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BEER FEST REBUTTAL

Re:“Running a beer festival in BC is harder than you think”,The Growler, June 18, 2015

I’ll kindly call BS on a few of these and give my support/ feedback on others, however I’ll preface with the fact that I feel thatVCBW does a great job of their events. Every one I have attended has been fairly well run and organized so kudos to them for doing a good job. [The following has been edited for clarity and length.]

1. No free tokens: technically correct, there are no free tokens.

However, it is a common and appreciated practice to pre-sell at least five tokens as a part of the ticket cost.This avoids major lineups at the token booths and every fest should do this.

2.Token cost and four-ounce tasters: $1.25 is very reasonable for four ounces of beer, cheaper than almost any pint inVancouver in a per/oz cost comparison.

A four-ounce taster glass is also just enough to give you a true impression of the beer and most people go for variety anyway.

Anyone who complains about this can simply refill their glass two more times – you aren’t finding $3.75 sleeves of beer inYVR pretty much anywhere!

3. Lines to get in: it always baffles me why festivals have such

long lines to get it.There are two practices I’ve encountered that completely avoid this issue. No. 1, let people into the venue 15 minutes early, but do not pour beer until the event officially starts. I can see the resistance here as a setup challenge exists, but its worth exploring. No. 2, pre-wristband, ID check before the event. SomeVCBW events did this, all lines were avoided or shortened significantly when this happened.

4.Too corporate: I agree, but I also tend to avoid the big fests in part because of this. I prefer more casual, smaller events or one’s where the brewers are pouring and I can chat with them or others. But whatever, they are businesses, so no big deal and not a huge deterrent as the whole thing is a chance for them to advertise their product so why not do it. I make my personal choice here, but it’s for other reasons too (aka lines).

5. Last call should be well communicated and adhered to: calling it at 5:45 for a 6:30 end time is pure BS in my opinion.

Thirty minutes is the law, not 45 minutes. If I pay $40 to get into an event, waste 30 minutes in a lineup while the fest was open, wait another 15 to buy tokens and it shuts down 15 minutes before it was supposed to, I’d be

pissed off. Losing 25 per cent of your expected time to those reasons is unacceptable.This is a valid complaint, and avoidable with good planning.

Anyway, interesting article that seems to lay blame on circumstances a bit too much, but as a fellow writer I appreciate some of the points you highlight. I understand, price is the biggest hurdle they cannot control which is a complaint we share together as BC residents! Last call laws exist, but they say “within 30 minutes” not 45 minutes so that should be respected as well and always feels like a snub when they call it early.

As someone who spends a fair bit of money on attending festivals, I appreciate it when organizers take extra steps to ensure I have good time and get my money’s worth. It’s also worth noting that a lot of hard work goes into putting these events on, lots of people volunteer so that we can have a good time, breweries come out at their own expense quite often, the host takes on almost all the risk when applying for a Special Occasion Licence. It’s important to remember and respect that while having a good time! Any event organizer, please take this as feedback of what us attendees are looking for.

–West Coast Beer Geek

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VPD flooded with terror tips MIKE HOWELL @howellings

Without an explanation from an expert to understand the sharp increase in Vancouver police files related to potential national security threats, the statistics alone seem shocking: From 14 files investigated in 2012 to 262 in 2014. And police say they are on pace this year to investigate another couple hundred calls in Vancouver where officers follow up on reported suspicious activity, which could include an abandoned package in a public place to purchases of chemicals to tips on alleged terror plots.

But as members of the VPD’s criminal intelligence unit explained in an interview, the statistics don’t represent the whole story or explain how an increase in calls is actually a good thing.

“We are getting more calls and a very small amount of those calls really result in anything that needs to be taken to a higher level,” said Insp.

Mike Serr, when asked if the public should be concerned about the spike in statistics.

“Vancouver’s safe. It is a safe place and we’ve got a lot of people working to ensure it remains safe.”

Serr and two of his officers, detective constables Colin Small and Ian Jackson, attribute the increase in calls to two main factors: a heightened vigilance by the public about potential terrorist threats, citing recent plots to detonate bombs at the BC Legislature and the murder of reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo in 2014 at the cenotaph in Ottawa; and the relaunch of a VPD-led counterterrorism program dubbed Operation Securus, which trains businesses to report suspicious activity to police.

“No one should be alarmed by these numbers,” Serr said of the statistics,

Insp. Mike Serr of the Vancouver Police Department’s criminal intelligence unit says the city is “a safe place,” despite the spike in calls related to national security. Dan Toulgoet photo which he also believes can be attributed to the ongoing training of officers in counterterrorism. “We want the public to be engaged, we want them to be aware, we want them to phone us – even if it’s something that appears to be inane or not serious – and we’ll take a look at it.”

Serr said the vast majority of calls turn out to be nothing of significance, citing an example where a person is observed taking photographs of a building.

“It may turn out just to be a tourist who just happened to be interested in taking pictures,” he said, but declined to discuss any cases that led to higher level investigations.

As Canadians learned two years ago, something insignificant could turn out to be a tip that thwarts a disaster, as Jackson pointed out with what occurred in the well-publicized plot in 2013 of two men in Ontario planning to derail a VIA passenger train travelling between the US and Canada.

“If an employee hadn’t spotted the [suspects] videotaping, and that information hadn’t come forward to the police, they probably would have been successful,” said

Jackson of the case, which led to two men found guilty of a series of terror-related charges. “That’s what Operation Securus is about – it’s about that phone call being placed.”

Operation Securus has more than 100 Vancouver businesses involved and includes the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP, Natural Resources Canada and the Abbotsford and Delta police departments.The program is designed to locate and catalogue businesses such as Home Depot, Harbour Air, rental car companies and port businesses that sell products or offer services that could be used by a person or groups to commit terrorism.

The VPD’s role is to search out potential threats, which involves following up on calls from businesses and the public. Officers do that by delivering presentations on how to identify suspicious customers and activity, and reminding them of the real threat to the West Coast.

“The big problem for us is that people forget and they think it’s not going to happen in BC,” said Small, rattling off a history of terrorism

in the province, including the plotting of the Air India disaster, the Squamish Five bombings and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s links to BC before he murdered Cirillo in Ottawa.

Media reports over the past couple of years have identified Canadians in Ontario and Alberta who travelled overseas to fight on behalf of Islamist terror group, ISIS. Small wouldn’t say whether police have identified any Vancouverites who joined ranks with ISIS but said “it would be foolish to think that it’s not going to affect Canada, that it’s not going to affect British Columbia and it’s not going to affect Vancouver.That’s why we’re trying to take these steps now to try and identify individuals or groups as early as possible, look for those pre-indicators, those signs.”

Eric Scott, vice-president of flight operations and safety at Harbour Air, said the seaplane company joined Operation Securus more than a year ago. Scott said he sees the partnership with police as a “corporate responsibility” and is glad other businesses signed on to the program.

