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For a historically shrewd party used to stabbing at the heart of their competition, it seems we’re finally witnessing them falling on their own sword. –Andrew

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During that time, we gay union members started talking about letting everyone know that we are everywhere and we are employed in almost every type of work.The discussion came up about our different unions coming together and walking or driving in ourVancouver Pride Parade. Firefighters rode on fire trucks, bus drivers drove buses, airline employees rode on floats, and gay, lesbian and/or transgenderVancouver police persons walked and drove inVancouver police vehicles. Others, like myself and other government employees, walked and carried our different union banners in the parades.

This is why theVancouver police staff are represented in our Pride Parade, as they also chose to step forward and acknowledge that they are gay, lesbian and transgender and deserve the right to not have to stay hidden, and can feel proud to march in our Vancouver Pride Parades, as they have for many many years now.

It was never a case of VPD management trying to intimidate those participating in or viewing the parade. –Howard Hartford

THOUGHTS ON OVERTHINKING I overthink myself into extinction The most pain comes from second guessing Seconds stressing last all day Butterflies crawl up inside my brain Underneath my skin inside my veins Trapped in a cycle night and day And I try to say to myself it’ll be alright Just let go of thoughts and say goodbye A friend once told me of how she worked in palliative care That the worst deaths were when people were scared When they tried to fight what was coming and what would be It was only those who let go that wouldn’t scream That looked peaceful and free Blissfully at ease I wonder if it’s because they had something to believe in Uncertainty and instability aren’t conducive to sleeping Well and though I’d find it hard to adopt a god, I can’t help but wondering if it’d stop me from feeling lost I toss and turn at night The cost it burns inside I’ve spent days avoiding calls Because I was scared of what would befall And I was scared that my friends were getting madder Ending up ghosting people over things that started off a small matter Making up worst-case scenarios that don’t exist In my world Schrödinger’s cat is dead And I was the one who killed it cause I wouldn’t check the box Afraid to find something that was dead and full of rot The cat ended up dying cause of my fear from the start Self-fulfilling prophecies tear my life apart Cheneil Antony-Hale moved to Vancouver from Calgary in 2008. During her time here she has completed a combined major in economics and political science at UBC, and worked in fields as diverse as entertainment, provincial politics, and education. In her spare time, she

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If you’re like me, you have to be convinced to leave BC in the summer. We pretty much have it all, eh? But this 150th year, many Canadians have Ottawa on the brain. If massive Canada Day crowds and urban settings leave you

feeling pinched, allow me to suggest the perfect oldschool Ontario alternative for your Canada 150 plans.

A few hours down the highway from the capital, there exists a near-mystical detour from the 401 called Prince Edward County.

PEC is a large, gentle island, nestled on the north shore of Lake Ontario just below Belleville. About 10 years ago, my in-laws bought a little house by the lake, and this

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Patriotic 200-year-old small towns like Wellington, Bloomfield and Picton pop up along the winding curves of the historic Loyalist Parkway (as in the United Empire Loyalists), which links PEC to the rest of the world.

For centuries, this island’s soil has been rich for farming of all types, but within the last decade or so, wineries and art galleries have taken over many of the fading, highly photogenic barns and farmyards; tractors and silos have been replaced by rows of grape vines (check out By Chadsey’s Cairns), and wood-fired pizza ovens (hello Norman Hardie).

The hipsters with their boutique hotels, artisan ice cream shops, and craft breweries have followed in lock-step, making Prince Edward County one of the most sought-after 21st-century vacation destinations in Canada.

Hurry. Even though the hipster invasion has had the usual effect (locals grumbling/real estate soaring) the County is still a wonderfully relaxing place to visit during the summer months.

Should you venture, here’s just a few of the hot spots: In Wellington, everything changed when the Drake Devonshire Hotel opened a couple of years ago right on the lakeshore. A countrymouse cousin of the ultrahipster Drake Hotel empire in Toronto, this place is pure luxury on the lake – Justin Trudeau and his wife were recent visitors. Non-guests are welcome anytime at the restaurant and the Tuesday night open mic, where lots of local star power often

drops in to sing unannounced.

Down the street you’ll find the newly opened Midtown Brewery, in an old meatpacking factory, as well as the somewhat ridiculously named Cribs on the Creek, boutique accommodation that is literally built right over a fish-bearing stream.

And if you can find it parked at one of the many wineries, the Picnic Food Truck is amazing.

In Picton, the largest town in PEC, the must-stop is Books and Company, one of the best independent bookstores in Canada. Across the street is a statue of a young John A. MacDonald, who grew up in the area and first practised law in Picton. A few steps away is the historic Regent Theatre. On Canada Day the theatre hosts a reunion gig by legendary Toronto band Rheostatics.

Toronto’s Arts and Crafts Records are getting in on the County action too, hosting a series of concerts at a downhome PEC venue called the Hayloft. On July 14 you can catch Vancouver’s very own Dan Mangan.

I know that BC beaches can’t be topped, but there’s just something about the fine sand that lines the shores of PEC. The crowds tend to flock to the famous Sandbanks Provincial Park, which comes as advertised, but it’s often completely overrun. Much more inviting is North Beach. Cross the dunes from the lakeshore to find an inner bay with a gentle sandy shoreline and wonderfully warm water in the summer months.

If I must leave BC in the summer months, chances are, you’ll find me with my oh-so-patriotic in-laws in Prince Edward County.

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Newcomer Camp needs help for refugee kids A budget shortage could mean fewer campers can access free English language classes and sports SARAH RIPPLINGER @sarahripplinger

Two students who launched a camp for children from Syria, Iraq, Somalia and other countries ravaged by war are looking to the community to help them reach a $30,000 fundraising goal.

The organizers want to increase the number of refugee children aged six to 12 who can participate in the East Vancouver Newcomer Camp (EVNC), where kids are taught English language skills and can participate in organized sports.

“We won’t be able to accommodate as many children” without additional donations, says Duncan Bernardo, a co-founder of EVNC who

East Van Newcomer Camp co-founder Duncan Bernardo with returning camper Shaima Bozan.

Jennifer Gauthier photo recently completed his second year of a Bachelor of International Economics at UBC. Bernardo and Dakota Koch launched EVNC last year, providing 15-20 refugee kids – mostly from Syria – free access to camp, along with monthly bus passes to get to and from camp via public transit, and Halal lunches and snacks.

“Some of the kids had no experience with formal education and had never held a pencil before,” notes Koch, who is studying history at UBC. “We had some kids who had never experienced anything but refugee camps. So when they arrived in Canada, they were overwhelmed by just how different things are.”

