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When visiting her daughter in Vancouver, Teresa enjoyed a trial stay at Tapestry. The unique experience showed her how wonderful life in a connected and vibrant community could be. At the conclusion of her trial stay, Teresa decided it was time to sell her home and move-in to one of Tapestry’s lovely Vancouver communities. Today, Teresa is happier than she ever thought she would be! Teresa loves everything Tapestry has to offer, especially the opportunity to pursue her passion for art and to generously share it with other residents.

This includes providing referrals to resources to support downsizing and transition, assisting with your new suite’s layout and planning, working alongside with your moving company, and helping to ensure your new home is set up at the end of the move day with everything in its place, right down to the art hung on the walls, your cable and internet working, and your reservation for dinner already conﬁrmed!

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Be Ruthless in Simplifying Your Life Many of us have possessions we never use. Our closets are stuffed with unworn clothes and we have cluttered spaces with dusty, no longer appreciated knick-knacks. When preparing your move, ruthlessly evaluate what you regularly use and/or wear. If you possess things that no longer ﬁt your lifestyle, let them go. Go light on the environment by donating to charity, family or friends, or consigning your ﬁner pieces.

Like many others considering a major change, Teresa was somewhat overwhelmed by the thought of packing up her life and making a fresh start. However, with the right resources and support, Teresa moved conﬁdently forward and has never looked back. For those considering a move to an independent seniors lifestyle community, the change can certainly feel overwhelming. Tapestry helps to remove the stress from this process by offering a unique and complimentary move-in support service.

Tapestry’s Sales & Move-in Coordinators offer these simple ideas to make any planned move not only stress-free, but also an exciting adventure that sets the foundation for a wonderful new beginning.

Make a Realistic Plan – and Stick to It Start your move by making a plan. Assess your house to determine the scale and scope of the work. Reduce your stress by creating a schedule that focuses your effort for a few hours a day. To lighten the load, use professional resources and involve friends and family for support. At Tapestry, Teresa pursues her passion for art and shares it with other residents. Resources, like Tapestry’s unique and complimentary move-in support services, can help make your transition stress-free and set the tone for a wonderful new beginning.

or meaningful items. Make “memory boxes” for family and friends to cherish. Preparing for the Sale of Your Home Select a realtor you trust and consider staging your home to derive greater value. Remove all valuables while your home is on the market and remember to update your insurance for peace of mind. Packing and Moving Your Belongings Consider further simplifying your move by hiring resources to pack and unpack. Ensure everything is clearly labelled to make the transition easier and more efﬁcient. Tapestry welcomes the opportunity to discuss the beneﬁts and joy of living in an active aging community for independent adults. If you would like to learn more about life at Tapestry, and the many services they offer to support your move into one of their vibrant and socially-connected communities, visit DiscoverTapestry.com

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“I’m happier than I thought I would ever be.” Teresa ﬁnds joy creating works of beauty from a blank canvas. A Tapestry resident since 2018, this lifelong artist and educator paints and draws every day. Tapestry has encouraged Teresa’s passion with every brush stroke, even asking her to teach residents. It’s a creative approach to colourful, connected living. Discover what inspires you Call us to arrange a personal tour Tapestry at Wesbrook Village 3338 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC 604.225.5000 Tapestry at Arbutus Walk 2799 Yew Street, Vancouver BC 604.736.1640

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ittle sharks have become popular in Vancouver after recent videos of spiny dogfish feeding along the Stanley Park seawall and Granville Island emerged online. Spiny dogfish are extremely common along the west coast and hunt in large schools. Technically a shark, the marine creatures grow between 75 and 105 cm. They generally live between 30 to 40 years, but some can live as long as 70. Dogfish were harvested in Canada in the early 20th century for their oil-rich liver, which was used for lamp oil and machine lubricants. They are part of a directed fishery in Atlantic Canada and are studied extensively by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Spiny dogfish are mostly considered a nuisance in the B.C. fishing community. They often interfere with fishing operations for other species and can damage gear. So why are we seeing so many in local waters around the city these days? According to Jason Assonitis, owner of Bon Chovy Fishing Charters, an abundance of