“Events might be singular when we’re just dealing with it ourselves but show trends when you bring other businesses in,” Scott said. “So the whole concept of it appealed to us. It does heighten our awareness and allows us an avenue to move on [suspicious activity] and be part of that group rather than making a cold call to police.”

He said the company has reported files to police a couple of times related to Operation Securus but declined to disclose details.

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A Vancouver specialty flag shop has announced that after after intense public pressure, it will no longer make or sell the Confederate flag.

The move follows a similar decision by Walmart. Display of the flag, especially on South Carolina’s capitol building grounds, has come under scrutiny following a racially-motivated shooting at a historic black church in Charleston on June 17.

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The Flag Shop owner Susan Braverman with her mother Doreen, the shop’s founder, in 2012. BIV file photo The Flag Shop owner Susan Braverman said her company has always sold and manufactured the Confederate flag in small quantities, which became especially popular after the release of the 2005 movie Dukes of Hazard.

Braverman said her social media manager, who is from

Mississippi, initially urged her to drop the flag in the days following the shooting.

Amidst one of the busiest times in the year for the shop, Braverman put off making the decision. But after Walmart announced it would no longer sell the flag, Braverman said she began receiving emails

and Facebook messages asking why her store was still selling the flag.

“I had always seen it as a historical flag,” Braverman said. “I knew some people liked it and some people didn’t.”

Once she started reading more about the calls to stop displaying the flag, which many see as “a symbol of hate and racism,” Braverman said, she made the decision to stop selling it.

Walmart announced it would no longer sell the Confederate flag June 22. Nikki Haley, the governor of South Carolina, has called for the removal of the flag from the statehouse grounds. W –Story courtesy of Business in Vancouver

Really Toronto?

Is nothing sacred?

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Toronto stealing our Towel Power Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

You’ve heard the comparisons between Vancouver and Toronto, and it usually starts with the weather.Torontonians think it does nothing but rain in Vancouver, whereas we know that’s not only not true, but we know for a fact their weather truly sucks snowballs.

They think we’re a bunch of lay-about hippies; we think they’re a bunch of corporate-ladder desk slaves.We climb mountains after work.

Torontonians think being active outdoors means getting wasted on a patio.The differences go back over a century.

We’re used to it.

But when it comes to Vancouver-born traditions being outright swiped by Toronto without due credit, I take issue. Here’s the deal: I happened to be in Toronto earlier this month, right in the middle of the Blue Jays’ franchise-tying winning streak.

Fandom was at a fever pitch.

Forty thousand fans madly cheered on the Blue Jays in the Skydome, many of them… waving white towels.

WHAT?!? Waving white towels?? Wait, that’s OUR thing! I tried to explain this to my father-in-law, a huge Blue Jays fan, decked out head to toe, and he balked: “Ah, c’mon guy,Vancouver didn’t invent the white towel thing, give me a break,” all while waving an obnoxiously-branded Blue Jays white towel in my face.The outrage!

Please allow me to give the history lesson of the white towel in sports culture once and for all: It all started in the spring of 1982, during the plucky Vancouver Canucks’ surprise run to the Stanley Cup Final.

“The Moment” happened amidst an extremely violent semi-final series against the Chicago Blackhawks during which the Canucks notched an incredible 285 penalty minutes in five games, still a team record for a playoff series (Tiger Williams himself was responsible for 51 of those minutes). In the middle of game two in Chicago, the Canucks were on the wrong end of four consecutive penalty calls.Their usually reserved, curly-haired head coach Roger Neilson grabbed a white towel

from a trainer, draped it over the butt end of a hockey stick, and with his right hand, raised it towards the rafters. It was a mock surrender, and a silent, yet very loud, insult towards the referee.The game ended in a 4-1 loss for the Canucks, who stacked up 106 penalty minutes in just that one contest.The league was furious about the towel stunt, fining the Canucks $10,000.

However, the move galvanized our Vancouver Canucks faithful back home in Lotus Land.When the Canucks landed in Vancouver, the sight that met them at the airport in the glorious spring of ‘82 astounded them: a throng of maniacal fans greeting the team madly waved white towels. Coach Neilson had no idea what he started. At the next game in Vancouver, Canucks fans waved white towels throughout the stands in solidarity while roaring our upstart Canucks onto the ice into a white blizzard of noise.

It was a Canucks first: a universal symbol of surrender turned into an ironic rallying gesture for victory by a brilliant coach with a flair for the dramatic. “Towel Power” was born, and helped push the Canucks into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time ever, and has been a proud Canucks playoff tradition ever since.That fateful moment in Chicago is now captured forever in a Roger Neilson statue outside of Rogers Arena. Get a picture!

But here’s the funny thing: since “The Moment,” now 33 years ago, waving towels en masse in support of a team has slowly but surely caught on not only throughout the NHL, but throughout the entire North American major league sports world (often referred to as “rally towels”).

Even to the fickle fans of the Toronto Blue Jays.Very little credit for starting the towel trend ever comes back Vancouver’s way. So go ahead and wave those towels all you want,Toronto and wherever else, but just remember this: Roger Neilson and the Vancouver Canucks fan base started Towel Power.That’s our thing.

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Urban homesteaders find helping humans KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Like a large number of Vancouverites, Rick Havlak entered 2010 on a journey toward self-sufficiency.

It was around that time (between 2009 and 2013) that the number of municipal community garden plots were more than doubling, and dozens of rooftop gardens and urban farms were springing up across the city. Commercial property developers were turning future development sites into temporary community gardens for tax breaks with growing frequency, and everywhere you looked, parking lots were being replaced by orchards and planter boxes.

For Havlak, though, the entry point into his homesteading education was part of another, equally popular but much less prominent local trend: making beer, or, more specifically, homebrewing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was big into homebrewing,â&#x20AC;? explains Havlak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[But] the thing about homebrewing, is you have these big sacks of grain and big pots of boiling water and you boil the water and you pour it into the grain

and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very physicalâ&#x20AC;Ś and then you sit and wait. For a long time,â&#x20AC;? he laughs.

All that waiting, in combination with the eventual rewards, led to an epiphany for Havlak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You end up with this thing in your hand, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an example of something with which youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re intimately familiar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; beer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but something you sort of almost miraculously made yourself out of nothing.

And so that, in combination with all this free time, [was] very fertile ground for the imagination.â&#x20AC;?

Havlak says he started daydreaming while homebrewing about all the other projects his mom tried to interest him in â&#x20AC;&#x201C; canning, making soap, making bread from scratch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that he had resisted as a kid, and before long, he and his homebrewing buddy were trying a new project a week, from building innovative beehives to making artisan cheese.

They quickly ran into the same problem most burgeoning homesteaders encounter, though: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just started reading on the Internet and looking through books and doing what we could to teach our-

After learning some tough lessons on the road to self-sufficiency, Rick Havlak decided to open a store that teaches other city folk how to homestead. Dan Toulgoet photo selves these thingsâ&#x20AC;? says Havlak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it was problematicâ&#x20AC;Ś because we hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talked to a human being.Without a connection to people that already had a long history of making cheese or keeping bees, or â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to generalize â&#x20AC;&#x201C; pursuing self-sufficiency and heritage skills, we found that we were sort of lost.â&#x20AC;?

