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grown a pair, I might change my mind to re-attend but only if uniformed police and ﬁremen and women are proudly (pride!) allowed to wear their well deserved uniforms. —Shawn Bourgeault

Re:“Vancouver police ‘disappointed’ by Pride Parade ban,” Dec. 1, 2017. westender.com When the police ﬁrst marched with us almost 30 years ago in Toronto, the crowds went crazy for them. Suddenly the police presence was not only there to protect us, they were us and they were there to support us. It was a watershed moment.They hadn’t ofﬁcially apologized for their misdeeds against the gay community yet, but they were still welcomed for many years regardless.Think about it... —Christopher Pinhey

Sadly, I won’t be attending events this year unless this ridiculous decision is reversed! I’m sure there are many thousands who feel the same way! —Peter Godfrey

I grew up knowing the police were there for my protection, and as a child they would be my shelter in a time of crisis. I will never change my opinion on that. For next year’s parade (of which I no longer intend to attend since it’s been hijacked, yes, hijacked!) I think I’ll take the day and volunteer with the Vancouver police or our ﬁreﬁghters instead. When the Pride board has

Notice how most of the comments here that are negative and blaming minority civil rights groups are from white, gay men.The same gay white men that are at [the top of] the social totem pole and don’t face racism and rejection based on skin colour, ethnicity and heritage.Who, outside of the fact of being gay, have never faced subjective persecution and systemic racism not only by police, but by the justice

Wow, there are a lot of pissed off white dudes who’ve apparently never had a personally bad experience with police –WHAT A COINCIDENCE. —Sarah Beuhler

institution and by gay social community standards. I ﬁnd this very awkward, strange and alarming.Y’all need to open your eyes. And, some of you, your hearts. Because the same people that march and walk with you for the same rights, and the same things you believe in as LGBTQ people, are the same ones you won’t defend here, who have lived and have learned a different way of life. Shame. —TaylorWilson

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Re:“MoreVancouverites commuting on public transit: census,” Nov. 29, 2017. westender.com The trains during peak times (especially the Canada Line) are so crowded it is awful. I wish the city had the foresight to build longer platforms to accommodate longer trains with more cars. Most other cities like Montreal, NYC, Paris, etc. have way longer platforms. Although we didn’t need so many trains when we started, building with foresight and looking to higher ridership in future would have made it more bearable now. —Colleen McClean

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Best local books of 2017 Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown

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Here’s my roundup of the top four local authors this year, just in time for your last-minute literary gift shopping. Night Visions: Beyond Good and Evil by Baron Cameron (Culture Thug) You’d never guess by looking at him that Baron Cameron, a self-described “gutter rat street photographer,” grew up in an affluent bedroom neighbourhood inWestVancouver. He still commutes to and from that suburb to his other neighbourhood – the Downtown Eastside – where he mingles and roams, endlessly photographing any moment of truth that catches his eye. In his second book of brutally vivid street photography, Cameron captures life and death on some of North America’s grittiest streets and alleyways, all in black and white, and all between 6pm and 6am.The results are gripping. Nearly Normal: Surviving the Wilderness, My Family and Myself by Cea Sunrise Person (Harper Collins) Sequels to memoirs are tricky. One would assume that your first memoir contains all of your best stories, and a second one would simply be a mishmash of whatever got cut from the first book. I should know. Luckily for you, that is not the case with Cea Sunrise Person’s 2017 memoir Nearly Normal, the follow-up to her bestselling debut memoir North of Normal.That first book was an astounding true tale of being raised deep in the wilderness and totally off the grid by extreme back-to-the-land-ers. In the new book, Person writes

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Grant Lawrence’s annual literary gift guide includes a model’s memoir and a guide to Vancouver riots. Contributed of her escape from the wilderness to an exact opposite world: life as an international model of high-end fashion. But there is darkness beyond the lens. This book is especially relevant within the #metoo conversation. The Fiddler Is A Good Woman by Geoff Berner (Dundurn) A few years ago, local klezmer accordionist and singer-songwriter Geoff Berner released his ﬁrst novel, Festival Man, which was a scathing satire aimed at the folk festival and international touring scene. It felt oh so wickedly close to the truth that I’m surprised it didn’t launch a national inquiry into our arts grant system. Berner’s latest novel picks up where the last one left off, and, if it’s possible, this one hilariously shreds the ever-fragile ego that is the Canadian music scene even more. Names are barely changed. For instance, in one scene early in the book, a “hipster CBC guy” named –ahem– “Grant” is trading insult-jokes with another musician in a folk festival beer garden. Uh huh.This is the perfect book for any music industry refugee, or for anyone who’s ever wondered what it is really like to try and survive as

an independent musician, told in thinly veiled fiction. City On Edge: A Rebellious Century of Vancouver Protests, Riots, and Strikes by Kate Bird (Greystone) What is it aboutVancouverites?Why do we so frequently feel the need rise up in anger? Does the rain sour our mood that badly?Why do we always take it to the streets, whether we’re protesting war, marijuana laws, whales in captivity, or dumb stuff like concerts and the final score of the Stanley Cup Final? Just about every neighbourhood in this city has had its own riot! In stark contrast toVancouver’s international image of a laidback urban paradise, Kate Bird expertly shows us that our citizens are actually wound up tighter than Joey Shithead’s guitar strings. Bird showcases our burn-first-think-later attitude through photographs of marching discontent from the archives of the Vancouver Sun and Province, proving that we are indeed, and always have been, rather fascinatingly, a City on Edge. • See westender.com for Grant’s review of Shelley O’Callaghan’s How Deep IsThe Lake: A Century at Chilliwack Lake. W

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Last Wednesday, when the news broke that the Vancouver Pride Society had decided to ban uniformed police officers from the 2018 Pride Parade, it appeared, from VPS executive director Andrea Arnot’s comments to media, that the LGBTQ+ non-profit had informed the Vancouver Police Department of its decision before the information became public. However, the VPD released a statement on Friday, Dec. 1, saying it had learned about the ban on uniformed officers through a news article. In the statement, the VPD also said it had “no input into the final decision.” Meanwhile, later that same day, the Vancouver Pride Society issued a clarification statement saying it had met with members of the Vancouver Police Department on Sept. 21 to inform them that only plainclothes officers would be allowed to participate in the 2018 Pride Parade, and that uniformed officers would not be permitted. In a followup interview Monday with Westender, Arnot reiterated that she and two other VPS members had met with three representatives from the VPD, including LGBT liaison officer Dale Quiring and Superintendent Marcie Flamand. Arnot said the society was told that the VPD representatives would relay the news

to the rest of the force. “We’re guessing that it’s an internal communications issue,” Arnot said about the contradictory statements, “because we met with them [the VPD] on Sept. 21, which was the same week our board made the decision, and there were three of us from Vancouver Pride at that meeting, and three police officers that we had worked with. And, at the same time, our other board co-chair had let someone know in the mayor’s office.” Arnot expressed disappointment that VPS had potentially been cast as careless and uncommunicative through the VPD’s official response. “It feels a bit tough; we had had a good working relationship with them [the VPD], and I assume we still do, and, you know, we involved them in this process since summer of 2016, through all our community consultations. We met with them to share the results on the consultations, and to present where the information was coming from and, in particular, which groups of people were feeling like the uniform was an issue for them to participate, so we feel like we’ve involved them in this process.” Sgt. Jason Robillard, VPD’s media liaison officer, says he was unaware of the meeting that VPS refers to and that he only spoke briefly to Quiring, the LGBT liaison officer who VPS claims was aware of the ban, before releasing the Dec. 1 statement. Reached by phone, Robillard confirmed that he was personally unaware of the ban until the information broke publicly last week, but wasn’t willing to speak about

