF $29,950.

COMPLETE CARE

Burnaby Carter Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-291-2266

20% = $5,028

20% = $5,990

UP TO

North Vancouver Carter Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-987-5231

2

YEARS/48,000 KM COMPLIMENTARY OIL CHANGES †

Richmond Dueck Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-273-1311

CASH CREDIT *

ON CRUZE PREMIER SEDAN. BASED ON MSRP OF $25,140.

5

YEARS/160,000 KM POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ^

South Surrey Barnes Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-536-7661

5

Surrey Barnes Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-584-7411

YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ^

Vancouver Dueck Downtown Chevrolet Buick GMC 604-675-7900

Vancouver Dueck on Marine Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-324-7222