Vancouver Is Awesome #100 - March 3, 2022

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Couple takes public transit to get to their wedding

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ome couples become close over shared workplace experience or pop culture but one Vancouver couple shares a special bond with transit.

This bond was so strong that when Aaron and Kyle decided to tie the knot they knew they wanted to incorporate transit into their big day somehow, despite the ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions. And what better way to do that than to save some bucks on a limo and take the SkyTrain?

“Since the beginning of our relationship Aaron has always been talking about transit. I think it was one of the first topics he brought up on our first date,” Kyle joked in a post to TransLink’s Buzzer Blog.

Aaron put such an emphasis on accessibility to transit that it ultimately shaped his decision to purchase his first condo just steps from the proposed Inlet Centre Station. In 2016, shortly after the Evergreen Extension opened, Aaron was able to ditch his car, and rely exclusively on transit.

The pair also enjoys the peace they find when they board the SkyTrain in Port Moody, a trip they took in what looks to be

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a completely empty train car to get part of the way to their wedding venue earlier this month.

“You have this time to sort of zone out and decompress. You don’t have to focus on anything else. That was the first time we read each other our vows,” Kyle said. “It was our chance to talk about how the day was going and to calmly recentre ourselves. Because after that, the second we got off the

train it was a whirlwind. Taking transit was really a special moment for us.”

The couple held their wedding at the UBC Alumni Centre and they arrived at the venue early enough to grab a bite to eat before diving into their nuptials.

By Cameron Thomson

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Welcome to issue 100 of our community newspaper

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hen I launched Vancouver Is Awesome's website in 2008 I knew that the title of our publication was a statement of fact, and over the past 14 years an army of people have pitched in to help prove it by writing stories about what makes it so. Many others have worked behind the scenes to keep the business side of things afloat, countless businesses have advertised with us, and a legion of readers have offered support in various ways.

The mountains, the ocean, and everything that's physically great about this place are obvious, and it didn't take long for us to realize that what makes it truly awesome is the spirit of it. It's made up of everyone who has ever lived here.

It's been nearly two years since we introduced this printed edition, and one thing that I've personally learned from the exercise is that the readers of community newspapers offer an entirely different type of feedback than those who read our website and our social media channels.

There's something much more human about the emails and the phone calls and the actual

letters that I receive from you versus the ones from people who are only reading our stories online, and it lifts me up when I hear from you.

When we sit down with a printed thing we're forced to slow down, flip through the pages and think about what we want to say (if anything) to the people who worked on it, instead of simply firing off a swift response after a jerk of the knee. I'm a firm believer that this exercise brings out the good in people, and if I might ask for a single favour on this occasion it's that you send us more letters.

Send them to me at 303 W 5th Ave, Vancouver BC, V5Y 1J6. Or email them to me at bobk@vancouverisawesome.com.

Tell me your story, or someone else's that you think we should tell. It's your stories that keep this thing going.

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Popular NYC-style pizza joint opens fourth Vancouver location

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Vancouver pizza restaurant that specializes in New York-style pies and slices is expanding its empire with a fourth location in the city.

Straight Outta Brooklyn has taken over a former

Megabite Pizza location at 114 Water Street in Gastown and has officially opened its doors at its newest location.

Based on the assertion that Brooklyn's pizza is the best pizza in New York City, this local pizzeria says they "aim

BROADWAY PLAN Over the past few years, we’ve been working with citizens in the community and across the city on the Broadway Plan, which will integrate new housing, jobs and amenities with the Broadway Subway over the next 30 years.

The Draft Broadway Plan is now ready for review. You’re invited to learn more about proposals to address the need for more job space; greater affordability in housing and helping current tenants stay in the neighbourhood; new and improved ways for people to move along the corridor; improved parks and public spaces; and new and renewed public amenities.

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to bring a little New York to Vancouver by giving you an experience that is straight outta Brooklyn."