the two organizations’ differing statements at any length. In the Dec. 1 statement, VPD said it had taken steps to try to repair its relationships with the LGBTQ+ community and recognized that it still had more work to do. “We recognize that our work is still not done and we will continue with our listening and outreach efforts to build on our existing trust and relationships with Vancouver’s LGBTQ2+ community,” the press release read. In the wake of the announcement, one Westender reader called for the Vancouver Pride Society to be defunded and several others expressed disappointment with the decision, with a number of readers threatening to not attend the parade. When asked what she thought about those who are upset with the decision, Arnot called for empathy. “I really feel like it comes down to basic empathy,” she said. “When marriage equality happened, a lot of people in the community thought, ‘Yay our work is done,’ and then we had folks from the trans community wave their hands and say, ‘Hey, what about us? We don’t have the same protections and status under the law,’ and it took until this past year for that to change in Canada and B.C., so I wish people would access that place of empathy and remember what it feels like to be left out of something or bullied or discriminated against or ‘othered’ in some way. And maybe most people think that they have a good relationship with police and feel safe with them, but there are still some people who don’t…” W

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‘Apples and Honey’ by Mark Winston and Renee Sarojini Saklikar Poetic Licence

@westendervan We’re doing something a little different for this week’s Poetic Licence. When we learned that Vancouver Poet Laureate Rachel Rose had edited a new book called Sustenance, dedicated to stories of food, culture and belonging, we asked her to choose one of her favourite excerpts from the fundraising endeavour to share with Westender readers. The following is a “hybrid form of call and response between a scientist and a poet,” says Rose. “The ﬁrst part is an essay by Mark Winston and the second is a poem by Renee Sarojini Saklikar, which riffs on the sonnet.”

APPLES AND HONEY

September and October are important months for honeybees and beekeepers, their final opportunity to bring in the last dribs and drabs of fall honey, and ours to prepare hives for the long winter ahead. But fall beekeeping and winter colony survival are dependent on spring bloom, because it’s those nectar-producing flowers of spring from which we harvest honey in the fall, and it’s the honey we leave for the honeybees each fall on which they survive until the next spring. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, also happens in September or early October, a festival of renewal and reflection where bees and honey play a prominent role. We dip slices of apple into honey and recite: “May it be your will, Lord our God and God of our ancestors, to renew this year for us with sweetness and happiness.” The simple rhythm of blessing, dipping and merging apple and honey holistically unites my own disparate identities of beekeeper,

scientist, teacher, writer and Jew. It is at these moments that I feel most whole, and at these times of celebration that I most deeply understand the role of bees in nature and in my own life. Apples would not exist were it not for the pollinating influence of the bees, which transfer pollen between flowers every spring, setting the seed for the apple fruit. The apples, for their part, produce sweet nectar in their flowers, which attracts the bees to dip their tongues deep into the flower, knocking pollen off the flower and onto their hairy bodies in the process of imbibing. The pollen rubs off on subsequent floral visits, fertilizing the flowers, and the life and growth of the new apple fruit begins. The nectar from the apple flowers is carried back to the bees’ nest, turned into honey and stored for the winter, providing honeybee colonies with food to survive until the next spring, when the cycle is renewed as the bees pollinate again. We celebrate this annual cycle by joining the apple and honey together to renew the sweetness of the seasons. But this closely intertwined relationship has deeper meaning, because the quality of the apple depends on the number of bee visits. The more bees that visit each flower, the larger and rounder the fruit. The quality of the fruit is further enhanced when the donor and recipient trees are different varieties, yet another celebration of diversity’s inherent value. Quality also has to do with the diversity of bee species that visit the blossoms, with many dozens of wild species attending to apple pollination in addition to the managed honeybees. Each bee species works the flower differently, transferring pollen in various ways, thereby

contributing their own unique style to the critical task of pollination. So it is with human societies. It is through the crossfertilization of ideas and talents that we express our best communal selves. We derive strength and wisdom from our mutual visions, just as the apples are improved by the visits of diverse bees to set fruit. The feel and smell of the bee yard are right there with me during our holiday celebrations, connected with the cycles of the seasons and the profound beliefs and history from which my own rituals descended and my descendants will learn from and enjoy. Yes, there is much that can be revealed when the taste of crunchy apple is mixed with the sweetness of honey. But isn’t it always like that, with wonder all around us when we open our eyes to the profound insights imbedded in the simplest of pleasures?

À MOISHE REDUX

Spring’s bloom, fat summer, fall’s harvest Apples to honey, when October ends, begins That portal, opening, dip, recite, if not for That transfer, set the seed, swell the gourd, Nectar sucked, a hairybacked bee What if our ﬁngers, stroke, or rub, carry-over To visit, that ﬂight, the dance and stored for winter A number of, the more— Rounder, varietal, species named, unnamed, Destroyed, remembered, into the bee yard You brought me—and so we whispered Let the song reside in us forever—

FROM RACHEL ROSE:

As an anthology, Sustenance is unique: unpublished writers, some of whom are in elementary school, stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the

best writers in Canada and abroad. Famous chefs share recipes in these pages, and Project Chef kids cook together at our local schools. Buddhist monks and nuns teach us how to eat with mindfulness here, and without bloodshed. Refugees share their longing for lost homelands and grief at not belonging, as well as resilience and recipes from home. Immigrants grateful for the prosperity Canada has brought them write hymns about farming in the Fraser Valley, hymns tinged with the fraught task of becoming Canadian, in their own eyes and in the eyes of those who came before them. Words of pain and hope from within our fractured literary community sing on these pages, as we collectively struggle to ﬁnd a way through our own complicated inheritances. […] The table is symbolic, but symbols matter. Writers will be donating their honoraria to the B.C. Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program. Every book sold will provide a local refugee or low-income family with fresh, locally grown produce through these vouchers, and at the same time will support B.C. farmers. Nothing is simple; even the act of feeding people is fraught and complicated – but this project is, simply, a love letter to the city in which I was born. All the writers here, many of whom also struggle to make ends meet, have generously donated their work to create community and to sustain others. You can purchase Sustenance at Anvil Press (anvilpress.com) or order through your local bookstore. • To submit your own poetry to Poetic Licence, email editor@westender.com with “Poetry Column” in the subject line. Include your poem, full name, contact details and bio. Only those selected for the column will be contacted. W

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On the plate this week Tantalizing tidbits of food info from aroundVancouver Anya Levykh Fresh Sheet