juvenile herring and a recent anchovy bloom (both major food sources for dogfish) could be the reason. Since 2011 the Squamish Streamkeepers have been trying to restore the herring population in False Creek, following years of a spawning decline due to increased urbanization. The initiative includes wrapping creosote pilings and making net panels, which provide artificial surfaces for herring spawning and rearing habitat. Jeffrey Scott, a sustainable fisheries researcher with Skipper Otto, speculates changing currents and rising water temperatures could also

play a role. But are you allowed to catch them? Turns out you can, and it’s actually pretty easy. Our publisher, Bob Kronbauer, caught and released three in False Creek while doing research for this story. One of them is pictured in the accompanying photo. But first things first, if you intend on fishing you’ll need a proper licence, which can be obtained online. In terms of bait, small fish such as cod, herring, haddock, or hake work best. Dogfish also eat invertebrates like krill, crabs, jellyfish, squid, and octopus. The current daily catch limit in

B.C. is four. In some parts of the world, spiny dogfish are used as a food source in fish and chips. They can even be smoked or used in stews. Their tough skin can make preparation difficult and watch out for those spines! Scott from Skipper Otto even says dogfish are kind of cute so you’ll probably want to toss them back. “They have these cat-like eyes; they make you feel very sympathetic toward them.” You won’t need a bigger boat, just a bit of patience.

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Claiming ‘discrimination,’ Vancouver businesses say they won’t enforce B.C.’s vaccine passport “The government is asking us to defy the Canadian Constitution or lose our business,” Matthews wrote. “They want small businesses to invade the medical privacy of their customers and DISCRIMINATE them based on a new, still in trial phase, medical treatment.” Kyla Lee is a Vancouver lawyer who in recent days has received many questions asking if the vaccine passport is indeed an infringement on Canadian’s Charter Rights. She took to TikTok to share her thoughts on the matter and says ultimately it’s a fair balance. “Your Charter Rights aren’t absolute. Like at any time the government has the ability to limit your Charter rights,” Lee says. “That can include restrictions on your rights to access certain things, restrictions on your rights to go certain places, restrictions on your bodily integrity rights.” In her explanation, Lee draws a comparison between the vaccine and taking a breathalyzer test. Since driving is a privilege and not a right there are restrictions on your rights. Provided the demand for the breathalyzer test is lawful, there is a restriction on your bodily integrity rights and you must provide the sample or face legal consequences. “We already see these types of liberty restrictions existing in our society,” Lee adds. “They exist because there’s a public safety balance that has to be done.” Lee goes on to say it is important to recognize what’s actually being restricted with B.C.’s vaccine passport, i.e. not people’s rights to access essential services. “You have to be vaccinated to do things that we commonly understand to be part of the most privileged activities in society: going to casinos, going to restaurants, going to bars, those are activities of privilege,” Lee said. “What the government is saying is that if you are going to participate in those activities of privilege then you have to be vaccinated.” Finally, Lee lays out what would likely happen if the order is challenged in court, something she says undoubtedly will happen

anyways. Lee expects the courts will look at the type of balance that has been struck, the activities that have been chosen, the level of risk associated and deem it a justiﬁable infringement of rights. “Even if they ﬁnd that you have a right to go to a restaurant, which you don’t necessarily have,” Lee said.

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tarted as a luncheonette, Vancouver-based Chicken World is now a fast-food restaurant chain, with a growing presence all over the province. Adeel Jahangir, an ex-KFC employee, immigrated to Calgary from Pakistan in 2006 to ﬁnd better career opportunities. Jahangir brought his Master of Business Administration and managerial experience from Pakistan but had to do multiple survival jobs and side gigs to make money and support his family after immigrating to Canada. “One time I worked straight for 37 hours, and I was completely exhausted after that,” recalls 37-year-old Jahangir. Though he had worked with KFC for several years in Pakistan, the fast-food chain rejected him in Canada after initial rounds of interviews. “I joined KFC at the age of 17 and went on to win the national KFC champs challenge in Pakistan. That competition tests employees

quit his job and moved to Vancouver from England to become a business partner. In 2019 the duo invested all their savings in taking over an existing restaurant space in Surrey. Adeel said that though they enjoyed the journey, starting from scratch was a real struggle.