To that end, Straight Outta Brooklyn is all about its tight menu of classic pizzas, including pepperoni, Margherita, and a white pie.

They've got the Canadian favourite, Hawaiian, as well as some spicy options, as well as a vegan offering.

Straight Outta Brooklyn opened its first Vancouver

pizza joint in 2015 in downtown at 350 Robson St. They followed a year later with their outpost at Kingsway and Fraser, then with the Chinatown location at 648 Main St. The Gastown Straight Outta Brooklyn is coming in so hot it isn't even on the restaurant's website yet - but you can call in your pizza orders at 604-566-4717, or stop by for a slice or pie.

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Four Megaphone storytellers — Nicolas Leech-Crier, Julie Chapman, Angel Gates and Yvonne Mark — were given the same prompt: explore the writing and themes from the 2021 edition of Voices of the Street that resonate with you to create an original podcast.

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he RCMP has now released video footage of who they are calling the "attackers" of a Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline work camp near Houston B.C. on Feb. 17. Those attackers are terrorists, full stop.

Dressed in white hazmat suits, surely so that no DNA would be left behind to identify them, a group of 20 or so people stormed the camp and terrorized workers, attempted to light a truck on fire while workers were in it, then proceeded to trash the place surely to send a message - spread further by media coverage of the event - that they don't want the pipeline project there.

RCMP Chief Supt. Warren Brown characterized the actions as "a calculated and organized violent attack that left its victims shaken and a multi-million-dollar path of destruction," stopping short of calling it what it was.

He went on to say: "While we respect everyone's right to peacefully protest in Canada, we cannot tolerate this type of extreme violence and intimidation."

Most politicians have been condemning the attack on social media, as has a local First Nation, which characterized the incident simply as "violence" or an "attack," tiptoeing around the fact that this was clearly an organized terrorist action,

planned and executed by a group. An as-yet-to-be-named one, but this was clearly wellplanned out by a group of like-minded individuals.

A group of terrorists.

According to the Government of Canada, Section 83.01 of our Criminal Code defines terrorism as an act committed "in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause" with the intention of intimidating the public "…with regard to its security, including its economic security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an international organization to do or to refrain from doing any act."

It's unclear why the RCMP has yet to categorize the attack as such when there's no question that it falls very firmly within the definition, checking every single one of the boxes.

Perhaps they don't want to stoke more division, or they're strategically trying to make the terrorists involved let their guard down and talk to people they know about their actions so they can nab them easier.

If there were in fact 20 people involved, eventually one of them will let it slip.

In the meantime, let's be sure to assign these "attackers" a proper title. They're terrorists.

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Residential school survivor skateboards where Gassy Jack statue used to be

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esidential school survivor and pro skateboarder Joe Buffalo recently spent some time at the spot in Gastown where the Gassy Jack statue was taken down by demonstrators earlier this month.

In June 2020, the statue was defaced with red paint, which sparked a conversation about the controversial figure. According to a short film entitled "Red Women Rising" by the Battered Women's Support Services, Jack Deighton, known as "Gassy Jack," violated a 12-year-old Indigenous girl by taking her as his child bride.

An online petition called for the removal of Deighton's likeness gained nearly 25,000 signatures, and the Squamish Nation had reached an agreement with the City of Vancouver about removing it before it was unceremoniously toppled.

In a video he shared to social media late February, Buffalo is shown ollieing over the top of the volcano-shaped perch that the

statue used to sit on, landing to tail on the other side and rolling away.

The trick would have been impossible only five days prior, when the problematic statue occupied the space above the spot.

Buffalo, who was featured on the front page of issue 56 of this newspaper, is an inspiration to kids (and grownups) all across North America. He is one of the founders of an organization called Nation Skate Youth that brings positivity and skateboarding to Indigenous youth, and an award-winning film was made about his life, struggles and ultimate triumph after attending residential school.

When his board sponsor Colonialism Skateboards reposted the video to their Instagram account, fans responded with great enthusiasm.