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Miku has launched a new Aburi Prime experience. The nigiri-focused omakase menu focuses on premium ingredients, presented with extra touches and fine dining service.The nine-piece nigiri set can be ordered for $55 or as part of a set menu for $88. Nigiri selections include monkfish liver with sweet soy reduction, Brome Lake foie gras with pickled wasabi, kelp-cured Japanese flounder, Hokkaido scallop with yuzuorange salsa, Atlantic lobster, and A5 Japanese Wagyu with uni.The set menu includes an amuse bouche, a starter trio, the Aburi Prime and dessert. Optional $44 wine, sake and spirits pairings also available. mikurestaurant.com Homer St. Café and Bar has announced a new “Takeover” series. Each month will see a different distiller or brewer commandeer the restaurant’s kitchen and bar for one week, offering drink specials, collaborative menu items and ticketed tasting dinners. The first takeover, by Central City Brewers + Distillers, is on now and will close with a family-style tasting dinner on Sunday, Dec. 10. Future takeovers will feature Wiser’s Whisky and Phillips Brewery and Fermentorium. homerstreetcafebar.com/events

Noodlebox has partnered with Chocolate Arts to create a special Chili Chocolate Truffle pack for the holidays. The truffles come in five different spice levels, ranging from mild to hot, and sell for $10 per box. Available at all Noodlebox locations while supplies last. noodlebox.ca Ganache Patisserie is offering four new versions of the classic bûche de Noël. Choose between the chocolate-caramel-almond, hazelnut-chocolate-cranberry, classic dark chocolate and coffee-caramel. All Yule logs are available in either an 8-inch or 12-inch size. Pre-ordering for pick-up Dec. 20-24 is recommended. ganacheyaletown.com The Cascade Company (The Cascade Room, El Camino’s, The Union and Main Street Brewing) is once again holding its December fundraiser to support Fawkes Academy PAC (the school provides individual education programs for kids with autism spectrum disorder, other complex developmental disabilities, and other learning needs). For the month of December, purchase a jar of GM Justin Taylor’s Hot Buttered Rum Mix for $12 and $2 will be donated to the Fawkes PAC. The mix is comprised of brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and salt, contains no alcohol, and can be added to hot water (rum optional). Available at all four locations. thecascadecompany.com W

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Holiday books for cooks Anya Levykh Nosh

@FoodgirlFriday Curling up with a good book is one of the great pleasures of the holiday season. Even better is when that book offers up delicious recipes and stories you can share with your loved ones or enjoy all on your own. Here are a few that are both excellent reads and fantastic gift ideas. The Gastown Foodie by Brad Hill and Chris Dagenais The third installment in the local Foodie Cookbook series, The Gastown Foodie houses more than 100 recipes from 37 different restaurants, bars, cafés and breweries in the neighbourhood. Even better, it includes the stories of the chefs and restaurants that are helping to shape the culinary scene of this evolving and vibrant corner of the city. Plus, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every book will go support local community initiatives such as Hives for Humanity and A Better Life Foundation. Starters, Salads, and Sexy Sides by Caren McSherry Caren McSherry is Vancouver’s culinary doyenne. The owner of Gourmet Warehouse, a specialty food and housewares emporium for local cooking aﬁcionados, she is also a talented chef and author of multiple books who appears regularly on television and radio. Her latest cookbook is all about easy wingman dishes to go with your mains that are both inventive and delicious. From prosciutto and pear

The Gastown Foodie. Brad Hill photo wedges to “really good” meatballs, the recipes here will make your next hosted event just a little less daunting. Don’t miss the mini halloumi sliders (see recipe at westender.com). The Okanagan Table: The art of everyday home cooking by Rod Butters If you haven’t heard of Rod Butters, then you’ve obviously never eaten in Kelowna. The owner of Raudz Regional Table and Micro Bar Bites is one of the earliest proponents of the locavore movement in the Okanagan. With more than 80 illustrated recipes, the book highlights the local, seasonal flavours in a timeline-themed list that follows the order in which we enjoy meals; sunrise, midday, sunset, and twilight. From crab cappuccino to chocolate mashed potato brioche, Butters’ recipes push boundaries but never sacrifice flavour. Look for the suggested wine, beer and spirits pairings that accompany many of the recipes and don’t fear using a mandolin in recipes like the root vegetable torte; it’s totally worth it.

Lure: Sustainable seafood recipes from the West Coast by Ned Bell with Valerie Howes If there is a more passionate and vocal advocate for healthy oceans than Ned Bell, I have yet to meet them. The executive chef for Vancouver Aquarium and the Ocean Wise program, Bell began his push for sustainable seafood even before his time as executive chef at Yew Seafood at The Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. In addition to cycling across Canada to bring his message to every part of the country, the talented chef has now put together an impressive tome of not just recipes, but also profiles on multiple species, instructions and tips on how to buy, cook and store fish (both fresh and frozen), pairing options, sauces, and more. The Cultured Cook by Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD, DNM Consider this as the book you’ll love after the holiday feasting has come to an end. Vancouver-based Schoffro Cook is a certified herbalist and board-certified doctor of natural medicine. In her latest book, she explores the world of fermented foods loaded with probiotics that can help to minimize inflammation, boost gut health, encourage weight loss and improve overall health. The book includes vegan and gluten-free recipes that range from pickles and nut-based cheeses to recipes for vegan yogurt and cultured vanilla ice cream. Even if you’re not ready to completely give up dairy, as she advises, there is always room for a little more culture in one’s diet, right? W

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5 top wines for holiday parties Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

’Tis the season of endless lists. Gifts, groceries, errands and chores...You might as well add “pick up booze” to one of them. It’ll save you the stress of running around at the last minute. When you get to the liquor store or your local wine shop, stock up on half a dozen or so wines. Even if you don’t open all of them during the Christmas festivities, you’ll be glad to have a bonus bottle on hand after the celebrations have settled down. Here are ﬁve essentials that can be slotted into multiple holiday situations. 2016 Coté Mas, ‘Aurore’ Rosé, Pays d’Oc IGP, France $13.99 (1 litre) BC Liquor Stores If the rosé craze hasn’t convinced you to drink pink year-round yet, then this will surely be the tipping point. Classically dry and pale salmon in colour, the Coté Mas from the south of France is replete with delicate red berries and dried herbs. It’ll satisfy on so many levels. Besides bringing some liquid sunshine to those dark and rainy nights, it’s a highly appropriate companion for the Christmas bird. And, that extra 250ml at a killer price makes it perfect for a big party. Buy in multiples. 2016 Abbazia di Novacella, Pinot Grigio, Alto Adige DOC Valle Isarco, Italy $29.99 BC Liquor Stores Far from being just another innocuous Pinot Grigio, this stunningly concentrated, medium weight white hails

from an active monastery nestled high up by the chilly Alps. Intense and expressive, it offers aromas and ﬂavours of ripe apricot, melon, pear, mountain blossoms and a touch of honey. On the palate, the richness of fruit is cut by steely acidity. Christmas turkey or ham? Yes. Fancy dinner party? You bet! Warming winter white? Absolutely!!! 2014 Montecariano, Valpolicella DOC Classico, Italy $26.49 BC Liquor Stores This lighthearted cheerful red is all about sipping with gusto. With bright red currant, juicy cherry and a lift of black pepper, it will stimulate the appetite – crucial when feasting is frequent. Besides being ideal for casual drop-in parties centered around pâtés and cheese, it has an afﬁnity for cranberry sauce. Just give it a bit of a chill for maximum pleasure. n/v Barons de Rothschild, Brut, Champagne AOC, France $72.99 BC Liquor Stores Because at some point, only Champagne will do. If you want to branch out from

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The spirited gift guide Joanne Sasvari The Alchemist

@TheAlchemistBC Repeat after me:You can never have too many cocktail tools. Or glasses. Or bottles of interesting spirits. Or cocktail books. Or . . . Well, you get the picture. Wondering what to get the cocktail aﬁcionado on your holiday list? Start right here.

