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Sorry to put a damper on camping season, but can I please rant about the noise that is created by some campsite users? A few weekends ago we camped at Chilliwack Lake. During our one-night stay, we were confronted with noise of varying degrees and origins, such as loud music, shouting of obscenities, running engines (and I don’t mean generators), more loud music, and chainsaw noise (which is actually prohibited by the park). I mean, who

on earth goes to a beautiful setting to listen to loud music and roar a chainsaw? I go to experience nature, get away from the city and watch some wildlife. If I wanted to be bombarded with music and shouting, I would have stayed at home or sat around a firepit at a friend’s house (not that I have such a friend!).

Does anyone else agree with my sentiments? Suggestion to noisy people: stay at home, go to a house party instead or simply be less noisy. –Rant/Rave devotee

BIKE STRIKE

Re:“Vancouver’s bike route growing pains,” June 1, 2017.

Trips by foot, bike and transit represent half of all trips in the city, headed toward two-thirds, yet will only receive 40 per cent of the city’s transportation budget. As usual, motorists get an unfair and undeserved proportion of our tax dollars. Motorists have nothing to complain about.The apocalypse never arrived with each new bike lane, but news media still want to make it a

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ON THE AIR

Re:“Bhangra City doc explores discrimination in Vancouver’s music scene,” June 8, 2017.

I’ve seen Delhi 2 Dublin live a couple of times and they’re great. Most of the local radio stations only play Top 40 crap and D2D doesn’t fit into that mold.

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NO WAY TO LIVE

Re:“Vancouver adopts living wage of $20.62,” June 9, 2017 (online only) $20.62 is still not a living wage in Vancouver, and that’s painfully obvious to anyone that lives here.

-Scott Henderson

DANGEROUS GAME

Re:“Balmoral landlords have history of neglect,” June 6, 2017 (online only) Can’t landlords be taken to court for negligence that threatens safety? If not, they should be.The Sahotas shouldn’t be allowed to own those buildings anymore. –Maureen Butler

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Poem of the week Poetic Licence

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Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? A memory shared

by Nancy Pretto.

CHICKI All in caps cause she’d want it that way Bigger than life and now life escapes her When I think of her, I think All good things are wild and free For sure she was But she was so much more She gave me a plaque that reads When blondes have more fun do they know it?

Funny right and so Chicki But some how she knew my pain, my inability to connect This is the Chicki I miss the most The smart connected woman caring and strong She knew my pain and I knew hers We laughed and cried our way thru it Or maybe danced our way around it One thing for sure I am grateful she was here And so sad she isn’t now Nancy Pretto is 64 years young and a survivor of severe child abuse lucky enough to have done the work to find herself. After retiring from a career of technology sales and marketing she decided to write her story, which has been freeing and healing.

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There isn’t too much to cheer about on the Downtown Eastside, ground zero for the opioid crisis, where so many doorways lead to various levels of poverty, pain, and addiction.

The death toll rises every day.

The glass doorway at 223 Main Street, between Powell and Cordova, stands out from the rest. It opens into a brightly lit, neat and tidy medical clinic with distinct fuchsiacoloured countertops, dividers and doors. On the walls are framed pieces of First Nations art. In the corner sits a plant with a sign that reads“please don’t steal me, I like it here!”

Welcome to the Pier Health Resource Centre, a different kind of pharmacy than this neighbourhood is used to. For one thing, it strives to place the person ahead of the addiction.

Craig Plain is the pharmacy manager at Pier Health. He’s a tall, thin, bespectacled fellow with an easy smile and warm handshake. Last week, Craig Plain travelled to Quebec City to accept the award for Canadian Pharmacist of theYear.

“It’s a big recognition,” says

Craig Plain of Pier Health Resource Centre. Grant Lawrence photo Plain, when I visit him at his clinic, where he’s back to work just days following the gala.

“I’m of mixed emotions about the award, because it’s really reflective of the entire staff at Pier Health. It’s a recognition for everyone here who works so hard. I also consider it a victory for the voices of the Downtown Eastside that so often go unheard.”

Plain knows many of those voices and faces of the Downtown Eastside. In addition to Pier Health seeing upwards of 150 patients daily, Craig Plain makes pharmaceutical house calls.Yes, house calls.The concept might not be as novel as you think, at least not in the Downtown Eastside.

“House calls never really went away in this neighbourhood,” explains Plain.

“There’s so many people in vulnerable or immobile situations that plenty of doctors, social workers, and health care workers make house calls around here on a daily basis.”

Plain and his co-workers have a regular delivery route, on foot throughout the neighbourhood, seven days a week. Plain is often delivering methadone, suboxone (another type of prescription medication to treat opioid addiction) and naloxone overdose kits, which contains an antidote administered by a needle that temporarily reverses a fentanyl overdose.

Vancouver housing market “Ain’t seen nothing yet” JOANNAH CONNOLLY @JoannahConnolly

The Vancouver real estate market, far from reaching its peak in terms of unaffordability and lack of housing, is merely “dancing on the edges of a massive problem,” according to one leading development marketer.

Speaking to a packed audience at the Urban Development Institute luncheon on new home marketing at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver June 8, Cameron McNeill of MLA Canada added, “We ain’t seen nothing yet.”

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development marketing bosses, which also included Scott Brown of Fifth Avenue Real Estate Marketing and Daryl Simpson of Bosa Properties, discussed how blistering demand and a trickling supply of new housing is affecting the affordability of homes in the region.

Event moderator and UDI chair Jon Stovell of Reliance Properties asked the panel whether onerous building permit requirements and slow processing times were affecting home prices – to which the reply was unanimously “yes, absolutely, 100 per cent.”

Cameron McNeill observed that the Metro Vancouver region is expected to grow by 250,000 people in next five years, and that it currently takes around six years to get a highrise residential project from conception to occupancy – “if it all goes well.”

He said, “And that’s maybe

300 units.The city is 300,000 people bigger by that point.”

McNeill added, “We’re dancing on the edges of a massive, massive problem.

And it’s not going to change.

I just came back from Hong Kong and everybody I spoke to said to me, ‘That’s nothing.’

We ain’t seen nothing yet.This is just the tip of the iceberg for Vancouver.”

Daryl Simpson pointed out that population growth numbers, and therefore housing demand, would likely be even higher than projected, as projections are based solely on permanent residents and citizens. “One thing they rarely look at student visas and multiple-entry visas.There were 67,000 student visas in BC last year. And you have to think, if they’re flying to BC to study, these are students with means, maybe wealthy families. In 2016, there were 315,000 multiple entry visas

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“Everybody down here knows how to use the kits,” says Plain. “This is a tight community. People try to look out for one another. Just last week, I stepped into the alley right behind the clinic and there was someone overdosing. He was out. I jabbed the needle from the kit right into his pant leg and he responded very quickly, sitting up.”The ambulance arrived shortly after. A life was saved.

“One of my patients recently told me, while getting treatment, that it was the first time in 25 years that he didn’t feel like a criminal, and that’s a very important point in all of this: the crisis is not a criminal issue, it’s a health issue.”