Limited materials and lack of guidance led to many frustrating false starts. Every-

where Havlak went, though, every time he talked about his experiments, the interest was there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could bring it up at a party â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, we made cheese last weekend!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and people loved that,â&#x20AC;? says Havlak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lots of people in Vancouver shared our curiosity about learning how to make things from scratch. But it was very difficult to find any kind of in-person know-how. And in

many cases we had to go all the way across town looking for different ingredients, or we had to mail-order something, or in some cases we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even find that one ingredient.â&#x20AC;?

Enter Homesteaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emporium, the one-stop DIY shop Havlak opened in Strathcona in the summer of 2012. Inside the stylish, rural-looking store at 649 East Hastings is everything you need to pursue small-scale homesteading, from fully contained beginner kits to educational workshops with local experts and grassroots organizations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The common thread is making things from scratch and self-sufficiency,â&#x20AC;? explains Havlak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may think solar panels and biodiesel, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to limit the scope a little bit because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the city.You also wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see goat feeders and tractors!â&#x20AC;? he laughs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is all designed for the urban homesteader â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the person whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of trying to do as much as they can in their backyard or apartment kitchen.â&#x20AC;?

That means skills like preserving, bread making, canning fresh fruit from the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market, or making

soaps, salves, lotions, and candles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fermentation is hot right now,â&#x20AC;? adds Havlak with a smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can buy sauerkraut for $9 a jar at the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market or you can buy cabbage for 99 cents a pound and make it at home.â&#x20AC;?

There are also tools for the ickier arts of fungiculture (growing mushrooms), composting, and smoking and curing meat.

And while goat keeping might be four hooves too far, interested agrarians can walk into the store and find resources for hobby beekeeping and backyard chickens.The City ofVancouver allows both (with some restrictions) as part of its sustainable city initiative and a schedule of expert-led workshops on how to safely and ethically embark on those homesteading adventures can be found at HomesteadersEmporium.ca. W MAKE YOUR OWN CHEESE Head to Westender. com for Homesteaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emporiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s step-by-step instructions on how to make paneer cheese!

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Designer Files: Redefining â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;reclaimedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the impact of new production on the environment.

There are a few amazing local places I look to when sourcing the reclaimed look.

There is no need to venture outside our own city for incredible finds and craftsmen at the forefront of design; Vancouver is a creative city that houses a plethora of local talent, especially with respect to repurposing.

My first stop is usually The Lodge at 230 East Pender.

With an unassuming locale in the heart of Chinatown,The Lodge is a collaborative design house that encompasses Space Lab up front (a shop with an endless retail selection of vintage furnishings and accessories, found items and industrial oddities), Bootleg Barbers nestled into a stellar space in the back-of-house (boasting a custom reclaimed dĂŠcor and some of the tightest cuts and shaves in the city), and also an in-house fabrication team on the lower level for designing custom woodwork, welding, lighting and nearly anything else one could wish for.

Another design go-to for me when hunting down reclaimed dĂŠcor is Scott Landon Antiques, 2349 Granville.

Scott has created a name for

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Often the first question that comes up with interior design clients is â&#x20AC;&#x153;What look suits our space?â&#x20AC;? My initial goal becomes introducing them to a blended aesthetic: a slightly eclectic design plan that includes key elements from a variety of style trends to create a beautifully layered overall vision that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be pinpointed to just one â&#x20AC;&#x153;lookâ&#x20AC;?.

One of the fundamental styles that I bring into almost every space is reclaimed.

Often associated with the industrial look that took dĂŠcor by storm a few years ago, reclaimed pieces actually have a broad aesthetic and range in style from a refined elegance to an edgy rustic appeal.The idea of working with reclaimed elements offers both a visual reward â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a warmth and sense of story, and also an environmental reward â&#x20AC;&#x201C; repurposing and redefining reclaimed design elements keeps used pieces out of landfills and eliminates

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himself locally and beyond by having a scrutinizing eye for both buying and curating his antique offerings. One of the best ways to sum up the beauty of working with reclaimed pieces is Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective that â&#x20AC;&#x153;sometimes looking back is a way to move forwardâ&#x20AC;?.The boutique offers an incredible selection of internationally sourced antiques that bring a one-of-a-kind appeal to dĂŠcor.

Sholto Design Studio at 446 Union is another local gem that is on the radar of anyone seeking traditional craftsmanship and a contemporary edge within reclaimed custom furnishings. Lead designer Sholto Scranton reflects on his years of training and creating to thoughtfully design quality furniture that will hold its beauty and relevance for generations. Often working with reclaimed or sustainably harvested woods, Sholto works with his clientele to educate on how even the slightest of details can impact the elegance of the finished product.

Here are some gorgeous reclaimed finds that are currently available from these shops: 1. Vintage cage light custom pendant, available

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at Scott Landon Antiques, $895. Designed with multiple production lights from a warehouse in Chicago. Rarely available with the cage housing intact, the lights have been grouped to make a statement, multi-pendant chandelier; CSA approved.

2. Custom knives handcrafted by Dustin Pritchard, available atThe Lodge, $325-$575. Created out of repurposed machinist files and reclaimed wood from a 17th century whaling ship rope shiv, Dustin furthered his designs with the inclusion of found elements like rifle casings or carpenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rulers within the handles, making each piece beautifully unique.

3. Vintage laundry bag with custom hamper base, available atThe Lodge, $165.

The linen sack is a found item from the 1930s, complete with its hand stitching still intact.

The base was custom created out of salvage yard metal and wood panels that were remnants from the renovation of The Lodge space.

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Clockwise from top: Cage light pendant, Scott Landon Antiques; Theatre sign, Scott Landon Antiques; Custom knives, The Lodge; Vintage laundry bag, The Lodge. Dan Toulgoet photos

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Spencer Baker and Dustin Bentall recently launched their leather goods line, b.b gun. Dan Toulgoet photo

Toy guns kept since childhood, a piano that’s been in the family for 100 years, a portable Viking record player, worn vintage tools, dented cowboy hats, and empty whiskey bottles line the wooden shelves at b.b gun leather studio in Strathcona.

Thrown together in an old wood-frame garage that is part creative space, part showroom, every inch illuminates the aesthetic influences of the two North Shore-born men behind a new leather-ware business called b.b gun. Musician Dustin Bentall, 32, and pal Spencer Baker, 28, recently launched the business with

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“This is called vegetabletan leather,” he says, referring to a b.b gun backpack.

“Vegetable-tanned leather is the most natural way to preserve hides.”

Baker points to my tote, which is made with thin pliable leather.

“This is called chromiumleather, which uses heavy metals that preserve the hides,” he explains.