ESSENTIAL GEAR

Every couple of years, it seems, there’s an evolution in bar tools and suddenly all the old jiggers and shakers will simply no longer do.This year, look for tools in luxurious hues of copper and gold, such as the hammered copper jigger ($16) and vintage-style glass cocktail shaker with gold details ($29.50) from Indigo (indigo.ca).

IT’S BETTER WITH BITTERS

A bartender can never have too many bitters, the intense infusions of spice, herbs, fruit and ﬂavour that make a cocktail a cocktail.Vancouver’s Bittered Sling offers gift packs (six 30-mL bottles for $50, bitteredsling.com), while Ms. Better’s Bitters has ﬂavours like the piney Cypress Bowl ($26) as well

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as her Miraculous Foamer ($30), a vegan alternative to egg whites (msbetters.com).

STOCK THE LIQUOR CABINET

Gift something interesting: an exclusive whisky, perhaps, or a sophisticated vermouth such as Antica Formula Carpano or a gorgeous gin like the fabulously ﬂoral Botanist. Or go local with Okanagan Spirits’ “Ultimate Gift Pack,” which includes its sold-out Coldstream Rye along with the Essential and Family Reserve Gin and Vodka and BRBN Bourbon-style Whisky for $295 (okanaganspirits.com).

COCKTAIL GUIDES

This year has seen a bumper crop of great cocktail books ranging from Robert Simonson’s superbly simple 3-Ingredient Cocktails (Ten Speed Press) to the elevated Meehan’s Bartender Manual by Jim Meehan (Ten Speed Press). Get one, or get them all.

SOMETHING TO SIP FROM

Impossible to resist, the Nick and Nora is the most elegant of cocktail glasses. Named for the hard-drinking main characters of The Thin Man book and movies, these are sleek, retro-style glasses halfway between a small

wine glass and a martini V. Order yours from Crate and Barrel at $10.95 a stem (crateandbarrel.com).

A SWELLEGANT STRAW

For the stylish sipper who has everything, there is the glamourous “Crazy Straw” from Tiffany’s Everyday Objects line. Available in sterling silver ($340) or 18 karat gold ($475), and adorned with a Tiffany Blue enamel accent, it’s the most swishly sustainable way to enjoy crushed ice drinks like juleps and Moscow Mules (tiffany.com).

TIKI-RIFIC TCHOTCHKES

The person who loves their drinks with a tropical twist will also crave tiki mugs and swizzle sticks, scorpion bowls, paper umbrellas and bendy straws. Find a mother lode of MaiTai-mobilia ranging from $10 tiki mugs to a $79 conch shell bowl online

at Cocktail Emporium (cocktailemporium.com)

DANDY DECANTERS

What better way to show off the gleaming amber hue of a great single malt whisky than an elegant cut crystal decanter? Nothing could look more beautiful on your bar cart. We especially love the dazzling Waterford Lismore spirits decanter, $370 at Atkinsons of Vancouver (atkinsonsofvancouver.com).

WHEELY COOL

Roll an instant Gatsbyesque glamour into any room with a bar cart.You can ﬁnd versions for as little as $35 at IKEA, or you can spend thousands of dollars on a truly luxe version.Two great inbetween options with timeless Art Deco styling are the $899 Home Details round nickel trolley at Hudson’s Bay (thebay.com) and the US$399 Terrace cart from West Elm (westelm.com). W

Do you beer what I beer? Brew-themed gift ideas for Christmas and beyond Michael Kissinger (guest writer) The Growler

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What do you get the beer lover in your life for Christmas, besides a gym membership? Thankfully, the dark, lonely recesses of the Internet offer plenty of sudsy options — from questionable drinking devices and hoppy fashions, to clever koozie technology and an assortment of beer-themed Canucks paraphernalia.

DAD BAG

The ironic fetishization of “dad bod” has been arguably the greatest thing to happen to male craft beer drinkers since double chin-hiding beards and bald spot-concealing baseball hats.The Dad Bag goes one step further by reclaiming the long-mocked utilitarian glory of fanny packs combined with the illusion of having a beer gut.What if you already have said beer gut? Then you’re just twice as sexy. $15.99 at TheDadBag.com

CANUCKS AUTHENTIC GAME USED BOTTLE OPENERS More expensive than a

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lower bowl seat at Rogers Arena, these ofﬁcial NHL endorsed bottle openers are crafted from authentic hockey pucks that slipped past Jacob Markstrom and pieces of broken hockey sticks from many a whiffed slap shot. Failure never tasted so refreshing. $95 at NHLShop.ca

CANUCKS HOCKEY SWEATER KOOZIE

If you ask me, a beer bottle adorned with a knitted beer koozie looks a lot like an uncircumcised penis, even though as a child of the ’70s I have not seen very many of them. That said, this koozie features insulated neoprene, “unique knit construction” and can expand to ﬁt most cans and bottles up to two litres, so you can enjoy that chilled bottle of Rock-a-Berry cooler all night long. $9.99 at NHLShop.ca

BEER CAP MAP

Who doesn’t enjoy geographically documenting the extent of their alcoholism? This stylized piece of ply lets you map out your drinking adventures south of the border one bottle cap at a time. Prefer to keep track of your mead-drinking exploits? That’s what the notches on your broad sword are for whenever you go out LARPing. $43.70 at UncommonGoods.com

BOTTLE LOFT

Not to be confused with the half-million-dollar Mount Pleasant “micro-condo” you just saddled yourself with to enjoy “craft living” at its ﬁnest, Bottle Loft is a set of magnetic strips you attach to the roof of your fridge and hang bottles from.Why? Because with the size of your ridiculous mortgage payments this is the closest thing to entertainment you’ll be able to afford. $47.44 at UncommonGoods.com

BEER DRESS AND LEGGINGS

82 per cent polyester, 18 per cent elastane and 100 per cent inappropriate for your mom to wear, these Australian-made garments are not only barley positive but strangely alluring. Plus you can ﬁnally haul out your longawaited pick-up line, “What’s your IBU?” Currently sold out at BlackMilkClothing.com

THIRST BAT

Billed as an “iconic baseball bat and beer bong in one,” the unfortunately named ThirstBat Chugger is built to play ball while conveniently designed to speed up the consumption of delicious beer.Why not a ThirstRacquet Chugger for the tennis crowd or a ThirstJavelin Chugger for track and ﬁeld teams? Well, that would be ridiculous. $44.99 at ThirstBat.com W

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We’re happy with a box of those Lindt balls (the dark chocolate, please, because we’re classy). But some people are a nightmare to buy presents for.There’s the person who has everything.There’s the Secret Santa recipient you barely know.There’s the friend who’s vegan, teetotal and allergic to fun. And there’s nearly always someone you have to buy for that you kind of can’t stand. Here are 15 gifts, from the ludicrously luxurious to the (literally) crappy that will amuse, delight or bewilder your loved and less-than-loved ones.

BREWED AWAKENING

Silk Road Tea’s Renew, Reset, Re-Charge workshop ($25) offers wellness tips, recipes and rituals to help kickstart the new year in good health. Find out more at silkroadtea.com.