This year’s EVNC is sched-

uled to run throughout July and August from 9:30am-4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Hastings Community Centre in Vancouver, and Mondays and Wednesdays at Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub in Surrey.

The organizers want to accept up to 30 kids at each camp, but say that will depend on whether they can bridge a

Beefed up security for Canada 150 Attacks abroad and two days of events spur enhanced security and law enforcement measures SARAH RIPPLINGER @sarahripplinger

Vancouver’s Canada Day celebrations this year will include enhanced safety and security measures, according to Port of Vancouver spokeswoman Gillian Behnke.

The decision by organizers to increase security at Canada Day events comes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks abroad, such as the Ariana Grande concert in

Manchester on May 22 and the London Bridge attack on June 3.

“Given the recent events around the world, we have developed a plan in collaboration with our law enforcement partners that includes enhanced measures,” Behnke said in an email.

Enhanced security measures will include “a larger police and security presence on site,” more security guards and “an increase of personnel on the event grounds, bag checks for certain components of the programming and K-9 units.”

The Port of Vancouver worked closely with the Vancouver Police Department,

RCMP and all first responders when planning its 2017 events, which will take place at Canada Place, Jack Poole Plaza and nearby streets.

Behnke says they’re expecting more than 1.5 million people over two days – a 50-percent increase in attendance from last year’s one-day celebration. This year, the fireworks will take place on July 1 and there will be a Canada 150 Parade through downtown Vancouver on July 2.

Canada’s terrorism threat level remains at “medium,” which means the federal government has in place additional measures to protect Canadians against a violent

act of terrorism.

Last Tuesday, the federal government also tabled legislation to enhance national security, and, in April, they beefed up security measures on some inbound flights.

VPD Constable Jason Doucette says in an email that security experts “are in regular communication with other local, national and international agencies to share information and strategies.” However, he adds, there is no information to link recent acts of violence in Manchester and London with Vancouver.

“We all have a part to play in preserving the safety of our community and keeping our city secure,” says Doucette. “We encourage

$20,000 funding gap – they’ve raised $10,000 so far. Many camp staff members have a background in athletics and can speak Arabic, the native language of many of the campers.

The bulk of the labour costs for running the camp are covered by an employment grant from the Government of Canada, says Bernardo, but the camp relies on private donations – largely from local residents – to cover muchneeded sports equipment, insurance, transit passes for campers, advertising and additional labour costs.

FROM ONE NEWCOMER TO ANOTHER

Bernardo relocated to Spain when he was 11 years old and couldn’t speak a word of Spanish. Playing soccer with kids at his school helped him overcome language barriers and form friendships with his classmates.

When he heard of Canada’s plans to welcome

tens of thousands of Syrian refugees (Canada welcomed over 46,700 in 2016), he knew wanted to do something to help them adjust to their new home. He and Koch landed on EVNC as a way to provide a safe space for refugee kids in Greater Vancouver to learn essential language skills, make friends and stay occupied during summer break.

Shaima Bozan, 15, was one of the campers at last year’s EVNC. Bozan and her family moved to Vancouver from Lebanon and she says she was very happy to be able to go to the camp with her brother and sister. Bozan enjoyed the English language lessons offered at EVNC along with playing sports, such as soccer, basketball and T-ball.

“The camp was easy and really fun,” she says, adding that she plans on attending EVNC again this year. “I liked everything.”

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WHAT RESIDENTS ARE SAYING The Westender asked a few people enjoying the warm weather near Robson Square last Tuesday if they have any concerns about public safety at the upcoming Canada Day celebrations.

we didn’t have other plans.

I think I’m OK with the security. We’re in Canada; we’re not in London, Paris or Belgium.” – Dolly Lu, 44, mother of two, summertime resident of Burnaby

“Yes, I’m worried because of the large crowds. Mainly, I think because when you have a lot of people in one area, you might be a bigger target.” – Brigitte L., 21, Richmond

“We’re just not really into big crowds.” – Verena Chadwick, 48, West End

“We’re going camping on the Canada Day weekend, but we would be excited to attend the celebrations if anyone who sees anything suspicious to report it to their local police.”

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“I don’t feel that threatened by that here. Maybe that’s naïve, you know… It’s not the first thing I think about when I think about going to an event like that [Canada Day].” – David Chadwick, 54, West End was contacted about security measures but deferred to the VPD and Port of Vancouver for comment. W

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Museum of Vancouver assistant curator Sharon Fortney hopes the institution’s latest exhibition, timed to coincide with Canada 150 events, will challenge people’s preconceptions of history.

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Celebration awakens a buried past What are we really commemorating on Canada Day? JAN ZESCHKY @jantweats

As the Canadian flag-waving gets more frantic toward July 1, it’s worth stopping to consider why we’re waving those flags at all.

To explore the history of the signing of Confederation in 1867 and the 150 years of nationhood that followed is to unearth a raft of events that make Canadians uneasy to this day.Those events start, of course, with the colonization of indigenous land.

For the country’s indigenous population, Canada Day represents invasion and exclusion, their ancestors being rounded up in reserves, their children taken from them, their culture suppressed.That history is particularly dark in BC, where most land was simply taken without permission or treaty. It remains unceded to this day.

July 1 also represents the ongoing consequences of those policies: the endemic issues that continue among indigenous communities today, from basic human rights like access to clean water, education and health care, to drug abuse, alcoholism and violence, especially toward women.

“I probably celebrated Canada Day as a kid, but as I grew and learned more about the history I made a conscious decision to not celebrate,” says Ginger Gosnell-Myers, manager of

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we’re only 150 years old. It aboriginal relations at the represents that there’s hisCity of Vancouver. tory in these lands since time “There’s kind of a recogniimmemorial,” says Eastman, tion that this celebration is who was born to an Ojibwe for some people and not all, family and raised in East Vanand that’s because there’s not a clear understanding of what couver. “It’s also to symbolize where we’re going from here. there is to celebrate and how It’s not just 150 it connects to all years since a peoples.We’re not piece of paper there yet.” was signed.

That process of We’re looking officially reconcilto the future, ing the country how do we with its dark past move forward has begun, though; together?” most notably with Resistance the 94 Calls to has been formAction laid out ing in other by the Truth and ways in the lead Reconciliation up to Canada Commission.

Ginger Gosnell-Myers Day this year.

