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Here’s a request to Shoppers, London Drugs, Safeway, Superstore and all big retailers: Please give us a few hours when we can shop without having to cope with your staff stocking shelves. It used to be done at night, but for some reason, the big stores think it’s OK to block up the aisles and stock shelves during the day.

It isn’t OK, it’s a big inconvenience to your customers.

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I can tell you, next time I hear you Sunday morning, I will find you, find out who you are, and make sure I harass the shit out of you. Also, to the police: when called, at least pretend that differential policing does not exist and shut these assholes down – say, by pretending they are in Shaughnessy, where I’m damn sure they would be shut down in five minutes, not 90 minutes.

–Anonymous

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The recent dialogue regarding loud, decibelgenerating motorcycles in our neighbourhoods has

arisen yet again. Recall this political issue a decade ago, and the law has done little to address it. Loud pipes do not save lives – they destroy and invade our expectations of civility. I reunited with an old high-school friend who bragged to me about his loud Harley and [how] its noisy effect worked to keep him from being hit. A year later, he is now incapacitated due to a collision that was not his fault. Time to rethink that one. The police have full authority to issue a demand that a suspected loud bike get tested, thus inconveniencing the law breaker enough times to address the illegally generated noise.

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Stanley Park’s mute swans are no more, but the aquarium’s captive beluga whales remain. iStock photo

Stanley Park’s ecological hypocrisy Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

If you’ve wandered by Lost Lagoon in the last month or so, you may have noticed something different. For the first time in roughly 60 years, the lagoon is swanfree. In August, the last three remaining mute swans – Tristan, Bijan, and Marika – were captured and relocated to a 10-acre nature preserve in the Lower Mainland to live out their days.

For many longtime visitors and locals, the image of white swans, perfectly poised and gliding gracefully across the lagoon, back dropped by towering trees and snowcapped mountains, was a nostalgic Vancouver image branded into our brains.

Swans hit their population apex in the 1970s. There were over 70 in Stanley Park alone, dotting Lost Lagoon like floating ornaments, which makes this summer’s swan song most definitely the end of an era. According to the park board, the public has generally been in support of phasing out the iconic but non-native waterfowl (mute swans are from Eurasia).

Like the menu at your favourite restaurant, it’s trendy to go local. Stanley Park would like you to think it’s no different. sixty years ago it was a different story.We tried to emulate the places we came from, and brought in the invasive species to do so. As with many non-native creatures, the mute swans tended to displace local birds.

When otters recently killed a fourth swan earlier in the summer (the details of which are murky but allegedly involve the swan somehow getting entangled in branches, making it a sitting

duck for an otter swarming), it accelerated the relocation of the final three.

Despite my own Stanley Park nostalgia, I agree wholeheartedly with the phasing out of non-native species, which is why I find it deeply hypocritical that, at one end of the park, great efforts are taking place to return areas like Lost Lagoon to a more natural state, whereas at the other end of the park, the Vancouver Aquarium is celebrating 60 years of animal captivity. And it’s expanding.

The aquarium’s current captive population sits at an outrageous 300 species of fish, more than 60 mammals, and over 50 birds and reptiles. Over the years, the aquarium has added crocodiles, monkeys, sea otters, penguins, parrots and snakes.

I thought we voted to close the Stanley Park Zoo back in the 1990s, but that array of creatures sounds frighteningly zoo-like, doesn’t it?

If we’re removing nonnative, floating white ornaments at one end of the park, why are we allowing other non-native, floating white ornaments – namely the two beluga whales – to remain for show?

The aquarium will spout things like animal research, rescue and rehabilitation until they’re belly up, but c’mon, mammals, like belugas, are big draws. For 60 years you could gaze at the swans for free, and they were a costly bunch of squawkers to maintain. In 2016, gazing through the glass at the belugas will cost you $36.

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TransLink has sold its Oakridge Transit Centre for close to $450 million to a consortium of investors that includes Vancouver developer Intergulf and Richmondbased Kunyuan International Group, a company linked to China-based investors.The sale price for the 13.8-acre (5.6 hectare) site on West 41st is between $425 million and $450 million, according to sources. However,TransLink has imposed a cone of silence on the transaction, despite the involvement of public-owned land.

“TransLink is bound by confidentiality provisions and is unable to provide further detail as to who the prospective buyer[s] is [are] or the contemplated transaction particulars,” said Chris Bryan, a TransLink media relations adviser.

The confidentially agreements are apparently iron clad. An agent with Cush-

TransLink has reportedly sold the 13.8 acre Oakridge Transit Centre for $450 million.

Rob Kruyt photo man & Wakefield Commercial, the real estate agency that brokered the sale, said, “We can’t even talk about it in the office.”

The Oakridge transit land sale ranks in the top five real estate deals in Metro Vancouver this year and is the second-largest sale of public land in BC after the $480 million Jericho Lands deal earlier this year.

The Oakridge Transit Centre development lands have been approved for a density of approximately 1.26 million square feet of residential and retail, according to a 2015 City of Vancouver planning document.The focus is on residential, with the city recommending that 20 per cent of the homes be affordable housing.

“The majority of buildings will be mid-rise [six to 12 storeys].The maximum height will be 15 storeys (or 150 feet), achievable in two identified locations,” said a staff report.

The city anticipates $73.5 million in development levies and community amenities.

TransLink considers the Oakridge transit site to be surplus land and has already transferred most of its buses and services to the Vancouver Transit Centre in South Vancouver.

There is no confirmation on the timing of development at the Oakridge site.

The remaining transit centre services would have to move and the site cleaned up to modern environmental stan-

dards at TransLink’s expense.

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CITY’S NEWEST PARK BOASTS BIKE REPAIR STATION

The latest addition to Vancouver’s expanding cycling infrastructure is a bike repair station in the city’s newest, and yet to be named, park along theYukon bike route at 17th Avenue.The repair station – the first of its kind in a city park – can service two bikes at once. It features a bike pump with gauge, as well as tools such as screwdrivers, tire levers, a pedal wrench, cone wrenches and hex key set securely attached by retractable stainless steel cable.

The 0.15 hectare park was built on what was a residential lot that the city paid $1.64 million for in May of 2013 – specifically with the intention of turning it into a park.

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We can’t dig our way out of the fossil fuels pit David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

I’ve often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe.

Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination that compels them to engage in so much contradictory behaviour. Trying to appease so many varying interests isn’t easy.

Rather than focusing on short-term economic and corporate priorities, though, politicians should first consider the long-term health and wellbeing of the people they’re elected to represent.

When it comes to climate change and fossil fuels, many aren’t living up to that.