Chrome-tanning breaks down the leather in order to achieve the supple feel as opposed to it happening naturally over time, as it does with vegetable-tanning, Baker says. It’s harder on the environment compared to vegetable-tanning, an old-world process that uses tannic acids found naturally in plants.

“We like it because it will last forever. We like it because that’s how leather should look,” Baker says.

“Leather shouldn’t be purple and perfectly smooth. We should see scars.”

They use just three colours: natural tan, which has a golden-beige hue; black, which is achieved through an old technique using vinegar and metal flakes from train tracks (for real); and ox blood, a red tone created with a water-based dye.

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“The style hasn’t been as much deliberate as organic.

It’s not like we sit down to AutoCAD on our computers,” Baker says about the tech-free studio space. “The most modern technology in our shop is the light bulb.”

B.b gun is a cocktail of western cool, old English class, and rock ‘n’ roll freedom, with a price point that ranges from $24.99 to $599.99.

The unisex messenger bag – called The Drifter – is one of their bestsellers. With his many connections and roots in the music business, Bentall, whose dad is famed

Canadian rocker Barney Bentall, tells how Spirit of the West’s Geoffrey Kelly christened the bag.

“He’s Scottish, so he has this thing where he kind of makes up a name for everything,” explains Bentall, whose laid-back style is straight out of 1970s Laurel Canyon. “[Kelly] toured in a band called The Paperboys, and [bandmate] Tom Landa always had a side bag, a messenger bag, so he would call it ‘the drifter.’”

Bentall was having coffee with Kelly and when he showed him the messenger bag, Kelly said, “You gotta call it the drifter.”

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Even Father John Misty stopped by after a recent sold-out Commodore show, to play a few tunes in the studio garage. The guys have invited the CBC to film in the ambient space that welcomes some of the country’s best performers on any given night.

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agement from musician friends, they also look to local leather pioneer Ken Diamond as an inspiration in the tough world of artisanal leather.

“Most of all we are just supporting each other in a very hard tradition, because it is very expensive,” Baker says.

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“Oh, another wine bar opened?” my friend asks with rolled eyes and a dismissive shrug. I can’t blame her.Wine bars are becoming the norm, it seems.

And here is where your first preconception of Grapes & Soda gets smashed to bits.

This isn’t just any wine bar.

It’s Vancouver’s first (and, for now, only) natural wine bar, listing only natural, organic and biodynamic wines.The bottles mainly come from France and Italy, with some Canadian picks and some fortifieds from Spain. Most are offered by the glass, and it is around these that the food menu is built.

There goes your second misconception.The food here isn’t the typical wine bar charcuterie and cheese (although those are also available). It’s a

menu that chef/co-owner David Gunawan (it’s right next door to big sister Farmer’s Apprentice) has designed to be true to his locavore ethos, except that each of the rotating handful of dishes on offer each night are designed to complement a specific wine.

It’s simple and pure, like the room, which mirrors its relation next door; all grey walls and light wood.The tables here have little drawers in which to stash your phone, and the kitchen is fronted by a wall of preserves under the counter. Nobody actually sits at the bar (standing room only), thanks to the narrow proportions, but the banquettes are cushioned and comfortable, and allow for longer lounging.

GM Hao-Yang keeps the guests relaxed and happy, while bar manager Satoshi Yonemori does divine things with local hooch, like the Green Collins ($12), a simple and stunning mix of G’vine gin, sorrel, fresh lemon and soda.The Stormy Flip ($12) was another standout, with aged rum, citrus marmalade curd, ginger beer and falernum.There’s only one beer (Four Winds) on the menu, but the bourbon, single malt

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Beef tartare tossed with beets was slightly bland and could have used more punch, but marinated anchovies with lightly-pickled fennel and celery over olive oil croutons was excellent. Even desserts have pairings, albeit cocktails.

Our sorrel sorbet ($7) over honeyed yogurt with juniper and meringue was paired with the Green Collins for a refreshing, light, and beautiful palate cleanser.

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If you can, come during happy hour (5-6:30pm each night), when all food is half-off. Even at full prices ($10-$12), though, these small share plates pack a lot of flavour and surprises, and are well-proportioned, thanks to Gunawan and his right-hand, Ron Shaw.

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salmon are dressed with mizuna and dotted with bits of ripe, local strawberries, large salmon roe, and rhubarb. It’s designed to pair with a natural rosé from the Loire valley.

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Each issue, The Growler Craft Beer Handbook invites two brewers to sit down (over beer, of course) and discuss the craft, the industry and the beer. For our next issue, we have Strange Fellows’ Iain Hill and Brassneck’s Conrad Gmoser, both of whom cut their teeth working for local brewpubsYaletown Brewpub and Steamworks Brewpub, respectively, before starting their own highly respected craft breweries.

This is an excerpt from a much longer conversation the two had last month. Check out another part of that conversation in The Growler’s third issue, available Aug. 1 at a brewery near you.

CONRAD GMOSER:You were really one of the first brewers

in the B.C. to put out a sour beer–

IAIN HILL: Second probably after Storm [Brewing].

CG: Yeah.You made a point of making sour beer under tough circumstances and I think probably there weren’t that many regularYaletown customers who were interested in what you were doing.

How do you feel about sour beers now that there’s a demand for it?

IH: Well first off, when I started doing Oud Brun – and it came along and developed as the years went by – I was brewing in an arduous situation. I used to keep barrels up in my office in the grain room originally, which was crazy! I had four barrels at one point and the office wasn’t that big.

Eventually I kept them down in the brewery, but even then it was dreadful.

GROWLER: What was the interest like at the time for sour beers?

IH: It was kind of split.

Some people didn’t know what it was, some people did.

Some people cared, some people didn’t care. I didn’t really care myself what people

IH: I think some would and some wouldn’t. I mean, you’d get the same thing with beers over where you were.

It depends on the individual.

I think there were a lot of people coming toYaletown looking for that beer, and that might have led to some puzzlement on the part of people who were serving there, I suppose.

I have to say, one of the things that really allowed that beer to become what it was, was just the fact that the Alibi [Room] existed. Honestly, if the Alibi had not existed to take that beer, and to really market it, I don’t believe anything would have happened to it.That’s absolutely the truth.

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cally half of it at Alibi and half of it atYaletown.

GROWLER: So Nigel [Springthorpe, Alibi Room owner and Gmoser’s business partner at Brassneck] championed that beer.

IH: Hugely.

CG: That’s also where the faithful went to find things like that.

IH:Yeah.That’s an interesting point. It never would have gotten off the ground if it wasn’t for the Alibi selling it.

I would have made it, some people would have been excited, no one would have said very much. I probably would have made it for a couple of years and someone would have

said, “You shouldn’t make that anymore.” I would have struggled with that and maybe I would have made a different version.You know, it wouldn’t have been what it was.

CG: When we don’t have something sour on, it’s one of the most requested beers that people ask for. It gives me hope for the next 20 years of brewing, because there’s just so much you can do. It’s so interesting. It’s neat to put in almost 20 years and have something come around that can take you in another direction.