When it comes to stemming that crisis, Plain says it’s all about regulated usage to minimize death. “It’s a very big issue, but it starts with getting the drugs off the street so people know what they’re getting.”

Despite pounding the beat in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country, Canada’s Pharmacist of the Year doesn’t feel the least bit burnt out. “We plan to continue taking patient care to the next level in this neighbourhood. I feel we’re just getting started.” Finally, something to cheer about in the Downtown Eastside. W

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So you need to layer those on top of the permanent residents and citizen population growth.”

Scott Brown said, “You can’t fix demand. And if this is a housing crisis as the media says, where is the multistakeholder group figuring out how to speed up supply? If we were going to war we sure as hell would be working out how to arm up quickly. But we spend more time working out how to break things apart than how to fix things.We need to work together.We’re trying, but putting one project a time on the market, there’s so much demand, prices just keep escalating.”

Simpson added, “Look at the 450 acres in False Creek Flats, with 1,400 residential units in total earmarked for that area.That’s three homes per acre.That’s insane. Ask Ryan Holmes of Hootsuite what he needs, it’s not 450 acres of industrial land, its proximate residential units [so employees can afford to live in Vancouver close to work]. Ask Amazon, they’ll say the same thing. Go to Seattle, there are more residential units being built by Vancouver developers – Bosa,Westbank, Onni – right across the street from the Amazon HQ than will be built in the whole of the False Creek Flats.” –Story courtesy of REW.ca W

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Flower power for beach babes Aileen Lalor Style File @AileenLalor

There’s no ambiguity about which runway trend has been a runaway success this season. It’s florals, seen on every type of clothing – skirts, jeans, bombers, and now, swimsuits. Cards on the

table: our swimwear choice is usually as black as our hearts.

But this summer, we’re trying to add some colour to our poolside posing. The choices range from tropical flowers to big, blousy prints and designs that would befit an English country garden, in every shape from modest to barely there (consider the tan lines!). Here are six sensational swimsuits. W

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Vancouverites! Finally, our time has come.We pioneered the athleisure trend with our shameless sporting of yoga pants at every opportunity, and now it’s taking over the world.

Labels like Alexander Wang and Stella McCartney have always used sporty elements in their designs, but now everyone from Dior to DKNY is at it – heck, even Hèrmes has made a backpack for Spring/ Summer.

There are two approaches to the look. Stylist Nadia Albano says one way is to make classic fashion pieces in technical materials (think neoprene or spandex).You also get traditional athletic wear such as joggers or track jackets made from non-sporty materials like linen, silk or cotton.

It’s easy to find athleisure pieces on the high street; Aritzia has even launched The Constant, an entire collection of them. But it’s much harder to wear them and not look like you’ve gone straight from gym to cocktail bar and couldn’t be arsed to get changed.

How to get it right? Albano says it’s all about incorporating it in small doses.

“For example, start with something like a bomber jacket, which can be styled with a classic pencil skirt and dress shirt for the office,” she says. “Perhaps accessorize your outfit with a backpack

Lorna Jane surrender tank, $49.99, at Lorna Jane Vancouver (321 Water St.). rather than a tote purse and white-soled tennis sneakers instead of loafers with your cropped trousers.”

And you don’t need a gymtoned bod to pull off the look.

Albano says it’s all about proportion and structure.

“For example, if you’re full-figured and want to rock a satin, wide-legged tracksuit, add a great strappy heel and wear the jacket unzipped to expose the neckline. Alternatively, you could pair the jacket with a structured pencil skirt and a blouse to show off your hourglass shape nicely.”

According to Albano, the key pieces for athleisure in 2017 include bomber jackets, track shorts, and backpacks.

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With Father’s Day just around the corner (June 18), the focus is on finding a gift for Dad that will make him feel celebrated. Gone are the days of the standard socks and ties – the modern dad is multifaceted, and scoring a homerun gift is all about knowing his interests.Whether your big papa is an art aficionado, a thrill seeker or a stylish homebody, we’ve found our five fave father-worthy gifts that are sure to please.

inspired resort nestled into the curves of the Malahat, overlooking the stunning views of the Saanich Inlet.

When Dad’s not experiencing a day in the life of a race car driver, he can take some time to brush up on his golf game at the resort’s links, and relax and unwind with some of the Island’s finest wines.This is one Father’s Day gift he won’t soon forget!

Tracey Ayton photo Gain Dealer Group photo 1. Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Package at Villa Eyrie Resort; villaeyrie.com. $1,695.

Let Dad feel like a motorsport superstar for a day with the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Package from Villa Eyrie.

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2. Decorative ox head wall sculpture; available at The Cross Decor & Design, 1198 Homer St. $325.

For the dad who appreciates style at home, we’ve found the ultimate art piece to add to his collection.

Grand in size and presence – it measures three feet in diameter! – this ox head sculpture gives a minimalist nod to the traditional hunting trophy. Modern and with a cruelty-free conscious, this 100 per cent polyresin piece is finished in a bleached white to complete the sleek, streamlined aesthetic. Whether wallmounted or used as a statement piece for tabletop

décor, this sculpture is the perfect balance of manlymeets-modern.

3. Tera Gear 12K BTU Stainless Steel Tabletop Grill; available at The Real Canadian Superstore. $149.

For the King of the Grill in your family, the Tera Gear Tabletop Grill is a gift that will keep Dad smiling all summer long.

Small in stature but big on performance, this stainless steel portable grill makes a great addition to any party, from the backyard to the beach. Boasting 12,000 BTUs of grill power and a generous surface size for a mobile barbecue, Dad is sure to enjoy showing off his skills, be it an intimate family affair or the soirée of the season.

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If Dad’s alter ego is Mr. Entertainer, the Top Shelf bar set from CB2 is a definite winner. Including everything he might need for mixing the perfect cocktail, this bar tool set comes housed in a slimprofile, high-impact gilded stand. Whether Dad likes it shaken, stirred, muddled, or anything in between, this set has all his ‘bar master’ needs covered.

5. Oscar Maschera leather storage box; available at Provide Home, 1805 Fir Street. $265.

Ahh, the age-old dilemma for most men: where to drop their pocket contents when they walk in the door?

If finding a convenient yet visually acceptable place to leave keys, coins and other such man-goods has remained unsolved until now, check out Oscar Maschera’s collection of high-quality leather boxes.

They come in a variety of sizes to provide the perfect hideaway for all of Dad’s items. Made with genuine Italian leather and tanned exclusively with vegetable extracts (read: no harmful chemicals used here), these boxes exude a refined glamour that even Mom won’t mind leaving out on display. W

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The “Dirty” burger at Campagnolo Upstairs has long been a byword among burger enthusiasts.The brainchild of chef/owner Robert Belcham first came to life at the long-closed Refuel. As burgers go, it’s deceptively simple; no Gruyere, beet strings, caramelized onions, or whisky-glazed anything. A housemade bun, a pure beef patty with no filler or even seasoning, some American cheese, lettuce and tomato.

Oh, and a little dollop of sauce.