We celebrate the federal government’s decision to implement nation-wide carbon pricing, even though what’s proposed won’t, without additional measures like regulations, get us to our commitments under the Paris Agreement, which is also inadequate for keeping global warming from catastrophic levels. A government could be forgiven for going slow on a measure opposed by some industrial sectors, provinces and citizens, but it’s difficult to take a government seriously when it approves or supports expanding fossil fuel infrastructure and

development while the world continues to break warming records, with increasingly dire consequences.

A massive BC “carbon bomb” LNG project in the midst of critical salmonrearing territory, in defiance of many area First Nations’ wishes. Likely approval of at least one more bitumen pipeline to support expanded oil sands development. A provincial government that pretty much says, “We’ll support federal efforts to fight climate change if you support our efforts to fuel it.”

None of this makes sense.

As a report from nonprofit Oil Change International and 14 other groups concludes, “The potential carbon emissions from the oil, gas, and coal in the world’s currently operating fields and mines would take us beyond 2 C of warming,” and “The reserves in currently operating oil and gas fields alone, even with no coal, would take the world beyond 1.5 C.” That’s without any new development!

That leaves us with three choices: managed decline, stranded assets or climate chaos. The first, which the report recommends, means no new fossil fuel infrastructure, existing supplies become depleted and replaced with clean alternatives and employees redeployed to latter. As the report’s authors point out, “This does not

mean stopping using all fossil fuels overnight. Governments and companies should conduct a managed decline of the fossil fuel industry and ensure a just transition for the workers and communities that depend on it.”

“Stranded assets” means, “Companies continue to develop new fields and mines, governments are eventually successful in restricting emissions, and the resulting reduction in demand causes many extraction assets to become uneconomic and shut down, causing destruction of capital and large job losses.”

Under the third scenario, we keep digging, mining, fracking, building, transporting, selling and burning until we’re well beyond the 2 C threshold, resulting in “economic and human catastrophe.”

Sadly, in Canada and globally, we’ve chosen the second option, and in some cases, the third. Subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, the most profitable industry ever, continue despite a 2009 G20 commitment to phase them out. Canada alone promotes the industry to the tune of about $3.3 billion a year in tax breaks and handouts, not including provincial incentives. Politicians say they care about climate while arguing we need more bitumen, natural gas and coal to fuel growing economies and human populations, and more

pipelines to get “product” to tidewater and overseas markets. Saskatchewan has Canada’s best wind and solar resources, but the government focuses on expensive and unreliable schemes like carbon capture and storage while arguing against carbon pricing and other tools to cut emissions.

It’s all a form of denial.

Conserving energy, shifting to cleaner sources, reducing automobile use by improving transit and bike and pedestrian infrastructure, protecting and restoring carbon sinks such as forests and wetlands, and getting a handle on agricultural emissions are all possible, and would create numerous jobs and economic opportunities.

Most national governments have committed to the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 2 C above pre-industrial levels, with an aspirational goal of 1.5 C. We’re already nearing the latter, with growing consequences, including increasing extreme weather events, water and food shortages, migration crises and extinctions. We must conserve energy, quickly phase out coal power and continue to develop renewable resources.

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DINING OUT

Gastronomic bargains abound at Taste of Yaletown Anya Levykh Nosh

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Taste of Yaletown is back for its 12th annual edition, starting this week and running through to Oct. 27. Thirty restaurants, cafés, distilleries, bars, bakeries and more are offering special menus for either $25, $35 or $45. Even better, dining out at participating eateries means you’re doing good, as a portion of proceeds goes to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, which has received more than $112,000 to date from the event.

Of the 30 different destinations to choose from, you really can’t go wrong with any of them, but here are few that offer something more than just the usual prix-fixe experience.

SAY “OMAKASE”!

Never tried a “chef’s choice” menu before? This is a great way to ease gently into the experience. Bistro Sakana owner and chef Etsuko Needham (one of the few female Japanese chefs in the city) is offering a sevencourse menu for $35. Dishes include ginger-citrus hamachi sashimi, box-pressed and torched nigiri, tuna-andavocado crepe, filo-wrapped scallops and prawns, and hoji-cha (smoked green tea) crème brûlée.

1123 Mainland, BistroSakana.com

CHEAP DATE

When you don’t want to go Dutch but you do need to watch the dollars, there’s Little Saigon, where the $35 menu feeds two. Start with a share platter of prawn, veggie and pork salad rolls, plus chicken patties and grilled pork, then each enjoy a bowl of not-so “mini” pho, and finish with two orders of deep-fried bananas with ice cream. With a deep commitment to local, quality

ingredients (much of it made in-house), this is definitely the Little Restaurant That Could – and will continue to be so.

1263 Pacific, LittleSaigon.ca

SWEET SPOT

Sometimes, instead of dessert, I indulge in “pressert”; eating the sweet course before the meal, just in case I’m too full to indulge after. (Yes, I’m all about the strategy.) Lime & Moon Pie Company obviously knows about this practice, because it’s offering two slices of pie – paired with organic vanilla ice cream and two espressos or teas – for $25. (And thanks to the recently opened location on Mainland, you don’t have to schlep to Bowen Island anymore for a taste of the famous strawberry rhubarb pie.) If you’re really not into the sweet, Lime & Moon offers the same deal with its savoury pies, paired with salad instead of ice cream.

1066 Mainland, LimeAndMoon.com

BRING ON THE ROMANCE

If you’re looking to splurge, La Pentola’s new room is pretty sleek, with cozy corners and friendly staff who know when to be discrete. Chef Travis McCord’s new menus are full of gems, and the $45 Taste of Yaletown menu features quite a few of them. Start with duck-and-radicchio salad, then move on to the pasta course. (I’d go for the octopus taglierini, but you can’t go wrong with classic Bolognese, either.) Choose braised boneless short rib or delicate ling cod for your main, and fill out the corners with the lemon cream – a delicate dish just tart enough to leave you light on your feet after four rich courses.

350 Davie, LaPentola.ca

BEER AND PIZZA FOREVER

Some nights you just want to hang with your bae and slosh back a few good brews while chomping down on a solid pie.Yaletown Brewing Company has put together

a $35 menu for two that includes a cheese plate, caesar salad, and your choice of vegetarian or capicola-andmushroom pizzas. Beer not included, but the good times are free.

1111 Mainland, MJG.ca/Yaletown

PLANT-FORWARD DINING AT ITS BEST

Okay, it’s more than plant-forward – it’s completely plant-based. And often raw. Zend Conscious Lounge turns the concept of raw/vegan food into something more interesting than kale salad. Its famous tacos – filled with cashew cheese, fresh guacamole, beans and salsa – have become a customer favourite. For Taste of Yaletown, Zend offers both $35 and $45 menus, each of which include five courses plus a sampler of the signature “elixir” juices.You won’t even miss the hooch.