MONSTER MATCH

What do you buy for the fashion lover who really has everything? A Miu Miu keyring in the shape of a ﬂuffy monster, of course. $915, at Holt Renfrew.

NOT! PYJAMA TIME

If you’re buying for an entrepreneurial type, why not contribute to a Kickstarter on their behalf? Leze the Label makes good-looking pants that feel like pyjamas, are made from coffee and recycled plastic, and are wrinkle-resistant and moisture-

wicking. Search for the brand on kickstarter.com to see how to back them. Estimated delivery is May 2018.

SOCKS APPEAL

$1 from the $10 price tag on these cute Holiday Slipper Socks goes to charity Big Brothers Big Sisters. At Bootlegger and bootlegger.com.

THE GOOD SHIT

How about this for a passive aggressive gift to your best enemy: A big pile of crap (actually, a $20 donation to Food for the Hungry, fhcanada.org, which will help people in Africa fertilize their veggie gardens).

CULTURAL CONNECTION

The loveliest thing to do on a rainy Vancouver day is head to the art gallery. A single visit will set you back $24 but annual membership is just $90, which allows you limitless visits to exhibitions, such as the upcoming Takashi Murakami one (opening February 2018).

DARK ARTS

Local artist Jaik Puppyteeth is known for his disturbing, funny illustrations. Buy prints online at jaikpuppyteeth.com or visit his Secret Boutique in his studio on Dec. 8, 9 and 10 to buy original artwork, merchandise and curios (more details on the website).

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KNEAD TO KNOW

Does your hipster friend

have too many avos and no toast? Send her to sourdough classes. After a three-hour session ($110), she’ll go home with a loaf and her own culture so she has everything she needs to make bread at home for pennies. See palmerandsons.ca/bread.

DON’T GIVE UP THE DAY JOB

If last year’s business buzz phrase was “disruption,” this year’s is side hustle: The thing you do to make cash or ﬁnd fulﬁlment outside of your regular job. The Starter Pack ($88) contains a tote bag, notebook, T-shirt and mug.You can also buy sticker sheets ($8) – we’re especially keen on the ‘This isn’t a fucking hobby,’ one. agencysidehustle.com

SOAP STAR

Holt Renfrew’s H Project this year celebrates our home and native land through Uncrate Canada, a selection of items from Canadian brands. Our favourite piece is this soap set ($115 for ﬁve), a collaboration between fashion brand Smythe, soap maker Binu Binu and Haida artist Bernard Kerrigan, who created a Raven design that appears on each bar.

CROWNING GLORY

A $75 donation will buy a wig for the Canadian Cancer Society’s salons so women who’ve lost their hair because of cancer treatment can get back a little bit of conﬁdence and self esteem. Visit giftsforthecure.ca to learn more about this and other ways to support those affected by cancer. W

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Interior design and fashion trends have always been intertwined, from colour schemes to prints and patterns and overall style. Many decor must-haves have been inspired by highend runway looks, and it continues to be a stellar way to transition personal style to the home. Recently, some big names in the fashion world have become not only inﬂuencers, but destinations, for Vancouver’s interior design scene, and we are seeing everything from polished classics to the bold and brazen take over our city’s hottest looks for the home. In 2014, Versace Home had its highly publicized opening in Gastown, bringing us some of the most lavish and fashion-forward decor that we’ve seen in the city. The brand, best known for over-the-top, elaborate fashions, offers everything one might need to create an opulent home: from exquisite furnishings to tableware, decor accessories to lighting and even wallpaper. While some observed that the neighbourhood was an unexpected choice for the brand’s ﬁrst home retail boutique (the location had housed deLuxe Junk consignment for over three decades), Versace Home has continued to thrive in our high-end decor market. On the theme of luxury brands branching into beautiful interiors, one of my personal favourite labels has just debuted its home collection – and, not surprisingly, it’s stunning.

Versace Home Les Etoiles De laMer living room. A. World Productions photo In November, Tiffany & Co. announced the launch of its home and accessories line, which includes lifestyle accessories and decorative pieces for the polished home. With a fashion-focused influence, the Tiffany Home & Accessories Collection brings bold colour blocking and geometric patterns to the line, finished with the classic Tiffany & Co. elegance that brings an element of luxury to the home. The inspiration behind the collection was the notion that beautiful things should not be limited to special occasions. “I think what makes the collection unique is that it incorporates the best quality, craftsmanship and design with a level of functionality that allows you to use these things every day,” says Reed Krakoff, chief artistic officer at Tiffany & Co. Vancouver’s decor scene is not a surprising destination for these labels; with longstanding luxury interior retailers like Atkinson’s Home and Provide Home offering exquisite furnishings and home accessories in our market for years, the city has shown not only the interest but the affluence to support high-end retail for the home. Atkinson’s, a South Granville luxury destination for 35 years, offers high-end Eu-

ropean decor, tableware, bed linens and gifts for discerning Vancouverites. Known not only for its luxury goods, but also for its top-tier customer service, the second generation family business continues to evolve with our city, bringing both modern design and Old World global brands to our interiors. Provide Home, which recently relocated to Vancouver’s Armoury District, is a go-to for both designers and a design-savvy clientele for a curated collection of high-end decor lines. The boutique collects decor of distinct elegance from both around the globe and our own scene – it’s the best place to ﬁnd goods by local luxury designers including Martha Sturdy and Barter. It appears that the fashion inﬂuence on Vancouver’s decor scene is only growing. Signage is up at the heritage building on the corner of Pender and Hamilton indicating that Fendi Casa – the furniture and decor arm of fashion house Fendi – and Bentley Home are soon to open there. With Fendi owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, and Bentley renowned for its luxury vehicles, it will be a sight to see what their boutiques bring to our city. W

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Becoming Frankie Drake Sabrina Furminger Reel People

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If you came across an ad for Frankie Drake Mysteries in the last couple of months and dismissed the show as the female version of Murdoch Mysteries, you’re missing out on something wholly unique. Sure, Frankie Drake Mysteries, like Murdoch Mysteries, is a period drama set in Toronto. Sure, Frankie Drake is produced by some of the key creative talents behind Murdoch. And, sure, both have “mysteries” in their titles, and both occupy prime real estate on CBC Television. And, sure, Frankie Drake has a female protagonist, and Murdoch has a male in the top spot. And – yes – Frankie Drake only premiered this fall, and Murdoch’s entering its 11th season. But Frankie Drake Mysteries is very much its own show, thank you very much, and represents a concept long missing from Canadian television: fun feminist fare for the whole family. It’s 1921, and Frankie Drake (portrayed by Van-

couver actress Lauren Lee Smith, who co-starred on CBC family drama This Life) is a motorcycle-riding, pantswearing, Turkish coffee-swilling private investigator in Toronto – all of this a couple of years after most Canadian women got the vote, and still a few years before they were legally considered persons (that would come in 1929, with the Persons Case). It’s thematically intersectional in a way that doesn’t feel like an experiment: smart and stylish (cloche hats and beaded dresses!); educational (Canada had its own brief brush with Prohibition! 1920s women wore pants!) and, yes, entertaining. Frankie Drake Mysteries acknowledges facts often lost in Canadian period dramas and textbooks: in the 1920s, Canadian women were – gasp! – ﬂawed! Women pursued careers! Women had secrets! Our cities were – gasp! – populated by more than white British settlers! And getting the vote, and entering the workforce in large numbers, didn’t solve everything for Canadian women. Not by a long shot. Frankie is joined in her weekly whodunnits by four dynamic women:Trudy