Secret sauce. Don’t even ask.

Everyone has and to no avail.

In the early fall of 2016, Belcham heard that Ezra Kish

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@FoodGirlFriday Chill Winston, a popular Gastown gastropub and patio stop, has announced it will close at the end of September after more than 10 years in business. The space at 3 Alexander Street has been bought by the BC-based Joey Restaurant Group, which operates the Joey Restaurant chain, as well as Kitsilano’s Local Public Eatery. Guilt and Co, which shared the same owners as Chill Winston and is located on the lower floor of the same building, will remain open.

A new cocktail pop-up bar has opened at 1219 Granville Street (back alley entrance).

Black Bamboo is the brainchild of Carissa Campeotto, owner of Commodity Juicery, and restaurateur Peter Girges. Cocktails will feature infusions of cold-pressed juices, as well as custom small-batch bitters and extracts made in partnership with Bittered Sling Bitters, Aperol and Hendricks Gin. Black Bamboo is open every Friday and Saturday until Sept. 30, from 8pm to 11pm. blackbambooexperience.com Mamie Taylor’s is once again holding its Canada

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and Patryk Drozd, two longtime Campagnolo regulars and the owners of neighbouring businesses The Cobalt and Boxcar, had taken over the old Electric Owl space down the street and were going to relaunch it as a family-friendly pub complete with pinball machines and arcade games.

Knowing that the previous owners had done a significant renovation on the kitchen, “I sent Patryk an email and asked who was doing the food service,” says Belcham in a phone conversation. “I wanted to do a simple pop-up and see how it went.”The Hallowe’en launch of the Monarch Burger pop-up at the newly opened American was a sell-out from the first night.

The partnership has continued and now Monarch Burger is a permanent fixture at the beer-forward pub. What makes it work, according to Belcham, are the people on both sides.

“Everyone at the American is fantastic. We’re food guys, they’re bar guys. They do beer well, we do food well.”

But why do it in the first place? “I’ve always wanted to do a simple, whole-animal burger and with the volumes we have at The American, it’s

Day RibFest on July 1.

From 2pm until late in the evening, the eighth annual barbecue battle will pit top Vancouver rib masters against each other for the RibFest Cup. Returning champions Dixie’s BBQ will compete against Railtown Café, Merchant’s Workshop, and others. The $10 ticket gives you the right to cast your vote for best ribs. In addition, Mamie Taylor’s will also be serving a $15 ribs platter featuring slowcooked Southern ribs with a side of coleslaw, macaroni salad, and corn on the cob.

There will also be specials on Mount Gay rum punch, as well as pints of Strange Fellows and Parkside beer. mamietaylors.ca Chef Ned Bell of the Vancouver Aquarium was awarded the Seafood Champion for Advocacy Award

by SeaWeb at the Seafood Summit in Seattle on June 5. The award is shared with the International Pole and Line Foundation. Chef Bell’s next project is a cookbook, due to be released October 2017, titled Lure. The book will feature 80 simple recipes based on seafood found off the West Coast of Canada.

Natalie and Paul Rivas, owners of Bodega on Main, have launched Bodega Foods. The line-up includes brava and romesco sauces,

Left: The double cheeseburger from Monarch Burger, featuring Hopcott Meats beef. Above: A side of poutine. Brett Beadle photos possible,” says Belcham. Unlike the Dirty burger at Campagnolo Upstairs, you can’t order fancy add-ons like foie gras and crispy chicken skin.

It’s a simple classic burger, wrapped in paper and served in a cardboard box for $10.

But, oh, what a burger it is.

Belcham sources his meat from Hopcott Meats in Pitt Meadows. “I live close by and have been a customer for years,” says Belcham.The beef is grass-fed and comes from one of three family farms in BC.The animals are finished at Hopcott and then sent to a small slaughterhouse that is also in Pitt Meadows. “It’s great that we don’t have to

deal with the huge, corporate slaughterhouses or farms,” enthuses Belcham. “My identity as a chef has always been to know exactly where my food comes from and I know everything about this animal, from start to finish.”

Premium cuts like the ribeye, striploin and short ribs get used at Campagnolo, Campagnolo Roma and Campagnolo Upstairs, and every other part of the animal is ground daily into burger.

The result is a four-ounce patty of pure beef.The only seasoning is a light sprinkle of salt on top when it’s done. It’s juicy, perfectly cooked and aromatic AF. Seriously, take a deep

sniff before you chomp.The bun it sits on is baked every morning from a recipe based on the Scottish bap and developed by one of Belcham’s former chefs at Refuel.The result is a bun that is soft and springy, but holds its shape through to the last bite. It also gets just a bit crispy when grilled, which is always appreciated.

The cheeseburger ($11), surprisingly, uses a Kraft singles slice. My not-so-inner food snob wants to scoff and lament, “Oh, for some artisan aged cheddar!” — but I can’t.

That slice of processed cheese is what takes this burger from great to awe-inspiring. I am forced to agree that the sum

of this burger is so much more than its parts.

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It’s patio time Joanne Sasvari The Alchemist

@TheAlchemistBC After what seems like the longest, wettest, dreariest winter in history, it is finally patio season.We’ll see you indoors again come September.

This year, we’re especially excited for patio season because it seems that Vancouver is finally opening up outdoor spaces that serve excellent craft cocktails along with the fresh air and fine food.

Where not long ago the best you could hope for was an indifferent margarita or mojito, now there are exceptional and exciting cocktails to be had on deck at Ancora, Reflections, Chill Winston (while it’s still open),Vij’s, Chambar, Earls and Blue Water Café in Yaletown.

In fact, the patio cocktail has become something of a creative mission for Blue Water’s new bar manager, Luke McInnes.

“I lived in Bergen, [Norway], which is the rainiest city in Europe, and now I live in Vancouver. I’ve come to realize that when you’ve got a short, focused summer, you’ve really

got to enjoy it,” says McInnes, who is originally from sundrenched Australia. “You don’t have the time not to.”

He’s also come to realize that not every cocktail makes a good patio cocktail. Sure, there will always be people who want a deep, rich, spiritforward cocktail no matter the season. But in summer, for the most part, it’s best to lighten things up just a little. And that includes the drinks you’ll be making at home for all your barbecues and pool parties.

You want your patio cocktails to be refreshing and “not overly boozy,” says McInnes, who’s just released his first cocktail list at Blue Water: a selection of fresh, flavourful drinks lightened up with soda and sparkling wine because, he says, “bubbles are fun.”

“Utilizing lower-alcohol spirits, like vermouths, is important,” he says. “You need to be able to drink down a few of them and still be able to walk away afterwards.”

The summer heat makes us thirsty, but adding alcohol can create a dangerous cocktail.

That means it’s wise to skip the spirit-forward Sazeracs and Manhattans and opt instead for long, thirst-quenching drinks such as a gin and

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Blue Water Cafe’s Coa Swizzle (recipe online). Dan Toulgoet photo tonic or Tom Collins. And always have water alongside whatever you’re drinking.

“Mouthwatering acidity really helps,” McInnes says.