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Clockwise from top left: La Pentola GM Daniel Burke with a plate of handmade taglierini arrabiatta, with octopus and herbed bread crumbs (Dan Toulgoet photo). Little Saigon’s build-your-own pho option lets you customize the classic Vietnamese dish (Dan Toulgoet photo). Yaletown Brewing’s heated patio is popular all year long (Contributed photo). Zend Concious Lounge offers organic, gluten-free, nutrient-dense, raw vegan fare that will convert even the most dedicated carnivore (Dan Toulgoet photo).

It’s the world’s best city park, with a perfect side of delicious.

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Bordeaux 2013: The savvy buys Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

“2013 was not a vintage to look for values,” declares Barbara Philip, Master of Wine and European wine manager for BC Liquor Stores. She’s referring to latest vintage of Bordeaux, which will be released at selected BC Liquor Stores on Saturday, Oct. 15.

The growing season presented challenging weather conditions from start to finish. In the not-so-distant past, this would have resulted in a washout for all wines. Today, Bordeaux’s top châteaux have the resources to make the rigorous selection necessary in the vineyard and winery in order to produce successful wine.

In 2013, these are a select and famous few, and they command lofty prices.

The hundreds of more modest properties, referred to as petit châteaux, aren’t as lucky. While they can be a source of great value in bless years, in tough vintages like 2013, they simply don’t

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have the means to effectively cope. As such, Philip did not include these in her 2013 purchases, focusing only on the very best of the vintage.

If I had the dough, Château Léoville-Barton (SaintJulien AOC, $129) and Château Figeac (SaintÉmilion AOC, $199) would be my choices.

To satisfy budgetconscious buyers, Philip supplemented the small 2013 buy with a healthy selection of petit châteaux from highly regarded vintages like 2010, 2009, 2005, 2003 and 2000, ranging from $25 to $60.

You’ll find those side by side the 2013s. The names may be unfamiliar but the prices are right.

But even for 2013, there’s a silver lining. Bordeaux’s dry whites are typically overlooked next to the more famous Cabernet Sauvignon/ Merlot based reds. In 2013, these Sauvignon Blanc/ Semillon blends are the savvy pick of the vintage.

“The cool, long, late growing season gave time for complex flavours and aromas to develop,” Philip explains. They made such an Madair Farms in Abbotsford. The distillery has also launched a signature barrel program and whisky club.

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There are pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice Cheerios, pumpkin spice Triscuits, even pumpkin spice tortilla chips. I’ve heard people even make pies out of the stuff.

Predictably, some craft breweries have jumped on the pumpkin spice bandwagon and have come up with their own seasonal brews. And also predictably, the results have largely been less than impressive. Subtlety is a lost art with some brewers, and never is this more obvious than with pumpkin spiced beers. More often than not, sickly sweet dark malts are paired with fistfuls of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and caramelized pumpkin (because it’s not sweet enough already, right?) for an ill-conceived concoction that bears only a passing resemblance to beer.

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Some brewers are bucking the pumpkin trend, and I say good for them. Kettle River Brewing Co. in Kelowna has done more than 100 batches of beer since it opened in July – but pumpkin spice ale is not one of them.

“I’ve never had one I liked,” says co-owner Chris Dedinsky. “I’ll leave it to Starbucks to ruin perfectly good drinks with pumpkin spice.”

Dedinsky is not alone. Beer lovers have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #NoPumpkin to express their disdain for this autumnal infestation.

Callister Brewing in East Vancouver even declared its tasting room a “Pumpkin Free Zone.”

I’m definitely in the #NoPumpkin camp (surprise!), and like Dedinsky, I’ve never tried a pumpkin beer I’ve enjoyed, let alone could finish. But if you like pumpkin spice beers, that’s fine; I’m not going to tell you you’re a terrible person (even though you totally are).

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COLD WAR KIDS California indie rockers take their new guitarist on the road in support of their latest release, Hold My Home.

8pm at Commodore Ballroom.

Tickets $35 at Ticketmaster.ca

THE FELICE BROTHERS New York City country-folk-rock band play tunes from their latest release, Life In The Dark, with special guest Aaron Lee Tasjan. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca.

THE STRUMBELLAS Canadian indie alt-rockers from Lindsay, Ontario tour behind their third studio album Hope with special guest the Zolas. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $29.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca

THE STRUMBELLAS Canadian indie alt-rockers from Lindsay, Ontario, play a second show in support of their third studio album, Hope, with special guest The Zolas. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $29.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca

JAMES BLAKE London electronic music producer, singer, songwriter appears in support of his latest release, The Colour In Anything, with special guest Moses Sumney. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets $45+ at Red Cat, Zulu, Ticketmaster.ca TAL WILKENFELD Acclaimed Australian bass player appears in support of her forthcoming debut vocal album, with special guest Steve Taylor. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret.

Tickets $20 at TicketWeb.ca MECHANICAL MUSIC Vancouver New Music Festival 2016 creates a sonic universe in which mechanical and electro-mechanical movements and sounds make the vital components of the artworks. Featuring performances from Lucas Abela, Adam Basants, Kelly Ruth, Sabrina Schroeder and more. Tickets $15+ at BrownPaperTickets.com

THEATRE/DANCE RAP GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHAOS In this one-man show, rapper Baba Brinkman breaks down the politics, economics and science of global warming in a searing and heartfelt hip-hop manifesto addressing the world’s hottest topic. 8pm at Revue Stage. Tickets at TheatreWire.com MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A hybrid performance language that uses infrared technology and onstage surveillance as seven dancers fight for the theatre, losing and gaining ground for their power and identity.

8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Runs until Oct. 16.

MARK FARINA Chicago DJ and musician performs an extended house and mushroom jazz set, with special guest Luke McKeehan and Krown and visuals by Lighthead. 9:30pm at The Imperial.

Tickets $30 at Zulu, Highlife, Tom Lee, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca I MOTHER EARTH Canadian alternative rock band out of Toronto reunite with lead singer Edwin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their sophomore release, Scenery and Fish. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $35+ at Ticketmaster.com RUSS American hip-hop recording artist from New Jersey, Russ Vitale, brings the Yung God Tour to town. 8pm at Vogue Theatre.

Tickets $22.50 at TicketFly.com BENJAMIN STEVIE Canadian singer-songwriter follows up his Juno nominated debut with the psychedelic, soulful Cara Cara, performing with special guests Imur, Altameda and Mathew V. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $8+ at Red Cat and TicketFly.com POSTCARDS Experience the Busan International Choral Festival without leaving Vancouver with this preview performance of the ensemble’s tour program. 7:30pm at St. James Community Square.

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THEATRE/DANCE A GOOD WAY OUT A world premiere work, this fierce and compelling look into the precarious world of crime and compromise is the story of Joey, a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man of a biker gang that he joined for protection. 8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre. org. Runs until Oct. 15.