“Managing the ﬁnancials and overlooking all the operational aspects was the hardest part.” They introduced new recipes that included a blend of spices and 13 distinctly ﬂavoured herbs commonly used in South Asian cuisines. Menu items are named after

diﬀerent characters of the popular Bollywood movie Sholay. “I know it’s hard for some people to pronounce those names correctly, but our team enjoys teaching them the story behind the names and also a bit about the South Asian culture.”

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“I remember the ﬁrst day at our Vancouver location. We had a long line-up. Though we were open for only a few hours, we had good sales. I was like, wow! It was my dream come true. I am so thankful to the city for the support,” said Jahangir with a big smile on his face. Chicken World has three locations in Metro Vancouver, with a fourth CONTINUE ON PAGE 12

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Drivers warned to expect delays using Cambie Bridge this fall

fter several months of having a provincial health order in place mandating the use of face masks in public indoor spaces like stores, restaurants, and libraries, British Columbia made mask-wearing a “recommendation” only as of July 1, 2021. But in the wake of surging coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the province - in particular, those of the more nimble “Delta” variant of the virus and aﬀecting

predominantly British Columbians who were not fully vaccinated - provincial health oﬃcer Dr. Bonnie Henry reinstated the mask mandate, which went into eﬀect Aug. 25. Once again, donning a face mask is required of anyone 12 and older while on Vancouver’s public transit system, inside grocery stores, or at an event at BC Place among others. According to a recent poll conducted on V.I.A., 75 per cent of Vancouver residents

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the press release. At those times, cyclists and pedestrians will have to share their lanes. Drivers will have to be aware of reduced speeds and lanes at times. A minimum of two lanes will be going in each direction most of the time, but at times they will be reduced to one lane. The bridge was built before the current Canadian Highway

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that should be open by mid-September at the latest, located at 1707 Kingsway in Vancouver. Their most popular location is on Denman in Vancouver’s West End which attracts many evening strollers coming from English Bay. The ﬁfth location for Chicken World will be in Victoria, and Jahangir is hopeful that he can open the restaurant by the end of this year. The Jahangir brothers follow Islam and consider it their religious duty to work in

I remember the ﬁrst day at our Vancouver location. We had a long line-up. Though we were open for only a few hours, we had good sales. I was like, wow!

support of charity. Through their ‘blessing Friday special’ program, they oﬀer free food

to the people in need and also, a percentage of sales every month goes to charity. Chicken World oﬀers a variety of halal-style burgers and other snack options. The restaurants are currently open for dine-in, take-out or delivery through apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats. Jahangir said he aims to open at least 10 more Chicken World locations by the end of next year. By Tanmay Ahluwalia

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Time to get Shameless: Filipino food truck opens Vancouver restaurant

att Brennan and Corvette Romero weren’t planning on putting a hot pink neon sign shouting “#getshameless” in their new Vancouver restaurant, but it turns out it was a clutch decision. Mounted on a wall of empty Spam cans, the cheeky decor feature is like a bat signal to Instagrammers and TikTok-ers who know a great photo op when they see one. Matt Brennan and Corvette Romero weren’t planning on putting a hot pink neon sign shouting “#getshameless” in their new Vancouver restaurant, but it turns out it was a clutch decision. Mounted on a wall of empty Spam cans, the cheeky decor feature is like a bat signal to Instagrammers and TikTokers who know a great photo op when they see one. Spam cans and being “cheeky” are the calling cards of Shameless Buns, the Filipino jeepney-inspired food truck that ﬁrst revved up on the streets of Vancouver a few years ago. Now Shameless Buns has set up shop in its ﬁrst brick-and-mortar, a small space on Fraser Street in south Vancouver that is a beacon for food fans across the region. Brennan and Romero have