“And it needs to be cold; super cold.”

Citrus is a summertime classic, but don’t restrict yourself to lemons and limes – this is the time to take advantage of all the terrific seasonal fruits arriving at the market, including watermelon, rhubarb, berries and tree fruits such as cherries, peaches, apricots and nectarines.

It’s also the season for the fresh, clean taste of white spirits rather than the rich, fruity, woodsy flavours of aged whiskies, rums and the like.

“Gin, vodka and white tequila get a time to shine for sure,” he says.

Alternatively, you can opt for fortified wines and aperitifs, which are lower in alcohol but are powerhouses of flavour.Think: Aperol, Campari, Lillet Blanc, vermouth and the whole family of amaros.

Additional flavour can be added with seasonal herbs like mint, thyme, basil and lavender.Transform herbs and fresh fruit into syrups, tinctures or infusions and it becomes easy to add their flavours to whatever you’re mixing up.

And that’s the most important thing of all: It’s summer, and the living is easy, or at least it should be. Same goes for your patio cocktails.

After all, McInnes says, “You’ve got the whole rest of the year to do über-complicated drinks.” W

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This summer’s forecast calls for hazy IPAs Joe Wiebe (guest writer) The Growler

@TheGrowlerBC Cloudy beers have started to fill glasses in tap houses and brewery tasting rooms, but we’re not talking about German hefeweizens or Belgian witbiers. Instead, these opaque beers are a newish style called “hazy IPA” and they’ve taken the West Coast by storm over the past year.

Also known as the New England or Northeast IPA, the style originated more than a decade ago at the Alchemist Brewery in Vermont, where brewer John Kimmich created an IPA called Heady Topper that was cloudy and hoppy but had very little bitterness.

Other breweries in the region followed suit and a whole culture of New England IPAs developed there. Heady Topper has since become one of the world’s most soughtafter beers, one that you basically have to travel to New England to taste.

Due to the lack of filtration and huge amount of hops used in the beer, hazy IPAs are generally produced in small

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batches and only sold at the breweries themselves. Even if they are packaged in cans, as Heady Topper is, they have a very short shelf life and don’t travel well, so they are not distributed very far from the brewery.

Recently, however,West Coast breweries have started experimenting with hazy IPAs, including several here in BC. So what makes them so special? Essentially, they are all about showcasing hop flavours, but without the potent bitterness usually found in extremely hoppy beers. Some hazy IPAs have even been dubbed “zero-IBU” beers because the process used to brew them results in virtually none of the bitterness – as measured in IBUs – being extracted from the hops, just all the fruity, citrusy, tropical flavours and aromas.

The haze is a result of the brewing process, as well as the purposeful lack of filtration or fining, which would reduce some of those big, juicy flavours.

When Steamworks Brewing’s Flagship IPA won Best in Show at the BC Beer Awards last October, it marked a symbolic shift away from the clean and dry West Coast IPA

Port Moody’s Twin Sails has been leading the hazy IPA trend in BC. Rob Mangelsdorf photo style that has dominated the marketplace here for several years (e.g., Driftwood’s iconic Fat Tug IPA) toward this new, hazy style.

But Steamworks wasn’t the first BC brewery to produce a New England IPA.That was probably Superflux Beer Company, which brewed a murky beer called Pulp IPA late in 2015, when it was still

known as Machine Ales and operating out of Vancouver’s Callister Brewing.

That beer was only available on tap, though. North Van’s Bridge Brewing released its Sidecut North East IPA in 650-ml bottles a few months later, making it the first packaged hazy IPA in BC. But the breakthrough moment seemed to be when Port Moody’s Twin Sails Brewing started experimenting with the style as part of a new small-batch series in tall cans.The first release was a pale ale called Day Blink (yes, a pale ale: the “hazy” brewing process can be used in any hoppy beer from ISAs right through to Double IPAs). A bunch more hazy, hoppy beers followed, including Space Armadillo, Dat Juice, Juice Plus, Bread Winner, High Socks and Two Straws – a so-called “milkshake IPA” brewed with mango, pineapple and unfermentable lactose.

The pinnacle – perhaps, depending on your feelings about the style – was the “zeroIBU” HotTake IPA, in which tons of hops were added after the boil so that virtually no bitterness was extracted, just all the fruity aroma and flavour.

According to John Folinsbee, who developed the recipe for Steamworks’ award-winning Flagship IPA, the malts used in hazy IPAs are very important, as well.

Instead of sweet caramel notes typically found in West Coast IPAs to balance out the bitterness, brewers use lighter malts “to make the hops shine” and other grains that contribute texture to the mouth feel: “oats, wheat, flaked oats, anything that builds body in the beer,” says Folinsbee, who has since moved to Backcountry Brewing in Squamish.

“You’re trying to create an IPA that’s like juice – pulpy, thick and sweet.”

Equally important is the yeast. “That Heady Topper yeast is a really powerful yeast strain,” Folinsbee elaborates.

“It throws a lot of tropical fruit esters.”

It’s an English ale yeast that generates much more fruitiness, whereas most West Coast IPAs use an American ale yeast that results in cleaner, more fully fermented beer.

And then there’s magic.

Seriously, there’s a sort of magical interaction between yeast and hops that seems

to add an extra dimension of flavour to hazy IPAs. Folinsbee refers to this as “biotransformation,” and argues that “even the hop scientists don’t really understand where the flavour comes from. Hops are interacting with yeast during fermentation and they’re taking these hop compounds and transforming them into something else. It can change flavours in hops that you don’t even like and turn them into more appealing flavours.”

Whether it’s magic or not, more and more BC breweries are experimenting with hazy IPAs.Twin Sails keeps pumping out different versions andYellow Dog, next door, recently took home Best in Show at the Okanagan Fest of Ale for its High 5 Hazy IPA, which it launched last fall.

Superflux now has two in cans: Colour & Shape and Rainbow Machine. Bridge’s Side Cut is part of its yearround lineup. Spinnakers Brewpub and Cannery Brewing recently launched their own packaged versions, and many other breweries have been experimenting with them in their tasting rooms. It’s safe to predict that the forecast this summer is hazy. W

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Queer Arts Festival looks to acknowledge history to move forward KIMIYA SHOKOOHI @kimiyasho

Art is a vital form of communication.That’s what multidisciplinary artist Raven John holds to be true in the works she creates, be it buttons, pendants, films or paintings.

“It can be really difficult for people to communicate with words, considering language barriers, but also education and class barriers,” says John, whose work plays a central role at this year’s Queer Arts Festival.

That is, essentially, the message that drove John – a member of the Chawathil and Sechelt First Nations, who

identifies as gender-fluid – to create demonstration buttons following last January’s attack on a Quebec mosque that left six dead and injured another five.

John had been at an anti-Nazi rally earlier that day when news broke about the bombings. Disheartened by the growing sense of fragmentation in her city, country, and world, she went home and made the pins using materials she had on hand.

The following day, John arrived at a rally with 50 or so custom-made buttons at the ready, with sayings like Love not Hate and Black Lives Matter emblazoned on the front, and

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others with a strike through the words White supremacy.