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MUSIC KIOSK World rebel rock band formed in Tehran play an early show in support of their latest release, Stereo Tull Presents. 7:30pm at Venue. Tickets $40 at CaravanBC.com or $50 at the door.

TROYBOI South London musician and producer hits the stage with special guests Juelz and Expendable Youth. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $30+ at Ticketmaster.ca QUANTIC LIVE British-born musician, DJ and producer performs a special live show in support of his latest release, 1000 Watts, with special guests Mngwa and Hubbz. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT & BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Two of progressive metal’s most influential bands join forces for the Transcending the Coma Tour, with special guest Fallujah. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $29.50+ at TicketFly.com CHIXDIGGIT Calgary poppunk band celebrates their 25th anniversary with an early show featuring special guest Greenback High. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca GAZOLINE Alternative rock band from Quebec tour behind their latest album, Brûlensemble, with special guests and fellow Francophone artists Alex Toucourt and Julien M’a Dit. 7:30pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com

COMEDY SEAN KENT Critically acclaimed stand-up comic from Austin, Texas, and winner of the San Francisco and Seattle Interna-

tional Comedy Competitions performs, with opening sets from Pat Burtscher and Patrick Maliha.

8pm & 10:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TheComedyMix. com TOMMY CAMPBELL Irish-Canadian actor and comedian who has headlined all over the world and made appearances in films like The Dark Knight, Doctor Who, MI-5 as well as on The Hour and Canada AM, performs with opening sets from Adrian Cronk and Dino Archie. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE MULAN THE MUSICAL An exclusive performance from Pangburn Philosophy uses Chinese drum music, traditional kung fu and dance to tell the story of one girl’s determination to save her family. 2pm & 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $30+ at TicketForce.com ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES Set during the AIDS epidemic in Reagan-era New York City, the play follows two very different but equally troubled young couples whose paths cross by chance in this political call to arms for the age of AIDS. 3pm & 8pm at Studio 58 (Langara College). Tickets at TicketForce.com.

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EVENTS APPLE FESTIVAL The 25th annual UBC Apple Festival celebrates BC’s favourite fruit with tastings, demonstrations, activities, live music and over 60 varieties of apples to buy and several ciders to sip. 11am-4pm at UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. Admission is $5, children under 12 free. Runs until Oct. 16.

ZIGGY MARLEY Jamaican musician and leader of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers plays tunes from his sixth solo album Ziggy Marley with special guest Jesse Roper. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $59.50+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

POSTER CHILDREN Central Illinois purveyors of indie rock since 1987 with eleven studio albums to their credit hit the stage for an early show. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

COMEDY DEBRA DIGIOVANNI Toronto comedian voted Canada’s favourite female comedian three years running, returns to the west coast in support of her currently streaming Netflix stand-up show Single, Awkward Female. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com

BOREAL SONS Calgary-based cinematic art-rock band tour behind the release of their sophomore album, You & Everyone, playing an early show with special guests Layten Kramer and Sam Tudor. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE THE FLICK A sideways look into the lives of young people navigating their place in the world, set in a run-down movie theatre where three underpaid ushers are willing to do anything to keep the beloved and endangered local landmark running. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Oct. 29.

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THE SUNDAY SERVICE The award-winning improv comedy troupe brings their high energy commitment to comedy with a little slapstick shtick, carrying the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip where scenes barrel into tangents and stories smash together creating comedy gold. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

VANCOUVER WRITERS FEST For 29 years, this celebration has turned reading into a community experience bringing people together to share thoughts, explore ideas and witness brilliant conversations with story, poetry, spoken-word performers, graphic novelists, and talks from writers like Daniel Levitin, Bev Sellars and Kamal Al-Solaylee. Oct. 1723 at various venues. Tickets at WritersFest.BC.ca

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COMFORT COTTAGES Four single friends of retirement age are unsettled financially and emotionally when one inherits a 40-year-old motel from her aunt, and it might just solve all their problems. 2pm at Western Gold Theatre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until Oct. 23.

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PURITY RING Canadian electronic pop duo from Edmonton appear in support of their latest release, Another Eternity, with special guest Hana. 8pm at Vogue Theatre.

Tickets $30 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

JEREMY ENIGK Former frontman of Sunny Day Real Estate celebrates the 20th anniversary of his debut solo album, Return of the Frog Queen. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

HONNE British electronic soul duo of James Hatcher and Andy Clutterbuck who write, record and produce, perform in support of their first full-length album, Warm on a Cold Night, with special guest Pat Lok. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. SOLD OUT. RACHAEL YAMAGATA Indie-pop singer-songwriter from Virginia performs tunes from her latest album, Tightrope Walker, with special guest Pressing Strings.

8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $20 at LiveNation.com NORAH JONES American jazzsoul singer, songwriter and actor tours in support of her sixth studio album, Day Breaks, with special guest Valerie June.

6:30pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $55+ at LiveNation.com

THEATRE/DANCE FLARE PATH Set in a hotel near a RAF Bomber Command airbase during the Second World War, this wonderfully funny tribute to the collective spirit of wartime bombers and their partners is a deeply moving portrait of people at war. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until Oct. 22.

MAMAHOOD: TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE Nicolle Nattarass wrote and performs this tale of her descent into motherhood as she travels to an alternate time and place, Planet Mamahood in a story told with both humour and pathos in her search for help to heal and find her way home. 7pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca. Runs until Oct. 29.

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MUSIC MARGO PRICE East Nashville breakout singer-songwritermusician tours behind her debut album, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, with special guest William Tyler.

8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $17.50 at Red Cat and TicketWeb.ca ALICE COOPER The Godfather of Shock Rock, Detroit’s heavy metal legend brings the nightmare to town. 7pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $45+ at Ticketmaster.ca STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Punk rockers from Belfast, Ireland, on tour with special guests Vicious Cycles. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $37.50+ at Ticketmaster.com KISHI BASHI American pop singer, violinist and composer performs in support of his latest release, Sonderlust, with special guest Busman’s Holiday. 7pm at The Fox Cabaret. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca THE TREBLE Five-piece Winnipeg band bring their alt-pop sound to town in support of their single, “Wherever You Go.” 9pm at The Roxy.

THEATRE/DANCE PIYA BEHRUPIYA (TWELFTH NIGHT) The Company Theatre, one of Mumbai’s most innovative theatre groups, present a Bollywoodmeets-Shakespeare musical adaptation of Twelfth Night in Hindi with English surtitles. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at TheCultch.com.

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FIGHT NIGHT Looking south and feeling frustrated? This timely and immersive exploration into the intricacies and traps of voting systems is an interactive experience where the outcome of the show is your decision. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Runs until Oct. 29.