Gosnell-Myers, The hashtag who was born and #Resistance150 has gathered raised in a Nisga’a town in a huge following on social northern BC, was herself media, while the Idle No instrumental in Vancouver’s More movement is planning a push to become the world’s “National Day of Action” on first City of Reconciliation in July 1.

2013, as well in the Canada Indigenous artists have also 150+ celebrations that are been resisting the norms in happening across the city works such as Corey Payette’s throughout the summer. dark musical Children of God These events, including a and the satirical, disturbing Gathering of Canoes and a paintings of Kent Monkman.

Walk for Reconciliation, were Even in museums, tradicreated in collaboration with tional exhibitions are being the Musqueam, Squamish challenged.The Museum and Tsleil-Waututh First of Vancouver’s Unbelievable Nations and are designed to exhibit, for example, brings be inclusive and offer a more meaningful representation and to light many First Nations belongings that have long lain celebration of Canada. hidden in the stores.

Canada 150+ arose out of “The goal is to start teacha consultation program with ing the histories we’ve silenced hundreds of Vancouverites and not acknowledged,” says and the assistance of the Sharon Fortney, assistant Urban Aboriginal Peoples curator at the museum. “You Advisory Committee. It was UAPAC member Steven East- can’t really move forward until you’ve acknowledged what man who suggested adding happened in the past. Otherthe plus sign, which he describes as a mark of resistance. wise it could happen again.”

Fortney, who is Klahoose “We’re not accepting that

on her mother’s side, is aiming to further increase access to First Nations belongings and build bridges between the museum and their communities.

“Education is always the key to any racism,” she says, adding that she hopes Unbelievable’s collection of exhibits with layered stories will make people pause and consider their own preconceptions and gaps in their knowledge.

Gosnell-Myers believes many Canadians even willfully maintain those gaps.

“I definitely feel like these lands have carried a lot of opportunity and a lot of posturing for Canadian success,” she says. “But what I don’t think is terribly apparent is the success is often at the expense of First Nations people, displacing First Nations, limiting First Nations rights, taking measure to harm and to eradicate culture and language, separating children from the families and communities.

“These were horrific actions that were sanctioned and carried out by the Canadian government for a long time.

And Canadians for the most part went along with it,” she continues. “They were either unaware or indifferent, and I think a lot of those attitudes of indifference and lack of knowledge carry through today.”

HenryYu paints Canada’s history in even starker terms.

“Canada was built around white supremacy, just as the US was, just as Australia was.

That’s the Confederation moment,” saysYu, an associate professor of history at the University of BC. “The phrase was used, ‘White Canada Forever,’ and it was very explicit. It was a

racially exclusionary idea of Canada,” addsYu, who cites John A. McDonald’s desire to rid the nation of indigenous peoples, and BC premier Richard McBride’s bid to build a “white man’s province” during his term at the turn of the last century.

This attitude naturally extended toward the many ethnic groups that had arrived in Canada.

Chinese immigrants helped build the railroads but were kept at arm’s length and subject to the head tax, saysYu, by way of personal example.

The head tax kept his own great-grandfather and grandfather separated from their wives and children, who had to remain in China.

Japanese-Canadian families were separated in internment camps during the Second World War; the land and property seized from them when they were removed from their homes was never returned.The ultimately deadly Komagata Maru incident, which saw 376 people denied entry to Canada as a direct result of exclusionary immigration policies, is a moment of national shame.

It continues today. Recent figures by Statistics Canada reported that hate crimes against Muslims increased by 60 per cent in 2015. A recent video showing a woman demanding a white doctor at a clinic in Mississauga, Ont., went viral.

Even more recently, the influx of immigrants and refugees that have entered Canada from war-torn countries abroad has raised tensions, with claims that they’re exploiting the immigration system and want nothing

more than to leech off social security.

“The anti-refugee sentiment is tied to a certain idea of Canada, about who it belongs to, about who deserves to say what it’s like,”Yu says.

“And it’s tied to a certain buried history of people being cleared and taken away.”

Canadians, and perhaps Vancouverites in particular, are often told in global reports and rankings about how livable their country and cities are, how diverse and tolerant their society is. Canadians are especially proud to differentiate themselves from the US, particularly considering its current administration’s policies targeting incomers from specific countries.

But there’s danger in becoming too smug in the belief that Canada today could never stoop to such depths.

“The smugness is the result of not knowing our own history,”Yu cautions. “It would be much more humble if we knew how much political will and effort it took to overcome that nastiness, that white supremacy.”

If there’s anything to celebrate on Canada Day, it’s in the progress that has been made, saysYu. Awareness has been raised and rights won by people who railed against the government order.

“I’m going to celebrate that there has been an ideal in those 150 years, that some people, often the people who were screwed over, they had an ideal,”Yu says. “They learned this is a fair country, we have laws, everyone should be treated fairly. …

And if that’s the history then I’ve no problem waving flags.” W

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CANADA PLACE

July 1 and 2 Jack Poole Plaza and surrounding city streets Various times This year Canada Day celebrations at Canada Place, presented by the Port of Vancouver, take place over two days. For 30 years, Canada Place has organized the largest Canada Day celebration outside of Ottawa and, this year, it is pulling out all the stops in honour of 150 years of Confederation. Here are some of the highlights: • Daytime events on five stages include performances

by Sam Roberts, FEFE, Emerson Drive, Hey Ocean!, Dragonette, Madeline Merlo, the Matinee and many more.

• Citizenship ceremony welcoming 150 new Canadians • Canadian Forces Zone with displays and interactive exhibits • Canada 150 Light Show: June 22 through to the end of July • North Point Lounge serving beer and wine, presented

by Steam Whistle Brewing • Kids Zone in Harbour Green Park (July 1 only) • Canadian Oath reaffirmation ceremony presented by CIBC • Multi-community fireworks show simulcast by Rock 101 (July 1) • Pancake breakfast (July 2) • Canada150 parade through downtown Vancouver (July 2) Visit canadaplace.ca.

GRANVILLE ISLAND

July 1: all day There are too many events taking place on Granville Island to list here, but some highlights include the Official Canada Day Ceremony, the MELA! Festivals Pavilion and Stage (a lively bazaar with music, dance and food from around the world), TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, the free Family Pavil-

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ion, bike-decorating workshop and parade, and the Little Paws Agility shows behind the Kids Market. Help create a maple leaf mural, have fun with water, enjoy performing buskers and roving characters and much more.

Visit granvilleisland.com.