By the end of the day, she had only 12 remaining.

“I wanted to show my support,” she says. “For the families, and just try to make it known that we live in a city that’s not going to support that kind of [act].”

To move forward and heal from such violence, though, it’s often also necessary to look back. It’s the power of the arts in this reflective capacity that drew the organizers and artistic directors of the Queer Arts Festival this year to select a theme that revolved around the culture and identity of indigenous people – the people who occupied the land here before it came to be known as Canada.

“We need to look back at the people who have been really good caretakers of the planet,” says QAF director SD Holman of the motivations to base this year’s theme, UnSettled, on what the event website describes as “the issues of historical extermination of two-spirit people, the lack of alternative aboriginal sexuality and gender in contemporary Western culture/media.” (The term two-spirit refers to an identity in indigenous cultures that embodies attributes of both the male and female spirit.)

While many organizations are starting to put on events to celebrate Canada’s 150th year of confederation, Holman and her team decided to take a more pressing position.

“My team actually said ‘ew, what about the 500 years of colonization?’ So that’s what we wanted to look at – really making an effort to make inroads with respect and honour the people whose land this is,” Holman says.

In addition to the event’s signature visual art show – curated this year by educator

Clockwise from left: Detail from Walking Stick by Adrian Stimson; Warrior Indigenous, of South America’s Sacred Soil by Cree painter George Littlechild; Vanessa Dion Fletcher’s Menstrual Accessory Miami Beach. Contributed photos and two-spirit Blackfoot artist Adrian Stimson – the festival also includes musician Cris Derksen with the Chippewa Travellers, Allegra Chamber Orchestra and hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick; poetry and electronic music by Kinnie Starr, DJ O Show and Tiffany Moses, alongside artists from QAF’s young artist program; indigenous erotica; as well as contemporary dance by the Circadia Indigena arts collective and lemonTree creations’ dance-theatre work, MSM [men seeking men], to name a few.

At the visual art show, John,

a recent graduate of Emily Carr University, will be debuting a new work she calls the “two-spirit transformation blessing.” She describes the work as a portrait of a ‘raven spirit’ raising its arms in acknowledgment and appreciation of the spirit.

Meanwhile, as curator, Stimson has brought together a dynamic group of indigenous artists, including George Littlechild, John Powell, Dayna Danger and Vanessa Dion Fletcher, who look to explore the two-spirit identity. In other words, art that examines gender, spirit and

sexual orientation beyond the binaries of black and white, male or female.

And while the theme changes annually, there is one component to the festival that remains a constant.

“Art changes people,” says Holman, “and people change the world.” W • The Queer Arts Festival runs June 17-29 at the Roundhouse and various locations. For tickets and more information, visit queerartsfestival.com.

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Cellist/composer Cris Derksen (centre) will be bringing compositions based around powwow pieces to the 2017 Queer Arts Festival on June 24. Contributed photo

Get ‘UnSettled’ with the Queer Arts Festival STAFF WRITER @westendervan

Get your art on! This year’s lineup for the Queer Arts Festival (June 17-29) includes a wide variety of engagements for visual arts, dance, theatre, music and spoken-word enthusiasts on the theme of two-spirit and indigenous identity. Here is a complete listing of the events in store.

ART PARTY! GALA OPENING RECEPTION

June 17, 7pm-11pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Art and conviviality converge at the grand opening of the Queer Arts Festival.

UNSETTLED

June 17-29 Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Two-spirit Siksika (Blackfoot) visual art curator Adrian Stimson curates an exhibition of indigenous work exploring two-spirit identity, featuring: Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew • Aiyyana Maracle • Barry Ace • Cease Wyss • Dayna Danger • George Littlechild • Jessie Short • John Powell • Michelle Sylliboy • Mike MacDonald • Raven John • Richard Heikkilä-Sawan • Robert Houle • Rosalie Favell • Thirza Cuthand • Ursula Johnson • Vanessa Dion Fletcher • Wanda Nanibush

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CURATOR PANEL

June 18, 2pm Roundhouse Performance Centre Adrian Stimson and artists Wanda Nanibush, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Michelle Sylliboy, John Powell, and George Littlechild discuss their art and the curated exhibition.

LAY OF THE LAND

June 19, 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Writer readings: A Night of Indigenous Erotica.

Samantha Nock curates readings in this annual soirée to tantalize and titillate.

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ART SALON

June 18, 4pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Mohawk artist Lacie Kanerahtahsóhon Burning hosts a public salon with artists and curator to discuss the themes of the visual art exhibition.

MSM [MEN SEEKING MEN]

June 20 and 21, 7pm with lemonTree creations Roundhouse Performance Centre A dance deconstruction piece inspired by online ‘hook-up’ culture.

UNSETTLING COLONIAL GENDER BOUNDARIES

June 23, 7pm withVIMAF Roundhouse Performance Centre June Scudeler and Lacie Kanerahtahsóhon Burning curate media art, including new commissions by Chandra Melting Tallow and Thirza Cuthand.Talk to follow.

CRIS DERKSEN’S ORCHESTRALPOWWOW

June 24, 7pm Roundhouse Turntable Plaza Twenty-one performers, including Cris Derksen,The ChippewaTravellers, hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick and Allegra Chamber Orchestra.

ARTIST-LED AFTERNOON

June 25, 4pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Site-specific and culturally focused teaching through storytelling from local media artist and ethnobotanist indigenous plant diva T’uy’ttanat-Cease Wyss.

YOUTH CURATOR TOUR

Photographic work by artist Dayna Danger. Contributed

TECHNICAL KNOCKOUTS

June 26, 7pm Roundhouse Performance Centre Poetry and electronic music: Kinnie Starr, DJ O Show and Tiffany Moses performing with guests from QAF’s young artist program.

GREED / RESOLVE

June 27 and 28, 7pm with Full Circle First Nations Performance Roundhouse Performance Centre Commerce, greed, and disenfranchisement are key themes in these paired dance works by Byron Chief-Moon and JP Longboat.

GLITTER IS FOREVER: QUEERAOKE CLOSING PARTY

June 29, 7pm til late The Junction QAF’s final blowout – revel in community, effervescent refreshments, and karaoke with glitter.

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A still from Jesse Short’s film Wake Up!, exploring Métis identity. Contributed

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June 17–29 Roundhouse Great Hall From the roots of the Queer Arts Festival, this open visual art exhibition honours our founder, twospirit artist Robbie Hong.

June 19, 4 pm with BroadwayYouth Resource Centre and DirectionsYouth Services Roundhouse Exhibition Hall Curator tour of the visual art exhibition for street-involved youth.

TECHNICAL KNOCKOUTS: QAF YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM

June 22–25, 7pm with BYRC, Directions, Qmunity, UNYA Roundhouse Room C A female-centred music production drop-in lab for queer indigenous and allied youth, led by Kinnie Starr, DJ O Show and Tiffany Moses.