(Chantel Riley), her partner in the PI firm who happens to be a woman of colour; Mary Shaw (Rebecca Liddiard), a morality officer determined to follow in her cop dad’s footsteps, even though women aren’t allowed on the force; Flo (Sharron Matthews), a war widow turned morgue assistant; and Whiskey Wendy (Grace Lynn Kung), who runs the local speakeasy. “We have all of these amazingly strong, independent, forward-thinking women in this timeframe that was so interesting for women,” says Smith in a recent phone interview. It’s not that men aren’t on the show – but when they do appear, they’re in guest star or supporting roles. “It’s sort of like every male character throughout the season is the disposable character, if you will, which is so rare,” Smith marvels, noting that, on other shows, “usually it’s the women who come who have a time limit or play the love interest, but for us, it’s the opposite.” Although Frankie Drake Mysteries is set nearly 100 years ago, it’s also timely; the first few episodes touched on workplace harassment, racism, classism and sexism.

Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie Drake. Christos Kalohoridis photo And it’s all mixed with a sense of action and playfulness that makes the show “like a female Indiana Jones,” says Smith. Smith even got her motorcycle licence for the show. “It was something that I never imagined myself doing. I never had the desire to do,” says Smith. “But Frankie

rides a motorcycle, and it’s badass, and I wanted to be able to get on and off and make her look a little bit cool, in that sense.” Frankie represents a new frontier of role for Smith: the strong and self-assured protagonist. “In my 20s, I really enjoyed playing damaged characters, because

it’s fun and you get to sink your teeth into that world in a very different way,” says Smith. But after welcoming her daughter Tula into the family in 2016, “I took a step back and said, ‘I want to make stuff that my daughter would be proud of and is good, quality television about female empowerment.’” When Smith spoke with Reel People in 2016 about her work as 30-something hot mess Maggie Lawson on This Life, she talked about her 17-year lucky streak. One year later, her lucky streak remains unbroken. “It continues. I’m knocking on wood as we speak,” she laughs. “Honestly, it’s crazy. I was literally wiping the tears from my face when I found out that This Life was not going to go for a season three when my phone rang, and it was [executive producer] Christina Jennings saying, ‘Hey, I have this really interesting project that I’d love you to read.’ Cut to 10 minutes later and I’m ﬁve pages in and I call her back and say, ‘Oh my god! I’ve read ﬁve pages, but yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, we need to make this happen.’” Lucky for her, and lucky for viewers: Frankie Drake Mysteries airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on CBC Television. W

Vancouver musicians to pay tribute to Gord Downie JAN ZESCHKY @jantweats

Like many Canadians, C.R. Avery and Kathleen Nisbet weren’t diehard fans of The Tragically Hip – they just lived in a country where the band’s songs were seamlessly woven into the everyday. “These songs are just everywhere and all around us. They were so much part of our lives growing up,” Nisbet says when the Westender catches up with the pair in the middle of a planning meeting. The two Vancouver musi-

cians are organizing a tribute event to Gord Downie, the Hip’s frontman, who died in October. That could present a tricky task in terms of song selection, though the organizers have decided to let the performers rely on gut feeling. “You could literally put on a show with just Gord’s solo records. It’d even be hard to pick from that,” Avery says. “We have so many great artists in the show and you can’t just say, ‘Hey, cover this.’ People have songs that spoke to them at the time, so

we’re going off that.” Fourteen local artists are set to perform at the charity show at the Rio on Dec. 14, including Bob Sumner of the Sumner Brothers and Bend Sinister’s Dan Moxon. Genre-straddling artist Avery, who is hosting the evening, is also promising a couple of surprise guests. A horn section and a house band, featuring ﬁddle player Nisbet and one-time Hip and Downie producer Steven Drake, will support the performers throughout the evening. Avery and Nisbet also plan

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to make full use of the Rio’s big screen by interspersing performances with footage of Downie and the people he’s inspired. Dedicating a night to one person’s music and inspira-

tion feels very much in the Celtic bard tradition for Avery. “In the Canadian spectrum it’s beautiful because both Kathleen and I tour in Ireland and Scotland, and in both those countries there’s great pride in the bards and the poets who told their stories,” he says. “… Gord is the one who’s told this [Canadian] story, the same way that Stompin’ Tom [Connors] did.” Much of the appreciation for Downie also comes from his maturation as an artist and activist – most notably in his ﬁnal work, The Secret Path, about the story of sixyear-old Anishinaabe runaway Chanie Wenjack – and

how those of his generation matured alongside him. “To see his later work, where he’s doing more solo stuff and he’s more of a poet and artist … He’s got a very broad spectrum in the art he does and we see him in a bigger way,” says Nisbet, who has Métis roots. “Just his political involvement, too. Near the end of his life he was really inspired by that [Chanie Wenjack] story and by the First Nations people and wanting to challenge the government to meet [its] promises to them. And that was a big part of what was driving him.

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Modernizing ‘A Christmas Carol’ with Indigenous themes ‘Bah Humbug’ sets itself in the modernday Downtown Eastside

By intertwining today’s issues of homelessness, missing and murdered Indigenous women and the overdose crisis, Bah Humbug! – a spin on Charles Dickens’ iconic A Christmas Carol – takes the western European classic and makes it relevant to Vancouver. Co-produced by SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs and Vancouver Moving Theatre, in partnership with Full Circle: First Nations Performance, the play takes to the stage at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts from Dec. 7-16. After seven years under the direction of Max Reimer, this year James Fagan Tait directs the re-invigorated Christmas production. Tait, a Jesse award-winning playwright, with previous experience producing shows in the Downtown Eastside, says he was inspired to take on the mantle of directing Bah Humbug! after attending the play last year. “I was blown away by the

Director James Tait goofing around with actor Stephen Lytton, who plays Tiny Tim. Tessa Vikander photo connection with the community and how the audience actually claimed it as their own,” says Tait. “The audiences are territorial about it; they’re like, ‘This is our show, this is about us and the people on stage, we know them now.’” Jenifer Brousseau, a Vancouver-based Indigenous actor, who, among other roles in the show, plays Scrooge’s ex-ﬁancée, Belle, as well as the Raven, says the adaptation begins with a ceremony. “There’s a really strong Indigenous component to it, which is really beautiful,” she says. “It opens with honouring and speaking of the four directions, and pulling everybody in the space. And the Raven represents that spirit, the spirit that Scrooge communicates with.The raven is the spirit of the show, the trickster.”