YYR FOOD FEST

Now to July 3 215 West 1st Ave. New this year is local and international culinary talent collaborating on dinners, a giant outdoor brunch and a Canada Day barbecue with live music. This is all in addition to Food For Thought, a foodcentric TED Talks-style speaker series — the festival’s flagship event, and the Street Food Showdown — a gathering of 80-plus food carts, restaurants, wineries and breweries. All of this takes place at the YVR Food Fest site in Olympic Village. Visit yvrfoodfest.com.

SPORTS BC SUMMER WARM-UP

Vancouver Art Gallery July 1: 10am to 6pm Yoga by YYoga at 9:15am Sport BC is presenting the Summer Warm-Up with family-friendly activities all day.

This is an opportunity to try new sports and meet players from the Canadian National Women’s Field Hockey team.

Prizes, food trucks and a DJ round out the event.

For more information visit sportbc.com.

COMMUNITY CENTRES

July 1 Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday with your community. Enjoy live entertainment, children’s activities and games, bouncy castles, food and fun.

Britannia Community Centre Grandview Park 12:30 to 3pm Renfrew Park Community Centre 2929 East 22nd Ave.

Noon to 4pm False Creek Community Centre 1318 Cartwright St. 11am to 3pm Sunset Community Centre 6810 Main St. Noon to 4pm

BARBECUES

RibFest 2017 Mamie Taylor’s 251 East Georgia St. July 1: 2pm Calling all barbecue fans. RibFest 2017, the eighth annual ribs competition in East Van, will heat things up on Canada Day at Mamie Taylor’s in Chinatown, sponsored

by Strange Fellows Brewing, Parkside Brewery and Mount Gay Rum. At 2pm on Canada Day, Mamie Taylor’s will fire up the outdoor grills in front of the restaurant and welcome returning champions Dixie’s BBQ, Karl Gregg from Blueprint Hospitality Group, Dan Olsen from Railtown Café, Doug Stevens from Merchant’s Workshop and Mamie Taylor’s own Jeff Koop.

Visit mamietaylors.ca.

Great Canadian BBQ at H2 Rotisserie & Bar 1601 Bayshore Dr. July 1: 11:30am to 5pm Don’t just wing it this Canada Day, treat yourself by celebrating on H2 Rotisserie & Bar’s poolside patio. Bring the gang and experience the taste of the true north with a traditional barbecue al fresco, featuring your choice of tenderloin steak, prawns and scallops skewers, salmon fillet or a hearty beef burger. Each entrée includes your choice of signature kale quinoa or summer greens salad, corn on the cob or grilled vegetables, and a Nanaimo bar or butter tart to top it off. For an additional cost, add a skewer of prawns and scallops and spice up your picnic with a flight of local craft beer or BC wine. En-

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1905 Ogden Point July 1: Noon to 4pm Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday with family-friendly crafts and activities, experience multicultural Stories on Wheels with Pangaea Arts, get creative with a fishing boat printmaking workshop for children and explore the

The Improv Centre 1502 Duranleau St., Granville Island June 29 Vancouver TheatreSports League takes a comedic look at what makes us uniquely Canadian by poking fun at the many stereotypes that come

out of this great country.

Based on audience suggestions, the cast will lampoon such Canadian institutions as Heritage Minutes, the Mounties, winter, our handsome prime minister, hockey, lumberjacks or Timmy’s coffee, just to name a few. As this is improv and the show is made up on the spot, no two shows are ever the same. Celebrate Canada 150 by joining the improv gang for some distinctively Canadian laughs. You’ll be nicer for it. Visit vtsl.com/ show/oh-canada. W

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Coast-to-coast Canadian cocktails

Celebrate July 1 with ingredients from across the country

IMPEACHED ICED TEA Mamie Taylor’s owner Ron Oliver and lead bartender Scotty Marshall will be serving this spiked tea on July 1 at their eighth annual RibFest competition.

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A long weekend of fireworks and barbecues, sparklers and fluttering Maple Leaf flags stretches ahead of us. Happy 150th birthday, Canada! Now, let’s celebrate.

All across the city, our top bartenders are getting the party going by creating new cocktails that honour our country’s best ingredients and greatest drinking traditions.

Most of these cocktails will be on menus all summer long, so you don’t need to try them all in one weekend, even if you do have an extra day to do it.

We’ve also provided three recipes online from local mixologists so you can shake up your Canada Day party at home.

At the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, afternoon tea has taken on an all-Canadian flavour with mini lobster rolls, Montreal smoked meat sandwiches, saskatoon berry com-

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• 1 oz (30 mL) Old Camp Peach Pecan Whiskey • ½ oz (15 mL) Lillet Blanc • ½ oz (15 mL) Canadian whisky • 3 oz (90 mL) unsweetened iced tea (any black tea will do) • Garnish: Okanagan peach slices Top bartenders across Vancouver are creating Canada 150 cocktails, including Juniper’s Great Wild North cocktail, left (Zoe Klymiuk-Turner photo) and L’Abattoir’s ‘A Mari Usque Ad Mare’ cocktail, right (Amy Ho/L’Abattoir photo). pote and, for those who crave something stronger than orange pekoe, the Maple Leaf cocktail, a bracing blend of bourbon, maple syrup, lemon and apple juice (fairmont.com. hotel-vancouver).

Over at the Four Seasons, bartender Jessica Hoffman has created a smoky-sweet take on the Bloody Caesar, Canada’s iconic tomato-clam-vodka cocktail. The Rocky Moun-

tain Caesar features Canadian Club whisky, Clamato, adobo peppers, maple syrup, olive juice, lime and, of course, bacon (yewseafood.com).

The Caesar, invented in 1969 in Calgary and widely acknowledged as Canada’s favourite cocktail, provides a perfect template for bartender creativity, so you can expect to see plenty of variations on it. One we love is the French

River at Timber, which is rimmed with Montreal steak spice and garnished with deep-fried cheese curds and bacon (timbervancouver.com).

Nationwide, Hy’s Steakhouse has introduced five regional cocktails – the Vancouver one, called Coastal Wave, features Wayward bourbon barrel-aged gin, Punt e Mes, Benedictine and orange bitters with a salmon jerky garnish

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Evoking a rush of a different sort is Royal Dinette bar manager Kaitlyn Stewart’s ’92 & ’93, which pays homage to the Toronto Blue Jays, who won back-to-back World Series titles in the early 1990s.

It features tropical flavours of coconut, lime, pineapple and pear sake (royaldinette.ca).