A scene from the dance piece Greed / REsolve. Contributed

THE GRID [A WORKSHOP]

June 24, 4:30pm with lemonTree creations and the frank theatre Roundhouse Dance Studio LemonTree’s Indrit Kasapi leads dance and theatre artists through her organization’s creation process.

TWO-SPIRIT PANEL

June 25, 2pm with Full Circle Roundhouse Performance Centre A panel of artists and arts presenters on questions of a two-spirit aesthetic and the influence of two-spirit identity on artistic practices.

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When an earthquake and tsunami devastated Indonesia and Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, killing 280,000 people and displacing millions, Vancouverite Jenny Mitchell watched the aftermath on television like countless others around the world: in a state of horror and profound sadness.

At the time, Mitchell was a working actress and mother to a newborn and a two-year-old. She yearned to do something, anything, to help those impacted by the twin natural disasters, but she felt extremely limited in what she could offer. “I couldn’t go to ground zero because I had these babies, and I didn’t have the money to write a big cheque,” says Mitchell in a recent phone interview. Still, “I wanted to help in some way.”

And so Mitchell called upon something well within her grasp – her long background in showbiz – in order to make a difference on the other side of the planet. She gathered together some of her acting friends, and produced a stage reading of Noel Coward’s Present Laughter at Presentation House.That event raised more than $4,000 for UNICEF’s earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Southeast Asia. “It felt really good to be able to actually write a big cheque,” she recalls.

Since 2005, Mitchell – whose acting filmography includes No Men Beyond This

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Laughing Matters Theatre Company producer and founder Jenny Mitchell. Inset: Eric McCormack. Contributed photos Point, Motive, The Romeo Section, and Travelers – has written plenty of big cheques through her non-profit, Laughing Matters Theatre Company. The stated aim of Laughing Matters is to amuse and entertain Vancouver audiences through stage readings of classic or rarely performed plays, with all proceeds going to an array of charitable organizations, including Dress for Success, Beauty Night Society, Project Limelight, and Athletics for Kids. “It’s turning into something I’m really proud of,” says Mitchell.

For the uninitiated, stage readings are markedly different from full-scale productions.The actors sit on stools and read directly from scripts, sometimes for the very first time.There aren’t any props.There’s no lighting design or blocking. “It’s very barebones, and it can give a behind-the-scenes sense for the audience of what it’s like to not be polished,” says Mitchell, who aims to produce one stage reading per month. “We drop our

scripts on the floor.We make mistakes.We crack up. It’s very informal, but it’s also a great way to get some plays in front of an audience that maybe wouldn’t get produced here otherwise.”

Recent Laughing Matters readings include Our Mother’s Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg, Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons, and the world premiere of Neil LaBute’s latest work.

Such readings have featured an eye-popping who’s who of Vancouver’s top acting talent, including Gabrielle Rose, John Cassini, Jennifer Copping, Kyra Zagorsky, Hilary Jardine, David Lewis, Adrian Holmes, Nicholas Lea, and Ben Ratner (“A lot of them love doing theatre but their filming schedules don’t allow for it, so it’s a great way for them to come out and read something in a low-risk way,” says Mitchell).

Laughing Matters’ next reading on June 17 includes one heckuva big name – Eric McCormack, star of Will and Grace and Travelers – in

a stage reading of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This.

Burn This – which premiered off-Broadway in 1987 – is “an intense relationship drama,” says Mitchell. The action takes place after the funeral of a young gay dancer named Robbie; a quartet of mourners – Robbie’s roommate Anna, confident ad man Larry, Anna’s longtime lover Burton, and Robbie’s cokesnorting brother Pale – attempt to make sense of their lives in the face of Robbie’s senseless death.

McCormack will be joined for this one-night-only reading by several of his Travelers co-stars: Leah Cairns, Patrick Gilmore, and Vincent Gale. All proceeds go to Prostate Cancer Canada, a charity McCormack has long championed.

Burn This was McCormack’s choice, notes Mitchell. “I normally pick the project, but because Eric wanted to do one, I felt like it was his right to do whatever he wanted, and this was the play he wanted to do,” says Mitchell, who describes McCormack as a 25-year mentor. McCormack is currently in Vancouver filming the second season of Travelers and will soon be seen in NBC’s 10-episode revival of Will and Grace.

“That he’s fitting [Burn This] in and he wants to do it?

Grateful doesn’t even touch it,” Mitchell marvels.

If Burn This sounds like your cup of tea, grab your tickets now. “We’re going to get a ton of people coming out to see Eric,” says Mitchell. “I don’t think there will be any tickets at the door.” W • Laughing Matter Theatre Company presents Lanford Wilson’s Burn This at Granville Island’s Revue Stage on Saturday, June 17. Tickets at lmtco.bpt. me.

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VTSL fires up the dad jokes for Father’s Day JAN ZESCHKY @jantweats

Poor dad. He got sacked from his job at the calendar factory because he took a couple of days off.

Better cheer him up with a trip to the Improv Centre on Father’s Day (June 18), where there’s no guarantee the oneliners will be that bad.

However, ticket-holders for the Vancouver Theatresports League’s SuperDad Show are being warned that they’ll be entering an extreme dad-joke zone.

“You’ll see a bunch of scenes inspired by dad things, whether it’s barbecuing everything, or sports,” says Nathan Clark, VTSL’s associate artistic director.

“The actual content of the scenes we don’t know but we’ll use those as springboards to see where it takes us.”

Such are the joys of shows

by VTSL, which has been on the go since 1980 (still pre-midlife crisis, then) and based on Granville Island since 2000.

Beyond the scene-setting themes, the shows are com-

VTSL improviser Scott Patey in SuperDad. Vancouver TheatreSports photo pletely improvised by the company’s ensemble and can go almost anywhere. Suggestions are occasionally taken from the audience and props are sometimes used, but most of the entertainment lies in spur-of-the-moment wits from a rotating cast.

That’s probably a big reason for VTSL’s longevity.

As Clark says, “no two shows are the same.”

Clark doesn’t yet know if he’ll be performing at the SuperDad Show, but it would make sense if he did. As one of the few dads in the company, he’s supremely qualified.

He may only have a few years of experience, but he says the dad jokes are already coming “fast and furious” – while his kids, aged 7 and 5, seem to have already reached that stage of resigned tolerance.

“It’s fun, it’s liberating in a way… ‘I’m sorry, I have the dad badge now, I can’t help but not,’” Clark says with a chuckle. “I’m the kind of dad who says things and they can’t tell if I’m being serious or not. But now they’re at the point where they don’t believe anything I say. That goes for my kids’ friends as well. They’re like, ‘Don’t believe him. Just ignore him and he’ll go away. He’ll get distracted by a baseball game or something.’”

Fatherhood has changed Clark in other ways, too, giving him a “dad filter” at

home and at work.

“You get a little more aware of content,” he explains. “You’ll be like, ooh I shouldn’t say that word, there might be kids out there. Or that theme is going to be too far over their heads. And if I see kids in the audience I’ll be like, ‘OK guys, keep it clean.’

“You definitely start to become more hyper-aware of those kinds of ideas when you’re performing. I never had that filter before, that dad filter.”