In Bah Humbug!, Scrooge is played by renowned blues musician Jim Byrnes, who, in the story, owns several Downtown Eastside SROs and a pawn shop. Of course, the money-hungry, cold-hearted character remains true to Charles Dickens’ original intent. “It’s similar to A Christmas Carol in that it’s about a transformation of a broken person, who, through a number of challenges and events that show up in his life one night, change him,” says Brousseau. “But [in Bah Humbug!] we bring out a lot of true stories from this [East Vancouver] neighbourhood.” That audience members – many of whom live, work or spend time in the Downtown Eastside – can identify with story lines in the show is crucial to the experience of theatre. “Identiﬁcation is critical…,” says Tait. “If you do connect with it [the theatre], then you have a chance at changing your life, or at least taking a breath from your life, to go, ‘Wait a minute, what’s going on? Am I the person I want to be, am I connecting to people the way I want to be?’” • Bah Humbug! runs Dec. 7-16, at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149W. Hastings St.) Tickets $20-$35. W

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the lineup, but Avery says he can’t wait to hear some sweet harmonies by Twin Bandit and Company B on some Hip ballads – which, as a rock band, had an unusual number of acoustic hits, he points out. Then there’s the return of cellist Hank Pine, whose performance at last December’s Leonard Cohen tribute was the evening’s highlight for many. “We have a good group

of great singers and a good pack of East Van originals so it will be a dynamic show,” Avery says. “Who knows, maybe we’ll have something as miraculous as what Jimi Hendrix did to ‘All Along the Watchtower’ or what Jeff Buckley did with ‘Hallelujah.’” • No Dress Rehearsal – A Tribute to Gord Downie, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., Rio Theatre. $20. riotheatretickets.ca W

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I tip toe very, very quietly into the lounge of Dunbar Ryerson United Church Memorial Centre on West 45th. Once again I am the late comer, but this time it is pretty obvious because the group I’m dropping in on is a group that practices a very, very quiet form of meditation called Centering Prayer. To be fair, I’m joining in late because the first 20 minutes of the session is for participants to share their personal experiences in their faith practice, and not everyone is comfortable sharing with a curious reporter listening in. Eight people are seated in chairs in a circle. Once I’m in my spot, Jan Miko, the facilitator for this group, reads a short passage from a book; then, as everyone closes their eyes, she hits “play” on the CD player next to her and the sound of a Gregorian chant fills the lounge for a few moments before fading away. The room is totally silent. Centering Prayer is both incredibly simple and incredibly difficult. The idea is to sit or “rest” in God’s presence, or at least with the intention to be open to God’s presence. In the Christian tradition, you can’t will yourself to experience God’s presence since it is a gift, but you need to be open to it. Father William Meninger, a Trappist monk at Spencer Abbey in Spencer, Mass., developed Centering Prayer in the 1970s. Inspired by the 14th century text The Cloud of Unknowing, which is considered a classic of Christian mysticism, Meninger developed a simple method to “rest in God.” He began teaching his method of meditative prayer to priests who came to Spencer Abbey on retreat. Word of Centering Prayer quickly spread to lay people and, soon, two fellow monks named Thomas Keating and Basil Pennington began to offer classes for people outside the monastery. Centering requires letting go of all the thoughts and

feelings running around your head for 20 minutes and just being still. To help, you pick a “sacred word,” a word that symbolizes your intention to be open to God. Unlike a mantra, the sacred word is not repeated constantly. Instead, you silently go back to the sacred word whenever thoughts come rolling by. It’s a touchstone that helps you remember what you’re doing so you can once again let the intrusive thoughts pass by without being swept off by the current. It sounds far more poetic – and easy – than it is to actually let thoughts and feelings go by without engaging them. Ever counted how many thoughts you have in a minute? Multiply that by 20 and try to ignore them. Yet something strange happens when sitting in this sacred silence: time seems to fall away. As I’m sitting trying to shoo off thoughts of my to-do list, Miko taps a small singing bowl signaling the end of our prayer time. I was convinced we had only been sitting in silence for 10 minutes. It turns out we actually sat for 30 minutes due to a malfunction with the CD player. Miko later tells me she has learned to see such unexpected road bumps as being “all in God’s hands.” In her roughly ﬁve years of practicing Centering Prayer, she has found that “it gradually erodes away at the sharp edges” of one’s personal habits. But she didn’t take up Centering Prayer in order to relax. Miko attends Dunbar Ryerson and discovered this form of prayer shortly after retiring from her job as a school principal. She felt the need to dedicate more time to her spiritual life and attended an introductory Centering Prayer class offered at the church. “I felt like, ‘This is so perfect for me right now,’” she says. After completing the six-week course, she began looking for a group to join, but fellow parishioners urged her to start her own group at

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Dunbar Ryerson. She says her own practice of Centering Prayer has helped her be able to see the presence of the divine in everyday life and in other people. “I come from a Baptist background, so that’s a lot of Bible reading and memorizing. [Centering Prayer] helps me see that I’m part of the story, the presence of the the holy is within me and around,” she says. Keating, the Trappist monk who started teaching Centering Prayer to lay people, has written several books on this form of prayer. He cautions against using it as your only form of prayer and encourages pairing it with the practice of “Lectio Divina” – slow, purposeful reading of short passages from the Bible. Keating also recommends anyone seriously practicing Centering Prayer should have a spiritual director to talk over things that come up in prayer, and help understand what your heart is telling you, versus what you think your heart is telling you. Judith Ann Donaldson is the coordinator of Contemplative Outreach of Greater Vancouver, a local group that provides resources and organizes Centering Prayer classes. She says there are 15 prayer groups in the Lower Mainland and an unknown number of people practicing on their own without a group. Although Centering Prayer was developed by Catholic monks, it can be practiced by any Christian – or even those who are not too sure what they are, as long as they are comfortable with Christianity. As with anything a little bit different, not all Christians see Centering Prayer as a legitimate Christian prayer practice. Some believe it is a vaguely Christianized form of Zen meditation or even an occult practice. Donaldson points out that many opponents only understand prayer as an active pursuit. Her suggestion to anyone who feels drawn to the idea of centering prayer is simple: “Try it.” W

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In November, two months before new federal rules that will make it more difﬁcult for some Canadians to buy property come into place, sales of all home types jumped across Metro Vancouver, according to new data from the Real Estate Board of Greater

Vancouver (REBGV), and prices also increased across the board. A total of 2,795 homes changed hands in November, which is a 26.2-per-cent increase compared with the same month last year.The benchmark sales price for all home types was $1,046,900 – a 14-per-cent year-overyear jump and an increase of

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which is up 31.8 per cent compared with November 2016.The benchmark home price for this property type increased 6.1 per cent over the year, reaching $1,608,000. A total of 1,508 apartments sold in the month – up 25.7 per cent compared with last year.The benchmark price jumped 23.9 per cent to $648,200.

Townhome sales increased 18.6 per cent to 446 in November.This is up 18.6 per cent year-over-year.The benchmark price increased 17.9 per cent over the year, reaching $805,200. According to the board, November’s total sales were 17-per-cent higher than the 10-year average for the month.