HOW TO DRESS WELL American electronic-pop and R&B singersongwriter, AKA Tom Krell, appears in support of his latest release, Care, with special guest Ex Reyes. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

COMEDY JOHN CLEESE & ERIC IDLE British comedy legends team up for the Together Again at Last… For the Very First Time tour, blending scripted and improvised bits with storytelling, musical numbers, exclusive footage and aquatic juggling in this unique comedic experience. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca. Runs until Oct. 22.

THEATRE/DANCE BAKERSFIELD MIST A comedy about discovering art in unexpected places, set in a trailer park in Bakersfield, California, where Maude, totally broke and on the wrong side of 50, stumbles across a long-lost painting by the renowned Jackson Pollock – or is it? 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

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Watching these crafty men and women fabricate falsehoods is one of the reasons that, for many Canadians, the series is must-see TV. The Romeo Section, which

began its highly anticipated second season last week, comes to the Mother Corp direct from the brain of Chris Haddock, the celebrated Vancouver writer and showrunner whose long list of character-driven dramas includes DaVinci’s Inquest, DaVinci’s City Hall and Intelligence. It’s the only CBC scripted series filming in Vancouver at this time.

The Romeo Section stars Andrew Airlie (Fifty Shades of Grey) as Wolfgang McGee, a veteran intelligence agent with a knack for recruiting “Romeos and Juliets”: women and men (including Narcos co-star Juan Riedinger, who plays undercover operative Rufus Decker). highly skilled at seducing information out of intelligence targets. The series’ first season found Wolfgang embroiled in a web of intrigue that touched on the drug trade and Pacific Rim gangs.

But you don’t need to binge-watch the first season

Narcos co-star Juan Riedinger plays undercover “Romeo” Rufus Decker in CBC’s The Romeo Section. Jeff-Weddel photo in order to enjoy the second, says Airlie, during Reel People’s visit to The Romeo Section’s sprawling set – spread throughout the old Canada Post depot in the heart of downtown Vancouver – in August, as cast and crew filmed the fourth episode of the sophomore season. “It would be great if you went to [CBC’s website] and watched season one, but

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if you don’t, you can start watching in October and see what the series is all about.”

Wolfgang faces a blast from the past this season in the form of Norman, a new character portrayed by local actor Brian Markinson (Arctic Air). Norman is a previous associate of Wolfgang’s with a chip on his shoulder.

For Markinson, The Romeo Section represents a reunion with Haddock, who created one of the characters for which the actor best known: Police Chief Bill Jacobs, from both of the DaVinci incarnations. “I like to do stuff that’s hard – otherwise, why do it? – and Chris has brought it for me this year,” says Markinson. “I spike a little bit more than the majority of characters in this world. I like playing tough, dark, volatile characters, but I didn’t always inhabit [Haddock’s] worlds in that way.

I’m having so much fun.”

In the crazy news year that is 2016, real life is routinely stranger than fiction, so it’s little wonder the chaos of the global political and cultural climate creeps into The Romeo Section this

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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

Starring Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux Directed by Tate Taylor Curiously devoid of suspense or thrills, The Girl on the Train should have stayed on the written pages of the bestseller. Based on Paula Hawkins’ popular novel, Emily Blunt stars as an alcoholic divorcée who spends her mornings drinking alone on the same NewYork train route. One night she stumbles off the train only to black out near a wooded area and wakes up in her home with no recollection of what

season. Haddock says the show’s characters will be “pulled into an atmosphere of paranoia that is attached to contemporary days.

There’s a lot more fear in the air. Anxiety churns, and I’m working in that direction and following our characters as they experience that, too.”

Reel People doesn’t detect any fear in the air when it visits The Romeo Section set on a day when sci-fi icon Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1, Sanctuary) is in the director’s chair. “There is a gentleness to this show and there’s a grit, and they work in such incredible harmony, and I know it’s entirely because of Chris Haddock,” says Tapping over lunch in the makeshift food hall, a cavernous space where mailbags were once loaded into waiting Canada Post delivery trucks. “He creates these very gritty, real, deep storylines, and it’s written so lyrically, and it’s just amazing to me.”

This new season also features a meta storytelling device: a film being made within the conceit of the TV show that becomes a happened. Soon enough, she becomes embroiled in a missing persons investigation and thus entangled in a web of lies, deceit, and clichéd tropes.

The script, adapted by Erin Cressida Wilson, is so full of needless backstory, endless red herrings, and pointless twists it’s hard to care about any of the people or their outcome.

To make matters worse, the hackneyed writing makes a talented ensemble cast – featuring Alison Janney, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Rebecca Ferguson, and Edgar Ramirez – seem like inexperienced amateurs.

To her credit, Blunt turns out a searing performance in some of her

compelling narrative all on its own. Set in 19th-century China, the film involves the cutthroat opium trade – a mirror of the present-day action’s deep dive into the booming heroin business.

This called for some ingenuity in order to (1) shoot it and (2) integrate it into the season’s overarching narrative, says Tapping.

Minutes after the interview, she’s back behind the monitor, directing actors Darryl Quon and Fei Ren in a scene that finds Quon’s character lounging in a sumptuous milk bath while Ren artfully maneuvers to influence an important business decision. The camera is tight on the action.

“We’re telling a real story [with the film]... it’s becoming a much more integral part of the show,” says Tapping. W The Romeo Section airs Wednesdays at 9pm on CBC. Watch the first season and stream new episodes at CBC.ca/ RomeoSection.

best dramatic work yet and The Girl on the Train is not without its intrigue.

Aesthetically, the movie’s crisp yet pulpy look (courtesy of cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen) gives the film admirable style and Danny Elfman’s musical score provides effective accompaniment.

In the end, though, these elements are not enough to save the meandering, stilted pacing and thinlysketched characters in this complete misfire. Even the mystery’s tone is bungled, one moment wallowing in heavy-handed noir, then sliding into misguided dark comedy the next.

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Andy Shauf finds himself in every character at ‘The Party’ KRISTI ALEXANDRA @kristialexandra

Imagine this: you host a party and find a little piece of yourself reflected in every guest you have a conversation with. That’s what happened to Regina-based songwriter Andy Shauf as recounted on his latest album, which was released in May of this year.

The Party is Shauf’s third full-length record, and his first to make the Polaris Prize’s shortlist (or longlist, for that matter).The disc has been hailed by critics as a near-perfect concept album, one that’s told through the lens of several different characters over the course of one evening.

There’s the magician, there’s the wallflower, there’s the jilted lover, and several others – and they all convene at Shauf’s unintentionally solipsistic party.The thread they all share is a sense of social anxiety and awkwardness.

“I think there are a lot of awkward characters because I’ve projected myself onto them,” the Saskatchewan folk singer reveals to Westender.

“In my mind, they’re just normal people, but filtered through my social awkwardness, I suppose.”