One made the poignant comment, "I love that what is left resembles a cedar bark hat."

By Bob Kronbauer

8-year-old police dog retires

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fter seven years on the force, Police Service Dog Griffin is retiring.

That's 44 in dog years; at just over eight years old he's retiring from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) at about 51 years old.

"Let’s wish PSD Griffin a wonderful retirement. Thank you Griffin for serving the citizens of Vancouver, watching your dad's back and of course always being available for the best belly rubs!" says the VPD's canine unit on Twitter.

Born in Saskatchewan Feb. 6, 2014, Griffin the German shepherd came from a family of police dogs, according to his official VPD bio.

He was raised to be a police dog and certified in 2015.

"Griffin is a very social dog, who loves to go to work and search for criminals. He also loves playing tug-of-war with his toys," states his bio.

This past weekend the last shift Griffin had with his trainer, Cst. Geoff Goodall.

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"All the best to our trainer Cst. Geoff Goodall who was recently promoted to Sgt. and PSD Griffin on their last shift. Both will be transitioning to “inside time,” one at a desk and the other to a Costco bed!" says the VPD's canine unit on Twitter.

By Brendan Kergin

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Kabul pet mission reunites Afghan refugee with beloved cats

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ast summer a young woman fled her home as the Taliban took over Afghanistan. She and 10 other family members left the country together, but the two feline members had to stay behind, and no one knew if they'd see them again.

Months later the cats, named Air and Bella, have been reunited with their family.

Mursal Monir, 24, was a reporter in Kabul, living with her family. That included a brother and sister who were also reporters. As foreign troops were pulled out of the country and the government fell to the Taliban the Monirs decided to leave the country; it wasn't going to be a safe place for people who had worked in the media.

"It was quite difficult for us when we decided to leave," Mursal tells Vancouver is Awesome via her sister Nafisa who translated. "We had no choice but to leave the cats. We lost everything in one day."

They felt forced out by the war and the Taliban turning the country into an unsafe place for reporters and for women, Nafisa explains, saying the Taliban aren't "true Muslims."

"If there is no war, nobody has to go to another country and leave their house, their roots and the place they grow up," she says, noting it's difficult for women to have a voice there because of the Taliban, with education and employment opportunities limited or non-existent.

Mursal left the country heartbroken.

"It was at that time Mursal was sick (with grief) because of her cats," says Nafisa.

Luckily the cats weren't totally abandoned; relatives of the Monirs' moved into their home and took care of the feline friends.

Meanwhile, Mursal and her family made their way to Islamabad where they stayed for two months, and slowly worked their way to Vancouver, where Nafisa had been living for eight years. They arrived here in early 2022, and have been living in a Vancouver hotel since.

Before leaving Afghanistan Mursal had already connected with Kabul Small Animal

Rescue (KSAR), who was working on transporting rescued cats and dogs, some owned by people leaving Afghanistan. She'd brought Air and Bella to the KSAR when they were sick, and had brought in strays off the street.

She was able to reconnect with them and arranged for them to take care of them; they were with KSAR for a couple of months before joining the plane full of furry friends on their difficult journey to Canada at the beginning of February.

After six months apart and on the other side of the world, Mursal was able to hug Air and

Bella again earlier this month.

"I thought when I saw my cats I would cry a lot, but when I saw them I was shocked and froze," says Mursal. "I didn't cry, nothing, just hugged my cats."

At first, Air was a little stand-offish with Mural; the cat tends to hold a short-term grudge after being left behind, even when Mural went away for short trips back in Afghanistan. Bella, on the other hand, expressed her joy at seeing the Monirs.

"Bella was very happy; happy and talking with Mursal and my mom and sister," says Nafisa. "Meow, meow, meow."

Unfortunately, while they were reunited at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), the cats haven't been able to leave. It's not because they're being held there, but because of a very Vancouver issue.

"The cats are at the shelter at YVR right now because as Mursal and my family just came a month ago to Vancouver and it's quite difficult to find a place to settle down," says Nafisa.