Finally, it wouldn’t be a Canadian celebration if we

didn’t also worry about our neighbours to the south. Over at Mamie Taylor’s, owner Ron Oliver and lead bartender Scotty Marshall have combined American peach whiskey and Canadian rye in a wishful nod to the current political climate below the 49th parallel: Impeached Ice Tea. See the recipe above. (mamietaylors.ca) Happy Canada Day, all! W

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Claude Monet’s last painting before his death was the standout Les Roses. Contributed photo

Enter Claude Monet’s secret garden New exhibition at VAG showcases revelations from Monet’s private collection SABRINA FURMINGER @Sabrinarmf

Fancy a wander through the fertile mind of a visionary painter? The Vancouver Art Gallery invites its visitors to journey into the private collection of one of history’s most audacious artists with Claude Monet’s Secret Garden, the most comprehensive exhibition of the French painter to be mounted in Canada in two decades.

The exhibition – which opened to the public on June 24 – features 38 paintings spanning Monet’s career, including those created at the beginning and end of his prolific life.The 38 paintings are on loan from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, and were entrusted to the museum following the death of Monet’s son Michel in 1966, who himself had inherited the collection from his father.

The elder Monet was known to destroy his own work if he grew dissatisfied with it, said Marianne Mathieu, deputy director of the Musee Marmottan Monet, during a recent media tour of the exhibition.Thus, the paintings included in Claude Monet’s Secret Garden are those from which Monet did not wish to part.

The exhibition is organized chronologically, beginning with the smaller works he created in the late 19th century when he took to plein-air landscape painting in the French countryside.The exhibition winds through the paintings that sparked the Impressionist movement – although not Impression, Sunrise, Monet’s 1872 work that gave the Impressionist movement its name – and culminates with the groundbreaking canvases he produced in

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Giverny, the small village in northern France where Monet resided from 1883 to the end of his life in 1926.

It was in Giverny where Monet first nurtured, and then painted, the now iconic water lilies (as he did in 1903’s Nympheas), as well as weeping willows and the famed Japanese bridge.These expressive, colourful and sweeping masterworks – some quite massive and many lacking horizons – display Monet’s profound appreciation for nature, according to Ian M.Thom, a senior-curator at the VAG who co-curated the exhibition with Mathieu.

The exhibition highlights “just how brilliant of an artist [Monet] was,” says Thom, in a post-tour interview. “Seeing these things in reproduction is nowhere near like seeing them in the flesh.The subtlety of some of these works, and the freedom of the brushstrokes, is quite extraordinary.You can take little details of some of these paintings and they’d function perfectly well as abstract paintings.”

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden ends with Les Roses, the last painting he created before his death in 1926 at the age of 86.

The Monet exhibition is but one of several inhabiting the VAG this summer. Stephen Shore:The Giverny Portfolio occupies the room between Claude Monet’s Secret Garden and a dedicated Monet gift shop; this adjunct exhibition features a series of photographs shot by photographer Stephen Shore during visits to Monet’s Giverny gardens between 1977 and 1982.

Also on the summer schedule: an exhibition of mixed media work by Los Angelesbased artist Elad Lassry; Persistence, which presents works from the Gallery’s collection that illuminate the shifting role and endurance of technologies, physical objects, and bodies; and Pictures From Here, which explores the birth of Vancouver’s photo-conceptualist movement through the work of Roy Arden, Christos Dikeakos, Stan Douglas, Greg Girard, Mike Grill, Fred Herzog, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Paul Wong, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Andrea Fatona, and others. W • Claude Monet’s Secret Garden runs until Oct. 1 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. More at VanArtGallery.bc.ca.

The LGBTQ+ community in Vancouver can be fun, inviting and welcoming; but for some, finding their place within it is an ongoing challenge.

Queers and Beers, a seasonal event that takes place at the Boxcar and Cobalt parking lot, is one way for people to make new friends in a friendly environment.

Ryn Broz organized the event shortly after moving to Vancouver from Winnipeg as a way for people to hang out in a space that isn’t based around dancing or drag – although the afterparty is Man Up’s Amateur Hour at the Cobalt.

“It really is an event that’s centred around hanging out with your friends, meeting new people and having that sort of bar space that seems to be not so prevalent anymore,” Broz says. “We get a really mixed group of people, especially in ages.”

One of the interesting things about Queers and Beers is that it’s an event based around talking, hanging out and the idea that the people in attendance are the event.

“I talk to more strangers at Q&B than I do at other events, and not just because I’m the organizer, that’s what a lot of people there do,” Broz says.

When Broz came from Winnipeg, she was a little bit overwhelmed by the different culture, parties, and the “coolness” of Vancouverites.

“In the city in general, it can be hard to make friends, and when you’re queer then you sort of have another layer of not necessarily relating to everyone, or having your friend group be a bit smaller. It sort of narrows you down a little bit and I think there could also be a slight nervousness,” she says.

Broz thinks that overall, the LGBTQ+ community is welcoming, but that there should be more spaces interested in hosting a wide variety of queer identities.

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Queers & Beers organizer Ryn Broz. Contributed photo Luna Sibley, 19, has struggled as a pansexual woman to find her place in the community. She believes that people, specifically in her age group, need to be more open to all sexual identities.

“For me and others, it felt like no one took my sexuality seriously. It’s so tough for someone to come out and to accept themselves.

To be put down like that by a community that looks so inviting and so welcoming is heartbreaking,” she says.

As a minor, Sibley gave up on trying to find her place amongst other LGBTQ+ people. But now that she is able to go to clubs and parties, she looks forward to trying again.

“Be patient. If things don’t work out the first time, don’t give up like I did,” she advises.

“I missed out on a lot of great parties and a lot of great people because I was so scared.”

Sibley says that you have to do your research, and find events that you want to go to, and that it’s important to find someone who really accepts you and wants to get you involved.

“Focus on that person and get yourself out there. It’s really difficult to find a place in the community, so once you find it, don’t lose it.”

Broz’s advice to people looking to make friends is similar.

“I would say, if you have the time and you have the energy, sign up for a wide wash of things and see what sticks,” she says.

“Don’t get discouraged, if you go out and you try a thing, and you don’t feel like you’re relating to anyone, try something else.There are enough neat things happening in the city that if you’re willing to put yourself out there, you’ll meet people.”

Broz adds that everyone fears they don’t belong, or people don’t want to hang out with them, but most people want to make friends.

“Most of the people who I labelled in the community as being intimidating or popular were actually super nice once I talked to them. Don’t be afraid to talk to people and ask for someone’s phone number or follow up.” W

THE FRIEND ZONE Here are some upcoming events to check out with your friends, or where you can make some new ones: • Glitter is Forever: Queeraoke Closing Party for the Queer Arts Festival is Thursday, June 29 at The Junction.