In each of the record’s 10 tracks, Shauf shows off his storytelling chops, effortlessly executing the personas and partially fictional stories, from album opener “The Magician” to closing tracks “Alexander All Alone” and “Martha Sways.”

“I’m a little bit more interested in writing fiction than I am in writing autobiographical songs,” Shauf says, “but I try to use a lot of characters. I always think that I’m writing fiction, but after the fact. I kind of rewind and find a subconscious me in there.”

The singer’s indirect adoption of other identities could be attributed in part to his own modesty – he reluctantly

accepts praise for The Party’s success, and downplays his hard-earned musical talent.

Before The Party, Shauf was responsible for playing every instrument heard on his albums, from his debut Darker Days (2009) to sophomore effort The Bearer of Bad News (2012), and the EPs in between.

“I play everything by ear, so I just pick something up and figure it out and make a noise with it,” he says. A meek shoulder shrug is almost audible over the line.

“On The Party, I got my friend to come and play the violins and cellos,” he digresses. “That stuff’s a little out of my league; it requires, like, 20 years of learning, so I don’t have that much time,” the songwriter says with a laugh.

As for snagging a spot on the 2016 Polaris Prize shortlist – where he kept good company alongside the likes of PUP, Black Mountain, and Grimes – Shauf doesn’t read-

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“The Polaris Prize, in my mind, is a big deal, and I’ve paid attention to it in the last number of years and I’ve dreamed about being on the shortlist,” Shauf admits, “and it feels great, but it still feels like incremental little jumps, even though it’s really started to come together in the last year and a half.”

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“It’s an indirect way to write about me. Sometimes I don’t even realize I’m doing it,” he says. “The situations that they find themselves in, some are familiar to me and others are imaginings of scenarios, but I’ve definitely encountered a lot of these emotions and circumstances.”

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“It was a really gradual process… and I just worked at it for a long time, and gradually it got better and a lot of people started listening, and here we are today,” he says.

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Griffin and Sabine: the new generation Author Nick Bantock on adding to his 25-year-old success story KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Twenty-five years ago, a San Francisco publisher spotted an unusual book idea in illustrator Nick Bantock’s bag.

That book was Griffin and Sabine:An Extraordinary Correspondence – a concept the Bowen Island resident and English expat had been working on, where the main characters send letters across the ocean to each other, slowly developing their postcard-crossed love, while setting the plot of a fantasy thriller in motion.

Bantock had never written a book before, and yet his epistolary novel, told through a collection of drawings, collages, letters and postcards you could pull out of delicate, handstuffed envelopes within the book, was a revelation, landing the subsequent trilogy on the NewYorkTimes best-sellers list for 100 weeks, sparking a stack of film and television scripts, and ultimately selling more than three million copies.

I first encountered the series on my parents’ mantle.

I didn’t understand them as a child. In fact, the unusual images scared me. Yet, I eventually came back to them – finally able to make sense of the odd, fragile picture books – and they now sit on my coffee table, ready to confound a new generation of romantics.

This year, much to the satisfaction of longtime readers and reviewers, Bantock released a seventh book in the series. I caught up with the amiable Brit by phone at his home in Victoria, BC, last week to talk about The Pharos Gate: Griffin & Sabine’s Lost Correspondence, and his upcoming reading at the Whistler Writers Festival.

I grew up flipping through your books and wondering what exactly these things were. I didn’t quite understand them, but now they’re prominently on display in my house.

[Laughs] I’m absolutely delighted to hear that. It’s funny – because they’ve been around for 25 years. It’s almost like we’ve gone through two complete generations of people.

Have you noticed a new generation coming on to them?

The new one helped do that – Pharos Gate, which came out earlier this year.

That really did bring in a whole new group of people.

But it’s surprising the number of people like you describe, where either their parents pass them on to them, or they just kind of stumbled on them in their parents’ library. I love it.

But the thing that makes me most happy, is it shows that what I initially intended to do, certainly in terms of the imagery, was to make sure it didn’t date. And looking back it doesn’t, it has that timelessness that’s really gratifying.

When you were writing Pharos Gate, did you keep that in mind – that you’d be introducing this series to new people?

Did you write it in a way that it could stand alone by itself?

You always have to do that.

There’s always going to be pressure from the publisher to do that, from their perspective.

But you’ve also got to balance that out.The last thing that you want is your long-term readers to be wading through what they already know. As if there wasn’t enough juggling, with trying to tell a story with postcards and letters, which is very minimal space compared

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Pharos Gate falls between book three and four. How did you decide what part of the timeline to fit it into?

That became obvious, because there were two trilogies. [...] And I guess I, as much as anyone, wanted to know, ‘Well, what did happen at the end of the third book?’ As an author the best way to find out what happens to characters is to just let them speak.

And I’ve always been a believer in the fact that my job as an artist or a writer is to, not so much determine what’s going to happen or where something is going to go, but make myself available to see how it comes out.

Why do you think the books became so popular in the ‘90s?

I think it was a number of things.There had to be a novelty factor. Nobody had really done a book like that before, so the innate voyeurism of being able to read someone else’s letters was obviously a very powerful aspect of that.

And the fact that it was a

Author Nick Bantock will be reading from his Griffin and Sabine series at the Whistler Writers Festival on Friday, Oct. 14. Contributed photo love story, but also containing a number of different levels, meant that different people could appreciate it for different things. [...]

The original print run was 10,000, and the publishers felt that even that was a gamble because everyone said there wasn’t really an audience for this sort of thing out there.Yet, as it turns out, there were millions of people who that’s exactly what they wanted.

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I’m going to be reading Griffin and somebody else is going to be reading Sabine.

It will be a seven- or eightminute piece with music, and I’m going to take a little bit from each of the [first] four books.

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@Jennifer_AGCTK One of the biggest questions I get from clients, or those considering working with a designer, is when is the right time to bring in expert advice? Many people seek out reputable contractors to get their home renovation underway, but are unsure of whether and when to bring in a designer to help with the big decisions.

Kristina Hibbs and Amanda Severson, the senior designers behind local firm Marie Joy Design, are hitting the Urban Barn Main Stage at this year’s Vancouver Home + Design Show (Oct. 27-30) to chat with homeowners about the importance of working with professional designers, and where design experts can be most useful in the home décor process.

For this week’s Designer Files, I chatted with Kristina and Amanda about their top tips for renovations; if you love their advice, don’t miss this design duo on stage Oct. 30 at 4pm.Tickets and show info is available at VancouverHomeAndDesignShow.com.

BUDGET

The number one tip we always tell our clients is to be aware of your budget – you need to know what you can and are willing to spend. From there you will have a base to start building the foundation of your project, and won’t overspend in the end.

FLOORING

Everyone loves hardwood, and at the moment larger, wide-plank style is very popular.You will see it in every design publication and store, but one thing to be aware of, especially in a small space, is that the larger the plank the smaller it can make a space feel!