For now they're able to visit, but the cats have to be left behind after each trip to the airport.

They hate it (Mursal and the cats).

They're trying to find a place to live all together, but it's not easy given the housing market and the size of the family; which includes Mursal's parents, a brother, sister and six nephews.

And the two cats.

By Brendan Kergin

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App developed in Vancouver provides anxiety-reducing immersive soundscapes

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chorus of voices fades in and out between ringing wine glasses, wax paper crinkles around a delicate pain au chocolat on a calm summer evening in Paris.

This is one of the soundscapes painted by Emmerse, an app developed here in Vancouver to distract anxious minds and transport listeners someplace else. The Emmerse app uses a few scientific approaches to audio-based anxiety reduction according to a release following the app’s launch this month.

Recordings on the app are made with binaural sound, which creates a profound and hyper-realistic virtual experience, and provides the best possible simulated environment.

“The app aims to give people a mini escape - a way to distract them from anxious thoughts and feel like they’re physically elsewhere,” a release from Emmerse states. “The pandemic has caused a rise in anxiety, with over 37% of North Americans reporting being affected by it.”

In the app, you can select from evocative images with titles such as “Paris at night,” “Cabin by the lake,” and “Thunderstorm.” Much of the audio was recorded in and around Vancouver.

“We wanted to create a different kind of app - one that’s grounded in science as opposed to lifestyle. Using a combination of techniques that we know work packs a powerful punch,” says Mia Thomsett, Emmerse's co-founder.

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The Emmerse app is available now on the Apple Store and will be available on Google Play next month. The app offers a seven-day free trial which then enters a $6.99 monthly subscription. Listeners have the option of paying a yearly subscription for $49.99.

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Why were military personnel marching on the seawall? across the country. This is the first time the Emergencies Act has been invoked since it came into force in 1988.

But the recently-invoked act had nothing to do with the local display.

The 39 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters is a Reserve Force unit staffed by Command, Operations, Logistics and civilian members who run the day-to-day business of the headquarters in Vancouver. All 12 military units in B.C. are

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f you saw dozens of military personnel marching across the city's waterfront recently, you might have been somewhat concerned.

And that's precisely why some Vancouverites took to social media to share images of camouflage-clad soldiers making their way across the seawall in late February.

The federal government invoked the Emergencies Act to bring an end to anti-government blockades in Ottawa and

included in the group and represent roughly 1,500 soldiers.

Graeme Kaine, public affairs officer for the 39 Canadian Brigade, told Vancouver Is Awesome in an interview that the soldiers spotted on the seawall were doing regular physical training.

Each year, the soldiers must complete a battle fitness test that requires them to carry 50 pounds in their rucksacks while carrying their C7 assault rifles and wearing their helmets—and they need to do that for a considerable amount of time.

In order to prepare for the gruelling, 12-kilometre test, soldiers regularly train to keep themselves in top physical condition. Typically, however, they perform the activities on the beach, explains Kaine.

Vancouver police are notified prior to the military descending on the city's beaches and streets but it isn't an uncommon occurrence. Some nights they will conduct training in the city from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

The local soldiers also enjoy Freedom of the City, which is an honour that grants them the privilege of marching into the city "with drums beating, colours flying, and bayonets fixed."

Many countries with links back to the United Kingdom, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, also maintain the tradition with medieval roots.

Most of the troops spotted in the city were also out for the floods in Chilliwack but others will be deployed overseas.

Regardless of where they go, they need to be in peak physical form and local training keeps personnel in tip-top shape.

"These are citizen soldiers that live in Vancouver and this is what they do," noted Kaine.

In other words, if you see soldiers filing down a Vancouver beach under the cloak of night, don't fear for the worst: they are probably just getting in a workout and all hell has not broken loose.

By Elana Shepert with files from the Canadian Press

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cougar ended up in handcuffs recently, not far outside of Vancouver.