• Babes on Babes/Queer Long Weekend Jam is back on July 2 at Fortune Soundclub. Go for the dance party, stay for the cool DJs. • Registration for Double Rainbow Dodgeball, a queer dodgeball league recommended by Broz, is now accepting registration applications for the 2017-18 season. (doublerainbowdodgeball.ca) • And stay tuned for all of the Pride events kicking ¥ s~ yª £ ~¢ Queers and Beers on July 30! We’ll keep you posted here. W

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You’ve got to feel sorry for brands that are celebrating big anniversaries in Canada this year. Like a kid who’s born on Christmas Day, their birthdays are bound to be overlooked (“We got you a joint present!

And nobody feels like eating more cake....”). So we decided to cast the spotlight on the fashion and beauty superstars that have significant anniversaries in 2017, from local labels to international ones.

TIFFANY & CO: 180 YEARS

In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B.Young opened their stationery and “fancy goods” store in NewYork. It was an instant hit with the city’s fashionable folk, thanks to simple designs that were refreshingly different from the prevailing trend for OTT opulence.These days, it’s probably jewelry’s only real household name, the most reliable choice for everything from christening presents to sweet 16s and, of course, engagement rings.

One of our fabourite ’90s beauty products is turning 20, while Jergens has been in the Great White North for 100 years!

Closer to home, the brand is celebrating 10 years in its Burrard Street location. It’s just reopened after a massive revamp that has almost tripled the size of the store on the corner of Burrard and Alberni.

JERGENS BODYCARE: 100 YEARS

Household staple Jergens arrived in Canada in 1917.

Originally associated with Hollywood glamour, it later became known for its targeted

products for dry skin. In 2005 it launched Natural Glow Moisturizers that gave a hint of a tan and are still a favourite with beauty editors.This year, it brings out commerative packaging for its centenary, created by Canadian watercolour and digital media artist Stephanie Anne Mackay.

KALENA’S SHOES: 50 YEARS

Commercial Drive’s favourite shoe store celebrates

a half-century in Vancouver’s Little Italy this year.

Founded by Carmen and Isa D’Onofrio, it specializes in handmade shoes and handbags imported from Italy, just as it did 50 years ago. It’s still family owned – these days, helmed by Carmen and Isa’s daughter,Veralena Casellato.

Own-label Kalena’s products are made by manufacturers who also work with Prada and Valentina and the store is famous for its warm and friendly service.To mark its birthday, it has started e-commerce at Kalenashoes. com and is offering a 10 per cent discount with the code, “I LOVE KALENA”.

ESCENTS: 25 YEARS

Vancouver native Jacqui MacNeill encountered essential oils when travelling the world.When she got back to BC, she set up an Escents kiosk, aged just 23. In 2003, she experienced complications during her twin pregnancy, which led to brain surgery.

She believes scent and essential oils helped her to heal and refocus. In 2007, she secured a partnership in Taiwan, where she now has 42 locations.

Today, she also has a partnership with a Japanese retailer and three stores there, plus 12 locations in Canada. Next up, further expansion and more products to add to the current roster of diffusers, lifestyle items, bath and body products and, of course, essential oils.

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In 1997, Japanese brand Biore arrived in Canada with its pleasingly gross Deep Cleansing Pore Strips. Since then, it’s become known for unusual but effective cleansing products like Charcoal Soap and Baking Soda Scrub. To celebrate the anniversary the brand has worked with Katie Cavanagh, a Toronto student, to create commemorative packaging for all its products – it’s available now. W

The Farce is strong with Chris Wilson

Vancouver comedian joins Air Farce for July 1 special

point: Hadfield (arguably the coolest astronaut in NASA history) wanted to play his guitar in a sketch centered on upping NASA’s cool factor – and ended up singing a song Sabrina with Ed Robertson from the Barenaked Ladies.

Furminger “That was surreal, sitting Reel People across the table while they @Sabrinarmf were practising,” marvels Wilson. “That’s Chris Hadfield and a Barenaked Lady playing As one half of the uber‘If I Had a Million Dollars’ popular comedy duo Peter n’ together and I get to be in the Chris, Chris Wilson wears a room while it happens.” lot of hats, including writer, Wilson is widely known for actor and podcaster. But, on the sketch comedy duo Peter CBC Television’s upcoming n’ Chris, which he formed with Air Farce 150 special, he was Peter Carlone in 2009.They’ve outfitted with a very different performed together kind of headwear. at Just For Laughs, “Even in sketchJFL42, sketch es where I was comedy fests in basically playing Toronto, Chicago, myself, they were and San Francisco, like, ‘Let’s get you and are threesuited up in wig,’” time Canadian the Vancouver Comedy Award funnyman recalls winners. “I think in a recent phone I’ll always like live interview. “I need performance best, to wear a wig to Chris Wilson in a small 150-seat play myself? And intimate venue,” says they’d say, ‘Yeah.Yeah.We’ve Wilson. “I like the immediacy got one here.’” of live performance, and hearWilson is one of two new recruits joining the iconic com- ing laughs right away.”

Wilson and Carlone are also edy troupe for Air Farce 150, in-demand comedy writers. a one-hour television special Their work has appeared on that examines Canadian hisCBC Radio’s The Irrelevant tory and culture through that Show and the cult favourite distinctive Air Farce lens. In web series White Ninja; their the special – which will anchor 2016 Crazy8s short Grocery CBC Television’s sesquicenStore Action Movie – which is, tennial line-up on July 1 – the as its title implies, a fast-paced Air Farce gang presents a action movie set in a grocery sideways spin on the Vikings store – was nominated for landing in Newfoundland, the a 2017 Leo Award for Best first hockey game, and cottage Music, Comedy or Variety life with Justin and Sophie Program. “I want to make that Trudeau.There are also pop into a digital series, ideally, culture parodies like Ca-Naand make a bunch of these Da Land and an all-new take everyday action movie things on the classic NFB animated where it’s like Ethan Hunt or short film Log Driver’sWaltz.