Choosing smaller planks running the longest length of the room will give you the illusion of a longer, and wider space.

COLOUR

While we love pops of colour.We also love a fresh white (who doesn’t right now?).With that being said, it’s always a great idea to paint your space in a lighter, more neutral tone and add pops of colour and contrast through bold artwork, accents and wallpaper. Another one of our favourite tips is that drapery is always a good idea.

KITCHEN

The number one item on

everyone’s list to renovate is normally the kitchen: it is the heart of the home, and in Vancouver condos, it is the centre of the whole space.

When looking where to spend money in the kitchen reno, we would say always spend money on good cabinet and countertops, as these are the items that get the most wear and tear.

BACKSPLASH

The amount of styles and replicas of high end tiles that we have available now are amazing. It’s the perfect finishing touch to any kitchen without breaking the bank, even if you keep the kitchen the same, backsplash can really create that pop!

Amanda Severson and Kristina Hibbs of Marie Joy Design will be speaking at the Vancouver Home + Design Show on Sunday, Oct. 30. Frances Eden Creative photos

LIGHTING

Lighting truly can make or break a space: we love adding that contrast and pop to a space with lighting.

Depending on if you want to splurge or stay conservative there are so many options that you can go either way.

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Where to find your fall/winter essentials the boxy ones at Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton and Balenciaga. Gastown indy store One of a Few has a standout from Taiwanese brand Building Block, which comes in ivory, navy and black. $706, OneOfAFew.com

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We’ve talked about fall fashion before in Style File, but with reference to what’s on runways. If you head to Dior or Gucci for seasonal pieces, more power to you. The rest of us mere mortals shop on the high street.

Go to stores like Zara, H&M, and Topshop for staples – their raison d’etre is to interpret runway fashion and get it into our hands, fast. Don’t skip favourites like Roots or Oak + Fort.They don’t do fast fashion, but instead quality pieces with a definite aesthetic that sometimes intersects with what’s on the runways – hello, plaids and oversized silhouettes.

And then there are local independent stores, which usually have a buyer with a great eye who takes a chance on emerging designers or quirkier trends. From these, pick up the statement pieces that will elevate your look and ensure it’s not generic.

PLEATED SKIRTS: H&M

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COLD-SHOULDER TOPS: TOPSHOP

Of course, you can still wear your summer shoulder-exposer (stylist Crystal Carson suggested layering it over a turtleneck on chilly days). But if you want something new, Topshop has loads, in every style including a minimalist looker with front and back keyholes. $65,TheBay.com This velvet Zara dress and oversized Oak + Fort cardigan will carry you through the trends this winter. Contributed photos adopted with gusto. H&M has a great selection in many colours, including a great one pink, which bona fide trend-followers can pair with a yellow top. $70, HM.com

PLAID: ROOTS

It’s a no-brainer to head here for checked shirts, which this season look best tucked into an A-line skirt and with ankle booties. We’re loving the Varley Plaid Shirt, $78, Roots.com

VELVET: ZARA

Truth be told, we could direct you here for virtually any trend as that’s what Zara does. But this season, it’s really nailed velvet – tops, body suits, jackets, pants, and this lovely dress (above). $49.

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BOXY HANDBAGS: ONE OF A FEW

There were lots of different bag styles on runways, but we really really liked

OVERSIZED PIECES: OAK + FORT

Outerwear this season is meant to be oversized – long, with wider shoulders and elongated sleeves.

To ensure it doesn’t look sloppy or like you’re a little kid dressing up, choose something structured with a simple design like this cardigan (above). $128, OakAndFort.ca

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MishWay Sex with Mish Way @MyszkaWay

For the last year, I’ve been content with my status as a single, emotionally celibate woman. I’m an oldschool, ride-or-die monogamist with protective walls around my heart.

Recently, and against my better judgment, I developed feelings for a man in an ethical open relationship. (His relationship with his girlfriend actually started as a polygamous union in which he was the third.) Obviously I’m way out of my depth, but I feel compelled enough to trudge forward. Our rapport is deeper than lust (though there is plenty of that). We have a strong cerebral connection and I genuinely value his friendship. There was a build-up of about eight months before anything physical occurred.

I don’t envision this becoming a big romance, but I’m still fearful of disillusionment. I’ve yet to meet his longtime girlfriend, though it’s on our agenda.

Do you have any suggestions for how to best navigate this? An objection I have is that it feels vaguely anti-feminist for two women to fuss over the same dude. By design or not, everything appears to be centered around him – which is a huge turn-off, honestly. Perhaps I should pursue this but continue to date other people?

Do you think I’m setting myself up for failure?

I would like to think there are people in the world who are truly OK with being the “other one” in an open relationship. These freaks can flit from one couple to the next like some free-spirited sexual guest star who is completely immune to emotional attachment. But even freaks like this can’t be 100 per cent unicorn all the time. Maybe they’ll play the role for a while.

As a self-proclaimed “ride-or-die monogamist,” sharing is not your forte. Believe me, I know, because I’m the same. It all boils down to intention. My husband and I are monogamous not out of fear (I’d like to believe our union is strong enough to handle a third party), but because neither of us want to be with anyone else. It’s a choice. I’ve been in other relationships in which I didn’t mind sharing. I was a different person then.

I was young. I didn’t hold the same values as I do now.

It all depends what you want out of this relationship. However, judging

by the way you posed your dilemma to me, it seems like the idea of being the runner-up to his long-term girlfriend makes you scrambled. Why is your immediate reaction to consider dating again? Is this a protective measure to keep your emotions scattered throughout different relationships?

Is the idea of giving it all to someone who won’t be 100 per cent “there” something that scratches at your insecurities?

Most open relationships follow the “Partnered Non-Monogamy” model.

While primarily committed to one another (in a seemingly traditional union), both partners are free to have relationships with other people.

However, the primary partner usually trumps the needs of the external relationships. I believe there are those out there who can make these relationships work. For instance, Dan Savage swears upon the happiness of his long-lasting open marriage. Dan and his husband are one another’s primary concern. His husband will always come first over any fling. This is what keeps them together. The question is: Are you OK starting off secondary?

Who knows what will happen.

This guy was the third party in his girlfriend’s old relationship and he managed to move up the pecking order.You have no way of predicting how this relationship is going to pan out. None. What you can control is your participation in it.You seem really into this man. (Otherwise, you wouldn’t be asking for my advice.)

Meet the girlfriend. See how you feel.

Enjoy this whole thing as long as you can.You’ll know if and when you have to kill yourself off. That’s one of the good things about being a guest star: The show will go on. (It just won’t be as interesting without you.)