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OKA Australian folk-dance band performs with special guests Beats Without Borders, as part of Jazz Fest. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club.

Tickets $22 at TicketFly.com LOUIS MOHOLO QUARTET South African drummer performs with his band, pianist Alexander Hawkins, bassist John Edwards and saxophonist Jason Yarde as part of Jazz Fest. 9:30pm at Ironworks. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com

COMEDY PAUL MYREHAUG Internationally toured stand-up comic originally from Alberta, known for his appearances on CBC’s Ha!, The Comedy Network’s Comedy Shorts and CBC’s The Debaters. 8:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE IMAGINARY INVALID An aging hypochondriac with a miserly streak thinks he can get all the medical attention he craves, at no cost, by marrying off his daughter to a doctor but his gold-digging wife and rebellious offspring have other ideas. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at fs7.FormSite.com. Runs until June 28.

GOLDLINK American rapper hits the stage in support of his debut album, The God Complex. 8pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, DIPT, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca STEVE HILL Juno award-winning Montreal guitar hero plays a one-man show in support of his acclaimed multi-award winning release. Solo Recordings Volume 2.

7pm at Railway Club. Tickets $15 at BrownPaperTickets.com or $20 at the door.

COMEDY JAMES KENNEDY Musician turned stand-up comedian is no stranger to showing the audience a good time; the dynamic newcomer turns heads with his inetic performances and infectious energy, earning him a spot at the 2014 Northwest Comedy Fest.

8pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE LASCIVIOUS SOMETHING Fay Nass directs this production exploring the complexity of our choices, the decisions we make in our personal, social or political life and the shadow of consequences.

8pm at Firehall Arts Centre.

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Runs until June 27.

CHEAP & FUN CELEBRATE 5 PLACES THAT MATTER ON WEST HASTINGS Join civic historian John Atkin for music, coffee and treats along a walking tour of West Hastings of the iconic heritage buildings that make it one of the most memorable streets around.

Noon at The Perch at Lot 19 (Hornby & West Hastings). Free, for all ages.

THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER The award winning BC blues duo of Shawn Hall and Matthew Rogers perform tunes from their Juno-nominated album, A Real Fine Mess, with special guests The Matinee. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

ROUNDHOUSE WEEKEND INNOVATION SERIES Jazz Fest presents two days of performances from Paal NilssenLove, the Roddy Ellias Trio, the Celine Bonacina Trio, Airelle Besson and Nelson Veras. 1:30pm onward at Yaletown Roundhouse Exhibition Hall. Tickets $25 at TicketFly.com. Runs until June 28.

LITTLE GIANT CHINESE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF TAIWAN Returning to Vancouver after their impressive performance at the 2014 Dragon Boat Festival, Taiwan’s premiere Chinese music ensemble, with erhu soloist Rong Jun perform a new work by composer Jin Zhang.

7:30pm at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Tickets $15 at EventBrite.ca BRY WEBB Former lead singer of Toronto’s Constantines tours in support of his latest release Bry Webb and The Providers: Live at Massey Hall with special guests Louise Burns and Himalayan Bear.

8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com

THEATRE/DANCE TABOO REVUE The Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society celebrates the end of a very saucy and successful year with this show featuring old favourites and new material from the comedic influenced burlesque dancing mavens. 8pm at Rio Theatre.

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Dave Douglas, June 28 belly dance dancing to original choreographies and performances

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DAVE DOUGLAS AND HIGH RISK New York City composer/ trumpeter performs with his band as part of Jazz Fest. 7pm at Performance Works. Tickets $38.50 at NorthernTickets.com

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW A glamorous retelling of Shakespeare’s controversial battle of the sexes, told with an energetic 1950s twist. 8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre.org. Final performance.

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM MUKASHI TRIO South African jazz pianist performs with cellist Noah Alexander and saxophonistflutist Cleave Guyton, as part of Jazz Fest. 8pm at Vogue Theatre.

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SUMMER STREET SOIREE A fundraiser for the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund to send young burn survivors to summer camp, this market of talented local vendors is a family-friendly.

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HOLMES & WATSON SAVE THE EMPIRE The most famous super-sleuth and his faithful friend and sidekick are thrust into a mystery that could topple the British Monarchy, and the prime suspect is none other than Professor Moriarty. 12pm at Metro Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.MetroTheatre.com. Final performance.

GARAGISTE NORTH – THE SMALL GUYS WINE FESTIVAL The first of its kind in Canada celebrates the artisan winemaker creating commercially produced small case lot wines. Meet the winemakers, taste their wares, and celebrate the true passion of winemaking in an intimate setting. 2-4pm at WISE Hall.

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CHEAP & FUN DAVID LAM PARK JAZZ WEEKEND Yaletown will see two days of free jazz, funk, and world music as part of the Jazz Fest. Don’t miss Electric Miles bringing Miles Davis’ “electric period” to life, Banda Magda channeling their quirky summertime charm, or the partystarting antics of The Ballantynes.

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EVENTS VELOPALOOZA Vancouver’s two-week festival of bikes kicks off the fun with over 70 cycling events, including group rides, maintenance workshops, wine tours, barbecues, seawall cycles and an all ages bike decorating ride to Trout Lake. Various Vancouver venues. For more info visit Velopalooza.ca.

CHEAP & FUN FOOD CART FEST Arrival Agency, Streetfood Vancouver and Vancity present Vancouver’s largest gathering of street food, the summertime staple for snacking on a Sunday with DJs, ping pong, markets, a kid friendly area and summer patio.

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TOWER OF POWER American funksoul group known for their fusion of R&B with brass instruments perform as part of Jazz Fest. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $65 at NorthernTickets.com CHOR LEONI – MANELY CANADIAN The showcase production at Bard on the Beach features a program of Canadian acts to close the season for Vancouver’s reigning men’s chorus. 3pm & 8pm at Vanier Park. Tickets $15/$40 at BardOnTheBeach.org

COMEDY THE LAUGH GALLERY WITH GRAHAM CLARK Legendary weekly stand up show of East Vancouver’s biggest and brightest comics. 9pm at Havana Theatre.

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THEATRE/DANCE GODSPELL Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-nominated exuberant pop musical about Jesus and his apostles will raise your spirits in a timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and love. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until August 1.

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THE FAMILY CREST Orchestral pop band from San Fran, plays tunes from their latest release, Beneath The Brine with special guests The Lonely Wild. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret . Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca

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CANADA DAY AT CANADA PLACE Hannah Georgas headlines Canada’s birthday celebration in the heart of Coal Harbour where an estimated 250,000 people will celebrate with a day of free family fun. Food carts, street hockey, the Vancouver Circus School, Canadian Forces Zone, live music on three stages and a night time display of fireworks over the harbour.

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It wasn’t long into Stargate SG-1’s 10-season run that a passionate fandom began to form around Amanda Tapping and her character, Captain Samantha Carter.

Some of these fans can trace their adoration for the Vancouver-based actress (and her on-screen alter-ego) right back to July 27, 1997, when the pilot episode aired for the very first time on North American television.