Jack Reacher on their days The sketch comedy veteran off,” muses Wilson. describes his entire Air Farce Wilson grew up on the 150 experience as astoundingly Island and honed his funny fun and educational. “They’ve bone watching ’90s sitcoms been doing it for years and like Home Improvement and it’s this machine that’s rolling Seinfeld. “I remember writing already, and I was able to down Seinfeld’s jokes during jump in and learn a lot about commercials,” chuckles Wilhow you produce a large-scale son. “My thinking as a kid was, TV show,” says Wilson, who ‘Oh, when I’m old enough joins Air Farce regulars Don to do stand-up comedy, I’ll Ferguson, Luba Goy, Jessica have all of this great material Holmes, Craig Lauzon, Darryl Hinds, Emma Hunter, and fel- I can do, because no one will remember Jerry Seinfeld.’” low newbie Isabel Kanaan for But Wilson didn’t actually the special. pursue comedy until his late “I’ve never been a part of teens; up until that point, he’d something like that: all the convinced his parents that he writing in the writers’ room wanted to be a paramedic. and then all of the read“That was a lie; although it throughs, and then seeing all was a good fallback plan. I did of the sets being built.There’s a lot of lifeguarding as a kid, something to learn from and I was well on the path to everybody.” being paramedic, and then I And given the roster of was like, ‘Yeah, no.Theatre special guest stars – includschool!’” W ing Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, Lorne Cardinal, Kaniehtiio Horn, Hélène Joy, • Air Farce Canada 150 airs and Eric Peterson – Wilson’s July 1 at 5pm on CBC TeleviAir Farce 150 experience was sion. airfarce.com periodically surreal. Case in

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By Rob Brezsny This is a perfect moment to create a new tradition, Aries. You intuitively know how to turn one of your recent breakthroughs into a good habit that will provide continuity and stability for a long time to come. You can make a permanent upgrade in your life by capitalizing on an accidental discovery you made during a spontaneous episode. It’s time, in other words, to convert the temporary assistance you received into a long-term asset; to use a stroke of luck to foster a lasting pleasure.

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I don’t remember if I have ever said really mean things during a break-up.

I’m usually so manic, frantic and hysterical that I become like a wind-up toy who was just let loose on the floor. I crash eventually, and then reality sinks in.

One thing I do know is that I have wanted to say some really nasty, deep, cutting things and yet stopped myself.

Why? Because once you say something you can’t take it back. That shit is out there.

You let it into the ether, and it floated through someone’s ears and now they know that thing you think… forever.

No matter how mad I am, I’m not going to say the worst thing about that person that they already know and hate about themselves.

It’s just too cruel. Self-loathing is hard enough. I’d rather just let that meat marinate

once I’ve exited the scene.

I was once sent a book by Jamye Waxman called How To Break-UpWith Anyone: Letting Go of Friends, Family and Everyone In-Between. This Waxman chick is very zen.

She’s got more zen in her left pinky nail’s cuticle than I have in my entire body. I wish I could stick a straw in her ear and suck out some of her zen for myself.

Although her advice seemed wildly unrealistic in the heat of the moment, it isn’t stupid advice. Sometimes you need to hear things explained in the most rudimentary way possible to really get it.

Why do we get so shitty when someone tells us they don’t want us around anymore? I asked a bunch of people what was the meanest thing they said or had said to them during a break-up.

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“A friend of mine got dumped because she wasn’t ‘good breeding stock’.”

“I actually hate your band.”

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“I just want to live a Morrissey lifestyle.”

“You have an ugly vagina.”

“But I let you win all those Scrabble games.”

“I’m too good for you, and I always have been. I know it and so does everyone else.

They say it all the time.”

“I had moved countries for my ex, and remember, during the end of our relationship, saying real cold like, ‘You’re the second biggest mistake I’ve ever made. My biggest mistake was breaking up with my last boyfriend.”

“This girl I once dated screamed at me because she thought I was fucking another girl. (I wasn’t.)

She tried to burn me with, ‘Don’t you feel like a loser being a broke 30-year-old man driving around playing shows in basements?’ To which I replied, ‘You’re a 30-year-old broke waitress with two roommates and you’re not in a band, so what’s your excuse?’ She then started crying and that’s why we broke up.

Years later she was drunk texting me about how some dude she was dating was an asshole and how he cheated on her. ‘I sucked his dick every day,’ she texted. ‘Why would he cheat on me?’ I just wrote back, ‘Because you suck at sucking.’ That was the last time I heard from her.” W

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Physicist Freeman Dyson told Wired magazine how crucial it is to learn from failures. As an example, he described the invention of the bicycle. “There were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked,” he said. “You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, it’s ¢ £~ ~ ¢ ¥ ¢ | y ¥ ¤ £y£ | ¼ ~ ~ by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential.” I hope you will keep that in mind, Taurus. It’s the Success-Through-Failure Phase of your astrological cycle.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, y ~ ~ ¢ ¥ ¥ £ ¥~ ~ ¢ £ ~ | nine TVs and a hot tub inside. You’d also be smart to accessorize your smooth ride with a $5,000-bottle ³ ¥~ q m m ² ¢ ¢ ¥~{ | ¥ ¢ servings of the Golden Opulence Sundae, which features a topping of 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If none of that is possible, do the next best thing, which is to mastermind a longterm plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealth-building activities will be favoured in the coming weeks.

When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same – triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny – I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the coming weeks, I suspect that many of you will make big strides |¥ ¢ ¥ ¼ ­ y§ £¥~ y ~ } £ ¥ | ª sensitivity that enables you to feel at home no matter what you’re doing or where you are on this planet.

You may not realize it, but you now have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. I’m not talking about Houdini-style hocus-pocus. I’m referring to practical wizardry that will enable you to ¥ ¥ } y £ ¥ ¥ y ~ ¢¥ y life. Here are some of the possibilities: wiggling out of ¥ | ~ ¢ ¥ y © £ ~ ~ a new opportunity for yourself out of thin air; doing well on a test even though you don’t feel prepared for it; converting a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you like to use your magic?

Feminist pioneer and author Gloria Steinem said, “Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Is there such an activity for you, Virgo? If not, now is a favourable time to identify what it is. And if there is indeed such a passionate pursuit, you should do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You’re primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this life-giving y¼ ° } } { ¥ | you, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare.

One of the 21st century’s most entertaining archaeological events was the discovery of King

Richard III’s bones. The English monarch died in 1485. It wasn’t an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but a screenwriter named Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered around there, she got a psychic impression at one point that she was walking directly over Richard’s grave. Her feeling later turned out to be right. I suspect your near future will have resemblances to her adventure. You’ll have success in ¥ ¢ ¥ y ~ £ ¥ ¥ ¥ { ¼ ± ¥ analytical thinking will lead you to the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence will take you the rest of the way.