Ridge Meadows RCMP say they were called in late February for a report of a cougar in the backyard of a home at the 11800 block of 230th Street in Maple Ridge.

Due to the dense population of the neighbourhood, with many people out

enjoying the sun in their backyards, conservation officers feared the high likelihood that the big cat may need to be euthanized.

Instead, RCMP secured the surrounding area and residents stayed inside their homes while conservation officers tranquilized the cougar.

Handcuffs were used to detain the animal until conservation officers could secure the

animal for relocation to another area.

"Thank you to all the residents who stayed inside and assisted with the best possible outcome for this animal," states Sgt. Hiesler.

"We certainly did not want to see this beautiful creature euthanized and so, due to the public’s assistance, the cougar was able to be relocated safely."

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ith dozens and dozens of breweries, brewpubs, homebrewers, and brew-tiful places to drink brewed ales and lagers, Vancouver has a bit of a rep-brew-tation for its craft beer scene.

It's fairly well documented, for those who care, how that movement grew from the efforts of Frank Appleton and John Mitchell in Horseshoe Bay to the gastro-tourism juggernaut it is today.

But what did the beer world look like before that?

I scoured the Vancouver Archives public domain pics for some examples.

Here are some observations.

needed for a time.

In all the photos I pulled for this gallery it appears there's only a single woman (maybe two judging by the back of a head in the background) in all the shots; and thanks to the laws at the time she probably wasn't single.

Prohibition

Every photo from pre-WW1 I found featured some serious push broom 'staches. While not a complete sweep, it's close. On the flip side of that, while beardy guys are the cliche craft beer drinker in 2022, 120 years ago beards were much less common.

America's prohibition is more famous than Canada's, but B.C. did have a short period between 1917 and 1921 where social alcohol was banned (there was medical alcohol, though). While it was repealed in 1921, the saloons and beer parlours that existed after weren't quite as vibrant as the taverns from before.

Check out the photos of the hotel saloons (liquor licenses were commonly given to hotels) in the 1930s, notice what's missing? Windows.

While the paintings in the Abbotsford Hotel are big and feature animal heads, that's hardly a replacement for sunlight, especially with less advanced light bulbs.

Female-free

Industrialization

Mustaches

It's worth mentioning that part of the reason for all the mustaches is the lack of women, across the board.

That's an issue still being dealt with by the industry nowadays, but the sexist attitudes around beer are hard to miss in old photos.

That's partly to do with laws of the time; in the province's early days women weren't even allowed in beer parlours.

As laws relaxed in the first half of the 20th century, that changed - but separate entrances and escorts were

Back in the early days of beer in B.C., brewing was a hard job. While today's craft brewers don't work on an industrialized scale, they do still have all the tools of a modernized industry.

The early photos of brewers show an industry pretty reliant on human muscle.

And maybe dogs and guns, if that photo of the brewers at the Doering and Marstrand Brewery in Mount Pleasant indicate anything.

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ancouver’s new 25-cent disposable cup fee will remain in effect but city staff recommends a series of changes to the bylaw that include all vendors having to accept customers’ reusable cups for drinks ordered in-store.

That requirement, which many businesses have already implemented, would take effect in July.

A staff report recommends that free drinks obtained through gift cards, vouchers or donation programs operated by many nonprofits and businesses be exempt from the cup fee, as of March 29.

Such a move would not only reduce friction between customers and vendors but remove a barrier to people experiencing poverty or living on a low income who rely on free-drink programs, the report said.

“Industry associations and large businesses indicated support for initiatives to improve equity, with one significant barrier being the bylaw requirement to charge the cup fee on free drinks,” the report said.

“Exempting free drinks from the cup fee would give businesses more opportunities to support people disproportionately affected by income inequality.”

In addition, staff wants to work with nonprofits and businesses to develop and expand cup-share programs for the same group of citizens who can’t afford to pay for a coffee, a reusable mug or the 25-cent fee.