nurtured a cult following for their big, bold eats, centred on the vibrant flavours of Romero’s Filipino childhood. The pun-ny “buns” are in fact pandesal - Filipino buns - that sandwich fillings like sweet and spicy longaniza (Filipino sausage) or Spam with an oozy “sexy” sunny side up egg. They also dish up addicting fries tossed in a salty-sour sinigang seasoning mix, and load them with toppings perfect to cure your hangover or satisfy serious munchies. Devotees have been known to roll up to the truck - and now the Fraser Street spot - just to sink their teeth into Shameless Buns’ over-the-top mash-up creations like their burritosized lumpia (egg roll) filled with tangy-sweet Filipino spaghetti. For their restaurant, Brennan and Romero have got the regular Shameless Buns menu with a couple of new additions, like a hearty h meatloaf sandwic sandwich and a corn side dish inspired in by Mexican street ccorn, elote, with more surprises from the t duo sure to com come. The life and business partne partners made quick work of turning 5772 Fraser Street Str into Shameless

Buns; in addition to that eye-catching neon-lit Spam can wall there are traditional and contemporary touches all over the restaurant, including a full wall showcasing an image of the truck rolling in Vancouver, with personal touches worked in amidst the scenery, like the names of loved ones on people’s t-shirts and business signs. There isn’t a ton of seating at the restaurant, but Shameless Buns’ eats have long been portable by design - it’s a food truck after all - and you can deﬁnitely take your Sausage Party to go. A Sausage Party at Shameless Buns are fries loaded with longaniza, a sexy egg, and other tantalizing toppings, by the way. Those toppings include homemade condiments, some of which you can purchase by the jar or bottle from the restaurant, so you can get a little Shameless at home, too. By Lindsay William-Ross

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t’s been almost a year to the day since Shay Hayashi was walking down Ruby Street. It was a Tuesday. She was with her partner, Michael, picking something up. While looking for an address they got turned around; Michael noticed a bumblebee they’d passed on the ground earlier was still on the sidewalk and stopped Hayashi from stepping on it. Hayashi got on the bee’s level and noticed it didn’t have fullsize wings. “It was just a thing that happened that day, not foreseen in any way,” she says. “She was on the sidewalk and then still there 15 minutes later, so I bent down and picked her up.” The bee immediately crawled into her hand. “I don’t want to project, but maybe she was looking for help,” Hayashi says.

The two collected a few ﬂowers as bee food, and headed home. For the next 32 days Ruby Tuesday the bumblebee lived with the couple in Vancouver. At ﬁrst they hoped the bee’s wings would grow back. They were there, but looked like they had shriveled up for some reason, maybe disease or heat, Hayashi isn’t sure. Over time the bee became more and more part of the family, even getting along

with their cat, Pyro. “To be around her was comforting; she wanted to hang out,” Hayashi says. “She was just a really sweet creature. She just accepted and emitted care. “It was like having a baby unicorn in my palm.” It worked out that Hayashi had her wisdom teeth taken out the day after Ruby was found; for the next two weeks she was able to care for the big bee full time. “It was like having a little human for a little bit,” she describes the experience. “Her emotional and intellectual capacity, I know this sounds weird, but she was so smart.” Ruby would go out in public as well, riding on Hayashi’s shoulder for example. “A lot of people would stop me and say ‘You’ve got a giant bee on you,’” she says. When she had to go back to work as a nanny, Ruby tagged along. “The boy I was nannying was a really great kid, he interacted with her, too,” she says. “I took them to parks and community gardens.” Even with the young boy, Ruby was calm. “She was docile enough that she could sit on a two-yearold’s arm and hang out with us,” she says. They were together 24 hours a day; when they were at home Michael would hang

out and help with the bee as well. Ruby had certain habits and behaviours that they learned over time. “I would know if we were out in public and she was scared, I knew if she was hungry, I would know if she was sleepy,” Hayashi says. “She was like a newborn but also like a wise old lady at the same time.”