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A juicy collection of new hockey books has hit the shelves in time for holiday giving.Two in particular stand out for Canucks fans. In Behind the Bench: Inside the Minds of Hockey’s Greatest Coaches Craig Custance of The Athletic interviews 10 of the NHL’s most prominent coaches, probing their mindsets by sitting down with them to re-watch the game that marks their crowning achievement. Canucks-adjacent content: 2011 Stanley Cup-winning coach Claude Julien assesses Game 7 of his Boston Bruins’ win againstVancouver. Former Canucks bench bosses John Tortorella and Mike Sullivan also review their Cup-winning games – in Tampa Bay in 2004 for Tortorella and in Pittsburgh in 2016 for Sullivan. For a deeper dive into the Vancouver hockey scene, there’s 100 Things Canucks Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Co-authored by former Sportsnet scribe Thomas Drance and TSN1040 radio’s Mike Halford, with a foreword by

former Canuck and long-time colour man John Garrett, the book leaves no stone unturned as it explores local hockey history, from the early days of the Vancouver Millionaires through the birth of the Canucks’ NHL expansion franchise in 1970, the move to the downtown arena in 1995 and all the tears and triumph along the way. Joel Otto’s controversial kicked-in goal in the 1989 playoffs. Pavel Bure’s cloak-anddagger arrival in the NHL. Alex Burrows slaying the dragon – it’s all here. The book also includes first-hand anecdotes from key figures in Canucks history including former team owner Arthur Griffiths, current president Trevor Linden, goaltender Roberto Luongo talking fantasy football – and those wild and crazy Green Men. Other new hockey books this year include Hall of Famer Ken Dryden shining the spotlight on head injuries in Game Change:The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey, the irrepressible Sean Avery pulling no punches in Offside: My Life Crossing the Line, and Doug Gilmour relaying the tale of how he kiboshed a 1997 trade that would have sent him to the Canucks in exchange for Markus Naslund in Killer: My Life in Hockey.

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Bundle up your little hockey fan in style with Full-Zip Raglan Coverall Pajamas.

Available online in sizes from 12-24 months, this onesie is part of the NHL’s new Adidas line, which also includes everything from infant jerseys to kids’ hoodies and pyjamas. Grown-up fans can choose from jerseys, hats, Canucks Christmas ornaments and more, all available through the online store.

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For the eco-conscious hockey fan in your life, how about a Canucks holiday pack? Choose from a selection of 20 home games starting in early December and running through the rest of the regular season.Two-game packages start at $129 and also include a pass for the Capilano Suspension Bridge, while a three-game option starts at $169 and adds a Canucks scarf as well as the suspension bridge pass.

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In accordance with the long-term astrological omens, I invite you to make ﬁve long-term promises to yourself. They were formulated by the teacher Shannen Davis. Say them aloud a few times to get a feel for them. 1. “I will make myself eminently teachable through the cultivation of openness and humility.” 2. “I won’t wait around hoping that people will give me what I can give myself.” 3. “I’ll be a good sport about the consequences of my actions, whether they’re good, bad, or misunderstood.” 4. “As I walk out of a room where there are many people who know me, I won’t worry about what anyone will say about me.” 5. “I will only pray for the things I’m willing to be the answer to.”

The members of the fungus family, like mushrooms and moulds, lack chlorophyll, so they can’t make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. To get the energy they need, they “eat” plants. That’s lucky for us. The fungi keep the earth fresh. Without them to decompose fallen leaves, piles of compost would continue to accumulate forever. Some forests would be so choked with dead matter that they couldn’t thrive. I invite you to take your inspiration from the heroic fungi, Taurus. Expedite the decay and dissolution of the worn-out and obsolete parts of your life.

To discuss a problem is not the same as doing something practical to correct it. Many people don’t seem to realize this. They devote a great deal of energy to describing and analyzing their difficulties, and may even imagine possible solutions, but then neglect to follow through. And so nothing changes. The sad or bad situation persists. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Scorpios are among the least prone to this disability. You specialize in taking action to fulfill your proposed fixes. Just this once, however, I urge you to engage in more inquiry and conversation than usual. Just talking about the problem could cure it.

I’m guessing you have been hungrier than usual. At times you may have felt voracious, even insatiable. What’s going on? I don’t think this intense yearning is simply about food, although it’s possible your body is trying to compensate for a nutritional deﬁciency. At the very least, you’re also experiencing a heightened desire to be understood and appreciated. You may be aching for a particular quality of love that you haven’t been able to give or get. Here’s my theory: Your soul is famished for experiences that your ego doesn’t suﬀiciently value or seek out. If I’m correct, you should meditate on what your soul craves but isn’t getting enough of.

As far back as ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece, people staged ceremonies to mark the embarkation of a new ship. The intention was to bestow a blessing for the maiden voyage and ever thereafter. Good luck! Safe travels! Beginning in 18th-century Britain and America, such rituals often featured the smashing of a wine bottle on the ship’s bow. Later, a glass container of champagne became standard. In accordance with the current astrological indicators, I suggest that you come up with your own version of this celebratory gesture. It will soon be time for your launch.

The brightly coloured birds known as bee-eaters are especially fond of eating bees and wasps. How do they avoid getting stung? They snatch their prey in mid-air and then knock them repeatedly against a tree branch until the stinger falls off and the venom is flushed out. In the coming weeks, Cancerian, you could perhaps draw inspiration from the bee-eaters’ determination to get what they want. How might you be able to draw nourishment from sources that aren’t entirely benign? How could you extract value from influences that you have be careful with?

The coming months will be a ripe time to revise and rework your past – to reconfigure the consequences that emerged from what happened once upon a time. I’ll trust you to make the ultimate decisions about the best ways to do that, but here are some suggestions. 1. Revisit a memory that has haunted you, and do a ritual that resolves it and brings you peace. 2. Go back and finally do a crucial duty you left unfinished. 3. Return to a dream you wandered away from prematurely, and either re-commit yourself to it, or else put it to rest for good.

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The astrological omens suggest that now is a favourable time to deepen your roots and bolster your foundations and revitalize traditions that have nourished you. Oddly enough, the current planetary rhythms are also conducive to you and your family and friends playing soccer in the living room with a ball made from rolled-up socks, pretending to be fortune-telling psychics and giving each other past-life readings, and gathering around the kitchen table to formulate a conspiracy to achieve world domination. And no, the two sets of advice I just gave you are not contradictory.

You may feel quite sure that you’ve gotten as tall as you’re ever going to be. But that may not be true. If you were ever going to add another halfinch or more to your height, the near future would be the time for it. You are in the midst of what we in the consciousness industry call a “growth spurt.” The blooming and ripening could occur in other ways, as well. Your hair and ﬁngernails may become longer faster than usual, and even your breasts or penis might undergo spontaneous augmentation. There’s no doubt that new brain cells will propagate at a higher rate, and so will the white blood cells that guard your physical health. Four weeks from now, I bet you’ll be noticeably smarter, wiser, and more robust.

You come into a delicatessen where you have to take a numbered ticket in order to get waited on. Oops. You draw 37 and the counter clerk has just called out number 17. That means 20 more people will have their turns before you. Damn! You settle in for a tedious vigil, putting down your bag and crossing your arms across your chest. But then what’s this? Two minutes later, the clerk calls out 37. That’s you! You go up to the counter and hand in your number, and amazingly enough, the clerk writes down your order. A few minutes later, you’ve got your food. Maybe it was a mistake, but who cares? All that matters is that your opportunity came earlier than you thought it would. Now apply this vignette as a metaphor for your life in the coming days.

It’s one of those bizarre times when what feels really good is in close alignment with what’s really good for you, and when taking the course of action that benefits you personally is probably what’s best for everyone else, too. I realize the onslaught of this strange grace may be difficult to believe. But it’s real and true, so don’t waste time questioning it. Relish and indulge in the freedom it offers you. Use it to shush the meddling voice in your head that informs you about what you supposedly SHOULD be doing instead of what you’re actually doing.

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