They loved that Carter was an equal among her male colleagues.They loved her chutzpah.They loved her brain.They loved her bravery.

“She was a strong, smart, and capable woman who proved her worth to all those who took her lightly,” wrote Tapping fan Mike Carvalho on Twitter when Reel People asked fans to articulate what it was that made Sam Carter worthy of their devotion.

“She had guts and compassion.”

Soon these fans dubbed Tapping the Grand Empress of Sci-Fi.They grew in numbers over Stargate’s various incarnations, as well as the four seasons of Tapping’s other sci-fi television series, the Vancouver-shot Sanctuary, on which she starred and co-executive produced.

Since Sanctuary went off the air in December 2011, Tapping has logged guest gigs on shows like Supernatural and Motive. She’s also directed episodes of a diverse range of locally produced TV fare, including Arctic Air, Olympus, Continuum, Strange Empire, and an upcoming Hallmark Channel original Christmas movie starring Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls).

Despite her forays into other genres,Tapping – being the Grand Empress of Sci-Fi and all – is inextricably linked to science fiction.

Now, nearly 18 years after Sam Carter first appeared on television screens,Tapping is, once again, back in the sci-fi sphere.

“Sci-fi is an amazing place for female characters,” says Tapping over tea in Kitsilano.

“And there are really strong women on this show – three strong female leads – which made me happy.”

The show in question is Dark Matter, a television series about the crew of a derelict spaceship who awake from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got there.The Toronto-shot Dark Matter premiered on Space earlier this month and stars Marc Bendavid, Melissa O’Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr., Roger Cross, Jodelle Ferland, and Zoie Palmer.

And Tapping? This time around,Tapping is making her mark from the director’s chair.

“It was interesting, having come off of Olympus and Strange Empire, to go right back to true sci-fi with space and a ship and an amazing set,” says Tapping. “It felt, in a way, like going home.”

As a veteran of a hit sci-fi show,Tapping proved to be a valuable resource for Dark Matter’s newly formed cast.

Stargate SG-1 and Sanctuary star Amanda Tapping takes a turn behind the camera as she directs the new sci-fi series Dark Matter. Dennys Ilic photo “In some ways, I was like the old broad who comes on and everyone is like, ‘So what’s it like to be on a successful TV show?’” laughs Tapping, before affecting an old lady accent. “‘Well, kids, what can I tell ya – ow, my back!’”

Just like Tapping’s Sam Carter was often the lone woman in the Stargate team, Tapping too is one of a small number of female directors working in the industry today.

According to the Motion Picture Association of America, women constitute only four per cent of featurefilm directors, 11 per cent of writers, and 13 per cent of editors.

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News analysis found that women directed 12 per cent of the highest-rated scripted shows – even though they’re graduating from film school at the same rate as men.

But change is afoot, says Tapping.

“The statistics, yes, are abysmal for women behind the camera, but there is more public accountability,” she says. “It’s the fact that we’re talking about it. It’s not changing very quickly, but I believe it is changing.”

It’s one of the reasons she serves on the advocacy committee of Women in Film and Television Vancouver, and mentors emerging female directors (like actress Luvia Petersen, who shadowed

Tapping on Continuum and recently wrapped production on her directorial debut).

When she’s not advocating for women in the industry, or directing, or fully engaged with her family,Tapping is deeply involved with the charity she founded, Sanctuary for Kids (S4K), which recently raised $39,000 for three Nepalese charities in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.

Oh, and she also managed to find the time to accept a pretty major award from ACTRA: 2015Woman of theYear.

“I was shocked, and I thought, ‘what have I done to deserve this?’” marvels Tapping. “I feel like there are women in the industry who are doing far more than I am, and are more deserving, but I’ll take it. It’s a wonderful accolade. If anything, things like that make you want to step up your game even more.”

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And in most cases, both.

“If one person comes to our show because they want to see us, that means the world to me,” says Samson.

“I want to respect that and give it back to them.”

5 &/= 7>/ '//6<3" -/3=#46 has the makings of a classic.

It was recorded by Felix Fung, Vancouver’s godfather producer of garage rock, soul and punk, in his Little Red Sounds studios.

“I knew that Felix often has a big hand in shaping [the production], and I liked the way his records sound,” says Samson of his admiration. “I wanted to go with

(From left to right) Chris Martell, Jarrett Samson, Lauren Smith and Penny Clark are Tough Age. Michelle Furbacher photo someone who knew what they were doing, but could also challenge me.”

The album’s title track is a song that could easily find a home on REM’s 1983 album Murmur with its soaring chorus melody and lush, swinging beat, compliments of Chris Martell who “plays like Animal from The Muppets”. It has the groovy tunes, like “Flamenco Wiccan”, a song carried over from Samson’s Korean Gut days, or the instrumental “Landau, Luckman & Lake”, a song named after “a fictional holding company that was used in a lot of X-Men comics.” Samson draws on comic books for occasional inspiration, but in a very subliminal way in both his music and album artwork.

“I’d much rather be drawing from other art forms that inspire me in music than looking sideways and trying to directly draw from other music that I like” he says. “I’m very mindful of that. I know I’m not reinventing the wheel with the kind of music I make…”

This kind of charming self-deprecation is typical of Samson. Tough Age is arguably one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Vancouver in recent years, yet Samson rejects all stigmas that come with being a “buzz band”.

“I think people are waiting for the first opportunity to allow themselves to have an ego that lets them feel superior to other people” he reflects. “I don’t believe in that.”

Samson recently moved to

Toronto with bandmate/fiancé Penny Clark, whose janglesurf guitar and chimerical backup vocals give the band a shimmering aura. Beckoned by work opportunity and family (Clark is from Ontario), the band is now a bi-coastal unit, though their roots are still deeply implanted in Vancouver’s music scene, one he describes as “unreal”. “[Vancouver] is such an oppressive city that if you’re still doing it, there’s a reason you are,” Samson says of his former home. “You’re driven to do it, because you would quit otherwise.”

But, as he points out, no matter what city you live in, at the end of the day, “everyone is going home to watch Netflix.”

Tough Age will continue touring their new record until

Samson and Clark take some me-time to get married in July.

As for the rest of the year, anything goes. Like your quietly brilliant best friend,Tough Age have a relaxed ease and fluidity about them that is backed by absolute, manic joy and talent.

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Celebrate Canada Day with the secret world of Stanley Park Local teacher and children’s author Duane Lawrence will read from two of his classic books this Canada Day to launch a special summer book series in Stanley Park.

Starting July 1 at 2pm and then running every Saturday until Labour Day, children can gather round in a shady spot near the Painters’ Circle

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to share in the adventures of Sammy Squirrel and Rodney Raccoon – two of Stanley Park’s most recognizable residents.

Lawrence’s first book Sammy Squirrel and Rodney Raccoon:A Stanley Park Tale (which includes a Stanley Park anthem and was featured in the Vancouver Sun Raise a Reader

series) was inspired on one of Lawrence’s regular walks through the 1,000-acre park.