That’s not to say VTSL indulges in gratuitous filth – just that there are a bunch of consenting, improvising adults on stage and there’s a small chance the audience will hear the kinds of words dad only uses when the hockey’s on.

All are welcome for the matinee show (2pm, $20), tickets for which include a free glass of beer or wine.

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WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15 CINERAMA A site-specific theatre performance, which runs at low tide June 15-18 and 21, 30. 4:30 pm at at Spanish Banks beach. Tickets $20/$25 at fightwithastick.ca

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Eastside Flea Summer Market Shop for artisan wares, vintage clothing and collectibles, small furniture, vintage jewelry, plants and much more. 6pm, The Ellis Building. Tickets $3 (weekend pass $5). eastsideflea.com Il Mercato A unique Italian Market that combines products of Italy with local produce.

5-9pm, Italian Cultural Centre. italianculturalcentre.ca

SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival The 22nd annual festival marks Canada’s 150th birthday, Burnaby’s 125th birthday and Finland’s 100th birthday. Cultural displays, a Nordic market place, Scandinavian food, beer garden, all-day entertainment, and the raising of the Midsummer Pole. 9am-4:30pm, Scandinavian Community Centre, Burnaby. Tickets $10 at the door, kids under 16 free. scandinavianmidsummerfestival.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 18 Main Street Car Free Festival The biggest of Vancouver’s Car Free Day festivals spans 21 blocks, with 15 stages and minifestivals to enjoy, as well as kid zones, artisan shops and food vendors and extended patios for many of Main Street’s restaurants. Noon-7pm, Broadway to 30th Avenue.

MONDAY, JUNE 19 Zumba on the Plaza No experience necessary and all ages are welcome for this calorie-burning workout hosted by Zumba Vancouver. 5:30pm, Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza. Free.

TUESDAY, JUNE 20 Cartems Open Mic If you’re a musician, comedian or a poet, come and try out your skills in front of an audience. Sign up is on a first come, first serve basis.

Coffee, ice cream and donuts on hand. 7-10pm, Cartems Donuterie, 2190 Main Street. Free. cartems.com/events/open-mic

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 Collider Café A meet and greet and collaborate designed for anyone interested in how art and science intersect. Featuring local and visiting academics and artists.

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Welcome to The Mandarin Residences! Situated in the heart of Richmond’s Downtown core, just steps to Canada Line, Richmond Centre, 24hr Shopper’s Drug Mart, supermarket and a wide selection of dining options. This bright, 860 square foot corner suite features hardwood floors throughout, in-suite laundry, floor-to-ceiling windows, air conditioning and a good-sized balcony.

The kitchen is complete with Quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, gas cook top and lots of cupboards. The building amenities include a fitness centre, common courtyard, meeting rooms, visitor parking, bike storage and common room. Sorry, no pets! Your rent includes hot water, gas and secure parking stall. An annual lease is required. A $200 Strata Move-in fee and a $200 move-out cleaning fee applies.

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$4,400/MONTH BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED KERRISDALE FAMILY HOME | UNFURNISHED 5 BEDROOMS WITH BACKYARD | PET FRIENDLY This is the quintessential West side home, beautifully maintained over the years with all the character and charm of a perfect family home. Lime Street is a single block, quiet and tree-lined with wonderful neighbours; located just off 49th and West of Arbutus. Here you are in the heart of Kerrisdale, walking distance to some of the best schools and parks in the city, a short drive to UBC and within close proximity to shopping in Kerrisdale, South Granville, Kitsilano and Downtown. The main level is anchored by a spacious living room, a bedroom that can be used as a family den, plus two Dining rooms and a full bathroom. The Kitchen is spacious with everything you need. Recently updated with contemporary stainless steel appliances, a full sized gas range and beautiful custom oak cabinetry and granite countertops. The kitchen looks out to the spacious and totally private backyard with double doors that lead you out to a large deck perfect for summer BBQs and entertaining. Upstairs you will find a newly renovated full bathroom and 3 spacious bedrooms with an additional office/flex space as well as a viewing deck facing North. The basement suite is the perfect getaway for guests or teenagers. Finished with a large family room, sizeable bedroom and separate laundry room, with private entry from the backyard. The backyard garage has been intelligently converted to a livable space, once purposed as an office, it can easily be turned into a small gym, yoga room or whatever your home needs are!

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Adopteez: Big Daddy

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Big Daddy arrived at the BC SPCA’s Burnaby branch with a tattoo that, unfortunately, led nowhere. Laid back, friendly and affectionate, he was quickly adopted, only to be returned to the shelter for being “too vocal” when his guardians were away from the house.

Back at the SPCA, the beautiful, black, eight-year-old medium-hair cutie underwent tests that diagnosed him as having hyperthyroidism – a condition that, while easily managed and treated with daily medication (a cost of about $45 per month) and regular blood work (to ensure proper dosage), may actually explain his excess meowing (vocalization is often a side effect of untreated hyperthyroidism).

Now this extra-large, extra-gentle guy is looking for a forever home where his new adopters will be willing to a) keep up with his meds and b) help him lose some weight (possibly with some safe outdoor access or onleash walks for exercise).

“Big Daddy loves a good petting session, but prefers having four feet on the

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He’s black, he’s beautiful and, yes, he’s big! Can you give Big Daddy his forever home? Colleen Murphy Photography photo floor,” according to SPCA staff. “He may not be a lap cat, but he loves companionship like hanging out while you read, watch TV and run around the house. This handsome man also loves sunbeams and comfy beds.”

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I am a 25-year-old woman who has recently gone through her first break-up. My now ex-boyfriend and I had been together since we were 15 years old, and had shared a home together since age 22. I thought I was going to marry this guy. We had planned on kids, buying a house, and traveling Australia together next year once we had both completed our degrees.

He was my best friend, and my partner. My world is shattered.

This break-up is the worst thing to have ever happened to me. I have no idea who I am anymore, what to do with myself, how to wake up or go to bed. I feel completely lost.

I’m not stupid. I know that I am not the only one to have gone through this, and that I will one day get over it, but right now that day feels like it’s millennia away.

My ex left me our apartment.

I thought I wanted it but now I don’t. It just feels too sad to be here. He moved out last week, which has at least given me some space and time to process this, but his absence is also hell.

We keep talking and texting, because I don’t know... he is the

one I talk to when I need help and when I am sad.

The worst part is that our breakup was more of a frizzle.

He just decided that we were at this point of “get married” or “break up” and that we had not experienced enough independence to get married.

I’ve slept with one other man since our break-up and it was awful. It wasn’t the guy’s fault. I felt nothing.

How do I move on? How do I handle these next few weeks, months? Have you been through this before? I miss my boyfriend so much, I feel like I’m dying. How do I teach myself to be alone?

I wish I could hug you right now. Imagine I am hugging you, patting your shoulders, and letting you sob into my chest. (I always wear black; your mascara isn’t an issue.)

I want you to get it all out.

Please remember that. I don’t condone feeling sorry for yourself, but with a cold-clock this fresh and pummelling, you are granted full immunity to cry. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, breakups this heavy and tragic are like a death. In a sense, it’s the end of you and your boyfriend.