The recommended changes are in response to city council’s unanimous decision Jan. 25 to have staff take a second look at the new bylaw, which took effect Jan. 1. The move was triggered by Coun. Rebecca Bligh, who raised concerns from customers and businesses about the fee, the first of its kind in Canada.

All food vendors with a business licence must comply with the disposable cup bylaw, with the 25-cent fee required to be displayed on menus, including online ordering platforms.

Businesses keep the cup fees and are encouraged to invest in reusable cups for drinks to stay, commercial dishwashers and reusable cup-share programs.

The city also brought in a separate bylaw Jan. 1 that requires businesses to charge 15 cents for

a paper bag, or $1 for a new reusable shopping bag. That bylaw has been less controversial than the cup fee, which staff emphasized will not be repealed.

“The 25-cent cup fee would remain in effect while staff develop the bylaw amendments and supportive actions described [in the report],” the report said.

“Removing or delaying the cup fee will disadvantage small businesses that have put significant effort into complying with the bylaw and transitioning to reusables, and potentially derail many of the reusable cup initiatives currently underway.”

Staff’s research over the past few weeks found that many businesses have already introduced reusable cup programs, while others still haven’t adapted to the city’s push to eliminate single-use items from the landfill.

Of 33 small businesses and local chains sampled, 28 were accepting customers' reusable cups and 20 had cups available for drinks ordered to consume in the business.

The sample included seven smoothie and juice vendors, of which four accepted customers’ reusable cups, but none had

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said they would accept a customer’s reusable cup for all types of drinks, and the other would not accept them for any.

The non-profit Hua Foundation conducted phone calls with 30 bubble tea vendors on behalf of the city. Twenty locations reported accepting customers’ reusable cups for all drinks. Two locations accepted them for some drinks and eight do not currently accept reusable cups.

“Anecdotally, staff also observed that more customers are choosing reusable options in locations where information about the cup fee and goal of reducing single-use cup waste is prominently displayed,” the report said.

“This observation is consistent with behaviour change research.”

In 2018, 82 million single-use cups, 89 million plastic shopping bags and four million paper shopping bags were thrown in the garbage in Vancouver.

According to the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, cups and plastic bags are among the top 10 items littered on Canadian beaches and shorelines.

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“Not all businesses are at the same level in implementing reusables programs,” the report said.

“Staff observed that multinational chains and franchises are currently lagging behind small businesses and local chains in giving customers options to avoid the [25-cent] fee.”

Of 24 locations sampled, 17 accepted customers’ reusable cups for some or all drinks, and only four had reusable cups for drinks ordered to stay. At least two locations accepted customers’ reusable cups for select hot drinks only.

In addition, staff observed some variation between locations within local and multinational chains.

For example, a local smoothie chain promoted their “bring-your-own-cup” program via email, but when staff phoned five different stores, only two locations said they would accept a customer’s reusable cup. The other three said they would not.

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1. Neckwear 7. Fish parts 13. Cooking 14. Quality 16. Rural delivery 17. Popular superhero 19. Partner to Pa 20. Shivering fits 22. Wrath 23. Linguistics pioneer 25. Large integers 26. A way to prepare food 28. Group of badgers 29. Peyton’s little brother 30. Rock out

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1. Short, thick stick 2. Rhode Island 3. Animals of the horse family 4. Very important persons 5. Folk singer Di Franco 6. Boredom 7. Long speech 8. Footballer Newton 9. Expression of sorrow or pity 10. Linear accelerator 11. One quintillion bytes 12. Smallest interval in Western music 13. Box 15. Cheese dish

31. Danish krone 33. Take from with force 34. Baroque musical instrument 36. Zodiac sign 38. Hebrew alphabet letter 40. Independent member of a clone 41. Type of garment 43. Satisfy 44. One point south of due east 45. A way to wipe out 47. Moved quickly on foot 48. Bar bill 51. An idiot