And I don’t think you should worry too much about whether what you’re doing is anti-feminist. Sure, this man is the nucleus, but who cares? Don’t try to politicize your sex life.You’ve got enough on your plate right now. Only you know what you can handle. Relationships should enhance your life, not hinder it.

And look on the bright side: If it doesn’t work out, dumping him won’t be as big a blow. He’s got another pair of boobs to cry into.

Love, Mish W

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Free Will Astrology

By Rob Brezsny A study published in the peer-reviewed Communications Research suggests that only 28 per cent of us realize when someone is flirting with us. I hope that figure won’t apply to you in the coming weeks, Aries.

According to my analysis of the astrological situation, you will be on the receiving end of more invitations, inquiries, and allurements than usual. The percentage of these that might be worth responding to will also be higher than normal. Not all of them will be obvious, however. So be extra vigilant.

Most of us can’t tickle ourselves. Since we have conscious control of our fingers, we know we can stop any time. Without the element of uncertainty, our squirm reflex doesn’t kick in.

But I’m wondering if you might get a temporary exemption from this rule in the coming weeks. I say this because the astrological omens suggest you will have an extraordinary capacity to surprise yourself. Novel impulses will be rising up in you on a regular basis. Unpredictability and spontaneity will be your specialties. Have fun doing what you don’t usually do!

The ancient Greek sage Socrates was a founder of Western philosophy and a seminal champion of critical thinking.

And yet he relied on his dreams for crucial information. He was initiated into the esoteric mysteries of love by the prophetess Diotima, and had an intimate relationship with a daimonion, a divine spirit. I propose that we make Socrates your patron saint for the next three weeks. Without abandoning your reliance on logic, make a playful effort to draw helpful clues from non-rational sources, too. (P.S.: Socrates drew oracular revelations from sneezes. Please consider that outlandish possibility yourself. Be alert, too, for the secret meanings of coughs, burps, grunts, mumbles, and yawns.)

During the final 10 weeks of 2016, your physical and mental health will flourish in direct proportion to how much outworn and unnecessary stuff you flush out of your life between now and Oct. 25. Here are some suggested tasks: 1. Perform a homemade ritual that will enable you to magically shed at least half of your guilt, remorse, and regret. 2. Put on a festive party hat, gather up all the clutter and junk from your home, and drop it off at a thrift store or the dump. 3. Take a vow that you will do everything in your power to kick your attachment to an influence that’s no damn good for you. 4. Scream nonsense curses at the night sky for as long as it takes to purge your sadness and anger about pain that no longer matters.

The Helper Experiment, Part One: Close your eyes and imagine that you are in the company of a kind, attentive helper – a person, animal, ancestral spirit, or angel that you either know well or haven’t met yet. Spend at least five minutes visualizing a scene in which this ally aids you in fulfilling a particular goal. The Helper Experiment, Part Two: Repeat this exercise every day for the next seven days. Each time, visualize your helper making your life better in some specific way. Now here’s my prediction: Carrying out the Helper Experiment will attract actual support into your real life.

New rules: 1. It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to be obsessed with anything or anyone that’s no good for you.

2. It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to sabotage your stability by indulging in unwarranted fear. 3. It’s imaginable and possible for you to remember the most crucial thing you have forgotten. 4. It’s imaginable and possible for you to replace debilitating self-pity with invigorating selflove and healthy self-care. 5. It’s imaginable and possible for you to discover a new mother lode of emotional strength.

It’s swing-swirl-spiral time, Leo. It’s ripplesway-flutter time and flow-gush-gyrate time and jive-jiggle-juggle time. So I trust you will not indulge in fruitless yearnings for unswerving progress and rock-solid evidence. If your path is not twisty and tricky, it’s probably the wrong path. If your heart isn’t teased and tickled into shedding its dependable formulas, it might be an overly hard heart. Be an improvisational curiosity-seeker. Be a principled player of unpredictable games.

Some English-speaking astronomers use the humorous slang term “meteor-wrong.”

It refers to a rock that is at first thought to have fallen from the heavens as a meteorite (“meteor-right”), but that is ultimately proved to be of terrestrial origin. I suspect there may currently be the metaphorical equivalent of a meteor-wrong in your life. The source of some new arrival or fresh influence is not what it had initially seemed. But that doesn’t have to be a problem. On the contrary. Once you have identified the true nature of the new arrival or fresh influence, it’s likely to be useful and interesting.

A Buddhist monk named Matthieu Ricard had his brain scanned while he meditated.

The experiment revealed that the positive emotions whirling around in his grey matter were super-abundant. Various publications thereafter dubbed him “the happiest person in the world.” Since he’s neither egotistical nor fond of the media’s simplistic sound bites, he’s not happy about that title. I hope you won’t have a similar reaction when I predict that you Sagittarians will be the happiest tribe of the zodiac during the next two weeks. For best results, I suggest you cultivate Ricard’s definitions of happiness: “altruism and compassion, inner freedom (so that you are not the slave of your own thoughts), senses of serenity and fulfillment, resilience, as well as a clear and stable mind that does not distort reality too much.”

Now is a perfect moment to launch or refine a project that will generate truth, beauty, and justice. Amazingly enough, now is also an excellent time to launch or refine a longterm master plan that will make you healthy, wealthy, and wise. Is this a coincidence? Not at all. The astrological omens suggest that your drive to be of noble service dovetails well with your drive for personal success. For the foreseeable future, unselfish goals are well-aligned with selfish goals.

Has your world become at least 20 per cent larger since Sept. 1? Has your generosity grown to near-heroic proportions? Have your eyes beheld healing sights that were previously invisible to you? Have you lost at least two of your excuses for tolerating scrawny expectations? Are you awash in the desire to grant forgiveness and amnesty? If you can’t answer yes to at least two of those questions, Aquarius, it means you’re not fully in harmony with your best possible destiny. So get to work!

Attune yourself to the cosmic tendencies!

And if you are indeed reaping the benefits I mentioned, congratulations – and prepare for even further expansions and liberations.

Some astrologers dwell on your tribe’s phobias.

They assume that you Pisceans are perversely drawn to fear; that you are addicted to the strong feelings it generates. In an effort to correct this distorted view, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I hereby declare the coming weeks to be a Golden Age for Your Trust in Life. It will be prime time to exult in everything that evokes your joy and excitement. I suggest you make a list of these glories and keep adding new items to the list every day. Here’s another way to celebrate the Golden Age: Discover and explore previously unknown sources of joy and excitement. W

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Sunday, October 23 | 11:00am - 12:30pm Choices Floral Shop and Annex 2615 W. 16th Ave,Vancouver

Creating a Bee-Friendly Tea Party With Madame Beespeaker Lori Weidenhammer Using herbs and flowers that feed humans and bees, Lori will lead a hands-on workshop on how to celebrate pollinators in the garden and in the kitchen with herbal teas and cookies with flower power.

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