° ¢ ¢ y ¥ ~ | message for you. They are shouting. And what they are shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon.

There can be no further excuses for postponement.

What’s that you say? You don’t have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You’re too bogged down in the thousand and one details of managing the dayto-day hubbub? Well, in case you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. And if you don’t cooperate willingly, they | ~ ¥ y £ y ~ ¢ ¼ ~ | the really good news, Scorpio: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance that you can’t imagine right now.

In my dream, I used the non-itchy wool of the queen’s special merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted this blanket to be a good luck charm you could use in your crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes ¢ £ } ¢ } y ~ ¥ ¼ t |¥ ¤ ¥~ ~ ¥ ¢ £ ¼ ~ ¥ t ¢ ª t had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn’t ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥| § ± ~ ¢ ¥ embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner of it and unravelled some threads in another corner. Now here’s my interpretation of my dream: You’re ready to regard messiness as an essential ingredient in your quest for deeper intimacy.

Your word of power is “supplication” – the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practised correctly, “supplication” is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you are totally united with your desire, feel no guilt or shyness about it, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. ±~ £¥ ¥ y ~ ~ ª ¢ ¤ { ¤ as you do what’s necessary to get the blessing you y ¥ ¼ ¥ ~ £¥ ¥ ¥ y ~ ¥ ª because it helps you realize that you can’t get what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck and help from sources beyond your control.

In the coming weeks, your relationships with painkillers will be extra sweet and intense. Please note that I’m not talking about ibuprofen or acetaminophen or Aspirin. My reference to painkillers is metaphorical. What I’m predicting is that you will ¥} ¥ ¥£ ¢ { £ ¥ ¢~£ y ~ ~ ¼ « ~ ¥} ¥ { ¥¤ ~ | to go to get the most meaningful kinds of healing and relief. Your intuition will guide you to initiate acts of atonement and forgiveness, which will in turn ameliorate your wounds.

Don’t wait around passively as you fantasize about becoming the “Chosen One” of some person or group ~ ¼ y ~ | n ¼ ¢ ¢ wander around aimlessly, biding your time in the hope of eventually being awarded some prize. Give yourself a prize or boon. Here’s one further piece of advice, Pisces: Don’t postpone your practical and proactive intentions until the mythical “perfect moment” arrives. Create your own perfect moment.

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June 29 - July 5, 2017 W 15

HAPPY 150TH, BIRTHDAY CANADA Prices Effective June 29 to July 5, 2017.

100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT Organic Beef Burgers

Organic Hass Avocados

Organic Red Seedless Mini Watermelon

22.02kg

Imported

Imported

4.98 3 count bag

3.98 each

Imported Sweet Jumbo Walla Walla Onions

BC Grown English Shelling Peas

1.98lb

at our Kitsilano, Kerrisdale, Cambie North Vancouver, and White Rock locations

18.99lb

6.99lb *RWA – raised without antibiotics

Liberté Kefir and Greek Yogurt assorted varieties

500g-1L • product of Canada

1L • +deposit +eco fee • product of USA

400g

8.99 Regular 9.99 Decaf

4.49

SAVE

36%

Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil

SAVE

UP TO

assorted varieties

reg price 3.89-7.29

19%

regular retail price

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

85-93g • product of USA

SAVE 10.99

31%

150g • product of Canada

2/5.00

SAVE

UP TO

30%

18%

SAVE

assorted varieties

120g • product of USA

35% 2/7.00

7.99

SAVE

64%

assorted varieties 380g

Zevia Carbonated Water assorted varieties

946ml • +deposit +eco fee product of USA

4L • product of BC

Choices’ Bakery Hamburger, Hot Dog or Slider Buns

25% Off

assorted varieties

skim, 1, 2 or 3.25%

BAKERY

regular retail price

Santa Cruz Organic Lemonade

Dairyland Organic Milk

227-300g product of Canada

reg price 3.99-6.99

UP TO

5.49

29%

Sunflower Kitchen Hummus and Pesto

assorted varieties

4.99 to 5.99

SAVE

4.99

Blue Diamond Nut Thins and Artisan Nut Thins

SAVE

2/6.00

Lesley Stowe Crisps

Calbee Snapea Crisps and Lentil Snaps

500ml • product of Canada

1 dozen • product of Abbotsford

SAVE

25% Off

light, medium, dark or amber

Maple Hill Organic Free Range Large Eggs

assorted sizes • product of Canada

assorted sizes • product of USA

Uncle Luke’s Organic Maple Syrup

3.99

Old Dutch Restaurante Tortilla Chips

assorted varieties

8.49 250ml Organic 11.99 750ml

Choices’ Own Fajitas, Burritos and Quesadillas

32%

La Tortilla Factory Wraps and Tortillas

product of Italy

While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.Product may not appear exactly as depicted.

Coco Libre Organic Coconut Water with or without pineapple

assorted varieties

36%

41.87kg

DELI

Earth’s Choice Organic Fair Trade Coffee

UP TO

Organic BC Sturgeon Steaks

15.41kg

GROCERY SAVE

4.49lb

Boneless Pork Chops *RWA

ORGANIC PORK

.98lb

9.90kg

9.99lb

BC

2.16kg

4.37kg

Farmcrest Non-GMO Whole Specialty Frying Chickens

+deposit +eco fee

2/4.00

.99 355ml

SAVE

UP TO

39%

6.99 8 pack

4.49

WELLNESS Progressive Vitamins and Sports Nutrition Supplements

Vega One All-in-One Nutritional Shakes and Vega One Bars

Assorted Varieties

Assorted Varieties

Assorted Sizes

20% off Regular Retail Price

25% off

Sustainable Choices

Regular Retail Price

Our fresh meat department is now 100% Ocean Wise

Assorted Varieties

Avalon Shampoo, Conditioner, Shower Gel, Lotion, Vitamin C and Face Care

Assorted Sizes

Assorted Varieties Assorted Sizes

Trophic Vitamins and Supplements

20% off Regular Retail Price

As of May 11th, 2017, we have phased all fresh non-Ocean Wise seafood out of our stores and are now 100% Ocean Wise in our fresh seafood category.We’ve also completely removed styrofoam trays from our meat department, replacing them all with recyclable options. It’s just a small part of what we can do to help make sure that our oceans remain healthy for generations to come.

25% off Regular Retail Price

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Choices Markets has always worked to support sustainability in our stores.That’s why we’ve been a partner in the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program since its inception.When a seafood item is Ocean Wise, you know that it has been harvested sustainably with the health of our oceans in mind.

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