53. Performed with the voice silent 55. Body fluids 56. Rhythmic patterns 58. “__ my i’s” 59. Type of wrap 60. It shows who you are 61. Carousel 64. Type of college degree 65. Molding 67. Closes again 69. Verses 70. Surface

18. Make a mistake 21. Done by all people or things 24. Circumference 26. Chum 27. Electrocardiogram 30. Sandwich chain Jimmy __ 32. Showed old movie 35. Important event on Wall St. 37. Where wrestlers work 38. Free from contamination 39. Eastern Canada coastal region 42. Slang for gun 43. High schoolers’ test

46. Fathers 47. Call it a career 49. Productive 50. Musical groups 52. Yellowish-brown 54. Lowest point of a ridge 55. Beloved late sportscaster Craig 57. Fill up 59. Cardinal number that’s the sum of 5 and 1 62. Frost 63. Jewel 66. Atomic #45 68. Top lawyer

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IS AWESOME THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022

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WEEKLY SPECIALS MEATS

Prices valid from Thursday, March 3 to Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

4.58

$

$

/LB

GROCERY

PRODUCE

IQF CHICKEN WINGETTE FROZEN

3.98

$

FRESH BEEF DIGITAL MUSCLE

5.00

KETTLE POTATO CHIPS 220G

ANDI ROASTED CASHEWS 908GR JAR

5.98

/EA

PUREX BATH TISSUE DOUBLE ROLL 12'S

EA

$

2.68

/EA

CLASSICO TOMATO BASIL PASTA SAUCE

1.68

$

8.98

$

/EA

CARNATION EVAPORATED MILK 354ML

$

/EA

HANKOOK ORIGINAL KIMCHI 2L

3.98

4.00

HOLIDAY LUNCHEON MEAT 340GR

JAYONE SEASONED SEAWEED BOX 24'S

/EA

FRESH N PURE PINEAPPLE JUICE 1L

1.88

$

4.98

$

/EA

EMMA PEELED ITALIAN TOMATO 796ML

/EA

CHATA CHILORIO/ COCHINITA PIBIL 250G

8.88 2.98

$

HERMES OLIVE POMACE OIL 1L

5.98

$

1.88

$

/EA

WE LOVE BC HONEY BEAR 375ML

/EA

I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS NOT BUTTER

/EA

3.68

/EA

LIS'C SAUERKRAUT JAR 900ML

2.88

/EA

HARIBO GUMMY CANDIES 175G

2611 E 49th Ave, Vancouver • 604-438-0869 4801 Victoria Dr, Vancouver • 604-876-2128

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/EA

MIXED SUSHI COMBO

2.00

BUY 5 GET 1 FREE

VIETNAMESE SUBS

11.98

$

/EA

NESCAFE INSTANT COFFEE 475G

$

$

5.98

/EA

SEARAY COOKED SHRIMP TAIL ON 300G SIZE 71/90

2.98

$

4.28

$

/EA

EVERLAND WHOLE PITTED DATES 454G

$

/LB

FRESH DACE FISH PASTE

GARLIC IN NET 3 PACK IMPORTED

7.98

$

/EA

6.48

$

4/$

/LB

RED PAPAYA MEXICO

$

1.68

/LB

1.48

2/$

$

3.88

FRESH PORK SHANK

$

/TRAY

BI-COLOR CORN TRAY 4 PACK MEXICO

HADEN MANGO MEXICO

14.98

$

/LB

$

3.98

$

1.88

FRESH CHICKEN LEG BACK ATTACHED

2/$

/EA

2/$

$

$

/LB

3FRI, SATDAYS ONLY & SUN

STRAWBERRY CLAMSHELL 1LB USA/MEX

$

KILLARNEY LOCATION ONLY (E 49TH AVE)

6.98

CINNAMON BUNS DANISH/ CREAM CHEESE 6'S

3.88

/EA

SILVER HILLS BREAD 430-615GR

1.88

/100G

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OPEN 8:30AM–10:00PM

EVERYDAY

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