Mourn that loss.

Not going to lie to you, kid.

You’ll probably be sad about

this for a few years. In fact, you may never fully understand why it ended or how it all happened, but you will move on, find someone new who loves you, and have an exciting, prosperous life.

I can’t teach you how to be alone, but what I can do is tell you some of the mistakes I made so you don’t repeat them. First off, pile driving drugs and random dicks is not going to help. In fact, the hangover is devastatingly worse.

If you feel the need to go bananas, make sure you have a close friend around the next day to hug you through it. And if you don’t, I say embrace that loneliness and face it head on.

Avoidance isn’t going to help.

Ultimately, the thing that helped me the most was selfawareness and self-analysis.

Also, confide in friends who will be blunt and won’t coddle you. Lastly, if your financial situation permits, I would move out of that apartment and start fresh. Again, the whole death thing.You deserve a fresh home to start your life in.

This isn’t going to be easy.

But remember, you’ll find someone else who loves you.

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By Rob Brezsny You have to admit that salt looks like sugar and sugar resembles salt. This isn’t usually a major problem, though. Mistakenly sprinkling sugar on your food when you thought you were adding salt won’t hurt you, nor will putting salt in your coffee when you assumed you were using sugar. But errors like these are inconvenient, and they can wreck a meal. You may want to apply this lesson as a metaphor in the coming days, Aries. Be alert for things that outwardly seem to be alike but actually have different tastes and effects.

Here’s a possible plan for the next 10 days: Program your smartphone to sound an alarm once every hour during the entire time you’re awake. Each time the bell or buzzer goes off, you will vividly remember your life’s main purpose. You will ask yourself whether or not the activity you’re engaged in at that specific moment is somehow serving your life’s main purpose.

If it is, literally pat yourself on the back and say to yourself, “Good job!” If it’s not, say the following words: “I am resolved to get into closer alignment with my soul’s code – the blueprint of my destiny.”

Actress Marisa Berenson offers a line of anti-aging products that contain an elixir made from the seeds of a desert fruit known as prickly pear. The manufacturing process isn’t easy. To produce a quart of the potion requires 2,000 pounds of seeds. I see you as having a metaphorically similar challenge in the coming weeks, Gemini. To create a small amount of the precious stuff you want, I’m guessing you’ll have to gather a ton of raw materials. And there may be a desert-like phenomena to deal with, as well.

There are three kinds of habits: good, bad, and neutral. Neutral habits are neither good nor bad but use up psychic energy that might be better directed into cultivating good habits. Here are some examples: a good habit is when you’re disciplined about eating healthy food; a bad habit is watching violent TV shows before going to bed, thereby disturbing your sleep; a neutral habit might be doing Sudoku puzzles. My challenge to you, Cancerian, is to dissolve one bad habit and one neutral habit by replacing them with two new good habits. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, cosmic forces will be on your side as you make this effort.

“Dear Dr. Astrology: Good fortune has been visiting me a lot lately. Many cool opportunities have come my way. Life is consistently interesting. I’ve also made two unwise moves that fortunately didn’t bring bad results. Things often work out better for me than I imagined they would! I’m grateful every day, but I feel like I should somehow show even more appreciation.

Any ideas? -Lucky Leo.” Dear Lucky: The smartest response to the abundance you have enjoyed is to boost your generosity. Give out blessings. Dispense praise. Help people access their potentials. Intensify your efforts to share your wealth.

Years ago, a fan of my work named Paul emailed to ask me if I wanted to get together with him and his friend when I visited New York. “Maybe you know her?” he wrote. “She’s the artist Cindy Sherman.” Back then I had never heard of Cindy. The three of us convened in an elegant tea room for a boisterous conversation. A week later, when I was back home and mentioned the event to a colleague, her eyes got big and she shrieked, “You had tea with THE Cindy Sherman.” She then educated me on how successful and influential Cindy’s photography has been. I predict you will soon have a comparable experience, Virgo: inadvertent contact with an intriguing presence. Hopefully, because I’ve given you a heads up, you’ll recognize what’s happening as it occurs, and take full advantage.

You’ll never get access to the treasure that’s buried out under the cherry tree next to the ruined barn if you stay in your command center and keep staring at the map instead of venturing out to the barn. Likewise, a symbol of truth may be helpful in experiencing deeper meaning, but it’s not the same as communing with the raw truth, and may even become a distraction from it.

Let’s consider one further variation on the theme: The pictures in your mind’s eye may or may not have any connection with the world outside your brain. It’s especially important that you monitor their accuracy in the coming days.

Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to go gallivanting so heedlessly into the labyrinth. Or maybe it was. Who knows? It’s still too early to assess the value of your experiences in that maddening but fascinating tangle. You may not yet be fully able to distinguish the smoke and mirrors from the useful revelations. Which of the riddles you’ve gathered will ultimately bring frustration and which will lead you to wisdom? Here’s one thing I do know for sure: If you want to exit the labyrinth, an opportunity will soon appear.

Over the years I’ve read numerous news reports about people who have engaged in intimate relations with clunky inanimate objects. One had sex with a bicycle. Another seduced a sidewalk, and a third tried to make sweet love to a picnic table.

I hope you won’t join their ranks in the coming weeks. Your longing is likely to be extra intense, innovative, and even exotic, but I trust you will confine its expression to unions with adult human beings who know what they’re getting into and who have consented to play. Here’s an old English word you might want to add to your vocabulary: “blissom.” It means “to bleat with sexual desire.”

Your life in the coming days should be low on lightweight diversions and high in top-quality content. Does that sound like fun? I hope so.

I’d love to see you enjoy the hell out of yourself as you cut the fluff and focus on the pith . . . as you efficiently get to the hype-free heart of every matter and refuse to tolerate waffling or stalling. So strip away the glossy excesses, my dear Capricorn. Skip a few steps if that doesn’t cause any envy. Expose the pretty lies, but then just work around them; don’t get bogged down in indulging in negative emotions about them.

Inventor, architect, and author Buckminster Fuller lived to the age of 87. For 63 of those years, he kept a detailed scrapbook diary that documented every day of his life. It included his reflections, correspondence, drawings, newspaper clippings, grocery bills, and much other evidence of his unique story. I would love to see you express yourself with that much disciplined ferocity during the next two weeks. According to my astrological analysis, you’re in a phase when you have maximum power to create your life with vigorous ingenuity and to show everyone exactly who you are.

You have a cosmic license to enjoy almost too much sensual pleasure. In addition, you should feel free to do more of what you love to do than you normally allow yourself. Be unapologetic about surrounding yourself with flatterers and worshipers. Be sumptuously lazy. Ask others to pick up the slack for you. Got all that? It’s just the first part of your oracle.

Here’s the rest: You have a cosmic license to explore the kind of spiritual growth that’s possible when you feel happy and fulfilled. As you go through each day, expect life to bring you exactly what you need to uplift you. Assume that the best service you can offer your fellow humans is to be relaxed and content.

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