Her emotional and intellectual capacity, I know this sounds weird, but she was so smart. Ruby liked sleeping in Hayashi’s hand, but they had a terrarium for her. When she was placed in the terrarium, she’d wake up, looking for her humans; to solve this they got a dollhouse bed. “We put her on a bed and she slept on the pillow; we put that in the terrarium and that became the nighttime routine.” While caring for the big bug was work, it was far outweighed by the reward. Like any good friend, she brought happiness and comfort to Hayashi. “It’s so strange to say, because I know it sounds crazy, but she was a very understanding thing; (Ruby) couldn’t speak my language, but could pick CONTINUE ON PAGE 16

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up on my emotions and my vibes,” she says. “It’s a weird thing to talk about, because when I’m explaining it to people I sound like a crazy person, but it’s the truth.” She adds that bees do communicate with each other in a fairly complex way, dancing to share directions with each other. It wasn’t just Hayashi that connected with Ruby; Michael and their cat, Pyro, did as well. She describes Pyro as a stonecold killer when it comes to some insects, but the cat understood Ruby was special. “I think it was him watching us and reacting to the special treatment we were giving

her, he’s a very smart cat,” she explains. “I think it was beyond curiosity; he would sit by it and protect her a little bit.” Once when Ruby was lost (a serious concern when the animal is so small), Pyro was the one who found her. Losing her was always a concern, given how delicate a bee is. As they learned more about bumblebees, speciﬁcally yellow-faced bumblebees, they realized Ruby’s lifespan was likely only around a month. “It seemed not natural that something with that emotional capacity and intellect would have that short of a lifespan,” says

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Vancouver cold case ﬁles: High-rolling couple disappeared in 1994 - or were they murdered?

he disappearance of Nick and Lisa Masee from their home in 1994 is North Vancouver RCMP’s biggest missing person case, but they really don’t know if the Masees are intentionally missing or were caught up in a VSE stock scam and murdered. I worked in the public relations department for the Vancouver Stock Exchange in the late 1980s—the same time that Forbes magazine published a cover story calling it the “Scam Capital of the World.” While I never met Nick Masee, the mysterious disappearance of him and his wife Lisa from their home in August 1994 has always intrigued me. Before Nick Masee retired from his job as head of private banking with the Bank of Montreal, he worked for some of the Vancouver Stock Exchange’s most colourful stock promoters, regularly socializing with high-rollers such as Murray Pezim, Harry Moll, Nelson Skalbania and Herb Capozzi. Nick ate with them at Hy’s, Il Giardino and Chardonnays. He went on weekend ﬁshing trips to Sonora Lodge. He ﬂew in private jets to boxing matches in Las Vegas and stayed at their Scottsdale mansions. He was a guest at

one of Pezim’s weddings that took place on a luxury yacht. But while the Masees may have associated with the rich and powerful, they were living way beyond their means. As a banker, Nick pulled in around $85,000 a year. Their modest North Vancouver home was heavily mortgaged and they owed $70,000 on their credit cards, Lisa worked at the Yokoi Hair Salon on Cambie Street. Unlike their jet-setting contemporaries, Nick and Lisa’s getaway was a timeshare in Maui. Nick was banking that his new venture as a director of a sketchy VSE start-up called Turbodyne Technologies would propel him into the big leagues. The first hint that something was wrong was the unlocked door at the Masees’ house. The security system was off, their car was in the driveway, their 17-year-old cat was inside the house and so were their passports. Two plastic ties, similar to the ones that police use for handcuffs, were found just inside the front entrance. Nick and Lisa Masee went missing from their home 27 years ago. Their case is with the North Vancouver RCMP and listed as “missing with suspicious circumstances.” In 2019, Nick’s two children Nick Junior and Tanya

doubled the reward money to $50,000 for any information that could help solve the mystery of their father’s disappearance or murder. The RCMP’s Gord Reid is

keeping an open mind. “It’s a head scratcher,” he told me. “I’ve got missing people that I assume are murdered because they are not the kind of people who would be able to disappear. But the Masees

could. He was a sophisticated guy. They both had passports from other countries, they had lived around the world, he understood international banking, and they had some money stashed aside.”

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