While Stanley Park sees more than eight million visitors per year, it is home to herons, beavers, swans, skunks, eagles, coyotes, and of course, squirrels and raccoons, and Lawrence spun an intercontinental caper starring the animals

that live there. Lawrence was also inspired by the park’s famous Hollow Tree. In both books, the Hollow Tree is a pivotal part of the animals’ neighbourhood and serves as their community center (a couple of years ago, a class from Lord Roberts West End School sang the Stanley Park anthem in front of the Hollow Tree in an

attempt to help save the tree after severe storm damage prompted talk of its removal).

Lawrence’s second book, Sammy Squirrel & Rodney Raccoon:To The Rescue, was launched at the legendary Sylvia Hotel in 2013 to commemorate the Hotel’s 100th birthday. Lawrence wove a tall tale about an Animal Inn located beneath

the hotel based on fond memories of staying at the hotel before he moved to Vancouver.

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This was the highest increase for homes of this type in three years. It is also a full 28.3 percentage points higher than the measure of Toronto, Canada’s second-least affordable city, which had a measure of 57.3.

“Vancouver has recently experienced the fastest rate of appreciation among Canada’s largest cities, which suggests that affordability may well deteriorate further going forward,” said RBC senior vice-president and chief economist Craig Wright.The index for two-storey homes also increased, climbing 0.9

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Not all home types became less affordable, however.The index for condos dipped 0.5 percentage points to 39.6 per cent.

“Our measure for condos bucked the deteriorating trend in Vancouver – the segment was better supplied thanks to increased multiunit construction over the past couple of years, keeping prices generally contained,” Wright said.

Helmut Pastrick, chief economist for Central 1 Credit Union, cautioned against misinterpreting the index and explained that it is intended to tract trends in affordability, as opposed to actual affordability.

“Mortgage lenders and insurers use a maximum gross debt service (GDS) ratio of 32 per cent of income when issuing a mortgage loan,” said Pastrick. “A maximum total debt service (TDS) ratio of 42 per cent is widely used.

“No homeowner would be faced with a 85 per cent GDS unless there was a large income drop, in which case the asset would likely be sold.

Also consider that at 85 per cent of income, there would be only 15 per cent left to spend on food, clothes, and other necessities.”

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Today food preservation has become a hobby for some and a sustainable and economical way of living for others, and of course the method has changed and varied slightly thanks to modern technology.

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Not much has changed in the way of canning since Napoleon, but the one major difference is that today’s cans are made of 100 per cent recyclable steel.

Until the arrival of our modern grocery stores, canning was pretty common in nearly every household. It was a necessity and a way of life because it protects food from spoiling so you can consume it at a later time.

Today it is more of a hobby than a necessity, unless you’re like me and believe the zombie apocalypse is coming and are stocking up for survival purposes, in which case I will see you on the other side.

While you don’t have to be a pro, you do need to have patience and the right equipment to be successful.

I personally love making a day and an event out of it.

Invite a few friends and have a canning party, each having your own specific job in the process and sharing in the vast awesomeness that is canning. Canned foods generally keep for up to a year and make awesome gifts! For great beginner resource on canning and other types of preservations check out the amazing book, Put ‘em Up!.

You are able to can almost anything, but there are some different preparation methods required depending on what type or fruit or veggie you are working with, and it generally depends on the recipe you are making. For example, some recipes will ask you to blanch or cook the veggie/fruit, while others while require you to simply just cut, dice or mix the ingredients. There are also different canning methods depending on what you are canning.

Boiling water bath versus pressure canning The correct canning method for the type of food you want to preserve is very important. The reason being: botulism bacteria.

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Nutrition Although fresh is always better, preserved food is almost the next best thing because canned fruits and veggies retain their nutrients through the canning process.

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The next full moon is extra special as it occurs on Canada Day, July 1 at 7:22pm. Lunar

events are said to influence human behavior. A full moon can make people behave in strange and unusual ways.

For example, people tend to sleep less than normal during a full moon. Go ahead and give in to the power of the planets and play outdoors under the spell of moonlight.

Do be a good fellow and keep it mellow as police are on the lookout for illegal full moon activities. Here’s some sanctioned inspiration.

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There is nothing more serene, or spooky, or majestic than a paddle under the

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By Rob Brezsny During my regular hikes along my favorite trails, I’ve gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft, but I’ve come to love them. I’ve even given some of them names. They symbolize stability and constancy to me. When I gaze at them or sit on them, I feel my own resolve grow stronger. They teach me about how to be steadfast and unflappable in all kinds of weather. I draw inspiration from the way they are so purely themselves, forever true to their own nature. Now would be an excellent time for you to hang out with your own stony allies, Aries. You could use a boost in your ability to express the qualities they embody.

“Everyone is a genius at least once a year,” wrote German aphorist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. “The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.” According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, your once-a-year explosion of genius is imminent. It’s even possible you will experience a series of eruptions that continue for weeks. The latter scenario is most likely if you unleash the dormant parts of your intelligence through activities like these: having long, rambling conversations with big thinkers; taking long, rambling walks all over creation; enjoying long, rambling sex while listening to provocative music.

Your symbolic object of the week is a magic wand. I recommend that you visualize yourself as the star of a fairy tale in which you do indeed have a wand at your disposal. See yourself wielding it to carry out a series of fantastic tricks, like materializing a pile of gold coins or giving yourself an extraordinary power to concentrate or creating an enchanted drink that allows you to heal your toughest wound. I think this playful imaginative exercise will subtly enhance your ability to perform actual magic in the real world.

The taskmaster planet Saturn wove its way through the sign of Scorpio from October 2012 until the end of 2014. Now it has slipped back into your sign for a last hurrah. Between now and mid-September. I urge you to milk its rigorous help in every way you can imagine. For example, cut away any last residues of trivial desires and frivolous ambitions. Hone your focus and streamline your self-discipline. Once and for all, withdraw your precious energy from activities that waste your time and resist your full engagement.

And if you’re serious about capitalizing on Saturn’s demanding gifts, try this ritual: Write either “I will never squander my riches” or “I will make full use of my riches” 20 times – whichever motivates you most.

“I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring,” says author Paul Auster. “It would be tedious to be alive.” But he goes even further in his defense of inconsistency, adding, “Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do.” This bold assertion may not apply to everyone all the time, but it does for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. You should feel free to explore and experiment with the high art of changing your mind. I dare you to use it to generate extravagant amounts of beauty.

The advanced lessons on tap in the coming days are not for the squeamish, the timid, the lazy, or the stubborn. But then you’re not any of those things, right? So there shouldn’t be a major problem. The purpose of these subterranean adventures and divine interventions is to teach you to make nerve-racking leaps of faith, whether or not you believe you’re ready.

Here’s one piece of advice that I think will help: Don’t resist and resent the tests as they appear. Rather, welcome them as blessings you don’t understand yet.

Be alert for the liberations they will offer.

In its early days, the band Depeche Mode had the infinitely boring name Composition of Sound.

Humphrey Bogart’s and Ingrid Bergman’s classic 1942 film Casablanca was dangerously close to being called Everybody Come to Rick’s. And before Charles Dickens published his novel Bleak House, a scathing critique of the 19th-century British judicial system, he considered 11 other possible titles, including the unfortunate Tom-all-Alone’s: The Solitary House that was Always Shut Up and Never Lighted. I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, as the seeding phase of your personal cycle gets underway. The imprints you put on your budding creations will have a major impact on their future. Name them well. Give them a potent start.

“Man’s being is like a vast mansion,” observed philosopher Colin Wilson, “yet he seems to prefer to live in a single room in the basement.” Wilson wasn’t just referring to Capricorns. He meant everybody. Most of us commit the sin of self-limitation on a regular basis. That’s the bad news. The good news, Capricorn, is that you’re entering a time when you’re more likely to rebel against the unconscious restrictions you have placed on yourself. You will have extra motivation to question and overrule the rationales that you used in the past to inhibit your primal energy. Won’t it be fun to venture out of your basement nook and go explore the rest of your domain?

One summer afternoon when I was seven years old, my friend Billy and I grabbed an empty jar from my kitchen and went looking for ants. Near the creek we found an anthill swarming with black ants, and scooped a bunch of them in the jar. A little later we came upon a caravan of red ants, and shoved many of them in with the black ants. Would they fight? Naturally. It was mayhem. Looking back now, I’m sorry I participated in that stunt. Why stir up a pointless war? In that spirit, Leo, I urge you to avoid unnecessary conflicts. Don’t do anything remotely comparable to putting red ants and black ants in the same jar.

In order for everyone in your sphere to meet their appointed destinies, you must cultivate your skills as a party animal. I’m only slightly joking. At least for now, it’s your destiny to be the catalyst of conviviality, the ringleader of the festivities, the engineer of fun and games. To fulfill your assignment, you may have to instigate events that encourage your allies to leave their comfort zones and follow you into the frontiers of collaborative amusement.

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“An obscure moth from Latin America saved Australia’s pasture-land from the overgrowth of cactus,” writes biologist Edward O. Wilson. “A Madagascar ‘weed,’ the rosy periwinkle, provided the cure for Hodgkin’s disease and childhood leukemia,” he adds, while “a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery,” and a “Norwegian fungus made possible the organ transplant industry.” I think these are all great metaphors for the kind of healing that will be available for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius: humble, simple, seemingly insignificant things whose power to bring transformation has, up until now, been secret or unknown.

“She is hard to tempt, as everything seems to please her equally,” said artist Anne Raymo in describing a hedonistic acquaintance. A similar statement may soon apply to you, Pisces. You will have a talent for finding amusement in an unusually wide variety of phenomena. But more than that: You could become a connoisseur of feeling really good. You may even go so far as to break into a higher octave of pleasure, communing with exotic phenomena that we might call silken thrills and spicy bliss and succulent revelry.

@MyszkaWay Is there any good way to ask a girl out when she is working? I have a massive crush on this bartender at the restaurant down the street.

–Bar Crush Dear Bar Crush, Let me tell you a little story. When I used to work the brunch shift at a restaurant in my old neighbourhood, I had a male acquaintance and his girlfriend come in.

I gave them a good booth and talked with them about whatever stupid social things we had in common and they were ultimately easy customers. Until the end of the meal, when the guy decided to ask me to have a threesome with him and his girlfriend while pushing his plate of unfinished French toast towards me.

Gross.

Do you really think I want to commit to guest-starring in your relationship-mending-sex-session while I’m standing here in an apron at my job that I hate? Hell no.

When a woman is working and busy, the last thing she really needs is some socially unaware dork interrupting her job. Like anything else in life, use your brain and

Can every woman actually squirt or does anyone with an OCD, Larry David neurotic brain just get in the way of the possibility?

–OCD Brain Dear OCD Brain, The whole female squirting thing has been fetishized, romanticized and stigmatized for so long.

Here’s the latest that has been discovered. Recently, a

French team of researchers led by Dr. Samuel Salama gathered seven women who claimed to have experienced large levels of squirting when stimulated during sex.

The team conducted pelvic ultrasound scans after the women would urinate and during sexual equitation just before and after the squirting event. Even though each woman had an empty bladder before sexual stimulation, the bladder filled up, squirted that out, and then appeared empty again.

Conclusion: squirting is just urine.

The researchers also analyzed the chemical concentrations in the urine as well as the squirting samples and they found that prostaticspecific antigen (PSA), which is a protein produced in the “female prostate”, showed up only in five of the women’s samples after sexual stimulation.

Basically, the study realized that squirting is the involuntary emission of urine during sexual activity and even though there is a small dash of PSA in there too, it’s just good ol’ fashion piss. W

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Stroll a beach or wellmarked trail under the moonlight. The moon naturally lights up the sky so no headlamp is required.

Travel in groups and don’t forget a bear bell if you’re heading off the beaten track.

Even something as simple as a neighbourhood stroll is fun under the moonlight. Follow the moon and wander a few new side streets and you just might discover a newfound hidden gem.

fever on the brain when you booked camping reservations for the summer. Set the mood for a full moon escape even if you can’t officially get away.

Drive high above Cypress Mountain and bring a blanket to canoodle under the stars.

Pick a park, landmark or lookout and take a date. Nature will take care of the rest.

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BEACH GATHERING

Since it’s Canada Day you’ll find no shortage of festivals, outdoor concerts, movies in the park and other events around the city. Kids love a full moon too. Set up a tent or fort in your own backyard and build a private full moon campsite complete with all the amenities of home.

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social awareness. If she is running around on a busy brunch shift, then she probably doesn’t have time to chat. If you tip her 10 per cent, she’s never going to call you on the number you left her on the bill.

However, maybe go in and sit at the bar when she is working during a slow hour (right before the dinner rush or mid-afternoon) and just talk with her. Do you feel anything happening? Is she enjoying this conversation or dipping out to the kitchen for emergencies that clearly aren’t happening? Or she is engaging in your conversation and flirting along?

Remember, she may just be acting nice to you because you are her customer, so I ultimately suggest just bucking up and asking her out and if she says “no,” then you better find a new bar to drink at.

Don’t be discouraged if you find that you were not the only one with full moon

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Anywhere at the water’s edge is a great place to be on the eve of a full moon. We live in a giant playground.

Gather with a few friends and soak up the moonlight.

Jericho, Sunset, Locarno, Spanish Banks, Trout Lake, Second and Third Beach, Kits, Jericho or Wreck if you dare to bare (but be sure to respect the laws and leave nature the way you found it). Some key items for a doit-yourself full moon beach fiesta include a hacky sack,

hula hoop, blanket, snacks and bongo drums or a guitar.

Keep your gathering small.

They say we are more intuitive during a full moon so let your senses do their thing.

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